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NDP a vote for change: Johns

Local candidate believes the Canadian economy cannot grow without protecting the environment

MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

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ord Johns believes his party is the only viable challenger to the Conservative government in the upcoming federal election. Johns is running for the New Democratic Party in the newly formed Courtenay–Alberni riding, and started his campaign early this year. He’s campaigning for change. As a born-and-raised Vancouver Islander with experience running small business and local government on the West Coast, Johns is confident he can provide a voice in Parliament for the Alberni Valley’s socio-economic needs — needs that the Conservative government has neglected, he said. Those economic needs don’t have to sacrifice a concern for the environment, according to Johns; actually, the two work hand-in-hand. “We can protect the environment and grow the Canadian economy,” Johns said, adding you can’t have one without the other. The Conservatives have harmed Canada’s reputation internationally by their environmental practices in the last 10 years, said Johns, notably by “putting all their eggs in one basket” in a focus on developing the oil and gas industry. He upholds the Norwegian model, which sends hundreds of millions of dollars to developing countries to offset carbon emissions, as an example to follow. “This is the kind of leadership I’d like Canada to take,” he said.

Gord Johns at his new campaign office on 10th Avenue and Roger Street, with campaign volunteer Jane Armstrong. He owns a home in Port Alberni and his children attend local schools, he said. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

Although the Conservatives have promised to balance the budget, they haven’t done that either, Johns noted. Their efforts at limiting federal spending have been at the expense of provincial and municipal taxpayers, he added. When asked about the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas shipment terminal on the Alberni Inlet, Johns praised the Huuay-aht First Nations involvement but said it’s too early for comment on the project.

As for the transshipment container hub: “I think that’s a great idea,” he said, adding there is “plenty of economic potential” in the Valley. As part of the NDP platform, Johns doesn’t believe in the “trickle-down” effect of boosting the economy by giving large corporate tax breaks. He advocates taxing big businesses, with wealthy executives, to provide subsidies for students, families and seniors. “Canada’s largest corporations

are going to have to pay their share,” Johns said. One way to help families is to subsidize early childhood education and set up a $15-perday childcare program, he described. That would free parents to enter the workforce and ease the burden of household debt, he said. By cutting healthcare spending, the federal government has reduced its contributions to 18 per cent of the healthcare budget, “downloading” the

remaining 82 per cent for provincial coffers, Johns said. He’d like to increase federal spending to 50 per cent. In particular, seniors are hurt by the Conservative cuts, he noted. Rather than NDP candidates being “whipped” into towing the party line, Johns said it’s a benefit when voters know that they are choosing a candidate who is “progressive” on social issues. “I’m definitely pro-choice,” Johns said. His healthcare views include support for doctor-assisted suicide, which requires a model that “protects people while they’re sane, to make sound decisions,” he said. He is always willing to listen to all sides, he added. The Alberni Valley, which consistently ranks low in socioeconomic assessments, needs help from the federal government to boost small business investment, infrastructure upgrades and the manufacturing industry, Johns said. The NDP proposes “an innovation tax credit to stimulate manufacturing,” he noted. That would benefit local lumber mills who need a break in order to afford better equipment, he said. “I’m not a forestry expert, but I do know that they need support in innovation and technology,” Johns said. The NDP leader, Thomas Mulcair, visits the riding today, though he won’t be in Port Alberni. Mulcair is in Parksville for a Rally for Change from 12–2 p.m. and in Courtenay at 6 p.m. Martin.Wissmath@avtimes.net

DISASTER

Fire destroys family’s home in Beaver Creek “The whole deck was on fire within seconds.”

KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A fire left a young family homeless in the early hours of Saturday morning only nine days after relocating to Port Alberni. Christine Donaldson and Kodie Love are originally from Port Alberni and recently moved back to be closer to family. Along with their 16 1/2-monthold baby, they hadn’t yet settled into in a trailer on family property when it suddenly caught fire. Expecting a second child, Donaldson said the blaze struck before they had a chance to unpack and set them back on renovation plans. “We were doing renovations and had ripped out the carpet and did some painting,” she said. “All the wood for the flooring was on the deck and it was worth about $1,000. We’re just really disappointed.” At about midnight on Friday night, Donaldson stepped into the shower while Love took their son for a car ride to help him sleep. When she got out, she assumed Love was home, but

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Christine Donaldson, fire victim

A family that moved to the Alberni Valley less than two weeks ago was left without a home Saturday when a fire destroyed a house in Beaver Creek. The Beaver Creek Volunteer Fire Department attended to the blaze. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

instead saw the deck on fire. “The whole deck was on fire within seconds,” she said. “I grabbed my phone and ran down the driveway to call 911. By then the whole place was up in smoke.”

The family did not have content insurance and so far estimate they have lost about $2,000 in renovation costs, as well as $2,500 in tools and equipment from family members. According to Donaldson,

the cause of the fire is still unknown. “It’s frustrating not knowing and I’m curious,” Donaldson said. “I hope they can figure it out so we have some closure.” The community has pulled

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together with an outpouring of support with donations of baby clothing, furniture, gift certificates and money. “The support is amazing,” Donaldson said. “It is unbelievable how Port Alberni pulled together. We also had support from Salmon Arm, Ontario and Grand Prairie. We are blessed to have so many people back us up.” Donaldson said they have enough baby clothes for now, but if anyone would like to donate furniture or kitchen items, a drop off location has been established at 4548 Alwyn Street. A gofundme.com fundraising site has also been set up under “Donaldson/Love family fire fund” where financial contributions can be made. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net

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The Canadian dollar traded Monday afternoon at 76.42 US, up 0.04 of a cent from Friday’s close. The Pound Sterling was worth 2.0394 Cdn, down 0.95 of a cent while the Euro was worth $1.4501 Cdn, down 0.42 of a cent.

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Drop-in circuit training on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Info: (778) 421-2721. Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Bingo on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and cards at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch. Horseshoe Club practices on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050. Alberni Valley Billiards Club, 2964 Third Ave. - Wednesdays - youth league (ages 13 to 18) at 7 p.m. Info: 250-723-1212.

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Alberni Valley Community Band meets Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., E.J. Dunn band room. Info: 250723-1285 (Cory) or 250-724-6780 (Manfred). The Barkley Sounds Community Choir practices on Wednesdays, 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Alberni Valley United Church. Info: 250-723-6884. Lounge Music with guitarist David Morton from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Char’s Landing. Musicians open mic hosted by Jeff Hallworth from 7 to 9 p.m. first Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing. AV Transition Town Society meetings, 6 p.m. third Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing. Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sections for their 43rd Season. Rehearsals commence Monday, September 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.

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meets the second Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at the Freemasons Hall. Info: 250-723-6075 or 250-723-3328. Genealogy Club members are able to visit at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday mornings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Addictions Al-Anon and Al-Ateen support groups for family and friends of problem drinkers meet on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at 3028 Second Ave. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855. Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780. Overeaters Anonymous meeting Wednesday evening 7 p.m. 4711 Elizabeth St., Info: 250-723-7486 Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.

Jello Impala Will Pulford (right), owner of Van Isle Ford and Pacific Chevrolet Buick GMC, and Mike Cole, general manager of Pacific Chevrolet, congratulate Bobby Sexton on winning the 2005 Chevy Impala at the first annual Jello Jump on Friday. [KRIS PATTERSON, TIMES]

Child and youth Navy League Cadets (ages 9 to 12), meet Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at the Port Alberni Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-6365 or 250-723-7442. PacificCARE free music drop-in program for children and their families on Wednesdays, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at the Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre. Closures follow school calendar. Registration is required. Info: 250-735-3022.

Support and help Volunteers urgently needed to help at Red Cross Loan Cupboard for four-hour shifts, once per week.

Info: 250-723-0557 (call on Wednesdays or Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) MS Port Alberni self-help group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Echo Centre at noon. The group meets to support those living with MS and their families. Info: 250-723-7403 (Susan). Chair Fit Exercise Program for those with physical limitations or mobility issues. Group meets Wednesdays at Echo Centre, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 250-723-2181.

Groups The Freemasons Barclay Lodge #90

What’s coming Maritime Discovery Fishing Derby for children, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks. A.V. Legion Branch 293 Fun Fishing Derby Saturday, Aug. 22 6a.m. to 9p.m., Sunday Aug. 23 6a.m. to 11a.m., final weigh in 11a.m. Tickets available at the Legion and Gone Fishin’. Words on Fire, Open Mike, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Feature presenter is Stephen Novik, who will launch his second chapbook of poetry. Wings for Angel dinner, entertainment, silent auction for Hugginz Foundation, Aug. 29. Tickets at the Best Western Barclay.

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TRANSPORTATION

Airport GPS design ready this year Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District will go ahead with facility expansion, says director on the board ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

While it’s yet to be determined how much of an ambitious expansion to the regional airport will be funded by taxpayers, plans are already underway to make the facility worthy of handling passenger flights. Without a global positioning system that allows airplanes to navigate through heavy cloud cover, the Alberni Valley Regional Airport has been unable to service scheduled flights. This puts the facility behind airports across Vancouver Island that offer commercial flights, but the potential of the airstrip near Sproat Lake is improving thanks to work that began this summer. In July, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District’s board of directors approved over $126,000 worth of vegetation-clearing contracts to remove obstacles around the airport, a necessary measure for the facility to qualify for a GPS in the future. Some tree felling took place in July during a brief stint of wetter conditions, but now clearing is on hold until conditions become less precarious. “It’s been curtailed due to the fire hazard in the Valley, and we’re waiting for some cooler, wetter weather to continue the process,” said the ACRD’s airport superintendent Mark Fortune, who expects that a GPS design will be completed by the end of the year. “Once the clearing is done, we’ll have a GPS approach designed for that site.” The airport’s $7.5 million worth of expansion plans include extending the runway to 1,500 metres and installing industry-standard lighting to the runway. The project suffered a setback on Aug. 5 with news that an application to the B.C. Access Program was unsuccessful. Instead, the prov-

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ince granted $1.27 million to the ACRD’s other airport at Long Beach, a facility that already serves approximately 20,000 passenger flights annually. But the following day the regional district announced the ability to take out a loan of up to $6 million from the Municipal Finance Authority. Just 303 Alberni Valley residents submitted opposition to repaying the loan through property taxes over the next 30 years, a small fraction of the electorate that fell far short of the 2,050 submissions that were required to send the issue to a formal referendum. Now the regional district awaits the result of an application to the Gas Tax Strategic Priorities Fund, a federal and provincial grant program that supports large-scale infrastructural developments in British Columbia outside of the Vancouver area. A total of 222 projects have applied for the $145 million allocated to the gas tax fund. The decision on this grant is expected in the fall, but ACRD director Jack McLeman believes the airport expansion will likely follow through regardless of the application’s outcome. If the regional district takes out a maximum loan of $6 million to finance the project, this would translate into a tax increase of

Without a published GPS approach, pilots can not land at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport if the cloud cover is below 4,600 feet. [TIMES FILE PHOTO]

“I think we’ll probably just go ahead with it. The cost per average house is less than a case of beer a year, so it’s not like it’s a lot of money.” Jack McLeman, ACRD director

$16.80 for Valley homes with an assed value of $200,000. “I think we’ll probably just go ahead with it,” said McLeman. “The cost per average house is less than a case of beer a year, so it’s not like it’s a lot of money.” The airport project’s business case states that the expansion would bring another 15 full-time jobs to Coulson Aviation, as a

longer runway would allow the local company to refit C-130 Hercules planes with tanks for firefighting. Five more full-time jobs are anticipated for a carrier that would provide two passenger flights a day to Vancouver, estimates the business case. McLeman expects that an improved airport would bring more benefits to the community. “Once all this stuff goes in, people can get here,” he said. “Right now people don’t want to invest in Port Alberni, you can’t land at our airport because of the GPS to start with. That’s going in regardless.” The gas tax funding program assesses a project’s potential to boost a region’s economy. According to Steelhead LNG, the company behind a $30-billion liquefied natural gas plant proposed for the mouth of the

Alberni Inlet, an improved airport is exactly what the area needs. “Should the runway extension provide the opportunity to establish a scheduled or charter airline passenger service, travel time could be reduced significantly for workers, improving the economics of the proposed project,” wrote Tiffany Murray, Steelhead’s manager of community, in a letter supporting the airport expansion. “This would improve the accessibility to the region, which could foster further economic development.” Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@avtimes.net. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

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SAFETY

Council raises questions about apartment proposal

Trucks on 3rd Ave. ‘dangerous’: Alemany

Concerns about property owner’s history with local hotel

An issue that has rattled Uptown residents for years has resurfaced with a city councillor’s motion to cut down on industrial trucks using Third Avenue. During a public meeting on Aug. 10, Coun. Chris Alemany made a notice of motion for the city to send a letter to trucking companies asking that roads outside of the Uptown business area be used until a designated industrial road is established within city limits. The number of large trucks on Third Avenue has increased this summer due to heavy machinery populating the lower portion of the street to alter Dry Creek and prevent future flooding, said Alemany. “The biggest problem that we have now is that we have these huge trucks, dump trucks, logging trucks, running through the Third Avenue business district,” he said. “They’re really putting lives in danger of the people that are trying to be in those businesses, walk on the street there and walk on the sidewalks. It makes it a lot more difficult and a lot less desirable.” For over a decade, the city has considered attending to the issue by building an industrial road along the waterfront, a development that would serve local mills and the Port Alberni Port Authority, as well as divert large trucks from the Uptown’s shopping district. In 2013, council decided to allot $4 million toward the project from the following year’s budget with a plan to extend the industrial route along the southern section of Port Alberni’s waterfront. Some agreements were made with the companies that operate on the waterfront land, including Catalyst Paper. “The acquired land runs from the Redford Street entrance to the Catalyst Paper mill to the

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While city council approved the early stages of a large Uptown apartment development last week, some reservations emerged due to the property owner’s history with another building in the area. On Aug. 10, elected representatives passed zoning variances for a proposed project at 3033 Third Ave., allowing the development to encompass five storeys with a total height of 17 metres — which would make the apartment complex the tallest building in the Uptown business district. The property has sat empty for years serving as a parking lot, but owner Jaspal Saroya plans to transform the space into 40 residential units, plus another eight spots for businesses on the ground floor. Saroya also owns the Beaufort Convention Centre (or Beaufort Hotel, as some residents refer to it), a multiple use building at Fourth Avenue and Angus, which is on the same block as the proposed development. In 2010, council approved a multi-million-dollar plan to build onto the Beaufort that would offer a total of 76 apartments in the structure, including assisted living units for seniors. But this renovation stalled and has yet to materialize, and the Beaufort’s future was hindered by a fire in 2012 that displaced 22 residents. Although city planner Scott Smith said he isn’t aware of any outstanding issues with the Beaufort Convention Centre, some members of city council questioned where the new development on Third Avenue could lead. “I have trouble supporting it,” said Coun. Jack McLeman.

The owner of a Third Avenue property, planned to become a five-story apartment complex, also owns the Beaufort Convention Centre. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]

“I have trouble supporting it. It sounded good that we were going to get some development on an empty lot, but the owner of that lot – we have given variance for his Beaufort Hotel – and he’s never done anything with that variance.” Coun. Jack McLeman

“It sounded good that we were going to get some development on an empty lot, but the owner of that lot – we have given variance for his Beaufort Hotel

– and he’s never done anything with that variance.” Apartments in the proposed complex are set to have two bedrooms, offering 780 to 861 square feet of space. Twentyeight parking spaces are in Saroya’s development application. “Now he wants to put something here for very, very small apartments, very, very small spaces which might be popular in Vancouver, Delta and Richmond,” added McLeman. “It just seems to me like it’s repeating the Beaufort Hotel.” Now a notice of the property development will be issued in the neighbourhood, allowing the public to provide input on the project before the application is granted final municipal approval. Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net

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existing Harbour Road intersection with Argyle Street,” stated the company in a 2013 release announcing Catalyst’s $5.75-million sale of a sewage lagoon to the city. “The message has been clear from businesses and residents, industrial truck traffic is negatively impacting the livability and vibrancy of our city center,” added former mayor John Douglas in the Catalyst release. “I’m pleased by the fact that residents, businesses and industry will all be the beneficiaries of the new road once it’s built.” The industrial road project was planned to be repaid over a period of 30 years, with a onetime property tax hike in 2014. But with a municipal election on the horizon, council opted to cut the investment from last year’s spending plan. While Alemany favours designated trucking routes within municipal limits, he’s hesitant to suggest it’s time for the city to put the $4-million industrial road project back on the table. “I don’t know if council yet is ready to spend millions of dollars to complete that industrial road,” he said. “We’ve gone so many decades without the industrial road, and still having this conversation, I think there are ways that we can strategically route truck traffic on the existing roads.” Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net 250-723-8171 ext. 236

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A nightmare in municipal governance

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he On the east side of Vancouver Island, less than an hour’s drive away from Port Alberni, a nightmare of small-town politics has been occurring in Lantzville. The small Nanaimo-area community saw four of its seven councillors resign within two months this spring, along with the departure of three senior municipal managers. Less than six months after a municipal election, the volume of sudden resignations was unprecedented in British Columbia, forcing Community Development Minister Coralee Oakes to intervene when the last council member left at the end of May. According to B.C.’s Community Charter, not enough elected representatives remained to hold a public meeting or vote on decisions for the municipality of 3,600.

The overall problem is disputable, depending on what side one talks to, but correspondence and comments made over the last few months suggest that conflicts within the local government had become insurmountable. Former Lantzville councillor Graham Savage described boiling tensions during public meetings in his resignation letter submitted in April. “Taken with the scenes of angry red-faced men shouting unrestrained abuse at staff and others that we have witnessed at recent council meetings and one is reminded of how democracy formerly fell in cultured nations such as Italy and Germany,” he wrote. Rod Negrave, another councillor who stepped away from the political mess last spring, spoke of being “truly disturbed at the undermining of democracy” in his outgoing letter as well. In Port Alberni, residents have

also been exposed to public conflicts among elected representatives and city staff. Although the issue didn’t lead to any resignations, the local scene turned ugly in March 2014 when councillors refused to allot $1,000 to allow former mayor John Douglas to represent the community at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Conference in Niagara Falls last year. Douglas appealed for his fellow members of council to reconsider, but was declined the city funding for the trip amid doubts of his ability to speak on behalf of Port Alberni — which is essentially why the public elected Douglas to be mayor in 2011. When local governments cease to function together, the deciding measure in Canadian society is the ballot box, where residents can collectively vote on who will best make decisions for the community. The intention here is for the

political tide to work for the common good. In Lantzville, a byelection held this month determined who will fill the four vacant council positions. Twelve residents stepped forward to contend for the spots, which ended up being decided by a turnout of 37 per cent of Lantzville’s electorate. Despite the burning need for the community to be given a new direction, this voter participation rate is typical for municipal elections — and short of what we normally see at provincial and federal polls. But the dozen Lantzville residents who ran is also indicative of an ongoing phenomenon within municipal democracy. Local governments make decisions that often have a more immediate effect on their surrounding citizens than is the case with provincial and federal politics — but the overall interest among the public is usually lower

for municipal issues. This was evident last fall during Port Alberni’s municipal election, where 29 people ran for seven positions on city council. The keen concern from a portion of the public was evident in the number of candidates and the growing discussion leading up to the Nov. 15 vote, but most residents residents couldn’t really be bothered, as shown by the 46.9 per cent turnout rate. Voter participation was significantly lower in other Vancouver Island cities. Democracy can be an ugly, messy business, as some astute Lantzville residents would contend. But the ability of a system to function in the best interests of the public will rely on those who take the trouble to be engaged in the workings of a government, holding officials accountable.

category. However, the relatively rapid loss of polar ice over the last few decades is good evidence of more rapid warming, and the marked increase of CO2 dissolved in the oceans points a finger at fossil fuels. Geothermal and solar energies are the only ones which have no ecological drawbacks. Common sense suggests that if every possible type of non-fossil energy was developed, it would still take years to get rid of fossil fuels and there is no way of knowing how this would effect environmental change. It is reasonably sure, however, that extreme weather condition are not going to go away soon.

legacy? Do we still swallow slogans “Forests forever” and “It’s growing faster than we’re cutting it?” Do we know when to cut back and is too late to quit? Will the logging lobbies guarantee adequate inventory for our surviving wood industry? Should stumpage fee ensure that woodworkers like public service, pensions see? This was once passed at a convention of the NDP that later removed clause of appurtenancy that tied manufacturing to forestry and opened door to exporting raw log tree. Are woodworkers lower class, never destined to get government’s indexed pension parity, what say our Liberal Gracie? Can we continue to be hewers of wood and drawers of water to the same degree? When they export the last tree, will global warming exact a costly penalty?

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Misconceptions about fossil fuels and weather There is a growing belief that the worldwide increase in extreme weather conditions, including drought, flooding and destructive winds, is due to a sudden increase in global warming and that this, in turn, results from burning fossil fuels. Geology shows that ice overlies the continents at times and at others the polar ice caps might melt and disappear. Scientists agree that climate changes result from variations in the amount of solar energy that reaches the surface of the earth.At times, abundant plant life can accumulate as the first stage of coal production. Roughly 10,000 years ago, the ice sheets began to retract, and greening of the earth moved poleward. Finally, during the 18th century, the demand for coal grew greatly with the industrial revolution. Oil joined in during the 19th and

natural gas during the 20th. Coal is still a major source of energy. In 2013, its worldwide production was over 20 million tonnes a day. There is enough in the ground to last about one 150 years. Coal is the dirtiest fuel, followed by heavy oil. Light oil and natural gas (after treatment), are next. All of these produce carbon dioxide (CO2) when burned. Mark Twain said “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” CO2 measurements are generally accurate and they indicate that atmospheric CO2 is presently increasing annually at over two parts per million. This might not seem like much, but, depending on how the data is interpreted, it could be about 1,000 times the annual increase that existed before the industrial age. Earth temperatures vary greatly in any one spot, and that one differs from all the others, so statistical values to show an annual increase probably fall into Twain’s third

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ECONOMY

Northern B.C. wants more cash Resource-heavy communities want government to help pay their cost of supporting fly-in workers TAMSYN BURGMANN THE CANADIAN PRESS

TERRACE — The indirect cost of workers commuting to energy-sector jobs has prompted 21 local governments in British Columbia’s northwest to band together to press the province for a greater share of project revenues. Representatives met in Terrace on Saturday to formalize the Resource Benefits Alliance. Stacey Tyres, the group’s chairwoman, said workers used to move their families into northwestern B.C. towns for new projects but now most people fly in

and out for a job. “(Workers) use our services, they impact our social systems while they’re here. They use our hospitals ... but there’s no contribution to the community in that regard,” said Tyres, who is also chairwoman of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine. She said the “unprecedented” agreement empowers communities to work on their shared goal of funnelling cash from energy projects back into the communities. The alliance estimates at least 49 proposed energy projects — including liquefied natural gas,

mining and forestry — could generate $35 billion in provincial revenues over the next 25 years. Members want a commitment based on a percentage of project profits, and they’ve given themselves three months to get the province to the table for negotiations. The alliance calculated that a three-per-cent revenue share would produce $1 billion to cover infrastructure, mitigate social impacts and develop a legacy fund similar to the Columbia Basin Trust in southeastern B.C. The northwest region covers 180,000 square kilometres of

land, stretching from Vanderhoof to Haida Gwaii and north to Dease Lake and Telegraph Creek. Members have amassed an infrastructure deficit of $500 million, Tyres said. She said workers stretch capacity to the limit for roads, sewers and water in cities such Terrace but take their paycheques back to their home communities. Property taxes are the only way for local municipalities to generate revenues, Typres said, adding a provincial “rural dividend” program that sends some money back into communities isn’t enough. The alliance formed

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after local governments decided the B.C. government wasn’t moving to fulfil an election promise, she said. Things came to a halt last April, when the province suggested revenue-sharing must be based on final investment decisions, she said. “(That) will be too late,” she said. “Once a final investment decision is made, they’re going to move forward very quickly and we are not going to be ready.” Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Peter Fassbender was not available for an interview.

CRIME

Former MLA’s son in drug bust BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

A burnt out vehicle is pictured outside a burnt down residence along Highway 3 in Rock Creek, Sunday. A wildfire swept through the region Thursday claiming 29 homes and sending hundreds fleeing from the flames. [THE CANADIAN PRESS/JONATHAN HAYWARD]

Crews beating back pair of Oliver fires Meanwhile, 37-kilometre Rock Creek blaze near Osoyoos remains uncontained

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KELOWNA — Crews are making good progress on a pair of wildfires burning in the south Okanagan near Oliver, south of Penticton. The BC Wildfire Service says the Testalinden fire, burning

seven kilometres south of Oliver, is now 40 per cent contained and has not destroyed any homes. It has charred 16 square kilometres of bush. About 80 crew members, four pieces of heavy equipment and seven helicopters are working to build guards around the remaining flanks.

The three-square-kilometre Wilson Mountain wildfire just north of Osoyoos is estimated to be 70 per cent contained, and evacuation orders issued for nearby homes have been downgraded to evacuation alerts. The 37-square-kilometre Rock Creek blaze remains uncon-

tained and there is no end in sight for the evacuation orders that have forced hundreds of people from their homes, east of Osoyoos, near the U.S. border. Officials confirm the blaze — suspected to be human-caused — has destroyed 30 homes but injured no one.

CALGARY — The son of a former British Columbia member of the legislature has been charged in a fentanyl bust in Calgary last month. Kasimir Tyabji-Sandana, who is 27, is charged with one count of importing a controlled substance. He made a brief appearance via closed circuit television in Calgary court on Monday. He will remain in custody until his next court appearance on Sept. 16. His lawyer is working on setting a date for a bail hearing. Police intercepted a package marked as a muffler from China last month at Vancouver’s International Mail Centre. It was addressed to someone in Calgary and contained 122 grams of pure fentanyl, a synthetic opioid used primarily to treat severe pain. Fentanyl is a growing concern across Canada as the number of deaths and overdoses from the drug continues to climb. A recent report from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse said as many as 655 Canadians may have died between 2009 and 2014 from fentanyl overdoses. Health Canada’s drug analysis labs have also been detecting fentanyl more and more often in street drugs being sent for testing by law enforcement agencies. Calgary police say 145 people in Alberta have already died from suspected fentanyl overdoses this year compared with 120 last year. Arrests are also up. Police in Calgary have made 34 fentanyl busts this year compared with 12 in all of 2014. Tyabji-Santana’s mother, Judi Tyabji, was elected to the B.C. legislature for the Liberal party in 1991 and she was the first woman to have a child while in office.

ENVIRONMENT

Derelict barge poses hazard to boaters near Zeballos BRIAN KIERAN NORTH ISLAND GAZETTE

A derelict logging float camp partially submerged in Zeballos Inlet poses a serious environmental and navigation hazard, but little is being done to remove it, says a Comox logger who has been trying to find someone to take responsibility for the mess. Bill Pomponio, a logging equipment operator and avid ocean angler, says: “I have been trying for months to find someone prepared to get this sunken barge out of the inlet. The only folks who seem to give a damn are the Ehattesaht First Nations residents at Zeballos and the village Mayor Donn Cox and his council.” Pomponio has photographed the wreckage of the 30-man camp and he has spotted deadhead debris. A 30-centimetre-wide beam, suspended just below the surface of the inlet, almost sank his fishing boat. “This beached wreck is slowly destroying the environmental integrity and beauty of the

A derelict logging camp in Zeballos Inlet poses a serious hazard. [BILL POMPONIO]

inlet. And, it has to be having a seriously negative impact on fishing tourism,” he said. “I have called officials at the Ministry of Forests and I have sent pictures and a memo to my local MLA, Don McRae {Comox Valley}, but nothing

seems to work.” Before it sank last September the floating camp was tied up near a booming ground. It broke loose, drifted around the inlet and came to rest on the shoreline near Zeballos Resolution Park.

Transport Canada Regional Communications Advisor Jillian Glover says: “Transport Canada hired a tug boat to secure the vessel when it initially ran adrift. At this time, the vessel is not an obstruction to navigation and the fuel tanks have been removed by the Canadian Coast Guard. As a result, Transport Canada will not be taking further action.” The Coast Guard also put a boom around the barge. However, Pomponio says the boom has degenerated and large debris is escaping into the inlet. The Ehattesaht First Nation was worried about the barge as far back as 2011 because it had a hole in it. An insolvency receiver acting for the former owners of the barge even attempted to sell the vessel to the Ehattesaht for $10. The current ownership of the barge remains something of a mystery. The Ministry of Forests claimed in a March memo to Ehattesaht Chief Rose-ann

Michael that the barge is registered to a Vancouver Island doctor. The ministry’s District Resources Manager Romona Blackwell also stated: “Until the issue of the abandoned vessel is resolved under federal legislation the province has no jurisdiction or authority in the matter.” “It’s very frustrating for the (Zeballos) communities that no individual or government agency has taken action on this matter,” Chief Michael said. “If there is a threat of pollution from the vessel, the Canadian Coast Guard would take the lead in dealing with the pollution threat or spill. Once the pollution aspect is dealt with, Transport Canada would investigate whether or not the vessel is an obstruction to navigation,” Glover said. “Transport Canada”s position is that the vessel owner remains solely responsible for the disposal and storage of his or her vessel,” the Transport Canada spokesperson added.

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FIRST NATIONS

Tlu-piich Games teach traditions Nuu-chah-nulth summer event in Port includes cultural heritage lessons MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

For the first time this century, the Tlu-piich Games have included lessons to teach children the traditional Nuu-chah-nulth language. The annual summer event celebrating Alberni and West Coast First Nations prepared a new schedule this year with Thursday set aside for family fun at Williamson Park in Port Alberni. Language experts taught children three traditional games, said Marisa Bennett, organizer of the Tlupiich Games. In a “language treasure hunt,” groups of children would approach elders at stations to learn and repeat a phrase in the central Nuu-chah-nulth dialect, Bennett said. It was an effort to spark interest among children for their cultural language, she noted, as well as build relationships between the generations. Another game involved two groups of youth facing each other in an open field, with a stick placed in front of each group. One member of a team would have to walk towards the other with a

mouth full of water and try to pick up the stick without cracking a smile or breaking into laughter. The other team would do everything they could to make them laugh. A third game challenged kids to throw spears through hoops made of wooden branches, an activity that used to test Nuu-chah-nulth youth for their hunting skills, said Bennett. Bennett hopes to include the traditional games at each Tlupiich event in future years. “Everyone loved that day,” she said. “It was just a great day to sit back and be more relaxed.” The opening ceremonies at Bob Daily Stadium were a highlight for the week-long event that started last Tuesday, Bennett said. Each of the 14 Nations marched into the stadium to inaugurate the 2015 Games. The closing ceremonies were at the Harbour Quay after the canoe races on Sunday. Kwammi Robinson won the top under-17 athlete award for boys. Elsa Wagner won the award for girls.

Nuu-chah-nulth youngsters experienced some traditional recreation activities for the Tlu-piich Games at WIlliamson Park on Thursday. It was the first time that traditional outdoor games for children have been included in the annual summer celebration. [TLU-PIICH GAMES PHOTO]

GOLF

BASEBALL

Big dreams, big talk finally come through in major way for Jason Day

NHLers catching Blue Jays fever

DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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n his eighth year on the PGA Tour, Jason Day reached a major pinnacle of his career by winning the PGA Championship. And he could be sure that Tiger Woods was watching. “Game over, very happy for Jason. Great dude and well deserved. Hats off to Jordan, incredible season. Calling it early,” Woods tweeted, adding in another tweet that he was watching from his new restaurant in South Florida. Always a commercial plug. Day and Woods have become good friends on the golf course, but the fact Woods tuned in to the final round at Whistling Straits brought to mind Day’s rookie season when he was filled with big talent, big goals and some big talk. Going into that year, he was asked during a conference call with Australian writers if he thought Woods was aware of him. “I can’t say for sure, but I think he is,” said Day, who was 20 at the time. “If I was him, I would be. I watch everyone. He watches a lot of golf. He has so much time. He played 16 events — what does he do with his time? He’d be aware of me. He’d be saying, ’Here’s another kid coming up.”’ It was a slow climb. Now 27, he idolized the work ethic of Woods when he was growing up in Australia and honed that powerful swing under Colin Swatton, his current caddie. No one ever questioned his ability, only the trophies. It took him three years to win his first PGA Tour event at the Byron Nelson Championship, and four more years before he picked up another title at the Match Play Championship. Along the way were more nagging injuries than he cares to remember, along with whispers that he was an underachiever. All that has been put to rest. This is a new Day, who has matured into one of the top three

Jason Day hits a drive during the PGA Championship Sunday at Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis. [AP PHOTO]

players in the world and figures to stay there. “As long as I am healthy, I feel like I’m going to be there a long time,” Day said. “I still want to accomplish that No. 1 goal of mine, which is to be the best player in the world. I’m still motivated and still very hungry for that, even after this win. Stuff like this is just the icing on top of the cake when you work so hard, and being able to achieve something like this.” Not much in life has come easily for Day. His father died of cancer when Day was 12, and if not for the sacrifices of his mother to get him to a golf academy, and the nurturing of Swatton, there’s no telling where he would be now. Day once shopped for used clothes at a store where for $5 he

could stuff as much as he could into a bag. “I remember not having a hot water tank, so we had to use a kettle for hot showers,” he said. “We would put the kettle on and go have a shower, and then my mom would come bring three or four kettles in, just to heat them up. And it would take five, 10 minutes for every kettle to heat up.” He had every reason to expect a hard road along the rugged terrain of Whistling Straits on Sunday afternoon. Day had a share of the 54-hole lead at the U.S. Open, where he showed remarkable strength to even finish while coping with symptoms of vertigo. He faded to a 74. A month later, he shared another 54-hole at St. Andrews and missed the playoff at the

British Open by one shot when he left a 30-foot birdie attempt a foot short. This time, he had least had a two-shot margin, along with pressure not to let another chance get away. He feared there would be emotional scars if he didn’t finish this one. And if that wasn’t enough, he was paired with Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth, the new No. 1 player in golf. Ultimately, that’s what made it so special. Spieth’s plan was to catch Day somewhere along the front nine, though he could tell early that Day was smashing the driver and would be tough to beat. Day really put the Texan in a hole by making a 50-foot birdie putt on No. 7. No one got closer than two shots to Day the entire round. “He played like he had won seven or eight majors before,” Spieth said. The highest praise for Day came in the scoring trailer, when he said Spieth told him, “There’s nothing I could do.” “It’s a good feeling when someone like Jordan, who is playing phenomenal golf right now, says that,” Day said. “Because it means that he left everything out there on the golf course and my play this week was just so much better — well, better than everyone else. And that feels good to me, because I was the last man standing.” The Wanamaker Trophy was all he wanted. Only after it was over did Day realize he had broken a major championship record by finishing at 20 under par. The previous mark belonged to Woods, who was 19 under when he won the 2000 British Open at St. Andrews. Woods watched him do it Sunday. He saw a mature, married man with a son and another child due in November, and someone now with six PGA Tour wins that include a major. He’s not just another kid coming up. He arrived.

STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

Logan Couture was just a preschooler when the Toronto Blue Jays won back-to-back World Series titles in 1992 and ’93. Wearing his team logo pyjamas, the San Jose Sharks forward fought to stay awake to watch the games. Matt Moulson of the Buffalo Sabres has home-plate dirt from the 1993 victory. His father took him downtown from their Mississauga home to celebrate each of those championships. Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals hasn’t been alive to see the Blue Jays even make the playoffs. He’s ready. Just like fans across Canada, NHL players are getting caught up in Blue Jays fever. Couture watches every game, even when in San Jose, because after so many games without much of a payoff, he doesn’t want to miss anything now. “Even before some of our games I’m following,” Couture said. “I’m a pretty die-hard fan, so to finally see them putting a streak like this together and to give themselves a chance to make the post-season has been pretty incredible as a fan.” Along with Couture, you can count Sharks teammate Joel Ward, Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings and Teddy Purcell of the Edmonton Oilers among the hockey players who are also Blue Jays fans. The past few weeks have been something special, since the Blue Jays acquired shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and ace pitcher David Price at the end of July and won 15 of 18 games. Couture left his phone at home on July 30 to play golf and returned to 27 text messages about Toronto getting Price. “I definitely did not see that coming,” Couture said. Wilson, 21, got to his third game of the season a few days later using tickets from relief pitcher and Capitals fan Brett Cecil.

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CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago White Sox Cleveland

WEST DIVISION Houston L.A. Angels Texas Seattle Oakland

Monday's results Baltimore 4 Oakland 2 Cleveland 8 Boston 2 L.A. Angels 2 Chicago White Sox 1 N.Y. Yankees 8 Minnesota 7 (10 innings) Tampa Bay 9 Houston 2 Texas 4 Seattle 3 Sunday's results Baltimore 18 Oakland 2 Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 1 Houston 6 Detroit 5 Kansas City 4 L.A. Angels 3 (10 innings) Minnesota 4 Cleveland 1 Seattle 10 Boston 8 (12 innings) Texas 5 Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 3 N.Y. Yankees 1 Tuesday's games — All Times Eastern N.Y. Mets (deGrom 11-6) at Baltimore (Gausman 2-4), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 9-9) at Boston (Rodriguez 6-5), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 4-2) at Texas (Gonzalez 2-4), 8:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-6) at Houston (Feldman 5-5), 8:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 10-6) at Oakland (Doubront 1-1), 10:05 p.m. Chi. White Sox (Danks 6-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 11-9), 10:05 p.m. Wednesday's games Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Chi. White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE W 63 58 53 48 46

L 55 59 64 70 72

Pct .534 .496 .453 .407 .390

GB WCGB — — 41/2 91/2 91/2 141/2 15 20 17 22

L10 5-5 2-8 5-5 5-5 4-6

Str L-3 L-6 W-1 W-2 L-3

Home 42-21 31-23 32-24 28-30 27-29

Away 21-34 27-36 21-40 20-40 19-43

W 76 69 67 51 51

L 42 47 49 65 69

Pct .644 .595 .578 .440 .425

GB — 6 8 24 26

WCGB — — — 16 18

L10 7-3 7-3 9-1 3-7 4-6

Str W-1 L-1 L-1 L-3 L-1

Home 45-18 39-19 34-24 28-26 27-37

Away 31-24 30-28 33-25 23-39 24-32

W 67 64 58 56 48

L 51 54 59 62 68

Pct .568 .542 .496 .475 .414

GB — 3 1 8 /2 11 18

WCGB — 4 1 9 /2 12 19

L10 5-5 5-5 6-4 4-6 3-7

Str W-3 L-1 W-1 L-1 W-1

Home 42-20 35-24 30-29 26-29 26-31

Away 25-31 29-30 28-30 30-33 22-37

CENTRAL DIVISION St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Milwaukee

WEST DIVISION L.A. Dodgers San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

Monday's results Arizona 4 Pittsburgh 1 Miami 6 Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 2 San Francisco 1 Atlanta at San Diego Sunday's results Atlanta 2 Arizona 1 (10 innings) Colorado 5 San Diego 0 L.A. Dodgers 2 Cincinnati 1 Miami 6 St. Louis 4 Milwaukee 6 Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 8 N.Y. Mets 1 San Francisco 5 Washington 0 Tuesday's games — All Times Eastern Toronto (Dickey 7-10) at Philadelphia (Nola 3-1), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Anderson 5-5) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 8-6), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 11-7) at Cincinnati (Iglesias 3-4), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Sanchez 10-10) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 6-5), 8:05 p.m. Miami (Conley 1-0) at Milwaukee (Cravy 0-4), 8:10 p.m. San Francisco (Leake 9-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-7), 8:15 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 8-8) at Colorado (Hale 3-4), 8:40 p.m. Atlanta (Wisler 5-2) at San Diego (Shields 8-5), 10:10 p.m. Wednesday's games Miami at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Atlanta at San Diego, 3:40 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Detroit at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Semien ss 3 0 0 0 Sogard 2b 3 0 0 0 Totals 28 2 3 2 Oakland 010 Baltimore 000

RANGERS 4, MARINERS 3 Seattle ab r h bi Texas ab Marte ss 4 0 1 1 Deshields cf 5 Seager 3b 3 1 1 1 Choo rf 3 Cruz rf 3 0 1 0 Fielder dh 4 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 Gutierrez lf 4 0 1 1 Moreland 1b 4 Jackson cf 4 0 1 0 Andrus ss 4 Trumbo dh 3 0 1 0 Odor 2b 4 Miller pr-dh 1 1 0 0 Gimenez c 2 Morrison 1b 2 0 1 0 Napoli ph 1 Zunino c 3 1 1 0 Wilson c 0 Strausborger lf 3 Totals 31 3 8 3 Totals 34 Seattle 000 110 100 Texas 101 001 001

r h bi 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 413 4 —3 —4

LOB—Texas 8, Seattle 6. DP—Seattle 2. Texas 3. 2B—Beltre 2 (20), Odor (13), Gutierrez (8). SB—Seager (5). S— Gimenez, Zunino. SF—Strausborger. Seattle Walker Olmos Wilhelmsen Rodney Texas Hamels Dyson Tolleson

IP H R ER BB 6 10 3 3 1 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1-3 0 0 0 0 1-3 2 1 1 1 7 1 1

7 0 1

3 0 0

3 0 0

SO 3 0 0 1

4 0 0

8 0 1

ANGELS 2, WHITE SOX 1 ANGELS 2, WHITE SOX 1 h bi 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 001 010

L.A. Angels Victorino lf Calhoun rf Trout cf Pujols dh Cron 1b Aybar ss Giavotella 2b Perez c Jackson 3b

ab 4 4 2 3 3 3 2 3 1

r 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

h bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Totals 25 2 4 2 000 000 —1 000 10x —2

LOB—L.A. Angels 3, Chi. White Sox 8. DP—Chi. White Sox 1. L.A. Angels 1. 2B—Garcia (14). HR—Cron (9); Pujols (32). S—Jackson. Chi. White Sox Rodon L, 5-5 L.A. Angels Heaney Salas W, 3-1 Smith Street S, 28

IP 8 6 1 1 1

H R ER BB 4 2 2 3 5 0 1 0

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

SO 5 4 2 0 2

T—2:32. A—36,491 (45,957) at Anaheim.

ORIOLES 4, ATHLETICS 2 Oakland ab r h bi Baltimore ab r Fuld cf 3 0 0 0 Machado 3b 3 0 Burns cf 1 0 0 0 Parra rf 4 0 Canha lf 4 1 2 1 Jones cf 4 0 Reddick rf 3 0 0 0 Davis 1b 3 1 Valencia 3b 4 1 1 1 Schoop 2b 4 1 Vogt c 1 0 0 0 Clevenger dh 4 1 Butler dh 4 0 0 0 Hardy ss 4 1 Davis 1b 2 0 0 0 Urrutia lf 4 0

Joseph c

4 0 1 1

Totals 34 4 7 4 001 000 —2 301 00x —4

E—Sogard, Joseph, Canha, Semien. LOB—Oakland 4, Baltimore 8. DP—Baltimore 2. 2B—Joseph (14). HR—Clevenger (1). Canha (9); Valencia (11). Oakland IP Gray L, 12-5 5 2-3 Pomeranz 1 Scribner 1-3 Venditte 1 Baltimore Tillman W, 9-7 7 2¡'D\ + Britton S, 29 1

H R ER BB 7 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0

2 0

SO 5 2 0 0

3 1

3 0

T—2:35. A—22,766 (45,971) at Baltimore.

INDIANS 8, RED SOX 2

T—2:51. A—19,880 (48,114) at Arlington.

T ab r Eaton cf 4 1 Abreu 1b 2 0 Cabrera lf 4 0 Garcia dh 3 0 Laroche ph-dh 1 0 Thompson rf 2 0 Shuck ph-rf 1 0 Ramirez ss 4 0 Saladino 3b 3 0 Flowers c 3 0 Sanchez ph 1 0 Beckham 2b 4 0 Totals 32 1 Chi. White Sox L.A. Angels

0 0 2

0 0 1

0 0 1

1 0 1

2 1 0

4 6 2 3 0 1 0

1 4 1 1 0 0 0

1 3 1 1 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 1 0 0

2 1 3 3 0 3 2

h bi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 0

Cleveland Ramirez 2b Lindor ss Brantley dh Santana 1b Almonte cf Gomes c Chisenhall rf Sands lf Aviles 3b

ab 4 4 5 5 3 3 4 4 4

r 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 1

h bi 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 1

Boston Betts cf Holt 2b Bogaerts ss Ortiz dh Rutledge pr Ramirez lf De Aza pr Sandoval 3b Shaw 1b Hanigan c Bradley Jr. rf Totals 36 810 8 Totals Cleveland 000 511 001 Boston 001 000 001

ab 4 4 4 4 0 3 0 4 4 4 1 32

r 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

h bi 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 —8 —2

LOB—Boston 6, Cleveland 5. DP— Cleveland 1. 2B—Brantley (36), Holt (21), Chisenhall (12), Ramirez (10), Aviles (7). HR—Shaw (5). Chisenhall (6); Santana (13). SB—Brantley (13), Ramirez (9). S—Lindor. Cleveland Salazar Shaw Allen Boston Barnes Hembree Layne

IP 7 1 1 5 2 1-3 1 2-3

H R ER BB 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 2

6 1 1

6 1 1

SO 5 0 0

3 0 0

7 2 2

T—3:12. A—32,701 (37,673) at Boston.

YANKEES 8, TWINS 7 (10) Minnesota ab r h bi N.Y. Yankees ab r h bi Hicks cf 6 1 1 1 Ellsbury cf 5 1 3 0 Dozier 2b 5 1 3 0 Gardner lf 4 1 1 0 Mauer 1b 5 1 1 0 Rodriguez dh 4 2 0 0 Sano dh 5 1 3 2 Teixeira 1b 2 0 0 0 Plouffe 3b 5 2 3 2 Bird pr-1b 1 1 1 0 Hunter rf 5 0 1 0 Ryan pr 0 1 0 0 Escobar rf 0 0 0 0 McCann c 5 1 3 5 Rosario lf 5 1 2 1 Beltran rf 4 1 1 2 Suzuki c 4 0 1 0 Headley 3b 5 0 1 1 Nunez ss 4 0 1 1 Gregorius ss 4 0 0 0 Drew 2b 4 0 0 0 Totals 44 716 7 Totals 38 810 8 Minnesota 013 111 000 0 —7 N.Y. Yankees 302 002 000 1 —8

E—Plouffe, Gregorius. LOB—Minnesota 9, N.Y. Yankees 7. 2B—McCann (14), Bird (1). HR—McCann (21); Beltran (13). Hicks (8); Sano (8); Plouffe (18). SB— Dozier (10), Nunez (5), Rodriguez (2). Minnesota Gibson Duensing BS, 1 2¡5RXUNH

IP 5 1

H 4 2

R ER BB SO 6 6 3 2 1 1 0 1

Arizona Hellickson Delgado Hessler Reed Hudson Ziegler Pittsburgh Cole Blanton Soria

IP 5 1-3 2-3 1-3 2-3 1 1

H R ER BB 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

6 2-3 1 1-3 1

9 0 0

4 0 0

4 0 0

SO 4 1 0 1 1 0

1 0 0

5 1 1

T—4:13. A—38,493 (49,638) at New York.

T—3:27. A—27,365 (38,362) at Pittsburgh.

RAYS 9, ASTROS 2

CARDINALS 2, GIANTS 1

Tampa Bay Guyer rf Jaso ph-rf Loney 1b Jennings lf Longoria 3b Forsythe dh Cabrera ss Beckham 2b Nava 1b-rf Kiermaier cf Casali c

ab 3 1 1 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 5

r 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0

h bi 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 3 1 3 3 0 1 0 1 2

Houston Altuve 2b Tucker lf Gonzalez ph Correa ss Lowrie 3b Gomez cf Rasmus rf Gattis dh Valbuena 1b Marisnick ph Castro c Carter ph Totals 41 915 9 Totals Tampa Bay 400 011 003 Houston 010 100 000

ab 5 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 1 35

r 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

h bi 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 —9 —2

E—Beckham 2, Rasmus. LOB—Houston 9, Tampa Bay 10. DP—Houston 1. HR— Gattis (18). Beckham (6). SF—Cabrera. Tampa Bay IP Ramirez W, 10-4 5 2-3 Geltz H, 16 1 1-3 Gomes 1 Romero 1 Houston Kazmir L, 6-8 5 1-3 Fields 2-3 Sipp 2 Perez 1

H R ER BB 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 1 1 4

6 0 0 3

6 0 0 0

SO 2 2 2 2

3 0 1 0

6 1 3 1

T—3:23. A—16,256 (41,574) at Houston.

LATE SUNDAY L.A. Angels ab Giavotella 2b 5 Calhoun rf 4 Trout cf 4 Pujols 1b 4 Murphy dh 4 Aybar ss 4 Gillaspie 3b 3 Jackson 3b 1 DeJesus lf 4 Iannetta c 3

r 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Kansas City ab r h bi Escobar ss 5 1 1 0 Zobrist 2b-3b 4 2 2 1 Cain cf 5 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 2 1 1 1 Morales dh 4 0 1 1 Moustakas 3b 3 0 0 0 Dyson pr 0 0 0 0 Infante 2b 0 0 0 0 Perez c 3 0 0 0 Butera c 0 0 0 0 Rios rf 3 0 0 1 Orlando lf 4 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 6 2 Totals 33 4 5 4 L.A. Angels 000 002 010 0 —3 Kansas City 200 000 001 1 —4

h bi 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

E—Gillaspie. LOB—L.A. Angels 4, Kansas City 8. DP—L.A. Angels 1. 2B— Zobrist (23), DeJesus (9). 3B—Calhoun (2). HR—Calhoun (17); Murphy (7). SF—Rios. L.A. Angels Santiago Smith H, 25 Street BS, 4 Gott L, 2-1 Kansas City Ventura Davis Holland Herrera W, 4-2

IP 7 1 1 2-3

H R ER BB 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 1

7 1 1 1

5 1 0 0

2 1 0 0

2 1 0 0

SO 5 1 0 0

1 0 0 0

7 0 0 1

WP — Ventura. PB—Perez. T—3:12. A—36,845 (37,903) at Kansas City, Mo.

h bi 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 000 000

St. Louis Carpenter 3b Wong 2b Peralta ss Heyward cf Pham cf-lf Molina c Piscotty rf Moss lf Rosenthal p Reynolds 1b Wacha sp Siegrist p Bourjos ph-cf

ab 3 3 4 1 3 3 4 2 0 3 2 0 0

r 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

h bi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 28 2 6 2 001 000 —1 100 01x —2

LOB—St. Louis 9, San Francisco 6. DP—St. Louis 1. 2B—Crawford (27). 3B—Piscotty (1). HR—Molina (3). S— Wacha, Heston. San Francisco IP Heston 4 2-3 Petit 1 1-3 Affeldt 1-3 Strickland L,2-2 1 2-3 St. Louis Wacha 7 Siegrist W, 4-0 1 Rosenthal S, 37 1

H R ER BB 4 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 6 0 0

1 0 0

1 0 0

1 0 1

SO 4 2 0 0 6 1 1

MARLINS 6, BREWERS 2 Miami ab Gordon 2b 5 Suzuki rf 5 Prado 3b 4 Bour 1b 5 Dietrich lf 4 Gillespie lf 0 Ozuna cf 3 Realmuto c 4 Hechavarria ss4 Nicolino sp 2 Morris p 0 McGehee ph 1 Dunn p 0 Ramos p 0 Totals 37 Miami Milwaukee

r h bi 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 612 6 002 010

Milwaukee ab r h bi Segura ss 5 0 2 0 Lucroy c 4 0 0 0 Braun rf 3 0 2 1 Lind 1b 4 0 0 0 Davis lf 3 1 1 0 Herrera 2b 4 0 0 0 Perez 3b 4 0 1 0 Peterson cf 4 0 0 1 Garza sp 0 0 0 0 Rogers ph 0 1 0 0 Thornburg p 0 0 0 0 Schafer ph 1 0 0 0 Lohse p 0 0 0 0 Gennett ph 1 0 1 0 Totals 33 2 7 2 210 010 —6 010 000 —2

LOB—Miami 7, Milwaukee 9. DP—Miami 1. 2B—Gordon (18), Ozuna (15), Gennett (13), Perez (11), Segura (8). HR—Dietrich (8). SB—Gordon (37). S—Garza, Nicolino. SF—Prado. Miami Nicolino Morris Dunn Ramos Milwaukee Garza Thornburg Lohse

IP 6 2-3 1-3 1 1 5 2 2

H R ER BB 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 2 2

5 0 1

5 0 1

0 0 1

SO 3 0 1 1 2 2 1

T—2:51. A—21,910 (41,900) at Milwaukee.

N.L. LEADERS

A.L. LEADERS G 101 114 115 114 113 103 103 110 104 116

Kipnis, Cle Fielder, Tex Cruz, Sea Hosmer, KC Bogaerts, Bos Cain, KC Brantley, Cle Altuve, Hou Iglesias, Det Machado, Bal

San Franciscoabr Blanco cf 4 0 Duffy 3b 4 1 Belt 1b 4 0 Pence rf 4 0 Crawford ss 4 0 Susac c 3 0 Perez pr 0 0 Maxwell lf 3 0 Posey ph 1 0 Tomlinson 2b 2 0 Heston sp 1 0 Petit p 0 0 Lollis ph 1 0 Affeldt p 0 0 Strickland p 0 0 Totals 31 1 San Francisco St. Louis

T—2:40. A—40,088 (45,399) at St. Louis.

ROYALS 4, ANGELS 3 (10 INN.)

EAST DIVISION N.Y. Mets Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

Fien 2 Jepsen 1 Perkins L, 1-4 1-3 N.Y. Yankees Mitchell 1 2-3 Cotham 2 Shreve 1 1-3 Wilson 1 Warren 2-3 Betances 2 1-3 Miller W, 1-2 1

AB 405 443 445 432 437 401 397 450 364 455

R 66 57 66 73 55 75 48 60 37 75

H 132 143 143 138 138 126 124 136 110 136

Pct. .326 .323 .321 .319 .316 .314 .312 .302 .302 .299

Runs — Donaldson, Toronto, 86; Dozier, Minnesota, 81; Trout, L.A. Angels, 79; Bautista, Toronto, 76; Cain, Kansas City, 75; Machado, Baltimore, 75; Gardner, N.Y. Yankees, 74; Hosmer, Kansas City, 73; Kinsler, Detroit, 73; Abreu, Chicago White Sox, 70. RBIs — Davis, Baltimore, 89; Donaldson, Toronto, 87; Morales, Kansas City, 83; Bautista, Toronto, 82; Teixeira, N.Y. Yankees, 79; Martinez, Detroit, 76; Cruz, Seattle, 74; Ortiz, Boston, 73; Hosmer, Kansas City, 71; Trout, L.A. Angels, 71. Hits — Fielder, Texas, 143; Cruz, Seattle, 143; Hosmer, Kansas City, 138; Bogaerts, Boston, 138; Kinsler, Detroit, 138; Altuve, Houston, 136; Machado, Baltimore, 136; Donaldson, Toronto, 134; Kipnis, Cleveland, 132; Abreu, Chicago White Sox, 127. Home Runs — Cruz, Seattle, 36; Davis, Baltimore, 34; Trout, L.A. Angels, 33; Pujols, L.A. Angels, 31; Donaldson, Toronto, 31; Teixeira, N.Y. Yankees, 31; Martinez, Detroit, 30; Bautista, Toronto, 28; Machado, Baltimore, 25; Ortiz, Boston, 25. Stolen Bases — Altuve, Houston, 31; Burns, Oakland, 24; Dyson, Kansas City, 22; Cain, Kansas City, 22; Deshields, Texas, 21; Gose, Detroit, 18; Davis, Detroit, 17; Betts, Boston, 16; Reyes, Toronto, 16; Gardner, N.Y. Yankees, 16. Pitching — Hernandez, Seattle, 14-7; Keuchel, Houston, 14-6; Lewis, Texas, 13-5; McHugh, Houston, 13-6; Buehrle, Toronto, 13-5; Eovaldi, N.Y. Yankees, 12-2; Hutchison, Toronto, 12-2; Gray, Oakland, 12-4; Price, Toronto, 11-4; Richards, L.A. Angels, 11-9. Saves — Perkins, Minnesota, 31; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 29; Britton, Baltimore, 28; Street, L.A. Angels, 27; Holland, Kansas City, 26; Miller, N.Y. Yankees, 26; Uehara, Boston, 25; Robertson, Chicago White Sox, 24; Allen, Cleveland, 23; Soria, Detroit, 23. Not including last night's games

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Goldschmidt, Ariz Gordon, Mia Harper, Wash Posey, SF LeMahieu, Col Pollock, Ariz Votto, Cin Panik, SF Duffy, SF Peralta, Ariz

G 115 101 110 109 112 112 114 97 104 107

AB 412 433 378 404 417 434 407 375 385 329

R 75 54 79 58 66 80 66 56 52 46

H 139 143 124 132 133 136 126 116 118 100

Pct. .337 .330 .328 .327 .319 .313 .310 .309 .306 .304

Runs — Pollock, Arizona, 80; Harper, Washington, 79; Fowler, Chicago Cubs, 76; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 75; Cespedes, N.Y. Mets, 70; Braun, Milwaukee, 69; Carpenter, St. Louis, 69; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 68; Arenado, Colorado, 67; Blackmon, Colorado, 67. RBIs — Goldschmidt, Arizona, 86; Arenado, Colorado, 86; Posey, San Francisco, 78; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 77; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 73; Harper, Washington, 73; Frazier, Cincinnati, 73; Crawford, San Francisco, 72; Braun, Milwaukee, 70; Cespedes, N.Y. Mets, 69. Hits — Gordon, Miami, 143; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 139; Cespedes, N.Y. Mets, 137; Pollock, Arizona, 136; LeMahieu, Colorado, 133; Posey, San Francisco, 132; Markakis, Atlanta, 132; Blackmon, Colorado, 128; Votto, Cincinnati, 126; Kendrick, L.A. Dodgers, 124. Home Runs — Harper, Washington, 30; Arenado, Colorado, 29; Frazier, Cincinnati, 29; Stanton, Miami, 27; Gonzalez, Colorado, 27; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 24; Pederson, L.A. Dodgers, 23; Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 23; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 22; Braun, Milwaukee, 21. Pitching — Wacha, St. Louis, 14-4; Arrieta, Chicago Cubs, 14-6; Cole, Pittsburgh, 14-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 14-6; Greinke, L.A. Dodgers, 13-2; Martinez, St. Louis, 12-5; Heston, San Francisco, 11-7; Harvey, N.Y. Mets, 11-7; deGrom, N.Y. Mets, 11-6; Scherzer, Washington, 11-9. Saves — Melancon, Pittsburgh, 37; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 36; Kimbrel, San Diego, 33; Familia, N.Y. Mets, 32; Storen, Washington, 29; Rodriguez, Milwaukee, 29; Casilla, San Francisco, 28; Soria, Pittsburgh, 24; Jansen, L.A. Dodgers, 24; Chapman, Cincinnati, 24.

BETTING

THE LINES DIAMONDBACKS 4, PIRATES 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Arizona ab Inciarte lf 4 Pollock cf 4 Goldschmidt 1b 4 Peralta rf 4 Castillo c 4 Lamb 3b 4 Owings 2b 3 Ahmed ss 3 Hellickson sp 2 Delgado p 0 Saltlmcchia ph 1 Hessler p 0 Reed p 0 Hudson p 0 Ziegler p 0 Totals 33 Arizona Pittsburgh

r 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

h bi 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 210 000

Pittsburgh ab Polanco rf 5 Marte lf 4 McCutchen cf 3 Ramirez 3b 4 Kang ss 3 Blanton p 0 Morse ph-1b 1 Walker 2b 4 Alvarez 1b 4 Soria p 0 Cervelli c 2 Cole sp 2 Florimon ss 0 Ishikawa ph 1 Rodriguez pr-ss 1 Totals 34 100 000 010 000

r 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

h bi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1 —4 —1

LOB—Arizona 3, Pittsburgh 9. DP— Arizona 1. Pittsburgh 1. 2B—Ramirez (23), Marte (22), Peralta (22), Owings (20). 3B—Pollock (5). HR—Alvarez (19); Alvarez (19). Lamb (5); Lamb (5).

Favourite NY YANKEES BOSTON Seattle HOUSTON LA ANGELS

Line -160 -120 -121 -120 -165

Underdog Line Minnesota +150 Cleveland +110 TEXAS +111 Tampa Bay +110 Chicago +155

INTERLEAGUE Toronto NY Mets Kansas City CHI. CUBS L.A. Dodgers

-170 -118 -115 -165 -210

PHILA. +160 BALTIMORE+108 CINCINNATI+105 Detroit +155 OAKLAND +190

NATIONAL LEAGUE PITTSBURGH MILWAUKEE ST. LOUIS Washington SAN DIEGO

-200 -145 -142 -147 -165

Arizona +180 Miami +135 San Fran +132 COLORADO+137 Atlanta +155

Updated odds available at Pregame.com Home teams in capitals

AUTO RACING CFL

EASTERN CONFERENCE D.C. New York Columbus New England Toronto Montreal Orlando New York City Philadelphia Chicago

W 13 11 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6

L 8 6 8 9 10 9 11 11 13 12

T 5 6 7 7 4 4 7 6 6 5

GF GA Pt 35 29 44 38 25 39 38 39 34 34 36 34 37 41 31 29 31 28 32 41 28 34 37 27 32 43 24 27 34 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles Vancouver Kansas City Portland Dallas Seattle Houston San Jose Salt Lake Colorado

W L 12 7 13 9 11 4 11 8 11 7 11 12 8 9 8 10 7 10 5 9

T 7 3 7 6 5 2 7 5 8 9

GF GA Pt 44 31 43 37 26 42 37 25 40 26 28 39 33 29 38 30 27 35 30 30 31 24 29 29 27 38 29 20 25 24

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Sunday's results Seattle 4 Orlando 0 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 3 Wednesday's games All Times Eastern New York City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Friday's game Houston at Portland, 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 Orlando at Toronto, 4 p.m. San Jose at D.C., 7 p.m. Kansas City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 8 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Seattle at Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 New York City at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

ENGLAND PREMIER LEAGUE Manchester City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Everton Swansea Crystal Palace West Ham Norwich Aston Villa Arsenal Watford Stoke Tottenham Newcastle Chelsea Southampton West Brom Albion Bournemouth Sunderland

GP W 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0

D 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

L GF GA Pt 0 6 0 6 0 6 3 6 0 2 0 6 0 2 0 6 0 5 2 4 0 4 2 4 1 4 3 3 1 3 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 0 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 5 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 7 0

Monday's result Liverpool 1 Bournemouth 0 Sunday's results Crystal Palace 1 Arsenal 2 Manchester City 3 Chelsea 0 Saturday, Aug. 22 — All Times Eastern Manchester United vs. Newcastle, 7:45 a.m. Crystal Palace vs. Aston Villa, 10 a.m. Leicester City vs. Tottenham, 10 a.m. Norwich vs. Stoke, 10 a.m. Sunderland vs. Swansea, 10 a.m. West Ham vs. Bournemouth, 10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 West Brom vs. Chelsea, 8:30 a.m. Everton vs. Manchester City, 11 a.m. Watford vs. Southampton, 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 24 Arsenal vs. Liverpool, 3 p.m.

SPAIN

NASCAR SPRINT CUP PURE MICHIGAN 400 At Brooklyn, Mich. Late Sunday's results Lap length: Two miles (starting position in parentheses) 1. (1) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 200 laps, 48 points, US$226,586; 2. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, 43, $185,285; 3. (22) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 200, 41, $137,130; 4. (4) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 41, $150,746; 5. (2) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200, 39, $114,000; 6. (3) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 200, 39, $97,890; 7. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 200, 37, $137,348; 8. (17) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200, 36, $130,540; 9. (14) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200, 35, $141,756; 10. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 200, 34, $107,415. 11. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200, 34, $132,906; 12. (24) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 200, 32, $98,790; 13. (34) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200, 31, $118,098; 14. (30) Aric Almirola, Ford, 200, 31, $126,501; 15. (11) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200, 29, $103,615; 16. (18) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 200, 28, $118,431; 17. (21) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 200, 28, $132,826; 18. (13) David Ragan, Toyota, 200, 26, $114,879; 19. (15) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 200, 25, $113,610; 20. (16) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 199, 24, $102,340. 21. (5) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 199, 23, $113,754; 22. (25) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 198, 22, $127,390; 23. (20) Greg %LIĂ H )RUG Ryan Blaney, Ford, 198, 0, $82,390; 25. (23) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 198, 19, $93,415; 26. (27) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 198, 18, $93,015; 27. (35) Cole Whitt, Ford, 198, 17, $102,823; 28. (26) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 198, 16, $115,573; 29. (28) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 197, 15, $106,398; 30. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 197, 14, $98,798. 31. (33) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 197, 13, $93,062; 32. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 197, 12, $88,915; 33. (29) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 197, 11, $80,840; 34. (38) %UHWW 0RIĂ€WW )RUG (39) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 197, 9, $80,565; 36. (31) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 196, 0, $80,515; 37. (41) Josh Wise, Ford, 196, 7, $80,454; 38. (37) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 194, 0, $75,877; 39. (8) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 190, 5, $119,741; 40. (42) Travis Kvapil, Chevrolet, 190, 0, $67,805; 41. (12) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 164, 4, $97,963; 42. (40) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, overheating, 51, 2, $67,805; 43. (43) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, parked, 9, 0, $56,305.

RACE STATISTICS Time of Race: Two hours, 47 minutes, 18 seconds. Winner's Average Speed: 143.455 m.p.h. Margin of Victory: 1.722 seconds. Caution Flags: Eight for 31 laps. Lead Changes: 16 among eight drivers. Lap Leaders: M.Kenseth 1-22; A.Dillon 23-40; M.Kenseth 41-59; J.Gordon 60; Ky.Busch 61-62; M.Kenseth 6375; C.Bowyer 76; M.Kenseth 77-98; K.Harvick 99-113; C.Edwards 114-116; M.Kenseth 117-122; C.Edwards 123124; A.Dillon 125; M.Kenseth 126-164; Ky.Busch 165-172; A.Almirola 173-175; M.Kenseth 176-200. Leader's Summary (driver, times leading, total laps led): M.Kenseth, seven times for 146 laps; A.Dillon, 2 for 19; K.Harvick, 1 for 15; Ky.Busch, 2 for 10; C.Edwards, 2 for 5; A.Almirola, 1 for 3; J.Gordon, 1 for 1 lap; C.Bowyer, 1 for 1 lap.

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1. Kevin Harvick, 866; 2. Joey Logano, 818; 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 784; 4. Martin Truex Jr., 755; 5. Brad Keselowski, 754; 6. Jimmie Johnson, 752; 7. Matt Kenseth, 751; 8. Kurt Busch, 683; 9. Denny Hamlin, 670; 10. Jamie McMurray, 663. 11. Paul Menard, 654; 12. Ryan Newman, 649; 13. Jeff Gordon, 648; 14. Carl Edwards, 628; 15. Clint Bowyer, 616; 16. Aric Almirola, 593; 17. Kasey Kahne, 590; *UHJ %LIĂ H .\OH /DUVRQ 548; 20. Austin Dillon, 533. 21. Danica Patrick, 508; 22. AJ Allmendinger, 497; 23. Casey Mears, 495; 24. David Ragan, 487; 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 450; 26. Tony Stewart, 441; 27. Trevor Bayne, 414; 28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 411; 29. Kyle Busch, 395; 30. Justin Allgaier, 377. 31. Cole Whitt, 372; 32. David Gilliland, 354; 33. Alex Bowman, 292; 34. Brett 0RIĂ€WW 0LFKDHO $QQHWW

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Money $2,196,982 $1,365,922 $1,249,672 $1,162,243 $1,128,265 $902,274 $895,395 $849,274 $823,520 $817,743 $755,672 $747,579 $739,740 $661,818 $651,928 $632,070 $580,921 $538,583 $530,455 $512,410 $131,375 $15,129 $10,421

TENNIS ATP-WTA WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN At Mason, Ohio MEN Singles — First Round Ivo Karlovic, Serbia, def. Gilles Simon (10), France, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-3. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Gael 0RQÀOV )UDQFH Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., def. Denis Kudla, U.S., 6-4, 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2. Mardy Fish, U.S., def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-2, 6-2. Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3. Benoit Paire, France, def. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6). Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-3, 6-3. WOMEN Singles — First Round Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Garbine Muguruza (9), Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (0). Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, def. Madison Brengle, U.S., 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 7-5, 6-1. Coco Vandeweghe, U.S., def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2. Venus Williams, U.S., def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Timea Babos, Hungary, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-5. Varvara Lepchenko, U.S., def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6).

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WEEK NINE Bye: Winnipeg Thursday's game — All Times Eastern Montreal at B.C., 10 p.m. Friday's game Hamilton at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 Calgary at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23 Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m.

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WEEK TWO Thursday's games — All Times Eastern Detroit at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Cleveland, 8 p.m. Friday's games Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Saturday Aug. 22 Baltimore at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Miami at Carolina, 7 p.m. New England at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m. Oakland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Denver at Houston, 8 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m. Sunday Aug. 23 Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Monday Aug. 24 Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

MOVES MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled RHPs Matt Barnes and Heath Hembree from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned OF-INF Garin Cecchini and RHP Ryan Cook to Pawtucket. NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent RHP Michael Pineda to Trenton (EL) for a rehab assignment. SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled LHP Edgar Olmos from Tacoma (PCL). Optioned LHP Rob Rasmussen. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned LHP Aaron Loup and RHP Drew Hutchison to Buffalo (IL). Recalled INF Matt Hague from Buffalo.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Activated RHP Randall Delgado off the 15-day DL. Optioned INF-OF Jamie Romak to Reno (PCL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned LHP Ken Roberts to Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named Ron Roenicke third base coach. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Announced INF Taylor Lindsey cleared outright waivers and was sent to San Antonio (Texas). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Activated C Andrew Susac from 15-day DL. Optioned C Hector Sanchez to Sacramento (PCL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed OF Randal Grichuk on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Tommy Pham from Memphis (PCL).

NHL LEAGUE OFFICE — C Danny Briere announced his retirement. ANAHEIM DUCKS — Agreed to terms with C Mike Santorelli on a one-year contract.

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Seahawks rookies Lockett, Clark stand out in debut TIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — For as good a wide receiver as Tyler Lockett was in college, and all the compliments he’s received from his new teammates as a pass catcher in training camp, he was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks because they needed a dynamic returner in the kicking game. For all the off-field concerns about Frank Clark, the Seahawks remained steadfast he could bring a unique skill to the top defence in the NFL. It may just be one preseason game, but the performances of Clark and Lockett in the Seahawks’ exhibition opener did their best to overshadow the problems that popped up for Seattle. “That’s a beautiful first message they sent us that they’re ready to do something to help this football team,� Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. Lockett had a 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, while

Clark had nine tackles, one quarterback hit and one forced fumble, and played a variety of positions on the defensive line in Seattle’s preseason opener. They stood out in a way that was the opposite of what happened with Seattle’s offensive line, which struggled in pass protection and in establishing holes in the run game. The worries about Seattle’s offensive line are legit, to the point the shuffling continued Monday. The Seahawks moved right tackle Justin Britt to left guard — the most problematic position so far — and inserted backup tackle Garry Gilliam in Britt’s former spot. The move may or may not become permanent, but is an attempt by offensive line coach Tom Cable to get his best five linemen on the field together. “When you get down to nine guys or eight guys sometimes during the season, guys have to be flexible,� Carroll said. “So we’re going to take this time. We

can’t wait too much longer to do this, so we need to do it now.� Fortunately, what Clark and Lockett did muted some of those concerns. Clark’s ability to play multiple spots on the defensive line was one of the reasons Seattle selected him in the second round, despite off-field issues that included an arrest on a domestic violence charge last November. Ultimately, Seattle sees Clark as a defensive end in the same versatile mould as Michael Bennett, with the ability to be an interior rusher in passing situations but also play on the edge against the run. The Seahawks even believe Clark has the speed to be an outside linebacker if needed. Carroll highlighted that versatility on Monday, while also pointing out the areas where he struggled. “He had a little bit of trouble inside in the running game when playing three technique, but other than that he was very

effective so a really good start for him,� Carroll said. Lockett has drawn raves in training camp for his skill as a wide receiver, in part because the Seahawks had yet to see his return skills in person, even though that was the impetus for Seattle trading up to grab the Kansas State star in the third round. Lockett had a 46-yard kickoff return the second time he touched the ball before breaking his 103-yarder early in the second quarter. Seattle’s longest kick return during the 2014 regular season was 47 yards. The goal for Lockett this week against Kansas City is showing up on more than just special teams. “I think one of the things even going into the games was the players telling us to just rely on your instincts. Don’t think too much,� Lockett said. “Because when you think is when you make mistakes and stuff like that. So I really just try

to go out there and play off of instincts. “The coaches know we’re going to make mistakes and stuff like that and it’s all about correcting and not making the same mistake again.�

NOTES: Backup QB Tarvaris Jackson suffered a high-ankle sprain in Friday’s preseason opener against Denver. Converted wide receiver B.J. Daniels will likely serve as the No. 3 quarterback this week against Kansas City and the team is looking at possibly signing another QB. ... WR Chris Matthews has a sprained AC joint in his left shoulder and will be out around 10 days. ... Carroll had nothing new to report on the holdout of strong safety Kam Chancellor that has now stretched to 18 days. “Knowing Kam and knowing how strong-minded he is, I think he’s made that statement that he’s really got a thought here that he’s holding onto. We’ll see how it goes.�

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OTTAWA — The definition of “lie� was tossed around during Sen. Mike Duffy’s trial on Monday, all part of a scandal where words are carefully chosen and their meanings parsed. Nigel Wright, the prime minister’s former chief of staff, was asked to explain to the court what he told his boss about a plan to have Duffy repay his Senate living expenses in 2013. Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery in connection with his Senate claims. The “scenario� co-ordinated between senior aides in Stephen Harper’s office and Duffy included having the senator publicly admit he made a mistake with his expenses and promise to repay them. Trouble is, Duffy was never going to repay the money himself and several people around Harper knew it. Initially, in February 2013, the idea was to have the party cover the bill, as well as Duffy’s legal expenses. Wright says Sen. Irving Gerstein, head of the party’s financial arm, specifically requested that the money part be kept secret. Wright has said he told Harper shortly afterward that Duffy would repay the expenses. Why did you lie to the prime minister? Bayne asked Wright. “I don’t feel it was a lie, I felt it wasn’t on the list of things I needed to check with him,� Wright responded. Bayne pressed on. “Duffy was not going to repay. Did you not think there was a difference between Duffy repaying and a secret repayment by Sen. Gerstein and others to have the 1/8Conservative 3/8 fund repay?� “I honestly didn’t think it was that significant a difference,� Wright replied. “The significant fact was that the expenses were going to reimbursed and he wouldn’t be claiming them anymore.� The veracity of Harper’s public statements on the Duffy repayment, as well as those of his spokespeople and cabinet ministers, continue

Nigel Wright leaves the courthouse Monday following his fourth day of testimony at the trial of former Conservative Senator Mike Duffy. [CANADIAN PRESS]

to dog the Conservative leader on the campaign trail. Harper told the Commons in June 2013, well after Wright’s payment had come to light, that his former chief of staff had told no one in his office about his decision. But Wright told several people in Harper’s office, as well as Gerstein at the party. A reporter asked Harper again Monday about the fact his staff had apparently lied to him. Harper has yet to directly respond to such questions, saying only that Duffy and Wright are responsible and are being held accountable. Bayne is continuing on a two-track courtroom strategy that has him simultaneously trying to paint Wright as a calculating backroom operator, and Duffy as someone railroaded by powerful men into actions he didn’t agree with. The Crown, on the other hand, argued that Duffy made a set of demands to the PMO in

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LIBATIONS Eileen Bennewith Nutrition Notes

Vegetarians, make sure you are getting your vitamin B12

A Vancouver Island creation to enjoy shaken, not stirred Lynette Burns The Lucky Gourmet

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or decades, micro-distilleries have flourished in Europe. Now it’s B.C.’s turn. Thanks to recent changes in the B.C. liquor laws small batch distillers can now sell to restaurants and lounges as well as at local farmers markets. We can boast of more than 30 artisan distilleries, including several on the island. Craft distillers are using homesourced products to make their spirits. Many are actually growing the crops they need. The attraction of homespun authenticity is not lost on Vancouver Islanders. Island-made spirits are in high demand. Wayward Distillation House in the Comox Valley is making its Unruly Vodka out of 100 per cent B.C. clover honey. Blended with local glacier water and specialized yeast, the mash is left to turn into honey wine or mead. The Wayward still (the essential vessel in which liquids is dis-

The martini is generating new excitement thanks to the proliferation of new local small-batch distilleries. [COURTESY LYNETTE BURNS]

tilled) is specifically designed to work with a honey spirit, gently heating the mead to release the alcohol vapours. The result is quality vodka that has a touch of sweetness on the nose, a full bodied mouth feel with a smooth finish. Another Vancouver Island favorite is Ampersand Gin. Established in 2011, this distillery is built on an organic farm in the Cowichan Valley. Its gin

is fashioned from locally grown organic botanicals and organic B.C. wheat. On the nose, the aromatic dry gin shows hints of juniper and lemon. The mouth feel is rich with a dry smooth finish. Enjoy it alone or in your favorite cocktail. How you prepare these flavourful island-crafted spirits is purely a matter of subjective taste. Do you like your martini shaken or

stirred? It’s entirely up to you. But here are some tips to create your perfect gin or vodka martini. Chill your glass for at least 10 minutes. Measure the gin and dry vermouth into your shaker before you add your ice. The rule of thumb is two parts spirits to one part vermouth, but this is where it’s all about your own particular preference. Play with it until you have perfected your version. Try adding a dash of olive or pickle juice. Fill the shaker half way with ice. Shake or stir vigorously until the outside of the shaker shows signs of frosty condensation. Strain your martini into your chilled glass. Garnish with a lemon twist (peel only), or toothpick-skewered olives or pickled onions. Some people like a cucumber slice or even a dill pickle. At Lucky’s Liquor Store in Country Club Centre at Nanaimo we take pride in supporting our local craft distillers. Boutique spirits from Vancouver Island distilleries include Arbutus, Merridale, Phillips Fermentorium, Still Master, Ampersand and Unruly. You’ll find them all at Lucky’s.

RECIPE

You want quick, easy and tasty? Drop a few hoisin-dijon chicken skewers on the grill ALISON LADMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sometimes we think too hard about the food we toss on the grill. Brine this, rub that, marinate for 12 days. Enough! For those days when you just want something simple and delicious to pop onto the grill and get to the table in under 30 minutes, this is your recipe. A savory-tangy sauce made from hoisin, Dijon mustard, rice vinegar and red pepper flakes mixes up in a flash and imparts big, bold flavour in no time. It also acts as a great dipping sauce once the chicken comes off the grill. As for the chicken itself, what to buy all comes down to how easy you want to make things. You can buy chicken breast tenders so that all you have to do is thread the meat onto the skewers. They cost a bit more, but the convenience might be worth it to you.

Or you can save a little cash and buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts, then thinly slice them into strips. It will take an extra 5 to 10 minutes, but you’ll save cash. Either way, it’s easy to turn these skewers into a complete meal. Make a giant salad tossed with a robust vinaigrette (something with berry jam whisked in), then pile the skewers over individual servings of the salad. ——— HOISIN-DIJON CHICKEN SKEWERS Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 6 3/4 cup hoisin sauce 1/3 cup Dijon mustard 1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar 3/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 pounds chicken tenders (or chicken breasts cut into thin strips) Kosher salt and ground black pepper

For days when you just want simple, hoisin-dijon chicken is your recipe. [AP PHOTO]

Count out the number of chicken strips you have, then soak an equal number of bamboo skewers in warm water for 15 minutes. Heat the grill to medium-high. In a small bowl, mix together

the hoisin sauce, mustard, vinegar and red pepper flakes. Divide the sauce into two portions, one for basting the raw chicken, another to serve with the chicken after it is cooked. Pat the chicken pieces dry with paper towels and season lightly with salt and pepper. Thread the chicken pieces onto the soaked skewers and brush all over with one portion of the hoisin mixture. Grill the chicken for two to three minutes per side, basting with more of the hoisin mixture as it cooks. As the skewers finish cooking, reaching 165 F at the thickest part, transfer them to a platter. Serve with the reserved sauce. Nutrition information per serving: 250 calories; 30 calories from fat (12 per cent of total calories); 3 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 90 mg cholesterol; 1020 mg sodium; 17 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 9 g sugar; 36 g protein.

Vitamin B12 is a nutrient essential to good health. The only foods that contain this vitamin naturally are foods that come from animal sources. Vitamin B12 is found in meat, fish, poultry, eggs and milk products. People who do not eat animal products may risk developing a vitamin B 12 deficiency unless they take a B12 supplement. Lack of vitamin B12 can lead to serious health problems. Like most vitamins, B12 is needed throughout the life cycle. It is an important component of healthy red blood cells and part of a healthy nervous system. Vitamin B12 is also necessary for normal functioning of all of the cells in the body. It is needed to help make DNA, the genetic material in all cells. Vitamin B12 is especially important in pregnancy. During pregnancy, women are encouraged to drink milk for calcium and to eat red meat for iron. Both of these foods are also excellent sources of vitamin B12. Prenatal vitamins will also provide additional vitamin B12. In infants and young children, vitamin B12 is essential for growth, brain development, learning, memory and intelligence. Children, who eat limited amounts of milk, eggs, or meat products, should be seen by a registered dietitian who can assess the need for a vitamin B12 supplement. Children and adults on strict vegetarian or vegan diets need to meet their requirements with vitamin B12 enriched foods or supplements. Fortified soy beverage, meatless deli slices or vegetarian wieners or soy burgers are good choices for people who do not eat animal products because they have vitamin B12 added. A type of yeast high in Vitamin B12 called Red Star T6635+ can be sprinkled on foods to increase Vitamin B12 intake. Some older adults lose their ability to digest vitamin B12 from food as they age. For others, vitamin B12 status could be low due to poor intake of B12 containing foods. It is a good idea for people who might be at risk to have their vitamin B12 levels assessed by a physician. For some, a healthy diet high in foods containing Vitamin B12 may be enough to reverse a deficiency. For others, it may be necessary to use supplements or vitamin B12 fortified foods to maintain a healthy vitamin B12 level. From the time of conception to the end of life, vitamin B12 is vital for good health. Choose a healthy diet that includes a variety of foods including those from animal sources. People who follow a strict vegan lifestyle should include foods fortified with Vitamin B12 or take a vitamin B12 supplement. » Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health program for Island Health. Reach her at eileen. bennewith@viha.ca.

FOOD FINDS

New take on backyard barbecue is a real peach of a find ELIZABETH KARMEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

If you are anything like me, you look forward to summer peaches all year. But unless you live near an orchard and can get them when they are at their best, even “fresh” summer peaches can be under-ripe. That’s mostly because the fruit is picked before it is ready in order to make it easier to transport. Trouble is, that means

peaches often disappoint when we bite into them. Luckily, the grill comes to the rescue! The heat of the grill intensifies the natural sugars in peaches — as well as other under-ripe fruit — as well as softens the flesh. The end result is a sweet, slightly caramelized and soft peach. Delicious! The key to grilling peaches is to cut them in half and remove the pits. You must brush the fruit all over with untoasted nut

oil or olive oil to keep the juices inside and prevent the fruit from drying out. For added flavour, you can replace the pit with a bit of flavoured butter (as I do in the recipe below), or sprinkle the cut side with a simple “dessert rub” of cinnamon, sugar and a pinch of salt. Other than that, there is little to know. Make sure the cooking grates are brushed clean and use a medium-low direct heat. Sugar — natural or added — burns quickly and any food with a high

sugar content requires a gentle, low heat. I love serving grilled peaches with vanilla ice cream and a pecan streusel topping that I bake similar to granola. It tastes like pie! But my favourite way is this recipe for grilled peaches with raspberry butter and amaretti cookie crumbs. Peach melba inspired the raspberry butter that I place inside each peach half to melt and sauce the peach. The addition of amaretto

deepens the flavour and adds a sophisticated side to the dish. The crumbled amaretti cookies echo the amaretto flavour and add a welcome crunch to the dessert that is made perfect by a small scoop of vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream. » Elizabeth Karmel is a barbecue and Southern foods expert. She is the chef and pitmaster at online retailer CarolinaCueToGo.com and author of three books, including “Taming the Flame.”

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