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Nanaimo man helps rescue woman after car plunges into Cameron Lake
Lee Hethershaw reflects on helping rescue a woman from Cameron Lake on Saturday.
“I gave Wes the biggest hug ever,” he said. It struck a personal chord for Hethershaw, who experienced a heart-stopping drowning event as a child. It happened in a swimming pool in Alberta, at age six. Another minute, and he wouldn’t have recovered, “so now I’ve come full circle.” Afterward, a woman approached him, hugged him, blessed him and thanked him for his brave actions. Hethershaw, who works at VMAC compressors, said his safety training helped guide him through an unexpected emergency. “It was pretty textbook how it happened,” he said. “We had a spiritual experience that day. Something to tell the grandkids.”
The province is expected to announce $7 million in funding for repair work on the E&N rail line later this morning. News of the announcement broke Wednesday evening. Mayor Bill McKay, who also serves as chairman of the non-profit rail line owner, the Island Corridor Foundation, would not provide comment or confirm details of the announcement but confirmed be a press release would be issued this morning. If the $7 million in provincial funding is released, it is expected that the federal government would also release the $7.5 million it had previously committed to the project. The B.C. Ministry of Transportation had been reviewing the proposed rail improvements. Passenger service on the rail line ceased in March 2011 after regulators determined the rail line, which travels along the east coast of Vancouver Island from Courtenay to Victoria, was no longer safe. The province had hired RTC Rail Solutions to review the project. But fresh doubts were raised about the project after the consulting firm released a report that concluded the $15 million in senior government funding would likely be insufficient to cover the cost of the necessary rail repairs. The ICF had submitted a response questioning the some of the report’s information. If the province announces it will release the funding for the rail repairs, it will be a significant step forward for the project. Five regional districts, including the Regional District of Nanaimo, have also committed approximately $5 million towards the project, combined. Graham Bruce, chief executive officer of the ICF, could not be reached for comment by press time.
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ll the health and safety training kicked in automatically when Nanaimo’s Lee Hethershaw and his family saw a car leave the road and into Cameron Lake. On Saturday at 5:40 p.m. Lee’s wife, Lisa, was driving Lee, his cousin Allan Nicholson and Nicholson’s girlfriend Joanne Lavelle east on the Alberni Highway past Cameron Lake. They were returning from a fun day of tubing on Stamp River, when a white Ford Focus in front of them veered left and plunged into the lake. “We slammed on the brakes, jumped out the car and waved down passing vehicles to help,” said Hethershaw. As a crowd watched, he and Nicholson, and Wes Klassen, a Qualicum Beach man they’d flagged down made their way to
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Allan Nicolson hoists his T-shirt, lost during an attempt to rescue a woman from a submerged vehicle. He dove down and retrieved it after the woman was safe on land.
the car, which was sinking to the bottom, five metres below. “We got in the water and stood on top of the car as it was going down, telling her to take off the seatbelt, wind your window down and keep calm,” Hethershill said. As it sank, the window wound down, but the middle-aged woman remained trapped by her seatbelt. They took turns diving to the bottom. Nicholson couldn’t free the woman.
“You’re running out of air and she is running out of air,” Hethershill said. “We were all almost crying underwater.” Hethershaw tried next. “The car looked like a white coffin,” he said. “I came up and I looked at Wes, and there was this connection. We knew (valuable) time had gone. “I don’t believe in God, or anything like that, but it was a very spiritual connection.” This time, she got free of the belt and Klassen got her to the surface. “Her lips were blue. She was breathing as soon as she came to the surface.” She was conscious and they were relieved when she confirmed no one else was inside the car. He said it was an “odd sequence of events” that led to them being there. Had they not stopped for ice cream, they wouldn’t have been behind the car when it went off the road.
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8 p.m. The Longwood Brew Pub presents: Colin Stevenson & Brian Kehoe, Tom Morrissey, Live At Longwood. A free live concert series happening Thursday nights with local and touring musicians. 5775 Turner Rd. FRIDAY, JULY 24 4-6 p.m. Bastion Waterfront Farmers Market. Great selection of farmers, growers, bakers, crafters and so many more vendors. Enjoy live music and local products on Nanaimo’s original farmers market every Friday right next to the Bastion. 5-11 p.m. King Neptune’s Bathtub Weekend Launch Party featuring Platinum Blonde, Bif Naked, The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Kendall Patrick & The Headless Bettys and more. Diana Krall Plaza, Downtown Nanaimo. 6 p.m. Beer and burger with live music Nanaimo Navy League Cadet Hall, 750
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SATURDAY, JULY 25 8:30 a.m. to noon Qualicum Beach Farmers Market. For fresh fruits, vegetables, berries, plants, cut flowers, fresh baked goods, jams, jellies, fish, chicken and pork, and a range of local crafts. Every week until Dec. 19 2015 except Dec. 27 and Jan 3 2015. Memorial and Veterans Way Qualicum Beach. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parksville Orange Bridge 716 E. Island Highwy, in Parksville. A public market with a wide variety of talented vendors. A lively event with parrots from the Coombs Parrot Refuge and live jazz by Bela Varga; and local buskers. 10:30 a.m. to noon Summer Saturday Studios. Exploratory, hands-on workshops for ages 5-11, inspired by the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s current exhib-
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Huge Island real estate takeover Brokerage giant Royal LePage announces it will merge with Coast Realty Group offices locally SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
Real estate brokerage giant Royal LePage has announced the takeover of Vancouver Island firm Coast Realty Group, a firm originally founded in 1984. The independently-owned Coast Realty has offices in nine communities across Vancouver Island, including Nanaimo, Victoria, Parksville and others. The deal will make Royal LePage the largest real estate
company on Vancouver Island. According to a news release from Royal LePage, Barry Clark and Travis Carmichael, broker owners of Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty will merge with Coast Realty Group offices in Nanaimo, Ladysmith and Gabriola Island. The one merged brokerage will operate as Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty. Once combined, the new Royal LePage office will have the largest market share in Ladysmith
and on Gabriola Island and will have “almost tripled its market share in Nanaimo, based on units sold,” a press release from the company says. Other Coast Realty officers in Courtenay, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni and other parts of the Island will also merge with their respective Royal LePage offices in the area, the press release said. Phil Soper, president and CEO of Royal LePage, said the deal
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will welcome more than 150 employees into the fold of his company. “We have made growth in the all-important British Columbia market a strategic priority and the focus has paid huge dividends,” Soper said. “In the last year alone, Royal LePage has experienced incredible momentum across the province, adding 600 realtors through acquisition.” In addition to Vancouver
Island, Royal LePage will also assume control over Coast Realty’s Powell River office in the next 30 to 60 days. 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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NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen met with the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
NDP finance critic grilled by local business leaders SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen met with Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce members Monday as part of a “whistle stop tour” aimed at raising the party’s profile with the business community ahead of the fall election. Cullen, a former leadership contender for the NDP, has risen in the ranks of the party since 2011. He previously served as House Leader for the official opposition. The northern B.C. MP spent roughly an hour talking with and taking questions from local businesspeople in the Chamber’s board room. With the NDP either leading or tied for the national voting intentions, many are now seriously discussing the prospect of the country’s first NDP government. Local businesspeople grilled Cullen on a range of topics, from trades training to tourism to infrastructure funding. Other questions related to the falling loonie and a report released Wednesday from the Parliamentary Budget Officer that the government would post a budget deficit instead of a surplus as originally promised.
“This is a first step for us, it’s not a final step.“ Nathan Cullen, NDP finance critic
The NDP is placing emphasis on its support for small business, pledging to cut the small business tax rate to 9 per cent from 11 per cent. Cullen also said the party is considering shortening the federal government’s tax code, which he said has not been reviewed since 1968. Some at the meeting wanted specifics on NDP policy. Brian Fillmore, a financial consultant and a former federal Liberal candidate from 2011, asked Cullen why the NDP opposed raising the annual individual contribution limit of $10,000 of the government’s tax free savings account, calling it “one of the most significant tools” to build up savings. Cullen replied the NDP favours keeping the original $5,500 cap on contributions to the account, but said raising the limit has the potential to drain billions of dollars in future tax revenue and
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would disproportionately benefit wealthier Canadians. Florist and past Chamber chairwoman Marianne Turley said older business owners were concerned that not enough young people are available to take over businesses from owners once they retire, while another member raised concerns with youth financial literacy. Philippe Lucas, vice president of patient research and services at medical marijuana producer Tilray, questioned Cullen on the NDP’s stance on marijuana. The party has proposed decriminalizing the substance. “You’ve still got the black market,” Lucas said in response. Cullen said the government should not rush into legalizing the substance. “This is a first step for us, it’s not a final step,” he said of his party’s stance. 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.
A major traffic accident that closed the Nanaimo Parkway for eight hours on Tuesday sent one driver to the hospital with head injuries. The collision occurred at approximately 4 p.m. when a 2008 Toyota Camry reportedly turned left on a red light from Northfield Road onto the Nanaimo Parkway, and was struck broadside by a northbound 2002 Sierra pickup truck, according to police. A 74-year-old woman driving the Camry sustained a head injury which required stitches and also suffered several broken ribs. She is expected to make a full recovery. The driver of the pickup was not injured and his one passenger was taken to hospital with a minor knee injury. Several kilometres of the Nanaimo Parkway were closed
while the collision was investigated causing considerable back log of traffic from the Jingle Pot Road intersection to the Mostar intersection. An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
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Nanaimo man arrested in connection with pics A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with several incidents of a male allegedly posting naked pictures of himself on a cellphone, then leaving it in public places for young adult females to find. On July 15, Nanaimo RCMP arrested the man at his north Nanaimo home without incident. Police are recommending four counts of indecent exposure. The man was released on a promise to appear with his first court date set for Oct. 13.
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Nanaimo retiree Steen Petersen is convinced he saw a coyote near Westwood Lake. But the animals are not native to Vancouver Island. He and Charlene, his wife, are ardent wildlife enthusiasts. They live in the Calder Road area, near a network of trails that lead to the popular recreation lake. They were out walking through the park on the trail through Westwood Lake Park Tuesday at about 2 p.m. when they saw what they initially thought was an offleash dog. Petersen was a short distance from his wife when the dog passed between them, seemingly intent on a specific destination. “It did not growl or pay any attention to us at all, appearing to know where it was going,” he said.“But the nose was too pointy for a dog. It was just loping along and I said: ‘That wasn’t a dog, that was a coyote.’” As usual he had his camera with him. Unfortunately he missed the chance to photograph
the animal. “I had just taken a photo of a raven flying and I had put the lens cap back on. I said: ‘I’m not going to take a picture of a dog off leash,’ then later I said: ‘Wait a minute.’” Later, he realized the animal exhibited behaviour to suggest it was not comfortable around humans. “It was trying deliberately to not draw attention to itself,” he said. The animal was brown, about the height of a German shepherd, with a “slimmer build.” At home they consulted a wildlife book to identify it. Checking the coyote photo illustration, “this guy could have posed for it,” he said. Conservation officers could not be reached, but the SPCA, which deals with human-coyote conflicts elsewhere in the province, said there are no reports coyotes live on Vancouver Island. Leon Davis, Nanaimo SPCA shelter manager, said it is “unlikely” the couple saw a coyote, that it’s more likely a Vancouver Island wolf.
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Naked politics and the new child benefit
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irst off, if yours is one of the Canadian families in line to get a sizeable cheque courtesy of the Harper government’s new Universal Child-Care Benefit (UCCB), congratulations. You may be living on a lower income, in which case a payment of $160 per month per child — retroactive back to January — will be welcome. Even if you’re living on what we call “middle income” the money will come in handy, since being middle class isn’t what it used to be, financially at least. And if you’re a high income earner, with hundreds of thousands of family income, you will still get the cheque. You might consider donating it if you don’t need it.That’s part of the problem with the program. It’s not
Coincidence number 1 is that the Conservatives apparently realized this just in time for the election, despite their having been in office for a decade. targeted. If you are wealthy you get it but don’t actually need it. If you’re poor, you get it but it won’t make a huge difference. Still, if this new benefit makes life easier for you and your kids, sincere best wishes. It’s still a cynical piece of manipulation, though. At first, when the UCCB was first introduced prior to the last budget, it
was portrayed as needed relief for the burdened middle class. Needed perhaps, but that’s not new. Coincidence number 1 is that the Conservatives apparently realized this just in time for the election, despite their having been in office for a decade.And circumstances have changed since the UCCB’s birth. Back then, it was brightly portrayed as a middle-class reward for achieving a balanced budget. Then oil bottomed out. Then the balanced budget required a financial shell game, but the government couldn’t back off on its promise to help families. Then, government denials notwithstanding, we hit a mild recession. And presto, the UCCB and income splitting were turned
into antirecession medicine, the Conservatives boasting they delivered just in time to stimulate the economy. Except there is no evidence it will do that, just as there is no evidence that last week’s Bank of Canada interest rate cut will achieve that. Consumers are gun shy, as is corporate Canada. Don’t hold your breath for that economic boost. Statistically, the UCCB, and income splitting, benefit a relatively small segment of the population. Number crunching has shown the primary beneficiaries of the UCCB are — you guessed it — higher income suburban residents who live in ridings more likely to vote Conservative. And income splitting? Heavily weighted to benefit the
same demographic, particularly in Stephen Harper’s home territory.But for all its naked, politically self-serving obviousness, the UCCB may work. The government will say it’s standing up for middle income families, and you’ve got a cheque for hundreds of dollars as concrete proof. Will it increase Conservative support? Probably. But for the sake of your own self-respect, don’t buy the line of bull about what’s behind these measures. They are vote buyers, plain and simple.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Some people simply love to tattle on neighbours Re: ‘Neighbours turning each other in’ (Daily News, July 22) I fully subscribe to water restrictions but when we get a phone call from a neighbour that we should not water at all and then we are reported to the park management and public works, is getting ridiculous. Some people love to tattletale even when they do not know what they are talking about. This is the first time in eight years that the neighbour spoke to us and I assure you it will be the last. John Gislason Nanaimo
Solution should have been found ages ago Re: ‘Unanimous council vote could signal end to controversial saga’ (Daily News, July 22) At last we are moving forward. It was the solution that council
should have been decided on ages ago. Jeff Solomon was right to do the questioning that he did in the past, about the dams. However, it seems some other people that have moved into the group have muddied the waters, and there is nothing they want done. It would not have mattered what was put forward as it seemed that they would have negated anything. It came to the point when it was all becoming totally ridiculous and made no sense at all. Selfishly, by a few people, there was no thought to safety; no thought that those dams are not natural; and no thought that they could actually be improved. Even still,unfortunately, no thought that they could actually be altered to assist in being useful in the climate changes we are experiencing. There was certainly no thought about the rest of Nanaimo taxpayers,who were not even allowed to put a word in. It was as though a few children had put their thumbs in their mouths, pouted, whined and were
saying no to everything. John Scorgie Nanaimo
Cartoon shows effort to denigrate Liberal leader Thank you for your continuing campaign to denigrate Justin Trudeau and his party in the upcoming election campaign. Your efforts to forward the rightwing ideology of Stephen Harper and his neanderthal Conservatives will not have any effect on the voters of this area. The Orange Wave will continue unabated. Edward Little Nanaimo
voted to essentially defy the provincial authority. Also the vocal public minority, calling for him to resign and be muzzled, was mob psychology just getting started. The position the mayor took was the “right” decision given the totality of circumstances particularly with the law (provincial authority) holding the possibility of severe fines,water rights and the ability to do the work themselves. Now the sour grapes will flow and the bleeding hearts will bleed but Mayor McKay was always trying to protect Nanaimo from being made an example of for all to see. Congratulations to our mayor for having the courage to stand against the mob.
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Re: ‘Unanimous council vote could signal end to controversial saga’ (Daily News, July 22)
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THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS |
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The city’s Quest program member, James Stone, 13, was volunteering his time at the Pine Street community garden.
Melissa Garside, of Nanaimo FoodShare, spent Wednesday afternoon making 90 sandwiches for the city’s summer programs.
Quest program member, Andrew Huang, 16, volunteers at the garden by doing odd jobs.
Volunteers help at community garden
Alex Sanmiya, 15, sorts through freshly picked vegetables at the Pine Street Community Garden.
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Man recovering after bear attack Forester George Knoll lucky to be alive after needing surgery Sunday at Vancouver General Hospital KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
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attack. George Knoll has been recovering from surgery that took place on Sunday but will have a story to tell his family and friends when he is discharged from Vancouver General Hospital. Knoll was on a rare camp shift in Bella Bella when the attack occurred on Thursday. He usually remains in Port Alberni for work, but with the shutdowns, took an opportunity farther north. His wife, Andrea, said it was the first time he had seen a grizzly bear, although black bears are a common sight and are generally harmless. “They spotted each other at the
same time and there wasn’t a lot of time before she came running at him,� Andrea said. “She attacked right away and went for his head, throat and neck.� Knoll tried to keep his face and neck covered, but the grizzly continued to grab him by the back and tear into his skin. “He was totally scared,� Andrea said. “He thought he was going to die.� Unsure of what to do next, Knoll laid on the ground and played dead. That didn’t work and the bear kept biting him, so his first instinct was to fight back. He used his work boot to kick the bear in the face, which stopped her initially, but she returned to attack again. This time, Knoll kicked her in the nose and she finally took off. Knoll was able to make his way
to his vest and radio to call his partners for help. Meanwhile he made his own tourniquet and pulled it tight with his teeth. When his crew arrived, they found Knoll laying on his back and he was airlifted first to a hospital in Bella Bella and then to Vancouver General, where he remains. Andrea has been by his side since he arrived in Vancouver. On Sunday, doctors said infection of his wounds was imminent, so they maintained them and checked for nerve damage. Andrea said he will probably undergo more surgery to fix any damage. She expects him to be in the hospital for at least another week and recovery will be lengthy, with at least one year of physiotherapy.
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Victoria doctor ďŹ ned $20K for misconduct A British Columbia doctor who texted an unauthorized photo of a patient’s catheter site along with a joke to somebody not involved in the case has been fined $20,000. The province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons says in a news release that Dr. John Joseph Kinahan, a urologist from Victoria, has admitted to the misconduct. Details on when and where the incident occurred were not provided, although the college says it received a complaint from the patient and a breach-of-privacy report from the Island Health authority. The college says the patient was unconscious when the photo was taken by Kinahan who used his personal cellphone. Besides issuing the $20,000 penalty, the college has written Kinahan a formal reprimand, suspended him for six months starting Jan. 1, 2016, and ordered him to attend a clinician-patient communication program.
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Brewer makes beer out of live lobsters, sea salt A Maine brewer is offering a quicker way to consume two of the state’s summertime staples: beer and lobster. Oxbow Brewing is serving up beer brewed with live Maine lobsters and a dash of sea salt. Brewmaster Tim Adams says the lobsters were placed in a mesh bag and suspended in a kettle full of boiling wort during the brewing process. He says the lobsters add a subtle brininess and sweetness that lobster fans will recognize. The beer is a saison (say-ZAHN’)style beer brewed in collaboration with a brewery in Parma, Italy. It is 4.5 per cent alcohol by volume and is available on a limited basis. The beer is served in the brewery’s tasting room. Adams says the lobsters that were cooked in the brewing process were later eaten.
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Federal government to run $1B deďŹ cit based on forecast: PBO Outlook surfaces as political parties pitching economic policies to voters THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada’s latest economic forecast puts the federal government on track to run a $1-billion deficit in 2015-16, casting doubt on the governing Conservatives’ promise to balance the election-year books, says a new analysis by the parliamentary budget office. The results of the calculations, based on the downgraded projection released last week by the central bank, also trim the government’s expected surpluses over the next two years. The bleaker fiscal outlook, released Wednesday, surfaces as political parties are pitching economic policies to voters ahead of the October election. In its April budget, the Harper government predicted a string of surpluses, starting with $1.4 billion for this election year. The government forecast surpluses of $1.7 billion in 2016-17 and $2.6 billion in 2017-18. But the budget office projects the government producing a $1-billion shortfall in 2015-16
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz holds a news conference in Ottawa. The Bank of Canada’s latest economic forecast puts the federal government on track to run a $1-billion deficit in 2015-16. [CANADIAN PRESS]
followed by smaller surpluses of $600 million and $2.2 billion over the next two years. Their calculations used fresh projections by the Bank of Canada, which last week lowered its outlook for economic growth in 2015 to 1.1 per cent, down from 1.9 per cent earlier this year. Canada’s economy has been struggling, leading some to state
it has slipped into recession. It contracted in the first quarter of the year at an annualized rate of 0.6 per cent — in large part due to the steep drop in oil prices and the failure of other sectors to pick up the slack. That number registered well below the federal budget’s projection that real gross domestic product would grow by 1.2 per
cent over the first three months of 2015. The budget office factored in positive offsets that have appeared since the release of the spring budget: lower interest rates and higher gross domestic product inflation. Their projections also use up the government’s $1-billion annual reserve set aside for contingencies. The analysis was produced by the independent office following requests by NDP MP Nathan Cullen and Liberal MP Scott Brison. Both MPs were quick to jump on the results. “The Conservatives staked their whole brand on a balanced budget while slashing services for Canadians — but they failed to build a balanced economy and will leave Canadians with another budget deficit,� Cullen said Wednesday in a statement. “It’s Canadians that are paying the price for Conservative mismanagement.� Brison said the report shows the government could be about to break its promise to balance the books.
JUSTICE
Crime rate falls to 1969 levels THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Violent crime in Canada fell for the eighth straight year — despite a slight increase in homicides — with Saskatoon becoming the country’s most crime-ridden city, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. The downward trend came as the agency reported serious crime in general fell to its lowest relative level since 1969 — marking 11 straight years of declines. What accounts for the downward trend is not easily explained, said criminologist Anthony Doob. “People have been looking at this for a long time but haven’t come up with completely adequate answers,� said Doob, a professor at the University of Toronto. “It may have to do with some changes in the demographic makeup of Canada but that’s small — that certainly doesn’t account for it.� According to StatsCan, police reported about 369,500 violent incidents in 2014 — 15,000 fewer than in 2013 — representing a five per cent decrease. While homicides edged up to 516 from 512 a year earlier, the rate remained unchanged relative to Canada’s population size. Violent crime accounted for about one in five police-reported Criminal Code offences last year. Among provinces and territories, only Yukon, Prince Edward Island and Alberta saw increases in violent crime — mostly because of more murders. Doob said violent crime appears to have been decreasing across western countries for ages — with a still unexplained upward blip in the 1960s and 1970s. What’s clear, he said, is that politics and government anti-crime legislation have little to do with it.
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ANZAC, Alta. — A major oil pipeline leak detected last week in northern Alberta started some time within a two-week period dating back to late June, Nexen Energy said Wednesday. Ron Bailey, the company’s senior vice-president of Canadian operations, said officials still don’t know precisely when the pipeline ruptured. But Bailey said the company believes the pipeline started leaking between June 29, when crews finished a
cleaning, and July 15, when a contractor discovered it. CEO Fang Zhi travelled to the site of the spill, about 35 kilometres southeast of Fort McMurray, where he offered an apology for what happened. “It’s disheartening to see the site and it’s disappointing that this has happened,” Zhi said after giving news media a tour of the cleanup site. “I therefore personally apologize for the consequences this might have caused.” The spill of about five million litres of bitumen, sand and pro-
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Mom grateful after strangers save her car A Barrie, Ont. mother says she’s overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers who saved her car from being towed while she waited in hospital for almost nine hours with her sick baby son. Kaylee Goemans thought she would only be at Royal Victoria Hospital for several hours on July 13, but as three hours ticked by before a doctor came, she grew concerned her car would be removed. Goemans, who had only paid for four hours of parking, send a message to a Facebook group for local mothers asking them if they knew whether her car would get ticketed or towed. Her message garnered more than 100 comments from women who offered to stop by the parking meter to top it up. By the time Goemans’ mother picked up the car later that evening, there were five hours left on the meter, and Goemans’ Facebook feed was “blowing up” with messages and comments wishing her and her son well.
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Vigilante grandmother tracks down stolen truck An Albuquerque woman says she took the law into her own hands to find her late husband’s stolen truck and help capture the alleged thief herself. KOAT-TV reports Ana Dean boxed in the accused car thief Tuesday after driving around Albuquerque with her grandchildren in search of the stolen Ford F-150. According to Dean, she loaded up her grandchildren, prayed that her husband’s spirit would lead them to the truck and found it in a parking lot. Dean says after she entered the key code into the truck’s electronic lock, she used her own car to block the entrance to the parking lot and called 911. Police arrived and arrested 25-year-old Jasen Mulvaney on a stolen vehicle charge.
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Rapper Flavor Flav has been charged with DUI and other counts after being arrested in May near the Las Vegas airport. Clark County prosecutors charged the reality television star on July 16 with driving under the influence involving cocaine, speeding and having an open container of alcohol. The performer’s legal name is William Jonathan Drayton. The Nevada Highway Patrol said he was pulled over on a freeway on-ramp on May 21 near McCarran International Airport for travelling 87 mph in a 65 mph zone. Drayton’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Disappointing ‘Pixels’ falls apart Unrealistic characters, sexist tropes hurt comedy despite film having a clever core concept Pixels STARRING: Adam Sandler, Josh Gad, Michelle Monaghan Director: Chris Columbus RATING: PG-13 PLAYING AT: Avalon Cinemas RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes SANDY COHEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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he most believable element in Pixels is that alien video-game creatures could attack our planet. The core concept is clever — space aliens misunderstand a recording of old video-games as a declaration of war, and send digital monsters based on those games to Earth as their army. But its execution in the hands of director-producer Chris Columbus and star-producer Adam Sandler is a mess. This disappointing comedy falls apart before it begins because no one would behave the way its characters do, and their ridiculous choices drive the action. Part of the problem is that it’s unclear who the filmmakers think their audience is. This is a big-budget spectacle about 1980s nostalgia aimed at kids who have no emotional connection to the decade. Pixels is also insanely sexist, culminating with the winning male characters each rewarded with a woman. Seriously, they get human women as prizes. They literally call one a trophy. Only the film’s opening moments ring true. It’s 1982, and Sam Brenner and Will Cooper are a couple of pre-teen boys excited about the new arcade in their neighbourhood. They’re so good at video games that they compete in the world championships, and Brenner almost wins. A cocky, mullet-wearing kid who nicknamed himself The Fire Blaster takes first. Flash forward to present day, and Sam and Will are still best friends. Only now, Sam (Sandler) installs home-theatre systems, and Will (Kevin James) is president of the United States. He launches a kids’ reading program to boost his sagging approval ratings, but he can’t
From left, Michelle Monaghan as Violet, Adam Sandler as Brenner, Josh Gad as Ludlow, and Peter Dinklage as Eddie, arriving outside the command centre in Columbia Pictures’ ‘Pixels.’ [GEORGE KRAYCHYK/SONY PICTURES VIA AP]
pronounce the multi-syllabic words in a children’s book. The first introduction to these guys as grown-ups is the two of them discussing which Hollywood actresses are hottest. Will snaps into action when a U.S. territory is mysteriously attacked from the sky. Forget the elite military and special services — Will calls up Sam, the one-time video game championship runner up, hoping he might spot some arcade-inspired pattern in the airborne attack. Whaddaya know; it looks just like Galaga! Sam is a loser who feels his best days are 30 years behind him, at the arcade. He’s the kind of guy who shows up to the White House wearing shorts and hits on the pretty homeowner whose
theatre system he’s installing. When she rejects him but ends up driving behind him on the street, he declares to no one: “She went from zero to psycho in 3.4 seconds.” Because women are crazy, get it?! That homeowner turns out to be Lt. Colonel Violet Van Patten (Michelle Monaghan), a defence leader forced to work with Sam and his team of childhood friends against the alien threat. Sam’s friends are the only source of levity, even if they’re as unbelievable as Paul Blart as president. Josh Gad plays Ludlow Lamonsoff, a former videogame prodigy turned reclusive conspiracy theorist. He stows away in Sam’s van for some unexplained reason and ends up part of the military operation.
Peter Dinklage is “The Fire Blaster.” He’s still wearing a mullet, but now he’s in jail for criminal hacking. The president frees him, because as the 1982 videogame world champ, the Fire Blaster needs to help protect the world from the alien invasion. Dinklage is a bit uneven — he goes in and out of his tough-guy accent — but he gets the most laughs. Gad is always endearing, and his performance of a Tears for Fears song saves this film from a dismal half-star rating. Jane Krakowski is terribly underused as the First Lady. An Emmy-nominated comedy actress, she’s given few lines here — none funny — and is left with nothing to do but gaze adoringly at the goofy president.
The few bright spots in Pixels come from the music, celebrity cameos and special effects. The soundtrack of Cheap Trick, Queen and Spandau Ballet match well with the ’80s game imagery. Viewers who were alive during the ’80s will also appreciate cameos by the likes of Tammy Faye Baker and Max Headroom. And the special effects dazzle. The alien videogame creatures pixelate everything they touch. Too bad they couldn’t get their digital hands on this script. Pixels, a Columbia Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some language and suggestive comments.” Running time: 106 minutes. One star out of four.
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Boxing great sculpted from scratch in ‘Southpaw’ Southpaw STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Rita Ora Director: Antoine Fuqua RATING: R PLAYING AT: Galaxy Cinemas RUNNING TIME: 123 minutes LINDSEY BAHR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Director Antoine Fuqua got a distressing call early in pre-production for the boxing drama Southpaw. It was Terry Claybon, a boxing expert who’s trained Fuqua for years. He’d just met with Jake Gyllenhaal to see if the actor could fight and he didn’t have good news. In Southpaw, out Friday, Gyllenhaal needed to play a light heavyweight boxing champ, Billy “The Great” Hope. “He said, ‘He’s the wrong guy, you picked the wrong guy,”’ said Fuqua. Gyllenhaal could hardly be blamed. He’d never boxed and Fuqua was looking for something specific. As a lifetime boxing student and devotee, the Training Day director wanted realism in his movie. He’d never directed a film about the sport he loved so dearly and he really didn’t want to make just another boxing movie. Between Rocky and Raging Bull and a number of lesser imitators, the cinema is a not so secret fan of the drama and
Antoine Fuqua, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal, pose for a portrait in promotion of their new film ‘Southpaw,’ playing at the Galaxy Cinemas. [ASSOCIATED PRESS]
metaphors inherent in the brutal sport. “I thought, ‘I need a guy who will give me his heart, train seven days a week, twice a day and eat, sleep, drink and live like a fighter,”’ he said. And his trusted trainer had just told him Gyllenhaal wasn’t it. Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter had written the script about this champ’s fall from grace and struggle to get his daughter back for rapper Eminem. And Gyllenhaal wasn’t the only name tossed around when Eminem dropped out. Yet the possibility lingered. Not only did Fuqua think that Gyllenhaal had the physical size
and expressive eyes to make this fairly unlikable guy lovable, Harvey Weinstein was also keen on him. Gyllenhaal was prepared for the challenge. The now 34-year-old actor had just shed 30 pounds to play a creepy freelance videographer in Nightcrawler and he didn’t hesitate to throw himself into the ring. Two weeks after that initial call, Claybon had a much altered message. “He said, ‘you were right. This guy’s got heart. He’s tough,”’ recalls Fuqua. So they started building Billy Hope together. Literally.
Fuqua and Gyllenhaal trained side-by-side twice a day, (nearly) every day for months with Claybon. They did it all: the tires, the sparring, the sprints, the long runs and the sit-ups. Fuqua eventually scaled back to once a day, while Gyllenhaal soldiered on. It didn’t ease up on set, either. Fuqua filmed the three-minute rounds straight through, often opting for six-minute takes without the help of body doubles. He and cinematographer Mauro Fiore even enlisted HBO Boxing veterans Todd Palladino and Rick Cypher to shoot the fights. “We shot it like we would shoot a real fight. We did real rounds. We didn’t even stop to light it. When he was exhausted, when his lungs were hurting, when he was spitting blood? That was real,” said Fuqua. Gyllenhaal was devoted to getting it right. “There’re a couple shots where he really got hit in the ribs,” said Fuqua. “I would go out to stop it and he would wave me off. He wanted to keep going.” Many of those real hits made the final cut. “It just creates depth and adds richness to everything. It never got to be too much,” added Gyllenhaal — even when he was vomiting in the corner. Although his physical transformation was paramount, the actor also had to immerse himself in the real world of boxing, stealing bits of personalities or experiences from the stories he’d
heard from the amateurs in the gym during the five-month prep. “The effects it has on fighters are brutal,” he said. “Because of that, I’m not just there to see a fight, I’m also there to watch and ask what is each fighter fighting for — to find out what are they trying to prove.” The only professional boxer Gyllenhaal personally reached out to was Miguel Cotto, whose technique and family life served as a big influence on the character. “I love his fighting, his style, I love watching him,” said the actor. Cotto even provided the unlikely inspiration for a small, but powerful detail in Southpaw. Billy Hope strides out to the ring to no music in a climactic scene, which is exactly what Cotto did when he fought Sergio Martinez in June 2014. Gyllenhaal knew it was perfect for Billy’s moment, and Fuqua agreed. “It took me about a month and a half to come out of this whole thing and this whole experience,” said the actor, even though he’s still training and wishing he’d had even more time to perfect his boxing grace. But he doesn’t like to dwell on the blurred line between fiction and reality. “To me, that’s what the craft of acting is. If it looks like magic, you’re doing it the right way,” said Gyllenhaal. And he’s got the bruises to prove it.
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Canadian Open course provides stark contrasts to British Open
Young athletes win big at B.C. championships
Day, Furyk and Watson all among the field after wet weather at St. Andrews
Nanaimo and District Track and Field Club brass believe the future is bright after results from the B.C. Junior Development Championships held in Kamloops last weekend. Annika Lundman, 9, won the high jump and 800m race walk. She also picked up silver in the 1000-metre run and bronze in the shot put. Rhonde Lyle, 9, also had a successful weekend. He took silver in the 60m dash, 100m dash, 60m hurdles and high jump, as well as bronze in the long jump and shot put. Makenna Paugh, 10, won silver in the 800m race walk. Krescyn Moonsamy, 10, took silver in both in the 60m and 100m dashes. Luke Lavery, 11, earned a trio of silvers in the shot put, discus, and javelin, as well as a bronze in the 600m run. Nate Paris, 11, won gold in the 60m hurdles, high jump, and long jump and also earned a silver in the 200m dash and bronze in the 60m dash and 100m dash. Jaydon Watson, 11, won silver in the 600m run and 1000m run. He also had a bronze medal in the high jump. In the 12-year-old girls category, Olivia Lundman is the new B.C. champion in the 800m race walk. She also won a pair of silvers in the 1200m run and hammer throw. Madison Paugh also won silver in the javelin at the same age. For the boys, Cameron Martiniuk and James Wakefield won silver in the 80m hurdles and hammer throw respectively. Karly Dickenson, 13, earned a bronze in the 2000m run, while Ethan Katzberg took bronze in the boys’ high jump. In relay action, Stirling Henry, Cameron Moore, Lavery and Paris won silver in the 11-yearold boys’ 4 x 100.
the fairway here. When you hit a ball and land the ball on the green, you know about how far it’s going to go before it (stops).” The charm of links golf in Scotland and the challenge that presents in one of golf’s four majors is valuable. But the Canadian Open should be a more enjoyable experience for players and those watching in person and on television. One element of that is the weather, where temperatures are forecasted to hover just below 30 degrees and three of four days shouldn’t have rain. There’s a 30 per cent chance of rain Saturday afternoon. “It’s pretty exciting to think of a Canadian Open no rain, isn’t it?” Canadian David Hearn said. Day, world No. 3 Bubba Watson, No. 7 Jim Furyk, DeLaet and Hearn are among the players who barely dried out before getting on the charter flight back to Toronto for the Canadian Open. The Monday finish gave them a late start to their preparations But their first look at the
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OAKVILLE, Ont. — Golfers at the Canadian Open should put away their umbrellas and grab their sunscreen. After rain and wind delayed the British Open and forced the first Monday finish since 1988, weather is setting up almost perfectly for Canada’s national open at Glen Abbey Golf Club. Now that the wet, wild and windy time in Scotland is over, the almost 30 golfers turning around to play the RBC Canadian Open are looking forward to some dry weather and a course that provides a stark contrast to St. Andrews. “You’re expecting hard, tough conditions at the British Open, at The Open Championship. But not unplayable weather and conditions,” said Jason Day, who tied for fourth at the British. “You can attack this golf course a lot more.” Golf Canada CEO Scott Simmons knocked on the wood table in front of him even discussing
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the weather. But the forecast is for mostly a clean four rounds of play. That’s a world of difference from the wind-beaten, rainsoaked British Open that was forced to finish Monday. The Canadian Open, back at Glen Abbey for the 27th time, is a more predictable style of game. “You can get a lot more unlucky over there,” said Canadian Graham DeLaet, who finished tied for 68th at the British. “Usually when you hit the ball on the fairway, it stays on
course was a favourable one, even if wind might make the greens faster and raise the degree of difficulty. “It’s in unbelievable shape, the best I’ve ever seen it,” DeLaet said. “It’s firm, quick. There are some balls rolling down the fairway. If you get something downwind, you can hit one hard.” American Hunter Mahan said driving the ball will be more important at the Canadian Open, unlike the British, where the hilly fairways are so vast. “You’ve got to hit it well off the tee here, you’ve got to put the ball in play,” Mahan said. “Good aggressive iron play is going to be rewarded.” The 524-yard par-5 18th will give players plenty of eagle opportunities and the fan excitement the comes with it. But players still consider the Canadian Open demanding. Hearn, a native of Brantford, Ont., doesn’t want this to be easy and doesn’t mind if Glen Abbey has “a little bit of teeth” this time around.
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Timbermen fall 11-7 as season winds down DAILY NEWS
After finally snapping a brutal 12-game losing streak Sunday, the Nanaimo Timbermen hope they didn’t just start another one. The last-place Timbermen (3-13) were beaten 11-7 on Wednesday night in a road game against the Langley Thunder (8-8), who with
the win broke a fourth-place tie with the Maple Ridge Burrards for the league’s final playoff spot. The Burrards were upset by the Timbermen Sunday, which put them in that spot. Timbermen lefty Brody Eastwood, who had scored just once in his previous three games, found the back of the net twice for the Timbermen.
Nanaimo captain Cayle Ratcliff, Myles Kenny, Reagan Harding and Randy Jones (two) scored the other Timbermen goals in the loss, while rookie Eli McLaughlin had three assists and sophomore Mac Johnston had two. Nanaimo Minor Lacrosse product Pete Dubenski played all 60 minutes in net for the Timbermen, stopping 45 of
the Thunder’s 55 shots on goal. The Timbermen play their final home game of the season on Saturday night against the thirdplace Burnaby Lakers at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena before wrapping up the season the following Saturday in Coquitlam. Sports@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
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Seattle
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GB Strk - W3 5.0 W2 6.0 L1 6.0 L2 11.0 L7 GB Strk - W2 7.0 L4 10.5 W1 12.0 W1 14.5 L4 GB Strk - W7 1.5 W3 8.5 W2 11.0 L1 11.0 L1
PCT .548 .516 .474 .415 .351 PCT .638 .574 .543 .452 .442 PCT .563 .537 .463 .462 .430
GB Strk - W1 3.0 L1 7.0 L1 12 W2 19.0 W1 GB Strk - W2 6.0 L2 9.0 W1 17.5 L1 18.5 L1 GB Strk - W1 2.5 W2 9.5 L2 9.5 L2 12.5 L2
Yesterday’s results LA Dodgers 3, Atlanta 1 Washington 4, NY Mets 3 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 4 Cleveland 7, Milwaukee 5 Texas 10, Colorado 8 San Francisco 7, San Diego 1 Cincinnati 9, Chicago Cubs 1 NY Yankees 4, Baltimore 3 Detroit 9, Seattle 4 Houston 4, Boston 2 Kansas City 5, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago Sox 2 Miami 5, Arizona 3 Toronto at Oakland L.A. Angels 5, Minnesota 2 Today’s schedule with probable pitchers Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Jimenez (7-5) vs. Tanaka (6-3) Seattle at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Iwakuma (2-1) vs. Price (9-3) Toronto at Oakland, 12:35 p.m. Hutchison (9-2) vs. Kazmir (5-5) Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m. Santana (1-0) vs. Richards (10-6) Washington at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Fister (3-5) vs. Liriano (5-6) Chi. White Sox at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Danks (5-8) vs. Bauer (8-6) L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Kershaw (7-6) vs. Colon (9-8) Kansas City at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. Volquez (8-5) vs. Lynn (7-5) Boston at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Porcello (5-10) vs. McHugh (10-5) Milwaukee at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Fiers (5-7) vs. Anderson (4-4) Miami at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Koehler (7-6) vs. Ross (6-7) Friday, July 24 (Early games) Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m. Billingsley (2-3) vs. Lester (5-8) Washington at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Scherzer (10-7) vs. Locke (5-5) L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Greinke (8-2) vs. Niese (5-8) Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Tillman (7-7) vs. Ramirez (8-3) Detroit at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Verlander (0-2) vs. Rodriguez (5-2) Chi. White Sox at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Quintana (4-9) vs. Kluber (5-10) Houston at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Feldman (4-5) vs. Guthrie (7-5) N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Pineda (9-6) vs. Hughes (8-6) Atlanta at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Banuelos (1-1) vs. Lackey (8-5)
Detroit
Seattle 000 301 000 4 Detroit 008 000 01x 9 SB: SEA Miller, B (10, 2nd base off Sanchez, An/McCann, J). 2B: SEA Cruz, N (14, Sanchez, An), Seager (20, Sanchez, An), Jackson, A (11, Sanchez, An), Smith, S (22, Hardy, B); DET Kinsler 2 (23, Montgomery, Rollins, D), McCann, J (13, Montgomery), Iglesias, J 2 (12, Montgomery, Rollins, D). GIDP: SEA Seager 2, Ackley; DET Martinez, V. HR: SEA Cruz, N 2 (24, 4th inning off Sanchez, An, 1 on, 0 out; 6th inning off Sanchez, An, 0 on, 0 out); DET Castellanos (8, 3rd inning off Montgomery, 3 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 8; DET 8. DP: SEA (Seager-Cano-Trumbo); DET 3 (Marte, J-Iglesias, J-Marte, J, KinslerIglesias, J-Marte, J, Kinsler-Iglesias, J-Krauss). E: SEA Seager 2 (11, throw, fielding); DET Iglesias, J (9, throw). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO M Montgomery (L, 4-4) 2.2 6 8 6 5 2 D Rollins 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 J Beimel 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO A Sanchez (W, 10-7) 6.2 9 4 4 2 6 W Wilson 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 B Hardy 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 A Alburquerque 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 J Soria 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 Time: 3:10. Att: 36,670.
Astros 4, Red Sox 2 Boston
Pedroia 2B Holt 3B Bogaerts SS Ortiz DH Ramirez LF Victorino RF Napoli 1B Swihart C Totals
Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 1 1 1 Altuve 2B 3 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 Tucker LF 4 2 2 3 4 0 1 1 Correa SS 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Valbuena 3B 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 Gonzalez 3B 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 Gattis DH 4 1 1 1 4 0 1 0 Rasmus RF 4 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 Singleton 1B 2 0 1 0 30 2 7 2 Marisnick CF 3 0 0 0 Castro C 3010 Totals 31 4 8 4
Boston 000 002 000 2 Houston 100 120 00x 4 2B: BOS Pedroia (15, McHugh); HOU Singleton (2, Ross, R). GIDP: BOS Napoli; HOU Correa. HR: HOU Tucker 2 (8, 1st inning off Kelly, J, 0 on, 1 out; 5th inning off Kelly, J, 1 on, 2 out), Gattis (16, 4th inning off Kelly, J, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: BOS 7; HOU 5. DP: BOS (Bogaerts-Pedroia-Napoli); HOU (Valbuena-Altuve-Singleton). E: BOS Swihart (1, throw), Ogando, A (1, throw). Boston IP H R ER BB SO J Kelly (L, 2-6) 5.1 6 4 4 1 6 R Ross 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 A Ogando 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 T Layne 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Houston IP H R ER BB SO C McHugh(W, 11-5) 7.0 7 2 2 1 4 P Neshek 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 L Gregerson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 2:44. Att: 31,104.
Rangers 10, Rockies 8 Texas
Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi DeShields OF 3 3 1 0 LeMahieu 2B 4 1 2 1 Odor 2B 4 4 3 2 Gonzalez RF 4 1 1 3 Beltre 3B 2 2 1 0 Tulowitzki SS 3 0 0 0 Moreland 1B 5 1 1 3 Arenado 3B 5 0 0 0 Andrus SS 4 0 1 3 Rosario 1B 4 1 1 0 Choo RF 5 0 1 1 Paulsen 1B 1 0 0 0 Chirinos C 4 0 1 0 Stubbs CF 5 1 2 0 Perez P 2 0 0 0 Hundley C 4 2 3 2 Martin PH-CF 3 0 0 0 Barnes LF 2 2 0 1 Totals 32109 9 De La Rosa P 2 0 0 1 McKenry PH 1 0 0 0 Blackmon PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 8 9 8
Texas Colorado
410 010 202 10 010 300 040 8 Continued next column
Detroit Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez throws against the Seattle Mariners Wednesday in Detroit. [AP PHOTO]
With grand slam, Tigers beat M’s 9-4 NOAH TRISTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — Nick Castellanos hit a grand slam off the brick facade in left-centre field, part of an eight-run third inning for the Detroit Tigers in their 9-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Anibal Sanchez (10-7) won his seventh straight decision, and Ian Kinsler had four hits for the Tigers, who rebounded from an ugly 11-9 loss the previous night. Detroit entered the night four games behind the American League’s second wild card. With the trade deadline approaching, it’s not clear what the next week or so has in store for the Tigers, but every win helps their post-season chances. Nelson Cruz homered twice for Seattle. Mike Montgomery (4-4) allowed six earned runs and six hits in 2 2-3 innings. The Mariners did make it close enough to force Detroit to use closer Joakim Soria, who got four outs for his 22nd save in 25 chances. Detroit opened the scoring in the third when Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager threw the ball away on Kinsler’s infield single. The error allowed Rajai Davis, who began the play on first, to come around and score. With the bases loaded, Castellanos sent a drive off the brick wall that displays retired numbers in left-centre. He almost hit Al Kaline’s No. 6, and the homer was measured at 447 feet by MLB.com. Jose Iglesias made it 6-0 with an RBI double, and Seager committed another error on Davis’ line drive, allowing a run to score. Montgomery was taken out after that, and Kinsler’s double made it 8-0. Montgomery allowed five walks with two strikeouts. Sanchez had some shaky moments as well, but only after the Tigers had given him a big lead to work with. Cruz’s two-run homer in the fourth went 437 feet, landing about halfway up the seating area in left.
Rangers 10, Rockies 8 (Cont’d) SB: TEX DeShields (16, 3rd base off De La Rosa, J/Hundley); COL LeMahieu (12, 2nd base off Perez, M/Chirinos). 3B: TEX Odor (5, Germen). GIDP: COL Gonzalez, C. HR: TEX Odor (6, 2nd inning off De La Rosa, J, 0 on, 2 out); COL Hundley (7, 8th inning off Scheppers, 0 on, 1 out), Gonzalez, C (14, 8th inning off Scheppers, 2 on, 2 out). Team Lob: TEX 8; COL 7. DP: TEX (Odor-Andrus-Moreland). E: TEX Odor 2 (10, fielding, throw); COL Hundley (3, throw). Texas IP H R ER BB SO M Perez 6.0 6 4 3 4 2 S Freeman 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 K Kela 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 T Scheppers (W, 4-1) 1.0 3 4 4 1 2 S Tolleson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO J De La Rosa 6.0 5 6 6 2 8 C Friedrich 1.1 2 0 0 0 1 T Kahnle 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 J Axford (L, 2-3) 0.2 2 2 2 3 2 B Logan 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:45. Att: 33,348.
Dodgers 3, Braves 1 LA Dodgers
Atlanta
ab r h bi ab r h bi Pederson CF 4 0 1 1 Peterson 2B 3 0 0 0 Kendrick 2B 3 0 0 0 Maybin CF 3 0 1 1 Gonzalez 1B 4 0 0 0 Markakis RF 4 0 0 0 Ethier RF 2 0 0 0 Johnson 1B 4 0 1 0 Grandal C 3 1 2 0 Johnson 3B 3 0 0 0 Crawford LF 4 0 0 0 Pierzynski C 2 0 0 0 Rollins SS 4 1 1 1 Perez LF 3000 Bolsinger P 3 0 0 0 Simmons SS 3 1 1 0 Puig PH-RF 1 0 0 0 Teheran P 2 0 0 0 Totals 28 2 4 2 Terdoslavich PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 28 1 3 1
LA Dodgers 000 030 000 3 Atlanta 001 000 000 1 2B: LAD Grandal (11, Teheran), Rollins (14, Teheran). GIDP: LAD Crawford, C, Rollins; ATL Markakis. S: ATL Peterson, J. Team Lob: LAD 6; ATL 4. DP: LAD (Kendrick, H-Rollins-Gonzalez, A); ATL 2 (Peterson, J-Simmons, A-Johnson, K, Johnson, K-Simmons, A). E: LAD Rollins (8, fielding); ATL Johnson, K (7, fielding). PICKOFFS: ATL Teheran (Grandal at 2nd base). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO M Bolsinger (W, 5-3) 7.0 3 1 0 1 4 J Nicasio 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 K Jansen 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO J Teheran (L, 6-5) 7.0 6 3 3 3 11 A Vizcaino 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:49. Att: 24,112. Kansas City
ab r h bi ab r h bi Polanco RF 4 0 1 0 Escobar SS 4 0 0 0 Walker 2B 3 0 1 1 Moustakas 3B4 1 1 3 McC’chen DH 4 0 1 0 Cain CF 4010 Marte CF 4 0 3 0 Hosmer 1B 3 1 2 1 Kang 3B 4 0 2 0 Morales DH 4 0 2 0 Stewart C 4 0 0 0 Perez C 3010 Decker LF 3 1 0 0 Infante 2B 4 1 0 0 Florimon SS 3 0 0 0 Rios RF 4110 Totals 29 1 8 1 Dyson LF 2 1 1 1 Totals 32 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 001 000 000 1 Kansas City 000 100 40x 5 2B: PIT Polanco, G (19, Volquez); KC Cain, L (22, Morton), Morales, K (24, Morton), Hosmer (19, Morton), Perez, S (14, Guerra, D). GIDP: PIT Stewart; KC Escobar, A. HR: KC Hosmer (9, 4th inning off Morton, 0 on, 1 out), Moustakas (10, 7th inning off Morton, 2 on, 2 out). Team Lob: PIT 7; KC 6. Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO C Morton (L, 6-4) 6.2 7 5 5 1 4 A Bastardo 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 D Guerra 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO E Volquez (W, 9-5) 7.2 8 1 1 1 8 W Davis 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 R Madson 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 HBP: Hosmer (by Morton). Time: 2:39. Att: 39,105.
Yankees 4 ,Orioles 3 Baltimore
Toronto, July 10-26
Rank/Country Gold Sil Bro 1 United States 76 65 60 2 Canada 64 56 53 3 Brazil 32 32 50 4 Cuba 25 20 30 5 Colombia 25 9 27 6 Mexico 15 25 34 7 Argentina 11 22 25 8 Guatemala 6 0 2 9 Venezuela 5 15 14 10 Chile 5 4 11 11 Ecuador 4 9 11 12 Peru 2 3 5 13 Jamaica 2 1 0 14 Dominican Rep. 1 5 8 15 Trinidad 1 1 1 16 Puerto Rico 1 0 11 17 Bahamas 1 0 1 18 Saint Lucia 1 0 0 19 Paraguay 0 1 2 Uruguay 0 1 2 21 Barbados 0 1 1
Tot 201 173 114 75 61 74 58 8 34 20 24 10 3 14 3 12 2 1 3 3 2
Yesterday’s Canadian highlights G=Gold S=Silver B=Bronze ATHLETICS Men’s 100m G- Andre De Grasse, Canada Women’s 400m Hurdles G- Shamier Little, United States S- Sarah Wells, Canada
NY Yankees
GB 5 6 9 GB 13 10 23 GB 7 8 11
Strk 1W L2 L1 L1 Strk 2W 3W 1W 2L Strk 1L 1W 1L 1W
Yesterday’s results Corvallis 3, Cowlitz 2 Kitsap 5, Wenatchee 2 Kelowna 2, Walla Walla 0 Medford 9, Klamath 3 Bend 12, Yakima Valley 3 Victoria 4, Bellingham 1 Today’s schedule Medford at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Wenatchee at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Cowlitz at Corvallis, 6:35 p.m. Kelowna at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Bend at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Victoria at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.
B.C. Premier League Final standings Team North Shore Vic Eagles Nanaimo Langley Okanagan Whalley North Delta Abbotsford Coquitlam White Rock Vic Mariners Parksville
W 34 31 29 28 24 21 21 18 17 16 15 10
L 10 13 15 16 20 23 23 26 27 28 29 34
Pct .773 .705 .659 .636 .545 .477 .477 .409 .386 .364 .341 .227
GB 3 5 6 10 13 13 16 17 18 19 24
Yesterday’s results Victoria Mariners 9, Victoria Eagles 3 Coquitlam 8, Whalley 4 BCPBL Provincial Championship Friday, July 31-Monday, Aug. 3 Royal Athletic Park, Victoria Schedule to be announced
Saturday July 25, 7:30 p.m. (G 2) Coquitlam at Delta Monday July 27, 7:30 p.m. (Game 3) Delta at Coquitlam Tuesday July 28, 8 p.m. (Game 4) Coquitlam at Delta
Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 15 New Westminster 16 Burnaby 14 Langley 16 Maple Ridge 15 Coquitlam 15 Nanaimo 16
SOCCER
ATP
Yesterday’s results - Semifinals United States 1, Jamaica 2 Panama 1, Mexico 2 Third place Saturday, July 25, 1 p.m. at Chester, Pennsylvania United States vs. Panama Final Sunday, July 26, 4:30 p.m. at Philadelphia Mexico vs. Jamaica
Tuesday’s results NY Red Bulls 1(3) Philadelphia 1(4) Sporting KC 3, Houston 1
MLS Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T DC United 35 22 10 7 5 Columbus 30 21 8 7 6 NY Red Bulls 29 19 8 6 5 Toronto 27 18 8 7 3 N. England 27 22 7 9 6 Orlando 24 20 6 8 6 Philadelphia 22 21 6 11 4 Montreal 21 17 6 8 3 NY City FC 21 20 5 9 6 Chicago 18 19 5 11 3 Western League Club PTS GP W L T Dallas 35 20 10 5 5 Los Angeles 34 22 9 6 7 Vancouver 33 21 10 8 3 Sporting KC 33 18 9 3 6 Seattle 32 21 10 9 2 Portland 32 21 9 7 5 Salt Lake 26 21 6 7 8 San Jose 25 19 7 8 4 Houston 24 20 6 8 6 Colorado 24 20 5 6 9 Friday, July 24 Sporting KC at Salt Lake, 8 p.m.
GF GA 24 20 31 30 29 23 28 28 27 33 23 26 26 34 24 27 24 28 20 28 GF GA 28 24 36 25 24 21 28 18 25 20 23 24 21 26 21 24 24 26 18 19
Pacific Coast Soccer League Final standings 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
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.
English Premier League Position/Club 1 Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 3 Bournemouth 4 Chelsea 5 Crystal Palace 6 Everton 7 Leicester City 8 Liverpool 9 Man City 10 Man United 11 Newcastle 12 Norwich 13 Southampton 14 Stoke City 15 Sunderland 16 Swansea 17 Tot Hotspur 18 Watford 19 West Brom 20 West Ham
W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 3 6 6 8 9 9 13
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 24 20 16 16 14 12 6
Skistar Swedish Open July 20-26, Bastad, Sweden Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Prize Money: €494,310 Singles - Round 2 Alexander Zverev, Germany, def. Juan Monaco (4), Argentina, 6-4, 6-2. Thomaz Bellucci (6), Brazil, def. Christian Lindell, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4.
Yesterday’s result Chicago 3, Orlando 1
WDL 11 2 3 8 61 9 23 7 35 5 74 6 26 2 67 3 19 0 3 13
W 12 10 8 8 7 6 3
Claro Open Colombia July 20-26, Bogota, Colombia Surface: Outdoor, Hard. Prize Money: $768,915. Singles - Round 1 Alejandro Gomez, Colombia, def. Marcos Baghdatis (5), Cyprus, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (3). Sam Groth (6), Australia, def. Guido Pella, Argentina, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5. Michael Berrer, Germany, def. James Ward (8), Britain, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-5. Daniel Elahi Galan, Colombia, def. Pere Riba (96), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015
GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FA Community Shield Sunday, Aug 2 Chelsea vs. Arsenal, 7 a.m.
Friday July 24 Bend at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Corvallis at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Bellingham at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Yesterday’s result (Game 1) Coquitlam 9, Delta 8
This week’s tournaments
Vancouver Utd Victoria Mid Isle Khalsa Van Tbirds Kamloops Abbotsford Tim Hortons FC Tigers
L PCT 13 0.658 18 .541 19 .500 22 .421 L PCT 8 .789 21 .447 18 .526 31 .184 L PCT 13 .658 20 .474 21 .447 24 .368
This week’s tournaments PGA
Playoffs - Championship Final Best-of-7 *=if necessary Coquitlam Adanacs vs. Delta Islanders
TENNIS
Baltimore 002 000 001 3 NY Yankees 300 010 00x 4 SB: BAL Machado, M (14, 2nd base off Nova/McCann, B). 2B: BAL Machado, M (20, Nova); NYY Ellsbury (6, Gausman), Beltran (19, Gausman), Teixeira (20, Norris, B). HR: BAL Flaherty (4, 3rd inning off Nova, 1 on, 0 out), Davis, C (20, 9th inning off Miller, A, 0 on, 2 out); NYY Teixeira (24, 1st inning off Gausman, 1 on, 1 out), Rodriguez, A (20, 5th inning off Gausman, 0 on, 1 out)
W 25 20 19 16 W 30 17 20 7 W 25 18 17 14
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
Waterski / Wakeboard Women’s Overall G- Whitney McClintock, Canada
Saturday, July 25 Toronto at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Seattle at Montreal, 5 p.m. New England at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Houston, 6 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 6 p.m.
East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Victoria Cowlitz Kitsap
GOLF
Today’s schedule Victoria at New Westminster, 7:45 p.m.
Women’s 800m G- Melissa Bishop, Canada
ab r h bi ab r h bi Machado 3B 3 0 1 0 Ellsbury CF 4 1 1 0 Snider LF 4 0 0 0 Gardner LF 4 1 1 1 Jones CF 4 0 0 0 Rodriguez DH4 1 1 1 Wieters DH 4 0 0 0 Teixeira 1B 4 1 2 2 Davis RF 4 1 1 1 McCann C 4 0 1 0 Schoop 2B 4 0 0 0 Beltran RF 2 0 1 0 Hardy SS 2 1 1 0 Young RF 1 0 0 0 Flaherty 1B 2 1 1 2 Headley 3B 3 0 0 0 Joseph C 2 0 0 0 Gregorius SS 3 0 0 0 Totals 29 3 4 3 Drew 2B 2000 Totals 31 4 7 4
West Coast League
LACROSSE
Yesterday’s result Langley 11, Nanaimo 7
U.S. Open Cup
Royals 5, Pirates 1 Pittsburgh
PAN-AM GAMES
Saturday, Aug 8 Man United v Tottenham, 4:45 a.m. Bournemouth v Aston Villa, 7 a.m. Everton v Watford, 7 a.m. Leicester v Sunderland, 7 a.m. Norwich v Crystal Palace, 7 a.m. Chelsea v Swansea, 9 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 Arsenal v West Ham, 5:30 a.m. Newcastle v Southampton, 5:30 a.m. Stoke v Liverpool, 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10 West Brom v Man City, noon
AUTO RACING This week’s races
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.
NASCAR The Jeff Kyle 400 at The Brickyard, Sunday, July 26, 12:49 p.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Indianapolis Motor Speedway (The Brickyard). 160 laps, 2.5 miles per lap. 2014 winner: Jeff Gordon. Qualifying Saturday, July 25, 10:10 a.m.
Konzum Croatia Open Umag July 20-26, Umag, Croatia Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Prize Money: €494,310 Singles - Round 2 Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Andreas Seppi (3), Italy, 6-2, 6-2. Fabio Fognini (5), Italy, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-3, 7-5. Doubles - Round 2 Marin Draganja, Croatia, and Henri Kontinen (1), Finland, def. Frank Moser, Germany, and Adil Shamasdin, Pickering, Ont., 7-6 (10), 6-4.
WTA Nurnberger Gasteinladies 2015 July 20-26, Bad Gastein, Austria. Surface: Clay. Prize Money: $226,750 Singles - Round 2 Samantha Stosur (2), Australia, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-0. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Lucie Hradecka (5), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2. Paribas Istanbul Cup July 20-26, Istanbul, Turkey. Surface: Hard. Prize Money: $226,750 Singles - Round 2 Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Ipek Soylu, Turkey, 6-0, 6-0. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1.
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) Canadian standings Stage 17 results 15 Ryder Hesjedal, 5:58 157 Svein Tuft, 29:54 Overall standings 56 Ryder Hesjedal, 1 hour, 39:18 162 Svein Tuft 3 hours, 24:58 Today’s schedule: Stage 18 - Gap to Saint-Jean de Maurienne, 186.5km, the most scenic day with the climb of gorgeous Lacets de Montvernier. Yesterday’s stage 17: Digne-lesBains to Pra-Loup, 161km, first of four Alpine stages, up to 2,250 metres. 1 Simon Geschke (GER/GIA) 4hr 12min 17sec 2 Andrew Talansky (USA/CAN) at 0:32sec 3 Rigoberto Uran (COL/ETI) 1min 01sec 4 Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 1:36 5 Mathias Frank (SUI/IAM) 1:40 6 Steven Kruijswijk (NED/LNL) 2:27 7 Nicolas Roche (IRL/SKY) 3:02 8 Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP/MOV) 3:04 9 Serge Pauwels (BEL/MTN) 3:05 10 Adam Yates (GBR/ORI) 3:21 11 Jan Bakelants (BEL/ALM) 4:26 12 Dan Teklehaymanot (ERI/MTN) 4:50 13 Rafal Majka (POL/TIN) 4:54 14 Merhawi Kudus (ERI/MTN) 5:55 15 Ryder Hesjedal (CAN/CAN) 5:58 16 Mickaël Cherel (FRA/ALM) 6:06 17 Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/EUC) 6:55 18 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 7:16 19 Rafael Valls (ESP/LAM) 7:16 20 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 7:16 21 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 7:23 22 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 7:31 23 Tanel Kangert (EST/AST) 7:52 24 Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 8:18 25 Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 8:32 Overall standings after Stage 17 1 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 69hr 06min 49sec 2 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) at 3:10 3 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4:09 4 Geraint Thomas (WAL/SKY) 6:34 5 Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 6:40 6 Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 7:39 7 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 8:04 8 Mathias Frank (SWI/IAM) 8:47 9 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 11:47 10 Warren Barguil (FRA/GIA) 13:08 11 Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 16:04 12 Andrew Talansky (USA/CAN) 16:25 13 Samuel Sanchez (ESP/BMC) 17:52 14 Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 18:37 15 Serge Pauwels (BEL/MTN) 20:07 16 Tony Gallopin (FRA/LOT) 20:12 17 Jarlinson Pantano (COL/IAM) 21:14 18 Thibaut Pinot (FRA/FDJ) 26:14 19 Jan Bakelants (BEL/ALM) 39:22 20 Gorka Izagirre (ESP/MOV) 40:48 21 Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA/ALM) 42:31 22 Roman Kreuziger (CZE/TIN) 44:34
Golf - Canadian Open tee times (continued)
RBC Canadian Open, July 23-26 Glen Abbey Golf Course, Missasaugua, Ont. Par 73, 7,273 yards. Purse: $5,800,000. 2014 champion: Tim Clark Past winners The first Canadian Open was held in 1919. J Douglas Edgar of English (but a US resident) was the winner by 16 strokes - still a PGA Tour record for margin of victory. More recent winners, with total strokes 2014 Tim Clark 263 2013 Brandt Snedeker 272 2012 Scott Piercy 263 2011 Sean O’Hair 276 2010 Carl Pettersson 266 2009 Nathan Green 270 2008 Chez Reavie 267 2007 Jim Furyk 268 2006 Jim Furyk 266 2005 Mark Calcavecchia 275 2004 Vijay Singh 275 2003 Bob Tway 272 2002 John Rollins 272 2001 Scott Verplank 266 2000 Tiger Woods 266 There are 16 Canadian golfers entered in the 2015 Canadian Open, denoted below by * (asterisk) Round 1 tee times (all times PDT). Thursday, July 23 4 a.m. Tee 1: Nicholas Thompson, Blayne Barber, Steve Wheatcroft Tee 10: Len Mattiace, Spencer Levin, Kyle Reifers 4:10 a.m. Tee 1: Neal Lancaster, Jerry Kelly, Ryo Ishikawa Tee 10: Eric Axley, Chad Collins, Scott Pinckney 4:20 a.m. Tee 1: Pat Perez, Luke Guthrie, Alex Prugh Tee 10: J.J. Henry, Ricky Barnes, Hudson Swafford 4:30 a.m. Tee 1: Alex Cejka, K.J. Choi, Davis Love III Tee 10: Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Tim Clark 4:40 a.m. Tee 1: Matt Jones, D.A. Points, Rory Sabbatini Tee 10: Hunter Mahan, Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els 4:50 a.m. Tee 1: Fabian Gomez, Jonas Blixt, Vijay Singh Tee 10: *Nick Taylor, Camilo Villegas, Ken Duke 5 a.m. Tee 1: Charley Hoffman, Seung-Yul Noh, Michael Thompson Tee 10: Martin Laird, Lucas Glover, Stewart Cink 5:10 a.m. Tee 1: Charlie Beljan, Vaughn Taylor, Roberto Castro Tee 10: Ryan Palmer, Andres Romero, Brian Davis 5:20 a.m. Tee 1: Heath Slocum, Jim Renner, Zac Blair Tee 10: John Rollins, William McGirt, Jim Herman 5:30 a.m. Tee 1: John Huh, Tim Wilkinson, Patrick Rodgers Tee 10: Robert Allenby, Jon Curran, S.J. Park 5:40 a.m. Tee 1: Tyrone Van Aswegen, Byron Smith, James Beale Tee 10: *Roger Sloan, Jonathan Randolph, *Corey Conners 5:50 a.m. Tee 1: Mark Hensby, Carlos Sainz Jr., *Albin Choi Tee 10: Richard Sterne, Mark Hubbard, Ollie Schniederjans 6 a.m. Tee 1: Zack Sucher, *Brad Fritsch, *Adam Svensson Tee 10: Andrew Loupe, Emiliano Grillo, Ryan Ruffels 9:15 a.m. Tee 1: Dudley Hart, Jeff Overton, *Adam Hadwin Tee 10: Chris Stroud, Scott Langley, Tom Gillis 9:25 a.m. Tee 1: Chad Campbell, Brian Stuard, Colt Knost Tee 10: Robert Garrigus, Greg Owen, Michael Putnam 9:35 a.m. Tee 1: Jhonattan Vegas, Kevin Chappell, *David Hearn Tee 10: Daniel Summerhays, Troy Merritt, Brice Garnett 9:45 a.m. Tee 1: Jason Day, Luke Donald, *Graham DeLaet Tee 10: Chesson Hadley, Mark Wilson, Retief Goosen 9:55 a.m. Tee 1: Scott Piercy, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell Tee 10: Brian Harman, John Merrick, Nick Watney 10:05 a.m. Tee 1: J.B. Holmes, Steve Stricker, Justin Leonard Tee 10: Sangmoon Bae, Ben Crane, Derek Ernst 10:15 a.m. Tee 1: Matt Every, James Hahn, Angel Cabrera Tee 10: Johnson Wagner, Sean O’Hair, Andrew Svoboda 10:25 a.m. Tee 1: Martin Flores, Josh Teater, Tony Finau Tee 10: Chez Reavie, Morgan Hoffmann, Andres Gonzales 10:35 a.m. Tee 1: Scott Verplank, John Peterson, Carlos Ortiz Tee 10: Aaron Baddeley, Jason Gore, Brendon de Jonge 10:45 a.m. Tee 1: Erik Compton, Billy Hurley III, Derek Fathauer Tee 10: Ryan Armour, *Taylor Pendrith, *Blair Hamilton 10:55 a.m. Tee 1: Tom Hoge, *Justin Shin, J.J. Spaun Tee 10: Cameron Percy, Max Homa, *Billy Walsh 11:05 a.m. Tee 1: Steven Alker, Whee Kim, *Garrett Rank Tee 10: Andrew Putnam, David Mathis, *Richard Jung 11:15 a.m. Tee 1: Sam Saunders, Austin Cook, Marcelo Rozo Tee 10: Oscar Fraustro, Drew Weaver, *Austin Connelly Round 2 - Friday, July 24 4 a.m. Tee 10: Dudley, Hart Jeff Overton, *Adam Hadwin Tee 1: Chris Stroud, Scott Langley, Tom Gillis 4:10 a.m. Tee 10: Chad Campbell, Brian Stuard, Colt Knost Tee 1: Robert Garrigus, Greg Owen, Michael Putnam 4:20 a.m. Tee 10: Jhonattan Vegas, Kevin Chappell, *David Hearn Tee 1: Daniel Summerhays, Troy Merritt, Brice Garnett 4:30 a.m. Tee 10: Jason Day, Luke Donald, *Graham DeLaet Tee 1: Chesson Hadley, Mark Wilson, Retief Goosen continued next column
4:40 a.m. Tee 10: Scott Piercy, Brooks Koepka, Graeme McDowell Tee 1: Brian Harman, John Merrick, Nick Watney 4:50 a.m. Tee 10: J.B. Holmes, Steve Stricker, Justin Leonard Tee 1: Sangmoon Bae, Ben Crane, Derek Ernst 5 a.m. Tee 10: Matt Every, James Hahn, Angel Cabrera Tee 1: Johnson Wagner, Sean O’Hair, Andrew Svoboda 5:10 a.m. Tee 10: Martin Flores, Josh Teater, Tony Finau Tee 1: Chez Reavie, Morgan Hoffmann, Andres Gonzales 5:20 a.m. Tee 10: Scott Verplank, John Peterson, Carlos Ortiz Tee 1: Aaron Baddeley, Jason Gore, Brendon de Jonge 5:30 a.m. Tee 10: Erik Compton, Billy Hurley III, Derek Fathauer Tee 1: Ryan Armour, *Taylor Pendrith, *Blair Hamilton 5:40 a.m. Tee 10: Tom Hoge, *Justin Shin, J.J. Spaun Tee 1: Cameron Percy, Max Homa, *Billy Walsh 5:50 a.m. Tee 10: Steven Alker, Whee Kim, *Garrett Rank Tee 1: Andrew Putnam, David Mathis, *Richard Jung 6 a.m. Tee 10: Sam Saunders, Austin Cook, Marcelo Rozo Tee 1: Oscar Fraustro, Drew Weaver, *Austin Connelly 9:15 a.m. Tee 10: Nicholas Thompson, Blayne Barber, Steve Wheatcroft Tee 1: Len Mattiace, Spencer Levin, Kyle Reifers 9:25 a.m. Tee 10: Neal Lancaster, Jerry Kelly, Ryo Ishikawa Tee 1: Eric Axley, Chad Collins, Scott Pinckney 9:35 a.m. Tee 10: Pat Perez, Luke Guthrie, Alex Prugh Tee 1: J.J. Henry, Ricky Barnes, Hudson Swafford 9:45 a.m. Tee 10: Alex Cejka, K.J. Choi, Davis Love III Tee 1: Bubba Watson, Jim Furyk, Tim Clark 9:55 a.m. Tee 10: Matt Jones, D.A. Points, Rory Sabbatini Tee 1: Hunter Mahan, Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els 10:05 a.m. Tee 10: Fabian Gomez, Jonas Blixt, Vijay Singh Tee 1: *Nick Taylor, Camilo Villegas, Ken Duke 10:15 a.m. Tee 10: Charley Hoffman, Seung-Yul Noh, Michael Thompson Tee 1: Martin Laird, Lucas Glover, Stewart Cink 10:25 a.m. Tee 10: Charlie Beljan, Vaughn Taylor, Roberto Castro Tee 1: Ryan Palmer, Andres Romero, Brian Davis 10:35 a.m. Tee 10: Heath Slocum, Jim Renner, Zac Blair Tee 1: John Rollins, William McGirt, Jim Herman 10:45 a.m. Tee 10: John Huh, Tim Wilkinson, Patrick Rodgers Tee 1: Robert Allenby, Jon Curran, S.J. Park 10:55 a.m. Tee 10: Tyrone Van Aswegen, Byron Smith, James Beale Tee 1: *Roger Sloan, Jonathan Randolph, *Corey Conners 11:05 a.m. Tee 10: Mark Hensby, Carlos Sainz Jr., *Albin Choi Tee 1: Richard Sterne, Mark Hubbard, Ollie Schniederjans 11:15 a.m. Tee 10: Zack Sucher, *Brad Fritsch, *Adam Svensson Tee 1: Andrew Loupe, Emiliano Grillo, Ryan Ruffels
Canada (MacKenzie Tour) No tournament this week (See PGA, Canadian Open) Next: ATB Financial Classic, July 30-Aug. 2 Links of Glen Eagles, Calgary. Par: 72, 7,019 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Brock Mackenzie Order of Merit (Canadian dollars) * denotes Canadian Player 2015 Winnings 1 J.J. Spaun CAD $70,263 2 Drew Weaver $44,450 3 *Albin Choi $40,079 4 *Kevin Spooner $36,575 5 Cheng Tsung Pan $33,429 6 Michael Letzig $32,086 7 Robert Karlsson $25,782 8 *Adam Svensson $24,617 9 *Benjamin Silverman $23,952 10 Sam Ryder $22,658 11 Nicholas Reach $22,185 12 Clark Klaasen $19,491 13 Vince Covello $18,900 14 *Riley Wheeldon $18,073 15 Jason Millard $17,393 16 *Corey Conners $16,450 17 Talor Gooch $16,242 18 *Eugene Wong $15,604 19 *Mackenzie Hughes $15,487 20 Clayton Rask $14,811
LPGA Meijer LPGA Classic, July 23-26 Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan. Par 72, 6,859 yards. Purse: $1,800,000. 2014 champion: Mirim Lee
Champions Tour No tournament this week. Next: The Senior Open Championship, July 23-26 Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire, England. Par 70, 6,627 yards. Purse: $2,100,000. 2014 champion: Bernhard Langer
Web.com Tour No tournaments this week. Utah Championship, July 30-Aug. 2 Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, Utah. Par 72, 7,714 yards. Purse: $650,000. 2014 champion: Andres Gonzales.
European Tour Omega European Masters, July 23-26 Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland. Par 70, 6,848 yards. Purse: €2,300,000. 2014 champion: David Lipsky Current standings 2015 Winnings €1=CAD$1.41 1 Rory McIlroy €2,875,645 2 Danny Willett 1,827,235 3 Louis Oosthuizen 1,712,114 4 Bernd Wiesberger 1,526,218 5 Branden Grace 1,330,758 6 Byeong-Hun An 1,193,673 7 Justin Rose 1,101,909 8 Thongchai Jaidee 1,066,554 9 Ross Fisher 983,914 10 Miguel A Jimenez 965,657
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Swayed Dealer: North N-S vulnerable NORTH ♠73 ♥AQ104 ♦4 ♣AKQ972 WEST EAST ♠10954 ♠ ♥J963 ♥K852 ♦K103 ♦AJ952 ♣84 ♣J1053 SOUTH ♠AKQJ862 ♥7 ♦Q876 ♣6 W N E S 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♣ Pass 4♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♠* Pass 6♠ All Pass * 2 controls and ♠Q Opening Lead: ♣8
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eclarer put up the ace to continue with a diamond as East rose with the ace to fire back the jack of clubs. South trumpedwithahighspadeand ruffed a diamond in dummy to begin trump. When East showed out, South’s worst fears were realized and the slam was down two, N-S-200. South had assumed, of course, that the opening lead had been a singleton where success would be assured by ruffing the second club with a top trump as long as spades were not 4-0. West should not lead a club but a diamond on this auction but declarer will have no trouble bringing home twelve tricks versus this beginning. North’s reverse was a slight overbid but South’s two spade rebid was forcing. When North rebid clubs promising a six- card suit, South seized the opportunity to reveal a self- sufficient suit by leaping to the major suit game. North, who held a singleton diamond, launched into Blackwood to check for controls. He settled into a small slam when the response revealed two controls and the spade queen. The auction intimated that South held three top spades and that there would be no trump losers. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.
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TORONTO — Canadian sprint phenom Andre De Grasse capped another big day for Canada’s track and field team with a victory in the men’s 100 metres Wednesday at the Pan American Games. The 20-year-old from Markham, Ont., crossed in 10.05 seconds, narrowly beating Ramon Gittens Barbados, who finished in 10.07. “Somehow, I just managed to pull off the win,� De Grasse said. “I had no pressure, my family and friends told me that no matter what happens, they are still proud of me. It has been a long season, and to do this, it is a wonderful feeling right now.� Earlier in the night, Canada’s Melissa Bishop won gold in the women’s 800 metres. The 26-yearold from Eganville, Ont., ran to victory in one minute 59.62 seconds. “I knew the crowd was going to be loud no matter what, so I was just trying to put myself in a good
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position to be able to run in and let the crowd do its work, and let the training come through,� Bishop said. “I’m really happy it worked out. It’s so nice to win a gold medal at home.� Toronto’s Sarah Wells added a silver in the women’s 400 hurdles. Canada has 13 medals in athletics through two full days of competition and leads all countries with seven gold. De Grasse, who is coming off a
remarkable performance that saw him win both the 100 and 200 at the NCAA championships, stepped up to the blocks to a huge roar from the packed 9,300-seat stadium at York University. Also Wednesday, Canadian decathlete Damian Warner is on pace to break Michael Smith’s Canadian record that has stood for 19 years. The 25-year-old from London, Ont., takes a personal best score of 4460 into Thursday’s Day 1. The world championship bronze medallist opened with personal bests of 10.28 seconds in the 100 metres and 7.68 metres in the long jump. He threw 14.36 in the shot put, the event that derailed his performance in May at the prestigious Hypo Meeting when he faulted on all three of his throws. He then cleared 1.97 metres in the high jump — his best is 2.07 — and capped the night by winning the 400 metres in 47.66 seconds. Earlier, Whitney McClintock won
the women’s water-skiing competition, Rusty Malinoski of Humboldt, Sask., took the men’s wakeboarding title and Hugo Houle finished first in the men’s road cycling individual time trial to give the host nation 63 gold medals with some Day 12 events still to go. McClintock finished ahead of American Regina Jaquess and Mexico’s Carolina Chapoy in the women’s water ski. The native of Cambridge, Ont., took the lead after earning 8,370 points in the tricks event following a disappointing slalom run. “It’s a complete shocker to me, actually,� McClintock said. “Today is not the way I planned it to go. Not even a little bit. It seems like on any other given day that would have not won you a gold medal. “It’s one of those hard things to celebrate, but a gold medal is a gold medal.� Jarret Llewellyn of Innisfail, Alta., added a silver in the men’s overall.
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Champions winning close ones Take Stampeders to win over Redblacks in Canadian Football League’s Week 4 last year but that was its first victory there since 2002. The Argos come off the bye, their last contest being a 25-20 road loss to Calgary on July 13. Travis Lulay is an impressive 18-1 as a starter at B.C. Place for the Lions (2-1) who’ve won two straight. Lulay, hampered by shoulder issues the last two years, has 785 passing yards with six TDs and one pick. Pick — B.C.
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Rene Paredes and the Calgary Stampeders have certainly showed a flair for the dramatic early this season. The defending Grey Cup champions have the league’s best record (3-1) and are atop the West Division standings. But two of those wins have come off late field goals by Paredes — a 50-yard boot on the final play to secure a 24-23 decision over Hamilton and last week a 40-yard effort with under three minutes remaining to give Calgary a 26-25 victory over Winnipeg. The other decision was a 25-20 win over the Toronto Argonauts, so Calgary’s three victories have come by a combined seven points. And on the season, the Stampeders have allowed more points (97) than they’ve scored (86). On Friday night, the Stampeders visit the Ottawa Redblacks (2-2). While Paredes accounted for the winning points against the Bombers, he certainly had help in securing the Stampeders the win. Calgary running back Jon Cornish ran for 120 yards on 15 carries while linebacker Juwan Simpson’s late interception preserved the narrow victory. The outburst moved Cornish into second overall among CFL rushers with 305 yards, one behind leader Jerome Messam of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, the MVP of Calgary’s Grey Cup
Winnipeg Blue Bomber Bruce Johnson, right, closes in on Calgary Stampeder Joe West during first half CFL football action in Calgary, Saturday.
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win last year over Hamilton, completed 12-of-21 passes for 165 yards and a TD. On the season, Mitchell stands third among CFL passers with 975 yards with as many TDs (four) as interceptions (four). After opening the season with two straight victories — matching last season’s total — Ottawa dropped a home-and-home series with the Edmonton Eskimos. But after losing a 46-17 decision in Alberta on July 9, the Redblacks were on the wrong end of a 23-12 contest at TD Place last week. Ottawa intercepted Edmonton starter Matt Nichols three times
but rookie running back Shakir Bell ran for 144 yards on 18 carries. And kicker Grant Shaw made all five of his field goal attempts. Ottawa receiver Mo Price will face his former team for the first time since being dealt by Calgary in January for linebacker Jasper Simmons and receiver Dan Buckner. Price has 12 catches for 91 yards with the Redblacks while Simmons has four tackles for the Stampeders. Pick — Calgary. Toronto Argonauts versus B.C. Lions on Friday night. Toronto (2-1) won in Vancouver
Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday night. Winnipeg (2-2) dropped a heart-breaking 26-25 decision to Calgary as kicker Lirim Hajrullahu missed two-of-three field goal tries, including from 52 yards out late that would’ve given the Bombers the lead. While Bell was solid running the football against Ottawa, Kendial Lawrence had four catches for a game-high 92 yards for Edmonton (2-1). Pick — Edmonton. Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday night. Saskatchewan (0-4) is the CFL’s lone winless team, putting head coach Corey Chamblin on the hot seat. But the Riders’ four losses have been by a combined 12 points. It’s also been a less than stellar start for Hamilton (1-2) as starter Zach Collaros threw three interceptions in last week’s 17-13 loss to Montreal. Pick — Hamilton. Last week: 2-2. Overall: 6-10.
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Silver leaning toward tweaking playoff format Adam Silver says the NBA is leaning toward not guaranteeing a playoff spot to a team that wins its division. Silver said Wednesday no decision has been made, but he believes it’s likely that teams will qualify for the post-season only if they have one of the top eight records in their conference. Division winners are currently guaranteed no worse than the No. 4 seed, though that’s expected to be changed before next season. Portland got that spot in the Western Conference last season by winning the Northwest Division, but the Trail Blazers would have been seeded sixth by win-loss record. Silver was speaking before taking part in a panel discussion at the “Beyond Sport United.”
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Commissioner looks at pushing trade deadline Commissioner Rob Manfred thinks baseball may need to consider moving the trade deadline back so teams in the hunt for a wild card have more time to make decisions. A second wild card in each league was added in 2012, keeping more teams in playoff contention long past the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. Manfred says teams may “want to wait a little longer” to evaluate their roster needs. However, Manfred also says Wednesday they want teams whose cores have been together in the post-season, so “you have to just balance those two issues.” Manfred, speaking on a panel at the “Beyond Sport United” program, also hopes there can be some exhibition games in Cuba next spring.
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South Carolina coach plans on sticking around Steve Spurrier has a message for all those “enemies” out there, saying he will remain South Carolina’s coach for a long time. Spurrier said Wednesday that he’s not too old at 70 to coach and is not leaving the school where he has coached the past 10 years and is the team’s career victory leader. Spurrier essentially said similar things at Southeastern Conference media days last week. That hasn’t stopped the questions about how long Spurrier might remain on the sidelines. “I got some enemies out there, I got some guys talking and writing and it’s all part of the game,” Spurrier said Wednesday.
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TORONTO — The mayor of Toronto says the city now has sports facilities to host international competitions that could previously only be held in Vancouver, leaving the door open for a possible future Olympic bid. The city is currently hosting the Pan Am Games, which wrap up Sunday, and Mayor John Tory said Wednesday that the event has put Toronto on the global map for athletic events. “There’s a whole variety of international events and sporting competitions that we’re now in a position to host, which I think is good for Toronto, good for Ontario and good for Canada, and the Olympics is one of those, obviously, about which there’s a great discussion,” Tory said. The mayor said he won’t discuss a potential bid for the Olympic Games until after the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games are over. The Parapan Am Games end in mid-August. Afterward, he said, officials will “sit down and talk about these things together as we will and decide what’s best in terms of what we go forward with, whether it’s an Olympic bid or a host of other things one could go forward with.” “I guess everything’s on the table until you take it off the table,” he said. Cities looking to host the 2024 Summer Olympics have until Sept. 15 to submit a letter of application to the International Olympic Committee. Those deemed viable applicants then have until early 2016 to turn in their bid concept. The committee will evaluate those concepts and choose a number of official candidate cities, which will be examined by a commission of experts before the winning city is be chosen in the summer of 2017. Toronto has made several failed bids for the Olympic Games, most recently when it lost to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Games. There is a precedent for a city hosting the Pan Am and the Olympic Games in close succession. Rio de Janeiro hosted the Pan Am Games in 2007 and is set to welcome the Summer Olympics next year.
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Eugenie Bouchard returns a shot during an exhibition match on a tennis court atop a barge docked on Lake Ontario in Toronto on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Bouchard hopeful she can turn around slumping play GREGORY STRONG THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Eugenie Bouchard was all smiles on the Toronto waterfront Wednesday, taking part in a clinic with young kids, hamming it up with fellow Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic, and engaging with fans and spectators alike. There were no signs that her unexpected season-long slump has got her down. Bouchard was the talk of the tennis world in 2014 after reaching the semifinals at the first three Grand Slam events, including a trip to the Wimbledon final. She won her first WTA title at the Nuremberg Cup last year and
finished the season ranked seventh in the world. Everything seemed to be lining up nicely for the 21-year-old from Westmount, Que. In addition to her on-court success, she signed with sports management powerhouse WME-IMG to help maximize the value of her brand and expand her presence in the fashion industry. Bouchard appeared primed to take things to the next level on and off the court. Instead, her 2015 season has simply been a disaster. It’s hard to pinpoint the reason why she has managed only a handful of victories this year. She may still be adjusting to new
coach Sam Sumyk. Expectations have been much higher and Bouchard has battled an abdominal injury in recent weeks. She said Wednesday that’s she’s feeling better, is back training and is not paying attention to the critics. “It’s been interesting for me to see how when I started doing well, how everyone jumped on the bandwagon or whatever — building me up so much,” Bouchard said. “And then to see how they would break you down so much as well, so it’s just how the media is, to always have a story and things like that. I just separate myself from that.
New Lakers ready for a fresh start in L.A. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Right after Roy Hibbert, Lou Williams and Brandon Bass received their new gold jerseys Wednesday, they all spoke variations on the same theme. The three veteran NBA players entered the summer looking for a fresh start, and they’re all eager to get it with the Los Angeles Lakers. They’re also looking forward to playing with Kobe Bryant — after they get a chance to talk to him. “I appreciate the Lakers getting me out here, and I’m going to
Former ESPN columnist signs contract with HBO HBO says it has struck a multiyear, multi-platform deal with the multi-faceted Bill Simmons. Under the deal, which begins in October, HBO will be Simmons’ exclusive television home, the network said Wednesday. Among other projects, Simmons will host a weekly talk show premiering next year. It will feature stories and guests from across the sports and cultural landscapes. He will also have a production deal to produce content for the network and its digital platforms, delivering video podcasts and features. In addition, he will consult with HBO Sports. A top personality at ESPN until they parted ways in May, Simmons has served as a sports columnist, TV host and analyst, and bestselling author. He was also the founding editor of the Grantland. com website.
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work extremely hard to make sure the Lakers get back to where they should be,” Hibbert said. The Lakers were thrilled to swing a trade for Hibbert, the 7-foot-2 centre who spent the past seven seasons with the Indiana Pacers. The two-time All-Star had already moved to Los Angeles before the deal happened, and he is determined to return to dominant defensive form after a perceived down season precipitated his departure from Indiana. While the Pacers are trying to get smaller and faster, the Lakers could use a bulky stopper after struggling as one of the NBA’s
worst defensive teams last year. “Looking at the team here, they have a lot of firepower,” Hibbert said. “My main presence is going to be at the rim. Last year, the Lakers were (29th) in defensive efficiency, so my job is to make sure I clog up the paint, (provide) help-side defence, and whatever else I get on the offensive end is candy.” Hibbert’s perceived decline last season wasn’t visible in most statistics. He started 76 games and averaged 10.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots per game — all numbers that look great to the Lakers.
The Toronto Blue Jays claimed infielder/outfielder Ty Kelly off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. The 27-year-old will report to the Blue Jays’ triple-A affiliate in Buffalo. Kelly has spent all of 2015 with triple-A Memphis of the Pacific Coast League, posting a .203 average with five doubles, four triples, two home runs and 38 walks in 227 at-bats. He has a career .381 on-base percentage over seven seasons, recording 85 walks in 2014 and a career-high 102 in 2013, and owns a .276 average with a .759 on-base plus slugging percentage in 782 career minor league games. Kelly was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in 13th round of the 2009 draft.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Bring a treat to work for your co-workers or when meeting up with friends. You’ll set the mood and be able to avoid a hassle. You could be worrying about a personal matter. Let it go and see how the situation develops. Tonight:
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