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‘Venus in Fur’ is sexy, intelligent In the play, a desperate writer-director, Thomas, has just about given up trying to find the right actress to play the lead in his stage adaptation of a classic S&M novel. » The Hub, 22

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TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed below 70 cents U.S. Wednesday for the first time in nearly 13 years while the Toronto stock market registered another triple digit loss. The loonie finished the day at 69.71 cents U.S., down 0.43 of a cent since Tuesday’s close. The last time the Canadian dollar closed beneath the 70-cent U.S. mark was on April 30, 2003, when it was 69.76 cents U.S. Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at CMC Markets, says the 70-cent mark constitutes a “pretty significant psychological hurdle.” Cieszynski said the dollar’s decline has been motivated primarily by falling oil prices — and their potential implications for monetary policy. “There’s been a lot of growing speculation that the Bank of Canada’s governor (Stephen) Poloz could kick off 2016 with a rate cut the same way he did in 2015,” Cieszynski said. “There’s a lot of concerns that the falling oil price could lead to more layoffs in the oil sector and deepen the recession that we’re seeing in the oilpatch, so there is a growing possibility of that,

Canadian dollar coins on a map of North America. The loonie slipped below 70 cents U.S. on Wednesday for the second day in a row. It closed at 69.76 cents US. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

although up until now he’s been more content to let the falling loonie do a lot of the stimulus work for him.” For the second day in a row, Finance Minister Bill Morneau found himself answering questions about the dollar’s nosedive. “I believe that there are opportunities with a lower dollar. There are also challenges,” he

said in Toronto, where he held pre-budget consultations. “We will remain focused on that and consider that in our planning. “It’s not something that’s in our control.” The S&P/TSX composite index lost 203.49 points at 12,170.41, marking its 10th losing day in 11 trading sessions since the Christmas break. The metals and

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Island industrial taxes Ladysmith has highest rate; Nanaimo taxes all business classes equally

adysmith has the highest industrial tax rate on central Vancouver Island. Heavy industry operators can expect to pay more than $106.07 per $1,000 of assessed value, almost double the next highest of cities north of the Malahat to as far north as Campbell River. By comparison, Port Alberni taxes its two heavy industry properties at a rate of $53.78 per $1,000, and Campbell River has the third-highest industrial tax rate on the Island, at $32.39. Other communities with heavy industry to tax charge between $7.22, in Parksville and $29.66 in North Cowichan. In the last century, when Darrell B.C. was developing its rich Bellaart resources it was understood Reporting that governments at all levels would benefit from industrial expansion. Local communities saw industry as a ready tax source, and thriving industry didn’t mind sharing the wealth. Times have changed, mines and mills are closing, and Ladysmith is working to become more competitive.

Harmac president Levi Sampson says mill officials have long worked closely with the City of Nanaimo to discuss industrial tax rates. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

Municipal leaders started to take heed in the last decade, when industrial giants like Catalyst Paper warned it would close mills without tax relief. “Council was very aware of this,” said Erin

Central Island industry/business tax rates The rate each municipality charges for major industry, light industry and business, per $1,000 in assessed value: City Ladysmith Port Alberni Campbell River North Cowichan Comox Courtenay Nanaimo Qualicum Beach Parksville Lantzville Duncan Ucluelet Tofino

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Anderson, Ladysmith director of financial services. “We used to have a greater rate, and we’ve been working on reducing our reliance on that for many years. It used to be much higher, but we’ve been whittling it down.” No target has been set, but Ladysmith has a way to go to catch up with cities like Nanaimo, which now taxes all business classes equally, at a rate of $14.76 per $1,000. The Harbour City decided decades ago to rein in business taxes, recognizing the value of business to a local economy. Then, in 2006, “council of the day approved an initiative to reduce heavy industry’s rate to be on par with like industrial over a five-year, which they did,” said Mayor Bill McKay. In today’s global economy, municipalities need to be competitive to attract investment, said Levi Sampson, president of Harmac pulp mill, at Nanaimo’s Duke Point industrial park. “One thing I do know, at Harmac, going back long before I got involved, I know they worked closely with the mayor and council and had many talks about tax rates and where they should be, and I know council has worked hard over the years at looking at that,” Sampson said. Taxes were cited as one reason the Catalyst mill in Campbell River closed. At $32.39, that city currently has an indus-

trial tax rate roughly a third that of Port Alberni, where together, the Catalyst mill and Western Forest Products contribute 22 per cent of the city’s total budget. Cathy Rothwell, Port Alberni finance director, acknowledged the city gets complaints for its high taxes but said its business taxes are calculated as a multiple of its residential rate as with other cities. That rate is much higher in Port Alberni than other Island communities because its residential property assessments are among the lowest in the mid-Island. Asked if a higher rate discourages investment, Rothwell said the question is better answered by the city’s economic development office. The city’s light industrial tax rate is the highest on the central Island, at $48.56, but its general business class pays $15.76, which is much closer to other Island municipalities (see chart). She said the city derives $3.5 million from its business class, but industrial taxpayers contribute “just under $5 million” to the city budget. In Nanaimo, city council decided long ago to lower business taxes with an eye to attracting more development. Today, that strategy appears to be paying off. WFP recently closed its downtown sawmill, “and now they’ve merged their employees at Duke Point, and they’re going to spend $80 million on that mill,” McKay said. “They’ve got 70 employed and they’re hoping over the next few years to double that.” Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235 » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to yourletters@nanaimodailynews.com. Letters must include daytime phone number and hometown.

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City manager applicants have until Jan. 29 SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

Anyone interested in becoming Nanaimo’s next city manager will have until the end of the month to apply. A posting for the position went up on the city’s website Wednesday morning, giving applicants until Jan. 29 at 4 p.m. to apply for the position. That followed an in-camera

session Monday evening among council members to decide upon a hiring process for the city’s new top bureaucrat. Nanaimo human resources director John Van Horne said he was able to formally post the job ad after Monday’s meeting, although he said there were still some details left for the hiring committee — made up of all members of council — to firm up. The closing date gives just over a

two-week window to attract candidates to the post, but Van Horne said it is nothing out of the ordinary. “Ads can run (for) a myriad of different times,” said Van Horne, who has been involved in the hiring of other city manager of chief administrative officer positions elsewhere. “They can just go for any length of time. In other cases, you can have it open for a longer period of time, and it’s just a long time to wait with

nothing really of substance coming out.” Van Horne said he couldn’t “get into that level of detail” over how the closing date was set by the hiring committee. “Suffice to say, (the hiring committee) were given a lot of information at the meeting, a lot of decision points and you’ve got to pick a date.” He indicated there were still some

details left to be sorted for how the hiring is to be conducted. “Nothing’s ever nailed down until a council says, ‘Yes, let’s go with it,’” he said. “But at the same time, in terms of any sort of timeline to anything, you never know; some things drag out.” Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255

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Chamber works to develop education DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Matthew Hayes knew he wanted into the construction industry since age seven, so when he learned he could start his career while in high school, he didn’t hesitate. He signed up for the dual-credit enrichment carpentry program, which allows students to get 900 work hours toward a career apprenticeship before finishing high school. He’s well on his way to his career. “It gives me the opportunity to start my dream career and also the opportunity to connect with my employer,” said Matthew. “Hearing in Grade 10 I could start now, rather than later, was the best news ever.” Matthew shared his experience with the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce at the chamber’s monthly luncheon at the Vancouver Island Conference centre Wednesday.

It was part of a presentation by Derek Beeston, Nanaimo Ladysmith School District principal and chairman of the chamber’s education committee. Last fall the committee started working to address concerns by local business leaders about the quality of education and graduation rates within the district. Another part of that was to find ways to work toward developing the concept of a kindergarten to Grade 16 curriculum, meaning incorporating post-secondary education in a student’s education plan. It’s estimated post-secondary training will be required for in 78 per cent of all jobs in the years ahead, even as aging workers exit the workforce. “The days of graduating and going down to the mill to get your terrific job – those days are long gone,” Beeston said. Darrell.Bellaart@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235

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That represents 90 per cent growth since the opening of the new terminal building in 2004, with 2015 being the busiest year yet for the airport. Nanaimo Airport has also seen considerable growth since adding new Calgary routes in the past few years, and an Edmonton route in December. — DAILY NEWS

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A city contract with conflict resolution firm Integrity Group has ended, but it is not yet clear how much the contract has cost the city or when exactly the contract ended. The Daily News reported last July that the city had hired the firm to help soothe what Mayor Bill McKay then described as an “extremely acrimonious” atmosphere among council members. McKay said in July that he began searching for a consultant the previous December, when he concerned by “certain comments” from some council members towards himself and one another. The Integrity Group conducted a series of one-on-one interviews with council members and then-city manager Ted Swabey as part of the work. The firm had previously also provided services to the city for its respectful workplace program. City officials confirmed Wednesday that the contract had ended, but the cost of the contract has not yet been determined. The city has only recently received invoices for the work, said Laura Mercer, accounting services manager for the city. The city has yet to pay any amount for the services, but Mercer said a total figure would soon be available. City officials also could not confirm exactly when the contract ended or even when it began. An inquiry was sent to communi-

The City of Nanaimo’s contract with conflict resolution firm Integrity Group has ended. [DAILY NEWS]

cations manager Philip Cooper, who responded in an email: “I’m informed that particular contract is an HR contract. The City does not comment publicly on personnel matters.” Cooper said in reply to a follow-up email that he had checked with the human resources department and would be in contact if he could share any information. It emerged last year that council had allocated an initial $50,000 for the work.

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From Nanaimo RCMP: Unsolved crimes, Jan. 1 to Jan. 12. 1. File No. 2016-51 On Jan. 1, at approximately 4:40 a.m., a man was seen attempting to break into a van parked in a driveway at 3985 Rock City Rd. A witness managed to chase him off and the only description provided was of a large man wearing a white toque and black jacket. 2. File No. 2016-146 Sometime overnight on Jan. 2, two passenger side tires on a F-150 pickup parked at 1156 Townsite Rd. were slashed. A nearby resident reported the same damage to his F-150 pickup. 3. File No. 2016-308 On Jan. 4, a staircase was stolen from the backyard of a home on Woodpecker Lane. The stairs are very heavy, consisted of 11-13 rungs, had a steep incline and were made from treated wood. 4. File No. 2016-281 Sometime overnight

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The City of Duncan is firming up its policy on marijuana dispensaries until such time as federal laws change. Karen Robertson, corporate services director said the city’s business bylaw requires non-profit societies and businesses to have a valid licence. Storefront marijuana dispensary business applications are being denied under that system. But it’s a tricky situation and council is hoping to clear it up. “What’s been confusing to some residents is the differences between the actual local, provincial and federal laws related to the storefront and that’s why they’ve been sort of popping up, if you will, in other jurisdictions,” Robertson said. In places like Nanaimo, she said, there are no requirements in their business licence bylaws for non-profits to obtain licences, which leaves them free to open storefronts. “And then what happens is the enforcement of that defaults to the RCMP and they are just overwhelmed right now with other issues. “So the RCMP have actually approached local governments to say ‘it would be helpful for us if we had zoning bylaws locally and business licence bylaws that would support the efforts until such time as the laws get changed,’” Robertson said. “If we had on our applications that you are in fact required to meet local, provincial and federal legislation I think it would alleviate some of that confusion because the federal oversees the use, the provincial oversees the giving

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‘El Chapo’ interview does little for media credibility

here’s been much debate about journalism ethics following the Rolling Stone interview by Sean Penn of El Chapo, Mexico’s notorious drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman Loera. Concerns have been raised about the credibility of the interview, the fact Guzman was given a final veto on the copy (which he apparently didn’t exercise) and the seemingly softball handling of a man convicted of heinous crimes. As the Canadian Association of Journalists outlines, the media serve public and democratic interests by searching for the truth. Media are important institutions to hold the powerful to account and to ensure transparency and accountability. It is in this way the Rolling Stone interview failed.

This was not journalism, although it certainly has been marketed that way. This was a cheap attempt by a news outlet still reeling from a stinging condemnation of its coverage of rape on American campuses to reassert itself as a news source. Guzman Penn’s Guzman interview, published Jan. 9, came about through a series of events that began in January 2012, when Mexican film and television star Kate del Castillo used Twitter to detail her mistrust of the Mexican government. Instead, she said she trusted Guzman more. Guzman responded and eventually Penn was tapped to speak to him in an exclusive interview. Mexico has only been a democratic country since 2000, and the rule of law is still extremely shaky. Corruption remains rampant and crime is

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out of control in certain areas. Drug traffickers are linked to several mass killings and assassinations. It is within this context that in the Rolling Stone article, Penn described Guzman as a businessman first, “who only resorts to violence when he deems it advantageous to himself or business interests.” Penn also suggested that Guzman is like a modern-day Robin Hood. Winnipeg Free Press publisher Bob Cox states: “What Sean Penn did was not journalism. It was show business, or celebrity ego stroking, or a power and publicity stunt by Guzman, or a combination of all of these. So commenting on the many ethical lines the escapade crossed is pointless. They were all crossed.” The decision by Rolling Stone to offer Guzman a final veto on the

product has been universally panned by media organizations. Dean Jobb, an associate professor in the school of journalism at King’s College in Halifax, says “News organizations must not cede editorial control to the people they cover.” He does, however, give credit to Rolling Stone for being upfront about the veto in the first place. Meredith Levine is less sympathetic. The co-chairwoman of the CAJ’s ethics committee and a journalism professor at the University of Western Ontario calls the veto a “wrong move.” She says the magazine should have been more rigorous in who conducted the interview and in granting the veto. As Ms. Levine suggests, the final product does not fit the “stress test” for journalists.

Media must strive to ensure ethical standards are upheld; that stories are told with fairness and balance; that the pursuit of truth, however elusive, is not forsaken by profit. And when those standards are circumvented, the media should be ruthless in their condemnation. This is a sacred trust. People are increasingly distracted from reliable news sources, and publications such as Rolling Stone will contribute to journalism’s decline by engaging in bad reporting. Good journalism remains the last defence against pretenders to the trade. — THE CANADIAN PRESS (WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)

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The following prices were on gasbuddy.com on Jan 12: Newfoundland: average price 96 cents per litre; Prince Edward Island: average price 95 cents per litre; Nova Scotia: average price 94 cents per litre; Northwest Territories: average price 113.9 cents per litre. Houston, Texas seems quite high, it’s at $1.45. Oh sorry, that’s per gallon. We are getting totally ripped off by our gas providers. I submit that Nanaimo is paying among the highest gasoline prices in North America as of today. Sheldon Reves Nanaimo

Mill rate should not rise with yearly assessments If property assessments take a rise in property values, the mill rate from the previous year should be lowered or stay the same. This is not happening. What is happening is that when property assessments go up in value, municipal governments are raising the mill rate. That is wrong and taxpayers are paying too much on their property taxes. Property tax formula is assessment value times mill rate, divided by 1000. For example if the tax assessment is $500,000, the calculation is $500,000 x mill rate divided by 1000. In 2015 if the mill rate was 6, the property tax would be $3,000. If this assessment went up to $550,000 keeping the mill rate the same as in 2015, the property tax would be $3,300. Raising the mill rate to 6.5 would make the property tax at $3,575, so in reality the rule of thumb, is never raise the mill rate when property assessments are on the increase. Also a rule of thumb, is before pay-

ing your tax bill, check all of the assessments on the street you live on to compare your property to your neighbour’s property assessment. You will find some big surprises, letting you know that you are paying your taxes in July on bogus tax assessments. This info can be found on line under Evalue on the B.C. assessment site, or in your local library. Joe Sawchuk Duncan

Crime Stoppers is a big success in Nanaimo The Nanaimo and District Crime Stoppers program is flourishing and is recognized as one of the best Crime Stoppers programs in B.C.

Since its inception in March of 1990, NDCS has received 6,301 tips, leading to the arrest of 503 persons and 128 criminal code charges. 454 of the tips received have been approved for cash pay outs, totalling $97,000. Additionally, $1.3 million in stolen property and $8.9 million in illegal drugs have been removed from the streets of Nanaimo. Crime Stoppers is a partnership between the community, the police and the local media. There is no better example of this than the relationship that exists between Crime Stoppers and the media in Nanaimo. All are and continue to be tremendous supporters of Crime Stoppers. Shaw TV has created 31 Crime Stoppers re-enactments, some receiving provincial recognition and most

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Witnesses allege threats came before house fire The trial for a man accused of setting fire to a Surrey house while people were inside began Monday. Timothy Ralph Berg, 54, is charged with arson and uttering threats in connection to an incident last October when a house near 142 Street and 114 Avenue was gutted by fire in the middle of the night. At the opening of the trial in Surrey Provincial Court, Crown prosecutor Mike Fortino contended Berg had been calling acquaintance Debora Segal – one of the women in the house – throughout the day of Oct. 9, 2015 and when his calls weren’t answered, the tone of his messages changed. He threatened to harm Segal and her friend Barbara Newman, but the two women didn’t take Berg seriously because they thought he was drunk, said the prosecutor. “They thought these were just the ramblings of a drunk man,” Fortino told the court.

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Judge backs city’s bid to close marijuana shop An Abbotsford marijuana dispensary must stop selling pot and pot products, a Supreme Court justice ruled Monday in a case that tested the city’s right to deny such dispensaries business licences. Justice Paul Walker found Weeds Glass & Gifts, on Clearbrook Road, needed a business licence, which it was barred from obtaining in part because of a bylaw barring the use of city land to produce or sell marijuana without explicit permission. “This business was operating without a valid business license and we are pleased that the judge has seen fit to uphold our bylaws in this matter,” Mayor Henry Braun said in a news release. “We expect that the operator of this business will abide by the Court’s ruling.” The store is one of three in Abbotsford operated by Don Briere, who had argued against the order to shut down the business because “enforcing laws based on lies and misconception is a misuse of public funds.”

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Charges laid after senior is randomly assaulted One man is facing assault charges after a random assault resulting in a stand off with police in the parking lot of Penticton’s Cherry Lane Mall. Danny Douglas Ross, 31, is in custody and facing one count of assault, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose and wilfully resisting or obstructing a police officer. RCMP said on Jan. 3 a witness called 911 after observing Ross walk up to a 78-year-old male and punch him in the head. Witnesses told police that Ross had separated a pair of scissors and was using the two halves like knives to threaten people in the parking lot.

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Refugees’ love for Canada remains strong despite pepper spray attack ation of Canada centre for a bus to return to their residence. The man sprayed something once or twice toward the crowd and quickly left, he said. But he said the technique proved ineffective against pepper spray and actually worsened the stinging. Sahal explained how immediately after the incident some refugees wished they had never come to Canada. That feeling quickly evaporated when they saw the overwhelming positive response from police, health officials, the government and the Canadian public, he added. “There is always good and bad. But in this country the good is more than the bad,” Sahal said in Arabic. “We felt like nothing bad happens here and goes without being punished, or the actor being held accountable.” Shadi al-Radi said the entire experience actually strengthened his faith in his new country. “We saw the attention that was given by the prime minister himself. Now we have more confidence in Canada and more confidence in the government,” said al-Radi through a translator.

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Ahmad Hwichan gestures to his throat and grimaces as he talks about coughing up blood and hearing children screaming in the chaotic aftermath of last week’s pepper-spray attack in Vancouver. The newly arrived government-sponsored refugee from Syria was one of about a dozen people who were sprayed by a man on a bicycle outside a welcome ceremony around 10:30 p.m. on Friday. Despite the suffering, the unsavoury incident has failed to temper the enthusiasm and gratitude Hwichan and other refugees feel toward their adopted country and its citizens. “This doesn’t change my point of view of Canada. It will never change,” Hwichan said through a translator on Tuesday, four days after the attack. “This was probably one guy who was drunk or, I don’t know, crazy.” He added in English without the help of a translator: “I love you Canada so much.” The pepper spraying prompted universal condemnation from political leaders, including Vancouver Mayor

Newly-arrived Syrian refugees Ahmad Hwichan, centre, and his sons Louai, left, 11, and Qusai, right, 8, pose for a photograph at a hotel where they’re living temporarily in Vancouver. [THE CANADIAN PRESS/DARRYL DYCK]

Gregor Robertson, B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. Syrian refugee Youssef Ahmad al-Suleiman, also hit in the attack, recounted how he and his fellow newcomers were stunned after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter and apologized on behalf of himself and the Canadian people. “We’re not used to this back home in our own country,” al-Suleiman

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Former Coquitlam substitute teacher Aleksandr Plehanov has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a six-year-old Surrey girl in 2013, just five months after he was acquitted on similar charges involving five young girls in the Tri-Cities. Justice Murray Blok found Plehanov not guilty of touching a person under the age of 16 for a sexual purpose, however, in a decision issued on Friday at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. At his trial in October, the court heard Plehanov was in Surrey on Easter Sunday in 2013 when a girl fell as she reached for some candy. As Plehanov caught her, he touched her pelvic area and buttocks and put his hand in the front of her waistband. Crown counsel argued the touching was not an unintended outcome of saving the girl from a fall. The defence, while acknowledging the touching did occur, said it was not for a sexual purpose. The 2013 incident isn’t the first time Plehanov has been accused of touching a young girl inappropriately. In 2010, he was charged with 10 counts of sexual interference of a person under 16 and sexual assault involving five girls in the Tri-Cities, all of whom were girls aged seven and eight and who were students in classes where he was a substitute teacher.

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AROUND THE PROVINCE Black Press ◆ SOOKE

Crash closes main road Sooke police are investigating the cause of an accident that shut down Sooke Road for more than 10 hours last Friday, after a car veered into a

hydro pole near 17 Mile Pub. The driver, who was from Saanich, was heading towards Sooke when a pre-existing medical condition caused him to lose control of the vehicle and crash into a hydro pole, said Sooke Fire Chief Steven Sorensen. Exact medical condition of the driver

following the crash is unknown, and police said neither speed or alcohol were factors. The road was closed down due to oil residue, live hydro wires and debris from the severed pole. — BLACK PRESS

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Post office reopens Sirdar and Ymir residents have postal services again after going without. In Ymir, the post office closed on Oct. 2 after its host business, Endless

Harvest, went out of business. That forced residents to go to Salmo for their mail. In Sirdar, Canada Post was having trouble finding a new postmaster, but the position was filled as of Dec. 21, said spokesman Eugene Knapik. — BLACK PRESS

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The use of pesticides is intended within the area to which the Pest Management Plan (PMP) applies. The purpose of the proposed PMP is to control vegetation under, above and near BC Hydro’s power lines in order to maintain the safe and reliable delivery of electricity to our customers. This plan applies to all areas of British Columbia where BC Hydro manages its transmission and distribution system and associated power line corridors, access roads and helipads. The proposed duration of the PMP is from April 2016 to April 2021. Vegetation incompatible with the operation of the power system will be controlled using: physical (manual brushing, mowing, girdling, grooming, pruning, tree removal), cultural (compatible land use), biological (release of parasitic insects to control invasive plants), and chemical (herbicide application) techniques, or any combination of these methods. The active ingredients and trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: ○ aminocyclopyrachlor and metsulfuron-methyl – Navius or equivalent ○ aminopyralid – Milestone or equivalent ○ aminopyralid and metsulfuron-methyl – ClearView or equivalent ○ aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl, and fluroxypyr – Sightline or equivalent ○ aminopyralid, metsulfuron-methyl and triclopyr – Clearview Brush or equivalent ○ Chondrostereum purpureum – Chontrol or equivalent ○ clopyralid – Lontrel or equivalent ○ diflufenzopyr and dicamba – Distinct, Overdrive, or equivalent ○ glyphosate – Vantage, Vision or equivalent ○ imazapyr – Arsenal Powerline or equivalent ○ metsulfuron-methyl – Escort or equivalent ○ picloram and 2,4-D – Aspect or equivalent ○ triclopyr – Garlon products or equivalent ○ 2,4-D – LV700 or equivalent Adjuvant products may also be combined on occasion with an herbicide to improve its effectiveness, such as: nonylphenoxy polyethoxy ethanol – Agral 90, paraffinic oils – Gateway, octadec-9-enoic acid as methyl

Airports, ski hills post record use KELOWNA CAPITAL NEWS

December was a record-breaking month here both on the ski hills and at the airport. A total of 150,491 passengers passed through the terminal at Kelowna International Airport last month, a 3.5 per cent increase over the number that used Kelowna International Airport in December 2014. Coupled with reports that ski resorts in the Thompson Okanagan are also experiencing record-breaking numbers due to weather, exceptional snow conditions and a low Canadian dollar, the latest airport numbers have local tourism officials smiling. Thanks to temperatures dropping in early November and a plenty of snow, many ski resorts in the B.C. southern Interior opened ahead of schedule at the end of 2015, according to the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association. Big White opened its lifts nearly two weeks earlier than expected on Nov.13. “It’s always been the (owners) policy to open a lift as soon as snow permits and it’s safe to do so, and that’s what we (did) again this year” said Michael Ballingall, senior vice-president of Big White Ski Resort Ltd. Other ski hills in the Interior also opened early, including Sun Peaks near Kamloops, SilverStar near Vernon and Apex Mountain Resort near Penticton, said TOTA. The good snow conditions, recent holiday celebrations and a Canadian dollar that has dropped substantially in value compared with the U.S. dollar have combined to make the start of the 2015-2016 winter season one of the best for tourism in many years, added the tourism association. As a result, B.C. Ski resorts are currently on a roll thanks to the record-breaking snowfall, higher revenues and increased visits from U.S. visitors.

and ethyl esters – Hasten NT, or siloxylated polyether – Xiameter or equivalents. The proposed methods for applying herbicides include: cut surface, basal bark, backpack foliar (low pressure spray), mechanical foliar (boom, nozzle, powerhose, or wick), or injection (hack and squirt, lance or syringe) techniques. A draft copy of the proposed PMP is available at bchydro.com/pestplanforcorridors. Alternatively, it’s available in person at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby; 1401 Kalamalka Lake Road, Vernon; 18475 128 Street, Surrey; 400 Madsen Road, Nanaimo; 3333 22 Avenue, Prince George. BC Hydro, the applicant for the proposed PMP, is located at 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby, B.C., V3N 4X8. Please contact Tom Wells, Vegetation Program Manager, at 604 516 8943 or thomas.wells@bchydro.com for more information. A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the above address within 30 days of the publication notice.

Gangster sentenced to seven years A well-known gang associate living in Esquimalt has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to several drug and firearms related charges. In March 2014, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement United of British Columbia received a tip that 34-yearold Isaac Drennan was allegedly trafficking drugs and in possession of firearms contrary to a lifetime prohibition. During a search of his home in October, the police seized heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and handguns. Drennan was taken into custody. Drennan pleaded guilty to three counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking, possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm and one count of possession of a firearm without a licence. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, but will only serve five years due to time served for pre-trial custody. Drennan’s associate Dustin Robert Alexander Wadsworth, a long-time gang associate with previous drug and violence-related convictions, was also sentenced to two years in prison for possession for the purpose of trafficking.

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Soccer coach guilty of pursuing pre-teen for sex B.C. man admits seeking to exploit 12-year-old American girl TRACY HOLMES PEACE ARCH NEWS

A Surrey soccer coach arrested a year ago in Washington and accused of pursuing sex with a 12-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to the crime. According to a news release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Kuldip “Kelly” Singh Mahal made the plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. A jury trial on the matter had been scheduled to get underway next Tuesday (Jan. 19). Mahal, 47, is set to be sentenced on April 1. Under a plea agreement, a prison term of between 78 and 108 months (61⁄2 to nine years)

is to be recommended, however, a sentence of up to 30 years is possible. Mahal, who was a volunteer coach for a Surrey United U16 boys team at the time, was arrested Feb. 3, 2015 at a park in Burlington, Wash. — after crossing into the U.S. at Blaine — where he was expecting to meet a young girl whom he believed he had enticed into having sex with him. Court documents filed at the time note Mahal had responded to a “casual encounters” post on Craigslist the month before, not realizing he was communicating with an undercover agent. “Mahal believed he had been cor-

responding with a 12-year-old girl, but in fact he sent multiple sexually explicit messages and photos to an undercover agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations,” Tuesday’s release states. “Mahal continued to communicate with the undercover agent even after the agent claimed she was 12 years old. In fact, Mahal sent sexually explicit photos of himself and repeatedly requested the “girl” send sexually explicit photos of herself back to him.” Word of the arrest resulted in Mahal’s suspension from Surrey United Soccer Club.

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Tent city disgusts local residents PAMELA ROTH VICTORIA NEWS

As the tent city continues to thrive across the street from her apartment building, Victoria’s Laurie Allen has had never-ending problems. According to Allen, some of the campers plug their extension chords into the outside of the building, stealing electricity to charge their phones. One person left human feces on the rocks beside the plug and items like her husband’s smoker and bikes have suddenly gone missing. There’s often a fire at the camp, blowing smoke into the windows of tenants, along with screaming and fighting at all hours of the night. One time there was a stabbing and a death from a drug overdose. Recently, one of Allen’s tenants heard someone trying to break into their suite through a window. Others have been yelled at and harassed by some of the people camping across the street. Allen is at the end of her rope. “It’s disgusting . . . . My husband went out for a cigarette the other night and they swore at him to get back in. You can’t even go out your door. One woman was chased down the street,” said Allen, who’s lived at the location for seventeen-and-ahalf years. “I can count on one hand how many times I’ve had to phone the police until this year. I even quit phoning them because the cops don’t come because they have no authority.” The first few campers showed up on the green space of the law courts last spring, then the property exploded into a full fledged tent city about two months ago. The space is owned by the province therefore police need a request to remove campers like they do

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Some campers have moved from the tent city in the park next to the courthouse to a new temporary shelter on Yates Street, but more than 80 people still remain. [DON DENTON]

from city parks that only allow sheltering between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. With no police forcing campers to pack up and move every morning, it’s estimated more than 80 people are now living on the space that’s covered with tents and random items. One person has constructed a platform complete with stairs so their tent can be off the ground. A temporary shelter for the campers opened last week at the former Boys and Girls Club building on Yates Street, but it only has the capacity to house 40 campers until the end of April. Allen has sent emails about the campers to B.C. Premier Christy Clark and the minister responsible for housing, but has yet to receive a response. She’s also had discussions with sheriffs at the courthouse, only to be told their hands are tied. “You’re just nothing to them (politicians),” she said. “They (campers) need to be taken care of. I am totally for that, but nobody is getting taken care of here.”

Representatives from the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services spoke with the campers last Wednesday and requested they work with on-site outreach workers to make arrangements for alternate shelter. “The ministry views this as an important step towards returning the grounds to their original condition and will give the campers reasonable time to move,” said the ministry in a written statement. “While the ministry appreciates the complex issues facing campers at the site, a growing number of campers over the past month has created an increasing number of health and safety concerns; making the courthouse property not a viable location for campers.” The campers held a news conference on Monday, speaking out against the potential displacement of the tent city and the suggestion for people to access temporary support services in the absence of affordable and appropriate housing.

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TORONTO — Shaw Communications is selling its media division to Corus Entertainment for $2.65 billion, dividing the Shaw telecom empire into separate media and network companies as it moves to sharpen its focus. Analysts say the deal should help Shaw fund its $1.6-billion purchase of Wind Mobile, announced in December, and positions the Calgary-based cable, Internet and satellite TV company to better compete with its rivals as it moves into the wireless market. The sale comes as the Canadian media industry is facing an uncertain future as a looming CRTC-mandated change will give customers more control over which channels are included in their TV packages and traditional media faces increasing competition from digital alternatives. “With the previously announced acquisition of Wind and sale of Shaw Media, Shaw will be focused on delivering consumer and small business broadband communications supported by its best-in-class wireline, WiFi and wireless infrastructure,” Shaw Communications CEO Brad Shaw said in a statement. Corus will add the Global Television network and 19 specialty channels including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada and Showcase to its portfolio, which already includes a number of other specialty TV chan-

Joe Aguinaldo, an employee at Corus Entertainment, escapes the office during his lunch break in Toronto. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

nels as well as a network of 39 radio stations and the Nelvana animation studio. Shaw Communications will become a large shareholder in Corus as a

result of the deal, which involves both cash and shares. Both Corus, which was spun off from Shaw in 1999, and Shaw Communications, are controlled by the Shaw family.

In March, new CRTC rules come into effect that mean Canadian TV subscribers will be able to pick individual channels to add to their subscriptions on an a la carte basis, or in small packages that they design themselves. That could mean a lot less revenue for the less popular specialty channels, which have until now been supported by their inclusion in packaged bundles from the TV providers. At the same time, traditional media producers are facing increasing competition from online content and digital alternatives. “Now at least, if you’re Shaw, if nothing else people know they need a high-speed Internet connection to be watching TV online and you can get a piece of that,” Heger said. The sale of Shaw Media to Toronto-based Corus will move about $1.85 billion in cash to Shaw Communications, which will also receive about 71 million Corus shares representing about 39 per cent of the company. Euro Pacifica analyst Robert Goff said the cash value of the deal helps to answer concerns that arose about Shaw’s debt when the company said it would spend $1.6 billion on Wind Mobile. “From a Shaw perspective, it realizes a strategic realignment and generates proceeds to fund the acquisition of Wind Mobile,” he said. The deal is expected to close by May 31, pending approval by regulators and Corus shareholders.

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Four of five doctors leaving community Four of five doctors in a Saskatoon-area community are leaving town. The physicians in Warman gave notice at the same time but plan to stagger their departures, with the last one leaving in late March. Mayor Sheryl Spence says the community of 10,000 is disappointed and upset because the doctors who are leaving are considered good, well-respected physicians. Spence says two of the doctors are moving to Saskatoon. A recruiting committee is being formed to search for replacements and find ways to keep new doctors in Warman for longer periods of time.

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Charges in fatal head-on tractor-trailer crash Ontario Provincial Police say a 29-year-old Winnipeg man is charged following a fatal collision on Highway 11 in northeastern Ontario. Police say the head-on collision involving a northbound tractor-trailer and a southbound tractor-trailer occurred near Matheson on Monday morning. The driver of the northbound tractor-trailer, 61-year-old Gary Messenger of Latchford, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the southbound tractor-trailer was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries and released. OPP say Jasvir Singh is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death. Police say the investigation is continuing and they’d like to speak to anyone who may have witnessed the vehicles prior to the collision.

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OTTAWA — No matter where Bill Morneau has taken his pre-budget road show, the economic storm clouds have gathered overhead. The federal finance minister’s cross-country tour to consult Canadians as he crafts his first budget has been overshadowed by the rapidly deteriorating economic situation. On Wednesday, the rookie minister’s circuit took him to Canada’s financial centre: downtown Toronto. But on top of focusing on the new Liberal government’s plans to help middle income Canadians and spur economic growth, Morneau has also had to explain what he’s called “considerable headwinds.” And he has acknowledged they have “no quick, easy fixes.” Canada’s commodity-heavy econ-

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crowd earlier this week in Montreal. In Toronto, he told reporters about the fiscal hurdles the Liberals found when they formed government. “The situation was more challenging than we expected,” Morneau said. The obstacles are mostly tied to tumbling crude oil prices, a key determinant of government revenues and overall economic health. Canada has been struggling since the late-2014 oil price shock, which forced the economy to contract over the first two quarters of 2015. In late November, Morneau released a fall fiscal update that based its calculations on private-sector projections calling for oil to average US$54 a barrel in 2016. The prediction seemed optimistic at the time; oil was about US$40. This week, crude prices slid to near US$30 and some analysts have

warned it could fall to US$20. “All in all, the message is that the outlook is much worse than what it was back in November,” said National Bank senior economist Krishen Rangasamy. “I think this is a major, major impact.” In November, shortly after taking office, the Liberals said the books inherited from the Conservatives and the worsening economy would push the country billions of dollars deeper in the hole than they had anticipated during the election campaign. To help the economy, Morneau has mentioned the move to cut taxes for middle-income earners, a change offset in part by raising taxes on the highest earners. The Liberals have also promised to create growth and jobs by spending billions in the coming years on infrastructure projects.

Alberta freezing wages of some public servants The Alberta government is freezing the salaries of managers and non-unionized public-sector workers for two years as it deals with nosediving oil and gas prices. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says the move affects 7,000 civil servants and will save $57 million. He says the government has moved to strengthen revenue sources as it wrestles with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit caused by plunging petroleum prices. But he says expenses also have to be looked at closely to stabilize costs. “This is not a decision we made lightly,” Ceci said Wednesday at a news conference at the legislature. The province will pay out almost $25 billion this year in salaries — equivalent to half the total amount of government revenue. The pay for cabinet ministers and legislature members has already been frozen until 2019.

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Liberals may speed up â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;El Chapoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; more interested in infrastructure spending actress than biopic, texts show JOAN BRYDEN AND JORDAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Trudeau government is â&#x20AC;&#x153;actively consideringâ&#x20AC;? speeding up promised investments in infrastructure in a bid to stimulate Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rapidly deteriorating economy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised during last fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s election campaign to pump an additional $60 billion over 10 years into infrastructure projects. But less than half that money â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $17.4 billion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was earmarked to flow during the Liberalsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first mandate. The platform committed to spending an extra $5 billion for each of the first two years and $3.45 billion in each of the next two years. However, The Canadian Press has learned the government is now looking at moving up the spending schedule, pushing the money out faster in response to worsening economic conditions. Commodity prices have continued to slide, the dollar has nosedived and already sluggish economic growth has slowed to a crawl in the three months since Trudeau won on a platform focused on stimulating the economy and improving the lot of middle-class Canadians. Asked Wednesday if the government is considering spending more than the promised $5 billion extra on infrastructure in the coming year, Finance Minister Bill Morneau did not rule out the idea but said details will have to await his maiden budget, expected in mid to late March. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will include significant infrastructure spending, but the exact details of the budget we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completed yet so I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide more information on

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the exact numbers,â&#x20AC;? he said during a visit to a Toronto refugee centre. The deteriorating economic situation has already forced the Liberals to rethink their pledge to run up deficits of no more than $10 billion in each of the first three years of their mandate. Trudeau has downgraded that promise to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;goal.â&#x20AC;? While they may yet have to scale back some of their other pricey campaign promises, Trudeau and Morneau have doubled down on the infrastructure spending, arguing that the worsening economic picture only reinforces the need to stimulate growth. Sources say the Liberals are looking at speeding up infrastructure spending â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;actively consideringâ&#x20AC;? it, in the words of one insider â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but they want to ensure additional money wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wind up paying for gazebos, park upgrades and other beautification projects of the sort that were funded in Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cottage country prior to the 2010 G8 summit. Trudeau said Wednesday that his government wants to make sure itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spending money â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the right thingsâ&#x20AC;? to create jobs and spur the economy in the short term, but also in the long run.

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MEXICO CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Transcripts of over a month of text messages between drug lord Joaquin â&#x20AC;&#x153;El Chapoâ&#x20AC;? Guzman and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo showed the capo was less interested in making a movie about his life than he was in flirting with the actress. The transcripts published Wednesday by the newspaper Milenio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and confirmed as authentic by a federal official â&#x20AC;&#x201D; showed that Guzmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main concern was getting face-to-face get-togethers with Del Castillo, and that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even really know who Sean Penn was. Penn has acknowledged he tagged along for the Oct. 2 meeting at a mountain hideout originally set up by Del Castillo to discuss plans for a movie about Guzmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name?â&#x20AC;? the account identified as Guzmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s writes in one message. He later asks his lawyers to tell him what movies Penn has appeared in. The federal official said the dozens of texts were authentic. Many expressed admiration, and longing for the next meeting, more than

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you, I am more excited about you than the (movie) script.â&#x20AC;? Joaquin Guzman, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;El Chapoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

concern about the purported movie project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you, I am more excited about you than the (movie) script,â&#x20AC;? Guzman wrote to Del Castillo, who he had identified in his chat or text account as â&#x20AC;&#x153;ermoza,â&#x20AC;? a misspelling of the Spanish word for â&#x20AC;&#x153;beautiful.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take care of you,â&#x20AC;? he adds. Another text from the drug lord reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How is the best and most intelligent woman in the world, who I admire a lot?â&#x20AC;? At one point, Guzman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who is reportedly married to former beauty queen Emma Coronel, and has had children with her and several other women â&#x20AC;&#x201D; writes â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mother wants to meet you. I told her about you.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want you with all my heart,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. Del Castillo responds in kind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apart from our (movie) project, I am very excited about seeing you eye to eye, in person,â&#x20AC;? she wrote,

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Avalanche in French Alps kills at least two students and a tourist A deadly avalanche hit a high school group skiing in the French Alps on Wednesday, killing two students and a Ukrainian skier and seriously injuring three others, officials said. French President Francois Hollande said mountain emergency services with sniffer dogs and a helicopter were engaged in a rescue operation at the Deux Alpes ski resort, 33 kilometres southeast of Grenoble. Officials say the avalanche hit 10 students and a teacher from the Lycee St. Exupery school in Lyon. A telephone crisis centre has been set up for relatives and friends at the school, which serves over 2,000 middle school and high school students. Local officials did not give any information on the number of missing but said 60 workers had been mobilized in the search-and-rescue operation, which was being hampered by the dark and the continuing danger of more avalanches. The regional Dauphine Libere newspaper reported that four of the students were found in cardiac arrest. Officials say the teacher is alive and has been taken to a hospital in Grenoble.

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UN chief: West Africa on cusp of being declared Ebola free UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon celebrated the impending end of West Africa’s Ebola epidemic with cautious relief, warning that future flare-ups are inevitable and imploring the world not to let its guard down. Ban said West Africa is on “the cusp of being declared free of Ebola transmission.” That will happen Thursday when Liberia officially joins Guinea in Sierra Leone in being declared Ebola-free. “These achievements could not have happened without the decisive leadership of the presidents and other national authorities of three affected countries and the engagement of all communities,” Ban said at a UN General Assembly meeting Wednesday marking the milestone. “Of course, significant challenges remain. We can anticipate future flare-ups of Ebola in the coming year.” Ban said the potential and frequency of flare-ups are expected to decrease over time. Still, he said governments will need resources to prevent infection and respond rapidly to new cases. And he said more than 10,000 Ebola survivors will need aid.

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Suicide bomber registered as refugee MEHMET GUZEL AND SUZAN FRASER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ISTANBUL — The suicide attacker who detonated a bomb that killed 10 German tourists in the heart of Istanbul’s historic district had registered as a refugee just a week earlier, Turkish officials said Wednesday, raising questions over whether extremists are posing as asylum-seekers to inflame anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe. Turkish authorities identified the assailant in Tuesday’s attack as a Syrian man who was born in 1988, and said he was affiliated with the Islamic State group. Turkish media, including some close to the government, identified him as Nabil Fadli

and said he was Saudi-born. The extremist group has not so far claimed the attack. Meanwhile, Turkish police arrested five people suspected of direct links to the bomb attack which took place just steps from the historic Blue Mosque in Istanbul’s storied Sultanahmet district. The suspects were not identified. The bomber had recently entered Turkey, authorities said, and Interior Minister Efkan Ala confirmed reports he had registered with an Istanbul branch of the Migration Management Authority, providing fingerprints that allowed officials to quickly identify him. Ala said the bomber wasn’t on any Turkish or international watch lists for IS militants.

“This person was not someone who was being monitored,” Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. “It is a person who entered normally, as a refugee, as an asylum-seeker.” The attack wounded 15 people, including nine Germans and citizens of Norway, Peru and South Korea. Six of the victims remained hospitalized on Wednesday. Although not as deadly as two attacks in Turkey last year that were blamed on IS, Tuesday’s bombing had heightened resonance because it struck at Turkey’s $30 billion tourism industry, which has already suffered from a steep decline in Russian visitors since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border in November.

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Dancers perform in Recuerdos, an Alma de España flamenco extravaganza, at the Royal Theatre. They play in Nanaimo on Saturday. [ECUERDOS.CA]

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One of North America’s most respected flamenco touring companies stops in the Harbour City on Jan. 16. Alma de España is back on the mid-Island fresh from a recent study tour in Jerez, Spain. The company is the child of dancer and choreographer Veronica Maguire and flamenco guitarist Harry Owen, who co-founded the company in 1991, as well as a flamenco school based out of Victoria. The newest line-up includes Maguire and Owen’s son and guitarist Gareth Owen — Harry Owen has since died — as well as singer Juan de Marias and flamenco dancer Denise Yeo. Both mother and son bring substantial musical chops to the stage. Maguire has a teaching and performing career that spans more than 40 years, and according to her biography has shared the stage with dozens of influential flamenco performers from Spain and beyond.

Maguire’s “adopted hometown” of Jerez de la Frontera in Spain continues to serve as an inspiration for her work, including a productions of ‘Recuerdos’ in 2011 and more recently ‘Pasajes’ in 2014. Maguire has also performed at the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, the Dawson City Music Festival, the Victoria Flamenco Festival and others. Gareth Owen has performed since he was a child, and completed his first CD recording of a live concert at Victoria’s McPherson Playhouse Theatre in 2001 — at age 12. Her performed his first sold-out show five years later, and released his first solo album two years after that. The show gets underway at the Harbour City Theatre on Saturday at 25 Victoria Rd. Tickets can be purchased online at www.porttheatre.com for $20, or at the door for $22. The flamenco begins at 7 p.m.

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Nanaimo actor Adrian Hough is one of two artists who will read ‘It’s Time,’ Toronto playwright Robert Tsonos’ latest script at the Harbour City Theatre Tuesday. [ALANA HUSBAND]

Staged reading from Emerging Voices Robert Tsonos’ ‘It’s Time’ explores emerging new world order DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Nanaimo audiences can help shape the latest work of a promising Canadian artist Tuesday. A staged reading of Toronto playwright Robert Tsonos’ It’s Time at Harbour City Theatre is being directed by Nanaimo’s Nicolle Nattrass, who graduated University of Victoria in 1991. Local artist Adrian Hough and Valerie Sing Turner, of Vancouver will put their acting talents to work to bring the words to life. The new script paints a provocative portrait of the complex and explosive relationship between a Chinese businesswoman who fires an American businessman in a Hong

Kong financial services company during the 2008 global financial meltdown. The rise of China, America’s decline, cultural stereotyping, sexism, and a new world order frame their relationship and on emerging international and inter-cultural issues in a globalized world. Tsonos is an actor, director and playwright who lived and worked in Hong Kong three years. It’s Time was previously read in Calgary. It won the Uprising National Playwriting Competition and was a finalist for the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition. Nattrass appreciates this opportunity with TheatreOne’s Emerging Voices series.

“I love it, it’s really about the opportunity to work with a playwright and work with their vision on the play,” Nattrass said. The reading is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Harbour City Theatre. An actress and playwright, Nattrass knows the value of programs like Emerging Voices to assist writers. Her credits include Brownie Points, nominated for several awards, the Drama Queens featured in She Kills Me on APTN TV, Mamahood: Turn and Face the Strange. Admission is by donation, at Harbour City Theatre 25 Victoria Rd. Darrell.Bellaart @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4235

Vancouver Island University Satyr Players are using a non-traditional method to showcase their talent. The group is presenting its annual Act One Festival Jan. 27-29 at the Malaspina Theatre. Unlike years before, the group has decided to try environmental theatre. “We’re actually going to take the audience around in the theatre building to different locations. Each play has its own location,” said organizer Hilary Britton-Foster. The five shows are original works directed, acted, designed and crewed by VIU students. There’s a core group of approximately 20 students in the project. The Time is Now, Wake Up, by Brigette MacDougall, is a short about an old man talking about technology and how it’s taking over everyones life. Good Grief, by Alyxander Szazs-Nicholson, is a piece about roommates dealing with grief. Playwright, by Jesse Wilson, is about a playwright working on a play but his two friends come and bother him about what the play is about. Unorganized Crime, by Connor Edwards, is about a mob that gets distracted easily and is very unorganized. Operation Prune Salad, by Jocelyn Dickson, is set in a retire-

Elly Thomasson, left, and Jesse Wilson of the VIU Satyr Players, also acted in the group’s fall production, Tartuffe. Both actors will be in the One Act Festival. [SUBMITTED]

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Two shows for Raffi fans #BELUGAGRADS, from Page 19 “Dayna’s a wonderful and very talented artist, and a great person as well,” Raffi said. “The drawing she did of myself and an owl in a tree singing together is fantastic.” Management at the Port Theatre are reminding people that A Raffi concert is best suited for children old enough to talk, sing or clap along. “While Raffi’s music is enjoyed by babies at home, the live music experience is much louder and very different than hearing the recorded songs,” the Port Theatre said on its website. “While babies are welcome, they may not enjoy a loud concert sing-along.” The two concerts are to held at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Port Theatre on Jan. 17. Regular tickets for the shows are $37.50 each, and $27.50 for the upper balcony. Tickets are available on the Port Theatre’s website at www.porttheatre.com or by calling 250-754-8550.

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A play described as “savvy and sexual” will be on stage in Nanaimo later this month. Western Edge Theatre is presenting the comedy/drama Venus in Fur beginning on Jan. 22 at the city’s Harbour City Theatre. The play, written by American playwrite David Ives, made its debut on Broadway in 2011 and has become an international hit. Directed by Bonnie Catterson, owner of Nanaimo’s Kismet Theatre Academy, the local rendition of the play will feature Nanaimo actors Jeff James Monson and Tarah Sullivan in the lead roles. In the play, a desperate writer-director, Thomas, has just about given up trying to find the right actress to play the lead in his stage adaptation of a classic S&M novel. But into his audition room flounces Vanda, who turns out to be perfect for the role, but is, in fact, a bit too perfect. As the two work through the script, they blur the line between play and reality, entering into a game of submission and domination that only one of them can win. The publication Time Out called Venus in Fur “sexy, zany and full of surprises,” and The Village Voice said it “invites both carnal and cerebral excitement.”

Bonnie Catterson is the director of ‘Venus in Fur,’ a comedy/drama opening this month in Nanaimo. [SUBMITTED]

The play, which was held over multiple times in a recent Toronto run, comes with an audience advisory for adult language and content. “Venus In Fur is sexy and quick-witted,” said Catterson. “But it is also deeply layered, a play within a play. This is

the ultimate exploration of the male-female power play, and you’ll be on the edge of your seat waiting for the victor to be revealed.” Catterson said Frank Moher, founder of Western Edge Theatre, provided her with a number of play options as part of the

theatre’s 2016 season, and she felt Venus in Fur was the best one offered. She said actors Monson and Sullivan, who play the director and his unexpected muse, were among her original students when she first opened Kismet Theatre Academy in 2012. Catterson said they have come a long way in their acting careers since then, including appearances at Western Edge Theatre in her production of Savage in Limbo. “Venus is feminism in stilettos,” Catterson said. “It is my hope that everyone who sees this play comes away saying, ‘Well that was hot and funny, and I didn’t see that ending coming.’ The play has a lot of twists and turns and people may want to see it more than once.” Venus in Fur plays for five performances only on Jan. 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m. The production will be held at Harbour City Theatre, 25 Victoria Rd. Tickets cost $23 for adults, $19 for seniors and $12 for students. They are available online at westernedge.org, by phone at 250-816-6459, and at Catwalk Fashions, located at 13 Commercial St. Robert.Barron @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234

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“It’s all very exciting. I got invited to be part of The Artisan Group. They do a gifting to the Golden Globe nominees and before you know it, I’m doing it. Dusseault first became aware of this chance some six to eight months ago. Her friends and family are shaking their heads in amazement over what’s been happening, she said. “Everyone’s been going: ‘What?’ and I’ve been saying: ‘It’s probably no big deal.’ But, what you really hope for, as an artist, is one of the celebs tweeting about it. At the actual lounge, on Thursday and Friday, (the publicist) is going to try to post an actual picture for each one of us, showing one of the celebrities with our items.”

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ometime during the next few months, the Seattle Seahawks are going to part ways with Marshawn Lynch. Economics related to the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salary cap make his departure inevitable, but as is always the case with Lynch, there will be more to the story. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obvious that on those rare occasions he and Pete Carroll are in the same building, they are not on the same page. When a playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agent insists his client suffered a post-surgical setback last Friday, and the playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coach says no such thing occurred last Friday, it pretty much defines the term â&#x20AC;&#x153;failure to communicate.â&#x20AC;? Before deciding he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good to go for the wild-card game, Lynch had what appeared to be the unwavering support of his

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A case can be made for cutting ties with Lynch like, oh, 20 minutes from now. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got no long-range future in Seattle, and the uncertainty of his immediate future complicates Carrollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practice-week regimen. If Christine Michael is going to start Sunday at Carolina, he requires repetitions with the starting offence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; repetitions the running back didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get last week. Showing Lynch the door would represent a statement by Carroll: No player, regardless of his accomplishments, merits honoured-guest status at the team hotel. Such a statement would be bold and strong. It also would be laughably hypocritical, because when Lynch is in the picture â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and when is he not? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Carroll bends over backwards with the flexibility of a 20-year old acrobat performing for the New Shanghai Circus.

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Ramirez helped the Red Sox win the 2004 World Series (he was named Seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MVP) and another championship in 2007. But midway through 2008, Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s front office had become so tired of his distracting antics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the dugout fights, the indifferent jogs to first base on infield grounders, calling in sick while he was healthy enough to occupy a bar stool â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Red Sox traded him to the Dodgers. Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management tolerated Ramirez until it determined his production wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worth the hassle. But because of the toleration, the Red Sox won two World Series title in four years, after going 86 years without winning one. Lynch may or may not have something left in his tank. And though the saga related to his abdominal injury and unconventional recovery is frustrating, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance he can break a tackle for a key first down against the Panthers. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance, too, he can score a touchdown on a day points will be precious. Best way for Carroll to deal with Beast Mode? Tolerate him. He could play a key role in the Seahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; returning to the White House for a celebration Lynch will make it his mission to miss because, hey, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all about Marshawn, boss. Eight of 32 NFL teams still are in the hunt for Super Bowl 50, and the Hawks are among the eight. If Lynch regains his appetite for contact, he should be fed the ball. Survive and advance is the theme, right? The debate of whether or not Lynch let his team down by begging off the Minnesota trip can be saved for a rainy day after the playoffs. There will be one or two of them, I suspect.

One of the plays that could have been a difference maker in Seattle 10-9 victory over Minnesota last Sunday was a pass-interference penalty on Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor in the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final drive. The Vikings had second-and-10 from their own 39-yard line with 1:38 remaining when quarterback Teddy Bridgewaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s threw incomplete to tight end Kyle Rudolph. However, a flag was thrown on Chancellor, which moved the ball to the Seattle 42 and helped put Minnesota in field-goal position. The call was made because it was judged Chancellor impeded Rudolphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress. The Seahawks were incensed with the call, claiming it was Rudolph who ran into Chancellor, who was stationary. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll called the league to get clarification on the call. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what he found out: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I called the league office to find out what their interpretation of that was,â&#x20AC;? Carroll said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so close, because the

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because his hand was out there, it gave the guy a reason to make the call.â&#x20AC;? Pete Carroll, Seattle coach

defender has his right to his area, and the receiver is supposed to have to avoid to get by. As Rudolph was avoiding him Kamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right hand came up, so his hand was outside [the frame of his body]. They hit head-to-head, he made a move and came right into him, and Kamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand came up. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they saw, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what they called. Had his hand been inside, then that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be a call because Kam was in his own space, and the receiver needs to be trying to avoid. They would have just overlooked that, they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have called it usually. They wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have called it offensive interference, they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t call it defensive, they would just call it incidental. Because his hand was out there, it gave there guy a reason to make the call.â&#x20AC;?

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Dover Bay Dolphins point guard Quinn Mirau may be watching his team from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the sidelines, but he has big hopes for the remainder of the 2016 season. ARLINGTON, Va. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daniel and Henrik Sedin are more Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the starting point guardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third season lovers than fighters, though that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop them from on the senior boys high school basketball being the subject of plenty of jabs from opposing players team. Last year the team was one game away and even broadcasters. from making the Quad A provincials. Dover The Vancouver Canucksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; twin forwards were at the will host the Island championships this year. centre of a near brawl at the end of their game Monday â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year my role has been different but night against the Florida Panthers. The Canucks and the adjustments have been fun. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been Panthers exchanged words, some punches and plenty of playing with these guys for all of high school pushing and shoving, but now the Sedins are ready to and like I said, my roles have switched. In leave it in the past. Grade 10 I started as a hustle player, low â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always great to see a team stick up for one minutes. Every year my responsibilities have another,â&#x20AC;? said Henrik Sedin, Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s captain, after been increasing. I have been needed to score practice Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We forgot about it right away. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ball more and control the ball more,â&#x20AC;? not a big deal. There were things said, we won the game, Mirau said. we moved on.â&#x20AC;? Mirau is sitting on the sidelines after rollDaniel Sedin, who scored the game-winner in overing his ankle at the Superball tournament time to snap the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; winning streak at 12, didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last weekend. The injury caused him to miss identify who made the comments or what was said. He the final against the Wellington Wildcats. skated over toward Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bench after celebrating with The Wildcats beat the Dolphins 70-63. teammates, and when Derek Dorsett started shoving â&#x20AC;&#x153;He went down in the second quarter. I Panthers backup goaltender Al Montoya, tempers flared think that proved to be a contributing factor and almost every player and even coaches got involved. for the difficulty we faced against WellingDover Bay Dolphins point guard Quinn Mirau is playing his final season with the school. There were no suspensions or fines. ton,â&#x20AC;? said Dolphins coach Carson Williams. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS] â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a heat of the moment thing, an emotional game Williams described Mirau as an immediate and stuff happens,â&#x20AC;? Sedin said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We reacted to one player. minute-getter when he first joined the team. We respect that team a lot and what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done, so it â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very used to the level of competition â&#x20AC;&#x153;When to push it, when to slow it down, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love this team, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the smallest Quad A was towards one player and that was it.â&#x20AC;? and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honed his skills quite nicely over when to be aggressive, when to look for his team Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen. But it escalated off the ice partially because Panthers the past three years. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the leaders teammates. His feel for the game has gotten â&#x20AC;&#x153;We play fast, hard and we have a lot of fun broadcaster and Hall of Fame defenceman Denis Potvinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on this team,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. a lot better. When he came in as a Grade 10 and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good way to end my high school comments, which included calling Daniel Sedin a â&#x20AC;&#x153;lowMirau said the years have taught him to he was aggressive, which we liked. But it was career,â&#x20AC;? Mirau said. life.â&#x20AC;? Potvin issued an apology through the Panthers. scale back his game and strike when it matthe only speed he had,â&#x20AC;? Mirau said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My choice of words at the conclusion of the Vancouver ters. 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Away Last 10 12-9-1-1 6-3-0-1 12-5-2-1 2-7-1-0 12-8-0-2 5-5-0-0 10-9-2-0 5-2-2-1 9-12-1-1 3-6-0-1 8-10-2-1 6-3-0-1 9-10-3-0 6-2-2-0 9-11-0-2 5-5-0-0 9-9-0-2 3-6-0-1 9-16-0-0 3-6-1-0

Strk W-3 L-3 L-1 L-1 L-2 W-4 W-3 L-3 W-2 W-1

Away Last 10 12-6-2-2 4-4-1-1 9-8-3-0 8-2-0-0 11-7-2-2 4-3-2-1

Strk L-1 W-8 W-2

GP 42 42 41

W L OL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 27 12 1 2 112 92 57 14-6-0-1 13-6-1-1 7-2-0-1 22 16 3 1 120 128 48 12-6-2-0 10-10-1-1 7-1-1-1 21 18 2 0 118 113 44 6-12-0-0 15-6-2-0 5-4-1-0

Strk W-1 W-4 W-3

GP 43 43 44 43 42 42 43 44

W 22 19 21 17 18 20 19 17

Strk L-2 L-4 L-2 W-1 W-1 W-1 L-3 L-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas Chicago St. Louis

GP 44 45 46

W L OL SL GF GA Pts Home 29 11 2 2 149 116 62 17-5-0-0 28 13 4 0 129 106 60 19-5-1-0 25 14 5 2 116 114 57 14-7-3-0

PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles Arizona San Jose

WILD CARD Minnesota Nashville Colorado Vancouver Anaheim Calgary Winnipeg Edmonton

L OL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 13 7 1 113 102 52 14-7-2-0 8-6-5-1 4-4-1-1 17 6 1 109 118 45 12-6-2-1 7-11-4-0 3-6-1-0 20 3 0 125 127 45 9-10-3-0 12-10-0-0 4-4-2-0 16 8 2 105 120 44 9-8-4-0 8-8-4-2 6-2-1-1 17 5 2 82 100 43 12-7-3-1 6-10-2-1 6-2-1-1 20 1 1 115 129 42 14-9-0-0 6-11-1-1 5-5-0-0 21 1 2 112 125 41 11-7-1-0 8-14-0-2 4-5-0-1 23 4 0 108 131 38 12-9-1-0 5-14-3-0 3-5-2-0

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 in the respective OTL or SOL column. WHGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Anaheim 4 Ottawa 1 Calgary 6 Florida 0 Columbus 3 Toronto 1 Philadelphia 3 Boston 2 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Arizona 4 Edmonton 3 (OT) Buffalo 3 Minnesota 2 Carolina 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Chicago 3 Nashville 2 N.Y. Islanders 5 Columbus 2 San Jose 4 Winnipeg 1 St. Louis 5 New Jersey 2 Tampa Bay 4 Colorado 0

7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Âł $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Vancouver at Washington, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Nashville at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 9 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 9 p.m. Edmonton at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Carolina, 7 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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5. Anaheim, Silfverberg 4 (Lindholm, Hagelin) 18:34 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wiercioch Ott (slashing) 14:16. 6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Ottawa 9 9 7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;25 Anaheim 12 12 14â&#x20AC;&#x201D;38 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ottawa: Anderson (L, 17-13-4). Anaheim: Andersen (W, 6-8-5). Power SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ottawa: 0-2; Anaheim: 1-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15,791 at Anaheim, Calif.

)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Calgary, Bennett 7 (Hudler, Hamilton) 0:56 2. Calgary, Gaudreau 19, 5:52 3. Calgary, Bennett 8 (Backlund, Hamilton) 12:01 4. Calgary, Bennett 9 (Engelland, Jooris) 17:01 3HQDWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gudbranson Fla (holding) 6:32, Jokinen Fla (holding) 19:42. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 5. Calgary, Raymond 4 (Jones, Giordano) 13:20 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Backlund Cgy (tripping) 14:26. 7KLUG 3HULRG 6. Calgary, Bennett 10 (Hudler) 19:35 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Raymond Cgy (hooking) 4:55. 6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Florida 5 4 6â&#x20AC;&#x201D;15 Calgary 15 10 11â&#x20AC;&#x201D;36 *RDO VKRWV VDYHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: Luongo (L, 19-12-4)(15-11), Montoya (21-19; start second); Calgary: Hiller (W, 5-4-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: 0-2; Calgary: 0-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,702 at Calgary.

DUCKS 4, SENATORS 1 )LUVW 3HULRG No Scoring. 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stewart Ana (high-sticking) 3:01, McCormick Ott (high-sticking) 11:43, Manson Ana, Borowiecki Ott Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ 6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Anaheim, Cogliano 4 (Bieksa) 7:06 2. Ottawa, Lazar 3, 16:12 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Getzlaf Ana (high-sticking) 2:01, Methot Ott (slashing) 8:21, Maroon $QD 1HLO 2WW Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ 7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Anaheim, Theodore 1 (Getzlaf, Vatanen) 15:05 (pp) 4. Anaheim, Hagelin 4 (Kesler, Silfverberg) 17:28

%/8( -$&.(76 /($)6 )LUVW 3HULRG 1. Columbus, Jenner 15 (Jones, Rychel) 15:08 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rychel Clb (holding) 3:10, Hunwick Tor (interference) 8:07, Hartnell Clb (high-sticking) 11:40, Hartnell Clb (tripping) 19:23. 6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Columbus, Wennberg 5 (Falk, Hartnell) 16:17 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None. 7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Toronto, Boyes 5 (Komarov, Rielly) 17:33 4. Columbus, Dubinsky 8 (Jenner) 19:59 (pp, en) 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Phaneuf Tor (hooking) 18:56. 6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Columbus 8 9 5â&#x20AC;&#x201D;22 Toronto 10 15 17â&#x20AC;&#x201D;42 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Columbus: Korpisalo (W, 2-4-1); Toronto: Reimer (L, 7-6-4). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Columbus: 1-2; Toronto 0-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,903 at Toronto.

)/<(56 %58,16 )LUVW 3HULRG 1. Philadelphia, Voracek 5 (Giroux) 17:28 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Miller Bos, B.Schenn Pha Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ &RQQROO\ %RV WULSSLQJ 13:43.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Boston, Miller 3 (Talbot) 8:38 3. Boston, Eriksson 15 (Spooner, Krug) 16:26 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bergeron Bos (hooking) 1:20, Trotman Bos (holding) 10:24, Medvedev Pha (interference) 16:01. 7KLUG 3HULRG 4. Philadelphia, Simmonds 11 (Voracek, Giroux) 10:10 5. Philadelphia, Streit 4 (Giroux, Voracek) 11:33 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Manning Pha (delay of game) 7:27. 6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Boston 8 12 12â&#x20AC;&#x201D;32 Philadelphia 5 9 7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;21 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Boston: Rask (L, 14-13-4); Philadelphia: Mason (W, 10-10-5)). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Boston: 1-2; Philadelphia: 0-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19,704 at Philadelphia.

NHL SCORING LEADERS Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Erik Karlsson, Ott Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Joe Pavelski, SJ Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Taylor Hall, Edm Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Blake Wheeler, Wpg Daniel Sedin, Vcr Brent Burns, SJ Alex Ovechkin, Wash Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Artemi Panarin, Chi Alex Steen, StL Patrice Bergeron, Bos Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash John Klingberg, Dal Matt Duchene, Col Ryan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly, Buf Patrick Sharp, Dal Nathan MacKinnon, Col Mike Hoffman, Ott Bobby Ryan, Ott Henrik Sedin, Vcr Michael Cammalleri, NJ Bryan Little, Wpg Anze Kopitar, LA Nikita Kucherov, TB Jason Spezza, Dal Loui Eriksson, Bos Leon Draisaitl, Edm Steven Stamkos, TB Max Pacioretty, Mtl Sidney Crosby, Pgh

G 25 25 24 9 24 22 18 16 13 11 19 18 26 19 15 13 15 13 6 21 17 16 15 20 13 9 14 14 12 16 14 14 10 20 17 12

A 38 28 27 36 20 20 24 25 28 30 21 22 13 20 24 26 23 25 32 16 20 21 22 16 23 27 21 21 23 18 20 20 24 13 16 21

Pt 63 53 51 45 44 42 42 41 41 41 40 40 39 39 39 39 38 38 38 37 37 37 37 36 36 36 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 33 33 33

1RW LQFOXGLQJ ODVW QLJKW V JDPHV

35(0,(5 /($*8( GP 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21

TENNIS

WHL

ATP-WTA APIA INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIAN OPEN QUALIFYING

$W 6\GQH\ $XVWUDOLD :HGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV 0(1 6LQJOHV Âł 6HFRQG 5RXQG Bernard Tomic (1), Australia, def. Jordan Thompson, Australia, 6-2, 6-2. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Dominic Thiem (2), Austria, 7-6 (2), 2-2 (retired). Viktor Troicki (3), Serbia, def. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 6-1, 6-4. Grigor Dimitrov (4), Bulgaria, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Nicolas Mahut, France, def. Andreas Seppi (5), Italy, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Jeremy Chardy (6), France, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Alexandr Dolgopolov (8), Ukraine, def. Alexander Sarkissian, U.S., 7-6 (6), 6-2. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 6-3. 'RXEOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Sam Groth and John Peers, both Australia, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-3, 6-3. 4XDUWHU Ă&#x20AC;QDOV Lukasz Kubot and Marcin Matkowski, both Poland, def. Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and 'DQLHO 1HVWRU 7RURQWR, 6-4, 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Colin Fleming, Britain, 7-6 (0), 4-6, 10-6. :20(1 6LQJOHV Âł 4XDUWHU Ă&#x20AC;QDOV Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Karolina Pliskova (5), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 7-6 (1), 6-0. Belinda Bencic (8), Switzerland, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 6-4. 'RXEOHV Âł 4XDUWHU Ă&#x20AC;QDOV Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Liang Chen and Peng Shuai, both China, 6-2, 6-3. Chan Hao-ching and Yung-jan (2), both Taiwan, def. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-2, 6-2.

$W 0HOERXUQH $XVWUDOLD :HGQHVGD\ V UHVXOWV 0HQ V 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Daniel Evans, Britain, def. Luca Vanni (1), Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Ruben Bemelmans (2), Belgium, def. Harry Bourchier, Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Tim Smyczek (3), U.S., def. Jose Pereira, Brazil, 6-3, 6-3. Alejandro Falla (4), Colombia, def. Daniel Nguyen, U.S., 6-1, 6-4. Jan-Lennard Struff (5), Germany, def. Hans Podlipnik-Castillo, Chile, 6-4, 6-3. Lorenzo Giustino, Italy, def. Lukas Lacko (6), Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (7). Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Kazakhstan, def. Marsel Ilhan (7), Turkey, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Go Soeda (8), Japan, def. Maximilian Marterer, Germany, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Michael Berrer (9), Germany, def. Tristan Lamasine, France, 7-5, 6-2. Radu Albot (10), Moldova, def. Jan Mertl, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Edouard Roger-Vasselin (11), France, def. Li Zhe, China, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Yuichi Sugita (12), Japan, def. Ante Pavic, Croatia, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. Tatsuma Ito (13), Japan, def. Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, 6-1, 6-3. Kimmer Coppejans (14), Belgium, def. Alex de Minaur, Australia, 6-3, 6-3. Dennis Novak, Austria, def. Dustin Brown (15), Germany, 6-3, 6-3. John-Patrick Smith (16), Australia, def. Michael Linzer, Austria, 6-4, 6-0. Bjorn Fratangelo (17), U.S., def. )UDQN 'DQFHYLF 1LDJDUD )DOOV 2QW., 7-6 (5), 6-1. Konstantin Kravchuk (18), Russia, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (5), 6-2. Ryan Harrison (19), U.S., def. Salvatore Caruso, Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Gastao Elias (20), Portugal, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3. Frances Tiafoe, U.S., def. Jared Donaldson (21), U.S., 6-3, 6-3. Mirza Basic (22), Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Mathias Bourgue, France, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Norbert Gombos (23), Slovakia, def. Roberto Marcora, Italy, 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-4. Alejandro Gonzalez (24), Colombia, def. Henri Laaksonen, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-5. Renzo Olivo, Argentina, def. Elias Ymer (25), Sweden, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Thomas Fabbiano (26), Italy, def. Uladzimir Ignatik, Belarus, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Matteo Donati, Italy, def. Blaz Rola (27), Slovenia, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. James Ward, Britain, def. 3HWHU 3RODQVN\ 7KRUQKLOO 2QW , 7-6 (6), 6-4. Igor Sijsling (28), Netherlands, def. Eduardo Struvay, Colombia, 6-3, 6-3. Kenny de Schepper (29), France, def. Bastian Trinker, Austria, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-0. Daniel Brands (30), Germany, def. Laslo Djere, Serbia, 6-4, 6-4. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras, Spain, def. Andre Ghem (31), Brazil, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Dennis Novikov (32), U.S., def. Marc Polmans, Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Marinko Matosevic, Australia, def. Gregoire Barrere, France, 6-2, 6-4. Bai Yan, China, def. Connor Smith, U.S., 6-2, 6-3. James McGee, Ireland, def. Calvin Hemery, France, 6-3, 6-4. Aldin Setkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Federico Gaio, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP Kelowna 42 Prince George 44 Victoria 44 Kamloops 42 Vancouver 43

W 29 26 25 21 17

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 10 3 0 154 121 61 16 1 1 147 128 54 15 1 3 146 111 54 14 4 3 147 129 49 21 3 2 130 149 39

24 23 20 21 17

12 15 17 19 23

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

40 41 42 42 42

2 3 3 2 2

2 0 2 0 0

111 130 141 142 133

89 120 144 135 162

52 49 45 44 36

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION Brandon Prince Albert Moose Jaw Regina Saskatoon Swift Current

GP 42 43 43 44 43 43

W 26 25 22 19 16 12

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 12 2 2 162 126 56 14 3 1 145 136 54 15 5 1 149 136 50 19 3 3 140 158 44 24 3 0 131 181 35 26 4 1 101 144 29

CENTRAL DIVISION Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

43 44 44 43 42 44

31 29 26 17 16 8

12 13 16 21 22 33

0 1 1 5 3 3

0 1 1 0 1 0

187 167 146 119 138 89

128 128 137 140 166 187

62 60 54 39 36 19

:HGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Lethbridge 5 Swift Current 2 Medicine Hat 6 Kamloops 5 (SO) Portland 4 Regina 1 Prince Albert 3 Edmonton 1 Red Deer 1 Moose Jaw 0 (OT) Seattle 4 Prince George 0 Spokane 9 Saskatoon 2 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Prince George 6 Seattle 2 Regina 4 Everett 3 (OT) Saskatoon 5 Kootenay 1 )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Âł $OO 7LPHV 0RXQWDLQ Calgary at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Red Deer at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Kamloops at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Saskatoon at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Everett at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Regina at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

BCHL GP 1DQDLPR Cowichan Val. 41 Powell River 41 Victoria 41 Alberni Valley 41

ENGLAND W D L GF GA 13 4 4 37 21 12 7 2 38 25 12 4 5 39 21 9 9 3 34 17 9 8 4 33 24 9 7 5 27 20 9 5 7 24 22 9 4 8 23 20 8 7 6 25 27 8 5 8 25 24 6 10 5 36 29 7 6 8 28 24 7 6 8 22 27 6 6 9 28 31 6 5 10 24 35 5 6 10 23 37 4 7 10 19 30 5 3 13 26 41 4 6 11 22 38 2 5 14 17 37

Pt 43 43 40 36 35 34 32 31 31 29 28 27 27 24 23 21 19 18 18 11

7XHVGD\ V UHVXOWV Aston Villa 1 Crystal Palace 0 Bournemouth 1 West Ham 3 Newcastle 3 Manchester United 3 :HGQHVGD\ V UHVXOWV Chelsea 2 West Brom Albion 2 Liverpool 3 Arsenal 3 Manchester City 0 Everton 0 Southampton 2 Watford 0 Stoke 3 Norwich 1 Swansea 2 Sunderland 4 Tottenham 0 Leicester City 1 6DWXUGD\ V PDWFKHV Tottenham vs. Sunderland, 7:45 a.m. Bournemouth vs. Norwich, 10 a.m. Chelsea vs. Everton, 10 a.m. Manchester City vs. Crystal Palace, 10 a.m. Newcastle vs. West Ham, 10 a.m. Southampton vs. West Brom, 10 a.m. Aston Villa vs. Leicester City, 2:30 p.m. 6XQGD\ V PDWFKHV Liverpool vs. Manchester United, 9:05 a.m. Stoke vs. Arsenal, 11:15 a.m. 0RQGD\ -DQ Swansea vs. Watford, 3 p.m.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016

HOCKEY

ISLAND DIVISION

SOCCER Arsenal Leicester City Manchester City Tottenham West Ham Manchester United Stoke Crystal Palace Liverpool Watford Everton Southampton West Brom Chelsea Norwich Bournemouth Swansea Sunderland Newcastle Aston Villa

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W 21 22 17 14

L 15 17 20 22

T OTL GF GA Pt 2 3 142 171 47 0 2 143 118 46 0 4 119 116 38 2 3 110 156 33

L 5 10 15 22 23 25

T OTL GF GA Pt 1 0 174 83 71 2 2 156 107 52 0 2 159 140 50 0 1 123 162 37 0 3 170 149 37 0 3 144 182 31

INTERIOR DIVISION Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Trail Vernon Merritt

GP 41 38 41 41 43 42

W 35 24 24 18 17 14

MAINLAND DIVISION GP Chilliwack 40 Wenatchee 40 Langley 40 Coquitlam 41 Prince George 42 Surrey 39

W 27 23 22 18 10 6

L 8 12 17 18 29 31

T OTL GF GA Pt 1 4 162 95 59 3 2 131 99 51 1 0 149 128 45 1 4 137 158 41 1 2 97 187 23 2 0 99 198 14

:HGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOW Penticton 6 Wenatchee 1 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Victoria 7 Cowichan Valley 1 West Kelowna 5 Vernon 2 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPH Trail at Prince George, 7 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Langley at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Alberni Valley at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m. Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m. Vernon at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m. Powell River at Surrey, 7 p.m. Trail at West Kelowna, 7 p.m. 1DQDLPR at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Penticton at Merritt, 7:30 p.m. 6DWXUGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Powell River at Penticton, 6 p.m. 1DQDLPR at Langley, 6 p.m. Cowichan Valley at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m. Victoria at Chilliwack, 7 p.m. West Kelowna at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m. Merritt at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. 6XQGD\ V JDPHV 1DQDLPR at Coquitlam, 2 p.m. Powell River at Trail, 3 p.m. Victoria at Surrey, 4 p.m. 7XHVGD\ -DQ Merritt at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

ATP ASB CLASSIC $W $XFNODQG 1HZ =HDODQG 6LQJOHV Âł 6HFRQG 5RXQG David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Matthew Barton, Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 6-3, 6-4. John Isner (3), U.S., def. Sam Querrey, U.S., 7-6 (8), 6-7 (4), 6-4. Kevin Anderson (4), South Africa, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5). Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Benoit Paire (5), France, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-1. Roberto Bautista Agut (8), Spain, def. Donald Young, U.S., 6-4, 7-6 (3). Jack Sock, U.S., def. 9DVHN 3RVSLVLO Vernon, B.C., 6-2, 6-4. 'RXEOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Philipp Petzschner, Germany, and Alexander Peya (3), Austria, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and David Marrero, both Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Eric Butorac and Scott Lipsky (4), both U.S., def. Jonathan Marray, Britain, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-4, 3-6, 13-11. Julian Knowle and Oliver Marach, both Austria, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, and Albert RamosVinolas, Spain, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, and Andre Sa, Brazil, 6-4, 6-2. Nicholas Monroe and Donald Young, both U.S., def. Finn Tearney and Wesley Whitehouse, both New Zealand, 7-5, 6-2. Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, both U.S., def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, and Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. 4XDUWHU Ă&#x20AC;QDOV Marcus Daniell and Artem Sitak, both New Zealand, def. Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey, both U.S., walkover.

WTA HOBART INTERNATIONAL $W +REDUW $XVWUDOLD 6LQJOHV Âł 6HFRQG 5RXQG Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, def. Kimberly Birrell, Australia, 6-1, 6-0. Mona Barthel (9), Germany, def. Naomi Osaka, Japan, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-3, 6-1. 'RXEOHV Âł 4XDUWHU Ă&#x20AC;QDOV Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson (2), Sweden, def. Misaki Doi and Nao Hibino, both Japan, 7-5, 6-2.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE / 9 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 19 21 19 20 25 28 36

3FW .750 .615 .595 .590 .579 .564 .553 .526 .513 .488 .486 .474 .390 .282 .100

*% â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 41/2 51/2 51/2 6 61/2 7 8 81/2 91/2 91/2 10 131/2 171/2 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State San Antonio Oklahoma City L.A. Clippers Dallas Memphis Houston Utah Portland Sacramento Denver Phoenix New Orleans Minnesota L.A. Lakers

: 36 34 28 25 22 21 21 17 17 15 15 13 12 12 9

/ 3 6 12 13 18 19 19 21 24 23 24 27 26 28 31

3FW .923 .850 .700 .658 .550 .525 .525 .447 .415 .395 .385 .325 .316 .300 .225

*% â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 21/2 81/2 101/2 141/2 151/2 151/2 181/2 20 201/2 21 231/2 231/2 241/2 271/2

:HGQHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Boston 103, Indiana 94 Brooklyn 110 New York 104 Charlotte 107 Atlanta 84 Denver 112Golden State 110 Houston 107 Minnesota 104 New Orleans 109 Sacramento 97 Oklahoma City 108 Dallas 89 Portland 99 Utah 85 Washington 106 Milwaukee 101 Miami at L.A. Clippers 7XHVGD\ÂˇV UHVXOWV Cleveland 110 Dallas 107 (OT) Houston 107 Memphis 91 Indiana 116 Phoenix 97 L.A. Lakers 95 New Orleans 91 Milwaukee 106 Chicago 101 New York 120 Boston 114 Oklahoma City 101 Minnesota 96 San Antonio 109 Detroit 99 7KXUVGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Âł $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Toronto vs. Orlando (at London, England), 3 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Cleveland at San Antonio, 8 p.m. Detroit at Memphis, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. )ULGD\ÂˇV JDPHV Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m. Portland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m. Charlotte at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Miami at Denver, 9 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 9:30 p.m.

NFL PLAYOFFS DIVISIONAL ROUND VHHGLQJV LQ SDUHQWKHVHV

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AFC Kansas City (5) at New England (2), 4:35 p.m. Green Bay (5) at Arizona (2), 8:15 p.m. 6XQGD\ V JDPHV

NFC Seattle (6) at Carolina (1), 1:05 p.m.

NLL

AFC Pittsburgh (6) at Denver (1), 4:30 p.m.

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minute would preserve Arsenalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-point advantage at the top. But two substitutes combined for Liverpoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equalizer as snow fell at Anfield, with Christian Benteke heading a long ball back across the penalty area for Allen to meet with a first-time shot into the bottom corner. Roberto Firmino twice gave Liverpool the lead, only for goals by

Aaron Ramsey and Giroud to bring Arsenal level. Arsenal is level on 43 points with Leicester, which beat Tottenham 1-0 away on Wednesday. Sunderland 4 Swansea 2 Jermain Defoe scored a hat trick as Sunderland swept to a 4-2 victory over 10-man Swansea in a Premier League relegation scrap on

Wednesday. Sunderland made an ideal start, with striker Defoe scoring after just three minutes. Swansea equalized in the 21st minute when Gylfi Sigurdsson converted a penalty, but was reduced to 10 men in the 37th after a red card for Kyle Naughton. The setback didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t prevent Jordan Ayew from putting the host ahead

just three minutes later. However, Sunderland needed only four minutes after the restart to level, with defender Patrick van Aanholt cutting inside before smacking a shot into the top corner. Adam Johnson put Defoe through for his second goal just after the hour mark and the forward rounded off the scoring in the 85th.

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The Canadian Olympic Committee promises to adopt all eight recommendations from an independent review following the resignation of president Marcel Aubut. But COC senior management officials, who the report said knew about a culture of harassment in their organization, will be responsible for implementing the changes. Aubut stepped down as president in October after women accused him of sexual comments and unwanted touching. The 68-year-old lawyer has not faced any criminal charges. The COC has released a report by the law and human resources firm Rubin Thomlinson, which investigated the scandal and the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies. New COC president Tricia Smith called the report â&#x20AC;&#x153;frankly tough.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is clear from the reportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summary that the board and the senior leadership team could have done more and for that I apologize,â&#x20AC;? the former Olympic rower said Wednesday on a conference call. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We failed our employees.â&#x20AC;? Smith was a COC vice-president for six years before she took over as interim president following Aubutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s departure. She was elected to the post in November. She spoke of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;new cultureâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;new leadershipâ&#x20AC;? yet the management and board remains the same other than Aubutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s departure. The report defines the COCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior leadership team as the chief executive officer, chief sport officer, chief marketing director and executive directors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are occasions when certain managers or members of the SLT admitted to being in possession of information that suggested that harassment was occurring for COC staff,â&#x20AC;? the report said. The document confirmed a letter was delivered in 2011 to Aubut warning him about his behaviour. It also said there were concerns about Aubutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behaviour contained in a human resources file dating back to 2008. Rubin Thomlinson conducted more than 100 interviews with current and former COC staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A majority of COC staff interviewed reported experiencing or witnessing harassment (both sexual and personal) during the presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tenure, both inside and outside of the COCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offices,â&#x20AC;? the report said. The COC board voted to retain Chris Overholt as CEO. Smith, Overholt, former vice-president Gordon Peterson and directors Richard Pound and Therese Brisson make up the working group tasked with implementing the recommendations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will not be business as usual,â&#x20AC;? Smith insisted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be holding everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feet to the fire, myself and Chris included.â&#x20AC;? Aubut and the COC came under scrutiny in 2015 when an employee lodged an official complaint. She withdrew it following Aubutâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resignation, but other women gave interviews to Quebec media accusing Aubut of sexually harassing them. One of them was Montreal lawyer Amelia Salehabadi-Fouques, who is on the Canadian Soccer Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board. Smith said the employee supports the COCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan for change and will be returning to work with the organization. Aubut wielded considerable power over COC operations and stamped his big personality on the organization. Well-connected politically, he had media relations directors who came directly from the office of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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Lincoln eyes China for revived Continental Carmaker brings back legendary brand for new market as part of multi-year, multi-billion-dollar comeback DEE-ANN DURBIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ford Motor Company President and CEO Mark Fields with the 2017 Lincoln Continental at the North American International Auto Show on Tuesday in Detroit. [AP PHOTO]

DETROIT — The Lincoln Continental has a storied past. Now it has a future. The new Continental full-size sedan debuted Tuesday at the North American International Auto Show. It goes on sale this fall in the U.S. and China. For most of Lincoln’s 99-year history, the Continental was the pinnacle of luxury, the car of kings and presidents. It was born in 1938, when Henry Ford’s son Edsel asked designers to make a convertible he could drive during a vacation to Palm Beach. Thrilled by his friends’ reactions,

Edsel made the Continental part of Ford Motor Co.’s luxury Lincoln brand. But Ford faltered in the 1990s. It bought other luxury brands, like Jaguar and Aston Martin, and underestimated growing competition from Japanese and German luxury brands. Lincoln stopped making the Continental in 2002 so it could focus on a newer model, the LS. It eventually sold its other luxury brands. But Lincoln sales fell further. Lincoln is reviving the Continental as part of a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar comeback. It’s a nod to the history that sets Lincoln apart from its rivals. It’s also targeted at customers in China, who have a

particular appreciation for historic American brands. Lincoln expects to sell around 60 per cent of the Continentals it makes in China, where it plans to double its dealerships to 60 by the end of this year. The Continental will be made in Michigan. Continental sales will likely be limited in the U.S. Sales of full-size sedans have been plummeting as midsize cars like the Lincoln MKZ get bigger and more luxurious and new small SUVs like the Lincoln MKC entice buyers. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but the Continental will likely start around $50,000. See LINCOLN, Page 37

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Retail offers not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Lease Financing Legal (ROC excluding Ontario): ††Until JANUARY, 31, 2016, lease a new 2016 Lincoln MKX for up to 48 months, Lincoln MKZ for up to 48 months and get 1.8% APR on approved credit (OAC) from Lincoln Automotive Financial Services. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Lease Lincoln MKX / Lincoln MKZ with a value of $45,890/ $38,460 [Note: List prices from which advertised payment amounts are derived.] (after [$4,500 / [$5,100] down payment or equivalent trade in and Manufacturer Rebate of $0 / [$1,500 deducted and including freight and air tax of [$1,900] / [$1,900]) at 2.8%/0.8% APR for up to 48/48 months with an optional buyout of .43%/ .41%, monthly payment is $548/ $378, total lease obligation is $30,379/ $21240.28. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate has been deducted. Additional payments required for PPSA (RDPRM for Quebec), registration, security deposit (except in Quebec), NSF fees (where applicable), excess wear and tear, and late fees. Lease offer [excludes/includes?] [Note: Ensure this list is grouped to distinguish what is indeed included and excluded from a given offer.] options, freight (except in Quebec), AC Tax (except in Quebec), Green Levy (if applicable, and except in Quebec), license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (except in Quebec), PPSA (if financed or leased) (a maximum RDPRM fee of $44 and third party service fee of $4 for Quebec, if leased), administration fees (except in Quebec), and any other applicable environmental charges/fees (except in Ontario and Quebec) and taxes. Some conditions and mileage restriction applies. Excess kilometrage charges are 16¢per km for MKS, MKX, MKZ, MKTand MKC ; 20¢per km for Navigator, plus applicable taxes. Excess kilometrage charges subject to change (except in Quebec), see your local dealer for details. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. LMPP Legal‐ All Provinces. ‡‡Receive a Lincoln Maintenance Protection Plan (“LMPP”) with the purchase or lease of a new 2015/2016 Lincoln model at participating Lincoln dealerships. LMPP includes all required scheduled maintenance (as per each vehicle’s Owner’s Guide) for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first (the “Term”); plus coverage for 6 wear items (Brake pads and linings, Brake rotors, Engine belts, hoses and hose clamps, Shock absorbers, Spark plugs, Wiper blades) for the same Term, as required, due to normal wear or defect. Limit five (5) required scheduled maintenance service visits over the Term, based on a 6‐month/8,000 km interval. LMPP offer balance is transferable at a cost (except in Quebec) if the vehicle is sold. Offer is not raincheckable. 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Offer is transferable to persons domiciled with an eligible Costco member Applicable taxes calculated before $1,000CDN offer is deducted. Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional features. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible raincheckable Lincoln retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof. Offer is not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offer, see dealer for details or call the Lincoln Customer Relationship Centre at 1‐800‐387‐9333.

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ISSAN DEALERSHIP CHANGES HANDS. What was Newcastle Nissan at 3612 Island Highway North, is now Nissan of Nanaimo. Previously a Laird Wheaton operation, the new dealership changed hands last November. The new owner is Jim Revenberg who owns Comox Valley Nissan and Sunwest Volkswagen in Courtenay. Jim is really keen to be part of Nanaimoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing community: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our customers are the most important people in our business; they are our business and we are committed to providing the highest levels of customer service.â&#x20AC;? Revenberg brings some innovative ideas with him including free car washes for life (for new owners) and the weekly free BBQ each Friday at noon, where customers can meet some of the new faces and check out the fastest growing brand in Canada.

owners are chauffeured, there is a reclining seat in the rear. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a specially designed, 19-speaker Revel audio system. The Continental is powered by a new, 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged V6 engine with 400 horsepower and 400 pound-feet of torque. Kumar Golhatra, Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, says the brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort is paying off. Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s U.S. sales rose seven per cent last year, faster than the industry average; it sold more than 100,000 vehicles in the U.S. for the first time since 2008. It also sold more than 11,500 vehicles in China. Quirky ads featuring the actor Matthew McConaughey helped spark interest and lower the average age of Lincoln buyers to 58. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s down from 68 three years ago.

The elegant Continental hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t changed much from the concept version that debuted at last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Auto Show. It has the same gently undulating sides, wraparound taillights and a panoramic glass roof. The doors open with very little effort and snap themselves closed, one of many ways designers tried to make the vehicle relaxing and serene. Inside, there are patented, Ford-designed seats that can be adjusted up to 30 ways. They have separate settings for each thigh, inflating cushions, heating and cooling and a massage function, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re designed to hug your back if you swivel around. In another nod to China, where many

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Analysts say Lincoln is making the right moves, but still has a long way to go to get noticed in the cutthroat luxury market. Mercedes-Benz sold nearly four times more vehicles than Lincoln in the U.S. last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Imported luxury vehicles have more prestige,â&#x20AC;? said Jack Nerad, a market analyst for Kelley Blue Book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As good as American luxury cars are, they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcome that.â&#x20AC;? Ford CEO Mark Fields says Lincoln isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t trying to compete with German brands. Instead, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to convey a warm and welcoming sort of luxury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We spent a lot of time trying to figure out if we could carve a unique place in this segment,â&#x20AC;? Fields said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are really stressed. We wanted to give them a sanctuary.â&#x20AC;?

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Offers available from January 11, 2016 – February 1, 2016. 5 Payments cannot be made on a weekly basis, for advertising purposes only. +Offer is administered by Nissan Canada Extended Services Inc. (NCESI) and applies to any MY15 Micra/Sentra/Murano and MY16 Versa Note/Rogue/Pathfinder models (each, an “Eligible Model”) leased and registered through Nissan Canada Financial Services Inc., on approved credit, between Jan 11 – Feb 1, 2016 from an authorized Nissan retailer in Canada. Eligible only on leases through NCF with subvented rates. Offer recipient will be entitled to receive a maximum of six (6) service visits (each, a “Service Visit”) for the Eligible Vehicle – where each Service Visit consists of one (1) oil change (using conventional 5W30 motor oil) and one (1) tire rotation service (each, an “Eligible Service”). All Eligible Services will be conducted in strict accordance with the Oil Change and Tire Rotation Plan outline in the Agreement Booklet for the Eligible Vehicle. The service period (“Service Period”) will commence on the purchase or lease transaction date (“Transaction Date”) and will expire on the earlier of: (i) the date on which the maximum number of Service Visits has been reached; (ii) 36 months from the Transaction Date; or (ii) when the Eligible Vehicle has reached 48,000 kilometers. All Eligible Services must be completed during the Service Period, otherwise they will be forfeited. The Offer may be upgraded to use premium oil at the recipient’s expense. The Eligible Services are not designed to meet all requirements and specifications necessary to maintain the Eligible Vehicle. To see the complete list of maintenance necessary, please refer to the Service Maintenance Guide. Any additional services required are not covered by the Offer and are the sole responsibility and cost of the recipient. Offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain offers NCESI reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. Ask your retailer for details. & Representative monthly lease offer based on a new 2016 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG16 AA00)/2016 Rogue SV Special Edition FWD (Y6SG16 AA00)/2016 Pathfinder S 4X2 (5XRG16 AA00). 1.49%/1.49%/2.99% lease APR for a 60/60/60 month term equals monthly payments of $278/$339/$384 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. 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XPurchase financing price of $9,998 for a 2015 Micra 1.6 S (S5LG55 AA00) is available when financing whith NCF at standard rates. The price includes $1,150 NCF standard finance cash, $650 non-stack cash and $500 bonus cash. Freight and PDE charges, air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation (where applicable) are included. License, registration, specific duty on new tires ($15) and insurance are extra. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer or visit Nissan.ca/Loyalty. *X±&VFreight and PDE charges ($1,760/$1,600/$1,760/$1,600) air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. 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strong performance in North American and profitability elsewhere. The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker also on Tuesday declared an extra 25-cent dividend on top of its first-quarter dividend of 15 cents. Shares of Ford Motor Co. fell 3.1 per cent to $12.45 in after-hours trading. — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Auto sector looks to aviation in safety

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DETROIT — Using the aviation industry as a model, automakers have agreed to work on fundamental changes in their relationship with the U.S. government in order to spot safety trends before they become problems and get new technology to the marketplace faster, a top safety regulator and a person familiar with the discussions said Tuesday. The process of issuing government regulations to correct safety problems takes too many years, Mark Rosekind, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, told reporters at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit. By the time the regulations are issued, changes in technology make them out of date, he said. Federal officials are grappling with how to get new technology such as vehicle-to-vehicle communications, also called V2V, and self-driving cars into the marketplace. V2V involves cars using wireless communications to send information like speed and direction to surrounding cars. Cars can warn drivers of an impending collision or brake to prevent a collision before the driver has seen the other vehicle. Features such as automatic emergency braking that are the building blocks of self-driving cars are already available in some, mostly higher-priced car models. Auto safety advocates have been urging the government to set standards for such technology. They say that if one manufacturer’s cars can successfully brake to prevent or mitigate a frontal collision at up to 35 mph, another manufacturer’s system shouldn’t work only up to 25 mph. Rosekind gave few details on the agreement but said people would see “actions going forward that change the culture of the industry.”

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