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HERITAGE DAYS Annual Celebrations take place under new name
Paige Fehr prepares the cannon for firing next to the Bastion on Friday. The noon firing of the cannon will be part of Heritage Days ceremonies this weekend and will be held every day through Labour Day. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
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here were doubts it would happen at all, but May long weekend celebrations will take place in downtown Nanaimo today and Sunday. Commercial Street will be partially closed throughout the day today as part of the re-branded Heritage Days event, formerly known as Empire Days. Festivities include REWfest, a day-long music festival going from noon to 10 p.m. at Diana Krall Plaza. Performances are by acclaimed violinist Kytami, the Deaf Aids Beatles tribute band, Big Bang Baby, hip-hop artist SirReal, Dave Hart and Friends Variety Show and the Nanaimo Community Band and others. Commercial Street, from Terminal Avenue to Bastion Street, hosts a street festival, which provides a range of entertainment, including a fun house, shooting
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Related story, A3 gallery, swing ride, a bouncy castle and cupcake decorating. Vendors and other groups will also have a presence at the downtown festival, including Vancouver Island University, the Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association and the Nanaimo Multicultural Society. Sunday will see the annual parade start at 1 p.m. on Victoria Crescent, move up Commercial Street and end near Maffeo-Sutton Park at Front Street and Comox Road. Thirty-two entries are confirmed for the parade, but several participants are entering multiple floats and people, bringing the true number closer to 42, said event co-ordinator Angie Barnard. She was brought on board roughly six weeks ago to assist organizing the festival, which was in danger of being cancelled due
to controversy over the event’s former Empire Days moniker. She said uncertainty and a lack to time to plan has meant that some participants will not return this year due to prior engagements. However, Barnard said new organizations will join in the festivities for the first time, including Snuneymuxw First Nation and the Mid-Island Metis Nation. “The tight turnaround probably means we’ve relied on people contacting us,” said Barnard. “I look forward to next year when we can get more multi-cultural organizations involved.” Barnard said efforts from sponsors and volunteers were key in allowing the event to go forward. Nanaimo Coun. Jerry Hong, who was one of several who stepped forward to work on this year’s event, predicted an “amazing atmosphere.” Spencer.Anderson@nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
Heritage Days highlights A look at some of the many activities happening during the weekend in Nanaimo: SATURDAY, MAY 16 REWFEST (Diana Krall Plaza) Noon Nanaimo Community Band 1 p.m. Deaf Aids Beatles Tribute Band 2 p.m. Island Rose Dance Troupe 3 p.m. Dave Hart & Friends Variety Show (stage & roving) 4:45 p.m. Alexander’s Blues Time Band 6 p.m. SirReal 7 p.m. Big Bang Baby 8 p.m. Kytami STREET FESTIVAL (Commercial Street) Noon to 5 p.m.: Commercial Street is closed to make way for a pedestrian friendly event full of street vendors, merchant and restaurant activity. Children’s activities include: bouncy castles, swing ride, shooting gallery,
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, stood with his hands folded, his head slightly bowed, upon learning his fate, sealed after 14 hours of deliberations over three days. » Nation & World, A7
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fun house, climbing wall, face painting, henna and airbrush tattoos and cupcake decorating. 5-9 p.m.: Beer Gardens (Diana Krall Plaza). Only 400 tickets on a firstcome, first-serve basis. TILRAY FIREWORKS (Nanaimo harbourfront) 10 p.m. Bring your radios or mobile devices and tune into 102.3FM The Wave to hear the musical accompaniment for the pyro-musical fireworks spectacular. SUNDAY, MAY 17 PARADE (Commercial and Front Streets, downtown) 1 p.m. Festivities begin
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2 p.m. Victoria trombonist Nick La Riviere leads his 14-piece community band Soul Source on Sunday for some hard-driving classic R & B beginning at the Crofton Hotel Pub, 1534 Joan Ave., Crofton. Admission: $10. Information: 250-324-2245 or http://croftonhotel.ca.
3-6 p.m. Island Roots Farmers Market. Support local growers, producers and artisans year-round. Pleasant Valley Hall, 6100 Dumont Rd. 7 p.m. Nanaimo Quilters’ Guild monthly meeting at Nanaimo Curling Club, 106 Wall Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Guests welcome. Elections for the coming year, and view and vote on this year’s challenge entries. See www. islandquilters.ca for information.
FRIDAY, MAY 22 7:30 p.m. I am Woman, Hear Me Laff fundraiser for Cowichan Women Against Violence Society, at Cowichan Performing Arts Centre. Tickets $27/$23 available at the Cowichan Ticket Centre, 2687 James St. Duncan or 250-7487529 or cowichanpac.ca. SATURDAY, MAY 23 10 a.m. to 3 p. m. Family Garden Days and Big Organic Plant Sale runs Saturday and Sunday with face painting, balloon animal’s kid’s crafts and live music, Saturday only. 271 Pine St. 9 a.m to 1 p.m. Nanoose Garden Club’s, annual plant sale, Nanoose Library Centre, Northwest Bay Road. Vegetables, Heritage Tomatoes and Peren-
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SUNDAY, MAY 24 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Safe Boating Sunday, Schooner Cove Marina. Free event. 2:30 p.m. Island Soul Choir and Vancouver’s Rhythm’n Roots jointly present Lift Up Your Voice at the Port Theatre. Tickets are $22.50 at the Port Theatre Centre. For more information, visit islandsoulchoir.com or theporttheatre. com.
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Arrest in Woodlands bomb threat No indication the girl is responsible for other incidents, says Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong of the Nanaimo RCMP JULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS
A fifteen-year-old girl has been identified as a suspect by Nanaimo RCMP in a bomb threat made at Woodlands Secondary School on Wednesday, Police issued a release late Friday saying the student “has accepted responsibility for her actions.” Female student, 15, identified through a joint investigation between school staff and the police, said Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Const. Gary O’Brien
School District 68 staff plan to work with the student alongside RCMP school liaison officers and the student. A report will be forwarded to Crown Counsel. The message, written on the wall of a school washroom at Woodlands, threatened an undisclosed section of the school, according to officials. The message indicated an incident would occur on Thursday. The school was searched by RCMP officers and a police dog on Wednesday evening but nothing was found.
The school continued to be on heightened alert on Thursday with bag checks and a police presence at the school. The bomb threat was a first for Woodlands but was the fifth in a series at Nanaimo schools in recent weeks. Four other bomb threats occurred at Wellington Secondary School, with the latest on May 11. There is no indication the girl was responsible for any other threats, said Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong of the Nanaimo RCMP.
The situation around bomb threats at Nanaimo schools has become ridiculous, said O’Brien on Thursday. “The overwhelming number of students are not happy with the situation,” he added. It’s possible the Woodlands threat was a copycat case, said Bryan Kinney, a criminology professor at Simon Fraser University, on Thursday. Such incidents could be considered another form of vandalism and are typically based on seeking attention.
They are not necessarily indicative of an intent to create a dangerous situation, he added. Kinney also thought that the threats likely arose from an individual or individuals within the school system. Nanaimo RCMP will continue to investigate and urge anyone with information to contact them at 250-754-2345, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Julie.Chadwick @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4234
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et those bathing suits ready: the city is officially opening of its water parks in Deverill Square Park, Departure bay Park and Mansfield Park as of Saturday. The water park located in Harewood Centennial Park will be open in June once upgrades to the park are finished. “The water parks in Nanaimo are well used throughout the season and thanks to the warmer weather we can get them open earlier this year for the community to enjoy,” said Al Britton, manager of parks operations.
Orcas sighted near city Several sightings of killer whales were reported near Nanaimo Friday, with the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network reminding the public to take care not to interfere with or disrupt the animals. “For many, the May long weekend represents the start of boating season,” said Tessa Danelesko, BCCSN coordinator. “It’s also a time when many species of whales, dolphins and porpoises are seen off the B.C. coast, giving many boaters the opportunity to have incredible marine wildlife encounters. Unfortunately, when we get too close, approach too quickly, or make too much noise, we may disrupt the whales and interfere with foraging, resting and socializing.” She said the whales can sometimes be injured through collisions with boats. The BCCSN says some good rules of thumb include reducing vessel speed to seven knots when
Amyah Davis, 4, and her friend, Nathan Bull, 4, turn a wheel to activate the water at the Harewood Mining Community Water Park last July. The city officially opens most water parks today. The Harewood Centennial waterpark will open next month after upgrades are complete. [DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO]
within 400 metres of a whale and to place outboard engines in neutral if a whale is within 100 metres of the vessel. She said boaters should also limit viewing time of whales to 30 minutes.
Buono award winner The 2015 Wally Buono Award winner is Dylan Chapdelaine of the Canadian Junior Football League’s Vancouver Island Raiders, Nanaimo Museum has announced. The the museum’s Sports Hall of Fame is hosting the national
award, which is given each year to recognize Canada’s top junior football player. The award is funded by the Saint Bernard Pass Charitable Foundation. Chapdelaine led his club last season with 27 solo tackles and was also named the B.C. Junior Football’s outstanding defensive linebacker in 2014. Former Raiders coach Jim Lozon said Chapdelaine “has inspired a whole new generation of players in his community to believe that they too, can be an impact player on a team of a higher level and that it’s realistic for a kid from Nanaimo to have a
dream about football.” Chapdelaine said he was “honoured and humbled” by the award. “Every player strives to be recognized for their ability and I am no different,” he said. “Winning the Wally Buono Award is a highlight for me and it tells me I am on the right track as a player and as a person.”
Special council meeting Nanaimo council will meet Tuesday for a special meeting at 3 p.m. to discuss how to proceed with an appeal and stay on a
provincial order to upgrade the Colliery dams. The city is now doing design and engineering work to put forward a proposal to reinforce the embankment of the lower Colliery dam, but had earlier voted to seek a stay and appeal on the provincial order. Council will also decide whether to endorse the proposed ‘Slide the City’ event for July 4, which would see a 300-metre water slide set up in the city as part of an outdoor summer attraction. Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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‘Queen Victoria’ says she was not invited to be in parade SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
A familiar face will be missing from Sunday’s May long weekend parade. Barbara Desprez, who for more than 22 years has played the role of Queen Victoria in the parade each year, said Friday she will not be taking part this year.
“I haven’t been asked and I think it would be appropriate for them to ask,” he said. Event coordinator Angie Barnard said Desprez was not excluded from participating in the parade, adding the previous group that organized the event, the Nanaimo Empire Days Celebration Society, had not left
contact information or names of groups that had been involved in previous years’ events. “Until you called me this morning, I didn’t know her name and phone number,” Barnard said, adding all are welcome to take part. Barnard had reached out to Desprez by Friday afternoon in
an attempt to include her in the weekend events, but Desprez said the invitation was on too short notice, adding it would now be difficult to get a hold of a costume. Desprez is also recovering from surgery on her chin. She isn’t ruling out being in the parade in the future. “We had a nice talk and she’s
taken my number for next year, so we’ll see what happens,” she said. “It’s an option. I would have been delighted to be in it this year, so I was disappointed.” Spencer.Anderson @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4255
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Nothing manly in shouting out obscenities
“J
ust some good ol’ boys, never meanin’ no harm, been in trouble with the law since the day they were born,” sang Waylon Jennings in Good Ol’ Boys, the theme song to the Dukes of Hazzard. “Making their way, the only way they know how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.” That’s the excuse that’s been used since time began to condone boorish behaviour from boys. Especially when gathered together in a group, boys of all ages often compete to outdo one another with talk and action that is equal parts dangerous, rude, cruel, immature, reckless and stupid. These good ol’ boys are idiots, man-children who want all of the privileges and power that comes with adulthood but none of the responsibility. They are an embarrassment to all men. Shawn Simoes is just the latest so-called man to show lots of courage harassing a female TV
reporter outside of a Toronto FC soccer game last weekend with harsh and hurtful sexual comments, his chums in the background yukking it up. Simoes isn’t laughing now. His employer, Hydro One, the Ontario equivalent of B.C. Hydro, fired him from his $107,000 a year engineering job. For some, that seems an overreaction but it’s the right thing to do, both morally and legally. From a moral standpoint, his words were hateful and intolerable. He has earned the right to be made an example of. Legally, many employers now have morality clauses written into the contracts of senior staff, allowing for discipline and termination for employees who tarnish the reputation of the employer and other employees. Even if Simoes didn’t sign such a contract, the courts have been siding with employers for two decades in cases where an individual’s private actions have
been deemed harmful to his or her professional reputation and that of their employer and profession, starting with a case involving a B.C. teacher who had willingly posed for pornographic pictures taken by her spouse, who posted the pictures online. Some people might call that a horrible infringement on privacy and individual rights but they would be wrong. Simoes surrendered his right to privacy the moment he stood in front of the TV camera and started yapping into the microphone held by TV reporter Shauna Hunt. The same goes for posting words (or pictures) online. In his now ample spare time, Simoes should read So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson, about the growing list of people who have destroyed their professional and personal lives with damaging comments made online or on camera. Sadly, Simoes is part of a legion of boys disguised as men. He
and those good ol’ boys at the Dalhousie dentist program in Halifax won’t be the last of their kind we’ll see. Male entitlement is alive and well, now using the catch phrases of civil and individual rights and even feminism to justify itself. Feminism as philosophy is about power, not gender. The power men as a gender have lost in the past half-century in Western society is considerable and no power shift, be it political, social or individual, happens without resentment and retaliation. The devaluation of men and masculinity has been relentless in both private and public life. Men have lost their central roles in the home and at work. Worst of all, traditionally masculine traits of strength, resilience and firm control have been shunned on one hand and appropriated by female leaders on the other. Power itself has now framed by women, with teamwork and collaboration seen as the female
and modern way to wield power while detailed control and constant oversight is seen as micromanaging and hopelessly male and backward. Many men have adapted, quietly relieved they no longer have to flex their muscles all the time, projecting a viral masculinity that always felt silly and fake. Now they are partners at home and at work, no longer trapped by the notion of blue and pink jobs. Some haven’t changed but are trying to and they deserve encouragement and patience. Some refuse to change and they deserve nothing but scorn and condemnation from society in general and from men in particular.
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lbertans have always laughed about their long-standing reputation as a reckless, immature society. The classic bumper sticker, now available as a T-shirt or coffee cup in several variations, states: “Please God, give us one more oil boom, we promise not to p--- it away this time.” Now they’ve thrown out the government that finally tried to stop blowing money like a roughneck fresh out of the bush. Jim Prentice had the gall to propose raising income taxes for high wage earners, doing away with former Alberta treasurer Stockwell Day’s signature flat tax. In response, voters have abruptly replaced the 44-year Progressive Conservative dynasty with
an upstart NDP that wants to tax the rich and corporations even more. Facing an oil slump, layoffs and a huge structural deficit in Alberta’s lavish public service, NDP premier-elect Rachel Notley is committed to a 50-percent increase in the minimum wage and another “review” of resource royalties. One headline in a national paper summed it up: “Go home, Alberta. You’re drunk.” In the sober days after the election, a few truths emerge. Alberta hasn’t been a fiscally conservative, small-government place for a long time. Among other things, it has ratcheted up teacher and nurse wages across the country. Alberta is broke, again, and even the NDP is afraid to resort to a sales tax. The minimum wage hike is a pet policy of Canada’s labour federations, which somehow remain convinced that poverty can be eliminated by state order. On the positive side, Notley has promised to end corporate and union donations to political parties, as has already been done federally. B.C. should be next,
but the gravy train of business donations is too tempting for our nominally Liberal government. Here at the B.C. legislature, an NDP staffer passed out cans of Orange Crush to celebrate. NDP leader John Horgan pronounced himself “ecstatic,” and hastened to assure reporters that Notley is “as competent as she sounds.” Notley now has to sort through a caucus that includes typical NDP place-holders, college students and union staff running in faint-hope constituencies. Soon after the result, the party pulled down its website platform and candidate biographies, as Notley began phoning energy companies to reassure them Alberta will be “A-OK” on her watch. Horgan likes to describe the “capital flight” from new NDP governments as if it’s just a show put on by big business. Plummeting stock prices and relocation of corporate offices are all staged, according to the party line, nothing to do with actual investment conditions created by NDP policies. This fiction is all Horgan dares to say publicly, because it’s what his party base devoutly believes.
Besides, they’re only branch offices of multinational oil companies like Shell, Horgan said. He used his favourite Tommy Douglas quote, about the bad news of a big oil company leaving. “The good news is, the oil is staying here.” B.C.’s natural gas might be staying here too. Horgan insists he supports a natural gas export industry, but his party seems more concerned with an ascending Green Party, and an urban base that believes you can run a resource economy on windmills and solar panels. Notley supports twinning the TransMountain pipeline; Horgan continues to insist he has no opinion on the project Adrian Dix so memorably opposed. The Alberta NDP has a steep learning curve ahead. The B.C. NDP has a couple of years to see if the appearance of a likeminded Alberta government is a boost for them, or a cautionary tale for voters. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Owen Peer reacts to an explosion after putting liquid nitrogen into a water bottle at the Extreme Science show on Friday. Vancouver Island University held its final show on Friday after a week of entertaining school children.
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o you have a passion for startups, social enterprise, business development and your community? If so, the Chamber of Commerce invites you to Social Enterprise Catalyst, a unique, fun Dragon’s Den-style event happening in Nanaimo live on Wednesday, (May 20) at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo. The next day is devoted to a social enterprise Day of Learn-
ing hosted by Vancouver Island University on campus. The Chamber is an ‘organizing partner’ of these events sharing the spotlight with many local partners. Catalyst Gala will be a wonderful night of celebration. Some refer to it as Oscar night in Nanaimo — with some of our own local business stars dressing up, enjoying some B.C. wine and taking advantage of the networking and excitement. Audience members will hear keynote speaker, Vickie Cammack, founder of Tyze Personal — a ground-breaking pioneer in the world of social enterprise and innovation, who recently received the Order of Canada for her work and was recognized
by the Globe and Mail as one of Canada’s Top 100 most powerful women. Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation Michelle Stilwell, one of the judges, will also make a special proclamation at the event. Experience the Dragon’s Denlike social enterprise pitches and perch on the edge of your seat waiting to see which of the three finalists will win the cash and technical support, worth $50,000 in an impressive prize pack. Cross your fingers for our own Nanaimo Science and Sustainability Society — NS3. The fun doesn’t end there — join in the next day at VIU for a Day of Learning with keynote speaker Brenda Kuecks of
Ecotrust Canada and Adrian Legin of Coastal Community Credit Union. It’s a window into the amazing social innovations and enterprises happening on Vancouver Island and an opportunity to learn the what, when, how, and where it takes to build a social enterprise. Check out www.secatalyst.ca for more information about the finalists, and to purchase tickets. See you there and find out why the Chamber of Commerce is so excited about Social Enterprise and its impact on our community. » Kim Smythe is the chief executive officer for the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce.
Nanaimo RCMP arrested a 29-year-old woman after a suspicious package was left at the Nanaimo Court House on Friday. At approximately 11:50 a.m., the woman entered the court house and allegedly left a package on the counter. She is alleged to have then made some comments which were concerning, and out of an abundance of caution for public safety, the BC Sheriff’s Service, in consultation with the RCMP, made the decision to evacuate the building. The RCMP’s explosives devices unit was then sent to the scene, but an examination of the package revealed it was not an explosive device. Video security footage was viewed and a suspect was identified. The woman was taken into police custody. The investigation continues and charges will be forwarded to Crown counsel.
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Boston Marathon bombing victim Karen Brassard, surrounded by fellow victims, speaks after the death penalty verdict for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. [AP PHOTO]
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Premier Christy Clark is reminding British Columbians to do their part in preventing forest fires this long weekend. Clark got an update on the Little Bobtail Lake wildfire while visiting Prince George on Friday morning. The first major wildfire of the season has burned about 130 square kilometres so far as crews try to control it from the ground and the air. Hot, dry weather, with unseasonably high temperatures, are creating a risk for more wildfires in some parts of B.C.
Agencies targeted in a British Columbia coroner’s inquest are committing to review a number of recommendations made after a deadly sawmill explosion in Prince George. A five-person jury deliberated for eight hours Thursday before it released 33 recommendations and ruled that the 2012 blast at Lakeland Mills was accidental. The recommendations are directed at a variety of agencies, including WorkSafeBC, the RCMP, B.C. Ambulance Service and provincial, federal and municipal governments.
A Mountie is suing the Richmond RCMP, alleging injuries she sustained on the job required face-altering surgery and left her unable to work. Const. Silina Sargis has filed a notice of civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court that says the incident happened while she was driving an all-terrain vehicle around Sea Island in search of a body. She alleges she was trying to drive over a piece of driftwood when she was thrust forward and smashed her head and face into the vehicle’s front metal rack.
Boston bomber gets PERSONALIZED the death penalty Dzhokhar Tsarnaev never denied he was guilty DENISE LAVOIE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a “kid” who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother. Tsarnaev, 21, stood with his hands folded, his head slightly bowed, upon learning his fate, sealed after 14 hours of deliberations over three days. It was the most closely watched terrorism trial in the U.S. since the Oklahoma City bombing case two decades ago. The decision sets the stage for what could be the nation’s first execution of a terrorist in the post-9-11 era, though the case is likely to go through years of appeals. The execution would be carried out by lethal injection. “Now he will go away and we will be able to move on. Justice. In his own words,
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Poilievre won’t apologize for videos on public dime JOAN BRYDEN THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre won’t apologize for using taxpayer dollars to produce YouTube videos of himself promoting the universal child care benefit. Poilievre insisted Friday that he’s simply using innovative ways to inform Canadians about the newly enriched and expanded child benefit. But opposition MPs denounced the “vanity videos� as a new low for a government that has a penchant for producing partisan advertising on the public dime. And the Canadian Taxpayers Federation agreed. “The bottom line is that taxpayers should not be forced to pay for partisan advertising masquerading as information-based government advertising,� said Aaron Wudrick, the federation’s federal director. The latest examples “highlight the need for an independent third party� to vet all government advertising, he added. One of the videos shows Poilievre explaining the child benefit to shoppers at a children’s consignment clothing sale in his Ottawa riding. It was filmed on a Sunday by two members of the Employment department’s inhouse creative production team,
“The bottom line is that taxpayers should not be forced to pay for partisan advertising masquerading as informationbased government advertising.� Aaron Wudrick, Canadian Taxpayers Federation
which has an annual operating budget of about $50,000. A departmental spokesman said the Sunday shoot took two hours, which was paid overtime for the two videographers involved. Editing was done in-house during regular work hours. A second video shows Poilievre, in rolled-up shirt sleeves, talking about the enhanced child benefit as he points to digital graphics explaining the changes. Poilievre isn’t the only minister appearing in taxpayer-financed YouTube videos. Candice Bergen, minister of state for social development, stars in another video in which she explains what the recent changes to the universal child benefit will mean to
various fictional families. In Wudrick’s view, Bergen’s video is strictly non-partisan dissemination of factual information. But Poilievre’s videos “reference values and anecdotes that go beyond the factual changes in government policy� and amount to partisan spin. “We believe that the real childcare experts are mom and dad. That’s why we brought in the universal child care benefit way back in 2006,� Poilievre says in one video, praising the prime minister for “putting money back in the pockets of hardworking Canadian families.� “A one-size-fits-all, governmentknows-best approach doesn’t work for families,� he says in the other video, echoing an accusation Conservatives like to level against opposition parties. In the House of Commons on Friday, NDP deputy leader Megan Leslie accused Poilievre of wasting money having himself filmed as “he skips around his riding promoting the Conservative platform� while thousands of people have lost their jobs. Liberal MP Marc Garneau called Poilievre’s defence “a slap in the face of all Canadians who expect accountability� and a reflection of the government’s “supreme arrogance.�
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New greenhouse gas reduction target is set
A Calgary woman has been handed an 18-month conditional sentence for trying to bribe a juror in her husband’s sex assault trial. Erica Levin, who is 71, cried as the judge also ordered her to perform 180 hours of community service. The senior was convicted last year on a charge of obstruction of justice. A juror testified that she was offered $1,000 to find Dr. Aubrey Levin not guilty during his trial in 2013. The psychiatrist was eventually convicted on three counts of sexual assault against male patients.
Canada has set a new greenhouse gas emission reduction target as it prepares for international talks later this year, but critics say the goal is the weakest among G-7 countries. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Friday that Canada proposes to cut emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. “This target is . . . an ambitious commitment based on our national circumstances, which include a growing population, a diversified, growing economy and Canada’s position as a world leader in clean electricity generation.�
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Police start pilot-project of wearing body cameras
An 11-year-old girl on a northern Manitoba reserve appears to have been killed by someone, and not a bear as some people believed, RCMP said Friday. The death of Teresa Robinson, whose remains were found on the Garden Hill First Nation Monday, is now considered a homicide. Robinson was last seen leaving a birthday party on May 5, six days before she was reported missing to the RCMP. She was headed home but never made it, and her father thought she may have decided to sleep over at a friend’s house, said David Harper, grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
Toronto police launched a pilot project to test body-worn cameras for its officers on Friday, joining a growing number of forces trying out the technology, which has been greeted with a mix of optimism and caution. The year-long project in Canada’s most populous city will see 100 officers wear the cameras as three different models are tested. A report on the exercise will be completed by June 2016. The cameras will be activated when there is a call for service or someone is being investigated. Conversations with citizens and interactions without an investigative element will not require the activation of the cameras.
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April home sales up compared with March
An analysis of the impact on Vancouver’s inlets and beaches in the event of a major oil spill contends the shoreline would be coated in crude within hours. Independent modelling was conducted on behalf of the City of Vancouver, City of Burnaby and Tsleil-Waututh Nation, after concerns that pipeline firm Kinder Morgan had failed to study potential consequences of a spill. A proposed expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline would triple output and is projected to increase tanker traffic in Burrard Inlet to 34 vessels each month, which the cities and First Nation claim heightens the risk of a spill.
Buyers in Toronto and Montreal pushed home sales higher last month as Canadians continued to take advantage of low interest rates. The Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday home sales in April through its MLS system were up 2.3 per cent compared with the previous month. The increase was the third consecutive month-over-month climb, but the gain was down from the 4.1 per cent increase in March. Compared with a year ago, sales across the country were up 10 per cent, boosted by the big gains in the Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions as well as Toronto.
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TECHNOLOGY
Google driverless car moves ahead The ultimate goal, says Sergey Brin, is computer-controlled cars that can eliminate human error The site will also have a section where people can send feedback when they interact with the cars. The prototype cars — assembled in suburban Detroit by Roush Industries — have the same array of radars, lasers and cameras as Google’s fleet of Lexus SUVs, which allows them to share data. If one car’s camera spots orange cones and construction signs, for example, it will alert all the others to slow down in that area or reroute around a lane closure.
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he latest version of Google’s self-driving car — a pod-like twoseater that needs no gas pedal or steering wheel — will make its debut on public roads this summer, a significant step in the technology giant’s mission to have driverless cars available to consumers in the next five years. This prototype is the first vehicle built from scratch for the purpose of self-driving, Google says. It looks like a Smart car with a shiny black bowler hat to hide its sensors, and it can drive, brake and recognize road hazards without human intervention. It has more capabilities than the prototype Google introduced last May, which was so rudimentary it had fake headlights. The new pod isn’t designed for a long trip, or a joyride. It lacks air bags and other federally required safety features, so it can’t go more than 25 miles per hour. It’s electric, and has to be recharged after 80 miles. And the pod can only drive in areas that have been thoroughly mapped by Google. At first, it will likely even have a steering wheel and gas pedal — current California regulations require them. Those regulations also require a driver to be able to take back control of the car at any time. But Google is lobbying for more flexible regulations. Google will initially build and test 25 pods, mostly in neighbourhoods surrounding its Mountain View headquarters. It will eventually build between 50 and 100, and will broaden testing to sites that are hillier and rainier. The ultimate goal, says Google co-founder Sergey Brin, is computer-controlled cars that can eliminate human error, which is a factor in an estimated 90 per cent of the 1.2 million road deaths that occur worldwide each year. Self-driving cars could also improve traffic congestion and transport the elderly and disabled. Google shocked the auto industry in 2010 with its announcement that it was working on a driverless car. Brin insists
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Google’s new self-driving prototype car is presented during a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif., earlier this week. The car, which needs no gas pedal or steering wheel, will make its debut on public roads in California this summer. [AP PHOTO]
Google doesn’t aspire to be a car company, but wants its technology to be adopted by automakers. e want to partner to “W bring self-driving to all the vehicles in the world,” Brin told a group of journalists and community members gathered earlier this week to take rides in the prototype. For now the traditional automakers are pursuing their own self-driving technology, but with less ambitious timeline of 10 to 15 years for a truly driverless car. Chris Urmson, who directs Google’s self-driving car project, says the slow-moving, friendly looking prototype — his young son thinks it looks like a koala because of the nose-like black laser on the front — is a good bridge between the company’s current test fleet of 20 specially
outfitted Lexus SUVs and the more advanced, higher-speed driverless cars of its future, which might not even look like anything on the road today. “This vehicle is really all about us learning. This vehicle could go on a freeway, but when we think about introducing the technology, we want to do that very thoughtfully and very safely,” Urmson says. Convincing drivers that driverless technology is safe is one of the hurdles the company must overcome. Earlier this week, in response to questions from The Associated Press, Google acknowledged 11 minor accidents in the six years it has been testing autonomous cars. Urmson says the company is proud of that record, and notes that Google’s vehicles have completed more than 1.7 million miles of testing. He says all but
one of the accidents were caused by drivers in other cars; in the only incident caused by a Google car, a staffer was driving in manual mode. Consumers question whether they can trust self-driving cars to work all the time, who will be liable if there’s an accident and how self-driving cars will interact with regular cars, says the consulting firm J.D. Power and Associates. In a 2013 survey of U.S. drivers, J.D. Power found only one in five was interested in a fully autonomous car. Urmson says Google needs to do a better job of educating people about self-driving technology and updating them on Google’s progress. It’s building a Web site to teach people about the technology, and the site will feature a monthly report that will include details of any accidents involving Google cars.
software has gotten much better over the last year at classifying objects, like trees and mailboxes, and predicting behaviour of pedestrians and other cars. For example, Google’s cars will slow down if they sense that a car in the next lane is speeding up to cut in front of them. And in one recent test, a Google car paused when a cyclist ran a red light. Another car, driven by a human, went ahead and nearly hit the cyclist. The system isn’t perfect. On a test drive, one of Google’s Lexus SUVs seemed momentarily confused when a mail truck partially blocked its path. Later, during a demonstration drive in Google’s parking lot, the prototype — without a wheel or pedal — braked when it spotted a row of folding chairs. It had to figure out that the chairs wouldn’t move before it proceeded. Egil Juliussen, the principal analyst of infotainment and advanced driver assist systems for the consulting firm IHS Automotive, says Google’s “moon shot” strategy is difficult and riskier than just adding features to existing cars. But he thinks it could ultimately be successful. Google could make self-driving urban pods for universities or urban centres, for example, or sell its technology to automakers. Brin says the company is still refining its plans for self-driving cars, but he’s excited about their potential. “Our goal is to create something safer than human drivers,” he said.
OBITUARY
Randy Bachman recalls playing with B.B. King NICK PATCH THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Whenever Randy Bachman thinks of B.B. King, he can’t help but wince. “I first played a show with B.B. in the mid-60s,” says Bachman in an emailed statement to The Canadian Press on Friday. “He told me I ’played pretty good for a white boy,’ but needed to ‘make a few faces’ to show that I ‘felt the notes and strings I was bending.’ “To this day, there are many pictures of me playing my B.B. King string-bending notes and my face looks like someone is stepping on my foot. “Every time I do that on stage, I think of him.”
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King died peacefully in his sleep Thursday night in his Las Vegas home. He was 89. Unsurprisingly, the death of the evocative guitarist — who stood as the symbolic personifi-
cation of blues for many music fans — has inspired dedications from musicians around the world, including many prominent Canadians. Bryan Adams tweeted a memorial to “one of the best blues guitarists ever, maybe the best,” someone who “could do more on one note than anyone.” Dan Aykroyd also paid his respects, having acted alongside King in 1998’s “Blues Brothers 2000” (King played the owner of a used car lot who moves to New Orleans to try his hand at blues). “Thank you BB for your graceful presence and power,” Aykroyd wrote. Regina-reared blues guitarist Colin James remembered the
formative influence carried by King’s inimitable playing. When he was 10, James became a religious devotee of an instructional record/songbook that King had endorsed. “(I) played it over and over again,” wrote the six-time Juno winner via email, noting how fortunate he felt to have seen King live. “It feels like the end of an era in a way. These guys wrote the book. He had so much passion in his vibrato when he played guitar and such fantastic economy in his playing and singing.” Added Bachman: “He was amazing, like Hendrix in a way, and a tour de force of blues and rock.”
Like James, Juno-winning blues guitarist Steve Hill was fascinated by King at an early age. The Montreal native recalls appreciating King even before he started to learn guitar — and then snatching up his records with enthusiastic abandon once he did, at age 14. It must have felt like a dream, then, when Hill actually got to open for his hero in his hometown at the then-Molson Centre in 2001. “He was the nicest guy you could think of,” said Hill, who won four awards at this year’s Maple Blues Awards. “I’ve done shows with a lot of . . . big names, and B.B. King was the nicest guy.”
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For the second year in a row, the Cannes Film Festival is showcasing the directorial debut of a Hollywood star. This year it’s Natalie Portman’s first feature, ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness.’ The Israel-born Portman also wrote the screenplay and stars in the Hebrew-language feature as the boy’s mother Fania, a cultured and imaginative woman whose dreams can’t withstand grinding everyday reality.
U2 guitarist The Edge says he’s fine after falling off the stage at a concert in Vancouver. The Irish rocker is joking about his tumble on the band’s Instagram account, where he posted a photo of his scraped arm with the message: “ Didn’t see the edge, I’m ok!!” An online video apparently shot by an audience member shows the guitarist sauntering towards the lip of an illuminated walkway, and falling straight down.
A former Pennsylvania state boxing commissioner is accelerating stalled plans to renovate Muhammad Ali’s boyhood home in Kentucky. George Bochetto recently acquired half interest in the small frame house in Louisville. The Philadelphia lawyer said Friday he hopes work starts next month to transform the abandoned house to how it looked in the 1950s. That includes restoring the pink paint on the outside.
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Raiders kick off three-day camp New head coach Erdman says he’s looking for depth and declared every position on the roster open ROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
The Vancouver Island Raiders spring camp got underway last night with more than 80 players on show at Merle Logan Field. The camp will also run today and tomorrow as new rookie head coach Jerome Erdman eyes up new recruits to make up this season’s roster. Returning players include Quinton Bowles, Nigel Henry, Dustin Rodriguez and Liam O’Brien with coach Erdman stating that every position is open as he looks to build a national championship winning team in 2015. “It’s purely an evaluation camp,� said Erdman. “We’ll keep the systems simple. We don’t want them thinking too much. That way they can show us their ability, the work ethic that they
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ber, Erdman says it’s been an easy transition. “It’s been really good. We’ve got a great board of directors, coaching staff and volunteers that help us all the time. The transition has been all that more easier because of them and I find myself in a good situation.� The invite-only camp continues today at 10 a.m. and 1:50 p.m., and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. The players will then return to optional team activities until the fall camp this July. The Raiders face the Langley Rams in their home opener on July 25. “We’re looking for depth in every position,� said Erdman. “For us to win, we need the best players to play. The goal every season is to win a national championship.� Linebacker Nigel Henry is on
“We’re looking for depth in every position. For us to win, we need the best players to play. The goal every year is to win a national championship.�
Quinton Bowles said he was looking forward to showing the “new guys what we’re all about� at the camp. “We got something to prove (this year) and a national championship is the best way to do that.� All-Canadian QB Liam O’Brien returns for his second year of junior football. “It’s obviously nice to see the new guys that are here and we’ll start our preparation to try and mesh as a team.�
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the same wavelength. “I’m just trying to get better right now and see where everyone’s at,� he said. “It’s a long off-season so we’re just trying to get back at it and shake all the rust off. Last year was a little disappointing but every year we try for that national championship.� Returning defensive line
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Montreal Alouettes defensive lineman Khalif Mitchell apologized Friday for inappropriate posts on Twitter, including a link to a Holocaust denial video. The apology was made in a joint statement by the CFL Players’ Association and B’nai Brith Canada. “I wholeheartedly apologize to all those who I know I let down by posting those videos, especially those who look up to me as a professional athlete,� Mitchell said. “I fell into a trap by watching that video and I hope others can learn from my very public mistake. “This is a learning moment for me.� Mitchell agreed to work
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day of a series of posts on Twitter dealing with Israel, including one with a link to a video called The Greatest Lie Ever Told, the Holocaust. “I have come to see that he is a very genuine individual who truly did not comprehend the deceptive nature of this vile video,� said Mostyn. CFLPA president Scott Flory added: “We hope that people will accept his apology and we support him on his journey to become a positive force.� Mitchell was fined undisclosed amounts by the CFL and the Alouettes for violating the league’s social media policy. Flory said the league fine will be donated to a charity of the player’s choice.
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TORONTO — More than 400 people had offered to give part of their liver to Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk by late Friday, a day after his family and the NHL team made an urgent public appeal for living donors. Melnyk, 55, who has been battling health issues for months, was admitted to hospital three weeks ago due to the onset of liver-related complications. His condition is considered critical. Dr. Gary Levy, director of the living donor liver transplant program at Toronto’s University Health Network, said Friday the response has been so overwhelming the transplant team hopes to have a donor match for Melnyk within 72 to 96 hours. Melnyk had been reluctant to make a public appeal, but loved ones convinced him to reach out for a potential donor after members of his family were found not to be suitable. A living donor transplant is Melnyk’s best option because he has rare AB blood. A live donor doesn’t need to have a matching blood type, whereas an organ from a deceased donor must be a perfect match. The UHN transplant team will be reviewing and screening applications throughout the weekend.
Game 1 of Rangers and Lightning goes today at 10 a.m PST TOM CANAVAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — There was no bigger deal at the NHL trading deadline in 2014 than Martin St. Louis going from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the New York Rangers for Ryan Callahan and draft picks. Captain for captain. The face of the Lightning franchise — unhappy as he was at the time — for a homegrown, hard-working blue collar guy the Rangers were not going to be able to re-sign. For the Rangers, it was the last piece of the puzzle in getting them to the Stanley Cup Finals. St. Louis probably provided more of an emotional lift than a scoring one with his ability to rally after his mother’s death in the second round. A year later, St. Louis and Callahan are again focal points,
this time as the Rangers and Lightning meet in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. Coming in, both carry question marks. Callahan has yet to score a goal in the post-season and had an appendectomy earlier this week. St. Louis not only hasn’t scored in the playoffs, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault benched him in the third period of Game 7 against Washington on Wednesday. “Of course coaches make decisions at key times in the game for whatever reason,” St. Louis said Friday after practice . “I’ve never liked being left on the bench at certain times, but that’s just reality. If I liked it, I don’t think I would be here today. Nobody likes that. “But right now I’m focusing
on Game 1 and helping my team win. I’m not too worried about what happened toward the end of that game. I trust AV’s judgment.” St. Louis has had chances, but has been unable to bury the puck. It’s won’t get any easier against the Lightning and goaltender Ben Bishop, who has not lost to the Rangers in eight games. Bishop has a 1.81 goals-against average in 13 playoff games. That St. Louis is struggling going into a series when people will focus on him adds more pressure. “Like I said, I’ve got a lot of close friends, but this is playoff hockey,” said St. Louis, who will turn 40 next month. “We’ve got the rest of our lives to be friends. This is right now a team that’s in our way of getting where we want to be.”
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TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays acquired shortstop Ronald Torreyes from the Houston Astros on Friday for cash considerations or a player to be named later. In 521 games over six minorleague seasons, the 22-year-old native of Barinas, Venezuela, has a .303 career batting average and .773 on-base plus slugging percentage. Torreyes has a .200 average this season with triple-A Fresno in the Pacific Coast League. The Blue Jays also announced on Friday that shortstop Jonathan Diaz cleared outright waivers.
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Brady threatens to go to court FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady’s lawyers demanded that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recuse himself from the Super Bowl MVP’s “Deflategate” appeal and threatened to go to court unless the four-game suspension is overturned. Laying out the grounds for dismissing the penalty and setting the stage for a potential
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“We’re now working our way through over 400 applications,” said Levy. “There are a lot of very generous people out there ... They don’t want to see people suffer. They’re just a very, very brave, kind group of people.” Brave may be the operative word. Potential donors, who go through a lengthy battery of physical and psychological testing, are told they could face a major surgery that removes 70 to 75 per cent of their liver for transplant. Their own liver will regenerate in eight to 10 weeks. But the operation will leave a scar that either runs from the “breast bone to the belly button” or a hockey-stick shaped scar that runs under the ribs, said Levy, adding that the donor would be off work for six to eight weeks recovering.
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Habs GM defends Therrien from critics BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal Canadiens fans who dream of Mike Babcock as the next coach had better think again: Michel Therrien isn’t going anywhere. General manager Marc Bergevin launched an emphatic defence of his third-year head coach at a news conference on Friday to wrap up the Canadiens season. The Canadiens finished second overall in the NHL with 110 points this season, but some feel the numbers were misleading and that Therrien leaned on star goalie Carey Price to bail out a squad that struggled to score goals and was brutal on the power play. Bergevin responded with numbers: The Canadiens played five rounds of playoffs in the last two seasons, behind only Chicago and the New York Rangers, and Therrien’s squad was among the leaders with 29 playoff games
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federal court battle, the NFL Players Association said in a letter released Friday that Goodell can’t hear the appeal because he will be called as a witness. “The NFLPA believes that neither Commissioner Goodell nor anyone with close ties to the NFL can serve as arbitrator in Mr. Brady’s appeal,” the letter said. Brady was suspended for four games and the New England Patriots were fined $1 million.
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NHL Playoffs - Round 3 (Stanley Cup semifinals) All series best-of- seven Conference Finals West - Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks East - Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers Complete Schedule Today’s Game 1 Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 10 a.m. Sunday, May 17 (Game 1) Chicago at Anaheim, noon Monday, May 18 (Game 2) Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.
Playoff leaders Save percentage SH 1 Craig Anderson, OTT 142 2 Braden Holtby, WSH 412 2 Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 355 4 Scott Darling, CHI 171 5 Ben Bishop, TB 332 6 M.-Andre Fleury, PIT 150 7 Jaroslav Halak, NYI 215 8 F. Andersen, ANA 239 8 Petr Mrazek, DET 186 10 Carey Price, MTL 352 Goals Against Avg 1 Craig Anderson, OTT 2 Henrik Lundqvist, NYR 3 Braden Holtby, WSH 4 Ben Bishop, TB 5 Frederik Andersen, ANA 6 Petr Mrazek, DET 7 Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT 8 Jake Allen, STL 9 Scott Darling, CHI 10 Carey Price, MTL Points 1 Corey Perry, ANA 2 Patrick Kane, CHI 3 Tyler Johnson, TB 3 Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 5 Nikita Kucherov, TB 5 Jonathan Toews, CHI 5 Jakob Silfverberg, ANA 8 Zach Parise, MIN 8 Steven Stamkos, TB 8 Duncan Keith, CHI
SV 138 389 335 160 309 139 199 221 172 324
SV% .972 .944 .944 .936 .931 .927 .926 .925 .925 .920
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GAA 0.97 1.60 1.71 1.81 1.96 2.11 2.12 2.20 2.22 2.23
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Goals 1 Tyler Johnson, TB 2 Corey Perry, ANA 2 Patrick Kane, CHI 4 Nikita Kucherov, TB 4 Vladimir Tarasenko, STL 6 Derick Brassard, NYR 6 Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH 6 Matt Beleskey, ANA 6 Chris Kreider, NYR
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(All series best-of-seven) Round 2 Yesterday’s results (Games 6) Atlanta 94, Washington 91 (Atlanta wins series 4-2) Golden State 108, Memphis 95 (Golden State wins series 4-2) Today’s schedule No games scheduled
Sunday, May 17 Bronze medal game, 7:15 a.m. Gold medal game, 11:45 a.m.
Sunday, May 17 (Game 7) LA Clippers at Houston, 12:30 p.m. (LA Clippers lead series 3-2)
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Wednesday, May 20 (Round 3) Cleveland at Atlanta (Game 1) 5:30 p.m.
Points GP 1 Jason Spezza, CAN 8 2 O Ekman-Larsson, SWE 8 3 Taylor Hall, CAN 8 4 Jordan Eberle, CAN 8 5 Yevgeni Dadonov, RUS 8 5 Matt Duchene, CAN 8 7 Jussi Jokinen, FIN 8 8 Brent Burns, CAN 8 9 Alexei Kalyuzhny, BLR 8 9 Artemi Panarin, RUS 8
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Goals GP 1 Filip Forsberg, SWE 8 1 Tyler Seguin, CAN 8 3 Taylor Hall, CAN 8 3 Jaromir Jagr, CZE 8 3 Brock Nelson, USA 8 6 Kaspars Daugavins, LAT 7 6 Damien Fleury, FRA 7 8 Joonas Donskoi, FIN 8 8 Jordan Eberle, CAN 8 8 Alexei Kalyuzhny, BLR 8 8 Sergei Mozyakin, RUS 8 8 Artemi Panarin, RUS 8 8 Jason Spezza, CAN 8
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Canadian Junior A Championship May 9-17, PCU Centre, Portage la Prairie, Man.
Calder Cup playoffs - Round 2 All series best-of-seven Eastern match-ups 1-Manchester Monarchs vs. 4-WilkesBarre/Scranton (Won by Manchester) 2-Hershey Bears vs. 3-Hartford Wolf Pack Western match-ups 1-Utica Comets vs. 6-Oklahoma City Barons 2-Grand Rapids Griffins vs. 4-Rockford IceHogs
Sunday, May 17 Grand Rapids at Rockford, 2 p.m. (Grand Rapids leads series 3-1)
Today’s schedule - Semifinals Czech Republic vs. Canada, 6:15 a.m. United States vs. Russia, 10:15 a.m.
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Yesterday’s result Hartford 6, Hershey 3 (Hartford wins series 4-2)
May 1-17, at Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic Thursday’s Quarterfinals United States 3, Switzerland 1 Russia 5, Sweden 3 Canada 9, Belarus 0 Czech Republic 5, Finland 3
Final standings Round robin GP W Penticton 4 3 Portage 4 3 Carleton Place 4 2 Melfort 4 2 Soo 4 0
L OTL GF-A Pts 1 0 15-8 9 1 0 13-9 9 1 1 13-8 7 2 0 11-13 5 4 0 7-21 0
Preliminary Round Thursday’s results Penticton 5, Soo 2 Portage 3, Melfort 2 Today’s schedule - Semifinals Carleton Place vs. Penticton, 1 p.m. Melfort vs. Portage, 6 p.m. Sunday, May 17 Final, 6 p.m.
Major Junior finals Quebec MJHL Quebec City Remparts vs. Rimouski Oceanic Yesterday’s result Quebec 3, Rimouski 2 (OT) (Quebec leads series 3-2) Sunday, May 17 (Game 6) Rimouski at Quebec, noon Ontario - OHL Erie Otters vs. Oshawa Generals Yesterday’s result Oshawa 6, Erie 2 (Oshawa wins championship 4-1)
Washington Wizards forward Nene (42), of Brazil, battles for the ball against Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague (0) in the second half of Game 6. [AP PHOTO]
Hawks through to conference finals HOWARD FENDRICH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Avoiding overtime in Game 6 when Paul Pierce’s potential tying three-pointer was released after the clock expired, the Atlanta Hawks made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time by beating the Washington Wizards 94-91 on Friday night. The Hawks held on thanks primarily to DeMarre Carroll’s playoff career-high 25 points, including two layups in the last minute off assists from Jeff Teague. After Al Horford went 1 of 2 from the freethrow line for a three-point lead, the Wizards inbounded the ball with 6.4 seconds left. They got the ball to Pierce, who won Game 3 on a banked-in buzzer-beater, then put Washington briefly ahead late in Game 5 with a three. This time, his 3 from the corner swished through, but after a couple of anxious minutes for both teams, a replay review determined it was too late. Once trailing 2-1 in the best-of-seven series against the Wizards, the Hawks won three straight games. They improved road teams to 6-0 this post-season in Game 6s. Now No. 1 seed Atlanta will host LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1 of the conference finals on Wednesday night. It’s the Hawks’ first trip to a conference final since the NBA realigned into conferences in 1970-71. The team had not won two playoff series in a single year since moving to Atlanta for the 1968-69 season.Teague and Paul Millsap both added 20 points for Atlanta, which won 60 games during the regular season but was about a .500 team for part of the post-season. Playing with a broken left hand that forced him out of Games 2, 3 and 4, John Wall attacked the rim as if completely healthy and finished with 20 points, 13 assists and six rebounds. Wall began the game with a beige bandage on his left wrist and black padding on the top of that hand.
CYCLING Road racing Giro d’Italia
General Classification (pink jersey) 1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, In 27:48:00 2. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team, at :02 3. Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky, at :20 4. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo, at :22 5. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team, at :28 6. Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica GreenEdge, at :37 7. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team, at :56 8. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team, at 1:01 9. Davide Formolo (Ita) CannondaleGarmin, at 1:15 10. Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team, at 1:18 29. Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria) Cannondale-Garmin, at 6:11 Stage 7, 264 km, Grosseto-Fiuggi 1 Diego Ulissi (Ita) In 7:22:21 2 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 4 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 5 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 6 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 7 Fabio Felline (Ita) TrekRacing 8 Grega Bole (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 9 Kévin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr 10 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha 27 Ryder Hesjedal, CannondaleGarmin Pro Cycling Team
HORSE RACING 140th Preakness Stakes
Today. Post time 3:18 p.m. PDT Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, Maryland Track surface: dirt. Purse: US$1,500,000. Weight: colt/gelding: 126 pounds (57 kg), filly: 121 pounds (55 kg). Race length: 1-3⁄16 miles (9.5 furlongs, 1.911 km) Record: 1:53.00, Secretariat (1973) The Preakness is the “middle jewel”of the Triple Crown, after the Kentucky Derby (May 2) and before the Belmont Stakes (June 6). Race lineup Morning PP Horse Jockey Line 1 American Pharoah Vic. Espinoza 4-5 2 Dortmund Martin Garcia 7-2 3 Mr. Z C. Nakatani 20-1 4 Danzig Moon J. Leparoux 15-1 5 Tale of Verve Joel Rosario 30-1 6 Bodhisattva T. McCarthy 20-1 7 Divining Rod J. Castellano 12-1 8 Firing Line Gary Stevens 4-1 Trainers American Pharoah Dortmund Mr. Z Danzig Moon Tale of Verve Bodhisattva Divining Rod Firing Line
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AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Showdown 60 miles. Friday, May 15, 4:31 p.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. 40 laps, Quad Oval, 1.5 miles per lap. Race results. (Start position in parentheses) 1. (2) Greg Biffle (Segment 1), Ford 1. (4) Clint Bowyer, Toyota 2. (1) Paul Menard, Chevy 3. (7) Martin Truex Jr., Chevy 4. (13) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford 5. (11) Chase Elliott, Chevy 6. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevy 7. (15) Trevor Bayne, Ford 8. (14) Justin Allgaier, Chevy 9. (8) Danica Patrick, Chevy 10. (9) Casey Mears, Chevy 11. (3) David Ragan, Toyota 12. (10) Michael McDowell, Ford 13. (17) David Gilliland, Ford 14. (23) Cole Whitt, Ford 15. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota 16. (22) Jeb Burton, Toyota 17. (19) Josh Wise, Ford 18. (24) J.J. Yeley, Toyota 19. (26) Jeff Green, Chevy 20. (28) Alex Kennedy, Chevy Race Statistics Avg Speed of Winner: 102.370 mph Time of Race: 35 min, 10 sec Margin of Victory: 1.521 sec Caution Flags: 2 for 0 laps Lead Changes: 4 among 4 drivers 3M 250 (250 laps, 218.75 miles) Sunday, May 17, 11 a.m., Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina. Qualifying toay, 2:45 p.m. and 4:10 p.m.
Formula One Grand Prix Of Monaco Sunday, May 24, 5 a.m. Circuit De Monaco Street circuit Qualifying: Today, 5 a.m.
LACROSSE BC Junior A Lacrosse League Standings GP W L T Pts Delta 5 5 0 0 10 Coquitlam 5 4 1 0 8 Victoria 5 3 2 0 6 Nanaimo 4 2 2 0 4 Langley 6 2 3 1 5 Port Coquitlam 5 1 3 1 3 Burnaby 6 1 5 0 2 New Westminster 4 1 3 0 2 Yesterday’s result New Westminster at Port Coquitlam Today’s schedule Port Coquitlam at Nanaimo, 5 p.m.
National Lacrosse League Division finals Home-and home series Yesterday’s result Calgary at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Today’s schedule Toronto at Rochester, 4:30 p.m.
PGA Wells Fargo Championship, May 14-17 Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina. Par 71, 7,469 yards. Purse: $7,100,000. 2014 champion: J.B. Holmes Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer Par R1 R2 T1 Webb Simpson -10 67 67 T1 Robert Streb -10 65 69 T3 Martin Flores -8 69 67 T3 Patrick Rodgers -8 68 68 T5 Rory McIlroy -7 70 67 T5 Will MacKenzie -7 69 68 T5 Phil Mickelson -7 71 66 T8 Russell Knox -6 69 69 T8 Michael Thompson -6 67 71 T8 Geoff Ogilvy -6 69 69 T8 George McNeill -6 69 69 T8 Brendan Steele -6 69 69 T13 Kevin Chappell -5 66 73 T13 Scott Gutschewski -5 69 70 T13 Matt Jones -5 69 70 T13 Scott Brown -5 71 68 T13 Shawn Stefani -5 69 70 T13 Daniel Berger -5 71 68 T19 Ricky Barnes -4 67 73 T19 Steve Wheatcroft -4 74 66 T19 Patrick Reed -4 66 74 T19 Chad Campbell -4 71 69 T19 Jason Bohn -4 72 68 T19 Jim Herman -4 71 69 T19 Kevin Streelman -4 69 71 T19 K.J. Choi -4 68 72 T19 Hideki Matsuyama -4 69 71 T19 Danny Lee -4 71 69 T19 Brian Stuard -4 70 70 All Canadians failed to make cut (Even) T82 David Hearn +1 73 72 T82 Roger Sloan +1 72 73 T96 Nick Taylor +2 71 75 T96 Corey Conners +2 72 74 T112 Adam Hadwin +3 72 75 T140 Mike Weir +6 76 74
LPGA Kingsmill Championship, May 14-17 Kingsmill Resort, River Course, Williamsburg, Virginia. Par 71, 6,379 yards. Purse: $1,300,000. 2014 champion: Lizette Salas. Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer Par R1 R2 1 Alison Lee -9 66 67 T2 Minjee Lee -7 68 67 T2 Perrine Delacour -7 67 68 4 So Yeon Ryu -6 67 69 T5 Suzann Pettersen -5 72 65 T5 Jing Yan -5 70 67 T5 Christina Kim -5 69 68 T5 Catriona Matthew -5 70 67 T9 Julieta Granada -4 72 66 T9 Lexi Thompson -4 72 66 T9 Paula Creamer -4 67 71 T9 Angela Stanford -4 68 70 T13 Paula Reto -3 69 70 T13 Jacqui Concolino -3 67 72 T13 P’nanong Phatlum -3 70 69 T13 Mariajo Uribe -3 68 71 T13 Nannette Hill -3 68 71 T13 Hyo-Joo Kim -3 70 69 T13 Anna Nordqvist -3 70 69 T13 Austin Ernst -3 68 71 T13 Inbee Park -3 72 67 Canadian golfers T22 Brooke Henderson -2 71 69 T100 Sue Kim +4 77 69 T118 Rebecca Lee-Bentham +6 76 72 T127 Alena Sharp +8 73 77 T129 Sue Kim +6 77 69
Champions Tour No events this week. Regions Tradition, May 14-17 Shoal Creek, Alabama. Purse: $2,300,000. 2014 champion: Kenny Perry Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer Par R1 R2 T1 Kevin Sutherland -10 68 66 T1 Jeff Maggert -10 67 67 3 Michael Allen -7 70 67 T4 Bernhard Langer -5 73 66 T4 Kenny Perry -5 70 69 T4 Fred Funk -5 70 69 T7 John Riegger -4 72 68 T7 Jeff Hart -4 71 69 T7 Gene Sauers -4 70 70 T10 Mark McNulty -3 73 68 T10 Esteban Toledo -3 70 71 T10 Tom Watson -3 69 72 T10 Tom Pernice Jr -3 71 70 T14 Colin Montgomerie-2 69 73 T14 Tom Lehman -2 76 66 T14 Gil Morgan -2 70 72 T14 Olin Browne -2 71 71 T18 Rod Spittle St. Catharines, Ont. -1 74 69 T18 Kirk Triplett -1 71 72 T18 Woody Austin -1 72 71 T18 Scott Verplank -1 74 69 T18 Brad Bryant -1 72 71 T18 Bob Tway -1 73 70
Web.com Tour No events this week BMW Charity Pro-Am, May 14-17 Played on three courses: Thornblade Club, Greer, South Carolina; Green Valley Country Club, Greenville, South Carolina and The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Sunset, South Carolina. Purse: $675,000. 2014 champion: Max Homa Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer Par R1 R2 1 Rod Pampling -18 63 63 2 Jason Allred -14 65 65 3 Kelly Kraft -13 68 63 T4 Seamus Power -11 67 65 T4 Patton Kizzire -11 67 65 T4 Si Woo Kim -11 65 67 T4 Rob Oppenheim -11 69 64 T4 Bronson La’Cassie -11 66 66 T9 Miguel A Carballo -10 65 68 T9 Ted Purdy -10 68 66 T9 Ryan Sullivan -10 67 66 T9 Mark Blakefield -10 65 68 T13 James Nitties -9 69 65 T13 Hao-Tong Li -9 69 65 T13 Brad Schneider -9 70 64 T13 Martin Piller -9 68 66 T13 Vaughn Taylor -9 67 68 T13 Timothy Madigan -9 71 63 T13 Abraham Ancer -9 67 68 T13 Ryan Blaum -9 68 66 T13 Jamie Lovemark -9 67 68 T13 Andrew Loupe -9 68 66 T13 Trey Mullinax -9 67 67 Canadian golfers T111 Albin Choi -2 71 71 T130 Brad Fritsch E 72 72 T156 Mackenzie Hughes +3 72 74
European Tour Open de Espana (Spanish Open), May 14-17 Real Club de Golf El Prat, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. Par 72, 7,298 yars. Purse: €1,500,000. 2014 champion: Miguel Angel Jimenez Leaderboard - Round 2 Golfer Par R1 R2 1 Edouard Espana -7 68 69 2 Ricardo Gonzalez -6 69 69 T3 Michael Hoey -5 71 68 T3 Darren Fichardt -5 66 73 T5 Emiliano Grillo -4 70 70 T5 David Howell -4 71 69 T5 Paul Maddy -4 70 70 T8 Francesco Molinari -3 72 69 T8 John Parry -3 68 73 T8 James Morrison -3 70 71 T8 Benjamim Hebert -3 71 70 T8 Jason Palmer -3 71 70 T13 Gregory Bourdy -2 69 73 T13 Gregory Havret -2 71 71 T13 Byeong-Hun An -2 72 70 T16 Romain Wattel -1 70 73 T16 Adrian Otaegui -1 68 75
Internazionali BNL d’Italia May 10-17, Rome, Italy. Surface: Clay. Purse: €3,288,530 (NOTE: €1 = CDN$1.35) Yesterday’s results Men’s Singles - Quarterfinals Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3. Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Rafael Nadal (4), Spain, 7-6 (7), 6-2. David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Men’s Doubles - Quarterfinals Nick Kyrgios, Australia, and Jack Sock, United States, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (2), Brazil, 1-6, 7-5, 10-7. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Marrero, Spain, def. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (3), Romania, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 10-5. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Juan Sebastian Cabal, Colombia, and Robert Farah, Colombia, 6-3, 6-4. Women’s Singles - Quarterfinals Simona Halep (2), Romania, def. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania, 6-1, 6-0. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 6-3, 6-2. Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, def. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-2, 6-4. Women’s Doubles - Quarterfinals Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (8), Russia, def. Hsieh Su-Wei, Taiwan, and Flavia Pennetta (2), Italy, 4-6, 6-4, 10-5. Caroline Garcia, France, and Katarina Srebotnik (4), Slovenia, def. Gabriela Dabrowski, Ottawa, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 6-3, 6-3. Upcoming tournaments: ATP Open de Nice Cote d’Azur, May 17-23 Nice, France Surface: Clay Purse: €439,405 Geneva Open, May 17-23 Geneva, Switzerland Surface: Clay Purse: $494,310 Grand Slam: French Open (Roland Garros), May 24-June 7 Paris, France Surface: Clay. Total purse (men and women): €13,008,000 Competitors: 128 singles, 64 doubles WTA Internationaux de Strasbourg, May 17-May 23 Strasbourg, France Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Nurnberger Versicherungscup, May 17-May 23 Nurnberg, Germany Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750
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Eastern League Club PTS GP W L T GF GA DC United 21 10 6 1 3 13 8 N. England 18 10 5 2 3 14 10 NY Red Bulls 17 10 4 1 5 14 9 Columbus 14 9 4 3 2 15 10 Chicago 10 9 3 5 1 9 12 Toronto 9 8 3 5 0 12 13 Orlando 9 10 2 5 3 9 14 NY City FC 7 11 1 6 4 9 14 Philadelphia 6 11 1 7 3 10 21 Montreal 2 5 0 3 2 3 8 Western League Club PTS GP W L T GF GA Dallas 21 11 6 2 3 17 13 Vancouver 20 11 6 3 2 14 9 Seattle 16 9 5 3 1 15 9 San Jose 14 10 4 4 2 10 11 Sporting KC 14 10 3 2 5 13 13 Los Angeles 14 11 3 3 5 11 11 Salt Lake 14 10 3 2 5 9 11 Portland 13 10 3 3 4 9 9 Houston 13 11 3 4 4 13 14 Colorado 10 10 1 2 7 9 9 Yesterday’s results Chicago 2, NY City FC 2 Dallas 0, NY Red Bulls 0 Today’s schedule Salt Lake at Montreal, 1 p.m. Seattle at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Toronto at New England, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
English Premier League Position/Club 1 Chelsea 2 Man City 3 Arsenal 4 Man United 5 Liverpool 6 Tot Hotspur 7 Southampton 8 Swansea 9 Stoke City 10 West Ham 11 Everton 12 Crystal Pal 13 West Brom 14 Aston Villa 15 Leicester 16 Sunderland 17 Newcastle 18 Hull City 19 Burnley 20 Q.P. Rangers
W D L GF GA 25 9 2 70 28 22 7 7 77 36 21 7 7 66 34 20 8 8 61 36 18 7 11 50 39 17 7 12 55 53 17 6 13 48 30 16 8 12 44 44 14 8 14 42 44 12 11 13 43 43 11 11 14 46 48 11 9 16 43 50 10 11 15 34 47 10 8 18 30 50 10 7 19 41 54 7 15 13 30 50 9 9 18 37 61 8 10 18 33 49 6 11 19 27 53 7 6 23 39 67
Pts 84 73 70 68 62 58 57 56 50 47 44 42 41 38 37 36 36 34 29 27
Today’s schedule Southampton vs. Aston Villa, 4:45 a.m. Burnley vs. Stoke, 7 a.m. Q.P. Rangers vs. Newcastle, 7 a.m. Sunderland vs. Leicester, 7 a.m. Spurs vs. Hull, 7 a.m. West Ham vs. Everton, 7 a.m. Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 17 Swansea vs. Man City, 5:30 a.m. Man United vs. Arsenal, 8 a.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League Team Victoria Mid Isle Vancouver Tbirds Tim Hortons FC Tigers Abbotsford Kamloops Khalsa Vancouver Utd
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Today’s schedule Tim Hortons vs. FC Tigers, 7 p.m. Sunday, May 17 Victoria Highlanders FC vs. Vancouver United FC, 2 p.m. Monday, May 18 Mid Isle Mariners vs. Vancouver United FC, 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 20 FC Tigers Vancouver vs. Vancouver Thunderbirds, 9 p.m. Saturday, May 23 Khalsa Sporting Club vs. Kamloops Heat, 2 p.m. Vancouver United FC vs. Victoria Highlanders FC, 4 p.m. Tim Hortons Pinnacles vs. Mid Isle Mariners, 7 p.m.
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PCT .556 .528 .457 .444 .378 PCT .686 .571 .500 .472 .361 PCT .647 .528 .500 .441 .387
GB Strk - L5 0.5 W1 3.5 W1 4.0 L1 6.5 W3 GB Strk - L1 4.0 W5 6.5 L1 7.5 L3 11.5 W1 GB Strk - L2 4.5 L1 5.0 W1 7.0 L2 8.5 W1
Yesterday’s results Chicago Cubs 11, Pittsburgh 10 (12 inn) Philadelphia 4, Arizona 3 LA Angels 3, Baltimore 1 Atlanta 5, Miami 3 Milwaukee 7, NY Mets 0 San Fran 10, Cincinnati 2 Cleveland 8, Texas 3 Kansas City 12, NY Yankees 1 Minnesota 3, Tampa Bay 2 Houston 8, Toronto 4 Detroit 10, St. Louis 4 Chi. White Sox at Oakland Seattle 2, Boston 1 Colorado at L.A. Dodgers Washington 10, San Diego 0 Today’s schedule Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Colome (2-0) vs. May (2-3) Detroit at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Price (3-1) vs. Lyons (0-0) Pittsburgh at Chi. Cubs, 1:05 pm Cole (4-1) vs. Lester (2-2) Atlanta at Miami, 1:10 pm Wood (1-2) vs. Latos (1-3) Arizona at Philadelphia, 4:05 pm Bradley (2-0) vs. Williams (2-2) L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 4:05 pm Shoemaker (2-3) vs. Norris (1-4) N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 4:10 pm Sabathia (0-5) vs. Duffy (2-1) Toronto at Houston, 4:10 pm Estrada (1-1) vs. Feldman (2-4) San Francisco at Cincinnati, 4:10 pm Vogelsong (1-2) vs. Leake (2-1) Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 pm Garza (2-4) vs. deGrom (3-3) Cleveland at Texas, 5:05 pm Salazar (4-1) vs. Lewis (2-2) Washington at San Diego, 5:40 pm Scherzer (2-3) vs. Cashner (1-6) Chi. White Sox at Oakland, 6:05 pm Danks (1-3) vs. Chavez (1-3) Boston at Seattle, 6:10 pm Porcello (3-2) vs. Hernandez (6-0) Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 pm Matzek (2-1) vs. Greinke (5-0)
Astros 8, Blue Jays 4 Toronto
Houston
ab r h bi ab r h bi Travis 2B 5 0 1 0 Altuve 2B 4 1 2 3 Donaldson 3B4 0 1 1 Valbuena 3B 4 1 1 1 Bautista DH 3 1 1 0 Springer RF 4 1 1 1 Enc’acion 1B 3 1 0 0 Gattis DH 4 1 1 0 Martin C 4 0 0 0 Castro C 3000 Valencia LF 4 1 2 2 Tucker LF 4 1 2 0 Colabello RF 4 1 2 1 Carter 1B 3 1 1 1 Pillar CF 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez SS 4 1 1 1 Tolleson SS 3 0 1 0 Marisnick CF 4 1 2 1 Goins PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 8 11 8 Totals 34 4 8 4
Toronto 001 003 000 4 Houston 031 300 10x 8 2B: TOR Valencia (5, Keuchel); HOU Tucker 2 (4, Dickey, Dickey), Carter (2, Dickey). GIDP: TOR Colabello. HR: HOU Springer (6, 3rd inning off Dickey, 0 on, 0 out), Altuve (5, 4th inning off Dickey, 2 on, 1 out), Valbuena (9, 7th inning off Tepera, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: TOR 6; HOU 4. DP: HOU (Valbuena-Altuve-Carter). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO R Dickey (L, 1-5) 5.010 7 7 0 3 D Tepera 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 L Hendriks 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB SO D Keuchel (W, 5-0) 6.0 8 4 4 3 5 W Harris 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 C Qualls 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 J Fields 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 HBP: Castro, J (by Tepera). Time: 2:29. Att: 21,653.
Angels 3, Orioles 1 LA Angels
Baltimore
ab r h bi ab r h bi Calhoun RF 2 0 0 0 Machado 3B 4 0 1 0 Trout CF 4 0 1 0 De Aza LF 4 0 0 0 Pujols 1B 4 1 1 1 Paredes DH 3 0 0 0 Freese 3B 4 0 1 0 Jones CF 4020 F’ston PR-3B 0 1 0 0 Davis 1B 4000 Aybar SS 4 1 2 0 Young RF 3 0 0 0 Giavotella 2B 3 0 0 1 Snider PH 1 0 0 0 Perez C 3 0 0 1 Hardy SS 3 1 2 1 Cron DH 3 0 2 0 Navarro 2B 3 0 0 0 Cowgill LF 3 0 0 0 Joseph C 3000 Totals 30 3 7 3 Totals 32 1 5 1
LA Angels 110 000 001 3 Baltimore 000 000 010 1 2B: LAA Aybar (5, Chen). GIDP: LAA Trout, Perez, C; BAL Davis, C. HR: LAA Pujols (6, 1st inning off Chen, 0 on, 2 out); BAL Hardy, J (2, 8th inning off Weaver, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: LAA 4; BAL 5. DP: LAA (Giavotella-Aybar-Pujols); BAL 2 (Hunter, T-Navarro, R-Davis, C, Machado, M-Navarro, R-Davis, C). E: LAA Weaver (2, throw); BAL Navarro, R (1, throw). LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO J Weaver (W, 2-4) 7.1 3 1 1 1 3 J Smith 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 H Street 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO W Chen (L, 1-2) 7.0 5 2 2 2 7 R Hunter 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 Time: 2:23. Att: 35,470.
Twins 3, Rays 2 Tampa Bay
Minnesota
ab r h bi Kiermaier CF 4 0 1 1 Dozier 2B Souza Jr. RF 4 0 0 0 Hunter RF Longoria 3B 4 0 0 0 Mauer 1B Loney 1B 4 0 1 0 Plouffe 3B Forsythe 2B 3 0 0 0 Suzuki C DeJesus DH 3 1 1 1 Escobar LF Guyer PH-DH 1 0 1 0 Rosario LF Cabrera SS 4 0 1 0 Vargas DH Butler LF 4 1 2 0 Hicks CF Rivera C 3 0 1 0 Santana SS Beckham PR 0 0 0 0 Totals Wilson C 0000 Totals 34 2 8 2
ab r h bi 3112 4010 4020 4010 4000 3000 1010 4010 3110 3111 33 3 9 3
Tampa Bay 010 010 000 2 Minnesota 001 000 20x 3 2B: TB Butler, Jy (2, Hughes, P); MIN Vargas, K (3, Odorizzi), Rosario, E (1, Gomes, B). 3B: MIN Santana, D (3, Odorizzi). HR: TB DeJesus (3, 2nd inning off Hughes, P, 0 on, 2 out); MIN Dozier (5, 3rd inning off Odorizzi, 0 on, 0 out). Team Lob: TB 6; MIN 7. E: TB Cabrera, A (1, fielding). Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO J Odorizzi (L, 3-3) 6.0 8 3 3 0 5 K Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 B Gomes 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO P Hughes (W, 3-4) 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 B Boyer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 G Perkins 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Cincinnati
San Francisco 303 000 310 10 Cincinnati 100 010 000 2 SB: SF Crawford, B (2, 2nd base off Marquis/Pena, B), Blanco, G (2, 2nd base off Badenhop/Pena, B). 2B: SF Belt (9, Lorenzen), Maxwell (4, Lorenzen), Blanco, G (7, Mattheus); CIN Frazier (6, Bumgarner), Byrd (4, Bumgarner). GIDP: SF Bumgarner. HR: SF Belt (1, 1st inning off Marquis, 2 on, 2 out), Posey (6, 3rd inning off Marquis, 1 on, 1 out); CIN Cozart (6, 1st inning off Bumgarner, 0 on, 1 out), Hamilton, B (3, 5th inning off Bumgarner, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: SF 6; CIN 8. DP: CIN (Lorenzen-Cozart-Votto). E: CIN Negron (3, throw). San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO M Bumgarner (W, 4-2) 7.0 8 2 2 0 4 Y Petit 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO J Marquis (L, 3-3) 3.0 7 6 6 2 4 B Badenhop 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 M Lorenzen 2.0 3 3 3 2 0 R Mattheus 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 J Hoover 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 2:53. Att: 39,867.
Brewers 7, Mets 0 Milwaukee
NY Mets
ab r h bi ab r h bi Gomez CF 4 1 1 1 Grand’son RF 3 0 0 0 Parra LF 4 2 3 2 Lagares CF 4 0 0 0 Braun RF 4 2 2 3 Duda 1B 4000 Lind 1B 4 1 1 0 Cuddyer LF 4 0 1 0 Ramirez 3B 4 0 3 1 Murphy 3B 4 0 1 0 Herrera PR-3B0 0 0 0 Flores SS 3 0 1 0 Gennett 2B 4 0 0 0 Monell C 3 0 0 0 Maldonado C 4 0 0 0 Tejada 2B 3 0 0 0 Lohse P 3 0 0 0 Colon P 0000 Rogers PH 1 0 0 0 Mayberry PH 1 0 0 0 Blazek P 0 0 0 0 Torres P 0000 Gomez SS 4 1 0 0 Torres P 0000 Totals 36 7 10 7 Nieu’huis PH 1 0 0 0 Gilmartin P 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 3 0
Milwaukee 014 010 010 7 NY Mets 000 000 000 0 2B: MIL Lind (11, Colon, B), Ramirez, Ar (7, Colon, B), Gomez, C (6, Colon, B), Parra, G (10, Colon, B); NYM Murphy, Dn (9, Lohse). GIDP: MIL Gennett. HR: MIL Braun 2 (8, 3rd inning off Colon, B, 1 on, 0 out; 8th inning off Torres, C, 0 on, 0 out), Parra, G (2, 5th inning off Colon, B, 0 on, 0 out). S: NYM Colon, B. Team Lob: MIL 2; NYM 5. DP: NYM (Torres, C-Flores, W-Duda). E: MIL Gomez, H (2, throw); NYM Flores, W (9, throw). Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO K Lohse (W, 3-4) 8.0 2 0 0 1 8 M Blazek 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO B Colon (L, 6-2) 5.0 7 6 5 0 2 A Torres 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 C Torres 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 S Gilmartin 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Time: 2:18. Att: 27,554.
Cubs 11, Pirates 10 (12 inn) Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
ab r h bi ab r h bi Polanco RF 3 1 0 0 Fowler CF 6 2 2 1 Walker 2B 3 0 1 0 Rizzo 1B 7232 Hughes P 0 0 0 0 Bryant 3B 4 2 1 4 Mercer PH-SS 3 1 0 0 Castro SS 4 2 2 0 McCutchen CF4 1 2 3 Castillo C 2 1 0 0 Marte LF 5 1 1 0 Montero C 3 0 2 0 Watson P 0 0 0 0 Soler RF 3011 Stewart PH 1 0 0 0 Szczur LF 7 0 2 3 Melancon P 0 0 0 0 Hendricks P 3 1 1 0 Worley PH 1 0 0 0 Grimm P 0 0 0 0 Liz P 0 0 0 0 Rosscup P 0 0 0 0 Kang SS-3B 6 0 0 0 Coghlan PH 1 0 0 0 Alvarez 1B 6 2 3 1 Motte P 0000 Harrison IF 6 3 4 1 Strop P 0000 Cervelli C 6 1 3 4 Herrera PH 1 0 0 0 Locke P 1 0 0 0 Rondon P 0 0 0 0 Bastardo P 0 0 0 0 Russell P 0 0 0 0 Lom’dozzi PH 1 0 0 0 Wood PH 1 0 0 0 Scahill P 0 0 0 0 Jackson P 0 0 0 0 Caminero P 0 0 0 0 Russell 2B 5 1 1 0 Hart PH 1 0 1 1 Totals 47111511 Rodriguez 2B-LF3 0 0 0 Totals 50 10 15 10
Pittsburgh 000 104 041 000 10 Chicago Cubs003 221 200 001 11 SB: PIT Polanco, G (11, 2nd base off Jackson, E/Montero, M); CHC Fowler (9, 2nd base off Locke/Cervelli), Castro, S (3, 2nd base off Scahill/Cervelli). 2B: PIT Walker, N (10, Hendricks), Cervelli (7, Hendricks), Harrison, J 2 (8, Rondon, H, Russell, J); CHC Hendricks (1, Locke). GIDP: PIT Mercer. HR: PIT Alvarez, P (6, 4th inning off Hendricks, 0 on, 1 out), Harrison, J (4, 8th inning off Motte, 0 on, 0 out), McCutchen (4, 8th inning off Strop, 2 on, 2 out); CHC Bryant (4, 3rd inning off Locke, 2 on, 0 out), Rizzo (8, 4th inning off Locke, 0 on, 2 out). Team Lob: PIT 12; CHC 16. DP: PIT (Polanco, G-Cervelli); CHC (Castro, S-Russell, A-Rizzo). E: PIT Harrison, J (7, fielding). Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO J Locke 3.2 6 5 5 3 4 A Bastardo 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 R Scahill 0.1 1 2 1 1 1 A Caminero 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 W Hughes 2.0 3 3 3 2 1 A Watson 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 M Melancon 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 R Liz (L, 1-3) 0.1 2 1 1 2 1 Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO K Hendricks 5.2 8 5 5 1 7 J Grimm 0.0 1 0 0 2 0 Z Rosscup 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 J Motte 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 P Strop 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 H Rondon 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 J Russell 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 E Jackson (W, 2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 HBP: Castillo, W (by Scahill). Time: 5:01. Att: 33,617. NY Yankees 000 100 000 1 5 1 Kansas City 101 006 40x 12 17 0 W: C. Young (3-0) L: M. Pineda (5-1) HR: None Cleveland 200 123 000 8 12 2 Texas 300 000 000 3 9 0 W: R. Webb (1-0) L: W. Rodriguez (1-2) HR: CLE- B. Hayes (3) TEX- P. Fielder
B.C. Premier League Team Langley North Delta North Shore Vic Eagles Okanagan Nanaimo Whalley Abbotsford Vic Mariners Parksville Coquitlam White Rock
W 11 7 10 12 13 11 7 5 3 2 3 2
L 4 2 3 4 5 6 9 7 9 9 12 15
Pct .733 .778 .769 .750 .722 .647 .437 .417 .250 .182 .133 .118
GB 2.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 4.5 3.5 5.5 6 8.0 9
Today’s schedule North Shore at Abbotsford, 2:30 p.m. Whalley at White Rock, 2:30 p.m. Coquitlam at Langley, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 17 Abbotsford at North Delta, 1:30 p.m. Langley at Nanaimo, 2:30 p.m. Victoria Eagles at Whalley, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19 Abbotsford at Langley, 7 p.m. White Rock at Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 20 Nanaimo at Parksville, 6 p.m.
DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |
WORD FIND
B5
BRIDGE
Par Dealer: North E-W vulnerable NORTH ♠6 ♥8 ♦943 ♣AKQ107543 WEST EAST ♠QJ1032 ♠9754 ♥J943 ♥Q10762 ♦Q86 ♦K7 ♣2 ♣96 SOUTH ♠AK8 ♥AK5 ♦AJ1052 ♣J8 W N E S 5♣ Pass 7NT All Pass Opening Lead: ♠Q
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
D
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: ON EVERY FOUR YEARS
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
eclarer could claim thirteen tricks when dummy was tabled, N-S +1520. South had taken a chance by bidding a grand slam. This action might not have been a wise decision when partner did not display the ace and king of clubs. 5NT as a grand slam force could not be considered because North would bid seven clubs with any two of the top three honors. A five-level minor suit pre-empt is a rare action, to be sure, but South would virtually never want to play in another suit. Therefore, a response in the next higher ranking suit could function as a Roman Keycard Blackwood asking for controls. North’s fourth step reply of 5NT to five diamonds would disclose two controls and the queen of clubs South could then confidently venture 7NT since he could count thirteen tricks. What call would North make with king-queen ninth of clubs as dealer? Another option would be to open with a gambling 3NT showing a solid minor but no side suit ace or king. South would, without further ado, advance to 7NT but this action often wrongsides the contract. The fivelevel pre-empt consumes more bidding space and makes life difficult for the opposition. There is no wiggle room for the opponents when the deal belongs to them. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca
BABY BLUES
Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
HI AND LOIS
BLONDIE
BC
CROSSWORD SATURDAY STUMPER ACROSS 1 Destination for Lourdes pilgrims 7 Sort of special agent 11 __ port 14 SI Sportsman of the Year before Peyton 15 Recurring Poehler portrayal on SNL 16 Certain forensic witness 17 Simpatico 18 They reach as far east as Slovenia 19 First mate on Forrest’s shrimp boat 20 Nobel Prize Day mo. 21 Site of the last Pan Am Games 24 Roquefort source 25 Rather long for a gator 26 Went off, in a way 28 Organic anchor 29 Statue at London’s Hudson Memorial 30 Compensates for clubbing, maybe 33 University of Miami yearbooks 35 Cold-season air 36 “First in business worldwide” sloganeer 37 River painted by Rembrandt 40 Nefarious masquerade 44 Protracted 45 Victor Hugo’s L’art d’__ grand-père 47 “The moving finger writes . . .” source 48 Commentators of yore 52 NLRB Update sponsor 53 Far from lacking 54 Distinction, for short 55 Jr. Star Trek officer 56 The Chinese Flying Pigeon is the worlds’ most popular one 57 Most pedestrian 59 Expression of the reality principle 60 Name on circulating shuttles 61 King in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena 62 Starter like in63 Flower arrangements 64 City near Dulles Airport
PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED
DOWN 1 Porch furniture 2 Successful fix-up 3 Abominable 4 Make big demands on 5 Hot dog vendor’s accessory 6 Opportunely 7 Exploit 8 Pepperidge Farm cookie 9 Facebook’s official drink 10 Descriptor for M and N 11 Home to Aggie Stadium 12 “Enough already!” 13 Out of control
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22 She shared a stage with Shania at 15 23 Site near the Good Samaritan parable 27 Refined 31 He feuded with Longfellow 32 Discriminating 34 Cheap shot 36 Portrayer of Alanis and Yoko on SNL 37 2014 Kennedy Center Honors recipient 38 Napoleon’s mount at Waterloo 39 Bill Clinton or Gerald Ford 40 Chops 41 Cry of relief 42 Name on Chicago’s biggest bakery 43 2014 Left Coast Crime guest 46 Old West nickname 49 Order likely to get stuck in the kitchen 50 Unqualified 51 AFI’s #3 Western 58 __ Joe (Great Expectations character)
B6 | DAILY NEWS |
DIVERSIONS
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015
COMMON ENDINGS ACROSS 1 Apply, as a coating of powdered sugar 7 Bay on the Mass./R.I. border 13 Had a nosh 20 Realm of Menelaus 21 Oscar Mayer rival 22 “Godfather of Fitness” Jack 23 Cruel canards 25 Wise about 26 Argentina’s Juan and Eva 27 Make moola 29 French telephone greeting 30 Part of IOC: Abbr. 33 Old glory 38 Quick laugh 40 Chichi 41 Crusty treat 42 Odd sort 47 Sailor’s diary 48 Gas Booster brand 51 Enzyme name ending 52 Linz’s river 53 “— luck” (“It didn’t happen”) 56 — anglais (English horn) 57 Summer hours in Ohio 61 Some concerto movements 63 Cowpokes’ ropes 64 “I’m treating for this” 65 Bee-related 66 Cottontail’s coat 70 “The — the Hat” (Mike Myers film) 71 Neighbor of N. Dak. 72 Conger fishers 73 Supporting forces 74 The Tigers are part of it 80 Letter two before iota 81 Practitioner of total patient care 82 Offers one’s views 83 Once around the track 86 — Moines Register 87 “— for Outlaw” (Grafton mystery) 88 Lockheed P-3 Orion, e.g. 90 Harris and Wynn 91 Slushy drinks 94 — voce (quietly) 95 Libelous claims 103 “It’s — great” 104 Fix typos, e.g. 105 Old anti-communist org.
106 Water nymphs of Greek myth 108 Formal ban 111 What the ends of eight long answers in this puzzle are 117 More sullied 118 Milk-curdling stuff in a calf’s stomach 119 Be creative 120 Spire 121 Titleholders 122 Streisand of “Yentl” DOWN 1 1990s TV’s “seaQuest —” 2 News agcy. since 1958 3 Bodily pouch 4 Like some small batteries, for short 5 Chief Little Thief, e.g. 6 Pacific island republic 7 Singer Nixon 8 Depend on 9 “Very interesting” 10 Hugs, symbolically 11 Least sullied 12 Artificial 13 Tilt, as italics 14 Rural “uh-uh” 15 Taking after 16 Wine bottle 17 Funeral ring 18 — Gay 19 Clear up, as a windshield 24 Male delivery 28 Glimmer 30 “— deal!” 31 NBA team 32 1992 martial arts comedy 34 Blundered 35 Performed 36 Periods in history 37 Vision 39 Closes with 43 Hoods’ rods 44 Suffix with acetyl 45 Prickly seed husk 46 Arabic “son of” 47 Six-term Indiana senator Richard 48 Emit sparks 49 Center fielder Agee 50 Beautifies 53 Putin’s veto 54 Royal name in Norway 55 In — (as placed) 58 “A Bell for —”
59 Come about 60 “... and — a good-night” 61 Bashed into 62 Sedative 66 Line winders 67 Jai — 68 Implores 69 Like very dry champagne 70 Holds tightly 72 Pope’s “— to Abelard” 73 Cain’s sibling 75 Part of R.I. 76 Crow 77 Spot-on
78 Tristan’s title 79 Brian of electronica 84 Pot starter 85 Low laborer 88 Stir-fry tidbit 89 Dined-upon decapod 90 It may be left to an heir 91 Critical hosp. setting 92 Four, to Julio 93 Shun 95 Gives a bottle to 96 Let enter 97 Cuba — (cocktail) 98 Tedious task
HOCUS-FOCUS
NORTH OF 49 Across 1 The ___ before the storm 5 Christmas in Quebec 9 School session 13 Bucket 17 “Nessun dorma,” e.g. 18 Othello villain 19 Oil (Ital.) 20 Medicine Hat’s prov. 21 Okanagan valley city (B.C.) 23 Marvellous 25 Spoofs 26 Performing 28 Selected 29 Knight’s title 30 Community 31 Mexican aunt 32 Estimate 35 Mountain of Scotland (2 wds.) 38 Feminine pronoun 41 Stare at 42 Christmas tree 43 Wolfville summer time 44 Cram for an exam (Brit.) 45 Without exception 46 SW Ontario city named after Mohawk chief 50 Swiped 51 Untruth 52 Greek dawn goddess 53 Boater’s blade 54 Nfld. seabird Ecological Reserve: Cape ___ (2 wds.) 56 Cole ___ 58 Hair replacement 59 Cattle, as an asset 60 Man. town with giant mosquito statue 63 Age 64 Bikini top 65 Victoria winter hrs. 68 N.W.T.’s flower: mountain ___ 69 Magnificence 72 Law (Fr.) 73 Brainy teen 74 Island (Fr.) 75 Doctrine, briefly 76 No longer wild 77 Before, before 78 Quebec City hotel: Chateau __ 82 Barked like a beagle 83 Fruit in pastry 84 Drag 85 Theodore, to pals 86 Fall fruit 89 Love (Fr.)
99 Actress Stevens 100 Hops-drying kilns 101 Tiny criticism 102 Polite title in India 107 Arp’s art 109 Tear apart 110 Hair goop 112 Motel’s kin 113 Certain dir. 114 “Marvy!” 115 Mailbox item: Abbr. 116 Vote to pass
PREMIER CROSSWORD SOLUTION
91 Most profound 95 Quebec film director (“Monsieur Lazhar”) 97 Teens’ all-night fun 99 Touch on 100 Not a copy: abbr. 101 Level 102 Stead 103 Fierce anger 104 “Wow!” 105 Turns down the light 106 Ultimatum word
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Down 1 Bottle tops 2 Neighbourhood 3 Pocket fuzz 4 French painter 5 Kinder 6 Cereal grains 7 Self 8 SW Ont. city on Thames river 9 B.C. whale-watching port 10 Panache 11 A year in a trunk 12 Word (Fr.) 13 Turkish bigwig, once 14 Woman’s voice 15 Inflammation suffix 16 Lingerie trim 22 Bearded flower 24 Vinegary 27 Avian symbol of wisdom 30 Sea swallow 31 Explosive letters 32 Hockey score 33 Wrinkly citrus fruit 34 Our northernmost island 35 Prejudice 36 Damage 37 Bookies’ numbers 38 Feature of Shakespearean dramas 39 Sacred 40 Nous sommes, vous ___, ils sont 42 Smile’s opposite 44 One in Orion 46 Grizzlies 47 Terry cloth item 48 Laissez-___ 49 Liver or heart 50 Sling mud at 55 Strum 57 Farmer’s asset 60 He painted the 19th c. west 61 Done with
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62 Norwegian capital 64 Pear 66 Not all 67 Made a knot 70 Writer 71 Watch face 74 Wrath 76 Frog-to-be 78 Proud (Fr.) 79 However 80 Vichy water 81 Cared for 82 Honk 83 Tectonic ___ 85 Agers of parents?
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86 Way out there 87 Sunscreen ingredient 88 It goes into a socket 89 Prefix with space 90 But (Fr.) 91 Judge 92 Worse than bad 93 Visits 94 Factual 96 Poodle 98 Caesar’s fifty-six
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PREVIOUS SOLUTION G E M A G O B O N S T I S N A K H I G H U L U N E E P A C H A R H U S K A R I A S O D E N E R E C H A L H O L A A B U T R O M E
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E S S R E A I E L E V I T A N F I G G O D E O T W A K L E E O R S C A T E E N W I N G I Z E S E S T G H I B E A N O T R G A S E
S T O D G Y
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I L E N I C T E O O N I G O R D E M A E N I N G I C R E S E E M E S T O T A K N I T Y I E S P S L A P A W I L D I T A L N E N E
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DIVERSIONS ARCTIC CIRCLE
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 | DAILY NEWS |
WORD FIND
B7
BRIDGE
Advance Sacrifice Dealer: West E-W vulnerable NORTH ♠95 ♥943 ♦9752 ♣A875 WEST EAST ♠J6 ♠104 ♥KQ105 ♥A72 ♦AK843 ♦QJ6 ♣62 ♣KQJ43 SOUTH ♠AKQ8732 ♥J86 ♦10 ♣109 W N E S 1♦ Pass 2♣* 4♠ dbl All Pass * game-forcing Opening Lead: ♦A
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
S
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
SOLUTION: WAY OUT IN THE BUSH
CRYPTOQUOTE CRANKSHAFT
BABY BLUES
outh could not avoid the loss of five tricks and the contract finished down two, N-S -300. South’s pre-emptive leap had stirred the pot but West offered his opinion by doubling the save. This action stated that he was not interested in a continuation at the five-level. If West had passed showing doubt, there is some chance that East might have continued, although two spade losers suggest a penalty double. There are three losers in a red suit contract so West would succeed in the Moysian major suit game because hearts break 3-3. If South had opted to overcall three spades, how would this call affect the auction? West will certainly pass but East will be compelled to continue since E-W are in a game-forcing sequence. We can surmise that he will double for lack of a viable alternative. West has nowhere to go and is likely to pass, hoping for the best. In this scenario, E-W will score +100 for the one-trick set. South’s advance sacrifice did not yield many matchpoints on this occasion. E-W own a combined 26 HCP but can only make game in the 4-3 heart fit which is unlikely to be reached at any table. Pre-empts create havoc at the table but, this time, it was the pre-emptor who was punished.
Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
HI AND LOIS
BLONDIE
BC
CROSSWORD DOWN YOU GO ACROSS 1 Datebook entry: Abbr. 5 Tokyo’s country 10 Outer boundary 14 Impolite glance 15 Privileged group 16 Dental-exam image 17 Remove the rind from 18 Up __ (thus far) 19 Carryall bag 20 Discover accidentally 22 Dealt with adversity 23 Explosion 24 Bath powder 25 Fake wood in a fireplace 28 Winter Olympics vehicle 31 Cove 32 Copper-zinc alloy 34 Yes, in Paris 35 7, on a sundial 36 Posts, as a letter 37 __ la la (singing syllables) 38 Sixth sense: Abbr. 39 Flat-bottomed boat 40 Detest 42 Liquids collected by bees 44 Fancy, as clothing 45 Stops from squeaking 46 Drive too fast 48 Courtroom hammer 50 Break into pieces 54 Regretted 55 Boat that’s paddled 56 Black-and-white cookie 57 “Just doing my best” 58 Highly skilled 59 Perform in a chorus 60 Sit for a portrait 61 Not wordy 62 British “Bye-bye!” DOWN 1 Swiss peaks 2 __ moss (gardening material) 3 Where Lima is capital 4 Shake with fear
PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED
5 Global flier’s fatigue 6 Healing plants 7 __ Noir (type of wine) 8 Like __ of bricks 9 Still in the package 10 Praises highly 11 Painters’ tarps 12 Fence entrance 13 Looked at 21 Ink stain 22 Taxis 24 Mix, as a salad
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25 Donated 26 Licorice-flavored herb 27 Upholstery protectors 28 Hay bundle 29 Italian coins 30 Personal journal 32 Pubs 33 Jury-__ (improvise) 36 Scratches up 39 Tennis racket’s target 40 Region 41 Pole near a mattress 43 Make colorful T-shirts 44 Computer’s removal key 46 More rational 47 Raindrop sounds 48 Hold firmly 49 Coupe or convertible 50 Lose brightness 51 Opera solo 52 Tenant’s payment 53 Julius Caesar garment 55 Pet that purrs
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HOROSCOPE by Jacqueline Bigar
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might feel pushed to the max with your finances in general. If you can, pull back and see what is happening. With some distance, you will be able to find a solution. Deal with someone’s anxiety head-on in order to understand this person better. Tonight: Join friends for dinner. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You’ll feel empowered by a conversation with a loved one. Don’t even try being alone. Go off and join your friends at a baseball game, or hop on over to a friend’s house. You seem to be all smiles, so accept any invitation that heads your way. Tonight: Where the action is. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You might be hesitant to take a day off or to schedule some downtime without having set plans. What you do needs to feel right to you. The time has come to spoil yourself a little. Listen to your instincts about a purchase. You probably will be right. Tonight: Not to be found. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Aim for more of what you want from a situation. Make it OK to make plans that please you. You can be sure that others will want to join in. Music could play a significant role in your day. Be open to a friend who might want to indulge you. Tonight: Where the gang is. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Make extra time for a loved one or someone you really care about. A must appearance could be more significant than you realize. Follow through on what you want, but also keep this
person in mind. Be more playful with a child. Tonight: Plans seem to revolve around you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Deal directly with someone you care about. You could be triggered by this person. Detach and stop being so reactive. Imagine where this person is coming from. Empathy will bring you closer together, and might help you get past a problem. Tonight: Read between the lines. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You will decide to defer to others, and you will be happy to allow someone else to take control of plans and run the show. You initially might not know what to do with your free time. Make a call to a favorite person, and plans will form. Tonight: A must appearance. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Others seem to roll with the ball and make plans without even checking in. You can choose to stand on ceremony, or just join in. The tension between you and a special person could be uncomfortable. Share the depth of your feelings. Tonight: Go with the program. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Take some time off from the hectic pace and say “no” to offers and invitations. Veg out a little, and decide to curl up with a good book. Schedule a massage or soak in a hot tub. You need to spoil yourself for a change. A loved one might join you! Tonight: Togetherness is the theme. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You’ll greet the day like a child going to an amusement park. You’ll add extra zip to whatever you do. You might meet someone today who is stubborn but who
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also has a great sense of humor. You will laugh with this person again and again. Tonight: Accept an offer. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Invite a dear friend over for an early dinner or some other activity you both like to participate in. You could be bypassing a problem by hosting this spontaneous get-together. Use care with your funds. Count your change carefully. Tonight: Happiest at home. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You will want to rethink a decision carefully. A loved one might be withholding his or her feelings. Your sixth sense comes through when dealing with various situations. Take off your rose-colored glasses when eyeing a potential sweetie. Tonight: Get together with friends. YOUR BIRTHDAY (May 16) This year your creativity marks your actions and thoughts. You discover the endless possibilities available to you, and you drop the word “impossible” from your vocabulary. If you are single, you are unusually attractive to members of the opposite sex. You will have many choices, but know that a potential sweetie will appear sometime after summer. Take your time getting to know this person. If you are attached, you might be a little more meoriented than in past years. Be sensitive to your significant other’s needs, and he or she will be receptive. A fellow TAURUS can be demanding and rigid. BORN TODAY Singer Janet Jackson (1966), actor Pierce Brosnan (1953), actress Tori Spelling (1973)
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Bill Cosby claims that he still has something to say about education LYNN ELBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Bill Cosby said young people should separate what he has to say about their future from sexual assault allegations lodged against him. The actor and comedian was in Alabama to speak with high school students as part of a nonprofit foundation’s campaign to improve education in the south-central part of the state. In a taped interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Cosby was asked how he would respond if a youngster pressed him about accusations that he drugged and sexually assaulted a number of women over a period of decades. “I think many of them say, ’Well, you’re a hypocrite. You say one thing, you say the other,”’ he
replied. “My point is, ’OK, listen to me carefully. I’m telling you where the road is out. You want to go here or you want to be concerned about who is giving you the message?”’ Cosby, 77, who has never been criminally charged, didn’t address assault claims made by more than 25 women and has largely maintained his silence since the allegations resurfaced starting last year. He faces two pending suits. “I have been in this business 52 years. ... I’ve never seen anything like this. And reality is the situation,” he said, adding, “and I can’t speak.” He volunteered his time to bring exposure to area schools, Black Belt Community Foundation President Felecia Lucky has
said. He met students at Selma High School on Friday before marching with them across the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge. The bridge was the setting for Bloody Sunday in 1965, where police beat peaceful demonstrators marching in favour of voting rights. Cosby spoke to students on the importance of education and understanding the city’s role in civil rights history. The Selma Times-Journal reported that Cosby initially had concerns about making the appearance. “They wanted to know if I would come and I said ’Look, you’ve got to think about this situation that I’m embroiled in. That may not be cool,”’ the newspaper quoted him as saying.
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Build a fence for nosy neighbour Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: My next-door neighbour has made my husband and me feel like prisoners in our own home. The day we moved into our house, she stood in our front yard and asked where each piece of furniture was going to be placed in the home. When we have family and friends over for a backyard barbecue, she walks right over to the grill and interrupts our meal. Anytime one of us is outside, she immediately comes by to ask what we are doing or to gossip about other neighbours. Her children are rude, as well. Her oldest daughter leaned into my daughter’s face and deliberately belched. I don’t even want my daughter to play with her children, which is too bad because they live so close. I encourage play dates with children I know are raised with similar manners and values as ours. I have wanted to put up a fence since we moved in, but my husband doesn’t think that’s a good idea. He’s concerned that these people will say, “We are good neighbours. Why do they need to put up a fence?” and that it will reflect poorly on us. My idea of being a neighbour is saying hello with a wave and then going about my business. We now have to open the door and look around before going anywhere. We end up spending the majority of our outdoor time in the side yard opposite these neighbours so they can’t see
us. We are considering moving. Should I say something to this neighbour? I’m pretty sure the outcome won’t be helpful if I do. How do I deal with this situation? — Trapped By Nosy Nellie Dear Trapped: By all means, put up a fence. You are entitled to your privacy, and if your neighbour doesn’t like it, too bad. She is holding you prisoner because you allow it. Stop worrying about what she will think. Always be polite to her, but do what you need to do in order to enjoy your home. Dear Annie: I’m responding to “Played for a Fool” and others who have loaned money. I’ve learned the hard way about the need to document financial transactions. If I loan money to a friend or family member, or sell something requiring payment, I type up a simple loan agreement, date it and state the amount borrowed and the repayment terms. All parties must sign it. I keep the original and make a copy for the borrower. When a payment is made, I write a receipt for the borrower and keep the copy for my records. If anyone refuses to sign a loan agreement, I won’t loan them money. It may seem hardhearted to family members, but people tend to “forget” a loan and regard it as a gift. One of my sons lives with me and pays rent. For every payment he makes, he gets a receipt. I do this so that his siblings cannot say he is taking advantage of me. It is such a simple thing to do, and documentation avoids stress and hard feelings. Also, if a large amount of money is involved, and you need to go to court, you have evidence to present to the judge. — Spokane, Wash.
‘Mindy Project’ gets axed by Fox after three seasons THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The Mindy Project is making the leap from broadcast to streaming video courtesy of Hulu, which has ordered 26 new episodes. Hulu’s announcement Friday signals a resurrection for the comedy, which had just been cancelled by Fox, where it aired for three seasons.
Hulu subscribers will be able to stream past and future episodes of the series exclusively on Hulu, the streaming service said. A premiere date for its season four was not announced. The single-camera comedy was created by and stars Mindy Kaling as an obstetrician-gynecologistfacing comic challenges in both her personal and professional lives.
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