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Canada can better help NATO in training: Dion

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Federal deficits could be higher Government may deliver annual shortfalls that could turn out to be $10.8 billion higher than the projections, the parliamentary budget office said Tuesday. » Nation&World, 14

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BRUSSELS — Stephane Dion walked through NATO’s doors Tuesday suggesting he won’t have to do much of a sales job over the impending withdrawal of Canada’s jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria. Other countries, including North Atlantic allies, understand the warplanes have played only a small part in the effort, and that Canada will be more effective in a training role, Dion said on his way into a meeting of foreign ministers. “There are a lot of things where Canada may be a great supporter, instead of delivering two per cent of the airstrikes,” the global affairs minister said. Dion also indicated the signals he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have received at other international conferences indicate that Canada’s new policy is “well understood.” As of Nov. 19, Canada had carried out 199 airstrikes out of a total of 8,289 coalition raids — or 2.4 per cent. It remains unclear when the jets will be coming home — or what a beefed-up training commitment would look like — but Dion could see a menu of opportunities before him during the two-day ministerial meeting which began Tuesday. The war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or ISIS, is not a NATO mission, but almost all members contribute in one form or another to the U.S. coalition. The alliance announced last summer it was embarking on a “capacity-building” training program for the Iraqi military, but gave no timelines for the training at sites in Turkey and Jordan. It was looking at a wide series of measures, including countering improvised explosive devices, bomb disposal, de-mining, civil-military planning, cyberdefence, military medicine and medical assistance. A NATO official, speaking on background, said the mission is still in the planning stages and member nations have yet to be asked for troop contributions. But what is clear is that the Trudeau government is

Foreign Minister Stephane Dion, left, meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

more prepared to embrace alliance initiatives than the Harper government had been in recent years. Under the Conservatives, Canada was pulled more tightly into a U.S. orbit with a series of policy changes and agreements, and was more willing to act in ad-hoc coalitions, like the one bombing ISIL. “Canada will be a positive partner,” Dion said. “We want to re-engage Canada in multilateralism and NATO is at the core of that.” The alliance conducted a military training mission in Iraq, but it was shut down when the U.S. withdrew its forces in 2011. The reconstituted undertaking bears a passing resemblance to what NATO has been doing in Afghanistan with some success — a mission that included nearly 900 Canadians for three years. Afghan forces, despite taking a pounding from a renewed insurgency, have largely held their ground, whereas Iraqi forces melted away in the face of last year’s ISIL onslaught. NATO’s future role in Afghanistan and

how to fund the country’s fledgling security forces was a topic of debate Tuesday among foreign ministers. “Afghan forces have faced great challenges, but they have shown tremendous courage and determination,” said NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg. “This has been a year of challenges, but it also been a year of progress . . . . Supporting a stable Afghanistan is in the interest of our own security.” The ministers will approve a continued deployment of roughly 12,000 trainers and advisers to mirror a recent U.S. decision to extend its presence in the war-torn country past 2016. Canada no longer has training troops in Afghanistan. They were also asked to approve a plan to raise $4 billion per year from the international community to fund Afghan security forces up to 2020. Stoltenberg said the matter will be discussed when leaders meet in Warsaw next year, and he declined to provide a provide a specific figure after the meeting.

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OTTAWA — Canada’s federal opposition parties are calling out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for using taxpayer dollars to pay for two nannies helping to care for his three young children. During the election campaign, Trudeau attacked the Conservative government for handing out tax cuts and benefits, including a new universal child care benefit, to Canada’s wealthiest families — including his own. As a result, said interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, he ought to be footing his own child care bills.

“I just think he should pay for it himself,” Ambrose said in an interview. “It’s not a reflection of their child care choice — every family has a different makeup, every family has to make decisions about their child care — but I think . . . Canadians would expect them to just pay for their own nanny out of their own pocket.” New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson, the party’s status of women critic, called out the prime minister for paying his nannies so little. The pair, who are considered special assistants under the Official Residences Act, have been hired for $15 to $20 per hour during the day and $11 to $13 at night.

“Surely the people looking after his children should be paid more than $11 an hour,” Malcolmson said. “I’m stunned to hear that figure and I am saddened.” Kate Purchase, Trudeau’s director of communications, said in a statement the prime minister employs two household employees as “secondary caregivers” who also perform “other duties around the house.” Purchase would not specify what those other duties entail, but said similar arrangements have existed for Trudeau’s predecessors. “Like all families of prime ministers, a small number of staff provide assistance,” she said in an e-mail.

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Nanaimo MD lobbies to cut prostate waitlists DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Men with early stage prostate cancer are waiting too long for tests to know if the cancer has advanced, says one of three Nanaimo urologists. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, and the second most common cause of death from cancer among men, behind lung cancer. Difficulty urinating, blood tests and a rectal exam can all indicate prostate cancer but the disease is often confirmed and monitored with a biopsy — removal of a small tissue sample from the organ. And doctors need it quickly, in case more aggressive treatment is needed.

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Urologists decide whether they need biopsies, “and from the time we decide if they need a biopsy and they

get it is up to five to six months,” said Dr. Kevin Morrison. “So these men are sitting there, anxiously waiting.” He said issue goes back four years. Two years ago urologists supported a fundraising campaign for an ultrasound imaging machine, which can detect disorders within the prostate, but the machine must be operated by technicians, which requires Island Health funding, which is “somewhat out of our hands,” Morrison said. “Now we’re back up to wait lists of five to six months for men to get their diagnostic procedure and that’s something we hope to improve.” At one time, patients were referred to Duncan or Comox, but those hos-

pitals no longer accept them. Some opt to use private clinics in Vancouver, at considerable personal expense. “We’re pretty frustrated, because we’ve written letters and not gotten any traction on this.” He said some patients need active surveillance, which means an annual biopsy to watch for changes. Prostate cancer risk rises with age, and “you look at the demographics — Parksville-Qualicum has the oldest population in Canada,” he said. He said he and other doctors tell patients to write with their concerns to the Ministry of Health. No one from Island Health could be reached for comment.

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First blind computer science student at VIU registered with the disability office at VIU, and over a billion people or 15 per cent of the world’s population living with some form of disability, we feel it’s important to be part of this international day of observance. There are still stigmas and stereotypes to overcome.” Hook says VIU provides a range of equipment, services and other forms of support to help students like Thomas be successful. For example, interpreters help students with hearing impairments, while note takers assist students with visual impairments. Students also benefit from a range of electronic devices and computer programs, or quiet rooms for writing exams. “VIU also has a site licence to Kurzweil 3000, a text-to-speech program,” Hook said. “This is available at no charge to all students and staff at VIU. It’s all about improving access to education.” The information fair takes place at the VIU Nanaimo campus on Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Building 300, in the main cafeteria.

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After much research and consideration, Amber Thomas decided that Vancouver Island University would be the best place for her to study computer science. Thomas, who is from Alberta, lost her eyesight at the age of 10 and needed to find a post-secondary institution that would best serve her needs. She said VIU has the computer technology and infrastructure she needs to complete her courses, and students and staff are more than willing to lend her a hand when required. “I think I would have been left behind at a lot of the other schools I’ve looked at, unless I was really adamant about getting help,” said Thomas. “But people at VIU are willing to help me without having to pressure them at all. I’m really happy here.” Thomas, who is her first year at VIU, is the first completely blind person ever to enrol in the computer science program at the university. VIU ensures her textbooks are accessible in braille and that she has extra time to write exams, among other courtesies. Tomorrow is the fourth-annual United Nations worldwide observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and up to 20 community organizations will gather at VIU’s Nanaimo campus for an infor-

Amber Thomas and her guide dog, Bear, in her apartment on Tuesday afternoon. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

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Movember forum gets more men talking about men’s health For a small group of men and their wives, a forum on men’s health was a good chance for answers to questions on touchy subjects, from prostrate health to erectile dysfunction. About 25 people attended the Let’s Talk Men’s Health event at Bowen Park Nov. 25. It’s the second annual event the Nanaimo Integrated Health Network held talk health with men during Movember. Women came too, many of whom encouraged with their partners to tackle uncomfortable but important health subjects. Men often don’t go to doctors “unless they have to,” said Donna Harvey, an organizer of the forum. “They depend on their partners to make appointments, especially for preventive stuff – blood pressure, checkups.” Five presenters spoke, including Nanaimo urologist Dr. Kevin Morrison, on such issues as prostate health and erectile dysfunction. ED can strike men who smoke, have cardiac conditions, lack of exercise or other health issues, and Harvey said “men were really interested” to talk about the usually taboo subject. Men also wanted to know why surgery isn’t always given right away when a prostate becomes enlarged, urination becomes more frequent and PSA levels rise. “There is some controversy about who should get blood tests, who should get rectal (examinations) and who should get surgery, and we talked about that,” said Dr. Derek Poteryko, a forum presenter. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, yet only about 15 per cent of men who get it die from it, he said. During the question and answer section, “some ladies were asking some very tough questions,” on ED medications. Poteryko said. While men fear becoming impotent, many also don’t recognize the effect on his partner, if “he’s an 18-year-old again, and she’s not,” Harvey said. Discussion was good, and the meeting ran an hour longer than scheduled. Plans are already underway for an larger, better advertised forum next year, Harvey said. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235

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Police act on pot shop threat Three marijuana dispensaries raided, occupants removed in handcuffs

he RCMP raided three Nanaimo marijuana storefronts and arrested several dispensary employees Tuesday morning. Trees, on Bowen Road, Phoenix Pain Management, on Wallace Street, and Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Source Society, on Front Street, were the three shops targeted. Police said they took action against the dispensaries after receiving â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;severalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; complaints from the public. In one case, the police allege, a 15-year-old girl had purchased marijuana from a storefront. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I have reports of Aaron storefronts sellHinks ing marijuana Reporting to youth and concerned community members approaching me about it, we are compelled to take enforcement action,â&#x20AC;? said Nanaimo RCMP Supt. Mark Fisher in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our approach has always been to address public concerns, consult our contracting partners, stakeholders and allow for our investigations to determine the way forward. That was done in this case.â&#x20AC;? Police did not make clear what, if any, charges would be forthcoming in connection with Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As these investigations will now be before the courts and other investigations are still underway, Nanaimo RCMP will not be commenting further on this issue.â&#x20AC;? On Nov. 12 the RCMP issued letters to dispensaries giving the storefronts seven calendar days to shut down or they would be raided. Police say two dispensaries voluntarily stopped operating after the letter.

A man who was inside the Trees marijuana dispensary on Bowen Road, is escorted in an RCMP cruiser while in handcuffs Tuesday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

The RCMP media release said this was a fair approach, which provided enough time for compliance. Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Source Society manager Rich Schmok was slated to work Tuesday at 4 p.m. He wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t inside the building at the time of the raid and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t arrested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came and saw some cop cars sitting out front. I rushed down only to find that the doors were barricaded off and my friends, staff members and patients are being hauled away,â&#x20AC;? Schmok said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen many patients, mostly staff. My boss and a couple of the cooks, not sure why they were hauled away.â&#x20AC;?

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Schmok then clarified he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t 100 per cent confident he saw patients being arrested. Schmok said the dispensary knew the RCMP threat was looming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it was going to come to fruition, but here we are,â&#x20AC;? Schmok said. Nanaimo RCMP said the search warrants were judicially authorized and police have worked closely with Public Prosecution Service Canada. The RCMP release says enforcement is guided by existing laws and legislation. The release also says there is no legal mechanism in Canada that

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allows medicinal marijuana dispensaries or compassion clubs to sell to the public. Some Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Source Society staff members, including Schmok, were standing in front of the shop filming their friends and coworkers being arrested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just in this club thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a couple thousand patients and 30 workers, why do that?â&#x20AC;? Schmok said. Mike, who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide his last name, said heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a manager of Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Source and has been with the company since it started. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of surprising considering we have a (federal) government thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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BUSINESS NOTES News from the Nanaimo and area business community

Antique lover finds romance in the ruins Robert Barron Reporting

new store specializing in antiques, called Romantic Ruins, opened last week at 250 Prideaux St. Owner Alice Munro said the store carries used vintage furniture, mostly from Vancouver Island, and local art among its offerings. She said she operated a clothing and footwear store in Nanaimo approximately 25 years ago, and fell in love with the vintage props she used for display purposes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when my interest in antiques and vintage furniture began, so I felt it was time to open this store,â&#x20AC;? Munro said.

Going Coastal Henry Traa has taken on the responsibilities as the new general manager of the Coast Bastion Hotel. Traa has almost 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry and began his career working as a bus boy at the Winnipeg Inn. Since then, he has acquired a wealth of operational experience in the industry in a variety of positions, and comes to Nanaimo directly from Winnipeg where he served the past five years as vice president of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBC Convention Centre. Traa said he and his wife decided they wanted to move to Nanaimo after a visit here two years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really love Nanaimo and wanted to make it our home,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My parents live in Victoria so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been visiting the Island for some time.â&#x20AC;?

Traa said the Coast Bastionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minnows restaurant is set re-open on Dec. 28 after the damage from a broken water pipe had led it to closing for repair work.

Piperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tune over Piperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub on Hammond Bay Road has closed its doors. Jim and Ruth Lozon took over operations at the pub last year, but announced this week they are shutting down operations for good. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very grateful for our time here and we wish to thank all of you in Nanaimo that have come out to support us, offer advice, constructive criticism and/or kind words and hugs,â&#x20AC;? the couple said on the pubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.

Students make a pitch Six student and alumni finalists from Vancouver Island University will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges on Dec. 4 as they vie for the top prize in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Business Plan Competition. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dragonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Den-style Pitchfestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will see finalists make presentations on business ideas that range from tech start-ups to online services to gardening and beauty products. Âť We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to letters@ nanaimo dailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

Alice Munro, owner of Romantic Ruins, in front of a piece by Nanaimo artist, Grant Leier. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

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Killing must end as first step to aid Syrian refugees

t a time when Canadians are about to play host to 25,000 Syrian refugees at a cost of $678 million, Ottawa’s promise to give the United Nations some additional funding to help those left behind was never going to be a headline grabber. Even so, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government deserves credit for digging a little deeper and giving the UN High Commissioner for Refugees another $100 million to provide shelter, food, water, health care and schooling for people affected by Syria’s civil war. The announcement this past week by international development minister Marie-Claude Bibeau brings Canada’s contribution to close to $1 billion since the crisis began.

Moreover, Ottawa will match contributions Canadians make to registered charities working in the region, through its Syria Emergency Relief Fund. “I hope more countries will follow Canada’s example,” says Antonio Guterres, the UN’s high commissioner for refugees. There are “enormous needs” still to be met, he said. Canadian hearts were touched by the image of little Alan Kurdi, drowned on a Turkish beach, and rightly so. He became emblematic of a war that has taken 250,000 Syrian lives, injured a million, and driven four million into neighbouring countries. Asylum in Canada will help a few. But by now much of the Middle East

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has become a refugee camp. Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt and Iraq are struggling to cope with the human tide. Turkey alone is spending at the rate of $6 billion a year to accommodate 2 million refugees. Yet despite urgent appeals, the UN and other relief agencies are hard-pressed to meet the need. The $7.4 billion U.S. the UN and agencies needed this year to cope with the emergency has failed to materialize. Less than half has been received, according to the UN’s financial tracking system. That’s a $3.8-billion shortfall, and it is hobbling not only the UN but also agencies such as World Vision, Save the Children, UNICEF and Caritas, among others.

As winter closes in, and temperatures dip into the single digits in eastern Europe, many of the refugees will be cold, hungry and easy prey for disease. Recently the World Food Program was forced to cut back on food vouchers. That and other cuts left mothers giving up meals to feed their kids, refugees begging in the streets and kids being pulled out of school. In desperation, people are fleeing to Europe, fuelling a crisis there. But many more are stuck, facing another winter of privation. Apart from setting a generous example, the federal government has built up enough moral credibility on the Syrian file to call out other nations that could be doing more.

That includes China, Russia, Poland, Australia, France, Mexico, Portugal and Spain. None has risen to the challenge, UN data suggest. As it finds its diplomatic feet the Trudeau government should also lend Canada’s active voice to efforts by the Americans, Europeans and others to broker an end to Syria’s multiple wars. Millions yearn to return home. But first the killing must end. —THE CANADIAN PRESS (TORONTO STAR)

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We need to keep hearts open to those in need When I entered Canada as an immigrant in 1971, I was well-received. Even though I could not speak English, I tried to make ends meet. This was accomplished by taking on various jobs much different to those I was used to in the Netherlands, which were all related to sales positions with heavy equipment. I still remember today that I had contacted social services in Calgary because we needed financial help. It was a humiliating move but there were very few questions asked and our daily needs were provided for. As a family, we remember those days of humanitarian generosity and kindness as the best experience of all time in the worst of circumstances. I wish that all the refugees and homeless people hopefully can have a similar experience. Let us show with all the goodness in our hearts that we can reach out and make a difference to those who are most needy at this time in their lives. Ary Sala Fanny Bay

Food banks play a key role in food security Re: ‘Biting the root of food insecurity, (Daily News, Nov. 25) Graeme Riches draws attention to many significant issues around food insecurity in our communities. Food banks are clearly a symptom of much deeper societal problems. Clearly there is much more that we as a community need to do to ensure people do not need the services of a food bank. After more than 30 years, it is imperative that food banks recognize the status quo is not acceptable. New ideas and innovation must be adopted by our communities in general, and food banks in particular, if we are to truly do what is best for people experiencing food insecurity.

As noted by Riches, food insecurity is not about lack of food, it is about lack of access to food. Loaves and Fishes Food Bank operates a highly successful food recovery program that ensures good food is not thrown out and is instead made available to people. In the last three years this program has diverted over $2.5 million worth of food from the landfill. Further, food recovery has yielded such an abundance of food that in 2014, Loaves and Fishes was able to provide over $240,000 worth of food, free of charge, to over 30 non-profits and schools in the Nanaimo area. Many groups are doing work that helps ensure people will not need a food bank in the future. Addressing poverty will require non-profits to work together in a spirit of cooperation and innovation. It will also require significant changes in government policy and

support for those currently living in poverty. By providing food support to other non-profits and schools, food banks like Loaves and Fishes are doing far more than serving individual clients. Any discussion on food insecurity needs to take this aspect of the work of food banks into consideration. Peter Sinclair Executive Director, Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank Nanaimo

Coquihalla construction was over budget in 1986 Re: ‘Island is hardly at top of the federal priority list’ (Your Letters, Daily News, Nov. 28) Mark MacDonald should never have included the historical data he did as

it always comes back to bite him. Had he set the way-back machine a decade earlier than the Inland Island Highway, he might have reviewed the $300 million (in 1986 dollars) that Bill Bennett’s Coquihalla Highway (right wing territory) was over budget. Is there a government left in Canada with the word conservative in its name? Grant Maxwell Nanaimo Letters must include your hometown and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only. Letters must include your first name (or two initials) and last name. We reserve the right to edit letters for clarity, taste, legality and for length. Unsigned letters and letters of more than 300 words will not be accepted. Email to: yourletters@nanaimodailynews.com

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AROUND THE ISLAND Black Press ◆ COURTENAY

RCMP seize cocaine, meth and heroin The Comox Valley RCMP drug section located and seized quantities of several different types of illegal drugs during a search warrant executed on a Courtenay residence on Nov. 16. The members of the drug section obtained a search warrant for the residence located in the 3400 block of Mounce Road in Courtenay. During the search, approximately 3.5 ounces of cocaine, 1.5 ounces of methamphetamine and approximately 0.75 ounces of heroin were located. Also seized during the search was approximately $5,000 cash and a prohibited weapon. A 26-year-old Courtenay man is currently in custody for possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon. The accused is being held pending his next court appearance. A 25- year-old female has been released on a promise to appear.

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Smoking ban on the way in Island community Ucluelet wants to keep tobacco smokers out of sight and second-hand smoke out of lungs. The district is drafting a new bylaw to restrict where smokers can smoke. Ucluelet’s new Smoking Control Bylaw, if adopted, would ban smoking in public areas like playgrounds, fields, trails and parks and within 8 metres of doorways. The report states smokers found disobeying the bylaw would face fines though it does not specify an amount or who would issue them. “In total, more than three-quarters (76.7 per cent) of the province’s population lives, works, and plays in Municipalities with some restrictions on smoking in public,” according to the report.

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West Shore RCMP are warning businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit currency and take the time to make sure staff members are aware of security features on bills. “We believe more businesses may have fallen victim,” said detachment spokesperson Const. Alex Berube. “There is a strong possibility there are other bills in circulation.” Police seized over $60,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency, along with instruments used to manufacture counterfeit money, after executing a search warrant at a home on Red Alder Court in Langford last week. “This was $60,000 destined for local and regional businesses,” Berube said, adding that at least nine different businesses were hit. “Business owners and retailers aren’t necessarily aware of the security features.” The warrant was the result of a 10-month investigation that began in February. But Berube said police have not finished their investigation. “We expect further charges to be laid,” he said. Deborah Lynne Thomas, 32, faces nine counts of uttering, using or exporting counterfeit money. No charges involving the production of the currency have been laid. Berube said Thomas was not previously known to police. Investigators had no information on whether she could be facing counterfeiting charges in the U.S. But West Shore RCMP has partnered with the U.S. Secret Service to confirm details involving the counterfeiting of American currency.

West Shore RCMP Const. Alex Berube shows off the over $60,000 in Canadian and U.S. currency seized from a house in Langford last week. Police warn more fake currency could still be in circulation. [KATHERINE ENGQVIST]

Of the seized bills, Berube said “some of them can be hard to differentiate . . . Some of them are quite obvious.” A number of the bills were printed on letter size sheets of paper and their colouring was off. He noted the feel and cutting of the paper was also off, and certain security features were missing from a number of the bills. There were some real $5 bills seized, in various stages of having their magnetic strip burned off. Berube said some of the security features were removed from real, smaller bills and applied to fake ones. The seized Canadian currency

ranged from $5 bills to a $1,000 bill, while the U.S. currency was all $20 bills. West Shore RCMP have received in excess of 100 complaints about counterfeit money this year. Last year in Canada there were over 62,000 counterfeit Canadian banknotes passed, of which just under 14,000 were seized. The most popular forgeries were $20 bills. Police urge anyone who believes they may have received fake currency, or has any information regarding the case, to contact them at 250-474-2264 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Teachers and support staff throughout School District 69 have spent valuable time through the first three months of school dealing with shortcomings of B.C.’s new online student information system, school officials said. And now the SD69 Board of Trustees wants some payback. During their regular meeting last week at the board office in Parksville, trustees unanimously approved a motion that would urge the Ministry of Education to seek a “resolution with compensation” from the software’s developer and use that compensation to “address unanticipated costs” to school districts. “These people got $95 million of our taxpayers’ money, and the fact is they handed us a diesel Volkswagen computer program that isn’t doing what it’s supposed to do,” trustee Barry Kurland said during last month’s meeting, when he sought direction to draft the motion. “It raises the question, ‘What are they going to do about it?’” At issue is the MyEducationBC student information software program, contracted by the Ministry of Education from Fujitsu Consulting (Canada). The program, which replaces the BCeSIS software, is being introduced to school districts across the province in a staggered rollout. Immediately upon its implementation in Parksville Qualicum this September, however, MyEducationBC proved all but unusable as teachers, support staff and building administrators reported inability to access the system, dropped or missing information and other snags.

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Residents to be asked thoughts on pot shops Victoria residents are being asked to weigh in on the city’s proposed medical marijuana licensing regulations. City councillors are waiting to hear from the new federal government about potentially legalizing and regulating the drug, but in the meantime they hope to hear from the public. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said she’s curious to see what the public will have to say. “I don’t know what the public sentiment on this topic is so that’s precisely why we’re doing public engagement to take the temperature of the community and respond accordingly, and at the same time, hopefully getting some direction from the federal government about what their plans are in the coming years,” she said. The process will likely include an online survey, an in-depth stakeholder engagement, culminating in an engagement event in February. Much of the feedback received so far has come from stakeholders. Proposed regulations include banning individuals under the age of 19 on the premise, no advertising or promoting the use of marijuana to a minor, no sale of food products other than tinctures, capsules or edible oils, posting of health and safety warnings, no delivery or mailing of products, and implementing air filtration systems. Other proposed regulations include limiting hours of operation from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and requiring at least two employees be on duty and for the premise to have security and fire alarm systems. There are currently 23 known medical marijuana-related businesses operating in Victoria, only four of which possess business licenses.

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Plug pulled on town’s Internet Netflix, Facebook and email vanish for small community on the B.C./Alaska border THE CANADIAN PRESS

In an age when quality of life includes being connected to the Internet, residents of a British Columbia town say they’ve gone back 20 years after service was cut off indefinitely. “It’s the same as going from the car to the horse. We should be going forward, not backward,” said Mayor Galina Durant, of the District of Stewart. “To stay without Internet — it’s like you cut a line of life,” she said Tuesday.

The town of 500 in northwestern B.C. was plunged into the past a day earlier, when a non-profit society that served the community’s Internet needs shut down after two decades. The mayor and council were notified of the impending blackout, but their selected replacement couldn’t meet a deadline and the OneWayOut. net Society withdrew service. Durant said the district worked with Telus and the B.C. government to upgrade to high-speed, but it was too expensive for the non-profit provider to contribute the matching infrastructure.

“It is not our intention to stand in the way of progress,” the society said in a statement posted on its website. “We wish to thank all our customers for your patronage over the last 20-plus years.” Residents in the community that is grappling with the loss of email, Facebook and Netflix say they’re trying to improvise and live life the old-fashioned way — without the World Wide Web. Their public library’s catalogue is down, stores are having difficulty completing Internet-based transactions and a primary entertainment

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source has also vanished from a community with no movie theatre. Durant is taking an online course in local government management but can’t access her curriculum. Winter travellers who rely on the province’s DriveBC website for road conditions can’t go online, either. Mike Ginka, who runs the town’s general store, said people already feel shut in during the winter, so the timing of the Internet shutdown couldn’t be worse. Telus spokeswoman Emily Hamer said the company is working with the district to bring in a new firm.

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Judge rejects arguments in wrongful conviction case CANADIAN PRESS

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School raising funds for woman injured in attack

The Springer Pit as it was seen at the end of July of 2015 at 1,016 metres in height. [MONICA LAMB-YORSKI]

Campbell River high school students are raising money for a woman and her dog who were injured in an attack outside the school. Timberline secondary students and staff, in conjunction with North Island College, scheduled two fundraisers to help pay for vet bills expected to be around $1,000. “We’re trying to raise the full $1,000,” said Timberline Principal Jeremy Morrow last week. “We’re going to do a Dogs for Dog, where we’ll be selling hot dogs at the school next week. We’re also doing a coin drive within the school.” Morrow said both students and staff are taking on the fundraisers as a “compassionate gesture.” He confirmed the woman — who was working on behalf of Timberline and North Island College — and her dog were injured by another dog on Nov. 10. Social media reports have identified the woman as a security guard. Morrow said “my understanding is that she’ll be having an extended stay in the hospital,” because of the injuries she sustained and that any extra money the school raises will be given to the woman for her own bills.

Mount Polley mine approved to discharge treated water MONICA LAMB-YORSKI WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE

Mount Polley Mine’s short-term permit to treat and discharge water from the mine site has been approved by the Ministry of Environment. The permit is needed because it is estimated that, under normal precipitation conditions, water levels in the Springer Pit will reach permitted capacity in April 2016, the ministry said Monday. Treated water will be discharged into Hazeltine Creek and flow approximately seven kilometres to a sediment pond. From the sediment pond, the treated water will enter a pipeline for discharge through diffusers approximately 30 to 40 metres below the surface of Quesnel Lake. Imperial Metals vice-president of

corporate affairs Steve Robertson said the government signed off on the monitoring plan that the company has proposed late Monday. “Now that it is approved we can begin to discharge the water,” Robertson said, noting the company has faith in the permitting process. “We live in an environment where there is a tough regulatory regime, but it works.” With the temporary water discharge permit, the mine will only be able to store tailings in the Springer Pit and cannot use the tailings storage impoundment that breached in August 2014, Robertson added. United Steelworkers Union president Paul French said the union is happy the permit happened sooner than later. “We watched the process as it unfolded and saw it come out with positive results for the discharge of

the water,” French said. “People are worried it’s going to be tailings water going into the lake, but it’s going to be treated water, and it’s basically groundwater.” It was unfortunate the water discharge permit wasn’t approved five or six years ago, French added. Final approval of the permit was made by a statutory decision maker from the MOE after a 30-day public consultation and comment period and a comprehensive technical review. Cariboo Regional District chairman Al Richmond said it was a good day. “We are pleased and relieved the mine can get on with the next steps of what needs to be done,” Richmond said. “We were worried because the water level in the Springer Pit was getting high, but the mine will have to manage that as it sees fit.”

There are to be no more arguments about guilt or innocence in what is supposed to be a trial over compensation for a wrongfully convicted British Columbia man, says a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Justice Christopher Hinkson threw out an attempt by Vancouver Rape Relief to argue that a man who spent 27 years behind bars before his acquittal in 2010 is actually guilty of sexual assault. The support group had applied for legal standing to appoint a lawyer who could question Ivan Henry’s “factual innocence” during his lawsuit against the provincial government. “Mr. Henry’s guilt has been determined ... by the criminal-law process that culminated in the decision reached by the B.C. Court of Appeal, which acquitted him of all of the charges,” said Hinkson, reading from his decision in court on Tuesday. “The only remaining defendant cannot re-litigate those claims,” he added, referring to the province. The federal government and the City of Vancouver were also named in the compensation lawsuit, but they have since reached undisclosed settlement agreements with Henry. Henry was convicted in 1983 of 10 counts of sexual assault involving eight women. He was later declared a dangerous offender. Had Hinkson approved Vancouver Rape Relief’s application, the women’s group would have been able to appoint a lawyer to intervene in the lawsuit. That would have paved the way for testimony from women who still claim they were sexually assaulted by Henry.

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Firefighters rescue horse ABBOTSFORD NEWS

Firefighters rescued a horse that fell into a ditch on Saturday afternoon on Lefeuvre Road in the Glen Valley area of north Abbotsford. The horse was apparently spooked

during a group ride and backed into the ditch, which was partially filled with water. Career and volunteer firefighters were assisted by riders from the group, and passersby were able to coax the horse, named Fraser, as he

was pulled from the ditch. The horse appeared to be OK, but a veterinarian was called to the scene to ensure that Fraser had not been injured. Fraser’s rider also appeared to be OK, and assisted at the scene.

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Firefighters and passersby helped rescue a horse that had fallen into a ditch in the Abbotsford area on Saturday afternoon. [JOHN MORROW]

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A British Columbia Securities Commission panel has fined and permanently banned Rodney James Wharram from the province’s capital markets for fraud. [PROVINCE]

Securities commission orders man to pay more than $1 million in fines PAUL J. HENDERSON CHILLIWACK TIMES

The man accused of bilking investors in The Falls Resort in Chilliwack out of millions of dollar has been fined more than $1 million and permanently banned from the province’s capital markets by the British Columbia Securities Commission. The BCSC panel found Rodney James Wharram, West Karma Ltd. and the Falls Capital Corp. committed fraud when they took $139,000 from Falls Capital, deposited it with West Karma, and then used it for Wharram’s personal expenses. Wharram also took $130,000 from Deercrest Construction Fund Inc., deposited it with West Karma and then used it for his personal expenses. And both Wharram and Deercrest were found to have committed fraud when they took $265,000 directly from Deercrest’s bank accounts and used it for Wharram’s personal expenses. During his hearing in early 2014, the BSCS said Wharram used investors’ funds to buy a $24,000 diamond ring for his wife and lend her $240,000 to invest in a grocery store and to purchase a home. On Tuesday, Wharram, who still lives in Chilliwack,said he paid back that money and that the BSCS got it wrong. He points to the fact that he was originally accused of taking more than $5 million and was found to have taken $517,000. Further, Wharram admits to making

foolish accounting moves, but he insists the final amount that he still can’t account $112,000. All the above money the BCSC found him to have taken was originally raised to develop The Falls in Chilliwack. “In this case, the investor losses were significant,” the BSCS panel wrote in its decision. “Wharram’s fraudulent misconduct was significant and repeatedly deceitful. As a consequence, it is necessary, for deterrence purposes, to order a significant administrative fine. Other market participants must know that significant financial sanctions will follow this type of misconduct.” The panel ordered Wharram pay $517,500 to the commission, the amount he fraudulently took from investors, and pay a $500,000 administrative penalty. Wharram was also ordered to resign any position he holds in any “issuer or registrant,” and similarly permanently prohibited from becoming a director or officer of any issuer or registrant. The panel also ordered that the Falls, Deercrest, and West Karma be permanently cease-traded. One of Wharram’s victims, Arnold Earl, a High River, Alta., pensioner, said in 2014 that he knew there was no guarantee that he would recoup his money, but he didn’t imagine the money he invested wouldn’t help develop The Falls. “He definitely had the gift of the gab,” Earl said. “I went in with my eyes wide open knowing something could happen.”

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When renting becomes a nightmare Landlord ends up moving out of his own house after basement suite rental brings in the tenants from hell the landlord also did not understand their rights under the Rental Tenancy Act and how to exercise them, specific to the seeking of an order of possession (eviction).” Some have suggested the creation of a bad tenant registry in B.C. “I think it’s a heck of a good idea,” Mark Gore said. Such a list, however, would heap prejudice on certain low income renters, and it would also compromise privacy and confidentiality, according to Rich Coleman, B.C.’s minister responsible for housing. Even Landlord BC doesn’t support it. “It is our view that such a directory would breach individual privacy and could be subject to potential abuse,” Hutniak said.

PAUL J. HENDERSON CHILLIWACK TIMES

Rob Hind spent the summer and early fall living in his van parked behind his small Vedder Road business. As the cooler, wetter weather arrives, he’s happy to finally get a roof over his head for the winter. Hind isn’t homeless. He isn’t even one of those looking to find a decent place to rent in Chilliwack. No, Hind is a homeowner, run out of his own downtown house by terrible tenants in what had turned out to be a renting disaster. “This has been a huge nightmare,” he says. “Some days I am not myself.”

t all started when Hind’s wife and daughter died tragically. He decided to renovate his home, move into the basement and rent out the main floor. The problem, which he concedes is partly of his own making, began when he rented to a woman without doing much research. “I am partly to blame,” he says. A simple search on the public Ministry of Justice Court Services Online website would have told Hind that the 60-year-old woman who gave him $500 and signed a residential tenancy agreement has been before the court on drug trafficking and weapons charges. Soon into the tenancy, the 40-something daughter of the original tenant moved in and that’s when the real “nightmare” began. Drug dealing, visitors at all hours and then the vicious dogs. And, of course, the critical fact that no one was paying Hind any rent. “The girl staying there now, she just got released from jail,” Hind said in early October. “She hasn’t ever paid me one penny.” In June, when the living conditions became too much to handle, he moved into his van. Luckily he has a shower at his small business, but his bureaucratic battle to evict tenants that seem to know how to work the system has proved painful. He thought he caught a break when the daughter was arrested and put in jail. He gave a 24-hour inspection notice but nobody would let him in, and he was too scared of the dogs to use his key and enter. Hind has frequently called the police but says he gets little or no help from them. And therein lies the Catch-22: Police tell him it’s a civil matter and he needs to deal with the Residential Tenancy Branch. “But since [the original tenant] moved out, the Residential Tenancy Branch says they are strangers in your house. It should be a police matter.” By late October, the daughter was no longer in the house, he heard because she wasn’t allowed to live at that address as part of her bail conditions. Both she and the original tenant, her mother, along with two others still face drug trafficking char-

Rob Hind and the van he lived in from June to November after being run out of his downtown home by bad tenants. [PAUL J. HENDERSON]

“You can do rental checks until you are blue in the face but you are still taking a chance.” Mark Gore, landlord

ges in B.C. Supreme Court. But then the 20-something grandson of the original tenant moved in and he, too, refused to leave despite the fact that Hind had shut off the power and the water. So does he not have squatters in his house? “The police say otherwise,” he says. “Then the RTB says you have to have the paperwork filled out perfectly. I don’t even know the guy’s name to do the paperwork. It’s just impossible.”

andlords all have stories Hind’s case may be extreme or unusual, but many landlords who have been in the business for any length of time have one or more terrible tenant tales to tell. Chilliwack developers the Gore brothers have been in the rental game for many years. They frequently buy houses, renovate them and then rent them out from low-rent fixer-uppers to high-end homes. “We have stories about drugs, grow-ops, theft, prostitution, fights, murder and even a little bit of hoarding,” Tony Gore says. Mark Gore says the lower income units actually give might give a better return on your money but they can be more work. And while he says 95 per cent of tenants he’s dealt with

are great, there can be trouble. In one case they helped move a woman out of a unit who had maced someone living with her because she thought he was a pedophile. They helped her out, thought she was happy, but the next day she hung herself from a tree on the front lawn. Then there is the case of the woman they rented to whose boyfriend moved in after getting out of jail. Various troubling incidents around the complex ensued, he was evicted and on the way out trashed the place. He was later convicted of manslaughter. They’ve also been threatened by tenants they have evicted but say nothing has ever come of the threats. Part of that might come from the Gores’ seeming infinite patience for even the worst of the worst renters. “One thing that we always do is try to de-escalate and reconcile,” Mark said. “We always try to be buddies with them no matter how bad they are.” There was the case of one career criminal living in one of their units. The Gores had a bunch of carpet and paint stolen and they knew it was this guy. They called the police on him a number of times because of the bad behaviour but they always stayed friendly. Finally he agreed to get out of their unit and they even helped him move. When they got to his new place, the bad tenant’s friend bragged to the Gores how they got a good deal on rent because they carpeted and painted the new unit. Sure enough, it was the Gores’ carpet and paint that was used. “I just said OK, we are gone,” Mark said, adding that sometimes a land-

lord just has to cut his or her losses. And while Hind’s situation has been maddening to be sure, he hasn’t always made the right decision along the way. The case did finally go to the Rental Tenancy Branch for a telephone dispute resolution but he said he was given the wrong phone number and he missed the hearing. Then there was Oct. 29 when, in a fit of frustration he went over to the house with a big wrench. He yelled at the young man to get out of his house and then he even started to “smash things.” The police were called and Hind said he told the officer “one of us is going to jail.”

e was right, but the one was him and he spent a night in custody. No charges were laid. Still, with no rent paid and tenants who refuse to leave the premises, afraid of vicious dogs enough not to go into his own home, and no support from the police or the RTB, Hind is left at his wit’s end. “I just want in my place before I lose my mind,” he said on Nov. 4. Landlord BC is a provincial member-based agency that helps landlords negotiate the world of tenancy. They have a checklist of things to do to avoid problems, including checking references of potential tenants, providing written agreements and conducting inspections at move-in, move-out and occasionally during the tenancy, particularly at the start to spot issues early. Given just a few details of Hind’s situation, Landlord BC CEO David Hutniak said “if the landlord failed to conduct proper screening at the outset as you speculated, it is likely

eyond a bad tenant registry, diligent landlords can look people up on social media, search for instances of charges and convictions in the provincial criminal justice system, and even search and purchase documents through the civil court registry to find if someone has been through a court-ordered eviction in the past. The problem as the Gores have learned over the years is that no matter how much due diligence a landlord does, not all bad tenants can be prevented. Rent to a decent enough woman and sometimes the criminal boyfriend moves in. “Overall most of my tenants are good,” Mark says. “And I know people say ‘don’t you do rental checks?’ You can do rental checks until you are blue in the face but you are still taking a chance.” Social media is the new tool they find useful given just what people will post online. “We had one recently, someone was coming from Alberta and looked really good but we found out he is involved with white supremacy,” Mark said. His advice to would-be landlords, and to Hind? Patience is critical. “I’ve been doing this for years and I’ve never had to get the bailiff. Everybody is human. Most people understand if they have to go, they have to go. Sometimes you get the real bad ones and someone’s got to rent to these bad tenants. If everyone does criminal record checks then you are going to have a whole whack of homeless people.” ***** Finally it ends With money getting increasingly tight, Hind didn’t want to do it but he finally hired a bailiff to visit the squatters in his home. While it is unclear exactly what was said at this meeting on Nov. 4, the young man finally agreed to be out of the house by 4 p.m. on Nov. 6 and this happened. “What an ordeal that was,” Hind said the next day. It’s over, but not before thousands of dollars in lost rent, expenses paid, lots of damage and mess inside the house and hours of mental anguish.

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A Kamloops man who made a Facebook confession to an undercover officer about firing 11 bullets at a romantic rival has been handed a sentence of more than four years. Jarrel Dick, 30, admitted that one of the bullets struck Dallas France in the buttocks, B.C. Supreme Court heard. Dick pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and break and enter. Court heard he became the subject of an RCMP undercover operation in December 2013 when police were investigating a series of break-ins in which guns were stolen. When a tipster alerted investigators to Dick’s Facebook page and said he was trafficking stolen firearms, an officer added Dick as a friend on the site and asked about buying weapons. Crown lawyer Monica Fras said that on April 7, 2014, Dick sent the officer a message telling him to read a news story about a shooting at an apartment that day and admitted he was the shooter. ‘“I shot him in the right ass cheek,’” she quoted Dick as saying, adding that “he was going to finish the job, but thought this would start a war, so he left the guy lying there, but that he should have finished it.” Police found 11 bullet holes in the glass of an apartment building’s front entrance after the shooting at about 3 a.m. Blood on an apartment door led officers to France, who was treated for minor injuries. Three weeks later, Dick told the undercover officer that he opened fire on the man as he was punching a code into the building’s entrance system. “He was trying to punch those buttons and bullets were flying off those keys,” Dick said. “I lit him up.” Dick also admitted that he had broken into an RCMP officer’s home and stole “all his gear, including handcuffs and a radio.”

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have been “underestimated, brushed off and not answered” by Metro Vancouver and the B.C. environment ministry. After a two-year process, the province has unveiled a draft new operational certificate for the existing WTE plant and it’s gone through a final 30-day public comment period.

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Weak spots in economy despite boost in GDP ANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Canada climbed out of the recession that knocked the economy into reverse over the first half of 2015 — but the rebound quickly showed signs of lost momentum. Statistics Canada said Tuesday the country’s real gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 2.3 per cent during the three-month period that ended in September. The GDP received boosts from improved performances in exports and household consumption, the federal agency said. But the economy also contracted by 0.5 per cent at a non-annualized rate

“The third quarter came in like a lion but went out like a lamb.” Avery Shenfeld, CIBC chief economist

in September — a decrease largely linked to the country’s hobbled manufacturing and natural resources sectors. That September reading followed GDP growth at a non-annualized pace of 0.3 per cent in July and 0.1 per cent in August. “The third quarter came in like a lion but went out like a lamb,” CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld

wrote Tuesday in a research note to clients. Earlier this year, the economy fell into the technical definition of a recession after it recoiled for two straight quarters. It decreased by a revised annual pace of 0.7 per cent over the first three months of 2015 and again by 0.3 per cent in the second quarter. The September slide, however, means the October GDP reading suddenly became significant in determining how much the weak handoff could affect the fourth quarter. “October will be pivotal,” said Desjardins senior economist Jimmy Jean. “If we see another contraction, that

would almost certainly put the whole quarter into negatives. That would spell a double dip in terms of GDP growth returning to contraction.” Jean added that a below-zero reading for the fourth quarter could force the Bank of Canada to lower its trend-setting interest rate in the new year. The September GDP number was dragged down by the weight of declines in sectors such as manufacturing, mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction, Statistics Canada said. Oil and gas alone fell 5.5 per cent that month, while manufacturing dropped by 0.6 per cent after three straight months of increases. The overall third-quarter reading

SYRIA CRISIS

Taking refugees a ‘defining moment,’ says Gov. Gen. David Johnston says he hopes Canadians will extend a ‘warm welcome’ to arrivals

came in close to expectations. Economists had expected growth of 2.4 per cent for the third quarter, according to Thomson Reuters. Statistics Canada said the economy registered 2.7 per cent growth in the exports of goods, led by increases in motor vehicles and parts as well as consumer goods and crude-oil bitumen. Household spending, meanwhile, grew by 0.4 per cent in the third quarter, the agency said. The economy’s struggles — led by the deep, negative impact of stubbornly low oil and commodity prices — have forced experts to repeatedly downgrade their growth forecasts for Canada.

First flights carrying Syrians to arrive on Dec. 10

TERRY PEDWELL THE CANADIAN PRESS JORDAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The federal government signalled Tuesday that Canada could welcome as many as 50,000 refugees by the end of 2016 as Gov. Gen. David Johnston urged Canadians to embrace those fleeing Syria. Calling Canada’s response to the crisis a “defining moment” for the country, Johnston hosted a forum that brought federal, provincial and municipal political leaders together with heads of business organizations and aid groups trying to better co-ordinating efforts to deal with the impending influx of 25,000 refugees by the end of February. “This is a defining moment for Canada, a defining moment for all of us,” Johnston told the gathering. “And it’s even more than that. It’s an opportunity . . . to re-imagine how we take care of the most marginalized and vulnerable among us.” Immigration Minister John McCallum told a morning panel at the forum that he’s concerned the current level of enthusiasm among Canadians for bringing in refugees will be lost if governments and aid organizations don’t properly communicate. “There’s nothing that will turn the momentum off more than if people want to help, and they get no answer at the other end of the phone or they don’t know who to phone,” said McCallum. “There is a momentum today. Whether there will be two weeks from today is something we can’t take for granted, and we have to work on.”

A member of the Canadian armed forces on Tuesday outside of the barracks that are being made ready to possibly house Syrian refugees at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ont. The base has room for 950 people. [ THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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McCallum also said he’s concerned about a “backlash” against refugees if there’s a perception that they are queue jumping ahead of low-income Canadians who’ve waited months

or even years for subsidized social housing — something other levels of government have said they need to ensure doesn’t happen. The minister was also given a better idea later Tuesday of the number of refugees the provinces and territories are prepared to take in through Dec. 31, 2016, saying the numbers could be much higher than expected. “The number of refugees is likely to be in the order of 35,000 to 50,000,” McCallum said after a face-to-face meeting with several of his provincial counterparts. “That’s not yet in the official plan, but based on the discussions we’ve been having, it’s likely to be in that order.”

Johnston said he hopes Canadians will extend a “warm welcome” to the many Syrian refugees who will be arriving by the end of February, calling the crisis both a challenge and an opportunity. If done right, the response to the Syrian refugee crisis could be used as a model for how to deal with future humanitarian situations, said Halifax Mayor Mike Savage, who also took part in the day’s first panel. “We need to take advantage of this opportunity, not only to take care of this crisis, but to make sure that, on an ongoing basis, that Canada is ready to react to the many crises that are happening . . . across the world,” said Savage.

OTTAWA — The first planes carrying Syrian refugees from camps overseas are expected to arrive at two of Canada’s busiest airports late next week. A federal solicitation document posted Monday names Dec. 10 as the date when the first flights are planned to carry refugees from camps in Jordan and Turkey to Canadian soil. The document says those flights could continue until the end of March. The federal government plans on bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of February, with 10,000 of them arriving by the end of this month. The first group will be made up largely of privately sponsored refugees, many of whose files have been in the works for months as churches and other community groups moved to assist some of the most vulnerable people fleeing the Syrian civil war. The plan is bring those refugees into Canada on commercial flights, with military airplanes available every 48 hours if necessary in case commercial jets aren’t available. Approximately 15,000 of the 25,000 Syrian refugees who will arrive in Canada in the coming weeks are being resettled by the federal government. They will go to dozens of municipalities across the country. The federal government estimates it will cost $678 million over the next six years to bring the refugees to Canada and help them settle.

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ LETHBRIDGE, ALTA.

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Man charged in fraud amounting to $1.2M Police say a British Columbia man working as a mortgage associate in southern Alberta has been charged in a $1.2 million fraud. Lethbridge police say they received a report in November 2014 of fraud involving several investors. Members of the economic crimes unit allege that between September 2009 and March 2014, a man used his position to approach numerous acquaintances to solicit funds. Police say the man alleged the funds would be used as “bridge financing” for his real estate clients. Bryan Wilfred Clemens, 48, of Oliver, is charged with fraud over $5,000 and laundering the proceeds of crime. Clemens was to appear on Tuesday in Lethbridge provincial court.

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Dennis Oland tells jury he didn’t kill his father

Team changes offensive name, destroys jerseys

Manitoba Finance Minister Greg Dewar is promising a small business tax cut, but won’t rule out increasing other taxes as the government tries to end a string of deficits. Dewar says the government has “no intention” of raising the provincial sales tax again. The Opposition Progressive Conservatives accuse Dewar of having secret plans to increase other taxes to pay for millions of dollars in promises the government made in last month’s throne speech — everything from new infrastructure projects to thousands of new child-care spaces. “While the premier and his colleagues are promising all these gifts, the bill is going to come later and it’s not going to go to them,” Tory Leader Brian Pallister said.

Dennis Oland told a jury he did not kill his father as he testified Tuesday in his own defence at his murder trial in Saint John, N.B. When defence lawyer Gary Miller asked Oland if he killed his father, Oland replied, “No. No I did not.” The 47-year-old has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his father Richard Oland, a well-known businessman whose family founded Moosehead Breweries, the oldest independently owned brewery in Canada. The 69-year-old businessman was found face down in a pool of blood in his office in Saint John, N.B., on July 7, 2011. Police identified Dennis Oland as a suspect during an interview with him the day after the murder.

An Ontario university hockey team has changed its name and destroyed their jerseys after a student complained about the team’s name. The co-ed team of law students at Western University was called Dixon Cider — a name that the dean of the university’s faculty of law says isn’t immediately clear that it’s offensive until it is spoken aloud. Iain Scott says his staff dealt with the issue after learning about the name on Nov. 19. The team has since changed its name to the Crash Test Domi’s. Scott says he met with the members of the team shortly thereafter — and they profusely apologized. He said his assistant dean met with student leaders this week to discuss a way forward.

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The case of three men accused of 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death in connection with the Lac-Megantic derailment has been delayed until April 4, a Crown official said Tuesday. A trial date for train driver Tom Harding, railway traffic controller Richard Labrie and Jean Demaitre, the manager of train operations, could be set that day, Jean-Pascal Boucher said. The three have all pleaded not guilty and opted for a jury trial. The Crown had previously suggested possibly changing venues over concerns about finding enough bilingual jurors. But Boucher said the Crown told the court Tuesday it has no intention of moving the trial away from the small town.

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CLIMATE CONFERENCE

Nations hit by global warming press Western leaders for help Debate in France focuses on how much aid rich countries should give to poor ones SYLVIE CORBET AND ANGELA CHARLTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LE BOURGET, France — From deserts encroaching on African farmland to rising sea levels shrinking islands of the South Pacific, leaders of poor nations most affected by climate change shared their stories of global warming with leaders of some of the richest on Tuesday. The encounters highlighted one of the biggest debates in the effort to reach an international accord to fight global warming: how much aid rich countries should give poor ones to help them adapt to climate change and reduce their emissions. French President Francois Hollande heard from 12 African leaders who described the Sahara Desert encroaching on farmland, forests disappearing from Congo to Madagascar and rising sea levels swallowing homes in West African river deltas. “When a young student is forced to go study under a street lamp at night, it clearly demonstrates the electricity issue,” Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said. Hollande said France would invest billions of euros in the coming years for renewable energy in Africa and to increase Africans’ access to electricity: “The world, and in particular the developed world, owes the

Economy in Brazil shrinks, crisis feared THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RIO DE JANEIRO — Latin America’s largest economy has shrunk even more than expected, increasing fears about the well-being of a nation hammered by falling commodity prices and a massive corruption scandal. Gross domestic product fell by 4.5 per cent in the third quarter compared with the same time frame last year, the country’s statistics bureau reported on Tuesday. The cumulative drop of 3.2 per cent for the year so far is the worst since 1996, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics as the worst since 1996. A global plunge in commodity prices continues to hurt Brazil, with the agriculture sector generating 2.4 per cent less income than in the previous three months. President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday pressed leaders of the House and the Senate to push through unpopular austerity measures to bring some relief to the nation. Congress is slated to meet late Tuesday to discuss the bill.

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ MILAN, ITALY

Arrests in threats against pope and U.S. diplomat Police in Italy and Kosovo detained four Kosovars with Islamic State contacts Tuesday for making threats against the pope and a U.S. diplomat. Authorities said the men were armed and prepared to act. Kosovo police arrested an ethnic Albanian south of the capital, Pristina, who authorities say was the group’s leader, seizing a pistol and a rifle as well as electronic equipment. Three other men were detained in Italy as police conducted searches in four cities; one was being held while two were being expelled under anti-terrorism measures. Authorities said the suspects had posted on their Facebook pages images of themselves with weapons and “in circumstances characteristic of Islamic State fighters.” Police said the men’s posts also included threats against the pope and a former U.S. ambassador to Kosovo, as well as celebrating the Paris attacks.

◆ ANN ARBOR, MICH The leader from the village of Sapara people of Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest, Gloria Hilda Ushiqua-Santi, right, speaks while Tom B.K Goldtooth, executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, from Bemidji, Minn., listens during a conference on forests at the United Nations Climate Change Conference on Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

African continent an environmental debt.” Later Tuesday, President Barack Obama was meeting in Paris with envoys from island nations hit hard by rising seas and increasingly violent storms, which scientists attribute to climate change prompted by

man-made carbon emissions. The climate conference began Monday with an unprecedented gathering of world leaders outside Paris. Presidents, prime ministers and princes urged the delegates to build a better planet for future generations, hoping to avoid a repeat of the embarrassing

collapse of a similar effort in Copenhagen in 2009 to reach a global climate accord. Developing countries say they need financial support and technology to relocate threatened populations and make their own transition to cleaner energy.

FISCAL REPORT

Watchdog says federal deficits will likely be higher than predicted ANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Canada’s budget watchdog is casting doubt on the Liberal government’s forecasts for the federal books, warning that medium-term deficits will likely be billions of dollars higher than expected. The government is on track to deliver annual shortfalls that could turn out to be $10.8 billion higher than the projections in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s recent fiscal update, the parliamentary budget office said Tuesday. Over the near term, however, the budget office predicted the public books would be in better shape than the government anticipates. In fact, the budget office says Ottawa is currently headed for a $1.2-billion surplus this fiscal year — a $4.2-billion swing from the Liberals’ $3-billion shortfall projection for 2015-16. The report underlined the biggest reasons for the contrasts between the two 2015-16 calculations as “other revenues” and “direct pro-

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gram expenses,” which, combined, accounted for $3.9 billion of the difference. It noted the government had yet to release the detailed data for those categories. “For this reason, PBO cannot assess whether the government’s outlook for the 2015-16 budgetary balance is pessimistic,” said the report by parliamentary budget officer Jean-Denis Frechette. In April, the previous Conservative government projected a $2.4-billion surplus for 2015-16 — including the $1 billion set aside for contingencies.

Some observers have said it could be in the Liberal government’s interest to lower expectations and blame their Tory predecessors as a way to deflect future fiscal criticism. Frechette’s report also included a 2016-17 deficit estimate that’s $900 million smaller than Ottawa’s forecast. But for the fiscal years between 2017-18 and 2020-21, the budget office warned the federal books are on a trajectory to produce annual shortfalls of $2.3 billion, $3.6 billion, $6.3 billion and $10.8 billion higher than the Liberals’ predictions. Frechette pointed to Ottawa’s “more optimistic outlook” for revenues it expects to rake in from personal and corporate income taxes as well as the GST. “The government’s status-quo outlook for the economy and federal budget over the medium term is optimistic,” the report said. “Based on forecast comparisons and forecast revisions, PBO believes that there is downside risk to the government’s medium-term outlook.”

Canadian with turtles in pants could face prison A Canadian man caught at a border crossing with 51 turtles tapped to his body pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling or attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 of the reptiles out of southeastern Michigan. Kai Xu, 27, would order turtles online and travel to the U.S. to pick them up and then ship them to China or return with them to Ontario, Canada. He pleaded guilty to six crimes in federal court in Ann Arbor and faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. In summer 2014, weeks before his arrest, Xu was under surveillance in Detroit. After picking up a box at a United Parcel Service site, he hid behind trucks and emerged with “irregularly shaped bulges” under his sweat pants, wildlife agent Ken Adams said.

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Whales beach on coast in massive stranding The coast of southern Chile has become a grave for 337 sei whales that were found beached in what scientists say is one of the biggest whale strandings ever recorded. Biologist Vreni Haussermann told The Associated Press Tuesday that she made the discovery along with other scientists in June during an observation flight over fjords in Chile’s southern Patagonia region. The team has been collecting samples since then. She declined to disclose the conclusions, which will be published by a scientific journal later this year. The cause of death of the whales is unknown, although human intervention has been ruled out. The scientific expedition counted 305 bodies and 32 skeletons of whales through aerial and satellite photography in an area between the Gulf of Penas and Puerto Natales.

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U.S. to send new special operations force into Iraq to fight Islamic State DEB RIECHMANN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military will deploy a new special operations force to Iraq to step up the fight against Islamic State militants who are unleashing violence and are determined to hold territory they have seized in Iraq and Syria, Defence Secretary Ash Carter told Congress on Tuesday. The introduction of the assault force puts U.S. combat troops on the ground in a more permanent role in Iraq and Syria for the first time in the year-plus fight against IS. It comes as Republicans have called for more U.S. boots on the ground, while war-weary Americans stand divided about the prospect of greater military involvement. Carter, who testified alongside Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced skeptical lawmakers who argued that the U.S. needs to be more forceful in countering the threat from IS, credited with attacks in Paris and Beirut and the downing of a Russian airliner. Carter told the House Armed Services Committee that over time, the special operations force will be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture IS leaders. Carter said that will improve intelligence and generate more targets for attacks.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, centre, with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

There are about 3,300 U.S. troops in Iraq, and President Barack Obama had previously announced he was sending fewer than 50 special operations forces to Syria. Carter said the number in the new expeditionary force will be “larger” than 50. He said it will be a “standing” force, meaning it will be stationed in Iraq. He said it would focus on helping Iraq defend its borders and build its security forces, but also would be in position to conduct unilateral operations into Syria.

“This is an important capability because it takes advantage of what we’re good at,” Carter said. “We’re good at intelligence, we’re good at mobility, we’re good at surprise. We have the long reach that no one else has. And it puts everybody on notice in Syria. You don’t know at night who’s going to be coming in the window. And that’s the sensation that we want all of ISIL’s leadership and followers to have.” According to a U.S. official, the force could total up to a couple hun-

dred troops, including the assault teams, aviation units and other support units. It would likely be based in Irbil. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the individual was not authorized to publicly discuss military planning. Obama has set the maximum number of U.S. troops at 3,550, but it was not clear whether the president will increase that number to accommodate the force, or whether the teams would have to be built within the current limit. Polling after the attacks in Paris and Beirut found Americans divided over sending U.S. ground troops to fight IS. A Gallup survey said 47 per cent of Americans favoured sending more ground troops to Iraq and Syria and 46 per cent were opposed. Republican Sen. John McCain called the move a “belated step forward” in the fight against IS. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy warned that “the slow buildup of U.S. combat soldiers inside Syria and Iraq risks repeating the mistake of the Iraq War — believing that extremism can be defeated by U.S. troops absent local political and military capacity.” Carter said the force might be American-only, but more likely would be mixed with Kurdish troops or others who are fighting the militants. He said the new force would conduct operations similar to two conducted earlier this year.

RCMP shoot man wanted in homicides JOHN COTTER THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — RCMP shot a suspect wanted in a triple homicide west of Edmonton while trying to arrest him at a location close to where the bodies were found on the weekend. Supt. Gary Steinke said Mickell Clayton Bailey, 19, of Edson, was transported to hospital with serious injuries. “Efforts to arrest the armed suspect peacefully were not successful today and he was shot by police,” Steinke told a news conference Tuesday in Edmonton. “This is a crime that has shocked local citizens, police and all Albertans. The murder of three innocent victims in their own home is unsettling for even the most seasoned police investigator.” Mounties found the bodies of Roxanne Berube, 36, another female and Daniel Miller on Sunday in the home they shared near Edson, just over 200 kilometres west of Edmonton. Autopsies have not yet been completed, but a police spokesman has said the victims suffered “obvious trauma.” Police have not released the name of the second female, but friends and family on Facebook identified her as Berube’s teenage daughter. Steinke said they have yet to positively identify the girl. Bailey has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. Steinke said Bailey was known to at least one of the people who was killed.

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CALGARY — A former Progressive Conservative official says the party bent over backwards to make former journalist Arthur Kent happy in the 2008 Alberta provincial election campaign. Former party vice-president Bill Smith testified Tuesday at a trial over a defamation lawsuit filed by Kent against Postmedia, the National Post and Don Martin for a column written during the campaign. Kent, who became known as the Scud Stud for his live reports on NBC during the Gulf War, took exception to the article, which called him a “dud” on the campaign trial and portrayed him as an ego-driven, out-of-control candidate. Smith said a number of problems with the candidate began to emerge after then-premier Ed Stelmach cancelled an appearance at a fundraising breakfast in Kent’s riding early in the campaign.

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He said the fundraiser had been scheduled before the election was called and Stelmach had to cancel to maintain his campaign schedule Smith said he was surprised Kent rejected the two senior cabinet ministers that offered to speak in the premier’s place. “The idea is we’re all part of a team and managed to get two key cabinet ministers to the breakfast,” Smith said. Smith said Kent was also publicly critical of the PC party, some of its policies and Stelmach’s leadership.

“I think that would go to my general impression that he’s obviously got some issues we haven’t been able to address . . . You start to think then maybe he’s not a team player,” said Smith. “I don’t recall in my time anything really, of this magnitude, where it seems like this candidate was vocally against the campaign and against the government.” The party decided it would be a good idea to have Kent and Stelmach sit down together and “clear the air,” but Smith testified he received a voice mail saying Kent wasn’t available because he was “fundraising and/or campaigning.” “I was quite surprised we had taken the time to set this up and the candidate wouldn’t want to take advantage of voicing his opinions directly to the leader. “Wow. What else can we do? I was at a loss.” Smith said a number of articles came out about Kent, including the Martin article, that weren’t “very flattering.”

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The newly elected mayor of Alaska’s capital city had suffered injuries when was found dead, but police are awaiting autopsy results to announce a possible cause of death, officials said Tuesday. The adult son of Stephen “Greg” Fisk, 70, found the mayor’s body Monday afternoon and alerted police. Juneau Police Department spokeswoman Erann Kalwara said Tuesday the cause of death remains unknown. “It’s not clear what the cause of those injuries are,” she said. She could not comment on the nature of the injuries, she said. Fisk lived alone. There was no sign of forced entry into Fisk’s home above Juneau’s downtown. “We haven’t ruled anything out yet,” she said. Police are hoping the state medical examiner in Anchorage will complete the autopsy in a couple of days, she said. Investigators on Monday didn’t speculate on a possible cause of Fisk’s death but did not immediately rule out foul play. An attack was “one of the possibilities out there, but there’s others that could have happened,” Police Chief Bryce Johnson told the Juneau Empire newspaper. “There could’ve been a fall. There’s lots of things that would cause it.” Fisk’s son, Ian, in an email statement said his family is grieving privately. “We sincerely appreciate the support of the community and we recognize that, as would be the case with any public figure, his death brings a lot of attention,” Fisk said. “At this time we have no reason to speculate as to the cause of his death and are awaiting the results of his autopsy. Meanwhile I will not be responding to any further media requests of any kind, and ask for your understanding.” Greg Fisk, a fisheries consultant, handily defeated incumbent Merrill Sanford in the Oct. 6 election to become mayor. Bob King, a veteran of Alaska politics who worked as press secretary to former Gov. Tony Knowles and as a fisheries aide to former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, was Fisk’s next-door neighbour, friend and campaign manager. “He wanted to focus on strengthening Juneau’s role as Alaska’s capital city,” King told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Fisk wanted to encourage development of Juneau’s waterfront and pledged to push the federal government to restore jobs that had been moved to Seattle from Juneau, King said.

Canadian ambassador in Iraq says there is room to expand efforts to help the group STEPHANIE LEVITZ THE CANADIAN PRESS

AMMAN, Jordan — There is room for the federal government to expand its efforts to help train Kurdish forces battling the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Canada’s ambassador to Iraq says. While the Kurds want the ongoing special forces training to continue, they are asking for help in other areas, Bruno Saccomani said Tuesday in an interview with The Canadian Press from his home base in Jordan. “Something that I’m very proud that they are asking for is police and firefighter training, which is something Canada can do,” Saccomani said. Whether that’s what Canada will do is up to the government to decide, he hastened to add. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last month that Canada will increase the number of ground troops it has in Iraq in order to help train local forces, but hasn’t said what specific role those troops will play. “I’ve committed repeatedly to my allies that we were going to do more on the training front and that means obviously more than just 69 trainers,” Trudeau said while travelling to the Philippines for a summit in November. “How many that will be, what form that will take, what kind of engagement we’re going to have, those are things that we’re going to work out.” Canadian soldiers played a leading role in the training of Afghan police during that war. The experience has repeatedly been cited as a template

Iraqi security forces take combat position at the front-line in the battle with Islamic State group militants on Monday. Iraq’s military command has told civilians in the Islamic State-held Ramadi to leave the city, a sign that an operation may soon be underway to retake the provincial capital. [AP PHOTO]

for future military operations. Saccomani said resources in Iraqi Kurdistan are being stretched thin due to the demands of the 1.5 million displaced people currently in the region. A mix of Sunni and Shia Muslims, as well as Christians, all thrown together in tight quarters creates a challenge, he added. “The community policing part of it might be something Canada would be able to do quite nicely.” When The Canadian Press asked the ambassador other questions

about the ongoing campaign against ISIL, Global Affairs staff who were on hand said the questions were “outside the scope” of the interview and Saccomani did not answer them. While Saccomani represents Canada’s interests in Iraq, he is also the ambassador to Jordan. He arrived in 2013, the same time as hundreds of thousands of Syrians began fleeing into Jordan to escape the civil war in their country. That summer, the Conservatives announced a small program to help Syrian refugees, opening up 1,300

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The Quebec government will seek leave to appeal a court ruling that would postpone the implementation of a provincial law on assisted dying until at least February. A Quebec Superior Court justice granted an injunction Tuesday to a group of doctors opposed to the law. Health Minister Gaetan Barrette and Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee both reiterated their belief that the law is perfectly valid. The legislation, which outlines how terminally ill patients can end their lives with medical help, was adopted unanimously by members of the legislature in June 2014. The senior Couillard government ministers reminded reporters in Quebec City the law addressed end-of-life care for those with serious illness and should not be associated with a form of euthanasia, a parallel made in the injunction ruling.

“We are going to appeal the decision and, for the moment, we have no choice but to comply with the judgment that has been rendered.” Stephanie Vallee, justice minister

“There is a clear difference between euthanasia and medical aid in dying,” Vallee said. “We are going to appeal the decision and, for the moment, we have no choice but to comply with the judgment that has been rendered.” The legislation came after four years of discussions and consultations as well as a grace period allowing institutions time to determine how to implement the law. Barrette didn’t hide his disappoint-

ment, particularly for those people eagerly awaiting the law’s arrival. “After the consensus we have experienced in this province, in this room, in this (national) assembly, there’s a ruling that says to the public they (the courts) disagree,” Barrette said “We still believe we are in our right.“ The injunction sought by the Quebec-based Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice and Lisa D’Amico, a handicapped woman, was related to a Supreme Court ruling last February that struck down the prohibition on physician-assisted dying. The group of doctors and D’Amico argued the ruling was based on a case in British Columbia that occurred before the Quebec law was adopted in June 2014. Neither Ottawa nor the remaining provinces have regulated doctor-assisted death yet, but a federally appointed panel is looking into legislative options to govern the practice.

spots for resettlement. When asked whether Canada should have done more in 2013, Saccomani said the situation was in such flux that the efforts at the time — providing funds and support for humanitarian and logistical aid to refugees and the countries hosting them — was just what was needed, under the circumstances. “If you’re sitting in a wind tunnel somewhere and there’s no other elements disturbing you but the wind, it’s easy to make these assumptions,” he said.

Founder of Facebook is a new father THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife announced the birth of their daughter Max as well as plans to donate most of their wealth, or roughly $45 billion, to a new organization that will tackle a broad range of the world’s ills. Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan, gave birth last week to a baby girl. The couple didn’t put out the news until Zuckerberg posted it Tuesday. In the same post, Zuckerberg said he and Chan will commit 99 per cent of their Facebook stock to such causes as fighting disease, improving education, harnessing clean energy, reducing poverty and promoting equal rights. They are forming a new organization, called the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, to pursue those goals.

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Tourists visit the Templo Mayor archaeological site in Mexico City on Tuesday. Mexican archaeologists have discovered at the archaeological site a long tunnel that leads into the centre of a circular platform. [AP PHOTO]

Aztec tomb tunnel may lead to sealed chambers MARK STEVENSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like passageway that apparently leads to two sealed chambers, the latest chapter in the search for the as-yet undiscovered tomb of an Aztec ruler. The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains of their leaders during their 1325-1521 rule, but the final resting place of the cremated remains has never been found. Outside experts said Tuesday the find at Mexico City’s Templo Mayor ruin complex would be significant. The National Institute of Anthropology and History said Monday that a team led by archaeologist Leonardo Lopez Lujan had discovered an 8.4-metre long tunnel leading into the centre of a circular platform where dead rulers were believed to be cremated. The mouth of the tunnel was sealed by a three-tonne slab of rock. When experts lifted it in 2013, they found a hollow space marked by offerings by both rich and grisly. Gold ornaments and the bones of eagles and infants were found in an offering box. Two skulls of children between five and seven years old were found with the first three vertebrae, suggesting they may have been decapitated. The kind of stone knives used in human sacrifices were also found, as well as a hand and bones from two feet. But one researcher detected signs that a passageway appeared to lead deeper into the ceremonial platform, known as the Cuauhxicalco, where written accounts from after the 1521 Spanish conquest indicated that rulers’ remains were burned. The passageway proved to be about 45 centimetres wide and 1.5 metres) high. “Once the rocks and dirt were dug out, we saw that it led directly into the heart of the Cuauhxicalco,” Lopez Lujan said. “At the end (of the passageway), there are what appear to be two old entrances that had been sealed up with masonry.”

“At the end (of the passageway), there are what appear to be two old entrances that had been sealed up with masonry.” Leonardo Lopez Lujan, archeologist

It would be a logical place for rulers remains to lie — the Templo Mayor site was the most significant temple complex in the Aztec capital, known as Tenochtitlan — but Mexican archaeologists have been searching in vain for the tombs for years. In 2007, archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar detected underground chambers directly below a huge stone monolith carved with a representation of Tlaltecuhtli, the Aztec god of the earth. Lopez Lujan suspected that an emperor’s tomb might lie beneath. But none was found, despite the presence of rich offerings. Any artifacts linked to an emperor would bring tremendous pride to Mexico. The country has sought unsuccessfully to recover Aztec artifacts like the feather-adorned “shield of Ahuizotl” and the “Montezuma headdress” from the Ethnology Museum in Vienna, Austria. But Lopez Lujan is being cautious, saying the presence of graves at the end of the newly found passageway is simply a theory that could be wrong. The blocked-up entrances will be excavated starting in 2016. “What we are speculating is that behind these sealed-up entrances there could be two small chambers with the incinerated remains of some rulers of Tenochtitlan, like Moctezuma I and his successors, Axayacatl and Tizoc, given the relative dating of the surrounding constructions,” Lopez Lujan said. Moctezuma I, the second Aztec emperor, ruled from about 1440 to 1469. Moctezuma II was the emperor who first confronted — and succumbed to — Hernan Cortes.

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hen in doubt, play to your strengths. Rely on an old one and hope for a new one. With just enough offence from Hernik and Daniel Sedin and a lot of robbery by Jacob Markstrom, the expected and the unexpected occurred Tuesday. With Chris Tanev, Chris Higgins and Jake Virtanen lost to injury and the Vancouver Canucks looking lost after being blanked the previous night in Anaheim, they found a pulse and perhaps more than just a backup goalie. The Sedins combined for a slick opening power-play goal and Markstrom made 38 saves on a night where a even a moral victory would have been acceptable. A 2-1 overtime loss was actually remarkable because it took a bad Alex Edler pass in his own zone that was picked off and Anze Kopitar to settle the issue and keep the Canucks winless in the 3-on-3. After all, rookie defenceman Andrey Pedan made his NHL debut as a fourth line winger — becoming the seventh in the organization to do so this season — while Alex Biega replaced Tanev and all but the top line looked familiar. Markstrom had that calm poise about him and didn’t cough up rebounds. He didn’t allow pucks to get through him and it took a Drew Doughty power-play point blast to beat him short side with a failed shot block and Alex Edler reducing his vision. Markstrom didn’t get rattled earlier when an Alec Martinez shot went off his glove and danced behind him before being cleared. And he didn’t flinch when Jordan Nolan bolted from the penalty box on a breakaway created by a Matt Bartkowski turnover at the Kings blueline. After a night where so much went wrong, enough went right with just 16 shots. Jared McCann proved he’s not going to world junior tourney and the Canucks found their backbone. And their heart. WHAT THIS MEANS: If Higgins has a concussion from a hit to the head Monday from hulking Anaheim rookie Nick Ritchie — it requires seven days on the sidelines before baseline testing — the Canucks will recall a forward because Jake Virtanen is day-to-day with a hip-pointer injury from a Ryan Getzlaf crosscheck. The Canucks thought Higgins would be available Tuesday because they talked to him post game and that was the indication. But he couldn’t make the morning skate and there was no time to recall a forward from Utica. You’d like to think that Hunter Shinkaruk deserves another look after a good outing in Montreal, especially with Brendan Gaunce injured and the speedy Dallas Stars at Rogers Arena on Thursday and the improved Boston Bruins on Saturday.

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Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar celebrates his game-winning goal against Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom in overtime of a game on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The Kings won 2-1. [AP PHOTO]

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He could start as a third-line winger, move up to the second slot to see if he’s got chops for that position. Sven Baertschi got another secondline shot and was quiet. Too quiet. IN A WORD: SAVING: Jacob Markstrom came to the rescue of Dan Hamhuis after he spun in his zone and fed a perfect

breakaway pass to Tyler Toffoli, who was thwarted. DRIVING: Jared McCann wheeled into the high slot, lost the handle on puck, regained it, fended off defender and tested Jonathan Quick with quick, accurate wrister. HURTING: Alex Burrows took the Canucks off the power play late in the first period with slash to the legs of defenceman Brayden McNabb. Can’t retaliate. Discipline. WHAT WE LEARNED: On Oct. 30, 2009 in Anaheim, the Canucks limped into a date with the Ducks with six injured forwards. They dressed eight defencemen and not only did Mario Bliznak make his NHL debut between Steve Bernier and blueliner Aaron Rome, they also deployed defenceman Mathieu Schneider for shifts at wing. Rome had three shots and drew an assist, but the Canucks were hammered 7-2. The other blue liners were Kevin Bieksa, Christian Ehrhoff, Sami Salo,

Willie Mitchell, Alex Edler and Shane O’Brien. STATS 58: Second-period ice time for Andrey Pedan — shifts of 45 and 13 seconds — which was understandable in one-goal game in his debut out of position at left wing. 19: Percentage of face-offs won by Henrik Sedin through two periods (3-for-16). He lost all eight draws in first period. Bo Horvat was 50 per cent (5-for-10) and Jared McCann 43 per cent (3-for-7). -9: Corsi rating for winger Derek Dorsett after 40 minutes. Fourthliner bumped up to second line but struggled with a Corsi For of 2 and a Corsi Against of 11. 29: Hits for Canucks after two periods on a night when they needed to prove something to themselves and something to division-leading Kings, who had 19 hits after 40. BKuzma@theprovince.com Twitter.com/benkuzma

TORONTO — Mitch Marner knows what’s expected of him and his teammates on Canada’s world junior team. Marner and Dylan Strome were two of the biggest names on Hockey Canada’s 30-man selection camp roster announced on Tuesday. The two NHL draft picks will be counted on to lead Canada’s forwards to back-to-back world junior championships. “I think that however they finish there’s always pressure on the next team to go up and do better,” said Marner while wearing a Team Canada jersey shortly after the announcement. “Our goal is obviously to go in and try and win a gold medal. So that’s what we’re going to do.” Marner was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in June, but was returned to the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights after NHL training camp. Strome was taken third overall by the Arizona Coyotes and was also sent back to play junior with the OHL’s Erie Otters.The pair are tied for fourth in the OHL with 47 points after 22 games. Marner has 15 goals and 32 assists while Strome has 14 goals and 33 assists. “They’re certainly amongst the elite players on this team and yet it’s not going to be those two guys that win us a gold medal, it’s going to be all 22 players,” said Ryan Jankowski, the team’s director of player personnel. “I think their roles are going to be important on this team and yet I think all 13 forwards are going to be important. As we saw last year, we need a team that has depth.” Hockey Canada will hold a four-day selection camp Dec. 10-13 in Toronto that will include two exhibition games against an all-star team from Canadian universities. The 30-man roster will be whittled down to 22 before Canada’s first game in Helsinki, Finland, on Dec. 26. It’s expected that Canada will have 13 forwards, seven defencemen and goaltenders Mackenzie Blackwood (Barrie Colts, OHL) and Mason McDonald (Charlottetown Islanders, QMJHL) for the holiday tournament. “Growing up as a kid it’s everyone’s dream to be named to the world junior,” said Marner. “It should be a lot of fun going to camp and trying hard to make the team.” Lawson Crouse, Joe Hicketts and Brayden Point will all return from Canada’s gold-medal winning team in 2015, but the team’s front office would like to see more familiar faces including NHLers like Robby Fabbri of the St. Louis Blues, as well as Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann of the Vancouver Canucks.

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The longest current winning streak in the B.C. Hockey League got a game longer Tuesday night, although it took a little longer than the Nanaimo Clippers would have liked. Playing their second game in a row on the road against the Victoria Grizzlies, Clippers forward Chris Dodero scored a double-overtime game-winning goal to give his team a six-game win streak. It also pushed the Island Division-leading Clippers to 5-0 against their Victoria rivals in games this season, in the third game of six straight on the road for Nanaimo. Clippers goalie Evan Johnson made 34 saves on the night as his team was outshot 35 to 29 by the Clippers. “That was not our best game for sure, but you’ll take any win on the road,” said Clippers assistant coach Blake Clement on the post-game radio show on 106.9 The Wolf. “I’m not going to complain about it.” Clippers scoring leader Rempal opened scoring with his 29th of the season, left alone in front before deking around Grizzlies goalie Matthew Galajda to extend his five-game goal-scoring streak. His goal was his eighth in the last four games, and put him in a tie atop the BCHL scoring list with Penticton

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Nanaimo Clippers centre Corey Renwick, left, faces off against Brayden Gelsinger of the Victoria Grizzlies during a B.C. Hockey League game in Colwood on Tuesday night. [GARY DORLAND/FOR THE DAILY NEWS]

Vees star Tyson Jost with 57 points in 29 games. Dodero scored the OT winner, his seventh goal of the year, picking up a rebound in three-on-three play off a shot from Edwin Hookenson. The Clippers continue on their road trip on Friday with their annual trip to Prince George to play the Spruce Kings. It’s the start of their third three-game, three-day road

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Note: The BCHL’s Dec. 1 player card deadline passed with the Clippers having traded 19-year-old goalie Jonathan Reinhart and future considerations to the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Brooks Bandits for 19-year-old Taylor Karel a six-footfour, 215-pound defenceman from Eagen, Minn. Reinhart played 11 games with the Clippers this season with a 2.92 goals against average.

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Barsby’s Fletcher named top AA defender in B.C. SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

The John Barsby Bulldogs’ streak of consecutive Varsity AA provincial football championships may have ended this season, but for the second time in two years the Nanaimo program has produced the top defensive player in B.C. Senior Bulldogs linebacker Cory Fletcher was named last night as the Varsity AA Defensive Player of the Year, just as graduated star Cole Virtanen was a year ago. Doyle Sosnowski, a senior defensive end for the Bulldogs, was also named as a provincial all-star, as was Grade 11 offensive tackle Carson Vos. Fletcher led the Bulldogs in tackles this season with 67, his first season with the Barsby after coming over from the Football Nanaimo community program. “He was a ball player,” said Barsby defensive co-ordinator Larry Cooper. “He didn’t come to us as some rough cut stone or something like that. We helped him with his game and he helped us with ours.” When Virtanen graduated the program in June, he went on to become the B.C. Football Conference’s rookie of the year, an all-star, and an All-Canadian after switching from linebacker to safety. He also left a hole in the Barsby defence that Cooper was legitim-

John Barsby Bulldogs linebacker Cory Fletcher also handled kickoffs during his senior season. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

ately worries about coming into the season. But the returning players who knew of Fletcher told him not to worry — the new kid could play. “He was a definite standout on both

sides of the football,” Cooper said of Fletcher, who also handled kickoffs and played runningback for the Bulldogs. “What made him stand out was that he’s got instincts a lot like Cole and some of these other players that

put them in great position to make plays. “Understanding the game is crucial, and for a kid like him to play both sides of the football, that’s a big advantage for any defensive player to understand what an offence is really, truly all about.” Fletcher now has a decision to make, whether or not he will move on to play junior football like Virtanen did or pursue a spot on a CIS team like four other Nanaimo football products did a year ago. Cooper said he has the ability to play at both levels, however is five-foot-eight, 165-pound frame may hinder him. “Somebody’s apparently got a book somewhere and it tells you what a linebacker should look like,” Cooper said. “That’s why Cole didn’t get pulled away somewhere (to college football last year. “For Cory, it’s going to come down to what he decides to do. I don’t see how a kid like him goes unnoticed or unwanted. “I’ve always said that if he’s tackling you for a two-yard loss, who cares how big he is? I told him I would take him on any team I was coaching at the next level.” Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243

The Dover Bay Dolphins wrestling team won the team championship and seven gold medals at the Island Novice Championship in Courtenay on the weekend. Wrestlers Kaylee Cyr, Quaid Harrison, Lewis King, Cole Ford, Robert Maghakyan, Colby Young and Jacob Lauman each won gold medals with perfect records at the tournament. Young, whose father Patrick wrestled at Simon Fraser University, won by pin in four of his five bouts while King and Harrison pinned all three of their opponents. “We expect big things from them,” said Dover Bay head coach Andrew Tuck. Nolan King, Myles Vandeleur, Felix Maghakyan, and Levi Thomas all missed champion titles but did bring home silver medals. “Each of these young men experienced the agony of one-on-one combative defeat,” Tuck said, “but with the support of their teammates and coaches they also learned that it only really matters that you get back up and try again.” Riley Besson, who had his season cut short last season, returned for his first tournament of the 2015-16 season to pick up a bronze medal. Logan Lawrence also nabbed a bronze medal. The Dolphins won the team championship at the tournament with 86 points overall, 31 points ahead of second-place Timberline (Campbell River). Senior Dolphis wrestlers Steven Guo and Ian Tuck also volunteered at the tournament as officials, something Andrew Tuck said increases their knowledge of the sport. The next tournament is in Mill Bay on Dec. 5 at the Cougar Invitational, which will see all of the novices above competing again and give Dover Bay’s elite wrestlers, Erik Hovey, Ian Tuck, and Guo a chance to test their training to date. ALUMNUS BEGINS CIS CAREER: Dover Bay alumnus Faye Tuck, now wrestling for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies program, has improved her university tournament record to: fifth at the University of Calgary Open, gold at the Jamestown ND Invitational, silver at the University of Winnipeg Open, and bronze at the University of Regina Invitational. “Many of her teammates are preparing for the Olympic trials, so Faye is getting the best workouts of her life each and every day,” Andrew Tuck said. She is currently being asked to be a clinician at several B.C. Winter Wrestling Camps.

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What to do with Bernier is Leafs’ biggest question STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher David Price has signed with division rival Boston Red Sox, according to a report. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Price signs with Red Sox for $217 million JIMMY GOLEN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox and ace pitcher David Price have agreed to a deal worth $217 million over seven years, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the deal has not yet been signed and is pending a physical. Price has a 3.09 ERA in eight major league seasons with 1,372 strikeouts and 104 wins. Price was acquired by the Blue Jays near the trade deadline last season in a deal with the Detroit Tigers. Toronto gave up left-handed pitching prospects Daniel Norris, Matt Boyd and Jairo Labourt in the trade. Price was excellent down the stretch, helping Toronto end its 22-year playoff drought. He went 18-5 with a 2.45 earnedrun average last season for the Blue Jays and Tigers, including a 9-1 regular-season record with Toronto. He went 1-2 through four post-season appearances (three starts) as a Blue Jay. Price, the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner, finished second in the voting for this year’s

AL Cy Young behind Houston’s Dallas Keuchel. Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman posted a lengthy goodbye message to Price on his Instagram account along with a photo of the two pitchers Tuesday night. The 24-year-old Stroman thanked the veteran Price for taking him under his wing during his short time with Toronto. “For that, I am forever thankful,” Stroman wrote. “Watching and critiquing my bullpens. Treating everyone with class and respect. Putting your teammates first. Showing up early, and staying late. Forming a bond with every single guy on the team. “I could go on forever.” Toronto outfielder Kevin Pillar also shared a message for Price. “Congrats DP ‚ @DAVIDPrice14 you are now my #Frenemy,” Pillar wrote on his Twitter account. Price would join a Red Sox rotation that is likely to include Clay Buchholz, Rick Porcello, Wade Miley and Eduardo Rodriguez. Boston finished last in the AL East last season with a 78-84 record, 15 games behind the division-champion Blue Jays. — WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS

Mariners, O’s working on trade THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners and Baltimore were working Tuesday to complete a trade that would send power hitter Mark Trumbo to the Orioles. The Mariners would get catcher/ first baseman Steve Clevenger. The teams were reviewing medical records before finalizing the deal. Trumbo, who turns 30 next month, hit a combined 22 home runs with

64 RBIs while batting .262 for Seattle and Arizona last year. He split time as a designated hitter, outfielder and first baseman. Trumbo topped 30 homers in consecutive seasons for the Los Angeles Angels in 2012 and 2013. Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto then sent Trumbo to Arizona as part of a three-team trade. Dipoto is now Seattle’s GM. The 29-year-old Clevenger hit .287 with two homers and 15 RBIs in 30 games for the Orioles.

TORONTO — Jonathan Bernier watched from the bench and charted faceoffs as Garret Sparks stopped all 24 shots he faced. A day earlier, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ No. 1 goaltender of the recent past quietly took off his pads as the rookie beamed about making his first NHL start. These are trying times for Bernier, who has allowed four or more goals in four of his past five starts. Among goalies with at least eight starts, Bernier’s .888 save percentage and 3.28 goals-against average are secondworst in the league. It has gotten so bad that with starter James Reimer injured, coach Mike Babcock would rather give Sparks chances to play than risk it with Bernier. Figuring out what to do with the 27-year-old is the biggest question facing the Leafs for this season and the future. Asked Monday morning about what’s next for Bernier, Babcock said he didn’t know but quickly added, “time.” “He’s probably never been through anything like this,” Babcock said. “So he’s got to rebound, but at what expense? We’ve got to figure that out.” So far it has been at the expense of losing. Bernier wasn’t the only culprit in going 0-8-1 in his nine starts, but his penchant for giving up bad and ill-timed goals has cost Toronto dearly. The franchise is looking long term, so losing more games in an effort to get Bernier back on track isn’t the end of the world. But don’t tell that to the coach with the Stanley Cup ring, two Olympic gold

Toronto Maple Leafs starting goaltender Garret Sparks, left, skates past Jonathan Bernier, right, during a timeout in Toronto on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

medals and the US$50 million, eightyear contract. Babcock doesn’t like to lose, and he thought Sparks gave his team the best chance to win Monday night against the Edmonton Oilers. The 22-year-old stopped all 24 shots he faced, and afterward Babcock said Sparks would start Wednesday night in Winnipeg if Reimer wasn’t healthy. So here’s Bernier, considered the Leafs’ goaltender of the present and future and signed through next season, demoted to be the third-stringer. His confidence is shot, and now he’s left searching for answers. “It’s not like one day you’re good, one day you’re bad,” Bernier said Monday. “You just got to stick to it and believe that you were a good

goalie once and it’s not that it’s gone. It’s all about confidence. I think the way to get it back is really working hard and know the answer when you go in the game that you can make those saves.” When Bernier will get that chance remains to be seen. It could be as soon as Thursday at the Minnesota Wild if Reimer can’t play, but given his recent play, will Babcock go back to Bernier? Babcock has talked about Bernier being a good or even a great goaltender. That he hasn’t been even close is baffling. “I don’t think it’s a physical thing at all,” Babcock said. “You’ve got to help the guy fix it. But the question I answered already: At what expense? It’s a team game, at what expense?”

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Hockey Canada wants players to stay away from social media JOHN CHIDLEY-HILL THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Hockey Canada is encouraging a different kind of curfew at the world junior hockey championship. Edmonton Oilers rookie sensation Connor McDavid and Canada’s director of player personnel have both suggested that Canadian players stay off social media for the duration of the international tournament in Helsinki, Finland, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. “Turn your phones off, turn Twitter off, turn Instagram, whatever you’ve got, turn it off,” McDavid told reporters on Monday morning before Edmonton’s 3-0 loss in Toronto. “Just try to make the world you live in as small as possible.” Ryan Jankowski, Canada’s director of player personnel was pleased McDavid spoke out because he also

“The first year, I was reading everything the media had to say and what everyone was saying and it’s not very good most of the time . . .” Connor McDavid, Oilers rookie

believes that social networks like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram can be unwanted distractions at the high-pressure event. “It was great to have Connor say that because it reinforces our message,” said Jankowski on Tuesday morning after Hockey Canada announced its 30-man selection camp roster.

“We want to be in a little bit of a bubble there, especially being in Europe with the time difference. “Everybody’s supportive back home but sometimes they don’t understand that that support can be a disruption.” On Monday, McDavid went on to say that he learned from his first world junior hockey championship and shut out all media in his second tournament with Canada. “The first year, I was reading everything the media had to say and what everyone was saying and it’s not very good most of the time in the world juniors,” said McDavid, who had a goal and three assists as a 16-year-old in 2014 but then scored three times with eight assists in 2015. “So my second go-around I just made sure I wasn’t on anything and wasn’t reading anything.”

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Whitecaps to put more emphasis on player durability JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

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up the contract options on 10 players for next season, including goalkeeper David Ousted. The 30-year-old Dane played every minute of the MLS schedule for Vancouver, finishing tied for the league lead with 13 shutouts. Robinson said he wants to sign his No. 1 â&#x20AC;&#x2122;keeper to a long-term extension, but added itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not entirely up to him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big player,â&#x20AC;? said Robinson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to keep David as long as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m here. We have a good relationship, but every young player, every old player dreams of playing in Europe and I totally understand that.â&#x20AC;? The club said it also declined six

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Walton earns respect in guiding Golden State to undefeated start JOSH DUBOW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

uke Walton has more NBA coach of the month awards than official wins. The Golden State Warriors interim coach was named the top coach in the Western Conference for October and November on Tuesday after leading the team to a record 19-0 start in place of injured Steve Kerr. While the NBA issued a statement earlier in the day reiterating that Kerr remains the head coach of record for Golden State, the league said Walton was eligible for the monthly award. Kerr has been sidelined since training camp because of complications from off-season back surgery. There is no timeline for his return but the defending champion Warriors have hardly missed a beat under Walton. Walton’s success as a coach comes as little surprise to those who played with him. Former Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant saw this in Walton when he was sidelined late in his career by a back injury and brought into the coaching circle by Phil Jackson. “I told him he was the next Phil, because he was an average player with a messed-up back,” Bryant said. “I used to rib him all the time about that, but honestly, he always had a really brilliant mind. He understood flow and tempo and spacing and how to manage a team the right way. So I couldn’t be any happier for him. He looks very comfortable in that role. If you’re going to have a mentor, Phil’s a pretty good one.” Walton has done something that even Jackson never accomplished in his decorated coaching career that featured a record 11 NBA titles — even if he doesn’t officially get the credit for it. The Warriors have downplayed who deserves credit, with Walton praising the system Kerr put in place, Kerr praising

Golden State Warriors interim head coach Luke Walton shouts to his team during a game against the Utah Jazz on Monday in Salt Lake City. [AP PHOTO]

“You see it all the time with an assistant that he’s cool and then when he’s a head coach he’s crazy.“ Draymond Green, Warriors forward

Walton for the way he has run the team and the system and the players saying both are integral. “He’s been amazing,” forward Draymond Green said of Walton. “He’s still Luke. That’s what has been special about it. He hasn’t changed the way he acts. He hasn’t changed anything. Obviously, he says a little more in the game coaching and calling the plays. He does all that stuff. It’s just incredible how he’s adjusted to that role.” Walton, the son of Hall of Famer Bill Walton, has been around the game for most of his life. He played for Hall of Famer Lute Olson in college at Arizona, learned under Jackson and

two-time NBA champion Rudy Tomjanovich during his playing career and was an assistant under Kerr on the Golden State team that won 67 games and a title last season. But Walton credits much of his learning to that time when he was injured with the Lakers in the 2009-10 season. “It was an unbelievable gesture to start with,” Walton said. “He said that I was depressed and down and out. I had a bad back and didn’t know when I would be able to play again. There was nothing that I could do except sit in the trainer’s room and get treatment all day. Phil going through a similar experience I think it helped him through that time and it definitely helped me through that time.” Walton said his time in the trainer’s room with Jackson, assistants Frank Hamblen and Brian Shaw and the rest of the staff helped draw him into coaching. “I saw right there that you still get that sense of camaraderie that you have as a player and you

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are out there and trying to come up with stuff to help your team win,” he said. “It had all those elements that make playing basketball so much fun. It had all of those in the coaching.” Walton spent time as an assistant in college at Memphis during the NBA lockout in 2011 and then was hired as a player development coach by the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA Development League after retiring in 2013. Walton joined Kerr’s staff at Golden State last year as an assistant and got promoted to the lead job when Alvin Gentry left for New Orleans after the championship season. Now he’s getting a chance to run a team with Kerr out and is showing the league he could be ready for his own head coaching job soon. “You see it all the time with an assistant that he’s cool and then when he’s a head coach he’s crazy,” Green said. “You see that all the time. It hasn’t been like that at all. That says a lot about him as a person. He’s cool.”

LeBron, Kobe never met in NBA Finals JASON LLOYD AKRON BEACON JOURNAL

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — LeBron James blamed himself Tuesday for never meeting Kobe Bryant in the NBA Finals. The two superstars have combined to play for a championship each of the last nine years, but never faced each other. It will end as one of James’ few disappointments in his career. “I didn’t hold up my end of the bargain,” James said of 2009, when the Cavs were upset by the Orlando Magic in the conference finals. “I know the world wanted to see it. I wanted it, he wanted it. He held up his end, I didn’t hold up my end and I hate that. I hate that it didn’t happen.” And now it never will. Bryant announced his retirement this week while the Los Angeles Lakers are struggling through another miserable season. James took a day to collect his thoughts before delivering a powerful 15-minute tribute to Bryant on Tuesday, the future Hall of Famer whose posters hung on James’ wall as a kid. “I mean, in high school I wore a nappy-ass afro because of Kobe Bryant. Because he wore it,” James said. “I wanted to be just like him.” James first met Bryant when he was 15 years old and attending an ABCD camp. Bryant later gave him a pair of his Nikes to wear against Oak Hill Academy and Carmelo Anthony. “Just being a competitor, he took me to that next level, and understanding how important competition is and just have a willingness to never die,” James said. “You may lose a game, but you’re always going to win every battle or win the war. You get that all from Kobe, just competing against him every year.” While James has always admired Bryant, it hasn’t always been reciprocal. Bryant seemed cool toward James earlier in his career, but the admiration has grown in later years. The two spent last season laughing and joking throughout their January game in Los Angeles. James believes their time together with Team USA deepened those bonds, when Bryant learned about James’ work ethic in ’08 and again in ’12. Some of James’ favorite Olympic memories included watching Bryant’s key four-point play to beat Spain in the gold medal game in ’08.

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PHILADELPHIA — Kobe Bryant breezed through the Philadelphia 76ers locker room and said to no one in particular, “keep it going, guys.” His homecoming game spoiled, Bryant said one final goodbye to Philly, which is winless no more. The 76ers said good riddance to the longest losing streak in major U.S. professional sports — winless in 28 games dating to last season.

And 0 for 18 to begin this one. No more. With the spotlight on Bryant during the final game of his career in his hometown, the Sixers stole the show and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 103-91 on Tuesday night for their first victory of the season. The Sixers remain tied for the worst start in NBA history with the 2009-10 New Jersey Nets, who also opened 0-18. It was the first win for the Sixers since March 25 at Denver.

“Finally,” forward Nerlens Noel said. Coach Brett Brown’s team has long languished at the bottom of the NBA standings and reeled off two separate losing streaks of at least 26 games in his three seasons. For one night, in front of a sellout crowd of 20,510 that came to cheer Bryant, the streaks hardly mattered. “I’m pleased for the city,” Brown said. “We don’t want this streak continuing.”

Hours earlier, Bryant felt the love in Philadelphia as soon as he entered the arena. He took selfies with fans who might never see him play again, and his presence injected a playoff atmosphere into a city that has lost much of its passion in NBA basketball. With a packed crowd standing and roaring in appreciation, Bryant was lauded like a hometown hero, not the “Hometown Zero” he was once labeled in Philadelphia’s tabloids.

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Philadelphia, Gostisbehere 4 (Giroux, B. Schenn) 14:27. 2. Ottawa, Smith 6 (Ceci) 17:17. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Del Zotto Pha (highsticking) 0:20; Couturier Pha (holding) 19:35. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 3. Philadelphia, Medvedev 1 (Couturier, Del Zotto) 3:14. 4. Ott, Hoffman 11 (Ryan, Turris) 4:20. 5. Philadelphia, Simmonds 6 (Couturier, Manning) 16:35. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michalek Ott (roughing) 1:14; Prince Ott (hooking) 8:37; Borowiecki Ott (interference) 18:10. 7KLUG 3HULRG 6. Phil, Couturier 3 (Simmonds) 18:15 (en). 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Borowiecki Ott (trip) 12:40. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Philadelphia 7 18 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;33 Ottawa 8 5 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;25 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Philadelphia: Mason (W, 5-7-4); Ott: Anderson (L, 10-6-3). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Phila: 0-4; Ott: 0-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 17,010 at Ottawa.

)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Ana, Horcoff 4 (Cogliano, Hagelin) 1:19. 2. Anaheim, Rakell 6 (Getzlaf, Vatanen) 19:57 (pp). 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hansen Vcr (tripping) 3:48; Getzlaf Ana (tripping) 10:02; Bartkowski Vcr (holding) 14:02; Weber Vcr (roughing) 18:18. 6HFRQG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None. 7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Ana, Silfverberg 2 (Ritchie, Kesler) 1:00. 4. Anaheim, Perry 8 (unassisted) 8:39. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stewart Ana (high-sticking) 9:15; Dorsett Vcr (misconduct) 15:15; McCann Vcr, Getzlaf Ana (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:15. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Vancouver 8 8 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;25 Anaheim 14 9 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;30 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vancouver: Miller (L, 7-8-6); Anaheim: Gibson (W, 2-1-1). Power SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Van: 0-3; Anaheim: 1-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 14,006 at Anaheim.

Montreal Detroit Ottawa

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W 19 13 12

L OL SL 4 2 1 8 4 0 7 2 3

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GA 57 64 72

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Away 9-2-0-1 6-3-1-0 7-3-1-0

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

METROPOLITAN DIVISION NY Rangers Washington NY Islanders

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W 17 17 13

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

GF 74 75 72

GA 53 51 62

Pts Home 36 11-3-1-0 35 10-3-1-0 30 8-4-2-0

Away 6-3-0-1 7-2-0-0 5-4-0-2

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

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

GP 23 22 24 24 25 25 25 24 24 26

W 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 8 8 10

L OL SL 8 1 1 8 1 0 10 0 2 9 3 1 11 1 2 10 4 1 12 1 2 11 1 4 12 3 1 16 0 0

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GA 54 64 59 60 58 67 67 66 70 78

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Home 8-4-0-1 5-6-1-0 5-6-0-2 6-5-2-0 6-5-0-1 5-4-2-1 5-8-1-0 4-5-1-2 4-5-2-1 4-7-0-0

Away 5-4-1-0 8-2-0-0 7-4-0-0 5-4-1-1 5-6-1-1 5-6-2-0 5-4-0-2 4-6-0-2 4-7-1-0 6-9-0-0

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas St. Louis Nashville

GP 24 25 24

W 19 15 13

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

GF 85 66 64

GA 62 61 62

Pts Home 38 9-3-0-0 33 7-3-2-0 30 8-2-1-1

Away 10-2-0-0 8-4-1-0 5-5-2-0

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PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles San Jose Arizona

GP 23 23 24

W L OL SL 14 8 0 1 14 9 0 0 13 10 1 0

GF 58 66 67

GA 50 58 70

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Away 6-3-0-1 10-3-0-0 7-6-1-0

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

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W 13 12 9 11 9 10 8 8

GF 68 65 69 67 51 73 56 62

GA 64 62 69 80 65 76 87 77

Pts 29 28 25 24 23 21 18 18

Away 5-6-2-0 4-4-3-0 6-5-3-1 6-8-0-1 3-8-1-0 7-8-0-0 3-9-1-1 4-10-1-0

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

WILD CARD Chicago Minnesota Vancouver Winnipeg Anaheim Colorado Calgary Edmonton

L OL SL 9 3 0 7 4 0 9 6 1 12 1 1 11 4 1 14 1 0 14 1 1 15 2 0

Home 8-3-1-0 8-3-1-0 3-4-3-0 5-4-1-0 6-3-3-1 3-6-1-0 5-5-0-0 4-5-1-0

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Anaheim 4 Vancouver 0 :HGQHVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Toronto at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m. NY Rangers at NY Islanders, 8 p.m. Boston at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Colorado at NY Rangers, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m. Arizona at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Florida at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

)/$0(6 67$56 62

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Dallas, Spezza 10 (Jo. Benn) 1:48. 2. Dallas, Eakin 7 (Jokipakka, Nichushkin) 16:28. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Klingberg Dal (hooking) 19:41. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 3. Dallas, Janmark 4 (Oduya, Demers) 11:16. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Giordano Cgy (high-sticking) 0:15; Oduya Dal (tripping) 13:21. 7KLUG 3HULRG 4. Calgary, Backlund 3 (unassisted) 1:51. 5. Calgary, Gaudreau 6 (Monahan, Brodie) 3:01. 6. Calgary, Hamilton 3 (Monahan, Wideman) 17:42. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Klingberg Dal (delay of game) 5:11. 2YHUWLPH No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hudler Cgy (holding) 4:07. Shootout â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Calgary wins 3-1 'DOODV Seguin miss, Sharp goal. &DOJDU\ Colborne goal, Gaudreau goal, Monahan goal. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Dallas 14 7 4 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;29 Calgary 4 12 16 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;32 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dallas: Niemi (LO, 10-4-1); Calgary: Ramo (W, 7-8-1). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dallas: 0-2; Calgary: 0-3. Referees â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brian Pochmara, Graham Skilliter. /LQHVPHQ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Don Henderson, Mark Wheler. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19,237 at Calgary.

)LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tarasenko StL (hooking) 0:54; Pirri Fla (tripping) 7:55. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Fla, Pirri 5 (Barkov, Mitchell) 12:18. 2. Fla, Mackenzie 2 (unassisted) 12:31. 3. StL, Backes 6 (Fabbri, Parayko) 12:52. 4. Fla, Mackenzie 3 (unassisted) 16:41. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bolland Fla (hooking) 5:52. 7KLUG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring. 3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Huberdeau Fla (holding) 19:16. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Florida 4 11 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;24 St. Louis 3 10 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: Luongo (W, 9-8-3); St. Louis: Allen (L, 11-5-2). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: 0-1; St. Louis: 0-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15,395 at St. Louis.

$9$/$1&+( '(9,/6 )LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring. 3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Comeau Col (boarding) 11:08. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Col, Duchene 13 (Johnson, Berra) 2:10. 2. Colorado, Barrie 2 (Skille) 6:15. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gelinas NJ (interference) -RKQVRQ &RO 7RRWRR 1- Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ 7:07; MacKinnon Col, Comeau Col, Severson NJ (roughing) 12:56; Tootoo NJ (high-sticking) 15:48; Zajac NJ (delay of game) 16:12. 7KLUG 3HULRG 3. New Jersey, Palmieri 9 (Zajac) 2:09. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Colorado 10 9 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;25 New Jersey 10 9 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colorado: Berra (W, 5-7-0); NJ: Schneider (L, 11-7-2). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colorado: 0-3; NJ: 0-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 14,019 at New Jersey.

+$%6 %/8( -$&.(76 )LUVW 3HULRG 1. Mtl, Byron 3 (Thomas, Beaulieu) 2:51. 2. Colu, Foligno 2 (Johansen) 17:23. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Savard Clb (slashing) 3:43; Emelin Mtl (interference-major, misconduct) 17:57. 6HFRQG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Murray Clb (holding) 4:41; )ROLJQR &OE %HDXOLHX 0WO Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ 10:56; Connauton Clb (hooking) 12:54. 7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Montreal, Pacioretty 13 (Weise, Subban) 17:51 (pp). 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hartnell Clb (tripping) 17:26. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Columbus 11 6 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;23 Montreal 10 8 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;26 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Columbus: Bobrovsky (L, 10-120); Mtl: Condon (W, 9-2-3). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colum: 0-1; Mtl: 1-4. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 21,288 at Montreal.

:,1*6 6$%5(6 62

)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Detroit, Tatar 9 (Green, Nyquist) 1:34. 2. Detroit, Abdelkader 6 (Ericsson, DeKeyser) 10:32. %XI .DQH 2Âˇ5HLOO\ 5LVWRODLQHQ 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 4. Det, Miller 1 (Abdelkader, Glendening) 4:21. 5. Buffalo, Girgensons 2 (Ristolainen, Moulson) 17:09 (pp). 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Det Bench (too many men) 1:30; Kane Buf (slashing) 1:41; DeKeyser Det (tripping) 5:59; Kane Buf, Smith Det, Zetterberg Det (roughing) 17:04; $EGHONDGHU 'HW KRRNLQJ Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ *RUJHV %XI Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ 7KLUG 3HULRG 6. Buffalo, Kane 4 (Gionta, Ristolainen) :53 (pp). 7. Buffalo, Bogosian 1 (Girgensons, Ristolainen) 3:22. 8. Detroit, Abdelkader 7 (Nyquist, Kronwall) 13:31 (pp). 3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gionta Buf (interference) 12:51. 2YHUWLPH Âł No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nyquist Det (tripping) 1:21. Shootout â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Detroit wins 1-0 %XI 2Âˇ5HLOO\ PLVV 0RXOVRQ PLVV (LFKHO miss. Det: Nyquist miss, Datsyuk miss, Richards goal. 6KRWV RQ JRDO Buffalo 16 9 5 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;32 Detroit 13 20 12 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;46 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Buffalo: Ullmark (LO, 4-5-2); Detroit: Mrazek (W, 7-4-3). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Buffalo: 2-5; Det: 1-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 20,027 at Detroit.

LATE MONDAY

Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Daniel Sedin, Vcr John Klingberg, Dal Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Erik Karlsson, Ott Taylor Hall, Edm Blake Wheeler, Wpg Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Max Pacioretty, Mtl Nathan MacKinnon, Col David Krejci, Bos Tomas Plekanec, Mtl Joe Pavelski, SJ Henrik Sedin, Vcr Michael Cammalleri, NJ Artemi Panarin, Chi Matt Duchene, Col Alex Ovechkin, Wash Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Mats Zuccarello, NYR Jeff Carter, LA Patrice Bergeron, Bos John Tavares, NYI Mike Hoffman, Ott Alex Steen, StL Bobby Ryan, Ott Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Mark Stone, Ott Tyler Toffoli, LA Kyle Turris, Ott Brent Burns, SJ Loui Eriksson, Bos Bryan Little, Wpg Max Domi, Ari Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Patrick Sharp, Dal Gabriel Landeskog, Col Kyle Okposo, NYI Mikko Koivu, Minn Henrik Zetterberg, Det Ryan Suter, Minn P.K. Subban, Mtl Steven Stamkos, TB Adam Henrique, NJ Thomas Vanek, Minn Joel Ward, SJ Brendan Gallagher, Mtl Frans Nielsen, NYI 5\DQ 2Âˇ5HLOO\ %XI Claude Giroux, Pha Martin Hanzal, Ari Brent Seabrook, Chi Dylan Larkin, Det Patrick Marleau, SJ

HOCKEY

FOOTBALL

NBA

WHL

NFL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION Prince Albert Brandon Moose Jaw Regina Saskatoon Swift Current

GP W L 26 16 7 25 15 8 27 13 9 25 12 11 25 10 12 26 8 15

EAST OL 2 0 4 2 3 3

SL 1 2 1 0 0 0

GF GA 87 80 88 68 93 88 74 87 79 101 64 81

Pt 35 32 31 26 23 19

CENTRAL DIVISION Red Deer Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

GP W L 27 19 8 26 17 9 28 16 10 28 11 14 24 7 14 28 6 20

OL 0 0 1 3 2 2

SL 0 0 1 0 1 0

GF GA 106 74 105 78 86 87 80 96 78 98 56 115

Pt 38 34 34 25 17 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION

SCORING LEADERS G 14 18 13 11 5 8 5 9 9 14 12 10 9 7 12 8 7 7 12 12 11 11 10 8 11 10 9 8 5 5 11 11 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 6 4 4 3 1 11 11 10 9 9 9 8 5 5 10 9

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015

A 23 17 21 16 22 18 21 16 16 10 12 14 15 17 11 15 16 16 10 10 11 11 12 14 10 11 12 13 16 16 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 14 16 16 17 19 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 14 14 8 9

:HVW &RDVW JDPHV QRW LQFOXGHG

Pts 37 35 34 27 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18

Kelowna Victoria Prince George Kamloops Vancouver

GP W L 26 19 6 28 18 8 25 14 9 24 12 9 26 6 16

OL 1 1 1 3 2

SL 0 1 1 0 2

GF GA 104 77 96 63 76 72 88 80 69 102

Pt 39 38 30 27 16

OL 2 2 0 0 1

SL 0 1 2 0 0

GF GA 91 69 89 92 62 44 81 73 81 108

Pt 34 31 30 24 21

U.S. DIVISION GP W L 25 16 7 27 14 10 23 14 7 24 12 12 27 10 16

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

Note: Division leaders ranked in top 2 positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 points & a victory in W column; team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 pt. in OTL or SOL columns 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Prince George 3 Portland 2 Kamloops 5 Kootenay 1 Victoria 3 Medicine Hat 1 :HGQHVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV $OO WLPHV /RFDO Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Regina at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m. Kootenay at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Everett, 8:05 p.m. 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPH Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Kootenay at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Vernon Trail Merritt

GP W L 28 26 2 27 18 6 29 17 10 30 13 15 28 11 17 30 9 19

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 124 53 52 2 1 116 73 39 0 2 109 100 36 0 2 134 96 28 0 0 79 121 22 0 2 97 130 20

ISLAND DIVISION GP W L 1DQDLPR Powell River 27 16 10 Cowichan Vally 28 14 10 Victoria 31 11 16 Alberni Valley 27 10 15

T OL GF GA Pt 0 1 99 72 33 1 3 101 130 32 0 4 81 94 25 1 1 78 106 22

MAINLAND DIVISION GP W L Chilliwack 27 18 6 Wenatchee 28 16 8 Langley 29 17 12 Coquitlam 27 11 12 Prince George 30 7 21 Surrey 27 5 22

T OL GF GA Pt 1 2 105 62 39 2 2 98 67 36 0 0 111 89 34 1 3 77 105 26 0 2 67 128 16 0 0 69 140 10

7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV 1DQDLPR Victoria 1 (OT) West Kelowna 7 Trail 3 :HGQHVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Vernon at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Merritt at Penticton, 7 p.m. 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Coquitlam at Prince George, 7 p.m. Surrey at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Coquitlam at Chilliwack, 7 p.m. Vernon at Penticton, 7 p.m. 1DQDLPR at Prince George, 7 p.m. Cowichan Valley at West Kelowna, 7 pm. Surrey at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Alberni Valley at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

: 10 6 5 4

/ 1 5 6 7

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .909 .545 .455 .364

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: 6 6 4 2

/ 5 5 7 9

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .545 .545 .364 .182

3) 3$ 249 260 232 234 236 299 203 257

: 9 6 4 2

/ 2 5 7 9

7 0 0 0 0

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3) 3$ 297 193 266 230 259 276 213 310

: 9 6 5 3

/ 2 5 6 8

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .818 .545 .455 .273

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SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

WEST Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Washington N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas

: 5 5 4 3

/ 6 6 7 8

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .455 .455 .364 .273

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: 11 6 5 4

/ 0 5 6 7

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: 8 7 5 4

/ 3 4 6 7

7 0 0 0 0

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: 9 6 4 3

/ 2 5 7 8

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SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

NORTH Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

WEST Arizona Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

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

: 13 11 10 10 11 12 10 10 10 9 7 8 7 5 1

/ 5 5 5 6 7 8 7 8 8 9 8 10 11 13 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE : / 3FW *% Golden State 19 0 1.000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; San Antonio 14 4 .778 41/2 Oklahoma City 11 7 .611 71/2 Memphis 11 8 .579 8 Dallas 11 8 .579 8 1 L.A. Clippers 10 8 .556 8 /2 Utah 8 8 .500 91/2 Phoenix 8 10 .444 101/2 Minnesota 8 10 .444 101/2 Houston 7 11 .389 111/2 Portland 7 12 .368 12 Sacramento 7 12 .368 12 Denver 6 12 .333 121/2 New Orleans 4 14 .222 141/2 L.A. Lakers 2 15 .118 16 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Philadelphia 103 L.A. Lakers 91 Brooklyn 94 Phoenix 91 Washington 97 Cleveland 85 Orlando 96 Minnesota 93 Memphis 113 New Orleans 104 Dallas 115 Portland 112 (OT) 0RQGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Golden State 106 Utah 103 Milwaukee 92 Denver 74 Atlanta 106 Oklahoma City 100 Sacramento 112 Dallas 98 L.A. Clippers 102 Portland 87 Chicago 92 San Antonio 89 Boston 105 Miami 95 Detroit 116 Houston 105 :HGQHVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV L.A. Lakers at Washington, 7 p.m. Golden State at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Milwaukee at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Oklahoma City at Miami, 7 p.m. Denver at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Memphis, 9:30 p.m. Indiana at Portland, 10 p.m. Boston v. Sacramento at Mexico City, 10 pm

0RQGD\ÂˇV UHVXOW Baltimore 33 Cleveland 27 7KXUVGD\ V JDPH Green Bay at Detroit 6XQGD\ V JDPHV Arizona at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Denver at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia at New England, 4:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. 0RQGD\ 'HF Dallas at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

SOCCER

NCAA

ITALY

$3 723 6&+('8/( 6DWXUGD\ V JDPHV 1R Clemson vs. 1R North Carolina, ACC championship, Charlotte, N.C., 8 pm 1R Alabama vs. 1R Florida, SEC championship, Atlanta, 4 p.m. 1R Iowa vs. 1R Michigan State, Big Ten championship, Indianapolis, 8:17 p.m. 1R Stanford vs. 1R Southern Cal, Pac-12 championship, Santa Clara, Calif., 7:45 p.m. 1R Baylor vs. Texas, noon 1R Houston vs. 1R Temple, AAC championship, noon

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NHL

Suterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late goal pushes Wild to 2-1 win over Chicago THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Defenceman Ryan Suter drove to the net and poked in a rebound with 7:56 left in the third period, lifting the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. After Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corey Crawford made an acrobatic right pad save on Mikael Granlund on a breakaway, Granlund missed on a rebound attempt. Suter then cruised to the

net and buried a loose puck that was dangling near the goal line. Chicago forward Patrick Kane scored a power-play goal at 5:21 of the second period to extend his point streak to 20 games. Kane has 12 goals and 20 assists during the longest such run for a U.S.-born player. Jason Pominville also scored for Minnesota, which snapped a threegame losing streak and won for just the second time in its last seven games.

Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves in his 14th start in 15 games. Crawford finished with 34 stops. PREDATORS 5, COYOTES 2 Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist, helping Nashville rally for the win. Calle Jarnkrok, Mike Ribeiro, and James Neal also scored for the Predators, who stopped a two-game losing streak. Shea Weber had three assists.

Arizona had won three in a row. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Kyle Chipchura scored for the Coyotes, who carried a 2-1 lead into the third period. Nashville lost centre Mike Fisher at 7:56 of the second period to a lower-body injury. In the Arizona zone, Martin He left the ice without putting any weight on his right leg. PANTHERS 3, BLUES 1 Derek MacKenzie scored twice in

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otivated by his daughters and fresh off a break from golf, Mike Weir is ready to start his comeback. The Canadian golfer will play his first tournament since taking a months-long hiatus when he tees off at the AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm in February. He must make a certain amount of money within the first eight events of the 2015 season to hold on to his PGA Tour playing privileges. After withdrawing from the John Deere Classic in July, the native of Bright’s Grove, Ont., said he was going to be taking an “indefinite leave of absence from golf.” Once the No. 3 golfer in the world, Weir slid down to 620th. He was divorced last December, and, after fighting a myriad of injuries, the eight-time PGA Tour champion and 2003 Masters winner decided enough was enough. He needed a reset. Weir admitted he didn’t swing a club for seven weeks after his announcement. He enjoyed spending time with his daughters, 17-year-old Elle and 15-year-old Lili. They went to the south of France, they went to visit family in Southwestern Ontario, and family visited them. But once the girls got back to school, Weir began practising again during the day. He would travel to Florida to work with his coach David Leadbetter — one of the world’s

Mike Weir, from Bright’s Grove, Ont., tees off at the Canadian Open on July 27, 2014 at Royal Montreal golf club in Montreal. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

most renowned teachers. All the while, his daughters kept him motivated. “We talk all the time when I get home. They’re asking how my practice is going and they can see how things are coming along, and see how I’m excited,” Weir said. “They definitely want me to go out there and do well”

“I just want to get back to playing good golf, which I think I’m capable of doing. Right now I’m very motivated and I’m giving it one good go.” There was a slight pause when Weir said, “good,” as if he was holding himself back from saying “last.” Time is catching up to the 45-yearold, and the past five years have been a struggle for Weir.

In 2012, he played in 14 events, and didn’t make a single cut. Weir was injured often over the next few seasons and had only made one cut in 2015 before his announcement in July. He has used both of his career money list exemptions, but he will be entered into eight PGA Tour events in 2016 thanks to a combined major and minor medical exemption awarded to him by the Tour. He said he is open to playing on other golf tours. “I might mix in a few Web events to stay sharp, and I may even look at some events in Europe,” he said. “I need to play, and play a lot to get back mentally as much as physically. That just takes you playing.” Despite the ongoing mathematics that will determine if Weir will be a full-fledged PGA Tour member through 2016, he is just trying to play good golf. “A lot of the ’life’ stuff is behind me now, and things are going pretty good. I can get back focused, and have a clear path in my mind,” he said. “I’m at a stage right now with my girls and the age they’re at that they’re fully on board.” While the veteran begins his 20th year on the PGA Tour, he’s encouraged at what he sees from the future of Canadian golf. And, he’s happy to pass on his knowledge to the next generation of golfers. “Watching them brings back memories of what I had to go through, and the way they go about it now,” Weir said. “It’s a little different times, but it’s fun to watch them.”

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Ski team hopes new coaches yield medals DONNA SPENCER THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — The coaching staff of the Canadian women’s ski team has been overhauled, with heavyweights who worked with stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Tina Maze joining the organization. By making the off-season moves, Alpine Canada sent a message that it’s time to push Canada’s women from contenders to conquerors. The skiers agree. “Our team is young and we’re at a point where we need to step up,” slalom racer Erin Mielzynski said. “Instead of defending where we are, we need to chase.” Roland Pfeifer coached U.S. slalom star Shiffrin from 2011 to 2014. The 20-year-old phenom won Olympic and world championship gold as well as a pair of overall World Cup slalom titles during that span. The U.S. ski team made staff changes midway through last season. Pfeifer was re-assigned to the men’s squad in January. The Austrian says he jumped to the Canadian team this season because he trusts Alpine Canada athletic director Martin Rufener.

“I can’t expect to start working with Roland and start winning World Cups right away. “ Marie-Michele Gagnon

Pfeifer is the head coach of Canada’s seven women, but works primarily with slalom racers. He replaced Jim Pollock, who retired in June after guiding Canada’s women through four Olympic Games and seven world championships. With Pfeifer came Luca de Marchi, who was a strength and conditioning coach of Shiffrin and the U.S. women’s team. Canada’s speed program is bare bones with just Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., racing World Cup downhills Friday and Saturday in Lake Louise, Alta. Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., will also race for Canada, but she runs and funds her own program outside Alpine Canada. Valerio Ghirardi of Italy came on board as a speed coach and also

trains giant slalom racers. Ghirardi spent last season coaching Slovenia’s Maze, the reigning downhill and giant slalom Olympic champion who is taking a year off. Mielzynski of Collingwood, Ont., Marie-Michele Gagnon of LacEtchemin, Que., and Marie-Pier Prefontaine of Saint Saveur, Que., ranked just outside the world’s top 10 at the end of 2014-15. Mielzyinski, 25, has stood on the podium once since winning a World Cup slalom in 2012. Gagnon, 26, has finished fourth to eighth in 16 World Cup slaloms in her career. “I did know Erin and Mitch from seeing them on the women’s circuit,” Pfeifer said. “It is a very interesting challenge to help them get a little bit better. They’re good. It just takes a little more to make them real good.” Mielzynski finished just outside the medals Sunday when she was fourth in Aspen, Colo. Gagnon was eighth and Mielzynski 10th in another slalom there Saturday. Shiffrin swept both races. “(Roland) says ‘to beat Mikaela in slalom, you’re going to have to do this and this and this,”’ Gagnon said.

“Then I have my mind set on it, am working super-hard towards it and have a purpose. “For me, I’ve kind of been in the same ranking in the world, between sixth and 15th, for the last few years and I’m really wanting to get on that podium more often. “It is a work in progress. I can’t expect to start working with Roland and start winning World Cups right away. It’s possible, but I have a lot of work to do and I am intending on doing that over the winter, even between races.” Pfeifer’s goal for Mielzynski is for her skiing to be more effortless. “If you’re fighting, it’s more fatiguing than if you have a flow and you’re kind of dancing with the hill and letting it guide you,” Mielzynski said. “If I have the guts to make a big change, instead of defending where I am, I can chase Mikaela. The reason we say Mikaela is because she is the standard.” Prefontaine’s strength is giant slalom. The 27-year-old was 15th in the season-opener in Soelden, Austria. Prefontaine didn’t finish her first run last week in Aspen.

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Manchester gets by Hull, reaches League semifinal Manchester City thrashed Hull 4-1 and advanced to the League Cup semifinals on Tuesday, while Everton and Stoke also progressed with victories against second-tier opposition. Wilfried Bony gave City an early lead, converting after Kevin De Bruyne’s low shot from distance rebounded off the post. Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho added the second from close range 10 minutes from fulltime after clever play by Raheem Sterling, and a quick-fire double from De Bruyne completed City’s scoring. His first came after a defensive mix-up by Hull, but the second was a stunning free kick from 25 yards, which was curled into the top corner.

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Benzema will respond to Prime Minister’s remark Facing increasing pressure in the wake of a blackmail scandal that is tarnishing his name, France striker Karim Benzema has finally decided to speak out. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls joined in the criticism of Benzema on Tuesday, saying he “has no place” on the national team, days after Mathieu Valbuena gave a hard-hitting interview in which he spoke of feeling betrayed by his France teammate. Benzema will respond in an interview to be aired on French national news on Wednesday, broadcaster TF1 said. Benzema is one of France’s key players as it gets ready to host the 2016 European Championship, but the Real Madrid forward faces charges of conspiracy to blackmail relating to an extortion scam over a sex tape.Andrew Robertson got a lastminute consolation goal for Hull.

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Coach offers to step down to help players Venezuela coach Noel Sanvicente has offered to step down if it helps the national soccer team’s dispute with their federation. Fifteen players in the national team are threatening to quit unless the entire board of directors of the Venezuela Football Federation resign. The federation has yet to make any public reaction to the players, who made their statement on social media on Monday, but released a letter on Tuesday in which Sanvicente apologized to the players for unintended offence by his own previous lack of comment. “If my departure contributes so that these differences are overcome, then I’ll step aside,” Sanvicente said. The players accuse interim president Laureano Gonzalez of mistreatment and slander, following recent allegations that several players were conspiring to oust Sanvicente.the starting lineup after a nine-game absence through injury.injuries since.

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Cremini mushroom and walnut samosas are probably India’s favourite snack. These crispy triangles are loved by everyone from Bollywood actresses to business managers and toddlers to grandmas. [AP PHOTO]

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amosas probably are India’s favourite snack. These crispy triangles are loved by everyone from Bollywood actresses to business managers and toddlers to grandmas. When I was growing up, samosas made an appearance at any significant family gathering, whether it was small and festive or a huge celebration. A week or so prior to the big event, my mother, sister and I would form a production line in the kitchen. My mother would make the filling, my sister would fill the samosas (I could not be trusted not to eat the mixture) and I would fold them into neat triangles. The samosas then would be covered with plastic wrap and frozen on sheet pans, ready to be baked a few minutes ahead of our guests’ arrival, leaving us all happy and out of the kitchen to enjoy the party. Traditionally, samosas are filled with a medley of mixed vegetables, such as potatoes, peas and carrots, or minced meat and herbs, then deep-fried to crisp perfection. In our family kitchen, we’ve evolved them over time to use whatever ingredients grew in our farming community. We also bake them instead of fry so that they’re healthier (and easier to cook). Some families make their own

pastry (which is surprisingly easy), but I like to use phyllo pastry, as it’s quick, light and easily stored in the freezer. During the holiday season, I love to use walnuts and mushrooms together. Their savoury flavours marry perfectly and feel very festive. Plus, their meaty textures persuade even the most hardened of carnivores to get involved. Once you’ve mastered the folding technique, feel free to use this recipe as a blank canvas for whatever spicy filling you desire. After a few goes, the world will be your samosa. CREMINI MUSHROOM AND WALNUT SAMOSAS The key to perfecting this mushroom and walnut samosa recipe is to cook the filling mixture until it is dry. This keeps your samosas lovely and crisp. If the mixture is wet you might get soggy samosas. A food processor also makes swift work of chopping your mushrooms and walnuts. The samosas also can be prepped and frozen, then baked directly from the freezer. Frozen samosas should bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Start to finish: 1 hour 15 minutes (45 active) Makes 18 Samosas 1 1/4 cups walnuts (5 ounces) walnuts 3 cups cremini mushrooms, roughly chopped 3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil

1 teaspoon cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon nigella seeds (plus extra, to garnish) 1 large yellow onion, diced 1-inch chunk fresh ginger, grated 6 large cloves garlic, minced 2 serrano or jalapeno chilies, finely chopped 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 8 ounces phyllo dough (1/2 a 16-ounce package) 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted Heat the oven to 400 F. In a food processor, pulse the walnuts until finely ground. Transfer to a bowl, then add the mushrooms to the processor and pulse until reduced to pea-sized chunks. Set aside. In a large skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the cumin and nigella seeds. When the seeds to start to sizzle in the hot oil, add the onion and cook for eight minutes, or until starting to soften and brown. Add the ginger, garlic and chilies, then cook for another five minutes, or until the onions are darkened. Add the mushrooms and gently fold into the onion mixture. Season with the salt and pepper, then cook for 15 minutes, or until all the liquid evaporates. There should only be the tiniest trace of liquid in the bottom of the pan. Once the onions and mushrooms are ready, add the walnuts. Cook for another three

minutes, then remove from the heat and leave to cool while you get your samosa station ready. Line two baking sheet with kitchen parchment. On a large chopping board, unroll one sheet of phyllo pastry. With a pastry brush, lightly cover the sheet with melted butter, then layer over it a second sheet of pastry. Brush the second sheet with additional butter. Using a sharp knife, cut the sheets into three horizontal strips measuring 4-by-10 inches. Place one heaping tablespoon of the mixture on one end of each strip. Fold the filling over on itself at an angle to form a triangle. Continue folding the filling and pastry over on itself in this way, similar to folding a flag, to form a triangular packet. When you get near the end, stick the final bit of pastry down with a bit of melted butter. Cut off any bits that don’t fall into shape. Pop the samosa on a tray and repeat with remaining ingredients. To bake the samosas, brush them on both sides with butter, sprinkle with nigella seeds and place them in a single layer. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve hot. • Nutrition information per serving: 170 calories; 120 calories from fat (71 per cent of total calories); 14 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 200 mg sodium; 10 g carbohydrate; 1 g fibre; 1 g sugar; 3 g protein.

o Your Health” is one of the most common things that people toast when sharing a glass of good cheer. The season of good cheer is upon us, but is the contents of that glass you just lifted good for your health? There are so many conflicting studies that it could drive a person to drink. There seems to be evidence that there is an association between moderate alcohol consumption, good health and healthy aging. There are studies that report moderate alcohol consumption might lower risk of diabetes, decrease risk of dementia, lower risk of cardiovascular events, improve libido, prevent the common cold, and the list goes on. It is with great reluctance that I write these comments. For many the knee jerk reaction is “Alright! Let’s party.” The reality of this statement is much more sobering. Moderate drinking is defined as one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men. One drink is equal to 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine, and 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits such as whisky or gin. The beneficial effect cannot be saved up to allow seven beers on a Saturday night. All of the studies that have been done on alcohol consumption and health benefits have been the type of study that looks at a whole bunch of people and measures what they do in life and then scientists see what happens over time. For these types of studies, scientists draw conclusions but really don’t know for sure whether the alcohol had the effect or whether it was the many other lifestyle behaviours that did it. The most effective test in research is the controlled randomized clinical trial. It is not ethical to use this kind of test on a substance that is known to have physical effects on humans. Besides, the study subjects would know whether they were given a placebo or the real thing. Regardless of the benefits to drinking, there are still many risks. Excess alcohol consumption can lead to high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides, liver damage, cancer risk, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, addiction, domestic abuse, motor vehicle deaths, poverty and destruction of families. One drink per day may be healthy, but if you cannot stop after one, do not start. As you meet with friends and family, raise a glass to your health. You can decide what to put in the glass. If you don’t drink alcohol now, don’t start. If you are not driving, moderate alcohol intake may make you feel good and certainly seems to have some health benefits.

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Your wife is right on this one; don’t Bieber concert will use kitchen sink to wash golf balls aid outreach centre Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: Please help settle a dispute between my wife and me. I have been an avid golf player for the past 20 years. After every Sunday game, I come home and wash the golf balls in the kitchen sink. We live in a very modest house, and other than the bathroom, the kitchen has the only other sink. I refuse to wash my golf balls in the bathroom because I use the same sink to brush my teeth. For what feels like forever now, my wife has argued that the kitchen is no place to wash things from the outside world. While I understand that it may not be the most ideal place, it is really the only option I have. My wife has now reached the point where she doesn’t even want me to play golf on Sunday anymore. I really love golfing and would hate to see it come to this.

How should I approach this with my wife? — Between a Golf Ball and a Hard Place Dear Between: Your golf balls don’t belong in the kitchen sink. You may object to washing them where you brush your teeth, but it’s hardly an improvement to wash them where you prepare your food. If you want to continue golfing without annoying your wife, we recommend a compromise. Many golf courses have ball-cleaning machines. If so, use them. If not, when you get home, soak them in a bucket of hot water. (A golfer we know first throws in a tablet of denture cleaner to really get the grit out.) It’s a small inconvenience to you, and it will make your wife happy. Dear Annie: I’ve been traveling a lot, but now I’m home for a couple of months. Right before I left for my last trip, I met “Alec” and we clicked immediately. The problem is, we come from very different cultures and are looking for different things from a relationship. Alec also is dealing with various personal issues that I don’t want to take on. Since I’ve been home, I’ve seen Alec twice. I know I’m leading him on, but selfishly I don’t want to stop

seeing him. We always have such an amazing time together. I’ve never had this sort of relationship. Should I just go with it and enjoy a new and exciting experience, or should I put an end to our budding relationship before one of us gets hurt? — On the Fence Dear Fence: As long as you are honest, you are not leading him on. Make sure Alec knows that you don’t anticipate the relationship lasting for the long haul. That way, if he still wants to continue seeing you, it’s up to him. You cannot avoid someone getting hurt in spite of your upfront warnings. But keep in mind that some of the most unexpected relationships can turn into long-term, loving commitments. If the things that are “amazing” with Alec include good conversations, shared values, a similar sense of humour, warmth and affection, they could make up for cultural differences and other issues. Only time will tell. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook. com/AskAnnies.

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TORONTO — Justin Bieber’s road to redemption continues. On Tuesday, the beleaguered pop superstar surprised fans with plans for an intimate Toronto concert to benefit an outreach centre that helped him and his mother in his hometown of Stratford, Ont. The 21-year-old took to his Twitter account to announce that he’ll perform an acoustic show at the Danforth Music Hall on Dec. 7 to benefit the Stratford House of Blessing. Tickets, which were priced at $100 each, quickly sold out. This isn’t the first time Bieber has donated to the Stratford House of Blessing, which has a food bank and other various services. “His mother used our services when he was little and it’s their way of giving back to their community,” said executive director Theresa McMurray. Last year, he and his grandmother donated several of his childhood items from his original house for the group to auction off on eBay. The items — which included a lamp, a comforter, a sheet set and a pair of shoes — netted $64,000.

Bieber has also donated $10,000 to the group and convinced American TV personality Billy Bush to give them $5,000 after the singer helped him get more followers on Twitter. “Thank you for being there when we needed you :) now it’s my turn,” Bieber tweeted at the Stratford House of Blessing on Tuesday. McMurray said she just learned about the concert Tuesday morning when Bieber’s label, Universal Music Canada, called. She was “overwhelmed” with the news. “All I could say when they called me was ’Thank you, thank you, thank you,”’ she said, “because there are so many people in need and that’s what we do on a regular basis, every day — is extending our hand of kindness and hope to people, making their lives a little bit brighter as they struggle in this day and age.” Bieber has made a huge comeback — personally and professionally — with his new album “Purpose,” which includes the hits “Sorry” and “What Do You Mean.” Bieber has also been atoning for his former controversies in recent months, through a Comedy Central roast and various apologetic interviews.

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A cast member of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in federal prison for drug trafficking. Mendeecees Harris, 37, also agreed to forfeit the $171,000 he made from the television show, along with a 2011 Audi R8 sports car worth $111,000. Harris pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to distribute and possess heroin and cocaine. Prosecutors said the 37-year-old New York City resident was involved in drug

Journalist Linda Ellerbee in 2005. Ellerbee, 71, said Tuesday that she’s retiring from TV after Nickelodeon airs a one-hour retrospective of her work on Dec. 15. [AP PHOTO]

Linda Ellerbee to end TV career Veteran newswoman, 71, wraps up Dec. 15 DAVID BAUDER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Linda Ellerbee, a veteran newswoman who wrote an irreverent bestseller about her time on television and built a second career at Nickelodeon explaining tough stories to youngsters, says that she’s signing off the air for good. Ellerbee, 71, said Tuesday she’s retiring from TV after Nickelodeon airs a one-hour retrospective of her work on Dec. 15. “It’s really nice to be one of the few who walks away from television news on their own time and of their own choice and I’m really lucky in that,” she said. “That really didn’t happen for so many of my contemporaries, didn’t happen because of age or cutbacks in news. . . . I go smiling.” The outspoken Texan and multiple award winner was among the first prominent women in TV news and a model for the sitcom character Murphy Brown after actress Candice Bergen studied her work. Ellerbee — and later Murphy Brown — survived breast cancer. Ellerbee began a television news career after being fired by The Associated Press in 1972. On the night desk in Dallas, she wrote a gossipy letter to a friend that was inadvertently sent on the wire to three states. A news director at Houston’s KHOUTV saw it, thought Ellerbee was a funny writer, and hired her. She quickly moved on to local news in New York and then NBC, where she covered politics and co-hosted the prime-time newsmagazine Weekend with Lloyd Dobyns. She hosted weekly news segments on the Today show and, later, Good Morning America. Her network news highlight came in the wee hours when she and Dobyns wrote and co-hosted the nightly news program Overnight from 1984 to 1986 on NBC. When honoured by the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University

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Awards, judges called it “possibly the best-written and most intelligent news program ever.” “There’s never been anything plastic or blow-dried about Linda,” said Cheryl Gould, a creator and senior broadcast producer on Overnight She has always been the antithesis of your stereotypical, perfectly coiffed anchorwoman. Her emotions are not manufactured for the on-air effect. Linda is as real as they come.” Ellerbee’s 1986 book, And So it Goes — named for her signature sign-off — was climbing the bestseller lists when she was told her contract would not be renewed. “I wrote it predicated on the assumption that my bosses at NBC News had a sense of humour,” she said. “I turned out to be wrong on that.” After a stop at ABC, Ellerbee and partner Rolfe Tessem opened a production company and what became their biggest job happened by chance. The new kids’ network Nickelodeon asked her to make a show explaining to youngsters the U.S. war with Iraq in the early 1990s. She was Nick News head for 25 years, making programs tied to events like the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Oklahoma City bombing and Hurricane Katrina. The show delved into social issues like same-sex marriage and AIDS. She won Emmys for shows on AIDS, children of alcoholics, kids living with cancer, the adjustment of parents returning from war, autism and ethnic cleansing. After a decade of trying, she produced a special this year with dying children talking to their peers. While leaving television, Ellerbee said she’ll continue to write and travel. “I can hold my head up, look in the mirror and I didn’t have to be ashamed of anything I ever did or wrote,” she said. “I fought some battles and I won some and lost some. But I get to walk out the door and look back feeling good about it.”

trafficking from 2005 until 2012, including from 2006 to 2008 when he was part of an operation that distributed drugs in the upstate city of Rochester, where he was prosecuted. The sentence was the lowest possible term under a plea agreement that included a maximum prison sentence of just over 10 years. Harris’ attorney said the judge recognized the work Harris has been doing since his arrest to deter young people from crime. “The possibility of a jail sentence has been well known in the community,” attorney Donald

Thompson said by phone after the sentencing, “and he’s talked about that with kids who are coming up in difficult situations and have to make life choices, whether it’s a good idea to make a whole lot of money selling drugs or make less money and not have to be looking over your shoulder.” Harris’ wedding to fellow cast member Yandy Smith was televised live on May 25. In a tweet posted on the VH1 website, Smith thanked followers for their support. “We finally have closure and are prepared and ready for all the future holds,” she wrote.

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LOS ANGELES — Shakespeare’s “Scottish play” gets a highly stylized, moody and occasionally mystifying update, courtesy of Justin Kurzel, the Australian director responsible for the haunting Snowtown. This version begins with an unsettling sight: Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) and his wife, Lady Macbeth (Marion Cotillard) witnessing the burial of their dead child atop a gusty, grey hill in the desolate Scottish Highlands. The mourning transitions into a stunningly violent and mystical battle sequence, clouded by fog and mist and slowed in parts with an almost video game-like vulgarity, where Macbeth hears the witches’ prophecy that he will be King. It is in this war-weary and grief-stricken state that Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to murder King Duncan (David Thewlis). Ambition and greed fill their voids, and Macbeth becomes the executor of their future. Malcolm (Jack Reynor), King Duncan’s heir, witnesses the murder and flees, adding an immediate tension to everything that happens after. More violence follows. Once Macbeth assumes the throne, he begins his slow descent into madness. Fassbender delivers Shakespeare confidently and effectively (if too quietly) — coming alive as he loses his mind. No one plays agony quite like Fassbender. The banquet scene where Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo (Paddy Considine) is a particular highlight, though less terrifying than Polanski’s rendering. Macbeth’s ever heightening paranoia provides a much needed engine for the film, which, despite the visual interest, comparatively brisk pacing and mesmeric battles, is weakened by those largely whispered and mumbled lines. Instead of affecting a Scottish lilt, Cotillard retains her native French accent, which proves effective in making the inimitable Lady Macbeth seem even more mysterious. She’s even given another dramatic scene in which she witnesses the execution of Lady Macduff (Elizabeth Debicki, on screen far too briefly) and her children. Indeed, death looms over everything here, and weighs increasingly heavily on this childless couple. This Macbeth brings war, post-traumatic stress disorder and grief to the fore in a more visceral way than others have been able to show, and in this way Kurzel has put his stamp on the canon of Macbeth film adaptations.