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years ahead of schedule, and that means an expansion originally planned for 2020 is needed earlier. “We’re hoping in the next number of years to double the size of our terminal building. We need space for a customs facility, also,” Hooper said. The airport submitted an application in February for $3.7 million in federal funding, for an $11-million expansion which would be shared three ways with the province and the airport. “Hopefully we can get the Build Canada money to increase our terminal size,” Hooper said. “We’re just waiting to see if we’re successful.”
A Nanaimo Mountie awaits sentencing from a provincial court judge after pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm. Const. Tim Bedard has entered an early guilty plea after being charged for punching an arrested man repeatedly in the face in a cell at the Nanaimo RCMP detachment in June 2014. Bedard was not the arresting officer and was trying to remove a drawstring from an article of the man’s clothing, a common precaution police take to prevent arrested people from hanging themselves. However, the arrested man resisted and, unprovoked, punched Bedard in the face. Bedard pushed the man against the wall and the two men fell in a struggle. Two other RCMP officers entered the cell. Apparently unaware of the other officers’ presence, Bedard began delivering multiple punches to the man’s face over approximately seven seconds. Following the incident, police reviewed the tape. The Ministry of Justice’s Criminal Justice Branch announced in February that it had approved a charge following an investigation. Bedard has remained at the RCMP detachment performing administrative duties. Crown prosecutor Oleh Kuzman argued for a one-year suspended sentence, adding the injuries caused by the assault were on “the lower end” of bodily harm. Bedard’s lawyer Bert King asked for a conditional discharge, presenting Judge Brian Saunderson with 20 character references. King said his client had sought help and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by violence directed at him in the past during his duties. Bedard apologized to the court and said he was ready to be held accountable. “I’ve never started a fight in my life,” Bedard said.
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Non-stop service from Nanaimo to Edmonton is the third service expansion by WestJet, which first introduced non-stop Calgary service in June 2013, then added second daily trip last fall. [DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO]
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anaimo passengers will have non-stop flights to Edmonton starting in December. The Calgary-based national air carrier WestJet announced the service Monday. Nanaimo Airport officials are pleased to see all the hard work finally pay off. “It’s one of those things we’ve been working on for a couple of years,” said Nanaimo Airport CEO Mike Hooper. “We had a venue in the fall that included WestJet folks and we were pushing for it then. We’re delighted it’s a go, both for our passengers and our communities.” Hooper said, as did WestJet spokesman Robert Palmer, Edmonton customers have wanted the service for some time.
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For an Edmonton resident, “wouldn’t you want to come golfing for a weekend?” Hooper asked. “This is a route that both ends, so to speak, have been looking for,” Palmer said. “Not just people in Nanaimo — people in Edmonton are looking for an option to get to the middle of the Island, so it’s going to be in place Dec. 15. For people looking at booking a Christmas flight, I would do it soon.” It’s the third service expansion by WestJet, which first introduced non-stop Calgary service in June 2013, then added a second daily trip last fall. Edmonton flights will depart Nanaimo at 2:25 p.m. and arrive in the Alberta capital at 5:12 p.m. Introductory fares are on offer for $170.23, taxes included, $196.48 Edmonton to Nanaimo.
“It will help facilitate business travel,” Palmer said. For people who live on the Island and work in northern Alberta, it’s another option. “And there are also people who do business on the Island,” Palmer said. “Then there’s another piece of it — in the winter months a lot of people go south, but it’s a pretty nice place in the winter, if you’re coming from a cold, snowy climate, some of the golf courses you can play all year.” The announcement reflects steady passenger growth since Nanaimo expanded its runway to allow inter-provincial flights. “By the end of 2015, we’re expecting about 320,000 (passengers),” Hooper said. That level of traffic was forecast for 2021, meaning the Nanaimo Airport is now six
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9-11:30 a.m. Summer Art Camps 2015, to connect with professional artists, learn new techniques, develop skills and have fun making art. Art Lab 150 Commercial St. Register at ireg.nanaimo.ca or call 250-756-5200. Quote registration code 135964. $100, art supplies included. Instructor: Carole Brooke. 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.
Art Lab at Nanaimo Art Gallery, 150 Commercial St. Noon to 5 p.m. Pet Pantry means free pet food for low-income pet owners, hosted by Island Veterinary Hospital. Aug. 1 deadline to get a coupon for the Aug. 6 event. Must have photo I.D. to qualify for a bag of pet food. SPCA shelter 2200 Labieux Rd. 1-4 p.m. Summer Art Camps 2015 to connect with professional artists, learn new techniques, develop your skills, and have fun making art. Art Lab 150 Commercial St., Register at ireg.nanaimo.ca or call 250-756-5200 (Registration Code: 135966) $100: All art supplies included. Instructor: Carole Brooke.
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Core review set for October start Mayor says council may have to decide whether cost increases should be put off until it is complete SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
The City of Nanaimo expects to have terms of reference for a core services review completed by next month and will aim to have a contractor in place to carry out the work by October. And while the work is not expected to be finished in time for the city’s 2016 budget, Mayor Bill McKay said council members may have to decide whether cost increases, such as hiring
additional police officers and firefighters, should be put off until a core review is complete. Council voted in February to proceed with a core review, an in-depth look at how city programs and how spending is allocated. As part of the motion, council also voted to ‘freeze’ current service levels until after the review has wrapped up. The city’s finance department is preparing a status quo budget for 2016, in absence of any other
specific directions from elected officials to do otherwise, said acting finance director Deborah Duncan. Spending for 2016 was included in a rolling, five-year financial plan approved by council this spring, and will be brought forward this fall for debate. The budget would add four fulltime RCMP officers next year, as well as 10 new firefighters the following year. Council is also considering purchasing a round
of new garbage trucks in a bid to automate the garbage fleet. Coun. Jerry Hong said the outcome of the core review will not come into play for the budget until 2017. “I think for us to take the time to do it properly is the key.” But Hong expressed concern with automating the garbage fleet, adding the issue should receive further study. McKay said he did not think replacing older garbage trucks
with newer, automated trucks could be considered an increased service level, but rather a fleet replacement. But McKay said hiring more police and firefighters would increase service levels, contrary to the core services motion. “But that’s just me,” he said. “I’m only one vote on that one.” Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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The neighbourhood pub that breathed life into the old E&N train station on Selby Street is closing its doors in August. Fibber Magees Station, an Irishthemed pub that opened in 2012, will permanently close on Aug. 16, according to the pub’s Facebook and Twitter pages. The establishment is owned by Jane and Trevor Ivens, who also own the Fox & Hounds restaurant in Ladysmith and the Black Goose Inn in Parksville. Jane Ivens could not be reached for comment by press time, but the news was met with disappointment from customers online. “Bloody Hell,” said one commentator named Al Black Davidson. “The only place in town that knew how to pour a Guinness.” “That’s too bad,” said Brenda Dedrick. “You all have put so much work into it.” The pub was brought into the building roughly five years after an arson-caused fire ripped through the old train station building, gutting the historic structure. Various community groups, including the Young Professionals of Nanaimo and the Downtown Nanaimo Partnership Society, raised $2.4 million to rebuild the structure. It was officially opened in 1886 by John. A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister. Before Fibber Magees opened, the pub owners also invested in painting, plumbing and electrical work in the building. It isn’t clear why the pub is closing its doors. But Pete Maltesen, chairman of the upper and mid-Island division for the B.C. Restaurant
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long way to ensure the system’s functionality in future years,” Stanhope said. “This couldn’t be more important to the people in Whiskey Creek, especially with the dry summer we’re enduring. “In the 72 years I’ve lived here, this has got to be the driest one ever.”
Pharmacists who see elderly patients regularly are well positioned to catch mental illness early among seniors. A new federal initiative will tap into that opportunity, starting with pharmacists at one of Canada’s largest drug store chains. The federal government provided $100,000 to the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health to develop and deliver accredited training to Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacists to identify depression and intervene when necessary. Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan and Cathy McLeod, Parliamentary Secretary to the federal health minister, unveiled the program in Nanaimo Monday at the University Village Shoppers location. “It’s about partnerships and interdisciplinary care,” said McLeod, who comes from a nursing background. It was made in Nanaimo because “it’s important that it’s not just big cities that are aware of these programs,” McLeod said. Trained pharmacists would catch depression early by monitoring and talking to patients, then offering suggestions and making referrals for treatment when a patient is identified as battling depression. That is expected to make a big difference, said Dr. Lonn Myronuk, Island Health lead psychiatrist for the Nanaimo area. “I’m not sure everyone will realize the impact of what’s happening here today, and won’t realize it until we get a chance to look back,” Myronuk said. As with formerly taboo illness such as breast and prostate cancer, open dialogue about mental health will bring it “out in the light,” he said, to break down the stigma to encourage early intervention and treatment. “Everybody feels sad, angry or scared sometimes, When does it cross the line to becoming a problem? The only way is to compare notes. When it’s hidden, people have no way of knowing.” To help break down barriers through public education, Shoppers has produced brochures on depression and suicide, which will be available at all of its stores.
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Pub owner Jane Ivens in 2012 as Fibber Mcgees was under construction. The pub closes Aug. 16. [DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO]
and Food Services Association, said now is a rough time for restaurants. “It’s a tough business, they’re not the only ones shutting down,” he said. “There’s too many restaurants in downtown Nanaimo,” Maltesen said, adding a shrinking market has become saturated and ownership turnover has become more common.
“The economy’s no good, there’s not enough money going around,” he said. Maltesen, who has operated his own pizza and pasta restaurant in the downtown for 25 years, said a shortage of cooks and higher food costs are also adding strain to the market. “I’ve never seen it this bad,” he said in reference to food costs.
“I feel for them,” he said. The building remains the property of the Island Corridor Foundation and is expected to be used as a station once passenger train service resumes on the rail line. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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Upgrade for Whiskey Creek water treatment DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
Whiskey Creek residents will get water treatment. The Regional District of Nanaimo will upgrade the existing Whiskey Creek Water System to enhance treatment capacity. The project, estimated at $435,800 is now possible with up to $145,266 in federal funding announced Monday by Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan.
The provincial government will provide an equal portion and the RDN pays the other third. The funding announcement means the project can go ahead without need of a referendum, which is required for more costly projects. Without senior government funding, “the load on the taxpayer would be huge,” said RDN board chairman Joe Stanhope. The RDN will upgrade the existing Whiskey Creek water
system to improved treatment and capacity. The project will include expanding the facility, upgrading piping, disinfection equipment and electrical and control systems. The community draws its water from Crocker Creek. The water system, which was provided by the developer, was taken over by the RDN in 2011. “We’ve made a number of improvements, but this will go a
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t’s not like this is a new topic. At least once a year something — cruise ships or lack thereof, the success of the various summer festivals and little else, tourism ideas that die of the vine — provokes a discussion of how to make Nanaimo a destination rather than a place people pass through for 10 months of the year. So far, lots of talk and nothing has really changed. While our summer festivals are great and and draw large numbers, no one has embraced an idea that will define this city. While it is debatable whether it will work or not, a group has been pushing for Nanaimo to feature its mine heritage by restoring the Morden Mine site. For their efforts, the Friends of
Morden Mine Society got nothing, and have now been forced to give up the proposal. The the city must have more to give and the province gave the message that it wasn’t going to provide any funding for new park initiatives. It wasn’t for lack of trying. As for the federal government, last week when federal NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen was in town he made it clear that Ottawa has ceased providing any meaningful funding for tourism initiatives. Of course, bringing more tourists to Nanaimo does not rely exclusively on federal or provincial cash — though it can help. And given that situation it’s now up to us to get moving on ideas to bring tourists to the city outside of the summer season.
While in the end there may be a need for funding help from a higher level of government, first we need to come up with ideas. That calls for creativity, not cash. But the crucial ingredient that underpins most successful endeavours is risk. Some of the initiatives we’ve seen in the past include a bodypainting festival, a skateboarding event and a downtown bicycle race. Let’s just say that some ideas brought forth have not been given a whole lot of support from certain quarters. The Morden Mine group is not the only one to see what they consider to be a good idea withered on the vine. It’s time for all those who want to see this city emerge from its percieved tourism funk to begin
— to use a well-worn cliche — to “think outside the box,” i.e. be willing to take a risk on something new and unusual. One hates to think what would happen if Frank Ney popped up in 2015 with an idea for a world famous bathtub race. Would the support to get such a crazy sounding idea off the ground would be forthcoming? But then Ney was the kind of guy who when faced with a challenge kept on until he found a way to accomplish his goal. But others seeking to deal with the city and various boards either don’t have the same tenacity or face obstacles that even someone of Ney’s fortitude did not want to face, choosing instead to take their ideas and initiatives elsewhere.
We’ve had reports on this and Tourism Nanaimo and the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation are looking at how to address this issue. But this isn’t a case that calls for a top-down solution. We can’t solve this by fiat, decree or policy. The city must look at what attracts creative-minded people who have ideas. Find a way to welcome them and their ideas, remove any roadblocks to their proposals and take a risk. It worked in 1967 and we have the Bathtub event. The only guarantee is that by doing nothing, that’s all we will get — more nothing. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this editorial to letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Youth need education in music for bright future After listening to the thunderous music and vocals foisted upon sensitive young ears at the Diana Krall Plaza this past weekend, can I suggest we do better for our young folk mentally, developmentally, as well socially and for their appreciation and learning skills? As caring parents, resident mature adults, community leaders, and entertainment entrepreneurs, we really do need to discern good from bad and give them this advantage. A challenge to the school district to consider being the first in Canada, as I am aware, to offer music appreciation, and music skills to (all) students as a normal part of their curriculum. Every student in Germany is given this opportunity. I suggest it would begin to contribute, as a result, to fewer young persons loitering aimlessly, to violence and behavioural problems in their lives and in school, the added horrors of drugs and ill health — as a result, in exchange for better development and cognitive skills as well as personal achievement, and satisfaction in their future lives, and work. I need not suggest how additional resources to provide such an opportunity in Nanaimo would benefit it’s young citizens and
this community, as well as fiscally for those who would hesitate, or question. Be reminded, that policing presently is, by far, our greatest expenditure here, which is an insult to our intelligence and a reflection on early development and missed opportunities as children, and young adults. There is sufficient evidence that a program of music for all students would not only improve immensely the health giving quality of music to the human brain, and thereby dynamically increase the cognitive and educational skills of children as well as to secure a life skill of music appreciation into old age. Isn’t this what we want for ourselves and our community? I would expect so. Young people deserve better for their future, and so does this community. Alan Miller Nanaimo
Offer to buy Wildwood seen as excellent news Regarding the press release that Ecoforestry Institute Society has made an offer of $900,000 to acquire Wildwood. This is really good news. At the June 12 meeting in Victoria, Briony Penn (TLC chair) said that if a charitable organization
could meet the $860,000 amount they could amend the plan. A transcript of what Penn said, “We don’t have an offer for $860,000 for a special purposes trust. If we did we could just amend it. There is no offer on the table for $860,000 . . . We can’t take $860,000 off the table unless we have the same amount. If we had a $860,000 offer on the table we could amend the plan if there was no material change in the amount of money that would be coming to the creditor” But $900,000 is more than the amount needed. Now Wildwood can be protected in the way it was meant to be. As a member of Wildwood Protectors, I am ecstatic. Roblyn Hunter Nanaimo
Less fortunate in city need help from all of us Why is it that as soon as there is a proposal to build affordable housing for people who have a mental illness, an addiction or are mentally challenged anywhere north of the downtown area people are quick to voice opposition versus support? As a parent of a young woman with a mental disability, I am disappointed that some residents use either the “not in my backyard “ approach or greed — “it will affect my
property value” over recognizing that all citizens have the right to safe and affordable housing in any neighborhood in Nanaimo. Regarding the excuse that it will increase traffic in the area, very few of these clients or other people who need affordable housing drive a vehicle. So far in spite of all of the initial outcry when such a housing project is proposed and then built, the finished project turns out to be an asset to a community which blends in and looks like it has always been there. Good management ensures the good neighbor status is maintained. Organizations such as NACL need the support from all citizens in their efforts to meet the housing needs of their clients. The pictures I have seen for this project would improve and enhance the property at 3425 Uplands. Come on Nanaimo, we are better than this. Let’s be more welcoming to all people, not just those as fortunate as we might be. Marg Fraser Nanaimo Letters must include your hometown and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first name (or two initials) and last name. Unsigned letters and letters of more than 350 words will not be accepted. Email to: letters@nanaimodailynews.com.
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Dad in ‘extreme shock’ as son dies in Panama A Port Alberni father is in shock after his son was murdered in Panama a week ago. Joe Potrebenko, 53, was shot and killed in a home invasion on July 18 on his property in Panama, between the town of Boquete and the city of David. Potrebenko grew up in Port Alberni and graduated from Alberni District Secondary School. He moved to Panama about 10 years ago, said his father, Mike. “It’s extreme shock to me,� he said. Police in the Central American country are on the lookout for three armed men who shot Potrebenko as they entered his yurt-style home on the night of July 18.
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Sighting of cougar and cubs closes popular trail The Holland Creek Trail was closed last Wednesday after a cougar sighting of a mother and cubs. The Town of Ladysmith closed the trail for the evening on the advice of the conservation officer. The trail reopened at 10 a.m. on Thursday morning. “In case the mother was hunting to feed her cubs, the conservation officer thought it’d be best to give it some space,� said city manager Ruth Malli. The town is always guided by the conservation officer with regards to trail closures on the basis of cougar sightings, prior to notifying the public. Malli also said signs have been placed at the trail warning the public that it is a “corridor for animals.� “Especially with the creek there, they come down to drink,� she said.
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Gabriola publisher moves ahead despite death of its co-founder New Society Publishers decides to offer staff a ďŹ nancial stake in the business JULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS
Still tender from the recent loss of co-founder, husband and father Christopher (Kip) Plant, New Society Publishers has moved forward with a new innovative direction for the Gabriola-based company. After a nine-year struggle with a Parkinson-like condition, Plant died on June 26 leaving a legacy as a man who sought to change the world, both through his own activism and through providing a space for the voices of others with the same aspirations in his work with New Society. A publishing company with its roots in the ‘70s Movement for a New Society, an organization centred around non-violent civil disobedience in the spirit of Martin Luther King and Gandhi in response to the Vietnam War. Housed in a number of old mansions in Philadelphia that were taken over by activists offering trainings and teach-ins, New Society began with the facilitation of small-scale publications on activist issues and non-violence and subsequently grew into a sort of pamphlet
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distribution business before later becoming a North American book publishing house with a Canadian chapter run by both Kip and Judith Plant. The couple had met in the library at Simon Fraser University, where both were studying communications. “(Kip) had just come from the South Pacific, where he had worked for the Nuclear Free and Independence movement. He was so interesting to me, because I had come from Fort McMurray, where I had been executive director of the friendship centre there, and had really become politicized through what was
happening to the people up there with the tar sands,� said Judith. Kip had worked for the independence movement in the small island nation of Vanuatu, with Father Walter Lini who later became Vanuatu’s first prime minster. “We had had such different experiences, but had come to such similar conclusions about the way things were. So we were totally inspired by that, by our politics. That was our love affair.� That meeting blossomed into a romance, a 36-year marriage and a business partnership fuelled by a mutual passion for changing the world and using communication as a tool to effect that shift. The son of two journalists, Kip “believed his life work was to enable the voices of others to change the world. And he taught me that that was our work in the world, to be enablers for others voices,� said Judith. Through a variety of challenges in the last 10 years, which encompassed not only Kip’s illness but a sale and subsequent buy-back of the company from Douglas & McIntyre following
CRIME
Effort to steal taxi at ferry terminal ends with suspect held for police
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Business resumes after big ďŹ re at golf course Hot spots continued to make work for firefighters days after an initial blaze was extinguished at Duncan Meadows Golf Course, but business at the course has continued. South End Fire Hall’s deputy chief Brad Coleman said crews from his hall and from Khowutzun Forest Services have continued to monitor the site since Monday. A downed power line charged a fence which resulted in flames running along about 1.2 kilometres of Highway 18. Winds allowed the fire to jump across the street and into a farmer’s field. Members from the South End hall were joined by North Cowichan’s Maple Bay and Crofton fire halls, and crews and equipment from the Duncan, Sahtlam, Cowichan Bay, Ladysmith and North Oyster.
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Mounties investigate after stabbing report During the early morning hours of July 19, the Comox Valley RCMP were called to a report of a stabbing at a residence on the 2800 block of Lanyon Road in Courtenay. The incident occurred in the residence after a verbal altercation took place while a large house party was underway. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment of an abdominal wound. One man was arrested for aggravated assault and has been held in custody pending an appearance in Provincial court.
A man’s attempt to steal a taxi from the Departure Bay ferry terminal ended in an arrest Saturday after the suspect then swiftly crashed the vehicle into a nearby chain link fence. The 36-year-old man exited from the ferry arrived from Horseshoe Bay just before noon. According to police, he then jumped in an idling Yellow Cab taxi while the driver was standing outside. Within minutes the suspect then crashed the taxi into the front of a nearby passenger bus,
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backed into another bus and then sped through a crosswalk. The taxi then jumped a curb and drove into a chain link fence, which brought the vehicle to a stop, said Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Const. Gary O’Brien. “People saw this, including some ferry employees, so they came and they swarmed the guy, so the guy came up swinging,� said O’Brien. “He punched one of the ferry attendants in the head, so he was then swarmed by a bunch of other civilians. One larger individual held him and pinned him to the ground until police arrived.�
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The BC Ferries employee did not require medical treatment, added O’Brien, and no civilians were injured in the incident. The suspect was arrested for theft of the taxi, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and assault. He was transported to the Nanaimo RCMP detachment and a bail hearing was held later that same day. The suspect was remanded until Aug. 4 to make an appearance before a Nanaimo provincial court judge.
Tourist found justiďŹ ed in shooting, killing cougar
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their bankruptcy in the fall of 2012, New Society has emerged stronger than ever. In mid-June employees of New Society voted in favour of a new shareholder’s agreement which marked the formation of a new employee’s trust that would effectively give them one-third ownership of the company. An innovative new arrangement spearheaded by investor Carol Newell of Renewal Partners, Judith Plant, and Judith and Kip’s daughter Julie Raddysh, director of operations for the company, it offers the employees both a financial stake and a hand in the operational direction of New Society. “Part of the incentive for changing the structure was to create a succession plan for the company, and this was a way to direct the company in a way that fit the morals and ethics of New Society,� said Raddysh. “So to recognize our staff and include them in the future decisions of the company.�
A Nanaimo man has died after a motor-vehicle accident in the Okanagan on the weekend. Angus Atkinson died while riding his motorcycle on Saturday evening, between Shuswap Lake and Revelstoke, following a collision with a car. Atkinson was travelling with his brother Tyler and friend Rick. The other two were riding separate bikes and were not involved in the crash. Atkinson, in his late 30s, worked at Newcastle Nissan for more than a year. He was also known for his work as a rehab councillor in the community. Close friend Graham Payne, sales manager at Newcastle Nissan, said Atkinson had orchestrated rehab sessions for citizens for the past 15 years. “It’s extremely sad,� said Payne. “He was an amazing person who did a lot for the community. He helped people all across Canada with his work as a recovery life coach and giving back to the people in need. He was one of my best friends and a guy with a heart of gold who would help anybody.� Steve Laird, owner of Newcastle Nissan, said news of the accident was “terrible� and described Atkinson as a “firstrate person with a good energy level.� “He’ll be missed by all,� said Laird.
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A tourist who shot and killed a cougar at Salmon Beach was justified in doing so, says BC’s Conservation Officer Service. Victoria man Shawn Hanson shot the cougar after it attempted to run off with his dog, Bailey, on July 2. Bailey escaped the incident with no life-threatening injuries and Hanson immediately reported the shooting to local police as well as the Conservation Officer Service. Conservation officers arrived on July 3 to retrieve the cougar and investigate the incident. A conservation officer suggested the cougar was the same animal that had been spotted underneath a trailer at the Mussel Beach Campground on June 28.
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Toronto cheers as Boston jumps off 2024 bandwagon
Liberals reject Tory defector in Toronto
Flush with Pan Am Games success, Canada’s biggest city considers another bid PAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Boston’s withdrawal from the race to host the 2024 Summer Olympics could make a potential Toronto bid “far more attractive,” particularly if no other American city steps up to the plate, experts said Monday. “The Boston decision today certainly makes the landscape easier for a Canadian bid, a Toronto bid,” said Bruce Kidd, an Olympics expert at the University of Toronto. “With no U.S. bid, a Canadian bid has a much stronger argument,” he said, noting that by 2024, it will have been almost three decades since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the last time the Summer Games were held in North America. A spokesman for the U.S. Olympic Committee said Monday that the organization has severed ties with Boston, where the prospect of a bid for the ’24 Summer Games was met with low public support and an active opposition group. Little time remains for the organization to find another potential host city — the deadline to register interest with the International Olympic Committee is Sept. 15. But there is speculation Los Angeles could be in
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police lower the Pan Am and Olympic flags during the closing ceremony of the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS}
the running. Meanwhile, there’s talk of a third Toronto Olympic bid following the city’s successful Pan Am Games, which wrapped up Sunday. Toronto Mayor John Tory said he wants to let the dust settle before making a decision, adding that officials will conduct a “careful analysis” to determine
whether a bid is in the city’s best interest. “They say it’s not a good idea to go grocery shopping when you’re hungry and in the euphoria of what were a tremendously successful (Pan Am) Games... this is a serious, rational decision that has to be made,” Tory said Monday. The head of the Canadian
Olympic Committee wants to forge ahead with the pitch, and the president of the Canadian Paralympic Committee has also thrown his support behind the idea. Organizers for the Pan Am Games have said they should have ballpark figures for the total cost of the event before the bid deadline.
RESCUE
Russian pilot survives ordeal on Arctic ice floe single-engine aircraft and was about halfway between Iqualuit and Greenland when his Robinson R22 helicopter ditched in the Davis Strait on Saturday afternoon. Rear Admiral John Newton says the search and rescue co-ordination centre was notified after an on-board beacon indicated Ananov’s single-seat aircraft had descended to sea level and
stopped moving. The admiral said the 49-year-old sociologist and journalist had his life-raft close at hand and his survival suit was on as it hit the water. “It’s wet, it’s cold, he has some polar bear neighbours who are very interested in his whereabouts. He has quite a survival story.” Newton said Ananov fired off
flares but they couldn’t be seen in the cloudy, misty conditions by rescue aircraft and helicopters that had been dispatched to the scene. However, early on Monday morning a watchkeeper with the coast guard vessel Pierre Radisson, which had set out from Frobisher Bay to find the lost aviator, spotted one of the flares fired from the floe.
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Teen found dead in Vancouver home
Sales firm fined for taking advantage of seniors
‘Gift from the skies’ helps ease wildfire crisis
Reserve soldier dies during training course
Police say a 15-year-old boy found dead in the city’s east end was murdered. High school student Jason Nguyen was discovered in his home by a family member just before 3 p.m. on Sunday. Const. Brian Montague says the teen had severe injuries and rushed to a nearby children’s hospital, but he died on the operating table. Montague says the killing does not appear random, but declined to provide details about suspects or whether weapons were involved. Investigators are now attempting to create a suspect profile.
The watchdog for British Columbia’s consumers has penalized a door-to-door vacuum-cleaner and air-filtration company for taking advantage of seniors. Consumer Protection B.C. has ordered Advanced Air Supply to refund customers more than $5,100, and pay $4,100 in penalties and partial inspection costs. The watchdog says the company and sole director Jacob Douglass represented used products as new, took advantage and failed to refund seniors, and used contracts that didn’t contain legally required information.
Weekend rain has resulted in a dramatic improvement on the wildfire front across the province. Fire information officer Ryan Turcot says 170 active wildfires are currently burning in B.C. That’s a significant drop from the high of 252 fires recorded last week as high temperatures and strong winds fanned flames in parts of the Okanagan and southern Interior. Turcot says most of the 170 active fires were caused by lightning, while six new blazes were reported Sunday and Monday, two believed to be human-caused.
The Canadian Army says a reserve soldier who died at a base in Manitoba collapsed while learning how to build a trench. Pte. Kirby Tott, who was 25, died during a training course Saturday afternoon at Canadian Forces Base Shilo. Maj. Giselle Holland, a public affairs officer, says Tott was learning how to install revetting to reinforce the walls of a trench when he suddenly collapsed. Tott was employed as a corrections officer from Prince George, and was also a member of the Rocky Mountain Rangers, a reserve regiment.
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El Nino far more than just a weather pattern Warming current spurs dramatic shifts in the global economy with U.S. and China among the winners
The Pacific gets more hurricanes; the Atlantic fewer. Winter gets milder and wetter in much of the United States. The world warms, goosing Earth’s already rising thermometer from manmade climate change. Peruvian sailors named the formation El Nino — the (Christ) Child — because it was most
noticeable around Christmas. An El Nino means the Pacific Ocean off Peru’s coast is warm, especially a huge patch 100 metres below the surface, and as it gets warmer and close to the surface, the weather “is just going to be a river falling from the sky,” said biophysicist Michael Ferrari, director of climate services for
agriculture at the Colorado firm aWhere Inc. Around the world, crops fail in some places, thrive elsewhere. Commercial fishing shifts. More people die of flooding, fewer from freezing. Americans spend less on winter heating. The global economy shifts. “El Nino is not the end of the world so you don’t have to hide under the bed. The reality is that in the U.S. an El Nino can be a good thing,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center. This El Nino officially started in March and keeps getting stronger. If current trends continue, it should officially be termed a strong El Nino early in August, peak sometime near the end of year and peter out sometime next spring. Meteorologists say it looks like the biggest such event since the fierce El Nino of 1997-1998. California mudslides notwithstanding, the U.S. economy benefited by nearly $22 billion
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Quebec provincial police are limiting their use of semi-unmarked vehicles pending a review following a fatal collision. The probe was launched after an officer driving such a car smashed into another vehicle and killed three elderly people on July 18 in Dolbeau-Mistassini, about 300 kilometres north of Quebec City. Semi-unmarked cars are difficult for motorists to identify. Lt. Guy Lapointe said the force will use the vehicles less frequently to respond to emergencies while it conducts its review.
Hackers have broken into the network of the tribunal that adjudicates disputes between public servants and the federal government. The website of the Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board has been down since Friday after security officials discovered hackers had exploited a weakness to get into the tribunal’s public network. It’s not known how long the hackers were in the system, or exactly what — if anything — they took during the breach, which was discovered last Thursday.
The federal government has awarded contracts to a Montreal-area company as part of its investment in military technology. Defence Minister Jason Kenney says the contracts obtained by Rheinmetall Canada Inc. are potentially worth more than $493 million. They involve equipment for the Integrated Soldier System project, including weapon accessories and electronics such as a radio, a smartphone-like computer to run battle management software, a global positioning system and a communications headset
Police are working to identify a man heard hurling vulgarities at a CBC reporter moments after the end of the closing ceremonies of the Pan Am Games. Charlsie Agro broadcasting live on air Sunday night recapping the impressive performance of Canada’s female Pan Am athletes when a man shouted an obscenity that’s frequently directed at female reporters on the job. Agro says she tried to chase the man down to confront him, but lost him in the crowd. She wound up filing a report with Toronto police.
Canadian Pacific Railway is officially asking for permission to appeal the approval of the $430-million settlement fund for victims and creditors of the Lac-Megantic train derailment. The company states in court documents obtained by The Canadian Press that the fund is unfair and the Superior Court justice who gave it the green light earlier this month had no jurisdiction to do so. The fund was created when about 25 companies accused in the July 6, 2013, incident that killed 47 people offered to compensate victims.
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WASHINGTON — In California, they’re counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they’ve already declared a preemptive emergency to prepare for devastating flooding. It’s both an economic stimulus and a recession-maker. And it’s likely to increase the price of coffee, chocolate and sugar. It’s El Nino — most likely, the largest in well over a decade, forecasters say. A lot more than mere weather, it affects lives and pocketbooks in different ways in different places. Every few years, the winds shift and the water in the Pacific Ocean gets warmer than usual. That water sloshes back and forth around the equator in the Pacific, interacts with the winds above and then changes weather worldwide. This is El Nino. Droughts are triggered in places like Australia and India, but elsewhere, droughts are quenched and floods replace them.
In this Jan. 15, 1998 file photo, a women sifts through rubble near her home after much of the town of Santa Teresa in Cuzco, was destroyed by a mudslide brought on by persistent rains attributed El Nino. [AP PHOTO]
from that El Nino, according to a 1999 study. That study found that 189 people were killed in the U.S, mainly from tornadoes linked to El Nino, but an estimated 850 lives were saved due to a milder winter. A UN-backed study said that El Nino cost Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela nearly $11 billion. Flooding in Peru destroyed bridges, homes, hospitals and crops and left 354 dead and 112 missing, according to the Pan-American Health Organization. The mining industry in Peru and Chile was hammered as flooding hindered exports. Though this year’s El Nino is likely to be weaker than the 1997-1998 version, the economic impact may be greater because the world’s interconnected economy has changed with more vulnerable supply chains, said risk and climate expert Ferrari. Economic winners include the U.S., China, Mexico and Europe while India, Australia and Peru are among El Nino’s biggest losers.
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MEDICATION
Insurers may soon cover medical pot, say experts
Mushrooms pose real risk Dr. W. Gifford-Jones
Recent changes from Health Canada seen as major step in legitimizing use
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anadians who have been prescribed medical marijuana could one day see their insurance company footing the bill, experts predict, following the introduction of new Health Canada rules that allow for the sale of cannabis oils. Health Canada announced revamped medical marijuana regulations earlier this month after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that users of the drug should be permitted to consume it in other forms, such as oils and edibles, rather than having to smoke dried buds. “You’re going to see insurance companies slowly start to creep into the sector,” says Khurram Malik, an analyst at Jacob Securities Inc., noting that the new regulations will allow medical marijuana producers to sell gel caps similar to those made from cod liver oil. That will allow for more precise dosing, Malik says. “When you’re trying to smoke a plant you have no idea how much you’re consuming, so that makes doctors a little nervous,” he said. Experts say the changes are a major step towards legitimizing the drug in the eyes of doctors and insurers. “When something doesn’t look different than other medicines, it becomes much easier for people to get comfortable with the idea that this is, in fact, a possible treatment option for patients,” says Bruce Linton, the chief executive of Smiths Falls, Ont.based Tweed Marijuana Inc. However, medical marijuana producers still have one major hurdle to overcome before insurers begin routinely funding the drug — cannabis currently doesn’t have a drug identification number, known as a DIN.
As it stands, most insurance companies don’t routinely cover medical marijuana. But some insurers, including Manulife, say they will consider making an exception if an employer has specifically requested it for one of its employees. [AP PHOTO]
“If it was issued a DIN by Health Canada, it’s quite likely that the insurance companies would cover it,” says Wendy Hope, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc. “To obtain a DIN, the new form of medical marijuana would need to go through the full Health Canada approval process like any new drug.” As it stands, most insurance companies don’t routinely cover medical marijuana. But some insurers, including Manulife, say they will consider making an exception if the employer has specifically requested it for one of its employees. “It’s up to the employer to ask if they want to have it covered,” says Hope. Earlier this year, Sun Life agreed to pay for a University
of Waterloo’s medical marijuana prescription through his student health plan after the student union went to bat for him. Jonathan Zaid, 22, uses the drug to combat a syndrome called new daily persistent headache. Some health insurance companies may pay for medical marijuana through a health spending account, says Hope. But, she adds, “my understanding is it doesn’t happen often.” Malik says the primary reason why medical marijuana doesn’t have a DIN is a lack of rigorous, clinical research on its efficacy. “The evidence is very circumstantial — not your typical 10-year, double-blind study that doctors and big pharmaceutical companies like to see,” Malik said.
He suspects that’s about to change. “You’re going to see a lot of Canadian companies partnering up with universities overseas that are a little more progressive than the ones we have here, at least in this space, to drive this research forward and legitimize it in the eyes of doctors and get DIN numbers on these things,” Malik said. Malik says there is a financial incentive for insurers to pay for medical marijuana, rather than shelling out for pricier chronic pain drugs such as opiates. “From a dollars and cents standpoint, if marijuana is the same thing as a narcotic opiate, they would much rather cover marijuana because they’re in the business to make money,” Malik said.
PSYCHIATRY
Shootings also mar mental health dialogue THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor in a high-profile mass killing in the United States, there’s a collective sigh among mental health professionals here. Even as they see an opportunity for serious discussions of problems and remedies, they also worry about setbacks to their efforts to destigmatize mental illness. “Most people who suffer from mental illness are not violent, and most violent acts are committed by people who are not mentally ill,” said Dr. Renee Binder, president of the American Psychiatric Association. If, hypothetically, everyone with mental illness were locked up, “you might think you were safe, but you are not,” Binder said. According to the National Institute of Mental Health’s latest estimate, from 2012, there were an estimated 9.6 million adults in the U.S. — 4.1 per cent of the total adult population — experiencing serious mental illness over the previous year. “If you look at that large pool of people, only a tiny proportion of them will eventually commit violence,” Binder said. “How are you going to identify them? It’s like a needle in a haystack.” Yet public perceptions can be hard to shake. Of the mass
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“Most people who suffer from mental illness are not violent, and most violent acts are committed by people who are not mentally ill.” Dr. Renee Binder, President of the American Psychiatric Association
shootings of the past 10 years that are most ingrained in America’s psyche, the mental health problems of the perpetrator became a central part of the narrative in several cases — notably the rampages at Virginia Tech University in 2007, which left 33 dead, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, in which 20 children and six adults were killed, in a Colorado movie theatre in 2012, where 12 people were killed, and near the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2014 that left six students dead. Just this month, a jury convicted James Holmes in the Colorado massacre, after a wrenching trial that delved deeply into his mental problems. In two rampages recently, the perpetrators also have been described as mentally troubled. After the killing
of four Marines and a Navy sailor at a military facility in Tennessee, the family of slain assailant Muhammad Abdulazeez said he had been in and out of treatment for depression starting as an adolescent. John Russell Houser, who killed two people and wounded nine before killing himself at a Louisiana movie theatre last week, had a history of mental health issues; at one point a judge ordered him involuntarily committed to receive psychiatric care. While these incidents seize public attention, there’s far less focus on the serious, systemic problems besetting America’s mental health system, says Jeffrey Swanson, a professor of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine. “Forty per cent of people with serious mental illness are going without treatment — our systems are fragmented and overburdened,” Swanson said. “When do we pay attention to this? We pay attention when there’s a horrifying mass casualty shooting, and then people say: ‘Let’s fix the system.”’ That puts mental health professionals in a bind. “We’re trying to debunk the stigma that people in the mental health system are dangerous, and yet refocus attention to how do we improve the system,” he said.
Swanson and many of his colleagues, while committed to combatting stigma, acknowledge that some people with serious mental illness are more likely to commit violence than people who are not mentally ill. “There’s a long way to go in developing treatment that works for more people,” he said. “It’s not just about getting better medications — it’s about providing the supportive services, jobs, access to housing.” Swanson has been working with other researchers and mental health professionals on steps that could be taken to reduce access to firearms by people who pose a high risk of violence — whether or not those people have mental illness. By broadening firearms bans to include people who’ve been convicted of violent misdemeanours or domestic violence, Swanson believes public safety could be enhanced while avoiding further stigmatization of mental illness. Another topic of concern pertains to sharing of information. After some of the recent mass killings, there were accounts of mental health professionals becoming aware that the eventual perpetrator might pose a threat, and questions about whether such information could be shared more effectively.
re you sure you know how to identify poisonous mushrooms?” I asked my neighbour. He assured me he had studied differences in this fungus and had been picking them for years. But one night I received a call from his wife saying her husband was desperately ill. I found him lying on the bathroom floor, ghostly white, breathing heavily and in agony. I discovered he had been picking mushrooms and they had been a part of his dinner. He was rushed to the Emergency and nearly died. Now a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says that foraging and eating wild mushrooms can result in liver failure and even death. And that mistaking toxic mushrooms for edible varieties is a common error. Dr. Adina Weinerman at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center in Toronto says: “Distinguishing safe from harmful mushrooms is a challenge even for mycologists.” She cites the case of a 52 year old immigrant woman of Asian descent who had foraged for mushrooms with her husband in a local park. She had had foraging experience in her native land. But like my friend, after eating them she developed severe abdominal pain and gastrointestinal distress. She eventually needed a liver transplant. Dr. Adina states that people poisoned by toxic mushrooms go through three stages. Within six to 12 hours there is pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. But this is followed by a false recovery in which patients appear to improve. This misleads doctors to assume all is well, and they may be prematurely discharged from hospital or Emergency department. The final stage occurs 48 hours after ingesting toxic mushrooms. The patient’s liver starts to fail following which other organs may falter and death may occur. The big problem is that doctors do not have an antidote for mushroom toxicity. It appears that whether you live or die depends on whether you’re fortunate enough to have “the luck of the Irish.” Charcoal can be used to absorb the toxin if used early, but by the time patients are seen in Emergency it’s usually too late to be helpful. The message is crystal clear. Mushrooms of the Amanita genus include over 600 types which cause most of the mushroom deaths. So If mycologists can be fooled identifying toxic mushrooms so can you. It can also fool immigrants who may mistake local poisonous mushrooms for familiar ones from their native land. But it’s not only toxic mushrooms that can result in trouble according to a report in the Nutrition Action Health Letter. A doctor at Kingston General Hospital in Ontario noticed that an increased number of people were arriving at the hospital complaining of stomach cramps and diarrhea. He ordered stool cultures on these patients and all suffered from Salmonella enteritidis infection. One patient said, “After they did stool and blood samples on me a doctor asked if I had eaten at a certain restaurant.” As the investigation continued it was discovered that all patients had eaten a meal containing bean sprouts. And some people had taken home left-overs in a doggy bag. The culprit was a food company in Toronto that was distributing contaminated sprouts to food stores and restaurants in Kingston. By the time health officials had controlled the outbreak 550 people in Ontario had become sick from bean sprouts. Raw sprouts have been linked to 30 outbreaks of foodborne illness in North America. Sprouts are particularly dangerous as E coli bacteria can lodge in tiny cracks in seeds where they’re difficult to kill or remove. And when the seeds are sprouted they provide the ideal breeding ground for bacteria. Some experts claim that sprouts are impossible to wash thoroughly and say that seniors, children and those with a weak immune system should not eat them. Luckily for me I do not like bean sprouts. But if I did I’d take the expert advice and make sure they had been refrigerated, were crisp-looking, did not appear dark, and were free of a musty smell. If eating out and you’re not sure they’ve been thoroughly cooked, leave them on the plate. See the web site www.docgiff.com. For comments info@docgiff.com
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Early indications show Raiders picked the right man for the job
White Rapids place well in meet on Salt Spring
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fter his first win as head coach of a junior football team, Jerome Erdman took questions from three reporters at Caledonia Park. Some surrounded the game, but others focused on the pressure that Erdman faced in his first appearance at the helm of a once dominant Vancouver Island Raiders program looking to get back to that level. Erdman smiled, looked at his players celebrating a 22-14 win over the defending B.C. Football Conference champion Langley rams, and deflected. “I’m happy for them, really,” he said of his players. “I’m happy for this program. That’s a very big win for this program against a very good team for a bunch of young kids. “It’s all about the players.” Of course, the questions persisted. This was his first victory in a job he fell into after former Ballenas Whalers head coach Jeremy Conn had taken over, replacing the fired Brian Ridgeway, before having to pull out due to health reasons. For Erdman, this had to be more than just about the players and the program. This was his first win in his first try and it came in probably the highest-profile football coaching job in the province not associated with a university. And he knows it. “I won’t lie, it feels sweet,” Erdman said after gently being pushed into it. “I put pressure on myself to win every game, and we try to prepare to do that. It’s sweet getting that first one.” For a Raiders program that took a gamble on promoting Erd-
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The Vancouver Island Raiders, left, beat the Langley Rams 22-14 to kick off the 2015 B.C. Football Conference season Saturday at Caledonia Park. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
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man to head coach, it has to be pretty sweet. Because although it is still very early in the season, the early returns show that Erdman was the right choice for the job. There was just one real toss-up BCFC game on Saturday, and it happened in Nanaimo. There was no question who was going to win the other two games. The Okanagan Sun beat the Westshore Rebels 78-7 to open the season, while the Kamloops Broncos thumped the Valley Huskers 72-17.
Erdman and the Raiders didn’t have the same advantage as the Sun or the Broncos did when they played unquestionably inferior rosters. But maybe that’s a good thing, because a win over the Rebels or Huskers wouldn’t have proved anything. A win over the Rams certainly did. Last year, the Raiders defence gave up an average of 56 points per game against the Rams. They made a 38-point improvement on that on Saturday in a win under Erdman, also the team’s defensive co-ordinator. Asked where that improvement came from, veteran defensive end Quinton Bowles was quick to answer. “Our coaches have been giving us the tools,” he said. “They’ve been running us and just teaching us hard work. That’s about it.” The hard work the Raiders have been putting in is clearly paying off, and it’s not forecast to stop, either. “Like I told (our players), we’ve
got to work even harder now,” Erdman said. “We’re not a surprise anymore.” The Raiders, who next play the Rebels in Langford on Saturday, likely won’t be involved in any surprises in Week 2. That game has to be chalked up as a win. The real fun, though, returns in Week 3 when the Raiders host the Okanagan Sun, who beat them four times in 2014, including in the BCFC semifinal. The Sun were the first team to hold the Raiders out of the championship game since 2005. The Sun play the Huskers on Saturday, so they’ll get yet another tune-up game before stepping into Caledonia Park on Aug. 8. It will be the first test of the season for the Sun. And for Erdman and this year’s crop of Raiders, it will be their biggest test yet. » Scott McKenzie is the sports editor at the Nanaimo Daily News. To offer comments on this column or to submit a story idea, send an email to: scott.mckenzie@nanaimodailynews.com.
SOCCER
Mariners go down 2-1 in playoffs Season now over for Chris Merriman’s team with loss to Victoria Highlanders ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
It was a disappointing end to the season for the Mid Isle Mariners, who lost out in their first playoff game Saturday and failed to advance to the provincial final. Chris Merriman’s team lost 2-1 to the Victoria Highlanders at Trillium Turf Field in Vancouver, ending any hope of playoff glory. The Highlanders took the lead in the first half when a long ball over the top caught out the Mariners defence to result in an opportunist goal. Merriman said it was a frustrating moment, with his team having the “run of the play” for the majority of the first 45 minutes. Then in the second half, as the Mariners pushed forward to try and equalize, the Highlanders
“I was happy with the effort we put in on what was a long season.” Chris Merriman, head coach
scored again to make it 2-0. A late goal from Bryce McManus presented a lifeline but the Mariners couldn’t break down a stubborn Highlanders defence in the dying moments. “Obviously we didn’t get the result we wanted but it was a good game against the Highlanders,” said Merriman, who believes the scoreline would have been much different had his players shown the same intensity level in the final 20 minutes as they had from the beginning.
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“We didn’t have that playoff mentality and when we were playing them, it didn’t really feel like a provincial game. But I’m happy with how the season went and the progress we’ve made.” The Mariners had finished second in the Pacific Coast Soccer League to set up the tie against the third placed Highlanders. This season was also the first time the Mariners have qualified for the PCSL playoffs, having finished outside the top four of the league in previous years. “We had a chat at halftime and in the second half we were better and showed a lot of character and fight towards the end. I was happy with the effort we put it on what was a long season.” Kye Taylor and Blaze Roberts both departed Saturday’s game
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early with injuries. Merriman said he was particularly disappointed with the first goal, having warned his defenders of the long ball tactic of their opponents used to take advantage of some pacey strikers. “We weren’t disciplined enough and got caught out.” Nevertheless, the head coach insists he will look back on the season with pride and is already looking forward to next year. “The effort and intensity we showed in the last 20 minutes — if we’d shown that from the first minute, I’m sure it would’ve gone the other way,” said Merriman. “But that’s football, you live and learn.”
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This past weekend proved to be another successful outing for the Nanaimo White Rapids Swim Club which had numerous swimmers achieve top four results at a meet on Salt Spring Island. In the girls’ Division 1, Kathryn Say won first in the 50m fly as well as the 50m breast. She also placed second in the 50m free, 100m free and 100m IM, while Grace Lim placed fourth in the 50m fly and 50m back in the same division. Jasmine Schellinck won the 50m breast in Division 2. Peter Morch was arguably the club’s top performer at the meet with six first place finishes in the boys’ Division 2. Morch won the 100m IM, 50m free, 100m free, 50m fly, 50m back and the 50m breast. Carter James was third in the 100m IM, 50m free, 100m free, 50m fly, 50m back and 50m breast in the same division. Kayley Morch finished second in the 100m free and fourth in the 50m back in the girls’ Division 3. For Divison 3 boys, Gus Johnson won the 50m breast, was second in the 100m IM, third in the 50m back and fourth in the 100m free. Jack Laroche placed third in the 50m fly. Cameron Laturnus was second in the 100m free, 50m back, 50m free and also third in 50m breast, 50m free and 50m fly. Also in the division, Bryon Moore was fourth in the 50m back and Nic Sertic the same in the 50m free. In Division 4, for the girls, Ava Johnson finished second in the 100m back, was third in the 100m free, 200m IM and fourth in 50m free. For the boys, Tayden De Pol was first in the 100m back, second in 200m IM, third in the 50m free and 100m free, and also fourth in the 50m fly. Delaney O’Toole won the 100m breast for Division 5 girls and was also third in both the 200m IM and 100m back. For the boys in Division 5, Quinn Todd was first in the 200m IM, 50 free, 100 free and 100m back. He was also second in both the 100m breast and 50m fly. Eric Labas was also fourth in the 100m fly, fifth in 200m IM, the 50m fly, 100m back and 100m free. In the girls’ Division 6, Sarah Kirkhope finished third 100m fly and also fourth in 50m free. Jordan Labas was also second in 50m free, 100m breast and fourth in 100m fly. Nyree McGonigle won the 100m free and was third in the 50m free. Kara Lindsay was fourth in the 100m free for Division 7 girls. In the boys’ Division 7, Riley Prout-Holm won the 50m free, 100m free, 50m fly and 100m fly. Seamus O’Toole was second in the 100m free and third in the 100m breast. Jackson James was also second in the 100m breast. The club will travel to Oak Bay this weekend for its next meet. Sports@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243
Sr. B Timbermen start finals on Wednesday DAILY NEWS
As the local lacrosse season winds down, the Nanaimo Senior B Timbermen are the last team standing. The Timbermen, who swept the Langley Warriors in three games in the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association semifinal last week, will play the Ladner Pioneers in a best-of-five-games final starting Wednesday in Nanaimo. The Pioneers, who finished second in the regular season only behind the Timbermen, beat the Royal City Capitals 11-10 in the fifth and deciding game of the other semifinal. Wednesday night’s game between Nanaimo and Ladner is at 7:15 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena. The series then shifts to Ladner Aug. 6 before returning to Nanaimo Aug. 8 for Game 3. If necessary, Game 4 is set for Aug. 9 in Ladner and the final game will be played Aug. 12 in Nanaimo.
SPORTS
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |
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SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL CFL
West Edmonton Calgary BC Lions Winnipeg Saskatchewan East Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal
W 3 3 2 2 0 W 3 3 2 2
L 1 2 2 3 5 L 1 2 2 2
T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0
Pts PF PA 6 112 58 6 112 126 4 102 113 4 109 169 0 143 162 Pts PF PA 6 118 103 6 105 127 4 119 88 4 87 69
Week 5 results Yesterday’s result Hamilton 31, Saskatchewan 21 Saturday’s result Edmonton 32, Winnipeg 3 Friday’s results Ottawa 29, Calgary 26 (OT) Toronto 30, BC Lions 27 Week 6 schedule (with odds by Oddsshark) Home team in CAPS Favourite Line (O/U) Underdog Thursday, July 30, 5:30 p.m. BC Lions 5.5 (n/a) WINNIPEG Friday, July 31 Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1 Montreal at Calgary, 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3 Toronto at Hamilton, 4 p.m.
League leaders Passing yards 1 Kevin Glenn, Sak 2 Henry Burris, Ott 3 Bo Levi Mitchell, Cgy 4 Zach Collaros, Ham 5 Trevor Harris, Tor 6 Drew Willy, Wpg 7 Travis Lulay, BC 8 Rakeem Cato, Mtl 9 Matt Nichols, Edm 10 Brian Brohm, Wpg
1,483 1,372 1,293 1,215 1,177 994 950 822 658 217
Passing TDs 1 Trevor Harris, Tor T2 Henry Burris, Ott T2 Travis Lulay, BC 4 Kevin Glenn, Ssk T5 Bo Levi Mitchell, Cgy T5 Drew Willy, Wpg T7 Rakeem Cato, Mtl T7 Zach Collaros, Ham T7 Matt Nichols, Edm
11 7 7 6 5 5 4 4 4
Rushing Yards 1 Jerome Messam, Sask 2 Jon Cornish, Cgy 3 Anthony Allen, Sask 4 Andrew Harris, BC 5 Tyrell Sutton, Mtl 6 Brandon Whitaker, Tor 7 Paris Cotton, Wpg 8 Shakir Bell, Edm 9 Chevon Walker, Ott 10 C.J. Gable, Ham 11 Travis Lulay, BC 12 Henry Burris, Ott 13 Cameron Marshall, Wpg
329 325 301 284 280 255 247 239 192 135 118 104 100
Receiving Yards 1 Chris Williams, Ott 2 Weston Dressler, Sask 3 Eric Rogers, Cgy 4 S.J. Green, Mtl 5 Nick Moore, Wpg T6 Clarence Denmark, Wpg T6 Ryan Smith, Sask 8 Brad Sinopoli, Ott 9 Andy Fantuz, Ham 10 Adarius Bowman, Edm 11 Bakari Grant, Ham 12 Chad Owens, Tor 13 Marquay McDaniel, Cgy 14 Jamel Richardson, Sask 15 Jerome Messam, Sask T16 Emmanuel Arceneaux, BC
432 403 400 341 308 283 283 278 272 270 265 263 252 250 237 225
BASEBALL
White Sox 10, Red Sox 8
MLB - Results and standings
ab r h bi ab r h bi Eaton DH 6 1 3 2 Betts CF 5032 Saladino 3B 5 1 1 1 Ramirez LF 5 0 0 1 Cabrera LF 5 2 2 1 Bogaerts SS 5 1 0 0 Abreu 1B 3 2 2 1 Ortiz DH 5112 Garcia RF 4 1 2 0 Napoli 1B 1 0 0 0 Shuck CF 3 1 1 1 Nava 1B 2100 Ramirez SS 4 0 0 0 Sandoval 3B 5 1 2 1 Flowers C 5 1 2 2 Castillo RF 2 2 1 0 Sanchez 2B 5 1 2 0 Hanigan C 5 2 2 0 Totals 40 10 15 8 Weeks 2B 4 0 2 1 Totals 39 8 11 7
American League East W L NY Yankees 56 42 Toronto 50 50 Baltimore 49 49 Tampa Bay 50 51 Boston 44 56 Central W L Kansas City 60 38 Minnesota 52 46 Detroit 48 51 Chicago Sox 47 50 Cleveland 45 53 West W L LA Angels 55 43 Houston 55 45 Texas 47 51 Seattle 46 54 Oakland 44 56 National League East W L Washington 52 45 NY Mets 51 48 Atlanta 46 53 Miami 41 58 Philadelphia 37 63 Central W L St. Louis 64 35 Pittsburgh 57 41 Chicago Cubs 52 46 Cincinnati 43 54 Milwaukee 43 57 West W L LA Dodgers 56 44 San Francisco 55 44 Arizona 47 51 San Diego 47 52 Colorado 42 55
Chicago Sox
PCT .571 .500 .500 .495 .440 PCT .612 .531 .485 .485 .459 PCT .561 .550 .480 .460 .440
GB Strk - W3 7.0 L1 7.0 W3 7.5 W1 13.0 L1 GB Strk - W3 8.0 L2 12.5 L2 12.5 W5 15.0 L5 GB Strk - W1 1.0 L2 8.0 L2 10 L1 12.0 L4
PCT .536 .515 .465 .414 .370 PCT .646 .582 .531 .443 .430 PCT .560 .556 .480 .475 .433
GB Strk - L1 2.0 W2 7.0 L1 12.0 L3 16.5 W4 GB Strk - W1 6.5 W1 11.5 W1 20.0 L2 21.5 L3 GB Strk - L2 0.5 W6 8 W3 8.5 W3 12.5 L1
Yesterday’s results Baltimore 2, Atlanta 1 (11 innings) Chicago Sox 10, Boston 8 Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 2 Kansas City 9, Cleveland 4 Chicago Cubs 9, Colorado 8 NY Yankees 6, Texas 2 St. Louis 4, Cincinnati 1 Arizona 4, Seattle 3 (10 innings) San Francisco 4, Milwaukee 2 Today’s schedule with probable pitchers Tuesday, July 28 (Early games) Atlanta at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Teheran (6-5) vs. Jimenez (7-5) Philadelphia at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Morgan (1-2) vs. Doubront (1-0) Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Zimmermann (8-5) vs. Fernandez (3-0) Chi. White Sox at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Samardzija (6-5) vs. Miley (8-8) Detroit at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Price (9-3) vs. Odorizzi (5-6) Kansas City at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Young (8-5) vs. Bauer (8-6) San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Shields (8-3) vs. Syndergaard (4-5) Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. De La Rosa (6-4) vs. Hendricks (4-5) N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Tanaka (6-3) vs. Perez (0-1) L.A. Angels at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Shoemaker (5-7) vs. McHugh (11-5) Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Morton (6-4) vs. Pelfrey (5-7) Cincinnati at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Leake (8-5) vs. Lackey (8-5) Oakland at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Gray (10-4) vs. Bolsinger (5-3) Arizona at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Anderson (4-4) vs. Iwakuma (2-1) Milwaukee at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Fiers (5-7) vs. Cain (2-1) Wednesday, July 29 (Early games) Kansas City at Cleveland, 9:10 a.m. Guthrie (7-5) vs. Kluber (5-10) Detroit at Tampa Bay, 9:10 a.m. Verlander (0-3) vs. Archer (9-7) Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Liriano (5-6) vs. Santana (1-0) Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Butler (3-6) vs. Lester (5-8) Arizona at Seattle, 12:40 p.m. Corbin (1-2) vs. Hernandez (11-5) Milwaukee at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. Nelson (7-9) vs. Peavy (1-4) Atlanta at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Banuelos (1-1) vs. Tillman (7-7)
New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez signs autographs for fans before a game against the Texas Rangers, Monday in Arlington, Texas. [AP PHOTO]
A-Rod turns 40 in Texas vs. old team STEPHEN HAWKINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Texas — Alex Rodriguez doesn’t remember any clubhouse conversations as a young player about still being in the game at 40 years old. “You talk more about 35, coming into your mid-30s. Forty’s not really talked about,” Rodriguez said. “So, sure, there’s a certain amount of pride.” A-Rod marked his 40th birthday Monday night with the New York Yankees’ series opener at Texas. He was the designated hitter and batted third against the team that gave him his first huge contract. It came a year after Rodriguez turned 39 while serving a season-long suspension for violations of baseball’s drug agreement and labour contract. “I had a lot of time to think and evaluate. It was a dark time, for sure,” Rodriguez said. “To be able to come back this year and look back, and hopefully I’m going to be a better player but more importantly a better person for the next 40 years.” When asked what a 40-year-old A-Rod would tell the 30- or 20-year-old A-Rod, he first said he wasn’t in position to give anyone advice, including himself. But he then said there was a point in time when hitting home runs and being a great player were all that mattered to him. “I figured that if I hit more home runs, it would justify for whatever behaviour I had off the field,” he said, without being specific. “And I realize today that it’s not that way at all. Hitting home runs doesn’t make you a good father. It doesn’t make you a good friend. And it certainly doesn’t make you a good teammate. And to me, they’re both important.” Rodriguez went into Monday night’s game hitting .277 with 23 home runs and 58 RBIs. He got his 3,000th career hit June 19 against Detroit, and this is his 16th career 20-homer season — he is fourth on the major league homer list with 677.
Boston
Chicago Sox 401 011 201 10 Boston 220 210 001 8 2B: CWS Cabrera, Me 2 (19, Kelly, J, Kelly, J), Abreu (16, Breslow), Sanchez, C (10, Ross, R), Eaton (15, Ross, R), Shuck (6, Ross, R), Flowers (8, Layne); BOS Hanigan (4, Danks, J), Betts (25, Danks, J), Sandoval (14, Danks, J). 3B: CWS Eaton (8, Kelly, J), Saladino (2, Kelly, J). GIDP: CWS Ramirez, Al. HR: BOS Ortiz, D (20, 1st inning off Danks, J, 1 on, 2 out). S: CWS Shuck. Team Lob: CWS 9; BOS 9. DP: BOS (Weeks, J-Napoli). E: CWS Saladino 2 (2, fielding, throw); BOS Kelly, J (4, fielding). Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SO J Danks 4.1 9 7 6 1 2 M Albers (W, 1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 Z Duke 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 J Petricka 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 D Robertson 1.0 1 1 1 2 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO J Kelly 3.1 7 5 4 0 2 C Breslow 1.0 1 1 0 2 1 A Ogando 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 R Ross (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 2.0 5 3 3 1 1 J Tazawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 T Layne 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 HBP: Nava (by Duke). Time: 3:54. Att: 37,401.
Rays 5, Tigers 2 Detroit
Tampa Bay
ab r h bi ab r h bi Kinsler 2B 4 1 1 0 Jaso DH 2000 Cespedes LF 4 1 2 2 Butler PH-DH2 0 0 0 Martinez DH 4 0 2 0 DeJesus LF 3 1 1 0 Martinez RF 4 0 0 0 Guyer PH-CF 1 0 0 0 Castellanos 3B4 0 0 0 Longoria 3B 3 0 2 0 Avila C 2 0 0 0 Loney 1B 4 0 1 0 Iglesias SS 4 0 0 0 Forsythe 2B 4 0 2 1 Romine 1B 2 0 0 0 Souza Jr. RF 3 2 1 0 Davis PH-CF 1 0 0 0 Kiermaier CF 3 0 1 1 Gose CF 2 0 0 0 Beckham SS 4 0 1 0 Marte PH-1B 1 0 0 0 Casali C 4233 Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 33 5 12 5
Detroit 000 000 110 2 Tampa Bay 001 110 02x 5 2B: TB Longoria (22, Sanchez, An), Souza Jr. (10, Sanchez, An), Kiermaier (20, Sanchez, An), Beckham, T (6, Alburquerque). GIDP: TB Forsythe. HR: DET Cespedes (16, 7th inning off Karns, 0 on, 0 out); TB Casali 2 (5, 3rd inning off Sanchez, An, 0 on, 0 out; 8th inning off Rondon, B, 1 on, 2 out). S: TB Elmore. Team Lob: DET 5; TB 8. DP: DET (Kinsler-Iglesias, J-Romine). Detroit IP H R ER BB SO A Sanchez (L, 10-8) 5.1 8 3 3 2 6 A Alburquerque 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 I Krol 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 W Wilson 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 B Rondon 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO N Karns (W, 6-5) 6.0 3 1 1 0 3 K Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 J McGee 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 B Boxberger 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Time: 3:06. Att: 13,348.
Orioles 2, Braves 1 (11 innings) Atlanta
Baltimore
ab r h bi ab r h bi Markakis RF 5 0 2 0 Reimold L-RF 4 0 2 0 Maybin CF 5 0 1 0 Davis RF-1B 3 0 0 0 Freeman 1B 5 0 0 0 Machado 3B 5 0 0 0 Pierzynski DH 5 0 1 0 Jones CF 5110 Garcia 3B 5 1 2 1 Wieters C 5 1 3 1 Peterson 2B 4 0 0 0 Hardy SS 3 0 1 1 Simmons SS 4 0 0 0 Snider DH 4 0 0 0 Perez LF 4 0 3 0 Schoop 2B 2 0 0 0 Totals 37 1 9 1 Lough PR-LF 1 0 0 0 Flaherty 1-2B4 0 0 0 Totals 36 2 7 2
Atlanta 000 000 001 00 1 Baltimore 000 000 001 01 2 SB: ATL Perez, E (1, 2nd base off O’Day/ Wieters), Ciriaco (2, 2nd base off Brach/ Wieters); BAL Lough (2, 2nd base off Frasor/Lavarnway). 2B: ATL Markakis (23, Gausman), Garcia, A (1, Gausman); BAL Reimold (3, Vizcaino). HR: ATL Garcia, A (2, 9th inning off Britton, 0 on, 1 out); BAL Wieters (4, 11th inning off Avilan, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: ATL 8; BAL 9. DP: BAL (Schoop-Flaherty). Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO R Wood 7.1 3 0 0 2 7 J Johnson 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 A Vizcaino 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 L Avilan (L, 2-4) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO K Gausman 7.2 6 0 0 1 5 B Matusz 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 Z Britton 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 D O’Day 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 B Brach (W, 4-2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:20. Att: 26,256.
Yankees 6, Rangers 2 NY Yankees
Texas
ab r h bi ab r h bi Gardner C-LF 4 0 0 0 Odor 2B 5000 Young LF-RF 4 0 1 1 Choo RF 4000 Rodriguez DH 5 1 1 1 Fielder DH 4 0 1 0 Teixeira 1B 4 0 1 0 Moreland 1B 2 0 1 0 McCann C 4 0 1 0 Beltre 3B 4 0 0 0 Beltran RF 2 1 0 0 Andrus SS 3 1 1 1 Headley 3B 4 2 3 0 Martin CF 3 0 1 1 Gregorius SS 4 1 3 4 Chirinos C 3 0 0 0 Ryan 2B 4 1 1 0 Telis PH 1000 Totals 35 6 11 6 Totals 29 1 4 2
NY Yankees 003 001 200 6 Texas 020 000 000 2 SB: TEX Martin, L (14, 2nd base off Nova/McCann, B). 2B: NYY Headley (16, Harrison, M); TEX Andrus (18, Nova), Moreland (17, Nova). 3B: NYY Ryan, B (2, Harrison, M). GIDP: NYY Rodriguez, A. HR: NYY Gregorius (5, 3rd inning off Harrison, M, 1 on, 0 out), Rodriguez, A (24, 6th inning off Harrison, M, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: NYY 6; TEX 9. E: NYY McCann, B (5, throw). NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO I Nova (W, 3-3) 5.0 5 2 2 2 3 C Shreve 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 J Wilson 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 D Betances 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Texas IP H R ER BB SO M Harrison (L, 1-2) 6.0 6 6 6 2 2 S Freeman 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 P Klein 2.0 4 0 0 1 1 HBP: Andrus (by Nova). Time: 3:01. Att: 33,691.
Cardinals 4, Reds 1 Cincinnati
St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi Phillips 2B 4 1 1 0 Wong 2B 3 1 1 4 Votto 1B 2 0 1 0 Carpenter 3B 4 0 2 0 Frazier 3B 3 0 0 0 Peralta SS 4 0 0 0 Bruce RF 1 0 0 1 Heyward RF 3 0 0 0 Pena C 4 0 0 0 Molina C 2 1 1 0 Byrd LF 4 0 0 0 Cruz PH-C 2 0 0 0 Suarez SS 4 0 1 0 Piscotty LF 4 1 1 0 Iglesias P 1 0 0 0 Bourjos CF 2 1 0 0 Bourgeois PH 1 0 1 0 Lynn P 3010 S’maker PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 27 4 6 4 Hamilton CF 4 0 1 0 Totals 29 1 5 1
Cincinnati 001 000 000 1 St. Louis 000 400 00x 4 2B: CIN Votto (18, Lynn); STL Molina (18, Iglesias, R), Carpenter, M (23, Badenhop). GIDP: CIN Pena, B. HR: STL Wong (11, 4th inning off Iglesias, R, 3 on, 2 out). S: CIN Iglesias, R. Team Lob: CIN 8; STL 7. DP: STL (Peralta-Wong-Johnson, D). Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO R Iglesias (L, 1-3) 6.0 6 4 4 0 7 B Badenhop 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 J Diaz 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO M Lynn (W, 8-5) 7.0 5 1 1 3 5 K Siegrist 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 T Rosenthal 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 HBP: Votto (by Lynn). Time: 2:38. Att: 42,553.
LACROSSE
B.C. Premier League BCPBL playoffs Best-of-three series
Playoffs - Championship Final Best-of-7 *=if necessary Coquitlam Adanacs vs. Delta Islanders
Sunday’s result Okanagan 4, Langley 1 (Okanagan wins playoff 2-1) Saturday’s results Victoria Eagles 4, North Delta 0 Victoria Eagles 3, North Delta 1 (Victoria Eagles win playoff 2-0) Nanaimo 2, Whalley 1 Nanaimo 7, Whalley 2 (Nanaimo wins playoff 2-0) North Shore 7, Abbotsford 0 North Shore 5, Abbotsford 0 (North Shore wins playoff 2-0) Langley 5, Okanagan 2 Okanagan 1, Langley 0 (Playoff tied 1-1) BCPBL Provincial Championship Friday, July 31-Monday, Aug. 3 Royal Athletic Park, Victoria Friday, July 31 Okanangan vs. North Shore, 2:30 p.m. Nanaimo vs. Vic Eagles, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Aug. 1 Okanagan vs. Nanaimo, 10 a.m. Nanaimo vs. North Shore, 12:30 p.m. Okanagan vs. Vic Eagles, 3 p.m. Vic Eagles vs. North Shore, 5:30 p.m.
West Coast League East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Corvallis Medford Klamath Falls West Bellingham Victoria Kitsap Cowlitz
W 27 22 21 19 W 30 23 20 9 W 27 20 17 17
L 14 21 21 23 L 11 19 23 33 L 15 21 26 25
TRANSACTIONS
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
PCT .659 .512 .500 .452 PCT .732 .548 .465 .214 PCT .643 .488 .395 .405
GB Strk - 2W 6 1L 6.5 1W 8.5 1L GB Strk - 3L 7.5 2W 11 1W 21.5 2L GB Strk - 1W 6.5 2W 10.5 1L 10 5L
Yesterday’s results Bellingham at Bend Walla Walla 2, Kitsap 0 Medford 5, Yakima Valley 3 Today’s schedule Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Cowlitz at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Walla Walla at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Bellingham at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Klamath Falls at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m. Medford at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 Cowlitz at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Bellingham at Bend, 6:35 p.m. Klamath Falls at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m. Walla Walla at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m. Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Medford at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m. Thursday July 30 Cowlitz at Victoria, 1:05 p.m. Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Klamath at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m. Friday July 31 Kitsap at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Kelowna at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Victoria at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Saturday Aug. 1 Bend at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Victoria at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Corvallis at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Kelowna at Bellingham, 7:10 p.m. Sunday Aug. 2 Kelowna at Bellingham, 3:05 p.m. Corvallis at Walla Walla, 5:05 p.m. Yakima Valley at Cowlitz, 5:05 p.m. Kitsap at Klamath, 5:05 p.m. Victoria at Wenatchee, 6:05 p.m. Bend at Medford, 6:35 p.m.
MLB leaders Batting - AL H 1 Miguel Cabrera, DET 97 2 Prince Fielder, TEX 124 3 Jason Kipnis, CLE 122 4 Jose Iglesias, DET 92 5 Xander Bogaerts, BOS 113 6 Mike Trout, LAA 113 7 Lorenzo Cain, KC 104 8 Nelson Cruz, SEA 115 9 Billy Burns, OAK 93 10 Eric Hosmer, KC 108 11 Jose Altuve, HOU 112 12 Michael Brantley, CLE 101 13 Mike Moustakas, KC 99 14 Brett Gardner, NYY 103 15 Manny Machado, BAL109 16 Adam Jones, BAL 98 17 Jose Abreu, CHW 104 18 Josh Donaldson, TOR 112 19 Alcides Escobar, KC 105 20 Dustin Pedroia, BOS 87
RBI Avg 54 .350 58 .337 38 .321 19 .319 47 .317 64 .315 46 .312 60 .311 18 .305 49 .304 43 .301 55 .298 39 .296 43 .295 51 .295 44 .289 52 .289 68 .289 35 .288 34 .287
Batting - NL H 1 Paul Goldschmidt, ARI 119 2 Dee Gordon, MIA 122 3 Bryce Harper, WSH 102 4 Buster Posey, SF 110 5 Yunel Escobar, WSH 107 6 Gerardo Parra, MIL 98 7 DJ LeMahieu, COL 109 8 Joe Panik, SF 113 9 A.J. Pollock, ARI 113 10 Troy Tulowitzki, COL 97 11 Joey Votto, CIN 105 12 Ben Revere, PHI 107 13 Matt Duffy, SF 92 14 Ender Inciarte, ARI 86 15 Adrian Gonzalez, LAD 107 16 Char. Blackmon, COL 107 17 And. McCutchen, PIT 101 18 Jhonny Peralta, STL 108 19 Starling Marte, PIT 102 20 Yadier Molina, STL 97
RBI Avg 74 .345 22 .338 64 .330 67 .328 30 .322 31 .317 39 .314 34 .311 44 .306 52 .305 48 .303 26 .302 46 .302 24 .300 60 .298 44 .293 61 .292 49 .292 52 .291 38 .290
ERA - AL 1 Scott Kazmir, OAK/HOU 2 Sonny Gray, OAK 3 David Price, DET 4 Dallas Keuchel, HOU 5 Hector Santiago, LAA 6 Chris Archer, TB 7 Felix Hernandez, SEA 8 Chris Sale, CHW 9 Wei-Yin Chen, BAL 10 Edinson Volquez, KC 11 Yovani Gallardo, TEX 12 Garrett Richards, LAA 13 Clay Buchholz, BOS 14 Mark Buehrle, TOR 15 Jesse Chavez, OAK 16 Nathan Karns, TB 17 Kyle Gibson, MIN 18 Jose Quintana, CHW 19 C.J. Wilson, LAA 20 Corey Kluber, CLE
WHIP ERA 1.05 2.24 1.01 2.30 1.09 2.31 0.99 2.32 1.15 2.43 1.02 2.67 1.07 2.69 0.99 2.85 1.13 2.88 1.25 3.15 1.32 3.19 1.18 3.25 1.21 3.26 1.19 3.29 1.25 3.45 1.25 3.47 1.27 3.48 1.28 3.56 1.21 3.59 1.12 3.59
ERA - NL WHIP ERA 1 Zack Greinke, LAD 0.83 1.37 2 Jacob deGrom, NYM 0.88 2.05 3 Gerrit Cole, PIT 1.08 2.24 4 Shelby Miller, ATL 1.13 2.27 5 Max Scherzer, WSH 0.83 2.33 6 Carlos Martinez, STL 1.23 2.34 7 Clayton Kershaw, LAD 0.94 2.51 8 Jake Arrieta, CHC 1.00 2.61 9 Johnny Cueto, CIN 0.93 2.62 10 A.J. Burnett, PIT 1.29 2.68 11 Lance Lynn, STL 1.23 2.80 12 John Lackey, STL 1.23 2.88 13 Francisco Liriano, PIT 1.03 2.91 14 Matt Harvey, NYM 1.09 3.16 15 Madison Bumgarner, SF 1.10 3.16 16 Tom Koehler, MIA 1.20 3.16 17 Chris Heston, SF 1.15 3.18 18 Jason Hammel, CHC 1.02 3.20 19 Michael Wacha, STL 1.12 3.27 20 J Zimmermann, WSH 1.23 3.30
Yesterday’s result (Game 3) Coquitlam 17, Delta 6 Coquitlam leads series 3-0 Today’s schedule (Game 4) Coquitlam at Delta, 8 p.m. Thursday July 30* (Game 5) Delta at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m.
Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 17 New Westminster 17 Burnaby 16 Langley 16 Maple Ridge 16 Coquitlam 16 Nanaimo 17
W 13 11 9 8 8 6 3
L 4 6 7 8 9 10 14
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 26 22 18 16 16 12 6
Today’s schedule Maple Ridge at Burnaby, 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 Coquitlam at Langley, 7:45 p.m. Thursday, July 30 Burnaby at New Westminster, 7:45 p.m.
SOCCER MLS
Eastern League Club PTS GP DC United 38 23 Columbus 31 22 NY Red Bulls 29 19 Toronto 28 19 N. England 28 23 Montreal 24 18 NY City FC 24 21 Orlando 24 21 Philadelphia 22 22 Chicago 19 20 Western League Club PTS GP Dallas 38 21 Vancouver 36 22 Los Angeles 34 23 Sporting KC 33 19 Seattle 32 22 Portland 32 22 Salt Lake 29 22 Houston 27 21 San Jose 25 20 Colorado 24 20 Sunday’s results
W 11 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 5
L 7 7 6 7 9 8 9 9 12 11
T 5 7 5 4 7 3 6 6 4 4
GF GA 27 22 34 33 29 23 31 31 29 35 25 27 29 31 26 31 28 37 22 30
W 11 11 9 9 10 9 7 7 7 5
L 5 8 7 4 10 8 7 8 9 6
T 5 3 7 6 2 5 8 6 4 9
GF GA 32 25 27 22 36 28 29 20 25 21 24 28 23 27 27 26 22 27 18 19
Wednesday, July 29 MLS All-Stars vs. Tottenham Saturday, Aug. 1 Montreal at NY City FC, 11 a.m. NY Red Bulls at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Salt Lake at DC United, 4 p.m. Columbus at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at New England, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 2 Portland at San Jose, 2 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 4 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
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FA Community Shield Sunday, Aug 2 Chelsea vs. Arsenal, 7 a.m. 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 NASCAR This week’s race Pennsylvania 400, Sunday, Aug. 2, 10:48 a.m. Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania. 2014 winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Current points standings, with 2015 winnings 1 Kevin Harvick 777 $5,909,876 2 Joey Logano 708 $5,019,535 3 Dale Jr. 677 $3,995,795 4 J. Johnson 675 $4,607,446 5 M. Truex Jr. 668 $3,384,291 6 Brad Keselowski 638 $3,661,550 7 Matt Kenseth 615 $3,627,560 8 Kurt Busch 612 $2,732,875 9 Jamie McMurray 602 $3,125,935 10 Denny Hamlin 591 $4,210,377 11 Jeff Gordon 575 $3,589,495 12 Ryan Newman 563 $3,223,833 13 Paul Menard 558 $2,546,065 13 Kasey Kahne 558 $2,775,699 15 Clint Bowyer 538 $3,272,785
Formula One Next race Belgian Grand Prix, Sunday, Aug. 23, 5 a.m. Circuit Of Spa Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium. 7.004 km (4.352 miles), 20 turns. Last week: Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary. Track length 4.381 km (2.722 miles), 16 turns Top finishers 1 Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari 2 Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull 3 Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull Driver Standings (Points) (after Round 10 of 19) 1 Lewis Hamilton, GBR Mercedes 202 Nico Rosberg, GER Mercedes 181 3 Sebastian Vettel, GER Ferrari 160 4 Valtteri Bottas, FIN Williams 77 5 Kimi Raikkonen, FIN Ferrari 76 6 Felipe Massa, BRA Williams 74 7 Daniel Ricciardo, AUS Red Bull 51 8 Daniil Kvyat, RUS Red Bull 45 9 Nico Hulkenberg, GER Force India 24 10 Rom. Grosjean, FRA Lotus 23 11 Max Verstappen, NED Toro Rosso 22 12 Felipe Nasr, BRA Sauber 16 13 Sergio Perez, MEX Force India 15 14 Pas. Maldonado, VEN Lotus 12 15 Fernando Alonso, ESP McLaren 11
Recent deals, trades and player movements in major league sports. Hockey - NHL Calgary - Signed F Paul Byron to a one-year contract. New Jersey - Re-signed D Adam Larsson to six-year contract. Baseball - MLB National League LA Dodgers - Activated P Zack Greinke off the paternity list; recalled P Yimi Garcia from Oklahoma City (PCL); optioned P Josh Ravin and P Chin-hui Tsao to Oklahoma City. St. Louis - Added P Steve Cishek to the active roster; optioned P Tim Cooney to Memphis (PCL). Atlanta - Activated 1B Freddie Freeman from 15-day disabled list; optioned IF/OF Joey Terdoslavich to Gwinnett (IL); recalled IF Daniel Castro and OF Adonis Garcia from Gwinnett. American League Oakland - Recalled P Chris Bassitt from Nashville (PCL); optioned P Angel Castro to Nashville. Boston - Placed 2B Dustin Pedroia on 15-day disabled list; recalled P Steven Wright from Pawtucket (IL); activated P Heath Hembree from the 15-day disabled list and optioned him to Pawtucket. NY Yankees - Optioned P Branden Pinder to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL); selected P Nick Goody from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre; designated IF Gregorio Petit for assignment. Football - NFL Pittsburgh - Signed GM Kevin Colbert to a two-year contract extension. Minnesota - Signed K Blair Walsh to an undisclosed contract extension. Basketball - NBA Cleveland - Re-signed G/F James
TENNIS World rankings (as of July 27) ATP (Men) q-qualified for ATP World Tour FinalsLondon, Nov. 15-22 1 q-Novak Djokovic, Serbia 13,845 2 Roger Federer, Switzerland 9,665 3 Andy Murray, Britain 7,840 4 Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland 5,790 5 Kei Nishikori, Japan 5,525 6 Tomas Berdych, Czech Rep 5,140 7 David Ferrer, Spain 4,325 8 Milos Raonic, Toronto 3,810 9 Marin Cilic, Croatia 3,495 10 Rafael Nadal, Spain 3,000 11 Gilles Simon, France 2,765 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France 2,475 13 Richard Gasquet, France 2,285 14 David Goffin, Belgium 2,145 15 Kevin Anderson, S Africa 2,090 16 Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria 1,970 17 Gael Monfils, France 1,930 18 Feliciano Lopez, Spain 1,800 19 John Isner, United States 1,685 20 Viktor Troicki, Serbia 1,629 29 Vasek Pospisil, Vernon 1,170 WTA (Women) 1 Serena Williams, USA 13,191 2 Maria Sharapova, Russia 6,490 3 Simona Halep, Romania 5,151 4 Petra Kvitova, Czech Rep 5,000 5 Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark 4,910 6 Ana Ivanovic, Serbia 3,835 7 Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland3,560 8 Lucie Safarova, Czech Rep 3,515 9 Garbine Muguruza, Spain 3,365 10 Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain 3,285 11 Ekaterina Makarova, Russia 3,215 12 Karolina Pliskova, Czech Rep 3,210 13 Angelique Kerber, Germany 2,985 14 Timea Bacsinszky, Switz’and 2,925 15 Venus Williams, USA 2,696 16 Andrea Petkovic, Germany 2,480 17 Sara Errani, Italy 2,320 18 Madison Keys, USA 2,280 19 Victoria Azarenka, Belarus 2,252 20 Elina Svitolina, Ukraine 2,245 26 Eugenie Bouchard, Montreal 1,882 This week’s tournaments
ATP German Tennis Championships, July 27-Aug 2 Hamburg, Germany. Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Purse: €1,407,960. Singles, Round 1 Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Nicolas Almagro (96), Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, 6-4, 6-3. Lucas Pouille, France, def. Inigo Cervantes, Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Albert Montanes, Spain, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. BB&T Atlanta Open, July 27-Aug 2 Atlanta, Georgia. Surface: Outdoor, Hard. Purse: $659,070. Singles, Round 1 Gilles Muller (7), Luxembourg, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-2, 6-1. Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-1, 7-6 (12). Go Soeda, Japan, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Swiss Open Gstaad, July 27-Aug 2 Gstaad, Switzerland. Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Purse: €494,310 Singles, Round 1 Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Calvin Hemery, France, 7-5, 6-2. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Maxime Teixeira, France, 6-0, 6-4. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (1). Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-2.
WTA Jiangxi Women’s Tennis Open, July 27-Aug 2 Nanchang, China. Surface: Hard. Purse: $115,000. Singles, Round 1 Junri Namigata (JPN) def. [2] Saisai Zheng (CHN) 6-4, 6-2 Na-Lae Han (KOR) def. [6] Luksika Kumkhum (THA) 7-5, 6-3 [8] Fangzhou Liu (CHN) def. Shuai Zhang (CHN) 6-1, 6-4 Miyu Kato (JPN) def. Yi-Fan Xu 6-3, 6-1 Baku Cup, July 27-Aug 2 Baku, Azerbaijan. Surface: Hard. Purse: $226,750 Singles, Round 1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (1), Russia, def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, def. Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, 6-3, 7-5. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech, def. Bojana Jovanovski (5), Serbia, 7-6 (6), 7-5. Donna Vekic, Croatia, def. Francesca Schiavone (8), Italy, 6-4, 6-2. Brasil Tennis Cup, July 27-Aug 1 Florianopolis, Brazil. Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750. Singles, Round 1 Tatjana Maria (1), Germany, def. Maria Fernanda Alves, Brazil, 6-2, 6-3. Ajla Tomljanovic (2), Croatia, def. Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, 7-5, 7-6 (6). Paula Kania (8), Poland, def. Susanne Celik, Sweden, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles, Round 1 Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, and Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (1), Spain, def. Carolina M. Alves and Luisa Stefani, Brazil, 6-4, 6-2.
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Canada (MacKenzie Tour) ATB Financial Classic, July 30-Aug. 2
Links of Glen Eagles, Calgary. Par: 72, 7,019 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Brock Mackenzie Order of Merit ($CAD) Through July 27 Player 2015 Winnings * - denotes Canadian J.J. Spaun $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 Women’s British Open, July 30-Aug. 2 Turnberry Golf Club, Ailsa Course, Ayrshire, Scotland, Par 72, 6,156 yards. Purse: $3,000,000. 2014 champion: Mo Martin Leading money winners Through July 27 Player 2015 Winnings 1 Inbee Park $1,732,165 2 Stacy Lewis $1,200,432 3 Lydia Ko $1,180,107 4 Sei-Young Kim $1,162,243 5 Amy Yang $1,110,784 6 Lexi Thompson $862,974 7 Morgan Pressel $825,021 8 Brittany Lincicome $807,392 9 Na Yeon Choi $748,274 10 Anna Nordqvist $737,109 11 So Yeon Ryu $695,506 12 Hyo-Joo Kim $692,249 13 Cristie Kerr $667,916 14 Suzann Pettersen $524,781 15 Ha Na Jang $520,083 16 Shanshan Feng $508,568 17 Mirim Lee $507,682 18 Minjee Lee $504,175 19 Jenny Shin $388,210 20 Ilhee Lee $352,342 Canadian golfers 78 Alena Sharp $100,341 131 Sue Kim $15,129 153 Rebecca Lee-Bentham $10,421
Champions Tour 3M Championship, July 31-Aug. 2 TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minnesota, Par 72, 7.013 yards. Purse: $1,750,000. 2014 champion: Kenny Perry Leading money winners Through July 27 Player 2015 Winnings 1 Colin Montgomerie $1,448,700 2 Jeff Maggert $1,400,065 3 Bernhard Langer $1,118,803 4 Joe Durant $886,206 5 Kevin Sutherland $734,291 6 Bart Bryant $710,296 7 Esteban Toledo $700,875 8 Billy Andrade $682,900 9 Olin Browne $672,649 10 Lee Janzen $660,847 11 Tom Pernice Jr. $660,035 12 Tom Lehman $636,368 13 Paul Goydos $600,305 14 David Frost $576,446 15 Marco Dawson $569,943 16 Michael Allen $568,555 17 Ian Woosnam $526,223 18 Kirk Triplett $520,314 19 Russ Cochran $494,371 20 Woody Austin $482,524
Web.com Tour Utah Championship, July 30-Aug. 2 Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, Utah. Par 72, 7,714 yards. Purse: $650,000. Leading money winners Through July 27 Player 2015 Winnings 1 Patton Kizzire $274,699 2 Peter Malnati $268,499 3 Wes Roach $236,516 4 Kelly Kraft $199,964 5 Martin Piller $198,852 6 Abraham Ancer $192,945 7 Shane Bertsch $188,878 8 Miguel Angel Carballo $181,541 9 Tyler Aldridge $171,053 10 Rod Pampling $167,560 11 Jamie Lovemark $164,921 12 Smylie Kaufman $164,247 13 Andrew Landry $164,041 14 Dawie van der Walt $163,683 15 Bronson Burgoon $162,575 65 Brad Fritsch $61,101
European Tour Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Matchplay, July 30-Aug. 2 Murcar Links Golf Course, Aberdeen, Scotland. Par 71, 6,409 yards. Purse: $1,000,000. Madeira Islands Open, July 30Aug. 2 Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra, Madeira, Portugal. Par 72, 6,826 yards. Purse: €600,000 Leading money winners Through July 27 Player 2015 Winnings 1 Rory McIlroy, NIR €2,875,645 2 Louis Oosthuizen, RSA€2,454,469 3 Danny Willett, ENG €2,098,439 4 Bernd Wiesberger, AUT€1,546,903 5 Branden Grace, RSA €1,415,822 6 Justin Rose, ENG €1,373,114 7 Byeong An, Hun KOR €1,198,654 8 Thongchai Jaidee, THA€1,087,795 9 Ross Fisher, ENG €1,004,602 10 Miguel A Jimenez, ESP€969,810 11 Tommy Fleetwood, ENG€947,571 12 James Morrison, ENG €928,257 13 Henrik Stenson, SWE €912,147 14 Anirban Lahiri, IND €908,691 15 Marc Warren, SCO €891,508 16 Kiradech Aphibarnrat, THA€866,066 17 Andy Sullivan, ENG €861,602 18 Alex Noren, SWE €838,830 19 Soren Kjeldsen, DEN €830,744 20 David Howell, ENG €803,025
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B4 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS | TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2015 ARCTIC CIRCLE
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
Unusual Sequence Dealer: North Both vulnerable NORTH ♠4 ♥AQJ6 ♦KQ42 ♣AJ105 WEST EAST ♠AQ107 ♠95 ♥752 ♥843 ♦J976 ♦A1053 ♣Q4 ♣K862 SOUTH ♠KJ8632 ♥K109 ♦8 ♣973 W N E S 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT All Pass Opening Lead: ♥7 S h h i
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ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: VERY GREAT AUSTRALIANS
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
outh won the ten to continue with the club three for the four, ten and king. East switched to the ten of spades covered by the jack and queen. The heart exit was taken by the king and was followed by the club seven for the queen and ace. Declarer crossed to the nine of clubs to lead a diamond for the king and ace. East returned a spade as partner scored two more spades and the game drifted down one, N-S -100. The Italians long ago employed a Roman Two Diamond opening (17-24 HCP) to show a three- suited hand such as North’s. This convention fell into oblivion until it was resurrected with a much lower range. Some partnerships nowadays play MiniRoman showing 11-15 HCP with a three-suited hand. The distribution can be 4,4,4,1 or 5,4,4,0. North had performed well to describe his pattern without the aid of Mini-Roman. The two club rebid was a white lie since he did not own a fifth diamond. When partner rebid two spades, he continued with three hearts pinpointing the spade shortness but also disclosing a strong hand. He could not hold five diamonds and four hearts as he would havereversedintoheartsathis second turn. South could, therefore, conclude that partner’s distribution was 1,4,4,4 and opted for the ninetrick game. 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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Where the crowds are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Your ability to bring others together emerges. Host a fun event if you can. A meeting initially could appear to be very serious, but that will change. Exchange ideas more freely. Touch base with a friend whom you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see often. Tonight: The more friends, the merrier. YOUR BIRTHDAY (July 28) This year you see a change in how you feel and how you project those feelings. This trademark will become even more dynamic as the year goes on. Others will seek you out for your suggestions and ideas. If you are single, if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet someone by mid-August, the people you meet afterward could be quite different and sometimes critical. You might decide to play the field for a while as a result. If you are attached, the two of you rely on each other more. You also learn to work together as a team. CAPRICORN can be a stick in the mud. BORN TODAY Former U.S. first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), actress Lori Loughlin (1964), art critic Robert Hughes (1938).
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Sometimes you need to Eskimos conďŹ rm No. 1 bite the bullet, say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quarterback is Nichols Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox Dear Annie: My daughter is getting married in two weeks. My 80-year-old mother-in-law is unable to attend, but she called us with a request. Her daughter, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donna,â&#x20AC;? the brideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aunt, will be flying across the country with her two young children to attend the wedding. She asked whether Donnaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two children could have a role in the celebration because she thinks Donna assumed they would be asked to participate after going to the expense of buying three tickets to attend. We do not feel this is an appropriate request and it puts us in an awkward position. My mother-inlaw is trying to make us feel bad for saying no to something that was never a consideration. Donna has a
history of being manipulative. No other children were invited and we do not want other parents to feel bad that their children were not included at all. If we say no now, my mother-in-law will push even harder, adding more stress to an already stressful event. Can we simply say we are â&#x20AC;&#x153;taking under advisementâ&#x20AC;? and let it go? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stressed in Shrewsbury Dear Shrewsbury: Yes, that is one way of dealing with a presumptuous request. You also can bite the bullet and say firmly, but politely, â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, but we appreciate that Donna is coming and bringing the children.â&#x20AC;? What someone spends to attend the wedding is up to them. It should not be used as blackmail to get a starring part in the production. Still, you might consider finding a small role for the children, possibly handing out programs, asking guests to sign a welcome book or directing them to their seats if the kids are old enough to handle the responsibility. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a minor effort that will make the children feel important and assuage your in-laws.
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Edmonton Eskimo head coach Chris Jones cut down a budding quarterback controversy Monday, but his starting pivot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Matt Nichols â&#x20AC;&#x201D; remains confused over why he was yanked in the first place. Jones said Nichols, a six-year veteran, will start Friday when the 3-1 Eskimos host the 0-5 Saskatchewan Roughriders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Matt Nichols has been the guy thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken us the last three games, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be our starting quarterback,â&#x20AC;? Jones told reporters after practice. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to change a lot when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re winning football games.â&#x20AC;? He wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say if Nichols is on a short leash. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be game-time situations,â&#x20AC;? he said. Nichols was pulled with 20 minutes to go with the Eskimos leading the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 11-3 in the rain last Saturday. Nichols was 17 for 25 for 196 yards
in persistent rain and was the victim of a few dropped balls. Backup James Franklin came in and fired three touchdown passes to rout the Bombers 32-3, leading to speculation the 24-year-old strongarmed rookie may start Friday. After Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, a clearly agitated Nichols bolted from the field as the clock ticked to zero, and had to be brought back to face reporters 50 minutes after the contest ended. At that point he said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know he was going to be pulled until it happened, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t told it was for the rest of the game, and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t told why. After the game, Jones wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say why he changed to Franklin, but left the door open to a quarterback switch by refusing to confirm Nichols was still No. 1 on the depth chart. On Monday, Jones declined to answer follow-up questions on how he came to stay with Nichols and why he nixed, or if he ever really considered, a start for Franklin. At one point Jones stood mute in the media scrum, refusing to speak.
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