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KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Three months ago, the major lifeline to Bamfield was cut off. The MV Frances Barkley had been out of service after strik- ing something at sea and has just recently resumed regular service. The vessel, which provides daily passenger and freight ser- vice, was on a scheduled run to the small community when it was damaged in the canal. “We speculate it hit a dead- head,” said Mike Surrell, owner of Lady Rose Marine Services. “No one knew there was an issue until we started losing oil.” When the crew took the gear box apart to inspect the damage, they found a broken shaft and knew it was major. “It was an integral part of the vessel that failed,” Surrell said. “It is like the transmission of a car breaking. “Everyone felt sick. We knew it was a big problem.” It took two months for local workers to machine build and re-install all the parts. The vessel was transported by steam to Point Hope Shipyard and staff from Lady Rose Marine Services rented an apartment while completing the job. They worked 10-hour days on some- thing Surrell equated to per- forming heart surgery. In the interim, the company was forced to use a 50-foot land- ing craft, a Carryem water taxi, to load and unload freight and keep the service running. One of the main ways businesses and residents of Bamfield acquire goods is by water. The alterna- tive is a rough, dirty logging road. For the people of Bamfield, the disruption in service required adjustments to be made to daily life. At the general store, employee Neil Wright was happy to see the return of the Frances Barkley. The store gets all of its stock three times a week by boat, which usually adds up to a total of 5,000-10,000 pounds of freight each week. They had to cut back orders significantly, but were still receiving about two pallets piled six feet high, which came with challenges of loading and unloading from the water taxi. “The boys (running the Carryem) took care of us pretty good,” Wright said. “They did the best they could with what they had. It was a lot of work to carry the stuff up the ramps.” Besides goods, the community relies on foot traffic, and with two months of very little tour- ists, the business took a hit. “They help out with the bot- tom line at the end of the day,” Wright said. “We didn’t order as much as normal for the beginning of the season. It was a tough thing for Mike to go through.” Surrell said his office staff stepped up and were busy load- ing and unloading on the dock. The service transports anything that can be carried on board and hits several miscellaneous way- points en route to Bamfield. Surrell said the vessel is now in tip-top shape and reservation numbers are steadily climbing. “We are lucky we have very skilled labour here,” he said. “Our engineers are phenomenal.” At the rate in which business has resumed, with both an influx of passengers and freight, Surrell expects this to be a busy tourist season. [email protected] Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Family opens new flooring store Business, Page 5 24C 12C Mainly sunny CITY COUNCIL MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES P ort Alberni city council couldn’t reach a majority vote to cancel commercial garbage collection, so the service will continue, against the city engineer’s recommendation. City engineer Guy Cicon rec- ommended council scrap the ser- vice, as it would cost too much to replace aging equipment and hire more labour. T he city lost $51,000 from the service last year and business is declining. An anticipated July 1 ban by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District on cardboard in the landfill complicates the issue. “My conclusion was that we didn’t have enough labour or equipment or bins to offer card- board service,” said Cicon. It would cost the city additional funds to ramp up for including cardboard collection, he noted. Currently, the city operates commercial garbage collection for more than 200 local busi- nesses – about 20 per cent of the market – and more than a dozen municipal buildings. The city’s aging commercial garbage truck requires a $380,000 replacement. Cicon recommended the city use the smaller bins for munici- pal buildings and include it as part of the residential garbage collection. The city competes with three private companies in Port Alber- ni that pick up dumpsters from businesses. Stacy Watton, CUPE Local 118 president, wrote a letter to coun- cil urging them to continue the city-run commercial service. “By currently subsidizing dumpster service for $50,000 you collect and dispose of current facility garbage, a good portion of the town’s litter cleanup, control over your own garbage collection, many unaccounted garbage incidentals, support community groups and a good union job,” Watton wrote. Cancelling the service and switching to residential collec- tion for municipal buildings would not save the city any money, she argued. Council split a 3–3 vote to dis- continue the commercial gar- bage collection, resulting in no change and business as usual. There was no decision on wheth- er to further invest to replace the garbage truck. Mayor Mike Ruttan, councillors Ron Paulson and Sharie Minions voted to discontinue the service. Councillors Dan Washington, Chris Alemany and Denis Sauvé voted to keep the service going. Coun. Jack McLeman, whose son works for a private garbage col- lection company in the city, did not participate in the debate or vote. “I see us going in a different direction,” said Coun. Paulson, noting the city should turn towards collecting garden waste. “I don’t believe that the city has any business being in business against the private people,” Paul- son said. With both commercial garbage and garden waste col- lection, the city would be on the hook for about $600,000 in vehicle costs, he added. Coun. Alemany argued that a large private conglomerate would take over the market if the city discontinued the service. But Mayor Ruttan responded that city council can’t speculate on what the market will do. If the city pursues collection of garden waste, it will cost resi- dents, Ruttan said. “We are com- mitting the city down the road, in a very short time, to at least a three per cent increase in prop- erty taxes,” Ruttan said. Martin. [email protected] Fifty years fighting fires in Sproat Lake Department celebrates 50 years; find- ing former volunteers to participate in the celebrations has been a challenge. » Alberni Region, 3 Armada take home another B.C. medal For the fifth year in a row, the Alberni District Secondary School girls rugby team reaches the podium at the prov- incials. » Sports, 6 “I don’t believe that the city has any business being in business against the private people.” Ron Paulson, city councillor » Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news. Council’s 3-3 vote Monday night on commercial garbage collection could result in future tax increase Garbage has city fi t to be tied TRANSPORTATION » We want to hear from you. Send comments on this story to news@ avtimes.net. 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KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Three months ago, the major lifeline to Bamfield was cut off.

The MV Frances Barkley had been out of service after strik-ing something at sea and has just recently resumed regular service.

The vessel, which provides daily passenger and freight ser-vice, was on a scheduled run to the small community when it was damaged in the canal.

“We speculate it hit a dead-head,” said Mike Surrell, owner of Lady Rose Marine Services. “No one knew there was an issue until we started losing oil.”

When the crew took the gear box apart to inspect the damage, they found a broken shaft and knew it was major.

“It was an integral part of the vessel that failed,” Surrell said. “It is like the transmission of a car breaking.

“Everyone felt sick. We knew it was a big problem.”

It took two months for local workers to machine build and re-install all the parts.

The vessel was transported by steam to Point Hope Shipyard and staff from Lady Rose Marine

Services rented an apartment while completing the job. They worked 10-hour days on some-thing Surrell equated to per-forming heart surgery.

In the interim, the company was forced to use a 50-foot land-ing craft, a Carryem water taxi, to load and unload freight and keep the service running. One of the main ways businesses and residents of Bamfield acquire

goods is by water. The alterna-tive is a rough, dirty logging road.

For the people of Bamfield, the disruption in service required adjustments to be made to daily life.

At the general store, employee Neil Wright was happy to see the return of the Frances Barkley. The store gets all of its stock three times a week by boat,

which usually adds up to a total of 5,000-10,000 pounds of freight each week.

They had to cut back orders significantly, but were still receiving about two pallets piled six feet high, which came with challenges of loading and unloading from the water taxi.

“The boys (running the Carryem) took care of us pretty good,” Wright said. “They did

the best they could with what they had. It was a lot of work to carry the stuff up the ramps.”

Besides goods, the community relies on foot traffic, and with two months of very little tour-ists, the business took a hit.

“They help out with the bot-tom line at the end of the day,” Wright said. “We didn’t order as much as normal for the beginning of the season. It was a tough thing for Mike to go through.”

Surrell said his office staff stepped up and were busy load-ing and unloading on the dock. The service transports anything that can be carried on board and hits several miscellaneous way-points en route to Bamfield.

Surrell said the vessel is now in tip-top shape and reservation numbers are steadily climbing.

“We are lucky we have very skilled labour here,” he said.

“Our engineers are phenomenal.”

At the rate in which business has resumed, with both an influx of passengers and freight, Surrell expects this to be a busy tourist season.

[email protected]

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Family opens new flooring store Business, Page 5

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CITY COUNCIL

MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Port Alberni city council couldn’t reach a majority vote to cancel commercial

garbage collection, so the service will continue, against the city engineer’s recommendation.

City engineer Guy Cicon rec-ommended council scrap the ser-vice, as it would cost too much to replace aging equipment and hire more labour. T

he city lost $51,000 from the service last year and business is declining. An anticipated July 1 ban by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District on cardboard in the landfill complicates the issue.

“My conclusion was that we didn’t have enough labour or equipment or bins to offer card-board service,” said Cicon.

It would cost the city additional funds to ramp up for including cardboard collection, he noted.

Currently, the city operates commercial garbage collection

for more than 200 local busi-nesses – about 20 per cent of the market – and more than a dozen municipal buildings.

The city’s aging commercial garbage truck requires a $380,000 replacement.

Cicon recommended the city use the smaller bins for munici-

pal buildings and include it as part of the residential garbage collection.

The city competes with three private companies in Port Alber-ni that pick up dumpsters from businesses.

Stacy Watton, CUPE Local 118 president, wrote a letter to coun-cil urging them to continue the city-run commercial service.

“By currently subsidizing dumpster service for $50,000 you collect and dispose of current facility garbage, a good portion of the town’s litter cleanup, control over your own garbage collection, many unaccounted garbage incidentals, support

community groups and a good union job,” Watton wrote.

Cancelling the service and switching to residential collec-tion for municipal buildings would not save the city any money, she argued.

Council split a 3–3 vote to dis-continue the commercial gar-bage collection, resulting in no change and business as usual. There was no decision on wheth-er to further invest to replace the garbage truck.

Mayor Mike Ruttan, councillors Ron Paulson and Sharie Minions voted to discontinue the service. Councillors Dan Washington, Chris Alemany and Denis Sauvé voted to keep the service going. Coun. Jack McLeman, whose son works for a private garbage col-lection company in the city, did not participate in the debate or vote.

“I see us going in a different direction,” said Coun. Paulson, noting the city should turn towards collecting garden waste.

“I don’t believe that the city has any business being in business against the private people,” Paul-son said. With both commercial garbage and garden waste col-lection, the city would be on the hook for about $600,000 in vehicle costs, he added.

Coun. Alemany argued that a large private conglomerate would take over the market if the city discontinued the service. But Mayor Ruttan responded that city council can’t speculate on what the market will do.

If the city pursues collection of garden waste, it will cost resi-dents, Ruttan said. “We are com-mitting the city down the road, in a very short time, to at least a three per cent increase in prop-erty taxes,” Ruttan said.

Martin. [email protected]

Fifty years fighting fires in Sproat LakeDepartment celebrates 50 years; find-ing former volunteers to participate in the celebrations has been a challenge. » Alberni Region, 3

Armada take home another B.C. medalFor the fifth year in a row, the Alberni District Secondary School girls rugby team reaches the podium at the prov-incials. » Sports, 6

“I don’t believe that the city has any business being in business against the private people.”Ron Paulson, city councillor

» Use your smartphoneto jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news.

Council’s 3-3 vote Monday night on commercial garbage collection could result in future tax increase

Garbage has city fi t to be tied

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‘Frances Barkley’ back in business to Bamfi eld

Inside today

Weather 2 Alberni Region 3

Opinion 4Business 5

Sports 6Scoreboard 7

Comics 8Classifieds 9

Nation & World 10

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ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 100 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.)

The ‘MV Frances Barkley’ has resumed service to Bamfield after three months of repairs. [TIMES FILE PHOTO]

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ArtsFraternal Order of Eagles Ladies Auxiliary

afternoon jams every Thursday, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., at 3561 Third Ave.

Sports CONNECT A Parent Program meets on

Thursday evenings, from 6 to 7 p.m. Info: 250-724-0125.

Drop-in Badminton on Mondays and Thursday, Alberni Athletic Hall, 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg).

Taoist Tai Chi arts, twice weekly classes – Mondays, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Thursdays, 1 to 3 p.m. at Knox Presby-terian Hall. Everyone welcome. Please enter by parking lot side door. Info: 250-723-7956.

Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Alberni Valley Billiards Club, 2964 Third Ave., adult mixed eight-ball league on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Info: 250-723-1212.

Horseshoe Club on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050.

Child and youth Army Cadets, ages 12 to 18, meet Thurs-

days at Cherry Creek Hall from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Info: 778-421-0552.

Join the Sea Cadets, ages 12 to 18. They meet Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. at 4210 Cedarwood St. E-mail: [email protected] or call 250-730-0944.

Youth Clinic services are available at ADSS (around the left front corner) on Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Info: 250-731-1315 or the Youth Clinic cell at 250-720-9591.

Support and help Having trouble connecting with your

teen? Connect, an attachment-based program to support parents and care-givers, is held Thursday evenings, from 6 to 7 p.m. Registration: 250-724-0125 or 250-731-1315 (ext. 41766 - Debra).

Grief Support Group meets Thursday afternoons at the Hospice Society office. Call Ruth at 250-723-4478 to register.

First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250-723-2056 or 250-724-2196.

Volunteers needed to help at Red Cross Health Equipment and Loan Program for four-hour shifts. Call between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 250-723-0557.

KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support services. If you, or someone

you know, is having difficulties, please call 250-723-2040.

Service groupsLiteracy Alberni, drop-in times Monday

through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.

Addictions Come and join Port Alberni Friendship

Center’s relapse prevention group every Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Coffee and snacks included.

Al-Anon and Al-Ateen Support Groups, for family and friends of problem drinkers, on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Knox Church Hall. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855.

Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800-807-1780 for meeting times and locations.

What’s comingRethink, Rewind, Reboot 8 workshop

modules for tech-based SMB’s and Start-ups. May 29, June 18, June 22 and June 29. For more information, 250-753-8324.

Bread of Life Fundraising Dinner, May 30 at 5:30 p.m. Tickets at Bread of Life and Cornerstones Thrift Store.

PAGO Grannies Giant Garage Sale, Sat-urday May 30, 9 a.m.–12 noon, Trinity Church Hall, corner of Angus Street and Fifth Ave. Proceeds to Stephen Lewis Foundation, in support of African grandmothers raising AIDS-orphaned grandchildren. Information: 250-723-8362

Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department 50th Anniversary Open House, May 30 from 2 p.m. with BBQ and social at the Harold Bishop Fire Hall.

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Bike to work weekMayor Mike Ruttan (far right) with city councillors and community members outside the Port Alberni city hall celebrated Bike To Work Week on Monday. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]

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MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A former Port Alberni stock-broker who was banned for misconduct will stand trial in Supreme Court 10 years after a number of alleged crimes.

Charles Kamal Dass faces 15 charges: seven each of fraud and theft over $5,000; and one count of using forged documents. The offences allegedly occurred between January 2000 and December 2006 in Port Alberni. He’s accused of embezzling $3.9 million in investment money

from two Alberni Valley dairy farming families.

Dass’s case was in Port Alberni Supreme Court on Monday to fix a date for trial. His Supreme Court trial is set to start Aug. 2, 2016, by judge alone without a jury.

Defence lawyer Thomas Arbogast said there are a num-ber of reasons why the case has taken so long to go to trial, but did not comment on the details.

“It’s difficult to say,” he said, adding that each case is different.

Ian Hay is Crown prosecutor on the Dass case.

A preliminary inquiry to assess the strength of the Crown’s evidence against Dass ended in Port Alberni in February. Judge Ron Lamperson ruled that the evidence was sufficient for trial. The judge asked Arbogast and Hay how long they expect the trial to take. They replied they would need to discuss the case further. Both lawyers are based in Vancouver.

Dass was arrested in June 2013 and released on bail for a $25,000

surety with a $10,000 deposit. The Emblem and Haack fam-

ilies, who operated dairy farms in the Alberni Valley, filed lawsuits against Dass in B.C. Supreme Court in 2007. The families had decided to sell their cows and dairy farm assets, investing the money with Dass.

Their lawsuit alleged Dass absconded with $3,275,000 from the Emblems and $625,000 from the Haacks. Dass contended he followed instructions from Col-leen Haack and Jerrald Emblem to invest the funds in high-risk

ventures. The 46-year-old was banned

from the brokerage business for life after a 2009 hearing by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. Dass was ordered to pay a $220,000 fine and $83,184 in costs.

The hearing panel ruled that Dass misused over half a million dollars in loans and investments from clients between 2002-2004 while working for Dundee Secur-ities in Port Alberni.

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Port Alberni Cycling Club members Daryl Chase, Keenan Bujotzek, Brian Chase and Nathan Krein enjoy the camaraderie of group rides, as well as the terrain and scenery of the Valley. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]

Alberni Cycling Club offers a chance to improve skillsKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Cycling is a sport that can be done individually or with a group. For anyone wanting

to ride with others or to improve mountain bike and road-riding skills, the Port Alberni Cycling Club offers that and more.

Established in 2008 by several people, including Joe Maika from Team Whistler and Pol Quinn from Cutting Edge Sports, the club was designed to be an all-in-clusive group catering to all ages, skill levels and tread patterns. The members ride everything from cross country, road, down-hill, freestyle, slopestyle and cyclocross. The club offers vari-ous recreational and competitive events throughout the year. They are all based on having fun and enjoying the sport with like-mind-ed people, but it is also a chance to test your own skills on some of the best trails in the Valley.

One of the popular races held by the group is the Soggy Bottom cross country marathon. Taking place over about 22 km of flowy

single track, the route is complete with roots, mud and forest scen-ery. From beginners to expert levels, an incentive for many is often the large number of prizes available. The Club is also known for its 12 Hours of Alberni Valley endurance race.

Throughout the spring and summer, weekly rides for members are also organized. Tonight, and every Wednesday, is the group road ride, usually starting at 6 p.m. from Healthy Habits. Every second Thursday are Twoonie Rides for mountain bikes. With the a donation of a twoonie, riders receive post-ride refreshments and prizes and help cover the costs of maintaining club activities.

This Thursday night, the club meeting follows the ride, and new people are encouraged to attend to provide suggestions and join the growing membership.

Last year the group introduced an after school biking program for kids with parks and recrea-tion. Sprockids gave youth the opportunity to develop strategies

not only for improving their mountain biking skills, but leadership and confidence to take throughout life.

Besides racing and organizing group rides, the Club is a chance to get together for socializing. There is always time to jump off the saddle, put the bike down and fuel up after with barbecues, snacks and drinks.

One of the things club members focus on is trail building and maintenance of existing trails.

The Port Alberni Cycling Club is a non-profit group dedicated to promoting cycling and healthy outdoor living in the Valley and are always looking for new members and volunteers. To join or to find out more, go to www.pacyclers.com.

Members, along with the sup-port of Healthy Habits, are also taking part in Bike To Work Week events. Cyclists can stop by the store on Redford Street on Thurs-day from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. to take part in celebrations.

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The Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department is celebrating 50 years and several events com-memorating the milestone will happen over the next few months.

This Saturday is a social even-ing and barbecue for past and present members.

The biggest task, according to fire chief Wade Hepp, has been tracking down former volunteers.

“It has taken the past five to six months,” he said. “We have spent hours on the Unternet and in phone books. We’ve used social media, Google, friends of friends and acquaintances. We’ve tried everything.”

The work has paid off and organizers expect to see 100 to 120 people at the invite-only event. There will be a special commemorative publication available for members, and if there is demand, more copies may be printed. The book is a combination of one written by the late Harold Bishop on the first forty years of the depart-

ment with additions made by the last two fire chiefs who filled in the next ten years of history.

Wade is looking forward to bringing together the genera-tions for the gathering.

“I think, personally, if we don’t document it or get people togeth-er, we will lose history and it will be gone forever,” he said. “We will have people who have seen the changes in equipment and see the struggles we have today that are very different from the ones they had.”

One of those struggles mem-bers face today is an aging volun-teer base. Currently at 39 mem-bers, Hepp’s main concern is that the average age is 55.

“We will lose about 10 members with 20 years seniority soon and we will be in big trouble,” he said.

For more information, or if you are a past or current mem-ber who would like to attend the social on Saturday, May 30, call 250-724-1777 or email [email protected].

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A photo from 2000, showing the new Engine #47, along with the late Harold Bishop, Dave Beaty and Ted Blight. All three men served or have served together since the early years of the Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]

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Earlier this year, an RCMP report leaked to the public warned that anti-energy

and anti-resource development activists are increasingly well-funded and well-organized and might be showing more violent tendencies.

Funny how the idea of for-eign money coming in to sup-port the activities of Canadian environmentalists is shocking and horrifying, the acts of agent provocateurs violating national sovereignty with their influ-ence peddling, yet federal and provincial governments cutting deals worth billions with mas-sive multinational corporations is fair play. Turn the lens around and now the view is of noble underdog Canadians fighting to protect our pristine wilder-ness from billionaire developers and the evil politicians they’ve bought off with blood money.

In between you’ve got law enforcement and spy agencies justifying their existence to their political masters by pointing to the darkness under the bed and saying there might be a bogey-man there and, even if there isn’t, we’d better be watchful in case one materializes.

This is not to say that multi-national companies don’t manipulate governments around the world to further their corpor-ate interests, nor that environ-mentalists don’t use shady tactics to further their agendas nor that police officers and spies don’t poke their noses where they don’t belong.

It is to say a cigar is usually a

cigar and the likelihood that it’s actually a cleverly-disguised pipe bomb from a James Bond movie is rare.

Put another way, when Premier Christy Clark signs a memoran-dum of understanding with an international LNG consortium led by Petronas of Malaysia, like she did Wednesday, it’s more a publicity stunt than a nefarious plot. Clark gets to show that she’s serious about the LNG file and that she does have suitors with deep pockets at the table while the suitors, the Pacific NorthWest LNG group, show their global competitors that they’ve got the inside track in B.C. The real binding documents

will be hundreds or even thou-sands of pages long and analyzed word for word and line by line by high-priced lawyers before signa-tures are applied.

Clark hasn’t sold the farm and Petronas and their partners aren’t on the hook to buy it or anything else. The memorandum does include some details on what the two sides are willing to put on the table to manage risk and maximize profit but nothing is locked in.

The scope of these kinds of deals demands the detailed dis-cussion happen behind closed doors so everyone can freely negotiate without being bound to similar offers in the future and to keep the armchair quarter-backs at bay. Unfortunately, that secrecy fuels the belief that something underhanded is going on, with money and power subverting the process for evil purposes.

The irony, of course, is that pro-ponents and opponents see them-selves as transparent do-gooders under siege from conspiracies hatched by the other side. Corpor-ations and governments are just trying to make money, create jobs and grow the economy but nutbar anarchists are scheming to stop them. Environmentalists and activists are just trying to pro-tect our air, land and water from shady robber barons and crooked politicos lining their pockets.

Nothing mobilizes action and response like fear, that’s why the stories from both sides demon-izing each other sound so scary and dramatic. Yet the record

clearly shows that neither side is omnipotent, both sides exchange wins and the radicals in either camp are few.

In fact, neither side can accom-modate radicals. On the business side, radical hard-nosed stances get in the way of pragmatism and cutting a deal. Spying, intimida-tion, bribery and other shenani-gans are costly risks that backfire more often than not. On the activ-ist side, threats of violence vio-late deeply-held moral principles. Peaceful protests attract converts and public sympathy, not bomb-ings, shootings and riots.

That’s the important point police and spies in Canada and elsewhere miss. Radicals give up on the process and quietly take matters in their own hands, working from the shadows. They operate underground because they despise the moderates on their side for their weakness almost as much as they hate the other side for their strength. Spying on citizen activists or business and government lead-ers is almost always a waste of time because the very nature of their work is to attract public support to their cause. That kind of attention is the last thing any scheming radical planning illegal and/or harmful activity wants.

Scrutiny is always good for gov-ernment, business and activism.

It’s the quiet ones in their midst, brimming with anger and resentment, that we all have to watch out for.

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Fracking situation not black and whiteIt’s one of the most hotly

debated issues of our time, primarily because the stakes

are so high on either side.Nowhere is that more true than

New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo made headlines last December when he announced a state-wide ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Some regional leaders have loudly complained about the move, while many environmentalists scored it a victory.

The problem with fracking is that while it’s been around for years — states such as Pennsyl-vania are maggoty with these short-term natural gas wells

— studies of its impact are still far from conclusive. The only thing really known is that it has created a whole new boom in fossil fuels and contributed to a global collapse in the price of other energy sources.

While this province still awaits the findings of its own fracking panel, investigations in jurisdic-tions such as Nova Scotia and now New York show a trend towards erring on the side of caution.

This month, New York released the research that backed up its decision last year. It’s a dense 2,000-page tome that examines everything from economic bene-

fits to possible environmental and health impacts.

One factor that was not clearly known even only a year ago is the potential for tremors and earthquakes.

As Climate Central reported last week, new evidence in this area played a big role in the state’s decision.

“Last month, the U.S. Geological Survey published a study show-ing that oil and gas development, specifically deep underground injection of wastewater from frac-king operations, made Oklahoma more seismically active than Cali-fornia in 2014, posing a major risk to life and property.”

Such quakes would not only threaten to disrupt water sup-plies and cause other environ-mental problems, but could damage infrastructure in states where building codes don’t account for such events.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the research for New York is that consideration was given to the likelihood that increased fracking would tend to supplant or at least delay the need to seek more renewable forms of energy. Not only does fracking continue to increase greenhouse gases, but it may only kick the fuel can down the road a few more decades.

“But natural gas produced using fracking is also leading to the displacement of car-bon-heavy coal as the nation’s primary fuel for electric power generation,” the Climate Central article noted.

Again, the situation is by no means black and white.

One thing is for sure: this prov-incial fracking panel just got a whole new mountain of evidence to mull over.

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Family offers storefront for fi rst timeArrowsmith Flooring now more visible, accessible and providing more products and servicesKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A new store catering to the flooring needs of the Alberni Valley opened yes-

terday with a definite family feel. Arrowsmith Flooring Centre

opened its doors on Tebo Road, offering a storefront for the first time.

The family-run business includes husband and wife, John-ny and Kathy Ruissen, as well as Kathy’s sister, Colleen Van Adrichem as manager.

When the three saw an increased demand for products, they decided to put their idea of a store into reality.

Johnny brings 38 years of experience as a tile setter, with 35 being a contractor on his own with Arrowsmith Tile.

Now, being more visible and accessible, the business is also able to offer more products and services.

“People want more variety and we want to keep people shopping in town,” Van Adrichem said. “We now offer carpet and blinds.”

Before any of the shelves were stocked and displays hung, however, the new shop had to be constructed.

Built from the ground up, John-ny did much of the work himself, including a fireplace using K2 stone.

He installed the porcelain tile and vinyl plank floors and ledge stone on the desk.

Walking into the store, custom-ers can get a feel for the products offered, not only from display racks, but by the furnishings and decorations. Johnny’s own photos of his work decorate the walls and show the variety of options available.

For flooring, samples for viewing are available on-site for carpet, linoleum, laminate, tile, hardwood and vinyl plank, which is a waterproof alterna-tive to wood. There is also an option for in-floor heating. The store is complete with a rear room full of installation needs for do-it-yourselfers.

If you have an idea of what you want, whether it is for a new

look or replacing old flooring, the three are committed to putting customer service first.

They are willing to help with samples and providing tips and suggestions.

For example, in high traffic areas, Van Adrichem said, based on personal preference, custom-ers can choose any hard surface, laminate, low pile carpet or tile.

Kathy is specializing in the

window covering side of the busi-ness and is looking forward to showing everyone the wide selec-tion of current blinds, shades and shutters.

She also said she has plenty of tips for cleaning.

“If you wash the film off, you can keep them clean by dusting once a week,” Kathy said. “A hairdryer works for fabrics to blow the dust off.”

Van Adrichem said they strive to offer something for all budgets, without sacrificing quality.

“We have quality products that will last,” she said.

The store’s motto, “Dream it, Plan it, Do it” ensures pride of ownership lasts as long as the home itself.

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Sisters Colleen Van Adrichem, left, and Kathy Ruissen are excited to launch their new business venture together, along with Kathy’s husband and experienced tile setter, Johnny. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

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MONEY

Ottawa to explore ways to give people the option to boost CPP contributionsTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — In a sudden about-face, the Harper government said Tuesday it’s thinking about giving Canadians the option of hiking their contributions to the Canada Pension Plan — a meas-ure that would help them boost their retirement savings.

With an election date less then five months away, the move looked like a surprise effort by the Conservatives to wrestle some ground away from their political foes.

The Tories have long opposed expanding the government-man-aged pension plan — an idea supported by the NDP — but Finance Minister Joe Oliver told the House of Commons that they intend to consult experts and stakeholders on the matter this summer.

The government’s goal: explore ways that would allow Can-adians to make voluntary add-on contributions to the CPP.

“We are open to giving Can-adians the option to voluntarily contribute more to the Canada Pension Plan to supplement their current CPP retirement savings,” said Oliver, who offered few details and did not speak to reporters after question period.

People need choices when it comes to their retirement sav-ings, rather than being forced to make mandatory payments, Oliver said.

The government, he added, aims to build on other voluntary savings options already avail-able, such as pooled, registered pension plans and tax-free sav-ings accounts.

The subject of retirement income is expected to be a weighty election issue this fall and the Tories’ opponents lined up to portray Tuesday’s change of heart as crass political opportunism.

“They’re trying to scoop up a few votes of those that are con-cerned about their pensions,” said NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen.

“I don’t know if they’re actually going to do it. If they were going to do it, one would’ve imagined they would have done it already.”

The NDP has long called for a mandatory expansion of the Canada Pension Plan to help Canadians save for retirement.

Liberal finance critic Scott Brison accused the Tories of swiping the idea of voluntary expansion from his party’s 2011 election platform. He said the timing of the announcement — on the “eve of an election” — shows the move was more about winning votes than good policy.

“The Conservatives criticized it and have criticized it ever since,” Brison said of the Liberal proposal.

Tuesday’s news came as a surprise to those who have long been calling for it.

“It’s, first of all, a 180-degree turn from what they had been saying for the last five years,” said Susan Eng, vice-president of advocacy for the influential sen-iors group CARP.

She did, however, describe the change as “sort of like a half-measure.” Eng said inter-nal polls of her organization’s members have shown that 80 per cent of them support mandatory expansion of the pension plan.

The concern is that people aren’t disciplined enough to save enough for retirement on their own; higher mandatory pension contributions would help them get there, she said.

The long-running debate about the Canada Pension Plan has also spilled into the provinces.

“They’re trying to scoop up a few votes of those that are concerned about their pensions,”Nathan Cullen, NDP finance critic

Ireland agrees to sell share of Aer LingusTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DUBLIN — Ireland intends to sell its 25 per cent stake in the Aer Lingus airline to IAG after receiving guarantees that the parent company of British Air-ways will increase employment and air links with the United States.

IAG, which also operates Spain’s Iberia airline, confirmed revised terms of its takeover offer as Ireland’s Cabinet announced its decision Tuesday night.

To succeed, IAG still must persuade the Irish airline’s lar-gest shareholder — rival carrier Ryanair — to accept the offer valuing Aer Lingus at 1.4 billion euros ($1.52 billion). Ryanair holds 30 per cent of Aer Lingus shares because of its own three thwarted takeover bids, but has yet to talk directly with IAG.

Ireland’s business and tour-ism chiefs welcomed the deci-sion. Labour unions expressed reservations.

ECONOMY

Markets down as hike in U.S. interest rates loomsTHE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — North Amer-ican stock markets closed sharply lower Tuesday as positive economic news fuelled concerns that an interest rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve could be imminent.

The S&P/TSX composite index lost 136.59 points to close at 15,050.81, while the loonie gave back 0.74 of a U.S. cent to 80.47 cents. In New York, where trading resumed after the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, indexes also posted major declines, as traders reacted to comments from U.S. Fed-eral Reserve Chair Janet Yellen late Friday.

Yellen said if the U.S.

economy continues to improve, a rate hike could be on the horizon some time this year. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 190.48 points at 18,041.54, while the Nasdaq plunged 56.61 points to 5,032.75 and the S&P 500 fell 21.86 points to 2,104.20.

Ben Jang, a portfolio man-ager at Vancouver-based Nicola Wealth, said traders are reacting negatively to positive economic news that has been coming out of the U.S. in recent days because it signals a greater likelihood that the Fed will raise rates.

“We’re stuck in this environment where good news turns out to be bad news,” said Jang. “So if you

have comments that can be viewed as more hawkish, the market sells off because they’re concerned about interest rates rising.”

However, Jang noted that positive economic data is good news for the econ-omy and will eventually translate into higher stock market valuations.

“It’s actually better for the markets in the long run and will help deflate potential asset bubbles,” he said.

On commodity markets, the July oil contract was fell US$1.69 to US$58.03 a barrel, while June gold lost $17.10 to US$1,186.90 an ounce and July copper gave back three cents to US$2.78 a pound.

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The Armada girls’ rugby team is on a five-year streak for medal wins at the Tier 2 B.C. provincial championships.

This year’s team took home the bronze medal in North Vancouver on the weekend. The Armada defeated Lake City Secondary of Williams Lake 24–10 in the third-place match.

“The girls are really happy to bring home another medal to the Alberni Valley,” said coach Ryan Hall. The rugby squad has quali-fied for the Tier 2 provincial cham-pionships for the past 10 years and won medals in the last five.

“It may not have been the colour we wanted, but the girls played a fantastic tournament,” Hall said.

After drawing first blood against Lake City with a try and conver-sion for a 7–0 lead, Alberni gave up a try on an awkward bounce off the uprights.

The 7–5 scoreline was the closest

their opponents would get.“Our Grade 12s really showed up

in their final ADSS Armada game as rugby players,” said Hall. “You could just see our girls put it into another gear and there was no looking back.”

The first half ended 17–10, and the Armada took full control of the game.

“We kind of shut the door in the last 30 minutes,” said the coach.

Alberni played three games in the Tier 2 tournament. They crushed Lillooet Secondary 41–5 in the opener.

But then the Armada lost to Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Secondary 20-15, putting the championship game out of reach. Surrey’s Clayton Heights took the top prize.

Two Island teams won the AA and AAA championships. Brent-wood College of Mill Bay won the AA gold medal, and Courtenay’s G.P. Vanier claimed the AAA title.

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Erica Senger runs for the Armada in a rugby game against Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Secondary during the B.C. provincial championships on Friday. ADSS lost the game 15–20, placing them in the bronze medal game. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]

IN THE RING

Boxing promoter hoping to bring another fi ght to NanaimoSCOTT McKENZIE NANAIMO DAILY NEWS

After scheduling changes, cancelled fights and the legend-ary Gordy Racette being forced to pull out 25 minutes before his much-anticipated bout, the ‘Rumble at the Rink’ boxing card still delivered Saturday night at Frank Crane Arena.

Promoter Terry Strawson of Gloved Up Promotions said between 1,000 and 1,100 people attended the three-fight card on Saturday night that ended with Qualicum Beach’s Aubrey “Bam Bam” Morrow knocking out Saskatoon’s Paul Bzdel in the seventh round of a blood-soaked main event.

And with the fanfare that showed up to Frank Crane on Saturday, Strawson is hoping to bring another fight night to Nanaimo as early as October or November. “I believe, given enough time, we’ll do that because I think once people come in the door and see what kind of

fighter we can bring to Nanaimo, then people will always be excit-ed by the end of it,” Strawson said. Racette, a former Canadian champion and Nanaimo native, was pulled prior to the open-ing fight of the night due to his blood pressure being too high to compete.

Strawson said there was some negative feedback from people hoping to see Racette make history by fighting in his fifth consecutive decade, “but that was sort of out of our control.” Strawson and Gloved Up Promo-tions also held a fight card in July 2014 at the Port Theatre and felt it could be done in a bigger venue. Racette also recommend-ed it be in Frank Crane. Straw-son also said there needed to be more bouts on the night, as it was originally scheduled to host eight. In the future, he believes he can bring in more.

Finances are also an ongoing issue when it comes to putting on a major event in Nanaimo.

“We’ve had some fantastic sponsors, but we just need more and more,” Strawson said.

“These shows cost anywhere between $30,000 and $50,000 to put on between commission fees, venue fees, ambulance, security and paying fighters what they deserve.

“I’ve got friends that hosted a seven-a-side soccer tournament in Nanaimo and make a killing, but at the end of the day, this is not about making money for us.

“But we do want it to be sustainable.”

The appetite for boxing, how-ever, can be found in ticket sales and Strawson is hoping that with more of both, bigger and better events can come to Nanaimo.

“If everybody can come out and buy a $20 ticket, in a sense they become a shareholder and an investor in boxing in Nanaimo,” he said. “I’ve got plenty of con-tacts up and down the west coast and the things we can bring here, we’re just not ready for yet.”

Dashon ‘Flyboy’ Johnson throws a punch at opponent Chris Aucoin during the ‘Rumble at the Rink’ boxing card on Saturday night at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT McKENZIE, DAILY NEWS]

IN THE DUGOUT

After controversy, women’s softball back at UBC varsity KOLBY SOLINSKY BC LOCAL NEWS

Banished over a year ago, following a lengthy and con-troversial ‘sports targeting review’, UBC’s Women’s Softball program will return to varsity status.

The school made the announce-ment on its GoThunderbirds website on Monday.

“We are pleased that the women’s softball program will continue to be part of UBC’s Varsity Athletics roster and we look forward to working with the team’s supporters over the coming years to develop a sus-tainable program for the future,” said Louise Cowin, the univer-sity’s VP of Students, who also led the review that relegated the program in February, 2014.

UBC will now work with donors and supporters to create a long-term funding solution for the program, the release says.

The Sports Review, the Lawsuit, to Now

Early in 2014, Cowin and her department decided to cut the school’s varsity teams number to 24, leaving Women’s Softball, Alpine Skiing, and Nordic Skiing in the cold. They were relegated to club status.

“While keeping 24 teams, our approach will concentrate resources where teams are dem-onstrating success in achieving our vision,” Cowin said at the time.

Then-UBC president Stephen Toope said the sports review had

“re-energized” the teams that held onto their varsity status – with some sports saved by much-publicized pushes and public outcry, especially the Hockey team which got support from the Vancouver Canucks and Kevin Bieksa – and praised the process for narrowing the school’s com-petitive focus.

“Our community has told us they want as many varsity teams as possible,” he said. “We’ve heard them, and we look forward to seeing this translated into sol-id action in the months ahead.”

Several of the review’s critics – and there were many – didn’t it see it that way, including alum Derek Swain.

“I think it is a crusade of the Vice President, Louise Cowin,” said Swain, the chair of the Save UBC Varsity Sports Committee, before the final results were shared and enforced. “She has come in and adopted a mandate for change... This has gone com-pletely south and this review has been handled in such a poor way.

“For softball, they have made financial sacrifices to initiate this program and they serve the community. Why cut them off? The financial requirements of the university (to softball) are very low. It just makes no sense.”

The Softball team didn’t see it the way Toope saw it, either.

The program had only existed for a couple of seasons and it had steadily, patiently improved in that time, finishing with a 25-21 record in the 2013-14 year (playing in the American NAIA division). Their support started

with a select few and grew in scope as younger players and new recruits joined the team, funding increased, and they were waiting for the new field they had been promised by UBC’s athletic department.

That field never came and the axe fell. And despite Toope’s declaration that the past year’s public trial had energized his campus’s athletes, the Softball team launched a lawsuit against its university.

18 players were listed as plain-tiffs. UBC, the athletics and recreation department, outgoing president Stephen Toope, Louise Cowin (UBC’s VP of Students), the B.C. Crown and the Can-adian Crown were named as defendants.

The lawsuit – which also claimed gender discrimination and asked for the sports review to be voided – was filed in April. In May, UBC responded, denying the claims alleged in the suit and defending its decision to relegate Softball months earlier.

“The university is entitled to review and make changes to its varsity sports program,” the statement said (via UBC News). “Prior to making changes the university consulted with its varsity teams and the university athletics community through its sports review process.

“All 29 teams were carefully evaluated during the process.”

No formal announcement has been made on the status of the team’s lawsuit, as it was filed and standing at the time of Monday’s news.

CHL

Members of the Kelowna Rockets celebrate Nick Merkley’s first period goal against the Rimouski Oceanic Monday at the Memorial Cup in Quebec City.[AARON BELL, CHL]

Rockets on hunt for MemorialWARREN HENDERSON KELOWNA CAPITAL NEWS

Quebec City — A sluggish start and disappointing loss to the Que-bec Remparts in the tournament opener has quickly faded into a distant memory for the Kelowna Rockets.

The Western Hockey League champs grabbed the momentum early on Monday night, then rolled to 7-3 win over Rimouski Oceanic for their first win of the 2015 Memorial Cup.

Nick Merkley, Leon Draisaitl and Gage Quinney scored two goals each as the Rockets evened their record at 1-1, guaranteeing Kelow-na at least a spot in Thursday’s tiebreaker.The Rockets, who strug-gled to find their rhythm early and lacked discipline in Friday’s loss to Quebec, had no such trouble against Rimouski Monday, roaring out to a 3-0 lead before the game was 15 minutes old.

Despite a brief pushback by the Quebec champs late in the first period, the Rockets—led by Draisaitl and Merkley—domin-ated play much of the night and looked a lot more like the team

head coach Dan Lambert has come to know.

“I thought our best players were our best players,” said Lambert. “They controlled the game like they can, they made a lot of good plays.

“It was more of the Kelowna Rockets that we’ve seen through-out the year.”

The Rockets needed just 52 sec-onds to get their first lead of the Memorial Cup as Merkley kicked the puck skate to stick to beat Louis-Philip Guindon for his sec-ond of the tournament.

Madison Bowey scored on a point shot at 6:16, before Gage Quinney tallied at 14:27 to spot the Rockets to an early three-goal cushion.

The Oceanic responded with goals exactly three minutes apart. Chris Clapperton scored at 15:14 and Michael Joly at 18:14 to make it 3-2 after one.

After Quebec drew to within three in third, Draisaitl closed out the scoring with a shorthanded goal at 14:16.

“We came out and played our game tonight,” said Draisital. “When we do that, we’re hard to beat.”

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GOLF2015 winnings and upcoming tournaments

PGAAT&T Byron Nelson, May 28-31TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas, Irving, Texas. Par 70, 7,166 yards. Purse: $7,100,000. 2014 champion: Brendon Todd

Player 2015 Winnings1 Jordan Spieth $5,659,153 2 Rory McIlroy $3,912,533 3 Jimmy Walker $3,572,124 4 Dustin Johnson $3,119,710 5 J.B. Holmes $3,116,200 6 Bubba Watson $2,838,174 7 Rickie Fowler $2,758,848 8 Brandt Snedeker $2,564,385 9 Patrick Reed $2,558,311 10 Charley Hoffman $2,519,738 11 Hideki Matsuyama $2,508,524 12 Jason Day $2,400,513 13 Ben Martin $2,396,211 14 Justin Rose $2,337,824 15 Gary Woodland $2,290,498 16 Chris Kirk $2,245,227 17 Robert Streb $2,239,052 18 Ryan Moore $2,238,981 19 Kevin Kisner $2,207,907 20 Bill Haas $2,195,772 Canadian golfers63 Nick Taylor $1,006,519 77 David Hearn $814,431 102 Adam Hadwin $601,872 107 Graham Delaet $526,784 199 Mike Weir $72,800

Canadian PGA TourPC Financial Open, May 28-31 Point Grey Golf and Country Club, Vancouver. Par 72, 6,801 yards. Purse: $175,000First tournament of 2015, no winnings or rankings yet available.

LPGAShopRite LPGA Classic, May 29-31.Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, Bay Course, Galloway, New Jersey. Par 71, 6,247 yards. Purse: $1,500,000. 2014 champion: Stacy Lewis

Player 2015 Winnings1 Lydia Ko $931,5422 Inbee Park $826,7523 Sei Young Kim $751,3984 Stacy Lewis $750,1885 Amy Yang $555,4146 Brittany Lincicome $533,9947 Hyo Joo Kim $522,0768 Cristie Kerr $473,7729 Morgan Pressel $443,74010 Mirim Lee $405,04311 Na Yeon Choi $373,25112 So Yeon Ryu $316,82613 Ha Na Jang $312,82614 Minjee Lee $309,65115 Shanshan Feng $305,29416 Anna Nordqvist $301,05417 Ilhee Lee $276,72918 Lexi Thompson $272,23219 Ariya Jutanugarn $259,41620 Sandra Gal $246,662Canadian golfers83 Alena Sharp $47,891128 Sue Kim $10,697147 Rebecca Lee-Bentham $4,253

Champions TourNo tournament this week

Player 2015 Winnings1 Colin Montgomerie $882,600 2 Esteban Toledo $606,793 3 Joe Durant $585,106 4 Olin Browne $581,489 5 Jeff Maggert $574,800 6 Kevin Sutherland $527,310 7 Tom Lehman $524,896 8 Tom Pernice Jr. $514,400 9 Ian Woosnam $499,880 10 Bart Bryant $497,167 11 Bernhard Langer $493,661 12 Mark O’Meara $480,347 13 Paul Goydos $467,855 14 Michael Allen $453,218 15 Marco Dawson $442,373 16 Billy Andrade $416,519 17 Gene Sauers $407,021 18 Rocco Mediate $376,817 19 Miguel Angel Jimenez $365,792 20 Lee Janzen $349,263 Canadian golfers34 Rod Spittle $186,106 35 Stephen Ames $184,894 96 Jim Rutledge $23,130

Web.com TourRex Hospital Open, May 28-31TPC Wakefield Plantation, Raleigh, North Carolina, Par 71, 7,257 yards. Purse: $625,000. 2014 champion: Byron Smith

Player 2015 Winnings1 Peter Malnati $197,142 2 Kelly Kraft $192,812 3 Wes Roach $170,364 4 Patton Kizzire $162,099 5 Patrick Rodgers $162,070 6 Smylie Kaufman $159,535 7 Andrew Landry $150,870 8 Rod Pampling $147,460 9 Dawie van der Walt $131,078 10 Kevin Tway $121,122 11 Mathew Goggin $120,299 12 Miguel Angel Carballo $115,873 13 Steve Marino $115,278 14 Harold Varner III $99,547 15 D.H. Lee $88,564 16 Erik Barnes $83,498 17 Steve Allan $82,626 18 Timothy Madigan $80,524 19 Aaron Watkins $75,799 20 Henrik Norlander $75,666 From Canada99 Roger Sloan $15,842

European TourIrish Open, May 28 - 31Royal County Down Golf Course, Newcastle, Northern Ireland. Par 71, 7,204 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 champion: Mikko Ilonen.

Player 2015 WinningsNote: €1 = CDN$1.351 Rory Mcilroy €2,665,1692 Danny Willett €1,742,4063 Byeong Hun An €1,121,7064 Justin Rose €1,037,7175 Louis Oosthuizen €927,5636 Branden Grace €909,7397 Thongchai Jaidee €897,0278 Miguel Angel Jimenez €873,5909 Anirban Lahiri €823,38910 Ross Fisher €816,49911 Bernd Wiesberger €786,20412 Kiradech Aphibarnrat €776,98113 Tommy Fleetwood €749,81514 George Coetzee €685,30015 David Howell €646,32116 Andy Sullivan €626,28217 Marc Warren €601,81118 Henrik Stenson €573,20719 Gary Stal €567,09620 Alex Noren €558,502

Upcoming tournamentsNext week’s schedule

Canadian PGA TourBayview Place Island Savings Open presented by Times Colonist, June 4-7Uplands Golf Club, Victoria. Par 70, 6,420 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Josh Persons

PGA:The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide, June 4-7.Muirfield Village Golf Course Dublin, Ohio. Purse: $6,200,000

LPGA:Manulife LPGA Classic, June 4-7.Grey Silo Golf Course, Waterloo, Ont.

HOCKEYNHL

Playoffs - Round 3(Stanley Cup semifinals)

All series best-of- seven

Conference FinalsWest - Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim DucksEast - Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers

Yesterday’s result (Game 6)New York Rangers 7, Tampa Bay 3 (Series tied 3-3)

Today’s schedule (Game 6)Anaheim at Chicago, 5 p.m. (Anaheim leads series 3-2)

Friday, May 29 (Game 7)Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 5 p.m. Saturday May 30 (Game 7*)Chicago at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

Memorial CupCanadian Hockey League (CHL) championship, Quebec City, May 22-31 at Colisee Pepsi.

Teams GP W L GF-AOshawa Generals (OHL) 3 3 0 11-8Quebec Remparts (Host) 2 1 1 8-8Kelowna Rockets (WHL) 3 1 2 11-9Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) 1 0 1 3-4

Yesterday’s resultOshawa 2, Kelowna 1

Remaining Schedule (all times PDT)Today’s gameQuebec vs. Rimouski, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 - Playoff roundTiebreaker, If necessary, Time TBA

Friday, May 29 - SemifinalThird Place vs. Second, , 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 31 - FinalSemifinal Winner vs. First Place, TBA

American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs - Round 3

Eastern match-ups1-Manchester Monarchs vs. 3-Hartford Wolf PackWestern match-ups1-Utica Comets vs. 2-Grand Rapids Griffins

Yesterday’s result (Game2)Manchester 5, Hartford 3 (Manchester leads series 3-0)

Today’s schedule (Game3)Manchester at Hartford, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 28 (Game 3)Utica at Grand Rapids, 4 p.m. (Series tied 1-1)

Friday, May 29 (Game 4)Utica at Grand Rapids, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 30* (Game 5)Hartford at Manchester, 4 p.m.

BASKETBALLNBA Playoffs(All series best-of-seven)

Eastern Conference final (Round 3)Atlanta Hawks vs. Cleveland CavaliersWestern Conference finalsGolden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets

Yesterday’s result (Game 4)Cleveland 118, Atlanta 88 (Cleveland sweeps series 4-0)

Today’s schedule (Game 5)Houston at Golden State 6 p.m. (Golden State leads series 3-1)

Friday, May 29 (Game 6*)Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

CYCLINGRoad racingGiro d’ItaliaRyder rides up the standings

Stage 16 - 174 km Pinzolo-Aprica. Mountain stage: Three large, two smaller mountains. Weather: Cold with intermittent rain.

1. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team, 5:02:512. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo, 0:00:383. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 4. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha, 0:02:035. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team, 6. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:02:107. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team, 0:02:518. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team, 0:03:169. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky, 0:03:1910. Carlos Betancur (Col) AG2R La Mondiale

General Classification (pink jersey)1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 65:04:592. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team, 0:04:023. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team, 0:04:524. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team, 0:05:485. Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha, 0:08:276. Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky, 0:09:217. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team, 0:09:528. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo, 0:11:409. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr, 0:12:4810. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin, 0:12:49

TENNISFrench Open - Men, WomenGrand Slam event:Stade Roland Garros, Final June 7Paris, FranceSurface: Clay. Total purse (men and women): €13,008,000Competitors: 128 singles, 64 doubles

Women’s Singles - Round 1

Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Eugenie Bouchard (6), Montreal, 6-4, 6-4.

Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-3, 6-0.Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 6-2, 6-1.Madison Keys (16), United States, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-3.Svetlana Kuznetsova (18), Russia, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.Timea Bacsinszky (23), Switzerland, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, def. Jelena Jankovic (25), Serbia, 6-3, 6-4.Zarina Diyas (32), Kazakhstan, def. Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, 6-4, 6-1.Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def. Alexa Glatch, United States, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, def. Christina McHale, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.Irina Falconi, United States, def. Manon Arcangioli, France, 6-2, 6-0.Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1.Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 6-3, 6-4.Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7).Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-4, 6-3.Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Wang Qiang, China, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (4).Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, def. Dan-iela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3.

Men’s singles - Round 1

Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.Rafael Nadal (6), Spain, def. Quentin Halys, France, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.Jack Sock, United States, def. Grigor Dimitrov (10), Bulgaria, 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-3.Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, def. Tim Smyczek, United States, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.John Isner (16), United States, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.Richard Gasquet (20), France, def. Germain Gigounon, Belgium, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0.Leonardo Mayer (23), Argentina, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.Andrea Arnaboldi, Italy, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 4-6, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 7-6, 6-0.Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Maxime Hamou, France, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1, 7-5.Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Joao Souza, Brazil, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6).Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0.

Men’s Doubles - Round 1Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (3), Brazil, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, and Alexander Satschko, Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (2).Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Marc Lopez (4), Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (5).Simone Bolelli, Italy, and Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Enzo Couacaud, France, and Quentin Halys, France, 6-2, 6-2.Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, def. Marcus Daniell, New Zealand, and Steve Darcis, Belgium, 7-5, 6-1.Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero (12), Spain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, and Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-2, 7-5.Marin Draganja, Croatia, and Henri Kontinen (13), Finland, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Scott Lipsky, United States, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (14), France, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, and Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2.

National Lacrosse LeagueChampion’s Cup FinalsGame 1: Saturday, May 30, 4 p.m., Air Canada CentreEdmonton Rush (15-6) at Toronto Rock (16-5)

Game 2Friday, June 5, 6:30 p.m., Rexall PlaceToronto at Edmonton

Game 3 (if necessary):Saturday, June 13, 4 p.m.Edmonton at Toronto

BC Junior A Lacrosse League

Standings GP W L T PtsCoquitlam 8 7 1 0 14Delta 8 7 1 0 14Victoria 9 6 3 0 12New Westminster 7 4 3 0 8Nanaimo 7 3 4 0 6Langley 9 2 6 1 5Port Coquitlam 9 2 6 1 5Burnaby 9 1 8 0 2

Yesterday’s resultNew Westminster 12, Langley 8

Today’s scheduleDelta at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 29Burnaby at Port Coquitlam, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 30New Westminster at Victoria, 5 p.m.Langley at Delta, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 31Delta at Nanaimo, 4 p.m.Victoria at Burnaby, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, June 2Burnaby at New Westminster, 8 p.m.

LACROSSEWestern Lacrosse AssnWLA Senior A

Standings GP W L T PtsNanaimo 2 2 0 0 4Burnaby 1 1 0 0 2Coquitlam 0 0 0 0 0Langley 0 0 0 0 0New Westminster 0 0 0 0 0Maple Ridge 1 0 1 0 0Victoria 2 0 2 0 0

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

Thursday, May 28Coquitlam at N.Westminster, 7:45 p.m.

Friday, May 29Burnaby at Victoria, 7:45 p.m.

Saturday, May 30Langley at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

SOCCERMLS

Today’s scheduleColorado at Seattle, 7 p.m.DC United at Portland, 7:30 p.m.Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 29Dallas at Sporting KC, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 30San Jose at Toronto, 2 p.m.Salt Lake at Vancouver, 3 p.m.Houston at NY City FC, 4 p.m.Philadelphia at DC United, 4 p.m.Columbus at Orlando, 4:30 p.m.Montreal at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Portland at Colorado, 6 p.m.

UEFA Champions LeagueFinalSaturday, June 6Olympiastadion, Berlin, 11:45 a.m.Juventus vs. Barcelona

English FA CupFinal, Saturday May 30Wembley Stadium, 9:30 a.m.Arsenal v Aston Villa

English Premier LeagueFinal standingsPosition/Club W D L GF GA Pts1 Chelsea 26 9 3 73 32 872 Man City 24 7 7 83 38 793 Arsenal 22 9 7 71 36 754 Man United 20 10 8 62 37 705 Tot Hotspur 19 7 12 58 53 646 Liverpool 18 8 12 52 48 627 Southampton 18 6 14 54 33 608 Swansea 16 8 14 46 49 569 Stoke City 15 9 14 48 45 5410 Crystal Pal 13 9 16 47 51 4811 Everton 12 11 15 48 50 4712 West Ham 12 11 15 44 47 4713 West Brom 11 11 16 38 51 4414 Leicester 11 8 19 46 55 4115 Newcastle 10 9 19 40 63 3916 Sunderland 7 17 14 31 53 3817 Aston Villa 10 8 20 31 57 3818-R Hull City 8 11 19 33 51 3519-R Burnley 7 12 19 28 53 3320-R Q.P. Rangers 8 6 24 42 73 30

-R=Relegated to Championship

Promoted: Bournemouth, Watford, Norwich City

Other European leaguesLa Liga W D L Pts1 Barcelona 30 4 4 942 Real Madrid 30 2 6 92

Bundesiga W D L Pts1 Bayern 25 4 5 792 Wolfsburg 20 9 5 69

Serie A W D L Pts1 Juventus 26 8 3 862 Roma 19 13 5 70

Pacific Coast Soccer LeagueTeam W D L GF GA PtsMid Isle 3 1 1 10 7 10Victoria 2 4 1 12 10 10Vancouver Utd 2 2 0 7 2 8Vancouver Tbirds 2 1 0 7 2 7Tim Hortons 2 0 4 11 19 6Khalsa 1 1 0 3 0 4Kamloops 1 1 2 7 10 4Abbotsford 0 2 1 3 4 2FC Tigers 0 2 4 11 17 2

Yesterday’s scheduleVancouver Thunderbirds vs. Abbotsford, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, May 30Abbotsford vs. Mid Isle, 2:30 p.m.Kamloops vs. Victoria Highlanders, 6 p.m.Tim Hortons Pinnacles vs. Vancouver Thunderbirds, 7 p.m.Khalsa SC vs. Vancouver United, 8 p.m.

BASEBALLMLB

Yesterday’s resultsHouston 4, Baltimore 1NY Yankees 5, Kansas City 1Pittsburgh 5, Miami 1Chicago Cubs 3, Washington 2Toronto 10, Chicago Sox 9Cincinnati 2, Colorado 1NY Mets 5, Philadelphia 4 (10 innings)Seattle 7, Tampa Bay 6 (10 innings)Texas 4, Cleveland 3Minnesota 2, Boston 1San Francisco 6, Milwaukee 3St. Louis 6, Arizona 4L.A. Dodgers 8, Atlanta 0Detroit 1, Oakland 0San Diego 4, L.A. Angels 0

Today’s schedule with probable startersTexas at Cleveland, 9:10 a.m. Lewis (4-2) vs. Carrasco (5-4)Miami at Pittsburgh, 9:35 a.m. Alvarez (0-4) vs. Cole (6-2)Colorado at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m. Kendrick (1-6) vs. Leake (2-3)Chi. White Sox at Toronto, 9:37 a.m. Samardzija (4-2) vs. Estrada (1-3)Kansas City at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Young (4-0) vs. Pineda (5-2)Seattle at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Hernandez (7-1) vs. Archer (5-4)Boston at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Porcello (4-3) vs. Hughes (3-4)Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. O’Sullivan (1-3) vs. Syndergaard (1-2)San Francisco at Milwaukee, 10:40 a.m. Vogelsong (3-2) vs. Peralta (1-5)Detroit at Oakland, 12:35 p.m. Simon (5-2) vs. Kazmir (2-3)Houston at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m. McHugh (5-2) vs. Jimenez (3-3)Washington at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Scherzer (5-3) vs. Lester (4-2)Arizona at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Collmenter (3-5) vs. Lynn (3-4)San Diego at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Cashner (1-7) vs. Richards (4-2)Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Wood (2-2) vs. Greinke (5-1)

Blue Jays 10, White Sox 9Chicago Sox Toronto ab r h bi ab r h biEaton CF 4 2 1 1 Reyes SS 5 1 1 0Cabrera LF 5 1 2 1 Donaldson 3B 4 5 4 4Abreu 1B 5 2 1 4 Bautista DH 4 0 3 5LaRoche DH 4 0 2 0 Enc’nacion 1B 4 0 0 0Ramirez SS 5 1 2 1 Colabello RF 4 0 1 0Shuck RF 5 1 2 0 Val’cia LF-2B 4 0 0 0Beckham 3B 5 0 1 1 Pillar CF 4 0 0 0Flowers C 5 1 2 0 Tolleson 2B 2 1 1 0Sanchez 2B 3 1 1 1 Goins 2B 1 0 0 0Totals 41 9 14 9 Martin PH 1 0 0 0 Thole C 4 3 3 1 Totals 37 10 13 10

Chicago Sox 020 031 030 9 Toronto 102 030 103 10

SB: CWS Ramirez, Al (4, 2nd base off Dickey/Thole). 2B: CWS Shuck (1, Dickey), Flowers (5, Tepera), Sanchez, C (2, Hendriks); TOR Donaldson (13, Danks, J), Bautista 3 (11, Danks, J, Danks, J, Petricka), Tolleson, St (5, Danks, J), Thole (2, Danks, J), Colabello (7, Duke), Reyes (5, Robertson, D). HR: CWS Abreu (8, 5th inning off Dickey, 2 on, 0 out); TOR Donaldson 2 (12, 1st inning off Danks, J, 0 on, 1 out; 9th inning off Robertson, D, 2 on, 0 out). Team Lob: CWS 9; TOR 4. E: CWS Sanchez, C (1, missed catch); TOR Pillar (1, throw), Reyes (1, fielding).

Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SOJ Danks 5.0 7 6 6 1 5J Petricka 2.0 2 1 1 0 2Z Duke 0.2 1 0 0 0 0D Robertson (L, (BS, 2)(L, 3-1)) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0Toronto IP H R ER BB SOR Dickey 5.0 8 5 5 2 5D Tepera 0.0 1 1 1 0 0A Loup 1.0 0 0 0 0 1R Osuna 1.0 0 0 0 0 0L Hendriks 0.2 5 3 3 0 1S Delabar (W, (W, 1-0)) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1

Time: 3:12. Att: 17,276.

Mariners 7, Rays 6 (10 inn)Seattle Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h biJackson CF 5 1 1 0 Guyer RF 6 1 1 0Smith RF 3 1 1 1 Butler DH 4 2 3 0Weeks PH 1 0 1 0 Longoria 3B 5 0 3 2B’quist PR-RF 1 1 0 0 Forsythe 1B 4 1 1 0Cano 2B 5 1 2 0 Beckham SS 3 1 0 0Cruz DH 5 1 2 0 Elmore LF 5 0 2 4Seager 3B 5 2 3 6 Kiermaier CF 5 0 0 0Morrison 1B 4 0 2 0 Franklin 2B 5 0 0 0Miller LF 2 0 0 0 Rivera C 3 0 1 0Ackley LF 1 0 0 0 DeJesus PH 1 1 1 0Taylor SS 4 0 0 0 Wilson C 1 0 0 0Totals 36 7 12 7 Totals 42 6 12 6

Seattle 200 000 040 1 7 Tampa Bay 201 000 003 0 6

SB: SEA Jackson, A (6, 2nd base off Colome/Rivera, R), Miller, B (4, 2nd base off Frieri/Rivera, R); TB Beckham, T (3, 2nd base off Happ/Castillo, W). 2B: TB Butler, Jy (4, Happ), Rivera, R (6, Happ), Longoria 2 (12, Wilhelmsen, Rodney). GIDP: SEA Castillo, W. HR: SEA Seager 2 (9, 8th inning off McGee, 3 on, 0 out; 10th inning off Boxberger, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: SEA 7; TB 10. DP: TB (Longoria-Franklin-Forsythe). E: TB Rivera, R (4, throw), Franklin (1, fielding).

Seattle IP H R ER BB SOJ Happ 6.0 7 3 3 1 3T Wilhelmsen 1.1 2 0 0 0 1C Furbush 0.2 0 0 0 0 0F Rodney (W, (BS, 2)(W, 2-2)) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0J Beimel 1.0 0 0 0 0 2Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SOA Colome 5.1 5 2 2 2 3X Cedeno 0.1 1 0 0 0 0S Geltz 0.1 0 0 0 0 0K Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 2J McGee 0.1 3 4 3 0 0E Frieri 1.2 0 0 0 1 1B Boxberger (L, (L, 2-2)) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1HBP: Forsythe (by Happ).

Time: 3:52. Att: 9,628.

Astros 4, Orioles 1Houston Baltimore ab r h bi ab r h biSpringer RF 4 0 2 0 Machado 3B 4 0 0 0Altuve 2B 5 0 1 0 Paredes DH 4 1 3 0Tucker LF 3 0 0 0 Jones CF 3 0 0 0Marisnick CF 1 1 0 0 Davis 1B 3 0 0 1Gattis DH 3 2 1 0 Pearce 2B 2 0 0 0Rasmus CF-LF 3 0 0 0 De Aza PH 1 0 0 0Valbuena 3B 4 0 2 2 Young RF 4 0 1 0Carter 1B 3 1 1 1 Hardy SS 3 0 0 0Castro C 3 0 1 1 Lough LF 3 0 0 0Gonzalez SS 4 0 0 0 Joseph C 2 0 1 0Totals 33 4 8 4 Totals 29 1 5 1

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Yankees 5, Royals 1Kansas City NY Yankees ab r h bi ab r h biEscobar SS 4 0 0 0 Gardner LF 3 0 0 0Moustakas 3B 4 0 2 0 Young CF-RF 4 1 1 0Cain CF 4 0 0 0 Rodriguez DH 3 2 2 0Hosmer 1B 4 0 0 0 Teixeira 1B 4 2 2 4Morales DH 4 0 1 0 Headley 3B 2 0 0 1Gordon LF 3 0 0 0 Beltran RF 3 0 1 0Perez C 3 0 0 0 Heathcott CF 1 0 0 0Infante 2B 3 0 0 0 Drew 2B 4 0 0 0Orlando RF 3 1 1 1 Murphy C 4 0 1 0Totals 32 1 4 1 Gregorius SS 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 5 7 5

Kansas City 000 001 000 1 NY Yankees 200 030 00x 5

2B: NYY Teixeira (9, Blanton). HR: KC Orlando (1, 6th inning off Warren, 0 on, 1 out); NYY Teixeira (14, 1st inning off Vargas, J, 1 on, 2 out). Team Lob: KC 4; NYY 6. E: KC Infante (3, fielding), Cain, L (3, fielding); NYY Headley (10, fielding).

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SOJ Vargas (L, (L, 3-2)) 4.0 4 2 2 1 6J Blanton 2.0 3 3 2 0 1K Herrera 1.0 0 0 0 1 1W Davis 1.0 0 0 0 1 0NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SOA Warren (W, (W, 3-3)) 6.1 2 1 1 0 5J Wilson 0.2 1 0 0 0 0D Betances 1.0 0 0 0 0 3A Miller 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Time: 2:31. Att: 33,414.

Reds 2, Rockies 1Colorado Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h biBlackmon CF 3 0 0 0 Cozart SS 3 0 1 0LeMahieu 2B 4 0 1 0 Votto 1B 3 0 0 0Gonzalez RF 3 0 0 0 Frazier 3B 3 0 0 0Tulowitzki SS 4 0 1 0 Bruce RF 4 0 1 0Arenado 3B 3 0 0 0 Pena C 3 0 0 0Paulsen 1B 2 0 0 0 Byrd LF 3 2 1 0Hundley C 3 1 2 1 Negron 2B 3 0 0 0Barnes LF 3 0 0 0 Lorenzen P 2 0 0 0Rusin P 2 0 0 0 Sc’maker PH 1 0 1 1Ynoa PH 1 0 0 0 Hamilton CF 3 0 1 1Totals 28 1 4 1 Totals 28 2 5 2

Colorado 000 010 000 1 Cincinnati 010 000 001 2

2B: CIN Bruce (4, Rusin), Schumaker (6, Brown, B). GIDP: COL Gonzalez, C, Hundley. HR: COL Hundley (5, 5th inning off Lorenzen, 0 on, 2 out). S: CIN Lorenzen; Negron. Team Lob: COL 4; CIN 8. DP: CIN 2 (Lorenzen-Cozart-Votto, Negron-Cozart-Votto). PICKOFFS: CIN Lorenzen (Arenado at 1st base).

Colorado IP H R ER BB SOC Rusin 7.0 4 1 1 4 5B Brown (L, (L, 0-2)) 1.1 1 1 1 1 0Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SOM Lorenzen 7.0 2 1 1 3 3J Diaz 1.0 1 0 0 0 1A Chapman (W, (W, 3-3)) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3

Time: 2:39. Att: 22,523.

Cubs 3, Nationals 2Washington Chicago Cubs ab r h bi ab r h biSpan CF 4 1 2 1 Fowler CF 4 1 1 1Desmond SS 4 0 1 0 Bryant 3B 4 1 1 1Escobar 3B 2 0 1 0 Rizzo 1B 3 0 1 0Harper RF 4 1 1 1 Castro SS 4 0 1 0Zim’man 1B 4 0 0 0 Montero C 3 0 1 0Ramos C 3 0 0 0 Soler RF 4 0 0 0Moore LF 2 0 1 0 Coghlan LF 4 0 1 0Espinosa 2B 3 0 0 0 Hendricks P 1 0 0 0Zim’mann P 1 0 0 0 Lake PH 1 0 0 0Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 Herrera PH 1 1 0 0Totals 28 2 6 2 Russell 2B 4 0 3 1 Totals 33 3 9 3

Washington 000 000 110 2 Chicago Cubs 100 000 011 3

SB: WSH Escobar, Y (1, 2nd base off Rondon, H/Montero, M). 2B: WSH Desmond (14, Hendricks); CHC Rizzo (13, Zimmermann), Russell, A 2 (11, Zimmermann, Grace). GIDP: WSH Harper, Espinosa; CHC Montero, M. HR: WSH Harper (17, 7th inning off Hendricks, 0 on, 0 out), Span (5, 8th in-ning off Strop, 0 on, 2 out); CHC Fowler (6, 1st inning off Zimmermann, 0 on, 0 out), Bryant (7, 8th inning off Barrett, 0 on, 0 out). S: WSH Zimmermann. Team Lob: WSH 3; CHC 7. DP: WSH (Zimmerman-Desmond-Zimmerman); CHC 2 (Russell, A-Castro, S-Rizzo 2). E: WSH Desmond (13, throw). PICKOFFS: CHC Montero, M (Escobar, Y at 1st base).

Washington IP H R ER BB SOJ Zimmermann 7.0 6 1 1 3 5A Barrett 0.0 1 1 1 0 0M Thornton 1.0 0 0 0 0 0M Grace (L, (L, 2-1)) 0.2 2 1 0 0 0Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SOK Hendricks 7.0 4 1 1 2 4P Strop 1.0 1 1 1 0 1H Rondon (W, (W, 3-0)) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Time: 2:33. Att: 30,440.

Astros 4, Orioles 1 (Cont’d)

SB: HOU Altuve (15, 2nd base off Hunt-er, T/Joseph, C); BAL Paredes (2, 3rd base off Feldman/Castro, J), Jones, A (2, 2nd base off Feldman/Castro, J). 2B: HOU Valbuena (6, Tillman), Gattis (7, Tillman), Castro, J (7, Tillman), Springer (10, Hunter, T); BAL Paredes (8, Feld-man). GIDP: HOU Altuve; BAL Jones, A, Young, D, Machado, M. Team Lob: HOU 8; BAL 5. DP: HOU 3 (Gonzalez, M-Altuve-Carter 2, Altuve-Gonzalez, M-Carter); BAL (Pearce-Hardy, J-Davis, C). E: HOU Feldman (2, throw).

Houston IP H R ER BB SOS Feldman (W, (W, 4-4)) 6.0 4 1 1 3 2P Neshek 1.0 1 0 0 0 1C Qualls 1.0 0 0 0 0 0L Gregerson 1.0 0 0 0 0 2Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOC Tillman (L, (L, 2-6)) 7.0 5 2 2 3 5R Hunter 0.2 2 2 2 0 0B Matusz 0.0 1 0 0 1 0C Roe 1.1 0 0 0 2 0

Time: 2:50. Att: 21,541.

B.C. Premier LeagueTeam W L Pct GBNorth Delta 11 2 .846 -North Shore 14 3 .824 1Vic Eagles 17 7 .708 .5Langley 15 7 .682 .5Okanagan 16 8 .667 .5Nanaimo 15 11 .577 2.5Whalley 10 13 .435 6Abbotsford 8 15 .348 8Coquitlam 7 17 .292 9.5Vic Mariners 5 13 .278 8.5Parksville 4 12 .250 8.5White Rock 5 19 .208 11.5

Sunday’s resultsNanaimo 5, Victoria Eagles 4Victoria Mariners 4, Abbotsford 3North Delta 4, Coquitlam 3Okanagan 9, Parksville 2Victoria Eagles 10, Nanaimo 3Abbotsford 11, Victoria Mariners 6North Delta 10, Coquitlam 0Okanagan 5, Parksville 0 Saturday, May 30Parksville at Whalley, 1 p.m.Parksville at Whalley, 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 31North Delta at Coquitlam, 11 a.m.North Delta at Coquitlam, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 2Whalley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 4Victoria Eagles at Vic Mariners, 7 p.m.North Delta at White Rock, 7 p.m.

Rangers 7, Lightning 3First Period1. New York, Brassard (7) (Boyle, Miller) 3:362. New York, Yandle (2) (Brassard, Nash) 15:303. Tampa Bay, Callahan (1) (Stralman, Bishop) 17:20 (PP)Penalties: Staal Nyr (Holding the Stick Brenden Morrow) 13:03, Stamkos Tb (Cross checking Derek Stepan) 17:00, Stepan Nyr (Cross checking Steven Stamkos) 17:00, Kreider Nyr (Cross checking Steven Stamkos) 17:00

Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Kucherov Tb (Hooking Ryan McDonagh) 6:35, Morrow Tb (Hooking Derick Brassard) 17:20

Third Period4. New York, Miller (1) (Brassard, Nash) 3:025. New York, Sheppard (1) (Moore, Glass) 6:006. New York, Brassard (8) (Miller, Nash) 7:147. Tampa Bay, Kucherov (8) (Johnson) 7:508. New York, Nash (5) (Miller, Yandle) 10:21 (PP)9. Tampa Bay, Kucherov (9) (Nesterov, Johnson) 13:2110. New York, Brassard (9) 18:19Penalties: Nesterov Tb (Slashing Der-ick Brassard) 9:08, Girardi Nyr (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 15:36

Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd TNew York 7 11 16 34Tampa Bay 16 13 10 39

Goaltending summary:New York: Lundqvist (36/39), Tampa Bay: Bishop (21/26), Vasilevskiy (6/7)

Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):New York: 1 of 3, Tampa Bay: 1 of 3

Att: 19,204

Playoff leadersPoints G A Pts1 Tyler Johnson TB 12 8 202 Ryan Getzlaf ANA 2 17 193 Corey Perry ANA 9 8 173 Nikita Kucherov TB 7 10 173 Steven Stamkos TB 7 10 17

Goals GP G1 Tyler Johnson TB 19 122 Corey Perry ANA 14 92 Patrick Kane CHI 15 94 Nikita Kucherov TB 18 74 Steven Stamkos TB 18 74 Jonathan Toews CHI 15 74 Chris Kreider NYR 18 74 Matt Beleskey ANA 14 7

Plus/Minus GP G A +/-1 Ryan Getzlaf ANA 14 2 17 101 Corey Perry ANA 14 9 8 101 Victor Hedman TB 18 1 9 104 Andrew Cogliano ANA 14 3 6 95 Duncan Keith CHI 15 2 11 85 Patrick Maroon ANA 14 6 3 85 Cam Fowler ANA 14 2 6 88 Sami Vatanen ANA 14 3 7 78 Simon Despres ANA 14 1 6 7

Cavaliers 118, Hawks 88Cleveland MIN PT RB A ST B TOJames 29:10 23 9 7 2 1 1Thompson 30:41 16 11 0 0 1 2Mozgov 35:08 14 7 1 1 3 2Shumpert 35:31 3 8 4 0 1 1Irving 21:58 16 4 5 1 1 1Dellavedova 16:39 10 2 1 0 0 0Smith 28:59 18 10 3 0 0 2Jones 19:36 5 2 1 1 0 0Harris 06:00 7 1 1 0 0 0Miller 05:26 3 0 0 0 0 0Perkins 05:26 3 2 0 0 0 1Totals 118 56 23 5 7 10

Atlanta MIN PT RB A ST B TOCarroll 26:37 7 8 1 1 1 2Millsap 30:58 16 10 5 0 0 0Horford 28:51 2 2 5 0 1 0Bazemore 34:37 12 8 3 0 0 0Teague 27:38 17 1 1 1 1 3Mack 24:26 10 2 1 2 0 0Scott 23:50 2 4 2 0 0 1Schroder 19:03 4 1 4 0 0 1Jenkins 12:00 10 2 0 0 0 0Muscala 12:00 8 1 0 0 0 0Totals 88 39 22 4 3 7

Cleveland 32 27 26 33 Atlanta 20 22 18 28

3 FG: Cleveland 13-31, Atlanta 5-32. FT: Cle 19-30, Atl 11-18. Fouled Out: None

American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkNY Yankees 24 22 .522 - W2Tampa Bay 24 23 .511 0.5 L4Baltimore 20 23 .465 2.5 L1Toronto 22 26 .458 3.0 W3Boston 21 25 .457 3.0 L2Central W L PCT GB StrkKansas City 28 17 .622 - L3Minnesota 27 18 .600 1.0 W4Detroit 26 21 .565 3.0 L4Cleveland 20 25 .444 8.0 L2Chicago Sox 19 24 .442 8.0 L4West W L PCT GB StrkHouston 30 17 .638 - W1LA Angels 24 23 .511 6.0 L1Texas 23 23 .500 6.5 W7Seattle 22 23 .489 7.0 W2Oakland 17 30 .362 13.0 W3

National LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkWashington 27 19 .587 - L1NY Mets 26 21 .553 1.5 W2Atlanta 22 24 .489 5.0 L3Philadelphia 19 29 .396 9.0 L3Miami 18 29 .383 9.5 L2Central W L PCT GB StrkSt. Louis 30 16 .652 - W3Chicago Cubs 25 20 .556 4.5 W1Pittsburgh 23 22 .511 6.5 W5Cincinnati 19 26 .422 10.5 W1Milwaukee 16 31 .340 14.5 L4West W L PCT GB StrkLA Dodgers 29 17 .622 - W3San Francisco 27 20 .574 2.0 W2San Diego 22 25 .468 70 W1Arizona 21 24 .467 7.0 L2Colorado 18 26 .409 9.5 L1

Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GADC United 22 12 6 2 4 14 10N. England 20 13 5 3 5 18 16NY Red Bulls 17 11 4 2 5 14 11Columbus 15 11 4 4 3 17 14Toronto 13 10 4 5 1 14 14Orlando 13 12 3 5 4 14 15Philadelphia 12 13 3 7 3 13 21Chicago 11 10 3 5 2 11 14Montreal 8 7 2 3 2 9 10NY City FC 7 12 1 7 4 9 16

Western LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GADallas 21 12 6 3 3 18 15Seattle 20 11 6 3 2 17 9Vancouver 20 13 6 5 2 14 12San Jose 18 12 5 4 3 13 12Sporting KC 18 12 4 2 6 17 15Los Angeles 17 13 4 4 5 12 15Salt Lake 17 12 4 3 5 12 15Houston 16 13 4 5 4 16 16Portland 13 12 3 5 4 10 13Colorado 13 11 2 2 7 10 9

SCOREBOARD

Seattle Mariners starter J.A. Happ pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays during an MLB game Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Fla. [AP PHOTO]

Cano leads Mariners past Rays in 4-1 winRYAN DIVISH THE SEATTLE TIMES

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The prevailing senti-ment when it came to Robinson Cano and his recent struggles has been: “He’ll be fine,” or some variation of it. It doesn’t matter if it’s man-ager Lloyd McClendon doing the talking, hitting coach Howard Johnson, teammate Nelson Cruz or the kid chosen as batboy for that day’s game. They all say and believe pretty much the same thing — Cano will hit.

While there has been fretting and growing frus-tration in the Seattle Mariners’ fan base with the All-Star second baseman’s slumping start to the season. Those close to him had no such concerns.

Cano helped quell the doubters, if only for a game. He drove in a pair of runs with RBI singles in Seattle’s 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Monday.

Cano drove in the first run of the game and plated a key insurance run in the top of the eighth inning.

And since it is Fernando Rodney and the experience that comes with a save situation, Mike Zunino added another “just-in-case” run, falling behind 0-2 in a count, coming back and working it full and then crushing his sixth homer into the upper deck in left field in the ninth.

Rodney provided no drama in the ninth. In fact, it was a little boring, as he retired the side in order to pick up his 13th save in 14 chances.

Roenis Elias was credited with his second straight win to improve to 2-1.

He wasn’t as dominant as his previous outing in Baltimore. Runners reached base in every inning except for the first inning, but the only run he allowed came in the sixth inning when he left a 1-0 fastball down the middle of the plate to Logan Forsythe, who redirected the cookie of a pitch deep into left field onto the tarp that hid some of the many empty seats before a crowd of 10,401.

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BLONDIE by Young

HI & LOISby Chance Browne

ONE BIG HAPPY by Rick Detorie

ARCHIE by Henry Scarpelli

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE by Chris Browne

ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

BEETLE BAILEY by Greg & Mort Walker

Difficulty: Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and 3x3 block.

TODAY’S CROSSWORD

CONCEPTIS SUDOKU by Dave Green

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You could be in the limelight with your fiery display this morning. You can’t help but be that dramatic as you express your thoughts and perhaps even anger. Curb sarcasm if possible. A partner will start up a conversation in the afternoon. Tonight: Go along with estab-lished plans.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)You might be overthinking an investment or expenditure. What is important to recognize is whether you feel comfortable with it. A partner or trusted adviser might have a similar reaction, so get his or her feed-back. Do more research, if need be. Tonight: Lie low.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You might need to make amends for your recent fire-works or sarcastic comments. You can hem and haw all you want, but a gesture needs to be made. Invite a loved one to a mutually enjoyable happen-ing or a favorite dining spot. Tonight: It is better to have peace than war.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)Keep reaching out to someone

in order to clear the air. By the afternoon, you will want to be slightly more reclusive. Why not? It has been a hectic few days, and perhaps a little quiet time will help renew your energy and refresh your per-spective. Tonight: Your home is your castle.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)You could be more difficult than you realize in the morning. A conversation in a meeting could evoke a very strong reaction that might shock you. Know that this has more to do with your mood than with you. Initi-ate a more sensitive conversa-tion later. Tonight: Hang out.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Use the morning hours to the max, when you are more likely to win points and convince oth-ers that you are heading down the correct path. Take stock of your finances before making another expenditure. Revise your budget, if need be. Tonight: Pay bills first.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)You probably won’t feel up to snuff until midday, but you’ll make up for lost time in the afternoon. You will want to initi-

ate a conversation and get to the bottom of an issue. The oth-er party might not be ready to reveal his or her thoughts yet. Don’t push. Tonight: All smiles.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Use the morning hours to move forward with a goal. Use the afternoon hours for reflection and for figuring out what would be best to do under the present circumstances. You have not yet explored all the alternatives possible. Go for what you want. Tonight: Get some extra zzz’s.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Pressure builds to accommo-date an older relative, boss or authority figure, especially in the morning. You will want to rethink a decision later on. A meeting or special get-together might fill up your afternoon. Make a point of being more sociable. Tonight: Out and about.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)You have a vision that you have wanted to put into action. Today you will have a chance to pres-ent it to someone who could give you powerful feedback. Share your feelings and ideas more often. You will feel bet-ter, and your confidence will be boosted. Tonight: A must show.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)A conversation needs to happen in the morning. Be as receptive and open to the other party’s thoughts as you would like him or her to be to yours. In the afternoon, detach and see where there could be a meeting of the minds. Tonight: Let your imagination rock and roll.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) A partner keeps making the firstmove, which leaves you with little time to respond. You might be upset about this pattern, but in some way, you’ll find the situation somewhat humorous. Know that a boss or parent can be charmed into opening up. Tonight: Opt for togetherness.BORN TODAYGunfighter Wild Bill Hickok (1837), actor Todd Bridges (1965), former National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger (1923)

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wds.) 43 Luau instr. 44 Distant 45 Camera’s eye 46 Literary work 48 Your choice 49 Dah-dit man 50 Notch shape 52 Kangaroo pouch 53 Natural resource 57 Urban problem 61 Culture dish goo 62 Khartoum’s land 64 Sultan’s cousin 65 Gusto 66 Piano-key wood 67 Hindu royalty 68 Pitchers’ stats 69 Release (2 wds.) 70 Ginger cookie

DOWN 1 Shocks somebody 2 John, in Siberia 3 Big handbag 4 Deep-seated 5 Impressionist painter 6 Felt grateful 7 Velvety surface

8 Ore hauler 9 Sun, in combos 10 Flamboyant 11 Fence material 12 Bad day for Caesar 13 Pavilion 21 Politician -- Paul 23 River embankment 26 Infuse 27 Makes a reservation

28 Repairs a pump 29 Bakery lure 30 -- Runyon 31 Simple tune 33 Goof-off 34 Parts of speech 35 Web-footed birds 37 Game opener 38 Lauper’s “-- Bop” 41 Young chicken 42 Tight ends, often 47 Prevents 49 Damage superficially 51 Three-legged stand 52 Sony rival 53 Labyrinth 54 Disney CEO Bob -- 55 LEM lander 56 Garage job 57 Hungry feeling 58 “-- -- Old Cowhand” 59 Ms. Foch 60 Film crew member 63 Speckle

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CLASSIFIEDS/NATION&WORLD WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | 9

NATIONAL NEWSThe Canadian Press

◆ HAMILTON

Canada Post, Hamilton battle over mailboxes

Granting a southern Ontario city control over the placement of large community mailboxes would infringe on federal authority and delay reforms to the national mail service, a law-yer for Canada Post argued on Tuesday.

The Crown corporation and the city of Hamilton are locked in a legal battle over a local bylaw that requires Canada Post to obtain a $200 permit per site to install the mailboxes on munici-pal land.

Some Hamilton city councillors have said Canada Post hasn’t consulted enough with the city and that municipal governments are the “stewards” of the land where the mailboxes are being installed.

◆ CALGARY

Evacuations at Statoil and MEG oilsands sites

Wildfires have prompted more evacuations from oilsands sites south of Fort McMurray, Alta., adding to the list of operators to be affected by out-of-control blaz-es in northeastern region of the province.

MEG Energy has bused about 900 workers out of its operations in the Christina Lake area, with about 80 staying behind for essential functions, spokesman Brad Bellows said onTuesday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Statoil Canada has removed more than 150 non-essential employees and con-tractors from its Leismer project south of Fort McMurray.

About 30 workers are staying behind.

◆ TORONTO

Rob Ford out of hospital after cancer surgery

Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been released from hos-pital approximately two weeks after having surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his abdomen.

The controversial politician, who is now a city councillor, stopped at his office and spoke to reporters after being discharged, saying he planned to take his recovery “one day at a time.”

Ford was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in the midst of his campaign for re-election last September.

“I’m feeling good enough to come to work for a few minutes and I’ll just gradually work my way in,” Ford told reporters outside his office at city hall on Tuesday.

Senate names high-profi le referee to deal with fallout of expense auditTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Auditor general Michael Ferguson says there are about 30 senators who will be found to have dubious expense claims, including close to 10 who may be referred to the RCMP.

Ferguson confirmed the num-bers Tuesday in a television interview with CBC’s Power and Politics.

Senate sources with know-ledge of Ferguson’s upcoming report on Senate spending have said that up to 10 senators may be referred to the RCMP for criminal review. Ferguson says that number is “close” but “not exact.”

Auditors are challenging the remaining 20 senators on spend-ing worth thousands — as high as $20,000 in at least one case — over travel claims that didn’t involve Senate business, as well as questionable office contracts and housing claims.

Those who dispute the aud-itors’ findings will be able to turn to former Supreme Court of Can-ada justice Ian Binnie, whom the Senate unveiled Tuesday as the special arbitrator who will ref-eree any disputes arising among senators over dubious expense claims flagged by Ferguson.

It’s the latest attempt by the Senate to get ahead of what is widely expected to be a critic-al report on past spending practices.

Ferguson’s report is expected to be delivered to the Senate some time next week.

Senators in the most trouble with auditors are expected to avail themselves of the arbitra-tion process, hoping to avoid a hefty repayment order, or having their file sent to the RCMP for review. The remaining senators have already started repaying expense claims challenged by Ferguson’s teams, ensuring they

won’t go to arbitration.Binnie will be called to inter-

vene in cases where senators who are ordered to pay back disallowed expense claims opt to challenge either the findings of the report or the amount they are required to repay.

Senate Speaker Leo Housakos said current and retired senators in trouble with Ferguson will have the chance for a hearing with Binnie.

“Every single case that the auditor general identifies where there are disagreements will have the arbitration process at their disposal, including those that will be, I assume, referred to the RCMP or any other authority,” Housakos told a news conference.

Senators who don’t repay the upper chamber will have their salaries clawed back until the Senate recoups all the money owed to it.

Retired senators caught in Fer-guson’s report will have to sign an agreement that Binnie’s deci-sions are binding, Housakos said. If they fail to repay any money owed, the Senate intends to take those retirees to court.

Housakos said all of Binnie’s decisions will be made public.

And Binnie said the new pro-cess will be independent, fair and impartial.

Follow â??jpress on Twitter“Every citizen has the right to

due process,” he said. “The Sen-ate arbitration process ensures this.”

The arbitration process wasn’t available in the fall of 2013 when the Senate suspended Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Pam-ela Wallin without pay over their questioned expenses. All three complained they were being treated unfairly and asked — in vain — for a chance to plead their case before a panel of their peers.

Ferguson said he didn’t know the particulars of the arbitra-tion process but, in general, applauded the idea.

“We have talked about the need for there to be some outside independent way of looking at this type of spending so it’s not just â?¶ senators’ spending that’s being evaluated by senators,” Ferguson said.

The Senate chamber on Parliament Hill is seen in Ottawa. There are up to 40 senators who will have their spending challenged by auditor general Michael Ferguson. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

AUCTION

Nobel Prize medal up for grabs, starting at $325KTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BOISE, Idaho — A retired experi-mental physicist has put up his 1988 Nobel Prize for auction, and the minimum bid is $325,000.

“The prize has been sitting on a shelf somewhere for the last 20 years,” 92-year-old Leon Leder-man said in a phone conversa-tion from his home in eastern Idaho. “I made a decision to sell it. It seems like a logical thing to

do.”The online auction being con-

ducted by Nate D. Sanders Auc-tions closes Thursday evening, but only when the final bid has stood unchallenged for half an hour.

Lederman won the Nobel Prize in physics with two other scien-tists for discovering a subatomic particle called the muon neu-trino. He used the prize money to buy a log cabin near the tiny

town of Driggs in eastern Idaho as a vacation retreat.

Lederman retired from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago in June 2012 and moved to Idaho full time.

“No one is more respected in the Fermilab community than Leon Lederman,” said Chris-topher T. Hill, a theoretical physicist, using a shortened ver-sion of the lab’s name. “He could

easily have won three or four Nobel Prizes.”

The auction house has sold two other Nobel Prize medals, both earlier this year. In February, it sold for $390,848 the Nobel Prize in Economics won by Simon Kuznets in 1971. In April, it sold for $395,000 the Nobel Prize in Chemistry won by Heinrich Wieland in 1927. Both those med-als were offered for auction by descendants.

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POLITICS

MP’s plan gets bumpy rideSenate committee lays out its opposition to parts of Reform Act 2014THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Prospects are look-ing grim for Michael Chong’s legislative baby, the Reform Act 2014.

Conservative senators from Chong’s caucus — along with some Liberals — laid out their opposition to parts of the private member’s bill Tuesday at the Senate rules committee.

That’s a strong signal that the proposed legislation, which is designed to give MPs more power in the Commons, will not get through the upper chamber without amendments.

Amendments would be the kiss of death for the bill, which would then go back to the House of Commons for more votes. There’s less than a month before the two houses rise for the sum-mer; an election campaign will dissolve Parliament in the fall.

So is Chong’s bill is essentially being killed by the Prime Minis-ter’s Office through the Senate? If so, it would be an ironic turn of events, given that the bill is supposed to temper the power of party leaders.

Chong said he does not know if his Senate colleagues have been coached to make sure the bill doesn’t see the light of day

— but he warned that voters are watching.

“It potentially could become an election issue,” Chong said after the meeting. The seniors lobby group CARP emailed its 300,000 members on the weekend to warn that the bill had become stalled, he added.

“I would like to think that

political parties are aware of an impending federal election and that they would take this into account when it comes to wheth-er or not they support this bill.”

The act is billed as a way to rebalance power between mem-bers of Parliament and party leaders.

One section would remove the

veto power of party leaders over who gets to run in a federal elec-tion — a stick that leaders have brandished over MPs to ensure caucus discipline.

The bill would also give MPs the power to suspend and readmit colleagues and to select their caucus chair. More contro-versially, it would allow MPs to trigger a leadership review vote inside the caucus.

That has proven to be the main point of contention for senators, who argue that it would strip the power from tens of thousands of party members and from Canadian voters who approve of certain leaders.

“In the case of the government, that could potentially remove a duly elected prime minister without consultation of party members or Canadian voters,” said Conservative Sen. Denise Batters.

“How do you square that with grassroots democracy?”

Canadian voters do not elect leaders or governments — they elect MPs and legislatures, Chong told the committee. Allowing parties to decide solely on leaders in the Commons gives semi-private entities power that should rest with elected MPs, he said.

COURTS

Lawyer says cops gave money to accusedTHE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — A defence law-yer has begun closing arguments in the case of two alleged B.C. terrorists accused of scheming to blow up the provincial legisla-ture on Canada Day in 2013.

John Nuttall and Amanda Korody were charged with plan-ning to plant homemade pres-sure-cooker bombs in Victoria after being caught in an elabor-ate RCMP sting.

Marilyn Sandford has sug-gested to a B.C. Supreme Court jury that Nuttall and his wife were damaged by addiction and enmeshed in poverty.

She says undercover officers posing as terrorist liaisons provided meaning to their lives while offering friendship and money.

Sandford says reassurances from undercover officers that the pair could walk away at any time were at odds with their repeated insistence that Nuttall come up with a feasible terrorist plot.

Nuttall and Korody have each pleaded not guilty to four terror-ism-related charges.

Conservative MP Michael Chong takes his seat to discuss his private member’s bill on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Chamber ConnectionsSubmitted by Bill Collette

The Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce has been busy; very busy! We’ve elected a new board of directors as of last Wednesday, May 20th including many incumbents and a few new faces such as Bill Brown, Sarah Jones, Cindy Solda, Dale Henderson and Rebecca Palmer. A diverse group that will help lead the Chamber along the trail we’re blazing. Immediately following the AGM our staff went to Tofino/Ucluelet where we participated on a FAM tour with Pacific Rim National Parks, Tourism Tofino and Tourism Ucluelet. We were treated like roy-alty and we are looking forward to repaying those organizations with a tour of our area; very soon. The effects of working together clearly benefit all of us on the entire West Coast of Vancouver Island. As this is being written we are currently in Prince George participating in the annual BC Chamber AGM where for the first time ever the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce pre-sented a policy for the BC Chamber to take to Government. Said policy passed with resounding approval so expect to learn of improved taxa-tion policy within BC designed to make things more transparent and fairer for all. Our resolution included reference to our desire to

see the MSP program revisited for the benefit of all British Columbians. We also took the stage to present a PPT slide show on the recent trip that ED Bill Collette par-ticipated in at the Oil Sands in Fort McMurray. Again, a first for the Alberni Valley. And finally as the writer rushes back to Port Alberni he’ll be back to Tofino on Wednesday where he’ll be speaking at the Tofino Long Beach Chamber of Commerce where the focus will be on the many reasons for people to stop in the Valley. Attendees will be surprised to look under their chairs to find any one of 15 Gift Certificates to local businesses in the Alberni Valley. Fun times for all of us. We also Welcome Jan Lavertu owner of West Coast Home Hardware as the incoming Chamber President .

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