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123-year-old temperature record shattered in Nanaimo

Anonymous donor gives $500,000 to foundation ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Two-year-old Nash McNaught makes sandcastles with his grandmother at Westwood Lake on Thursday. Nanaimo shattered a 123-year-old heat record on Saturday with a recorded temperature of 33.3 C, making it the hottest June 27 on record in the city. [SPENCER ANDERSON/DAILY NEWS]

June was hottest on record for Harbour City record for June was also in 1892, when the average daily temperature was 15.6 degrees. Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald said the average temperature record is significant, since “Nanaimo has one of the longest records of temperature in the province.” MacDonald said much of the province, including the southern coast, is the result of a “blocked weather pattern,” which has seen a high-pressure ridge system remain over the region for the last two months, trapping heat. “It just doesn’t want to budge.” In addition to daytime temperatures, MacDonald said a number of weather stations are seeing records set for highest minimum temperatures for overnight lows. The weather will remain hot and dry, but MacDonald said he

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recent heat wave has seen Nanaimo sear its way past two temperature records, each more than 100 years old. During the weekend, Nanaimo and 63 other communities in B.C. broke temperature records, with some areas reaching more than 40 degrees Celsius. Nanaimo did not reach that level of skin-sizzling heat. But on Saturday, June 27, the temperature peaked at 33.3 C. The last time is was that hot on that month and that day was in 1892, when city residents had to pull their horses and buggies over to avoid 31.7 C heat. Last month was also the warmest June on record, reaching an average daily temperature of 18.7 C. The previous

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Nanaimo hottest days 40.6 C July 16, 1941 37.8 C July 15 ,1941 36.7 C Aug. 9, 1960 36.6 C July 29, 2009 36.1 C July 30, 1965 36.1 C July 31, 1965 36.0 C July 28, 2009 35.9 C Aug. 8, 1981 35.6 C July 12, 1961

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BP to pay out $53.8B for 2010 Gulf oil spill

International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the country needs debt relief and $56 billion in new financing from October through 2018. » Nation & World, A8

Civil claims by the five Gulf states and the federal government were, by far, the largest unresolved piece of BP’s financial obligations for the spill. » Nation & World, A11

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does not expect to see further records broken this week. “It’s still 10 degrees above normal, but it’s not quite record breaking yet,” MacDonald said. Sweaty, sticky June was preceded by a bone-dry May. A total of 7.6 millilitres of rain was measured in Nanaimo, compared to the historical average of 43 millilitres. That made for the third-driest conditions for the month since weather records began being recorded. The city began the year with one of the lowest snowpacks in years, which officials warned could put a strain on the city’s water supply. Other communities have also seen snowpack levels diminish.

A person in Nanaimo who wishes to remain anonymous has donated $500,000 to a number of worthwhile causes. The money was given to the Nanaimo Foundation, a non-profit community organization that connects donors to charities and other causes in the region, with specific instructions as to where most of the funding is to be directed. Daniel Martinez, the foundation’s development director, said $200,000 of the funding will go to the new Nanaimo Travellers Lodge 130-bed care facility, and the Nanaimo Foundation will hand over the cheque at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new care facility on Sunday. He said another $100,000 will be given to the Nanaimo SPCA to help with its plans for a new building, and $10,000 each will be given to the Nanaimo Minor Baseball Association, the Vancouver Island Baseball Institute and Seva Canada, a Vancouver-based charitable organization that fights blindness and helps restores sight. Martinez said the donor requested that the Nanaimo Foundation determine the best uses for the rest of the funding. He said it’s not the first time this donor has contributed large amounts of money to the community. Martinez said last year, the donor gave the foundation $300,000, with $100,000 of that earmarked for the Nanaimo Travellers Lodge, another $100,000 to Nanaimo Hospice and the rest of the funding was distributed by the foundation at its own discretion. “That’s a lot of money for one donor to give to the community in two years and we’re hoping this person will keep the funding coming,” he said. “I think I have the greatest job in the world because I get to call these organizations and tell them about the donation. They usually can’t believe it. To a small organization like Nanaimo Minor Baseball, a $10,000 donation can accomplish a lot.”

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Board rebuffs city’s quest to stay order SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

The City of Nanaimo has suffered a significant blow in its efforts to stave off an impending order to upgrade the lower Colliery dam. The city had sought a stay or suspension on the order, which currently requires the city to complete safety upgrades on the dam by November. The stay was needed to allow time for a separate appeal filed by the city to be considered. But that hope was dashed Tuesday after the Environmental Appeal Board — the independent provincial body tasked with reviewing the request — issued a ruling denying the application. Under revised timelines, the city now has until July 24 to choose a construction option and submit designs to the B.C. water comptroller’s office. The city announced Thursday it had received the decision, saying the issue will come forward at Monday’s council meeting. In its ruling, the EAB said

although both the city and the water comptroller had put forth a considerable amount of information, the city had not proven it would suffer “irreparable harm” from costs and degradation to Colliery Dam Park if a stay was not granted. “Although the panel appreciates that there is public support for protecting the park and the recreational values, the potential for loss of life and the damage to private properties and the environment in the event of a significant flood event or a breach due to seismic activity (which could happen at any time), outweighs the harms identified by the city,” said the written submission, signed by Alan Andison, EAB chairman. “The panel finds that the city has not established that its interests may suffer irreparable harm between now and the time that the appeals are decided, unless a stay is granted,” the 15-page decision also says. “However, even if the panel is incorrect on its assessment of irreparable harm

to the city, the panel finds that such harm is relatively minor and will not justify a stay of the order.” City council had pursued the stay despite advice from its solicitor Reece Harding that the process would likely fail. Members of city council also travelled to Victoria to meet with the deputy minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to discuss the issue. Public process dissuaded city council to abandon a plan to remove the lower and middle Colliery dams in 2013. The contentious issue has been before council ever since. Mayor Bill McKay held a press conference last week, when he urged his fellow council members to decide on a construction option for the dams before the province considers forcing the city to undertake specific work or issue fines.

Program helps provide food for pets

Pet owners in Nanaimo having trouble coming up with money to keep their animals properly fed could benefit from a new initiative in the city. The Island Veterinary Hospital is hosting Nanaimo’s first Pet Pantry at the Nanaimo SPCA on Aug. 6. Leon Davis, branch manager at the Nanaimo SPCA, said pet owners in need can drop by the SPCA facility on Labieux Road during its business hours, Tues-

day to Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., until Aug. 1 to pick up a coupon. The coupon can then be redeemed for a bag of cat or dog food on Aug. 6, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., at the Pet Pantry. Davis said people are required to have photo identification and evidence of their low-income status, which includes proof that they are students, seniors, on employment insurance, income assistance or proof they are making minimum age. “We’re pretty flexible and if

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people don’t meet any of that criteria and still believe they are eligible, feel free to come in and talk to us,” he said. “There are a lot of low-income people in the Nanaimo area that could benefit from this and we’re anticipating handing out about 250 coupons, but we’re willing to hand out more if the demand is there.” Pet Pantry is a program started by Associate Veterinary Clinics, of which Nanaimo’s Island Veterinary Hospital is a member, to help pet owners who are living in need.

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Monday, June 29 • Nanaimo’s poet laureate honoured • Parksville food banks see donations dry up • Lantzville teen sets out to defend kayak titles

Tuesday, June 30 • Missing pocket watch has historical ties to Nanaimo • Plenty of celebrations on tap for Canada’s birthday • Nanaimo Pirates see return of top pitcher

Thursday, July 2 • Man’s body discovered in water off Gabriola Island • Alert neighbour saves family from house fire • Schwarzenegger returns in new ‘Terminator’ movie

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Fireﬁghter wages stir up some controversy

s the good book says, “the workman is worthy of his hire,” meaning no one should be denied adequate compensation for his or her work. Firefighters, like the rest of us, earn their wages. And some say those wages are too high for City of Nanaimo taxpayers. While it is always reasonable to keep public service costs down as much possible, neither are we certain that the city cannot afford to pay what firefighters earn. Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay told the Daily News this week he wants to explore alternatives to traditional fire protection models to rein in labour costs. A new four-year agreement signed with Nanaimo firefighters last week provided pay increases of 2.5 per cent for each year in

the period of 2012 to December 2015. The settlement cost nearly $2.6 million, and wages make up a big chunk of firefighting costs. The top salary for fifth-year firefighter is now $93,480. Of course, whenever anyone of any stripe makes what is deemed a sizable salary, particularly on the taxpayers’ dime, there is going to be some outcry. Fire suppression is a big-ticket item for city taxpayers, representing 10.5 per cent of its 2013 budget, and “it’s not buildings, it’s not fire trucks. It’s firemen,” McKay said. Given that other organizations out there have been settling for “zero, zero and zero” type deals, a hike of 2.5 per cent may be seen as extravagant.

The Nanaimo Ratepayers Association certainly says the increase is too rich. If city council said they would cut arts and culture, parks and recreation, infrastructure or social housing to accommodate firefighter wages “there would be hell to pay,” said Randy O’Donnell, president of the watchdog group, by email. “Instead, they wait until after the election and as is traditional in Nanaimo, raise taxes again. This is simply not sustainable.” The city says it wants to look into cost-saving options. “We want to explore in depth new methods of delivering fire service — things like integrated risk management,” McKay said. Another concern is that firefighter wages in Nanaimo, as has

been the case for many years, are tied to collective agreements for firefighters in larger Canadian cities. The consensus among critics is that tying the wages to cities where the cost of living is significantly higher is unfair. There is some logic in this system from a management perspective, and it’s that cities can work together to hold wages in check. If it’s simply used to ensure high salaries all around, then a more in-depth look will not hurt. What no city wants is a rogue fire department taking job action (they understandably cannot strike) with the result of a patchwork of wages in different cities. Wages in cities like Nanaimo may look high, but does the system keep them from demanding wages that would truly become

unaffordable? Do we need so many firefighters because the BC Ambulance Service doesn’t have enough funding? The city must do a better job of controlling the public purse, that’s a given. We’re very interested in hearing about the “exploring” of alternatives to traditional fire protection models. But in the end, what price can we put on a job whose very description involves saving lives and/or potentially risking one’s own? For sure, no one will complain about the cost when a child is pulled from a burning building. » 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 Councillors must use common sense on dams We are coming to a very important juncture in the Colliery dams saga. The Environmental Appeal Board will soon hear the arguments for and against the order for the Dams Safety Branch demanding that the city spend in the order of $10 million to save $2 million in property damage. Chances are that if this one-in34,000-year flood event ever occurs, people will have already evacuated before the dams might fail, so there will be no fatalities. An event of this magnitude will affect all of Nanaimo not just the Chase River. The main bone of contention is the spillway capacity of the lower dam. The numbers touted are conjecture, pure and simple. There has never been a real measurement ever taken. All numbers are based on computer modelling, not actual measurements. The same holds true for the possibility that the dam itself will fail. There has never been one study that supports dam failure. There are no actual measurements of the dam or of the supporting fill. We simply do not know what is there. There has never been a hydraulic study to understand how the entire watershed will react to a

large flood. Topography suggests that the flood water may never reach the dam to overtop it. The water will follow the path of least resistance and fill all the lower areas first. It is far more cost effective to do the studies and know what is there than to build something because you do not know the answers, or because you are being pressured by irrelevant timelines or unrealistic threats of liability. No one is liable for acts of God and there is no remedy possible for acts of God. I ask you to use your common sense to see the reality and I ask you to have the courage to stand up for what you believe in. The citizens of Nanaimo want the very best from you in this very important moment in history. What will be your legacy for the future? Geraldine Collins Nanaimo

Hard work of immigrants key in building Canada When society gets so parochial demanding a birth certificate to prove that you were born in this country before you can buy real estate, we need to give our collective heads a shake. This country was built on the

hard work of immigrants that came from all over the world because this country offered opportunity to build a future for their families. The question we should be asking ourselves what is it within our rule of law that was and is so attractive for immigrants to come here from all over the world? As a young child at the age of two my family immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands after the war. The Dutch had respect for Canadians that very few other countries could equal; we were thankful and still thankful to this day for the sacrifice the Canadian soldiers made on behalf of freedom, for all people. I might as well have been born here and the writer of the article actually was, this is ridiculous that a “birth certificate would be needed to buy property in any Canadian city” the writer rightfully, expresses a sentiment of righteous outrage. Let me tell you a personal story of my experience as a child of six years of age with a man called Wingi. He took this little boy fishing and gave him a fishing rod and showed me how to catch fish. He taught me how to eat with chopsticks and told the stories with tears in his eyes of leaving a wife and young son behind as he fled for his life.

He worked on the railroad linking this country together and was a Shoemaker in our little home town. He was an emigrant and a Canadian, just like me. Casey Timmermans Nanaimo

Mayor had little to say about signs in the past I find it interesting how the mayor of the day shows his hypocrisy in what constitutes disruption in the council meetings. I never ever heard the present mayor ever comment on Randy Stearman’s signs when he was a councillor. He never thought that the “Gravy train” signs that were put up last year before the election were a problem. Those brandishing “McKay for Mayor” were not seen as a problem. So what gives here? B.C. Ryder Nanaimo Letters must include your hometown and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first name (or two initials) and last name. Unsigned letters and letters of more than 350 words will not be accepted. Email to: letters@nanaimodailynews.com.

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Six new homes to be built in South Nanaimo by Habitat for Humanity will have a solid foundation to build on, thanks to students in Vancouver Island University’s heavy equipment operator program. In an ongoing partnership with Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island, VIU students gain valuable work experience as they use a variety of heavy equipment on the sites and during the construction phase. “I loved it, it bumped up my confidence to a whole new level — it was an awesome project to work on,” said student Libby Stubbs, a Courtenay resident who graduated from the HEO Foundations program June 19. Instructor Brandon Lindsay said HEO students worked on the Habitat for Humanity site near Extension over several weeks in the spring, operating excavators in site preparation, clearing and stripping. Stubbs, who is considering several job options near Red Deer, Alta., in home construction site preparation, gained specific experience that will relate to her future career. “Tyson (Folz) and Libby did the mass excavation of the site, which entails excavations for house foundations, which is dir-

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carpentry chairman Jessie Magee-Chalmers, who has volunteered for the past three years as vice-chairman on the Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island board, and also oversees the build committee. Magee-Chalmers said he is able to set construction schedules on the Habitat for Humanity homes to align with the construction program, and involve as many students as possible in hands-on learning. “Not only are students getting

the training that they want, we’re giving them the extra motivation to understand how to be good community members.” With HEO and construction students already working on the homes, he added, it’s expected students in both electrical and interior design programs will also have an opportunity to get involved in the future. Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island has completed 14 units in the region, including single family homes and duplexes.

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The BC Coroners Service has released the name of a man who died while swimming off Gabriola Island Sunday. Werner Karl Bachmann, 86, of Gabriola Island, was seen going for a swim in the ocean at Twin Beaches at Gabriola Sands Provincial Park on the northwest tip of Gabriola Island at about 2 p.m. on June 28. About 50 minutes later onlookers reported seeing him in distress in the water, and pulled him to shore. He could not be resuscitated. Bachmann’s family members have been notified of his death and the BC Coroners Service continues to investigate. It’s the second death in the waters around Gabriola in the past week. On Tuesday, Canadian Coast Guard and RCMP on board the RCMP West Coast Marine vessel Inkster plucked a body from the water off Thrasher Rock, just off the eastern tip of the island. The body was transported to the government dock in Nanaimo, but it lacked identification. Since then the Coroners Service has identified the man, but his identity is being withheld, pending notification of next-of-kin.

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Evacuations, poor air quality remain Province signs off on a one-month contract to bring Martin Mars water bomber out of retirement GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — Smoke from wildfires in British Columbia has forced some people to visit hospitals because of breathing problems and chest pain, says the provincial health officer. Dr. Perry Kendall said emergency rooms in Whistler and Burnaby have seen a slight uptick in patients dealing with respiratory conditions during an early fire season. He said about 12 people have visited the emergency room in the resort town of Whistler, and another 25 to 30 people have visited hospitals in the Fraser Health region, which extends from Burnaby to Hope. Thick smoke has been drifting south to Whistler from a 200-square-kilometre blaze near Pemberton. It’s among about 200 wildfires currently burning throughout B.C. Kendall said the number of people ending up in hospital was low considering the amount of

Smoke from wildfires fills the air as a helicopter carrying Premier Christy Clark arrives at the Pemberton Fire Base on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

smoke permeating the province. “I think the numbers are relatively low because I think people are taking advice and are not exposing themselves to the fine particle pollutants in the air,” he said Thursday. Air quality advisories have been issued for several communities, including Whistler, Metro Vancouver and parts of Vancou-

ver Island. Officials have advised people, especially the elderly and those suffering from chronic conditions, to avoid strenuous activity outdoors. But adventure seekers are still enjoying Whistler, said David Macfarlane, director of operations at Whistler Blackcomb. “Our (mountain bike) riders who are here to ride the bike

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park continue to ride,” he said. “The numbers were down a bit just because it was tough conditions. But they’re still out there riding today and right now.” Macfarlane said staff were advising visitors about the highrisk air quality advisory and decided to hold part of a kids’ mountain biking camp indoors. The B.C. government imposed a provincewide campfire ban Wednesday, and Macfarlane said visitors were advised not to barbecue outside or smoke on the mountain. “We’re just dealing with smoke right now. We’d hate to have a fire in our area on top of this,” Macfarlane said. Wildfires have forced residents from their homes in other parts of B.C., including the Cariboo region where a blaze more than doubled in size Wednesday. The fire in the Puntzi Lake area, about 180 kilometres west of Williams Lake, had grown to about 12 square kilometres, fire information officer Emily Epp said Thursday. Thirty properties

have been evacuated, and other residents are on alert to leave their homes at any moment. Chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said there have been 945 fires throughout B.C. since April 1, burning more than 2,300 square kilometres of land. Over 600 contractors have joined provincial fire crews to battle the blazes. Their numbers have been bolstered with help from a firefighting crew of about 100 from Ontario, along with two water-skimming aircraft, which can also drop fire retardant. Crews from Australia were set to join the effort next week. Forests Minister Steve Thomson said the province has signed a one-month contract to use the Martin Mars air tanker at a cost of $600,000 a month, plus hourly flying costs. The aged water bomber has not been used to fight forest fires in B.C. for the past two years, but Thomson said the aircraft is an important tool during the unpredictable fire season.

B.C. government approves Mt. Polley mine to reopen DIRK MEISSNER THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has granted conditional approval for the Mount Polley mine to reopen immediately, but its long-term operation depends on how water is treated and discharged. Mines Minister Bill Bennett said Thursday the initial permit outlines the first of three steps the mine must take before it can be authorized to operate fully. The tailings dam at the central B.C. mine breached last August, and 24 million cubic metres of mine waste and water gushed into area lakes and waterways in what was considered an environmental disaster. An independent government-ordered report concluded the spill was caused by poor dam design, which didn’t account for drainage and erosion failures associated with glacial till beneath the pond. Bennett said the current permit will be welcome news to out-ofwork miners and their families in the communities of Likely, 100 Mile House and Williams Lake, but future operations hinge on the company proving it can meet conditions of the Mines Act and

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the Environmental Management Act. “The permit does not include the right to discharge water off the site,” he said. Bennett said the Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III) mine must now put their tailings and water into a pit called Springer pit. He described it as an empty quarry that should be able to hold the mine’s tailings until next fall when the company must apply for its second conditional permit, to treat and discharge water. Bennett said the mine must receive that permit in order to continue operating. The final permit application, which must be submitted to the

government by June 30, 2016, involves the mine’s long-term plans for water treatment and discharge, Bennett said. “We need to see the plan that shows us that they can discharge water safely, responsibly from the site,” he said. “They would not be given a permit to discharge any water from the site unless the water meets drinking-quality guideline standards and also the aquatic organism protection standards.” Imperial Metals Corp. estimates it will take about a month before it can start production, with up to 220 workers on site. Company vice-president Steve Robertson said he expects Mount Polley Mine Corp. to immediately recall up to 30 workers. He said the conditional permit fits the company’s intention to have Mount Polley operating permanently within a year. “The strategy here is to be able to do this temporary work plan in order to give us the time to get in place a long-term water management plan and discharge plan,” Robertson said. “We expect to be able to go back to the government in the fall with a proposal for a full-time restart of the mine.”

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Ikea will offer up free car charge stations ROSS MAROWITS THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ikea Canada has become the latest retailer to position itself on the green side of motoring, announcing Thursday that it is installing free charging stations for electric vehicles at all of its stores in Canada. The global home furnishing retailer is partnering with Sun Country Highway to install two 60-amp charging stations at each of its 12 locations across the country. Ikea already offers the service in 18 other countries. Chantal Guimont of Electric Mobility Canada said the decision further expands the number of charging stations across the country and gives drivers another option for topping up their batteries when they’re on the road. “The business case question is going to come further down the road when there’s going to be more electric vehicle drivers,” she said in an interview. As it is, there are only about 12,000 electric vehicles on Canadian roads, a small fraction of the 1.8 million trucks and cars sold last year in Canada. But Hydro-Quebec, for one, expects strong growth in the next few years as more affordable EVs that can travel

350 kilometres on a single change hit the market — the kind of range currently offered by the high-end Tesla. From a business perspective, the utility argues that charging stations encourage drivers to target their spending where they can plug in their car. “If you stop off at the grocery store for an hour, you have time to get another 40 km and it can make the difference,” said France Lampron, the utility’s director of transportation and electrification. Quebec is Canada’s largest electric vehicle market with about half of all cars, followed by British Columbia and Ontario. There are more than 2,500 public charging stations in Canada, including at least 600 in Quebec, according to the Canadian Auto Club, which has an app and website that lists them all. Hydro-Quebec’s Electric Circuit is the largest with 421 stations across the province, including 174 at 28 businesses. Among them are home renovation chain Rona, grocer Metro and restaurant St. Hubert. Jean Coutu is adding at least 10 stations at its new distribution centre being built outside Montreal. Rona has 21 stations at its head office and 10 stores in Quebec but has no plans to expand its network.

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Smoke from wildfires fills the air as a helicopter carrying Premier Christy Clark arrives at the Pemberton Fire Base on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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ATHENS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The battle for Greek votes entered full swing Thursday ahead of a crucial weekend referendum that could decide whether the country falls out of the euro. For Greeks, particularly the elderly, the daily struggle to get cash ground on in the face of uncertainty. Greeceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rescue lenders have halted negotiations on a new financial aid program until after the vote on whether to accept reforms the creditors proposed last we ek in exchange for bailout loans. That Greece will now need a third international bailout is a near certainty. The International Monetary Fund, one of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creditors in its two bailouts so far, said Thursday that the country needs debt relief and $56 billion in new financing from October through 2018. The analysis was made before Greece defaulted on IMF loans Tuesday and closed its banks Monday. The outlook is worse now. Debt relief has been one of the main demands of Prime Minister Alexis Tsiprasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; government, but it met with strenuous resistance in negotiations with Greeceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creditors who, apart from the IMF, are other eurozone countries and the European Central Bank. But Tsipras has also been adamant he does not want any more bailouts involving just loans â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rather a different â&#x20AC;&#x153;growth

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pactâ&#x20AC;? with Europe that will allow the economy to emerge from a depression. Tsipras called the referendum for Sunday advocating voters reject creditorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposals, saying it would put the country in a stronger negotiating position. The idea was dismissed by the head of the eurozone finance ministersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; group, Jeroen Dijsselbloem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That suggestion is simply wrong,â&#x20AC;? Dijsselbloem told lawmakers in the Netherlands. European officials and the Greek opposition have warned a â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? outcome Sunday could be

tantamount to a decision to leave the euro. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The consequences are not the same if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a yes or no,â&#x20AC;? French President Francois Hollande said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the yes, even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the basis of proposals that have already expired, negotiations can resume and I imagine be quickly concluded,â&#x20AC;? he said during a visit to Cotonou, Benin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are in something of an unknown. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to the Greeks to respond.â&#x20AC;? Until then, the country remains in limbo, with banks shut and strict cash withdrawal limits imposed.

For a second day, crowds of elderly Greeks, some struggling with walking sticks or being held up by others, thronged the few banks opened to help pensioners without debit or credit cards withdraw at least some money. The banks closed on Monday to prevent remaining funds fleeing after Tsipras announced he was calling the referendum. Some European officials have said the Greek referendum amounts to a vote on whether to stay in the euro. The Greek government says that argument is merely an attempt to terrorize the people into voting in favour of destructive austerity policies. Many Greeks say they will be casting their ballots to end the budget cuts and tax increases imposed in return for bailout loans from other eurozone countries and the IMF. French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Europe remains committed to avoiding â&#x20AC;&#x153;catastropheâ&#x20AC;? for Greece and keeping it in the eurozone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The exit of Greece from the eurozone is not desirable, nor envisaged,â&#x20AC;? Sapin said on Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iTele television Thursday. If voters reject international bailout terms in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vote, then â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are entering in an unknown zone, an economic slide,â&#x20AC;? Sapin warned. Business associations and the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest labour union have urged the government to cancel the referendum.

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MONTREAL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two investigators with Quebecâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anti-corruption squad will travel to Panama to make sure Arthur Porter, wanted in Canada on fraud charges, is actually dead, the head of the unit said Thursday. Robert Lafreniere said his office has received â&#x20AC;&#x153;no official confirmationâ&#x20AC;? from Panamanian authorities about reports the well-known doctor died of cancer this week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It seems to us essential and a priority to rapidly obtain proof so we can take the appropriate steps regarding the charges of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering (Porter) is facing,â&#x20AC;? Lafreniere said in a statement. The Crown alleges Porter received part of a $22.5-million payment from Montreal-based engineering giant SNC-Lavalin in order to fix the call for tenders to ensure the firm received the lucrative $1.3-billion contract to build a megahospital in Montreal. News of the investigators travelling to Panama came the same day as Crown officials in Quebec said they also are seeking official documents and corroborative evidence of Porterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death. Without such evidence, the fraud charges against Porter will stand, Crown prosecutor Marie-Helene Giroux said in an interview.

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Egypt strikes back at militants in Sinai Air raids at dawn kill 23 extremists near Rafah BRIAN ROHAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Egyptian warplanes launched new airstrikes and troops went house-to-house Thursday in the troubled Sinai Peninsula, a day after Islamic State-linked militants set off the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bloodiest fighting in decades in an unprecedented, co-ordinated attack. The combat, described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;warâ&#x20AC;? by the media and officials, heightened tensions across Egypt as it marks Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second anniversary of the militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, a move that fanned an insurgency in north Sinai that has grown stronger. It also follows the dramatic assassination this week of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief prosecutor in a car bombing in Cairo, prompting general-turned-politician President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to press for even harsher anti-terrorism laws targeting Islamic militants.

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Health Canada revises asbestos stance KRISTY KIRKUP THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Recent changes to the way Health Canada describes health risks associated with asbestos exposure are not significant, the federal government said Thursday even as experts stressed the importance of the update. Chrysotile asbestos, mined in Canada and exported until the last operation in Quebec went bankrupt, used to be referred to on the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website as being less dangerous than other forms of the mineral.

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Metro Vancouverites say no to transit tax Funds sought for more buses, roads, subway line, bridge TAMSYN BURGMANN THE CANADIAN PRESS

Mayors and British Columbia politicians each say the other side must pay for crucial transportation upgrades now that Metro Vancouver residents have voted against paying a higher sales tax to fund major projects. Sixty-two per cent of Metro Vancouverites have rejected the mayors’ proposal to raise $7.5 billion over 10 years through a half-per-cent tax hike. Mayors and representatives from 21 municipalities, an electoral area that includes the University of British Columbia and a First Nation called on the province to address the funding gap after Elections BC released the results Thursday. However, Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the onus was still on the region to generate its one-third share of funding. “Doing nothing is simply not an option,” Stone said as he endorsed the mayors’ plan for more buses, roads, a subway extension, a new bridge and other infrastructure. “Voters have made their decision. Now it’s up to the mayors to go back to the drawing board and take a look at their plan.” All sides agree the region that’s expected to grow by one million people over the next 30 years faces increasing traffic congestion that will have environmental and economic consequences. Stone said higher property taxes may be the answer but the mayors’ council unanimously opposed that option earlier Thursday.

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An Ontario court has upheld the Ontario law society’s refusal to accredit a B.C. Christian university’s yet-to-open law school. Trinity Western University had asked the Divisional Court in Ontario for a judicial review of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s decision, but the court dismissed the application Thursday. The university forbids sex outside heterosexual marriage, which has led to similar legal battles in other provinces. Three judges wrote that the law society’s decision to deny accreditation carefully weighed the school’s right to freedom of religion versus the students’ rights to equal opportunity. The university can still open a law school, but its graduates wouldn’t be eligible to be called to the bar in Ontario.

A bomb threat believed to be a hoax prompted WestJet to divert a Vancouver-to-Toronto flight to Calgary on Wednesday night. WestJet said flight WS722 landed safely and the 30 passengers and five crew members on board exited the aircraft via stairs. The airline said it had diverted the Boeing 737-700 “out of an abundance of caution” and later said the flight had been “cleared as safe by Calgary police” and no explosive device was found. This was the fourth time in five days that a WestJet flight had been the subject of a threat and it was the fifth such incident involving a Canadian airliner in a week. In all of the cases, searches of the aircraft unearthed nothing suspicious. Police say the investigation is continuing.

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Watchdog ﬁnds nothing Heritage lighthouse list withheld in mine disaster includes 21 B.C. sites A transit bus enters the Stanley Park causeway after crossing over the Lions Gate Bridge from North Vancouver on Thursday. Residents of Metro Vancouver have rejected a half-per-cent sales transit tax. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, who heads the council, noted the province mandated the plebiscite and must now take action. “We need an alternate solution from the B.C. government,” Robertson said. “The ball’s back in the province’s court for next steps.” Jordan Bateman, who was a prominent force in the campaign against the tax increase, said the plebiscite failed because residents weren’t prepared to trust TransLink, the region’s transit authority, with more money. “TransLink has lost the public’s confidence and now they have to

listen to taxpayers and rebuild it properly,” said Bateman, who heads the western chapter of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. He noted the No side prevailed with a budget of $40,000 while the Yes side spent over $5.8 million promoting its stance. Maple Ridge, Langley and Richmond residents voted overwhelmingly against the tax, while the highest support came from residents on Bowen Island. The village of Belcarra and an unincorporated electoral area that includes the University of British Columbia were the only other jurisdictions to register more than 50-per-cent support for the tax.

British Columbia’s privacy commissioner says the province did not violate its duty to inform the public before last summer’s tailings-pond breach at a gold and copper mine. Elizabeth Denham says information the government had about the Mount Polley mine before the disaster was not urgent enough to require a public safety warning under the province’s freedom of information and privacy laws. Denham says she reviewed records from January 2009 to August 2014 and found nothing indicating major risks. She says she uncovered two incidents involving a tension crack and water rising above permitted tailings-pond levels, but they did not pose a significant-enough risk.

Parks Canada has released a list of 74 lighthouses that have been granted heritage status. The structures that will be preserved under the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act include 21 in British Columbia, 14 in Ontario, five in Quebec, two in New Brunswick, 14 in Nova Scotia, seven in P.E.I. and 11 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Marc Seguin, head of the non-profit group Save Our Lighthouses, says it’s a good first step, considering there are more than 500 lighthouses worth preserving in Canada. Of the 74 lighthouses designated as heritage sites, 42 will remain federal properties and active aids to navigation. The rest will be go to community groups, municipalities and economic development agencies.

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BP agrees to record settlement, cost for Gulf spill will hit $53.8B KEVIN MCGILL, REBECCA SANTANA AND MICHAEL KUNZELMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Trying to close the books on the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, BP agreed Thursday to provide billions of dollars in new money to five Gulf Coast states in a deal the company said would bring its full obligations to an estimated $53.8 billion. Federal and state government officials touted the record-breaking $18.7 billion agreement as a historic milestone in the Gulf Coastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recovery. The Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 rig workers and spewed millions of gallons of crude that stained beaches, coated wildlife and polluted marshes. BP also gets a valuable return: Much of the payments, to be made over the next 18 years, could be tax-deductible. And by finally providing shareholders with a clearer cost picture, the London-based oil giant will be freer to embark on new ventures. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This allows us to manage BP as an oil company,â&#x20AC;? BP CEO Bob Dudley said during a conference call. He said BP could launch as many as 20 major new projects by 2020, depending on oil prices. The Justice Department said Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agreement would be

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Poet continues to capture beauty At 76, writer Patrick Lane has enjoyed a long career as one of Canada’s most celebrated writers JULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS

hen poet and author Patrick Lane emerged from rehab in 2001, foremost on his mind was his return to writing. He had always been a writer, but always a drinker, too. What was the connection between the two, he wondered, and now sober, how would that affect his writing? The result of his journey back was There is a Season, a book that is as much an homage to his garden as a memoir of childhood hardship that covers a year in the writer’s life post-rehab. In the more than a decade since, he received his answer to the question of how his writing would be affected: It has made it better than ever. His latest book of poetry, Washita, out last fall from Harbour, explores yet a new form of style and is already being hailed as a new highlight of Lane’s long and varied career. Now 76, this career also continues to be marked by an effort to pass on what he knows and has learned about writing to an emerging body of wordsmiths. Every year, Lane offers three retreats in which writers receive guidance through a series of exercises and discussions. The result of each retreat is a chapbook of poems, the most recent of which he will help launch at the Nanaimo Museum on July 8. “Thousands and thousands of people read poetry. But not millions, And that doesn’t matter. It’s a beautiful thing to do,” says Lane. “Willy nilly, one way or another, through teaching or doing this and doing that, over the years I’ve ended up making a modest living at it. “But I mean, I don’t know how you make a living. I’d like to

Author and poet Patrick Lane at his residence near Victoria. He will read at the chapbook launch in Nanaimo on July 8. [DIANA NETHERCOTT PHOTO]

know how you make a life. That’s a more interesting question. Anyone can make a living, but how do you make a life?” It was back in 1958 when Lane, a new father at the age of 19, realized his life work would from then on consist of striving to capture poignant and sometimes painful moments of truth and beauty through words. Lane describes how he stood one morning in the grey dawn outside his shack. Employed as a dump truck driver in Vernon, he was waiting to be picked up by the grader operator when a huge blue butterfly fell from the sky and landed on the sleeve of his thin coat. Mystified at how such an “exquisite creature,” as he put it,

could have somehow ended up in the frigid mid-winter landscape of the Okanagan Valley, Lane desperately tried to save it. “I breathed upon the butterfly with the helplessness we all have when we are faced with an impossible and inevitable death, be it a quail or crow, gopher, hawk, child or dog,” wrote Lane in June of 2013. “I cupped that delicate butterfly in the hollow of my hands and ran back to the picker’s shack in the hope that somehow the warmth from the morning fire in the woodstove might save it, but when I reached the door and opened my hands, the butterfly died.” About to receive an honorary degree from the University of

British Columbia’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna, not far from where he made his living in Vernon as a 19-year-old labourer, Lane wrote out the story as his address to the convocation. The speech, later published by the Globe and Mail, went viral and touched a nerve with his eloquent description of the drive to protect and nurture beauty when it falls in our hands. For the poet, it was a moment that changed him forever. “How does it change your life when something like that happens?” said Lane. “You have a perception of immense fragility. A profound sense of astonishing beauty in an alien environment, in a place

unlike anything that that butterfly could possibly have imagined, having flown there from the upper atmosphere, being swept along by terrible winds, God knows from where. Maybe the Philippines, I don’t know. And then landing in my hand.” Whatever it was, it worked, and stands as an example of what Lane says he strives towards as an artist — the attempt to write “one true thing.” Lane will read, along with 19 other poets, at The Honeymoon Bay chapbook launch at the Nanaimo Museum, 100 Museum Way, from 7 to 9 p.m. on July 8. Julie.Chadwick @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4238

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The eight-piece band La Familia first debuted at the Nanaimo Multicultural Festival in June to resounding success.

If you like to dance salsa, chances are good you’ll like La Familia. The eight-piece band is Nanaimo’s homegrown source of Latin music. Their first show, at the Nanaimo Multicultural Festival in June, was a resounding success. “As soon as we began playing,

the audience started dancing, right from the first song to the very end,” said Bill Nuna Smith. Smith, started The Family with fellow musicians Tono Vellez and Rodrigo Moreno Villemar, two Latin American performers formerly of Raices, a band that specializes in traditional, Peruvian-Andean world music. See FAMILIA, Page B2

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Caitlyn Jenner is showing off her Pride. The reality star showed up at a New York City Pride event at the Dream Downtown Hotel on Sunday. Her arrival was captured by a fan on Instagram, and it was pretty clear the crowd was happy to see her. Jenner seemed to have a grand time at the event, based on photos posted by fans and the event. Jenner has not posted anything to her own social media accounts as of yet.

She insisted she not be lectured but she got them anyway, so Bristol Palin is ticked off and changing her public description of how she feels about her second unwed pregnancy. “This pregnancy was actually planned,” she declares in her latest blog message, entitled ‘My Little Blessing.’ The post included an ultrasound image but it does not disclose the father nor any clear details of what she means by a planned pregnancy.

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FAMILIA, from Page B1 The three wanted to create a band to provide an unfilled niche of Latin-American rhythm music people could dance to. Over time they wanted to fill out the sound, and added other players: Scot Rounding, Craig Burnett, James Darling, Amelia Thomas and Carl Cowley. So far, the veteran musicians like what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve created, so far. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is more geared toward dance,â&#x20AC;? said Smith. With a repertoire of â&#x20AC;&#x153;about 30 songs,â&#x20AC;? he said their first show, in the Old City Quarter, was â&#x20AC;&#x153;fantastic.â&#x20AC;? Smith should know. He first picked up the guitar in 1985,

bia and Mexico. The band adds to the cultural mosaic of Nanaimo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the reason behind a lot of the early attention we received,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is something different, and yet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not tuned toward any particular age, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rhythmical. It appeals to everyone.â&#x20AC;? The group has a number of big gigs coming up, including at the Marine Festival. La Familia plays the Vault Cafe this Saturday at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10.

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Crimson Coast’s InFrinGinG Dance Festival opens on Thursday with ‘Salsa Stars and Hot Salsa Nights.’

show from 9:30 p.m. at the same venue. “When you’re outside, there’s a direct shared experience with the audience and the dancers,” said Bright. “When there’s an outdoor performance, dance has to be performed in a particular way in order to stand out in nature. Cultural dance is often part of that.” It’s that cultural dance theme that Bright and her colleagues wished to place particular emphasis on this year and that is evident throughout.

Sandwiched between the African dance and fire shows on Friday, is a tango class with Montreal based couple Pablo Pugliese and Noel Strazza — both professionals in Argentinian tango. The pair are one of the newcomers to this year’s festival and say they bring a twist to the traditional Argentinian style, having both received extensive training in contemporary as well. “It’s hard to define, but more traditional tango that you see on stage is slower and is full of flicks and lifts. Our own stuff is

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closer to contemporary dance and we use video and text where we speak, in order to help the audience relate more to the story,” said Pugliese, who first took up Argentinian tango in his homeland at age eight. It was at 16 that contemporary caught his eye and three years later, Pugliese would go on to study the dance form in New York after attaining a scholarship. The tango class will be held on Friday at the conference centre from 5:30-7 p.m. One class is $25

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and it’s $40 for two. Come Saturday, the entertainment stage at Maffeo Sutton Park will be packed again with First Nations dance at 12:30 p.m., Brazilian dance from 2 p.m., samba at 2:30 p.m. and circus skills from 3 p.m. The Port Theatre will then be the venue for two performances in the evening, including contemporary dance company MACHiNENOiSY at 6 p.m. and then Pugliese and Strazza for their multimedia tango display from 8 p.m. At the conclusion of the tango show, there will also be a milonga (a practice session) on the stage with Pugliese and Strazza. Tickets are $20 for the performance and $30 for the milonga as well. The contemporary show is $15 and $20 after July 9. It all wraps up on Sunday with belly dancer Ramona at Maffeo Sutton Park at 1 p.m. and another MACHiNENOiSY performance at the Port Theatre at 2 p.m. at the same price. The last event of the week again features Pugliese and Strazza, who will offer tango classes at the St Andrews United Church from 2:30-5 p.m. One class is $25 and it’s $40 for two. More details on the festival at crimsoncoastdance.org. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230

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The 39 Steps July 3 to August 7, Presented by Bard to Broadway, The 39 Steps mixes a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel. Add a dash of Monty Python and you have a fast paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre. Special Guest Director Vivien Douglas. Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French. Tickets: $22, child $11, senior/student $20, at Village Theatre 110 West 2nd Avenue, Qualicum. Twist and Shout â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the British Invasion Runs until Aug. 29. At Chemainus Thetre.The British are coming! Bop back to the 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at this irresistible music revue with chart topping hits by the Beatles, Gerry & The Pacemakers, The Hollies, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Five and more. Evening and matinee shows. www.chemainustheatre.ca.

Bathtub Weekend Launch Party July 24, outside in Diana Krall Plaza. Doors 4 p.m., Showtime 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. The Bathtub Weekend Launch Party is a one-day concert festival taking place in Diana Krall Plaza in celebration of Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconic Bathtub Days Festival featuring Platinum Blonde, Bif Naked, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Bend Sinister, Jesse Roper, Kendall Patrick and the Headless Bettys, DJ MikeyMike, a beer garden, food trucks, a celebrity dunk tank and more.

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and will include chocolate and song. Norma Rocher is a part of artist Elizabeth Milton’s video installation ‘Soap Opera with Chocolates.’

The Laugh Lounge July 10, two shows: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Four to six hilarious comedians perform on the first Saturday of every month at ACMe’s Laugh Lounge. July 10 features Paul Alexander, Darryl Shaw and more. Tickets $10 per show and available now at ACMe Food Co. restaurant.

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Spirit Gum Cabaret: Live Music and Magic! July 4 at 9 p.m. at MGM Restaurant, 240 Nicol St. Tickets from the Gallery $10/ Door $12. An evening of live performances for all ages. Presented as part of the exhibition Spirit Gum the cabaret features music by Red Hot Icicles Burning on Fire (Vancouver), Starlight 75 (Ladysmith), and a magical performance by Travis the Magician (Vancouver). Costumes are encouraged.

Prox:Imity Re:Mix, Gender, Identity and Community July 10, 6 p.m. and July 12, 2 p.m. Where do you stand? A show about gender, identity and community. Port Theater, Tickets: $15 early bird, $20 after July 9.

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WIXARITARI: People Walking Towards Dawn — Huichol Art by José Benitez Sánchez Until July 15, noon to 5 p.m. at The Art Gallery at Vancouver Island University Entrance 5D, Building 330 900 Fifth Street. In the ‘WIXARITARI: People Walking Towards Dawn’ exhibition we learn about the three worlds of the Huichol universe through yarn paintings done with colorful fibers on boards covered in beeswax or pine sap by the mara’akame (shaman) José Benítez Sánchez (1938-2009), whose indigenous name means the silent walker.

Tango Nights July 11, 8 p.m. Tango Nights — Extempore Danse followed by Milonga on stage. The Port Theatre, tickets: performance only: $20, performance and Milonga: $30 Montreal based professional tango dancers — Pablo Pugliese and Noel Strazza — will demonstrate the mixture of traditional tango and contemporary dance. Footloose: The Musical July 18, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Presented by Schmooze Productions Summer Break Theatre Camp. At the Port Theatre, all seats $12.50.

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specials who oversaw all Shark Week content, his first go at it. The summer staple is airing for the 28th time. “Discovery is at its best when it’s fulfilling our core brand promise, which is about exploration and adventure, science and research,”

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On a sober note, the lineup offers timely examinations of efforts to develop tools to help ocean-loving humans and sharks coexist peacefully in areas coping with dangerous shark vs human encounters. The shows were completed before the recent spate of attacks. “I think Shark Week has done a great job over the last decades showing the sharks aren’t mindless killing machines. But the reality is that shark attacks do happen — the question is why they happen, what can we learn from them and what can we do to mitigate them from happening happen,” Swartz said. There are several reasons for what shark expert Craig O’Connell characterizes as “maybe a slight increase” in dangerous encounters. The jump in the human population and more crowded oceans is one, he said, a factor also cited by scientists in explaining the attacks of the Carolinas.

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For model year 2015, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 offers some new standard and available features, just a year after a complete makeover. They include a Hydra-Matic 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmission on the 6.2-litre V-8 models, 12,000-pound trailering capacity, up-level trailering mirrors with rear guidance lamps, and a spray-on bedliner for all models. The eight-speed automatic is built tougher, with 11 per cent greater torque capacity, to handle the greater power of Silverado’s powertrains, Chevrolet says. Also new are the enhanced MyLink with Text Messaging Alerts and Siri Eyes Free, available OnStar with 4G LTE, and built-in Wi-Fi hotspot (three-gigabyte three-month trial). Silverado’s in-vehicle communication system, MyLink provides easy, intuitive operation of basic functions, while being highly customizable, linking up to 10 devices such as smartphones, SD cards and MP3 players. Using a standard 4.2-inch screen and multiple USB ports, MyLink is enhanced by Text Messaging Alerts, which reads incoming texts through the vehicle’s speakers. The system collects music from all USB-connected devices into one library, for enjoyment of personal music in addition to standard audio featuring satellite radio and a single-slot CD/MP3 player. An eight-inch-diagonal touch screen is available with the navigation option. Siri Eyes Free and TMA use voice-controlled connectivity with natural language recognition, allowing phones to remain stowed and hands to remain on the steering wheel. The touch screen also uses gesture recognition. The new optional OnStar with 4G LTE and standard built-in hotspot provides a means for driver and passengers to stay connected to the outside world,

The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado pickup comes in three cab and three cargo-bed configurations, and all models have either rear or optional four-wheel drive. [TNS]

and is on anytime the vehicle is on, instantly available for up to seven devices. For 2015, Silverado 1500 models are priced from $26,170-$51,540, and include regular cab, double cab and crew cab body styles, all offered with four-wheel drive. Trims include Work Truck (WT), LS, LT, LTZ and High Country. Regular cab models are available with a six-foot-six box or an eight-foot box. Double cab models are offered exclusively with the six-foot-six box, while crew cabs are available with a five-foot-eight box or the six-footsix box. New exterior colours include Rain Forrest Metallic and Deep Ocean Blue Metallic, which add $495, and for a limited time, Sunrise Metallic and Pewter will be available. My review vehicle was a Deep Ocean Blue Metallic LS rear-wheel drive double cab with Jet Black/Dark Ash interior featuring high-wear cloth on the bench seats.

The cloth is especially durable, stain resistant, and easy to clean — spilled liquid simply beads up instead of soaking in. On my vehicle, the standard 4.3-litre V-6 Ecotec3 engine was replaced by a 355-horsepower 5.3-litre V-8 ($1,095 extra). The front bench seat was split 40/20/40, with a multi-feature armrest on the fold-down center section and comfortable manually adjustable, bolstered outboard seating areas. The armrest/seatback included three cupholders; a shallow rubber-lined tray on top; a covered cubby with a folding divider, a large paper clip, two USB ports, and a power outlet; and a sectioned slot for mobile devices (or French fries). A very small person could sit in the centre position up front, if necessary, although legroom was almost non-existent, and the seatbelt didn’t include a shoulder belt. The front doors had two map

pockets, with divisions for two bottles in the lower pockets. The fold-up rear bench seat allowed tall items to be hauled safely inside, out of the elements. The bench seat had child-seat tethers for all three positions, and lower anchors for outboard seats. There was 40.5 inches of headroom and 40.9 inches of legroom — with less in the middle rear position. Rear passengers had two pockets and one bottle holder on each door. For buyers who use their trucks as an office on wheels, a new, larger center console is available. The locking console holds hanging files in reconfigurable compartments, and includes controls for overhead lights, five USB ports, two 12-volt power outlets, a new 110-volt outlet, and a cord-management system. There are map pockets along the side, movable cupholders and a special location for storing cellphones.

With those low first gear ratios and 174 ft-lbs. of torque, the ProMaster fairly jumps out of the starting gate, zipping to 50 km/h in less that 4.0-seconds: just the thing if you’re on a tight delivery schedule. The variable power steering is light and direct while the independent suspension is designed to provide a stable and comfortable ride whether empty or fully loaded. Our test van had a completely bare interior (there are numerous ways to equip your cargo space after purchase depending on individual needs) so the noise level was pretty high. You can overcome this to some degree by choosing the optional cabin wall divider that closes you off from the cargo area. On the plus side, I really appreciated the standard A/C on what was one of the hottest days of June. After driving the van for some time, it occurred to me that with a little imagination, you could turn it into a very effective camper. Slide in a couple of retractable beds and a few other essentials and you have a very economical alternative to much more expensive motor homes: just a thought. Commercial van designers don’t usually care very much about the driver’s comfort. Not so in this case. Both Premium Cloth front buckets are well contoured to provide a comfortable fit with generous under-thigh support (not like the usual short cushions that make you feel like you’re sitting on a park bench). Both seats are heated and have simple manual adjusters with a height lever and lumbar control for the driver. There’s also a retractable armrest for the driver. ❱❱ Alan McPhee is a Canadian automotive journalist and is former editor of Carguide Magazine. His articles appear each week in this space.

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DETROIT — General Motors engineers say early testing of the automaker’s upcoming Chevrolet Bolt EV is affirming their estimates that the car will have a range of 200 miles between charges. The automaker has produced 55 prototypes of the all-electric vehicle at plants in Seoul, South Korea, and Orion Township, about 30 miles north of Detroit. They have been driven hard throughout

GM’s testing grounds and early results are positive, engineers say. In order to reduce consumers’ anxiety about being stranded without a nearby station, engineers developing the Bolt have set a 200 miles on full charge goal. “We have experienced 200 miles. We’re pretty confident in that,” said Pam Fletcher, GM executive chief engineer for electrified vehicles. “You can imagine we’re going to eke out every mile of range we can.”

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Maserati, one of Italian auto racing’s most storied brands, celebrated its centennial last year. The Bologna company founded by brothers Alfieri, Bindo, Carlo, Ettore and Ernesto is now owned by the massive Fiat Chrysler conglomerate, along with its Italian brothers Alfa Romeo and Ferrari. That makes Maserati an in-between marque, far more glamorous than the most exalted Fiat or Chrysler but well short of Ferrari. Maserati’s 2015 Quattroporte GTS rides the middle in other ways too — not as luxe as the highest end Mercedes, nor notably more capable than a less-expensive BMW or Audi. Even in its styling, this full-sized sport sedan is difficult to distinguish. With its subtle badging, gently rounded contours and muted grigio, nero and bronzo color schemes — there is no bright paint option — the Quattroporte might be mistaken for almost any European or Japanese luxury car. But this four-door, four-passenger sedan still offers large measures of comfort and speed. The 3.8-litre, twin turbocharged V-8 engine — designed and built by Ferrari in Marinello, but tucked into its housing at the new state-of-the-art Maserati facility in Grugliasco — makes 523 horsepower and 524 pound-feet of torque. It will drive the GTS from zero to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds on its way to a top speed of 191 mph. A fluid eight-speed transmission switch-

es seamlessly from automatic to manual with a pair of intuitive paddle shifters. Around town, the car is smooth and quiet as a bank vault. The interior is minimalist and masculine, more like a Milano man cave than the driver’s compartment in a sports car, and the rear passenger area is like a suite at the Ritz Carlton. The seats are electronically adjustable, and ventilated, and face two 10-inch entertainment screens. There ought to be iced compartments to chill the champagne and caviar. The model I drove included a $5,700 “Luxury Package,” featuring four-zone climate control, ventilated leather seats, custom brake calipers and a suede-like Alcantara headliner, and a $5,200 Bowers & Wilkins stereo system. On a high-speed road, the Quattroporte puts the S on that GT, and turns from grand touring car to sports car. Agile and aggressive, with its sport engine and suspension buttons illuminated, it carves canyons like a knife shaving a Parma ham. All that power doesn’t make much noise. The Quattroporte’s interior sound-dampening materials are so effective, and the sound system is so lush, that I had to mute the Montovani and lower the windows to even hear the delightful music coming from the GTS’ signature trapezoidal exhaust pipes. It also isn’t very efficient. The Quattroporte gets a combined fuel economy rating of 16 miles per gallon, and comes with a $1,300 gas guzzler tax.

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2016 Mercedes AMG GT S is built for speed CHARLES FLEMING LOS ANGELES TIMES

The 2016 Mercedes AMG GT S is a hot rod. More muscle car than luxury car, more American than German, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wolf in wolfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing. Sleek, low and lean, it looks fast and it is fast â&#x20AC;&#x201D; zero to 60 in 3.7 seconds, with a top speed of 193 miles per hour. Climb inside the two-door, two-seater â&#x20AC;&#x201D; because you do have to climb inside â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fire it up, and fly. The 4.0-litre bi-turbo V-8 is a rocket motor, producing 503 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque. The exhaust roar is leonine. When the car is in Sport or Sport+ mode, it howls. In Race mode, it screams. The straight-line acceleration is intense, as befits a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive V-8. Mercedes says the long hood, high belt line and broad shoulders give the vehicle an â&#x20AC;&#x153;emotional appearance.â&#x20AC;? The emotion would be urgency. On the open road, the AMG GT S is a bullet. The handling and seven-speed gearbox are precise, the electronic steering is speed-sensitive, and the suspension is tunable for three modes of stiffness and feedback. Traction is handled by a rear-axle locking differential. On the twisties, the car steers a little longer than it is, because of all that engine weight in front of the driver. On wide sweepers, though, the handling seems to improve with higher speeds. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even a rear spoiler, which engages with a flip of the switch inside the cabin or, in Sport modes, extends or retracts depending on the vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speed.

The 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S is powered by a twin-turbo, 4.0-litre V8 making 503 horsepower. It boasts a top speed of 193 mph and has an MSRP of $130,825. [MYUNG J. CHUN/LOS ANGELES TIMES]

Drive modes include Sport and Sport+, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Câ&#x20AC;? setting, which on some cars means â&#x20AC;&#x153;Comfortâ&#x20AC;? but on this vehicle stands for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Controlled Efficiencyâ&#x20AC;? and is meant to cut noise and increase mileage. There is also the refreshingly frank â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raceâ&#x20AC;? setting. A city street burnout is not a good idea, but the AMG GT S, in R mode, is up for it if you are. The performance comes with compromise. The AMG GT S is built more for hot laps around a raceway than a trip to the beach. Mercedes says the carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior design is meant to make you feel â&#x20AC;&#x153;like you are slipping into the cockpit of a fighter jet.â&#x20AC;?

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That would be a really small fighter jet, the extraction from which includes not an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ejectâ&#x20AC;? button but a sequence of moves involving both feet, both hands and an abs workout. The low-slung, hand-stitched, nappa-leather seats are sculpted and tight-fitting. The suspension is stiff and sharp â&#x20AC;&#x201D; excellent on a newly paved patch of road, but murder on pitted, pot-holed streets. Rear and side visibility are minimal, but whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there to look at? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sightseeing. You are the sight. Besides, sightseeing would suggest companions and paraphernalia. It wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be hard to coax a friend into the passenger

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The AMG GT S version I drove had all that, and its base price of $130,825. But it was also fitted with carbon fiber trim and body elements, select interior appointments, special seat belts, custom wheels, a â&#x20AC;&#x153;high-endâ&#x20AC;? Burmester sound system, and an engine and suspension â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dynamic Plusâ&#x20AC;? performance package that Mercedes says is â&#x20AC;&#x153;ideal for aspiring racing drivers on closed-off circuits.â&#x20AC;? All that drove the sticker to $153,080. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not more than a comparable German sports car, such as a higher-end Porsche 911 or Audi R8. The AMG GT S sticker is well below the $230,900 Mercedes asks for the S63 AMG Coupe, which gets 621 horsepower out of a 6.0-litre V-12 power plant. Like that engine, the engines for the AMG GT and AMG GT S are built according to what Mercedes calls the â&#x20AC;&#x153;one man, one engineâ&#x20AC;? principle: Each power plant, when finished, will bear the actual engineerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature on its engine plate. The AMG GT S became available to U.S. buyers in May. Customers who are attracted by the styling and handling, but find the price too high, will soon have a less expensive option. The 2017 AMG GT, without the S, will go on sale next spring. It will offer about 50 fewer horses, and go zero to 60 two-tenths of a second slower, but it will be priced at $130,825. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll still bear that engineerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s signature on the engine. Customers who want to spend even more on an AMG GT S, though, may have to wait a while for a convertible version. Mercedes hints that one of those will be available, at some point, as well.

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Volkswagen was down almost six per cent. Subaru sales rose 7.2 per cent on the strength of a 45 per cent increase in its Legacy sedan and a six per cent gain for its best-selling Forester SUV. In June, automakers likely sold about 1.5 million vehicles, or about five per cent more than the same month last year. TrueCar President John Krafcik estimated the annual selling pace for June at 17.4 million, slightly below Mayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s torrid 17.8 million pace. At 2015â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s halfway mark the National Automobile Dealers Association revised its forecast from 16.94 to 17.17 million for the entire year.

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Americans have become obsessed with compact and subcompact crossover utility vehicles. These are vehicles that look like SUVs but are little more than humdrum cars fitted with a hatchback body and a few more inches of ground clearance. Originally bought as an outdoorsy antidote to the minivan and station wagon, the CUV now clogs the nation’s pokey parkways and spends nights relaxing in bucolic cul-de-sacs. Like Elvis Presley circa 1974, the CUV’s adventurous early years are long behind it, and what we’re left with is a vestige of its former glory. Image? None. Crossovers hold all of the appeal of a good blender; but at least a blender can whip up a healthy smoothie or an equally satisfying frozen margarita. The CUV is little more than a brood conveyor. There is a remedy of course, and it comes from a part of the market that has virtually disappeared: the station wagon. And for the past week, I have driven one of the most entertaining samples I have ever driven: the 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen. Having grown up in an era of mammoth Brady Bunch station wagons has engrained in me a deep loathing of wagons equal to my dislike of the Kardashians, Paris Hilton and Donald Trump. And yet I loved this new Golf. The SportWagen replaces the aging Jetta wagon, now wearing the name that this model uses in the rest of the world, rather than the Jetta name. Regardless of what you call it, surely one of the adjectives would be handsome. Volkswagen’s corporate design chief, Walter de Silva and brand design honcho Klaus Bischoff have endowed the wagon with the same crisp, distinctive wardrobe that makes the latest Golf so fetching. Its timelessness will ensure it will catch your eye long after the car loan is paid off. The 2015 model is offered in

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The 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen TDI station wagon looks like a stretched Golf hatchback, with a longer cargo compartment and a more upright tailgate. [TNS]

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to its fuel source, its 236 poundfeet of torque is available at 1,750 rpm. So this wagon feels vigorous off the line, with plenty of power to haul thanks to its responsive throttle. Perfectly weighted steering aids and abets its performance, as does a suspension that firmly battles the worst crumbling arteries. The car always remains firmly planted, even when putting this little transporter to the test on your favorite twisting, turning weekend road. It’s more fun to drive than almost any crossover because it’s a car, rather than a car with delusions of grandeur. The S turbo-diesel gets 16-inch wheels, rather than the 15s on the base gas model. Upper trim levels come with 17- or 18-inch wheels, so choose your trim level carefully if this matters. The six-speed dual-clutch is a marvelous transmission for this engine. The gearbox is actually an automated manual transmission with two clutches, rather than a true automatic, so

it responds more rapidly than a traditional slushbox or even a traditional manual. Thoughtfully, VW has supplied shift paddles on the steering wheel, which come in handy when you want to shift for yourself. The ride is comfortable and quiet, except for some engine noise. The driver’s seat adjusts manually, as does the steering wheel, allowing drivers to find their perfect driving position. The bucket seats aren’t sport buckets, but prove comfortable for long turns in the saddle. Ride comfort is very good, better than the standard Golf, no doubt because it’s a foot longer than the Golf, with which it shares its architecture. Rear seat leg space ranges from acceptable to very good, depending on the accommodation of front seat passengers. Cargo space, by contrast, is excellent. There’s 30.4 cubic feet when the seats are filled. But flop down the second row and there’s a massive 66.5 cubic feet.

Through half of 2015, auto sales are on track to hit record levels not seen in 15 years — which has many observers convinced that the industry will see sales fall soon. After climbing more than four per cent through July, after several years of post-recession growth, annual sales could approach the previous annual record of 17.4 million. The robust market has been fueled by the need for drivers to replace aging cars, historic low interest rates and sagging gasoline prices, trends expected to wane. “This is a cyclical industry, and there is no escaping the consumer cycle,” said Steven Szakaly, chief economist for the National Auto Dealers Association. Sales, which hit 8.5 million so far this year, could tick up a bit next year. But they are likely near their peak, according to association forecasts. With auto sales making up one of the strongest segments of still-tepid economy, any reversal would be felt nationally. In previous down cycles, automakers have resorted to profit-killing price wars to maintain market share and keep factories humming. With the deep recession still in recent memory, they might resort to cutting shifts and laying off workers more quickly. Consumers — who are paying record prices for cars now — would likely see the return of big discounts. John Hoffecker, a vice chairman at AlixPartners and head of the firm’s global automotive practice, predicts a downturn after 2016 with sales tumbling as low as 14 million.

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T-Men Clippers’ top scorer excited Jr. ofﬁcially for one more BCHL season out of Sheldon Rempal calls putting off school for a year a ‘setback,’ but stays motivated SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

t’s not often a junior hockey club’s top scorer returns to his team a year later. Last September, the Nanaimo Clippers were fortunate enough to have all three of their 2013-14 leading scorers back in the fold, and it’s not a coincidence that eight months later they were one of two B.C. Hockey League teams still remaining. While the Clippers won’t be afforded the same luxury in September, the unexpected return of Sheldon Rempal, Yanni Kaldis and Devin Brosseau means the cupboards are anything but bare. Rempal, in particular, led the team in goal scoring with 29 — including six game-winners — in 2014-15, and was fourth in Clippers points with 53 in 53 games. It was learned recently he will be putting off an NCAA Div. I scholarship to Clarkson University and staying with the Clippers for one more season in his final year of junior eligibility. “It was definitely a bit of a setback,” Rempal said in a phone interview from Calgary, his hometown. “They told me I was ready to come and that they were excited to get me and that i was going to make an impact right away. “I kind of just had to embrace it and swallow the pill, but I’m definitely excited to come back for one more year.” The issue for Rempal was with the NCAA Clearinghouse, which ensures all student-athletes have all of their academic prerequisites sorted out before beginning athletic competition. Rempal said he will need to become a full-time university student in Nanaimo, pass all his classes, and will then become eligible to play NCAA hockey at Clarkson. He made his commitment to the school in October 2013, so

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Nanaimo Clippers right winger Sheldon Rempal, middle, navigates through the defence of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs during a 2014-15 B.C. Hockey League game at Frank Crane Arena. [FILE PHOTO]

“I kind of had to embrace it and swallow the pill, but I’m definitely excited to come back for one more year.“ Sheldon Rempal, Nanaimo Clippers

finding out he would have to wait another year wasn’t easy to take. Returning to Nanaimo was made easier, though, when he found out who else is coming back — Brosseau, his linemate, roommate and friend who was also committed to Clarkson for the upcoming season, provides a returning tandem few BCHL teams will be able to match. Bigger and better things will be expected out of Rempal this season as a 20-year-old 29-goal scorer returning to a team that won’t be as loaded with talent as the one previous.

“I definitely want to keep improving throughout my career,” Rempal said. “I put up better numbers than my first year this past year, and so I just want to keep improving. “I talked to (Clippers head coach and general manager Mike Vandekamp) a little bit and he has pretty high expectations for me to be a top scorer in the league and maybe even get up there in points this year, hopefully, and keep working on little things to get ready for college.” Rempal and everyone else returning to the team won’t be looking for reasons to be motivated, either, after ending their season two wins away from a league championship. “With the core group of guys, there’s going to be a bitter taste from going out that way last year,” he said. “With all the guys coming back, and even the guys coming in, they know the history of what happened this past year, and I

think they’re going to be hungry to keep that winning tradition going and hopefully win the championship this year.” With the addition of Rempal, Brosseau and Kaldis to the 2015-16 roster, though, expectations don’t change much, if at all, for Vandekamp. They were already set high. “It hasn’t changed them at all,” Vandekamp said. “We expect to compete and win every year, so it hasn’t changed anything with regards to that. “You’ll never see me telling you that this is going to be a rebuilding year or that we can’t win — that’s not going to be my approach, ever . . . we went to Game 6 of the final last year. “We need to win two more games than we did in the playoffs, and that’s what we’re going to be trying to do.” Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243

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VANCOUVER — The Mike Gillis era is long gone now for the Vancouver Canucks. On Thursday the Canucks cleaned out their front office, firing three Gillis regime holdovers in vice-president of hockey operations and assistant general manager Laurence Gilman, assistant GM Lorne Henning and director of player personnel Eric Crawford. Gilman joined the Canucks when Gillis became GM in 2008, and Henning was promoted to assistant GM at that time. Crawford, the younger brother of former coach Marc Crawford, had been with the organization for 16 years. “We have made some difficult decisions to our roster and staff recently after a thorough review of the team,” Canucks president Trevor Linden said in a statement. “These are not easy decisions,

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Schneider to the New Jersey Devils at the 2013 draft and then Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers at the 2014 trade deadline. Gillis was fired last summer when Linden took over as president. Benning was then hired as GM. Gilman spent 13 years with the Winnipeg Jets/Arizona Coyotes organization before he joined the Canucks. The well-respected hockey man will likely not be out of work long. Henning, who was the team’s primary liaison with its AHL affiliate in Utica, started in Vancouver in 2005 and was promoted to assistant GM when Gillis took over. “They have been important members of our staff for a long time and made significant contributions to the success of this team,” Linden said. “Further still, they are great people and respected members of the hockey community.”

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The Nanaimo Junior A Timbermen will have to wait another year, at least, to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2011, as they have officially been eliminated from contention. And first-year head coach Kyle Couling isn’t happy about the way things happened to get his team to this point, still with two B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League games left to play to improve on their 5-13-1 record. “We definitely need to streamline the organization in that people need to have their defined rolls from the ball boys and bench staff filling water bottles to the GM making the trades and having the trips organized and having a president, and having some of these guys travel with the team,” Couling said. “Lots of times, we show up to games and it’s three or four guys, tops, as a bench staff. Whereas you watch Coquitlam or New West or one of the elite teams come over and they have all their players, their full roster. We never had that luxury of even having guys pushing for spots and competing for spots.” Couling said he had conditions he wanted the organization to meet when he took the spot, however most of them weren’t met. The Timbermen had a solid start to the season, in a playoff spot for the first few weeks and at least within a shot of fourth place up to the middle of the season. A two-day, two-game homestand against the first-place Coquitlam Adanacs, though, all but killed Nanaimo’s hopes of reaching the playoffs as they lost the games by a combined score of 34-11. With two games left to play, including one on Saturday against the last-place Burnaby Lakers at 3 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena, Couling said his team will simply be playing for pride and an attempt to finish in fifth place. “It’s pride, you know,” he said. “It’s the fifth-place megabowl. It sounds like a joke, but that’s what I’ve been going with, because nobody wants to be last. I certainly don’t, and we can still finish fifth.” Saturday would have been the last game for veterans Brett Hawrys and Jeremy Roe, however they were recently dealt to Ontario to play out their final junior games with the Brampton Excelsiors. The Timbermen will instead be led by rookies Connor Leies and Alec Molander, who Couling hopes can develop into corner-stones of the organization. “We had a strong crop of rookies, and hopefully there’s a strong crop of intermediates graduating,” Couling said. “Developing those guys into a cohesive unit is what needs to happen.” The final Timbermen game of the season will be on Sunday when they head to Langley for a date with the fifth-place Thunder. Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243

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Nanaimo golfer Shirin Anjarwalla shot her best round of the tournament Thursday to get back in contention at the 2015 B.C. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amateur Golf Championship at Duncan Meadows. The 15-year-old shot a two-under 70 in Round 3 of the tournament to head into todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final round tied for 13 place in a tournament with no age restrictions. Anjarwalla shot seven-over par in the first round of the tournament before getting into a groove in Round 2 with a six-over par round Wednesday. She parred each of the holes on the front nine before shooting a bogey on No. 11. However, she was able to bounce back for three birdies before the round was over, including birdies on back-to-back holes on No. 12 and 13. Nanoose Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shelly Stouffer, competing in the mid-amateur portion of the tournament, came within a stroke of that portionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three-round championship, one shot back of eventual winner Christina Proteau, of Port Alberni.

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Another plethora of Nanaimo athletes has earned spots at the next level of their crafts, according to The Provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2015 recruit list. Nanaimo Christian badminton star Robert Kelly will join the nationally renowkned Vancouver Island University Mariners program. Owen Kelly, of Woodlands, will join the UBC Thunderbirds baseball team, while the graduated Vancouver Island Raiders star trio of linebacker Dylan Chapdelaine, wide receiver Marshall Cook and defensive lineman Ash Gayat will play for the UBC football team. Nanaimo Islanders football stars Jeremie Cheng and Malik Malik Besseghiuer will also be playing university football, as Cheng is headed to the Calgary Dinos and Besseghiuer will play for the Western Ontario Mustangs. John Barsby track star Sean Miller will move on to the squad at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby. Tyler Hill of John Barsby has also committed to play football for the University of Acadia Axemen. Headed south on the Island to the University of Victoria are NDSS basketball star Tyus Barfoot and Dover Bay cross-country runners Thomas and Peter Oxland. Nanaimo Clippers captain Brendan Taylor will be playing NCAA hockey with Union College in New York state. In womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletics, the Camosun Chargers basketball team has accepted a pair of Nanaimo players as Danielle Friton, a Dover Bay guard, and Woodlandsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Michelle Berti will join that program. Soccer players Rachel Baird of NDSS will play soccer at UVic, and Wellington track star Jenaya Pynn will be on the track team at the same school. Nicole Foglietta and Megan Dial of Dover Bay will play soccer with the VIU Mariners, as will Maddy Whiting, of Woodlands. Dover Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Faye Tuck will continue her championship career at the University of Saskatchewan. If there are any local athletes moving on to play sports collegiately that are not printed here, please notify us at Sports@ nanaimodailynews.com.

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NHL

Habs expecting big things from Kassian Power forward was traded to Montreal from the Vancouver Canucks for fourth-liner Brandon Prust “I’m looking for a fresh start,” said Kassian on a conference call on Thursday. “I couldn’t be more happy — an original-six team with the best fans in the league. I consider myself lucky to be here. “Montreal’s a good, deep team. Any way I can fit in to help the team, I’ll strive in that role and try to make the team better.” Shortly after the trade was announced, Canucks forward Alex Burrows, Kassian’s former teammate, said the move was risky because Kassian had “bumps” on his lower back. Bergevin, however, was not overly concerned by Kassian’s prior injury troubles. “Before making the trade, we looked at his medical records,” said Bergevin. “It’s nothing structural. Players always get injured, but there was nothing alarming in this case.” The trade gives Bergevin and the Canadiens additional cap space. Kassian has a year left on his contract at a cap hit of US$1.75 million. Prust, on the other hand, would have cost Montreal $2.5 million of cap space.

KELSEY PATTERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — General manager Marc Bergevin thinks Zack Kassian can live up to his unrealized potential and give the Montreal Canadiens an offensive boost. Bergevin and the Canadiens acquired Kassian from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Brandon Prust and a 2016 fifthround draft pick on Wednesday. “We’re bringing in a younger player with a big body who’s a bigger offensive threat,” said Bergevin at a press conference on Thursday. “We’re aware his consistency is not quite there, but that’s the case with a lot of young players. “If he reaches his potential, we have something good for a long time.” The 24-year-old Kassian had 10 goals and six assists in 42 games with the Canucks last year, missing a chunk of the season with a back and finger injury. The six-foot-three forward has 35 goals and 31 assists in 198 career games. It’s the second NHL trade for Kassian, who went from Buffalo

Vancouver Canucks right wing Zack Kassian celebrates his goal against the Boston Bruins during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Boston on Feb. 24. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

to Vancouver in 2012. The physical right winger, who was selected in the first round of the 2009 draft by the Sabres, is good on the puck and could evolve into a

top-6 forward for the Canadiens. The native of Windsor, Ont., had 81 penalty minutes with Vancouver last year and 124 the year before.

Bergevin also saved some cap space by buying out forward Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau’s contract on Monday. That money may go towards a contract extension for Alex Galchenyuk, which is currently in the works. Bergevin could also acquire a big-name player such as Eric Staal. On Thursday, the Canadiens GM was less than candid about his plans. “I always think it’s interesting to have a little cushion,” said Bergevin. “I have money. I don’t have to spend it. But I’m always looking. Part of my job is always to make my team better.” In addition to trading Prust for Kassian, the Habs general manager made other moves this week. Montreal offered contract extensions to defenceman Greg Pateryn (two-year extension), forward Brian Flynn (two-year) and forward Christian Thomas (one-year). The Canadiens also offered a one-year, two-way contract to defenceman Mark Barberio. A native Montrealer, Barberio played 103 career NHL games with Tampa Bay.

NANAIMO SCOREBOARD WE WANT SCORES

N.Delta Blue Jays 15 Coquitlam Reds 13 Abb. Cardinals 13 White Rock Tritons 12 Victoria Mariners 12 Parksville Royals 7

We want your ball scores. And lacrosse scores, too. BMX and motocross results? Yep. Track and field and gymnastics results? You bet. Your minor hockey, minor soccer, football and high school coaches and parents, we’ll be looking for your help in the fall. We at the Daily News want to hear how your sports team is doing on a regular basis, whether it’s league or tournament play. The important thing is that your results be submitted by e-mail. If you have a photo, send it in. We’ll do our best to accommodate you. League standings can also be included. At the end of each game summary or list of results will be the name of the person who submitted the information. If you have any questions about your submissions, just ask us. Send all your submissions to: Scott.McKenzie@nanaimodailynews.com

W 8 7 5 5 4 3 2

L 2 3 5 5 5 7 7

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PTS 16 14 10 10 8 6 4

Zach Diewert (NAN): 34 Tanner Hess (VIC): 32 Tyler Duncan (VIC): 29 Batting average leaders: Mackenzie Marquis (ND): .409 Zach Diewert (NAN): .387 Cole Warken (NAN): .387

SOCCER PACIFIC COAST SOCCER LEAGUE Premier Division GP W D L PTS Vancouver U. 13 8 2 3 26 Mid Isle Mariners 13 8 2 3 26 Victoria 13 7 5 1 26 Khalsa S.C. 12 7 1 4 22 Vancouver T-Birds 12 4 5 3 17 Kamloops 10 4 1 5 13 T.H. Pinnacles 12 3 1 8 10 Abbotsford 12 2 4 6 10 F.C. Tigers 13 0 3 10 3

Stil rolling The Nanaimo Pirates watch as their team pulled out a 14-13 win in a B.C. Premier Baseball League game on Wednesday against the Victoria Mariners. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS] B.C. JUNIOR A LACROSSE LEAGUE

Next Timbermen game: vs. Langley, 7 p.m. Sunday, Frank Crane Top scorers: Corey Small (VIC) Rhys Duch (VIC) Patrick Saunders (LAN) Cory Conway (VIC) Jesse King (VIC)

GP 10 10 10 10 8

G 19 17 21 9 18

A PTS 25 44 27 44 20 41 28 37 19 37

1W 1W 1L 1W 3L 4L

RBI Leaders:

WESTERN LACROSSE ASSOCIATION GP 10 10 10 10 9 10 9

8.5 12 12.5 13.5 13.5 18

Next Pirates series: vs. North Shore, Saturday, noon and 2:30 p.m. Serauxmen Stadium

LACROSSE

Victoria New Westminster Langley Burnaby Coquitlam Maple Ridge Nanaimo

16 .484 21 .382 22 .371 23 .343 23 .343 27 .206

Coquitlam Delta New Westminster Victoria Langley Port Coquitlam Nanaimo Burnaby

GP 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19

W 18 12 12 12 5 5 5 3

L 1 6 6 6 11 13 13 16

T 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0

PTS 36 25 25 25 13 11 11 6

Next Timbermen game: vs. Burnaby, 3 p.m. Saturday, Frank Crane Arena

BASEBALL

Top scorers:

W North Shore Twins 23 Victoria Eagles 27 Langley Blaze 24 Nanaimo Pirates 24 Ok. Athletics 18 Whalley Chiefs 19

Next Mariners game: July 11 vs. F.C. Tigers, 4 p.m. Merle Logan Field,

B.C. PREMIER BASEBALL LEAGUE Top goal scorers:

Tre Leclaire (DEL) Cole Shafer (COQ) James Rahe (LAN) Aidan Milburn (BUR) Cole Pickup (VIC)

GP 18 15 16 19 16

G 38 37 34 36 31

A PTS 49 87 45 82 38 72 35 71 37 68

L PCT 7 .767 12 .692 12 .667 12 .667 14 .563 18 .514

GB Streak - 2W .5 4W 2 2W 2 4W 6 3L 7.5 1W

David Malamura (Khalsa):7 Lucas Reis (Van T-Birds): 7 Jordan de Graaf (Mid Isle): 6 Ryan Glanville (Kamloops): 6 Sebastian Crema (Van U.): 6

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SCOREBOARD BASEBALL MLB - Results and standings American League East W L PCT GB Strk Baltimore 42 37 .532 - L1 NYYankees 42 37 .532 - W1 Tampa Bay 42 39 .519 1.0 L5 Toronto 42 39 .519 1.0 L1 Boston 37 44 .457 6.0 W1 Central W L PCT GB Strk KansasCity 44 32 .579 - L4 Minnesota 42 37 .532 3.5 W1 Detroit 39 39 .500 6.0 L3 Cleveland 37 41 .474 8.0 W4 ChicagoSox 34 42 .447 10.0 W2 West W L PCT GB Strk Houston 47 34 .580 - W4 LA Angels 41 38 .519 5.0 L1 Texas 41 39 .513 5.5 W1 Seattle 36 42 .462 9.5 W2 Oakland 36 45 .444 11.0 W1 NationalLeague East W L PCT GB Strk Washington 43 36 .544 - L2 NY Mets 40 40 .500 3.5 L3 Atlanta 38 41 .481 5.0 W2 Miami 34 46 .425 9.5 W3 Philadelphia 27 54 .333 17.0 L4 Central W L PCT GB Strk St. Louis 51 27 .654 - L3 Pittsburgh 45 33 .577 6.0 W3 ChicagoCubs 42 35 .545 8.5 W3 Cincinnati 36 41 .468 14.5 W1 Milwaukee 33 48 .407 19.5 W5 West W L PCT GB Strk LA Dodgers 45 35 .563 - W2 San Fran 42 38 .525 3.0 L3 Arizona 37 41 .474 7.0 L2 San Diego 38 43 .469 7.5 W1 Colorado 34 44 .436 10.0 L1 Yesterday’s results Cleveland5,Tampa Bay 4 Miami5,San Fran 4 Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 4 ChicagoCubs6, NY Mets1 Milwaukee8,Philadelphia7 Texas2, Baltimore0 Boston 12,Toronto6 Atlanta2, Washington 1 San Diego5,St. Louis3 Minnesota2, KansasCity 0 Wednesday’s results Cincinnati2, Minnesota1 Toronto11, Boston 2 Oakland4,Colorado1 Seattle7,San Diego0 Milwaukee9,Philadelphia5 NYYankees3, LA Angels1 Baltimore4,Texas2 Pittsburgh 9, Detroit 3 ChicagoCubs2, NY Mets0 Cleveland8,Tampa Bay 1 Miami6,San Fran 5 Atlanta4, Washington 1 Houston 6, KansasCity 5 ChicagoSox 7,St. Louis1 LA Dodgers4, Arizona3 Today’s Schedule with probable starters Miami at ChicagoCubs11:20a.m. Koehler (6-4) vs Hammel (5-3) San Fran at Washington 3:05p.m. Peavy (0-2) vs Gonzalez(5-4) Clevelandat Pittsburgh 4:05p.m. Bauer (6-5) vs Morton (6-1) Tampa Bay at NYYankees4:05p.m. Archer (9-5) vsTanaka (4-3) Torontoat Detroit 4:08p.m. Hutchison (8-1) vsSanchez(6-7) Houston at Boston 4:10p.m. Straily (0-0) vs Masterson (3-2) Milwaukee at Cincinnati4:10p.m. Fiers (3-7) vsLorenzen (3-2) Philadelphia at Atlanta4:35p.m. Morgan (1-0) vsTeheran (5-4) LA Angelsat Texas5:05p.m. Richards (8-5) vs Gonzalez(2-3) Baltimore at ChicagoSox 5:10p.m. Jimenez(7-3) vs Danks (3-8) Minnesota at KansasCity 5:10p.m. Milone (4-1) vs Guthrie (6-5) San Diegoat St. Louis5:15p.m. Cashner (3-9) vs Wacha (10-3)

Today’s Schedule (Cont’d) Seattle at Oakland6:05p.m. Happ(3-5) vsChavez(4-7) Coloradoat Arizona6:40p.m. Kendrick (3-10) vs Anderson (4-2) NY Metsat LA Dodgers7:10p.m. Syndergaard(3-4) vs Kershaw (5-6) Thursday at Tropicana Field

Indians 5, Rays 4 Cleveland

Tampa Bay

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Cleveland 000 130 000 1 5 Tampa Bay 200 002 000 0 4 SB: TB Longoria (2, 3rd base off Kluber/ Gomes, Y), Sizemore (1, 2nd base off Kluber/Gomes, Y). 2B: TB Kiermaier (16, Kluber). GIDP: CLE Gomes, Y, Urshela; TB Elmore. HR: CLE Aviles (4, 10th inning off Cedeno, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: CLE 4; TB 3. DP: CLE (Lindor-Kipnis-Santana, C); TB 3 (Forsythe-Elmore 2, Cabrera, A-Forsythe-Elmore). E: CLE Gomes, Y (1, throw); TB Rivera, R (7, catcher interference). Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Kluber 8.0 7 4 3 1 14 B Shaw (W, (W, 1-1)) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 C Allen 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO M Moore 4.2 6 4 4 2 4 S Geltz 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 J McGee 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 B Boxberger 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 K Jepsen 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 X Cedeno (L, (L, 1-1)) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 Time: 3:01. Att: 16,353. Thursday at Comerica Park

Pirates 8, Tigers 4 Pittsburgh

Detroit

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Pittsburgh 000 111 104 8 Detroit 000 000 031 4 SB: PIT Harrison, J (8, 2nd base off Ryan, K/Holaday), Mercer (3, 2nd base off Rondon, B/Holaday), Marte, S (16, 2nd base off Rondon, B/Holaday). 2B: PIT Mercer (13, Hardy, B), McCutchen (21, Rondon, B), Walker, N (20, Rondon, B); DET Iglesias, J (7, Worley), Kinsler (17, Worley). GIDP: PIT Kang; DET Kinsler. HR: PIT Cervelli (4, 4th inning off Ryan, K, 0 on, 2 out); DET Martinez, J (21, 8th inning off Bastardo, 2 on, 2 out). S: PIT Mercer. Team Lob: PIT 11; DET 9. DP: PIT (Kang-Walker, N-Rodriguez, S); DET (Iglesias, J-Kinsler-Cabrera, M). PICKOFFS: DET Ryan, K (Marte, S at 1st base). Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO F Liriano (W, (W, 5-6)) 7.0 5 0 0 3 5 A Bastardo 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 A Watson 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 V Worley 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 M Melancon 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO K Ryan (L, (L, 1-2)) 4.0 3 2 2 5 4 A Alburquerque 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 B Hardy 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 J Chamberlain 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 B Rondon 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 T Gorzelanny 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 Time: 3:32. Att: 34,680.

Winnipeg Blue Bomber Johnny Adams tries to stop Hamilton Tiger-Cat Terrence Toliver from hauling in the touchdown pass CFL action in Winnipeg Thursday.

[THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Ti-Cats crush Blue Bombers in Winnipeg JUDY OWEN THE CANADIAN PRESS

WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros passed for 354 yards and two touchdowns as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats scored six majors in a 52-26 rout of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. Drew Willy, Winnipeg’s starting quarterback, left the field with a suspected head injury. Willy was injured with 20 seconds remaining in the first quarter when he took a helmet-to-helmet hit from Ticats defensive end Adrian Tracy. Willy appeared to be knocked out as medical staff looked at him. After a couple minutes on the turf, he walked off the field to the locker-room and was replaced by Brian Brohm. He’s the fifth quarterback to be injured in the first two weeks of the CFL season, joining Montreal’s Jonathan Crompton and Dan LeFevour, Edmonton’s Mike Reilly and Saskatchewan veteran Darian Durant on the sidelines. Hamilton (1-1) had a 17-7 lead after the first quarter and 38-7 at halftime. The team announced on Twitter that the 38 points was the most first-half points for a road team in 23 years. Collaros completed 26-of-33 pass attempts, including a 35-yard toss to Bakari Grant and a three-yard pass to Terrence Toliver. The Ticats got a rushing touchdown off a one-yarder by backup quarterback Jeff Matthews, while Brandon Banks returned a punt 67 yards for a major. Emanuel Davis took an interception 35 yards for a touchdown and Brandon Stewart picked off Brohm and ran 38 yards into the end zone. Hamilton kicker Justin Medlock was good on field goals from 19, 32 and 38 yards and made all his converts. Willy was 3-of-6 for 48 yards. Brohm finished 16-of-28 for 146 yards and two interceptions. He scored a touchdown on a 16-yard run in front of 27,279 fans at the Bombers home opener at Investors Group Field. Winnipeg (1-1) scored points off a 13-yard run by Paris Cotton and a four-yarder by Cameron Marshall.

Thursday at Oriole Park

Rangers 2, Orioles 0 Texas

Baltimore

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Red Sox 12, Blue Jays 6 Boston

Toronto

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Twins 2, Royals 0 Minnesota

Kansas City

Dozier 2B Hunter RF Mauer 1B Plouffe 3B Rosario LF Sano DH Suzuki C Escobar SS Santana CF Totals

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Minnesota 000 010 001 2 Kansas City 000 000 000 0 SB: KC Dyson, J (9, 2nd base off Gibson/ Suzuki, K). 2B: MIN Rosario, E (6, Young, Cr), Suzuki, K (10, Young, Cr), Escobar, E (12, Morales, F). 3B: MIN Santana, D (4, Young, Cr), Escobar, E (3, Holland, G). GIDP: KC Cain, L. S: MIN Escobar, E; Plouffe; Suzuki, K. Team Lob: MIN 7; KC 7. DP: MIN (Dozier-Mauer); KC (Perez, S-Escobar, A). PICKOFFS: KC Young, Cr (Santana, D at 2nd base). Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO K Gibson (W, (W, 6-6)) 8.0 4 0 0 4 7 G Perkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO C Young (L, (L, 7-4)) 5.1 6 1 1 1 2 F Morales 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 L Hochevar 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 K Herrera 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 G Holland 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 Time: 2:54. Att: 37,196. Thursday at Marlins Park

Marlins 5, Giants 4 San Fran

Miami

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San Fran 200 010 010 4 Miami 001 040 00x 5 SB: SF Belt (4, 2nd base off Capps/ Mathis); MIA Yelich (7, 2nd base off Cain, M/Susac). 2B: SF Panik (21, Fernandez, J); MIA Yelich (8, Cain, M). 3B: MIA Rojas (1, Machi). GIDP: MIA Mathis. HR: SF Blanco, G (2, 5th inning off Fernandez, J, 0 on, 0 out), Posey (13, 8th inning off Capps, 0 on, 0 out); MIA Fernandez, J (1, 5th inning off Cain, M, 0 on, 0 out), Bour (9, 5th inning off Cain, M, 2 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SF 7; MIA 7. DP: SF (Crawford, B-PanikPosey). E: SF Blanco, G (2, fielding), Duffy, M (7, missed catch). San Fran IP H R ER BB SO M Cain (L, (L, 0-1)) 5.0 7 5 5 4 2 J Machi 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 G Kontos 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Miami IP H R ER BB SO J Fernandez (W, (W, 1-0)) 6.0 7 3 3 0 6 M Dunn 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 C Capps 1.1 2 1 1 0 4 A Ramos 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 2:45. Att: 32,598. Thursday at Citi Field

Cubs 6, Mets 1 Chicago Cubs Castro SS 1 Rizzo 1B Montero C Coghlan LF Baxter RF Denorfia CF Herrera 3B Arrieta P Russell 2B Totals

NY Mets

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Ceciliani CF 4 0 0 0 Murphy 3B 4 0 1 0 Duda 1B 3000 Flores 2B 3 0 1 0 Campbell LF 3 0 0 0 Monell C 3 0 1 0 deGrom P 2 1 1 0 Mayberry PH 1 0 0 0 Tejada SS 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 5 1

Chicago Cubs 010 012 002 6 NY Mets 001 000 000 1 SB: CHC Coghlan (7, 2nd base off Verrett/Monell). 2B: NYM deGrom (1, Arrieta), Granderson (13, Arrieta), Flores, W (11, Arrieta). HR: CHC Herrera, J (1, 6th inning off deGrom, 1 on, 1 out), Montero, M (10, 9th inning off Torres, A, 1 on, 2 out). S: CHC Herrera,

Cubs 6, Mets 1 (Cont’d) J. Team Lob: CHC 7; NYM 3. DP: CHC (Arrieta-Castro, S). E: NYM Murphy, Dn (6, throw). PICKOFFS: CHC Montero, M (Murphy, Dn at 1st base). Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO J Arrieta (W, (W, 8-5)) 8.0 5 1 1 0 7 T Wood 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO J deGrom (L, (L, 8-6)) 5.1 7 4 3 2 2 A Torres 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 HBP: Duda (by Arrieta). Time: 2:41. Att: 27,207. Thursday at Citizens Bank Park

Brewers 8, Phillies 7 Milwaukee

Philadelphia

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Milwaukee 311 020 000 01 8 Philadelphia020 200 300 00 7 2B: MIL Parra, G (19, Billingsley), Lucroy (6, Garcia, Lu); PHI Herrera, O (16, Garza), Howard (18, Broxton). GIDP: MIL Braun, Parra, G, Gomez, C; PHI Franco, M. HR: PHI Asche (4, 2nd inning off Garza, 1 on, 0 out). S: MIL Garza. Team Lob: MIL 9; PHI 11. DP: MIL (Segura-Gennett-Lind); PHI 3 (GalvisHernandez, C-Howard, Hernandez, C-Galvis-Ruf, Galvis-Hernandez, C-Ruf). E: PHI Howard (3, fielding). Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO M Garza 6.010 4 4 1 3 J Broxton 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 W Smith 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 J Jeffress 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 M Blazek (W, (W, 5-2)) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 F Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO C Billingsley 5.010 7 6 3 1 J De Fratus 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 K Giles 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 J Papelbon 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 L Garcia (L, (L, 2-3)) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Time: 3:57. Att: 30,485. Thursday at Turner Field

Braves 2, Nationals 1 Washington

Atlanta

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Washington 000 000 100 1 Atlanta 000 010 001 2 SB: WSH Span 2 (11, 2nd base off Banuelos/Pierzynski, 2nd base off Banuelos/Pierzynski). 2B: WSH Harper (18, Aardsma); ATL Uribe (7, Scherzer). GIDP: WSH Uggla, Moore, T. S: ATL Banuelos; Peterson, J. Team Lob: WSH 4; ATL 2. DP: ATL 2 (Uribe-Peterson, J-Johnson, K, Simmons, A-Peterson, J-Johnson, K). Washington IP H R ER BB SO M Scherzer (L, (L, 9-6)) 8.1 5 2 2 0 9 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO M Banuelos 5.2 2 0 0 0 7 N Masset 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Johnson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 J Grilli (W, (W, 3-3)) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: Span (by Banuelos). Time: 2:33. Att: 18,585.

St. Louis

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San Diego 010 110 000 02 5 St. Louis 100 020 000 00 3 SB: STL Wong (7, 2nd base off Ross, T/ Hedges). 2B: SD Gyorko (7, Rosenthal), Barmes (10, Villanueva, Ca); STL Cooney (1, Ross, T), Heyward (17, Ross, T). HR: SD Solarte (3, 2nd inning off Cooney, 0 on, 1 out), Ross, T (1, 5th inning off Cooney, 0 on, 1 out), Venable (6, 11th inning off Villanueva, Ca, 1 on, 2 out). S: SD Hedges. Team Lob: SD 8; STL 13. E: STL Grichuk (1, fielding), Carpenter, M (9, fielding). PICKOFFS: STL Cooney (Upton Jr. at 1st base). San Diego IP H R ER BB SO T Ross 6.0 4 3 3 5 6 B Maurer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 J Benoit 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 S Kelley (W, (W, 1-2)) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 C Kimbrel 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO T Cooney 6.0 4 3 2 2 6 M Socolovich 1.2 1 0 0 2 1 R Choate 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 T Rosenthal 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 C Villanueva (L, (L, 3-3)) 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 Time: 3:55. Att: 42,926.

AUTO RACING This week’s race

Formula One British Grand Prix, Sunday, July 5, 5 a.m. Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. Track length 5.891 km (3.661 miles), 18 turns. Qualifying Saturday, July 4, 5 a.m.

L PCT 7 0.682 10 0.583 12 0.500 13 0.381 L PCT 5 0.792 9 0.400 14 0.333 12 0.200 L PCT 9 0.625 11 0.476 13 0.409 13 0.381

GB 2 4 6.5 GB 6 10 9.5 GB 3.5 5 5.5

Corvallis Knights 10 Mid-Valley

Rockets 000 000 0 0 Knights 100 090 x 10 SF: KNI N Madrigal (1). E: ROC Gederos (1); Nousen (1); Williams (1). Rockets IP H R ER BB SO C Bishop 4.0 8 5 4 2 5 J Miller 2.0 6 5 3 2 0 Knights IP H R ER BB SO Att: 1,079. Bellingham Bells 10 Yakima Valley Pippins 1 Pippins Bells ab r h bi ab r h bi Morris 4 0 1 0 Galgano 4121 Mildenberg 4 0 1 1 Stroosma 5 0 2 3 Skaggs 4 0 1 0 Larsen 5111 Van De Brake 3 0 0 0 Scott 2000 Martinez 2 0 0 0 Brady 0100 Sawyer 4 0 1 0 Kuet 5220 Becker 3 0 1 0 Reichenbach 4 2 2 1 Trube 2 1 0 0 McGrath 2212 Lillie 2 0 0 0 Branton 3001 Earley 1 0 1 0 Della Fera 3 1 0 0 Totals 29 1 6 1 Totals 331010 9

Pippins 000 000 010 1 Bells 140 110 30x 10 2B: BEL A Reichenbach (4). HR: BEL B Larsen (5). SF: BEL P McGrath (1). E: PIP Martinez 2 (2). Pippins IP H R ER BB SO J Houser (L) 5.0 7 7 7 3 3 J Gonzalez 2.0 3 3 1 0 0 A Miller 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Bells IP H R ER BB SO G Schneider (W) 5.2 2 0 0 3 6 C Nesbitt 2.1 2 1 1 2 1 S Howard 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 Att: 918. Walla Walla Sweets 3 Wenatchee AppleSox 2 AppleSox Sweets ab r h bi Amaral 5 1 0 0 Coss Jansen 4 0 1 0 Dozier Hira 4 1 1 0 Kopach Holland 4 0 2 1 Nixon Douglas 4 0 0 0 Wilbert Nyquist 4 0 1 0 Whitney Vanderkin 1 0 0 0 Gamez Sauve 3 0 0 0 Ayres Liikala 3 0 0 0 McKenna Totals 32 2 5 1 Hechtner MacIver Hazard Totals

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AppleSox 002 000 000 2 Sweets 000 010 002 3 2B: SWE J Hechtner (4). SF: SWE K Nixon (1). E: SWE Coss (4); Whitney (7); MacIver (2). AppleSox IP H R ER BB SO M Taylor 7.0 7 1 1 3 5 A Contonio (L) 1.2 2 2 2 1 5 Sweets IP H R ER BB SO E Lucas 5.0 4 2 0 1 5 T Ulvestad 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 T Hazeltine 1.2 0 0 0 2 1 M Gamboa (W) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 Att: 1,164. Yesterday’s results Bellingham 10, Yakima Valley 1 Walla Walla 3, Wenatchee 2 Corvallis 10, Mid-Valley 0 Today’s Schedule Bellingham at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Kelowna at Cowlitz, 7:05 p.m. Walla Walla at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, July 5 Bellingham at Kitsap, 5:05 p.m. Walla Walla at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Monday, July 6 Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, July 7 Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.

SOCCER MLS

Eastern League Club PTS GP W L DC United 35 20 10 5 N. England 24 19 6 7 Toronto 23 15 7 6 NY Red Bulls 23 16 6 5 Orlando 23 17 6 6 Columbus 21 17 5 6 Philadelphia 19 19 5 10 Montreal 18 14 5 6 NY City FC 17 17 4 8 Chicago 14 15 4 9 Western League Club PTS GP W L Vancouver 32 18 10 6 Seattle 29 18 9 7 Portland 28 18 8 6 Los Angeles 28 20 7 6 Sporting KC 27 16 7 3 Dallas 26 17 7 5 San Jose 25 16 7 5 Salt Lake 22 18 5 6 Houston 20 17 5 7 Colorado 15 17 2 6 Saturday, June 27 DC United 0, Toronto 0 Montreal 2, Philadelphia 2 Vancouver 2, N. England 1 Sporting KC 2, Colorado 0 Columbus 2, Salt Lake 2 San Jose 3, Los Angeles 1

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T 2 2 4 7 6 5 4 7 5 9

GF GA 22 17 24 18 21 20 27 23 25 17 21 23 19 16 17 22 21 23 12 17

Sunday, June 28 NY Red Bulls 3, NY City FC 1 Portland 4, Seattle 1

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East Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal

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Week 2 schedule Today’s Game Calgary at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4 BC Lions at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Sunday, July 5 Toronto at Saskatchewan, 12:30 p.m. Week 3 Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Saskatchewan at BC, 7 p.m. Monday, July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.

The Championships, Wimbledon,

Yesterday’s complete results NOTE: Canadians in boldface Men’s Singles - Round 2 J. Ward (GBR) d. J. Vesely (CZE) 6-2, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 V. Pospisil (CAN) d. (30)F. Fognini (ITA) 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 (22)V. Troicki (SRB) d. A. Bedene (GBR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 D. Brown (GER) d. (10)R. Nadal (ESP) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 (13)J. Tsonga (FRA) d. A. Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 (23)I. Karlovic (CRO) d. A. Dolgopolov (UKR) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7(7), 13-11 (25)A. Seppi (ITA) d. B. Coric (CRO) 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-1 (3)A. Murray (GBR) d. R. Haase (NED) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 (6)T. Berdych (CZE) d. N. Mahut (FRA) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 P. Andujar (ESP) d. L. Rosol (CZE) 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 (18)G. Monfils (FRA) d. A. Mannarino (FRA) 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-5 (12)G. Simon (FRA) d. B. Kavcic (SLO) 6-1, 6-1, 6-7(7), 6-1 N. Basilashvili (GEO) d. (15)F. Lopez (ESP) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 (20)R. Bautista Agut (ESP) d. B. Paire (FRA) 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 S. Groth (AUS) d. J. Duckworth (AUS) 7-5, 6-4, 7-6(6) (2)R. Federer (SUI) d. S. Querrey (USA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 Women’s Singles - Round 2 (5)C. Wozniacki (DEN) d. D. Allertova (CZE) 6-1, 7-6(6) (31)C. Giorgi (ITA) d. L. Arruabarrena (ESP) 6-0, 7-6(5) (20)G.Muguruza (ESP) d. M.LucicBaroni (CRO) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 (10)A.Kerber (GER) d. A.Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 7-5, 6-2 (15)T. Bacsinszky (SUI) d. S. SolerEspinosa (ESP) 6-2, 6-1 (18)S. Lisicki (GER) d. C. McHale (USA) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 K. Pliskova (CZE) d. (26)S. Kuznetsova (RUS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 M. Niculescu (ROU) d. J. Cepelova (SVK) 6-3, 6-3 M. Rybarikova (SVK) d. (8)E. Makarova (RUS) 6-2, 7-5 O. Govortsova (BLR) d. (25)A. Cornet (FRA) 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-1 (21)M. Keys (USA) d. E. Kulichkova (RUS) 6-4, 7-6(3) T. Maria (GER) d. Y. Duan (CHN) 1-6, 6-2, 10-8 (13)A. Radwanska (POL) d. A. Tomljanovic (AUS) 6-0, 6-2 C. Dellacqua (AUS) d. (17)E. Svitolina (UKR) 7-6(3), 6-3 (28)J. Jankovic (SRB) d. E. Rodina (RUS) 6-7(7), 6-1, 6-3 (2)P. Kvitova (CZE) d. K. Nara (JPN) 6-2, 6-0 Key results from Tuesday and Wednesday NOTE: Canadians in boldface Men’s Singles - Round 2 Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, walkover. Milos Raonic (7), Toronto, def. Tommy Haas, Germany, 6-0, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4). Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-5. Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 7-6 (8), 6-2, 7-6 (2). Kevin Anderson (14), South Africa, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-4. David Goffin (16), Belgium, def. Liam Broady, Britain, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-1. John Isner (17), United States, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-2, 7-6 (8), 6-4. Men’s Singles - Round 1 Tuesday’s matches Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., def. Vincent Millot, France, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5). Rafael Nadal (10), Spain, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13), France, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (8), 6-7 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez (15), Spain, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Gael Monfils (18), France, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5. Women’s Singles - Round 2 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 6-1. Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Richel Hogenkamp, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-1. Lucie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, def. Hsieh Su-Wei, Taiwan, 6-2, 6-3. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, 6-3, 6-4. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Karolina Pliskova (11), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Andrea Petkovic (14), Germany, def. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, 6-3, 6-1. Venus Williams (16), United States, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

GOLF

Pre-season schedule West W L T Pts Pct PF Winnipeg 1 0 0 2 1.000 30 Calgary 1 0 0 2 1.000 24 BC Lions 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Sask. 0 1 0 0 .000 26 Edmonton 0 1 0 0 .000 11 1 1 0 0

TENNIS Today-July 12 (Major) Wimbledon, London, England Surface: Grass. Purse: $42.2 million (men and women) 2014 champions: Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova

CFL

West Coast League W 15 14 12 8 W 19 6 7 3 W 15 10 9 8

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FOOTBALL

F1 Leaders (After 8 of 19 races) Driver, Team Pts 1 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 169 2 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes 159 3 Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari 120 4 Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari 72 5 Valtteri Bottas, Williams 67 6 Felipe Massa, Williams 62 7 Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull 36 8 Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull 19 9 Nico Hulkenberg, Force India 18 10 Romain Grosjean, Lotus 17 11 Felipe Nasr, Sauber 16 12 Sergio Perez, Force India 13 13 Pastor Maldonado, Lotus 12 14 Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso 10

East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Kitsap Cowlitz Victoria

Knights

ab r h bi Cyrus 3 0 0 0 Madrigal Rappe 2 0 0 0 Totals Gederos 3010 Nousen 3020 Toland 3010 Williams 2000 Pynes 1000 Norlander 2 0 1 0 Rappe 1000 Trader 2000 Harrison 1000 Manaute 1000 Luttrell 1000 Totals 25 0 5 0

Saturday, July 4 Walla Walla at Yakima Valley, 11:05 a.m. Kelowna at Cowlitz, 1:35 p.m. Bellingham at Kitsap, 7:35 p.m.

Thursday at Busch Stadium

Padres 5, Cardinals 3 San Diego

Rockets 0 Rockets

T25 Ashley Cai 6 78 79 78 T25 Jayla Kang 9 80 74 81 T27 Alison Murdoch 6 80 78 78 T27 Vivian Lee 4 84 76 76 T27 Ye Ji Lim 9 78 77 81

PGA This week The Greenbrier Classic, July 2-5 The Old White TPC, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Par 70, 7,287 yards. Purse 2014 champion: Ángel Cabrera Leaderboard, Round 1 Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 1 Scott Langley -8 62 T2 Jonathan Byrd -7 63 T2 Danny Lee -7 63 T4 Ryo Ishikawa -6 64 T4 Brian Davis -6 64 T6 Greg Owen -5 65 T6 Andrew Svoboda -5 65 T6 Brendon Todd -5 65 T6 Chad Collins -5 65 T6 Kevin Na -5 65 T6 Kevin Chappell -5 65 T12 Jhonattan Vegas -4 66 T12 Justin Leonard -4 66 T12 Paul Casey -4 66 T12 Tiger Woods -4 66 T12 Chad Campbell -4 66 T12 Sean O’Hair -4 66 T12 Tyrone van Aswegen -4 66 T12 Byron Smith -4 66 T12 Chris Stroud -4 66 T12 Roger Sloan (CAN) -4 66 T48 David Hearn (CAN) -2 68 T48 Graham DeLaet (CAN) -2 68 T76 Nick Taylor (CAN)-1 69 T133 Adam Hadwin (CAN) 272

PGA Canada This week SIGA Dakota Dunes Open presented by SaskTel, July 2-5 Dakota Dunes GL, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CAN Par 72, 7,301 yards. Purse $175,000 2014 champion: Matt Harmon Leaderboard, Round 1 Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 T1 Eric Onesi -8 64 T1 David Skinns -8 64 T1 Doug Letson -8 64 T4 Justin Snelling -7 65 T4 Matt Hansen -7 65 T4 Chase Seiffert -7 65 T4 Ross Beal -7 65 T8 *Chris Hemmerich-6 66 T8 Joshua Stone -6 66 T8 Maxwell Buckley -6 66 T8 Ben Briscoe -6 66 T8 *Mitchell Sutton -6 66 T8 Clayton Rask -6 66 T8 Ricky McDonald -6 66 T8 Mike Van Sickle -6 66 T8 Vaita Guillaume -6 66 T8 Alex Redfield -6 66 T8 Daniel Bowden -6 66 T8 Cameron Peck -6 66 T20 Talor Gooch -5 67

Web.com This week Nova Scotia Open, July 2-5 Ashburn Golf Club - New Course, Halifax, CAN Par 72, 7,014 yards. Purse $650,000 2014 champion: Roger Sloan Leaderboard, Round 1 Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 1 Andrew Landry -7 64 T2 Josh Broadaway -6 65 T2 Peter Malnati -6 65 T4 Edward Loar -5 66 T4 D.H. Lee -5 66 T6 Jorge Fernandez-Valdes -4 67 T6 Tyler McCumber -4 67 T8 Marc Turnesa -3 68 T8 Tag Ridings -3 68 T8 Peter Tomasulo -3 68 T8 Brady Schnell -3 68 T8 Ryan Spears -3 68 T8 Dominic Bozzelli -3 68 T8 Nathan Tyler -3 68 T8 Travis Bertoni -3 68 T8 Bronson La’Cassie -3 68 T8 Cameron Wilson -3 68 T8 Austin Connelly (CAN) -368 T19 Hao-Tong Li -2 69 T19 Bryden MacPherson -2 69 T39 Eugene Wong (CAN) -1 70 T39 Adam Svensson (CAN) -1 70 T68 Ryan Yip (CAN) E 71 T68 Ted Brown (CAN) E 71 T68 Taylor Pendrith (CAN) E 71 T95 Brad Fritsch (CAN) 1 72 T129 Cory Renfrew (CAN) 3 74 T129 Peter Campbell (CAN) 3 74 T152 Ryan Williams (CAN) 677

LPGA No events this week U.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12, Lancaster County Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie Player 2015 Winnings 1 Inbee Park $1,422,500 2 Sei Young Kim $1,121,643 3 Lydia Ko $1,000,959 4 Stacy Lewis $911,790 5 Brittany Lincicome $743,952 6 Anna Nordqvist $725,816 7 Na Yeon Choi $713,911 8 Morgan Pressel $663,951 9 Hyo Joo Kim $639,784 10 Amy Yang $624,784 11 Cristie Kerr $616,860 12 Lexi Thompson $526,070 13 Suzann Pettersen $524,781 14 Mirim Lee $487,670 15 Minjee Lee $486,359 16 So Yeon Ryu $440,909 17 Shanshan Feng $419,009 18 Sandra Gal $358,303 19 Ha Na Jang $341,236 20 Mika Miyazato $328,852 From Canada 83 Alena Sharp $70,638

Champions Tour No events this week Encompass Championship, July 10-12 North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom

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Tuesday, June 30-Friday, July 3, Duncan Meadows Golf Course, Par 72, 6051 yards (Women’s White tees) Golfer Par R1 R2R3 1 Michelle Kim -2 72 72 70 2 Alisha Lau -4 73 76 68 T3 Hannah Lee -2 73 75 70 T3 Taylor Kim -1 74 73 71 5 Gloria USu Choi -1 73 75 71 T6 Annie Lee -2 74 77 70 T6 Mary Parsons 1 73 75 73 T8 Christina Proteau 1 76 74 73 T8 Megan Woodland 2 75 74 74 T8 Marie Donnici 3 75 73 75 T11 Shelly Stouffer -4 81 75 68 T11 Jaclyn Lee 1 77 74 73 T13 Shirin Anjarwalla -2 79 76 70 T13 Naomi Ko 3 76 74 75 T15 Mackenzie Barrie 5 75 74 77 T15 Madison Kapchinsky 4 74 76 76 17 Julia Dereniwsky 7 76 73 79 18 Jamie Huo 4 75 78 76 T19 Abigail Rigsby 4 75 80 76 T19 Susan Xiao 5 75 79 77 21 Bree Sharratt 10 76 74 82 22 Janet Zhang 7 74 80 79 T23 Amanda Jacobs 4 82 76 76 T23 Annie Yang 6 82 74 78

Player 2015 Winnings 1 Colin Montgomerie $1,448,700 2 Jeff Maggert $1,365,865 3 Bernhard Langer $1,118,803 4 Joe Durant $886,206 5 Kevin Sutherland $700,091 6 Esteban Toledo $683,933 7 Billy Andrade $678,403 8 Olin Browne $660,850 9 Tom Pernice Jr. $625,835 10 Bart Bryant $608,646 11 Paul Goydos $600,305 12 Lee Janzen $596,247 13 Tom Lehman $590,768 14 Marco Dawson $558,144 15 Michael Allen $541,891 16 Ian Woosnam $521,726 17 Kirk Triplett $498,749 18 Russ Cochran $482,572 19 Mark O’Meara $480,347 20 Gene Sauers $476,906 Canadian golfers 33 Rod Spittle $298,601 43 Stephen Ames $201,279 98 Rick Gibson $30,825

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outh ducked the king and jack of hearts but East persisted with a third round driving out the ace. This appeared to be a hopeless contract since not even a 3-3 spade break would be of assistance. Westwouldbeable to win a spade and cash the thirteen heart to leave declarer without any hope of success. In situations like this one it can do no harm to run the long suit. Therefore, declarer cashed four club winners discarding a spade from dummy. East could pitch one spade but was in trouble on the last club. He elected to discard a diamond but declarer continued with the seven of diamonds. West rose with the jack and cashed the thirteenth heart but the eight of diamonds furnished a game- fulfilling ninth trick, N-S +600. To defeat the contract, East must not play a third heart but switch to a spade. This defense will leave declarer without resource and the game will drift down one. 3NT would be a likely landing at all tables when North invites game and South moves on to the nine-trick contract. The final result would be determined by East’s defense since we can surmise that a heart would be chosen as an opening lead at virtually all tables. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.

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e came into the room for the interview under his own power. No cane. No walker. It was an amazing athletic performance. But then, Daniel Nestor is an amazing world-class doubles player, who, at age 42 and 10 months, is still competing with the best, youngest and strongest on the pro tennis tour. An hour or so earlier, he had served for the match in a first-rounder at Wimbledon against a Serbian team, Dusan Lajovic and Viktor Troicki, ages 24 and 28. This was crucial because it was shockingly hot in London, nearly 100 degrees, and Wimbledon is the last tennis tournament that still contests menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubles over five sets, with no tiebreaker in a fifth. Nestorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner, Leander Paes of India, the tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other doubles Methusela, at age 42 and 2 weeks, had uncharacteristically dumped an angled backhand overhead wide. Now, wanting nothing more than to get out of the wilting sun, Nestor was suddenly serving at 15-40. One misstep and the match would tromp on further, like a march through a desert, and Nestor might very well find himself continuing to induce lower temperatures in his body with his ever-present bag of ice on his neck during breaks. Instead, Nestor coaxed the score back to his advantage and then hooked one of his lefty serves into the deep corner of the ad box â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this is why doubles players on all levels hate lefthanders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the return fell wide. The straight-set, first-round victory went to the 11th-seeded Geritol Gents, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. They had lived another day and positioned themselves for another doubles title at Wimbledon. Nestor has two, Paes one. As slick as he is on the tennis court, Nestor can move nicely through an interview too. Asked what the key to the match was, he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even blink. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cloud cover,â&#x20AC;? he said. A bit later, he was asked how long it had been in any interview since he had not been asked why

Bill Dwyre Los Angeles Times he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t retired by now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first half of this one,â&#x20AC;? he said. To those millions who pay slightly less attention to pro tennis doubles than they do to their neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s canasta game, this is who Nestor is: He is a born Serb (Belgrade, 1972), who moved to Canada with his family when he was four and was playing pro tennis as a teenager. When he was 19, a skinny kid with the same looping serve and tendency to get to the net, he beat Stefan Edberg in a Davis Cup singles match in Canada. At that point, Edberg had already won three of his Grand Slam titles. The Canadian television announcers calling the match said it might be the â&#x20AC;&#x153;biggest upset in Davis Cup history.â&#x20AC;? They hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stressed that Edberg had just lost the 1992 Australian Open final (to Jim Courier), had immediately flown to Canada and was playing five days later, probably with lead in his legs. Still, it was a big enough moment for Edberg to make a congratulatory videotape for a Canadian ceremony honoring the 20th anniversary of that match. That was three years ago. Nestor plays on. The tour lists his home base as Nassau, in the Bahamas, but that is more about taxes than reality. He lives in Toronto, but as long as you are gone one day more than six months each year, Canada lets you off the hook. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hard for a pro tennis player to be away from home six months and one day a year. Try that in the U.S. and the IRS comes with handcuffs. Nestor has reached No. 1 in doubles and has won seven Grand Slam menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubles titles. He has also won 87 tour doubles

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Dear Annie: My husband retired 10 months ago after 45 years of hard work and a great deal of traveling away from home. Since his retirement, my in-laws have been hounding him to do their home maintenance projects for free. Visiting them is a four-hour drive, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to find a place to stay because his parents donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any extra room. He also has to buy his own meals. He really doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do this. The last project he did for them took twice as long as it was supposed to because they kept interrupting him to talk about their dogs and grandchildren. My husband has his own projects that he wants to complete. So now his parents are mad and keep leaving messages about what they want done. Please help. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Need an Island Dear Need: First of all, this is your husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s problem to fix, not yours. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to run inter-

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titles, with nine different partners, and an Olympic gold medal in 2000 in Sydney, with Sebastien Lareau. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a trivia question for your next party: Which Olympic gold medalist from Sydney, in something other than shooting and equestrian, is still out there trying? Indeed, the Olympics appear to be the driving force behind Nestorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current carrying on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kind of shooting for the 2016 Olympics as the likely end for me,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That depends on whether Vasek wants to play with me or with Raonic.â&#x20AC;? Vasek Pospisil is the defending Wimbledon doubles champion (with American Jack Sock) and Milos Raonic is among the top singles players in the world. He is seeded seventh here. Nestor has won around $12 million in his career, mostly in doubles, and won $702,000 last year. He said he chose to hook up with Paes because â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like somebody who plays traditional doubles.â&#x20AC;? He meant playing the net, rather than the new approach â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with enhanced rackets and strings and slower surfaces â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of standing at the baseline and whaling away, much like todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles. Nestor said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel any older, except when he looks over the net at the other team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d hate to guess what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re nice about not saying anything to my face.â&#x20AC;? There are some advantages of age, however. Nestor said he had been put in Wimbledonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s No. 1 locker room, which is a really big deal. Just because you win doubles titles here doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t guarantee that, but he was assigned there, where he can rub elbows with Roger Federer and the other big guys. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where he was headed when the interview ended. And it was inspiring to watch. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to push up from the table. His limbs didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t squeak. It was so obvious. Daniel Nestor is his sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior citizen hunk.

Hesjedal ready for his seventh Tour de France NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Coming off a fifthplace finish at the Giro Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Italia, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal embarks on his seventh Tour de France campaign Saturday. And the 34-year-old from Victoria, one of three designated co-leaders on the Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling team, believes the 21-stage 3,360-kilometre route is well set up for him. Hesjedal often thrives when the going gets tough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Definitely thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of the excitement,â&#x20AC;? Hesjedal said in an interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically from Stage 10 on itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all hard-knocks stages. So really the second half of the race is where I think I can show well.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Tour de France, every day is going be something and anything can happen like all Tours,â&#x20AC;? he added.

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