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King and Queen Ty’ii ha’wiilth, Tliishin (Derek Peters) and Homin’niki, Irene Williams, sign their wedding certificate at their wedding potlatch at the Alberni Athletic Hall on Saturday, June 6. The couple are the ‘king and queen’ of Huu-ay-aht First Nations, as Derek Peters is the top hereditary chief for the Nation. The community gathered for the first time in almost 100 years to celebrate the marriage of their Ty’ii. [PHOTO BY HEATHER THOMSON, HUU-AY-AHT FIRST NATIONS]
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School board opposes airport expansion MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
School board trustees decided not to accept a formal request for support from the regional district for plans to expand the Alberni Valley Regional Airport. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District sent a letter to School District 70 this month requesting a letter of support from the district as part of the ACRD’s application for grant funding to expand the regional airport. Board trustees did not endorse the ACRD’s entreaty and voiced their opposition to the $7.5-million expansion. “I don’t feel that we should as taxpayers be paying for Mr. [Wayne] Coulson’s...business,” said trustee Pat Dalhquist, referring to the Coulson Group, which operates aircraft at the airport. Trustees Rosemarie Buchanan and John Bennie agreed. Buchanan noted a possible con» Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news.
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flict of interest in the area. “Since we have the woodlot out there,” said Buchanan. “I would just err on the side of caution.” “So we will not be sending a letter of support,” said board chairwoman Pam Craig. The ACRD sent the request for support to stakeholders as part of its application for funding from the British Columbia Air Access Program. The BCAAP is a provincial program that provides capital funding to assist B.C. airports with improvements to their infrastructure. “Your support for this project
would be greatly appreciated and help promote a positive future for the Alberni Valley,” wrote Russell Dyson, chief administrative officer for the ACRD. Dyson said the regional district hopes to fund the entire $7.5 million expansion through government grants. A total of $6 million is needed to expand the airport runway approximately 300 metres. A further $1.5 million would provide for improved lighting on the runway. With the installation of a global positioning system, improvements to the airport would enable major airlines to provide passenger service to the Alberni Valley; but that decision lies with the airline companies. The regional district is in the process of passing two bylaws that would allow for up to $6 million in borrowed funds from the Municipal Finance
Authority. The full amount on a 30-year loan would require a tax increase of $23 per year for an assessed property value of $200,000. A 32-day “alternate approval process” would need to take place before the bylaws are enacted. If 10 per cent of the electorate petition against the loan a full referendum would be required. The ACRD expects funding announcements for government grants in the fall. The Coulson Group was authorized to clean the airport runway in February to remove algae that could interfere with aircraft. Martin.Wissmath@avtimes.net » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@avtimes.net. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
Woman found newspaper from 1897
New digeridoo sound for tsunami warning
Cindy Sjoholm was completing renovations about eight years ago when she came across the discovery. » Alberni Region, 3
Council recently approved the ADSS Civic Studies 11 class project to change the warning signal to a more distinctive sound. » Alberni Region, 3
wners of a pitbull searched for their missing dog all weekend with the help of the Alberni Valley Rescue Squad. Nevaeh, a six-year-old pitbull mastiff-rottie mix, was found dead on Sunday. Michayla Burkett and her boyfriend Barrie Homeworth, were hoping for a positive outcome, after their dog fell off a cliff on Saturday and went missing. The two, along with roommate Sagi McCandless, brought Nevaeh to Little Mountain on Saturday afternoon. It was their first time there and they were not completely familiar with the area. “Sagi and Barrie went ahead of myself and Nevaeh, and when Barrie told me to bring Nevaeh with me, not knowing where the cliff was or the area, I let go of her leash so she could run to daddy,” Burkett said. “She ran right up to Barrie, gave him a kiss, ran back down to me and then back up behind Barrie where he couldn’t see her.” Nevaeh walked closer to Homeworth and then wandered over to McCandless, who was close to the edge of the cliff near some overhangs. Burkett said Nevaeh got too close to the edge, lost her footing and when she tried to regain her balance and push herself up, she slid off the cliff. “Barrie and Sagi took off down the trails to the left of the cliff to get down to the bottom to try to find her,” Burkett said. While they searched, Burkett was on the phone trying to get help from 911, the SPCA and search and rescue. “[Search and rescue] came within the hour and helped as much as they could,” Burkett said. “They spent five hours down on the trails looking for her but she got up from where she fell and took off before the SAR or Barrie and Sagi got down there.” The three, plus about 20 volunteers, including members of the Alberni Valley search and rescue, spent hours combing the trails through the night.
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Child and youth Mothers Uplifting Mothers group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lighthouse Church. Info: 250-724-9733. Youth Clinic services at ADSS (around the left front corner) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Info: 250-731-1315 or 250-720-9591. Play & Learn Library at Kiwanis Hilton Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.
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Special interest Genealogy Club meets the last Tuesday of every month at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members can visit on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday evenings, from 7 to 9 p.m. Special twice a week fitness class designed for new moms and their babies. To register drop into Echo Centre or phone 250-723-2181.
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Rare find for collector
New warning sound set for tsunami system
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Tucked behind a window in an old local wartime home was a newspaper dating back to 1897. Cindy Sjoholm was completing renovations on the military hut about eight years ago when she came across the discovery. The window was leaking and needed replacing. “I pulled it out to seal and fix it and the newspaper was laying in there flat,” Sjoholm said. It was a complete issue of Ontario’s Brantford Expositor, dated August 14, 1897. Surprised that it was in such good condition, she immediately stored it for safe keeping. As an avid collector of unique items and collectibles, Sjoholm planned on keeping it for posterity. “I have some collections in glass boxes that I like to show people,” she said. “I thought this would make a good conversation piece. I wasn’t sure what to do with it since it isn’t worth anything.” Recently Sjoholm took it out to show friends and decided to put it on permanent display in her current home. It is being laminated for preservation and
Cindy Sjoholm takes a look through the pages of an 1897 newspaper from Ontario that she found while renovating her former home. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
then she plans on hanging it on her wall. “I will flip it over every once in a while,” she said. “It will be like a mobile wall paper.”
Sjoholm thinks the newspaper is from the original build of the home. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net
The Port Alberni Tsunami Warning System test message is about to sound a little different. Council recently approved the ADSS Civic Studies 11 class project to change the warning signal to a more distinctive sound. A didgeridoo will sound off at 1:00 p.m. every first Wednesday of the month , preceding the voice message indicating the testing of the tsunami warning system. Earlier in the year, the class worked on and finalized the project. They first brainstormed ideas of sounds they thought were both appealing and would attract attention. Their decision was revealed at last Monday’s city council meeting as a didgeridoo. “The kids did a presentation a few months ago demonstrating the sounds,” said councillor Chris Alemany. “They came back last meeting with their final selections and council picked the didgeridoo one as per their recommendation.” Student Liam Clifford attended the meeting and was happy that their project was accepted. “Coming up with what we wanted wasn’t easy,” Clifford said.
“There was a large list of sounds that got shot down quickly. Some included an elephant, goats and more. We ended up choosing a didgeridoo as our favourite when one of my classmates came up with it out of the blue. We wanted something upbeat, happy-inducing and funny. It just seemed to fit the bill.” Teacher Anne Ostwald said the only criteria for choosing the final sound was that it had to be something to make everyone smile. “My kids narrowed the sounds down by everyone’s response to the huge variety of sounds, as well as open, honest and frank consultation,” Ostwald said. “We only kept in the sounds we all liked. We also knew the sound could be neither too low nor high pitched as it wouldn’t work over the system.” After narrowing down to the top six or seven, the class went to Bob Dailey Stadium with Port Alberni’s fire chief, Tim Pley, and Craig Duncan of Alberni Communications. They used a portable tsunami testing device to hear the sounds outside in a more realistic environment. See TSUNAMI, Page 9
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Summer and exercise Healthy tips for proper hydration and nutrition
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hen it comes to summer and exercise, the heat can bring your appetite down. For instance, after a long day in the heat sometimes the last thing you want to do is eat or even produce more heat cooking a meal. How do you keep your nutrition up and keep food easy and interesting so you can fuel your body up? When it is hot out, your body diverts its energy to keeping your core temperature cool with perspiration. Little attention is given to eating and fuel unfortunately. In times like these, relying on hunger cues may not be your best bet. You may need to remember what you need to eat and plan for it. Especially if you are planning on exercising during the heat, and even more so if you plan on exercising for an extended period of time, such as a day hike or mountain climb. For example, we love hiking all day long, sometimes up to 10 or 12 hours return if we are up summiting one of the amazing peaks on Vancouver Island. Last weekend, we hiked to the Cobalt Lake and then continued to the summit of Mt. 5040. Although it was not a 10-hour hike, the elevation gain over a shorter distance made it very intense exercise. We were exposed to the high temperatures of the day and our bodies were working hard and expending a lot of energy. We burned a lot of energy and used a lot of water in keeping our
Susan Fox The Happy Life Project bodies going and cooled. It was not the first instinct to eat while working at an intense fitness level, however to ensure we could keep going, we had to purposely take breaks to eat and hydrate. Instead of eating a lot of food, like a small meal at one time, we sipped water in small amounts constantly and we ate small amounts. Did we pack anything ridiculously special? No, just regular food. We concentrated on having enough carbs and proteins, as well as food that would help us replace our electrolytes. Replacing your electrolytes is very important especially during times of higher fluid loss, such as during intense exercise when it is hot out. Your body loses the electrolytes and replacing them is crucial. Electrolytes are minerals that help regulate various body function and fluid regulation. Some people use sports drinks, but if you eat and snack right, you can replace them through foods. For instance we ate foods and snacks that contained sodium, phosphate, calcium, and magnesium. A favourite snack of mine while hiking all day is beef jerky. It contains a lot of energy, protein and sodium.
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We also take dried fruit, nuts and maybe something like cooked chicken or boiled eggs. The only challenge is making sure that the food is going to keep well according to the temperatures of the day. We also concentrated on getting enough water during the day, to avoid dehydrating. The general rule for hydrating during moderate to intense exercise is about 250 ml or one cup of water every 20 minutes. You don’t have to chug back a litre at one time, small amounts during timed increments is much easier, and better absorbed by your body. If you overload your body with fluid all at one time, the body reacts by emptying the contents of the stomach at an accelerated rate. During the summer, I like to get outside and hike and climb all day long, so I want to make sure I have fed my body right to do that and have fun! Eating when it is hot out can be a challenge, but don’t ignore that your body needs the right fuel and hydration. Plan ahead, eat and hydrate in small amounts and you can fuel your machine all day long. » Susan Fox, BCRPA Certified Fitness Professional and Personal Trainer, believes in positive change and enhancing quality of life through fitness. Her goal is to collaborate in creating a vibrant, healthy community where all ages enjoy engaging in movement and daily activity. She can be reached at 250-730-0008 or susanfoxfitness.ca.
This Bayline logging truck veered off a bridge on Bamfield Road Wednesday morning. The driver was transported to hospital but was not hurt, according to Bayline, which is under contract with Island Timberlands. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
Corrections Logging truck crashes on bridge The front page story of the Thursday, June 11 Alberni Valley Times about a logging truck that spilled fuel into a stream off Bamfield road inaccurately reported that the truck flipped over. In fact the truck did not flip or roll, but hit a rail that tore off the front axle and caused the rig to lift off the road, leaning toward one side off the bridge.
According to Island Timberlands, which responded to the incident, the stream bed was dry and no fuel contaminated Sarita Lake. Spelling error In the story on the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike fundraiser on Page 3 of the Friday, June 12 Alberni Valley Times, Huu-ay-aht was misspelled.
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Senate and CBC share troubling themes
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n the surface the Senate expenses scandal and the latest debacle at CBC don’t appear to have much in common. But there are some common themes. One, they are both publicly-funded. The CBC has advertising revenue, but if it had to rely on that (as private media companies like this one must) it would not exist, certainly not in its current form. Along with public support comes public scrutiny. So events at both institutions is and should be of public concern. Another shared theme is entitlement. The auditor-general’s scathing report on the Senate paints a picture of many
people who played by their own rules. We say many because the AG’s report showed that 86 of 116 senators didn’t have questionable or inappropriate expenses. The 30 who did, even reacting to the damning report, exhibited a sense of dislocation and unreality — many seem to think the auditor simply didn’t understand how the Senate works. None seem to understand, or even care, about the extent to which the Parliamentary institution has been tarnished. As for the CBC, the Toronto Star investigation into Evan Soloman’s art brokering scandal reveals a journalist who seemed to think nothing about
using his professional connections with news sources to line his own pockets. Like Jian Ghomeshi, he seemed to feel above the rules that govern the vast majority of journalists. He didn’t disclose his art business when it started in 2013, and claimed when he did disclose in April that he wasn’t in any kind of conflict. The Star, and later the CBC, found different and he was fired. And finally, a third commonality, culture. It is clear that the culture of the Senate, at least up until recently, tolerated financial abuses by more than a handful of senators. To suggest the practices weren’t well known strains credulity
and that damns the institution as well as the offending senators. At the CBC, Ghomeshi bullied and harassed employees for years. Solomon was in the art business for two years. Senior business correspondent Amanda Lang was accused — and ultimately cleared — of editorial interference by a colleague. Would an average intelligent person with no axe to grind conclude both these institutions have critical culture problems? We would say yes. Now what? Most Canadians would be happy to see the Senate killed. That requires a Constitutional change. Probably won’t happen. Instead, the Senate requires a babysitter, a mon-
itor watching the activities of senators to ensure compliance and common sense. Too many senators simply can’t be trusted. As for the CBC, the future is even more bleak. The Harper government dislikes the public broadcaster and this latest self-inflicted wound won’t help. Can the public trust the CBC to responsibly and ethically spend millions of tax dollars? CBC execs wouldn’t like the answer to that question if average Canadians were asked today.
docks to store excess belongings, or non payments of fees, or letting their boats become a safety hazard due to lack of proper maintenance. These are separate, definable behaviours that can and should be dealt with for the security and benefit of all the marina users and the stewards charged with maintaining them. Sleeping and living on a boat by its owners, in and of itself, does not cause any problem for the marina. In fact, to the contrary, having people present on boats at a marina around the clock, increases security and prevents problems (such as fire or damage to structures) that can easily and quickly become disastrous. There is definitely an attitude of discrimination against live aboard – and now in Port Alberni – even asleep aboard use of a boat. Many municipalities, regional districts, harbour authorities and port authorities have by-laws and regulations prohibiting living aboard one’s boat. I maintain that these statutes and rules constitute a discriminatory practice that contravenes a boat owner’s Charter Rights. In other locals, such as Victoria Harbour, live aboard boats are welcomed at the Harbour Authority docks with no apparent difficulty. The live aboard boats provide a needed revenue stream in the winter months, when transient moorage is down. Furthermore, has the city of Port Alberni considered the financial impact of discouraging
touring boaters and sport fishermen who wish to visit your town with these unnecessary rules? I’m certain that local merchants, restaurants, marine service providers and sporting goods dealers do not wish to have any tourist money kept away from the local economy. Think about it. If the Port Authority of Port Alberni has room to moor any boat, then they have room for a captain and crew to sleep on it. Thank you for this opportunity to speak to this issue.
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Boater at fisherman’s wharf a ‘perfect tenant’ Re: ‘Comox Boater’ June 4, Page 1 I used to own a house in Port Alberni and work at Port Fish. This guy is just trying to enjoy the nature and the beauty of this area. I could see if there was an unruly boater. But he seems to be the perfect tenant so to speak. I have seen people who dock there for the summer who have no respect of the water and surroundings. Throwing garbage all over. Drinking and using the water way as a garbage and a toilet. Why is it that management always seems to pick on the harmless individuals?
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Boaters should be allowed to sleep aboard Every boat manufactured that is over 17’ long probably has berths aboard that were meant for the crew to be able to sleep while not otherwise navigating the craft. The right to sleep on one’s boat is a part of the owners’ rights to navigation. Port Authorities and Harbour Authorities were set up by the Federal Ministry of Transport to be the stewards of a universally available public facility that met the needs of all boaters. They were to provide moorage for boat and crew, access to the
shore, and a location where boaters could maintain their boats. Nowhere in the establishment of Port Authorities and Harbour Authorities was it ever implied that they had any right to restrict a boat owner’s access to to their boat. And this includes sleeping on the boat. I do not understand why sleeping (probably the most innocuous human activity) is a problem for these stewards of a public facility. No one is disturbing or causing a problem for anyone else by sleeping. Yes, in some cases, these stewards have had problems with boat owners who cause disturbances by making noise late at night, or using the
Rick Schnurr Director, BC Nautical Residents Association
NBC request of playoff hockey players is ‘sexist’ Isn’t NBC’s suggestion that hockey players shave playoff beards to “show off players’ attractiveness and help boost marketing” sexist, in this day ‘n’ age? Besides, since the blessed advent of helmets and faceguards and/or visors, all that eye-candy flying down the ice has been disguised under wraps so what does it matter that they’re fuzzy-faced? Liz Stonard Port Alberni » We want to hear from you. Send comments to letters@avtimes. net. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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MINOR HOCKEY
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Bulldogs trade 20-yearolds for room on roster Everett Putz, Drew Weich moved for future considerations ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Excellent association New Alberni Valley Minor Hockey Association president Al McCullough (right) receives the banner for Association of the Year from Jim Humphries, president of the Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association. The AVMHA received the honour at the VIAHA’s annual general meeting last month. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
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The Alberni Valley Bulldogs have traded two 20-year-olds for future considerations. The local British Columbia Hockey League club announced the trades last week. “With teams in the BCHL allowed only six, 20-year-old players, these moves were necessary to create room for the coming season,” the club stated. The Bulldogs traded Everett Putz to the Calgary Mustangs for future considerations. “Putz spent one season with the Bulldogs and always gave a complete effort,” according to his team. “This trade sees him play out his final year of junior hockey at home in Calgary, AB, where he will sure to be a fan favourite.” Alberni Valley sent 1995-born defenceman Drew Weich to the Drayton Valley Thunder in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.. The move completed the future consideratinos component of the Alberni–Drayton Valley trade back in December, when the Bulldogs acquired left winger Eric Therrien from the
Alberni Valley’s Everett Putz (left) scuffles with Nanaimo Clippers forward Jacob Jackson in Game 6 of the Island Division semi-final at Weyerhaeuser Arena March 10. The 20-year-old Putz has been traded to the Calgary Mustangs of the AJHL for future considerations. [KEITH SIMISTER FOR THE TIMES]
Thunder. Therrien will be playing the 2015–16 season with the Concordia University of Wisconsin Falcons. “The Alberni Valley Bulldogs would like to thank both Drew
and Everett for their contributions to the team and our community and wish them the very best with their new teams,” the club stated. News@avtimes.net
WATER SPORTS
Chicago Blackhawks center Antoine Vermette (80) shoots to score against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the third period of Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final on Saturday in Tampa, Fla. [JOHN RAOUX, ASSOCIATED PRESS]
Blackhawks 3–2 in Stanley Cup finals STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
CHICAGO — This isn’t the Chicago Blackhawks’ first rodeo going for the Stanley Cup. It is the first time they’re going for it at their own stampede. For the third time in the Patrick Kane/Jonathan Toews era, the Blackhawks are up 3-2 in the final going into Game 6. They won those first two chances in 2010 and 2013 on the road in Philadelphia and Boston. So this group knows how to close like a champion thoroughbred with the finish line in sight, but with the new twist of trying to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning and lift the Cup on home ice at United Center. “Our team’s been in a lot in these situations — played in some big settings, some big stages, a chance to win Cups before,” coach Joel Quenneville said Sunday. “It’s a whole new process for some guys, a new situation being at home for the first time. “It’s an exciting time.” This is the Blackhawks’ time. Toews explained his team’s killer instinct more as an ability to get better as the series and the playoffs go on. Chicago’s captain doesn’t think it’s as much flipping a switch as shining brightest with the spotlight turned way up. “We get into these later games where we have the chance to play these games that are more meaningful, I think that’s when we play our best,” Toews said. Toews, Kane, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Patrick Sharp, Marian Hossa, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Bryan Bickell remain from the two previous Cup champion, while other pieces have moved in and out. Somehow the Blackhawks remain a team that smells blood and knows how to close the deal. “I think the more you do it, the more you get addicted to it,” said newcomer Brad Richards, who won with Tampa Bay in 2004.
“You’re comfortable in those situations.” The Blackhawks are plenty comfortable at home, but they’ve never faced this scenario before. In franchise history Chicago hasn’t had the chance to win the Cup on home ice since 1971 and hasn’t actually done it since 1938. With that history and their own history in their minds, players are trying to focus on the task at hand instead of the scene, the national anthem and the unique opportunity ahead of them. “Obviously there’s a lot of buzz, a lot of excitement, a lot of things going on around the entire event,” Toews said. “I think we’re just going to do our best as individuals to focus on our job as players and focus on the game and nothing more. “None of that stuff is really going to help us achieve what we want to achieve.” What would do it is continuing the recipe that won the Blackhawks Game 5 Saturday night. They jumped all over the Lightning early and took advantage of the breaks they got. “Pucks were just hitting sticks or going off of skates, goalies were bumping into defencemen,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. “That’s kind of the way it’s gone the last two games for us.” At this point of the series, the Lightning are banged-up. Goaltender Ben Bishop is playing through what the team is calling an undisclosed injury, Tyler Johnson an apparent hand, wrist or arm problem and Nikita Kucherov was forced to leave Game 5 after crashing shoulder-first into the post. Kucherov is questionable to play in Game 6. “We’re hoping that he’s back,” Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said. “If not, we have guys that are capable. We’ve proved that before. We just got to keep believing that.”
Paddleboard ahoy Dr. Shane Longman, winner of best costume, and Kai Bloomquist, paddled to the finish during the second annual Alberni Canal Downwind Challenge at Canal Beach on Saturday. [JASON HALTTUNEN PHOTO]
FIFA SOCCER
Canada looks for scoring touch against Netherlands at Women’s World Cup KELSEY PATTERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — Christine Sinclair is confident the goals are coming. Canada’s women’s soccer team has scored just once in its first two group-stage matches at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Canada will look to find its scoring touch in their third and final group-stage game versus the Netherlands on Monday at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. “As a forward, you get worried when you’re not creating chances and chances aren’t falling for you,” said Sinclair after practice on Saturday in Montreal. “Myself, but also the rest of the front line, we’ve created chances. Sooner or later they’re going to go in. “People have to realize it’s the World Cup — we’re playing against the best teams in the world. There are no slouches.” Sinclair scored from the penalty
spot in stoppage time as Canada opened with a 1-0 victory over China. Against New Zealand, the teams played to a scoreless draw. John Herdman’s team, however, have had their opportunities in open play. Canada has 10 shots on target, and only the Ivory Coast have hit more posts (3) than Canada (2). “If we score one, the confidence will just come flooding in, even more so than it’s already there,” said midfielder Sophie Schmidt. “We’re just saving it for the perfect moment.” Leading its group with four points from two games, Canada (1-0-1) could clinch top spot in Group A with a victory over the Netherlands (1-1-0). The Canadians would also reach the round-of-16 elimination games with a draw. Even a narrow loss, with favourable results elsewhere, could send Canada through to the knockout stages.
But the Canadians have no intention of sitting back. They want all three points against the Dutch on Monday. “That’s our goal and that’s our game plan,” said forward Melissa Tancredi. “Coming up against any of these teams, we’re not looking for a tie. We’re going in there for a win, going in there very prepared and hopefully with the mindset of putting in some goals early.” While Canada may not be scoring at will, the team is looking strong at the back. Canada is one of only two teams, along with Brazil, that has not conceded a goal in this tournament. “Championships are won with defence,” said Schmidt. “You can’t lose a game if they don’t score on you. Our defence has been phenomenal.” Keeping a clean sheet against the Netherlands, Canada’s toughest Group-A opposition, may prove to be a difficult task.
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SCOREBOARD HOCKEY
NHL Stanley Cup Finals Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago Blackhawks (Best of seven series) Saturday’s result (Game 5) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1 (Chicago leads series 3-2) Game summary below
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Pre-season schedule Saturday’s results Montreal 26, Ottawa 9, at Stade TELUSUniversite Laval, Quebec City Edmonton 31, Saskatchewan 24 at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray
Today’s schedule (Game 6) Tampa Bay at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Friday’s result Calgary 20, BC Lions 6 (at McMahon Stadium, Calgary)
Wednesday, June 17 (Game 7*) Chicago at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
Thursday, June 18 Toronto at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Previous results Game 1, Wednesday June 3 Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1
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
Game 2, Saturday, June 6 Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 3 Game 3, Monday, June 8 Tampa Bay 3, Chicago 2 Wednesday, June 10 (Game 4) Chicago 2, Tampa Bay 1
Monday, June 8 Hamilton 37, Ottawa 10 (at Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ont.) Tuesday, June 9 Winnipeg 34, Toronto 27 (at Varsity Stadium)
Saturday at Tampa, Florida
Blackhawks 2 Lightning 1 First Period 1. Chicago, Sharp (5) (Toews, Teravainen) 6:11 Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Filppula (4) (Stralman, Garrison) 10:53 Penalties: Paquette Tb (Hooking) 0:47, Saad Chi (Slashing) 11:25 Third Period 3. Chicago, Vermette (4) (Versteeg) 2:00 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Chicago 14 8 7 29 Tampa Bay 5 12 15 32 Goaltending summary: Chicago: Crawford (31/32), Tampa Bay: Bishop (27/29) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Chicago: 0 of 2, Tampa Bay: 0 of 1
American Hockey League Calder Cup Final Manchester Monarchs vs. Utica Comets Saturday’s result (Game 4) Manchester 2, Utica 1 (Manchester wins Calder Cup 4-1) Saturday at Utica, New York
Regular season Week 1 Thursday, June 25 Ottawa at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 26 Hamilton at Calgary, 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27 Edmonton at Toronto, 2 p.m., at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurray Winnipeg at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. Week 2 Thursday, July 2 Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 3 Calgary at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 4 BC Lions at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Sunday, July 5 Toronto at Saskatchewan, 12:30 p.m.
SOCCER CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers Canada vs. Dominica, 4:30 p.m. at BMO Field, Toronto
Monarchs 2, Comets 1
Open Cup, Round Four
First Period 1. Monarchs, Kempe (8) (Shore, O’Brien) 10:02 2. Monarchs, LoVerde (2) (Bodnarchuk, Dowd) 13:09 (PP) Second Period No scoring Third Period 3. Comets, O’Reilly (2) (Sanguinetti, Conacher) 19:45 Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT T Monarchs 7 5 7 0 19 Comets 9 13 10 0 32 Goaltending summary: Monarchs: Bartosak (31/32), Comets: Markstrom (17/19) Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO): Monarchs: 1 of 2, Comets: 0 of 3
All teams MLS unless noted Tuesday, June 16 Philadelphia Union vs. Rochester Rhinos (USL), 4:30 p.m. New York Red Bulls vs. Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL), 4:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City vs. Saint Louis FC (USL), 5:30 p.m. Chicago Fire vs. Louisville City (USL), 5:30 p.m. FC Dallas vs. OKC Energy (USL), 6 p.m. Colorado Rapids vs. Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL), 6 p.m. Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders 2 (USL), 7 p.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Sacramento Republic (USL), 7:30 p.m. Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers, 7:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL NBA Championship final (Best-of-seven series) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors Yesterday’s result (Game 5) Golden State 104, Cleveland 91 (Golden State leads series 3-2) Tuesday, June 16 (Game 6) Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, June 17 Richmond Kickers (USL) vs. Columbus Crew SC, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL) vs. D.C. United, 4 p.m. New York Cosmos (NASL) vs. New York City FC, 4:30 p.m. Charleston Battery (USL) vs. Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. New England Revolution vs. Charlotte Independence (USL), 4:30 p.m. Houston Dynamo vs. Austin Aztex (USL), 6 p.m. LA Galaxy vs. PSA Elite (USASA Reg. IV), 7:30 p.m.
Toronto Blue Jay Ryan Goins runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run at Fenway Park on Sunday
Jays tie team record with 11th straight win KEN POWTAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — The way the Toronto Blue Jays are playing these days, even the last hitter in their lineup is plenty dangerous. The Blue Jays won their 11th straight game to tie the team record, routing the Boston Red Sox 13-5 Sunday as ninth-place batter Ryan Goins homered, doubled and drove in five runs. “Honestly, I think everybody’s coming here every day knowing we’re going to win,” Goins. “You put that with probably having the best one-through-six in the whole league and it makes it easier for seven, eight, nine.” Danny Valencia, batting seventh, also homered as the highest-scoring club in the majors completed a sweep at Fenway Park and sent Boston to its season-worst sixth straight loss. This is the fourth time Toronto has won 11 in a row, most recently in 2013. The Blue Jays can set the team mark Monday night when star shortstop Jose Reyes returns to Citi Field to play the New York Mets. “The one word that describes it is ’fun,”’ Goins said. The Blue Jays have scored 88 runs in their streak, including 31 this weekend in Boston. Goins’ three-run homer capped a six-run fourth inning as the Blue Jays roughed up rookie Eduardo Rodriguez (2-1). According to research provided by the Red Sox, Rodriguez was the first pitcher in major league history to go six or more innings and not allow more than one run or three hits in each of his first three starts. “He’s been great and you can tell why and he’s going to be great, but we’re some kind of hot right now,” manager John Gibbons said. Marco Estrada (4-3) gave up five runs in five innings. David Ortiz hit a three-run homer for Boston, which fell 10 games under .500. “We’re not in a good place right now as a team, but it’s not because we’re not giving effort,” Boston manager John Farrell said.
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Topshelf Open, June 8-14 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Surface: Grass. Purse: €537,050 (CDN$742,700) Men’s Singles - Final Nicolas Mahut, France, def. David Goffin (2), Belgium, 7-6 (1), 6-1. Men’s Doubles - Final (Saturday) Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-2, 7-6 (9).
PGA
American League East W L NY Yankees 34 28 Tampa Bay 35 29 Toronto 34 30 Baltimore 31 31 Boston 27 37 Central W L Kansas City 34 25 Minnesota 34 28 Detroit 33 30 Cleveland 29 33 Chicago Sox 28 33 West W L Houston 36 28 Texas 33 30 LA Angels 32 31 Seattle 28 35 Oakland 26 39 National League East W L NY Mets 34 30 Washington 33 30 Atlanta 30 33 Miami 27 37 Philadelphia 22 42 Central W L St. Louis 41 21 Pittsburgh 35 27 Chicago Cubs 34 27 Cincinnati 28 34 Milwaukee 24 40 West W L LA Dodgers 37 26 San Fran 34 30 San Diego 32 33 Arizona 30 32 Colorado 28 34
June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan Today’s schedule No games scheduled, rest day Today’s schedule (Final group games) (Groups A, B) Thailand vs. Germany, 1 p.m., at Winnipeg Ivory Coast vs. Norway, 1 p.m., at Moncton Netherlands vs. Canada, 4:30 p.m. at Montreal China vs. New Zealand, 4:30 p.m. at Winnipeg Saturday’s results (Groups E, F) Colombia 2, France 0, at Moncton Scoring: Andrade 19’, Usme 90+3 England 2, Mexico 1, at Moncton Scoring: England Kirby 71’, Carney 82’; Mexico Ibarra 90+1’ Brazil 1, Spain 0 at Montreal Scoring: A. Alves 43’ South Korea 2, Costa Rica 2, at Montreal Scoring: Korea Ji So-Yun 21’ (pen), Jeon Ga-Eul 25’; Costa Rica Herrera 17’, Villalobos 89’ Group standings, rules 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 1 0 1 0 4 2 Netherlands 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 China 1 0 1 1 1 3 4 New Zealand 0 1 1 0 1 1 Thursday, June 11 at Edmonton China 1, Netherlands 0 Canada 0, New Zealand 0 Saturday, June 6 at Edmonton Canada 1, China 0 Netherlands 1, New Zealand 0 Group B W D L GF GA Pts 1 Germany 1 1 0 11 1 4 2 Norway 1 1 0 5 1 4 3 Thailand 1 0 1 3 6 3 4 Ivory Coast 0 0 2 2 13 0 Thursday, June 11 at Ottawa Germany 1, Norway 1 Thailand 3, Ivory Coast 2 Sunday, June 7 at Ottawa Norway 4, Thailand 0 Germany 10, Ivory Coast 0 Group C W D L GF GA Pts 1 Japan 2 0 0 3 1 6 2 Switzerland 1 0 1 10 2 3 3 Cameroon 1 0 1 7 2 3 4 Ecuador 0 0 2 0 16 0 Friday, June 12 at Vancouver Switzerland 10, Ecuador 1 Japan 2, Cameroon 1 Monday, June 8 at Vancouver Cameroon 6, Ecuador 0 Japan 1, Switzerland 0 Group D W D L GF GA Pts 1 United States 1 1 0 3 1 4 2 Australia 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 Sweden 0 2 0 3 3 2 4 Nigeria 0 1 1 3 5 1 Friday, June 12 at Winnipeg Australia 2, Nigeria 0 United States 0, Sweden 0 Monday, June 8 at Winnipeg Sweden 3, Nigeria 3 United States 3, Australia 1 Group E W D L GF GA Pts 1 Brazil 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 Spain 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 Costa Rica 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 South Korea 0 0 1 0 2 0 Saturday, June 13 at Montreal Brazil 1, Spain 0 South Korea 2, Costa Rica 2 Tuesday, June 9 at Montreal Spain 1, Costa Rica 1 Brazil 2, South Korea 0 Group F W D L GF GA Pts 1 France 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 Colombia 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 Mexico 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 England 0 0 1 0 1 0 Saturday, June 13 at Moncton Colombia 2, France 0 England 2, Mexico 1 Tuesday, June 9 at Moncton France 1, England 0 Colombia 1, Mexico,1 Upcoming games (final group matches) Tuesday, June 16 (Groups C, D) Ecuador vs. Japan, 2 p.m. at Winnipeg Switzerland vs. Cameroon, 2 p.m. at Edmonton Nigeria vs. USA, 5 p.m. at Vancouver Australia vs. Sweden, 5 p.m. Edmonton Wednesday, June 17 (Groups E, F) Mexico vs. France, 1 p.m. at Ottawa England vs. Colombia, 1 p.m. Montreal Costa Rica vs. Brazil, 4 p.m. at Moncton South Korea vs. Spain, 4 p.m. at Ottawa Saturday, June 20 Round of 16 begins
MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP W L DC United 28 17 8 5 N. England 24 16 6 4 Orlando 20 15 5 5 Toronto 19 12 6 5 NY Red Bulls 17 13 4 4 Columbus 17 15 4 6 Philadelphia 15 16 4 9 Montreal 14 11 4 5 Chicago 14 14 4 8 NY City FC 14 15 3 7 Western League Club PTS GP W L Seattle 29 15 9 4 Vancouver 26 16 8 6 Sporting KC 24 14 6 2 Portland 22 15 6 5 Dallas 22 15 6 5 Los Angeles 22 17 5 5 Houston 20 15 5 5 San Jose 19 14 5 5 Salt Lake 18 15 4 5 Colorado 14 14 2 4 Yesterday’s results Orlando City 1, DC United 0
T 4 6 5 1 5 5 3 2 2 5
GF GA 20 16 22 20 20 19 19 16 17 17 21 22 18 25 14 18 17 22 15 19
T 2 2 6 4 4 7 5 4 6 8
GF GA 23 11 18 15 22 15 15 14 18 22 16 19 21 19 14 15 13 18 11 12
Mercedes Cup, June 8-14 Stuttgart, Germany. Surface: Grass. Purse: €574,965 (CDN$795,150) Singles - Final Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Viktor Troicki (8), Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Doubles - Final Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (4), Romania, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (3), Brazil, 5-7, 6-2, 10-7.
WTA Topshelf Open, June 8-14 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. Surface: Grass. Purse: $226,750 Women’s Singles - Final Camila Giorgi (5), Italy, def. Belinda Bencic (4), Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3. Doubles - Final (Saturday) Asia Muhammed, United States, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (3), Russia, 6-3, 7-5. Aegon Open Nottingham, June 8-14 Nottingham, England. Surface: Grass. Purse: $226,750 All Saturday play postponed, rain. All results from Sunday. Singles - Semifinals Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, def. Alison Riske (5), United States, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles- Semifinals Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, and Abigail Spears (1), United States, def. Chin-Wei Chan, Taiwan, and Yi-Fan Xu, China, 6-1, 6-3. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith, Britain, def. Yung-Jan Chan, Taiwan, and Zheng Jie (2), China, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8. Final Kops-Jones and Spears def Rae and Smith, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.
AUTO RACING NASCAR Quicken Loans 400 Sunday, June 14, 10:16 a.m. Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan. 2-mile oval Results (Start position in parentheses) 1. (24) Kurt Busch, Chevy, $186,125 2. (14) Dale Jr., Chevy, $141,435, 3. (9) Martin Truex Jr., Chevy, $137,580 4. (12) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $148,471 5. (11) Joey Logano, Ford, $140,508 6. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, $141,031 7. (25) J McMurray, Chevy, $126,331 8. (17) Paul Menard, Chevy, $108,515 9. (20) Trevor Bayne, Ford, $132,940 10. (32) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, $126,523 11. (13) Den Hamlin, Toyota, $106,015 12. (4) Carl Edwards, Toyota, $107,140 13. (27) Casey Mears, Chevy, $116,448 14. (22) Ty Dillon, Chevy, $105,823 15. (1) Kasey Kahne, Chevy, $110,215 16. (19) Danica Patrick, Chevy, $97,065 17. (16) Kyle Larson, Chevy, $116,073 18. (23) R Newman, Chevy, $119,840 19. (8) Jim. Johnson, Chevy, $131,801 20. (7) Austin Dillon, Chevy, $124,471 21. (6) Jeff Gordon, Chevy, $131,771 22. (26) Aric Almirola, Ford, $123,346 23. (31) AJ All’dinger, Chevy, $114,918, 24. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, $82,560 25. (33) R Stenhouse Jr., Ford, $93,635, 26. (30) Sam Hornish., Ford, $111,630, 27. (36) J Allgaier, Chevy, $104,618, 28. (15) Tony Stewart, Chevy, $111,924 29. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevy, $141,035 30. (35) Mic. Annett, Chevy, $85,935 31. (29) Landon Cassill, Chevy, $83,785 32. (40) Cole Whitt, Ford, $90,732 33. (37) Brett Moffitt, Ford, $82,610 34. (39) Josh Wise, Ford, $81,010 35. (18) David Ragan, Toyota, $108,059 36. (21) Greg Biffle, Ford, $111,823 37. (38) Jeb Burton, Toyota, $80,731 38. (41) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, $76,142 39. (43) M DiBen’detto, Toyota, $72,070, 40. (42) Mike Bliss, Ford, $68,070 Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 116.688 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 21:55 Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 5 for 38 laps. Lead Changes: 17 among 11 drivers. Next race Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sunday, June 28, 12:19 p.m. Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
Formula One Austrian Grand Prix Spielberg, June 21, 5 a.m. Qualifying Saturday, June 20, 5 a.m. Track Length: 4.326 Km 2014 winner: Nico Rosberg
LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP New Westminster 6 Victoria 6 Coquitlam 5 Nanaimo 7 Maple Ridge 6 Burnaby 6 Langley 6
W 6 4 3 2 2 2 2
L 0 2 2 5 4 4 4
T Pts 0 12 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4
Yesterday’s result New Westminster 7, Maple Ridge 6 Coquitlam 10, Nanaimo 6
Saturday’s results NY City 3, Montreal 1 Columbus 1, LA Galaxy 1 New England 2, Chicago 0 Seattle 3, Dallas 0
Saturday’s result Coquitlam 7, Burnaby 3
Friday, June 19 Dallas at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 16 Maple Ridge at Burnaby, 7:45 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
Victoria Victoria Vancouver Utd Mid Isle Vancouver Tbirds Khalsa Kamloops Tim Hortons Abbotsford FC Tigers
5 6 6 6 3 3 2 2 1 0
4 5 2 1 4 1 1 1 3 2
1 1 0 1 1 4 4 5 5 8
19 10 25 13 16 3 15 7 17 12 12 13 12 16 12 23 10 16 13 29
19 23 20 19 13 10 7 7 6 2
Yesterday’s schedule Vancouver Utd vs. Tim Hortons, noon Victoria 2, Vancouver Tbirds 2 Mid Isle 1, Khalsa 0 Saturday’s schedule Abbotsford 3, Tim Hortons 0 Mid Isle vs. Vancouver Tbirds Victoria 4, Khalsa 1 FC Tigers 0, Vancouver United 3
Standings GP W L T Coquitlam 14 13 1 0 Delta 14 11 4 0 Victoria 14 9 5 0 New Westminster 13 8 5 0 Langley 15 4 9 2 Nanaimo 13 4 8 1 Port Coquitlam 15 4 10 1 Burnaby 15 2 13 0 Yesterday’s result Coquitlam 16, Nanaimo 3 New Westminster 14, Victoria 11 Langley 13, Burnaby 12
Pts 26 22 18 16 10 9 9 4
Saturday’s result Coquitlam 18, Nanaimo 8 Delta 22, Burnaby 8 Tuesday, June 16 Coquitlam at New Westminster, 8 p.m.
FedEx St. Jude Classic, June 11-14 TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tennessee. Par 70, 7,244 yards. Purse: $6,000,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Fabian Gomez -13 66 68 67 66 2 Greg Owen -9 64 70 67 70 T3 Phil Mickelson -8 68 69 70 65 T3 Seung-yul Noh -8 69 72 66 65 T3 Michael Thompson -8 69 69 68 66 T3 Matt Jones -8 69 67 68 68 T3 Brooks Koepka -8 64 67 71 70 T8 Boo Weekley -7 67 70 71 65 T8 Billy Horschel -7 71 67 70 65 T8 Russell Knox -7 70 64 73 66 T8 Chad Campbell -7 69 66 70 68 T12 Will Wilcox -6 68 72 69 65 T12 Colt Knost -6 72 64 72 66 T12 Chez Reavie -6 70 70 66 68 T12 Chris Smith -6 67 67 71 69 T12 Tom Hoge -6 69 65 71 69 T12 Scott Brown -6 65 69 68 72 T18 Cameron Percy -5 69 69 71 66 T18 Vaughn Taylor -5 67 74 68 66 T18 Billy Hurley III -5 72 66 70 67 Canadian result T45 David Hearn E 71 68 71 70
Canadian PGA Tour No tournament this week
LPGA KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, June 11-14 Westchester West Course, Harrison, New York. Par 73, 6,980 yards. Purse: $3,500,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Inbee Park -19 71 68 66 68 2 Sei Young Kim -14 70 68 69 71 3 Lexi Thompson -12 70 72 72 66 4 Brittany Lincicome -11 70 74 69 68 T5 Brooke Henderson Smiths Falls, Ont. -10 67 73 71 71 T5 Morgan Pressel -10 73 70 69 70 T7 Karrie Webb -9 68 71 72 72 T7 Suzann Pettersen -9 74 66 71 72 T9 Gerina Piller -8 72 70 73 69 T9 Anna Nordqvist -8 71 73 70 70 T9 Hyo Joo Kim -8 70 74 69 71 12 Sandra Gal -7 70 74 75 66 T13 Minjee Lee -6 72 74 73 67 T13 Karine Icher -6 69 75 72 70 T13 So Yeon Ryu -6 72 72 71 71 T13 Stacy Lewis -6 70 71 73 72 T13 Sakura Yokomine -6 74 71 69 72 T13 Shanshan Feng -6 73 72 68 73 T19 Lizette Salas -5 74 71 73 69 T19 Cristie Kerr -5 70 72 73 72 Also from Canada T65 Alena Sharp 5 72 74 75 76
Champions Tour Constellation Senior Players Championship, June 11-14 Belmont Country Club, Ashburn, Virginia. Par 72, 7,212 yards. Purse: $2,700,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Bernhard Langer -19 65 65 67 68 2 Kirk Triplett -13 70 68 69 64 T3 Joe Durant -10 70 68 69 67 T3 Colin Montgomerie-10 68 71 67 68 T3 Russ Cochran -10 69 65 71 69 6 Lee Janzen -9 67 69 71 68 T7 Marco Dawson -8 69 69 70 68 T7 Billy Andrade -8 70 71 66 69 T7 Jeff Hart -8 70 69 67 70 T10 Willie Wood -7 71 70 69 67 T10 Kevin Sutherland -7 71 66 71 69 T12 Jeff Maggert -6 71 68 71 68 T12 Paul Goydos -6 73 67 69 69 T12 Scott Dunlap -6 73 66 70 69 T12 Gene Sauers -6 68 71 69 70 T12 Olin Browne -6 69 70 68 71 T17 Jesper Parnevik -5 70 66 72 71 T17 Esteban Toledo -5 69 71 67 72 T17 Scott Verplank -5 69 71 66 73 T20 Tom Pernice Jr -4 70 75 70 65 Canadian results T20 Rick Gibson -4 70 70 70 70 T47 Rod Spittle 2 73 71 72 70 74 Jim Rutledge 13 78 70 74 75
Web.com Tour Rust-Oleum Championship, June 11-14 Lakewood Country Club, Westlake, Ohio. Par 71,6,824 yards. Purse: $600,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Shane Bertsch -18 67 65 68 66 2 Lucas Lee -17 71 68 63 65 T3 Patton Kizzire -16 70 63 68 67 T3 Michael Kim -16 68 66 66 68 T5 Brian Richey -14 64 69 68 69 T5 Peter Malnati -14 64 67 67 72 7 Si Woo Kim -13 67 71 62 71 T8 James Nitties -12 67 70 69 66 T8 Jamie Lovemark -12 67 72 66 67 T8 Tyler Aldridge -12 70 64 69 69 T11 Adam Svensson Surrey, B.C. -11 68 71 69 65 T11 Hao-Tong Li -11 66 70 69 68 T13 Taylor Pendrith -10 68 66 70 70 Richmond Hills, Ont. T13 Bronson Burgoon -10 72 67 68 67 T13 Roland Thatcher -10 68 68 70 68 T13 Nathan Tyler -10 69 67 70 68 T13 Brett Stegmaier -10 67 71 67 69 T18 Luke List -9 69 69 70 67 T18 Seb. Cappelen -9 70 69 69 67 T18 Greg Eason -9 68 67 72 68 Other Canadians T32 Brad Fritsch -7 69 70 67 71 T68 Ryan Yip -1 70 69 72 72
European Tour Lyoness Open, June 11-14 Diamond Country Club, Atzenbrugg, Austria. Par 72, 7,386 yards. Purse: $1,000,000. Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Chris Wood -15 67 69 70 67 2 Rafael Cabrera Bello -13 69 68 66 72 T3 Robert Rock -10 71 70 71 66 T3 Robert Dinwiddie -10 67 73 70 68 T3 Matthew Fitzpatrick-1069 69 69 71 T6 Kristoffer Broberg -9 70 72 69 68 T6 John Hahn -9 71 69 68 71 T6 Gregory Bourdy -9 65 67 69 78 T9 Mikko Korhonen -8 69 69 70 72 T9 Gary Stal -8 68 68 73 71 T11 Dave Coupland -7 71 70 73 67 T11 Pedro Oriol -7 70 70 73 68 T11 M. Lorenzo-Vera -7 70 72 69 70 T11 Richie Ramsay -7 74 69 68 70 T11 Scott Jamieson -7 72 70 65 74 T16 Carlos Del Moral -6 67 76 73 66 T16 Roope Kakko -6 73 70 71 68 T16 Edouard Espana -6 75 69 68 70 T16 Simon Griffiths -6 73 71 66 72 T20 Michael Hoey -5 73 69 72 69
Upcoming tournaments PGA This week: U.S. Open Championship, June 18-21 Chambers Bay Golf Club, University Place, Washington. Par 72, 7,585 yards. Purse: $9,000,000. 2014 champion: Martin Kaymer
Canadian PGA Tour No tournament this week The Syncrude Boreal Open, June 25-28 Fort McMurray Golf Club, Fort McMurray, Alta. Par 72, 6,912 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Joel Dahmen
LPGA No tournament this week Walmart NW Arkansas Championship, June 26-28
Athletics 8, Angels 1
PCT .548 .547 .531 .500 .422 PCT .576 .548 .524 .468 .459 PCT .563 .524 .508 .444 .400
GB Strk - W1 - W3 1.0 W11 3.0 L1 8.0 L6 GB Strk - L2 1.5 W1 3.0 W1 6.5 L1 7.0 L3 GB Strk - W1 2.5 L1 3.5 L1 7.5 L1 10.5 W1
PCT .531 .524 .476 .422 .344 PCT .661 .565 .557 .452 .375 PCT .587 .531 .492 .484 .452
GB Strk - W1 0.5 W2 3.5 L1 7.0 L1 12.0 L6 GB Strk - W3 6.0 W4 6.5 W2 13.0 L2 18.0 L2 GB Strk - W1 3.5 L4 6.0 L1 6.5 W3 8.5 W1
Yesterday’s results Detroit 8, Cleveland 1 NY Mets 10, Atlanta 8 Tampa Bay 2, Chicago White Sox 1 Colorado 4, Miami 1 NY Yankees 5, Baltimore 3 Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 0 (11 inn) Toronto 13, Boston 5 Houston 13, Seattle 0 Washington 4, Milwaukee 0 Minnesota 4, Texas 3 Oakland 8, LA Angels 1 Arizona 4, San Francisco 0 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 2 (12 inn) Chicago Cubs 2, Cincinnati 1 (11 inn) Kansas City at St. Louis, postponed Saturday’s results Toronto 5, Boston 4 (11 innings) Texas 11, Minnesota 7 Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 3 Cleveland 5, Detroit 4 Atlanta 5, NY Mets 3 (11 innings) Tampa Bay 5, Chicago Sox 4 Miami 4, Colorado 1 St. Louis 3, Kansas City 2 Seattle 8, Houston 1 Washington 7, Milwaukee 2 Arizona 4, San Fran 2 Baltimore 9, NY Yankees 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Angels 1, Oakland 0 San Diego 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Today’s schedule with probable starters Chi. White Sox at Pittsburgh, 4:05 pm Rodon (2-0) vs. Liriano (3-5) Philadelphia at Baltimore, 4:05 pm Harang (4-7) vs. Chen (1-4) Cincinnati at Detroit, 4:08 pm Moscot (0-1) vs. Sanchez (4-7) N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 4:10 pm Tanaka (4-1) vs. Koehler (4-3) Toronto at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 pm Buehrle (7-4) vs. Harvey (6-3) Atlanta at Boston, 4:10 pm Perez (1-0) vs. Porcello (4-5) Washington at Tampa Bay, 4:10 pm Gonzalez (4-3) vs. Ramirez (4-2) L.A. Dodgers at Texas, 5:05 pm Frias (4-3) vs. Gallardo (5-6) Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 pm Bauer (5-2) vs. Arrieta (5-4) Kansas City at Milwaukee, 5:10 pm Young (5-2) vs. Lohse (3-6) Colorado at Houston, 5:10 pm Bettis (2-0) vs. Keuchel (7-2) Minnesota at St. Louis, 5:15 pm May (4-4) vs. Wacha (8-2) Arizona at L.A. Angels, 7:05 pm Ray (1-1) vs. Weaver (4-5) Oakland at San Diego, 7:10 pm Hahn (3-5) vs. Ross (3-5) Seattle at San Francisco, 7:15 pm Walker (2-6) vs. Hudson (3-5) Tuesday, June 16 (Early games) Minnesota at St. Louis, 10:45 a.m. Gibson (4-3) vs. Martinez (6-2) Colorado at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Butler (3-6) vs. Velasquez (0-0)
Blue Jays 13, Red Sox 5 Toronto
Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Reyes SS 5 0 2 1 Pedroia 2B 4 1 2 1 Donaldson 3B4 1 1 0 Shaw 1B 1 0 0 0 Bautista RF 5 1 1 0 Holt 1B-2B 4 0 1 0 Enc’acion DH 4 1 1 1 Ramirez LF 4 1 1 1 Colabello 1B 5 3 2 1 Ortiz DH 2113 Martin C 4 3 3 2 Leon PH-DH 1 0 0 0 Valencia LF 4 1 2 2 Bogaerts SS 4 0 0 0 Pillar CF 5 1 2 1 Sandoval 3B 4 0 2 0 Goins 2B 5 2 2 5 Castillo CF 3 1 0 0 Totals 41131613 Swihart C 3 1 1 0 Totals 30 5 8 5
Toronto 000 640 300 13 Boston 000 050 000 5 SB: TOR Pillar (9, 2nd base off Rodriguez, E/Swihart). 2B: TOR Martin, R (12, Rodriguez, E), Goins (8, Layne), Reyes (9, Layne). 3B: BOS Sandoval (1, Estrada). GIDP: TOR Bautista, Goins. HR: TOR Goins (2, 4th inning off Rodriguez, E, 2 on, 2 out), Valencia (2, 5th inning off Wright, S, 1 on, 2 out); BOS Ortiz, D (9, 5th inning off Estrada, 2 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TOR 5; BOS 8. DP: TOR (Donaldson-Goins); BOS 2 (Pedroia-Holt, B, Holt, B-Bianchi-Shaw, T). E: BOS Castillo, R (2, fielding). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Estrada ( W, 4-3 ) 5.0 7 5 5 3 3 D Tepera 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 Boston IP H R ER BB SO E Rodriguez ( L, 2-1 ) 4.2 8 9 9 3 1 S Wright 2.0 4 3 3 1 3 T Layne 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 R Hembree 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 Time: 3:12. Att: 36,296.
Astros 13, Mariners 0 Seattle
Smith RF Jackson CF Cano 2B B’quist 2B Cruz DH Seager 3B Morrison 1B Ackley LF Miller SS Sucre C Totals
Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 0 0 0 Springer RF 4 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 Tucker LF 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 Correa SS 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Gattis DH 5 3 4 0 3 0 0 0 Carter 1B 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 Rasmus LF-RF4 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 Conger C 4 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 Marisnick CF 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Valbuena 3B 4 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez 2B 4 1 1 2 28 0 2 0 Totals 391314 12
Seattle 000 000 000 0 Houston 302 511 01x 13 2B: SEA Jackson, A (8, Sipp); HOU Marisnick (8, Elias), Conger (4, Farquhar), Tucker (9, Smith, Ca). GIDP: SEA Smith, S. HR: HOU Valbuena (14, 4th inning off Farquhar, 1 on, 2 out), Gonzalez, M (3, 6th inning off Furbush, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 6; HOU 10. DP: HOU (Gonzalez, M-Correa-Carter). E: SEA Seager (7, fielding). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO R Elias ( L, 3-4 ) 3.1 7 8 7 4 2 D Farquhar 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 M Lowe 1.0 2 1 1 2 2 C Furbush 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 F Rodney 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 C Smith 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 Houston IP H R ER BB SO L McCullers ( W, 3-1 ) 5.0 0 0 0 4 4 T Sipp 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 J Thatcher 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 W Harris 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 J Fields 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 HBP: Carter (by Elias). Time: 3:26. Att: 29,153.
Oakland
LA Angels
ab r h bi ab r h bi Burns CF 5 1 2 1 Aybar SS 3 1 0 0 Semien SS 5 0 0 0 Feath’ston SS 1 0 0 0 Reddick RF 5 1 2 1 Trout CF 3000 Zobrist DH 5 3 3 0 Joyce LF 1010 Vogt C 4 1 0 0 Pujols 1B 3 0 2 1 Lawrie 3B 4 0 1 0 Perez 1B 1000 Parrino PH-3B1 0 0 0 Calhoun RF 3 0 1 0 Muncy 1B 5 1 1 1 Robertson CF 1 0 0 0 Sogard 2B 5 1 2 3 Freese DH 3 0 1 0 Fuld LF 3 0 1 0 Giavotella 2B 4 0 0 0 Totals 42 8 12 6 Navarro LF-RF4 0 0 0 Iannetta C 3 0 0 0 Kubitza 3B 4 0 0 0 Totals 34 1 5 1
Oakland 011 003 300 8 LA Angels 000 100 000 1 SB: OAK Burns (12, 2nd base off Shoemaker/Iannetta), Lawrie (3, 2nd base off Shoemaker/Iannetta). 2B: OAK Zobrist 2 (10, Shoemaker, Bedrosian), Muncy (5, Shoemaker), Sogard (6, Ramos, C). Team Lob: OAK 9; LAA 8. E: OAK Semien 2 (22, fielding, missed catch); LAA Giavotella (6, fielding), Iannetta (2, fielding), Aybar (7, fielding). Oakland IP H R ER BB SO S Gray ( W, 8-3 ) 7.2 5 1 0 0 9 F Rodriguez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 T Clippard 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO M Shoemaker ( L, 4-5 ) 5.2 6 4 3 0 5 J Alvarez 0.0 3 1 1 0 0 C Bedrosian 0.1 2 3 2 1 1 C Ramos 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 T Gott 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: Freese (by Clippard). Time: 3:16. Att: 35,143.
Tigers 8, Indians 1 Cleveland
Detroit
ab r h bi ab r h bi Kipnis 2B 3 0 2 0 Gose CF 3100 Santana 1B 4 0 0 0 Kinsler 2B 3 1 1 1 Brantley LF 4 0 0 0 Cabrera 1B 4 3 3 1 Moss RF 4 1 2 1 Cespedes LF 4 1 1 0 Murphy DH 2 0 0 0 Martinez RF 4 1 2 3 Lindor PH-DH 2 0 1 0 Collins DH 4 1 0 1 Gomes C 4 0 0 0 Holaday C 4 0 2 2 Urshela 3B 3 0 1 0 Romine 3B 4 0 0 0 Walters PH 1 0 1 0 Iglesias SS 3 0 1 0 Bourn CF 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 8 10 8 Aviles SS 4010 Totals 34 1 8 1
Cleveland 000 000 001 1 Detroit 100 103 03x 8 SB: DET Gose (9, 2nd base off Kluber/ Gomes, Y). 2B: DET Holaday (3, Webb, R). GIDP: CLE Murphy, Dv. HR: CLE Moss (11, 9th inning off Soria, 0 on, 1 out); DET Cabrera, M (14, 4th inning off Kluber, 0 on, 1 out), Martinez, J (12, 6th inning off Atchison, 2 on, 1 out). Team Lob: CLE 8; DET 3. DP: CLE (Gomes, Y-Kipnis); DET (Iglesias, J-Kinsler-Cabrera, M). E: DET Cabrera, M (2, throw), Wilson, A (1, fielding). Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Kluber ( L, 3-8 ) 5.0 4 2 2 1 2 S Atchison 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 N Hagadone 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 R Webb 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO A Simon ( W, 7-3 ) 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 B Hardy 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 W Wilson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 J Soria 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 T Gorzelanny 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP: Raburn (by Gorzelanny). Time: 2:46 (1:51 delay). Att: 36,994.
West Coast League East Yakima Valley Kelowna Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Kitsap Victoria Cowlitz
W 6 6 4 1 W 7 5 4 1 W 6 4 4 1
L 2 3 4 4 L 2 4 4 8 L 3 5 5 5
PCT 0.750 0.667 0.500 0.200 PCT 0.778 0.556 0.500 0.111 PCT 0.667 0.444 0.444 0.167
GB .5 2 3.5 GB 2 2.5 6 GB 2 2 3.5
Strk W1 W4 L1 L3 Strk L1 L3 W3 L1 Strk W1 W2 W1 L2
Yesterday’s results Victoria 4, Bend 3 Kitsap 8, Cowlitz 1 Yakima Valley 6, Walla Walla 4 Kelowna 9, Medford 4 Corvallis at Wenatchee Bellingham at Klamath Saturday’s results Kitsap 6, Cowlitz 5 Bend 5, Victoria 1 Walla Walla 4, Yakima Valley 3 Kelowna 4, Medford 2 Bellingham 8, Klamath 0 Corvallis 7, Wenatchee 4 Today’s schedule Victoria at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Medford at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday June 16 Bend at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Victoria at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m. Medford at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Walla Walla at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.
HarbourCats 4, Elks 3 Victoria
Rogers Amezquita Collard Clark Thoreson Guibor Rankin Floyd Goldstein Totals
Bend
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TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Community service workers in North Bay say they are dealing with an alarming increase in the number of babies born to mothers addicted to drugs. There were 22 babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome in the city of 64,000 in 2012-13, 31 the next year, and 48 in 2014-15, with 10 in January alone. The big jump in numbers prompted the Nipissing Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Society to â&#x20AC;&#x153;issue a call to actionâ&#x20AC;? to community members because it couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep up with demand, said executive director Gisele Hebert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bulk of those babies seem to be in our district,â&#x20AC;? said Hebert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure why, but the figure has grown close to 500 per cent since 2003 in the northeast.â&#x20AC;? The main question at a meeting of social service agencies, community leaders and the public this week couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be answered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The question from the audience was: â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Why is this happening in our community?â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; said Hebert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are considered in the north, but there are much more remote northern communities than North Bay, and for example in Timmins, Sudbury, in Kapuskasing, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not seeing these numbers.â&#x20AC;?
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However, Corrine Wilde, manager of addiction services with the Community Counselling Centre of Nipissing, said the problem of babies born to addicted mothers is worse in other parts of northern Ontario. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Northeastern Ontario is the second highest number of (addicted) births, but northwestern Ontario is skyrocketing higher than we are,â&#x20AC;? said Wilde. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at the population numbers, the north is disproportionately higher than the south,â&#x20AC;? said Alan MacQuarrie, executive director of the Community Counselling Centre. The North West Local Health Integration Unit did not respond to a request for comment. The Ministry of Health said 896 babies across Ontario had been born to mothers addicted to drugs in 2013-14. That was up from 654 babies with NAS born in the province in 2010-11. During their pregnancies, the addicted mothers used drugs such as methadone, other opiates including heroin, oxycontin and percocets, cocaine and marijuana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crack in our community became very evident last year,â&#x20AC;? said Hebert. There are five methadone clinics in North Bay, which offer the synthetic opioid to reduce heroin withdrawal symptoms.
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The number of babies with neonatal abstinence syndrome put such a strain on resources in North Bay, the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Society exhausted all available foster parents within a two-hour drive -- including expensive paid foster care homes outside the district -- and even rented a cottage for some babies and their caregivers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I started calling community leaders to say this canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be isolated to the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aid Society,â&#x20AC;? said Hebert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they quickly realized it was taxing all the resources in the area and were very open to coming together to dialogue about how we address this problem collectively.â&#x20AC;? Prevention is key, said Hebert, and the community forum looked at finding ways to identify and help at risk youth to reduce the numbers of addicted mothers. The addicted women want help to get off drugs so they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have their babies taken away by the CAS, and they need to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;wrappedâ&#x20AC;? in community supports from medical care to parenting advice, said MacQuarrie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When they are connected, as opposed to ostracized, and stigmatized and judged by society, the connection helps them reduce their dependency and become better mothers,â&#x20AC;? he said.
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VANCOUVER â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A freelance journalist who alleges former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong publicly portrayed her as unethical, heartless and cruel is set to have her day in court. Laura Robinson accuses Furlong of defaming her in public comments after she published an article in 2012 that included allegations from former students that he physically abused them some 40 years ago. The civil trial in her case is set to begin Monday in B.C. Supreme Court and is expected to last two weeks. Shortly after the controversial story that was published in the Vancouver weekly newspaper Georgia Straight, Furlong filed a defamation suit against Robinson and the publication, denying the abuse allegations and accusing her of a vendetta. He dropped his lawsuit earlier this year after the dismissal of the last of three lawsuits against him alleging sexual abuse, telling reporters that â&#x20AC;&#x153;truth and innocenceâ&#x20AC;? had prevailed. Furlong alleged in court documents that Robinson prompted three complainants to launch the legal actions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; her original article contained no sexual abuse allegations. But Robinson pressed forward with her suit, in which she alleged that Furlong implied in statements to media that she had fabricated the story out of personal animosity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The defamatory expression ... continues to cause injury, loss and damage to the plaintiff, and was deliberately calculated by (Furlong) to expose the plaintiff to contempt, ridicule and hatred,â&#x20AC;? she said in court documents. Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article contained allegations from students that Furlong had physically and psychologically abused them while working as a physical education teacher at Immaculata School in Burns Lake, B.C., in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In documents filed in court, Furlong says he maintains that Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s techniques were â&#x20AC;&#x153;highly unorthodox, prejudicial and skewed to creating innuendo, journalistic imbalance and errors in fact.â&#x20AC;? Furlong says he was entitled to respond to Robinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;attacksâ&#x20AC;? and that his public comments were true in substance and fact. None of the allegations have been tested in court. Robinson is seeking general, special, aggravated and punitive damages. Robinson also denies an allegation that she says Furlong made in 2013 that she filed a complaint with the RCMP that prompted an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against him. Furlong said that the Mounties found no evidence to support the claims.
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fter living on this Island for more than 30 years I have not seen a ringnecked pheasant in the wild but this must be the year as I have now encountered two. The pictured ring-necked pheasant was found wandering on a yard in Port Alberni. It has wounds to the beak and back of the head and is missing all its tail feathers so was likely attacked by something. The Ring-necked Pheasant, a native of Asia, is one of the most successful and wellknown introduced birds in North America. This species is exceptionally popular as an upland game bird throughout much of its range, and it may be the most studied species of Galliformes in the world. The male Ring-necked Pheasant has a spectacular multicolored plumage, long tail, and chickenlike appearance that is difficult to confuse with any other North American bird. Both sexes are swift runners
Missing tail feathers and being a little banged up, this ring-necked pheasant will take a while to recover fully for a release back into the wild.
and strong flyers for short distances. Populations do best in hay and grain agricultural regions, especially areas with grassy field borders, wetlands, and numerous small patches of idle land with tall grass, forbs, and lesser amounts of brush and
trees. Populations are established on most midlatitude agricultural lands from s. Canada to Utah, California to the New England states, and south to Virginia. This species is commonly raised in captivity and has been widely introduced; many scattered and small
populations occur outside the normal range. As with most other bird species, food and predation are important influences on population levels. Landscape and habitat features also influence demographic rates; dense winter cover (e.g., cattails in
wetlands), for example, is especially important for survival during years with severe cold, wind, and heavy snowfall. The most serious limitation in most regions, however, is associated with changes in the agricultural industry from small multicrop farms to large monocultures with clean farming practices. Numerous nests are also destroyed annually by hay-mowing. I believe vehicle collisions may lessen the number of pheasant as my second encounter involved a line of cars swerving to avoid hitting the bird. These elusive multi-coloured gorgeous birds are a real treat to view. We are hopeful, here at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, our patient will make a full recovery and be released back into the wild. Be sure to check out our upcoming 30th Anniversary Celebrations. June 21 will be Family Day/Aborginal Days with games, food, crafts, biofact touch tables and much more fun. Visit our website at www. niwra.org. » Sylvia Campbell works at the North Island Wildlife Centre. If you would like more information about wildlife, call the centre at 250-248-8534.
HEALTH
Are calcium pills killing us? Experts weigh in
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s there anything sacred anymore? For years researchers have stressed that people are not getting sufficient calcium to build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis (brittle bones). But now a research report claims that calcium supplements increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, a largely unknown vitamin can prevent this tragedy. Dr. Ian Reid and his colleagues at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, studied 14,000 women who were taking 1,000 mg (milligrams) of calcium daily. They report in the British Medical Journal that these women showed a 31 percent increased risk of coronary attack, stroke and death. This means 14 extra heart attacks, 10 more strokes and 13 more deaths over a two to five year period than women not taking calcium pills. Why does this happen? Dr. Reid says that people look on calcium supplements as a natural remedy. But that is not the case as the supplement has a different effect on the body than dietary
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calcium. His studies show that when people take calcium pills, their blood calcium level shoots up for four to six hours to the top end of the normal range. This may result in calcium being deposited in coronary arteries. It does not happen with dietary calcium since food is slowly absorbed. This is shocking news as, unlike some supplements, there’s never been a major controversy about taking calcium. So should North Americans stop popping calcium pills? Not so quick, says Dr. Dawson-Hughes, Director of Tuft’s University Bone Metabolism Laboratory, in Boston. She points out that there were 143 heart attacks in the calcium group and 111 in the placebo group not tak-
ing this supplement. Not a huge difference. Hughes adds that the most glowing error was not including studies where calcium was taken along with vitamin D. For instance, the Women’s Health Initiative, a major New England study, showed that taking calcium along with vitamin D had no effect on the risk of heart attack or stroke. According to Dr. Dawson-Hughes, on no occasion should calcium be taken without also taking vitamin D, as this vitamin is crucial to putting calcium into bone where it should be. But does taking vitamin D solve the problem? Not so fast again, says Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue, an expert on natural health remedies. In her book “Vitamin K2 and The Calcium Paradox”, she reports that calcium must remain in the bones just as gasoline belongs in the tanks of our cars. And that there is a safe way for both sexes to take calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis without succumbing to heart attack.
Unlike most physicians, Rheaume-Bleue says it’s not saturated fat and cholesterol that cause heart attacks. Rather, the culprit is a lack of the little known vitamin K2. She agrees that Vitamin D is necessary for the intestinal absorption of calcium. But once in the circulation, D lets calcium, like a raging bull, run wild, allowing it to be deposited in the heart, thus causing an increase in coronary attack. She says vitamin K2 fights the nation’s number one killer by putting calcium into bones and teeth where it belongs and keeps it out of arteries. For instance, if calcium enters the wall of the aorta, the largest artery that carries blood to the rest of the body, this causes increased risk of rupture and sudden death. Most people get adequate amounts of vitamin K1 present in leafy vegetables, green tea and soy beans. But many lack K2 because its major source is steamed and fermented sticky soy, not an enticing breakfast meal. The second best source is
cheese. All researchers believe it’s best to get calcium from dietary sources. But if a dietary deficiency exists, don’t stop calcium supplements as it’s now possible to protect bones from osteoporosis and your heart from calcium infiltration. Rather, make certain you take 3,000 milligrams of vitamin D along with 100 micrograms of vitamin K2. It’s available in most health food stores. If you have had a stroke or are using a blood thinner, you should check with your doctor before taking vitamin K2. » W. Gifford-Jones M.D. is a graduate of University of Toronto and the Harvard Medical School. He trained in general surgery at the Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University and in Gynecology at Harvard. He has also been a general practitioner, ship’s surgeon and hotel doctor. For more information, see his website, www.docgiff.com or to comment, e-mail him at info@docgiff.com.
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Proposal includes new arena in Nanaimo SPENCER ANDERSON NANAIMO DAILY NEWS
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n ambitious vision for a downtown Nanaimo sports and entertainment complex — as well as new residences, a hotel and options for tourism development — has been proposed for the site now occupied by the Howard Johnson Hotel at Terminal Avenue and Comox Avenue. City support, but not capital funding, is being sought for the project. It is spearheaded by Brian Martin, who owns the hotel and the roughly eight-acre property it sits on. Dan Brady, manager of Martin’s Howard Johnson Harbourside hotels in Nanaimo and Victoria, said on Friday afternoon that he and other representatives for the project met with Mayor Bill McKay and other senior city officials earlier in the day to discuss the project. “To do a megaproject like this, you have to have the support of city hall,” Brady said. He estimates the project’s total cost at $80 million. Brady also said he is seeking comments from the public on the proposal, and said people can call him at 250-753-2241. The Western Hockey League has also been informed and is “excited about the project,” said Brady, also president of the Nanaimo Hospitality Association and the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation’s representative on the Nanaimo Tourism Leadership Committee. A request for comment to the
Students see project become a reality TSUNAMI, from Page 3
A conceptual vision of the Millstone Gateway Project in Nanaimo.
WHL was not returned by press time, although the league has in the past stated it views Nanaimo as a potential franchise expansion, subject to a new arena. Concept drawings for the development show a 5,000-seat arena and a 160- to 170-room hotel on the site, plus a five-storey mixed residential and commercial building. “It’s in its infancy right now, we’re still putting it together,” Brady said. A development permit application has not been filed yet and Friday’s meeting is the first effort to gauge support for the project, he said. While the city is not being asked to invest directly in the
proposal, Brady said the municipality is being asked to consider working with the proponent to relocate sewer, water and utility lines beneath what is now the parking lot of the Howard Johnson. Brady said the aim is also to have the city support the facility by running some of its recreational programming through the arena. “We would like the city to have it as part of their inventory for ice time, or floor time,” Brady said. A private-sector partner may also be sought for the arena portion of the project. Mayor Bill McKay said he wants to learn more about the project, but wants specific details on
what sort of commitments — financial and otherwise — that the city may be asked to make to the project. He said residents of the city will also have questions. “We’ve got to have the answers to those questions,” he said. “It’s an intriguing project.” Projects like these often spur growth in downtown areas, said the mayor. “It’s a great starting point, no ifs or buts about it,” McKay added. “I don’t think there’s anyone on council who wouldn’t want to see redevelopment on that site.” Spencer.Anderson@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
“We eliminated a number of sounds immediately, like the heartbeat, because they really didn’t sound good outside at all,” Ostwald said. Ostwald said they did not make any changes to the actual warning sound. “The kids wanted to change only the monthly test sound to make it more friendly and happy, to have a really uplifting sound in Port Alberni once a month,” she said. “The test and warning sounds, including the spoken voices, are qualitatively different from each other so there will never be a misunderstanding as to which is the test and which is the warning.” Clifford said attending the council meetings were a learning experience. “They let me personally get a taste for how the council meetings work, improve my public speaking skills and altogether get an idea of how things are often done in town,” he said. “I was in the same boat as my classmates. We didn’t actually know council would be making a verdict then and there. So when they did it took me by surprise and excited the heck out of me.” “My kids are absolutely thrilled their proposal was accepted unanimously by City Council,” Ostwald said. “They are so excited they get to be part of something new for the Valley.” Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net
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Deb Lowe, above, waters the fields, while Anna Lewis, top right and Isobel Walker, bottom right, work in the greenhouse of Healthy Harvest Farm on Beaver Creek Road. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
locally grown
Patti Donovan always has a variety of jams and baked goods available at the Farmers Market on Cherry Creek Road every Saturday. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Farmer Bill Thomson always has fresh, locally raised meat available at the Farmers’ Market on Cherry Creek Road each week. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Deana Bolger grows and sells an assortment of vegetables at the Farmers Market on Cherry Creek Road. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Familiar faces at the Spirit Square Farmers Market are Gary and Jackie Swann with their assortment of garden vegetables and greens. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Chris Naesgaard unloads crates of fresh peas that are ready for the eating at Naesgaard’s Market. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]