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to human rights. During this time, Colin Simister was in the midst of organizing his first Pride event, slated for this summer. Rev. Minnie Hornidge contacted him with an offer of a financial donation and a showing of their support. “When I first started planning it in January, it was just a spark,” Simister said. “It has ballooned from there and that spark has caught on fire.” The Pride event is being held on July 26 from noon to 4 p.m. at Williamson Park. There will be something for all ages, including free food, drinks, face painting, crafts, a treasure hunt, obstacle course, vendors, music and a party-like environment. Char’s Landing will have a post-event special for those who want to continue celebrating into the night.

Amid the growing likelihood of drought on Vancouver Island this summer, the city is expecting the need will arise for more stringent restrictions on the community’s water usage. This spring Port Albenri experienced its driest May in the last century with just 1.4 millimetres of rainfall, a fraction of the month’s 89.5-millimetre average. So far just 13.8 millimetres have fallen in June, the fourth lowest level of precipitation since recording began in 1917. The dry spring prompted the city to impose Stage 1 water restrictions on June 8, limiting outdoor usage to the watering of lawns and gardens between the cooler hours of 6-9 a.m. and 7-10 p.m. every other day. Even-numbered addressed are permitted to water on even calendar days, with odd addresses using hoses on odd-numbered dates. Enforcement is driven by public complaints, and those not following the usage guidelines could face fines. Stage 2 restrictions that limit outdoor usage to just two days a week could be necessary in the near future, according to city engineer Guy Cicon. “We’re looking for that trigger for the next level of water restrictions,” he said to city council during a public meeting on Monday. “We’re not there yet, but we’ll keep you posted.” Results from the last two weeks indicate the restrictions are working, as the city’s daily water usage has dropped from 17,000 cubic metres to 14,5000 – consumption equal to 800 litres a day per Port Alberni resident. City staff travelled to the community’s sources of drinking water at Bainbridge and Lizard lakes last week for an inspection. Levels are holding despite the lack of rainfall. “They reported that some of the tributaries are still coming in the backside,” Cicon said. Levels could change after a forecasted heatwave hits Alberni this weekend. Saturday is expected to reach 34 C. “Clear sunny days and high to extreme temperatures increase the potential for evaporation of any surface water,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald.

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Michael Villette, chair of the Alberni Valley United Church Affirm United team, shows his support of Pride event coordinator Colin Simister, by flying the rainbow flag at the local church. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

AV United Church votes 99% in favour of LGBTQ affirmation; Pride event in July KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The Alberni Valley United Church is showing its true colours – in the form of a rainbow. Last weekend members voted 99 per cent in favour of becoming an “affirming ministry.” The label is meant to signify the church as a safe place for everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or anything else. According to Michael Villettte, chair of the Affirm United team, the process was a long one, but also a learning experience for church members. “It means that we believe everyone belongs here,” Villette said. “There are no tests, no criteria. We accept everyone no matter what. In fact, we don’t even have the right to accept or not. Everyone is welcome.” He said the issue goes back in the history of the United Church, but a turning point

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in social justice occurred in 1988. That was when the governing body decided everyone has a right to be a full member of the church. “It created some disruption in the church,” Villette said. “But shortly before that, Affirm United formed and advocated for the rights of all marginalized groups, primarily the LGBTQ [Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning] community.” He said 18 months ago, several members of the Alberni Valley United Church came together to start the process of becoming officially affirmed. “We put all the issues on the table, learned the history and asked all the questions,” he said. “It was good that we went through that educational process to confirm we are a welcoming place.” With a nearly unanimous vote, it is clear to Villette that the majority of local members are on the same page when it comes

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e-mail: news@avtimes.net // fax: 250-723-0586 // phone: 250-723-8171 Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.

Arts Alberni Valley Community Band meets Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., E.J. Dunn band room. Info: 250-723-1285 (Cory) or 250-724-6780 (Manfred). The Barkley Sounds Community Choir practices on Wednesdays, 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Alberni Valley United Church. Info: 250-723-6884. Lounge Music with guitarist David Morton from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Char’s Landing. Musicians open mic hosted by Jeff Hallworth from 7 to 9 p.m. first Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing. AV Transition Town Society meetings, 6 p.m. third Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

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Sports Drop-in circuit training on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Info: (778) 421-2721. 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. Bingo on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and cards at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch. Horseshoe Club practices on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050. Alberni Valley Billiards Club, 2964 Third Ave. - Wednesdays - youth league (ages 13 to 18) at 7 p.m. Info: 250-723-1212.

Child and youth Navy League Cadets (ages 9 to 12), meet Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at the Port Alberni Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-6365 or 250-723-7442. PacificCARE free music drop-in program for children and their families on Wednesdays, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at the Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre. Closures follow school calendar. Registration is required. Info: 250-735-3022.

Summer fun Yolotl Jimenez cooled off in the water at Blair Park on Saturday. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Support and help Volunteers urgently needed to help at Red Cross Loan Cupboard for four-hour shifts, once per week. Info: 250-723-0557 (call on Wednesdays or Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) MS Port Alberni self-help group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Echo Centre at noon. The group meets to support those living with MS and their families. Info: 250-723-7403 (Susan). Chair Fit Exercise Program for those with physical limitations or mobility issues. Group meets Wednesdays at Echo Centre, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 250-723-2181.

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The Freemasons Barclay Lodge #90 meets the second Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at the Freemasons Hall. Info: 250-723-6075 or 250-723-3328. Genealogy Club members are able to visit at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday mornings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Addictions Al-Anon and Al-Ateen support groups for family and friends of problem drinkers meet on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at 3028 Second Ave. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855. Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780.

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. Words on Fire Open Mic with crime writer R.J. McMillen, June 25 at 7 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Okee Dokee Funtastic Music Festival and Slo-pitch tournament, June 27-29. Info: funtasticalberni.com Ultimate Frisbee, June 30 at 7 p.m. at Sweeney field. Drop in. No experience necessary. Canada Day Parade, 10 a.m. from Burde Street and 10th Avenue to Glenwood Centre, where Folkfest celebrations take place from 11:30 a.m. Golden Oldies Show ‘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. Freedom Route 6, July 5 at noon at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 293. Meet the troops and see a display of military vehicles. Our Town events run by Port Alberni Parks, Recreation and Heritage this summer: Barnyard Bash on July 7 6–8 p.m. in Blair Park; Starlight Movie Night July 12 at 7 p.m. at Bob Dailey Stadium; Carnival on July 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Williamson Park; summer “Mardi Gras� on Aug. 4, 6–8 p.m. at Gyro Rec Park; Aug. 18 Luau Party 6–8 p.m. at the Harbour Quay. Info: Barbi Jackson / Lisa Krause, 250-723-2181. Jane Austen high tea, July 3 & 4 at 1 p.m. at Rollin Art Centre.

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City gives land to Friendship Center Two vacant lots would be used for new daycare MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

City council has agreed to donate two vacant lots to the Port Alberni Friendship Center, which is planning on building a new $500,000 expansion with the help of a provincial grant for a daycare and after-school care facility. Council gave their support to the project during an in-camera meeting in February and announced the process to rezone the two lots next to the Friendship Center on Fourth Avenue this month. A public hearing would likely take place at the end of July, said Scott Smith, city planner. Each of the vacant lots, on 3545 and 3539 Fourth Avenue, is about 4,000 square feet (370

square metres), said Smith. The assessed value of each lot is about $28,000, he noted. If the rezoning application passes, council would pass the necessary bylaws and amalgamate the two lots with the Friendship Center, said Smith. The B.C. Ministry of Children and Family approved a provincial grant of $491,595 to build a daycare facility. The Port Alberni Friendship Center received notice from the provincial government a few weeks ago that they were approved, said Cyndi Stevens, executive director of the Friendship Center. They started working on the proposal for grant funding for the new facility in November. “It’s been a looming need for probably over 15 years,� Stevens said, adding that a needs assessment was completed in November. There would be room for 50 spaces for children, said Stevens. The new facility is planned to employ up to eight staff for daycare and include programs

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Catherine Thompson, left, collects a fresh lunch served on Monday at the Port Alberni Friendship Centre during National Aboriginal Day festivities. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]

for children from infancy up to age 12. Activities are planned for the day and after-school for older kids. Currently the center does not have regular afterschool care, Stevens noted. A new facility would be culturally enhanced, with the same building aesthetic as the current

structure, built in 1987, Stevens said. How exactly it would incorporate aboriginal culture is still in the design phase. Programs would be open to both aboriginal and non-aboriginal applicants, she said. Coun. Denis SauvĂŠ said a new after-school facility at the

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The annual rise in crime over the warmer months began in May with a 20-per-cent increase in calls to the Port Alberni RCMP detachment. Local police handled 852 reports of illegal activity, mostly due to property crime and traffic violations. Last month’s calls for service encompassed a rise in assaults to 51 in May, more thefts – including an armed convenience store robbery still under investigation – and 97 traffic offences. Alcohol was a contributing factor in many of the incidents, said Insp. Mac Richards during an RCMP report for council on Monday. Impaired driving has continued to be a concern for the police in June with eight incidents detected last weekend. A visiting traffic services officer spent Sunday at the corner of Gertrude and Johnston, stopping an impaired driver before 10 a.m. “The biggest frustration that I think we have in policing is that impaired driving is

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Does labour price us out of some markets?

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lenn Sollitt and the federal Green Party have got this one right. Almost. Sollitt, the Green Party candidate for the Courtenay-Alberni riding, sent us a letter to the editor last week, extolling the value of Vancouver Island sawmills. More accurately, Sollitt was railing against raw-log exports. The Alberni Valley Times, had a front-page story by Eric Plummer last week that revealed the fact that 480,000 cubic metres of raw logs were

exported to overseas sawmills from Port Alberni last year. In 2014, Plummer reported, the Port Alberni Port Authority said 53 vessels loaded with raw logs left the city, while just 13 ships carried lumber oversees. Undoubtedly, those raw logs come back to us in the form of manufactured goods. The countries that buy those logs are the ones that get the benefit of the jobs. We get to buy expensive kitchen tables made somewhere else. On the surface it looks like

bad business, plain and simple. When will Canada stop being the drawers of water and hewers of wood for the world? We believe Vancouver Island companies would do more with our resources if there was a profit to be had. We cannot expect companies to lose money or break even just for the sake of some principal. Profit is not a dirty word. So, why are we shipping so many raw logs? Our guess is we have priced ourselves out of the market. We cannot com-

pete with companies in other countries that pay their workers much less than what is expected here. To make a chair out of that raw log, it may cost $100 here, $10 in some foreign country. The decision to ship raw logs rather than manufacturing products here is not about corporate greed. It’s fairly simple math. Candidates from the Green Party or the NDP may say they are against raw-log exports, but they are loathe to face the real issue, the elephant in the

room: the high cost of labour in this country. Weeks of holidays, benefits, $20 an hour or more, 7.5-an-hour shifts – this is why we have to ship raw logs overseas. These wages and benefits, etc. are the result of hard-fought battles over the years and those jobs continue to contribute to the relatively high quality of life we enjoy in this country. But they also eliminate us from participation in some sectors. PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Airport will benefit more than Coulson First off, although the Coulson Group is currently the major user at the regional airport, it is extremely short-sighted of those opposing expansion of the airport to say the money invested would only benefit Coulson. Aside from the increase in jobs that the proposed airport improvements would create directly at Coulson’s, there will no doubt be a spinoff of job creations/ boost to businesses in town as a result of those positions. As stated by other letter writers, a longer runway, along with GPS, would enable commercial airlines to land here. Yes, even in fog, further benefiting others than just Coulsons. Proposed food trucks on the Centennial Pier...in my opinion this should not happen. There are so many food options down at Harbour Quay already, most of which rely on the extra summer traffic to get them through the quieter winter months. Most pay taxes all year and stay open all year. I do realize competition is a fact of doing business but… Also, during the summer months there is a strong afternoon wind down there and any umbrellas, product, etc. that is outside on the pier is going to get blown away. Anyone who has been to the outdoor market at Victoria Quay during the summer (which is a wonderful

idea), either as a vendor or supporter, will attest to how hard it is to hold down their tents, table and products. The Five Acre Shaker: IF it’s the last year there, no problem, as it’s benefitting at-risk youth. Unlike the Fall Fair and Salmon Festival however, it’s on until at least 2 a.m. each night with lyrics that are offensive to many ears, especially the elderly. Hopefully the large police and fire presence on site will keep tire-squeelers and others who give it a bad reputation, under control. Lorraine Brunt Port Alberni

‘Cadillac’ emergency response services Should Port Alberni taxpayers fund make work projects? Years ago, firemen doubled as paramedics. Their response time and effectiveness hasn’t improved since provincial government doubled the bureaucracy and added a million-dollar building. Los Angeles firemen double as summer lifeguards to cut city costs while our costs double. When a maintenance contractor sets off a home security alarm, our Cadillac emergency service sends paramedics, firemen and police. If airport expansion is

deemed a worthy make-work project, will city and rural homeowners contribute, and will annual user costs and rents repay investment, or is this corporate welfare? Should we have a referendum on this and on shedding McLean Mill yoke to pay for this? Will voters support any political party promising to level the public and private sector playing field? If public sector wants to retain gold brick benefits that export industry can’t afford because it must compete on the world market, should they fund them? Could minimum wage and the Standards Act be the levelling tool and include our politicians’ gold-plate life pension after two terms? Would almost doubling MP and MLA wages pay for their retirement and save tax dollars? Would this attract career politicians instead of short-term stakers, pleasing the lobbyists and jumping on some corporate board after two terms? R.J. Frankow Port Alberni

Don’t believe Thomas Mulcair’s hype The man who wants to be prime minister of Canada is

making a lot of blunders in public. He says that his child care plan will pay out one million $15 per day in child care spaces over 10 years, yet in reality if he would review his notes, that NDP child care plan is over eight years. He says that the present corporation tax rate is between 12 and 13 per cent, yet in reality it is at 15 per cent. He proposes to raise the rate in the range of 18 to 19 per cent. It is amazing of how a lot of Canadian taxpayers are wanting change and thinking of Thomas Mulcair to be that change without ever thinking of the consequences of that thought. Many taxpayers work for corporations and if Thomas Mulcair is successful at becoming Prime minister, many taxpayers will be heading to the unemployment office to make a claim for employment insurance. If the corporation tax goes up, the corporation has to find other means to cover for this increase. That would mean a immediate decrease in labour costs which equates to a layoff slip. Remember there are always two sides to the ledger. Think before marking your voting ballot. Remember there is no such thing as a perfect world, which is why you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Joe Sawchuk Duncan

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Biggest ever Okee Dokee tourney 27th annual slo-pitch tournament to host 70 teams at Echo fields; charity funds for Funtastic Alberni MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Funtastic Alberni hosts the 27th annual Okee Dokee slo-pitch tournament this weekend, and it’s looking like a scorcher. About 70 teams are expected from around Vancouver Island and as far away as Whistler, said Funtastic Alberni’s president, Paul Robertson. This is the Island’s largest slo-pitch tournament and will be the biggest Okee Dokee competition ever in Port Alberni, said Robertson. Last year’s event hosted 66 teams. The 2015 tournament pitches off at the Echo fields Saturday morning at 8 a.m. and continues all day until 7 p.m. Players hit the diamonds again Sunday morning for another full day of play. The finals take place on Monday at 3 p.m., and the tournament wraps up by about 5 p.m. It’s also the first time Funtastic is hosting a country music night on Saturday night, with the Tumbling

Dice from Victoria entertaining tournament players. A rock theme with tribute band Aerosmith Rocks will play on Sunday night. Teams are divided into A and B pools for players “who want to play some serious ball,” said Robertson. Lower tiers will be organized for recreation teams. Prizes will be awarded with the top A-team prize winning $1,250. It’s the third year the Okee Dokee tournament is hosted by Funtastic, and funds raised will be donated to community organizations. “We’ve donated just under $40,000 over the last two years,” said Robertson. Funtastic has donated to Literacy Alberni, the Athletic Hall and school groups, he said. Robertson hopes this year’s tournament can break the $20,000 barrier for funds raised. Funtastic donated $4,000 and partnered with the city to improve the Echo fields this year. Martin.Wissmath@avtimes.net

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Nanaimo ‘a very attractive market’ for WHL currently are.” Alberta-based Nanaimo Clippers co-owner and governor Ken Wagner, who currently has the local B.C. Hockey League team up for sale, remains excited about the prospect of a WHL team possibly coming to Nanaimo. He said the Clippers would be unable to survive with a WHL team also in town, but that there should be few troubles finding

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Nanaimo will be given “full consideration” to be home to a Western Hockey League franchise if another team relocates and if a proposed new multiplex is indeed built, league commissioner Ron Robison said Monday. “It’s a very attractive market,” Robison said in a phone interview with the Daily News. “It sounds like there’s some real good initial work that’s being done, and it’s a very exciting project for the community of Nanaimo. We’ve indicated all along that in the event a facility that meets the WHL standard, if it’s available in Nanaimo, the market becomes a real interest to us.” A proposal for a privately funded 5,000-seat sports and entrainment multiplex downtown, as well as residences, a hotel and commercial space, was made public last week by Nanaimo Howard Johnson hotel general manager Dan Brady on behalf of developer Brian Martin. The complex is proposed to replace the Howard Johnson and Tally-Ho liquor store on the corner of Comox and Terminal avenues, and would be able to house a WHL team. If the building is constructed, Robison said finding a team to relocate to Nanaimo would be the next step to bringing a second team to Vancouver Island and provide a natural rival to the Victoria Royals, as well as help mitigate league travel issues on and off the Island. “At this point, we are committed to our existing markets and although we do have some challenges in certain markets, we want to exhaust every effort to keep them in their markets,” he said. “In the event that doesn’t happen, Nanaimo will be considered due to how strategically it

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is located from the standpoint of our franchise in Victoria and generally the Western Conference.” Brady confirmed Monday that the Howard Johnson group looking to build the complex is unlikely to be interested in purchasing and relocating an existing team - that means a current owner would need to relocate a team, or sell to someone who is willing to, for Nanaimo to have a team. The Cranbrook-based Kootenay Ice franchise is one possibility of a team nearing the brink of relocating. Playing in a city with a population of 19,364 (2011 census), the Ice attracted the second-fewest number of fans in the WHL last season with 2,239 per game. Nanaimo’s population is 83,810 (2011 census). Ice owner, president and general manager Jeff Chynoweth told The Globe and Mail in December that his franchise is “looking at a six-figure deficit this year, a significant six-figure deficit. ... I’ve been in the league for 29 years in a lot of different markets and have seen the game change and I’ll tell you this: When your expenses continue to rise and your revenue is flat, that is not a good mix.” Chynoweth’s son, Ryan, played for the Ice for the past two season, but is leaving the team to finish his junior hockey career in

an owner to put a WHL team in the proposed new building, if it is built. “There’s no doubt that, if there’s a 5,000-seat rink, the Western Hockey League will be there,” Wagner said. Wagner went through the process of trying to bring a multiplex and a WHL team to Nanaimo years ago, but it never came to fruition.

Junior A, according to the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. As well, earlier this month Robison told the Townsman that the viability of a franchise in Cranbrook has “reached a very critical stage.” “I think it’s something we’re going to have to determine this year. If things aren’t improving, I don’t believe ownership or the league will be in a position to continue to support the franchise remaining in Cranbrook. “It’s a very critical season coming up... We’re concerned right now, under any circumstances. “It’s going to be a challenge, regardless of the ownership group.” A relocation of the Ice to Nanaimo would also put a balance on the number of teams in the league’s two conferences, with 11 in each. Currently, the Eastern Conference has 12 teams and the Western Conference has 10. However, Robison said Monday no WHL owners have expressed an interest to sell or relocate, and reiterated expansion is not an option. “We’re focused on, whether its the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook or another franchise, keeping them in their markets,” he said. “And we’re going to do everything we can to see if that’s possible. That’s our commitment to those communities where we

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Rays 4, Blue Jays 3

White Sox 6, Twins 2

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PCT .535 .500 .493 .417 .356 PCT .657 .571 .565 .464 .361 PCT .542 .535 .486 .472 .443

GB Strk - W4 2.5 L6 3.0 L1 8.5 L2 13.0 W3 GB Strk - W1 6.0 W1 6.5 W4 13.5 L1 21.0 W1 GB Strk - L2 0.5 L1 4.0 L1 5.0 L1 7.0 W3

Yesterday’s results Washington 3, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 7, Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 11, NY Yankees 6 Baltimore 6, Boston 4 Detroit 7, Cleveland 3 St. Louis 4, Miami 3 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 Chicago Cubs 1, LA Dodgers 0 Oakland 8, Texas 6 Chicago Sox 6, Minnesota 2 Milwaukee 3, NY Mets 2 Colorado 10, Arizona 5 Kansas City at Seattle Houston at L.A. Angels San Diego at San Francisco Today’s schedule with probable starters Detroit at Cleveland, 9:10 a.m. Verlander (0-0) vs. Carrasco (8-5) Toronto at Tampa Bay, 9:10 a.m. Estrada (4-3) vs. Karns (3-3) Philadelphia at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Hamels (5-5) vs. Warren (4-4) Chi. White Sox at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Sale (6-3) vs. Hughes (4-6) Houston at L.A. Angels, 12:35 pm McCullers (3-1) vs. Shoemaker (4-5) Atlanta at Washington, 4:05 pm Miller (5-2) vs. Fister (2-2) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 pm Leake (3-4) vs. Cole (10-2) St. Louis at Miami, 4:10 pm Garcia (2-3) vs. Latos (2-4) Baltimore at Boston, 4:10 pm Norris (2-4) vs. Buchholz (3-6) Oakland at Texas, 8:05 pm Graveman (3-3) vs. Rodriguez (4-2) L.A. Dodgers at Chi. Cubs, 5:05 pm Bolsinger (4-1) vs. Hendricks (2-2) N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 5:10 pm Colon (9-4) vs. Nelson (3-7) Arizona at Colorado, 5:40 pm Webster (1-0) vs. Hale (2-1) Kansas City at Seattle, 7:10 pm Ventura (3-6) vs. Elias (3-4) San Diego at San Francisco, 7:15 pm Kennedy (3-5) vs. Vogelsong (4-5) Thursday, June 25 (early games) Chi. White Sox at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Rodon (3-1) vs. Simon (7-4) Baltimore at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Wright (2-3) vs. Rodriguez (3-1) Oakland at Texas, 11:05 a.m. Gray (8-3) vs. Lewis (7-3) N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. deGrom (7-5) vs. Jungmann (2-1) L.A. Dodgers at Chi. Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Frias (4-5) vs. Lester (4-5)

Tampa Bay

Chicago Sox

St. Louis ab r h bi 4000 4111 4020 4010 3110 3010 4011 4010 3010 33 2 9 2

Toronto 000 010 101 3 Tampa Bay 010 020 01x 4 SB: TB Souza Jr. (10, 2nd base off Dickey/Martin, R). 2B: TB Kiermaier (14, Dickey). GIDP: TB Longoria, Elmore. HR: TOR Navarro, D (2, 5th inning off Archer, 0 on, 1 out), Encarnacion (14, 9th inning off Boxberger, 0 on, 1 out); TB Cabrera, A (5, 8th inning off Delabar, 0 on, 0 out). S: TOR Goins. Team Lob: TOR 3; TB 8. DP: TOR 2 (DonaldsonGoins-Encarnacion, DonaldsonKawasaki-Encarnacion). E: TOR Pillar (2, throw); TB Elmore (4, missed catch). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO R Dickey (L, 3-7) 7.0 8 3 3 3 2 S Delabar 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO C Archer (W, 9-4) 8.0 3 2 1 1 7 B Boxberger 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 HBP: Longoria (by Dickey). Time: 2:14. Att: 11,474.

Chicago Sox 000 101 112 6 Minnesota 100 100 000 2 2B: CWS Gillaspie (10, Pelfrey), Abreu (12, Pelfrey), Cabrera, Me (9, Pelfrey), Sanchez, C (5, Fien), Eaton (11, Fien), Beckham, G (6, Pressly); MIN Suzuki, K (8, Samardzija). GIDP: MIN Hunter, To. HR: MIN Rosario, E (4, 1st inning off Samardzija, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: CWS 11; MIN 6. DP: CWS (Ramirez, Al-Sanchez, C-LaRoche). E: MIN Hunter, To (4, throw). Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SO J Samardzija (W, 5-4) 7.0 8 2 2 1 7 Z Duke 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 J Petricka 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO M Pelfrey (L, 5-4) 6.210 3 3 3 4 C Fien 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 A Thompson 0.1 2 2 1 0 0 T Pressly 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:57. Att: 27,349.

Orioles 6, Red Sox 4

Tigers 7, Indians 3

Baltimore

Boston

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Baltimore 040 101 000 6 Boston 001 110 001 4 2B: BAL Parmelee (1, Kelly, J), Machado, M (15, Ogando, A); BOS Betts (16, Jimenez, U), Pedroia (14, Britton). 3B: BAL Parmelee (1, Kelly, J). HR: BAL Lough (4, 2nd inning off Kelly, J, 2 on, 1 out). S: BAL Lough. Team Lob: BAL 5; BOS 9. PICKOFFS: BOS Leon, S (Snider at 1st base). Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO U Jimenez (W, 6-3) 5.0 6 3 3 3 8 B Brach 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 C Roe 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 D O’Day 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Z Britton 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO J Kelly (L, 2-5) 3.2 8 5 5 2 2 R Ross 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 A Ogando 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 C Breslow 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:08. Att: 36,508.

Mariners 7, Royals 0 Kansas City

Seattle

ab r h bi ab r h bi Escobar SS 4 0 1 0 Morrison 1B 4 1 1 2 Moustakas 3B4 0 1 0 Jackson CF 5 0 0 0 Cain CF 3 0 0 0 Cano 2B 5120 Hosmer 1B 4 0 0 0 Cruz DH 4000 Morales DH 4 0 1 0 Seager 3B 3 1 1 0 Gordon LF 4 0 0 0 Smith RF 3 2 2 1 Perez C 3 0 1 0 Ackley LF 4 2 3 2 Rios RF 3 0 0 0 Miller SS 3 0 0 1 Infante 2B 3 0 0 0 Zunino C 3 0 1 1 Totals 32 0 4 0 Totals 34 7 10 7

Kansas City 000 000 000 0 Seattle 000 330 01x 7 2B: SEA Ackley (6, Guthrie), Cano (19, Guthrie). GIDP: KC Morales, K. HR: SEA Ackley (5, 5th inning off Guthrie, 1 on, 2 out), Morrison (9, 8th inning off Mariot, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: KC 6; SEA 8. DP: SEA (MorrisonMiller, B-Montgomery). Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO J Guthrie (L, 5-5) 5.0 9 6 6 2 3 L Hochevar 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 M Mariot 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO M Montgomery (W, 2-2) 9.0 4 0 0 0 10 Time: 2:23. Att: 17,460.

Kyle Seager of the Seattle Mariners dives safely back to first on a pick-off attempt by the Kansas City Royals during an MLB game Wednesday in Seattle. [AP PHOTO]

Mariners continue slide in 4-1 defeat JOSH LIEBESKIND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez didn’t feel like he was at his best Monday night. Unfortunately for the Mariners’ ace, he needed a near-perfect outing to avoid a loss after receiving little support from his offence. Seattle managed two hits, Hernandez gave up four runs in 6 2/3 innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Mariners 4-1 in the opener of a three-game series. “They just put the bat on the ball,” Hernandez said. “I made good pitches and they get a base hit. Sometimes it happens.” Hernandez (10-4) gave up nine hits and a walk. He struck out five, but also allowed a 1-0 first-inning lead to slip away. “I thought he had good stuff,” Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said. “You look at their numbers, they don’t walk, they don’t strikeout. They just pester you.” Robinson Cano gave the Mariners an early advantage with a home run, but the Royals came right back. Alex Rios tied the game at 1 with a run-scoring single in the second. Rios advanced to second on the throw to the plate and Omar Infante followed with a double off the wall in right to score Rios. Mike Moustakas doubled in the third to score Alcides Escobar and give the Royals a 3-1 lead. Escobar, who had a three-hit night, drove in Jarrod Dyson with a single in the seventh. Dyson singled and stole second with two outs to get into scoring position. Joe Blanton (2-0), making his second start in the majors this season since briefly retiring last year, pitched 6-plus innings of two-hit ball. He struck out seven and walked none. “Being able to get back was kind of almost the pinnacle and now I’m just riding it out and enjoying it,” said Blanton, who struck out seven. “Probably more than I enjoyed it before because I definitely appreciate it more.”

Detroit 001 060 000 7 Cleveland 001 000 002 3 2B: DET Martinez, V (4, Salazar), Romine (2, Salazar), Castellanos (9, McAllister); CLE Perez, R (4, Price), Raburn (11, Price), Kipnis 2 (24, Price, Wilson, A). GIDP: DET Kinsler; CLE Brantley, Perez, R. HR: DET Romine (2, 3rd inning off Salazar, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: DET 5; CLE 8. DP: DET 2 (Kinsler-Romine-Cabrera, M, Castellanos-Kinsler-Cabrera, M)

Athletics 8, Rangers 6 Oakland

Texas

ab r h bi ab r h bi Burns CF 5 0 1 0 Odor 2B 4132 Sogard 2B 4 1 1 1 Gallo LF 5110 Zobrist LF 4 2 2 2 Fielder DH 4 1 1 0 Reddick RF 5 0 1 0 Beltre 3B 4 1 1 1 Butler DH 3 1 0 0 Moreland 1B 5 0 1 0 Davis 1B 4 1 1 1 Andrus SS 5 1 3 2 Lawrie 3B 4 0 0 0 Martin CF 4 0 0 0 Phegley C 4 2 2 3 Rua RF 4000 Semien SS 4 1 3 1 Chirinos C 2 1 1 0 Totals 37 8 11 8 Totals 37 6 11 5

Oakland 001 014 200 8 Texas 010 040 100 6 2B: OAK Davis, I (10, Gonzalez, Ch), Phegley (8, Gonzalez, Ch), Semien (14, Kela); TEX Andrus 2 (11, Chavez, Rodriguez, Fe), Odor (4, Chavez), Gallo (2, Chavez), Fielder (16, Chavez). GIDP: TEX Moreland. HR: OAK Phegley (4, 5th inning off Gonzalez, Ch, 0 on, 1 out), Zobrist (5, 7th inning off Kela, 1 on, 0 out); TEX Odor (2, 5th inning off Chavez, 1 on, 0 out). Team Lob: OAK 5; TEX 9. DP: OAK (Sogard-Semien-Davis, I). E: OAK Lawrie (13, throw). Oakland IP H R ER BB SO J Chavez (W, 4-6) 5.0 8 5 5 2 3 E Scribner 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 E O’Flaherty 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 F Rodriguez 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 T Pomeranz 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 Texas IP H R ER BB SO A Gonzalez (L, 2-2) 5.2 8 6 6 1 1 K Kela 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 S Freeman 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 A Bass 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 A Claudio 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:17. Att: 35,889.

Rockies 10, Diamondbacks 5 Arizona

Colorado

ab r h bi ab r h bi Pollock CF 5 1 3 1 Blackmon CF 2 1 1 1 Lamb 3B 5 0 1 0 LeMahieu 2B 3 2 1 1 G’schmidt 1B 4 1 1 0 Tulowitzki SS 4 1 2 1 Peralta LF 4 1 3 0 Arenado 3B 4 2 2 4 Hill 2B 4 0 0 1 Paulsen 1B 4 0 0 0 Dorn RF 4 0 0 0 Rosario 1B 3 2 2 1 Ahmed SS 4 1 1 1 Ynoa LF 1000 Anderson P 2 0 0 0 Hundley C 4 0 1 1 Owings PH 1 0 0 0 Barnes RF 4 2 2 1 P’ington PH 1 0 1 0 Kendrick P 2 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 10 3 Descalso PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 321011 10

Arizona 030 010 010 5 Colorado 010 160 11x 10 2B: COL Rosario, W (6, Anderson, C), Blackmon (12, Anderson, C). GIDP: COL Tulowitzki, Arenado. HR: ARI Castillo, W (5, 2nd inning off Kendrick, K, 1 on, 2 out), Ahmed (4, 2nd inning off Kendrick, K, 0 on, 2 out), Pollock (9, 5th inning off Kendrick, K, 0 on, 1 out); COL Arenado 2 (19, 4th inning off Anderson, C, 0 on, 0 out; 5th inning off Anderson, C, 2 on, 1 out), Rosario, W (5, 5th inning off Anderson, C, 0 on, 2 out), LeMahieu (4, 7th inning off Hernandez, D, 0 on, 0 out), Barnes, B (1, 8th inning off Collmenter, 0 o. S: COL Kendrick, K. Team Lob: ARI 7; COL 2. DP: ARI 2 (Ahmed-Hill, A-Goldschmidt, Hill, A-Ahmed-Goldschmidt); COL (Rosario, W). Arizona IP H R ER BB SO R Anderson (L, 3-2) 4.2 8 8 8 3 3 R Delgado 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 J Collmenter 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO K Kendrick (W, 3-9) 6.0 8 4 4 1 3 S Oberg 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 T Kahnle 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 L Hawkins 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:51 (:38 delay). Att: 30,079. LA Dodgers 000 000 000 0 0 Chi. Cubs 000 000 000 1 1 SB: CHC Bryant (6), Rizzo (11). 2B: LAD Callaspo (6, Hammel); CHC Coghlan (13, Greinke). 3B: LAD Puig (2, Hammel). S: LAD Callaspo. Team Lob: LAD 6; CHC 7.

Phillies 11, Yankees 6 Philadelphia

FOOTBALL

Cardinals 4, Marlins 3

Minnesota

NY Yankees

ab r h bi ab r h bi Revere CF-LF 5 3 3 0 Gardner CF 4 2 2 1 Hernandez 2B4 2 3 1 Headley 3B 5 1 2 1 Franco 1B 3 2 2 5 Rodriguez DH4 1 2 2 Howard DH 5 0 0 0 McCann C 4 0 1 0 Francoeur LF 4 0 0 0 Beltran RF 5 1 2 0 Brown RF 3 1 0 0 Jones 1B 5 1 1 1 Blanco 3B 4 1 2 3 Young LF 4 0 2 1 Rupp C 5 1 1 2 Gregorius SS 4 0 1 0 Galvis SS 5 0 0 0 Pirela 2B 4 0 0 0 Totals 38 10 11 11 Totals 39 6 13 6

Philadelphia 001 500 005 11 NY Yankees 111 030 000 6 SB: NYY Young, C (2, 2nd base off O’Sullivan/Rupp). 2B: PHI Hernandez, C (9, Sabathia), Blanco, A (7, Sabathia), Revere (11, Betances), Franco, M (9, Betances); NYY Gardner (16, O’Sullivan), Beltran 2 (18, O’Sullivan, Garcia, Lu), Young, C (10, Araujo). 3B: PHI Blanco, A (1, Rumbelow). GIDP: PHI Howard; NYY Pirela. HR: PHI Rupp (1, 4th inning off Sabathia, 1 on, 1 out), Franco, M (10, 4th inning off Sabathia, 2 on, 2 out); NYY Jones, G (4, 2nd inning off O’Sullivan, 0 on, 0 out), Gardner (9, 3rd inning off O’Sullivan, 0 on, 0 out), Headley (7, 5th inning off O’Sullivan, 0 on, 0 out), Rodriguez, A (15, 5th inning off O’Sullivan, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: PHI 7; NYY 10. DP: PHI (Blanco, A-Hernandez, C-Franco, M); NYY (Headley-GregoriusJones, G). E: PHI Francoeur (2, fielding); NYY Headley (16, fielding). Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO S O’Sullivan 4.110 6 6 0 2 E Araujo 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 J Gomez 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 L Garcia 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 K Giles (W, 3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 J De Fratus 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO C Sabathia 4.2 8 6 6 2 4 B Pinder 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 C Shreve 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 J Wilson 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 D Betances (L, 4-1) 1.0 2 4 4 0 2 N Rumbelow 0.2 1 1 1 1 2 HBP: Francoeur (by Betances). Time: 3:45 (1:21 delay). Att: 36,198.

Miami

ab r h bi ab r h bi Wong 2B 4 0 0 0 Gordon 2B 5 0 1 0 Grichuk LF 3 0 0 0 Realmuto C 4 0 0 0 Peralta SS 5 0 0 0 Yelich LF 4120 Reynolds 3-1B4 0 1 1 Stanton RF 3 1 1 2 Heyward RF 4 1 1 1 Dietrich 3B 3 0 0 0 Molina C 4 1 2 0 Ozuna CF 4 1 3 0 Jay CF 3 1 1 0 Bour 1B 4000 Scruggs 1B 4 1 3 2 H’avarria SS 4 0 1 1 Martinez P 2 0 1 0 Urena P 2010 Garcia PH 1 0 0 0 Suzuki PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 9 4 Solano PH 1 0 1 0 Totals 35 3 10 3

St. Louis 000 300 100 4 Miami 210 000 000 3 2B: STL Scruggs (1, Urena); MIA Ozuna (14, Martinez, C), Gordon, D (15, Martinez, C). GIDP: STL Peralta 2; MIA Dietrich, Gordon, D. HR: STL Heyward (8, 4th inning off Urena, 0 on, 1 out); MIA Stanton (26, 1st inning off Martinez, C, 1 on, 2 out). Team Lob: STL 8; MIA 7. DP: STL 2 (Peralta-Scruggs, Wong-Reynolds, Ma); MIA 2 (Hechavarria-Gordon, D-Bour 2). St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO C Martinez (W, 8-3) 7.0 8 3 3 1 9 K Siegrist 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 T Rosenthal 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Miami IP H R ER BB SO J Urena 5.0 6 3 3 3 2 S Dyson (L, 3-3) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 M Dunn 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 S Cishek 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 C Capps 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 2:45. Att: 21,759.

CFL

Regular season schedule 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. Week 3 Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Saskatchewan at BC Lions, 7 p.m. Mon July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Pirates 7, Reds 6 Cincinnati

Pittsburgh

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Cincinnati 300 111 000 6 Pittsburgh 000 700 00x 7 SB: CIN Hamilton, B 2 (33, 2nd base off Locke/Cervelli, 3rd base off Caminero/ Cervelli); PIT Marte, S (14, 2nd base off Smith, J/Barnhart). 2B: CIN Barnhart (2, Scahill); PIT Alvarez, P (11, Smith, J), Harrison, J (17, Contreras), McCutchen (18, Adcock). 3B: PIT Polanco, G (2, Villarreal). GIDP: PIT Harrison, J. HR: CIN Bruce (12, 6th inning off Caminero, 0 on, 0 out); PIT Cervelli (3, 4th inning off Smith, J, 2 on, 0 out), McCutchen (9, 4th inning off Villarreal, 1 on, 2 out). Team Lob: CIN 12; PIT 6. DP: CIN (Frazier-Phillips-Votto). E: CIN Suarez (1, throw); PIT Mercer (4, throw), Alvarez, P (9, fielding). Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO J Smith 3.0 3 4 4 6 3 P Villarreal (L, 0-2) 1.0 2 3 0 0 0 C Contreras 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 N Adcock 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 R Mattheus 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO J Locke 4.0 9 4 2 2 0 R Scahill (W, 2-3) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 W Hughes 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 A Caminero 2.0 3 1 1 0 3 A Watson 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 M Melancon 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Time: 3:37. Att: 26,949.

West Coast League East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Cowlitz Kitsap Victoria

W 9 10 8 5 W 13 6 6 3 W 11 6 6 7

L PCT GB 5 0.643 6 0.625 8 0.500 2 8 0.385 3.5 L PCT GB 3 0.813 9 0.400 6 10 0.375 7 12 0.200 9.5 L PCT GB 6 0.647 7 0.462 3 7 0.462 3 9 0.438 3.5

Strk L1 W1 L1 L1 Strk W6 L1 L4 L1 Strk W1 W1 L1 W2

Yesterday’s results Bellingham 9, Kelowna 4 Bend 10, Corvallis 1 Cowlitz 12, Walla Walla 1 Victoria 5, Kitsap 4 Yakima Valley 6, Wenatchee 3 Today’s schedule Bellingham at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Corvallis at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Victoria at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Thursday, June 25 Bellingham at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Corvallis at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Victoria at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Friday, June 26 Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Cowlitz at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Klamath Falls, 6:35 p.m. Wenatchee at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Kelowna at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Kitsap at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.

TENNIS ATP Current world rankings, as of June 22 Player Points 1 Novak Djokovic, Serbia 13,845 2 Roger Federer, Switzerland 9665 3 Andy Murray, Britain 7450 4 Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland 5790 5 Kei Nishikori, Japan 5660 6 Tomas Berdych, Czech Rep 5050 7 David Ferrer, Spain 4490 8 Milos Raonic, Toronto 4440 9 Marin Cilic, Croatia 3540 10 Rafael Nadal, Spain 3135 11 Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria 2600 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France 2565 13 Gilles Simon, France 2435 14 Kevin Anderson, South Africa 2090 15 David Goffin, Belgium 2010 16 Feliciano Lopez, Spain 1935 17 John Isner, United States 1890 18 Gael Monfils, France 1885 19 Tommy Robredo, Spain 1710 20 Richard Gasquet, France 1610 54 Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C.870 Aegon Open Nottingham, June 21-28 Nottingham, England Outdoor, surface: Grass. Purse €644,065 Singles, Round 2 Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. David Ferrer (1), Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (0). Feliciano Lopez (3), Spain, def. Taylor Fritz, United States, 6-3, 6-3. Leonardo Mayer (4), Argentina, def. Hyeon Chung, South Korea, 6-3, 6-1. Pablo Cuevas (5), Uruguay, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-5, 6-4. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Viktor Troicki (6), Serbia, 6-4, 6-2. Dominic Thiem (7), Austria, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-3, 6-1. Adrian Mannarino (8), France, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Juan Monaco (9), Argentina, 6-1, 6-2. Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Martin Klizan (10), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Pablo Andujar (11), Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-4. Sam Querrey (12), United States, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Alex Zverev, Germany, def. Thomaz Bellucci (13), Brazil, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4. Joao Sousa (14), Portugal, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (3). Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Andreas Seppi (15), Italy, 6-4, 6-3. Jiri Vesely (16), Czech Republic, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-1, 6-3. Round 1 Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, 6-4, 6-4. Sam Groth, Australia, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3). Taylor Fritz, United States, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-1, 6-4. Tim Smyczek, United States, def. James Ward, Britain, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1.. Doubles - Round 1 Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (2), Spain, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, and Oliver Marach, Austria, 6-3, 6-4. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, def. Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Jamie Murray (4), Britain, 6-4, 6-2. Ken Skupski, Britain, and Neal Skupski, Britain, def. Guillermo Duran, Argentina, and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-1, 6-4.

HarbourCats 5, BlueJackets 4 HarbourCats Gretler Collard Alcantara Guibor Pries Polshuk Francis Amezquita Goldstein Meyer Andreychuk Totals

BlueJackets

ab r h bi 3 1 0 0 Nobach 4 0 1 2 Scudder 3 0 0 0 Dunlap 1 0 0 0 Bautista 4 1 1 0 Robinson 4 0 1 0 Sommer 3 0 0 1 Valenti 0 0 0 0 Peabody 0 0 0 0 Clardy 3 1 0 0 Junior 4 1 1 0 Ping 29 4 4 3 Totals

ab r h bi 4131 5022 0000 4110 4000 5010 3000 4000 4120 3110 1000 37 4 10 3

HarbourCats 010 030 100 5 BlueJackets 001 110 001 4 2B: BLU C Clardy (3); K Nobach (2). SF: HAR K Collard (1). E: HAR DeGoti (1); Gretler (1); BLU Valenti 2 (4). Victoria IP H R ER BB SO A Dondanville 4.2 6 3 2 1 4 S O’Toole (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Walker 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 S Kennedy 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 J Mitchell 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 Kitsap IP H R ER BB SO C Weinberg (L) 5.2 4 4 2 3 6 T Omlid 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 N Simmons 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 B Colbert 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Att: 184.

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

W 22 22 24 20 14 18 17 13 10 9 9 6

L Pct GB 7 0.759 10 0.688 1.5 11 0.686 1 12 0.625 3.5 10 0.583 5.5 14 0.563 5.5 17 0.500 7.5 21 0.382 11.5 20 0.333 12.5 18 0.333 12 22 0.290 14 22 0.214 15.5

Thursday June 25 North Delta at Whalley, 7 p.m. Friday, June 26 Abbotsford at Langley, 7 p.m. Saturday June 27 White Rock at North Delta, 11 a.m. Parksville at Abbotsford, 1 p.m. Vic Mariners at Whalley, 1 p.m. White Rock at North Delta, 1:30 p.m. Parksville at Abbotsford, 3:30 p.m. Vic Mariners at Whalley, 3:30 p.m.

WTA Current world rankings, as of June 22 Player Points 1 Serena Williams, USA 11291 2 Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic 6870 3 Simona Halep, Romania 6200 4 Maria Sharapova, Russia 5950 5 Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark 5000 6 Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic 4055 7 Ana Ivanovic, Serbia 3895 8 Ekaterina Makarova, Russia 3575 9 Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain 3345 10 Angelique Kerber, Germany 3285 11 Karolina Pliskova, Czech Rep 3210 12 Eugenie Bouchard Montreal 3118 Aegon International Eastbourne, June 22-27 Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, England Surface: Grass. Purse: $665,900 2014 champion: Madison Keys Singles - Round 2 Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Jarmila Gajdosova, Australia, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Eugenie Bouchard (7), Montreal, def. Alison Riske, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, 7-6 (7), 6-4. Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Ekaterina Makarova (4), Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Sloane Stephens, USA, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (5), Spain, 6-1, 7-5. Karolina Pliskova (8), Czech Republic, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-4, 7-5. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-0, 6-2. Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-2, 6-4. Heather Watson, Britain, def. Elina Svitolina (11), Ukraine, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Madison Keys (12), United States, 6-2, 6-2. Sara Errani (13), Italy, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (7). Garbine Muguruza (14), Spain, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Flavia Pennetta (15), Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Samantha Stosur (16), Australia, 7-5, 7-6 (0).

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June 6-July 5 Defending champion: Japan Round of 16 (All games elimination) Yesterday’s result (Final game, round of 16) Japan 2, Netherlands 1, at Vancouver Scoring: Japan Ariyoshi 10’, Sakaguchi 78’; Netherlands Van de Ven 90+2’ Monday’s results England 2, Norway 1, at Ottawa Scoring: England Houghton 61’, Bronze 76’. Norway Gulbrandsen 54’ USA 2, Colombia 0, at Edmonton Scoring: Morgan 53’, Lloyd 66’ (pen) Sunday’s results Australia 1, Brazil 0, at Moncton Scoring: Simon 80’ France 3, South Korea 0, at Montreal Scoring: Delie 4’, 48’, Thomis 8’ Canada 1, Switzerland 0 at Vancouver Scoring: Josee Belanger, 52’ Quarterfinals (Round of 8) Friday, June 26 Germany vs. France, at Montreal, 1 p.m. China vs. USA at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27 Australia vs. TBD, at Edmonton, 1 p.m. England vs. Canada, at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m. Semifinals Tuesday, June 30 at Montreal, 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 at Edmonton, 4 p.m

Player 2015 Winnings 1 Jordan Spieth $6,063,838 2 Jimmy Walker $4,102,257 3 Rory McIlroy $3,912,533 4 Dustin Johnson $3,448,960 5 J.B. Holmes $3,116,200 6 Charley Hoffman $3,049,872 7 Justin Rose $3,007,424 8 Bubba Watson $2,838,174 9 Brandt Snedeker $2,811,110 10 Rickie Fowler $2,758,848 11 Hideki Matsuyama $2,734,824 12 Patrick Reed $2,604,191 13 Jason Day $2,400,513 14 Ben Martin $2,396,211 15 Kevin Kisner $2,387,707 16 Robert Streb $2,317,172 17 Ryan Moore $2,317,101 18 Jim Furyk $2,313,161 19 Gary Woodland $2,305,905 20 Steven Bowditch $2,275,123 Canadian golfers 72 Nick Taylor $1,006,519 109 Graham Delaet $634,967 110 Adam Hadwin $629,685 202 Mike Weir $72,800

No events this week Dakota Dunes Open presented by SaskTel, July 2-5 Dakota Dunes Golf Links, Saskatoon Sask. Par 72, 7301 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Matt Harmon

MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T GF GA DC United 31 18 9 5 4 22 17 N. England 24 17 6 5 6 23 22 Orlando 20 16 5 6 5 20 21 Toronto 19 13 6 6 1 19 18 Montreal 17 12 5 5 2 16 18 Columbus 17 15 4 6 5 21 22 NY Red Bulls 17 14 4 5 5 18 19 NY City FC 17 16 4 7 5 17 19 Philadelphia 15 17 4 10 3 19 30 Chicago 14 14 4 8 2 17 22 Western League Club PTS GP W L T GF GA Seattle 29 16 9 5 2 23 13 Vancouver 29 17 9 6 2 20 16 Portland 25 16 7 5 4 17 14 Los Angeles 25 18 6 5 7 21 20 Sporting KC 24 15 6 3 6 23 17 Dallas 23 16 6 5 5 19 23 San Jose 22 15 6 5 4 16 15 Salt Lake 21 16 5 5 6 15 19 Houston 20 16 5 6 5 21 21 Colorado 15 15 2 4 9 12 13 Today’s schedule Seattle at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Colorado at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. New England at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 5 p.m. DC United at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

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Saturday, July 4 Third place medal at Edmonton, 1 pm. Sunday, July 5 Championship final at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

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Order of Merit - Canadians only Player 2015 Winnings 1 Albin Choi $35,875 2 Drew Weaver $35,525 3 Adam Svensson $24,617 T4 Jason Millard $13,067 T4 Eugene Wong $13,067 6 Taylor Pendrith $12,761 T7 Ross Beal $11,550 T7 Riley Wheeldon $11,550 9 Vince Covello $10,325 10 Ryan Williams $8,254 11 John Ellis $7,401 12 Cory Renfrew $7,210 13 Sam Ryder $6,939 14 J.J. Spaun $6,563 15 Ethan Tracy $6,230 16 Charlie Bull $6,183 T17 Seann Harlingten $5,454 T17 Cody Martin $5,454 19 Kevin Spooner $5,075 20 Brien Davis $4,776

LPGA No events this week U.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12 Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie Player 2015 Winnings 1 Inbee Park $1,422,500 2 Sei Young Kim $1,096,834 3 Lydia Ko $942,476 4 Stacy Lewis $804,768 5 Brittany Lincicome $719,143 6 Morgan Pressel $663,951 7 Hyo Joo Kim $639,784 8 Anna Nordqvist $618,794 9 Amy Yang $584,967 10 Cristie Kerr $577,043 11 Lexi Thompson $506,712 12 Suzann Pettersen $505,423 13 Mirim Lee $479,344 14 Minjee Lee $427,876 15 So Yeon Ryu $426,232 16 Shanshan Feng $419,009 17 Na Yeon Choi $413,911 18 Ha Na Jang $341,236 19 Sandra Gal $333,494 20 Ilhee Lee $315,336 From Canada 78 Alena Sharp $70,638

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BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Coquitlam 16 15 1 0 30 Delta 16 11 5 0 22 Victoria 16 10 6 0 20 New Westminster 15 9 6 0 18 Langley 17 5 10 2 12 Nanaimo 15 5 9 1 10 Port Coquitlam 17 4 12 1 9 Burnaby 16 3 13 0 6 Yesterday’s result Burnaby vs. New Westminster, 8 p.m. Today’s schedule Nanaimo vs. Delta, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 25 Coquitlam vs. Langley, 8 p.m. Friday, June 26 Coquitlam vs. Port Coquitlam, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 27 Langley vs. Victoria, 5 p.m. Nanaimo vs. Port Coquitlam, 5 p.m. New Westminster vs. Delta, 7:30 p.m.

AUTO RACING NASCAR Next race Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sunday, June 28, 12:19 p.m. Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California Qualifying: Saturday, June 27, 11 a.m. Driver standings, year to date Driver Pts Winnings 1 Kevin Harvick 576 $4,840,151 2 Martin Truex Jr. 561 $2,668,758 3 Joey Logano 520 $4,015,820 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 508 $3,171,955 5 Jimmie Johnson 506 $3,718,871 6 Brad Keselowski 480 $2,790,295 7 Jamie McMurray 464 $2,431,215 8 Matt Kenseth 456 $2,835,930 9 Kasey Kahne 447 $2,175,249 10 Jeff Gordon 434 $2,835,180

No events this week Encompass Championship, July 10-12 North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom Lehman Player 2015 Winnings 1 Colin Montgomerie $1,043,700 2 Bernhard Langer $904,261 3 Joe Durant $886,206 4 Jeff Maggert $690,865 5 Esteban Toledo $648,886 6 Olin Browne $644,465 7 Tom Pernice Jr. $609,450 8 Kevin Sutherland $594,810 9 Paul Goydos $583,920 10 Tom Lehman $555,721 11 Billy Andrade $539,419 12 Bart Bryant $539,128 13 Marco Dawson $536,298 14 Michael Allen $514,288 15 Ian Woosnam $499,880 16 Kirk Triplett $489,477 17 Mark O’Meara $480,347 18 Gene Sauers $464,461 19 Lee Janzen $457,263 20 Russ Cochran $424,449 Canadian golfers 31 Rod Spittle $298,601 44 Stephen Ames $184,894 95 Jim Rutledge $28,412

Web.com Tour No events this week Nova Scotia Open, July 2-5 Ashburn Golf Club - New Course, Halifax, N.S. Par 72, 7,014 yards. Purse: $650,000. 2014 champion: Roger Sloan Player 2015 Winnings 1 Patton Kizzire $254,699 2 Peter Malnati $234,163 3 Kelly Kraft $197,524 4 Wes Roach $180,170 5 Shane Bertsch $178,678 6 Miguel Angel Carballo $175,545 7 Tyler Aldridge $166,113 8 Smylie Kaufman $164,247 9 Patrick Rodgers $162,070 10 Andrew Landry $150,870 11 Rod Pampling $147,460 12 Steve Marino $145,744 13 Dawie van der Walt $140,565 14 Kevin Tway $127,191 15 Harold Varner III $122,953 From Canada 77 Brad Fritsch $35,165

European Tour No events this week Alstom Open de France, July 2-5 Le Golf National Paris, France. Par 72, 7,315 yards. Purse: $3,000,000. 2014 champion: Graeme McDowell Player 2015 Winnings NOTE: €1=CAD$1.39 1 Rory Mcilroy €2,665,169 2 Danny Willett €1,823,656 3 Byeong Hun An €1,148,456 4 Justin Rose €1,037,717 5 Bernd Wiesberger €1,003,339 6 Thongchai Jaidee €939,402 7 Louis Oosthuizen €927,563 8 Branden Grace €909,739 9 Miguel Angel Jimenez €886,590 10 Alex Noren €835,252 11 Ross Fisher €834,249 12 Anirban Lahiri €823,389 13 Kiradech Aphibarnrat €776,981

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Harper invites Muslim families to 24 Sussex to break Ramadan fast THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Muslim families gathered at 24 Sussex Drive to break the Ramadan fast Monday night, the first time it’s believed such an event has been held at the prime minister’s official residence. During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims fast daily between dawn and sunset. The break-thefast dinner, called the iftar, is traditionally a festive and spiritual event. U.S. President Barack Obama hosts an iftar annually at the White House, as has the British prime minister at his official residence. But Canada’s prime minister has never had one — until now. “This house belongs ultimately to all Canadians,� Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a crowd of 40 people who gathered to pray and break the fast late Monday night. “And I hope all Canadians, especially our Muslim friends and neighbours, share in these blessings tonight.� But in addition to the historical importance of the event, it was also highly symbolic, as Harper himself noted. “(It) has been said: host who shares iftar brings goodness upon himself,� he said, according to the text of his prepared remarks. The Conservative government’s relationship with the Muslim community has been tense, with major flare-ups over issues such as a new bill banning face veils during citizenship ceremonies. Harper has also been criticized for focusing more on radical elements within Islam than on reaching out to mainstream Muslims in the aftermath of terrorist attacks linked to radicalization. But the mood on Monday night was described as warm. The call to prayer — held in the Harper’s living room — was led by a young Muslim doctor from Toron-

Senator Salma Ataullahjan, centre, helps break the Ramadan fast with an iftar dinner with members of the Muslim community as Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks, while Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney looks on, at 24 Sussex in Ottawa. [CANADIAN PRESS]

to. Kids at the event played soccer on the lawn while those fasting began the meal with a traditional serving of dates before moving onto a Middle Eastern style buffet. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister’s Office declined to release a full list of attendees, saying the guests had not been made aware their names could be made public. “The prime minister was pleased to bring together community members to celebrate Ramadan and honour the contributions Muslim Canadians make to our country,� said spokesman Stephen Lecce. The fact that it was held on the

eve of the election wasn’t lost on some in attendance. Samir Dossal, the president of the Canada Pakistan Business Council, said he knows some politics were at play but he was still honoured to attend and left with a positive feeling. “This is the way our system works and you can’t help it,� Dossal said. “But he took the opportunity. He could have not done it.� The intent was an intimate, family-focused event, not a political one, said Jason Kenney, the minister for multiculturalism, who said he had been pushing for 24 Sussex

Drive to host an iftar for a few years but the schedule never worked. “It’s the first time it has ever happened under any prime minister and I think it’s a wonderful initiative.� Among those at the dinner was Conservative Sen. Salma Ataullahjan, a Sunni Muslim who helped organize the event. She said the crowd was deliberately kept low key, representing different ethnicities and levels of observance. “We were there as Canadians, celebrating Ramadan in the prime minister’s house,� she said. “What could be better than that?�

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Lengthy standoff may not be resolved before October’s federal election THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — A bitter legal battle between the Conservative government, the RCMP and the federal information commissioner over the right of Canadians to access government records has arrived at a legal standoff that may not be resolved before this October’s election. The Mounties on Tuesday delivered an external hard drive containing a complete set of Quebec long-gun registry records to the Federal Court, in compliance with an emergency court order. By preserving a copy of the only remaining records from the long-defunct gun registry, the court helped ease the immediate urgency behind the legal challenges – and thus set the stage for a potentially lengthy constitutional fight. “This order is an essential milestone to protect the rights conferred by the Access to Information Act until the end of the proceedings,’’ information commissioner Suzanne Legault said in a statement. “Without such an order, the information could have been destroyed following the coming into force of Division 18 of Bill C-59.’’ It wasn’t the only significant development Tuesday. Legault is also launching a charter challenge to elements of Bill C-59, the Conservative omnibus budget bill that formally became the law of the land Tuesday. What is at stake, she says, is the quasi-constitutional right of Canadians to access government documents. There’s also the “perilous precedent’’ of allowing the RCMP and the government to simply ignore the jurisdiction of independent officers of Parliament, and to retroactively rewrite that officer’s powers

A Federal Court judge ordered that Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney and the RCMP commissioner to hand over an external hard drive containing a copy of all Quebec gun registry data. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

when they are called out for breaches of the law. Bill C-59 rewrites the way the Access to Information Act applies to the old gun registry, removing Legault’s jurisdiction and granting immunity, retroactively, to anyone who broke the old law as it applied to registry documents. The charter challenge, however, never got off the ground Tuesday before Ontario Superior Court Judge Charles Hackland punted the whole mess off to a three-judge Divisional Court

panel - after flatly stating he was not prepared to intercede on a piece of national legislation. “Surely a three-judge panel should deal with a matter as important as you have raised,’’ Hackland told Legault’s lawyer Richard Dearden. Dearden, who on Monday likened the legal battle to a chess match,’’ agreed. But first he pushed Hackland to issue an order preserving more gun registry records, including all documentation related to the destruction of the registry.

In a special report to Parliament last month, Legault asserted that the sweeping, retroactive immunity in the budget bill would capture not just registry data but all records related to the destruction. The budget bill, moreover, backdates the immunity to October 2011 when the bill to kill the long-gun registry was introduced in Parliament. That amounts to a “black hole’’ that rewrites history, she said. Not so, government lawyer Robert MacKinnon told the court Tuesday.

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City agrees to pay wronged man $6.25 million THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York City has agreed to pay $6.25 million to a man who spent nearly 25 years in prison before being exonerated in a killing that happened while he was more than 1,000 miles away vacationing at Disney World, the city comptroller said Tuesday. Comptroller Scott Stringer said settling Jonathan Fleming’s claim is “in the best interest of all parties.’’ “We cannot give back the time that he served, but the city of New York can offer Jonathan Fleming this compensation for the injustice that was committed against him,’’ Stringer said.

Fleming was released last year after the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said it had come to agree that his alibi – which he offered from the start – was valid. His lawyers praised the city for moving expeditiously to settle with Fleming, who filed notice last year that he planned to sue for $162 million. “The swift settlement will enable Jonathan and his family to build a new life without the painful and costly prospect of further litigation’’ with the city, attorneys Paul Callan and Martin Edelman said. He still has an unresolved claim against the state. But Fleming’s relief was streaked with sadness: Shortly

JUSTICE

Commissioner won’t hear mayor’s allegation CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s police complaint commissioner has decided not to investigate accusations made by a Vancouver Island mayor about the conduct of municipal officers. Saanich Mayor Richard Atwell made national headlines in January when he questioned the installation of spyware on his work computer and alleged he was stopped by police four times on suspicion of drunk driving. Atwell also said he would ask the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner to investigate how details of a Dec. 11, 2014 domestic dispute became public and were released to a Victoria newspaper. Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham sided with Atwell in March over the spyware, ruling the municipality violated privacy rights by installing the surveillance software. Deputy police-complaint commissioner Rollie Woods says his office did not handle Atwell’s complaint about the police stops. Woods says the office also decided not to investigate the leak to the newspaper because it didn’t meet the definition of misconduct under the Police Act.

after signing the settlement documents, Fleming, 53, went to a hospital where his mother was near death, his lawyers said. Her only son was behind bars for nearly half his life, convicted of shooting a friend in Brooklyn in August 1989, though he had told authorities he was in Orlando, Fla., at the time and had plane tickets, videos and other material to show it. A woman testified that she had seen him commit the crime. But then that eyewitness recanted, newly found witnesses implicated someone else and prosecutors’ review of authorities’ files turned up documents backing Fleming’s alibi. That evidence included an Orlando hotel

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receipt he paid about five hours before the shooting and had in his pocket when arrested. Authorities had never given his defence that receipt or a 1989 Orlando police letter telling New York detectives that some employees at the hotel remembered Fleming. “No amount of money will ever give him back that time’’ he unjustly served, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson said Tuesday. While the city has a legal department that fields lawsuits, the comptroller also can settle claims. Stringer has made a point of doing that in civil rights cases, saying that resolving them quickly saves the city money on legal fees.

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VANCOUVER — Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong raised his voice and angrily thumped his fist during testimony as he defended himself at a B.C. Supreme Court defamation trial on Tuesday. During fiery cross-examination, Furlong accused lawyer Bryan Baynham – who is representing freelance journalist Laura Robinson – of sullying his deceased wife’s reputation. Baynham suggested Furlong lied when he testified that Deborah Furlong filled up their truck with Georgia Straight newspapers on the morning in September 2012 that Robinson’s article came out, with allegations about his past in northern British Columbia. “How dare you sully her reputation and her life like that? I gave you exactly what she did,’’ Furlong shot back. “She was totally distraught.’’ Robinson is suing Furlong for comments he made after the publication of her article, which included sworn affidavits from eight former students alleging he physically and verbally abused them at a Roman Catholic school about 45 years ago. Furlong has testified that the allegations are “absolutely not true.’’ At a news conference the day the article was published, Furlong accused Robinson of a “shocking lack of diligence’’ and “inaccurate reporting.’’ Baynham read emails in court that revealed Furlong retained a lawyer, Marvin Storrow, as early as April 2012 to handle Robinson’s requests. Through Storrow, he declined an interview and issued a blanket denial instead of answering specific questions. Furlong testified he sent Robinson an emailed statement denying the allegations, and it was her responsibility to ensure that accusers were telling the truth before publishing. He also denied Robinson’s claim that he “screamed’’ at her in an April 2011 meeting when she tried to ask questions about his time in Burns Lake, B.C. Baynham also read emails between Furlong and his public relations staff just before the September 2012 news conference. Renee Smith-Valade, former Vancouver Olympics communications director, wrote in an email that she had added a few lines to Furlong’s statement that “throw (Robinson’s) credibility into question.’’ A major issue in the trial has been whether Robinson’s reporting prompted sexual abuse allegations against Furlong. Her Georgia Straight article did not include any mention of sex abuse. But Furlong’s lawyers have pointed to a brief article written by Robinson and published the same day in Anishinabek News which mentioned that one accuser had taken a sex abuse complaint to the RCMP.

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10 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | WEDNESDSAY, JUNE 24, 2015

This Is Then...

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FTER FOUR YEARS on the drawing board and six months of construction, the Tseshaht Market opened for business on Thursday, June 7, 1979. The 3,200-square foot store, about five miles west of town on the right-hand side of Sproat Lake Road (present location), promised to provide a small-store atmosphere in a supermarket setting. Coordinator Gary Jung emphasized to reporters, at the time, that although a lot of time was taken in developing the store, using advanced technology and equipment, the market, owned and operated by the local Tseshaht Band, is aiming for a small country store type of image. A fire destroyed the original building several months after opening and a second store was built on the original location opening in January of 1981. The store has undergone significant renovations to keep up with customers and the times, and has changed radically from the original structure. They expanded to include fresh fruit and produce, First Nations giftware, fried chicken take out and much more. It is the last full-service gas station between Port Alberni and the West Coast communities of Ucluelet and Tofino. Today, like 36 years ago, the Tseshaht Market is still open seven days a week and continues to produce a friendly and relaxed shopping experience. I can remember going to the customer appreciation days when I was a young child and enjoying the salmon BBQ. Do you have photos of the original building or memories to share? Please email me at kris.patterson@avtimes.net or call me at 250-723-8171 ext. 228.

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few columns ago I discussed Klitsa Lodge. I received quite a bit of feedback and some interesting information that I wanted to share. John Van Apeldoorn brought in some historic postcards of Klitsa Lodge which were black and white drawings done by an artist named Edward Goodall who made part of his living doing postcards for many businesses. Over 500 of his scenes were made into postcards. Edward Goodall was born in Wells Somerset, England in 1909 and visited Canada in the early 1930’s before settling in Victoria as a commercial artist working on sketches of famous Canadian schools and universities. In 1942 he began drawing pen and ink

This photo shows the Tseshaht Market building as it looks today. [Chris Finlayson Photo] and pencil postcards of Vancouver Island. He also painted with water colours and produced a B.C. calendar of scenes from the West Coast. A versatile artist, Goodall made personal Christmas Cards and personal cheques for many prominent Canadians including B.C. premiers, lieutenant governors, and H.R. MacMillan. Edward passed away in 1982 at the age of 73 but he left behind a large legacy of work which I am glad to have discovered and enjoyed. Do you have any of his postcards or paintings? Please let me know what you remember about this artist. Some of the stories I will be working on in the future are the old drive-in theatre on Beaver Creek Road and the “Tree of Lost Soles� on Great Central Lake Road. I will also be doing a feature on the Overwaitea which is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year as a company. Please email your memories to kris.patterson@avtimes.net or call me at 250-723-8171 ext. 228

Al Matte was the manager when the Tseshaht Market first opened on Sproat Lake Road, or Hwy number 4, as it was also called (now known as the Pacific Rim Hwy) 36 years ago.

Some of Edward Goodall’s postcards, which show Klitsa Lodge from different perspectives including a cedar cottage, the honeymoon cottage and a row of lakeside cottages as well as the Sproat Lake petroglyphs.

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