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to Puppet master Council vote on The Chemainus Theatre’s production of ‘James and the Giant Peach’ features the artform of puppeteering in a world of whimsy and creativity
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‘James and the Giant Peach’ crew member Georgia Bennett, 20, works backstage at the Chemainus Theatre. [JULIE CHADWICK/DAILY NEWS]
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o be backstage the day before the Saturday opening performance of Chemainus Theatre’s production of James and the Giant Peach is to be transported into a world of whimsy and creativity. Giant hand puppet insects with painted latex faces and foam bodies in bright clothing lay waiting for the cast to bring them to life. Behind a round cloth screen at centre stage, crew member Georgia Bennett readies an overhead projector which is used for the shadow puppet portion of the performance. An art form with a colourful history that goes back hundreds of years, it provides an added layer to Chemainus’s yearly KidzPlay show that has marked an unusual and adventurous artistic direction for the theatre company. Bennett, a Chemainus local and relative newcomer to the stage,
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will helm the shadow puppets characters who work with the under the careful direction of live actors (who can also come Maggie Winston, a puppeteer behind the screen and become from Vancouver. shadows themselves.) “Most of the shadow About to enter her puppets are made from third year in musical paper and cardboard theatre at Sheridan Coland clear and coloured lege in Ontario, this is plastic,” said Bennett, the first time 20-year-old who kneels next to Bennett will work in a the projector with an backstage capacity. assortment of cutouts Her first major role scattered around her. came at the age of 16 “There’s a screen on top when she landed the and the light is shining part of Fantine in up from underneath and Julie Comox Valley Youth Chadwick you put the slide on top Music Centre’s producof the projector and that Reporting tion of Les Miserables. will send the image onto “That was when I just the screen in front of it.” knew that was what I They work with two prowanted to do,” she said. jectors, and it allows for a wide “The show was important to variety of overlapping and movme because my mom used to ing scenes. love it when she was younger so Some shadows work as moving when we would go around cleanbackdrops for the live characters ing the house she would play onstage, and some as interactive the tape.
“When I grew up I realized I knew the music, and I couldn’t figure out why and then I made the connection. So it was really special to me.” It is the first time Bennett has ever worked with puppets, and she considers it an essential experience for a well-rounded knowledge and education of the stage. “We kind of create things as the show goes on,” said Bennett. “I have a piece of fabric that I make into something and it’s all in real time, so it’s interesting in that way. And Maggie’s been really helpful in teaching me how to do it because that’s kind of her niche.” One of the benefits of utilizing shadow puppets is that they can be created on a small scale, said Winston, who runs the Lost & Found Puppet Co. in Vancouver. See PUPPETS, Page Xx
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Nanaimo council is set to vote tonight on proposed terms of reference for a master plan to guide development for the 26.7 acres of waterfront land the city purchased in 2013. The terms of reference, if adopted, will set the stage for the next step in developing a major planning document for the area, including hiring a consultant to assist in the work. The plan will also help guide decisions on transportation, environment and other land use matters, a city report says. Council will also vote tonight on another land decision; specifically, whether or not to buy back a small lot next to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre from hotel developer SSS Manhao. The company had proposed to construct a 21-storey hotel in the downtown that would be a place of welcome for some 70,000 Asian tourists each year. However, delays with the project led to growing frustration on city council, which voted 5-4 in June to deny the developer’s request for a one-year extension on the city’s option to purchase agreement. That agreement gives the city the right to buy back the property for the amount SSS Manhao paid in 2013 -— $565,000 — if a building permit and the foundation for the building had not been completed by May 30. The developer rejected a counter-proposal from the city for a six-month extension and a list of other concessions from the developer. Mayor Bill McKay said last week that it would be a sign of “bad faith” if council does not follow through on its option to buy back the land. However, he said he remains optimistic that another developer will express interest in the property in the future. Spencer.Anderson@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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Rare birds returning to the Island ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
There’s a certain bird species present on Vancouver Island that has shown a significant rise in population and prominence in recent times. Back in 1985 and near extinction, there were only five breeding pairs of the Purple Martin present throughout the whole of B.C. Now, there’s more than 1,000 in the Nanaimo region alone. Part of that is due to the ongoing efforts of the B.C. Purple Martin Recovery Program,
orchestrated by the Georgia Basin Ecological Assessment and Restoration Society based in Nanaimo. The non-profit society is dedicated to the protection of species and ecosystems that are at risk within the Georgia Basin. Director/administrator Charlene Lee says providing enough nesting sites and boxes is key to the survival and prosperity of the Purple Martin. “Historically, Purple Martins have nested in burned areas with freshwater, so we live where Purple Martins used to live,” said
Lee. “Also, when we have a good year like this with lots of warm weather, there are more flying insects for them to feed on and so they produce more young.” Since 1985, the society and other biologists have gradually increased the number of nesting boxes over time. Lee said that there was an observation in 1985 where a group of Purple Martins were found living in rock pilings in Cowichan Bay, as well as parts of Victoria. It was at that point that the first idea of a nest box was tried
and the birds took to it. Nowadays, the bird is active in many areas of the region including Nanaimo River Estuary, Newcastle Island, Ladysmith Marina and Westwood Lake, as well as part of Lantzville. “Every year we have volunteers and a small portion of paid staff who check in to see if the boxes are being used. In the last 15 years, we’ve also been bonding baby birds and keeping a close eye on how they live,” said Lee. Society members also regularly count to keep track of the grow-
ing population. Lee also says that Purple Martins tend to leave their home colonies and go to others. She sees that as a positive thing as otherwise it would “negate breeding.” Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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ndrea Dershin, from Nanaimo, was working at a New York pizza restaurant in China when she met her husband, Gabe, who is from New York. Love took its course and Andrea eventually moved to New York to be with Gabe and the couple had two children. Andrea and Gabe were looking at starting a cold press juice business and eventually moved to Nanaimo to launch Good Life Juice last year. Why did you choose to start a business in Nanaimo? We had two kids and we were flying solo in New York so we were looking for some family support from my parents and the opportunity to buy a home with a yard. Kind of all the things that come with an affordable place like Nanaimo. On the other side, I knew I wanted to have a business in the health and wellness industry. I was leaning towards a juicing company and started to make juices for my wellness clients in New York. When I saw that there was no cold press juice companies on Vancouver Island, I saw a huge opportunity so I moved up our move-in day to be here much faster than originally planned. Another reason I picked Nanaimo is because I’m from here, I have roots here. I have friends here and a sense of community here which really helped in the beginning getting my name out. What challenges have you faced? Our biggest challenge is that
Andrea Dershin holds a collection of her juices Saturday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
we sell something with a fourday shelf life. It’s totally raw, fresh, unpasteurized. Four days is a massive challenge. We got a retailer who wants to stock our stuff, we can’t just send them a case of it. We have to do two deliveries a week. Delivery fees really eat into our profits. Also I didn’t expect us to have to look at Vancouver Island being our market, I thought we would be sending more to Van-
couver, but really, Vancouver Island is our market and how do we capitalize on the whole Island. One city is not enough. What advice do you have to entrepreneurs thinking about starting a business in Nanaimo? Don’t spend money, don’t spend money. In the beginning, especially in the first year you’re figuring things out, what works, what doesn’t in terms of marketing
and how your company is going to grow. You have so many big ideas, you have your vision that it’s going to be a certain way. You have to be willing to continually change that vision and always be ready to adapt it and move into a different direction. When you’re in the first year of figuring stuff out, every single thing, try not to spend money. Especially with assets or size, you want to wait until you’re busting at the seams and can’t go
any longer. If you could make one change to Nanaimo, what would it be? I think for Nanaimo the biggest thing is culture. I wish there was more things to satisfy the cultural side, the artistic side. Arts, music, events, that kind of stuff. Goodlife Juice can be purchased online at www.goodlifejuice. com or in store at Island Natural Markets, Old City Organics and Moksha Yoga.
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New playground at Transfer Beach set to open on Aug. 2 ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
After months and months of fundraising efforts, the Ladysmith Kinsmen Club finally has a date to bring the new Transfer Beach playground to life. The new structure will open on Aug. 2 at 11 a.m. in conjunction with Ladysmith Days, with the Kinsmen’s fundraising total now at $169,000. That number is still $3,000
short of the $172,000 needed to cover everything, but it was more than enough for the Kinsmen to place an order for the parts at the start of the month. On Thursday, layout work began at the site with the old playground being removed for good, due to safety concerns in the end. Duck Paterson of the Kinsmen described the old structure as “one of a kind” but says he’s
excited that the new one is going to be in place for at least part of the summer. Recent donations to the cause included $5,000 from Mid Island Co-Op and $4,800 from DP World, as well as what Paterson described as a “very generous” $4,200 from a couple in Yellow Point. “We’ve kept that one a little bit quiet,” he said. “They basically came to us and asked what
we needed. We said we needed money and the cheque was there within a couple of days. “In all my years of scrounging, I’ve never come across something like that before, it was super neat.” The Kinsmen still have a raffle on the go to cover the final $3,000 for all of the work and parts for the new playground. The draw will see two winners for either a three-day weekend
for two to New York courtesy of Air Canada or a three-day weekend to a U.S. destination to pilot a fighter plane, also courtesy of Air Canada — both out of Nanaimo Airport. Tickets are $20 and can be picked up through the Kinsmen Club. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
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Conservatives must take part in debates
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hat if they gave a debate and the prime minister didn’t come? We’re about to find out. On Oct. 7, national television networks will broadcast a leadership debate in French. On Oct. 8, they will do the same in English. That’s about a week and a half ahead of the Oct. 19 fixed election date. And Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not participate. Why? It depends on whom you ask and what you read, but the bottom line appears to be that this is a urination match between the Conservatives and the major TV networks, known as the consortium when they’re organizing these joint TV debates. Back in May, campaign spokes-
For strategic reasons, and because it’s not right to deprive Canadians of a fullfledged debate with the incumbent in attendance, the Conservatives need to change tack and take part in the debates. person Kory Teneycke made it clear it was about the “sense of entitlement” the networks felt as historical overseers of the debates. He said the Conservatives would entertain all sorts of debate invitations, but not from
the networks. Later responses from the Conservatives have waffled somewhat, with them now claiming it’s about the lack of suitable dates and too many invitations. But the fact is Harper’s chair on the debate stage — literally and/ or figuratively — will be empty. The Conservatives aren’t the only ones critical of the traditional debate format. Many have credibly observed the debates tend to be stale, repetitive and predictable. The structure typically allows debaters to fall back on tried and true attacks and responses that are mostly sound and fury lacking in substance. So the Conservatives are not off base with their criticism or desire to try some new debates with new partners. They will do
that partnering with Maclean’s magazine and French broadcaster TVA, among others. Until their latest hard refusal to take part in the network debates, we were on the side of the Conservatives on this matter. What’s the harm in trying something new? But they have made a major strategic error by still boycotting the debates while the other leaders — Justin Trudeau, Thomas Mulcair and Green leader Elizabeth May — have agreed to take part. Both the debate organizers and the Conservatives seem to have forgotten one thing: The debates are not for them, they’re for Canadians. By refusing to bend even a little and consider improvements, the consortium
is acting high-handed and like, well, a cartel. But the Conservatives are making the biggest mistake. Between the English and French debates in 2011, 14 million viewers watched the leaders face off. The audience might be somewhat smaller this time, but it’s still huge and influential. By refusing now to reconsider, the Conservatives appear rigid and arrogant — characteristics, unfortunately, they are no strangers to. For strategic reasons, and because it’s not right to deprive Canadians of a full-fledged debate with the incumbent in attendance, the Conservatives need to change tack and take part in the debates. — HAMILTON SPECTATOR (CANADIAN PRESS)
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Capitalist governments are the right way to go Re: ‘Tough-minded legislation will boost economies’ (Daily News, Your Letters, July 14) The writer would have us believe that all socialist governments fall because they are socialists. I prefer to go with the obvious, that all socialist governments fall because they are not capitalists. The capitalistic corporate systems would never allow them to exist longer than one term if they could help it. Are we to believe that the Alberta government got their comeuppance because they were socialists? They got what they deserved after 40 some years of greed and self-serving poor management. The people finally saw the light. The Conservative government will now do as it always has done; they will bring in the big political guns and money from the United States and propaganda will reign supreme until they are back in power again. It’s the same old story; the corporate systems will never back a government whose political favours are not for sale. So that lets the NDP and the Green Party out, and any other party that wishes to throw their hat in. It must be a frightening horror for the present Alberta government as they delve deeper into this cesspool of surprises left behind. Never has such a mess been
made of governing in all of Canada’s political history that could match what Alberta’s conservatives accomplished. John A. Martin Nanaimo
Letter writer needs to do research on railways Re: ‘Questionable rail project can’t gobble up our cash’ (Your Letters, Daily News, June 13) It is very obvious the author did little or no research before expressing his views. He states, “Railways are expensive to operate and don’t generally show a real profit.” This by itself shows his complete lack of any knowledge of the Railway Industry. I would also suggest he hasn’t looked at the value of Canadian Pacific or Canadian National shares, or the dividends they are currently paying. I wonder it he has ever considered the cost of the infrastructure for air travel, or our highways. He also failed to mention that for the most part, railways pay for the infrastructure they operate on. Yes, there are subsidies but they are small when compared to the cost of highways and the small amount contributed by the trucking interests. One of the reasons our highway infrastructure is in its current state is that the revenue it generates in the form of fuel tax
and tolls doesn’t even begin to cover the cost of maintenance or replacement. It is apparent that he is not aware of the fact that the corridor is already a fibre optic channel. It might be wise for the author to study the safety record of the trucking industry and ask himself if he is comfortable sharing the highways with large heavy trucks. I will close by saying the E&N Railway is an important part of the Island’s overall transportation infrastructure and the necessary funds for upgrading it should be released. Wayne Oliver Port Alberni
Letter to council on future of Colliery Dam Mayor McKay and councillors: As you are very well aware, the situation in which we find ourselves with the Comptroller of Water is both vexing and perplexing. Nanaimo has been ordered to make a choice between two options in a situation where the majority of council are unable to reach a clear decision on behalf of our community due to insufficient information. Accordingly it is suggested that, in the name of the community of Nanaimo, the comptroller be recognized by Nanaimo city council as having the authority to choose one of the two options offered to the city, be authorized to implement
that decision and to send the bill for its implementation to the city for payment. This opportunity is clearly open to the comptroller and its rejection would cast doubt on why it was not accepted. Such a response acknowledges the authority of the comptroller; permits the comptroller to make the limited choice which they gave to us; transfers responsibility for the project to its rightful source, and preserves the dignity of Nanaimo in the face of an order which, as it stands, is seen to be unjust. It should be difficult for the comptroller to reject this offer which clearly accomplishes the end demanded. It might also lead to some further political examination of the situation at the provincial level. Should the resulting implementation result in excessive costs or park mutilation, it would call out for extensive explanation to the public, not only of Nanaimo, but all B.C. municipalities. I ask that you carefully consider this possibility for response before either capitulation or defiance. Ron Bolin Nanaimo Letters must include your hometown and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first name (or two initials) and last name. Unsigned letters and letters of more than 350 words will not be accepted. Email to: letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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Monday Morning Pictorial Snapshots of the mid-Island
Payton Spoke, 6, and her sister, Oriana, 4, create miniature silly boats.
Kyle Bugley, of the British Columbia Ferry and Marine Workers Union, works on his team’s boat at the Silly Boat Regatta Sunday.
From left, Jack Dean, Daryl Major, Katie Goertz, Terri Clarke, and Bill Dean carry their boat to the water to see if it will float.
Boaters get silly at annual regatta
Andy Hatfield, racing with the Generations Church team, rings the bell making the fastest time of the event at two minutes and 40 seconds. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS PHOTOS]
Hundreds of people flocked to Maffeo-Sutton Park Sunday to watch the 32nd annual Silly Boat Regatta.
Hall family and friends, riding the Pineapple Express, set the fastest time for the family team category at the annual Silly Boat Regatta.
Filipino-Canadian Association stay focused with their head down and eventually won the entire event Sunday.
FROM THE FRONT
Puppeteering is an ancient artform still practised widely
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Use of a projector also allows for more versatility because images can then be combined and layered for different effects, which is a
more modern style than the traditional form of cutouts that are pressed up against the screen or sheet to form a shadow. “It’s an ancient art form. It’s still practiced in a lot of countries as a
major art form,” said Winston. “In Indonesia is where it’s the most popular still. Shadow puppeteers in Indonesia are like rock stars.” Bennett will return to complete her education at Sheridan in the
fall, but says she plans to return to the Island to pursue her theatre career. Chemainus Theatre Festival’s production of James and the Giant Peach runs until Aug. 15.
For more information go to www. chemainustheatrefestival.ca. Julie.Chadwick @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4238
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Chattanooga shooter suffered from depression
First Nations want long-term Nexen clean-up THE CANADIAN PRESS
‘We understand there are many legitimate questions that need to be answered’ JAY REEVES, MICHAEL BIESECKER AND KATHLEEN FOODY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The family of the gunman who killed four Marines and a sailor in Chattanooga says he had suffered from depression for many years and “was not the son we knew and loved.” “It grieves us beyond belief to know that his pain found its expression in this heinous act of violence,” the family of Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez said in a statement issued Saturday through a lawyer. Law enforcement officials did not return calls seeking comment on the family’s assertion that Abdulazeez was suffering from depression. Counterterrorism investigators, meanwhile, continued to interview Abdulazeez’s acquaintances and delve into his months-long visit to Jordan last year, looking for clues to who or what might have influenced him and set off the bloodshed Thursday. The 24-year-old Kuwait-born Abdulazeez opened fire at a military recruiting office and a Navy-Marine operations centre a few miles apart. Family members said they are co-operating with the investigation. “We understand there are many legitimate questions that need to be answered,” they said. “Having said this, now is the time to reflect on the victims and their families, and we feel it would be inappropriate to say anything more other than that we are truly sorry for their loss.” A law enforcement official who
Sophia Ensley, who is retired from the U.S. Air Force, composes herself after placing a flag at makeshift memorial at the Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Saturday for the victims of the July 16 shootings in Chattanooga, Tenn. [AP PHOTO]
was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity said FBI agents were continuing to interview people Sunday and reaching out to a broader circle of potential contacts and acquaintances. The official said that investigators were especially interested in Abdulazeez’s trip to Jordan and were trying to determine whom he met with, what he did and
whether he might have gone or tried to go anywhere else. The president of the Islamic Society of Greater Chattanooga said Abdulazeez’s father told him he felt blindsided by the attack. “He told me that he had never seen it coming, and did not see any signs from his son that he would be that way and do something like that,” Bassam Issa said. Meanwhile, governors in at
least a half-dozen states ordered National Guardsmen to be armed, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott moved his state’s Guard recruiters from storefronts in urban areas to armouries. In Tennessee, where the shooting occurred, Gov. Bill Haslam has called for a review of security policies and procedures at National Guard armouries and other military installations in the state.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — The clean up of a massive pipeline spill in northern Alberta must be conducted with the long-term future of the land in mind, say area First Nations. “Our biggest concern is the land,” said Byron Bates, a band councillor of the Fort McMurray First Nation, which sits about 10 kilometres from the five-millionlitre bitumen spill. Bates said the area around the spill isn’t used as much for hunting, trapping and other traditional purposes as it was before industry built up on it. But he said those developments aren’t going to be around forever. When industry’s done, his people expect no traces to be left of events such as last Wednesday’s spill. “In 50 or 70 years the oil companies are going to be gone,” he said. “We want to be able to use our land again. “Our biggest concern is to make sure it’s brought back to pristine condition.” Clean up continued Sunday on the site about 35 km southeast of Fort McMurray. A road into the site has been completed. Crews have fenced off the area to keep wildlife out and built berms to keep contaminants in. Vacuum trucks are sucking surface fluid off the muskeg in preparation for the deeper cleanup of digging up and removing potentially contaminated soil. “They’ve got to get that fluid out so they can then dig up that impacted soil and treat that,” said Kim Blanchette, a spokeswoman for the Alberta Energy Regulator, who was on site. “Anything that’s come in contact with that fluid has to be treated.” Bates praised the activity on site, saying it has improved after a slow start.
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PROTECTS YOU You might have heard about “solicitor-client privilege.” It means that what you tell your lawyer must ďĞ ŚĞůĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƚƌŝĐƚĞƐƚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ͘ zŽƵƌ ůĂǁLJĞƌ ĐĂŶ͛ƚ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ LJŽƵƌ ĐĂƐĞ ƚŽ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ʹ ŶŽƚ ĞǀĞŶ LJŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ʹ ƵŶůĞƐƐ LJŽƵ ŐŝǀĞ ƉĞƌŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ ĐŽǀĞƌƐ Ăůů ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂǁLJĞƌͲĐůŝĞŶƚ ƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĞdžŝƐƚĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ LJŽƵ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚ Ă ůĂǁLJĞƌ ĨŽƌ ůĞŐĂů ĂĚǀŝĐĞ͘ /Ŷ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ůĂǁ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŚĂƚ ĂŶ ĂĐĐƵƐĞĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂǁLJĞƌ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŬĞƉƚ ƐĞĐƌĞƚ͘ In also applies to other areas of law, including family law, civil lawsuits, wills and estates, contracts, ƚĂdžĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ ůĂǁ͘ &Žƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŝŶ ŽŶĞ ĐĂƐĞ͕ Dƌ͘ D͕ Ă ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌͬůŝďƌĂƌŝĂŶ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂůůLJ ĐŚĂƌŐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƐĞdžƵĂů ŽīĞŶĐĞƐ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞ ĮůĞ ŽĨ Ă ůĂǁLJĞƌ ǁŚŽ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ;Ă ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚͿ ŝŶ Ă Đŝǀŝů ůĂǁƐƵŝƚ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ Śŝŵ ĨŽƌ ĂůůĞŐĞĚ ƐĞdžƵĂů ƚŽƵĐŚŝŶŐ͘ Dƌ͘ D ǁĂŶƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ Đŝǀŝů ĮůĞ ƌĞǀĞĂůĞĚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŚŝƐ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ĐĂƐĞ ʹ ŚŝƐ ĚĞĨĞŶĐĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ ĨĂďƌŝĐĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĐƌŝŵŝŶĂů ĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƚ ƚŽ ďŽůƐƚĞƌ ƚŚĞ Đŝǀŝů ůĂǁƐƵŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ^ƵƉƌĞŵĞ ŽƵƌƚ ŽĨ ĂŶĂĚĂ ĚĞŶŝĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ ƌĞƋƵĞƐƚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŝƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ǀŝŽůĂƚĞĚ ͛Ɛ ƐŽůŝĐŝƚŽƌͲĐůŝĞŶƚ privilege. ͞dŚŝƐ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ ŝƐ ĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂů ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝŶ ĂŶĂĚĂ͙͕͟ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƌƚ͘ ͞dŚĞ ŝŶƚĞŐƌŝƚLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ũƵƐƟĐĞ ĚĞƉĞŶĚƐ ƵƉŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ƌŽůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŽůŝĐŝƚŽƌ ǁŚŽ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ůĞŐĂů ĂĚǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ĐůŝĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ ͙ WĞŽƉůĞ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƉĞĂŬ ĐĂŶĚŝĚůLJ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ůĂǁLJĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐŽ enable their interests to be fully represented.” dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƚLJƉĞƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ĨŽƌ ĚŽĐƚŽƌͲƉĂƟĞŶƚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽŶĨĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ƚŽ Ă ƉƌŝĞƐƚ Žƌ ŵŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞ ůĂǁ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŐŝǀĞ ƚŚĞƐĞ ƚLJƉĞƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ƉƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŝƚ gives to solicitor-client privilege. /Ŷ ƌĂƌĞ ĐŝƌĐƵŵƐƚĂŶĐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƚ ǁŝůů ƐĞƚ ĂƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞ͘ /Ĩ ƚŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ĐůĞĂƌ ĂŶĚ ŝŵŵŝŶĞŶƚ ƌŝƐŬ ŽĨ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ ŚĂƌŵ ƚŽ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶƐ͕ Ă ůĂǁLJĞƌ ;Žƌ ĂŶ ĞdžƉĞƌƚ ŚŝƌĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ůĂǁLJĞƌͿ ĐĂŶ ƌĞǀĞĂů ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ŬŶŽǁ as needed to protect them. dĂŬĞ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ Ă ĐůŝĞŶƚ ƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ďLJ ŚŝƐ ůĂǁLJĞƌ ƚŽ Ă ƉƐLJĐŚŝĂƚƌŝƐƚ ĨŽƌ ĂŶ ĞdžƉĞƌƚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ͘ dŚĞ ĐůŝĞŶƚ ĐŽŶĮĚĞĚ ƉůĂŶƐ ƚŽ ƚŽƌƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ Ŭŝůů LJŽƵŶŐ ĨĞŵĂůĞ ƉƌŽƐƟƚƵƚĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƐLJĐŚŝĂƚƌŝƐƚ͘ dŚĞ ^ƵƉƌĞŵĞ ŽƵƌƚ ŽĨ ĂŶĂĚĂ ĚĞĐŝĚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ ŽĨ ƉƵďůŝĐ ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ũƵƐƟĮĞĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƐLJĐŚŝĂƚƌŝƐƚ ĚŝƐĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ƉƌŝǀŝůĞŐĞĚ ƐƚĂƚĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƟĞƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ŚĂƉƉĞŶƐ ŝĨ LJŽƵƌ ĨŽƌŵĞƌ ůĂǁLJĞƌ ŵŽǀĞƐ ƚŽ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ Įƌŵ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĂǁLJĞƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ Įƌŵ ĂĐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƐŝĚĞ ŝŶ Ă ŶĞǁ ŵĂƩĞƌ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ ŝŶ͍ /Ŷ ŵĂŶLJ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ůĂǁLJĞƌ ǁŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƋƵĂůŝĨLJ themselves. DŽƐƚ ƌĞĐĞŶƚůLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ^ƵƉƌĞŵĞ ŽƵƌƚ ŽĨ ĂŶĂĚĂ ƚŽƐƐĞĚ ŽƵƚ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶ ƌƵůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ůĂǁLJĞƌƐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĚĞƌĂů ŐŽǀĞƌŶŵĞŶƚ ŚĂĚ ƉƵƚ ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ǁŽƵůĚ͕ ĨŽƌ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͕ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůůŽǁĞĚ ƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƐ ŽĨ ůĂǁLJĞƌƐ͛ ŽĸĐĞƐ͕ ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚ͕ ŽŶ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ ƐƵƐƐŝŶŐ ŽƵƚ ƐƵƐƉĞĐƚĞĚ ŵŽŶĞLJ ůĂƵŶĚĞƌŝŶŐ Žƌ ƚĞƌƌŽƌŝƐƚ ĮŶĂŶĐŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞ ŽƵƌƚ ƐĂŝĚ ƚŚĞ ƌƵůĞƐ ǁĞƌĞ ƚŽŽ ďƌŽĂĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶũƵƐƟĮĂďůLJ ŝŶĨƌŝŶŐĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĨƵŶĚĂŵĞŶƚĂů ƉƌŝŶĐŝƉůĞ ŽĨ solicitor-client privilege. ZĞƐƚ ĂƐƐƵƌĞĚ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĨƌĂŶŬ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ůĂǁLJĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ǁŝůů ĚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƵƚŵŽƐƚ ƚŽ ƌĞƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ LJŽƵƌ ŝŶƚĞƌĞƐƚƐ fully. This column has been written by Janice and George Mucalov, LL.B.s with assistance from FABRIS McIVER HORNQUIST & RADCLIFFE. It provides information only and must not be relied on for legal advice. Please contact FABRIS McIVER HORNQUIST & RADCLIFFE for legal advice concerning your particular case. Lawyer Janice Mucalov is an award-winning legal writer. YOU AND THE LAW is a registered trade-mark. © Janice and George Mucalov.
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Tory, suburban ridings gain the most from enriched child benefit Majority of spending continues to go to Conservative ridings, analysis shows JORDAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Most of what is billed as the largest, one-time benefit payment in federal history is likely to hit suburban voters living in federal ridings where the Conservatives can be considered the party to beat, an analysis by The Canadian Press shows. Number-crunching based on the last census shows that many of the ridings in line to get the biggest cheques from the newly increased Universal Child Care Benefit are in suburban Alberta and the all-important ridings that surround Toronto — and they usually have a history of tilting Tory. Only two of the top 20 destinations for the enriched UCCB payments landing on July 20 are locations where the opposition NDP would be considered the favourite; and one more in the top 20 would be considered a Liberal seat. That leaves 17 seats that could be considered Conservative-leaning, home to the voters who could receive the biggest financial windfall when almost $3 billion in child care benefit payments are mailed on Monday — three months before election
“Families have supported the Conservative party.“ Pierre Poilievre, Employment Minister
day in October. The majority of spending continues to go to Conservative ridings — 15 of the top 20 — even after adjusting the payments to take into account the estimated percentage of families who haven’t signed up for the enhanced benefit. Opposition parties have criticized the government for giving out the increased benefit payment, backdated to the start of the year, as an election ploy to buy votes. But all three main parties have released platform planks designed to woo families who tend to concentrate in the key suburban ridings that could swing the federal election. “The demographic that (parties) are all fighting for are the parents, the kids, the families that are just starting out. So this is why this puts (child care) up on the agenda,” said Kathy Brock, an expert on party politics from Queen’s University in
Kingston, Ont. Since 2006, the government has handed out monthly payments of $100 for every child in Canada under age six. That changes on Monday as the payment rise to $160 a month, and children age six to 17 earn their parents $60 per month. The increased payments are retroactive to the start of the year, meaning the payments this month will be higher than any before: up to $520 for children under six, and up to $420 for every child six to 17. The government doesn’t decide where in the country the money will go; it does get to decide who should receive the money. To get a more detailed picture of where those families live, The Canadian Press used census data from Statistics Canada to plot the location of children under age 18 in each of Canada’s 338 ridings, and then calculated how much each riding would receive in new monthly child care benefit spending. The totals were also adjusted to reflect the percentage of families in each province who have not signed up for the benefit to see if there was any marked differences in outcomes, which there was not.
The analysis then used an Elections Canada study that transposed the outcome in each of those 338 ridings based on the poll-by-poll breakdown of votes from the 2011 campaign. (In 2011, there were just 308 ridings, so Elections Canada has done number-crunching to figure out who would have won if the 338 ridings had exited in 2011.) The census figures are four years old, meaning the number of children in each age group has likely changed as children grow up, babies are born, and families move around the country. The analysis showed that the highest grossing ridings are most likely to be in the 905-belt around Toronto, as well as the suburban areas of Calgary that supported the Conservatives in 2011. In an interview, Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre, who oversees the expanded child benefit, offered a simple explanation. “Families have supported the Conservative party because the Conservative government has supported families,” Poilievre said. “It’s no coincidence that many families live in ridings that have elected Conservative MPs.”
BUSINESS
Big decisions ahead for Canadian taxi system GIUSEPPE VALIANTE THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL — The advent of competition and new technologies is forcing politicians across Canada to re-evaluate their cities’ taxi industries and to wonder just how many cabs they want on the roads. Big cities are struggling with new entrants such as Uber, a service that allows drivers to work with little overhead costs and to undercut traditional cab fares. Politicians in jurisdictions such as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Edmonton are studying ways to modernize the taxi industry but while they come up
with solutions, some cities are labelling Uber’s services “illegal” and forcing police to seize its drivers’ vehicles. But not all the battles against the upstart have been successful: the City of Toronto recently lost a court case against Uber when a judge ruled there was no evidence the company was operating as a taxi broker or that it breached city bylaws. Sunil Johal, policy director at the Mowat Centre, a public policy think-tank at the University of Toronto, says politicians should be thinking about the interest of citizens as opposed to ensuring traditional taxi drivers can
earn a living under the current system. He questions whether Canadian mayors have the wherewithal to tell the powerful taxi lobby that the days of making a living driving a taxi full time might be coming to an end. “It’s going to take courage,” Johal said. In Quebec — as in many other places in Canada — the government strictly regulates the number of taxi permits that are granted. For instance, the island of Montreal can only have 4,522 permits. Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville, a town of 2,000 people about
130 kilometres from Montreal, is allowed two. “The goal is to keep the revenues of the taxi drivers higher — that’s it,” said the Montreal Economic Institute’s Vincent Geloso, who advocates deregulating the industry. As a consequence of the limited number of permits, their price has soared to roughly $200,000 in Montreal, making its market worth roughly $900 million. Permits are bought, sold, traded and rented on websites of companies such as Fintaxi, which provides loans to drivers in order for them to afford the permits.
RESOURCES
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in B.C. history and the LNG Project Agreements Act seeks to provide a 25-year buffer against LNG-targeted tax increases but allows increases in corporate and sales taxes. “There are things that can be done in terms of some of these taxes, like the (provincial sales tax) PST,” said Keane. “These projects will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in PST taxes, which typically, if you are classified as a manufacturing facility, you are not subject to.” B.C. is the only jurisdiction where LNG companies must pay LNG income tax and a carbon tax, he said, adding they will also
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Cosby, under oath, details womanizing In sworn testimony, former television star says he paid women to keep a sex secret from his wife GEOFF MULVIHILL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Under oath in a hotel — away from the TV cameras and the soapbox where he did his public moralizing — Bill Cosby sketched a very different image of America’s Dad: a philanderer who plied young women with quaaludes, claimed to be adept at reading their unspoken desires and used his wealth to keep “Mrs. Cosby” in the dark. The portrait comes from Cosby’s own words in a transcript of a 2005-06 deposition taken in Philadelphia that represents the only publicly available testimony he has given in response to accusations he drugged and sexually assaulted women. Cosby has denied the allegations, calling the sexual contact consensual. There’s no clear-cut evidence in the documents that he committed a sex crime, but his testimony adds to the unsavoury details that have all but wrecked his nice-guy reputation as TV’s Dr. Cliff Huxtable and made a mockery of his preaching about decency and personal responsibility. The transcripts, obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday, are from a lawsuit filed by a former Temple University employee who accused the actor and comedian of drugging and molesting her. Earlier this month, a judge unsealed a summary of the deposition as a result of a lawsuit from the AP. The New York Times was the first to obtain the entire transcript.
In this Nov. 6, 2014 file photo, entertainer Bill Cosby gestures during an interview at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington. [AP PHOTO]
He told of how he tried to gain women’s trust and make them comfortable by talking about their families, their education and their career aspirations. In the deposition, Cosby said that on one occasion, he and Temple’s Andrea Constand engaged in sexual contact, in which he reached into her pants and fondled her, taking her silence as consent. “I don’t hear her say anything. And I don’t feel her say anything. And so I continue and I go into the area that is somewhere between permission and rejec-
tion. I am not stopped,” he said. He said she then groped him in return. Later that night, he said, he tried to resume contact with her, but she said no, and “I pull back.” He said that he avoided intercourse with her, suggesting he was afraid she would become too attached. He said intercourse “is something that I feel the woman will succumb to more of a romance and more of a feeling, not love, but it’s deeper than a playful situation.” He said Constand was not upset when she left that night, and
he assured his questioner: “I think I’m a pretty decent reader of people and their emotions in these romantic sexual things, whatever you want to call them.” Cosby’s lawyers and representatives did not respond Sunday to email and telephone calls. The 78-year-old comic has never been charged with a crime. In most cases, the statute of limitations has run out, though at least one case, from 2008, is still under investigation in Los Angeles. Throughout four days of questioning, Cosby and his lawyer often clashed with Constand’s
lawyer. Cosby’s lawyer, Patrick O’Connor, objected repeatedly to any discussion of Cosby’s liaisons with other women who did not accuse him of sexual assault. And Cosby himself debated definitions of words with his questioner. Constand has accused Cosby of drugging her with something powerful and molesting her on a different occasion; Cosby said that he gave her the cold and allergy medicine Benadryl to calm her down, and he denied assaulting her. “I think Andrea is a liar, and I know she’s a liar because I was there,” he said under oath. Cosby testified that in the 1970s, he received about seven prescriptions for quaaludes from a Los Angeles doctor who has since died. He acknowledged he obtained them with the intention of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with. Under oath, he denied giving women the powerful sedatives without their knowledge. He said he used quaaludes “the same as a person would say, ‘Have a drink.”’ Constand’s lawyer, Dolores Troianai, asked Cosby about his wife’s knowledge of his affairs. He said his wife, Camille, to whom he has been married since 1964, learned about the Constand case and others in which he was accused of wrongdoing. But he said he hid cases from her, funneling hush money to women through accounts that “Mrs. Cosby” would not see.
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Police arrest father of girl found dead, find others in home Modesto police spokeswoman Heather Graves said Martin Martinez, of Modesto, was detained in San Jose early Sunday and booked into a Santa Clara County jail on suspicion of murder. Martinez had a relationship with one of the women and is the
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MODESTO, Calif. — A 30-yearold man was arrested Sunday in the deaths of his daughter, two other girls and two women whose bodies were found in a California home, police said.
father of one of the girls found dead Saturday afternoon. All the victims are related, and the children’s ages range from 6 months to 6 years old, Graves said. Police aren’t releasing information about a motive or cause of death at this time, she said.
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COLLEGE SPORTS
FOOTBALL
PacWest ‘still strong’ despite Kwantlen’s departure
Injured and out, Nanaimo’s Smith gets back on the field
SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
The Pacific Western Athletic Association will remain as one of the strongest collegiate conferences in Canada — with or without the Kwantlen Eagles — says Vancouver Island University athletics director Bruce Hunter. Two weeks ago, Kwantlen Polytechnic University decided to axe its varsity athletics program after the 2015-16 season due to financial concerns. Kwantlen also parted ways with its athletics director. However, KPU staff are meeting with coaches and student-athletes on whether or not to simply end it before the school year begins in September. “It’s never great to have a school leave a conference and take those teams out of your system,” said Hunter, who also serves as president of the PacWest, “but the PacWest is still a very strong conference. We’re still probably the strongest conference nationally.” According to the Surrey Now, Kwantlen’s athletics budget came in at around $750,000. Hunter said, compared to other PacWest schools, he would consider that a “very healthy” athletics budget, and that VIU’s is “not that much.” The VIU Mariners program has been dominant in the last decade, winning seven straight aggregate championships with multiple conference and national titles in individual team sports. There are no signs, Hunter said, of VIU’s athletic department getting into a situation like the one Kwantlen is in. “My indications are at VIU, we’re fully committed to our athletics program,” Hunter said. “The loss of Kwantlen, while it’s obviously not great for the PacWest, I don’t think it diminishes our support and desire to have an athletics program at VIU.” In fact, he said it is very rare for an institution to pull its teams out of the league. Selkirk College and College of New Caledonia had done so in recent years, but for competitive reasons, not financial reasons, Hunter said. The last school to fold its programs completely was BCIT, while the other schools that have left the PacWest have done so to join the CIS. “It is rare,” Hunter said, “and we’ve never faced this situation that a school announces that it is leaving and let their athletic director go but plan on playing this year. That’s the part that’s very unusual in this situation.” Hunter said Kwantlen’s administration met with student-athletes late last week and the conference is still waiting to hear back on their intentions to compete in the coming year. Without Kwantlen, the PacWest will only have five soccer teams for each gender. Scott.McKenzie@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
Former star Redmen, Raiders receiver recovered from surgery to get first pro action SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
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or the first time in his life on Thursday night, Andrew Smith played professional football. Not on the practice roster with the scout team, not simply standing on the sidelines, geared up and ready to play, but in a full-fledged game. After a horrendous leg injury suffered in training camp, the second-year Montreal Alouettes wide receiver from Nanaimo played special teams in his first Canadian Football League game, a 17-13 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. “It was crazy,” Smith said. “You forget the feeling of how much fun you have when you’re playing football. It’s hard to go basically two years practising. It’s just not the same once you get on the field. “I really forgot about that feeling of how good it feels to be out there playing football.” Smith’s football career, though, took a scare early in pre-season training camp. On Day 2 of camp, he was feeling good. After spending his rookie season on the Alouettes’ practice roster, Smith, 26, was playing with the first-team offence when the players ahead of him on the Montreal depth chart went down with injures. He was making grabs against professional cornerbacks. One of those catches, however, put football on hold. “I had a really good practice, but when I caught a ball, I just kind of rolled into a bench on the sideline,” Smith said. “My leg kind of whipped it. It just hurt at first. I talked to the trainer, and it got pretty swollen. “The next morning, I woke up and I couldn’t feel my foot.” It wasn’t publicized by Montreal media — Smith was, at the
Nanaimo’s Andrew Smith during his collegiate career with the Manitoba Bisons. Smith played in his first professional game on Thursday. [MANITOBA ATHLETICS]
time, a fringe CFL player who had yet to play a snap despite coming off a dominant career with the Nanaimo Redmen, Vancouver Island Raiders and the University of Montreal Bisons before being drafted 35th overall in the league’s 2014 entry draft, the fifth receiver off the board. When he woke up without feeling in his foot, he was taken to the hospital and within three hours of being there was in surgery with compartment syndrome, as pressure was extremely built up in his leg. “They had to basically cut from the knee to the ankle and open it up and let the pressure release,” Smith said. “They did that, and left it open for a couple days until
the pressure released, and then they sewed it back up.” It wasn’t a horrendous rehab process — he had to constantly rotate his ankle while waiting for his skin to heal, and there was muscle tightness — but it did hold him out of action until the second week of the regular season. He also technically retired during the process before re-signing as team management worked out contracts and player numbers. Two weeks ago, he was able to start running again, before being put on the active roster last Monday as a green light to get on the field. Through the injury, and the brief retirement, Smith said
doubt never creeped in before finally getting on the field against Hamilton on Thursday. He only played on special teams — an admittedly humbling experience after the amateur career he had as a receiver — but came within a changed formation of getting into the game at the position he was drafted at. “Fred Stamps got hurt and I was running out there, to play” Smith said, “but it happened to be a formation that he wasn’t out in, and he came back the next series.” “I’ve never really had to deal with that,” he said of playing only on special teams. “I’ve been fortunate enough to play receiver most of my life. Of course, I’ve played special teams, too, but the majority of it has been at receiver. It is kind of humbling. I’ll do anything to be on the field and I have no problem doing it, but at the same time I can’t wait to get some chances at receiver.” Now comes the challenge of staying on the active roster and getting on the field as a receiver to take a bigger role on the team and do what he does best — catch footballs. “I’m pretty hard on myself,” Smith said. “I don’t really drop any balls and I always play on the scout team against our starting defence, so everything that I do on the practice field shows what I can do against some of the best guys in the league. “So that’s always good and I feel that people recognize that I can play, so really all you can do is keep fighting for a spot. “And whenever you do get those chances on the field, you really have to take advantage of that opportunity.” Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
LACROSSE
Timbermen snap 12-game losing streak ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
Out of the playoffs but not out of pride. The Nanaimo Timbermen (3-12) secured their first win in 12 games on Sunday night as they beat the Maple Ridge Burrards (7-8) 9-8 at Frank Crane Arena for their third Western Lacrosse Association win of 2015. The hosts put in a gutsy performance and rode their luck at times, with the Burrards striking the bar just seconds from time. Head coach Kaleb Toth spoke of his relief at the end of the game, with the Timbermen able to get over the finishing line for their first victory since the opening weekend of this year’s Western Lacrosse Association season. Cody Bremner had four goals and an assist alongside Nanaimo native Mac Johnston’s two goals and four assists. But it was Jake Emms who scored the winner, shooting
Nanaimo Timbermen defender Conrad Chapman, right, checks Mike Mallory of the Maple Ridge Burrards in the third period of a Western Lacrosse Association game Sunday at Frank Crane Arena. [ROSS ARMOUR/DAILY NEWS]
home the Timbermen’s ninth goal of the night from close range with just under five minutes to play, unassisted after a strong initial save from Burrards’ goalie Carson Michaud. “The guys worked really hard,” said a relieved Toth. “The one thing that they did different
today, was that they worked smarter. I’ve been preaching intelligence. “We made the right decisions when we transitioned the ball instead of forcing shots. We hustled after loose balls. We didn’t let them pick up anything in front of our net. Those are the
little things we haven’t been doing or we haven’t done enough of, but we did tonight and that was the difference and we got the win because of it.” Toth has spoken recently of his desire to see that elusive “perfect 60 minutes” from his team, which he says they got pretty close to against the Burrards. “I think we were very close,” he said. “We got the win and basically we played a fuller 60 than they did. Perfect games are very hard to come by, but as long as we can play pretty intelligently then we’re going to get the win and that’s what happened.” The Timbermen now have three games left on the season. They play the Langley Thunder away on Wednesday before facing the Burnaby Lakers at Frank Crane on Saturday. Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
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Chella Choi wins her first LGPA Tour event
Busch returns to win New Hampshire race
Fans embrace Pan Am as ticket sales surge
Ji Leon Choi promised his daughter he would caddie for her until she won the LPGA Tour. Chella Choi isn’t so sure she’s ready to break up the team after winning the Marathon Classic on Sunday. “My father wants to retire because we promise, but I don’t know,” Choi said. “We will talk later.” The 24-year-old South Korean player broke through in her 157th start on the tour, beating compatriot Ha Na Jang in a playoff.
Kyle Busch continues to find victory lane and is moving closer to landing a spot in the Chase. Busch’s dominant comeback rolled on Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when he won for the second straight weekend and for the third time in the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup races. He broke his right leg and left foot in a crash the day before the season-opening Daytona 500. He missed the first 11 races of the season.
More than one million Pan Am Games tickets have now been sold, a milestone organizers say reflects the event’s growing popularity. Sales hovered around 750,000 — about half the 1.4 million tickets available — before the Games began last week, prompting some critics to question the international competition’s success. More than 300,000 sold after the opening ceremony, which drew some 45,000 people.
SPORTS
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LACROSSE
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Johnson drops lead, fourth round is delayed Amateur Paul Dunne one stroke up on Jordan Spieth for ďŹ rst DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nanaimo Senior B TImbermen’s Ryan Forslund makes a rush for the net in Game 3 on Sunday against the Langley Warriors. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
Sr. B T-Men sweep Warriors, off to ďŹ nals ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo Senior B Timbermen advanced to the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association finals in emphatic fashion Sunday with a 20-6 win over the Langley Warriors at Frank Crane Arena. The win completed a series sweep for the Timbermen who now await the winner of the Ladner Pioneers-Royal City Capitals series in the finals. Captain John Diplock had two goals and four assists on Sunday and Ryan Forslund had four goals and one assist. Ryan Hanna had three goals and three assists while Travis Nicholson also notched three goals and an assist. Timbermen coach Mike Maughan was delighted with the win all be it against what he described as a somewhat depleted Warriors team this time out. “We’ll still take the win either way and now the guys have a chance to rest up and focus on the next one,� said Maughan.
A date for Game 1 of the finals has yet to be set as the Pioneers and the Capitals only entered into the second game of that series Sunday, but Maughan believes it won’t be any earlier than July 26. He said the Timbermen will head into the finals in a confidant mood after three convincing victories over the Warriors. Maughan’s team took the first game 12-4 at Frank Crane last Wednesday before a 13-4 win in the Lower Mainland two days later to record the 3-0 series win in the best-of-five format. “We’re feeling good,� he said. “We’re getting contributions from lots of our attacking players every game and the guys at the back are also stepping up so we’re getting big contributions from the back end as well. “Then we’ve got Nick Patterson (goaltender) fortifying things up for us as well.� Ross.Armour @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4230
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Jordan Spieth was one shot out of the lead and one round away from the third leg of the Grand Slam. Not since Bobby Jones has an amateur won the British Open, and then along came Paul Dunne with a bogey-free performance Sunday at St. Andrews that gave him a share of the lead. When a shootout at St. Andrews ended Sunday, 14 players were separated by three shots. Half of them were major champions. Even for a place packed with centuries of history, this British Open offered endless possibilities. Dunne, the 22-year-old from Ireland, was impervious to everything around him and soaked up a day he won’t soon forget in his round of 6-under 66. Louis Oosthuizen, the last player to lift the claret jug on the Old Course in 2010, made three birdies over his last five holes for a 67. Jason Day had a share of the 54-hole lead for the second straight major with a 67, and this time he doesn’t have to worry about vertigo symptoms he dealt with at the U.S. Open. They were at 12-under 204. “It’s surreal I’m leading the Open, but I can easily believe that I shot the three scores that I shot,� Dunne said. “If we were playing an amateur event here, I wouldn’t be too surprised by the scores I shot. It’s just lucky that it happens to be in the biggest event in the world. “Hopefully, I can do it again tomorrow,� he said. “But wheth-
BASEBALL
Ireland’s Paul Dunne gestures after a birdie on the 15th during the third round at the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
er I do or not, I’ll survive either way.� Such an opportunity might not come around again for Spieth. Only three other players won the first two legs of the Grand Slam since the modern version began in 1960. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods only got one shot at it, and none ever started the final round of the British Open so close to the lead. And so it was Spieth, a 21-yearold Texan with an uncanny sense of occasion, who brought the grey, old town to life in a mixture of sunshine and rain. After punching his golf bag in frustration at the turn, he ran off three straight birdies on
the back nine and kept alive his hopes of becoming the first player to sweep the four professional majors in one year. He finished with a 66. Ben Hogan in 1953 was the only other player to win the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. “I’m going to play to win,� Spieth said. “I’m not playing for a place. I don’t want to place third tomorrow. I want to win. And so I’m going to play my game — to stay in the mix if it’s not all there at the beginning, and if it is, I’m going to continue to play that way to try and get out in front. It’s going to be hard.�
PAN AM GAMES
Ramage moves up in rankings, sets new PB SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS
Throw-back Former Nanaimo Pirates pitcher Kenton Schroter dons his old team’s jersey during an exhibition game between the B.C. Premier Baseball League’s Pirates and the West Coast League’s Victoria HarbourCats on Sunday afternoon at Serauxmen Stadium. The HarbourCats won the game 10-9. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
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Competing in less than desirable conditions in the 20-kilometre women’s race-walking event at the Toronto Pan Am Games Sunday morning, Nanaimo’s Katelynn Ramage finished 12th in a field of 16 with a time of one hour, 46 minutes and three seconds, a little less than 17 seconds out of first place. But for Ramage, a relatively youthful athlete in the race-walking world, it was all positive. In what was her first ever appearance at the Pan Am Games as one of the top two Canadians in her sport, her finishing time was a personal best, and she also moved up four spots in the world rankings. “I can’t be disappointed with a personal best at an international event,� she said. “When you can walk away with that in less desirable conditions than you would have liked, that’s an amazing feat in itself, and moving up four places in the ranking is also pretty phenomenal.� Ramage had competed at international events before, such as the Race Walk World Cup in 2014 in China, but said being part of the atmosphere of the Pan Am Games in her own country was special. “Racing in China was phenomenal, but here it was even better,�
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she said. “There was a decent crowd there, but here it was on fire. They didn’t care if you were the first-place person or the lastplace person. And wearing the maple leaf on your chest, the crowd was amazing.� Competing in 32-degree heat, with humidity adding about eight degrees, Ramage and the rest of the field raced in front of the event’s grand stand with five kilometres to go. “The crowd just roars for you and you get goosebumps,� she said. “It’s just a great feeling, and it definitely helps to fuel you along.� Ramage, a 22-year-old NDSS grad, is now preparing for her final year of athletic elibility at Trinity Western University. Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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Raptors sign free agent centre Bismack Biyombo The Toronto Raptors signed freeagent centre Bismack Biyombo to a multi-year contract on Saturday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, per team policy. Biyombo averaged 4.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 64 games last season with the Charlotte Hornets. He also ranked 17th in the NBA in blocks. “Bismack brings athleticism and interior length to our team,” said Raptors president and general manager Masai Ujiri. “He has proven to be an exceptional rim protector and his physicality will be a great asset to us defensively.” The six-foot-nine Democratic Republic of the Congo native is one of six African-born players currently in the NBA. Biyombo was drafted seventh overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings.
◆ UFC
Bisping wins decision over Leites in Scotland British star Michael Bisping won a split decision over Brazil’s Thales Leites on Saturday night in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s first card in Scotland. Leites controlled the centre of the cage for much of the bout, with Bisping circling to jab at every opportunity. Each man punished the other with leg kicks, and Bisping sustained a toe injury at the end of the first round, limiting his mobility. Bisping and Leites both charged in often in the following rounds, hitting flurries of punches in which Bisping landed more, ultimately gaining him the decision. “Glasgow is a beautiful city,” Bisping proclaimed. “Thales Leites is a warrior.” The Englishman then went on to challenge some of the middleweight division’s heavy-hitters, including Yoel Romero and Jacare Souza.
◆ TENNIS
MONDAY, JULY 20, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
MLS
Whitecaps play Timbers to 1-1 tie Vancouver could have pulled even with FC Dallas atop the league’s standings ANNE M. PETERSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter figures a draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps is a fair result given the circumstances. Matias Laba scored in the 58th minute to pull the Whitecaps even in a 1-1 draw with Timbers in a Cascadia Cup rivalry match Saturday night. Diego Valeri scored in the first half for the Timbers, who had won six of their previous eight games. But what stood out to Porter was the nature of the goals — coming in the weaker half for each side. “We found the goal in the first half and we didn’t play our best, and they found the goal in the second half and they didn’t play their best,” he said. Portland, coming off a 3-0 loss at Philadelphia last weekend, was jockeying with the Whitecaps for position in the Western Conference. With a win, Vancouver (10-83) could have pulled even with FC Dallas atop the standings, despite dropping its previous two matches. With the draw, the Whitecaps ended the night even with Kansas City in third place, while Portland (9-7-5) and Seattle were knotted in fourth. The match ended on a contentious note. Vancouver defender Jordan Harvey was sent off with a red card in stoppage time after a slide tackle from behind on Valeri. A shoving match broke out between the teams at the final whistle, and Portland’s Will Johnson appeared to exchange words with the officials, resulting in a yellow card followed by a red. “I think he was talking to the ref at the end of the game — and
Vancouver Whitecaps defender Steven Beitashour, left, and Portland Timbers forward Darlington Nagbe vie for the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer game in Portland, Ore., Saturday. The teams tied 1-1. [AP PHOTO]
the ref didn’t like what he said,” Porter said. It was the third meeting between the teams this season. The Whitecaps won the opener 2-1 in Vancouver and the last also ended in a draw in Portland. The Whitecaps are the defending winners of the Cascadia Cup, a supporter-created trophy given to the winner of the three-way season series between Pacific Northwest rivals Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. The Sounders currently sit atop the Cascadia table with six points, while the Whitecaps and the Timers each have five.
Johnson’s blast from out front of the penalty box for the Timbers went just inches wide in the 15th minute. A minute later on the other end, goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey come off his line to stop Kekuta Manneh’s hard shot. Nat Borchers slid to deflect another Manneh attempt in the 23rd. Portland went up 1-0 in the 34th minute when Fanendo Adi fed Valeri, who slotted it past Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted. It was Valeri’s second goal in nine games this season after rehabbing from off-season knee surgery, then an ankle injury fol-
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◆ NFL
Brett Favre inducted in to Packers Hall of Fame Brett Favre headed up the Lambeau Field tunnel, a path that he had walked dozens of times. He turned left at the end, and then walked through a set of double doors. The Green Bay Packers’ locker room was just down the hall on the right. And that’s when it finally it him. He was back at his football home. The three-time MVP quarterback had his No. 4 jersey retired by the Packers on Saturday night before being inducted into the franchise’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony inside Lambeau Field. It was the first time in the team’s storied history that a player received both honours at the same time. “It was like I never left. It was a great feeling. It was kind of weird because I had been here for a couple of hours and just walked off of Lambeau,” Favre said before the ceremony. “It’s kind of funny how things are triggered.
◆ MLB
Reds reliever fastest to reach 500 strikeouts Hard-throwing Reds reliever Aroldis Chapman has set a major league record for the fastest to reach 500 career strikeouts. Chapman, who routinely throws over 100 mph, reached the mark when he fanned pinch-hitter Giovanny Urshela to end the 10th inning Sunday in Cincinnati’s game against Cleveland.
lowing his return. Last season’s leading scorer for the Timbers nearly added a second goal in the 49th minute but his effort went just wide. Vancouver coach Carl Robinson sparked his team with a pep talk at the half. “We went behind, and I challenged them at halftime: ’You’ve got to weather the storm when you come to Portland,”’ Robinson said. “They’re a fantastic team, very well-coached, and they put you under pressure, and that’s what they did today. We bent, but we didn’t break.”
CYCLING
Canada loses pair of Davis Cup singles Canada is leaving its Davis Cup quarter-final tie without a victory. The Canadians fell in a pair of singles matches on Sunday as Belgium completed a 5-0 sweep. “Obviously this isn’t the performance we wanted,” said Canada’s captain Martin Laurendeau. “We were hoping to come away with a better result but it didn’t turn out that way. All we can do now is look ahead to next year and hope for a good draw so we can come back and try and do it again.” Kimmer Coppejans defeated Frank Dancevic, of Niagara Falls, Ont., 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the first best-of-three set match of the day. Vancouver’s Filip Peliwo later lost to Steve Darcis 6-4, 6-3. Belgium clinched the tie on Saturday after a win in doubles action against Daniel Nestor and Adil Shamasdin.
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Tour de France’s leader on defensive JOHN LEICESTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada’s Cameron Smedley reacts after timers confirmed he won silver in men’s solo canoe slalom at the Minden white water course during the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games in Minden, Ont., on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
A hoarse Harnett thrilled with Canada’s performance in Week 1 LORI EWING THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Curt Harnett’s voice was raspy, so he was trying to take it easy over the weekend. He hiked up and down the stairs at Varsity Stadium, tossing pins into the crowd at the Pan American Games archery competition, in between waving a huge Canadian flag. But Canada’s chef de mission — and the team’s head cheerleader — was otherwise keeping quiet. “Still able to talk (barely), which is a good thing,” Harnett said. “I hit it hard. Of course water polo started on the Wednesday before the opening ceremonies, and I kind of maybe overdid it a little bit. “I’ve had a couple of days where I’ve tried to stay quiet, and the crowd’s doing their job. But I can’t contain myself, I’m emotionally invested in all of this, the success of our athletes is important to me as a person, it’s a sense of pride that I can’t seem to shake.” A little over a week into the Pan American Games, there has been plenty of reason to be proud and vocal. Canada topped the medal table through most of Week 1 before falling to second Saturday night. The United States leads with 59 gold and 160 total medals. But Canada stayed with the U.S.
in the gold medal standings. The host nation boosted its gold-medal total to 54 on Sunday, capping Day 9 with a wild 7-6, 10-inning win over the United States in the men’s baseball final. Canada’s defence of its 2011 baseball title looked in doubt as it trailed 6-4 heading into the bottom of the 10th. That’s when the Americans completely collapsed. U.S. pitcher David Huff tried to pick off Canada’s Pete Orr at first base, but his throw went into right field to score Skyler Stromsmoe. The U.S. right-fielder’s throw to third then went wide, allowing Orr to score the winning run as the Canadians beat the Americans for Pan Am gold for the second straight Games. In all Canada won 16 medals Sunday to sit second overall with 142 (54 gold, 48 silver, 40 bronze). Evan Dunfee started things off with gold in the men’s 20-kilometre race walk. His teammate Inaki Gomez captured the silver. Canada had another 1-2 finish in the women’s track cycling sprint, with Monique Sullivan defeating fellow Calgary cyclist Kate O’Brien in the final. Canada finished the day with five total medals in track cycling, while Sullivan became the first Canadian cyclist to win three gold medals at a Pan Am competition. “That’s pretty cool, I didn’t
even know that,” Sullivan said of her historic achievement. “Canada has had a pretty strong history in sprinting in general and those people did it more as individuals who stood up and stood out. “Now we’re showing a program where we’re doing it together and it’s a group effort so hopefully we’ll see more consistency.” Jazmyne Denhollander paddled to gold in the women’s K1 whitewater kayak, leading a four-medal day for Canada in canoeing and kayaking slalom events. Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan defended her Pan Am title in women’s trampoline, with Canadian teammate Karen Cockburn winning bronze. Canada swept the golds when Keegan Soehn won the men’s competition. Canada will get the chance to try for at least one more gold on Monday. Canada’s women’s basketball team routed Brazil 91-63 Sunday to set up a gold-medal showdown with the Americans. The Canadians, who came in with a goal of a top-two finish, have never won the Pan Am Games. Canada’s best finish was second in Winnipeg in 1967. But as the host country, Canada compiled its largest — and arguably strongest — team ever, of 719 athletes, and the results are showing.
VALENCE, France — Despite his comfortable lead in the Tour de France, Chris Froome heads into the Alps — the last big hurdle between him and victory in Paris — on the defensive. Not against other contenders for the podium. They are long gone in the British rider’s rearview mirror. But against skeptics created by the cheating of Lance Armstrong and other dopers, and against the legions of fans they betrayed. For many of those cycling fans, Froome’s performances are so good that they must be too good to be true. The leader of Team Sky said one spectator even hurled a cup of urine at him this weekend, shouting “Doper!” In short, Froome finds himself in the impossible position of being damned by his own success. No matter how many times he insists that he is clean, the words fall on deaf ears. As they would: After all, Armstrong used to say that, too. Froome understands that. He knows that the yellow jersey he wears has been so soiled by the deceit of those who wore it before him that some of that dirt, deservedly or not, is going to rub off on him, too. Being doubted, being hauled over of the coals of suspicion day-in, day-out, is the bill that must be paid now for winning a post-Armstrong Tour, especially when you’re crushing rivals with apparent ease like the American did on the seven Tour victories that were later stripped from him. Two weeks in, the skepticism is getting under Froome’s very thick skin. It’s hard to find a more mild-mannered chap in the peloton than the gangly, sometimes awkward, Kenya-born Briton. But as he prepares for the Alps, the ultimate test at this Tour, a hardening in his attitude and tone is unmistakable. He blames “very irresponsible” media for turning public opinion against him.
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SPORTS
MONDAY, JULY 20, 2015
SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL CFL
West Calgary Winnipeg Edmonton BC Lions Saskatchewan East Toronto Montreal Ottawa Hamilton
W 3 2 2 2 0 W 2 2 2 1
L 1 2 1 1 4 L 1 2 2 2
T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0
Pts PF PA 6 86 97 4 106 137 4 80 55 4 78 83 0 122 131 Pts PF PA 4 88 76 4 87 69 4 76 101 2 88 67
Week 4 - full results Saturday’s result Calgary 26, Winnipeg 25 Last Friday’s results Edmonton 23, Ottawa 12 BC Lions 27, Saskatchewan 24 Last Thursday’s result Montreal 17, Hamilton 13 Week 5 schedule (Game lines not yet posted) Friday, July 24 Calgary at OTTAWA, 4 p.m. Toronto at BC LIONS, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 25 Winnipeg at EDMONTON, 4 p.m. Sunday, July 26 Hamilton at SASKATCHEWAN, 4 p.m. Saturday at McMahon Stadium
Stamps 26, Blue Bombers 25 Winnipeg 16 0 6 3 25 Calgary 8 8 7 3 26 First Quarter Winnipeg Single Lirim Hajrullahu kickoff 93, 0:02 Wpg TD Clarence Denmark 75 pass from Drew Willy (Hajrullahu convert) 4:29 Wpg TD Brian Brohm 1 run (Hajrullahu convert) 9:43 Wpg Single Hajrullahu kickoff 80, 9:57 Cgy TD Eric Rogers 19 pass from Bo Levi Mitchell (2pt convert Rogers from Mitchell) 13:30 Second Quarter Cgy Single Rene Paredes missed field goal 39, 2:55 Cgy TD Adam Thibault 75 fumble return (Paredes convert missed) 4:11 Cgy Single Paredes kickoff 95, 4:29 Third Quarter Cgy TD Drew Tate 1 run (Paredes convert) 12:35 Wpg TD Darvin Adams 79 pass from Willy (Hajrullahu convert missed) 14:44 Fourth Quarter Wpg FG Hajrullahu 49, 8:07 Cgy FG Paredes 40, 12:46 Team Statistics Wpg Cgy First downs 15 13 Rushing 4 7 Passing 10 6 Penalty 1 0 Rushes-Yards 17-76 23-147 Passing Yards 289 165 Return Yards 125 150 Comp-Att-Int 22-27-1 12-21-0 Sacks 2 1 Punts 6 9 Punts-Average 47.5 44.9 Fumbles Lost 3-3 1-1 Penalties - Yards 9-61 12-92 Time of Possession 27:25 32:35 Individual leaders PASSING—Wpg: D Willy 22-27, 289 yards, 2 TD, 1 Int Cgy: B Mitchell 12-21, 165 yards, 1TD, 0 Int RUSHING—Wpg: P Cotton 10-56; D Willy 4-18; B Brohm 2-2 Cgy: J Cornish 15-120; T Brown 2-10 RECEIVING—Wpg: N Moore 8-45; D Adams 5-121; C Denmark 5-101 Cgy: E Rogers 4-71; J Fuller 2-23; J West 2-22; M McDaniel 2-18; L Durant 1-19; M Walter 1-12 Attendance: 29,255
BASEBALL
Yankees 2, Mariners 1
MLB - Results and standings
ab r h bi ab r h bi Jackson CF 4 0 1 1 Ellsbury CF 4 0 0 0 Seager 3B 4 0 1 0 Gardner LF 2 1 0 0 Cano 2B 3 0 0 0 Rodriguez DH4 0 1 0 Cruz RF 4 0 1 0 Teixeira 1B 4 1 3 1 Montero DH 2 1 2 0 McCann C 4 0 0 0 Ackley PR-DH 1 0 0 0 Beltran RF 2 0 1 1 Taylor SS 3 0 1 0 Headley 3B 3 0 1 0 Zunino C 3 0 0 0 Gregorius SS 3 0 0 0 Totals 24 1 6 1 Drew 2B 2000 Young PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 29 2 6 2
American League East W L NY Yankees 50 41 Baltimore 46 45 Tampa Bay 47 47 Toronto 47 47 Boston 42 49 Central W L Kansas City 55 35 Minnesota 50 42 Detroit 45 46 Cleveland 44 47 Chicago Sox 42 48 West W L LA Angels 50 40 Houston 51 43 Texas 43 48 Oakland 43 51 Seattle 42 50 National League East W L Washington 49 41 NY Mets 48 44 Atlanta 43 49 Miami 38 54 Philadelphia 32 62 Central W L St. Louis 58 34 Pittsburgh 53 38 Chicago Cubs 49 41 Cincinnati 40 49 Milwaukee 41 52 West W L LA Dodgers 53 40 San Francisco 49 43 San Diego 43 49 Arizona 42 48 Colorado 39 51
Seattle
PCT .549 .505 .500 .500 .462 PCT .611 .543 .495 .484 .467 PCT .556 .543 .473 .457 .457
GB Strk - W1 4.0 W2 4.5 L1 4.5 W1 8.0 L3 GB Strk - W2 6.0 L2 10.5 L2 11.5 W2 13.0 L2 GB Strk - W3 1.0 W1 7.5 L1 9.0 W2 9.0 L1
PCT .544 .522 .467 .413 .340 PCT .630 .582 .544 .449 .441 PCT .570 .533 .467 .467 .433
GB Strk - L2 2.0 W1 7.0 L2 12.0 L3 19.0 W3 GB Strk - L1 4.5 L3 8.0 W2 16.5 L2 17.5 W3 GB Strk - W2 3.5 W6 9.5 W4 9.5 L6 12.5 L2
Yesterday’s results NY Yankees 2, Seattle 1 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 9, Detroit 3 Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 3 (11 innings) LA Dodgers 5, Washington 0 Philadelphia 8, Miami 7 Kansas City 4, Chicago Sox 1 Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 1 Houston 10, Texas 0 NY Mets 3, St. Louis 1 (18 innings) Oakland 14, Minnesota 1 San Franciscoi 2, Arizona 1 Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 1 Colorado at San Diego, postponed, rain Boston at L.A. Angels, postponed, rain Saturday’s results Seattle 4, NY Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 Kansas City 7, Chicago Sox 6 Washington 5, LA Dodgers 3 Philadelphia 3, Miami 1 Baltimore 3, Detroit 0 Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 0 Cleveland 9, Cincinnati 4 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 5 Texas 7, Houston 6 St. Louis 12, NY Mets 2 San Fran 8, Arizona 4 San Diego 5, Colorado 4 LA Angels 3, Boston 0 Oakland 3, Minnesota 2 Today’s schedule with probable pitchers Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Moore (1-0) vs. David Buchanan N.Y. Mets at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Harvey (8-6) vs. Gonzalez (6-4) Seattle at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Walker vs. Simon Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Richard (1-0) vs. Lorenzen (3-4) L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Beachy (0-1) vs. Wood (6-6) Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Burnett (7-3) vs. Ventura (4-6) Texas at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Rodriguez vs. Kendrick Miami at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Mat Latos vs. De La Rosa (6-5) Boston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Johnson (0-0) vs. Shoemaker (4-7) San Francisco at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Hudson (5-7) vs. Kennedy (4-9) Tuesday, July 21 (Early game) Seattle at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Vidal Nuno vs. Shane Greene
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada works against the Tampa Bay Rays in Toronto Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Blue Jays win 4-0, sweep Rays series LARRY MILLSON THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Marco Estrada offers a change of pace for the Toronto Blue Jays. Moved from the bullpen to bolster the starting rotation early in May, the right-hander has provided innings and excellence for the Jays this season. Estrada was at it again Sunday, using his changeup effectively in facing only one batter above the minimum over eight innings as Toronto shutout the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0. “He (Estrada) was as good as you could be tonight,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He’s got that knack of making that big pitch, getting that big out when you have to have it. He’s very composed. You can’t rattle him. He’s got that equalizing pitch, that changeup. That’s the pitch that got him to the big leagues. That’s the difference maker for him. He’ll use it at any time. Chris Colabello and Jose Bautista each hit tworun homers to make sure Estrada’s effort was not in vain as Toronto finally figured out a way to beat Rays starter Chris Archer. Estrada (7-5) held Tampa to three hits with no walks and five strikeouts to win for the sixth time in his past eight starts. “I don’t think I located as well in the first few innings whereas as the game kept going I started locating a little better,” Estrada said. “It was just one of those days, hopefully you throw the ball down, keep it down and elevate it when you need to and then hopefully the changeup is there and the defence was great today.” Estrada has had previous success against the Rays. He took a perfect game into the eighth against them on June 24, but didn’t factor in the decision. Logan Forsythe’s single with one out in the eighth was Estrada’s first runner since the third inning. Archer (9-7) allowed five hits, one walk and two runs while striking out six.
SOCCER
NY Yankees
Seattle 000 010 000 1 NY Yankees 000 001 01x 2 SB: SEA Ackley (2, 3rd base off Wilson, J/McCann, B). 2B: NYY Headley (13, Hernandez, F). GIDP: SEA Trumbo; NYY Teixeira. HR: NYY Teixeira (23, 8th inning off Rodney, 0 on, 2 out). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO F Hernandez 6.0 5 1 1 3 5 F Rodney (L, 2-4) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0 NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO C Sabathia 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 J Wilson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 D Betances (W, 6-2) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 A Miller 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 2:45. Att: 42,926. Tampa Bay 000 000 000 0 4 0 Toronto 000 020 02x 4 6 0 W: M. Estrada (7-5) L: C. Archer (9-7) HR: TB- None TOR- C. Colabello (9), J. Bautista (19)
West Coast League East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Victoria Cowlitz Kitsap
W 24 20 18 15 W 28 6 7 3 W 20 17 10 13
L 12 16 18 21 L 8 9 14 12 L 10 19 14 23
PCT .667 .556 .500 .417 PCT .778 .400 .333 .200 PCT .667 .472 .417 .361
GB 4 6 9 GB 6 10 9.5 GB 7 6 11
Strk W2 W2 W2 L2 Strk L2 L1 L1 L1 Strk L1 L3 L1 L1
Saturday’s results Kelowna 1, Wenatchee 0 Walla Walla 6, Bend 2 Bellingham 6, Victoria 2 Medford 4, Kitsap 1 Yakima Valley 4, Corvallis 3 (11 innings) Klamath Falls 9, Cowlitz 2 Yesterday’s results No games scheduled, All-Star break Exhibition (WCL-BCPBL) Victoria 11, Nanaimo 10 Today’s All-Star schedule Joe Martin Field, Bellingham Home Run Derby, 5:30 p.m. First pitch, 7:05 p.m. Team rosters North Manager, Jeff James, Bellingham Bells C- Bronson Larsen (BYU), Bellingham C- Brandon Oliver (Cypress College), Kelowna 1B- Andrew Reichenbach (George Fox), Bellingham 1B- Max Carter (Cal State Bakersfield), Kelowna 2B- Parker Coss (UC Irvine), Walla Walla SS- Dustin Breshears (Gonzaga), Bellingham 3B- Hunter Villanueva (Fresno Pacific), Kelowna OF- Aaron Stoosma (Liberty), Bellingham OF- Justin Flores (Cal State Monterey Bay), Kelowna OF- Sheldon Liikala (Community Colleges of Spokane), Wenatchee OF- Jace Van De Brake (Gonzaga), Yakima Valley OF- Kyle Nixon (San Francisco), Walla Walla P- Andrew Kemmerer (Central Arkansas), Bellingham P- Justin Calomeni (Cal Poly), Bellingham P- Dominic Topoozian (Fresno State), Victoria P- Jayse Bannister (Holy Names), Kelowna P- Hunter Wells (Gonzaga), Wenatchee P- Darrion Simons (Yakima Valley CC), Yakima Valley P- Wyatt Mills (Gonzaga), Yakima Valley P- Easton Lucas (Pepperdine), Walla Walla P- Micah Gorman (VMI), Walla Walla South Manager, Brooke Knight, Corvallis Knights C- Louis Wolf (Mt. Hood CC), Bend C- Gunner Pollman (Sacramento State), Klamath Falls 1B- Jake Scudder (Iowa Western CC), Kitsap 1B- Louis Archibald (Lower Columbia College), Cowlitz 2B- West Tunnell (Baylor), Bend SS- Cadyn Grenier (Bishop Gorman HS/ Oregon State in 2016), Bend 3B- Tyler Davis (Northwest Nazarene), Bend OF- Ryan Aquilar (Arizona), Cowlitz OF- Dan Mayer (University of the Pacific), Medford OF- Derron Davis (McCook CC), Medford OF- Cooper Hummell (Portland), Bend OF- Christian Cavaness (Lindenwood), Bend P- Adam Cline (Columbia), Kitsap P- Nate Simmons (St. Mary’s), Kitsap P- Joe Balfour (Mt. Hood CC), Cowlitz P- Lars Rider (Central Washington), Cowlitz P- Callahan Neely (Linfield), Cowlitz P- Slater Lee (Cal Poly), Corvallis P- Patrick McGuff (Morehead State), Bend P- Jordan Wilcox (Portland), Bend P- Mickey Walker (McNary HS/St. Martin’s in 2016), Klamath Falls Tuesday, July 21 Cowlitz at Corvallis, 6:35 p.m. Wenatchee at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Medford at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Kelowna at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Bend at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.
B.C. Premier League Team North Shore Vic Eagles Nanaimo Langley Okanagan Whalley North Delta Abbotsford Coquitlam White Rock Vic Mariners Parksville
W 34 31 27 28 24 21 21 18 16 16 14 10
L 10 12 15 16 20 22 23 24 27 28 29 34
Pct GB 0.773 0.721 2.5 0.643 6 0.636 6 0.545 10 0.488 12.5 0.477 13 0.429 15 0.372 17.5 0.364 18 0.326 19.5 0.227 24
Yesterday’s results Okanagan 8, Victoria Mariners 2 Victoria Mariners 3, Okanagan 1 Abbotsford 3, White Rock 1 Abbotsford 6, White Rock 0 North Shore 4, Whalley 1 Whalley 8, North Shore 5 Saturday’s results North Shore 12, North Delta 4 Okanagan 2, Victoria Mariners 1 Victoria Eagles 6, Langley 2 Parksville 7, Coquitlam 5 Nanaimo at Abbotsford, Postponed to today North Shore 19, North Delta 6 (6 inn) Okanagan 12 Victoria Mariners 7 Victoria Eagles 3, Langley 1 Coquitlam 13, Parksville 12 Today’s schedule Doubleheader, 1 p.m. Nanaimo at Abbotsford
PAN-AM GAMES
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015 Quarterfinals Yesterday’s results at East Rutherford, New Jersey Trinidad 1 (5), Panama (6) 1 (penalties) Mexico 1, Costa Rica 0 (extra time) Saturday’s results at Baltimore, Maryland United States 6, Cuba 0 Jamaica 1, Haiti 0 Semifinals Wednesday, July 22 at Atlanta, Georgia Game 1, 3 p.m. Game 2, 6 p.m. Third place Saturday, July 25, 1 p.m. at Chester, Pennsylvania Final Sunday, July 26, 4:30 p.m. at Philadelphia
Rank/Country Gold Sil Bro 1 United States 59 53 48 2 Canada 54 48 40 3 Brazil 30 28 41 4 Colombia 24 8 22 5 Cuba 23 18 26 6 Mexico 13 20 28 7 Argentina 10 20 19 8 Guatemala 6 0 2 9 Ecuador 4 8 11 10 Chile 4 4 9 11 Venezuela 3 13 9 12 Peru 2 3 5 13 Dominican Rep. 1 3 6 14 Puerto Rico 1 0 7 15 Bahamas 1 0 1 16 Trinidad 0 1 1 17 Honduras 0 1 0 Jamaica 0 1 0 Panama 0 1 0 Uruguay 0 1 0 21 Paraguay 0 0 2 22 Bermuda 0 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 1
Tot 160 142 99 54 67 61 49 8 23 17 25 10 10 8 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Yesterday’s Canadian highlights G=Gold S=Silver B=Bronze
MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP W DC United 35 22 10 Columbus 30 21 8 NY Red Bulls 29 19 8 Toronto 27 18 8 N. England 27 22 7 Orlando 24 20 6 Philadelphia 22 21 6 Montreal 21 17 6 NY City FC 21 20 5 Chicago 18 19 5 Western League Club PTS GP W Dallas 35 20 10 Los Angeles 34 22 9 Vancouver 33 21 10 Sporting KC 33 18 9 Seattle 32 21 10 Portland 32 21 9 Salt Lake 26 21 6 San Jose 25 19 7 Houston 24 20 6 Colorado 24 20 5 Yesterday’s result Columbus 3, Chicago 1
L 7 7 6 7 9 8 11 8 9 11
T 5 6 5 3 6 6 4 3 6 3
GF GA 24 20 31 30 29 23 28 28 27 33 23 26 26 34 24 27 24 28 20 28
L 5 6 8 3 9 7 7 8 8 6
T 5 7 3 6 2 5 8 4 6 9
GF GA 28 24 36 25 24 21 28 18 25 20 23 24 21 26 21 24 24 26 18 19
Saturday’s results Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1 N. England 1, NY City FC 0 NY Red Bulls 2, Orlando 0 Sporting KC 2, Montreal 1 Dallas 2, DC United 1 Colorado 1, Seattle 0 Salt Lake 2, Houston 0 Vancouver 1, Portland 1
U.S. Open Cup Tuesday, July 21 NY Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Sporting KC vs. Houston, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 Chicago vs. Orlando, 5:30 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League Final standings WDL 11 2 3 8 61 9 23 7 35 5 74 6 26 2 67 3 19 0 3 13
Athletics - Men’s 20km Walk G- Evan Dunfee, Canada S- Inaki Gomez, Canada B- Caio Bonfim, Brazil Baseball - Men G- Canada S- United States B-Cuba Canoeing Slalom Canoe (C1) Men G- Casey Eichfel, United States S- Cameron Smedley, Canada B- Felipe Da Silva, Brazil Canoe (C1) Women G- Ana Satila, Brazil S- Colleen Hickey, United States B- Haley Daniels, Canada Canoeing Slalom Kayak (K1) Men G- Michael Smolen, United States S- Pedro Da Silva, Brazil B- Ben Hayward, Canada Canoeing Slalom Kayak (K1) Women G- Jazmyne Denhollander, Canada S- Ana Satila, Brazil B- Ashley Nee, United States
Friday, July 24 Sporting KC at Salt Lake, 8 p.m.
Vancouver Utd Victoria Mid Isle Khalsa Van Tbirds Kamloops Abbotsford Tim Hortons FC Tigers
Toronto, July 10-26
GF GA Pts 41 19 35 33 17 30 23 14 29 32 23 24 31 24 22 23 25 20 16 23 11 23 40 10 16 53 3
Today’s schedule Mid Isle 1, Abbotsford 0 (forfeit) Tim Hortons at Kamloops, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 19 Victoria at Mid Isle, 2 p.m. Kamloops at Tim Hortons, 3 p.m. Playoff semifinals Saturday, July 25 Vancouver United vs Khalsa SC, 1 p.m. Victoria vs. Mid Isle Mariners, 3:30 p.m. League championship match Sunday, July 26, 1 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)
Cycling Track - Men’s Keirin G- Fabian H. Puerta Zapata, Colombia S- Vera Hersony Canelon, Venezuela B- Hugo Barrette, Canada Equestrian - Eventing Individual G- Marilyn Little , United States S- Jessica Phoenix , Canada B- Fonseca Ruy, Brazil Equestrian - Eventing Team G- United States S- Brazil B- Canada Gymnastics Trampoline Men’s Individual G- Keegan Soehn, Canada S- Steven Gluckstein, United States B- Angel Hernande, Colombia Gymnastics Trampoline Women’s Individual G- Rosannagh MacLennan, Canada S- Dafne Navarro Loza, Mexico B- Karen Cockburn, Canada Sailing - Open J-24 G- Argentina S- Canada B- Chile Open Sunfish G- Ecuador S- Canada B- Chile
Yesterday’s ride: Stage 15 - Pau to Cauterets-Vallee de Saint-Savin, 188km, high point of the Pyrenees, short climb to Cauterets. Yesterday’s results 1 Andre Greipel (GER/LOT) 3h56min 35sec (average: 46.4 kph) 2 John Degenkolb (GER/GIA) at 0:00 3 Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) 0:00 4 Peter Sagan (SVK/TIN) 0:00 5 E. Boasson Hagen (NOR/MTN) 0:00 6 R. Navardauskas (LTU/CAN) 0:00 7 Christophe Laporte (FRA/COF) 0:00 8 Michael Matthews (AUS/ORI) 0:00 9 Davide Cimolai (ITA/LAM) 0:00 10 Florian Vachon (FRA/BSE) 0:00 11 Jarlinson Pantano (COL/IAM) 0:00 12 Jan Bakelants (BEL/ALM) 0:00 13 Paul Voss (GER/BOA) 0:00 14 Paul Martens (GER/LNL) 0:00 15 Bryan Coquard (FRA/EUC) 0:00 16 Julien Vermote (BEL/ETI) 0:00 17 Brice Feillu (FRA/BSE) 0:00 18 Gregory Rast (SUI/TRE) 0:00 19 Kristjan Koren (SLO/CAN) 0:00 20 Serge Pauwels (BEL/MTN) 0:00 21 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL/BMC) 0:00 22 Jan Bárta (CZE/BOA) 0:00 23 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 0:00 24 Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 0:00 25 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 0:00 Canadian riders 107 Svein Tuft, 3:47 144 Ryder Hesjedal, 5:26
LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Playoffs Series are best-of-5 *=if necessary Wednesday’s result (Game 3) Coquitlam 11, New Westminster 8 (OT) Coquitlam sweeps series 3-0 Saturday’s result (Game 3) Delta 11, Victoria 7 Delta sweeps series 3-0
Overall standings after Stage 15 Canadian riders 51 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 1:33:50 174 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEDGE, 2:49:56 1 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 59hr 58:54 2 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) at 3min 10sec 3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 3:32 4 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4:02 5 Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 4:23 6 Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 4:54 7 Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 6:23 8 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 8:17 9 Tony Gallopin (FRA/LOT) 8:23 10 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 8:53 11 Warren Barguil (FRA/GIA) 11:03 12 Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 13:10 13 Mathias Frank (SUI/IAM) 13:26 14 Samuel Sanchez (ESP/BMC) 14:21 15 Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 14:58 16 Andrew Talansky (USA/CAN) 22:18 17 Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 30:57 18 Jarlinson Pantano (COL/IAM) 34:44 19 Jakob D Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 35:26 20 Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA/ALM) 35:32 21 Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 36:06 22 Gorka Izagirre (ESP/MOV) 37:46 23 Roman Kreuziger (CZE/TIN) 38:37
Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 15 New Westminster 15 Maple Ridge 15 Langley 15 Burnaby 13 Coquitlam 14 Nanaimo 15
Current tournaments Major - British Open The Open Championship aka British Open. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, the Old Course. Par 72, 6,721 yards. Purse: $9,200,000. 2014 champion: Rory McIlroy Leaderboard - Round 3 Final round this morning. Graham Delaet, the remaining Canadian golfer, tees off at 2:40 a.m. Golfer Par R1R2R3 T1 Louis Oosthuizen -12 67 70 67 T1 Paul Dunne -12 69 69 66 T1 Jason Day -12 66 71 67 4 Jordan Spieth -11 67 72 66 5 Padraig Harrington -10 72 69 65 T6 Marc Leishman -9 70 73 64 T6 Jordan Niebrugge -9 67 73 67 T6 Sergio Garcia -9 70 69 68 T6 Justin Rose -9 71 68 68 T6 Retief Goosen -9 66 72 69 T6 Robert Streb -9 66 71 70 T6 Zach Johnson -9 66 71 70 T6 Adam Scott -9 70 67 70 T6 Danny Willett -9 66 69 72 T15 Eddie Pepperell -8 72 70 66 T15 Charl Schwartzel -8 67 72 69 T15 Steven Bowditch -8 70 69 69 T18 Rickie Fowler -7 72 71 66 T18 Patrick Reed -7 72 70 67 T18 Ryan Palmer -7 71 71 67 T18 Stewart Cink -7 70 71 68 T18 Anthony Wall -7 70 71 68 T18 Hideki Matsuyama -7 72 66 71 T18 Marc Warren -7 68 69 72 T18 Dustin Johnson -7 65 69 75 T26 Jim Furyk -6 73 71 66 T26 Ashley Chesters -6 71 72 67 T26 Greg Chalmers -6 70 71 69 T26 Brooks Koepka -6 71 70 69 T26 Matt Jones -6 68 73 69 T26 Anirban Lahiri -6 69 70 71 T26 Paul Lawrie -6 66 70 74 T33 David Duval -5 72 72 67 T33 Hunter Mahan -5 72 72 67 T33 Jason Dufner -5 73 71 67 T33 Ben Martin -5 74 70 67 T33 Marcus Fraser -5 74 69 68 T33 Andy Sullivan -5 72 71 68 T33 David Lingmerth -5 69 72 70 T33 Martin Kaymer -5 71 70 70 T33 Webb Simpson -5 70 70 71 T33 Jimmy Walker -5 72 68 71 T33 Geoff Ogilvy -5 71 68 72 T33 Luke Donald -5 68 70 73 T45 John Senden -4 72 72 68 T45 Graham DeLaet -4 71 73 68 T45 Rafael C Bello -4 71 73 68 T45 Harris English -4 71 72 69 T45 Kevin Na -4 67 75 70 T45 Ollie Schniederjans -4 70 72 70 T45 James Morrison -4 71 71 70 T45 Phil Mickelson -4 70 72 70 T45 David Lipsky -4 73 69 70 T45 Romain Langasque -4 69 72 71 T45 Greg Owen -4 68 73 71 T45 Russell Henley -4 74 66 72 T57 Lee Westwood -3 71 73 69 T57 Ernie Els -3 71 73 69 T57 Brendon Todd -3 71 73 69 T57 Thongchai Jaidee -3 72 71 70 T57 Richie Ramsay -3 72 71 70 T57 Brett Rumford -3 71 71 71 T57 Gary Woodland -3 72 70 71 T64 Graeme McDowell -2 72 72 70 T64 Matt Kuchar -2 71 73 70 T64 Jamie Donaldson -2 72 71 71 T64 Henrik Stenson -2 73 70 71 T64 David Howell -2 68 73 73 T64 Branden Grace -2 69 72 73 T70 Billy Horschel -1 73 71 71 T70 Bernd Wiesberger -1 72 72 71 T70 Mark O’Meara -1 72 72 71 T70 Cameron Tringale -1 71 71 73 T74 Ross Fisher E 71 73 72 T74 Thomas Aiken E 75 69 72 T74 Francesco Molinari E 72 71 73 T74 Paul Casey E 70 71 75 T78 Scott Arnold +1 71 73 73 T78 Bernhard Langer +1 74 70 73 T78 Ryan Fox +1 72 69 76 Missed cut (E) 107 David Hearn +3 74 73
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Playoff schedule TBA Today’s schedule: Stage 16: Bourg de Peage to Gap, 201km, over the tricky Col de Manse with precipitous descent to the foothills of the Alps, 745 metres. Tuesday, July 21: Rest day
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Yesterday’s result Nanaimo 9, Maple Ridge 8 Saturday’s result Burnaby at Coquitlam, 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 21 New Westminster vs. Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m.
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NASCAR Camping World RV Sales 301 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire. Lap length: 1.058 miles Yesterday’s results (Start position in parentheses) 1 (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, $271,031 2 (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, $214,416 3 (12) Kevin Harvick, Chev, $184,550 4 (2) Joey Logano, Ford, $161,258 5 (19) Dale Jr., Chev, $127,600 6 (8) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $144,026 7 (1) Carl Edwards, Toyota, $107,315 8 (24) Austin Dillon, Chev, $137,601 9 (23) Jeff Gordon, Chev, $137,901 10 (6) Kurt Busch, Chev, $107,415 11 (26) Ryan Newman, Chev, $124,590 12 (15) Martin Truex Jr., Chev, $117,485 13 (22) Allmendinger, Chev, $121,898 14 (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, $102,615 15 (29) Aric Almirola, Ford, $125,251 16 (21) Casey Mears, Chev, $111,548 17 (32) R Stenhouse Jr., Ford, $95,515 18 (3) David Ragan, Toyota, $115,309 19 (9) Kasey Kahne, Chev, $100,590 20 (25) Tony Stewart, Chev, $113,804 Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 108.504 mph Time of Race: 2 hours, 56:06 Margin of Victory: Under Caution Caution Flags: 7 for 34 laps Lead Changes: 9 among 7 drivers Next week’s race
Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, July 26, 5 a.m. Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary. Track length 4.381 km (2.722 miles), 16 turns Qualifying Saturday, July 25, 5 a.m.
Barbasol Championship (inaugural), July 16-19 Robert Trent Jones at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama. Par 72, 7,139 yards. Purse: $3,500,000 Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1R2R3R4 1 Scott Piercy -19 69 66 65 65 2 Will Wilcox -16 66 70 65 67 T3 Robby Shelton(a) -14 68 69 66 67 T3 Whee Kim -14 67 66 68 69 T3 Ricky Barnes -14 67 68 65 70 T6 Andrew Loupe -13 68 70 68 65 T6 Boo Weekley -13 67 69 68 67 T6 Austin Cook -13 69 70 65 67 T6 Mark Hensby -13 69 64 68 70 T10 Andres Romero -12 71 64 69 68 T10 Aaron Baddeley -12 69 72 64 67 T10 Blayne Barber -12 69 67 68 68 T10 Johnson Wagner -12 69 68 66 69 T10 Vaughn Taylor -12 71 69 63 69 T10 Emiliano Grillo -12 68 66 67 71 T16 Tom Hoge -11 68 71 69 65 T16 Scott Langley -11 72 67 69 65 T16 Jason Gore -11 65 73 63 72 T19 Martin Flores -10 66 74 68 66 T19 David Toms -10 69 66 72 67 T19 Jonathan Byrd -10 68 69 69 68 T19 Martin Piller -10 69 66 70 69 T23 Roberto Castro -9 69 70 69 67 T23 Duffy Waldorf -9 72 69 67 67 T23 J.J. Henry -9 68 67 71 69 T23 Ryo Ishikawa -9 68 69 69 69 T23 Alex Prugh -9 72 68 66 69 T23 Steven Alker -9 69 72 65 69 T23 Ken Duke -9 68 68 69 70 T23 Alex Cejka -9 69 66 69 71 T23 Kyle Stanley -9 70 67 67 71 Canadian result T48 Roger Sloan -5 71 69 68 71
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 Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1R2R3R4 1 JJ Spaun -18 67 67 69 67 2 Nicholas Reach -17 71 64 71 65 3 *Corey Conners -16 67 65 70 70 T4 Logan McCracken -15 68 69 67 69 T4 Clayton Rask -15 65 67 70 71 T4 David McKenzie -15 66 69 67 71 7 Stephen Carney -14 68 66 71 69 8 Vince Covello -13 68 69 68 70 T9 Dillon Rust -12 71 65 71 69 T9 David Pastore -12 66 72 68 70 T9 Robert Karlsson -12 67 69 68 72 T9 Cameron Peck -12 69 69 66 72 T9 Chase Marinell -12 66 68 68 74 T14 Julien Brun -11 68 68 70 71 T14 Mike Van Sickle -11 68 65 70 74 T16 Brady Watt -10 70 71 69 68 T16 Jason Millard -10 66 68 73 71 T16 Bo Hoag -10 70 70 68 70 T16 *Riley Fleming -10 69 66 72 71 T16 Krister Eriksson -10 73 62 72 71 T16 *Seann Harlingten -10 68 66 72 72 T16 Curtis Reed -10 72 66 68 72 T16 *Albin Choi -10 68 67 70 73 T16 Ted Smith -10 70 67 68 73 T16 Wade Binfield -10 66 70 68 74
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 Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1R2R3R4 1 Chella Choi -14 73 66 65 66 (Won in playoff) 2 Ha Na Jang -14 66 67 69 68 T3 Shanshan Feng -13 69 67 68 67 T3 Lydia Ko -13 71 66 67 67 T5 Q Baek -11 68 67 68 70 T5 Hyo-Joo Kim -11 71 68 67 67 Golf continued next column
Golf (Cont’d) LPGA: inal leaderboard (cont’d) Golfer Par R1R2R3R4 T5 Brittany Lang -11 68 71 66 68 T8 Azahara Munoz -10 73 68 68 65 T8 Inbee Park -10 70 67 67 70 T8 Angela Stanford -10 68 68 69 69 T11 Austin Ernst -9 70 68 66 71 T11 Cristie Kerr -9 69 72 69 65 T11 Haru Nomura -9 71 69 67 68 T14 Kim Kaufman -8 71 68 71 66 T14 Sei-Young Kim -8 68 70 69 69 T14 Stacy Lewis -8 71 68 69 68 T14 So Yeon Ryu -8 72 69 67 68 T18 Jaye Marie Green -7 69 70 68 70 T18 Mi Hyang Lee -7 71 68 68 70 T18 Jenny Shin -7 68 73 66 70 T18 Lexi Thompson -7 72 67 71 67 T22 Alena Sharp Hamilton, Ont. -6 68 70 67 73 T22 Amy Anderson -6 68 74 71 65 T22 Moriya Jutanugarn -6 71 66 69 72 T22 Danielle Kang -6 72 71 67 68 T22 Minjee Lee -6 69 72 69 68 T22 Mo Martin -6 72 68 70 68 T22 Lee-Anne Pace -6 67 70 69 72 T22 Dewi Claire Schreefel -6 68 68 69 73 T22 Yani Tseng -6 71 65 71 71 T22 Sakura Yokomine -6 72 68 71 67
Web.com Tour Stonebrae Classic, July 16-19 TPC Stonebrae, Hayward, California. Par 72, 7,200 yards. Purse: $600,000. 2014 champion: Tony Finau Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1R2R3R4 1 Si Woo Kim -12 66 65 69 68 T2 Wes Roach -12 66 65 69 68 T2 Jamie Lovemark -12 65 66 69 68 T4 Trey Mullinax -11 68 68 67 66 T4 Matt Davidson -11 65 70 66 68 T6 Cody Gribble -10 69 67 68 66 T6 Tyler Duncan -10 65 68 70 67 T6 Brad Fritsch Manotick, Ont. -10 72 66 65 67 T6 Rhein Gibson -10 67 68 67 68 T10 Kyle Thompson -9 68 69 70 64 T10 Joel Dahmen -9 67 71 67 66 T10 Scott Parel -9 73 65 67 66 T10 Nicholas Lindheim -9 66 64 73 68 T10 Ben Kohles -9 67 66 68 70 T10 Julian Etulain -9 69 66 66 70 T16 Timothy Madigan -8 69 68 68 67 T16 Lucas Lee -8 66 68 69 69 T18 Rick Lamb -7 69 65 73 66 T18 T.J. Vogel -7 68 71 68 66 T18 Brock Mackenzie -7 68 67 71 67 T18 Kevin Foley -7 70 68 68 67 T18 Andrew Yun -7 69 69 68 67 T18 Ryan Spears -7 70 69 65 69 T18 Frank Lickliter II -7 68 67 68 70 T18 John Chin -7 67 66 69 71 T18 Travis Bertoni -7 66 67 68 72 T27 Adam Long -6 69 67 73 65 T27 Casey Wittenberg -6 69 67 71 67 T27 Alex Aragon -6 67 69 71 67
TENNIS Davis Cup Quarterfinals To Sunday, July 19 Belgium 5, Canada 0 (details below) Argentina vs. Serbia at Buenos Aires Argentina 4, Serbia 1 Australia vs Kazakhstan at Darwin Australia 3, Kazakhstan 2 Great Britain vs. France at The Queen’s Club, London. Britain 3, France 1 Belgium vs. Canada Sportpark Krokodiel, Middelkerke (Ostend), Belgium. Surface: Clay (red clay) Outdoor 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 Friday’s results (Singles) Darcis def Dancevic 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-3 Goffin def Peliwo 6-4 6-4 6-2 Saturday’s result (Doubles) Bemelmans and Coppejans def. Nestor and Shamasdin, 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-3 Sunday’s results (Reverse singles) Coppejans def. Dancevic 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 Darcis def. Peliwo 6-4, 6-3 Last week’s tournaments
ATP Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, July 13-19 Newport, Rhode Island. Surface: Outdoor, grass. Purse: $549,230 Singles - Final Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Ivo Karlovic (2), Croatia, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-6 (2). Doubles - Final Jonathan Marray, Britain, and AisamUl-Haq Qureshi (3), Pakistan, def. Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Mate Pavic, Croatia, 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.
WTA Bucharest Open, July 13-19 Bucharest, Romania Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Final Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (7), Slovakia, def. Sara Errani (1), Italy, 7-6 (3), 6-3.. Doubles - Final Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Demi Schuurs (4), Netherlands, def. Andreea Mitu, Romania, and Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, 6-2, 6-2. Collector Swedish Open, July 13-19 Bastad, Sweden Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Final Johanna Larsson (7), Sweden, def. Mona Barthel (4), Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Doubles - Final Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson (4), Sweden, def. Tatjana Maria, Germany, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-4. Next week’s tournaments
ATP Claro Open Colombia July 20-26, Bogota, Colombia Surface: Outdoor, Hard. Prize Money: $768,915. Skistar Swedish Open July 20-26, Bastad, Sweden Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Prize Money: €494,310 Konzum Croatia Open Umag Umag July 20-26, Umag, Croatia Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Prize Money: €494,310
WTA Nurnberger Gasteinladies 2015 July 20-26, Bad Gastein, Austria. Surface: Clay. Prize Money: $226,750 Paribas Istanbul Cup July 20-26, Istanbul, Turkey. Surface: Hard. Prize Money: $226,750
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
MONDAY, JULY 20, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
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WORD FIND
Par Dealer: South Both vulnerable NORTH ♠QJ8 ♥753 ♦QJ103 ♣J82 WEST EAST ♠5 ♠97642 ♥64 ♥1082 ♦A98742 ♦5 ♣A964 ♣Q1053 SOUTH ♠AK103 ♥AKQJ9 ♦K6 ♣K7 W N E S 2♣ Pass 2♦* Pass 2♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass * waiting Opening Lead: ♦A i d ih i
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SOLUTION: ALL THE WAYS TO GO
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est continued with a suit preference diamond deuce despite declarer’s play of the king. Partner would have played the six from the 6-5 doubleton. East ruffed to return the club three but South guessed to play low, N-S +620. If West begins with the singleton spade, declarer will draw trump and place the king ofdiamondsonthetable.West wins and must cash the club ace or he will lose it. North’s two diamond response was waiting and the subsequent leap to game revealed a smattering of values but denied an ace or a king. South was, therefore, content to play in the major suit game. 3NT declared by South will yield eleven tricks when West leads a diamond or perhaps twelve if he fails to cash the club ace after winning the ace of diamonds. A fourth best club would hold South to ten tricks but the nine-trick game would rarely be reached. If North bids three hearts at his second turn, this action might convince South to launch into Blackwood since partner has promised values that include an ace or a king. In this scenario, South will suffer defeat when West again elects to start with the ace of diamonds and delivers the ruff at trick two. South would have to rebid 2NT over two diamonds for the partnership to have a chance of landing in 3NT. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca
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PAN AM GAMES
In the midst of an Open chase, Canadian men beat Spieth embraces the moment U.S. to Twenty-one-year-old is looking to win the ďŹ rst modern grand slam Tim Dahlberg The Associated Press
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ordan Spieth was coming off three straight birdies when he trotted off the 13th tee, heading straight to a portable toilet reserved for players only. Kicking the door playfully, yet firmly, it popped open. His surprised caddie quickly popped out, clearing the way for the boss to go in. Nothing, it seems, gets in the way of this kid when he wants something. And right now there’s nothing Spieth wants more than his name on the claret jug that goes to the British Open winner. His 6-under 66 Sunday didn’t crown a new Open champion, or give him the modern Grand Slam no one has ever won. There’s still a day to go on the Old Course, and a PGA Championship to be played before we start talking about Spieth in terms of golf history, or perhaps even golf immortality. But on Monday he’ll play for a third straight major championship win at the tender age of 21. Judging from recent history, there’s no reason to think he won’t get it done. Not after an impeccable back nine that pulled him to within a shot of the lead. Not when he’s so coolly confident that he’s embracing the idea of what might be instead of worrying about the magnitude of what it would be. “I’d like to have a chance to do something nobody has ever done,� Spieth said. “To be able to try and
Jordan Spieth plays from the 17th tee during the third round at the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
go into the last major and accomplish something that’s never been done in our sport is something that only comes around to a couple people ever. I’d like to be one of those people to have that happen.� He’s Tiger Woods without the hysteria of Tigermania, and he’s now on the verge of doing something even Woods wasn’t able to do. The run Spieth is on is so special it brings back memories of Woods in 2000-01 when he held all four major championships — thought not in the same year — in what became known as the Tiger Slam. Look at him, and he seems as non-descript as any other young player in what has become a homogenous game. Look closer, and he burns with the fire that only the greats can somehow find a way to channel. Spieth won the Masters after leading from almost the moment he stepped on the first tee, then added
the U.S. Open when Dustin Johnson 3-putted the last hole. He’s not about to be overcome by the moment on Monday, something that those in front of him may not be able to honestly say. “Right now I feel even more calm than the Open, when I was certainly feeling better than the Masters,� Spieth said. “I just think I have a little more experience in this position than I did.� That experience showed when Spieth 3-putted from off the green on the ninth hole for a bogey that pretty much ruined any positive feelings he had about his front nine. He was so upset that he went over and punched his golf bag in anger. Woods used to do the same kind of thing when he needed to refocus. Woods also used to do the kind of thing Spieth did next — reel off birdies on the next three holes. “Walking off of nine green was as frustrated as
I’ve been in a tournament other than off of 14 yesterday morning,� Spieth said. “I don’t normally ever display frustration. I did both times.� By the time he got to the 18th hole, Spieth was in a much better mood. He and Sergio Garcia shared a laugh when Garcia nearly played out of turn, and many in the crowd cheered when he pulled out a driver to replace his 3-wood off the tee. “Tiger who?� someone screamed out. Indeed, there was a feeling in the air that in a land of royals, this was golf’s new king. People crowded 10 deep behind the fence on the 17th to watch, while John Daly and his fiancee were among those sitting on the veranda of the Old Course hotel to catch a glimpse. Spieth will go out Monday a stroke behind three players, including Louis Oosthuizen, who won the Open the last time it was held here in 2010. He’ll do it knowing he has stood up under pressure in major championships while not all those around him have. “There’s really no downside,� Spieth said. “If we have a chance to win and we don’t execute tomorrow, then we’re going to be OK. And with that attitude, it actually frees me up a little bit to say I can take these extra chances. Maybe just a little more comfort tonight in my sleep.� Sleep shouldn’t be a problem for Spieth, who after a late arrival this week — he was busy last Sunday winning the John Deere Classic — has finally adjusted to the time zone. It’s the other players who might toss and turn all night long knowing he’s in position to win once again.
take gold MELISSA COUTO THE CANADIAN PRESS
AJAX, Ont. — A botched pick off and two American errors in the bottom of the 10th led to two runs as Canada’s men’s baseball team edged the United States 7-6 on Sunday to defend its Pan American baseball title. U.S. pitcher David Huff tried to pick off Pete Orr at first base, but his throw went into right field to score Skyler Stromsmoe. The right-fielder’s throw to third then went wide, allowing Orr to score the winning run as the Canadians beat the Americans for Pan Am gold for the second straight Games. The international tie-breaker was put in place in extra innings, meaning each team begins the frame with runners on first and second. The U.S. had taken a 6-4 lead in the top of the 10th with Tyler Pastornicky’s two-run single off Chris Leroux. Orr cut the deficit to 6-5 when his single off Huff scored Tyson Gillies. Rene Tosoni hit a three-run shot for Canada and Jordan Lennerton had a sacrifice fly for his team-leading ninth run batted in of the tournament.
Raptors guard lauded for summer play THE CANADIAN PRESS
Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been named to the All-NBA Summer League 2015 First Team. The NBA made the announcement on Sunday after Powell was selected by a panel of media members. Powell, sixfoot-four 215 pounds, averaged 18.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 25.5 minutes in four outings. He shot .509 from the field and .444 from three-point range.
DIVERSIONS/ENTERTAINMENT HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’ll feel as if you can handle whatever heads your way. You could be feeling this way all day long, so make the most of it. You likely will be greeted by the unexpected. You will see many fast changes when you go in a new direction. Tonight: Take time to chat with a pal. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your creativity encourages you to head down a new path. This new vision is the result of being able to detach. In the next few months, you will see a change in your romantic life. As a result, you will be much happier. Tonight: Add more spice to your life. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You will appreciate some downtime, even if those around you don’t encourage that kind of behaviour. You will open up
and be more creative once you get some much-needed personal time. Use caution with money matters. Tonight: Let the party go on and on. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Keep reaching out to someone at a distance. How you handle a certain situation could be much more effective if you detach, ask questions and are willing to re-evaluate your perspective about a key person in your life. Tonight: Catch up with a neighbor who has news to share. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Use caution with your finances, and you will avoid trouble. Your sense of humor comes into play when dealing with someone unpredictable who is full of light and energy. Understand what is happening behind the scenes, and move forward. Tonight: Balance your checkbook. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Relate directly to someone you care about. This person will be delighted to have your time and attention. In general, reactions
Let your neighbours have their odd habits Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: My wife and I are lucky to live near the friendliest, most helpful neighbours we could ask for. They are a middle-aged European couple who moved to North America two years ago. Here’s the problem. They have a swimming pool in their backyard, and when they use it, they do not wear swimsuits. I assume they are just doing what is normal in their native country. When I am outside, I simply try to look the other way and ignore them. However, when they see me or my wife, they almost always call out to say hello and start a conversation. My wife is not bothered by it, and will go over and talk with them. However, I’m not so comfortable. Generally, I wave and go back into the house until they are out of the pool. My wife says I am overreacting, but I don’t think I should be uncomfortable in my own yard. She does not want to put up a fence, as she thinks it would be unsightly and unwelcoming. Can you help? -Neighbours of Lord and Lady Godiva Dear Neighbours: You cannot stop the folks next door from sunbathing nude unless there are restrictions in your town. You also should not be reluctant to use your own yard when the neighbors are out. The solution truly is a fence or perhaps shrubbery that would allow each of you to have more privacy. There is nothing unwelcoming or unsightly about nice bushes, plants or flowers. Unless, of course, your wife likes to look more than she is willing to admit.
Dear Annie: Why do some people insist on arriving late for family dinners? My husband and I are great-grandparents with the only home large enough to host the entire family. We wake up early enough to set up and cook, and I set the time that seems most convenient for our family members. When there is a football game in the evening, I set the dinner for noon. When there is early morning rain, I set the time for late afternoon. When asked if we can set a specific hour, I always agree. On Memorial Day, I told everyone to be here at 1 p.m. Ten people were here waiting, and the last two came in 45 minutes later. We didn’t sit down to eat until after 2. This is awkward for everyone, but especially for young children who are hungry, seniors who haven’t eaten since early morning, and one family member who is diabetic and needs to time her insulin. Why is it no longer polite to be punctual? – Late Arrivals Dear Late: It is still polite to be punctual, but some folks are simply inconsiderate. If there is only one couple that does this regularly, feel free to tell them that the festivities start an hour earlier than you tell everyone else. Otherwise, here’s how it works for chronically late family members: Set the time, and when that time arrives, sit down and start eating. Those who show up late can be told to find leftovers in the kitchen or join you for dessert. They will either accommodate themselves or make a greater effort to show up on time at the next family event. Either way, the rest of you should not be held hostage waiting for them. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
CELEBRITY
Adam Sandler says he wasn’t trying to offend native people JOHN CARUCCI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Adam Sandler feels that when audiences finally see his upcoming Netflix comedy, The Ridiculous Six” they will realize he wasn’t trying to offend anyone. The spoof takes its name from the western classic The Magnificent Seven” and pokes fun at the genre. But not everyone found it funny. Earlier this year, a group of Native American actors walked off the New Mexico film set over complaints that content in the film was offensive to their culture. The actors objected over the vile names of some of the characters, as well as a Native American woman urinating while smoking a peace pipe. “It was just a misunderstanding and once the movie is out will be cleared up,” Sandler told The Associated Press on Saturday on the red carpet for the world premiere of his new film, Pixels.
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today will shock you and send you into another dimension. Maintain a sense of humor. Don’t overthink a situation. Tonight: As you like it. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Know when you need to step back and say little. Close associates seem unpredictable. You might take someone’s comments personally and not as they were intended. Keep smiling, and know what results you desire. Life might take an interesting turn. Tonight: Make it a quiet night. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your ability to understand where a friend is coming from should be treasured by that individual. Don’t push someone too hard right now. You’ll have an opinion about what needs to happen, but so will he or she, and you might not concur. Tonight: All smiles. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You have the capability to turn a situation around if you so choose. Nevertheless, you can’t
seem to stay focused on one issue at the moment. Try to be more direct and upbeat in various areas of your life. Let go of what is difficult for now. Tonight: A must appearance. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’ll push hard to achieve certain benefits, especially in business and financial matters. Remember that emotional security also is a high priority. Listen to what is happening with a friend or associate who might be far away. Tonight: A new vision becomes possible. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A partner, friend or loved one seems to want to push you in the direction that he or she would like you to head in. If you don’t want to head down that path, speak up -- there are different paths follow. Expect a certain amount of flak. Tonight: Be a duo. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might feel out of sorts as you head in a new direction. What you think you want and
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what you actually receive could be two different things. You need to lie low, even if someone is being fussy. What happens here could be crucial to your well-being. Tonight: Say “yes.” YOUR BIRTHDAY (July 20) This year you can verbalize your thoughts and feelings more clearly than you have in the past. People respond to your efforts. You will be busier and happier than you have been in many years. The period starting mid-August could bring a lot of emotional fulfillment. If you are single, you are likely to meet someone of significance. You won’t have to go far to meet this person; it will happen naturally. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy clear and expressive communication. Schedule more dates and weekends away together. VIRGO has a precision that you lack. BORN TODAY Guitarist Carlos Santana (1947), mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary (1919), actress Sandra Oh (1971)
MOVIES
‘Ant-Man’ shows box office heft with $58M Amy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ comedy opens with $30.2M JAKE COYLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Marvel’s Ant-Man punched above its weight at the weekend box office, debuting with an estimated $58 million, while Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck also opened strongly with $30.2 million. The result for Ant-Man didn’t match some of Marvel’s better known and brawnier properties. But Ant-Man — a relatively inexpensive superhero movie with a $130 million budget — still dominated North American multiplexes, edging out the little yellow guys of Universal’s Minions, which took in $50.2 million in its second week. Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd as a slightly more irreverent and distinctly smaller superhero, came in a little below earlier stand-alone Marvel films like Thor ($65.7 million in 2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger ($65.1 million in 2011). Dave Hollis, head of distribution at Disney, credited Marvel for successfully expanding its universe both in tone and audience makeup. The movie, a more humorous heist film, appealed more to women (42 per cent of the audience) and families (28 per cent) than most Marvel releases. “Most encouragingly in this one, the exit scores we’re seeing from women — their likelihood to recommend and how much they enjoyed the film — was higher here than almost any film we’ve had,” Hollis said. “It’s a great sign for what word of mouth should be for the run, but, two, what it means for how women think about these movies being for them as much as men might.” The next question will be whether the result was strong enough to kick start an Ant-Man 2. Though Ant-Man had a rocky path to the screen, with director Peyton Reed replacing Edgar Wright shortly before shooting commenced, its CinemaScore from audiences is an A. It took in $56.4 million abroad. The opening was closest to 2008’s The Incredible Hulk ($55 million), the poorly received Edward Norton edition that didn’t spawn further installments. Rudd is already to appear as Ant-Man in Captain America: Civil War. “I say this was a success,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s senior media analyst. “This was never predestined to open with
This photo provided by Disney shows Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in a scene from Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man.’ [AP PHOTO]
$80 (million) or $100 million. Marvel continues to evolve and surprised the audience. This was about a perfectly solid result for a brand new property.” The $30.2 million opening for Schumer’s big-screen debut, Trainwreck, which the comedian also wrote, earned an estimated $30.2 million, making the R-rated Universal release one of the biggest comedy successes this summer. It’s also the second best opening for Judd Apatow as a director following Knocked Up. Already a critically acclaimed star on Comedy Central for her sketch show “Inside Amy Schumer,” Schumer’s transition to movies has drawn good reviews and opened above expectations, further showing the power of female moviegoers. The audience was two-thirds women, Universal said. “Amy Schumer is an absolute talent and should have a great career in the movies,” said Nick Carpou, distribution head for Universal. “The character that she portrays very effectively enables modern women.” Opening in just five locations was Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, starring Joaquin Phoenix
and Emma Stone. The Sony Pictures Classic release packed those theatres for an average of $37,623 per screen. The Roadside Attractions and Miramax release Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen as an aged Sherlock Holmes, debuted with $2.5 million in 363 theatres. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday: 1. Ant-Man, $58 million ($56.4 million international). 2. Minions, $50.2 million ($66.2 million international). 3. Trainwreck, $30.2 million. 4. Inside Out, $11.7 million ($21. 3 million international). 5. Jurassic World, $11.4 million ($12.3 million international). 6. Terminator Genisys, $5.4 million ($22.2 million international). 7. Magic Mike XXL, $4.5 million ($5.8 million international). 8. Gallows, $4 million ($2.1 million international). 9. Ted 2, $2.7 million ($7.5 million international). 10. Mr. Holmes, $2.5 million.
DEATH SANDLER
Sandler called The Ridiculous Six 100 per cent pro-American Indian. Produced by Sandler’s Happy Madison production company, the all-star cast includes Sandler (who also co-wrote it), Taylor Lautner, Steve Buscemi and Luke Wilson. It premieres Dec. 11 on Netflix. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
Man drowns in backyard pool owned by actress Demi Moore TAMI ABDOLLAH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — A 21-year-old man accidentally drowned in the backyard pool of a Los Angeles home owned by actress Demi Moore on Sunday morning, coroner’s officials said. Los Angeles police responded to the home in west Los Angeles after a 911 call at about 5:15 a.m.,
and the man was pronounced dead at 5:30 a.m., Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said. The name of the Los Angeles man has not been released pending notification of next of kin, said Los Angeles police Officer Mike Lopez, a department spokesman.
Lopez said Moore was not home at the time of the drowning and her assistant was having a gathering at the home with about half-a-dozen people, including the man who drowned. Representatives for Moore did not immediately respond to requests for comment. TMZ was first to report the drowning at Moore’s home.
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MUSIC
Festival marks 50 years of electric Dylan Folk singer plugged in his Fender Stratocaster for the ďŹ rst time on July 25, 1965 at Newport festival MICHELLE R. SMITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — On the night of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan strode onto a stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar and gave the music world a shock. Wearing a black leather jacket, the darling of the folk movement and singer of protest songs launched into a searing, distortion-filled, three-song electric set that brought boos from folk purists but thrilled others. Fifty years later, it’s considered one of the most important events in rock history, the high-voltage moment when Dylan broke away from folk and helped show fellow musicians the poetic possibilities of rock. The Fender Stratocaster Dylan played that night sold for nearly $1 million, the highest price ever paid for a guitar at auction. A new book out this month, “Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties,� by Elijah Wald, takes a deep look at the event. And the three-day festival, which starts Friday, is marking the anniversary with a closing-night tribute to be performed by a still-secret lineup of artists. Musicians today still take inspiration from Dylan’s performance and talk about what it means. “It’s the true American spirit to rebel against the establishment,� says Joey Burns of the indie rock band Calexico, which is performing at the festival on Friday. He calls it a “moment of turning things upside down and questioning and rebelling and being true to oneself. Dylan being true to oneself as an artist. And also reinventing oneself.� Peter Yarrow of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, who introduced Dylan that night, agrees Dylan was a poet pursuing his artistic vision. But he says Dylan’s going electric had a different meaning back then for those in the folk world, which was deeply concerned with social causes such as civil rights. Until then, they thought Dylan, who
Bob Dylan first plugged in an electric guitar for a live show 50 years ago. [AP PHOTO]
wrote Blowin’ in the Wind, and A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, was, too. “The audience cared so much about his music and its meaning in the world of that time,� Yarrow says. “To them it was a breach of faith.� Listeners wondered whether Dylan had become a sellout, he says, someone who had decided to “go commercial and let the suits determine what you’re going to sound like.� Dylan’s performance was not the first time someone had played an electric guitar at the festival. And many in the audience had already heard one of the electric songs he played that night, “Like a Rolling Stone,� which had been released the
previous week and was on the radio. But this was a poke in the eye from Dylan, who had played twice before at the Newport, in 1963 and 1964. Yarrow says Dylan was insulted by his position in the lineup: in the middle of the evening, rather than at the end, like a traditional headliner. Before his set, Dylan told Yarrow he planned to play three songs and would not sing acoustic. Yarrow suggested he begin with a couple of acoustic songs, then tell the crowd he had something new he was working on that he wanted to share. Dylan ignored him. Yarrow recalls he did a scrupulous sound check before Dylan played. But as Wald points out,
rock ’n’ roll at an outdoor festival was a novel concept at the time. Dylan took the stage and launched into a howling version of “Maggie’s Farm.� Guitarist Mike Bloomfield turned his instrument up as loud as it could go. The now-familiar sound of distortion was new back then. “The sheer volume, no one had ever heard anything that loud,� Wald says. “A lot of people just thought it sounded horrible. The band was overwhelming Dylan. The people who loved it were as shocked by it as the people who hated it.� In addition, the band was under-rehearsed. Some members had learned the songs just a few hours before, Wald says. They followed with “Like a Rolling
Stone� and a third song that they struggled through. Legend has it that festival organizer and folk music elder statesman Pete Seeger threatened to take an axe to the power cord, though Wald says those stories probably stem from Yarrow telling the crowd Dylan was going to get his “axe,� slang for guitar. While some who booed were upset over Dylan’s embrace of rock or the lousy sound, others did so because Dylan’s set was so short and they wanted to hear more. In any case, Yarrow took the stage again and coaxed Dylan back up for two more songs, both acoustic — It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue and Mr. Tambourine Man — before he left for good. Yarrow says Dylan knew the response was “horrific.� “He was aghast by the response and said to me, and this is a quote, ’What have you done to me?�’ Yarrow recalls. Dylan’s publicist did not return an email seeking comment for this story. But in the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary “No Direction Home,� Dylan said that at the time, he didn’t know why people booed, but that he didn’t think it had to do with the songs themselves. He said that later he heard Seeger was upset. “It didn’t make sense to me, Pete Seeger, someone whose music I cherish, someone who I highly respect, is going to cut the cable� Dylan said. “It was like a dagger. . . . Just the thought of it, you know, made me go out and get drunk.� Boos continued in the months that followed, with one fan even shouting “Judas!� at a show in England. Dylan returned to play at the festival only once, in 2002. Festival organizers say there is a standing invitation for him to play whenever he wants, but he will not be coming this year. These days, the story is often told as a generational split, a case of a 24-year-old Dylan rebelling against straight-laced older folks, but Yarrow and Wald say there was more to it than that.
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