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Forestry minister says officals are looking for a video showing how a massive wildfire was started by a flicked cigarette. » Island & B.C., 5 » Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news. KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Finding a live kidney donor has been like searching for a needle in a haystack for Sandra Thomas. When she was in her twenties, was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease, a genetic disorder that was passed down from her father. Although she was not surprised by the diagnosis, it has recently brought about an urgent search for a donor. The disease has affected ten family members on her father’s side and she has witnessed its pro- gression firsthand. Four year ago, Thomas’ father passed away from complications of the disease which affected his heart, something she hopes to avoid. PKD causes cysts to form on the kidneys, which fill with fluid and enlarge the organ. From there, a person can develop high blood pressure and heart disease. The kidney functions also start to decline, which can be gradual or rapid. When the kidney is functioning at 20 to 15 per cent in an affected person, a live donor transplant is an option. Right now Thomas is at 20 per cent. “I was at 25 per cent and then all of a sudden it dropped quickly,” she said. Although concerned about her own health, she was hesitant to reach out for help. “The hardest and scariest part was watching my dad,” she said. “I learned a lot from him and I know the things I have to do to protect my heart. “He could never have been a heart or kidney recipient.” Two of Thomas’ four adult chil- dren have also inherited PKD. “I was most affected when it affected my children,” she said. Now that she is seeing a rapid decline in her own kidney func- tion, Thomas is taking a proactive approach by searching for a donor. She has two main road blocks, however. Thomas has Type O blood and requires a donor to be Type O for a match. Even more challenging is that her body has developed antibodies to protect itself, but in turn would reject a large portion of donors in the province. “My antibodies would attack a kidney from 64 per cent of donors’ kidneys, but that leaves 36 per cent I could use, so there is someone out there,” she said. At the advice of her network of professionals at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, where transplants take place, Thomas began spread- ing the word about her situation. She set up a Facebook page and had 16 friends and family step for- ward. Of the 16, only two made it through the end of the extensive testing. She found out her body would not accept those kidneys. Thomas extended her search pub- licly with another online matching program and another eight people came forward. “For now it is a waiting game but it is getting scary because my kid- ney function is dropping fast,” she said. “It just takes time and I have to put it out there. The alternative would be a lifetime of dialysis, which would not only affect her daily life, but employment. “The beds in Port Alberni are full so I would have to travel or do dialysis at home,” she said. Thomas hopes to maintain her health as she waits for a compat- ible donor by staying hydrated and maintaining a special diet to con- trol blood pressure. Anyone who is blood type O and willing to undergo further testing as a match for Thomas can call the Kidney Pre-Transplant Program at St. Paul’s Hospital at 604-806-9078. [email protected] » Wildfires ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES As the local situation dies down, the wildfire crew based in the Alberni Valley is awaiting provin- cial orders to be sent to southeast B.C. A number of blazes are spread- ing across the mainland region, including a fire west of Rock Creek that has grown to 3,750 hectares since it was discovered last week. At least 30 homes have either been destroyed or seriously damaged in the evacuated com- munity, plus another 15 affected buildings. With 20 members, the Alberni Valley Thunderbirds are Vancou- ver Island’s only full-unit crew. Marg Drysdale, a fire information officer with the Coastal Fire Cen- tre, said its a normal practice to send the team where situations burn hottest. “The T-birds are a provincial resource, so they’re called where they’re most needed,” she said. “They do a lot of heavy, demand- ing ground work.” Three-member initial attack crews remain available in Parks- ville, Campbell River and Cobble Hill. These small groups can be mobilized by air or ground, and specialize in the first assessment of a forest fire to determine if air tankers or more personnel need to the dispatched. “They are the first people on scene, they take a reading on a fire and they will actually call back to the fire centre,” Drysdale said. Meanwhile, the Dog Mountain fire by Sproat Lake — which is Vancouver Island’s largest inci- dent this summer continues to burn off the remaining forest fuels. The 350-hectare fire is clas- sified as fully contained by the Wildfire Management Branch, warranting periodic patrols. Some of the cabins on the mountain are under an evacuation order due to hazardously unstable slopes. A number of fires were sparked around Great Central Lake dur- ing a lightning storm on Aug. 4, but those have since died down to the point of just requiring regular checks from wildfire authorities. “They’ll continue to be in patrol for a little while,” Drysdale said. “They’ll just go back and take a look at them and make sure there’s no hot spots on them.” On the south of the Island a 250-hectare blaze continues to burn east of Port Renfrew, an uncontained fire that is believed to be human-caused. Air tank- ers and eight helicopters have attended to the fire, which is currently being handled by 123 personnel. “Smoke and fog has created a dangerous visibility issue for pilots and crew on the ground, as well as health hazards for local communities,” stated the Wildfire Management Branch. “This effect will continue with the expected poor venting over the next 24 hours.” So far this year almost 300,000 hectares have burned in British Columbia from 1,679 reported fires – a total short of the 369,169 hectares affected in 2014. Last year’s fire season saw the most forest burned in over a decade, an escalating situation that cost the province almost $300 million in suppression efforts. [email protected] Forest fires started by lightning around Great Central Lake earlier this month have since died down, allowing more resources to be sent elsewhere in the province. [B.C. 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Inside today

Bomber back in actionThe Martin Mars water bomber is back in service after taking an unexpected hiatus due to the health of one of its operators.

» Alberni Region, 3

Tossed cig videotaped?Forestry minister says officals are looking for a video showing how a massive wildfire was started by a flicked cigarette.

» Island & B.C., 5

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KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Finding a live kidney donor has been like searching for a needle in a haystack for Sandra Thomas. When she was in her twenties, was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease, a genetic disorder that was passed down from her father.

Although she was not surprised by the diagnosis, it has recently brought about an urgent search for a donor.

The disease has affected ten family members on her father’s side and she has witnessed its pro-gression firsthand.

Four year ago, Thomas’ father passed away from complications of the disease which affected his heart, something she hopes to avoid.

PKD causes cysts to form on the kidneys, which fill with fluid and enlarge the organ. From there, a person can develop high blood pressure and heart disease. The

kidney functions also start to decline, which can be gradual or rapid.

When the kidney is functioning at 20 to 15 per cent in an affected person, a live donor transplant is an option. Right now Thomas is at 20 per cent.

“I was at 25 per cent and then all of a sudden it dropped quickly,” she said.

Although concerned about her

own health, she was hesitant to reach out for help.

“The hardest and scariest part was watching my dad,” she said. “I learned a lot from him and I know the things I have to do to protect my heart.

“He could never have been a heart or kidney recipient.”

Two of Thomas’ four adult chil-dren have also inherited PKD.

“I was most affected when it affected my children,” she said.

Now that she is seeing a rapid decline in her own kidney func-tion, Thomas is taking a proactive approach by searching for a donor.

She has two main road blocks, however.

Thomas has Type O blood and requires a donor to be Type O for a match. Even more challenging is that her body has developed antibodies to protect itself, but in turn would reject a large portion of donors in the province.

“My antibodies would attack a kidney from 64 per cent of donors’ kidneys, but that leaves 36 per cent I could use, so there is someone out there,” she said.

At the advice of her network of professionals at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, where transplants take place, Thomas began spread-ing the word about her situation.

She set up a Facebook page and had 16 friends and family step for-ward. Of the 16, only two made it through the end of the extensive testing.

She found out her body would not accept those kidneys.

Thomas extended her search pub-

licly with another online matching program and another eight people came forward.

“For now it is a waiting game but it is getting scary because my kid-ney function is dropping fast,” she said. “It just takes time and I have to put it out there.

The alternative would be a lifetime of dialysis, which would not only affect her daily life, but employment.

“The beds in Port Alberni are full so I would have to travel or do dialysis at home,” she said.

Thomas hopes to maintain her health as she waits for a compat-ible donor by staying hydrated and maintaining a special diet to con-trol blood pressure.

Anyone who is blood type O and willing to undergo further testing as a match for Thomas can call the Kidney Pre-Transplant Program at St. Paul’s Hospital at 604-806-9078.

[email protected]

» Wildfi res

ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

As the local situation dies down, the wildfire crew based in the Alberni Valley is awaiting provin-cial orders to be sent to southeast B.C.

A number of blazes are spread-ing across the mainland region, including a fire west of Rock Creek that has grown to 3,750 hectares since it was discovered last week. At least 30 homes have either been destroyed or seriously damaged in the evacuated com-munity, plus another 15 affected buildings.

With 20 members, the Alberni Valley Thunderbirds are Vancou-ver Island’s only full-unit crew. Marg Drysdale, a fire information officer with the Coastal Fire Cen-tre, said its a normal practice to send the team where situations burn hottest.

“The T-birds are a provincial resource, so they’re called where they’re most needed,” she said. “They do a lot of heavy, demand-ing ground work.”

Three-member initial attack crews remain available in Parks-ville, Campbell River and Cobble Hill. These small groups can be mobilized by air or ground, and

specialize in the first assessment of a forest fire to determine if air tankers or more personnel need to the dispatched.

“They are the first people on scene, they take a reading on a fire and they will actually call back to the fire centre,” Drysdale said.

Meanwhile, the Dog Mountain fire by Sproat Lake — which is Vancouver Island’s largest inci-dent this summer continues to burn off the remaining forest fuels. The 350-hectare fire is clas-sified as fully contained by the Wildfire Management Branch, warranting periodic patrols. Some

of the cabins on the mountain are under an evacuation order due to hazardously unstable slopes.

A number of fires were sparked around Great Central Lake dur-ing a lightning storm on Aug. 4, but those have since died down to the point of just requiring regular checks from wildfire authorities.

“They’ll continue to be in patrol for a little while,” Drysdale said. “They’ll just go back and take a look at them and make sure there’s no hot spots on them.”

On the south of the Island a 250-hectare blaze continues to burn east of Port Renfrew, an uncontained fire that is believed to be human-caused. Air tank-ers and eight helicopters have attended to the fire, which is currently being handled by 123 personnel.

“Smoke and fog has created a dangerous visibility issue for pilots and crew on the ground, as well as health hazards for local communities,” stated the Wildfire Management Branch. “This effect will continue with the expected poor venting over the next 24 hours.”

So far this year almost 300,000 hectares have burned in British Columbia from 1,679 reported fires – a total short of the 369,169 hectares affected in 2014. Last year’s fire season saw the most forest burned in over a decade, an escalating situation that cost the province almost $300 million in suppression efforts.

[email protected]

Forest fires started by lightning around Great Central Lake earlier this month have since died down, allowing more resources to be sent elsewhere in the province. [B.C. MINISTRY OF FORESTS, LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCE OPERATIONS]

While blazes spread across southeastern B.C., local incidents have subsided enough to just require patrols

Valley-based crew heads east

HEALTH

Woman struggles to fi nd a live kidney donor“It is getting scary because my kidney function is dropping fast.”

Sandra Thomas, Alberni Valley resident awaiting a kidney

THOMAS

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ArtsAlberni Valley Community Band meets

Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., E.J. Dunn band room. Info: 250-723-1285 (Cory) or 250-724-6780 (Manfred).

The Barkley Sounds Community Choir practices on Wednesdays, 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Alberni Valley United Church. Info: 250-723-6884.

Lounge Music with guitarist David Morton from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wed-nesdays at Char’s Landing.

Musicians open mic hosted by Jeff Hallworth from 7 to 9 p.m. first Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

AV Transition Town Society meetings, 6 p.m. third Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sections for their 43rd Season. Rehearsals com-mence Monday, September 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.

Sports Drop-in circuit training on Wednesdays

at 6 p.m. Info: (778) 421-2721.Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni

Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Bingo on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and cards at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch.

Horseshoe Club practices on Wednes-days at 1 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050.

Alberni Valley Billiards Club, 2964 Third Ave. - Wednesdays - youth league (ages 13 to 18) at 7 p.m. Info: 250-723-1212.

Child and youth Navy League Cadets (ages 9 to 12),

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Port Alberni Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-6365 or 250-723-7442.

PacificCARE free music drop-in pro-gram for children and their families on Wednesdays, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at the Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre. Closures follow school cal-endar. Registration is required. Info: 250-735-3022.

Support and help Volunteers urgently needed to help

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10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)MS Port Alberni self-help group

meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Echo Centre at noon. The group meets to support those living with MS and their fam-ilies. Info: 250-723-7403 (Susan).

Chair Fit Exercise Program for those with physical limitations or mobility issues. Group meets Wednesdays at Echo Centre, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 250-723-2181.

GroupsThe Freemasons Barclay Lodge #90

meets the second Wednesday of

each month, 7:30 p.m. at the Free-masons Hall. Info: 250-723-6075 or 250-723-3328.

Genealogy Club members are able to visit at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints on Wednesday mor-nings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Addictions Al-Anon and Al-Ateen support groups

for family and friends of problem drinkers meet on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at 3028 Second Ave. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855.

Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780.

Overeaters Anonymous meeting Wed-nesday evening 7 p.m. 4711 Elizabeth St., Info: 250-723-7486

Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, men-tal health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.

What’s comingMaritime Discovery Fishing Derby

for children, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.

A.V. Legion Branch 293 Fun Fishing Derby Saturday, Aug. 22 6a.m. to 9p.m., Sunday Aug. 23 6a.m. to 11a.m., final weigh in 11a.m. Tickets available at the Legion and Gone Fishin’.

Words on Fire, Open Mike, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Feature presenter is Stephen Novik, who will launch his second chapbook of poetry.

Wings for Angel dinner, entertain-ment, silent auction for Hugginz Foundation, Aug. 29. Tickets at the Best Western Barclay or call 250-735-7595.

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You’ve found a house that looks in reasonable shape, in a great location and on a sizable property. You’re thinking of getting a home inspection done, just to be safe. But your agent, who also listed the house for the sellers, talks you out of it. He tells you that an inspection was done fairly recently, and the only real problem was the under-sized furnace. So you save your money and buy the house without insisting on a satisfactory inspection report first.

Then after you move in, you find that there are moisture, mildew and mould problems. You do some of the repairs yourself but you also have to get different inspection services to go through and report on the problems and estimated costs to fix them. But the more you look, the more such problems you find throughout the house. So you end up moving out altogether for health reasons – one of your daughters is beginning to have respiratory problems. To recoup some of the repair costs, you’re forced to sue the agent and his firm, as well as the sellers.

That was pretty much the situation faced by the Browns (all names changed) when they bought from the Smiths with the “help” of the agent, Robert. In court, it turned out that Rob-ert had been told by another agent in his office that an earlier offer had fallen through be-cause of mould problems a house inspection had identified. After that, the sellers had made the recommended repairs, so didn’t think there should be any further mildew problems.

The court believed Ms. Brown, who said the only thing that Robert told her regarding the previous inspection report was that the furnace was too small – he never mentioned any mould or mildew problems. The result was that, in his eagerness to get a sale done, he told only a half-truth, hiding critical information that might have led the Browns to make the house purchase conditional on a house inspection as they were thinking of doing.

In the end, the court decided that the Browns were entitled to compensation from Rob-ert and his firm of some $47,000. $38,000 of this was to reflect what the house would have been worth had the hidden mould and mildew defects been known, based on their estimated repair costs. $10,000 was in compensation for the psychological and emotional problems suffered by the Browns, particularly Ms. Brown, who became clinically depressed as a result of all the house problems.

Had the Browns got an inspection done, it likely would not have found all the mildew and mould problems that were later discovered by moving heavy appliances (washer and dryer) and cutting into various walls and floors in the house – they were “latent defects” that could not have been discovered by such an inspection. But the inspection might well have discovered signs or symptoms such as surface mildew that would have suggested a more thorough investigation. This Robert prevented, by talking the Browns out of getting an inspection done in the first place.

If you encounter problems with a property purchase or sale, consult your lawyer promptly.

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A file photo of the Hawaii Mars water bomber taken earlier this year.

Mounties considering criminal activity after Sproat Lake boating fatality

RCMP continue boat death case

ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Local police have not ruled out criminal activity more than a month after a speed boat incident killed a man on Sproat Lake.

Michael David Douglas from Langford died on July 11 when the high-powered vehicle left the water and crashed into the surface of the Alberni Valley lake. Port Alberni RCMP are still looking into the mysterious incident, and have asked for members of the public with any information about the Satur-day afternoon tragedy to come forward.

“Investigations such as these are lengthy and take a signifi-cant amount of time to conduct and review all the materials associated,” said Const. Aaron Aasen. “As a result, this investi-gation is ongoing and no char-ges have been recommended at this time.”

The boat’s driver, who is iden-tified as Sidney Scott in media reports, was reportedly rescued by witnesses and taken to the shore after the boat collided with the water. He was air-lifted to Victoria General Hospital with serious injuries.

The speed boat left the water when its engine stopped, reported the B.C. Coroner’s Service.

“The boat’s engine cut out suddenly and the boat appeared to lift in the air before crashing back into the lake,” stated the provincial department.

Regional coroner Matt Brown said that results from the aut-opsy have not been announced. Questions around the cause of the fatality now await conclu-sions from the police.

“They’re doing an examina-tion of the boat as well as part of the investigation, so we’d be waiting for the outcome of that,” said Brown.

The crash left pieces of the

boat scattered around the lake, including seat cushions, life jackets and even sandals, according to the Alberni Valley Rescue Squad, who attended to the scene.

Douglas’s body was not found until the following day when RCMP divers followed markers left by the rescue squad indi-cating the location of the boat’s engine block at the bottom of the lake.

The fatality is the first boating death reported on Sproat Lake in several years.

Members of the public with information related to the incident are encouraged to con-tact the Port Alberni RCMP at 250-723-2424.

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Hawaii Mars returns to service with new Sproat Lake pilot

Bomber back after an unexpected delayKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The Martin Mars water bomber is back in service after taking an unexpected hiatus.

The pilot of the aircraft took ill with an undisclosed health issue on Aug. 7, just after fighting the wildfire at Harrison Lake. With-out a contingency plan in place, the Coulson Group of Companies relied on its network to get the Hawaii Mars back in the air.

“In the middle of last week, we expected our pilot to be released from hospital, but we had a bit of a surprise when it turned to the worst,” said Wayne Coulson, CEO of Coulson Flying Tankers.

That is when he reached out to former members of the Martin Mars family.

“We were able to turn it around quickly,” Coulson said. “So many people have gone through the company before I owned it and there is a wonderful support structure of people throughout

Canada and the United States willing to come home to help.”

A local Sproat Lake resident successfully stepped up to take the pilot’s seat.

Jim Visser, who works in the Northwest Territories on a shift-basis, returned home and took the Hawaii Mars for a test flight Monday night with Transport Canada.

“One of the positive things is that the Forest Industry Flying Tankers did really good, exten-sive training before us, so there

are a lot who haven’t flown in a few years but can quickly step back in and go through the train-ing program,” Coulson said.

Visser was approved by Trans-port Canada and the responsibil-ities of captain were assigned to co-pilot, Peter Killin.

With one week left in the 30-day contract with the provincial gov-ernment, Coulson is unsure at this point of the aircraft’s future for the wildfire season.

“The province will decide if they still require the aircraft,” he said. “It depends how critical the fire situation is in the prov-ince and they are the ones to determine that. We are happy to continue supporting if we are needed.”

The other most recent area deployments for the Mars were to fires near Nelson on July 18, at Skutz Falls on July 28 and at Great Central Lake on August 4.

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DFO limits to preserve chinook are hurting tourism, says guideMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A salmon fishing tour guide on the Alberni Inlet says weight and size restrictions by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) are hurting his business.

The DFO set limits out of con-cern about decreasing chinook salmon runs in recent years.

Rick Stepan is a tour guide with the West Coast Fishing Guides Association. Based in Vancouver, Stepan is the association’s tour guide for the Alberni Inlet; but limits set by the DFO in recent years are severely limiting the number of recreational fishers travelling to the Alberni Valley looking for a big catch, Stepan said.

Port Alberni is “advertising as a world-class fishing resort,” Ste-pan said. But the city “is almost a ghost town,” he said.

Named as the Ultimate Fishing Town in Canada by the World Fishing Network in 2010, Port Alberni has set up wood-carved statues of salmon at the Alberni Valley Visitor Centre and the Har-bour Quay pier.

While Stepan used to bring sport fishers from across Canada and the United States, interest has dwindled for Alberni, where the maximum size of chinook salmon that fishers can keep is limited to 77 centimetres, he said. “It’s not the crowds that you’re used to,” he said.

Noted in the DFO’s Integrated Management Fisheries Plan, a two-chinook per day limit was imposed for the 2015 season from Aug. 1 to Oct. 15 on the West Coast of Vancouver Island to protect the female population of salmon, which are required to achieve desired egg targets for the fishery. The DFO’s pre-season estimate for chinook returning to the Somass

River was 33,000 this year, and most are expected to be smaller males.

“The DFO has implemented restrictions to protect returning WCVI wild chinook populations to ensure sufficient numbers of spawners reach spawning areas,” noted spokeswoman Michelle Imbeau in an email to the Times. “Restrictions include closed areas to protect chinook in known hold-ing areas near their spawning streams and size limits intended to protect larger, older aged chinook which are predominately older age, reproductive female chinook.”

Numbers of chinook salmon returning to the Somass/Stamp River system have been decreas-ing in recent decades. A peak

in 1991 saw a chinook return of 160,000, which was upwards of 80 to 90 per cent of the total WCVI hatchery production, according to the DFO.

A University of British Columbia climate-change study last year predicted that warmer water tem-peratures on the West Coast could wipe out chinook salmon in the region by the year 2100.

Amid a chinook decline the number of sockeye salmon in the Alberni Inlet has set a new record this year. This week, the run size for sockeye was updated again from 1.85 million to 1.9 million.

At the same time, escapement has been lower than expected, numbering about 371,000 as of last week.

Jack Leyenaar caught this 23.7-pound chinook salmon in May in Barkley Sound to win the Sproat Loggers Derby this year. The DFO has set size limits for the chinook run between Aug. 1 and Oct. 15 to preserve the fishery. [FILE PHOTO]

“In the middle of last week, we expected our pilot to be released from hospital, but we had a bit of a surprise when it turned to the worst.”

Wayne Coulson, CEO of Coulson Group

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Respectful politics in the federal election

The federal election will be held in October, and it is time to move our national politics toward a more respectful and democratic system, that functions in the interest of all Canadians.

Modifying the political party system of government is a good place to start.

Members of the House of Commons are supposed to be elected to represent their con-stituents. The constituencies across this vast county reflect a diverse population, with wide ranging beliefs, cultures, needs and expectations.

A political party system that is divisive, confrontational and dysfunctional, cannot work in the best interest of the major-

ity of Canadians.Effective leadership requires

cooperation and consensus, based on knowledge, wisdom and experience.

This upcoming election is an opportunity to bring our Canadian parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, into the twenty first century.

One logical strategy to develop a more representative government, would be to initi-ate a National Parliamentary Cooperation Coalition (NPCC).

The NPCC would not be a pol-itical party; however, it would encourage and engage the best and most experienced individ-uals, to work together in a spir-it of cooperation for the benefit of all Canadians.

If Thomas Mulcair, Justin Trudeau, Elizabeth May, and

Stephen Harper should be given an ultimatum to stop wasting taxpayers time and money; get off your band-wagons, stop arguing between yourselves and show genuine respect for the country.

Hypothetically, if this prin-ciple makes sense, the major-ity of the electorate could be encouraged to suck it up, and vote for one recommended party.

Without divisiveness, the other leaders could hold important positions in the new government; based on an undertaking that the NPCC would initiate a review and modernization of the Canadian governance system, before another election.

Trevor WicksQualicum Beach

Offshore oil has made Norway a good example

Re: ‘NDP a vote for change: Johns’, August 18, Page 1

I find it interesting that Gord Johns the NDP candi-date would use Norway as an example of the “kind of leadership he would like Can-ada to take.” He claims that the Conservatives have “all the eggs in one basket in the focus on developing the oil and gas industry.” Here is the whole story! Norway is probably the only western democratic coun-try that has no debt to anyone! Reason is that it is the offshore oil that makes them so prosper-ous and wealthy.

Walt KusminPort Alberni

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Strike a safe balance in moving oilThere is no more vexed

question in Canadian politics today than what

to do about pipelines.All three party leaders are

struggling to maintain a safe balance between getting Alberta’s landlocked oil to mar-ket and protecting the environ-ment. Any election candidate who strays from the script risks a withering partisan attack, as Toronto Centre New Democrat Linda McQuaig discovered five days into the campaign.

Party leader Thomas Mulcair quickly stepped in to get things back on an even keel, saying an NDP government would allow pipelines under much stricter conditions. Liberal leader Jus-tin Trudeau’s position is virtu-ally identical. The Conserva-tives claim they already subject

pipeline proposals to a rigorous environmental review process.

Not only is this stifled debate unhealthy, it is misleading.

What no one is doing is put-ting the issue in context by examining the alternatives to pipelines, comparing the risks and benefits of moving oil (and its tar-like cousin bitumen) by pipeline, rail or tanker.

It is as if the explosion of a train carrying volatile crude through Lac-Mégantic two years ago – killing 47 and lev-eling part of the town – had no impact on public thinking or political decision-making.

People are worried about pipe-lines, as the Ontario Energy Board pointed out last week in its report on the $12-billion Energy East pipeline expan-sion proposed by TransCan-

ada Corp. A major spill could contaminate drinking water, endanger wildlife and destroy aboriginal hunting grounds, says the board, which regulates the province’s electricity and natural gas sectors. What the board did not do — and had no mandate to do — was compare those risks to the threat of derailments and fireballs. Such incidents are becoming more frequent and more dangerous as oil shipments increase.

A study released recently by the Fraser Institute offered a wider perspective. It showed that pipelines are 4.5 times safer than trains for trans-porting oil over long distances. The think tank analyzed fed-eral statistics from 2003 to 2013 and found that derailments and above-ground spills posed a

greater hazard to public health and safety than pipeline leaks.

The research was not definitive. It did not measure the magnitude of the dam-age cause by underground ruptures compared to the harm done by above-ground accidents.

Although it acknowledged that 85 per cent of oil in Can-ada is moved by pipeline, it minimized the imbalance by comparing the number of occurrence (accidents, spills and leaks) per million barrels transported. Its injury rates included only pipeline and rail workers, not victims outside the energy sector.

Despite these shortcom-ings, the study was a timely reminder that presenting the pipeline question as a simple

choice between the economy and environment creates a false dichotomy. Oil producers will use whatever means are available to get combustible fuels to market. They answer to their shareholders, not the people along the path of their transport route.

Canada needs a prime minis-ter who will act in the public interest. That means evaluat-ing all options – not just pipe-lines – and taking into account not only energy sales and cli-mate change, but also aborigin-al rights, public safety and the needs of consumers. It requires tough, responsible trade-offs.

The nation is ill-served by a one-dimensional debate about a complex issue.

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Defence lawyer steps away on fi rst day of trialKEVIN DIAKIW SURREY LEADER

The murder trial of a man accused of shooting a Surrey man to death at a Christmas Eve party in 2011 has been delayed.

The 16-day trial of Russell Bidesi was expected to begin Monday, but in a last-minute application, his defence lawyer Darcy Lawrence said he could no longer continue.

Bidesi is charged with

second-degree murder in the death of Bradley McPherson, 28, who was shot at a house party near 131 Street and 67A Avenue.

“I’m making an application to withdraw as counsel,” Lawrence told B.C. Supreme Court Madam Justice Duncan. “This has noth-ing to do with funding.”

Lawrence also noted it is “not a ploy by Mr. Bidesi,” and apologized to the court, which was packed with members of

McPherson’s family and friends.It’s believed McPherson wit-

nessed someone being disrespect-ful at the party, and stepped in.

“And for that, his life was taken,” tearful mom Susan Simn-ing said in 2013, when Bidesi’s arrest was made.

On Monday, Crown Counsel Jay Fogel acknowledged the withdrawal of defence, and noted to Duncan that under law, she had no discretion in preventing

defence from leaving.As long as it wasn’t for finan-

cial reasons, he said, the court’s hands are tied.

Duncan also apologized for the delay, and told Bidesi that any future applications for remov-al of counsel might not be as successful.

A fix date to re-schedule the trial has been set for Sept. 3 in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster.

DRIVING

Gas prices expected to drop in coming daysIAN BICKIS THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Drivers in B.C. and the rest of Western Canada should get some relief at the pumps in the coming days but an industry observer says last week’s 15-cent average spike shows the country needs more refining capacity.

Dan McTeague, senior petrol-eum analyst at the GasBuddy.com website and a former Liber-al MP, reassured Western Can-adians that it will soon cost less to fill their tanks following the drop in wholesale gas prices in the United States.

Those prices dipped the equiva-lent of six cents a litre on Friday and were down another three to four cents in midday trading on Monday.

The decline came when some refineries resumed operations or deferred maintenance plans after a major outage more than a week ago at BP’s Whiting refinery in Indiana caused pump prices to soar.

“It appears there have been alternative sources found at the last moment that might alleviate the strain on the supply picture throughout the U.S. Midwest,” said McTeague.

The BP refinery is a significant source of gasoline for the U.S. Midwest and Western Canada, but it lost 240,000 barrels of its production capacity of 413,000 barrels a day on Aug. 8 after a malfunction.

BP said in a statement that repair work is continuing but would not say how long it expects the work to take.

Along with higher gas prices, the Whiting shutdown increased the discount on Canadian heavy crude prices because the refin-ery is a major processor of the product.

McTeague says recent events show how Canada has become over-reliant on U.S. refineries and underscore the need for more Canadian capacity.

“These are not one-offs — these are chronic problems related spe-cifically to the shutdown of refin-eries,” said McTeague. “If the Americans are running short, we should be building refineries also to export.”

But Jason Parent, vice-presi-dent of consulting for The Kent Group Ltd., says last week’s jump in prices was because of a “perfect storm” of problems with refineries running at full cap-acity during summer demand.

ARTS

Friends and family pray for a miracle in the case of fallen Brazilian ballerinaCAMILLE BAINS THE CANADIAN PRESS

NORTH VANCOUVER — Sup-porters are hoping for a miracu-lous recovery after an Argentin-ian ballerina whose dramatic style earned her a scholarship to a dance school in Vancouver suf-fered a devastating head injury.

RCMP say Lucila Munaretto, 21, missed a stop sign and struck a vehicle on Thursday while roller-skating on a road in North Vancouver.

Pacific Dance Arts artistic dir-ector Yaming Li said the dancer had injured her foot prior to the accident and was on her way to visit a friend.

Li said he noticed the shy young dancer at a school in Bra-zil three years ago and offered her a scholarship that brought her to Vancouver in the fall of 2012.

“She does not come from an affluent family in Brazil but I did see her talent so I wanted her to continue,” he said Monday. “I thought if she came to Canada she might have some potential.”

Li said Munaretto’s family had moved to Brazil from Argentina 10 years ago. Earlier this sum-mer, Munaretto was invited to a six-week ballet program in Toronto and earlier played the role of Gretel in a production of Hansel and Gretel in Regina.

“She’s a very dramatic and beautiful actor on stage,” he said.

“She had such a good oppor-tunity and almost made it to her dreams. We want to make all our efforts to see her recover as much as possible.”

Li said he asked about 20 dancers to record encouraging messages for Munaretto and that he put them on a CD that was played by her bedside.

“We had messages from Eur-ope, many of them from Brazil,

and also from local Canadians.”Li said Munaretto was seen

moving her hand and foot in response to the voices and music played from a production of Cin-derella, her most recent perform-ance, and from Chopin, from a previous show.

“Last night, doctors were very, very impressed with the improve-

ment. They were shocked.”The school has started a Go

Fund Me campaign to pay for her rehabilitation, he said.

“It’s a really long journey and I feel really, really sad. I’m just hoping for miracles though I feel she is not going to be fully recovered, dancer-wise.”

Laura Lopez, a volunteer

who helps foreign students at the dance school with housing arrangements and visa applica-tions, said Munaretto’s mother arrived from Brazil on Sunday and has been telling the dancer stories from her childhood.

“This morning she was improv-ing a lot. She’s exceeding expect-ations, considering her injuries.”

Lucila Munaretto, the Argentinian ballerina whose dramatic style earned her a scholarship to a dance school in Vancouver, has suffered a devastating head injury, but supporters are hoping for a miraculous recovery. She is shown here in an undated handout photo. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Tossed cigarette possibly caught on tapeForests minister waiting to see evidence of what may have started the massive Rock Creek blazeGEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH THE CANADIAN PRESS

OSOYOOS — British Columbia Forests Minister Steve Thomson says officials are looking for a video that apparently shows how a massive wildfire that has destroyed 30 homes in the prov-ince’s southeast was sparked by a flicked cigarette.

Thomson said Monday that offi-cials have heard about the video but have yet to see any evidence.

The 37-square-kilometre Rock Creek wildfire started Thursday and is currently burning out of control east of the southern Oka-nagan town of Osoyoos. Officials have already said it was human caused.

“We have no confirmation of (the video) at this time, but the investigation is ongoing and I would encourage anyone who has video to share it with the local RCMP or with our Wildfire Service,” he said.

Besides the homes, 15 other buildings have been destroyed by the fire so far, and another 242 properties remain on evacuation order.

Homeowners were taken into the fire-ravaged area Monday morning to assess the damage.

“It’s just a drive-by to look at their homes,” said Alan Stan-ley of the Kootenay Boundary Regional District. “They’re either standing or they’re not. It’s pretty emotional.”

The Red Cross is setting up a centre where residents can receive financial assistance, cleanup kits and other support. It is also collecting donations for families affected by B.C. wildfires this year.

About 100 personnel are work-ing to get the Rock Creek fire under control, but hot, dry condi-tions are making their jobs diffi-cult, said fire information officer Mike McCulley.

The fire is one of more than 230

blazes currently burning across B.C., said provincial fire informa-tion officer Kevin Skrepnek.

He said significant progress hasbeen made on two Oliver-area fires.

Skrepnek said the 15-square kilometre Testalinden fire burn-ing seven kilometres south of the town is now 40 per cent con-tained and the three-square-kilo-metre Wilson Mountain wildfire burning just north of Osoyoos is about 70 per cent contained.

Comox to hold funding referendumSCOTT STANFIELD COMOX VALLEY RECORD

A referendum for a tax to address homelessness appears to be on the horizon in the Comox Valley.

Comox Valley Regional District directors unanimously approved a Nov. 28 date for a vote on whether to fund an action plan to address homelessness in the region.

Pending voter approval, home-owners would pay about $6 on a $300,000 home. The service would provide up to $150,000 a year with funding available by March.

“I really like what we’re looking

at,” Courtenay Director Larry Jangula said.

The newly-formed Comox Valley Coalition to End Home-lessness is developing a five-year plan based on priority needs to address homelessness.

“There are zero supportive housing units in the Comox Valley,” coalition spokesperson Helen Boyd said, referring to the type of housing that contains on-site services and supports.

Boyd noted that B.C. Housing has purchased the Washington Apartments in Courtenay.

“It preserves low-rental hous-ing but doesn’t create additional

housing,” she said.One of the coalition’s goals in

the first year is to create two new units of transitional housing at Amethyst House, a residential facility for women operated by the Comox Valley Transition Society.

In years two and three, it hopes to open a part-time drop-in cen-tre for the homeless, create eight new permanent housing units and a youth housing fourplex, among other goals.

A non-binding question during the last civic election indicates 71 per cent of voters support at least a $5 annual property tax.

HOMELESSNESS

A referendum to address the homelessness issue is tentatively set for the Comox Valley on Nov. 28.

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SPORTSWednesday, August 19, 2015 | Contact the newsroom 250-723-8171 | [email protected] | STORY UPDATES: www.avtimes.net

The Island Changes Outrigger Race on Sproat Lake on the B.C. Day long weekend. An outrigger canoe change race involves more people than the six seats in an outrigger canoe to allow for the canoe to have fresh paddlers on a regular basis. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

Inaugural competition attracts local spectators, Mars bomber

Island Changes Outrigger Race out on Sproat LakeMARIANNE PILON FOR THE TIMES

This past B.C. Day long week-end the inaugural Island Chan-ges Outrigger Race took place on the beautiful waters of Sproat Lake, organized by Ocean River Paddling Club of Victoria, B.C.

This year’s race could not have taken place without the warm welcome and support of the Sproat Lake local groups and community.

An outrigger canoe change race involves more people than the six seats in an outrigger canoe, this allows for the canoe to have fresh paddlers on a regular basis. Typically there is a crew of nine paddlers: six pad-dlers in the canoe and three in an escort boat waiting for their allotted time to change out. The escort boat will move in front of the canoe to drop paddlers in the water and stay nearby. The canoe will paddle up to the paddlers in the water, some of the paddlers in the canoe will jump out and the paddlers in the water will climb in, all while the canoe is moving.

This type of race can be any-where from 40 kilometres to 60 km or more. Having a race

such as this in local waters is invaluable and enables paddlers to practice if they are wanting to do change races in Hawaii, California or other places in the world.

Much to many of the paddlers’ delight even the Mars Water Bomber got in on the action and flew over the canoes at the start of the race and then landed nearby.

It was also wonderful and very encouraging to see so many of the local residents come out and cheer us on as we raced by their homes as well as greet us when

we finished. The evening after the race

we all went back to the Sproat Lake Community Hall where several of our wonderful escort boat drivers joined us as well as assisted with BBQs and cooking for our Awards BBQ.

A special thanks as well to Dar-rell Holt, Joe Vanbruegen and Pete Sevigny.

First place team scores 58 overall, Closest to the Pin charity prize $52

The Van Isle Ford scramble winners

Sunday was another great day on the course, as the annual Van Isle Ford

Scramble took place. We had a good number of play-

ers participating for the event.The overall winner coming in

with a score of 58 was the awe-some team of Steve White, Dane Thompson, Damian Dodd and Gerry Fagan (rah rah rah).

In second place recording a 60 was the team of Preben Rasmus-sen, Wayne Johnstone, Jim Pro-teau and Masami Hirayama.

Third place honours with a 61 went to the team of Craig Acland, Keith Gauthier, Clark Crowe and Chad Wutke.

Coming in fourth by retrogres-sion shooting a 62 was the four-some of Steve Pointon, Bill Bar-rett, Dave Mann and Phil Anker.

In the number five spot was the group of Sam Parhar, Ken Fong, Vito Caldarulo and Mike Rumney also carding a 62.

The sixth and final prize shoot-ing a 63 won by retrogression went to the team of Peter Mugle-ston, Ken Sander, James Ween-ing and Gord Unger.

As the course was altered somewhat there were six Closest to the Pins up for grabs. No. 1 was won by Dane Thompson, No. 2 was Sam Parhar, No. 4 was Dane Thompson, No 6 was Wayne Johnstone, No. 11 was Mike Rumney and No. 13 was

won by Steve White. The Charity Closest to the Pin on No. 7 was won by Steve Pointon, taking home $52.

Congratulation goes out to Al Wright who won the Smitty’s Restaurant gift certificate, to Vic Carlton taking home the gift card from Buy Low Foods, and Peter Mugleston who won the Westwind Pub gift certificate.

Many thanks to all our spon-sors who contributed to the Van Isle Ford Scramble. Without your support this event wouldn’t be as successful as it was.

Next Sunday is an open day with the usual closest to the pins and money pots up for grabs as well as prizes for the low net and low gross.

Please book your own time in your own group starting at 7 a.m.

The following week Aug. 30 is the Mac Five Challenge. This event is one of the most popular ones of the year. More about that next week.

The Hawaii Mars water bomber got in on the action for the Island Changes Outrigger Race at Sproat Lake this month. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

» Gerry Fagan is an avid golfer, and volunteers around the community, including at the Alberni Golf Club.

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Alouettes slumping in preparation for BCBILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes want to leave the nega-tivity behind when they fly to Vancouver to face the B.C. Lions this week.

That includes their 2-5 record, a three-game losing streak, criti-cism of offensive co-ordinator Turk Schonert over play calling, the departure of celebrity rush end Michael Sam to deal with mental issues and the benching of popular defensive end John Bowman.

“About negativity, we actually talked about it,” coach Tom Hig-gins said Tuesday. “You have the opportunity to read or listen to it and allow it to affect you or not affect you.

“All we have to do is get a vic-tory and all of sudden things turn around and everything’s good again.”

Pulling out a victory at B.C. Place, where the Alouettes face the Lions on Thursday night, would be a rare feat indeed.

Montreal has one victory since 2000 in Vancouver, and that was in 2010 when the Lions played at Empire Field because B.C. Place was being renovated. They are 0-13 in that span in the Lions’ regular home, including a 41-5 defeat last season.

The Lions will be testy coming off a 55-22 blowout loss in Hamil-ton in which linebacker Solomon Elimimian, last season’s CFL outstanding player and outstand-

ing defensive player, injured an Achilles tendon and was put on the six-game injured list.

Frustration has been building among the Alouettes, who could easily be 5-2 if not for some disas-trous errors at key times.

“The feeling on the team is that it’s a new week,” said offensive tackle Josh Bourke. “We know we’ve got to start winning ball games is what it boils down to.

“You can sit there and say we’ve been in every game and we’ve only lost by a combined 15 points, but at the end of the day, a loss is a loss. We’re trying to put those behind us and focus on getting a win.”

Only the score was close in their last defeat, a 15-12 setback at home to Edmonton in which their lone touchdown was on a fumble return. The Eskimos’ league-best defence smoth-ered Montreal, sacking rookie quarterback Rakeem Cato eight times. That the Alouettes had no answer to the Eskimos’ rush or pass coverage had fans and media fingers pointing in many directions, including at Schon-ert, their first year co-ordinator.

Higgins and the players feel it is a question of bearing down and playing smarter and tougher when they get in scoring range. In one loss, Cato threw two interceptions in the red zone. In another instance, since-cut receiver Dobson Collins was stripped of the ball from behind a yard from the end zone.

Whitecaps extend Morales’ dealTHE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps signed designated player Pedro Morales to a multi-year contract extension Tuesday. The 30-year-old captain has five goals and four assists over 19 appearances in the regular season.

“Since Pedro joined our team at the beginning of last season, he has been nothing short of a top player and professional,” White-caps head coach Carl Robinson said in a release. “Pedro is instru-mental to the success of this club and a true leader for our young group of players.”

The Chilean joined the Major League Soccer team in March 2014 on a free transfer from Spain’s La Liga side Malaga CF.

The attacking midfielder was named 2014 MLS newcomer of the year after leading the White-caps with 10 goals and 12 assists in his first season.

“My family and I are extremely happy in Vancouver and I am fully committed to this club,” Morales said. “From Carl Robin-son, to my teammates, to all the staff, and of course the fans, this is a first-class organization and I’m proud to be a part of it. I will continue to work hard to help Whitecaps FC achieve success.”

Seventeen-year-old Canadian golfer Brooke Henderson. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Henderson granted LPGA Tour cardJIM MORRIS THE CANADIAN PRESS

COQUITLAM — After Brooke Henderson was denied early admittance into the LPGA Tour’s qualifying school, the Canadian teenager gave commissioner Michael Whan several reasons to change his mind.

Henderson put together a string of impressive results in LPGA events this year despite having to rely on sponsors’ exemptions or qualification just to play. And two days after she cruised to her first Tour victory at last weekend’s Cambia Portland Classic, Hender-son was finally granted full LPGA membership.

“It’s an opportunity that not a lot of people get,” the 17-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., said Tuesday before shooting a practice round

at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. “I can start living my dream today.”

Having a full membership means Henderson won’t have to play Monday qualifying tournaments for the rest of the season. She faced having to qualify because she had exhausted all six of her sponsors’ exemptions.

“It’s a little bit surreal,” said Hen-derson. “The last couple of days have been an amazing journey.

“I’m still going to play my own game and go out there and do what I have always done. Just to know I have a place to play now any week I want to, and I have full status for at least a year, is really exciting. I am playing really well right now. Hopefully I can keep it going.”

Henderson had appealed to the

LPGA for early admission in the past. She petitioned the organiza-tion to allow her to attend qualify-ing school last year after winning three times as an amateur on the Canadian Women’s Tour, but was turned down.

“That was probably the best thing that could have happened to me,” she said. “It made me realize what I really wanted in life and what I really desired.

“It made me work really hard, made me focus and be more determined.”

LPGA policy states that any woman 18 years of age or over is eligible to apply for Tour member-ship, but golfers between the ages of 15 and 18 may be granted spe-cial permission to apply for mem-bership by petitioning directly to the Tour commissioner.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

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MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayN.Y. Yankees 66 52 .559 — — 5-5 W-2 34-21 32-31Toronto 66 54 .550 1 — 8-2 W-2 40-23 26-31Baltimore 61 57 .517 5 1/2 6-4 L-1 38-22 23-35Tampa Bay 59 60 .496 71/2 3 5-5 L-1 30-29 29-31Boston 53 66 .445 131/2 9 5-5 W-1 30-30 23-36

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayKansas City 72 46 .610 — — 8-2 W-4 42-20 30-26Minnesota 59 60 .496 131/2 3 4-6 L-2 38-24 21-36Detroit 56 61 .479 151/2 5 4-6 L-1 28-30 28-31Chicago White Sox 55 62 .470 161/2 6 4-6 L-2 30-28 25-34Cleveland 55 63 .466 17 61/2 6-4 L-1 24-34 31-29

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayHouston 65 55 .542 — — 4-6 W-1 41-20 24-35L.A. Angels 62 57 .521 21/2 — 4-6 W-2 38-23 24-34Texas 60 58 .508 4 11/2 6-4 L-1 27-30 33-28Seattle 56 64 .467 9 61/2 5-5 W-1 26-33 30-31Oakland 51 69 .425 14 111/2 3-7 L-7 27-34 24-35

Tuesday's resultsBoston 9 Cleveland 1Houston 3 Tampa Bay 2 (10 innings)L.A. Angels 5 Chicago White Sox 3N.Y. Mets 5 Baltimore 3N.Y. Yankees 8 Minnesota 4Seattle 3 Texas 2L.A. Dodgers at Oakland Monday's resultsBaltimore 4 Oakland 2Cleveland 8 Boston 2L.A. Angels 2 Chicago White Sox 1N.Y. Yankees 8 Minnesota 7 (10 innings)Tampa Bay 9 Houston 2Texas 4 Seattle 3Wednesday's games All Times EasternMinnesota (Santana 2-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 12-2), 1:05 p.m.Seattle (Montgomery 4-5) at Texas (Holland 0-1), 2:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at Oakland (Chavez 6-12), 3:35 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 7-6) at Baltimore (Jimenez 9-7), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 8-12) at Boston (Kelly 5-6), 7:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Karns 7-5) at Houston (Keuchel 14-6), 8:10 p.m.Chi. White Sox (Samardzija 8-8) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 4-9), 10:05 p.m.Thursday's gamesMinnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Texas at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at Houston, 8:10 p.m.Chi. White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Friday's gamesMinnesota at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Texas at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.Kansas City at Boston, 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Houston, 8:10 p.m.Toronto at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.Chi. White Sox at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayN.Y. Mets 64 55 .538 — — 5-5 W-1 42-21 22-34Washington 59 59 .500 41/2 9 3-7 W-1 31-23 28-36Atlanta 53 65 .449 101/2 15 5-5 L-1 32-24 21-41Miami 49 70 .412 15 191/2 6-4 W-3 28-30 21-40Philadelphia 46 73 .387 18 221/2 4-6 L-4 27-30 19-43

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySt. Louis 76 43 .639 — — 6-4 L-1 45-19 31-24Pittsburgh 70 47 .598 5 — 7-3 W-1 40-19 30-28Chicago Cubs 67 49 .578 71/2 — 9-1 L-1 34-24 33-25Cincinnati 51 66 .436 24 161/2 3-7 L-4 28-27 23-39Milwaukee 51 70 .421 26 181/2 4-6 L-2 27-38 24-32

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayL.A. Dodgers 67 51 .568 — — 5-5 W-3 42-20 25-31San Francisco 65 54 .546 21/2 31/2 6-4 W-1 35-24 30-30Arizona 58 60 .492 9 10 5-5 L-1 30-29 28-31San Diego 57 62 .479 101/2 111/2 5-5 W-1 27-29 30-33Colorado 48 69 .410 181/2 191/2 2-8 L-1 26-32 22-37

Tuesday's resultsKansas City 3 Cincinnati 1 (13 innings)Miami 9 Milwaukee 6Pittsburgh 9 Arizona 8 (15 innings)San Francisco 2 St. Louis 0Toronto 8 Philadelphia 5Washington 15 Colorado 6Detroit at Chicago Cubs Atlanta at San Diego Monday's resultsArizona 4 Pittsburgh 1Miami 6 Milwaukee 2San Diego 5 Atlanta 3 St. Louis 2 San Francisco 1Wednesday's gamesAll Times EasternMiami (Koehler 8-10) at Milwaukee (Peralta 3-7), 2:10 p.m.Atlanta (Teheran 8-6) at San Diego (Ross 8-9), 3:40 p.m.Toronto (Buehrle 13-5) at Philadelphia (Morgan 3-4), 7:05 p.m.Arizona (Ray 3-8) at Pittsburgh (Happ 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 8-7) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-1), 7:10 p.m.San Francisco (Cain 2-3) at St. Louis (Garcia 5-4), 7:15 p.m.Detroit (Norris 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-8), 8:05 p.m.Washington (Strasburg 6-6) at Colorado (De La Rosa 7-5), 8:40 p.m.Thursday's gamesSan Francisco at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Washington at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.Friday's gamesAtlanta at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Washington, 7:05 p.m.San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.St. Louis at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUEMARINERS 3, RANGERS 2 Seattle ab r h bi Texas ab r h biMarte ss 4 0 2 0 Deshields cf 4 0 0 0Seager 3b 3 1 2 0 Choo rf 4 0 1 0Cruz dh 4 1 1 1 Fielder dh 4 0 1 0Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0Smith rf 3 1 1 2 Moreland 1b 3 0 0 0Jackson cf 4 0 0 0 Andrus ss 3 1 0 0Miller lf 2 0 0 0 Odor 2b 3 1 2 1Gutierrez lf 1 0 0 0 Wilson c 2 0 1 1Morrison 1b 4 0 0 0 Strausborger lf 3 0 0 0Sucre c 4 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 30 2 5 2Seattle 300 000 000 — 3Texas 010 000 100 — 2LOB—Texas 3, Seattle 6. 2B—Seager (27), Cruz (20), Marte (4). HR—Odor (9). Smith (10). SF—Wilson. Seattle IP H R ER BB SOIwakuma 7 5 2 2 1 6Farquhar 1 0 0 0 0 1Smith 1 0 0 0 0 1TexasGonzalez 6 5 3 3 1 7Freeman 2-3 1 0 0 1 0Patton 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Diekman 1 0 0 0 0 1Kela 1 0 0 0 0 2HBP — Smith. T—2:44. A—26,870 (48,114) at Arlington, Texas.

ANGELS 5, WHITE SOX 3 Chi. WSox ab r h bi L.A. Angels ab r h biEaton cf 4 0 0 1 Victorino lf 3 1 1 1Abreu 1b 4 0 3 1 Calhoun rf 4 1 1 2Cabrera lf 4 0 0 0 Trout cf 3 0 0 0Garcia dh 4 1 2 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 1 1Shuck rf 4 0 0 0 Cron dh 4 0 0 0Ramirez ss 3 0 0 1 Aybar ss 3 0 0 0Sanchez 2b 3 1 1 0 Giavotella 2b 3 1 1 0Flowers c 3 0 1 0 Jackson 2b 0 0 0 0Saladino 3b 3 1 1 0 Perez c 3 1 1 0 Cowart 3b 3 0 0 0Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 30 5 5 4Chi. White Sox 010 001 010 — 3L.A. Angels 300 100 10x — 5LOB—L.A. Angels 3, Chi. White Sox 2. DP—L.A. Angels 3. 2B—Abreu (22), Giavotella (21), Perez (8). HR—Calhoun (18); Pujols (33). SB—Saladino (5). Chi. White Sox IP H R ER BB SODanks 7 5 5 4 1 3Albers 1 0 0 0 0 0L.A. AngelsRichards 7 8 3 2 0 4Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0Street 1 0 0 0 0 0T—2:29. A—37,114 (45,957) at Anaheim.

YANKEES 8, TWINS 4 Minnesota ab r h bi N.Y. Yankees ab r h biHicks cf 4 0 0 0 Ellsbury cf 5 0 2 1Dozier 2b 4 0 0 0 Gardner lf 4 1 1 0Mauer 1b 3 1 0 0 Rodriguez dh 5 1 1 4Sano dh 4 1 1 2 McCann c 3 0 0 0Plouffe 3b 3 1 0 0 Beltran rf 4 1 2 0Hunter rf 4 0 0 0 Young rf 0 0 0 0Escobar ss 4 1 3 0 Bird 1b 4 1 2 1Suzuki c 4 0 2 1 Gregorius ss 3 1 1 0Robinson lf 2 0 1 1 Drew 2b 2 0 0 0 Headley ph-3b 2 2 2 2 Ryan 3b-2b 2 1 0 0Totals 32 4 7 4 Totals 34 8 11 8Minnesota 000 010 300 — 4N.Y. Yankees 000 100 43x — 8LOB—Minnesota 4, N.Y. Yankees 7. DP—N.Y. Yankees 1. 2B—Beltran (26), Headley (21), Escobar (18), Suzuki (13), Ellsbury (8). HR—Rodriguez (25). Sano (9). SB—Ellsbury (15). S—Ryan. Minnesota IP H R ER BB SOPelfrey 5 1-3 5 1 1 1 4

Graham L, 0-1 BS, 1 1 5 4 4 0 1Achter 2-3 0 0 0 0 1N.Y. YankeesSabathia 6 2-3 5 4 4 3 5Rumbelow W, 1-0 1-3 1 0 0 0 1Wilson H, 21 2-3 0 0 0 0 0Miller S, 27 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 3HBP — Gregorius. T—3:16. A—38,007 (49,638) at New York.

RED SOX 9, INDIANS 1 Cleveland ab r h bi Boston ab r h biRamirez 2b 4 0 1 0 Betts cf 5 1 1 3Lindor ss 4 0 1 0 Holt 2b-ss 5 0 3 2Brantley dh 4 1 1 1 Bogaerts ss 5 1 1 0Santana 1b 4 0 1 0 Rutledge 2b 0 0 0 0Raburn lf 3 0 0 0 Ortiz dh 4 1 2 1Kipnis ph 1 0 0 0 Ramirez lf 5 0 0 0Perez c 3 0 0 0 Sandoval 3b 5 1 2 0Almonte cf 3 0 0 0 Shaw 1b 4 2 4 0Sands rf 3 0 1 0 Castillo rf 3 2 1 1Aviles 3b 3 0 1 0 Swihart c 3 1 2 2Totals 32 1 6 1 Totals 39 9 16 9Cleveland 000 000 100 — 1Boston 141 010 20x — 9LOB—Boston 9, Cleveland 4. DP—Boston 1. 2B—Ortiz 2 (24), Betts (27), Bogaerts (26). 3B—Holt (6). HR—Brantley (9). Cleveland IP H R ER BB SOBauer 1 2-3 6 5 5 1 1Crockett 1 1-3 2 1 1 1 0Webb 1 2-3 3 1 1 0 1Adams 1 1-3 3 2 2 1 0Manship 2 2 0 0 0 0BostonRodriguez 8 6 1 1 0 5Machi 1 0 0 0 0 0T— 2:56. A—31,907 (37,673) at Boston.

ASTROS 3, RAYS 2 (10 INN.)Tampa Bay ab r h bi Houston ab r h biJaso dh 5 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 5 1 3 0Sizemore lf 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez lf-1b 4 1 3 2Longoria 3b 5 0 2 1 Correa ss 4 0 1 1Loney 1b 5 0 0 0 Lowrie 3b 4 0 0 0Forsythe 2b 4 0 2 0 Gomez cf 2 0 1 0Cabrera ss 4 0 1 0 Rasmus rf-lf 4 0 0 0Nava rf 4 0 0 0 Gattis dh 4 0 1 0Kiermaier cf 4 1 2 0 Valbuena 1b 3 0 0 0Casali c 4 1 2 1 Carter ph 1 0 0 0 Conger c 0 0 0 0 Castro c 3 1 1 0 Marisnick pr-rf 0 0 0 0Totals 38 2 9 2 Totals 34 3 10 3Tampa Bay 000 010 100 0 — 2Houston 001 000 010 1 — 3LOB—Houston 8, Tampa Bay 8. DP—Tampa Bay 2. Houston 1. 2B—Gonzalez (16), Correa (16), Gattis (15), Casali (5). HR—Gonzalez (8). Casali (9). SB—Gomez (5). S—Gonzalez. Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SOOdorizzi 6 6 1 1 1 9Geltz H, 17 1 0 0 0 0 1McGee BS, 4 1 2-3 3 1 1 2 2Boxberger L, 4-9 1-3 1 1 1 0 0HoustonFeldman 7 9 2 2 2 2Harris 1 0 0 0 0 1Gregerson W, 6-2 2 0 0 0 0 2Boxberger pitched to 1 batter in the 10thT—3:14. A—17,749 (41,574) at Houston.

A.L. LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Kipnis, Cle 101 405 66 132 .326Fielder, Tex 115 447 57 145 .324Cruz, Sea 116 448 66 144 .321Hosmer, KC 114 432 73 138 .319Cain, KC 103 401 75 126 .314Bogaerts, Bos 114 441 55 138 .313Brantley, Cle 104 402 49 126 .313Altuve, Hou 111 455 60 138 .303Iglesias, Det 104 364 37 110 .302Machado, Bal 117 458 75 137 .299RBIs — Davis, Baltimore, 89; Donaldson, Toronto, 87; Morales, Kansas City, 83; Bautista, Toronto, 82; Teixeira, N.Y. Yankees, 79; Martinez, Detroit, 76; Cruz, Seattle, 74; McCann, N.Y. Yankees, 74; Ortiz, Boston, 73; Hosmer, Kansas City, 71.Home Runs — Cruz, Seattle, 36; Davis, Baltimore, 34; Trout, L.A. Angels, 33; Pujols, L.A. Angels, 32; Donaldson, Toronto, 31; Teixeira, N.Y. Yankees, 31; Martinez, Detroit, 30; Bautista, Toronto, 28; Machado, Baltimore, 25; Ortiz, Boston, 25.Pitching — Hernandez, Seattle, 14-7; Keuchel, Houston, 14-6; Lewis, Texas, 13-5; McHugh, Houston, 13-6; Buehrle, Toronto, 13-5; Eovaldi, N.Y. Yankees, 12-2; Hutchison, Toronto, 12-2; Gray, Oakland, 12-5; Price, Toronto, 11-4; Salazar, Cleveland, 11-6.Not including last night's games

INTERLEAGUEBLUE JAYS 8, PHILLIES 5 Toronto ab r h bi Philadelphia ab r h biTulowitzki ss 5 1 1 0 Utley 2b 5 1 2 0Donaldson 3b 4 3 3 4 Hernandez 3b 4 0 2 1Bautista rf 5 0 0 0 Herrera cf 3 1 1 0Encarnacion 1b 4 2 1 1 Francoeur rf 3 1 2 1Sanchez p 0 0 0 0 Gomez p 0 0 0 0Osuna p 0 0 0 0 Loewen p 0 0 0 0Martin c 4 0 0 0 Brown ph 1 0 0 0Carrera lf 4 0 1 2 Neris p 0 0 0 0Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 Giles p 0 0 0 0Smoak 1b 1 0 0 0 Ruf 1b 2 0 0 0Revere cf-lf 3 1 0 0 Howard ph-1b 2 0 0 0Goins 2b 1 0 1 0 Asche lf 4 1 1 1Penngtn ph-2b 3 0 1 0 Galvis ss 4 0 1 1Dickey sp 1 0 0 0 Rupp c 3 1 2 0Hendriks p 0 0 0 0 Nola sp 1 0 0 0Colabello ph 1 1 1 1 Araujo p 0 0 0 0Cecil p 0 0 0 0 Altherr rf 2 0 0 0Pillar ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 8 9 8 Totals 34 5 11 4Toronto 102 005 000 — 8Philadelphia 011 210 000 — 5LOB—Toronto 10, Philadelphia 5. DP—Toronto 2. 2B—Goins (10), Rupp (7). 3B—Galvis (4). HR—Francoeur (11). Donaldson (33); Encarnacion (22). S—Nola, Dickey. Toronto IP H R ER BB SODickey 4 9 5 5 2 2Hendriks 1 0 0 0 0 1Cecil 1 1 0 0 0 1Hawkins 1 1 0 0 0 1Sanchez 1 0 0 0 0 1Osuna 1 0 0 0 0 1PhiladelphiaNola 5 4 3 3 4 5Araujo 1-3 0 1 1 1 0Gomez 2-3 4 4 4 0 0Loewen 1 0 0 0 1 3Neris 1 0 0 0 0 0Giles 1 1 0 0 0 1T — 3:10. A—26,547 (43,651) at Philadelphia.

METS 5, ORIOLES 3 N.Y. Mets ab r h bi Baltimore ab r h biGranderson rf 4 2 2 2 Machado 3b 4 0 1 0Murphy 3b 4 0 2 2 Parra rf 4 1 1 1Cespedes cf-lf 4 0 0 0 Jones cf 4 0 0 0Duda 1b 5 0 1 0 Davis 1b 3 1 0 0

Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0 Schoop 2b 4 0 0 0Cuddyer dh 4 0 1 0 Clevenger dh 4 0 1 0Conforto lf 4 0 1 0 Hardy ss 3 0 1 1Lagares pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Reimold pr 0 0 0 0Flores ss 4 2 1 0 Urrutia lf 3 0 1 1 Flaherty pr 0 0 0 0Totals 36 5 8 4 Totals 33 3 7 3N.Y. Mets 101 010 002 — 5Baltimore 000 001 002 — 3LOB—N.Y. Mets 8, Baltimore 7. 2B—Mur-phy 2 (26), Hardy (10). HR—Parra (4). Granderson (22). SF—Murphy. N.Y. Mets IP H R ER BB SOdeGrom 7 2-3 5 1 1 1 6Clippard 2-3 1 2 2 1 0Familia 2-3 1 0 0 2 1BaltimoreGausman 6 6 3 3 1 6McFarland 1 1 0 0 1 1Givens 1 1 2 1 0 1Brach 1 0 0 0 1 1WP — Brach. T—2:59. A—34,068 (45,971) at Baltimore.

ROYALS 3, REDS 1 (13 INN.)Kansas City ab r h bi Cincinnati ab r h biEscobar ss 6 0 3 0 Phillips 2b 6 0 1 0Zobrist 2b 6 1 2 2 Suarez ss 6 1 1 1Cain cf 5 0 1 0 Votto 1b 3 0 0 0Hosmer 1b 5 0 1 0 Frazier 3b 6 0 0 0Perez c 6 0 2 0 Bruce rf 4 0 1 0Moustakas 3b 5 0 0 0 Byrd lf-cf 5 0 0 0Rios rf 5 0 0 0 Pena c 4 0 1 0Infante 2b 0 0 0 0 Iglesias sp 2 0 1 0Dyson lf 5 1 2 0 De Jesus ph 1 0 0 0Volquez sp 2 0 0 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0Madson p 0 0 0 0 Chapman p 0 0 0 0K. Morales ph 0 0 0 0 Badenhop p 0 0 0 0Young p 0 0 0 0 Bourgeois ph 1 0 0 0Davis p 0 0 0 0 Diaz p 0 0 0 0Orlando ph 1 0 1 0 Schumaker lf 1 0 0 0Herrera p 0 0 0 0 Hamilton cf 3 0 0 0F. Morales p 0 0 0 0 Parra p 0 0 0 0Medlen p 0 1 0 0 Barnhart ph 1 0 0 0Holland p 0 0 0 0 Mattheus p 0 0 0 0 Axelrod p 0 0 0 0Totals 46 3 12 2 Totals 43 1 5 1

Kansas City 000 000 001 000 2—3Cincinnati 100 000 000 000 0—1E—Mattheus. LOB—Cincinnati 9, Kansas City 9. DP—Kansas City 1. Cincinnati 3. 2B—Perez (18). HR—Suarez (8). Zobrist (10). SB—Cain 2 (24), Hamilton (54), Dyson (23), Escobar (12). S—Medlen. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SOVolquez 6 4 1 1 3 7Madson 1 0 0 0 0 1Young 1 0 0 0 1 1Davis 1 0 0 0 0 2Herrera 1 0 0 0 1 1F. Morales 1 0 0 0 0 0Medlen W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0 2Holland S, 27 1 0 0 0 1 2CincinnatiIglesias 7 3 0 0 1 3Hoover H, 14 1 1 0 0 1 1Chapman BS, 2 1 2 1 1 0 1Badenhop 1 1 0 0 0 0Diaz 1 1 0 0 0 1Parra 1 1 0 0 0 1Mattheus L, 1-4 0 3 2 1 0 0Axelrod 1 0 0 0 1 1Mattheus pitched to 4 batters in the 13thT—4:39. A—28,719 (42,319) at Cincinnati.

NATIONAL LEAGUEGIANTS 2, CARDINALS 0 San Fran ab r h bi St. Louis ab r h biBlanco cf 4 1 1 0 Carpenter 3b 3 0 0 0Duffy 3b 4 0 1 0 Piscotty rf 4 0 1 0Belt 1b 3 0 0 1 Peralta ss 4 0 1 0Posey c 4 0 0 0 Moss lf 3 0 0 0Crawford ss 3 0 1 1 Molina c 3 0 0 0Tomlinson 2b 4 0 1 0 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0Romo p 0 0 0 0 Reynolds 1b 3 0 0 0Lopez p 0 0 0 0 Pham cf 3 0 0 0Casilla p 0 0 0 0 Lynn sp 2 0 0 0Lollis lf 4 0 1 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0Maxwell rf 2 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0Vogelsong sp 1 0 0 0 Lyons p 0 0 0 0Bumgarner ph 1 1 1 0 Bourjos ph 1 0 0 0Osich p 0 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0Adrianza ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 29 0 2 0San Francisco 000 001 100 — 2St. Louis 000 000 000 — 0LOB—St. Louis 4, San Francisco 11. DP—St. Louis 1. 2B—Crawford (28), Peralta (23). SB—Piscotty (1). S—Vogelsong. San Francisco IP H R ER BB SOVogelsong W, 9-8 6 2 0 0 1 5Osich H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 1Romo H, 26 1 0 0 0 0 3Lopez 0 0 0 0 1 0Casilla S, 29 1 0 0 0 0 2St. LouisLynn L, 9-8 6 2-3 4 2 2 5 6Choate 0 0 0 0 0 0Maness 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Lyons 1 2 0 0 0 0Cishek 1 0 0 0 1 1T—3:09. A—40,297 (45,399) at St. Louis.

MARLINS 9, BREWERS 6 Miami ab r h bi Milwaukee ab r h biGordon 2b 4 1 2 1 Segura ss 5 1 2 1Suzuki rf 5 2 4 0 Lucroy c 4 1 1 0Prado 3b 4 1 1 2 Braun rf 5 0 2 0Bour 1b 5 0 0 0 Davis lf 4 1 0 0Dietrich lf 3 2 2 0 Rogers 1b 4 1 3 0Ozuna cf 0 0 0 0 Perez 3b 4 1 1 1Gillespie cf-lf 4 1 2 3 Lind ph 0 0 0 1Hechavarria ss 5 1 1 1 Herrera 2b 5 1 1 2Telis c 5 1 0 0 Schafer cf 3 0 1 0Conley sp 2 0 1 0 Cravy sp 0 0 0 0Flores p 0 0 0 0 Goforth p 2 0 0 0Mathis ph 1 0 0 0 Cotts p 0 0 0 0Barraclough p 0 0 0 0 Gennett ph 1 0 0 0Rojas ph 1 0 0 0 Knebel p 0 0 0 0Cordier p 0 0 0 0 Smith p 0 0 0 0McGehee ph 1 0 0 0 Jeffress p 0 0 0 0Ellington p 0 0 0 0 Peterson ph 1 0 0 0Ramos p 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 9 13 7 Totals 38 6 11 5Miami 304 020 000 — 9Milwaukee 000 400 002 — 6E—Hechavarria 2, Schafer, Herrera, Bour. LOB—Miami 9, Milwaukee 10. DP—Miami 2. Milwaukee 1. 2B—Rogers 2 (5), Braun (23), Dietrich (8), Herrera (8), Suzuki (3). 3B—Gillespie (2). SB—Gordon (38), Segura (19), Suzuki (10), Prado (1). Miami IP H R ER BB SOConley 3 2-3 9 4 4 1 7Flores W, 1-1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Barraclough 2 1 0 0 0 2Cordier 2 0 0 0 2 1Ellington 2-3 1 2 0 0 1Ramos S, 20 1-3 0 0 0 1 1MilwaukeeCravy L, 0-5 2 2-3 7 7 4 3 2

MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEFAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

NY YANKEES -160 Minnesota +150

TEXAS -120 Seattle +110

Cleveland -130 BOSTON +120

HOUSTON -174 Tampa Bay +162

L.A. ANGELS -133 Chi. WSox +123

INTERLEAGUELA Dodgers -132 OAKLAND +122

BALTIMORE -106 NY Mets -104

Toronto -190 PHILA +175

CINCINNATI -105 Kansas City -105

CHI. CUBS -200 Detroit +180

NATIONAL LEAGUEMILWAUKEE -140 Miami +130

SAN DIEGO -160 Atlanta +150

PITTSBURGH -145 Arizona +135

ST. LOUIS -155 San Fran +145

Washington -138 COLORADO +128

Updated odds available at Pregame.comHome teams in capitals

BETTINGTHE LINES

GOLFLPGA CANADIAN PACIFIC

At Pitt Meadows, B.C.Par 72Monday's late results(q — earned berth in tournament; x — participated in playoff; a — amateur):q-Stacey Keating 70q-Kristen Park 71xq-Louise Stahle 72xqa-Tiffany Kong 72x-Nicole Zhang 72Hannah Arnold 73Katy Harris 73Megan Osland 74A.J. Eathorne 74a-Marianne Li 74Kyla Inaba 75a-Jennifer Ha 75Melissa Mabanta 76Salimah Mussani 76Kristen Allard 77a-Euna Han 77A Ram Choi 77a-Anica Yoo 78Jessica MacPhee 78a-Erynne Lee 78a-Madison Kapchinsky 78a-Andrea Kosa 78a-Dorsey Addicks 79Krista Fenniak 79a-Brooke Seay 79Jennifer Greggain 79a-Jamie Oleksiew 80Julie Yang 80Kirby Dreher 80a-Ye Ji Lim 81a-Gloria Usu Choi 81Dani Shap 82a-Stephanie Wong 84Jennifer Woods 84a-Annie Songeun Lee 84a-Cecile Kwon 84a-Janet Zhang 85a-Jaya Rampuri 85a-Esther Subin Lee 85a-Sumie Francois 85a-Ashley Cai 86a-Sharon Park 87a-Stephanie Liu 91

THIS WEEK'S EVENTSPGA TOURWYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIPSite: Greensboro, N.C.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Courseyards, par 70).Purse: US$5.4 million. $972,000.Notes

FedEx Cup standings, with the top 125 qualifying for The Barclays to be held next week in New Jersey. Online: http://www.pgatour.com

LPGA TOUR

Site: Coquitlam, B.C.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

CFLEAST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 7 5 2 0 243 136 10

Toronto 7 5 2 0 193 183 10

Ottawa 7 4 3 0 134 198 8

Montreal 7 2 5 0 142 135 4

WEST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 7 5 2 0 185 151 10

Edmonton 7 5 2 0 180 101 10

B.C. 7 3 4 0 166 211 6

Winnipeg 8 3 5 0 160 237 6

Saskatchewan 7 0 7 0 174 225 0

WEEK NINEBye: WinnipegThursday's game — All Times EasternMontreal at B.C., 10 p.m.Friday's gameHamilton at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Saturday's gameCalgary at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.Sunday's gameOttawa at Toronto, 4 p.m.

PRE-SEASON WEEK TWOThursday's games — All Times EasternDetroit at Washington, 7:30 p.m.Buffalo at Cleveland, 8 p.m.Friday's gamesAtlanta at N.Y. Jets, 7:30 p.m.Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m.Saturday's gamesBaltimore at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Miami at Carolina, 7 p.m.New England at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.Jacksonville at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.Oakland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Denver at Houston, 8 p.m.San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m.Sunday's gamesGreen Bay at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.Dallas at San Francisco, 8 p.m.St. Louis at Tennessee, 8 p.m.Monday Aug. 24Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE W L T GF GA PtD.C. 13 8 5 35 29 44New York 11 6 6 38 25 39Columbus 9 8 7 38 39 34New England 9 9 7 34 36 34Toronto 9 10 4 37 41 31Montreal 8 9 4 29 31 28Orlando 7 11 7 32 41 28New York City 7 11 6 34 37 27Philadelphia 6 13 6 32 43 24Chicago 6 12 5 27 34 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T GF GA PtLos Angeles 12 7 7 44 31 43Vancouver 13 9 3 37 26 42Kansas City 11 4 7 37 25 40Portland 11 8 6 26 28 39Dallas 11 7 5 33 29 38Seattle 11 12 2 30 27 35Houston 8 9 7 30 30 31San Jose 8 10 5 24 29 29Salt Lake 7 10 8 27 38 29Colorado 5 9 9 20 25 24NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.Wednesday's gamesAll Times EasternNew York City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.San Jose at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.Friday's gameHouston at Portland, 11 p.m.Saturday's gamesOrlando at Toronto, 4 p.m.San Jose at D.C., 7 p.m.Kansas City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Montreal, 8 p.m.Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.Seattle at Salt Lake, 10 p.m.Sunday's gameNew York City at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEPLAYOFF ROUND 1FIRST LEGTuesday's resultsAstana (Kazakhstan) 1 Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus) 0BATE (Belarus) 1 Partizan (Serbia) 0Lazio (Italy) 1 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 0Manchester United (England) 3 Club Brugge (Belgium) 1Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 2 CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1Wednesday's matchesAll Times EasternCeltic (Scotland) vs. Malmo (Sweden), 2:45 p.m.FC Basel (Switzerland) vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), 2:45 p.m.Rapid Wien (Austria) vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), 2:45 p.m.Skenderbeu Korce (Albania) vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), 2:45 p.m.Valencia (Spain) vs. Monaco (Monaco), 2:45 p.m.

SOCCER

NFL

Course: Vancouver Golf Club (6,681 yards, par 72).Purse: $2,225,000. Winner: $333,750.Online: http://www.lpga.com

CHAMPIONS TOURBOEING CLASSICSite: Snoqualmie, Wash.Schedule: Friday-Sunday.Course: TPC Snoqualmie Ridge (7,172 yards, par 72).Purse: $2 million. Winner: $300,000.Online: http://www.pgatour.com

EUROPEAN TOURMADE IN DENMARKSchedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort (7,033 yards, par 71).Purse: $1.66 million. Winner: $276,425.Online: http://www.europeantour.com

WEB.COM TOURNEWS SENTINEL OPENSite: Knoxville, Tenn.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Fox Den Country Club (7,071 yards, par 71).Purse: $550,000. Winner: $99,000.Online: http://www.pgatour.com

PGA TOUR CANADANATIONAL CAPITAL OPEN TO SUP-PORT OUR TROOPSSite: Ottawa.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Course: Hylands Golf Club (6,735 yards, par 71).Purse: $175,000. Winner: $31,500.Online: http://www.pgatourcanada.com

Goforth 2 4 2 2 0 1Cotts 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1Knebel 1 1 0 0 0 0Smith 1 0 0 0 0 2Jeffress 1 0 0 0 0 2T—3:38. A—31,937 (41,900) at Milwaukee.

PIRATES 9, D'BACKS 8 (15)Arizona ab r h bi Pittsburgh ab r h biPollock cf 7 2 2 0 Polanco rf 7 1 2 0Hill 3b-2b 7 3 3 0 Marte lf 7 2 2 1Gldschmidt 1b 4 0 1 2 McCutchen cf 6 0 2 1Castillo c 4 0 0 1 Ramirez 3b 2 1 1 1Tomas rf 7 0 1 1 Melancon p 0 0 0 0Peralta lf 6 0 0 0 Morse ph 1 0 0 0Owings 2b-ss 7 0 1 0 Caminero p 0 0 0 0Ahmed ss 3 1 1 0 Stewart ph 0 0 0 0Inciarte ph 1 1 0 0 Blanton p 1 0 0 0D. Herndz p 0 0 0 0 Kang ss-3b 7 2 2 1O. Herndz ph 0 0 0 0 Walker 2b 5 1 0 0

Reed p 1 0 0 0 Rodriguez 1b 3 0 0 0Hessler p 1 0 1 0 Cervelli c 7 1 4 1Anderson sp 2 0 1 1 Liriano sp 3 0 1 1Collmenter p 0 0 0 0 Hughes p 0 0 0 0Saltalmchia ph 1 1 1 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0Delgado p 0 0 0 0 Ishikawa ph 0 0 0 0Lamb ph-3b 4 0 0 0 Florimon pr-ss 3 0 1 1Totals 55 8 12 5 Totals 56 9 17 9Arizona 210 000 032 000 000—8Pittsburgh 211 030 100 000 001—9E—Anderson, Kang, Rodriguez. LOB—Arizona 11, Pittsburgh 10. DP—Arizona 2. Pittsburgh 2. 2B—Pollock (28), Liriano (1). 3B—Ahmed (3), Florimon (1). HR—Marte (14); Kang (10). S—Stewart. SF—McCutchen, Castillo, Ramirez. Arizona IP H R ER BB SOAnderson 4 2-3 9 7 5 2 5Collmenter 2 1-3 2 1 1 0 2Delgado 1 1 0 0 1 1D. Hernandez 1 1 0 0 0 0

Reed 2 2 0 0 1 3Hessler L, 0-1 1 2-3 2 1 1 0 2PittsburghLiriano 7 6 5 5 3 5Hughes 0 1 1 1 1 0Watson H, 29 1 1 0 0 0 1Melancon BS, 2 1 1 2 0 0 1Caminero 3 1 0 0 1 1Blanton W, 3-0 3 2 0 0 2 2T—5:11. A—24,975 (38,362) at Pittsburgh.

NATIONALS 15, ROCKIES 6 Washington ab r h bi Colorado ab r h biWerth lf 5 3 2 0 Reyes ss 5 2 4 1Espinosa 2b 5 2 3 2 LeMahieu 2b 5 1 1 0Harper rf 2 4 0 0 Gonzalez rf 3 1 1 2Escobar 3b 4 4 3 4 Blackmon cf 2 0 1 0Desmond ss 6 1 3 4 Arenado 3b 5 1 3 1Zimmerman 1b 3 0 2 2 Paulsen 1b 3 0 0 0Roark p 0 0 0 0 Oberg p 0 0 0 0Taylor cf 6 0 2 1 Friedrich p 0 0 0 0Ramos c 5 0 0 0 McKenry ph 1 0 0 0Zimmrmnn sp 3 0 0 0 Hundley c 5 0 0 0Rivero p 0 0 0 0 Parker lf 3 1 2 1Janssen p 0 0 0 0 Barnes cf-rf 4 0 0 0Robinson ph 0 1 0 0 Hale sp 2 0 0 0Storen p 0 0 0 0 Germen p 0 0 0 0Moore ph-1b 1 0 0 0 McBride ph 1 0 1 0 Miller p 0 0 0 0 Kahnle p 0 0 0 0 Descalso 1b 1 0 0 0Totals 40 15 15 13 Totals 40 6 13 5Washington 202 110 144 —15Colorado 310 011 000 — 6LOB—Colorado 8, Washington 10. 2B—Arenado 2 (29), Espinosa 2 (19), Blackmon (25), Zimmerman (20), Desmond (20), Werth (6), Reyes (4). HR—Gonzalez (28); Parker (2); Reyes (1). Escobar (9). SF—Espinosa, Zimmerman. Washington IP H R ER BB SOZimmermann 6 9 6 4 1 6Rivero 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Janssen 2-3 1 0 0 0 0

TENNISATP-WTA WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPENAt Mason, OhioTuesday's resultsMENSingles — First Round

Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Milos Raonic (9), Thornhill, Ont., 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Sam Querrey, U.S., def. John Isner (11), U.S., 6-3, 7-6 (3).

Richard Gasquet (12), France, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 6-2, 6-1.

Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1.

Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6).

Jared Donaldson, U.S., def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-2.

Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Rajeev Ram, U.S., 6-4, 6-2.

Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.Second Round

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, 6-4, 6-4.

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-2, 6-3.

Marin Cilic (7), Croatia, def. Joao Sousa, Portugal, 6-4, 6-2.

Grigor Dimitrov (16), Bulgaria, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6).

Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-4, 6-1.

Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (2).Doubles — Second Round

Leander Paes, India, and Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., and Jack Sock (8), U.S., 7-6 (4), 3-6, 10-3.WOMENSingles — First Round

Sloane Stephens, U.S., def. Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, 6-1, 6-2.

Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, 7-5, 6-3.

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Sara Errani (16), Italy, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.

Eugenie Bouchard, Westmount, , def. Kateryna Bondarenko,

Ukraine, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5).Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Christina

McHale, U.S., 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Lauren

Davis, U.S., 6-1, 6-2.Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Casey

Dellacqua, Australia, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).Kristina Mladenovic, France, def.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1.Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Dominika

Cibulkova, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-2.Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia,

def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2.Caroline Garcia, France, def. Sabine

Lisicki, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.Second Round

Ana Ivanovic (6), Serbia, def. Venus Williams, U.S. (walkover).

Storen 1 2 0 0 0 1Roark 1 1 0 0 0 2ColoradoHale 5 8 6 6 3 4Germen 1 0 0 0 0 1Miller 1 1 1 1 2 1Kahnle 1-3 1 4 4 3 0Oberg 1 2 1 1 1 0Friedrich 2-3 3 3 3 1 0T— 3:45. A—24,320 (50,398) at Denver.

LATE MONDAYPADRES 5, BRAVES 3 Atlanta ab r h bi San Diego ab r h biBourn lf 3 0 0 0 Solarte 3b 4 0 0 0Maybin cf 4 2 2 1 Spangnbrg 2b 3 0 0 0Markakis rf 4 1 1 0 Barmes ph-ss 1 0 0 0Pierzynski c 3 0 1 1 Kemp rf 3 1 2 1Garcia 3b 4 0 0 0 Upton lf 3 1 2 0Peterson 2b 4 0 1 1 Alonso 1b 4 2 2 1Swisher 1b 4 0 1 0 Gyorko ss-2b 3 0 0 0Simmons ss 4 0 1 0 D. Norris c 3 1 1 1Perez sp 1 0 0 0 Venable cf 3 0 2 2Marksberry p 0 0 0 0 Benoit p 0 0 0 0Ciriaco ph 1 0 0 0 Kimbrel p 0 0 0 0Moylan p 0 0 0 0 Rea sp 0 0 0 0 B. Norris p 0 0 0 0 Upton Jr. ph-cf 1 0 0 0Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 28 5 9 5Atlanta 000 101 001 — 3San Diego 030 010 01x — 5LOB—Atlanta 5, San Diego 4. DP—Atlanta 4. 2B—Alonso (15). HR—Kemp (14); Alonso (5). Maybin (10). S—Rea, Perez. Atlanta IP H R ER BB SOPerez L, 4-4 6 1-3 7 4 4 4 2Marksberry 2-3 0 0 0 0 2Moylan 1 2 1 1 0 0San DiegoRea W, 2-0 5 2-3 5 2 2 1 4

B. Norris H, 1 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2Benoit H, 22 1 0 0 0 0 1Kimbrel S, 34 1 2 1 1 1 2WP — Perez. T—2:58. A—23,716 (41,164) at San Diego, Calif.

N.L. LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Goldschmidt, Ariz 116 416 75 139 .334Gordon, Mia 102 438 55 145 .331Harper Wash 110 378 79 124 .328Posey, SF 110 405 58 132 .326LeMahieu, Col 112 417 66 133 .319Pollock, Ariz 113 438 81 137 .313Votto, Cin 114 407 66 126 .310Panik, SF 97 375 56 116 .309Duffy, SF 105 389 53 119 .306Peralta, Ariz 108 333 47 102 .306RBIs — Goldschmidt, Arizona, 86; Arenado, Colorado, 86; Posey, San Francisco, 78; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 77; Crawford, San Francisco, 73; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 73; Harper, Washington, 73; Frazier, Cincinnati, 73; Braun, Milwaukee, 71; Kemp, San Diego, 69.Home Runs — Harper, Washington, 30; Arenado, Colorado, 29; Frazier, Cincin-nati, 29; Stanton, Miami, 27; Gonzalez, Colorado, 27; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 24; Pederson, L.A. Dodgers, 23; Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 23; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 22; Braun, Milwaukee, 21.Pitching — Wacha, St. Louis, 14-4; Arrieta, Chicago Cubs, 14-6; Cole, Pittsburgh, 14-7; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 14-6; Greinke, L.A. Dodgers, 13-2; Martinez, St. Louis, 12-5; Heston, San Francisco, 11-7; Harvey, N.Y. Mets, 11-7; deGrom, N.Y. Mets, 11-6; Scherzer, Washington, 11-9.Not including last night's games

Flames, Stamps plan for new stadiumsProposal calls for 20,000-seat hockey arena, 30,000-seat indoor football facility, will cost $900MBILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — The group that owns the Calgary Flames hockey club and Stampeders football team has revealed a massive, $900-million plan to build a new home for the two teams.

It calls for a 20,000-seat arena that would replace the Scoti-abank Saddledome where the NHL Flames currently play. It also includes a 30,000-seat indoor football stadium for the CFL Stampeders that would also serve as a public fieldhouse.

They would be built on the western edge of Calgary’s down-town along the Bow River, where the city’s Greyhound bus depot and some car dealerships now sit.

“Is this good for Calgary and is this good for Calgarians? If we come to an affirmative answer, what we will do is get to the starting line of a very difficult, very arduous process to bring this home and to bring it to frui-tion,” said Flames president Ken King. “Nothing good is easy.”

The plan calls for the project to

be funded through a $250-million ticket tax, a $240-million com-munity revitalization levy, $200 million from team ownership and $200 million from city tax-payers for the fieldhouse.

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi wasn’t ready to jump on the bandwagon.

He called the proposal “intrigu-

ing,” but noted there are a number of hurdles that need to be addressed, including the fact that the facility is not in the city’s capital plan and funds from that plan have been allocat-ed through 2018.

“I have said for a long time — and continue to strongly believe — that public money must be for

public benefit and not private profit,” Nenshi said in a state-ment. “The question for council, the ownership group, and all Cal-garians is whether this proposal meets that test.”

The City of Edmonton spent years debating a similar deal with Darryl Katz, the owner of the Edmonton Oilers.

Construction began on the $600-million city-owned facility last year with $200 million com-ing from a community revitaliz-ation levy and $80 million from the city. Katz is to chip in $150 million in leasing fees and cash and another $125 million is to come from a ticket tax.

King said the group didn’t have a Plan B if the Calgary project doesn’t receive approval.

The proposed parcel of land would have to be decontaminat-ed as it was the site of a creosote wood-treatment plant until the 1960s. Nenshi noted the uncer-tain costs of the decontamina-tion as another possible hurdle.

It’s expected planning and decontamination would take up to two years, with another three

years of construction after that. The city of Calgary would be the owner of the facility once it was built.

King said the group considered moving the new arena out to the suburbs or keeping it on the Cal-gary Stampede grounds where the Saddledome is currently located, but it was deemed to be too small.

“If you consider cities in North America that have built their buildings and facilities in the wrong place, it’s essentially a death sentence for the vitality of the business,” King said.

The Saddledome, which opened its doors in 1983, is one of the oldest remaining arenas in the NHL. McMahon Stadium, where the Stampeders play, opened in 1960 and has been expanded sev-eral times over the years.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bett-man released a statement prais-ing the Flames.

“While this is an extremely important initiative for the team, it is even more important for Cal-gary’s fans and the community,” Bettman said.

Ken King, President and CEO of the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, unveils plans for a new enclosed sports complex in Calgary on Tuesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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27 Burro alternative 28 Italian money 29 Window ledges 30 Force out 31 Pied-a- -- 32 Golfer Sam -- 35 Uh-uh 38 Luau strummers 41 Fortune-teller 43 Good farm soil 44 Holiday tradition (2 wds.) 46 Start of a bray 48 Placed a call 51 Form droplets 52 Jaipur princess 53 Statutes 54 La -- Tar Pits 55 Microbiology gel 56 Seldom seen 57 Corrida sight 58 Wanes 59 -- Hashanah 61 Like some socks

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Gossip or a call in the morning could trigger strong feelings. Reach out to someone in the know for more information, and you will be able to bypass a problem. Nevertheless, someone could decide to be argumentative. Walk away from what is happening. Tonight: Say “yes.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You could be easily irritated by what is happening behind the scenes. A family member might be disruptive, which could affect another relationship. Ask for more of what you need from a loved one. Tonight: Find your friends and make dinner plans.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) What occurs in the morning will have very little to do with what goes on later in the day. Let go of frustration quickly when dealing with each matter. Take a walk if you feel your temper surfacing. You might need to slow down. Tonight: Be careful with mechanical equipment.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)What you hear in the morning won’t be representative of how the day goes. Many people

have different approaches to different problems. You are flexible and because of the trait, you have the ability to find solutions. Tonight: Laugh and lighten up the moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)You might have noticed how hot-tempered you have been as of late. Often you are trig-gered by personal matters. How you express your feelings will be reflective of how your mes-sage is received. Do your best to communicate your issues. Tonight: Head home early.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Keep communication flowing so you can get to the bottom of a problem. You might be swal-lowing some anger and causing yourself a problem. Try to clear up a disagreeable situation by having a discussion. Others will be highly responsive. Tonight: Hang out and make plans.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You can worry a lot about a problem and still not succeed in getting the matter under control. Only when you decide to use some self-discipline and get control of what is going will you see the situation differ-

ently. Look within for answers. Tonight: Pay bills first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You are on top of your game, yet someone cannot resist criti-cizing and being difficult with you. Normally you would toss this situation out of your life. However, it would be wise to just smile and tap into your inner strength and resourcefulness. Tonight: As you like it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You would be best off not get-ting involved in any tumultuous situations right now. Someone cares about you a lot, but at the moment, detaching from all interaction might be best. You’ll see the situation from a new perspective as a result. Tonight: Get some R and R.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)You have the advantage of seeing situations for what they are. A meeting will prove to be worth your time, as it is likely to clear up many problems. You might see a situation differently from how others see it, but in a way that is worthwhile. Tonight: Where the action is.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)There are ways to hide, and you might have that inclination right now, as a boss, parent or someone you need to answer to becomes very demanding. A relationship could be suffering as a result of someone else’s bad mood. Do what you must. Tonight: Vanish ASAP.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You are more emotional than you realize. Be aware of some-one who might be subtly agitat-ing you and causing you a prob-lem. Try to relax and keep your eye on the big picture. How you handle a personal matter could change. Tonight: Think about making weekend plans.

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Oh happy hours we once enjoyed, how sweet there

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Former PMO lawyer contradicts PMBombshell testimony says Harper’s top aide was in the know about repayment planJENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper’s top aide Ray Novak boomeranged back into the centre of the Mike Duffy coverup scandal, as the testimony of a former PMO lawyer directly contradicted the Conservative elec-tion campaign.

For the past several days, Harper and his team have rejected evi-dence that suggested current chief of staff Novak was privy to his predecessor Nigel Wright’s secret repayment of Sen. Duffy’s contest-ed expenses in 2013.

Wright’s $90,000 cheque is at the

heart of some of the 31 charges that Duffy is now facing.

Wright has also suggested in testimony that Novak did not know about the repayment, prompting Duffy’s lawyer Donald Bayne to drop a late-afternoon bombshell on the courtroom. Bayne read from a Feb. 2014 police interview with Ben-jamin Perrin, a former lawyer in the prime minister’s office.

Perrin told the RCMP investigator that he was in a room in March 2013 when Wright told him and Novak that he intended to repay Duffy’s Senate expenses. Perrin went on to say that Novak was also in on a

conference call with Duffy’s former lawyer Janice Payne, when Wright repeated his plan.

“Ray was also there on the call when Nigel Wright said to Janice Payne he would do it, and Ray Novak also received an email, which you have, where Nigel says I’ll be providing my cheque,” Perrin told Sgt. Greg Horton. “Ray was in that meeting, and Ray heard this, and I remember looking at Ray to see his reaction.”

Perrin, now a professor at the Uni-versity of British Columbia, goes on to call the matter “black and white,” and he expresses surprise

that Novak had not been listed by RCMP investigators as one of the people who was in the know.

When reporters last week asked Harper about Novak’s involvement, he said he rejected the premise of the question.

“The reality is that there are two people who are responsible: his superior, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Duffy. They are being held accountable for their actions,” Harper said Friday.

Harper’s spokesman Kory Teney-cke told reporters Novak never read emails from Wright about the pay-ment, and wasn’t on the conference call when the money was discussed.

DUFFY TRIAL

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Busy summer days for the Port Alberni Port Authority. Jarrett is back working at Clutesi Haven Marina and T.J. is back working at China Creek Marina. For more information contact – portalberniportauthority.ca

Connections Rock & Gem ShowThe Connections Day Program recently had a Fossil, Rock and Gem display. A while back the program attended a Fossil dig

in the Comox Valley. We learned that Vancouver Island is composed largely of Shale and Sandstone that was deposited during the Upper Cretaceous Period. It is rich in fossils that tell a story of warm shallow seas that existed some 65-90 million years ago. For the Display, Participants and staff brought in their favorite rocks, gems and crystals. We had soap stone carvings, woodcarvings and many fossils from around the Island including dinosaur from Alberta. The Connections Day program

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On May 27th 2015 a group from SIL’s Whole Living group went to Fanny Bay B.C. to see the Sea lions that live in the area. These Sea lions were recently in the news due to a sad story of one Sea Lion who had a rope wrapped around its neck. This

animal eventually died. Picking up garbage and keeping our waters and beaches clean is extremely important for the survival of animals and birds. Garbage bags, pop can rings both metal and plastic, ropes and glass are harmful to these beautiful

animals. After these majestic mammals entertained us with their barking and swimming skills we ate lunch overlooking the water at the Subway Sandwich store located at the Petro can station. After lunch we spent some time in Qualicum, walking

along the beautiful beach enjoying the sun and relaxing atmosphere. On our way home we stopped at Combs Market for fresh vegetables and an ice cream. Healthy living should include stress free days including good food, sunshine and exercise. Our

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