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TORONTO — Hours before a family of Syrian refugees was set to land in Ontario, the retired couple who helped sponsor them was scrambling Monday to wrap up preparations for their arrival. Brian and Philomena Logel learned two weeks ago that the Alhajali family — Emad, his wife Razan, their daughter, Fatma, and son Mohammad — would be arriving this month, leaving them little time to finalize arrangements. The couple managed to find the family a townhouse in Orangeville, Ont., about an hour northwest of Toronto, and were rushing to drop off first and last month’s rent before heading to the airport, Brian Logel said. He said the Alhajalis will still live with them at their farmhouse on the outskirts of town for about a week until the new home is ready. And the family will be coming over for Christmas dinner, even though it’s not a holiday they celebrate, he said. While Brian Logel ran errands, his wife was at home cooking in case the Alhajalis are hungry when they arrive. The pair had previously said they found a halal butcher in town. Others in the community have promised to drop off meals over the next week so that Philomena Logel isn’t shouldering the burden alone, he said. “We’re so nervous, we’re so excited, I can’t believe it, how keyed up we are,” he said. The Logels are part of a group co-sponsoring the Alhajalis with their local United Church. They are working through the Anglican United Refugee Alliance, one of several organizations that have deals with the federal government to allow them to sponsor

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard presents a newly-arrived Syrian refugee with a teddy bear at a welcome centre in Montreal on Saturday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

refugees from lists provided by the United Nations. The Alhajalis are expected to arrive from Jordan on a commercial flight, rather than the government airlifts that began last Thursday as part of the Liberals’ pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February. Emad and Razan Alhajali, both 28, have said they wanted to come to Canada specifically because they felt it was too dangerous for Muslims in the U.S., and Europe was turning people away. The couple is expecting their third child.

A trained nurse and midwife, Razan Alhajali has said she hopes her credentials can be recognized in her new country. Her husband has said he struggled to find work in Irbid, the northern Jordanian city where they have lived since fleeing their war-torn homeland. Emad Alhajali’s cousin, Awad, and his family also found sponsors in Orangeville, but their application is in the early stages. » We want to hear from you. Send comments to yourletters@nanaimodailynews.com. letters must include daytime phone number and hometown

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OTTAWA — Canadian household debt hit a new record in the third quarter, as borrowing rose faster than income. Statistics Canada said Monday the amount of household debt compared with disposable income rose to 163.7 per cent, up from 162.7 per cent in the second quarter. That means the average household has roughly $1.64 in debt for every dollar of disposable income. “The deterioration in the headline was expected, driven by a combination of sluggish income growth and still-hearty borrowing,” Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said. “Hot housing markets in B.C. and Ontario are driving mortgage growth, over-riding the softness in oil-producing regions. On

the flip side, the relentless decline in oil and other commodity prices is dampening income growth.” Disposable income increased 0.8 per cent, while household credit market debt grew 1.4 per cent. Total household credit market debt, which includes consumer credit, and mortgage and non-mortgage loans, reached $1.892 trillion. Consumer credit debt was $572.3 billion, while mortgage debt stood at $1.234 trillion. Household debt and the housing market have been key concerns for economists and policy-markets. Last week, Ottawa moved to cool some of the country’s hottest real estate markets with new rules to require larger downpayments for houses over $500,000. TD Bank economist Diana Petramala said the new rules would likely affect only a small

segment of the overall housing market. “However, set against a backdrop of rising unemployment, the debt-to-income ratio is still likely to continue to trek higher through 2016,” Petramala said. The report on household debt came a day before the Bank of Canada is set to release its latest financial system review which will include an examination of household debt and potential vulnerabilities for the financial system. Porter noted that while the household debt-to-disposable income ratio is at a new high, it likely will not dictate Bank of Canada policy. “In its latest policy statement, the bank suggested that while ’vulnerabilities in the household sector continue to edge higher.’ they see ’overall risks to financial stability are evolving as expected’,” Porter said.

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A way to make amends Restorative justice program can offer clean slate for young offenders

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lmost two decades ago, an RCMP officer came to Nanaimo to start a program to keep young offenders off the road leading to a life of crime. Today Nanaimo’s Restorative Justice program is a model used by criminologists around the world to prevent troubled teens or young offenders becoming a habitual criminals. As an RCMP officer, Randy Munro understood the cost of crime, not only to victims and society, Darrell but for the offender Bellaart caught in a hopeless Reporting revolving-door cycle of crime, jail, and more crime, with little chance of meaningful employment or social status. While stationed at the Fort St. John detachment in the mid-1990s Munro heard about a unique approach practiced in New Zealand, which made young people accountable for their actions, by facing their victims and making direct reparations. In 1995 Northwest Territories Judge Heimo Lilles presented a paper discussing how New Zealand shaming circles were used to close of three youth detention centers in that country. They featured a form of restorative justice that involved offenders facing their victims and taking responsibility for their behaviour. Munro saw this as a “better way to deal with youth in the criminal justice system.” He approached an RCMP community consultative group in Fort St. John to discuss his thoughts on creating a new program for youth. Steps were taken to develop such a system, which went into practice in May, 1996. A form of restorative justice was already being practiced at Sparwood, but it involved offenders facing a three-member board, rather than the victim. “That particular model I didn’t agree with,” Munro said. He liked the Judge Lilles model, because it resulted in offenders seeing the harm their actions cause others, and led them to think of how to make things right. “We started with youth, and then we

The Nanaimo courthouse. Restorative justice programs aim to keep youngsters out of the criminal justice system. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

“Almost every person I’ve seen that has committed a crime, something has gone on in their life.” Kim Fagerlund, John Howard Society

said: ‘Gee, we’ll try it with adults, and it worked very well.’” A year later Munro was transferred to Nanaimo. He approached Violet Smith at the Nanaimo Region John Howard Society to establish a restorative justice program here. It took time to educate the community, train facilitators and find sources of funding for the new service, but in May 1998, it was operational. The program works in ways the criminal justice system can’t. Where a criminal tried by the state might consider the system as a faceless entity to be sneered at, restorative justice is about taking responsibility of actions. For Jennifer (not her real name), 25, of Parksville, restorative justice meant avoiding a criminal record for an act committed during a lapse of judgment — an attempt to shoplift a bunch of carrots from a grocery store while intoxicated. She and her boyfriend were in Nanaimo and started drinking early that day, on an empty stomach.

That afternoon they went shopping for some food, and she decided she wanted carrots. “I put it in my purse, and, as I was walking out, the store mark (store security), said: ‘You’re not planning to leave the store with those carrots, are you?’” She immediately owned up to her mistake, and her co-operation helped steer her case to the program. Jennifer is a certified massage therapist, and as part of her contract, she agreed to provide free massages to a group of people. Escaping the lifetime humiliation of a criminal record was a big relief for Jennifer. The lesson she learned? “Don’t do stupid things on a whim.” Every criminal was once a child. Usually there was a trigger event that got them started on the criminal path. “Almost every person I’ve seen that has committed a crime, something has gone on in their life. They might have experienced a sexual assault, they may be hungry, whatever,” said Kim Fagerlund, Nanaimo Region John Howard Society restorative justice co-ordinator. Criminologists understand in the vast majority of cases, such behaviour is not malicious. Typically, it’s a cry for help. The goal is to prevent recidivism, but a justice system designed to punish criminals, then give them a life-changing criminal record, can have the opposite effect.

While consequences are needed to teach stealing and other antisocial behaviour are wrong, a young person who acts out needs equal measures of support to get them through a dark period in their development. Unlike traditional courts, offenders can earn forgiveness by apologizing and taking other suitable actions to wipe the slate clean with victims. In study after study, offenders are far less likely to repeat the crime after they go through restorative justice. The process isn’t easy for offenders, since it requires that they own up to their crime and make amends. The shame they experience in the process is often enough to make them pause before repeating the offence. “We’ve had kids fix fences they’ve knocked down,” Fagerlund said. And sometimes victims, realizing the offender is changing their behaviour, become supportive, Munro said. “If a person goes to court they never face the victim, and the victim never gets to say: ‘This is how it’s affected me,” Fagerlund said. When a victim finds their home ransacked, their first question is why they were targeted. Restorative justice answers that question for victims — something that seldom happens in law courts. Fagerlund said victims get to ask that question and usually they get an answer. “When we sit down in a forum and in walks this scrawny 14-year-old,” she said. “They can be assured that person won’t go out and hurt someone else.” Nanaimo’s restorative justice program was the focus of a justice symposium in Ottawa in 2000, and at an international conference in Winchester, England, the following year. In 2002 the United Nations adopted a resolution to explore the basic principals of restorative justice in criminal matters, Beverly Busson, who was RCMP deputy commissioner at the time, called the program a “best practice” while attending the Restorative Justice Conference in Nanaimo in 2003. The following year, a five-year study on the program was launched, which demonstrated significant effectiveness in cutting recidivism among offenders who take part in the program.

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Word was spreading, and by 2006, the Nanaimo program was discussed at the University of South Missouri and that same year the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch recognized the Nanaimo program as “sanctioned.” This allowed the Crown to refer cases to the program, as an alternative to the traditional, conflict-based legal system. The following year, Wally Opal, then B.C. attorney-general, complimented the program as “ahead of its time,” during a visit to Nanaimo. In 2008 it was added to as a tool for dealing with troubled youth in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District. In 2009 the Nanaimo model was the topic of a workshop at the International Institute of Restorative Practices Conferences in Vancouver. Munro is now retired from the RCMP, but he’s still proud of the accomplishments of the program he helped start in Nanaimo. The benefits go beyond social. An analysis recently found it costs $271 to process a simple mischief offence under restorative justice, versus $2,629.50 in the traditional system. Since it started, more than 4,500 people have been referred to the program, sparing them the human cost of a criminal record, while sparing taxpayers the police, court, incarceration and recidivism costs. Eighty-four per cent of those who go through the program do not re-offend, compared to 72 per cent of offenders released on day parole in the conventional system and 57 per cent of those under mandatory supervision. To keep a man in jail today, it costs $157,000 annually, $218,000 for a woman. It’s a quiet revolution that has been gaining momentum in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada and the world. “Unless you (are) involved, or introduced to it, you don’t understand the successes,” Munro said. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235

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The Vancouver Island Emergency Response Team found drugs and guns after searching a Quilchena Crescent home in Nanaimo Monday morning. According to a Nanaimo RCMP media release, police believed there were stolen firearms inside the house. A 34-year-old man was arrested without incident. RCMP found two shotguns and ST OF THE CI BE E

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will have their own bedrooms and bathrooms.” Hais said four tours of the site have been held so far, and the company intends to provide more as construction continues. “The way service will be provided is a big change from the Travellers Lodge, so we’re providing the tours to keep staff and families informed of what’s going on and to answer any questions they may have,” she said. Once Eden Gardens opens, Travellers Lodge’s existing facility will close, with the proceeds put toward costs of the new facility.

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The Eden Gardens project on Northfield Road will be the leading care facility in western Canada for those suffering dementia when it’s completed in April of 2017. The new 130-bed care facility, which will cost approximately $35 million when it’s up and running, has been in the planning stages for year. It will replace the existing Nanaimo Travellers Lodge facility on Nelson Road, which has about 90 long-term care beds. Officials from R. W (Bob) Wall Ltd., the project manager, have held a number of tours of the facility during the various phases of its construction since it began in July, with the latest on Dec. 12.

Donna Hais, the construction company’s general manager, said approximately 30 per cent of the work at the site has been completed, and expectations are that the project will meet its construction deadline. She said the facility will represent a fundamental change in care for those suffering from dementia, based on the new “Eden philosophy” of care. “The idea is to provide a home setting instead of a hospital setting for the patients,” Hais said. “Eden Gardens will have 11 people assigned to each ‘home’ in the facility, with each home having access to their own outdoor gardens, kitchens and arts and crafts rooms, and each patient

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Nanaimo council will now not seek an independent investigation into the city’s handling of the Colliery dams issue. The decision comes after a call for a contract to conduct the investigation turned up zero responses. The city had posted a request for proposals on its website between Oct. 28 and Nov. 19. The proposed investigation into the controversial local issue — controversial because proposed alterations to the lower Colliery dam in Nanaimo’s Harewood neighbourhood were decried by some as unnecessary and costly — was included as part of a motion to construct an auxiliary spillway this summer. At Monday’s meeting council voted unanimously in favour of a motion from Coun. Ian Thorpe to formally abandon an investigation. Thorpe and councillors Diane Brennan and Wendy Pratt had spoken out in October against the proposal, arguing it

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several ounces of cocaine and crystal methamphetamine. The man was charged with several firearms-related offences and possession for the purpose of trafficking. He will be held until he makes an appearance in Nanaimo provincial court. “When an investigation determines there may be firearms in a residence or there is potential for violence, ERT is often utilized for the entry to minimize the risk to the general public,” Nanaimo RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien said in a statement. — DAILY NEWS

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would be a divisive project and a waste of money. Coun. Bill Yoachim, who included the call for an investigation into a motion to begin work on the lower dam, voiced echoes of frustration left over from the summer, referring to“flawed reports” that “contradicted each other.” But he said Monday the investigation was never meant as a “witch hunt” and it was important that “healing” take place on the issue. While Monday’s vote to abandon an investigation may mean the lower dam issue is effectively closed, council was reminded Monday that the middle Colliery dam will need to be evaluated in the future to determine whether it needs upgrades. Nanaimo social and protective services director Toby Seward said staff will be seeking direction from councillors in the new year on studying that structure.

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Boathouse decision is delayed to January Nanaimo council put off until January endorsing a new Nanaimo boathouse and paddling centre near the Brechin boat ramp. The concept for the boathouse near the Newcastle Island channel has been around for four years, but needs city support to proceed any further, says the society behind the proposal. Camela Tang, president of the

Nanaimo Boathouse Society, said the project needs to embark on its next phase, including detailed design, permit and approval work and fundraising. The aim is to have a new centre set up by 2020, Tang said. The $3.9-million building would be paid for entirely by fundraising. Construction of the project would generate $8 million in economic benefits for the region, the society said.

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Speakers before council, including Tang, said gathering capital for the project is difficult without approval in principle from the city, despite a long list of supporters. “Without the AIP you’re unable to do it,” Tang said. “The question we’re always asked is, ‘Have you got the city’s support yet?’” Fellow project supporter Don Cohen echoed the sentiment. “We’re not asking for money,” he

said. “We’re asking for approval in principle so we can raise the money.” The project has run into less than friendly waters in the past. It was voted down 7-1 by the previous council in 2014. Some councillors voiced concern Monday when approached about the project. One concern was the future cost of the facility to the city, including servicing the site. The society has said future costs could be negotiated

with the city, however, that raised eyebrows. “I wish there was a price tag,” said Coun. Bill Yoachim. Some on council also questioned the location of the proposed boathouse and its impact on parking and traffic near the boat launch. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255

Former Boat owner offended by district, media principal reports calling his longtime home ‘derelict’ admits to cash theft at school TRAVIS PATERSON SAANICH NEWS

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A former Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district principal has pleaded guilty to a charge of theft. David Street, who resigned as principal of Woodlands Secondary in May, issued a tearful apology in provincial court Monday. Street has admitted to stealing approximately $2,320 from the school between November 2014 and March of this year. The money came from graduation fees, donations for school programs, events and fees for school sports over several weeks. According to information read out in court, Street had a safe installed in one of the school’s administration offices and told his staff to store school money there, instead of locking it in a filing cabinet as had been done in the past. Street told his staff he did not want access to the safe. But three of his office administrators began noticing that money was missing. RCMP began an investigation, but Street said only his staff had access to the safe. Two of Street’s staff, who were questioned by police, decided to secretly install a motion sensor camera in the office where the safe was stored. Video footage gathered later showed Street entering the office and taking money from the safe and filing cabinet seven times between Feb. 25 and March 11. Sentencing has been put off until the new year. Street read out an emotional apology to the court, indicating he had been dealing with alcohol abuse and a pattern of “self-destructive” behaviour. “I am so very sorry for all I have done. I’m so sorry.” Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255

The owner of the 17-metre boat that washed ashore in the middle of Cadboro Bay beach early on Dec. 5 is offended the District of Saanich and media have referred to it as derelict. Cyril Manuel was living on the vessel, the Pacific Sun King, for six years until last Friday’s violent storm forced the 40-tonne boat to drag anchor from a spot midpoint in the bay. Prior to last week, Manuel lived in Esquimalt waters near the navy base. “I just paid $600 to get towed here, it took me two attempts,” said Manuel, who was at the boat salvaging tools and personal belongings Monday night. “I take offence to the term ‘derelict,’ I’ve been a boater for 15 years.” Manuel was there with his girlfriend long past nightfall Monday as they took advantage of low tide. He interacted with sympathetic beachgoers and also posted a sign on shore asking for patience and understanding from local residents and beach visitors while he tried to recover from the situation. “Esquimalt was squeezing me out,” Manuel said. “I was threatened by the harbourmaster, the RCMP was going to visit me. So I wasted all my money getting here and now I’m broke.” Manuel said he is willing to do anything he can to recover the boat, and is considering giving it away. “Take it, use it, or if anyone can help me recover it, please.” His arrival on shore is an intense story that includes a daring escape from the Pacific Sun King. Manuel said the waves were so big, it took five minutes to get into the skiff. He then “literally surfed” the skiff to shore, with his girlfriend aboard, guiding it with a paddle through a series of huge waves. “People try to make it look like I’m the bad one, like live-aboards are the bad ones, but I’m the one who lost a home here,” Manuel said. Manuel said he was lucky to survive as he and his girlfriend endured the hours-long storm with waves higher than the boat. Manuel described rollers that reminded him of the film the Perfect Storm, but

Cyril Manuel with his boat, ‘Pacific Sun King,’ that washed up in Cadboro Bay during the early hours of a 90 km/h windstorm. [TRAVIS PATERSON/NEWS STAFF]

“Now I’m left with no home, I’m feeling like I’m some outcast .” Cyril Manuel, boat owner

had faith that his ship, built of concrete and rebar, would endure. “As a live-aboard anchor boater, it’s not that I was planning to leave my boat and run off. Now I’m left with no home, I’m left feeling like I’m some outcast,” he said. “I’m hearing that I’ve done terrible things to the environment, and I appreciate that. I’m a skim boarder, I should be skim boarding right now. I love the coast, I don’t want this to happen.” Manuel said he’s put $40,000 into the boat over the past six years, outfitting it with a durable sheet metal roof. It also has a generator and a wood stove, common features for the local anchor boater community. “I gambled and I lost,” Manuel said. As of Monday, Saanich workers staked the beach area around the boat with ribbon. Another boat, a sailboat about six metres long, also

washed ashore last week. It lies near Hibbins Close on the east end of Cadboro Bay. Saanich is still assessing whether that boat is seaworthy and trying to find the owner, said outgoing Saanich CAO Andy Laidlaw. Last month a trio of boats showed up in a similar storm. One sailboat was towed away by its owner. A second boat was towed back into the bay by Saanich and moored. The third was deemed a hazard for polluting the beach with hypodermic needles, which expedited the removal process through the federal government’s receiver of wrecks, Laidlaw said. However, as far as the Pacific Sun King is concerned, Manuel is to be held responsible for its removal, at least for now. “Saanich is not in a position legally to deal with the removal of the boat,” said Laidlaw. If Manuel can’t afford to remove the boat, seaworthy or not, it will have to go through a minimum 30-day process application to the receiver of wrecks, pending his approval. Saanich Coun. Fred Haynes says a better system is needed for dealing with grounded vessels.

“One of the problems here is it’s multi-jurisdictional – federal, provincial and municipal – and we need a way someone can adequately monitor the situation so that when a boat gets in trouble, it’s dealt with in an appropriate way,” Haynes said. “That said, there’s a romance to living on a boat, and a lifestyle, maybe it offers opportunities for people who feel it’s tough to settle in more conventional housing. The question is how suitable are they for the health of the individual.” In the end it’s a balance of rights, Haynes added, between boaters and those homeowners who live in waterfront neighbourhoods. For Manuel, live-aboard boating was his chance to have affordable housing. “I consider us a community, look at all the boats (in Cadboro Bay), yet the media has formed a standpoint that we’re all derelict vessels and trouble makers,” Manuel said. “That’s not true, some of us become rough from living (this way), and having everyone hate us. I believe regardless of money or financial situation, we should all be afforded the same rights to live in this country and have affordable housing.”

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Interim city manager shows that she means business O n Monday night, Nanaimo interim city manager Tracy Samra showed she means business, presenting a plan to council members designed to save some cash through ‘executive downsizing.’ Samra, who has been on the job mere weeks, wanted to save approximately $816,000 per year by eliminating three general managers and freezing one manager position, effective Dec. 31. The move equates to an approximate 0.85 per cent overall tax savings and will allow council to introduce a zero per cent property tax increase for 2016. No property tax increase. Does that get your attention?

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Samra explained that of the three management positions to be eliminated, one (corporate services) is currently vacant. “This announcement is intended to support two desired goals. First, reduce spending at city hall by removing positions whose functions can be absorbed and effectively managed through our team of experienced department-heads, and second, assist council in meeting its objective of reducing the current tax burden on property owners by identifying areas where the city can save money,” she said. The changes “continue the trend towards flattening the organization through the reduction of senior staff” with all of the city’s department-head

positions will now report directly to the city manager. The first question that springs to mind is why now, when a core services review is on the horizon? The answer, according to the plan, was that making such a decision immediately would save a 0.85 per cent increase in taxes for 2016. A revised draft budget given the OK by council Monday would see 2016 municipal taxes stay flat as a result of the cuts and other significant changes in the city’s five-year financial plan, but further changes could be made following the core review. Another question from critics out there would surely be, is this really the interim city manager’s call to make?

Samra is on a six-month contract and will be a candidate for the permanent post. The answer to that is, of course it’s her call to make. You don’t name an interim football coach and not let them have any input into the play-calling. We would be disappointed if Samra simply served as a caretaker for the position. With this move (made with consultation from other staff members), she is making a very declarative statement that she means business. That’s a good thing for the taxpayers. Taxes were originally supposed to increase by 1.7 per cent next year. “I commend and compliment you (for) your efforts,” Coun. Bill Bestwick said to Samra on Monday night.

“We’re making history,” said Coun. Gord Fuller. Of course, Nanaimo residents might be sorry if all we do is hack and slash and don’t look for the most effective way to spend those valuable tax dollars. There’s a big difference between the two. Having a city council able to get along among themselves and staff help as well. That should be next on the list. We mentioned previously that the hiring of Samra gave the city a head start on a fresh start. And she’s off to a good start.

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ondon in the early 16th century does not sound like a pleasant place. Mortality was high and life expectancy low. On a day-to-day basis, just keeping warm and dry would have been a struggle. Disease and death were frequent and sudden. Every so often plague turned up. There were courts, but no police. People sued each other regularly, but there was little in the way of rights or defence for accused criminals, who were routinely tortured for confessions. At times parts of the city, records reveal, smelled awful as sewage piled up. Authorities did their best to deal with it. Up in Stratford John Shakespeare, father of William, was once fined for keeping an illegal dung heap on his property. Excrement was to be dumped at the end of the street. The interment of human remains also led to problems. It was only a wealthy minority who were buried six feet under in bucolic churchyards. Short on cemeteries, the majority of corpses in London were packed away in underground vaults that filled quickly and created an overpowering and unbearable stench.

Associated fluids leeched into drinking water. But then, when Henry VIII was put on the throne in 1509 probably no city in Europe had infrastructure even equal to that of ancient Rome, which had sewers and piped-in fresh water. Still, the affairs of the living went on as they must. After the Hanseatic League weakened at the end of the 15th century, English merchants eagerly filled the void and began making substantial profits in continental trade. London by 1517, bad as it may have been, was hosting more and more foreign businessmen; enough that in mid-April resentment over foreigners doing business in London took a nasty turn. A Dr. Bell was persuaded by a businessman, John Lincoln, to make a public call for action. Bell did not ask that foreigners or specific groups be registered, or for certain nationalities or religions to be banned in England.

No, Bell called for foreigners to be physically attacked. A rumour then circulated that on May 1 of that year — an annual holiday — foreigners found in London were to be targeted for death. The city must have been tense for those last two weeks of April 1517. After a few attacks on foreigners but no deaths, April 30 arrived (also Witch’s Night in Germany). Officials, likely fearing that the murder of foreigners in London might lead to retribution against English on the continent, end profitable business ventures or even lead to war with its European neighbours, imposed a curfew. But the curfew was broken and efforts to arrest offenders went awry. Thus began the anti-alien riots of 1517, also known as Evil May Day. Reaction was swift. The king was alerted and within days the military had areas of the city in “lockdown” — to use 21st-century jargon — and dozens of rioters were arrested.

Henry VIII sat on May 5 to mete out “justice” to those arrested. The only fatalities were the dozen or so rioters he arbitrarily sentenced to death. The rest he let go. The preferred method of execution in those times was to hang, draw and quarter — not something you’d want to see, even on The Tudors. In many ways we have come a long way in the last 498 years. And in some ways we haven’t. Take a peek at social media to see 21st-century anti-alien sentiment, and where we also metaphorically hang, draw and quarter those we arbitrarily judge guilty of various indiscretions. Imagine Donald Trump in the White House and Marine LePen in the Elysee Palace in 2016. Mix that up with social media, and it may be that 499 years of progress was for naught. » Paul Walton is the night editor at ‘The Daily News.’

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Axing city positions to flatline budget increase SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

Municipal taxes could stay flat this year after a round of cuts to city hall management positions introduced by interim city manager Tracy Samra. Samra announced in a news release Monday that she was eliminating three senior manager positions at city hall worth $816,000 a year. A revised draft budget given the OK by council Monday would see 2016 municipal taxes stay flat as a result of the cuts and other significant chan-

ges in the city’s five-year financial plan. Samra was quick to note that the budget before council is provisional. The city is undertaking a core review SAMRA in the new year and it is therefore possible that further changes will be made.

News that Nanaimo residents would be greeted with a zero-percent tax increase in the new year was greeted warmly by council members. Councillors Jerry Hong and Gord Fuller noted that the figure included a one per cent contribution in taxation for long-term infrastructure costs, termed ‘asset management,’ while at the same time lowering taxes overall. “We’re making history,” said Fuller. “I commend and compliment you

(for) your efforts,” Coun. Bill Bestwick said to Samra. Taxes were originally supposed to increase by 1.7 per cent next year. Samra’s planned budget reductions, which she said were made through consultation with other staff members, will eliminate the two top positions currently below the city manager: general manager of corporate services — currently vacant — and general manager of community services, a position held by Tom Hickey.

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Community centre officials face tough questions about budget City council eventually tables motion to renew agreement with society JOHN HARDING PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

Parksville Community and Conference Centre officials faced a tough line of questioning about their 2016 budget last week, and city council eventually tabled a motion to renew its agreement with the society that operates the facility. The 2016 budget was approved by council — the vote was 5-1 with Coun. Sue Powell opposed. The PCCC expects to have $431,258 of income in 2016, $247,294 (57 per cent) of which comes from the taxpayers of the city in the form of a subsidy. PCCC society president Kirk Walper and executive director Margaret Spruit appeared before council to present the budget. They tried to do the same two weeks ago, but were asked to return with more details. After the meeting two weeks ago, Coun. Al Greir said he would like to see council take 25 per cent of that subsidy away from the PCCC. He believed that would force the PCCC to do a better job attracting business to the facility. Greir reiterated that stance on Monday night, but he did not press the issue or put it into a motion. Instead it was Powell who was on the offensive. She took issue with expenses and revenues in the 2016 budget that continue to climb or stay the same despite the fact the PCCC hasn’t spent that money, or received those revenues, on those particular items in years, if ever. “What I see is a lot of overestimating in the budget,” said Powell. “Wouldn’t it make more sense to lower your budget outcomes? To me this sort of skews how we are doing or how we are not doing. It’s not really a true picture of where we are financially. If you are not spending that, why are you budgeting for it? It doesn’t look appropriate to keep raising it when you’re not spending that much.”

A third management position, manager of community development and protective services, will also be eliminated. Coun. Diane Brennan took issue with freezes on police and fire services across the city over the next five years. She voted against the balance of council on the third reading of the budget bylaw. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255

NEWS IN BRIEF Black Press ◆ COMOX VALLEY

Five arrests follow in wake of vehicle thefts A rash of thefts of vehicles and thefts from vehicle between Dec. 4 and Dec. 8 ended in five arrests in the Comox area last week. According to a media release from the RCMP, seven vehicles were reported stolen and many others were entered, rifled through and had items stolen. All vehicles had been left unlocked. An investigation led to the arrests of three adults and two youths as well as the recovery of all seven vehicles. The adults have been held in custody pending a court appearance. The youths have been released with strict conditions to their guardians, also pending a future court appearance. All apprehended persons were from Courtenay, with the exception of one adult from Campbell River. “This is an opportunity to remind everyone to be vigilant about locking your vehicles” says Comox Valley RCMP Insp. Tim Walton. “This is a prime example of a crime of opportunity. If you don’t lock it, you will lose it.”

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When Walper and Spruit tried to present the budget two weeks ago, there were line items that weren’t broken down into detail. The $151,991 in administrative wages, for example, are for the executive director plus three other office employees. As for the revenue side, Spruit submitted some comments last week. “Our marketing and promotional efforts have been paying off with an increase in demand for weddings, etc.,” wrote Spruit. She also listed 60 non-profit groups that held events at the PCCC in 2015. Walper spoke Monday night about the PCCC’s mandate, which was determined by the city and leans

toward the concept of community centre more than a profit-seeking conference centre model. Raising rates and/or filling more dates with bookings that pay higher rates than non-profit groups “would involve changing our mandate,” said Walper. “What we run the risk of is squeezing out the non-profit community users,” he said. While Greir voted in favour of the motion to adopt the PCCC’s 2016 budget, he was still talking about reducing the centre’s subsidy from the city, something he said taxpayers want. “Most of them (residents he has spoken to) are pretty irate that we have to subsidize it to the level we do,” said Greir.

Later in the Monday meeting, councillors had a staff recommendation in front of them to renew the agreement keeping the same society as operators of the PCCC until the end of 2020. That didn’t sit well with Powell, who wanted to cut the term to one year instead of the five recommended. “That’s not much stability to give the board,” said Coun. Kirk Oates, who agreed with Greir that a threeyear renewal — until the end of this council’s term — was more appropriate. Powell’s motion for a one-year renewal was defeated (a 3-3 vote) and in the end the whole issue of the renewal was tabled, leaving the PCCC society without an agreement past the end of this calendar year.

Food bank usage is up 60 per cent in the north Island, according to the manager of the Port Hardy Harvest Food Bank. “The first half of the year, from January to May, was slightly higher, around five per cent, but the second half of the year, from June to November, we saw a 60 per cent increase and this month we’re breaking records,” Andy Cornell said. Cornell attributes the increase to the long-term shutdown of the Neucel pulp mill in Port Alice. “Three-hundred people in the community are out of work and that is having an effect on the surrounding businesses and the economy.” The TriPort area isn’t the only place where food bank use is up. British Columbia as a whole is using food banks more. According to Food Banks Canada’s report Hunger Count 2015, more than 100,000 people in British Columbia alone used food banks in March 2015.

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CHILD WELFARE

Report criticizes watchdog’s work THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA — A bureaucrat’s report into the Children’s Ministry in British Columbia has criticized the province’s independent children’s watchdog while praising the ministry for its work after recent high-profile failures. Bob Plecas said in his report that deaths and serious injuries to kids in care are rare, but there is a great

appetite for blaming workers and the ministry for “perceived and real failings.” “Despite the perceptions of some, (the ministry) is not in shambles,” Plecas wrote. The Children’s Ministry has been plagued by a “culture of relentless accusation” where a small number of high-profile cases have gained media attention and highlighted problems, he said.

Children’s representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has repeatedly criticized the government’s performance, and Plecas said the relationship has become strained. Turpel-Lafond’s numerous recommendations over the years have overwhelmed the ministry and become “part of the bigger management problem,” he said. He said Turpel-Lafond’s oversight role should be taken over by the min-

istry in about two years, Plecas said. “External oversight should end when the ministry is capable of carrying out these functions, and the representative’s role should become one focused on advocacy.” Turpel-Lafond said in a statement that without public accountability, the stories of vulnerable children would never be told and significant problems would not be addressed. “Independent oversight of B.C.’s

child welfare system remains a necessity,” she said. Plecas advised a multi-year plan to address the ministry’s problems with changes such as implementing quality assurance and boosting staff and funding. He said that 20 years after it was created, the ministry is “finally finding its feet again,” but also struggles because it is “not equipped for this century and in need of repair.”

FORESTRY

CHILLIWACK

Groups call for halt on logging in Walbran Valley

Group gathers to call for an end to family violence

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PORT RENFREW — Communities along the West Coast of Vancouver Island say the provincial government needs to step in to save the ancient, massive trees that grow in the Walbran Valley. Business leaders in Port Renfrew are calling for a ban on logging the trees — some of which started life around the time of the Magna Carta in 1215. Tofino’s council also passed a resolution asking provincial politicians to protect the forests from commercial logging. Port Renfrew Chamber of Commerce president Dan Hager said tourists who come to see the majestic trees have created a multimillion-dollar economy along the coast and the highest value would come from stopping the logging. “The bottom line is it’s great for business,” he said in an interview on Monday. Hager said many Canadian cities lay claim to having a world’s largest attraction that has been built to bring tourists, but communities near the Walbran

Valley have the trees to draw tourists. A provincial government fact sheet released earlier this year said one company has an approved cutting permit to log one cutblock covering 3.2 hectares east of Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park. The park covers more than 16,000 hectares of forest on the west side of Vancouver Island. The park was created in 1990, an end result of massive protests over the loss of the ancient trees. Hager, who grew up on the Prairies, said people can’t fathom how incredible the trees are to see — some of them have a circumference of up to five metres and dwarf all who stand next to them for a photo. “Because these trees are spectacular,” he said. “There’s almost no place in the country where trees like this are accessible to the population.” The Port Renfrew chamber, which represents 73 local businesses, released a statement calling on the B.C. government to immediately ban logging in the unprotected portion of the valley. Forests Minister Steve Thomson was unavailable for comment.

Man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, trying to kill kids MISSION CITY RECORD

Just hours after the man accused of killing Eleanor (Ele) Anthonysz and the attempted murder of her two children appeared in Supreme Court in Chilliwack, family members of the slain woman and other activists gathered outside the courthouse to call for an end to family violence. Walter Joseph Ramsay is accused of killing Anthonysz, his ex-girlfriend, and trying to kill her 11-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son by setting their Hatzic-area mobile home on fire in April. Ramsay also faces one count of arson. Ramsay was to enter a guilty plea and appear for sentencing Friday, but the appearance was adjourned after just a couple minutes. “Some issues have arisen with respect to the basis for the plea and some other matters that we have not been able to resolve prior to this date,” Ramsay’s lawyer, Paul McMurray, told the court Friday morning. A date for a future court appearance was to be set Monday. Later in the afternoon, Anthonysz’s family and community members rallied outside the courthouse. “When you witness violence or abuse, or other behaviour that

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Lost snowboarders lucky to be rescued Two snowboarders needed to be rescued after the pair became lost on a trip to a nearby peak. The two men visiting from Alberta, and their dog, were found cold and tired early Friday morning by Nel-

Family members of Ele Anthonysz gather outside the Chilliwack courthouse to call for an end to family violence. [BLACK PRESS]

damages women, if you accept it, your silence is a form of consent,” Lori Maginnis told the crowd. “While we have come far, we still have a long way to go. we are at this rally to give our support to Ele’s mom and her children.” It was also noted that two days later, on Sunday, Dec. 6, Canada would mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which marks, in part, the shooting deaths of 14 women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. Teresa Bridge, Anthonysz’s aunt and the organizer of Friday’s rally, noted that more than 130 women

had been killed this year in Canada, including more than a dozen between the time the rally was announced, and when it was held. Among those present at the rally were members of the Bikers Against Child Abuse, a group that provides support to young victims of crime. Bridge said the group had been “amazing,” and had recently adopted Anthonysz’s children into their chapter and given them their own vests and dog tags. “They are incredible,” she said.

son Search and Rescue. The pair were found by a 12-member team, according to spokesman Chris Armstrong. He said the search, which began at 5:30 p.m. Thursday after the snowboarders used limited cell service to alert the RCMP Nelson detachment, was hampered by heavy snow and gusts of wind. “These guys tracks were getting blown in, so (rescuers) had to

predict where they went to keep searching,” said Armstrong. The pair were finally found at 2:34 a.m., and returned to the trail head with rescuers after a nearly three-hour hike. Armstrong said the men were lucky to be found. “They weren’t prepared for the multi-day situation they were headed into,” said Armstrong.

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JUSTICE

Man who stole guns gets 30-month sentence TIM PETRUK KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK

KAMLOOPS — A man who paid two teens $1,000 each to drive him and more than a dozen stolen guns from Alberta to B.C., has been handed a 30-month jail sentence. Nicholas Galbraith, 29, pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court to one count of possessing a prohibited or restricted firearm. He led RCMP in Kamloops on a

high-speed chase on June 20, 2014, when police saw a car being driven erratically across the Peterson Creek Bridge on Highway 1. Attempts by police to pull the vehicle over on the western edge of the city were unsuccessful, and officers on the Coquihalla Highway were alerted. However, the vehicle headed back into the city and was ditched in a parking lot, with police in pursuit.

Galbraith and two youths escaped on foot. They were captured after Galbraith dropped a bag containing a stolen 40-calibre Glock, an illegal magazine and ammunition. A subsequent search of the vehicle turned up 12 stolen long guns. Crown lawyer Catriona Elliott said the youths told police they’d been offered cash to drive Galbraith from Bonneyville, Alta., to the Fraser Valley.

“They picked up Mr. Galbraith at a Tim Hortons late at night,” she said. “They drove without stopping except to get gas.” Defence lawyer Jay Michi said Galbraith, who has no prior criminal record, has a 15-month-old son who was born while he was in custody. The child lives in Australia with Galbraith’s girlfriend, Michi

said, noting his conviction will likely make it difficult to travel internationally. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Dev Dley’s sentence included an order requiring Galbraith to surrender a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database. He was also handed a 10-year firearms ban. After time already served, Galbraith has 10 months left in his sentence.

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Tax assessments expected to rise

Environment minister announces B.C. has joined zero-emission vehicle alliance TOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS

With 2,000 electric vehicles and charging stations in place and a program to keep subsidizing their purchase and use, B.C. has joined an elite club of countries and U.S. states. Capping her second week at the United Nations climate change conference in Paris, Environment Minister Mary Polak announced Thursday that B.C. has joined the International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance. The alliance hopes to reduce vehicle emissions 40 per cent by 2050, promoting use of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Its members include Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the U.K., California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Quebec. In 2011, B.C. replaced its earlier $2,000 subsidy for hybrid cars with a clean energy vehicle program that pays between $2,500 and $5,000 in point-of-sale rebates for new battery electric, plug-in hybrid, fuel cell or natural gas vehicles. It also offered a $500 subsidy for installing a dedicated vehicle charging station at home

A public electric car-charing station at Egmont on the Sunshine Coast.

through LiveSmart BC, a program that ended in 2014. With sufficient home service, modern electric cars can be plugged into a standard outlet. Natural gas power has mainly been limited to short-haul truck fleets based around a central fuelling station. B.C. ran pilot projects with hydrogen fuel-cell

transit buses in Victoria and Whistler, but they were wound up after the 2010 Olympics. Energy Minister Bill Bennett acknowledged that electric vehicles are mainly confined to urban areas in the Lower Mainland and southern Vancouver Island. Asked how the program appears from rural areas, where taxpayers

with muddy pickups subsidize sleek electric cars driven by wealthy West Coasters, Bennett said the program is funded out of natural gas royalties, not general taxation. He noted that B.C. is better suited to electric vehicles than many places that burn coal or natural gas to generate electricity.

Safety to be improved on Highway of Tears THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s government is looking to improve transportation safety along a 750-kilometre stretch of highway renowned for the number of women who have been murdered or gone missing along or near the route. A long-awaited announcement for the so-called Highway

of Tears will see $3 million go towards enhancing existing transit services, expanding driver-training programs and helping local communities buy and operate transit vehicles. The province has earmarked $500,000 to install webcams and transit shelters along Highway 16, a remote, northern route between Prince George and Prince Rupert.

The announcement builds off a symposium held last month in Smithers, which was attended by many who have been calling for a better transportation system between communities along the highway. Overseeing the program’s implementation is a nine-person advisory panel, made up of representatives from the province, local government, health author-

ities and First Nations groups. Eighteen women, many of them aboriginal, have been murdered or disappeared along Highway 16 or adjacent routes since the 1970s. » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to yourletters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

JEFF NAGEL BC LOCAL NEWS

An unusually high number of Metro Vancouver homeowners are being warned they will get a sharply higher property assessment next month that may trigger an unwelcome property tax increase. BC Assessment says it has sent out 37,000 early notification letters across B.C., with almost twothirds of them going to Metro Vancouver home owners. That’s significantly more than most years. “Early notification letters are mailed to property owners who can expect an increase of at least 15 per cent above the average increase in their local taxing jurisdiction,” said assessor Jason Grant. “We want to ensure impacted property owners are aware of the significant increases and we welcome them to contact us. if they have any questions or concerns.” Increases of 15 to 25 per cent will be typical for single-family detached houses in Vancouver, the North Shore, Burnaby, Tri Cities, New Westminster, Richmond and Surrey, Grant said. He said typical strata residential increases will be in the five to 10 per cent range.

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Police seek information after young man killed in hit and run

Body of missing snowmobiler found buried in snow, say cops

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He was the kind of young man who would put a halt to his day just to make sure someone was OK. Just before midnight on Dec. 4, a hit-and-run motorist ran him down on a road in Bridgeview and sped off, leaving him there to die. Mbasuva Muukua, 26, was heading home from his construction job when a Honda Prelude struck him in the 12600-block of King George Boulevard, leaving him critically injured in the middle of the road. Another car stopped to help him, however Muukua died in hospital shortly after. Muukua arrived in Canada as a

refugee from Namibia, Africa five years ago. He came to Surrey to earn enough money to go to college. From Toronto, his sister Rico Lubansa said her younger brother was extremely hard working and giving to a fault. “He didn’t have much, but he was always such a happy person,� Lubansa said Friday. He was always putting the needs of others first, she said. “When he was in Toronto, there was a person who didn’t even speak English, he left everything and walked with them all the way to where they had to go,� Lubansa said. “That was the kind of person my brother was.� She’s pleading with the man or woman who struck her brother to

come forward so the family can have some closure. To the driver she said: “Imagine your parents receiving a casket after five years of not seeing your son,� Lubansa said. “The person that did this didn’t even take a second to just stand and think about the person lying there. “You’ve left this family devastated, there are no smiles for us after this,� Lubansa said. Police now believe the man was hit by a red Honda Prelude, model year 1997 to 2001. Anyone with more information about this collision is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-5990502 or Crime Stoppers, to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477.

mobile and found Brown in the process. They notified police, who later attended the scene with Revelstoke Search & Rescue, and brought the man’s body off the mountain. Blakney said Brown was found in a densely treed location. He had his beacon on and it was still transmitting when he was found. Blakney said he did not know how Brown ended up where he did or how he died. The cause of death is being investigated by the RCMP and the BC Coroners Service. The discovery came the day after the search for Brown  was suspended. He was reported missing Monday morning after he failed to return home from a solo snowmobiling trip to Revelstoke on the weekend. RSR spent three days searching the area by ground and in the air.

ALEX COOPER REVELSTOKE TIMES REVIEW

The body of a man found on Boulder Mountain Thursday afternoon is that of Travis Allen Brown, the Revelstoke RCMP confirmed. Brown, 42, from Drayton Valley, Alta.,, was found by two snowmobilers, one from Alberta and the other from Saskatchewan, who were snowmobiling on Boulder Mountain on Thursday at approximately 2 p.m., said Cpl. Thomas Blakney. “Approximately two kilometres from the (Boulder Mountain Cabin) one of them ended up getting stuck in deep snow,� said Blakney. “They were digging out their sled when they observed what they thought was a handlebar sticking out of the snow with a helmet on it.� The two men dug out the snow-

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uicide. It’s a word we don’t like to say — especially when we fear someone we love may be thinking of it — as if breaking its taboos might somehow make it real. But in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District they speak about suicide openly and systematically because the experts know when you talk about it with staff, students, parents — and especially young people who may be fixating on it — they can save lives. “It’s not an easy conversation to broach,� said SD68 Assistant Superintendent Bob Esliger. “When a student approaches, staff have to have the training and skill to enter into the conversation.� It’s crucial that staff and even students have a clear idea what needs to be done when they feel a student is at risk. “We want to make certain that staff have a full understanding of our protocol and full and complete training to intervene.� Misconceptions around suicide; who’s at risk and when to get that difficult message to get across. But it’s one that needs to be emphasized routinely. For instance, parents and teachers may not realize how early suicidal ‘ideation’ can take place. Elementary counsellor Trina Norgan says it’s not only distraught teens to be concerned about. “We see students very young, by Grade 3, making comments about suicide,� she said. “Certainly by Grade 5 or 6 when students are 11 or 12 years old.� Like everyone else who deals with issues of suicide prevention, Norgan came to the same point: if you suspect a child, or anyone else for that matter, is at risk, you have to ask. “Asking that question does not prompt students to start thinking about it,� Norgan said. Secondary counsellor Scott Christianson agreed. “In my experience when they are asked the question, they generally feel a sense of relief,� he said.

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t’s not good enough to ask a child if they are thinking of ‘harming’ themselves, either. They might be, and say so, but they might also be thinking of going farther. Students who are showing signs of suicidal ideation, or who are actually talking about it, are often ‘crying out for help,â€? Esliger said. When the call comes, you need to answer, and know where to get help. That’s where the SD68 protocol kicks in. Staff and students need to know that there are steps that can be taken, which will help students who are at risk, otherwise the likely response for a cry for help will be avoidance. Esliger refers to the HELP acronym, which is part of the protocol: If you are Hurting, or suffering Emotional pain, or Loss, we have to develop a Plan to see you through it. Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district has built a close relationship with the Vancouver Island Crisis Society, which operates the Vancouver Island Crisis Line, over more than a decade. Together they have developed an integrated and comprehensive approach. Lindsay Wells, public education program co-ordinator with VICS, says the approach is multi tiered, beginning with counsellors, youth workers, teachers and administrators in schools. Students are brought into the loop too, said Wells. “We’ve got programs for students as early as Grade 5 and going right on up to Grade 12 so that everybody has a role to play and some knowledge of what to do.â€? For Esliger the objective is a school system that encourages youth to speak up on their own behalf, or on behalf of others. And after more than a decade, the program is working.

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“If your child is talking about, joking about, drawing pictures about, writing poetry about death or dying or suicide, we want to take that very seriously and that includes any kind of suicidal thought that could appear on social media.� Lindsay Wells, public education program co-ordinator

Every fall a district meeting is convened where counsellors, youth workers and other school staff from every school attend a meeting where the district’s suicide protocol is reviewed and emphasized. One person from that meeting then takes the same message to every school at a staff meeting. “We’re creating an environment where kids are coming to us,� he said. And students are responding; reports of students at risk have become more frequent. “Every year they have gone up and last year was the highest they’ve ever been,� Esliger said. “That’s the best thing, because they’re talking.� But what about parents? Is enough information and support getting to them so they will recognize the signs of a child caught up in suicidal ‘ideation’; and do they know what to do if they suspect their own child is in trouble?

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eople who work with teens and pre-teens in trouble agree that the more parents are brought into the loop, the better the response can be. Having basic knowledge

about symptoms and information about what to do and where to go for help when those symptoms are displayed, can save lives. “Sometimes it’s not so easy for kids to talk about what’s going on for them, so as parents, we’re wanting to watch for those changes, and then we’re wanting to try to find ways to find out what’s really happening with that kid,� said Lindsay Wells, public education program co-ordinator with the Vancouver Island Crisis Society.

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he and others, who deal with the issue of suicide, wants to dispel the ‘myth’ that suicide is something a young person decides to do suddenly, on impulse. “The thing about suicide is not just one thing will bring somebody there, it’s a combination of things,� Wells said. “There’s a very well known myth that suicide is an impulsive act for kids; no, that’s a myth.� So parents, friends and others who have ongoing relationships with young people can often spot warning signs as the events that are bringing a person down begin to weigh on them. “These things are like rocks in a bag, and every single person that is walking around the earth has got a bag full of struggles, and the rocks in the bag represent our struggles,� Wells explained. The metaphor is so powerful, it’s used in parent training sessions offered by VICS. “We demonstrate that, where we will actually throw rocks in a bag, and we do it for the parent training,� Wells said. “The more rocks that go into a person’s bag, that don’t get unpacked — and what we mean by unpacked is talked about — you see how that bag gets heavier and more difficult to carry.� What’s inside can be a mix of things. “We look at things with our kids like loss, like trauma, and also we look at things like

he youth has to be asked directly if they are thinking of suicide so they can talk about it. “That’s a scary question, and a lot of people think ‘If I ask that question, I’m going to put the thought into that person’s mind.’� Wells said that’s not the case. “It’s the most important question to be asked,� she said. “It tells the young person, ‘I’m OK to go here.’� Parents who find themselves in this situation shouldn’t hesitate to contact the Vancouver Island Crisis Line at 1-888-494-3888. “We can do a risk assessment over the phone. We can talk to their child, if they’d like to put their child on the phone.� They can even do crisis texting and crisis chat. “We want people reaching out for support instead of keeping all those rocks, all those struggles inside,� Wells said – that includes young people who may be at risk, and parents, who are afraid for their kids. For interested parents there are workshops available in the spring and autumn. “They can contact the Crisis Society or go on our web site, we put up dates there for when our next programs are. We have many different workshops and programs that people can sign up for.�

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Canadians may not notice immediate effects from an international agreement on climate change. But experts say the deal agreed to by 200 world leaders pushes the country further down a path that will profoundly change how people heat their homes, earn their livings and get from one place to another. “I think we’re talking about transforming the Canadian economy,� Erin Flanagan of the clean-energy think tank Pembina Institute said Monday. “It requires changes to our mobility, our consumption, our fundamental economics around oil and gas.� The Paris conference is important mostly because it’s the first time that many countries have agreed that climate is a global issue, said Mark Jaccard, an energy economist at Simon Fraser University. “Almost all international players said we are part of the solution now,� he said. “We never had that.� Even though reductions announced by various countries won’t limit a rise in temperature to the agreed-on 2 C, it’s a start, said Jaccard. “It puts in place hope for the future.� For Canadians wondering how much saving the planet is going to cost them, answers are more likely to emerge from an upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers, which he has promised within the next 90 days. “What really matters for the people in their living room is what we do in terms of policy development when we get back from Paris,� said Chris Ragan of the Ecofiscal Commission, an independent group of economists and business representatives. While items such as a price on carbon draw the biggest headlines, Ottawa could just as easily turn to regulatory measures that don’t hit taxpayers directly, Jaccard said. California has successfully used low-carbon fuel standards to lower its greenhouse gas emissions.

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“This is a global challenge and if this (agreement) has the strength to bring other countries along to improve their performance, it’ll be successful.� Tim McMillan, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers president

“You can design regulations that are quite economically efficient and give incentives for innovation.� Industry says it’s ready. “Within Canada, we are committed to improving our performance,� said Tim McMillan, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. “We’re investing in tech-

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Police in Grenada have charged a man with non-capital murder in the death of a New Brunswick woman who disappeared more than a week ago on the small Caribbean island. Assistant Supt. Sylvan McIntyre of the Royal Grenada Police Force says Akim Frank appeared in court Monday in St. George’s to face the charge.

OTTAWA — The U.S. Senate may introduce legislation by midnight Monday night to repeal its controversial meat labelling law that Canada has vigorously complained about — possibly averting a trade war. Or it may not. In any event, Canada is poised to retaliate after winning a major ruling from the World Trade Organization last week that clears the way for more than $1-billion in punitive tariffs to be imposed on the U.S. And that could mean a rotating set of steep tariffs on a wide range of American goods flowing into Canada. “Products for retaliation could include agricultural products, such as cattle, pork, apples, rice, maple syrup and wine, as well as non-agricultural products, such as jewelry, office chairs, wooden furniture and mattresses,� said John Babcock, a trade department spokesman. John Masswohl, of the Canadian Cattleman’s Association, was pushing hard for repeal in Washington last week, but on Monday he wasn’t placing any bets. “We heard every rumour there was to hear. We heard the COOL rider is in, we heard it’s out. We heard that it was in, it was out, and then back in,� said Masswohl. Regardless of what happens in Congress, Masswohl and others are expecting Canada to move full steam ahead with a Friday meeting of the WTO where it and Mexico will receive the final authority to impose the punitive tariffs. Ron Davidson, of the Canadian Meat Council, said the government has compiled a list of target products by focusing on states where COOL is supported. Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said Monday there’s no guarantee COOL will be repealed so he’s pushing Ottawa to continue moving towards punitive measures.

McIntyre says the charge is laid in cases where the victim is not involved in civic or national duties. The 26-year-old Frank turned himself in Friday after being wanted in connection with the disappearance of Linnea Veinotte, a mother of two young boys who was last seen jogging with her dog. McIntyre says Veinotte’s cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the chest and lower limbs as a result of being struck by a vehicle. — THE CANADIAN PRESS

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TORONTO — The federal government won’t jeopardize its goal of balancing the budget in 2019 to improve its ability to pay back the debt, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Monday. The Liberals, who had promised to keep annual deficits under $10 billion, have recently started emphasizing instead their commitment to keep the debt-to-GDP ratio on a downward trajectory every year until the end of its mandate. Experts have said the debt-to-GDP ratio — which is calculated by dividing total federal debt by the overall size of the economy, as measured by nominal GDP — will be an easier target to meet. Following his speech Monday before the Toronto Region Board of Trade, Morneau said the government won’t singularly focus on one of its three economic goals — to grow the economy, reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio and balance the books by the next election — at the expense of others. “We need to think of the three of them together,” he said.

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Duffy says he resisted scenario created under Harper PMO to repay controversial expenses JENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Sen. Mike Duffy says he resisted “at every opportunity” a scenario laid out for him by the former Prime Minister’s Office to tell the public he had made a mistake and was repaying his Senate expenses. Five days into the former Conservative senator’s testimony, defence lawyer Donald Bayne has arrived at the most politically charged issue of the trial — the $90,000 payment. Nigel Wright, the one-time chief of staff to former prime minister Stephen Harper, secretly repaid Duffy’s contested Senate expenses in 2013. The negotiations between the PMO, Duffy and his lawyer over the repayment have formed the basis of the bribery charge that the senator faces. Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery. The key question for the judge to consider is whether Duffy was coerced into going along with a scheme concocted by powerful political operatives, or whether he was a

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Duffy has maintained that he did not break any rules when he claimed living and travel expenses based on the premise that his primary residence was in Prince Edward Island. Testifying in August, Wright told the court that he put pressure on Duffy to agree and say he was repaying his expenses. But he also detailed how Duffy, through his lawyer, placed conditions upon him doing so during negotiations, including ensuring Duffy was never out of pocket. Earlier in the day, Bayne finished reviewing a series of Senate contracts with Duffy that also triggered criminal charges. Duffy arranged for former broadcast colleague Gerry Donohue to receive $65,000 in contracts, and Donohue in turn paid out tens of thousands to other service providers on Duffy’s direction. According to Duffy, he needed help deciphering what his own government was doing and getting traction for his policy ideas. In one case, Duffy organized a consulting contract for a former Prince Edward Island political operative, Peter McQuaid. He said McQuaid

would help give him “ammo” for the weekly Conservative caucus meetings. Duffy was particularly worried about safeguarding the equalization system for Prince Edward Island. “I needed someone who knows what arguments worked for the federal government in the past and how can I argue with the current government that the status quo must at least be maintained,” Duffy said. Duffy said that Donohue, a former labour executive for a broadcast technicians union, would also give him advice on how to raise issues successfully with Harper. “How do I go and tell the boss that he’s wrong? As a professional negotiator, Mr. Donohue advised me on that,” Duffy said. Both McQuaid and Donohue provided verbal advice to the senator. A third figure, former Parliament Hill journalist and ministerial aide Bill Rodgers, was paid to help Duffy sort out what the government was really doing on certain policies, versus what ministers said during caucus meetings.

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Selling pot in liquor stores No charges in deadly 2014 makes sense, says premier Quebec seniors’ home fire It would “make a lot of sense” for Ontario’s government-run liquor stores to sell marijuana if the federal Liberals make good on their promise to legalize pot, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Monday. The new federal government’s throne speech earlier this month included a pledge to “legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana,” following up on a long-standing pledge by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which has 650 stores across the province and a virtual monopoly on alcohol sales, has the experience and expertise to sell legalized marijuana in a responsible way, said Wynne.

The Crown says there will be no criminal charges in the fire that killed 32 people at a seniors’ residence in Quebec nearly two years ago. Crown prosecutor Annie Landreville made the announcement at a news conference this afternoon in Riviere-duLoup. The decision came after provincial police submitted a report into the January 2014 tragedy in L’Isle-Verte, in eastern Quebec. A report by coroner Cyrille Delage last February cited a lack of training and of emergency plans as some of the reasons so many people died. The co-owner of the home rejected responsibility last April for the fatal blaze.

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Police have charged a 64-year-old bus driver with careless driving following a summer crash on an Ontario highway that injured more than 20 people. About 45 people were on board the double-decker bus travelling from Montreal to Toronto in late June when it crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer near on Highway 401. Four people were seriously injured. Sean Hughes, a spokesman with Coach USA North America that owns Megabus, said the bus driver has been suspended until the issue is resolved. Gary Graham, of Lombardy, Ont., is to appear in a Cornwall, Ont., court on Jan. 26.

A tentative contract deal has been reached for security staff at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre. The agreement between the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority still needs to be ratified. Union president Michelle Gawronsky says security employees are to vote on the proposal Tuesday and Wednesday. She says it will be back to the bargaining table if the deal isn’t approved. A strike date has been set for Dec. 22. Security staff at the hospital have gone without a new contract for roughly 3 1/2 years. Gawronsky says their biggest concern is retention.

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PARIS — Zero. That was the score of France’s National Front in critical weekend elections, almost as surprising as its front-runner status going into the vote. Yet, while voters may have denied the anti-immigration party the leadership of any of the country’s regions, it picked up more votes than ever before, leaving opponents scrambling for a strategy to counter it. Sunday’s runoff in regional elections became a national referendum on the far right, which led handily in six of 13 regions after the first round a week earlier. The National Front has for decades been a thorn in the side of the French political class, the kingmaker in vote after vote. But since it began an image change in 2011 under party leader Marine Le Pen to scrub away the stigma of anti-Semitism clinging to it, the National Front has become a threat for both left and right. It has made inroads in a series of recent elections, and experts declared after the Dec. 6 first round of voting that the anti-immigration

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in return from the conservative right and who will have no one on the leadership councils in those regions for six years. In contrast, the left and right joined forces in 2002 to block party founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine’s firebrand father, from winning the presidency. There was no real victor in Sunday’s vote. The political map changed, with wins in seven regions by the conservative right and five by the Socialists — who once controlled almost all regions — and one to a candidate unaffiliated with a political party. Politicians on left and right sounded the alarm, saying that French ills, from joblessness to inequality and a political system that fails to undo the problems — all considered National Front electoral fodder — must be cured, and quickly. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls tore into the party between the two rounds, saying it could lead the country into civil war. Marine Le Pen blamed such scare tactics and a political system that tries to lock out “patriots” for the party’s losses. But she conceded nothing.

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ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s new Liberal government was sworn in with a 12-member cabinet whose main focus will be dealing with the province’s projected $1-billion deficit, says Premier Dwight Ball. Ball, who becomes the province’s 13th premier, named nine men and three women to his cabinet on Monday. “Our province is facing a difficult fiscal reality,” said Ball. “One that will require a collective leadership and will also require the resolve of our cabinet and the engagement of all Newfound-

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On behalf of all of us at The Nanaimo Daily News and The Salvation Army, Army we would like to express a great big Thank You to all of our readers and advertisers for coming out to help make this Christmas much better for those less fortunate. This year, more than ever, our 13th annual Give & Go felt like magic. We were able to depend on those businesses that have been with us from the beginning, plus a lot of new businesses came on board to support us with loaded up trucks and drove through with donations like we’ve never seen before. United Rentals guided our donors in with the lights that they graciously lent us. The Runners of Compassion kept the traffic flowing. Thank you to Sign Zone for the highway signs and TC Trades for getting our very large Give & Go banner up to promote our event. We also welcomed Nanaimo’s finest firefighters and their truck to help us with this great night. For those who wished to stop and enjoy the festivities, they were treated to hot chocolate or coffee courtesy of Tim Horton’s, and an M&M Meats burger barbecued up with the help of our friends from Steve Marshall Ford Horton’s Ford. Your car was unloaded by the the strong backs of our own Nanaimo Clippers and VI Raiders while you listened to Media. some magical Christmas tunes supplied by V3 Media To show our gratitude, we gave out Thrifty Foods bags filled with goodies from Canadian Tire, Sears, Heli Jet, Browns Socialhouse, Wendy’s, McDonalds, Coastal Community Credit Union, Costco, Coast Distributing, Distributing Frontrunners, Van Houtte Coffee, Nanaimo Clippers, Woodgrove Centre, Cabela’s, and of course chocolates courtesy of our favourite chocolate lady, Christine Christine, from Bernard Callebaut Callebaut. Most of these folks have been helping us since the beginning. Nothing tops the night off like the joy you see when businesses like St. Jean’s Cannery pull in with a skid filled with canned fish, a truckload of donations from Steve Marshall Ford, Cornerstone Tile, Saywell Contracting and Canadian Tire. Tire The list goes on and on because we simply can’t keep up with it all. We also understand that it is not just the businesses themselves but their employees that gathered or donated a lot of the gifts and we thank them for that as well. The support that the businesses in Nanaimo give us left us not only grateful but overwhelmed. The Salvation Army truck that we normally get close to filling was overflowing. I’m sure that we’ve missed several businesses in this thank you but it was a busy night with many giving hearts driving through and we appreciate all of you who thought enough to give. To everyone involved and everyone that donated, Thank You! A special thanks to all of the volunteers for taking care of the set up! Nanaimo Daily News staff for all the help behind the scenes and with the “Thank you Bags”. We wish you all the best this holiday season, please take pride in knowing that you helped make someone else’s Christmas special this year.

“Merry Christmas and we sure hope to see you all again next year at Give & Go Nanaimo!”, Cathy Webster, event co-ordinator.

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homas Rawls broke his ankle and is done for the year. Kam Chancellor bruised his tailbone and was done for the game. DeShawn Shead sprained his ankle. Michael Bennett jammed his toe. The trainers were as active as the players themselves. A cursory glance might prompt you to think that the Seahawks are in trouble, especially with the void Rawls leaves in the running game. But 13 weeks of evidence suggest otherwise. Based on the way Seattle has overcome injuries this year, this team should be perfectly fine. That may sound like an oversimplification, but you can’t ignore what has transpired so far. If one were to say that the Seahawks would be without Marshawn Lynch and Jimmy Graham at the most critical junc-

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ture of the season, most fans’ minds would have instantly shifted to 2016. But Seattle not only survived the loss of those titans, it thrived in their absence. Next man up is one thing. This has been next man up, up and away.

“There is no reason for us to focus on the guys we lost,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said. “We understand and we love those guys, but that’s not where the focus goes. It goes to the next thing that’s in hand.” Since the middle part of 2011, the Seahawks’ offense was defined by and centered around Lynch as the lead ball carrier. So given quarterback Russell Wilson’s struggles in the early part of the season, you’d have thought Marshawn’s injuries would serve as a death blow to this team’s quest for points. Instead, it provided the opportunity for Rawls to showcase himself as one of the NFL’s better running backs. The rookie averaged a league-leading 5.6 yards while tallying four 100-yard games. The Seahawks have lost just one game with Rawls as a starter. Meanwhile, it appeared that the Hawks had finally learned how to consistently incorporate Graham into the offense before he suffered

a season-ending knee injury vs. the Steelers in Week 11. The tight end had four receptions for 75 yards before going down early in the fourth quarter and was a key cog behind what many feel was Wilson’s finest regular-season performance. But to lose him right before the Seahawks go to Minnesota and play what looked to be the toughest road game left on their schedule? Brutal. Well, brutal for the Vikings at least. Sans Graham, the Seahawks have scored 92 points in their last nine quarters. They had 38 vs. the Vikings, 35 Sunday vs. the Ravens, and 19 in the final quarter vs. the Steelers. Doug Baldwin has emerged as a Pro Bowl candidate. Tyler Lockett has 13 receptions for 194 yards and two touchdowns in his past two games. And Wilson looks like the best damn football player in the world. It’s been an astonishing turnaround given how Seattle sacrificed a Pro Bowl lineman to acquire Graham

in the first place, but perhaps that’s just part of this team’s makeup. At this point, it would be an insult to assume they’d be hampered by injuries. Of course, it helps that the Seahawks have as close to a break as you can get in the NFL over the next two weeks. The combined record of the Browns (Dec. 20) and the Rams (Dec. 27) is 8-18, and both games will play at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks hope that Wilson will continue to play somewhere close to the stratospheric plane he has been on lately, and that the team can solidify a playoff spot before Lynch comes back. And if Beast Mode is healthy, Seattle may suddenly morph into the most feared team in the NFC playoffs. But even if health continues to be an issue for this team, it may not impede success. The Hawks have found a way throughout the season. No reason to think they won’t continue doing so moving forward.

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hen Sheldon Rempal scored that goal Saturday night, that gorgeous, bring-youout-of-your-seat, lacrosse-style goal, you had to think the Nanaimo Clippers were just going to roll to their 11th straight win. A third-period letdown, however, put an end to that and the streak ended at 10 with a 7-4 loss to the West Kelowna Warriors Saturday night. Sure, there are issues that need to be corrected. Their rough second-period the night earlier that saw three quick goals result in the yanking of goalie Evan Johnson, and the four goals allowed in the third period by back-up goalie Jakob Walter against West Kelowna Saturday are two of them. But goaltending and defensive issues are easy to skim past if the result is a win. And for 10 games, no matter if the Clippers would put forth a stellar defensive effort or merely outscore their problems, that may be what happened. In that case, Saturday’s loss might just be what this team needed. It’s an opportunity for Mike Vandekamp to rip into his team for a

Nanaimo Clippers captain Devin Brosseau celebrates his goal Friday night against the Merritt Centennials at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

lacklustre performance without his players collectively rolling their eyes after yet another win. A streak-ending loss like Saturday’s was, and on home ice no less with a 3-1 lead blown, isn’t something the Clippers can look past. It may be something they look back at to see what happens when they get a little cocky. Because that’s exactly what happened. Consider this team 11 games ago. Barely clinging to a division lead at 12-11-0-1 in a division most assumed they could run away with this season, they were relying solely on the

production of their top line to provide offence and going into the fetal position if that didn’t happen. They were in the middle of the pack in the 17-team B.C. Hockey League, not striking fear into many opponents like they were a year ago. It’s nice what a 10-game winning streak can do for you. Because now, the hold an eightpoint lead over the Powell River Kings in the division and in a tie for third place overall in the BCHL. Secondary scoring is coming, too, with wingers Chris Dodero, Zach Court and Nolan Aibel finding their grooves offensively.

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The Dover Bay Dolphins lost 90-64 in the championship game of the annual Cowichan Welcome Back high school boys’ basketball tournament Saturday to the host Cowichan Thunderbirds. The Dolphins — Nanaimo’s long Quad A team — led by senior guard Quinn Mirau and Grade 11 provincial team member Ryan MacDonald, edged out Callum Gemma and the Nanaimo Islanders 53-51 in the tournament semifinal to reach the championship game. The Dolphins, who will host the Quad A Vancouver Island championship tournament this year, also beat the Belmont Bulldogs 79-44 in their tournament-opening game. The Islanders, who play at the Triple A Level, dropped the Quad A Claremont Spartans 73-45 in their first game. They finished fourth in the tournament after falling 58-49 to the Lambrick Park Lions in the bronze medal game. The Wellington Wildcats won the consolation portion of the tournament with a 76-61 victory over Belmont in their final game.

Oh, and the top line hasn’t gone anywhere. Rempal continues to dominate every shift — he’s got an eight-point lead for first place in the league scoring race, on pace for a 122-point season with 63 goals in what could be the greatest season-long individual performance Clippers fans have ever seen. Linemates Devin Brosseau and Matt Hoover are fourth and sixth, respectively, in BCHL scoring and when you consider the Clippers only had one player in the top 20 last season (Brendan Taylor was 20th overall), it’s evident how good this line really ies. Vandekamp also recently challenged Yanni Kaldis to really, truly be a No. 1 defenceman and he responded on Friday with a two-goal, two-assist game and has surpassed NHL prospect Dante Fabbro in BCHL defenceman scoring. All things said, the Clippers have put themselves in as good a spot as they ever could have asked for, especially with the way the season started out. They host the Victoria Grizzlies Wednesday night in their last home game before Christmas, and when they do they will look to move to 6-0 over their south-Island rivals this season. Impressive, right?

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Vancouver Canucks rookie Jared McCann hasn’t been scoring at the rate he was early in the season. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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he 90-minute rule doesn’t apply to rookies. After any loss, the rule of thumb in the NHL is to promptly deal with a setback, learn from it, be better and move on. It’s a 90-minute process for the regular-season marathon and veterans get it because it’s a rite of passage. Rookies? Not really. Jared McCann? Not at all. He needs more like nine hours, maybe more. The problem for the Vancouver Canucks’ tightly wound rookie centre is akin to solving a Rubik’s Cube. Properly aligning every side to a solid colour can’t occur when one wrong move affects others. And because McCann had early success — five goals in his first nine games — and approaches every night like it’s Game 7, the scoring droughts, positioning problems and losses weigh him down and he becomes misaligned. In McCann’s world, going a dozen games without a goal, and scoring just once in the last 20, is well beyond unacceptable. It’s keeping him awake at night, and de-briefing exchanges with his dad via text messaging are becoming more frequent. “There have definitely been some tough nights with sleeping and it’s never easy,” McCann said Monday. “The compete in you comes out and you always want to win. But I’ve got to learn to let things go, sometimes. It’s a long season, but I’m a rookie and I can’t speak to how things go, but I’m learning how to get over games and improve my defensive habits. I know I can play better. I’m over-thinking things and always trying to be perfect. I’ve got to get back to the way I’ve always played. Not taking anything for granted — and when I get chances, bury them.” Throw in Show Me Week and it’s a telling time for the 19-year-old Stratford, Ont., native. As long as he competes hard against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday and again Thursday in Philadelphia and Friday in Detroit, he won’t be loaned to Team Canada

Ben Kuzma The Province for the world junior tournament before Saturday’s roster freeze. That should be of some comfort. But if Linden Vey and Alex Friesen are real recall options in case McCann is dispatched, then he has to channel those comparisons to a young Joe Sakic to solidify his Canucks roster spot. Representing your country is great; so is the NHL. “I feel like I play better when I put pressure on myself,” added McCann. “I expect a lot. I’m really grateful being part of this organization and being here, because they put a lot of faith in me and others didn’t in the past. I feel like I owe them, and I don’t want to let anybody down.” That’s the chip-on-the-shoulder stuff that sets McCann apart. He thought he should have been picked higher than 24th overall in 2014 and thought he could crack an NHL roster when others believed he was a year away. When McCann combines his speed with smarts, plays in traffic, finds his linemates and releases a quick and accurate wrist shot, he’s a multi-dimensional threat. His backhand pass off the sideboards here on Nov. 25 found the stick of Radim Vrbata and in a flick of the wrist, the Canucks tied the game, en route to a 3-2 victory. McCann also had four shots that night and won 54 per cent of his draws. He hasn’t even had an assist in the last eight games and that’s where linemates Vrbata and Chris Higgins have had to be voices of reason. “What we try to tell him, even shift to shift, is to forget what you did and try not to do it again,” Higgins said

of making mistakes. “And that’s a really hard lesson for young guys to learn, because they’re usually dominant in junior or college. Defence can produce offence and it’s trying to convince the young guys of that. “But he’s got a lot of good things going for him. He wants to get better and maybe takes it a little too seriously sometimes. But his desire is strong, and that’s all you can hope for.” Higgins should know. At 32, he has just two goals in 17 games after recovering from a preseason foot fracture. He was 22 and impressionable in Montreal when first aligned with Saku Koivu. Higgins’ goal totals of 23, 22 and 27 in the first three years with the Canadiens centre came from watching, learning and executing. “It’s why I’ve lasted this long,” said Higgins. “If you come into this league thinking you know everything, you’re in a lot of trouble. Just seeing him (Koivu) compete every night on every level really rubbed off on me, and stays with me.” Willie Desjardins believes McCann will get another second-unit powerplay look at some point because of the enticing elements he can provide. The Canucks coach doesn’t dwell on McCann’s six goals and three assists in 29 games, or the notion that he can’t compete consistency at this level. He believes that as McCann gets stronger and improves his positional play, he’s going to be something special. “I don’t think he has changed a lot and is better now than he was early,” said Desjardins. “The league is better after 20 games, and it’s hard for him to get into those spaces when he gets the puck. When he gets it, you’re looking for something to happen. I want him to think that every night and that he can contribute. You have to keep your confidence up.” BKuzma@theprovince.com Twitter.com/benkuzma

TORONTO — It’s rare that Brayden Point gets overshadowed. Head coach Dave Lowry announced that Point was cleared to resume contact drills with Canada’s junior team on Sunday, but less than an hour later the Vancouver Canucks gave forward Jake Virtanen permission to join the national roster ahead of the world championships. Virtanen’s addition grabbed the headlines, but Point being cleared to play after wearing a non-contact yellow jersey throughout selection camp to avoid doing damage to an injured shoulder is also big news for Canada. “It’s exciting,” Point told reporters on Sunday. “It’s exciting to see what the lines are going to be so I’m looking forward to it.” Both Point and Virtanen were on Canada’s gold medal-winning team last year, with Virtanen making the NHL in November while Point returned to the Western Hockey League’s Moose Jaw Warriors. Point has continued to develop as a dynamic, play-making centre and is fifth in the WHL’s points race with 18 goals and 25 assists. He led the league in points after 19 games, but dropped after injuring his shoulder in Moose Jaw’s 4-1 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders on Nov. 17. He hasn’t played since then but practised at Canada’s selection camp in Toronto before heading to Imatra, Finland, on Monday night for more training and pre-competition exhibition games. “Pointer’s been fantastic for us,” said defenceman Joe Hicketts, who also returns from Canada’s cham-

“He’s probably one of the best players in our league, if not the best.“ Dave Lowry, head coach

pionship team and regularly has to play against Point with the Victoria Royals. “He’s probably one of the best players in our league, if not the best. “He’s got vision, he’s got skill, he’s got speed and I think he brings all the elements you look for on the big international ice.” Point — who says he’s happy to play at either his natural position at centre on the wing — had two goals and two assists for Canada at last year’s world junior championship. His return, along with Virtanen’s assignment to the team, adds depth to Canada’s forward corps, taking pressure off the presumptive top line of the returning Lawson Crouse and world junior rookies Dylan Strome and Mitch Marner. “I think it’s going to be a fast, skilled team,” said Point. “That’s what (Lowry) has been wanting and I think it’s going to be fast.” Point looked to be 100 per cent while practising with Canada last week but did not play in its two exhibition games on Saturday and Sunday against an all-star team of university players from across Canada. Brandon Wheat Kings forward Jayce Hawryluk also wore a yellow jersey, practising alongside Point on Friday before playing against the Canadian Interuniversity Sport team.

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BOSTON — Andrej Sekera scored 41 seconds into overtime to lift the Edmonton Oilers to their sixth straight win, 3-2 over the Boston Bruins on Monday night. Cam Talbot made 47 saves, and Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored first-period goals for Edmonton. The victory halted an eight-game losing streak in Boston for the Oilers, fresh off a 5-0 homestand — their best since 1987. The Oilers won the overtime faceoff, rushed into the Boston zone and Sekera won it with a wrister from the slot after backup goalie Jonas Gustavsson stopped one shot. The Bruins had tied it on Brad Marchand’s goal with 4:38 to play in regulation. Matt Beleskey also scored for Boston, which has earned at least one point in each of its last 16 games against the Oilers (13-0-3). Gustavsson made 21 saves. Top goalie Tuukka Rask had the night off in the midst of a hot stretch, posting a 6-0-2 mark in his last eight starts.

The Oilers entered 4-10-1 on the road. Marchand tied it with a rising wrister inside the left post from the right circle. It was his team-leading 15th of the season. Edmonton challenged that Boston was offside, but the call stood. The Bruins had excellent scoring chances in the opening minutes of the game, but the Oilers grabbed a 1-0 lead when Eberle scored off a rebound from the edge of the crease at 8:29 of the first period. In the initial 6 1/2 minutes, Talbot came across the crease to make a sliding pad stop off the rebound of Beleskey’s shot when the puck caromed off a skate. He also made a right-pad save on Brett Connolly’s wrister from the right circle, and Torey Krug unloaded a shot off the crossbar before Eberle’s goal. Edmonton made it 2-0 when Nugent-Hopkins scored on his own rebound 13:58 into the first. Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara lost his balance trying to play a puck in the corner, and Eberle set up Nugent-Hopkins in the slot.

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ete Rose wasn’t in the mood to say much Monday, understandable after Commissioner Rob Manfred slammed the door shut on what almost surely will be his last chance at getting back into baseball. It was, however, still a work day. So Rose dutifully sat at a folding table outside the Mandalay Bay casino, pulled out a bag of assorted pens and quickly got down to the business at hand. He signed a black bat, on special this day for just $299. A few fans wandered in, drawn by the two young men in Pete Rose jerseys who barked out his availability to anyone walking by. “Pete Rose, here today guys,” one yelled. “He’s the hit king of baseball. Come meet a living legend.” If Rose was devastated by Manfred’s denial of his request to be allowed back in baseball, he didn’t show it. Wearing a white Cincinnati Reds cap, he chatted amiably about the game with a reporter but said he would wait another day to gather his thoughts before talking about the decision. A lifetime ban really does mean lifetime now, though, something that

Pete Rose appears at an autograph signing event Monday in Las Vegas. [AP PHOTO]

has to be jarring for Rose. At the age of 74 he’s not going to get another chance to appeal his ban for betting on baseball, nearly three decades after he was first exiled. “Mr. Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life,” Manfred wrote. By reconfigured, Manfred meant that Rose remains an unrepentant

bettor, wagering on all kinds of sporting events, including baseball. That it’s legal in the sports book just an escalator ride away from where he signs autographs is properly noted, but labeled as irrelevant by the commissioner. If Rose was talking, he might note he has long since taken responsibility for his actions. He might point

out he has served many years of his sentence, and that he was welcomed by the Fox network to be a part of its team of analysts at the World Series without anyone in baseball saying a word. Or he might just note the blatant hypocrisy of those who run the sport today. They are the same people who embrace daily fantasy play by declaring it’s not gambling, which is almost as laughable as was Rose’s longstanding denial he bet on baseball. Then again, Major League Baseball has a financial stake in daily fantasy, which is every bit as much a threat to the moral fabric of the game as the bets Rose made on the Reds. He might also wonder why the kings of the steroid era, who nearly destroyed the game with their jacked-up numbers, are still welcomed with open arms. That includes Barry Bonds, who begins employment in a few months in Florida as a hitting coach for the Marlins with baseball’s blessing. There’s a ball for that, which Rose will gladly sell you for $199. On it he writes: “Hits 4,256. Steroids 0.” For $100 more, he’ll sell you a personally inscribed baseball that says “I’m sorry I bet on baseball.” It’s a bit tacky, yes, but a guy has to make a living. So 20 days a month, Rose sits for four to five hours a day at Mandalay Bay, where people who remember Charlie Hustle in his prime stop by to get some memorabilia and chat for a few minutes.

“Steroid users can get in the Hall of Fame and they directly affected the game so why not Pete Rose?” asked Cliff Cho, a sales manager at a Las Vegas BMW dealership who bought a baseball for Rose to sign. “And just because he bet on the Reds doesn’t mean he didn’t get 4,256 hits.” There’s no doubt Rose has the numbers to be in the Hall of Fame, of course. Without the baggage of betting, he would be elected on the first ballot, though he won’t ever get the chance because the Hall has ruled him — unlike Bonds and the others — ineligible for a vote. There’s also no doubt Rose has been his own worst enemy in his battle with the sport he loves. For years he refused to admit he bet on baseball, and Manfred claims that in their meeting earlier this year Rose was not entirely honest with him when questioned about recent disclosures that he bet on baseball while a player-manager with the Reds in 1986. Rose can be arrogant, and he can be coarse. If you’re easily offended, you probably don’t want to have dinner with him. But is he really a threat to the integrity of the game as Manfred suggests? Hardly, no matter how the sanctimonious people who run baseball try to make it look. Tim Dahlberg is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at tdahlberg@ap.org or at twitter.com/timdahlberg.

NBA

A look at the Warriors’ streak — one of the best ever be summed up to anything but 24 games. Two different seasons, two different scenarios. The overall mark seems like a stretch by the league and respective media outlets.

JOSE COLORADO THE PROVINCE

The streak is dead. The Golden State Warriors’ historic 24-0 run to begin the 2015-2016 NBA campaign came to a screeching halt in a 108-95 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. Much has been made of the run including how it is to be viewed in the history books, Stephen Curry’s place amongst the world’s – and even all-time – greats and the devastating effectiveness of ‘small-ball’ when given the proper personnel. Let’s take a look at it all.

CURRY

24 or 28? This much is certain: the Warriors shattered the previous mark (15) for the most wins to begin a season. But after that it gets murky. The NBA currently recognizes two different win streaks – the overall (can be multiple regular seasons) and the single-season. That means – depending on how you look at it – the Warriors either won 24 straight games (this season only) or 28 consecutive contests (counting the last four regular season wins from the previous year).

This discrepancy caused many different interpretations of what record was actually set on Saturday. The longest win streak in NBA history is the 1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers who rallied off 33 straight games in a single season, as did LeBron James and the Miami Heat in the 2012-2013 season with 27 wins. And with five losses in its championship postseason from last year and six months of layover in between, one would be hard-pressed to say that the Warriors run can

127 three-pointers However you slice it, one thing is for certain – Stephen Curry was on another level during those 24 games. The shooting assassin has bombed 127 three-pointers so far this season. That’s more than the entire Brooklyn Nets (111), three fewer than the Minnesota Timberwolves (130), five fewer than the Miami Heat (132) and seven fewer than the Memphis Grizzlies (134) as an entire team. The all-time record for made threes in a season is 286 – set by none other than Curry, one year ago. The babyfaced guard is on pace to obliterate his former mark with 400-plus makes this year. What’s more is that of the five alltime best marks for made threes in a single season, Curry holds three of them already. At this rate Curry will force the Internet to somehow have to outdo itself from last season.

He did what? Curry’s wandering act into video game-esque status has prompted some of the game’s most revered players to take notice and even consider his potential on the all-time greats mantle. 5×5 One thing that was accentuated, other than Curry and a blitz of threebombs during the run, has been the indispensable value of Draymond Green who may have vaulted himself ahead of Klay Thompson as the Warriors’ second-best player. This season Green has improved in nearly every single statistical category. He’s tallied three triple-doubles and narrowly missed out on two more (by two assists, then one assist). Green seems to be ideal fit for the Warriors’ small-ball system. As a hybrid forward, Green is strong enough to bang with the big boys down low but also smart and quick enough to facilitate offensive sets and expose the foot speed of defenders on the other end. On Dec. 11, the forward became just the 16th player in NBA history to

have a five-by-five game (five or more totals in points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocks) when he notched 24 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, five steals and five blocks. Those numbers put him in an even more exclusive grouping as he became just the third player in 40 seasons (the other two: Hakeem Olajuwon and Derrick Coleman) to record at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, five steals and five blocks when he faced the Boston Celtics. 72-10 All things considered, the Warriors still look primed to challenge that legendary number — 72 wins, set by Michael Jordan and the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls. Health will play a big factor — as always — but for a team that has gotten off to an unparalleled start in the 69-year history of the league, it’s unlikely it will try to rest players and waste such a rare opportunity. And for that, basketball fans around the world can be thankful that they may be in for one of the more thrilling regular seasons in league history.

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MLB

Eskimos name Maas new head coach

Giants add free agent pitcher Cueto

JOHN KOROBANIK THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — When Jason Maas was offered the position of head coach of the Grey Cup champion Edmonton Eskimos there was no hesitation whatsoever before he said yes. The former Eskimo quarterback was introduced Monday as the team’s new head coach, replacing Chris Jones who left to become vice-president of football operations, general manager and head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Maas, with three Grey Cup rings to his credit — two while playing for Edmonton — said the opportunity was simply too good to pass up. “I’m thrilled, I’m very passionate about the city and I’m glad to be back,” Mass told a news conference in the Eskimos dressing room. “My goal was always at some point to come back to Edmonton. “This is always where I wanted to end up.” Even he admitted, however, he didn’t expect it to happen so quickly. He’s only been coaching three years since retiring in 2011. He was quarterbacks and receivers coach for the Toronto Argonauts from 2012 to ’14 and this past season was offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks coach with the Ottawa Redblacks who lost the Grey Cup to Edmonton. “I understand the expectations of Edmonton,” he said. “I would prefer to come into a situation with great personnel and great staff and great people and when you’re 14-4 and you’ve won the Grey

Jason Maas is introduced as the new head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos on Monday in Edmonton. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

“My goal was always at some point to come back to Edmonton.“ Jason Maas, Eskimos head coach

Cup I believe it’s obvious you have that here.” Maas said he will be making announcements in January on assistant coaches. Still to be worked out between the Eskimos and the Redblacks is the

issue of compensation. Traditionally CFL teams have not asked for compensation when coaches leave for better opportunities but Ottawa has asked. Hervey, who did not ask for compensation from Saskatchewan when Jones left, said he had no comment to make on the situation. Maas spent nine years with Edmonton, 2000-05 and 2008-2010, helping them to Grey Cup wins in 2002 and 2005 and was the Eskimos outstanding player in 2001 and 2004. Returning to Edmonton, he said,

will also provide the opportunity to reunite his family in a city they love. “It’s been a long journey. It’s been four years of us being apart, with an understanding wife and kids, to allow me to have my passion for football and to realize a dream and a goal,” he said. Although he and general manager Ed Hervey were teammates on the Eskimos and remain good friends, Hervey said that wasn’t a big factor in his decision. “The process was very thorough. Many may feel that because we’ve had an existing relationship with each other that it was a slam dunk decision,” he said. “There were many qualified candidates out there but I felt that where our organization is moving forward, this is a seamless transition for us. “Some may question if there’s experience there but I take a look at his background, not only how he prepared as a player, how he prepared as a position coach, but the excellent job he did as offensive co-ordinator in his recent position.” In Ottawa, Maas installed an offensive system that saw the team lead in the CFL in offensive yards, passing yards and rushing touchdowns and his guidance helped veteran quarterback Henry Burris become the league’s leading passer and the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player. It was that ability to work well with young players and veterans alike, to earn their respect and get them to accept his offensive schemes was one of the factors that appealed to Hervey.

JANIE MCCAULEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Even after signing Jeff Samardzija to a large, long-term contract last week, the San Francisco Giants had their eye on Johnny Cueto — they’ve been watching and admiring him from afar for years. The Giants’ upgraded rotation sure is taking shape, with the 2014 World Series champions agreeing Monday with Cueto on a $130 million, sixyear contract to add another top-tier starter. “Johnny has always been, and rightly so, very high on our list . . . high on our short list,” Giants general manager Bobby Evans said. “He’s somebody we’ve admired for a long time.” Cueto is set to join a rotation led by left-hander Madison Bumgarner and new addition righty Jeff Samardzija, who was introduced Friday after formalizing his $90 million, five-year contract — one week after the team lost out to the Diamondbacks on Zack Greinke. Cueto turned down a $120 million, six-year contract from Arizona late last month. The Giants began talks with Cueto’s representatives during last week’s winter meetings in Nashville. Cueto’s deal was pending a physical, the team said, and contains a team option for 2022. Cueto is expected to travel from the Dominican Republic on Tuesday to the Bay Area and take a physical Wednesday.

NBA

Pacers ease by travelling Raptors 106-90 JIM JOHNSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS — Jordan Hill and Monta Ellis helped Indiana pull off a big come-from-behind win with hopes of getting the Pacers back to their winning ways. Hill had season highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds, Ellis had 18 points and the Pacers beat the Raptors 106-90 on Monday night to end Toronto’s fourgame winning streak. “We have our ups-and-downs sometimes,” Hill said. “We’ve got to shake them off and continue to play.” That’s exactly what Indiana did, even when it looked as if the Raptors were going to run away with another win. Indiana used a 39-4 run in the first half to climb out of a 21-point deficit and Lavoy Allen made two free throws to give the Pacers a 29-28 lead at the 11:38 mark in the second quarter. Indiana took a 44-30 lead when Ellis converted a three-point play with 4:08 remaining in the first half. “He’s a mid-range assassin,”

Indiana Pacers guard Monta Ellis puts up a shot between against the Toronto Raptors on Monday in Indianapolis. [AP PHOTO]

C.J. Miles said. “He’s made big shots his whole career and he’s been stepping up the last few games for us.” Miles added 17 points for the

Pacers, who have won two of three games and snapped a five-game skid against Toronto, including a 106-99 loss in the season-opener on Oct. 28.

As the Pacers search for a way to end the team’s worst stretch since losing three straight to start the year and get back to winning games, Hill and Ellis stepped up in a big way. Ellis made a three-pointer early in the third quarter to put Indiana ahead 64-46 before Toronto went on a 10-0 run. Ellis scored on a lay-up to stop the spurt and later made a free throw when Lowry was called for a technical to give the Pacers a 67-56 lead with 4:43 left in the third. “The biggest thing was we got a win,” Ellis said. “Hopefully we can string some wins together while we’re back at home and get this thing back on the winning track.” Indiana got off to a slow start and Toronto jumped out to a big lead right from the start. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan each finished with 20 points and gave the Raptors a spark early on. Lowry made two three-pointers and a basket and DeRozan scored a basket and a three to put the Raptors ahead 15-3 early in the opening quarter.

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION Montreal Detroit Ottawa

GP 31 31 31

W L OTL SL GF 20 8 2 1 100 16 9 5 1 79 16 10 2 3 97

GA 70 79 93

Pts Home 43 11-4-2-0 38 10-6-3-0 37 8-4-1-3

Away 9-4-0-1 6-3-2-1 8-6-1-0

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

GF 89 89 90

GA 63 72 72

Pts Home 44 11-3-1-0 41 11-4-2-0 40 12-4-1-0

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

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

METROPOLITAN DIVISION Washington N.Y. Islanders N.Y. Rangers

GP 29 31 31

W 21 18 18

L OTL SL 6 2 0 8 3 2 9 2 2

WILD CARD Boston New Jersey

29 16 9 30 15 11

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93 74

80 75

36 34

6-7-2-0 7-6-1-2

10-2-1-1 8-5-0-1

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L-1 L-1

Pittsburgh Tampa Bay Florida Philadelphia Buffalo Carolina Toronto Columbus

29 31 30 30 31 30 28 32

1 1 3 4 1 3 1 2

2 2 1 2 2 1 4 1

68 73 76 62 74 74 64 75

71 69 74 83 84 92 76 95

33 33 32 30 29 28 25 25

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

7-6-1-0 8-7-1-1 7-6-1-1 7-7-2-0 6-7-0-2 6-8-1-0 5-8-0-2 7-10-0-0

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

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WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas Chicago St. Louis

GP 30 31 31

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GA 79 75 75

Pts Home 46 11-3-0-0 38 12-3-1-0 38 9-6-2-0

Away 11-3-1-1 5-7-3-0 8-4-1-1

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

W L OTL SL 19 9 1 1 14 14 2 0 14 15 2 0

GF 78 81 85

GA 66 95 92

Pts Home 40 11-5-0-0 30 7-4-1-0 30 9-5-1-0

Away 8-4-1-1 7-10-1-0 5-10-1-0

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

PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles Arizona Edmonton

GP 30 30 31

WILD CARD Minnesota Nashville

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Winnipeg Vancouver San Jose Colorado Calgary Anaheim

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6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Ottawa, Hoffman 16 (Zibanejad) 2:29 3. Ottawa, Turris 13 (Karlsson, Stone) 3:58 4. Ottawa, Karlsson 7 (Zibanejad) 6:03. 5. Ottawa, Hoffman 17 (Lazar) 14:34 6. Los Angeles, Toffoli 12 (Martinez, Quick) 17:47 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV — Wiercioch Ott (tripping) 8:07, Wiercioch Ott (hooking) 17:20, Gaborik LA (tripping) 18:28. 7KLUG 3HULRG 7. Los Angeles, Muzzin 4 (Lucic, Kopitar) 10:00 8. Ottawa, Zibanejad 5 (Ryan, Hoffman) 12:11 3HQDOWLHV — Lazar Ott (tripping) 4:40, Doughty LA (slashing) 19:05. 6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Los Angeles 10 12 14—36 Ottawa 6 8 7—21 *RDO — Los Angeles: Quick (L, 16-8-1). Ottawa: Anderson (W, 14-9-3). Power SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV — Los Angeles: 1-3; Ottawa: 0-4. Attendance — 17,829 at Ottawa.

Note: winning team is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the respective OTL or SOL column. 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Buffalo 2 Detroit 1 Edmonton 3 Boston 2 (OT) Ottawa 5 Los Angeles 3 Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 1 Washington 4 Pittsburgh 1 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Chicago 4 Vancouver 0 Colorado 3 St. Louis 1 N.Y. Islanders 4 New Jersey 0 7XHVGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Edmonton, Eberle 7 (Gryba, Davidson) 8:29 2. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 8 (Eberle, Nikitin) 13:58 3HQDOWLHV — Rinaldo Bos, Hendricks (GP ÀJKWLQJ 1XUVH (GP WULSSLQJ 4:47, McQuaid Bos (hooking) 15:33, Hall Edm (boarding) 15:58, Seidenberg Bos (holding) 19:21. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 3. Boston, Beleskey 4 (Krejci, Chara) 13:29 3HQDOW\ — Letestu Edm (tripping) 19:50. 7KLUG 3HULRG 4. Boston, Marchand 15 (Ferraro, Bergeron) 15:22 3HQDOW\ — Marchand Bos (hooking) 2:23. 2YHUWLPH 5. Edmonton, Sekera 3 (Eberle, NugentHopkins) 0:41 3HQDOWLHV — None. 6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Edmonton 12 3 7 2—24 Boston 11 18 20 0—49 *RDO — Edmonton: Talbot (W, 4-8-1). Boston: Gustavsson (L, 5-2-1). Power SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV — Edmonton: 0-3; Boston: 0-3. Attendance — 17,565 at Boston, Mass.

/,*+71,1* -$&.(76 )LUVW 3HULRG ³ No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV — Savard Clb (holding) 1:21, +DUWQHOO &OE &DOODKDQ 7% ÀJKWLQJ 6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Tampa Bay, Marchessault 3, 11:11 2. Columbus, Dubinsky 5 (Calvert, Foligno) 16:46 3HQDOW\ — Garrison TB (holding) 2:10. 7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Tampa Bay, Boyle 8 (Killorn) 6:13 (sh) 3HQDOWLHV — Callahan TB (hooking) 5:51, Columbus bench (too many men) 14:14.

Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. San Jose at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Ottawa at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Boston, 8 p.m. Shots oQ JRDO E\ Tampa Bay 10 13 6—29 Columbus 7 7 12—26 *RDO — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 13-9-2). Columbus: Korpisalo (L, 0-1-0). Power SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV — Tampa Bay: 0-2; Columbus: 0-2. Attendance — 12,494 at Columbus, Ohio.

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)LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV — Zetterberg Det (hooking) 3:30, Gorges Buf (hooking) 8:44, Smith Det (high-sticking) 19:59. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Detroit, Richards 2 (Datsyuk, Helm) 4:01 3HQDOW\ — Tatar Det (holding) 18:29. 7KLUG 3HULRG %XIIDOR 2¡5HLOO\ 5HLQKDUW 5LVWRlainen) 15:46 3. Buffalo, Larsson 1 (Weber) 16:47 3HQDOW\ Âł 2¡5HLOO\ %XI VODVKLQJ 6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Buffalo 9 9 12—30 Detroit 6 13 14—33 *RDO — Buffalo: Johnson (W, 8-9-1). Detroit: Mrazek (L, 9-5-3). Power SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV — Buffalo: 0-3; Detroit: 0-2. Attendance — 20,027 at Detroit.

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MOVES NHL LEAGUE OFFICE — Suspended Anaheim F Nate Thompson three games an illegal check to the head of Carolina D Justin Faulk. CAROLINA — Assigned D Michal Jordan to Charlotte (AHL) for conditioning. '$//$6 — Recalled Fs Gemel Smith and Cole Ully from Idaho (ECHL) to Texas (AHL). '(752,7 — Assigned F Zach Nastasiuk from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). TAMPA BAY — Recalled Fs Joel Vermin and Yanni Gourde from Syracuse (AHL).

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CFL

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE SEATTLE — Agreed to terms with RHP Steve Cishek on a two-year contract. TEXAS — Claimed 1B Andy Wilkins off waivers from Seattle.

('021721 — Named Jason Maas coach. WINNIPEG — Signed OL Jace Daniels to a two-year contract extension.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

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WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION Kelowna Victoria Pr. George Kamloops Vancouver

GP 31 32 31 28 33

W 23 20 19 14 10

L OL SL GF GA Pt 7 1 0 122 90 47 10 1 1 110 73 42 10 1 1 104 89 40 10 3 1 105 92 32 19 2 2 94 120 24

W 18 17 16 15 12

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 10 2 0 103 87 38 10 0 2 78 62 36 12 2 1 104 104 35 15 0 0 103 96 30 18 1 0 93 118 25

U.S. DIVISION Seattle Everett Spokane Portland Tri-City

GP 30 29 31 30 31

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP Brandon 32 Pr. Albert 31 Moose Jaw 31 Regina 32 Saskatoon 30 Swift Current 31

W 19 18 16 15 11 10

L OTL SOL 10 1 2 10 2 1 10 4 1 13 2 2 16 3 0 17 3 1

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GA 90 94 101 107 124 96

Pt 41 39 37 34 25 24

CENTRAL DIVISION GP Calgary 35 Red Deer 32 Lethbridge 31 Edmonton 33 Medicine Hat 31 Kootenay 33

W 21 21 20 13 10 6

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 12 1 1 116 108 44 11 0 0 117 92 42 11 0 0 127 95 40 17 3 0 92 111 29 18 2 1 99 126 23 25 2 0 62 140 14

0RQGD\ V UHVXOWV No Games Scheduled. 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Calgary 5 Red Deer 2 Medicine Hat 5 Edmonton 4 Saskatoon 2 Regina 1 (SO) Vancouver 4 Victoria 2 7XHVGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV 0RXQWDLQ Kamloops at Regina, 6 p.m. Kelowna at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Lethbridge at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Prince George at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Kamloops at Brandon, 6 p.m. Kelowna at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Lethbridge at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Victoria at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. 7KXUVGD\ V JDPHV No Games Scheduled.

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W 22 18 16 13 13

Chilliwack Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Pr. George Surrey

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Beckham breaks late tie, Giants beat Dolphins 31-24 STEVEN WINE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI — With the score tied in the fourth quarter, Odell Beckham Jr. somehow slipped 5 yards behind the secondary. That turned out to be the winning margin for the New York Giants. Beckham’s 84-yard touchdown reception put the Giants ahead to stay with 11 minutes to go, and they forged a three-way tie atop the NFC East by beating the Miami Dolphins

31-24 on Monday night. New York’s Eli Manning went 27 for 31 for 337 yards and four scores. His passer rating of 151.5 was his highest since 2009. The Giants (6-7) broke a threegame losing streak and are tied with the Redskins and Eagles for the lead in their woeful division. “It’s fun to win,� coach Tom Coughlin said. “It does keep us alive.� The Dolphins (5-8) were mathematically eliminated from the play-

off race, extending their post-season drought to a franchise-record seven consecutive years. “Obviously this is not where we want to be,� quarterback Ryan Tannehill said, “but here we are.� The Dolphins topped 20 points for the first time since October, but couldn’t keep up with Beckham, who had seven catches for 166 yards and two scores. The 100-yard game was his sixth in a row, a Giants record. “They got it to a star player, and

he made plays for them,� Dolphins defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said. Beckham missed one series when he went to the locker room due to cramping, but didn’t let that slow him down. And with the score 24-all, he took advantage of broken coverage to score the go-ahead touchdown. Cornerback Jamar Taylor and seldom-used safety Shamiel Gary were the closest defenders, but Manning hit Beckham in stride at mid-

field and he sprinted to the end zone for his 12th TD this year. Safety Reshad Jones blamed the breakdown on miscommunication. “The corner was supposed to follow up and go over the top,� Jones said, “which he didn’t.� Beckham outplayed his close friend and former LSU teammate, Miami’s Jarvis Landry, who made 11 catches for 99 yards but was flagged for a costly personal foul penalty with his team trailing in the fourth quarter.

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CROSSWORD MOST UNUSUAL ACROSS 1 Clumsy person 5 Studies hard 10 Raised, as livestock 14 Santa’s laugh 15 New staffer 16 Honolulu feast 17 At a good distance 18 Extraterrestrial 19 “If all __ fails . . .” 20 Red-in-the-middle sirloins 22 Complete collections 23 Flower stalks 24 Garlands worn at a 16 Across 26 Very bad reputation 30 Computer memory measures 34 Unpaid TV ad, for short 37 Dollar bill 38 Washington on a dollar bill 39 English, to a Hungarian 43 Turf-gripping shoes 44 Anti-pollution org. 45 Letter add-ons: Abbr. 46 Flies like an eagle 47 Stroked, as a cat 50 Use a keyboard 52 Narrow shelf 56 Concerning 59 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. 63 Hint in a whodunit 64 “So long, amigo!” 65 Cry of dismay 66 “Toodle-oo!” 67 Nearby 68 Adhesive on a roll 69 Metal piece on a cowboy boot 70 “__ to you” (common toast) 71 Hurricane centers

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29 Brawl 31 Mouse catcher 32 Henhouse products 33 Looks at 34 Sgt.’s subordinates 35 Fly alone 36 Vicinity 38 Biting fly 40 Wide grin’s width 41 __-bitsy 42 Well-put 47 Sell from a pushcart 48 Shade tree 49 Argue the issues 51 Hunt illegally 53 Postpone 54 Vineyard fruit 55 Letters before tees 56 Play segments 57 Open-handed hit 58 Ballerina’s skirt 60 Designer Christian 61 Tip of an airplane 62 Practical applications

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8 p.m. Schayde Dame, Cara McCandless at the Longwood Brewpub. Live at Longwood, free live music series every Thursday at the Longwood brew pub. 5775 Turner Rd.

7:30 p.m. The Emperor’s New Clothes prremiers at the Bailey Studio, 2373 Rosstown Rd., Nanaimo, Runs through Dec. 31. Tickets $16; New Year’s Eve, $25. For specific times, other information: www.nanaimotheatregroup.ca or 250-758-7224.

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10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Last Minute Shopper’s Craft Fair. Qualicum Beach Community Hall, 644 Memorial Ave., Qualicum Beach.

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4 p.m. Halbe Hall Monday Market, 8369 North Island Highway, Black Creek. Wide variety of vendors of fresh produce and baked goods,

arts and crafts andan on-site chair massage. Free event.

8 p.m. Live at Longwood, free live music series every Thursday at the Longwood brew pub. 5775 Turner Rd., Nanaimo.

TUESDAY, DEC. 22 7-8:30 p.m. Winter Wonderland on Ice Teen Skate for ages 13-18. Free event at Oceanside Place arena, 830 West Island Highway, Parksville. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23 7 p.m. Open Mic Acoustic night with Dave Marco, every Wednesday at Smoke‘n’Water Restaurant, Pacific Shores Resort, 1-1600 Stroulger Rd., Parksville THURSDAY, DEC. 24

FRIDAY, DEC. 25. Merry Christmas! SATURDAY, DEC. 26 6-8 p.m. Saturday Music at New York Style Pizza in Nanaimo. Once again, New York Style dishes up their award-winning pizza and their legendary Manhattan salad, along with Marty Steele playing swinging jazz, blues, and classic rock favourites on his keyboards.

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for your own good. Try to be as productive as possible. Tonight: Go along with a friend’s ideas. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You understand a lot more than you might want others to know. Focus on what an associate or loved one is doing. Be direct in how you handle a money issue. You will need to rein in any impulsive desires you have right now. Tonight: Take a break from your routine. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might be a lot more forceful than you realize. You could push someone to his or her limit, or vice versa. Deal with anger before you say something you might regret. Usually you are quite dynamic, but not necessarily right now. Tonight: Wrap up some holiday errands. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You might not be aware that you’re sitting on some anger. Be more in touch with your feelings, and try to address them sooner. The unexpected occurs around a personal or domestic matter. Don’t worry so much about a certain situation. Tonight: Order in. Make it easy. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Don’t hold back as much as you have been. Enjoy your immediate circle of friends. A loved one might give you an earful once you start to chat. Maintain an unbiased perspective, and don’t take any comments personally. Tonight: Meet a friend and buy a new item or two. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Tap into your financial knowledge. Your intuition will tell you what way to go if you are questioning which direction to head in. A boss or some-

one you look up to seems to be in a bad mood. Maintain a positive outlook, even if he or she cannot. Tonight: Treat yourself now. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your energy soars, especially after someone you care about compliments you. You might feel as if you are on top of what you must do. A surprising event or invitation could be quite fun to be involved with. You like unpredictability. Tonight: As you like it. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Know that you need to say less and be a good listener. Use caution with your finances, as you easily could make an error. Someone you look up to will offer you so many options that you might not be sure which way to turn. Stay in touch with your feelings. Tonight: Not to be found. YOUR BIRTHDAY(Dec. 15) This year you will gain through communication. A neighbor or relative could play a significant role in your year. You will experience moments of sudden insight revolving around a loved one. You will broaden your immediate circle of friends, and this expansion will serve you well. If you are single, you most likely will meet someone through work or through a friend. This relationship will be very special. If you are attached, you’ll need to keep your significant other in the loop, or else he or she will feel left out. Your romantic life will be unpredictable but exciting. BORN TODAY Actor Don Johnson (1949), architect Gustave Eiffel (1832), actor Adam Brody (1979)

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NEW YORK — Serena Williams is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year — the first female athlete honoured on her own by the magazine in more than 30 years. Williams came within two matches of tennis’ first calendar-year Grand Slam since 1988, a bid that ended with a semifinal loss at the U.S. Open. In all, the 34-year-old American went 53-3 during 2015 with five titles, including at the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. Williams was No. 1 in the WTA rankings all season. “She was the most deserving person for the award. She had an amazing year. The way she won her events; the fact that she’s done this for so many years at such a high level,� said Paul Fichtenbaum, editor of the Sports Illustrated Group. “She was a terrific candidate in a year of terrific candidates.�

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The cover photo of Williams — in high heels, sitting on a throne — was “her idea, intended ... to express her own ideal of femininity, strength, power,� managing editor Christian Stone wrote on SI.com. Monday’s announcement marks a switch to the formal name of the SI award; past recipients were touted as Sportsman or Sportswoman of the Year. “We just felt this was a natural evolution . . . We’re not making a

huge deal out of it,� Fichtenbaum said. “It just feels like the right time to make the change.� Runner Mary Decker in 1983 was the last female athlete to earn the magazine’s award by herself. The U.S. women’s national soccer team was picked by SI in 1999; speedskater Bonnie Blair in 1994 and gymnast Mary Lou Retton in 1984 were co-honorees with male Olympians. In 2011, Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt shared the award with Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski. “Men’s sports has dominated until recently, when women’s sports has grown in popularity, and the competition is better than ever,� Fichtenbaum said. “There’s more of a focus on women’s sports now. It’s grown considerably. Specifically why? I’m not sure.� Other tennis players honoured by SI were Arthur Ashe in 1992, Chris Evert in 1976, Billie Jean King in 1972.

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anchester United is increasingly being viewed as a successful commercial machine with a football club tagged on. It’s not only injured club captain Wayne Rooney who is fading as a force, the whole club is losing its aura too. The fear within the United boardroom will be if the lucrative global brand erodes as a result of the football produced by Louis van Gaal’s team which is currently unappealing to the Premier League’s worldwide audience. It might not be Van Gaal’s team for much longer if the level of discontent in the stands at Old Trafford remains so vocal. The 64-year-old Dutchman is doing little to offer a glimmer of hope with downbeat public comments that are being increasingly ridiculed by supporters, who are allowed to air grievances on the in-house television channel. “I want to manage the expectation,” said the manager of a club which became so accustomed to glory under Alex Ferguson, when accepting anything but the best was off the agenda. “It is not as easy as everybody thinks.” For the record 20-time champion of English football, this was far from the bravado displayed by United when they are flogging the club to Wall Street investors or any company willing to pay millions of pounds to cover their products with Red Devils branding. The logo was once a hallmark of success but United has already stuttered through two seasons without a trophy in the post-Ferguson era: First under David Moyes and subsequently Van Gaal. United appears to have lost the air of supremacy regained during Ferguson’s 26-year reign. Who fears United now? Not even Bournemouth, the newest member of the elite. A first-ever league match against the southern seaside club ended with United being embarrassed 2-1 on Saturday. This was an opponent that was playing in the fourth tier only seven years ago and docked 17 points for its financial mess. It wasn’t even a case of plucky Bournemouth snatching a freak vic-

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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, left, and assistant manager Ryan Giggs, look across the pitch before a match between Bournemouth and Manchester United in Bournemouth, England on Saturday. [AP PHOTO]

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tory. The Cherries deserved all three points. A draw would have flattered United. “Who scores the winning goal shall win,” a defiant Van Gaal said after the latest loss when injuries were blamed for losing to a team with perhaps the most debilitating collection of sidelined players in the top flight. The world’s second wealthiest team should never have been in a position where it had to give both full backs their full Premier League debuts in the match. As $3 billion United has struggled for goals the strikers discarded by Van Gaal have being showing just how lethal they can be: Summer sale Javier Hernandez has 15 in 12 games for Bayer Leverkusen and James Wilson has scored twice in his three games since joining Brighton

on loan. Bournemouth was not even the only humiliation of the week. It followed a Champions League humbling at Wolfsburg and the ignominy of instead being in Monday’s secondary draw for the knockout round for the second-tier Europa League. It will seem even more painful in February when Manchester City is playing in the Champions League and United is in the backwaters of Thursday night continental competition. Steadily as well, City is catching its more illustrious neighbour off the field. Although its manager’s position seems no more secure than Van Gaal’s — Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola is being talked about as replacing Manuel Pellegrini’s inconsistent title-challengers for next season — the club seems calmer and more stable. Internationally, City is also catching up with United by adopting a more innovative approach. United generated almost $600 million in 2014-15 as its commercial operation continues to add to its global array of

sponsorships. But City is only $70 million behind and expanding globally in a more innovative way with partner clubs in Australia, the United States and Japan and now Chinese investors taking a 13 per cent stake in the Abu Dhabi-owned club. United vice chairman Ed Woodward, the public voice of the owning Glazer family, has remained silent all season just when the fans seek answers about the future of the team and his often-haphazard handling of transfers and botched deals. United is far from being in full crisis mode. The team remains fourth in the Premier League with the best defensive record. But too often, Van Gaal’s priority seems to be avoiding defeat. Goalless draws aren’t why companies are so keen to associate themselves with United. The squad assembled by Van Gaal and Woodward just lacks the flair and experience displayed by United’s salesmen in scoring so many sponsorships.

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LEICESTER, England — Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho turned on his players after the team’s latest loss in its dreadful Premier League title defence, saying Monday he felt “betrayed” and accusing them of not trying their best. “If I was a player, I’d be giving a lot more,” Mourinho said after a 2-1 loss to surprise leader Leicester that left

Chelsea one point off the relegation zone after 16 games. Chelsea, which won the Premier League by eight points and with three games to spare last season, has lost nine games so far and is 20 points off the lead. “All last season I did a phenomenal work and I brought them to a level that is not their level, it is more than they really are,” said Mourinho, who appeared at a loss to explain Chelsea’s regression.

“I feel my work was betrayed,” he added as he criticized the defending for Leicester’s goals. Asked if Chelsea can still qualify for the Champions League, Mourinho said: “We can’t finish top four, but we can still finish top six because so many teams are dropping points. But at the moment we’re in a zone where I feel ashamed.” Even before the Leicester loss, Mourinho acknowledged he is in

the toughest spell of his managerial career. “The only thing I can say is that I want to be the manager,” Mourinho said. “I have no doubts and I think you know me well enough to know that I am not afraid of a big challenge and in this moment it is a really big challenge. “I want to stay and I hope (Chelsea owner) Mr. (Roman) Abramovich and the board want me to stay.”

NYON, Switzerland — The Champions League draw produced some familiar pairings Monday with defending champion Barcelona facing Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain again taking on Chelsea. Barcelona eliminated Arsenal in the 2010 quarterfinals and in the round of 16 in 2011, and beat the English club in the 2006 final. Arsenal will host the five-time champions on Feb. 23 after advancing to the knockout round for the 16th straight season. The Gunners will be hoping to end a five-year losing streak at the round-of-16 stage. French champion PSG and Chelsea will be meeting for the third consecutive season in the knockout phase. Chelsea won in the quarterfinals in 2014 but PSG advanced from the round of 16 last season. PSG, which set a competition record conceding only one goal in its group, could be the favourite against Chelsea for the first time. “This is the third year we play against Chelsea so it has become some kind of a ‘clasico’ for us,” PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said. “We will be ready.” Also, five-time champion Bayern Munich will play away first against 2015 runner-up Juventus, while record 10-time champion Real Madrid will face Roma. Bayern beat the Italian champion Juventus in the quarterfinals when it last won the trophy three seasons ago “We might have hoped to be luckier in this draw but I like our team in Europe so far,” Juventus vice-president Pavel Nedved said. Still, there was one fresh look in the eight pairings as the two newcomers to the knockout rounds were drawn together: Gent will host Wolfsburg first in Belgium. “It appears doable, without taking the rival lightly,” Wolfsburg managing director Klaus Allofs said. Also, it was: PSV Eindhoven vs. Atletico Madrid; Dynamo Kyiv vs. Manchester City; and Benfica vs. Zenit St. Petersburg. City’s first leg in Kyiv will be played in an empty stadium because Dynamo has been sanctioned by UEFA for racist incidents involving fans. The first legs will be played on Feb. 16-17 and 23-24, with the second legs scheduled for March 8-9 and 15-16.

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CHICAGO — Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home from the hospital. Dorothy Lipkin danced after getting a new hip at age 91. And at 94, William Gandin drives himself to the hospital for cancer treatments. Jimmy Carter isn’t the only nonagenarian to withstand rigorous medical treatment. Very old age is no longer an automatic barrier for aggressive therapies, from cancer care like the former president has received, to major heart procedures, joint replacements and even some organ transplants. In many cases, the nation’s most senior citizens are getting the same treatments given to people their grandchildren’s age — but with different goals. “Many elderly patients don’t necessarily want a lot of years, what they want is quality of life,” said Dr. Clifford Kavinsky, a heart specialist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. “They want whatever time is left for them to be high quality. They don’t want to be dependent on their family. They don’t want to end up in a nursing home.” Treatment for Carter, 91, has included surgery, radiation and a new cancer drug with fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy. It seems to be working — Carter announced Dec. 6 that brain scans show no signs of the melanoma that was found in August. The nation’s 90-and-up population, about 2 million people, nearly tripled in recent decades, and the pace is expected to continue. Many are struggling with more than one age-related illness that make them poor candidates for aggressive and often costly care. But plenty remain robust enough to give it a try. Some 90-year-olds are fitter than some 60-year-olds but they say other considerations need to be in the mix. At MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the oldest patients are evaluated by geriatricians — specialists in medical care of the elderly —

N Aortic valve surgery patient Irwin Weiner, 90, and partner Lauree Gableat at their home in Boca Raton, Fla., on Friday. Very old age is no longer an automatic barrier for aggressive therapies. [AP PHOTO]

“We do believe that cancer care should not be limited by age.”

Organ transplants are less common but not unheard of in the very old. Since 2013, there have been more than 100 kidney transplants in patients aged at least 80, including one in an 88-year-old, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Its records show that since 1987, the nation’s oldest kidney transplant recipient was a 96-year-old. There are generally no strict age limits on transplants. Dr. Dorry Segev, a Johns Hopkins Medicine transplant specialist, said frailty is a more important factor and his centre measures it rigorously, including assessing patients’ grip strength, walking speed and muscle mass. Ethical issues complicate decisions on providing treatments costing tens of thousands of dollars to the very old and life expectancy has to be considered, Kavinsky said. “When you start doing procedures on a 90-year old, you have someone who has already exceeded the average lifespan in America,” he said. “How far should we go to keep them going?” Dr. Joseph Dearani, chairman of cardiac surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said a good gauge is whether treatment would likely help patients live well for at least another two years.

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to make sure they’re able to tolerate harsh treatments. Physical and mental health are assessed; so is social support — whether there are family members or friends available to help during treatment and recovery. “We do believe that cancer care should not be limited by age,” said Dr. Beatrice Edwards. While many elderly patients are healthy enough to tolerate conventional treatments, advances including more targeted, less toxic drugs and minimally invasive surgery techniques are opening the door to others. Dr. Joseph Lamelas, Weiner’s surgeon at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida, used a newer approach, implanting a new valve through a small incision on the right side of the chest. After four days in the hospital last January, Weiner was back home in Boca Raton, Fla., and was well enough to have two big 90th birthday celebrations less than a month later.

ancy Reagan, wife of Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States, sent a direct, simple message to those who were tempted to take illegal drugs. Her advice was “Just say ‘no.’” So what has this message to do with the ongoing controversy about assisted death in Canada and the United States? Quebec, a Roman Catholic province, has always been ahead of the rest of Canada in social change. Now it appears that it won’t be too long before Quebec will be the first province to allow assisted death. But for the rest of Canada, those opposed to it will use every legal measure to defeat this procedure. So is there any way that the two opposing forces, for and against assisted death, can ever be resolved? The main argument used by those who vociferously oppose assisted death is that the slippery slope theory will prevail. Namely, that the infirm, elderly and those approaching death, who do not want their lives to be terminated, will have no say in the decision and be forced to have a lethal injection. How could this scenario be prevented? Albert Einstein remarked that, “Explanations should be as simple as possible, but no simpler.” So can this continuing dilemma be made simpler? Surely it doesn’t take someone trained in bioethics, a psychologist or a spiritual leader to make this problem simpler. If there is one ounce of common sense left in this country the only logical answer is the “NO” or “YES” solution. Let’s assume that an individual is 100 per cent against assisted death and wants to be assured it will never happen to him. Surely there are enough lawyers who feel the same way who could draft a binding legal document. It would state that under no circumstance could assisted death be used when an individual had signed such a document.

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In other words, a legal document that leaves no “ifs” “ands” or “buts” in the decision. If this legal document still failed to appease fears, a simple hand or neck bracelet could be worn, similar to the “Do Not Resuscitate” one, stating they refused assisted death. So what about those who feel it is their right, and no one else’s right, to decide how they wish to end their lives. Here again a legal document could be made available which allows a signature on the dotted line and no “ifs” “ands” or “buts.” I believe Albert Einstein would agree this approach is simple, but not too simple. Politicians, doctors and religious organizations would not be able to deny the “YES” right to those who request it. So will this happen? Probably not! As sure as night follows day the government will continue to waste millions of dollars on endless committee hearings. The money could be better spent on medical care. Are Einstein and this medical journalist wrong to expect a simple answer? In effect, those opposed to assisted death don’t want a simple answer or any answer. In the end assisted death is a religious issue claiming it cannot be condoned for anyone under any circumstances. If that is the case those of us who wish to end our lives with the help of a physician are denied. And desperate people will continue to choose the alternative, suicide. This is a tragic situation that no family should have to face. As I’m a member of “Dignitas,” lethal injection is available to me in Switzerland if I ever need it. But in a democratic society, what about those who cannot afford the one-way ticket? It is unconscionable that assisted death should even be an issue when a simple “NO” or “YES” would suffice. Unfortunately, common sense has become an uncommon commodity in North American society and this continues to prolong the agony of the dying. It is also unconscionable that the organization “Dying with Dignity” has lost its charitable status which makes its operation more difficult. For comments go to: info@docgiff.com.

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Cosby fires back at women suing him for defamation Bill Cosby is firing back at seven women who are suing him for defamation, accusing them of making false accusations of sexual misconduct for financial gain. Cosby filed counterclaims in federal court Monday, alleging the women

made “malicious, opportunistic, and false and defamatory accusations” of sexual misconduct against him. Cosby is seeking unspecified monetary damages. In his counterclaim, Cosby says the women have “engaged in a campaign to assassinate” his reputation and character. He says their campaign is “nothing more than an opportunistic attempt to extract financial gain from him.”

Celebrate The Season Without Digestive Problems Have you heard the saying “you are what you eat?” What we should be saying is we are what we digest. Even if we are making every effort to eat high quality foods, our bodies must be able to break down, absorb, and assimilate these foods. An estimated 40% of the population have some type of digestive issue. Many factors contribute to this decline including poor food choices, poor food preparation, toxins, and aging. Poor digestion can start with symptoms of heartburn, indigestion and fatigue, and lead to long-term diseases such as arthritis, diabetes, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome. A pH balanced diet aids in digestion and also general well being. We should aim for our meals to be composed of 80% alkaline foods and 20% acid forming foods. Meats and carbohydrates are acid forming, while fruits and vegetables are alkalizing. Start with adding a fresh green salad and at least one steamed vegetable to your current regime. Choose organic fruits and vegetables whenever possible. They do not carry the toxins and pesticides that are hard to break down by the liver. It is still important to use a veggie wash solution to rinse off product, even with organic choices, to remove parasites. Choose meat and dairy products without steroids and antibiotics. Natural enzymes are destroyed by 116 degrees or more of heat. Meats, grains, and processed foods are all prepared at far higher levels. Without the enzymes in food, our digestive organs must work much harder to break down and absorb foods. Raw foods are an important aspect of your diet as not only do they have their enzymes intact, but also have a high water content to keep us hydrated. Do not boil vegetables. Instead, steam or stir-fry wherever possible to leave some firmness. In addiction, this will keep enzymes and nutrients intact. Smaller meals on a more frequent basis are helpful for digestion as the stomach only produces so many enzymes to help break down your meals. Make sure you chew your food sufficiently, and give your body ample time to digest. Drinking water throughout the day is always recommended but try to limit liquids at mealtime as it dilutes enzymes and can cause indigestion. If your diet is fairly healthy but you are still having symptoms, taking a digestive enzyme with meals can be very helpful. Choose a full spectrum enzyme that breaks down proteins, starches, and fats with larger meals. Probiotics are also important for gut health. Since most ailments begin in the gut, it only makes sense to make sure your first line of defense is working optimally. Pick a probiotic that has strains for both upper and lower intestines. This will support digestion and absorption of nutrients and regulate your bowels as well. Apple cider vinegar is also helpful for pH balancing your system and increasing digestion. Drink 15ml prior to meals to help indigestion, gas and bloating.

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Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: A group of us have been friends for more than 40 years. We graduated from high school together, but while the rest of us went to college, started careers and settled down with families, “Ray” was smoking pot, partying and working paycheck to paycheck in an entry-level job. He was so wrapped up in “doing his own thing” that it never occurred to him to have a relationship. Now we are nearing retirement age. The rest of us are able to take time to travel, pursue our interests and spend time with our families. Ray is still living hand to mouth. And every time we get together or see his Facebook page, he is griping about how hard his life is and how much he envies us. We’d like to point him toward services that might be able to help him a little bit and show him how to make a realistic budget. The services have to be free, though, because Ray won’t take “charity”

from the rest of us, and if he has to pay for anything, he won’t be able to afford it. There’s no guarantee he’d take advantage of even a free referral, but we are tired of hearing him carrying on about the life that, after all, he chose for himself. Do you know of any free resources that could rescue someone who’s always been clueless about money? — Ray’s Friends Dear Friends: It’s romantic to “live for the moment,” but that doesn’t mean you cannot also plan for your future. You undoubtedly know that, even with outside assistance, Ray might not change his ways. It would require an entirely new mindset, and that takes effort that he seems unwilling to make. You can look into Debtors Anonymous at debtorsanonymous.org, or get information on local credit counselling through the Federal Trade Commission at consumer.ftc.gov. (Search “choosing a credit counsellor.”) Dear Annie: I am responding to the letter from “W.,” whose neighbour constantly complains about the noise from her townhouse, even though she’s not doing anything particularly noisy. The neighbours living in the condo below me used to phone and yell at me for practically any noise.

They complained about the way I walked in my home even though I went barefoot most of the time to assuage them. They went to bed at 8:30 p.m. and expected me to shut down then, as well. They spoke to an attorney who told them I wasn’t breaking any noise ordinances, but they still called incessantly to complain and were sometimes verbally abusive. So I spoke to my own lawyer. He suggested that I ignore them, but I told him I was being harassed, bullied and verbally abused and that I was not going to put up with it. If they were that sensitive, then they should have not moved into a condo with neighbours living above them. The lawyer and I resolved it by presenting them with his business card and informing them that any future complaints were to be directed to him. If they complained directly to me, it would lead to a lawsuit for harassment. — N.C. Dear N.C.: Threatening to sue someone is always an option in this country, although we think it should be a last resort. Too many people think it is the first step. 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.

Deal gives Bell customers Netflix access THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Bell’s Fibe TV subscribers will now be able to access Netflix through their set-top box. Bell has been aggressively marketing its Internet-protocol TV ser-

vice in Ontario and Quebec as an alternative to a cable subscription since its launch in 2010. The Netflix app joins Bell’s own video-on-demand streaming service, CraveTV, which launched in December 2014.

Netflix has disrupted the traditional TV subscription business model by offering thousands of hours of existing movies and TV shows as well as original content for as low as $7.99 a month for its basic plans.

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mma Salisbury began dancing 13 years ago, at the age of two. By the age of 11, however, she put on her first tutu, in a manner of speaking, and, in the process, became a ballerina, something her mother had always wanted. She spent many hours a day at Panorama School of Dance, whose travelling company was planning a trip to Disneyland. A trip to Toronto was also in Emma’s future, as she accepted a scholarship into the National Ballet School of Canada. She spent her entire Grade 8 year there, living and learning, taking that next step. Dance classes were put on hold in June, following Emma’s lupus diagnosis. Chemotherapy treatments were due to begin shortly. Just one week later, the situation worsened the morning after she returned home from hospital. “I was lying down on the couch in the other room,” Emma recalled. “I got a severe headache and that’s when I felt this huge elastic snap, that feeling, right on my brain.” A blot clot had formed, leading to a stroke — something rare in a teenager but apparently quite common in someone with lupus. The stroke caused left-side paralysis of Emma’s arm and leg. The double-whammy of a lupus diagnosis and associated stroke left Emma and her family reeling.

Emma Salisbury lifts her left arm with the help of physiotherapist Lynn Dawson and a device known as MyndMove at the Neuromotion rehabilitation clinic in Vancouver.

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t wasn’t quite the summer we had planned, let’s put it that way.” Caitlin Salisbury sighed and looked over at her daughter Emma, whose slight smile couldn’t hide the reality of the situation on a rainy Monday afternoon recently. A wheelchair sat in a corner of the family’s Surrey home and the red-haired teen wore a plastic brace on her left shin and ankle. She has trouble moving her left arm but, thankfully, her right arm is just fine. Her legs are a work in progress, and she’s now able to walk short distances. Nobody saw this coming last May, when the family returned home from vacation in Hawaii. For Emma, 15, the month-long holiday was a welcome breather before another busy summer of dance classes. It was going to be another step in her journey to become a professional dancer, something the Surrey teen has dreamed about since she was a preschooler. Emma was fine the entire time in the South Pacific, but when the family arrived home, she felt really lethargic — kind of like she had a case of the flu. When random rashes started to appear on her body and the fevers got worse, it was time to visit a doctor. When the blood tests came back from the lab, the news wasn’t good, It was lupus. Sadly, the worst was yet to come.

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money for Emma’s rehab, under the title “Emma Salisbury: Dance Again.” As of this week, the donations total more than $24,000, with dollars still coming in two months after the campaign first took off. Emma is the first patient in Western Canada to use the MyndMove technology, which was developed by MyndTec Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario. At the clinic in Kitsilano, therapist Lynn Dawson was trained to use the device six months ago. “She’s done really well because she came here with absolutely no movement in her left arm and now there is some movement, without any stimulation at all” Dawson said. “It’s been a way to allow Emma to access these muscles again, to give them a kickstart.” It’s all part of the goal to get Emma dancing again. “The thing about Emma is she’s a very hard worker and a focused girl, really determined in everything she sets her mind to,” said Laura Choroszewski, a board member with the Royal City dance company. “She had a goal to be a dancer and I believe that she will succeed.”

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