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Scientists discover black hole so big it contradicts growth theory

A man has been arrested fol-

lowing an attempted break and

enter at a North Shore apart-

ment Wednesday morning.

RCMP responded to a report of

someone breaking into an apart-

ment on Carson Crescent just

before 7 a.m. Feb. 25.

No one gained entry to any of

the buildings in the complex,

but a 20-year-old male was lo-

cated nearby and arrested, ac-

cording to Cpl. Cheryl Bush.

Police continue to investigate

the incident.

Man in custody after attempted break-in

BIG BLACK HOLE. An artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant quasar. Submitted photo

Scientists say they have discov-

ered a black hole so big that it

challenges the theory about how

they grow.

This black hole was formed

about 900 million years after the

Big Bang, according to the scien-

tists.

But with measurements indicat-

ing it’s 12 billion times the size

of the Sun, the black hole chal-

lenges a widely accepted hypoth-

esis of growth rates.

“Based on previous research,

this is the largest black hole

found for that period of time,”

said Dr Fuyan Bian, Research

School of Astronomy and Astro-

physics, Australian National Uni-

versity (ANU).

The creation of supermassive

black holes remains an open top-

ic of research. However, many

scientists have long believed the

growth rate of black holes was

limited.

Black holes grow, scientifi c the-

ory suggests, as they absorb mass.

However, as mass is absorbed, it

will be heated creating radiation

pressure, which pushes the mass

away from the black hole.

“Current theory is for a limit to

how fast a black hole can grow,

but this black hole is too large

for that theory,” said Bian. “Ba-

sically, you have two forces bal-

anced together which sets up a

limit for growth, which is much smaller than what

we found.”

The black hole was discovered a team of global

scientists led by Xue-Bing Wu at Peking Univer-

sity, China, as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey,

which provided imagery data of 35 percent of the

northern hemisphere sky.

The ANU is leading a comparable project, known

as SkyMapper, to carry out observations of the

Southern Hemisphere sky.

Bian expects more black holes to be observed as

the project advances.

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Acclaimed Canadian author

Joseph Boyden knows the art of

storytelling, and what makes a

captivating read. The award win-

ning author of Three Day Road,

Through Black Spruce, and The

Orenda has recommended that

book lovers read Kamloops’ own

Richard Wagamese’s Indian

Horse this year.

Boyden recommended the nov-

el to individuals and book clubs

such as the Amnesty Internation-

al Book Club.

Indian Horse tells the story of

Saul Indian Horse, as he looks

back on his life as a northern

Ojibway, with all its joys and

sorrows.

Wagamese traces the decline

of a culture and a cultural way

with compassion and insight.

For Saul, taken forcibly from his

family when he’s sent to a resi-

dential school, salvation comes

for a while through his incredible

gifts as a hockey player.

For a free discussion guide for

Indian Horse, which includes

background on the book and the

issues it raises, visit www.am-

nestybookclub.ca or call toll-free

1-800-266-3789.

You can also request a free print-

ed copy of the discussion guide by

writing to Amnesty International

Book Club, 315 – 1992 Yonge

Street, #, Toronto, Ont. M4S 1Z7.

– NC

Top Canadian novelist recommends compelling read for 2015

HoroscopesMarch 1 - March 8, 2015

There can be a lot of surprises this week & this’ll likely involve others. Be mindful of optimistically jumping into situations with-out a lot of thought. What you won’t see are the details attached that you may not be interested in being bothered with for too long. Greater pressure can be applied to you than expected.

Whatever you want to get organised will have strange ways of working themselves out, including having to deal with the past in some way. Any previous hold-ups can suddenly disappear. There’s much to gain pleasure from but this is in more of a quiet way, which can include escaping from normal routine for a while.

Someone may be concerned that you’re trying to make future plans without having gathered enough information. A third par-ty may help to sort out any missing information or differences. You’ve likely thought about these things from Jan., & now you’ll feel it’s time to get something established.

You can have more information to deal with than you anticipated. Don’t commit yourself to anything fi nancially on the spur of the moment as you may not like the ongoing commitment later. Be prepared to withstand a high degree of selfi shness from someone else. You may need to point out your own future impressions.

Something can become clear, associated with someone else after having gone through previous stages of one way, then another. It may make you realise you need to accept the differences between you, without allowing it to interfere in any way with what you want to develop for yourself. A future vision can be shared.

Focus on whatever you’d like to see fulfi lled for you personally. You may feel rather alone when it comes to interest in your mat-ters as others can be highly distracted with their own concerns or what they want you to do to make their life easier.

Activity with others continues to be either busy or intense. In some ways it can feel it’s overtaking the things you may want to do for yourself. This is unlikely to follow a smooth path – there can be upheavals & surprises along the way. There’s more build-ing up than can be seen right now. Take a sit-&-wait attitude.

You may feel as though you can’t win whichever way you go at the moment. There’s some sort of togetherness between yourself & others but it’s not following normal mode. There’s something unpredictable about it. They want to exert the power but are weak-ened in some way. Something will reach a head.

You may decide the way something worked in the past may be implemented with success in the future. You’re highly creative right now & this can give you a sense that almost anything may be established. In a way it can but don’t overlook the personal com-mitment this will require of you – it won’t be escaped.

Becoming settled of mind at last in situations where you’re deal-ing with somebody else’s expectations can feel liberating. You’ll seek a balanced solution in all things without worrying about your own position being threatened. It may make you realise you’ve gained greater personal strength in dealing with changes.

Something can arise with somebody else this week that can make you realise you’ve become more secure of mind about where you stand & what’s acceptable. This doesn’t have to cause any confl ict but will rather allow you to express your own ideas, however out of the ordinary they may be. You’re naturally logical.

If you’re waiting for a reaction from somebody else, you should get it this week. It’s important to stand fi rm when it comes to your own priorities. The only issue that needs to be dealt with may be fi nances in some way. If there’s any situation you want to change here be sure you don’t overlook important small details in haste.


Husbands

Life is hard. Parenting is hard.

There are some days that I want

to continually smack my head

against the wall. There are days

when I want to pull out my hair.

And there are days that I want to

lock myself in my bedroom with

a pint of ice cream and gummy

bears and shut the world away.

It’s really hard to do this when

you have kids that rely on you

to be there, providing for them,

setting a good example for them

– and well, being sane for them.

It has been rough these last

four months. My husband is out

of town at school. He is there

for the emotional support that I

need. But, sometimes I need the

physical support. I physically

need him there, in our home, to

keep me from bashing my head

against the wall, helping with the

little things that the kids need,

and letting me lock myself in my

bedroom with my movies, gum-

my bears, licorice, and ice cream.

For all those little things that my

husband does – being “Daddy”

to our children, my rock, and my

friend – I need him home now. I

need the kids to have their home-

work done when I get home from

work. I need the kids to be set-

tled, and happy.

These days, those “happy days”

once I get home from work, are

few and far between. The kids

are tired, hungry and cranky. I am

tired, hungry, and cranky. This

does not mix well. I run around

the house barking orders (the

same orders EVERY day) for

them to empty their backpacks,

do their homework, wash up and

get ready for dinner, and get their

pyjamas on. I need that 30 min-

utes of frantic life to be done be-

fore I get home. I need a wife . . .

or a husband!

I have had a lot of support from

my friends and family. It has

been overwhelming the emo-

tional and physical support I get

from them as they help out with

the kids. But, it’s not the same as

the calming force of Daddy.

Luckily, there is a bright light

at the end of the tunnel. My

wonderful, loving, and support-

ive husband comes home in two

weeks! Let’s be appreciative for

the husbands in our lives.

Lizsa Bibeau

Mommyisms

DADDY TIME. Zachary and Aubrielle enjoy some together time with Daddy Al on a recent sojourn home from school. The en-tire family is looking forward to when Al’s classes are fi nished and he’ll be home for good – it two weeks!

Lizsa Bibeau photo


• 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS. The fi rst time on a Kamloops stage, pre-

sented by the Kamloops Symphony & Western Canada Theatre, Feb.

19 – 28, at Sagebrush Theatre, 1300 Ninth Ave. Tickets: Kamloops

Live! Box Offi ce, 250-374-5483, kamloopslive.ca. Pay-what-you-can

matinée: Sat. Feb. 28, 2 p.m.

• TRU ACTORS WORKSHOP THEATRE presents AS YOU LIKE IT, by Wil-

liam Shakespeare, directed by Heidi Verwey, Feb. 26 – 28 & March 5 – 7

at 7:30 p.m. Friday Matinees: Feb. 27, 11 a.m. & March 6, 11:30 a.m. at

TRU’s Blackbox Theatre, Old Main. Tickets: $14 at AWT Box Offi ce &

KamloopsLive! Group rates/season tickets available. FMI, 250-377-6100.

• KAMLOOPS PLAYERS present their 3rd annual ONE ACT SHOWCASE,

at the Stage House, 422 Tranquille Rd., Feb. 20, 21, 27 & 28, 8 p.m.;

Sunday matinee Feb. 22, 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door.

• AT THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY CENTRE, 730 Cot-

tonwood Ave. March 14 &15: SPRING ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES SALE.

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sat. & 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sun. Admission: $3; kids under

12, free. Vendor tables still available. Call Jo-Ann, 250-376-4777.

• THE SNOWFLAKES THEATRE SOCIETY presents the iconic comedy,

FAWLTY TOWERS: COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS, by Connie Booth

& John Cleese, Saturdays, March 2 & 21, at 2:30 p.m. at CSI, 9A –

1800 Tranquille Rd. Everyone welcome. Admission by donation. Call

778-470-6000 or 250-573-1152.

• HELPING OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBOURS - KAMLOOPS

CHAPTER - FUNDRAISER. Flea market, Feb. 28, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.,

at Tk’emlups Moccasin Square gardens gym, 357 Yellowhead Hwy.

Bake sale; 50/50; loonie auction; Indian tacos. Bring your own table/$5;

table supplied/$10. To book a table, call Megan, 778-470-0363, or email

[email protected].

• 19TH KAMLOOPS FILM FESTIVAL March 5 – 14, at the Para-

mount Theatre, 503 Victoria St. Fifteen fi lms in 10 nights. Tickets:

$10/adults; $8/students & seniors; $5/TRU students with UPass; $99/

full festival passes (lanyards), from Moviemart, 444 St. Paul St. or

at the door 1 hour befoe screening ($5 TRU student discount tickets

from the TRUSU Desk (TRU Campus Activity Centre). Festival Clos-

ing Party: $12/advance, $15/at the door. www.kamloopsfi lmfest.ca.

• THE WESTSYDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY is LOOKING

FOR A MURAL PAINTER. FMI: wcds.westsyde.info.

• KAMLOOPS FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, Feb.

22 – March 15, at Calvary Community Church; Sagebrush Theatre; St.

Andrew’s Presbyterian Church; Southwest Community Church; St. An-

drew’s Presbyterian Church; Sahali Fellowship. FMI, http://kfpa.ca/.

• KAMLOOPS ARTS COUNCIL presents, ART EXPOSED, Feb. 27 – March

8, an open art exhibition showcasing the work of emerging, amateur &

professional artists of all ages, at the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre,

7 W Seymour S., featuring high-quality paintings, drawings, photog-

raphy, sculptures, jewellery, glass, & more. Opening Night Reception,

Feb. 27, 7 – 9 p.m. Admission by donation.

AROUND TOWN• FATHER DAUGHTER WINTER BALL 2015, Feb. 28, 6:30 –

9:30 p.m., at Hotel540, 540 Victoria St. Every princess & her father

or father-fi gure are invited to magical red carpet evening with food,

photography, door prizes, dancing & live DJ. Tickets: $40/pair; $15/

each additional princess, from Heart & Stroke Foundation, 250-372-

3938. All proceeds to Heart & Stroke Foundation.

• REFLECTIONS OF ZZ TOP, featuring Renea Denis, Sabrina

Weeks, Mike Hilliard & more, April 17 & 18, at the Double Tree by

Hilton Hotel, 339 St. Paul St. Doors: 7 p.m. Show: 8 p.m. Tickets at

http://sabrinaweeks.com/buy_tickets_refl ections_of_ccr, or the Dou-

ble Tree front desk. Call 250-572-4427.

• LET’S DANCE, hosted by Thompson Valley Activity & Social Club

(TVASC), March 28, 8 p.m. – midnight, at Kamloops Curling Club, 700

Victoria St. Music by the band SIERRA. Tickets: $10, from Zonia, 250-

372-0091, Francoise, 250-372-3782, Ed, 250-374-2774. TVAC info line:

250-571-5111; email: [email protected]; website: www.tvasc.ca.

• THE COMIC STRIPPERS, A male stripper parody & improv comedy

show, April 17 & 18, 8 p.m. at Sagebrush Theatre. Tickets: $35 or $30 for

groups of 6 or more from Kamloops Live Box Offi ce, 250-374-LIVE (5483)

or tickets.kamloopslive.com/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent1691.html.

• DROP IN ADULT BADMINTON at the OLPH Gym (rear entrance),

635 Tranquille Rd., every Tues, 7 p.m. Mixed group of players; interme-

diates – advanced. Cost: $5. Birds supplied. Call Robert, 250-579-0193.

• SHAMBHALA MEDITATION GROUP offers meditation in the

Shambhala Buddhist tradition. Sat drop-in 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.; Mon

7 – 8:30 p.m.; Thurs 7 – 9 p.m. with available meditation instructions.

433B Lansdowne St. Call Liz, 250-376-4224.

• KAMLOOPS TRAVEL CLUB, an informal group that gets togeth-

er regularly for weekly meetings to talk about travel at The Art We

Are. Call James, 250-879-0873.

• UNPLUGGED ACOUSTIC JAM SESSIONS, on the 1st & 3rd

Monday of the month (March 2 & 16), at the Alano Club, 171 Leigh

Rd., 7 – 10 p.m.; hosted by Perry Tucker & the Good Gravy Band. No

cover. All acoustic musicians welcome. Call 250-376-5115.

• BROCK CENTRAL LIONS CLUB meets the 1st & 3rd Thurs.

of the month (March 5 & 19) at 6:30 p.m. at the Brock Centre for

Seniors Information, 9A – 1800 Tranquille Rd. New members always

welcome. Call Victor, 250-554-8031.

• GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS meetings Thurs, 10 a.m. at Desert Gar-

dens, 540 Seymour St. Call Wally, 250-679-7877, or Sunny, 250-374-9165.

• THE BIG LITTLE SCIENCE CENTRE, 655 Holt St., open for

public drop-ins Tues – Sat, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., with daily hands-on fun

in the exploration rooms; interactive science shows Sat. at 11 a.m. &

1:30 p.m. Fri. Feb. 27: BLSC Travel Booth, Family Literacy Night,

at Northills Mall. Free. 6 – 7:30 p.m. Sat. Feb. 28: ASTRONOMY SHOW &

CONSTELLATION ACTIVITY. Explore the solar system, then look to the stars

& make a Constellation in a Cup! KEG 2015 LECTURE SERIES, at TRU

Activity Centre, Mountain Room, Thurs. March 5: THE YELLOWSTONE

HOT SPOT; ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST VOLCANOES, by Jamie Far-

rell, University of Utah, department of Geology & Geophysics. Social

begins: 5:30 p.m. ROBOTICS CLUB, 3 sessions Jan. – June: Wed.: Jan. 7 –

Feb. 11; Feb. 25 – March 11; April 29 – June 3. Fri: Jan. 9 – Feb. 13; Feb.

27 – March 13 & April 10 – 24; May 1 – June 5. All robot builders work

at their own level, from Lego designs or free build, depending. Interac-

tive challenges. For boys & girls 10 years & older. Cost: $60/session/

child. MARCH BREAK CAMPS: SUPER SCIENCE CAMP: a full week camp for

kids in grades 2 & up, March 16 – 20, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Fun & exciting

hands-on science. Explore the physical world with crafts, shows, games

& science experiments. Yes, there will be explosions! $180/child. DAILY

SCIENCE FUN CAMPS: Sign up for a day or for the whole week! March 23

– 27, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Each day will have a different science theme

& include super science fun. $50/child/week or $15/day. Sign up online

or in person. Call 250-554-2572 or email [email protected].

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Chance of

Flurries

6° | 0°

POP 30%

Thursday

February 26

Friday

February 27

Saturday

February 28

Sunday

March 1

Tuesday

March 3

Monday

March 2

Flurries

7° | 0°

Sunny

7° | -3°

A mix of

sun & cloud

8° | -3°

A mix of

sun & cloud

7° | -2°

Sunny

5° | -11°

The Kamloops Storm lead

their fi rst-round playoff series

three games to one against the

Sicamous Eagles in KIJHL Birks

division action.

In game one on Feb. 20 at the

Sports Centre, the Storm shut

out the Eagles 3-0 with a pair of

goals from Addison Bazian and

one from Mitch Friesen. Jacob

Mullen stopped all 26 shots he

faced in the shut-out win. The

Storm outshot the Eagles 33-26.

The Storm took a 2-0 lead in the

series the following night handily

out-shooting the Eagles 62-24 on

the way to a 5-1 victory. The Ea-

gles opened the scoring halfway

through the fi rst period with a

power play goal while Ryan Keis

was off for high-sticking to take a

1-0 lead after 20.

Then the Storm took over, scor-

ing three unanswered goals by

Alex Winters, Bobby Kashuba,

and Felix Larouche, in 4:20 in

the fi rst half of the second frame

to take a 3-1 lead after 40. Fri-

esen and Brayden Dale added

extra insurance markers in the

third period to give the Storm the

decisive 5-1 win, and a 2-0 lead

in the series.

There were only three penalties

handed out in the entire game –

one to Kamloops and two to Si-

camous. Mullen stopped 23 of 24

shots he faced in the win.

The two teams travelled to Si-

camous Feb. 23 for game 3. It

was a very close game as it took

double overtime for the Eagles to

meek out a 3-2 win as they out-

shot the Storm 39-24.

The game didn’t see any scoring

until 7:01 into the third period

when the Eagles scored a pair of

goals 2:31 apart. It looked like

the home team would take a 2-0

win but Kyle Lohmann and La-

rouche scored 21 seconds apart

with two minutes remaining to

send the game into overtime.

It was an evenly matched period

and a half over OT as the two

teams traded shots on goal until,

with 4:21 remaining in the sec-

ond OT period, the Eagles man-

aged to get a shot past Mullen to

take the 3-2 OT win.

It was another almost fl awless

night for both teams as refs only

handed out three penalties, one

for a minor scuffl e that sent Marc

Dumont and Nathan Plessis to

the penalty box for roughing mi-

nors halfway through the third

period. The other penalty went to

Winters for interference halfway

through the middle frame.

The following night, Feb. 24,

the two teams went into overtime

once again to get a decision, but

this time it was the Storm that

came away victors narrowly de-

feating the Eagles 4-3 in OT.

After another scoreless fi rst pe-

riod, the Eagles opened the scor-

ing 2:37 into the second frame.

Keaton Gordon ties the score

7:51 into the period with a short-

handed goal while Dexter Rob-

inson was off for slashing. The

Eagles scored twice in 2:17 less

than two minutes later to take a

3-1 lead after 40.

Larouche got the Storm to with-

in one goal with 7:26 left on the

clock. Then Brett Watkinson tied

the game with 2:42 remaining to

send the game into OT.

Addison Bazian scored an unas-

sisted goal with 8:323 remaining

in OT to give Kamloops the 4-3

win. The game saw Kamloops re-

ceive all three penalties doled out

in the game.

The Storm now take a 3-1 se-

ries lead as the best-of-seven se-

ries comes back to Kamloops for

game 5 tonight, Thurs. Feb. 26.

The puck drops at 7 p.m. Should

additional games be required,

game 6 will be in Sicamous Fri.

Feb. 27 (game time is 9 p.m.),

and game 7 will be back in Kam-

loops Sat. Feb. 28, when the puck

will drop at 7 p.m.

The winner of this series will

go on to play the winner of the

Chase Heat-100 Mile House

Wranglers series. The series is

tied 2-2.

Storm take 3-1 series lead over Eagles

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The Kamloops Blazers come-

back fell short in a 4-3 loss to the

Moose Jaw Warriors last Friday

night.

The Blazers started the game

strong, but a penalty ended the

momentum.

With Collin Shirley in the pen-

alty box, the Warriors opened the

scoring as Brayden Point got a

puck off the end boards and put it

over goaltender Connor Ingram’s

pad to make it 1-0 for the War-

riors.

Point, who won a Gold Medal

with Canada’s World Junior team

in January, made it 2-0 on an indi-

vidual effort. He rushed the puck

up ice and put a quick and decep-

tive shot over the pad of Ingram.

The Blazers didn’t have a lot go-

ing for them as the period carried

on and trailed 2-0.

The momentum continued to be

on the Warriors’ side through the

fi rst nine minutes of the period

as the Blazers took four straight

penalties and spent a ton of time

on the penalty kill.

The Warriors made the Blazers

pay nine minutes into the period

as Brett Howden set up Jack

Rodewald for an open net and a

3-0 Warriors lead.

Following the goal, the Blaz-

ers showed some desperation in

their game. Cole Ully scored 14

seconds after the Warriors made

it 3-0 as he put a puck at the net

and it ended up behind goaltender

Zach Sawchenko to make it 3-1.

The Blazers followed Ully’s

goal up with another one only

22 seconds later. Joel Hamilton,

who was arguably the Blazers

hardest working player, took a

puck to the net and scored on his

own rebound to make it 3-2 9:36

into the second period.

Point showed why he is one of

the best players in the WHL with

a terrifi c individual effort for his

third goal of the night to make it

4-2. He made a skilled move and

dodged a Blazers defender before

faking a shot and sliding it into

an open net.

The Warriors took a 4-2 lead

into the fi nal frame.

The Blazers didn’t have much of

a push until late in the game. Matt

Needham had an open net with

fi ve minutes left on a rebound, but

fi red the puck over the net.

On the power play late in the

game, Ully got a shot to the net

and Hamilton tipped it home for

his second goal of the game to

make it a 4-3 game with 23 sec-

onds to play.

The Blazers pushed and had two

chances that slid by the net wide

in the fi nal few seconds as they

lost 4-3 to the Warriors.

The Warriors were 2-for-6 on

the power play, while the Blazers

fi nished 1-for-4.

Sawchenko was terrifi c for the

Warriors as he made 31 saves. In-

gram stopped 25 of 29 shots.

The Blazers put in a great effort,

but were stonewalled by goalten-

der Payton Lee as he made 33

saves to help the Vancouver Gi-

ants to a 1-0 win.

The Giants had the early jump

and outshot the Blazers in the

fi rst part of the fi rst period. In-

gram was sharp on the night for

the Blazers.

As the period carried on, the

Blazers got better and had plenty

of offensive zone time in a score-

less fi rst period.

The Giants held a 13-10 advan-

tage on the shot clock after the

fi rst frame.

The Giants opened the scoring

4:44 into the second period on a

fortunate bounce.

Dmitry Osipov dumped a puck

into the Blazers zone. The puck

hit the end boards and came to-

wards the front of the net. As In-

gram went to cover the puck, it

hopped over his stick to Dakota

Odgers who put it into an open

net for a 1-0 lead.

Ully, who was clearly a target

of the Giants all night, took his

frustration out in a second period

spirited tilt with Thomas Foster.

The shot clock showed a 19-13

advantage for the Giants midway

through the game, but the Blaz-

ers picked up the pace and car-

ried the play over the second half

of the game.

They fi red the next six shots on

goal in the second period as Lee

made a great save on Joel Ham-

ilton to keep it 1-0 for the Giants

through two periods.

Shots were 19-19 at the end of

the second period.

The Blazers showed desperation

in the third period as they were

determined to tie the game up.

Lee was outstanding for the

Giants in the fi nal frame as the

Blazers outshot the Giants 14-3

in the third period.

Lee’s best save came off the

stick of Marc McNulty. McNulty

had an open net on a rebound, but

Lee dove and got his glove on the

puck to keep the Blazers off the

score sheet.

The Blazers pressured the Gi-

ants all period, but couldn’t score

in a 1-0 loss to the Giants.

The Blazers outshot the Giants

33-22 in the game. The Giants

were 0-for-1 on the power play,

while the Blazers did not get a

power play.

The Blazers now look forward

to four straight games on home

ice as they host the Victoria Roy-

als Fri. Feb. 27, and the Giants

Sat. Feb. 28. The puck drops at 7

p.m. both nights.


Blazers playoff hopes fade

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The loonie had advanced half of a U.S. cent on Tuesday follow-

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a quarter point rate cut in January with another decrease as soon

as next week.

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