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RCMP investigates homicide MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Port Alberni’s first homicide since 2013 is under investigation after a 19-year-old woman was killed early Wednesday morning.

RCMP responded to a report of an altercation at 1 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Bute Street and Fifth Avenue in Port Alberni. Upon arrival, police found a wounded woman in “medical distress,” according to a media release. The victim was transported to West Coast General Hospital where she died as a result of her injuries.

Mounties arrested three people in relation to the incident, and held all three in custody as of Wednesday. The area around Fifth and Bute was blocked off in the morning as officers gathered evidence. The street was clear for

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traffic again by noon.

“This investigation is in its infancy, but our officers have made solid progress in determining what happened, and identifying those responsible,” stated Insp. Mac Richards, detachment commander of the Port Alberni RCMP. “This appears to have

been an altercation between a group of individuals known to each other, therefore we do not believe there is any risk to public safety.”

RCMP are asking the public for help with the investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any information is asked to call the Port Alberni detachment, 250-723-2424.

The investigation is being led by the Port Alberni General Investigation Section, with support from the Forensic Identification Service and general duty officers, according to the media release.

“In an incident like this, obviously [there are] a lot of avenues and things to cover,” Richards said. “We’re bringing in additional resources so we can address these pretty rapidly.”

Police are in the earliest stages of the investigation, said the detachment commander.

“We have a number of interviews that we’re conducting with witnesses, trying to piece together what took place,” he said.

The woman’s cause of death has not yet been determined, said Richards. That information will be released by the coroner after an autopsy, he noted.

Two residents of Phoenix House, a multi-unit assisted housing building located near the corner of Fifth and Bute where the woman was wounded, said she had been stabbed, but were instructed by the RCMP not to disclose any further details.

A neighbour across the street said she was woken in the night by the sounds of a woman screaming and dogs barking. She

was “a little shocked” to find out that someone had been killed.

But she doesn’t feel the neighbourhood is unsafe.

“We’ve had our difficulties,” she said. “It’s quieted down.”

Another neighbour also recalled hearing someone screaming.

“It’s not good,” he said.

Port Alberni’s last homicide was in May, 2013, when 25-yearold Archibald Thompson stabbed and killed his 21-year-old brother, Arron. Archibald pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to four years in prison.

There were no homicides in 2014, said Richards.

“We had a number of stabbings and shootings,” he said. “Luckily [we] had different results.”

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ENVIRONMENT

Dog Mountain: Community unsettled by provincial response after fire not prioritized ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Spending summer among Alberni history Summer students Emma Gehrs-Whyte and Jonathan Sim can be seen at the train station, as well as the museum and IHS Centre throughout the summer. » Community, 5

PA looks at imports of yams from sister city Yams could be Japan’s next hot commodity to British Columbia from Port Alberni’s sister city, Abashiri. Members of the Port Alberni International Twinning Society had an opportunity to meet the sales team and attend presentations last week in Vancouver. » Alberni Region, 3

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While the Dog Mountain forest fire is dying down, frustrations continue to burn throughout the Alberni Valley over how the province responded to the incident.

The fire by Sproat Lake rapidly spread across Dog Mountain last week, escalating from a small five-hectare blaze reported on July 4 to 450 hectares when the Coastal Fire Centre announced it was fully contained on Saturday. After the fire was discovered early in the afternoon of July 4, six helicopters with water buckets arrived approximately two hours later, followed by a provincial air tanker that dropped retardant on the blaze.

This initial response did little to suppress the fire, which grew from the early reports of 1.5 hectares on July 4 to a 35-hectare wildfire the following day. Helicopters returned to Dog Mountain over the course of the week, sharing their attention with a fire in the Forbidden Plateau northwest of Comox Lake, but no more air tanker drops occurred.

Ellie Dupont, a fire information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre, said the response to wildfires is dictated by the province’s resource limitations.

In the interest of best protecting public safety, other fires had to be prioritized last week above Dog Mountain, she said.

As the Sproat Lake situation became more severe, other fires in southern B.C. had far surpassed its size by the middle of last week, including Elaho at 20,000 hectares and Boulder

A wildfire on Dog Mountain quickly spread to 450 hectares last week, filling nearby Sproat Lake and the Alberni Valley with high concentrations of smoke [B.C. WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT BRANCH]

“Whenever there is multiple resources working multiple fires we strategize and prioritize by life and limb.”

Ellie Dupont, fire information officer

Creek’s 12,000 hectares near Pemberton.

“Whenever there is multiple resources working multiple fires we strategize and prioritize by life and limb,” said

Dupont. That explanation may not suffice for many Valley residents, who have used the idleness of the Hawaii Mars water bomber on Sproat Lake as the focal point of their frustrations.

Although the province had the Mars on standby through a contract with Coulson Aviation drafted in the spring, the water bomber was not given a deployment order until July 8, when the Dog Mountain fire had already grown to over 245 hectares. The Second World War-era plane ended up flying over the Valley and performing

a test drop on the Alberni Inlet Friday, but was not used for the wildfire by Sproat Lake.

The Mars bomber has a long history of extinguishing forest fires with its 27,200-litre drop capacity, including suppression on Dog Mountain during a 1975 forest fire. Mayor Mike Ruttan believes last week’s situation could have been put out quickly if the Mars was deployed sooner. He appealed to Steve Thomson, B.C.’s minister of forests, three times last week before the Mars bomber was deployed.

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Top municipal position unfilled City waits for a management review before hiring the next parks director ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

For the time being, one of the city’s top positions will not be replaced as the municipality undergoes a review of how many managers are on its payroll and how much they get paid.

As the director of parks, recreation and heritage, Scott Kenny oversees one of the city’s largest departments, comprising almost $4 million in budgeted expenses for this year and dozens of staff members. The longtime city employee is heading into retirement at the end of July, leaving other municipal staff to cover Kenny’s duties for the rest of the summer.

“At this point it’s being filled internally,” said Mayor Mike Ruttan of the position. “It is being covered by a series of managers on a short-term basis.”

The future of the parks and rec director’s position, which brought a salary of $106,292 last year, will not be determined until conclusions materialize from a consultant’s study on the city’s management structure and pay. This year $50,000 has been set aside for this review, which intends to compare

Firefighters remain on Dog Mountain this week to patrol the smoking remains of the forest fire and tend to any hot spots or unburnt sections that could ignite if temperatures rise. [B.C. WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT BRANCH]

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the city’s management with other small municipalities in order to find better “value for money,” said Ruttan this last spring.

A Corporate Services budget presentation from last winter indicated that the number of municipal managers have declined in recent years, falling from 30 in 1997 to the current 21. According to the most recent Statement of Financial Information from 2014, eight people on the city’s payroll earned six-figure salaries.

“There is no doubt that fire would have been out in a very short period of time because of where it was located and how close the Mars water bomber was,” said Ruttan. “It was a spectacular fire that caused tremendous anxiety for people in this community around that lake. It could have had a different outcome if that bomber was available much sooner.”

He credits the work of forest firefighters who have served on Dog Mountain over the last week and a half, ranging in numbers from 33 personnel on July 7 to the five cur-

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rently patrolling the smoking site.

But Ruttan noted that the area’s geography likely played the largest role in preventing the wildfire from spreading further.

“The only thing that saved the forest around Sproat Lake was the fact that this fire occurred on a peninsula. If it had occurred anywhere else, it would have been a totally different outcome,” he said.

“The fire crews worked incredibly hard and they did everything they could possibly do under the circumstances with the equipment that they had that was available to them, but it was still a matter of circumstance. Essentially that fire

scorched the entire peninsula.”

The site remains under supervision from B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch, who have personnel watching for precarious sections of unburned forest fuels.

“Logs and trees that are thicker, you may have some pieces that are not burnt, and with the weather heating up this weekend it could be that there is enough heat fuel to start it to burn again,” Dupont said. “Inside the perimeter there may be some unburned fuels, so if people see smoke or flames, that’s expected.”

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ECONOMY

Twinning Society discusses yam imports from sister city KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

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“You could tell on the way back to the hotel they were really excited and happy,” McKinnon said.

“It is not something the Society focusses on but the spin-off with trade would be great. It was nice to be able to see our friends promote their products and be rewarded with a contract.”

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McKinnon said the agricultural industry gets a lot of support at the government level and feels that is why farms are doing well overseas. Aylard hopes to spread the information to the local community.

Before the group left Vancouver, they met with grocery stores on the lower mainland and landed contracts with

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Yams could be Japan’s next hot commodity to British Columbia from Port Alberni’s sister city, Abashiri.

Members of the Port Alberni International Twinning Society had an opportunity to meet the sales team and attend presentations last week in Vancouver.

When Shinko Tsunoda, Abashiri’s exchange coordinator with Port Alberni, was in town last May with a sister city delegation, she stopped in Vancouver for initial meetings. Along with the mayor of Abashiri, Mr. Mizutani, City planner, Mr. Kawai and members of the Japanese Agricultural Cooperative, she met the Consul General to pitch the idea. The Japanese Agricultural Cooperative had been exporting their organic yams to Los Angeles for the past year. Since yams are a popular staple in Asian cooking, the market proved successful and they thought Vancouver would be the best place to start in Canada, according to Twinning Society president Sherri McKinnon.

“They came to Vancouver to give a taste-testing event to the Consul General, restauranteurs and retailers who might be interested,” McKinnon said. “The Consul General has a young chef who used the yam to prepare meals and he was impressed with the taste.”

McKinnon, as well as Society representatives Lisa Aylard, Laurie Morphet and Laurie Money, also attended the event. They were provided with samples of raw yam and bread products from both Japanese and foreign markets and were asked to distinguish between the two.

“You could tell the Abashiri product was far superior,” McKinnon said. “The other one had an almost metallic and chemical taste, but the Japanese ones were very fresh.”

The taste tasting was followed by a presentation on how products are grown in Abashiri.

Aylard had the opportunity to talk to members of the coop about how the system works in Japan.

McKinnon said the Japanese delegates will continue to test the market in the lower mainland. who used the yam to prepare meals and he was impressed with the taste.”

McKinnon, as well as Society representatives Lisa Aylard, Laurie Morphet and Laurie Money, also attended the event. They were provided with samples of raw yam and bread products from both Japanese and foreign markets and were asked to distinguish between the two.

“You could tell the Abashiri product was far superior,” McKinnon said. “The other one had an almost metallic and chemical taste, but the Japanese ones were very fresh.”

The taste tasting was followed by a presentation on how products are grown in Abashiri.

Aylard had the opportunity to talk to members of the coop about

how the system works in Japan.

McKinnon said the agricultural industry gets a lot of support at the government level and feels that is why farms are doing well overseas. Aylard hopes to spread the information to the local community.

Before the group left Vancouver, they met with grocery stores on the lower mainland and landed contracts with several.

“You could tell on the way back to the hotel they were really excited and happy,” McKinnon said.

“It is not something the Society focusses on but the spin-off with trade would be great. It was nice to be able to see our friends promote their products and be rewarded with a contract.”

McKinnon said the Japanese delegates will continue to test the market in the Lower Mainland.

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f it was your job to shoot two adorable-looking bear cubs, could you do it?

Should it be anyone’s job to shoot bear cubs? And once they are given names, is it even remotely possible they could be coldly shot to death?

Jordan and Athena are five months old. They are currently under the expert care of the talented and loving staff at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre in Errington.

They are worldwide media stars, thanks to the compassionate act of a conservation officer.

Winnie and Yogi, step aside.

As with most stories, there are more than two sides. We’d like to hear, through letters to the editor or comments on our website, your view of the situation. First, a little background.

A B.C. conservation officer was suspended without pay for failing to euthanize these cubs in Port Hardy. Their mother had been killed after repeatedly breaking into a freezer containing meat and salmon. The bears came looking for their mom and that’s when Bryce Casavant refused the order he

was given to shoot and kill the cubs.

Instead, he brought them to the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association’s (NIWRA) facility in Errington.

NIWRA’s Robin Campbell has called Casavant a hero.

The CO also received praise from many people around the province and country.

“The conservation officer did the right thing,” Gail Martin, the founder of Critter Care, told our sister paper, The Langley Times.

“Finally someone stood up to the government and said no to what

they knew wasn’t right.”

NIWRA officials tell us they plan to release the cubs into the wild in about a year.

Hundreds of “problem” bears are destroyed by conservation officers every year. Many of these bears have gotten a taste for human garbage and, after attempts to relocate them, return to neighbourhoods where kids walk to school.

What about Jordan and Athena? They have lost their mother.

They watched her look for food near humans. Well if anyone can keep these bears healthy and

ready for release into the wild, it’s the NIWRA. Should the CO keep his job?

He declined to do something he was asked to do by a superior. He didn’t follow orders, essentially.

Surely it’s OK not to follow an order one believes is immoral, is it not? Or perhaps you believe he should look for another line of work. We don’t have any answers here — we want to hear what our valued readers have to offer.

government work with the provinces and the Muslim communities to investigate the options that are available for the training and certification of imams in Canada.”

This is a very important distinction because the recommendation is made in response to testimony from members of the Muslim community as well as experts who confirmed that radicalization begins with person to person or person to group contact.

The witnesses who appeared before the committee over the past nine months continuously brought up the fact that radicalizing messages mixed with religious ideology was being advocated by some foreign-trained imams in Canada.

During the course of our hearings, former Liberal cabinet minister and ex-British Columbia premier Ujjal Dosanjh, himself a victim of terrorism also urged the Committee to consider greater scrutiny of religious institutions.

Muslim witnesses were among those warning about the hazards posed by religious/political interpretations of jihad. Several witnesses pointed out that this doctrine has served as the impetus and justification for today’s Islamist terrorism. There is reason to believe that perpetrators were persuaded that such thinking about “jihad” justified the killing of a uniformed Canadian Armed Forces’ warrant officer, in Quebec, the murder of a National

War Memorial sentry, in Ottawa, as well as assorted Islamist fundamentalist plots and hostilities in Canada and around the world.

Canada is not alone is discussing the options to prevent Islamist radicalization. Some European countries have gone further than what our Senate Committee contemplated.

Since 2004 the Netherlands passed laws prohibiting foreign imams from practicing there, and today, Belgium, France, Austria and Germany are requiring that Imams be trained and certified within their country.

Confirming our concerns, just last week, France announced it had deported 40 foreign trained imams since 2012 6 and in Tunisia, where 38 tourists were recently murdered, the government announced that it will close 80 Salafist/Wahabbi mosques.7 Algeria which has experienced years of civil war now has restrictions relating to foreign-trained imams.

We are confident that this recommendation to encourage the Muslim communities train their religious leaders in Canada, along with the other twenty-four in our Report, are timely, prudent and necessary responses to the security reality facing all Canadians.

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» Your Letters // e-mail: letters@avtimes.net Insincere opposition politics It is puzzling to hear the negative speeches from parliamentarians opposed to the Canadian government. They spew insults and give Party spin comments with portrayals of bureaucratic ineptitude that stultify the responsible ministers. Every attempt to move legislation is countered by “whatif scenarios” that have minor possibilities.

Opposition endlessly repeats there is no trust in the government. They demand expensive oversight committees and propose numerous amendments that castrate the legislation.

Groups of “experts in the field” are called to testify at government committees. These “voices of Canadians” are steak-holder groups, who make recommendations to proposed legislation which reflect their unique viewpoint.

It would be a great reform in politics, if wisdom and truth could be made to spread as easily and rapidly as folly. Politicians and activists speak excitedly into microphones about their mistruth and vague agenda proposals. Do not tell me it is the way things are done in the Halls of the Parliament. Find a better way!

What you are doing is disruptive politics and it is sucking the lifegiving-ness out of the Canadian

people.

The NDP and the Green Parties present proposals that will crush the people under Carbon Taxation and expenditures favoring the climate chaos mantra. The Liberal agenda includes policies of referendum/consultation/ oversight/stay out of conflict promises.

Conservatism is focused with forward thinking proposals.

People please, measure the upcoming federal election candidates who will Serve You the Best. Encourage the ones who will do what they say in honesty. Remember that sincerity is in reality much abused by the politician.

Bruce E Hornidge Port Alberni

Why the Senate Committee made its recommendations Re: ‘Senate discredits itself with terrorism report’ editorial, July 13, Page 4 Contrary to the suggestion made in your editorial, the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence did not propose that government intervene to certify or establish a registry of Islamic or other clerics.

The carefully crafted recommendation asks that “the federal

Daniel Lang, Senator for Yukon, and Chair, Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence

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VALLEY FACES Getting to know the people who live in the Alberni Valley

Spending summer among Alberni history KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

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wo university students met for the first time a couple of months ago and will work together until the end of the summer. Both with an interest in history, it is fitting that they are a part of the Alberni Heritage Network to promote the Valley to locals and tourists.

Emma Gehrs-Whyte was born and raised in Winnipeg, but has strong connections to Port Alberni. Her grandparents, Shirley and the late Terry Whyte, are well-known residents of the Valley, so she grew up visiting the town and spending many summers here. Emma’s mother lived here, so she became familiar with the surroundings and came to enjoy the time spent with the family.

In Winnipeg, Emma enjoyed cross country skiing, but said the West Coast is ideal for her other activities, including hiking, kayaking and swimming.

Growing up, Emma enjoyed learning and was successful in all subjects. In Grade 7, she entered late French Immersion and starting taking all classes completely in French.

“I wanted a challenge, and since I liked school, it was a good place to be,” she said.

She said the second language has helped in several ways in her adult life.

“Especially in university, it is interesting to know two languages and two different cultures,” she said. “It helped with confidence, too. It was not difficult when everyone was at the same level in school, but at university I was more self-conscious.”

With all her reading, writing and listening skills conducted in French, Emma said she had to work harder, but has seen her improvements over the last couple of years.

When she graduated from high school, Emma enrolled in the general arts program at the University of St. Boniface in Winnipeg. The small school has one professor per course so she receives a lot of one-onone attention. Currently in her third year taking English, Philosophy and Math, Emma hopes to further her studies in the education field and follow up with a masters degree.

An active volunteer, Emma feels it is important to give back to the community. She also enjoys surrounding herself with like-minded people and said volunteers are the backbone of small towns. Through high school she was a volunteer tutor for children and enjoys working with youth. She also helped at a multi-purpose venue that served as a coffee

shop, used bookstore and music venue, which landed her a paid summer job.

“Volunteers do what they do because they love it and believe in it strongly,” she said.

“They are amazing people to be around.”

In 2000, Emma realized how much of a role McLean Mill was within her family. She was flown to Port Alberni to attend the grand opening of the historic site.

“It was pouring rain and we were out with our umbrellas and boots,” she said.

Last year, she contacted Neil Malbon to inquire about summer jobs and found herself working there for the season.

This summer, she is still connected to the Valley’s heritage and works alongside Jonathan Sim in a variety of roles.

Jonathan was born and raised in Port Alberni and is a sports enthusiast. He attended John Howitt Elementary, A.W. Neill Middle School and graduated from ADSS in 2011. He started wrestling in middle school and then joined the football and basketball teams in high school.

“I really liked being on a team, especially the camaraderie and making friends,” Jonathan said.

His parents were also encouraging, Jonathan said.

“My mom is a medical office assistant and my dad is a floor installer,” he said. “He is hardworking and pushes me to do my best.”

Jonathan’s work ethic was developed at a young age and he worked through school at Quality Foods since he was 16 years old. In the summers he was a labourer for a netting company. He had the opportunity to travel throughout British Columbia and Alberni to build nets for golf ranges and batting cages.

Travel was also something he did with his family and saw parts of the United Kingdom on two occasions when visiting relatives.

After graduating from ADSS, Jonathan took first year courses at North Island College before moving on to Vancouver Island University. He is in his fourth year of the Bachelor of Arts diploma program and is considering a future in either law or education. For now, though, he is enjoying his summer outdoors and at the lake, spending time with friends and looks forward to the Sunfest Music Festival.

He is working with Emma at

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the Train Station conducting historic tours, as well as various tasks at the Industrial Heritage Centre and museum.

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NOTICE OF STAGE 2 WATER RESTRICTIONS Due to low reservoir levels it is necessary to impose restrictions on Outdoor Water Use including garden and lawn watering.

Therefore effective 12:01 a.m. July 13th , 2015 and until further notice, Outdoor Water Use is restricted as follows: Lawn Sprinkling Even numbered addresses can sprinkle on Wednesdays and Saturdays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm.

Odd numbered addresses can sprinkle on Thursdays and Sundays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm.

New unestablished lawns, trees, shrubs and flowers Sprinkling outside of restricted times allowed only at the discretion of the City with a permit from City Hall.

Vegetable Gardens, planters, shrubs and trees – Watering must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. 6 – 9 am or 7 – 10 pm. 2 hours per day maximum – any day.

Private pools, spas and garden ponds Public and commercial fountains (recirculating) Filling is prohibited, topping up is permitted.

Outdoor washing of cars, boats and houses Washing must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. Anytime.

Washing driveways and sidewalks All forms of washing using treated drinking water are prohibited.

Commercial car washing, gardens, and pressure washing Exempt.

Public Parks, Playing Fields, Boulevards, and Planters Restricted as per detailed watering plan by Parks and Recreation For more information contact the City of Port Alberni at 720-2840 or go to www.portalberni.ca Guy Cicon, City Engineer

Summer students Emma Gehrs-Whyte and Jonathan Sim can be seen at the train station, as well as the museum and IHS Centre throughout the summer.

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WATER

Ucluelet, Toquaht finally realize community forest

Tofino gets new resevoir

Mayor Dianne St. Jacques says project was a ‘long time coming’ for the area ANDREW BAILEY WESTERLY NEWS

Ucluelet and the Toquaht First Nation have officially entered the community forest business.

The two communities have partnered to join the Barkley Community Forest Corporation and this corporation recently signed an agreement with the provincial government for roughly 6,700 hectares near Maggie Lake to operate for a 25-year term with an annual allowable cut of 27,000 cubic metres.

BC’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced the agreement on June 22.

“Community forests are a key component of our Forest Sector Strategy,” Thomson said. “These licences give people in rural communities across the province a way to diversify their economies and gain a strong voice in how local forests are managed and sustained.”

Ucluelet Mayor Dianne St. Jacques told the Westerly News a community forest has been a long time coming and both communities are stoked to get going.

“It’s a done deal and it’s really exciting,” she said. “It’s a really good news happy story full of opportunity for people in our communities...This is another tool in the box to diversify our economy, to get some forestry happening, to provide jobs and, overtime, to provide income to the communities for special projects.”

Along with harvesting revenue, St. Jacques said the forest could also bring educational and tour-

Ucluelet Economic Development Coordinator Geoff Lyons, Alberni-Qualicum MLA Gillian Trumper, Minister of State for Forestry Operations Roger Harris and Ucluelet Mayor Dianne St. Jacques.

ism opportunities.

“It’s a huge land base for the corporation to have access to and just to see what’s possible out there and how we can make it best work for us,” she said.

“Whatever we can do in education and tourism to generate opportunities and jobs would be good for all of us.”

St. Jacques said Ucluelet has been dreaming of operating a community forest for about 15 years but one of the reasons for the hold-up was finding the right space.

“Everybody was in favour of our communities having a community forest but there were some challenges in finding the proper land base where it could be workable for both harvesting and whatever else we decide to do moving forward,” she said.

She noted 27,000 cubic metres

is a relatively small amount compared to the West Coast’s past logging activity but said it would still bring substantial results.

“To put it in perspective, in the heyday of Clayoquot Sound it used to be a 1-million cubic metre cut in there,” she said.

“So it’s not huge, it still is quite a small cut, but it can do substantial benefit for our communities no question about it.”

She said funds raised from the forest would initially be reinvested back into the corporation to foster growth.

Chief Anne Mack of the Toquaht First Nation is excited to see the benefits roll in.

“I’m looking forward to the opportunities that the new community forest will provide to our community. Not only does it give us a greater say in how the land in the region will be managed,

but it helps us build economic and employment opportunities for young people in our community,” Mack said through a recent media release.

The provincial government has signed off on 51 community forest agreements since 2004 totaling roughly 1.4 cubic metres of timber annually, according to the release.

Port Alberni signed a community forest agreement with the Province in 2009 for about 6,400 hectares and an annual allowable cut of 18,156 cubic metres.

In 2014, the Alberni Valley Times reported that the cityowned Alberni Valley Community Forest had announced a $350,000 profit that would be invested in local projects and initiatives.

Work on Ucluelet’s first ever beach volleyball court is underway. The district has allocated $7,600 towards turning the property across from Ucluelet’s community centre into a beach volleyball court and improved bike park.

— WESTERLY NEWS

The Economic Development office of the City of Port Alberni is asking for your help. Please take a moment to complete the survey through surveymonkey.com/s/future-port-alberni or pick up a paper copy at City Hall or Echo Centre.

Your responses will help inform our work of attracting new residents and businesses.

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Tofino’s Barr’s Mountain reservoir will be replaced by a larger and more earthquake resistant facility.

The project will cost $1.2 million and will be paid for through a three-way split between the federal government, provincial government and Tofino with each player putting in roughly $388,000.

Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan made the announcement from a podium set up outside the Tofino Fire Hall on June 26.

“The community of Tofino will replace the existing Barr’s Mountain treated water reservoir with a large reservoir to better meet the fire protection and emergency water storage needs of the community,” he said.

“We all remember the community running out of water in 2006, this larger and more earthquake resistant reservoir will ensure that area businesses and residents will have access to adequate water supplies to meet their current and future needs.”

He suggested Tofino’s water infrastructure was overdue for an upgrade.

“I was delighted to make this announcement because I know this is the most needed infrastructure project for your community,” Duncan said.

“In all of your minds I’m sure it’s long overdue. It would be great if it was in place for this year given our circumstances; low snowpack and little rain, but at least you’ve got something to look forward to.”

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There will be no dancing allowed in Tofino’s Wolf in the Fog restaurant and liquor service will not be able to run past midnight.

The restaurant opened on June 23, 2014, at 150 Fourth Street and its current licence allows for liquor service to run until midnight with no patron participation—meaning no dancing or karaoke.

A public hearing was held during June 23’s regular council meeting, exactly one year after the restaurant opened, to discuss two applications put forward by the Wolf in the Fog that would have allowed the restaurant to serve liquor until 1:30 a.m. and offer patron participation until midnight.

The two applications were separate and council had the option of approving one and not the other but ultimately decided against both.

The Wolf in the Fog’s business manager Andre McGillivray spoke at the hearing and said the restaurant hoped to provide a post-midnight option for Tofino’s locals and visitors.

“We are looking foremost to provide a restaurant option, not a bar, not a pub. We’re not looking to focus on liquor sales as a sole means of its existence,” he said.

“This new amendment would allow us to terminate at midnight for any live music and patron participation and move on to closing doing regular service.”

He said he has been in the food and beverage business for about 28 years and has seen “winddown time” prove to be effective as patrons disperse gradually over a staggered period, “as opposed to one big crowd leaving at the very end of service.”

The district had asked nearby residents and businesses for feedback on the restaurant’s applications and, of the 14 responses they received, all were opposed to the later liquor service and only two supported patron participation being allowed.

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GOLF

FOOTBALL

20 titles in 11 years for Port

Redskins’ trademark must be cancelled, says judge

Alberni golfers Jackie Little and Christina Proteau win provincials

Washington’s National Football League team will appeal

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — For the first time in a legal battle that has stretched over 20 years, a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the Washington Redskins’ trademark registration, ruling that the team name may be disparaging to Native Americans.

The ruling does not bar the team from using the Redskins name if it wishes. The team could even still sue for trademark infringement, but winning such a case could prove more complex without the legal protections that come with a federally registered trademark.

Redskins President Bruce Allen said the team will appeal.

“We are convinced that we will win because the facts and the law are on the side of our franchise that has proudly used the name Redskins for more than 80 years,” Allen said in a statement.

The team’s lawyer, Robert Raskopf, said the team’s trademarks remain intact during the appeal process and that the Redskins “will continue to use their longstanding marks.”

U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee’s ruling upholds an earlier finding by an administrative appeal board and orders the federal Patent and Trademark Office to cancel the registration.

A group of Native American activists first challenged the trademark registration in 1992, and various administrative boards have ruled against the team before. But Wednesday’s order is the first time that a federal judge ruled against the team and found that the name may be disparaging.

The team had sued in federal court in Alexandria seeking to overturn a ruling last year by the Trademark Trial and Appeal

he story for men’s and women’s nights was the heat, and not from sizzling scores!

Maryann McConnell outduelled both Sharanne Gaiga and Geri Shiels for top spot, scoring 40 in A Division. Gaiga won the countback while Lynn Robbins took low gross in the B Division, beating out Marion Dick.

Say goodbye to the divisions, ladies! Next week, each woman will have her own individual handicap, making scoring more fair. Meanwhile Rhonda Holcombe, who left empty-handed this week, still maintained leads on the Ringer Board and the points race.

The best any of the men could muster were a pair of 33s by Barry Ensor and Edy Byrne.

Ensor won the countback. The surprise of the evening belonged to Brian Dayholos, whose three under par net score not only beat out second place Charles Mealey, but vaulted the southpaw past a large number of golfers in the race for the annual points prize. Jason Pley still manages a strangehold lead.

The hidden par holes and deuce pots for ladies’ and men’s night were not won, promising handsome potential payouts next week, particularly for the men.

Soon after reporting Jackie Little’s provincial senior women’s championship win, Port’s very own Christina Proteau took the Provincial Ladies Mid-Am championship in a dramatic finish for the fifth time.

For those numerically challenged, let me provide clarity to their accomplishments. For Proteau, when including her three Provincial Amateurs, she’s won eight provincial tournaments in our time here in Port. With Jackie’s 10 championships, that gives these two talented individuals almost 20 provincial titles within 11 years.

One might think our city would take notice of such overwhelming achievements, especially given the positive spin each player gives to our city in the various tournament locations they participate in.

Next week is the British Open and once again it will be challenged on hallowed ground: St. Andrews, Scotland. I hope the reader will indulge as I reminisce of my first visit to the shrine of world golf.

St. Andrews, Scotland is universally acknowledged as the “home of golf.” It’s a university village on Scotland’s eastern shores in County Fife. When I first arrived, it appeared brown and grey in colour, resonating a constant energetic flow about it.

On that teenage visit, I rode captivated in silence, approaching the town ahead. I’d hitchhiked all over the British Isles the previous months, a smell from my boots confirmed the extent of those travels. I’d been given a ride by a lorry driver in a white vehicle with a rear flatbed.

He kindly avoided mentioning the foot odour as he pointed out the sign, which I think read, “Royal Borough of St. Andrews.”

The day began hours earlier in Perth under threatening grey skies, which slowly undressed, revealing a buoyant blue by mid-morning. As the driver pulled to a stop in the main town square, I thanked him. I was immediately drawn to a sign on a sullen corner building, which I recall was named “Golf Place.” I knew this was where I was to be.

My gaze proceeded past the placard toward the sunshine, which appeared to baptize the infamous clubhouse, home of the golf course known as “The Royal and Ancient.”

I vividly remembered the flag posts and masts next to the shrine more than anything. I began walking the short distance with humbled steps next to the busy traffic on the narrow road toward the links. I sensed its seduction. And it was with tremendous disappointment, having travelled so far, to find the “Old Course” closed for that month.

At the time, there were five courses under the direction of

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Patrick Little Rediscovering golf at Hollies the Royal and Ancient. I was welcome to play any of the other four, but not the “Old Course.” I took vengeance out on the “New Course” and while many claim it’s better than its predecessor, the “Old Course” is still the “Old Course,” chiselled by winds of history, romance and possessing a mystic like few other golf links.

I played the course quickly, and afterwards I visited other village places I wanted to see. For instance the grave sites of old and young Tom Morris, as well as Alan Robertson’s – golf’s first professional. I saw the village’s long stone pier protruding into the ocean, appearing as a lonely pathway with a distant end where long-ago golfers departed by boat for hard-fought golf matches against others in North Berwick.

Later that afternoon, after visiting Laurie Auchterlonie’s famous golf shop, I returned to the “Old Course,” where I was permitted to walk. There, near the 11th green, in amongst sand dunes, tall buffalo grass and warm sunshine, I laid down and slept, feeling the heat on my back and soft ocean breezes shifting the surrounding grasses.

It felt similar to the way I’ve seen my wife touch our grandchildren, a feeling too distant and lovely to explain away with words. » Patrick Little is an avid golfer, a lifetime member of the Canadian PGA, and owner of the Hollies Golf Course.

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Board. It argued that the name honours Native Americans and that cancelling the trademark infringes on its free-speech rights because it requires the government to judge whether the name is offensive.

In rejecting the team’s freespeech argument, Lee’s 70-page ruling cited a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month allowing the state of Texas to bar depiction of the Confederate battle flag on specialty license plates sought by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Just as Texas could not be forced to issue license plates depicting a flag considered offensive, Lee said, the Patent and Trademark Office cannot be forced to register a trademark that is deemed disparaging.

Lee said the team’s free speech rights are unaffected because the

team can still use the name.

Joel Barkin, spokesman for the Change the Mascot campaign, also made a comparison to the Confederate flag in reacting to the ruling. He noted how quickly the culture has shifted views in rejecting the Confederate flag and in accepting same-sex marriage, and said the team and the National Football League will find themselves on the wrong side of history if they continue to defend the name.

Team owner “Dan Snyder and the NFL have to face the fact that we have a changing country,” Barkin said. “How long do they want to fight that?”

Amanda Blackhorse, one of the Native Americans who filed the most recent challenge to the team’s name, said in a statement that she is pleased with the ruling.

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SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL

BASEBALL

CFL

West Winnipeg Calgary BC Lions Edmonton Saskatchewan East Toronto Ottawa Hamilton Montreal

West Coast League

MLB - Results and standings W 2 2 1 1 0 W 2 2 1 1

L 1 1 1 1 3 L 1 1 1 2

T 0 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0

Pts 4 4 2 2 0 Pts 4 4 2 2

PF 81 60 51 57 98 PF 88 64 75 70

PA 101 72 59 43 107 PA 76 78 50 56

Week 4 schedule (with odds by Oddsshark) Favourite Line (O/U) Underdog Home team in CAPS Today, 6 p.m.

Hamilton 3(53) MONTREAL Friday, July 17, 4 p.m.

Edmonton 3.5(49) OTTAWA Friday, July 17, 7 p.m.

SASKATCHEWAN 3(51.5) BC Lions Saturday, July 18 CALGARY 9(53) Winnipeg Week 5 Friday, July 24 Calgary at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

Toronto at BC, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 25 Winnipeg at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Sunday, July 26 Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m.

League leaders Teams - Offence Rank Y/Game Rush 1 SSK 508.7 164.3 2 BC 396.5 67.5 3 HAM 387.5 49.5 4 TOR 372.7 93.7 5 CGY 355.7 79.3

Pass 344.3 329.0 338.0 279.0 276.3

Teams - Defence Rank Y/Game Rush 1 OTT 295.3 88.7 2 HAM 303.0 74.5 3 CGY 327.3 79.0 4 MTL 344.0 85.0 5 EDM 352.5 81.0 Passing yards Kevin Glenn, SSK Trevor Harris, TOR Bo Levi Mitchell, CGY Henry Burris, OTT Travis Lulay, BC

Pass 206.7 228.5 248.3 259.0 271.5

868 837 810 731 658

Quarterback rating 1 Trevor Harris, TOR 2 Drew Willy, WPG 3 Kevin Glenn, SSK 4 Rakeem Cato, MTL 5 Travis Lulay, BC 6 Zach Collaros, HAM 7 Bo Levi Mitchell, CGY 8 Henry Burris, OTT

TD 9 3 4 3 4 2 3 4

Int 2 1 3 2 1 1 4 5

121.5 117.6 109.2 109.1 107.2 105.1 84.2 78.9

Rushing Yards Rush Avg Yds 1 Tyrell Sutton, MTL 50 5.56 278 2 Jer. Messam, SSK 31 7.87 244 3 B Whitaker, TOR 28 7.86 220 4 Jon Cornish, CGY 39 4.74 185 5 Anthony Allen, SSK 25 7.36 184 6 Paris Cotton, WPG 32 5.44 174 7 Chevon Walker, OTT 46 3.72 171 8 Andrew Harris, BC 25 4.72 118 9 Ken. Lawrence, EDM 12 6.58 79 10 Henry Burris, OTT 13 5.54 72 Receiving Yards Rec Avg 1 S.J. Green, MTL 15 19.00 2 Ryan Smith, SSK 11 22.82 3 Nick Moore, WPG 19 12.84 4 Chad Owens, TOR 18 11.61 5 Eric Rogers, CGY 13 15.77 6 Weston Dressler, SSK 14 14.57 7 Brad Sinopoli, OTT 18 10.56 8 Jeff Fuller, CGY 13 14.00 9 A Bowman, EDM 11 16.45 10 Chris Williams, OTT 13 13.85

Yds 285 251 244 209 205 204 190 182 181 180

Standings at the All-Star break American League East W L NY Yankees 48 40 Tampa Bay 46 45 Baltimore 44 44 Toronto 45 46 Boston 42 47 Central W L Kansas City 52 34 Minnesota 49 40 Detroit 44 44 Cleveland 42 46 Chicago Sox 41 45 West W L LA Angels 48 40 Houston 49 42 Texas 42 46 Seattle 41 48 Oakland 41 50 National League East W L Washington 48 39 NY Mets 47 42 Atlanta 42 47 Miami 38 51 Philadelphia 29 62 Central W L St. Louis 56 33 Pittsburgh 53 35 Chicago Cubs 47 40 Cincinnati 39 47 Milwaukee 38 52 West W L LA Dodgers 51 39 San Fran 46 43 Arizona 42 45 San Diego 41 49 Colorado 39 49

PCT .545 .505 .500 .495 .472 PCT .605 .551 .500 .477 .477 PCT .545 .538 .477 .461 .451

GB Strk - W1 3.5 W3 4.0 L2 4.5 L1 6.5 L1 GB Strk - W1 4.5 W3 9.0 L3 11.0 L2 11.0 L1 GB Strk - W1 0.5 L6 6.0 L2 7.5 L1 8.5 W2

PCT .552 .528 .472 .427 .319 PCT .629 .602 .540 .453 .422 PCT .567 .517 .483 .456 .443

GB Strk - W2 2.0 W4 7.0 L5 11.0 W2 21.0 L5 GB Strk - L3 2.5 W3 8.0 W1 15.5 L2 18.5 L1 GB Strk - W1 4.5 W3 7.5 L3 10.0 W2 11.0 W4

Yesterday’s results No games scheduled, All-Star game Sunday’s results NY Mets 5, Arizona 3 Miami 8, Cincinnati 1 Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3 Oakland 2, Cleveland 0 NY Yankees 8, Boston 6 Washington 3, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 7, Detroit 1 Kansas City 11, Toronto 10 Chicago Cubs 3, Chicago Sox 1 San Diego 2, Texas 1 San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 2 Colorado 11, Atlanta 3 LA Angels 10, Seattle 3 LA Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5 (10 innings) Regular season resumes Friday, July 17 Kansas City at Chi. Sox, 11:10 a.m.

Volquez (8-4) vs Undecided Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

Undecided vs., Tanaka (5-3) Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

Fernandez (2-0) vs. Morgan (1-2) L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Pitchers undecided Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Pitchers undecided Baltimore at Detroit, 4:08 p.m.

Jimenez (7-4) vs Sanchez (8-7) Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

Bauer (8-5) vs Leake (6-5) Chi. Cubs at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m.

Hendricks (4-4) vs Teheran (6-4) Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.

Liriano (5-6) vs Fiers (4-7) Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Pitchers undecided Kansas City at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m.

Young (7-5) vs undecided N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.

Syndergaard (4-4) vs Lynn (6-5) San Francisco at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.

Undecided vs Ray (3-4) Minnesota at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.

Santana (0-0) vs Undecided Boston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.

Pitchers undecided Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

Pitchers undecided Saturday, July 18 (Early games) Seattle at NY Yankees, 10:05 a.m.

Undecided vs Pineda (9-5) Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m.

Pitchers undecided

East Kelowna Yakima Valley Walla Walla Wenatchee South Bend Medford Corvallis Klamath Falls West Bellingham Victoria Cowlitz Kitsap

W 22 18 16 13 W 27 6 7 3 W 20 17 10 12

L PCT 10 0.688 15 0.545 17 0.485 19 0.406 L PCT 6 0.818 9 0.400 14 0.333 12 0.200 L PCT 10 0.667 16 0.515 14 0.417 21 0.364

GB 4.5 6.5 9 GB 6 10 9.5 GB 4 6 9

Strk L1 L2 L1 W1 Strk W1 L1 L1 L1 Strk L1 W9 L1 W2

Yesterday’s results Cowlitz 3, Bellingham 2 Victoria 5, Medford 1 Kitsap 6, Yakima Valley 4 Corvallis 6, Klamath Falls 2 Wenatchee 6, Kelowna 4 Today’s schedule Bellingham at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.

Kitsap at Medford, 6:35 p.m.

Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.

Bend at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.

Corvallis at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Cowlitz at Klamath Falls, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, July 17 Bellingham at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.

Kitsap at Medford, 6:35 p.m.

Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.

Bend at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.

Corvallis at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Cowlitz at Klamath Falls, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, July 18 Bellingham at Victoria, 1:05 p.m.

Kitsap at Medford, 6:35 p.m.

Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.

Bend at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.

Corvallis at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.

Cowlitz at Klamath Falls, 7:05 p.m.

B.C. Premier League Team North Shore Victoria Eagles Langley Nanaimo Okanagan Whalley North Delta Abbotsford White Rock Coquitlam Victoria Mariners Parksville

W 30 29 28 26 21 20 19 15 16 14 13 9

L 9 12 13 14 17 20 21 24 26 25 26 33

Pct .769 .707 .683 .650 .553 .500 .475 .385 .381 .359 .333 .214

GB 2 3 4.5 8.5 10.5 12 15 15.5 16 17 22.5

Yesterday’s results Okanagan at North Delta, 2 p.m.

North Delta at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m.

Today’s schedule Whalley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, July 17 Coquitlam at Nanaimo, 1 p.m.

Coquitlam at Nanaimo, 3:30 p.m.

Langley at Abbotsford, 7 p.m.

PAN-AM GAMES Toronto, July 10-26

Rank/Country Gold Sil Bro 1 Canada 33 30 20 2 United States 28 28 30 3 Brazil 16 14 25 4 Cuba 16 12 18 5 Colombia 16 7 13 6 Mexico 9 8 21 7 Argentina 7 14 11 8 Chile 4 2 5 9 Venezuela 3 8 2 10 Ecuador 3 7 9 11 Peru 1 2 3 12 Dominican Rep. 1 1 4 13 Guatemala 1 0 1 14 Panama 0 1 0 15 Bahamas 0 0 1 Bermuda 0 0 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 Paraguay 0 0 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1

Tot 83 86 55 46 36 38 32 11 13 19 6 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Yesterday’s Canadian highlights G=Gold S=Silver B=Bronze Gymnastics Artistic Women’s Beam G- Ellie Black, Canada S- Megan Skaggs, United States B- Victoria Woo, Canada Women’s Floor G- Ellie Black, Canada S- Amelia Hundley, United States B- Ana Gomez Porras, Guatemala

Ellie Black of Canada competes on her way to winning a gold medal during the artistic gymnastics floor routine at the Pan Am Games in Toronto on Wednesday.

Ellie Black’s multi-medals Women’s All Around Gold Women’s Beam Gold Women’s Floor Gold Women’s Team Silver Women’s Vault Bronze

[THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Canada still surging at Pan Am Games THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — It took just five days of competition at the 2015 Pan American Games for Canada to eclipse its gold-medal total from four years ago. Canadian athletes won six more gold medals in Wednesday’s morning and afternoon events, giving the host nation 31 overall.

Canada won 30 gold medals total over 16 days at the 2011 Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Halifax gymnast Ellie Black and Canada’s rowing team contributed multiple gold medals Wednesday, while Calgary shooter Lynda Kiejko won her second gold of the Games.

Black won gold in the women’s balance-beam competition and the floor exercise, giving her five medals in five events. Black nailed her balance-beam routine with a score of 15.050 at the highest difficulty level. After her floor exercise routine that got her a score of 14.400, she blew kisses to the crowd at Ricoh Coliseum as fans roared and waved Canadian flags.

Earlier in the Games, the 19-year-old won gold in the all-around, bronze in the vault and helped Canada earn silver in the team event.

“This was more than I expected, this has been incredible,” Black said. “The support here has been amazing. I was so proud of our team coming in silver, and individually in my finals I was not expecting half of this. So thank you to everyone.”

Kevin Lytwyn of Stoney Creek, Ont., won silver in the men’s horizontal bar with a score of 15.475 and Victoria Woo of Brossard, Que., won bronze on the women’s balance beam at 13.650.

Canada earned a medal in four of five races, including three gold, on the final day of rowing competition at the Royal Canadian Henley course in St. Catharines, Ont. The men’s lightweight coxless fours, the men’s eight and the women’s quadruple sculls all topped the podium, while Rob Gibson of Kingston, Ont., added a silver in men’s single sculls.

Gymnastics Artistic Men’s Horizontal Bar G- Jossimar Calvo Moreno, Colombia S- Kevin Lytwyn, Canada B- Paul Ruggeri, United States Gymnastics Artistic Medals Country G S B United States 5 6 4 2 Canada 3 2 2 3 Colombia 3 0 2

Tot 1 15 7 5

Rowing Men’s Eight G- Canada S- Argentina B- United States Men’s Lightweight Coxless Four G- Canada S- United States B- Chile Men’s Single Sculls G- Angel Fournier, Cuba S- Rob Gibson, Canada B- Brian Rosso, Argentina Rowing Women’s Quadruple Sculls G- Canada S- United States B- Argentina Shooting Women’s 25m Pistol G- Lynda Kiejko, Canada S- Sandra Uptagrafft, United States B- Mariana Nava, Mexico Lynda Kiejko’s multi-medals Women’s 10m Air Pistol Gold Women’s 25m Pistol Gold Swimming Men’s 200m Breaststroke G- Thiago Simon, Brazil S- Richard Funk, Canada B- Thiago Pereira, Brazil Women’s 200m Backstroke G- Hilary Caldwell, Canada S- Dominique Bouchard, Canada B- Clara Smiddy, United States Women’s 200m Breaststroke G- Kierra Smith, Canada S- Martha Mccabe, Canada B- Annie Lazor, United States Women’s 200m Freestyle G- Allison Schmitt, United States S- Emily Overholt, Canada B- Manuella Lyrio, Brazil Weightlifting Men’s +105 kg G- Fernando Reis, Brazil S- George Kobaladze, Canada B- Fernando Salas Manguis, Ecuador

SOCCER

LACROSSE

TENNIS

GOLF

CONCACAF Gold Cup 2015

BC Junior A Lacrosse League

Davis Cup Quarterfinals

x-Advance to knockout stage y-eliminated Group A W D L GF GA Pts 1 x-USA 2 1 0 4 2 7 2 x-Haiti 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 x-Panama 0 3 0 3 3 3 4 y-Honduras 0 1 1 2 3 1

Playoffs Series are best-of-5 *=if necessary

Upcoming tournaments Tour money leaders

Group B W 1 x-Jamaica 2 2 x-Costa Rica 0 3 y-El Salvador 0 4 y-Canada 0

D 1 3 2 2

L 0 0 1 1

GF GA Pts 4 2 7 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 1 2

Saturday, July 18 Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m.

Delta leads series 2-0

Group C W 1 x-Trinidad 2 2 x-Mexico 1 3 x-Cuba 1 4 y-Guatemala 0

D 1 2 0 1

L 0 0 2 2

GF GA Pts 9 5 7 10 4 5 1 8 3 1 3 1

Yesterday’s results (Final group games) At Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba 1, Guatemala 0 Mexico 4, Trinidad 4

Yesterday’s result (Game 3) Coquitlam 11, New Westminster 8 (OT) Coquitlam sweeps series 3-0

Western Lacrosse Assn WLA Senior A Standings GP Victoria 15 New Westminster 12 Langley 14 Burnaby 12 Coquitlam 12 Maple Ridge 13 Nanaimo 12

W 12 7 7 6 6 6 2

L 3 5 7 6 6 7 11

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 24 14 14 12 12 12 4

Yesterday’s result New Westminster 8, Langley 7

Quarterfinals Saturday, July 18 at Baltimore, Maryland United States vs Cuba, 2 p.m.

Haiti vs. Jamaica, 5 p.m.

Today’s schedule Coquitlam vs. N Westminster, 7:45 p.m.

Friday, July 17 Nanaimo vs. Burnaby, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, July 19 at East Rutherford, New Jersey Trinidad vs. Panama, 1:30 p.m.

Mexico vs. Costa Rica, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 18 Burnaby vs. Coquitlam, 7:00 p.m.

Eastern League Club PTS GP W DC United 35 21 10 Columbus 27 20 7 NY Red Bulls 26 18 7 Toronto 24 17 7 Orlando 24 19 6 N. England 24 21 6 Philadelphia 22 20 6 Montreal 21 16 6 NY City FC 21 19 5 Chicago 19 17 5 Western League Club PTS GP W Seattle 32 20 10 Vancouver 32 20 10 Dallas 32 19 9 Portland 31 20 9 Los Angeles 31 21 8 Sporting KC 30 17 8 San Jose 25 18 7 Houston 24 19 6 Salt Lake 23 20 5 Colorado 21 19 4 Yesterday’s schedule Columbus 1, Chicago 0

L 6 7 6 7 7 9 10 7 8 10

T 5 6 5 3 6 6 4 3 6 3

GF GA 23 18 28 29 27 23 26 27 23 24 26 33 25 32 23 25 24 27 19 25

L 8 8 5 7 6 3 7 7 7 6

T 2 2 5 4 7 6 4 6 8 9

GF GA 25 19 23 20 26 23 22 23 31 23 26 17 19 19 24 24 19 26 17 19

Friday, July 17 San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 18 Philadelphia at Toronto, 1 p.m.

NY City FC at New England, 4:30 p.m.

NY Red Bulls at Orlando, 4:30 p.m.

Montreal at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m.

DC United at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Houston at Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Pacific Coast Soccer League WDL 11 2 3 8 61 9 23 7 35 5 74 6 26 2 67 3 19 0 3 13

GF GA Pts 41 19 35 33 17 30 23 14 29 32 23 24 31 24 22 23 25 20 16 23 11 23 40 10 16 53 3

Tuesday, July 14 Abbotsford 0, Van Tbirds 0 Saturday, July 18 Mid Isle 1, Abbotsford 0 (forfeit) Tim Hortons at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Sunday, July 19 Victoria at Mid Isle, 2 p.m.

Kamloops at Tim Hortons, 3 p.m.

AUTO RACING This week’s race

NASCAR Camping World RV Sales 301 (New Hampshire 301) Sunday, July 19, 10:45 a.m.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire 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 —

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

Next week’s race

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 19 Roberto Merhi, Spain, Marussia, 0 20 Will Stevens, Gt Britain, Marussia, 0 Constructor standings Team Points 1 Mercedes 285 1 Mercedes 328 2 Ferrari 192 3 Williams 129 4 Red Bull 55 5 Force India 31

Belgian team Captain: Johan Van Herck David Goffin, 24, World ranking:14 Steve Darcis, 31, Ranking: 76 Ruben Bemelmans, 27, Ranking: 95 Kimmer Coppejans, 21, Ranking: 102

ATP

Points Corey Small Rhys Duch Cory Conway Jesse King Pat. Saunders

Victoria Victoria Victoria Victoria Langley

63 62 58 54 54

Goals Jesse King Rhys Duch Ben McIntosh Corey Small Pat. Saunders

Victoria Victoria Maple Ridge Victoria Langley

27 27 24 24 24

Assists Cory Conway Corey Small Dan Taylor Rhys Duch Logan Schuss

Victoria Victoria Maple Ridge Victoria New Westminster

46 39 35 35 30

Goals Against Avg Alexis Buque New Westminster 7.47 Cody Hagedorn Victoria 7.61 Tye Belanger Burnaby 7.66 Dan Lewis Coquitlam 8.26 Frank Scigliano Maple Ridge 8.69 Save Percentage Alexis Buque New Westminster Dan Lewis Coquitlam Tye Belanger Burnaby Eric Penney New Westminster F Scigliano Maple Ridge

Argentina vs. Serbia at Bueos Aires Australia vs Kazakhstan at Darwin Great Britain vs. France at The Queen’s Club, London.

Belgium vs. Canada (Last Davis Cup match 1913. Canada won 4-0) Sportpark Krokodiel, Middelkerke (Ostend), Belgium.

Surface: Clay (red clay) Outdoor Matches begin Friday, July 17, 4 a.m.

Saturday, July 18, 6 a.m.

Sunday, July 19, 4 a.m.

Canadian team Captain: Martin Laurendeau Frank Dancevic, 29, Niagara Falls, Ont. World ranking: 272 Filip Peliwo, 19, Vancouver. World ranking: 491 Daniel Nestor, 42, Toronto. World ranking (doubles): 24 Adil Shamasdin, 33, Pickering, Ont., Canada. World ranking (doubles): 65

Current tournaments

League leaders

MLS

Vancouver Utd Victoria Mid Isle Khalsa Van Tbirds Kamloops Abbotsford Tim Hortons FC Tigers

Friday, July 17-Sunday, July 19

0.835 0.828 0.813 0.812 0.804

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 11: Lannemezan to Plateau de Beille, 195km, ascending over three peaks with a summit finish.

Yesterday’s ride: Stage 11 - Pau to Cauterets-Vallee de Saint-Savin, 188km, high point of the Pyrenees, short climb to Cauterets.

Yesterday’s results 1 Rafal Majka, Poland, Tinkoff-Saxo, 5 hours, 2 minutes, 1 second 2 Daniel Martin, Ireland, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 5:3:01 3 Emanuel Buchmann, Germany, BoraArgon 18, 5:3:24 4 Serge Pauwels, Belgium, MTNQhubecka, 5:4:09 5 Thomas Voeckler, France, Team Europcar, 5:5:35 6 Julien Simon, France, Cofidis, Solutions Credits, 5:5:35 7 Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, 5:7:12 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte, Spain, Movistar Team, 5:7:20 9 Christopher Froome, England, Team Sky, 5:7:22 10 Alberto Contador, Spain, TinkoffSaxo, 5:7:22 11 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, Colombia, Movistar Team, 5:7:22 12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez, Spain, BMC Racing Team, 5:7:22 13 Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing Team, 5:7:22 14 Geraint Thomas, Scotland, Team Sky, 5:7:22 15 Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 5:7:22 16 Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 5:7:22 17 Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto Soudal, 5:7:22 18 Mathias Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cyling, 5:7:22 19 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas, Spain, Movistar Team, 5:7:44 20 Andrew Talansky, United States, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 5:7:54 21 Warren Barguil, France, Team Giant Alpecin, 5:7:54 22 Tanel Kangert, Estonia, Astana Pro Team, 5:8:12 23 Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana Pro Team, 5:8:12 24 Steve Morabito, Switzerland, FDJ. fr, 5:8:12 25 Laurens Ten Dam, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 5:9:14 Canadian results 68 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 5:23:45 138 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEDGE, 5:33:22 Overall standings after Stage 11 1 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 41h03min 31sec 2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at 2:52 3 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 3:09 4 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 3:59 5 Geraint Thomas (WAL/SKY) 4:03 6 Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 4:04 7 Tony Gallopin (FRA/LOT) 4:33 8 Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 4:35 9 Warren Barguil (FRA/GIA) 6:44 10 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 7:05 11 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 7:47 12 Mathias Frank (SUI/IAM) 9:26 13 Samuel Sanchez (ESP/BMC) 10:27 14 Pierre Rolland (FRA/EUC) 13:57 15 Andrew Talansky (USA/CAN) 16:33 16 Daniel Martin (IRL/CAN) 16:38 17 Rigoberto Uran (COL/ETI) 17:55 18 Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 19:14 19 Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 20:42 20 Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 22:07 21 Roman Kreuziger (CZE/TIN) 23:04 22 Alexis Vuillermoz (FRA/ALM) 23:36 23 Michael Rogers (AUS/TIN) 24:33 Canadian standings 74 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 1h01:51 174 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEDGE, 1h53:48 1h27:48

Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, July 13-19 Newport, Rhode Island.

Surface: Outdoor, grass. Purse: $549,230 Singles - Round 2 Ivo Karlovic (2), Croatia, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Jack Sock (4), United States, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Adrian Mannarino (5), France, def.

Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Tatsuma Ito, Japan, def. Steve Johnson (7), United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def.

Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (6), 7-6 (7).

John-Patrick Smith, Australia, def. Jared Donaldson, United States, 6-3, 6-1.

Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 6-4, 6-3.

Round 1 Adrian Mannarino (5), France, def.

Tommy Haas, Germany, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-4.

Doubles - Quarterfinals Jonathan Marray, Britain, and AisamUl-Haq Qureshi (3), Pakistan, def.

Aliaksandr Bury, Belarus, and Andreas Siljestrom, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4.

Fabrice Martin, France, and Purav Raja, India, def. Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, and Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).

Round 1 Austin Krajicek, United States, and Rajeev Ram (2), United States, def.

Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras, Spain, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 10-6.

Johan Brunstrom, Sweden, and Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, and Chris Guccione, Australia, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4).

WTA Bucharest Open, July 13-19 Bucharest, Romania Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Round 2 Sara Errani (1), Italy, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, 6-0, 6-2.

Round 1 Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-2, 6-1.

Julia Goerges (4), Germany, def. Darya Kasatkina, Russia, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Alexandra Dulgheru (5), Romania, def.

Zhang Shuai, China, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, 6-2, 6-2.

Teliana Pereira, Brazil, def. Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6).

Doubles - Round 1 Raluca Olaru, Romania, and Anna Tatishvili (3), United States, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, and Katarzyna Piter, Poland, 6-3, 6-4.

Oksana Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Demi Schuurs (4), Netherlands, def.

Florencia Molinero, Argentina, and Valeria Solovyeva, Russia, 6-3, 7-5.

Nastja Kolar, Slovenia, and Mertens Elise, Belgium, def. Cristina Dinu, Romania, and Camelia Hristea, Romania, 6-3, 6-2.

Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, and Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, def. Diana Buzean, Romania, and Chantal Skamlova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1.

Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, and Eva Hrdinova, Czech Republic, def. Irina Maria Bara, Romania, and Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-2.

Collector Swedish Open, July 13-19 Bastad, Sweden Surface: Clay. Purse: $226,750 Singles - Round 2 Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, def. Samantha Stosur (2), Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-0.

Mona Barthel (4), Germany, def.

Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, 6-0, 6-0.

Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Round 1 Serena Williams (1), United States, def.

Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium, 6-2, 6-1.

Johanna Larsson (7), Sweden, def.

Richel Hogenkamp, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles - Round 1 Barbora Strycova, and Renata Voracova (2), Czech Republic, def. Nicole Melichar, United States, and Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, 3-6, 6-2, 10-4.

Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, and Katerina Siniakova (3), Czech Republic, def. Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium, and Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, 6-3, 5-7, 10-6.

Tatjana Maria, Germany, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, def. Cornelia Lister, Sweden, and Malin Ulvefeldt, Sweden, 6-3, 6-1.

Janette Husarova, Slovakia, and Paula Kania, Poland, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, and Alize Lim, France, 6-3, 7-5.

The Open Championship, July 16-19 aka British Open. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, the Old Court. Par 72, 6721 yards. Purse: $9,200,000.

The first Open Championship was won

by Willie Park, Sr., at the Prestwick Golf Club, Scotland. Here are some more recent winners.

2014 Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 2013 Phil Mickelson, USA 2012 Ernie Els, South Africa 2011 Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland 2010 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa 2009 Stewart Cink (playoff), USA 2008 Padraig Harrington, Ireland 2007 Padraig Harrington (playoff), Ireland 2006 Tiger Woods, USA 2005 Tiger Woods, USA Tee times - Round 2 The British Open began today. Here are the tee times for the second round, starting late tonight.Candian entries Graham DeLaet and David Hearn in boldface.

Tonight Friday morning 10:32 p.m. - Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem, Jaco Van Zyl 10:43 p.m. - Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky, Jonas Blixt 10:54 p.m. - Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann, Danny Lee 11:05 p.m. - Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal, Cameron Tringale 11:16 p.m. - Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata, Ben Martin 11:27 p.m. - George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri, Rafael Cabrera-Bello 11:38 p.m. - Padraig Harrington, Liang, Wen-Chong, Marc Warren 11:49 p.m. - John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jason Dufner Midnight - Zach Johnson, Bernd Weisberger, Tommy Fleetwood Friday morning 12:11 a.m. - Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland 12:22 a.m. - Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari, Bill Haas 12:33 a.m. - Mark O’Meara, Russell Henley, Gunn Yang (a) 12:44 a.m. - Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard 1:00 a.m. - Stephen Gallacher. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryan Moore 1:11 a.m. - Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker 1:22 a.m. - Jamie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda, Keegan Bradley 1:33 a.m. - Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson 1:44 a.m. - Nick Faldo, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler 1:55 a.m. - Jim Furyk, Paul Casey, Brendan Grace 2:06 a.m. - Harris English, Ashley Chesters (a), Andy Sullivan 2:17 a.m. - Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman, Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2:28 a.m. - Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison, Romain Wattel 2:39 a.m. - Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger, Mark Young 2:50 a.m. - Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis, Ben Taylor (a) 3:01 a.m. - Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange, Allister Balcombe (a) 3:12 a.m. - Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie, Rikard Karlberg 3:33 a.m. - Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling 3:44 a.m. - Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne (a), James Hahn 3:55 a.m. - Graham DeLaet, Brian Harman, Russell Knox 4:06 a.m. - Matt Every, Alexander Levy, David Lingmerth 4:17 a.m. - Joost Luiten, Matt Jones, Robert Streb 4:28 a.m. - Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An, Jordan Niebrugge (a) 4:39 a.m. - Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na 4:50 a.m. - Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry, Kevin Streelman 5:01 a.m. - Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald, Hunter Mahan 5:12 a.m. - Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuisson, Billy Horschel 5:23 a.m. - Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Oliver Schniederjans (a) 5:34 a.m. - Ernie Els, Tom Watson, Brandt Snedeker 5:45 a.m. - J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd, Shinji Tomimura 6:01 a.m. - Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson 6:12 a.m. - Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Patrick Reed 6:23 a.m. - Darren Clarke, Mateo Manassero, Romain Langasque (a) 6:34 a.m. - Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth 6:45 a.m. - Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner 6:56 a.m. - Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Day 7:07 a.m. - John Senden, Tadahiro Takayama, Brooks Koepka 7:18 a.m. - David Duval, Stewart Cink, Ben Curtis 7:29 a.m. - Mikko Ilonen, David Howell, Greg Chalmers 7:40 a.m. - David Hearn, Raphael Jacquelin, Eddie Pepperell 7:51 a.m. - Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Arnold, Paul Kinnear (a) 8:02 a.m. - Adam Bland, Gary Boyd, Daniel Brooks 8:13 a.m. - Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore, Ryan Fox

Other tournaments PGA Barbasol Championship (inaugural), July 16-19 Robert Trent Jones at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama. Par 72, 7,139 yards.

Purse: $3,500,000

Canada (MacKenzie Tour) Staal Foundation Open, July 16-19 Whitewater Golf Club, Thunder Bay, Ont. Par 72, 7,293 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Wes Homan

LPGA Marathon Classic, July 16-19 Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio. Par 71, 6,428 yards. Purse: $1,500,000. 2014 champion: Lydia Ko

Champions Tour

World rankings ATP Player 1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2 Roger Federer (SUI) 3 Andy Murray (GBR) 4 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 5 Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6 Tomáš Berdych (CZE) 7 David Ferrer (ESP) 8 Milos Raonic, Toronto 9 Marin Čilić (CRO) 10 Rafael Nadal (ESP) 11 Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 13 Gilles Simon (FRA) 14 Kevin Anderson (RSA) 15 David Goffin (BEL) 16 Feliciano López (ESP) 17 John Isner (USA) 18 Gaël Monfils (FRA) 19 Tommy Robredo (ESP) 20 Richard Gasquet (FRA) 56 Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C.

Major

Points 13845 9665 7450 5790 5660 5050 4490 4440 3540 3135 2600 2565 2435 2090 2010 1935 1890 1885 1710 1610 870

No tournament this week. Next: The Senior Open Championship, July 23-26 Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire, England. Par 70, 6,627 yards. Purse: $2,100,000. 2014 champion: Bernhard Langer

Web.com Tour Stonebrae Classic, July 16-19 TPC Stonebrae, Hayward, California. Par 72, 7,200 yards. Purse: $600,000. 2014 champion: Tony Finau

European Tour No tournament this week, see The Open. Next: Omega European Masters, July 23-26 Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland. Par 70, 6,848 yards. Purse: €2,300,000. 2014 champion: David Lipsky

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Bursary winners From left, Alberni Valley Minor Softball president Cal Davies, treasurer Ida Oberg, with U19 team members: No. 8 Chelsey Burgess, No. 14 Chelsey Charlesworth, No. 6 Shellsea Steed and umpire Michael Charlesworth. All four recipients played minor softball for many years and all have umpired in the association. Chelsey Burgess will be attending the University of Victoria in the fall; Chelsey Charlesworth and Shellsea Steed will be attending the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary where they will play for the SAIT Trojans women’s fasptich team in the Western Collegiate League. Michael Charlesworth will be attending North Island College.

Relay runners From left, Dara DiRocco, Chelsey Charlesworth, Stephanie Lavine, Mackenzie Berry.

The Softball B.C. Championships hosted a skills and drills event where four of the Alberni Valley Blazers ran the four person base relay in 52.17 seconds. (1.23 seconds faster than any other team) [SUBMITTED PHOTOS]

The Alberni wrestling summer crew are running a couple of bottle drives in the weeks ahead, starting this week.

They need helpers, drivers and donations of bottles and cans. Alumnus Daley Forbes is coordinating this week’s drive.

“We will be having a bottle drive this Thursday and Friday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday morning for sorting,” Forbes noted in an email.

The base camp for Thursday and Friday will be at Daley’s house (5724 Beaver Creek Road). Sat-

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The Nanaimo Timbermen lost for the 11th straight game on Tuesday night after a 13-10 loss to the Victoria Shamrocks at Frank Crane Arena.

The Shamrocks, Western Lacrosse Association defending champions and No.1 team in the league, outshot the Timbermen 51-34 as things continue to look bleak for the hosts.

The visitors also raced into a five-goal lead without reply just over six minutes into the first period before the first Timbermen goal scored

by Eli McLaughlin.

McLaughlin ended up with three goals and an assist while Randy Jones had two goals and an assist.

Cody Bremner had a goal and two assists, while Conrad Chapman had a goal and an assist as did Cayle Ratcliff.

“Early we struggled,” said head coach Kaleb Toth. “They got to open areas but then after the timeout we composed ourselves and fought back and we did a real good job of doing that.

“That’s a great team over there, they have a lot of talented players. When you bring in 15 imports, you’re bound to have a good team. There was a couple things I thought we could’ve done better

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ur morning bottles will be taken to the old bottle depot at 9 a.m. Bags and holders will be provided but volunteers need to bring their own gloves and water.

Anyone interested in helping can call Forbes at 250-735-4048. Bottles can also be dropped off at her address.

After this week the Alberni Valley Wrestling Club will run another bottle drive August 4 and 5.

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but overall, I was pleased with the game.”

Toth admits the fivegoal start for the Shamrocks was key but says he will look back with pride on the way his team has performed against “the best team in the league this year” once the season is over. The Timbermen’s only two wins have come

against the Shamrocks on the opening weekend.

“We’ve had success against them because obviously we want to be there. We want to be a top team in this league and to get to the top, you’ve got to beat the guys at the top. It’s been unfortunate the 11-game losing streak now and it’s something that this team just needs to figure out how to do and that’s win.

“We’ve been in tight games, games we should’ve won that we somehow managed to lose and a lot of it has to do with the guys’ confidence and learning how to win.”

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Province firmly in the black with surplus of $1.6 billion DIRK MEISSNER THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s finance minister says a higher-than-expected budget surplus leaves room for modest family initiatives but he’s wary of escalating forest-fire costs and signs of economic downturns in Canada and internationally.

The province’s budget surplus hit $1.68 billion, significantly higher than the

original forecast of $184 million, Mike de Jong said Wednesday.

He announced the $1.5-billion surplus increase for the 2014-2015 budget as he released the government’s public accounts numbers for the fiscal year that ended in March.

“We are firmly back in the black,” de Jong said. “What does that mean? What does it mean for families? What does it

mean for the province? It has meant in a limited, modest way that we are able to begin to provide some additional supports to families.”

He said recent government programs involving early childhood development tax credits and education and skills-training grants are related to the increased surplus.

New Democrat finance critic Carole

James said much of the surplus has resulted from taxes and fees.

“It’s come from hard-working British Columbians who aren’t getting anything back from this government,” she said, citing higher rates for hydro, medical services premiums and public auto insurance.

De Jong said the larger surplus is due to $1.3 billion more in revenues than were estimated in the February 2014 budget.

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23/10

TOMORROW

Mainly sunny with cloudy periods in the afternoon. High 23, Low 10. Humidex 24.

VANCOUVER ISLAND Port Hardy 18/12/pc

Pemberton 25/10/pc Whistler 20/8/pc

Campbell River Powell River 23/12/s 21/12/s

Squamish 22/11/pc

Courtenay 21/14/s Port Alberni 23/10/pc Tofino 19/12/s

Ucluelet 19/12/s

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Sports

CONNECT A Parent Program meets on Thursday evenings, from 6 to 7 p.m. Info: 250-724-0125.

Drop-in Badminton on Mondays and Thursday, Alberni Athletic Hall, 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. Info: 250723-8990 (Marg).

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

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

Horseshoe Club on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250724-4770 or 250-723-6050.

Line dancing with Linda Ross, third Thursday of each month at Charâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Landing, from 7 to 9 p.m. Info: lindarossmusic@yahoo.ca.

June 24 - September 7, 2015 Schedules are subject to change without notice.

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Child and youth

Historically speaking

Army Cadets, ages 12 to 18, meet Thursdays at Cherry Creek Hall from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Info: 778-421-0552.

Join the Sea Cadets, ages 12 to 18.

They meet Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. at 4210 Cedarwood St. E-mail: 109sea@cadets.gc.ca or call 250-730-0944.

Youth Clinic services are available at ADSS (around the left front corner) on Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m.

Info: 250-731-1315 or the Youth Clinic cell at 250-720-9591.

Kris Patterson presented the launch of his This Was Then, Volume 3 book last Thursday at Echo Centre.

Support and help

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

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

First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250723-2056 or 250-724-2196.

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

KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficulties, please call 250-723-2040.

Service groups Alberni Valley Legion Branch No. 293 meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. for its general meeting at 4680 Victoria Quay. No meetings in July or August.

Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Addictions Come and join Port Alberni Friendship Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relapse prevention group every Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Coffee and snacks included.

Al-Anon and Al-Ateen Support Groups, for family and friends of problem drinkers, on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at

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Ambrose wants feds in pharma alliance British Columbia, Ontario open to allowing federal officials into talks of cutting prescription drug costs KRISTY KIRKUP THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Health Minister Rona Ambrose has penned a sharply-worded letter calling for the provinces and territories to co-operate with the feds to help slash the cost of prescription drugs.

In a note sent to provincial and territorial health ministers and obtained by The Canadian Press, Ambrose says the federal government has “repeatedly expressed interest” in participating in the Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance. The minister’s message is designed to apply pressure ahead of the Council of the Federation meeting of premiers set to begin today in St. John’s.

“In the lead-up to the Council of the Federation meetings ...

I urge you to please encourage your premier to accept the federal government’s request to join this very successful initiative,” Ambrose said.

The Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance was formed by the provinces and territories in 2010 to co-ordinate bulk buying and reduce costs for publicly funded drug programs.

Ambrose said this system been effective, but Canadians continue to pay some of the “highest costs for prescription drugs in

Canadian health minister Roba Ambrose is calling for provincial governments to co-operate with federal officials to help slash the cost of prescription drugs. [FILE PHOTO]

the world.”

“In fact, I believe that when it comes to the cost of prescription drugs, Canadians are being ripped off,” she said.

Ambrose said there would be benefits to bringing the federal government’s “buying leverage and expertise” to the bargaining table. The federal government is

one of the biggest buyers of prescription drugs in Canada, as it helps supply medications to the prison population, soldiers and veterans and First Nations.

But the proper government role in prescription-drug programs has often been a source of friction between Ottawa and the provinces.

Provincial health ministers have been applying their own form of pressure on Ottawa to unveil a national pharmacare program.

Ontario Minister of Health Eric Hoskins, a family doctor, held a roundtable on the issue last month with provincial and territorial ministers, along with

academics and other pharmacare experts. The federal government did not accept an invitation to attend.

“I think we have an opportunity given that this is an election year federally, to put and keep this issue on the agenda,” Hoskins said at the time.

All countries with universal health insurance systems also provide universal coverage of prescription drugs, with the exception of Canada.

A recent study conducted by UBC researchers published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found public drug coverage would reduce total spending on prescription drugs in Canada by $7.3 billion or 32 per cent. Steve Morgan, one of the study’s authors and a professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health, said it is not enough for the federal government to join the existing pharmaceutical alliance.

“The real problem with our system in Canada is that the public programs aren’t extensive enough,” Morgan said in a phone interview. “I don’t mean that every drug needs to be covered by every public program but every Canadian needs to have coverage for essential medicines.”

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VICTORIA — Fines and penalties currently in place for people who spark wildfires in British Columbia are coming under review as the provincial government looks for ways to cut down the number of fires it has to fight. Forests Minister Steve Thomson said Tuesday that humans have caused 375 of the 1,086 wildfires that have been reported since April 1 and those flames have burned 440 square kilometres.

Not only have they tied up resources that could have been used to fight lightning-caused wildfires, but members of the public have asked him whether the current punishments in place are working, he said.

Thomson has asked his parliamentary secretary Mike Morris, who also represents Prince George-Mackenzie in the legislature, to review the sanctions and bring forward any other ideas that may deter people from “irresponsible behaviour.”

“There are some who suggest that you can’t legislate against stupidity, but if exploring the idea of increasing fines or acting on ideas that mean more people will get the message, I think we should be prepared to have a look at it,” he said.

Morris said he’ll consider banning people who break fire prohibitions from provincial parks, and he questioned whether individuals who flick lit cigarette butts out of car windows could have their vehicles impounded.

No timeline for the review has been set, but Morris said he’d like to get to work as quickly as possible, and some of the ideas may require legislative changes.

“This is an extremely difficult fire season for us and I think it’s important that we do everything possible to stop human-caused fires. They are stoppable,” he said. “We need to send a clear message that we take this issue very seriously and that human-caused wildfires are unacceptable.”

Current laws allow officials to fine people $115 for failing to report a fire, $173 for dropping, releasing, mishandling or failing to extinguish a burning substance and $345 for breaking campfire restrictions, said Thomson. When asked if the government would consider a smoking ban in the wilderness, Thomson said, “I don’t think I’m limiting him (Morris) in ... what suggestions he might bring forward.”

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This “Bronze-Age” beauty delivered overstated 1950s elegance and enough beast to satisfy power-hungry buyers

By MALCOLM GUNN W W W. W H E E L B A S E M E D I A . C O M

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emember Plymouth?

More than five decades ago, this basic-transportation Chrysler division needed some Fury behind it. By 1958, it was there . . . all 18 feet of fins and chrome.

Before 1956, Plymouth was the poor cousin in a lineup that consisted of high-end Chryslers and DeSotos as well as the more popular-priced Dodge coupes, sedans and station wagons.

Plymouths were relegated to price-leader status, a way for the average breadwinner to buy a new car – usually in bare-bones format – without breaking the bank. Since the first Plymouth rolled off the assembly line in 1928, the division had enjoyed a proud and carefully nurtured reputation of producing one of the least-expensive full-size automobiles on the road.

However, by the 1950s, buyers began looking for more than just four wheels and an engine to get them around. They wanted style, colour and lots of around-town and cross-country zip – features that most manufacturers were more than happy to provide.

Chrysler itself was on the vanguard of this movement with the arrival of its “Hemi”-powered C-300 hardtop in 1955. That car was not only a terror on the street as it was also tearing up the track on the NASCAR circuits throughout the southern United States.

Although Plymouths could be ordered with somewhat less potent V8 engines in 1955, the brand’s conservative image was a definite impediment to sales.

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The following year would prove to be pivotal for Plymouth. Along with showing off its new “Flight Sweep” look (in reality nothing more than a pair of sharply edged fins molded onto the rear fenders), what really caught the public’s eye was the arrival of a new mid-season model. The flashy 1956 Fury was unlike any other Plymouth produced, and certainly a far cry from its roster of plain-Jane Plazas, Savoys and Belvederes.

The Fury was only available as a two-door hardtop and in just a single eggshell-white paint scheme. Along the car’s broad flanks was a strip of gold-coloured anodized-aluminum trim extending from behind the front headlights and ending just shy of the rear signal marker. With its wide-band whitewall tires and optional wire wheels, the Fury was built to be noticed.

Also noticed was the under-thehood punch. Nestled between its broad flanks was a 303-cubic-inch “Hy-Fire” V8 that was capable of 240 horsepower, which was 40 more than the next-strongest Plymouth engine.

The Hy-Fire-equipped Fury gave Plymouth the kind of performance it had craved for years.

The car was capable of zero-to60-mph (96 km-h) times of about 10 seconds, and it could reach a velocity of 110 mph (175 km-h) riding on its skinny bias-ply

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Chrysler stylist Virgil Exner was famous for the late-’50s Fury and its beautiful swept fins.

tires. In fact, a specially modified Fury hit a top speed of 145 mph (232 km-h) on the sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., shattering two records in the process.

As successful as the limited-production Fury was (only 4,485 were sold in 1956), the entire Chrysler Corporation lineup was in the sales doldrums. A completely new look developed by head stylist Virgil Exner had been in the works for 1958, but the decision was made to move the launch forward by a year.

Plymouth for 1957 featured the same type of dramatic sheetmetal developed for all Chrysler products, punctuated by acres of chrome and metal, as well as skyhigh tailfins.

Plymouth’s advertising slogan, “Suddenly it’s 1960,” perfectly captured the essence of the new

design. The 1957 version of the Fury returned, bearing the same exterior white paint with gold trim, but it packed an even more potent powerplant. In place of the previous 303-cube V8 was an all-new 290-horsepower 318-cubicinch unit, called the V-800, that featured two four-barrel carburetors.

More than 7,400 Furys were sold in 1957, which was a reasonable number considering that the car’s nearly-$3,000 price tag was at least $1,000 above a base Plaza sedan.

Fury followers were treated to greater performance in 1958.

Displacement of the new “Golden Commando” V8 reached 350 cubic inches, while horsepower reached 305. That year, a few Furys received mechanical fuel injection, but problems with these 315-horsepower versions significantly limited production.

Other than the adoption of quad headlights and other minor tweaks, the ’58 Fury was nearly indistinguishable from its 1957 counterpart.

All good things eventually come to an end, and so it was with the Plymouth Fury. In 1959, the car ceased to be a single model and, instead, became an entire line of two- and four-door hardtops along with a convertible that was available in various colours.

A new Sport Fury, complete with a 305-horsepower 361 cubicinch V8 and fake spare tire bulge on the trunk lid, took centre stage.

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Future horsepower-laden Plymouths would become the toast of NASCAR, NHRA drag racing and impromptu jackrabbit stoplight matchups throughout the land. All owed a debt of gratitude to those early Furys that paved the way with their eye-popping style and superior substance.

The best V8 found in the late-’50s Fury was likely the 305-horsepower 361-cubic-incher for 1959. Previous to that was a 350-cubic-inch “Golden Commando” that displaced 350 cubic inches.

Malcolm Gunn is a writer with Wheelbase Media. He can be reached on the Web at www. theoctanelounge.com by using the contact link.

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How to criticize Managing screen time can constructively take planning, expert advises I

On the Job contains an ‘I statement,’ to head off defensiveness and encourage positive change.

In addition to being accurate, constructive criticism should also be specific. The more vague the criticism, the less equipped the person will be to change their behaviour. “Penelope, this ad stinks! You’ll have to rewrite it” is unlikely to accomplish anything other than confusion and embarrassment. “Penelope, this ad is the wrong size and contains several typos and spelling errors” is a concrete alternative which invites open, honest discussion. If the criticizer’s feedback isn’t specific enough, it’s up to the receiver to request more info -- taking care to do so politely and with respect.

A final note on criticism. It’s always best to address mistakes as soon as possible after they happen, to ensure that memories are fresh and facts are straight.

I’m not suggesting that you tackle problems in the heat of the moment -- a little distance is generally needed so we can calm down and approach things more objectively -- but letting things stew too long can be equally damaging, especially if it means the problem goes unresolved.

Thought for the week: “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson, American author, 1803 – 1882)

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t has been coming up in conversation so often that I think it’s worth discussing here; how much time do we waste on our phones? I’m the first to admit that I love my phone and I’m lost with out it. It’s an incredible tool and worth every penny, but we need to be conscious about our usage.

I’m not talking about the many times that our phones are valuable pocket-sized computers making our lives easier, I’m talking about the time we waste.

Recent studies show that we check our phones about 150 times a day. Yup, a day. We check for messages, phone calls and notifications. It has become excessive.

We’ve all seen it or have been guilty of it, and while wearables like the Apple watch are said to help with the time waste, until you get one on your wrist, here are a few tips

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A key point I made last time is that you can refine criticisms by putting yourself in the other person’s place. Try to understand why they might have made the mistake, and empathize with how they’ll likely be feeling as a result. After all, “to err is human,” and tearing a strip off someone else for their stumbles is not only unkind but hypocritical.

When delivering criticism, it’s important to separate the person from their behaviour. A highly effective approach is to use ‘I statements’ rather than ‘You statements.’ The latter, often issued with a sweeping generalization, reek of blame and judgement: “You’re so inconsiderate!”

“You’re a lousy dishwasher!”

Such assertions invite hostility, defensiveness, and denial, as well as counter-accusations (“Well, you’re hopeless as a server!”) ‘I statements,’ by contrast, simply reflect the speaker’s own feelings and minimize any cause for argument.

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2. “Flammenwerfer, your desk is covered in candy wrappers and empty pop cans. I’m concerned about the message this sends to our customers. Can we talk?”

Example 1, a prime ‘You statement,’ invites conflict. Example 2

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1) The first tip and possibly the easiest, turn off your notifications. You may still find yourself checking for them, but turning them off reduces the risk of getting pulled in for 30 minutes when you just meant to check that one notification.

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Bank of Canada cuts its key rate Central bank governor Stephen Poloz not describing the country’s economic woes as a recession a news conference.

“Along with the action that we’ve taken today, (that) makes us quite confident as we look into the second half of the year.”

An economic contraction in the second quarter would mean the country slipped into a recession in the first half of the year, but Poloz wouldn’t use the r-word.

“I’m not going to engage in a debate about what we call this,” Poloz said. “There’s no doubt we have worked our way through a mild contraction.”

The rate cut marked the second time this year that the Bank of Canada has reduced its target for the overnight rate. By slashing it, the central bank is hoping to jumpstart the economy by making it cheaper for consumers and companies to borrow money.

In response, the Canadian dollar plunged to a post-recession low. The loonie was down more than a full U.S. cent Wednesday afternoon to levels not seen since March 2009, when Canada was in the midst of a deep recession.

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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate on Wednesday, slashed its outlook for the economy and predicted a contraction in the second quarter due lower oil prices and slumping exports — but the central bank governor wouldn’t describe the country’s economic woes as a recession.

The bank cut its target for the overnight rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent, sending the Canadian dollar tumbling to its lowest levels in years.

The central bank also explained that its lower outlook for economic growth — from 1.9 per cent earlier this year to 1.1 per cent — is due to Canadian oil producers cutting their investment plans by close to 40 per cent this year, compared with an earlier estimate of about 30 per cent.

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was worth about 77.29 cents US, down 1.2 cents from the previous close, but had been even lower earlier in the day.

TD Canada Trust was the first of Canada’s big banks to respond, though it only passed on part of the rate cut as it reduced its prime rate by a tenth of a percentage point to 2.75 per cent.

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Economists had been split in their predictions about what the Bank of Canada would do, with most, but not all, calling for a rate cut.

“It’s not a true recession, since an employment decline hasn’t joined in with the tumble in output measures, but the GDP decline opened a window for a further ease by a dovishly inclined Bank of Canada governor,” CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said following the bank’s announcement.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might wake up wishing you were a kid again and did not have to work. Your instincts will be right-on with regard to drawing in a loved one. Schedule some time off in the near future. Tonight: Make nice. Don’t forget to make weekend plans.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You could be exhausted. How you manage to keep going seems to amaze many people. A problem involving your home is likely to arise. You would much prefer to be dealing with other matters today. Your instincts will be right-on with a loved one. Tonight: Order in.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are likely to say exactly what you mean. If you have a hunch, especially involving your day-today life, follow through on it. You could be delighted by the results.

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Your creativity peaks no matter what the situation is. You will find that unique solutions come naturally. Tonight: Be more playful.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Others sense that you have a lot on your mind. Nevertheless, you appear to be smiling and open.

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Speak your mind, but avoid using negativity. Tonight: Visit with a neighbor.

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You will be reluctant to follow any other path but your chosen one.

Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Be careful, as you could be suppressing a lot of your feelings and overspending. Follow your intuition with a partner, but only if you are willing to be vulnerable. The results might be more pleasing than you realize. Tonight: Consider taking off early for the weekend.

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Work more social time into your life. Tonight: All smiles.

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Emrys Allen

Emrys Allen passed away in Port Alberni, BC on Monday, July 13, 2015 at 87 years of age. Predeceased by his son Bill, Emrys is survived by his children: Linda (Mike), Bev (Rick), Bob, Robin (BettyAnn); daughter-in-law Trudy; grandchildren: Wesley, Myles, Stefan, Casey, Ryan, Kevin, Aaron, Patrick, Kayla, Kyle and five great grandchildren.

Emrys was born February 3, 1928 in Wales and immigrated to Canada with his family when he was just 3 months old; settling in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He moved to Flin Flon, Manitoba where he worked in the Copper Mines. Emrys then took up farming, moving to Peace River, Alberta. He had fond memories about these years and he often talked about those times in later years.

In 1966, Emrys moved his family to Port Alberni, BC where he briefly worked at APD Mill before landing a job with School District #70 as a custodian. He started at 8th Avenue School and finished his career there. He enjoyed the relationships he developed with co-workers, teachers and staff.

After retiring, Emrys spent time with his family. He was a caring and giving brother, father and grandfather.

In January 2004 he moved to Rainbow Gardens where he resided for the past eleven years. The family would like to thank all the staff at Rainbow Gardens who interacted with Emrys during his time there. Your care and dedication is very much appreciated.

According to Emrys’ wishes, no formal services will be held.

Donations in Emrys’ memory should be made to Rainbow Gardens (Tsawaayuus), 6151 Russell Place, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7W3. Stories and condolences may be left for the family by visiting www.chapelofmemories.ca.

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INFORMATION Even though two years have passed we can still see your beautiful smile and hear your laughter, which was usually followed by your friendly humour. Your selfless giving to family, friends and strangers as well as your love of nature and the outdoors continues to be a lesson to us.

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February 3, 1928 ~ July 13, 2015

Viola Stella Harding passed away peacefully on June 29th, 2015 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital at the age of 98 years.

Predeceased by husband Pte. Ira C Langille, who fought in the Second World War and gave his life to protect us; an infant baby girl Sharon Elizabeth, daughter Eileen Stoddart, and son in law Dennis.

She is survived by her beloved family: children Carol White (Ed Knight), Doreen Langille (Hanke Hemstra), Arnold Langille (Lettie Higgins), Marilyn Labrecque; sister, Althea (Bernard) Bradbury and long time companion Johnny Serena; 4 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandsons all of whom she adored. She is also remembered by extended family and many nieces and nephews.

Viola was a very hard working lady to her family and outside the home. Her greatest joy in life was being with family and camping. She loved to cook and bake and her generosity was felt by all who knew her. There was always room at her table for more. She was very proud of her appearance and made the effort to always look elegant. Her crafts, such as knitting – especially socks, quilts, Raggedy Ann and Andys are all seen in the families homes.

Viola was an asset to the community and Church. In Nova Scotia she sang in the choir, led CGIT (Canadian Girls In Training) even taking the group camping, 4H club for sewing, catering in the church and the community hall.

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Resumes, with covering letter and photocopies of First Aid and CPR C certificates, will be received until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 11, 2015 by Theresa Kingston, Director of Corporate Services at City Hall, 4850 Argyle Street, Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 1V8 or by email: humanresources_resumes@portalberni.ca We regret that only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

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CALGARY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Northwest Territories government has been talking to pipeline companies about shipping crude oil through the Arctic, according to the territoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minister in charge of resource development.

David Ramsay and N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod have for some time been touting the concept of an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Arctic Gatewayâ&#x20AC;? pipeline, which could see Alberta crude moved north for shipment from a port on the Beaufort Sea coast.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one alternative to shipping Alberta crude to the west, east and south amid opposition and regulatory delays.

In an interview this week, Ramsay said thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industry interest in the idea, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still early days.

Ramsay, the territoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minister of industry, tourism and investment and justice, declined to say which companies the Northwest Territories government met with in Calgary and Houston. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to put anybody on the spot, but suffice it to say we are meeting, we are discussing opportunities and getting folks to look at some different scenarios,â&#x20AC;? Ramsay said.

Suzanne Wilton, a spokeswoman for pipeline giant Enbridge (TSX:ENB), confirmed company representatives have met with Ramsay, but gave no further details.

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Premiers commit to conditions Provincial heads support Truth and Reconciliation recommendations, will act SUE BAILEY THE CANADIAN PRESS

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiers support the Truth and Reconciliation Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recommendations and will act on them with or without Ottawaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis said Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will together, jointly, make this happen,â&#x20AC;? Davis told a news conference after hosting provincial and territorial leaders and the heads of five national native groups in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L. Davis said the provinces have not only pledged to act on the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 94 recommendations but, in some cases, have already started. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re important commitments that we need to follow up on.â&#x20AC;?

Otherwise, what Davis described as the commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important work could be wasted, he said.

Prime Minister Stephen Harperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longstanding absence from first ministersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; meetings is a missed chance for collaboration, Davis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We all believe that the federal government should be providing that leadership. In the absence of the federal government, instead of just letting it sit and wait, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to take those steps.â&#x20AC;?

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis, accompanied by Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, left, arrives at a meeting of Canadian premiers and national aboriginal leaders in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador on

Davis said Manitoba will host a second national roundtable on missing and murdered aboriginal women to follow up on last winterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event in Ottawa.

The RCMP has reported that almost 1,200 aboriginal women have been murdered or have vanished since 1980.

The 2011 National Household Survey suggests indigenous women make up 4.3 per cent of

Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s female population. But police say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re victims in 16 per cent of female homicides and account for 11 per cent of missing women.

The premiers made a united push last summer for a public inquiry into the issue but Ottawa has refused. Federal officials who attended the national roundtable in February said justice investments and a five-year, $25-million

plan to reduce related violence are a better approach.

Dawn Lavell Harvard, president of the Native Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association of Canada, said she was pleased with Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting despite what she called a lack of respect from Ottawa.

Violence against indigenous women and girls is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a grave violation of human rights,â&#x20AC;? Lavell Harvard told the closing news conference. She lashed out at the federal government for not attending. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is an insult to the memories of those women and girls that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not here.â&#x20AC;?

Lavell Harvard called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;a slap in the face.â&#x20AC;?

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde said he was satisfied that the provinces are taking the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report released last month seriously.

It described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;cultural genocideâ&#x20AC;? the suffering borne by generations of aboriginal children in once mandatory residential schools. It estimated more than 6,000 boys and girls, about one in 25, died in the institutions.

Scores of others endured horrific physical and sexual abuse.

Bellegarde said Canada must close the quality-of-life chasm between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people.

IMMIGRATION

Cuban rowers defect to U.S. at Pan Am Games

DEBT

Ukraine scrambles for a deal MURRAY BREWSTER THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk delivered a warning Tuesday to private bond-holders that the government â&#x20AC;&#x153;will do everythingâ&#x20AC;? in order to ease its massive debt burden. But at the same time he touted a newly minted free trade deal with Canada as a sign the country is open for business.

His remarks came at the end of a whirlwind visit to Ottawa and just ahead of a meeting Wednesday where Ukraineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finance minister will try to cajole private creditors into accepting a plan that would see a major writedown of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt. The meeting involving Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko is aimed at reaching a restructuring deal before a possible default.

The countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy is battered by the war with Russian separatists in the east and the government in Kyiv has until July 24 to repay notes to bondholders

totalling $120 million.

Yatsenyuk said Ukraineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offer, which would see the country repay over half the existing $10 billion debts held in private hands, is largely supported by the International Monetary Fund.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not aware of the specific point but we have a protocol that we would follow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is something that is dealt with through our integrated security unit and if necessary, through the relevant national Olympic committee,â&#x20AC;?

CEO Saad Rafi said.

Canadian immigration officials said they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment on asylum claims south of

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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Four Cuban rowers have defected from the Pan American Games and travelled to the United States, their coach said Wednesday.

Juan Carlos Reyes said Liosmel Ramos and Wilber Turro dropped out before the regatta began on Saturday, while Man-

uel Suarez and Orlando Sotolongo competed in earlier races and then withdrew.

The four have been in touch with teammates through Facebook, Reyes said.

The Games rowing venue in St. Catharines, Ont., is only a few kilometres from the U.S. border.

Games officials said Wednesday morning that they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aware of the defections.

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the border, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection said they couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t release information on specific cases due to privacy concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We continue to seek to promote safe, legal and orderly migration from Cuba under our migration accords and deter dangerous unlawful migration from Cuba,â&#x20AC;? the department said in a statement.

Loonie plunges after key interest rate cut PETER HENDERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Canadian dollar fell to its lowest level in more than six years on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate and lowered its forecast for the economy.

The loonie ended the day at 77.40 cents US, down 1.09 cents from the previous dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close, a level not seen since March 2009 when Canada was in the midst of a deep recession.

Stephen Carline, managing director and head of equities at CIBC Asset Management, said the move wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t entirely unexpected, although some market watchers had expected rates to remain flat.

The dollarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slide, he said, mirrored the one following Januaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rate cut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reaction of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar is not a big surprise,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent on Wednesday, slashed its outlook for the economy and predicted a contraction in the second quarter due to lower oil prices and slumping exports.

In a speech in Washington, Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen said that the American central bank is likely to raise its own benchmark interest rates this year if the U.S. economy continues to improve.

Carline said the two central banksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; divergence on interest rates is likely to maintain the spread between the two currencies, as the American dollar remains more attractive to investors looking to make a return.

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Wise customers read the fine print: *, †, Ω, *, § The Trade In Trade Up Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after July 1, 2015. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less.

Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select new 2015 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. †0% purchase financing available July 1 to July 31, 2015 inclusive on select new 2015 Ram 1500 and Ram Heavy Duty models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Example: 2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT 4x4 (25A+AGR) with a Purchase Price of $28,998 with a $0 down payment, financed at 0% for 72 months equals 156 bi-weekly payments of $186 with a cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $28,998. Ω$10,000 in total discounts includes $8,500 Consumer Cash and $1,500 Loyalty/Conquest Bonus Cash. Consumer Cash Discounts are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. $1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest/Skilled Trades Bonus Cash is available on the retail purchase/lease of 2015 Ram 1500 (excludes Reg. Cab), 2014 Ram 2500/3500 or 2015 Ram Cargo Van and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include: 1. Current owners/lessees of a Dodge or Ram Pickup Truck or Large Van or any other manufacturer’s Pickup Truck or Large Van. The vehicle must have been owned/leased by the eligible customer and registered in their name on or before July 1, 2015. Proof of ownership/Lease agreement will be required. 2. Customers who are skilled tradesmen or are acquiring a skilled trade. This includes Licensed Tradesmen, Certified Journeymen or customers who have completed an Apprenticeship Certification. A copy of the Trade Licence/Certification required. 3. Customers who are Baeumler Approved service providers. Proof of membership is required. Limit one $1,500 bonus cash offer per eligible transaction. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. *2.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT models through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Example: 2015 Ram 1500 Quad Cab SXT with a Purchase Price of $28,998 (including applicable Consumer Cash) financed at 2.99% ver 96 months with $0 down payment equals 416 weekly payments of $78 with a cost of borrowing of $3,615 and a total obligation of $32,613. §Starting from prices for vehicles shown include Consumer Cash Discounts and do not include upgrades (e.g. paint). Upgrades available for additional cost. ••With as low as 7.1 L/100 km (40 MPG) highway. Based on 2014 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption ratings. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving habits and other factors.

0.2 L/100 km (28 MPG) city and 7.1 L/100 km (40 MPG) highway on Ram 1500 4x2 model with 3.0L EcoDiesel V6 and 8-speed automatic. Ask your dealer for EnerGuide information. ¥Longevity based on IHS Automotive: Polk Canadian Vehicles In Operation data as of July 1, 2013, for model years 1994-2013 for all large pickups sold and available in Canada over the last 20 years. )Based on 2500/250 and 3500/350 class pickups. When properly equipped. TMThe SiriusXM logo is a registered trademark of SiriusXM Satellite Radio Inc.

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FOR 72 MONTHs• OFFER ENDS JULY 31

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2015 RAM 1500 ST

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