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OTTAWA — As Justin Trudeau prepares to tackle the politics of legalizing pot as part of his Liberal government’s legislative agenda, industry experts say he will have access to a world-class marijuana framework set up under the Conservative government. Chuck Rifici, co-founder of Canada’s first publicly traded marijuana manufacturer, says a renowned production and distribution system has already been established under the medicinal umbrella. Rifici — also a volunteer chief financial officer for the Liberal party’s national board of directors — credits Stephen Harper for the country’s expansive marijuana infrastructure. “I’m sure it’s not something he would like to have on his resume but I think only a Conservative government could have created MMPR (Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations),” he said. “I think if another government had been in power the Conservative base would have been up in arms ... “Obviously the courts have forced them along the way, but they’ve put in a very robust ... system.” In 2013, the Conservative government announced Health Canada would no longer produce pot for patients — a decision that sparked the creation of commercial industry for medical marijuana. Trudeau’s Liberals have promised to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana. “Canada’s current system of marijuana prohibition does not work,” the Liberal election platform said. “We will remove marijuana consumption and incidental possession from the Criminal Code and create new, stronger laws to punish more severely those who provide it to minors, those who operate a motor vehicle while under its influence and those who sell it outside of the new regulatory framework.” The first step in the path to legalization will be to establish a provincial, territorial

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and federal task force to hear from public health, substance abuse and public safety experts. Donald MacPherson, the director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, said Canada is well-positioned to tackle this issue. There has been a vigorous discussion underway in the academic and public health community for the last decade because many believed legalization was inevitable, he added. MacPherson says he would like to see the Liberal government to move forward on this undertaking early in its four year term — though “that doesn’t mean rushing it.” He also says it is important to fund research to monitor and evaluate the regulatory system once it is up and running. “I think that’s essential,” he said. “This is new territory with an old substance so it is not going to be earth shattering . . . Brian Vicente, a Colorado-based lawyer

heavily involved in the U.S. campaign to bring cannabis into a regulated market system, has been watching Canadian developments closely. “I think it is a landmark change for Canada and I think they’re on the cutting edge of what will be essentially an international movement,” he said. The Canadian task force is expected to mirror what was done in Colorado. Those discussions were fascinating, Vicente said. “We really made sure that they were diverse and all stakeholders were at the table including industry folks, including law enforcement, including elected officials, community members. “It was really the first time in history that we had someone who had grown marijuana sitting in the same room as a sheriff or a law enforcement agent and law enforcement was not trying to arrest them.”

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The City of Nanaimo’s human resources department will produce a list of potential candidates Monday to take over from outgoing city manager Ted Swabey, on an interim basis. An executive committee made up entirely of city council members met this week to decide on the initial steps to finding a permanent city manager to replace Swabey, who is heading to helm city staff in Maple Ridge. The group decided on a two-phase process, the first of which includes selecting an interim manager from either inside or outside the city hall. Human resources manager John Van Horn has been tapped to compile a list of possible candidates who could fill Swabey’s shoes until a permanent

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successor has been chosen. Van Horn said notices have been put out at city hall seeking potential applicants. He said he has also accessed a list of potential contractors from the Local Government Manage-

ment Association. Van Horn said he will highlight candidates on LGMA list with chief administrative officer experience, but said he will include all candidates in a list to council. “The goal is to cast as wide a net as possible, recognizing there’s talent within the organization as well.” The aim is to have an interim city manager in place by Nov. 13, when Swabey formally leaves his position. City legislators have still not decided on a process for hiring an interim, let alone permanent, replacement. And although a job description for the city manager person exists, there has yet to be a discussion among council on whether there should be changes and what criteria should be used to find a permanent replacement. Van Horn, who has helped

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ast week, the Daily News talked life advice with several Nanaimo seniors. The seniors had different words to share but almost everything boiled down to happiness, kindness, and love. This week, we talk to a dozen university-aged students and asked them similar questions. Most of the 20-something’s sentiments revolved around living a fulfilling life, one with adventure but also prosperity. Perhaps Hunter S. Thompson said it best, “life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of

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arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “wow, what a ride.”

Amelia Thomas, 24 My main goals are happiness, adventure, and I love meeting new people and love travelling. I feel

really hopeful for the future. I don’t want to have any regrets, I don’t want to live out of obligation of another person. I don’t want to sacrifice my dreams for someone else. I don’t want to feel weighed down by society’s obligation. I don’t want to get married, have a kid, go to work 9 to 5. If that happens organically then it happens. I just want a sense of freedom.

a lot. I’m very concerned about where we’re going in an economic standpoint, where we’re going in international relations, human rights, animal rights, it’s very easy for things to take a negative turn very quickly. As for life advice, don’t wait until the next time to do something because you never know if there is going to be a next time.

Claire Bauer, 22 I’d like to be able to travel more, travelling is very important to me. It’s important to me to continue to have strong relationships with my friends and family. I’m worried about the environment

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Life only going to get better for today’s youth HOPE, From Page 4 James Lattanzio-Battle, 20 I don’t want to have any regrets, I want to do everything I have always wanted to do. I don’t want to be one of the older people and say I definitely should have taken that risk. It might be hard now but the struggle will be worth it, I think. There are a lot of people in the same boat, a lot of us have debt and living on our own for the first time but it’s only going to get better. Trang Bui, 20 I want to be in a place where I feel at home. It’s important to be surrounded by people you love and people who love you. If you want to do something just do it, life is not going to last forever. Edward Neaga,18 I want to live a happy life and try to get as much out of it as I can. It’s important to stay proactive and don’t get lazy. If you get too lazy, you will never be able to do what you want effectively.

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Brooke Chase, 18 I hope to graduate school and become a teacher and get a job fairly quickly, which isn’t the most realistic expectation in this economy. I would like to be able to afford to own my own house after finishing school and start a family. I have fears with finding a job especially in B.C. for teachers, I think about it a lot and the most realistic way for me to get a job right now is to move to Alberta and that’s scary.

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Tristan Yip, 22 You only have a limited amount of time in university, that’s potentially the most important time of your life because it decides what you’re going to be. I suggest students don’t screw around. Study, and get a good education. Kai Huculak, 24, I want to look back and say I did things that I wanted to do like travel; live with no regrets is a way to sum it up. I guess in general when I look back, I want my first reaction to be a smile. I want to look back and not think too much about it, I just want to be able to quickly look back and if I smile, it was a good experience. I always say to myself two steps forward one step back, you’re always going to fall back here and there but as long as you’re going forward that one extra step everything is alright. In tough times just tell yourself it will pass. Everything comes and goes at some point. Nothing lasts forever. Sam Price, 20 Put in the hours working on stuff, be curious. That’s how you find things, you can sort of learn about yourself that way. I think the point of life is discovery. Matt McConnell, 20 Make sure you’re ready and don’t overwhelm yourself. In order to do great things in life you need to be a well-balanced person. You need to manage yourself before you attempt to take on bigger things. Aaron.Hinks@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242

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It’s not the government’s job to create jobs, but more to create and nurture the conditions to allow the private sector to thrive and provide employment, Premier Christy Clark said in Nanaimo Wednesday night. Speaking to delegates at the ninth annual State of the Island Economic Summit, Clark said one of the roles of the government in assisting the economy and creating employment is to set tax regimes that the private sector can productively work with, and pointed out that B.C. has the the lowest personal income taxes in Canada. She said the government also assists the private sector by establishing trade offices around the world to find new markets for B.C.’s products and by providing the infrastructure, like hospitals and hydro dams, to allow communities to grow and thrive.

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The forest industry employs many people on Vancouver Island but could employ plenty more, with better access to the timber that grows here. That message came from CEOs of Island forest companies at the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance summit Wednesday. While pulp producers grapple with a global decline in newsprint sales, Nanaimo’s Harmac Pacific continues to grow sales by tapping into such specialty markets as toilet tissue and boxboard for packaging, allowing that company to expand and reinvest under its unique owner-operated employee model. The company’s target is to go to 800,000 tonnes per year from 375,000, “which is really a worldclass mill,” CEO Paul Saddler told delegates.

But with 6 million cubic metres of wood harvested annually on private and public Island lands exported it’s “enough to operate five to 10 sawmills, and enough wood chips to more than double Harmac,” Saddler said. His company was one of five represented at the session exploring the untapped potential of coastal forests. Together the companies Island operations represent roughly $300 million in sales of lumber and other secondary materials, and hundreds of high-paying jobs. Company representatives expressed similar concerns – that while the Island is home to vast timber resources, government policies that allow the export of the raw material as logs hamstrings job-producing growth. Western Forest Products’ $125-million investment strategy for 2012-’16 calls for higher competitiveness but that depends in part on a “supportive

business environment” from government, said Don Demens, WFP president and CEO. Nanaimo plywood manufacturer Coastland has a strategy that calls for continued growth and expansion, but “our biggest struggle here on the coast is secure access to fibre,” said Clint Parcher, vice-president, fibre supply. Industry concerns show the need for the province to reinstate the forest minister position, said Ron Cantelon, MLA Parksville-Qualicum MLA and forum co-moderator Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

When a showering woman found herself confronted by a drugged man in her home, her landlord knew it was time to get a neighbourhood Block Watch program. That was several years ago in Townsite, and Eileen Tatton never regrets getting involved in the grassroots, safe-community organization. Dozens of Block Watch captains from Ladysmith through Parksville met for the 2015 regional Block Watch Meeting at Beban Park Wednesday. “The woman was terrified,” said Tatton. Her downstairs tenant screamed when a man tried to enter her downstairs suite. “The guy had his foot in the door, and she was naked, of course,” Tatton said. “She said she felt so vulnerable.” The man was involved with a drug house in the area near the Chinese cemetery. Tatton confronted him.

“I said: ‘What are you doing?’ He was stoned and he said he used to live there. He was just a mess.” It helped motivate her to get involved with Block Watch. Neighbours soon began to report goings-on at the drug house to police, city bylaw enforcement and other agencies, and the problem was fixed within three months. “People have comfort in numbers,” Tatton said. Nanaimo RCMP encourage neighbours to unite under the Block Watch banner, to control theft and other crime, or restore order in specific neighbourhoods. With the confidence to call police, residents soon take back troubled neighbourhoods. The simple act of calling police, “as simple as it seems can start something,” said Sgt. Donovan Tait of the Nanaimo RCMP. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235

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Admis Canada Geese flock to Parksville Community Park — one of many places that city officials say is inundated with Canada geese, leading some to call for a cull. [PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS FILE PHOTO]

Right now, he’s focused on creating a working group with representation from mid-Island communities including Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Nanaimo. “Local governments in different jurisdictions have to take the lead,” he said. “Somebody has to put forward the permit, or a local management plan, on how to control the geese.” Meanwhile, media reports from a recent Canada geese cull in Victoria say the Capital Regional District spent more than $30,000 on a cull this year killing just 43 Canada geese. That equals about $725 per goose. Clermont said the society is hoping to meet with the CRD in December to find out how the cull became so costly. Lefebvre said he’s not sure who organized Victoria’s cull, but if one takes place in Parksville he assured it would be “cost-effective” and “humane.” According to the society’s report, Canada geese have caused “signifi-

can’t” and “long -lasting damage” to mid-Island estuaries. “Geese have overgrazed mid-Island estuarine marshes, and grubbed the roots and rhizomes along channel edges, exposing thick march platform erosion. Built up over millennia, this platform has washed away in many areas, channels have become shallow, and productive habitats have been reduced to gravel.” The report states mid-Island marsh ecosystems are at risk of extinction. It said “urban and agricultural areas have also suffered” pointing out the highest geese densities were found in the Parksville Church Road and Parksville Bay/ City regions on sites closet to access to freshwater. “High concentrations of geese may lead to contamination of drinking water… Young children playing in sand may have a greater exposure to goose-borne bacteria, as bacteria persist longer in sand than in water,” states the report.

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Mayor expresses frustration after unsightly property burns JOHN HARDING PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

There were no injuries when a house fire lit the night in a Parksville neighbourhood last week. Firefighters were called to the scene at Pym and Soriel at 7:22 p.m. Oct. 21. One person was at home during the fire, called in the emergency and got out safely, said Parksville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Doug Banks. The chief said the fire is still under investigation but seemed to have started in the garage before involving an RV on the property and the front porch. The house has been the subject of complaints from neighbours in the past. “I tried to declare the place a fire hazard because of all the junk,” said neighbour Al Bryans. “It was just

one hell of a mess but we couldn’t get anything done.” Mayor Marc Lefebvre confirmed the city had received complaints about the residence. “Yes, I was certainly aware of this,” said the mayor. “I had been to see the neighbours a couple of times.” Lefebvre said the city had issued an order, in writing, to the owner, “to clean the place up,” after which “there was a fairly decent clean-up undertaken” that was “more or less satisfactory.” Lefebvre agreed the house was “very unsightly.” He also said although he’s not “technically qualified,” he agreed the house could have been a fire hazard. The city will respond to complaints from residents about unsightly properties and, if not enough is done to clean up a property, bring the matter to

council, which can empower staff to send a letter ordering a clean-up within 30 days. If that doesn’t happen, the city can do the work itself and present the bill to the owner. Lefebvre said there are property rights issues involved and, in some cases, mental health challenges that reach well beyond the purview of city staff. Chief Banks also said his department just can’t declare some residence a fire hazard and take unilateral action. “We’re very limited as to what we can do, if anything,” said Banks. “We don’t have that authority.” “It’s something as a mayor I find extremely frustrating,” said Lefebvre. “The frustration comes from the number of hoops you have to jump through to legally get people to do something.”

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EDITORIAL

Bring Syrian refugees into this country the right way P rime minister-designate Justin Trudeau’s pledge to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of this year is certainly well-intended. Waves of desperate humanity, fleeing a horrific war, are crying for assistance. And it’s a good number. This country’s paltry resettlement of about 2,500 Syrian refugees so far should be a source of national shame. But it may not be the right deadline. A growing chorus of voices is warning that it will be extremely difficult to resettle so many people properly in the two months remaining before the end of 2015. The incoming Liberal government, and a new immigration minister, won’t be sworn in until next week.

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Whether 25,000 Syrian refugees arrive here by New Year’s Day or in the months to follow, the important thing is that they come.

The learning curve in grappling with these complex files is sure to be steep, and time is fast running out. Still, as recently as this past weekend Trudeau held to his election promise of welcoming 25,000 refugees by Dec. 31. “The commitments I made in that platform, I’m going to keep,” he assured CTV’s Lisa LaFlamme in an interview that aired Saturday. The refugee situation is “something

we’re getting cracking on right away.” That’s entirely proper. If it’s at all feasible to vet applications, perform necessary security checks, and conduct medical reviews for 25,000 people by Trudeau’s self-imposed year-end deadline, then every effort should be made to do so. But if that proves unachievable — even with the best of intentions and most strenuous efforts — the new prime minister would be best advised to let his deadline pass and simply bring in as many people as practical by year-end, with the rest to come later. It’s more important to resettle these refugees the right way than to do it with excess haste, rushing to meet an arbitrary deadline.

The magnitude of the challenge is enormous, involving the resettlement in just two months of 10 times as many Syrian refugees as Canada has accepted since the war erupted. During the campaign, Trudeau expressed support for sending military planes carrying security and immigration officials to refugee zones in the Middle East and quickly airlifting people out. Canada did something similar to rescue the “boat people” who fled Indochina in the late 1970s. But even that may not be sufficient if newcomers are to be properly assessed. More than 60,000 Vietnamese refugees were successfully resettled in Canada over the course of about 18 months — almost 3,400 people a month. Putting the Syrian situation

in context, if that monthly rate was tripled it would still fall well shy of meeting Trudeau’s year-end goal. It may prove too much to hope that the departing government’s disastrous response to the Syrian refugee crisis can be reversed in just two months. What Trudeau can do, even if he misses his deadline, is show Canadians and the world that this country is back as a compassionate and generous place of refuge for those in desperate need. Whether 25,000 Syrian refugees arrive here by New Year’s Day or in the months to follow, the important thing is that they come. — CP (TORONTO STAR)

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Ocean is beautiful but dangerous

was shocked when the first images of the capsized whale-watching vessel Leviathan II off of Tofino were shown on television. The area on the west side of Vargas Island, where the tragedy that saw the deaths of six tourists occurred last Sunday, has been forever imprinted into my brain. I felt a shudder go up my spine when I recognized it on the news casts. My nephew Paul and I were caught in an unexpected maelstrom in the exact same area 10 years ago during a kayak trip that saw both of us knocked into the water by breaking waves and fighting for our lives far from shore. In early May of 2005, we were kayaking to an area just north of Ahous Bay on Vargas Island when the ocean conditions changed quickly and we found ourselves facing cresting waves that were more than three metres high before we both ended up in the water clinging desperately to our kayaks. We were quickly separated by the waves and were unable to get back in our kayaks or manoeuvre ourselves close to shore because of the strong currents. We struggled to survive for almost an hour, unaware of each other’s situation and fearing the worst, before a passing whale-watching boat spotted us and rushed to the rescue. By the time the people on the boat, — from Tofino’s Weigh West Marine

Adventure Centre — hauled me out of the water, I was hypothermic, badly bruised all over my body from having my kayak repeatedly crash into me in the rough waters, and almost unconscious. My nephew Paul was, fortunately, in better shape. The tour boat captain called ahead to Tofino to have an ambulance ready on the dock, the very same dock that all the ambulances and emergency personnel were seen on this week’s news reports. I was rushed to the very small clinic in Tofino where the medical team quickly wrapped me in warm blankets to raise my body temperature.

I was monitored for several hours before they were satisfied that I was sufficiently recovered and was released. It was a harrowing ordeal and I have often wondered what might have happened if that tour boat, which was running late that day and wasn’t scheduled to be in the area at the time, had not found us. My heart goes out to the families of those who died in Sunday’s tragedy, as well as those who survived. Finding yourself unprepared in frigid waters is very frightening and potentially deadly and it’s not something I’d recommend. The ocean can be very beautiful,

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YOUTH SPORTS

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Soccer team on hiatus after sponsor criticized

ICBC argues dead cyclist careless in own death

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A Comox-based girls soccer team has been suspended from play after complaints one of its players made over the sponsorship of the team by a large fish farm company. The Vancouver Island Premier League U15 girls Riptide soccer team is on hiatus after goalkeeper Freyja Reed,14, said she was shocked to discover her team was going to be sponsored by Marine Harvest, one of the largest operators of open-net fish farming in B.C. The Riptide Steering Committee told players about the suspension in an email. It includes all team training, functions and games. The email states that a team meeting will be held at a future date. The team is one of eight playing under the Marine Harvest Riptide banner. It has been issued jerseys, track jackets and rain jackets featuring the company logo. Freyja Reed told her teammates she never intended to hurt them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wish I could have explained it to you before, but I had to speak up against our sponsor â&#x20AC;Ś they go against so much that I believe in

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need you to know I cannot apologize for standing up for what I believe in.â&#x20AC;? Freyja Reed, soccer player

and as much as I love my team and want to be with them, I would have never signed up to play for Marine Harvest (I was unaware they would become our sponsor),â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is all so very unfortunate. But I need you to know I cannot apologize for standing up for what I believe in.â&#x20AC;? Sean Arbour, who is with the Riptide Steering Committee, sent a statement to CBC Monday afternoon explaining the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have had to pause our 2001 Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team events due to continued breach of our organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s code of conduct by the Reed family, and our concern for the privacy and safety of our clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s players, parents, and volunteers,â&#x20AC;? said Arbour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be meeting with the Reed family to discuss the matter, and hope to find a solution that may meet the expectations and val-

MARIJUANA

More stoned drivers after law changed TOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS

Washington state police are dealing with more drivers impaired by marijuana since its recreational use was legalized last year, and B.C. is preparing for similar problems as a new federal government prepares to follow suit. Chief John Batiste of the Washington State Patrol visited Victoria this week to take part in an annual cross-border crime forum. He acknowledged that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a problem since the state legalized marijuana sales to adults in 2014. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are seeing an uptick in incidents on our roadways related to folks driving under the influence of marijuana and drugs in general,â&#x20AC;? Batiste told reporters after a meeting with B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton. He explained the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new law setting a limit

for marijuanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s active ingredient in blood, similar to the blood-alcohol limit. But without a roadside testing device, police are relying on training from the State Patrolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drug recognition expert to make arrests. What they need now is a roadside testing device that provides evidence of impairment that will hold up in court, Batiste said. Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau made a high-profile promise to legalize marijuana before winning a majority government Oct. 19. In B.C., police can charge drivers if they show signs of impairment, whether from drugs or fatigue. In alcohol use cases, drivers are typically charged with impaired driving and driving with a blood alcohol content of more than .08 per cent. Vancouver-based Cannabix Technologies is developing such a device.

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ues of club and family.â&#x20AC;? CBC first reported last week that the Reed family balked at what they described as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;gag orderâ&#x20AC;? from the Riptide Steering Committee. That order bars both Reed and her mother Anissa from voicing their opinions about fish farming with other team parents and ordered them to stop all â&#x20AC;&#x153;sideline chatterâ&#x20AC;? or social media discussing their views of Marine Harvest. They were told that if they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remove a Facebook page created to oppose the Marine Harvest sponsorship, Freyja Reed might have to play elsewhere. The Reeds moved to Comox last year from their home in the remote community of Sointula specifically so Freyja could play Tier 2 soccer. When Anissa Reed objected to youth teams being branded by a fish farm company, the association told her Freyja could have her fees back and find another club. Willie Mitchell, an NHL player who was raised in Port McNeill, tweeted his support for Reed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ability to speak up for what we believe in is why we are so privileged to live in N.A. Freyja Reed I will sponsor you!â&#x20AC;? Mitchell wrote.

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British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public auto insurer says a cyclistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own carelessness led him to be run down and killed by an alleged impaired driver on a B.C. highway. The Insurance Corp. of British Columbia responded to a lawsuit filed against it earlier this year by arguing that Ross Chafe may have been cycling under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the May 31 collision. ICBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s court document continues with a variety of other claims, including that Chafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brakes were possibly faulty and that he might not have been riding legally, staying as close as possible to the roadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoulder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was operating the said cycle while his ability to drive was impaired by alcohol, drugs, fatigue, illness or any combination thereof,â&#x20AC;? read the response to civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court on earlier this month.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was operating the said cycle without proper care and attention or without reasonable consideration for others using the highway.â&#x20AC;? Chafe was out for a weekend ride with two others along Highway 99 about 50 kilometres north of Whistler when his group was hit by a vehicle alleged to have been driven by Samuel Alec. Chafeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Lizanne Bussieres, has launched legal action against Alec, ICBC and the vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner, Carmen Ned, for negligence. Bussieres alleged Ned was aware Alec was impaired and still allowed him to use the vehicle, which she argued wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t properly maintained. Court documents indicate she filed the lawsuit on behalf of herself and her three children, who are 11, 15 and 17 years old. None of the allegations have been proven in court and neither Ned nor Alec have filed statements of defence.

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JUSTICE

Senator gets unconditional discharge Brazeau eager to get back to work after avoiding criminal record on charges of assault and drug possession JENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

GATINEAU, Que. — Sen. Patrick Brazeau said Wednesday he’s focused on getting back to the upper chamber “as quickly as possible” after a Quebec judge agreed to grant him an unconditional discharge on assault and drug charges. The decision means Brazeau avoids the prospect of jail time and even a criminal record, despite having pleaded guilty to the charges in September. “This nightmare, I’ve been living with this for two and a half years and it’s finally over,” Brazeau said outside the courtroom in Gatineau, Que., after the decision came down. Partway through the trial, Brazeau pleaded to reduced charges of assault and possession of cocaine, while the more serious charge of sexual assault was dropped due to a lack of evidence. Quebec Court Judge Valmont Beaulieu read a lengthy decision that outlined why he agreed with the joint recommendation of the Crown prosecutor and Brazeau’s lawyer, who urged him to grant a discharge. The victim did not make a statement to the court before the

Senator Patrick Brazeau talks to media as he leaves the Gatineau Courthouse in Gatineau, Quebec, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. Sen. Patrick Brazeau has been granted an unconditional discharge after pleading guilty to assault and cocaine charges in September, which means he avoids both jail time and a criminal record. [THE CANADIAN PRESS/SEAN KILPATRICK]

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months under the cloud of being accused of sexual assault, and that the victim did not suffer any injuries. He also noted a Supreme Court

judgment that outlined how a person’s public position can subject them to additional media scrutiny and public shame.

“Each time any individual — regardless of colour, creed or anything — in this country gets accusations of sexual assault, obviously it’s going to taint that person’s reputation,” Brazeau said. “Unfortunately, there are situations where people do commit these crimes, but I haven’t.” Brazeau still faces a criminal trial for fraud and breach of trust arising from his Senate living expenses, scheduled to take place in March 2016. The trial of Sen. Mike Duffy, which involves similar issues, is set to resume next month. Brazeau was kicked out of the Conservative caucus after he was charged and put on leave with pay. Months later, he was suspended without pay over the expenses issue along with Duffy and Pamela Wallin, but that suspension was lifted when Parliament was dissolved for the federal election. Brazeau remains on leave with pay from the upper chamber, and his salary is being clawed back to repay nearly $50,000 in disallowed housing expense claims. Brazeau, who said he voted Liberal last week, said he intends to sit as an “independent, First Nations” senator.

ENERGY

Oil industry expected to begin its slow crawl back next year LAUREN KRUGEL THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Canada’s oil industry is expected to dive into the red this year, but begin crawling back to profitability in 2016 as cost-cutting efforts pay off, according to a Conference Board report published amid a flurry of discouraging news in the oilpatch. The Ottawa-based economic think-tank is predicting the oil extraction industry will post a $2.1-billion pre-tax loss in 2015, compared with profits of $6 billion last year. Revenues are expected to fall by 22 per cent this year, but rebound at an annual average rate of 14 per cent growth between 2016 and 2019. “While Canadian oil companies have acted swiftly, delaying capital investments, cutting expenses and reducing employment levels, profitability has plummeted,” said the Conference Board’s Michael Burt. “However, these cost-cutting efforts should begin to bear fruit next year as the industry is expected to slowly return to prof-

“These cost-cutting efforts should begin to bear fruit next year .” Michael Burt, industry analyst

itability, even as oil prices remain low by recent standards.” U.S. benchmark crude oil prices have spent much of 2015 languishing below the US$50-abarrel mark — dropping below US$44 a barrel in recent days, around 60 per cent lower than its 2014 high. The Conference Board outlook comes a day after the NDP government of resource-reliant Alberta delivered its first budget — with a $6.1-billion deficit and a plan to borrow money to cover day-to-day programs. “The realities of a resource-concentrated economy knocked down by weak oil prices will thrust Alberta more heavily into the debt markets over the next few years to fund deficits and capital projects while still preserving

government-funded programs and services as well as the Alberta Advantage,” CIBC economists wrote in a report Tuesday following the budget’s release. Just as Albertans were chewing over the budget numbers, European energy giant Royal Dutch Shell announced its Carmon Creek oilsands project in northwestern Alberta would be scrapped and it would take a $2-billion charge against its third-quarter earnings as a result. Shell cited a lack of pipeline access to global markets as one reason why Carmon Creek no longer ranks among its other projects. Meanwhile, oilsands producer MEG Energy on Wednesday posted a quarterly net loss of $427.5 million, widening from a net loss of $101.0 million in the same period last year. Over the past year, the company has trimmed about 30 per cent of its workforce, including employees and contractors. On the bright side, MEG said it’s managed to knock its net operating costs down to $9.10 a barrel, compared with $10.31 last year.

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◆ KINLEY, SASK.

Orphaned bear cubs off to zoo

Man killed as second chopper goes down

Two orphaned polar bear cubs from northern Manitoba will have a new home at Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo. Wildlife officials say the 11-month-old males needed to be relocated to the zoo’s international polar bear conservation centre because they are too young to live on their own. Their mother died when she was accidentally hit by a cracker shell someone used to scare her and the cubs away from a building entrance in Churchill. Polar bears need to stay with their mothers for at least the first two winters to learn how to hunt and how to avoid attacks by other polar bears. Staff from the centre went to Churchill and supervised the young bears’ trip to Winnipeg. They will be quarantined for 30 days before being introduced to the public.

A Calgary pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash in central Saskatchewan.

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Ad competition survives Rogers The Competition Bureau says it has found no evidence that competition for advertising dollars has been reduced since Rogers Communications got exclusive Canadian rights to National Hockey League games under a landmark 12-year deal. The bureau looked at the agreement’s potential effect on advertising rates during games, the price that other companies pay to distribute Rogers’ Sportsnet channels, and the ability of Rogers’ competitors to buy the broadcasting rights to other sports. The Competition Bureau said it determined advertisers have other ways of reaching the same demographics. It also concluded the disputes over channel costs can be resolved through the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications and that NHL rights are not a “must-have” for TV providers. The $5.2-billion deal between Rogers and the NHL was signed in November 2013. Since the collaboration began, Rogers has launched its Gamecentre Live streaming app, which it initially offered for free with certain wireless and Internet plans. Critics had been concerned that the app fell afoul of regulations that prevent the big media companies from making TV content available only on their own service. But Gamecentre Live and its accompanying mobile app are now available to all. CBC will also broadcast Hockey Night in Canada TV programs over at least the first four years of the agreement.

RCMP say the 48-year-old man was the only person in the chopper that went down Tuesday evening in a field, about one kilometre southeast of the community of Kinley. Police also say there were no homes or buildings near the

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JUBA, South Sudan — Investigators discovered atrocities by all sides in South Sudan’s civil war, including testimony of forced cannibalism and the discovery of mass graves, according to a long-awaited report by the African Union. The report, released late Tuesday, also accused the forces loyal to President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, of recruiting an irregular tribal force before the outbreak of civil war in December 2013. It also disputes a claim by the government that there was a coup attempt at that time by former Vice-President Riek Machar, an ethnic Nuer. The report alleged that government troops carried out organized killings of ethnic Nuer in Juba, the capital. When the violence began,

Machar became a rebel leader. Tens of thousands of people have died and over 2 million more are displaced by warfare in South Sudan, according to the United Nations, which blamed the violence and the subsequent threat of famine on the young country’s feuding leaders. The African Union investigators, led by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, found that the conflict began Dec. 15, 2013, when a skirmish broke out between Dinka and Nuer soldiers in the presidential guard following political tension between Kiir and Machar, his onetime deputy who had been fired the previous July. Hundreds of Nuer men were rounded up and shot, and their mass graves were discovered, according to the report. Perpetrators — described as government

forces or their allies — allegedly tortured their victims, sometimes forcing them to jump into bonfires or eat human flesh, witnesses told investigators. The killings were “an organized military operation that could not have been successful without concerted efforts from various actors in the military and government circles,” the report said. “Roadblocks or checkpoints were established all around Juba and house-to-house searches were undertaken by security forces. During this operation male Nuers were targeted, identified, killed on the spot or gathered in one place and killed.” The investigators found “evidence that some of the people who had been gathered were compelled to eat human flesh, while others were forced to drink human blood belonging to a victim.”

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Dad is more likely to kill his kids than mom is, says a recent study COLIN PERKEL THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Contrary to popular perception, Canadian dads are more likely to kill their children than moms are, according to an extensive new study that also finds the gender gap appears to be growing. The research published in the journal Child Abuse and Neglect could help in devising strategies to prevent the horrors of filicide, study author Myrna Dawson said Wednesday. “People who kill their children tend not to be evil, they tend to be people who are struggling with very real life events,” Dawson, a

University of Guelph sociology professor, said in an interview. “Social supports can help reduce the number of these cases.” Dawson, a Canada research chair in criminal justice and public policy, looked at Statistics Canada data from between 1961, when the agency started its annual homicide survey, and 2011, the most recent year for which the information was available. In that time — one of the longest periods for any study of this kind — parents killed at least 1,612 children under 18. Overall, 57 per cent of the accused child killers were men, although the ratio jumps to 90 per cent for stepfathers, according to

the research. While the study did not attempt to delve into details of individual homicides, Dawson said the higher incidence of fathers killing children may simply reflect the fact that men, in general, are more violent than women. “Another explanation may be that an increasing gender gap in filicidal mothers and fathers is the result of changes in parenting or childcare responsibilities,” the research states. “It is believed that fathers spend more time with children than in the past, arguably increasing their time at risk.” Dawson said she was surprised by the size of the gender gap.

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Truth or better rumours the social media solution JIM BRONSKILL THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A wildly inaccurate rumour flashed through social media in the panicked aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings because police did not provide information on the suspects for days, a new study has concluded. Identifying and refuting falsehoods early with clear and strong information is the best way to ensure truth wins out when terrorism or war strikes, says the research report prepared for the Canadian government. If that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work? Fight a rumour with a sensational counter-rumour. The study on the generation and debunking of untruths, commissioned by Defence Research and Development Canada, was recently completed by Humansystems Inc. of Guelph, Ont. The findings could influence the Canadian militaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thinking on information-related tactics. When a gunman killed a soldier at the National War Memorial on Oct. 22, 2014, false reports began circulating in cyberspace about armed accomplices and more

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rumours may have propagated to the extent they did because they were believable and helped to make sense of the situation.â&#x20AC;? Humansystems Inc., federal report

shots ringing out. At least four major rumours quickly turned up on social media such as Twitter when two brothers detonated pressure cooker bombs a year earlier near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring more than 250. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rumours may have propagated to the extent they did because they were believable and helped to make sense of the situation,â&#x20AC;? the study says. As a result, the authors say, a rumour that a woman running the marathon was killed before her boyfriend could propose at the finish line was believable because

such proposals are relatively common and it served to make sense of the question, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who were the victims?â&#x20AC;? Similarly, a false suggestion an eight-year-old boy running the marathon was killed helped â&#x20AC;&#x153;put a face to the victims.â&#x20AC;? Another rumour incorrectly blamed the bombing on U.S. Navy Seals, though some were present that day and were seen in photographs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Believability of a rumour increases when accompanied by attached photos,â&#x20AC;? the study says, suggesting it lends â&#x20AC;&#x153;hardâ&#x20AC;? evidence of a rumourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s validity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the information vacuum, rumours were generated to make sense of the situation,â&#x20AC;? the study says. The authors recommend countering rumours through early efforts from a highly credible source using strong evidence aimed at the right audience. If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not possible or it proves ineffective, a counter-rumour can succeed. But they note it needs to be just as titillating as the rumour it is trying to eclipse.

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A former Saudi Arabian air force sergeant serving a minimum of 35 years in Nevada prison is appealing his convictions on kidnapping, rape and other charges involving a 13-year-old boy at a Las Vegas Strip hotel. Mazen Alotaibiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defence attorneys say in Nevada Supreme Court documents posted Monday that Alotaibi didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a fair trial due to errors by the judge and poor rep-

resentation by a trial lawyer who gambled the jury would believe the sex was consensual. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hate to second-guess a colleague,â&#x20AC;? attorney Vincent Savarese said Wednesday of the appeal he filled with attorney Dominic Gentile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, as Mazen Alotaibiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appellate counsel, we have a job to do.â&#x20AC;? Alotaibiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial lawyer, Don Chairez, said he did the best he could at trial, and hopes Alotaibi wins his appeal.

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MONTREAL — One thing on which sovereigntists and federalists can agree some 20 years after the 1995 referendum is that the Quebec independence movement — in one form or another — will likely never go away. Prominent sovereigntists say their side — the Yes side — would have won if the federal government had stayed away and not tried to help the No campaign, particularly regarding the controversial Unity Rally in Montreal three days before the Oct. 30, 1995 vote. Federalists, meanwhile, argue the defeat of the Yes side in 1995 — and in the preceding referendum of 1980

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Clinton wants closer look at death penalty Hillary Rodham Clinton is questioning the application of the death penalty, though she says she still supports the measure in certain circumstances. She says the federal government has to take a “hard look” at the punishment, which she says has been “too frequently applied” and often in an indiscriminant manner. The leading Democratic primary candidate does not favour abolishing the measure altogether but she says its use should be “very limited and rare.” Clinton is in the midst of a two-day campaign swing through New Hampshire, wooing voters in the early primary state.

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a series of proposals to assuage Quebec’s frustrations with the federalist system. The country tried once more and failed in 1992 to pass another series of constitutional amendments regarding the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments. “The failure to renew the constitution and to bring about change created a sense of pessimism that helped the Yes camp,” Parisella said. In the end the No side won — but just barely. After almost 94 per cent of eligible citizens cast a ballot that fateful day in 1995, the country came within about one percentage point from being broken apart.

A two-year-old U.S. boy has died after police say he accidently shot himself

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Murder investigation opens after teen killed Police have started a murder investigation after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a school in the northern Scottish city of Aberdeen. The student died in a local hospital Wednesday after the attack at Cults Academy. Police detained another 16-year-old boy after the stabbing in the city 885 kilometres north of London and said there will be an added police presence in the area “for the foreseeable future.” Police did not name the victim or the teenager who was detained. The academy has scored highly in a ranking of Scottish schools based on exam results.

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Rechargeable batteries OK on planes despite fire fears A U.N. aviation panel has rejected a ban on rechargeable battery shipments on passenger airliners, despite evidence they can cause unstoppable, in-flight fires. Two aviation officials told The Associated Press the International Civil Aviation Organization panel voted 10 to 7 against a ban. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak about the vote publicly.

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A trial has begun in Toronto for a father charged in the death of his daughter, whose charred body was found in a burning suitcase 21 years ago. Everton Biddersingh has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Melonie Biddersingh. He has pleaded not guilty. Melonie’s body was found in a burning suitcase in an industrial area north of Toronto in 1994, but her identity remained a mystery for years until police got a tip that gave them a break in the case. That tip allowed them to identify the body after visiting the girl’s biological mother in Jamaica and obtaining a DNA sample. Everton Biddersingh and Melonie’s stepmother, Elaine Biddersingh, were arrested in March 2012 and charged with first-degree murder. Elaine Biddersingh’s trial is set to begin in April 2016. Crown lawyer Anna Tenhouse says Melonie was treated like a slave, beaten, starved and emotionally — THE CANADIAN PRESS abused.

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Israel’s prime minister lashed out at an Arab lawmaker Wednesday for flouting a directive and visiting the sensitive Jerusalem holy site that is at the heart of the recent round of unrest, as the five-week long outbreak of violence that has plagued the region continued. A Palestinian was shot after the Israeli military said he attempted to stab a soldier in the West Bank. His condition was not immediately known. In a separate incident, a Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli woman. The visit by legislator Basel Ghattas, a Christian Arab, to the hilltop compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims at the Noble Sanctuary defied instructions by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that all ministers and lawmakers — regardless of religion — avoid visiting the holy site during the tense time. Netanyahu issued a special televised statement to condemn Ghattas’ move. “I assure you (Ghattas) did not do it in order to pray, he did it solely for the purpose of provocation, only to inflame the situation,” Netanyahu said, adding that police removed him from the site. Ghattas said he does not recognize Netanyahu’s authority. The ban on lawmakers was part

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anaimo’s Crimson Coast Dance brings a soulful blend of dance and music to the stage that will offer an unusual and beautiful look at the world. The show, Sunya by Sinha Danse, comes to the Port Theatre on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. It will give the audience a unique cultural meeting of two artists who use their respective Indian-Armenian and Iranian traditions to express their current experience living in North America. Through the meeting of different

cultures — including the North American culture that choreographer Indo-Armenian dancer Roger Sinha and Iranian-born gatherer of musical pearls Kiya Tabassian adopted — something completely unique and positive emerges. This is what migration is about in Sunya, a space where the clash of cultures creates something totally new and beautiful. But do not expect a narrative piece describing immigration, Sinha says. “The work is more abstract and poetic. Nor is this traditional Indian dancing nor traditional Persian music, the feel is very contemporary.

“What is challenging is that there is no story here and people will often have to read their own perceptions into the piece. Some people might come away with a different interpretation of the migratory experience.” It is, Sinha adds, a very dynamic work featuring four dancers with music by the Constantinople Ensemble with Kiya and Ziya Tabassian on setar and tombak plus Pierre-Yves Martel on viola da gamba. “The dancers move about often very vigorously and dynamically. The musicians do not sit still playing for the dancers. They too get up and

move about among the dancers and are part of the choreography. The piece is very much about starting from a beginning point. Often, when one migrates from one country to another they have to start at zero . . . thus (the title) Sunya meaning zero, the beginning or a new beginning.” In addition to the performance, on Nov. 7 there will be a dance class and a music class open to interested learners. “I mix contemporary dance and Indian dance. The students will learn how to use their fingers, hands and arms in a way that feels like they are

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As their classmates hit the books, North of Here will be hitting the road on reading week to tour their new album. The four-piece folk band will be at the Buzz Coffee House on Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. The friends first met, and started to play music together at an Edmonton-area high school. Their relationship carried on after class and are now all attending the University of Alberta. “This is the first year that there’s a fall reading week at U of A, so we’re using it not to do any homework, we’re heading on the road,” said bass player Luke Jensen. Jensen shares the stage with mandolin player Ian St. Arnaud, guitarist Caleb Sinn and drummer Will Holowaychuk. What sets this group apart from most indie folk groups is the mandolin. There’s no banjo, but it’s something the group intends to incorporate in the future. “A lot of our songs are driven off the melodies that he comes up with on the mandolin. It creates more risk-based songs is one way of putting it. It’s a high instrument and cuts very well. It allows a lot of melody coming through the voices and

a counter melody coming from the mandolin. They kind of play off each other,” Jensen. The band plans to release its second album, Make Hay While the Sun Shines, on Nov. 6. It’ll mark the band’s first time playing a West Coast show. It has played plenty in Alberta, but has yet to bring its instruments to B.C. The group is influenced by artists such as Oh Hellos, Tallest Man on Earth, and Dan Mangan. Folk music has morphed over the years and Jensen believes we’re at the forefront of another folk transition. “It’s funny because there’s lots of parallel lines. In the ‘60s you had Dylan coming out and playing real folk music, and then the progression of it moving to folk rock. There’s that similar progression back in 2010. You had the Mumford and Sons era where they were back to folk; all acoustic, stomping, clapping, now it’s been morphed into more of an indie folk where there’s electronic influences with acoustic instruments and more electrification of acoustic sounds,” Jensen said. “It’s like folk only lasts for so long before it develops and moves.” Aaron.Hinks @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242

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OUT AND ABOUT Send your entertainment items to Julie.Chadwick@nanaimodailynews.com Silva: O Horizon At the Nanaimo Art Gallery on Commercial St. until Nov. 21. A contemporary art project that follows a thematic path from the microcosms of the forest floor, to the quantifying and processing of lumber, to the global distribution of forestry products. consists of two exhibitions (O Horizon and Booming Grounds), a publication (The Mill), and a series of public events. For more information visit www.nanaimoartgallery.com.

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Allison Crowe 7:30 p.m. at the Port Theatre. Crowe performs with her new band featuring Billie Woods (guitar, voice), Celine Greb (cello, voice); and Dave Baird (bass). The combo bridges vital originals with fresh interpretations of classics by Gary O’Driscoll, The Beatles, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell. Tickets $29, students and seniors $24. 31

||| LITERARY Life under the Nazis, Life under Communist rule, life in the‘Golden West’ Nov. 7, 10 a.m. to noon. Speaker and author Giselle Roeder will read from her book‘We Don’t Talk About That’at the Vancouver Island University, Building 250. Free Parking on Q-lot near by. Fee $10 at door. Also on Nov. 14, 2 - 3 p.m. at the Gabriola Island Library.

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Monthly Poetry Reading ‘The Living Room’ free event for new, emerging and established poets to share their work. Listeners welcome. To be held Thursday of each month in room B at Harbourfront library, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. 250-753-1154.

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Canadian humourist, storyteller, musician, playwright and former CBC host Lorne Elliott performs a one-man show of comedy and music at the Port Theatre on Sunday. [FILE] Dan Brubeck Quartet will be touring Vancouver Island for their new CD release concerts. Benefit for the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music. $30 ticket reservations are available by credit card now by phone at (250) 933-3338, and at Simon Holt Restaurant.

Lorne Elliott Nov. 1 at 2:30 p.m. at the Port Theatre. Canadian humourist, storyteller, musician, playwright and former CBC host Elliott performs a one-man show of comedy and music. Suitable for all audiences. Tickets $40, $36 members, $15 students.

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Sunya by Sinha Danse Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m. at The Port Theatre. Drawing inspiration from ancient Istanbul, a trailblazing city illuminating East and West, the CONSTANTINOPLE ensemble founded in 2001 by Kiya and Ziya Tabassian (setar and tombak) and joined later by Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba), is built on fruitful encounters. Tickets $35, groups of 4+: $30 each. call the Ticket Centre 250-754-8550 To purchase season tickets for all Crimson Coast Dance performances please visit www.crimsoncoastdance.org.

Keats Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 1 at 1:30 p.m. at at Kismet Theatre Academy, 55 Victoria Rd. Western Edge Theatre is delighted to welcome Caleb Williamson back to Nanaimo in his passionate one-person play about passionate poet John Keats. Tickets $17 for adults and $12 for students and seniors. The Three Musketeers 8 p.m. Until Oct. 31 at the Bailey Studio on Rosstown Rd. This classic swashbuckling tale of honour is set in 1625 in France

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25 Victoria Rd. Suggested donation $10. By Julie McIsaac. Presented by TheatreOne. Directed by TheatreOne Artistic Associate/ Dramaturge Nicolle Nattrass, and starring professional actors Erin Ormond, Ming Hudson, and Matthew Payne, this original Canadian play offers audiences equal doses of quirky comedy and moving drama.

Downtown Halloween Howl 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Oct. 31, downtown. Crafts, stories, treats for monsters of all ages. Be ready to also haunt all the great adult parties downtown after dark, including the Queen’s and Koncept Halloween bashes, where the best tricked out party goers could win $500 in cash. Friday Art Nights 5 - 9 p.m. at the Bee’s Knees Cafe. An evening of art and live music featuring a different local artist on the first Friday of each month.

||| EXHIBITS A Terrible Beauty: Edward Burtynsky in Dialogue with Emily Carr’ Feature exhibition at the Nanaimo Museum from now until November 21. A Terrible Beauty invites you to contemplate the impact humans can have on natural landscapes. Organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Hosted by the Nanaimo Museum in partnership with Nanaimo Art Gallery.

Culture FUNDamentals Nov. 5, 4 to 6 p.m. at the Nanaimo Museum (100 Museum Way). An opportunity for primarily arts, culture and heritage non-profit groups to meet financial institutions to discover local funding opportunities; and make important community connections. Introductory remarks provided by the Nanaimo Foundation. Phone: 250-755-4483, email: cultureandheritage@nanaimo.ca.

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The writer F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said there are no second acts in American lives. But the Vancouver Island One-Act Theatre Festival is getting a second chance after being cancelled last fall for the first time in 10 years. “I thought maybe it had run its course — that this was it,” said Margaret Jenkins, who has directed the festival since original founder Peter Bendz died after the inaugural event in 2005. “Last year some of our regular groups found it hard to get an extra play into their regular schedules. And the schools started out on strike, so we lost the kids.“ The 2015 festival resumes Nov. 5-8 at Village Theatre. Six theatre groups from five communities — including Kwalicum Secondary School — will perform seven short plays over the course of the four days. With community theatre groups strapped for both cash and time, there is no guarantee this festival signals a permanent return of the event, said Jenkins. “We’d had entries the year before (2013) from the likes of Victoria and Nanaimo, and they were as keen as ever last year,” said Geoff Jenkins, Margaret’s husband and a festival coordinator. “But it proved hard to fit everyone into a calendar, date-wise.” The Echo players, for example, will wrap up a four-week run of the sold-out comedy Calendar Girls Oct. 30, then begin work on their annual Christmas play, Merry Christmas, George Bailey!, set to run Dec. 17-31. “It can be hard to slot in a one-act play,” said Doug Toombs, publicity volunteer. “We’re building the set for the festival the day after we take down the Calendar Girls set,”Geoff Jenkins added. Victoria and Nanaimo will again miss the festival, made up of plays of less than an hour in length. But the host Echo Players will take the stage twice, and will be joined by Campbell River’s River City Players, Port Alberni’s Portal Players, the

Courtenay Little Theater, the Gabriola Players Society and Kwalicum Secondary School, under a new director. “The festival is dedicated to encouraging local talent,” said Toombs. “We’re especially trying to encourage young people through the schools.” The festival will feature two show each on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. The final play will run as a matinee at 2 p.m. Sunday, followed by the awards presentation. The awards include Best Play, which is accompanied by a perpetual trophy presented by title sponsor Thrifty Foods, Best Director and Best Original Script. The rest of the awards — Best Female Actor in a Lead Role, Best Male Actor in a Lead Role, Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role — recognize individual performance. “The focus is on the acting,” said Toombs. “These plays are meant to have minimal sets. We don’t want groups bringing in a bunch of furniture and such.” The jurors tasked with selecting the winners in this year’s festival are Genie Award-winning actress Nicola Cavendish (The Grocer’s Wife, The Sleep Room) and director Robb Mowbray of Nanaimo’s Theatre One, former winner of the Best Director Award at the North Island Zone Theatre Festival. The pair offer each theatre group a brief, public critique immediately after each performance, and a more in-depth private critique at the end of each evening. Work on establishing this year’s festival lineup, local sponsors and jurors began even as the 2014 event was being cancelled, said Jenkins. “We work the phones and emails all year round,” said Geoff Jenkins. “Margaret works very hard on it. It’s her baby, and she doesn’t want to lose it.” Tickets are $12 and $10 for seniors and students. A three-day pass is $30/$27, and a full four-day festival pass is $40/$36. For more information call 250752-3522 or info@echoplayers.ca. Village Theatre is at 110 West 2nd. Ave. in Qualicum Beach.

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Ken Hamm, one of Canada’s foremost interpreters of traditional roots and blues music, is back touring, and plays a string of Island dates starting Monday. The musician gave up Nanaimo in the late 2000s for the quiet life operating a record store with his wife in Forget, Sask. However with the closure of the shop in September, he decided to hit the road again and will perform in the Harbour City Nov. 8. “I have lots of new material I will present,” he said. “I have a great many friends on Vancouver Island — fellow artists and musicians.” Hamm has played guitar most of his life, and professionally since 1972. Since he started touring solo in 1978, Hamm has won a wide following for his guitar work and original songs that reflect the rural West Coast life. It was during one of those tours that he bought the Saskatchewan property where he now lives. After his rent was raised in Nanaimo a few years later, he made the move. He doesn’t regret the decision. “To tell you the truth, I’m very happy in Saskatchewan. There’s always great people everywhere you go, and there’s a lot of people here that like what I do. It’s fitting that he and his wife began running a music store, because growing up in Thunder Bay, Ont., that was where he got his start in music. The teenaged Hamm listened to old country and blues recordings there, and the proprietor, Inor Nordstrom recognized and encouraged him. “I moved into the back room of that store and I soaked up a lot of music,” said Hamm. Those early experiences helped shape Hamm’s ability to take a song and “put my own personal stamp on it.” Hamm was awarded a Juno for Best Roots and Traditional CD and has been nominated for Recording of the Year and nominated several times for best acoustic act of the year by the Toronto Blues Society. Hamm was also nominated three years running as Best Acoustic

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Blues Guitarist by Guitar Player magazine and was the Canadian representative to the Festival of Plucked Strings in Morocco. But beyond the awards and praise, Hamm is best known for his ability to re-arrange and re-shape traditional blues and roots music, to make it current and original. After playing in local bands and performing in coffee houses around Thunder Bay, Hamm began travelling the folk circuit performing in venues ranging from house concerts to concert halls to major festivals. Hamm moved to the West Coast in 1982 where he wrote from his experiences as a tree planter, fisherman and rural observer. Hamm has also gained a reputation for teaching guitar finger-picking and slide guitar styles, and is

currently working on a book and instructional video. Hamm plays Nanaimo on Nov. 8 at 10 Buttertubs Drive. Tickets are $20 at the door or 250-390-4592. The show is 7:30 p.m., doors open at 7. Other Island tour dates include Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. at the Duncan Showroom, Nov. 4 at St. Michael’s Church Hall in Chemainus, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Hornby Island Community Hal, Nov. 7 on Gabriola Island and Nov. 8 at 1:30 p.m. in Mill Bay (tickets at 250-743-0214). Hamm also offers a workshop at Arbutus Music Nov. 10. Admission is $25. For more information go to www.kenhamm.com Darrell.Bellaart@ nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235

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Lions find running game at the right time Offensive line took responsibility for poor performance but has improved to clear the way for Andrew Harris SPORTS INSIDE Today’s issue

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fter an especially poor rushing performance earlier this season, B.C. Lions centre Jason Foster personally apologized to running back Andrew Harris. As the leader of the offensive line, Foster took full responsibility and promised to do everything in his power to get things right. “It was terrible, it was pathetic, it was embarrassing, and it starts with me,” Foster said after Wednesday’s rain-soaked practice. “I told him: ‘Andrew, I’m sorry. That will never happen again.”’ Harris rushed for just two yards in an overtime loss to the Edmonton Eskimos on Oct. 17 before the Lions put it all together on the ground in last week’s 40-13 thumping of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, especially late. Harris ran 16 times for 119 yards, including 82 yards in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach. “Any time you don’t get touched for five, six yards and you’re able to make someone miss in the open field like we did on a couple of those runs, it definitely makes things a lot easier for a running back,” said Harris. B.C. had surrendered fourth-quarter leads in consecutive losses prior to the Hamilton game, and up 27-13 in the fourth against the Tiger-Cats, Foster brought the offensive line together for a pep talk. “We knew we had games in the past where we blew it in the fourth quarter and we didn’t run the ball

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efficiently or effectively,” said Foster, a native of East Pittsford, Vt., in his first CFL season. “We came to the sideline after a three-and-out and said: ‘We’ve been here before and we know what’s happened. If we’re going to win this game it’s going to be on us.”’ B.C. promptly put together a long drive that culminated in Harris’ 15-yard touchdown before he added another one late. “It’s all about will — taking your guy and moving him off the ball. If

we do that we’re going to be successful,” said Foster. “I’m really happy that (offensive co-ordinator George Cortez) believed in us and we kept running the ball.” Harris has had rushing totals of 119, 118, 117, 100 and 94 yards for the Lions this season, but has also been stopped in his tracks with totals of two, three and 10. Despite the up-and-down year, Harris leads the CFL in rushing with 987 yards, 161 more than Jerome Messam, who was recently traded from the Saskatch-

ewan Roughriders to the Calgary Stampeders. “Any player that wants to be an impact player wants to be involved in the offence,” said Harris, a Winnipeg product looking for his first rushing title. “I’m definitely that. Being involved is huge for me, and being a rhythm player like I am, you start making plays and make good things happen.” The Lions’ offensive line, which has also allowed the league’s fewest sacks, will be looking to keep

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Royals beat Mets 7-1, take 2-0 lead Johnny Cueto pitched two-hitter as Kansas City batters wore down Jacob deGrom RONALD BLUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Following the final out, after Johnny Cueto completed his two-hitter, several hundred fans remained in Kauffman Stadium, wanting one more look at the Kansas City Royals. The next time they see Eric Hosmer and his teammates may be in a parade. After smothering the Mets 7-1 Wednesday night with Cueto and their pesky offence, the Royals have a 2-0 World Series lead and can capture their first title since 1985 when play resumes at New York’s Citi Field this weekend. Hosmer thought about Kansas City’s seven-game loss to the Giants in 2014. “There’s still a lot of work yet to do,” he said. “Last year we took a 2-1 lead in San Francisco and were feeling pretty good about ourselves.” Kansas City wore down Jacob deGrom with persistence and prow-

Kansas City Royal Eric Hosmer hits a two-RBI single against the New York Mets during Game 2 of the World Series Wednesday. [AP PHOTO]

ess, then pounced. Hosmer hit a tiebreaking, two-run single with two outs in a four-run fifth inning that included 14 foul balls. Nineteen hours after Hosmer’s

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cheer on the rainy night. Some fans wore wigs resembling Cueto’s long, dark dreadlocks — including the Royals’ mascot, Slugerrr. The teams take Thursday off then New York’s Citi Field hosts its first Series game Friday, when rookie Noah Syndergaard starts for the Mets and Yordano Ventura for the Royals. Forty-one of the 51 teams to take 2-0 leads in best-of-seven World Series have gone on to win the title, including nine straight since Atlanta stumbled against the New York Yankees in 1996. Kansas City had the best contact hitters in the major leagues this season, missing on just 19.7 per cent of swings, according to STATS. The Dodgers and Cubs swung and missed 58 times in deGrom’s first three post-season outings, but he got just three swings and misses against the Royals — his career low. “We don’t swing and miss,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “We find ways to just keep putting the ball in play until you find holes.” Of deGrom’s 94 pitches, 23 were fouled off by the Royals. “I told Jake not everything has to be a strike,” Mets manager Terry Collins said. “You’ve got to move it around. You’ve got to change speeds, give them something to look at. If you continue to pound the strike zone, they’re going to put it in play, and that’s what they did.” Cueto has struggled on the road, where opposing fans taunt him by repeating his name in a sing-song voice. But since the Royals acquired the free-agent-to-be from Cincinnati in July, he’s been Johnny on the spot at Kauffman Stadium. He pitched two-hit ball over eight innings to win Game 5 of the Division Series against Houston, and Kansas City lined up its Series rotation to have Cueto starting Games 2 and 6 at home. Cueto struck out four and walked three in the low-hit Series complete game by an AL pitcher since Boston’s Jim Lonborg threw a one-hitter against St. Louis in 1967. Both New York hits were soft singles by Lucas Duda, an infield roller to third that took advantage of the shift in the second inning and an opposite-field RBI single to left in the fourth.

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TORONTO — DeMar DeRozan and the Toronto Raptors started slowly before rallying in the second half for a season-opening win over the Indiana Pacers. DeRozan had 25 points as Toronto rallied from a 16-point deficit to capture a 106-99 home victory over Indiana on Wednesday night. The Raptors improved to 13-8 in home openers and 12-9 in season openers while registering a fifth straight win over the Pacers after sweeping last year’s season series 4-0. DeRozan scored 18 of his 25 points in the second half as Toronto’s starting lineup scored 52 of its 85 points after halftime. The Raptors gave the boisterous Air Canada Centre sellout of 19,800 little to cheer about early but had their fans on their feet in the second half, outscoring the Pacers 69-54. “That’s the kind of force we have to play with in the first half, at the start of the game,” Toronto head coach Dwane Casey said. “I was pleased with our defence, we got stops when we needed to but again we’ve got to play with force and physicality to start the game.” Toronto took control in the third, outscoring Indiana 35-23 to turn a 45-37 half-time deficit into a 72-68 advantage heading into the third. “We picked it up offensively,” DeRozan said. “We were getting stops, we were playing good defence throughout the game. We just hit that spell where we couldn’t execute or get a bucket when we needed to.” Toronto held Indiana to 37 per cent shooting and was 10-1 last season when opponents show less than 40 per cent from the floor.

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Sara Simovic comes home to lead VIU Former Wellington star, two-year starter with Lethbridge Pronghorns, will lead Mariners in home opener SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

ara Simovic is back home in Nanaimo after two years playing CIS basketball for the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns. Now at Vancouver Island University in the PacWest, she’s got high expectations for a Mariners squad with lofty goals. “I just wanted to come back home,” said Simovic, who started last year as a sophomore at Lethbridge, averaging 22 minutes, six points and two assists per game. “It wasn’t going as well at Lethbridge so I thought I’d come home and be with my family.” “I think it will be really good to bring up the intensity in the PacWest. I’ll try not to sink down to a lower level, and I’ll play as hard as I can to help my team get really high up.” The Mariners begin their PacWest schedule Friday at 6 p.m. against the Camosun Chargers at home. When they do, they’ll have a different look than they did a year ago, and not just with Simovic running the offence. They will also have fellow Wellington grad Victoria Brown, who transfered from Grant MacEwan University, and new recruits Lanae Adams, who played NCAA Div. 1 basketball last season for the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions, and Allie Weathersby, a transfer from Washington state’s Highline College. Add that to returning American

VIU Mariners point guard Sara Simovic, right, and forward Sienna Pollard practice Tuesday at Vancouver Island University. They’re expected to be the leaders of the team this season. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

forward Sienna Pollard, the Mariners’ leading scorer last season, and they’re looking like a championship contender. “We lost Jenna Carver, who you can’t really replace, but we’ve added some depth and experience in some girls who played at the CIS level and the Div. I NCAA level, so I’m hoping that we’ll be a little deeper, quicker, and a little more athletic,” said Mar-

iners head coach Bill McWhinnie. “Last year, we relied heavily on Jenna and Sienna. With Sara Simovic here now, and Lanae Adams here now, and our freshmen a year older, I think we’re a lot deeper than we were last year.” McWhinnie has been around Simovic for years, and he expects big things from the third-year guard when she takes the court Friday.

“She’ll be our primary ball handler,” he said. “She has a scorer’s mentality and she’s played at a high level her whole life, from provincial teams to playing big games at Wellington and starting for Lethbridge. “She’ll have the ball in her hands a lot.” After leaving Lethbridge, Simovic said she didn’t look into other options, other than coming to VIU.

“I could’ve looked into more options, but I thought I just wanted to get home,” she said. “I’m kind of a home body. It’s a lot more refreshing, and I’ll be a lot more stress-free.” WcWhinnie didn’t have any reservations welcoming her into the fold, nor did he with Brown. “She was looking to move on,” McWhinnie said of Simovic. “I’ve known her since she was a little girl, so we have a good relationship and she wanted to come here. “Same with (Victoria) Brown, from Grant MacEwan. They wanted to come home. They went and did the CIS thing and thought, (VIU) is not a bad place to be. You can play in front of your family, and play big minutes.” The Mariners have played two exhibition games, both against CIS opponents. They lost both times, to 79-65 to the UFV Cascades and 74-67. But Simovic, who was been back home training for the last three summers with men’s hoops assistant coach Avneet Brar, thinks this VIU team will be a contender in the PacWest. “I think we’re going to be really good this year,” she said. “We were competing with every single team, and come the end of the season, we could even beat some of those teams, so I think we’re going to be really good.” Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243

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The Nanaimo Clippers were down early Wednesday night against the Victoria Grizzlies, and they were down often. They trailed 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and 4-3, but a breakaway goal from Zach Court with two seconds to play gave them a 5-4 win and fourth in five games. “We pulled it out of the hat,” said Clippers head coach MikeVandekamp. “It wasn’t our best game, but it was still an exciting win, that’s for sure.” After Sheldon Rempal tied the game at three early in the third period, Nanaimo defenceman Sean Buchanan took a roughing penalty that resulted in the Grizzlies taking their fourth lead of the night. But with their goalie pulled, Rempal dumped the puck into the corner where it was retrieved by Devin Brosseau, who threw it at the feet of Victoria goalie Matthew Galajda before finding its way into the net. That tied the game with 35 seconds left. Then, Chris Dodero caused a Victoria turnover that send Court in all alone. He was hauled down, but got back to his feet to shelf the game-winner, his fourth goal of the year, just before time expired. “It’s an example of being never out

Nanaimo Clippers forward Zach Court celebrates his game-winning third-period goal against the Victoria Grizzlies on Wednesday. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

of the game,” Vandekamp said. “It’s a good lesson learned both ways — it’s junior hockey. Junior hockey has lots of events like that, that are awfully exciting. You wouldn’t want to bank on that happening every night, but

when you’re in that situation again in the future, (you know) there’s always a way.” Getting his first win with the Clippers was 19-year-old goaltender Evan Johnson, who arrived this week from

the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers. He stopped 20 of the Grizzlies 24 shots in his Nanaimo debut, his first game action since Oct. 10. “We had an opportunity to look at Evan here, and we’ll probably keep him for a bit and make a decision later,” Vandekamp said. Vandekamp traded forward Brendan Shane out of province to create a roster spot, but Shane was picked up on waivers by the Chilliwack Chiefs. Johnson joins original starter Jonathan Reinhart in the Clippers goalie corps, as well as suspended 16-yearold back-up goalie Jakob Walter. “Hopefully as he gets more comfortable with our team, he could be a good assett for our team,” Vandekamp said. Before Wednesday’s win, the Clippers had only played one game in the previous 10 days, but they are now in the midst of three divisional games in four nights. They now play a home-and-home series with the rival Alberni Valley Bulldogs, with the front half in Nanaimo on Friday night at 7 p.m. Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243

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Six different goal scorers led the Nanaimo Buccaneers to a 6-3 win over the Westshore Wolves in Colwood Wednesday night. Will McNamara, Nolan Richardson, Chad Bell, Billy Walters, Owen Dalman and Will Koop each scored for Nanaimo, while Bucs goalie Alex Orth stopped 28 shots to pick up the win. Hobin Zinck and Nick Gomerich also had two-assist nights. The Bucs went up 4-1 after the first period, with three straight goals coming after an early 1-1 tie. The second period was scoreless, and the Bucs and Wolves traded goals in the third. The win tied the Bucs with the Campbell River Storm for first place in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s North Division, however the Storm have a game in hand. The Bucs are back home tonight to take on the division rival Oceanside Generals at 7:15 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. The Gens are currently in last place in the North Division and have lost seven straight games.

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It’s nearly decision time for Desjardins on Jared McCann

Beeston mum on future of Jays’ GM

umour has it the Canucks could send scoring leader Jared McCann back to his junior team so he dosen’t get “ruined” by playing in the NHL too soon. In Willie’s World, there is good and real good. There is seldom “bad” and never “really bad” when the Vancouver Canucks coach assesses a game or a player. In McCann’s world, there is confidence, hope and an emerging game where the good far outweighs any bad. And as the rookie centre creeps closer to his 10th regular-season game, which would burn the first year of his entry-level contract — No. 8 is Thursday in Dallas (Sportsnet Vancouver, TSN 1040, 5:30 p.m.) and No. 9 is Friday in Glendale, Ariz. — he says exactly what you expect about extending his NHL stay and not being returned to Sault Ste. Marie of the OHL. “I don’t even know when Game 9 is — I don’t want to know,” says the 19-year-old McCann. “I’m really not focused on that, and I’m only focused on what I can control. I’m trying to earn his (Desjardins’) respect and I know it’s not going to be an easy decision.” It’s not. But it has helped shift a retool-on-the-fly season from first gear into overdrive. Rookie Jake Virtanen was always going to be a roster consideration because of his imposing size and ability to skate with the big boys. McCann’s uncanny ability to beat odds, beat injury and health setbacks and beat a path to the net has become talk of the town. And for a club looking to generate a buzz beyond better food options at Rogers Arena and reduced ticket prices, this is a win-win proposition. You can win with youth and fill empty seats. McCann’s two-goal performance Tuesday and team-leading four goals certainly work in his favour. Desjardins has always lauded the speed, skill and quick release of the club’s 2014 firstround pick, who willingly plays in traffic. He has turned a plodding fourth line into one with offensive potential. And with better play away from the puck and a stronger presence in the faceoff circle, the lingering question about the shifty centre listed at six-foot and 179 pounds, is about the durability to handle physical play and mental pressure. “I’ve got to avoid hits and not put myself in a bad position, and that’s a key thing,” says McCann. Virtanen has an imposing 6-foot-1, 208-pound frame and hits like a freight train — collecting seven of them in the first two periods in the 5-1 win over Montreal. It’s one reason why

Vancouver Canucks centre Jared McCann, left, celebrates his first goal during an NHL game in Vancouver on Tuesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Ben Kuzma The Province Virtanen, 19, is expected to stick with the Canucks and not return to the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL, and why Desjardins is in a bit of a quandary about McCann. He’ll get a better read on McCann’s readiness in the backto-back games. “The biggest worry is down the road and he gets worn down and the league gets hard for him and he loses his confidence,” says Desjardins. “He’s too good. We don’t want him to lose his confidence and just feel he has to dump the puck. We want him to handle it and make plays. He knows where the net is and he’s opportunistic. “I thought before we should sit him out a bit, so we didn’t rush those nine games, but we wanted to put those guys in tough situations and they played well.” If Desjardins needs another take, he can get a good one from Brandon Prust. The fourth-line winger has seen enough of his linemate to believe that McCann could be a keeper. “He’s improved a lot and even in the last few games,” says Prust. “His confidence is getting back there. Sometimes at the start of the season he didn’t have

it, but he feels confident out there. He’s been impressing me since the start of camp. Great skater, great shot and good vision. Fun to play with.” Prust rolled but didn’t fracture his left ankle in the second period Tuesday in a cornerboards collision with Montreal’s Brian Flynn and didn’t return. He was having an MRI on Wednesday but did travel with the club. The Canucks haven’t had much fun in Big D. Their last win in Dallas was March 22, 2012, and they’ve dropped seven straight to the Stars. This season, Dallas is 7-2-0 and leading the Western Conference. Jamie Benn and Tyler Sequin were first and third in league scoring with 15 points (8-7) and 13 points (4-9) respectively after the Stars erased a 3-0 deficit to Anaheim on Tuesday and won 4-3 on home ice. Desjardins was the club’s associate coach in 2010-11 to Marc Crawford and to Glen Gulutzan in 2011-12. “They have a lot of speed and come at you a lot of different ways,” says Desjardins. Adds winger Alex Burrows: “Probably one of the best offences in the league (thirdranked power play) and they’re playing a better defensive system (fourth-ranked penalty kill) under (coach) Lindy Ruff. It won’t be easy.” Looks like a good test for the Canucks. And McCann.

THE GREAT McCANN DEBATE Keep him in the NHL: 1. Speed kills, and he shifts the fourth line from being one-dimensional, and has potential to move up lineup. 2. Does things you can’t teach. Puts pucks in good areas, gets to tough areas, has a wicked release. 3. Learns the things you’re trying to teach. Better awareness in all zones, better in faceoff circle.

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TORONTO — Outgoing Blue Jays president Paul Beeston says he won’t comment on the future of general manager Alex Anthopoulos because “Alex always likes to keeps his affairs private and I think I have to respect that.” “At some point in time I may be prepared to talk about it. But I think right now I would say I’ve got nothing to say about it,” Beeston said Wednesday in a radio appearance on Sportsnet 590 The Fan. “I just hope it all works out.” Anthopoulos, whose deal expires this week, deflected questions about his contract status during his season wrapup news conference Monday. “That will be addressed at the appropriate time,” Anthopoulos said then. “The appropriate time is not today.” He will be dealing with new Toronto president Mark Shapiro, who is set to succeed the retiring Beeston. “There is not anything I’m going to say about Alex other than the fact that his affairs are private,” Beeston said. Beeston did acknowledge that Anthopoulos is “kind of my horse.” Anthopoulos, then assistant GM, took over after Beeston fired J.P. Ricciardi as general manager in 2009. He helped the Jays to the American League Championship Series this season with a string of high-profile moves at the trade deadline. “I’ve watched this man grow into the job,” Beeston said. “It’s very funny that after six years he is kind of like what a player would be — he’s kind of a free agent in some respects. He is in his best years right now. He has learned a lot from his mistakes. We all make mistakes — some were public, some that aren’t public. He’s learned from that, he doesn’t make the same mistake twice. And he’s got guts, he’s got everything else. “So is he irreplaceable? No. But I mean is he somebody you’d want to keep? Sure. “I mean why wouldn’t you? It’s like wanting to keep any of your star players.

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NHL

WHL

MLB PLAYOFFS FOOTBALL

TENNIS

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION

WORLD SERIES

CFL

ATP

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC DIVISION

EAST

VALENCIA OPEN

d-Chicago d-New York Detroit d-Miami Boston Toronto Washington Cleveland Orlando Indiana Charlotte Atlanta Brooklyn Philadelphia Milwaukee

Montreal Tampa Bay Florida

GP 10 10 9

W 9 5 5

L OL SL 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 1 0

GF 36 27 30

GA 17 26 18

Pts Home 18 4-0-0-0 12 2-1-0-0 11 3-1-0-0

Away 5-1-0-0 3-2-1-1 2-2-1-0

Last 10 Strk 9-1-0-0 L-1 5-3-1-1 L-2 5-3-1-0 W-2

METROPOLITAN DIVISION NY Rangers NY Islanders Washington

GP 10 9 8

W 6 6 6

L OL SL 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0

GF 28 31 30

GA 20 22 21

Pts Home 14 4-1-1-0 13 4-1-1-0 12 3-2-0-0

Away 2-1-0-1 2-1-0-0 3-0-0-0

Last 10 Strk 6-2-1-1 W-1 6-2-1-0 W-2 6-2-0-0 L-1

GP 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 10

W 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 2

L OL SL 2 2 0 4 0 0 3 0 2 3 1 0 4 1 0 4 0 1 6 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 2 8 0 0

GF 19 16 29 33 22 21 17 20 19 22

GA 22 17 30 29 24 26 26 29 28 41

Pts 10 10 10 9 9 9 6 6 4 4

Away 1-1-1-0 2-2-0-0 3-1-0-0 3-0-0-0 2-2-1-0 3-1-0-0 3-4-0-0 1-2-0-0 1-3-0-1 2-4-0-0

Last 10 Strk 4-2-2-0 L-1 5-4-0-0 W-2 4-3-0-2 W-1 4-3-1-0 W-2 4-4-1-0 L-1 4-4-0-1 L-1 3-6-0-0 W-1 3-6-0-0 W-1 1-5-0-2 L-4 2-8-0-0 W-2

WILD CARD Philadelphia Pittsburgh Ottawa Boston Detroit New Jersey Carolina Buffalo Toronto Columbus

Home 3-1-1-0 3-2-0-0 1-2-0-2 1-3-1-0 2-2-0-0 1-3-0-1 0-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 0-2-0-1 0-4-0-0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP 9 8 9

W 7 6 6

L OL SL 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0

GF 31 25 28

GA 24 16 25

Pts Home 14 3-1-0-0 13 4-0-1-0 13 4-0-0-0

Away 4-1-0-0 2-1-0-0 2-2-1-0

Last 10 Strk 7-2-0-0 W-1 6-1-1-0 L-1 6-2-1-0 W-1

PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles Vancouver Arizona

GP 9 9 10

W 6 4 5

L OL SL 3 0 0 2 3 0 4 1 0

GF 20 25 27

GA 18 18 28

Pts Home 12 3-3-0-0 11 1-2-3-0 11 1-2-0-0

Away 3-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 4-2-1-0

Last 10 Strk 6-3-0-0 W-6 4-2-3-0 W-1 5-4-1-0 L-1

WILD CARD St. Louis Chicago Winnipeg San Jose Edmonton Colorado Calgary Anaheim

GP 9 9 9 8 10 8 10 9

W 6 6 5 5 3 2 2 1

L OL SL 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 5 1 0 7 0 1 6 1 1

GP W Prince Albert 14 11 Brandon 14 9 Moose Jaw 12 7 Saskatoon 12 6 Regina 12 6 Swift Current 13 5

L 2 3 3 3 5 6

OL 0 0 1 3 1 2

SL 1 2 1 0 0 0

GF GA 57 41 60 38 47 35 45 48 34 41 36 41

Pt 23 19 16 15 13 12

CENTRAL DIVISION Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Medicine Hat Edmonton Kootenay

GP W L 12 10 2 14 10 4 14 7 6 12 5 6 14 3 8 15 3 11

OL 0 0 0 1 3 1

SL 0 0 1 0 0 0

GF GA 55 32 55 39 35 48 43 47 35 52 34 63

Pt 20 20 15 11 9 7

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP Kelowna 13 Victoria 14 Prince George 12 Vancouver 13 Kamloops 12

W 9 8 6 4 4

L 4 5 6 7 8

OL 0 0 0 1 0

SL 0 1 0 1 0

GF GA 53 43 42 30 33 33 41 57 34 43

Pt 18 17 12 10 8

U.S. DIVISION

CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas Nashville Minnesota

(Best-of-7 series; x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if necessary)

GF 25 19 29 23 24 20 20 9

GA 20 16 25 18 31 25 40 25

Pts 13 12 11 10 6 5 5 4

Home 2-0-1-0 5-1-0-0 2-2-1-0 2-1-0-0 1-3-0-0 1-3-1-0 1-4-0-0 1-2-0-1

Away 4-2-0-0 1-2-0-0 3-1-0-0 3-2-0-0 2-4-0-0 1-2-0-0 1-3-0-1 0-4-1-0

Last 10 Strk 6-2-1-0 W-1 6-3-0-0 W-4 5-3-1-0 L-1 5-3-0-0 W-1 3-7-0-0 L-3 2-5-1-0 L-4 2-7-0-1 L-3 1-6-1-1 L-4

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. :HGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Ottawa 5 Calgary 4 (SO) Pittsburgh 3 Washington 1 Nashville at San Jose 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Vancouver 5 Montreal 1 Carolina 3 Detroit 1 Los Angeles 4 Winnipeg 1 Minnesota 4 Edmonton 3 Columbus 3 New Jersey 1 Florida 4 Colorado 1 St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay 0 Dallas 4 Anaheim 3 Boston 6 Arizona 0 Buffalo 4 Philadelphia 3 (OT) 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Carolina at NY Islanders, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Colorado at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Montreal at Edmonton, 9 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Colorado at Carolina, 7 p.m. Toronto at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Montreal at Calgary, 9 p.m. Vancouver at Arizona, 10 p.m. 6DWXUGD\ÂˇV JDPHV NY Islanders at New Jersey, 1 p.m. San Jose at Dallas, 3 p.m. Nashville at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Columbus, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington at Florida, 7 p.m. Detroit at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m.

SCORING LEADERS G 8 7 4 5 7 5 4 3 3 2 6

A 7 7 9 7 4 6 7 8 8 9 4

Wednesday's games not included

L 2 6 3 7 8

OL 1 0 0 1 1

SL 0 0 1 1 0

GF GA 41 25 38 31 21 22 32 53 42 51

Pt 17 12 11 10 9

Note: Division leaders ranked in top 2 positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 pts. & a victory in W column; team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 point in OTL or SOL columns :HGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Medicine Hat 6 Spokane 2 Brandon 3 Everett 2 (SO) Prince Albert 4 Edmonton 0 Kamloops 6 Prince George 1 Lethbridge 5 Vancouver 2 Portland 5 Tri-City 2 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Seattle 7 Brandon 2 Lethbridge 4 Victoria 3 (SO) 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Spokane at Calgary, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Victoria at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Spokane at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Brandon at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Moose Jaw at Regina, 7 p.m. Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m. 6DWXUGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Seattle at Kootenay, 2 p.m. Regina at Moose Jaw, 2 p.m. Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

INTERIOR DIVISION

First Period â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring. Penalties â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stephenson Wash (elbowing) 6:09; Orpik Wash (boarding) 6:24; Alzner Wash (high-sticking) 8:28. Second Period â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring. Penalties â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Letang Pgh (slashing) 7:21; Perron Pgh (charging) 10:53; Cole Pgh, Wilson Wash (roughing) 19:39. Third Period 1. Wash, Kuznetsov 4 (Alzner) 1:28. 2. Pitt, Bennett 2 (Bonino, Maatta) 1:52. 3. Pitt, Kessel 4 (Malkin, Perron) 3:49. 4. Pitt, Bonino 2 (unassisted) 18:17 (en). Penalty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cole Pgh (interference) 9:45. Shots on goal Pittsburgh 14 4 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;25 Washington 13 14 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;34 Goal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pittsburgh: Fleury (W, 5-4-0); Wash: Holtby (L, 5-2-0). Power plays (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pitt: 0-3; Wash: 0-3. Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,506 at Washington.

Benn, Dal Krejci, Bos Seguin, Dal Kane, Chi Pacioretty, Mon Tavares, NYI Wheeler, Win Cammalleri, NJ Kuznetsov, Wash Zetterberg, Det Jagr, Fla

W 8 6 5 4 4

BCHL

SENATORS 5, FLAMES 4 (SO) PENGUINS 3, CAPITALS 1 First Period â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring. Penalties â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jooris Cgy (high-sticking) 4:37; Karlsson Ott (interference) 17:39. Second Period 1. Calgary, Hamilton 2 (Hudler, Engelland) 4:15. 2. Ottawa, Smith 2 (unassisted) 17:58. 3. Ottawa, Ryan 2 (Turris, Methot) 19:46. Penalties â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Giordano Cgy (delay of game) 1:42; Neil Ott (slashing) 5:30. Third Period 4. Cal, Colborne 2 (Monahan, Hudler) 4:23. 5. Cal, Russell 1 (Bennett, Frolik) 5:20. 6. Ott, Turris 5 (Stone, Karlsson) 9:51. 7. Ottawa, Pageau 3 (Michalek, Chiasson) 10:08. 8. Calgary, Bennett 1 (Gaudreau, Wideman) 12:32 (pp). Penalties â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Methot Ott (interference) 1:44; Bollig Cgy (roughing) 6:12; Ryan Ott (goaltender interference) 12:20; Wideman Cgy (hooking) 14:13. Overtime â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring. Penalties â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None. Shootout â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ottawa wins 2-1 Cal: Colborne goal, Gaudreau miss, Monahan miss. Ott: Ryan miss, Turris goal, Zibanejad goal. Shots on goal Calgary 10 10 16 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;38 Ottawa 4 6 12 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;23 Goal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Calgary: Ortio (LO, 0-1-1); Ottawa: Anderson (W, 4-2-1). Power plays (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Calgary: 1-4; Ottawa: 0-4. Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 16,923 at Ottawa.

Seattle Portland Everett Spokane Tri-City

GP 11 12 9 13 13

Pt 15 14 13 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10

GP W L Penticton 16 15 1 Salmon Arm 16 11 3 West Kelowna 16 9 5 Vernon 18 8 9 Merritt 18 6 11 Trail 15 6 9

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 67 31 30 2 0 72 43 24 0 2 55 50 20 0 1 97 53 17 0 1 61 80 13 0 0 48 63 12

ISLAND DIVISION GP W L Nanaimo 16 10 6 Powell River 16 10 6 Cowichan Vally 15 8 4 Alberni Valley 15 5 8 Victoria 17 3 12

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 66 50 20 0 0 49 35 20 1 2 55 85 19 1 1 36 54 12 0 2 38 58 8

MAINLAND DIVISION Wenatchee Chilliwack Langley Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

GP W L 17 10 4 17 9 5 15 9 6 17 7 7 16 4 11 16 4 12

T OL GF GA Pt 2 1 64 42 23 1 2 60 47 21 0 0 52 40 18 1 2 44 64 17 0 1 35 68 9 0 0 38 74 8

:HGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Nanaimo 5 Victoria 4 Salmon Arm 6 Vernon 2 Powell River at Cowichan Valley 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Wenatchee at Prince George, 7 p.m. Powell River at Victoria, 7 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Surrey at Chilliwack, 7 p.m. Alberni Valley at Nanaimo, 7 p.m. Merritt at Penticton, 7 p.m. Wenatchee at Prince George, 7 p.m. West Kelowna at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m. Trail at Vernon, 7 p.m. Cowichan Valley at Victoria, 7 p.m. Coquitlam at Langley, 7:15 p.m. 6DWXUGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Nanaimo at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m. Salmon Arm at West Kelowna, 7 p.m. Penticton at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

NEW YORK (NL) VS. KANSAS CITY (AL) (Kansas City leads 2-0) Wednesday's result Kansas City 7 New York 1 Tuesday's result Kansas City 5 New York 4 (14 inn.) Friday's game Kansas City at New York (Syndergaard 9-7), 8:07 p.m. Saturday's game Kansas City at New York (Matz 4-0), 8:07 p.m. Sunday's game x-Kansas City at New York (Harvey 13-8), 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 x-New York (deGrom 14-8) at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 x-New York (Syndergaard 9-7) at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

ROYALS 7, METS 1 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Granderson rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .125 D.Wright 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Dan.Murphy 2b 2 1 0 0 2 2 .222 Cespedes lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Duda 1b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .444 7 GÂˇ$UQDXG F Conforto dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 W.Flores ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lagares cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 28 1 2 1 3 4 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. A.Escobar ss 5 1 2 2 0 0 .273 Zobrist 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .273 L.Cain cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .100 Hosmer 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .286 K.Morales dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .143 Moustakas 3b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .444 S.Perez c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .300 A.Gordon lf 2 2 1 1 2 0 .286 Rios rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .167 Orlando rf 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Totals 34 7 10 7 4 3 New York 000 100 000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;1 2 1 Kansas City 000 040 03x â&#x20AC;&#x201D;7 10 0

Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duda (1). LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;NY 3, Kansas City 8. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;S.Perez (1), A.Gordon (1). 3Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A. Escobar (1). RBIsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duda (1), A.Escobar 2 (3), Hosmer 2 (4), Moustakas (2), A.Gordon (2), Orlando (1). SFâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Orlando. Runners left in scoring positionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;NY 2 7 GÂˇ$UQDXG &HVSHGHV .& 6 3HUH] L.Cain). RISPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;NY 1 for 4; KC 5 for 12. Runners moved upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Zobrist, K.Morales. *,'3Âł7 GÂˇ$UQDXG DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;KC 1 (Moustakas, Zobrist, Hosmer). New York deGrom L, 0-1 Robles Niese A.Reed Gilmartin Kansas City Cueto W, 1-0

IP 5 1 1 1 /3 2 /3 IP 9

H 6 0 3 1 0 H 2

R ER BB SO NP 4 4 3 2 94 0 0 0 0 11 3 3 1 1 27 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 R ER BB SO NP 1 1 3 4 122

ERA 7.20 0.00 9.00 0.00 0.00 ERA 1.00

Niese pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. Inherited runners-scoredâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A.Reed 2-2, Gilmartin 1-0. Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;2:54. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;40,410 (37,903).

BETTING NHL FAVOURITE NY ISLANDRS PITTSBURGH PHILADELPH. TAMPA BAY WINNIPEG ST. LOUIS DALLAS Montreal

LINE -190 OFF -145 -190 -110 -165 -145 -145

UNDERDOG Carolina Buffalo N.Jersey Colorado Chicago Anaheim Vancouver EDMONTN

LINE +175 OFF +135 +175 +100 +155 +135 +135

NFL FAVOURIT OPN TODAY O/U UNDRDOG

N.ENGLAND 101/2 Sunday

(51)

Miami

FAVOURIT OPN TODAY O/U UNDRDOG

Kansas City 21/2 Minnesota 21/2 ATLANTA 71/2 N.ORLEANS 2 ST. LOUIS 6 Arizona 4 Cincinnati 11/2 BALTIMOR 11/2 HOUSTON 41/2 NY Jets 3 Seattle 51/2 Green Bay 3 Monday

51/2 1 7 3 81/2 41/2 PK 3 4 2 6 3

(46) Detroit (42) CHICAGO (491/2) T. Bay (481/2) NY Giants (39) San Fran. (461/2) CLEVLND (48) PITSBRGH (501/2) San Diego (OFF) Tennesse (45) OAKLAND (41) DALLAS (45) DENVER

FAVOURIT OPN TODAY O/U UNDRDOG

CAROLINA 31/2

(46) Indianapol.

Home Teams in CAPITALS. Updated odds available at Pregame.com

x-Hamilton x-Ottawa x-Toronto Montreal

GP W L T PF PA 16 10 6 0 496 335 16 10 6 0 408 420 16 9 7 0 392 461 16 6 10 0 342 332

Pt 20 20 18 12

WEST x-Edmonton x-Calgary B.C. Winnipeg Saskatchewan

GP W L T PF PA Pt 17 13 4 0 426 319 26 16 12 4 0 408 320 24 16 6 10 0 403 433 12 17 5 12 0 342 481 10 16 2 14 0 381 497 4

x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; clinched playoff berth. Friday's game B.C. at Toronto, 7 p.m. Saturday's game Saskatchewan at Calgary, 3 p.m. Sunday's games Ottawa at Hamilton, 1 p.m. Montreal at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

SWISS INDOORS

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo

L 0 2 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .500 .429

PF 213 152 147 176

PA 126 105 137 173

W 3 2 2 1

L 4 5 5 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .429 .286 .286 .167

PF 147 154 147 119

PA 174 199 207 139

W 6 4 2 1

L 0 3 5 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .571 .286 .167

PF 182 158 147 143

PA 122 131 182 162

WTA

W 6 3 2 2

L 0 3 5 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .286 .286

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NCAA AP TOP 25 SCHEDULE Thursday's games No. 5 TCU vs. West Virginia, 7:30 p.m. No. 23 Pittsburgh v. North Carolina, 7 pm Saturday's games No. 3 Clemson at N.C. State, 3:30 p.m. No. 8 Stanford at Washington St., 10:30 pm No. 9 Not. Dame at No. 21 Temple, 8 pm No. 10 Iowa vs. Maryland, 3;30 p.m. No. 11 Fla. v. Georgia at Jacksonvil., 3:30 pm No. 12 Okla. St. at Texas Tech, 3:30 p.m. No. 13 Utah vs. Oregon State, 7 p.m. No. 14 Oklahoma at Kansas, 3:30 p.m. No. 15 Michigan at Minnesota, 7 p.m. No. 16 Memphis vs. Tulane, 7 p.m. No. 17 Florida State vs. Syracuse, noon No. 18 Houston vs. Vanderbilt, 7 p.m. No. 19 Mississippi at Auburn, noon No. 22 Duke vs. Miami, 7 p.m. No. 24 UCLA vs. Colorado, 3 p.m.

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SOCCER MLS PLAYOFFS WILD CARDS (Single-game elimination) Wednesday's results D.C. 2 New England 1 Seattle 3 Los Angeles 2 Thursday's games Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m. Kansas City at Portland, 10 p.m.

ENGLAND LEAGUE CUP Round of 16 Liverpool 1 Bournemouth 0 Manchester City 5 Crystal Palace 1 Southampton 2 Aston Villa 1 Middlesbrough 0 Manchester United 0 (Middlesbrough advanced 3-1 on p.k.)

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kevin Love had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Richard Jefferson had 14 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers built a big early advantage to ruin the Memphis Grizzliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; season opener with a 106-76 victory on Wednesday night. Cleveland capitalized on Memphisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shooting woes, building a doubledigit lead in the first quarter and extending the margin to 32 in the

fourth. The Cavaliers lost their season opener to the Bulls 97-95 on Tuesday night. LeBron James, Jared Cunningham and Matthew Dellavedova had 12 points each, with James 4 of 13 from the field. Jefferson was five of six, including all three 3-point tries, part of Cleveland shooting 45 per cent from beyond the arc. Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies with 12 points apiece.

THUNDER 112, SPURS 106 Russell Westbrook had 33 points and 10 assists to help Billy Donovan win his NBA coaching debut. Kevin Durant scored 22 points in his first regular-season game since February. He made just 6 of 19 field goals, but hit two critical free throws with 11.5 seconds remaining to put the Thunder in control. Enes Kanter had 15 points and 16 rebounds off the bench for the Thunder.

Kawhi Leonard scored a careerhigh 32 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Spurs. LaMarcus Aldridge had 11 points and five rebounds in his debut with San Antonio after nine years with the Portland Trail Blazers. HEAT 104, HORNETS 94 Chris Bosh scored 21 points in his first game since getting sick last February, Dwyane Wade added 20 and Miami beat Charlotte in the season

opener for both. Gerald Green scored 19 off the bench and Luol Deng finished with 13 for Miami, which used a 26-6 run in the second quarter to take control and beat the Hornets for the 14th consecutive time at home. The Heat made 12 of 20 shots from 3-point range, including one from Deng with 38.8 seconds left to help seal the win. Kemba Walker led the Hornets with 19 points, Jeremy Lin scored 17 and Marvin Williams had 10 points and 10 rebounds.

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RENTON, Wash. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Seattle defensive end Michael Bennett received the first player of the week award in his career on Wednesday after notching a career-best 3 1/2 sacks in his last game. Bennettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s response? Essentially a shrug. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels the same. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those things you get awarded for somebody noticing you. The only thing that really matters is the win at this point and getting back to where we want to be at,â&#x20AC;? Bennett said. While much has been made of Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggles early in the season and its attempt to get back to .500 this week before the bye, Bennett is having arguably his most disruptive season with the Seahawks. Thanks to his 3 1/2 sacks last week against San Francisco, Bennett is tied for the NFL lead with 6 1/2 total sacks through seven weeks along with Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carlos Dunlap and New Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chandler Jones. Bennettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never had doubledigit sacks in a season, yet is on pace now to have the most by a Seattle defensive player since Patrick Kerneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14 1/2 sacks in 2007. Bennett likely could have claimed another half-sack, but it

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett (72) reacts after sacking San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick during a game in Santa Clara, Calif., on Oct. 22. [AP PHOTO]

was given to the combo of Brandon Mebane and David King. As it stood, the 3 1/2 sacks were the second-most by any player in a single game this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think he changed anything, he just had good opportunities and worked with, he and Cliff (Avril) kind of shared some good efforts on the pass rush last week,â&#x20AC;? Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cliff flushed a guy and he made the sack, and vice versa. So it was some just good continuity by those guys. But heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been playing really good football.â&#x20AC;?

One of the most effective ways for Seattle to get quarterback pressure has been with Bennett and Avril rushing from the same side. In those situations, Bennett lines up as the defensive tackle with Avril on the end. Avril said because of how wide Bennett lines up in that position, it often leaves guards having to block like tackles and can open up opportunities for a speed pass rush. Bennett had one solo sack and shared a sack with Avril against the 49ers when the pair aligned in that formation.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;He makes the guards become tackles and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like space. And for me sometimes the tackle looks to help out on him so it gives me an advantage on a speed rush,â&#x20AC;? Avril said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it just creates a little bit of a problem for the (offensive) linemen.â&#x20AC;? Before the season, Bennett expressed his displeasure with the four-year contract he signed after the 2013 season and his desire to be paid more. Bennett briefly considered holding out from training camp before reporting. While he said he still has issues with his contract, those concerns are now secondary. If there is a concern at this point for Seattle, it might be the amount Bennett is playing. Bennettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been on the field for nearly 82 per cent of Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive plays after playing more than 84 per cent of the defensive snaps last season for the Seahawks. Bennett isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t concerned about being asked to play this much. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get a break soon enough with the Seahawks on their bye after Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at Dallas. As long as the Seahawks reach their goal of turning around their slow start and becoming a Super Bowl contender again, the amount of play time wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter.

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IRVING, Texas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dez Bryant could be back in the lineup against Seattle after missing five games with a broken right foot. If Dallasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; All-Pro receiver does return, it will be alongside a new starting running back in Darren McFadden as the Cowboys try to figure out a way to win without quarterback Tony Romo. Bryant practiced for the first time in almost seven weeks Wednesday, although he was limited. He was injured in the opener against the Giants, and Romo went down a week later with a broken left collarbone. The Cowboys (2-4) havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won in the four games since, and now get the defending NFC champion Seahawks (3-4) on Sunday before a visit from NFC East rival Philadelphia in consecutive home games. Dallas centre Travis Frederick noticed a difference on the practice field in Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first real work since Sept. 11, two days before the injury. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been at practice since the bye two weeks ago, but only for conditioning work on the side. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He sets a great example,â&#x20AC;?

Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant, left, and quarterback Tony Romo talk on the sideline during a game on Sept. 27 against the Atlanta Falcons in Arlington, Texas. [AP PHOTO]

Frederick said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those guys. You talk about Jason Witten. And you talk about Tony Romo. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those guys that sets an example for everybody else throughout the day and throughout the week.â&#x20AC;? Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence is the longest of his six-year career, surpassing the four games he missed with a broken ankle at the end of his rookie season in 2010. Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NFL leader in touchdown catches wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t available in the locker room when it was open to

reporters Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the other guys have rallied around really well in his absence,â&#x20AC;? coach Jason Garrett said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But to get him back, just on the practice field and certainly once the game starts, will make a big difference to our football team. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question in my mind about that.â&#x20AC;? Matt Cassel will make his second start in place of Romo after Brandon Weeden went 0-3 filling in for the franchise leader in yards passing and touchdown

passes. Cassel had more success throwing downfield to wide receivers than Weeden, although he had three interceptions in a 27-20 loss to the Giants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting to know me and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting to know him, just like all these guys,â&#x20AC;? said Cassel, who came in a trade with Buffalo after Romoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every little bit helps because we get into my second week really running the offence.â&#x20AC;? McFadden had 29 carries for 152 yards after Joseph Randle left with a back injury following his second carry against New York. It was the most yards for McFadden since he had 171 in 2011 with Oakland, which drafted him fourth overall in 2008. The carries were his most since 2012. Garrett said McFadden would be the starter this week after Randle had that role in the first six games without 2014 NFL rushing champion DeMarco Murray, who went to Philadelphia in free agency. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just been wanting to go out there and show it to everybody on the field, because I know what I can do and I know what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m capable of doing,â&#x20AC;? McFadden said.

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Stick to deadline for ‘roommates’ to move out ruption they have added to our daily lives. They have taken over the fridge, the cabinets, the laundry room, the living space and the kitchen. We have no private time anymore and cannot trust them to lock doors or turn off the dryer or coffeemaker when they leave the house. They parade around the house seminude, make a lot of noise when we’re sleeping and talk while we are reading or watching TV. We have discussed these issues and others as they have come up, but it hasn’t helped. We’ve asked them to keep out of our bedrooms and home office, but the other day I found both of them coming out of the office. We do not want to put locks all over. We want to trust them, but it seems unlikely. They have made comments

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Dear Annie: An acquaintance recently lost his job, and we invited him and his wife to move into our home on a temporary basis. We all agreed they would live with us until one of them found another professional position. It’s been only three months, but it’s already uncomfortable. “Sue” and “Bob” do small household chores and pay a minimal amount in rent, but that doesn’t counteract the inter-

about our bills, which indicates they have looked at our private mail. They are supposedly applying for jobs, but so far haven’t found anything that pays what they feel they deserve. We worry we’ll be stuck with them forever. They have severance pay, unemployment and money from family members. They spend it on manicures, personal trainers and new electronics. Here’s the kicker: They are actively seeking a divorce. How do we tell them they have overstayed their welcome? — Bad Roomies Dear Roomies: You need to set a deadline and stick to it. Tell Sue and Bob that you hadn’t anticipated the job search would take so long and you

can no longer accommodate them. Give them one month to find other arrangements. Bring home boxes so they can pack (and help them along). At the end of the deadline, if they make no attempt to leave, tell them you will put their belongings on the front steps. Then change your locks.

I have mentioned that their smoking causes problems, but they don’t seem to pay attention. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. If I were a smoker, I would feel terrible if I thought I caused someone else to have health problems, but they don’t seem to feel the same. Yet they would be upset if we didn’t attend these functions. Any suggestions? — Smoked Out

Dear Annie: My husband and son have chronic lung problems. Our son has asthma, and my husband’s lung health has gotten worse over the years. We have never been smokers, but we have tolerated our relatives who are. Lately, however, family gatherings are proving difficult. Exposure to cigarette smoke can cause my husband to have a setback and my son’s asthma to flare up.

Dear Smoked Out: Your husband and son should not be subjected to cigarette smoke, period. Tell the relatives you love them and would enjoy spending time with them, but your family’s health comes first. Ask if they would smoke outside. Otherwise, sorry, but you won’t be able to come.

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Fox will air Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants wood Resort & Casino on Dec. 20, the Miss Universe Organization and IMG, its new owner, said Wednesday. “Miss USA” will air on Fox in 2016. Partnering with Fox “marks a new era for the Miss Universe Organization as a whole,” said Michael Antinoro, IMG’s senior vice-president of original

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NEW YORK — The Fox network has picked up “The 64th Annual Miss Universe Pageant” and domestic rights to air “Miss USA.” The three-hour “Miss Universe” will air live from Las Vegas’ Planet Holly-

content. Fox entertainment president David Madden said the partnership would “infuse a fresh new energy into these perennial broadcast favourites.” The announcement would seem to conclude months of turmoil for the pageants. The uproar began in June when Donald Trump, then co-owner

with NBC, made anti-immigration remarks that offended Mexicans and others while declaring himself a Republican candidate for president. NBC subsequently cut its business ties with Trump, sold him its interest in the pageants, and cancelled its planned July airing of “Miss USA,”

which instead was carried by the Reelz cable network. Contestants from more than 80 countries vie to become Miss Universe, while the Miss USA Pageant features contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with the winner competing for the title of Miss Universe.

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had decided to cancel plans to build a plant in Mexico. “Word is that Ford Motor, because of my constant badgering at packed events, is going to cancel their deal to go to Mexico and stay in U.S.” he wrote. Trump often says that to discourage U.S. automakers from moving their production efforts, he plans to slap a 35 per cent tax on vehicles and auto parts made in Mexico if elected president. But Fields said that Ford’s decision to move heavy truck production from Mexico to Ohio, which Trump was apparently referencing in his tweet, was made in 2011. Production began in Ohio in August. Trump’s tweet appears to have been sparked by a posting on a political blog, which cited an August NBC News article about the manufacturing shift. Trump’s error was quickly seized on by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, one of his presidential rivals, who said that he, in fact, deserves credit for Ford’s decision. “He clearly made a mistake. He was wrong. He tried to say that his

bombast was what got Ford here,” Kasich said at a news conference on Monday, adding that his administration had worked closely with Ford and GM and Honda and Chrysler during his tenure. “Bombast doesn’t win jobs, and those who use bombast as a way to get things done rarely carry the day,” he added. Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks did not directly respond to the error, but said in a statement that Trump “continues to emphasize the importance of bringing jobs back to the United States and encouraging corporations to build factories in our country in order to create thousands of jobs for Americans.” She said that Trump, “was merely using the story of the Ford factory now located in Ohio to reinforce the importance of this issue he discusses often.” As to Ford’s statement that they have not made changes to plans to expand south of the border, she added, “Trump says, ‘My response is, they should.”’ —THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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FRANKFURT — Volkswagen lost 1.67 billion euros ($1.83 billion) in the third quarter as it set aside 6.7 billion euros to pay for recalling and fixing cars that were rigged to evade U.S. diesel emissions tests. While the German carmaker warned Wednesday that operating profit this year would be “down significantly,” it indicated that sales would prove resilient. The company stuck to its prediction that unit sales would be on a level with last year’s record 10.14 million. Ordinary shares in Volkswagen AG rose 1.8 per cent to 124.00 euros in afternoon trading in Europe.

Volkswagen, based in Wolfsburg, Germany, had already announced the set-asides for the recalls, so market analysts expected the quarterly loss, the company’s first in over a decade. The result was in fact not as bad as analysts’ expectations for a loss of 2.11 billion euros, as compiled by financial data provider FactSet. Sales revenue rose 5.3 per cent to 51.5 billion euros. Chief Financial Officer Frank Witter said the company had “solid and robust” cash resources to meet the financial impact of the emissions scandal. The cash reserves have been buttressed by three billion euros from the sale of shares in Suzuki. The cost “is enormous but manage-

able,” he said. Analysts say the impact will likely be several times larger than the setasides, including fines, recall and repair costs, and possible lost sales due to damage to the company’s reputation. The scandal became known on Sept. 18, near the end of the quarter, so any impact on quarterly sales was slight. Analyst Max Warburton at Sanford C. Bernstein said company officials provided disappointingly scanty information about the size of the financial damage but added that the quarter results “happen to be pretty good.” “We continue to believe VW’s

long-run earnings power will not be significantly impacted by the diesel crisis — management said on the call that order intake and pricing have not been affected so far,” he wrote in an emailed research note. “Our best guess is VW is now undervalued.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Volkswagen installed software on 482,000 cars from model years 2009-2015 that disabled diesel engine emission controls when the vehicles were not being tested. Up to 11 million cars worldwide have the deceptive software. The scandal spoiled what would otherwise have been a profitable quarter, with 3.2 billion euros in

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DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Co. have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, avoiding a strike for now. The UAW said the agreement was reached at 11:43 p.m. Sunday, 16 minutes before the deadline it had set to either reach an agreement or call a strike at GM’s U.S. plants. Details of the proposed contract weren’t immediately available. The UAW said local union leaders will meet Wednesday in Detroit to vote on the tentative agreement. If they approve it, GM’s U.S. hourly workers will vote on it. The agreement covers 52,600 U.S. auto workers at 63 GM facilities in the U.S. UAW President Dennis Williams said the proposed deal will provide “long-term, significant wage gains and job security benefits now and in the future.” The union also hinted that this agreement — like a contract passed last week by Fiat Chrysler workers — gradually will eliminate a much-hated two-tier wage system in the plants. GM said in a statement that the agreement benefits employees but still provides flexibility to the

company. The company said it would not comment further until the agreement is ratified. The union told GM on Saturday that it would terminate its contract just before midnight Sunday. The UAW made a similar strike threat in discussions with Fiat Chrysler, but negotiators also were able to avoid a walkout then. On Thursday, union members at Fiat Chrysler voted to approve a four-year contract that includes pay raises and phases out the two-tier wage system over eight years. Williams indicated that the union wanted even better deals from GM and Ford Motor Co. because they are more profitable. The UAW hasn’t yet reached a tentative agreement with Ford. GM reported last week that it earned $1.36 billion in the third quarter, including a record $3.3 billion pretax profit in North America on strong sales of trucks and SUVs. The company overcame $1.5 billion in costs from recalls over deadly ignition switches and beat Wall Street profit forecasts by a wide margin. Executives said they believe they can negotiate a union deal that lets GM maintain 10 per cent pretax profit margins in North America.

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