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Bloody raid fails to locate mastermind of Paris chaos

Judge in case of couple being tried on charges of seeking to blow up B.C. Legislature says illegal RCMP actions support an abuse of process claim by the defence. » B.C., Page 11

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Country star hits city for concert Aaron Pritchett plays the Nanaimo Entertainment Centre. Partial proceeds from the event will go to the Ethan Brown family. Brown, 19, died earlier this year from brain cancer. » The Hub, Page 20

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SAINT-DENIS, France — The hunt for the mastermind of last week’s attacks took a bloody turn Wednesday to a Paris suburb where a fierce gunbattle with police left at least two people dead and eight arrested. The fate of the alleged ringleader was unclear, with authorities saying he was not taken alive and they were trying to determine if he died in the raid. Police launched the operation after receiving information from tapped phone calls, surveillance and tipoffs suggesting that 27-year-old Abdelhamid Abaaoud was holed up in an apartment in Paris’ Saint-Denis neighbourhood. Terrified residents awoke to gunfire and explosions as a police tactical team swooped in and “neutralized” what Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins called a “new team of terrorists” that appeared ready for a new attack. Molins said the identities of the dead were still being investigated, but that neither Abaaoud nor another fugitive, Salah Abdeslam, was in custody. “At this time, I’m not in a position to give a precise and definitive number for the people

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who died, nor their identities, but there are at least two dead people,” Molins said. The site of Wednesday’s raid is not far from the Stade de France soccer stadium; three suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the stadium during an international soccer game as part of the attacks last Friday that left 129 people dead and hundreds wounded. Molins said police units including snipers threw grenades and fired 5,000 rounds

in an hourlong gunbattle that began before dawn on Wednesday. The dead included a woman believed to have blown herself up with a suicide belt, though Molins said “this point needs to be verified by an analysis of the body and human remains.” Five police were wounded and a tactical team dog was killed in the intense gunbattle during which the third floor of the apartment building collapsed. Residents described hunkering down in fear.

“We tried to stop our children hearing the noise,” said Farah Appane, who lives about 75 metres from where the raid took place. “My 19-month-old was crying. Our eight-year-old said ‘What is it? Are there more attacks?”’ She said she could hear gunfire on and off for over an hour, followed by “one really huge boom.” The head of one of the French special forces units that took part in the raid, Jean-Michel Fauverge, said police used drones and robots equipped with cameras in an attempt to see what was going on inside during the raid but there was too much debris. When they entered the building they found a body that had fallen from the third floor to the second, he told the French newspaper Le Figaro. “The corpse was mutilated, probably from grenades and he wasn’t recognizable,” Fauverge said. “Other people were in the stairwell, two men hiding under blankets and whatever they could find. We arrested them.” Molins said five men were taken into custody in the apartment building, including two who were pulled from the rubble.

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Paul Thorkelsson, the chief administrative officer for the Regional District of Nanaimo, will leave the district on Dec. 9 after nine years of service. Thorkelsson has accepted the CAO position in Saanich as of Jan. 4. He said he always looks for new challenges and opportunities and the offer from Saanich was too good to refuse.

“The staff and support at the RDN are second to none, and it is with great difficulty that I leave the organization which was always amazing to work for,” Thorkelsson said. “My nine years with the RDN, and especially these last three years as CAO, have been extremely fulfilling.” Thorkelsson, the most senior civil servant in the RDN, is its top-paid employee, making approximately $210,000 per year.

He became the RDN’s CAO in 2012 after previously serving as the district’s general manager of strategic and community development. In his three years as CAO, Thorkelsson has provided leadership on key initiatives, including the recently completed operational and efficiency review. He has also worked diligently to enhance relations with First Nations in the region and provided guidance through the collective bar-

gaining process, creating stronger ties to the union and its workers. Joe Stanhope, chairman of the RDN, said Thorkelsson will be missed. “He is the best CAO in all of B.C. in my opinion and will be hard to replace,” he said. “We are going to initiate a cross-Canada search for a new CAO with the assistance of a consultant. We’re the largest regional district in

the province so this is a very important job.” Stanhope said the RDN is known as a “good place to work” and has developed a “good team approach” thanks to the leadership of Thorkelsson over the years, so he expects a good response to the job search. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234

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Nanaimo city staff saw the storm surge move toward the city’s water delivery system early enough to issue public water quality alerts beforehand. The city escaped the brunt of a major wind storm system that pounded the West Coast Tuesday, knocking out power around Vancouver Island and on the mainland. But residents now have a choice: Boil or use bottled water or risk potential illness from water contaminated by runoff from heavy rains in the South Fork watershed where city drinking water originates. Instruments used to track the quality of water flowing through the South Fork alerted staff early on that heavy rains carried topsoil into the city’s water supply. “It was a very rapid rise in turbid-

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getting alerts stating a boil water advisory would take effect at midnight, in anticipation of the silt making its into the water distribution system. “We didn’t want to wait until that happened,” Sims said. The alert was issued on the basis that siltation would exceed allowable levels by morning, and that proved true. For Nanaimo, it was the only noticeable effect from the storm, which caused winds of up to 100 kilometres an hour in exposed areas of Victoria, and as high as 124 kph over Haro Strait. “Rain wasn’t a big deal, it was wind,” said Greg Pearce, Environment Canada forecaster. High winds kept BC Hydro crews busy restoring power across southern Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and the southern Interior through Wednesday.

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Nanaimo-area teachers want the district resource centre to reopen. Derek DeGear, vice-president of the Nanaimo District Teachers’ Association, said 90 per cent of teachers polled said they want access to the centre’s resources. The DRC was a central depository for learning resources and library material, including books, resource packages, videos and CDs, for schools in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district before it was closed as a cost-saving measure in 2013. DeGear said the loss of the resources of the DRC has had a negative impact in the classrooms. “There’s only so much you can do on Google,” DeGear said. DeGear specifically mentioned the DRC’s star lab, an inflated planetarium the size of a classroom that captivated students in many classes. “It’s my understanding that it was thrown away,” he said. After a presentation to the school board, the district decided to direct staff to compile a report on what is involved in reopening the DRC and the costs involved. — DAILY NEWS

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ust as its elimination was mourned, the announced return of the long-form mandatory census by the new Liberal government has resulted in celebration from business and non-profit groups. The long-form census was axed in 2010 by the previous Conservative government, despite objections from hundreds of organizations across the country that depend on the data gathered through the survey. The Conservatives opted to replace the mandatory form with the National Household Survey, an optional survey form, in 2010. The results from that survey made up the 2011 census. But one expert at the University of Victoria said the decision comSpencer promised the country’s main bank Anderson of national data and hurt organizaReporting tion’s ability to use the information. Historian Dr. Eric Sager has done work on the Canada Century Research Infrastructure project and his research has included public-use samples of early 20th century Canadian census data. He said the main problem with the national household survey is that recipients of the form had no obligation to respond, tainting the sample size. The statistical phenomenon is called non-response bias. “The problem with that is you cannot predict who is not going to respond,” said Sager. “But they do have a rough idea of who gets missed,” he said, referring specifically to recently-landed immigrants, First Nations people and low-income households. The National Household Survey went out to about 30 per cent of Canadian households, which was actually more than the 25 per cent of households that received the 2006 mandatory long-form census. But the main difference is the response rate; Sager said 93.5 per cent sent back completed forms in 2006, providing a large sample size across the approximately 4,500 ‘census subdivisions’ across the country. That smaller, but more accurate, survey scope also makes the mandatory census cheaper to distribute and process. Just 68.6 per cent responded to the 2011 voluntary survey, Sager said. Data for some parts of the country was considered so unreliable that it wasn’t released at all, he added.

“With a national census like this, what they want to do is get results at the very local level. It’s not that it’s important. It’s that it’s essential.” Dr. Eric Sager, historian

That in turn can hamper decisions made by local and regional governments who rely on accurate data. For example, deciding on a new location for a hospital requires detailed population data. “With a national census like this, what they want to do is get results at the very local level,” Sager said. “It’s not that it’s important, it’s that it’s essential.” Sager laughed off one of the main criticisms of the mandatory census: that’s it’s an invasion of personal privacy. “It’s an invasion of privacy only if people can read your form,” he said. “It’s no released.” “If (the finance minister) was to phone up Statistics Canada and say ‘I want to see Eric Sager’s form,’ they would laugh at him.” Kim Smythe, CEO of the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, said updated statistical information is “invaluable” to new businesses, particularly to keep track of changing demographics, including a growing immigrant population that is going to become a

“bigger and bigger part of the economy. I would love it if there was some way of releasing the information more frequently,” he said. Non-profit organizations like the United Way also lamented the loss of the long-from census. Signy Madden, executive director of the Central & Northern Vancouver Island branch of the organization, said the 2010 cancellation of the form meant the organization had lost key data to help them better invest donations received by the organization. Madden said the United Way will seek out information from other sources, but said there is no replacement for a national census. “Without those in-depth questions, you’re flying blind,” she said. Steve Arnett, CEO of the Nanaimo Youth Services Association called the

data from the census a “planning tool” for organizations to adapt to changing social conditions. For example, youth labour trends, drop-out rates and other factors can be weighed in when the organization makes programming decisions. “It would give us much more comprehensive and detailed data . . . of the state of the economy, really a whole bunch of dimensions for the lives of the young people we serve,” he said. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255

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Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GDP now approximately $4 billion The GDPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth in the city has primarily been driven by the service sectors, including health care, transportation and warehousing, educational services and food and accommodation. In the goods-producing sector, construction and activities related to oil and gas extraction have also contributed to the growth. But Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s employment rates in a number of sectors are lower than the provincial average for similar-sized communities, and high school graduation rates continue to lag compared to

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The total gross domestic product of all the enterprises in the Nanaimo region was approximately $4 billion in 2014, according to the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation. That accounts for approximately two per cent of BCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire GDP, the NEDC stated in its 2015 Nanaimo and Region Economic Indicators Report released this week. Since 2009, Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GDP has grown by 9.4 per cent, according to the report

other jurisdictions in B.C. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We seem to produce well and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re swinging way above our weight with our GDP compared to other communities in the province,â&#x20AC;? said Andre Sullivan, chairman of the NEDC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we still have some important lessons to learn around improving our employment numbers, and we, as a community, have to work toward raising our high school graduation rates because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to our economy.â&#x20AC;? The NEDC report provides detailed

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Locally, labour-force growth was influenced by the downturn in the forest sector and closure or reduced operations of mills. Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population has grown by an annual average of 1.12 per cent since 2010, above B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual average growth rate of 0.98 per cent, and puts Nanaimo second in terms of population growth among comparably sized B.C. cities. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234

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Homeless campers upset some homeowners PAMELA ROTH VICTORIA NEWS

During the last three years, Mary has become scared to go into the back yard of her Fernwood home. When she first moved to the property in 1991, there were people playing horse shoes in the small park behind her home. Now the police are there every day, waking up the homeless campers to pack up their belongings in accordance with the city’s bylaws that state people can only shelter in a park between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. That time changes to 7 p.m. in the winter. After the wake-up calls, Mary, who did not want to publish her last name, said the campers often come back and so do the police. But lately that’s become the least of her concerns. Ever since the homeless started camping in Kings Park three or four years ago, she said it’s turned into a party zoo. Last summer, neighbours had a spill over of people sleeping, injecting and defecating on private property or rummaging through garbage bins and blue boxes, searching for cash-convertible items. Some evenings are filled with drug deals, yelling, screaming, threats of bodily harm, exacerbated by drinking or someone having a

Victoria police Sgt. Barrie Cockle shows the mess left behind outside a homeless shelter. [VICTORIA NEWS]

mental melt down. Ambulances arrive because of drug overdoses. One camper set themselves on fire trying to light a Coleman stove. Mary hears and sees it all. “I can hear them making drug deals, the girls that are prostitutes working with customers . . . . Most conversations start with the F word and escalate up. Even in the summer I don’t keep my windows open because I can hear all this with the windows closed,” said Mary, adding last Saturday was particularly bad. A loud argument between two women started at 1 a.m. and went

on until 4 a.m. It didn’t take long before other campers got involved in the yelling. “I don’t terribly appreciate it. I think it’s probably aged me in the last couple years . . . . It’s a little better this time of year because it’s cooler, but any time from April to the end of September, it’s just a continuous soap opera over there.” The problems in Kings Park are nothing new. Area residents have complained about the campers in the past, but say the problem is getting worse every year. During the summer months,

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between 12 to 14 tents are regularly set up in the tiny park, located on Caledonia Avenue between Cook and Chambers Streets. A few residents, however, have reached out to the campers and helped organize a barbecue last September as an opportunity to get to know each other. In order to address the growing homeless problem in Victoria, the city was eyeing part of Topaz Park as a site for a designated tenting area last summer, but those plans were deflated after hundreds of neighbours objected to the idea. The city is also now pondering later wakeup calls that would allow park campers to stay until 9 a.m. A recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling found that Abbotsford’s bylaws prohibiting camping in parks were unconstitutional and that homeless people can erect shelters in public spaces and parks from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. The judge also noted that the continual displacement of the city’s homeless causes them impaired sleep, serious psychological pain and stress, and creates a risk to their health. “Ultimately, I don’t want anyone to sleep in the park,” said Victoria Coun.

Jeremy Loveday. “I think parks should be available for everyone to use at all times of the day, but I also think everyone has a right to housing and shelter.” When it comes to camping in small parks such as Kings, Loveday said council began having that discussion, but it was put off until they received more information from staff about sheltering options. A proposal to the hospital board is coming at the beginning of December to build 367 units to house people with mental health problems and addictions. As for designated camping areas, Loveday said they have worked in other jurisdictions, but council needs to look at which parks are the most appropriate. In the mean time, operating hours have been extended at Beacon Hill, Stadacona and Centennial Square. “In a way that’s encouraging camping in specific parks already,” said Loveday. “We do have to have that discussion though on are these smaller neighbourhood parks the right places for this camping? Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own back yard and everyone deserves to have adequate shelter and to not have bylaws that are unreasonably causing them harm.”

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Researcher discovers ancient wasp species THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — It was literally a huge discovery. Bruce Archibald was searching for fossilized insects in British Columbia’s southern Interior when he cracked open a rock and found a beautifully-preserved giant horntail wood-wasp. “I immediately jumped up and split my pants,” he recalled with a laugh. “Probably, the species should have been named Latin for pants-splitter, but we went with something a little more technical.” Archibald, a paleoentomologist with the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria and Simon Fraser University, had discovered a 53-million-year-old species of giant wasp, which he dubbed Ypresiosirex orthosemos. The insect, seven centimetres in length, is one of three new wasp species that Archibald and Alexandr Rasnitsyn of the Russian Academy of Sciences identified in an article published online in The Canadian Entomologist. While most B.C. hikers would be somewhat alarmed to encounter a wasp of that size, the ancient wasp was actually only slightly larger than its modern descendants.

A fossilized giant horntail wood-wasp is shown in a rock discovered by Bruce Archibald. [ROYAL BC MUSEUM PHOTO]A

“They’re pretty big pests of forests today,” said Archibald. “The interesting part is that it’s so close to its modern relatives. So when you put it in a forest 53 million years ago with very different conditions . . . you can see

how their community responds.” Today, young horntail wood-wasps bore tunnels through wood to grow fungus that they eat. The fungus emits poisons while the wasps produce a secretion that weakens the

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tree’s immune system, eventually killing it. Archibald discovered the ancient species in the McAbee Fossil Beds near Cache Creek. The other new species were also found at the site.

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Archibald said the discovery gives researchers insight into how the modern world started to come together after the extinction of the dinosaurs. All the elements enjoyed by today’s giant horntail wood-wasps were in place 53 million years ago — including trees such as fir, pine, spruce, hemlock, sequoia and cedar. Further, the species also tells researchers about what kinds of plants and animals live together when the climate is warmed up slightly. He described the winter weather at that time as similar to that of present-day Vancouver but with few — if any — days of frost. That meant the horntail wood-wasp, which prefers a temperate climate, was living alongside creatures that prefer tropical weather, including a species of cockroach that is now only found in Fiji. “People often ask me, ’Why should I care what fly flew in the sky 53 million years ago?”’ Archibald said. “What I say is: The more that we understand about the origin of our modern forest ecosystems, and the more we understand about how plants and animals respond and how the communities changed in different climates, the better off we’re going to be as we move into the future.”

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Multiple probes underway after former Canadian Olympian disappeared Nov. 3 THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — A missing investment dealer and former Canadian Olympic rower from Victoria has had his licence terminated by a mutual funds company in the midst of its fraud investigation, one of at least three probes in the case. Investia Financial Services Inc. is investigating Harold Backer, who hasn’t been seen since Nov. 3 and is also the subject of two missing-persons investigations — in his hometown of Victoria and in Washington state. “As soon as we knew the situation, that Mr. Backer had disappeared, we started the investigation,” said Investia spokesman Pierre Picard from Quebec City. “Mr. Backer failed to follow our policies and procedures, which required him to disclose all outside business activities,” the company said in a statement issued by Picard. He said the investigation was also prompted by a letter Backer sent to some clients, in which he apologized for mismanaging their money, and the company’s discussions “with affected clients.”

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“Investia has terminated Mr. Backer’s registration due to a fraud investigation,” the statement said. The Victoria Police Department has said Backer, 52, told his wife on Nov. 3 that he was going for a bike ride but failed to return home. Police in Port Angeles, Wash., said last week that an officer who viewed video from a street security camera for that day noted a man fitting Backer’s description was aboard a ferry from Victoria, a 90-minute trip away. Backer, who competed in rowing in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, had 20 clients with Investia.

The company said it had contacted all of them, that money related to their registered accounts is intact and they were issued regular statements. However, Backer had other dealings on the side, Investia’s investigation has revealed. “Some clients have confirmed that they had personally invested with Mr. Backer and wrote cheques directly to My Financial Backer Corp., as far back as 1996. “These monies never flowed through Investia,” the company said, adding it is co-operating with police and regulatory investigations. Backer has been a representative for Investia since June 2005. The company said it had received no complaints from his clients. The Canadian Securities Administrators lists Backer as a seller of mutual funds in British Columbia and Ontario, and its website says he agreed to be closely supervised. The term means those mutual fund sellers must disclose trades to a company within 24 hours. Terry Paul, who was Backer’s rowing teammate in the 1988 Games in Seoul

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and the 1992 Games in Barcelona, said he last saw Backer in Victoria at the end of October. Paul said Backer may have written a letter to clients “out of the goodness of his heart” after realizing “he got in over his head” in the mutual funds business. “I just think living with that had to be incredibly stressful for him. I just can’t imagine what he’s been going through for how long and what he’s going through now. “He’s a friend, and I’m concerned I’ll never see him again,” said Paul, adding he has spoken with Backer’s wife on the phone a few times in the last couple of weeks. “She’s obviously shaken up. A lot of people have reached out to her and she sounds like she’s in shock.” Paul said he read bedtime stories to Backer’s three now-adult children, including his eldest daughter who recently graduated from Harvard, and that he’s concerned about how they are taking their father’s disappearance. “I feel sick to my stomach when I think about what’s happening with an old friend.”

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ABBOTSFORD — No charges will be laid against an Abbotsford police officer was driving his personal vehicle when struck a 14-year-old boy, killing him. The Criminal Justice Branch says the off-duty officer was driving home on the evening of Dec. 26, 2014, when a skateboarder entered an intersection on a red light and landed on the off-duty officer’s windshield. Marcus Larabie was thrown from the skateboard and died in hospital several hours later. The branch says the officer reported he did not see the teen, who was wearing dark clothing and wasn’t wearing a helmet, and that occupants in a nearby vehicle reported the skateboarder was very hard to see. The branch says Larabie had travelled across three lanes and was partway through a southbound curb lane when he was hit and the officer tried to brake at the last minute. The Independent Investigations Office, which investigates police-involved deaths and serious injuries, initially said the officer may have committed an offence though the branch says there wasn’t enough evidence to support a careless driving conviction.

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City getting a head start on a much-needed fresh start

ou only get so many opportunities for a fresh start. In the case of the City of Nanaimo, trying to start the same old engine over and over and expecting the old clunker to turn into a Ferrari hasn’t necessarily produced the desired results. So news from Wallace Street Wednesday that Tracy Samra has been hired as interim city manager should be viewed as a good thing. Samra inked a six-month pact to serve as the city’s top civil servant, replacing Ted Swabey, who leaves to become the new chief administrative officer for Maple Ridge. It’s a good move for several reasons. First, it saves the city from a significant

potential headache. The notion that Mayor Bill McKay would serve, even temporarily, as interim city manager was absurd. You cannot have a sitting mayor serving in a dual role as politician and bureaucrat. Council had to make an immediate move to fill the post for now, and was wise in acting accordingly. Second, Samra brings a wide array of skills to the table. She is a lawyer and former manager at the federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development. Her resume also includes experience as a treaty negotiator and she has worked for other organizations including the University of Victoria Faculty Association.

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Her legal skills may help end a seemingly never-ending series of litigation situations involving the city. A member of the Saddle Creek Cree Nation, her extensive experience with First Nations issues (she currently lectures on Natural Resources Management and Indigenous Rights at Vancouver Island University) should help strengthen the city’s crucial relationship with the Snuneymuxw First Nation. She has strong ties to the community and a familiarity with council priorities and knowledge of what Nanaimo residents want. She is well aware of the issues behind the scenes, having served as the legislative services manager for the city before leaving in 2013.

That she is willing to return indicates not only her commitment to the community, but is a real indication that there is a desire for a needed culture change. She has already promised a “direct and frank” approach, which should help with team-building, particularly in trying to get council members to actually behave accordingly. She said her first priority will be earning the respect and trust of each council member. That shouldn’t be hard. Getting them to better respect each other might be more interesting, but Samra represents an excellent choice for now in terms of acting as a peacemaker between the obvious factions on council, as well as upper-level staff members.

Samra also has an opportunity to provide a great service to Nanaimo taxpayers, by shepherding the city through a much-needed core review process. While it’s absolutely imperative the city still conducts a nationwide search to fill the position (Samra has said she will apply for the permanent job), Samra has six months to prove her mettle during a critical time period for the city. If things work out as Samra hopes, we may just have a nice head start on that fresh start. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this editorial to yourletters@nanaimodailynews.com.

Canadian investments needed for Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay goes to China to beg for investment in Nanaimo. Has any public service union pension fund come up to the plate to invest in Nanaimo, BC Ferries, city workers, firefighters or the RCMP? Speaking of the RCMP, now Supt. Mark Fisher wants to go after a medicine, to wit marijuana. These patients tried opioids and prescribed medicinal pot for no side effects. Neil Saunders Nanaimo

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Climate has been and will be changing forever. I hope intelligence and common sense will prevail. I will give you some evidence. On Queen Charlotte Island during my stay there for years there was no thunder; but I felled trees hundreds year old that were killed by lightning. In Nanaimo 65 year ago summers were as hot as they are now. Year after year I remember, like many others, going north to make a living. Carbon has nothing to do with climate change but is a doomsday guru’s weapon to idle human beings and make an easy living from brain-washed people. Efrem Specogna Nanaimo

Harper gave Canada a decade of stability I guess you could say the enemies of Stephen Harper won in their objective to get rid of him but you really have to wonder if this is a win for Canada in the long term. Justin Trudeau ran a very good campaign and is deserving of his win, yet you get the feeling we have lost more than a good prime minister. There are a number of significant voices that would say Canada’s loss is

also the loss of the free world. There are more than a few who regarded Stephen Harper as the real leader of the free world in the absence of strong American foreign policy under the watch of Barak Obama. Harper was serious about fighting terrorism, a champion of free trade, supported Israel and was outspoken in his opposition to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. Under Harper’s leadership Canada was the only G7 state to come through the last economic turndown in relatively good shape, taxes and crime rates were kept low, illegal immigration was curtailed and our military’s morale was rebuilt.

Negotiating and diplomacy have their place but Harper believed that action and deeds trump empty promises and rhetoric. He was a middle-class family man that ordinary Canadians could readily identify with and a formidable leader whose honesty earned him the respect of world leaders and those who opposed him. He vigorously and courageously defended individual rights, was a great friend of the family, promoted both freedoms and responsibilities and upheld true Canadian values. There are those who would try and paint the Harper era in dark hues of negativity but honesty and fairness demand credit where credit is due. Harper gave us ten good years of

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Evidence RCMP broke law in terror case: Judge GEORDON OMAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — There is evidence the RCMP broke the law while conducting a high-profile terrorism sting and must hand over confidential legal documents, says a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Justice Catherine Bruce has not yet ruled whether the RCMP entrapped John Nuttall and Amanda Korody into plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature in 2013, but she said in a ruling released Wednesday that

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UBC suspends novelist, cites ’serious allegations’ An acclaimed Canadian novelist has been suspended from his job as chairman of the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia. A statement on a UBC website announced Steven Galloway was temporary suspended with pay after “serious allegations” against him. Galloway is the author of three novels, including The Confabulist and The Cellist of Sarajevo and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Dean of UBC Arts Gage Averill says an investigation has not yet begun and no findings have been made of wrongdoing. Galloway did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment on Wednesday.

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Coroners jury rules death in custody accidental A BC Coroners Service jury has found Ernest Shawn Moosomin’s death was accidental. Moosomin, 41, died while in police custody in Whalley last year. Transit Police arrested Ernest Shawn Moosomin near the Surrey Central bus loop on July 31, 2014 under the Mental Health Act for “irrational behaviour” on a Coast Mountain bus at the bus loop. “He was rambling incoherently and hiding under a seat in the bus,” Transit police spokeswoman Anne Drennan said at the time. The officers drove him to Surrey Memorial Hospital in a patrol car, to be examined, but upon arrival he was found to be in “medical distress” in the back seat. “Despite the medical assistance, he was pronounced dead at 39 minutes after midnight.” The inquest was held at Burnaby Coroners Court in Metrotown, with Dr. Kelly Barnard presiding. The jury made 15 recommendations, among them calling for Transit Police to receive improved first aid training including the ability to administer Narcan, an antidote for drug overdoses.

the Mounties may be guilty of knowingly facilitating a terrorist act. “In my view, the defence have raised at least a prima facie case that the RCMP officers involved in Project Souvenir were engaged in unlawful acts during the undercover operation,” wrote Bruce, referring to the operation by its code name. “There is a sufficiently close link between the illegal acts committed by the RCMP and the prosecution of the accused to support an abuse of process claim.”

Nuttall and Korody were found guilty earlier this year of planning to detonate homemade pressure-cooker explosives on the grounds of the provincial legislature during Canada Day celebrations two years ago. Lawyers for Nuttall and Korody are asking the court for a stay of proceedings for reasons of entrapment, arguing the RCMP manipulated the pair into carrying out the bomb plot, which they say would never have happened without extensive help from the police.

Over the course of the investigation, undercover officers posing as jihadi warriors gave Nuttall and Korody groceries, cigarettes, bus passes, cell phones, phone cards, clothing, cash and a portable hard drive. They also provided the pair with a place to work on their terrorist scheme and a location to build the explosives, chauffeured them to various stores to purchase bomb-making equipment and transported them to and from Victoria and around the

Lower Mainland over the course of the four-month sting operation. Bruce’s ruling ordered the police to disclose confidential legal advice they received about running the undercover affair, but added that she would vet the documents before releasing them to defence. The ruling revealed that lawyers had advised the RCMP on numerous occasions, including recommending officers “drive target but don’t shop” when purchasing materials to build the explosives.

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Teen shares her message to provide hope for others battling anxiety on a daily basis TRACY HOLMES PEACE ARCH NEWS

shley Macdonald knows her story may be difficult for people to hear, and understand; at rock-bottom she was cutting herself on a daily basis to cope with her anxiety. But there’s a reason she’s sharing the details. “I just want to get my voice heard and I want to spread some hope for other people, stop the stigma,” Macdonald said. “By standing up there and talking about it . . . that breaks that stigma.” Macdonald, a White Rock resident, got involved with a 60-plus member local action team of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative shortly after it formed in May, and will share her story at an event Nov. 17 at White Rock Elementary focused on youth and mental illness. The speaker series, a suicide-prevention forum was held at Elgin Park Secondary in August and a resource night is set for Nov. 25 at Earl Marriott, is among the team’s efforts to address gaps in timely, co-ordinated access to mental-health services for children and youth. At 19, Macdonald knows the need firsthand. She started experiencing anxiety when she was in Grade 7, but it hit hardest in Grade 10, triggering an eating disorder and pattern of selfharm that landed her in and out of hospital, mostly in, for two years. In school, it was almost routine for Macdonald to be removed from class for behaviour she says was a cry for help that authority figures didn’t recognize or know how to deal with. Cutting, she says, was a blatant expression of, and distraction from, the pain she felt inside. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, such self-injury is more common during teenage years and among females. Those who selfharm are not typically trying to end their life, but to cope with difficult or overwhelming thoughts. While Macdonald felt alone in her struggle, the reality is she’s far from it.

Ashley Macdonald is sharing the story of her struggles with anxiety with an aim to give other youth and families hope. [TRACY HOLMES/PEACE ARCH NEWS]

Dr. Rummy Dosanjh said statistics show anxiety disorders affect 22.7 per cent of youth locally. “That’s pretty significant. If we don’t address it and we don’t equip people with the right necessary tools in order to recognize it . . . we’re really failing them,” the action-team physician said. “These kids are having a really hard, crippling time.” While a degree of anxiety is normal, it becomes a problem when it interrupts daily routine, or gets in the way of learning, Dosanjh said. Signs can include an abrupt change in behaviour, withdrawal from activities, panic attacks and even physical pain. School counsellors are reporting a high number of absences that can be linked to anxiety in students, added Kay Abelson, program co-ordinator of the White Rock-South Surrey Division of Family Practice. “That number is growing daily. It’s really quite scary,” she said. Parent Victoria Keddis said recognizing her now-adult son’s anxiety was instrumental in learning how to best live with it, both for him and as a family. From there, it was about developing strategies.

“As a parent when he was young, I always thought he was just a sensitive kid,” Keddis said. Keddis said one mistake she made was not making her son do things that made him uncomfortable. That avoidance helped his anxiety grow because it made his world smaller, she said. Strategies she’ll share with parents at the Nov. 17 event include noticing a child’s body signs. “Most people don’t realize and don’t know what it is,” Keddis said of the disorder. “So many places in life, we’re told our kids are misbehaving. We’re not looking at (health) as an answer, we’re looking to be better parents.” Macdonald said little things could have made a huge difference for her at school; for example, instead of being “left alone with my demons” when pulled from class, if someone had simply asked her what she needed. “I’m a big sucker . . . for being loved, just feeling cared about,” she said, noting that if, during a panic attack, someone had said “let’s just breathe for now,” that would’ve helped a lot. White Rock Elementary principal

Fran Fagan said recognizing that anxiety can be an issue at any age is an important part of steps being taken at her school. Efforts at Fagan’s school now include encouraging parents to walk at least part way to school with their child, to create a time for connecting; teaching deep-belly breathing; and starting the day with a moment of quiet. Students are also taught that the principal and vice-principal’s office is a safe place, Fagan said, pointing to books, stuffed toys and juice that she keeps on hand to soothe children who come to her. “I’ve had children come in, end up under my desk,” she said. “I leave them until they are ready.” Macdonald described the steps as “absolutely amazing,” polar opposite to what she experienced, but an encouraging sign. With an eye on a career in medicine, she wants others to know there is hope. “I will always be anxious about things for the rest of my life, but I’m learning how to handle that. It doesn’t define me,” she said.

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“I’m looking at where Canada can contribute as part of the coalition fight. I’m not looking at just from the Kurds perspective, or the Iraqi perspective, I’m looking at how we can have a meaningful contribution.” Sajjan was not prepared to discuss numbers of troops — or timelines. He was confident, however, that if Canadians are going to help train Iraqi forces they will avoid getting sucked into the sectarian tensions that have plagued the American effort to organize an effective force. Canadians have a proven track record of winning the confidence and respect of those they train, he said. “I wouldn’t say it weighs on my mind. It is a factor we have to be mindful of, but this is something we, as Canadians, have experience with,” he said. “We have the right experience to manage those well.” Retired lieutenant general Stuart Beare,

the country’s former overseas commander, has said Canada would be wise to concentrate its expanded effort with the Kurds, where relationships and trust already exist. But he also says the U.S.-led coalition, including Canada, will soon have to come to grips with the need to accompany the newly trained troops on operations. Canadian special forces and some U.S. units are spending time at the front and two soldiers — one Canadian and one American — have died. Sgt. Andrew Doiron, originally from Moncton, N.B., was killed last March in a friendly fire incident involving Kurdish fighters. His death, and the fact Canadians were helping guide air strikes for the Kurds, prompted a heated debate about whether the country was involved in ground combat. Sajjan was more cautious about whether an expanded ground mission would allow Canadian trainers to leave the classroom and follow their students on operations, as happened in Afghanistan. He suggested the Iraqis and the Kurds first need to learn basic soldiering before there’s consideration of risky, on-the-job mentoring. “We can’t even talk about accompanying yet until we look at the training piece and making sure they come up to speed. That is first and foremost . . . before we consider anything further,” he said. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to yourletters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

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YOLA, Nigeria — The suicide bomber exploded as truckers were eating dinner at the bustling marketplace where vendors urged them to buy sugar cane. At least 34 people were killed and another 80 wounded in Yola, a town packed with refugees from Nigeria’s Islamic uprising, emergency officials said Wednesday. Later Wednesday, two more suicide bombers killed at least 15 people in the northern city of Kano and injured 53, according to police. Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said more than 100 were wounded. The blasts were the latest by Boko Haram, Nigeria’s home-grown extremists whose six-year insurgency has killed 20,000 and forced 2.3 million to flee their homes. Boko Haram was named Wednesday as the world’s most deadly extremist group in the Global Terrorism Index. Deaths attributed to Boko Haram increased by 317 per cent in 2014 to 6,644 compared to 6,073 blamed on the Islamic State group. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to IS in March and calls itself that group’s West Africa Province. Wednesday’s explosions came as President Muhammadu Buhari pressed his campaign against Nigeria’s endemic corruption, blamed for hampering the fight against the insurgents. Buhari accused his predecessor’s national security adviser of stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram, when soldiers had just a few bullets and the Islamic extremists were rampaging across northeast Nigeria. Critics long have blamed corrup-

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Police say gunman killed two Bosnian soldiers The Bosnian government convened an emergency meeting late Wednesday after a man armed with an automatic rifle killed two Bosnian soldiers in a betting shop and injured three people on a public bus driving by. Police spokesman Irfan Nefic said the attack happened in the Sarajevo suburb of Rajlovac and that the two soldiers were killed instantly in the betting shop. The attacker then shot at a public bus and fragments of the broken glass injured the driver and two passengers. Nefic said the suspect is still at large and an investigation is under way. He said it is too early to say what motivated the attack. The Bosnian government said it was meeting for an emergency session following the incident late Wednesday.

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Security officers stand guard at the scene of an explosion in Kano, Nigeria on Wednesday. The suicide bomber exploded as truckers were tucking into dinner at the bustling marketplace where vendors urged them to buy sugar cane. [AP PHOTO]

tion for the military’s failures, asking how the insurgents can be better armed than Nigerian soldiers despite an annual defence budget of more than $5 billion, supplemented last year by a loan of $1 billion. Buhari ordered the arrests of several former high-ranking officials allegedly linked to fraudulent and fictitious arms contracts totalling $5.4 billion, one of his advisers, Femi Adesina, said in a statement. “Thousands of needless Nigerian deaths would have been avoided” if the money had been properly spent, Adesina said.

The unending violence has torn apart Nigeria’s northeast. In the city of Yola, hit by a suicide bombing for the third time in as many months, relatives searching for missing loved ones converged on the two main hospitals. “I couldn’t find them at the hospital so I had to come to the mortuary,” said a distraught Musa Adamu. He said his brother, Kamal, was selling sugar cane to truckers and his uncle had gone to look for him after the attack. Adamu found both their bodies in the morgue.

Eight children were among the dead, said Yola Specialist Hospital director Dr. Bala Sa’id. State Department spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. condemns the bombings and renews its commitment to work with Nigeria and its neighbours to defeat Boko Haram and to address violent extremism in the region. “We denounce the callous terrorist acts that have taken place repeatedly in Nigeria and other countries in the Lake Chad Basin and offer our condolences to the victims and their families,” he said.

The Australian government has had barred foreigners from buying a company that owns the world’s largest cattle ranch and other Australian farmland greater in area than South Korea. The company, S. Kidman & Co. Ltd., owns 10 cattle ranches, a bull breeding stud and a feed lot covering 101,411 square kilometres). That’s an area almost as big as the U.S. state of Virginia. Treasurer Scott Morrison said in a statement on Thursday that the sale to foreign investors would be contrary to the national interest, partly because of national security issues. Kidman owns the world’s biggest cattle ranch, Anna Creek Station, which covers 23,677 square kilometres of arid central Australia. Half of it is inside a military rocket firing range.

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TORONTO — A Toronto officer who fired nine bullets at a teen on an empty streetcar had multiple alternatives to lethal force but didn’t use them, his trial heard Wednesday. Robert Warshaw — an expert on police use-of-force tactics — offered an analysis of the 2013 confrontation which triggered outrage across the city, saying the 50-second standoff between Const. James Forcillo and 18-year-old Sammy Yatim “went from A to Z rather quickly.” “There were, in my view, alternatives at the time to the use of deadly force,” he said, noting that Forcillo’s options would only have increased as more time went by. “There was no single asset to officer

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Forcillo that was more valuable than time.” Forcillo has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in Yatim’s death. The jury has heard that Yatim had

taken the drug ecstasy at some point before boarding a streetcar on which he eventually pulled out a small knife, causing panicked passengers to rush off the vehicle as it came to an abrupt stop. Surveillance videos played in court have shown Forcillo arriving at the scene, yelling at Yatim to “drop the knife” and, after a confrontation that lasted less than a minute, firing nine bullets in two volleys. Crown prosecutors have said they plan to prove that Forcillo’s actions during the incident weren’t necessary or reasonable. Forcillo’s lawyer has said his client’s actions were justified and carried out in self-defence. Under questioning from a Crown prosecutor, Warshaw — a former American police officer who has

helped several forces reform their operations — offered his views specifically on the “reasonable or viable alternatives” available to Forcillo around the time he fired the first volley. “What level of risk did Yatim pose to officers on the street?” asked Crown lawyer Milan Rupic. “At that point in time, in my judgement, none,” Warshaw answered. “I did not see or hear anything that indicated that there was an imminence to any sort of attack being perpetrated by Mr. Yatim.” Warshaw said Forcillo “made no effort to have any interaction” with Yatim to determine whether there was anything on the young man’s mind that could be mediated at the scene.

The United Nations Ebola chief says his top priority now that the deadly Ebola epidemic appears to be nearing an end is helping more than 15,000 survivors who need medical and psychological support. Dr. David Nabarro told a press conference Wednesday that the survivors should be treated as “heroes” not outcasts. Nabarro says that survivors are distressed, not trusted, and are subjected to a lot of stigma as well as facing medical problems including diminished vision and “terrible joint pains.” He said survivors need comprehensive care that includes psychological and medical support and ensures they maintain hygiene and practice safe sex. Nabarro said he also wants to ensure that countries can detect and respond to any resurgence, and to honour the more than 11,300 people who died from Ebola.

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GLOBAL POLITICS

APEC shifts focus to fight against terrorism Leaders at meeting are stressing the ‘urgent need for increased international co-operation and solidarity’ JIM GOMEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANILA, Philippines — Asia-Pacific leaders called Thursday for increased international co-operation in the fight against terrorism as they held annual talks overshadowed by the Paris attacks. A copy of the declaration that the leaders will issue following their talks, seen by The Associated Press, strongly condemned “all acts, methods, and practices of terrorism.” The statement on terrorism, which also mentions attacks in Beirut and the bombing of a Russian airliner over Sinai, is a rare departure from convention for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum which normally focuses on trade and business issues. The APEC bloc accounts for about 60 per cent of the global economy. It groups the United States and China with middle powers such as Australia as well as developing nations in Asia and South America. The leaders said they are stressing the “urgent need for increased international co-operation and solidarity in the fight against terrorism.” “We will not allow terrorism to threaten the fundamental values that underpin our free and open econ-

Leaders prepare to start the opening plenary session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila, Philippines. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

omies,” the statement said. The mission of the 21-member APEC, convened in the Philippine capital of Manila under extremely tight security, is lowering barriers to trade and economic development. But the declaration noted the vital link between lack of economic opportunity and terrorism.

“Economic growth, prosperity, and opportunity are among the most powerful tools to address the root causes of terrorism and radicalization,” it said. APEC has its detractors, though, and anti-globalization protesters clashed with police near heavily guarded summit venues.

Activists were chanting and waving banners as they faced off against hundreds of riot police at security barricades on the fringes of APEC venues. About 1,000 people clashed with police who used water cannons and canes to try and disperse the crowd. Apart from uniting against the

attacks in Paris and the deepening crisis in Syria, the leaders are also seeking to promote co-operation against climate change. Disputes between China and its Southeast Asian neighbours about Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea also drew attention. President Barack Obama, China’s President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are in Manila for the Pacific Rim summit as fellow UN Security Council members France and Russia were pursuing resolutions seeking to unite the international community in combating the Islamic State group. Along with concerns over the rising threat of terrorism, leaders are just weeks away from a deadline to forge an agreement to limit global warming in a meeting that begins Nov. 30 in Paris. In Manila, Obama sought to build momentum for the pact on Wednesday, reasoning that bold climate action will be a boon for businesses in Asia and around the world. Chinese leader Xi, whose country is now the largest overall emitter of the pollutants that contribute to global warming, said his country was committed to cleaning up its environment.

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POLITICS

TPP compensation deal for dairy farmers under review

Tory senator resigns, rejects party position JENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

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MANILA, Philippines — Canada’s new Liberal trade minister says the $4.3-billion compensation package the previous Conservative government made to dairy farmers to counter any ill effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is not a done deal. International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said that package is under review, as part of the Liberal government’s promise to consult with Canadians on the massive 12-country Pacific Rim trade pact and put it to a vote in Parliament. For now, she said her government is not bound by the compensation commitment of the Conservatives, which was made by its cabinet during the federal election campaign. Freeland’s assessment came in Manila on Wednesday at the same Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation leaders’ summit where U.S. President Barack Obama made an impassioned pitch to the leaders of the 12 TPP countries — including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — to ratify the deal as quickly as possible. The APEC gathering brought

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“We appreciate the importance of compensation to affected sectors,” said Freeland. “It would be very inappropriate for us to commit to specific packages given that we’re actually reviewing the agreement overall.” Freeland said she had good conversations about the issue with Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains before leaving Canada. “We are reviewing now what the compensation plans will be, and I am not going to make commitments for my fellow ministers who are back home in Canada.” Freeland reiterated what the government has been telling its fellow 11 TPP partners in Manila: that it is pro-trade, realizes the importance of the deal to the Canadian economy, but that it made an election campaign promise to put the deal before the country. In a statement later Wednesday, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce urged the federal government to seize the opportunity that Asian economic growth represents and ratify the deal as soon as possible.

OTTAWA — Sen. John Wallace is resigning from the Conservative caucus, citing “irreconcilable differences” between himself and his party over the role of the upper chamber — which he feels should be non-partisan. Wallace said his decision had been some time coming, as he reflected on the constitutional duties of senators to review, critique and amend legislation. It struck him that since he was appointed in 2009, the Senate had dealt with 164 bills, but only amended two. The former Irving Oil lawyer said changes need to happen and being an Independent will allow him to speak to that. “For it to have the credibility in the eyes of the public and that it’s not there to simply rubber-stamp the political will of the parties, partisanship has to be removed as much as it can be from the Senate,” Wallace said in an interview. He said that there were differences of opinion with Conservative Sen. Leader Claude Carignan and other senators on what their role should be, as well as other issues. He said he was particularly dis-

mayed with how the suspensions of four senators were handled in 2013 and also how former prime minister Stephen Harper left 22 Senate seats empty. All senators have been reflecting on their roles as the new Liberal government comes to power without a Senate caucus and with a campaign promise to appoint senators on a non-partisan, merit-based basis. Wallace said he’s encouraged by the proposals put forward by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the fact that fellow New Brunswicker Dominic LeBlanc, the Liberal House leader, will be acting as a liaison with the Senate. “What you end up with is a Senate that is not dependent upon trying to balance their commitments, the responsibilities they have to the Senate institution and the commitment that we each feel we have to a political caucus,” Wallace said. “Trying to find the balance between those two at times is impossible.” With Wallace’s new status, there are now 46 Conservatives, 29 independent Liberals, eight Independents, and 22 vacancies in the Senate. His announcement comes a day before the resumption of Sen. Mike Duffy’s trial.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A UN team says it found a secret underground detention centre at a Sri Lankan navy base where many post-civil war detainees were believed to have been interrogated and tortured. The navy, however, denied there was any such centre at the base. The announcement late Wednesday by three experts from a UN working group on enforced disappearances comes amid growing international pressure for a full investigation into rights violations and alleged atrocities during and after Sri Lanka’s decades-long civil war, which ended in 2009. The experts, Bernard Duhaime, TaeUng Baik and Ariel Dulitzky, have visited different parts of Sri Lanka since Nov. 9 and examined official detention centres used during the war. Dulitzky said they also saw a secret

detention centre where “interrogation and torture took place” inside underground cells at a naval base in eastern Sri Lanka. “We believe it’s an important discovery and it should be properly investigated. It’s likely that many more people were in that detention centre,” he said at a news conference at the end of their visit in Sri Lanka. However, navy chief Vice Admiral Ravi Wijegunaratne said there was no torture centre at the base and that no one had been detained in the underground cells except for four Tamil children who had been illegally kidnapped for ransom and later killed by several naval personnel, who were now in prison. The UN human rights chief has recommended that Sri Lanka set up a special hybrid court that would include foreign judges and investigators to examine the alleged atrocities, saying Sri Lanka’s own courts are not yet ready to carry out a fair judicial process.

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Balancing songs and slapshots Country star Aaron Pritchett drops his hockey stick in favour of his microphone to prepare for Nanaimo show AARON HINKS DAILY NEWS

his time of the year Aaron Pritchett is usually at the rink, but come Nov. 20 he kicks off the skates and slips on cowboy boots for the Harbour City. Last year, the country singer, best known for his hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hold My Beer,â&#x20AC;? kept busy by playing for the Vancouver Canuck NHL alumni team, and this year heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s travelling around with the Legends All Stars. The all stars feature greats like sixtime Stanley Cup winner and Edmonton Oiler Glenn Anderson, three-time cup winner Mike Krushelnyski, and three-time cup winner Craig Muni. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really fun, I was going through a bit of a dry spell with scoring over the last while. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of nerve-wracking playing with these guys. I love to play and I think I can play OK, but when you play with these guys you got to step it up,â&#x20AC;? Pritchett said. The undefeated team faced their toughest challengers, it was a team made of Thunder Bay firefighters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were a championship team and they played hard. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when you can see our guys step up. Cliff Ronning just turns it on and scores five goals at will.â&#x20AC;? This past summer Pritchett has been busy touring Canada and writing material for his next album, which he expects to release next summer. The

Canadian country singer Aaron Pritchett is coming to Nanaimo Friday night for a benefit show at the Nanaimo entertainment centre. [COURTESY AARON PRITCHETT]

first single off the album is expected to be released late January or early February. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Other than that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve just been doing one-off shows. It kind of sucks sometimes because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do a show in Kelowna on a Friday, and on Saturday Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to play just north of Toronto,

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Makinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; A Difference. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a line in one of the songs the island Soul Choir sings in its upcoming Nanaimo concert. According to the choir, it is a scientific fact about what they do: music makes a difference to our health. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just by listening to music, it is proven that you can improve your visual and verbal skills, keep your brain healthy, elevate your mood, strengthen your heart and vascular system, reduce post-surgical recovery time, lower blood pressure, improve the quality of your sleep, boost your immune system, reduce pain, increase your workout endurance and motivation, and reduce depression and anxiety,â&#x20AC;? the group writes in the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promotional material. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With all this, can you imagine the benefits of taking this a step further and actually singing the music? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awesome experience!â&#x20AC;? Island Soul Choir is inviting you to join in that experience Sunday, as it brings a soulful blend of spiritual, gospel, blues, and South African music to the Port Theatre stage. The track that inspired the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title â&#x20AC;&#x201D; entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freeâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is a new

Island Soul Choir, featuring Corinne Brolewicz, performs â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Midnight Train To Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in June, 2014. [YOUTUBE}

composition by Brian Tate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simple yet energizing, feelgood song. A number of the choir members learned the song this past summer at a singing camp, and it was an instant hit for getting the day started with vim and vigour,â&#x20AC;? the promo material states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It should get everyone in the audience up, singing and dancing!â&#x20AC;? Island Soul has more than 100 members and draws from Victoria

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The rich musical sounds of Cuba, Venezuela and Spain will come together for a magical evening at the Port Theatre on Nov. 21. The show, called ¡FlamenCubana!, is a unique and creative matching of numerous internationally recognized artists from the three countries that was put together by singer-cantaora Jafelin, one of Canada’s pre-eminent flamenco and Latin singers, who goes by one name and lives in Vancouver. Cuba’s El Grupo Cubano Brisas del Palmar, Spanish bailaora Pastora Galván, guitarist Antón Jimenez, and pianist Rosario Montoya will share the stage with Jafelin, who is originally from Venezuela. Jafelin said the musicians brilliantly showcase the rich music that has resulted from centuries of Latin American and Spanish contact and connection.

Jafelin, flamenco singer

She said from boleros to salsa, rumbas to traditional, jazz and pop flamenco, the concert in Nanaimo will be a night of Cuban and Andalusian music at its finest. “I grew up with musical influences from Latin America and Spain and felt it would be a great idea to bring it all together on one stage,” Jafelin said. “We performed our first show in Vancouver last Saturday and the audience (of approximately 650 people) seemed to really enjoy it. We’re looking forward to the show in Nanaimo.”

El Grupo Cubano Brisas del Palmar was formed in Santiago, Cuba by brothers Rosel and Yordanis Lamoru in 1999. The quintet is a vital part of the “Grupo 450”, a prestigious catalogue at the Cuban Institute of Music of the best Cuban music groups. Rosario Montoya, also known as La Reina Gitana (Gypsy Queen), is considered the first and only woman of gypsy descent to have received the title of professor and piano instrumentalist at the Spanish national level. Jafelin has recorded three albums, the most recent a collaboration with Brisas Del Palmar, which was recorded in Santiago de Cuba earlier this year. Tickets for the show range between $58 and $65 and are available at www.porttheatre.com. or call 250-754-8550. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234

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A brave exploration of mental illness through a powerful pop-rock score earned the 2009 musical Next To Normal a rare Pulitzer Prize. It’s a combination that proved too difficult to resist for Nanaimo’s Schmooze Productions. “Next To Normal focuses on a significant topic — the struggle to overcome mental illness — and paints an authentic and thought-provoking picture of an important situation in an entirely new and fresh way,” said producer Dean Chadwick. “After viewing a clip from the Tony Awards of the Broadway cast, I thought it was just the most incredible, moving, witty piece, with a rock-n-roll score underpinning the whole thing.” Written by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt, the groundbreaking show explores how one suburban family copes with crisis against a backdrop of a questionable medical support for the mentally ill. Schmooze artistic directors Chadwick and Lisa Kerr, the team behind last year’s adaptation of Rent, are at the helm of a cast that includes Jennifer Kelly as Diana, a woman struggling with mental illness, Chadwick as Dan, her loving, supportive and secretive husband, Emily Blake, as Natalie, Diana’s long-suffering daughter, Padraig Hogan as Gabe, Diana and Dan’s mysterious son, Ben Loyst as Natalie’s boyfriend Henry, and Ashton Smith as Dr. Madden, the well-meaning practitioner treating Diana’s illness. Schmooze veteran Rick Becker

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An Island-based coalition of musicians and environmentalists is educating high school students on how to save the planet before it’s too late. Last month, students at Victoria’s Mount Douglas high school got an eye-opener from the Jellyfish Project, an initiative that uses live music to engage younger generations on important environmental issues relating to oceans and climate. The group puts a focus on overfishing, wildlife endangerment, plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, all of which have had devastating impacts on the Earth. Victoria indie folk quartet Carmanah — named after the Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park in Port Alberni — performed a short set before telling students how 30 per cent of carbon emissions get absorbed into the ocean and how raising the Earth’s temperature by another degree would be catastrophic. “It’s hard to have a good balance of getting the devastating facts out there and then providing the solutions and the inspiration for the kids,” said drummer Steve Biggs. “Nobody wants to bring them that news that things are looking pretty grim, but I think the word of mouth is huge. It only takes one mind out of a million to do something amazing.” An eco-conscious band by nature, Carmanah joined the Jellyfish Project after hearing about it from founder Daniel Kingsbury, formerly of Sunshine Coast rock band Mindil Beach Markets. “We had already been somewhat active in the environmental scene in Victoria. We’d played a couple anti-pipeline rallies and shows like that,” said lead vocalist Laura Mitic. “We loved the idea of going into schools and chatting with youth and being inspired by them and inspiring them. “They challenge us with their questions and they inspire us to keep doing this because they’re also making us think and reflect on our own lifestyles.”

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or the first two periods, the Canucks were the best team on the ice. The Sedins were dancing, cycling and creating. Jannik Hansen had one breakaway and should have had two more. Bo Horvat was explosive, and all over the Jets net. But Horvat was unlucky. He couldn’t put a puck into an open net, and he couldn’t even draw a high sticking penalty when Mark Scheifele thwacked him across the head in the centre of the ice. Hansen passed the puck out of the slot when he should have shot. The Sedins had one goal, but could have had more. And the Canucks found themselves losing. Again. The Jets came into they game reeling. They had lost six in a row. They had been percolating goals against for weeks. But this is the trip the Canucks couldn’t wait to end. Even if they had all of the Aquilinis’ money to put on a table, they wouldn’t be able to buy a break. All that Winnipeg angst, and poor play early, and the Canucks were helpless to take advantage of any of it. See, and here’s the funny thing, though: head coach Willie Desjardins says you create your own breaks. He’s right, sometimes. He was definitely right Wednesday. Because in the the third period, the Canucks created nothing. They

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Vancouver Canucks defenceman Luca Sbisa, left, and Winnipeg Jets rookie Nikolaj Ehlers collide during NHL action in Winnipeg on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

had five shots on net in the first 17 minutes of the final, pathetic end to this trip. The Canucks just watched Ryan Miller bail them out again and again, keeping them afloat after they gave up chance after chance, rush after rush. With 2:45 left, the dam finally broke. Miller gave up the third goal. It was time for the Canucks to go home, winners of one of seven games.

In a period the Canucks had to have, they rolled over and let the Jets take it to them. It was probably the Canucks’ worst period of the entire trip — and that’s saying something. Quite a lot, actually. WHAT THIS MEANS Chris Tanev on the first power play unit means goals. Wait, what? Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins went into the Jets game with

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some long reaches, trying to get his flagging special teams going. Tanev was on the point of the first power play and Derek Dorsett was roaming all over the slot on the second. It’s always been one of Tanev’s life goals to become a productive power play defenceman but in six seasons he has just four points with a man advantage. Many of us just thought Desjardins made the call to try and slow down all the shorthanded chances the Canucks have been giving up going the other way. But, wouldn’t you know it, the power play scored. Sure, Tanev didn’t have anything to do with it, as the Sedins and Burrows cycled the puck down low. Still, it seems, Tanev can be a positive impact. Or, more accurately, not get in the way. If he can do that, and ensure the

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WHAT WE LEARNED It’s possible Luca Sbisa is facing supplemental discipline for a check to the head. With Nik Ehlers leaning out for a puck, his body vulnerable, Sbisa hit him in the shoulder head area. Sbisa was penalized for a head check and under Rule 48 he could be facing supplemental discipline. The NHL has to determine it was intentional, avoidable and that the principal point of contact was Ehler’s head. That last part was difficult to do even after watching several replays. It was Sbisa’s first game since October, and he was beat up by Anthony Peluso in a fight as compensation. IN A WORD WRONG: After hitting Ehlers, Sbisa dropped his gloves and was ready to fight, but the guy he was looking at was Alexander Burmistrov, who isn’t a slugger. Unfortunately, no such luck for Sbisa. UNSPORTSMANLIKE: When Henrik Sedin took a second period penalty, Jannik Hansen decided to fire the puck at the net with the play stopped. Not such a great idea. He got a penalty for it. TREE: That’s what Alex Edler looked like when he tried to hit Peluso in the first period.Down went Edler as Peluso basically shrugged. It’s not been a good road trip for the Canucks’ top-pairing lefty.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Alec Burks made the go-ahead jumper with 1:12 left and scored nine of his 13 points in Utah’s big fourth quarter, helping the Jazz beat the Toronto Raptors 93-89 on Wednesday night. Derrick Favours had 18 points, 11 rebounds and a clinching three-point play for the Jazz, who trailed by six midway through the final period before an 11-2 run gave them their first lead since the second quarter. Rodney Hood had 16 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Jazz. Gordon Hayward finished with 17 points and seven rebounds. Luis Scola carried the offensive load for Toronto in the first half with 18 points and finished with a season-high 22. Kyle Lowry scored 20 and had six assists and three rebounds, while DeMar DeRozan rebounded from a slow start to score 14, including 12 in the fourth quarter. The Jazz jumped out to a 22-13 lead in the first quarter thanks to a 14-0 run and had a double-digit lead early in the second, but it was all Raptors for the rest of the half. Toronto closed on a 17-4 run to take a 45-42 lead into halftime.

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Former Vancouver Island Raiders superstar Andrew Harris has a vested interest in Nanaimo again. Harris, a 28-year-old pending CFL free agent who played his last six seasons with the B.C. Lions, has purchased downtown Nanaimo’s Koncept Nightclub from former owner Jerry Hong. “I’m at a point in my football career where I have a little extra money and I’m investing in businesses,” said Harris. “I’m just taking more projects on. This opportunity came up, I really looked hard into it and I’m over here now in Nanaimo with other business ventures, as well, so this kind of just came hand in hand and gave me something to do on weekends.” It’s the second business interest in Harris’ portfolio, as he also owns part of Vancouver restaurant MeatCity Sandwiches along with former CFL players Jon Hameister-Ries and Andrew Jones. Harris is currently in Nanaimo working with businessman Hadi Abassi at Atlas Truss and Coastal Windows, and was looking for other opportunities. “I love this city,” Harris said. “I pretty much became a man here and I could see myself living here permanently after my football career is over here.” Now as owner of Koncept, Harris said he wants to increase the VIP atmosphere of the nightclub, as well as promoting events and themed nights there. “There’s a lot of people who want that (exclusive) atmosphere but don’t go out because it’s not there, so that’s definitely something I want to do,” he said. “Nanaimo’s nightlife scene is OK, but I definitely think I can bring more to it and give it more to offer.” Harris’ winter will be an interesting one as he hits free agency as one of the top names on the market in the CFL. He recently spoke with Lions general manager Wally Buono about his future with the team. “I know that Wally’s going to be basically assessing with the coaching staff — that needs to get handles first — what the coaching staff is going to look like next year and eventually they’ll look like next year,” Harris said. “And eventually they’ll get toward what players they want to re-sign as far as the bigger named guys for free agency.” Harris hasn’t played for a football team outside of B.C. since joining the Raiders from his home town of Winnipeg in 2005, but might be doing so if the right offer comes along. “I would like to stay here” he said, but I’m not closing any offers off for anyone else . . . It has to make sense for my family.” Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243

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s the John Barsby Bulldogs move on through the Varsity AA high school football playoffs, they’ve got a shot at winning the Harewood school’s third straight provincial title. That’s a huge point of pride for the program, its players, coaches and fans. But only one Barsby player was there for the beginning of the streak — Parker Bowles. The senior middle linebacker was a mere pup in 2013, the start of the Bulldogs near dynastic run, starting on defence as a tenth-grader. Now in his final high school football season he’s got a rare chance to graduate the program without ever having the feeling of ending a season with a loss. “It’s what I came here to do, to play for Barsby and to win with Barsby,” said Bowles, who moved to Nanaimo from Winnipeg in 2013 when his older brother, Quinton, signed on to play junior football with the Vancouver Island Raiders. “That’s what we do.” Being in the program and around championship players for as long as he has, Bowles can see what is transpiring with the Bulldogs as they get set to host the Abbotsford Panthers on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Merle Logan Field with a spot in the provincial semifinal on the line. “We’re peaking at the right time and we’re getting fluent with all of our players and we’re starting to look

John Barsby Bulldogs linebacker Parker Bowles has a shot at a third straight provincial championship. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

like a real Barsby football team,” Bowles said, “so it’s really nice.” The Barsby defence shut out the Moscrop Panthers in a 77-0 win to open playoffs on Saturday as they eased into their playoff schedule. But it will be a whole different type of game this Saturday for the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs as they host No. 3 Abbotsford. The Barsby defence will be up against a potent offence headlined by wide receiver Chase Claypool, who is ranked as a four-star recruit by

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A number of events will be hosted by the City of Nanaimo on Saturday to mark the sixth annual RBC Sports Day in Canada. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Beban Park, the public is invited to participate in a ball hockey game in the parking lot near the Altrusa Playground. The Nanaimo Skating Club will be offering a free skating lesson and then will show off their talent with a demonstration in Frank Crane Arena. The lessons run from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. and the figure skating demo will begin at 2:15 p.m. To top it off, the Nanaimo Midget Tier 1 Clippers hockey team will take on the Peninsula Eagles at 3 p.m. at Frank Crane. “We’re really excited to bring

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Claypool and the Abbotsford offence. “For me, one kid doesn’t win a football game. And when you have a whole team of spectacular athletes, that’s what wins football games and that’s what wins championships,” he said. “I’m sure that they have a great football team and (Claypool) is outstanding, but when you look at us, we’re ready. “We prepare every single week and if we play Barsby football, we win that game.” Bulldogs head coach Rob Stevenson began watching film on Abbotsford even before it was set in stone that the two teams would meet on Saturday. He has their entire season on tape and said he would be studying it hard all week. “Abbotsford has a tremendous cast, too,” Stevenson said. “It’s pick your poison. This one fellow is a very good receiver and he’s got three other buddies who can do the same thing. “We have to be complete, and play as mistake-free as we can.” But, like any high school football team, Stevenson thinks his offence will be able to find holes and that his defence under coach Larry Cooper can defend them. “Like anybody, they’ve got some warts,” Stevenson said. “We’ve just got to find them and pick on them.”

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With a 5-1 win Wednesday night at home, the Nanaimo Clippers moved to 3-0 on the season in games against the Victoria Grizzlies. More importantly, they moved into a first-place tie atop the B.C. Hockey League’s Island Division with the Cowichan Valley Capitals — those two teams meet Friday night in Nanaimo to settle that, for now. And for a team that’s beginning a string of three games in four nights, it was a good start. “We’ve got to roll,” said Clippers head coach Mike Vandekamp. “We have to have a good day (Thursday), have a good day of video and practice and then roll into Friday and be confident, come out in our building and play well.” Sheldon Rempal scored twice for the Clippers in Wednesday’s win — once to open scoring and another into an empty net late in the third period. He now has 47 points and is tied for the league scoring lead with Penticton Vees’ star Tyson Jost. Five days after being pulled after 40 minutes in an ugly 7-3 loss to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, Evan Johnson got the keys to the Clippers crease again Wednesday and showed no signs of a repeat. He stopped 30 of 31 shots to backstop his team to a win in which they were outshout 31-27.

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The Nanaimo Buccaneers (12-8-1-2) will attempt to end their four-game losing streak tonight when they take on the last-place Oceanside Generals at 7:15 p.m. at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. The Bucs, who sit second in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s North Division behind the defending champion Campbell River Storm, were holding top spot in the division before the streak began with a loss to the Kerry Park Islanders. Their most recent loss was at the hands of the Storm, 5-1. Tonight they’re up against a Generals team that has just three wins in 20 games and will be without their leading scorer, Mathieu Jallabert, who is suspended for two games for abusing an official. The Bucs are led by all-time leading scorer Jordan Levesque, who so far sits fifth in the VIJHL’ scoring race with 37 points in 23 games.

Nanaimo Clippers winger Sheldon Rempal, right, dekes past Victoria Grizzlies defenceman Kevin Massy in a B.C. Hockey League game Wednesday night at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

Vandekamp was impressed. “That’s been an area that we’ve been kind of pushing for some consistency in, and this is where you hope that the goaltender will build on this,” he said. “Because that was a good game and that was good goaltending. He made some key saves when he needed to, and helped us get the win.” Johnson also got into a shoving

match with Victoria’s Cole Pickup in the second period and was penalized, but his team killed off the ensuing powerplay. Victoria’s lone goal came in the second after Clippers rookie Owen Hardy, 16, fought 19-year-old Alex Peck after taking a charging penalty. Troy MacTavish, Zach Court and Nolan Aibel scored the Clippers in

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B.C. Lions practice irked some mourners TOM ZILLICH SURREY NOW

Some football play-calling marred the Remembrance Day moment of silence at Whalley Legion. B.C. Lions players preparing for a playoff game continued practicing at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, upsetting some of those who attended the ceremony at the nearby cenotaph. Tiffany Fisher was there with her son, a Scout, and she wasn’t impressed by the interruption. “It wasn’t entirely disruptive, but you could clearly hear them going, ‘Hut hut, 19, 12, hut hut!’ – all the plays being called, and it really took away from that two minutes,” she told the Now. “We were all looking at each other, like, ‘Is it the Lions or is it teenagers playing? It can’t be the Lions, can it?’ Some people were upset by it, definitely.” Fisher’s mother, Sylvia, was also disappointed by the noise coming from the team’s practice facility on 135th Street. “There was a band playing at the ceremony, music and singing, so if we could hear the football players, I’m sure they could hear the music on (the Legion’s side) of the street,” she said. “They should have stopped playing.” Wally Buono, the team’s GM and vice-president of football operations, said he takes responsibility for an error in timing. “I talked to coach to Coach (Jeff) Tedford to make sure there was a moment of silence at 11:11, so they had that moment of silence, that reflection, at that time” Buono told the Now. “Unfortunately, the ceremony had their moment of silence earlier, at 11 . . . I made the assumption that the moment of silence was at 11:11.” Buono was at the ceremony at the Legion (“I go every year,” he noted), and said he cringed when he heard practice continue at 11 a.m. “It was unfortunate that it occurred, and we did have some people call us, and I did apologize to those people.” He said he also went to the Legion the following day to personally apologize for the gaffe. In the future, if and when a practice is held on Nov. 11, Buono said the team will observe the moment of silence at 11 a.m., not 11:11 a.m.

TORONTO — As usual, there’s a player from Cole Harbour, N.S., among the NHL leaders in scoring. This time, it’s not Sidney Crosby. Nathan MacKinnon is off to the best start of his young career and has the upper hand in the Cole Harbour scoring race. With eight goals and 12 assists, MacKinnon’s 20 points are good for fourth in the league, while Crosby is tied for 155th with nine points on two goals and seven assists. “We’ll see how it finishes,” MacKinnon said Tuesday in Toronto. “I’m sure Sid’s going to get pretty hot here. Hopefully not against us next game . . . I hope he gets more points than me this year. He deserves it. “We’ll see, I guess, at the end of the season.” The Colorado Avalanche visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night as MacKinnon and Crosby face off for the fourth time. Crosby is a two-time Hart Trophy winner as league MVP and is considered one of the best in the game, yet it’s MacKinnon’s bounce-back from a sophomore slump that stands out. MacKinnon is already more than halfway to his point total from last season, something he partially credits to the puck finding him more and getting luckier with it. But that’s not all. “I’m a little more even-keeled than I once was,” the 20-year-old said, sounding like a grizzled veteran.

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NEW YORK — Houston Astros lefty Dallas Keuchel beat out Toronto Blue Jays ace David Price for the AL Cy Young Award on Wednesday, while Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs topped Dodgers stars Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw for the NL honour. Keuchel got 22 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for 186 points. David Price drew eight first-place votes and 143 points for his split season with Detroit and Toronto and Oakland’s Sonny Gray finished third. Keuchel led the AL in wins, going 20-8 and helping Houston reach the playoffs for the first time since 2005. The bearded 27-year-old with a dominant sinker and sharp slider had a 2.48 ERA and 216 strikeouts. Price went 18-5 with a 2.45 ERA and 225 strikeouts. Traded from Detroit to Toronto in late July, he was a key reason the Blue Jays made their first playoff appearance since 1993. Keuchel became the first Houston pitcher to win the Cy Young since Roger Clemens in 2004, and the first do it since the Astros joined the AL. In what was expected to be a tighter three-person race, Arrieta got 17 first-place votes for 169 points. Greinke drew 10 first-place votes and had 147 points. Kershaw had the other three firsts and 101 points.

Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, right, battles for the loose puck during an NHL game in Toronto on Tuesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

“My first couple seasons was like a roller coaster. This year just feels a little bit more steady.” Colorado coach Patrick Roy has noticed not only a more mature approach from MacKinnon but increased confidence. He put MacKinnon at centre on a line with Canadian Olympian Matt Duchene, and the result has been filling a need for speed. “They’re fast,” Roy said. “They’re a fast duo, and they’re certainly tough to play against.” MacKinnon is one of the fastest skaters in hockey and a player whose situational speed can create offence. But after winning the Calder Trophy

as the rookie of the year with 63 points in 2013-14, he had just 38 last season. Roy said a rough start last year didn’t help the young player’s confidence. MacKinnon says he has some perspective now. “I know how long the season is,” MacKinnon said. “It’s a long 82 games, it’s a grind. So if you have a tough couple games, there’s plenty ahead.” Duchene and MacKinnon’s chemistry is improving along the way. “He’s battling hard, he’s working hard,” Duchene said. “He’s just very tenacious. I think last year (he was) maybe over-thinking a little bit.”

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Blaine Gabbert will start at QB for 49ers against Seattle CHRIS BIDERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Having not won in Seattle’s CenturyLink Field since 2011, the San Francisco 49ers are hoping a change at quarterback can spark their struggling offence against the Seahawks. It will be Blaine Gabbert under centre for San Francisco (3-6) for the second straight game after he helped the 49ers beat the Falcons 17-16 in his first start since 2013 with Jacksonville. “He successfully ran the offence,” Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said. “He got them down the field, he made some great decisions in terms of running and passing the football. Obviously, there were some mistakes in there as well. But to come off the bench and beat the Falcons, it was a great performance.” Gabbert finished with

“It’s going to be loud, we know that.“ Blaine Gabbert, 49ers

185 yards on 15 of 25 completions with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He was effective with his legs, running for 32 yards on eight carries, including a designed five-yard run just outside of two minutes remaining for a first down that helped seal the win. This week, Gabbert’s test is drastically more difficult in a stadium considered one of the toughest on visiting teams. “It’s going to be loud, we know that,” Gabbert said. “In these stadiums where it is extremely loud, you really have to focus one play at a time because if you don’t hear a call, you don’t hear the play, one or two guys aren’t going to be on

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BOSTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Announced the retirement of DH David Ortiz, effective at the end of the 2016 season. CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Agreed to terms with OF Scott Hairston on a minor league contract. DETROIT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Traded INF Javier Betancourt and a player to be named to Milwaukee for RHP Francisco Rodriguez and a player to be named. LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Named Ron Roenicke 3rd base coach, Gary DiSarcina 1st base FRDFK $OIUHGR *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q LQĂ&#x20AC;HOG FRDFK Steve Soliz catching & info. coach.

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WILD CARD Pittsburgh New Jersey Florida Tampa Bay Boston Buffalo Philadelphia Toronto Carolina Columbus

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Home 7-1-0-0 8-2-1-0 4-3-1-0 3-4-0-0 4-3-2-1 2-5-1-0 4-5-0-0 3-5-1-0

Note: a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 points & 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 Winnipeg 4 Vancouver 1 Chicago 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) Washington 2 Detroit 1 (OT) 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Toronto 5 Colorado 1 San Jose 5 Boston 4 Dallas 3 Buffalo 1 Los Angeles 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO) Calgary 3 New Jersey 2 Columbus 3 St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 3 Nashville 3 Anaheim 2 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 7 p.m. San Jose at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Arizona at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

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First Period â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Klefbom Edm (hooking) 8:36; Daley Chi (stick holding) 12:14. Second Period 1. Chi, Keith 2 (Kane, Panarin) 7:26 (pp). 2. Chi, Panarin 7 (Anisimov, Kane) 14:41. 3. Edmonton, Eberle 2 (Davidson) 16:37. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Reinhart Edm (boarding) 7:09; Keith Chi (interference) 18:42. Third Period 4. Edm, Pouliot 4 (Nurse, Purcell) 4:00. 5. Chicago, Shaw 2 (Kero, Kruger) 11:44. 6. Edm, Draisaitl 6 (Hall, Purcell) 17:14. 3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Garbutt Chi (interference) 7:44. Overtime 7. Chicago, Hossa 3 (Seabrook) 1:08. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Chicago 3 12 11 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28 Edmonton 11 9 14 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;35 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chicago: 1-2; Edmonton: 0-3. Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at Edmonton.

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ISLAND DIVISION Cowichan Vally Nanaimo Powell River Victoria Alberni Valley

Rafael Nadal (5), Spain, def. Andy Murray (2), Britain, 6-4, 6-1. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. David Ferrer (7), Spain, 7-5, 6-2. 6WDQGLQJV Nadal 2-0 (sets 4-0), Murray 1-1 (2-2), Wawrinka 1-1 (2-2), Ferrer 0-2 (0-4)

WEST DIVISION Calgary at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.

GREY CUP $W :LQQLSHJ 6XQGD\ 1RY Hamilton-Ottawa winner vs. CalgaryEdmonton winner, 6 p.m.

STAN SMITH GROUP 6WDQGLQJV Federer 2-0 (4-0), Djokovic 1-1 (2-2), Nishikori 1-1 (2-3), Berdych 0-2 (1-4).

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MONTREAL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Goaltender Carey Price is glad to be back at practice, even if he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know yet when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be ready to play for the Montreal Canadiens. Price took part in a full practice on Wednesday for the first time since he suffered a lower body injury in Edmonton on Oct. 29. His teammates saluted the return of last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hart and Vezina Tro-

phy winner by tapping their sticks on the ice during the warmup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whenever youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re away you always feel secluded and not part of it, no matter how much the guys try to cheer you up,â&#x20AC;? said Price. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m definitely glad to be participating.â&#x20AC;? Price gave no details of the injury, but confirmed it happened at some point in the Edmonton game, when Montreal blew a third-period lead and lost 4-3. He will need to get his timing back

and get back into game shape before he can play in a game. When that will be, even he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure. It wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be Thursday night when the Arizona Coyotes visit the Bell Centre, when backup Mike Condon will start, and almost certainly not Friday against the Islanders in New York. Coach Michel Therrien said Price will decide when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ready. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to say,â&#x20AC;? said Therrien. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He felt good.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy about that.â&#x20AC;? It has helped that Condon has been excellent in relief, going 5-1-2 in eight starts since Price was injured. The 25-year-old rookie is 7-1-2 with a 2.14 goals-against average this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He really allowed me to take my time and get well,â&#x20AC;? Price said of Condon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He played very valiantly over the last couple of weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The team played very well. That was a very good sign. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been saying

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*Limited time lease offer available through Volkswagen Finance, on approved credit, based on a new and unregistered 2016 Tiguan FWD Trendline (#5N21V4) base model with 6-speed manual transmission. $1,760 freight and PDI included in monthly payment. 48-month term at 1.99% APR. $0 down payment, $0 security deposit and first monthly payment in excess of payment credits (if applicable) due at lease inception. Total lease obligation: $13,940. 64,000-kilometre allowance; charge of $0.15/km for excess kilometres. PPSA fee, license, insurance, registration, any dealer or other charges, options and applicable taxes are extra. ‡Limited time lease credits (on approved credit, through Volkswagen Finance) on select 2016 models available to be applied to first two monthly payments up to a maximum amount of $700 per month for the Tiguan FWD Trendline. **Limited time finance purchase offer available through Volkswagen Finance, on approved credit, on select new and unregistered 2015 models. Ex.: 2015 Jetta 2.0L Trendline / Tiguan 2.0 TSI Trendline base model with 5/6-speed manual transmission with base MSRP of $16,595/$26,750, including $1,605/$1,760 freight and PDI, financed at 0% APR for 84 months equals 182 bi-weekly payments starting from $87/$143 (after application of $750 bonus cash). $0 down payment due at signing. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $15,845/$26,000. PPSA fee, license, insurance, registration, any dealer or other charges, options and applicable taxes are extra. †Up to $7,000/$4,250 discount on MSRP available on cash purchase only of new and unregistered 2015 CC / Tiguan 4MOTION Highline models. Discount varies by model. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Offers end November 30, 2015 and are subject to change or cancellation without notice. Model shown: 2016 Tiguan 2.0T Highline R-Line, $39,993. Vehicle shown for illustration purposes only and may include optional equipment. Visit vw.ca or your Volkswagen dealer for details. “Volkswagen”, the Volkswagen logo, “Das Auto & Design”, “Tiguan”, “CC”, “TSI”, “Highline”, “Trendline” and “4MOTION” are registered trademarks of Volkswagen AG. © 2015 Volkswagen Canada.

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Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 48 months equals 104 bi-weekly payments of $240 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $24,998. ◆2.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport model to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 2.99% for 96 months equals 416 weekly payments of $68 with a cost of borrowing of $3,116 and a total obligation of $28,114. *3.49% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Example: 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with a Purchase Price of $41,498 financed at 3.49% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 416 weekly payments of $114 with a cost of borrowing of $6,076 and a total obligation of $47,574. §Starting from prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g. paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. 5Sub-prime financing available on approved credit. Financing example: 2015 Jeep Cherokee Sport with a Purchase Price of $24,998 financed at 4.99% over 60 months, equals 260 weekly payments of $109 for a total obligation of $28,257. Some conditions apply. Down payment is required. See your dealer for complete details. 3Based on 2014 Ward’s Small Sport Utility segmentation. »Jeep Grand Cherokee has received more awards over its lifetime than any other SUV. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc. ®Jeep is a registered trademark of FCA US LLC used under licence by FCA Canada Inc.

Wise customers read the fine print: *, †, *, ◆, §, 5 The All Out Clearout Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after November 3, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select 2015 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. †0% purchase financing available on all new 2015 Jeep models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC,

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