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“It’s as normal as you could be,” MacDonald said. “But given our record dry May and June, it’s still drought conditions.” With an unusually high number of wildfires on the Island this summer, forestry officials urge care outdoors. “Think about cigarettes and where you park your cars,” MacPherson said. Two wildfires continue to burn on the southern Island, at Skutz Falls, near Lake Cowichan, which was about half contained on Friday, and the Sproat Lake fire, which continues to flare up occasionally, but is no longer considered a threat. Approximately $168 million has been spent battling B.C. wildfires so far this year, compared to a total of $112 million last year.
Threats of civil disobedience at Colliery Dams Park brought RCMP officers to the city council meeting this week. Council recently voted to agree with the provincial Comptroller of Water Rights’ order to remediate the dams to protect residents from flooding; and demonstrators vow to take action to prevent the work going ahead. Two uniformed Nanaimo RCMP officers were present at council at Shaw Auditorium Monday. Resident Ron Stead called it “intimidation,” and wrote city council with his concerns. “I don’t want to see this kind of stuff happening in Nanaimo,” Stead said. “There could be demonstrations and violence.” RCMP officers attended for reasons of public safety, and were intentionally uniformed so as not to “hide their presence,” said Supt. Mark Fisher, chief of the Nanaimo RCMP. “Given some of the discussion that has been floating in the community and online about the potential for civil disobedience and possible violence at Colliery dams, I have asked the two officers that were present at the meeting to learn more about the issue and the potential for civil disobedience,” Fisher stated in an email. City council recently voted to proceed with a spillway to meet the comptroller’s order. Dave Cutts, at anti-logging protests in Clayoquot Sound in the 1990s, said demonstrators are trained and ready for the bulldozers. Their concerns include costs to taxpayers, the environmental impact of a spillway and what they say is the province’s heavy-handed approach. Action could range from sealing off the park through making a presence on the worksite, “which means nothing can happen,” through civil disobedience if an injunction is granted, Cutts said. “At this point, I think it would be a good thing for them to do that,” said Coun. Gord Fuller. But he said it could be awhile.
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Weekend heat hits Island DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
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he hot weather has returned and with it more blue skies for a glorious B.C. Day long weekend, at least through Sunday. Last weekend’s rain gave some a welcome relief from the heat, but the sun is back with temperatures ideal for days on the beach, evening barbecues and pitchers of frosty beverages. Plus an increased risk of fire. “We’re asking people on the Island to be careful, so we don’t have any human-caused fires,” said Donna MacPherson, fire information officer with the Coastal Fire Service. The fire hazard is at extreme — the highest level — from Duncan to north of Qualicum Beach on eastern Vancouver Island. For campers the ban on campfires remains in place. “This is typically the hottest
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time of year,” said Matt MacDonald, Environment Canada meteorologist. The record for the period July 31 to Aug. 2 in Nanaimo is 36.1 C, reached in 1965. MacDonald said the short-term trend is for temperatures to moderate.
Friday was expected to be the hottest day of the long weekend, with a high of 30 C. Today a balmy 28 C is forecast. An “onshore flow,” carries cooler breezes and some relief from the searing temperatures. Sunday’s high is expected to reach 27 C, and Monday we may seem some clouds, MacDonald said. It’s expected to stay dry at least until then, when intermittent scattered showers are possible across the Island. “Our confidence isn’t very high. We may see precipitation, but it won’t be very much. Nevertheless, look for a cooling trend Monday, with increasing clouds.” Longer term, climatologists are calling for a return to the hot, dry conditions that have put much of the Island under watering restrictions. Last week’s rain brought Nanaimo’s total rainfall for July to 25.2 millimetres, compared to an average of 25.4 mm.
Police say woman now missing since Monday
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 Community Calendar // SATURDAY, AUG. 1 8:30 a.m. to noon Qualicum Beach Farmers Market. Every week until Dec. 19, 2015 except Dec. 27, and Jan. 3, 2015. Memorial and Veterans Way, Qualicum Beach. 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 Highway. A public market with a wide variety of talented vendors. A lively event with parrots from the Coombs Parrot Refuge and live jazz by Bela Varga; and local buskers. 10:30 a.m. to noon Summer Saturday Studios. Exploratory, hands-on workshops for ages 5-11, inspired by the Nanaimo Art Gallery’s current exhibition,
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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cedar Farmers Market. Next to the fields of the Crow and Gate pub field. A new parking lot has just been added. 2313 Yellow Point Rd, Cedar. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gabriola Sunday Market every Sunday through August at Silva Bay. 1:30 to 4 p.m. Lantzville Farmers Market. Top local foods, products and services. Premiere vendors, fair prices, diverse selection, good quality and a oneof-a-kind atmosphere. St. Phillips Church parking lot, 7113 Lantzville Rd.
6:45-8:15 p.m. Beat the Heat Everyone Welcome Skate at Oceanside Place. Everyone Welcome, regular admission. THURSDAY, AUG. 6 7 p.m. Historic Nanaimo Pub Tour. Meet at Nanaimo Bastion, $25.
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Occupancy rates continue to rise Hotels in Nanaimo reach highest point since 2008; industry has bounced back in significant way DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS
Tourism appears to be back firing on all cylinders in Nanaimo. With 70-per cent occupancy levels reported in June, Nanaimo’s hotels reached their highest point since the precipitous drop of 2008, says a Vancouver Island tourism industry analyst. Room occupancy is also up three per cent from last year. That, along with other indicators, leads Frank Bourree of Vic-
toria-based Chemistry Consulting to proclaim the industry to be healthy on Vancouver Island. “This growth in occupancy is combined with a healthy increase in room rates and (revenues), which (the industry) should be pleased with,” Bourree wrote in Chemistry’s June Nanaimo tourism bulletin. Tourism has bounced back, according to Dan Brady, manager of the Harbourside Howard Johnson. “We’ve clawed back to where
we were before the big downturn, which is great,” said Brady, who also represents the Nanaimo Economic Development Corp. board on its tourism leadership committee. “It’s people travelling — Canadians mainly, and some Europeans and a sprinkling of corporate and convention business.” Campgrounds were busy in June, and continue to be. “It was our best June ever, I think we were up about 15 per cent,” said Rob Littlejohn, Liv-
ing Forest Campground general manager. Ferry travel was up 9.5 per cent on the Duke Point-Tsawwassen route and the Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay route rose 1.8 per cent, measuring vehicle traffic in June. Both routes are up year-overyear as well. Air traffic rose 17 per cent in June, even better than the yearover-year increase of 13.9 per cent. Use of Vancouver Island Con-
ference Centre rose 68.6 per cent to 4,046 delegate-days of activity in June, for a year-to-date total of 12,135 days, a 90-per cent increase over last year. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.
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Bike lanes now large part of city transportation ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
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ike lanes on Nanaimo’s roads are becoming an increasing part of the landscape as the city works toward reducing the use of cars and encouraging healthy lifestyles. More bike lanes are being placed around the city every year as a part of numerous infrastructure projects, and are an integral part of Nanaimo’s ongoing transportation master plan. Phil Stewart, the city’s manager of engineering projects, said the transportation plan calls for identifying areas in Nanaimo where bike lanes can be placed to connect the city’s central hubs. In recent years, for example, bike lanes have been placed to connect Vancouver Island University to the downtown core, and to connect the E&N Trail to VIU. Stewart said the first one was placed on Fourth Street, between Bruce Street and Wakesiah Avenue, in 2011 and the lanes have been part of one or two road infrastructure projects in the city every year since then. But some safety concerns have been raised, including the fact that transit buses on Boundary Avenue must cross over the bike lanes on the road to get to their stops. Stewart said the area of Boundary Avenue where the concern was raised will soon be part of an active construction zone, and the issue may be dealt with at that time. But he said it’s not unusual for other communities with bike
A cyclist, using a bike lane, pulls up to a red light at the Bowen Road and Wakesiah Avenue intersection Friday afternoon. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
lanes to have bus stops along the lanes that the buses must cross. “There are usually broken white lines placed in those lane areas to indicate to bikers and bus drivers that other vehicles
use the same space,” Stewart said. “At peak times, buses are only in the bike lanes on Boundary Avenue every 15 to 20 minutes, and then just for a few minutes at a time. The chances of a bike
and bus collision in these areas are very slim, and likely will only happen when someone is not paying attention.” Stewart said he can’t recall of any serious incidences of collisions between buses and bikes
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Nanaimo’s first ‘Instameet’ event takes place Monday DAILY NEWS
Tourists and interested local people are invited to participate in Tourism Nanaimo’s free B.C. Day “Instameet” event on Monday. Organizer Chelsea Barr said the idea is for interested “Instagrammers” and photographers to come together to take pictures of iconic scenes and images in the downtown core, share photography tips and grow their following on Instagram. Barr said members of the public are being invited to meet the people on Tourism Nanaimo’s team and officials from Destination BC at downtown’s historic
Bastion at 7 p.m. on Monday. She said maps with a suggested self-guided route, highlighting some special, unique and picturesque photo stops downtown, will be handed out to the participants. Barr said people will then have a choice of joining an organized tour of the sites on the map, which include places like Fitzwilliam Gate on Fitzwilliam Street and the crabbing peers in the harbour, or can visit the sites on their own. She said the idea for the Instameet originated with Tourism B.C. “We will be encouraging the use of #ExploreBC and
#ExploreNanaimo hashtags on Instagram to showcase our region and the entire province on B.C. Day,” she said. “If anyone is keen to take B.C. Day selfies along the route, we will be handing out #ExploreNanaimo sunglasses. We have 18 confirmed to come so far and everyone is welcome. It should be a lot of fun.” Barr said the Instameet event will wrap up at 9 p.m. at the Modern Café, located at 221 Commercial St., where goodie bags, appetizers and prizes will be provided to the participants. To learn more about the event, visit www.TourismNanaimo. com/instameet.
From left, Megan Beauregard and Chelsea Barr, of Tourism Nanaimo, snap a photo of the Bastion on Friday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
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he Oct. 19 fixed election date may have ended the suspense over when voters go to the polls, but it hasn’t ended speculation on when the official election campaign actually begins. Some Tory insiders say Prime Minister Stephen Harper could drop the writ as early as Sunday, rather than mid-September, which would mean a much longer campaign than the normal five-week period. Of course the parties, and particularly the governing Conservatives, are always campaigning, but a longer writ period could theoretically tilt the election in favour of Mr. Harper, while substantially increasing the cost of the campaign for taxpayers. Legislation requiring fixed election dates was one of the first things the Conservatives intro-
duced after they were elected in 2006, but this is the first time it has been used. When the legislation was introduced, the prime minister said fixed elections were necessary for the proper functioning of democracy. They “prevent governments from calling snap elections for short-term political advantage. They level the playing field for all parties and the rules are clear for everybody,” Mr. Harper boldly declared. His feelings then were undoubtedly inspired by former prime minister Jean Chretien’s habit of calling unnecessary elections just three years into his mandate in order to exploit the weakness of the opposition and the divisions on the right. That was then. This is now. The Conservatives are running neck-and-neck with the New
Democrats, but neither is positioned to win a majority, if the election were held today. Mr. Harper obviously wants to improve his odds, but it’s not entirely clear dropping the writ early will achieve that. The Conservatives have a much larger war chest than the opposition parties, which gives them an advantage in a longer campaign. More money means more advertising and a bigger travel budget, while the NDP and Liberals will have to stretch their dollars over a longer period. It’s possible a longer election could backfire by alienating Canadians’ sense of fair play, but it probably wouldn’t outweigh the advantages of starting early. In addition to their considerable financial firepower, the Conservatives would also benefit from the momentum created by
a storm of government tax cuts, handouts and advertising over the last several months. On balance, then, dropping the writ in early August looks like a good bet for the Tories. The benefit to the electorate, however, is more dubious. Among other things, a longer campaign would add millions of dollars to the tab for Elections Canada. A five-week campaign costs about $375 million, so an 11-week election could double the cost. In addition, political donations are tax-deductible, so higher spending would be another hit on the treasury. And under the Fair Elections Act, spending limits can increase for each days a campaign exceeds 37 days. It’s also unlikely a longer campaign would produce a more informed citizenry. On the contrary, the blitz of negativity
might have the opposite effect. Nor is there a compelling reason for holding a longer campaign. It’s not like the country is considering a declaration of war or a constitutional amendment. The only reason for calling a snap election is to regain the political advantage that was supposed to be eliminated with fixed-date legislation. If Mr. Harper drops the writ early without a credible justification, he will have warped the playing field again and dealt a blow to the principle of fair elections he once seemed to defend.
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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@nanaimodailynews.com Article may help saving lives of children or pets Re: ‘Sweaty staff members last less than 40 minutes, (Daily News, July 30) I so appreciate this amazing article detailing the experiences of your staff members. First that they would subject themselves to this near torture to illustrate their point was, in my estimation, both totally unselfish and incredibly brave. Kudos to both of them. Second, I feel this was the best possible way to really get the message through to anyone who might inadvertently or purposely leave their pet/child/etc. in this ‘hot vehicle’ predicament. Personally, I don’t include my dog in any auto trips, no matter how short in duration, on any hot day, even to drive her to the waterfront for a cooling walk. I know she’d enjoy that activity, but getting there could be torture for her, so she stays, quite happily it seems, at home in an air-conditioned house while I run errands or whatever. I fully realize that some pet owners don’t have this luxury and for whatever reason must take their little loved ones with them. However, though I prefer to think that no one would intentionally leave their pet/child/etc. to suffer if they realized how quickly the
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Expect long campaign if election called Sunday Re: ‘Look at which party has best initiatives for all’ (Your Letters, Daily News, July 30) Bart Jessup’s letter provided me a real belly laugh. As the “emperor with no clothes” Stephen Harper’s failures in most every department are well documented by his legion of critics. For those needing a reminder, an online newsletter provides a good summary of his performance, and a few more laughs among our tears. Lately, Harper’s primary propaganda has been his self-proclaimed economic stewardship on our behalf. However with the economy now in full recession, according to most real economists, only himself, Joe Oliver, and presumably B.J. believe anything he says. Expert economist Jim Stanford reports a new study looking at 16 accepted indicators of econom-
ic performance in Canada for the post Second World War era. Indicators such as: job creation; employment rate; GDP growth; business investment; labour productivity; exports; government debt and household debt, to name just eight of the 16. Among the nine prime ministers since 1945, Harper scored dead last, and by a wide margin. For seven of the 16 indicators, he ranks last (or tied for last). In six more he ranks (or tied) secondlast. His highest ranking: just sixth. So, if you’ve been swallowing the rhetoric about Harper – Oliver being the “best economic managers” — head for the Kool-aid right now. It’s going to be a sickening 11 weeks. Jordan Ellis Nanaimo
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Friends and family search for missing teen ANDREA RONDEAU COWICHAN VALLEY CITIZEN
Friends and family are frantically searching for an 18-year-old Penelakut Island woman who has gone missing. Delores (Deedee) Brown was last seen on Monday, July 27, and Ladysmith RCMP are asking for the public’s help to find her. Brown lives on Penelakut
Island, and was seen leaving the Island to go to visit her grandmother, who lives in Chemainus. Due to health reasons, Brown’s grandmother is unable to confirm if she arrived for her planned visit. Police, who were contacted on Wednesday, said that Brown has never gone missing before. “This is very out of character for Miss Brown, who has left behind her phone,� said Cpl.
Rick Frase of the Ladysmith RCMP. “Her family is very worried.� Community members have joined the family in an active search for Brown. They have knocked on doors and searched the shoreline without results. Police have also joined the search and are talking with Cowichan Valley Search and Rescue to see if they can also assist.
Brown is described as a First Nations woman, approximately five foot six inches tall and weighing 120 pounds. She was last seen wearing blue sweatpants and a black and white T-shirt. If you have seen Brown, or have any idea where she might be, contact the Ladysmith RCMP at 250-245-2215 or the band office on Penelakut Island at 250-246-2321.
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Alberni Valley residents can thank power generating stations elsewhere in the province for providing the community with electricity this summer. Low streams have forced a nearby hydroelectric facility to minimize its operations. The warmer months have brought record-low precipitation for the region, forcing the Ash River hydroelectric station near Great Central Lake to run at a 10 per cent capacity. BC Hydro’s three other power stations on Vancouver Island have considerably cut down on their ability to generate power as well. By generating power only during times of the highest demand, the system’s reservoir at Elsie Lake has managed to remain at 326.4 metres — 10 metres more than the bare minimum BC Hydro sets to operate the facility.
BC Hydro’s dam that impounds the Elsie Lake reservoir is currently releasing about 3.5 cubic metres per second down the Ash River to compliment low streams this summer. [BC HYDRO PHOTO]
“Ash River is just running sporadically here and there for highload hours, which is the breakfast, dinner peak times,� said BC Hydro spokesman Stephen Watson. “By and large it hasn’t
been running, and that’s just to conserve water for minimum fish habitat.� In April the province’s River Forecast Centre reported Vancouver Island’s snowpack levels
to be 15 per cent of average levels for that time of the year — including a zero snow-water equivalent measured on Mount Cokely by Cameron Lake. The following months saw little rainfall, resulting in remarkably low volumes in the Ash River flowing into Elsie Lake. April had the second-weakest streamflow with 12 cubic metres per second, followed by 6, 2.5 and 1.2 cubic metres per second in May, June and July. This makes the spring and early summer of 2015 the driest BC Hydro has seen over its 52 years of running the Ash River hydroelectric facility. The ongoing dry spell has made the Alberni Valley and other Vancouver Island communities reliant on the Columbia and Peace River for power. Undersea cables transfer power to the Island from the mainland’s larger power grids. This has allowing BC Hydro to
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forecast enough electricity will be available until wetter conditions come this fall. The low streams are also concerning for the migration of steelhead trout. Although the River Forecast Centre issued a low streamflow advisory for the Island this summer, BC Hydro is expecting streams will be at the minimum levels for migration by opening up the valve at the Elsie Lake dam on three occasions over the next month. “It’s designed for steelhead to get past natural obstacles along the upper Ash River system,� Watson said. “That’s something that we do every year to assist steelhead in moving through the system for spawning and for overall fish production.� Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net
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$30-million in infrastructure funding doled out SERVICE DIRECTORY Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan was joined by Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence at 19 Wing Comox Thursday to announce $30 million in infrastructure improvement funding. In total, eight projects at
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The Pacific Salmon Foundation announced more than $34,000 for seven Pacific salmon projects in Port Alberni. The total value of the projects including volunteer time and community fundraising is more than $595,000. The projects funded by the study are the West Coast Aquatic Salmon Stewardship Centre, Chinook Net Pen in the Alberni Inlet, the Plested Creek Rehabilitation, the Bear Creek Channel Rehabilitation and Deer Creek Spawning Gravel Placement, the Habitat Utilization and Migration Timing, the Port Alberni Urban Streams project and the Port Alberni Schools Salmon Habitat Assessment Training.
The hepatitis C challenge was a close battle of wits, friendly competition and some nerves. City councillors for the City of Campbell River and the City of Courtenay went head-to-head to see who could recruit the most members to roll up their sleeves and get their blood tested for hepatitis C. Testing took place this week to coincide with World Hepatitis Day which aims to boost awareness of the disease and erase the stigma associated with it. For Campbell River, three members of council turned out — Mayor Andy Adams and
• $3.1 million in airfield repairs, including crack sealant, pavement repairs and replacement where required; • $1.5 million to assess the airfield drainage system; • $3.6 million to repair and replace the roof of Hangar 7; • $5.5 million to renovate the interior of Hangar 7, including
councillors Ron Kerr and Colleen Evans, who was a trouper and took part despite an uneasiness with needles. They were up against Courtenay who had councillors Erik Eriksson, Doug Hillian, and Rebecca Lennox getting poked. Campbell River councillors Michele Babchuk and Charlie Cornfield told Leanne Wingert of AIDS Vancouver Island, who issued the challenge at the July 20 council meeting, that they would schedule appointments at a later date. As they have yet to make it in for the test, the challenge appears to have ended in a deadlock unless the competition is expanded to include Cumberland
the removal of encapsulated asbestos; • $3.8 million to replace culverts, drainage basins, and issues related to the Queen’s Ditch (the airfield drainage ditch); • $2.3 million to protect the shoreline of Kye Bay and help to minimize erosion along the bluffs.
Coun. Jessie Ketler who also took part. On top of the elected officials, Jeanette Reinhardt, health promotion educator with AIDS Vancouver Island, said seven members of the public stopped by the Campbell River AIDS Vancouver Island office for free testing while three dropped by in the Comox Valley. The tests were to help detect for the presence of hepatitis C, the most harmful strain of the disease which attacks the liver and can be caused by illness, alcohol abuse or other medical conditions. Hepatitis C can be particularly dangerous because people often don’t know they have it.
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WHO-led study concludes Ebola vaccine is effective
Cash and campaign promises signs of election
Findings create hope world will finally have a tool with which to fight outbreaks HELEN BRANSWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — It appears the world finally has an effective Ebola vaccine. A new study reported Friday that a vaccine designed by scientists working at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg induces a quick and highly effective response, protecting 100 per cent of the people who got it against the virus. This is the first time an experimental Ebola vaccine has been shown to prevent people from becoming infected with the deadly disease. The former director of the Winnipeg lab, Dr. Frank Plummer, was ecstatic about the news. “I think it’s fantastic. For the NML and the whole team that was involved in this, it’s the culmination of 15 years of work. It’s very, very exciting. Very, very gratifying,” said Plummer, who led the lab when the work was being done. Plummer retired from that job last year. His excitement was shared by the scientist who headed the project to develop the vaccine, Dr. Heinz Feldmann, who struggled for years to try to find a way to prove that the vaccine would work as well in people as it does
A health worker, right, cleans a man’s arm before injecting him with a Ebola vaccine in Conakry, Guinea in March. [AP PHOTO]
in non-human primates. “It’s the day we were waiting for. And to be honest I wasn’t sure if I ever would have expected this to happen during my active (career) time. But it’s a great day to see this results coming out after all that work,” said Feldmann, who left Winnipeg in 2008 to head a laboratory at the National Institutes of Health’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in
Hamilton, Montana. There had been high hopes that this vaccine, called rVSV-ZEBOV, would be effective if given the chance to prove itself. But in science, assumptions don’t count — data do. And the data from this trial, conducted in Guinea, are persuasive, suggested Dr. MariePaule Kieny, a senior author of the trial and the World Health
Organization’s point person for development of Ebola vaccines and drugs. “It suggests it works, it works pretty quickly, and it works well,” Kieny said. Experts caution the 100 per cent protection rate will probably come down when the vaccine is used in more people. But the initial findings have created a lot of hope that the world will finally have a tool with which to fight Ebola outbreaks. “It’s not so often in medical research or indeed in a career when you get something quite as important and game-changing as this,” said Dr. Jeremy Farrar, who heads Britain’s Wellcome Trust charity. The trust was a major sponsor of the trial. The findings are reported in the medical journal The Lancet. The study was led by the WHO and involved a variety of partners including the governments of Guinea and Norway, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Medicins Sans Frontieres and Wellcome. Kieny said discussions will now need to take place with the government of Sierra Leone to see if they want to employ a ring vaccination approach in a bid to finally snuff out the outbreak.
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Wrestling legend Rowdy Roddy Piper has died THE CANADIAN PRESS
LOS ANGELES — The pro-wrestling world lost one of its best known personalities on Friday with the death of Canadian “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, he was 61. The WWE posted on its website that Piper, whose real name is Roderick Toombs, died on Friday, but there was no immediate word on the cause of death.
Piper was born in Saskatoon and rose to prominence in the 1980s, battling the likes of Hulk Hogan in what was then the World Wrestling Federation. “Sad to hear about Roddy Piper. He once worked 91 nights w/out a day off. WWE wouldn’t be what it is today w/out him. Wonderful athlete & friend,” tweeted former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura.
“I am shocked and saddened to hear of Roddy Piper’s passing. He was one of a kind and one of the all time greats,” said wrestling star Steve Austin in a post on Twitter. “I love you forever, god bless you bubba,” tweeted the Iron Sheik. “I am so sad to tweet that my friend Roddy Piper passed away last night. He was really such
a sweet man. My heart is with his family,” tweeted singer Cyndi Lauper, who made frequent appearances in wrestling shows in the 80s and 90s. Piper turned pro in the late 70s and eventually moved to Los Angeles where he became involved in what is now World Wrestling Entertainment making a name for himself in high profile bouts.
JORDAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Federal cabinet ministers have made almost $1.6 billion in spending promises in the last two days, as the hours tick down to an expected election call. Between Thursday morning and end of business on Friday, the Conservatives made 111 announcements offering either new infrastructure money or spending promises recycled from the April budget. Add in 12 reminders about how much the provinces will receive in federal gas tax funding to pay for infrastructure this year and the total dollar figure for all the announcements totalled almost $3.53 billion. The spending flurry comes as Prime Minister Stephen Harper is widely expected to officially open the election campaign on Sunday. The last-minute handouts on Friday followed a report from Statistics Canada that said the economy shrank again in May, the fifth consecutive monthly decline. That has left the economy limping into the summer as the parties geared up for a campaign where the economy and who is best positioned to manage it, are expected to be key ballot questions. “The economy is suffering and Stephen Harper’s government is more concerned about wasting taxpayers’ money with an early election call,” NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen said in a release. The Bank of Canada and the federal government have said that the country isn’t officially in recession, but the central bank has already adjusted its outlook for the year and predicts the economy will grow by about half of what was expected when the Conservatives put together their last budget.
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Oil spill cleanup delayed after ship owner denial Report finds uncertainty around roles and responsibilities LAURA KANE THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — The refusal by the owners of a grain carrier to admit that fuel had spilled from their vessel into Vancouver’s English Bay slowed the reaction time to the emergency, a review has found. The report released Friday also found uncertainty of roles and responsibilities, miscommuncations and technical difficulties resulted in an almost two-hour delay in response after the slick’s discovery. The report was commissioned by the Canadian Coast Guard after a malfunction on the grain carrier MV Marathassa caused about 2,700 litres of bunker fuel to spill into the bay on April 8. Former assistant coast guard commissioner John Butler conducted the review and made 25 recommendations on how future marine spills could be handled differently. “This was an operational discharge of persistent fuel oil with very high consequences,” Butler said in his report. The spill soiled beaches around Vancouver, including along Stanley Park — the city’s jewel — and across the Burrard Inlet in West
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A lawyer for a group of homeless people says the City of Abbotsford has no concern for the well-being of those living on the streets and is only anxious about moving them on. Pivot Legal Society lawyer David Wotherspoon told a B.C. Supreme Court judge that the homeless have been pepper sprayed by police and had chicken manure dumped on their campsite by city workers in an effort to get them to move on. Pivot is representing a group called the Drug War Survivors in a trial that is expected to wrap up next week.
The wife of an RCMP officer who killed himself two years ago claims that her husband was used by the Mounties a scapegoat in the death of Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver’s airport in October 2007. In a statement of claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Sheila Lemaitre said her husband, Pierre, was told he would lose his job if he tried to correct misinformation given to the media about the night Dziekanski died. The lawsuit claimed Lemaitre wanted to correct the information, but was ordered not to say anything.
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One dead, dozens injured Coroner’s jury rules mill in Highway 1 bus crash deaths were accidental A spill response boat monitors a boom placed around the bulk carrier cargo ship MV ‘Marathassa’ on April 9. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Vancouver. The response and recovery operation took 16 days. Butler recommended the coast guard have adequate staff to respond to a major marine-pollution incident, conduct exercises with First Nations and release accurate information as quickly as possible. His report also said the absence of officials from Environment Canada impacted the response’s effectiveness.
“Environment Canada’s on-site leadership in providing sound, independent scientific and environmental advice would have been greatly beneficial to this incident,” the report stated. Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson criticized the coast guard’s response at the time, with Robertson questioning why the city was not alerted until 13 hours after the spill was discovered.
One man is confirmed dead in a collision between a passenger bus carrying dozens of people and a car on a notorious stretch of Highway 1 south of Chase, in B.C.’s Interior, say police and firefighters. The accident happened about 4 p.m. Friday, at the start of a holiday long-weekend, and involved a bus that was carrying as many as 60 people. Chase RCMP Const. Brian Blaikie said that a small black car travelling westbound toward Kamloops went into the oncoming lane and hit a private charter bus head-on.
A coroner’s jury has ruled the deaths of two mill workers caught in a fiery explosion in Burns Lake more than three years ago were accidental. Robert Luggi, 45, and Carl Charlie, 42, were working at Babine Forest Products west of Prince George when the explosion occurred Jan. 20, 2012. A coroner’s jury heard from nearly 50 witnesses over the 13-day inquest in Burns Lake. The jury deliberated for two days and made 33 recommendations, while the coroner made an additional eight recommendations.
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Jon Stewart ready to say goodbye Stewart’s simple mission since 1999 was to host a program that would lampoon ‘real’ newscasts FRAZIER MOORE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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fter more than 16 years and nearly 2,600 telecasts, Jon Stewart can feel proud of his scads of Emmys and his pair of Peabody Awards, his cultural gravitas (he hung with the Prez, both on and off the air!), even his reprobate status at Fox News. Who could blame him for wanting to depart The Daily Show on this high note? Besides, maybe it had gotten too easy. By June, when Donald Trump jumped into the presidential race, a giddy Stewart framed this jest-alluring candidacy as Trump’s going-away gift to him, “putting me in some sort of comedy hospice where all I’m getting is straight morphine.” Or maybe it had gotten too hard. When he took over The Daily Show in January 1999, Stewart’s simple mission was to host a program that would lampoon “real” newscasts and newsmakers they enabled. “I like keeping up with the news,” he told The Associated Press at the time, “even though I think it’s gotten so out of control. But that’s what I like about The Daily Show: It’s like checks and balances.” But in an interview a few months ago, Stewart put a bit more dismally the task of finding the funny in the news. “I think of us as turd miners,” he said. “I put on my helmet, I go and mine turds. Hopefully I don’t get turd lung disease.”
famous definition of news: A “What those in power don’t want you to know.”
Meanwhile, the illuminative mockery of Stewart’s “fake news” might be defined as “What those in power don’t want you to think.” Always questioning authority — whether politicians, corporate titans, media barons or, of course, puffed-up journalists — Stewart did what satirists have done for centuries: He seized on the absurdity embedded in accepted truth. But as The Daily Show aped the
This Nov. 30, 2011 file photo shows Jon Stewart during a taping of ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ in New York. Stewart signs off for good Thursday. [AP PHOTO]
bombast and blizzard of graphics employed, without irony, by “legitimate” newscasts, Stewart never copped to grandiose claims for what he was up to. “Our meeting every morning is an explicit discussion of what’s going on in the world,” he declared in a 2004 interview with The Associated Press. “But then the rest of the day is spent trying to hide that under layers of fart jokes.” While Stewart is undeniably left-leaning, his show, he said, “doesn’t honour the distinction between left wing and right wing, or liberal and conservative, or in some respects between Democrat and Republican. “We only honour the distinction between real and absurdly fake,” he said, then grinned. “And WE are absurdly fake.” The Daily Show under Stewart thus made a credible argument that, for both journalism and public affairs, bogus is the new real, leaving fact and fantasy interchangeable. “The Daily Show” prevailed as a bit of daylight in between, a privileged
space that granted Stewart almost limitless freedom to make fun of things, even as he exercised due diligence in making sense of them in the process. ome (even Stewart) would say S The Daily Show is a half-hour of silliness meant to call out politicians and other power brokers with no higher purpose than amusing its audience. Still, he was sharply attuned to America’s many wrong turns, how its leadership and media routinely let the country down. In 2010, he and fellow Comedy Central fake-news host Stephen Colbert even organized a rollicking “Rally to Restore Sanity and/ or Fear” that drew tens of thousands to Washington’s National Mall. Americans, said Stewart in one of the telecast’s more serious moments, do “impossible things every day that are only made possible through the little, reasonable compromises we all make.” But reasonable compromises are what elected officials are
loath to make in the present day; what news media dismiss in favour of spotlighting the more watchable bad behaviour and conflict. Americans do work together to get things done, insisted Stewart. “The only place we don’t is here,” he said, pointing behind him at the Capitol, “or on cable TV.” here has been little sign of T“Wouldn’t sanity restored. it be nice if people who jumped to conclusions and peddled a false, divisive, anger-stoking narrative had to apologize for misleading America?” mused Stewart last March in reference to a certain cablenews network. On Thursday, Stewart, now 52, will step aside, making way for Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old standup comic from South Africa, to manage this nightly reality check as the nation dives headlong into the 2016 presidential election cycle. Maybe Stewart has concluded things are crazier than ever.
And, after all, how much crazy can one man comb through night after night, searching for laughs, and retain his own sanity? In June, as he reflected on the mass shootings in a black church in Charleston, S.C., there were no laughs to be had. “I honestly have nothing, other than sadness,” he said before sadly predicting that, even now, after yet another American atrocity, “we still won’t do jack (expletive)” to join together for a solution. Are things crazier than ever? Or maybe do we recognize the crazy more? Are we more painfully aware? If that’s the case, his fans can thank Stewart for his abiding and soon-to-be-missed role in bringing us the crazy with insight, clarity and, of course, loads of laughs. Whatever he’s been mining for his more than 16 years, he made the most of it. Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press.
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Zimbabwe seeks extradition of game hunter FARAI MUTSAKA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe intends to seek the extradition of an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured out of a national park and shot with a bow and a gun, and the process has already begun, a Cabinet minister said Friday. In the Zimbabwean government’s first official comment on the killing of Cecil the lion, the environment, water and climate minister lashed out at Walter James Palmer, accusing him even of trying to hurt Zimbabwe’s image. “Unfortunately it was too late to apprehend the foreign poacher as he had already absconded to his country of origin,” Oppah Muchinguri told a news conference. “We are appealing to the responsible authorities for his extradition to Zimbabwe so that he be made accountable.”
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On Tuesday, Palmer issued a statement saying he relied on his guides to ensure the hunt was legal. Two Zimbabweans — a professional hunter and a farm owner — have been arrested in the killing of the lion, an act which has garnered worldwide condemnation. Palmer is believed to have shot the lion with a bow on July 1 outside Hwange National Park,
after it was lured onto private land with a carcass of an animal laid out on a car, Zimbabwean conservationists have said. Some 40 hours later, the wounded cat was tracked down and Palmer allegedly killed it with a gun, they said. “There has been an outcry,” Muchinguri said. “Almost 500,000 people are calling for his extradition and we need this support. We want him tried in Zimbabwe because he violated our laws.” She did not explain the 500,000 but there are online petitions demanding Palmer’s extradition. “I have already consulted with the authorities within the police force who are responsible for arresting the criminal. We have certain processes we have to follow,” Muchinguri said at the offices of the national parks and wildlife authority. “Police should take the first step to approach the prosecutor general who will
approach the Americans. The processes have already started.” She said both Palmer and professional hunter Theo Bronkhorst violated the Parks and Wildlife Act, which controls the use of bow and arrow hunting. She said Palmer, who reportedly paid $50,000 to hunt the lion, also violated the act through financing an illegal hunt. The landowner violated the act because he “allowed a hunt to be conducted without a quota and necessary permit,” Muchinguri said. There is an extradition treaty between Zimbabwe and the United States. The U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe said Friday that it does not comment on extradition matters and the Zimbabwe Embassy in Washington said it had yet to receive instructions. “We are trying other avenues,” said Richard Chibuwe, the
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Blue Jays go all-in with moves at deadline STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
Vancouver Island Raider Dexter Shea gets tossed and loses control of the ball against the Langely Rams at Caledonia Park last Saturday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
Raiders head south to take on Rebels Jerome Erdman’s team look to build on opening day win ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
The mood in the Vancouver Island Raiders camp was buoyant this week after an opening 22-14 win over the defending B.C. Football Conference champion Langley Rams last Saturday. But head coach Jerome Erdman has reminded his players to keep their feet firmly on the ground as they head south to Langford to take on the Westshore Rebels today. It’s a game that, on paper, the Raiders should win, but Erdman says that past results and current form are all meaningless in an Island rivalry matchup. Like the Raiders, the Rebels also have a new head coach in JC Boice at the helm this term. They suffered a baptism by fire last week with a 78-7 loss away to the Okanagan Sun. But Erdman says that scoreline didn’t reflect the balance of play after watching the footage of this weekend’s opponents. As such, he’s not going to be taking this one lightly.
“It’s going to be a tough game,” he said. “They’re very well coached and we better be prepared. They can be dangerous. We won the game against Langley because of hard work and we’ll have to do the same against Westshore.” The Rebels also have 42 players on their roster this year that are first-year players. “They’re a young team, but so are we,” said Erdman, who believes the Sun to be the strongest team in the conference. “Langley was a big win for us. The players did a great job of sticking with it. They showed a lot of mental toughness when we were down. They persevered and got the win because of it. But that’s only one game and we’ll need at least nine more.” Like Erdman, Boice believes his team were a little hard done by against the Sun on the scoreline front and says he’s excited about hosting the Raiders today. “I watched the film of the Raiders/Rams game and I have to say I was impressed,” said Boice.
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Pirates in dominant first Final Four win over Eagles DAILY NEWS
The Nanaimo Pirates made an emphatic start to the B.C. Premier Baseball League Final Four as they beat the Victoria Eagles 7-3 at Royal Athletic Park in the province’s capital Friday. Cheered on by a lively home crowd, the Eagles would be the first to score on the night in the third inning — but it was all a false dawn. In the fourth inning, an RBI single from Garrett Goodall saw Zach Diewert home before Aaron Page put on a show of his own with a a three-run home run to
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PCT .535 .515 .447 .408 .385 PCT .641 .588 .539 .455 .423 PCT .559 .549 .495 .485 .426
GB Strk - L1 2.0 W1 9.0 L5 13.0 L3 15.5 W2 GB Strk - W2 5.5 W1 10.5 W3 19.0 L1 22.5 L3 GB Strk - W2 1.5 L1 6.5 W6 7.5 W3 13.5 L3
Yesterday’s results Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 3 Baltimore 8, Detroit 7 Toronto 7, Kansas City 6 Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 4 San Diego 8, Miami 3 Boston 7, Tampa Bay 5 NY Mets 2, Washington 1 Texas 6, San Francisco 3 Arizona 6, Houston 4 Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 1 NY Yankees 13, Chicago Sox 6 Seattle 6, Minnesota 1 St. Louis 7, Colorado 0 Cleveland 2, Oakland 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, L.A. Angels 3 Today’s schedule with probable pitchers Kansas City at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Volquez (9-5) vs. Buehrle (11-5) Tampa Bay at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Moore (1-2) vs. Kelly (2-6) L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 1:05 p.m. Shoemaker (5-7) vs. Greinke (9-2) San Diego at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Despaigne (4-7) vs. Latos (4-7) Detroit at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m. Sanchez (10-7) vs. Gausman (1-2) Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Wood (7-6) vs. Buchanan (1-5) Washington at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Ross (2-3) vs. deGrom (10-6) Seattle at Minnesota, 4:10 p.m. Montgomery (4-4) vs. Gibson (8-8) Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m. Hendricks (4-5) vs. Garza (5-11) NY Yankees at Chi. White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Eovaldi (10-2) vs. Danks (5-8) Arizona at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Hellickson (7-6) vs. Keuchel (12-5) Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Cole (14-4) vs. Iglesias (1-2) Colorado at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m. De La Rosa (6-4) vs. Lynn (7-5) San Francisco at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Hudson (6-8) vs. Harrison (1-1) Cleveland at Oakland, 6:05 p.m. Anderson (2-1) vs. Graveman (6-7) Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015 (Early games) Kansas City at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Young (8-6) vs. Doubront (1-0) Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Morton (6-4) vs. Leake (8-5) San Diego at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Shields (8-3) vs. Fernandez (3-0) Detroit at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Price (9-3) vs. Jimenez (7-6) Tampa Bay at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Karns (5-5) vs. Miley (8-8)
Kenny Stafford celebrates a touchdown against the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the first half. [CP PHOTO]
Esks pound winless Roughriders 30-5 SHANE JONES THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON — They are two teams going in completely different directions. Matt Nichols threw two touchdown passes as the Edmonton Eskimos won their fourth in a row with a 30-5 victory over the winless Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday night. The Eskimos (4-1) now sit in sole possession of first place in the Canadian Football League’s West Division and haven’t allowed a touchdown in two straight games. Eskimos defensive back Pat Watkins, who had two interceptions including one for a touchdown, said the defence and the offence are really supporting each other. “We feed off each other,” he said. “When they make big plays then the defence is on the sidelines ready to get back on the field because we feel like we’ve got to show our offence that we’re the best unit on the Edmonton staff.” Edmonton head coach Chris Jones was also impressed with his team’s defensive play. “Five points, anytime you can hold them to five — unless you’ve got four or less — then you’re probably happy,” Jones said. The loss kept Saskatchewan winless at 0-6. “We made a lot of mental mistakes and took some bad penalties. When that is happening it is hard to move the football and get into scoring range,” said Riders receiver Chris Getzlaf. “I’m pretty sure everybody in here is disappointed with where we are, but I think we have a great group of guys who are going to continue to stick together and fight together no matter what. Hopefully we can get this thing turned around.” Edmonton started with a long and competent opening drive, capped off by a 27-yard TD pass from Nichols to Kenny Stafford. Nichols is the only remaining undefeated starting quarterback in the CFL this season. The Eskimos added a 31-yard Grant Shaw field goal to lead 10-0 at the end of the first quarter.
LACROSSE
Cubs 4, Brewers 1
Minnesota
Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee
ab r h bi 4000 4000 4000 3000 3111 3000 3000 3000 2000 1000 3000 29 1 1 1
ab r h bi ab r h bi Fowler CF 5 0 1 0 Gennett 2B 4 0 1 0 Schwarber C 4 0 0 0 Lucroy C 4000 Denorfia LF 1 0 0 0 Braun RF 4 1 1 1 Coghlan LF 5 0 1 0 Lind 1B 4000 Rizzo 1B 3 2 2 1 Davis LF 3010 Bryant 3B 3 1 0 0 Peterson CF 3 0 2 0 Soler RF 4 1 2 0 Segura SS 4 0 0 0 Castro SS 4 0 1 2 Herrera 3B 3 0 0 0 Hammel P 2 0 0 0 Jungmann P 2 0 2 0 Ross PH-C 1 0 0 0 Schafer PH 1 0 0 0 Russell 2B 4 0 2 1 Totals 32 1 7 1 Totals 36 4 9 4
Western Lacrosse Assn
Seattle 010 201 002 6 Minnesota 000 100 000 1 SB: SEA Jackson, A (12, 2nd base off Milone/Fryer). 2B: SEA Cruz, N (16, Milone), Montero, J (1, Milone), Gutierrez, F (5, Milone). HR: SEA Montero, J (1, 6th inning off Milone, 0 on, 1 out), Cruz, N (27, 9th inning off Graham, 1 on, 1 out); MIN Sano (4, 4th inning off Walker, T, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: SEA 8; MIN 2. E: SEA Miller, B (11, fielding). Seattle IP H R ER BB SO T Walker (W, 8-7) 9.0 1 1 1 1 11 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO T Milone (L, 5-3) 6.011 4 4 0 4 B Boyer 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 J Graham 2.0 1 2 2 1 2 Time: 2:23. Att: 27,643.
Chicago Cubs 010 101 100 4 Milwaukee 100 000 000 1 SB: CHC Russell, A (2, 2nd base off Cotts/Lucroy); MIL Davis, K (1, 2nd base off Hammel/Schwarber). 2B: CHC Coghlan (18, Jungmann), Fowler (16, Thornburg); MIL Jungmann (1, Hammel). GIDP: MIL Lucroy. HR: CHC Rizzo (19, 7th inning off Cotts, 0 on, 2 out); MIL Braun (19, 1st inning off Hammel, 0 on, 2 out). S: CHC Hammel. Team Lob: CHC 8; MIL 8. DP: CHC (Castro, S-Russell, A-Rizzo). E: MIL Herrera, E (4, throw). Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO J Hammel (W, 6-5) 5.2 6 1 1 2 4 J Grimm 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 J Motte 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 P Strop 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 H Rondon 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO T Jungmann (L, 5-3) 5.2 7 3 2 2 7 N Cotts 1.1 1 1 1 0 2 T Thornburg 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 Time: 3:18. Att: 35,669.
Thursday’s result New Westminster 9, Burnaby 8
Marte 2B Marte 2B Seager 3B Cruz DH Gutierrez LF Trumbo RF Jackson CF Montero 1B Miller SS Zunino C Totals
ab r h bi 4 1 0 0 Dozier 2B 4 1 0 0 Dozier 2B 5 0 1 0 Hicks CF 5 1 4 2 Mauer 1B 5 0 1 0 Sano 3B 5 2 2 0 Hunter RF 4 1 2 0 Rosario LF 4 1 2 2 Nunez DH 2 0 0 2 Fryer C 4 0 1 0 Santana PH 28 4 10 6 Polanco SS Totals
Blue Jays 7, Royals 6 (11 innings) Kansas City
Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi Escobar SS 5 0 2 1 Tulowitski SS 6 2 2 0 Escobar SS 5 0 2 1 Donaldson 3B5 1 3 4 Moustakas 3B5 0 0 0 Bautista RF 5 0 1 0 Cain CF 5 2 2 0 Enc’acion DH 4 1 2 0 Hosmer 1B 4 2 2 0 Smoak 1B 5 0 0 0 Morales DH 4 1 1 2 Martin C 4010 Perez C 4 0 1 0 Carrera LF 5 1 3 0 Rios RF 4 0 1 0 Pillar CF 4021 Infante 2B 4 1 0 0 Goins 2B 5 2 1 0 Totals 35 6 9 3 Totals 37 5 13 5
Kansas City 300 002 100 00 6 Toronto 002 100 300 01 7 SB: KC Cain, L (19, 3rd base off Hutchison/Martin, R). 2B: KC Cain, L (23, Hutchison), Morales, K (28, Hutchison); TOR Donaldson 2 (28, Cueto, Madson), Encarnacion (17, Cueto). GIDP: KC Moustakas; TOR Smoak. S: TOR Pillar. Team Lob: KC 2; TOR 9. DP: KC (InfanteEscobar, A-Hosmer); TOR (SmoakTulowitzki-Smoak). E: KC Cain, L (7, fielding); TOR Donaldson (14, throw). Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO J Cueto 6.0 7 3 3 2 7 R Madson 0.0 4 3 3 0 0 K Herrera 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 L Hochevar 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 F Morales (L, 3-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO A Hutchison 5.0 7 4 3 1 1 A Loup 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 P Schultz 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 A Sanchez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 R Osuna 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 B Cecil 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 L Hendriks (W, 3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:23. Att: 29,389.
Orioles 8, Tigers 7 Detroit
Baltimore
ab r h bi ab r h bi Davis LF 5 1 2 0 Machado 3B 3 2 2 2 Iglesias SS 5 0 2 0 Paredes DH 4 2 2 0 Kinsler 2B 5 2 4 1 Jones CF 5133 Martinez DH 5 0 1 1 Davis RF 4121 Martinez RF 4 1 1 2 Wieters C 3 1 1 0 Castellanos 3B4 0 0 0 Hardy SS 4 0 1 0 McCann C 4 2 2 1 Flaherty 1B 4 0 0 0 Marte 1B 4 1 3 2 Schoop 2B 4 0 0 0 Gose CF 4 0 1 0 Lough LF 3 1 0 0 Totals 40 7 16 7 Totals 34 8 11 6
Detroit 112 200 100 7 Baltimore 000 143 00x 8 2B: DET Davis, R (11, Chen), Marte, J (2, Chen), Kinsler (25, Roe), Gose (16, O’Day); BAL Wieters (9, Farmer). GIDP: DET Martinez, V; BAL Jones, A. HR: DET Martinez, J (28, 3rd inning off Chen, 1 on, 2 out), McCann, J (5, 4th inning off Chen, 0 on, 0 out), Marte, J (2, 4th inning off Chen, 0 on, 0 out); BAL Jones, A (17, 5th inning off Farmer, 2 on, 1 out), Machado, M (22, 6th inning off Valdez, Jo, 1 on, 0 out). Team Lob: DET 7; BAL 7. DP: DET (CastellanosKinsler-Marte, J); BAL (Hardy, J-Schoop-Flaherty). E: DET Marte, J (2, fielding), Krol (1, throw). Detroit IP H R ER BB SO G Farmer 4.1 6 4 3 1 1 I Krol 0.2 2 2 1 2 1 J Valdez (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 0.0 3 2 2 1 0 B Rondon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO W Chen 3.110 6 6 0 6 D Wright 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 M Givens (W, 1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 C Roe 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 D O’Day 1.1 1 0 0 1 3 Z Britton 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Time: 3:30. Att: 36,985.
Rangers 6, Giants 3 San Francisco
Texas
ab r h bi ab r h bi Pagan DH 4 0 1 0 DeShields OF 4 1 1 1 Panik 2B 4 0 1 0 Andrus SS 4 2 2 2 Duffy 3B 4 1 1 0 Fielder DH 4 0 0 0 Posey C 4 0 1 0 Beltre 3B 4 1 3 2 Pence RF 3 0 0 0 Rua LF 3000 Belt 1B 4 0 0 0 Martin CF 1 0 0 0 Crawford SS 4 1 1 1 Rosales 1B 3 1 1 0 Blanco CF 3 1 1 0 Odor 2B 3130 Aoki LF 4 0 2 1 Gimenez C 2 0 0 1 Totals 34 3 8 2 Totals 28 6 10 6
Padres 8, Marlins 3 (11 innings) San Diego Venable CF Solarte 3B Kemp RF Upton LF Alonso 1B Norris C Gyorko 2B Amarista SS 0 Kennedy P Wallace PH Totals
ab r 61 60 41 41 32 42 40 40
Miami h bi ab r 3 1 Gordon 2B 4 1 2 1 Suzuki RF 5 0 0 0 Yelich CF-LF 5 1 0 0 Bour 1B 50 0 1 Prado 3B 4 0 2 1 Dietrich LF 4 1 3 3 Realmuto C 3 0 0 1 Hechavarria SS 4
3 1 1 0 Phelps P 1 0 1 0 Solano PH 39 8 12 8 Gillespie CF Totals
2000 1000 1000 38 3 5 3
San Diego 001 200 000 05 8 Miami 200 000 001 00 3 SB: SD Venable (8, 2nd base off Ramos, A/Realmuto); MIA Gordon, D (34, 2nd base off Kennedy/Norris, D). 2B: SD Kennedy (3, Phelps). GIDP: SD Kemp 2, Amarista. HR: MIA Yelich (6, 1st inning off Kennedy, 1 on, 1 out), Dietrich (6, 9th inning off Kimbrel, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: SD 6; MIA 4. DP: MIA 3 (HechavarriaGordon, D-Bour, Prado-Gordon, D-Bour, Hand-Hechavarria-Bour). E: MIA Realmuto (4, throw). PICKOFFS: MIA Capps (Venable at 1st base). San Diego IP H R ER BB SO I Kennedy 7.0 4 2 2 2 5 J Benoit 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 C Kimbrel 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 B Maurer (W, 7-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 K Quackenbush 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Miami IP H R ER BB SO D Phelps 5.0 7 3 3 1 2 B Hand 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 C Capps 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 M Dunn 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 A Ramos (L, 0-3) 1.1 1 4 4 3 3 A Rienzo 0.2 3 1 1 1 1 HBP: Gyorko (by Hand). Time: 3:41. Att: 19,582.
Mets 2, Nationals 1 (12 innings) Washington
NY Mets
ab r h bi ab r h bi Rendon 2B 5 0 2 0 Granderson RF 5 0 1 0 Escobar 3B 5 0 1 1 Tejada SS 5 0 2 0 Werth LF-RF 5 0 1 0 Murphy 1B-3B 5 0 1 0 Harper RF 5 0 0 0 Duda PH 1000 Zimmerman 1B-LF4 0 0 0 d’Arnaud C 4 0 0 0 Desmond SS 4 0 0 0 Flores 2B 5 1 2 2 Taylor CF 5 0 0 0 Lagares CF 3 0 0 0 Lobaton C 5 0 1 0 Campbell LF 4 0 0 0 Gonzalez P 1 0 0 0 Harvey P 3 0 0 0 Roark P 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 1 6 2 Moore PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 41 0 5 1
Washington 000 000 010 000 1 NY Mets 000 100 000 001 2 2B: WSH Werth (3, Harvey); NYM Murphy, Dn (19, Gonzalez, G). HR: NYM Flores, W (11, 12th inning off Rivero, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: WSH 7; NYM 7. DP: WSH (Lobaton-Rendon). Washington IP H R ER BB SO G Gonzalez 4.2 4 1 1 4 6 T Roark 2.1 0 0 0 0 4 A Barrett 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 F Rivero (L, 1-1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO M Harvey 7.2 5 1 1 0 9 J Familia 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 H Robles 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 C Torres (W, 4-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Time: 3:59. Att: 36,164.
San Francisco 110 000 001 3 Texas 240 000 00x 6 SB: SF Blanco, G (7, 2nd base off Martinez, N/Gimenez), Pagan (6, 2nd base off Martinez, N/Gimenez). 2B: SF Aoki (9, Martinez, N); TEX Andrus (19, Bumgarner), Rosales (4, Bumgarner). GIDP: SF Duffy, M; TEX Rua. HR: SF Crawford, B (16, 9th inning off Tolleson, Sh, 0 on, 1 out); TEX Beltre (8, 1st inning off Bumgarner, 1 on, 2 out), Andrus (4, 2nd inning off Bumgarner, 1 on, 2 out). S: TEX Gimenez. Team Lob: SF 6; TEX 3. DP: SF (Panik-Crawford, B-Belt); TEX (Andrus-Odor-Rosales). San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO M Bumgarner (L, 11-6) 7.0 9 6 6 0 8 J Affeldt 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Texas IP H R ER BB SO N Martinez W, 6-6) 6.1 7 2 2 2 4 S Tolleson 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 Time: 2:33. Att: 30,674.
West Coast League
Red Sox 7, Rays 5
Today’s schedule Victoria at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Bend at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Klamath, 6:35 p.m. Yakima Valley at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m. Corvallis at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Kelowna at Bellingham, 7:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay
Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Guyer CF 2 1 0 0 Holt 2B 5120 Kiermaier CF 1 0 0 0 Bogaerts SS 4 1 0 0 Souza Jr. RF 5 0 2 1 Ortiz DH 3100 Longoria 3B 4 0 3 0 Napoli 1B 2 2 1 2 Forsythe 12B 4 0 0 0 Castillo RF 4 0 0 0 Butler DH 4 1 0 1 Swihart C 4 1 2 2 Cabrera SS 4 1 1 0 Bradley CF 4 0 0 0 Beckham 2B 4 0 1 0 Totals 26 6 5 4 Loney 1B 1000 Mahtook LF 4 2 2 1 Casali C 3000 Jaso PH 1012 Rivera C 1000 Totals 38 5 10 5
Tampa Bay 111 000 200 5 Boston 300 010 21x 7 2B: TB Mahtook (1, Rodriguez, E), Jaso (6, Tazawa); BOS Holt, B (17, Ramirez, E), Swihart (10, Gomes, B). GIDP: TB Butler, Jy; BOS Castillo, R. HR: BOS Napoli (13, 7th inning off McGee, 1 on, 2 out). Team Lob: TB 13; BOS 6. DP: TB (Longoria-Beckham, T-Forsythe); BOS (Bogaerts-Holt, BNapoli). E: TB Forsythe (7), Beckham, T 2 (5); BOS Rutledge (1), Swihart (2). Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO E Ramirez 6.0 5 4 1 2 6 J McGee (BS, 2)(L, 0-1) 1.0 1 2 2 1 2 B Gomes 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Boston IP H R ER BB SO E Rodriguez 5.0 6 3 3 4 4 A Ogando 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 R Ross 0.2 0 2 2 1 1 J Tazawa (W, 2-3) 1.1 3 0 0 0 1 K Uehara 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Time: 3:13. Att: 36,715.
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East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Corvallis Medford Klamath Falls West Bellingham Victoria Kitsap Cowlitz
W 28 24 21 21 W 32 25 21 11 W 30 23 19 18
L 17 22 23 25 L 13 20 25 35 L 16 22 27 28
PCT .622 .522 .477 .467 PCT .711 .556 .457 .239 PCT .652 .511 .413 .391
GB Strk - 2L 4.5 2W 6.5 2L 7.5 1L GB Strk - 1W 7 1W 11.5 2L 21.5 1W GB Strk - 3W 6.5 2W 11 1L 12 2L
Yesterday’s results Klamath Falls 12, Kitsap 5 Bend 6, Medford 5 Yakima Valley 7, Cowlitz 2 Bellingham 6, Kelowna 1 Victoria 10, Wenatchee 5
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.
B.C. Premier League BCPBL championship playoffs Round-robin BCPBL Provincial Championship Friday, July 31-Monday, Aug. 3 Royal Athletic Park, Victoria Yesterday’s results Okanangan 6, North Shore 5 Nanaimo 7, Victoria Eagles 3 Today’s schedule 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. Sunday , Aug. 2 Championship games 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
TRANSACTIONS
WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 18 New Westminster 18 Maple Ridge 17 Burnaby 18 Langley 18 Coquitlam 17 Nanaimo 17
W 14 12 9 9 9 6 3
L 4 6 9 9 9 11 14
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 28 24 18 18 18 12 6
Football - NFL NFL - Suspended Washington CB Bashaud Breeland one game for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. Seattle - Signed QB Russell Wilson to a four-year contract extension.
Yesterday’s result Victoria 14, Langley 5 Last game, regular season Today’s schedule Nanaimo at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Playoff schedule To be announced
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
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
Today’s schedule 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. Wednesday, Aug. 5 NY Red Bulls at Montreal, 5 p.m. Orlando at Toronto, 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7 Chicago at Portland, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8 Sporting KC at Toronto, 1 p.m.
English Premier League Position/Club 1 Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 3 Bournemouth 4 Chelsea 5 Crystal Palace 6 Everton 7 Leicester City 8 Liverpool 9 Man City 10 Man United 11 Newcastle 12 Norwich 13 Southampton 14 Stoke City 15 Sunderland 16 Swansea 17 Tot Hotspur 18 Watford 19 West Brom 20 West Ham
W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Recent deals, trades and player movements in major league sports. Hockey - NHL Winnipeg - Announced an affiliate agreement with Tulsa (ECHL) for next season. Arizona - Named Claude Loiselle hockey operations consultant. New Jersey - Named Paul Castron director of amateur scouting.
GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FA Community Shield Sunday, Aug 2 Chelsea vs. Arsenal, 7 a.m. 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
TENNIS This week’s tournaments
ATP German Tennis Championships, July 27-Aug 2 Hamburg, Germany. Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Purse: €1,407,960. Singles, Quarterfinals Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def. Pablo Cuevas (5), Uruguay, 6-3, 6-2. Andreas Seppi (4), Italy, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, walkover. Fabio Fognini (8), Italy, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 6-4, 7-5. Lucas Pouille, France, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-3, 6-2. BB&T Atlanta Open, July 27-Aug 2 Atlanta, Georgia. Surface: Outdoor, Hard. Purse: $659,070. Singles, Quarterfinals John Isner (1), United States, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Denis Kudla, United States, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-5, 6-0. Swiss Open Gstaad, July 27-Aug 2 Gstaad, Switzerland. Surface: Outdoor, Clay. Purse: €494,310 Singles, Quarterfinals David Goffin (1), Belgium, def. Joao Sousa (6), Portugal, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 7-6 (1). Feliciano Lopez (2), Spain, def. Santiago Giraldo (8), Colombia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Dominic Thiem (3), Austria, def. Pablo Carreno Busta (7), Spain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. Thomaz Bellucci (5), Brazil, def. Pablo Andujar (4), Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
WTA Jiangxi Women’s Tennis Open, July 27-Aug 2 Nanchang, China. Surface: Hard. Purse: $115,000. Singles, Quarterfinals Xinyun Han, China d [8] Fangzhou Liu, China, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 Kai-Chen Chang, Taiwan d [7] Yafan Wang, China, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 [1] [WC] Jelena Jankovic, Serbia d [5] Ying-Ying Duan, China, 7-6 (3), 6-0 Jia-Jing Lu, China d Na-Lae Han, Korea, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Baku Cup, July 27-Aug 2 Baku, Azerbaijan. Surface: Hard. Purse: $226,750 Singles, Quarterfinals Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (1), Russia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-1, 6-3. Karin Knapp (2), Italy, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-2. Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-3, 6-2.
Baseball - American League Seattle - Traded RHP Mark Lowe to Toronto for LHPs Nick Wells, Rob Rasmussen and Jacob Brentz. Traded LHP J.A. Happ to Pittsburgh for RHP Adrian Sampson. Optioned INF Chris Taylor, RHP Jose Ramirez and OF Ramon Flores to Tacoma (PCL) and recalled Ramirez. Recalled INFs Jesus Montero and Ketel Marte from Tacoma (PCL). Toronto - Traded LHP Felix Doubront to Oakland for cash. Traded RHPs Jimmy Cordero and Alberto Tirado to Philadelphia for OF Ben Revere and cash. Baltimore - Traded RHP Tommy Hunter to the Chicago Cubs for OF Junior Lake and optioned Lake to Norfolk (IL). Designated RHP Bud Norris for assignment. Recalled RHP Mychal Givens from Bowie (EL) and RHP Mike Wright from Norfolk. Boston - Assigned C Sandy Leon outright to Pawtucket (IL). Cleveland - Traded LHP Marc Rzepczynski to San Diego for OF Abraham Almonte and optioned Almonte to Columbus (IL). Assigned RHP Toru Murata outright to Collumbus. Selected the contract of OF Jerry Sands from Columbus. Reinstated RHP Josh Tomlin from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Columbus. Sent OF Nick Swisher to Lake County (MWL) for a rehab assignment. Detroit - Traded OF Yoenis Cespedes to the N.Y. Mets for RHPs Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa. Optioned LHP Matt Boyd to Toledo (IL). Transferred LHP Kyle Lobstein to the 60-day DL. Houston - Optioned INF Jon Singleton to Fresno (PCL). LA Angels - Optioned RHP Mike Morin to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled RHP Cory Rasmus from Salt Lake. Agreed to terms with LHP Wesley Wright on a minor league contract. Sent RHP Jered Weaver to Inland Empire (Cal) for a rehab assignment. NY Yankees - Reinstated OF Slade Heathcott from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Assigned LHP Chris Capuano outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Designated 1B/OF Garrett Jones for assignment. Released RHP Esmil Rogers so he can sign with Hanwha (South Korea) in exchange for cash. Oakland - Agreed to terms with 3B Brent Morel on a minor league contract. Tampa Bay - Traded RHP Kevin Jepsen to Minnesota for RHPs Chih-Wei Hu and Alexis Tapia. Texas - Claimed C Bobby Wilson off waivers from Tampa Bay. Placed RHP Ross Ohlendorf on unconditional release waivers. Sent C Carlos Corporan and LHP Derek Holland to Round Rock (PCL) for rehab assignments. National League Atlanta - Optioned RHP Ryan Kelly to Gwinnett (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Matt Marksberry from Gwinnett. Recalled RHP Jake Brigham from Gwinnett. Reinstated RHP Williams Perez from the 15-day DL. Chicago - Designated RHP Ben Rowen for assignment. Colorado - Sent RHPs David Hale and Brooks Brown to Albuquerque (PCL) for rehab assignments. Miami - Traded RHP Dan Haren and cash to the Chicago Cubs for RHP Ivan Pineyro and SS Elliot Soto. Traded RHP Sam Dyson to Texas for C Tomas Telis and LHP Code Ege. Assigned Pineyro and Soto to Jacksonville (SL). Reinstated 3B Donovan Solano from paternity leave. Milwaukee - Traded OF Gerardo Parra to Baltimore for RHP Zach Davies. Selected the contract of 2B Elian Herrera from Colorado Springs (PCL). Traded RHP Jonathan Broxton and cash to St. Louis for OF Malik Collymore. Recalled OF Logan Schafer from Colorado Springs. NY Mets - Released OF John Mayberry Jr. Reinstated C Travis d’Arnaud from the 15-day DL. Philadelphia - Traded LHPs Cole Hamels and Jake Diekman and cash to Texas for LHP Matt Harrison, C Jorge Alfaro, OF Nick Williams and RHPs Alec Asher, Jerad Eickhoff and Jake Thompson. Recalled OF Jordan Danks from Lehigh Valley (IL). Reinstated RHP Aaron Harang from the 15-day DL. Pittsburgh - Assigned OF Gorkys Hernandez outright to Indianapolis (IL). Traded SS Justin Sellers to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named or cash. Basketball - NBA Philadelphia - Signed F Richaun Holmes. Sacramento - Named Nancy Lieberman assistant coach.
AUTO RACING NASCAR This week’s race Pennsylvania 400, Sunday, Aug. 2, 10:48 a.m. Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Qualifying Saturday, Aug. 1, 1:45 p.m. 2014 winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Current points standings 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 16 Carl Edwards 519 $2,601,313 17 Aric Almirola 508 $3,041,690 18 Greg Biffle 462 $3,177,429 19 Austin Dillon 453 $2,960,433 20 Kyle Larson 452 $2,763,087 21 Casey Mears 451 $2,761,733 22 Danica Patrick 433 $2,458,084 23 AJ Allmendinger 423 $2,799,497 24 David Ragan 412 $2,792,616 25 Sam Hornish Jr. 385 $2,676,168 26 Tony Stewart 382 $2,722,810 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.380 $2,320,936 28 Trevor Bayne 366 $2,918,375 29 David Gilliland 320 $2,409,267 30 Justin Allgaier 317 $2,329,722
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.
GOLF
Tour leaders and this week’s tournaments PGA Quicken Loans National, July 30-Aug. 2 Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia. Par 72, 7,425 yards. Purse: $6,700,000. 2014 champion:Justin Rose. Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer 1 Ryo Ishikawa T2 Rickie Fowler T2 Kevin Chappell 4 David Lingmerth T5 Pat Perez T5 Greg Owen T5 Charles Howell III T5 Tiger Woods T5 Jimmy Walker T5 Meen Whee Kim T5 Brice Garnett T5 Jason Bohn T5 Danny Lee 14 Ollie Schniederjans T15 Russell Knox T15 Steven Bowditch T15 Justin Leonard T15 Retief Goosen T19 Adam Hadwin Abbotsford, B.C. T19 Nick Taylor Abbotsford, B.C. T19 Ricky Barnes
Par R1 R2 -11 63 68 -10 67 65 -10 64 68 -9 68 65 -8 67 67 -8 66 68 -8 67 67 -8 68 66 -8 71 63 -8 68 66 -8 69 65 -8 67 67 -8 67 67 -7 66 69 -6 69 67 -6 68 68 -6 64 72 -6 63 73 -5 67 70 -5 68 69 -5 69 68
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 Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer * denotes Canadian 1 *Cory Renfrew T2 Daniel Miernicki T2 Jonathan Khan T2 Julien Brun T5 *Michael Letzig T5 Cameron Peck T5 Michael Gligic T8 David Pastore T8 Daniel McCarthy T8 Cory Whitsett T8 Ethan Tracy T8 Charlie Winegardner T13 *Mackenzie Hughes T13 Jason Millard T13 Matt Hansen T13 Mookie DeMoss T13 Mike Van Sickle T13 Olin Browne Jr. T13 Joe Panzeri T13 *Adam Svensson T21 *Ryan Williams T21 *Eugene Wong T21 *Wes Heffernan T21 *Danny Sahl
Par R1 R2 -11 -10 -10 -10 -9 -9 -9 -8 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6
65 64 68 63 67 64 64 66 66 66 65 65 66 67 66 69 65 63 65 69 71 66 67 64
64 66 62 67 64 67 67 66 66 66 67 67 67 66 67 64 68 70 68 64 63 68 67 70
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 Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer 1 Suzann Pettersen T2 So Yeon Ryu T2 Lydia Ko T2 Teresa Lu T2 Jin Young Ko 6 Mika Miyazato T7 Anna Nordqvist T7 Minjee Lee 9 Inbee Park T10 Cristie Kerr T10 Nicole Larsen T10 Melissa Reid T10 Hyo Joo Kim T10 Christina Kim Canadian results T49 Brooke Henderson T59 Alena Sharp
Par R1 R2 -7 68 69 -5 67 72 -5 66 73 -5 68 71 -5 68 71 -4 68 72 -3 69 72 -3 69 72 -2 69 73 -1 66 77 -1 69 74 -1 73 70 -1 65 78 -1 71 72 +4 73 75 +5 72 77
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 Leaderboard - Round 1 Golfer Par R1 1 Tom Lehman -8 64 T2 Grant Waite -5 67 T2 Scott Dunlap -5 67 T2 P.H. Horgan III -5 67 T5 Scott Hoch -4 68 T5 Kirk Triplett -4 68 T5 Jeff Sluman -4 68 T5 Marco Dawson -4 68 T5 Bernhard Langer -4 68 T10 Kevin Sutherland -3 69 T10 John Huston -3 69 T10 Mike Goodes -3 69 T10 Greg Kraft -3 69 T10 Hal Sutton -3 69 T10 Esteban Toledo -3 69 T10 Joe Durant -3 69 T10 Billy Andrade -3 69 T10 Kenny Perry -3 69 T10 Jeff Coston -3 69 Canadian results T20 Rod Spittle -2 70 T40 Stephen Ames E 72
Web.com Tour Utah Championship, July 30-Aug. 2 Golf Club at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, Utah. Par 72, 7,714 yards. Purse: $650,000. Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer 1 Patton Kizzire 2 Kelly Kraft T3 Trey Mullinax T3 Stephan Jaeger T3 Sung Kang T3 Ryan Spears 7 Ted Purdy T8 Tyler Aldridge T8 Alex Aragon T8 Tyler McCumber T8 Nicholas Lindheim T8 Jeff Corr T53 Brad Fritsch
Par R1 R2 -15 67 62 -11 63 70 -10 72 62 -10 68 66 -10 68 66 -10 66 68 -9 69 66 -8 70 66 -8 68 68 -8 67 69 -8 67 69 -8 69 67 -2 76 66
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 Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer T1 Sam Walker T1 Pontus Widegren 3 Antonio Hortal T4 Pierre Relecom T4 Bjorn Akesson T4 Scott Henry T4 Brandon Stone T8 Roope Kakko T8 Pedro Oriol T8 Scott Fallon T11 Marcel Schneider T11 Kevin Phelan T11 Tom Murray T11 Joachim B Hansen T11 Jose Filipe Lima T11 Callum Shinkwin T11 Nacho Elvira T11 Rhys Davies T11 Ryan Fox T11 Chris Paisley T11 Andrew McArthur T11 Jean Baptiste Gonnet
Par R1 R2 -11 67 66 -11 67 66 -10 63 71 -8 68 68 -8 71 65 -8 66 70 -8 68 68 -7 66 71 -7 66 71 -7 68 69 -6 66 72 -6 69 69 -6 70 68 -6 67 71 -6 70 68 -6 68 70 -6 64 74 -6 67 71 -6 65 73 -6 66 72 -6 68 70 -6 69 69
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BRIDGE
WORD FIND
An Advance Dealer: North Both vulnerable NORTH ♠AQ109642 ♥53 ♦Q ♣1085 WEST EAST ♠5 ♠J3 ♥KQ10 ♥8762 ♦AJ9643 ♦1085 ♣J63 ♣AQ97 SOUTH ♠K87 ♥AJ94 ♦K72 ♣K42 W N E S 3♠ Pass 3NT All Pass Opening Lead: ♥K
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
W ZITS
ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: A GREAT CONNECTION
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
est switched to the ace of diamonds when partner contributedthedeuceofhearts and declarer the four. East followed with the diamond five but West elected to shift to a club. Declarer could claim an overtrick when East won the ace, N-S +630. A diamond continuation at trick three would restrict declarer to nine tricks but West fearedthatSouthheldtheking and ten. A club shift at trick two would be a success when partner scores the ace and returns a heart. The major suit game yields ten tricks because the ace of clubs is onside. North will be able to dispose of a club on the diamond king when East begins with a heart. However, the double dummy lead of the queen of clubs would defeat the contract when North elects to play low from dummy. A heart switch at trick two sets the game. South’s resolve to bid 3NT instead of raising to four spades was a good plan. He could be assured of seven spade winners at this vulnerability where a minor suit lead would present him with a game - fulfilling ninth trick. The major suit game basically hinges on the favorable placement of the ace of clubs. South is likely to have earned amatchpointtopforbidding 3NT when West could not find the correct defense to hold him to the contract. 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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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
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BLONDIE
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CROSSWORD SATURDAY STUMPER ACROSS 1 Clean, as tech writing 6 Crescent components 10 Merest degree 14 John Paul’s court successor 15 Unintended escape 16 One of Sinatra’s favorite lyricists 17 Aquatic oxygenators 18 Part of a major plot 19 Organe politique 20 San Diego State athlete 21 Handi-Snacks spread 23 It’s made from a “root” in root beer 25 Plunder 26 Put away 30 Stir-fry morsel 33 Team second to the Yanks in WS wins 34 Italian site with two ski resorts (!) 35 Mission headquarters 38 Army-base hangout 39 Oscar actor for Cocoon 40 Proscribe 41 First US airer of Monty Python episodes 42 Jackie portrayer in two Kennedys miniseries 43 Last word in a Seuss multimillion seller 46 One who must work under pressure 51 Summons specification 54 It’s often eaten with relish 55 Top of an oceanic food chain 56 Power structure 57 Things brushed by barbers 58 He’s the focus of three Spanish museums 59 Eddie Redmayne alma mater 60 Nonreactive 61 Alphabetically second presidential middle name 62 Bash of CNN 63 Species DOWN 1 Toulouse-Lautrec inspiration 2 Fictional Covent Garden merchant 3 Rewards for some KOs 4 Weasel word
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5 Energy saver and security device 6 Promptness + joy 7 Army-base hangout 8 “__ before you dress” (soap slogan of yore) 9 Olympic sport since 1968 10 Metaphor for stoicism 11 It’s taken by Nicholson in A Few Good Men 12 Language with many Sanskrit loan words 13 1998 film with “Back to the Colony” music 22 Flavorful
24 Winner of eight choreography Tonys 27 Bestriding 28 Wine __ 29 Broadcasters banned by North Korea 30 Optimal 31 #2 baby girl’s name in 2013 32 Opposite of “discourage” 34 Slap bracelets, circa 1990 36 Lightning by-product 37 __ lightning 38 Purple-haired comic persona 40 Fortification 43 Loser at Thermopylae 44 Hunk 45 Capitale della Lombardia 47 Slipped past 48 Mexican desert menace 49 Player in the most Grand Slam singles finals 50 Cools it 51 End of a pas de deux 52 Word before agreement or argument 53 Home of the Geffen School of Medicine
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45-DEGREE DROP ACROSS 1 Arrange in steps 8 Nova — (Halifax native) 15 Suspect’s excuse 20 Sailor lurer 21 Texas city near El Paso 22 Tyke’s hauler 23 Totally dumb 24 With 41- and 60-Across, question whose answer is hidden in this puzzle 26 Primatologist Fossey 27 Mister 29 Ending for Nepal 30 Dangerous African fly 31 Baseball exec Bud 33 Kind of navel 35 Gallivant 38 Drinking site 39 — Paulo 41 See 24-Across 45 Tanning lotion spec 48 Kind of navel 50 Drooling hounds 51 — Stanley Gardner 53 Grassland 54 Former Saturn SUV 56 Rolaids, e.g. 60 See 24-Across 65 Gossipy Barrett 66 Low opera voices 67 Debt slip 68 Trompe — (visual illusion) 71 The Andes, e.g.: Abbr. 72 Flamboyant flamenco entertainer 73 Armada ship 75 Heat’s city 77 Resistance unit 78 Not active 80 Oerter and Unser 81 Lung-related prefix 83 First step of progress 85 With 101- and 123-Across, how to find the hidden answer 89 Singer Flack 92 Camping gear retailer 93 OR figures 94 Statistician Silver 95 “The Barber of Seville” composer 98 Desert plants 100 The, to Henri 101 See 85-Across 106 Turn — dime 108 Romania’s basic currency unit 109 Makes mad
110 Spanish hero of yore 112 Fur king John Jacob — 116 Job follows it 119 With 127-Down, China’s — -tung 120 — -tac-toe 122 “You bet, amigo!” 123 See 85-Across 128 Detectives 130 Hollywood’s Eastwood 131 — Obispo, California 132 National dish of Korea 133 Boundary bushes 134 University life 135 Response to news you already knew about DOWN 1 Iris relatives, for short 2 TV’s O’Donnell 3 Popular font 4 Comics “menace” 5 Ring legend 6 Wallet bills 7 Kiddie-song letters 8 180 degrees from NNE 9 Joint beneficiary 10 Singer Ric of the Cars 11 Carry along 12 Roth — 13 Upper limb 14 — -TURN 15 Dazzles 16 Pathetic 17 “It’s enough to live on” 18 Potted tree 19 Buries 25 Actor Seagal 28 Indonesia’s basic currency unit 32 Moo goo — pan 34 — kwon do 35 Sharp rival 36 “Fifth qtrs.” 37 Look on one’s face 40 Sole male offspring 42 Cain and — 43 Sitcom cousin 44 Old emperor 45 Vojvodina native 46 Direct a sermon at 47 Seemingly spontaneous public assembly 49 Snare 52 “Frozen” heroine 54 Cello’s ancestor 55 Howl in grief 57 Public 58 Private 59 The, to Hans
61 Actress Petty 62 Cow catcher 63 “You win” 64 Sine qua — 69 Paint applied thickly 70 Ding-a- — 73 U. senior’s test 74 K-12 76 Time on end 77 Paddle’s kin 79 Slate clearer 82 Bullring cries 84 Road’s shoulder 86 Wet blanket
87 “Curses!” 88 Kin of Ltd. 90 Get rancid 91 Jeans go-with 96 Social finish? 97 Denials 98 Ozone-depleting compound, for short 99 — bad way 101 1985 Chevy Chase film 102 Fix, as a shoe part 103 Beat at eBay 104 Federation 105 God, in the Hebrew Bible
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NORTH OF 49 ACROSS 1 Mix-up 6 Chimney cleaner’s raison d’Ítre 10 That woman 13 Wholly absorbed 17 Surveys 18 Feature of Percé rock in Gaspé 19 Zero 20 Middle East leader 21 Follow 22 Go to court 24 Sound 25 Kennel sound 26 Class for newcomers 27 Mat 28 Metamorphose 30 Death in an accident 33 Subarctic ecozone 34 Kind of -ology 36 Island (Fr.) 37 Ability 39 Three wins in a row: ___ trick 40 Thrift store specialty 42 Get married: tie the ___ 43 Escape 46 Single-horned, mythical animal 48 Not observed 50 Colourful flyer 51 Cantaloupe or honeydew 52 TGIF word 54 Stunned admiration 55 Deduce 56 Witless ___, Nfld. 57 To and ___ 58 Took the lead 59 Wedding page word 60 It breaks white light into colours 62 Evergreen 63 Fruit drink 64 Cheeky 67 Glove alternative 68 Member of the cast 70 Learned 72 Poem 73 Rind 74 Make (something) disappear 76 Eastern discipline 77 Sanction 78 Understand 79 Chops up finely 81 Neutered bull 83 Doctor’s field 85 Slinky toy, e.g.
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107 In itself 111 Spine parts 113 Church gift 114 Actor Milo 115 Step part 117 — Kong 118 Kin of -trix 119 Temperate 121 Ad award 124 She-bear, in Spanish 125 Apple buy 126 Viroid stuff 127 See 119-Across 129 British record co.
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86 Not cooked 87 Furious 88 Wear well 92 Whit 93 Honourary title for retired professor 96 Outermost planet(oid) 97 Nitwit 98 Upper House fig. 99 Shaker contents 100 Diner 101 Toward the sheltered side 102 Presided 103 War of 1812 battle site 104 Touch furtively
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1 Volcano verb 2 Taboo 3 What’s more 4 Like Persian cats 5 Wear and tear 6 Lively dance 7 Ont. town with Leacock Museum 8 Halloween mo. 9 First adolescent age 10 Unforeseen difficulty 11 Success 12 Political race 13 Not wholesale 14 Amid 15 Inuit goddess of the hunt 16 Chase up a trunk 23 Support cable: ___ wire 26 Old anesthetic 29 Stop 31 NAFTA or CIDA, e.g. 32 Not real 34 Window glass 35 Provincial mineral of N.S. 37 Off-kilter 38 Partly submerged 39 Run smoothly 41 Cold symptom 43 Not miniature (2 wds.) 44 Wore away 45 Cézanne’s sea 47 Seashore 49 On the payroll 50 Work dough 53 Court events 55 Discovery of Canadians Banting and Best 60 Prime Minister’s Office 61 Dispose of: get ___ of
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B6 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS | SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2015 ARCTIC CIRCLE
BRIDGE
WORD FIND
A Lead Dealer: South E-W vulnerable NORTH ♠J2 ♥KJ9865 ♦J53 ♣KQ WEST EAST ♠K1098 ♠Q643 ♥10742 ♥3 ♦8 ♦7642 ♣10852 ♣A964 SOUTH ♠A75 ♥AQ ♦AKQ109 ♣J73 W N E S 2NT Pass 4♦* Pass 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♣ Pass 5♦** Pass 6♦ Pass 6♥ All Pass * transfer ** ♥Q? Opening Lead: ♦8
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
S
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: LONG HAUL
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
outh continued with the ace and queen of hearts overtaking All Pass with dummy’s king. When East showedout,hecashedthejack and reverted to diamonds but West ruffed to return a club. The slam finished down one, N-S -50. The result would be the same if declarer had won the second trump in hand. He will lead a club in an effort to reach dummy but East wins the ace and delivers the diamond ruff. West should lead a spade, in my view, which is likely to yield a second undertrick. South will again overtake the queen of hearts but the defense will be entitled to three tricks. North employed a Texas Transfer and then asked for controls. This pair had agreed to invert the responses when hearts was the trump suit. South’s five club reply promised three controls and North’s five diamond continuation asked for the heart queen. South’s six diamond response revealed the queen and the diamond king. North duly advanced to the major suit slam that was doomed by the foul breaks in the red-suits. North should have given consideration to 6NT with the semi-balanced pattern where there are twelve top tricks. 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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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
HI AND LOIS
BLONDIE
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CROSSWORD BEGINNING OF AUGUST ACROSS 1 Preschool basics 5 Mischief maker 10 Wide belt 14 Harvest, as crops 15 Sultan’s group of wives 16 __ fish sandwich 17 English nobleman 18 South American mountains 19 Dad of Cain and Abel 20 Spoken version of a novel 22 Loses one’s footing 23 Potato or yam 24 Writer of verses 25 __ and the Beast 28 Bleeps out 31 Blow, as a volcano 32 Threesome 34 Mouse-catching device 35 Shape of a rainbow 36 Cincinnati citizens 39 Three, on a sundial 40 Goes bad 42 Loosen, as laces 43 Entertain 45 Hang on a clothesline 47 Tooth covering 48 Verbal 49 Tablecloth fabric 51 Short skirts 53 Koala’s habitat 57 Biblical garden 58 Weighing machine 59 Young lady 60 Get acquainted with 61 More factual 62 When planes are expected: Abbr. 63 Rowboat implements 64 Birds’ homes 65 Nevada city DOWN 1 Neck of the woods 2 Boyfriend 3 Bingo player’s purchase
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4 Go separate ways 5 Not well-maintained 6 Boat that’s paddled 7 Enthusiasm 8 Lacking courage 9 Afternoon hrs. 10 Least fresh 11 School’s assembly hall 12 Break sharply 13 Easter entrées 21 __ lunch (store sign) 22 Dad’s boy
24 Lowly laborer 25 White part of a Santa costume 26 Mistake 27 Seller with a gavel 28 Italian farewell 29 Salary hike 30 Sales pitch 32 Very small 33 Fishing pole 37 Throw with force 38 More reasonable 41 Short races 44 Supervisor 46 Courtroom prosecutors: Abbr. 47 Goes inside 49 Hawaiian parties 50 Bit of land in the ocean 51 Note from the boss 52 Creative notion 53 Farmland measure 54 Low-cal, in ads 55 Teheran’s nation 56 In addition 58 Railroad stop: Abbr.
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It is with sadness that the Palmer family of Vancouver Island announces the passing of long time Nanaimo resident Frank Palmer. Predeceased by his brother John and nephew Eric (both of Campbell River) Frank is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Irene, his two sons: Mark (Patty) and Matthew (Liz), four granddaughters: Erin, Shannon, Sophie and Charlotte, and three sisters: Mary, Sheila and Jenny. Growing up in Nanaimo his younger years were filled with countless expeditions to Newcastle Island, swimming in the Millstone River, and fishing the kelp beds off Hudson Rocks and Five Fingers. After obtaining his teaching degree from UBC in 1955, and marrying his sweetheart (Irene Lopaschuk) in 1961, Frank spent his entire career working as a mathematics teacher and student counsellor at Woodlands School (Junior Secondary and later High School). Frank was known for encouraging those students that had a plan in life but he never gave up on those that needed a little extra guidance. While raising his family in Hammond Bay, Frank enjoyed fishing steelhead and cuts on the Little Q, Englishman, and Nanaimo Rivers. Many a summer was spent exploring, hiking, and camping in B.C.’s spectacular back-country. In addition to his outdoor activities Frank cherished spending time with all his family, he enjoyed coaching badminton, and he was always enthusiastic to learn about a new piece of local history through the Nanaimo Historical Society. Frank attended Saint James Anglican Church for many years, and more recently The Light of Christ Church. Frank saw enough of the world to consider himself travelled but no earthly force could ever persuade him to hang his hat anywhere else other than in his beloved hometown of Nanaimo. Frank’s jovial mood, frequent use of colorful sayings, and propensity to strike up a friendly conversation with anyone who happened to cross his path will not fade easily from our memories. The family wishes to extend our sincere gratitude to the staff at Woodgrove Manor and all the health care workers for the kindness and care they provided to Frank over this past year and a half. A service for Frank will be held on Saturday, August 15th at the Generations Church – 1300 Princess Royal Avenue, Nanaimo. The service will start at 1:00 pm, with a casual reception to follow afterwards. In lieu of flowers a donation to the Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank would be appreciated.
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WESLEY ALLAN LEBEL February 6, 1964 - July 24, 2015 "If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever." It is with profound sadness we announce the passing of our hero Wesley. His generous spirit and comforting presence are held in our hearts during this difficult time. Pre-deceased by his Father "Pops" Raymond LeBel; left to mourn are beloved wife of 30 years, Allison LeBel, cherished mother Barbara LeBel, brothers Barry (Mona) LeBel, Raymond LeBel, sister Sharon (Clay) Westerlund, a bounty of nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends. Wes lived his life from a place of optimism. His unwavering courage often carried those around him. With strength of character through his accident, recovery and recent illness; he still celebrated the joys of those dearest to him rather than bemoan his position. A consummate dreamer, he made a lifetime of adventures a reality with Allison by his side. Boating, camping, hunting, skiing, fishing and many sports were passions that would fire his competitive spirit from the early days skating river to rinks in Val Marie, Saskatchewan to the arenas in Nanaimo, BC. He is remembered as a star teen athlete; in recent years an avid fan of Nascar, football and hockey and always the most "sportsman-like" in everything he turned his hand to. Vernon, BC was a special paradise for Wes since 1983, where his family grew to include several "feathered and furred" creatures on the hobby farm. His respect for a western way of life, those lovely black cows and farming were constants. His cheeky sarcasm and mischievous grin drew legions of friends to him and "charming" doesn't begin to describe such a large personality. He was quite simply...magnetic. Where others saw limitations, he saw possibility. With his 1968 Charger RT restoration, trips to Hawaii and Vegas, Wesley reminded everyone to live with joyful abandon, to love deep and laugh always. “Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow ‘cause there is no one left to beat.� - Bobby Orr The family wishes to thank Dr. Mandreck, Dr. Humphreys, Dr. Ainsley and the wonderful teams at The Cancer Clinic, Palliative Care and Hospice House for the exceptional care and compassion provided to Wesley. To our “forever� caregivers, Reid Conn and Dave Hundt, thank you for providing a beautiful quality of life for many years as family. A Celebration of Life will take place at 11:00 am Wednesday August 12, 2015 at Paddle Wheel Park, 7801 Okanagan Landing Rd, Vernon, BC. A reception will follow directly after the service, also at Paddle Wheel Park. Donations may be made to The North Okanagan Hospice Society. Condolences may be offered at www.vernonfuneralhome.com
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HAMILTON, DR. JAMES ARTHUR VICTOR (HAMISH) January 7, 1919 – July 27, 2015 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Hamish at the age of 96 at the Nanaimo Travellers Lodge. He was predeceased by his first wife Ruth and his brother John Maxwell (Mac) Hamilton in Scotland. He leaves to mourn his loss his loving wife Beryl of 37 years, much loved daughters Claire in Vancouver, Pauline (Zane) in Edmonton, Carol (John) in Nanaimo, and Glenda (Henri) also of Nanaimo, Stepson Douglas Harding in Singapore, and stepdaughter Jill Gordon in Vancouver, plus 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Born in Dalserf, Scotland Hamish attended Glasgow University where he earned his F.R.F.P.S. in medicine, and then received his F.R.C.S. from Edinburgh University. He served in the army as a medic in W.W.2 and later on emigrated to Canada with his family in 1952 where he got his Canadian F.R.C.S in Rockliffe, Ontario and was Surgeon in Charge in the R.C.A.F. from 1952 – 1955. Hamish and his family escaped the Ontario winters and moved to Nanaimo as a General Surgeon where he joined the practice of Drs. Maneely and Brown and later was one of the founders of the Caledonian Clinic with Drs. Baldwin, Howey, and Dudley. He was Chief Director of Surgery at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital until his forced retirement in 1963 due to a back injury. Hamish was an avid golfer, having played as a youngster with his parents and older brother in Scotland, and played until his 88th year when his back injury was instrumental in his retirement. Hamish was a sports fan, and enjoyed watching hockey, football and tennis on T.V. until the last few weeks before his passing. He belonged to the Nanaimo Yacht Club and the Gyro Club for many years and also enjoyed woodworking in his shed, making hanging baskets, window boxes and patio furniture.
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