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Chinook numbers up with help of net pens The city’s garbage truck; equipped with a Currato Can attachment to pick up dumpsters from businesses; is overdue for replacement. The city is recommending discontinuing the service. [CITY OF PORT ALBERNI PHOTO]

$380K cost to replace garbage truck in review ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Ron West and Sheena Falconer measured fish at the tail end of the Chinook Net Pen Project on Friday before they are let out into the Inlet today. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

West Coast Aquatics partners with DFO and enhancement association KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

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hinook numbers are increasing with the help of temporary net pens in local waters. The project, undertaken by West Coast Aquatics, in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Alberni Valley Enhancement Association, is in its third year. The purpose of the net pens, located at Harbour Quay, is to increase chinook returns to the area to have more salmon in the system in general, and also to enhance fishing opportunities. “Three years ago we saw other communities using the net pens and they proved to show higher returns of chinook,” said Sheena Falconer, salmon initiative outreach coordinator with West Coast Aquatics. “The first year we got started with a small set of frames donated and put it together by hand.” That year, the Chinook Net Pen Project was launched with a modest 10,000 fish at the Water Street dock. Water quality was monitored and volunteers measured dissolved oxygen, temperature and salinity. It remained high throughout and the project was a success with the loss of only 12 fish. “The next year we ramped it up to 100,000 fish

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“Three years ago we saw other communities using the net pens and they proved to show higher returns of chinook.” Sheena Falconer, West Coast Aquatics

and it was a success again with very few [losses],” Falconer said. This year, the group raised 187,000 chinook over the two to three week period. The fish are acclimatized in the pen during this time before being released into the Inlet. Coated wire tags are attached to calculate the rate of return. It takes the school three to six years to return and the community to reap the benefits of the project. “The key is to have healthy salmon populations and that will equal healthy ecosystems,” Falconer said. Salmon support eagles, bears, as well as people. By assisting the salmon, we are helping everything.” Volunteers spent Friday morning weighing and measuring the fish and on Monday they will be released into the wild. kristi.dobson@avtimes.net

Facing a $380,000 cost to replace an aging garbage truck, the city is looking to scale back its pickup services for commercial customers. The municipality’s engineering department has recommended eliminating dumpster pickup for commercial customers, a service that affects 215 businesses, schools, apartment buildings and city facilities. A report from city engineer Guy Cicon said a truck equipped with automated arms for picking up dumpsters needs to be replaced immediately for the service to continue. “The condition of the container truck (Unit 432) is poor,” stated Cicon in the report. “It has more than 12,200 hours on it, the packer body is wearing out and the engine and transmission are in need of a rebuild that will cost $60,000 within a short period of time.” Container pickup for commercial customers has been identified as a “non-core” service by the city engineer, as private garbage haulers handle roughly 80 per cent of Port Alberni’s businesses and institutions that use dumpsters. The city introduced the service over 40 years ago when commercial volumes became too great for the residential garbage trucks to handle, bringing in service fees in the early 1990s to cover pickup and dumping costs. But in recent years the number of customers has declined along with revenue, and the service lost $51,000 last year. Cicon’s report states commercial pickup is considered “cost neutral” as the city does not bill itself for handling dumpsters at 17 municipal facilities. Pending council’s approval,

Orphan Annie on stage at E.J. Dunn school

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“It has more than 12,200 hours on it, the packer body is wearing out and the engine and transmission are in need of a rebuild that will cost $60,000 within a short period of time.” Guy Cicon, city engineer

discontinuing the service is recommended this summer. This is not the first time the engineering department has recommended cutting commercial pickup. A proposal to sell the truck and dumpsters, eliminating one full-time position, was voted down by council in 2010. The replacement of the dumpster truck has been delayed since 2013 after a bid came in higher than expected. The city engineer believes municipal facilities can use smaller bins that can be picked up by a garbage truck currently serving neighbourhoods. During the city’s budgeting process last winter concerns were raised as to how the Alberni Valley Multiplex or Echo Centre would dispose of its large volumes of waste; but in his report Cicon said there could be other options. “The larger waste-generating facilities could be serviced with Haul-all style bins that can be collected by city crews with an existing truck in the parks fleet, or dumpster bins could be collected by a private hauler” he said. eric.plummer@avtimes.net 250-723-8171

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Valley Cloggers meet Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Arrowsmith Baptist Church. Beginners welcome. Info: 250-724-2137. Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Kingsway Pub meat draw on Tuesdays, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., and 50/50 raffle to benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House. Board Games social on Tuesdays, from 4 to 10 p.m., at Char’s Landing.

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Child and youth Mothers Uplifting Mothers group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lighthouse Church. Info: 250-724-9733. Youth Clinic services at ADSS (around the left front corner) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Info: 250-731-1315 or 250-720-9591. Play & Learn Library at Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre on Mondays, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 9 to 11 a.m. and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 778- 421-2244.

Service groups Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.

Special interest

Genealogy Club meets the last Tuesday of every month at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members can visit on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday evenings, from 7 to 9 p.m. Special twice a week fitness class designed for new moms and their babies. To register drop into Echo Centre or phone 250-723-2181.

Support and help

Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323. Urgently needed: volunteers to help at Red Cross Loan Cupboard for four-hour shifts, once per week. Info: 250-7230557 on Wednesday or Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Alberni Valley Hospice Society’s Dementia Support Group meets third Tuesday monthly 10:30 a.m. to noon at 3088

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Annie rehearsal From left, students Alivia Nickel, Morgan Schoen and Aleandra Flarro rehearse for E.J. Dunn’s production of Annie next week. [SUBMITTED PHOTO] 3rd Avenue. This group is for individuals dealing with Early On Set Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other Neurological Degenerative Disorders. 250-723-4478 Walk and Talk grief support group meets Tuesday mornings. The goal of this group is to offer bereavement support in an informal and comfortable way that combines exercise and companionship. Call Ruth at 250-723-4478 to register. Somass Toastmasters meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at 3088 Third Ave. for speaking, leadership and fun. Info: 250-724-0976 (Shirley Maxwell). Meals on Wheels program needs volunteer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390. First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250-723-2056 or 250-724-2196. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and other kinship care providers are welcome to call a province-wide information and support line toll free at 1-855-474-9777 or e-mail grg@parentsupportbc.ca. KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficulties, please call 250-723-2040.

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Addictions The Christian Intervention Program runs Tuesdays, from 6 to 8 p.m. Info: 250724-3688 (Pastor Ron Nickle) or 250730-0397 (Terry MacDonald). Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome. Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780. Alcoholics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-883-3968.

What’s coming Hospice Training Course, 12 weeks from April 9 to May 21. For info: 250-7234478 or theresa@albernihospice.ca. Pasta Dinner and Auction, May 8 at 5 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion 293, 4680 Victoria Quay Book Sale on May 8 from 6-8 p.m. and May 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Echo Centre. A fundraiser for the Community Arts Council. Grab your bags and boxes! The Mt. Klitsa Garden Club presents its 16th annual Plant Sale Saturday May 9th at Rollin Art Center at the corner of 8th and Argyle between 10 am – 12 noon.

Annuals, perennials, shrubs and more! Call Leslie Wright, 250 724 7219 for info. Harbour City Big Band Dance, May 9, from 7:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m., at the Bavarian Hall. A fundraiser for the Bread of Life. Dancestreams Mother’s Day performance and tea, May 10 at Bavarian Centre at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at the Rollin Art Centre, MacKenzie School of Dance, EM Salon & Spa and at the door.

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Orphan Annie on stage at E.J. Dunn school KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Orphan Annie has plans to meet Daddy Warbucks in Port Alberni next week. Students at E.J. Dunn Middle School have been working hard on the play and hope to attract a large audience to entertain. Originally planned for last year, the performance was put on hold because of the teacher strike. Brittany Bordal was providing drama workshops to students at the time and when she started working at the school this year, she got the ball rolling again. Rehearals started and props were constructed. Jenna Sportak will be playing the lead role of Annie. A cast of 21 English and French students from Grades 6 to 8 have been rehearsing since December at lunch time and after school. “It is a huge undertaking because of all the choreography and singing involved in the show,� Bordal said.

“This show is a labour of love for everyone involved and a huge amount of dedication and hard work.� Brittany Bordal, drama teacher

Props were built by Greg Vanderkool, designed by artist Yvonne Vanderkool and worked on by Bordal, Erin Watkins and MaryAnn Gillis. Admission to the show is by donation, with proceeds going towards future in-school arts initiatives. “This show is a labour of love for everyone involved and a huge amount of dedication and hard work,� Bordal said. “It also showcases a need and want for theatre programs in our schools.� The play is set for May 12 and 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the ADSS theatre. kristi.dobson@avtimes.net

Students from E.J. Dunn rehearse for the school’s production of Annie next week. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

CRIME

Teen recovering from bone marrow virus shaken by early morning theft of dirt bikes taken from his home Clarification The first part of this story was published on the front page of the May 8 Alberni Valley Times; a second part was missing. We are reprinting the story here in its entirety.

KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Tristan MacDonald woke up Wednesday morning to find his two motocross bikes gone. The 13-year old E.J. Dunn student was devastated when he found out of the possible theft, especially since he had just finished putting in so much work towards building one for the current race season. MacDonald’s mother, Kim, believes the bikes, one red and white CRX 100 and one yellow RM125, were taken from their home somewhere between 3:00 and 5:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. “I was up until 3 a.m. watching TV and in the backyard we have a sensor light,� Kim said. “I have a huge window so I would have noticed if it went on. A neighbour who puts their dogs out at 5:30 a.m. said they would have barked so it had to have happened between then.� When a neighbour called around 8:45 a.m. to ask if the family was missing the bikes and a jerry can of gas, Kim went to investigate. “We have an enclosed deck with a door,� she said. “The door was open and the bikes were gone,�

she said. “The back tire was chained to the bike because Tristan wasn’t allowed to go out on it until the yard work was done.� Kim assumes the bikes were pushed through the yard, up a hill and across a neighbour’s yard up the road. She, along with a neighbour, noticed skid marks about three houses down from pushing the heavy bike with a locked tire. “It had to be someone who knows our backyard,� she said. Tristan was at school and didn’t find out what happened until he came home. In the meantime, Kim was busy on social media. She posted photos of the bikes and information about the theft. Soon a stranger sent her a message saying she had followed a truck with what looked like dirt bikes covered with a tarp. “She thought it seemed strange that they were covered,� Kim said. The witness took photos of the truck and licence plate, which were given to the Nanaimo RCMP. “We will follow-up with it and if the licence plate is in our jurisdiction, we will go to the residence,� said Const. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo detachment. “If the bikes are there, we will seize them and assist the RCMP in Port Alberni with the case.� Since December, Tristan had been recovering from a bone marrow virus that left him severely anemic. When the scare occurred, he was put on doctor’s orders to take it easy, and decided to build his own bike in the interim.

“I was supposed to race May 23. I was talking to the police and they said they usually find the person first and the stolen items are usually gone.� Tristan MacDonald, E.J. Dunn student and motocross racer MacDONALD

For four months, he worked hard on the project with his stepfather to keep busy while he was unable to ride. “I put so much time on the build from the frame up,� Tristan said. “I was off the bike so it gave

me something to do.� Tristan and his step-father built the motor and installed virtually all new parts. Alone he completed the sanding, priming and painting. He had only been on trails with it three times as practice and had

his first race two weeks ago. “I was supposed to race May 23,� Tristan said. Now he is unsure how his motocross season will pan out. “I was talking to the police and they said they usually find the person first and the stolen items are usually gone,� Tristan said. “But now that we might have seen the bikes, I’m hopeful.� A friend of the family quickly set up a fundraising site because he felt sympathetic to all of the complications Tristan has been through. If anyone has any information about the theft, O’Brien said to contact the local RCMP detachment at 250-723-2424. kristi.dobson@avtimes.net 250-723-8171 ext. 234

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Khadr free despite government opposition

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mar Khadr became a free man on Thursday, no thanks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s obsessively vindictive government. But the injustice Khadr has suffered continues to shame us all. When the ugly history of Guantanamo Bay and the war on terror is written, it will record that Canada, alone of all Western countries, did not press for the return of a detainee. “We left a child, a Canadian child, in Guantanamo Bay to suffer torture,” his lawyer Dennis Edney said on Thursday after an Alberta court ordered Khadr freed on bail. Canada may style itself a “leading advocate” of children swept up in armed conflict. But when Khadr was abandoned to the Taliban by his father at age 15, Edney said, “we gave him no mercy.” That pretty much sums up

Ottawa’s sordid role in this ugly affair. Canada’s image as a nation that upholds civil rights and the rule of law has been tarnished by this affair, and it won’t soon recover. In the end it took rulings by two level-headed Alberta judges to spring “Guantanamo’s Child” from prison after almost 13 years in detention. Last month Justice June Ross rightly granted him bail, with strict conditions. And on Thursday Justice Myra Bielby quashed a federal bid to keep him behind bars, ruling that Ottawa failed to prove that setting him free would cause “irreparable harm” to Canada’s relations with the United States and other treaty partners. As the Toronto Star’s Michelle Shephard has reported, the U.S. State Department has made it abundantly clear that Khadr’s release won’t damage relations. Within

hours, Khadr was free. The Canadian courts have got it right. Psychological profiling confirms that Khadr poses no great threat. He admits to having “screwed up” as a youth. He is appealing his dubious Gitmo conviction in the U.S. courts. And he hopes to rebuild his life. His tough bail conditions include living with Edney, wearing an electronic monitoring device, observing a curfew and having only restricted, supervised access to the Internet and his own family. Even so, the Harper government intends to press on, obtusely, with its appeal of Justice Ross’ original bail order. Far from being humiliated by the court’s rebuff, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney seized the occasion to launch a crude attack on the Liberals and New Democrats for not being tougher

on terror. It was a contemptible response. As has been written before, whatever his misdeeds Khadr, now 28, has paid the full price, and more. From the day U.S. troops captured him in Afghanistan in 2002 he has been denied justice, tortured, forsaken by Ottawa and tried in a discredited U.S. military court. He has spent twice the time behind bars as he would have, had he been convicted here of first-degree murder as a young offender. That’s not to condone his notorious past. He comes from a family of Al Qaeda supporters and pleaded guilty, under duress, to killing Sgt. Christopher Speer in a firefight. The youngest detainee at Gitmo, he was the only person charged with “murder in violation of the laws of war,” which wasn’t even a recognized offence

in 2002. In 2010 he accepted a Pentagon plea deal to get out of Gitmo, where he risked being held indefinitely without trial. He got eight years, with a chance to serve most of it in Canada. By rights he should have been released soon after his return to Canada in 2012. But the Harper government has blocked every bid to free him prior to his statutory release date next year. Until now. There is justice in Canada’s courts, at the end of the day. More justice than the Harper government would like to see. THE TORONTO STAR » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this editorial to letters@avtimes.net. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Alberta lection results show failure of poll predictions That was the week that was for startling election results, and for pompous and pretentious punditocracy and pollsters getting things so very wrong again. Carbon copies of British Columbia’s last election fiasco; right up to election day exactly two years ago, they forecast the BC NDP to win easily and form government, but instead BC Liberals got an increased majority with a fourth kick at the can in Victoria. Last Tuesday the Alberta provincial elections produced a result that really came out of Left Field; an amazing Orange Tide swept across Canada’s most conservative province, and became an Alberta Tsunami washing away the Progressive Conservatives like so much flotsam and jetsam. Premier Prentice sailed his already-faltering PC ship of state onto the rocks by bringing forth a very ill-planned budget, and then arrogantly calling an election a year early. When he was left high and dry on Tuesday evening, he abandoned ship in similar cowardly fashion we saw at Isola del Giglio, Italy in January 2012. Captain Francesco Schettino is serving jail time for his reckless barratry; presumably Captain Prentice will get off with a little penance, and will most likely

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get a well-paying job as a media pundit to tide him over until something even more lucrative floats over the horizon. The British election on Thursday was also “too close to call” according to all the press and political pundits; they forecast the left-of-centre Labour Party reaching a stalemate with the Conservatives, and then forming a coalition with the separatist Scottish National Party. Of course, we’ve seen that scenario before in Ottawa, only with a name changed here and there. However, the voters again proved the highfalutin punditocracy and pollsters hor-

ribly wrong, by giving the British Tory Party a clear majority. After B.C.’s election there was much navel-gazing, trying to figure out what went wrong in the polling business; no doubt more navels are being gazed into right now, all across Alberta and the United Kingdom. Pundits and pollsters should take note from Alexis de Tocqueville who said, “In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve.” They should never forget the words of wisdom from Sir Winston Churchill, “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.” Have no idea who first said, “Ain’t democracy grand,” but they sure got that one right, eh ?? Yours sincerely, Bernie Smith Parksville

Distracted driver caught curling hair deserves punishment On the May 4 Global TV news, there was a driver caught on camera in around Nanaimo curling her hair. Well I do hope this was seen by ICBC and the RCMP and that this driver was tracked down and fined real good.

This should be tracked down by the police, as they do for others that are reported, tracked and fined, without even being stopped by the police. Whether on your cell phone, laptop or putting makeup on, this is distracted driving and should be dealt with. I’m hoping people get video or pictures and the plate number of this and send them to ICBC and the police to go after them and hit them hard in the pocket book. It’s my life and my family or passengers life at risk, including their own. I have been cut off by distracted drivers on cell phones and I shake my head at them and get a smile and the finger. Guess they think it’s a big laugh or a joke, well it won’t be when they are hauled into court and sued for an accident that they caused and the lawsuit that will happen. ICBC should go further and hit the distracted driver harder, like bigger fines, the loss of their safe drivers discount and give them more demerit points so they pay more. Even suspend their driver’s licence for a period of time, like they do for impaired drivers. Make them pay before they hurt someone. If they are the N drivers, send them back to redo everything and school them on distracted drivers and hit them harder to learn right from wrong. Pat Murphy Parksville

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HEALTH

There’s a sucker born every minute

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t’s been said that “There’s a sucker born every minute”. I often think of this remark while watching TV medical commercials, the ones that promote drugs to treat common ailments, then show pictures of someone riding a horse, climbing a hill or hugging their partner. But then the commercial adds “See your doctor if you notice a rash, skin sores, sudden pain, dizziness, abdominal bloating, fever, chills or coughing up blood. Drug X can be associated with changes in blood pressure, nausea, visual problems, numbness of legs, an increased risk of blood clots and cancer.” The list of hazards continues as long as your arm. My question? Why would any reasonable human consider taking the risks of this medication unless they’re taking their final breath and have nothing to lose? But it’s obvious what has triggered this paranoia. We are bombarded daily with health data by the media. There’s a staggering list of overthe-counter (OTC) pills and an

Dr. Gifford Jones The Doctor Game expanding list of prescription drugs. Hence, we are all warned we ignore this medication at our peril. Madison Avenue learned long ago it’s easy to seduce people when corporations have millions of dollars to spend and a perfect sales pitch. It’s been said facetiously that people have become so obsessed with health that if the U.S. Declaration of Independence were written today, it would declare the pursuit of health, rather than happiness, as the third inalienable right of Americans. The end result is that North Americans have been programmed for illness. Today, a well person is someone who hasn’t seen enough T.V. ads, been examined by enough doctors and had enough tests done. Another problem is that noth-

ing seems to be normal these days. For instance, a recent medical report says that even “normal” blood pressure may be too high. And doctors are being told to reduce their patients’ blood cholesterol levels lower and lower. Sir William Osler, Professor of Medicine at McGill, Johns Hopkins and Oxford Universities was an astute commonsense doctor. He remarked that, “One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicines.” Osler, if he were alive today, would point out that every year 100,000 North Americans die from prescription drugs and another 700,000 are admitted to emergency due to their complications. I’m sure he would also stress that natural remedies have not produced dead bodies. Voltaire, the French philosopher and writer, would also add sound advice. He had a risky habit of criticizing the government during the French revolution, and was tossed into the Bastille for it, not a five star hotel. During that time he wrote

“The art of medicine is to amuse the patient while nature cures.” He also philosophized, “It’s dangerous to be right when the government is wrong!” I’d like to end this column on an optimistic note. But in spite of such sage advice, history continues to show that a sucker is still born every minute. Every year huge amounts of minor painkillers are sold. Some are effective but many are consumed because few people today will tolerate the slightest ache or pain. It means that year after year 22,000 North Americans die from gastrointestinal bleeding due to minor painkillers. Billions of dollars are spent every year “taming” the stomach’s acid or stopping its production by proton-pump inhibitors such as Nexium, Prevacid and Prilosec. But these drugs have been associated with pneumonia, life-threatening diarrhea, osteoporosis and bone fractures. Unfortunately, the majority of patients, when given a prescription by their family physician, have no idea of the many side-

effects associated with the drug. After all, why would a physician suggest a drug that was going to be harmful? But one common drug used for treating anxiety and depression has a list of 85 possible side-effects. Admittedly, some of these complications are rare. But when a rare one strikes, it’s a 100 per cent hit. So how can you escape being one of the suckers born every minute? It’s quite easy. I’d suggest adopting a sound lifestyle. Moreover, good sense should tell us all that Madison Avenue is more interested in your pocketbook than your health. Unfortunately, common sense is » W. Gifford-Jones M.D. is a graduate of University of Toronto and the Harvard Medical School. He trained in general surgery at the Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University and in Gynecology at Harvard. He has also been a general practitioner, ship’s surgeon and hotel doctor. For more information, see his website, www.docgiff.com or to comment, e-mail him at info@ docgiff.com.

FINANCE

Speaking of the cottage; talk about your wishes

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our family has always had a great time at your cottage so it’s natural to assume you’ll be handing it off to your family after you’re gone. But if you don’t ask your adult children what they really want, and plan for the tax consequences, that may not happen. Here are a few essential cottage succession planning steps you should take. Speak of the cottage Talk to your adult children now and find out who wants to take on the responsibilities and who doesn’t. Then avoid future family squabbles by making arrangements so your non-cottage inheritors will be treated fairly in your will. Protect the cottage Unless you’re passing assets to a spouse, when you die you are deemed to have disposed of your capital assets at fair market value – meaning if your cottage property has appreciated in value, your estate will face a significant capital gains tax liability. You do have the benefit of a principal

inheritors. Trying to escape paying tax by transferring your cottage to your children during your lifetime won’t work. It will trigger an immediate capital gain at the ‘fair market value’ of the property. And if you sell your children your cottage at less than ‘fair market value’ you will still have to pay tax on the real price but your children will be deemed to have paid the lower price resulting in double taxation when they sell the cottage. The only advantage of transferring part or complete ownership during your lifetime is that the amount of the gain taxable in your hands is ‘capped’ at the time of the gift or sale. It’s a good idea to plan now for the succession of your cottage – and the rest of your estate, for that matter.

Liz Gaudet The Happy Life Project residence tax exemption but you can apply it to just one property at a time and that can be either your cottage or your city home but the one you don’t choose will be subject to tax on its increased value. There will be tax consequences if you leave the property to your children in your will – so make sure there will be sufficient funds in your estate to pay any tax liabilities. Life insurance can be a good strategy for covering the capital gains on your cottage. The death benefits are usually tax-free and can be used as a ready source of cash to avoid a forced sale, to pay capital gains taxes, or to equalize your estate among cottage inheritors and non-cottage

» Liz Gaudet is a consultant with Investors Group Financial Services Inc. in Port Alberni. She can be reached at 250-720-9935.

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FOOD

B.C. food bank unsure how toxic mothballs ended up in candy THE CANADIAN PRESS

The CEO of a British Columbia non-profit that accidentally distributed toxic mothballs in more than 1,100 food bank hampers says he has no idea how the mishap happened. Individually-wrapped camphor mothballs were mixed with candy and given to people in Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and surrounding villages within the last two weeks. Martin Wyant of Share Family and Community Services says the agency’s Port Moody food bank has been doing the same

work for 25 years and has never had an incident like this. He says the organization is phoning people, sending out letters and trying to connect with homeless people who received the contaminated hampers. Fraser Health has issued a notice that says anyone who has received those hampers should immediately discard the candy mixture and keep it away from children and pets. It says camphor ingestion can cause vomiting, seizures, shortness of breath, abdominal discomfort and irritation or burning of the mouth and throat.

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COMMUNITY BASKETBALL

Dave Ralla hits pressure shots for win NEELAM PARMAR FOR THE TIMES

The final week of the Port Alberni men’s basketball spring league regular season featured some very close games. Concrete Impressions Rockets 67 Tseshaht Market Raptors 55 In Thursday night’s opener at the Armada gym, Tseshaht Market Raptors started the game with a 13–5 lead before Concrete Impressions responded with an 8–0 run to even it. From this point of the game to midway of the second half there were multiple lead changes and ties as each team battled for control. Concrete Impressions were up by two when their young forward, Nick Donahue, hit back to back three-point shots to finally give them an eight-point lead and turn the game in their favour. The Raptors would pull within four points before the Rockets blasted to a 67–55 win. Rockets scoring leaders: Adam Yaredic, 18 points; Nick Donahue, 16 points. Raptors scoring leaders: Kevin Titian Jr., 14 points; Sam Moncur, 11 points. Co-op Timberwolves 76 Slammer’s Gym Warriors 75 Slammers Gym Warriors came out of the gates storming to take a commanding 26–12 advantage by the middle of the first half. Co-op Timberwolves’

sharp shooter, Kenneth Johnson, put the team on his back and hit four three’s to help them erase the deficit to two points by halftime, 40–38 Warriors. The second half saw the lead change several times before the Timberwolves were able to open a sixpoint lead with less than 10 minutes remaining. The Warriors would claw back to tie it at 75 with a minute left before Co-op guard, Coby Felsman Jr, was fouled while attacking the basket. He earned the winning point at the free-throw line, as the Warriors final shot fell short. Timberwolves scoring leaders: Jacob Molcan, 24 points; Kenneth Johnson, 23 points. Warriors scoring leaders: Josh Kurucz, 34 points; Remy Contant, 18 points. Dave Ralla Magic 60 Ladybird Engraving Heat 57 Dave Ralla Magic opened the game with a 12–0 run and seemed like they would run away with the game. The Magic maintained a 10-point advantage at halftime, leading 36–26. Dave Ralla would push the lead to 14 early in the second half before Ladybird Engraving slowly chipped away to tie the game at 51 with only two minutes remaining. But Dave Ralla would recover and hit some pressure shots to win 60–57. Magic scoring leaders: Mike Lange, 26 points; Brenden Lundy-Sam, 17 points. Heat scoring leaders:

Port Alberni Men’s Basketball Spring League 2015 Standings

Connor Van Vliet, 28 points, Bobby Rupert, 14 points.

Playoffs begin this Thursday Playoff Pool A: No. 1 Co-op Timberwolves, No. 3 Dave Ralla Magic, No. 5 Concrete Impressions Rockets. Playoff Pool B: No. 2 Tseshaht Market Raptors, No. 4 Ladybird Engraving Heat, No. 6 Slammers Gym Warriors. May 14 Playoffs Games: Concrete Impressions Rockets play twice; Ladybird Engraving has week off. 6:15 p.m. No. 3 Dave Ralla Magic vs. No. 5 Concrete Impressions Rockets 7:15 No. 2 Tseshaht Market Raptors vs. No. 6 Slammers Gym Warriors 8:15 No. 1 Co-op Timberwolves vs. No. 5 Concrete Impressions Rockets

Richard Mills of Concrete Impressions Rockets makes a layup against Bryce Greenwood of the Tseshaht Market Raptors last Thursday in the Armada gym. The Rockets won 67–55. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

TRACK & FIELD

Elementary track meet Alberni Valley Track and Field hosted a meet at Bob Dailey Stadium May 1–3 for elementary students from around the Island. [Left] Madi Speagle competes in the high jump. [Above] Jordan McKenna goes airborne for the long jump. [GLENN McKENNA PHOTOS]

CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE

FOOTBALL

Vees too much for Mustangs in RBC Cup

Former CTV host hired by V.I. Raiders

EMANUEL SEQUEIRA PENTICTON WESTERN NEWS

“We created havoc and turnovers.”

Cody DePourcq and Cam Amantea didn’t collect a point in the Penticton Vees’ 4-0 win against the Melfort Mustangs Sunday, but they still helped. “Having Cody and Cam back in the lineup gave us a big emotional boost,” said Vees coach-general manager Fred Harbinson. “We rolled four lines and structurally, we were really sound.” Matthew Serratore sniped the game-winning goal 3:56 into the opening period, while Hunter Miska turned aside 17 shots as the Vees improved to 1-1 in the RBC Cup in Portage la Prairie, MB. The Vees outshot the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League champs 12-4 in the first period. Serratore was set up by Patrick Sexton and Riley Alferd. With just over three minutes left in the period, Jack Ramsey gave the Vees a 2-0 lead. In the second period, which the Vees outshot the Mustangs 12-6, the only goal was scored by Connor Chartier, who fell to

Fred Harbinson, Penticton Vees coach and general manager

the ice in front of the Mustangs’ crease and beat Richard Palmer, who finished with 26 saves on the afternoon. Chartier was able to bury the power play goal on a play started by Dakota Conroy, who then fed Dante Fabbro for a shot from inside the blue line. Nearly six minutes into the third period, on an odd-man rush, Demico Hannoun set up Tyson Jost for an easy tap in goal. The Mustangs applied some pressure, but Miska delivered when need stopping the seven shots he faced. A key stop came against Dexter Bricker as Miska got his shoulder on a rebound chance. “Our D core played really well,” said Harbinson, “He (Miska) did a great job of fighting through screens.” A factor that Harbinson said helped the Vees generate offence

NANAIMO DAILY NEWS

Cody DePourcq, the Penticton Vees’ co-captain, tries to burn goalie Hunter Miska with a backhand to forehand move during practice on Wednesday. The Vees beat the Melfort Mustangs 4–0 in Portage La Prairie, MB on Sunday, improving to a 1–1 record in the RBC Cup. [EMANUEL SEQUEIRA, WESTERN NEWS]

was their ability to pressure the Mustangs’ defence. “We created havoc and turnovers,” said Harbinson, adding there was a lot of time spent in the offensive zone. The Vees’ penalty kill was strong going four-for-four, while

the power play struck once on six chances. The Vees are back in action on Tuesday afternoon when they host the Carleton Place Canadians at the PCU Centre. That game can be watched online at www.hockeycanada.ca.

Mira Laurence, a former CTV Vancouver Island sports anchor, is joining the staff of the Vancouver Island Raiders junior football team as its director of community and corporate relations, according to a team press release. The announcement comes after Laurence also took similar positions with both the B.C. Hockey League’s Victoria Grizzlies and the summer collegiate-level baseball Victoria HarbourCats of the West Coast League. “Having reported on the Raiders since their inaugural season, I have always felt a close connection to the team,” Laurence said in a statement. “I’ve seen first-hand how this program has helped create champions both on and off the field and has put Nanaimo on the Canadian junior football map. “I am excited to help grow the Raiders’ brand in the community and can’t wait to see both loyal and new supporters at Caledonia Park on game days.”

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SCOREBOARD HOCKEY

NHL Playoffs - Round 2 (Stanley Cup quarterfinals) All series best-of- seven Yesterday’s result NY Rangers 4, Washington 3 (Series tied 3-3) Anaheim 3, Calgary 2 (OT) (Anaheim wins series 4-1) Today’s schedule No games scheduled Tuesday, May 12 (Game 6) Montreal at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. (Tampa Bay leads series 3-2) Wednesday, May 13 (Game 7) Washington at NY Rangers, TBD Thursday, May 14 (Games 7*) Tampa Bay at Montreal, TBD

Rangers 4 Capitals 3 First Period 1. New York, Kreider (4) (Fast, Klein) 0:40 2. New York, Kreider (5) (Stepan, Brassard) 19:59 (PP) Penalties: Ovechkin Wsh (Slashing) 14:46, McDonagh Nyr (Holding) 16:25, Brouwer Wsh (Roughing) 19:56 Second Period 3. Washington, Chimera (3) (Kuznetsov, Ward) 0:28 Penalties: Hagelin Nyr (Roughing) 1:37, Kuznetsov Wsh (Holding) 8:23, Yandle Nyr (Holding) 14:14 Third Period 4. New York, Nash (2) (Brassard, St. Louis) 0:54 5. New York, Boyle (2) (Miller, Sheppard) 4:24 6. Washington, Kuznetsov (5) (Ward, Alzner) 7:40 7. Washington, Ward (3) (Chimera, Carlson) 10:33 Penalties: Sheppard Nyr (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 17:16 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T New York 20 4 4 28 Washington 17 18 10 45 Goaltending summary: New York: Lundqvist (42/45), Washington: Holtby (24/28) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): New York: 1 of 3, Washington: 0 of 4

Ducks 3, Flames 2 (1 OT) First Period 1. Calgary, Hudler (4) (Wideman, Russell) 10:43 (PP) Penalties: Maroon Ana (Roughing Deryk Engelland) 3:48, Engelland Cgy (Roughing Patrick Maroon) 3:48, Kesler Ana (High sticking Sean Monahan) 8:18, Colborne Cgy (Interference of Hampus Lindholm) 11:37, Despres Ana (Holding Joe Colborne) 16:22, Gaudreau Cgy (Hooking Sami Vatanen) 18:29 Second Period 2. Anaheim, Kesler (4) (Fowler, Silfverberg) 4:59 (PP) 3. Calgary, Gaudreau (4) (Wideman, Hudler) 5:55 Penalties: Colborne Cgy (Holding Hampus Lindholm) 3:26, Lindholm Ana (Cross checking Sam Bennett) 12:57, Stoner Ana (Roughing Micheal Ferland) 15:47, Ferland Cgy (Roughing Clayton Stoner) 15:47, Backlund Cgy (Slashing Ryan Kesler) 20:00 Third Period 4. Anaheim, Beleskey (5) (Beauchemin, Silfverberg) 0:59 (PP) First Overtime 5. Anaheim, Perry (7) (Fowler, Maroon) 2:26 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT T Calgary 9 5 5 0 19 Anaheim 12 14 14 5 45 Goaltending summary: Calgary: Ramo (44/47), Anaheim: Andersen (17/19) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Calgary: 1 of 4, Anaheim: 2 of 4

IIHF World Championships 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 6 6 0 0 18 39 13 Sweden 6 5 1 0 15 30 17 Czech Rep 6 4 2 0 12 25 17 Switzerland 6 2 3 1 7 11 16 Germany 6 2 4 0 6 9 21 Latvia 6 2 4 0 6 9 22 France 5 1 4 0 3 8 14 Austria 5 0 4 0 2 6 17 Group B USA Russia Finland Belarus Slovakia Norway Denmark Slovenia

GP W 6 5 6 4 5 4 5 3 6 1 6 2 6 1 6 0

L OTL GF GA Pts 1 0 15 17 10 1 0 14 28 13 1 0 12 16 5 1 1 10 15 14 2 1 8 13 14 4 0 6 10 20 4 1 4 10 19 6 0 0 8 22

Yesterday’s results Czech Republic 4, Germany 2 United States 3, Slovenia 1 Canada 7, Switzerland 2 Russia 3, Slovakia 2 Saturday’s results Russia 7, Belarus 0 Canada 4, France 3 Latvia 2, Austria 1 Finland 3, Slovakia 0 Sweden 2, Switzerland 1 Denmark 4, Norway 1 Today’s schedule Austria vs. Germany, 7:15 a.m. Belarus vs. Finland, 7:15 a.m. France vs. Sweden, 11:15 a.m. Denmark vs. Slovakia, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 12 Austria vs. Canada, 3:15 a.m. Belarus vs. Norway, 3:15 a.m. France vs. Latvia, 7:15 a.m. Slovakia vs. United States, 7:15 a.m. Switzerland vs. Czech Rep, 11:15 a.m. Russia vs. Finland, 11:15 a.m.

Western Hockey League Championship Final (Best-of-seven) Today’s schedule (Game 3) Brandon at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. (Kelowna leads series 2-0) Saturday’s result - Game 2 Kelowna 5, Brandon 3 Wednesday, May 13 (Game 4) Brandon at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Friday, May 15 (Game 5*) Brandon at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Saturday at Brandon

Rockets 5, Wheat Kings 3 First Period 1. Wheat Kings, McGauley (7) (Hawryluk, Coulter) 1:20 2. Rockets, Chartier (10) (Stephens, Draisaitl) 11:33 3. Rockets, Merkley (3) (Dube) 19:57 Penalties: Morrissey KEL (Slashing) 12:16, Roy BDN (Roughing) 18:07, Baillie KEL (Roughing) 18:07 Second Period 4. Rockets, Quinney (5) (Dube, Baillie) 0:27 Penalties: Waltz BDN (Roughing) 1:06, Merkley KEL (Roughing) 1:06, Baillie KEL (Slashing) 7:53 Third Period 5. Wheat Kings, Quenneville (9) (Klimchuk, Pilon) 2:49 6. Wheat Kings, Quenneville (10) (Provorov, Klimchuk) 6:37 (PP) 7. Rockets, Merkley (4) (Chartier) 10:16 8. Rockets, Draisaitl (8) (Merkley) 19:39 Penalties: Baillie KEL (Checking from Behind) 5:33, Gatenby KEL (High Sticking) 9:18 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Rockets 16 8 7 31 Wheat Kings 8 19 14 41 Goaltending summary: Rockets: Whistle (38/41), Wheat Kings: Papirny (26/30) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Rockets: 0 of 0, Wheat Kings: 1 of 4 Att: 5,502

Yesterday at O2 Arena, Prague

Canada 7, Switzerland 2 First Period 1. Canada, Tyler Seguin (Muzzin, Giroux) 0:53 2. Switzerland, Morris Trachsler (Schappi, Streit) 6:21 3. Canada, Nathan MacKinnon (Spezza, Wiercioch) 19:42 Penalties: Helbling SUI (CrossChecking) 1:59; Hollenstein SUI (High-Sticking) 7:20; Hamhuis Can (Hooking) 11:50 Second Period 4. Canada, Aaron Ekblad (Couturier, Eakin) 7:59 5. Canada, Jordan Eberle (Crosby, Burns) 19:00 (PP) 6. Canada, Cody Eakin (Couturier, Ekblad) 19:59 Penalties: Muzzin Delay of Game) 0:28; Streit SUI (Hooking) 5:19; Brunner SUI (Cross-Checking) 13:43; Switzerland (Too Many Men) 18:15; Third Period 7. Switzerland, Damien Brunner (unassisted) 2:17 8. Canada, Sean Couturier (Tyler Toffoli, Dan Hamhuis) 12:27 9. Canada, Claude Giroux (Brent Burns, Ryan O’Reilly) 17:08 (PP) Penalties: Switzerland (Too Many Men) 10:00; MacKinnon Can (Roughing) 14:10; Helbling SUI (Roughing) 14:10; Fiala SUI (Minor) 15:24; Ekblad Can (Tripping) 18:54; Savard Can (Slashing) 19:22 Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd T Canada 16 18 12 46 Switzerland 12 4 9 25 Goaltending summary: Canada: Mike Smith (23/25); Switzerland: Reto Berra (39/46) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Canada: 2 of 7; Switzerland: 0 of 4 Att: N/A

New York Rangers left wing Chris Kreider celebrates his second goal of the first period of Game 6 against the Washington Capitals on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]

Rangers force a Game 7 in 4-3 win HOWARD FENDRICH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

All of 40 seconds into Game 6, Chris Kreider scored for the New York Rangers. Did it again with all of 0.3 seconds left in the first period. And after the Rangers nearly let all of a threegoal lead slip away late, Henrik Lundqvist helped them hang on. Once so close to being out of the playoffs altogether, the Rangers are suddenly a Game 7 victory away from eliminating the Washington Capitals and returning to the Eastern Conference finals. Kreider got things started with his goals, Rick Nash put his first of the series into the net 54 seconds into the third period, and Dan Boyle tacked on a score that turned out to be vital, helping the Rangers hold on to edge the Capitals 4-3 on Sunday night and even the second-round series at three games apiece. “We went back on our heels a little bit, and they just kept pushing,” New York centre Derek Stepan said. “Luckily, we had four, because we needed all four of them.” Sure did. New York led 2-0 thanks to Kreider — the 24-year-old dynamo out of Boston College with 16 career playoff goals already, including four in this series — then 4-1 with less than 12 1/2 minutes left. “We just can’t put ourselves in that hole,” Capitals forward Tom Wilson said. But Evgeny Kuznetsov and Joel Ward put the puck past Lundqvist less than 3 minutes apart to make it a one-goal game with nearly half a period to go. “We’re relentless,” Capitals goalie Braden Holtby said. So, too, are the Rangers. The Presidents’ Trophy winners this season and Stanley Cup runners-up a year ago trailed 3-1 in this series and 1-0 with 101 seconds left in the third period of Game 5. But that’s when Kreider scored to tie it, before Ryan McDonagh won it in overtime.

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 Carleton Place Penticton Portage Soo Melfort

GP W 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0

L OTL GF-A Pts 0 0 7-0 6 1 0 6-3 3 1 0 3-5 3 1 0 0-4 0 1 0 0-4 0

Preliminary Round Yesterday’s results Penticton 4, Melfort 0 Carleton Place 3, Portage 0 Saturday’s opening games Portage 3, Penticton 2 Carleton Place 4, Soo 0 Today’s schedule 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.

GOLF Last week’s tournaments PGA The Players Championship, May 7-10 TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Par 72, 7215 yards. Purse: $10,000,000. 2014 champion: Martin Kaymer. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Rickie Fowler -12 69 69 71 67 Fowler won in playoff T2 Sergio Garcia -12 69 72 67 68 T2 Kevin Kisner -12 73 67 67 69 T4 Ben Martin -11 68 71 68 70 T4 Bill Haas -11 72 67 68 70 T6 Rory Sabbatini -9 70 71 69 69 T6 Kevin Na -9 67 69 72 71 T8 Jamie Donaldson -8 70 72 71 67 T8 Rory McIlroy -8 69 71 70 70 T8 Brian Harman -8 71 69 70 70 T8 John Senden -8 73 70 67 70 T8 Ryo Ishikawa -8 71 69 69 71 T13 David Toms -7 73 71 68 69 T13 Zach Johnson -7 71 68 71 71 T13 Billy Horschel -7 68 72 69 72 T13 Chris Kirk -7 70 68 68 75 T17 Henrik Stenson -6 72 69 73 68 T17 Russell Knox -6 72 70 72 68 T17 Hid. Matsuyama -6 67 74 72 69 T17 George McNeill -6 73 70 69 70 T17 Derek Fathauer -6 68 72 69 73 T17 Pat Perez -6 71 70 68 73 T17 Jerry Kelly -6 71 65 72 74 Canadian golfers T42 David Hearn -2 67 71 70 78 T56 Graham DeLaet E 75 69 70 74 73 Nick Taylor +5 72 70 72 79

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. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3R4 1 George Coetzee -13 70 67 65 69 Coetzee won in playoff 2 Thorbjorn Olesen -13 65 68 70 68 3 Mardan Mamat -12 69 69 67 67 4 Thomas Aiken -11 69 66 68 70 T5 M. Kawamura -10 68 69 71 66 T5 John Parry -10 67 70 71 66 T5 Scott Hend -10 72 66 70 66 T8 Bernd Ritthammer-8 71 70 68 67 T8 Oliver Bekker -8 66 71 71 68 T8 Merrick Bremner -8 71 70 66 69 T11 Rahil Gangjee -7 67 70 74 66 T11 Tjaart V. der Walt -7 73 66 69 69 T13 Richard Lee Toronto -6 72 68 72 66 T13 Keith Horne -6 70 69 71 68 T13 Justin Walters -6 67 73 69 69 T13 Pelle Edberg -6 68 66 74 70 T13 Jake Roos -6 70 71 67 70 T13 Jazz Jan’nond -6 69 70 68 71 T13 Andrew McArthur-6 68 70 68 72 T20 Chris Lloyd -5 73 70 69 67 T20 Mikael Lundberg -5 68 71 72 68 Upcoming event

LPGA Kingsmill Championship, May 14-17 Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia. Par 71, 6,379 yards. Purse: $1,300,000. 2014 champion: Lizette Salas.

BASKETBALL

BASEBALL

SOCCER

NBA Playoffs

MLS

(All series best-of-seven) Round 2, Games 4 Yesterday’s results Cleveland 86, Chicago 84 (Series tied 2-2) LA Clippers 128, Houston 95 (LA Clippers lead series 3-1)

Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T N. England 18 10 5 2 3 DC United 18 9 5 1 3 NY Red Bulls 16 9 4 1 4 Columbus 14 9 4 3 2 Toronto 9 8 3 5 0 Chicago 9 8 3 5 0 Orlando 9 9 2 4 3 NY City FC 6 10 1 6 3 Philadelphia 6 11 1 7 3 Montreal 2 5 0 3 2 Western League Club PTS GP W L T Vancouver 20 11 6 3 2 Dallas 20 10 6 2 2 Seattle 16 9 5 3 1 San Jose 14 10 4 4 2 Sporting KC 14 10 3 2 5 Los Angeles 14 11 3 3 5 Salt Lake 14 10 3 2 5 Portland 13 10 3 3 4 Houston 13 11 3 4 4 Colorado 10 10 1 2 7 Yesterday’s result Houston 2, Toronto 1 NY Red Bulls 2, New York City 1

Saturday’s results Washington 103, Atlanta 101 Memphis 99, Golden State 89 Today’s schedule (Games 4) Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. (Washington leads series 2-1) Golden State at Memphis, 6:30 p.m. (Memphis leads series 2-1) Tuesday, May 12 (Games 5) Chicago at Cleveland, 4 p.m. LA Clippers at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13 (Games 5) Washington at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Memphis at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

TENNIS ATP and WTA Mutua Madrid Open, May 4-10 Madrid, Spain. Surface: Clay. Purse: €4,185,405. Men - Singles, Final Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Men - Doubles, Final Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea, Romania, def. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (5), Serbia, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 11-9. Saturday’s results Women - Singles, Final Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 6-1, 6-2. Women’s Doubles - Final Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro (3), Spain, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-7(4), 10-5

Upcoming events This week’s schedule

ATP Internazionali BNL d’Italia May 10-17, Rome, Italy. Surface: Clay. Purse: €3,288,530 (NOTE: €1 = CDN$1.35)

WTA Internazionali BNL d’Italia May 11-17, Rome, Italy. Surface: Clay. Purse: $2,707,664

AUTO RACING NASCAR SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (STP 400) Today, 4:46 p.m., Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas. Tri-oval, 1.5 miles per lap. 267 laps for the race. Final results (Start position in parentheses) 1. #48 Jimmie Johnson, Chevy (19) 2. #4 Kevin Harvick, Chevy (6) 3. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevy (17) 4. #24 Jeff Gordon, Chevy (11) 5. #22 Joey Logano, Ford (1) 6. #20 Matt Kenseth, Toyota (18) 7. #2 Brad Keselowski, Ford (3) 8. #41 Kurt Busch, Chevy (8) 9. #78 Martin Truex Jr., Chevy (4) 10. #31 Ryan Newman, Chevy (15) 11. #43 Aric Almirola, Ford (14) 12. #16 Greg Biffle, Ford (7) 13. #1 Jamie McMurray, Chevy (9) 14. #47 AJ Allmendinger, Chevy (29) 15. #42 Kyle Larson, Chevy (10) 16. #9 Sam Hornish Jr., Ford (26) 17. #5 Kasey Kahne, Chevy (2) 18. #27 Paul Menard, Chevy (22) 19. #13 Casey Mears, Chevy (24) 20. #19 Carl Edwards, Toyota (5) 21. #15 Clint Bowyer, Toyota (21) 22. #3 Austin Dillon, Chevy (28) 23. #46 Michael Annett, Chevy (43) 24. #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford (20) 25. #83 Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota (35) 26. #33 Ty Dillon, Chevy (32) 27. #10 Danica Patrick, Chevy (27) 28. #98 Josh Wise, Ford (40) 29. #40 Landon Cassill, Chevy (41) 30. #51 Justin Allgaier, Chevy (25) 31. #6 Trevor Bayne, Ford (30) 32. #38 David Gilliland, Ford (38) 33. #55 David Ragan, Toyota (23) 34. #34 Brett Moffitt, Ford (39) 35. #35 Cole Whitt, Ford (34) 36. #95 Michael McDowell, Ford (31) 37. #23 J.J. Yeley, Toyota (37) 38. #32 Joey Gase, Ford (42) 39. #14 Tony Stewart, Chevy (16) 40. #18 Erik Jones, Toyota (12) Did not finish 41. #11 Denny Hamlin, Toyota (13) Accident 42. #26 Jeb Burton, Toyota (33) Mechanical problem 43. #7 Alex Bowman, Chevy (36) Mechanical problem Race statistics Race time: 3 hours, 11:50 Avg speed of winner: 125.265 mph Lead changes: 16 Cautions/Laps: 9/49

Formula One Spanish Grand Prix Today, 5 a.m., Circuit de BarcelonaCatalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Final results 1. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) 1 hour, 41 minutes 12.555 seconds. 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) at 17.551 seconds behind 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 45.342 seconds behind 4. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) 59.217 behind 5. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) 1:00.002 6. Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams) 1:21.314 7. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull) 1 lap 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) 1 lap 9. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso) 1 lap 10. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Red Bull) 1 lap 11. Max Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso) 1 lap 12. Felipe Nasr (BRA/Sauber AG) 1 lap 13. Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India) 1 lap 14. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber AG) 1 lap 15. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India) 1 lap 16. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) 1 lap 17. Will Stevens (GBR/Marussia) 3 laps 18. Roberto Merhi (ESP/Marussia) 4 laps Current drivers’ standings Driver Points 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 111.0 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) 91.0 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 80.0 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 52.0 5. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 42.0 6. Felipe Massa (BRA) 39.0 7. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 25.0 8. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 16.0 9. Felipe Nasr (BRA) 14.0 10. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 8.0 11. Max Verstappen (NED) 6.0 12. Nico Hülkenberg (GER) 6.0 13. Sergio Perez (MEX) 5.0 14. Marcus Ericsson (SWE) 5.0 15. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) 5.0

MLB GF GA 14 10 11 7 14 9 15 10 12 13 7 10 8 12 7 12 10 21 3 8 GF GA 14 9 17 13 15 9 10 11 13 13 11 11 9 11 9 9 13 14 9 9

Saturday’s results Salt Lake 2, Chicago 1 Portland 2, Montreal 1 Vancouver 3, Philadelphia 0 Sporting KC 1, DC United 1 Columbus 3, Seattle 2 Dallas 2, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday, May 13 Orlando at DC United, 5 p.m.

Semifinals - Return legs Games begin at 11:45 a.m. PDT Tuesday, May 12 Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona (Barcelona leads 3-0) Wednesday, May 13 Real Madrid vs. Juventus (Juventus leads 2-1) Final - Saturday, June 6 Olympiastadion, Berlin

English Premier League W D L GF GA 25 9 2 70 28 22 7 7 77 36 21 7 6 66 33 20 8 8 61 36 18 7 11 50 39 17 7 12 55 53 17 6 13 48 30 15 8 12 43 44 14 8 14 42 44 12 11 13 43 43 11 11 14 46 48 11 9 16 43 50 10 11 15 34 47 10 8 18 30 50 10 7 19 41 54 7 15 13 30 50 9 9 18 37 61 8 10 18 33 49 6 11 19 27 53 7 6 23 39 67

Pts 84 73 70 68 62 58 57 53 50 47 44 42 41 38 37 36 36 34 29 27

Yesterday’s results Manchester City 6, Q.P. Rangers 0 Chelsea 1, Liverpool 1 Saturday’s results Everton 0, Sunderland 2 Aston Villa 1, West Ham 0 Hull 0, Burnley 1 Leicester 2, Southampton 0 Newcastle 1, West Brom 1 Stoke 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0 Crystal Palace 1, Man United 2 Today’s schedule Arsenal vs. Swansea, noon

Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Victoria Mid Isle Vancouver Tbirds Tim Hortons Kamloops Khalsa Vancouver Utd Abbotsford FC Tigers

W 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

D 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1

PCT .625 .531 .500 .452 .448 PCT .645 .593 .563 .429 .367 PCT .625 .469 .452 .419 .364

GB 3.0 4.0 5.5 5.5 GB 1.5 2.0 6.0 8.0 GB 5.0 5.5 6.5 8.5

Strk W1 L1 L1 W1 L1 Strk W2 L2 L1 W2 W1 Strk L1 W1 W3 W1 L5

PCT .645 .531 .469 .452 .344 PCT .710 .500 .484 .484 .344 PCT .667 .515 .500 .467 .393

GB Strk - W2 3.5 W4 5.5 L1 6.0 L3 9.5 L2 GB Strk - L2 6.5 L2 7.0 L2 7.0 W2 11.5 W2 GB Strk - W3 4.5 L1 5.0 W1 6.0 W1 8.0 L9

Yesterday’s results NY Yankees 6, Baltimore 2 Boston 6, Toronto 3 Cleveland 8, Minnesota 2 Texas 2, Tampa Bay 1 Washington 5, Atlanta 4 NY Mets 7, Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Chicago Sox 4, Cincinnati 3 LA Angels 3, Houston 1 San Fran 3, Miami 2 LA Dodgers 9, Colorado 5 Seattle 4, Oakland 3 Arizona 2, San Diego 1 Kansas City 2, Detroit 1 (11 innings)

UEFA Champions League

Position/Club 1 Chelsea 2 Man City 3 Arsenal 4 Man United 5 Liverpool 6 Tot Hotspur 7 Southampton 8 Swansea 9 Stoke City 10 West Ham 11 Everton 12 Crystal Pal 13 West Brom 14 Aston Villa 15 Leicester 16 Sunderland 17 Newcastle 18 Hull City 19 Burnley 20 Q.P. Rangers

American League East W L NY Yankees 20 12 Tampa Bay 17 15 Toronto 16 16 Boston 14 17 Baltimore 13 16 Central W L Kansas City 20 11 Detroit 19 13 Minnesota 18 14 Chicago Sox 12 16 Cleveland 11 19 West W L Houston 20 12 LA Angels 15 17 Seattle 14 17 Texas 13 18 Oakland 12 21 National League East W L NY Mets 20 11 Washington 17 15 Miami 15 17 Atlanta 14 17 Philadelphia 11 21 Central W L St. Louis 22 9 Chicago Cubs 15 15 Cincinnati 15 16 Pittsburgh 15 16 Milwaukee 11 21 West W L LA Dodgers 20 10 San Diego 17 16 San Fran 16 16 Arizona 14 16 Colorado 11 17

GF GA Pts 10 6 8 8 3 6 5 2 4 6 14 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 0

Yesterday’s result Mid Isle 6, Tim Hortons Pinnacles 2 Victoria 2, FC Tigers Vancouver 2 Saturday’s result Victoria 4, Tim Hortons 1 Tuesday, May 12 Vancouver Thunderbirds vs. Vancouver United FC, 7:15 p.m.

LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Delta 5 5 0 0 10 Victoria 5 3 2 0 6 Nanaimo 4 2 2 0 4 Coquitlam 3 2 1 0 4 Langley 4 1 2 1 3 Port Coquitlam 5 1 3 1 3 Burnaby 5 1 4 0 2 New Westminster 3 1 2 0 2 Yesterday’s results Delta 13, Victoria 12 (OT) Coquitlam 11, Burnaby 6 Saturday’s results Victoria 15, Langley 7 Nanaimo 16, Burnaby 13 Delta 13, Port Coquitlam 6 Tuesday, May 12 Coquitlam at New Westminster 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 13

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 Saturrday’s result Calgary 11, Colorado 6 Friday’s result Rochester 14, Buffalo 11 Division finals 2-game, home-and home series Friday, May 15 Toronto at Rochester Edmonton at Calgary Saturday, May 23 Rochester at Toronto Calgary at Edmonton NLL final stats, regular season Points G A Pts 1 Shawn Evans, CGY 47 83 130 2 Mark Matthews, EDM 53 62 115 3 Ryan Benesch, BUF 55 58 113 4 Dhane Smith, BUF 39 68 107 5 Rhys Duch, VAN 41 62 103 6 Josh Sanderson, TOR 19 83 102 7 Mark Steenhuis, BUF 36 59 95 8 Adam Jones, COL 51 42 93 8 Curtis Dickson, CGY 48 45 93 10 Robert Church, EDM 37 55 92 10 Cody Jamieson, ROC 36 56 92 12 John Grant, COL 34 57 91 13 Rob Hellyer, TOR 31 59 90 14 Ben McIntosh, EDM 37 49 86 14 S. Leblanc, TOR 31 55 86 16 Dan Dawson, ROC 23 62 85 17 Brett Hickey, TOR 50 31 81

Saturday’s results Washington 9, Atlanta 2 NY Yankees 5, Baltimore 4 Philadelphia 3, NY Mets 1 St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 5 Toronto 7, Boston 0 Detroit 6, Kansas City 5 Minnesota 9, Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 8, Texas 2 Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 6 LA Dodgers 2, Colorado 1 San Diego 6, Arizona 5 LA Angels 2, Houston 0 Seattle 4, Oakland 3 San Francisco 6, Miami 0 Today’s schedule Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Cole (4-1) vs. Williams (2-2) Toronto at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Estrada (1-1) vs. Jimenez (2-2) Atlanta at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Miller (4-1) vs. Leake (2-1) N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Sabathia (0-5) vs. Colome (2-0) Chi. White Sox at Milwaukee, 4:20 p.m. Samardzija (2-2) vs. Peralta (1-4) Kansas City at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Duffy (2-1) vs. Lewis (2-2) N.Y. Mets at Chi. Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Colon (5-1) vs. Lester (2-2) Washington at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Strasburg (2-3) vs. Collmenter (3-3) Boston at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Porcello (3-2) vs. Kazmir (2-1) Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Koehler (2-3) vs. Frias (3-0)

Mariners 4, Athletics 3 Oakland

Seattle

ab r h bi ab r h bi Burns CF 4 0 0 0 Smith LF 3 0 1 0 Semien SS 4 2 3 2 Ruggiano CF 0 0 0 0 Reddick RF 4 0 0 0 Weeks DH 2 1 0 0 Butler DH 4 0 0 0 Cano 2B 2001 Vogt C 4 1 3 1 Cruz RF 4110 Davis 1B 3 0 0 0 Seager 3B 4 1 1 1 Lawrie 3B 3 0 0 0 Morrison 1B 4 0 0 0 Crisp PH 1 0 0 0 Ackley CF-LF 4 0 1 2 Fuld LF 3 0 0 0 Miller SS 3 0 0 0 Sogard 2B 3 0 0 0 Sucre C 3110 Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 29 4 5 4

Oakland 001 001 001 3 Seattle 000 310 00x 4 2B: SEA Seager (8, Chavez), Ackley (3, Chavez), Smith, S (7, Chavez). HR: OAK Semien 2 (5, 3rd inning off Hernandez, F, 0 on, 2 out; 6th inning off Hernandez, F, 0 on, 0 out), Vogt (8, 9th inning off Rodney, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: OAK 4; SEA 6. E: OAK Semien (9, fielding). Oakland IP H R ER BB SO J Chavez (L, 1-3) 6.2 5 4 4 2 7 F Rodriguez 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 E Scribner 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO F Hernandez (W, 6-0) 7.0 5 2 2 1 6 C Furbush 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 F Rodney 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 Time: 2:36. Att: 42,831.

Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 3 Boston

Toronto

ab r h bi ab r h bi Betts CF 4 1 1 0 Travis 2B 3 1 1 1 Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 1 Donaldson 3B4 0 1 1 Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 Bautista DH 3 0 1 0 Ramirez LF 4 2 1 0 Enc’acion 1B 3 1 1 0 Sandoval 3B 4 2 2 2 Pillar CF 4000 Napoli 1B 2 1 1 3 Colabello LF 4 0 3 1 Bogaerts SS 4 0 0 0 Carrera RF 3 0 0 0 Bradley RF 4 0 0 0 Valencia PH 1 0 0 0 Leon C 4 0 1 0 Thole C 3110 Totals 33 6 7 6 Goins SS 3000 Smoak PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 8 3

Boston 400 020 000 6 Toronto 000 110 100 3 2B: BOS Sandoval (5, Dickey); TOR Travis (8, Buchholz), Donaldson (8, Buchholz), Thole (1, Buchholz). 3B: BOS Betts (1, Dickey). GIDP: TOR Donaldson, Thole, Encarnacion. HR: BOS Napoli (3, 1st inning off Dickey, 2 on, 2 out), Sandoval (3, 5th inning off Dickey, 1 on, 2 out). Team Lob: BOS 4; TOR 6. DP: BOS 3 (SandovalPedroia-Napoli 2, Pedroia-BogaertsNapoli). PICKOFFS: TOR Cecil (Betts at 1st base). Boston IP H R ER BB SO C Buchholz (W, 2-4) 6.1 7 3 3 3 3 J Tazawa 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 K Uehara 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO R Dickey (L, 1-4) 6.0 7 6 6 3 0 D Tepera 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 B Cecil 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Time: 2:38. Att: 42,419.

Yankees 6, Orioles 2 Baltimore

NY Yankees

ab r h bi ab r h bi Machado 3B 4 0 1 0 Ellsbury CF 5 0 1 2 Paredes DH 4 1 2 0 Gardner LF 5 0 1 0 Jones CF 4 0 2 1 Rodriguez DH3 0 0 0 Young RF 4 0 1 0 Teixeira 1B 3 0 0 0 Davis 1B 4 0 0 0 McCann C 3 2 1 1 Hardy SS 4 1 2 1 Beltran RF 2 1 2 1 De Aza LF 4 0 0 0 Young PR-RF 0 0 0 0 Joseph C 3 0 0 0 Headley 3B 3 1 0 0 Snider PH 1 0 0 0 Drew 2B 2110 Flaherty 2B 3 0 0 0 Gregorius SS 3 1 2 2 Totals 35 2 8 2 Totals 29 6 8 6

Baltimore 010 000 010 2 NY Yankees 000 410 10x 6 SB: NYY Gardner (10). 2B: BAL Jones, A (7, Pineda), Young, D (4, Pineda), Paredes (6, Rogers, E); NYY Ellsbury (4, Norris, B), Gregorius (3, Garcia, Ja). GIDP: NYY Headley. HR: BAL Hardy, J (1, 2nd inning off Pineda, 0 on, 1 out); NYY Beltran (1, 4th inning off Norris, B, 0 on, 1 out), McCann, B (4, 5th inning off Matusz, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: BAL 6; NYY 9. DP: BAL (Hardy, J-Flaherty-Davis, C). Continued next column

Yankees 6, Orioles 2 (Cont’d) Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO D Norris (L, 1-4) 3.1 6 4 4 3 2 B Matusz 2.1 1 1 1 1 1 J Garcia 2.1 1 1 1 4 2 NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO M Pineda (W, 5-0) 7.0 6 1 1 0 16 E Rogers 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 D Betances 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 HBP: Rodriguez, A (by Norris, B). Time: 3:03. Att: 39,059.

Rangers 2, Rays 1 Texas

Tampa Bay

ab r h bi ab r h bi Choo RF 4 0 2 0 Guyer LF 3011 Smolinski LF 1 0 0 0 DeJesus LF 1 0 0 0 Andrus SS 4 1 0 0 Souza Jr. RF 3 0 0 0 Fielder DH 3 0 0 0 Longoria 3B 4 0 0 0 DeShields DH 0 0 0 0 Forsythe 1B 4 0 1 0 Beltre 3B 4 1 2 2 Butler DH 3 0 0 0 Blanks 1B 4 0 0 0 Loney PH-DH 1 0 1 0 Peguero LF-RF3 0 1 0 Cabrera SS 3 0 0 0 Martin CF 4 0 1 0 Beckham 2B 4 0 1 0 Corporan C 3 0 1 0 Kiermaier CF 3 1 1 0 Rosales 2B 4 0 1 0 Rivera C 1000 Totals 34 2 8 2 Totals 30 1 5 1

Texas 000 100 010 2 Tampa Bay 000 001 000 1 2B: TEX Choo 2 (9, Odorizzi, Odorizzi). GIDP: TEX Blanks. HR: TEX Beltre (3, 4th inning off Odorizzi, 0 on, 0 out). S: TB Rivera, R. Team Lob: TEX 9; TB 6. DP: TEX (AndrusRosales); TB (Longoria-Beckham, T-Cabrera, A). Texas IP H R ER BB SO W Rodriguez 6.0 2 1 1 1 6 K Kela (W, 3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 S Tolleson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 N Feliz 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO J Odorizzi 6.2 7 1 1 0 7 X Cedeno 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 K Jepsen (L, 0-2) 0.2 1 1 1 3 0 E Frieri 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 HBP: Rivera, R (by Rodriguez, W). Time: 3:06. Att: 14,521.

Dodgers 9, Rockies 5 LA Dodgers

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LA Dodgers 010 130 040 9 Colorado 000 500 000 5 2B: LAD Guerrero, A, Gonzalez, A 2, J, De La Rosa,; COL Arenado (10, Kershaw). GIDP: LAD Ellis. HR: LAD Turner, Ju (5, 8th inning off Oberg, 1 on, 1 out). S: LAD Ellis; COL De La Rosa, J. Team Lob: LAD 8; COL 7. DP: COL 2 (LeMahieu-Tulowitzki-Rosario, W, LeMahieu-Tulowitzki). E: COL Tulowitzki (4, throw). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO C Kershaw 5.2 8 5 5 4 5 P Baez (W, 1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 A Liberatore 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 Y Garcia 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO J De La Rosa 4.0 5 5 5 6 4 C Bergman 2.0 0 0 0 3 1 C Friedrich 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 S Oberg (L, 1-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 B Logan 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 K Roberts 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:36. Att: 30,710.

Giants 3, Marlins 2 Miami

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ab r h bi ab r h bi Gordon 2B 4 0 2 0 Aoki LF 4121 Prado 3B 4 0 0 0 Duffy SS 5011 Suzuki RF 3 0 0 0 Panik 2B 3010 Ozuna CF 4 0 0 0 Belt 1B 4021 Yelich LF 3 1 1 0 Maxwell RF 4 0 0 0 Morse 1B 4 0 2 1 Susac C 4010 Hech’arria SS 4 0 0 0 Arias PR 0100 Solano C 4 0 0 0 Blanco CF 4 1 3 0 Latos P 2 0 1 0 McGehee 3B 3 0 0 0 Bour PH 1 0 1 0 Posey PH 0 0 0 0 Solano PR 0 1 0 0 Vogelsong P 2 0 0 0 Dunn P 0 0 0 0 Crawford PH 1 0 0 0 Cishek P 0 0 0 0 Romo P 0000 Totals 33 2 7 1 Affeldt P 0000 Casilla P 0000 Pagan PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 10 3

Miami 000 100 010 2 San Fran 000 001 002 3 SB: MIA Yelich 2, Suzuki, I; SF Aoki. 2B: MIA Gordon, D 2 (8, Vogelsong, Romo), Morse (3, Vogelsong); SF Blanco, G 2 (5, Latos, Cishek). Team Lob: MIA 6; SF 9. DP: MIA (Solano, J-Gordon, D). Miami IP H R ER BB SO M Latos 7.0 7 1 1 0 5 M Dunn 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 S Cishek (L, 1-2) 0.2 3 2 2 2 2 San Fran IP H R ER BB SO R Vogelsong 7.0 4 1 1 0 5 S Romo 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 J Affeldt 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 S Casilla (W, 4-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 3:02. Att: 41,889.

Angels 3, Astros 1 Houston

LA Angels

ab r h bi ab r h bi Marisnick CF 3 0 0 0 Calhoun RF 3 0 0 1 Altuve 2B 4 0 0 0 Trout CF 3010 Valbuena 3B 3 1 0 0 Pujols DH 4 0 0 0 Carter 1B 3 0 0 0 Joyce LF 4000 Rasmus RF 4 0 0 0 Cowgill LF 0 0 0 0 Castro C 4 0 1 0 Freese 3B 3 1 2 0 Gonzalez SS 3 0 0 0 Aybar SS 3 1 2 0 Tucker DH 1 0 0 1 Giavotella 2B 2 1 0 0 Grossman LF 2 0 0 0 Cron 1B 3000 Gattis PH 1 0 0 0 Iannetta C 3 0 1 1 Villar LF 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 3 6 2 Totals 28 1 1 1

Houston 000 000 100 1 LA Angels 000 030 00x 3 2B: LAA Freese (6, Feldman). Team Lob: HOU 5; LAA 4. E: HOU Feldman (1, throw). Houston IP H R ER BB SO S Feldman (L, 2-4) 7.0 6 3 3 1 5 J Fields 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO G Richards (W, 3-1) 6.2 1 1 1 4 10 N Salas 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 H Street 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: Tucker (by Richards). Time: 2:40. Att: 30,929.

B.C. Premier League Team North Delta Langley Vic Eagles North Shore Okanagan Nanaimo Abbotsford Whalley Vic Mariners Coquitlam Parksville White Rock

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L Pct GB 2 0.778 3 0.769 1 4 0.750 1.5 3 0.750 .5 5 0.722 1.5 6 0.647 7 0.417 3.5 9 0.400 4 9 0.250 5.5 11 0.214 6.5 9 0.182 6 15 0.118 9

Yesterday’s results 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. Satuday’s results Nanaimo 3, Coquitlam 1 Nanaimo 11, Coquitlam 0 Vic Eagles 11, White Rock 6 Vic Eagles at White Rock Okanagan 7, North Shore 5 North Shore 14 Okanagan 2 Tuesday, May 12 Langley at Whalley, 8 p.m.

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A Duncan woman is still dealing with the effects of culture shock, combined with escaping a disaster zone, after returning home to Vancouver Island following the deadly Nepal earthquake and its aftermath. Taylor Winfrey, who had been volunteering as a teacher in Kathmandu, got back to Vancouver last Thursday and made it to the Island two days later after a 72-hour trip with layovers in Dubai and London. “I’m still in a daze, still in shock,” she said on Tuesday. “Even coming home from Nepal in the first place would be a shock. It’s harder to come back home than it is to go there, coming from the poverty to the massive amounts of wealth.” Winfrey was alone at the house where she stayed with other volunteers when the magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit on April 25. She heard the quake before she felt it. “I thought it was like a truck or a train, and I though, what

Duncan’s Taylor Winfrey, seen here with one of the students she taught in Nepal, returned home last weekend after surviving the massive earthquake that struck

the heck is coming down our street?” she recalled. “I stepped onto the balcony, and in less than five seconds, I knew what

it was.” With the building swaying side-to-side, Winfrey watched from her third-floor balcony as

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the eight-foot brick wall around the house crumbled “like it was nothing.” As fast as she could, she got out of the building. “I’m from B.C., so I know the drill,” she said. A strong aftershock followed. “Then I knew it was serious,” Winfrey said. “I still had cell service, so I sent a text and posted on Facebook to tell people I was alive. I didn’t know the extent, but I knew it was big.” That night, Winfrey stayed in a tent city with the maid from the volunteer house, where she was the only westerner. She stayed awake for 36 hours. “The ground kept shaking,” she recalled. “There were always little tremors, and quite a few notable ones, like fours and fives.” Winfrey, who was registered with the Canadian consulate in Kathmandu, was disappointed with the way the Canadian government treated residents in Nepal. “The consulate started hanging up on us,” she said. Winfrey even called the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa while her phone was still working, but they weren’t helpful either. “I had more information than they did,” she said. She felt fortunate that Nepal is relatively safe, and that she knew the area and had contacts. “I would call it a very safe place to begin with,” she said. “If that happened anywhere else, I’d be very worried. Living in the street after a catastrophe is not a safe place.” The day before she left Nepal, Winfrey walked to the school where she taught. “I had to check on it,” she said. “The school was still standing. I talked to one of the neighbours, and as far as he knew, the children were okay.” Although it looked all right on the outside, the school sustained significant damage inside. “Thank God we weren’t inside, because it wasn’t a stable structure to begin with,” Winfrey said. “It’s very fortunate it was a Saturday.”

NANAIMO

Giant water slide set Friend tried frantically to reach family after Facebook murder note to come to Nanaimo THE CANADIAN PRESS

When Brian Jones saw the Facebook post, he didn’t believe it was real — until he read the words “Love Daddio.” In the note, his long-time friend Randy Janzen apparently confessed to killing his daughter, wife and sister. After detailing the disturbing crimes, the British Columbia father signed off with his signature nickname. “I know Randy and it just sounded like him,” said Jones, his voice breaking. “I had to leave work. My hands were shaking. I thought I was going to throw up.” Homicide investigators have said several members of one family, including the suspect, are dead at two crime scenes in B.C.’s Fraser Valley. They have not released identities but con-

firmed the Facebook post is part of their probe. A post on Janzen’s profile published Thursday said he killed his 19-year-old daughter Emily, to end her suffering from severe migraines, before killing his wife Laurel and sister Shelly. Jones said he read the post shortly after it went up and immediately began trying to call Janzen. When he didn’t pick up, he drove with a friend to Shelly’s home in Langley, B.C. They found at least three days’ worth of stacked newspapers on her doorstep — Shelly delivered papers for a living — and her van parked in the driveway. She didn’t answer the door. “We knew something was very seriously wrong,” said Jones. “Deep down, I knew it was real.” They thought about kicking her door down or jumping the

fence. Instead they drove to the police station, where officers said they had received calls about the Facebook post. Now, Jones and others close to the family are desperately trying to understand how the friendly, funny guy they knew could possibly be linked to such grisly crimes. “He was so gentle. He never hurt a fly his whole life. When we were all young and getting in fistfights, Randy didn’t do that,” he said. “He wasn’t a monster.” Jones added he had never known his friend to own a gun or hit his family. Janzen deeply loved his daughter, a talented singer with a voice “like an angel,” but her migraines tore him apart, Jones said. “It consumed him. It really did. He couldn’t stand to see her suffer,” he said through tears.

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Nanaimo is poised to become the first city in Western Canada to host a giant street water slide event. Utah-based Slide the City has applied for a permit to put a temporary water slide on Old Victoria Road on the first Saturday in July. The application is currently being vetted by city, Regional District of Nanaimo and public health officials. If approved, Nanaimo would break new ground. “It’s July 4 - it will be the first event in Western Canada and if approved Nanaimo will be the first,” said Chris Barfoot, the city’s culture and heritage co-ordinator. The water slides have popped up in numerous cities. They are usually set up on a public street, and are built from 100-metre inflatable vinyl sections. In January, word broke that Nanaimo was one

of four cities vying to host a 300metre slide this summer, including Victoria, Courtenay and Comox. The company approached the city of Nanaimo in March. Rachel Thomas, company event director, confirmed the company is talking to the city “on their permitting process,” but was reluctant to share more at this time. “I’m working so closely with the city and we’re so close to a conclusion, I don’t want to pressure the process.” The concept is so new, Barfoot said city officials want to make sure no surprises crop up. Water use is a concern for the event, and the city wants a recirculating pump fitted with a filtration system. Island Health, and Nanaimo Regional Transit, city streets and road and engineering departments are involved, as are emergency services.

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Parents want new marijuana treatment made legal for girl

Woman looks for inquest into fatality

Young girl’s epilepsy has left her developmentally delayed; oil combats seizures

WINNIPEG — A woman whose mother died hours after being sent home in a cab from hospital is hoping an inquest that is to start Monday will provide some answers and help her heal. Heather Brenan collapsed on her doorstep in January 2012 and was rushed back to Winnipeg’s Seven Oaks Hospital, where she died from a blood clot that had moved to her lungs. Months later, two other patients were sent home in taxis from the Grace Hospital and died before they got inside their front doors. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority said there was no systemic problem and an internal investigation found the hospital did nothing wrong. Dana Brenan said her 68-yearold mother spent four days in the emergency room and was sent home at night without her house keys. “They just shoved her in a taxi and sent her home. That’s not right,” Brenan said. “I’d like to see things like that stopping, but clearly they’re still happening.” Manitoba’s chief medical examiner called the inquest in 2013 to look into Brenan’s death and to “examine hospital policy regarding the discharge of patients at night, particularly those who are elderly, frail, and who reside alone.”

LIAM CASEY THE CANADIAN PRESS

THORNHILL, Ont. — Gwenevere Repetski turns three next month and she is finally able to crawl, a milestone her parents thought they would never see. She was just an infant when she was diagnosed with epilepsy, a debilitating neurological disorder that has left her developmentally delayed. “She was kind of like a bag of Jell-O,” says her mother, Reagan Repetski. When she was two years old, she could hardly roll over when she was placed on her back, adds her father, Alex. Sitting in the living room of their Thornhill, Ont., home, the Repetskis recall their stressful and emotional journey in search of a treatment for Gwen. The first drug she was prescribed — Sabril — only managed to control her seizures for about a month. The next one was a steroid called ACTH, which her parents say caused her to gain half her body weight in three weeks. Disappointed at the lack of treatment options, Alex reduced his work hours and dove down the research rabbit hole. That’s when he first read articles online about the success some people said they were having in reducing epileptic seizures with cannabidiol, one of several active cannabinoids found in the marijuana plant. Cannabidiol, or CBD, doesn’t cause a high and, when mixed with an oil, has been widely touted as a potential therapy for hard-to-treat forms of epilepsy. But many doctors say there’s little medical evidence yet to show if the compound is effective or even safe. Dr. Orrin Devinsky, a researcher at New York University’s Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, has done a safety study on the use of an extract of cannabidiol. Devinsky looked at the daily seizure logs of 137 patients, most of them children, who took a drug called Epidiolex — a purified form of CBD — for three months. The number of seizures decreased by an average of 54 per cent from the beginning of the study to the end, Devinsky reported last month at an American Academy of Neurology conference. “These results are of great interest, especially for the children and their parents who have been searching for an answer for these debilitating seizures,” Devinsky said at the conference. However, he cautioned that there’s no way to tell how much of the seizure reduction was due to the placebo effect in which the person’s condition improves because they expect the drug to work. Similar research by Dr. Kevin Chapman of the University of Colorado recently raised similar questions. Chapman checked records of 58 young patients who used various types of CBD oils and found less than a third reported a significant seizure drop. Richard Wennberg, a neurologist at Toronto Western Hospital and a professor at the University of Toronto, agrees that the placebo effect is higher in epilepsy trials compared to many other treatment trials.

Alex Repetski, right, plays with his two-year-old daughter Gwenevere in Toronto on Tuesday, April 7. Gwenevere’s epileptic seizures are being treated with cannabidiol, one of several active cannabinoids found in the marijuana plant. [CP PHOTO]

“I’m open-minded, but hugely skeptical,” Wennberg says of the supposed miracle marijuana-based drug for epilepsy, a condition that affects one in 100 Canadians. Epilepsy is complicated and sometimes a drug works, he says, but then it stops and the seizures return. Sometimes the seizures stop naturally, but come back. Sometimes they stop forever. “It’s like playing whack-amole,” he says. People are desperate for an effective treatment and, Wennberg says, that points to failure in drug development. “No more than 50 per cent of people with epilepsy have their seizures fully controlled with medications now,” he says. “There is a huge need for something better.” Alex Repetski says research and drug approvals take a long time -- time his daughter doesn’t have. Back in mid-2013, encouraged by what he learned during his research, Repetski tried to convince Gwen’s doctors to treat her with marijuana, but they refused. He even considered moving his family to Colorado, one of 11 U.S. states that allows limited access to some cannabidiol-containing products. One of those products has become known as Charlotte’s Web, named after a five-year-old wheelchair-bound girl who had an incurable form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome. Charlotte, whose story has been widely reported around the world, had to be fed through a tube while suffering 50 seizures a day. According to reports, her seizures were dramatically reduced after she started using oil extracted from a strain of marijuana developed by five Colorado brothers, the Stanleys. Several years later, the reports say, Charlotte has only one or two seizures a month. While extracting oil from mari-

juana is illegal in Canada, new legislation allows the development of the medical marijuana industry. Under the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations, federal authorization to possess medicinal pot for patients shifts from Health Canada to physicians. After the new law went into effect in March 2014, the Repetskis asked several doctors to authorize the use of pot for their daughter. One of them agreed. There was still one problem: Gwen was a young child and couldn’t smoke or vapourize the pot, so her father learned how to make marijuana oil in his kitchen. He then sent the oil to a lab for testing before giving it to his daughter three times a day. She hasn’t had a seizure since, he says. “We saw a massive improvement — now she’s crawling and feeding herself,” he says with a broad smile. She even says “mama” and “dada.” Gwen’s last electroencephalogram in January showed no epileptic brain activity, Alex says. One of Gwen’s doctors is also impressed. “Since she started, I have seen a remarkable improvement,” says the doctor who does not want his name published for fear he’ll be deluged by people requesting prescriptions for pot. One of the girl’s physiotherapists, Bernadette Connor, says she’s also seen “dramatic improvement” in Gwen’s motor development and her spatial awareness since the girl started using marijuana oil. Repetski knows that what he’s doing for his child is illegal. Before going public with his story, he sought advice from his friend, criminal lawyer Daniel Brown. Brown explains that Gwen’s doctor signed an exemption allowing the girl to take marijuana, but there are strict rules surrounding that exemption.

WEATHER

One dead in Texas due to weather THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

South Dakota was the centre of weather extremes Sunday, with a tornado hitting a small town on the eastern side of the state and more than a foot of snow blanketing the Black Hills to the west. It was among several Great Plains and Midwest states in the path of expected severe weather. At the same time, a tropical storm came ashore in the Carolinas and wintry weather also

affected parts of Colorado. Tropical Storm Ana made landfall near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Sunday morning and was downgraded to a tropical depression by Sunday afternoon. The storm’s maximum sustained winds were at 35 mph. In South Dakota, National Weather Service meteorologist Philip Schumacher said law enforcement reported a tornado about 10:45 a.m. Sunday in Delmont — about 90 miles from

Sioux Falls. Delmont Fire Chief Elmer Goehring told The Associated Press that there “have been some injuries,” and Avera Health spokeswoman Lindsey Meyers said three people were in good condition at a local hospital. No deaths were reported. “One side of town was taken away,” Delmont resident Anita Mathews told the AP. She said a large Lutheran church had been heavily damaged as well as a new fire hall.

“As soon as he converts it to a different form, such as oil, the exemption no longer applies.” That leaves the Repetskis in possession of marijuana and, since they give it to their daughter, they are trafficking it, Brown says. It’s unlikely police would charge Alex Repetski, says Brown, but he agrees it’s still a risk. If that happens, Brown says he would defend his friend in court by arguing the charges are unconstitutional. A similar case is currently before the Supreme Court of Canada. Owen Smith, of Victoria, was charged with trafficking for selling marijuana oil and cannabisinfused cookies — instead of just dried marijuana — to those with medical marijuana exemptions. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge said the regulations violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, a decision that was upheld by the Court of Appeal. The federal government asked the Supreme Court to weigh in, and a decision has yet to come. A Health Canada spokesman says the processing of marijuana into other products, including marijuana oil, falls outside of the scope of the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations. Sean Upton says the regulations simply mean the only thing available is dried marijuana. “In theory, maybe Health Canada could possibly do something about somebody busting it down, but I don’t think so,” Upton said. “Look, there are a lot of parents who are doing this with nobody trying to stop them.” The Repetskis hope the laws will eventually change to allow parents with children like Gwen to legally access medical marijuana oil. Alex Repetski is such a believer in the treatment that he now works for MedReleaf, the company that sells him Gwen’s marijuana.

CHINTA PUXLEY THE CANADIAN PRESS

POLICE

Officers killed in Mississippi

REBECCA SANTANA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Two Mississippi police officers were shot to death during an evening traffic stop turned violent, a state law enforcement spokesman said Sunday. Three suspects were in custody, including two who are charged with capital murder. The deaths of the officers — the first to hit Hattiesburg in three decades — were felt far and wide in this small southern Mississippi city. Gov. Phil Bryant released a statement saying he was “mourning” the loss of the officers. “This should remind us to thank all law enforcement for their unwavering service to protect and serve. May God keep them all in the hollow of his hand,” Bryant said. Warren Strain, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, said Marvin Banks, 29, and Joanie Calloway, 22, were each charged with two counts of capital murder. Banks was also charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and with grand theft for fleeing in the police cruiser after the shooting, Strain said. “He absconded with a Hattiesburg police cruiser. He didn’t get very far, three or four blocks and then he ditched that vehicle,” Strain said. Banks’ 26year-old brother, Curtis Banks, was charged with two counts of accessory after the fact of capital murder. The three Hattiesburg residents were arrested without incident at different locations overnight following the shooting, Strain said. They were expected to face initial court appearances Monday. The three were being held at undisclosed jails in the state and could not be reached.

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