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search and rescue,” McKay said. “But it was sad to watch it all happen,” Hill added. Janice Hill, environmental services coordinator for the regional district, supervises the marine patrol students each year and understands the importance of their role on the water. “They know that they are not in an enforcement role, they are there to help, but as soon as they were asked by authorities, they stepped up to the plate,” Hill said. “They were a big help because there was so much boat traffic with people coming to look and others panicking to get off the lake.” Now, although contained, the fire could still emit some smoke and the students are continuing to help with cleanup by marking debris in the water. The two agree this is the best summer job, especially with their background as lake residents. “I wouldn’t be back again this year if I didn’t love it,” McKay said. They also said this will be one summer job they will not forget. “I hope it makes everyone aware of what they are doing in the wilderness,” McKay said.
Despite terms not being met in a land deal between the city and the port authority, council has opted to give a waterfront lease more time with hopes that a job-creating development will materialize this summer. At a public meeting on Monday council voted to delay a vote on cancelling a large waterfront lease next to Canal Beach. For the last year the city has leased the property to the Port Alberni Port Authority for $1,200 a month with hopes that a new development would crop up on the site, but besides the existing log sorting operation nothing has progressed to boost the waterfront’s industry. Mayor Mike Ruttan said that the current arrangement with the port authority still could become a valuable economic opportunity. “The city had that property and didn’t work with the port authority for 25 years and did nothing with it,” he said. “Our industrial land is valuable, and many cities don’t keep their industrial land. Ours is on the water, and we believe that as a city council it’s important to keep sending that message that we value that land.” Canadian Alberni Engineering was expected to bring a future to the waterfront lot through the expansion of its shipyards onto the long-underused site. CAE announced that a large facility to directly take in ships from the Alberni Inlet would be built on the land – expanded operations that would create almost 100 additional jobs. But after a year the ship building company has made no agreement with the port authority to sublease the public land. Coun. Jack McLeman blames the stalled negotiations on the federal government, as Alberni Engineering’s plans changed when it lost a bid to refit a Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft. “I don’t know that there isn’t something there that could be done by one of the corporations in town,” he said. “There may be someone interested, and if they are, let’s not cut them off too quick.” Stipulations of the lease have not been met since it began on July 1, 2014, including the requirements of new industrial activity on the site and at least $500,000 worth of improvements within the first year of the land agreement. It is for these reasons that Coun. Chris Alemany pushed to cancel the lease, a motion that will not return to council for a vote until September.
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Student workers with the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol, Courtney McKay, left, and Elisabeth Hill, are back on regular duty after keeping watch on Dog Mountain last week. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Sproat Lake Marine Patrol students help fire department contain Dog Mountain “We just saw a little bit of smoke from the top of Dog Mountain and we knew it wasn’t a campfire.”
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When the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol summer students were hired, they did not expect to be assisting with Port Alberni’s first forest fire of the year. The four students spent four days near the front lines during the emergency, and were forced to put their regular duties aside. When Courtney McKay, on her second year with the SLMP, and Elisabeth Hill were working on Saturday, July 4, they were one of the first to call in the fire at approximately 12:30 p.m. “We just saw a little bit of smoke from the top of Dog Mountain and knew it wasn’t a campfire,” McKay said. After the fire spread during the afternoon and the helicopters arrived to dump buckets of water, the students were called to help. The Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department required all the students to assist with preventing the growing number of boats from getting too close. Normally only two students at a time are on shift during the week, but all four, including Sarah Grey and Madison Redman, worked late to help patrol that first Saturday. “There were a lot of boats and we had to keep them away because the helicopter
Courtney McKay, Sproat Lake Marine Patrol
was coming close with its bucket,” McKay said. “Most people were good but a few didn’t want to leave.” The next day, the students were called back by the ACRD’s CAO, Russell Dyson, who was in charge of coordinating emergency operations. “We did the same thing and there were less people,” McKay said. “But it was really smoky and the visibility on the lake was so bad you couldn’t see fifty feet in front of you.” They closed the boat launch for one night and by Monday were back patrolling the area. McKay lives on Lakeshore Road and Hill’s family owns a summer cabin at Sproat Lake, so it felt like destruction in their own backyards. On the water they saw debris falling and at home, Hill’s family had ash covering the deck. It was also something many summer students do not get to experience. “It was cool to work with the RCMP and
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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.
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Plans progress for new park along
McLean Mill gets grant, city funds
Historic site undergoes restoration Parks and rec prepares for a Canada 150 grant to help work with $35,000 from Parks Canada cover almost $50,000 in costs for the new waterfront site ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Plans continue to move along on what is now just a blank canvas of waterfront property, but funds are still needed. The development of the Victoria Quay Park, on the corner of Roger Street and Victoria Quay Road, has the potential to create more green space and preserve local heritage. The city has earmarked $25,000 for the project, but that will only cover about half the cost of construction, repairs and transportation of structures. Scott Kenny, director of Parks and Recreation, has turned to grant application to acquire funds and minimize tax payer spending. He has also secured sponsors and in-kind donations. The park, adjacent to the helicopter pad, will include an interpretive structure, view deck, mill stone monument and the historic focal point sign welcoming people to the Alberni Valley. The money from the city’s budget will go towards moving the mill stones from the Catalyst Paper office to the site. The four stones were from the first paper mill in the province, located at Paper Mill Dam. Several have large cracks and officials decided it would be better to move the completed monument in tact at a cost of $23,400. The Focal Point sign, moved earlier this year to the parks yard for repairs, was a donation from the Chamber of Commerce and made by a local
Scott Kenny, the city’s director of parks, recreation and heritage, stands in front of the Somass River, where a view deck similar to the one behind him would be built as part of the completed Victoria Quay Park. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
artist. Residents might remember it from its location at the junction of Highway 4 entering town. The cost of repairs is estimated at $10,000 and will be framed in heavy timber. The interpretive structure will serve to tell the story of the mill stones and the significance of the sign. “It will add that much more to the site,” Kenny said. “It might include text, images and artifacts about the river, natural history and First Nations history.” A walkway will be con-
structed to lead to a view deck and benches, and greenery will be added. Dependent on grant approval, Kenny is unsure of an exact timeline. He hopes to have the view deck and benches installed first, following the stabilization of the bank leading down to the water. In the end, the park is expected have similar esthetics of and connect to Victoria Quay via the road bridge. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net 250-723-8171 ext. 238
The Alberni Valley’s signature link to its logging heritage is undergoing major repairs this summer, thanks to a Parks Canada grant and financial support from the city. The McLean Mill’s log haul was restored in June, which is a ramp component of the early 20th century facility that brings timber up into the cutting mechanism with a cable winch. On the other side of the mill apparatus the lumber deck is set for an upgrade in September, providing a rebuilt platform according to century-old specifications for the public to view where wood comes out of the machine after it’s cut. This work has been made possible with a $34,000 grant recently announced by Parks Canada, as well as $17,202 in public funds approved by city council on Monday. The city’s contribution will come from a contingency fund set aside for unforeseen expenses. Another $16,946 worth of goods and services are being contributed by the mill’s operations, including lumber and equipment. McLean Mill’s manager Neil Malbon said that the log haul and lumber deck are being restored as closely to the facility’s original state as possible. “That’s one of the basic requirements with Parks Canada,” he said. “It’s work that’s needed, so this is just great that we’ve been able to access funding to complete the work.” Some minor changes are being undertaken from what was originally built at the mill site in Beaver Creek, such as the type of wood supporting the structure. A cen-
tury ago the lumber deck was completely constructed of Douglas fir, but the restored version will use a combination of yellow and red cedar. Malbon believes that with some age all the wood will appear the same. “Once the wood weathers the average person, without knowing that we had done any work, would have a hard time telling,” he said. “The yellow cedar, it turns grey just like everything else and you won’t be able to tell if that was a yellow cedar or a Douglas fir after a while.” Elements of the lumber deck will also be treated for the outdoors to last longer than the original construction method undertaken nearly century ago, while concrete foundations have been made to replace the mill’s worn-out lumber supports that were last renovated in the 1990s after the facility was declared a national historic site. “All of the foundations when they did the original restoration of the sawmill were all wooden,” Malbon said. “We’re now replacing all of those with concrete because obviously they don’t last.” Parks Canada has approved these alterations to help the mill last into the future, as the site still functions and appears like a historic logging facility that helped to establish Port Alberni as a community within Vancouver Island’s hinterland. “We’re very conscious of that fact, that we need to maintain the authenticity and the look,” Malbon said. “That’s why we’re a national historic site. We’ve got an original mill and original buildings.” Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net
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Alberni Valley residents can ask questions about the regional district’s proposed $7.5 million airport expansion at an information session on Thursday. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District is offering the public event at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Cedar Room of Echo Centre. Currently the Alberni Valley Regional Airport Expansion Project is in the midst of an “alternate approval process” to pass bylaws that would enable borrowing up to $6 million, which could raise property taxes. The approval process will last until Aug. 5. Until then residents in the Alberni Valley have the opportunity to sign a petition opposing the project. If 10 per cent or more of the electorate living in the Alberni area sign the petition, then the regional district would have to send the Airport Expansion Project to a full referendum. The regional district is proposing to set up a global positioning system at the airport, extend the runway by 340 metres and install medium intensity lighting in an effort to facilitate local aircraft business, allow for passenger airline service as well as attract new economic investment. “The purpose of the meeting on Thursday is to present information about the proposed expansion,” said Russell Dyson, chief administrative officer of the
The Alberni-Clayoquote Regional Distrct plans to bring millions of dollars worth of improvements to the airport near Sproat Lake [TIMES FILE PHOTO].
ACRD. Regional district staff will be at the meeting, including the engineer who oversaw the design of the project, Dyson said. “We encourage the public to come out,” Dyson said. According to the regional district’s business plan for the project, Coulson Aviation, which outfits C130 aircraft with tanks for use as water bombers in forest firefighting service, needs the expanded runway to continue operations at the regional airport. Currently Coulson is contracting
work in California and Singapore. The business plan identifies 15 full-time jobs for aircraft maintenance engineers in the Alberni Valley, earning an annual salary of $70,000, as a result of the expansion project. Another five full-time jobs would be possible if passenger airlines extend scheduled flights to the local airport. Construction would provide jobs for 34 people. The ACRD intends to negotiate with both the provincial and federal governments to secure funding for the project. The business
plan notes that the regional district has committed to $2 million in funding, which would increase the annual property taxes by $5.60 for an assessed value of $200,000. If the district had to borrow the full $6 million to fund the project it would bump property taxes for the same value by $16.80 per year, over 30 years. Bill Surry, president of the Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association, which uses roadway at the airport to run its annual Thunder in the Valley event (Aug. 9 and 10 at the airport this year), said they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to stay at the airport after the expansion. “We’re looking into alternative sites, but nothing’s been decided at this time,” Surry said, adding they’d prefer to stay at the airport if possible. “We think we can co-exist there, because we only shut it down for four days.... But there may have to be some changes.” The drag racing association spent upwards of $25,000 to add a return road at the airport for the races, which would be lost if they moved to another location, Surry noted. Thunder in the Valley has taken place at the airport for 15 years. Last year an estimated 3,000 spectators showed up to view the event.
PLYWOOD, from Page 1 “The purpose of this motion is really quite simple: this lease was created by the city and the port authority with the expectation that certain developments were going to take place,” he said. “The conditions were put in with those expectations in mind. Unfortunately that didn’t come to fruition.” Alemany’s motion was to give 90 days notice to terminate the lease, a time frame which gives the port authority time to bring another proposal to develop the land and save the property arrangement, said Coun. Sharie Minions. “There are specific things put in there for a reason, and serving 90 days notice gives the opportunity for them to write us a proposal and move to the next step,” she said. “There’s been a lot of talk about industrial activity on that land versus an expanded beach. At this point I think it’s really not about that, it’s about the contract that was signed last year.” Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net
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anada’s vast, picturesque and pristine wilderness lands are well worth protecting. Recognizing that, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government signed the 2010 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, promising to set aside no less than 17 per cent of our land mass for preservation by 2020. Halfway there we still have a long way to go. So far Ottawa has set aside about 10 per cent. At this rate the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society esti-
Canada stacks up poorly in overall preservation compared to 152 of the 240 reportig jurisdictions under the UN convention. mates in a report this week that it will take more than 50 years to achieve the 17 per cent mark. That’s discouraging. We can do better conserving our ecosystems, which sustain fresh watersheds,
wildlife habitat, jobs and tourism, and assure a healthier future. While the Harper government has a credible record creating national parks, Canada stacks up poorly in overall preservation compared to 152 of the 240 reporting jurisdictions under the UN convention. They already meet the 17 per cent mark. As stewards of 20 per cent of the earth’s wild forests and 24 per cent of its wetlands, we owe the world better. And Ottawa and the provinces have the power. Most of our land base and virtually all of our waters are held in the public domain.
Granted, Canada currently boasts almost a million square kilometers of lands that are protected from undue commercial exploitation and other degradation. But we lag behind the U.S., Australia and Russia in absolute terms. And in percentage terms Germany, Britain and France are doing better. Why the need for ambitious targets? Because setting aside small, disconnected parcels including parks isn’t good enough. We need to make sure there are large enough swaths of territory to allow animals such as bears,
wolves and caribou to forage undisturbed over large distances and to preserve complete ecosystems. Yet as recently as 2010 nearly three quarters of our 5,000 protected areas were less than 10 kilometres square. We can aim higher. As the English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote: “What would the world be, once bereft of wet and of wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.”
Dog Mountain to a blacken char over the next three to five days. While the whole time,the Conair group costs, and what is truly left of Dog Mountain, did not enter the”Liberal”spot light. The Mars bomber is an “Initial Attack Aircraft”! I have no doubt with its massive payload it could of had Dog mountain fire out the first day,with its 60,000 lb. payload (7,200 US gallons) uses gel, foam or water. And now because of not using the Mars on this fire, the Sproat Lake landscape has a ugly black scar to show tourists on there way to see the Pacific Rim beaches for years to come. I live on far south side of Port Alberni. My biggest fear is a fire starting in the Cameron Valley in an afternoon, with the usual high winds blowing in from the south. Do I want to see a helicopter with a bucket? Do I want to see a Conair electra aircraft? Thank you, but no thank you. I want that big ‘ole antiquated Martin Mars to hit it, and hit it hard. Squash it, before the flames can take root,and blow into town like the fire storm we watched on the news a few years ago that happen in Kelowna B.C. I sleep well knowing that that big old giant red/white plane, with it’s initial attack capability can look after communities up and down the coast quite well thank you. What keeps awake at night on hot summers nights other then the heat, is knowing it sits idle with no contract, because the
politicians keep quoting the bombers high costs. And the whole time, more monies go into there pensions then B.C.’s fire fighting budget. Glad to see it flying,sleeping better.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Another crew of dinosaurs on city council So now we know – we elected yet another crew of dinosaurs to city council and they have agreed to give the Port Authority time ad infinitum to screw us again. Shame on everyone who voted to table the motion to give notice of termination of the Port Authority’s lease on the Canal Beach site. The port authority has over 100 leases on property surrounding our waterfront – these leases are NOT in the best interests of the city and they dictate what our future will be. If a leaseholder with a reasonable proposal to use the land adjacent to Canal Beach for some legitimate purpose that jobs and economic activity in the city comes forward, I’d be first in line to support it. BUT, we do not need the port authority in the middle as the actual leaseholder. Let the business deal directly with the city – a third-hand situation is just bad business. I was appalled last year, I am still appalled. Sam Brownlee Port Alberni
‘Ironic Irony’: a poem about the Dog Mountain forest fire The wildfire on Dog Mountain raged for days.
A hectare and a half at first, it spread till hell and heaven blended in the red inferno on the skyline, till the haze of smoke blockaded aircraft from the blaze, till forest giants candled, flared, and fed the drought’s flame-thrower as the firestorm sped and spat huge cedars onto Sproat Lake’s bays. Below, at anchor, sat the mighty Mars, the largest BC water-bomber, fame in every rivet after loosing drops on fires for fifty years. While in the bars the locals spoke of bureaucrats and blame, four hundred hectares glinted on its props. John Beaton. Qualicum Beach
Sproat Lake resident not reassured by helicopters with buckets As of late, all I’ve heard is negative things said about our local Mars water bombers. The use of key words putting a negative ‘Liberal’ slant towards them from the likes of B.C. TV news and the B.C. government forest minister. While the planes from the Conair group getting nothing but praise. I’ve seen the Conair group in action on our local Dog Mountain fire. Politics kept our Mars bomber off that fire, while it pretty well burnt
Mr Dan Bruner Port Alberni
Alberni the last to know what the province has in store
All I’m hearing, with reference to LNG development in B.C, is “Prince Rupert.” What about Port Alberni? Or is Port Alberni’s planned LNG site on Sarita Bay at the mouth of the Alberni inlet a done deal? Especially considering that in a modern execution of olde-fashioned seige mentality, without adequate forest-fire fighting management to protect Port Alberni’s valuable timber resource, to remain viable the community would have no other option but to approve LNG development and whatever else the powers-that-be have planned. I’ve always wondered exactly what Premier Christie Clark meant when she stated that her “government has BIG plans for the great little city of Port Alberni!” As it’s often said: Guess we’ll be the last to know. Liz Stonard Port Alberni
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Light showers freshen up Alberni Golf course S
unday was another great day on the Alberni Golf Course, with occasional light showers to freshen thinks up a bit. There was a good turnout for the Port Boat House Blue White & Red tournament. On the gross side with a 75 was Jacques Giovetti, followed by Sam Parhar, Colin Hamilton, Preben Rasmussen, Cory Neilson, Mike Savard, Jim Rhodes, Vito Caldarulo and Glen Trask. On the net side leading the way was Ron Barker with a 64 followed by George DeFrane,
Gerry Fagan Golf news Terry Rai, Cliff O’laney, Kevin Carlton, Mark Anderson, Paul Saulnier. Masami Hirayama and Don McGowan. Closest to the pin winners were on No. 2, Terry Rai, on No 4, Jim Rhodes, No 13, Terry Rai again, and on No 17, Mark Anderson. The Charity closest to the pin on No 7 was won by
Ken Fong pocketing $42. Glen Trask had the only birdie on No 4 taking home $94, all other par 3’s were halved. Many Thanks to our Sponsors for the day Port Boat House, Smitty’s Resaurant, Buy Low Foods and Westwind Pub. Next week is an open day with the usual closest to the pins and money pots up for grabs. Please register in the Pro Shop in your own group starting at 7 a.m. » Gerry Fagan is an avid golfer, and volunteers around the community, including at the Alberni Golf Club.
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Froome controls Tour de France JOHN LEICESTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pan Am ticket sales soaring DIANA MEHTA THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Organizers for the Pan Am Games say more than 900,000 tickets have now been sold for the multi-sport event taking place in Toronto and surrounding communities. Ticket sales had initially been somewhat of a concern as only about 800,000 of 1.4 million tickets had been sold before the Games officially began last Friday. But as the event entered its first full week, organizers said nearly 25,000 tickets were sold on Monday — a record-breaking figure for a single day of sales.
Ticket sales are expected to cover about $40 million of the Games’ $2.5 billion budget, with the rest coming from the federal, provincial and local governments. Saad Rafi, CEO of the TO2015 organizing committee, says organizers fully expect to sell at least a million tickets before the Games are done. “People are clearly getting out for the Games and there are lots of great ways to make your own Pan Am memories,” Rafi said. “The next major milestone of course to reach is a million tickets and we’re confident we’ll get there.”
LA PIERRE-SAINT-MARTIN, France — Over the earpiece tucked below his helmet, Chris Froome’s team sent word that his panting Tour de France rivals were struggling in the thinning air of the high Pyrenees, on the first skyward climb of this year’s race. Clearly, they were having a bad day. So Froome decided to make it even worse. Reprising the formula that carried him to victory in 2013, Froome barked an order to three teammates leading him up the punishing ascent: speed up. Shattered by the fierce uphill pace, trailing riders scattered behind them, their bluffs called and hopes dashed. The first A-lister to crack was none other than last year’s champion, Vincenzo Nibali. Sweat beading off his chin, the Sicilian was cooked. The biggest high-profile loser of Stage 10 shed more than four minutes to Froome, all but ending his Tour defence. Next, Alberto Contador dropped from the by-now shriveled group of the Tour’s hardiest, most pain-resistant climbers. The 2007 and 2009 champion zigzagged across the steep tarmac as Froome’s trusty lieutenant Richie Porte applied yet more speed. That doomed the Spaniard’s chances of adding the 2015 Tour to the Giro d’Italia title he won in May. Two down, one major rival to go. Froome took down Nairo Quintana himself. Rising from his saddle with six kilometres
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TORONTO — A large contingent of family and friends braved the rain to watch local rower Carling Zeeman dominate the competition. Zeeman won the women’s single sculls race at the Pan American Games on Tuesday, finishing more than seven seconds ahead of her closest competitor. “It’s kind of a special moment for me,” she said. “And it really touches me that everyone is coming out to watch. It is a rainy day but it’s certainly not dampening any spirits at the finish line. The momentum they have going down there is just, it’s unbelievable. I love it. It just adds to the fun of racing.” That win set the stage for another huge day for Canadian rowers at the Royal Henley course in St. Catharines, Ont. Canada won three rowing gold medals to increase its total to seven — five golds and two bronze — with one more day of racing to go. It was also another multi-medal day for Canada’s paddlers competing a few kilometres down the highway at the Welland Flatwater Centre. The host country’s canoeists and kayakers won five medals Tuesday, including two gold, giving them 10 overall in sprint events. Zeeman, from nearby Cambridge, Ont., kicked things off for the rowers, winning the women’s sculls in seven minutes 30.86 seconds, easily outdistancing Katherine McFetridge of the United States.
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(four miles) still to climb to the La Pierre-Saint-Martin ski resort, Froome accelerated away, head down, legs pumping. The bill for Quintana, who rode in third behind Froome and Porte at the top, was very costly: one minute and 10 seconds lost overall to the British race leader, who is now firmly in control of cycling’s showcase race. “When we got up onto that last climb and we heard the big names that were struggling and getting dropped . . . I turned to the guys who were still with me at that point — it was Wouter Poels, Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas — and just said, ’Guys, come on let’s on push on here. We’ve got them in trouble,”’ Froome said. “I couldn’t have asked for it to go any better.”
For his rivals, it couldn’t have been much worse. “Froome has landed a hammer blow on the Tour,” said Nibali, the Astana team leader now a whopping 6:57 behind Froome overall in 10th place. “I have no more to give. I’m not even the younger brother of the Nibali from last year.” Closest to Froome is still Tejay van Garderen, the American leader of the BMC team. But he’s two minutes, 52 seconds behind overall. Quintana, runner-up to Froome in 2013, trails by 3:09, in third. Contador slipped back to sixth overall, 4:04 behind. “Froome rode away and showed his authority,” Contador said. “I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t get my legs to work. It really was a bad day.”
CITY OF PORT ALBERNI
Canadian rowers, paddlers combine to take five golds
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Australia’s Richie Porte sets the pace for his team leader and stage winner Britain’s Christopher Froome, middle, followed by Colombia’s Nairo Quintana.
“It was my plan to go out hard and stay out in front,” she said. That victory was followed with a gold medal in the women’s lightweight double sculls by Victoria’s Liz Fenje and Katherine Sauks of Owen Sound, Ont. Fenje and Sauks won with a time of 6:57.23. The held off a late charge from the Cubans, who took silver in 7:00.36. “We actually didn’t have the greatest first couple of strokes in our race, but suddenly we just locked into it and felt ourselves pulling away,” said Sauks. Canada finished the day of racing by winning the men’s quad sculls. Matthew Buie of Duntroon, Ont., Julien Bahain of Sherbrooke, Que., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C. and Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont., also led the race and won with a time of 5:42.22 seconds. “Going out right off the start we wanted to get a solid lead because we knew once we came down here (the midway at Henley Island) it could get pretty rough and it’s really hard to come back from behind in this rough water,” Buie said. In Welland, Mark de Jonge of Halifax and Laurence Vincent Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Que., led the medal rush with golds. De Jonge captured gold in the K-1 200 metres, and has his sights set on the top of the medal podium at next year’s Rio Olympics. De Jonge and Pierre-Luc Poulin of LacBeauport, Que., also earned a bronze in the men’s K-2 200 metres.
NOTICE OF STAGE 2 WATER RESTRICTIONS Due to low reservoir levels it is necessary to impose restrictions on Outdoor Water Use including garden and lawn watering. Therefore effective 12:01 a.m. July 13th , 2015 and until further notice, Outdoor Water Use is restricted as follows: Lawn Sprinkling Even numbered addresses can sprinkle on Wednesdays and Saturdays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm. Odd numbered addresses can sprinkle on Thursdays and Sundays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm. New unestablished lawns, trees, shrubs and flowers Sprinkling outside of restricted times allowed only at the discretion of the City with a permit from City Hall. Vegetable Gardens, planters, shrubs and trees – Watering must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. 6 – 9 am or 7 – 10 pm. 2 hours per day maximum – any day. Private pools, spas and garden ponds Public and commercial fountains (recirculating) Filling is prohibited, topping up is permitted. Outdoor washing of cars, boats and houses Washing must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. Anytime. Washing driveways and sidewalks All forms of washing using treated drinking water are prohibited. Commercial car washing, gardens, and pressure washing Exempt. Public Parks, Playing Fields, Boulevards, and Planters Restricted as per detailed watering plan by Parks and Recreation For more information contact the City of Port Alberni at 720-2840 or go to www.portalberni.ca Guy Cicon, City Engineer
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SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL
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West Winnipeg Calgary BC Lions Edmonton Saskatchewan East Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal
All-Star Game
MLB - Results and standings W 2 2 1 1 0 W 2 2 1 1
L 1 1 1 1 3 L 1 1 1 2
T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0
Pts 4 4 2 2 0 Pts 4 4 2 2
PF 81 60 51 57 98 PF 88 64 75 70
PA 101 72 59 43 107 PA 76 78 50 56
Full results, Week 3 Yesterday’s result Calgary 25, Toronto 20 Last Friday’s results Winnipeg 25, Montreal 23 BC Lions 35, Saskatchewan 32 Last Thursday’s result Edmonton 46, Ottawa 17 Week 4 schedule (with odds by Oddsshark) Favourite Line (O/U) Underdog Home team in CAPS Thursday, July 16, 6 p.m. Hamilton 3(54) MONTREAL Friday, July 17, 4 p.m. Edmonton 3.5(49) OTTAWA Friday, July 17, 7 p.m. SASKATCHEWAN 3(50.5) BC Lions Saturday, July 18 Winnipeg at Calgary (No line available) Week 5 Friday, July 24 Calgary at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Toronto at BC, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 25 Winnipeg at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Sunday, July 26 Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m.
League leaders Teams - Offence Rank Y/Game Rush 1 SSK 508.7 164.3 2 BC 396.5 67.5 3 HAM 387.5 49.5 4 TOR 372.7 93.7 5 CGY 355.7 79.3 Teams - Defence Rank Y/Game Rush 1 OTT 295.3 88.7 2 HAM 303.0 74.5 3 CGY 327.3 79.0 4 MTL 344.0 85.0 5 EDM 352.5 81.0 Passing yards Kevin Glenn, SSK Trevor Harris, TOR Bo Levi Mitchell, CGY Henry Burris, OTT Travis Lulay, BC
Pass 344.3 329.0 338.0 279.0 276.3 Pass 206.7 228.5 248.3 259.0 271.5
868 837 810 731 658
Rushing Yards Rush Avg Yds 1 Tyrell Sutton, MTL 50 5.56 278 2 Jer. Messam, SSK 31 7.87 244 3 B Whitaker, TOR 28 7.86 220 4 Jon Cornish, CGY 39 4.74 185 5 Anthony Allen, SSK 25 7.36 184 6 Paris Cotton, WPG 32 5.44 174 7 Chevon Walker, OTT 46 3.72 171 8 Andrew Harris, BC 25 4.72 118 9 Ken. Lawrence, EDM 12 6.58 79 10 Henry Burris, OTT 13 5.54 72 Receiving Yards Rec Avg 1 S.J. Green, MTL 15 19.00 2 Ryan Smith, SSK 11 22.82 3 Nick Moore, WPG 19 12.84 4 Chad Owens, TOR 18 11.61 5 Eric Rogers, CGY 13 15.77 6 Weston Dressler, SSK 14 14.57 7 Brad Sinopoli, OTT 18 10.56 8 Jeff Fuller, CGY 13 14.00 9 A Bowman, EDM 11 16.45 10 Chris Williams, OTT 13 13.85
Yds 285 251 244 209 205 204 190 182 181 180
Standings at the All-Star break American League East W L NY Yankees 48 40 Tampa Bay 46 45 Baltimore 44 44 Toronto 45 46 Boston 42 47 Central W L Kansas City 52 34 Minnesota 49 40 Detroit 44 44 Cleveland 42 46 Chicago Sox 41 45 West W L LA Angels 48 40 Houston 49 42 Texas 42 46 Seattle 41 48 Oakland 41 50 National League East W L Washington 48 39 NY Mets 47 42 Atlanta 42 47 Miami 38 51 Philadelphia 29 62 Central W L St. Louis 56 33 Pittsburgh 53 35 Chicago Cubs 47 40 Cincinnati 39 47 Milwaukee 38 52 West W L LA Dodgers 51 39 San Fran 46 43 Arizona 42 45 San Diego 41 49 Colorado 39 49
PCT .545 .505 .500 .495 .472 PCT .605 .551 .500 .477 .477 PCT .545 .538 .477 .461 .451
GB Strk - W1 3.5 W3 4.0 L2 4.5 L1 6.5 L1 GB Strk - W1 4.5 W3 9.0 L3 11.0 L2 11.0 L1 GB Strk - W1 0.5 L6 6.0 L2 7.5 L1 8.5 W2
PCT .552 .528 .472 .427 .319 PCT .629 .602 .540 .453 .422 PCT .567 .517 .483 .456 .443
GB Strk - W2 2.0 W4 7.0 L5 11.0 W2 21.0 L5 GB Strk - L3 2.5 W3 8.0 W1 15.5 L2 18.5 L1 GB Strk - W1 4.5 W3 7.5 L3 10.0 W2 11.0 W4
Yesterday’s results No games scheduled, All-Star game Sunday’s results NY Mets 5, Arizona 3 Miami 8, Cincinnati 1 Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3 Oakland 2, Cleveland 0 NY Yankees 8, Boston 6 Washington 3, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 7, Detroit 1 Kansas City 11, Toronto 10 Chicago Cubs 3, Chicago Sox 1 San Diego 2, Texas 1 San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 2 Colorado 11, Atlanta 3 LA Angels 10, Seattle 3 LA Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5 (10 innings) Regular season resumes Friday, July 17 Kansas City at Chi. Sox, 11:10 a.m. Volquez (8-4) vs Undecided Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Undecided vs., Tanaka (5-3) Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Fernandez (2-0) vs. Morgan (1-2) L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Pitchers undecided Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Pitchers undecided Baltimore at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Jimenez (7-4) vs Sanchez (8-7) Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Bauer (8-5) vs Leake (6-5) Chi. Cubs at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. Hendricks (4-4) vs Teheran (6-4) Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Liriano (5-6) vs Fiers (4-7) Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Pitchers undecided Kansas City at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Young (7-5) vs undecided N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Syndergaard (4-4) vs Lynn (6-5) San Francisco at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Undecided vs Ray (3-4) Minnesota at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Santana (0-0) vs Undecided Boston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Pitchers undecided Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Pitchers undecided Saturday, July 18 (Early games) Seattle at NY Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Undecided vs Pineda (9-5) Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Pitchers undecided
Maxim Tissot of Canada heads the ball against Costa Rica’s Celco Borges in Toronto on Tuesday. [CP PHOTO]
Canada exits Gold Cup after 0-0 tie NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Canada exited the Gold Cup early for the third tournament in a row Tuesday, departing in a 0-0 tie with Costa Rica that extended its scoring drought at the CONCACAF championship to six games. Canada did put the ball in the net in the 68th minute but Marcus Haber’s goal was ruled offside. The Costa Ricans cleared the ball off the goalline in the 81st minute in a wild scramble after goalie Esteban Alvarado spilled the ball trying to corral a free kick. The game ended with Canada sending everyone up for a last-ditch unsuccessful corner. It was a harsh ending for the 103rd-ranked Canadian men, who played very well against No.41 Costa Rica and lost just once in three games at the tournament. But the inability to convert chances left goalless Canada (0-1-2) fourth in Group B. Jamaica (2-0-1) defeated El Salvador 1-0 in the earlier game at BMO Field to win Group B and move into the quarter-finals. Costa Rica (0-0-3) joined them as group runner-up. El Salvador, which had the same record and minus-one goal difference as Canada, took third in the group on goals scored (one to Canada’s zero). The Central Americans are likely to join the Canadians on the sidelines once Group C play is completed Wednesday. The top two teams in the three groups plus the two best third-place team teams make the quarter-finals. Canada came into the game needing a win to advance. Given the earlier result, anything other a 0-0 tie gave it a chance to finish third in the group but that would probably have not been enough, with Guatemala likely to add to its points total Wednesday against Cuba in Group C and join Group A’s Panama (on three points) as the third-place finishers to advance.
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio Final result American 100 020 210 6 7 2 National 010 001 001 3 6 0
American 6, National 2
American League National League ab r h bi ab r h bi Trout, CF 3 2 1 1 McC’chen, CF 3 1 1 1 Holt, LF 1 1 0 0 Frazier, 3B 3 0 0 0 Don’dson, 3B 0 0 0 0 Harper, RF 3 0 0 0 Machado, 3B 2 1 1 1 G’schmidt, 1B3 1 1 0 Moust’as, 3B 1 0 0 0 Posey, C 2000 Pujols, 1B 2 1 0 0 Rizzo, DH 2 0 0 0 Cruz, DH 2 0 0 0 Tulo’tzki, DH 1 0 0 0 Fielder, DH 1 0 1 2 Braun, PH 1 1 1 0 Cain, RF 3 0 2 1 Peralta, SS 1 0 1 1 Jones, LF 2 0 0 0 Crawford, SS 1 0 0 1 Gardner, CF 2 0 0 0 Pederson, LF 2 0 0 0 Perez, C 2 0 0 0 LeMahieu, 2B2 0 0 0 Altuve, 2B 2 0 0 0 Molina, C 1 0 1 0 Escobar, SS 2 0 1 0 Grandal, C 1 0 0 0 Iglesias, SS 2 0 0 0 Bryant, LF 1 0 0 0 Vogt, C 1 0 0 0 Panik, 2B 2 0 0 0 Martin, C 1 0 0 0 Pollock, CF 1 0 0 0 Kipnis, 2B 1 0 0 0 Arenado, 3B 1 0 0 0 Dozier, 2B 1 1 1 1 Upton, RF 1 0 1 0 Teixeira, 1B 2 0 0 0 Gonzalez, 1B 1 0 0 0 Martinez, RF 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 3 6 3 TOTALS 34 6 7 6
AL Batting: 2B - M Machado (1); L Cain (1) HR - M Trout (1); B Dozier (1). RBI - M Trout (1); M Machado (1); P Fielder 2 (2); L Cain (1); B Dozier (1). SF - P Fielder (1) AL Baserunning: SB - B Holt (1); L Cain (1) NL Batting: 3B - R Braun (1) HR - A McCutchen (1) RBI - A McCutchen (1); J Peralta (1); B Crawford (1). SF - B Crawford (1) NL Baserunning: SB - J Upton (1) American IP H R ER BB SO Dallas Keuchel 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 Felix Hernandez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 David Price (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Chris Archer 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 Zach Britton 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 Dellin Betances 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Wade Davis 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Glen Perkins 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 National IP H R ER BB SO C Young (L, 7-5) 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 Zack Greinke 2.0 1 1 1 1 4 Gerrit Cole 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 M Bumgarner 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Clayton Kershaw (L) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1 Jacob deGrom 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Francisco Rodriguez 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 Mark Melancon 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 Aroldis Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Time: 3:02. Att: 43,656
West Coast League East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Victoria Cowlitz Kitsap
W 22 18 16 13 W 27 6 7 3 W 20 16 10 11
L 10 14 17 19 L 6 11 14 12 L 10 16 14 21
PCT .688 .563 .485 .406 PCT .818 .375 .333 .200 PCT .667 .500 .417 .344
GB 4 6.5 9 GB 6 10 9.5 GB 5 6 10
Strk L1 L1 L1 W1 Strk W1 L1 L1 L1 Strk L1 W8 L1 W1
Yesterday’s results Bellingham 4, Cowlitz 2 Kitsap 4, Yakima Valley 1 Corvallis 6, Klamath Falls 2 Wenatchee 6, Kelowna 3 Victoria 8, Medford 2 Today’s schedule Bellingham at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Victoria at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Klamath Falls at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m. Kelowna at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Thursday, July 16 Bellingham at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Corvallis at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Cowlitz at Klamath Falls, 7:05 p.m. Friday, July 17 Bellingham at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Corvallis at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.
B.C. Premier League Team North Shore Victoria Eagles Langley Nanaimo Okanagan Whalley North Delta Abbotsford White Rock Coquitlam Victoria Mariners Parksville
W 30 29 28 26 21 20 19 15 16 14 13 9
L 9 12 13 14 17 20 21 24 26 25 26 33
Pct .769 .707 .683 .650 .553 .500 .475 .385 .381 .359 .333 .214
GB 2 3 4.5 8.5 10.5 12 15 15.5 16 17 22.5
Yesterday’s results North Delta 5, Okanagan 2 North Delta 7, Okanagan 2 Langley 6, White Rock 5 Today’s schedule Okanagan at North Delta, 2 p.m. North Delta at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16 Whalley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.
PAN-AM GAMES Toronto, July 10-26
Rank/Country Gold Sil Bro 1 Canada 25 22 17 2 United States 19 19 22 3 Cuba 14 11 16 4 Colombia 14 6 11 5 Brazil 12 8 21 6 Mexico 9 7 19 7 Argentina 5 11 8 8 Chile 3 2 3 9 Ecuador 2 7 5 10 Peru 1 2 2 11 Dominican Rep. 1 1 4 12 Guatemala 1 0 0 13 Venezuela 0 6 1 14 Bahamas 0 0 1 Bermuda 0 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1
Tot 64 60 41 31 41 35 24 8 14 5 6 1 7 1 1 1 1
Yesterday’s Canadian highlights G=Gold S=Silver B=Bronze Swimming Women’s 100m Freestyle G- Chantal Van Landeghem, Canada S- Natalie Coughlin, United States B- Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Bahamas Women’s 200m Butterfly G- Audrey Lacroix, Canada S- Katherine Mills, United States B- Joanna Maranhao, Brazil Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay G- Canada S- United States B- Brazil Men’s 100m Freestyle G- Federico Grabich, Argentina S- Santo Condorelli, Canada B- Marcelo Chierighini, Brazil Men’s 200m Butterfly G- Leonardo De Deus, Brazil S- Mauricio Fiol, Peru B- Zack Chetrat, Canada Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay G- Brazil, S- Canada, B- United States
TENNIS
SOCCER
GOLF
Davis Cup Quarterfinals
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015
Upcoming tournaments Tour money leaders
Friday, July 17-Sunday, July 19 Argentina vs. Serbia at Bueos Aires Australia vs Kazakhstan at Darwin Great Britain vs. France at The Queen’s Club, London. Belgium vs. Canada (Last Davis Cup match 1913. Canada won 4-0) Sportpark Krokodiel, Middelkerke (Ostend), Belgium. Matches begin Friday, July 17, 4 a.m. Saturday, July 18, 6 a.m. Sunday, July 19, 4 a.m. Canadian team Captain: Martin Laurendeau Frank Dancevic, 29, Niagara Falls, Ont. World ranking: 272 Filip Peliwo, 19, Vancouver. World ranking: 491 Daniel Nestor, 42, Toronto. World ranking (doubles): 24 Adil Shamasdin, 33, Pickering, Ont., Canada. World ranking (doubles): 65 Belgian team Captain: Johan Van Herck David Goffin, 24, World ranking:14 Steve Darcis, 31, Ranking: 76 Ruben Bemelmans, 27, Ranking: 95 Kimmer Coppejans, 21, Ranking: 102 Current tournaments
ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, July 13-19 Newport, Rhode Island. Surface: Outdoor, grass. Purse: $549,230 Singles - Round 1 Rajeev Ram, United States, def. John Isner (1), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (8). Jack Sock (4), United States, def. Radek Stepanek (96), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-0. Sam Querrey (6), United States, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1). Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def. Tim Smyczek (8), United States, 6-3, 6-4. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Ante Pavic, Croatia, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Adrien Bossel, Switzerland, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Niels Desein, Belgium, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles - Round 1 Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Mate Pavic, Croatia, def. Robert Farah, Colombia, and Santiago Gonzalez (1), Mexico, 6-3, 7-5. Jonathan Marray, Britain, and AisamUl-Haq Qureshi (3), Pakistan, def. Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands, and Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-3. Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, and Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, def. Eric Butorac, United States, and Colin Fleming (4), Britain, 7-6 (1), 6-3. Ryan Harrison, United States, and Mark Philippoussis, Australia, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, and Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4. Fabrice Martin, France, and Purav Raja, India, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, and Frank Moser, Germany, 7-6 (6), 7-5..
WTA Bucharest Open, July 13-19 Bucharest, Romania Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Round 1 Monica Niculescu (3), Romania, def. Ana Bogdan, Romania, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (7), Slovakia, def. Reka-Luca Jani, Hungary, 6-1, 6-2. Andreea Mitu, Romania, def. Annika Beck (8), Germany, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, def. Cristina Dinu, Romania, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, is tied with Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 5-5, Suspended. Doubles - Round 1 No matches played Tuesday. Collector Swedish Open, July 13-19 Bastad, Sweden Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Round 1 Barbora Strycova (3), Czech Republic, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Carina Witthoeft (5), Germany, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Tatjana Maria (8), Germany, 6-4, 6-1. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 6-2. Alize Lim, France, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-1. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, def. Susanne Celik, Sweden, 7-6 (8), 6-3. Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.. Doubles - Round 1 Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson (4), Sweden, def. Marina Melnikova, Russia, and Ana Vrljic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-0. Mona Barthel, Germany, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith, Britain, 6-1, 6-0..
LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 15 New Westminster 12 Langley 14 Burnaby 12 Coquitlam 12 Maple Ridge 13 Nanaimo 12
W 12 7 7 6 6 6 2
L 3 5 7 6 6 7 11
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 24 14 14 12 12 12 4
Yesterday’s results Victoria 13, Nanaimo 10 Maple Ridge 11, Coquitlam 6 Today’s schedule New Westminster vs. Langley, 7:45 p.m. Thursday, July 16 Coquitlam vs. N Westminster, 7:45 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League Playoffs Series are best-of-5 *=if necessary Sunday’s result Delta 7, Victoria 6 Delta leads series 2-0 Today’s schedule (Game 3) New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Coquitlam leads series 2-0
x-Advance to knockout stage y-eliminated Group A W D L GF GA Pts 1 x-USA 2 1 0 4 2 7 2 x-Haiti 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 Panama 0 3 0 3 3 3 4 y-Honduras 0 1 1 2 3 1 Group B 1 Jamaica 2 Costa Rica 3 El Salvador 4 Canada
W 2 0 0 0
D 1 3 2 2
L 0 0 1 1
GF GA Pts 4 2 7 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 1 2
Group C 1 x-Trinidad 2 x-Mexico 3 Guatemala 4 y-Cuba
W 2 1 0 0
D 0 1 1 0
L 0 0 1 2
GF GA Pts 5 1 6 6 0 4 1 3 1 0 8 0
Yesterday’s results at Sporting Park, Kansas City, Missouri Haiti 1, Honduras 0 Panama 1, United States 1 Yesterday’s results Group B at BMO Field, Toronto Jamaica 1, El Salvador 0 Canada 0, Costa Rica 0 Today’s schedule (Final gorup games) At Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba vs. Guatemala Mexico vs. Trinidad
MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T DC United 35 21 10 6 5 NY Red Bulls 26 18 7 6 5 Toronto 24 17 7 7 3 Orlando 24 19 6 7 6 Columbus 24 19 6 7 6 N. England 24 21 6 9 6 Philadelphia 22 20 6 10 4 Montreal 21 16 6 7 3 NY City FC 21 19 5 8 6 Chicago 18 17 5 9 3 Western League Club PTS GP W L T Seattle 32 20 10 8 2 Vancouver 32 20 10 8 2 Dallas 32 19 9 5 5 Portland 31 20 9 7 4 Los Angeles 31 21 8 6 7 Sporting KC 30 17 8 3 6 San Jose 25 18 7 7 4 Houston 24 19 6 7 6 Salt Lake 23 20 5 7 8 Colorado 21 19 4 6 9 Today’s schedule Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
GF GA 23 18 27 23 26 27 23 24 27 29 26 33 25 32 23 25 24 27 19 24 GF GA 25 19 23 20 26 23 22 23 31 23 26 17 19 19 24 24 19 26 17 19
Friday, July 17 San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League Vancouver Utd Victoria Mid Isle Khalsa Van Tbirds Kamloops Abbotsford Tim Hortons FC Tigers
WDL 11 2 3 8 61 9 23 7 35 5 64 6 26 2 57 3 19 0 3 13
GF GA Pts 41 19 35 33 17 30 23 14 29 32 23 24 31 24 21 23 25 20 16 23 11 23 40 10 16 53 3
Weekend results Abbotsford 1, Kamloops 1 Van United 3, Kamloops 2 Khalsa at Tim Hortons (score n/a) Mid Isle 1, FC Tigers 0 Tuesday, July 14 Abbotsford at Van Tbirds, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 18 Mid Isle at Abbotsford, 2 p.m. Tim Hortons at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
CYCLING 102nd Tour de France, July 4-26, 3,360 km in 21 stages. Canadian entries: Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge) Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria, CannondaleGarmin Pro Cycling Team) Today’s schedule: Stage 11 - Pau to Cauterets-Vallee de Saint-Savin, 188km, high point of the Pyrenees, short climb to Cauterets Yesterday’s ride: Stage 10 - Tarbes to La Pierre Saint-Martin, 167km. First climbing day. Yesterday’s results 1 Christopher Froome, England, Team Sky, 4 hours, 22 minutes, 7 seconds 2 Richie Porte, Australia, Team Sky, 4:23:06 3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, Colombia, Movistar Team, 4:23:11 4 Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 4:23:40 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte, Spain, Movistar Team, 4:24:08 6 Geraint Thomas, Scotland, Team Sky, 4:24:08 7 Adam Yates, England, Orica GreenEDGE, 4:24:11 8 Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 4:24:11 9 Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto Soudal, 4:24:29 10 Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing Team, 4:24:37 11 Alberto Contador, Spain, TinkoffSaxo, 4:24:58 12 Rafael Valls, Spain, Lampre-Merida, 4:25:16 13 Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana Pro Team, 4:25:16 14 Serge Pauwels, Belgium, MTNQhubecka, 4:25:26 15 Warren Barguil, France, Team Giant Alpecin, 4:25:26 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez, Spain, BMC Racing Team, 4:26:07 17 Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, 4:26:16 18 Jacques Janse van Rensburg, South Africa, MTN-Qhubecka, 4:26:16 19 Eduardo Sepulveda, Argentina, Bretagne-Seche Environment, 4:26:23 20 Tanel Kangert, Estonia, Astana Pro Team, 4:26:32 21 Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana Pro Team, 4:26:32 22 Laurens Ten Dam, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 4:26:32 23 Mathias Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cyling, 4:26:51 24 Louis Meintjes, South Africa, MTNQhubecka, 4:27:45 25 Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, Ag2r La Mondiale, 4:27:45 Canadian results 45 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 4:30:57 177 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEDGE, 4:45:28 Overall standings after Stage 10 1 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 35hr 56min 09sec 2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at 2min 52sec 3 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 3:09 4 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4:01 5 Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 4:03 6 Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 4:04 7 Tony Gallopin (FRA/LOT) 4:33 8 Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 4:35 9 Warren Barguil (FRA/GIA) 6:12 10 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 6:57 11 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 7:15 12 Rigoberto Uran (COL/ETI) 7:22 13 Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/ AST) 8:41
Major The Open Championship, July 16-19 aka British Open. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, the Old Court. Par 72, 6721 yards. Purse: $9,200,000. 2014 champion: Rory McIlroy
Tee times The British Open begins late tonight Pacific time. Here are the tee times for the first two rounds. Candian entries Graham DeLaet and David Hearn in boldface. Tonight 10:32 p.m. - Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen and Rod Pampling 10:43 p.m. - Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne and James Hahn 10:54 p.m. - Graham DeLaet, Weyburn, Sask., Brian Harman and Russell Knox 11:05 p.m. - Matt Every, Alexander Levy and David Lingmerth 11:16 p.m. - Joost Luiten, Matt Jones and Robert Streb 11:27 p.m. - Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An and Jordan Niebrugge 11:38 p.m. - Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoffman and Kevin Na 11:49 p.m. - Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry and Kevin Streelman Midnight - Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald and Hunter Mahan Thursday morning 12:11 a.m. - Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuisson and Billy Horschel 12:22 a.m. - Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson and Oliver Schniederjans 12:33 a.m. - Ernie Els, Tom Watson and Brandt Snedeker 12:44 a.m. - J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd and Shinji Tomimura 1 a.m. - Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel and Bubba Watson 1:11 a.m. - Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Patrick Reed 1:22 a.m. - Darren Clarke, Matteo Manassero and Romain Langasque 1:33 a.m. - Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama and Jordan Spieth 1:44 a.m. - Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer and Kevin Kisner 1:55 a.m. - Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Day 2:05 a.m. - John Senden, Tadahiry Takayama and Brooks Koepka 2:17 a.m. - David Duval, Stewart Cink and Ben Curtis 2:28 a.m. - Mikko Ilonen, David Howell and Greg Chalmers 2:39 a.m. - Raphael Jacquelin, David Hearn, Brantford, Ont., and Eddie Pepperell 2:50 a.m. - Tyrell Hatton, Scott Arnold and Paul Kinnear 3:01 a.m. - Adam Bland, Gary Boyd and Daniel Brooks 3:12 a.m. - Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore and Ryan Fox 3:33 a.m. - Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem and Jaco Van Zyl 3:44 a.m. - Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky and Jonas Blixt 3:55 a.m. - Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann and Danny Lee 4:06 a.m. - Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal and Cameron Tringale 4:17 a.m. - Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata and Ben Martin 4:28 a.m. - George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri and Rafael Cabrera-Bello 4:39 a.m. - Padraig Harrington, Liang Wen-Chong and Marc Warren 4:50 a.m. - John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenea and Jason Dufner 5:01 a.m. - Zach Johnson, Bernd Wiesberger and Tommy Fleetwood 5:12 a.m. - Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett and Gary Woodland 5:23 a.m. - Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari and Bill Haas 5:34 a.m. - Mark O’Meara, Russell Henley and Gunn Yang 5:45 a.m. - Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman and Justin Leonard 6:01 a.m. - Stephen Gallacher, Hiroyuki Fujita and Ryan Moore 6:12 a.m. - Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer and Jimmy Walker 6:23 a.m. - Jamie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda and Keegan Bradley 6:34 a.m. - Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson 6:45 a.m. - Nick Faldo, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler 6:56 a.m. - Jim Furyk, Paul Casey and Branden Grace 7:07 a.m. - Harris English, Ashley Chesters and Andy Sullivan 7:18 a.m. - Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman and Kiradech Aphibarnrat 7:29 a.m. - Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison and Romain Wattel 7:40 a.m. - Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger and Mark Young 7:51 a.m. - Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis and Ben Taylor 7:02 a.m. - Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange and Alister Balcombe 7:13 a.m. - Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie and Rikard Karlberg Round 2 Thursday night, Friday morning 10:32 p.m. - Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem, Jaco Van Zyl 10:43 p.m. - Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky, Jonas Blixt 10:54 p.m. - Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann, Danny Lee 11:05 p.m. - Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal, Cameron Tringale 11:16 p.m. - Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata, Ben Martin 11:27 p.m. - George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri, Rafael Cabrera-Bello 11:38 p.m. - Padraig Harrington, Liang, Wen-Chong, Marc Warren 11:49 p.m. - John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jason Dufner Midnight - Zach Johnson, Bernd Weisberger, Tommy Fleetwood Friday morning 12:11 a.m. - Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland 12:22 a.m. - Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari, Bill Haas 12:33 a.m. - Mark O’Meara, Russell Henley, Gunn Yang (a) 12:44 a.m. - Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard 1:00 a.m. - Stephen Gallacher. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryan Moore 1:11 a.m. - Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker 1:22 a.m. - Jamie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda, Keegan Bradley 1:33 a.m. - Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson 1:44 a.m. - Nick Faldo, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler 1:55 a.m. - Jim Furyk, Paul Casey, Brendan Grace 2:06 a.m. - Harris English, Ashley Chesters (a), Andy Sullivan 2:17 a.m. - Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman, Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2:28 a.m. - Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison, Romain Wattel 2:39 a.m. - Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger, Mark Young 2:50 a.m. - Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis, Ben Taylor (a) 3:01 a.m. - Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange, Allister Balcombe (a) 3:12 a.m. - Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie, Rikard Karlberg 3:33 a.m. - Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling 3:44 a.m. - Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne (a), James Hahn 3:55 a.m. - Graham DeLaet, Brian
GOLF (Continued) Tee times (Friday morning, cont’d) 3:55 a.m. - Graham DeLaet, Brian Harman, Russell Knox 4:06 a.m. - Matt Every, Alexander Levy, David Lingmerth 4:17 a.m. - Joost Luiten, Matt Jones, Robert Streb 4:28 a.m. - Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An, Jordan Niebrugge (a) 4:39 a.m. - Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na 4:50 a.m. - Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry, Kevin Streelman 5:01 a.m. - Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald, Hunter Mahan 5:12 a.m. - Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuisson, Billy Horschel 5:23 a.m. - Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Oliver Schniederjans (a) 5:34 a.m. - Ernie Els, Tom Watson, Brandt Snedeker 5:45 a.m. - J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd, Shinji Tomimura 6:01 a.m. - Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson 6:12 a.m. - Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Patrick Reed 6:23 a.m. - Darren Clarke, Mateo Manassero, Romain Langasque (a) 6:34 a.m. - Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth 6:45 a.m. - Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner 6:56 a.m. - Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Day 7:07 a.m. - John Senden, Tadahiro Takayama, Brooks Koepka 7:18 a.m. - David Duval, Stewart Cink, Ben Curtis 7:29 a.m. - Mikko Ilonen, David Howell, Greg Chalmers 7:40 a.m. - David Hearn, Raphael Jacquelin, Eddie Pepperell 7:51 a.m. - Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Arnold, Paul Kinnear (a) 8:02 a.m. - Adam Bland, Gary Boyd, Daniel Brooks 8:13 a.m. - Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore, Ryan Fox
Money leaders PGA Barbasol Championship (inaugural), July 16-19 Robert Trent Jones at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama. Par 72, 7,139 yards. Purse: $3,500,000 Leading money winners Through July 14 Player 2015 Winnings 1 Jordan Spieth $8,709,838.00 2 Dustin Johnson $4,326,104.00 3 Rory McIlroy $4,147,849.30 4 Jimmy Walker $4,127,615.00 5 Bubba Watson $4,098,118.00 6 J.B. Holmes $3,240,721.80 7 Brandt Snedeker $3,238,792.30 8 Kevin Kisner $3,103,576.30 9 Justin Rose $3,071,549.50 10 Charley Hoffman $3,049,871.50 11 Robert Streb $2,944,984.50 12 Hideki Matsuyama$2,848,510.30 13 Patrick Reed $2,806,686.00 14 Rickie Fowler $2,758,848.30 15 Danny Lee $2,741,521.80 16 Jason Day $2,635,828.50 17 Paul Casey $2,631,478.00 18 Steven Bowditch $2,485,467.00 19 Ben Martin $2,420,033.00 20 Gary Woodland $2,377,840.50 Canadian leaders 58 David Hearn $1,341,149 77 Nick Taylor $1,006,519 82 Graham DeLaet $965,018 113 Adam Hadwin $688,905 200 Roger Sloan $111,320
Canada (MacKenzie Tour) Staal Foundation Open, July 16-19 Whitewater Golf Club, Thunder Bay, Ont. Par 72, 7,293 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Wes Homan Order of Merit (Canadian dollars) * denotes Canadian Player 2015 Winnings 1 Drew Weaver CAD$44,450 2 J.J. Spaun $38,763 3 *Albin Choi $37,857 4 *Kevin Spooner $36,575 5 Cheng Tsung Pan $32,729 6 Michael Letzig $32,086 7 *Adam Svensson $24,617 8 *Benjamin Silverman $23,042 9 Sam Ryder $21,748 10 Robert Karlsson $21,407 11 Clark Klaasen $18,913 12 *Riley Wheeldon $17,631 13 Talor Gooch $16,242 14 *Eugene Wong $15,604 15 Jason Millard $15,171 16 *Mackenzie Hughes $14,909 17 John Ellis $14,292 18 Charlie Bull $13,529 19 Vince Covello $13,475 20 Ross Beal $12,779
LPGA Marathon Classic, July 16-19 Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio. Par 71, 6,428 yards. Purse: $1,500,000. 2014 champion: Lydia Ko Player 2015 Winnings 1 Inbee Park $1,689,572 2 Stacy Lewis $1,178,862 3 Sei Young Kim $1,140,673 4 Amy Yang $1,110,784 5 Lydia Ko $1,090,548 6 Morgan Pressel $805,347 7 Na Yeon Choi $748,274 8 Brittany Lincicome $743,952 9 Anna Nordqvist $725,816 10 Hyo Joo Kim $639,784 11 Cristie Kerr $616,860 12 So Yeon Ryu $582,305 13 Lexi Thompson $545,100 14 Suzann Pettersen $524,781 15 Mirim Lee $502,466 16 Minjee Lee $486,359 17 Shanshan Feng $419,009 18 Ha Na Jang $375,599 Canadian golfers 88 Alena Sharp $70,638 133 Sue Kim $15,129
Champions Tour No tournament this week. Next: The Senior Open Championship, July 23-26 Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire, England. Par 70, 6,627 yards. Purse: $2,100,000. 2014 champion: Bernhard Langer Player 2015 Winnings 1 Colin Montgomerie $1,448,700 2 Jeff Maggert $1,400,065 3 Bernhard Langer $1,118,803 4 Joe Durant $886,206 5 Kevin Sutherland $734,291 6 Bart Bryant $710,296 7 Esteban Toledo $700,875 8 Billy Andrade $682,900 9 Olin Browne $672,649 10 Lee Janzen $660,847 11 Tom Pernice Jr. $660,035 12 Tom Lehman $636,368 13 Paul Goydos $600,305 14 David Frost $576,446 15 Marco Dawson $569,943 16 Michael Allen $568,555 17 Ian Woosnam $526,223 18 Kirk Triplett $520,314 19 Russ Cochran $494,371 20 Woody Austin 82,524
Web.com Tour Stonebrae Classic, July 16-19 TPC Stonebrae, Hayward, California. Par 72, 7,200 yards. Purse: $600,000. 2014 champion: Tony Finau Player 2015 Winnings 1 Patton Kizzire $274,699
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might be overwhelmed by everything you see as you encounter power play after power play. Whether to get involved in one of these control games will be your decision. What you do could surprise others. Tonight: A new beginning is possible once you rid yourself of frustration. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You will try to explain where you are coming from, but someone else might decide to throw his or her issues into the mix as well. This person seems to want the spotlight on him or her right now. Try not to get involved in a power play. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s wild day. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You have a lot to say, and you want others to hear what you’re saying on an authentic level. A loved one could become very controlling over a financial issue. Step back and let this situation play out. You might opt for a new beginning. Tonight: Curb a tendency to be rebellious. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Others listen to what you have to
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say. You are open-minded and full of ideas. A partner could be very demanding, angry and sometimes even controlling. You are likely to get into a tiff with this person. Tonight: Avoid a difficult situation, and you will be much happier. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might want to get away from the wild interactions happening around you. Your temper could flare up suddenly and catch you and others off guard. Sort through any angry feelings that keep bubbling up, and process them before sharing. Tonight: Get some distance from others. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Emphasize what is going on with a group of friends. Maintain a caring position, especially with a dear friend. A power play is likely to occur around a loved one. Know that you cannot interfere or protect this person, despite your desire to help. Tonight: Join your friends. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Understand what is happening with a family member. You might experience some pressure from someone who is in charge. Your
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responsibilities demand attention, and there is no way around it. Expect a tantrum from a loved one. Tonight: Home is where the heart is. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your beliefs could trigger quite a response. You might need to use other words to communicate what you are feeling. Express your thoughts in a meaningful way. A friend could shock you with his or her actions. Tonight: The fun begins when you decide it does. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) One-on-one relating will help make your path easier throughout the day. You might have difficulty believing that, though, as you feel someone has his or her eye on a situation that’s near and dear to you. You would be welladvised to back off. Tonight: Use self-discipline. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You might feel unusually ornery, and could unintentionally take it out on others. A little restraint would make your life substantially easier during the next few days. A loved one will want to have a new beginning or say goodbye to a problem. Tonight: Be cool. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You might want to stay home or dive right into work. The objective remains the same: Avoid the myriad personalities in your life who could be reacting to the New Moon. High energy and uproar will surround you on some level. Tonight: Get away from the raving crowds. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might enjoy some of the ups and downs of your day. Tap into your ingenuity when something falls apart or when a friend seems to change his or her attitude toward you. Keep an open mind, and don’t take comments so seriously. Tonight: Be with your favorite person. BORN TODAY Author Arianna Huffington (1950), former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura (1951), painter Rembrandt (1606)
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Nuke accord with Iran now open to criticism and praise Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a ‘stunning historic mistake’ JULIE PACE, MATTHEW LEE AND GEORGE JAHN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VIENNA — Overcoming decades of hostility, Iran, the United States, and five other world powers struck a historic accord Tuesday to check Tehran’s nuclear efforts short of building a bomb. The agreement could give Iran access to billions in frozen assets and oil revenue, stave off more U.S. military action in the Middle East and reshape the tumultuous region. The deal sets in motion a yearslong test of Iran’s willingness to keep its promises to the world — and the ability of international inspectors to monitor compliance. It also sets the White House up for a contentious fight with a wary Congress and more rocky relations with Israel, whose leaders furiously opposed the agreement. Appealing to skeptics, President Barack Obama declared that the accord “offers an opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it.” Under terms of the deal, the culmination of 20 months of arduous diplomacy, Iran must dismantle much of its nuclear program in order to secure relief from biting sanctions that have battered its economy. International inspectors can now press for visits to Iran’s military facilities, though access is not guaranteed. Centrifuges will keep spinning, though in lesser quantities, and uranium can still be enriched, though at lower levels. In a key compromise, Iran agreed to continuation of the U.N.’s arms embargo on the country for up to five more years and ballistic missile restrictions for up to eight years. Washington had sought to keep the arms ban
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in place, while Russia and China joined Iran in pushing for an immediate suspension. On the streets of Tehran, Iranians honked their horns and celebrated in the city’s main square. President Hassan Rouhani said a “new chapter” had begun in his nation’s relations with the world, even as he denied Iran had ever pursued a nuclear weapon. While the U.S. partnered in the talks with Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China, the decades of tensions between the U.S. and Iran put the two countries at the forefront of the negotiations. Whether the nuclear rapprochement will spark a broader thaw is unclear. Nearly 40 years after Iran’s Islamic revolution and the hostage-taking at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the
country’s hardliners remain hostile toward Washington. The U.S. and its allies also have deep concerns about Iran’s support for terrorism in the Middle East and its detention of several American citizens. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who lobbied unceasingly against a deal, called it a “stunning historic mistake” and warned that his country would not be bound by it. Netanyahu strongly hinted that Israeli military action to destroy Tehran’s nuclear program remains an option. Obama and Netanyahu, who have long had a cool relationship, spoke by phone Tuesday. White House officials said Obama also called King Salman of Saudi Arabia, one of the many Sunni Arab rivals of Shiite Iran
who have expressed concerns about the deal. On Capitol Hill, Republicans accused Obama of making too many concessions. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio said lawmakers “will fight a bad deal that is wrong for our national security and wrong for our country.” GOP presidential hopefuls also panned the deal, some vowing to scrap it if elected to succeed Obama. The deal comes after years of international diplomacy that until recently were defined by failure. Breaks in the talks sometimes lasted for months, and Iran’s nascent nuclear program expanded into one that Western intelligence agencies saw as only months away from weapons capacity.
Big banks may not follow if interest rate is cut by BoC CRAIG WONG THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Canada’s big banks may resist the urge to pass on to borrowers the full benefit if the Bank of Canada decides to reduce its key interest rate on Wednesday, a reluctance that could anger borrowers. CIBC analyst Robert Sedran suggested a 25-basis-point cut in the central bank’s overnight rate could be followed by only a 10-basis-point reduction in the prime rate by the big banks. “Either way, we would not expect an overnight rate cut to be met with a full reduction in bank prime rates,” Sedran wrote in a report Tuesday on the eve of the Bank of Canada announcement That announcment is hotly anticipated this time around amid concerns the economy is in a recession. If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates, it will be an effort to jumpstart the economy by making it cheaper for consumers and companies to borrow money. But a cut by the central bank won’t automatically trigger a similar cut in the prime rate at the country’s big banks. That rate is currently standing at 2.85 per cent. Moves in the prime rate affect variable rate mortgages as well as home equity lines of credit and other variable-rate forms of borrowing. When the Bank of Canada unexpectedly cut the rate in January by a quarter of a percentage point, the big banks cut their prime rates by 0.15 — but only after a week of hand-wringing about what to do. Mortgage broker Frank Napolitano said if the banks don’t pass on the full amount in the event that the Bank of Canada once again opts to cut its key interest rate, they will face the wrath of angry borrowers. Sedran noted the banks are trying to protect their margins by not passing on the full cut to their customers.
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VANCOUVER — Two top managers with Metro Vancouver’s transit authority are out, and the acting chief executive will be replaced following a failed transit plebiscite. TransLink said Tuesday that bosses Doug Kelsey and Bob Paddon had been removed. When interim CEO Doug Allen’s contract ends August 10, CFO Cathy McLay will take over until a permanent replacement is hired. The troubled authority said Mike Richard had replaced Kelsey as acting president of B.C. Rapid Transit, while Paddon’s position as executive vice-president of planning had been eliminated. “Since 2011, staffing costs across the TransLink enterprise have been significantly reduced though downsizing at the management and executive level and the subsequent elimination of positions,” TransLink said in a statement. The changes come just weeks after 62 per cent of Metro Vancouver voters said No to a halfper-cent sales tax hike to fund $7.5 billion in transportation upgrades. Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the province was not involved in personnel decisions but repeated Premier Christy Clark’s call for more accountability at TransLink. “The premier, I thought, was
very clear. She went so far as to say not only did people say No to the sales tax, but they said No to any new taxes to go to an organization that people don’t trust,” he said. “We expect TransLink, moving forward, to do a better job at how they use taxpayer dollars.” TransLink refused interview requests Tuesday. But George Heyman, transportation critic for the Opposition New Democrats, said the province is to blame for the transit authority’s lack of accountability. He said the government dissolved the TransLink board of elected officials in 2007, and that creating two positions for local leaders earlier this year wasn’t enough. “The mayors have been clear,” he said of the 21-member mayors’ council, which advocated for the Yes side in the plebiscite. “They think that in order for TransLink to get back on the rails, they need to have a greater position of influence, including votes on the budget,” he said. “They’ve said to the transportation minister repeatedly, ’Give us more than two token members on the board. Give us a majority.”’ Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner are the two members on the board. They did not immediately respond to calls for comment.
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; James Holmes was legally sane when he entered a packed movie theatre armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, intent on killing as many people as he could, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in closing arguments at the gunmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That guy was sane beyond a reasonable doubt, and he needs to be held accountable FILL PLEASE for what he did,â&#x20AC;? District Attorney George Brauchler said. But defence lawyer Daniel King countered that Holmes was controlled by his schizophrenia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The mental illness caused this to happen. Only the mental illness caused this, and nothing else,â&#x20AC;? King said. Brauchler and King made their final appeals to jurors Tuesday before handing over the case. Jury deliberations are scheduled to begin Wednesday morning. Holmes slipped into the packed theatre in Aurora, Colorado, on July 20, 2012 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; almost three years ago â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and opened fire. Twelve people died and 70 were wounded. Defence attorneys are asking for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, which would send Holmes to the state mental hospital for an indefinite commitment. Prosecutors say Holmes should be convicted of murder and executed. Brauchler again stressed the heavy toll on unsuspecting victims who had gone to see the midnight premiere of a Batman movie, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dark Knight Rises.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;They came in hoping to see the story of a hero dressed in black, someone who would fight insurmountable odds for justice,â&#x20AC;? Brauchler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead, a different figure appeared by the screen. ... He came there with one thing in his heart and his mind, and that was mass murder.â&#x20AC;? Many of the victims and family members in the courtroom wept as Brauchler showed photos of the dead and wounded and recounted their stories. Josh Nowlan, who was shot in the leg and walks with a cane, pressed his hands into his eyes and shook. Jurors showed no emotion but craned their heads toward the gallery when Brauchler said one badly wounded victim, Caleb Medley, was seated there. King urged the jurors to set aside the deeply emotional impact of the massacre and decide based on the wording of the statute. He repeatedly told them the courtroom was â&#x20AC;&#x153;the fortress of the law.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here in the fortress of the law, there is no
room for hatred or revenge or retaliation,â&#x20AC;? he said. Holmes, now 27, does not dispute that he was the lone gunman who attacked the theatre but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His lawyers say schizophrenia so warped his mind he could not tell right from wrong, and that he was in the grip of a psychotic episode. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When he stepped into that theatre, the evidence is clear that he could not control his thoughts, that he could not control his actions, and that he could not control his perceptions,â&#x20AC;? King said. King pleaded with jurors to believe that Holmesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mental illness was the sole cause of the attack. On the courtroom video screens, King showed multiple images of Holmes as he appeared in his first court appearance, wideeyed with shocking orange hair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would ask you to do good, be strong, and do the right thing,â&#x20AC;? King said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not guilty by reason of insanity.â&#x20AC;? Brauchler told jurors the evidence shows Holmes knew what he was doing was illegal and wrong and that he cannot be considered insane under Colorado law. The prosecutor methodically reviewed Holmesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; elaborate preparations, the horrific attack and finally his decision to surrender when he saw police closing in outside the theatre. He frequently pointed at Holmes, who sat impassively at the defence table, often looking at one of the three video screens in the courtroom. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He knows itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong,â&#x20AC;? Brauchler said at one point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wrong for him, wrong for society.â&#x20AC;? Holmesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; parents, Robert and Arlene Holmes, sat on the opposite side of the courtroom from the victims. Closing arguments had been scheduled to start earlier in the day but were delayed after the defence said some of the slides prosecutors planned to show jurors were improper. Brauchler defended the images. Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. ordered Brauchler to change or delete some of the slides, saying they misstated the evidence or made overbroad allegations. Both sides are trying to help jurors make sense of thousands of pieces of evidence and more than 250 witnesses who testified in the 11-week trial. Two state-appointed forensic psychiatrists who evaluated Holmes determined that he was legally sane, despite severe mental illness. The defence called its own psychiatrists who testified Holmes was insane.
Greece faces challenges in trying to sell austerity deal DEREK GATOPOULOS AND ELENA BECATOROS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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10 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015
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ITH the unusually hot dry summer which has led to fires all over the province including Dog Mountain, I thought now would be an excellent time to look back at some of the history of the Martin Mars water bombers. Design work for the Martin “Mars,” the largest active-duty flying boat, started in 1935. After contracts were signed in 1939 the keel was laid on August 22, 1940 with the aircraft leaving the hangar Sept. 27, 1941. This first plane was nicknamed “the old lady.” Several improvements and models took place over the years with five more planes christened: Philippine Mars, Marianas Mars, Marshall Mars, Hawaii Mars, and Caroline Mars. I have also included a picture of a story that ran in Mechanix Illustrated. Who could have predicted that a 1949 story about Glenn L. Martin, the man affectionately known as “the father of the Martin Mars” would one day have a direct connection to us in the Alberni Valley? Even after the Caroline Mars, the first “flying boat”– to be converted into a water bomber – arrived at Sproat Lake in September of 1959, no one could have guessed the impact that Mr. Martin’s creations would have here in the following decades. As history has recorded, the Caroline Mars was one of the fleet of four purchased to fight forest fires in B.C. by the then Forest Industries Flying Tankers (FIFT) of which MacMillan Bloedel was a major player. The Caroline Mars had not been converted when it first arrived at Sproat Lake and was used as a training tool for the ground and flight crews until late autumn. The Marianas Mars was the first to be
converted to its water bomber role by Fairley Aviation of Victoria and took up duty at Sproat Lake in the spring of 1960. It was a short-lived tour though, because on June 23, 1960, the Marianas crashed, killing all four crew members. The tragic accident was chalked up to a bad decision by a less experienced captain. The Caroline’s conversion was put on fast forward and she proved that the world’s largest sea planes could effectively extinguish forest fires when she took on a pair of blazes within three days in 1962. The Mars and FIFT were hailed as “overnight sensations.” The fame was put on pause, however, when the Caroline Mars, which was at Pat Bay that winter and was destroyed by Hurricane Freida. The remaining two Mars aircraft, the Philippine and Hawaii, were converted and arrived on station when the 1963 fire season started. Coulson forest products purchased
This is one of the most sought after Mars photos. This dramatic picture was taken on June 20, 1973, during the Hunter’s Store blaze on Highway 4 and it was the first time the Martin Mars was ever used to put out a residential fire. It was indeed one of the most memorable moments for everyone there. Thanks to Pete Aspinall at the Port Alberni Fire Department for providing this great moment in time.
Here are a couple of more recent photos of the bomber in action.
the two remaining water bombers in 2007. In addition to their firefighting capabilities the bombers were on display at the Martin Mars fire base. There has been a lot of discussion about the fate of these planes. With the ability to dump vast amounts of water and fire retardant, the bomber is a unique tool in the firefighting arsenal as well as a piece of Port Alberni history. There is also an excellent book available called Martin Mars Flying Boats by Steve Ginter which goes into even more detail with the previous models and what happened to them. I hope you enjoy this look back at the history of these great planes and I would love to hear your memories and see your photos of the “bombers” over the years and perhaps turn this into a series of features.
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I recently received some great information about George Trotter, who was the manager of Overwaitea foods, including some great photos back as far as 1931. Do you remember shopping there? I am also working on a car feature with some of the unique cars and trucks that Port Alberni has seen over the years. Another story idea is on the old Alberni Mall. Please email me at kris.patterson@ avtimes.net or call Jan Jansma found this article in the February 1949 issue of ‘Mechanix IllusThe bomber was extremely helpful fighting fires in me at 250–723–8171 trated’, a magazine he has had for over 50 years. “I got it back in the mid ‘50’s 2007 as well which led to a very positive letter from when I first got to Canada,” Jan recalled. “I spent a bit of time working in extension 228.
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Taber, Alberta, before coming to Port Alberni on February 7th, 1956.”