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Money needed for upgrades to water pipes, says mayor MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
prompted me to talk to my mom who volunteers with victim services,” Norris said. Norris said it was the first time in her career that she had heard of Friendly Phone Service, which has been running out of the Sunshine Club for over 20 years. Provided as a free service, volunteers check on registered clients with a daily phone call. If they do not receive an answer after three attempts, the program’s co-ordinator will follow-up with contact people and from there, will contact the RCMP if necessary. Although run through the Sunshine Club, it is open to the community as a whole and was established after two similar incidents occurred two decades ago. “The RCMP auxiliary came to us to see if there was anything we could do,” said Sunshine Club member and Friendly Phone Service director, Wendy Stanley.
The City of Port Alberni does not have enough money for critical infrastructure upgrades, says the mayor. The city’s auditor Don Jones presented the 2014 financial statements to council last week. Total revenue was $34.2 million, with total expenses of $32.6 million. While a decrease in expenses was budgeted, actual costs increased by over $1 million. Revenue decreased by about $1.6 million, mostly because of a drop in infrastructure funding from the federal and provincial governments. Major infrastructure needs and a shortage of funds makes it difficult to undertake all RUTTAN the necessary improvements in the city, said Mayor Mike Ruttan. “It’s always a concern when we’re not in a financial position to devote as much money towards our critical infrastructure as we’d like to,” said Ruttan. “Like every other city in North America, our infrastructure is aging and we’re at that point where we need some serious investment in order to bring it up to current standards. “This year in the 2015 budget we’ve got a million and a half dollars devoted particularly towards pipes – water pipes and so on,” Ruttan noted. “We could use many times that. It’s a matter of how much staff, how much capacity, so on and so forth. But the need is there.” Three major infrastructure projects are currently underway. A $2.7 million flood abatement initiative for Dry Creek is being funded with a $1.8 million government grant from the Building Canada Fund. The city borrowed $900,000 to cover the rest. A $2 million loan from the Municipal Finance Authority was converted to long-term debt this year to pay for improvements to the Bainbridge Water Treatment Plant.
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After experiencing a harrowing discovery, Tara Norris is spreading the word about local services available to maintain contact with seniors living alone. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Woman finds senior deceased in his home after a month, promotes phone check-up KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
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ara Norris recently experienced something she hopes no other medical receptionist will have to go through. She discovered an elderly patient who passed away in his home. Now, the 10-year secretary for Dr. Freddie Meyer is on a mission to do something about it. About two weeks ago, Norris was attempting to follow up with the senior citizen. She had not been able to reach him and decided to follow her gut instinct to check on him on her own. “I knew him because he had worked around the office over the years, fixing tiles and painting,” Norris said. She knew he lived alone and had no family members in town. “It was a Friday night and I went to his house after work,” she said. “I knocked and there was no answer. At first I won-
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“I knocked and there was no answer. At first I wondered what I was doing but I felt compelled to check on him.” Tara Norris, secretary for Dr. Freddie Meyer
dered what I was doing but I felt compelled to check on him. I asked the neighbours if they had seen him. I was a bit nervous so one of the neighbours came to the door with me.” They smelt decay and called the police immediately who took over the investigation. The man had no known illness and is believed to have been deceased for about a month. Norris returned home and was feeling shocked and uneasy. “As soon as it happened a friend told me about a volunteer phone service, which
Hupacasath woman runs for Green Party
Tseshaht Market win spring basketball title
Hupacasath First Nation member and Alberni resident Brenda Sayers has put her name into the political arena and will run for the Green Party in the next election. » Alberni Region, 3
The Tseshaht Market Raptors held onto a tight lead against the underdog Concrete Impressions Rockets to claim the local men’s hoops championship. » Sports, 5
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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 Charâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing.
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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.
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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: 250-723-0557 on Wednesday or Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Alberni Valley Hospice Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Painting Port Amy Barker took part in the recent banner painting weekend as part of the Rotary Arts District program that will see banners hung on Argyle Street all summer. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES] Dementia Support Group meets third Tuesday monthly 10:30 a.m. to noon at 3088 3rd Avenue. This group is for individuals dealing with Early On Set Dementia, Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 250-7234478 to register. Somass Toastmasters meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at 3088 Third Ave. for
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Addictions The Christian Intervention Program runs Tuesdays, from 6 to 8 p.m. Info: 250-724-3688 (Pastor Ron Nickle) or 250-730-0397 (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.
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Hupacasath woman runs for Green Party “If there is an issue that needs to be pushed for the people or the environment, I will continue to push to make a change in the government.”
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Hupacasath First Nation member and Alberni resident Brenda Sayers has put her name into the political arena. Accepting the Green Party nomination in the riding of North Island Powell River last Sunday, May 24, Sayers intends to use her voice to push for economic and environmental issues. When the nomination process came up for the Port Alberni/ Courtenay riding, Sayers was in the midst of her long-term battle for the ratification of the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) and said it was too much to take on both at the time. “Then I heard they were looking for a candidate for the North Island/Powell River riding,” Sayers said. “The timing was right and I am excited. It is still in the Nuu-chah-nulth traditional territory, so it is still like home.” Sayers jumped into the process quickly, and everything from the riding opening up to her acclamation occurred within two weeks. The announcement was made in Nanaimo at the joint Federal/ Provincial Green Party rally. She said she is prepared but it will still be a learning curve.
Brenda Sayers, Green Party candidate
Brenda Sayers looks forward to representing the Hupacasath First Nation as a Green Party candidate for the North Island Powell River riding. [MATTHEW LITTLE PHOTO]
“I have a good team and with the [FIPA] I did all my own research and am prepared for what is coming my way,” she said. “During the 2014 tour across Canada I shook hands and listened to concerns. I have a good base of experience to carry on.”
Salaries, wages up by $800K over last year CITY FUNDS, Page 3 Port Alberni purchased the sewage lagoon from Catalyst Paper in 2012 with the help of an $11 million federal grant, said Ruttan. Salaries, wages and benefits paid out were the city’s biggest expense last year, increasing by about $800,000 over 2013. Since 2010, the city’s salary expenses have bumped up 21 per cent, from $12.4 million to
When she started looking into politics, Sayers said the Green Party aligned with her own values. “It is important to me to belong to a democratic government that allows me to say what needs to be said and vote the way I want to vote,” she said.
Sayers said her interests lie in what drives the economy and that the GDP negatively impacts the values of many Canadians, including herself. “The GDP doesn’t account for air and water quality, the trees and forests that provide our ecosystems and hours of
enjoyment on the trails and the hours that parents spend with their children helping them in the home,” Sayers said. “These are the important things, but oil sands, fracking and logging have a negative impact on the earth, people and our health.” Sayers said her persistence and “never give up” attitude is what she can bring forth. “If there is an issue that needs to be pushed for the people or the environment, I will continue to push to make a change in the government,” she said. Green Party polls are at record levels on Vancouver Island and Sayers intends to ramp up campaigning leading up to the 2015 Federal election. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net
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Mill clean-up McLean Mill received a clean-up recently mill-style. The tourist and work site is gearing up for a busy tourist season.
SUNSHINE CLUB, from Page 1 The Club sought volunteers and have had a successful program ever since. “We have sent volunteers into homes and have brought some seniors to the hospital on occasion,” Stanley said. “Things can and have happened when they live on their own so it is important that these people know they will have someone checking in on them.” Better at Home another local program and relatively new to Port Alberni. Established last year, it is designed to help seniors remain living independently by providing visits, transportation to appointments, light housekeeping, grocery shopping, minor
house repairs and light yard work. Norris has made it her goal to raise awareness about the services. She is putting together packages with brochures and posters to deliver to every doctor’s office in the Alberni Valley. “Now that I know what is available in the community, I can share it with others,” Norris said. “I am driven to make sure everyone knows, then I can feel a bit better. We can take these things and learn from them and then change what we need to.” For information or to volunteer with the Friendly Phone Service, contact the Sunshine Club at 250720-2505 or Stanley at 250-723-5285.
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Automobiles are lethal weapons, too L ike we do with guns, we romanticize automobiles. Both are deadly weapons in the wrong hands, but we prefer to dwell on their design, their power and their physical presence. Most automobile owners are no different than gun owners in their fervor over their “right” to own them with minimal government interference or oversight. The difference, however, is that gun owners understand the deadly potential of their firearms, which is why the vast majority of them use and store them responsibly. They know that people can get hurt or die from their negligence. Too bad we don’t think exactly the same way before putting the key into the ignition and turning it. Instead, most of us are thinking about getting to our destination, how we’re running a few minutes late and how we forgot to take out something for dinner. We’re chatting with our passengers and listening to the radio or the GPS. In other words, we give no thought
to the danger we pose to ourselves and others the moment we put the vehicle in gear and press the gas. That’s why the driver nabbed going more than 40 km/h over the speed limit through a school zone last week in Prince George deserves no sympathy. Her family member said it was unfair to impound the vehicle for seven days on someone not from the city, leaving the driver and her passengers on the side of the road with their luggage. The only thing that was inappropriate was the ticket was for only $200. It should have been $368 to $483, which is the ticketed fine for excessive speeding in B.C., along with three points. Since the driver said she didn’t see the sign instructing her to slow down from 70 km/h to 30 km/h while going past Pineview elementary on the Old Cariboo Highway, how about an extra $196 fine and six points against the licence for driving with undue care and attention? That would be more appropriate. A better appreciation of the
seriousness of the offense comes from imagining our children or grandchildren attending Pineview elementary. Suddenly, tolerance evaporates for someone going more than double the speed limit past a school, at a speed that could easily kill a child and likely an adult, too, depending on the size of the vehicle. The argument was made that the school zone should be marked better, that the four signs - two in each direction, one an advisory sign that a school zone is ahead and then the actual school zone speed limit sign - were insufficient and a better-marked school zone would have prevented the whole thing. That’s “blame everybody else” logic. If there had been six signs, instead of four, 100 signs, instead of 90, bright red flashing lights, instead of bright yellow flashing lights, none of this would have happened. Seen in reverse, the outcry would have been considerable and well-deserved if the RCMP officer hadn’t pulled over the driver or
had only given a warning, instead of the fine and impounding the vehicle. As Cpl. Corey Eggen with Prince George RCMP municipal traffic services explained, there is no discretion used for excessive speeding in a school zone. To parse the officer’s words, discretion is used around “normal” speeding in a school zone, depending on the time of day, the location of the school, whether the kids are out of the building for recess or lunch, the amount over the speed limit, the weather conditions and so on. Just as there are people who argue there should be zero tolerance towards any infractions involving guns, there are some who would say police should be ruthless on any speeding in any school zone at any time. Police officers are in a difficult situation out in the field when it comes to exercising discretion. There is breaking the letter of the law and violating the spirit of the law. Telling the difference between the two isn’t always easy
and the call often has to be made in a split second. Better that officers are less tolerant, rather than more tolerant, with speeders. In the end, however, the responsibility doesn’t lie with the officer, just like it doesn’t lie with the number of signs. The responsibility lies with the driver. When each of us gets behind the wheel, we should not only remember that we’ve just engaged a powerful and deadly weapon to transport us from one location to another. We should also remember that our driver’s licence is more than a card permitting us to drive, it’s a pact with the rest of the community that we will drive in a manner that respects the right of others to personal safety, a right that is far more important than the privilege of owning and driving a vehicle. PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
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Harper’s pension ‘fix’ falls short for seniors
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anadians worry that their golden years are going to be anything but. Surveys report that half of us fret about not saving enough for retirement. And for 20 to 25 per cent of us, those fears are fully justified. Many of today’s young workers face a brutal plunge in income when they retire. Yet Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has been largely indifferent to this looming hardship, resisting every call to improve the Canada Pension Plan to help plug the coming income gap. Workers “simply can’t afford a smaller paycheque” and employers don’t need another “job-killing” payroll tax, the government has been arguing for years. Until now, that is. With a federal election on the horizon, the exquisitely grassroots-tuned Tories suddenly are feeling the public’s pain. Finance Minister Joe Oliver did a sharp about-face in Parliament this week, saying he intends to hold consultations on giving workers a “voluntary option” to contribute more to the pension plan. While any recognition from the Tories that there’s a problem is a good thing, this is a grudging, half-hearted fix at best. It comes very late on Harper’s long watch. It’s only a promise to consult, not necessarily to deliver. It falls far short of the optimal remedy,
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one that would improve pensions for all workers. As might be expected, it leaves employers off the hook for their fair share. And it smacks more of electioneering than genuine concern for the public good. What it aims to be, is clever politics. Both Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Tom Mulcair’s New Democrats have far better plans to address the problem. That the Tories feel the need to show some concern speaks to the seriousness of the issue.
But as the Star has written before, by far the best way to forestall a retirement income crisis would be to expand and enhance the existing, highly acclaimed CPP, by upping the input from employers and employees alike. With $265 billion in assets and an enviable 18.3-per-cent return last year, the plan has expert management, huge scale and a low-cost structure. It’s easy to grasp. Employers and workers pay equally, to a combined maximum of just under $5,000 this year. It locks in contributions over the long haul. It provides a safe, predictable retirement income. But the CPP currently covers earnings up to only $53,600, providing $12,780 in annual pension. That’s modest enough today. What will it be worth in 20, 30 or 40 years’ time? That’s why Ontario, other provinces and trade unions have pushed for a doubling of the maximum CPP payout by gradually hiking contributions. The Liberals and NDP also favour this approach, while being open as well to voluntary contributions. Beyond that, there have been proposals to create a voluntary supplemental CPP into which employers and workers could pay, creating a solid, secondary group plan. And frustrated by Harper’s
flat rejection of a beefed-up CPP, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has been moving ahead with a new Ontario plan to supplement the CPP regime. Measured against any of these comprehensive strategies for reform, Oliver’s notion of letting Canadians contribute a tad more on a voluntary basis comes up short, for the simple reason that many won’t take advantage. Fewer than six in 10 Canadians contributed to a retirement savings plan last year, and the average was a modest $3,700, less than the current CPP maximum, a recent Bank of Montreal survey found. Similarly, CIBC reported that just 1 in 10 contributed the maximum $5,500 to a tax-free savings account. If pension contributions aren’t mandatory, many won’t make them. The Conservatives know that. But they insist on regarding CPP contributions as taxes rather than savings. Oliver continues to rail, obtusely, against a “pension-tax hike.” And that prevents them from doing the right thing: Enhancing and expanding the time-tested CPP. They want Canadians to settle for less. TORONTO STAR
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COMMUNITY BASKETBALL
Tseshaht Market spring league champs Raptors hold out lead over Concrete Impressions Rockets in defensive battle to claim basketball title Final standings:
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Tseshaht Market Raptors 68 Concrete Impressions Rockets 64 The finals of the playoffs highlighted the Tseshaht Market Raptors, the highest scoring and best defensive team, taking on the spunky underdogs, No. 5 seed Concrete Impressions Rockets. The start of the game was very defensive as both teams played hard, contesting every shot and defensively rebounding every miss. The score midway through the first half was only 13–13. Each team would continue to match their opponent, either offensively or defensively, over the remainder of the half, with the Raptors taking a slight 32–28 point lead into halftime. The game remained tight into the second half, as it took 10 minutes for the Rockets to finally tie the game 48–48. With the game tied at 53–53, the Raptors came out of their timeout laying down the hammer. They went on a 13–0 run to finally take control and build a seemingly insurmountable lead. However, the Rockets were not going down without a fight. They responded with a 10–0 run to get within striking distance 66–63 in the final minute of the game. Tseshaht Market had bent but did not break as they scored one more bucket to take a fivepoint lead and finish the game with a 68–64 championship win. Raptors scoring leaders:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Tseshaht Market Raptors Concrete Impressions Rockets Ladybird Engraving Heat Co-op Timberwolves Slammers Gym Warriors Dave Ralla Magic
ALBERNI MEN’S BASKETBALL SPRING LEAGUE
The Tseshaht Market Raptors are the champions of the 2015 Alberni Men’s Spring Basketball League. From left, Bryce Greenwood, Kevin Titian SR. Kevin Titian JR., Sam Moncur, Jayme Charleson, Josh Turner, Earl Tatoosh. Kneeling: Bryan Michel. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
Sam Moncur, 24 points; Jayme Charleson, 20 points; Kevin Titian Jr., 15 points. Rockets scoring leaders: Adam Yaredic, 19 points; Josh De Jong, 16 points; Gabriel Barbosa, 12 points. Pete’s Meats Player Performer of the Night was Coby Felsman Jr. for his 32 points and playmaking abilities
Third place game Ladybird Engraving Heat 92 Co-op Timberwolves 80
Playing for third place the Ladybird Engraving Heat battled the regular season #1 seed Co-op Timberwolves. Each team struggled to gain control during the opening minutes of the game, with the Heat taking a slight 26-25 advantage midway through the 1st half. At this point, the Heat found their stroke, hitting many of their shots going on a 21-9 run to enter halftime with a 47-34 lead. Ladybird Engraving were able to maintain this lead through the majority of the 2nd half as they thwarted all comeback attempts by Co-op. The
Heat earned a 92-80 win and 3rd place in the league playoffs. Ladybird Engraving scoring leaders: Connor Van Vliet 48 pts, Tristian Jensen 17pts, Ricky Masso 12 pts Timberwolves scoring leaders: Coby Felsman Jr. 32 pts, Ryan Broekhuizen 26pts, Jacob Molcan 11pts
Consolation match Slammers Gym Warriors 71 Dave Ralla Magic 69
The Slammers Gym Warriors were attempting to earn their first win of the season in their final game. Unlike all their previous games this year, the Warriors would fall behind early and be forced to play catch up to their opponents, Dave Ralla Magic. The Magic opened up a 20–12 lead midway in the first half and pushed it to 30–17 before the Warriors battled back to make it a 30–24 halftime score. Slammers Gym continued to push the pace in the second half, taking their first lead of the game 39–37. A back and forth battle ensued with multiple lead changes and the game went down to the wire. When the dust settled, the Warriors finally earned their first victory of the season. Warriors scoring leaders: Josh Kurucz, 28 points; Brayden Kirschner, 15 points; Remy Contant, 14 points. Magic scoring leaders: Amrit Gill, 38 points; Maquinna Pley, 12 points.
GOLF
Kwalikum Kondors look for 3rd provincial AA golf title TYSON TAYLOR PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS
For the fifth straight year, the Kwalikum Kondors golf team has captured the AA Island Championship and is looking for its third straight provincial title. The Kondors golf team has been able to continue its dominance of Vancouver Island golf the last six years with the five straight AA Island championships to go along with one AAA Island championship. The Kondors take off Sunday, after players attend a junior qualifying tournament at Pheasant Glen. KSS golf coach Butch Gayton said it’s a testament to the talent of the students and the practise they’ve been able to put in thanks to the courses and facilities available to them in the area. “We’ve been very fortunate,” Gayton said. “Being able to have three courses to use for practices in the area and the golf academy at Pheasant Glen has gone a
long way in helping develop our players.” “We’ve been able to utilize basically every aspect of the golf game that you can think of and practise it over and over again, whether it’s beautiful outside or we need to head indoors to continue practising.” Grade 11 Blair Stewart shot the low round for the tournament for the Kondors, firing a round of 76 at Arbutus Ridge Golf Course down in Mill Bay. Grade 10 Jake Lane shot a 79, Grade 9 Aiden Goodfellow shot an 81, Grade 11 Tony Trozzo shot a score of 83 and Grade 11 Masato Wilson finished with an 87. In total, the team shot a score of 319, which is unusually high for a team to win a tournament, but with the way the course was set up, teams scored high and had troubles with the pin placement to go along with how hard the greens were. “It was tough out there,” Gayton said. “You couldn’t land anything close to the pin, you had to either hit it short and let it
run or even leave it short of the green and chip it on.” “The placements were tough and those greens were solid, so it made things tough not just for us but for everyone out there.” For the most part, it’s been a
season that’s seen various players step up and take the lead for the Kwalikum golf team in different tournaments. For coach Gayton, that’s been a sign of just how deep this team can really be and he knows it’s
a great problem to have as the team prepares for the provincials in Vernon. “Our team depth is our success,” Gayton said. “When you can have your number five guy shoot a round of 76, that’s huge.”
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SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
NHL Playoffs - Round 3 (Stanley Cup semifinals) All series best-of- seven Conference Finals - Game 7 results West - Friday’s result Chicago Blackhawks 5, Anaheim Ducks 3 (Chicago wins series 4-3) East - Saturday’s result Tampa Bay Lightning 2. New York Rangers 0 (Tampa Bay wins series 4-3)
Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago. Full schedule below Saturday at Anaheim
Blackhawks 5, Ducks 3 First Period 1. Chicago, Toews (8) (Hjalmarsson, Kane) 2:23 2. Chicago, Toews (9) (Richards, Keith) 11:55 (PP) Penalties: Silfverberg Ana (Hooking) 11:08 Second Period 3. Chicago, Saad (6) (Oduya, Kane) 1:18 4. Chicago, Hossa (4) (Richards) 13:45 5. Anaheim, Kesler (7) (Beauchemin, Silfverberg) 18:51 Penalties: Kruger Chi (Tripping) 17:55, Vatanen Ana (Hooking) 18:38, Kesler Ana (Slashing) 19:41 Third Period 6. Anaheim, Perry (10) (Maroon, Getzlaf) 11:36 7. Chicago, Seabrook (6) (Keith, Kane) 13:23 (PP) 8. Anaheim, Beleskey (8) (Fowler, Lindholm) 19:18 (PP) Penalties: Fowler Ana (Hooking) 12:49, Oduya Chi (Delaying Game Puck over Glass) 18:58 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Chicago 6 10 10 26 Anaheim 8 18 12 38 Goaltending summary: Chicago: Crawford (35/38), Anaheim: Andersen (21/26) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Chicago: 2 of 4, Anaheim: 1 of 2 Att: 17,375
Stanley Cup Finals (Best of seven series) Wednesday, June 3 (Game 1) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 6 (Game 2) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m. Monday, June 8 (Game 3) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 10 (Game 4) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 13 (Game 5*) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Monday, June 15 (Game 6*) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 (Game 7*) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Recent Cup champions 2014: Los Angeles def. NY Rangers 2013: Chicago def Boston Bruins 2012: Los Angeles def. New Jersey 2011: Boston def. Vancouver 2010: Chicago def. Philadelphia 2009: Pittsburgh def. Detroit 2008: Detroit def. Pittsburgh 2007: Anaheim def. Ottawa 2006: Carolina def. Edmonton 2005: Season cancelled, lockout 2004: Tampa Bay def. Calgary 2003: New Jersey def. Anaheim 2002: Detroit def. Carolina 2001: Colorado def. New Jersey 2000: New Jersey def. Dallas 1999: Dallas def. Buffalo
Memorial Cup Final Canadian Hockey League (CHL) championship, Quebec City, May 22-31 at Colisee Pepsi. Round robin - final standings Teams W L GF-A Oshawa Generals (OHL) 3 0 11-8 Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 1 2 11-9 Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 1 2 10-11 Quebec Remparts (Host) 1 2 8-12 Friday’s semifinal Kelowna 9, Quebec 3 Yesterday’ Championship Final Oshawa 2, Kelowna 1 (OT) Yesterday at Colisée Pepsi
Generals 2, Rockets 1 (OT) First Period 1. 1. Kelowna, Tomas Soustal (Madison Bowey, Cole Linaker) 15:08 Penalties: Michael McCarron, Osh (Cross Checking) 19:31 Second Period 2. Oshawa, Anthony Cirelli (Dakota Mermis, Josh Brown) 13:50 Penalties: Joe Gatenby, Kel (Slashing) 8:35; Nick Merkley, Kel (High Sticking) 11:11 Third Period No scoring Penalties: None Overtime 3. 3. Oshawa, Anthony Cirelli (Chris Carlisle, Tobias Lindberg)1:28 Penalties: None Shots on goal 1st 2nd 3rd OT T Kelowna 9 14 15 0 38 Oshawa 4 11 8 2 25 Goaltending summary: Kelowna: Jackson Whistle (23/25); Oshawa: Ken Appleby (37/38) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Kelowna: 0 of 1, Oshawa: 0 of 2 Att: N/A
American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 3 Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs def. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack 4-0 Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 2-Grand Rapids Griffins Friday’s result (Game 4) Grand Rapids 3, Utica 2 (OT) Yesterday’s result (Game 5) Utica 3, Grand Rapids 2 (Utica leads series tied 3-2) Tuesday, June 2 (Game 6) Grand Rapids at Utica, 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 3 (Game 7*) Grand Rapids at Utica, 4 p.m.
Calder Cup Final Manchester Monarchs vs. Utica/Grand Rapids. Schedule TBD
BASKETBALL NBA Championship final (Best-of-seven series) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors Thursday, June 4 (Game 1) Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7 (Game 2) Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 9 (Game 3) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 11 (Game 4) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 14 (Game 5*) Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m.
CYCLING Road racing Giro d’Italia
Victoria’s Hesjedal finishes 5th Final stage (21) - Race finale, 178 km, Turin-Milan. Weather: Mostly sunny. 1. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 4:18:37 2. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 3. Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 0:00:09 4. Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 5. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) TrekRacing 6. Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team GiantAlpecin 7. Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 8. Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNLJumbo 9. Davide Appollonio (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 54 Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:18 Final General Classification (pink jersey) 1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 88:22:25 2. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team, 0:01:53 3. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team, 0:03:05 4. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team, 0:08:10 5. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling, 0:09:52 6. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky, 0:10:41 7. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo, 0:10:53 8. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team, 0:12:08 9. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr, 0:15:51 10. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha, 0:16:14
AUTO RACING NASCAR FedEx 400 Today, 10 a.m. Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware. 400 laps, 1 mile per lap. Final results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 405 laps, $305,826. 2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevy, 405, $256,330. 3. (3) Kyle Larson, Chevy, 405, $204,888. 4. (25) Kasey Kahne, Chevy, 405, $158,255. 5. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 405, $162,666. 6. (2) Martin Truex Jr., Chevy, 405, $148,815. 7. (11) Jamie McMurray, Chevy, 405, $143,061. 8. (18) Paul Menard, Chevy, 405, $118,345. 9. (20) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 405, $141,753. 10. (22) Jeff Gordon, Chevy, 405, $149,881. 11. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 405, 95.3, $148,893. 12. (19) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 404, $148,701. 13. (15) David Ragan, Toyota, 404, $129,999. 14. (16) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevy, 403, $117,210. 15. (33) Danica Patrick, Chevy, 403, $110,310. 16. (26) Tony Stewart, Chevy, 403, $127,999. 17. (7) Greg Biffle, Ford, 403, $131,018. 18. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevy, 402, $130,835. 19. (8) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 402, 81.2, 26, $98,035. 20. (30) Alex Bowman, Chevy, 402, $116,043. 21. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 402, $129,610. Race Statistics Avg speed of winner: 119.547 mph Time of race: 3 hours, 23:16 Margin of victory: 0.435 seconds Caution Flags: 7 for 40 laps Lead changes: 15 among 9 drivers
TENNIS
GOLF This week’s tournaments PGA AT&T Byron Nelson, May 28-31 TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas, Irving, Texas. Par 70, 7,166 yards. Purse: $7,100,000. 2014 champion: Brendon Todd Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Steven Bowditch -18 62 68 65 64 T2 Charley Hoffman -14 69 65 64 65 T2 Jimmy Walker -14 64 66 67 66 T2 Scott Pinckney -14 69 64 64 66 5 Zach Johnson -13 69 64 68 63 T6 Brandt Snedeker -12 71 66 64 64 T6 Jon Curran -12 67 63 67 68 T8 Jason Dufner -11 71 65 64 66 T8 Dustin Johnson -11 67 68 62 69 T10 Nick Watney -10 67 65 70 65 T10 Daniel Berger -10 72 65 64 66 T10 Tony Finau -10 67 64 68 68 T10 Cameron Percy -10 67 64 68 68 T10 Colt Knost -10 68 65 66 68 T10 Ryan Palmer -10 65 66 67 69 T16 John Merrick -9 66 67 69 66 T16 Nic. Thompson -9 70 67 66 65 T16 Brooks Koepka -9 69 68 64 67 T16 Kenny Perry -9 69 68 64 67 T16 G Fdez-Castano -9 70 68 67 63 T16 Zac Blair -9 69 64 66 69 Canadian results T22 Graham DeLaet -8 69 66 67 67 T107 Adam Hadwin +3 69 67 69 75 - Austin Connelly -1 69 66 72 Cut
Canadian PGA Tour PC Financial Open, May 28-31 Point Grey Golf and Country Club, Vancouver. Par 72, 6,801 yards. Purse: $175,000 First tournament of 2015, no winnings or rankings yet available. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 * Denotes Canadian golfer 1 x-Drew Weaver -12 71 70 66 69 x-Won 3-hole playoff T2 *Adam Svensson -12 71 68 68 69 T2 *Riley Wheeldon -12 74 68 66 68 T2 Ross Beal -12 70 68 71 67 T2 Taylor Pendrith -12 72 70 70 64 6 Vince Covello -11 69 73 69 66 T7 *Ryan Williams -10 70 71 70 67 T7 Cody Martin -10 71 69 69 69 T7 *S Harlingten -10 69 70 70 69 T10 J. Erkenbeck -9 73 66 72 68 T10 *Albin Choi -9 69 67 73 70 T10 Jay Myers -9 67 71 68 73 T13 Phillip Mollica -8 71 71 72 66 T13 Charlie Bull -8 72 69 71 68 T13 *Michael Gligic -8 70 69 73 68 T16 Joshua Stone -7 73 70 72 66 T16 *Chris. Ross -7 75 68 69 69 T16 Bo Hoag -7 68 70 73 70 T16 JJ Spaun -7 70 71 68 72 T16 Logan McCracken-7 71 66 71 73 T16 *Bryn Parry -7 67 65 75 74
LPGA ShopRite LPGA Classic, May 29-31. Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, Bay Course, Galloway, New Jersey. Par 71, 6,247 yards. Purse: $1,500,000. 2014 champion: Stacy Lewis Final Leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 1 Morgan Pressel -7 66 69 2 Christel Boeljon -7 68 70 68 T3 Kelly Shon -5 70 68 70 T3 Morgan Pressel -5 66 69 73 T5 Austin Erns -4 72 73 64 T5 Karrie Webb -4 70 73 66 T5 Inbee Park -4 71 70 68 T5 Mirim Lee -4 70 70 69 T5 Gerina Piller -4 68 70 71 T10 Mo Martin -3 69 75 66 T10 Maria McBride -3 70 73 67 T10 Hee Young Park -3 68 74 68 T10 Moriya Jutanugarn-3 69 71 70 T10 Shanshan Feng -3 70 70 70 T10 Kim Kaufman -3 69 70 71 T16 Porn. Phatlum -2 71 74 66 T16 Meena Lee -2 73 72 66 T16 Sarah Kemp -2 72 72 67 T16 Mariajo Uribe -2 70 71 70 T16 Paula Creamer -2 72 68 71 T16 Sun Young Yoo -2 69 70 72 T16 Catriona Matthew -2 68 70 73 Canadian golfers T23 Brooke Henderson -1 68 77 67 T51 Alena Sharp +2 67 76 72
Champions Tour
Minnesota Twins pitcher Ricky Nolasco delivers to the Toronto Blue Jays during a baseball game in Minneapolis on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
Hunter, Plouffe lift Twins over the Jays THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — Forgive the Minnesota Twins if they wish May wasn’t ending. After four 90-loss seasons, winning 20 games in a month for the first time since 1991 feels pretty good. “I think maybe we’re going to change tomorrow to May 32nd and see what happens,” manager Paul Molitor said Sunday when asked if his team’s current streak is sustainable. “It’s staying in the moment. We’re doing some good things, but it’s your ability to find a way to stay with what’s making you successful, and I’m not going to get too far ahead of myself.” Trevor Plouffe hit a two-run homer, and Torii Hunter had a go-ahead double in the seventh inning to lift the Twins over the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Sunday. Minnesota moved into first place in the AL Central and finished May with a 20-7 record, securing its first 20-win month since going 22-6 in June 1991. The Twins (30-19) have their most wins through 49 games since starting 33-16 in 2001. “I’m not thinking about the rest of the season, I’m just thinking about tomorrow,” Hunter said. “We’ve got Boston tomorrow, we think about that game.” Ryan Pressly (3-1) got two outs for the win, and the Twins overcame an early injury to starter Ricky Nolasco to win two of three in the series. A sore right ankle ended Nolasco’s bid for a sixth straight victory in the second inning. Toronto starter Drew Hutchison went 5 1-3 innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. He looked in command heading into the sixth before the Twins rallied to make it 4-all on Plouffe’s homer. The Blue Jays led 5-4 in the seventh after Josh Donaldson’s 15th homer, but a throwing error by shortstop Jose Reyes allowed Aaron Hicks to reach safely in the bottom half against Roberto Osuna (1-2).
Women’s singles - Round 4 Maria Sharapova (2), Russia vs. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, Postponed Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. Ekaterina Makarova (9), Russia, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1. Elina Svitolina (19), Ukraine, def. Alize Cornet (29), France, 6-2, 7-6 (9). Garbine Muguruza (21), Spain vs. Flavia Pennetta (28), Italy, Postponed. Men’s Doubles - Round 3 Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-4, 7-5. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., and Jack Sock (2), United States, def. PierreHugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (14), France, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2). Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Leander Paes (10), India, 6-2, 6-4. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (5), Romania, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (9), Romania, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (11), Australia, 6-3, 7-5. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (8), Brazil, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Women’s Doubles - Round 3 Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, and Roberta Vinci (14), Italy, 6-1, 6-4. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova (12), Kazakhstan, def. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (8), Slovenia, 6-1, 6-1. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Lucie Hradecka (9), Czech Republic, def. Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan, and Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, and MariaTeresa Torro-Flor, Spain, def. Yung-Jan Chan, Taiwan, and Zheng Jie (11), China, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Mixed Doubles - Round 2 Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, and Daniel Nestor (6), Toronto, 6-4, 6-3.
MLS
Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T DC United 25 14 7 3 4 N. England 21 14 5 3 6 NY Red Bulls 17 12 4 3 5 Toronto 16 11 5 5 1 Columbus 16 12 4 4 4 Chicago 14 11 4 5 2 Orlando 14 13 3 5 5 Philadelphia 12 14 3 8 3 Montreal 8 8 2 4 2 NY City FC 8 13 1 7 5 Western League Club PTS GP W L T Seattle 26 13 8 3 2 Vancouver 23 14 7 5 2 Dallas 21 13 6 4 3 Sporting KC 21 13 5 2 6 Los Angeles 21 15 5 4 6 Portland 19 14 5 5 4 San Jose 18 13 5 5 3 Houston 17 14 4 5 5 Salt Lake 17 14 4 5 5 Colorado 13 13 2 4 7 Yesterday’s results Seattle 2, NY Red Bulls 1 Los Angeles 2, New England 2
GF GA 16 12 20 18 15 13 17 15 19 16 14 14 16 17 14 23 9 13 10 17 GF GA 20 10 16 13 18 19 21 15 15 17 13 14 14 15 17 17 13 18 11 12
Saturday’s results Toronto 3, San Jose 1 Vancouver 2, Salt Lake 1 NY City FC 1, Houston 1 DC United 2, Philadelphia 1 Orlando 2, Columbus 2 Chicago 3, Montreal 0 Colorado1, Portland 2, Wednesday, June 3 Chicago at DC United, 4 p.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium Arsenal 4, Aston Villa 0
UEFA Champions League Final - Saturday, June 6 Olympiastadion, Berlin, 11:45 a.m. Juventus vs. Barcelona
Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Mid Isle Victoria Vancouver Tbirds Vancouver Utd Kamloops Tim Hortons Khalsa Abbotsford FC Tigers
W 5 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0
D 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2
L 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 2 4
GF GA Pts 14 7 16 13 10 13 9 4 8 7 2 8 11 12 7 11 19 6 3 0 4 5 8 3 11 17 2
Yesterday’s schedule Kamloops 4, Vancouver Tbirds 2 Abbotsford vs. Victoria FC Tigers Vancouver 0, Mid Isle 2 Vancouver United vs. Khalsa SC Saturday’s schedule Abbotsford 0, Mid Isle 2 Kamloops 0, Victoria 1 Tim Hortons vs. Vancouver Tbirds Khalsa SC vs. Vancouver United
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015, Canada, June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan 24 Teams, with current FIFA world rank 1 Germany 2 United States 3 France 4 Japan 5 Sweden 6 England 7 Brazil 8 Canada 10 Australia 11 Norway 12 Netherlands 14 Spain 16 China 17 New Zealand 18 South Korea 19 Switzerland 25 Mexico 28 Colombia 29 Thailand 33 Nigeria 37 Costa Rica 48 Ecuador 53 Cameroon 67 Ivory Coast Preliminary round Two top teams in each group plus the four best third-place teams advance to the tournament’s knock-out stage, the Group of 16. Saturday, June 6 Canada vs. China, 3 p.m. at Edmonton New Zealand vs. Netherlands, 6 p.m. at Edmonton Sunday, June 7 Norway vs. Thailand, 10 a.m. at Ottawa Germany vs. Ivory Coast, 1 p.m. at Ottawa
No tournament this week
French Open - Men, Women Grand Slam event: Stade Roland Garros, Final June 7 Paris, France Surface: Clay. Total purse (men and women): €13,008,000 Competitors: 128 singles, 64 doubles Men’s singles - Round 4 Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, is tied with Gael Monfils (13), France, 6-3, 4-6, 0-0, Suspended. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, def. Tomas Berdych (4), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Gilles Simon (12), France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
SOCCER
Web.com Tour Rex Hospital Open, May 28-31 TPC Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, North Carolina, Par 71, 7,257 yards. Purse: $625,000. 2014 champion: Byron Smith Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Kyle Thompson -17 63 68 69 67 T2 Miguel A Carballo-17 70 68 65 64 T2 Patton Kizzire -17 69 64 68 66 T4 Scott Parel -16 70 68 65 65 T4 Drew Scott -16 67 65 68 68 T6 Harold Varner III -15 70 66 62 71 T6 Chase Wright -15 68 67 65 69 T8 Brad Fritsch Manotick, Ont. -14 69 68 65 68 T8 Brad Schneider -14 66 68 67 69 T8 Todd Baek -14 69 66 66 69 T11 Kyle Stanley -13 70 68 66 67 T11 Darron Stiles -13 66 66 71 68 T11 Richy Werenski -13 67 65 69 70 T14 Tyler Aldridge -12 68 69 68 67 T14 Travis Bertoni -12 65 71 68 68 T14 Brian Richey -12 66 67 70 69 T14 Garth Mulroy -12 65 68 68 71 T14 Steve Marino -12 67 67 66 72
European Tour Irish Open, May 28 - 31 Royal County Down Golf Course, Newcastle, Northern Ireland. Par 71, 7,204 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Mikko Ilonen. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Soren Kjeldsen* -2 69 70 67 76 (*Won playoff) T2 Bernd Wiesberger-2 72 67 70 73 T2 Eddie Pepperell -2 74 72 67 69 T4 Tyrrell Hatton -1 73 66 70 74 T4 R Cabrera Bello -1 71 68 69 75 T6 Danny Willett E 69 76 71 68 T6 Andy Sullivan E 74 70 69 71 T8 Max. Kieffer +1 67 76 65 77 T8 Mat. Fitzpatrick +1 71 72 70 72 T10 Bradley Dredge +2 72 70 71 73 T10 Anthony Wall +2 72 71 69 74 T10 Niclas Fasth +2 71 73 67 75 T10 Richard Green +2 72 72 70 72 T10 Thongchai Jaidee+272 74 70 70 T10 Richie Ramsay +2 72 67 70 77 T16 Jaco Van Zyl +3 73 74 68 72 T16 Chris Wood +3 70 69 75 73 T18 Jbe’ Kruger +4 73 73 71 71 T18 Luke Donald +4 70 70 72 76 T18 Luc. Bjerregaard+4 73 73 66 76
Upcoming tournaments Next week’s schedule Canadian PGA Tour Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist, June 4-7 Uplands Golf Club, Victoria. Par 70, 6,420 yards. Purse: CDN$175,000. 2014 champion: Josh Persons PGA: The Memorial Tournament by Nationwide, June 4-7. Muirfield Village Golf Course Dublin, Ohio. Par 72, 6875 yards. Purse: $6,200,000 LPGA: Manulife LPGA Classic, June 4-7. Grey Silo Golf Course, Waterloo, Ont. Par: 71, 6,532 yards. Purse: $1,500,000
Monday, June 8 Sweden vs. Nigeria, 1 p.m. at Winnipeg Cameroon vs. Ecuador, 4 p.m. at Vancouver United States vs. Australia, 4:30 p.m. at Winnipeg Japan vs. Switzerland, 7 p.m. at Vancouver
BASEBALL
White Sox 6, Astros 0
MLB - Results and standings
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American League East W L NY Yankees 26 25 Tampa Bay 26 25 Baltimore 23 26 Toronto 23 29 Boston 22 29 Central W L Minnesota 30 19 Kansas City 29 19 Detroit 28 24 Cleveland 24 26 Chicago Sox 23 26 West W L Houston 31 20 LA Angels 27 24 Texas 26 25 Seattle 24 26 Oakland 20 33 National League East W L Washington 28 22 NY Mets 28 23 Atlanta 25 25 Miami 20 31 Philadelphia 19 33 Central W L St. Louis 33 17 Chicago Cubs 26 22 Pittsburgh 26 24 Cincinnati 22 27 Milwaukee 17 34 West W L LA Dodgers 29 20 San Francisco 30 22 San Diego 25 27 Arizona 23 26 Colorado 22 26
Chicago Sox
PCT .510 .510 .469 .442 .431 PCT .612 .604 .538 .480 .469 PCT .608 .529 .510 .480 .377
GB Strk - L1 - W2 2.0 L2 3.5 L2 4.0 L3 GB Strk - W2 0.5 L1 3.5 L4 6.5 W2 7.0 W1 GB Strk - L1 4.0 W4 5.0 W3 6.5 L2 12.0 W1
PCT .560 .549 .500 .392 .365 PCT .660 .542 .520 .449 .333 PCT .592 .577 .481 .469 .458
GB Strk - L3 0.5 W1 3.0 W2 8.5 L1 10.0 L7 GB Strk - W1 6.0 W1 7.0 L1 10.5 W3 16.5 W1 GB Strk - L1 0.5 L2 5.5 W1 6.0 L1 6.5 W4
Saturday’s results Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, postponed Minnesota 3, Toronto 2 Colorado 5, Philadelphia 2 Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 0 Arizona 7, Milwaukee 3 Houston 3, Chicago Sox 0 Miami 9, NY Mets 5 Cincinnati 8, Washington 5 Texas 8, Boston 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, St. Louis 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 8, Detroit 6 Atlanta 8, San Francisco 0 Cleveland 4, Seattle 3 Pittsburgh 5, San Diego 2 Today’s schedule with probable starters Toronto at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Dickey (2-5) vs. Zimmermann (4-2) Minnesota at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Pelfrey (3-1) vs. Porcello (4-3) Chicago Cubs at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Hendricks (1-1) vs. Latos (1-4) Milwaukee at St. Louis, 5:10 p.m. Fiers (1-4) vs. Garcia (0-1) Baltimore at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Jimenez (3-3) vs. Feldman (3-4) L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Kershaw (2-3) vs. Butler (2-5) Atlanta at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Wood (2-2) vs. Bradley (2-1) Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Colome (3-1) vs. Richards (4-2) N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Pineda (5-2) vs. Hernandez (7-1) N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. deGrom (5-4) vs. Cashner (1-7) Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Cole (6-2) vs. Vogelsong (3-2)
Twins 6, Blue Jays 5
Minnesota
ab r h bi Reyes SS 5 0 3 2 Dozier 2B Donaldson 3B4 1 1 1 Hunter RF Bautista DH 4 1 2 0 Mauer 1B Enc’acion 1B 5 0 0 0 Plouffe 3B Martin C 3 0 2 1 Suzuki C Colabello LF 4 1 1 0 Rosario LF Carrera RF-CF 4 1 2 0 Nunez DH Pillar CF 2 1 0 0 Hicks CF Smoak PH 1 0 1 0 Santana SS Goins 2B-RF 3 0 1 1 Totals Totals 35 5 13 5
ab r h bi 4330 4012 3112 4122 3000 4010 4000 3110 3000 32 6 9 6
Champion’s Cup Finals (best-of-three) Saturday’s result (Game 1) At Air Canada Centre Edmonton Rush 15, Toronto Rock 9 (Edmonton leads series 1-0) Game 2 Friday, June 5, 6:30 p.m., Rexall Place Toronto at Edmonton Game 3 (if necessary): Saturday, June 13, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Toronto
Toronto 020 110 100 5 Minnesota 100 003 20x 6 SB: MIN Hicks, A (3, 2nd base off Hutchison/Martin, R). 2B: TOR Bautista 2 (13, Nolasco, Stauffer); MIN Dozier 2 (16, Hutchison, Hutchison), Hunter, To (10, Osuna). GIDP: TOR Pillar; MIN Nunez, E. HR: TOR Donaldson (15, 7th inning off Stauffer, 0 on, 1 out); MIN Plouffe (8, 6th inning off Hutchison, 1 on, 1 out). S: TOR Pillar. Team Lob: TOR 8; MIN 4. DP: TOR 2 (Donaldson-Goins, Reyes-GoinsEncarnacion); MIN (Santana, D-DozierMauer). E: TOR Colabello (2, fielding), Reyes (3, throw); MIN Santana, D (11, fielding), Hunter, To (2, fielding). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO A Hutchison 5.1 7 4 4 0 3 R Osuna (L, 1-2) 1.0 2 2 1 1 1 A Loup 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 L Hendriks 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO C Nolasco 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 J Graham 3.0 3 1 0 1 4 T Stauffer 2.1 5 2 2 1 0 T Pressly (W, 3-1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 B Boyer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 G Perkins 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Time: 3:08. Att: 33,829.
Western Lacrosse Assn
Indians 6, Mariners 3
WLA Senior A
(12 innings) Cleveland
Tuesday, June 9 France vs. England, 10 a.m. at Moncton Colombia vs. Mexico, 1 p.m. at Moncton Spain vs. Costa Rica, 1 p.m. at Montreal Brazil vs. South Korea, 4 p.m. at Montreal
LACROSSE National Lacrosse League
Standings GP W L T New Westminster 3 3 0 0 Nanaimo 3 2 1 0 Victoria 4 2 2 0 Burnaby 2 1 1 0 Langley 2 1 1 0 Maple Ridge 1 0 1 0 Coquitlam 2 0 2 0 Yesterday’s results New Westminster 12, Nanaimo 7 Victoria 13, Maple Ridge 6
Pts 6 4 4 2 2 0 0
Saturday’s result Langley 9, Coquitlam 6 Wednesday, June 3 Langley at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4 Delta at Langley, 8:00 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP Delta 11 Coquitlam 9 Victoria 11 New Westminster 8 Port Coquitlam 10 Nanaimo 8 Langley 10 Burnaby 11 Yesterday’s results Delta 15, Nanaimo 12 Victoria 16, Burnaby 9
WL 9 2 8 1 8 3 4 4 3 6 3 5 2 7 1 10
T 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Pts 18 16 16 8 7 6 5 2
Saturday’s results Victoria 12, New Westminster 9 Delta 18, Langley 9 Tuesday, June 2 Burnaby at New Westminster, 8 p.m.
Kipnis 2B Santana DH Brantley LF Raburn RF Murphy RF Moss 1B Gomes C Aviles 3B Chis’hall 3B Bourn CF Ramirez SS Totals
Seattle
ab r h bi ab r h bi 5 1 2 1 Jackson CF 6 0 1 1 5 0 2 0 Smith RF 6 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 Cano 2B 4001 3 1 1 1 Cruz DH 4010 3 0 2 2 Seager 3B 3 0 0 0 7 1 4 0 Morrison 1B 4 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 Miller SS 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Weeks PH 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 Taylor SS 1 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 B’quist PH-SS 1 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 Ackley LF 1 1 1 0 50 6 18 6 Ruggiano LF 3 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 5 2
Cleveland 000 002 010 003 6 Seattle 000 030 000 000 3 SB: CLE Santana, C (3, 2nd base off Happ/Castillo, W). 2B: CLE Kipnis 2 (16, Happ, Happ), Moss (11, Rodney), Ramirez, Js (6, Leone); SEA Cruz, N (7, Salazar), Smith, S (11, Allen). GIDP: CLE Aviles, Ramirez, Js, Gomes, Y. HR: CLE Raburn (3, 6th inning off Happ, 0 on, 0 out). S: CLE Aviles. Team Lob: CLE 17; SEA 8. DP: SEA 3 (Cano-Miller, B-Morrison, Morrison-Castillo, W, Cano-Taylor, C-Morrison). E: CLE Aviles (4, throw). Cleveland IP H D Salazar 5.1 4 N Hagadone 0.2 0 R Webb 1.0 0 B Shaw 2.0 0 C Allen 1.0 1 Z McAllister(W, 1-2) 1.0 0 A Adams 1.0 0 Seattle IP H J Happ 5.0 8 T Wilhelmsen 0.2 2 C Furbush 0.2 1 C Smith 1.0 3 J Beimel 0.2 0 F Rodney 1.0 1 M Lowe 2.0 1 D Leone (L, 0-4) 1.0 2 Time: 4:36. Att: 32,112.
R 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 R 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Chicago Sox 013 001 100 6 Houston 000 000 000 0 SB: CWS Ramirez, Al 2 (6, 2nd base off Hernandez, R/Castro, J, 2nd base off Hernandez, R/Castro, J). 2B: CWS Cabrera, Me (4, Hernandez, R), Sanchez, C (3, Feliz, M); HOU Carter (4, Danks, J), Marisnick (7, Danks, J), Villar (5, Danks, J), Gattis (9, Danks, J). 3B: HOU Villar (1, Danks, J). GIDP: HOU Altuve, Gattis, Valbuena. HR: CWS LaRoche (6, 7th inning off Buchanan, J, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: CWS 6; HOU 6. DP: CWS 3 (Sanchez, C-Ramirez, Al-LaRoche, Beckham, G-Sanchez, C-LaRoche, Sanchez, CLaRoche). E: HOU Villar (9, throw). Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SO J Danks (W, 3-4) 9.010 0 0 1 6 Houston IP H R ER BB SO R Hernandez (L, 2-4) 5.2 8 5 4 1 2 T Sipp 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Buchanan 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 M Feliz 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:37. Att: 27,423.
Rangers 4, Red Sox 3 Boston
Texas
ab r h bi ab r h bi Pedroia 2B 5 0 0 0 DeShields LF 3 1 0 0 Betts CF 4 1 1 0 Choo RF 4110 Ortiz DH 4 0 1 0 Fielder DH 4 1 1 0 Ramirez LF 5 1 2 1 Beltre 3B 3 0 2 2 Napoli 1B 4 0 0 0 Rosales 3B 1 0 0 0 Sandoval 3B 4 1 1 0 Moreland 1B 4 0 0 0 Bogaerts SS 4 0 3 1 Andrus SS 4 0 0 0 Swihart C 4 0 1 0 Martin CF 4 0 0 0 Castillo RF 4 0 2 0 Corporan C 4 0 1 0 Totals 38 3 11 2 Alberto 2B 4 1 2 0 Totals 35 4 7 2
Yesterday’s results NY Mets 4, Miami 3 Cincinnati 8, Washington 2 Colorado 4, Philadelphia 1 Tampa Bay 9, Baltimore 5 Milwaukee 7, Arizona 6 Chicago Sox 6, Houston 0 Minnesota 6, Toronto 5 St. Louis 3, LA Dodgers 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Kansas City 1 Texas 4, Boston 3 Atlanta 7, San Fran 5 Oakland 3, NY Yankees 0 Cleveland 6, Seattle 3 LA Angels 4, Detroit 2 San Diego 7, Pittsburgh 1
Toronto
Houston
ER BB SO 3 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 ER BB SO 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 1
Boston 110 001 000 3 Texas 101 000 002 4 SB: BOS Ramirez, H (2, 2nd base off Rodriguez, W/Corporan), Swihart (1, 2nd base off Edwards, J/Corporan), Betts (8, 2nd base off Freeman, S/Corporan), Castillo, R (1, 2nd base off Ohlendorf/ Corporan); TEX DeShields (12, 2nd base off Kelly, J/Swihart). 2B: TEX Hamilton, J (2, Uehara). GIDP: BOS Napoli. S: TEX DeShields. Team Lob: BOS 10; TEX 10. DP: TEX (Andrus-Alberto-Moreland). E: BOS Pedroia (5, missed catch), Sandoval 2 (5, fielding, fielding); TEX Beltre (6, fielding). Boston IP H R ER BB SO J Kelly 5.0 6 2 1 2 3 A Ogando 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 T Layne 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 J Tazawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 K Uehara (BS, 2)(L, 2-2) 0.2 1 2 0 1 0 Texas IP H R ER BB SO W Rodriguez 5.2 9 3 2 0 4 J Edwards 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 S Freeman 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 K Kela 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 C Ohlendorf (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Time: 3:16. Att: 32,848.
Athletics 3, Yankees 0 NY Yankees
Oakland
ab r h bi Gardner CF 4 0 0 0 Burns CF Headley 3B 4 0 1 0 Zobrist LF Rodriguez DH 4 0 2 0 Vogt C Teixeira 1B 4 0 1 0 Butler DH Beltran RF 3 0 0 0 Reddick RF Flores LF 3 0 1 0 Lawrie 3B McCann PH 1 0 0 0 Muncy 1B Murphy C 3 0 0 0 Semien SS Jones PH 1 0 0 0 Sogard 2B Gregorius SS 3 0 2 0 Totals Pirela 2B 3010 Totals 33 0 8 0
ab r h bi 4230 4010 3113 4010 2000 3000 3020 3000 3000 29 3 8 3
NY Yankees 000 000 000 0 Oakland 000 002 01x 3 SB: OAK Burns 2 (9, 2nd base off Warren/Murphy, J, 3rd base off Warren/Murphy, J). GIDP: NYY Gardner; OAK Semien. HR: OAK Vogt (11, 6th inning off Warren, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: NYY 7; OAK 4. DP: NYY 2 (Teixeira, Gregorius-Pirela-Teixeira); OAK 2 (Sogard-Muncy, Sogard-SemienMuncy). E: NYY Gardner (1, throw). NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO A Warren (L, 3-4) 7.0 6 2 2 1 4 E Rogers 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 J Lindgren 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 D Carpenter 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO J Chavez (W, 2-5) 8.0 7 0 0 0 6 T Clippard 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 Time: 2:21. Att: 25,457.
Braves 7, Giants 5 Atlanta
San Francisco
ab r h bi ab r h bi Peterson 2B 5 0 2 3 Aoki LF 3000 Maybin CF 5 0 0 0 Maxwell LF 1 0 0 0 Markakis RF 5 0 0 0 Panik 2B 4122 Gomes LF 3 2 1 0 Pence RF 4 0 0 0 Johnson 1B 3 0 2 1 Posey C 3000 Freeman 1B 1 1 1 1 Belt 1B 3121 Simmons SS 3 1 1 0 Crawford SS 4 1 1 1 Bethancourt C4 1 0 0 Pagan CF 4 0 0 0 Teheran P 3 0 0 0 Duffy 3B 3110 Pierzynski PH 1 1 1 0 Bumgarner P 2 0 0 0 Totals 33 6 8 5 Blanco PH-OF2 1 1 1 Totals 33 5 7 5
Atlanta 000 010 204 7 San Francisco 020 000 300 5 2B: SF Duffy, M (5, Teheran), Panik (11, Grilli). 3B: ATL Peterson, J (3, Casilla). HR: ATL Uribe (3, 7th inning off Bumgarner, 1 on, 1 out), Freeman (7, 9th inning off Casilla, 0 on, 1 out); SF Belt (7, 2nd inning off Teheran, 0 on, 0 out), Crawford, B (7, 2nd inning off Teheran, 0 on, 0 out), Panik (4, 7th inning off Veal, 1 on, 1 out). S: SF Aoki. Team Lob: ATL 5; SF 7. E: ATL Johnson, C (3, missed catch); SF Crawford, B (5, fielding). PICKOFFS: ATL Teheran (Belt at 1st base). Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO J Teheran 6.0 4 3 3 4 1 D Veal 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 N Masset (W, 1-1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1 J Grilli 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO M Bumgarner 6.1 5 3 3 1 6 G Kontos 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 J Affeldt 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 H Strickland 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 S Casilla (BS, 3)(L, 4-1) 0.2 3 4 3 1 0 J Lopez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 3:02. Att: 41,553.
B.C. Premier League Team North Delta North Shore Vic Eagles Langley Okanagan Nanaimo Whalley Abbotsford Coquitlam Vic Mariners Parksville White Rock
W 12 14 17 15 16 15 12 8 8 5 4 5
L 3 3 7 7 8 11 13 15 18 13 14 19
Pct GB .800 .824 1 .708 .5 .682 .5 .667 .5 .577 2.5 .480 5.0 .348 8 .308 9.5 .278 8.5 .222 9.5 .208 11.5
Yesterday’s doubleheader North Delta 5, Coquitlam 4 Coquitlam 2, North Delta 0 Saturday’s results Whalley 2, Parksville 0 Whalley 9, Parksville 3 Tuesday, June 2 Whalley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 4 Victoria Eagles at Vic Mariners, 7 p.m. North Delta at White Rock, 7 p.m.
COFFEEBREAK
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2015 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES |
ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman
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HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Communication will be most successful in the morning. A gentle touch could end nearly any problem. You might want to reach out for more feedback from someone who is more knowledgeable than you are. Tonight: Put on your headphones and listen to great music. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Others will come toward you before you even make it out the door this morning. Eye a financial arrangement with cynicism, and don’t jump into any legal agreements right now. You might feel as though something is a good deal, but it likely isn’t. Tonight: Chat over dinner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Don’t allow others to distract you. Maintaining this stance will take a lot of self-discipline. You could be challenged by a partner later in the day. You’ll wonder what is happening with this person. Stay cool. Keep your opinions to yourself for now. Tonight: Accept an invitation. CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might be in the position to find out more information about
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a loved one. Your attitude will help this person reveal him- or herself more completely. Don’t get so distracted that you are unable to complete errands or return calls. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might be slow to get going, but once the afternoon hits, you can’t be stopped. Be aware of what someone lets slip, and try not to take it personally. Lighten up the moment, and let your imagination flow. Tonight: Love the one you are with. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Return calls in the morning -- you have a lot of ground to cover. Schedule as much as you can for later in week. You could be surprised by what comes out in a conversation. Focus on a domestic matter; the issue only will get bigger if you don’t. Tonight: Order in. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You will need to handle a personal matter before the day grows old. You won’t want this issue to undermine your thinking. Listen to what you are hearing. A conversation might need to be revisited in the afternoon,
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when others can hear you better. Tonight: Out and about. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Handle anything important in the morning, when you feel more upbeat. Your ability to get past a problem allows a misunderstanding to melt away. You could be overwhelmed by a choice you have to make. Use caution with spending. Tonight: Pay bills first. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) As off as you might feel in the morning, you will feel much better by midafternoon. Take your time getting started, and worry less about your choices and where you are going. Laughter surrounds a loved one whom you care a lot about. Tonight: Let the fun begin! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could be faced with a major change you might not have been expecting. Don’t worry -- you probably will like what you are seeing. Make fewer judgments, and enjoy the experience. Sometimes it is best to turn off your mind. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might be in the mood to initiate a change. How you plan to handle this matter could vary significantly as the day ages. Success comes to you in the mid-afternoon, once you have accepted what must be done. Tonight: Find a friend and enjoy his or her news. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might be wondering what approach would be best under the present circumstances. You have the ability to see past the obvious and to understand the implications of what is happening. You will need to take the lead in the afternoon. Tonight: A must appearance. BORN TODAY Actress Marilyn Monroe (1920), model Heidi Klum (1973), actor Morgan Freeman (1937)
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FIRST NATIONS
Officers criticize roll out of carbines after killings
Residential school deaths need study
RCMP in Bourque incident needed better training, they say
The commission that has spent five years examining one of the darkest chapters in Canada’s history is winding up its work with a key question left unanswered — exactly how many aboriginal children died in residential schools? Justice Murray Sinclair, who heads the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, says the federal government stopped recording the deaths around 1920 after the chief medical officer at Indian Affairs suggested children were dying at an alarming rate. “He was fired,” Sinclair says. “The government stopped recording deaths of children in residential schools, we think, probably because the rates were so high.” Sinclair has guessed up to 6,000 children may have died at the schools but it’s impossible to say with certainty. “We think this is a situation that needs further study,” he said. More than 130 years after the first residential schools were established to “take the Indian out of the child,” the commission is to release a summary of its six-volume final report on Tuesday. It will include testimony from survivors, as well as numerous recommendations to address the legacy of forced assimilation. The commission didn’t originally intend to examine how many children never came home, but it quickly emerged as an issue, Sinclair says. Schools were often crowded, poorly ventilated and unsanitary. Children died from smallpox, measles, influenza and tuberculosis. Some were buried in unmarked graves in school cemeteries, while others were listed as “missing” or “discharged.” In some cases, parents never found out what happened. Some provinces handed over death certificates to the commis-
ALISON AULD AND MICHAEL TUTTON THE CANADIAN PRESS
RCMP officers who raced to a New Brunswick neighbourhood under siege by Justin Bourque say the force has failed to supply them with recommended guns and training, months after a report urged the organization to do just that. Some frontline officers who spoke to The Canadian Press on the condition that they remain anonymous because they are not allowed to speak publicly say they fear for their safety because most members still do not have carbine rifles or training on how to use them. One RCMP officer who witnessed Bourque gun down a colleague last June 4 in Moncton says the organization has moved too slowly in rolling out the carbines and training. Another member says officers feel they are outgunned and are increasingly bitter that repeated calls for better weaponry over the last decade haven’t prompted a swift response from RCMP headquarters. “A lot of the members are disappointed ... but they’ve got to the point of saying, ’Well you know what, that’s the RCMP. They don’t give a s---t,”’ said one long-serving member involved in the hunt for Bourque. I don’t expect to see much more change. ... When it comes to the carbine being put in the vehicles, they say it’s going to happen but do I expect it? No, not for a few years.” He says only four people in his detachment of about 80 members have been trained on the Colt C8 carbine, a semi-automatic weapon that is highly regarded for its accuracy and long range,
Emergency response officers enter a residence in Moncton, N.B. on Thursday, June 5, 2014. [AP PHOTO]
and has been used for years by Canadian municipal police forces. The RCMP moved the first carbines out in 2013, with 2,200 now available for 12,000 members. Carbine training has stepped up since last year, but the force won’t reveal how many officers have been trained. In mid-May, the RCMP was charged with violating the Canada Labour Code. Labour investigators allege the police force didn’t provide appropriate weapons and equipment for “active shooter” incidents. They also say the force didn’t give staff the training and information needed to respond to incidents like Bourque’s, and that the RCMP didn’t “in general” ensure health and safety of its members. The matter will be heard in
court for the first time on July 9. The latest call for a faster rollout of the carbines came in a review from retired assistant commissioner Alphonse MacNeil after Bourque fatally shot three RCMP officers and wounded two others with an assault rifle that overpowered the members’ pistols and shotguns. MacNeil released 64 recommendations aimed at improving training, equipment, communications and planning during critical incidents, all of which were found to be deficient in the police response to the shootings. In particular, MacNeil said the RCMP has been slow in getting carbines, adding that none of the officers who responded to the chaotic scene in Moncton had one because all six were away at a training exercise.
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sion, but Sinclair says the work is far from over. “We have recommendations around that in the report. We’re going to tell you there are lots of records out there that are missing.” About 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children were taken from their families and forced to attend government schools over much of the last century. The $60-million commission was part of a landmark compensation deal between Ottawa, the Crown and residential school survivors. It visited hundreds of communities and heard testimony from 7,000 survivors, including graphic details of rampant sexual and physical abuse. The legacy of the schools is evident today, Sinclair says. High poverty rates, a large number of aboriginal children in foster care, a disproportionate number of aboriginals in jail and hundreds of missing and murdered aboriginal women can all be traced back to residential schools, he suggests. National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says part of reconciliation is ensuring that aboriginal children have the same quality of life as everyone else. If that doesn’t happen, he says, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s historic 2008 apology to residential school survivors will mean nothing.
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TERRORISM
COURTS
Activists using social media to fight jihadists, who recruit youth
Christian law school, society battle
SIDHARTHA BANERJEE THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — A Montreal-based human rights thinktank wants to fight jihadist groups on their own online turf, saying it’s time to push back against the propaganda. Kyle Matthews, who heads Concordia University’s Digital Mass Atrocity Prevention Lab, says the use of social media by groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant to lure young people and promote its cause goes largely unchecked. Groups like ISIL are evidence of the increasing convergence between new technology, atrocities and extremist factions, said Matthews. “ISIS has become like a genocidal force where it exists and it tends to squash all diversity and annihilate anyone who is different,” he said in a recent interview. “Tied to that, we have cases in Canada where individuals are being radicalized online, targeted on social media much like online sexual predators.” The lab was introduced this year and is part of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, where Matthews is deputy director. Montreal has been the focus of much scrutiny after the recent arrest of 10 youths suspected of wanting to join jihadist groups in the Middle East. Their passports were confiscated, although no charges were laid.
DIANA MEHTA THE CANADIAN PRESS
Kyle Matthews, with the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies, shows some of the material used by jihadists on the internet, Friday in Montreal. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
A local junior college attended by some of those youths noted it was powerless to stop recruitment that largely takes place online. That followed the disappearance in January of several young Quebecers who are believed to have fled to Turkey to eventually join jihadist organizations in the Middle East. Some are thought to have attended the same school. In Quebec, the province is set to introduce anti-radicalization measures in the coming weeks, while the City of Montreal has said it plans to open an anti-rad-
icalization centre. While some people advocate closing down social media accounts and outing jihadist cheerleaders, Matthews said responding to such propaganda and tackling the ideology is equally important. “They’re creating a narrative that kind of makes the ISIS fighter look like the Che Guevara of 2015,” Matthews said. The propaganda videos are professionally produced. Groups like ISIL are also prolific, with thousands of Twitter and Facebook accounts that constantly recruit and target disaffected youth
in the West. There have been reports about their use of apps and other programs, like the Russian equivalent of Facebook, to bypass western intelligence. Jihadists have also demonstrated a long reach: an ISIL audio recording in mid-May, purportedly from its reclusive leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was translated into several languages and shared via some 46,000 Twitter accounts linked to the group. With so much jihadist content available, Matthews said governments and organizations worldwide are struggling to keep up.
UNITED STATES
Kerry breaks leg in bike crash, calls off trip
BRADLEY KLAPPER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GENEVA — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday after striking a curb, and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group. Kerry was in stable condition and in good spirits as he prepared to return to Boston for further treatment with the doctor who previously operated on his hip, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said. He said X-rays at a Swiss hospital confirmed that Kerry fractured his right femur. “The secretary is stable and never lost consciousness, his injury is not life-threatening and he is expected to make a full recovery,” Kirby said in a statement. Kerry, 71, was taken by helicopter to Geneva’s main medical centre, HUG, after hitting a curb with his bike near Scionzier,
France, about 40 kilometres southeast of the Swiss border. Paramedics and a physician were on the scene with his motorcade at the time and provided him immediate attention. They quickly decided to order the 10-minute-long helicopter transport. The Dauphine Libere, a local newspaper, said Kerry fell near the beginning of his ride to the famed mountain pass called the Col de la Colombiere, which has been a route for the Tour de France more than a dozen times. Right around the time of his fall, a Twitter feed about local driving conditions warned of the danger due to gravel along the pass. But U.S. officials said there was no gravel on the road where the accident occurred. According to the newspaper, some Haute Savoie officials were with Kerry at the time, including the head of the region. Kerry’s regular plane was returning to the United States carrying much of his staff and
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reporters who accompanied on the trip. The secretary of state planned to fly back late Sunday aboard a plane with special medical equipment “to ensure he remains comfortable and stable throughout the flight,” Kirby said. “Its use is nothing more than a prudent medical step on the advice of physicians.”
Kerry’s cycling rides have become a regular occurrence on his trips. He often takes his bike with him on the plane and was riding that bicycle Sunday. During discussions in late March and early April between world powers and Iran, Kerry took several bike trips during breaks.
TORONTO — A Christian university in British Columbia that forbids sexual intimacy outside heterosexual marriage heads to an Ontario court this week asking for the graduates of its proposed law school to be able to practice in the province. Specifically, Trinity Western University is asking for judicial review of a decision last year by Ontario’s law society to refuse accreditation to its yet-to-open law school. The case between the private university and the Law Society of Upper Canada pits religious freedoms against samesex equality rights, with each side saying one is discriminating against the other. The case that will be heard in Toronto comes as Trinity Western is engaged in similar battles in other provinces. It recently secured a win in Nova Scotia, where a court stopped that province’s law society from denying the university accreditation, although the decision is now being appealed. In British Columbia, however, the B.C. Law Society voted not to recognize the university’s law school graduates and the provincial government revoked its support for the proposed law school. At the heart of all the disputes is the university’s “community covenant” or code of conduct, which it requires all students to abide by. The covenant includes requiring students to abstain from gossip, obscene language, prejudice, harassment, lying, cheating, stealing, pornography, drunkenness and sexual intimacy “that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman.” Students can face discipline for violating the covenant, either on or off campus, according to the school’s student handbook. The university notes, however, that it does not ban admission to gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender students or faculty, or encourage discrimination of any kind against LGBT individuals.
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Volunteers came out to the Port Alberni Youth Centre on Saturday to help paint and clean up with the help of the Telus Days of Giving Campaign.
Paddy Edwards preps the building’s exterior for painting. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
David Luckett gave the outside of the Port Alberni Youth Centre a new paint job during Saturday’s workbee. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Suzanne Fleury adds a fresh coat of paint to one of the rooms of the Port Alberni Youth Centre during Saturday’s workbee. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
International students from China were on site to lend a hand. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Bike to Work Week wrapped up at Save-On Foods on Saturday with a bike “roadeo,” games, tune-ups and a free barbecue.
Aloma Brailsford came through with an obstacle around which Meagan Batt had to manoeuvre during the bike roadeo at the Save-On Foods parking lot. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Save-On Foods employee Gary Jackson cooked up some hotdogs at the wrap-up of Bike to Work Week on Saturday. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Save-On Foods employee Mandy Wass watches as Stephanie and Shandra Hayes takes a spin of the prize wheel. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Stephanie Hayes takes a big bite of a hotdog from the free barbecue at the event. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]