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Things are expected to heat up in Port Alberni and throughout southern B.C. this weekend with a heat wave of daily highs well above 30 Celsius.

Environment Canada predicts the mercury will rise to 32 C this afternoon, followed by highs of 36 Saturday and 35 on Sunday.

On Thursday the national weath-er agency issued an alert for Port Alberni and other southern B.C. communities.

“An exceptionally strong ridge of high pressure will build over West-ern Canada this Friday and Sat-urday allowing hot air to invade Southern B.C.,” stated the alert. “High temperatures will increase

the risk of heat-related illnesses.”The heat wave comes after a par-

ticularly dry spring for the Alberni Valley; the 1.4 millimetres of rain-fall in May was the lowest since records began in 1917, followed by less that 20 millimetres so far in June.

The average amount of precipita-

tion for June is 70.3 millimetres.The mountains surrounding the

Alberni Valley collected almost no snowpack over the winter, cutting off the area’s streams from a valu-able runoff source over the sum-mer months.

On Monday the province’s Riv-er Forecast Centre issued a low streamflow advisory for Vancouver Island, noting that the Valley’s Sproat River is currently running at 10 per cent of its median level of water flow.

“The combination of extreme-low snow packs, below normal precipi-tation and warmer than average temperatures has led to seasonally low to extreme-low conditions,” stated the provincial agency.

With these conditions forests

have become unusually dry for this time of the year, prompting the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch to issue a campfire ban for south-ern and mid Vancouver Island on Thursday.

So far 85 forest fires have been detected on Vancouver Island and B.C’s southern coast. More could be sparked by lightning after the weekend’s heat wave subsides, said Environment Canada meteorolo-gist Matt MacDonald,.

“Typically what happens at the end of a heatwave is the ridge of high pressure breaks down and the breakdown of the ridge is followed by lightening – typically dry light-ning,” he said.

Weather has been consistently warmer than normal in the Valley

over the last year, conditions that many meteorologists believe could be partly caused by a large mass of water off the west coast of Van-couver Island known as “the blob.” Measuring approximately 1,000 k

ilometers in diametre and 100 metres deep, this section of the ocean contains water 3 to 4 C above normal temperatures, affecting weather patterns along the west coast of B.C. and Washington State.

“The mixing of all that water hasn’t been as prominent,” Mac-Donald explained. “So it’s allowed that pool of warm water to kind of just sit stagnant there and increase in heat.”

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Although the decision was not exactly what organizers hoped for, Lance Goddard and Jess Towers are happy that they can get on with plans for the Five Acre Shaker music festival this summer.

On Wednesday, the regional dis-trict voted in favour of providing a temporary use permit for the two to host a large music festival on Beaver Creek Road. Original-ly hoping for an attendance limit of 1,000 people, the directors agreed upon 500.

After four electoral district dir-ectors showed support and one against the issue, the floor was open to the public, with one per-son in support and one against.

Vice-Chair John McNabb felt 1,000 people would be too many on the property and put the idea on the table to cut the number in half.

“We expected a negotiation and came prepared with numbers,” Towers said. “We were hoping we could meet in the middle at 750 but ultimately Lance and I are happy to see it move forward, especially seeing the community input and so many people behind us.”

Even though the two expect to sell out the event, they foresee the lower numbers generating less profit for their chosen char-ity, the Zattzoo Project, in mem-

ory of Zakk Coss.“The biggest problem with cut-

ting the numbers is that it cuts back on our donation,” Goddard said. “The funds come from liquor sales so it is hard to gauge

now for 500 people. We don’t know how many will be on site the whole time.”

Even though Goddard did not know Coss personally, they had many mutual friends and

Goddard felt compelled to do something on his behalf. With the large property, an interest in promoting music and many like-minded friends, he put his energy to use last year.

“When I walked the property when I was purchasing it, I had a vision for a music festival,” God-dard said. “It was my dream to put on an event like this.”

Receiving more public support than not, the two are ensuring the public that all safety meas-ures will be put into place.

In an email to the ACRD, area residents Janice and Glen Sim-ister stated their concern about the risk of fire.

“Our major concern is with the tinder dry conditions and still almost two months to go until the event. With the summer weather as it is, that is opening up a whole other issue for fire protection,” the email read.

“Their concerns are the same as ours and we have plans in place to mitigate any risks,” God-dard said.

“We have gone above and beyond,” Towers said. “We don’t want a fire or anything to hap-pen as much as anyone else.”

Towers said they have con-sulted all regulatory bodies, emergency personal and security.

In case of emergency, the prop-erty has an additional exit at the back to Mercy Road.

Dustin Dame attended last year’s festival as a vendor and was impressed with the profes-sionalism of the organizers.

See PARTY, Page 3

Cell tower approved for Sproat LakeCoverage around the lake is about to improve with the building of a 90-metre Rogers structure to improve cellular service . » Alberni Region, 3

Upgrades to improve races for spectatorsThunder in the Valley organizers are installing new reader boards and a timing system, allowing fans to see results instantly. » Sports, 7

“[High] presure will build over Western Canada this Friday and Saturday allowing hot air to invade Southern B.C.”

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Jess Towers and Lance Goddard are getting all the safety precautions taken care of on the five acre property and are hopeful to sell out to 500 attendees this August. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Beaver Creek party approved, limited to half the number of attendees organizers planned for this year

500 limit on Five Acre Shaker

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No� ce to Electors of an Alterna� ve Approval ProcessPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the electors of the City of Port Alberni and Electoral Areas: “B” (Beaufort), “D” (Sproat Lake), “E” (Beaver Creek) and “F” (Cherry Creek) of the inten� on of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) Board of Directors to adopt the following bylaws: “Port Alberni Airport Runway Expansion Loan Authoriza� on Bylaw No. F1120, 2015” and “Port Alberni Airport Extended Service Area Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 791-2, 2015”.

Summary of BylawsBylaw F1120 cited as “Port Alberni Airport Runway Expansion Loan Authoriza� on Bylaw No. F1120, 2015”. The purpose of the bylaw is to borrow up to a maximum of $6 million dollars over a 30 year period in order to carry out the planning, study, design and construc� on of works in connec� on with expanding the runway at the Port Alberni Airport. It is es� mated that the borrowing will result in a tax increase of $16.80 per year for an average residen� al property valued at $200,000.

Bylaw 791-2 cited as “Port Alberni Airport Extended Service Area Establishment Amendment Bylaw No. 791-2, 2015”. The purpose of the bylaw is to amend Bylaw 791, Port Alberni Airport Extended Service Area Establishment, 2012 increasing the maximum annual tax requisi� on from $50,000 to $150,000 and provide the required room to service the annual borrowing debt for the runway expansion project.

The Port Alberni Airport runway expansion project will accommodate larger, higher capacity aircra� and will provide addi� onal economic and job opportuni� es in the Alberni Valley. A copy of Bylaws F1120 and 791-2 and a summary of the project are available from the Regional District Offi ce during each business day of the week between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or on the Regional District website at www.acrd.bc.ca.

Service Area Par� cipants The par� cipa� ng areas of the Port Alberni Airport service are: City of Port Alberni and Electoral Areas: “B” (Beaufort), “D” (Sproat Lake), “E” (Beaver Creek) and “F” (Cherry Creek).

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The ACRD Board of Directors may proceed with the adop� on of Bylaws F1120 and 791-2 if less than 2,050 electors (10% of the total number of eligible electors of the service area) in the service area sign and submit an “Elector Response Form” by the deadline opposing the Board’s adop� on of the bylaws. If 2,050 or more valid elector responses are received by the deadline, the ACRD Board must obtain assent of the electors by way of referendum before proceeding with the bylaws.

Elector responses must be in the form established by the ACRD Board of Directors. Elector Response Forms may be obtained from the ACRD Offi ce or from the website at www.acrd.bc.ca and can only be signed by qualifi ed electors of the Port Alberni Airport Service area. Electors include both resident and non-resident who are eligible to vote.

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Non-resident Property Elector: When signing an elector response form during an AAP, a non-resident property elector must: be at least 18 years of age; be a Canadian ci� zen; have lived in Bri� sh Columbia for at least six months; have owned property in the jurisdic� on (e.g. municipality or electoral area) for at least 30 days; own property in the par� cipa� ng area defi ned for the AAP; and, not be disqualifi ed by the Local Government Act, any other Act, or the Courts from vo� ng in a general local elec� on.

Note: Only one non-resident property elector may sign an elector response form per property, regardless of how many people own the property; and, that owner must have the wri� en consent of a majority of the other property owner(s) to sign the response form on their behalf. Property owned in whole or in part with a corpora� on does not qualify under the non-resident property elector provisions.

Resident electors signing the elector response form must provide their name and address.

Non-resident property electors must provide their name and the address of the property in rela� on to which they are en� tled to register as a non-resident property elector. The ACRD will not share the informa� on on the form with anyone other than the Manager of Administra� ve Services, or other person designated by the Manager of Administra� ve Services.

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On Wednesday the regional district’s board of directors approved a new cell tower to be built on the east side of Sproat Lake. [GOOGLE]

Product uses leftover wood for fi ltration systems; 25 local jobs

Carbon-neutral company sets up in Port AlberniMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A new manufacturing business has set up shop at the Port Alber-ni Port Authority creating 25 full-time jobs in September.

CanTimber Biotech is a manu-facturing company that uses leftover wood from the forestry industry to create a product used for filtering liquids. The company gave a presentation at the Alberni Valley Multiplex on Tuesday.

CanTimber’s director of pro-ject development and research, Michael Liu, said the company searched all over British Colum-bia, from Prince George to the Okanagan, for the ideal location.

They wanted a place with easy access for exporting products to Asian markets in China and Japan, as well as developing markets in the United States, Liu said. They also sought a location with plenty of fibre product – wood – available nearby. The cooperation of local government was also a key issue, he noted.

CanTimber will be installing their manufacturing plant in two units at the Port Alberni Port Authority, said Liu. They should be up and running by September, he said, and they’ll be looking for local labour: 25

full-time plant operators are needed. As the company expands operations they’ll be looking for administrative staff, marketing and research and development personnel, Liu said.

CanTimber is currently in the process of patenting their tech-nology, which creates a product called Activated Carbon.

It’s a completely carbon neutral process, Liu said. Activated Car-bon is created by heating wood to extremely high temperatures – but not burning it.

Activated Carbon is used for

filtering medical solutions (for injections) and can also be used to treat municipal drinking water, said Liu.

Pat Deakin, economic develop-ment manager for the City of Port Alberni, said the company could benefit the region.

“I’m hoping that it will be eco-nomic enough for them to grow their operation,” Deakin said.

Liu said the company will be using wood that would otherwise be burned, cutting down on 229 tonnes of carbon monoxide emis-sions in the Valley annually.

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Cell tower green lit by Sproat LakeERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Cellular phone coverage around Sproat Lake is about to improve with the construction of a 90-metre service tower.

At a board of directors meeting on Wednesday the Alberni-Clay-oquot Regional District approved the tower’s construction on the east side of Sproat Lake by Rogers Communications. Rogers proposes that the tower will bring high-speed and high-bandwidth service to the Sproat Lake community.

“The benefits of this particular tower would largely be on the east side of Sproat Lake, certainly on the highway and on the lake,” said Rogers representative Brian Gregg during a presentation to the ACRD board on Wednesday. “A lot of the residents in the cabins on the east side would receive signifi-cant improvements in service.”

Regional district officials received another proposal from Telus for a 60-metre tower on the north side of the lake. While the closest residence lies half a kilometre from the Rogers loca-tion, 11 homes are within 180 metres of where Telus proposed to build. This proximity aroused opposition from Sproat Lake residents, including a petition with 22 names against the Telus tower. While input gathered by the company shows a strong desire for improved cellular reception around the lake, many respondents were concerned about the health effects of having a telecommunications tower so

close to homes.“I have received quite a number

of calls asking questions,” said Sproat Lake electoral area direc-tor Penny Cote durig the Telus presentation. “There just seems to be a lot of opposition from the community for that site.”

The Telus proposal was deferred, as the regional district asked the telecommunications company to provide the improved service by using the Rogers tower. This part-nership would improve cellular reception for Telus customers as well.

“We would really like to work with both companies well into the future,” noted Cote.

The Rogers tower is set to be built on property owned by Island Timberlands, but Uchucklesaht Tribe Coun. Wilfred Cootes pointed out that the land lies within the traditional territory of the Hupacasath First Nation. Both telecommunications com-panies did not consult with the Hupacasath as they prepared their proposals.

“To be totally honest with you, we followed our standard process, and that wasn’t part of it,” admit-ted Gregg. “That’s not to say that we couldn’t send out some infor-mation and receive that input.”

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From left, CanTimber Biotech’s director of project development and research Michael Liu, managing director Dr. Hong Liu, and executive director Lin Dong.

PARTY, from Page 1

“I am excited again to be a part of the event this year for many rea-sons, including the charity aspect, the huge exposure it gives to local businesses that choose to be involved and the fun, memorable event that it provides, something that is sorely needed in this town,” Dame wrote in an email to the ACRD.

Goddard and Towers believe the event has the potential to grow into a lasting legacy and could increase revenue to support youth and music programs in the Valley.

They also feel they are filling a niche for local and Island-wide music fans.

“This has re-instilled so much faith in the community,” Goddard said. “I knew we had the support, but to hear it and see all the letters has been overwhelming.”

Tickets just went on sale and are available through the Five Acre Shaker Facebook page.

Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net

Party event has potential to grow, say organizers

The airport expansion project is not off trackRe: ‘No guarantee for airport’ letter, June 25, Page 4

So Richard you didn’t get the part about the potential fund-ing from the province, B.C. on the Move for small airports?

Nor the Build Canada federal money that we are attempting to access? Also the gas tax revenue.

If all comes together and the “naysayers” don’t try to scuttle another worthwhile, grow the local economy project, there will be little or no direct fund-ing required from the local taxpayers.

The reverse referendum is to ensure that the project gets done no matter the other funding.

The minutes of the RD meet-ing reflect the discussion of all the other funding sources that will be sought.

Bob ColePort Alberni

Airport is the Alberni Valley’s No. 1 project

It would seem to me me that when we elect local officials to sit in a chair, make decisions on our behalf for the better-ment of Port Alberni, to see a

vision for growth, you’d think we would get just that. But alas,not so.

When I read that the school board doesn’t see the need or the benefit of the airport expansion, that they believe it is mostly for Coulson’s benefit, you must be blind to say the least.

The airport expansion, in this writer’s mind, is the num-ber one project for the Valley. Think of everything they have done for over 50 years in this town. Maybe you would like them to relocate elsewhere, and lose those jobs.

We want to attract investors, establish new business, create employment. How many times would these investors want to drive around Cameron Lake over the hump all on a single lane highway, that is if it is not blocked off for whatever reason.

These officials need to dust the cobwebs off and look forward.

Maybe your salaries, benefits and pensions suit you just fine, all from wallets of local taxpayers.

Maybe if you stop and think about those leaving town, those unemployed, those working two jobs to make ends meet, you may see the light at the end of tunnel. Unfortuneatly, I highly doubt it.

As for Dyan Lover being

against the expansion, if I am not mistaken she would be part of Thunder in The Valley. That weekend at the airport is also extremely important to the Val-ley, lets hope we can keep that as well.

Back to our elected officials. Do the right thing for the right reasons, that’s why you are there.

I would also think that a lot of locals against growth in the Valley have a secure wage or pension, that is growth won’t change your income.

I am retired as well, but I still believe we can do much better as a community.

Don’t you?

Milt Levins Port Alberni

Another nail in Haroer government’s coffi n

Back in October 2011, B.C. shipbuilders were chosen for an $8-billion federal contract to design and construct Canadian Navy and Coast Guard vessels, while Nova Scotia shipyards got a contract more than three times that size to build more naval vessels.

The premiers concerned were ecstatic when the announce-ments were made; B.C.’s Christy Clark donned her fam-iliar hard hat and headed to

yet another photo-op, declaring how hard her government had worked to get this lucrative contract bringing thousands of new jobs, and entice skilled workers to return home from Alberta’s oil-patch.

Nova Scotia’s Darrell Dexter said it was like winning the Olympics every day for the next 30 years.

Almost four years later with very little visible progress, federal government documents have now come to light stating the naval shipbuilding program is in jeopardy; doubts are being cast if the two supply vessels will ever be built in Vancouver due to unavailab-ility of appropriate facilities, expertise and a qualified labour force; apparently there are risks with the design and pro-duction plans that would make the vessels unaffordable.

Looks like yet another mil-itary procurement that has proven to be more talk and less action where Ottawa is con-cerned, and maybe another nail in the Harper Government’s coffin.

Yet the Conservative Party touts itself as the only one to trust in the upcoming election, because of its experience and expertise in running the coun-try for the past decade?

Bernie SmithParksville

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$6 million is a hefty debt for struggling AlberniShould residents be paying for

improvements to the regional air-port? It’s a vital question Alberni Valley residents are now tasked with answering, as the Alber-ni-Clayoquot Regional District opens a public input process that could lead to a formal referendum on the issue. The burning uncer-tainty surrounding the matter is who exactly stands to benefit from the planned expansion of the facility by Sproat Lake.

Unless the public directs them otherwise through formal sub-missions over the next month, the regional district is pushing ahead with ambitious plans to expand the airport that would accommo-date larger aircraft and scheduled passenger flights. The $7.5-million project would make this possible

by extending the runway by 325 metres to over 1.5 kilometres in length, installing airport-stan-dard lighting and adding a Global Positioning System for navigation through heavy clouds.

To ensure the funds are in place, the regional district seeks the ability to take out a loan of up to $6 million from the Municipal Finance Authority, payable over 30 years through property tax increases throughout the Alberni Valley. If the maximum amount is borrowed, managing this debt amounts to an additional $16.80 a year for a home valued at $200,000.

What do we get for this invest-ment? At the time being the surest benefit is for the local aerospace industry – particularly Coulson Aircrane, the airport’s

largest user that employs 30 people at the site. Coulson is eager to proceed with more work altering retired C-130 Hercules planes into water bombers, and wants to do this work locally at an expanded airport. The ACRD estimates the ambitious upgrades would translate into 15 more jobs with the Alberni company, but not investing in the facility would force Coulson to do the work elsewhere.

For the general public the prospect of passenger service will be the real attractant for improving the airport. While BC Ferries has fallen short of public expectations, airports across the Vancouver Island have rapidly developed over the last decade, including a 70-per-cent increase at

the Comox Valley Airport to over 300,000 passengers annually and 20,000 tickets a year at the Long Beach Airport. The Alberni Valley Regional Airport has been left of of this trend, but a business case for the facility’s upgrades predicts two scheduled flights each week-day aboard an eight-passenger aircraft. This service is expected to generate the equivalent to five full-time jobs at the airport, but any serious expressions of interest from carriers are yet to be announced.

Of course, funding the airport project on the backs of taxpayers is not what the regional district proposes to do. Three grant appli-cations have been sent to back the development, yet the prospect of serious government funding

remains an uncertainty. An infra-structure plan released by the B.C. Ministry of Transportation made no mention of the Valley’s facility in its $24-million investment plan for airports across the province.

We can all agree that job opportunities are sorely needed in the Alberni Valley, but the last thing residents need is 30 years of tax hikes to fund a project that has not guaranteed it will benefit the whole community. A stronger indication that convenient and affordable passenger ser-vice can be provided is clearly needed before the public faces the prospect of $6 million in debt..

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A warm welcome awaits you at FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday Morning Service 10:30am

Pastor Bill Cottrill6211 Cherry Creek Road

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CEDAR GROVE CHURCHA Christian Community of the Reformed Church in Canada

4109 Kendall St.250-723-7080

10:30am SUNDAY WORSHIPPastors: Per & Chris Knudsen

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ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH

4731 Burke Rd250-723-8912

Fax: 250-723-0123Pastor: Fr. Stephen Paine

Weekend Masses:Saturdays:

Reconciliation 4:15 pmMass 5:00 pm

Sundays:Reconciliation 9:15 am

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LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCC)4408 Redford

“Fixing our eyes on Jesus”

Pastor: Kevin PlatzPhone: 250-724-5032

SUNDAY MORNINGS 9:15am Bible Study

9:45am Sunday School Sunday Service: 10:30am

EVERYONE WELCOME

PASTORS: John Cox, Dave DeJongYOUTH PASTOR: Lefty Harold Williams

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Church4190 Victoria Dr.

Welcomes You!“A House of Prayer”“A People of Prayer”

SUNDAY JUNE 28TH 9:30 am - Sunday School

10:30 am: Celebration & Worship

TUESDAY 6:30 pm - Praise & Prayer

YOUTH THURSDAY6::00 pm - Youth Night

FRIDAY 7:00 am - Prayer

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Trinity ChurchAnglican & Lutheran4766 Angus Street

Port AlberniOffi ce phone: 250-724-4921

Pastor: The Reverend George PellSunday, June 28TH

10:15am Worship ServiceTuesday June 30TH

6:30pm Prayer ServiceWednesday July 1ST

10am Communion & Conversation

Wheelchair accessible EVERYONE WELCOME

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Embracing an adult phaseTuesday 1:30 – 2:30

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Alberni Valley United ChurchMinister: Rev. Minnie Hornidge

4890 Locke Roadwww.albernilighthouse.com

Pastor: Ron Nickel

SUNDAY SERVICES10:30 AM Sunday School

11:45 AM Worship Service

Bible study Tues. 7pm

Youth Group Thursday 7pm

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ELIM TABERNACLE Pastor Bruce Greenwood

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Sunday10:00 a.m. Pre-Service

Prayer10:30 a.m. Worship

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Everyone loves to play with clay, and if you are aged 9-12, then this is the class

you will want to join. Laugh, Explore, Create. This two day clay workshop is for children ages 9-12 year olds, Sat. July 11th and Sat. July 18th, from 9-11 at the Rollin Art Centre. Learn the fundamentals of clay. Register today, as space is limited.

The Rollin Art Centre invites children aged 7-12 to participate in our

summer art programs; camps run every Tues., Wed., and Fri. beginning at 12:30 and runs until 3:30, and features a new theme each week. These sum-mer art programs promise a creative outlet children need and enjoy. Our wonderful sum-mer student, Tess, has planned fun activities that intergrade art with learning. At each camp the children will fabri-cate stimulating artwork and foster friendships with peers. Call today for more info and to register, as space is limited. Check out the full summer line up on our Facebook page; http://www.facebook.com/rollinartcentre

If you like to write while being creative, then this workshop is for you. The

Rollin Art Centre will once again be offer their creative writing workshop, The Write Mindset, this summer to youths and teens, ages 10-12 & 13+. Mornings, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. are for 10-12 year olds and afternoons, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. for ages 13+, every Monday. This program aims to educate and excite youth and teens in the art of creative writing. For more info and to register, call the Rollin Art Centre today, 250-724-3412. Space is limited.

The Rollin Art Centre is very lucky to have a great musical line up this year

to help our summer Teas on the Terrace fundraiser. Yes, you heard right, when you purchase your tickets you are also helping to raise funds for the Rollin Art Centre. We are extremely excited to have a few returning entertainers as well as some new faces, one in particular, is high school student, Erin Netzer. Erin is a very talented jazz musician, one to keep an eye on. This is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon, while helping to raise much needed funds for the Rollin Art Centre. Won-derful music, catching up with

friends and experiencing the Rollin Art Centre’s “high Tea” under the canopy of trees all begin Thursday July 2. This year’s delicious delectables will be created by Harvest Thyme Fine Foods. Tickets are now on sale at the Rollin Art Centre, so don’t miss out, as seating is limited, and sell-outs are already happening.

Teas begin at 1 p.m. and runs until 3 p.m.The new line-up: July 2 – Dennis Olsen; acoustic guitarJuly 9 –Erin Netzer-ADSS stu-dent, vocals and keyboardJuly 16 – Folk Song Circle: A musical treat.July 23 – Mr. Ross and the Boss; guitar/keyboard & vocals of old time favorites.July 30 – Ester Haack & daugh-ter, Anna Lewis-Celtic; fiddle & violinAug. 6 – Old Time FiddlersAug. 13 – Marlyn Smith-origin-al, guitar & vocalsAug. 20 - The Travellers; folk style music and song with a twist

The Rollin Art Centre’s current art exhibit fea-tures, photographer,

Drew Glaser. Don’t miss this exhibit capturing wildlife and

outdoor photography. Drew’s exhibit runs until July 11.

If you are a crafter and love Christmas, then Mclean’s Christmas at the Mill is

the place you want to be to display your crafts. This year’s McLean’s’ Christmas market is once again two weekends, Nov. 27th, 28th & 29th and Dec. 5th & 6th. If you are interested in renting a table in one of the heritage buildings, for one weekend or two, there is still room. The train will be arriving at set times. For more info or to register for this magical event, stop by the Rollin Art Centre for your application, or call 250-724-3412. Register for both weekends and get a discount.

Char’s Landing and Public House:Cover charge (ticket

admission)Fri, Jun 26th, 8-10:00 p.m., Con-cert - Vancouver Island Celllo Ensemble with Helena JungSat, Jun 27th, 8-10:00 p.m., Con-cert - Shari Ulrich, winner of 2014 CFMA Songwriter of the Year, folk

Monday June 22nd 2015, the Dalai Lama tweeted, “to create a happier humanity we have to pay more attention to our inner values, whether we are religious or not.”

Paying more attention to our inner values means being willing to enter into hard conversations, values-based conversations, with ourselves, our families and friends, and our communities of faith and spirituality.

Hard conversations require auth-enticity and courageous speak.

It is never easy to be authen-tic, to reflect, to go deep, to look underneath the armour that sur-rounds a person’s heart, mind, and soul in order to name one’s core values and vital life commitments. People have armour, which is a myriad of ways that people pro-tect themselves from judgments, criticism, and rejection. To be human means to yearn for belong-ing and acceptance. Everyone has a kid inside who, somewhere along the way, has learned to protect (armour) themselves rather than be real or potentially experience rejection. Inadver-tently by doing so, people miss multiple opportunities to experi-ence acceptance and connection. Brene Brown writes, “Authenti-city is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be [vulnerable].”

Authentic conversations about inner values with oneself and others require courage and vulnerability.

People, organizations, and com-munities of faith have core values. When individuals or communities risk courageous speech, they expose their core values, commit-ments, and purpose. They become vulnerable.

In authentic conversations, when I tell you what a core value is for me, I become vulnerable. You will know what it is I love. You will know for what I will risk my life. Vulnerability is the birthplace of positive emotions,

innovation and change. It is the place from which people will dare to speak their truth in love.

On Sunday, June 21st, 2015 Alberni Valley United Church voted to become an Affirming Congregation. The United Church of Canada has been, for 90 years, paying attention to their core value ---inclusivity. Inclusivity as a core value means that Church communities continuously and consistently ask these questions: “Who is experiencing alienation and exclusion?” “Where is justice required?” “Whose voice is not being heard?” “What mistakes have we made?” “How, then, will we live in right relationships?” These questions lead to hard conversations because they require openness, vulnerability, and a willingness to be resilient in change. Alberni Valley United Church declares, with authenti-city and vulnerability, that we are an “Affirming Church.”

We the people of Alberni Valley United Church declare publicly our commitment to creating a caring community where all people belong regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, differing abil-ities, ethnic background or social and economic circumstance. We make a life-giving difference as we accept, connect and emerge with all people. All persons are welcome to take part in every aspect of church life including, but not limited to, baptism, com-munion, membership, leadership, and the celebration of life’s mile-stones such as birth, marriage, and death. We celebrate the rich-ness that diversity brings to our church, even as it challenges us. We pray for God’s Spirit to guide us as we work for peaceful recon-ciliation and justice for all persons in both church and society.

ARTS FAITH

» Melissa Martin is the arts adminis-trator for the Community Arts Council. This is a group dedicated to enriching individuals and the community by shar-ing and shaping the cultural environ-ment of the Valley. If you would like to submit something to this column, please drop it off (e-mail preferred) at the Rollin Art Centre by noon on the Friday before your event. Your articles must be 150 words or less. E-mail: com-munityarts@shawcable.com.

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When Saraha Gibson walks across the stage, it will be her second time this June

and she will be the bearer of two certificates. Saraha was one of a few Grade 12 students who had the opportunity to complete both her high school graduation and first year of col-lege at the same time. While at ADSS, she also attended the Tebo Road campus of North Island Col-lege to take the Joinery/Cabinet-making program. After completing the woodwork-ing course in Grade 11, Sahara found her niche. She enjoyed using her creativity and exploring her artistic side while learning the mechanical side of using machines and saws.

During her final year of high school, Sahara took the 9-month college program to hone her skills and receive post-secondary credit. Along with 16 other students, she said it was a friendly and support-ive environment in which to learn.

Sahara enjoys studying a field that was, in the past, more male-dominated. This year, she attended her college course with three other female students. “It was kind of awesome,” she said. “There are a lot of eye-brows raised and a lot of other girls wouldn’t do it but I would encour-age them. It might be scary but there’s nothing to worry about. We are all at the same level when we begin.”

Her final project was a table she crafted from wood donated by Alberni Pacific Division. She said it took a lot of self-mo-tivation, but that prepared her for her final year of high school.While Sahara was at North Island College, she completed English 12 online.

Sahara’s plan for the summer is to enjoy her job at the Visitor Centre and save money to do some travelling. Ultimately she would like to continue her post-second-ary education and pursue a career in either interior design or fine furniture design.

Nolan Badovinac was one of 16 other ADSS graduates who received a dual Dog-

wood Diploma when he completed his final year of high school. As a student in the School District’s first late entry French immersion program, Nolan began studying the language in Grade 6. He said he was ready to add a challenge to his academic program.

When he started, Nolan was in a small class of tight-knit students, most of whom continued together all the way through high school.

Academically, Nolan said French classes were more difficult, but he maintained his status on the Prin-cipal’s Role every semester.

On top of his studies, Nolan put much of his time and effort into the wrestling program. Starting in Grade 4, he quickly gained an interest in the sport and stepped up his training in order to achieve personal goals.

After attending many provincial and national tournaments, Nolan said he still favours his annual hometown competition.

“The Alberni Invitational is a top-level competition and it is great to get out in front of friends and family,” he said. “It has been a highlight every year.” Last year, when he was ranked number one in the province, Nolan suffered an injury that put his training on hold. In December he tore his meniscus and took time out for surgery.“That was a low point,” he said. “I watched a guy I beat win. So I pushed recovery and went to nationals seven weeks out of sur-gery and after winning my first metal I concussed and was pulled out.” He said he made up for that this year by winning the provincials and taking second place in the U-21 Canadian Championships. With his strong skills in math and science, Nolan has accepted a wrestling scholarship to Simon Fraser University, where he will begin his degree in Actuarial Sci-ences this September and simul-taneously train eleven days per week.

Chelsea Bingham received the academic excellence award in her final year of high

school and for good reason. She has achieved straight A’s every term in Grades 9, 11 and 12. Active in both her studies and athletic pursuits, Chelsea has concrete goals for her future.

She has always been studious and was encouraged by her par-ents, both teachers. “If I ever had problems, my dad would help with geology and my mom is a real encourager,” Chel-sea said. “It was always a little expected (to do well), but they always just told me to do my best.” Chelsea was introduced to inter-mural sports early and played floor hockey, basketball, volleyball and badminton. She is an accom-plished musician with her Grade 7 completed through the Royal Con-servatory of Music.

Growing up at Sproat Lake, Chel-sea enjoyed spending time with family. A large part of her child-hood was spent lakeside, swim-ming, skiing and wake boarding. As she got older, she babysat and quickly gained an appreciation of children.

She looks to her mother and older cousins for mentorship. “They always seem to be happy,” she said. “They are excited about life and encourage that. I want to model my life after them.”

This year, Chelsea completed a full course load, along with an extra Emergency Medical Responder course through North Island College. With an intention to pursue a career in nursing, Chelsea thought it would help her get her foot in the door. She excelled and enjoyed sciences and math.Chelsea received a scholarship from Vancouver Island University this year which will cover full tuition for up to four years, pro-vided her high grades are main-tained. Chosen by the principal and staff at ADSS, the award will help cover the costs of her ultim-ate goal. “I want to go into nursing because I’ve always liked the medical side

and helping people,” she said. “I am hoping to go into paediatrics because I love kids and babies. I was already hoping to go to VIU so this (award) is the icing on the cake.” For the short-term, Chelsea is looking forward to attending graduation and prom and will be wearing a pink strapless and poufy gown, complete with bead-ing and glitter. She then plans on working at Naesgaard’s Market for the summer before starting her life as a university student in Nanaimo.

Cameron Geddes is this year’s Class of 2015 recipient of the award for highest overall

academic standing. Born in Port Alberni, Cameron attended Gill Elementary, A.W. Neill Middle School and ADSS. When he was four years old, Cam-eron started playing soccer, which sparked his interest in sports. He went on to play soccer and basket-ball in Grade 10 and was on the rugby team for the first time this year. Cameron’s other interest is music. He has been playing guitar since the age of eight and plays with his church band. Academically, Cameron said he has always done well and as the work became more difficult, he just studied more. “Grade 11 was my best year and I finished with straight A’s,” he said. “In Grade 12 it was the first time I finished with one B.” Cameron remained on the Princi-pal’s Roll throughout high school and science became his niche, par-ticularly biology.“It is interesting and you always learn something new,” he said. Along with bursaries from CUPE and the Alberni Valley Youth Soccer Association, Cameron will be using his scholarship funds to study science at UBC. He chose the school for its reputation and location. “It’s not too far away from home but not too close either,” he said. “It’s a big school with a lot of opportunities.” In the future he hopes to go into the medical or physiotherapy field to be able to use his skills and knowledge to help people.

Art and animals. Those are two of Shaydan Thomas’ passions which have con-

tributed to his academic success. Although he likes to spend time on his own with his pencil and sketch book, for the most part, he always has an animal of some kind around. Over the years, Shay-dan’s family home has been filled with five dogs, four cats, fish, guin-ea pigs, rats, frogs and lizards. Shaydan said he feels he has a natural knack for communicating with animals.

The other common characteris-tic in is family is art. The creative gene runs on both his maternal and paternal sides with sketchers and painters. It was something he has always been around and picked up easily. “I have enjoyed it ever since I picked up a pencil,” he said. Shaydan’s artistic training in school started in Grade 6, where he learns a little bit of everything. It was in high school that he was able to find his specialty and delved into drawing and painting mainly anime-themed work.

Once completed, Shaydan hangs his work on his bedroom walls and so far has two completely covered.

He said his inspiration does not come from anything specific. “It just comes

to me,” he said. “I watch a lot of anime so I like that stye. My imagination is very elaborate and random.”

In Grade 8 the question of career opportunities came up and when asked about his goals, Shay-dan knew right away he wanted to do something with animals. “I didn’t have to think about it,” he said.Both nervous and excited about walking across the stage, Shay-dan is ready to plan for his future.

He intends to complete the Ani-mal Welfare program at Thomp-son Rivers University and after, hopes to acquire a job working with animals.

Nikolas LaPrade cannot imagine his life without music.

Self-taught at a young age, Nikolas enjoys playing by ear and learning new songs. He feels music is something that keeps him grounded.

“Everyone should always have some type of art to keep their mind off all the school work,” he said.

Always looking for new songs to learn, he spends hours research-ing and sharing music with friends.

From middle school to high school, Nikolas has played the clarinet, alto sax and guitar. At ADSS he took regular concert band, as well as joined jazz and group combos.

One of his biggest accomplish-ments has been taking part in festivals, and along with the rest of the band, bringing home sil-vers and golds. He has also won awards for solo performances.

Nikolas also plays music on his own and in bands with friends. He said some of his biggest influ-ences have been band teachers and anything good that comes across his ears.

Nikolas intends to start his first year at North Island College and hopes to combine his interests of computers and music to find a career he enjoys.

Ayanna ClappisCowichan Secondary School, Duncan

Dante DennisRutland Secondary School, Kelowna

Samantha HaugenADSS, Port Alberni

Corrissa JansonGuildford Secondary School, Surrey

Alyssa JohnsonADSS Port Alberni

George JohnsonADSS, Port Alberni

Tyler NookemusVAST, Port Alberni

Latisha SewardVictoria High School, Victoria

Jordan TrachEsquimalt Secondary School, Esquimalt 

Stephen WilliamsEsquimalt Secondary School, Esquimalt 

Jacob WilliamsNanaimo District Secondary School, Nanaimo

Congratulations to our Huu-ay-aht Grads

Sahara Gibson

Nolan Badovinac

Chelsea Bingham

Cameron Geddes

Shaydan Thomas

Nikolas LaPrade

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In the eleven years owning the Hollies Golf Course, we’ve never witnessed any

lady score three birdies in one round until last week when Rhonda Holcombe stole the show!

Adding to her deuce on hole No. 7, she claimed another on hole No. 2 winning the hidden hole along with the birdie pot on hole No. 5! Not to be out-done, Marion Dick scored two KPs and a personal best score of 52, winning the low gross in Division B in a countback with Caroline Ness!

Geri Shiels was low gross in the A Division, two bet-ter than...who else...Rhonda Holcombe! But that’s not all – Rhonda has the lead in the Ringer Board with a 29 score. That may be too difficult to catch before the season’s end!

The Hammer was at it again on Men’s Night. Jason Pley scored 2 KPs and a birdie to increase his points total lead. It was the biggest men’s night of

the year with 40 golfers pound-ing play amidst golf at the near-by 115th U.S. Open. And like Chambers Bay, it was another night of abominable scores. The low gross was owned by Phil Anker with the score of 35!

Barry Ensor was a stroke back. Richard Allan took low net, one better than Jean Monette.

Monette is known around the Hollies as “The Shopper.” That means he doesn’t really play golf, but instead enjoys looking for golf balls. He calls it shopping. To me it was always known as “ball hawking.”

Some people do it for monet-ary gain, selling the found balls; while others like me do it for reasons such as the spirit of the

hunt. One doesn’t ball hawk when playing golf either. It’s a separate outing and in many ways not connected with the game at all.

The golf course on the air base in Cold Lake, Alberta, where I grew up near, was a haven for ball hawking, not unlike the Hollies. I found balls on every hole. When not golfing, I was hawking and friends joined, sharing the experience. I became good at it. In fact I never purchased a golf ball until five years after beginning golf, hav-ing found so many. The favour-ite find then was a “Wilson Staff.” The most common was the cheap “Flyrite Campbell,” while the definite loser was the made-in-Japan “Winner.”

I found golf balls embedded in muskeg, lying in the shade of blueberry and saskatoon bushes, in trees, at the bottom of swamps and woven within beaver dams.

They could be found almost everywhere. Looking for golf

balls may be a relaxing past time, but it’s also one of life’s mysteries.

Sometimes we weren’t popular with golfers back then. Once, during the Airmen’s Club Championship, old man Turn-bull saw us and yelled so loud, I thought he was coming after us. We turned and ran through the bush as fast as a duck hook veering toward unwanted places. At some point in the imaginary pursuit, I tripped on a hidden, rusted barbed wire fence tearing deep, wide gash-es out of the flesh above both knees. I limped the mile home with blood and dust caking my clothes. My mother bathed the legs daily for weeks.

The scars, still blandly visible, are now physical souvenirs, daily reminding me of the subtle excitement searching for the trivial lost golf ball.

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FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP FOOTBALL

Thunder in the Valley features real-time results for spectators this year; car testing started at track

New readerboards for drag racesMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Thunder in the Valley fans can look forward to seeing results as they happen at this year’s races.

The annual drag racing event hits the track on August 8 and 9 at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport.

Race organizers are installing new reader boards and a timing system to display results in real time, said Darren Bondue, head technical inspector for Thunder in the Valley. Fans can see for themselves what the numbers are this year, without having to wait for the announcements.

Bondue was at the track Thurs-day evening with racers testing and tuning over a dozen cars on an eighth mile track. Bondue said they’ll have plenty of rub-ber on the track in time for the competition.

“We have a tire dragger coming to put more rubber down on the track,” he said. “There’ll be tons of rubber down.”

There was a big concern that hydro blasting at the airport in

February took all the rubber off, Bondue said.

“They didn’t take any of the rubber off – it was the moss that they removed,” he noted.

For several racers the testing on Thursday was their first chance to run their cars before the event, Bondue said.

“They run their car, see if the changes they made were positive or negative,” he said. There’ll be one more test and tune in July.

The fastest cars tested on Thursday were in the Sportsman class, which race a quarter mile in about 11 or 10 seconds.

About 3,000 spectators attended the drag races last year. The event is the only quar-ter-mile drag race on Vancouver Island.

A file photo from the Thunder in the Valley race at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport in August 2012. The drag racing spectacle is one of the biggest events in the Alberni Valley each summer. Racers and technicians were at the airport on Thursday evening inspecting the track and testing vehicles for this year’s event.

Holcombe scores 3 birdies at Hollies

» Patrick Little is an avid golfer, a life-time member of the Canadian PGA, and owner of the Hollies Golf Course.

PatrickLittleRediscovering golf at Hollies

Alberni ladies tee off at the 9 and 18-holescramble in the sunshineWe had a wonderful time at the

ladies nine and 18-hole scramble. Plenty of sunshine and lots of fun.

Forty-five ladies including 10 guests participated. The winning team with 38 was Janice Cross, Marj Dufour and Kathy Toms.

Winning a prize for the lowest team putts, a total of 12, was Laura Lee Edgell, Sandra Simp-son and Kathy White.

Marta Williamson won the spe-cial prize. After our nine holes of golf we enjoyed each others company over coffee and muffins.Very enjoyable.

In the words of Bob Hope: “I’ve been playing the game so long that my handicap is in Roman Numerals.”

KATHY WHITE

Canada defender resilient after knee injuryNEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — The post-prac-tice ice bag on Lauren Sessel-mann’s knee is a reminder of the veteran defender’s painful jour-ney to the Women’s World Cup.

At times it has been one step forward, two steps back in her return from anterior cruciate ligament surgery. The 31-year-old has had some missteps at the tournament. But the resili-ent Sesselmann has bounced back and continues to line up alongside teenage centre back Kadeisha Buchanan in a stingy Canadian defence.

In the tournament opener against China, a giveaway during a passage of erratic play in the first half meant Sesselmann had to convince coach John Herd-man to keep her on the field. There were also some hiccups in the round-of-16-game against Switzerland.

Herdman has defended his centre back. But Sesselmann has felt the heat from the media, perhaps unfairly for an athlete who has had to go from zero to a 100 in returning from a serious knee injury at the sport’s biggest showcase.

“You hear it here and there,” she said of the criticism. “People are always going to have some-thing to say. You can be the best player in the world and they still have something to say. I’m not even worrying about that. I look where I am and how far we’ve gotten at the tournament and it’s kind of that moment where you’re just like ’We’re here,

you’re not.’“This is our team and we’re

focused on the talk at hand ... People can say what they want but we’re focused on winning the Cup.”

Canada’s next challenge is England on Saturday in the quar-ter-finals at B.C. Place Stadium.

Sesselmann tries to see the bigger picture when it comes to being under the spotlight.

“Everybody in this tournament makes mistakes. Even the great-est athlete in the world makes mistakes,” she said. “It’s part of the game.

“It’s how you bounce back from them. And each game for me has been better and better. My job is to defend and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing.”

Canada is tied with the U.S. and Brazil with just one goal conced-ed at the tournament.

“I think people fail to realize we’re doing that part of the job very well so they just focus on the negatives,” Sesselmann said. “For me, I’m not focusing on that at all.

“I’m focusing on what my job is and I’m pretty happy with what we’ve been doing.”

Sesselmann, who as a left-foot-ed player complements Buchan-an on the right, says she has been feeling calmer each time out. And she takes great pride in hav-

ing made it back to the national team.

“This time last year was a really bad time for me,” she said. “And the whole (recovery) process itself, there were tons of highs and lows — mostly lows. So it was a really difficult passage for me ... For me, I look where I was over a year ago, I’m just so proud of myself and just really excited.”

“To be here is the greatest thing ever.”

The American-born Sesselmann qualifies to play for Canada through her father, who was born in Stephenville, N.L. She was 28 when she made her debut for Canada.

She has won 44 caps for Canada

and started all six games at the London Olympics where the Can-adian women won bronze.

Sesselmann ripped up her knee in practice before last year’s Cyprus Cup, acknowledging “my dreams were slowly fading away.” Sick the first three months of a rough recovery, she dealt with plenty of pain and spent time in hospital.

While she is back playing, she acknowledges there is more to do.

“I still have some strength I need to get back, so I’m working on that,” she said.

Off the pitch, Sesselmann has her own successful fitness DVD program called “Fit As a Pro,” which focuses on quick, high-in-tensity on-the-go workouts.

“To be here is the greatest thing ever.”Lauren Sesselmann, Canadian women’s soccer team defender

Justin Cook back with V.I.Raiders teamSCOTT McKENZIE NANAIMO DAILY NEWS

Keen Nanaimo football fans knew something was missing at Vancouver Island Raiders games last season after the team’s first handful of games.

Because a year ago, fullback Jus-tin Cook was a key recruit for the Raiders under rookie head coach Brian Ridgeway.

Personal commitments, though, got in the way of sports and the former John Barsby Bulldogs star fullback and provincial champion left the Nanaimo B.C. Football Conference team with his football future up in the air.

But with new head coach Jer-ome Erdman now at the helm of a Raiders team looking to regain its elite status in the Canadian Junior Football League, Cook has reaffirmed his commitment to foot-ball, makings his pledge on paper to play for the Raiders this season on Wednesday.

“There was just a lot going on off the field for last year, and I just wasn’t in a good place personally,” Cook said during a Raiders option-al team activity on Wednesday night at Comox Field.

Originally thinking his playing career may be over, Cook returned to the game by way of helping coach the Barsby Bulldogs.

Getting back on the field, he said, sparked his interest to put his pads back on.

“I did some coaching for Barsby in Harewood, and it always pulls you back,” Cook said.

“We have a tire dragger coming to put more rubber down on the track.”

Darren Bondue, head technical inspector

Canada’s Lauren Sesselmann, left, and Kadeisha Buchanan, right, defend against China’s Wang Shanshan during FIFA Women’s World Cup soccer action in Edmonton on June 6. [CANADIAN PRESS]

FOOTBALLCFL

Regular season schedule

Yesterday’s result (Opening Day)Ottawa 20, Montreal 16 (game statistics below)

Other Week 1 gamesTonight’s scheduleHamilton at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Saturday, June 27Edmonton at Toronto, 2 p.m., at SMS Equipment Stadium, Fort McMurrayWinnipeg at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. (Additional schedule below)

West W L T Pts PF PABC Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0Saskatchewan 0 0 0 0 0 0Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0East W L T Pts PF PAOttawa 1 0 0 2 20 16Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0Montreal 0 1 0 0 16 20

Upcoming scheduleWeek 2

Thursday, July 2Hamilton at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, July 3Calgary at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 4BC Lions at Ottawa, 3 p.m.

Yesterday at Percival-Molson Stadium

Redblacks 20, Alouettes 16Ottawa 0 5 8 7 20Montreal 6 7 3 0 16

First QuarterMtl TD Tyrell Sutton 5 run (Boris Bede convert missed) 3:36Second QuarterOtt FG Delbert Alvarado 40, 4:12Ott Safety, 5:35Mtl TD Jean-Christophe Beaulieu 4 pass from Jonathan Crompton. Bede convert. 9:34

Third QuarterOtt TD Ernest Jackson 13 pass from Henry Burris. Burris 2-yard rush convert. 6:56Mtl FG Bede 37, 13:24Fourth QuarterOtt TD Jeremiah Johnson 5 run. Alvarado convert, 4:54

Team Statistics Ott Mtl1st Downs 24 14Total Yards 372 192Passing 258 108Passing Completions/Attempts 23/36 10/28Yards/Pass 7.3 4.0Rushing 114 84Rushing Attempts 29 14Yards/Rush 3.9 6.0Turnovers 2 2Fumbles Lost 0 0Int Thrown 2 2Time of Possession 36:54 23:06

Individual StatisticsPASSING—Ott: H. Burris 22-35, 261 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTMtl: B. Bridge 5-10, 61 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT; J. Crompton 5-17, 53 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT: D. LeFevour 0-1

RUSHING—Ott: C. Walker 18-59; H. Burris 6-28; A. Alix 1-10; J. Johnson 3-10; T. DeMarco 1-3;Mtl: T. Sutton 11-67; F. Stamps 1-9; J. Crompton 1-3; D. LeFevour 1-2; B. Bridge 1-0; B. Bede 1/-4

RECEIVING—Ott: E. Jackson 6-73; C. Williams 4-65; B. Sinopoli 4-39; G. Ellingson 3-39; C. Walker 3-31; M. Price 1-9; S.MacDonnell 1-5Mtl: N. Lewis 4-48; S. Green 2-45; F. Stamps 2-12; T. Sutton 1-5; J. Beaulieu 1-4

Attendance: 21,524

BASEBALLMLB - Results and standings

Yesterday’s resultsChicago Sox 8, Detroit 7Baltimore 8, Boston 6Oakland 6, Texas 3NY Mets 2, Milwaukee 0LA Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 0Colorado 6, Arizona 4San Fran 13, San Diego 8Washington 7, Atlanta 0St. Louis 5, Miami 1Houston 4, NY Yankees 0Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 4 (13 innings)

Today’s schedule with probable startersAtlanta at Pittsburgh, 4:05 pm Perez (4-0) vs. Liriano (4-6)Washington at Philadelphia, 4:05 pm Scherzer (8-5) vs. Harang (4-9)Cleveland at Baltimore, 4:05 pm Kluber (3-9) vs. Chen (3-4)Texas at Toronto, 4:07 pm Martinez (5-3) vs. Buehrle (7-4)Chi. White Sox at Detroit, 4:08 pm Quintana (3-7) vs. Sanchez (6-7)Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 pm Lorenzen (3-2) vs. Syndergaard (2-4)L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 4:10 pm Anderson (3-4) vs. Koehler (5-4)Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:10 pm Porcello (4-8) vs. Ramirez (6-2)N.Y. Yankees at Houston, 5:10 pm Tanaka (4-3) vs. Velasquez (0-0)Minnesota at Milwaukee, 5:10 pm May (4-5) vs. Lohse (3-9)Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 5:15 pm Arrieta (7-5) vs. Lackey (6-4)Kansas City at Oakland, 7:05 pm Volquez (7-4) vs. Hahn (5-5)Seattle at L.A. Angels, 7:05 pm Walker (5-6) vs. Weaver (4-8)Arizona at San Diego, 7:10 pm Ray (2-2) vs. Ross (4-7)Colorado at San Francisco, 7:15 pm Bettis (3-2) vs. Hudson (5-6)

GOLF2015 player rankingsand tournament schedule

PGAThis week: Travelers Championship, June 25-28 TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Con-necticut. Par 70, 6,841 yards. Purse: $6,400,000. 2014 champion: Kevin Streelman

Leaderboard - Round 1Golfer Par R1 1 Bubba Watson -8 62T2 Seung-yul Noh -6 64T2 Keegan Bradley -6 64T2 Brian Stuard -6 64T2 Harris English -6 64T2 Jason Gore -6 64T7 Scott Langley -5 65T7 Chris Stroud -5 65T7 Robert Garrigus -5 65T7 Carl Pettersson -5 65T7 Tom Gillis -5 65T7 Scott Brown -5 65T7 Zach Johnson -5 65T7 Will MacKenzie -5 65T15 Brice Garnett -4 66T15 Nicholas Thompson -4 66T15 Danny Lee -4 66T15 Bryce Molder -4 66T15 Mark Wilson -4 66T15 Gary Woodland -4 66T15 Brian Harman -4 66T15 Ernie Els -4 66T15 Jhonattan Vegas -4 66T15 Alexandre Rocha -4 66T15 Jason Bohn -4 66T15 Padraig Harrington -4 66T27 Graham DeLaet Weyburn, Sask. -3 67T27 Adam Hadwin Abbotsford, B.C. -3 67T27 William McGirt -3 67T27 Jim Herman -3 67T27 Colt Knost -3 67T27 Morgan Hoffmann -3 67T27 Paul Casey -3 67T27 Sergio Garcia -3 67T27 Lucas Glover -3 67T27 Kyle Stanley -3 67T27 Francesco Molinari -3 67T27 Jon Curran -3 67T27 Patrick Reed -3 67Other CanadiansT76 Roger Sloan -1 69T122 Mike Weir +2 72T122 Jean-Philip Cornellier +2 72T148 Nick Taylor +5 75

LPGAWalmart NW Arkansas Champion-ship, June 25-29Pinnacle Country Club, Rogers, Arkansas. Par 71, 7,001 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Stacy Lewis

Leaderboard - Round 1 (Play begins today)

Golf (Cont’d)

Current tournaments

Canadian PGA TourThe Syncrude Boreal Open, June 25-28Fort McMurray Golf Club, Ft. McMur-ray, Alta. Par 72, 6,857 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Joel Dahmen

Leaderboard - Round 1Golfer Par R1 Canadians denoted by *)T1 Chase Marinell -8 64T1 *Ben Silverman -8 64T3 Zack Byrd -6 66T3 Sam Ryder -6 66T3 *Stuart Anderson -6 66T3 Talor Gooch -6 66T3 Michael Miller -6 66T3 *Riley Fleming -6 66T9 Dillon Rust -5 67T9 Eric Frazzetta -5 67T9 Donald Constable -5 67T9 Bruce Woodall -5 67T9 Clayton Rask -5 67T9 Joseph Harrison -5 67T9 Chris Killmer -5 67T9 Ethan Tracy -5 67T9 John Catlin -5 67T18 Jamey Taylor -4 68T18 Nyasha Mauchaza -4 68T18 Brant Peaper -4 68

Champions TourU.S. Senior Open Championship, June 25-28Del Paso Country Club, Sacramento, California. Par 70, 6,994 yards. Purse: $3,500,000. 2014 champion: Colin Montgomerie

Leaderboard - Round 1Golfer Par R1 1 Tom Watson -4 66T2 Michael Allen -3 67T2 Woody Austin -3 67T2 Jim Carter -3 67T2 Jeff Hart -3 67T2 P.H. Horgan -3 67T2 Lee Janzen -3 67T8 Scott Dunlap -2 68T8 Barry Lane -2 68T8 Colin Montgomerie -2 68T8 Kiyoshi Murota -2 68T8 Kevin Sutherland -2 68T13 Billy Andrade -1 69T13 Philip Golding -1 69T13 Mark O’Meara -1 69T13 Gene Sauers -1 69T13 Stephen Schneiter -1 69T13 Peter Senior -1 69T13 Kirk Triplett -1 69T13 Grant Waite -1 69Canadian resultsT60 Stephen Ames 2 72T60 Rick Gibson 2 72T75 Dave Bunker 3 73

Web.com TourAir Capital Classic, June 25-28Crestview Country Club in Wichita, Kansas, North Course. Par 70, 6,925 yards. Purse: $600,000. 2014 champion: Sebastian Cappelen

Leaderboard - Round 1Golfer Par R1 1 Seamus Power -7 63T2 Henrik Norlander -6 64T2 D.H. Lee -6 64T2 Dawie van der Walt -6 64T2 Timothy Madigan -6 64T6 Si Woo Kim -5 65T6 Matt Weibring -5 65T6 Adam Crawford -5 65T9 Lucas Lee -4 66T9 Andrew Landry -4 66T9 Steve Allan -4 66T9 Hunter Hamrick -4 66T9 Bronson La’Cassie -4 66T9 Andy Winings -4 66T9 Ryan Nelson -4 66T9 Josh Teater -4 66T9 Tag Ridings -4 66T9 Martin Piller -4 66T9 J Fernandez-Valdes -4 66T9 Andrew Yun -4 66Canadian resultsT83 Ted Brown 1 71T83 Adam Svensson 1 71T83 Taylor Pendrith 1 71T121 Brad Fritsch 3 73

European TourBMW International Open, June 25-28Golfclub Munchen Eichenried, Munich, Germany. Par 72, 7,181 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Fabrizio Zanotti

Leaderboard - Round 1Golfer Par R1 T1 Lasse Jensen -7 65T1 R Cabrera Bello -7 65T1 Daniel Gaunt -7 654 Andrew Johnston -6 66T5 Victor Riu -5 67T5 K. Aphibarnrat -5 67T5 James Morrison -5 67T5 Tommy Fleetwood -5 67T5 Henrik Stenson -5 67T10 Marcel Schneider -4 68T10 Kevin Phelan -4 68T10 Retief Goosen -4 68T10 Tjaart van der Walt -4 68T10 Antonio Hortal -4 68T10 Florian Fritsch -4 68T10 Paul Lawrie -4 68T10 Thongchai Jaidee -4 68T10 Julien Quesne -4 68T10 Edoardo Molinari -4 68T10 Joakim Lagergren -4 68T21 Michael Hoey -3 69T21 David Howell -3 69T21 Bradley Dredge -3 69T21 Eddie Pepperell -3 69T21 Johan Carlsson -3 69T21 Chris Paisley -3 69T21 Garth Mulroy -3 69T21 Oliver Farr -3 69T21 Damien McGrane -3 69T21 M Lorenzo-Vera -3 69T21 Andrea Pavan -3 69T21 Anders Hansen -3 69T21 Trevor Fisher Jr -3 69T21 Peter Hanson -3 69T21 Carlos Del Moral -3 69T21 Jorge Campillo -3 69T21 Edouard Espana -3 69

Upcoming tournaments

PGAThe Greenbrier Classic, July 2-5The Old White TPC, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Par 70, 7,287 yards. Purse: $6,700,000. 2014 cham-pion: Angel Cabrera

Canadian PGA TourNo events this weekDakota Dunes Open presented by SaskTel, July 2-5Dakota Dunes Golf Links, Saskatoon Sask. Par 72, 7301 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Matt Harmon

LPGAU.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie

Champions TourNo events this weekEncompass Championship, July 10-12North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom Lehman

SOCCERFIFA Women’s World CupJune 6-July 5Defending champion: Japan

Quarterfinals (Round of 8)Today’s scheduleGermany vs. France, at Montreal, 1 p.m.China vs. USA at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 27Australia vs. Japan, at Edmonton, 1 p.m.England vs. Canada, at Vancouver, 4:30 p.m.

SemifinalsTuesday, June 30at Montreal, 4 p.m.Wednesday, July 1at Edmonton, 4 p.m

Saturday, July 4Third place medalat Edmonton, 1 pm.

Sunday, July 5Championship finalat Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Round of 16(All games elimination)

Full resultsGermany 4, Sweden 1, at OttawaScoring: Germany Mittag 24’; Sasic 36’ (pen), 78’; Marozsan 88’. Sweden: Sembrant 82’

China 1, Cameroon 0, at EdmontonScoring: Wang Shanshan 12’

Australia 1, Brazil 0, at MonctonScoring: Simon 80’

France 3, South Korea 0, at MontrealScoring: Delie 4’, 48’, Thomis 8’

Canada 1, Switzerland 0 at VancouverScoring: Josee Belanger, 52’

Pacific Coast Soccer League W L D GF GA PtsVan United 8 2 1 24 8 26Mid Isle 7 2 2 19 11 23Victoria 6 5 1 25 13 23Van Tbirds 3 5 2 19 17 14Khalsa SC 4 1 5 15 20 13Kamloops 3 1 4 14 17 10Abbotsford 2 4 5 13 19 9Tim Hortons 2 1 7 15 28 7FC Tigers 1 2 8 19 30 5

Yesterday’s scheduleVan Tbirds at FC Tigers, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, June 27Van Tbirds at Mid Isle, 1 p.m.Abbotsford at FC Tigers, 2 p.m.Kamloops at Vancouver United, 4 p.m.Tim Hortons at Khalsa, 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 28Tim Hortons at Vancouver United, noonMid Isle at Victoria, 2 p.m.Kamloops at Khalsa , 3 p.m.

MLS

Today’s scheduleHouston at Dallas, 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27DC United at Toronto, 2 p.m.Montreal at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Vancouver at New England, 4:30 p.m.Colorado at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m.Columbus at Salt Lake, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 28NY Red Bulls at NY City FC, 1:30 p.m.Seattle at Portland, 4 p.m.B.C. Premier League

Team W L Pct GBNorth Shore 22 7 .759 -Langley 22 10 .688 1.5Vic Eagles 24 11 .686 1Nanaimo 20 12 .625 3.5Okanagan 18 14 .563 5.5North Delta 14 11 .560 6.0Whalley 18 17 .514 7.0Coquitlam 13 21 .382 11.5Abbotsford 10 20 .333 12.5Vic Mariners 9 18 .333 12White Rock 9 22 .290 14Parksville 6 22 .214 15.5

Yesterday’s resultWhalley 1, North Delta 0

Today’s scheduleAbbotsford at Langley, 7 p.m.

Saturday June 27White Rock at North Delta, 11 a.m.Parksville at Abbotsford, 1 p.m.Vic Mariners at Whalley, 1 p.m.White Rock at North Delta, 1:30 p.m.Parksville at Abbotsford, 3:30 p.m.Vic Mariners at Whalley, 3:30 p.m.

West Coast League

Yesterday’s resultsBend 7, Corvallis 6Kitsap 7, Victoria 4Walla Walla at CowlitzYakima Valley 7, Wenatchee 4

Today’s scheduleCorvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Cowlitz at Bend, 6:35 p.m.Walla Walla at Klamath Falls, 6:35 p.m.Wenatchee at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.Kelowna at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.Kitsap at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, June 27Wenatchee at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Cowlitz at Bend, 6:35 p.m.Walla Walla at Klamath Falls, 6:35 p.m.Kelowna at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.Kitsap at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, June 28Cowlitz at Bend, 1:05 p.m.Wenatchee at Victoria, 1:05 p.m.Kitsap at Bellingham, 3:05 p.m.

BC Junior A Lacrosse League

Standings GP W L T PtsCoquitlam 17 16 1 0 32Delta 17 12 5 0 24Victoria 16 10 6 0 20New Westminster 16 10 6 0 20Langley 18 5 11 2 12Nanaimo 16 5 10 1 10Port Coquitlam 17 4 12 1 9Burnaby 17 3 14 0 6

Yesterday’s resultCoquitlam 18, Langley 9

Today’s scheduleCoquitlam vs. Port Coquitlam, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 27Langley vs. Victoria, 5 p.m.

LACROSSEWestern Lacrosse AssnWLA Senior A

Standings GP W L T PtsNew Westminster 8 6 2 0 12Victoria 8 6 2 0 12Burnaby 9 5 4 0 10Coquitlam 8 4 4 0 8Langley 9 4 5 0 8Maple Ridge 9 2 7 0 4Nanaimo 7 2 5 0 4

Today’s scheduleNew Westminster at Victoria, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, June 27New Westminster vs. Nanaimo, 7 p.m.Victoria at Coquitlam, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 28Nanaimo at Maple Ridge, 6:45 p.m.

TENNISATPCurrent world rankings, as of June 22Player Points1 Novak Djokovic, Serbia 13,8452 Roger Federer, Switzerland 96653 Andy Murray, Britain 74504 Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland 57905 Kei Nishikori, Japan 56606 Tomas Berdych, Czech Rep 50507 David Ferrer, Spain 44908 Milos Raonic, Toronto 44409 Marin Cilic, Croatia 354010 Rafael Nadal, Spain 313511 Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria 260012 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France 256554 Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C. 870

Aegon Open Nottingham, June 21-28Nottingham, EnglandOutdoor, surface: Grass. Purse €644,065

Singles, QuarterfinalsSam Querrey (12), United States, def. Gilles Simon (2), France, 5-7, 7-6 (8), 6-4.Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Leonardo Mayer (4), Argentina, 6-3, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6).Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-4, 6-4.Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, def. Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4).

Doubles - SemifinalsPablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (2), Spain, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 7-5, 1-6, 12-10.

Doubles - QuarterfinalsChris Guccione, Australia, and Andre Sa, Brazil, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Leander Paes (1), India, 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.

WTA Aegon International Eastbourne, June 22-27Devonshire Park, Eastbourne, EnglandSurface: Grass. Purse: $665,900 2014 champion: Madison Keys

Singles - QuarterfinalsCaroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, 7-5, 6-1.Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-2, 6-2.Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Johanna Konta, Britain, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, walkover.

Doubles - QuarterfinalsEkaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Lisa Raymond, United States, 7-5, 7-5.Yung-Jan Chan, Taiwan, and Zheng Jie, China, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 11-9.

Upcoming tournamaentATP and WTA: The Championships, Wimbledon, June 29-July 12 (Major tournament)Wimbledon, London, England

HOCKEYNHL - Canucks, 2015-16The NHL has released the 2015-16 season schedule. This is the complete regular-season schedule for the Vancouver Canuckss

October 2015Wed, Oct. 7 at Calgary, 7 p.m.Sat, Oct. 10 Calgary, 7 p.m.Mon, Oct. 12 at Anaheim, 7 p.m.Tue, Oct. 13 at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.Fri, Oct. 16 St. Louis, 7 p.m.Sun, Oct. 18 Edmonton, 6 p.m.Thu, Oct. 22 Washington, 7 p.m.Sat, Oct. 24 Detroit, 7 p.m.Tue, Oct. 27 Montreal, 7 p.m.Thu, Oct. 29 at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Fri, Oct. 30 at Arizona, 7 p.m.

NovemberMon, Nov. 2 Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Wed, Nov. 4 Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Sat, Nov. 7 at Buffalo, 10 a.m.Sun, Nov. 8 at New Jersey, 2 p.m.Tue, Nov. 10 at Columbus, 4 p.m.Thu, Nov. 12 at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.Sat, Nov. 14 at Toronto, 4 p.m.Mon, Nov. 16 at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.Wed, Nov. 18 at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m.Sat, Nov. 21 Chicago, 7 p.m.Sun, Nov. 22 New Jersey, 7 p.m.Wed, Nov. 25 at Minnesota, 4 p.m.Fri, Nov. 27 at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.Mon, Nov. 30 at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

DecemberTue, Dec. 1 at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.Thu, Dec. 3 Dallas, 7 p.m.Sat, Dec. 5 Boston, 7 p.m.Mon, Dec. 7 Buffalo, 7 p.m.Wed, Dec. 9 N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Sun, Dec. 13 at Chicago, 4 p.m.Tue, Dec. 15 at Minnesota, 5 p.m.Thu, Dec. 17 at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Fri, Dec. 18 at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.Sun, Dec. 20 at Florida, 1 p.m.Tue, Dec. 22 at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.Sat, Dec. 26 Edmonton, 7 p.m.Mon, Dec. 28 Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

2016JanuaryFri, Jan. 1 Anaheim, 7 p.m.Mon, Jan. 4 Arizona, 7 p.m.Wed, Jan. 6 Carolina, 7 p.m.Sat, Jan. 9 Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.Mon, Jan. 11 Florida, 7 p.m.Thu, Jan. 14 at Washington, 4 p.m.Fri, Jan. 15 at Carolina, 4 p.m.Sun, Jan. 17 at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.Tue, Jan. 19 at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.Thu, Jan. 21 at Boston, 4 p.m.Sat, Jan. 23 at Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m.Tue, Jan. 26 Nashville, 7 p.m.

FebruaryThu, Feb. 4 Columbus, 7 p.m.Sat, Feb. 6 Calgary, 7 p.m.Tue, Feb. 9 at Colorado, 6 p.m.Wed, Feb. 10 at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.Sat, Feb. 13 Toronto, 4 p.m.Mon, Feb. 15 Minnesota, 7 p.m.Thu, Feb. 18 Anaheim, 7 p.m.Fri, Feb. 19 at Calgary, 6 p.m.Sun, Feb. 21 Colorado, 7 p.m.Thu, Feb. 25 Ottawa, 7 p.m.Sun, Feb. 28 San Jose, 4 p.m.

MarchTue, March 1 N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Thu, March 3 San Jose, 7 p.m.Sat, March 5 at San Jose, 7 p.m.Mon, March 7 at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.Wed, March 9 Arizona, 7 p.m.Sat, March 12 Nashville, 7 p.m.Mon, March 14 Winnipeg, 7 p.m.Wed, March 16 Colorado, 7 p.m.Fri, March 18 at Edmonton, 6 p.m.Sat, March 19 St. Louis, 7 p.m.Tue, March 22 at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.Thu, March 24 at Nashville, 5 p.m.Fri, March 25 at St. Louis, 5 p.m.Sun, March 27 Chicago, 5 p.m.Tue, March 29 San Jose, 7 p.m.Thu, March 31 at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

AprilFri, April 1 at Anaheim, 7 p.m.Mon, April 4 Los Angeles, 7 p.m.Wed, April 6 at Edmonton, 7 p.m.Thu, April 7 at Calgary, 6 p.m.Sat, April 9 Edmonton, 7 p.m.

White Sox 8, Tigers 7 (10 inn)Chicago Sox Detroit ab r h bi ab r h biEaton CF 4 2 2 1 Davis CF 5 1 2 0Beckham IF 4 0 0 0 Holaday C 1 0 1 2Abreu 1B 4 1 0 0 Kinsler 2B 6 1 1 2LaRoche DH 5 0 1 2 Cabrera 1B 5 0 1 0Cabrera LF 3 2 1 0 Martinez DH 4 1 3 0Garcia RF 4 2 1 1 Wilson PR-DH 1 0 0 0Gillaspie 3B 3 0 0 0 Cespedes LF 5 0 1 0Ramirez SS 2 0 1 0 Martinez RF 5 1 1 2Flowers C 4 0 1 1 Cast’anos 3B 3 0 2 0Shuck PH 1 1 1 0 RominePR-3B 1 2 1 0Sanchez 2B 5 0 2 3 McCann C 2 0 0 0Totals 39 8 10 8 Gose PH-CF 1 1 0 0 Iglesias SS 4 0 3 1 Totals 43 7 16 7

Chicago Sox 120 020 000 3 8 Detroit 200 020 010 2 7

2B: CWS Garcia, A (8, Simon), LaRoche (12, Simon), Ramirez, Al (13, Hardy, B); DET Martinez, V (5, Rodon), Castellanos (10, Putnam). 3B: CWS Sanchez, C (1, Chamberlain); DET Castellanos (4, Rodon). GIDP: CWS Garcia, A; DET Martinez, V, Cabrera, M, Cespedes. HR: CWS Eaton (4, 1st inning off Simon, 0 on, 0 out); DET Kinsler (2, 1st inning off Rodon, 1 on, 0 out), Martinez, J (18, 5th inning off Rodon, 1 on, 2 out). S: CWS Eaton. Team Lob: CWS 8; DET 12. DP: CWS 3 (Sanchez, C-Beckham, G-Abreu 2, Beckham, G-Sanchez, C-Abreu); DET (Kinsler-Cabrera, M). E: CWS Gillaspie (9, throw).

Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SOC Rodon 5.0 8 4 4 3 7J Petricka 2.0 3 0 0 0 1S Putnam 1.0 1 1 1 0 2Z Duke (W, 3-2 ) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0D Robertson 1.0 3 2 2 2 2Detroit IP H R ER BB SOA Simon 6.1 6 5 5 3 5B Rondon 0.2 0 0 0 0 2B Hardy 0.2 1 0 0 1 0W Wilson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0J Soria 1.0 1 0 0 0 1J Chamberlain (L, 0-2) 1.0 2 3 3 1 1

Time: 3:53. Att: 40,355.

Giants 13, Padres 8San Diego San Fran ab r h bi ab r h biKemp RF 4 1 2 2 Pagan CF 5 1 2 1Venable CF 2 1 0 0 Panik 2B 4 2 3 1Norris PH-C 1 1 0 0 Duffy 3B 5 2 2 1Alonso 1B 5 1 1 0 Posey C 5 3 3 3Upton LF 5 0 1 0 Belt 1B 5 1 3 1M’brooks 3B 4 1 1 1 Crawford SS 4 2 2 2Amarista CF 4 1 2 2 Blanco RF-LF 4 1 2 3Hedges C 3 0 0 0 Ishikawa LF 2 0 0 0Wallace PH 1 0 1 1 Maxwell RF 3 0 0 0Shields P 1 0 0 0 Heston P 3 0 1 1Solarte PH-2B 2 1 2 1 McGehee PH 1 0 1 0S’genberg 2B 2 0 0 0 Totals 41 12 19 13Barmes PH-SS 2 1 1 1 Totals 36 8 11 8

San Diego 000 000 260 8 San Fran 200 320 24x 13

SB: SF Panik (3, 2nd base off Shields/Hedges). 2B: SD Solarte (14, Affeldt), Barmes (7, Affeldt); SF Pagan (10, Shields), Posey 2 (12, Mateo, Maurer), Crawford, B (16, Maurer). 3B: SD Middlebrooks (2, Heston); SF Belt 2 (3, Shields, Shields), Duffy, M (2, Shields), Crawford, B (3, Mateo). GIDP: SD Ven-able, Spangenberg. bSD Kemp (5, 8th inning off Affeldt, 1 on, 0 out). Team Lob: SD 5; SF 7. DP: SF 2 (Crawford, B-Belt, Heston-Crawford, B-Belt).

San Diego IP H R ER BB SOJ Shields (L, 7-2 ) 4.0 9 7 7 2 7F Garces 1.0 1 0 0 0 2M Mateo 2.0 3 2 2 0 4S Kelley 0.1 2 2 2 0 0B Maurer 0.2 4 2 2 0 0San Fran IP H R ER BB SOC Heston (W, 8-5 ) 7.0 5 2 2 1 6J Affeldt 0.0 3 4 4 1 0J Lopez 0.0 1 1 1 0 0S Romo 1.0 3 1 1 0 1H Strickland 1.0 0 0 0 0 1HBP: Kemp (by Strickland).

Time: 3:11. Att: 41,533.

Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 4Arizona Colorado ab r h bi ab r h biAhmed SS 4 1 1 0 Blackmon CF 4 1 1 0Dorn PH 1 0 0 1 Ynoa 2B 3 0 0 0Pollock CF 4 1 2 1 Arenado 3B 3 2 1 1G’schmidt 1B 2 0 1 1 PaulsenLF-1B 4 0 0 1Tomas RF 5 0 0 0 Rosario 1B 4 1 3 1Hill 3B 4 0 0 0 McKenry C 3 1 0 0Owings 2B 4 0 1 0 Descalso SS 2 0 0 0Peralta LF 3 0 1 0 Barnes RF-LF 4 0 1 0De La Rosa P 3 0 1 0 De La Rosa P 2 0 0 0Totals 30 2 7 3 Tulowitzki SS 1 1 1 1 Totals 30 6 7 4

Arizona 000 001 102 4 Colorado 000 001 05x 6

Athletics 6, Rangers 3Oakland Texas ab r h bi ab r h biBurns CF 5 1 1 0 Odor 2B 5 0 0 0Sogard 2B 5 2 2 0 Choo RF 4 0 1 0Vogt C 5 1 3 0 Fielder DH 4 1 2 0Zobrist DH 3 1 1 1 Beltre 3B 4 0 1 0Reddick RF 3 0 2 3 Moreland 1B 4 1 3 2Lawrie 3B 3 1 0 0 Gallo LF 4 1 1 0Davis 1B 3 0 0 0 Andrus SS 4 0 0 0Semien SS 4 0 0 0 Martin CF 4 0 0 0Fuld LF 4 0 1 2 Chirinos C 4 0 2 1Totals 35 6 10 6 Totals 37 3 10 3

Oakland 000 021 300 6 Texas 000 210 000 3

2B: TEX Gallo (3, Gray), Fielder (17, Gray), Chirinos (11, Gray). GIDP: OAK Lawrie. HR: TEX Moreland (9, 4th inning off Gray, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: OAK 7; TEX 8. DP: TEX (Andrus-Odor-Moreland).

Oakland IP H R ER BB SOS Gray (W, 9-3 ) 6.0 9 3 3 1 7T Pomeranz 1.1 1 0 0 0 1E Mujica 0.2 0 0 0 0 0T Clippard 1.0 0 0 0 0 0Texas IP H R ER BB SOC Lewis 6.0 5 3 3 3 3K Kela (L, 4-5 ) 0.2 2 2 2 0 1S Freeman 0.0 2 1 1 1 0S Patton 1.1 0 0 0 0 0R Detwiler 1.0 1 0 0 0 0

Time: 2:57. Att: 29,251.

Orioles 8, Red Sox 6Baltimore Boston ab r h bi ab r h biMachado 3B 4 0 1 1 Betts CF 5 1 1 0Parmelee 1B 5 1 1 0 Holt 2B 5 0 0 0Reimold OF 5 2 2 0 Bogaerts SS 5 1 2 1Wieters C 5 1 2 2 Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0Young RF 4 1 1 0 Sandoval 3B 4 1 1 0Lough CF 1 0 0 0 Napoli 1B 3 2 2 0Davis DH 4 1 2 1 Swihart C 4 0 2 1Hardy SS 5 1 2 2 Bradley RF 4 0 2 0Pearce LF 5 1 3 0 Totals 34 5 10 2Flaherty 2B 1 0 0 1 Totals 39 8 14 7

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SB: BAL Pearce (1, 3rd base off Layne/Swihart). 2B: BAL Parmelee (3, Rodriguez, E), Hardy, J (5, Rodriguez, E), Pearce 2 (5, Layne, Aro), Reimold (1, Aro), Davis, C (13, Aro); BOS Bogaerts 2 (14, Gonzalez, Mi, McFarland), Napoli (10, Gonzalez, Mi). GIDP: BOS De Aza.

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HR: BAL Wieters (3, 4th inning off Rodriguez, E, 1 on, 1 out); BOS De Aza (4, 4th inning off Gonzalez, Mi, 2 on, 0 out). S: BAL Flaherty. Team Lob: BAL 9; BOS 6. DP: BAL (Hardy, J-Parmelee); BOS (Bradley, J-Swihart). E: BOS Rodri-guez, E (1, throw), Napoli (3, fielding).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOM Gon’lez (W, 6-4 ) 5.0 8 4 4 0 4T McFarland 2.0 3 2 2 0 1R Hunter 1.0 0 0 0 0 1Z Britton 1.0 1 0 0 0 1Boston IP H R ER BB SOE Rod’guez (L, 3-2 ) 3.2 7 6 6 0 5A Ogando 1.1 1 0 0 0 0T Layne 0.2 1 1 1 0 1J Aro 1.1 4 1 1 0 2R Ross 2.0 1 0 0 2 1HBP: Flaherty (by Layne).

Time: 3:06. Att: 37,706.

Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GADC United 34 19 10 5 4 23 17N. England 24 18 6 6 6 24 24Orlando 23 17 6 6 5 22 21Toronto 22 14 7 6 1 22 19Columbus 20 16 5 6 5 23 23NY Red Bulls 20 15 5 5 5 19 19Philadelphia 18 18 5 10 3 20 30Montreal 17 13 5 6 2 17 21NY City FC 17 16 4 7 5 17 19Chicago 14 15 4 9 2 17 23

Western LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GASeattle 29 17 9 6 2 23 14Vancouver 29 17 9 6 2 20 16Los Angeles 28 19 7 5 7 26 20Portland 25 17 7 6 4 17 19Sporting KC 24 15 6 3 6 23 17Dallas 23 16 6 5 5 19 23San Jose 22 15 6 5 4 16 15Salt Lake 21 17 5 6 6 15 20Houston 20 16 5 6 5 21 21Colorado 15 16 2 5 9 12 15

American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkTampa Bay 41 33 .554 - L1NY Yankees 39 34 .534 1.5 L1Baltimore 38 34 .528 2.0 W1Toronto 39 35 .527 2.0 W1Boston 32 42 .432 9.0 L1Central W L PCT GB StrkKansas City 41 28 .594 - W1Minnesota 39 33 .542 3.5 W1Detroit 37 36 .507 6.0 L2Cleveland 33 38 .465 9.0 W1Chicago Sox 32 40 .444 10.5 W1West W L PCT GB StrkHouston 43 32 .573 - W1LA Angels 37 36 .507 5.0 W1Texas 37 36 .507 5.0 L5Oakland 34 41 .453 9.0 W5Seattle 33 40 .452 9.0 L1

National LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkWashington 40 33 .548 - W6NY Mets 37 37 .500 3.5 W1Atlanta 35 38 .479 5.0 L3Miami 30 44 .405 10.5 L4Philadelphia 26 48 .351 14.5 L1Central W L PCT GB StrkSt. Louis 48 24 .667 - W3Pittsburgh 40 31 .563 7.5 L1Chicago Cubs 39 32 .549 8.5 L2Cincinnati 33 37 .471 14.0 W1Milwaukee 27 47 .365 22.0 L1West W L PCT GB StrkLA Dodgers 41 33 .554 - W2San Francisco 40 34 .541 1.0 W2Arizona 35 37 .486 5.0 L1San Diego 35 40 .467 6.5 L2Colorado 32 40 .444 8.0 W1

BASKETBALLNBA DraftFull Round-1 results1 Minnesota Timberwolves: Karl-Anthony Towns, PF/C, Kentucky2 Los Angeles Lakers: D’Angelo Russell, G, Ohio State3 Philadelphia 76ers: Jahlil Okafor, C, Duke4 New York Knicks: Kristaps Porzingis, F/C, Sevilla5 Orlando Magic: Mario Hezonja, G/F, FC Barcelona6 Sacramento Kings: Willie Cauley-Stein, C, Kentucky7 Denver Nuggets: Emmanuel Mudiay, PG, Guangdong8 Detroit Pistons: Stanley Johnson, SF, Arizona9 Charlotte Hornets: Frank Kaminsky, PF, Wisconsin10 Miami Heat: Justise Winslow, SF, Duke11 Indiana Pacers: Myles Turner, C, Texas12 Utah Jazz: Trey Lyles, F, Kentucky13 Phoenix Suns: Devin Booker, SG, Kentucky14 Oklahoma City Thunder: Cameron Payne, PG, Murray State15 Washington Wizards (via Atlanta): Kelly Oubre, SF, Kansas16 Boston Celtics: Terry Rozier, PG, Louisville17 Milwaukee Bucks: Rashad Vaughn, SG, UNLV18 Houston Rockets: Sam Dekker, SF, Wisconsin19 New York Knicks (via Atlanta via Washington): Jerian Grant, G, Notre Dame20 Toronto Raptors: Deion Wright, PG, Utah21 Dallas Mavericks: Justin Anderson, SF, Virginia22 Chicago Bulls: Bobby Portis, PF, Arkansas23 Brooklyn Nets (via Portland): Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, SF, Arizona24 Minnesota Timberwolves (via Cleveland): Tyus Jones, PG, Duke25 Memphis Grizzlies: Jarell Martin, F, LSU26 San Antonio Spurs: Nikola Milutinov, C, Partizan27 Los Angeles Lakers: Larry Nance, Jr., F, Wyoming28 Boston Celtics: R.J. Hunter, SG, Georgia State29 Brooklyn Nets: Chris McCullough, PF, Syracuse30 Golden State Warriors: Kevon Looney, F, UCLA

BlueJackets 7, HarbourCats 4Victoria Kitsap ab r h bi ab r h biDegoti 1 0 0 1 Nobach 5 1 1 0Meyer 5 0 0 0 Scudder 4 2 1 0Gretler 3 1 0 0 Bautista 5 0 1 0Collard 3 0 0 0 Junior 0 0 0 0Rankin 2 1 1 0 Robinson 3 2 2 0Pries 2 0 0 0 Sommer 2 1 0 0Guibor 1 0 0 0 Ping 5 1 2 3Alcantara 2 0 1 0 Veasey 3 0 0 0Goldstein 2 1 1 2 Brown 3 0 0 0Polshuk 2 1 0 0 Dunlap 2 0 0 1Amezquita 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 7 7 4Jarvis 2 0 1 0 Winchester 2 0 1 0 Andreychuk 2 0 0 0 Floyd 2 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 5 3

Victoria 000 000 220 4 Kitsap 200 020 30x 7

2B: HAR A Alcantara (2). 3B: BLU B Bautista (1). HR: HAR T Goldstein (1). SF: HAR A DeGoti (1). E: HAR Alcantara (2); Jarvis (1); BLU Scudder (5); Ping (3).

HarbourCats IP H R ER BB SOM Blais (L) 4.0 5 3 2 2 4S OToole 2.2 1 4 3 5 1M Wright 0.1 0 0 0 1 0J Walker 1.0 1 0 0 1 1

BlueJackets IP H R ER BB SOC Barnes 6.0 2 0 0 2 5B Colbert 1.0 3 4 3 2 0J Galindo 2.0 0 0 0 3 1

Att: 4,107.

East W L PCT GB StrkYakima Valley 12 6 .667 - W3Kelowna 10 5 .667 .5 W1Walla Walla 8 9 .471 3.5 L2Wenatchee 5 10 .333 5.5 L3South W L PCT GB StrkBend 15 3 .833 - W8Medford 6 9 .400 6 L1Corvallis 6 12 .333 9 L6Klamath Falls 3 12 .200 9.5 L1West W L PCT GB StrkBellingham 11 7 .611 - L1Kitsap 8 7 .533 1.5 W2Cowlitz 7 7 .500 2 W2Victoria 7 11 .389 4 L2

SCOREBOARD

Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris, right, hands off to Chevon Walker CFL football action against the Montreal Alouettes in Montreal, Thursday. [CP PHOTO]

Redblacks beat Als to open 2015 season BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — Jeremiah Johnson scored in the fourth quarter as the Ottawa Redblacks came back to defeat Montreal 20-16 after the Alouettes lost both starting quarterback Jonathan Cromp-ton and backup Dan LeFevour to injury in the CFL season opener on Thursday night.

Brandon Bridge of Mississauga, Ont., the first Canadian to play quarterback for Montreal since Gerry Datillio in 1985, took over midway through the third quarter after LeFevour was injured on only his second play from scrimmage.

Ernest Jackson caught a touchdown pass for Ottawa, which also had a Delbert Alvarado field goal, a safety and a two-point conversion by quarterback Henry Burris.

Tyrell Sutton and Jean-Cristophe Beaulieu had TDs and rookie Boris Bede had a field goal for Montreal, which led 13-5 at halftime despite Crompton going only 5 for 17 for 51 yards.

Sutton scored on the opening series as he car-ried 27 yards to set up his own five-yard TD run. Bede missed the 32-yard convert, mainly because the holder, Bridge, had the ball facing the wrong way.

Burris marched the Redblacks back to the Montreal 29, but Alvarado’s field goal attempt was blocked by John Bowman and recovered by Allan-Michael Cash.

Cash picked off a pass in the second quarter, only to have Ottawa’s Moton Hopkins intercept a Crompton pass on the next play. That set up Alvarado’s 40-yard field goal at 4:11.

The Redblacks picked up a safety, but Jonathan Hefney picked off a Burris pass and, six plays later, Crompton hit Beaulieu with a four-yard TD pass at 9:18. Ottawa looked ready to answer back when Burris threw his third interception of the half to Billy Parker. Burris made up for it on the opening drive of the second half, an 11-play drive kept alive by a fake punt and a fake field goal attempt. It ended with a 13-yard TD pass.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) One-on-one relating marks the difference between success and failure. Your fiery side emerges when dealing with a partner who could be very irritating. Reach out to someone who gives you helpful, compassionate feedback. Tonight: Get to the bottom of a problem.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your ability to get past an emo-tional matter unscathed will be tested. Share more of what you feel is needed. Anger could bub-ble up from out of nowhere. Try to discuss what is going on. Use cau-tion with mechanical equipment, as you could be accident-prone. Tonight: Hang out.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your focus is on completion rath-er than initiating. Stay on top of your finances. You are walking a rocky road, and determination counts. At the risk of exhausting yourself, you’ll do what is needed. Be aware of the implications of your actions. Tonight: A visit with a friend.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)You beam in whatever you decide

is necessary. You might have the luxury of choosing what you want to do, for a change. Your diligence counts and allows you more flexibility. Let spontaneity and imagination merge to make an idea possible. Tonight: Your popularity peaks.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Stay centered when dealing with a personal matter. Some of you might want to take your time to evaluate a real estate proposi-tion. Your instincts will guide you through some difficult decisions. Try not to sit on your feelings. Tonight: Home is where your heart is.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You naturally choose the right words. Your insightful comments will draw in others who appreciate your feedback. However, we all have our critics, and you might discover that one person strongly disagrees with you. Work through your differences. Tonight: TGIF!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Be aware of what is going on. You might believe that you that are responsibly following through on a particular matter,

but in reality something else is going on. An element of posses-siveness or a need for control is playing into your thoughts and actions. Tonight: Treat a friend to munchies.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You might want to get to the bottom of a problem. Detach and take an overview of what is going on, and make strong choices. Honor a difference of opinion, which is likely the result of communication issues and new interests. Tonight: Be where great music is played.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You could be taken aback by a situation that startles you and calls for your attention. Go within to determine the source of your knee-jerk response. There is more going on here than you are aware of. Be sensitive to others’ needs as well. Tonight: In the moment and enjoying it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)How you deal with someone reflects who you are. Someone with high energy could challenge you. Ask yourself what you expect from this person. Try to gain a better understanding of where he or she is coming from. Tonight: Let another person make the first move.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You might be taken aback by all the activity around you. Plans that you previously had made easily could go up in smoke. Your ability to understand what is happening within your immediate environment will mark the next few days. Tonight: Do what feels good.

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FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAMIN MEMORIAM

Born in Bruno, Saskatchewan May 5, 1936, Sylvia (Sally) Hope

Siermacheski (Smood) passed peacefully on June 16, 2015. Sally is predeceased by her husband of 60 years Peter Siermacheski (2015), and her son Robert (2011). Sally is also predeceased by

her parents Anton and Jean (Indzeoski) Smood and her

siblings Anne (Mike) Fay, Mary (John) Rothwell, Lena (Greg) Symak,

Peter (Julie) Smood, Ernie (Verda) Smood, and Diane Meyer. Sally is survived by her children Les (Yvonne), Kelly (Jim) Fisher, Pete (Catherine), and Tracey (Laurie) Brown. Sally is also survived by her grandchildren, Jaret, Lauren, Rachel, Brandon (Chantelle), Richard (Nicole), Christopher (Chelsea), and Addison; and great-grandchil-dren Alex, Summer, and Riley. All of you were a blessing and a joy to her and brought many smiles to her face. Finally, Sally is survived by her siblings Frank (Audrey) Smood, Olga (Joe) Krieg, Larry (Sharon) Smood, Verna Keumper, and Lorna (Wayne) Miskolczi.

Sally lost her mother at an early age but with her great strength and faith in God she helped raise her brothers and sisters. Sally, the beautiful girl of the prairie, met the love of her life Peter and began to raise a wonderful family. In 1965 they moved to Port Alberni where she lived the rest of her life. Sally was not only a devoted sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, but in these roles, she was also a leader, teacher, doctor, counselor, mentor, chef and friend--- she touched us all. With her great faith and kind heart she never turned away a soul in need. We will never forget the feasts that she made for us, and the kind words that she shared when our hearts were full of joy or our hearts were troubled.

Sally (mom, grandma), your presence will be missed in our lives. Your memories will be treasured-- forever. We will always love you and will never forget you.

Prayers will be held at Notre Dame Parish, 4731 Burke Road on Friday July 3rd at 7:30 pm, followed by a memorial mass on Saturday July 4th at 11:00 am. A memorial lunch will be served in the church basement after the services.

Condolences can be forwarded to the family through the Qualicum Beach Funeral Centre Ltd.,

(qbfuneralcentre@shaw.ca)

WITH EVERLASTING LOVE AND MEMORIES,OF MY DEAR HUSBAND AND SOUL MATE

OF 42 YEARS,FRANS PLEY

JANUARY 19, 1944 ~ JUNE 27, 2011

FransI loved you yesterday,

I love you today,I will love you forever.

You are with me in heartwherever I go and whatever I do.

Until we are together again,pray God is taking good care of you.I’ll be waiting for you in my dreams.

Love and miss you with all my heart.Judy " Buddy Rambo"

and your "Little Buddy Teeko"

DEATHS DEATHS

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORIAM

In Loving Memory of Our Dad and Opa

FRANS PLEYJanuary 19, 1944 ~

June 27, 2011

Roses grown in heaven Lord, pick a bunch for me

Place them in my dad’s armsand tell him they’re from me

Tell him that we love and miss him, when he turns to smile, place a kiss upon his

cheek and hold him for awhile,

Because remembering you is easy Dad, we do

it everydayBut missing you is the

heartache that will never go away.

Love and miss you Dad today, tomorrow and

forever Shawndy, Duane, Michael

and your little cowgirl Sophie

DEATHS

TETRAULT, FREDNovember 7, 1937 -

June 18, 2015passed away after a brief bout of lung cancer. Fred came to Port Alberni in 1955 from Archerwill Saskatchewan, worked at Alply for 38 years, 27 of them as Foreman until mill closed in 1991. Pre-deceased by parents Bernadette and Homer Tetrault, brothers, Ray-mond, Julius, Leo, Rob-ert.On behalf of my family, we would like to thank Ty Watson House for the special care given to our Dad during his stay. We are very grateful for all your support. No funeral service by re-quest.

Our love for you will never fade.

Wife Gloria, son Darryl.

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Month in jail for ‘lying’ ex-MP One-time Tory convicted covering up breach on rules; barred from running for five yearsCOLIN PERKEL THE CANADIAN PRESS

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A former MP who spoke for Prime Minister Stephen Harper when it came to electoral-fraud allegations was sentenced Thursday to one month in jail and barred from running for office for five years for cheating during an election campaign.

Dean Del Mastro deliber-ately broke spending rules then tried to cover up his crime, said Superior Court Justice Lisa Cameron, who ruled that incarceration was appropriate for the first-time offender.

“He was prepared not only to break the rules but to be deceitful about it,” Cam-eron said.

“This type of cheating and lying will result in ser-ious sanctions.”

Cameron convicted the former Conservative MP for Peterborough last fall of violating the Canada Elec-tions Act during the 2008 federal election. She found he had knowingly exceeded spending limits, failed to report a personal contri-bution of $21,000 to his

campaign, and submitted a falsified document.

The offences were the very “antithesis” of dem-ocracy and an “affront” to the principles of Canada’s democratic system, Cam-eron said.

“Custody is required to reflect the need for denunci-ation and deterrence.”

Cameron refused a defence request to allow him to serve his jail time intermittently.

In addition to two one-month jail terms he will have to serve concurrently for the overspending.

Cameron also imposed four months of house arrest, to start after he

is released, for the false return he filed.

He will also have to pay $10,000 to the Peterborough Electoral District Associ-ation, and will be on proba-tion for 18 months.

Del Mastro, 44, has already filed an appeal of the con-viction and was to apply for bail at a hearing Friday.

He was led away after the sentencing for processing before being taken to a jail in nearby Lindsay. His wife was in tears.

Accountant Richard McCarthy, 68, who was Del Mastro’s agent, was given a two-month conditional sen-tence plus one year of pro-bation for his role. Cameron said McCarthy had acqui-esced to the machinations — or at least was “wilfully blind” to them — but was much less culpable.

Once Harper’s point man defending the Tories against allegations of electoral fraud, Del Mastro has main-tained his innocence and once called the verdict the judge’s opinion. Going into the day’s proceedings, he said he was not worried by the prospect of a jail term.

“I prefer to do whatever’s

necessary to stand for the truth,” he said.

In Ottawa, the Opposition New Democrats called Del Mastro the man Harper “handpicked” to be his party’s spokesman on ethics and noted other Tories have also been convicted for elec-toral fraud.

“Conservatives have now been convicted of cheating in every election they won,” the NDP said in a statement.

Michael Sona, a former Conservative staffer, was convicted last year in the 2011 robocalls scandal.

The Conservative Party pleaded guilty to exceeding election spending limits and submitting fraudulent election records in the 2006 election.

Federal Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel, speak-ing in Quebec City, said he didn’t think Del Mastro’s conviction and sentence would affect the Conserva-tive banner.

Prosecutor Tom Lemon said justice had been served by imprisoning Del Mastro.

“Anything short of that would not have adequately denounced these offences,” Lemon said.

Disgraced former Conservative politician Dean Del Mastro arrives at court in Peterborough, Ont., on Thursday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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ArtsLounge Music with Mohr Masala, alternate Mondays to City Council Meetings from 7 to 9 p.m. at Char’s Landing.

Sports & recreationThe 4H Boots n’ Bridles Horse Club

meets the first and second Satur-day of the month at 11 a.m. at 6199 Smith Rd. No horse required. Info: 250-723-8392.

Drop-in circuit training. Stay fit and have fun. Sundays at 3 p.m. Info: 778-421-2721.

Horseshoe Club practices Sundays at 11 a.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050.

Adult drop-in badminton on Mondays, from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Alberni Ath-letic Hall. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg Hudson).

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Crib Night every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 293 Alberni Valley.

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EventsFarmers’ Market is now open every Sat-

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at Cherry Creek School.Spirit Square Farmers’ Market at Har-

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Meat draws and other social events every Saturday at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 293, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Every Sunday afternoon, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., the Kingsway Pub holds a meat draw and 50/50 raffle to benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House.

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program for youth, ages 12-18, Satur-day nights from 8 p.m. to midnight at Gyro Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-2181.

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Givers Support Group meets every third Monday of the month at Fir Park Village in the activity room at 6:30 p.m.

Meals on Wheels, program needs volun-teer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390.

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