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Residents to decide on airport Alberni Valley Committee recommends seeking public opinion before securing loans for project ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
The future of the regional airport near Sproat Lake hinges on public approval, according to processes being undertaken by the AlberniClayoquot Regional District. On Tuesday members of the Alberni Valley Committee passed a recommendation to give the electorate a chance to decide on taking out loans to finance ambitious plans to expand the Alberni Valley Regional Airport to allow commercial flights. Now the decision to seek public opinion falls in the hands of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District’s board of directors at a public meeting next Wednesday. The regional airport has no global positioning system that allows airplanes to navigate through heavy clouds, making Port Alberni one of the few cities in Canada without a regional facility that can service scheduled flights. With estimated costs of over $6 million, the proposed airport project is planned to expand the existing runway by 300 metres to 1,500 metres. If airport lights are added to the runway costs would rise to $7.5 million, but how exactly the project will be financed is yet to be determined, said the ACRD’s
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chief administrative officer Russell Dyson. “There will be various different decision points in the future on the amount of borrowing, what level of development will be advanced,” he said. “All of that will hinge on the applications that we have for senior levels of funding from the province and the federal government.” The airport expansion would also triple the facility’s annual operating costs to $150,000, but provincial legislation dictates that increasing these expenses or taking out a large loan for the project would require consent of the electorate. See AIRPORT, Page 5
The Alberni Valley Regional Airport is currently unable to service scheduled flights with no GPS and a short runway, but over $6 million in plans to upgrade the facility could change this. The regional district has plans to let the public decide on taking out loans to finance the project. [TIMES FILE PHOTO]
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Postal cuts affect other businesses Alberni taxi company expects monthly losses of $9,000 if home delivery eliminated Fundraisers to help families rebuild in Nepal Residents are helping with efforts for victims of the April 25 earthquake. » Alberni Region, 3A
Family cherishes generations of memories The community lost a rich line of history with the passing of a local centenarian. » Community, 5A
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As momentum grows across the country in an effort to save the jobs of Canada Post workers, so too does the campaign in Port Alberni. Following last year’s announcement of Canada Post’s five-point plan, including the elimination of door-to-door mail delivery, 14 communities across the country have already seen phasing out of the personalized service. This year Canada Post announced nine communities in B.C. are already on the list, including Campbell River, Sidney and possibly Esquimalt. “We are predicting 15 immediate job losses in Campbell River,” said Monica Judd, union president of the Island town. “Temporary workers are already being told to look for work and the rest will be through attrition, which will be interesting.” Cab drivers in Port Alberni have taken on the cause with new window decals. It is not only posties affected by possible job losses if the company’s door-to-door service is eliminated, but cabbies fear cut backs as well. Tom Petrie, a driver for 16 years, said his company could lose about $9,000 per month if they no longer
Mail carrier Tammie hops in a cab, a service used by many postal workers that faces a decline if door-to-door delivery is eliminated. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
have postal workers to transport to and from their routes. “We do about 25 trips per day, five days a week,” Petrie said. Petrie’s colleague from United Cabs, Brian Harrigan, agrees. “It will definitely affect some jobs because there will be less cars on day shift,” Harrigan said. “We like driving (mail carriers) around. It’s money for sure and no headaches.” Canada Post employee Eric Foster recently moved to Port Alberni
from Vancouver specifically for his carrier position but is now questioning how long he will stay in town. He says the trickle down effect of Canada Post’s decision will have an impact on the community’s economy. “It is not just our jobs,” he said. “A lot of other businesses will be affected. I won’t be buying a house here until I know if I have a secure job. We all live in town and our money is spent in the community.”
Foster’s co-worker and letter carrier Mieka Guerin said the ripple-down effect is expected to continue from the depot through the community. “Our three drivers who deliver the large parcels and our mail bags will also lose their jobs,” Guerin said. “We could lose eight to 10 positions at the post office and three or four cab drivers might lose their jobs. It will affect massage therapists, restaurants, grocery stores and business in general in our community.” Community support can seen on the lawns of homeowners. The number of Save Door-to-Door signs has been growing each week. So far about 1,600 residents have posted the signs showing their opposition to community boxes. The same is true in Campbell River. “We’re knocking on doors and talking to people and they are greeting us with open arms,” Judd said. “People stop us on the street asking where they can get signs.” There is no set date for decisions to be made in Port Alberni but postal workers plan on stepping up the campaign before the upcoming fall election. Kristi.dobson@avtimes.net
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Students create new tsunami warning sound Civics class project aimed at emergency test to remember; ďŹ nal decision for recording at city council KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
If you thought the voice of yesterday’s tsunami warning system sounded different, you would be correct. In fact, it was a combination of three different voices of students from ADSS’s Civics Studies class. The class was on location at the Port Alberni Fire Department for the monthly broadcast as part of a group project. They have plans to make changes to the warning system in order to create a more vibrant and memorable message. “As a part of the class we do a project for the community,� said teacher Anne Ostwald. “So many people contact me with potential ideas and this one came from (fire chief) Tim Pley.� After discussing pros and cons of other ideas, including survival on the living wage and environmental issues, the class decided to develop a new
sound for the tsunami warning system. “We thought it would be fun and would have a neat impact on the town,� Ostwald said. “The students can be part of a change.� The sound, which will be kept under wraps until June, was also a lengthy decision-making process. They listened to hundreds of sounds and based their decision on one that would make people smile, Ostwald said. “We knew we wanted a happy sound,� she said. Pley shared with them the initiative taken on by the City of Cannon Beach. The tourist destination in Oregon uses the sound of cows mooing to conduct the tests. The sirens were created to not only attract visitors but to pay homage to the city’s dairy and cheese industry. “We came up with something noticeable and when you hear it you’ll know it is the warning,�
said student Liam Clifford. While at the fire department, Captain Randy Thoen gave the students a brief run-down of the history of the system in place. “It used to be a box the size of a suitcase and now it is small and all digital,� Thoen said. There was a mapping system of grids and when a warning was issued, the information was received by fax and drivers went to areas to relay warnings. By the late 1980s and 90s, the system was installed that allowed pre-programmed recordings as well as an open microphone for live broadcasts. “Now, 25 years later, we notice people tune it out,� Thoen said. “This project is a way to catch people’s attention and gives them accurate information.� On June 8, the class project Students from Anne Ostwald’s Civics Studies class read the monthly tsunami will be brought to Council for a final decision on whether the warning system message at the Port Alberni Fire Department with the help of captain Randy Thoen on Wednesday. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES] new recording will be put into place.
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Fundraisers in Alberni help families rebuild in Nepal
Tom McEvay and his son Cody with Ngima Yangjee Sherpa (right) and her husband Kami on Kala Patthar at 19,000 feet in the Nepalese Himalayas in November 2012. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
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Alberni Valley residents are helping to fund relief efforts for people in Nepal devastated by the April 25 earthquake. The Alberni Valley United Church is organizing a garage sale this Saturday and benefit concert with a Surrey youth choir next weekend, May 16. Tom McEvay, president of the Alberni Valley Wrestling Club, is putting the call out for donations to build homes for seven families in Nepal whose houses were destroyed. McEvay personally met many of the family members on a trip he took to the Himalayas in 2012. Volunteers are busy sorting goods in the Alberni Valley United Church basement, located at 3747 Church Street, for this weekend’s garage sale. Everyone is welcome to bring items and proceeds will be donated to relief efforts. The deadline for items is Friday at 3 p.m. Tom McEvay and his son Cody travelled with a group of Canadians to Nepal’s Himalayas in November 2012. They visited Eoin White, a wrestling coach from the Lower Mainland and long-time friend of McEvay’s. White had started up a tourism company in Nepal; he introduced McEvay to a number of Sherpa families during the trip. The Sherpas are an ethnic group in the Himalayas, many of whom make their living from the tourism industry. Climbers and trekkers travel from all over the globe to scale the tallest peaks on earth – including Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. One of the families McEvay met during his trip to Nepal was 18– year-old Ngima Yangjee and her two younger sisters. Ngima did not know where her father was, and her mother had died from cancer less than a week before McEvay’s group arrived. “People in Nepal have very little to start with, and those in the mountains even [less] so,â€? said McEvay. “[Ngima] had been caring for her mum for months in literally a rock hut with no power, no lights, no heat.â€? They burned yak dung to fire up a stove. “In Nepal I saw horrific poverty and illness and problems,â€? McEvay said. “And yet I very seldom didn’t see a person smiling and treating other people with respect‌being gracious and being willing to share whatever they had with us.â€? Ngima is now married, living
off an income her husband earns of about $15 a day. Last month’s earthquake destroyed their house. They are one of seven Sherpa families McEvay visited who have now lost their homes after the disaster struck the Himalayan region, where White operates the tourism company, named Sherpa Encounters. The Sherpas are now living in tents, McEvay said. “That’s what’s so sad about what’s happened. Clearly it’s a tragedy in terms of the loss of life, the damage and the upheaval,� said McEvay. “It’s going to be so difficult to rebuild because they have no infrastructure.� White started a fundraising page on FundAid.ca titled Direct Aid to Nepal Earthquake Victims. “I intend to build them new homes,� White wrote on the fundraiser webpage. “It costs about $5,000 to build a modest home in Nepal so I’m hoping to raise $35,000.� At time of writing on Wednesday just over $4,000 was raised. McEvay said anyone in Port Alberni with questions about the project can contact him: 250-7240577, tmcevay@shaw.ca. “If they donate $100, 100 per cent of that is gonna go to buying supplies and helping rebuild those houses,� McEvay said. “It could be $5, it could be $50 – what you can afford.� The 7.8 magnitude earthquake was the most powerful natural disaster to hit Nepal in over 80 years. An estimated 7,000 people were killed and more than twice that many injured. Nearly 400,000 houses were destroyed.
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hen Canadian voters go to the federal polls in October, they may have to bring an accountant along. For the extended election campaign of 2015 is shaping up to be a contest of tax rates and child-care benefits. It’s all aimed at winning over families with children and a vaguely defined middle class. And it’s all about as clear and straightforward as picking a cable package. This week, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau jumped into the fray by proposing to raise taxes on high incomes to pay for a stimulative tax cut on middle earners and a larger meanstested child-care payment. For lower-earning families, the tax-free Canada Child Benefit would be $6,400 annually for children under six and $5,400 for those six to 17. It would
be progressively reduced for higher incomes and phased out at $200,000. The benefit would cost about $4 billion. To help pay for it, the party would replace the taxable Universal Child Care Benefit that the Conservatives have raised to $160 per month for children under six and to $60 monthly for children age six to 17. Mr. Trudeau would scrap two more pillars of the Conservative platform: doubling the allowable contribution to tax-free savings accounts and allowing couples with children to split income to reduce taxes. Another $2 billion in savings would still have to be found, which the Liberals promise to do when they cost their complete platform. For all earners with taxable incomes between $44,701 and
$89,401, the Liberals would drop the tax rate from 22 per cent to 20.5 cent. They say the $3-billion cost would be recovered by taxing the one per cent of incomes that are above $200,000 at a new 33 per cent top rate. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair would retain the existing child benefit and fund 370,000 new $15-per-day day care and early-learning spaces by 2019. Ottawa’s annual cost would be $1.9 billion in four years — if the provinces will share 40 per cent of the total cost of the program. The NDP has yet to unveil personal tax changes, but has argued for higher taxes on corporations while reducing the small-business rate by two percentage points (a promise the Conservatives matched in last month’s budget). How do these rival platforms
stack up? The Tories have an advantage in not angering anyone with a tax increase. But the Parliamentary Budget Office says higher tax-free savings limits and income splitting are heavily skewed to higher incomes. The Tories’ child benefit will cover two-thirds of care expenses incurred by families with children under age 13 (up from 42 per cent previously), the PBO says. But 51 per cent of the new benefit will go to families with older children or no day care expenses – not good targeting of the benefits to family needs. The Liberals’ means-tested child benefit is better targeted. But much of it, too, goes to families with pretty high incomes. And $2 billion in savings still must be found. The NDP is most focused on
reducing day care costs, but their plan depends on provinces being willing and able to cost-share and on the feasibility of higher corporate taxes. Mr. Trudeau’s boldest move is a general middle-income tax cut, not just for families with children. The Tories are attacking the top tax hike, but Liberals are betting the tradeoff is acceptable. Finance critic Scott Brison and trade critic Chrystia Freedland say it’s progressive, making up for flatline middle incomes, and good economics, too, in that middle earners will spend the extra income and strengthen the economy for all groups. They call it “growth from the middle” and it opens a new campaign front.
off. I realized later all I had to do was make a mix of Borax granule in a jug of filtered water, more water than Borax, stir well and wait for a day or two till the top of the water is totally clear, then put the clear Borax water in a spray bottle with 50/50 cider vinegar, and spray it on under his arms daily. He is very good about accepting this routine after a few times, and it also works to kill the infection in his ears also. I spray it right in there, three or four sprays. Not saying everyone should do all this...just sayin’...this is what I do for my dog. It works and my dog is well and healthy. Costs very little. Someone told me today that gentian violet works too, haven’t tried it though. The purple could be a problem if it spills or sprays around in the house. But anything if it works. Saves the dog’s life..
tion at their afternoon meeting of March 23 and asked if I could make a presentation on them. In her response of March 9, the city clerk said that “there would certainly be an opportunity for questions/comment at that meeting if you wish to speak regarding the budget.” She also said that at the end of regular council meetings, citizens could make brief comments regarding ANY ISSUE of civic business, regardless of whether or not that issue was on the agenda for that evening. My detailed budget presentation was in the hands of the mayor and council and I waited three hours for a chance to speak while all my suggestions were considered by council (except for the $100,000 cut to the McLean Mill budget). At no time did the mayor invite me to speak, and by the time that meeting ended, all the decisions had been made, so there was no point in me questioning anything. The current mayor and council aren’t interested in meaningful public input on budget issues. Indeed they aren’t interested in relevant input from their employees either. When a CUPE member told council that reducing street sweeping costs by $25,000 would lead to even higher costs in clearing plugged drains, Councillor Minions stared at him with a blank face, an attitude shared by the mayor and the rest of council. In short, Roland Smith is absolutely correct. And we’re stuck with the present lame ducks for almost four more years.
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Separate doors for poor renters shows segregation GlobalTV’s news from Vancouver this evening aired a story about “poor doors,” entrances meant to segregate residents of buildings that encorporate both condo ownership and rental housing. All I could initially think of was the U.S South in the ‘60s with segregated restrooms and drinking fountains. What?! Do condo owners not want to be seen using the same doorway as “those kind of people” of a lesser economic class? Would they be tainted by sharing the same entrance, perhaps catching a dose of poverty? Such negative and undesirable attitudes of classism should not be encouraged by the installation of separate entrances for different economic classes of citizens, for this just creates divisiveness within a community. There is a ridiculous attempt to support this notion of “poor doors” by arguing that “it’s the same as having first- or business-class as opposed to economy class on an airplane”. Even airplane passengers ALL enter and exit the plane thru the same door before going their separate ways to different parts of the aircraft. And a condo/ social-housing development should be no different. Liz Stonard Port Albern
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Borax treats fungal infections for dogs Just wanted to send an update on the problem I wrote about earlier, the dog fungus that is such a plague in the Valley. I had been using Borax (the laundry product) granules in his bath, five cups, along with five cups of apple cider vinegar and made sure he was well washed with it. It killed the fungus on his body but I couldn’t get at his underarm areas and the infection kept coming back there. I had mentioned applying a mix of cider vinegar with the borax granules, mixed but it make such a mess all over the place falling
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Re: Transparency pledges betrayed at meeting With regard to Roland Smith’s editorial about when the public can address council on specific issues, either Mayor Ruttan is woefully ignorant or simply being authoritarian and dictatorial. I submitted detailed budget proposals to council for considera-
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Family cherishes generations of memories KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
It was a life well lived, so when the family of the late Freda Laughlin said their final goodbyes to the centenarian on April 26, the community also lost a rich line of history. When Freda’s parents, Fred and Emily King, immigrated to Canada just prior to 1911, they first landed in Saskatchewan for one year and had their first child, Emily (Woodward). By the next year, the small family were called to British Columbia, where they saw opportunities for work in Alberni. They settled in a home on Mary Street where Freda started her life on October 29, 1913 and lived there until she was a young adult. There was both hard work and play in her childhood years. Freda’s work ethic was developed early with garden chores, maintaining the woodbox and sorting potatoes. For fun, she rode her bike with her sister around the neighbourhood. Freda attended both the original Gill and Redford schools and after high school went directly to work as a medical and dental assistant on the Carmoor Block. Her lifelong friends included the Eaton and Maher families and it was through her circle of family and friends that she met Joe Laughlin, one of the town’s early pioneer blacksmiths. The two married at the family home on March 28, 1934 when she was 20 years old and relocated to another longterm home on Compton Road. To date, there are still signs of Joe’s ironwork on the home’s fencing, complete with his insignia. When the couple had their first child, Joy, in 1937, Freda started
her career as a stay-at-home mom. The twins, Jan and Vic were born ten years later and are believed to be Alberni’s first twin babies. Vic remembers his mother as being calm, fair and understanding as a parent. “There was always meaning to what she said,” Vic said. “If there was a problem, her motto was, ‘Do unto others’. She had a way of explaining things to you that you just understood. And if she was upset, she didn’t yell, she just went quiet.” Right up to her final years, Freda was known for her domestic skills, especially cooking. Growing up through the Depression era, she was accustomed to having very little, but would make do with the basics. The family loved her matrimonial cake, but nothing beat her jelly rolls, they said. “She would make a roast dinner out of nothing,” said Vic’s wife, Janet. “At 95 years old, she made a full Christmas dinner with all the trimmings for the family by herself.” Freda also used her ingenuity to incorporate the three R’s into her daily life before they became mainstream in the following generations. She reused, recycled and reduced everything she could, including wool. “She reused wool to crochet or knit doilies, sweaters and baby outfits,” Janet said. “She designed everything herself with no pattern and if she didn’t like something, she would take it all apart and redo it.” “She didn’t know any different,” Vic said. “She made tea towels out of flour sacks and used orange boxes for shelves and storage.”
Vic and Janet credit Freda’s longevity to her lifestyle, both physically and emotionally. “She was healthy all of her life, loved her Bible and had the odd sip of beer or toddie every once in awhile,” Janet said. “She had unbelievable eyesight and drove until she was 95. When she went for her eye test for her last driver’s test, the doctor had to do it twice because he couldn’t believe it.” “She was sharp as a whip until her last week,” Vic said. “She taught us honesty, trust and integrity. If you don’t have that, you’re not going to go anywhere in this world, as far as I’m concerned.” “She had her beliefs but didn’t pressure them on anyone,” Janet said. “She mentioned them but didn’t preach. She always listened but never interfered, the decision was always yours. She treated Freda and family at the celebration of her 100th birthday. [SUBMITTED PHOTO] everyone with respect.” Freda lived through new technology, including experiencing so the two kept up on municipal with the recognition from former the first televisions, refrigeration, affairs for that reason. Although mayor, John Douglas, during her and electric stoves. She also saw their history is vast, there is very 100th year. the first vehicle in the Valley. little written documentation left Her close circle of friends “It was owned by Reverend after original Alberni and records included Marjorie Hamilton (nee Bagshaw and she was walking were destroyed and discarded into Eaton), Marjories’s daughters home down River Road,” Janet the river. Some of the family’s Shirley, Fern, Barb and Lori and said. “She heard a noise and it death records are gone forever. the Maher family. scared her so she jumped in the Last year, Freda was honoured Freda leaves her three children, ditch. He came out and said, ‘Freda, it won’t hurt you, it’s only a car,’”. Joe had a longtime blacksmith business, first located behind the old Roxy Say “Happy Birthday” or “Happy Anniversary” to someone special and Theatre and then on Marthey could win a SUB from RHM SUBS, a CAKE from QUALITY FOODS OR garet Street,
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The Alberni Valley Committee has recommended a process that entails placing two ads describing options for the proposed development in a local newspaper, allowing the public 30 days to respond. If 10 per cent of Valley residents oppose investing in the airport upgrade, the ACRD would need to hold a formal referendum to proceed with the project. “Referendums are costly and time-consuming to perform when not conducted at the same time as an election,” stated Wendy Thomson, the ACRD’s manager of administrative services, in a report for the AV Committee. “Referendums take approximately four months to prepare and conduct at an approximate cost of $ 9,000. The earliest we could hold a referendum would be September or October 2015.” In February the B.C. Ministry of Transportation released its long-term plan for infrastructure investments across the province. Although a pledge was made to spend $24 million in airports over the next three years, no mention was made of the proposed Alberni project. ACRD director Jack McLeman remains hopeful the province will consider the Valley’s plans for an improved airport. “It’s something that the Valley needs,” he said. “I think the support is here and I think we’ll get support from others.” In an email to the Times last month the Ministry of Transportation stated that the Alberni Valley Regional Airport expansion will be eligible to apply for funding in the near future. “Once the program details have been announced, com-
munities – including Port Alberni – have an opportunity to submit their proposals for the B.C. Air Access Program,” said a ministry spokesperson. “No specific projects at community airports have been identified yet.”
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A6 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2015
SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
NHL Playoffs - Round 2 (Stanley Cup quarterfinals) All series best-of- seven Yesterday’s result Tampa Bay 2, Montreal 1 (Tampa Bay leads series 3-0) Washington 2, NY Rangers 1 (Washington leads series 3-1) Today’s schedule (Games 4) Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. (Chicago leads series 3-0)
Western Hockey League Championship Final (Best-of-seven) Friday, May 8 Kelowna at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9 (Game 2) Kelowna at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 11 (Game 3) Brandon at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, May 13 (Game 4) Brandon at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Friday, May 15 (Game 5*) Brandon at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
IIHF World Championships
Friday, May 8 Washington at NY Rangers (Game 5), 4 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary (Game 4), 6:30 p.m. (Anaheim leads series 2-1) Saturday, May 9 (Games 5*) Minnesota at Chicago, TBD Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD Sunday, May 10 NY Rangers at Washington, (Game 6*) TBD Calgary at Anaheim, (Game 5*) TBD Monday, May 11 (Game 6*) Chicago at Minnesota, TBD
May 1-17, at Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic The Top Division Championship has 16 teams in two groups. Round robin standings Group A GP W L OTL GF GA Pts Canada 4 4 0 0 28 8 12 Sweden 4 3 1 0 24 13 9 Switzerland 4 2 1 1 8 7 7 Germany 3 1 2 0 2 12 3 Czech Rep 3 1 2 0 12 14 3 France 3 1 2 0 4 5 3 Latvia 4 1 3 0 6 19 3 Austria 3 0 2 0 5 11 2
Tuesday, May 12 (Games 6*) Anaheim at Calgary, TBD Montreal at Tampa Bay, TBD
Group B USA Russia Slovakia Belarus Finland Norway Denmark Slovenia
Lightning 2, Canadiens 1 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Killorn (3) (Stamkos) 12:00 Penalties: Plekanec Mtl (Tripping) 7:24, Emelin Mtl (Interference) 15:50, Filppula Tb (Holding) 18:56 Second Period No scoring Third Period 2. Montreal, Gallagher (2) (Pateryn, Gilbert) 10:03 3. Tampa Bay, Johnson (8) (Palat, Hedman) 19:58.9 Penalties: Stamkos Tb (Tripping) 4:22, Pacioretty Mtl (Tripping) 7:24 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Montreal 8 8 15 31 Tampa Bay 6 3 10 19 Goaltending summary: Montreal: Price (17/19), Tampa Bay: Bishop (30/31) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Montreal: 0 of 2, Tampa Bay: 0 of 3 Att: 19,204
Capitals 2, Rangers 1 First Period No scoring Penalties: Alzner Wsh (Tripping Dan Girardi) 1:36, Brouwer Wsh (Roughing James Sheppard) 12:42, Sheppard Nyr (Roughing Troy Brouwer) 12:42 Second Period 1. New York, Brassard (5) (St. Louis, Nash) 6:12 2. Washington, Burakovsky (1) (Beagle, Gleason) 16:29 Penalties: Moore Nyr (Goalkeeper Interference Braden Holtby) 9:52 Third Period 3. Washington, Burakovsky (2) 0:24 Penalties: Glass Nyr (Fighting Tim Gleason) 2:44, Green Wsh (Roughing James Sheppard) 2:44, Gleason Wsh (Fighting Tanner Glass) 2:44, Sheppard Nyr (Roughing Mike Green) 2:44, Brassard Nyr (Slashing Brooks Orpik) 4:33, Orpik Wsh (Holding Derick Brassard) 4:33 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T New York 13 7 9 29 Washington 8 14 8 30 Goaltending summary: New York: Lundqvist (28/30), Washington: Holtby (28/29) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): New York: 0 of 1, Washington: 0 of 1 Att: 18,506
GP W 3 3 4 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 4 1 4 0 3 0
L OTL GF GA Pts 0 0 11 4 9 1 0 18 11 9 1 0 11 8 7 0 1 10 5 7 1 0 9 5 6 3 0 6 15 3 3 1 6 17 1 3 0 6 12 0
Yesterday’s results Latvia 2, Switzerland 1 (OT) Russia 5, Denmark 2 Canada 6, Sweden 4 Norway 3, Slovakia 2 Today’s schedule France vs. Czech Republic, 7:15 a.m. Belarus vs. United States, 7:15 a.m. Germany vs. Sweden, 11:15 a.m. Slovenia vs. Finland, 11:15 a.m. Remaining Canada games Saturday, May 9 vs. France, 3:15 a.m. Sun, May 10 vs. Switzerland, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 12 vs. Austria, 3:15 a.m. Quarterfinals: Thursday, May 14 Yesterday at O2 Arena, Prague
Canada 6, Sweden 4 First Period 1. Sweden, Anton Lander (Eriksson, Granburg) 5:06 2. Sweden, Victor Rask (Klefbom, Lindholm) 17:21 3. Sweden, Filip Forsberg (EkmanLarsson, Klingberg) 17:49 Penalty: Savard Can (Hooking) 2:23 Second Period 4. Canada, Aaron Ekblad (Burns, O’Reilly) 6:43 5. Canada, Taylor Hall (Penalty shot) 11:27 6. Canada, Sean Couturier (Ekblad) 14:23 7. Sweden, Oscar Moller (Sjogren, Ekman-Larsson) 15:19 Penalties: Kronwall Swe (Roughing) 16:09; MacKinnon Can (Roughing) 16:09; Klingberg Swe (Hooking, Penalty Shot) 11:27 Third Period 8. Canada, Patrick Wiercioch (Eberle, Crosby) 10:24 9. Canada, Tyler Ennis (power play) (Hall, Spezza) (PP) 13:31 10. Canada, Tyler Seguin (EN) 18:10 Penalties: None Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Canada 12 16 10 38 Sweden 7 10 8 25 Goaltending summary: Canada: Mike Smith (28/32); Sweden: Anders Nilsson (33/38); Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Canada: 1 of 1; Sweden: 0 of 1
Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar slides into home to score the second run on a Ezequiel Carrera single. [CP PHOTO]
Martin homers as Jays top Yankees GREGORY STRONG THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Russell Martin homered and Mark Buehrle worked five innings for the victory as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 5-1 on Wednesday night to take the rubber game of the three-game series. Martin finished with three hits while Chris Colabello had his first career four-hit game to help the Blue Jays improve to 14-15 on the season. The Yankees, who lead the American League East division standings, fell to 17-11. New York scored its lone run off Buehrle in the first inning. Alex Rodriguez doubled to move Chris Young to third base and Mark Teixeira drove him in with a grounder to the right side of the infield. Kevin Pillar reached on a bunt single and Colabello lashed a ball just inside the third-base line for a double. After Ryan Goins lined out, No. 9 hitter Ezequiel Carrera delivered a two-run single. Martin, a Toronto native who grew up in Chelsea, Que., opened the bottom of the fourth by lining a pitch off Sabathia’s backside. The sixfoot-seven 285-pound southpaw barely flinched as Martin scampered to first base. A balk moved Martin up a base and he scored on Colabello’s one-out single. The Yankees loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth inning but Teixeira grounded out to end the threat. Buehrle (4-2) allowed six hits, one earned run and a walk while striking out three. Martin tacked on an insurance run in the sixth with a solo shot that landed in the Toronto bullpen. He has gone deep in each of his last four starts and now has seven homers on the season. Pillar and Colabello followed with back-toback singles to put runners on the corners with one out. Sabathia (0-5) escaped further damage by getting Goins to pop up and then fanning Carrera.
Royal Bank Cup - RBC Canadian Junior A Championship May 9-17, PCU Centre, Portage la Prairie, Man. Teams, with 2014-15 records Host: Portage Terriers (53-3-4) West: Penticton Vees (44-9-3-2) West 2: Melfort Mustangs (39-8-9) Central: Soo Thunderbirds (38-7-1-6) East: Carleton Place Canadians (49-10-3) Round robin Penticton Melfort Soo Carleton Place Portage
GP W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L OTL GF-A Pts 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0
Schedule: Preliminary Round Saturday, May 9 Penticton vs. Portage, 1 p.m. Soo vs. Carleton Place, 6 p.m. Sunday May 10 Melfort vs. Penticton, 1 p.m. Portage vs. Carleton Place, 6 p.m.
BASKETBALL
BASEBALL
NBA Playoffs
MLB
(All series best-of-seven) Round 2, Games 2 Yesterday’s results Cleveland 106, Chicago 91 (Series tied 1-1) Houston 115, LA Clippers 109 (Series tied 1-1) Today’s schedule No games scheduled Friday, May 8 Cleveland at Chicago, (Game 3) 5 p.m. Houston at LA Clippers, (Game 3) 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9 Atlanta at Washington, (Game 3) 2 p.m. (Series tied 1-1) Golden State at Memphis, (G3) 5 p.m. (Series is tied1-1)
SOCCER
UEFA Champions League
Monday May 11 Melfort vs. Soo, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 12 Carleton Place vs. Penticton, 1 p.m. Soo vs. Portage, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 13 Carleton Place vs. Melfort, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 14 Penticton vs. Soo, 1 p.m. Portage vs. Melfort, 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16 Semifinals, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 17 Final, 6 p.m.
American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 1 Conference Semifinals All games best-of-seven Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs vs. 4-WilkesBarre/Scranton Penguins 2-Hershey Bears vs. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 6-Oklahoma City Barons 2-Grand Rapids Griffins vs. 4-Rockford IceHogs Yesterday’s results (Games 1) Hartford 2, at Hershey 1 (OT) Manchester 4, W-B/Scranton 3 (3OT) Grand Rapids 5, Rockford 3 Today’s schedule W-B/Scranton at Manchester (Game2), 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utica (Game 1), 4 p.m. Friday, May 8 (Games 2) Hartford at Hershey, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utica, 4 p.m. Rockford at Gr Rapids, 4 p.m. Saturday, May 9 (Game 3) Manchester at W-B/Scran (G3), 4 p.m. Sunday, May 10 Hershey vs. Hartford (Game 3), noon
GOLF This week’s tournaments
Semifinals All games at 11:45 a.m. Yesterday’s result Barcelona 3, Bayern Munich 0 Tuesday’s result Juventus 2, Real Madrid 1 Return legs Tuesday, May 12 Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona Wednesday, May 13 Real Madrid vs. Juventus Final Saturday, June 6 Olympiastadion, Berlin
MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP N. England 17 9 DC United 17 8 NY Red Bulls 13 8 Columbus 11 8 Toronto 9 7 Chicago 9 7 Orlando 8 8 NY City FC 6 9 Philadelphia 6 10 Montreal 2 4 Western League Club PTS GP Dallas 17 9 Vancouver 17 10 Seattle 16 8 Los Angeles 14 10 San Jose 13 9 Sporting KC 13 9 Salt Lake 11 9 Portland 10 9 Houston 10 10 Colorado 9 9
W 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0
L 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 6 2
T 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 3 2
GF GA 12 8 10 6 12 8 12 8 11 11 6 8 6 10 6 10 10 18 2 6
W 5 5 5 3 4 3 2 2 2 1
L 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 3 4 2
T 2 2 1 5 1 4 5 4 4 6
GF GA 15 12 11 9 13 6 10 9 9 10 12 12 7 10 7 8 11 13 8 8
Yesterday’s result Montreal 1, Toronto 0 Los Angeles 0, Salt Lake 0 Friday, May 8 New England at Orlando, 5 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 7 p.m/
English Premier League Position/Club 1 Chelsea 2 Man City 3 Arsenal 4 Man United 5 Liverpool 6 Tot Hotspur 7 Southampton 8 Swansea 9 West Ham 10 Stoke City 11 Everton 12 Crystal Pal 13 West Brom 14 Aston Villa 15 Newcastle 16 Hull City 17 Leicester 18 Sunderland 19 Q.P. Rangers 20 Burnley
European Tour AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open, May 7-10 Heritage Golf Course, Bel Ombre, Mauritius, Par 72, 7,106 yards. Purse: $1,000,000. Inaugural event.
TENNIS ATP and WTA World rankings (as of May 4) Men (ATP) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Roger Federer (SUI) 3. Andy Murray (GBR) 4. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5. Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6. Milos Raonic (Toronto) 7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 8. David Ferrer (ESP) 9. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 10. Marin Cilic (CRO)
Points 3,845 8,635 6,120 5,390 5,280 5,070 4,960 4,490 3,495 3,405
Women (WTA) Points 1 Serena Williams 9,981 2 Simona Halep 7,755 3 Maria Sharapova 7,525 4 Petra Kvitova 6,060 5 Caroline Wozniacki 4,790 6 Eugenie Bouchard 4,063 7 Ana Ivanovic 4,000 8 Ekaterina Makarova 3,465 9 Agnieszka Radwanska 3,345 10 Andrea Petkovic 3,260 Mutua Madrid Open, May 4-10 Madrid, Spain. Surface: Clay. Purse: €4,185,405. Men - Singles, Round 2 Nick Kyrgios, Australia, def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (12). Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Kei Nishikori (4), Japan, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 7-6 (3), 7-5. David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-4, 6-0. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-3. Grigor Dimitrov (10), Bulgaria, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Feliciano Lopez (11), Spain, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6). Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12), France, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4).
W D L GF GA 25 8 2 69 27 21 7 7 71 36 21 7 6 66 33 19 8 8 59 35 18 7 10 49 38 17 7 11 55 50 17 6 12 48 28 15 8 12 43 44 12 11 12 43 42 13 8 14 39 44 11 11 13 46 46 11 9 15 42 48 10 10 15 33 46 9 8 18 29 50 9 8 18 36 60 8 10 17 33 48 9 7 19 39 54 6 15 13 28 50 7 6 22 39 61 5 11 19 26 53
Pts 83 70 70 65 61 58 57 53 47 47 44 42 40 35 35 34 34 33 27 26
Sunday, May 10 Man City vs. Q.P. Rangers, 5:30 a.m. Chelsea vs. Liverpool, 8 a.m. Monday, May 11 Arsenal vs. Swansea, noon
Pacific Coast Soccer League W 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
D 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
L 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
GF GA Pts 4 3 4 3 0 3 2 1 3 3 4 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 0
Saturday, May 9 Victoria vs. Tim Hortons, 4 p.m. Sunday, May 10 Mid Isle vs. Tim Hortons Pinnacles, noon Victoria vs. FC Tigers Vancouver, 2 p.m.
LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Delta 3 3 0 0 6 Victoria 3 2 1 0 4 Coquitlam 2 1 1 0 2 Burnaby 3 1 2 0 2 Langley 2 1 1 0 2 New Westminster 3 1 2 0 2 Nanaimo 3 1 2 0 2 Port Coquitlam 3 1 2 0 2 Today’s schedule Port Coquitlam at Langley, 8 p.m.
Men - Doubles, Round 2 Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, and Jack Sock (3), United States, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 10-4.
Saturday, May 9 Langley at Victoria, 5 p.m. Burnaby at. Nanaimo, 5 p.m. Port Coquitlam at Delta, 7:30 p.m.
Women - Singles, Round 3 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (1). Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, def. Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-0. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.
National Lacrosse League Playoff seeding 1 Toronto Rock (14-4) 2 Edmonton Rush (13-5) 3 Rochester Knighthawks (12-6) 4 Buffalo Bandits (11-7) 5 Colorado Mammoth (9-9) 6 Calgary Roughnecks (7-11) Division semifinals Friday, May 8 Buffalo at Rochester Saturday, May 9 Calgary at Colorado Division finals Friday, May 15 Saturday May 23 (return legs)
Strk L1 W1 W1 L2 L1 Strk L1 L2 W1 W2 W1 Strk L3 W2 L1 L2 W3
PCT .643 .500 .483 .464 .345 PCT .741 .538 .519 .444 .321 PCT .630 .517 .500 .462 .423
GB Strk - W2 4.0 W2 4.5 W1 5.0 L1 8.5 L2 GB Strk - L1 5.5 W1 6.0 W2 8.0 L5 11.5 W1 GB Strk - L1 3.0 W1 3.5 L1 4.5 W2 5.5 L7
Today’s schedule Oakland at Minnesota 10:10 a.m. Pomeranz (1-2) vs Nolasco (1-1) LA Dodgers at Milwaukee 10:40 a.m. Baker (0-1) vs Fiers (1-3) Chicago Cubs at St. Louis 10:45 a.m. Arrieta (3-2) vs Lackey (1-1) Cleveland at Kansas City 11:10 a.m. Kluber (0-4) vs Volquez (2-3) Detroit at Chicago Sox 11:10 a.m. Lobstein (2-2) vs Quintana (1-2) Baltimore at NY Yankees 4:05 p.m. Tillman (2-3) vs. Eovaldi (2-0) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 4:05 p.m. DeSclafani (2-2) vs Burnett (0-1) Texas at Tampa Bay 4:10 p.m. Martinez (2-0) vs Archer (3-3) San Diego at Arizona 6:40 p.m. Morrow (2-0) vs De La Rosa (2-2) Houston at LA Angels 7:05 p.m. McHugh (4-0) vs. Santiago (2-2) Miami at San Fran 7:15 p.m. Haren (3-1) vs. Hudson (1-2)
Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi Ellsbury CF 4 0 1 0 Travis 2B 4 0 0 0 Young LF 4 1 1 0 Donaldson 3B4 0 1 0 Rodriguez DH 3 0 1 0 Bautista DH 3 0 0 0 Teixeira 1B 3 0 1 1 Enca’acion 1B3 0 0 0 McCann C 4 0 0 0 Smoak 1B 0 0 0 0 Beltran RF 4 0 1 0 Martin C 4231 Headley 3B 4 0 0 0 Pillar CF 4120 Drew SS 2 0 0 0 Colabello LF 4 2 4 1 Pirela 2B 4 0 2 0 Goins SS 4011 Totals 32 1 7 1 Carrera RF 4 0 1 2 Totals 34 5 12 5
Saturday, May 9 Everton vs. Sunderland, 4:45 a.m. Aston Villa vs. West Ham, 7 a.m. Hull vs. Burnley, 7 a.m. Leicester vs. Southampton, 7 a.m. Newcastle vs. West Brom, 7 a.m. Stoke vs. Spurs, 7 a.m. Crystal Palace vs. Man United, 9:30 a.m.
Team Victoria Vancouver Tbirds Mid Isle Tim Hortons Kamloops Khalsa Vancouver Utd Abbotsford FC Tigers
GB 2.0 3.5 3.5 4.0 GB 0.5 2.5 5.5 6.5 GB 5.0 6.5 7.0 6.5
Yesterday’s results Arizona 13, Colorado 7 Washington 7, Miami 5 San Diego 9, San Fran 1 Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 0 Toronto 5, NY Yankees 1 NY Mets 5, Baltimore 1 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 5 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 Chicago Sox 7, Detroit 6 Milwaukee 6, LA Dodgers 3 Minnesota 13, Oakland 0 Texas 11, Houston 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 5 L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 3
NY Yankees
Sunday, May 10 Houston at Toronto, 2 p.m.
The Players Championship, May 7-10 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Par 72, 7215 yards. Purse: $10,000,000. 2014 champion: Martin Kaymer.
PCT .607 .536 .483 .480 .464 PCT .630 .607 .536 .417 .385 PCT .643 .464 .414 .393 .407
Blue Jays 5, Yankees 1
Saturday, May 9 Salt Lake at Chicago, noon Portland at Montreal, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Sporting KC at DC United, 4 p.m. Seattle at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
PGA
American League East W L NY Yankees 17 11 Tampa Bay 15 13 Toronto 14 15 Baltimore 12 13 Boston 13 15 Central W L Kansas City 17 10 Detroit 17 11 Minnesota 15 13 Chicago Sox 10 14 Cleveland 10 16 West W L Houston 18 10 LA Angels 13 15 Oakland 12 17 Seattle 11 17 Texas 11 16 National League East W L NY Mets 18 10 Atlanta 14 14 Washington 14 15 Miami 13 15 Philadelphia 10 19 Central W L St. Louis 20 7 Chicago Cubs 14 12 Cincinnati 14 13 Pittsburgh 12 15 Milwaukee 9 19 West W L LA Dodgers 17 10 San Diego 15 14 San Francisco 14 14 Arizona 12 14 Colorado 11 15
NY Yankees 100 000 000 1 Toronto 020 101 01x 5 SB: TOR Colabello (1, 2nd base off Sabathia/McCann, B). 2B: NYY Rodriguez, A (6, Buehrle), Pirela (1, Buehrle); TOR Colabello (2, Sabathia). 3B: TOR Goins (2, Shreve). GIDP: NYY Headley, Pirela; TOR Travis, Pillar. HR: TOR Martin, R (7, 6th inning off Sabathia, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: NYY 8; TOR 7. DP: NYY 2 (Drew-Pirela-Teixeira 2); TOR 2 (Encarnacion-Goins-Travis, Travis-Goins-Encarnacion). NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO C Sabathia (L, 0-5) 6.1 9 4 4 2 4 E Rogers 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 C Shreve 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Buehrle (W, 4-2) 5.0 6 1 1 1 3 R Osuna 2.1 1 0 0 1 0 A Loup 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 B Cecil 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Time: 2:30. Att: 21,312.
Rays 5, Red Sox 3 Tampa Bay
Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Kiermaier CF 2 0 0 0 Betts CF 4111 Forsythe 2B 4 0 1 1 Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 1 Loney 1B 5 1 1 0 Ortiz DH 3000 Longoria 3B 3 3 2 2 Jimenez DH 1 0 0 0 DeJesus DH 2 0 2 0 Napoli 1B 4 0 1 0 Souza Jr. DH 0 0 0 0 Sandoval 3B 3 0 1 0 Butler LF 5 0 1 2 Craig LF 2000 Cabrera SS 5 0 0 0 Nava PH-LF 1 0 0 0 Guyer RF 3 1 1 0 Holt RF 4000 Rivera C 3 0 1 0 Bogaerts SS 4 1 2 0 Totals 32 5 9 5 Swihart C 4 1 1 1 Totals 34 3 7 3
Tampa Bay 001 120 001 5 Boston 002 000 010 3 2B: TB Guyer (6, Masterson), DeJesus (3, Masterson), Rivera, R (3, Mujica); BOS Bogaerts (3, Colome), Swihart (1, Colome). GIDP: TB Loney, Butler, Jy. HR: TB Longoria 2 (3, 4th inning off Masterson, 0 on, 0 out; 9th inning off Ogando, A, 0 on, 1 out); BOS Betts (5, 8th inning off Jepsen, 0 on, 0 out). S: TB Kiermaier. Team Lob: TB 11; BOS 9. DP: BOS 2 (Pedroia-Bogaerts-Napoli, Masterson-Pedroia-Napoli). E: TB Forsythe (1, throw), Rivera, R (2, pickoff). Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO A Colome (W, 2-0) 5.0 4 2 2 0 4 X Cedeno 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 S Geltz 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 K Jepsen 1.0 2 1 1 2 0 B Boxberger 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO J Masterson (L, 2-1) 4.1 7 4 4 6 1 E Mujica 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 T Layne 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 J Tazawa 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 R Ross 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 A Ogando 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 HBP: Forsythe (by Masterson). Time: 3:22. Att: 35,060.
Mets 5, Orioles 1 Baltimore
NY Mets
ab r h bi ab r h bi 3 0 1 0 Granderson RF 3 1 1
De Aza RF 2 Brach P 0000 Navarro PH 1 0 1 0 Gausman P 0 0 0 0 Garcia P 0000 Young PH 1 0 1 0 Paredes 2B 5 0 1 1 Jones CF 3000 Davis 1B 4010 Machado 3B 4 0 2 0 Lough LF 4000 Joseph C 4010 Cabrera SS 3 0 0 0 Jimenez P 1 0 0 0 Snider PH-RF 2 1 1 0 Pearce PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 1 9 1
Lagares CF Duda 1B Cuddyer LF Murphy 3B Flores SS Plawecki C Herrera 2B deGrom P Torres P Torres P Familia P Totals
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Baltimore 000 010 000 1 NY Mets 011 102 00x 5 SB: BAL Machado, M 2 (5, 2nd base off deGrom/Plawecki, 2nd base off deGrom/Plawecki). GIDP: BAL Paredes. HR: NYM Granderson (2, 3rd inning off Jimenez, U, 0 on, 0 out), Herrera, D (1, 6th inning off Brach, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: BAL 10; NYM 5. DP: NYM (DudaFlores, W-deGrom). Continued, next column
Mets 5, Orioles 1 (Cont’d) Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO U Jimenez (L, 2-2) 4.0 6 3 3 2 1 B Brach 2.0 1 2 2 1 3 K Gausman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 J Garcia 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO J deGrom (W, 3-3) 7.0 6 1 1 1 9 C Torres 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 A Torres 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 J Familia 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 HBP: Cabrera, E (by deGrom). Time: 2:52. Att: 21,667.
Indians 10, Royals 3 Cleveland
Kansas City
ab r h bi ab r h bi Kipnis 2B 4 0 2 1 Gordon LF 4 0 0 0 Santana 1B 3 2 1 1 Orlando LF 0 0 0 0 Brantley OF 4 1 1 0 Moustakas 3B3 0 1 0 Raburn LF 3 0 1 1 Cain CF 4210 Bourn PR-CF 1 1 0 0 Hosmer 1B 4 0 1 1 Moss RF 5 2 2 3 Morales DH 3 1 1 2 Swisher DH 5 1 1 0 Perez C 3000 Aviles SS 4 2 3 1 Pena C 1000 Chisenhall 3B 4 1 1 1 Infante 2B 3 0 0 0 Hayes C 3 0 1 1 Calixte PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 361013 9 Dyson RF 3 0 0 0 Colon SS 3010 Totals 32 3 5 3
Cleveland 130 100 401 10 Kansas City 000 201 000 3 SB: KC Dyson, J (4, 2nd base off Carrasco/Hayes). 2B: CLE Kipnis (4, Duffy, D), Chisenhall (5, Duffy, D), Raburn (8, Morales, F), Moss (7, Morales, F); KC Colon, C (3, Carrasco), Hosmer (7, Carrasco). 3B: KC Cain, L (1, Carrasco). GIDP: CLE Brantley. HR: CLE Moss (5, 9th inning off Frasor, 0 on, 1 out); KC Morales, K (4, 4th inning off Carrasco, 1 on, 2 out). S: CLE Hayes. Team Lob: CLE 7; KC 4. DP: KC (Finnegan-Colon, C-Hosmer). E: CLE Chisenhall (2, fielding). Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Carrasco (W, 4-2) 7.0 5 3 3 2 6 M Rzepczynski 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Z McAllister 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO D Duffy (L, 2-1) 1.0 6 4 4 0 0 B Finnegan 2.2 1 1 1 3 2 C Young 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 F Morales 1.0 4 4 4 1 0 K Herrera 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 J Frasor 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 HBP: Raburn (by Duffy, D). Time: 3:04. Att: 23,316.
Rangers 11, Astros 3 Texas
Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Choo RF 5 1 1 2 Altuve 2B 3 0 0 0 Andrus SS 4 0 0 0 Villar 2B 1011 Fielder DH 3 1 1 0 Gonzalez SS 4 0 0 0 Smolinski DH 1 0 0 0 Valbuena 3B 3 1 0 0 Beltre 3B 5 2 3 0 Gattis DH 4 0 2 0 Odor 2B 0 0 0 0 Rasmus OF 4 0 1 0 Blanks 1B 5 1 1 0 Carter 1B 3 1 1 2 Peguero LF 4 3 3 3 Marisnick CF 2 0 0 0 Chirinos C 3 2 2 3 Conger PH-LF2 0 0 0 Rosales 2B-3B4 0 1 0 Castro C 3110 DeShields CF 4 1 1 2 Grossman OF 3 0 1 0 Totals 381113 10 Totals 32 3 7 3
Texas 042 040 100 11 Houston 000 000 012 3 2B: TEX Beltre (6, Deduno), Chirinos 2 (5, Deduno, Deduno); HOU Grossman (2, Lewis), Gattis (5, Lewis), Castro, J (5, Lewis). 3B: TEX Beltre (2, Thatcher). GIDP: HOU Rasmus, Gonzalez, M. HR: TEX Peguero 2 (3, 2nd inning off Deduno, 0 on, 1 out; 7th inning off Harris, W, 0 on, 0 out), Choo (3, 2nd inning off Deduno, 1 on, 2 out); HOU Carter (4, 9th inning off Patton, 1 on, 2 out). Team Lob: TEX 4; HOU 4. DP: TEX 2 (RosalesAndrus-Blanks, Rosales-Blanks). Texas IP H R ER BB SO C Lewis (W, 2-2) 8.0 6 1 1 1 6 S Patton 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO S Deduno (L, 0-1) 4.211 10 10 3 4 J Thatcher 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 W Harris 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 T Sipp 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:32. Att: 22,230.
Angels 4, Mariners 3 Seattle
LA Angels
ab r h bi ab r h bi Weeks DH 3 0 1 0 Calhoun RF 4 1 1 1 Miller PH-DH 2 0 0 0 Trout CF 4112 Bloomquist LF3 0 0 0 Pujols DH 4 0 1 0 Smith PH-LF 1 0 0 0 Freese 3B 2 0 0 0 Cano 2B 3 0 1 0 F’therston PR0 0 0 0 Cruz RF 4 1 2 0 Aybar SS 4 1 2 0 Seager 3B 4 2 2 2 Giavotella 2B 4 0 1 1 Zunino C 4 0 2 0 Cron 1B 3000 Morrison 1B 4 0 0 0 Navarro 1B 0 0 0 0 Ruggiano CF 3 0 0 0 Perez C 3000 Ackley PH-CF 0 0 0 1 Cowgill LF 3 1 1 0 Taylor SS 3 0 1 0 Totals 31 4 7 4 Totals 34 3 9 3
Seattle 000 200 001 3 LA Angels 003 000 001 4 SB: SEA Taylor, C (1, 2nd base off Wilson, C/Perez, C). 2B: SEA Seager (6, Street); LAA Calhoun (3, Elias), Giavotella (4, Smith, Ca). 3B: LAA Cowgill (1, Elias). GIDP: SEA Morrison; LAA Freese. HR: SEA Seager (3, 4th inning off Wilson, C, 1 on, 1 out); LAA Trout (7, 3rd inning off Elias, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 7; LAA 4. DP: SEA (Taylor, C-CanoMorrison); LAA (Giavotella-Aybar-Cron). E: LAA Freese (3, fielding). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO R Elias 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 J Beimel 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 M Lowe 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 C Smith (L, 0-2) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO C Wilson 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 J Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 H Street (W, 2-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 HBP: Cano (by Smith, J). Time: 2:35. Att: 25,160.
Brewers 6, Dodgers 3 LA Dodgers
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ab r h bi ab r h bi Pederson CF 4 2 2 2 Gomez CF 5 1 1 0 Rollins SS 4 0 0 0 Gennett 2B 5 1 1 2 Kendrick 2B 4 0 0 0 Braun RF 3 1 1 0 Gonzalez 1B 4 0 3 0 Lind 1B 4222 Turner 3B 4 1 1 0 Ramirez 3B 2 0 0 0 Ethier RF 4 0 1 0 Gomez PR-3B0 0 0 0 Van Slyke LF 4 0 0 0 Davis LF 2000 Ellis C 3 0 1 0 Segura SS 3 1 1 1 Wieland P 1 0 0 0 Maldonado C 4 0 1 1 Santos P 0 0 0 0 Peralta P 2 0 0 0 Rodriguez P 0 0 0 0 Herrera PH 1 0 0 0 Nicasio P 0 0 0 0 Rodriguez P 0 0 0 0 Uribe PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 6 7 6 Howell P 0000 Totals 33 3 8 2
LA Dodgers 000 110 010 3 Milwaukee 500 010 00x 6 SB: MIL Segura (6, 2nd base off Wieland/Ellis). 2B: LAD Gonzalez, A (11, Rodriguez, F); MIL Lind (10, Wieland). GIDP: LAD Van Slyke. HR: LAD Pederson 2 (9, 5th inning off Peralta, W, 0 on, 2 out; 8th inning off Peralta, W, 0 on, 1 out); MIL Gennett (1, 1st inning off Wieland, 1 on, 0 out), Lind (5, 1st inning off Wieland, 1 on, 0 out). S: LAD Wieland. Team Lob: LAD 4; MIL 8. DP: MIL (Segura-Gennett-Lind). E: MIL Segura (8, throw). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO J Wieland (L, 0-1) 4.2 6 6 6 4 2 S Santos 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 S Rodriguez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Nicasio 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 J Howell 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO W Peralta (W, 1-4) 8.0 7 3 2 0 6 F Rodriguez 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Time: 2:47. Att: 22,708.
Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 Chicago Cubs
ab r Fowler CF 5 0 Coghlan LF 3 2 Rondon P 0 0 Rizzo 1B 41 Bryant 3B 4 2 Soler RF 40 Castro SS 40 Ross C 40 Lester P 30 Strop P 00 Montero PH 0 0 Szczur PR-LF 0 0 Russell 2B 4 1
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h bi ab r h bi 1 0 Bourjos CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 Carpenter 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 Holliday LF 3 0 1 0 2 3 Reynolds 1B 5 0 0 0 2 1 Peralta SS 5 2 1 1 2 1 Heyward RF 3 3 1 0 1 1 Molina C 3 0 2 2 1 0 Cruz PR-C 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kozma 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 Wong PH-2B 1 0 1 1 0 0 Lynn P 2000 0 0 Adams PH 1 0 0 0 1 0 Choate P 0 0 0 0 Continued, next column
Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 (Cont’d) Totals
35 6 10 6 Belisle P 0000 Jay PH 1000 Villanueva P 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 9 5
Chicago Cubs 201 020 010 6 St. Louis 010 102 010 5 2B: CHC Russell, A (6, Lynn), Rizzo (6, Lynn), Ross, D (4, Lynn), Bryant (6, Belisle); STL Molina (5, Lester), Holliday (6, Lester). GIDP: CHC Castro, S; STL Jay. HR: CHC Rizzo (5, 3rd inning off Lynn, 0 on, 1 out); STL Peralta (3, 4th inning off Lester, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: CHC 5; STL 9. DP: CHC (Castro, S-Rizzo); STL (Peralta-Kozma-Reynolds, Ma). E: CHC Lester (2, missed catch), Russell, A (3, fielding). PICKOFFS: STL Lynn (Fowler at 1st base). Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO J Lester (W, 2-2) 7.0 7 4 1 2 6 P Strop 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 H Rondon 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO M Lynn (L, 1-3) 6.0 8 5 5 2 6 R Choate 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 M Belisle 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 C Villanueva 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 HBP: Heyward (by Strop). Time: 2:56. Att: 42,207.
Padres 9, Giants 1 San Diego
San Fran
ab r h bi ab r h bi Myers CF 6 0 3 1 Aoki LF 4011 Span’berg 3B 5 1 3 0 Panik 2B 4010 Kemp RF 6 1 1 1 Pagan CF 3 0 0 0 Upton LF 2 2 0 0 Blanco CF 1 0 0 0 Alonso 1B 4 2 2 1 Belt 1B 3020 Gyorko 2B 5 2 2 2 Crawford SS 3 0 0 0 Amarista SS 5 0 3 2 Arias SS 1000 Hedges C 4 0 1 2 Maxwell RF 4 0 0 0 Kennedy P 4 1 1 0 Susac C 3000 Solarte PH 1 0 0 0 Duffy 3B 3120 Maurer P 0 0 0 0 Heston P 0 0 0 0 Garces P 0 0 0 0 Sanchez PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 42 9 16 9 Kontos P 0 0 0 0 Lopez P 0000 Machi P 0000 Affeldt P 0000 McGehee PH 1 0 0 0 Petit P 0000 Totals 31 1 6 1
San Diego 005 000 130 9 San Fran 001 000 000 1 SB: SD Amarista (1, 3rd base off Heston/Susac), Spangenberg (1, 2nd base off Kontos/Susac), Upton, J (5, 2nd base off Machi/Susac). 2B: SD Kemp (8, Heston), Alonso (4, Heston), Amarista (2, Heston), Gyorko (4, Machi); SF Belt (6, Kennedy). 3B: SD Myers (1, Lopez, J); SF Belt (1, Kennedy). GIDP: SD Alonso. HR: None. S: SF Heston. Team Lob: SD 14; SF 5. DP: SF (Crawford, B-PanikBelt). San Diego IP H R ER BB SO I Kennedy (W, 2-1) 7.0 6 1 1 0 5 B Maurer 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 F Garces 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 San Fran IP H R ER BB SO C Heston (L, 2-3) 5.011 5 5 3 4 G Kontos 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 J Lopez 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 J Machi 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 J Affeldt 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Y Petit 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 2:59. Att: 41,060.
MLB League leaders Batting average American League AB R 1 Adam Jones, BAL 91 17 2 Jacoby Ellsbury, NYY 106 21 3 Stephen Vogt, OAK 81 16 4 Jose Iglesias, DET 79 7 5 Michael Brantley, CLE 74 11 6 Miguel Cabrera, DET 97 13 7 Prince Fielder, TEX 103 10 8 Jose Altuve, HOU 115 16 9 Lorenzo Cain, KC 90 18 10 Nelson Cruz, SEA 107 18 National League AB R 1 Dee Gordon, MIA 109 16 2 DJ LeMahieu, COL 79 5 3 Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 97 23 4 Paul Goldschmidt, ARI 90 19 5 Angel Pagan, SF 103 8 6 Matt Carpenter, STL 104 23 7 Matt Holliday, STL 87 14
H 36 38 29 28 26 34 36 40 30 35 H 46 31 35 32 36 36 30
Avg .396 .358 .358 .354 .351 .351 .350 .348 .333 .327 Avg .422 .392 .361 .356 .350 .346 .345
AL home runs HR 1 Nelson Cruz, SEA 14 2 Mark Teixeira, NYY 10 2 Hanley Ramirez, BOS 10 4 Luis Valbuena, HOU 7 4 Stephen Vogt, OAK 7 NL home runs HR 1 Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 9 1 Todd Frazier, CIN 9 3 Joey Votto, CIN 7 3 Justin Upton, SD 7 AL RBIs 1 Nelson Cruz, SEA 2 Stephen Vogt, OAK 3 Devon Travis, TOR 4 Mark Teixeira, NYY 4 Hanley Ramirez, BOS NL RBIs 1 Giancarlo Stanton, MIA 2 Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 2 Paul Goldschmidt, ARI 4 Justin Upton, SD Pitching AL Wins 1. Felix Hernandez, SEA 2. Sonny Gray, OAK 2. Michael Pineda, NYY 2. Alfredo Simon, DET 2. Collin McHugh, HOU NL Wins 1 Bartolo Colon, NYM 1 Zack Greinke, LAD 1 Matt Harvey, NYM 4 Shelby Miller, ATL
RBI 26 25 23 22 22 RBI 24 22 22 21
W 5 4 4 4 4 W 5 5 5 4
B.C. Premier League Team North Shore North Delta Okanagan Langley Vic Eagles Nanaimo Abbotsford Whalley Coquitlam Vic Mariners Parksville White Rock
W 8 7 12 9 10 8 5 5 3 3 2 2
L 2 2 4 3 4 6 6 9 8 9 8 13
Pct .800 .777 .750 .750 .714 .571 .455 .357 .273 .250 .200 .133
GB 0.5 1 2 3.5 5 5.5 6 6 8.5
Today’s schedule Coquitlam at Whalley, 7 p.m. Friday, May 8 Langley at Abbotsford, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9 Nanaimo at Coquitlam, 12:30 p.m. Vic Eagles at White Rock, 1 p.m. Okanagan at North Shore, 1 p.m. Nanaimo at Coquitlam, 3 p.m. Vic Eagles at White Rock, 3:30 p.m. North Shore at Okanagan, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 10 Okanagan at North Shore, 11 a.m. Nanaimo at White Rock, 1:30 p.m. North Shore at Okanagan, 1:30 p.m. Victoria Eagles at Abbotsford, 1:30 p.m. Whalley at Coquitlam, 1:30 p.m. Victoria Mariners at Langley, 3:30 p.m.
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s golfers enter the pro shop, invariably in the ensuing conversation, they ask “So, what have you been doing all winter?” Here’s one of the stories I tell.... It’s the winter’s early evening outside our clubhouse. I’m bathed within the full moon’s light as I begin walking our golf course...on the hunt! My weapon of choice is a small, but powerful pewter LED flashlight fitting snugly within the palm of my hand. I pull the zipper of my thermal jacket close to the base of my throat, keeping warm in the cool air. My gum boots make awkward croaking sounds with each step taken on the fairways and roughs as I begin searching. Exploring the west coast mist, I stride past the second green and on toward the fifth where I know the action is. I’m referring to our golf course adversaries, the Canada Geese! The birds congregate in groups on the course with as few as six and as many as five dozen I’ve seen. They’re cocky in character and don’t mind strutting, as if suggesting they too own the property. When thinking of being out there with them, I see my breath in the night air and the eerie trees silhouetted against the fog. I’m reassured by the line spoken from actor Macaulay Culkin in the funny Christmas flick, “Home Alone.” In the movie, when sensing his isolated predicament, he realizes a need to “defend the family house.” That goes through my mind as I walk, searching the dew drenched fairways... “to defend our golf course.” I also think of the effort and time put toward maintaining the course daily with only two hands. I know the feeling arriving each morning and seeing the decimation the birds leave on the greens! They peck large holes, of birds nest size, to get sand for their gullets, leaving a mess of debris in their wake. Then, as if adding a warped sense of value to their
Patrick Little Rediscovering Golf at Hollies natural accomplishment, they defecate on the putting surface as well. When the shock subsides, I routinely shovel their dumpings off the greens and plug the holes, waiting throughout the day again until night...when the hunt resumes. The flashlight is used as I approach where I sense the geese may be. By waving the bright lights in circular motions, it frightens them off. And the birds are smart, adding insult to injury. Often, I pass within metres of them in the darkness failing to see them. It’s surprising how intentionally stealthy and quiet they remain, patient for my miscue. I’ve tried so many ways to discourage them from landing on our property, but the only thing appearing to work is making them feel threatened. That takes
time by means of periodic golf course stalking. I walk once at 7 p.m., again at 11 and then finally in the early morning hours before my wife wakes. Their presence makes me feel resentful. Part of me argues it isn’t fair after working long daylight hours to attend to further work, while another part justifies the pursuit as life’s normal dosage of inequity. I’ve earned only one award in this nightly routine during the past 11 years. I’ve never acted as a perpetrator yet, nor have I tried – although the thought’s entered my mind. For that compassionate thought however, I’m only modestly compensated by conscience. But, should one of nature’s predators happen to have its way with the goose, it’s not likely I’ll come to its defence! “Anyways, that’s how my winter was. How was yours?” I reply!
» Patrick Little is an avid golfer, a lifetime member of the Canadian PGA, and owner of the Hollies Golf Course.
t was a great day on the course, finally some warm sunny weather. Fifty-five men teed it up for the MacDermott’s Insurance Waltz on Sunday. That was our biggest turnout so far this year. I expect the numbers will grow as the season progresses and the weather improves. Once again there were some great scores recorded. In first place with a team total of 125 was the foursome of Steve Pointon, Dave Mann, Phil Anker and Bill Barret. In second spot was the group of Cal Davies, Bill Bjornson, Jack Sparks and Cliff O’Laney, with a score of 127. Next with 128 were Frank Hastings, Bob Matlock, Gary Korven and Jim Rhodes. Followed by Craig Acland, Steve Acland, Keith Gauthier and Clark Crowe also with 128 but lost in a count back. Next with 130 were Pat McKay, Glen Barton, Bill Johnston and Don Grill. In sixth place with a team total of 130 also lost in a count back was the foursome of Vic Carlton, Mel Trelvik, Ned Stewart and Wolf Suhr. Rounding out the scoring with 131 was Jerry Swaney,
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n 1940 the U.S. government asked America’s car companies to design a general purpose vehicle for World War II combat support — and the Jeep was born. Seventy-five years later, the storied military machine has finally become a true general purpose vehicle, used for offroading, canyon climbing and getting to yoga class. Especially getting to yoga class. Parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles sold almost 700,000 Jeeps last year. More than 350,000 of them were the city-friendly Cherokees or Grand Cherokees. Only 175,000 were rugged Wranglers. The company is on a roll. Jeep sold 71,584 vehicles in March, 25 percent more than in March 2014. In the first quarter this year, sales were up 22 percent from the first three months of last year. With the 2015 Renegade Trailhawk, it may be poised to sell even more. Smaller, lighter and more affordable than the Cherokee, this is the first Jeep to emerge from Fiat Chrysler’s Melfi, Italy, factory — where the company is also turning out the Fiat 500X, using the same platform. The Renegade enters a field dominated by the Kia Soul and the Buick Encore but will also compete for buyers with the Fiat 500L, Nissan Juke, Mini Cooper Countryman, Scion XB and the coming Honda HR-V and Mazda CX-3. The increasingly crowded small sport utility vehicle market is poised to explode, auto analysts say, and with reason. The sporty, inexpensive vehicles sit high, are easy to drive, and offer a quirky alternative to the blandness of an Accord or Camry. The Jeep, by most accounts the original SUV, has more off-road cred than most of its competitors. The Renegade is slightly comical in appearance, as if it had been co-designed by Roger Rabbit. (Check out the X in the taillights. In cartoon terms, that’s called a “Booze X,” and on a character’s eyeballs it’s used to
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connote drunkenness.) Though an entry-level Renegade is available in a front-wheeldrive format, most models in this line are 4-by-4s, rigged and ready for off-highway action. The Trailhawk is adorned with a special “Trail Rated” badge and is outfitted with off-road features such as skid plates, tow hooks, electronic roll mitigation, Hill Descent Control and Hill Start Assist. The vehicle’s Selec-Terrain allows the operator to choose from modes for snow, mud, sand, rock and more. Even the tachometer declares trail-worthiness. Instead of a red-line zone, it has a spatter of simulated mud to indicate it has reached its rev limit. After my first short drive in the Trailhawk, I decided it was just a Fiat 500X in hiking boots — an Italian American lumbersexual hipster sporting a vintage Pendleton and shiny Red Wings that
have never been north of NoHo. Around town, the Renegade is bumpy but fun to drive. The 2.4-liter, four-cylinder engine is peppy enough to dash through traffic. The wide, square stance, paired with tight steering and stiff suspension, gives the Renegade the feeling of an overgrown go-kart. I found it a little noisy on the freeway, in part because of its traditional boxy shape and in part because of its MySky removable roof — whose purpose, other than transporting a giraffe, was a little lost on me. Is it a sunroof? A moon roof? But, if you wanted to moon someone, wouldn’t you want that window to be on the side of the vehicle? To its credit, the Renegade offers great visibility. It sits up high and has a robust horn, which I like, because I can look down on other motorists while using a full-throated sonic blast
to tell them what I think about how they drive. When I hit the dirt, I confess I was impressed by the Trailhawk’s capabilities. It’s no canyon climber, but the little SUV performed admirably on a few dozen unpaved miles, easily cresting the hills to reach some backcountry vista points that would be off-limits to regular cars. On dusty back roads, it smoothed out the washboard and stepped nimbly over rock and rut. I didn’t ask it to scale a wall, but it handled the steep, sandy sections without a hiccup. On one sharp downhill, I engaged the Hill Descent Control, took my foot off the brake, and let the Trailhawk take over. The Renegades — even the topend Trailhawk — aren’t the most muscular machines in the Jeep lineup, but they’re not meant to be. If you want to mount an assault on Moab, Utah, you can
drive a Wrangler Rubicon. But if you just want to trot over to the trattoria or motor past the trailhead, the Trailhawk will do. Price may be an issue for some buyers. Although entry-level Renegades can be had for as little as $18,990, the Trailhawks start at $26,990. (The one I drove would go for $29,555.) The Kia Soul and Nissan Juke cost less. Trailhawk buyers won’t be saving on gas either. The two-wheeldrive Renegade gets 22 miles per gallon in the city and 31 on the highway. The 4-by-4s get 21 in the city and 29 on the open road. The Soul and the Juke do better than that, and Honda’s new HRV claims 28 in the city and 35 on the highway. Who’ll buy the Trailhawk? Maybe the Renegade’s exterior trim offers an answer. It’s the only Jeep you can order with factory-installed, university-themed decals, each little Trailhawk bearing its very own USC Trojan or Florida Gator emblazoned on the driver’s side door. I had initially dismissed the Trailhawk as a poser, too dainty for the dirt and not rugged enough to haul anything heavier than a double venti minty soy latte. But the longer I drove it, the more I liked it. After a couple of hours off-road, I was ready to forgive its limitations and forget the Roger Rabbit-inspired design. Next stop, Toon Town. 2015 JEEP RENEGADE TRAILHAWK 4-BY-4 Our take: A sporty take on the venerable military vehicle Highs: More capable off-road than it looks Lows: Suspension too stiff for city slickers, boxy build noisy on highways Vehicle type: Compact sport utility vehicle Base price: $26,990 Price as tested: $29,555 Powertrain: 2.4-liter multi-air four-cylinder engine, available AWD Transmission: Nine-speed automatic Horsepower: 180 Torque: 175 pound-feet Zero to 60 mph: Not available EPA fuel economy rating: 29 highway/21 city / 24 average
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“Small” smacks of skinny cheeseburgers and tiny bubbleshaped cars for two. “Climb on into the Gupmobile, babe, but watch those plastic seats.” That doesn’t exactly sound like a sizzling night at the drive-in, where 400-cubic-inch muscle and old-school steel still bask in the neon. But I fully understand this push and slash by automakers everywhere to get smaller. Heck, I’ve downsized so many times in the last year that I can barely see myself in the mirror anymore. My socks don’t even fit. With fuel economy standards rising dramatically, though, the gas-gulping V-8s I admire must be ousted from engine compartments where they’ve lived since the Eisenhower era. Six-, four- and even three-cylinder engines will turn American wheels now, sipping fuel by the
Although the English automaker will keep some high-end V-8 powered sedans, its mainstay engines at this point will be turbo fours and supercharged V-6s. teaspoon and generally returning excitement in the same measure. Whoopee. Take slinky, powerful Jaguar, for instance, a storied brand that found its snarl again in improbably powerful V-8s. Although the English automaker will keep some high-end V-8 powered sedans, its mainstay engines at this point will be turbo fours and supercharged V-6s. To make matters worse, the 2015 Jag XF 3.0 Sport I had recently arrived in white, the official color of surrender. The midsize sedan’s lengthy
name denotes a supercharged 3-liter V-6, a motor nearly 40 percent smaller than the V-8 in the last XF I had. But, as I discovered during the week I drove the XF, small engines can muster pretty big bluster if you throw enough money and technology at them. While a bit dated — and the car will be freshened for 2016 — the XF still flashes some well-proportioned lines. Great squinting, scowling dual-projector headlamps reside alongside a squarish blacked-out grille. A long, slightly raised hood complemented smooth, rounded sides cut by a sharp line above the rocker panel. One curve really defined the XF, I thought — its slinky, graceful top. Likewise, the car wore slender, fairly distinctive taillamps in back that kind of matched the headlamps. Mine also brought a bit of attitude to the boulevard with gray-
spoked 20-inch wheels carrying pretty substantial 255/35 tires, one of which I managed to blow out rolling over the nasty railroad tracks behind The Daily Planet. My bad, Jag — or whatever it is coolly detached people say. (Thanks for not making me change it.) But the big news with the still-stylish XF is the lusty little motor beneath its hood. Over the last decade, Jaguar has gotten really good with supercharged engines, bolting together motors that seem hardedged and responsive even down low where blowers typically sap power. The diminutive 3-liter V-6, for example, felt bigger throughout its broad power range than its numbers suggested. With 340 horsepower, the engine is hardly a lightweight. But it must lug about 4,100 pounds and still managed to pack a punch. The stout little motor bolted away from stops,
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After accident make own decisions on where to get your repairs done KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Denis Levasseur at HarbourView Collision wants consumers to know that they have rights should they find themselves in an auto accident. With bad weather conditions, it is important to learn that there are choices to be made when it comes to repairs and the shops in which to take your damaged vehicle. Under the B.C. law, each vehicle owner is required to purchase public liability auto insurance from ICBC. With collision and comprehensive, however, consumers have options. Your insurance broker may suggest that you can lower your premiums by insuring with one of the many private insurance suppliers. Many of them offer a equivalent or better insurance option then ICBC, and
can be a good option. After an accident, a driver’s first step is to call their insurance company to report their claim. “Quite often, some insurance companies expect you to have your vehicle repaired at their preferred body shop,” Levasseur said. “Some insurance companies can be pushy and try to steer you to a shop that they have a direct repair program with or DRP.” ICBC, on the other hand, has an accreditation program that consists of a number of qualified shops, each of which has to maintain a level of quality service under a strict agreement. These regulations include quality of repair and workmanship, timeliness of repairs, parts usage, labour rates, customer satisfaction and assignment to estimate completion.
The main difference between a DRP shop and a non-DRP shop is that a DRP shop has an agreement or a contract with one or more insurance companies. The agreements vary and have different stipulations depending on the particular insurance company. This can include a discounted door rate and or conditions regarding courtesy vehicles. “I have had longtime customers that were told they had to go elsewhere,” Levasseur said. “It’s important that people know that they have rights and if you have been a long term customer, there is no reason to have to go elsewhere.” Levasseur wants consumers to understand that they should not feel obligated to go to any one repair shop over another and should feel free to make the choice on their own. A vehicle is one of the largest investments for many people, and it is important to receive the best quality
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DETROIT — Americans’ appetite for bigger and more expensive vehicles continued to grow in April as easy credit and lower gas prices bolstered a modestly improving economy. General Motors and Fiat Chrysler posted 6 percent increases in their April U.S. sales, while Ford was up 5 percent. Toyota saw its sales increase 1.8 percent and Nissan sales rose 5.7 percent while Volkswagen sales were down almost 3 percent. Pickup trucks, SUVs, vans and crossover utilities are outselling passenger cars as they have since gas prices began falling in the fall of 2014. “The average new car loan issued in April was 67.8 months — the longest average new car loan term in history,” said Jessica Caldwell, an industry analyst with Edmunds.com. “In many cases, car shoppers are financing vehicles with higher transaction prices than they might otherwise choose.”
The average new vehicle sold for $32,189, according to TrueCar, up 1.1 percent from a year earlier. GM’s sales were fueled by a 20 percent increase at GMC and Cadillac’s 14 percent gain, reflecting Americans’ renewed love affair with large SUVs. Sales of Cadillac Escalade soared 144 percent from April 2014. “Consumer and commercial customer demand for pickups and utility vehicles has been building since last fall, and that’s a clear sign that the slowdown in GDP growth during the winter months was caused by factors that are mostly transitory in nature,” said Kurt McNeil, GM U.S. vice president of sales. Chevrolet sales rose 3.4 percent, led by large increases for the Equinox and Traverse utility vehicles. Chevy also sold 45,978 Silverado pickups, up 7.5 percent from a year earlier. Buick sales slipped 5.2 percent. Ford had total sales of 222,498. led by record SUV sales while FSeries pickup sales fell 1 percent as the automaker continues to
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DETROIT — Ford is expected to announce plans to offer the 2016 F-150 full-size pickup with a package that prepares it to be powered by propane or compressed natural gas, an option that appeals to fleet buyers. The announcement was set to be made in Dallas at the Alternative Clean Transportation Expo. The $315 factory-installed package would allow an F-150 with a 5-liter V-8 to run on propane or compressed natural gas, making it the only half-ton pickup with that capability. The customer must then take their factory-prepped truck to a qualified vehicle modifier to install the proper fuel tanks, fuel lines and fuel injectors. The cost of the upfitting ranges from $7,500 to $9,500. Dealers will start taking orders this summer; the truck goes on sale in the winter,
said spokesman Mike Levine. To run on the lower-cost gases, the trucks need an upgraded intake and exhaust valves as well as other modifications. “We surveyed customers likely to use natural gas or propane, and 72 percent told us they want to have these alternative-fuel capabilities available on F-150 with the 5.0-liter V8 engine,” said Jon Coleman, Ford fleet sustainability and technology manager. “We expect the gaseous-fuel prep package will be even more popular than it was on the 2014 F-150 with the 3.7-liter V-6 engine,” Coleman said, noting the fuel does not change towing capability or payload beyond subtracting the weight of the installed CNG or propane system.The F-150 becomes the eighth commercial vehicle from Ford offered with a factory-installed option to convert to propane and CNG.
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eorge Arbanas started his apprenticeship in 1973 with the General Motors Dealership and worked at GM for 16 years. He said some of his best training came from the GM school in Vancouver. He learned everything from automatic transmission to computerized vehicles. In those years, vehicles like the 1979 Cadillacs were, in today’s standards, very electronically compact, using multiple on board computers. “They were just as challenging, if not more than today’s vehicles,” Arbanas said. In 1984, when most vehicles came off the assembly line equipped with computers, the Specialized Electronic Training (SET) program was designed. “GM used some of the best instructors you could find for my on-going training,” Arbanas said. That was until 1989 when Arbanas then opened his own automotive shop on 1st Avenue. “I bought the Harbour View Collision building from Jim and Sharon Towe,” he said.
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Over the years he has become a well-known face and a trusted mechanic which has built his customer base today at Quay West Automotive. “Between two licensed journeyman technicians we have over 70 years of experience,” he said. Quay West specializes in automatic transmissions, but also conducts general auto repairs from brakes, electrical repair, engine repairs, front end alignment and fuel injection. The shop is equipped with some of the best diagnostic equipment on the market. For the past 27 years, Arbanas has attended Automatic Transmissions Rebuilders Association (ATRA) seminars. Both he and coworker Gerald Labute continue to attend and keep up-to-date on the latest technologies. Quay West repairs all makes and models, including imports and domestic and offers comprehensive vehicle maintenance. Arbanas can be reached at 250-723-1234 or drop by the shop at 3113 1st Avenue. kristi.dobson@avtimes.net 250-723-8171 ext. 234
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hat may be an overstatement but a few constantly practiced guidelines, when discussions of opposites begin and seem to be escalating, will go a long way toward making it a fruitful discussion and a better relationship. As a mediator, husband of a 37 years in a mixed marriage with four children, and a teacher for most of my career I thought it would be helpful to comment on maneuvering within an argument or shall we say hot under the collar polarized conversation. Here are a few suggestions.
1. Listen to understand rather than listen to prepare a response. Most of us when engaged in a verbal interaction are quite focused on the ideas we wish to get across and very much less focused on listening to what the other person wishes to express to us. If you practise listening to
If you practise listening to the other person first, you will get your chance. When the other person feels you are truly listening to them, potential negative emotions are arrested. the other person first, you will get your chance. When the other person feels you are truly listening to them, potential negative emotions are arrested. 2. Ask permission to interrupt. At some point when you can no longer contain your opinion and when you believe you have been informed and understand the other person’s thoughts then instead of jumping in with your opinion, ask them to pause for a moment and ask them if you can now share your opinion. A very simple request but one that is hard to say no to from the other side.
3. However if they do say no it is a good indication that whatever you were going to say will meet with lack of success anyway. Maybe they haven’t made their point completely as far as they are concerned and need to continue. It is often useful to say this, “you have given me a lot of information, give me a moment to think about what you just said” = pause, think, disengage, look away, turn back and begin with, “this is what I think about what you have just said” then this gives you a launching platform to begin with their idea but then to segue into yours. Now you have their attention. They see that what you have to say is related to what they have said. 4. Repeat or rephrase their words. Try to tell them what you think you heard and then ask them, “did I get that right?” Wow what an awesome partner, she/ he is soooooo with me on this conversation! They will become calm, further engaged, and more receptive when it is your turn to provide your thoughts.
5. Never argue with an angry person. When our emotions are triggered by external or internal events and our buttons are pushed we kick into an escalation phase. During this phase our physical systems prepare for crisis. The body begins to pump epinephrine and other hormones into the bloodstream resulting in psychological changes: respiration increase, heart rate increase, muscles tense, voice pitch alters, and volume increases. Now you knew that and I knew that but here’s what I did not realize. Blood moves from the rational processing areas of the brain to the flight or fight or freeze processing center which is the more primitive area in the brain. An angry person actually begins to stop thinking and reasoning – they CAN’T DO IT FOLKS, NO BLOOD! So it is like reasoning with a child or drunk. Why then would we even think about engaging in a conversation with the person in that state. Just don’t do it! Talk to a wall, you’ll be further ahead = no explosion from a wall. You need to wait until the “take action” phase significantly
reduces. When a person is in this state and if you intend to continue the conversation simply listen and empathize. This does not mean that you agree, it means that you are receiving and sending out that signal which is all the person is looking for at that moment. Do not add to their perception that you are in conflict with them and intend to push more buttons, which of course you really want to do! If you’re interested, we will continue in two weeks. In the meantime the next time you get into a ‘warm’ conversation try employing one or more of these approaches. Be aware that the first time it may not work it does take some practice. But like anything, with practice, it will become part of your coping repertoire. Please do send me a note on my email to let me know how you get on. Please do. » Edwin Knight is a weekly columnist for the Alberni Valley Times. He writes about a wide range of topics concerning the modern family, relationship break-ups, separations and divorce. Visit his blog at albernimediation.com or call 250-913-2222.
Poverty is a wound in fabric of community live in poverty. We need a B.C. Poverty Reduction Plan. I urge the City of Port Alberni to enact a plan to ensure that no one lives in poverty; we are doing this with homelessness (The Alberni Valley Stakeholders Initiative to End Homelessness). We can do it with poverty! We have all we need to heal the wound in the fabric
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overty, writes Derek Cook in the article “Healing the Wounded City,” is not so much a problem to be fixed – rather poverty is a wound! “A wound in the fabric of the community.” Poverty deserves what all wounds need. Whether from a gashed knee when a child falls from a bicycle or a major health issues, immediate care is required. As is a proactive prevention plan. Cook says, “Poverty separates. Poverty isolates. Poverty engenders guilt, shame, and accusation. Poverty creates fear and helplessness.” Jesus often met with those who experienced poverty, the excluded ones, the widows, the blind, the beggars, the lame, the alien, and the afflicted. In the biblical context, Cook writes these people “were outside the structures of family and community that sustained people.” There are stories of Jesus healing the blind, those with Leprosy, and the beggars. In those stories of healing, all the people were restored to community. Jesus as a prophet, analyzes, and critiques the social decay present in the fabric of society and religion. Then, he draws his society and ours to live according to a way of shalom (harmony and wellbeing for all). I think followers of Christ today are asked to take seriously their role to be advocates for a better future for those who experience poverty. To heal the wound in the fabric of our community, we must continue to give immediate care through our charitable giving, through building respectful relationships with people experiencing poverty, also through our active involvement in calling forth a change in our systemic structures to reduce poverty in B.C.. It is NOT OK that anyone lives in poverty. It is, surely, abhorrent that 11% of British Columbians
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NDP premier Roy Romanow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t actually been asked by the lieutenant-governor yet to be the premier,â&#x20AC;? said Notley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So there are actually some things that have to occur before you start mapping out calendars.â&#x20AC;? The NDP had four legislature members and the PCs had 70 when former premier Jim Prentice dropped the writ last month on what proved for him to be a disastrous campaign that left his party in third place with 10 seats. Prentice took the stage to quit public life before the final polls in his Calgary-Foothills riding were counted. He won, so thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now a need for a byelection. In the closing days of the campaign Prentice tried to sow fear amongst voters over what he termed a job-killing, anti-business NDP platform. Notley has promised to hike income taxes for the wealthy and increase Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corporate income tax rate to 12 per cent from 10 per cent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the lowest in Canada. She has also promised to review whether Albertans are getting value for money on oil royalties.
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EDMONTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Incoming NDP Alberta premier Rachel Notley, in her first full day on the job, extended an olive branch to the energy industry and promised there will be no special treatment for unions. Notley said she will work with oil and gas and other business leaders to assure them her government will be a partner in building the province. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to be making phone calls today to leaders within the energy industry to begin those conversations,â&#x20AC;? Notley told reporters at the legislature Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can count on us to work collaboratively with them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hopeful that over the course of the next two weeks they will come to realize that things are going to be just A-OK over here in Alberta.â&#x20AC;? Asked about the close relationship the NDP traditionally has with unions, Notley said there will be no fear or favour shown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My job is to represent all Albertans, and job creation is a good part of that,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Alberta premier-elect Rachel Notley during a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
common cause on many issues with union leaders, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also common cause on many issues with business leaders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of approach Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to take with governance.â&#x20AC;? Notley and her team began their transition to power Wednesday after four decades of Progressive Conservative rule. She must name a cabinet out
of her 53-member caucus, many of whom are new to politics. She must also craft a new budget, and the legislature must vote in a new speaker to replace defeated Progressive Conservative Gene Zwozdesky. Notley said everything will become clearer in the coming days as she works with her transition team and advisers, which includes former Saskatchewan
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VANCOUVER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As the City of Victoria gets ready to debate cracking down on pot shops, former British Columbia lawmakers say the federal government is forcing cities to take the lead on medical marijuana regulation. Graeme Bowbrick is among four former B.C. attorneys general who backed a coalition in 2011 called Stop the Violence B.C. to regulate and tax marijuana. Bowbrick says he supports the effort that cities are making to regulate businesses selling pot, but the process is happening â&#x20AC;&#x153;backwardsâ&#x20AC;? because Ottawa should have first decriminalized marijuana. Victoria city council is set to debate a staff report Thursday that recommends getting tough on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 18 marijuana-related businesses. Mayor Lisa Helps says her biggest concern is that the unregulated sale of pot is harming youth, leading some to suffer from early-onset schizophrenia and psychosis.
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OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A cabinet minister invited Mike Duffy to speak to supporters in his B.C. constituency, but the local Conservative association only picked up part of the bill, a court heard Wednesday. The suspended senatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial drew its first witness from Parliament Hill, entering the realm of Conservative caucus meetings and party fundraisers. Government whip John Duncan was called by the Crown to tell how he invited the now-suspended senator to speak at a riding event in June 2009. At the time, Duncan was aboriginal affairs minister. Justice Charles Vaillancourt heard that Duffy had quickly developed a reputation in the caucus as someone who could help raise funds and stimulate interest in local riding
associations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The message was that he came, that he spoke well and that people really enjoyed his conversation, his jokes and his talk,â&#x20AC;? Duncan said of the former broadcaster. Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, including 18 related to trips he took at public expense. Duncan said at least 120 people attended the dinner in Courtenay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of my constituents and party members were quite interested because they watched Mr. Duffy on his show ... so there was a pretty high level of interest in meeting with him.â&#x20AC;? The local riding association paid for Duffy to stay two nights at a local hotel and for a few of his meals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our (riding) president offered to pay the flight from Vancouver to Comox,â&#x20AC;? Duncan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We actually
received an invoice from Sen. Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office and our treasurer refused to pay it, so we never paid it.â&#x20AC;? Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s travel expense claim indicates he billed the Senate $2,173 for the flight from Ottawa to Comox, B.C., plus a few meals and a car rental. A flight back to Vancouver to Comox was paid for by an unidentified event host â&#x20AC;&#x201D; possibly the Fraser Institute, where he spoke a few days later. Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily calendar entries, which are court exhibits, say he also met veteransâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; representatives in Comox on pension issues and with local mayors. Duncan says he was unaware of those meetings and was surprised that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about them. The Crown has been trying to demonstrate that Duffy billed for travel that was for clearly personal or political purposes.
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