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WILDFIRE
Mountain fire threatens homes Sproat Lake blaze expands to nearly 100 hectares as crews struggle to contain its spread with helicopters KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Since it was discovered on Saturday a fire on Dog Mountain has spread down to the shore of Sproat Lake, threatening cottages
The wildfire consuming Dog Mountain at Sproat Lake doubled in size overnight. Now at an estimated 96 hectares, the fire continues to burn aggressively. On Sunday, the fire spread down the face of the mountain, jeopardizing cabins located near the water. The RCMP assisted those with boat-only access after an evacuation notice was issued. One unoccupied cabin was destroyed by fire. According to Donna MacPherson, fire information officer at the Coastal Fire Centre, a crew of 21 and three helicopters continue efforts to contain the blaze. On Monday, structure protection units, including sprinkler systems, were established for hillside cabins bordering the lake. MacPherson said the area is hazardous with falling debris. The community has been asked to keep away from the area as helicopters drop water. Lake resident Kryssie Thomson has been able to keep the community, as well as friends and family, informed of the developments, but has been keeping her distance. “The police boats have been good at keeping people well away,” Thomson said. She said it has been both a sad
and surreal experience being so close to the devastation. “You watch things like this on the news and don’t expect it to be right in your backyard,” she said. Thomson watched as the fire spread on Sunday evening. “There were hot spots hopping town Taylor Arm and pocket fires along the shoreline of the Two Rivers side,” she said. “You could see the ground all covered in ash.” Crews also tried to contain cabins that were in jeopardy. “I saw ground crews on a deck with the Coulson helicopter working right behind them,” Thomson said. Shortly after the blaze started on Saturday, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District activated a Level One Emergency Operations Centre. ACRD Chief Administrative Officer Russell Dyson said it enables the regional district to provide evacuation orders, which was declared by Chairperson Josie Osborne. Multi-level support includes the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol, communication to media, contact with the forest service and provision of logistics. Crews continued too cool hot spots and attempted to prevent further spreading throughout Monday. Kristi.Dobson@avtimes.net
FIREFIGHTING
Province could deploy Mars this week ‘Extraordinary situation’ by Sproat Lake leads government to reconsider aircraft Forest fire sparks air quality advisory
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The ongoing blaze across Dog Mountain has caused fine particulate levels to rise well beyond the provincial standard for healthy air. » Alberni Region, 3
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s a forest fire rapidly spreads across Dog Mountain, thickening the Alberni Valley’s air with smoke, one question continues to burn away with many members of the public: Why are the Martin Mars water bombers sitting idle on the shore of Sproat Lake? The Hawaii and Philippine Mars bombers have not seen firefighting action in years, but this could change as early as the middle of this week with a deployment order from the province for one of the aircraft, said Wayne Coulson, CEO of the Coulson Group of Companies and owner of the two planes. When a severe fire season was expected this summer B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations contracted the Hawaii Mars in case its 27,200-litre drop capacity was needed. “We have a contract with the government for the Mars and all we are waiting for is for them to order us up,” said Coulson in an email to the Times, adding that the air tanker could be serviceable by Wednesday or Thursday. “The Mars has been offered to the gov-
The Hawaii Mars water bomber sits by Sproat Lake Saturday afternoon, shortly before a nearby fire was discovered on Dog Mountain. [CHRIS BOAR, CB
ernment starting three months ago, when the government agency fire predictive models were indicating the B.C. coast was going to experience a bad wildfire season.” “While there are more cost-effective option available, in the right circumstances, it can now be called on to supplement the air tanker fleet,” stated the Ministry
of Forests. “Given the extraordinary situation and in recognizing that public safety is paramount, we’ve been looking at all available options outside of our current resources.” Last year was particularly bad for wildfires when 369,169 hectares of forest was affected across the province. After years of service
the provincial contract with the Hawaii Mars was discontinued in 2014 when the Ministry of Forests opted to rely on smaller planes provided by Abbotsford-based Conair. These planes are less cumbersome, cost-effective and more versatile than the Hawaii Mars, stated the ministry. But with fires spreading across the province frustrations grew that the Hawaii Mars, which is the world’s largest water bomber, was not part of the firefighting fleet. Criticism of the government’s refusal to launch the Hawaii Mars has continued this summer – especially from Sproat Lake residents, who are watching the Dog Mountain forest fire grow seemingly unhindered by the province’s suppression efforts. “I witnessed first-hand today five small helicopters with monsoon buckets (pee cans), two Aurora water bombers and a spotter plane waste a ton of that budget in a futile effort to try and control or put out what started as a very small forest fire at Sproat Lake,” wrote Bob Cole in an open letter directed to Minister of Forests Steve Thomson. See BOMBER, Page 3
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DOG MOUNTAIN FOREST FIRE
Smoke threatens air quality ERC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Valley residents awoke to a surreal scene Sunday as smoke from a nearby forest fire created an unusually orange light from the morning sun. “People were commenting on that, it was almost like we were living in sepia,” said Earle Plain, an air quality meteorologist with the B.C. Ministry of Environment. While the Dog Mountain fire grew over Sproat Lake ash spread throughout the Valley, raising levels of fine particulate matter far beyond the province’s 25 micrograms per cubic metre threshold. At 4 a.m. on Monday Alberni’s levels peaked at 145 micrograms, and by 10 a.m. the average over the previous 24-hour period was 54 – the highest levels the community has seen since the province began measuring fine particulate matter five years ago. The Dog Mountain fire was discovered Saturday afternoon, but winds caused smoke from the incident to fill the Valley on Sunday, said Plain. While a filtered haze remained over the community Monday, particulate levels had fallen to 20 micrograms at 10 a.m. according to a monitoring station at the Alberni Elementary School. “Early Sunday morning, about 1 o’clock in the morning,
Forest fires throughout souther British Columbia have generated a large cloud over Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. [SUPPLIED]
the winds shifted and we ended up with westerly winds, so it would have taken the smoke right out of Sproat Lake into Port Alberni,” Plain said. “The wind direction changed at five [Monday morning] and things started to basically clear out.” The effects of the fine-particulate concentrations are similar to being near a campfire. An air quality advisory issued by Island Health and the B.C. Ministry of Environment cautioned people to avoid strenu-
ous outdoor activity. Fine particles from the forest fire are smaller than dust and capable of passing through the body’s natural defences and into the bloodstream. “Exposure is particularly a concern for infants, the elderly and those who have underlying medical conditions such as diabetes and lung or heart disease,” stated the air quality advisory. “Consider visiting a location like a shopping mall with cooler filtered air. Keep in
mind that staying indoors may help you stay cool and provide some relief from the smoke, however many air conditioning systems do not filter the air or improve air quality.” Forest fires have spread across southern B.C., and besides the Alberni Valley the air quality advisory includes the east side of Vancouver Island, encompassing communities from Campbell River to Victoria. Plain noted that at one point on Sunday fine particulate levels in Nanaimo were too high for equipment to take a reading. “It was set for 200 micrograms per cubic metre and we were getting off-scale readings,” he said. “Here on the coast in Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum, our smoke impacts are coming from the actual mainland.” Despite these concerns, Plain said that communities are not usually evacuated due to air quality. The decision of how to handle the smoky atmosphere rests with citizens. “Anybody that is experiencing difficulty breathing or any kind of discomfort that comes on really sudden as a result of being exposed, they should definitely go see their physician,” Plain said. Eric.Plummer@avtimes.net
Alberni Valley residents frustrated as Mars sits idle BOMBER, from Page 1 “Your ministry called the Martin Mars water bombers old, obsolete and not as effective as your other fire-fighting aircraft,” Cole continued. “I strenuously beg to differ. The Martin Mars could have put this fire out effectively and easily in much less than the two-and-ahalf-hour response time of your ‘elite’ fire-fighting planes.” “Because of some stupid policy decision, the Mars is sitting there while the fire is raging,” said Alberni Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser, who plans to pressure the Ministry of Forests to use the iconic water bomber to augment its suppression efforts. “The Mars isn’t necessarily the best aircraft for everything in firefighting but nothing is. You need the full tool chest in the province to fight fires.” Any decisions on handling the fire rest with the province, as the Mars cannot be deployed without an order from Victoria. “It would be illegal for us to take the Mars onto a fire without the approval from the government,” said Coulson. “We are as frustrated as many people in the province about the lack of support the government is giving the firefighters and the public.”
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Victoria man saves dog from cougar attack near Ucluelet
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A tourist shot and killed a cougar that attacked his dog on Salmon Beach Thursday night. Shawn Hanson, a 38 yearold Victoria local, had just returned from a fishing trip on Thursday when he came face to face with the cougar around 4 p.m. Hanson told the Westerly News he had brought a salmon to the cleaning table outside his friends’ cabin when his dog Bailey, a one-year-old miniature dachshund, was grabbed. “As soon as I put the salmon down, a cougar whipped out of the bushes from about 15 feet away and snatched her,” he said. “I’ve encountered wildlife quite a bit but never anything like that…I didn’t know really what was going on I thought it might have been another dog that was attacking her because I just caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye and then it buggered off into the bushes.” He said he had no time to think before chasing after the animal. “I just started screaming… and booked it straight into the bush full-bore,” he said. He said he chased the cougar about 20 feet into the thick brush before it slowed and he was able to grab a hold of it. “I grabbed on to its rear end with one hand and then reached up and grabbed my dog with the other and when I had a grip on the dog I reached back and punched the cougar in the face and at that point it dropped the dog,” he said. “I gave it a good sock in the face…it gave it a pretty good stunning and it opened its mouth and dropped the dog.” Hanson said he cautiously carried Bailey out of the bush away from the cougar. “I wasn’t sure if it was going to start slashing at me or anything like that,” he said. When he returned to his campsite, Hanson grabbed his shotgun and headed back into the bush to make sure the cougar had left and was not preparing to return. “It was standing pretty much right where I’d hit it and it was looking at me. I stood there for maybe 5 to 7 seconds and then it took one or two little pounces towards me perked its ears up and started walking towards me…I fired a warning shot. It didn’t even care it just sat right there looking at me,” he said. “At that point it was between
Shawn Hanson, a 38 year-old Victoria local, shot and killed a cougar that attacked his dog near Ucluelet on Thursday. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]
10 to 15 feet away and I just made a judgement call and had to put it down…It started lunging and coming towards me and at that point I was just like ‘OK, this thing is obviously a problem.’” He said he immediately reported the incident to local police and the BC Conservation Officer Service and that the cougar was small and appeared malnourished. “It was obviously really hungry,” he said. “It was pretty scrawny, skin and bones, and its hair was pretty shabby so it hadn’t been getting the nutrition it needed; he was pretty
ballsy to come out and grab my dog and then actually come towards me.” Bailey was taken to a veterinary hospital in Port Alberni on Friday where she was treated for puncture wounds and a minor neck injury. “She’s fine,” Hanson said. “Luckily all the stars aligned and everything worked out… It’s very, very, lucky that nothing happened to her.” He said the experience has not scared him off visiting Ucluelet again but noted he and his friends plan to keep their dogs leashed from now on.
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When wild fires occur, the resulting loss of forested land puts stress on wildlife. Animals are affected in various ways, but the immediate result can be injury, death or displacement. Robin Campbell, founder of the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association, said that as fires currently burn, he is watching the air quality. “It is terrible,” Campbell said. “These animals are breathing ash and smoke.” Injuries to larger animals, like bears, usually occur on paws and death is often prevented by fleeing. “If you have ever seen a horse in a burning barn, certain animals will flee,” Campbell said. “The stress is too much and they can’t deal with it.” He said the surviving animals will move into other species’ territories. “That creates a slow death for some,” he said. “There is only so much space to go around.”
Correction A headline on Page 5 of Friday’s Alberni Valley Times read ‘Federer gets knocked out at Wimbledon.’ It was in fact Rafael Nadal
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who was eliminated from the historic tennis tournament on Thursday when he lost in the second round to Dustin Brown.
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For birds and other nesting wildlife, the danger is highest when there are young involved. “They can lose the young fledglings that haven’t fled yet,” said Campbell. The impact on birds is also greater if their nests are damaged or destroyed. Smaller species, like moles and mice, that construct surface-level nests are also more vulnerable because of their limited escape routes and mobility. Larger mammals are forced to seek hide-outs where the fire hasn’t spread or find unburned patches. Animals dependent on foraging will have a difficult time after fire ravages trees and plants, which will take up to the next growing season to return. “With the heat we are having a hard enough time as it is,” Campbell said. “We are not seeing the same amount of growth so there are not a lot of food and berries right now. It’s a real strain on wildlife.”
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Canada lags on carbon cuts as oceans suffer
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n the struggle to spare Earth the worst ravages of global warming, the oceans are our ally. They have buffered climate change by absorbing nearly 30 per cent of the carbon dioxide we have generated by burning fossil fuels and have absorbed 90 per cent of the industrial heat. But as marine scientists warn in a new study in the journal Science, the cost has been heavy, and it is growing. Led by Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso from France’s Laboratoire d’Oceanographie de Villefranche, the 22-member team of top scientists points to compelling evidence that global warming is altering the seas’ fundamental physics and chemistry. The oceans are growing warmer, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic as they absorb carbon pollution, the study concludes. By failing to sharply curb carbon output Canada and other big emitters are choking the high seas and all that live in them.
“Warm-water coral have already been affected, as have mid-latitude seagrass, high-latitude pteropods (marine snails) and krill, mid-latitude bivalves, and fin fishes,” the scientists say. That affects people from the high Arctic to the tropics who rely on ocean fisheries, coral reefs, mangroves and other aquatic ecosystems. “Yet, despite the ocean’s critical role in regulating climate – and providing food security and livelihoods for millions of people – international climate negotiations have only minimally considered impacts on the ocean.” The scientists hope their alarming findings, and their call for “immediate and substantial” cuts in greenhouse emissions, will focus minds and spur action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris later this year. Canada and 200 other nations will try to agree on a global deal to cut fossil fuel use from 2020 onwards, to prevent Earth’s temperature
from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius over the pre-industrial average. “The ocean provides us with food, energy, minerals, drugs and half the oxygen in the atmosphere, and it regulates our climate and weather,” Dr. Carol Turley of Britain’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory told the BBC. “We are asking policy-makers to recognize the potential consequences and raise the profile of the ocean in international talks where, up to now, it has barely got a mention.” The scientists warn that “the business-as-usual scenario would put all ecosystems we considered at high or very high risk” by the end of the century. By 2100 the ocean surface temperature would be 2 degrees Celsius higher, the sea surface would be 30 centimetres higher, oxygen content 2 per cent lower and acidity 70 per cent higher. “These impacts will be cumulative or synergistic with other human impacts, such as
overexploitation of living resources, habitat destruction, and pollution.” This call to action is an implicit rebuke to climate laggards, including Canada under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government. At the federal level, at least, we have come to embody the reckless “business-as-usual” attitude that the marine scientists rightly decry. The Conservatives may scoff at New Democrat and Liberals proposals to curb carbon pollution, but they have failed utterly to live up to their own modest commitments and have nothing to brag about in the coming federal election. Without forceful action Canada will come nowhere close to meeting Harper’s 2009 Copenhagen pledge to match efforts by the United States and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent by 2020 from their 2005 levels of 749 megatonnes. That implied a cut to about 622 megatonnes by 2020. Yet
in 2013 we were still spewing 726 megatonnes, and on track to emit 727 megatonnes by 2020. Last year President Barack Obama promised to sharply cut U.S. emissions by 26 to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2025, putting Harper squarely on the spot. In May, with the election looming, Ottawa set out yet another moving target, promising a 30 per cent cut from 2005 levels by 2030. That implied a cut to 524 megatonnes or less. But as the Pembina Institute’s Amin Asadollahi put it, “given Canada’s history of setting climate targets while failing to implement regulations to meet them, the announcement doesn’t mean much.” Canada can’t meet the new target without sharply reining in production from the Alberta oilsands, he noted. And that hasn’t happened. Meanwhile, the Earth continues to warm and the seas acidify.
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An open letter to Minister of Forests Steve Thomson
his year’s Bike to Work and School Week was a great success in Port Alberni. According to the Bike to Work BC website, 150 local riders registered 3,240 km during the week of May 25-31. Riders burned off about 97,211 calories and saved approximately 703 kgs. of greenhouse gases. And this was just the people that registered their riding on the website. Bike to Work Week is an annual event held across BC to heighten awareness about the health and environmental benefits of cycling. In Port Alberni, organizers encouraged everyone to “Get Out and Ride! to Work, to School and Anywhere Else You Have To Go”. Alberni Valley Transition Towns, which took a lead role in this year’s campaign would like to thank our major sponsors of this year’s event: Alberni Valley Community Foundation, Bike to Work BC, Alberni Valley Times and the Alberni Valley News. Local organizers are now preparing for a follow up event to Bike to Work Week. Our first ever “Critical Mass”
John Mayba Local Voice ride will be held on Wednesday July 8, beginning at Char’s Landing at 7:00 PM. “Critical Mass” rides started in Sweden in the 1970’s to raise awareness about cycling. They are now held in cities around the world, including Vancouver, on the last Friday of every month. After rallying at Char’s Landing, Critical Mass participants will ride as a group under police escort down Third Avenue to Johnston Road, up Johnston to Maebelle, down the Redford Extension to 10th Avenue, down 10th to Argyle and back to Char’s Landing for a time to socialize. Participants may make loonie/toonie donation which will be given to the Canadian Mental Health Association. Cyclists of all abilities are invited to participate in this event.
The Provincial forest fire fighting budget is almost used up and it is only the second week of summer! Well it’s no wonder. I witnessed first-hand today five small helicopters with monsoon buckets (pee cans), two Aurora water bombers and a spotter plane waste a ton of that budget in a futile effort to try and control or put out what started as a very small forest fire at Sproat Lake. To have two large but not very versatile aircraft fly around in circles many times before finally depositing their minimal load of retardant on the fire and then to fly away to Abbotsford or Comox for another load while the wind whipped fire grew and grew was a complete waste of money and endangered homes and lives. Your ministry called the Martin Mars water bombers old, obsolete and not as effective as your other fire-fighting aircraft. I strenuously beg to differ. The Martin Mars could have put this fire out effectively and easily in much less than the two and a half hour response time of your “elite” fire-fighting planes. It still could put the fire out effectively in short order.
These coastal forest fires is exactly what it is designed for. The Aurora aircraft cannot attack the fire effectively in steep terrain and their one hour turn-around time versus the ten minute load avnd drop times of the Martin Mars is night and day in fire suppression. Not to mention that one drop from the Mars would put more water and foam on the fire than all your helicopters and half your Auroras did in the eight hours Saturday afternoon. As I write this letter, Sunday morning, the sky is still glowing orange over Dog Mountain, people are still evacuated or on standby from their vacation homes, the air in the Alberni Valley is choked with smoke and the fire continues to grow. We will again wait for the Auroras to come and go once an hour and hope they can catch up to this fire. It is too late to employ the Martin Mars on this fire but your ministry needs to swallow it’s pride and engage the Coulson fire-fighting equipment (Mars and Heavy lift helicopters) as soon as possible for the balance of this summer. The cost not to will be far higher than doing such in forests, homes, possibly lives and votes! Bob Cole Sproat Lake
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Canada’s Pospisil on court for six hours, advances to quarter-ďŹ nals
Women’s World Cup had large number of viewers
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LONDON — After 10 sets of tennis, a pair of marathon rallies from two sets down and a spirited rant against an opponent, Vasek Pospisil is looking forward to a day off. The Vancouver player was on the court for almost six hours Monday as he continued his impressive run at Wimbledon. Hours after coming back from two sets down to beat Viktor Troicki in the fourth round of the men’s singles, Pospisil and doubles teammate Jack Sock staged another two-set comeback before ultimately falling to Australia’s John Peers and Britain’s Jamie Murray. “It was a long day, for sure,� Pospisil offered as an understatement to kick off his press conference after the doubles loss. “Pretty tired right now, but I have a day off tomorrow, so that’s good.� He will need all the rest he can get, as his quarter-final opponent on Wednesday is No. 3 seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray. The Scotsman is bound to have a loud cheering section at the All England Club. “Obviously I played a lot of tennis, but one day recovery is a lot,� Pospisil said. “So I can sleep well tonight. Just have a full day of rest tomorrow. Do a lot of recovery . . . then come out strong on Wednesday and take it to him.� The unseeded Canadian advanced to the men’s quarter-finals after a 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 win over Troicki, the No. 22 seed from Serbia. The match took two hours 39 minutes, and that wasn’t even his longest of the day. “It was tough. I didn’t have the start I wanted to have, and then ... I got unlucky a little bit in the (second set) tiebreaker there,� Pospisil said. “I made a couple of good adjustments on my return games. “And even being down two sets, it didn’t faze me. I feel I’m pretty
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Vasek Pospisil of Canada returns a ball to Viktor Troicki of Serbia during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London on Monday. [AP PHOTO]
tough that way. Even if I’m down, I’m always finding ways to come back.� Murray has beaten Pospisil in hard-surface tournaments at Rotterdam and Indian Wells this season, but said he is expecting a tougher challenge from Pospisil on grass. Murray said he hopes Pospisil’s fatigue comes into play. “After today maybe he’s a bit tired. But he will be confident after coming form two sets down and feeling good about his game,� said Murray, a 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 winner over Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic. “He has a game which suits grass and he likes to come to the net.� Pospisil, the world No. 56, had never previously been past the
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Pederson and Bryant make All-Star team RONALD BLUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Less than three months after making his major league debut, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is an All-Star, one of two rookies selected along with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson. But there was no room on the roster for Alex Rodriguez, enjoying a renaissance in his return to the New York Yankees following a season-long drug suspension. Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal also was a first-time selection Monday for the July 14 game in Cincinnati. Grandal became the third All-Star this year who served a drug-related suspension following MLB’s investigation of the Biogenesis of America clinic. Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz and St. Louis shortstop Jhonny Peralta were elected by fans to start. Albert Pujols of the Angels will start at first base for the AL in place of Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera, who injured a calf muscle Friday. Pittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen will start in the NL outfield instead of Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, who broke his hand on June 26. The 23-year-old Bryant made his big league debut April 17 and began Monday with a .279 average, 12 homers and 49 RBIs. “Obviously, I’ve been at some All-Star Games, but I don’t think anything can compare to making the major league All-Star team,� he said. “It is kind of weird right now. We have a game in an hour, so I’m trying not to get too excited and whatnot, but obviously it’s pretty cool.� He’s open to participating in the Home Run Derby. “It’s all happened so quick. I’ve just been having so much fun with this, my baseball career,� Bryant said. “Right now, it’s a pretty special feeling for me.� A record six Royals were picked for the game, with players electing pitcher Wade Davis, and AL
manager Ned Yost of Kansas City selecting reliever Kelvin Herrera. They join Royals outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador Perez and shortstop Alcides Escobar, who were elected on Sunday as starters. “The one thing that Kelvin did that a lot of these guys didn’t do was pitch in Game 7 of the World Series last year,� Yost said. “That was kind of the deciding factor for me.� Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas is among the five players on the AL fan ballot for the 34th and final roster spot. Rodriguez is not. The three-time MVP, who turns 40 on July 27, has 16 home runs and 47 RBIs for the Yankees after missing last year because of a drug suspension “We spent a lot of time debating his name,� said Yost, who preferred the versatility of an extra infielder or outfielder. “We felt we were covered in the DH. ... We wanted to get Alex Rodriguez on there and couldn’t.� The league that wins the All-Star Game gets home-field advantage in the World Series. Rodriguez is hitting .284 during a season in which he passed Willie Mays for fourth on the career home run list and topped 3,000 hits. But Texas’ Prince Fielder, who was elected by players, joined Cruz as the only DHs on the AL roster. Yankees reliever Dellin Betances was elected by players, and first baseman Mark Teixeira was picked to fill Cabrera’s roster spot. But this will be the first All-Star Game with no Yankees starters since 1999. Washington outfielder Bryce Harper, a three-time All-Star at age 22, is the youngest. Harper said Monday he won’t participate in the Home Run Derby because his father isn’t available to pitch to him following shoulder surgery.
second round in singles play at the All England Club. His previous best singles showing at a Grand Slam event was a third-round appearance at the Australian Open (2014, 2015). He’s hoping to become just the third Canadian to reach the men’s singles semifinals at Wimbledon. The others are Robert Powell (1908) and Milos Raonic (2014). It’s almost the reverse story for Pospisil in doubles. The Canadian partnered with Sock to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title last year, but the duo was ousted in the third round 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7(5), 3-6, 8-6 by Peers and Jamie Murray in a match that lasted three hours 19 minutes. Pospisil and Sock appeared to
lack energy early in the match, but were energized by a controversial call that went against them in the third set. With the tiebreaker tied 1-1, a Pospisil volley appeared to go off Peers’ racket and out of play. But the umpire ruled that Pospisil hit the ball out of bounds. Pospisil and Sock argued with the referee before turning their ire toward Peers. “You want to take the point? Keep your mouth shut,� Pospisil said to Peers before adding an expletive. Pospisil, who reached a careerhigh No. 25 in the singles rankings last year, turned pro in 2007 and is still looking for his first ATP title. He made it to the final at last year’s Citi Open in Washington before falling to Raonic.
TORONTO — The numbers show the Women’ World Cup was embraced at home and around the globe. TV records were set on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Twitter says tweets about the soccer tournament were viewed nine billion times, with the U.S. dominating the conversation. Sunday’s final between the U.S. and Japan led the Twitter buzz with other U.S. games as well as tight knockout-round contests between Japan and England and Germany and France also drawing significant traffic. The top six tournament players on Twitter were all from the U.S. team: Julie Johnston, Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Hope Solo and Abby Wambach. TSN says Sunday’s final, won 5-2 by the U.S., averaged 2.1 million viewers according to preliminary figures — making it the most-watched Women’s World Cup final for a Canadian audience. Some 7.7 million viewers tuned in at some point, with the average audience peaking at 2.8 million for the final minute. TSN says Canada’s five tournament matches averaged 2.3 million viewers. That rose to 3.2 million for the final quarter-final loss to England, which set a record for the country’s mostwatched Women’s World Cup match ever. Like the final, it was the most-watched program on Canadian TV that weekend. The network calls it Canada’s most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup ever. The audience was nearly four times that of the 2011 tournament in Germany. Fox says the final was also the most-watched soccer match in U.S. history, according to Nielsen. The telecast averaged 25.4 million viewers and peaked at 30.9 million.
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MLB - Results and standings American League East W L NY Yankees 44 38 Baltimore 43 40 Tampa Bay 43 41 Toronto 43 42 Boston 39 45 Central W L Kansas City 46 33 Minnesota 44 39 Detroit 42 40 Cleveland 38 44 Chicago Sox 37 43 West W L Houston 49 36 LA Angels 44 38 Texas 41 42 Seattle 38 45 Oakland 38 47 National League East W L Washington 46 37 NY Mets 42 41 Atlanta 41 42 Miami 35 48 Philadelphia 28 56 Central W L St. Louis 54 28 Pittsburgh 48 34 Chicago Cubs 44 37 Cincinnati 37 44 Milwaukee 36 49 West W L LA Dodgers 46 37 San Francisco 42 41 Arizona 40 42 San Diego 39 46 Colorado 35 47
PCT .537 .518 .512 .506 .464 PCT .582 .530 .510 .463 .463 PCT .576 .537 .494 .463 .447
GB Strk - L1 1.5 L1 2.0 W1 2.5 L1 6.0 W2 GB Strk - W1 4.0 W1 5.5 W1 9.5 L3 9.5 W1 GB Strk - W1 3.5 W3 7.0 L3 10 L1 11.0 L1
PCT .554 .506 .494 .422 .333 PCT .659 .585 .543 .457 .424 PCT .554 .506 .488 .459 .427
GB Strk - L1 4.0 W1 5.0 W1 11.0 L2 18.5 W1 GB Strk - W3 6.0 W3 9.5 L1 16.5 W1 19.5 L1 GB Strk - L1 4.0 L6 5.5 L1 8.0 L3 10.5 W1
Yesterday’s results Cincinnati 3, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 2, San Diego 1 Houston 9, Cleveland 4 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 3 Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2 Chicago Sox 4, Toronto 2 NY Mets 3, San Francisco 0 Tampa Bay at Kansas City, postponed Detroit 12, Seattle 5 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers Today’s schedule with probable starters St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 10:20 a.m. Lackey (6-4) vs. Arrieta (7-5) Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Hahn (5-6) vs. Sabathia (3-7) Cincinnati at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Cueto (4-5) vs. Scherzer (9-5) San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Ross (5-7) vs. Liriano (4-6) Miami at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Latos (2-5) vs. Porcello (4-8) Houston at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Velasquez (0-0) vs. Kluber (3-9) St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Wacha (10-3) vs. Wada (1-1) Arizona at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Ray (2-3) vs. Martinez (5-4) Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Andriese (3-2) vs. Young (7-3) Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Perez (4-0) vs. Garza (4-10) Toronto at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Hutchison (7-1) vs. Quintana (3-7) Baltimore at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Chen (3-4) vs. Gibson (5-6) L.A. Angels at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Heaney (0-0) vs. Bettis (4-2) Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Morgan (1-0) vs. Anderson (4-4) Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Sanchez (6-7) vs. Walker (6-6) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Colon (9-6) vs. Hudson (5-7) Wednesday, July 8 (early games) Baltimore at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Jimenez (7-4) vs. May (4-7) Atlanta at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Teheran (6-4) vs. Fiers (4-7) Detroit at Seattle, 12:40 p.m. Sanchez (7-7) vs. Happ (4-5) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m. deGrom (8-6) vs. Peavy (0-3) San Diego at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Cashner (3-9) vs. Morton (6-2) Cincinnati at Washington, 3:05 p.m. Lorenzen (3-3) vs. Gonzalez (6-4)
Wednesday, July 15, 4 p.m. Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio Starters, elected by fan vote American League Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals First baseman: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers (injured and can’t play) Second baseman: Jose Altuve, Astros Third baseman: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays (leading AL vote-getter) Shortstop: Alcides Escobar, Royals Outfielders: Mike Trout, Angels; Lorenzo Cain, Royals; Alex Gordon, Royals Designated hitter: Nelson Cruz, Mariners AL manager Ned Yost will name the necessary replacement(s). National League Catcher: Buster Posey, Giants First Baseman: Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks Second Baseman: Dee Gordon, Marlins Third baseman: Todd Frazier, Reds Shortstop: Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals Outfielders: Bryce Harper, Nationals (leading vote-getter and highest vote-getter in NL history); Matt Holliday, Cardinals (injured, participation questionable); Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins (injured, won’t be able to play and will be replaced) The DH and all changes will be chosen by NL manager Bruce Bochy.
White Sox 4, Blue Jays 2 Toronto
Chicago Sox
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Toronto 001 001 000 2 Chicago Sox 000 100 03x 4 2B: CWS Ramirez, Al (15, Buehrle), Cabrera, Me (12, Buehrle). GIDP: TOR Donaldson, Valencia; CWS Abreu, Eaton. HR: TOR Colabello (8, 3rd inning off Sale, 0 on, 0 out), Donaldson (20, 6th inning off Sale, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: TOR 3; CWS 3. DP: TOR 3 (DonaldsonTravis-Colabello, Colabello-ReyesColabello, Colabello); CWS 2 (Ramirez, Al-Sanchez, C-Abreu 2). E: TOR Bautista (1, throw), Reyes (7, fielding). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO M Buehrle (L, 9-5) 8.0 9 4 0 0 2 Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SO C Sale (W, 7-4) 9.0 6 2 2 0 6 HBP: Donaldson (by Sale). Time: 1:54. Att: 24,593.
Reds 3, Nationals 2 Cincinnati
Washington
ab r h bi ab r h bi Phillips 2B 5 0 1 0 Span CF 1000 Votto 1B 5 0 2 0 d’Dekker LF 4 1 1 0 Frazier 3B 5 0 1 0 Escobar 3B 2 0 1 0 Bruce RF 3 0 1 0 Uggla PH-2B 1 0 0 0 Byrd LF 4 1 1 0 Harper RF 3 0 0 0 Pena C 4 1 0 0 Ramos C 4000 Suarez SS 4 1 3 2 Robinson 1B 3 0 0 0 DeSclafani P 1 0 1 1 Espinosa2-3B4 1 2 1 De Jesus PH 1 0 0 0 Desmond SS 4 0 1 0 Hamilton CF 4 0 0 0 Taylor LF-CF 2 0 0 0 Totals 36 3 10 3 Fister P 2000 Moore PH 1 0 0 0 Lobaton PH 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 1
Cincinnati 010 001 010 3 Washington 001 001 000 2 SB: WSH Desmond (3, 2nd base off DeSclafani/Pena, B). 2B: CIN DeSclafani (1, Fister), Bruce (17, Fister), Byrd (7, Fister); WSH Espinosa (15, DeSclafani). GIDP: CIN Frazier. HR: CIN Suarez (3, 8th inning off Janssen, 0 on, 1 out); WSH Espinosa (9, 6th inning off DeSclafani, 0 on, 2 out). S: CIN DeSclafani. Team Lob: CIN 9; WSH 8. DP: WSH (Espinosa-DesmondRobinson, C). E: WSH Fister (3, throw), Desmond (19, throw). PICKOFFS: WSH Ramos, W (Suarez at 1st base). Continued next column
Toronto Blue Jays starter Mark Buehrle delivers a pitch during the first inning. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
Blue Jays suffer 4-2 loss in Chicago JOHN JACKSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Chris Sale’s bid for a record strikeout streak ended, but he pitched a six-hitter that led the Chicago White Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 Monday night in the fastest major league game in almost four years. Sale (7-4) had struck out at least 10 batters in eight straight starts, matching the major league mark set by Pedro Martinez in 1999. Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello hit solo home runs for Toronto. Sale began the game pitching more like Buehrle, getting five outs on groundballs in the first two innings. In fact, Sale allowed a homer — a solo shot to Colabello leading off the third inning — before recording his first strikeout when he got Devon Travis looking for the second out in the third. The Blue Jays, the top-scoring team in the majors, were aggressive at the plate and didn’t work many deep counts, opting to put the ball in play before getting two strikes. Chicago tied the score at 1 in the fourth inning with an assist from the Toronto defence. Melky Cabrera singled with one out and advanced to third base when Avisail Garcia followed with another single. Right fielder Jose Bautista decided to throw to first base behind Garcia, who didn’t take a particularly wide turn around the bag. The ball bounced away from Colabello at first base and rolled far enough away to allow Cabrera to score on Bautista’s first error of the season. Donaldson hit his 20th homer in the sixth. Buehrle had retired nine straight batters before Reyes committed an error on Gordon Beckham’s routine grounder to start the eighth. Buehrle retired the next two batters, but then the White Sox put together three straight hits. Jose Abreu tied it with an RBI single and Cabrera followed with a two-run double.
Reds 3, Nationals 2 (Cont’d) Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO A DeSclafani 5.2 5 2 2 4 6 R Mattheus 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 M Parra (W, 1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 J Hoover 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 A Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 Washington IP H R ER BB SO D Fister 6.0 8 2 1 1 2 B Treinen 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 R Janssen (L, 0-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 F Rivero 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Time: 2:43 (:29 delay). Att: 23,673.
Astros 9, Indians 4 Houston
Cleveland
ab r h bi Altuve 2B 4 1 2 1 Kipnis 2B Tucker RF 5 2 4 2 Lindor SS Correa SS 4 2 0 0 Brantley CF Gattis DH 4 1 2 1 Raburn DH S’ingletonDH 1 0 0 0 Santana 1B Rasmus LF 5 1 3 2 Gomes C Carter 1B 3 0 0 1 Moss RF Gonzalez 3B 5 1 3 2 Urshela 3B Castro C 5 1 1 0 Aviles LF Marisnick CF 3 0 1 0 Totals Totals 39 9 16 9
ab r h bi 4011 5020 3000 3000 4110 4120 4022 3110 3110 33 4 10 3
Houston 400 103 100 9 Cleveland 001 101 100 4 2B: HOU Rasmus (15, Carrasco), Tucker (14, Carrasco), Altuve (16, Adams, A); CLE Gomes, Y 2 (6, Keuchel, Keuchel), Urshela (1, Keuchel). 3B: CLE Moss (1, Keuchel). GIDP: HOU Altuve; CLE Aviles, Lindor. HR: HOU Tucker (5, 4th inning off Carrasco, 0 on, 2 out), Gonzalez, M (6, 7th inning off Manship, 0 on, 0 out). S: HOU Marisnick. Team Lob: HOU 8; CLE 7. DP: HOU 2 (Correa-Carter, AltuveCorrea-Carter); CLE (Urshela-KipnisSantana, C). Houston IP H R ER BB SO D Keuchel(W, 11-3) 6.0 9 3 3 1 8 J Thatcher 0.1 1 1 1 2 1 P Neshek 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 J Fields 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO C Carrasco (L, 10-7) 4.010 5 5 1 5 N Hagadone 1.0 1 1 1 1 2 A Adams 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 J Manship 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 Z McAllister 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Time: 3:15. Att: 13,516.
Pirates 2, Padres 1 San Diego
Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi Norris C 4 0 1 0 Polanco RF 4 0 1 0 Solarte 3B 4 0 1 0 Walker 2B 4 0 0 0 Kemp RF 4 0 0 0 McCutchen CF2 2 1 0 Upton LF 4 0 1 0 Kang 3B 4010 Alonso 1B 3 1 2 0 Cervelli C 3 0 0 0 Gyorko 2B 4 0 2 0 Alvarez 1B 4 0 1 1 Venable CF-RF2 0 0 0 Mercer SS 3 0 1 0 Amarista SS 2 0 0 1 Rodriguez LF 3 0 0 0 Shields P 2 0 0 0 Burnett P 2 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 7 1 Totals 29 2 5 1
San Diego 010 000 000 1 Pittsburgh 000 000 101 2 2B: PIT McCutchen (23, Shields). GIDP: SD Gyorko; PIT Burnett. Team Lob: SD 5; PIT 5. DP: SD (Amarista-Gyorko-Alonso); PIT 2 (Walker, N-Alvarez, P-MercerKang, Mercer-Walker, N-Alvarez, P). E: SD Solarte (6, throw). PICKOFFS: PIT Burnett (Upton Jr. at 1st base). San Diego IP H R ER BB SO J Shields 7.0 2 1 0 1 3 J Benoit 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 B Maurer (L, 5-2) 0.2 2 1 1 1 0 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO A Burnett 7.2 5 1 1 3 4 A Watson 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 W Hughes (W, 2-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 HBP: Cervelli (by Shields). Time: 2:53 (:28 delay). Att: 23,182. Twins 4, Orioles 2 (10 innings) Baltimore 000 010 000 2 10 0 Minnesota 100 000 002 4 6 0 W: T. May (5-7) L: T. Hunter (2-2) HR: BAL- M. Machado (18), A. Jones (11) MIN- T. Hunter (13), A. Hicks (3), B. Dozier (17) Cardinals 6, Cubs 0 St Louis 000 000 204 6 6 0 Chi. Cubs 000 000 000 0 6 1 W: Lackey (7-5, 3.09) L: Lester (4-7, 3.48) Home runs: None Braves 5, Brewers 3 Atlanta 220 001 000 5 15 0 Milwaukee 100 011 000 3 8 0 W: Wisler (3-1, 3.13) L: Lohse (5-10, 6.29) SV: Grilli(23) HR: ATL- Johnson, K(7) MIL- Parra, G(8)
West Coast League East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Cowlitz Kitsap Victoria
W 17 17 13 11 W 23 6 7 3 W 19 10 10 9
L 8 11 15 14 L 5 9 14 12 L 9 15 15 16
PCT .680 .593 .481 .458 PCT .815 .400 .333 .200 PCT .667 .400 .400 .360
GB 2 5 5.5 GB 6 10 9.5 GB 7.5 7.5 8.5
Strk W2 W2 L2 L1 Strk W5 L1 L1 L1 Strk W6 L2 L5 W1
Yesterday’s results Medford 4, Corvallis 2 Victoria 10, Kitsap 0 Kelowna 7, Klamath Falls 6 Bend 7, Wenatchee 2 Bellingham 5, Cowlitz 2 Yakima Valley 12, Walla Walla 8 Today’s schedule Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Klamath Falls at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 Corvallis at Medford, 6:35 p.m. Kitsap at Victoria, 6:35 p.m. Klamath Falls at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m. Bend at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. Cowlitz at Bellingham, 7:05 p.m. Yakima Valley at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m. Thursday, July 9 Kitsap at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.
HarbourCats 10, BlueJackets 0 Kitsap
Junior Clardy Dunlap Nobach Bautista Scudder Valenti Galindo Peabody Siegel Ping Beck Sommer Totals
Victoria
ab r h bi ab r h bi 4 0 0 0 Degoti 4111 3 0 1 0 Gretler 4122 1 0 0 0 Alcantara 4 1 3 2 4 0 1 0 Collard 5000 3 0 0 0 Meyer 3000 4 0 1 0 Pries 4120 3 0 0 0 Polshuk 3220 1 0 0 0 Goldstein 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 Jarvis 4214 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 1012 9 3010 1010 4020 33 0 7 0
Kitsap 000 000 000 0 7 3 Victoria 046 000 00x 10 12 2 2B: A.Ping (3), A.Degoti (3), B.Polshuk (1). HR: A.Alcantara (1). RBI: A.Degoti (6), M.Gretler 2 (5), A.Alcantara 2 (6), S.Jarvis 4 (6). HP: J.Peabody (1), A.Alcantara (2), T.Goldstein (1). SF: M.Gretler (1). SB: J.Beck (1), A.Degoti (5). CS: C.Clardy (3), M.Gretler (2), J.Pries (2). E: C.Clardy 2 (4), L.Valenti (6), A.Degoti (5), J.Pries (2). LOB: Kitsap 10, Victoria 6. DP: S. Jarvis(2B) - M. Gretler(3B) - T. Goldstein(1B), L. Valenti(SS), S. Jarvis(2B) - A. Degoti(SS) - T. Goldstein(1B). Kitsap IP H R ER BB SO C Weinberg 2.210 9 3 1 4 T Omlid 5.1 2 1 0 2 2 Victoria IP H R ER BB SO A Dondanville 6.0 5 0 0 1 3 J Walker 3.0 2 0 0 2 4 Att: 1,034. Time: 2:49
B.C. Premier League Team North Shore Vic Eagles Langley Nanaimo Okanagan Whalley North Delta Abbotsford White Rock Coquitlam Vic Mariners Parksville
W 26 28 25 25 21 19 15 13 14 14 13 9
L 8 12 13 13 15 18 18 22 24 24 26 29
Pct GB .765 .700 1 .658 3 .658 3 .583 6 .514 8.5 .455 1.5 .371 13.5 .368 14 .368 14 .333 15.5 .237 19
Sunday’s results Victoria Eagles 9, White Rock 7 North Shore 6, Parksville 0 Okanagan 11, Coquitlam 10 North Delta 4, Nanaimo 1 Victoria Mariners 6, Langley 3 Coquitlam 10, Okanagan 9 North Delta at Nanaimo n/a North Shore 8, Parksville 1 Victoria Eagles 11, White Rock 6 Langley 13, Victoria Mariners 2 Today’s schedule Vic Eagles at Vic Mariners, 6 p.m. Coquitlam at North Shore, 6:30 p.m. Thursday July 9 North Delta at Whalley, 7 p.m.
GOLF Results and winnings PGA The Greenbrier Classic, July 2-5 The Old White TPC, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Par 70, 7,287 yards. Purse: $6,700,000. 2014 champion: Angel Cabrera Final leaderboard, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings 1 Danny Lee -13 $1,206,000 Lee won 2-hole playoff T2 David Hearn Brantford, Ont. -13 $500,267 T2 Kevin Kisner -13 $500,267 T2 Robert Streb -13 $500,267 5 Russell Henley -12 $268,000 T6 Chad Collins -11 $195,736 T6 James Hahn -11 $195,736 T6 David Lingmerth -11 $195,736 T6 Bryce Molder -11 $195,736 T6 Greg Owen -11 $195,736 T6 Andres Romero -11 $195,736 T6 Brendon Todd -11 $195,736 T13 Jason Bohn -10 $107,944 T13 Steven Bowditch -10 $107,944 Also from Canada T37 Graham DeLaet -6 $22,851
Canadian PGA Tour Dakota Dunes Open presented by SaskTel, July 2-5 Dakota Dunes Golf Links, Saskatoon Sask. Par 72, 7301 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Matt Harmon Final leaderboard, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings 1 Michael Letzig -16 $31,500 Won 2-hole playoff T2 Clark Klaasen -16 T2 JJ Spaun -16 Tournament purse: CAD $175,000. Individual winnings not available.
Web.com Tour Nova Scotia Open, July 2-5 Ashburn Golf Club - New Course, Halifax, N.S. Par 72, 7,014 yards. Purse: $650,000. 2014 champion: Roger Sloan Final leaderboard, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings 1 Abraham Ancer -13 $117,000 Won 1-hole playoff 2 Bronson Burgoon -13 $70,200 T3 Jason Allred -12 $33,800 T3 Travis Bertoni -12 $33,800 T3 D.H. Lee -12 $33,800 T6 Andy Pope -11 $21,044 T6 Mark Walker -11 $21,044 T6 Oliver Goss -11 $21,044 T6 Harold Varner III -11 $21,044 T10 Bubba Dickerson -10 $14,408 T10 Brady Schnell -10 $14,408 T10 Zack Fischer -10 $14,408 T10 Brian Campbell -10 $14,408 T10 Hunter Hamrick -10 $14,408 T10 Jamie Lovemark -10 $14,408 T16 Ryan Yip, Calgary -9 $8,537 T16 Dominic Bozzelli -9 $8,537 T16 Henrik Norlander -9 $8,537 T16 Tag Ridings -9 $8,537 T16 Peter Malnati -9 $8,537 T16 Seamus Power -9 $8,537 T16 Hao-Tong Li -9 $8,537 T16 Chris Wilson -9 $8,537 T16 Andrew Landry -9 $8,537 Other Canadians T25 Adam Svensson -8 $5,165 T57 Eugene Wong -4 $1,710
European Tour Alstom Open de France, July 2-5 Le Golf National Paris, France. Par 72, 7,315 yards. Purse: $3,000,000. 2014 champion: Graeme McDowell Final leaderboard, with winnings Golfer Par Winnings NOTE: €1 = CAD$1.40 2 James Morrison -10 €333,330 3 Jaco Van Zyl -8 €187,800 4 Martin Kaymer -7 €150,000 5 Rafael Cabrera-Bello -5 €127,200 T6 M. Lorenzo-Vera -4 €84,300 T6 Francesco Molinari -4 €84,300 T6 Brendan Steele -4 €84,300 T6 Andy Sullivan -4 €84,300 T10 Thongchai Jaidee -3 €57,600 T10 Maximilian Kieffer -3 €57,600 T12 Kristoffer Broberg -2 €48,600 T12 Victor Dubuisson -2 €48,600 T12 Tyrrell Hatton -2 €48,600 T15 Richard Bland -1 €40,560 T15 Jorge Campillo -1 €40,560 T15 Marcus Fraser -1 €40,560 T15 Soren Kjeldsen -1 €40,560 T15 Jake Roos -1 €40,560 T20 Byeong-Hun An E €34,425 T20 Daniel Brooks E €34,425 T20 Jamie Donaldson E €34,425 T20 Fabrizio Zanotti E €34,425 This week’s tournaments
PGA John Deere Classic, July 9-12 TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois. Par 71, 7,256 yards. Purse: $4,700,000. 2014 champion: Brian Harman
Canada (MacKenzie Tour) The Players Cup, July 9-12 Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Par 72, 6,636 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Timothy Madigan.
LPGA No events last week U.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12 Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie
Champions Tour No events last week Encompass Championship, July 10-12 North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom Lehman
Web.com Tour Albertsons Boise Open, July 9-12 Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho. Par 71, 6,825 yards. Purse: $800,000. 2014 champion: Steve Wheatcroft
FOOTBALL
LACROSSE Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 12 New Westminster 12 Burnaby 11 Langley 12 Coquitlam 10 Maple Ridge 11 Nanaimo 10
W 10 7 6 6 4 4 2
L 2 5 5 6 6 7 8
T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 20 14 12 12 8 8 4
Today’s schedule Victoria vs. Burnaby, 7:00 p.m. Langley vs. Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 Nanaimo vs. Langley, 7:00 p.m. Thursday, July 9 Maple Ridge vs. New Westminster, 7:45 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League Final Standings GP W L T Pts Coquitlam 21 20 1 0 40 Victoria 21 14 6 1 29 Delta 21 13 7 1 27 New Westminster 21 13 7 1 27 Nanaimo 21 6 14 1 13 Langley 21 5 13 3 13 Port Coquitlam 21 5 15 1 11 Burnaby 21 4 17 0 8 Sunday’s results (Final regular season games) Victoria 9, Port Coquitlam 5 Nanaimo 11, Langley 8 (OT) New Westminster 17, Burnaby 5 Coquitlam 26, Delta 6 Complete playoff schedule Series are best-of-5 *=if necessary Wednesday, July 8 New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11 Coquitlam at New Westminster, 2:30 p.m. Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m. Sunday, July 12 Victoria at Delta, 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 15 New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18 Coquitlam at New Westminster*, 2:30 p.m. Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m. Sunday, July 19 Victoria at Delta*, 5 p.m. Monday, July 20 Delta at Victoria*, 5 p.m. New Westminster at Coquitlam*, 7:30 p.m.
SOCCER World Rankings (women) (after Women’s World Cup) Team Points 1 United States 1851 2 France 1702 3 England 1687 4 Japan 1684 5 Germany 1665 6 Australia 1642 7 North Korea 1640 8 New Zealand 1635 9 China 1630 10 Norway 1627 11 Brazil 1626 12 Sweden 1625 13 Italy 1617 14 Scotland 1616 15 Netherlands 1604 16 Canada 1596 17 Colombia 1594 18 Iceland 1583 19 Denmark 1581 20 Switzerland 1575 21 South Korea 1573 22 Austria 1568 23 Belgium 1552 24 Costa Rica 1541 25 Ukraine 1541
L 1 1 1 1 2 L 0 0 1 1
T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0
Pts 2 2 0 0 0 Pts 4 4 2 2
PF 56 35 16 11 60 PF 47 66 75 45
PA 78 52 27 26 70 PA 32 45 50 31
Week 2, full results Thursday’s result Hamilton 52, Winnipeg 26 Montreal 29, Calgary 11 Ottawa 27, BC Lions 16 Toronto 42, Saskatchewan 40 (2OT) This week’s schedule (Week 3) Thursday, July 9 Ottawa at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Friday, July 10 Montreal at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Saskatchewan at BC Lions, 7 p.m. Monday, July 13 Toronto at Calgary, 6 p.m.
CYCLING 102nd Tour de France, July 4-26, 3,360 km in 21 stages. Canadian entries: Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge) Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria, CannondaleGarmin Pro Cycling Team) Today’s schedule Stage 4: Seraing-Cambrsai, 223.5 km Yesterday’s results Stage 3, Anvers-Huy, 159.5 km, some hills (category 3, 4) 1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha, 3:26:54 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 3 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale, 0:00:04 4 Daniel Martin (Irl) CannondaleGarmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:05 5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal, 0:00:08 6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:11 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 8 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:18 13 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing, 0:00:19 14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNLJumbo, 0:00:22 15 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale, 0:00:24 17 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team GiantAlpecin 18 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits, 0:00:28 19 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - QuickStep, 0:00:34 20 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar, 0:00:36 Canadian riders 24 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team, 0:00:40 180 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge, 0:11:09
This week’s race
NASCAR Quaker State 400 Saturday, July 11, 4:30 p.m. Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky Qualifying Friday, July 10, 2:45 p.m.
Eastern League Club PTS GP W L DC United 35 21 10 6 Columbus 24 18 6 6 Orlando 24 18 6 6 N. England 24 20 6 8 Toronto 23 16 7 7 NY Red Bulls 23 17 6 6 NY City FC 20 18 5 8 Philadelphia 19 19 5 10 Montreal 18 15 5 7 Chicago 15 16 4 9 Western League Club PTS GP W L Seattle 32 19 10 7 Vancouver 32 19 10 7 Portland 31 19 9 6 Los Angeles 31 21 8 6 Dallas 29 18 8 5 Sporting KC 27 16 7 3 San Jose 25 17 7 6 Salt Lake 23 19 5 6 Houston 21 18 5 7 Colorado 18 18 3 6 Friday, July 10 Houston at San Jose, 8 p.m.
T 5 6 6 6 2 5 5 4 3 3
GF GA 23 18 27 26 23 22 25 29 22 23 23 22 20 23 22 32 20 25 18 24
T 2 2 4 7 5 6 4 8 6 9
GF GA 25 18 23 19 22 20 31 23 24 23 25 17 19 17 18 23 22 24 14 18
Current drivers’ standings Pts Money 1 Jimmie Johnson 589 $3,881,277 2 Kevin Harvick 656 $5,023,381 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 593 $3,294,950 4 Kurt Busch 508 $2,164,000 5 Joey Logano 581 $4,182,458 6 Martin Truex Jr. 569 $2,756,953 7 Brad Keselowski 520 $2,928,196 8 Matt Kenseth 501 $2,965,351 9 Denny Hamlin 480 $3,538,022 10 Carl Edwards 408 $2,112,723 11 Jamie McMurray 526 $2,561,191 12 Jeff Gordon 500 $2,975,026 13 Kasey Kahne 496 $2,294,144 14 Paul Menard 480 $2,068,610 15 Ryan Newman 472 $2,615,593 16 Clint Bowyer 465 $2,653,738 — Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off —
Saturday, July 11 New England at NY Red Bulls, 4 p.m. Portland at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Dallas at Orlando, 4:30 p.m. Columbus at Montreal, 5 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Salt Lake at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League DL 23 51 23 15 54 15 19 47 3 11
W 1 1 0 0 0 W 2 2 1 1
AUTO RACING
MLS
W 9 8 8 7 5 6 3 2 0
West Winnipeg Calgary BC Lions Edmonton Saskatchewan East Ottawa Toronto Hamilton Montreal
General Classification, after Stage 3 1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky, 7:11:37 2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step, 0:00:01 3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:13 4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal, 0:00:26 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team, 0:00:28 6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:31 7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - QuickStep, 0:00:34 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo, 0:00:36 9 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky, 0:01:03 10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - QuickStep, 0:01:04 49 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin, 0:06:15 161 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge, 0:16:14
Men’s rankings (after Copa America) Team Points 1 Chile 1793 2 Argentina 1781 3 Germany 1758 4 Peru 1740 5 England 1740 6 USA 1737 7 Wales 1726 8 Colombia 1726 9 Scotland 1713 10 Austria 1709 11 Belgium 1705 12 Spain 1705 13 Poland 1703 14 Ecuador 1703 15 Netherlands 1702 16 Brazil 1699 17 Portugal 1698 18 Uruguay 1698 19 Australia 1697 20 Ivory Coast 1696 79 Canada 1585
Vancouver Utd Victoria Mid Isle Khalsa Van Tbirds Kamloops Tim Hortons Abbotsford FC Tigers
TENNIS
CFL
GF GA Pts 30 16 29 31 15 29 22 14 26 28 19 22 29 22 20 20 21 19 23 40 10 15 22 10 15 44 3
Today’s schedule Van United at FC Tigers, 8 p.m. Thursday, July 9 Van Tbirds at Khalsa, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, July 11 Abbotsford at Kamloops, 2:30 p.m.
17 Kyle Busch 18 Aric Almirola 19 Kyle Larson 20 Greg Biffle
152 $983,655 441 $2,483,956 395 $2,216,195 392 $2,616,642
Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, July 26, 5 a.m. Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary. Track length 4.381 km (2.722 miles), 16 turns Qualifying Saturday, July 25, 5 a.m. F1 drivers’ standings (After 9 of 19 races) Driver, Team, Points 1 Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 194 2 Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 177 3 Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 135 4 Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 77 5 Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 76 6 Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 74 7 Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 36 8 Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 27 9 Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 24 10 Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 17 11 Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber, 16 12 Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 15 13 Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Lotus, 12 14 Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Toro Rosso, 10 15 Carlos Sainz Jr., Spain, Toro Rosso, 9 16 Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber, 5 17 Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 4 18 Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren, 1
The Championships, Wimbledon, Today-July 12 (Major) Wimbledon, London, England Surface: Grass. Purse: $42.2 million (men and women) 2014 champions: Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova Yesterday’s complete results NOTE: Canadians in boldface Men’s Singles - Round 4 Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (20), Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., def. Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. David Goffin (16), Belgium, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7), 6-4. Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Richard Gasquet (21), France, def. Nick Kyrgios (26), Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6).. Women’s Singles WTA Rankings Points Winnings 1 Serena Williams, USA 11291 $6,175,649 2 Petra Kvitova, CZE 6870 $1,420,858 3 Simona Halep, ROM 6200 $2,237,326 4 Maria Sharapova, RUS 5950 $2,536,132 5 Caroline Wozniacki, DEN 5000 $632,308 6 Lucie Safarova, CZE 4055 $2,089,443 7 Ana Ivanovic, SRB 3895 $881,626 8 Ekaterina Makarova, RUS 3575 $1,255,243 9 Carla Suarez Navarro, ESP 3345 $1,419,068 10 Angelique Kerber, GER 3285 $697,651 11 Karolina Pliskova, CZE 3210 $899,611 12 Eugenie Bouchard, CAN 3172 $471,352 13 Agnieszka Radwanska, POL 3020 $484,906 14 Andrea Petkovic, GER 2705 $662,288 15 Timea Bacsinszky, SUI 2605 $1,012,518 16 Venus Williams, USA 2586 $577,562 17 Elina Svitolina, UKR 2405 $672,615 18 Sabine Lisicki, GER 2320 $621,815 19 Sara Errani, ITA 2140 $667,557 20 Garbine Muguruza, ESP 2075 $861,677 Round 4 Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Venus Williams (16), United States, 6-4, 6-3. Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4. Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, 6-4, 6-4. Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Lucie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4). Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def. Jelena Jankovic (28), Serbia, 7-5, 6-4. Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2. Madison Keys (21), United States, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka (23), Belarus, def. Belinda Bencic (30), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-3. DOUBLES Men’s Doubles - Round 3 Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-1. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (2), Brazil, def. Jonathan Marray, Britain, and Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (13), Australia, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., and Jack Sock (3), United States, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 3-6, 8-6. Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (4), Romania, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (1). Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, and Nicolas Mahut (10), France, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares (8), Brazil, def. Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Leander Paes (11), India, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (9), Romania, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8). Women’s Doubles - Round 3 Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (16), Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, and Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-1. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (3), Czech Republic, def. 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Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, and Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3. Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Florin Mergea, Romania, and Michaella Krajicek (13), Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Michael Venus, New Zealand, and Raluca Olaru, Romania, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and Zheng Jie (15), China, 6-4, 6-2. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Andrea Hlavackova (16), Czech Republic, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, and Madison Keys, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 10-8. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. David Marrero, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (17), Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
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CITY OF PORT ALBERNI PUBLIC NOTICE “Portion of Lane Closure Adjacent to 4325 Michigan Road and Removal of Dedication, Bylaw No. 4875� The general public is hereby given notice, in accordance with Section 94 of the Community Charter that the City of Port Alberni intends to adopt “Portion of Lane Closure Adjacent to 4325 Michigan Road and Removal of Dedication, Bylaw No. 4875� at its regular meeting of Council on Monday, July 13th, 2015.
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With adoption of Bylaw No. 4875, that portion of Lane as shown in the shaded area on the attached map, will be permanently closed and the dedication of the highway removed. The purpose of the permanent closure and removal of the highway dedication of that portion of Lane, is to accommodate the disposition of the land and its consolidation with 4325 Michigan Road.
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Lac-Megantic marks sombre anniversary of 2013 rail disaster Church bells ring 47 times in honour of every victim that died in horifďŹ c rail accident THE CANADIAN PRESS
LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. — Church bells rang 47 times in Lac-Megantic on Monday as locals gathered to honour the victims of a rail disaster two years ago that forever changed the Quebec town. Forty-seven people were killed and a large swath of downtown was destroyed on July 6, 2013, when an unmanned 72-car train jumped the track, spilling and igniting some six million litres of volatile crude oil. At noon, people gathered outside Lac-Megantic’s St-Agnes Church for a moment of silence and a ringing of the bells. Ongoing decontamination work was also halted briefly to mark the tragedy. A low-key mass was held Sunday night. Politicians of all stripes marked the anniversary, vowing to continue to support the community. Premier Philippe Couillard hailed the resolve of locals and said in a statement the province would keep helping the town of 6,000. “Our thoughts are with the families and relatives of the victims and to all citizens of Lac-Megantic,� Couillard said. “The Meganticois are a good example of solidarity and resilience for all of Quebec.� Prime Minister Stephen Harper also praised residents as the town rebuilds and heals. “It takes people of extraordinary
Smoke rises from railway cars that were carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac-Megantic, Que., on July 6, 2013. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
strength to overcome such a disaster, and I was privileged to witness first-hand during my visits to Lac-Megantic the remarkable resilience, pride and spirit of those in the community,� Harper said. He added that those found guilty of breaking the law will be held to account. In late June, several people and the defunct rail company at the
heart of the disaster were hit with new federal charges. Among the accused were Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, the insolvent company’s former president, and train driver Thomas Harding. All those charged will appear in court in Lac-Megantic on Nov. 12. Previously, Harding, two fellow railway employees and the com-
pany were charged by the Crown in Quebec with 47 counts of criminal negligence causing death. A trial date is expected to be set Sept. 8. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau also marked the anniversary and both said not enough has been done. “Every possible precaution must be taken to ensure such an incident is never repeated,� Trudeau said. “Unfortunately, two years have passed and too little has been done by this government to bring about the necessary changes.� Mulcair said the NDP called in January for an independent investigation into transportation of dangerous goods by rail. He said he’d grant a costly solution being sought by the city. “An NDP government would build a railway bypassing Lac-Megantic, which has already paid a high price in human lives,� Mulcair vowed. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt defended the government’s actions, including stricter rules and lower speed limits for trains carrying dangerous cargo through urban areas. In March, the government announced proposed new federal regulations that would give companies until 2025 to upgrade rail tank cars to a higher safety standard. “Safety is Transport Canada’s top priority,� Raitt said.
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Outgoing Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, left, speaks as the new Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos listens to him during a hand over ceremony in Athens on Monday. [AP PHOTO]
Greece attempts to reopen bailout talks Country wants to strike a deal before the banks collapse ELENA BECATOROS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATHENS, Greece — Greece and its membership in Europe’s joint currency faced an uncertain future Monday, with the country under pressure to restart bailout talks with creditors as soon as possible after Greeks resoundingly rejected the notion of more austerity in exchange for aid. With Greek banks running out of cash and facing the danger of collapse within days without new aid, the government in Athens is racing against the clock. In an effort to facilitate negotiations on a new aid program, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who had clashed with European officials in the bailout talks, announced his resignation Monday. But Greece and its creditors, who will meet again Tuesday to discuss how to keep the country
“I shall wear the creditors’ loathing with pride.” Yanis Varoufakis, ex finance minister
in the euro, remain far apart on key issues, particularly the notion of debt relief. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on the phone Monday ahead of the Tuesday summit, though no details were disclosed of what they discussed. New negotiations will be complicated for the European creditors by Tsipras’ triumph in Sunday’s referendum. More than 61 per cent of Greeks backed his call to vote “no” to budget cuts the creditors had proposed in return for rescue loans the country needs — even
though those proposals were no longer on the table. The vote was painted by opposition parties and many European officials as one on whether Greece should remain in Europe’s joint currency. In the aftermath, many European leaders softened their tone and said talks would resume, though Greece’s chance of staying in the euro was looking increasingly shaky. The country’s banks remained shut on Monday for a sixth working day and the government kept tight limits on cash withdrawals at ATMs and money transfers to limit the drain on deposits. Greece’s economy minister, Giorgos Stathakis, told the BBC that if the ECB keeps its support unchanged, the current cash withdrawals limits can stay in place until Friday without any banks collapsing.
WINNIPEG — Court documents show a man accused of sending letter bombs to Winnipeg lawyers and his ex-wife has been in a decade-long battle with his former spouse that includes accusations of theft, impersonation and a wedding ring being flushed down a toilet. Police allege Guido Amsel, 49, became so enraged over perceived mistreatment at the hands of his former wife and lawyers who had been involved in the dispute, he sent explosive devices to their offices though Canada Post. A lawyer was seriously injured when one of the bombs blew up at a firm on Friday. Police detonated two more devices over the weekend and warned justice officials that more could be found in the next day or so. The situation has unnerved many city residents and prompted dozens of reports of suspicious packages. City hall and a nearby Canada Post office were briefly evacuated Monday. Court documents show Guido Amsel and his wife, Iris Amsel, separated in 2004. They have a son, who was nine at the time. Documents from the divorce proceedings show no unusual acrimony at first. Amsel and his wife owned a numbered company involved in automotive repair. The couple initially split shares in the company — Amsel later bought out his ex-wife — and Amsel was ordered to pay $500 a month in child support. The divorce became bitter in 2010. Guido Amsel accused his ex-wife of siphoning more than $3 million from the company into hidden bank accounts prior to the divorce being finalized. “It is my belief at the present time that during our cohabitation, the respondent secreted money to these accounts,” reads
an affidavit from Guido Amsel dated July 9, 2010. “I am fearful that the respondent will transfer funds from these and any other accounts she may have to Germany and thereafter relocate there with the intention of keeping our son there as well.” Guido Amsel also accused his ex-wife in the affidavit of flushing his wedding ring down a toilet and trying to break up his second marriage by calling and pretending to be a boyfriend of the new wife. Iris Amsel has denied all the accusations. Iris Amsel’s lawyer was Maria Mitousis, who suffered severe injuries when the first letter bomb went off last Friday. The 38-year-old was taken to hospital in critical condition, but has since been upgraded to stable. A source in the legal community said Mitousis had surgery and lost one of her hands. Guido Amsel’s son, Kyle, wrote in a 2013 affidavit that he did not have a good relationship with his father, in part because “he has been threatening towards me when I do not agree with him that my mother stole several million dollars from their company.” By August 2013, Guido Amsel was expressing doubt that Kyle was his biological son. He wrote a letter to Mitousis demanding a paternity test. The court agreed to order one on the condition Amsel pay for it. There is no record of a result on the court file. At the same time, Guido Amsel had his wages garnished on at least one occasion and she launched a lawsuit in 2010 against him and others in connection with the numbered company she once shared with him. That matter is due to return to court in December. One of the bombs detonated by police was found at another law firm involved with the case and the second was at a small automotive business north of downtown with ties to Iris Amsel.
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Craft brewery celebrates 15 years of beer Nanaimo’s Longwood Brewery prides itself on brewing with local ingredients for expanding demand Sheila Hockin The Lucky Gourmet
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elebrating their 15th anniversary, Longwood Brew Pub has been a landmark for Nanaimoites as a local craft brewery and gastro pub. With that success, it came as good news to Nanaimo beer geeks that they were opening a larger brewery. Longwood Brewery now has the facilities to keep up with the demand for their delicious suds. Just off Boxwood Road in Nanaimo, they purchased a building and land, opening their doors in March of 2013. Their tasting bar and growler refill-station are inviting and well worth the visit. Run by Harley Smith, who has background in brewing craft brews for over two decades, they kept the core brews they were making at the brew pub and expanded the line-up to include seasonal ales and lagers. Longwood Brewery prides itself on brewing with local ingredients. By using 100 per cent locally sourced malting from White’s Malting in Cedar and hops from Cedar Valley Hopyards, Longwood’s IPA and X Blonde Ale are something they can be very proud of. Normally these ingredients are from the prairies or overseas, so these beers are in fact quite unique. One of those upcoming seasonal suds is a Pumpkin Ale that is scheduled to come out in October. Made with local pumpkins from McNabb’s farm in Cedar,
Just off Boxwood Road in Nanaimo, they purchased a building and land, opening their doors in March of 2013. Their tasting bar and growler refill-station are inviting and well worth the visit.
this ale is not your grandma’s pumpkin pie. With aromas of nuts, squash, nutmeg and raisins, its dark mahogany color is something to savour before your first sip. The spicy pepper notes and a finish of nutty and herbs create a pumpkin ale that is sure to be your beer of choice this fall. The Big One is a classic British style IPA, a dark amber ale that is all about the hops. Crisp and refreshing, the hopped bitterness comes out as the taste progress-
es. Piney bouquet and subtle citrus notes complete euro-bitter experience. One of their first and most popular products is the Raspberry Ale. Using West Coast sourced raspberries from Abbotsford, Harley is able to keep making this summer sipper continually throughout the year. A hard to find dry ale, It boasts flavours of real raspberries without being a sweet beer. Lots of fruity aroma in this amber coloured
ale that packs a true raspberry punch complimented by a slight bite of hops. Using 568ml cans in their canning line was a bit of a gamble Harley says, although it is currently the vessel of choice trending in the craft brew industry. Harley believes that the end product is of better quality, as the beer is impenetrable to light and no migration of oxygen that can result in a skunky aroma. It’s also a green option also, which
played into factor when Longwood Brewery chose the canning method. Only the Stoutnic is still bottled in traditional “bombers”. You can sample these local brews at our Beer Club at Lucky’s Liquor Store at Country Club Mall in Nanaimo this Thursday July 16th at 6:30 pm by joining us in our Gourmet Mezzanine. Our Beer Club is a free event on the third Thursday of every month so, be sure to arrive early as seating is limited.
RECIPES
Barbecued pulled pork requires little effort SUSAN SELASKY DETROIT FREE PRESS
Pulled pork is one of those cooking projects that takes hours to complete, but requires little effort. Actually, the only effort involved is applying the spice rub and keeping an eye on it. Whether you cook this in the oven or the outdoor grill, if you keep the heat constant, you’ll end up with moist and tender pork. For home cooks, consider it your secret weapon for producing the best melt-in-your-mouth pulled pork with crispy charred bits. If you do try this, sample a little bit of the meat from the money muscle first before shredding the entire pork butt. You will get a taste of that tenderness that will be a delight in every bite. Pulled pork is a terrific makeahead recipe. You can serve it at home or at a gathering where it has the potential to serve many.
Today’s recipe makes enough for at least 12 to 14 generous sandwiches. There are many, many versions of pulled pork from sweet to spicy to those doused in sauce and those on the dry side. And then there’s the option of topping them with slaw, which is my preference. This pulled pork and the spicy slaw that goes with it is one of my favorites. You can use your favorite rub and use barbecue sauce of choice in place of the cider vinegar sauce. PULLED PORK BARBECUE Serves: 12 / Preparation time: 15 minutes (plus marinating time) / Total time: 6 hours 30 minutes (not active time) This is a terrific make-ahead recipe; serve it at home or bring it to a party. The total time seems long but the pork doesn’t need much attention during roasting. Ingredients
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DRY RUB 3 tablespoons paprika 2 tablespoons chili powder 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon dry mustard 2 to 3 tablespoons coarse sea salt 1 (5- to 7-pound) pork butt CIDER VINEGAR BARBECUE SAUCE 1 1/2 cups cider vinegar 1 cup yellow or brown mustard 1/2 cup ketchup 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 garlic cloves, peeled, smashed 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 12 to 14 hamburger buns 1 recipe Spicy Slaw (recipe follows) Pickle spears, optional In a small bowl, mix together the paprika, chili powder, garlic powder, brown sugar, dry mustard and sea salt. Rub the spice
blend all over the pork and marinate for as long as you have time — as little as 1 hour or up to overnight, covered in the refrigerator. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees or prepare your outdoor grill for a constant 275 to 300 degrees. Put the pork in a roasting pan, cover and roast for about 6 hours. About two-thirds of the way through cooking, remove the cover. Continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer stuck into the thickest part of the pork registers 195 degrees. (Basically, you want to roast it until it’s falling apart.) If it’s reached 195 degrees, but still not tender, continue roasting another hour. While the pork is roasting, prepare the barbecue sauce. In a saucepan set over medium heat, combine the vinegar, mustard, ketchup, brown sugar, garlic, kosher salt, cayenne pepper and black pepper. Simmer gently, stirring, for 10 minutes or until
the sugar dissolves. Remove the sauce from the heat and set it aside. When the pork is done, take it out of the oven and put it on a large platter. Allow the meat to rest for about 10 minutes. You will want to pull the meat apart while it’s still warm. Grab two forks. Using one to steady the roast, use the other to pull shreds of meat off. Put the shredded pork in a bowl and pour half of the sauce over it. Stir it all up so that the pork is coated with the sauce. To serve, spoon the pulled pork mixture onto the bottom half of each hamburger bun and top with some slaw. Serve with pickle spears and the remaining sauce on the side if desired. Adapted from Eat This Book: Cooking with Global Fresh Flavors by Tyler Florence (Clarkson Potter, $32.50). Tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.
A recipe selection is designed to keep summer living easy TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high . . .” goes the famous song from the Gershwin musical Porgy and Bess. This week’s recipe selection is designed to keep the living as easy and healthy as possible with low and no-cook recipes perfect for summer. “Family Meals Matter” features registered dietitian-approved recipes with foods from all the food groups to reflect Dairy Council of California’s nutrition philosophy. For more information, nutrition tools and additional family meal recipes, please visit our website, HealthyEating.org. Healthy Eating Made Easier. SHOPPING LIST (Includes ingredients to make at least four servings of each Featured Family Meal recipe). BAKED PARMESAN TOMATOES Total preparation time: less than 15 minutes Actual cooking time: less than 15 minutes Number of servings: 4 4 tomatoes, halved horizontally
1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano 1/4 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper to taste 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil PREPARATION: Preheat oven to 450° F. Place tomatoes cut-side up on a baking sheet. Top with Parmesan, oregano, salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil and bake until the tomatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Source: EatingWell APPLE TUNA SANDWICHES Total preparation time: Less than 15 minutes Actual cooking time: No cooking required Number of servings: 2 2 6 ounce cans unsalted tuna in water, drained 1 medium apple chopped 1 celery stalk, peeled and chopped 1/4 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt 1 teaspoon prepared mustard 1 teaspoon honey 6 slices whole wheat bread 6 lettuce leaves 6 slices tomato PREPARATION: Combine and mix the tuna,
apple, celery, yogurt, mustard and honey. Spread 1/2 cup of the mixture on bread slices. Top each slice of bread with lettuce, tomato and remaining bread. Cut sandwiches in half or as desired. COOK’S NOTES: 3/4 cup fruits and veggies per person Source: CDC Website FROZEN CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER-BANANA POPS Total preparation time: Less than 15 minutes Actual cooking time: No cooking required Number of servings: 4 1 8-ounce container vanilla yogurt 1 ripe banana 2 tablespoons peanut butter 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips 4 5-ounce paper cups 4 wooden popsicle-type sticks or skewers PREPARATION: In blender, whirl yogurt, banana and peanut butter until smooth. Pour into bowl and stir in chocolate chips. Spoon into paper cups and insert sticks in the middle. (If sticks will not stand up, partially freeze mixture and then insert sticks.) Put cups into the freezer and freeze until solid. Peel off paper to eat.