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BOATING

Wakesurfers breaking bad waves Sproat Lake community voices frustration with water sports thrill seekers damaging shore property MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

It’s wakesurfing – not wakeboarding – that’s causing the damage to lakefront properties and angering residents, says the Sproat Lake Community Association president.

Stan Kujala said the SLCA is considering how best to approach the problem of wakesurfers and the big waves they make, which has washed over docks and boats. Signs will be put up and educational material published that suggests designated areas around Sproat Lake for the sport.

Wakesurfing is similar to wakeboarding, with participants riding a board on their feet while pulled behind a speedboat; but it differs in the size of the wake created. For wakesurfing, a relatively newer variation, the boats are ballasted with water weights and fitted with drop-down gates or wedges to create large whitecapped waves to “surf” on.

“I’ve had some of my boats damaged,” said Kujala. “They’ve been smashed against the dock.

I had a tin boat on the beach one day that got swamped – some waves came in, flooded the whole back of the boat. So it is a problem and I can see it becoming a larger problem as more and more of these [wakesurfing] boats show up on the lake.”

Most of the wakesurfers he’s noticed are from out of town, Kujala said.

“it is a problem and I can see it becoming a larger problem as more and more of these boats show up on the lake.”

Stan Kujala, GFAC vice-chairwoman

Sproat Lake regional director Penny Cote agreed that wakesurfing is a problem and a priority for residents. Cote said the large waves are not just damaging docks and boats, but eroding the shoreline.

“People have very expensive wharfs, boat houses, boats,” Cote said, adding residents have put up breakwaters to protect their property. “I heard from someone down on Stirling [Arm Drive] that they had to fix their wharf three times...it’s very frustrating.

“Either they don’t know or they don’t care,” Cote said about the wakesurfers. To better inform them, a sandwich board will be put up this week by the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol at the boat launch which calls attention to boaters to remain 30 metres away from docks and floats, and to keep their wake to a minimum. The marine patrol will also hand out brochures about boating etiquette.

According to Transport Canada, boaters are responsible

A young wakesurfer catches a wave as he wakesurfs on Sproat Lake last summer. Sproat Lake residents are calling for restrictions on the sport because of the large waves that damage boats and docks.

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for the damage caused by their wake.

“A boat’s wake can damage other vessels, docks and the shoreline,” states the federal ministry’s Safe Boating Guide.

“Be aware of how your boat’s wake might affect others when choosing your speed. You will be responsible for any damages or harm you cause.”

Kujala said he hasn’t seen the rules enforced on Sproat Lake by the RCMP. “But the law is there to pursue if wakesurfing is causing damage to one’s property,” he noted.

Arthur Skipsey, a long-time Sproat Lake homeowner, wrote a letter to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District and gave a presentation to the board of directors last month about the problem of wakesurfing – though Skipsey referred to it as “wakeboarding.”

“Waves come over float decks,” Skipsey stated. He suggested posting speed limits and restricting the sport to areas where there is no housing.

ACRD chief administrative officer Russel Dyson said the regional district can put up signs

but does not have the authority to enforce federal laws.

Kujala said he isn’t seeking a blanket ban on wakesurfing. “I have to be somewhat diplomatic in the position I’m in,” said the SLCA president.

“I honestly don’t think you’re going to be able to stop [wakesurfing], I just think it has to be done at the right place, the right time, and with respect to people’s property and other people using the lake.”

Kujala suggested that maps of the lake with designated areas could be made available for wakesurfers. They would need to stay away from lakefront property, he said.

For obstinate wakesurfers who disregard the SLCA’s suggestions, some law enforcement would be needed, Kujala noted.

The RCMP were not available for comment before press time.

The Sproat Lake Community Association is an organization of volunteers who meet to discuss issues concerning Sproat Lake residents. For more information see www.sproatlakecommunityassociation.ca.

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Low water levels bring restrictions, reduced gillnet fishery KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The City of Port Alberni has implemented Stage 1 water restrictions effective today.

Residents are permitted to water lawns and gardens only between 6 and 9 a.m. and 7 and 10 p.m. on odd or even-numbered calendar days that correspond with the property’s odd or even address number.

The hot and dry weather in May required the water restrictions to be put into place and Councillor Chris Alemany said it is slightly earlier than usual.

“Towards the end of July we usually get into this scenario,” Alemany said.

He is confident that with the recent discussions about water conservation and the warm temperatures Port Alberni is experiencing, residents will comply.

“The City will monitor how much consumption is taking place and it is a good idea to remind neighbours if you see them watering too much,” he said.

The City requests people not waste water by washing cars or

hosing off driveways.

The Stage 1 water restrictions will be in place until further notice.

If the hot, dry weather continues, further restrictions could be issued.

Lower than expected escapement concerns at the Paper Mill Dam have forced the Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations to reduce the gillnet fishery this week.

The high temperatures and low water levels on the river raised issues last week about the run of sockeye. Already this season, 20,000 sockeye have been caught

by First Nations gillnetters on the Somass River.

Schedules are as follows: The boundaries are from Papermill Dam seaward to a line from 10 mile point to Hook Bay. Commercial Gillnet schedule: June 7, Sunday 12 p.m. – opens.

June 9 Tuesday 12 p.m. – closes inside Pollys Point.

June 10 Wednesday 12 p.m. – closes all areas.

Further adjustments will be made as necessary.

Curtis Nielsen of Ladysmith was ready to take his gillnet fishing boat, the Good Year, out on Sunday at the Clutesi Haven Marina to catch sockeye salmon. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

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Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281.

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Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni.

Info: 1-800-807-1780.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Port Alberni.

Info: 1-800-883-3968.

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.

Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Info: 250-723-7323.

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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.

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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Folk Song Circle meets Tuesdays, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Fir Park Village. Info: 250-723-7945.

Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Meals on Wheels program needs volunteer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390.

First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250723-2056 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.

Ultimate Frisbee, June 9, 16, 23, 30 at 7 p.m. at Sweeney field. Drop in. No experience necessary.

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ADSS pancake breakfast, June 11 from 7-9 a.m. at ADSS. Proceeds to KidSport.

Alberni Canal Downwind Challenge at Canal Beach June 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. See paddleboarders paddle their way up the Alberni Inlet.

ADSS Show â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Shine, June 13 at ADSS from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 250-731-7782.

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Hot dog sale fundraiser for Kuu-Us Crisis Society, June 19 from noon to 4 p.m. at Save-On Foods.

Literacy Alberni with Coast Realty realtors is hosting a fundraiser book and hot dog sale on June 20 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Info: Alana Bodnar 250-723-7323.

Summer Parkour classes begin June 23 with Ethos Parkour and Port Alberni Parks and Recreation at Echo Centre. Six classes are scheduled for Tuesdays 7:15 to 9 p.m. For info phone Michael Kleyn 250-735-0881.

Golden Oldies Show â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;n Shine, July 4 at Williamson Park from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 250-723-8344.

Jane Austen high tea, July 3 & 4 at 1 p.m. at Rollin Art Centre.

Addictions The Christian Intervention Program runs Tuesdays, from 6 to 8 p.m.

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EDUCATION

Library gears up for summer of fun KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Once school is over for the summer, the learning continues at the library.

Libraries have become much more than a place for just books over the years and have changed to meet the growing needs. The same is true for the annual Summer Reading Club and this year has a lot to offer to students of the Alberni Valley.

Just a month into her new position at the Port Alberni branch, Robin Kelley, customer services librarian for children and youth, jumped into the summer program as one of her first projects.

“This is an initiative to help students keep up their skills over the summer and encourage them to visit the library to see how fun and exciting it is,” Kelley said.

Once registered for the free program, students receive a package full of information, including a reading log. Each time they read seven books, they are entered into a draw for prizes.

Robin Kelley reads to young children at the library in preparation for the Summer Reading Program. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Along with reading, participants will have the opportunity to take part in creative, hands on activities all summer. Kel-

ley has organized a schedule of events based on the theme, “Build it”. Kids will have a chance to build upon their own

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motor skills and imagination while they construct things out of paper, recycled material and garden supplies. Among the

weekly workshops taking place in July and August include building a space tool, a magical garden and a tower.

Each Wednesday Club members will gather for a drop-in Storytime in the Park at Gyro Park from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m.

On Tuesday, Aug. 11, a library maze and scavenger hunt will take place all day. Kids who solve the mystery will be entered to win more prizes.

There will be a couple of special guests throughout the summer and will end with a wrap-up party on August 20, featuring magician Leif David.

The Summer Reading Club is an initiative among all Vancouver Island Regional Library branches in B.C., but all offer different activities. If you are travelling this summer and have a library card, children can take part in any of the events where they are offered.

Students and parents in Port Alberni can sign up either in person or online at virl.bc.ca between June 20 and the first day of the program, July 2.

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Auditions for dance and Physical and mental health important to Abbeyfield resident theatre coming soon KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Bertha Levesque was born in Bodmin, Sask. in 1919. At 96, the Abbeyfield resident is still in good health and enjoys the socializing and camaraderie each day.

Bertha has lived through years of technological changes and advancements and has a wealth of experience from harder times. She said it was through perseverance and doing what she had to do that ensured she and her family were taken care of.

When she was five years old, Bertha was stricken with polio.

It left her with little use of an arm and leg and a limp in her walk.

“It didn’t hold me back,” she said. “I just persevered the best I could. The only reason I am in a wheelchair now is because I fell and broke my bad leg a few years ago.”

Growing up on a farm in Saskatchewan, Bertha was surrounded by 11 siblings.

“There was never a dull moment,” she said.

The family grew their own food and when they had a good year, her mother would preserve what she could for the winter.

“Sometimes the weather didn’t cooperate but we always had a lot of potatoes and staples,” she said. “My poor mother baked bread every second day in the winter, but my dad was good at helping too.”

For a few years, the only store was seven miles away so Bertha rode with her family on horse and buggy for groceries until another store opened nearby.

“We didn’t have the transportation we have now,” she said.

“Everything was quite different. In a lot of ways it was quite primitive.”

Bertha attended school until Grade 8 and then helped her mother run the household and take care of her younger siblings. She married young, at 16, when she met her husband George, who arrived

Bertha Levesque enjoys life at Abbeyfield. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

in Saskatchewan from New Brunswick.

“He came to fish in the northern lakes and they would ship the fish to the United States,” she said.

The couple had four children while in Saskatchewan and soon after, looked farther west for work. A carpenter by trade, George was able to find work in Port Alberni. Shortly upon arrival, though, he was sent to Whitehorse for three years during the war. Bertha was left on her own to raise the children, a son and three daughters.

“I didn’t find it difficult,” she said. “I did the best I could.

It was like being in the army.

When the men went to war, the women stayed home with their families.”

Bertha remained a stay-athome mom and enjoyed the opportunity to take care of the household duties, including gardening and baking bread, skills she learned from her mother. George worked for Souther Construction until retiring at 65.

After George passed away

about 15 years ago, Bertha lived on her own until her recent fall that put her in a wheelchair. She moved to Abbeyfield and said it is a great place to live. She enjoys reading and completing a daily crossword puzzle.

“There are always a lot of visitors and games,” she said.

“They keep us busy here.”

Bertha intends to continue to meet new people as they drop by the residence and compete in games on the big screen in the common area.

Two performing arts groups are putting out the call for actors and dancers.

Dancestreams, Vancouver Island’s longest established youth dance company, will be holding auditions for the 2015–16 season on Sunday, June 14. Each year, the company chooses talented teens from dance schools all across Vancouver Island to receive high levels of training and experience.

The dedicated dancers show commitment by attending intensive training every Sunday for six hours, along with their regular studio time. They are exposed to choreographers and instructors from all over North America, attend workshops and master classes and have the opportunity to travel world-wide for performances.

Many of the dancers with the company have professional goals in mind and have gone on to successfully pursue careers in the field.

“Dancestreams offers serious dance students the opportunity to work with dancers with similar focus and determination in a situation where they can learn as much from each other as from the guest teachers and artistic staff,” said artistic director Pattie MacKenzie.

Auditions for dancers ages 12–18 will be held at the

Dancer - Beatrix Bellosillo

Qualicum Beach School of Dance from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, contact Dancestreams@shaw.ca or call 250-723-9525.

The Portal Players Dramatic Society is also seeking performers for the fall season’s presentation of A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline. Set for November and directed by Peter Wienold and Denis Levasseur, the musical will highlight Cline’s well-known songs, complete with a live band, backup singers and a radio DJ. Roles currently required include baritone, tenor and alto background singers and men are encouraged to audition. The role of radio DJ, “Little Big Man” is also being cast.

Auditions will be held Thursday, June 18 at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. For more information, contact Wienold or Levasseur at capitoltheatre@shaw.ca.

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» Our View

We know the truth, need reconciliation W e know the truth and it’s horrific.

Now it is time to move toward reconciliation.

The facts about residential schools have permeated through to the Canadian public for the last 20 years.

We have seen numerous criminal prosecutions of the monsters who took advantage of the isolated nature of the residential schools to abuse children in the worst ways.

Beginning here on the Island in 1997, the details were aired out in civil lawsuits, in which survivors of those institutions sought compensation from the various churches that ran them hand in hand with the federal government.

As an example, the 1997 statement of claim filed against various priests and staff at the Kuper Island Residential school off Chemainus reads like a crime blotter with repeated grievous sexual offences against children.

But there was more: “deprivation of the love and guidance of his parents and siblings;” “loss of his aboriginal language and culture and his family roots;” “post traumatic stress disorder;” “alcohol and drug abuse and addiction” among others.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has labelled the residential school system — quite correctly — as an effort at cultural genocide.

How residential schools began in the 19th century is documented. The federal govern-

ments of that era, which had fully expected Aboriginal populations to disappear, begrudgingly admitted they had to live up to their responsibilities to First Nations as required by law.

From the very first the intention was to destroy Aboriginal language and culture. It didn’t work because it could not work.

The resilience of First Nations people was too great, their traditions and culture too strong and deep to be disposed of by such crude means.

As we now move on to the next phase, making past apologies offered by recent governments, agencies and churches mean something through the actions of Canadians, we all must acknowledge and remember this dark part of our history.

The report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission today represents a step beyond pity or ignorance.

It happened. In all its tragic legacy of pain and trauma, it’s real.

It is at our peril that we risk failing to accept and admit that.

To ignore that this happened in Canada, to Canadians of First Nations descent, would be to dishonour the experiences of residential school survivors.

That cannot be.

Accepting, acknowledging and acting on this reality is necessary for all of us.

This is also a great opportunity to take a tragic moment of our history and make Canada and Canadians stronger.

It is time to move beyond blame and fear.

The average Canadian isn’t being asked to carry the sins of the fathers; only to admit that such sins happened and to then find empathy for those caught up in this sad history.

The time of apologies, criminal charges or civil suits brought by those still struggling with the aftermath of the residential schools is also at an end.

Now it’s about living out what Italian Holocaust survivor and writer Primo Levi said in his poem about suffering, If This is a Man. “Meditate that this came about: I commend these words to you.

Carve them in your hearts.”

the Charter of Rights and Freedoms are fair to whom? Risk to re-offend has become a heightened public concern.

In our quest for freedoms we have objectified sexual abuse in the motion picture and entertainment industries. Many screen scenes represent the party lifestyles and erotic exploitation of mostly females. Impressionable children have been abandoned by parents to watch the depictions on the screens. This includes the use of smartphones that look back at kids.

Youth see there is little consequence of their acts of abuse.

Peer group, mob group, violent lying or intimidation silences victims and witnesses. All this is learned when screen experience becomes living physical or sexual bullying.

Inappropriate behaviours must be stopped immediately, because later offender rehabilitation will be expensive. At that point, the parenting, the civilized counselling assistance and the law will have failed victims and sexual abusers whether they are underage or adult.

It is carnage on the young!

Please, regain community responsibility to protect our young people. Offenders need to be stopped by public diligence and the law.

Avoidance, unawareness or denials of the problem are unconscionable excuses.

Alberni and the Island.

What type of hydrocarbons did his team burn up to save an industry decimated by greed and hatred between the First Nations and an increasingly incompetent federal government?

Our taxes fund these groups that want to save things that cost our taxation system. Does he agree with Steelhead LNG that is milking local money for a complete pipe dream?

Shame on all those “sheep” that are believers. Once again the energy sector pays my bills.

I am fortunate but the lies being sold to the people of B.C. by both sides of our resources is frigging unbelievable. Good luck in saving our fish dude.

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Wakesurfing problem needs community voices There has been much talk and controversy over wakesurfing on Sproat Lake, with large wakes damaging docks, boats and property.

With this fairly new sport, the boats are ballasted with water for extra weight along with drop down gates to create a wake large enough to surf on.

This activity has created larger and more powerful waves than Sproat Lake has ever seen. The topic of wakesurfing has been brought up several times in the past at our Sproat Lake Community Assoc. meetings.

There is a law in place that states “A boat’s wake can damage other vessels, docks and the shoreline. It can also be a risk for swimmers, divers and people on small boats that might capsize.

Be aware of how your boat’s wake might effect others when choosing your speed. You will be responsible for any damages or harm you cause.”

Transport Canada’s “On The Water Safe Boating Guide” has this information and much more.

This law has never been enforced on Sproat Lake as it falls under federal jurisdiction. But the law is there to pursue if wakesurfing is causing damage to one’s property.

Although the waterways are federal jurisdiction, the law is to be enforced by local RCMP. Sproat Lake is a great place for water sports but there is a time and place for wakesurfing as to not anger residents or other people out to enjoy the lake.

I encourage lake residents, wakesurfers and anyone with concerns to attend our Community Assoc. meetings and voice their opinions. A simple solution could be designated wakesurfing areas.

Online polling Friday’s question: Should children today be taught about the history of the Indian residential schools?

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Today’s question: Is the Alberni Valley an attractive place for workers?

Answer online before 5 p.m. today: www.avtimes.net

I look forward to input and ideas to come up with a solution to this problem on our lake.

Stan Kujala Sproat Lake Community Association

Public diligence needed to stop sexual abusers It is perplexing to understand the huge number of sexual crimes and assaults that occurs in our country.

We hear the statistic contains many children.

By definition, anyone who obstructs the right way forward in the life of a child is evil.

Accountability and deterrence must be held paramount above compassionate rehabilitation of perpetrators. The scorching truth is that acts of sexual abuse are inhuman interferences.

The Young Offenders Act and

Bruce E. Hornidge Port Alberni

Suzuki’s ‘sheep’ believe lies about industry As an industrial worker always working away from my hometown, I was just wondering how Mr. [David] Suzuki travelled to

Fred Fisher Port Alberni

Senators fall victim to ‘unclear’ Senate rules With so many other Senators, besides Mike Duffy, apparently falling victim to “unclear” Senate rules regarding expenditures, why didn’t one of these highly intelligent Senators ask for clarification to the rules?

Unless, of course, they were too self-serving to pass up the opportunity to proverbially “feed at the taxpayers’ trough”?!

Unfortunately, ALL good Senators are likely to get tarred with the same brush.

Yup! One-time-legislator, Daniel Boone, said it all: “There ain’t no ticks like ‘poly-ticks’: blood-suckers all!”

And, in Boone’s day, Senators would’ve been targets for a good ol’ fashioned tar and feathering.

Hmmmmm....

Liz Stonard Port Alberni

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TRACK & FIELD

SOFTBALL

Port Alberni Mixed Slopitch League standings Updated for games the last week of May A Division: Oh Yeahs Inmates Afterburners The Crew J&L Black Crowes Code Brew Shooters Tim Hortons Diamond Dawgz

B Division: W-L–T 7–1 6–2 5–3 5–3 5–3 5–3 3–5 2–5–1 1–7 0–7

Rezsox Grannies Renegades Down&Dirty Guardians Jiffy Lube Screamers Baker’s Dozen Lucky Beavers Team Fun

W-L-T 5–0 7–1 4–3 4–4 4–4 4–4 4–4 3–3–1 1–6 0–7–1

Relay winner Grade 3 student Ty Cyr of Wood Elementary crosses the finish line well ahead of the competition at the 4x100-metre relay race on Friday for the district elementary school track and field meet at Bob Dailey Stadium. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

NHL

Lightning top line in form, ‘Hawks need Kane & Toews Fastpitch hit

Stanley Cup Final series tied 1–1, Game 3 tonight in Chicago

Port Alberni Stingers player Kyla Hearel runs for first base in a fast-pitch game against the Alberni Valley Storm during the fast-pitch peewee softball tournament at Echo Fields on May 31. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

CHICAGO - Now that the Tampa Bay Lightning have gotten production out of their “Triplets” line, the Chicago Blackhawks would love to get stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane going in this Stanley Cup final.

Through two games, Toews and Kane have basically been a nonfactor, shut down by defencemen Victor Hedman and Anton Stralman and forwards Cedric Paquette and Ryan Callahan. Toews has one assist to show for the series, while Kane has zero points and in Game 2 failed to register a shot on goal for the first time in the post-season since 2009.

Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said he doesn’t care which line steps up, but the spotlight is on Toews and Kane to produce beginning in Game 3 Monday night at United Center.

“That’s one of my jobs here is to try to produce offence,” Kane said Sunday. “At the same time I think you’ve got to stay positive, stay patient, try not to get too ahead of yourself and start thinking offence all the time.”

The Blackhawks and Lightning were thinking offence plenty in a seven-goal Game 2 with the kind of rapid pace players hope sticks for the rest of the series. Combine goaltender Corey Crawford’s inconsistency and Tampa Bay’s uncertain goaltending situation with the star power and it’s fair to expect more goals.

Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov of Tampa Bay’s “Triplets” line each scored Saturday night in a 4-3 victory that tied the series at a game apiece.

Meanwhile, Kane has been conspicuously quiet.

Quenneville would love Kane to score but isn’t dissatisfied with his play so far.

“I think he’s been a threat,” Quenneville said. “He was down with the two-on-one with (Brandon Saad) that looked like almost a breakaway, some other things that were materializing that were dangerous.”

Taking up the Lightning’s defensive energy is part of the value of Toews and Kane, Quenneville said — and he’s right. Hedman, Stralman, Paquette and Callahan have been tasked with stopping them and were so effective that the Blackhawks separated their star forwards in the third period.

Expect that to continue in Game 3, with Saad, Toews and Marian Hossa together and then Kane with Brad Richards and, perhaps, Bryan Bickell, who Quenneville said “could play” after missing the past two.

“Splitting those two up gives you a little bit more freedom as far as whether it’s room or something for them to be concerned with,” Quenneville said.

“I think a little bit more balance to our offence is why we usually keep them apart.”

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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2015

SCOREBOARD HOCKEY

NHL Stanley Cup Finals Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago Blackhawks (Best of seven series) Wednesday’s result (Game 1) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 Satuday’s result (Game 2) Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 3 (Series tied1-1) Today’s schedule (Game 3) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Saturday at Tampa Bay

Lightning 4 Blackhawks 3 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Paquette (2) (Callahan, Hedman) 12:56 Penalties: Oduya Chi (Tripping) 18:28 Second Period 2. Chicago, Shaw (5) (Desjardins, Kruger) 3:04 3. Chicago, Teravainen (4) (Hossa, Sharp) 5:20 (PP) 4. Tampa Bay, Kucherov (10) (Coburn, Garrison) 6:52 5. Tampa Bay, Johnson (13) (Kucherov) 13:58 Penalties: Killorn Tb (Hooking) 4:26, Coburn Tb (Holding) 9:24 Third Period 6. Chicago, Seabrook (7) (Oduya, Toews) 3:38 7. Tampa Bay, Garrison (2) (Callahan, Hedman) 8:49 (PP) Penalties: Sharp Chi (Slashing) 4:59, Sharp Chi (High-sticking) 7:17, Sustr Tb (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 13:08 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Chicago 11 8 10 29 Tampa Bay 12 10 2 24 Goaltending summary: Chicago: Crawford (20/24), Tampa Bay: Bishop (21/24), Vasilevskiy (5/5) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Chicago: 1 of 3, Tampa Bay: 1 of 3 Att: 19,204 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.

American Hockey League Calder Cup Final Manchester Monarchs vs. Utica Comets Yesterday’s result (Game 1) Manchester 3, Utica 2 (OT) Today’s schedule (Game 2) Manchester 2, Utica 1 (OT) (Manchester leads series 2-0) Wednesday, June 10 (Game 3) Manchester at Utica, 4 p.m.

Friday, June 12 (Game 4) Manchester at Utica, 4 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA Championship final (Best-of-seven series) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors Thursday’s result (Game 1) Golden State 108 Cleveland 100 (OT)

GOLF

HORSE RACING SOCCER Belmont Stakes

FIFA Women’s World Cup

American Pharoah $3.50 2.80 2.50 Frosted 3.50 2.90 Keen Ice 4.60 Full results: Horse, Jockey 1 American Pharoah, Victor Espinoza 2 Frosted, Joel Rosario 3 Keen Ice, Kent Desormeaux 4 Mubtaahij, Irad Ortiz, Jr. 5 Frammento, Mike Smith 6 Madefromlucky, Javier Castellano 7 Tale of Verve, Gary Stevens 8 Materiality, John Velazquez

June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan Yesterday’s results Norway 4, Thailand 0 Scoring: Trine Ronning 15’; Isabell Herlovsen 29’ and 34’; Ada Hegerberg 68’ Germany 10, Ivory Coast 0 Scoring: Celia Sasic 3, 14, 31’; Anja Mittag 29, 35, 64’; Simone Laudehr 71’; Sara Daebritz 75’;, Melanie Behringer 79’; Alexandra Popp 85’

Epsom Derby (Derby Stakes)

Saturday’s results (Day 1) Canada 1, China 0 Scoring: Christine Sinclair, Burnaby, B.C., 92nd minute, penalty. Halftime 0-0. Attendance: 53,058 Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0 Scoring: Lieke Martens, 33’

Epsom Downs, Surrey, England Results (Horse, jockey, odds) 1 Golden Horn, Frankie Dettori (13-8) 2 Jack Hobbs, William Buick (4-1) 3 Storm the Stars, Pat Cosgrave (16-1) 4 Giovanni Canaletto, Ryan Moore (6-1)

TENNIS French Open - Men, Women Grand Slam event: Stade Roland Garros Paris, France Surface: Clay. Total purse (men and women): €13,008,000 Men’s singles - Final Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Women’s Doubles - Final Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (3), Brazil, def. Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5.

LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP New Westminster 4 Victoria 5 Nanaimo 5 Langley 4 Coquitlam 3 Burnaby 3 Maple Ridge 4

W 4 3 2 2 1 1 1

L 0 2 3 2 2 2 3

T Pts 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 2

Yesterday’s result Maple Ridge 16, Nanaimo 10 Tuesday, June 9 Nanaimo at Burnaby, 7 p.m.

Langley at Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, June 10 Victoria at Langley, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 11 Burnaby at New Westminster, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, June 13 Burnaby at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 14 New Westminster at Maple Ridge, 6:45 p.m.

Coquitlam at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L Coquitlam 11 10 1 Delta 13 10 3 Victoria 12 8 4 New Westminster 10 5 5 Nanaimo 10 4 5 Langley 13 3 8 Port Coquitlam 12 3 8 Burnaby 13 2 11 Yesterday’s results Nanaimo 10, Langley 10 (OT) Burnaby 9, Port Coquitlam 7

T 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0

Yesterday’s result (Game 2) Cleveland 95 Golden State 93 (OT) (Series tied 1-1)

Saturday’s results Nanaimo 10, New Westminster 6 Delta 12, Victoria 7

Tuesday, June 9 (Game 3) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9 Nanaimo at Victoria, 8 p.m.

Pts 20 20 16 10 9 8 7 4

Today’s schedule (Groups C, D) Sweden vs. Nigeria, 1 p.m. at Winnipeg Cameroon vs. Ecuador, 4 p.m.Vancouver United States vs. Australia, 4:30 p.m. at Winnipeg Japan vs. Switzerland, 7 p.m. at Vancouver Today’s venues: Vancouver: BC Place, Capacity 54,500 Winnipeg: Winnipeg Stadium, 33,422 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.

Group A W D L GF GA Pts 1 Canada (H) 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 New Zealand 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 China 0 0 1 0 1 0 Saturday’s results (Day 1) Canada 1, China 0 Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0 Group B W D L GF GA Pts 1 Germany 1 0 0 10 0 3 2 Norway 1 0 0 4 0 3 3 Thailand 0 0 1 0 4 0 4 Ivory Coast 0 0 1 0 10 0 Yesterday’s results (at Ottawa) Norway 4, Thailand 0 Germany 10, Ivory Coast 0 Group C W D L GF GA Pts 1 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group D W D L GF GA Pts 1 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group E W D L GF GA Pts 1 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group F W D L GF GA Pts 1 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 Upcoming games Tuesday, June 9 (Groups E, F) 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 Thursday, June 11 (Groups A, B) China vs. Netherlands, 3 p.m., Edmonton Germany vs. Norway, 1 p.m. at Ottawa Ivory Coast vs. Thailand, 4 p.m. Ottawa Canada vs. New Zealand, 6 p.m. at Edmonton Friday, June 12 (Groups C, D) Australia vs. Nigeria, 2 p.m. at Winnipeg Switzerland v Ecuador,4 p.m. Vancouver

UEFA Champions League Final - Saturday at Olympiastadion, Berlin Juventus 1, Barcelona 3

David Lingmerth, of Sweden, raises the trophy after winning the Memorial golf tournament in a three-hole playoff Sunday in Dublin, Ohio. [AP PHOTO]

Lingmerth takes Memorial in playoff DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DUBLIN, Ohio — David Lingmerth kept telling himself it was his turn to win Sunday in the Memorial, even amid so many signs that suggested otherwise.

He thought his 3-under 69 would be enough when Justin Rose shanked a shot from a fairway bunker, plunked a spectator in the head and had to get up-and-down from 55 yards on the final hole to force a playoff. And he did.

Lingmerth was looking at a 10-foot par putt for the win on the first extra hole until Rose made a 20-footer for par that fell in from the right side of the cup, and suddenly the Swede’s putt was simply to stay in the game.

Lingmerth made them all until he was shaking hands with tournament host Jack Nicklaus to celebrate a victory he won’t soon forget. He ended the three-hole playoff — the longest in 40 years at Muirfield Village — with a par putt from just inside 5 feet.

But it was that first extra hole and his 10-foot putt to match Rose’s par that showed his resolved.

“I was thinking to myself that I’d probably have a putt to win the tournament right there,” he said.

“And then he drops it in ... and this big, huge roar.

Crazy feeling. So I took a few moments just to let the crowd and myself calm down because I knew how big that next putt was going to be. I’ve been in a few playoffs. You win some, you lose some. But I didn’t feel that it was my turn to lose this time. I was telling myself that I was going to make that putt.”

Stoic through all the pressure, the most emotion he showed was after it was all over.

His first PGA Tour victory came on the birthday of his father, Thomas, and his parents’ anniversary. Lingmerth’s wife used FaceTime for the father to watch the press conference, and when it ended, Nicklaus took the spoke and spoke to him as Lingmerth smiled wider that he did all day.

There were a few other gifts.

MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP W DC United 28 16 8 N. England 21 15 5 Toronto 19 12 6 Orlando 17 14 4 NY Red Bulls 17 13 4 Columbus 16 14 4 Philadelphia 15 16 4 Montreal 14 10 4 Chicago 14 13 4 NY City FC 11 14 2 Western League Club PTS GP W Seattle 26 14 8 Vancouver 26 16 8 Sporting KC 24 14 6 Portland 22 15 6 Dallas 22 14 6 Los Angeles 21 16 5 Houston 20 15 5 San Jose 19 14 5 Salt Lake 18 15 4 Colorado 14 14 2 Yesterday’s results Colorado 0, Salt Lake 0 Dallas 0, San Jose 0

L 4 4 5 5 4 6 9 4 7 7

T 4 6 1 5 5 4 3 2 2 5

GF GA 20 15 20 20 19 16 19 19 17 17 20 21 18 25 13 15 17 20 12 18

L 4 6 2 5 4 5 5 5 5 4

T 2 2 6 4 4 6 5 4 6 8

GF GA 20 11 18 15 22 15 15 14 18 19 15 18 21 19 14 15 13 18 11 12

Saturday’s results NY City FC 2, Philadelphia 1 Toronto 2, DC United 1 Montreal 2, Columbus 1 Orlando 3, Chicago 2 Seattle 0, Sporting KC 1 New England 0, Portland 2 Vancouver 1, LA Galaxy 0 Saturday, June 13 NY City vs. Montreal, 4 p.m.

Columbus vs. LA Galaxy, 4:30 p.m.

New England vs. Chicago, 4:30 p.m.

Seattle vs. Dallas, 7 p.m.

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

W 5 5 4 3 2 2 2 0 0

D 4 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 2

L 1 1 0 1 4 2 4 4 6

GF GA Pts 19 10 19 14 7 16 11 3 14 14 9 11 12 16 7 8 6 7 11 19 6 7 14 3 11 23 2

Yesterday’s schedule Vancouver Tbirds 3, Kamloops 1 Khalsa vs. FC Tigers Saturday’s result FC Tigers 0, Victoria 4 Tuesday, June 9 Vancouver Utd vs. Abbotsford, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 13 Abbotsford vs. Tim Hortons, 2 p.m.

Mid Isle vs. Vancouver Tbirds, 4 p.m.

Victoria vs. Khalsa, 4 p.m.

FC Tigers vs. Vancouver Utd, 5 p.m.

Canadian Tour - Victoria Bayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist, Daily through Sunday, June 7 Uplands Golf Club. Par 70, 6,420 yards.

Purse: CDN$175,000.

Final group tee off today: 12:40 p.m.

Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 * Denotes Canadian golfer 1 *Albin Choi -15 64 65 70 66 T2 *Eugene Wong -12 65 67 70 66 T2 Jason Millard -12 71 65 65 67 T2 *Adam Svensson -12 68 69 62 69 T5 *Cory Renfrew -11 67 67 67 68 T5 John Ellis -11 66 68 66 69 T7 Sam Ryder -10 69 70 66 65 T7 Ethan Tracy -10 68 66 70 66 9 *Kevin Spooner -9 70 66 67 68 T10 Brien Davis -8 68 70 70 64 T10 Paul McConnell -8 69 69 68 66 T10 Vince Covello -8 68 67 69 68 T10 Drew Weaver -8 67 68 68 69 T10 JJ Spaun -8 65 70 66 71 T15 Dillon Rust -7 69 70 68 66 T15 *Riley Fleming -7 68 69 69 67 T15 *Brad Clapp -7 68 70 67 68 T15 Charlie Bull -7 69 67 69 68 T15 *Ryan Williams -7 71 67 66 69 T20 Mike Van Sickle -6 67 72 71 64 T20 Chris Worrell -6 67 72 68 67 T20 *Adam Cornelson-6 66 68 70 70 T23 *James Love -5 69 69 71 66 T23 Joshua Stone -5 69 70 67 69 T23 Nick Sherwood -5 69 67 68 71 T23 Edward Figueroa -5 70 66 68 71 T23 William Kropp -5 70 67 62 76 T28 Drew Evans -4 66 73 68 69 T28 Bo Hoag -4 71 68 68 69 T28 Olin Browne Jr. -4 68 68 70 70 T28 *Mackenzie Hughes -4 67 71 68 70 T28 *Taylor Pendrith -4 64 75 67 70 T33 Nate McCoy -3 71 66 73 67 T33 *Peter Campbell -3 66 69 72 70 T33 Daniel McCarthy -3 68 68 70 71 T33 John Catlin -3 69 65 70 73 T33 Matt Hansen -3 70 66 68 73 T33 Chase Marinell -3 67 70 66 74 T39 Nicholas Reach -2 68 70 71 69 T39 Dan Buchner -2 64 72 72 70 T39 Conner Godsey -2 69 67 72 70 T39 Drew Preston -2 66 72 69 71 T43 Robert Karlsson -1 72 67 72 68 T43 Kevin Penner -1 69 68 74 68 T43 Daniel Miernicki -1 68 71 70 70 T43 Jay Vandeventer -1 68 71 70 70 T47 Jared Wolfe E 71 63 74 72 T47 Ryan McCormick E 67 69 72 72 T47 Zach Edmondson E 67 72 69 72 T47 *Aaron Cockerill E 68 71 68 73 T51 Mike Ballo 1 70 69 70 72 T51 Phillip Mollica 1 69 70 68 74 T51 Clark Klaasen 1 69 66 71 75 T54 Jaime Gomez 2 72 67 76 67 T54 Jeff Rein 2 68 71 72 71 T54 Neil Johnson 2 70 68 70 74 T57 Zack Byrd 3 69 70 76 68 T57 Chris. Trunzer 3 69 70 71 73 59 Wade Binfield 5 66 68 77 74

PGA The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, June 4-7.

Muirfield Village Golf Course Dublin, Ohio. Par 72, 6875 yards. Purse: $6,200,000 Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 David Lingmerth -15 67 65 72 69 2 Justin Rose -15 68 67 66 72 T3 Jordan Spieth -13 68 70 72 65 T3 Francesco Molinari-13 68 67 69 71 T5 Marc Leishman -12 69 67 71 69 T5 Hideki Matsuyama-12 64 71 71 70 T5 Jim Furyk -12 69 66 70 71 T8 Tony Finau -11 71 66 73 67 T8 Kevin Kisner -11 67 71 69 70 T8 Keegan Bradley -11 68 74 65 70 T11 Billy Horschel -10 70 68 71 69 T11 Vijay Singh -10 71 67 71 69 T13 George McNeill -9 72 71 67 69 T13 Kevin Na -9 71 71 66 71 T13 Dustin Johnson -9 72 71 65 71 T13 Andy Sullivan -9 70 64 72 73 17 Brendon Todd -8 67 68 71 74 T18 Russell Knox -7 66 74 73 68 T18 Bill Haas -7 70 71 71 69 T18 Robert Streb -7 73 67 71 70 T18 Harris English -7 67 71 72 71 T18 Ryan Moore -7 67 67 75 72 T18 Kevin Streelman -7 71 70 65 75nadian results T26 Graham DeLaet -5 69 69 72 73 T57 Adam Hadwin +1 72 68 71 78

Golf results (Cont’d)

Web.com Tour Greater Dallas Open, June 4-7.

The Lakes at Castle Hills Lewisville, Texas. Par 72, 7,356 yards. Purse: $500,000.

Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Tyler Aldridge -23 67 65 65 68 T2 Lucas Lee -21 68 67 67 65 T2 Gregory Yates -21 65 69 67 66 4 Adam Long -20 67 64 74 63 T5 Rick Cochran -19 69 64 69 67 T5 Troy Matteson -19 69 67 65 68 T5 Steve Marino -19 70 63 66 70 T8 Tommy Gainey -18 63 69 73 65 T8 Matt Weibring -18 65 69 66 70 T8 Michael Kim -18 67 64 69 70 11 Travis Bertoni -17 68 67 66 70 T12 Peter Malnati -16 68 68 68 68 T12 Brent Witcher -16 69 67 67 69 T14 Jamie Lovemark -15 66 71 69 67 T14 Seamus Power -15 69 69 67 68 T14 Tim Petrovic -15 67 67 70 69 T14 Mark Silvers -15 67 63 72 71 T14 Julian Etulain -15 65 66 70 72 T14 Joel Dahmen -15 68 66 67 72 T20 Edward Loar -14 69 68 70 67 T20 Ash Hall -14 64 74 69 67 T20 John Mallinger -14 69 69 67 69 T20 Kelvin Day -14 68 70 67 69 T20 Adam Crawford -14 68 64 71 71 T20 Bronson La’Cassie-14 65 68 70 71 T20 Kyle Thompson -14 69 67 66 72 From Canada T27 Brad Fritsch -13 67 65 72 71

European Tour Nordea Masters, June 4-7.

PGA of Sweden National, Lakes Course, Bara, Sweden. Par 72, 7,417 yards.

Purse: $1,500,000.

Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Alexander Noren -12 70 68 67 71 1 Alexander Noren -12 70 68 67 71 2 Soren Kjeldsen -8 72 69 68 71 T3 Alexander Levy -6 69 70 72 71 T3 Jens Dantorp -6 67 68 73 74 T3 Seb. Soderberg -6 68 69 71 74 T3 Max. Kieffer -6 68 69 70 75 T7 Fabrizio Zanotti -5 70 74 73 66 T7 Lee Slattery -5 68 73 72 70 T7 Jonas Blixt -5 74 68 71 70 T7 Bernd Ritthammer -5 69 75 69 70 T7 Tom Murray -5 74 68 70 71 T7 Nicolas Colsaerts -5 73 71 68 71 T13 Darren Fichardt -4 70 70 73 71 T13 Alej. Canizares -4 70 71 71 72 T13 Peter Hanson -4 71 71 70 72 T13 Chris Paisley -4 67 73 71 73 T13 R Cabrera Bello -4 72 69 70 73 T13 Callum Shinkwin -4 69 73 69 73 T13 Krist. Broberg -4 70 70 70 74 T13 Henrik Stenson -4 70 72 68 74 T21 Thomas Bjorn -3 71 72 74 68

FOOTBALL

CFL Pre-season schedule Today’s schedule Ottawa at Hamilton, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 9 Winnipeg at Toronto, 4:30 p.m., at Varsity Stadium Friday, June 12 BC Lions at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 13 Montreal at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m., at Stade TELUS-Universite Laval, Quebec City Saturday, June 13 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 7 p.m., at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray Thursday, June 18 Toronto at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, June 19 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

Calgaryat Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton vs. BC Lions, 7 p.m., at David Sidoo Field, Thunderbird Stadium, UBC

AUTO RACING Formula One

Manulife LPGA Classic, June 4-7.

Grey Silo Golf Course, Waterloo, Ont. Par: 71, 6,532 yards. Purse: $1,500,000 Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Suzann Pettersen -22 66 65 66 69 2 Brittany Lang -21 65 68 69 65 3 Mariajo Uribe -18 65 66 67 72 T4 Minjee Lee -16 69 66 70 67 T4 Jacqui Concolino -16 71 64 68 69 T4 So Yeon Ryu -16 68 69 66 69 T4 Cristie Kerr -16 63 69 67 73 8 Shanshan Feng -15 67 67 72 67 T9 Hyo-Joo Kim -14 66 67 72 69 T9 Ilhee Lee -14 66 72 66 70 T11 Jenny Shin -13 67 70 70 68 T11 Inbee Park -13 69 68 70 68 T11 Charley Hull -13 68 68 70 69 T11 Julieta Granada -13 65 69 69 72 T15 Alison Lee -12 69 68 70 69 T15 Anna Nordqvist -12 65 74 68 69 T15 Catriona Matthew-12 69 66 71 70 T15 Sarah Jane Smith -12 70 70 66 70 T19 Sandra Gal -11 64 71 72 70 T19 Caroline Masson -11 72 66 69 70 T19 Mi Hyang Lee -11 71 67 68 71 T19 Sei-Young Kim -11 65 73 67 72 T19 Thidapa Suwannapura -11 68 70 67 72 T19 Laetitia Beck -11 64 69 70 74 T19 Katie Burnett -11 67 68 67 75 T19 Pernilla Lindberg -11 66 67 68 76 Canadian golfers T27 Alena Sharp -10 67 70 68 73 T54 Sue Kim -5 69 71 72 71 T59 S. Maude Juneau -4 71 68 72 73 68 Natalie Gleadall E 68 72 70 78

Canadian Grand Prix Ile Notre Dame, Montreal (street circuit). 305.270 km, 70 laps, 4.361 km per lap.

Results 1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:31:53.145 2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes +00:02.285 3. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) WilliamsMercedes 00:40.666 4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 00:45.625 5. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Ferrari 00:49.903 6. Felipe Massa (Brazil) WilliamsMercedes 00:56.381 7. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus-Mercedes 01:06.664 8. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India-Mercedes 1 lap 9. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) RedBull-Renault 1 lap 10. Romain Grosjean (France) LotusMercedes 1 lap 11. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force IndiaMercedes 1 lap 12. Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain) Toro RossoRenault 1 lap 13. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBullRenault 1 lap 14. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) SauberFerrari 1 lap 15. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Toro Rosso-Renault 1 lap 16. Felipe Nasr (Brazil) Sauber-Ferrari 2 laps 17. Will Stevens (Britain) MarussiaFerrari 4 laps Did not finish: Roberto Merhi (Spain) Marussia-Ferrari 13 laps Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 16 laps Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 26 laps

Champions Tour

NASCAR

Principal Charity Classic, June 5-7 (54 holes) Wakonda Club Des Moines, Iowa. Par 72, 6,959 yards. Purse: $1,750,000 Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 1 Justin Rose -15 68 67 66 1 Mark Calcavecchia -12 67 68 69 T2 Brian Henninger -11 67 70 68 T2 Joe Durant -11 68 68 69 4 Rod Spittle St. Catharines, Ont. -10 68 70 68 T5 Tom Pernice Jr -9 67 74 66 T5 John Cook -9 69 70 68 T5 Davis Love III -9 70 69 68 T5 Jeff Maggert -9 71 67 69 T5 Paul Goydos -9 67 70 70 T10 Billy Andrade -8 66 76 66 T10 Guy Boros -8 69 73 66 T10 Steve Lowery -8 73 69 66 T10 David Frost -8 71 68 69 T10 Peter Senior -8 70 68 70 T10 Kirk Triplett -8 71 67 70 T10 Michael Allen -8 67 70 71 T17 Chien Soon Lu -7 70 72 67 T17 John Huston -7 73 67 69 T19 Russ Cochran -6 72 71 67 T19 Tommy Armour III-6 71 70 69 T19 Rocco Mediate -6 70 70 70 T22 Jeff Hart -5 69 73 69 T22 Dan Forsman -5 69 73 69 T22 Jay Haas -5 74 68 69 T22 P.H. Horgan III -5 73 69 69 T22 Grant Waite -5 67 73 71 T22 Jeff Sluman -5 68 72 71 T22 Mike Goodes -5 69 71 71 From Canada T56 Jim Rutledge E 75 72 69

Pocono 400 Sunday, June 7, 10:18 a.m.

Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Lap length: 2.5 miles Results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Chev, $201,810 2. (5) Kevin Harvick, Chev, $232,850 3. (9) Jimmie Johnson, Chev, $176,086 4. (11) Joey Logano, Ford, $166,683 5. (1) Kurt Busch, Chev, $133,050 6. (19) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $140,001 7. (14) Jamie McMurray, Chev, $124,856 8. (15) Kyle Larson, Chev, $117,723 9. (10) Kyle Busch, Toyota, $134,456 10. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, $101,615 11. (20) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chev, $101,640 12. (27) Greg Biffle, Ford, $116,233 13. (12) Kasey Kahne, Chev, $97,675 14. (4) Jeff Gordon, Chev, $131,986 15. (2) Carl Edwards, Toyota, $82,550 16. (18) Casey Mears, Chev, $107,283 17. (7) Brad Keselowski, Ford, $125,266 18. (29) Ty Dillon, Chev, $96,778 19. (6) Austin Dillon, Chev, $117,106 20. (30) Justin Allgaier, Chev, $102,503 21. (28) Tony Stewart, Chev, $106,709 22. (23) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, $113,303 23. (21) David Ragan, Toyota, $106,009 24. (33) Trevor Bayne, Ford, $119,845 25. (32) Landon Cassill, Chev, $78,345

LPGA

Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 134.266 mph Time of Race: 2 hours, 58:45 Margin of Victory: 1.346 seconds Caution Flags: 8 for 31 laps Lead Changes: 12 among 6 drivers

BASEBALL MLB - Results and standings American League East W L NY Yankees 32 25 Tampa Bay 31 27 Toronto 28 30 Boston 27 31 Baltimore 26 30 Central W L Minnesota 33 23 Kansas City 31 23 Detroit 30 28 Cleveland 27 29 Chicago Sox 25 30 West W L Houston 34 24 Texas 30 27 LA Angels 28 29 Seattle 25 32 Oakland 23 36 National League East W L NY Mets 31 27 Washington 30 27 Atlanta 27 29 Miami 24 33 Philadelphia 22 36 Central W L St. Louis 38 19 Pittsburgh 31 25 Chicago Cubs 30 25 Cincinnati 24 31 Milwaukee 20 37 West W L LA Dodgers 32 25 San Francisco 32 26 San Diego 29 29 Arizona 27 29 Colorado 25 30

PCT .561 .534 .483 .466 .464 PCT .589 .574 .517 .482 .455 PCT .586 .526 .491 .439 .390

GB Strk - W6 1.5 W1 4.5 W5 5.5 W3 5.5 W1 GB Strk - W1 1.0 W1 4.0 W2 6.0 L1 7.5 L2 GB Strk - L4 3.5 L1 5.5 L5 8.5 L1 11.5 L3

PCT .534 .526 .482 .421 .379 PCT .667 .554 .545 .436 .351 PCT .561 .552 .500 .482 .455

GB Strk - W1 0.5 L2 3.0 L1 6.5 W1 9.0 W1 GB Strk - W1 6.5 W1 7.0 W2 13.0 W1 18.0 L1 GB Strk - L1 0.5 L1 3.5 L1 4.5 L1 6.0 L1

Yesterday’s results NY Yankees 6, LA Angels 2 Toronto 7, Houston 6 Baltimore 7, Cleveland 3 Cincinnati 4, San Diego 0 Boston 7, Oakland 4 Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 6, San Fran 4 Detroit 6, Chicago Sox 4 Minnesota 2, Milwaukee 0 Kansas City 4, Texas 3 Chicago Cubs 6, Washington 3 Miami 3, Colorado 2 NY Mets 6, Arizona 3 Tampa Bay 3, Seattle 1 St. Louis 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Saturday’s results Chicago Cubs 4, Washington 2 Toronto 7, Houston 2 Milwaukee 4, Minnesota 2 Texas 4, Kansas City 2 San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 5 Boston 4, Oakland 2 Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1 Colorado 10, Miami 5 San Diego 9, Cincinnati 7 Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 4 Detroit 7, Chicago Sox 1 NY Yankees 8, LA Angels 2 LA Dodgers 2, St. Louis 0 Arizona 2, N.Y. Mets 1 Seattle 2, Tampa Bay 1 Today’s schedule with probable starters Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Fiers (2-5) vs Burnett (5-1) Miami at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Hand (0-1) vs Estrada (1-3) San Diego at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.

Kennedy (2-5) vs Miller (5-2) Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

Hamels (5-4) vs Leake (2-4) Kansas City at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m.

Vargas (3-2) vs Hughes (4-4) Houston at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

McCullers (1-0) vs Sale (4-2) St. Louis at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.

Lackey (3-3) vs Bettis (2-0) Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m.

De La Rosa (4-2) vs Bolsinger (3-1)

Blue Jays 7, Astros 6 Houston

Toronto

Royals 4, Rangers 3 (Cont’d) Texas 000 000 300 3 Kansas City 110 010 01x 4 2B: TEX Moreland (10, Guthrie), Fielder (13, Davis, W); KC Dyson, J (3, Lewis), Rios (2, Lewis), Morales, K (18, Lewis), Moustakas (12, Lewis). GIDP: TEX Andrus.

HR: KC Perez, S (8, 8th inning off Kela, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: TEX 4; KC 7. DP: KC (Moustakas-Infante-Hosmer).

Texas IP H R ER BB SO C Lewis 7.0 8 3 3 1 5 K Kela (L, 4-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO J Guthrie 6.1 3 2 2 2 5 K Herrera 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 W Davis (W, 3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 G Holland 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:31. Att: 38,202.

Rays 3, Mariners 1 Tampa Bay Elmore 3B Guyer LF Butler DH Forsythe 2B Souza Jr. RF Mahtook OF Franklin IF Rivera 1B-C Wilson C Totals

Seattle

ab r h bi ab r h bi 2 1 1 0 Jackson CF 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Smith LF 4 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 Cruz RF 4120 4 0 1 1 Seager 3B 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 Morrison 1B 4 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 Miller SS 4 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 B’quist 2B 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Sucre C 2000 3 0 0 0 Weeks PH 1 0 0 0 31 2 5 2 Totals 30 1 7 1

Tampa Bay 100 000 110 3 Seattle 000 000 100 1 2B: SEA Smith, S (14, Archer). GIDP: TB Forsythe.

HR: TB Mahtook (2, 7th inning off Montgomery, 0 on, 1 out). S: TB Elmore.

Team Lob: TB 4; SEA 6. DP: TB (Wilson, B-Franklin); SEA (Montgomery-Miller, B-Morrison). E: TB Franklin (2, fielding), Elmore (2, fielding); SEA Miller, B (5, throw), Seager (5, fielding).

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO C Archer (W, 7-4) 7.0 6 1 0 0 11 J McGee 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 K Jepsen 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO M Montgomery (L, 0-1) 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 T Wilhelmsen 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 J Beimel 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:46. Att: 27,906.

LA Angels 200 000 000 2 5 0 NY Yankees 001 040 10x 6 7 1 W: C. Sabathia (3-7) L: C. Wilson (3-5) HR: LAA- M. Trout (16), A. Pujols (15) NYY- C. Young (7), B. Gardner (5), J. Pirela (1)

West Coast League Standings East Division W Yakima Valley Pippins 3 Kelowna Falcons 2 Walla Walla Sweets 1 Wenatchee AppleSox 0 West Division W Bellingham Bells 2 Victoria HarbourCats 1 Kitsap BlueJackets 1 Cowlitz Black Bears 0 South Division W Medford Rogues 2 Bend Elks 2 Corvallis Knights 1 Klamath Falls Gems 0

L 0 1 2 0 L 1 2 2 0 L 1 1 2 3

Pct GB 1.000 .667 1.0 .333 2.0 0.000 Pct GB .667 .333 1.0 .333 1.0 0.000 Pct GB .667 .667 .333 1.0 .000 2.0

Yesterday’s results Kelowna 8, Victoria 3 Bend 7, Corvallis 1 Kitsap 3, Bellingham 1 Yakima Valley 16, Klamath Falls 2 Medford 10 Walla Walla 9 Saturday’s results Bend 8, Corvallis 5 Kelowna 5, Victoria 2 Yakima Valley 10, Klamath 2 Medford 5, Walla Walla 4 Bellingham 11, Kitsap 2

ab r h bi ab r h bi Springer RF 3 1 2 0 Reyes SS 5121 Altuve 2B 5 1 0 0 Donaldson 3B5 0 2 0 Gattis DH 5 1 1 2 Bautista RF 4 3 3 2 Rasmus LF 5 1 2 0 Colabello LF 4 0 1 2 Carter 1B 2 0 0 1 Navarro DH 4 1 1 0 Valbuena 3B 4 0 0 0 Martin C 4122 Villar SS 3 0 0 0 Smoak 1B 3 0 0 0 Castro C 2 0 0 0 Pillar CF 4000 Conger PH-C 2 0 1 0 Goins 2B 3 0 0 0 Marisnick CF 3 2 2 1 Kawasaki PH 1 1 1 0 Totals 34 6 8 4 Totals 37 7 12 7

Today’s schedule Klamath Falls at Medford, 6:35 p.m.

Houston 011 000 400 6 Toronto 100 200 103 7 SB: HOU Altuve (17, 2nd base off Schultz/Martin, R), Carter (1, 2nd base off Hendriks/Martin, R); TOR Reyes 2 (9, 2nd base off Gregerson/Conger, 3rd base off Gregerson/Conger), Bautista (3, 2nd base off Gregerson/Conger). 2B: HOU Rasmus (11, Dickey), Gattis (10, Schultz); TOR Kawasaki (1, Gregerson).

GIDP: TOR Bautista.

HR: HOU Marisnick (4, 3rd inning off Dickey, 0 on, 1 out); TOR Bautista 2 (11, 1st inning off McHugh, 0 on, 2 out; 7th inning off Harris, W, 0 on, 2 out), Martin, R (8, 4th inning off McHugh, 1 on, 1 out). Team Lob: HOU 9; TOR 8.

DP: HOU (Villar-Altuve-Carter). E: HOU Valbuena (2, fielding); TOR Donaldson (8, throw).

Houston IP H R ER BB SO C McHugh 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 W Harris 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 P Neshek 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 L Gregerson (BS, 2)(L, 2-1) 0.1 4 3 3 0 0 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO R Dickey 5.2 4 2 2 4 5 A Loup 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 P Schultz 1.0 2 4 2 0 1 L Hendriks (W, 1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 HBP: Springer (by Dickey), Colabello (by McHugh).

Time: 3:06. Att: 35,571.

Falcons 8,Harbourcats 3

Red Sox 7, Athletics 4 Oakland

Burns CF Semien SS Zobrist PH Vogt 1B Butler DH Reddick RF Lawrie 3B Canha LF Phegley C Sogard 2B Totals

Boston

ab r h bi ab r h bi 5 0 1 0 Pedroia 2B 5 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 Holt RF-3B 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 Ramirez LF 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 Ortiz DH 2001 5 1 1 0 Napoli 1B 4 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 Sandoval 3B 4 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 Bogaerts SS 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 1 Leon C 3010 3 0 2 1 CastilloCF-RF 4 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 Totals 33 5 12 6 37 4 11 3

Oakland 030 100 000 4 Boston 000 000 07x 7 SB: OAK Reddick (3, 2nd base off Wright, S/Leon, S); BOS Betts (10, 2nd base off Clippard/Phegley). 2B: OAK Canha 2 (6, Buchholz, Buchholz), Reddick (9, Buchholz), Phegley 2 (5, Buchholz, Buchholz); BOS Ramirez, H (5, Graveman), Leon, S (1, Graveman), Bogaerts (8, Clippard). GIDP: BOS Ramirez, H. HR: BOS Castillo, R (1, 8th inning off Graveman, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: OAK 9; BOS 6. DP: OAK (Lawrie-Vogt).

Oakland IP H R ER BB SO K Graveman 7.0 6 1 1 2 6 E Scribner 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 T Pomeranz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 T Clippard (BS, 2)(L, 0-3) 0.1 4 3 3 0 1 P Venditte 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO C Buchholz 4.210 4 4 2 4 S Wright (W, 3-2) 3.1 1 0 0 1 2 T Layne 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 3:11. Att: 36,913.

Royals 4, Rangers 3 Texas

Kansas City

ab r h bi ab r h bi DeShields LF 4 0 0 0 Escobar SS 3 2 2 1 Choo RF 4 0 0 0 Moustakas 3B4 0 2 0 Fielder DH 3 0 1 0 Hosmer 1B 2 0 0 1 Moreland 1B 4 1 2 0 Morales DH 4 0 1 1 Gallo 3B 3 1 1 0 Gordon LF 3 0 0 0 Andrus SS 4 1 1 0 Rios RF 4010 Martin CF 4 0 1 2 Perez C 4111 Chirinos C 3 0 0 1 Infante 2B 4 1 1 0 Alberto 2B 3 0 0 0 Dyson CF 3 0 1 0 Totals 32 3 6 3 Totals 31 4 9 4 Continued next column

Tuesday June 9 Bend at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.

Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.

Klamath at Medford, 6:35 p.m.

Yakima Valley at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.

Bellingham at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.

Wenatchee at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.

Kelowna

Victoria

ab r h bi ab r h bi Grimsley RF 4 1 1 0 Rogers 2B 4 1 0 1 Grimsley RF 4 0 1 0 Rogers 2B 5 0 1 0 Esposito 3B 5 2 3 1 Rankin CF 4 0 1 0 Gamba 1B 4 0 1 1 Fougner RF 3 1 0 0 White 1B,PH 2 0 0 0 Francis LF 4 1 1 0 Flores DH 5 1 3 2 Thoreson 1B 4 0 1 2 Villanueva SS 4 0 1 0 Willow DH 2 0 0 0 Gulden LF 4 2 1 0 Takhar PH 1 0 1 0 Jackson CF 5 1 3 2 Floyd SS 4100 Egan C 4 1 3 2 Fujinaka C 2 0 1 0 Hearn 2B 4 1 1 0 Varley 3B 3 0 1 1 Totals 41 8 17 8 Totals 32 3 7 3

Kelowna 002 100 410 8 17 0 Victoria 000 000 201 3 7 1 2B: V.Esposito (1), W.Gulden (1), K.Francis (1). HR: V.Esposito (1), J.Flores (1), A.Jackson (1), J.Egan (1). RBI: V.Esposito (1), B.Gamba (4), J.Flores 2 (2), A.Jackson 2 (2), J.Egan 2 (2), J.Thoreson 2 (4), M.Varley (3). HP: B.Grimsley (1), V.Esposito (1), W.Gulden (2), M.Hearn (1), D.Fujinaka (1).

SB: D.Fujinaka (1). CS: B.Grimsley 2 (2), J.Egan (1), M.Varley (1). E: B.Rogers (2).

LOB: Kelowna 13, Victoria 7. DP: M. Hearn(2B)-H. Villanueva(SS)-B. Gamba(1B) Kelowna Falcons IP H R ER BB SO E. Bedolla (W,1-0) 6.0 2 0 0 2 7 S. Murphy 1.0 2 2 2 2 1 A. Kearney 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 M. Kirk 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Vic Harbourcats IP H R ER BB SO S. Kennedy ll (L,0-1)5.0 9 3 3 1 3 R. Edmonds 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 C. Suing 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 P. Ryan 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 Att: 3,033 Time: 3:03.

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

W 17 21 19 12 17 17 14 8 9 9 6 4

L Pct GB 5 0.773 8 0.724 .5 `8 0.704 .5 6 0.667 3 11 0.607 3 11 0.607 3 16 0.467 7 15 0.348 9.5 19 0.321 11 21 0.300 12 17 0.261 11.5 16 0.200 12

Yesterday’s results Okanagan 9, Victoria Eagles 0 Nanaimo 8, Whalley 2 Coquitlam 10, Victoria Mariners 3 White Rock 6, North Shore 4 Langley 10, North Delta 0 Victoria Eagles 5, Okanagan 1 Victoria Mariners 15, Coquitlam 9 Nanaimo 13, Whalley 3 Langley 8, North Delta 4 North Shore 7, White Rock 1 Saturday’s results Whalley 3, Parksville 2 White Rock 5, Victoria Mariners 4 North Shore 12, Langley 2 Whalley 6, Parksville 4 Victoria Eagles 15, Okanagan 1 White Rock 8, Vic Mariners 5 Langley 7, North Shore 0 Victoria Eagles 5, Okanagan 4 Tuesday June 9 North Delta at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday June 10 Parksville at Nanaimo, 6 p.m.

Vic Mariners at Vic Eagles, 7:30 p.m.

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS

FISHERIES

Submitted plan calls for sales of seal penis MICHAEL MACDONALD THE CANADIAN PRESS

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper prior to their bilateral meeting during the G-7 summit in Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]

Harper urges leaders to ratify EU free-trade pact MIKE BLANCHFIELD THE CANADIAN PRESS

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany — Prime Minister Stephen Harper used Sunday’s opening of the G7 summit to push European leaders to ratify the comprehensive Canada-EU free trade agreement.

Harper’s office said he talked up the trade pact at the G7’s first working session of the day on the fragile global economy.

“Prime Minister Harper encouraged European members of the G7 to swiftly implement the job-creating Canada-EU trade agreement,” his office said in a statement. Harper met European Council President Donald Tusk, and the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, where he was expected to push the deal.

Harper said nothing about the trade deal going into the meeting, and did not meet with the travelling Canadian media on the first day of the summit, holding two photo-ops that lasted barely

a minute in total. Canada and the EU have an agreement in principle on a sweeping pact in goods and services but the legal text still needs to be finished so it can be ratified by Canada and the EU’s 28-member countries.

Ratifying the pact, known as CETA, would be a major political win for Harper with the planned Oct. 19 federal election looming.

Heading into a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Harper said nothing about the pact, but his office said prior to the summit that the prime minister would be using all his meetings with European leaders to push for it.

Harper also met with British Prime Minister David Cameron, and they discussed the need to grow the fragile global economy as well as addressing two of the world’s leading security issues: the crisis between Russia and Ukraine and the fight against the Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria, said his office. They empha-

sized the need for Russian President Vladimir Putin to honour the Minsk peace agreement that was seriously undermined by a renewed outbreak of violence in eastern Ukraine this week.

“The two leaders reiterated the importance of maintaining a firm and united stance on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and urged Putin to respect and implement the Minsk Agreement,” said Harper’s office. Harper arrived in Germany’s scenic and mountainous Bavarian region for the G7 after stopping in Kyiv and assuring Ukrainian leaders that he would push for solutions to their ongoing conflict with Russia.

Merkel and U.S. President Barack Obama also presented a united front, affirming the need to maintain sanctions on Russia.

“The duration of sanctions should be clearly linked to Russia’s full implementation of the Minsk agreements and respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty,” the White House said in a statement.

HALIFAX — Sales of Canadian seal products could get a lift if the federal Fisheries Department adopts a plan that, among other things, calls for the revival of the controversial seal penis trade, a key supporter of the East Coast seal hunt says.

The report, drafted by the Fur Institute of Canada, is aimed at creating new markets to support an earlier proposal to slaughter 140,000 grey seals over five years in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence — 70 per cent of the grey seals that frequent the area.

Fishermen have long complained that a growing population of grey seals is to blame for eating too many commercially valuable fish, which has resulted in repeated calls for a cull.

The Fur Institute says its fiveyear plan, dated March 2014, focuses on creating markets for a number of products that could be derived using every part of the seal carcass.

“The penises of juvenile and adult animals may be dried and sold as sexual enhancement products, particularly to Asian buyers,” says the report, obtained through the access to information act.

“Asian consumers, particularly athletes, also consume a beverage called Dalishen Oral Liquid that is made from seal penis and testicles, which they believe to be energizing and performance enhancing.”

Officials at the Fisheries Department declined an interview, but said in an emailed response that they were considering the report.

“Reports such as the one from FIC will help inform the government as it considers various options for grey seal population management with the goal of fostering a viable, self-sustaining industry,” states the email.

Dion Dakins, chairman of the committee that wrote the study, said the decision to develop a

market for seal penises stems from the belief that no parts of the carcass should be wasted.

“What the proposal does is it provides a 100 per cent utilization of the animal, recognizing that seal organs — sexual or non-sexual — do have market value,” he said in an interview.

“The Fur Institute ignores any industry proponents (supporting) ... the harvest of seals just for the penises.”

Controversy surrounding the sale of Canadian seal penises hasn’t attracted headlines since the late 1990s when the International Fund for Animal Welfare filed a lawsuit against the federal Fisheries minister, claiming the trade was the most cruel aspect of the seal hunt.

At the time, the penises were being sold for up to $650 each.

The market shrivelled after Viagra appeared on the scene, though a much smaller market still exists.

“A niche market within a very large global population is more than enough,” said Dakins, CEO of Newfoundland’s Carino Processing Ltd., the world’s largest seal processing facility.

Still, Ottawa has yet to commit any funds to the plan, he said.

“But there’s been a continuing dialogue about the need to manage the grey seals and a commercially viable option is certainly better than a cost to taxpayers,” Dakins said.

The Fur Institute’s plan calls for a squad of five fishing boats carrying a total of 40 hunters to kill seals for nine months of the year. The study says the hunters could be equipped with Beretta 9 mm semi-automatic rifles with silencers. The use of silencers, needed to prevent spooking the animals, would require legislative changes as such equipment is banned in Canada.

The total cost of implementing the plan would be around $9 million, assuming buyers could be found to pay up to $4 million in the first year for about 70,000 carcasses.

CHINA

Rescuers, families mourn 430 Yangtze victims CHRISTOPHER BODEEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JIANLI, China — Nearby ships blared horns for three minutes Sunday and rescuers bowed in silence to honour more than 430 victims of the Yangtze River capsizing, as specialists began working on DNA samples from relatives to identify the dead.

The toll from last Monday’s overturning of the Eastern Star cruise ship rose to 431 dead with 11 people still missing, said Hu Kaihong, the vice director-general of the press bureau of the State Council Information Office. Fourteen people survived, including three pulled by divers from the overturned hull Tuesday. After the ship was pulled upright by cranes and thoroughly checked by Saturday, the search for additional bodies turned to the river downstream, Hu said. Authorities planned

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to expand the search from the Hubei province disaster site to as far east as Shanghai, more than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) away.

Transport Minister Yang Chuantang presided over the ceremony Sunday on the deck of a ship next to the Eastern Star, saying simply “please observe silence.”

Hundreds of members of the military, police and others took

off their hats and bowed as vessels blared their horns. State broadcaster CCTV showed some relatives also bowing as they watched the event on television from where they were staying in nearby Jianli county. Sunday marked the seventh day of the tragedy, the first commemorative event in the Chinese cycle of mourning.

Authorities have attributed the overturning of the cruise ship late Monday to a freak storm with tornado-like winds, but also have placed the surviving captain and his first engineer in police custody. The boat had 456 people aboard, many of them elderly tourists, for a cruise from Nanjing to the southwestern city of Chongqing.

Wang Hua, who lost her father and mother aboard the ship, described the couple as having been happily enjoying their retirement. Her 77-year-old fath-

er, a former judge, made sure they travelled each year and had been all around mainland China and to Taiwan.

“They were just ordinary people. Their biggest concern was causing trouble for others,” Wang said in an interview organized by the local propaganda bureau.

Frequently breaking down in tears, Wang said she had yet to tell her 9-year-old son about the deaths of his grandparents, with whom he was extremely close.

She said friends and family were looking after him for now and shielding him from television and newspaper reports — not an easy task given the blanket coverage it has received in the Chinese media.

“I’ll let nature take its course.

When he asks, I’ll tell him,” Wang said.

Forensic teams were using DNA matching to identify the

remains, but haven’t said how long the process would take.

Passengers’ relatives have raised questions about whether the ship should have continued its voyage after the storm started in a section of Hubei province and despite a weather warning earlier in the evening.

On Saturday night, relatives were taken by bus to an area just upriver of the now-righted ship, where they burned incense and tossed flowers into the Yangtze in memory of the dead.

The Eastern Star disaster is the country’s worst since the sinking of the SS Kiangya off Shanghai in 1948, which is believed to have killed anywhere from 2,750 to nearly 4,000 people. » We want to hear from you.

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Shot Richmond man found to be targeted

Escape from upstate New York prison has officers searching for convicted killers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DANNEMORA, N.Y. — The brother of a slain sheriff’s deputy had forgotten the names of those involved in the killing more than a decade ago. Then came a daring prison break: Two convicted murderers hid dummies in their beds and used power tools to cut their way to freedom.

The cunning escape from an upstate New York prison on Saturday had hundreds of local, state and federal law enforcement officers searching for one of the deputy’s killers and another man imprisoned for dismembering his boss.

Richard Matt and David Sweat staged what Gov. Andrew Cuomo called “a really elaborate, sophisticated operation” that ended at a manhole cover blocks away from the prison.

The men had filled their beds inside the Clinton Correctional Facility with clothes to appear as though they were sleeping, cut into steel steam pipes and shimmied out of the prison. On one pipe cut in the escape, investigators found a note with a crude Asian caricature along with the words, “Have a nice day.”

Sweat, 34, is serving a sentence of life without parole after he was convicted of first-degree murder for killing a sheriff’s deputy in Broome County, New York, on July 4, 2002. Matt, 48, is serving a sentence of 25 years to life for the kidnapping, dismemberment and killing of his former boss in 1997.

Steven Tarsia, brother of Deputy Kevin Tarsia, said

This combination made from photos released by the New York State Police shows inmates David Sweat, left, and Richard Matt. [AP PHOTO]

finding out his brother’s killer had escaped “turns your world upside-down all over again.”

He said just the other day, he had been trying to remember the names of the men responsible for his brother’s death, and “I couldn’t remember their names.

“All of a sudden, I remember them again,” he said.

Tarsia told The Associated Press on Sunday he couldn’t imagine how the men could have gotten power tools and escaped without help, but “I don’t know why anybody would help them.”

Cuomo said it was impossible to

believe nobody heard the noise from the tools.

“They were heard, they had to be heard,” Cuomo told ABC’s Good Morning America on Sunday.

Roadblocks were set up in the area around the village of Dannemora, which is about 20 miles (30 kilometres) from the Canadian border, and bloodhounds and helicopters were being used to track down the men, officials said.

Beth Nichols, an employee of the Dunkin’ Donuts across the street from the prison and a few

hundred yards (meters) from the manhole where authorities said the men emerged, said the situation was “nerve-wracking.”

Dannemora occupies just over 1 square mile (2.6 square kilometres) within the northern reaches of the Adirondack Forest Preserve and is surrounded by forest and farmland. The stark white perimeter wall of the prison, topped with guard towers, borders a main street in the village’s business district.

Cuomo on Saturday described the two men as extremely dangerous.

HISTORY

Woman, 92, oldest at World War II reunion RHIANNON RUSSELL THE CANADIAN PRESS

WHITEHORSE — When Eugenie Turner decided in 1942 that she was going to join the Air Force, she first told her older brother, who was in the navy.

“I didn’t even say, ’What do you think?’ I just said, ’I’m going to do it,”’ said the 92-year-old Kelowna, B.C., resident, who was in Whitehorse for the Royal Canadian Air Force Airwomen’s Reunion on the weekend.

Her Air Force ambition as a 19-year-old was supposed to be a

secret.

But her brother told their parents, who were dead set against the idea of their daughter joining the war. She’d never left her home in Lachine, Que. The same day, Turner’s mother marched to the recruiting office in Montreal and told an officer that Turner was not allowed to enlist.

The following week, the teen went to the office and lied.

“I said, ’It’s all right now, I talked to my parents and I can go,”’ she says with a laugh and a

hint of a French accent.

The morning Turner was scheduled to leave for basic training, she got up early, packed her belongings and headed downstairs to the train station.

Her mother intercepted her.

“You’re leaving?” she asked.

“I said, ’Yes, Mom, I’m sorry. It’s something I have to do.’ She said, ’I know. I’ll fix it with your dad.”’

Turner says she felt compelled to join and participate on behalf of her country.

“I was quite upset that I wasn’t a boy because I wanted to be a

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Turkey’s ruling party may lose majority ANKARA, Turkey — In a stunning rebuke of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions to expand his powers, Turkish voters stripped his party of its simple majority in parliament, preliminary election results showed Sunday.

With 99.9 per cent of the vote counted, Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party, the AKP, had the support of around 41 per cent of voters, state-run TRT television said. According to projections, that would give it some 258 seats — 18 below the minimum needed to keep its majority.

The unexpected setback for AKP likely puts an end, for the time being, to Erdogan’s hopes of passing constitutional changes that would have greatly boosted the powers of his office. Instead, he faces struggles to retain his pre-eminent place in Turkish politics without the obvious levers to steer the government through his party in parliament.

The result is also a bitter blow to Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose political prospects are uncertain after leading his party to such a disappointing result.

AKP will now have to seek a coalition partner to stay in power, with the nationalist MHP the most likely candidate.

Late Sunday, Davutoglu declared victory in the election, but didn’t acknowledge his party had lost its majority.

“Everyone should see that the AKP was the victorious party and the winner of this election. There is no doubt about that,” he said. “We will assess the messages of this election and continue on our path in a

RICHMOND — Worshippers at a British Columbia Sikh temple are shaken after a man was killed in an alleged targeted shooting in the parking lot.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation team has identified the victim as 42-year-old Edwin Shek-Yin Cheng, who was known to police.

Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said police were called just before 9:30 p.m. Friday to the Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Sikh Temple in Richmond, B.C. Officers found Cheng shot dead inside a vehicle and don’t yet know why he was there, she said.

“At this time there appears to be no connection between the Sikh temple and the location of the murder,” Ashton said in a statement.

“We have no reason to believe the public is at further risk as a result of this targeted incident.”

Investigators are now speaking with dozens of witnesses who were in the area at the time and are still asking anyone with information to come forward, she said. Ashton said she could not say whether the crime was gang-related and police do not yet have any suspects. One worshipper said there were many people in the temple when the shooting occurred.

“One guy was parked in the parking lot and another car came, a black SUV, and they start shooting him and they left right away,” said the man, who did not give his name.

He said the victim’s face, arm and torso were riddled with bullets. There were as many as 20 shots and the car was surrounded by shells afterward, he said. Other members said the area was very safe with nothing like the shooting ever occurring in the past 30 years.

They said they were shaken to find most of the parking lot behind police tape when they arrived Saturday morning.

Amrik Nijjar said the victim’s car appeared to have been removed and several police cruisers remained by the afternoon.

Nijjar, a secretary at the temple, agreed with police that Cheng likely had no relationship to the place of worship.

He said members are focusing on carrying on with a sacred day of prayer and allowing police to continue their work.

“It’s always sad when a death occurs,” he said. “It’s a little bit stressful, but what can you do?

It’s not in our hands.”

Court documents show a man with the same name and age as Cheng was found guilty in 2005 of possessing or using a stolen credit card.

CITY OF PORT ALBERNI

ELECTION

SUZAN FRASER AND DESMOND BUTLER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

pilot so bad.”

About 140 former airwomen attended the lunches, dinners and presentations on the weekend. Many of them are in their 70s now.

Sitting in a Whitehorse hotel room on Friday, Turner is decked out in her navy RCAF Association jacket, grey skirt and tie, with three silver medals pinned on her chest, right over her heart. She clutches a cane.

She is the only Second World War veteran attending this year’s event.

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more determined way.”

In an indication of how precipitously Erdogan’s fortunes have fallen, he had begun the campaign asking voters for 400 of the total 550 seats in the Grand National Assembly, a massive majority well above the 330 seats needed to call for a national referendum to change the constitution. The biggest setback for AKP came with the rise of the main pro-Kurdish party, HDP, which for the first time easily cleared the threshold of ten per cent for representation as a party in the parliament. The preliminary results put its tally at almost 13 per cent.

The main secular opposition Republican Peoples Party, or CHP, got about 25 per cent of the vote, while MHP got just above 16 per cent. AKP received around 49 per cent of the vote in the general elections in 2011. The setback Sunday was the first time that the party faced having to find a coalition partner since it swept into power in 2002. Erdogan himself was not on the ballot.

Still, the election was effectively a vote on whether to endow his office with powers that would significantly change Turkey’s democracy and prolong his reign as the country’s most powerful politician.

“Erdogan turned the election into a referendum on his personal ambitions,” said Fadi Hakura, a Turkey specialist at London-based Chatham House.

“These elections have put his plans on the back burner for a very long time.”

The party appeared to suffer from a sputtering economy and frustrations with the peace process to end decades of fighting with Kurdish insurgents.

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Audrey and Cheryl Rosiak came out to enjoy the sun and cars. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Belle and Ayla Fournier peer over the top of a classic convertible. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Len Smith from Qualicum, shines up his 1956 MGA during the car show. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

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