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Pollsters relieved they called election correctly

UN chief urges calm in Jerusalem A spate of almost daily Palestinian attacks against civilians and soldiers, most of which have involved stabbings, has caused panic across Israel. » Nation&World, 15

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After previous embarrassing gaffes, industry shows it remains relevant BRUCE CHEADLE THE CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA — Politicians like to say that the only poll that counts is the one on election day.

But the 11-week federal campaign that concluded Monday night with a resounding Liberal majority helped illustrate the power and persuasion of public opinion surveys in assisting the public to its final verdict.

And after a series of embarrassing election survey miscues in recent years, it’s fair to say the industry was breathing a collective sigh of relief Tuesday after getting Canada’s 42nd general election right.

“I think it was a pretty good night and it’s important for the industry to have a win,” Paul Adams, a former pollster and journalist who now teaches at Carleton University, said in an interview.

“By and large in this election, their role was not destructive, it was illuminating.”

Pollsters using widely diverging technology — from live telephone interviews to automated robocalls to online panels — all came remarkably close in the final weekend to nailing the exact outcome of the national balloting.

Out of more than 17.5 million ballots cast and counted, Elections Canada says Justin Tru-

“I think it was a pretty good night and it’s important for the industry to have a win.

By and large in this election, their role was not destructive, it was illuminating.”

Paul Adams, Carlton professor

deau’s Liberals claimed 39.5 per cent of the popular vote in winning an absolute majority of 184 seats in the 338-seat House of Commons.

The Conservatives finished with 31.9 per cent of the popular vote and 99 seats, while New Democrats earned 19.7 per cent of the vote and 44 seats.

Voter turnout was 69.49 per cent, seven points higher than the last federal election in 2011 and the best turnout since 1993.

That higher voter turnout may have helped pollsters’ accuracy, since divining which survey respondents will actually show up to cast a ballot is one of the most vexing conundrums in predicting actual outcomes.

“I was marvelling at the fact that 17.5 million Canadians voted and most of these polls

are samples of 1,000,” said pollster Lorne Bozinoff of Forum Research. “Can you imagine a thousand people speaking for 17 million? But it did seem to work.”

But polling over the 78-day campaign was about more than simply predicting the outcome.

In a very real sense, the ongoing surveys helped drive and shape the outcome.

NDP campaign operatives were alarmed when media stories at the beginning of October began chronicling a noticeable softening in the party’s support, as measured by a number of different surveys. Liberals, by contrast, were acutely aware as the campaign began that, as the third-place party in a tight, three-way race, they were highly vulnerable to even the appearance of any minor slippage in the polls.

The election was always going to be about which opposition alternative could present itself as the vehicle to remove Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives from office.

Elly Alboim, the head of strategic communications at Earnscliffe Strategy Group, said polling had particular resonance in Canada’s 42nd general election because of the overwhelming desire for change among two thirds of the electorate.

“You saw that once the polling established a gap or separation between the parties, it accelerated the gap because people started flocking to the default agent of change,” said Alboim.

The bandwagon effect, which clearly helped the Liberals, is not a mark against election surveys, he said.

“If a large part of the country collectively reached the decision they were going to vote negatively this time — if the impulse was to get rid of Mr. Harper and his government —they have a right to do that, obviously. And the polling is the way they gauge who’s the most appropriate person to vote for.”

The crucial point is that in order to make a properly informed choice, the public needs reliably accurate polling data.

That point is key, said Nik Nanos of Nanos Research.

Pollsters are often held up to an unfair standard, he said, because their media client requires a final election survey in time for its Saturday edition.

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Liberal win raises questions for foot ferry Concerns that application under Tories for $14M infrastructure funds for project may now be in jeopardy sector investors the company is depending on to provide the remaining needed capital for the $70-million project.

As to the change of government, Marshall said he’s “not going to try to second-guess” what will happen now. Even with the federal support, the company needs another $5 million for the project to finally go ahead, and “we didn’t put down our tools while awaiting the election results,” Marshall said. “We have been working other avenues.”

Sheila Malcolmson, MP-elect for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, said she would advocate for the project on behalf of taxpayers.

“If it remains a the top of city council’s list, I will be continuing to encourage the federal government to provide the infrastructure funding required,” Malcolmson said.

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Supporters of Nanaimo-Vancouver foot passenger service want to know if the Liberals will live up to the outgoing government’s funding promises.

John Duncan, a longtime Conservative MP and candidate for the new riding of Courtenay-Alberni, announced in September Island Ferries’ Building Canada Fund grant application would be approved.

The company applied for $14 million from the federally-administered infrastructure program. Then came Monday’s Liberal election victory.

“It’s obvious it’s a setback for a project that was promised funding,” said Charlie Parker, vice-chairman of Nanaimo Economic Development Corp.’s board of directors.

“This potentially raises the question of: Will they, or won’t they?”

Victoria-based Island Ferry Services Ltd. proposes to put two vessels on a route serving downtown Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver.

Island Ferries proposes to run two 38-metre fast ferries, the Island Tenacity and Island Friendship that could make the crossing in 68 minutes, travelling at about 37 knots.

Bob Lingwood, managing director of Island Ferry Services Ltd., pictured with a model of one of the ferries for a proposed service between Nanaimo and Vancouver. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]

The ships are currently in Singapore.

Industrial property at 1 Port Drive, next to the existing Gabriola BC Ferries terminal downtown was acquired by the city of Nanaimo, with a 20-year lease agreement drafted last year. One-way fares would be in the

range of between $20 and $39.

Island Ferries signed a $67,000-a-year, 20-year lease agreement with the city last year, but Bill Corsan, city manager of real estate, said the lease terms were not met, and the lease is no longer in effect.

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Island Ferries has been working for a number of years to pull together all the funding needed for the project.

David Marshall, director of operations for Island Ferries, said the $14 million would be sufficient to secure the confidence of private

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Hadfield thrills Hub City It’s not hard to see why his popularity has been rising like a rocket SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

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he first Canadian to walk in space brought plenty of gravitas to a sold-out Port Theatre in Nanaimo last night.

Col. Chris Hadfield, also the first Canadian to command the International Space Station, brought a spellbound audience along with him on his journey from a stargazSpencer ing nine-year-old Anderson who watched Neil Armstrong Reporting take humanity’s first steps on the moon, to a crack fighter pilot and then pioneering astronaut.

The globe-circling Hadfield has become symbol of pride for Canada, as well as a bestselling author, in-demand speaker and musician.

It was not hard to see why his popularity has been on a rocket-like trajectory in recent years.

The multi-media presentation was energized with a level of detail and insight that combined a down-toearth, understated sense of humour for devastating effect.

“I’ll show you some pictures of this trip I went on,” said Hadfield, eliciting gales of laughter across the room.

He has made the trip to space three times. Each excursion came with a one in 38 chance of dying, he said.

Hadfield described the astronauts’ climb into the shuttle in full space suits prior to take-off, moving carefully not to hit one of hundreds of switches in the control panels.

“You’re constantly saying to one another, ‘OK, what’s the next thing that’s going to kill us,’” he said.

Hadfield described the ascent in a space shuttle: “It is incredibly powerful. There is nothing like this machine. It burns fuel at 12 tonnes a second.”

Chris Hadfield concluded his talk in Nanaimo Tuesday night by playing a couple of his songs. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

“Or, I guess if it was a Volkswagen, it would be eight tonnes a second,” he added, prompting further guffaws.

“When the big white rockets light up, you are going somewhere for sure.”

Earlier in the day, Hadfield had made a stop at Vancouver Island University and described to students the sensation of exiting a

spacecraft and stepping out into space for the first time. He used a toilet stall as an example.

“Imagine if you got up off the toilet and walked out of the stall and you were standing on Mt. Everest,” he said.

“It’s so visually powerful that it stops thought.”

Hadfield, who learned to fly at air cadets before he could drive,

looks ordinary enough. The mustachioed, slim-framed 56-year-old could be your doctor, mechanic or grocer.

But beneath his unassuming exterior is a man who has worked his entire life to reach into space, and who brought millions along with him through videos and posts to Twitter while he was aboard the ISS.

Hadfield co-wrote the song “Is Somebody Singing” with Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson. In 2013, while Hadfield was still aboard the ISS, he joined 700,000 students around the country as they sang the song in unison.

He stressed the importance of instilling big ideas in young minds.

“That will probably echo more than anything (else) I’ve done in my entire life,” he said of the experience.

Hadfield gave a similar answer at VIU, when one student asked him why he felt it was important to visit universities.

“When I was a kid, there were no Canadian astronauts to ask questions to,” he said.

Hadfield ended the show with a song on stage, including a rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” A video Hadfield recorded of him performing the song aboard the ISS has been viewed more than 28.6 million times on YouTube.

He said the views on the video correlated with a huge spike in visits to the NASA website, and repeated his call to challenge and inspire young minds to reach their full potential.

Hadfield took questions from the audience at the end of the show, including one from a little girl who wanted to know if one could eat ice cream in space. (The answer was yes).

Another audience member asked Hadfield how to go about achieving excellence in life.

Hadfield replied the best way was to define perfection for oneself, and then make little decisions every day in that direction.

“To me, that’s what life is about.

Don’t belittle little decisions in your life. They are your life.”

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Strategic plan to precede budget CANDACE WU PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

What comes first: the strategic plan or the budget? According to Regional District of Nanaimo director Bill Veenhof, the answer should be the strategic plan.

Veenhof brought forward a motion at last week’s committee of the whole RDN meeting to see the board approve a new strategic plan before approving the 2016 budget

and supporting five year financial plan.

The board approved the motion.

“The strategic plan should define the budget,” said Veenhof. “The core question is who gets to set the agenda?”

Veenhof explains the RDN board is currently working under a strategic plan approved by the previous board in 2012.

“I think the agenda should be set by the serving board and con-

stituents who elected them,” he said. “Things change — and the priorities of the directors and constituents who elected them also change. We don’t live in a static environment. We are either spectators of it all, or we seize it and deal with it. The strategic plan is the right place to do that.”

Municipal budgets are approved in spring, and Veenhof is hoping to have the strategic plan in front of the board before that time.

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ELECTION AFTERMATH

Preliminary results

Several factors raise voter turnout

VICTORIA Murray Rankin (NDP) 30,147 Jo-Ann Roberts (Green) 23,577 Cheryl Thomas (Liberal) 8,482 John Rizzuti (Conservative) 8,425 Art Lowe (Libertarian) 528 Jordan Reichert (Animal Alliance/ Environment Voters) 198 Saul Andersen (independent) 121 Voter turnout: 71,478 of 92,574 registered electors (77.21 %) ESQUIMALT-SAANICH-SOOKE Randall Garrison (NDP) 23,816 David Merner (Liberal) 18,573 Frances Litman (Green) 13,578 Shari Lukens (Conservative) 11,885 Tyson Strandlund (Communist) 135 Voter turnout: 67,987 of 89,523 (75.94 %) SAANICH-GULF ISLANDS Elizabeth May (Green) 37,076 Robert Boyd (Conservative) 13,263 Tim Kane (Liberal) 11,430 Alicia Cormier (NDP) 6,181 Meghan Jess Porter (Libertarian) 268 Voter turnout: 68,218 of 85,839 (79.47 %) COWICHAN-MALAHAT-LANGFORD Alistair MacGregor (NDP) 21,028 Luke Krayenhoff (Liberal) 14,068 Martin Barker (Conservative) 13,633 Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi (Green) 10,023 Alastair Haythornthwaite (Marxist-Leninist) 263 Voter turnout: 59,015 of 80,298 (73.49 %) NANAIMO-LADYSMITH Sheila Malcolmson (NDP) 22,106 Tim Tessier (Liberal) 15,836 Mark MacDonald (Conservative) 15,602 Paul Manly (Green) 13,163 Jack East (Marxist-Leninist) 119 Voter turnout: 66,826 of 93,578 (71.41 %) COURTENAY-ALBERNI Gord Johns (NDP) 26,595 John Duncan (Conservative) 19,631 Carrie Powell-Davidson (Liberal) 15,166 Glenn Sollitt (Green) 8,190 Barbara Biley (Marxist-Leninist) 137 Voter turnout: 69,719 of 90,998 (76.62 %) NORTH ISLAND POWELL RIVER Rachel Blaney (NDP) 22,836 Laura Smith (Conservative) 14,960 Peter Schwarzhoff (Liberal) 14,527 Brenda Sayers (Green) 4,749 Voter turnout: 57,072 of 80,730 (70.69 %)

More than 71% turned up to cast their ballot in the new Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding JULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS

Higher voter turnout on Vancouver Island for Monday’s election, as well as both provincially and federally, can be attributed to a number of factors, one of which was a climate in which voting became more politicized, says a local political science professor.

More than 71 per cent of eligible voters turned up to cast their ballot in the new Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding, up from a 67.7 percent turnout previously when it was the Nanaimo-Alberni riding.

Across Vancouver Island those numbers were reflected in every riding, with none dipping below a 70-per-cent voter turnout. Saanich-Gulf Islands voter turnout was at just below 80 per cent. This held true for the entire province, with 2,350,701 voters counted in B.C. — that averaged out to about 70 per cent, up significantly from a 59 per cent turnout in 2011.

“A lot of things occurred. To begin with, the Fair Elections Act that was very controversial, it made people think about the insecurity of being able to vote, so voting itself was politicized a year before the election,” said Alexander Netherton, who teaches Canadian and Comparative Politics at VIU. “I think the election was also seen as a kind of referendum on the Conservative record, and I think it was initially posed that way by the Conservative government going into the election, that they wanted to have a renewal of what they were doing before, to stick to their plan.

That inevitably led the election into the notion of, ‘What do we think about the Conservative government over a period of time?’ That was the Conservative intent and it kind of backfired on them.”

Another crucial piece for higher turnout was engagement of voters who had previously felt marginalized.

Sheila Malcolmson speaks to her supporters Monday night after winning the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding.

More than 71 per cent of eligible voters turned out in the riding. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

The power of youth and indigenous voters cannot be underestimated, said Netherton.

The NDP ran 22 indigenous candidates and the Liberals 18.

Of these, a record ten indigenous candidates were elected, including prominent former B.C. Assembly of First Nations chief Jody Wilson-Raybould.

“The NDP for example had a record number of indigenous candidates,

women candidates, than in any other election in Canadian history, so it really was kind of a broader election because it was basically brought to the electorate in terms of assessing the years of Conservative governance, and that brought out a lot more of the electorate,” said Netherton.

The trend of higher voter turnouts was also reflected federally, with more than 68 per cent of voters hit-

ting the polls versus 61.1 per cent in 2011.

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Mountie honoured for role in saving Gord Fuller’s life JULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS

Back to full health after a heart attack earlier this year that nearly killed him, Nanaimo city councillor Gord Fuller still takes time to reflect on the extraordinary chain of events that saved his life.

Fuller recently had the opportunity to thank one of the men who was instrumental to his survival, Const. Jocelyn Picard, who was presented with the Officer in Charge Certificate of Appreciation on Friday for performing lifesaving CPR on Fuller.

On the morning of Jan. 25 Fuller was found at a red light, slumped over the wheel of the van he was driving.

Randy Cobb, an old acquaintance, was in the vehicle behind Fuller and

pulled him from the car to begin CPR. It was then that Picard came across the men while on general duty, quickly assessed the situation, determined that Fuller was not breathing and took over CPR for more approximately 10 minutes until he was relieved by attending paramedics.

“He was one of a number of people that saved my life. Literally,” said Fuller, who has since resumed his duties as city councillor.

“You can call is karma, divine intervention, whatever, but everything just lined up perfectly for me to survive. I think if one item had not happened the way it happened I wouldn’t be here right now.”

Though officers are trained to know CPR, they don’t always end up using that skill in the course of a career,

said Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Const. Gary O’Brien.

The continued efforts of Picard to stabilize Fuller were essential to his survival, said O’Brien, and consistent with RCMP training, which is to perform CPR consistently until paramedics arrive.

“I’m eternally in everyone’s debt who helped me out that day, it’s not just Constable Picard, it’s the emergency room nurses and doctors, just everybody. It just blows me away,” said Fuller.

Superintendent Mark Fisher, officer in charge of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment, was on-hand Friday to present Picard with his award.

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Gord Fuller, left, attends the award ceremony for Const. Jocelyn Picard, who was honoured for performing CPR on Fuller following a heart attack. The award was presented by Supt. Mark Fisher, right.

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OUR VIEW

Canadians should expect to see some big changes soon

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While the wave of post-election euphoria is still sweeping over much of the country, in short order it will be time to get back to business.

It promises to be an interesting time of change, for all the political parties.

As we all know now, Justin Trudeau is returning to 24 Sussex Drive, completing the first father-son dynasty in Canada’s federal government history. Trudeau’s Liberals rolled to a majority victory Monday night following an absurdly long campaign.

The Liberals claimed 184 seats in the expanded 338-seat House of Commons, becoming the first ever to vault directly from third party status to government.

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As the prime minister-designate, Trudeau’s first moves will be highly scrutinized.

He ran on a platform that in part promised raising taxes on higher-income Canadians and giving tax cuts to the middle class. And Trudeau indicated earlier this month that tax cuts for the middle-class would be his government’s first legislation after election day.

The international community seemed to welcome Trudeau’s victory. How will he react on the world stage? What will become of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal?

Climate change? First Nations? Infrastructure spending? China?

Trudeau has also promised to change our voting system, from the current first-past-the-post probably to a form of proportional representa-

tion. Like the Conservatives before them, the Liberals’ got their mandate by getting the most seats, not the most voters.

The list of tasks at hand is long and the honeymoon period promises to be a short one.

As we mentioned yesterday, the final election results were in large part spurred on by an overwhelming desire of Canadians for change. Tired of a decade of the Stephen Harper Conservatives, the voters spoke, and spoke loudly, at the ballot box.

Harper has already indicated he will step aside as party leader, meaning significant change may be in the offing for the Tories. Who will be the new leader? (B.C. Premier Christy Clark’s name was just one of many bandied about on Tuesday.) Will their be a significant change in methodol-

ogy, or will they double down on the core values rejected by many voters on Monday?

For the NDP, the result surely also signifies a time of change. Suggested front-runners (according to the always-reliable pollsters) when the writ was dropped on Aug. 2, Tom Mulcair’s team managed just 44 seats, a crushing disappointment and a steep drop from the 2011 results when the NDP made big gains, now lost, in Quebec.

While the Orange Crush continued on Vancouver Island (winners included Sheila Malcolmson in Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Gord Johns in Courtenay-Alberni) the step back elsewhere cannot be viewed as a positive. What becomes of Mulcair?

The results also had to be disappointing for the Green Party,

winners of only one seat (respected leader Elizabeth May in Saanich-Gulf Islands) and recipients of just 3.5 per cent of the popular vote nationwide.

Even in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, with a strong candidate (Paul Manly), a very well-orchestrated campaign and plenty of funds raised, they still finished fourth.

Canada is in for a big shift after a decade of Conservative rule.

Glass half-empty or glass half-full?

Some very big questions for all involved, which makes for some fascinating times ahead.

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» YOUR LETTERS // EMAIL: YOURLETTERS@NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM People simply got sick of divisive comments It seems that some folks never learn. While it became apparent that the local Conservative candidate was in over his head, it was still disappointing to read his post-election comments (as reported in this paper). He spoke of the doom to come because he and his party were rejected at the polls. Contrast that to the other unsuccessful candidates who recognized that some situations call for a little class.

People simply got sick of hearing mean-spirited, divisive comments and seeing strategies designed to pit Canadians against one another in a climate of fear. While no doubt we will have to read endlessly from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (the four letter writers from Gabriola, Duncan, Nanoose, and Nanaimo), at least we expect to be scared near Halloween.

I am not a Liberal, but today the sun is out and I feel a little more positive than I have in a long time. I might even cheer for the Blue Jays!

Rick Monaghan Nanaimo

Top Tories should have had Harper step down As a Conservative, as I watched the destruction of the party, the only solace I got was the destruction of the NDP. The Liberals and Justin Trudeau showed that they still have the ability to win. Trudeau surprised many with his strength in the debates and his leadership.

Harper disappointed many who saw that his arrogance in not making himself available for more than five questions at the debates and all party rallies.

Mulcair’s personal hate of Harper was obvious without a bit of decorum, and showed him as a bitter person which I am sure cost them

votes. The gutless senior ministers and MPs should have insisted Harper step down as leader after the Duffy/ Wallin scandal. Instead they let their constituents down and quit before the election, running away with their big pensions.

Once more the socialists on Vancouver Island probably placed us at the bottom of the list for federal funds.

The Green party proved to be no threat and I predict that May will join the Liberals in the near future as her personal political ambitions will out weigh her party loyalty.

Gardo D. Gurr Nanaimo

City needs to look into school closure issue I attended a public meeting on Oct. 8 about the closure of Rutherford Elementary School and was neither satisfied with the presentation nor the solutions.

The unilateral decision by the school board to deny transportation to 134 students from Rutherford School to Frank Ney School, a distance of 2.5 kilometres, is a disaster.

High traffic congestion will result along Hammond Bay Road, which will reduce property values and limit access.

The City of Nanaimo needs to

become involved because this is larger than a school closure and the use of public (our) funds need to be optimized.

B.V. Hagen Nanaimo

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BUSINESS NOTES News from the Nanaimo and area business community

Shyly Harder captures national styling award including more than 20 logging trucks and a 2003 Madill grapple yarder.

Bidders can participate in person, online at rbauction.com or by proxy.

“This is our second sale on Vancouver Island this year and it’s really exciting to be back,” said Adam Pruss, regional sales manager.

The auction begins at 9 a.m.

Robert Barron Reporting

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he Cutting Room Creative’s Candice Shyly Harder has won national recognition for her hairstyling abilities.

Shyly Harder, who has worked at the Cutting Room for five years, took home the bronze award for Canada in the prestigious Goldwell Trend Zoom Challenge 2015, held recently in Toronto.

She earned silver in the competition in 2013 and said she intends to keep competing until she earns gold and moves on to international competitions.

Shyly Harder said the challenge’s organizers send a current “trend” to hairstylists across the country every year and they use it as inspiration to develop their own unique hairstyles.

“Mine was a traditional haircut with rebel colours, including green red and pink,” she said.

“I’m thrilled that I did well this year, but I want to win gold.”

Business expo The Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce will present the 8th Annual Business Expo on Thursday

Canada Day 150

The Cutting Room Creative’s Candice Shyly Harder recently received the bronze award for Canada in the Goldwell Trend Zoom Challenge 2015. Pictured is Shyly Harder styling Sarah MacKay’s hair Tuesday. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]

at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre. Sponsored by Coastal Community Credit Union, the trade show will host up to 100 businesses showcasing their wares.

Prior to the trade show, which will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and is free to attend, the chamber will host a luncheon with author, busi-

ness coach and consultant Clemens Rettich offering his keynote address “This is The Best Time to Start a Small Business.”

“It’s all about strengthening business friendships and introducing new businesses to the community,” said Kim Smythe, the chamber’s CEO, of the trade show.

EDUCATION

Public auction The Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, will hold an unreserved public auction at the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf on Oct. 26.

More than 285 equipment items and trucks will be sold at the auction,

Planning for Canada Day 150 celebrations in 2017 in Nanaimo are already underway.

Canada’s 150th birthday celebration in Nanaimo will run over 10 days with the kickoff on National Aboriginal Day, followed by Multicultural Day, and building up to the finale on Canada Day. A committee has been formed for community engagement, programs, activities, and funding. The committee held a meeting recently with more than 25 agencies to begin the planning process.

“We created a vision that day, turned it into an idea and now have an action plan for Canada’s 150th birthday in Nanaimo to be an event to remember.” says Wally Wells and Diana Johnston, committee co-chairs. » Send your interesting business notes to reporter Robert Barron by phone at 250-729-4234 or via emails at Robert.Barron@nanaimodailynews.com

TOURISM

Nanaimo-Ladysmith enrolment Nanaimo bar trail in numbers continue to plummet the national spotlight ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Enrolment in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district continues to decline overall, but some schools are seeing growth.

The district’s secretary treasurer Graham Roberts recently provided the school board a preliminary enrolment analysis for schools and programs in Nanaimo-Ladysmith.

Roberts said as of Sept. 30, there are 13,593 students registered in the district, 134 less than last year and significantly less than the approximately 16,000 that were enrolled in the district a decade ago.

But at 7,480 students, the district’s elementary schools have 322 more students than last year, with the largest enrolment growth in Ladysmith.

Other elementary schools in the district that experienced significant enrolment increases this year include McGirr, Fairview and Departure Bay schools.

The losses in enrolment in Nanaimo-Ladysmith come partly at the secondary level, with the district’s high schools reporting their

“He is investigating why some of the numbers are what they are, including why enrolment in the learning alternative programs is down so much this year.”

Dale Burgos, district spokesman

preliminary enrolment at 4,983 students this year, which is down 164 from last year.

As well, enrolment in the district’s learning alternatives programs, which include Continuing Ed, VAST, Learn@Home K-7 and 8-12, is 770 students this year, an overall decrease of 292 students compared to last year.

There are a number of reasons for the ongoing enrolment decline in the district, including demographics in that average family sizes have decreased over the past few decades all across North America.

The growing popularity of private

schooling and home schooling are also factors.

District spokesman Dale Burgos said it’s “nice to see” enrolment is up at some elementary schools.

He said the enrolment information will be used by the district as it moves forward with its facilities plan, which is calling for a number of school closures and consolidations as Nanaimo-Ladysmith continues to face declining enrolment and financial difficulties.

“Graham Roberts said at the meeting that he is investigating why some of the numbers are what they are, including why enrolment in the learning alternative programs is down so much this year, and provide that information at a future meeting,” Burgos said.

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The Nanaimo Bar Trail fell under the spotlight of national television earlier this month.

On Oct. 2, Chelsea Tunnell, chef at Mon Petit Choux bakery travelled to Toronto to appear on CTV’s Canada AM, where she told the history of the Nanaimo bar and demonstrated her recipe for the treat.

“It was so much fun,” said Tunnell.

The following day, writer Marie-Julie Gagnon featured the Nanaimo Bar Trail on her weekly travel show on ICI Radio Canada.

The sweet, custard-filled chocolate desert has received prominent coverage in media, and it’s no accident.

Tourism Nanaimo has been actively promoting Nanaimo by attending special media pitching sessions, where promoters suggest story ideas to travel writers and broadcast media scouts.

“It’s a great opportunity for Nanaimo to get some exposure in the market, in a way we couldn’t traditionally afford,” said Chelsea Barr, destination marketing officer with Tourism Nanaimo.

“To buy an ad on TV on a program like that would have a huge cost associated with it,” Barr said.

“With this we have an opportunity to feature the Nanaimo bar as a story piece, as opposed to traditional marketing.”

It’s about driving new tourism traffic to Nanaimo. While many people are familiar with the Nanaimo bar, fewer know of its city of origin.

“It’s a positive association with Nanaimo,” Barr said.

Tourism Nanaimo is now making regular trips to pitch sessions, and this suggests it’s paying off.

The Nanaimo Bar Trail was also shown Oct. 12 on the Food Network’s Food Network Visits Vancouver Island for Canada’s Great Canadian Cookbook. It’s part of its West Coast Food Fest show, season one, episode three.

The five-minute segment on Nanaimo made it one of only three city shown, the others being Tofino and Victoria.

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Skiers not required to wear safety helmets ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Skiers on Mount Washington, and most other ski hills in B.C., will not be required to wear safety helmets during the upcoming winter season.

That’s despite a recommendation

by B.C. coroner Timothy Wiles who recently called for the use of helmets on ski hills in the province to be mandatory. Wiles wrote in a report into the November, 2013, death of a 16-year-old snowboarder who suffered a traumatic brain injury that helmets may significantly reduce injury and mortality rates.

There are currently no law on safety regulations for ski or snowboard headgear on the province’s ski hills.

But Intrawest Resorts in B.C., including Whistler and Blackcomb, made it mandatory in 2009 for all children in its ski and snowboard programs and for all students in its terrain parks, regardless of their age, to wear safety helmets.

Don Sharpe, Mount Washington’s director of business operations, said approximately 90 per cent of the resort’s adult skiers already wear helmets by their own choice, and up to

99 per cent of children under 14 use them as well.

“There are no extra charge for kids taking lessons at Mount Washington to be provided with helmets,” Sharpe said.

“Unlike other sports like biking, most skiers tend to wear helmets for protection while on the slopes without making it mandatory, and we have no plans at this time to do so.”

Sharpe said Mount Washington takes direction from the Canada West Ski Areas Association, the representative body for the ski resorts in Western Canada, regarding the use of helmets on the slopes.

The association recently released an on-mountain survey of skiers and boarders that indicates helmet use skyrocketed from 32 per cent in 2003 to 86 per cent in 2015 and that it continues to climb.

“The association does recommend the use of helmets, but leaves it to the skiers to decide to use them,” Sharpe said.

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Young skiers at Mount Washington, all sporting helmets. [MOUNT WASHINGTON PHOTO]

COMOX VALLEY

Grocery chain racks Conservation officers forced to up series of awards put down bear in residential area ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Winning awards is not new to the Vancouver Island-based Quality Foods grocery store chain.

Quality Foods, which has 12 locations, including three in Nanaimo, won a number of awards at the annual Independent Grocer of the Year Awards ceremony, held earlier this month in Toronto.

The location in Nanaimo’s University Village Shopping Centre in Harewood won national gold in the Master Merchandiser category for a store of its size.

Courtenay’s Quality Foods store in the Driftwood Mall also won gold in the same category at the ceremony, and Campbell River’s Quality Foods location received a Platinum Achievement Award for 10 consecutive years of various CFIG awards since it opened in Merecroft Village.

This year’s honours are the latest in a series for the company.

Last year, the three founding partners of Quality Foods, John Briuolo, Ken Schley and Noel Hayward, were presented with the prestigious Life Member Award by the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers.

The trio were officially recognized for the achievement, which is awarded to a grocer who has demonstrated a commitment to the industry through their hard work and community involvement, at the Grocery Innovations Canada 2014 festivities in Toronto.

“They are committed to exceptional service and our unique brand of shopping, and that filters down to our customers who shop in our stores.”

Rob MacKay, QF spokesman

As well, Quality Foods’ Parksville store was the judge’s favourite in the medium store category of the Master Merchandiser Awards last year, winning the gold across Canada.

In addition, all 11 Island Quality Foods stores received an Award of Merit from judges who visited all applicants across all Canadian provinces and territories.

Quality Foods spokesman Rob MacKay said the high number of awards and accolades “reflects the quality of the people” who work for the chain.

“They are committed to exceptional service and our unique brand of shopping, and that filters down to our customers who shop at our stores,” MacKay said.

Quality Foods, which began with one store in Qualicum Beach in 1982, employs approximately 850 people.

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SCOTT STANFIELD COMOX VALLEY RECORD

Weekends are normally quiet in The Record’s neighbourhood in the 700-block of McPhee Avenue in Courtenay.

But around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, a large black bear appeared in the lot next door.

After sniffing around for several minutes, the bear crossed McPhee and walked down the sidewalk on Eighth Avenue before slipping into a narrow space between two houses.

It wound up in a backyard, and again sniffed the ground for several minutes.

The bear then went to a neighbouring yard which had an apple tree, into which it climbed.

The conservation service was alerted to the situation. Attending officers had no choice but to put the bear down.

Allison Brown happened upon the scene while driving in the area with her son. Before Saturday’s incident, she notes the animal had been sleeping in a yard nearby on Menzies Avenue. “(The conservation officer) said that it had been in the neighbourhood for the last month, and that he had to put him down because he was a threat to people because he’s not scared of people any more,” Brown said.

“He said, ‘Look how close you are to him. You’re only six feet away from him, and he’s not afraid of you.’

“My son was very upset because it got put down, but he understood

This bear appeared next door to the ‘Comox Valley Record’ in the afternoon on Saturday. [SCOTT STANFIELD/COMOX VALLEY RECORD]

that it had to get put down.”

The attending officer was not available for comment by press time because he was dealing with another

bear at a Cumberland residence.

Anyone who sees a bear is encouraged to call the 24-hour reporting line at 1-877-952-7277.

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Counselling and canines prove to be a good mix for young students School has incorporated therapy dogs into program; very pleased with results TERRY FARRELL COMOX VALLEY RECORD

Canine therapy has gained popularity and momentum throughout the world in recent decades.

From individuals dealing with post traumatic stress disorder, to those with autism, the concept of service dogs has grown exponentially from the days of seeing eye dogs.

Therapy dogs being used in schools is yet another angle.

A school in Comox has incorporated therapy dogs into a counselling program.

The Taking the Lead Program at École Au-cœur-de-l’île is into its third year, and the results have been everything Mariane Salvail had hoped for when she first introduced the concept, at the start of the 2013-2014 school year.

Salvail is a teacher and behavioural specialist at the school.

She said the idea for the program came about through discussions with her personal dog trainer, Carrie Lumsden, of K9 Kind.

“I had a (student) who was accepted to the horse therapy program (Comox Valley Therapeutic Riding Society) but he was terrified of horses,” said Salvail.

“He really needed some support.

So I was trying to find something, and he loved dogs. So I thought if we could teach this boy how to train dogs, it might help. That’s really how the program started.”

Lumsden comes to the school every Friday afternoon, with her Great Pyrenees, Chay, to participate in the program. Chay is a St. John’s Ambulance certified therapy dog.

One purpose of the Taking the Lead Program is to offer students a way to deal with anxiety issues.

The program comprises groups of four children, along with Salvail and Lumsden.

Salvail will counsel two students while Lumsden works with two other in a dog training session. Then they switch students.

“I take them aside and do some counselling, using the ‘Virtues Program.’ That’s just a way of talking about good things.

“Right now we are discussing generosity. How does it feel . . . how they can be generous with their family, with their peers. And then Carrie

Man found dead is identified by coroner Joseph Patrick Bernie has been identified as the man found dead in Fulford Creek on Saturday evening, and police now say they believe he was murdered.

“Based on the findings of both the BC Coroners Service and the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit, investigators now believe that the death

◆ CAMPBELL RIVER

RCMP use Taser to help save women’s life Campbell River RCMP officers had to intervene with a Taser, to prevent a woman from killing herself with a knife early Monday.

At 2:20 a.m., Campbell River RCMP responded to a call to assist BC Ambulance Service Paramedics at a residence on the Island Highway.

When they got there, police found a woman holding a knife and making threats to harm herself, said Cpl. Gord Hay of the Campbell River RCMP. During their attempts to de-escalate the situation, the officers made multiple requests for the woman to drop the knife, which she ignored.

When the woman began to “actively harm herself,” Hay said, an officer on scene deployed the Taser, which caused the woman to drop the knife, allowing officers to safely apprehend her under the Mental Health Act. She was subsequently taken to the Campbell River General Hospital for medical care.

The woman did not suffer any injuries as a result of the officers’ physical intervention, Hay said, but was treated for non-life-threatening, self-inflicted injuries.

◆ COMOX Students at école Au-cœur-de-l’île in Comox participate in an innovative program called Taking the Lead, which combines counselling and canine therapy. [TERRY FARRELL/COMOX VALLEY RECORD]

works her magic with the dogs. So they get a little bit of both (counselling and therapy).”

Students are selected for the program based on school base team meetings, involving various faculty members.

School base team meetings are held periodically throughout the school year and input from the meetings is used to determine whether a student is a good fit for the program, and vice versa.

Currently there are 11 students in the program.

“There is only so much time allotted to us by the school, so we have to limit the numbers,” said Lumsden.

One of the most critical benefits of the Taking the Lead Program is the level of confidence achieved by the participants.

“For some of the kids, it’s that they don’t feel successful, and with the dogs, it gives them something, that they do, once a week, that they are good at,” said Salvail.

And it’s not just in class. The students are offered the opportunity to participate in the school’s Christmas concert, where they can show off their handling techniques with the dogs.

“Just that show, last year, there were probably three of those kids who would have never done anything like that before,” said Salvail.

Special events like the Christmas concert contribute to the increase in confidence, as it gives the Taking the Lead students a measure of “star power” among their peers.

“The others will come up to them and say ‘wow, that was amazing. How did you do that?’ And that’s really good for my kids, because they are the kids that need that. They aren’t on the sports teams; they aren’t the glamour kids of the school. So it’s very important.”

Lumsden said the success of the program is not surprising to her.

“I am not surprised with how well it has been received,” she

said. “People are really supportive of it, and there is all this research on it now that shows how animals have such a positive impact. I think people are much more open to it now, because of that.

Salvail said the program is available to the students for as long as they want to be a part of it. Some have been in the program since its inception, while others have moved on.

“I actually had one little boy who said he didn’t want to be in the program anymore because he felt he was missing out too much, on other things in the school. For me, that was a big success, because he was originally in the program because he couldn’t focus. To think he didn’t need us anymore, and that he was choosing the classroom instead of the dogs, it was like, wow.

“So clearly it does have an effect on these kids. I am not about to pull the kids out of the program unless they ask to. If we get too many kids, we will deal with it.”

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of 45-year-old Salt Spring Island resident Joseph Patrick Bernie involved foul play,” states an RCMP press release.

A cause of death has not yet been released in order to protect the integrity of the criminal investigation.

“We’re conscious of the impact this death has had on Joseph’s family, and the broader community on Salt Spring Island,” states Sgt. George Jenkins, Detachment Commander of the Salt Spring RCMP. — GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

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Many pleads not guilty on murder charges The 41-year-old man facing second-degree murder charges relating to the death of 23-year-old Courtenay resident Kevin Burns will make his next appearance by video Oct. 29.

Shane Stanford appeared by video in a Courtenay courtroom Thursday morning for the incident which occurred Aug. 11 around 10:30 p.m. in downtown Courtenay.

Crown counsel said there is a lot of disclosure evidence still outstanding, and suggested to fix a focus hearing for the murder charge.

A focus hearing is generally held before a preliminary inquiry with the goal of clarifying what will and won’t be done at a preliminary inquiry.

Stanford, who is known to police with at least four other files from this year including assault of a peace officer and possession of stolen property, will appear by video.

He has entered not guilty pleas for all charges.

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POLITICS

Deficit not part of plans for B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s mayors are expected to jump in line for some of the cash Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberals have promised to put toward rebuilding Canada’s crumbling infrastructure.

But local politicians looking for the province to match federal funds may be sorely disappointed. The federal Liberals won 17 seats in B.C. and many of those newly minted MPs may soon join their municipal counter-

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Man hospitalized after being hit by gunfire A 55-year-old man remains in hospital with critical gunshot wounds after an attack near Enderby.

RCMP Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says it happened at about 5:15 p.m.

Monday on the outskirts of city, about 35 kilometres north of Vernon.

The name of the victim has not been released but Noseworthy says he knew his attacker and that the shooting was targeted.

She says a 58-year-old man was arrested a short time later.

The suspect remains in custody but charges have not been laid.

Investigators have not commented on a motive for the shooting.

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Firm to buy water rights for ongoing expansion Alterra Power Corp. has a deal to buy the water rights for four hydroelectric projects along British Columbia’s Toba Valley.

The projects are 20 to 30 kilometres from the Toba Montrose and Jimmie Creek hydroelectric operation that Vancouver-based Alterra is developing about 80 kilometres from Powell River, B.C. Alterra said it’s buying the water rights from Sigma Engineering, a subsidiary of Synex International.

Financial terms weren’t disclosed but the transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2015.

Each of the projects acquired from Sigma is expected to have between 10 and 15 megawatts of generation capacity, Alterra said.

“Acquiring these projects gives us new expansion options in the Toba Valley where we will be operating nearly 300 megawatts of renewable generation once the Jimmie Creek project begins operating next summer,” said Alterra vice-president Jay Sutton.

The Jimmie Creek project will add 62 megawatts of hydroelectric capacity, expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2016.

parts in courting cash from Ottawa.

“I expect Mr. Trudeau will work much better with cities than Mr. Harper did. I mean, he’d almost have to,” said David Moscrop, a PhD candidate in the political science department at the University of B.C. Infrastructure will be an interesting file to watch, he said, particularly in Vancouver where there’s a need for more public transit but a lack of funding to build it.

“Mayor (Gregor) Robertson was very vocal in the dying days of the cam-

paign, saying the Conservatives were bad for cities and, in particular, bad for infrastructure and that the Liberals were good.”

While Trudeau has said he plans to run deficit budgets to rebuild Canada’s infrastructure, B.C. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said he expects the province to keep a tight rein on spending as it continues to produce balanced budgets.

“We have been very clear from the outset what our approach to fiscal management is,” he said.

“It served B.C. very well and we intend to continue. We have committed, and, in fact, been elected on the pledge of balancing the budget. We’ve done so for three years in a row and intend to continue to do so.”

B.C. does have a wish list for Trudeau’s new federal government, however. The province plans to stress the importance of B.C. and Canada negotiating a new softwood lumber agreement with the United States, de Jong said. He added that it’s too early to comment on Trudeau’s campaign

promise to halt the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project from Alberta to B.C.’s north coast.

B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton said she expects the province to be consulted on proposed changes the federal government would make to Canada’s marijuana laws.

University of B.C. political science Prof. Kathryn Harrison said it will take time to see whether the ties Trudeau stressed with the province during his campaign will translate into action on big priorities.

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Liberal candidates pull off multiple upsets in Lower Mainland ridings JEFF NAGEL BLACK PRESS

B.C.’s urban landscape in the Lower Mainland is no longer carved up almost exclusively between the federal New Democrats and Conservatives.

Liberal candidates, propelled by the popularity of leader Justin Trudeau, pulled off multiple upsets in Monday’s federal election and were poised to capture as many as 17 ridings in urban areas including the North Shore, nearly all of Surrey and parts of the Fraser Valley, up from just two seats previously.

The red wave washed away Conservative and NDP MPs alike.

Among the defeated are National Revenue Minister Kerry Lynne Findlay in Delta, a traditional Conservative stronghold. The new MP there is Liberal Carla Qualtrough, a human rights lawyer and paralympian.

Conservative MP Nina Grewal, criticized for missing local debates, lost to former TransLink spokesman

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and Liberal candidate Ken Hardie in Fleetwood-Port Kells.

Other Conservative MPs defeated

by Liberals include Andrew Saxton and John Weston, both on the North Shore and Wai Young in Vancouver South.

Two NDP MPs fell in Surrey – Jinny Sims lost in Surrey-Newton to former MP Sukh Dhaliwal, who recaptured the riding for the Liberals; and

Jasbir Sandhu fell in Surrey Centre to Randeep Sarai.

Another prominent NDP casualty was NDP MP Kennedy Stewart in Burnaby South, although the margin remained very close late Monday.

Former Surrey Mayor and star Conservative candidate Dianne Watts narrowly defeated Liberal challenger Judy Higginbotham.

Other seats that remained close late Monday included Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon, where Liberal contender Jati Sidhu was threatening to take a traditionally Conservative riding deep in the Fraser Valley.

Conservatives survived in their safest Valley seats, as did New Democrats such as former MLA Jenny Kwan in Vancouver East and Peter Julian in New Westminster-Burnaby.

The two incumbent Liberal MPs, Hedy Fry and Joyce Murray, were easily re-elected.

Other notable Liberals that will be MPs on the government side include former West Vancouver Mayor Pamela Goldsmith-Jones.

The Conservatives are reduced to a rump of five seats in the Lower Mainland, while the NDP stand to be reduced to four seats.

Province-wide, the Liberals took 18 seats and nearly 43 per cent of the popular vote.

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Cardiac surgery program opens in Interior KELOWNA CAPITAL NEWS

The recent opening of the new Interior Heart and Surgical Centre at Kelowna General Hospital makes Kelowna home to the only cardiac surgery program in B.C.’s Interior.

“This means patients in the Interior in need of critical care now have the support they need closer to home and their families,” said Premier Christy Clark, MLA for Westside-Kelowna.

IHSC opened its doors to patients at 5:45 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. The first baby was delivered at 8 a.m. and by the end of the day,

10 surgeries had been performed, including the first open-heart surgery.

“The centre is the culmination of a major redevelopment of Kelowna General Hospital, and will provide vital services closer to home for Interior residents,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “The new facility also reflects our focus on providing patient-centred care with a full range of medical supports including a modern design, state-of-the art equipment and technologies for cardiac and surgical services.”

More than 350 surgeries have been completed and more than 20 babies

delivered since the centre opened.

The facility has capacity for 15 operating rooms, including two dedicated for cardiac surgery.

“The new Interior Heart and Surgical Centre is a true reflection of the power of community and I would like to recognize everyone involved in making this centre a reality – from Interior Health and the Central Okanagan Regional Hospital District to the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation and health care professionals,” said Kelowna-Mission MLA Steve Thomson. “Thanks to your commitment, this region is now home to a health care facility which will serve

the needs of patients of this region, now and in the future.”

The centre also features a hybrid operating room, equipped with advanced medical imaging technology.

This means patients won’t have to be moved from the OR to another area for imaging. It also allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgery, which is better for patients due to shorter recovery times and hospital stays.

“The centre will provide clinical space for up to 600 open-heart procedures per year,” said Norm Letnick, Kelowna-Lake Country MLA.

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Eight years prison for beating, stabbing girlfriend SHEILA REYNOLDS SURREY NORTH DELTA LEADER

A man who repeatedly subjected his girlfriend to a “sickening� level of violence that resulted in black eyes, cuts, bruises, swelling and a stab wound to the stomach has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

David Raffle, 46, was sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster Sept. 24. The reasons for sentence were recently posted online.

Because he has already spent 28 months in custody, there are five years, eight months remaining of his sentence.

Raffle was convicted by a jury in April of two counts of assault causing bodily harm, one count of aggravated assault and one count of assault with a weapon. The court heard Raffle and the victim, who had a romantic relationship, lived in a trailer park in Surrey in October 2012 when the woman faced multiple assaults by Raffle over a 10-day period.

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Prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau makes his way from Parliament Hill to the National Press Theatre to hold a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Trudeau sets tone for global allies Prime minister-designate will not officially take office until Nov. 4, when he plans to swear in a new cabinet JOAN BRYDEN AND JIM BRONSKILL THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau made a triumphant return to the nation’s capital Tuesday and immediately began setting a new tone for the Canadian government, both at home and abroad.

To those around the world who may have had difficulty recognizing the Canada of old during a decade of combative, militaristic Conservative rule under Stephen Harper, the Liberal prime minister-designate had a direct message.

“Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world over the past 10 years,” Trudeau told a boisterous partisan rally in Ottawa.

“Well, I have a simple message for you. On behalf of 35 million Canadians, we’re back.”

At a news conference later, he also had a reassuring message for civil servants, many of whom complained of being muzzled and ignored by the Harper regime. Trudeau promised to run “a government that listens to, works with and respects the public service.”

He had another message for the parliamentary press gallery, which has been shunned and vilified by the Harper Conservatives, that he intends to run a more open, media-friendly shop.

“Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world over the past 10 years.

Well, I have a simple message for you. On behalf of 35 million Canadians, we’re back.”

Justin Trudeau, prime minister-designate

Fresh from his stunning victory in Monday’s election, Trudeau held a formal news conference in the national press theatre — something Harper did only handful of times and not at all since late 2008. Trudeau said “it’s important to underline the important role that the media fills in public discourse and public life” and, when the news conference was over, he vowed: “I’ll be back. I promise.”

Tone is all Trudeau can set. He will not officially take office until Nov. 4, when he plans to swear in a new cabinet. He would not commit to recalling Parliament before Christmas, only to doing so “as quickly as is reasonable.”

His schedule for the next two months is anything but reasonable, with four back-to-back international summits scheduled starting in mid-November.

Trudeau suggested he may not attend all of them.

He said he’s “committed” to attending the United Nations climate change conference with the premiers in Paris at the end of November.

That leaves the Liberals just weeks to come up with a national position based on the party’s promise to join with the provinces and territories to put a price on carbon and reduce carbon pollution.

As for the G20 summit in Turkey and a meeting of leaders of Pacific Rim countries in the Philippines, Trudeau said only that he hopes to attend. He did not mention the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Malta, saying he’d have to see how many international trips he can squeeze in while trying to get his new government up and running at the same time.

Nevertheless, Trudeau is already getting a quick introduction to international affairs, fielding congratulatory phone calls from U.S. President Barack Obama, as well as the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Mexico and Italy.

While he and Obama had a “warm conversation” in which the president teased him about his lack of gray

hair, Trudeau said they also discussed his commitment to withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the U.S.-led aerial bombing mission against Islamic radicals in Syria and Iraq.

Trudeau believes Canada’s military involvement should be restricted to training missions only.

“We talked about Canada’s continued engagement as a strong member of the coalition against ISIL. And I committed that we would continue to engage in a responsible way,” Trudeau said.

“But he understands the commitments I’ve made around ending the combat missions.”

At the rally earlier, Trudeau used the occasion to thank staff in party headquarters and the 80,000 volunteers whom he credited with making nearly 12 million phone calls and door knocks over the course of the longest campaign in modern Canadian history.

But as gruelling as the campaign was, he acknowledged the hard part starts now.

“This afternoon we can celebrate, but our hard work is only beginning.”

Both at home and abroad, Trudeau faces several pressing priorities and a raft of longer-term promises.

On the horizon domestically loom key promises from his party’s successful campaign: lower taxes for the middle class, the legalization of

marijuana, and a slate of democratic reforms including a new electoral system to replace the venerable first-past-the-post regime under which he won a majority of the seats with just under 40 per cent of the vote.

He will also have to move quickly to institute the reforms he’s promised to the disgraced Senate, where the Conservatives still hold sway and could prove a roadblock to Liberal legislation. Tory dominance of the chamber could be instantly diluted by filling the 22 vacancies left by Harper.

Trudeau has kicked senators out of the Liberal caucus and has vowed to create a blue chip advisory body to recommend non-partisan Senate nominees in future, a move designed to return the institution to its intended role as an independent chamber of sober second thought.

Governments plan to gather in Paris in December for a global summit on climate change. That leaves the Liberals just weeks to come up with a national position based on the party’s promise to join with the provinces and territories to act on climate change, put a price on carbon and reduce carbon pollution.

Trudeau has said the first piece of legislation his government would put forward is one to lower taxes for the middle class and raise taxes for the wealthiest Canadians.

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MONTREAL — With a dramatically smaller caucus of just 44 MPs, Tom Mulcair is set to stay on as NDP leader while his party struggles to figure out exactly how it managed to go from front-runner to electoral flop.

Longtime Ontario MP Charlie Angus, re-elected in the riding of Timmins-James Bay, says the New Democrats will not “jump the gun� by making rash decisions following Monday’s devastating outcome. “The knives don’t come out,� Angus said in a phone interview. “The New Democrat caucus . . . shows its solidarity, we stick together, we work through these things.�

It will take a while to sift through the aftermath and figure out what went wrong, he continued. “We all have to lick our wounds and really assess what happened because it felt so good right up to the night of,�

Angus said. “I was talking to experienced campaign managers, people who knew this stuff in their gut who would reassure me — ’It’s feeling good, our ground game is strong.’ And wow, something happened.�

Party insiders admit they saw an electoral freight train coming about a month ago, but many in the senior leadership refused to believe Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were poised to make a historic political revival.

The scope of the NDP loss and the prospect of a long, painful rebuilding process are just beginning to sink in for the party, which formed the official Opposition for the first time ever in 2011 under the leadership of Jack Layton.

High-profile MPs, including deputy leader Megan Leslie, Peter Stoffer, Jack Harris, Paul Dewar, Nycole Turmel, Peggy Nash and Andrew Cash all lost their seats Monday. “When you talk with people who have given up the last four years, every weekend, every break, really trying to engage the public and really trying to

find ways to make democracy matter to people to just get wiped out in a wave, it certainly makes you ponder your place in the universe,� Angus said.

Mulcair spent Tuesday calling all members of his team — elected and defeated — to praise their work on the campaign.

Party outsiders are now wondering whether Mulcair will stick around for the next four years, especially in light of how far towards the centre of the political spectrum he pulled the traditional left-wing NDP. Robin Sears, the party’s former national director, said the party is not inclined to turf leaders. “No. 1, you have a huge investment in the brand of the leader,� Sears said. “Even if things have gone badly on election night, why would you write that off immediately? “No. 2, post-election-defeat leadership contests are never pleasant.

They’re always divisive. Why would you do that if you didn’t have to either?�

Sears said he has always been “quite baffled by the enthusiasm of other political tribes to kill the king� as soon as defeat has set in. “It has so many negative consequences.�

How much of the blame will rest on Mulcair’s shoulders remains to be seen.

McMaster political science professor Peter Graefe said he does not anticipate much movement on the leadership front for at least a couple of months as the party reviews its financial situation following the campaign. “I presume the main strategy, regardless of whether he stays on or not, is to figure out how to get the party finances in order as compared to running a leadership campaign, which pulls resources away from the central party,� Graefe said. “I think in the short run, people will be sort of sitting back. I think at that point the question becomes whether some kind of mutiny comes to the fore.�

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Conservatives start post-mortem, regroup in anticipation of future

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ REGINA

Saskatchewan law on land ownership changed Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart has introduced amendments to Saskatchewan’s farm security legislation that will make pension plans and their administrators ineligible from owning farmland in the province.

All financing for a farmland purchase will also have to be through a financial institution registered to do business in Canada or by a Canadian resident.

The changes come after almost nine out of every 10 people who responded to a government survey said they didn’t want the province’s farmland to end up in foreign hands.

Eighty-seven per cent of the more than 3,200 respondents said they didn’t support foreign ownership and 75 per cent said they were opposed to allowing investors such as Canadian pension funds to purchase farmland.

◆ EDMONTON Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen and children Ben and Rachel wave after landing at Ottawa Airport on Tuesday, a day after being defeated by the Liberal Party under leader Justin Trudeau in the 42nd federal election. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

One source says Harper did well, but called the rest of the campaign ‘an epic failure’ JENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

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n his final campaign flight from Abbotsford to Calgary, Stephen Harper sat with his closest friends and began putting together the plan for his exit from the Conservative party leadership.

That plan began unfolding Tuesday as Conservative politicians and the party’s rank-and-file look to a future leadership race — only the merged party’s second — in order to move forward and rebuild from a devastating election loss.

Harper was calm about the defeat that lay before him, according to sources who spoke to The Canadian Press over the past 24 hours. During the flight, he sat alternately with longtime aide Ray Novak and party president John Walsh.

In the days to come, the structure of the upcoming leadership race will take shape. Senior parliamentarians Diane Finley, Tony Clement and Rob Nicholson are among the names being floated for interim leader.

At the same time as the leadership race is set in motion, the activists are in the process of raking through the embers of the campaign, analyzing what went wrong and who is to blame.

The party’s executive director, Dustin van Vugt, is in charge of a process to review the campaign.

A senior party source said the party will be in debt as a result of the election campaign, something the members aren’t used to. Considerable anger is being directed at campaign manager Jenni Byrne.

A high-placed Conservative source with intimate knowledge of the campaign argued that Harper personally performed well, and the leader’s tour ran efficiently, but everything else was “an epic failure.”

“While it’s ultimately the prime minister’s fault because he allowed Jenni to have that role, it is inexcusable that she had four years to prepare for this campaign and was simply wholly unprepared,” said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were discussing internal party matters.

“When the party conducts its internal review, over the course of the next number of months, this one is going to be very thorough and we’re going to identify the mistakes that were made, the processes that weren’t followed.

“We’re not going to make those mistakes again.”

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n a sign of how tense things had become, Byrne was packing up her office in the Ottawa party war room as early as last Thursday. She was not in Calgary on election night, and was out of the job Tuesday morning.

During the campaign, sources say long-standing friction between Byrne and campaign director Guy Giorno just became worse, and the two strong personalities clashed over elements of the campaign.

Eventually, their hostility spilled over into bad blood between Byrne and Novak, who is the person Harper trusts the most.

The source said Byrne struggled throughout the 78-day campaign, complaining to confidantes that she felt for the first time in her career that her gender had become an issue in the male-dominated Conservative operation. She has told friends she is taking a break from politics.

There are different ideas of why the campaign did not succeed. Some point to failings in the nuts-and-bolts organization of the campaign, while others believe the problems centred around the leader himself and his choice of message — factors no local candidate could control.

Byrne herself went door-knocking with candidates in the greater Toronto area in mid-September, only to learn first-hand that public antipathy towards Harper was higher than the party had realized, said the source.

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an Miles, a senior aide to outgoing finance minister Joe Oliver, said it was clear in the riding that voters were looking for change.

Oliver lost his Eglinton-Lawrence riding in a near Liberal sweep of the greater Toronto area.

“The only negative I really ever heard was that they liked Joe, but they had a problem with the leader,” said Miles.

“That was the only consistent thing I ever heard.”

Meanwhile, the leader’s message on the larger economy rather than specific pocketbook issues wasn’t resonating as well as they had hoped.

Public opinion researcher Hamish Marshall, a former PMO staffer and party pollster, issued a newsletter to clients Tuesday with lessons learned about the Conservative loss.

“The Conservative platform was essentially the 2015 budget with no new promises. The party was content to run on its record,” Marshall wrote.

“With no big idea from the government, the election was going to be fought on change and with a focus on personalities.”

The niqab issue raised by Harper dealt a blow to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair in Quebec, but it also seemed to wound the New Democrats elsewhere.

“I think that, and maybe some other policies, were responsible for the collapse of the NDP, which had a very significant impact on the national results,” said Oliver.

Calgary Conservative MP Jason Kenney, widely believed to be a serious leadership contender, alluded to problems with the party message.

Trudeau had focused on optimism, while Harper issued dire warnings of bleak economic times and terrorist threats.

“We need a conservatism that is sunnier and more optimistic than what we have sometimes conveyed,” Kenney said. “We have to take collective responsibility for that.”

On the other side, there are those who believe the party’s losses can be attributed to poor preparation and not taking advantage of its wealth of previous experience.

That would include the training of local volunteers, the recruitment of candidates, convincing incumbents to run again, vetting candidates, and targeting key ridings.

“In this case I fear that, like all parties in power, we got fat and happy,” said Chad Rogers, a party loyalist who volunteered during the 2006 campaign, then run by the late Doug Finley.

“This campaign was not as lean, as focused or as aggressive as the ones that preceded it. A lot of candidate and campaign managers that I’ve been talking to informally were very surprised that things we were good at, just weren’t done this time.”

Rogers said there would be questions asked about how money was spent, especially the abandoning of a new, multi-million voter identification system two years ago.

The source close to the war room said that it will be unfair to lay the blame all on Byrne, who also led the successful 2011 campaign. Van Vugt would have been the person responsible for anything to do with candidates, some Conservatives point out.

“She’s a lightning rod, partly because of her personality, but also because she’s a woman,” said the source.

“She’s going to bear the brunt of a lot of sniffing because she’s a woman at the top of the food chain.”

Facebook threats not unusual, says premier Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her security team is monitoring online threats against her.

She says her officers keep an eye on such things as a matter of course and she’s confident that’s being done.

Notley also says none of what has occurred is out of the ordinary.

The CBC quotes the RCMP as saying they are aware of some antiNDP Facebook posts that contained threatening comments against the premier.

The CBC says some of the statements — which have since been deleted — made references to violence against Notley, while others were hateful or vulgar.

Notley says it’s part of the job.

“It’s part of being premier probably in almost any day and age. It is what it is,” she said Tuesday.

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String of charges after cross-country pursuit Charges that include assaulting a peace officer have been laid after a fleeing driver sped across fields, ploughed through a fence and eventually ran for about a kilometre to avoid capture by the RCMP. Mounties say they got word Sunday afternoon about erratic driving and an assault involving a man and a woman on Highway 35 south of Weyburn.

They came across a suspect vehicle that was driven into a field and slammed through a fence, forcing police to halt their chase for safety reasons.

The Cadillac Escalade was later spotted near Lake Alma, Sask., but the male driver again evaded officers by steering onto private pastureland.

Isaak Neufeld Boldt, a 34-year-old resident of Beaubier, Sask., was to appear in a Weyburn courtroom Tuesday on 16 charges.

RCMP said at one point, U.S. authorities were alerted because the chase was close to the border.

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Liberals face First Nations issues, say chiefs CHINTA PUXLEY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Palestinian youths seen during clashes with Israeli troops, near Ramallah, West Bank, on Tuesday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for calm during a surprise visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

UN chief urges calm in Jerusalem visit as Palestinian attacks continue IAN DEITCH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for calm during a surprise visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday ahead of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in a high-profile gambit to bring an end to a month-long wave of violence.

The visit comes amid unrest that erupted a month ago over tensions surrounding Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims. A spate of almost daily Palestinian attacks against civilians and soldiers, most of which have involved stabbings, has caused panic across Israel and raised fears that the region is on the cusp of a new round of bloodshed.

“These are difficult times for Israelis and Palestinians. I am here in the hope that we can work together to end the violence, ease the tensions and begin to restore a long term political horizon of peace,” Ban said at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday night.

“I deplore the random attacks against civilians, such terror attacks make every place unsafe and every person regardless to gender or age a potential victim,” he said.

“We need to keep the situation from escalation into a religious conflict, with potential regional implications,” he added.

Over the past month, 10 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, most of them stabbings. In that time, 46 Palestinians were killed

“These are difficult times for Israelis and Palestinians. I am here in the hope that we can work together to end the violence, ease the tensions and begin to restore a long term political horizon of peace.”

Ban Ki-Moon UN Secretary-General

by Israeli fire, including 25 identified

by Israel as attackers, and the rest in clashes with Israeli troops. An Eritrean migrant died after being shot by a security guard and beaten by a mob that mistakenly believed he was a Palestinian assailant during a deadly Arab attack at a bus station.

Netanyahu said Tuesday night that the violence has been caused largely by incitement from Palestinian leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas.

“President Abbas unfortunately has been fanning the flames. President Abbas has not condemned a single one of the 30 terrorist attacks against Israelis over the last month and he continues to glorify the terrorists as heroes,” Netanyahu said.

The initial outbreak of Palestinian attacks was fueled by rumours that Israel was plotting to take over Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.

Unrest began about a month ago,

when Palestinians repeatedly barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, hurling stones, firebombs and fireworks at police.

The hilltop compound in Jerusalem’s Old City is revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, site of the two Jewish biblical Temples. It is the holiest site in Judaism.

Known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, it houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the gold-topped Dome of the Rock. It is the third-holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Israel has adamantly denied the allegations, saying it has no plans to change the status quo at the site, where Jews are allowed to visit but not pray. Israel has accused Palestinian leaders of incitement to violence over the site.

But Jewish visits to the site have doubled since 2010 and senior members of Netanyahu’s government have called for Jewish prayer rights, fueling Palestinian concerns about the site.

Netanyahu, using an alternative acronym for the Islamic State group, said “President Abbas has joined ISIS and Hamas in claiming that Israel threatens the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This Mr. Secretary is a total lie.” He said Abbas must be held accountable for his “dangerous words.”

He insisted that Israel is maintaining the status quo at the site.

“Palestinians by contrast are the ones who violate the status quo. Palestinians have brought explosives into

Al-Aqsa Mosque, that’s a violation of the status quo, they try violently to prevent Jews and Christians from visiting the Temple Mount, that’s another violation of the status quo.”

Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said the “The UN Security Council should adopt a decision that would set the principles for establishing a state with east Jerusalem as its capital and providing international protection for the Palestinian people.”

In New York, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting to determine if Israeli and Palestinian leaders are willing to revive negotiations on a two-state solution.

He told reporters this is what Ban and the other members of the Quartet of Mideast mediators — the U.S., EU and Russia — have been encouraging.

In Washington, Secretary of State John Kerry said he will be meeting soon with Netanyahu and separately with Abbas as well as King Abdullah of Jordan.

Also Tuesday, the Israeli military arrested top Hamas official Hassan Yousef in the West Bank, saying he had been “actively instigating and inciting terrorism” by encouraging attacks against Israelis.

Yousef is a co-founder of Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules the Gaza Strip. His son, Mosab, spied for Israel between 1997 and 2007 and wrote a book about his experiences.

The Israeli military also demolished the home of a Palestinian who killed an Israeli woman last year.

WINNIPEG — Some First Nations leaders say the federal election awoke a sleeping giant that the incoming Liberal government will have to contend with — starting with an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

Voter turnout spiked by up to 20 per cent in some largely aboriginal ridings. Chiefs said Tuesday the higher turnout helped drive the Conservatives from office after almost a decade and bring about the prospect of a new, respectful relationship with Ottawa.

A jubilant Grand Chief Derek Nepinak with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs called it “a great day.”

“I feel a lot of relief from the years of very purposeful oppression that was brought forward from the previous government,” Nepinak said.

“Mr. Harper, when he was prime minister, awoke a sleeping giant in our people. That giant is awake and the new Liberal majority government is going to have to deal with a giant in the indigenous people of these lands.”

In the riding of Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, which covers much of Manitoba’s north, chiefs said turnout was up by more than 11,000 voters — an increase of 20 per cent from 2011. Some polling stations on reserves worried the high turnout would lead to their running out of ballots, which prompted last-minute calls to Elections Canada.

Elections Canada said Tuesday it hadn’t calculated aboriginal voter turnout yet.

Expectations of a new Liberal government are high. Chiefs have a list of issues they want addressed. At the top is an inquiry into Canada’s estimated 1,200 missing and murdered aboriginal women.

Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson, who represents northern First Nations in Manitoba, said people are looking for an inquiry to be called within the first 100 days of Justin Trudeau’s mandate. The families of those who have lost loved ones must be the driving force, she said.

“There are many things that we’re hearing from our own families of why they see these problems,” said North Wilson, who is with Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak. “A lot of it has to do with poverty, lack of education and even just the complete disregard for our people.”

Hopes are high among northern Ontario aboriginals as well.

Chief Erwin Redsky of the Shoal Lake 40 First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary said turnout was up in 40 First Nations within the riding of Kenora.

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Crown says actions by Toronto cop accused in streetcar shooting two years ago unnecessary DIANA MEHTA THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer’s fatal shooting of a teen on an empty streetcar two years ago was neither necessary, nor reasonable, a Crown prosecutor told a jury Tuesday as he described the graphic details of Sammy Yatim’s death.

Const. James Forcillo has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in the death of the 18-year-old, an incident that was captured on surveillance and cellphone video and triggered public outrage.

In opening statements to the jury that will decide Forcillo’s fate, Crown prosecutor Milan Rupic laid out a road map of the evidence he will present.

One of the fundamental issues for

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the jury to decide, Rupic said, will be whether it was necessary or reasonable for Forcillo to shoot nine bullets at Yatim while he was inside an empty streetcar surrounded by armed police officers.

“The Crown intends to prove

beyond a reasonable doubt that the shooting of Sammy Yatim was not necessary and it was not reasonable.”

Forcillo and his partner were the first officers to arrive on scene, Rupic said, noting that both had been told there had been no injuries on the streetcar.

Forcillo’s partner put her gun away shortly after arriving, but Forcillo’s weapon remained drawn as he stood near the front doors of the streetcar repeatedly telling Yatim to drop the knife, Rupic said.

Two more officers arrived and Forcillo asked one of them to call for a sergeant with a Taser, he said.

Yatim refused to drop a knife and called the officers a derogatory term in a “mocking” tone but remained on the streetcar and didn’t lunge forward, Rupic said.

The teen then moved a few steps back from where he had been standing and Forcillo told him if he took another step forward he would be shot, Rupic said.

Yatim then took two steps towards the spot he’d been in previously and Forcillo opened fire, court heard.

Forcillo’s lawyer, however, painted a different picture.

“The defences you will be hearing about are self-defence and justification,” said Peter Brauti, who told the jury Forcillo would be testifying.

Forcillo was trained that the “most common and appropriate response” when confronting someone with a knife was drawing a firearm, Brauti said, and the officer found Yatim’s response to his commands “shocking,” because they told him the teen was “completely unafraid.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Associated Press ◆ WELLINGTON, N.Z.

Magnitude-7.3 quake shakes up Vanuatu The South Pacific nation of Vanuatu was shaken Wednesday by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck 335 kilometres north of the capital, Port Vila. It was a relatively deep 131 kilometres, meaning it had less impact on the surface than if it had been shallower.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue any tsunami warnings.

Vanuatu sits on the Ring of Fire, the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes are common.

The nation is also prone to volcanoes and cyclones, and was ranked by the United Nations University as the world’s most at-risk nation for natural disasters.

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SYRIA

U.S., Russia sign agreement to minimize risks during airstrikes No plan to establish zones of co-operation in parallel campaigns or to share data ROBERT BURNS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Russia put into practice on Tuesday new rules designed to minimize the risk of air collisions between Russian and U.S.-led coalition aircraft over Syria.

A Russian defence official in Moscow said the “memorandum of understanding” suggests a potential for U.S.-Russian counterterrorism co-operation, but U.S. officials said it was a narrow arrangement that does not lessen Washington’s concern about the Russian military campaign in Syria.

There is no plan to establish zones of co-operation in the parallel air campaigns or to share intelligence or target information in Syria, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said.

The Pentagon has cited several instances when Russian aircraft came too close to U.S. warplanes over Syria in recent weeks. More broadly, Washington has complained that instead of hitting Islamic State fighters, Russian airstrikes are mostly targeting rebel forces fighting the Syrian government. Russia also deployed ground troops and land-based weaponry, including multiple-launch rocket systems, in support of the Syrian government.

The arrangement announced Tuesday “does nothing to assuage our concerns about Russian military activities in Syria,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said.

Cook said Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S. Central Command, signed for the U.S. side Tuesday. At a Pentagon news conference, Cook

Brazil officials applaud U.S. opening DEA office The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has opened an office in Rio de Janeiro.

The decision to open the office was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Consulate in Rio. It comes less than a year before the beginning of the Olympics in Rio, when hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists will descend on the city.

Brazilian authorities have said they hope to use the DEA’s expertise not just to combat Rio’s rampant drug trade, but also to help stem the flow of illegal weapons entering Brazil.

Jose Beltrame, Rio state’s top security official, said in an interview with Globo TV that having a DEA office working out of the U.S. consulate in the Olympic city “is a gain for the country.”

Details about the DEA presence in Rio was not released.

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Missing Iranian pilgrims may have been buried

In this file photo made from the footage taken from the Russian Defense Ministry official website on Oct. 9, a bomb is released from Russian Su-34 strike fighter in Syria. [RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP, FILE]

gave a broad description of the document but said the U.S. had accepted a Russian request that the text be kept secret.

After several rounds of talks that began more than a week ago, the two sides agreed to a number of air safety protocols including “maintaining professional airmanship” and the use of specific aircraft communications frequencies, Cook said. They agreed to keep a “safe distance” between aircraft, Cook said, but he would not say whether specific distances were

written into the memo.

The two sides also agreed to establish a “communication line on the ground” as a backup of military-to-military communication, Cook said, although he would not say whether this would be a telephone line or where it would be located. A U.S.-Russia working group will be formed to deal with any implementation issues that arise, he added.

The discussions that led to the protocols “do not constitute U.S. co-operation or support for Russia’s

policy and actions in Syria,” Cook said. “In fact, far from it, we continue to believe that Russia’s strategy in Syria is counterproductive, and their support for the Assad regime will only make Syria’s civil war worse.”

He was referring to Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom the U.S. says is an illegitimate leader and must leave office.

The U.S. has been bombing Islamic State targets in Syria since September 2014; the Russian air campaign began less than one month ago.

Iran’s official IRNA news agency is saying that some Iranian pilgrims still missing since a September stampede during the hajj may have been possibly buried in Saudi Arabia.

The Tuesday report quotes Ali Marashi, an official with Iran’s Red Crescent, as saying it was “possible” that Saudi authorities may have simply buried the unidentified victims.

Tehran says 36 Iranian pilgrims are still unaccounted for.

Iran, with 465 pilgrims killed, has repeatedly blamed the disaster on the Saudi government, accusing it of mismanagement and of covering up the real death toll.

An independent counting by The Associated Press shows at least 2,177 pilgrims from various countries were killed in the incident.

The official Saudi toll of 769 people killed and 934 injured has not changed since Sept. 26.

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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Cuban street artist jailed 10 months now released

World expects shift in policies under Liberals ROB GILLIES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rights groups say case shows limits on free expression remain ANDREA RODRIGUEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HAVANA — The Cuban street artist known as El Sexto was freed Tuesday after spending 10 months behind bars for attempting to set free in a public park two pigs painted with the names of the country’s highest leaders.

International human rights groups called his case a vivid demonstration of how Cuba’s harsh limits on free expression remain in full force despite its economic opening and detente with the United States.

Maldonado, 33, was arrested a week after the declaration of detente last year as he drove toward Havana’s Central Park in a rented car with two pigs covered with green paint and the names Fidel and Raul in red, in mockery of Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and his brother who has led the country since 2008.

Until recently, Maldonado’s case had drawn less attention than that of expatriate Cuban artist Tania Bruguera, who was briefly arrested and had her passport confiscated after she tried to convene a free speech forum in Cuba’s Plaza of the Revolution shortly after Dec. 17. Bruguera has since had her passport returned and left Cuba.

In recent months, Amnesty International and other human rights group began calling for Maldonado’s release and describing his case as a test of Cuba’s openness to dissent.

His detention showed that “there are some topics and themes that journalists and writers know they can’t touch,” said Elizardo Sanchez, head of Cuba’s non-governmental Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation.

Maldonado told The Associated Press that he had been held without charge since Dec. 25 “simply because I made fun of the highest leaders of this revolution.”

“I was in prison this morning and they told me to get my things and I obeyed,” Maldonado said. “Afterwards they told that they were finally going to set me free.”

Danilo Maldonado, better known as El Sexto, stands at the entrance of his home after being released from jail, in Havana, Cuba on Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

Cuba has been gradually loosening central control of the economy and allowing slightly more open discourse in state-run media and an art world that requires state approval for everything from gallery and theatre space to permission to import materials.

The country’s leaders remain sacrosanct however, and attempts at political organization or questioning of the country’s single-party system are met with swift and harsh condemnation.

While never formally charged, Maldonado was accused of the crime of disrespect toward government officials, a violation that can bring a one- to three-year sentence under Cuban law.

“We are very happy to learn that in the end he is being freed,” said Robin Guittard, Caribbean campaigner for Amnesty International.

“He’s just an artist who tried to do an art show, to use his legitimate right to freedom of expression. That

should never lead people to be sent to prison. That’s a very cold reminder of what’s the situation of freedom of expression today in Cuba.”

In April, Maldonado received the Vaclav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent from the New Yorkbased Human Rights Foundation.

“A government that doesn’t let itself be criticized starts to lose credibility,” said Maldonado’s mother, Maria Victoria Machado.

Dressed in grey shorts, sneakers and a T-shirt, Maldonaldo munched a sandwich Tuesday afternoon as relatives, well-wishers and reporters began to fill his home.

“I want to now connect with the people that supported me, ” he said, telling the AP that he planned to request a visa for the United States and travel to Miami “to be close to people who think like I do, people in exile, who had to leave.”

He said he planned to recover his strength and energy and return to Cuba after six months.

TORONTO — The stunning victory of Justin Trudeau will have reverberations beyond Canada’s borders after the Liberal Party leader emphatically put an end to a decade of rule by the most conservative leadership in the country’s history.

Among the areas in which Trudeau differs from his predecessor, Conservative Stephen Harper: airstrikes against the Islamic State group, support for Israel, climate change, immigration and how much relations with the U.S. should hinge on the future of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

With Trudeau’s decisive victory on Monday, Canadian voters reclaimed their country’s liberal identity, giving the new prime minister a commanding majority in parliament that will allow him to govern without relying on other parties.

That means change in Canadian policies on a broad spectrum of issues.

“Trudeau will return Canada to its traditional approach in foreign affairs which is characteristic of every single government but Harper’s,” said Robert Bothwell, a professor at the University of Toronto. “Canada will go back to multilateralism, back to strong support for the United Nations.”

There will be a “new way for Canada to be on the world stage,” agreed Liberal lawmaker Marc Garneau, who won re-election Monday.

“The whole tone of the U.S.-Canada relationship will change. Philosophically Obama and Trudeau are much closer,” Bothwell said.

The White House said Obama called to congratulate Trudeau Tuesday afternoon and said in a statement the two leaders “committed to strengthening the countries’ joint efforts to promote trade, combat terrorism and mitigate climate change.”

Obama “also teased me about my lack of grey hair, but said I’d probably get some quite soon,” the darkhaired Trudeau quipped at a news conference later.

Trudeau’s victory will likely improve ties with the United States, at least for the remainder of Obama’s presidency. Harper was frustrated by

“The whole tone of the U.S.-Canada relationship will change.

Philosophically Obama and Trudeau are much closer.”

Robert Bothwell, UofT professor

Obama’s reluctance to approve the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta to Texas and clashed with the president on other issues, including the Iran nuclear deal. Although Trudeau supports the Keystone pipeline, he argues relations should not hinge on the project.

“Theoretically, Justin is for Keystone, but he can obviously jettison that,” Bothwell said of the project, which Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton recently expressed opposition to. Republican contenders are for the project.

Antonia Maioni, a political science professor at McGill University, said the Obama administration will welcome the change in government.

“Even on Keystone, Mr. Trudeau says he supports it, but he is not going to make it an issue of conflict with Obama,” Maioni said.

Canada shifted to the centre-right under Harper, who lowered sales and corporate taxes, avoided climate change legislation, strongly supported the oil and gas extraction industry and backed the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Trudeau will have a more balanced approach to the conflict in the Middle East, analysts said.

“It certainly won’t be the kind of blanket support for the Netanyahu regime that we saw from the Conservatives,” Maioni said.

Nelson Wiseman, a political science professor at the University of Toronto, said Canadian diplomats are delighted at Trudeau’s election because Harper never let them speak without checking with the government first. “They’ve been totally marginalized. They’ve been told ’We don’t care what you think,”’ Wiseman said.

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MIGRANT CRISIS

Thousands join exodus through Slovenia Leaders deployed military units to support police on nation’s overwhelmed southern border with Croatia DARKO BANDIC AND PHILIPP-MORITZ JENNE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BREZICE, Slovenia — Led by riot police on horseback, thousands of weary migrants marched across western Balkans borderlands as far as the eye could see Tuesday as authorities cautiously lowered barriers and intensified efforts to cope with a human tide unseen in Europe since World War II. Leaders of Slovenia deployed military units to support police on their overwhelmed southern border with Croatia, which delivered more than 6,000 asylum seekers by train and bus to the frontier in bitterly disputed circumstances between the former Yugoslav rivals.

With far too few buses available in Slovenia to cope, most people walked 15 kilometres (9 miles) on rural lanes past cornfields and pastures to reach a refugee camp, a challenge eased by sunny weather after days of torrential rain, fog and frigid winds.

On Slovenia’s frontiers with Croatia and Austria, aid workers toiled to erect enough tents and other emergency accommodation to shelter up to 14,000 travellers, more than five times the tiny nation’s previous official limit.

Interior Secretary of State Bostjan Sefic told reporters in the Slovene capital, Ljubljana, that the pressure on border security with Croatia had grown “very difficult with an enormous number of people.” He said Slovenia, an Alpine land of barely 2 million, needed much more help immediately from bigger EU partners to cope or the country might have to adopt border-toughening measures.

“If this continues we will have extreme problems. Slovenia is already in dire straits, an impossible situation,” Sefic said as lawmakers debated whether to increase the military’s powers to manage border security.

People walk along a street in Sentilj, Slovenia, heading for the border between Austria and Slovenian border after arriving by train carrying migrants and refugees on Tuesday. Slovenia’s Interior Ministry said some 5,000 people had reached its borders Monday, and most were allowed to enter, with at least 900 reaching Austria by the evening. Slovenia had vowed to let in no more than 2,500 migrants per day. [AP PHOTO]

In Brussels, Slovenian President Borut Pahor met European Union leaders and said he expected his country to apply for emergency financial aid and border patrol reinforcements from EU partners.

Hungary, long the most popular eastern gateway for people fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, has padlocked its borders for migrants progressively over the past month, forcing the tide west through Croatia and Slovenia.

All three nations have expressed fears of ending up stuck accommodating tens of thousands of asylum-seekers indefinitely if other EU nations farther north close their borders too.

Croatia, which has erected relatively few shelters along its borders with Serbia and Slovenia, directed thousands into special trains and bus convoys Tuesday to Slovenia in an apparently concerted effort to clear a backlog built up since Saturday, when Hungary closed its borders with Croatia.

The Slovenes complained bitterly that Croat officials were ignoring their requests for advance warnings of migrant deliveries.

But Croatia’s interior minister, Ranko Ostojic, insisted that the opposite was true and Slovenia was dragging its heels in accepting people quickly enough. He asserted

that Croatia was admitting people twice as quickly from Serbia.

“If we are receiving 10,000, then 5,000 people have to be transited to Slovenia,” he told The Associated Press in an interview near the SerbCroat border.

Tensions flared on Slovenia’s border with Austria as police in both countries struggled to keep migrants walking in orderly queues to buses bound for Austrian refugee centres.

At one point, a few hundred people being confined by Slovene police broke free and ran across the border — seeking to get in front of others waiting hours for buses.

Slovene officers’ bursts of pepper

spray failed to stop them, but Austrian police erected physical barriers that blocked the interlopers’ path to buses. They eventually were persuaded to walk back to the end of the line.

The trekkers’ primary goal is to reach Germany or Scandinavian nations, which traditionally have offered strong supports for asylum seekers.

But even the most liberal and wealthy European countries are signalling plans to increase deterrents to what they view as an unwanted overflow of immigration that should be managed closer to home.

U.S. MILITARY

Controversial system failed in hospital attack KEN DILANIAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army’s $5-billion intelligence network, which is designed to give commanders battlefield awareness but has been criticized for years as a boondoggle, was not working in Afghanistan during the recent American air attack on a hospital, according to a member of Congress who has been in touch with military whistleblowers.

Significant elements of the Distributed Common Ground System, a network of computers and sensors designed to knit together disparate strands of intelligence, were off line in Afghanistan when U.S. commanders approved an air strike Oct. 3 that killed 22 staff, patients and others at

“The purpose of DCGS is to enable commanders and service members to ‘see and know’ the battlefield and prevent incidents like the airstrike on the hospital in Kunduz.”

Duncan Hunter, member of Congress

a Doctors without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote Tuesday to Defence Secretary Ash Carter.

“The purpose of DCGS is to enable commanders and service members to ‘see and know’ the battlefield and prevent incidents like the airstrike on the hospital in Kunduz,” wrote Hunter, a California Republican, combat veteran and armed services committee member who has been a persistent DCGS critic.

“Senior Army leaders have gone to extraordinary lengths in recent years to deny evidence of the failures of the DCGS program, and I am asking for your help to prevent them from doing so following this tragic incident,” he wrote.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Associated Press has reported

that special operations intelligence analysts knew the Doctors without Borders facility was a hospital, and were circulating intelligence reports about possible enemy activity at the site.

Some of those analysts were using a commercial software system made

by Palantir, a Silicon Valley company that competes with DCGS, according to an Army official who would not be quoted because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

President Barack Obama apologized for the air attack to Dr. Joanne Liu, the international president of Doctors without Borders, who has called for an independent international investigation. U.S., NATO and Afghan investigations are looking into the

matter. The U.S. has offered to compensate the families of those killed and injured.

Pentagon officials have said the military did not intentionally target the hospital, but they have not explained why the Army analysts who knew it was a medical facility were not able to convey that intelligence to commanders who approved the air strike.

Among the elements of DCGS that were not working, service members told Hunter, were the intelligence fusion server, which is supposed to allow seamless information sharing across various Army elements, and the cloud, which is supposed to offer connectivity to units in the field.

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Jimmy Carter at gala; looks well, telling jokes Former President Jimmy Carter is cracking jokes and poking fun at himself at a gala honouring former Vice-President Walter Mondale.

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The 90-year-old former president is being treated for brain cancer.

He appeared spry and energetic as he lauded his former vice-president in a packed ballroom in Washington.

Carter says he wanted Mondale to play a key role in his White House because as a peanut farmer from

Georgia, he “needed a lot of help.”

Carter is also weighing in on more recent world events. He says all Americans should support the nuclear deal with Iran. Carter says he spoke about the deal Tuesday with Secretary of State John Kerry.

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NEW YORK — Internet users increasingly rely on online customer reviews when making spending decisions, whether they’re buying an iPhone case on Amazon or hiring an Uber ride in their hometown. But just how much can you trust those reviews?

A new lawsuit in which Amazon accuses more than 1,000 people of offering to post bogus glowing write-ups for as little as $5 apiece might give you pause.

The case, filed in Washington state court Friday by the nation’s biggest online retailer, casts light on what appears to be a burgeoning practice: the commissioning of paid, fake reviews that masquerade as testimonials from ordinary people.

Fake reviews are nothing new to online retailing, and Amazon is far from the only big company affected. Yelp’s restaurant reviews and TripAdvisor’s hotel ratings have long been a target of critics who claim that merchants can easily post positive reviews of their own businesses.

Amazon’s legal counteroffensive, however, appears to be one of the most aggressive attempts yet by a major U.S. e-commerce company to fight back.

Its lawsuit alleges that individuals would write five-star reviews about products they never even tried, and plotted with product makers to subvert Amazon safeguards that are meant to bolster confidence in the website’s reviews.

“Suing the reviewers is a way to discourage them from doing it again,” said Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter.

“They’re trying to make a statement that you can rely on the integrity of the reviews on the site.”

There are powerful incentives to plant fraudulent reviews.

About 45 per cent of consumers consider product reviews when weighing an online purchase, according to Forrester Research. Two-thirds of shoppers trust consumer opinions online, according to research by Nielsen.

For small businesses, it can be more economical to pay for positive reviews than to buy advertising.

For example, a half-star increase in a restaurant’s online rating can increase the likelihood of securing, say, a 7 p.m. booking by 15 to 20 per cent, said Jenny Sussin, a director at Gartner Research. So a restaurateur might be tempted to pay $250 for 50 positive reviews online in the hopes of raising that rating.

Online sites like Amazon, Yelp and TripAdvisor have worked hard to thwart the planting of fake reviews — a practice sometimes called “astroturfing,” a reference to the synthetic grass used on sports fields.

They employ computer algorithms and teams of investigators who scour reviews and delete suspicious entries.

Often, only people who have paid for a product or service and been verified can post reviews.

Yelp director of business outreach Darnell Holloway said that when suspicious reviews are found, the company puts a “consumer alert” badge on a company’s Yelp site for 90 days warning consumers that reviews might be deceptive.

If the problem persists, Yelp removes all reviews of the company.

Most recently, Yelp deleted all reviews of a business called Movers Alliance after if found the company was pressuring customers to write positive reviews.

TripAdvisor says it has a team of 300 people using fraud detection techniques to weed out fake reviews.

“In the first half of 2015 alone we took action against 29 different optimization companies around the world to put a stop to their activity,” said spokesman Kevin Carter.

But in general, experts say, fraudulent reviews aren’t going away anytime soon.

Gartner estimates that 10 to 15 per cent of all online reviews are fake.

Legal recourse has been scarce. In 2013, the New York attorney general’s office said it had settled cases with 19 companies and secured $350,000 in penalties for fake reviews.

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DO OR

DIE Jays on verge of elimination as Royals rough up Dickey NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

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dream season for the Blue Jays could end short of its destination Wednesday, with Toronto once again on the verge of post-season elimination.

Ben Zobrist and Alex Rios homered as Kansas City roughed up Toronto starter R.A. Dickey early and a depleted bullpen late en route to a lopsided 14-2 victory Tuesday that pushed the Blue Jays to the playoff precipice.

The Royals lead the best-of-seven American League Championship Series 3-1, meaning Toronto now faces its fourth must-win game of the post-season.

Game 5 goes Wednesday at the Rogers Centre with Toronto’s Marco Estrada facing Edinson Volquez in a rematch of Game 1 at Kauffman Stadium.

“We’ll be fine (Wednesday) if we get a good outing by Marco. We expect to,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said hopefully.

“And it was ugly today, no doubt about that. That’s all I can say.”

How ugly? Their bullpen in tatters, the Jays sent in infielder Cliff Pennington to pitch with two outs and two one in the ninth.

Pennington, who pitched in college, gave up two runs on back-toback singles in a seven-pitch cameo before Russell Martin saved him with a foul catch at the Jays dugout.

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had little to cheer about. Pennington offered welcome relief, albeit while adding to the smackdown. He arrived to an ovation that grew louder with a 90 m.p.h first strike.

Pennington is the first position player to pitch in a post-season game, according to Sportsnet Stats and ESPN Stats.

“Trying to save an arm down there,” said Pennington, who talked with Gibbons talking in the eighth about pitching. “We’ve got to win three in a row and we need everybody healthy and fresh for (Wednesday). Figured I’d try and go in there and help.”

With the game a lost cause, Gibbons tried to keep Mark Lowe, Aaron Sanchez and Roberto Osuna — his top three relievers — out of the fray to fight another day. But he had to use Lowe for an inning.

The 14 runs allowed matched the

Jays’ post-season record for most runs against them, a mark set 22 years to the day in a 15-14 win over the Phillies in the 1993 World Series. The World Series is where these Jays seemed headed after a remarkable second-half surge.

The Jays strutted their way into the playoffs after a 22-year absence, an offensive juggernaut that topped the majors in runs and home runs among other categories.

But the bats have gone quiet and the bullpen has been suspect outside Lowe, Sanchez and Osuna.

After reloading in the off-season by acquiring Martin and Josh Donaldson, GM Alex Anthopoulos rolled the dice in acquiring David Price, Troy Tulowitzki, Ben Revere and Lowe at the trade deadline.

The Royals pitchers have shut down the free-swinging Toronto bats in three of four games. The Jays, who led the majors with 891 runs in the regular season, have scored zero, three, 11 and two against Kansas City.

The Jays slugged 232 homers during the season. While they homered three times in Monday’s 11-8 win, they have failed to find the fences in the other three games.

And while the Royals homered twice off Dickey, it has largely been death by a thousand cuts for the Jays.

Kansas City scored four of its runs off sacrifice flies Tusday and has filled the bases with runners, finding a myriad of ways to bring them home.

The opportunistic Royals went 8-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Toronto was 1-for-6.

“Defensively we played well. Offensively we played even better,” said Rios.

The Jays, who rallied from an 0-2 hole to down Texas in the best-of-five ALDS, are trying to become just the third team to overcome multiple 0-2 deficits in a single post-season, according to Elias Sports. The Dodgers (1981) and Royals (1985 when they trailed the Blue Jays in the ALCS) both did it.

They have their work cut out for them, needing to win three straight.

There is no margin of error.

“Right now it’s win or go home,” said Martin. “I don’t feel like going home yet so we might as well just win three in a row and get to the World Series.”

Added Dickey: “We’ve been here before, where we’ve had to win three games. Hopefully (Wednesday) Marco can keep us in it. Win one, win another one and we’ll see where we stand.”

Estrada has thrown the Jays a lifeline once already, keeping them alive with a win in Game 3 of the ALDS in Texas.

Dickey lasted five outs, with Kansas City was up 5-0 when he left after dispatching just five of the 12 batters he faced in the shortest start in Jays’ playoff history.

The first four Royals got on base and ultimately scored, including

Zobrist who hit a two-run homer.

The four runs in the top of the first were an ALCS record, with Rios adding a solo shot off Dickey in the second.

Martin said Dickey didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. The Royals just had some good swings “I had a hard time catching it, so it was dancing around pretty good,” he said. “The thing with a knuckleball is if you throw one that doesn’t do enough, it can be a home run.”

Liam Hendriks stemmed the flow with 4 1/3 innings of sparking shutout relief. Then LaTroy Hawkins and Ryan Tepera went up in flames, giving up seven runs in 1 2/3 innings.

Lowe gave up another two in one inning.

Kansas City scored four insurance runs in the seventh, sending eight to the plate. There were three more runs in the eighth as Gibbons watched another eight Royals hit.

In contrast, Royals relievers Luke Hochevar, Ryan Madson, Kelvin Herrera and Franklin Morales blanked the Jays.

An they have more in reserve, in the form of Wade Davis and Danny Duffy.

“We feel good,” said manager Ned Yost.

“We like the way we’re playing right now. Our offence has been really, really good. We have Volquez coming back tomorrow, our defence is always spectacular, and our bullpen is primed to go tomorrow, too.”

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League’s one-fight limit rule is ‘horrible,’ says Clippers coach

Whitecaps set to take long flight to play for ‘nothing’

Devin Brosseau was kicked out of Sunday’s game after altercation with Kale Kane SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

Early in the second period of Sunday’s Nanaimo Clippers game against the Chilliwack Chiefs, Nanaimo captain Devin Brosseau got tangled up with Chilliwack’s Kale Kane.

The two eventually dropped their gloves, fought, and were kicked out of the game.

For years, however, B.C. Hockey League fans had grown accustomed to two players fighting and sitting for five minutes before getting back into the game.

But in the 2013-14 season, the BCHL and the four other western Canadian Junior Hockey League bodies instituted the Junior A Supplement, brought in to make the game more safe. It brought in a number of new ways to discipline players, including automatic game misconducts for fighting majors.

But Clippers head coach and general manager Mike Vandekamp isn’t a fan, believing fighting has its place in policing hockey when players aren’t deterred by the prospect of having to leave the game if they do fight.

“I think the rule is horrible, and that’s my opinion of it,” said Vandekamp, who has voiced his displeasure of the rule before.

“I think a one-fight rule is horrible for the game of hockey.”

After Brosseau found himself in the fight Sunday, the Clippers were down not only their captain but their top left winger, the BCHL’s sixth-leading scorer with 21 points in 14 games.

Kane, of Chilliwack, has three points in 12 games.

The Clippers, up 3-0 shortly after the fight, had their lead cut to a single goal in the third period.

Vandekamp thought Brosseau should have been given the chance to stick up for himself without being served a game misconduct.

“I don’t think he started that fight

JIM MORRIS THE CANADIAN PRESS

Nanaimo Clippers captain Devin Brosseau, right, fights with Kale Kane of the Chilliwack Chiefs Sunday in a B.C. Hockey League game at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

“I think a one-fight rule is horrible for the game of hockey.“ Mike Vandekamp, head coach

at all,” he said, “but I think you should have the right to defend yourself and stick up for yourself on the ice, too.

“I guess that’s basically where he was at in that situation.”

Other parts of the Junior A Supplement include extra discipline on players with more than five fighting majors in the season, as well as for

head contact. Vandekamp said he was OK with Brosseau engaging in the fight.

“I’m fine with it,” he said.

“I wouldn’t want to lose a good player from the game, but it was all right.”

Renwick gets two games for goalie interference Clippers second-line centre Corey Renwick has been suspended two games for goaltender interference, according to the BCHL’s website.

The infraction occurred Sunday when Renwick was driving to the net, was taken down, and then slid

into Chilliwack goalie Aidan Pelino.

Renwick was given a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct on the spot, and Pelino left the game with an apparent leg injury.

He will be eligible to return to the lineup Oct. 30 when the Clippers host the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, the same day back-up goalie Jakob Walter can come back from his six-game suspenson.

Renwick, a third-year veteran fron Nanoose Bay, has two goals and seven assists in 14 games this season.

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Royals believe Blue Jays are stealing their signs JOHN CHIDLEY-HILL THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — The Kansas City Royals think there’s more to the Toronto Blue Jays’ home field advantage than just loud sell-out crowds.

Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez said before Tuesday’s Game 4 of the American League Championship Series that teammate Johnny Cueto believes the Blue Jays are using a plant in the centre-field stands of Rogers Centre to steal signs.

Cueto was chased from Kansas City’s 11-8 loss in Toronto on Monday night after giving up six hits and eight runs in just two innings of work.

“He said, I think he said last night, they got a guy in centre field,” said Volquez, who is scheduled to start on Wednesday in Game 5 of the ALCS. “You see how hard it is, he look to the centre field and he see somebody do this or do that, it’s really hard to do that. But when the guy gets on second base, he said something about that, too, they were giving signs to the hitter.”

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons was asked about Cueto’s claims after Toronto’s 14-2 loss to Kansas City in Game 4 and quickly dismissed the accusations.

“I have nothing to say on that,” said Gibbons. “We’ve heard that before.

Really, we’ve got a good hitting team.

They don’t need that. That’s kind of going around the League.”

Volquez seemed less than convinced that the Blue Jays were using someone in the outfield seats to read the catcher’s signals to the pitcher.

He repeatedly said he didn’t know if Cueto’s claims were true and pointed out that it’s a pitcher’s responsibility to make it difficult for his signs to be read.

“You’ve got to hide the ball and have better communication with the catcher giving you signs when you’re pitching,” said Volquez. “So there’s nothing wrong with it. We just have to hide the ball and give multiple

signs to hide it from them.”

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred addressed Cueto’s claims a few hours after Volquez spoke.

“Stealing signs is something that is often claimed, rarely proven in baseball,” Manfred told reporters.

“I’m not going to say anything more than that.”

This is not the first time Toronto has been accused of stealing signs.

In August 2011 a report from ESPN had complaints from anonymous players on an unnamed team that the Blue Jays had a plant in the centre-field seats, to the right of a section tarped over for camera crews.

VANCOUVER — A depleted Vancouver Whitecaps team boarded an airplane Tuesday for a long flight to play a game that means nothing to the Major League Soccer club.

Ravaged by injury, manager Carl Robinson planned to take only 12 or 13 players to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to face CD Olimpia Thursday in a CONCACAF Champions League match. The Seattle Sounders have already won Group F, which means the results of Thursday’s match at Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino are meaningless.

“I’m not looking forward to the travel,” said midfielder Russell Teibert. “It’s difficult to understand you are going down to Honduras, all this travel, for a game that essentially doesn’t change things.”

Compounding the situation, the Whitecaps face the Houston Dynamo at BC Place Stadium on Sunday in a match with huge playoff implications. A win would secure the Whitecaps a home playoff game. A loss or draw, combined with other league results, could drop Vancouver to fifth or sixth place and put them on the road to begin the playoffs.

“I’m not looking at Houston at the moment,” said Robinson, who jokingly suggested he might have to dress for Thursday’s match.

The Whitecaps have been decimated by injuries. The list includes midfielders Pedro Morales (hamstring); Mauro Rosales (groin); Nicolas Mezquida (hamstring); centre back Pa-Modou Kah (groin); midfielder Cristian Techera (hamstring); striker Octavio Rivero (Achilles) and striker Caleb Clarke (hamstring).

“Everyone who is fit and available to go, will go,” said Robinson.

In a bid to find some healthy bodies for the trip, the Whitecaps asked if they could dress players from their WFC2 team which plays in the United Soccer League. CONCACAF and MLS denied the request.

Even though he is dressing a squad of mostly younger players, Robinson said his team wants to wave the MLS flag in the Champions League match.

“It’s a great competition,” he said.

“We are in the competition for the first time. The timing of it obviously isn’t ideal but it’s something we have to deal with.

“Outside of that, we are dealing with a serious glut of injuries, which doesn’t help us. We are making the best of it. We will make the best of it we possibility can on Thursday and in preparation for the Sunday game as well.”

The Whitecaps used a mostly second-unit squad to defeat CD Olimpia 1-0 at BC Place in September.

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Mets take 3-0 lead over Cubs in NLCS

Time to reunite twins, Vrbata?

ANDREW SELIGMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — With their bats and their arms, the New York Mets are overpowering the Chicago Cubs.

Now, they’re one win from their first World Series in 15 years.

Daniel Murphy homered in his record-tying fifth consecutive game in the post-season and Jacob deGrom pitched seven strong innings to lead the Mets over the Cubs 5-2 Tuesday night for a 3-0 lead in the NL Championship Series.

A cluster of New York fans gathered in the rain behind their team’s dugout after the final out and chanted “Let’s go, Mets!” And with a victory Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, the Mets will be playing for baseball’s ultimate prize.

Rookie Steven Matz gets the start for the Mets in Game 4 while Jason Hammel goes for the Cubs.

Yoenis Cespedes and David Wright each had three hits for the Mets.

Cespedes scored the go-ahead run on a two-out wild pitch by Trevor Cahill on a strikeout of Michael Conforto in the sixth inning.

Murphy tied the mark set by Houston’s Carlos Beltran in 2004 with his drive off Kyle Hendricks in the third.

DeGrom followed up dominant starts by Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard in New York with one of his own. The NL Rookie of the Year held the Cubs’ big bats to just two runs and four hits. He struck out seven, walked one and retired his final 11 batters. The righty with the flowing hair improved to 3-0 in his first post-season, with all of the wins coming on the road.

Kyle Schwarber had the towel-waving crowd shaking 101-year old Wrigley Field to its foundation in the first inning with his club-record fifth homer of the post-season. Jorge Soler also had them roaring with his solo drive in the fourth. But Joe Maddon’s Cubs have just five runs in this series. Barring an epic comeback, a World Series drought that dates to 1908 will continue. Only one other team has won a playoff series after dropping the first three games.

Theo Epstein’s Red Sox came back against the New York Yankees in the 2004 AL Championship Series and ultimately ended one long championship curse. Now, the team he constructed in Chicago, that stirred the imaginations of long-suffering fans, finds itself in a similar spot.

Cespedes broke a 2-2 tie when he led off the sixth with a single against Cahill and scored from third with two out as Conforto swung at a 2-2 pitch in the dirt. The ball rolled to the backstop, allowing the runner to reach first and extending the inning.

Conforto was forced to stay at third when Wilmer Flores’ drive rolled to the ivy in right field was called a ground-rule double.

Last year’s prized free agent needs to get going after goal-less start to the season

Ben Kuzma The Province

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adim Vrbata has lost his goal-scoring touch but not his sense of humour.

Asked how zero goals and no points through six games is playing out on the home front, the Vancouver Canucks winger said he’s getting advice. Not that it’s helping much.

“My oldest son (Krystof) is all over me now and when he’s all over me, it’s getting really tough,” chuckled Vrbata. “I saw his practice and he didn’t score either yesterday.”

It gets better. When asked about the potential of coming over the boards after a 3-on-3 overtime faceoff Sunday to create a different look, Vrbata took another playful poke at himself.

“I would have a breakaway and with the way things are going, I would score and it would go to a (coach’s) challenge and it would be offside,” he laughed. “You’re going to see more of that stuff, some set plays and some surprising plays that coaches come up with.”

What the coach came up with Tuesday is what everybody has been waiting for. The odds of Vrbata scoring Thursday against the Washington Capitals improved dramatically when he was reunited with Henrik and Daniel Sedin at practice.

Vrbata is coming off a six-shot outing Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers and with 25 shots this season, it’s not as if he’s lost a quick release — or his mind.

He’s missing picking corners by inches, but the confidence he exudes in playing with creative linemates is evident in how he talks with anticipation of what could be. The Sedins should be excited, too. Henrik has just one goal and an assist this sea-

Vancouver Canucks winger Radim Vrbata falls to the ice during an NHL game in Vancouver on Sunday against the Edmonton Oilers. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

son. Daniel has two goals and two assists.

“If we play the same way we did last year, that would help big time,” said Vrbata. “You never know what to expect and that’s what makes them unique. You have to read the situation. If you go somewhere, they will adjust their play and make it work.

There are not too many set plays, it’s just reading them and creating an advantage for yourself.”

You know the Vrbata story. Prized free agent arrives last fall and is promised the Sedins. He has three goals in his first three games, five in his first eight and the back door on those early power-play alignments was wide open to lay the foundation for a 31-goal season.

Vrbata would transition to become a stretch-drive regular with Nick Bonino and Chris Higgins, but the Sedins were always the butter for his bread.

Fast forward and Willie Desjardins’

desire to spread out scoring this season led to ABV (Anybody But Vrbata).

A host of could-be or wanna-be wingers — Ronalds Kenins, Jake Virtanen, Brandon Sutter, Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen — rode shotgun with the Sedins.

And as much as Desjardins wants to roll four lines — expecting Sutter to work with Burrows and Hansen in a shutdown capacity to take pressure off Bo Horvat, so he can hit stride with Sven Baertschi and Virtanen — getting Vrbata going is crucial.

Desjardins did it to get Sutter going after a dismal pre-season and the Sedins were the tonic. They should be for Vrbata.

“It kind of loads up one line, but we’re at home and we get matchups (Thursday),” said Desjardins.

“When you split them up, we’re a lot harder to defend, and when the Sedins are scoring and Vrbata is scoring, you have to look at your matchups against us. With the Sedins,

you usually look for somebody who goes to the net or gives them more weight, but with Vrbata it’s a different kind of combination.”

At 34 and as a pending unrestricted free agent, the pressure to land a lucrative contract can only magnify the drought for Vrbata. But he doesn’t see it that way because he’s locked in the moment.

“I would be just as frustrated if I had a 10-year contract in my back pocket — it doesn’t come into play at all,” he said. “When you know you can make a difference and aren’t, it’s not a good feeling. Everything is happening so quick, so you really don’t have time to think. You go by your instincts and you hope for the best.

When you’re scoring, it just seems so easy.”

Last season, Henrik had eight points (2-6) after six games and so did Daniel (1-7), and Vrbata had seven points (4-3).

“He (Vrbata) is one of those guys who’s going to get to the spots and is so good at getting rebounds,” said the Canucks captain. “It’s good to put us together, but we can’t start forcing things. I talk a lot about the process and it has to be there for us to produce, and slumps for us rarely happen early in the years.”

Added Daniel: “We know what he (Vrbata) can do. I always look at it as if we’re getting scoring chances.

That’s the only way to deal with the pressure of not scoring.”

OF NOTE — Jared McCann centred Brandon Prust and Derek Dorsett at practice, and Desjardins is anxious to give the rookie another look. “With his speed, it’s just the way the game is going and it certainly works to your advantage,” said Desjardins.

“He has played well. If we feel they (junior-eligible rookies) can’t play or are intimated, you’ve got to make a move.”

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Seahawks are league’s top underachievers TIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — When Pete Carroll struggled as a head coach during his first stint in the NFL, and when Southern California was in its rebuilding phase during his early years in Los Angeles, there was a talent gap that explained some of the shortcomings.

That is why Carroll, above all others in the Seattle Seahawks hierarchy, is struggling to understand where his current team stands now.

A team with starting talent the envy of many in the NFL could at 2-4 be arguably the biggest disappointment in the league through the first six weeks.

“I haven’t really been in this kind

of situation with a really good team where it felt so much different and the results are flipping,” Carroll said.

The Seahawks sit at a crossroads headed into Thursday’s game at San Francisco, beginning a critical twoweek stretch that will determine where this season goes. Seattle is already facing long odds to reach its goal of making the playoffs. Only 8 per cent of teams since 1990 that have started 2-4 ended up playing in the post-season.

There’s no panic in Seattle’s locker room now. That could change by the end of the week if they lose at San Francisco on Thursday night.

“We can only get better. I don’t think our season will keep going like this where we keep giving them

games like this. It’s not in our DNA,” linebacker K.J. Wright said. “We’re going to turn it around.”

The reasons that Seattle is in this position are plentiful, from missed assignments to a few key injuries to a lack of depth at some positions and perhaps a few too many distractions.

From a purely football standpoint, Seattle’s top issue is an offensive line that seemed an afterthought in the Seahawks’ roster construction and has left Russell Wilson scrambling for safety and been unable to get Marshawn Lynch going.

The absence of centre Max Unger, now in New Orleans, has loomed larger than the presence of tight end Jimmy Graham — the two key figures in an off-season swap between

the Saints and Seahawks. Graham might have 29 catches, but Wilson is on pace for nearly 70 sacks.

There are the fourth-quarter meltdowns, especially the past two weeks in losses to Cincinnati and Carolina when the Seahawks’ vaunted defence has been picked apart. Instead of coming through with clutch plays, the Seahawks have been left asking questions about why glaring mistakes are being made in the closing minutes.

“We’re not perfect. Like I said, the last couple of years we could’ve been on different pages and been getting away with that,” linebacker Bruce Irvin said.

“But this year, it’s bitten us in the butt twice.”

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Players complaining of too much golf aren’t playing much, anyway DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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he PGA Tour went 17 days from when Jordan Spieth’s putt ended one season until Will MacKenzie’s tee shot started another.

For Steven Bowditch, who played in the Presidents Cup, the off-season felt even shorter.

“It was a 10-hour flight from Korea,” Bowditch said.

The off-season on the PGA Tour has become open season for the critics who harp about a sport that never goes into hibernation.

Did it ever?

Ten years ago, the PGA Tour had 48 official tournaments squeezed into 44 weeks in a calendar year. The season began on Jan. 6 at Kapalua, and there was a tournament (or two) every week until it ended Nov. 6 at the Tour Championship.

Now that the tour has gone to a wraparound season that starts in October and ends in September, the numbers actually are slightly lower. There will be 47 events in 2015 spread over 43 weeks. Only the starting line has moved.

Still too much golf? Probably.

Then again, those who think the PGA Tour should have a longer off-season usually aren’t playing golf right now, anyway.

One thing hasn’t changed.

Players can take off as much as time as they want.

The length of the off-season is up to them.

Tiger Woods in the first year of the FedEx Cup went 10 weeks without playing. Two years later, he spent his off-season playing in Asia and Australia. It was his choice.

Brandt Snedeker is part of a growing number of players who only know a PGA Tour schedule built around the FedEx Cup. He was rookie of the year in 2007, made it all the way to the Tour Championship, took two months off and then ended his year with two events in Japan and two in Australia.

The next year, he took nearly three months off and only played

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Blackhawks lose Duncan Keith for four to six weeks due to knee injury Blackhawks star Duncan Keith had right knee surgery on Tuesday, sidelining the top defenceman for the Stanley Cup champions for four to six weeks.

Keith, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, has two assists in six games this season. The team said he had a meniscal tear repaired.

“I don’t think it was a defining blow, but it was bothering him,” coach Joel Quenneville said.

The loss of Keith, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy last season for playoffs MVP, is a huge blow for the Stanley Cup champions. They play in one of the NHL’s toughest divisions, and every point could make a difference at the end of the year.

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once in Japan. This year, he’s playing at least three times in the fall, maybe more.

“When we started the wraparound season three years ago, I was against it,” he said. “ I thought we needed an off-season. We needed time when we’re not competing against football and all that stuff. But now that we’re in the third year of it, I think it’s been good. It gives guys an opportunity to play if they need it.

“For rookies, it’s a chance to get their feet wet while they’re still in form.

“They’re not taking two months off and freaking out about it. They get right into it.”

And that’s what should be considered.

When there was talk 10 years ago about a shorter season, Woods and Phil Mickelson were leading the charge. Woods said he would like to see the season end around Labor Day, though he figured that was unrealistic.

Mickelson, if he had his way, would get rid of the fall tournaments entirely. Remember, he was a strong voice on that Ryder Cup Task Force that chose to ignore the Fall tournaments and not award Ryder Cup points

until January. His logic was reasonable. It was giving the “bottom half” of the tour a head start over the “top guys.”

What would happen if the Fall events went away and the PGA Tour had a real off-season?

The criticism would shift to how the tour is shutting out the increasing number of great young talent. The old version of Q-school would return, though that didn’t help a future No. 1 like David Duval. He missed the cut his first year in Q-school.

Jordan Spieth didn’t get out of second stage.

Brooks Koepka got his start during the wraparound season.

He now has a PGA Tour card and is No. 12 in the world. Would he have made it onto the tour without those opportunities?

Probably. Great players are never held back. But it sure helped.

With a three-month off-season, how many events would Justin Thomas have played last year?

How many does Patrick Rodgers get this year?

How much longer before anyone outside golf circles knows anything about Emiliano Grillo?

Good play goes a long way. But it starts with opportunity.

Really, the off-season hasn’t

changed at all — middle of November until the humpbacks are breaching off Maui.

Is anyone paying attention?

Only the hard-core golf fans, and these events are all on the Golf Channel. They know where to find it.

This was the audience watching the 84 Lumber Classic and Michelin Championship, which used to occupy space in the fall until the Tour Championship.

Snedeker didn’t feel any differently standing on the first tee Thursday at the Frys.com Open as he did on the 18th green at East Lake only 17 days earlier.

He’s still playing, just like he usually does, whether it’s in America or overseas.

“It’s a new season because we’re at zero, but it’s kind of a continuation,” he said. “Last year I didn’t have a good year and for the first time in my career I didn’t get to the BMW Championship. So I had five weeks off, and I couldn’t wait to start the year.

“Guys who didn’t play as well as they wanted can’t wait for the new season to start,” he said.

“Guys who played great, it’s probably not as important to them.”

Two people with knowledge of the situation say Seattle Seahawks running back Fred Jackson was uninjured when his car crashed outside the team’s facility. The crash happened on Tuesday afternoon, about 48 hours before the Seahawks face San Francisco. The people spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the accident. Jackson was taken back to the team’s facility and reported no injuries.

Photos of Jackson’s black Chevrolet Corvette with New York license plates were seen on social media. A stop sign and street signs were knocked over in the wreck.

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Penguins’ Sidney Crosby scores first goal of the season, seven games in Evgeni Malkin scored on the power play in overtime and Sidney Crosby picked up his first goal of the season to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

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“Anybody else probably would have died in that accident, so he’s

been very tough and resilient because he’s so fit,” his coach Bart Schouten said this week.

“He also heals faster than anybody we know.”

Morrison’s motorcycle struck a left-turning Toyota Corolla in northwest Calgary and knocked the car on its side May 7. The two

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Away 3-2-0-0 3-0-0-0 2-0-1-0

Last 10 Strk 4-2-0-0 L-2 3-1-2-0 L-2 3-2-1-0 L-3

3-3-0-0 2-2-1-0 2-3-0-1 2-3-0-0 1-3-0-1 1-4-0-0 1-4-0-0 0-7-0-0

W-3 L-1 W-2 W-2 L-1 L-2 L-1 L-7

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas Nashville St. Louis

GP W 6 5 6 5 7 5

PACIFIC DIVISION San Jose Vancouver Arizona

GP W 6 4 6 3 6 3

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WILD CARD Winnipeg Minnesota

6 5

4 3

2 1

0 1

0 0

20 14

13 15

8 7

1-1-0-0 1-0-0-0

3-1-0-0 4-2-0-0 L-1 2-1-1-0 3-1-1-0 L-2

Chicago Los Angeles Colorado Edmonton Anaheim Calgary

6 5 5 6 5 6

3 2 2 2 1 1

3 3 3 4 3 5

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 1 0

14 6 16 12 5 12

14 14 16 16 12 25

6 4 4 4 3 2

2-1-0-0 2-3-0-0 1-2-0-0 0-1-0-0 1-2-0-1 0-4-0-0

1-2-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 2-3-0-0 0-1-0-0 1-1-0-0

3-3-0-0 2-3-0-0 2-3-0-0 2-4-0-0 1-3-0-1 1-5-0-0

W-1 W-2 L-1 W-2 W-1 L-4

(pp).

3. New Jersey, Cammalleri 2 (Zajac) 7:09.

4. Arizona, Boedker 1 (Ekman-Larsson, Stone) 19:09.

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Greene NJ (tripping) 4:59.

Overtime 5. New Jersey, Larsson 1 (Zajac, Stempniak) :43.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

Shots Arizona 2 10 7 1—20 New Jersey 5 12 7 1—25 *RDO — Arizona: Smith (LO, 3-1-1). New Jersey: Schneider (W, 2-1-1).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Arizona: 1-5; New Jersey: 0-3.

Referees — Ghislain Hebert, Marc Joannette. Linesmen — Jonny Murray, Pierre Racicot.

Att. — 12,171 at Newark, N.J..

CANADIEN 3, BLUES 0 First Period 1. Montreal, Pacioretty 5 (Plekanec, Gallagher) 18:27.

3HQDOWLHV — Markov Mon (interference) 18:59.

Second Period 2. Montreal, Semin 1 (Galchenyuk, Eller) 4:52.

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%HDXOLHX 0RQ ÀJKWLQJ *LOEHUW 0RQ (tripping) 13:13, Edmundson StL (crosschecking) 17:03.

Third Period 3. Montreal, Mitchell 2 (Subban, SmithPelly) 11:53.

3HQDOWLHV — Jaskin StL (high-sticking) 16:29, Ott StL (misconduct) 18:26, Emelin Mon (closing hand on puck) 19:51.

Shots St. Louis 17 11 10—38 Montreal 11 13 12—36 *RDO — St. Louis: Allen (L, 1-2-0). Montreal: Price (W, 6-0-0).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — St. Louis: 0-3; Montreal: 0-2.

Referees — Brian Pochmara, Chris Rooney. Linesmen — David Brisebois, Lonnie Cameron.

Att. — 21,288 at Montreal, QC.

STARS 2, FLYERS 1

First Period 1. Dallas, Seguin 4 (Benn, Klingberg) 19:08.

3HQDOWLHV — Benn Dal (cross-checking) 1:02, Bench Dal (too many men�) 10:45.

Second Period 2. Dallas, Benn 6 (Seguin, Goligoski) :11.

3HQDOWLHV — Roussel Dal (roughing) 4:55, Gagner Phi (roughing) 4:55, Roussel Dal (interference) 4:55, Roussel Dal (slashing) 12:55, White Phi (roughing) 12:55.

Third Period 3. Philadelphia, Couturier 1 (Simmonds, Read) 8:57.

3HQDOWLHV — Oduya Dal (slashing) 5:38, Simmonds Phi (unsportsmanlike conduct) 5:38, Spezza Dal (hooking) 13:51, Read Phi (slashing) 17:52.

Shots 14 12 6—32 3HQDOWLHV — Bjugstad Flo (hooking) 10:07, Dallas Philadelphia 7 13 15—35 Mitchell Flo (tripping) 15:01. *RDO — Dallas: Niemi (W, 2-1-0). PhiladelSecond Period phia: Mason (L, 0-2-1).

No Scoring.

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Dallas: 3HQDOWLHV — Bonino Pgh (hooking) 16:24. 0-2; Philadelphia: 0-4.

Third Period Referees — Eric Furlatt, Tom Kowal.

2. Pittsburgh, Kessel 2 (Scuderi, Crosby) Linesmen — Derek Amell, Jay Sharrers.

3:17.

Att. — 19,077 at Philadelphia, Pa..

3. Florida, Howden 1 (Brickley, Gudbranson) 11:04.

4. Florida, Mackenzie 1 (Brickley, Howden) First Period 13:57.

1. Calgary, Monahan 2 (Gaudreau) 9:00.

3HQDOWLHV — Plotnikov Pgh (hooking) 4:26, 2. Washington, Burakovsky 1 (Kuznetsov) Huberdeau Flo (cross-checking) 19:35.

16:02.

Overtime 3HQDOWLHV — Orlov Wash (high-sticking) 5. Pittsburgh, Malkin 3 (Letang, Crosby) 10:48, Chorney Wash (holding) 13:24.

1:21 (pp).

Second Period 3HQDOWLHV — None.

3. Washington, Ovechkin 4 (Orpik, Shots Kuznetsov) :30.

Florida 5 16 11 1—33 4. Washington, Backstrom 2 (Williams, Pittsburgh 16 12 5 2—35 Carlson) 10:56. *RDO — Florida: Luongo (LO, 2-2-1).

5. Washington, Oshie 3 (Kuznetsov, Pittsburgh: Fleury (W, 3-3-0).

Ovechkin) 11:37.

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Florida: 3HQDOWLHV — Bollig Cal (kneeing) 2:57, 0-2; Pittsburgh: 2-3.

Hamilton Cal (holding) 14:37.

Referees — Mike Leggo, Wes McCauley.

Third Period Linesmen — Matt MacPherson, Brandon 6. Calgary, Giordano 1 (Frolik, Gaudreau) Gawryletz.

3:09.

Att. — 18,471 at Pittsburgh, Pa..

7. Washington, Chimera 2 (Beagle) 6:53.

8. Washington, Backstrom 3 (Williams, Niskanen) 16:14.

First Period 3HQDOWLHV — Engelland Cal (charging) No Scoring.

19:35.

3HQDOWLHV — Stone Ari (interference) 2:16, Shots Matteau NJ (hooking) 15:16.

Washington 7 13 10—30 Second Period Calgary 7 4 8—19 1. New Jersey, Zajac 1 (Josefson, Lars*RDO — Washington: Holtby (W, 4-1-0). son) 19:33 (sh).

Calgary: Ramo (L, 0-3-0); Hiller (2nd 3HQDOWLHV ³ &KLSFKXUD $UL ÀJKWLQJ

period 2nd period).

7RRWRR 1- ÀJKWLQJ %HQFK $UL WRR many men�) 0:57, Chipchura Ari (holding) 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Washington: 0-3; Calgary: 0-2.

6:24, Gelinas NJ (high-sticking) 11:17, Referees — Greg Kimmerly, Dan Palmieri NJ (interference) 18:51.

2¡5RXUNH Linesmen — Steve Barton, Third Period Mike Cvik.

2. Arizona, Duclair 5 (Domi, Hanzal) :47 Att. — 18,303 at Calgary, AB.

Note: a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 point in the OTL or SOL columns.

7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

New Jersey 3 Arizona 2 (OT) Dallas at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2 (OT) New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders 4 Columbus 0 Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Montreal 3 St. Louis 0 Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Dallas 2 Philadelphia 1 Florida at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Nashville 5 Tampa Bay 4 (SO) Washington at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Washington 6 Calgary 2 Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV )ULGD\¡V JDPHV N.Y. Rangers 4 San Jose 0 Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 8 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Detroit at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

Detroit at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Carolina at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Carolina at Colorado, 10 p.m.

ISLANDERS 4, BLUE JACKETS 0 First Period 1. N.Y. Islanders, Kulemin 2 (Zidlicky, Hamonic) 18:58.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Calvert Clb (tripping) 6:14, Martin NYI (roughing) 12:51, Campbell Clb (roughing) 12:51, Hickey NYI (hookLQJ %R\FKXN 1<, Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ

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Second Period No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Zidlicky NYI (tripping) 5:29.

Third Period 2. N.Y. Islanders, Hickey 1 (unassisted) 11:20.

3. N.Y. Islanders, Clutterbuck 2 (Nelson) 13:36.

4. N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 4 (Martin, Lee) 16:46 (en).

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cizikas NYI (delay of game) 1:22, Nelson NYI (delay of game) 4:10, Nelson NYI (hooking) 6:43, Foligno Clb (roughing) 10:54, De Haan NYI (slashing) 10:54, Martin NYI (high-sticking) 13:53.

Shots N.Y. Islanders 14 10 5â&#x20AC;&#x201D;29 Columbus 12 13 12â&#x20AC;&#x201D;37 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.Y. Islanders: Halak (W, 2-0-0).

Columbus: McElhinney (L, 0-2-0).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.Y. Islanders: 0-1; Columbus: 0-6.

Referees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Steve Kozari, Dean Morton. Linesmen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brian Mach, Derek Nansen.

Att. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 14,295 at Columbus, Ohio.

PENGUINS 3, 3$17+(56 27

First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Crosby 1 (Malkin, Letang) 11:00 (pp).

CAPITALS 6, FLAMES 2

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CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7 series; x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if necessary)

KANSAS CITY VS. TORONTO (Kansas City leads 3-1 0RQGD\ V UHVXOW Toronto 11 Kansas City 8 7XHVGD\ V JDPH Kansas City 14 Toronto 2 :HGQHVGD\ V JDPH Kansas City at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. [ )ULGD\ V JDPH Toronto at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m. x-6DWXUGD\ V JDPH Toronto at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m.

N.Y. Mets deGrom W, 1-0 Clippard H, 2 Familia S, 3 &KLFDJR &XEV Hendricks Richard Cahill L, 0-1 Wood Grimm Strop Rondon

NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW YORK VS. CHICAGO (New York leads 3-0) 7XHVGD\ V UHVXOWV New York 5 Chicago 2 6XQGD\ V UHVXOW New York 4 Chicago 1 :HGQHVGD\ V JDPH New York (Matz 4-0) at Chicago (Hammel 10-7), 8:07 p.m. x-7KXUVGD\ V JDPH New York at Chicago, 8:07 p.m. x-6DWXUGD\ V JDPH Chicago at New York, 4:07 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 25 Chicago at New York, 8:07 p.m.

WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7 series) Tuesday, Oct. 27: at American League Wed., Oct. 28: at American League Friday, Oct. 30: at National League Saturday, Oct. 31: at National League x-Sunday, Nov. 1: at National League x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: at American League x-Wed., Nov. 4: at American League

TUESDAY ROYALS 14, BLUE JAYS 2 Toronto ab Revere lf 3 Donaldson 3b 3 Bautista rf 4 Encarnacion dh4 Colabello 1b 4 Tulowitzki ss 3 Pompey ph 1 Martin c 3 Carrera ph 1 Pillar cf 4 Goins 2b 3

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

7RWDOV

000 432 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;14 000 000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;2

LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toronto 6, Kansas City 6. DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kansas City 1. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Perez (1), Donaldson (1). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Zobrist (1); Rios (1). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cain (2), Donaldson (1). SFâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Escobar 2, Hosmer, Moustakas.

Kansas City IP Young 4 2-3 Hochevar W, 1-0 1 1-3 Madson 1 Herrera 1 Morales 1 Toronto Dickey L, 0-1 1 2-3 Hendriks 4 1-3 Hawkins 0 Tepera 1 2-3 Lowe 1 Pennington 1-3

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

5 0 3 4 2 0

4 0 3 4 2 0

2 0 1 2 0 0

1 2 0 0 2 0

Hawkins pitched to 3 batters in the 7th WP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tepera. PBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Martin. HBP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Escobar; Gordon. Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Home, Hunter Wendelstedt; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Jeff Nelson; Third, Jim Reynolds.

Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3:39. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;49,501 (49,282) at Toronto.

METS 5, CUBS 2 1 < 0HWV DE U K EL Granderson rf 4 0 0 0 Wright 3b 4 2 3 0 Murphy 2b 5 2 2 1 Cespedes cf-lf 5 1 3 2 Duda 1b 3 0 1 1 '¡$UQDXG F Conforto lf 3 0 0 0 Clippard p 0 0 0 0 Familia p 0 0 0 0 Flores ss 4 0 1 0 deGrom sp 3 0 0 0 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 Lagares cf 0 0 0 0

7RWDOV 7RWDOV

N.Y. Mets 101 001 200 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;5 &KLFDJR &XEV Âł

Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Baez. LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;N.Y. Mets 8, Chicago Cubs 4. DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chicago Cubs 2. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wright (2), Flores (1), Fowler (1), Cespedes (1). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Schwarber (2); Soler (1).

Murphy (3). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cespedes (1). Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duda.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Kansas City ab r h bi Escobar ss 3 1 2 4 Zobrist 2b 5 2 2 2 Cain cf 3 1 2 3 Dyson cf 0 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 1 Morales dh 5 1 1 0 Moustakas 3b 4 0 0 1 Perez c 3 2 1 0 Butera c 1 0 0 0 Gordon lf 3 3 1 0 Rios rf 3 1 3 1 Orlando pr-rf 2 2 2 0 7RWDOV

Kansas City 410 Toronto 002

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

&KLFDJR &XEV DE U K EL Fowler cf 4 0 1 0 Schwarber lf 3 1 1 1 Bryant 3b 4 0 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 1 0 Castro 2b-ss 4 0 1 0 6ROHU UI

Montero c 3 0 0 0 Hendricks sp 1 0 0 0 Coghlan ph 1 0 0 0 Richard p 0 0 0 0 Cahill p 0 0 0 0 Wood p 0 0 0 0 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 La Stella ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Baez ss 2 0 0 0 Strop p 0 0 0 0 'HQRUĂ&#x20AC;D SK 0 0 0 0 Rondon p

IP 7 1 1

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

4 1 1 1-3 2-3 1 1

5 1 2 2 1 0 0

2 0 1 2 0 0 0

2 0 1 2 0 0 0

1 1 0 0 0 0 1

4 0 1 1 1 1 1

WP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cahill. Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Home, Ted Barrett; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Bill Miller.

Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3:01. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;42,231 (40,929) at Chicago Cubs.

AUTO RACING NASCAR SPRINT CUP POINTS LEADERS

1. Joey Logano, 3095; 2. Denny Hamlin, 3082; 3. Kurt Busch, 3077; 4.

Carl Edwards, 3076; 5. Kevin Harvick, 3071; 6. Jeff Gordon, 3071; 7. Brad Keselowski, 3071; 8. Martin Truex Jr., 3070; 9. Kyle Busch, 3064; 10. Ryan Newman, 3062.

11. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3039; 12. Matt Kenseth, 3035; 13. Jamie McMurray, 2154; 14. Jimmie Johnson, 2134; 15.

Paul Menard, 2109; 16. Clint Bowyer, 2086; 17. Aric Almirola, 821; 18. Kasey Kahne, 811; 19. Kyle Larson, 757; 20. *UHJ %LIĂ H 21. Austin Dillon, 688; 22. Casey Mears, 672; 23. AJ Allmendinger, 645; 24. Danica Patrick, 644; 25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 623; 26. Sam Hornish Jr., 614; 27. Tony Stewart, 608; 28. David Ragan, 602; 29. Trevor Bayne, 578; 30.

Justin Allgaier, 504.

31. Cole Whitt, 463; 32. David GilOLODQG %UHWW 0RIĂ&#x20AC;WW $OH[ Bowman, 377; 35. Matt DiBenedetto, 348; 36. Michael Annett, 338; 37. Josh Wise, 234; 38. Jeb Burton, 182; 39.

Michael McDowell, 176; 40. Alex Kennedy, 109.

41. Reed Sorenson, 74; 42. Bobby Labonte, 39; 43. Brian Vickers, 32; 44. Michael Waltrip, 26; 45. Ryan Preece, 12; 46. Will Kimmel, 11; 47. Mike Wallace, 8; 48. T.J. Bell, 7; 49. Eddie MacDonald, 7; 50. Ron Hornaday Jr., 2.

MONEY LEADERS

1. Joey Logano, $7,477,468; 2.

Denny Hamlin, $5,981,522; 3. Kurt Busch, $4,082,386; 4. Carl Edwards, $4,021,168; 5. Kevin Harvick, $7,920,971; 6. Jeff Gordon, $5,159,356; 7. Brad Keselowski, $5,430,511; 8.

Martin Truex Jr., $4,761,321; 9. Kyle Busch, $3,860,957; 10. Ryan Newman, $4,650,263.

11. Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,318,515; 12. Matt Kenseth, $5,599,426; 13. Jamie McMurray, $4,487,451; 14. Jimmie Johnson, $6,207,347; 15. Paul Menard, $3,612,300; 16.

Clint Bowyer, $4,661,168; 17. Aric Almirola, $4,512,361; 18. Kasey Kahne, $3,912,069; 19. Kyle Larson, *UHJ %LIĂ H 21. Austin Dillon, $4,324,949; 22.

Casey Mears, $3,942,176; 23.

AJ Allmendinger, $4,086,867; 24.

Danica Patrick, $3,461,529; 25.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., $3,367,624; 26. Sam Hornish Jr., $3,920,501; 27. Tony Stewart, $3,972,804; 28.

David Ragan, $3,990,701; 29. Trevor Bayne, $4,319,235; 30. Justin Allgaier, $3,460,546.

31. Cole Whitt, $3,235,635; 32. David Gilliland, $3,472,207; 33. Brett MofĂ&#x20AC;WW $OH[ %RZPDQ $2,773,749; 35. Matt DiBenedetto, $2,567,034; 36. Michael Annett, $2,812,780; 37. Josh Wise, $1,882,767; 38. Jeb Burton, $1,926,202; 39. Michael McDowell, $1,419,905; 40. Alex Kennedy, $971,412.

41. Reed Sorenson, $911,256; 42.

Bobby Labonte, $486,278; 43. Brian Vickers, $220,743; 44. Michael Waltrip, $464,816; 45. Ryan Preece, $79,615; 46. Will Kimmel, $154,217; 47. Mike Wallace, $313,883; 48. T.J. Bell, $83,138; 49. Eddie MacDonald, $78,542; 50. Ron Hornaday Jr., $95,715.

FORMULA ONE POINTS LEADERS

7KURXJK 2FWREHU 1. Lewis Hamilton, 302 pts; 2.

Sebastian Vettel, 236; 3. Nico Rosberg, 229; 4. Kimi Raikkonen, 123; 5. Valtteri Bottas, 111; 6. Felipe Massa, 109; 7.

Daniil Kvyat, 76; 8. Daniel Ricciardo, 73; 9. Sergio Perez, 54; 10. Romain Grosjean, 44.

11. Nico Hulkenberg, 38; 12. Max Verstappen, 33; 13. Felipe Nasr, 25; 14. Pastor Maldonado, 22; 15. Carlos Sainz Jr., 12; 16. Fernando Alonso, 11; 17. Marcus Ericsson, 9; 18. Jenson Button, 8.

FOOTBALL

HOCKEY WHL

WEEK 17 EAST x-Hamilton x-Toronto x-Ottawa Montreal

EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T PF PA 15 10 5 0 483 295 15 9 6 0 390 427 15 9 6 0 381 400 15 5 10 0 308 330

Pt 20 18 18 10

WEST x-Edmonton x-Calgary B.C. Winnipeg Saskatchewan

GP W L T PF PA Pt 16 12 4 0 391 295 24 16 12 4 0 408 320 24 15 5 10 0 363 420 10 16 5 11 0 322 454 10 15 2 13 0 357 462 4

x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; clinched playoff berth. )ULGD\ V JDPHV Montreal vs. Toronto (at Hamilton), 7 p.m.

Hamilton at B.C., 10 p.m.

6DWXUGD\ V JDPHV Ottawa at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.

NFL EAST L 0 1 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .800 .500 .400

PF 183 129 145 103

PA 103 75 139 111

W 3 2 1 1

L 3 4 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .333 .200 .167

PF 126 128 112 113

PA 147 155 129 176

W 6 4 2 1

L 0 2 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .333 .167

PF 182 145 141 143

PA 122 108 158 162

W 6 2 2 1

L 0 3 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .400 .333 .167

PF 139 107 136 127

PA 102 124 161 159

NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore

WEST Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Dallas Washington

W 3 3 2 2

L 3 3 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .400 .333

PF 144 139 101 117

PA 110 136 131 138

W 5 5 2 2

L 0 1 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .833 .400 .333

PF 135 183 110 134

PA 94 143 148 164

W 6 3 2 1

L 0 2 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA 1.000 164 101 .600 96 83 .333 120 179 .167 120 172

W 4 2 2 2

L 2 3 4 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .667 203 115 .400 84 113 .333 134 125 .333 100 160

NORTH Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

GP 11 10 8 9 11 12

W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 7 4 0 0 41 34 14 6 3 0 1 29 33 13 6 2 0 0 39 22 12 4 4 1 0 32 37 9 3 6 2 0 28 39 8 2 10 0 0 23 51 4

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP 10 11 10 7 9

W 7 7 4 3 2

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 3 0 0 33 21 14 4 0 0 45 41 14 4 1 1 37 46 10 4 0 0 17 19 6 7 0 0 23 36 4

Seattle Tri-City Everett Spokane Portland

GP 7 9 6 9 8

W 5 4 4 3 2

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 1 1 0 28 18 11 4 1 0 31 33 9 2 0 0 17 17 8 5 1 0 25 39 7 6 0 0 21 25 4

7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Saskatoon 3 Edmonton 2 (OT) Regina 3 Kootenay 2 Calgary at Prince George :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Brandon at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Saskatoon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Brandon at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday, October 24 Lethbridge at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION

SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

CENTRAL DIVISION Red Deer Calgary Lethbridge Medicine Hat Edmonton Kootenay

U.S. DIVISION W 5 4 3 2

SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Prince Albert 11 8 2 0 1 44 38 17 Brandon 9 6 1 0 2 46 18 14 Moose Jaw 9 6 1 1 1 39 24 14 Regina 11 6 5 0 0 33 39 12 Saskatoon 9 4 2 3 0 35 34 11 Swift Current 10 4 5 1 0 30 32 9

Victoria Kelowna Vancouver Prince George Kamloops

AMERICAN CONFERENCE New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

EAST DIVISION

Penticton Salmon Arm Vernon West Kelowna Merritt Trail

GP W 13 12 13 8 15 8 13 7 15 6 13 4

L 1 3 6 4 9 9

T OTL GF GA Pt 0 0 55 26 24 2 0 56 36 18 0 1 93 42 17 0 2 46 42 16 0 0 52 65 12 0 0 38 58 8

L 5 2 6 7 9

T OTL GF GA Pt 0 0 49 32 20 1 2 50 73 19 0 0 54 44 16 0 1 27 47 9 0 2 29 44 6

ISLAND DIVISION

WEST

GP W Powell River 15 10 Cowichan Valley13 8 Nanaimo 14 8 Alberni Valley 12 4 Victoria 13 2

MAINLAND DIVISION

Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOW Philadelphia 27, N.Y. Giants 7

Thursday, October 22 Seattle at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, October 25 Buffalo at Jacksonville, 9:30 a.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like a big shutout win for Islanders coach Jack Capuano but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take it.

Jaroslav Halak stopped 37 shots for his 37th career shutout to lead the surging New York Islanders to their fourth straight win, 4-0 over the winless Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

Nikolay Kulemin gave the Islanders the lead late in the first period and

the contest was a bit of a grind until the later stages. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a 4-nothing game I can tell you that,â&#x20AC;? Capuano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jaro played pretty well for us.â&#x20AC;?

Columbusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sixth ranked unit had three straight power plays, setting up a chance to tie it in the third period before Thomas Hickey, Cal Clutterbuck and John Tavares scored in a 5 1/2 minute span late.

Halak made a second straight start after returning from an upper-body

injury sustained during the preseason and flashed his pads to keep Columbus off the scoreboard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guys just stood up, especially on the PK,â&#x20AC;? Halak said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If there were some rebounds, guys were there.â&#x20AC;?

The Blue Jackets extended their franchise-worst start and became the third team in the NHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modern history to open a season 0-7.

Columbus coach Todd Richards thought his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play was improved.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re disappointed that you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the results and right now we need the results,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit of a silver lining. We were better just not good enough.â&#x20AC;?

Curtis McElhinney finished with 25 saves and was steady throughout, making several key saves to keep Columbus within striking distance for most of the night.

McElhinney was making a second start in a row over the beleaguered Sergei Bobrovsky. The former Vezina

Trophy winner is 0-5-0 with a 5.07 goals-against-average and .889 save percentage. Capuano said the Blue Jackets played an engaged game and maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about bounces for them right now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had any puck luck to be honest with you,â&#x20AC;? Capuano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They had some chances. They played extremely hard here tonight.

They were prepared and we were fortunate that we had the puck luck that we had.â&#x20AC;?

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MONDAY, OCT. 26 TheatreOne’s Fringe Flicks season features four new independent films this autumn at the Avalon Cinema.

6:30- 7:15 p.m. Brother XII tour. Downtown walking tour. Pre-registration is required 250-753-1821, cost is $10.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Focus on what you want. As carefully as you’ll orchestrate your plans, you still could see tension build in the later afternoon or evening. Several awkward moments are likely to pop up. You’ll hear a lot from several friends or associates. Tonight: Where you are happiest.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You might feel the need to show your competence and knowledge in front of a supervisor or respected boss. You could be in a situation where you feel awkward or as if you cannot make your plans clear enough. Relate to a partner or dear friend directly. Tonight: Plan on a late night.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Read between the lines with someone at a distance. You might not be sure of what to do, as there are mixed messages involved. You have the unique ability to find a solution that works for the majority of people.

Take some time to visit a family member. Tonight: Make plans.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You could be touchy and difficult, especially when dealing with a partner or loved one. One-on-one relating adds dimension to each issue, but it points to a resolution as well.

You are more upbeat than you are letting others know. Why? Tonight: With a favorite person.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Others might come on so strong that you’ll want to take a step back.

Other seem to be ready to add their own ideas to project of yours.

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Use caution with your finances, and don’t overspend. Resist the urge to indulge. Tonight: Go along with someone else’s plans.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your smile wins many friends, but you need to be focused on completing a certain project right now. You will be tempted to veer off course. Stay open to suggestions; your positive attitude and openness draws in many people. Tonight: Know when to call it a night.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your imagination seems to be working overtime. You could be tired from an emotional situation that you are choosing not to discuss. Nevertheless, whether you are aware of it, this matter could cause distance between you and a loved one.

Tonight: Act on a whim.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might need to take a much-needed break from a situation. If you don’t, you are likely to blow up sooner or later. Zero in on a friend’s request. You will become very popular, even if you just respond with only this person’s request in mind. Tonight: Not to be found.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You have the ability to move through problems faster than many people. You tend isolate yourself when you’re working through a hassle. A friendship plays a big role in your decisions. A person you look up to could cop quite an attitude. Tonight: Make it your treat.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You are capable of wheeling and dealing. You might be very busy as you attempt to execute a plan. Touch base with someone at a distance.

The conversation the two of you have could be very caring. Express your feelings and listen carefully.

Tonight: Indulge a friend.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) The Moon in your sign puts you in the spotlight. Others naturally follow your lead. One-on-one relating will save you time and get you better results. You need to know where others are coming from. A close loved one supports you 100 percent. Tonight: Decide what you want to do.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might be working through several issues in your head. One group of thoughts could involve a boss or parent. One-on-one relating allows greater connection and caring. Others demonstrate their support, especially a close loved one. Tonight: Don’t push yourself too hard.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Oct. 21) This year you naturally come up with many imaginative ideas. You seem to be happy with a loved one or special friend close to you. For some, a child might be the person who lights up your life. Loosen up, and try not to be so serious in conversations. If you are single, you attract many people, and romance seems to be everywhere. Decide what kind of bond you desire. If you are attached, the two of you relate very well to each other.

Sometimes you act like new lovers or newlyweds. AQUARIUS can be provocative.

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BABCOCK, JOHN MICHAEL (MIKE) October 31, 1938 - October 2, 2015 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Mike Babcock.

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Mike spent 20 years in the RCAF, stationed across Canada, Sardinia, and France. After operating restaurants/service stations with Betty in Swift Current, SK., and Cranbrook, BC, he retired as a Corrections Officer in Nanaimo, BC. Mike found pleasure in the outdoors, especially camping, fishing and golfing; he travelled far and wide with Betty in their RV, visiting friends and family all across Canada.

Predeceased by his parents, brother Frank Babcock, sisters Peggy Roberts and Dot Peterson. Mike is survived and lovingly remembered by his wife of 53 years Betty, son Lary, daughters Elta and Ora-Lee (Rob) and grandchildren Andrew (Lara), Erin (Shane), Merritt, Jamie, Mia, Michael, Robyn. Brother Archie (Georgina), sisters Reva (Scott) and Ora, and special womb-mate Monnie (Al). As well as many very special friends across this country.

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Madrid match features top players With Paris Saint-Germain on the schedule, Christiano Ronaldo will be up against Ibrahimovic GOOD MEMORIES The clash with Madrid brings back good memories to PSG fans.

When Madrid steps onto the Parc des Princes turf on Wednesday, it will be the first competitive match between PSG and Real Madrid since the 1994 European Cup Winnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cup quarterfinals.

PSG advanced to the semifinals with a 2-1 aggregate win following a 1-0 victory at Santiago Bernabeu, just one year after knocking Madrid out of the UEFA Cup at the same stage when a late goal from Antoine Kombouare in added time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the eve of the returned leg, we met in a hotel room and told ourselves: â&#x20AC;&#x2122;We are going to walk on their heads,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; recalled Kombouare, who helped PSG to a 4-1 win after a 3-1 loss in Madrid. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is my biggest memory as a football player.â&#x20AC;?

SAMUEL PETREQUIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Real Madrid vs. Paris Saint-Germain means itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Two of the best forwards in the game meet Wednesday in the Champions League when Madrid travels to Paris with the Group A lead at stake.

Ronaldo has recently broken Raul Gonzalezâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time scoring record for Madrid with his 324th career goal for the 10-time European champions.

Ibrahimovic did the same for PSG. The Sweden striker had another twogoal game in the French league last weekend and is the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time leading scorer with 112 goals in all competitions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ronaldo is among the two extraterrestrial players of the planet football,â&#x20AC;? said PSG coach Laurent Blanc, comparing the Portugal forward to Lionel Messi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be an anti-Ronaldo plan, because he is unstoppable, but we can do a lot to make sure he gets as little balls as possible.â&#x20AC;?

PSG, which lost in the quarterfinals to Barcelona last season, is waiting on the fitness of goalkeeper Kevin Trapp and will be without injured defender David Luiz, but should see the return of midfielder Marco Verrati alongside Thiago Motta and Blaise Matuidi.

The midfield battle is expected to be one of the keys of the game, with Madrid boasting a solid line made of Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric.

Both PSG and Madrid have six points from their first two matches.

In the other group match, Malmo will host Shakhtar Donetsk.

Here are some things to know about Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matches: RONALDO & THE REMAINDERS A seemingly endless spate of injuries means Madrid will more than ever look

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to Ronaldo to lead the way at the Parc des Princes.

Gareth Bale picked up a left-leg muscle injury in Madridâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-0 win over Levante on Saturday, while striker Karim Benzema returned from international duty with France with a hamstring pull.

Their knocks leave Ronaldo all alone in attack. Madrid coach Rafa Benitez opted to support his star with young forwards Jese Rodriguez, Lucas Vazquez and Borja Mayoral.

Modric and defender Sergio Ramos made the trip to Paris, while the injured Pepe, James Rodriguez and Dani Carvajal will miss the match.

Fortunately for Madrid, Ronaldo is as good as it gets in Europe. The Portugal forward is the competitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time leading scorer with 82 goals.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Ronaldo) leaves his mark on every game and every training session,â&#x20AC;?

Madrid midfielder Francisco â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iscoâ&#x20AC;?

Alarcon said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is the hungriest player I have ever seen.â&#x20AC;?

INJECTION REQUIRED Sergio Ramos will need a painkiller injection if he is to feature against PSG. Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez said the centre-half has not completely recovered from a left shoulder injury and did not say whether he will risk aggravating the problem by starting the former world champion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He knows that he will be able to play with an injection, but it will be painful afterward,â&#x20AC;? Benitez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In any case, he knows that this injury will keep bothering him for a while.â&#x20AC;?

TALISMAN TEIXEIRA With both PSG and Madrid to contend with in Group A, qualifying for the knockout stage was always going to be a challenge for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Shakhtar travels to Malmo in the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other match for a meeting between two teams yet to earn a single point. Barring a dramatic change of course, the Ukrainian and Swedish teams are playing for third place and a ticket to the Europa League.

Malmo must contend with Shakhtarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talisman, attacking midfielder Alex Teixeira, who is in form with 17 goals in 18 games this season across all competitions.

He scored two valuable goals in Shakhtarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last game, a 3-0 win over rival Dynamo Kyiv that put Shakhtar back on top of the Ukrainian league standings.

With midfielder Taras Stepanenko back from suspension, Shakhtar heads to Sweden with high hopes.

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LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The hullabaloo about the last-minute penalty that helped Australia beat Scotland in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals overlooks the fact that referees have been showing theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re human since the game was invented.

Just three months ago in the Rugby Championship, New Zealand beat South Africa in Johannesburg with a late try from a lineout move that, to South African eyes, should have been disallowed.

French referee Jerome Garces immediately awarded the try without a video referral, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in charge of the teams again for their semifinal on Saturday at Twickenham.

At Ellis Park, the All Blacks were trailing 20-17 in the 74th minute when they had a lineout five meters out from the South Africa tryline. They decoyed a lift for No. 8 Kieran Read at the back, drawing five Springboks, and leaving a huge hole at the front of the lineout. Richie

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The referee never had a clue what was going on.â&#x20AC;&#x153; Jonathan Kaplan, former referee

McCaw, standing at scrumhalf, rushed in to accept the short throw and had to power over only Ruan Pienaar to score.

The try put New Zealand in front 22-20, and was converted. The All Blacks won 27-20.

Former referee Jonathan Kaplan, the South African who officiated at four World Cups, said McCaw should have been penalized for moving into the lineout before the ball was thrown. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The referee never had a clue what was going on,â&#x20AC;? he said in an online column.

But he also criticized the Springboksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; naivety, for throwing the ball away moments from halftime and gifting

possession to New Zealand which they used to score a converted try to make it 10-10, and for their inability to take advantage of Sam Whitelockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yellow card.

Leading by three at the time, South Africa failed to take a shot at goal from a scrum penalty, then let the scrums became uncontested after Vincent Koch was injured, and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t utilize replacement Trevor Nyakane while they had a superior scrum.

Even the All Blacks acknowledged they pinched it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although we beat them in our last outing in the Rugby Championship, we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t proud of the way we played,â&#x20AC;?

New Zealand centre Conrad Smith said on Tuesday.

The Springboks always produce a consistent level of physicality, he said, and they never seem to have an â&#x20AC;&#x153;off nightâ&#x20AC;? against New Zealand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the past five years itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been tight when we have played,â&#x20AC;? Smith said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our defence will have to be on top of their game. The strengths of South Africa will be different to those of France (which New Zealand crushed in the quarterfinals) and so will the threats.â&#x20AC;?

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said that since the Springboks lost to Japan in their opening match, â&#x20AC;&#x153;they seem to be growing an arm and a leg every week.â&#x20AC;?

He was impressed by their mental fortitude to overcome Wales 23-19 in the quarterfinals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You never quite know what the opposition will bring, but you have a fair idea, and it will be big, hard and tough,â&#x20AC;? Hansen said of South Africa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They will carry strong, and will kick a lot. But we know they have got a running team if they want to go that way.

We have to plan for everything, even prepare for the unexpected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the old A, B, C isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it. Assume some things, Believe nothing, and Confirm them when you get out there.â&#x20AC;?

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

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Today, brewmasters are exploring the full range of pumpkin-plus in all traditional styles; pumpkin saisons (summer ales), barrel-aged pumpkin ales, pumpkin porters and even pumpkin lagers.

Autumn brews are mighty tasty Lynette Burns The Lucky Gourmet

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ou know it’s Halloween season when a vast array of pumpkin beers pour onto the market from B.C.’s craft breweries.

It used to be a simple thing when pumpkin would simply be added to existing ales. Today, brewmasters are exploring the full range of pumpkin-plus in all traditional styles; pumpkin saisons (summer ales), barrel-aged pumpkin ales, pumpkin porters and even pumpkin lagers.

Closest to home is Nanaimo’s Longwood Brewery’s Full Patch Pumpkin Saison. Traditionally, this farmhouse style of ale was brewed to be lower in alcohol, but Longwood’s Nanaimo

style packs a walloping nine-per-cent alcohol by volume.

As this copper-tinged brew pours, it gives off great wafts of roasted parsnip, cinnamon and nutmeg. The initial impression on the mouth is of roasted malt and squash flavours, followed by dense hoppy bitters.

The tangy aftertaste you might expect is replaced by a quiet peppery sensation, likely from that nine per cent alcohol level. This is a serious winner at $7.95 for a 650 ml bomber, but don’t underestimate the impact the alcohol content will leave you in after enjoying this brew.

From Victoria we have Spinnaker Brewing Company’s Pumpkin Ale. Actually made with roasted and slightly charred kabocha squash, this is a lighter flavoured pumpkin ale.

Hints of pie spice and smoke are enhanced by the addition of lactose (dairy sugar) in this brew. It’s not that sweet, yet the rich body is reminiscent of gramma’s pumpkin pie.

Spinnaker Pumpkin Ale is an excellent introductory brew for pumpkin beer newbies and very well priced at $6.25 a bomber.

Just released is Swan Brew Pubs Pumpkin Ale. As the oldest brew pub in Victoria, we expected a traditional pumpkin ale from the Swan brew crew and they didn’t disappoint with this light-on-the-hops but rich and malty pumpkin ale.

While the cinnamon and nutmeg stand out, it’s easily balanced by the tangy pumpkin flavours and caramel.

It’s as close as you’ll get to a liquid pumpkin pie experience and, at $6.45 a bomber, it is very well-priced for a benchmark brew.

Two pumpkin beers from East Vancouver’s Parallel 49 are also intriguing. Its Lost Souls Chocolate Pumpkin Porter is rich and robust with aromas of chocolate, coffee and malt taking the lead. Mellow ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg flavours are

complimented by a subtle hint of pumpkin. A nice dry ending produces the desired porter experience and a great buy at $5.90 a bomber.

Parallel 49’s Schadenfreude Octoberfest/pumpkin beer hybrid is a great late-fall beer as well with lots of vanilla and pie spice in the bouquet and a crisp and snappy tang thanks to citrus-style hops. The lively carbonation creates a long dry finish on this brew.

Parallel 49 is known for its unusual beer names, which leaves me wondering about the translation of this name. Literally meaning “harm/ joy,” could this be a message that too much of a good thing is still too much? At $13.50 for a sixpack, beware of the “schadenfreude.” » Lynette Burns is the managing leader for Lucky’s Liquor store in Nanaimo. For information on all events, including an Oct. 28 harvest party, call 250-585-2275 or visit www.luckysliquor.ca.

FAST FOOD

Subway will switch to meat without antibiotics THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Subway said Tuesday that it plans to switch to meat raised without antibiotics over the next several years. The announcement comes after the company was targeted by advocacy groups calling for the change, with a coalition planning to deliver petitions to Subway’s headquarters on Thursday.

The sandwich chain had said this summer that it would start switching to chicken raised without antibiotics important to human medicine by next year. Now, it says it will serve chicken that receive no antibiotics starting

in March 2016. It will also make the change to turkey starting sometime next year, with a transition expected to be complete within two to three years.

Pork and beef raised without antibiotics will follow within six years after that, or by 2025, the company says.

Subway said its announcement was the “culmination of several months of intensive work with suppliers” and that it is proud to finally be in a position to share its plans. It said the decision was not a reaction to any campaign, and that it continually works on improving its menu.

The announcement comes as multiple groups including Natural Resources Defence Council, Friends of the Earth, the Center for Food Safety, U.S. Public Interest Research Group and food blogger Vani Hari had campaigned to get Subway to commit to buying meat produced without the routine use of antibiotics, and provide a timeline for doing so.

Livestock producers often give their cattle, hog and poultry antibiotics to make them grow faster and to prevent illnesses.

The practice has become a public health issue, with officials saying it can lead to germs becoming resistant

to drugs so that they’re no longer effective in treating illnesses in humans.

Chipotle and Panera already say they serve meat raised without antibiotics, and McDonald’s said earlier this year it would make the switch for its chicken. Subway is the largest chain in the U.S. by locations, with more than 27,000 stores.

It isn’t the first time Subway has been the target of a petition. Hari, known as the Food Babe, also previously petitioned the company to remove azodicarbonamide from its bread, noting that the ingredient is also used in yoga mats.

nyone who has been to a store recently can tell that Halloween is just around the corner. It seems that every year the candy treats are getting smaller which is a good thing, but the price tag is still getting bigger. Some families avoid trick or treating altogether because they don’t want children getting all that candy, or they fear the treats may not be safe for their children to eat. Many children cannot eat the treats because they have food allergies.

To enjoy the door-to-door fun while avoiding the sweets, offer non-food items as treats. My children and grandchild were delighted at Halloween when they opened their bag and found something other than just more candy.

Some ideas for non-food Halloween treats include the following: • Pencils, pens, crayons or markers with colouring sheets • Bubbles • Halloween erasers or pencil toppers • Mini Slinkies • Whistles, kazoos, or noisemakers • Bouncy balls • Finger puppets or novelty toys • Coins • Spider rings • Vampire fangs • Mini notepads • Playing cards • Bookmarks • Stickers • Stencils • Glow sticks, bracelets or necklaces Many of these non-food items are available at local discount stores or dollar stores. You may be surprised that they are cheaper than the cost of chocolate or candy. Computer savvy crafty people may be able to make their own finger puppets, stickers, colouring sheets, or bookmarks for a fraction of the cost.

Families who go door to door with their little ghosts and goblins still need to sort through the bags and make sure that there are no choking hazards or harmful aspects.

Inviting the neighbours back to your house for a small party is another idea either after trick or treating or instead of it. Plan a bonfire, offer some healthy, spooky food and give children some active games to burn off some of the Halloween energy. If you don’t have room for the bonfire, head to municipal events which often include a bonfire and fireworks. Planning healthier Halloween night traditions will take the emphasis off the candy and put it where it belongs in having fun with friends and neighbours. » Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health program for Island Health. She can be reached at eileen.bennewith@viha.ca.

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Canadian Lilly Singh brings in YouTube profits KOLBY SOLINSKY BC LOCAL NEWS

Canadian Lilly Singh is one of the world’s highest-paid YouTube stars, according to Forbes’ first-ever power ranking of the online video platform’s celebrities.

The magazine and website, which often releases ‘Most Powerful’ or ‘Richest’ lists for sports franchises, movie stars, businesspeople and cities, had Singh – who’s from Scarborough, Ont., and is known to her nearly 6.9 million subscribers as Superwoman – tied for eighth in YouTube earnings for 2015, with an estimated $2.5 million.

“Singh is a stand-up comedian who leans heavily on her ethnic background (her parents immigrated to Canada from India),” wrote Forbes, “and is also a singer, whose 2015 world tour, A Trip to Unicorn Island, hit 27 cities worldwide.”

Swedish video gamer PewDiePie — real name, Felix Kjellberg — unsurprisingly finished atop the heap, with 2015 earnings of $12 million.

Who is Lilly Singh? (Oh, you don’t know?)

Singh’s channel is pretty typical for the site. Her content consists of

Canadian Lilly Singh, known as Superwoman to her massive legion of fans on YouTube, has close to seven million subscribers on the world’s biggest online video platform. [YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT]

vlogs, skits, and interviews, some of them with celebs like The Rock, Selena Gomez, and Ed Sheeran. Her “Unicorn Island” tour, with the same name as her website, sliced through

countries like India, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, the U.K., Canada, the United States and Trinidad, and more.

“This is the biggest project of my

life,” Singh told the Toronto Sun in May. “I’m doing a one-hour-and40-minute variety show, which is basically my channel coming to life, so I’m going to dance, I’m going to do music, I’m going to have comedy, and my parent characters will be there — for the first time ever live — as well. And it’s just going to be a really uplifting, good time.”

Her parent characters refer to the other roles she often performs in her videos, that of her mother and father (with stereotypical, Russell Peterslike Indian-Canadian personas), which Singh plays in costume.

In that same interview with the Sun, Singh talks about her first YouTube video, which was uploaded in 2010. “It was so bad. I don’t have it up anymore.” She said her audience has grown from being “very Indian” to something obviously more; which is clear, when you consider she has almost 7 million official fans on just YouTube alone, not to mention everyone else who might follow her on social media (2.4 million on Instagram as well, by the way) or now know her from her “Unicorn Island” tour.

Singh has shot to stardom so fast and so subtly, you’ll be forgiven for

not noticing it or even knowing who she is. It happens often with YouTube stars, who are no-names one day and have an international fleet of fans the next, and you might not even realize just how famous any of them are until they just, well, are.

And, of course, online celebs are still treated as online celebs – not just as celebrities, which they clearly are. They don’t need to be shoehorned into that title as online stars, only, especially if they’re launching a 27-nation concert tour.

It’s why the Sun can refer to Singh as one in “a new era of teen idols,” even though she’s 27. It’s why a woman with 7 million subscribers has a larger committed audience than anyone on network television, but somehow still doesn’t have their anointed, presumed credibility.

It’s why Forbes is only releasing its first YouTube ranking in 2015, even though they should have done so five years ago.

“I think one of the most beautiful things about YouTube is that it makes the world a smaller place,” Singh told the Sun. “You realize that we’re all different, but we’re all the same. And if you think about it, it’s a beautiful concept.”

ADVICE

October is Depression Awareness Month Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: It has been more than 30 years since I first received my diagnosis of depression and anxiety disorder.

While working in a job I didn’t enjoy and anticipating the birth of my first child, I realized something wasn’t right about me.

Stigma is a very real factor when it comes to depression, and so many who share my illness, especially men, grapple with this in silence. My own experience has inspired me to help others and embark on a new journey as a writer.

I want to share my story to let others know that depression is treatable and help is available.

October is Depression Awareness Month — the perfect opportunity to seek help for the first time. If you are worried about yourself or a loved one, please visit HelpYourselfHelpOthers.org to take an anonymous self-assessment for depression. At the website, you will learn more about the illness and available treatment options in your area.

— Michael Rafferty Dear Michael: Thank you for your honesty and desire to help others who suffer from depression and anxiety.

Dear Annie: I know the younger generation likes to do things the easy way, but where do proper manners end and just plain laziness and the “gimme” attitude begin?

We received a postcard invitation from a newly married couple stating that they could not hold a real housewarming party, so they were inviting us to a virtual housewarming party. The invitation included where they were registered for gifts.

I thought about copying and pasting a photo from the registry and emailing it with a note saying, “Your virtual gift is attached.”

But I didn’t think they would understand that a real gift would not be forthcoming, so I did not respond at all.

Should I have sent a real one?

— Thought My Granddaughter Knew Better Dear Thought: How nice that the couple can’t be bothered to entertain anyone or show them their new home (even a virtual tour), but they expect everyone to send presents anyway. We know some people would have done just that, and as a grandmother, you might have chosen to send them a gift for their new home even if they had not had a “housewarming” at all. But we agree that this type of invitation is pretty tacky. And what’s more depressing is that your granddaughter is not the only one doing it. But we love your idea of a virtual gift for a virtual housewarming.

Maybe if enough people responded that way, these ridiculous invitations would cease.

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Tracy Morgan to do stand-up tour weeks following a June 2014 accident, when a truck on the New Jersey Turnpike crashed into the back of a van he was riding in.

Comedian James “Jimmy Mack” McNair was killed in the crash.

Morgan made a surprise appearance at the Emmy Awards last month, with a more substantive turn as guest host on Oct. 17 of NBC’S Saturday Night Live, the show where he was once a cast member.

In one sketch, he was joined by

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — After renewing his comedy career with appearances on Saturday Night Live and at the Emmy Awards, Tracy Morgan will embark on a nationwide stand-up tour this winter.

The Tracy Morgan: Picking up the Pieces tour is set to begin Feb. 5 at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, it was announced Tuesday.

Morgan was in a coma for two

his fellow cast members of 30 Rock, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer.

Morgan was unavailable for comment about his concert tour, although in a news release he described it as getting back on a bike after falling down — “you don’t forget where the pedals are.”

His bookings, from February until the end of May, include some shows in Vermont and Ontario in February and two dates in Hawaii in early April.

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BENGHAZI, Libya — Even before the film’s release, Hollywood director Michael Bay’s new action movie is stirring controversy among government officials and residents of Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city and the birthplace of the uprising against longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The film, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, depicts the events of the September 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. It is set to be released in January 2016.

Based only on the trailer, which has recently made rounds on Libya’s social media, Benghazi locals and officials slammed director Bay for his unreleased film, calling it an “insult” to the north African nation.

“The people of Benghazi always wanted to be part of the international community,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman for Libya’s internationally-recognized government Salah Belnaba said.

But Bay’s new action flick, he said, sends a message that they are “fanatical and ignorant.”

The film follows a group ofex-military security contractors trying to save American lives in a dusty and hostile Benghazi. The trailer shows the contractors entering the city of Benghazi and quickly turns to shots of explosions, gun-wielding militants, and the Americans suiting up for battle.

“We will not allow the American media to destroy our reputation (using) the film industry,” Benghazi resident Mohamed Kawiri said in a Facebook post shared by hundreds calling for a boycott of the “cheap” movie.

The film portrays the contractors, “who actually failed to secure the ambassador . . . as heroes,” Libya’s Culture and Information Minister, Omar Gawaari, exclaimed.

Bay, Gawaari said, “turned America’s

failure to protect its own citizens in a fragile state into a typical action movie all about American heroism.”

Gadhafi was ousted from power as part of the 2011 wave of Arab Spring rebellions and killed by an angry mob on Oct. 20 2011. Four years later, the country is consumed by chaos. Libya is now split between an internationally-recognized government, which was forced to relocate from Tripoli to Eastern Libya, and a rival government and parliament in Tripoli set up by the Islamist-linked militias that control the capital. In Benghazi, Libyan army forces have been battlingarmed factions led by Islamic extremist commanders for months.

The 2012 attack has kicked up a storm of controversy for Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton, who was serving as secretary of state at the time. Republicans charge Clinton with failing to adequately protect U.S. installations and obscuring the reality of what happened the night of the Benghazi attacks. A Republican-led Congressional panel investigating the attacks has been criticized by Democrats as politically motivated attempt to damage Clinton’s presidential campaign.

But now it is Libya’s moderates who are offended.

One Libyan blogger sees the film as more about American politics than Libya. “It seems that this entire movie boils down to the spoiled bickering of Americans as they grapple for power, using the murder of a good man to gain political leverage over one another. Not unlike Libyan politicians, then,” said the anonymous writer of the Libyan blog Journal of a Revolution. “Between all this, a beautiful city,my city, is reduced to so much hyperbole in a debate that lost relevance long ago.”

Bay said the film has no political objective. “I’ve met with the CIA on this movie, and I show the whole situation,” he said.

Paramount studios declined to comment on the issue.

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Financial Services Manager

Al Foster 1.6L LX AT

2015

OPTIMA Soul SX Luxury shown‡

THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

Ω

LEASE $ FROM

WEEKLY

$850 DOWN AT

INCLUDES $1,000 CREDIT &

170 0%

LX AT

WELL-EQUIPPED FROM

20,952 *

Krista Jakubowsky

Financial Services Manager Ω

MONTHLY

APR FOR 60 MONTHS &

Optima SX Turbo shown‡

$

5,500 *

IN CASH DISCOUNTS

Christine Wright

Sales Consultant

@NanaimoDaily

% 84

FINANCING

FOR UP TO

0

“HIGHEST RANKED COMPACT MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE IN INITIAL QUALITY IN THE U.S.” BY J.D. POWER

$

INCLUDES

Grant Brown

Sales Consultant

$

OR

MONTHS

“HIGHEST RANKED MIDSIZE SUV IN INITIAL QUALITY IN THE U.S.” BY J.D. POWER

2016

SORENTO THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

67 Ω

WEEKLY

2015

RONDO

$

Rachel Roy

Sales Consultant

1.888.389.1091 2.4L LX FWD

19,997 *

Sorento SX Turbo AWD shown‡

LEASE $ FROM

INCLUDES $500 CREDIT &

290 1.9%

Ω

$1,800 DOWN AT

LX VALUE AT

WELL-EQUIPPED FROM

Sales Consultant

Jon Luk

MONTHLY

APR FOR 60 MONTHS &

SORENTO, OPTIMA, SEDONA, SOUL

Clef d’or "Best in Class"

RIO, FORTE, RONDO

Rondo EX Luxury shown‡

$ INCLUDES

5,235 *

IN CASH DISCOUNTS

GREAT OFFERS ON REMAINING 2015 MODELS

See kia.ca for more

Dave Bare

General Manager

Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from October 1 to November 2, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $22 AMVIC, $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. ĭ0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2015 Forte Sedan LX MT (FO541F) with a selling price of $17,552 is based on monthly payments of $173 for 84 months at 0% with a $0 down payment, $0 security deposit and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $3,000 cash discount. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. *Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Rondo LX Value AT (RN75AF)/2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F)/2015 Optima Hybrid LX AT (OP74AF) is $19,997/$20,952/$24,752 and includes a cash discount of $5,235 including $5,000 cash discount and $235 dealer participation/$5,500/$7,000 including $6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. &Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on new 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG)/2015 Soul 1.6L LX AT (SO752F) with a selling price of $29,332/$21,532 is based on monthly payments of $290/$170 for 60/60 months at 1.9%/0%, $0 security deposit, $500/$1,000 lease credit, $1,800/$850 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $17,425/$10,218 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $11,431/$9,464. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). 1Lease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2015 Soul SX Luxury (SO758F)/2015 Rondo EX Luxury (RN756F)/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F)/2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG) is $27,295/$32,295/$34,895/$42,095. The Kia Soul received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among compact multi-purpose vehicles in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. The 2015 Rio/2015 Forte/2015 Rondo were awarded with the Clef d’or “Best in Class” by L’Annuel de l’automobile 2015. Visit www.annuelauto.com for all the details. The 2016 Sorento/2015 Optima/2015 Sedona/2015 Soul were awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2016/2015/2015/2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). 2015 Kia Soul awarded ALG Residual Value Award for highest resale value in its class. Based on ALG’s residual value forecast for the 2015 model year. ALG is the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, www.alg.com. The all-new 2016 Kia Sorento was awarded the ‘iF Design Award’ for its outstanding design. The ‘iF Design Award’ is one of the world’s most important prizes for excellence in design, www.ifdesign.de. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.

32 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015

WE'RE CELEBRATING AND AWARDING YOU GREAT SAVINGS

IN DISCOUNTS ON SELECT MODELSĭ

7000 UP TO

,

OFFER ENDS NOVEMBER 2ND

2015 SORENTO