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Police officers watch as an SUV is hauled onto the shoreline near the Mil Bay ferry terminal Friday afternoon. A 90-year-old man died in the incident.

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Ninety-year old man dead after plunge off ferry ramp SARAH SIMPSON COWICHAN VALLEY CITIZEN

A 90-year-old man is dead following a tragic incident at the Mill Bay ferry terminal.

Police officers watched as a tow truck hauled the remains of a white SUV out of the waters of Mill Bay late Friday afternoon.

The vehicle contained only its driver when it hurtled off the ferry dock ramp earlier that morning.

A media release from BC Ferries indicated the incident was not part of normal loading procedures for the Brentwood-Mill Bay ferry.

“At approximately 8:10 a.m. this morning, a vehicle drove

“The Mill Bay ferry dock will remain closed and ferry sailings cancelled until such time that it is deemed safe to re-open.”

Cpl. Greg Pask, Shawnigan RCMP

through a secured barrier gate at the top of the trestle at a high rate of speed at the Mill Bay terminal,” the release stated.

“After breaking through the closed gate, the vehicle travelled down the trestle and launched

itself off the ramp into the water.”

The incident cancelled sailings on the Brentwood-Mill Bay route for the remainder of the day.

Ferries spokesperson Deborah Marshall said the ferry, the MV Klitsa, had left the dock, bound for Brentwood Bay five minutes earlier and was about three kilometres out in the inlet at the time.

“It’s very tragic,” Marshall said.

Shawnigan Lake RCMP Cpl. Greg Pask said the RCMP West Coast Marine Services, the Vancouver Island District RCMP Underwater Recovery Team and the Mill Bay Fire Department worked to extract the vehicle and the victim from the water,

a task they completed at about 4 p.m.

“Preliminary reports indicate the SUV was occupied only by the driver,” Pask said in a media release.

Marshall said it’s unknown if the terminal will be open for service Saturday. BC Ferries terminal maintenance crew was on scene assessing the damage.

“It depends on the RCMP’s investigation and then the extent of the damage done to our ramp and our trestle,” she said.

“The Mill Bay ferry dock will remain closed and ferry sailings cancelled until such time that it is deemed safe to re-open,” Pask said. “The RCMP will continue to investigate.”

Time grinds to a halt in Tofino and Ucluelet JACKIE CARMICHAEL THE WESTERLY NEWS

Things are running behind the times on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, thanks to a $52 million project to improve the electric system in Ucluelet and Tofino.

It’s not exactly the Twilight Zone, but digital clocks have been losing minutes since Sept. 14, prompting complaints of lateness for work and meetings.

Technically, the West Coast electrical system has been “islanded” off the Western North America Power Grid for 10 days as part of the Long Beach Area Reinforcement Project, said Karla Louwers, a spokesperson for BC Hydro Vancouver Island.

“The variation doesn’t do damage to electronics, but it does impact clocks, which is what all West Coasters are seeing now.

They’re likely seeing variation in regards to time that’s being lost

as that frequency actually fluctuates slightly on the ‘islanded’ system,” Louwers said.

The upgrade to the permanent system was about time.

Substations a half-century old were at capacity when the Great Central Lake substation caught fire July 16, 2014.

“It’s a $52 million project to reinvest in the substations that serve the West Coast,” she said.

The West Coast is now operating on power from the Ash hydro electric generating station near

Port Alberni — and that power is within standards, but not always at the 60 hertz frequency West Coaster and their digital timepieces are used to.

The temporal abnormality could last until Sept. 24, Louwers said.

“It’s probably a good idea for people use the older wrist watches nobody has, and battery clocks on walls,” she said.

“They’re going to have get creative on how they’re keeping time,” she said.

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Drug-sniffing dogs monitor ferry BC Ferries says it has added security to Nanaimo Harbour terminal due to drug abuse and trafficking issues DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

BC Ferries is using guard dogs as security to control drug problems at the Nanaimo Harbour Gabriola Island ferry terminal.

Some Gabriola Islanders have complained to see the use of dogs in recent weeks, but the publicly owned carrier says the animals are needed for public safety.

“(Problems) have virtually disappeared .”

Deborah Marshall, BC Ferries spokeswoman

For several years BC Ferries has contracted Vancouver-based Western K9 Security at its facilities.

The company has dogs trained to

sniff out drugs and bombs.

Drug use and trafficking has become a problem recently at the terminal that serves as a jumping-off point to Gabriola Island.

“This is a security measure for both our employees and our customers,” said Deborah Marshall, BC Ferries executive director, public affairs.

The dogs are used for random screening, she said.

“We don’t announce a schedule as that could alert criminals.”

Marshall said the services of Western K9 were deployed to the terminal the past several weeks “due to ongoing drug abuse problems, and possible illegal activity on site.”

BC Ferries has had several incidents of its staff being verbally abused, and checks of the facilities has produced “evidence of wash-

rooms being used to inject drugs, as well as concern it was being used as storage place for dealers,” Marshall said.

Since maintaining a security presence on site the problems “have virtually disappeared,” she said.

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HEALTH

The Doctor is not in for many Nanaimo families Vancouver Island needs 50 more MDs to meet family practice quota, Nanaimo currently has eight vacancies ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Elaine Canellos was on the phone at 9 a.m. on Sept. 14 with the North Nanaimo Medical Clinic in a successful effort to finally attain a family doctor.

Canellos and her husband Steve moved to the city from Ontario to retire a year and a half ago to their “favourite vacation destination.”

They have been looking for a family doctor ever since.

She said her son Nick moved to Nanaimo in 2012 to attend Vancouver Island University and it took him six months to find a family doctor.

It’s estimated there are almost 12,000 people in the mid-Island region who are without a family doctor.

According to Island Health, there are very few medical clinics or individual doctors in the area who have the ability to take on any more new patients.

Canellos said the family moved four times to different parts of Canada during her husband’s career as a senior manager with the Canadian National Railway, but this is the first time they ever had trouble finding a family doctor.

“My husband has a heart-valve defect and we’ve had to rely on walkin clinics for medical assistance since we moved here,” she said.

“These clinics have been great, but we’d rather have a regular doctor who knows us and our medical histories. We’re really pleased that we finally have a family doctor.”

There are currently eight vacancies for full-time family doctor positions in the Nanaimo area. There are 50 vacancies across the Island.

Those gaps include 12 full-time positions in Victoria, five in Parksville, five in Campbell River, four in Duncan and one in Ladysmith.

There are also five vacancies for medical specialists — including emergency room doctors, pediatricians and anaesthesiologists — in Nanaimo, and 30 across the Island.

But local recruiters have been working hard and successfully filled five family-doctor positions in

Dr. Jenny Tram recently joined the medical team at the North Nanaimo Medical Clinic. [ROBERT BARRON PHOTOS/DAILY NEWS]

Elaine and Steve Canellos

Nanaimo during the past year that had been left open due to retirements or other reasons.

They have also filled 22 medical specialist positions in the Nanaimo area in the past 18 months.

As well, 18 of the graduating medical residents from the University of B.C.’s post-graduate family practice residency program in Nanaimo have remained in the community since 2009.

Family doctor Jenny Tram, who just started working in the city this week at the North Nanaimo Medical

Clinic, is one of the five new physicians successfully recruited to come to Nanaimo.

Her addition to the seven-doctor team at the north-end clinic is the main reason that it is one of the few taking on new patients at the moment.

Tram is from Ontario and was working as a family doctor in Mississauga.

But the young physician and her husband recently decided they wanted to settle on Vancouver Island.

Tram said one reason for the move was to be closer to her husband’s family, who live in California. But she also wanted an opportunity to live on the West Coast.

“Who wouldn’t want to live here?” she asked while preparing for work at the clinic where she replaced Dr. Thorston Njalsson, who is now semi-retired.

“I came to the city for four days in May on a visit organized by the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice as part of a recruitment drive to

bring doctors here and really liked what I saw.”

But attracting doctors to come to Nanaimo is becoming increasingly difficult and competitive, as communities across the country vie to entice doctors to set up practice in them.

There are three agencies in Nanaimo that work collaboratively to fill vacant doctor positions. Between them, they recruit across the province, country and the globe.

They are Health Match BC, Island Health’s physician recruitment and retention program and the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice.

Family physicians are independent business people and not employees of Island Health, so it’s up to each individual doctor where they choose to practise.

Brenda Warren, a spokeswoman for Island Health’s physician recruitment and retention program, said the ongoing doctor shortages in Nanaimo and across the country are being caused by a number of fac-

tors, including the fact that medical school training was cut back in Canada in the 1980s.

She said medical schools are now in the process of expanding their programs to meet the growing need for doctors, but there are other considerations — including the fact that many doctors from the baby-boom generation are now retiring.

“But Nanaimo is a pretty good community to attract doctors,” Warren said.

“It’s an attractive place geographically with a great quality of life, and the city offers everything a family looks for, including lots of parks and opportunities for outdoor recreation.

It’s also close to large centres like Vancouver and Victoria that allows them to attend medical conferences or other events nearby.”

However, it’s still an ongoing struggle and recruiters have had a hard time meeting a commitment made five years ago when the government promised that everyone in B.C. needing a family doctor would have one by 2015.

The openings for new patients at the North Nanaimo Medical Clinic are among the first in some time in Nanaimo.

Clinic manager Leanne Bulmer said there are many families that are new to the area and the clinic is doing all it can to meet their needs.

But Myla Yeomans-Routledge, the recruitment co-ordinator with the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice, said the fact that the north-end clinic is accepting new patients is “extremely rare” for Nanaimo at this time, and the only reason for this is the recent hiring of Tram.

“This is a rare and a great opportunity that will only be available for a limited time,” she said.

“The clinic is prepared and ready to handle some new patients, but Dr. Tram will not be accepting new patients for too long as I understand she already has an extensive list of new patients through the clinic.”

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Don Duddridge’s life was never the same after the Marathon of Hope ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

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on Duddridge will never forget watching Terry Fox dip his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland before beginning his run into history in 1980.

Duddridge, a retired teacher from Nanaimo District Secondary School, said he didn’t personally know Fox, but he knew of him through his connections with high school basketball leagues in B.C. Duddridge said he watched with growing excitement as increasingly large crowds gathered to greet and run with Fox, as he ran through the Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario. The Port Coquitlam native, who had part of his right leg amputated due to bone cancer, was on his way to B.C. in his efforts to raise money to fight cancer.

Like much of the rest of the country, he was devastated when the 21-year-old Fox told a television audience with tears in his eyes and his voice breaking that his cancer had returned with a vengeance and he had to give up his run to seek treatment.

Fox never recovered and died soon afterwards.

Don Duddridge has been participating in the annual Terry Fox Run in Nanaimo almost every year since it began. Duddridge holds a limited addition of the type of Addidas sneakers that Fox wore in his historic run. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]

“Nothing has ever unified this country like Terry Fox,” Duddridge said from his Nanaimo home Friday as he prepared for Sunday’s annual Terry Fox Run in the city.

“If people weren’t on board with

Terry and his mission by the time he reached Toronto, they didn’t have a pulse.”

Duddridge has missed only three Terry Fox runs in Nanaimo since they began 35 years ago.

He has also worked to inspire his students at NDSS to participate in the run — and in other fundraising to fight cancer — before he retired. He has been instrumental in helping the students raise approximately $20,000 over the years for the cause.

Early in his teaching career, Duddridge said he had a student in one of his classes who was diagnosed with cancer and she died shortly afterwards.

“She was loved by everyone around her and was full of life and it really struck me when she died,” he said.

“The thing about cancer is that anyone can get it, regardless what kind of lifestyles they live. I personally can think of at least 20 friends and acquaintances of mine who have been diagnosed with the disease.”

Duddridge said he intends to bike the distance this year because a back injury is preventing him from running.

“I’m really looking forward to it, like I do every year,” he said. “It’s a great cause and I’ll continue doing it every year for as long as I can.”

Registration for the 2015 Terry Fox Run in Nanaimo begins at 9 a.m. in

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Bowen Park, and the event will begin at 10 a.m.

There will be a two- and five-kilometre runs that will begin in Bowen Park, and people can either walk, run or bike. The courses are ideal for wheelchairs and strollers as well.

Last year’s event in Nanaimo saw 365 participants, who raised approximately $15,000 for cancer research.

There will be 700 Terry Fox runs held across Canada on Sunday, with 116 in B.C. Check out www.terryfox.org for information.

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CITY

Failing city retaining wall may cost man $162K ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Paul Gourlay wants the City of Nanaimo to take responsibility for damages to his home and property, which total approximately $162,000.

Gourlay and his wife live on Shamrock Place, in the Departure Bay area. A retaining wall along a creek that runs through their backyard has deteriorated since it was built in 1975. This has led to much of the soil his house rests upon being washed away.

Gourlay said the city approved the retaining wall, made of logs and covered in concrete, after it was built.

“The wall looked fine when we bought the property, but it began to show cracks over the last year and began to fail,” he said.

“That meant a lot of ground and top water began flowing through our property and causing a lot of damage.

Logs rot over time so I’m surprised the wall passed the city’s inspection when it was built.”

Gourlay said he called in a number of contractors and was told that if the problem was not fixed, he could face a fine of up to $300,000 by DFO for polluting the fish-bearing creek.

He said costs to fix the problem were first estimated between $30,000 and $40,000, but the estimate raised considerably when the contractors saw the extent of the damage.

“I called the city and asked that someone come and take a look at it,” Gourlay said.

“They said it was one of the worst emergencies of its kind that they had ever seen, but they went away and when I never heard back in a few weeks, I called the province’s (Office of the Ombudsperson). I was told they couldn’t do anything at this stage until all the guidelines for them to get involved were met and encouraged me to call the city back.”

Gourlay was told by city officials that they were contacting the city’s insurance adjusters, the independent Municipal Insurance Association, to see if he had a valid claim.

“The work has already begun to fix the wall, but it will take awhile and we’re now going into the wet season, which could further damage my property,” he said.

“I had plans to retire, but I guess I’ll have to put it on the back burner for now.”

Toby Seward, the city’s director of social and protective services, said he will meet with the city’s insurance adjusters at the site in the next few days.

“We will comply with whatever the insurance adjusters decide,” he said.

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Paul Gourlay had to replace a failing retaining wall that’s situated in his backyard. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

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COURTS

Two years prison for brutal beating death SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

A 25-year-old man has seen sentenced to two years in prison for manslaughter, following the beating death of a 52-year-old man in 2013.

Friday in Nanaimo Supreme Court, Leo Ronald Samuel Touchie was also sentenced to three years of probation.

Friends and family of both Touchie and his victim, 52-year-old Harry Bickle, packed the courtroom as Justice Robin Baird methodically read out the reasons for his ruling.

Quiet sobs could be heard as

Touchie was led away by sheriffs after the sentencing.

Touchie was convicted of manslaughter by a jury on June 4, after the jury rejected the second-degree murder charge levelled by the Crown. The charge and conviction resulted from Touchie administering an alcohol-fuelled, fatal beating to Bickle during the early morning hours of July 31, 2013.

During his ruling, Baird repeated the facts laid out during trial.

Touchie had gone to Bickle’s home after meeting and drinking with the older man’s acquaintance on a nearby beach.

Touchie and Bickle’s acquaintance continued drinking with Bickle until the acquaintance left the premises to check on a woman who had been with them earlier on the beach.

Touchie and Bickle remained at the residence. At that point, there was “not a shred of evidence” of “bad blood” between the two men, Baird said.

However, Touchie went outside briefly for a cigarette.

He returned to find Bickle in his bedroom sexually assaulting a relative of the acquaintance, who had been passed out on the couch.

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At that point, the acquaintance also returned and saw the assault in progress.

Baird said that Touchie then flew into a rage and began beating Bickle, even after the acquaintance had pushed Bickle off the woman and taken her to safety.

Baird condemned the attack as “excessive and wholly unjustified,” noting the blunt force trauma broke most of Bickle’s ribs and the orbital bone in his face.

Bickle himself was heavily intoxicated, smaller and helpless to fight back, Baird said.

Baird said the attack was triggered

by Touchie’s intoxicated state and personal history.

The judge noted Touchie had suffered physical and sexual abuse as a child and had also witnessed others being abused while growing up.

The judge also said that Touchie had no previous criminal background, had maintained a steady employment history and had expressed deep remorse for his crime.

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Last cruise ship of the year in the city Monday The Celebrity Solstice returns to Nanaimo Monday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m..

The ship, which is ranked among the top 20 large cruise ships in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2014 is 1,041 feet in length, carries 2,850 passengers and a crew of 1,500 Nanaimo is her second-last stop of an 11-day cruise that started in Seattle, led up the Inside Passage to Alaska and back to Victoria en route to Vancouver.

Next year she plans two additional stops, for a total of eight cruise ship visits.

“This is recognition for the Central Island’s solid cruise program and our work with our local community partners,” said Bernie Dumas, Nanaimo Port Authority president.

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Military night exercises at Nanaimo firing range Armed Forces personnel will conduct weapons training at Nanaimo firing range next Saturday evening.

A night firing small arms training exercise will be carried out on Sept. 26, 6 p.m. to midnight.

The exercise will allow personnel to experience night firing familiarization training.

Nanaimo Range is located in the Mountain Fire District west of Chase River, south of Westwood Lake, at the end of Lincoln Road, at geographic coordinates 49° 08’ 15” north, 123 58’ 45” west.

Trespassing is not permitted inside the range.

Should anyone find stray ammunition or explosive objects on or near the property, they should not touch them for their personal safety. They are advised to notify local police immediately.

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ELECTION

Four main candidates for Nanaimo to participate in series of debates SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

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ederal party leaders went head-to-head during a Globe and Mail-hosted debate on the economy Thursday night, while local candidates in the mid-Island are slated to take part in a series of debates or forums beginning this week.

Alexander Netherton, a professor of political science at Vancouver Island University, said the debates can play an important role for both the national and local campaigns, despite an increasingly partisan political atmosphere.

Party leaders can use debates to gel support from their political bases and to appeal to new supporters.

The debates are a particularly important for voters, he said.

“It’s a way that they can educate themselves to be informed of who these leaders are, what their demeanours are and how they act under stress,” Netherton said.

The stakes are less high for local candidates, but Netherton said the importance of all-candidate meetings and events should not be understated.

Netherton said the format of debates should themselves be discussed and debated, and acknowledged that local candidates might feel hesitant to take part if they feel a debate organizer or crowd is hostile.

But he said the payoff is a direct connection to voters they might not otherwise meet, plus local media exposure.

“I think if you withdraw, you do it at a price,” he said.

Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay, who shared the stage with seven other candidates during last year’s municipal election, said he thinks debates are “more important” for civic politics, which are not affected by national campaigns or leaders.

But he said the events offer candidates key opportunities to connect with voters.

“While sometimes you’re caught off guard with some of the questions . . . they do give you a great opportunity to present yourself as a person to the crowd,” he said.

Four events are scheduled to take place for the new riding in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, with the first to take place on Gabriola Island today at 2 p.m. at the island’s community hall.

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An all-candidates forum on social issues is also set for Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Beban Park Social Centre.

The event is a joint effort between the Canadian Federation of University Women and the First Unitarian Fellowship of Nanaimo.

The Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce is also hosting an all-candidates forum on Oct. 8 at a7 p.m. at Aggie Hall, while the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce is hosting its forum on Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

The federal vote is set for Oct. 19.

Green Party candidate Paul Manly, the NDP’s Sheila Malcolmson, Liberal Tim Tessier and Conservative Mark MacDonald are all slated to attend the two Chamber events.

Organizers for the Gabriola Island event for today and the Beban Park event on Oct. 6 said Malcolmson, Tessier and Manly have given notice they will attend.

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Province also has to support effort to recruit new doctors

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or many communities having enough doctors continues to be a struggle and the impact is being felt by many Canadians, including in the mid-Island region.

According to a report in today’s Daily News, there are eight vacancies for full-time family doctor positions in the Nanaimo area and 50 vacancies across the Island.

Those gaps include 12 full-time positions in Victoria, five in Parksville, five in Campbell River, four in Duncan and one in Ladysmith.

There are also five vacancies for medical specialists — including emergency room doctors, pediatricians and anaesthesiologists — in Nanaimo, and 30 across the Island.

Canadians have had it pretty good when it comes to health care, and reports continue to focus on how our public health care is becoming increasingly costly and overburdened. Whether the shortage of family doctors is a cause or a symptom is hard to tell.

But what is clear is that people like Elaine and Steve Canellos, who moved to Nanaimo from Ontario 18 months ago, are bearing the brunt of the situation. Like many others without a family doctor, the couple has had to rely on using walk-in medical clinics.

Brenda Warren, a spokeswoman for Island Health’s physician recruitment and retention program, cites

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one reason behind the problem as cutback at medical schools in Canada in 1980s.

We can also look at family doctors and medical specialists being poached from other jurisdictions, usually in the U.S., with offers of significantly higher wages, bonuses and the lure of a living in a major city.

The mid-Island is not only competing with Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal, but also Chicago, Miami and Seattle.

There is also the fact that provinces throughout Canada, including here in B.C., have done their best to lowball doctors whenever talks about pay and compensation come up.

The shortage of doctors in some

parts of Canada, usually quite remote, is considered serious. Some areas have no family doctors and see challenges in staffing hospitals. That is not the situation in the mid-Island region. As recent arrival Dr. Jenny Tram asked, “Who wouldn’t want to live here?”

And while the mid-Island offers a great lifestyle, climate, recreation and much more that may draw more doctors, there is obviously more at play here.

After a shortage of medical graduates, many new doctors are also moving away from family practice, seeking specialization and wanting to remain in larger centres.

There is also a shift in the medical

culture, documented several years ago, in which large number of new doctors are now women. Many are having families and are not about to engage in the old system in which work — with lots of grinding hours — comes first.

No one in the Nanaimo region is going to die if we are short eight doctors. And it’s a situation that very much needs to be corrected. While Island Health does its best at recruitment, the province has to make sure health care funding is adequate to support such efforts. » We want to hear from you.

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Dams debacle result of bureaucracy run amok Regarding the Colliery dams issue, we fully support the protesters and understand their frustration with the process.

The provincial Dams Safety Branch first said that the dams had to come out because a catastrophic earthquake would cause them to fail and 150 people would die. The City of Nanaimo paid for a professional study that proved only a crack would happen as the dams were built much more safely than the Branch claimed.

Now the DSB claims that “Noah’s Flood” will cause the dams to collapse yet limited data and no hydrology studies have ever been done.

Making it even worse, trees are to come out even though the final plans aren’t in place for the mega-spillway that Nanaimo is required to build.

This is democracy run amok.

Bureaucrats are given legislative authority to make decisions based on limited data and their word is final?

Perhaps the DSB need to be looking at more important problems like why the Mount Polley dam failed without a catastrophic earthquake or flood and how safe our other mining dams are.

Dave Seccombe Karen Mullen Ladysmith

Think carefully if you want political change If polls are correct Canadians are looking for change in the upcoming federal election.

Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau have made it their main “platforms” to “get rid of Stephen Harper” and repeat their intention every chance they get.

So just as Mulcair is trying to convince Canadians that he is a “moderate” choice, a number of prominent NDP supporters release the “Leap Manifesto” just before the election which calls for getting rid of fossil fuels and an overhaul of the coun-

try’s capitalist economy which would according to these people transform the entire capitalist system into a utopia. The timing of this extremist Manifesto could not be worse for Mulcair but should also serve as a warning to Canadians about the extreme views of a wing of the NDP. Then we have Justin Trudeau with his “real change” view of growing the economy “from the heart outwards” which would mean increased taxes, deficits and running the country into the red. He would take Canada on a reckless spending spree in a time of unprecedented economic instability worldwide. While he speaks of “modest” deficits it is left to our imagination as to what he would do if a real future economic or other catastrophe hit where the national deficit could run into the billions.

Stephen Harper has given this country imperfect but stable government for 10 years. He comes into this election having achieved significant international trade agreements, a balanced budget, a surplus and a proven record. I believe the majority of Canadians still see him as the pru-

dent and best choice to continue to lead the country.

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Government programs only create dependency Obviously from the political noise in this election the minority’s interests are eliciting promises to give away the proverbial store for votes.

Many of these government programs only create greater dependency on government where much of this redistribution ultimately weakening society’s fiscal and social integrity.

You continually hear from the leftish side of this political debate that the middle class is shrinking. I question the validity of that statement but whether it is actually true or not isn’t the question.

Stephen Harper has demonstrated relative to many of the world economies that he’s done a better job. Where the federal liberals under Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau’s

left a legacy of ever-increasing public expenditures that eventually mired this country with a national debt affecting the nation’s credit worthiness.

All relatively recent NDP provincial governments to greater of lesser degree have tanked or destroyed economic growth. Or some will say, “well not all of them run a deficit,” in a few instances that is true but outside of cannibalizing taxpayers to create a false economy, no one from the private side of the economy in any meaningful way invested in these provincial economies either.

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Tax scam rings through mid-Island region DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Nanaimo retirees Sandra and Lon Gaspardone nearly fell for a “tax collector’s” call about money owing.

But some of the things the man with the foreign accent said on the phone didn’t sound quite right, and fortunately for the Gaspardones, Sandra realized he was a con artist.

Once they realize it was a phone scam they contacted RCMP and an anti-fraud agency, but the response left them dissatisfied.

Nanaimo RCMP say scammers mask their identity, to thwart attempts to track them.

The Gaspardones were dealing with a tax problem with their accountant, so when a caller identified himself as with the Canada Revenue Agency, they believed him. They soon noticed things that caused them to doubt the caller’s authenticity.

“He wanted to speak to my husband,” Sandra said. “I said I would put it on the speaker phone and he said: ‘Why?’” The caller spoke in a clipped voice, interspersed with unnatural pauses, as if he was being coached or reading from a script. Sandra knew it was a scam when the caller didn’t know Lon’s first name, which he only uses on official forms.

“I did phone RCMP and I was disappointed,” Sandra said. A desk clerk said local police won’t investigate, and referred her to a national anti-fraud agency, which said it only follows up on solid leads.

“I’m not happy with the reaction of authorities,” Sandra said. “Someone should be willing to listen.”

Police say scammers can shield their location on a phone call display.

Nanaimo’s Sandra and Lon Gaspardone relax in their living room. The couple narrowly missed being taken in by the tax man telephone scam.

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“Often the phone calls are routed through another number, so it’s sometimes impossible,” said Const. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP detachment.

He said RCMP Commercial Crime investigators might use technology to identify a caller if

a significant loss was involved, but “from a local level we try to deal with it from an educational perspective.”

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Region man charged for acting as fishing guide without licence A man who allegedly operated as a Vancouver Island angling guide without a licence is facing a trio of charges.

B.C. Conservation officers announced this week charges were been approved against Courtney Ogilvie of Qualicum Beach under Section 49 of the Wildlife Act, regulating fishing guides.

The section requires that all fishing guides in B.C. hold an angling guide licence or an assistant guide licence.

“We got a tip,” said Nanaimo conservation officer Stuart Bates.

“We allege it was going on quite a while.”

Under section 49, all angling guides are required to hold a licence which must be renewed annually.

“The purpose of this is to aid in monitoring angling,” Bates said.

“They’re required to report the

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“They’re required to report the number of angling days and their catches.

Angling guides can be restricted to a certain number of days per year.”

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number of angling days and their catches.

“Angling guides can be restricted to a certain number of days per year.”

Bates confirmed one of the offenses is alleged to have occurred in the Nahmint River in the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District.

Ogilvie’s first appearance in Port Alberni court is slated for Oct. 14.

The violation carries a maximum fine of $100,000 and one year in

jail on a first offence.

On a second conviction, the maximum increases to $200,000 and two years, or both.

Ogilvie’s name shows up on a government guiding list as operator of Ogilvie Outfitting on Vancouver Island for the period 2008-’09, although the list doesn’t specify whether outfitters are certified as licensed.

Before hiring guides, Bates advises outfitter companies to make sure they are licenced.

He said this investigation was launched after a tip forwarded nearly two years ago.

“We’re trying to encourage people who hire (fishing) guides to ask for their licence,” said Bates, advising people to “be leery of paying in cash.”

He confirmed a person who unknowingly hires an unlicensed guide would not face charges.

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The Whacky Woods reflect an eclectic life When themes begin to emerge, it becomes clear that nothing in these woods has happened by accident Kait Burgan Kait’s Quirks

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t’s eclectic here at Kait’s Corner. I thrive on the abstract and believe that what we consider to be normal in todays mainstream North American Society has been collectively but unintentionally crafted, packaged and expertly sold to us.

When we stop questioning, we become numb and when we become numb, we lose the thrill of being alive.

Enter George Sawchuck, a B.C.- based artist who lived in Fanny Bay from 1976 until his death in 2012. I never met him.

In fact, I’d never even heard of him until I discovered a place informally called The Whacky Woods, a 1.7-acre property next to the two acres his widow, Pat Helps, still calls home.

To say that George had an interesting life would be an understatement.

I have learned that he dropped out of school in Grade 6.

His mother died when he was 12 years old after which he was free to do pretty much whatever he wanted.

He chose to ride the rails East from his hometown of Kenora, Ont. He was educated by Roman Catholic priests, had a career as a logger, pursued insight into world politics and once stayed onboard a ship for a full month longer than required in order to continue a conversation with a retired university professor.

He is someone who never stopped questioning.

There is more, much more, to George Sawchuck’s life than the few hints stared here so far and while there are those that knew George as an artist, thinker and philosopher, many people know him only as the guy who made The Whacky Woods, if that.

The Woods are a magical place housing hundreds of George’s sculptures, rich in political com-

mentary, encouragement to think, and humour thrown in because he believed that laughter was key to living a good life.

“George figures art should speak,” Pat says, speaking of him in present tense. They were together for 41 years.

“It shouldn’t be just a pretty picture and then he thought he could put in comments against things like selling our water.”

Wheels on trees, wooden books poking out of trunks containing quotes from philosophers, or his own originals are scattered all over the forest.

There are mirrors on tree trunks forcing reflection on an individual’s role, yours and mine, in the big scheme of things. There are flying fish, rocks painted red, rocks in cages and water taps without a source.

It seems eclectic at first, and even random, but when themes begin to emerge, it becomes clear that nothing in these woods has happened by accident; not the environment that is slowly eroding and consuming his work, despite Pat’s best efforts to maintain it, not the dangling kitchen grater, bus stop or mock grave with a headstone reading “All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go.” Pat says many people have a hard time believing the forest and it’s trails is not a park.

She’s quick to point out that she pays the taxes and says the woods are for sale.

There is no official signage identifying the Whacky Woods, but it’s not hard to find. Follow the Inland Highway to the Fanny Bay turnoff. Turn Left when you hit the Old Island Highway and follow it to Ship’s Point Road. Turn Right. Keep going until you get to Little Way. Turn Left and then Left again on Bates Drive.

There’s a little gravel parking lot at the end of the road.

That’s it. » Kait Burgan is television host/producer with Shaw TV Channel 4 in Nanaimo and blogger at www.kaitsquirks.com

All kinds of interesting things can be found in the trees at The Whacky Woods.

The only item he managed to take was a $20 pair of shoes. The suspect left in a Ford F-350 truck. The male is described as white, late 20s, very skinny, tall and wearing grey sweatpants hanging low.

4. Nanaimo file # 2015-26697 On Saturday, Sept. 12 an unknown person stole upwards of $300 worth of alcohol from a beer fridge in the backyard of a home 2500 block of Rosstown Rd.

3. Nanaimo file # 2015-26415 On Thursday, Sept. 10 at approximately 10:30 p.m. a house on Arbot Road had tomatoes thrown at their house and their vegetable garden vandalized. A male was seen running away from the house and getting into a dark-coloured car. The week prior some garbage was dumped in their yard.

5. Nanaimo file # 2015-26660 On Thursday, Sept. 12, $7,000 of copper wire was stolen from a secure compound at Cercom Electronics, located at 2540 Bowen Rd. A 6x4 hole was cut in the fence by using wire cutters. Once inside the compound, suspects took two large commercial sized rolls/wheels of “foam heliacs

UNSOLVED CRIMES From Nanaimo RCMP FOR THE DAILY NEWS

Unsolved crimes Sept. 7-16: 1. Nanaimo File # 2015- 26797 On Tuesday, Sept. 7 a male stole a fire extinguisher from the lobby of the Galaxy movie theatres, located in the Nanaimo North Town Centre Mall.

The male is described as white, dark curly hair, full black beard, and heavy set and was wearing a green/grey T-shirt and dark pants.

2. Nanaimo File # 2015-26371 On Wednesday, Sept. 9, a male attempted to steal $400 of goods from Walmart.

cables”, approximately 2-3 inches in diameter. The rolls were large enough to involve at least two persons and a large truck or van.

6. Nanaimo file # 2015-26845 On Sunday, Sept. 13 at 6:50 p.m. a male residing in the 600 block of 4th St was hit in the face from a blast of bear spray, delivered by an unknown male. The victim opened his door and was immediately hit with the bear spray delivered from a black can. The suspect then left the area and may be associated to a small twodoor black car. The suspect is white,

five foot 10, slim build and was wearing a grey T-shirt.

7. Nanaimo file # 2015-26714 On Saturday, Sept. 12, a black 2012 CRB250 motorcycle with B.C. plate W13939 was stolen between 2-4 p.m., from the parking lot of Quality Foods located at University Village Mall.

8. Nanaimo file # 2015-27121 Sometime on Wednesday, Sept. 16, a detached garage located in the 3100 block of 3180 Departure Bay Rd. was broken into and taken was a burgundy “Shoprider” scooter.

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ot a phone call goes by that Merell Awad doesn’t end the conversation with an “I love you” to her mother.

She knows it could be the last time she talks to her ailing mother who lives in Syria under the threat of attack.

“I talk to her every day, we say ‘I love you’ and we don’t know if we’ll talk again,” Awad says. “Every day you deal with that.”

Awad, co-owner of Campbell River’s BaBa Gannouj restaurant, wrestles with the fear and anxiety that comes with knowing her family is stuck in war-torn Syria.

She says the attacks are getting closer to her family’s hometown and recently the windows of her mother’s home were blown out.

“Two rockets landed near her house,” Awad says. “All the glass is broken but she’s safe.

“ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham) is 10 minutes away from my city, you don’t know when it’s going to hit. A lot of rockets have landed. Lately, a rocket landed in a school not far from my niece’s school. It’s very stressful.”

That’s in Latakia – which is considered the safest area of Syria.

“Latakia is not safe, but it’s the safest place in Syria,” Awad says.

Merell Awad, left, holds a photo of her family members who are stuck in war-torn Syria while Mary Cook, right, lends support. Cook and Awad are organizing an Oct. 3 fundraiser to help sponsor her family and bring them to Canada. [KRISTEN DOUGLAS/CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR]

Her mother, who is in her 70s, has one leg and heart problems, is just one of 12 family members Awad and her husband, Fouad, are trying to bring to Canada as the civil war in Syria rages on.

“ISIS is killing almost anyone who isn’t with them, so we’re trying to help the kids, women, and a couple of men,” Awad says. “One is my mom, she needs medical care, my two sisters, their kids (each has two), their husbands and two cous-

ins. A friend is stuck in Jordan.”

One of those children is Awad’s nephew, Elias, whom Campbell Riverites rallied to raise money for five years ago so he could receive a kidney transplant when he was just 10 years old.

“That kid the community helped needs help again to survive,” Awad says.

Her nephew needs life-long medication and because of the drug shortage in Syria, it’s becoming

increasingly difficult for his parents to secure the medication he needs.

“Because of the lack of medication, sometimes they get medication that’s expired,” Awad says.

On top of the medicine shortage, food is also hard to come by.

Awad’s family has become victim to astronomical price hikes in Latakia.

Awad desperately wants to help her family escape Syria.

Enter Tom Hartz, a loyal BaBa Gannouj customer. He’s also familiar with strife and struggle. He worked in Nepal during a civil war. He worked in China and saw those around him struggling to find enough to eat. His wife’s family hosted Vietnamese immigrants in the 70s and 80s, helping them get accustomed to Canadian life and soften their landing on our shores.

“I just have an interest in helping people,” Hartz says.

So Hartz approached the local Anglican Church, which he’d heard had been involved with refugee and immigration issues in the past.

Awad soon met Mary Cook, a parishioner at St. Peter’s Anglican church, and things took off.

The church, which has the authority to sponsor refugees, has agreed to help the Awads and, along with help from the community, is trying to raise a minimum of $150,000 to bring Awad’s 12 family members to Campbell River.

That will sponsor the families for roughly a year, paying for their rent, hydro, food and other integration costs.

Cook says this will be the local Anglican church’s fourth successful sponsorship. The church has also sponsored refugees from Pakistan, Bosnia and Kosovo.

Awad calls Cook her “angel” and is positive she will soon see her family again.

To help them raise their $150,000 goal, the Awads, with the help of the Anglican church and other members of the community, are hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Community Centre.

The event features a silent auction, a traditional Syrian dinner and belly dancing.

Tickets, available at Bab Gannouj, are $40 per adult and $10 for children under 12. The doors open at 6 p.m., with dinner being served at 7 p.m.

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Homeless strategy would levy $11 per household in the CRD CHRISTINE VAN REEUWYK OAK BAY NEWS

A City of Victoria proposal of a regional funding plan to end homelessness calls for a levy of $11 per household per year through the Capital Regional Hospital District.

“Housing is not something that municipalities should take on,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, also the co-chair of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness.

“But in the absence of leadership from the federal government, residents of the region can no longer sit by as people – particularly those with mental health and addictions issues – suffer on our streets.”

The plan to re-engage other levels of government who used to concern themselves with housing is a good one, said Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen.

“What (the City of Victoria initiative is) trying to do is reconstitute a partnership between local governments, the CRD, the province and the federal government,” Jensen said. “Housing the homeless is a priority for the CRD and this initiative I think has a lot of potential. It still requires the buyin from the federal and provincial government.”

The proposal is that the Capital Regional Hospital District serve as the lead agency, with social service providers and local, provincial and federal authorities, to build 367 units of new housing with supports. The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness estimates to be the number of chronic shelter users requiring housing.

They would request the federal government contribute toward the capital costs of the 367 units to reduce or eliminate the need for local contribution, consistent with the Government of Canada’s traditional role supporting the housing needs of Canadians.

The proposal requests that the provincial government contribute $7.73-million annually in operating costs toward the support services required to assist the “hardest to house” in maintaining stable housing. That model that exists in several buildings funded by the province around the Capital Region operated by the Victoria Cool Aid Society and the Pacifica Housing Society.

Oak Bay and many communities in the region already contribute funding to a Regional Housing Trust in similar small-scale partnerships.

“The majority of the CRD municipalities are involved in the Regional Housing Trust where we pay into the trust fund and that money is levered into partnerships with other agencies including the province, the federal government and non-profit organizations,” Jensen said.

“Our dollar can turn into $5 or as much as $12 and that’s done by creating these partnerships.

Victoria’s proposal for a regional housing strategy arose from public outcry over micro-housing and temporary tenting areas suggested to ease the homeless populations.

“What we need in Canada at the federal level is a housing strategy.

Most Western European countries have a housing strategy which aims to ensure there’s housing for the homeless, affordable housing, rent geared to income housing . . . That has to come from the top,” Jensen said. “There has been great reluctance to wrestle that. It is a priority for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and it really is an important aspect of our society that we have plans in place to ensure that everyone has access to proper housing. It really is central to who we are as Canadians to have that as a value.”

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CHILD WELFARE

Cops look at failures in teen death GEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — An RCMP investigation into the tragic life of an aboriginal teenager is unprecedented and overdue, says British Columbia’s representative for children and youth.

The investigation comes in light of Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s report

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Ex-Mountie found guilty on child porn charges A former Mountie from Vernon has been found guilty of two child pornography charges.

Ryan Hampton has also been found guilty in B.C. Supreme Court of six counts of breaching a court order for contacting his ex-wife.

Hampton’s ex-wife, RCMP Const. Valerie Little, told a Kelowna court that she found dozens of illegal images of girls and boys on his computer on a memory stick in 2013.

The court also heard the former Mountie was addicted to heroin, cocaine and alcohol at the time.

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Mill accident kills man; WorkSafeBC investigates

A 28-year-old southeastern B.C., man has been identified as the victim of an industrial accident near Creston.

The BC Coroners Service says Dustin Gerlinsky died Tuesday afternoon while working at the J.H. Huscroft sawmill in Erickson, just east of Creston.

RCMP say Gerlinsky was working on a sorting deck when he was pinned between the deck and a large piece of equipment. The father of two young children was rushed to hospital but could not be revived.

A police investigation has concluded and the case has been turned over to WorkSafeBC.

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Pamela Anderson says she won’t vote for Tories Actress Pamela Anderson says she wouldn’t vote for Conservative Leader Stephen Harper because of his track record on climate change.

The former Baywatch star and model from Ladysmith, can’t vote in Canada because she’s lived outside the country for more than five years.

But the 48-year-old who calls herself a “small-town Canadian girl” says she hopes citizens will consider climate change the No. 1 issue when they go to the polls on Oct. 19.

Anderson is in Vancouver to release her new book of poetry and photographs called Raw.

about 19-year-old Paige, who died of an overdose in a washroom on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in 2013.

Turpel-Lafond said in the report released in May that Paige endured a “broken system” characterized by persistent indifference from frontline government workers.

A spokeswoman for the Mounties confirmed Friday that police

are investigating the allegations about Paige, whose last name was not released, but said the scope of the investigation hasn’t been determined.

Turpel-Lafond has long called for enforcement of a law that requires all members of the public — including police, health-care workers and educators — to report child abuse or

children living in dangerous situations to the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

“This investigation that the RCMP has opened is a bit of a historic one because this aspect of our child welfare law has not been taken seriously enough,” Turpel-Lafond said Friday.

Paige’s short life included a series of troubling incidents.

Many front-line workers saw Paige was at risk over the years but they failed to report that she was a child in need of protection, Turpel-Lafond said.

A Children’s Ministry spokesman said he could not comment on the investigation, but did say that the ministry would fully co-operate with police.

ODDITY

Victoria man will compete in World Beard and Moustache Championships KENDRA WONG VICTORIA NEWS

Cameron Bradley has been compared to Grizzly Adams and a Sasquatch.

“I take it as a compliment,” laughed the 28-year-old Fernwood resident.

Bradley’s pride and joy is currently his big, bushy red beard — one that he’s been growing for the past nine months and will take with him to the 2015 World Beard and Moustache Championships next month in Austria.

His fascination with beards began in high school. In Grade 9, he could grow a small patch of hair, but after years of shaving, he’s now able to sculpt his facial hair into almost any type of configuration.

Bradley has grown moustaches, sole patches, a chin strap, a goatee, a mutton and sideburns, but has grown fond of the mother of all facial hair — the beard.

“I like that you can totally change your image. My mom was always totally envious that she can’t grow a beard. She said it’s great that you can change your image,” said Bradley, adding he does attract attention with his beard.

“You can play around with things.”

Seven years ago, while Bradley was watching the Outdoor Life Network, he first heard about the World Beard and Moustache Championships.

It was always in the back of his mind to both attend and enter as a participant.

Last year, that’s exactly what he decided to do.

As part of the championships, 21 countries and 350 participants will compete in 25 categories including sideburns, moustaches, beards and manipulations.

Bradley and his beard, Honeybeard (so named because he loves honey), will be competing in the natural beard category, against the same men he would have seen on TV seven years ago.

“It’ll be cool to see these guys with octopuses for beards. One made a cage and had a bird sitting in it. It

Cameron Bradley, who will attend a beard contest in Austria, shows off his beard. [DON DENTON/VICTORIA NEWS]

will be cool to see these people and talk shop,” he said.

While the past few months he’s been concentrating on growing the beard as thick and lush as it can be, Bradley said he’ll start to maintain

it more carefully in preparation for the competition, lathering on his own balm that he’s concocted from natural oils.

“I won’t need a scarf when it gets chilly and I don’t need as much sun-

screen,” he said. “Life’s too short not to grow a beard.”

The World Beard and Moustache Championships take place from Oct. 2 to 4 in the city of Leogang, Austria.

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Furlong cleared in defamation case Judge found no evidence of malice and also accepted his defence of qualified privilege LAURA KANE THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — A journalist’s articles about former Vancouver Olympics boss John Furlong were an attack on his reputation, a judge has ruled in a scathing decision tossing her defamation lawsuit.

Laura Robinson reported allegations by eight First Nations people that Furlong abused them more than 40 years ago without verifying their stories or ensuring they weren’t contaminating each others’ memories, the judge found.

“Ms. Robinson’s publications concerning Mr. Furlong cannot be fairly characterized as the reporting of other persons’ allegations against him,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge wrote in a decision released Friday.

“Rather, the publications constitute an attack by Ms. Robinson on Mr. Furlong’s character, conduct and credibility.”

Robinson had accused Furlong of publicly portraying her as unethical, heartless and cruel in an attempt to discredit her 2012 article published in the Georgia Straight.

She obtained sworn affidavits from eight people claiming to be former students of a northern B.C. school where Furlong was a gym teacher in 1969 and 1970. They alleged he beat them and taunted them with racial slurs.

But in a 97-page decision, the judge found numerous flaws in Robinson’s reporting. She ruled Furlong wasn’t motivated by malice and he was protected by qualified privilege, meaning he had a right to defend his reputation.

Furlong said the ruling meant he could finally look toward the future and rebuild his career in Canadian sports.

He thanked his friends, family and supporters for standing by him.

“In my heart, from the day this nightmare started, I knew truth would prevail. Now it has,” he said in a statement.

“What happened to me should not happen to anyone. I’m relieved this nightmare is over and that my family, friends — and others in difficulty — can see in a matter such as this it is possible to prevail and survive.”

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BRECHIN UNITED Former Vancouver Olympics CEO John Furlong and Renee Smith-Valade in June. British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge found no evidence that Furlong was motivated by malice and accepted his defence of qualified privilege, meaning he had the right to defend his reputation in a suit filed by journalist Larua Robinson. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Robinson said in a statement that she would have preferred a different result and will take time to review the decision with her lawyer before she considers her options.

“What I will say is that I fought this case through trial because I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of the press are vital to an open and democratic society.”

She said the three-year battle has taken a great toll on her physically, emotionally and financially, and

thanked those “who had the courage” to tell her about their past.

In her decision, Wedge said none of Robinson’s sources came forward on their own. The journalist circulated a written notice in Burns Lake stating she was looking for people who were abused

by Furlong.

By revealing the subject of her investigation and the identity of the alleged abuser, Robinson ran the “significant risk” of witnesses contaminating each others’ memories, the judge said.

“They may well have believed their stories, but the issue is whether their memories of childhood trauma, related some 40 years later, were reliable in the sense of being accurate recollections of their experiences with a particular person.”

Robinson had no independent information to verify the students’ allegations, and didn’t confirm they attended Immaculata School where Furlong taught, apart from obtaining one student’s report card, the judge said.

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CANADA

Joanne Hamel poses for Alberta photographer Tim Van Horn who is on an epic journey to capture the images of thousands of Canadians in time for the country’s 150th birthday. Van Horn hit the streets of Terrace recently. Below, pushing his count of B.C. communities visited up to 80. [JOSH MASSEY PHOTOS/TERRACE STANDARD]

Big Maple rolling across the country Photographer touring Canada to compile the nation’s biggest photo album in time for its 150th birthday JOSH MASSEY TERRACE STANDARD

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im Van Horn’s RV “Big Maple” stands out from the other vehicles outside the Tim Hortons on Lakelse Ave. It is basically a huge national symbol on wheels, wrapped bumper to bumper in 20,000 photos of Canadians forming a huge Canadian flag.

A motorcycle attached to the back is plastered in portraits as well.

Van Horn is scruffy and has a jumpy energy that seems natural for a road warrior who has crisscrossed Canada eight times to document the human fabric of the landscape. He is in Terrace on his most recent foray to make that number even bigger.

The goal for his Canadian Mosaic Project is to have snapped 54,000 portraits by 2017, which will represent 0.150 percent of the population, a number that coincides with that year being the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

During the big year, Van Horn plans to depart from his hometown of Red Deer, Alberta, on a national tour in a larger bus decked out in the entire collection.

“It’s something the country can follow for that birthday year,” he said.

“It’s tangible, it’s not on the Internet.

It’s not in Ottawa. It’s coming to Terrace. I go back to the communities in which the portraits are taken.”

In B.C. alone he’s documented individuals from 80 communities and in the Terrace area, approximately 200 people. His vision is to celebrate the growing diversity of opinions and origins making up modern-day Canada, labeling his project a “visual anthropological study.”

He doesn’t record information about his subjects, but instead leaves it up to the viewer to create their own story — to find their own identity within the mosaic’s whole.

“You write a whole story for that person, and it gives placement for you within that story,” said Van Horn.

On the RV door is a sign inviting passersby to knock if they want their photos taken. One Quebecois lady knocks and quickly begins to recount historical instances of discrimination against French language speakers in English-speaking parts of the country, telling Van Horn she hopes he is aware of this.

And does he speak French?

Van Horn must quickly disarm her. Yes, yes, he smiles. It’s exactly

what he aims to accomplish — bring east and west, north and south — together into his unified portrait of the country, dissolving all barriers and stereotypes. Though he missed his French lessons, he loves French Canada.

After taking the woman’s picture against the exterior wall of Big Maple and seeing her on her way, he says that he is constantly engaging with people, some who have a bone to pick with nationalism.

“Those are lessons in people’s tem-

perament,” he said. “There’s a lot of reconciliation that needs to be done in our country, not just with the First Nations.”

“I’m not rah rah Canada. I’m not a nationalist, I’m a humanist.”

He’s had plenty of time to discuss politics on the road. Harper’s “karma is running out” he said. “If he’s re-elected, that’s okay, I will just drive my Canada Bus down to the U.S. for the next four years.”

Van Horn’s website, www.canadianmosaic.ca, solicits sponsorship by the

kilometre and he’s been living handto-mouth while on the road without any government grant support.

“Any day I am out on the sidewalk and someone says I love what you are doing and gives me 20 bucks, I say thank you and go straight to the gas station right after the day of shooting. I make just enough to pay for my gas.”

His sponsorship quest has put him in what he says are slightly awkward scenarios where he has had to do the odd bit of product placement in return for support from businesses.

But he insists that the project is about the people, not profits.

“It’s something I have been working towards my whole life in one way or another,” Van Horn said.

“You need an outgoing personality to do this, you have to see people as equals. In turn, it’s given me a licence to stop and engage with everybody in every scenario.

“I grew up in a military family, so I traveled around as a kid in the Canadian Air Force. My parents served, my grandparents served, so I felt like I needed to do something equivalent as serving in the military, so this is my creative tour of duty to do something good for the country.”

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COURTS

Khadr allowed to travel to Toronto CHRIS PURDY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper speaks with Sheldon Kennedy, a former NHL player, during an event in Calgary on Friday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Harper on defensive for ‘old stock’ phrase Opposition leaders jump on comment from Thursday’s debate THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Stephen Harper found himself on the defensive Friday, dogged by a controversial phrase from the leaders’ debate and his government’s efforts to prevent a Muslim woman from taking the citizenship oath while wearing a niqab.

The Conservative leader said during Thursday’s economic debate that “new and existing and old-stock Canadians” agree with his policy on refugee health care.

The Liberal and NDP leaders slammed the use of the term “old stock” as divisive Friday and Harper was asked to clarify what he meant.

His position on refugee health care is “supported by Canadians, who themselves are immigrants and also supported by the rest of us, by Canadians who have been the descendants of immigrants for one or more generations,” Harper said.

The government sought to scrap a program that covered health-care costs for people awaiting decisions on refugee claims, sharply curtailing coverage and allocating it based on where the claimants were from.

Some items — such as medications — were no longer covered at all.

The Federal Court ruled the changes put people’s lives at risk and declared the system unconstitutional, ordering the government to implement a new, charter-compliant system.

The revised program expanded health coverage available to refugee claimants, most notably extending it specifically to children and pregnant women. But it still classifies how

“We were talking specifically about immigrant health care and I was making the point because it had been alleged that the government had removed healthcare services for immigrants.”

Stephen Harper, Conservative leader

much coverage people will receive based on what kind of refugee claim they are making and where the claim is in the process.

“We were talking specifically about immigrant health care and I was making the point because it had been alleged that the government had removed health-care services for immigrants,” Harper said Friday about his debate comment.

“That is simply not true. What the government has done is we have removed special health-care programs for those refugee claimants who have failed and are clearly bogus.”

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said the old-stock comment shows Harper uses “the politics of division.”

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said “we’re all Canadians” and he doesn’t like dividing people into categories.

The Conservatives undertook another battle on Friday, promising to seek a stay of a Federal Court of Appeal decision to allow a Muslim

woman to wear a niqab at a citizenship ceremony.

Zunera Ishaq successfully challenged a rule banning the wearing of face veils at citizenship ceremonies, but if the stay is granted, she is unlikely to have the opportunity to become a citizen before the Oct. 19 vote.

“Look, when someone joins the Canadian family there are times in our open, tolerant, pluralistic society that as part of our interactions with each other we reveal our identity through revealing our face,” Harper said.

“When you join the Canadian family in a public citizenship ceremony it is essential that that is a time when you reveal yourselves to Canadians and that is something widely supported by Canadians.”

Both the NDP and Liberals said they would drop the appeal if elected.

The issue of rules barring another group from voting — long-term Canadian expatriates — arose on the campaign trail Friday, when it was noted that Harper was to appear that evening at an event with Wayne Gretzky, who has lived for years in the United States.

Harper was unapologetic about the law, which has sparked anger among the some 1.4 million Canadians who have lived abroad for more than five years, and said he has never heard Gretzky challenge it.

Both of Harper’s public events Friday featured former NHLers. He appeared with Sheldon Kennedy, now a victims’ rights advocate, to announce $20 million in new money for child advocacy centres.

EDMONTON — An Edmonton judge is easing bail restrictions and allowing former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr to travel to Toronto to visit his grandparents — but he may not be able to fly.

Lawyer Nathan Whitling said he is trying to determine whether Khadr is on Canada’s no-fly list. And if Khadr can’t take a plane over four provinces, he may not even go.

“We’re not 100 per cent sure yet,” Whitling said Friday after the judge amended Khadr’s bail conditions.

A spokesman with Public Safety Canada said he can’t reveal names on the Specified Persons List.

The federal Passenger Protect Program supplies airlines with a list of people considered a threat to civil aviation. An advisory panel that includes representatives of the RCMP, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Canada Border Services Agency and Justice and Transport departments recommend names. The public safety minister has the final say on who is put on the list.

Groups fighting the Conservative government’s new security legislation, which broadens the government’s no-fly list powers, argue that a person is put on the list without due process and it’s very difficult to get a name removed.

Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney has repeatedly described Khadr as a hardened terrorist who should be serving his full sentence behind bars.

The Toronto-born Khadr, now 29, was 15 when he was captured following a firefight in Afghanistan in 2002, and became the youngest prisoner and lone Westerner at the time to be held in Guantanamo.

He pleaded guilty in 2010 to several war crimes, including the murder of an American soldier. A United States

KHADR

military commission sentenced him to another eight years behind bars.

He was transferred to Canada in 2012 on a U.S. military plane. Khadr later said he only pleaded guilty to get out of the notorious prison.

Justice June Ross granted Khadr bail in May, pending his appeal of the convictions in the U.S. She required him to live with his other Edmonton lawyer, Dennis Edney, and not leave Alberta.

Ross said Friday that Khadr’s grandmother is ill and there is no reason why he shouldn’t be able to visit his grandparents. She specified that he can travel to Toronto for up to two weeks, as long as he goes there with Edney.

The judge said previous conditions that required Khadr to only talk with relatives in English and under supervision will now only apply to two specific family members — his mother and one sister, who have expressed extremist views in the past.

Court heard the pair are currently out of the country.

“I am pleased,” Khadr told reporters as he left court.

Ross ruled that Khadr can also take off his electronic monitoring bracelet, which he argued was embarrassing and interfered with activities such as biking, swimming and playing soccer.

Green River killer to return to prison in Washington State THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Gary Ridgway, one of the nation’s most prolific serial killers, is being returned to a Washington prison after he was transferred out of state earlier this year, the Washington Department of Corrections said Friday.

Ridgway, who has been convicted of killed 49 murders and is suspected of dozens more, will be returned to the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, the DOC said.

After consulting with the governor, Corrections Secretary Bernie Warner

told the Federal Bureau of Prisons that the state would fly Ridgway, known as the Green River killer, back from a federal prison in Florence, Colorado, the DOC said.

State prison officials said they decided to move him back to Washington after hearing concerns from law enforcement, who wanted easy access to the serial killer in case they needed to interview him about open murder investigations.

Ridgway preyed upon women and girls at the margins of society in a spree that terrorized Seattle and its south suburbs in the 1980s.

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Food prices rise, cheap gas helps spending

Sex assault conviction overturned for delays

Lower costs at the pump in August weren’t enough to offset a broad rise in consumer prices including higher prices for restaurant fare, according to the latest inflation report from Statistics Canada.

The federal agency said on Friday that Canada’s annual inflation rate held steady at 1.3 per cent in August, unchanged from July.

Food prices were the biggest contributor to inflation last month, rising 3.4 per cent, followed by household operations, which includes telecom services such as cable and Internet as well as home furnishings.

Growth actually fell from July, when the index rose by 3.3 per cent.

The Manitoba Court of Appeal has overturned the sexual assault conviction of a Winnipeg chiropractor on the grounds it took too long for the justice system to deal with his case.

Marlin Vandermeulen had been found guilty of repeatedly beating and raping his former girlfriend at a downtown hotel.

Vandermeulen, who is 48, was arrested in January 2010 but didn’t go to trial until February 2013.

While the judge’s verdict came down in May of that year, sentencing didn’t take place until June 2014.

Court was told Vandermeulen forced the woman to have sex with him, but the chiropractor denied the allegations and said the sex was consensual.

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Couple get 17 years for abusing child to death

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Rancher calls tow truck to rescue horse in well A rancher north of Saskatoon came up with a novel way to rescue his horse after it fell into a well.

Russ Thiessen called a tow truck.

Daisy the horse accidentally walked into the newly dug hole on Wednesday near Martensville.

Neighbours tried to comfort Daisy as she was stuck up to her chest with her front legs sticking out.

After sedating the horse, staff from Brad’s Towing very slowly hoisted the animal out of the well and placed it gently on its side.

Thiessen says Daisy was shaken up, but is expected to fully recover.

Ontario takes first steps to sell off hydro utility Preliminary prospectus filed to put Hydro One on the market KEITH LESLIE THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government took another step Friday towards selling Hydro One and said an initial public offering in the huge electricity transmission utility was expected by early November.

A preliminary prospectus was filed with the Ontario Securities Commission and its counterparts across Canada, providing a detailed overview of Hydro One, which lists $22.6 billion in total assets.

A better run Hydro One will benefit electricity ratepayers and customers as well as investors, said Ed Clark, the former TD Bank CEO who chairs Premier Kathleen Wynne’s advisory panel on government assets.

“If you believe as I do that a publicly run company will naturally be driven to find ways to reduce costs, the system is set up ideally to capture those savings for the benefits of customers,” said Clark.

The government hopes to start with an initial offering of 15 per cent of Hydro One shares, added Clark.

Moody’s Investors services downgraded the senior unsecured rat-

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A father and stepmother who beat, burned, punched and dragged a little girl by the hair over three days, killing her, are going to prison for at least 17 years.

A judge sentenced Spencer Jordan and Marie Magoon to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years for the death of six-year-old Meika Jordan in November 2011.

The couple, charged with first-degree murder, were found guilty of second-degree murder in June.

Court heard that Meika died in hospital of blunt force trauma.

During an undercover police investigation, Magoon and Jordan each admitted to abusing the child.

SCIENCE

Rocky patch on Mars is named after Winnipeg THE CANADIAN PRESS

From now on when someone says it’s as cold as Winnipeg, you may have to ask them to be more specific.

Winnipeg, Manitoba? Or Winnipeg, Mars?

A team of NASA scientists who are working with the Curiosity rover as it scans the red planet have named a small patch of rock “Winnipeg.”

“It’s been looking for water, essentially, evidence of past life and things like that. So Winnipeg is one of those spots along that scientific journey,” Scott Young, an astronomer with the Manitoba Museum, said Friday.

The news was part of an online update of the Curiosity mission earlier this week. It said Winnipeg is a “target” in a ridge called the Murray formation. The area contains three targets, which are small areas which the rover examines in detail and then beams the information for analysis back on earth.

Young suspects the naming of target Winnipeg is a result of news stories several years ago that compared a

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particularly cold stretch of a Winnipeg winter with weather reports from the surface of Mars. It turned out Winnipeg was colder.

He said there are scientists from Winnipeg who’ve gone on to work for NASA who may remember fondly — or shiver — at their memories of the city’s famously cold winters.

While Winnipeg, Mars, may actually be warmer some mornings than its Manitoba namesake, Young said that doesn’t mean a Winnipegger would feel at home there.

For starters, he said those Winnipeg-like temperatures on Mars only exist a few centimetres above the soil surface.

Above that, the atmosphere is so thin that it gets much colder very quickly.

“You wouldn’t be able to breathe, there’s not enough pressure so your blood would begin to boil. It would be a pretty nasty experience to be out on the surface of Mars,” Young said.

“We can survive Winnipeg winters with proper dress. But that’s just not possible on Mars, alas.”

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ings of Hydro One after Friday’s announcement from A2 to A1, and said the outlook remains negative.

The government is one step closer to the partial privatization of Hydro One, “reducing the probability of extraordinary support from the province,” said Moody’s senior analyst Gavin MacFarlane.

“The negative outlook reflects the high probability of a further one notch downgrade following the initial public offering,” he said.

Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa said the prospectus will be amended before a full regulatory

review, which will be followed by a marketing review to assess the price and valuation of Hydro One before they proceed with the IPO. “Of course, we’re in a ’quiet period’ so it limits us to the degree to which we can speculate on its valuation,” he said.

The government hopes to raise $9 billion from a sale of 60 per cent of Hydro One, which owns the province’s transmission grid and also serves as a local electricity distributor for 1.4 million customers, mostly in rural and northern Ontario.

Wynne says the Liberals need money from the sale to help fund a 10-year, $130-billion program for public transit and infrastructure, although she promises to use $5 billion of the revenue to pay down hydro debt.

The eight independent officers of the Ontario legislature — including the auditor general and ombudsman — took the unusual step of banding together to condemn the Hydro One sale, warning it will shield the company from public scrutiny.

Hydro One gave the province a dividend of $287 million in 2014.

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CRIME

Murder trial hears from victim’s secretary Dennis Oland, 46, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his 69-year-old father KEVIN BISSETT THE CANADIAN PRESS

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Richard Oland had a good relationship with his son, the businessman’s secretary told Dennis Oland’s murder trial Friday, and she never heard him complain about the money his son owed.

Under cross-examination, Maureen Adamson told the Court of Queen’s Bench in Saint John, N.B., that Richard Oland was happy to see his son the last time she saw him alive on July 6, 2011.

Adamson says the pair was chatting about family history as she wrapped up for the day.

Defence attorney Gary Miller asked her about a newspaper article she read after Richard Oland’s death that said the two men did not get along.

Adamson said she was surprised by the report, saying she had known them both for about 30 years and had never seen them argue.

“I had never seen that in all the time I worked for Mr. Oland,” she said.

Oland, 46, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his 69-year-old father, a wellknown businessman.

In his opening statement earlier this week, Crown attorney P.J. Veniot characterized the relationship between Richard Oland and his son as more akin to that of a client and banker, citing the $500,000 payment Richard gave Dennis to help him keep his home after a costly divorce with his first wife.

Veniot alleged Dennis Oland was a man living beyond his means at the time of his father’s death, and couldn’t keep up with the monthly

Dennis Oland, accompanied by his mother Constance Oland, arrives for the start of his trial in Saint John, N.B. on Wednesday. Oland is charged with second degree murder in the death of his father. Richard Oland, 69, was found dead in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

interest payments of $1,667.

But during cross-examination, Adamson said Richard Oland didn’t micromanage those monthly payments.

She said Dennis had bounced a

cheque to his father before another one was returned and marked not-sufficient funds from the bank shortly after Richard was murdered in July 2011.

A year earlier, Adamson said Den-

nis bounced a cheque and when she pointed it out to him, he simply wrote a new one.

Miller also suggested in his cross-examination of Adamson that the $500,000 payment to Oland

was an advance on his inheritance and not a loan, as the Crown has described it.

He said Richard had Dennis make interest payments to be fair to his sisters, who were also heirs.

“I believe so,” said Adamson, but suggested that Miller should ask Robert McFadden, who was Oland’s right hand man at Far End Corp.

During the cross-examination Friday, Miller peppered Adamson with questions on everything from the nature of the relationship between the two men to a skin condition that often made spots on Richard Oland’s bald head bleed and scab over.

Miller asked if Oland was a “touchyfeely” person who would get in close to someone he was speaking with, and usually put his hand on their arm or put his arm around their back.

Adamson said Oland wore hearing aids and would get close to anyone he was speaking with.

Miller showed photos taken of Richard Oland during social events that showed him in physical contact with other people and also asked Adamson about photos of the crime scene and surveillance video.

In the video, shown to the court Thursday, Dennis Oland and his wife are seen shopping at a market in Rothesay, N.B., at 7:38 p.m. on July 6, 2011 — about two hours after Adamson said he had dropped by his father’s office in Saint John.

Adamson found Richard Oland’s body in the office the next morning.

Veniot told the jury in his opening submission that Oland was killed in a violent outburst that resulted in 40 blows to his head and neck.

EDUCATION

Professor refuses to wear device for deaf student THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A student at Memorial University who is hard of hearing will pursue a human rights complaint after one of his professors allegedly refused to wear a device that would allow him to hear lectures in her class, says the student’s father.

Bill Sears believes his 20-year-old son William is being discriminated against because of his hearing impairment at the school in St. John’s, N.L. The young man says history professor Ranee Panjabi refused to wear the device, which sends signals to his hearing aid, because of her religious beliefs.

Panjabi could not be reached for comment.

Bill Sears says when William approached Panjabi on the first day of class to give her the device, she wouldn’t use it and suggested he leave it on the front desk.

“This has happened to . . . other hard-of-hearing students besides

“Here we are once again being challenged to reach out and help a young hard-of-hearing youth trying to obtain an education which is barrier free.”

Myrtle Barrett, President Canadian Hard of Hearing Association

my son. It’s got to stop,” said Sears, who has outlined the case for the Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission.

He said they are waiting for the next step in the human rights process and have also formally complained to the university.

Sears said his son, who was in class and unavailable for comment on Friday, felt humiliated and wants to avoid a repetition of the incident.

The school’s deputy provost of

students, Cecilia Reynolds, says an agreement made 20 years ago after a similar case means the professor does not have to wear the device.

Former student Nancy McDonald has provided a letter to radio station VOCM that she received from the university in 1996 from the vice-president academic at the time.

In it, Panjabi is quoted as telling the dean of arts her religious reasons weren’t based on a particular religious tradition, but were part of her “personal spirituality and commitments.”

The university said in a written statement Friday it has policies that support inclusive education.

In this case, the solution was to have the student take a different history class.

“In the rare circumstance such as this, where a student’s request for an accommodation engages a competing legal right, the university must determine the validity of the legal rights and seek a balance that fully respects the importance of both sets

of rights,” says the statement.

Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, the director of the equality program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, said if the case goes forward courts and tribunals may assess whether the professor’s religious belief is sincerely held.

The lack of detail on the professor’s stance makes it difficult to take give an informed opinion on how judges might rule, she said in an interview.

Mendelsohn Aviv said courts generally shy away from assessing whether a person’s belief on a particular issue is officially part of a religion, as they recognize religions often allow for a wide spectrum of viewpoints.

“In law we don’t want to turn our courts into religious tribunals. We don’t ask our courts to look at the content of beliefs. We ask them to assess the sincerity of belief,” she explained.

If courts determine the belief was sincerely held, then the question may become whether allowances made by

Memorial University for the student’s right to equal access to education was adequate, she added.

“It seems extremely important that students with special needs be able to take a class and that proper accommodation be provided,” said Mendelsohn Aviv.

Myrtle Barrett, president of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, says the case is frustrating for advocacy groups trying to ensure people with hearing impairments can gain access to education.

“Here we are once again being challenged to reach out and help a young hard-of-hearing youth trying to obtain an education which is barrier free,” she wrote in an email.

She said the university has a strong policy prohibiting discrimination that it doesn’t appear to be following. » We want to hear from you.

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IMMIGRATION

Euro nations faced with migrants shut borders, block bridges, halt trains DANICA KIRKA AND DUSAN STOJANOVIC THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ZAGREB, Croatia — Thousands of migrants were trapped Friday in a vicious tug-of-war as bickering European governments shut border crossings, blocked bridges and erected new fences in a bid to stem the wave of humanity fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East and Africa.

Asylum-seekers who fled westward after being beaten back by tear gas and water cannon on the Hungarian-Serbian border just days earlier found themselves being returned to Serbia, where their ordeal began, after Croatia declared it could not handle the influx.

The EU’s failure to find a unified response to the crisis left this tiny Balkan nation, one of the poorest in the European Union, squeezed between the blockades thrown up

by Hungary and Slovenia and the unending flood of people flowing north from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

With more than 17,089 migrants arriving in just three days, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic declared that his nation of 4.2 million could no longer cope and the asylum-seekers could not stay.

“What else can we do?” Milanovic said at a news conference. “You are welcome in Croatia and you can pass through Croatia. But go on. Not because we don’t like you, but because this is not your final destination.”

“Croatia has shown it has a heart,”

Migrants travelling from Croatia on Friday. In the latest moves in Europe’s migrant crisis, Croatia has sent hundreds of people to Hungary by train, and the Hungarians in turn have boarded them onto another train that apparently was headed to Austria. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

he said. “We also need to show we have a brain.”

Across eastern Europe, barriers to the migrants’ passage were thrown up as nations tried to shift the burden of handling the influx onto their neighbours, leaving asylum-seekers ever more angry, confused and desperate.

Croatia declared itself overwhelmed and began busing migrants to Hungary and closing its border crossings with Serbia. Slovenia halted rail

service to Croatia and was sending migrants back there, while Hungary began building yet another new razor-wire border fence, this time on its border with Croatia.

Caught in the middle of this highstakes game of hot potato were the masses of miserable men, women and children who have found their way to the wealthier European nations they wish to settle in blocked at every turn.

“We are seeing the result of hap-

hazard policies,” said Maurizio Albahari, a social anthropologist at the University of Notre Dame and author of “Crimes of Peace: Mediterranean Migrations at the World’s Deadliest Border.”

“The situation is largely due to the lack of a co-ordinated approach toward the reception of these displaced persons.”

Most migrants don’t want to stay in Croatia — only one woman with children has requested asylum since the influx started, the country’s foreign minister said. Instead, they are trying to reach Western European countries like Germany that have said they are welcome.

While Croatia is happy to let people pass through, Hungary and Slovenia say allowing the migrants to cross their borders would violate European Union rules.

Croatia is part of the EU but not a party to the Schengen treaty, which allows people to travel freely between 26 European countries without showing their passports. Slovenia and Hungary are treaty members and say they are protecting Europe’s borders.

Events in the Balkans have underscored the failures of the EU’s common asylum policy.

According to the EU, member states “need to have a joint approach to guarantee high standards of protection for refugees.”

Though the EU says “asylum must not be a lottery,” scenes from Croatia on Friday show that it isn’t working out that way.

MIDDLE EAST

Palestinian, Israeli forces clash in Jerusalem and West Bank; police reserves called up IAN DEITCH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JERUSALEM — Violence between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces spread beyond the walls of Jerusalem’s old city on Friday, with at least eight Palestinians shot in clashes in the West Bank and Israeli policemen injured by firebombs in a restive part of the city.

In a rare decision, Israeli leaders called up a few hundred border police reservists to beef up security as tensions rise over Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site. One Israeli civilian has been killed in the violence since Sunday.

In the West Bank, violent protests broke out after Muslim prayers Friday afternoon. Israeli troops fired tear gas and deployed a water cannon to disperse stone-throwing Palestinian youths. The Palestinian Red Crescent said eight Palestinians were seriously hurt after being shot by live rounds. About 20 were lightly hurt in clashes with Israeli soldiers, it said.

A Palestinian uses a sling shot to throw stones towards Israeli during clashes near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. [AP PHOTO]

Two Palestinians were shot and wounded while throwing firebombs at Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem, police said.

Palestinians also clashed with Israeli forces in Hebron, Qalandia and elsewhere.

The policemen were attacked on Friday near the area in Jerusalem where an Israeli man died earlier in the week after Palestinians pelted his car with rocks. Palestinians threw firebombs and rocks at the officers, and three of them were taken to a

hospital, authorities said. Emergency services said one officer was shot in the arm.

Most of the unrest had until now focused on Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site — a hilltop compound sacred to both Jews and Muslims.

The compound is a frequent flashpoint and its fate is a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Palestinians say in the last two months there has been a new development where Israel has intermittently restricted some Muslims from the compound when Jews visit.

Israel says this is to reduce friction, but Palestinians claim that Israel intends to establish Muslim-free Jewish visiting hours, which they fear could lead to upsets in the fragile arrangement in place.

Israel has reiterated its position that it has no plans to change the status quo at the site. But even rumours to the contrary are enough to spark violence.

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Associated Press ◆ DALLAS

Cops review case of boy bringing clock to school Police in suburban Dallas are reviewing how officers responded to a 14-year-old Muslim boy who brought a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a possible bomb.

Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd said Friday that officers were justified Monday in questioning and handcuffing Ahmed Mohamed at MacArthur High School, given the limited information they had.

But he says he’s reviewing the department’s response. Boyd says he’s had significant feedback, “some of which you wouldn’t be able to print.”

News of the arrest sparked an outpouring of support for Ahmed, including from President Barack Obama.

◆ UNITED NATIONS

UN to raise Holy See flag for Pope Francis visit A United Nations official confirms that the flag of the Holy See will be raised for the first time outside UN headquarters the morning of Pope Francis’ first visit.

It is a turnaround for the Vatican, whose UN ambassador has said it had “no intention” of raising the flag before the pope arrives Sept. 25.

The General Assembly last week overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian proposal to raise its flag and that of the Holy See as the UN’s two non-member observer states.

The Palestinians have announced a ceremony for their flag-raising Sept.

30 during the annual UN gathering of world leaders. But the Holy See flag is set to be raised quietly.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly about the event.

◆ TOKYO

Contentious legislation for Japan military OK’d Japan’s parliament has approved contentious legislation that enhances the role of the country’s military by loosening post-World War II constraints, as the ruling bloc defeated opposition parties’ last-ditch effort to block a vote.

The upper house’s approval in the early hours of Saturday makes the legislation into law, reinterpreting Japan’s constitution and fundamentally changing the way it uses its military. Opponents say it violates Japan’s constitution and puts the country at risk of becoming embroiled in U.S.-led wars.

The legislation has sparked sizeable protests and debate about whether Japan should shift away from its pacifist ways to face growing security challenges. Rallies have spread across the nation especially after the ruling parties approved the bills in July in the more powerful lower house.

Japan’s military can now defend its allies even when the country isn’t under attack, and work more closely with the U.S. and other nations.

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hat “Though I love hunting for fashion and clothing I wear the same thing pretty much every day,” she said with a laugh. “My own wardrobe is super minimal.”

She typically wears her black Akubra Australian outback hat, thrifted for $8, as a staple item.

sweater Red cashmere sweater from New York designer Demy Lee. “This is actually, oddly, something that I’ve probably spent the most money on, years and years ago,” she said.

“Which is really odd because it’s something I never do.”

pants “High-waisted black skinny jeans – always.”

Stylist, entrepreneur and self-described treasure hunter Jalene Plamondon has kept herself busy these days with the recent launch of her studio space The Projects.

Located on Church Street in the heart of downtown, the upstairs space is a hub of activity, at the centre of which is her workspace, filled with racks of vintage clothing she styles and photographs to sell online to clients from Berlin to Brazil.

Most of it is sourced from thrift stores, estate, and church sales, where she looks for well-crafted, original items with creative designs and quality fabrics.

“I like ’80s new wave, ’90s grunge, folk noire, health goth — that one’s the funniest,” she says with a laugh. “You know how athletes wear meshy football tops and stuff? It’s like, wearing those but in black, and Nike runners with black pants and sunglasses. I ran into it when I was living in Montreal because my roommate was a fashion designer and he was pretty into health goth.”

Other styles she looks for include minimalist — “it reminds me of Berlin for some reason, the architecture. Simple colours and designs” — Victorian-era pieces and ’90s club kid. Check out her site at etsy.com/shop/cracemountainvintage — JULIE CHADWICK /DAILY NEWS

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FASHION

Moments to remember in fashion New York fashion week featured some weird moments, including pole dancers, cartwheels and lagoons THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York Fashion Week always has its share of memorable moments, the weird and the wonderful and everything in between. Here are some highlights of eight jam-packed days: A CHANT OF GRATITUDE To begin, a wonderful scene. Designer PRABAL GURUNG has done a lot to support his native country, Nepal, after the devastating earthquake hit in April. He began his show with the moving sight of 30 Buddhist monks chanting a prayer of gratitude for the fashion community’s help. Gurung then put on one of the more beautiful shows of the week, a tribute to Nepal in shades of yellow, saffron, peach and tea rose, with gorgeous embroidery.

“All I wanted to do is show a little of where I’m from,” he said.

STILL DOING THE SPLIT How many of us can do a cartwheel and land in a split, at any age?

BETSEY JOHNSON does it at 73. At a high-octane show marking 50 years in the business, Johnson performed her signature moves before joining a joyous circle of models carrying huge silver “50” balloons. Johnson dedicated the show to a special front-row guest — her 94-year-old childhood dance teacher.

WHY SHOULD A UNIFORM BE ...

UNIFORM? Some designers talk forever when you ask what their theme is. THOM BROWNE only needs three or four words. As in: “A Japanese school uniform.” Ever the showman, Browne did it again, presenting a strangely beautiful spin on a simple grey pleated skirt and blazer. He built a one-room schoolhouse in a Chelsea gallery, then let his craftsmanship do all the talking.

SERENA WAS BACK A year ago, SERENA WILLIAMS had just won the U.S. Open when she debuted her first collection for HSN. This year, things were different: She had just been derailed in her Grand Slam quest with a stinging loss in the semifinals. Still, she showed up — with gracious words for her opponent — to present a well-received collection heavy on fringe, leather and suede, with a killer green motorcycle jacket. Who was that next to Vogue editor Anna Wintour? Oh yes, that was DRAKE. Nobody paid attention. (Kidding!)

KIMYE, TOO What would Fashion Week be without KANYE, KIM and NORTH WEST? Maybe next year, there will be yet another little West (South? East?) in the front row next to Wintour. Kanye presented his second collection — Yeezy 2 — to a star-filled crowd that included, in the front row, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian, Courtney Love, Common, Michael Strahan and Seth Meyers. As for Jaden Smith, R&B singer Miguel and rapper Pusha T, they had to watch from the second row. Kanye was also a presence at other shows, lending support to designers like Alexander Wang and Brother Vellies.

POLE DANCING HAD ITS MOMENT

Fashion designer Betsey Johnson performs one of her signature splits after showing her Spring 2016 collection during Fashion Week in New York.

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A model is prepared backstage prior to the Prabal Gurung Spring 2016 show at Fashion Week, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, in New York. [BRYAN R. SMITH/ASSOCIATED PRESS]

One wouldn’t necessarily expect pole dancing to be a part of a highend fashion show, but ALEXANDER WANG was pulling out all the stops for the 10th anniversary of his eponymous label. Wang had just ended his stint with Balenciaga in Paris and was returning to focus solely on his own company.

As always, a contingent of celebs came out to party: Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, The Weekend, Kylie Jenner and the aforementioned Kanye. At the afterparty in the same spot, if you didn’t want to watch the bevy of pole dancers you could watch Lil Wayne or Ludacris perform.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION How to make a splash at Fashion Week? Well, besides great clothes, you can pick an eye-popping venue.

CAROLINA HERRERA was the first designer ever to show at the elegant Frick Collection on Fifth Avenue, and her models looked lovely strolling through the museum’s garden court in shades of pink. TOMMY HILFIGER, on the other hand, made a literal splash — he built a wooden boardwalk ringed by sand, and his models frolicked in a lagoon.

Then there was GIVENCHY, which showed in New York rather than Paris to mark the opening of its

new store. On Sept. 11, it held a star-studded — REALLY star-studded — show on a pier, in sight of One World Trade Center beaming its blue light into the night sky. Riccardo Tisci, the French fashion house’s creative director, worked with performance artist Marina Abramovic on the Waterworld-esque set of walls made of recycled metal and wooden shards. Kimye was there, as was Julia Roberts, Uma Thurman, Nicki Minaj.

Steven and Liv Tyler, and athletes Amar’e Stoudemire, Victor Cruz and Russell Westbrook.

A LATIN TWIST There was definitely a Latin vibe

in the air. At OSCAR DE LA RENTA, designer PETER COPPING presented an ode to Spain, featuring lots of pretty black lace, a red carnation print, and even red carnations in every seat. JOSEPH ALTUZARRA, meanwhile, explored his Basque roots, with a casual, beach-ready collection heavy on crinkled white linen, mother of pearl, and espadrilles (come to think of it, espadrilles were also big for Copping, introducing a more casual element at that storied house.)

And at PROENZA SCHOULER, whiz designing duo Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough referenced flamenco and ruffles in a much-admired collection that, Hernandez said, was inspired by thoughts of his own family and history (he has Cuban roots).

“A ruffle’s kind of weird,” Hernandez said, explaining the experiment.

“A ruffle feels so WRONG. We like things that feel wrong ... and (turning them into) something that feels kind of great.”

JACOBS STEALS THE SHOW — WITH A SHOW Finally, there was MARC JACOBS — who always ends Fashion Week with a bang. This time, it was a really big bang.

Jacobs took over the midtown Ziegfeld Theater for his own “premiere,” with a huge jazz band and popcorn and candy and special Playbills. The clothes were bright, shiny and sparkly. And perhaps the best moment was when musician and plus-size model Beth Ditto showed up on the runway. She not only rocked a plunging white gown paired with a feather boa.

She did something rarely seen on the runway: She smiled.

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EXHIBIT

Lego Vatican display at Philadelphia museum is ‘amazing’ KATHY MATHESON ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHILADELPHIA — The city’s science museum was hosting a blockbuster exhibit of Lego sculptures and preparing to unveil a huge display of Holy See treasures for the pope’s upcoming visit when administrators got a serendipitous inquiry.

Would they like to see a model of the Vatican that a priest built entirely of Legos?

“It’s amazing,” said Larry Dubinski, president and CEO of The Franklin Institute, where the plastic brick structure is now on view in downtown Philadelphia.

“People are in awe.”

The Rev. Bob Simon spent about 10 months constructing a mini St. Peter’s Basilica out of a half-million Legos. His architectural feat includes a Lego pope on a balcony overlooking the crowd in St. Peter’s Square, which itself is made up of about 44,000 Lego pieces resembling cobblestones.

A colourful cast of Lego characters populates the piazza, including a nun with a selfie stick and a bespectacled figurine of Simon. All told, the display measures 14 feet by 6 feet and weighs about 100 pounds.

“It was daunting,” said Simon.

“It was an exercise in patience, and I was thrilled with the way everything came out.”

Simon said he built his first, rather crude, Lego model of the Roman Catholic church’s headquarters when he was in seventh grade. Today, he serves as pastor at St. Catherine of Siena church in Moscow, Pennsylvania, about 100 miles north of Philadelphia. He’s been to the real Vatican five times.

To create the model, Simon used an image from a book cover as a guide. The hardest part was crafting the round basilica dome from square bricks, he said. Although he looked

for hints by watching YouTube videos, “I hardly understood what I was watching.”

“I’m also not really great at math, so I was daunted by that as well,” he said.

Yet he persevered. Using Lego life preservers to replicate the dome’s windows — one of many ways he repurposed various shapes — he delicately built the structure without glue.

Denise Brownell, visiting the museum from Phoenix, was duly impressed.

“It’s just such a perfect replica of the real thing,” said Brownell. “It’s

just awesome.”

Simon started the project a year ago in an empty room in his rectory.

He finished in time to bring it to BrickFair, a Lego convention held over the summer near Washington, D.C., where it received many accolades. A friend then suggested The Franklin Institute might be interested.

Simon’s creation is being displayed alongside The Art of the Brick, an exhibit of Lego sculptures, and Vatican Splendors, which opens Saturday. The latter includes art, vestments and religious relics from the Holy See.

AWARDS

Emmy statuettes can travel a rocky road For some winners, their symbolic awards can go on a perilous journey before finding a final resting place SEAN CALLERY won Emmys in 2003, 2006 and 2010 for composing the score for the Fox drama series 24: “In the first year that I received one, we drove ourselves (to the ceremony) in a small car and I put it in the backseat.

“We took a turn and it wedged itself into one of the cushions. So, it looked like you could serve stuff with it. I’d realized it’s a serving tool for parties!”

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LOS ANGELES — For some Emmy statuettes, it can be a perilous journey from the ceremony to the fireplace mantel. Here are tales of the journey from six winners: MARGO MARTINDALE, a twotime winner, recalls what happened with her first Emmy statuette in 2011 for supporting actress in the FX drama Justified: “When I got it, I didn’t let it go.

And then my agent, who was with us that whole night, said, ‘Well you’ve got to carry it to the party so we’ll get a good table.’ So we carried it all night, ’til 3 o’clock in the morning.

And then . . . my husband says, ‘How do we get this home?’ I said, ‘I don’t (know) either.’ He said. ‘I’ll wrap it in my tux.’ So he wrapped it in his tux, put it in a suitcase.

“We get home and my daughter says, ‘I want to see the Emmy,’ and she opens it up and . . . says, ‘This looks weird.’ And then we looked down and it says, ’Inspected by TSA (Transportation Security Administration)’ or whatever, and the ball was broken off.”

Martindale’s second Emmy win came last weekend, for guest actress on the FX drama The Americans. But her first award remains broken.

“I didn’t get it fixed,” she says.

Emmy statuettes are pictured at a Governors Ball Reveal during the 67th Emmy Awards Press Preview Day. [CHRIS PIZELLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS]

“So the ball just sits in the hands, because that’s the Emmy I got, so I’m not going to get it fixed. I like it like that.”

SETH GREEN won his Emmy in 2010 as an executive producer and

writer of Adult Swim’s animated Robot Chicken: “The night that we won, my partner (Matthew Senreich) . . . went in to kiss it for a photo and stabbed himself right in the chin. Blood for all of our photos. It’s hilarious.”

BEAR McCREARY won his Emmy in 2013 for composing the main-title theme music for the Starz fantasy drama Da Vinci’s Demons: “I put it on the table and my wife looks at it, and goes, ‘Hold on a second’, she brings in a toilet paper roll and goes, ‘I wonder if it would fit right, like, there.’ Not only would it fit perfectly on the wings, it would roll evenly, the distribution is nice and she was like, ‘Oh, look, it’s practical!’ So my wife, being very funny, thinks, ‘Let’s get a picture with the toilet paper roll.’ I go, ‘No, no, no, no, honey. Not even in jest am I going to get a picture of this or I’ll never win an Emmy again. But it was sort of funny.”

MYCHAEL DANNA, 2013 winner for composing the score for the ReelzChannel historical miniseries World Without End:

“I was up in Toronto working, I found out from one of my friends who was also nominated in the category. He texted me, ‘Dude, you won!’ (The Television Academy) said, ‘Yeah, we’re going to send it to you tomorrow. You’ll get it in two days.’

Waited and waited, waited. Three months went by. It got lost in the mail. Finally it got found, it had got sent to the wrong place. . . . They pried it away from whoever’s grandma had it on their TV.” SCOTT AUKERMAN won Emmys in 2014 and 2015 for the Funny or Die comedy Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis and also is a co-writer for Sunday’s Emmy ceremony, hosted by comic-actor Andy Samberg.

“The Emmy is actually the most dangerous award that is out there. It has so many sharp things, so we may do something with that.

“I had some kids over to the house recently, some of my nieces and nephews, and they started playing with (my first Emmy), and I was like, ‘Oh no, no, no! This is a very dangerous award.’

“So, yeah, you don’t really want to win one. I think I read that 75 per cent of the people who win one, it’s a lot like owning a handgun. You die, if you have one, within five years. It’s very dangerous.”

TV

Buffalo Wild Wings ending TV ads featuring lying comedian CANDICE CHOI ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Buffalo Wild Wings will stop airing TV commercials featuring comedian Steve Rannazzisi, who said this week that he lied about being in the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks.

“Upon careful review, we have decided to discontinue airing our current television commercials fea-

turing Steve Rannazzisi,” the Minneapolis company said in a statement Thursday.

The New York Times first reported Rannazzisi’s admission earlier this week. Rannazzisi, who is also a star on the FXX show The League, has said in the past that he was working as an account manager for Merrill Lynch on the 54th floor of one of the World Trade Center towers

when it was hit with a plane. He and described the “pandemonium” he witnessed when he ran out into the street.

In an interview with comedian Marc Maron, Rannazzisi also said six of the 10 members on a basketball team he played on died.

This week, Rannazzisi said on Twitter he was in fact working in another part of the city, and not at the World

Trade Center.

“I don’t know why I said this,” he wrote. “This was inexcusable.”

A representative for Rannazzisi, Matthew Labov, said Thursday the actor had no comment following the decision by Buffalo Wild Wings.

Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. said it started airing the most recent ads featuring Rannazzisi in August, after featuring him in ads around March

Madness earlier this year.

Sally Smith, CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings, had said Wednesday in an interview with Yahoo Finance that Rannazzisi was selected for the company’s marketing because The League fit with its image.

When working with public figures, she said companies have to consider how to vet them.

“There’s always a risk,” Smith said.

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OBITUARY

Historian Carl E. Schorske dead at 100 The prolific writer who penned the Pulitzer-winning classic ‘Fin-de-Siecle Vienna’ was also a popular lecturer Schorske emphasized that all were responding to a breakdown in the liberal consensus of previous decades and unleashing desires to recapture the past, make sense of the present and race into the future. The era was a time of provocative sensuality, dreamy escapism and rising demagoguery, with Austrian George Ritter von Schonerer perfecting a fiery right-wing populism that would deeply impress a young Austrian, Adolf Hitler.

“As Schonerer was an angry man, so his ideological montage appealed to angry people: artisans cheated out of their past with no comfort in the pieties of the present and no hope in the prospect of the future; students with the spirit of romantic rebellion

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NEW YORK — Carl E. Schorske, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and popular classroom lecturer whose Fin-De-Siecle Vienna is widely regarded as a classic work of intellectual scholarship, has died.

Schorske, who was 100, died Sunday at senior’s facility in East Windsor, New Jersey, according to Martin Mbugua, a spokesman for Princeton University where the historian was a professor emeritus.

Fin-De-Siecle Vienna, published in 1980, is a broad and detailed survey of Austrian politics and culture at the end of the 19th century, a setting that profoundly influenced the 20th century.

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unsatisfied by the flat homilies of the liberal-ethical tradition,” Schorske wrote.

“These were the first of the rootless, the spiritual predecessors of decaying Europe’s special jetsam whom rightist leaders would later organize.”

The book, released when he was in his mid-60s and near retirement from Princeton, was the culmination of his academic career.

New York Times critic John Leonard, who studied under Schorske in the 1950s at the University of California at Berkeley, found that FinDe-Siecle Vienna confirmed what he had hoped for and suspected, that Schorske was “smarter and better than the rest of us.”

“Culture is his air and water; he respires ideas, and whistles and hums as he does so,” Leonard wrote. “His book is a wonderful place to live.”

In 1981, the same year he won the Pulitzer, Schorske was part of the first group of “Genius Grant” recipients from the MacArthur Foundation. In 2007, he was presented Austria’s Victor Adler Prize for lifetime achievement. The Vienna Review praised Schorske at the time for restoring the city to “its rightful place on the international map of 20th century cultural and political studies.” Schorske was made an honorary citizen of Vienna in 2012.

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BLOW B.C. Lions receiver Marco Iannuzzi, right, catches a pass as Calgary Stampeder Fred Bennett tackles him during second half CFL football action in Calgary on Friday.

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Lions lose another quarterback, fall to Calgary 35-23 LAURENCE HEINEN THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Already without Travis Lulay, the quarterback situation for the B.C. Lions went from bad to worse on Friday night.

Late in the second quarter of their 35-23 loss to the Calgary Stampeders at McMahon Stadium, quarterback John Beck dropped back to pass and was hit hard by Freddie Bishop III — causing a fumble that Junior Turner returned to the B.C. eight-yard line.

Tory Harrison went on to catch an eight-yard touchdown pass from Bo Levi Mitchell on the next play while Beck went to the B.C. locker room with an injury to his right pectoral muscle.

His timeline for a return is currently unknown.

“Obviously any time anybody goes

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down, you hate to see that,” said B.C. coach Jeff Tedford.

“He took a pretty bad shot. It’s football. You hate to see anybody get hurt.”

“I’ll have to get some tests done to

find out exactly what it is,” said Beck after the game. “We can speculate right now, but I don’t know.”

Beck completed nine of 16 passes for 82 yards. His replacement Jonathon Jennings went 15 for 27 for 252 yards and three interceptions in his first-ever CFL appearance.

“Obviously everyone in the room has to prep because any player can go down,” said Jennings. “That’s unfortunate. I wish John a fast recovery to get back. You just try to prep as best as you can.”

Beck actually returned to the B.C. sideline in the second half in time to watch Chris Rainey run back a punt 103 yards for a touchdown.

After a two-point convert by Andrew Harris, the Lions had clawed their way back into a 21-21 tie with the Stamps.

“About right when I got out there,

he ran back another punt,” said Beck of Rainey, who also had a 103-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half. “I got to see Jon battle and make some great throws. It’s hard though to see your team battling.

“When you step out on the field for the game, you anticipate that if your team’s battling at the end you’re going to be the guy out there and I was standing in sweats on the sidelines.”

The Lions finished the game with six turnovers, including Jennings’ three picks.

“I thought Jon came in and did an admirable job coming off the bench,” said Tedford. “He’ll be better. A couple balls probably, he wants back.

(He was) forcing the ball, trying to make plays.”

Jennings admitted that some of this

throws were out of desperation to try and get the Lions back in the game after they fell behind 35-21 by the 8:17 mark of the fourth quarter.

“It was a tough game, but we fought and I think we’re happy about the way we fought,” said Jennings.

“Just this being my first time in the game, things were a little bit different, so just adjusting to that on the field type situation is a process.”

Despite the loss, Tedford said the Lions have some positives to build off of heading into their next game on Sept. 26 in Edmonton against the Eskimos.

“I felt like the guys attitude and the effort coming into this game was really good,” he said.

“I think we’ll take the positives away from this and build on that and take some of the things we didn’t do well and learn from those as well.”

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CANUCKS HAT TRICK

Whitecaps playing underdog card vs.

Sounders

Triple-H line more than moniker

MONTE STEWART THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are in contention to finish first overall in Major League Soccer, but coach Carl Robinson thinks the Seattle Sounders are the heavy favourites entering Saturday’s home game against Seattle.

“If you ask every manager, they want to end up finishing first, but unfortunately 19 teams are not going to finish first and one team does,” said Robinson.

“We’re in a good position at the moment, (but) we still have a lot of work to do. We know we’re an underdog. We’ve been an underdog all season.”

The Whitecaps had a one-point lead on FC Dallas and the Los Angeles Galaxy in the Western Conference standings entering play Friday.

Seattle is alone in fourth place, six points off the lead.

“We’ve done nothing (in MLS), so I’m being realistic,” said Robinson, whose team won this year’s Canadian championship.

Robinson’s comments were a clear attempt to take the pressure off his youthful players as they prepared for an archrival and more tough matchups over the last six games of the regular season.

The Whitecaps (15-10-3) are attempting to host a playoff game for the first time since entering MLS in 2011.

A post-season berth is not a sure thing for Seattle (13-13-3) as Portland, Kansas City and San Jose are also hovering near the playoff bubble.

“We’re playing with confidence at the moment,” said Robinson. “We’ve been on a very good run. So have (the Sounders), so it should be a cracking game.”

The Whitecaps have lost only four league games since June and are unbeaten in their past four contests at B.C. Place, where they have not allowed a goal since July 26 — a span of 270 minutes. But the Sounders handed the Whitecaps a home loss on May 16 before the Whitecaps blanked them 3-0 at CenturyLink Field on Aug. 1.

“Our away game showed that we can play very well against them,” said Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted.

“But the home game we had against them showed as well that they’re a very dangerous team. So we need to be aware of what they’re good at, especially with (Obafemi) Martins back up front (and) the speed they have up there.”

The Sounders are unbeaten in three games, with Martins having scored in each. He has five goals in as many games since returning from a groin injury.

Chris Higgins, Bo Horvat, Jannik Hansen appear to be a trio that can stick together of rollerblading. It was so nice in Vancouver this summer that instead of running, I bought a pair of rollerblades and hit the hills a bit on the West Vancouver side. I’m sure a couple of neighbours were freaked out by me.”

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PRINCE GEORGE — Notes and quotes from Day 1 of training camp where Bo Horvat found new linemates, Chris Higgins found a new way to get a leg up on his training and Matt Bartkowski found out that two lefts can make a right as a possible defensive pairing with Luca Sbisa: 1. TRIPLE-H LINE, MORE THAN A MONIKER: It’s catchy. Maybe something for a t-shirt or definitely an endorsement deal, but there’s also plenty potential in a projected third line of Chris Higgins-Bo Horvat-Jannik Hansen to provide that responsible defensive presence and offensive transition capability. With the Sven Baertschi-Brandon Sutter-Radim Vrbata combination the other Day 1 combination of note, you can see what’s starting to play out here.

Baertschi is getting his chance and Horvat is being brought along methodically to avoid a sophomore slump while strengthening every part of his game without the top-six pressure to perform.

“Bo grew into the type of player everybody expected and when you can have a centre like that, it makes your life a whole lot easier,” Hansen said Friday. “Coming into last year, we didn’t know what to expect from Bo. But we can rely on him and there’s no question mark around him — he’s the real deal. And if he continues to grow as a player, the sky is the limit for him.”

It’s not just the 13 goals and 25 points in his rookie season, it’s the manner in which Horvat won’t take

Vancouver Canucks sophomore centre Bo Horvat celebrates a goal last season against the San Jose Sharks. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

his foot off the conditioning pedal and soak up systems play like a sponge. It’s how he conducts himself and how you realize how impactful the 20-year-old could be because he gets it. And the third line is a nice landing spot for Horvat — at least for now — and he’s one of the few players who said the summer was too long. He wanted to get back on the ice as soon as possible and this is the right spot at the right time.

“Playing with those guys is definitely going to help me,” said Horvat.

“They have a lot of skill and speed and to play along that is going to be good for my game. The lines we have in place right now are really good and are really going to add something to our team. Nothing is set in stone.

“And I don’t set goals because if you don’t reach them, you tend to push more and it’s going to backfire on you.”

2. GOODBYE GROUSE GRIND, HELLO ROLLERBLADES: Like a lot of guys, Chris Higgins has done the legendary and arduous Grouse Grind climb, the North Vancouver staple for fitness fanatics. And like a lot of people, he’s had enough.

“I did it once with my wife and I’ll never do it again — I’d rather take the gondola up,” chuckled Higgins.

Seriously, fitness has never been a problem for Higgins. But to have a rebound season from a dozen goals and just 36 assists — an off year that included 12- and 16-game goal droughts — he plans to silence his critics with a heightened level of strength. He has two years left on his contract at $2.5 million US annually.

“I’m the strongest I’ve been in a number of years as far as the weights I was hitting — I was kind of surprising myself,” said the 32-year-old Higgins. “It’s going to help with the power in my stride. I did a lot

BARTKOWSKI BIG ON BLENDING IN: Matt Bartkowski has already checked out Yaletown, has been on the Stanley Park seawall and marvels at everything the Lower Mainland has to offer. But the chance to rejuvenate his career here as a July 1 free-agency acquisition was more than just a change of scenery — even if he didn’t know a player on the club when he arrived. It was about re-connecting with Jim Benning and John Weisbrod, who played big roles in getting the Pittsburgh native to the Boston Bruins in a March 2010 trade with the Florida Panthers.

Bartkowski was on the Canucks’ radar last March with Kevin Bieksa sidelined by a fractured hand, but they didn’t want to part with an asset. They waited until free agency and the one-year, $1.75 million deal helps both parties. The Canucks get a 27-year-old, puck-moving blue liner who played in the top four for the Bruins two seasons ago. It also buys them a year to see if Bartkowski is a future fit or cut his loose and promote a prospect.

Bartkowski and Luca Sbisa, both left-shot defenders, were paired Friday but both have played the right side. There’s puck-moving potential and a defensive challenge for them to be good together, but it really could have gone any worse for Bartkowski last season.

Sutter, Prust welcome additions in Vancouver JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning identified speed and toughness as two areas the club needed to address this off-season.

He’s confident Brandon Sutter and Brandon Prust fit the bill.

The Canucks acquired the forwards in separate July trades in hopes they will help in the continued process of retooling the franchise on the fly while also altering the locker-room culture.

“These guys are competitive guys and they’re sore losers,” Benning said earlier this week. “They don’t like losing, so as we transition these young players into our lineup going forward they’re going to watch the Prusts and the Sutters and it’s going to be good to learn from them.”

Vancouver returned to the playoffs last season, finishing second in the Pacific Division with 101 points before suffering a six-game defeat at the hands of the Calgary Flames in the first round.

A lot was made of Calgary’s physicality in the series and Benning said he’s much more comfortable with his

SUTTER

roster heading into 2015-16.

“I think we’re going to be able to get in on the forecheck,” he said.

“Last year when I watched our team, I felt like we were a little bit in between. We weren’t fast enough to get in on the forecheck and we didn’t spend enough time in the other team’s end.”

After the deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins that sent Nick Bonino the other way, Sutter signed a five-year extension with the Canucks and is likely to fill the No. 2 centre spot behind Henrik Sedin.

Vancouver opened training camp

in Prince George, B.C., on Friday, but Sutter — who had 21 goals and 12 assists in 80 games in a third-line role last season — made an impression on his new teammates during informal scrimmages earlier this month.

“He’s a good, powerful skater, got good mitts on him . . . reminds me a little bit of a young Ryan Kesler in some ways,” said winger Alexandre Burrows.

“It should be exciting to see him play and grow in his role and be one of our leaders.”

Traded twice already in his career, Sutter is excited to know he’s going to be in one city for a while.

“If you look at certain teams that you’re rumoured to get traded to ... the fit here was almost perfect,” said Sutter, the most recent member of the famous Sutter family to play in the NHL. “I just wanted to be somewhere for a while. It’s fun coming back to Western Canada and playing in a pretty fun city. I’m just looking forward to it all.”

The 31-year-old Prust arrived in a trade with the Montreal Canadiens

for Zack Kassian and will be looked to for toughness in a checking role that should see him play alongside fellow winger Derek Dorsett, who shouldered most of the physical burden last season.

“They don’t want me to change my game in any way, just keep doing the things that I’ve been doing,” said Prust, who is entering the final year of his contract.

“They got me for a reason. (To) be a leader, lead by example, bring energy to this team, bring a little grit, a little sandpaper and keep doing everything I can to help us win hockey games.”

With the additions of Sutter and Prust, an increased role for Bo Horvat and the possible emergence of Sven Baertschi and Jake Virtanen — among other youngsters — up front, the Canucks are confident they can equal and even surpass last season’s bounce-back campaign.

“We analyzed how we can be better going into this season,” said Benning.

“One of the things we talked about is we want to be faster and a harder team to play against. We set about to accomplish that.”

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RAIDERS GAME DAY

No. 1 Barsby shut out by No. 3 G.W. Graham Rebels no longer a susprise SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

After shutting out the fifth-ranked Vernon Panthers last week to begin the 2015 Varsity AA high school football season, the No. 1 Barsby Bulldogs (1-1) were held scoreless Friday in a non-conference loss to the No. 3 G.W. Graham Grizzlies.

The two-time defending provincial champion Bulldogs, who play their first home game in six days against Victoria’s Mt. Douglas Rams, purposely put together an extremely difficult non-conference schedule to ensure they were ready for regular season play. But not to play like they did Friday.

“I didn’t schedule them to lose 33-0,” said Barsby head coach Rob Stevenson. “It’s not a good feeling.

We got shut down and we got pushed around offensively.”

For anyone who’s paid attention to

“I didn’t schedule them to lose 33-0. “ Rob Stevenson, head coach

the Barsby program, the score has to come as a shock. The last time the Bulldogs were shut out came on Oct. 17, 2007 against the Ballenas Whalers, and they have dealt numerous shutouts in the eight years after that. Last season, the Bulldogs won 34-22 against the Grizzlies in Nanaimo.

“We just ran into an opponent that beat us pretty good up front offensively,” Stevenson said of Friday’s loss. “It illuminates what you’ve got to fix. This early in the season, there were some positives even in defeat.

“We’ve got to go look at the film, be very honest with ourselves and be specific in how we practice, because

it’s not going to get any easier next week.”

The Bulldogs were held to just 76 yards of team offence. On defence, linebacker Cory Fletcher led his team with 190 tackles while Parker Bowles and Doyle Sosnowski both had sacks.

Austin Olson and Justis Mackay-Topley had six tackles each.

The Bulldogs host the Rams, ranked No. 2 in Varsity AAA football, at Merle Logan Field Friday at 7 p.m.

Nanaimo Islanders beat Spectrum Thunder 34-12 Forced to replace injured quarterback Maneel Jaswal midway through the game, the Nanaimo Islanders (1-1) picked up their first non-conference win of the season on the road Friday with a 34-12 victory over the Sepctrum Thunder. Runningback Nik Johnson had the play of the

game, returning a third-quarter kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown.

Ben Berrara, who replaced Jaswal at quarterback, also rushed for two touchdowns, as did runningback Amado Rodriguez. The Islanders led 18-12 before halftime but dominated the second half with long drives.

“I was real happy, but we’ve got some work to do,” said Islanders head coach Nate Stevenson.” “Defensively, we let some plays slide that we shouldn’t have . . . We’ve got to tighten it up in the next few weeks of exhibition before we tangle with an angry Barsby.”

The Islanders play on the road again next week against the Moscrop Panthers to continue their non-conference schedule.

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Clippers fend off comeback, win 4-2 SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

Brendan Shane, Sheldon Rempal and Spencer Hewson all scored their first goals of the year Friday night as the Nanaimo Clippers fended off the Victoria Grizzlies to win their home opener 4-2.

It was the first time the Clippers and Grizzlies had played a regular season B.C. Hockey League game that was decided by more than one goal since the 2013-14 season.

“We came out hot at the start and we kept building on our systems and our energy as the game progressed,” said Shane, a 19-year-old winger out of Pittsford, N.Y., who was picked up by the Clippers at last year’s trade deadline.

“I was very happy with the way we played.”

Shane scored the Clippers opening goal, burying a cross-ice pass from veteran defenceman Kale Bennett.

Matt Hoover then added his second of the year on an early second-period scramble before Rempal scored early in the third to put the Clippers up 3-0.

But the tide turned on a Victoria five-on-three when Grizzlies veteran Cole Pickup scored his third of the year to bring his team within two goals of the lead before Alex Peck scored with the goalie pulled to cut the deficit to one.

Clippers head coach Mike Vandekamp called the five-on-three the “turning point,” however it didn’t decide the game.

“It’s unfortunate because I don’t think we were guilty of sitting back at all,” Vandekamp said of Victoria’s near comeback.

“I thought we played a good three periods.”

With Victoria’s goalie still pulled, however, Clippers captain Devin Brosseau beat Pickup to a loose puck and fed Spencer Hewson, who deposited it into the net to put the game on ice.

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Despite coming off another loss at the hands of the undefeated Okanagan Sun last weekend, the Vancouver Island Raiders still control their own destiny when it comes to securing a home playoff date in the B.C. Football Conference.

They take another step toward that goal today with a rivalry match against the Westshore Rebels at Caledonia Park at 2 p.m. against a team that has never beat them, but also one that nearly did in Week 2 in Langford. It is the last home game of the season for the Raiders, that is unless they secure that home playoff game — but they may need to winout to do so.

“I’m expecting a pretty tough game,” said Raiders head coach Jerome Erdman. “These rivalry games, you can throw all the past records and stuff out the window. They’re played with a lot of emotion and anything can happen.”

In Week 2, the Raiders were without starting quarterback Liam O’Brien, and the Rebels had what could have been a game-winning field goal blocked by V.I. linebacker Nigel Henry in the waning seconds of the game, securing a two-point win.

Rebels quarterback Ashton MacKinnon, a CIS transfer, has been one of the surprise players this season in the BCFC and needs to be accounted for by the Raiders defence.

“He’s got a great receiving core so our DBs have got to be vigilant with good technique on man-to-man and good zone drops when we play zone,” Erdman said. While quarterback play will be paramount, Erdman said it will be the ground game that likely decides the game with poor weather conditions expected.

“The weather isn’t supposed to be the greatest, so whoever can run and control the clock and move the ball on the ground will have a good chance of winning.”

A Rebels loss today will eliminate them from contending for a playoff spot and clinch one for the Raiders.

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Nanaimo Clippers forward Spencer Hewson, left, takes a shot during a B.C. Hockey League game Friday night against the Victoria Grizzlies at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

“I thought the guys did a pretty good job,” Vandekamp said.

“We hadn’t been in a situation like that, and the hype that comes with that, with the goalie pulled and trying to defend, but we’ve got lots to learn still and that’s what the start of the season is all about.

“If we can win games and learn while we’re going, that’s a bonus.”

Clippers goalie Jonathan Reinhart got his third straight start in the win, stopping 24 of 26 Victoria shots.

Vandekamp thought his team could have given their goalie some more

breathing room offensively.

“We had some chances to score some goals . . . and they say 3-0 is one of the most dangerous leads to have.

“We just didn’t bare down on our chances. The powerplay wasn’t great, so we’ve got some work to do there.”

Still, he also thought his team carried the play after they outshot the Grizzlies 41-26.

“That’s the way we want to play,” Vandekamp said. “We want to be a real hard forechecking team and a puck possession club. The guys are

starting to get a little bit of the idea of that . . . But we’ve got to find a way to turn it into some results offensively.”

The Clippers win puts them at 2-1-0-0 early in the season.

They host the Powell River Kings tonight at Frank Crane Arena at 6 p.m. tonight after playing them twice last weekend on the road when both teams earned a win.

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Buccaneers upset Storm in Campbell River, 4-1 The Nanaimo Buccaneers handed the Campbell River Storm their first loss of the season Friday night on the road with a 4-1 victory.

Will Koop scored the game-winner for the Bucs while Nick Gomerich added an insurance marker and an empty-netter to seal the win.

Connor Mowatt also scored for the Bucs, while goalie Alex Orth was the game’s first star after stopping 41 of 42 Storm shots.

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Blue Jays hammer Red Sox 6-1 Series opens in Toronto with Stroman on the mound and a blow-out victory NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Marcus Stroman’s remarkable comeback is becoming, well, more remarkable.

The 24-year-old right-hander, in his first 2015 home start after reconstructive knee surgery, held Boston in check for seven innings Friday as the Toronto Blue Jays opened up their final regular-season homestand with a 6-1 win over the Red Sox. Stroman threw 96 pitches, 69 for strikes, giving up one run on six hits with three strikeouts and one walk.

“What an outing,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “For a guy who had no spring training, coming off the big injury that everyone knows about. It’s really pretty remarkable.

“But Stro’s different. To be honest, I don’t think there’s many guys that can pull that off really. Most guys probably would have been done for the year. But he was motivated to come back. He’s a great competitor and he’s got great stuff.”

Toronto (85-62) is now a season-high 23 games over .500. It’s the most games over .500 since the final day of the ’93 season when the Jays (95-67) were 28 games over.

In winning its third straight, Toronto is now 32-10 since Aug. 2 while outscoring the oppos-

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Leafs head to Halifax for Camp Babcock STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

To begin the first training camp of the Mike Babcock and Lou Lamoriello era, the Maple Leafs left Toronto on a jet plane to fly to Nova Scotia.

Neither the team’s new coach nor its new general manager claimed responsibility for the idea. But they heartily endorsed it as a bonding trip.

“It’s an opportunity to get all the players together,” Lamoriello said.

“It’s a short period of time, which is even better because they’re going to get to know each other.”

The Leafs practise Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Halifax suburb of Bedford before returning to Ontario for split-squad, two-city pre-season action Monday against the Ottawa Senators. By that time, the group will likely be cut from 69 to a more manageable number for the rest of camp.

On the ice, the Leafs will get their first taste of Babcock’s coaching, which is revered for its attention to detail in preparation and drills. Off the ice, Babcock hopes his players are focused on the task at hand because they’re on the road.

“You can get out and golf or fish or do something, get together for a meal,” Babcock said Thursday.

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman reacts after ending an inning against the Boston Red Sox in Toronto on Friday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

ition 256-144. With the Mets beating the Yankees 5-1, Toronto moved 4.5 games ahead of the Yankees atop the American League East.

After recovering from surgery in March, Stroman returned Sept. 12 to beat the Yankees in New York — where he gave up three earned runs

and four hits in five innings.

Stroman is a walking, talking bundle of energy with five pitches and oodles of confidence on the mound.

“It’s just exciting to be out there with the guys, the brothers — just feed off their energy and go out there and compete,” he said.

The sellout crowd of 47,126 at the Rogers Centre, whose roof opened mid-game, showered Stroman with applause from the moment he left the bullpen prior to the game.

“I had the chills from that point on,” he said “So special,” he added. “It’s crazy, man. Just the love Toronto has for me. It’s incredible.”

He walked out to “Miss Me” by Drake, which includes the line “Gone for surgery but now I’m back again.”

While Stroman (2-0) handcuffed the Boston batters most of the evening, he got help from his fielders and the Jays bats.

Toronto recorded two timely double plays and Russell Martin nailed a Boston runner trying to steal a base.

Josh Donaldson, Ryan Goins and Justin Smoak also made sparking fielding plays behind Stroman.

Boston (69-77) was not as stylish with the glove and paid for its mistakes Smoak drove in two runs to go over 50 for the season. The Jays now have six players with 10-plus homers and 50-plus RBIs this season, the most since a team-record eight did it in 2010. Toronto scored at least six runs for the 66th time this season to lead the majors. The Jays have won 26 straight when scoring five or more runs.

Kessel ready for his fresh start THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Phil Kessel joined the Penguins at training camp Friday, ready to play alongside centres Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

“It’s pretty special,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity for myself and I’m going to try to take full advantage of it . . . I’m excited to get to play with the guys in this locker room. There are some good players in here.”

Pittsburgh acquired Kessel, forward Tyler Biggs and defenceman Tim Erixon from the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 1 for forwards Kasperi Kapanen and Nick Spaling, defenceman Scott Harrington and two conditional draft picks.

Kessel has spent nine years in the NHL. His last six were with Toronto, where he averaged more than 30 goals a year.

The Penguins plan to place Kessel on Crosby’s right side Tuesday when he makes his preseason debut against the Carolina Hurricanes.

He is expected to spend time as the right wing alongside both Crosby and Malkin before a decision is made on where he’ll start the regular season Oct. 8 against the Dallas Stars.

Forward Patric Hornqvist, who had 25 goals and 51 points in his first season with the Penguins last year, said he doesn’t think it matters where a player like Kessel is slotted.

“Who cares?” Hornqvist said. “He’s a great player. And (Malkin and Cros-

Pittsburgh Penguin Phil Kessel, left, skates with Adam Clendening, right, and Sergei Gonchar. [AP PHOTO]

by) are probably the two best centermen in the world . . . He knows Sid is a little more straight line — he likes to take it to the net — and (Malkin) is more pull up, hold onto the puck and try to find those small plays around the net. They’re both great and he’s going to have fun here.”

Crosby, since he has been in Pittsburgh, has never played next to as skilled a right wing as Kessel. But, like Hornqvist, he says Kessel’s position is not crucial.

“We’re excited to have him,” Crosby said. “I think (Malkin) and I are both going to see some time with him.

We’ll see what happens, but regardless of who he plays with, he’s a great

player. Guys who can score like that aren’t easy to come by, so it’s nice to have him and we’ll see how things end up.”

Because of perceived character issues from his time in Toronto, Kessel’s ability can be overlooked when discussing the NHL’s elite talent.

Crosby thinks Kessel hasn’t been given sufficient credit.

“I think that’s fair to say,” Crosby said.

“I think even his playmaking ability is underrated, but he does a lot of things well. His speed and shot stick out the most. But, like I said, guys who can score like he can, they don’t come around often.”

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SPORTS IN BRIEF News services ◆ NFL

Packers’ Bulaga out for game vs. Seahawks The Green Bay Packers are quickly having to adjust to not having familiar starters on the field.

Add the name of veteran right tackle Bryan Bulaga to a growing list.

Bulaga won’t play the Packers’ home opener against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night after he suffered a knee injury in practice Thursday. The loss of Bulaga comes after starting linebacker Sam Barrington left the Packers’ opening-day win at Chicago with what turned out to be a season-ending foot injury. Green Bay lost Pro Bowl receiver Jordy Nelson for the season to a knee injury in a preseason game four weeks ago.

The Packers didn’t practice Friday, and only a few players talked to reporters during an open locker-room period.

◆ NHL

Ho-Sang late to Islanders camp, sent back to OHL Josh Ho-Sang’s training camp with the New York Islanders was cut short on Friday. The former Windsor Spitfires forward was reportedly sent back to the Ontario Hockey League’s Niagara IceDogs for showing up late to the opening day of Isles training camp, according to Newsday hockey writer Arthur Staple. Ho-Sang, who was selected 28th overall by the Islanders in the 2014 NHL draft, was preparing to take part in his first training camp with the club.

◆ MLB

Blue Jays will return to Montreal for preseason The Toronto Blue Jays are headed back to Olympic Stadium in April.

The American League East division leaders confirmed Friday that they will play a pair of pre-season games against the Boston Red Sox on April 1 and April 2 at the Big O. It will be the third straight year the Blue Jays have ended their pre-season with games in Montreal. In 2014, 96,350 fans jammed the domed stadium for a two-game set with the New York Mets. Last April, 96,545 spectators attended games against Toronto native Joey Votto and the Cincinnati Reds.

“It’s become a bit of a tradition,” Blue Jays president Paul Beeston said on a conference call.

◆ NHL

Habs name Pacioretty captain ahead of camp Max Pacioretty was helping to get his two kids ready for bed when a call came from Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin.

“Open your front door,” said Bergevin, but when Pacioretty did, there was no one there.

“We had the wrong house,” Bergevin said with a big laugh Friday about his gaffe while trying to inform Pacioretty he had been elected by his teammates as the 29th captain in Canadiens history.

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FOOTBALL

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION Toronto N.Y. Yankees Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston

W 85 80 72 71 69

L 62 66 75 76 77

Pct .578 .548 .490 .483 .473

GB — 41/2 13 14 151/2

WCGB — — 41/2 51/2 7

L10 7-3 3-7 7-3 4-6 5-5

Str W-3 L-1 L-1 W-1 L-1

Home 48-25 41-32 44-30 35-38 39-35

Away 37-37 39-34 28-45 36-38 30-42

CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chi. White Sox Detroit

W 86 75 73 69 68

L 61 71 73 77 78

Pct .585 .514 .500 .473 .466

GB — 101/2 121/2 161/2 171/2

WCGB — 1 3 7 8

L10 4-6 5-5 6-4 4-6 6-4

Str L-1 L-3 W-1 L-2 W-3

Home 48-27 43-29 34-37 37-38 34-38

Away 38-34 32-42 39-36 32-39 34-40

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Texas 79 68 .537 — — 6-4 L-1 38-34 — 2-8 L-5 48-25 .520 21/2 Houston 77 71 2 5-5 W-1 44-31 L.A. Angels 74 72 .507 41/2 Seattle 72 76 .486 71/2 5 6-4 W-2 34-41 13 5-5 W-2 33-42 Oakland 64 84 .432 151/2 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

Friday Toronto 6 Boston 1 Detroit 5 Kansas City 4 (12) Cleveland 12 Chi. White Sox 1 Tampa Bay 8 Baltimore 6 Seattle 3 Texas 1 L.A. Angels at Minnesota, postponed Oakland 4 Houston 3 Thursday Oakland 4 Chi. White Sox 2 Kansas City 8 Cleveland 4 Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 3 Texas 8 Houston 2 L.A. Angels 11 Minnesota 8 Saturday L.A. Angels (Heaney 6-3) at Minnesota (Gibson 10-10), 1:10 p.m.

Boston (Miley 11-10) at Toronto (Stroman 1-0), 4:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Chen 9-7) at Tampa Bay

Away 41-34 29-46 30-41 38-35 31-42

(Ramirez 10-5), 6:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 13-8) at Detroit (Boyd 1-5), 7:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 13-11) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-9), 7:10 p.m.

Chi. White Sox (Rodon 7-6) at Cleveland (Carrasco 13-10), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 13-7) at Houston (Kazmir 7-10), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Nuno 1-2) at Texas (Hamels 3-1), 8:05 p.m.

Sunday Boston at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Kansas City at Detroit, 1:08 p.m.

Chi. White Sox at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

Oakland at Houston, 2:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST DIVISION

N.Y. Mets Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

W 84 76 64 58 56

L 63 71 84 90 92

Pct .571 .517 .432 .392 .378

GB WCGB — — 8 10 201/2 221/2 261/2 281/2 281/2 301/2

L10 8-2 5-5 7-3 3-7 3-7

Str W-1 W-1 L-1 W-1 L-4

Home 47-26 42-30 36-39 35-38 33-42

Away 37-37 34-41 28-45 23-52 23-50

CENTRAL DIVISION Home 50-24 50-25 44-28 34-40 33-43

Away 42-31 37-34 42-33 28-44 29-42

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home L.A. Dodgers 84 61 .579 — — 7-3 W-1 49-22 San Francisco 77 69 .527 71/2 81/2 7-3 W-1 43-28 4-6 L-1 35-40 Arizona 69 77 .473 151/2 161/2 San Diego 69 79 .466 161/2 171/2 4-6 L-1 35-37 Colorado 62 85 .422 23 24 5-5 W-1 32-40 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

Away 35-39 34-41 34-37 34-42 30-45

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Milwaukee

W 92 87 86 62 62

L 55 59 61 84 85

Pct .626 .596 .585 .425 .422

GB WCGB — — — 41/2 6 — 291/2 231/2 30 24

L10 5-5 6-4 6-4 5-5 1-9

Str L-1 L-3 W-4 W-1 L-7

WEST DIVISION

Friday Chicago Cubs 8 St. Louis 3 Washington 5 Miami 4 (10) N.Y. Mets 5 N.Y. Yankees 1 Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 5 Milwaukee 3 Colorado 7 San Diego 4 Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers Arizona at San Francisco Thursday Chicago Cubs 9 Pittsburgh 6 Miami 6 Washington 4 Toronto 5 Atlanta 0 St. Louis 6 Milwaukee 3 Saturday N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 10-8) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 8-6), 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 16-5) at Chicago Cubs (Wood 5-4), 1:05 p.m.

Miami (Nicolino 3-3) at Washington (Zim-

mermann 12-8), 4:05 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 5-4) at San Francisco (Leake 10-8), 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Smith 0-2) at Milwaukee (Jungmann 9-6), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Eickhoff 1-3) at Atlanta (Weber 0-1), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 0-0) at Colorado (Flande 3-3), 8:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 10-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 14-6), 9:10 p.m.

Sunday Miami at Washington, 1:35 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 8:05 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

2·1RUD T—2:32. A—47,126 (49,282) at Toronto.

BLUE JAYS 6, RED SOX 1

METS 5, YANKEES 1

N.Y. Yankeesab r h bi N.Y. Mets ab r h bi Boston ab r h bi Toronto ab r h bi Betts rf 4 0 2 0 Revere lf 4 0 0 1 Gardner cf-lf 4 1 1 0 Granderson rf 4 0 0 0 Holt 3b 4 0 1 0 Donaldson 3b 4 0 2 0 Headley 3b 5 0 1 0 Cespedes cf-lf 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 Murphy 2b 4 1 2 1 Bogaerts ss 4 0 1 0 Bautista rf 2 1 1 0 Beltran rf 2 0 1 1 Young pr 0 1 0 0 Ortiz dh 4 0 1 0 Encarnacion dh4 1 0 0 Young lf 0 0 0 0 Tejada ss 0 0 0 0 Shaw 1b 3 0 1 0 Smoak 1b 4 1 2 2 Shreve p Castillo lf 4 1 0 0 Martin c 4 1 1 0 McCann ph 1 0 0 0 Wright 3b 3 0 2 0 Swihart c 3 0 1 0 Goins ss 4 1 2 1 Pinder p 0 0 0 0 Duda 1b 4 1 2 1 Rutledge 2b 3 0 1 1 Pillar cf 4 1 1 0 3D]RV S '·$UQDXG F Bradley Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 Pennington 2b 1 0 0 1 Bailey p 0 0 0 0 Conforto lf 2 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 8 1 Totals 31 6 9 5 Bird 1b 4 0 1 0 Cuddyer ph 1 0 0 0 Boston 000 010 000 —1 Murphy c 3 0 0 0 Reed p 0 0 0 0 Toronto 001 302 00x —6 Ackley ph 1 0 1 0 Familia p 0 0 0 0 E—Holt. LOB—Boston 5, Toronto 5. DP— Gregorius ss 4 0 1 0 Flores ss-2b 3 1 1 0 Boston 1. Toronto 2. 2B—Betts (36), Pillar Ryan 2b Matz sp 2 0 0 0 (25), Smoak (14). 3B—Goins (3). S—Pen- Rodriguez ph 03 00 01 00 Robles p 0 0 0 0 nington. SF—Pennington.

Pirela pr 0 0 0 0 Uribe ph 1 1 1 2 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Tanaka sp 2 0 0 0 Lagares cf 0 0 0 0 Porcello L, 8-13 6 8 6 5 2 4 Ellsbury ph-cf 2 0 1 0 Barnes 1 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 35 1 9 1 Totals 32 5 8 4 Hembree 1 0 0 0 0 1 N.Y. Yankees 100 000 000 —1 Toronto N.Y. Mets 010 001 21x —5 Stroman W, 2-0 7 6 1 1 1 3 LOB—N.Y. Mets 4, N.Y. Yankees 10.

Hendriks 1 1 0 0 0 2 2B—Duda (30), Ackley (10).

3B—Murphy Sanchez 1 1 0 0 0 2

WP — Stroman, Porcello. Umpires— Home, Mark Ripperger; First, Dan Iassogna; Second, Alan Porter; Third, Brian

(1). HR—Murphy (12); Duda (22); Uribe (14). SF—Young.

N.Y. Yankees

IP

H R ER BB SO

Tanaka L, 12-7 Shreve Pinder Pazos Bailey N.Y. Mets Matz W, 4-0 Robles H, 10 Reed H, 12 Familia

6 1 1-3 1-3 1-3

5 2 1 0 0

2 2 1 0 0

2 2 1 0 0

0 0 1 0 0

4 1 0 0 1

6 1 1 1

7 0 0 2

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

1 0 0 1

4 2 2 1

WP — Pazos. Umpires—Home, James Hoye; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, John Tumpane.

T—2:56. A—43,602 (41,922) at N.Y. Mets.

RAYS 8, ORIOLES 6 Baltimore Reimold dh Machado 3b Davis 1b Jones cf Schoop 2b Pearce lf Joseph c Hardy ss Alvarez rf

ab 4 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 3

r 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0

h bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0

Tampa Bay ab Jaso dh 3 Shaffer ph-dh 1 Mahtook cf-lf 5 Longoria 3b 4 Sizemore lf 4 Kiermaier cf 0 Souza Jr. rf 3 Loney 1b 3 Arencibia c 4 Franklin 2b 4 Beckham ss 4 Totals 30 6 5 6 Totals 35 Baltimore 030 002 001 Tampa Bay 020 060 00x

r h bi 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 813 8 —6 —8

LOB—Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 7. DP— Baltimore 2. Tampa Bay 1. 2B—Mahtook 2 (5), Loney (16), Sizemore (8), Franklin (4). HR—Beckham (9). Pearce (13); Hardy (8).

Baltimore IP Wilson L, 2-2 4 1-3 Roe 2-3 McFarland 0 Givens 2 Drake 1 Tampa Bay Smyly W, 3-2 5 2-3 Gomes H, 15 1 1-3 Geltz H, 20 1 Boxberger S, 35 1

H R ER BB SO 8 6 6 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 1

5 0 0 1

5 0 0 1

3 0 1 0

6 2 0 1

McFarland pitched to 2 batters in the 6th HBP — Pearce. Umpires—Home, Sean Barber; First, Dale Scott; Second, CB Bucknor; Third, Lance Barrett.

T—2:51. A—10,697 (31,042) at Tampa Bay.

INDIANS 12, WHITE SOX 1 Chi. White Soxabr h bi Eaton cf 4 0 1 0 Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 4 0 1 0 Cabrera dh 4 1 1 1 Thompson lf 4 0 1 0 Garcia rf 3 0 0 0 Olt 3b 3 0 0 0 Sanchez 2b 3 0 1 0 Flowers c 4 0 0 0

Cleveland ab r h bi Lindor ss 5 2 3 1 Aviles 3b 5 2 2 2 Brantley lf 5 1 3 2 Martinez pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Raburn rf 3 1 1 0 Chisenhall pr-rf 0 0 0 1 Santana 1b 4 1 1 4 Sands 1b 0 0 0 0 Johnson dh 4 0 1 2 Almonte cf 5 0 0 0 Perez c 3 2 2 0 Ramirez 2b 3 2 0 0 Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 37 121312 Chi. White Sox 000 010 000 —1 Cleveland 006 000 15x —12

E—Sanchez, Aviles, Sale. LOB—Cleveland 7, Chi. White Sox 9. DP—Chi. White Sox 1. Cleveland 1. 2B—Thompson (6). HR—Lindor (10); Santana (16).

Cabrera (11).

Chi. White Sox IP Sale L, 12-10 7 Webb 1-3 Jennings 2-3 Cleveland Anderson W, 5-3 6 2-3 McAllister 1 1-3 Webb 1

H R ER BB SO 8 7 1 3 9 3 4 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 5 0 0

1 0 0

1 0 0

5 0 0

6 1 0

HBP — Perez. Umpires—Home, Mike Everitt; First, Tim Welke; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Chris Segal.

T—2:46. A—16,149 (36,856) at Cleveland.

TIGERS 5, ROYALS 4 (12) Kansas City ab Gordon lf 4 Moustakas 3b 5 Morales dh 5 Hosmer 1b 5 Perez c 5 Gore pr 0 Butera c 0 Rios rf 4 Dyson pr-cf 0 Infante 2b 2 Zobrist 2b 2 Orlando cf-rf 5 Escobar ss 3 Colon ss 1 Totals 41 Kansas City Detroit

r 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

h bi 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 000 100

Detroit ab Gose cf 5 Kinsler 2b 6 Cabrera 1b 4 Davis pr 0 J. Martinez rf 4 V. Martinez dh 5 Collins lf 4 Marte 3b 4 Wilson 3b 0 Castellanos ph 1 Machado ss 1 McCann c 5 Romine ss-3b 5

r h bi 2 2 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

Totals 44 513 5 010 002 001 —4 000 020 002 —5

E—Davis. LOB—Detroit 12, Kansas City 5. 2B—Cabrera (28), Gose (22), Orlando (13). HR—Perez (20). SB—Rios (9), Gore (3). S—Dyson. SF—V. Martinez, Cabrera.

Kansas City IP H Cueto 7 8 Davis 1 1 Herrera 1 1 Madson 1 0 Hochevar 1 0 Holland L, 3-2 BS, 5 2-33 Detroit Verlander 8 2-3 5 Wilson BS, 2 1-3 2 Feliz 2 0 Verhagen W, 2-0 1 1

R ER BB SO 2 2 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 1

2 1 0 1

1 0 0 1

7 0 1 0

Cueto pitched to 1 batter in the 8th HBP — Escobar. Umpires—Home, Ryan

Blakney; First, Gary Cederstrom; Second, Quinn Wolcott; Third, Lance Barksdale.

T—4:09. A—32,926 (41,574) at Detroit.

NATIONAL LEAGUE NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 4 (10) Miami ab Gordon 2b 4 Suzuki rf 5 Yelich lf 5 Prado 3b 0 Bour 1b 4 Ozuna cf 4 Dietrich 3b 3 Narveson p 0 Telis ph 0 Urena p 0 Lazo p 0 Gillespie ph 0 Ellington p 0 Realmuto c 4 Rojas ss 3 Fernandez sp 1 McGehee 3b 2

r 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

h bi 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0

Washington ab Rendon 2b-3b 5 Escobar 3b 4 Turner pr-2b 1 Harper cf-rf 3 Werth rf-lf 4 Robinson 1b 3 Desmond ss 4 Den Dekker lf 1 Taylor ph-cf 2 Lobaton c 4 Scherzer sp 2 Uggla ph 1 Rivero p 0 Treinen p 0 Papelbon p 0 Ramos ph 1 Thornton p 0 Janssen p 0 Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 35 Miami 200 000 011 Washington 010 001 020

r h bi 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 4 0 —4 1 —5

E—Rendon, Harper. LOB—Miami 7, Washington 10. DP—Miami 1. 2B—Rojas 2 (7), Ozuna (25), Werth (15). HR— Robinson (8). Yelich (7). S—Fernandez.

SF—Gordon, Desmond, Lobaton.

Miami IP Fernandez 5 2-3 Narveson 1 1-3 Urena BS, 1 2-3 Lazo 1 1-3 Ellington L, 1-1 2-3 Washington Scherzer 7 Rivero 1-3 Treinen 2-3 Papelbon BS, 2 1 Thornton 1-3 Janssen W, 2-5 2-3

H R ER BB SO 5 2 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0

2 1 0 1 0 0

2 1 0 0 0 0

3 0 1 0 0 0

6 1 1 2 0 1

WP — Fernandez 2, Urena, Scherzer.

PB—Realmuto. HBP — Werth. Umpires—Home, Chris Conroy; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Adam Hamari; Third, Angel Hernandez.

T—3:22. A—27,495 (41,341) at Washington.

BRAVES 2, PHILLIES 1 Philadelphia ab r h bi Galvis ss 5 0 0 0 Altherr lf 4 0 0 0 Herrera cf 5 0 2 0 Ruf 1b 5 0 1 0 Blanco 2b-3b 4 0 1 0 Asche 3b 2 0 0 0 Sweeney ph-2b0 0 0 0 Rupp c 3 1 1 1 Bogusevic rf 2 0 1 0 Francoeur ph-rf1 0 0 0 Morgan sp 1 0 0 0 '·$UQDXG SK Hinojosa p 0 0 0 0 Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0

Atlanta ab Markakis rf 4 Castro 2b 4 Freeman 1b 3 Garcia lf 1 Bourn lf-lf 2 Maybin cf 3 Simmons ss 3 Olivera 3b 3 Bethancourt c 3 Perez sp 2 Cunniff p 0 0F.LUDKDQ S Moylan p 0 Marksberry p 0 Pierzynski ph 1 Vizcaino p 0 Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 29 Philadelphia 010 000 000 Atlanta 100 100 00x

r h bi 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 2 —1 —2

E—Olivera. LOB—Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 12. DP—Atlanta 1. 2B—Freeman (25), Garcia (10), Bethancourt (8). HR—Rupp (9). SB—Maybin (22). S—Morgan.

Philadelphia IP Morgan L, 5-7 6 Hinojosa 2 Atlanta Perez W, 6-6 5 2-3 Cunniff 0 McKirahan H, 4 1 Moylan H, 2 1-3 Marksberry H, 4 1 Vizcaino S, 5 1

H R ER BB SO 6 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0

1 1 1 0 1 1

6 0 1 0 1 3

Cunniff pitched to 1 batter in the 6th WP — Vizcaino. PB—Bethancourt.

Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Pat Hoberg; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Greg Gibson.

T—2:58. A—22,525 (49,586) at Atlanta.

REDS 5, BREWERS 3 Cincinnati ab r Bourgeois cf-lf 5 1 Schumaker lf 4 1 LeCure p 0 0 Parra p 0 0 De Jesus ph-1b0 0 Phillips 2b 4 0 Frazier 3b 5 0 Bruce rf 3 1 Suarez ss 4 2 Duvall 1b 5 0 Chapman p 0 0 Barnhart c 1 0 Finnegan sp 1 0 Pena ph 1 0 Balester p 0 0 Cingrani p 0 0 Diaz p 0 0 Boesch ph 1 0 Lamarre cf 0 0 Totals 34 5 Cincinnati Milwaukee

h bi 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 5 100 010

Milwaukee ab Segura ss 5 Perez 3b 3 Gennett ph-2b 1 Ashley ph 1 Braun rf 2 Davis lf 4 Rogers 1b 3 Santana cf 4 Herrera 2b-3b 4 Maldonado c 2 Davies sp 1 Lind ph 1 Thornburg p 0 Knebel p 0 Sardinas ph 1

r h bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals 32 3 7 3 200 110 —5 001 010 —3

E—Schumaker. LOB—Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 11. DP—Cincinnati 1. Milwaukee 1. 2B—Frazier (41), Suarez (18), Rogers (6), Maldonado (5), Duvall (1). HR—Davis (22); Rogers (3). Bourgeois (3); Bruce

(22). SB—Braun (24). S—Finnegan, Davies.

Cincinnati IP Finnegan W, 1-0 5 Balester H, 2 1-3 Cingrani H, 8 2-3 Diaz H, 7 1 LeCure H, 3 1-3 Parra H, 5 2-3 Chapman S, 31 1 Milwaukee Davies L, 1-2 6 Thornburg 1 2-3 Knebel 1 1-3

H R ER BB SO 3 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2 2

3 2 0

3 2 0

4 2 2

4 3 2

PB—Barnhart. Umpires—Home, Joe West; First, Rob Drake; Second, Clint Fagan; Third, D.J. Reyburn.

T—3:20. A—37,158 (41,900) at Milwaukee.

Chicago Cubsab r h bi Fowler cf 4 0 0 0 Schwarber lf 3 1 0 0 Rodney p 0 0 0 0 Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 Coghlan rf 1 1 0 0 Jackson ph-rf 2 1 1 0 Rizzo 1b 3 1 2 1 La Stella 3b 3 0 1 1 Bryant ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Montero c 3 2 1 0 Castro 2b 3 2 3 6 Strop p 0 0 0 0 'HQRUÀD OI

Haren sp 2 0 0 0 Rosscup p 0 0 0 0 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 Soler ph 1 0 0 0 Grimm p 0 0 0 0 Baez ph-2b 2 0 1 0 Russell ss 4 0 1 0 Totals 33 810 8 010 000 —3 023 00x —8

E—Rizzo. LOB—Chicago Cubs 14, St. Louis 6. DP—St. Louis 1. Chicago Cubs 1. 2B—Moss 2 (5), Rizzo (35), La Stella (5). 3B—Wong (4). HR—Castro (10).

SB—Fowler (20), Rizzo (17).

St. Louis IP Lynn 3 1-3 Lyons 2-3 Maness L, 4-2 1 Choate 1-3 Cishek 1-3 Socolovich 1-3 Belisle 2-3 Tuivailala 1 1-3 Chicago Cubs Haren 4 1-3 Rosscup 1-3 Hunter W, 2-0 1-3 Grimm H, 13 1 Strop 1 Rodney 1 Ramirez 1

H R ER BB SO 4 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1

3 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 2 0 0 0 1 0

NORTH W L T

EAST

2 1 0 2 2 0 2

Maness pitched to 1 batter in the 6th HBP — Rizzo; Rizzo. Holliday. Umpires—Home, Dan Bellino; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Tom Hallion.

T—3:26. A—40,846 (40,929) at Chicago Cubs.

HOCKEY WHL PRE-SEASON 7KXUVGD\·V UHVXOW Lethbridge 3 Kootenay 2 :HGQHVGD\·V UHVXOW Prince Albert 5 Regina 2 )ULGD\·V JDPHV All times Mountain Brandon 4 Moose Jaw 2 Everett at Portland Calgary at Lethbridge Regina at Prince Albert Edmonton at Red Deer Swift Current at Saskatoon Kelowna at Vancouver Spokane at Tri-City Victoria at Seattle Saturday's games Tri-City at Spokane, 3 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

1 0 0 1.000

Pt

Baltimore

0 1 0 .000

13 19

8 3 0 392 221 16

Pittsburgh

0 1 0 .000

21 28

0 1 0 .000

10 31

GP W L T PF PA x-Hamilton

11

Ottawa

10

6 4 0 224 259 12

Cleveland

Toronto

11

6 5 0 277 322 12

Montreal

10

4 6 0 207 196 8

WEST

WEST Pt

:HGQHVGD\·V UHVXOW Penticton 3 Vernon 2 )ULGD\·V JDPHV Powell River at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Chilliwack at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\·V JDPHV Prince George at Langley, 6 p.m.

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Friday, September 25 Calgary at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

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First Quarter Cal — FG Paredes 37 4:28 Cal — FG Paredes 39 12:09 Second Quarter B.C. — FG Leone 18 4:22 Cal — TD Fuller 38 pass from Mitchell (pass from Mitchell to ) 5:49 Cal — TD Harrison 8 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 11:00 B.C. — FG Leone 25 15:00 Third Quarter B.C. — Rainey 75 kickoff return (Leone convert) 0:17 Cal — FG Paredes 42 5:52 Fourth Quarter LibEquCourt PeriodTimeRemaining...Cal — TD Moniz 1 run (Paredes convert) 5:18 Cal — TD Cornish 16 run (Paredes convert) 8:17 B.C. — Safety 13:38 0 6 6 12

7 10—23 3 14—35

Attendance — 31,586 at Calgary.

TEAM STATISTICS First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Passes made-tried Return yards Interceptions-yards by Fumbles-Lost Sacks by Punts-average Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

B.C. 20 55 333 24-43 375 0-0 2-2 0 6-50.0 11-75 27:08

Cal 19 54 268 21-34 196 3-4 3-1 1 7-46.6 9-77 32:52

Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — B.C.: Harris 12-58, Jennings 1--1, Rainey 2--3. Cal: Cornish 12-41, Harrison 2-7, Parker 1-5, Mitchell 1-4, Moniz 1-1, McDaniel 1--4.

Receiving — B.C.: Hawkins 6-106, Arceneaux 7-95, Burnham 4-71, Iannuzzi 2-26, Gore 2-17, Harris 2-14, Rainey 1-4. Cal: Rogers 6-115, McDaniel 5-43, Fuller 2-41, Parker 1-20, Wilson 3-15, Cornish 1-11, Cote 1-8, Harrison 1-8, Durant 1-7.

Passing — B.C.: Jennings 15-27-2510-3, Beck 9-16-82-0-0. Cal: Mitchell 21-34-268-2-0.

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-$3$1 :20(1·6 23(1 TENNIS At Tokyo, Japan Friday, Sept.. 18 results WOMEN Singles 4XDUWHUÀQDOV Ajla Tomljanovic (7), Croatia, def.

Madison Brengle (3), United States, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Magda Linette, Poland, def. Su-Wei Hsieh, Chinese Taipei, 6-3, 6-3.

Christina McHale (6), United States, def. Saisai Zheng, China, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

WTA COUPE BANQUE NATIONALE PRESENTEE PAR BELL At Quebec City, Canada Friday, Sept.. 18 results WOMEN Singles 4XDUWHUÀQDOV Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, def. Paula Kania, Poland, 6-0, 6-1.

Naomi Broady, England, def. Anna Tatishvili, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Annika Beck (5), Germany, def. Lucie Hradecka (4), Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-3.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (2), Croatia, def.

Samantha Crawford, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

SOCCER

Mourinho says there are no ‘Far West duels’ at Chelsea THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho conjured up American cowboy movies, fictitious fights in the dressing room and a statement of faith in struggling forward Eden Hazard as he prepared for Saturday’s clash with Arsenal.

The two sides meet at Stamford Bridge for the Premier League’s showcase match of the weekend, with neither having made an ideal

start to the season. Chelsea has taken only four points from five league games, amid speculation of problems in the dressing room and a disagreement between Mourinho and captain John Terry - a claim the manager has strongly denied.

“I don’t have any problem with any one of my players,” Mourinho told reporters at the club’s training ground near Cobham, southwest of London. “Normally when bad results happen, the first thing that comes

into your laptops, iPads and pens is to find a dramatic story: ’Somebody punch somebody in the dressing room,’ ’The manager doesn’t want to speak with this guy’. “’Diego Costa fought with John Terry and before they start the fight they brought a translator for them to understand each other in the fight, because Diego cannot speak English and John cannot speak Spanish’...

They organize like Far West duels - at this time we are going to fight,

bring a translator to help us.”

The reality, according to Mourinho, is much less dramatic. And has much more to do with the effects of poor results.

“The other direction you (the media) don’t go is the direction which is real: you lose matches, you are affected, you lose confidence, you don’t want the ball.”

However, despite its recent troubles, Chelsea will have been lifted by its 4-0 victory on Wednesday against

Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the Champions League, despite Hazard missing an early penalty. Hazard, who helped Chelsea win the Premier League last season, certainly has the public backing of his coach as the gifted Belgium playmaker tries to rediscover his form.

“He’s the best player in England,” Mourinho said. “He is the best and he will be the best again.

“I don’t know if it is tomorrow or if it is next week.”

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CROSSWORD SATURDAY STUMPER ACROSS 1 Increased 9 About 120,000 Australians 15 1990 Michelin acquisition 16 Dimension 17 When the EPA was created 18 Heel 19 Puts out 20 Comment at a cube farm 22 __ king 23 All together 24 Lose one’s footing, in a way 26 Colleague of John, Gus and Deke 27 It may involve weight gain 30 Preferred 33 Diocletian’s Palace, today 34 Duck 35 Polished 37 Fraction of some Mideast pounds 39 Phrase of surrender 40 America’s Cup et al.

42 Places using paddles 43 Like the Campbell’s Soup twins 46 “I’m game” 47 Places for forks 48 Designer of the first Mississippi River road/rail bridge 52 Agcy. concerned with exchange rates 53 Giant of the Industrial Revolution 54 #1 sports mascot, per Forbes 55 Firebrand 57 Predominance 60 Unbroken 61 Cue for the tenor, perhaps 62 Stable population 63 Site of protein synthesis

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1:30 p.m. Haman Sherrill from the Nanaimo Hearing Clinic speaks at the First Open Heart Society, Mid-Island Chapter at. St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 4235 Departure Bay Rd. For more information: 250-753-1915.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 20 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cedar Farmers Market. Next

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MONDAY, SEPT. 21 6:30 p.m. Nanaimo Lions invite members of the public for a meal and of fellowship. At the Frith Radcliff Auditorium, Kiwanis Village,

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ladysmith Fall Farmer Market, where local producers sell their goods directly to the public, at 49th Parallel Grocery.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23 1 p.m. The Nanaimo Quilters’Guild monthly meeting at Nanaimo Curling Club (upstairs), 106 Wall St. Second meeting is at 7 p.m. Full business meeting, membership renewals and workshop registrations. Guests are welcome. www.islandquilters.ca for information.

4-6:30 p.m. Bowen Road farmers market is Nanaimo’s food-oriented market offering fresh local farm produce, meats, eggs, pasta, bread, baking, preserves, homemade soap and nursery plants. Beban Park fairgrounds, 2300 Bowen Rd. 7-8:30 p.m. Learn West Coast Square Dancing. Amalgam-Eighters Square Dance Club launches a 12-week fall season of lessons. Pleasant Valley School Activity Room. For information, call Diane 250-390-1899.

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THURSDAY SEPT. 24 6-9 p.m. Wine, Women & Chocolate fundraiser for the Canadian Mental Health Association Mid Island at the Nanaimo Curling Club.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) A conversation could be responsible for a gloomy mood. Just listen to your inner voice. You are likely to stun others with your behaviour and at the same time lighten up the moment. Know that someone could be making a fuss about your actions. Tonight: Be adventurous.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You could be in the mood to negotiate a better resolution to an old problem that continues to persist. The other party will let you know in his or her charming way that he or she is not interested. Go off and make the most of the moment. Tonight: Not to be found.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could witness a backfire as your ruling planet, Mercury, once more does the retrograde dance. Try to stay out of someone else’s way, especially if this person is prone to angry outbursts. Keep the moment light and easy. Tonight: Don’t take yourself too seriously.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Take the day off, and stop apologizing for changing people’s schedules.

Everyone needs to take time for him- or herself, you included.

Your communication excels and helps others to understand you better. You’ll receive appropriate responses. Tonight: Make it easy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You have a talent for sniffing out fun, especially if you have a loved one around you.

You might discover that this person is not feeling up to snuff. Do what-

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ever you can to help the emotional climate around the two of you.

Tonight: Treat this person to dinner.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Tension builds around you, but you’ll steer clear of this type of stress and negativity. Your sense of humor kicks in when an inevitable conflict of interest occurs. Why not allow everyone to have it his or her own way for the next few days? Tonight: Let a friend take the lead.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Communication flourishes to such an extent that you can’t be found except by phone. Even in that case, you are unlikely to respond. Someone might inadvertently express hostile feelings. This person’s words seem twisted and not grounded.

Let it go. Tonight: Hang out.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You see a situation quite differently from how others see it. Your values often differ from those held by the people around you. Share your views, but understand that others might find it hard to grasp them.

Not everyone views things the way you do. Tonight: Make it your treat.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might be ready to forge ahead, but at what cost? Someone you care about easily could refuse to budge. On one level, you’ll find this behaviour to be a nuisance; on another level, you’ll see that this person has a valid reason to be reluctant. Tonight: Honour your needs first.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Stay focused on what you want right now, even though you are likely to be surrounded by a bunch of people. Let go of a need to be

serious, and allow yourself to touch base with your inner child. Someone close will want to celebrate with you. Tonight: Play it low-key.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Friends rank high as a priority in an Aquarian’s life. You might be more dependent on them than you realize. When people surround you, you have little to complain about.

Listen to a loved one who seems to want to share some recent happenings. Tonight: Celebration is in order!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might be somewhat hesitant to let it all hang out. Whether you are the host or hostess of a happening or simply responsible for one other person will make little difference.

Your determination to facilitate an event or situation dominates.

Tonight: A must show.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (SEPT. 19): This year you experience better relationships and an ability to create much more of what you want. You also enter a new 12-year life and luck cycle. You’ll feel the energy from this as soon as December, but the transit will be exact in August 2016. In the period before, eliminate what no longer works well in your life. If you are single, you could meet someone somewhat deceptive. Listen to your instincts with any potential suitors. If you are attached, you and your sweetie often mysteriously disappear.

You both enjoy your alone time together. SAGITTARIUS seems to unintentionally cause tension.

BORN TODAY: TV host Jimmy Fallon (1974), actor Adam West (1928), actress Alison Sweeney (1976).

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28 Beer barrel 30 Involve 31 U.S. tax agency 32 Cereal with extras 36 Necessities for sewers 39 “Just friends” kind of love 40 Sprays 43 Word of assent 44 Walkers 45 One in the firmament 46 Singles 47 Can in Canterbury 48 Wee warbler 49 Stash away 50 Sports league, in brief 51 Care for 52 Wriggly fish 53 Glide down a hill 54 Soon to happen: in the ___ 56 Stetson 57 Winter eavesdropper?

60 Permit 61 Wreath material 62 Foil, e.g.

63 Up in years 65 Some lumps 68 Sacred 69 Hold the deed to 70 Sit for a photo 71 Responsibility 72 Wolf’s call 73 Sat. preceder 74 Copenhagen citizens 75 Transparent home 77 Banquets 79 Edmonton Oiler, e.g.

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Husband doesn’t want another man around Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: My husband and I live in a very desirable area and are happy to have guests often. The problem is, a male friend of mine wants to visit, but my husband doesn’t want to have a single man in the house while he’s at work. He claims it would make him uncomfortable knowing that I was playing tour guide and sharing wonderful memories in his absence with someone he doesn’t know well.

My husband is aware that I am not, nor would I ever be attracted to this person. He says he would feel this way regardless of who the guy was.

We really don’t have trust issues, so this is perplexing and embarrassing to explain to my friend. He cannot

afford a hotel in our town, and was hoping to stay with us to save a few bucks. How should I tell him?

– Not His Girlfriend Dear Not: Tell him the truth – that you are so sorry, but your husband is uncomfortable having a single male staying in the house when he isn’t home. If you have a friend who would put him up, that would be a kindness. You also can ask your husband about having the friend out of the house during working hours.

Send him to the beach, the museum or the local attractions. Otherwise, whether or not to visit under these restrictions is up to your friend.

Dear Annie: I read the article from “O,” who asked how to dispose of an old Bible. I have the best solution for her.

Our brave men and women fighting to keep us safe often need a word of encouragement or solace to help

them through a problem. I recently collected old Bibles from members of my church and mailed them overseas. This is a wonderful way to recycle our holiest of books. Plus it provides something very special for anyone who might be in need.

– G.N. Dear G.N.: This is a sweet suggestion, but if the Bible is torn, falling apart or otherwise too damaged to donate, it would be difficult to send overseas. Our readers had several other suggestions. Here is a sampling: From Jason: When doing construction, placing a Bible in the wall or floorboards will give a pleasant memory to those who know it is there. It will also be a surprise if future work is done and it is discovered.

Anita: There are missionaries who would be happy to have even half of a Bible to share. Check the Bible Foundation at bf.org for locations to

drop one off.

Quebec: The procedure in our Altar Guild was to burn the old Bibles in our fireplace along with altar linens, and put the ashes in the church garden.

Crown Point, Ind.: My husband reads his Bible a lot, and writes and highlights in it, so it is well-used. He thought a good idea would be when someone dies, to place the worn Bible in the casket with the person.

I thought this was a wonderful suggestion.

Pragmatist: Oh, for heaven’s sake, put the Bible in the recycle bin and honour Mother Earth. The respect and appreciation you feel will be in your heart.

Dear Annie: This is for “Confused Family Member,” whose niece had a large wedding months after a civil ceremony.

My daughter also married civilly two weeks prior to big wedding bash

for legal reasons. Her husband was being deployed within the month and she needed power of attorney in order to purchase their new home and do other things. We did not announce it, so as not to confuse anyone. And she kept her maiden name. She is also in the service, and it saved a lot of paperwork.

– Tootles Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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November 4, 1932-August 20, 2015 Bill, loving husband, father, brother, uncle, and friend, passed away on August 20th, 2015.

We are especially grateful for the 14 years of life he shared with us since his successful heart surgery in 2001 and feel blessed by the fact that his passing was so brief and unexpected: allowing him to enjoy every day. “Billy� as he was known to his parents, older brothers, and younger sister, was born in Edmonton Alberta, the third son of Winifred “Winny� and Henry Harder. He was predeceased by his parents and brothers Walter and Bobby.

Bill is lovingly missed by his wife Margaret “Marge� Harder, his daughter Cheryl Chapman, his much younger sister Joyce Robb, his sister-in-law Alda Lucas, and the many good friends that came to his life as brother and sister in-laws through the Thurlow family.

We would like to express our appreciation to Raymond and Phylis Thurlow, Bev and Doug Anderson, and Joannie Hanson, all both good friends and family, for travelling to be together at his celebration of life.

Also very precious to “Uncle Bill� were his many nieces and nephews along with their children. Recent visits from Carol Robb, Chris Anderson, Joanne Anderson and Ben & Kate Anderson all brought him joy.

Most of Bill’s young life was spent in Calgary Alberta. After experiencing a young man’s passion with hockey that once took the 16 year old defensemen briefly to Chicago, (yes, he actually met Tim Horton), Bill settled into a life in Calgary with a career as a salesman and eventually sales manager for Canadian International Paper. A transfer to British Columbia in 1969 brought the family to settle in White Rock, just a block away from his father and mother-in-law George and Kate Thurlow, to whom he was very close.

Bill was happiest with either his hammer, great cribbage cards, or a leash in his hands.

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Canada’s Cudmore ready to rumble at fourth World Cup Canadian star will revive memories of one of his best-known incidents STEVE DOUGLAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARDIFF, Wales — As the last vestiges of rugby’s amateur era disappear, some of the game’s older players hark back to the days when an on-field punch-up was followed by a handshake and a couple of beers in the locker room.

Perhaps nobody embodies those values more than Jamie Cudmore.

The 37-year-old Canada lock heads into his fourth Rugby World Cup — tying the national record — with a reputation for being one of rugby’s hard men firmly intact.

His flat nose is testament to the amount of scraps he has got into down the years, as is the name of the wine business he owns with his wife — “Sin Bin,� a tongue-in-cheek reference to his propensity for getting into trouble with referees.

This weekend, he’ll revive memories of one of his best-known incidents on the rugby field when the Canada team he captains takes on Ireland at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Cudmore comes face-to-face with Ireland lock Paul O’Connell, reuniting a pair who traded punches in an infamous brawl during a European Cup game in 2008. Cudmore was sent off for aiming the first punch and O’Connell yellow-carded for retaliating.

The stalwarts have made up and have the utmost respect for each other. “Those amateur values are the basis of rugby in itself — having a hard-fought game and shaking hands and having the respect of the opposition,� Cudmore said Friday. “If we lose those values moving forward in a more professional era, it’s a sad day for rugby.�

Cudmore, who worked as a lumberjack, doorman and in a wrecking yard breaking cars down before turning to rugby, is more than just a tough guy — or an “enforcer,� as he is commonly referred as.

He remains a key player for top French club Clermont Auvergne, even after 10 years

Canada’s Jamie Cudmore, 37, is set to play in his second Rugby World Cup. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

in the Massif Central and approaching 40. “Nobody wants to be known as a goon, right?� Cudmore asked. “My record speaks for itself. Sure I’ve done some stupid things on the field but a lot of people have, too.�

Rugby authorities have made it clear ahead of the World Cup that simulation and feigning injuries — offences that appear to have crept in from soccer — will be clamped down on.

Unsurprisingly, Cudmore agrees. “Rugby’s a game I love and we don’t want to see it go that way,� he said. “Seeing guys rolling around the field because they’re

feigning injury is one of the things I hate about soccer. “I actually really like soccer but I don’t like the attitudes in it so I’ll do my best that doesn’t happen in rugby.�

Ireland, the Six Nations champion for the past two years, heads into Saturday’s Pool D game as the heavy favourite but 18th-ranked Canada has World Cup know-how, having appeared in every edition since the first in 1987. “As I said to the boys, we can compete with the best in the world,� Cudmore said. “We’ve just got to hang onto the ball and play some good rugby.�

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England account for Fiji 35-11 in scrappy Cup match

FOSTER NIUMATA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — After the fireworks and razzle-dazzle of a fun opening ceremony, the Rugby World Cup’s first match was a fizzer as England accounted for Fiji by a flattering 35-11 at Twickenham on Friday.

England scored four tries to one but didn’t make the result certain until replacement flyhalf Owen Farrell, on for George Ford, kicked his first shot at goal to make it 21-11 with 12 minutes to go. Fiji had just kicked a penalty to close within seven, and Farrell’s riposte restored a 10-point gap that Fiji never looked like bridging.

In fact, Farrell’s penalty, amid the onset of substitutes with fresh legs, brought England to life, as

they found holes in the defence that weren’t around in the first 70 minutes. Fullback Mike Brown scored his second try, and in injury time, replacement back-rower Billy Vunipola needed video replays to confirm he scored a bonus-point fourth try.

But England couldn’t live up to the anticipation of playing the opener of its home tournament, and the buzz of more than 80,000 spectators.

The Fijians could take some credit for that, playing a tough, spoiling defence.

The visitors, who have never beaten England, undermined their chance by conceding a penalty try and losing major playmaker Nikola Matawalu to the sin-bin, during which Fiji gifted England another five-pointer.

Fiji also found England’s defence

up in their faces, nullifying their big backs, and kicked away more ball than they are used to. Their only try came from a kick, crossfield by flyhalf Ben Volavola to lethal winger Nemani Nadolo.

Too bad Volavola and Nadolo didn’t line up the goalposts as accurately, as between them they left 11 points unconverted off the tee, points that would have applied far more of a scare on England if successful.

In the end, the bonus-point try lived up to its name for England, which will need it with more cutthroat contests to come against Wales and Australia over the next two weekends in a pool from which one of the world’s heavyweights will not advance. “We need to be better than that

against Wales next week,� England coach Stuart Lancaster said. “Credit to Fiji. It was a bit of a nervy performance first half, but we made some changes in the second half and I thought the bench made a big difference.�

This England is still developing, still grinding, and it will be better for getting through what was always going to be an emotional opener with a win.

It’s not going to crush anyone, but it’s going to take a lot of sweat to beat.

Nerves were evident from the kickoff, which England let bounce. That wasn’t as bad as Volavola dropping a speculative kick in the middle of the field. At the resulting scrum, England screwed it, and got a penalty

which Ford nailed.

Volavola hit the upright with his first shot, and five minutes later, Fiji flanker Dominiko Waqaniburotu was penalized for tackling winger Jonny May inelegantly. England set up a lineout on the Fiji 22, and drove it to the line. Before someone could claim the try, referee Jaco Peyper made it a penalty try, and yellow-carded scrumhalf Matawalu for trying to stop England illegally from behind.

Ford converted for 10-0.

Without Matawalu, Fiji lost its focus, and was made to pay.

Another penalty was conceded by lock Api Ratuniyarawa at a ruck.

England kicked into Fiji’s 22, and used the territory to pressure. Fiji cracked, overthrowing the defensive lineout.

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The remains of Joyvaline Martinez, who disappeared in 2003, were found in Howell’s burial area. Her sister, Sandra Martinez, said: “Today we had to face a monster.”

“I didn’t think this day would ever come but thanks to all the hard work that was put into it they were able to catch him and I hope he never gets out of jail and he rots,” she told WFSB-TV. If convicted of the killings, Howell would be one of the most prolific serial killers in Connecticut history. Michael Ross killed six women in Connecticut and two in New York, and he was executed in Connecticut in 2005. The state no longer has the death penalty.

Police said in the warrant that Howell sexually assaulted three of the women he killed. The three women’s names weren’t disclosed in the warrant, which provides the first details of the killings that have been released to the public.

Howell told a cellmate that the first person he killed was a woman whom he said he raped in his van, the warrant said. The cellmate, who described his conversations with Howell to authorities, said Howell told him he strangled the woman, but “she wouldn’t die,” according to the warrant. So he hit her in the head with a hammer, the warrant said.

All seven victims disappeared in 2003, when Howell was mowing lawns and working other odd jobs in central Connecticut.

Authorities have said drug use was a main connection among most of the victims.

Howell also called the burial site his “garden” and said all the victims should have known they were going to die because of the lifestyle they were living, the warrant says.

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The attack was a major blow to Pakistan’s military, which had stepped up operations against militants following a horrific Taliban attack last December at a Peshawar school that killed 150 people, mostly children.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, Mohamad Khurasani, claimed responsibility for the attack. They also released a video in which militant leader Khalifa Umar Mansoor is seen among the alleged attackers.

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This Friday photo provided by the New Britain Police Department shows William Devin Howell. Police said Howell will be charged with the serial slayings of several people whose bodies were found behind a strip mall in New Britain, Conn. Howell was already in prison for killing a woman. [AP PHOTO]

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — An East Coast drifter accused of being a serial killer told fellow prison inmates that he killed seven people in Connecticut in 2003, including one victim whose body he kept for two weeks in a van he called the “murder mobile,” according to an arrest warrant released Friday.

William Devin Howell, a 45-year-old native of Hampton, Virginia, also told a cellmate that “there was a monster inside of him that just came out” and described himself as a “sick ripper,” according to the warrant. He said if he wasn’t caught, he was going to go cross-country and kill others, the document said.

The document was released after Howell was arraigned in New Britain Superior Court on multiple murder charges related to six of the killings.

Many relatives of the victims attended the brief proceeding and several cried after Howell was brought into the courtroom in an orange prison jumpsuit, shackled on his arms and legs.

A judge set bail at $10 million for the nine murder charges, but Howell is already serving a 15-year prison sentence for manslaughter for killing one of the seven victims. He did not speak or enter any pleas. The case was continued to Oct. 28.

His lawyer urged the public to remember that Howell is innocent until proven guilty.

The bodies of all seven victims were found in a wooded area behind a strip mall in New Britain, about 12 miles southwest of Hartford.

Three bodies were found in 2007 and the remaining victims’ remains were found in April.

“Let’s remember each of these victims and their families,” New Britain Police Chief James Wardwell said after the court hearing. “Each victim was

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