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Canadian journalist out of Egypt jail on pardon

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Nearly two years after his arrest in Egypt on widely denounced terrorism charges, Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy walked out of prison a free man Wednesday following a presidential pardon.

Fahmy and his colleague and co-accused Baher Mohamed were among 100 people — including dozens of prominent human rights activists — pardoned by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

“I am free! This time for real! Cops dropped me at CAC my old high school in my prison garb. Party Time! #FreeAJStaff” Fahmy tweeted moments after his release.

Speaking later to reporters, Fahmy said he still “can’t believe it.”

“We have not digested the fact that we are free, we don’t have to worry about anything else,” he said. “Our families have suffered so much since the beginning of this trial and we’re very happy that el-Sissi took this action and released us.”

His wife, Marwa Omara, said she was visiting Fahmy in prison when she learned the news of his pardon from a TV set that was on.

“I was scared for his health from too much joy,” she said, adding that the first thing they plan to do is have a large wedding party to celebrate their recent marriage.

Fahmy’s lawyer said she was delighted that the journalist was finally free.

“It has been a long ordeal, and we are grateful to President Sissi for exercising his power to pardon the two journalists,” Amal Clooney said in a statement.

“This is a historic day in Egypt where the government has finally corrected a long-standing injustice, and set two innocent men free”.

Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson said he was pleased to hear about Fahmy’s release.

“This has been a priority of the govern-

Canadian Al Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy hugs his wife Marwa Omara after being released from Torah prison in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday. [AP PHOTO]

ment,” Nicholson said at an event in Toronto. “I can tell you that in my conversation with the Egyptian foreign minister a couple of weeks ago I was both optimistic and encouraged by the comments that he made, and so I’m glad to see that has come to fruition and pleased to hear of the pardon.”

An emailed statement from the Egyptian president’s office said the pardons were given to people “who have received final prison verdicts in cases related to breaking a protest law or infringing on the police forces’ actions, in addition to a number of health-related and humanitarian cases.”

The pardon also came a day before el-Sissi is to travel to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

Fahmy was given a three-year sentence last month after his second trial — an outcome that shocked international observers.

The 41-year-old’s troubles began in December 2013 when he was working as the Cairo bureau chief for Qatar-based satellite news broadcaster Al Jazeera English.

He and two colleagues were abruptly arrested and charged with a slew of offences, including supporting a banned organization and with fabricating footage to undermine the country’s national security.

The trio maintained their innocence throughout, saying they were just doing their jobs, but after a trial that was internationally decried as a sham, they were found guilty and sentenced to prison terms.

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NANAIMO

City officials pan controversial mailout Director of multicultural society challenges group members to publicly identify themselves SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

A new mailout flyer from a group called Putting Canada First is causing a stir in Nanaimo.

The material, distributed to an undetermined number of residents in the city, is titled ‘The Death of Nanaimo?’ and asks recipients to “Act now to ensure that Nanaimo is not exploited and transformed into an unaffordable and unwelcoming city like Vancouver.”

The mailout follows a similar, separate document mailed out by the group in May, warning of an impending “property nightmare” and “international real estate speculation” coming to the city.

The document warns that “bringing foreign money and high immigration into Nanaimo will hurt the majority

“Whether these folks like it or not, Nanaimo is a diverse community.”

Bill McKay, Nanaimo mayor

of the population” and will “divide the city into competing cultural and linguistic enclaves.”

It also takes aim at local officials.

Among them is Hilde Schlosar, executive director of the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society, who was singled out for supporting multiculturalism. Schlosar, herself an immigrant from Germany, minced no words in response.

“For me, it’s just a pretence for their ideology, which is really racist,”

she said. “This group has been around a long time, they have spread . . . anti-immigrant, racist crap.”

The document includes photos of Asian-language signs and businesses.

Schlosar suggested the group would not object to American or European people buying houses. She also challenged members of the group to publicly identify themselves.

“Stand up and be counted,” she said. “Come on. Who’s the board?

Let’s see the names, let’s see the pictures.”

Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay was also targeted in the mailout.

“I believe most of the things they say in the pamphlet, there’s not a lot of basis (in) fact,” he said.

“Nanaimo is a desirable place to live. Whether these folks like it or not, Nanaimo is a diverse community.”

Putting Canada First spokesman Paul Bentley responded to a request for comment in a voice message, shrugging off the criticism.

“It’s a predictable response that we’ve received from the flyers, but I just want to emphasize that PCF doesn’t concern ourselves with race, we think our culture is a much more

important and a much more powerful determinant,” said Bentley.

“A lot of people use the ‘r’-word,” he added. “It’s an ad-hominem attack and really I think they’re using it because they can’t argue the issues.”

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Dry summer causes concern Conditions could have large impact on returning, future salmon runs

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e have just wrapped up one of B.C.’s driest summers on record, according to Environment Canada. Water restrictions and extreme fire warnings are finally being relaxed after blanketing the province.

Vancouver Island has been cooked by a combination of constant blistering temperatures, drastically reduced rainfall, and a non-existent snowpack to draw from.

Spencer Meteorologist Anderson Matt MacDonald Reporting said the province have seen a “truly exceptional” drought. In Nanaimo, just 53.9 millilitres of rain fell in June, July and August. A normal year would see 97.2 millilitres.

The conditions have taken a toll on forests, farms and streams.

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“For us, it’s a pretty iconic stock down to a level where we’re at a few hundred fish.”

Andrew Thompson, DFO

*** Back-to-back years of hot summers and mild, dry winters have some worried about the welfare of the coast’s signature species.

Conditions could have a large impact on not just returning salmon stocks this year, but future runs as well.

Andrew Thomson is area director for the south coast division of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

A large part of his job is fisheries management and stock assessment of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.

“So far, it’s still quite bad,” he said, referring to water-depleted fish-bearing streams that are vital to spawning salmon.

September rainfall has provided some relief and the hope is that more will fall as fall and winter approach.

Fishing re-opened in most Vancouver Island streams last week after

being closed since July 22.

“But it may not be enough to make that much of a difference,” Thomson said. “We’re still looking at very low levels in most salmon-bearing (streams).”

He called the Chemainus River “as dry as you can get.”

But it is the one major Island river still closed to fishing — the Cowichan — that has drawn the most concern.

“For us, it’s a pretty iconic stock down to a level where we’re at a few hundred fish,” Thomson said.

The Cowichan Tribes run a fishery to raise chinook through a contract with the DFO which will help boost the number of young salmon in the spring. The water system is also well-supported by a network of volunteers and water flow is well-regulated on the river by the province.

However, spawning salmon may find themselves trapped in shallow pockets of water if flow doesn’t increase to sufficient levels.

Thomson said if that is the case, the DFO can pursue “trap and truck” measures, meaning salmon are physically removed from the stream and moved upstream where they can lay eggs and die.

However, Thomson said that is the

least-desirable option, as the practice can inadvertently alter natural selection.

“The best for the fish is to have an adequate water flow,” said Thomson. “As good as we are … it’s all an artificial interaction with the fish.”

Not all rivers are suffering equally. Large Island waterways like the Nanaimo River and the Puntledge River in the Comox Valley are fed by lakes and other large water sources and control points like dams can provide more refuge for salmon.

The DFO has also reported a record return of Sockeye in the Tsomas River, which flows into Port Alberni.

Still, “I think that has been as bad as it gets, and we’ve got predictions in the long-term that this winter will be a strong El Nino,” Thomson said.

In other words, expect more of the same in the month to come.

Hundreds of volunteer groups — 120 alone on Vancouver Island — work on salmon habitat and restoration on Vancouver Island. Many have a direct hand in raising salmon and helping returning fish on their journey upstream.

Jake Leyenaar, a 41-year volunteer and president of the Alberni Salmon Enhancement Society, is one of

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those people.

He said he has seen water levels dry up to unprecedented lows and is expecting to the salmon population suffer. His society has constructed an alternate route for coho and steelhead to bypass the mill pond at the Alberni Valley’s McLean Mill, as well as an aluminum barrier further upstream to trap returning salmon so they can be trucked to spawning grounds.

He said he expects to see only 300 spawning salmon return this year. A ‘normal’ year would see 600 to 1,000.

“So I’m down by two-thirds,” Leyenaar said.

The group also runs a hatchery to raise fry — juvenile salmon — which are then transported to beaver ponds and other bodies of water where they can grow.

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Back-to-back droughts have seen fewer salmon reach ocean DROUGHT, From Page 4 But Leyenaar said backto-back droughts have seen fewer young salmon make it to the ocean.

Two years ago, volunteers counted between 5,000 and 6,000 grown fish swim downstream.

This year, the number was 3,500.

“Next year, we expect to have half,” Leyenaar said. “In the next year, I only expect to see 1,000 smolts.”

The hatchery raises about 85,000 fry a year, but only a fraction of those survive.

Leyenaar said the society would need to raise about 300,000 fry to make up for the declining numbers.

That could prove difficult in light of the $4,000 Leyenaar said the group receives each year from the DFO to carry out their work. The amount has stayed the same since 1976.

“It’s peanuts,” he said.

John Dunn, president of the Lantzville and

Salmon swim up Stamp Falls in Stamp Falls Provincial Park, near Port Alberni on Saturday. Cover picture of sockeye in the Adams River courtesy the Canadian Press.

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Nanoose Streamkeepers, said he has also seen unprecedented dry conditions.

The group does habitat restoration work on seven creeks between the Englishman River and Lantzville.

“Some creeks we’ve seen that have never been dry before are dry,” he said.

In addition to stream restoration work, the group also rescues strug-

gling chum salmon who find themselves trapped in shallow pools, where they are more at risk to die or be preyed upon by hungry bears or eagles.

“We’ve salvaged more than 20,000 fish this year,” said Dunn. “That’s 5,000 to 10,000 more than normal.”

He said fisheries mismanagement in past years has also added to the problem.

Despite volunteer efforts, Dunn said dramatic rainfall is needed to improve conditions.

“I’d say right now we’d need a good month of solid, heavy rain,” he said.

Still, recent rainfall has helped a great deal in some salmon-bearing arteries, including the Nanaimo River.

“It’s actually looking good now,” said Brian Banks of the Nanaimo River Hatchery.

He said rain has helped replenish deeper pools of water. Approximately 30,000 pink and chinook have since been spotted in the river. Banks said that puts the river “on track” for a total run of 60,000 and 70,000, a comparable figure to two years ago – so far.

“We’’ll still need more rain for sure,” he said.

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Students unhappy after personal data lost DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Students are angry at the provincial government for allowing sensitive personal information to go missing and the failure to encrypt the data.

The loss of a hard drive containing names, genders, addresses and education coding information, and in some cases personal banking data was confirmed by Citizens Services Minister Amrik Virk this week.

It affects students who attended B.C. schools, from Kindergarten

through post-secondary, between 1986 and 2009. Virk said there were two unencrypted backup hard drives created in 2011, contrary to ministry rules.

“There’s no doubt that a mistake was made, first in how the hard drive was created, and secondly, how it was stored,” Virk said. “This should not have happened.”

Data included more than 9,000 entries for children in government care, some with health and behaviour issues.

Steven Beasley, a former Nanaimo resident and now Canadian Federation of Students B.C. spokesman, said the breach raises several concerns.

“There’s a bunch of financial information included,” Beasley said.

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“Second, there’s going to be a lot of questions about how this happened – how it was treated with such a lack of security. An unencrypted hard drive is easy for the right person to break into, and to access the data.”

News of the breach was made public on the ministry website and its Facebook page.

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Sniping, vitriol and personal agendas.

It’s not a description of an episode of House of Cards, but an apt description of the current situation on Nanaimo council, according to the city’s Chamber of Commerce.

The business group has launched an online petition calling on elected city officials to address “inappropriate interaction with staff, and a basic breakdown in civility within council and with some members of the community” and an overall decline in decorum. The petition, listed at Change.org, has gathered a few dozen signatures so far. But Chamber of Commerce CEO Kim Smythe said the hope is to gather more comments and signatures for residents and eventually bring the petition before council members to demand change.

Smythe, who posted the petition on behalf of the organization, said community members have become concerned with what they consider an overly-personal, confrontational tone that is affecting city business.

“They didn’t elect them to have juvenile fights and petty bickering,” said Smythe, later adding: “I’ve never seen a community where it becomes so combative and so confrontational.”

City council has seen its share of controversy as late. In recent months,

“They didn’t elect them to have juvenile fights and petty bickering.”

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at least two meetings have had to be cancelled due to lack of quorum.

Earlier last month, a key vote to award a contract for work on the Colliery dam could not go ahead because four of the eight council members left the meeting after Mayor Bill McKay asked council to adjourn and reconvene once the public gallery had been cleared. The public’s conduct at council meetings has also been a sore point.

In addition to shouting, some have brought protest or political signs to council meetings.

McKay has on several occasions halted meetings to have some residents removed from the audience as a result, but some councillors, particularly Gord Fuller and Jim Kipp, have criticized the mayor for the move.

The city also resorted to hiring a consultant specializing in workplace conflict. Smythe said the bitter tone is getting in the way of council getting on with projects like a core review.

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Ferry corporation sees passenger numbers jump DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

A low Canadian dollar has helped boost BC Ferries traffic, but not enough to silence critics of steep fare increases in recent years.

BC Ferries saw a 2.9 per cent rise in passengers in July and August, and vehicle traffic rose 3.1 per cent.

It coincides with a tourism jump of 9.9 per cent, according to Destination

BC, the provincial Crown corporation geared to attracting visitors.

More tourism is good, said Joe Stanhope, Regional District of Nanaimo board chairman, but he’ll wait to see how many British Columbians are travelling by ferry in the fall.

“That’s basically due do the fact that a lot of American visitors are coming, because of the high American dollar,” Stanhope said from Vancouver, at the

Union of B.C. Municipalities.

“We’re now getting back to reality and let’s see what happens.”

Delegates at last year’s UBCM voted to form a committee to follow up on a socioeconomic study which suggested fare increases over the previous decade drove down ridership and lowered the province’s GDP by $2.3 billion.

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Chemistry, a Victoria-based tourism consulting firm said a low Canadian dollar and good weather added up to create a “perfect storm” for Island tourism.

“What people don’t realize all those people heading to the Interior didn’t, because of all the forest fires and smoke,” Bourree said. “Vancouver Island scored big time and we got all the Albertans that would have gone

to the Interior.”

Stanhope said UBCM delegates met this week with the B.C. transportation minister, “and he is considering having a working group” of coastal and First Nations representatives to address ferry concerns.

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Blaze damages downtown arts centre Administrator says RCMP called ‘all the time’ about people she believes to be the cause of the fire JOHN HARDING PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

The Parksville Fire Department is investigating an early morning fire at the McMillan Arts Centre on Wednesday that damaged the exterior of the building and threatened hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of art inside.

The administrator of The MAC said she doesn’t have much doubt about the origins of the blaze.

“It’s been escalating every single day and I knew in my heart something tragic was going to happen,” said Linda Matteson-Reynolds.

She said she cleans “bags and bags of garbage” every day from underneath the ramp to The Mac, right where the fire damage was evident on Wednesday morning.

“Yesterday there were three needles,” she said. “They’re here every day, every night. They steal from the (nearby) SOS and they bring stuff over here and they rummage through it.”

Matteson-Reynolds said she has calls the RCMP “all the time” about the issue and she called them about it again on Tuesday, hours before the fire.

“I guess we are going to have to hire security.”

RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman confirmed police have received calls from The MAC about the issue.

“For some reason they’re hanging out, I’m assuming they are homeless people,” said Foreman.

“As we go there they move.”

“It’s a delicate situation on what you do in the middle of the night; you don’t want to kick people out of a place where they are trying to get shelter,” said Foreman. “There’s a need for these people to have somewhere to stay.”

Matteson-Reynolds said The MAC and the other group in the old heritage building (the Parksville and District Association for Community Living, PDACL) share insurance on the building itself and she said an adjuster was on the way Wednesday.

The MAC has separate insurance for the contents of its space.

The fire department responded at 4.15 a.m. Wednesday.

“Due to the quick action of neighbours who noticed the fire in its early stages, the department was able to extinguish the fire with damage limited to the ramp and exterior of the building and only smoke to the interior of the building,” said a news release from the city.

“The fire started on the outside of the building, on the ramp to the upper floor and is considered suspicious at this time. The department will be investigating the cause of the fire today.”

Fire Chief Doug Banks added: “Another five to 10 minutes, the fire would have been much further along and this would have been a major loss to the city.

“Because of the immediate response by neighbours, a heritage building was saved.”

McMillan Arts Centre administrator Linda Matteson-Reynolds stands beside the charred ramp to the building in downtown Parksville which was damaged by fire on Wednesday morning. [JOHN HARDING/PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS]

CAMPBELL RIVER

Police take man into custody following exposure incidents MIKE DAVIES CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

Police have a man in custody in a case that has been disturbing the Campbell River community since a release was issued late Tuesday night by the school district.

School District 72 superintendent Tom Longridge issued the public message to the community – which was also emailed to all parents of children in the district – saying Campbell River RCMP were investigating a report of “an individual who has exposed themselves on more than one occasion near Timberline Secondary School.”

The release was in response to a report received by police earlier in the day.

The suspect was described as a white male of average height and average build wearing a light brown hoodie on one occasion, and a light brown or tan hoodie on another occasion.

“The instance (of exposure) was clearly deliberate,” according a later RCMP release.

On Wednesday, police were conducting patrols of the area and received another report of suspicious activity near Timberline and responded, resulting in the apprehension of a male suspect who matched the description.

That suspect, who is known to police according to the later release, is being held in custody while the investigation continues.

The original SD72 letter to parents and the community said parents and guardians of children in the district were being encouraged to speak with their kids about this situation, adding, “school administration at Timberline, Penfield, Sandowne, Georgia Park and Southgate will be talking with students tomorrow (Wednesday) about this information, given their proximity to the area where these incidents have taken place.”

When asked for comment on how the schools would be discussing the issue with the children, district communications and community engagement officer Jennifer Pat-

rick said that would be up to each facility.

“It is left to the principal’s discretion as to how best to handle communications of this nature based on the circumstance and in consideration of the age of the students in their school,” Patrick said.

“Generally, the message would be limited to the contents of our communication to parents; making students aware, advising them to walk to and from school with a buddy, and stressing that they should call 911 or tell their school principal if they experience a similar encounter.”

The RCMP announcement of the apprehension echoed the sentiments of the district’s earlier release, adding that although the suspect in this case is in custody, the public should “remember simple safety rules and pass them on to youth; walk to school with a friend, take busy, visible or well-lit routes. If you see something suspicious report it to a teacher, principal, parent or police.”

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For the sake of the city, this council has to work together

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f you visit an airport, you’ll probably see a windsock.

You know the windsock, the thing that changes directions depending which way the wind is blowing.

Do you ever have the feeling Nanaimo’s city council is a little like a windsock at times, changing direction on a whim, never allowing us to figure out exactly what is happening?

They seem to particularly enjoy a game of political ping-pong when it comes to the empty site downtown, once envisioned as a home for a hotel to be situated next to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

The latest backhand return came

So now what? We just wait for the wind to change?

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this week, when council declined to endorse a proposal to turn the parcel into a parking lot. So, again, it just sits there, empty, barren and embarrassing, collecting more weeds until the group changes its mind again and perhaps decides to do something useful with it.

As we reported, the most recent chapter in the saga goes something like this: It was slated to be the home to a luxury hotel, to be built by tourism

firm SSS Manhao. The company bought the land from the city in 2013. The deal soured after council refused a request for a one-year-extension to pour the foundation of the building.

Council passed a motion from Coun. Bill Bestwick to get a staff report on the costs and feasibility of paving the site and converting it for parking, with the exercise potentially costing approximately $72,000 to $163,000, depending on whether the lot was paved or gravel.

On Monday, Bestwick was away, but the remaining eight council members voted in support of a motion from Coun. Diane Brennan to hold off on a decision until the long-term

future use of the property was debated and decided upon. Great.

Some council members again voiced displeasure with the state of the property and urged measures to improve its appearance — although no one put forward a motion to do so. Outstanding.

So now what? We just wait for the wind to change? And for a few new staff reports?

Coun. Bill Yoachim offered the most reasoned statement, suggesting it may be time to put the land out to market.

“We’ll be chasing dreams for a long time,” he said in reference to a hotel project for the site.

Well said.

Haven’t we had enough waffling on this issue (and other issues)?

Things are now so bad at city council that a petition has been launched by the city’s Chamber of Commerce, calling on elected officials to address “inappropriate interaction with staff, and a basic breakdown in civility within council and with some members of the community” and an overall decline in decorum.

They can’t make a decision and seemingly can’t get along, either.

Let’s hope things turn around, and quickly. » We want to hear from you.

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Math questioned in letter on Canada’s debt Re: ‘Many political leaders fell through arrogance’ (Your Letters, Daily News, Sept. 22) In his frenzy to denigrate the federal government this writer seems to have lost the ability to do arithmetic.

I’m sure most people noticed that his “daily” increase in national debt of $2.8 billion would create a yearly increase of $1.022 billion which makes one wonder why our total debt is only $612 billion.

This appears to be a classic case of what some media writers call “Harper Derangement Syndrome” (HDS), when their deranged fanaticism in attacking Stephen Harper leads to incongruous statements. It only appears among the left wing.

And speaking of the left and HDS, the writer of “Absence of Green leader in debate is a dishonour” excuses Elizabeth May’s use of the “F-bomb” at last May’s Parliamentary press dinner as simply “light-hearted alcohol-infused”. What would the reaction be if Stephen Harper displayed similar vulgarity in public?

I think we’d hear the screeching from opposition parties and their media friends all the way out here.

Jim Corder Nanaimo

Thanks to all who made Terry Fox event a success I want to thank all of the 366 participants who came out to this year’s Terry Fox Run for helping to make the event so successful.

Nanaimo’s 2015 total was $25,769.84, an exceptional amount.

The volunteers we have are tireless and dedicated to this event. A good number are friends and friends of my partners at the City of Nanaimo.

They are willing to jump in wherever they are needed.

I am so lucky to have each of them helping make everything run so smoothly.

I am also so thankful for our friends in the business community who donate year after year. Country Grocer, who supplied the ingredients for the 400 cupcakes and the VIU Bakery Department, who do a super job in making them; Costco for supplying our water stations; Quality Foods and Super You providing the fruit.

Nanaimo Clippers junior hockey players came out to mingle with the participants and we had Island Radio on board, which really helped to get the word out. Thank you everyone who helped contribute to this year’s wonderful event. With Nanaimo’s support Terry’s dream continues.

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Close Nicol Street lanes after ferry has arrived If someone really wanted to know what effect reduced traffic flow on

Nicol Street would have, they should have closed two lanes on a Wednesday afternoon shortly after a Duke Point ferry landing.

Sunday traffic in that area is minimal.

Marilyn Gregg Nanaimo

Civil disobedience over dams will continue As president of Dams Direct Action Group, I want to commend all those citizens who stood up against the destruction of approximately 70 trees in Colliery Dams Park.

The community is well aware that by coercing city council into implementing an expensive and needless project, all at city taxpayers’ expense, the provincial government’s real goal was to revenge itself on Nanaimo for proving that the dams would not collapse if there was a serious earthquake.

It also concerns me that the RCMP

arrested several peaceful demonstrators without a court order, instead relying on the Trespass Act. I hope that the courts will summarily dismiss these charges forthwith.

As I have no expectation that the city will reverse the many bylaw tickets handed out, my organization is offering to pay them upon request.

We note that there is even more damage to the park being scheduled for next year.

DDAG will continue to organize civil disobedience as needed.

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Man killed in deadly crash is identified Eighty-nine-year-old John William Barton, of Saanich, has been identified by the BC Coroners Service as the victim after a deadly crash at the Mill Bay ferry terminal

on Friday morning.

Barton was pronounced dead at the scene after driving his SUV through the secure terminal and into 20 metres of water, according to regional coroner Matt Brown.

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Barton’s family has been notified.

The incident occurred during the morning commute and resulted in the closure of the BC Ferries Brentwood-Mill Bay route for the remainder of the day.

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Small pooch survives after eating from bag

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t was just another Tuesday morning when Christine Hintz let her small dog out for its early routine in her South Port backyard last week.

Ten minutes later, Hintz found the small chihuahua–shih tzu cross, named Upsquii, eating out of a fresh 60-gram bag of rat poison lying inside the back gate.

“This bag of poison did not come from our home and was not inside our gate last night,” Hintz posted to Facebook later that day as a warning to others.

“Please be vigilant and watch your pets and children.”

Hintz said that she called her local veterinarian, who told her to contact the Pet Poison Hotline (1-800-2136680) and take the dog to the Central Island Veterinary Emergency Hospital in Nanaimo immediately. She spent the better part of the day there worrying about her pet. In the end, Upsquii survived. The dog had vomited up whatever poison was consumed, which was not enough to cause serious damage.

Hintz said she does not know who would have left the rat poison by her back gate or why, but she is convinced that someone was trying to harm or kill her dog and has reported it to the RCMP. “We are concerned that there is an individual in Port Alberni with a complete disregard for life,” Hintz said.

“It’s a warning sign.” Such a reckless act could even harm a small child, she noted. Whoever it was who did this, they need help, she added.

Christine Hintz with her dog, Upsquii.

[MARTIN WISSMATH/AV TIMES]

“It could be a matter of time before this behaviour escalates,” Hintz said.

In April a Port Alberni family was devastated when their pet pit bull died of kidney failure as a result of ingesting a toxic substance. The family is convinced the dog was poisoned.

The RCMP conducted an investigation at the time but concluded there was not enough evidence to lay charges. One of the family members noted that someone had been leaving poisoned treats on the Log Train Trail at the end of Burde Street.

Steve Shaw, a veterinary technician at the Central Island Veterinary Emergency Hospital in Nanaimo, said if someone suspects their pet was poisoned, they should first call the Pet Poison Hotline. They’ll receive a reference number, which they can take into the hospital and veterinarians there can then use the information to consult a toxicologist. Treatment depends on the substance consumed, he said.

TAHSIS

TAHSIS — A Vancouver Island man punched a cougar in the face Monday to rescue his two-year-old girl from its jaws.

Travis Nielsen’s daughter, Bree, suffered some puncture wounds in the sudden attack, but is otherwise doing fine.

“She was crying but she’s OK,” said his wife, Andrea Nielsen. “She’s got some small puncture wounds just above her right ear, one on her back and then a couple on her chest.”

The cougar pounced while the three of them were sitting in their backyard in Tahsis on the west side of Vancouver Island. “(Bree) was sitting with a six-week-old puppy and we were just kind of looking at the ocean and enjoying the day and then all of a sudden from behind the shed, my daughter was attacked.”

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Dad saves toddler by punching cougar THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Nielsen told The Canadian Press it wasn’t immediately clear what kind of animal had the toddler.

“At first, we thought it was a large dog. But then we realized — after my husband pulled my daughter out of the way and punched it in the face — that it was actually a cougar.”

The cat dropped the girl and Travis Nielsen yelled at the cougar to “get out of here.”

“He was still out there scaring the cougar into the forest even after the fact, once we were all safe in the house,” said his wife.

Conservation officers eventually put the animal down and scoured the area for any additional big cats.

“They sent in a team and they had bloodhounds with transmitters on their necks,” said Andrea Nielsen. “They were going through the forest and they set up traps.”

She said it had been “an intense day.”

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Vancouver pot shops fight closures

LAURA KANE THE CANADIAN PRESS

Medical marijuana dispensary owners who stand to be uprooted by Vancouver’s sweeping new regulations say they won’t disappear without a fight.

Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang estimated this week that only 15 to 20 dispensaries will be approved after the city processes a whopping

176 applications for business licences.

But owners who are expecting rejection letters say the initial red light from the city will only mark the beginning of a months-long process of appeals and even legal action. “With any new rules or regulations or licensing, it will take a long time.

I do know a lot of dispensaries will file lawsuits,� said Chuck Varabioff of

the British Columbia Pain Society. “I’ll never file a lawsuit against the city, but I definitely would appeal if I’m told that I have to move.�

Jang said in an interview that the city is not imposing a cap on dispensaries, but only 15 to 20 shops are likely to meet its strict requirements — including a clean criminal record and a ban on operating 300 metres from schools, community centres

and other pot shops.

The councillor, who first revealed the estimate at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention on Monday, said it was his own calculation and not an official figure. “That’s based on me keeping track of all the various players and people who I’ve observed in the industry for these last few years,� he said. “I keep track of who, for example, has been

caught selling to minors.�

Although Vancouver currently has more than 100 dispensaries, Jang said 15 to 20 would be more than enough to serve the city’s medical pot patients. “Many of them are clustered in the same area,� he said. “The new bylaw would make them spread out.�

He said the city is set to begin issuing licences in December.

ANIMALS

Dog owner mourns after terrier killed by deer “They’re not cute Bambis, they’re predators . . . I want my neighbourhood back. I’m really concerned that the next time it’s going to be a child.�

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mourning dog owner hopes the death of Ollie, a Yorkshire Terrier who died after a deer encounter the morning of Sept. 16, spurs more response to deer in the region. “The responses to me have been really overwhelming, a lot of people are very concerned and upset by this,� said Heather Holmes, whose dog was killed last week.

She let him out before she headed off to work on Sept. 16. “I had checked for deer, I always do . . . I just simply didn’t see him,�

Holmes said. Ollie startled a buck, hidden by a high rock in the yard.

The large deer stomped on the small dog, killing it. “It was pretty horrific. I wouldn’t want anyone to go through it,�

Holmes said.

She’s only disappointed to hear some people say that more education is needed. “It’s not about pretty gardens, it’s about public safety. How do you educate a five year old to protect themselves?

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“What’s needed is to educate this vast group of people, they’re not cute Bambis, they’re urbanized predators . . . I want my neighbourhood back.

I’m really concerned that the next time it’s going to be a child. That will happen, it may not be tomorrow but it’s going to happen.�

A passerby reported the incident that day to animal control who called and calmed Holmes and helped her through the process.

She hopes incidents like this spur more action in the Capital Region. “My hope is the CRD gets their act together and puts a regional plan in place,� Holmes said.

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“I worry it’s going to take the death or injury of child to make it happen.

I don’t want that; I don’t think anybody wants that.�

What happened to Ollie is a rarity, says the BC Conservation Service. “It’s not a common occurrence,� said Richard Dekelver, conservation officer South Island zone. “It’s very unfortunate but every year we get dogs chased or challenged by deer. It’s (deer) defending themselves.�

He reiterates dog owners should be cautious, with dogs leashed on walks and a scan of the yard before letting pets out, as Holmes did.

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“The UWSS is committed to public education to reduce human-deer conflict, and to non-lethal management of urban deer populations.�

Coming UWSS initiatives include a community workshop presented in conjunction with the BCSPCA in Esquimalt on Sept. 30, along with ads in local newspapers this fall and tips online offering ways to avoid confrontations with deer.

For Holmes, the trauma continues as the buck appeared again Friday as she opened the front door to pick up her newspaper. “It was just standing there looking at me. I just want these creatures off my property,� Holmes said. “My dog deserved better and I deserve better and it didn’t have to happen.�

To report a conflict with wildlife that threatens public safety, call conservation at 1-877-952-7277. “When we do get the calls regarding a situation where someone feels threatened we do follow up with them. “If we did see a pattern or believe something to be out of the norm, if it was acting out as aggressive and a danger to public safety, we would engage that animal. But we haven’t seen that,â€? Dekelver said. “In any circumstance I would give a buck some space, any wild animal for that matter.â€? Âť We want to hear from you.

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“In your own yard, a person could do a preliminary scan and see if there are deer in there. The deer are defending themselves, and the dogs are just doing what dogs do,� Dekelver said. “They view the dogs as a threat and they’re acting defensively.�

At certain times of year, such as fawn and rutting season, which we’re entering, aggression becomes more prevalent. “The bucks are dominant and fighting each other. They get kinda goofy in that time period where they’re not paying attention to what they’re doing,� he said, noting it’s not uncommon for them to wander into traffic this time of year. “They’re focused on one thing.�

The Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society, which plans to engage in a deer count and contraceptive approach with its Deer Plan Oak Bay project, advocates education as one of its primary goals. “This very sad incident again points to the need for a sustained public education campaign on ways to reduce human-deer conflict, especially at critical times such as fawn season (May to July) and rutting season,� said Kristy Kilpatrick, vice president, UWSS. Kilpatrick says she and her dog were attacked by a raccoon several years ago while out walking at night and an eagle carried off a small dog at Thetis Lake last spring. “There are steps we can all take to reduce the risk of conflicts with wildlife such as deer and raccoons,�

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TERRORISM

POLITICS

Judge sentences two men in Via Rail terror case to life

Joe Oliver’s claim of no recession is little help to Alberta

Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier plotted to derail passenger train in Toronto area DIANA MEHTA THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Two men found guilty of terrorism charges after being accused of plotting to derail a passenger train were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday as a Toronto judge found neither of them had expressed remorse for their offences.

Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in March on a total of eight charges between them.

Justice Michael Code, the Toronto judge who presided over their trial earlier this year, found both men have not renounced their extremists beliefs, have not accepted responsibility for their offences and present questionable prospects for rehabilitation.

“I am satisfied that life imprisonment is the appropriate sentence,” he said, noting that the men would receive some credit for time already spent in custody. Both men aren’t eligible for parole until 2023.

Jaser shook his head, closed his eyes at one point and held his face in one hand after his sentence was delivered.

Esseghaier appeared nonchalant, crossing his arms and leaning back in the prisoner’s box as Code read out his 53-page sentencing decision.

“The life sentence doesn’t have any meaning for me,” the self-represented Esseghaier told Code after his sentence was delivered.

Crown lawyers had asked for life sentences for both men and expressed their satisfaction with Code’s decision.

“There was one message that was made loud and clear today,” said Crown prosecutor Croft Michaelson.

“That message is if you commit terrorist offences in Canada, with the intention of causing indiscriminate killing, you’re going to pay a very heavy price.”

Chiheb Esseghaier in custody in Toronto in 2013. Esseghaier and Raed Jaser, found guilty of terrorism charges after being accused of plotting to derail a passenger train, were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Jaser’s lawyer said he was disappointed with the outcome of the case and already had instructions to appeal both Jaser’s conviction and sentence.

“We do view it as excessive,” John Norris said of the sentence, adding that Jaser was “somewhat stunned”

by Wednesday’s developments.

“He is a resilient man. He is trying to remain positive.”

Jaser’s lawyer had asked for a sentence of five and a half years and argued mitigating factors in his client’s case included entrapment, segregation during pre-trial custody and drug addiction. Code rejected those arguments in delivering his sentence.

“My overall impressions of Mr. Jaser are that he is intelligent, devious

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In Esseghaier’s case, a court-appointed lawyer who was ordered to assist the Tunisian national through the legal process had asked Code to postpone sentencing until it could be determined if Esseghaier could be hospitalized and treated for a mental illness.

Code refused and said there was “no causal link” between Esseghaier’s current mental state and his behaviour at the time of the offences.

“The evidence is overwhelming that he was not delusional or psychotic at the time of the offence,” Code said.

“It is unprecedented to adjourn a

sentencing hearing indefinitely to await treatment.”

Two psychiatrists who assessed Esseghaier’s mental state over the course of his sentencing hearing found that he likely suffers from a mental illness.

But the second psychiatrist found that Esseghaier was still fit to be sentenced for his crimes.

Esseghaier is deeply religious and has consistently maintained his desire to be judged under the Qur’an.

He has often gone on rambling rants in the courtroom and even prayed in the prisoner’s dock, but his mental state only became an issue in the case after the psychiatric assessments — which he vehemently disagreed with.

In one court session, Esseghaier even spat at lawyers and threw a cup of water across a courtroom after the second psychiatrist who assessed him testified that he likely suffers from schizophrenia.

Code said it was “unnecessary to arrive at any firm conclusions regarding Esseghaier’s alleged mental illness.” But he did find that Esseghaier was “completely remorseless.”

The lawyer who assisted Esseghaier said the way in which Code dealt with the evidence of mental illness in the case would be “an issue” if the matter proceeded to an appeal.

During their trial, court heard that an undercover FBI agent gained Jaser and Esseghaier’s trust and surreptitiously recorded their conversations, which made up the bulk of the evidence in the case.

The two were recorded speaking about alleged terror plots they would conduct in retaliation for Canada’s military actions in Muslim countries, including the derailment of a Via Rail train travelling between New York and Toronto.

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CALGARY — Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s assertion that there has been no recession in Canada this year is of little solace in Alberta.

“It reminds me of that legend of Nero fiddling while Rome burned,” said Keith Brownsey, a political scientist at Calgary’s Mount Royal University.

“Apparently there’s no recession,” Brownsey scoffed. “You tell that to people in this town right now.”

Oliver made his pronouncement on the recession in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday.

“We don’t believe that the economy was in fact in a recession,” he said, despite Statistics Canada data showing two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth this year.

Oliver said the contraction was confined to the energy and resources sector, which makes up about a fifth of Canada’s economy, but that the rest was growing.

Meanwhile, the Conference Board of Canada’s latest Metropolitan Outlook, released Wednesday, paints a bleak picture.

Calgary — the white-collar heart of the oilpatch, which has seen scores of layoffs in recent months — is ranked dead last out of 13 cities when it comes to forecast real GDP growth in 2015. In 2014 it ranked second, after Edmonton.

Todd Hirsch, chief economist at Alberta-owned bank ATB Financial, said earlier this week that he’s predicting a “modest” recession this year, with a return to growth in 2016.

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Climate change plan between Canada, U.S., Mexico needed, says Hillary Clinton THE CANADIAN PRESS

Flowers lay on the ground near the house of shooting victim Anastasia Kuzyk, in Wilno, Ont., Wednesday.

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Residents in shock at killings Suspect said to have known all three murdered women LIAM CASEY AND MICHELLE MCQUIGGE THE CANADIAN PRESS

The brother of a 57-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the separate slayings of three women says Basil Borutski’s family is angry and embarrassed about his alleged crimes. “Right now, my heart just goes out to the families . . . all our brothers and sisters, our hearts go out to all the victims,� a weary-sounding Will Borutski told The Canadian Press in an interview. “We’re all just in disbelief. Right now the only ones we’re thinking about is the victims. The children, the families, the friends.�

Two of the victims — 36-year-old Anastasia Kuzyk and Natalie Warmardam, 48 — used to date his brother, Will Borutski said.

Borutski, bald with a moustache and goatee and wearing a light green T-shirt, made an appearance in a Pembroke, Ont., courtroom to answer to the charges.

He was remanded in custody until Oct. 5.

The judge ordered him not to speak to a long list of family members and acquaintances.

Will Borutski said he’d had a falling-out with his brother about seven years ago, declining to provide details beyond saying there was a “disagreement.�

As he struggled to gather his thoughts in Round Lake, an Ottawa Valley cottage-country hamlet, Will Borutski said his family is stunned by the arrest.

Local residents said the deaths of the women, all slain within hours of one another, have thrown the community of about 300 people into a profound state of grief. “It’s shocking to think that people that you know have come to this,� said Corinne Higgins, owner of the Wilno Tavern located in the heart of the village 130 kilometres west of Ottawa. “I’m out of words right now.�

Kuzyk’s home was the first crime scene the OPP visited on Tuesday, touching off an investigation that caused panic and fear in the area for hours.

Police said information they discovered at Kuzyk’s home led them to a nearby property, where they said they found the body of Warmardam, of Bonnechere Valley, Ont.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has released a policy paper that calls for a wide-ranging, co-ordinated Canada-U.S.-Mexico climate-change plan one day after announcing her opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.

The position paper from the presidential contender added a new wrinkle Wednesday to an issue that has already inserted itself in two national elections — the current Canadian one, and the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

Clinton wants to follow up her opposition to Keystone with a more ambitious climate program that includes immediately launch-

ing negotiations toward what she’s called the North American Climate Compact.

It’s the first time a prominent U.S. politician has explicitly linked the pipeline issue to more action on climate change from Canada — something President Barack Obama has never done.

It’s also a significantly more aggressive plan that the current continental working group on climate change which aims to upgrade infrastructure but does not set out firm greenhouse-gas targets. “Building a clean, secure, and affordable North American energy future is bigger than Keystone XL or any other single project.

That’s what I will focus on as president,� said the Clinton paper.

“That’s why today I am announcing a comprehensive strategy to modernize American energy infrastructure and forge a new partnership with Canada and Mexico to combat climate change across the continent . . . . “As president, I will immediately launch negotiations with Canada and Mexico to forge a North American Climate Compact.�

Other parts of the paper mention speeding up safety upgrades to rail tanker cars that carry oil, new regulations for pipeline safety, and repairing older, leak-prone pipelines.

The paper comes one day after she stunned allies of the Keystone project by announcing opposition to a pipeline she’d once said she was inclined to support, and she called Canadian oil the continent’s dirtiest fuel.

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press â—† FOX CREEK, ALTA.

Well blowout still not capped Workers in northern Alberta are still fighting to control a blowout at a well that has been venting toxic sour gas and other chemicals since Monday.

A spokesman for well owner Encana says crews are opening a second route to the site, located 18 kilometres from the community of Fox Creek.

Jay Averill says that will give crews more room to work and let them onto the site more efficiently.

The province’s energy regulator says waterways or wildlife have not been affected.

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Jury in murder trial is warned Jurors at the murder trial of a former Quebec cardiologist who is charged with killing his two children have been told by the Crown they will likely hear emotionally gruelling testimony.

Guy Turcotte’s second trial on the first-degree murder charges began Wednesday with the judge telling jurors they are the only judges of the facts in the case.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Andre Vincent also told the jurors to ignore anything they hear outside the courtroom.

The trial is expected to last three months and feature about 30 witnesses called by the Crown.

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The exam recently given to Grade 10 students in Saskatoon public schools included two questions “where the available multiple-choice options included two incorrect answers which were negative stereotypes about aboriginal people.�

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Purple ribbons flutter as suspect in father-daughter killing in court Terry Blanchette, 27, and daughter, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, 2, found dead last week BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Purple ribbons were tied to a row of parking meters outside a southern Alberta courthouse Wednesday in memory of a two-year-old girl and her father who were killed last week.

Purple was Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette’s favourite colour and supporters felt it was appropriate to remember her as the man accused in the killings was scheduled to make his first court appearance.

But Derek James Saretzky didn’t appear inside the Lethbridge courtroom. The matter was quickly adjourned to Sept. 30.

Saretzky, 22, faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Terry Blanchette, 27, and Hailey.

There is an additional charge of committing indignity to a body in the girl’s case.

No family members were present for the hearing, but Allie Pratchler, clutching a small brown teddy bear, was there in a show of support for the victims’ families, including the girl’s mother, Cheyenne Dunbar.

“It’s probably pretty rough for them right now,” said Pratchler.

Hailey’s body was found last week in a rural area, a day after her father was discovered dead in their home in the town of about 2,000.

An Amber Alert was issued across Western Canada and Montana after the man’s body was found and authorities undertook an extensive search with the hope of finding the youngster alive. News that her body had been found broke during a candle-light vigil held to support those efforts.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ REGINA

Air Canada diverts flight for unclaimed cellphone Air Canada says an unclaimed cellphone was behind a decision to divert a Toronto-bound flight from Edmonton to Regina.

The Airbus A320, with 136 passengers, landed in the Saskatchewan capital at 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday after the phone was found on board.

Regina Airport Authority CEO Dick Graham said the airport activated its emergency response procedures, which included calling police and the fire department.

Graham said the response matched the situation at hand and went by the book.

Air Canada said the plane was diverted “strictly out of an abundance of caution.”

It took off again shortly after a security check and refuelling.

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Allie Pratchler, left, a friend of Cheyenne Dunbar, leaves following the first court appearance of Derek James Saretzky, who is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Terry Blanchette and his two-year-old daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, in Lethbridge, Alta., on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Blanchette and Dunbar, 20, were separated, but the two maintained a good relationship and both cared for Hailey.

Saretzky was known to both Blanchette and Dunbar.

Authorities have not disclosed why they believe the father and his daughter were killed.

The Crowsnest Pass Herald newspaper posted on its Facebook page a statement from the Blanchette and Dunbar families to Saretzky’s relatives.

The Saretzky family is well-known in the area and owns a local cleaning business.

“We need to tell you that we do not condone the vile and malicious epithets being directed at you,” the statement said. “We find if abhorrent.

It’s important that you know we bear you no ill will.”

Pratchler said she knew Saretzky.

“It was a surprise,” she said of the charges against him. “I haven’t spoken to him in a long time. He was a good person when I knew him.”

Saretzky has hired Edmonton lawyer Peter Northcott to represent him.

Members of the public who didn’t know the family but felt empathy for them also attended court appearance.

Crossnest Pass Mayor Blair Painter

said grief counsellors will be brought in this week to give a presentation and to help those struggling with the killings.

“It’s devastating and tragic for the families and the community. Everybody knows everybody, everybody looks out for everybody, and to have this happen is just beyond belief,” he said.

“Unfortunately tragedy is not new to our community. We’ve had a lot of tragic events through the years . . . but we’re tight-knit and very supportive of each other.

“We will get through this — it’s just going to take some time.”

Alberta is spending $15 million to bolster programs that support women and children affected by family violence.

The money is to improve services in emergency and second-stage shelters and to hire 124 outreach workers and youth counsellors, Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir said Wednesday.

“Nobody has to live in fear. Nobody should be subject to violence,” Sabir said in an interview.

“When those unfortunate incidents happen, it is the role and responsibility of the government to provide people a way out of that tragedy, to provide people with the support they need to deal with the violence.”

Last fall, the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters issued a report that said 8,427 women and 8,012 children were turned away from shelters due to lack of space.

The report said during the same time period — the fiscal year 20132014 — the shelters admitted 5,710 women and 5,612 children.

ELECTION 2015

Mulcair moves to defuse debate over niqabs THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Anticipation of the first televised French-language debate loomed large on the campaign trail Wednesday, with the parties jostling for position in advance of the showdown that promises to put NDP Leader Tom Mulcair in the cross hairs.

Mulcair moved to pre-empt one line of attack: his refusal to demand that face coverings be banned during citizenship ceremonies. The NDP leader clarified his position on the niqab and urged Canadians not to give in to the politics of fear, division and exclusion.

Quebec is the NDP’s electoral fortress but it is also the province in which public opinion polls suggest banning the niqab is most popular.

Rival leaders will inevitably be gunning hard for Mulcair in tonight’s

“It’s 2015; there are real challenges that face Canada. But a woman being entitled to wear a niqab in a citizenship ceremony is an issue? Excuse me, this is not an issue. This is a cynical manipulation.”

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debate, hoping to shake the NDP’s seemingly iron grip on Quebec. And at least two — Conservative Stephen Harper and Bloc Quebecois Gilles Duceppe — have already signalled that the explosive niqab issue will be part of their arsenal.

The Conservatives released a French television ad Tuesday, featuring Harper asserting that his party shares Quebecers’ values, including the belief that new citizens should take the oath with their faces uncovered.

The Bloc, which is trying to steal back seats it lost to the NDP in 2011, last week released a nasty ad warning Quebecers about what’s in store if they vote NDP. It featured a pipeline pumping out black goop that morphs into a niqab.

Some New Democrat candidates and MPs have expressed opposition to the niqab but on Wednesday Mulcair said the party agrees with the current rules, which require wouldbe citizens to show their faces for identification purposes during the citizenship process but allow them to be veiled during the purely symbolic oath-taking ceremony.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Green Leader Elizabeth May have strongly denounced the Harper government’s attempts to ban the niqab at citizenship ceremonies.

May, who spent part of her debate preparation day giving an interview to The Canadian Press, said she was “horrified” by the Bloc ad targeting the NDP. “We have to renounce politics of fear and division in this country,” she said. “It’s 2015; there are real challenges that face Canada. But a woman being entitled to wear a niqab in a citizenship ceremony is an issue?

Excuse me, this is not an issue. This is a cynical manipulation.”

While Trudeau spent Wednesday preparing for the debate, his party opened up another line of attack on Mulcair: his promise of a national, $15-a-day child care program, modelled on Quebec’s daycare program.

◆ MELFORT, SASK.

Truck driver charged after teens die in crash A 28-year-old truck driver from Winnipeg who is facing charges in a crash that killed three teenagers from Carrot River, Sask., has had his case adjourned until next month.

Normand Lavoie did not enter a plea on charges of criminal negligence causing death during a brief court appearance Tuesday in a Melfort court.

He will return to court on Oct. 20.

The boys were on their way home from a football camp when their car was rear-ended by a semi-tractor trailer in a construction zone near Spalding, about 200 kilometres east of Saskatoon.

The teens, who were students at Carrot River Junior Senior High School, died at the scene.

Justin Gaja, 14, Kristian Skalicky, 15, and Carter Stevenson, 17, were members of the Wildcats football team.

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Red Cross urges greater global aid in crisis responses A Red Cross-commissioned report is urging

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Releasing its World Disaster Report on Thursday, Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says a better balance is needed between international and local aid providers.

The authors say over the past decade, no more than seven per cent of international humanitarian funds per year have gone through affected state governments.

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VW CEO denies wrongdoing as Gacy victim DNA leads he quits over emissions scandal to ID in unrelated case GEIR MOULSON AND PAN PYLAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN — Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world’s top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure.

No replacement was announced, and VW still has no easy exit from a scandal that has suddenly dented a reputation for trustworthiness that took decades to build. The smog-test trickery has wiped out billions in VW’s market value and raised the spectre of criminal investigations and billions more in fines.

Winterkorn took responsibility for the “irregularities” found by U.S.

inspectors in VW’s diesel engines, but insisted he had personally done nothing wrong.

“I am doing this in the interests of the company even though I am not aware of any wrongdoing on my part,” his statement said. “Volkswagen needs a fresh start ... I am clearing the way for this fresh start with my resignation.”

Winterkorn, 68, resigned following a crisis meeting of the Volkswagen supervisory board’s executive committee. Its acting chairman, Berthold Huber, said company directors are “resolved to embark with determination on a credible new beginning.”

Huber said a successor will be discussed at a board meeting on Friday that was originally intended

to approve extending Winterkorn’s contract through 2018.

VW reversed its market slide, closing up 6.9 per cent at 118.90 euros.

But VW’s share price has a long way to go to recoup this week’s losses.

Nearly $28 billion was wiped out in the first two days of trading after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that VW has been violating the Clean Air Act and could be subject to fines of as much as $18 billion.

Stephan Weil, the governor of Lower Saxony state, which holds a 20 per cent stake in Volkswagen, said VW is filing a criminal complaint, “because we have the impression that criminally relevant actions may have played a role here.”

Like the samples from the unidentified Gacy victims, those samples were uploaded into a federal database and Dart’s office was notified in May of a genetic association between Wertheimer and the San Francisco remains. Wertheimer’s half brother Andre “Andy” Drath had disappeared after travelling from Chicago to San Francisco. Dental records, an “Andy” tattoo and records that show he had travelled to San Francisco helped to confirm the identification.

Wertheimer was notified of the match this month.

Drath’s body will be returned to Chicago for burial.

The identification is the latest in about a dozen cases that have been closed as a result of the exhumations of Gacy’s victims. Gacy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history, was executed in 1994.

The submission of DNA from the dozens of families of missing young men has also helped authorities identify the remains of young men found in Utah and New Jersey. In some cases, the missing loved ones have been found alive, including a man who ran away years ago and was found living in Oregon.

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CHICAGO — An effort to identify remains of young men killed by John Wayne Gacy in the 1970s has led to a break in an unrelated case of a unidentified teenager found shot to death in San Francisco 36 years ago.

The Cook County Sheriff’s office announced Wednesday that DNA tests revealed a “genetic association” between the remains of the teen and Dr. Willa Wertheimer, who submitted her DNA to the office in 2011.

At the time, Sheriff Tom Dart said he had exhumed the remains of eight of Gacy’s 33 victims who were never identified and asked the relatives of young men who vanished in the 1970s to submit to DNA testing in the hopes of finding a match.

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It’s a show that puts audiences in control of the song list.

Next Thursday (Oct. 1), Brian Burn and Jamie Mahn bring their all-request Burn ‘N’ Mahn dueling piano show to Queen’s Hotel in downtown Nanaimo.

For the audience, it means the evening’s musical lineup is driven by audience participation.

It’s a genre made popular by Howl at the Moon Entertainment, in places like New York, Chicago, Hollywood and Houston.

To be successful, it takes a seasoned performer with a wide repertoire and good musical skills.

Over their lives, Burn and Mahn have honed those skills.

“We’ve been playing, both of us, our whole life,” said Mahn.

Mahn, who hails from Kitchener, Ont., first tickled the ivories as a tot. As an adult, his professional career took him on the cruise ship circuit, then he wound up as enter-

tainment director for Howell at the Moon.

The company developed the dueling piano genre now known in popular nightclubs in 12 major cities.

While there Mahn spent time in the U.S., Europe, even Singapore, where he developed some new performer teams, and “I turned some bars around,” he said.

Audiences drive the song list and by requesting any popular song since the 1940s.

Occasionally people will intentionally try to stump the duo, “or request oddball stuff nobody has ever heard of,” and these are times where the musicians draw on their experience as performers.

They will build a “comedic bit around it,” or if someone requests a slow ballad, they might play a short snippet before moving onto something livelier.

“Our priority, we’re playing to a room of people,” Mahn said.

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No two audiences are alike, and the musicians are always working requests to best effect.

There is even an opportunity to have your song the first played of the evening — for $20.

“Somebody might just, to piss everyone off, pick something cheesy, like Backstreet Boys, and somebody will outbid them.”

It’s all part of the fun for audiences as themusicians feature hits like Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire, ” Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” or “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi.

Burn ‘N’ Mahn appears at the Queens Hotel Oct. 1.

Tickets are $20 plus surcharge at the Queen’s and Port Theatre.

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Off-the-cuff comedy is coming to Malaspina Theatre Friday.

The famed Vancouver TheatreSports League is bringing three of its own to the Vancouver Island University campus as part of a “road test” for a possible future college tour.

The improvisational theatre company, now celebrating its 35th year, is sending Vancouver comedians Andrew Barber, Brian Cook and Scott Patey to attempt to catapult local crowds into waves of irrepressible mirth.

All three performers have done work in television and film, but scripts and preparation are thrown out the window for the three-hour show.

The three, in addition to fellow comic Cameron MacLeod, are also members of the Matterhorn Improv comedy troupe.

Barber’s own comedic offerings have gone viral online. His portrayal of an overly-aggressive Bruins fan’s take on the Boston-Vancouver Stanley Cup matchup in 2011 has racked up more than one million views on YouTube. He also donned makeup and a wig to play a young woman with a serious crush on ‘bad boy’ Stephen Harper during a stint with CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

(Full disclosure: I went to high school with Barber, where he was a fixture in our theatre department.

Yes, he is funny.)

Barber said part of improv comedy’s appeal is audience input into the creative process. During the show, audience members will be pulled onstage, invited to shout suggestions for scenes and generally harassed.

“You kind of get to see your ideas come alive onstage,” said Barber.

For performers, the contrast is obvious.

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Performers also know pretty quickly whether or not a comedic idea is playing out.

“Improv, doing live comedy, is the only way to get instant feedback,” said Barber.

He said he and his fellow performers try to incorporate character development heavily into their improv as if they were acting on film — despite the fact that not even they know what will come next.

“The three of us, we really focus on the acting and the characters to make it believable,” said Barber.

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If you’re easily offended, you might want to steer clear of Jason Rouse’s Nanaimo standup comedy show.

Rouse has been travelling Europe and North America for the past 20 years

sharing his dark sense of humour, he’s coming to the Harbour City on Sept.

25 at 8 p.m. to perform at the Queens Hotel.

Rouse’s last full-time job was washing dishes for a restaurant on Granville Island about 20 years ago. Since then

he’s lived in Europe, New York, Toronto, and now Los Angeles making it work as a standup comedian.

He currently keeps busy with his role on the Showtime television show, Andrew Dice Clay Presents the Blue Show.

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America is quite politically correct so some certain subject matter can be a little more taboo. In Europe . . . I don’t need to pussyfoot around some of the more risky stuff.”

Rouse said his niche in the comedy marketplace is his limitless boundary in terms of pushing the envelope.

“Anything that is taboo, anything that might make people upset, make them feel guilty. I’m looking to take things

that are not traditionally funny and find the humour in it, rather than the traditional route,” Rouse said.

“In comedy you can’t exclude anything or you become a hypocrite. Once you start tiptoeing around things you hold sacred then the whole house goes down.”

The show is hosted by Peter Hudson with a a guest appearance by Lil Cory Rasmussen. Tickets are $15.

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Dueling Pianos 7 p.m. on Oct 1, at The Queens. Two baby grand pianos with Brian Burn and Jamie Mann. Interactive show with audience. Vegas style show.

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Terrordome #4 9 p.m. Oct. 1 at The Cambie. with Wooden Indian Burial Ground, CoPILOTS, The Cymatics Research Institute and Joe Egan. $10 at the door

Guy Mendilow ensemble Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Embark on a musical trek to kingdoms long forgotten and bustling towns now vanished. Tickets at the Port Theatre box office, 250-754-8550.

touring stand-up comedian taking the mainstream comedy world and turning it upside down. Hosted by local comedian Peter Hudson. Guest appearance by the one and only Lil Cory Rasmussen. Tickets $15, at the venue.

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Brandon Stone, Mike Bauche, Young Plantz 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 6 at The Dinghy Dock Pub on Protection Island. Tickets $20 in advance and includes ferry fare. On sale now from the artists, at The Dinghy Dock Pub or online at ticketzone. com

Spirit of India Sept. 27, 2:30 p.m. at the Port Theatre. A bold vision in Indian live music and dance, presented by the Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India Lively musical journey from Rajasthan to Mumbai for the richness and excitement of Indian music. Includes preshot chat 1:45 p.m. Harmac Room. Tickets: $40, members: $36 students: $15, eyeGO: $5 Tiicket Centre 250-754-8550 for details.

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Wordstorm Sept. 29, at The First Unitarian Hall, 595 Townsite Rd. Open Mic starts at 7 p.m. Featured performers Lawrence Feuchtwanger and John Beaton. Live music at 6:30 and during the first set. More Details at www.wordstorm.ca

||| COMMUNITY Culture Days Sept. 25, 26, 27, various locations dowtntown.

Annual three-day national celebration each September, hundreds of thousands of artists and cultural organizations in hundreds of cities and towns come together and invite Canadians to participate in free interactive and “behind the scenes” activities.

Events include: - FEASTIVAL: Celebrating the Island’s Culinary Culture Sept. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

- Film Jam Sept. 27, noon to 6 p.m. at the Hub City Cinema Studio, 15 Lois Lane. Filmmakers of all kinds and experience come together to conceive and shoot a short film with the resources they have available in only 6 hours.

- Just Kidding for Kids: One-hour free workshop with Nicolle Nattrass.

Sept. 27, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Vancouver Island University’s Malaspina Theatre Studio, (bldg 330, downstairs). Participants aged 8-14yrs will get a backstage tour of the University theatre, get warmed up and comfortable in the new studio space, and then get

right into the art of improvisation.

- Collaborative tile “quilt” mosaic Sept. 26 and 27, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lois Lane courtyard. To be installed at the China Steps. Supplies will be provided but feel free to bring your own items to use or share – beads, jewellery, colored glass, screws, bits of broken tile and pottery, beach glass, stones — whatever inspires you.

- Nanaimo Conservatory of Music open house Sept. 26, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 375 Selby St. All are welcome to try out a musical instrument in the petting zoo hosted by Tom Lee Music and to join the Conservatory’s very experienced faculty for some mini music lessons. During the Open House there will be performances, demonstrations, prizes and refreshments.

- World of the Metis Sept. 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Mid Island Metis Nation will also be downtown World of the Metis offering a glimpse at Metis history and a glance at the Metis today with bannock, artifacts and you and your children can learn how to finger weave.

For details on dates, times and location of all events, go to bc.culturedays.ca, click on “Activities” and search on “Nanaimo” or contact the Nanaimo Arts Council at 259-729-3947 admin@nanaimoartscouncil.ca Sisters in Spirit vigil 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Oct. 1, at the VIU Jardin De Quartorze (Below building 360). To honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, support grieving families and provide opportunities for healing and join the movement for social change.

Fall NAC Clothesline event Oct. 2, noon to 4 p.m. and Oct. 3, noon to 3 p.m. For those on a tight budget. Free clothing giveaway at the Nanaimo Alliance Church at the corner of Boundary and Meredith, across from Woodlands High School.

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Envelope-pushing funny man says nothing is sacred when it comes to comedy AARON HINKS DAILY NEWS

If you’re easily offended, you might want to steer clear of Jason Rouse’s Nanaimo standup comedy show.

Rouse has been travelling Europe and North America for the past 20 years

sharing his dark sense of humour, he’s coming to the Harbour City on Sept.

25 at 8 p.m. to perform at the Queens Hotel.

Rouse’s last full-time job was washing dishes for a restaurant on Granville Island about 20 years ago. Since then

he’s lived in Europe, New York, Toronto, and now Los Angeles making it work as a standup comedian.

He currently keeps busy with his role on the Showtime television show, Andrew Dice Clay Presents the Blue Show.

“New York was great . . . Most of my work is in Europe but my home base is in the United States,” Rouse said. “In Europe they just seem to get it. North

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America is quite politically correct so some certain subject matter can be a little more taboo. In Europe . . . I don’t need to pussyfoot around some of the more risky stuff.”

Rouse said his niche in the comedy marketplace is his limitless boundary in terms of pushing the envelope.

“Anything that is taboo, anything that might make people upset, make them feel guilty. I’m looking to take things

that are not traditionally funny and find the humour in it, rather than the traditional route,” Rouse said.

“In comedy you can’t exclude anything or you become a hypocrite. Once you start tiptoeing around things you hold sacred then the whole house goes down.”

The show is hosted by Peter Hudson with a a guest appearance by Lil Cory Rasmussen. Tickets are $15.

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Ali Prince, David Bitonti 8 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Longwood Brew Pub, 5775 Turner Rd. A free music series every Thursday night.

Dueling Pianos 7 p.m. on Oct 1, at The Queens. Two baby grand pianos with Brian Burn and Jamie Mann. Interactive show with audience. Vegas style show.

Tickets $20, on sale at the Queens and the Port Theatre.

Terrordome #4 9 p.m. Oct. 1 at The Cambie. with Wooden Indian Burial Ground, CoPILOTS, The Cymatics Research Institute and Joe Egan. $10 at the door

Guy Mendilow ensemble Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Embark on a musical trek to kingdoms long forgotten and bustling towns now vanished. Tickets at the Port Theatre box office, 250-754-8550.

touring stand-up comedian taking the mainstream comedy world and turning it upside down. Hosted by local comedian Peter Hudson. Guest appearance by the one and only Lil Cory Rasmussen. Tickets $15, at the venue.

distribution of forestry products. consists of two exhibitions (O Horizon and Booming Grounds), a publication (The Mill), and a series of public events. For more information visit www.nanaimoartgallery.com.

Brandon Stone, Mike Bauche, Young Plantz 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 6 at The Dinghy Dock Pub on Protection Island. Tickets $20 in advance and includes ferry fare. On sale now from the artists, at The Dinghy Dock Pub or online at ticketzone. com

Spirit of India Sept. 27, 2:30 p.m. at the Port Theatre. A bold vision in Indian live music and dance, presented by the Bollywood Masala Orchestra and Dancers of India Lively musical journey from Rajasthan to Mumbai for the richness and excitement of Indian music. Includes preshot chat 1:45 p.m. Harmac Room. Tickets: $40, members: $36 students: $15, eyeGO: $5 Tiicket Centre 250-754-8550 for details.

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Clinton Fearon 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at The Queens. The Jamaican roots reggae legend performs a solo acoustic concert Tickets $15 in advance at the Port Theatre Ticket Centre at 250-754-8550.

||| ON STAGE/SCREEN Making Tracks Sept. 25, 26, and Oct. 2, 3 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. At Harbour City Theatre, 25 Victoria Rd. Tickets $22 for Adults, $18 for seniors and $12 for students, at westernedge.org, at 250-816-6459, or and at Catwalk Fashions on Commercial St. Suspense drama by local writer Mary Fraughton.

Old City Laugh Lounge 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Oct. 9. Starring Damonde Tschritter and special guests at Old City Station Pub, 150 Skinner St. New location of the Laugh Lounge, Three to six comedians perform once a month, with two shows per night, Tickets $10 per show, available at Old City Station Pub and online at ticketzone.com

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Vancouver TheatreSports Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. Vancouver Island University Student’s Union and VIU ResTide are bringing the always hilarious Vancouver TheatreSports to campus for a one night comedy improv evening. In VIU Theatre Building 310, tickets $5 for students.

A Terrible Beauty: Edward Burtynsky in Dialogue with Emily Carr’ Feature exhibition at the Nanaimo Museum from now until November 21. A Terrible Beauty invites you to contemplate the impact humans can have on natural landscapes. Organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Hosted by the Nanaimo Museum in partnership with Nanaimo Art Gallery.

Dancers of Damelahamid Luu hlotitxw: Spirit Transforming 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Malaspina Theatre at Vancouver Island University.

Comedian Jason Rouse 8 p.m., Sept. 25, at The Queens. A renegade

Silva: O Horizon At the Nanaimo Art Gallery on Commercial St. until Nov. 21. A contemporary art project that follows a thematic path from the microcosms of the forest floor, to the quantifying and processing of lumber, to the global

Wordstorm Sept. 29, at The First Unitarian Hall, 595 Townsite Rd. Open Mic starts at 7 p.m. Featured performers Lawrence Feuchtwanger and John Beaton. Live music at 6:30 and during the first set. More Details at www.wordstorm.ca

||| COMMUNITY Culture Days Sept. 25, 26, 27, various locations dowtntown.

Annual three-day national celebration each September, hundreds of thousands of artists and cultural organizations in hundreds of cities and towns come together and invite Canadians to participate in free interactive and “behind the scenes” activities.

Events include: - FEASTIVAL: Celebrating the Island’s Culinary Culture Sept. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre.

- Film Jam Sept. 27, noon to 6 p.m. at the Hub City Cinema Studio, 15 Lois Lane. Filmmakers of all kinds and experience come together to conceive and shoot a short film with the resources they have available in only 6 hours.

- Just Kidding for Kids: One-hour free workshop with Nicolle Nattrass.

Sept. 27, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Vancouver Island University’s Malaspina Theatre Studio, (bldg 330, downstairs). Participants aged 8-14yrs will get a backstage tour of the University theatre, get warmed up and comfortable in the new studio space, and then get

right into the art of improvisation.

- Collaborative tile “quilt” mosaic Sept. 26 and 27, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lois Lane courtyard. To be installed at the China Steps. Supplies will be provided but feel free to bring your own items to use or share – beads, jewellery, colored glass, screws, bits of broken tile and pottery, beach glass, stones — whatever inspires you.

- Nanaimo Conservatory of Music open house Sept. 26, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 375 Selby St. All are welcome to try out a musical instrument in the petting zoo hosted by Tom Lee Music and to join the Conservatory’s very experienced faculty for some mini music lessons. During the Open House there will be performances, demonstrations, prizes and refreshments.

- World of the Metis Sept. 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Mid Island Metis Nation will also be downtown World of the Metis offering a glimpse at Metis history and a glance at the Metis today with bannock, artifacts and you and your children can learn how to finger weave.

For details on dates, times and location of all events, go to bc.culturedays.ca, click on “Activities” and search on “Nanaimo” or contact the Nanaimo Arts Council at 259-729-3947 admin@nanaimoartscouncil.ca Sisters in Spirit vigil 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Oct. 1, at the VIU Jardin De Quartorze (Below building 360). To honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, support grieving families and provide opportunities for healing and join the movement for social change.

Fall NAC Clothesline event Oct. 2, noon to 4 p.m. and Oct. 3, noon to 3 p.m. For those on a tight budget. Free clothing giveaway at the Nanaimo Alliance Church at the corner of Boundary and Meredith, across from Woodlands High School.

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Cowichan teen actor/director nominated for work in first film

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Cowichan Valley actor and filmmaker Angie Hawes has been nominated for two Joey Awards.

Now 15, it was the film Mind Game Demon, completed as a 14-year-old, that earned her the recognition as one of Canada’s top young actresses and filmmaker/directors.

Hawes wrote, directed and starred in the film but she’s not resting on her laurels.

Just one month ago she finished filming Team Teenettes in Nanaimo with award-winning director Brian Morelan.

And she’s hard at work on projects of her own as well.

Hawes said Saturday that she only heard about the nomination herself on Thursday.

Her seven-minute film, Mind Game Demon, which can be easily found on YouTube, is downright creepy.

She laughed at that description.

“Thanks. That’s what I was aiming for.”

The production looks pretty polished but she’s new to the game of filmmaking.

“It was my first-ever film actually.

I have a lot of friends who are in the business, though, and I’ve learned quite a bit from them. I’m actually working on my second short film now and writing my script for my third,” she said.

Asked if she’s planning a career in film, Hawes had a ready answer.

“Oh yeah, absolutely.”

Mind Game Demon was shot

The work of photographer Randy Hall will be highlighted in October’s exhibits at the McMillan Arts Centre, with an opening reception and sale Saturday, Oct. 3 from 1–3 p.m. The public is welcome to meet the artist and enjoy complimentary refreshments at the MAC, 133 McMillan Street, Parksville.

Hall is a Vancouver Island photographer specializing in nature photography, whether it is capturing natural settings such as seascapes or forest landscapes or the plants and animals that inhabit this part of British Columbia.

Randy considers himself a landscape photographer first, but also an opportunistic wildlife photographer.

“My photos are my interpretation of works by a true master . . . Mother Nature,” he says.

Randy has developed a style that shows enhanced colours and contrast. When many people think of contrast, they think colours and tones, but his work shows there can also be contrast in content.

You can find more of Randy’s work on his website, www.RandyHallPhotography.com. He also promotes his work on Facebook www.face-

Randy Hall’s image Nanoose Morning will be part of the October exhibits featured next month at the McMillan Arts Centre. [RANDY HALL PHOTO]

book.com/RandyHallPhotography.

Also on exhibit at the MAC throughout October will be works from the Wednesday Painters and the Arrowsmith Artist’s Group.

The Wednesday Painters are a group that has been painting together for many years from September to June. They paint in various media in Studio B at the MAC and always welcome new members.

The Arrowsmith Artist’s Group was formulated in 1998. For many years

its exhibits were held primarily in Wembly Mall then, more recently, at the McMillan Arts Centre. This year, they have eight members participating, some who have been with the group for 15 years.

The exhibiting artists include Penny Marshall, Margorie Dunlop, Helen Binns, Luke Downs, Olivia Mennie, Margery Blom, and Nic Bosma. For additional information call McMillan at 250-248-8185 or info@ mcmillanartscentre.com.

mainly in the Cowichan Valley. Many people will recognize the site of the first scene: the Laughing Llama II store on the Trans Canada Highway.

Hawes came up with the scary concept behind the film in a way that seems simple, if you’re a budding director.

“I was lying in my bed one night and I was scared because I’d just watched a horror movie. I heard this noise and as I turned my light on I thought: ‘How scary would it have been if I saw something and it turned out to be me?’ I had all these ideas in my head. I was scaring myself. You know how you do that sometimes when you’re trying to sleep? I pretty much took those scenarios and wrote a story about it,” she said.

In addition, Hawes has just wrapped up filming of Team Teenettes in Nanaimo and she’s longing to see the finished product.

“It’s a hoot. It’s a comedy about superhero movies. They’re almost done editing it, which is crazy because there’s so much to do with that: CGI and green screen and everything,” she said.

Brian Morelan of Nanaimo, her director for Team Teenettes, is delighted to see Hawes recognized for her talent and hard work.

Nominees for the Joey Awards, like Hawes, come from across Canada and get to enjoy all the excitement of a red carpet entry and a gala recognizing them as the best of young Canadian artists in the film industry at a big event held in Richmond on Saturday, Nov. 14.

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The N.Y. Daily News report that Jennifer had somebody get into Amy’s hotel room and leave a vast array of helium-filled balloons. Schumer put a picture on Instagram, with the notation “never tell Jennifer L your room number”. *** Write if you get work: Toronto-born rapper Drake has opened a restaurant in his hometown.

Collaborating with Toronto celeb chef Susur Lee, Drake is now the proprietor of Fring’s, on King St. W. in the Big Lemon. It’s more a club than a resto, apparently: Think Asian-tinged bar snacks.

The joint started serving Sept. 15 but it was a “soft open” with no publicity; the media didn’t notice until this week. Now we’re told his girlfriend Serena Williams was with him for the event, and so was his mom, Sandi Graham.

Burger King used to sell a fries-and-onion-rings combo called frings, but this place is more upscale than that. Apparently you can get fries, but with the salmon tartare.

One report says “Fring” is Drake’s nickname for Rihanna. *** Gwyneth Paltrow has gone public about her new beau Brad Palchuk, a Hollywood producer responsible for Glee and American Horror Story, among other projects.

(Paltrow has done several guest spots on Glee.)

The happy couple have been together since last fall, but were just about never seen with each other, and neither had confirmed the relationship. But after they turned up at some L.A. party the other night, Brad put a picture on Instagram.

Mercifully, Gwyneth didn’t mention “conscious coupling”.

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MANIA Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin hits a three run home run against the New York Yankees during the seventh inning of an AL baseball game in Toronto on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Canadian catcher hits three-run homer in Jays 4-0 win GREGORY STRONG THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin was just trying to make solid contact when he stepped to the plate with two runners on in a tight one-run game against New York on Wednesday night.

When Andrew Bailey’s inside fastball leaked out over the plate, Martin turned on it for a three-run homer that gave Toronto some valuable insurance runs, leading to a 4-0 Blue Jays win. It also helped give the firstplace Blue Jays some much-needed breathing room on the Yankees in the American League East.

“Really I’m just trying to get a base hit,” Martin said of the seventh-inning blast.

“I’ve got two guys in scoring position. Maybe I should take that approach more often.”

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Osuna each provided an inning of relief after Toronto starter Marcus Stroman turned in seven scoreless innings. The win gave Toronto a 3 1/2-game lead on the second-place Yankees with 10 games to play.

“Once Russ hit that homer, it was a big sigh of relief,” said Stroman.

“I knew Cecil was coming in and then Osuna, I knew it was pretty much game over.”

New York (83-68) has a game in hand on the Blue Jays (87-65), who entered play 1 1/2 games behind Kansas City for top spot in the American League. The Royals had a late game against the Seattle Mariners.

The sold-out Rogers Centre was electric at times but a nervous energy still hung over the 48,056 spectators on a comfortable fall evening. Toronto got on the board in the sixth inning once Yankees starter Ivan Nova was pulled after issuing a two-out walk to Martin. Left-hander James Pazos gave up a single to Ryan Goins that moved Martin to third base and Kevin Pillar drove him in with a single off reliever Caleb Cotham.

The plucky Yankees hit the ball hard from time to time, but usually right at Toronto players. Pillar made a couple of nice running catches in centre field, including a drive from Dustin Ackley in the seventh that would have scored a pair if it fell in.

Stroman (3-0), meanwhile, making his third start after missing most of the season while recovering from knee surgery, allowed five hits and a walk. He had five strikeouts and trimmed his earned-run average to 1.89.

“I’m a very emotional person,” he said. “I pitch with a huge chip on my shoulder and I feel like every time out there I have to prove a lot of people wrong.

“So I’m pretty determined and motivated.”

Nova (6-9) was the hard-luck loser, allowing one earned run, four hits and two walks while striking out six.

“I thought he did a tremendous job for us,” said New York manager Joe Girardi. “It’s unfortunate we weren’t able to score him any runs.”

Stroman retired the first eight batters he faced before Didi Gregorius hit a flare that landed in shallow centre field. Jacoby Ellsbury flew out on the next pitch to leave him stranded.

The Blue Jays put runners on in the first two innings but couldn’t capitalize. Justin Smoak struck out with two runners in scoring position in the first inning and Revere lined out to end the second.

In the seventh, Josh Donaldson led off with a double — his third hit of the game — and moved to third on a Jose Bautista grounder.

Edwin Encarnacion was intentionally walked and stole second as Smoak struck out. Martin followed by sending a 2-2 pitch into the Toronto bullpen.

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JUNIOR B HOCKEY

Buccaneers’ Trent Bell killing penalties, scoring goals SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

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Nanaimo Buccaneers forward Trent Bell, left, takes the puck down the ice during a Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League game Sept. 17 against the Oceanside Generals at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

pparently, Trent Bell has never heard of the sophomore slump.

Because after six Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League games this season, the 18-year-old from Nanoose Bay is tied atop the Nanaimo Buccaneers scoring list with eight points and leading the team in goals with five.

“It’s just a matter of playing with confidence,” said Bell, whose Bucs (3-2-1-0, 2nd North) take on the Westshore Wolves tonight at the Nanaimo ice Centre at 7:15 p.m.

“Playing with the same centre for a second year, it makes it a lot easier out there.”

As he said, Bell is paired with 20-year-old centre Jordan Levesque, who also has eight points on the season — tied for fifth in VIJHL scoring and eight points off the league lead.

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“They’ve just come off some good passes and I’ve gotten some breakaways from them. “ Trent Bell, Nanaimo Buccaneers

Levesque leads a talented core of returning offensive threats including Zach Funk, Nick Gomerich and Will McNamara, who is currently injured.

But while those players are expected to pile up points at even strength and on the powerplay, Bell’s best work this season has come shorthanded. Just six games into the season, he leads the league with four penalty-kill points, three of them being goals.

But when asked what they key has been to producing while a man short, Bell credited his teammates.

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aways from them,” he said. “Two were from really good passes, and another was just a (defenceman) fumbling the puck.”

Bell has had two multi-goal games already this season, including a 3-3 tie against the Oceanside Generals when both his goals came shorthanded.

However his biggest point to date this season came against the defending champion Campbell River Storm when he assisted on the game-winner scored by Will Koop in a 4-1 win, two days after the Bucs had beaten the Generals 7-0 in Nanaimo.

After a slow start, the Bucs seem to be putting everything together.

“We’re just coming together and playing with confidence,” Bell said.

“We knew we didn’t play our best the first time (in Campbell River).”

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BASEBALL

BERRA

Yogi Berra dies at 90, was a beloved Yankee MIKE STEWART THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The lovable legend of Yogi Berra, that ain’t ever gonna be over.

The Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his dizzying malapropisms as his unmatched 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees, died Tuesday. He was 90.

Berra, who filled baseball’s record book as well as “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,” died of natural causes at his home in New Jersey, according to Dave Kaplan, the director of the Yogi Berra Museum.

Berra played in more World Series games than any other major leaguer, and was a three-time American League Most Valuable Player.

For many, though, he was even better known for all those amusing “Yogi-isms.”

“It ain’t over ’til it’s over” is among eight of them included in Bartlett’s.

“When I’m sittin’ down to dinner with the family, stuff just pops out.

And they’ll say, ‘Dad, you just said another one.’ And I don’t even know what the heck I said,” Berra insisted.

Short, squat and with a homely mug, Berra was a Yankees great who helped the team reach 14 World Series during his 18 seasons in the Bronx.

“While we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, we know he is at peace with Mom,” Berra’s family said in a statement released by the museum. “We celebrate his remarkable life, and are thankful he meant so much to so many. He will truly be missed.”

Berra served on a gunboat supporting the D-Day invasion in 1944 and played for the Yankees from 1946-63. His teammates included fellow Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford.

“No! Say it ain’t so. He was a good man, my former manager and friend!

RIP Yogi,” former Yankees star Dave Winfield tweeted.

Lawrence Peter Berra, the son of Italian immigrants, got his nickname while growing up in St. Louis.

Among his amateur baseball teammates was Jack McGuire, another future big leaguer.

“Some of us went to a movie with a yogi in it and afterwards Jack began calling me Yogi. It stuck,” Berra told the Saturday Evening Post.

He was a fan favourite, especially with children, and the cartoon character Yogi Bear was named after him.

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Whitecaps scoreless in Seattle CONCACAF Champions League game ends with Sounders beating Vancouver 3-0 MARC WEBER THE PROVINCE

SEATTLE — Five-day spans don’t get much worse.

The Vancouver Whitecaps have lost two straight games and been outscored 6-0 by their oldest and fiercest rivals.

Sure, they played pretty well in Saturday’s home game (except for that lack of finish and the ill-timed defensive slip-ups). And, sure, they dressed a lineup that ensured it was going to be men against boys on Wednesday at CenturyLink Field (it was).

None of that will offer much consolation for the fans.

They’re still tied for first in MLS, but they’ve showed they’re vulnerable, perhaps not quite ready for prime time.

And as of Wednesday they’re done in the CONCACAF Champions League — with a thud.

Well, they’ve still got one CCL game left — against Olimpia in Tegucigalpa — but it’s a mere formality.

Seattle claimed Group F with a 3-0 hammering here and they’ll advance to the quarterfinals in March of next year.

Travelling to Honduras in a month has been reduced to an inconvenience for the Caps, who host Houston three days later in their MLS finale,

Seattle Sounders FC forward Chad Barrett sends a pass down the field in front of Vancouver Whitecaps FC midfielder Deybi Flores during a CONCACAF Champions League soccer game in Seattle. [AP PHOTO]

perhaps with a Supporters’ Shield or home playoff date on the line.

Who the heck will Carl Robinson take to Honduras? Will he even go?

(He hates flying). And did he really want to win this thing anyway?

Robinson’s comments about this year’s CCL tournament have been consistent since training camp. His team’s probably not ready yet to compete seriously in two compe-

titions, he’s said. He’s always said he’ll go young, and he did so again Wednesday.

Last week’s home win over Olimpia gave people the illusion that the Caps were taking this a tad seriously, but only because Kendall Waston and Matias Laba – both serving MLS bans — started and dominated for stretches.

Waston didn’t play against Seattle

on Wednesday. That would have meant him playing four games in 11 days by this coming Saturday against New York City at B.C. Place.

Robinson wasn’t going to risk that.

It showed. Pa-Modou Kah had a night he’ll want to forget as much as he’ll want to remember his two-goal stunner here in August.

His centre-back partner Diego Rodriguez didn’t look great on the open in goal, either, and their starting fullbacks – Tim Parker and Christian Dean — weren’t in their natural position, which is centre-back.

The Caps started brightly enough but it all faded very quickly against a seasoned Sounders lineup that included starting goalkeeper Stefan Frei, a first-team back four, a dynamic midfield and designated player Nelson Valdez — one of Seattle’s four summer signings — up front.

Robinson of course knows he’ll get hammered for his lineup, which was five years younger, on average, than Seattle’s. He’ll take the criticism.

He’ll deflect it off of Kah and his other players, as usual.

Whether fans choose to see the bigger picture — this year’s Supporters’ Shield race; the fact these Caps aren’t yet deep enough to compete in the knockout stages — will be interesting to observe.

CANUCKS

Gaunce is out to prove he can stay

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rendan Gaunce was prepared for the roster question and had the right answer, just as if it was a query in the psychology, history and finance courses that have consumed his hours away from the rink.

“During the season, there’s a lot of free time and I’d rather do that than kind of stare at a blank space on a wall,” the well-educated Gaunce said Wednesday. “It’s good, and it’s good to get your mind off hockey.

And I want to get my degree by the time I’m done playing so I can have something.”

It’s the same with his older brother Cameron, who’s at the Florida Panthers camp. He’s studying media relations, and the two talk more about their NFL fantasy football teams than hockey.

It’s a welcome release from the rigours of an NHL camp.

What Gaunce has now isn’t a fantasy. It’s a genuine opportunity to supplant the injured Chris Higgins as the left-winger on the third line.

The 21-year-old converted centre was already having a strong Vancouver Canucks training camp and his value rose when Higgins fell on hard times. He suffered a fractured right foot Monday while blocking a shot in a pre-season win over the San Jose Sharks, and is out at least three weeks and possibly longer.

Ben Kuzma The Province “I’m coming in here with the mentality of wanting to make the team, regardless if someone gets hurt,” stressed Gaunce.

“I want to push the pace every practice to show I can stay in the NHL. “It’s great to have some recognition, but there are six exhibition games left and it’s obviously good what I’ve done so far has showed in a positive state. The pace is fine for me and I’ve played the way I’ve wanted and I think it shows. But for me, I’m looking at tomorrow (Thursday) to show them again that I can play here and again on Friday in Calgary.”

It’s also a win-win development because Canucks management can now deliver on a promise to trend younger while trying to maintain competitiveness. You can only talk about that stuff for so long before acting upon it. It not only gives the faithful a peek at the future, it can help fill seats now.

Gaunce, a first-round 2012 draft choice, can take what he learned in helping lead the Utica Comets to the AHL’S Calder Cup final last spring and apply it at the NHL level.

Like a good student, Gaunce was a quick study in his first pro season under demanding coach Travis Green. Playing with driven linemates Wacey Hamilton and Carter Bancks helped bring a needed edge to Gaunce’s game, to complement his ability to still play the middle and take faceoffs.

He already had the speed and smarts to go with a 6-foot-2, 205-pound frame, and 11 goals and 29 points masked his real potential.

He added four goals and five assists in the postseason and was Utica’s most improved player.

“If you play physical, especially early, you’ll get a lot more room out there, and for me to be able to go up and down the wall and winning puck battles shows the stronger attributes of my game,” said Gaunce.

“I’m lucky to have a brother who has gone through it and have someone to lean on. The best teams in the league have good third and fourth lines and I’ve learned it’s not a sprint.

“You’re trying to make an impression for when you’re 23 or 24 and on to 30.

“It’s special to play in the NHL at a young age. I’m looking to have a long career and not a quick one, and I’ve changed my mindset in the last couple of years.”

Willie Desjardins was quick to cite Gaunce as a possible replacement for Higgins, for good reason. The

knock on Gaunce was that he needed to develop an edge to his game to play at this level, and the move to the wing is a natural progression to bring that about.

But something has to click with the player. Gaunce is better than he was a year ago because he not only accepted the challenge to get out of his comfort zone, he excelled at it.

“I think he took a different approach in how hard he had to work,” said Desjardins. “He’s a good skater, real smart and a good person, so he had a lot, and other parts of his game, too. He seems like a more complete player and better than he was last year.”

You can usually learn a lot by just watching how veterans go about their business. Higgins could have bailed on the shot block instead of doing what comes instinctively as a key member of the league’s secondranked penalty kill last season. That’s not lost on Gaunce.

“They all play the right way — that’s one thing you notice in pro hockey,” said Gaunce. “You saw that in the first game (Monday) and a small rink. He (Higgins) didn’t have to get in front of the shot, but he did and he’s just programmed to do that.

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Canada defeats U.S, 18-7 at world championships

Ryan Benesch scored six goals as Canada defeated the United States 18-7 on Tuesday night at the world indoor lacrosse championship.

Canada (3-0) has its final first round game against England on Wednesday and will play in the semifinal on Friday against an opponent yet to be determined. Dhane Smith had a hat trick for Canada, while Zack Greer, Chris Corbeil and Jordan MacIntosh had two goals apiece.

Mark Matthews scored once.

“We played an all-around pretty good team game,” said Benesch.

“Like coach said, our defence played amazing and (Matt) Vinc was great in net. Guys were moving their feet, moving the ball like we always preach and lanes opened up. Guys were getting good looks at the net and burying them when we got our chances.”

The United States (2-2) awaits a Thursday quarter-finals opponent.

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Flames defenceman Brodie has broken hand

Calgary Flames defenceman T.J. Brodie has suffered a broken bone in his right hand and is said to be week-toweek. Brodie took a shot off his hand in Monday’s pre-season game against the Edmonton Oilers. The Flames say he is expected to miss three to six weeks.

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Timberwolves buy out Bennett’s contract

The deck seemed stacked against Anthony Bennett almost from the moment he entered the NBA. A surprise No. 1 overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a woeful 2013 draft class thrust expectations on a player still recovering from a major shoulder injury that essentially rendered his rookie season moot. He was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves last summer, a throw-in to help the Cavs land All-Star forward Kevin Love.

Now, before he has even started his third season in the league, Bennett is on the move again. If Bennett, from Brampton, Ont., clears waivers as expected, the Timberwolves have agreed to a US$3.65 million buyout of his contract, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the buyout has not been announced.

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Coach Mike Babcock wanted to work with just two teams at training camp, so the Toronto Maple Leafs wasted no time making cuts. The Leafs reduced their roster to 46 players by sending forwards Frederik Gauthier, Josh Leivo, Brendan Leipsic and Casey Bailey to minor-league camp and reassigning defencemen Travis Dermott and Andrew Nielsen and forward Dmytro Timashov to their junior teams.

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CFL

Rookie QB ready to start for B.C. With Travis Lulay, John Beck out with injuries, the Lions are turning to Jonathan Jennings JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

SURREY — Jonathon Jennings has been here before.

A true freshman quarterback at Saginaw Valley State University back in 2010, Jennings started five games as an 18 year old before going onto a decorated career with Cardinals, including 31 touchdown passes as a senior.

Fast-forward five seasons and he’s getting thrown into the deep end once more with the B.C. Lions.

With both Travis Lulay and John Beck out injured, Jennings will make the first professional start of his career on Saturday when the Lions visit the Edmonton Eskmos.

“I relate this very much so to that,” the 23-year-old said after Wednesday’s practice.

“I kind of got thrown into the fire in college my freshman year. You just try and learn as much as you can from those vets.

“You have to be realistic with yourself. You’re not going to know everything, but you have to go out there and try to do what you can.”

Lulay suffered a knee injury on Sept. 3, while Beck went down with a pectoral-muscle ailment in Friday’s 35-23 road loss to the Calgary Stampeders, meaning that in a few short weeks Jennings has gone from No. 3 to No. 1 on the depth chart.

It’s quite a turn of events for the Columbus, Ohio, native following a 2014 season where he bounced around a few NFL minicamps after getting a look from the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

After a string of disappointments, Jennings wasn’t sure if he had a future in football.

“That went through my head a couple times. It was a tough year just hoping that somebody would take a

B.C. Lions quarterback Jonathon Jennings looks for a receiver during first half CFL pre-season football action against the Calgary Stampeders in Calgary on June 12. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

shot,” he said. “I always believed in myself, but if the right opportunity doesn’t come then you’re just sitting there waiting.”

The six-foot 195-pound QB who can make things happen with his feet as well as his arm finished 15 of 28 passing for 252 yards against Calgary after Beck went down. But he also threw three interceptions and knows he needs to minimize mistakes for the Lions (4-7) to have any chance against the Eskimos (8-4) as they continue to battle for a West Division playoff spot.

“We have an excellent team. We’ve just got to put it all together,” said Jennings.

“Big plays are something you need in a football game, especially on offence, but if it’s not there I’m going to try not to force anything.”

Lions head coach Jeff Tedford — whose team has lost two straight and four of its last five, but beat Edmonton at home in August — said Jennings has all the tools to succeed in the CFL. “It’s a bonus to know how well he prepares, what kind of person is, his work ethic,” said Tedford. “All that kind of stuff was icing on the cake.”

The Lions’ ground attack showed signs of life after Jennings came on against the Stampeders because of his ability to run the zone read.

It’s something that running back Andrew Harris hopes is a sign of things to come after rushing for just four yards against the Ottawa Redblacks two weeks ago. “(Jennings) is beyond his years as far as where he’s at in understanding the game,” said Harris, who had 58 yards rushing versus Calgary. “His athleticism’s going to take us a long way. I’m excited to see how it plays out.

“There’s quite a few things that we can do with him and utilize his strengths. I’m looking forward to seeing how he handles the pressure this weekend and see what happens when the lights come on.”

RUGBY WORLD CUP

Canada looks for an upset in London NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Tyler Ardron didn’t have to watch Japan shock South Africa to know upsets are possible at the Rugby World Cup. The Canadian captain, restored to health from a knee injury at the Pacific Nation Cup, believes anything is possible with the proper preparation and right execution.

“I’m sure if you asked Japan, they did their homework,” Ardron said from Leeds, England. “When you watch a team like that during the game, you can see that they’ve studied the other team and they know what’s going to happen. And they were able to execute their game plan a little better than South Africa was.”

Japan moved up two spots to No. 11 in the world rankings after its 34-32 win Saturday over South Africa in Brighton. The Springboks fell three

“ . . . what separates the top teams from the rest is that they can play 80 minutes at the highest level. “ Tyler Ardron, captain

places to No. 6. Playing just four days later, the Japanese fell back to earth Wednesday in a 45-10 loss to No. 12 Scotland. Canada, ranked 18th in the world, looks to take down No. 15 Italy on Saturday at Elland Road in Leeds. The Canadians are 2-5-0 against Italy, which has won the last four meetings between the two. Canada’s wins came in 1983 and 2000.

Both Canada and Italy are 0-1-0 after losses Saturday. Despite some good patches of play, the Canadians were put to the sword 50-7 by No. 5

Ireland while an inconsistent Italy was beaten 32-10 by No. 7 France.

Nineteen of the points scored against Canada came while acting captain Jamie Cudmore was off on a yellow card.

Ardron says Canada just needs to put 80 minutes of play together.

“It was just that little bit of inexperience,” he said. “There was probably only the 10 minutes (with Cudmore in the sin-bin) and another 10 minutes in the second half that we let down. Other than that, I think we matched them very well.

“But what separates the top teams from the rest is that they can play 80 minutes at the highest level. And we put in about 60 to 63 minutes of really good rugby.”

Ardron points to the Japan-South Africa game, saying the Japanese put in a full shift.

“They could have done that really

well for 70 minutes and South Africa could just have easily won that game.

It was never going to be a blowout either way.”

Ardron has not played since straining his medial collateral ligament against Samoa on July 29 at the Pacific Nations Cup. The 24-year-old from Lakefield, Ont., was close to returning for the Ireland game but team officials elected to give him a few extra days recovery time.

He wore a brace at times but was able to walk — and do pretty much everything as long as it involved going in a straight line until the knee healed. Ardron, a six-foot-four No. 8, plays his club rugby for the Ospreys in Wales so was able to play tour guide for his teammates ahead of their tournament opener in Cardiff.

That included hosting them at an Ospreys’ game and taking them to a friend’s restaurant.

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Manziel to the sidelines as McCown set to start

Pete Carrol says the plan is for the strong safety to play on Sunday against the Bears

The Browns started the season with a quarterback plan: Josh McCown is the starter, Johnny Manziel is his backup. They’re going back to it.

McCown was cleared from the NFL’s concussion protocol Wednesday to practice and will start against Oakland, moving back into the lineup ahead of Manziel, who threw two touchdown passes and led the Browns to their first win on Sunday.

TIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — After nearly eight weeks of being absent and losing out on potentially more than $2 million, Kam Chancellor returned to the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday.

His holdout is over and the menacing presence of No. 31 could be back on the field for Seattle as early as Sunday.

“I just feel like the time is now. I’ve always been a guy who follows my heart. Just watching my teammates and my team play, week to week, that first and second game, watching those losses hurt me, being the leader that I am,” Chancellor said.

“So I think the time is now to come back, put all business to the side and address that after the season, just get back to work.”

Chancellor reported to the team’s facility early Wednesday morning, ending a holdout that started when he missed the first day of training camp on July 31 and lingered through the 0-2 start to the regular season for the Seahawks, who lost to St. Louis and Green Bay. Seattle will have a two-week roster exemption for Chancellor, but he must be added to the active 53-man roster at least 24 hours prior to kickoff to play either this Sunday against Chicago or Monday, Oct. 5, against Detroit.

Seattle coach Pete Carroll said the team is planning for Chancellor to play against Chicago, but said that would be assessed as the week goes on.

“He is an integral part of our communications and all of that, of course,” Carroll said. “And he’s better than anyone in the world at doing what he does for us. So there’s always

◆ DETROIT

Beat-up Lions QB takes snaps during practice Matthew Stafford took snaps and threw at practice as if it was just another day at work.

It appears that his starting streak is safe. The Detroit Lions quarterback said he felt “pretty good” Wednesday before going out on the field and looking healthy enough to participate as usual during the parts of practice open to reporters. He was able to finish practice with his injured ribs.

◆ MIAMI In this Jan. 10 file photo, Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor returns an interception 90 yards for a touchdown during a playoff football game against the Carolina Panthers in Seattle. [AP PHOTO]

something that you miss, but that’s well behind us and away we go.”

At issue for Chancellor was his contract and having future money paid sooner. He signed a $28-million, four-year extension during the 2013 off-season but that did not take effect until a year later. The Seahawks refused to budge on restructuring a contract that had so much time remaining, believing it would lead to a stream of players seeking new deals in the early stages of their contracts.

Chancellor, one of the league’s top safeties and a leader of the “Legion

of Boom” secondary, was scheduled to make $4.55 million in base salary this season before missing two game checks. He is scheduled to make $5.1 million in 2016 and $6.8 million in 2017.

Chancellor said he considered holding out for the entire year. He was in Los Angeles on Tuesday when he decided it was time to end the holdout and he flew to Seattle that night.

“That was between me and business and I would rather address that and handle that after the season when the time is permitted,” Chancellor

said. “Right now, it’s back to playing football.”

Chancellor’s agent, Alvin Keels, posted on Twitter that he was glad to see Chancellor back at work and, “The business side of the sport sucks at times. Some will understand it most won’t!”

It’s still unclear how much Chancellor will lose financially. He’s missed two game checks worth more than $500,000 that he can’t recoup.

If Seattle enforces all of the possible fines, the total lost rises to more than $2 million.

CINCINNATI — Nobody’s getting carried away by the Bengals’ impressive start.

After all, they do this most years.

Cincinnati (2-0) is the only unbeaten team in the AFC North, a game ahead of Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The Bengals head to Baltimore with a chance on Sunday to put the last-place Ravens (0-2) in a very bad spot.

September has been Cincinnati’s fairest month for a long time. In the past 11 years, it’s the Bengals’ best month overall with a 22-13 mark.

Of course, their worst month is January, where they’ve repeatedly extended their streak of no playoff victories since the 1990 season.

Fast starts have helped them reach the playoffs each of the past four years, only to lose in the opening round.

This one has them headed down that same road again, hoping for a

different turn at the end.

“It’s exactly how you want to start, and we by no means have played a perfect game,” quarterback Andy Dalton said. “There’s still a lot more we can improve on.

So the good thing is we feel that way and we’ve won games.”

A 33-13 win in Oakland and a 24-19 victory over San Diego at home left them 10-3 in September over the past three years. There’s a reason they’re able to get that head start over the rest of the division.

More than any other team in the AFC North, the Bengals have managed roster continuity that allows them to hit the ground running in September.

While other teams are still getting a feel for what they’ve got, the Bengals are already in the flow of things.

“The guys are comfortable in their surroundings and what we’re doing,” coach Marvin Lewis said.

“There’s not a lot of big change.

We enter the season on the same

level of comfort as what’s expected from them all the time. That takes the angst and unknowns out.

“We strive through camp to keep them healthy, keep them on their feet, keep them fresh, and move forward. That’s such a big part of our training camp.”

The Bengals didn’t have a significant injury during camp.

Middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict is still recovering from off-season knee surgery, the only key player missing from a year ago because of injury.

The Ravens are missing some of their stalwarts on defence, the Steelers have an overhauled defence along with a new co-ordinator, and the Browns have used two quarterbacks because of injury.

By contrast, the Bengals are pretty much the same team as last year, with several players back from injuries.

“We’ve played together for a while now, so all that stuff helps,” Dalton said.

Three Miami Dolphins offensive starters are sidelined with injuries as the team prepares for Sunday’s game against Buffalo.

Running back Lamar Miller (right ankle), left tackle Branden Albert (right hamstring) and tight end Jordan Cameron (groin) sat out Wednesday’s practice but worked on the side. All were hurt in Sunday’s loss at Jacksonville.

Albert’s availability for the Bills game is the most doubtful, in part because he’s still recovering from left knee surgery last November.

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MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST DIVISION W 87 83 75 74 72

L 65 68 76 78 79

Pct .572 .550 .497 .487 .477

GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 31/2 111/2 13 141/2

WCGB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 4 51/2 7

L10 5-5 6-4 7-3 5-5 5-5

Str W-1 L-1 W-2 W-2 L-2

Home 50-28 41-32 44-30 36-39 40-37

Away 37-37 42-36 31-46 38-39 32-42

W 87 78 74 72 71

L 63 73 76 80 81

Pct .580 .517 .493 .474 .467

GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 91/2 13 16 17

WCGB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 41/2 71/2 81/2

L10 4-6 5-5 4-6 4-6 6-4

Str L-1 W-3 L-2 L-2 W-2

Home 48-28 46-31 35-38 37-38 37-41

Away 39-35 32-42 39-38 35-42 34-40

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Texas 81 69 .540 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 7-3 W-1 39-35 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 3-7 L-2 51-27 Houston 80 73 .523 21/2 L.A. Angels 78 74 .513 4 11/2 6-4 W-2 44-31 Seattle 74 77 .490 71/2 5 6-4 W-2 34-41 15 4-6 L-3 33-43 Oakland 64 87 .424 171/2 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

Away 42-34 29-46 34-43 40-36 31-44

Toronto N.Y. Yankees Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston

CENTRAL DIVISION Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chi. White Sox Detroit

WEST DIVISION

Wednesday Detroit 7 Chi. White Sox 4 L.A. Angels 6 Houston 5 Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 0 Tampa Bay 6 Boston 2 Seattle at Kansas City Minnesota 4 Cleveland 2 Texas at Oakland Tuesday N.Y. Yankees 6 Toronto 4 (10) Detroit 2 Chi. White Sox 1 (10) Tampa Bay 5 Boston 2 Seattle 11 Kansas City 2 Minnesota 3 Cleveland 1

L.A. Angels 4 Houston 3 Texas 8 Oakland 6 Thursday Texas (Hamels 4-1) at Oakland (Bassitt 1-6), 3:35 p.m.

Chi. White Sox (Sale 12-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 11-8), 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Ramirez 10-6) at Boston (Miley 11-10), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Paxton 3-4) at Kansas City (Cueto 2-6), 8:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Anderson 5-3) at Minnesota (Gibson 10-10), 8:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE W 85 78 65 62 57

L 67 73 87 91 95

Pct .559 .517 .428 .405 .375

GB WCGB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 61/2 101/2 20 24 231/2 271/2 28 32

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Str L-2 L-2 W-1 W-2 L-1

Home 48-30 44-32 37-40 37-38 33-42

Away 37-37 34-41 28-47 25-53 24-53

W 96 91 89 64 63

L 56 60 63 88 88

Pct .632 .603 .586 .421 .417

GB WCGB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 41/2 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 32 25 321/2 251/2

L10 8-2 6-4 7-3 2-8 3-7

Str W-4 W-4 L-1 W-1 L-4

Home 53-24 50-25 47-30 34-44 34-40

Away 43-32 41-35 42-33 30-44 29-48

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home L.A. Dodgers 85 65 .567 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 5-5 L-4 50-26 San Francisco 79 71 .527 6 9 7-3 W-2 44-30 Arizona 73 78 .483 121/2 151/2 5-5 W-2 35-40 3-7 L-1 35-38 San Diego 70 81 .464 151/2 181/2 Colorado 63 88 .417 221/2 251/2 4-6 L-3 33-43 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

Away 35-39 35-41 38-38 35-43 30-45

CENTRAL DIVISION

x-St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs Milwaukee Cincinnati

WEST DIVISION

Wednesday Baltimore 4 Washington 3 Miami 4 Philadelphia 3 (11) Atlanta 6 N.Y. Mets 3 Milwaukee 4 Chicago Cubs 1 St. Louis 10 Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh at Colorado Arizona at L.A. Dodgers San Francisco at San Diego Tuesday Baltimore 4 Washington 1 Philadelphia 6 Miami 2 Atlanta 6 N.Y. Mets 2 Chicago Cubs 4 Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 3 Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 6 Colorado 3 Arizona 8 L.A. Dodgers 0

San Francisco 4 San Diego 2 Thursday Pittsburgh (Locke 8-11) at Colorado (Bettis 8-5), 3:10 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 6-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 14-7), 3:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Wilson 2-2) at Washington (Roark 4-6), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Matz 4-0) at Cincinnati (Smith 0-2), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Asher 0-4) at Miami (Cosart 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Jungmann 9-6) at St. Louis (Wacha 16-6), 7:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 18-8) at San Diego (Kennedy 8-15), 9:10 p.m.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Joyce; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Chad Fairchild. at Toronto.

BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 0 N.Y. Yankeesab Ellsbury cf 4 Gardner lf 4 Rodriguez dh 4 McCann c 4 Beltran rf 2 Heathcott pr-rf 1 Bird 1b 4 Headley 3b 3 Ackley 2b 3 Gregorius ss 3

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Toronto ab Revere lf 5 Donaldson 3b 4 Bautista rf 4 Encarnacion dh3 Smoak 1b 4 Martin c 3 Goins ss 3 Pillar cf 4 Barney 2b 2 Carrera ph 0 Pennington 2b 1 Totals 32 0 6 0 Totals 33 N.Y. Yankees 000 000 000 Toronto 000 001 30x

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LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toronto 9, N.Y. Yankees 6. DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Toronto 1. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Donaldson (40), Encarnacion (31), Rodriguez (21), Ackley (11). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Martin (21). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pillar (23), Encarnacion (3).

N.Y. Yankees Nova Pazos Cotham Bailey Mitchell Toronto Stroman Cecil Osuna

IP 5 2-3 0 1-3 1 1 7 1 1

H R ER BB SO 4 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 1

0 0 0

4.05 4.45 4.50 4.76 5.33 6.87

TWINS 4, INDIANS 0 (5) Cleveland ab Kipnis 2b 2 Ramirez 3b 2 Lindor ss 2 Santana 1b 2 Gomes c 2 Chisenhall rf 2 Perez dh 1 Martinez pr-dh 0 Almonte cf 2 Aviles lf 2 Totals 17 Cleveland Minnesota

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h bi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 000 000

Minnesota Hicks cf Dozier 2b Mauer 1b Sano dh Plouffe 3b Rosario lf Hunter rf Suzuki c Escobar ss

ab 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 2

Totals 00 4

18 4 5 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;4

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LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cleveland 3, Minnesota 4. DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Minnesota 2. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Plouffe (33), Mauer (31), Gomes (20). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Dozier (28).

Cleveland Kluber Webb Minnesota Hughes

IP 3 2-3 2-3 5

H R ER BB SO 5 4 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 4

0

0

0

4

HBP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hunter. Perez. Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Home, Dan Bellino; First, Bruce Dreckman; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Tom Hallion. at Minnesota.

ANGELS 6, ASTROS 5

EAST DIVISION

N.Y. Mets Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

Dickey 10 11 0 202.1 121 Delabar 2 0 1 28.1 30 Jenkins 0 0 0 2.0 2 Loup 2 5 0 39.2 44 Hutchison 13 4 0 147.0 127 Francis 1 2 0 18.1 18 1RW LQFOXGLQJ ODVW QLJKW V JDPH

0 0 0

1 0 0

5 2 1

Pazos pitched to 1 batter in the 6th Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Jim

BLUE JAYS LEADERS BATTERS AB R H HR RBI AVG Hague 5 1 2 0 0 .400 Colabello 309 51 100 14 53 .324 Revere 184 32 58 1 14 .315 Travis 217 38 66 8 35 .304 Donaldson 585 116 174 39 120 .297 Carrera 162 27 45 3 24 .278 Encarnacion 495 85 137 35 105 .277 Pillar 550 71 145 11 49 .264 Bautista 512 103 129 36 105 .252 Navarro 161 17 40 5 20 .248 Goins 343 46 84 5 41 .245 Martin 419 69 100 20 69 .239 Tulowitzki 155 30 36 5 17 .232 Smoak 271 40 61 16 53 .225 Thole 41 5 9 0 2 .220 Saunders 31 2 6 0 3 .194 Kawasaki 21 5 4 0 1 .190 Pompey 85 13 16 2 6 .188 Pennington 59 7 8 2 10 .136 Barney 2 0 0 0 0 .000 PITCHERS W L SV IP SO ERA Lowe 1 3 1 53.1 59 1.86 Price 17 5 0 215.1 219 2.34 Osuna 1 5 17 65.1 70 2.48 Hawkins 1 0 1 14.0 11 2.57 Hendriks 5 0 0 62.0 69 2.61 Tepera 0 1 1 30.1 21 2.67 Cecil 3 5 5 49.2 62 2.72 Stroman 2 0 0 12.0 5 3.00 Estrada 13 8 0 167.0 120 3.13 Sanchez 7 6 0 88.0 56 3.38 Schultz 0 1 1 41.2 31 3.46 Buehrle 14 7 0 185.1 83 3.69

/ $ $QJHOV DE U K EL Aybar ss 5 0 0 0 Calhoun rf 5 2 2 1 Trout cf 4 2 2 0 Pujols dh 3 0 0 0 Murphy lf 3 0 0 0 Cowgill pr-lf 0 1 0 0 DeJesus ph 1 0 0 0 Victorino lf 0 0 0 0 Cron 1b 4 0 1 2 Navarro 1b 0 0 0 0 Freese 3b 4 0 1 2 Cowart pr-3b 0 1 0 0 Perez c 3 0 2 1 Featherston 2b4 0 0 0

+RXVWRQ DE Altuve 2b 4 Springer rf 5 Correa ss 4 Lowrie 3b 5 Rasmus cf-lf 4 Gattis dh 4 Tucker lf 1 Gonzalez ph-1b1 Carter ph-1b 1 Valbuena 1b 2 Duffy ph 1 Marisnick pr-cf 1 Stassi c 1 Singleton ph 1 Castro c 1 Totals 36 6 8 6 Totals 36 / $ $QJHOV

Houston 000 020 201

U K EL 3 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 5 Âł â&#x20AC;&#x201D;5

Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Aybar, Valbuena. LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Houston 8, L.A. Angels 8. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Trout 2 (28), Altuve (35), Freese (26), Carter (15).

3Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Springer (2). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Calhoun (24).

SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Altuve (38), Marisnick (22). / $ $QJHOV ,3 Tropeano 4 1-3 Morin 1 2-3 Alvarez H, 7 1-3 Gott W, 3-2 BS, 3 2-3 Ramos H, 4 1-3 Salas H, 17 2-3 Street S, 40 1 Houston Fiers 6 2-3 Perez 1-3 Harris L, 5-5 1-3 Neshek BS, 3 1-3 Sipp 1 Fields 1-3

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5 (5 %% 62 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

4 0 1 2 0 1

3 0 2 1 0 0

3 0 2 1 0 0

3 0 1 0 0 1

3 0 0 0 1 0

WP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fiers. Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Home, Ted Barrett; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Angel Hernandez; Third, Chris Conroy.

Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3:53. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;25,573 (41,574) at Houston.

TIGERS 7, WHITE SOX 4 Chi. White Soxabr h bi Eaton dh 3 1 0 0 Abreu 1b 3 0 0 0 Thompson cf 3 1 0 0 Cabrera lf 4 2 3 3 Garcia rf 4 0 1 0 Ramirez ss 4 0 1 1 Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0 Olt 3b 2 0 1 0 Beckham 3b 1 0 0 0 Soto c 3 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 6 4 Chi. White Sox 000 Detroit 204

Detroit ab Gose cf 4 Davis lf 4 Kinsler 2b 4 V. Martinez dh 3 J. Martinez rf 3 Castellanos 3b 4 Romine 3b 0 Avila 1b 3 McCann c 4 Machado ss 2 Totals 31 200 110 100 00x

r h bi 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 9 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;7

Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Soto. LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Detroit 4, Chi. White Sox 4. DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Chi. White Sox 2. Detroit 1. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cabrera (34), Ramirez (30), J. Martinez (30). 3Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Davis (11). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Martinez (11).

Cabrera (12).

Chi. White Sox Montas L, 0-1 Carroll Webb Putnam Jennings Detroit

IP 3 2 1 1 1

H R ER BB SO 6 6 6 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1

Verlander W, 4-8 7 Hardy 2-3 Verhagen H, 3 1-3 Feliz S, 8 1

5 1 0 0

3 1 0 0

3 1 0 0

3 1 0 0

8 1 0 0

WP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Webb. Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Home, Tom Woodring; First, Mark Carlson; Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Tripp Gibson.

Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;2:58. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;31,889 (41,574) at Detroit.

RAYS 6, RED SOX 2 Tampa Bay ab Jaso dh 4 Nava lf 3 Mahtook pr-lf 1 Longoria 3b 5 Cabrera ss 5 Souza Jr. rf 5 Loney 1b 3 Forsythe ph 1 Shaffer 1b 1 Arencibia c 5 Kiermaier cf 4 Franklin 2b 3 Totals 40 Tampa Bay Boston

r h bi 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 614 6 000 000

Boston Betts rf Pedroia 2b Bogaerts ss Ortiz dh Shaw 1b Castillo lf Swihart c Marrero 3b Bradley Jr. cf

ab 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3

r h bi 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Totals 34 2 7 1 000 132 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;6 000 002 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;2

LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Boston 11, Tampa Bay 10. DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Boston 2. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cabrera (27), Jaso (17), Shaw (10). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cabrera (13); Souza Jr. (16). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kiermaier 2 (18), Betts (20), Marrero (2).

Tampa Bay Smyly Bellatti H, Cedeno Gomes Yates Boxberger Boston Porcello Layne Ramirez Machi Mendez

IP 6 1-3 2-3 2-3 1-3 2-3 1-3

H R ER BB SO 5 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

7 11 2-3 1 2-3 0 0 1 2-3 1

3 1 0 1 1

2 0 0 1 1

1 1 0 0 0

8 0 1 0 1

Machi pitched to 1 batter in the 9th WP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Smyly. HBP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nava. Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Home, Bill Welke; First, John Hirschbeck; Second, John Tumpane; Third, James Hoye. at Boston.

ROYALS 4, MARINERS 3 (10) Seattle Marte ss Seager 3b Cruz dh Cano 2b Gutierrez lf Romero pr-lf Smith rf Trumbo 1b Morrison 1b Miller cf Jones cf Sucre c

ab 5 4 5 5 4 0 4 3 1 3 1 3

r 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

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Kansas City ab Gordon lf 5 Orlando pr 0 Zobrist 2b 4 Cain cf-rf 6 Hosmer 1b 5 Morales dh 3 Gore pr-dh 0 Moustakas 3b 3 Dyson pr-cf 0 Perez c 3 Butera c 0 Colon ph 0 Pena c 0 Rios rf 3 Cuthbert 3b 1 Escobar ss 3 Totals 38 3 8 3 Totals 36 Seattle 000 030 000 Kansas City 000 100 101

r h bi 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 412 4 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;3 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;4

LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Seattle 7, Kansas City 16.

2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Zobrist (33), Cain (32), Perez (23), Escobar (20). 3Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Marte (3). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Dyson (26), Escobar (15). Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Butera. SFâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Rios, Dyson.

Seattle IP Elias 5 1-3 Farquhar H, 8 1 Beimel H, 6 1-3 Smith H, 21 1 1-3 Wilhelmsen BS, 1 1 Kensing 1-3 Rollins L, 0-2 0 Zych 0 Kansas City Ventura 6 Madson 1 Herrera 1 Hochevar 1 Davis W, 8-1 1

H R ER BB SO 4 1 1 4 6 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 0

3 0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0 0

1 0 0 1 0

4 1 1 1 0

Zych pitched to 1 batter in the 10th HBP â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Moustakas; Zobrist. Umpiresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Home, Rob Drake; First, Pat Hoberg; Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Bill Miller.

Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3:44. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;28,756 (37,903) at Kansas City.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BRAVES 6, METS 3 Atlanta ab r h bi Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 Olivera 3b 4 0 0 0 Cunniff p 0 0 0 0 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 Garcia ph 1 0 0 0 9L]FDLQR S

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N.Y. Mets ab Granderson rf 5 Wright 3b 4 Murphy 2b 4 Cespedes cf 4 Duda 1b 2 '¡$UQDXG F Conforto lf 3 Reed p 0 Clippard p 0 Johnson ph 1 Familia p 0 Tejada ss 3 Young pr-lf 0 Uribe ph 1 Colon sp 1 Nieuwenhuis lf 0 Cuddyer ph 1

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0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Flores ss 1 0 0 0 33 6 9 6 Totals 34 310 3 000 000 303 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;6 110 000 100 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;3

LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 7. DPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Atlanta 2. N.Y. Mets 2. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Duda (31), Freeman (27). 3Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cespedes (4). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Murphy (13). Freeman (17). SBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Young (5). Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colon, Perez.

Atlanta IP Perez 6 Marksberry 0 Cunniff BS, 2 1 2-3 Jackson W, 4-3 1-3 Vizcaino S, 7 1 N.Y. Mets Colon 6 1-3 Reed BS, 4 2-3 Clippard 1 Familia L, 2-2 1

H R ER BB SO 7 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2

3 0 0 3

3 0 0 3

1 1 0 1

1 0 0 3

WEEK 2 AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo

MARLINS 4, PHILLIES 3 (11)

Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City

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Sunday, September 27 Tampa Bay at Houston, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at New England, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 1 p.m.

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Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Portland at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

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Vernon at Wenatchee, 3:30 p.m.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your skills allow you to manage what others can’t. As a result, you’ll have your hands full. Start a brainstorming session. You could hear some extremely assertive ideas.

Diplomacy is a must, even if you want to shut down another person’s conversation. Tonight: A must appearance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Keep reaching out to someone you care about. You have a lot to share. The unexpected might force you to look at the big picture. A friend could surprise you with his or her antics. Stay focused on what is important. Tonight: Where your friends are is where you want to be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You have a tendency to allow a partner or loved one make important decisions. You also tend to overthink a problem until you are confused.

You might be too assertive in a conversation, and your temper could flare. Be careful when handling machinery. Tonight: Say “yes” to living.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Defer to others. You could feel put off by different people and happenings.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might not know which way to turn. Don’t take your frustration out on others, or you will have an unpredictable situation. Your fuse could be shorter than usual. Try to get more exercise; otherwise, you will be volatile. Tonight: You’ll witness an emotional reversal.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Allow more impulsiveness to emerge, especially when dealing with a new friend. Pressure could build around a domestic matter. Try not to distance yourself -- hang in there! Be aware of anger building as well. Go for a walk. Tonight: Time to plan for the weekend.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Stay close to home. You probably will feel as if you need to pull away from some difficult situations. You will handle them on your time and with wisdom. A walk will help you relax. An older person admires the way you are dealing with a problem. Tonight: Make it easy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You could be dealing with more than your fair share. Go along with a spontaneous idea that might open more doors than you had anticipated. Be careful with a boss who could be on the warpath.

Don’t worry. You know how to bypass a problem. Tonight: Hang out with a pal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You might be wondering what to do. A power play is likely to occur

with someone who is very intellectual yet demanding. A personal issue could present a problem.

News that comes in from a distance could anger or upset you.

Tonight: Be careful with spending.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be pushing too hard to have someone acknowledge you.

Don’t worry so much. You need to please yourself first. An unexpected happening will put a smile on your face. Enjoy the excitement. Be careful not to step on anyone’s toes.

Tonight: Indulge a loved one.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Take your time. You might feel as if someone is pushing you too hard.

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A person you meet this year might be emotionally unavailable. If you are attached, the two of you will benefit from a lot of one-on-one time together. Schedule more dates to rekindle the flames that used to exist between you. AQUARIUS has a way of getting you to join him or her, no matter how busy you are.

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RUGBY WORLD CUP

Australians defeat Fiji 28-13 STEVE DOUGLAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARDIFF, Wales â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Australia struggled to put away a spirited Fiji side playing its second game in five days at the Rugby World Cup, winning 28-13 mainly thanks to a quick brace of first-half tries from No. 8 David Pocock on Wednesday.

Pocock dived over at the base of rolling mauls to help the Australians to an 18-3 halftime lead in their first Pool A game of the tournament. And when prop Sekope Kepu barged over for a third try early in the second half, Fiji faced a huge task so soon after losing to England in the opening game on Friday.

Yet flyhalf Ben Volavolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solo try in the 60th inspired the Fijians to a strong finish, with Australia getting pinned back in its own half in the final minutes. The Wallabies failed, unlike England, to earn the bonus point for four tries that could yet prove significant in what is expected to be a tight pool as it also contains Wales. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m new to test footy, right, but for me winning a test match, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all you need to do and then move onto the next one,â&#x20AC;? Cheika said, playing down the impact of the missed bonus point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not counting points.â&#x20AC;?

Flyhalf Bernard Foley kicked 13 points for Australia, which has won the World Cup both times it has been held in Britain â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in 1991 and 1999.

The Wallabies had the luxury of a belated start to the tournament, having been holed in Bath in southeast England while their rivals slugged it out over the opening weekend.

So while Fiji arrived in Cardiff battle-hardened but potentially sore from a 35-11 loss to England at Twickenham, the Australians were fresh and buoyed from winning the Rugby Championship this year.

Fiji was expected to fade in the second half â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as Japan did against Scotland hours earlier after its quick turnaround from the weekend. It didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The effort was amazing to back up,â&#x20AC;? Fiji coach John McKee said.

Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael Hooper is tackled by Fijiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talemaitoga Tuapati during a Rugby World Cup match at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on Wednesday.

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Sniffing another upset, the neutrals under the Millennium Stadiumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closed roof were firmly behind the Flying Fijians, with chants of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fiji, Fijiâ&#x20AC;? sweeping the venue after each break or big tackle. Imagine what could have transpired with a few more daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rest.

As it turned out, Pocockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brace of tries proved crucial. They both came from the same source â&#x20AC;&#x201D; attacking lineouts after Australia turned down penalty kicks at goal.

Pocock is a recent convert to the No. 8 shirt but he looked at home there as he controlled the ball at the base of mauls before diving over the tryline in the 27th and 31st minutes.

Kepu ran through Fiji hooker Tuapati Talemaitogaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempted tackle to scurry over in the 43rd and Australia looked set for a bonus-point win to keep pace with England.

Fiji summoned up energy out

of nowhere, and produced some wonderful offloads and one-handed passes that thrilled a near-capacity crowd. Volavolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s try was a delight, sidestepping Rob Simmons and dummying past another lock in Kane Douglas to battle across the line and between the posts.

By the end, the Australians were hanging on and Foley kicked a penalty in the 70th minute to put a margin of two converted tries between the teams, when they could have gone for a fourth try and bonus point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That decision in itself to go for goal shows the respect we have for the opposition,â&#x20AC;? Cheika said.

A bigger win is expected against Uruguay on Sunday, although Cheika said he will field his fringe players in Birmingham. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably come into the tournament and people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite sure about us,â&#x20AC;? the Australia coach said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to just improve every day.â&#x20AC;?

ENGLISH SOCCER ROUNDUP

Newcastleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough season hits a new low ROB HARRIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Newcastleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s troubled season lurched to another low when the Premier League strugglers were knocked out of the League Cup by second-tier Sheffield Wednesday, while Liverpool only avoided embarrassment against fourth-tier Carlisle United by winning on penalties on Wednesday.

Liverpool only led briefly in the first half at Anfield through Danny Ingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; goal, with Derek Asamoah quickly levelling to force the game into extra time.

In the shootout, Liverpool goalkeeper Adam Bogdan made three saves on his debut to ensure Carlisle was beaten 3-2 in the third round.

Newcastleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home humiliation to a second-string Wednesday side came as Steve McClaren remains winless this season in the Premier League after six games in charge. Lewis McGugan netted for only the second time this season, on his fourth appearance to send Wednesday through with a 1-0 win.

Arsenal eliminated Tottenham in a north London derby, with the 2-1 victory secured

by Mathieu Flamini grabbing his first career double on his first appearance of the season.

Defender Calum Chambers had scored an own goal to level the game before Flaminiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sublime first-time volley sent Arsenal into the fourth round. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a point to prove, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t played for a while,â&#x20AC;? the 31-year-old Flamini said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working hard.â&#x20AC;?

After the game at White Hart Lane, some Arsenal fans ripped up Tottenham signs and briefly clashed with security personnel.

Unlike Newcastle, four other Premier League teams had no

problem dispensing of lower-league teams.

Anthony Martial made it four goals in four games at the start of his Manchester United career by completing a 3-0 victory over Ipswich. Wayne Rooney also netted his first domestic goal of the season and 19-year-old midfielder Andreas Pereira scored his first United goal on his first start from a dipping free kick.

Ramires, Loic Remy, Kenedy and Pedro Rodriguez scored as Chelsea eased to a 4-1 victory over Walsall after the third-tier hosts briefly reduced the deficit to 2-1.

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The Jeep Renegade features an airy cabin with excellent all-around vision.

But whether you’re a soft-roader or an off-roader, The Renegade provides the best-in-class interior volume, cargo capacity, power and towing capacity, depending on which model and powertrain you choose.

Purists were afraid a Jeep with an Italian flavour (it was designed and is built in Italy) would be unable to maintain the essential qualities that make a Jeep a Jeep. Not so.

The Renegade features the Jeep’s iconic seven-slat grille, round headlights and trapezoidal wheel wells that pay homage to the original Second World War Jeep and there are little reminders everywhere inside and out that carry a Jeep motif. There’s even a “Since 1941” imprint in the centre stack.

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Our tester was the Trailhawk finished in Omaha orange with black premium cloth upholstery, powered by the 2.4-litre engine mated to the nine-speed automatic transmission.

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A seven-inch customizable display sits between the speedometer and tachometer keeping you updated on trip data, fuel economy, 4X4 modes and individual tire pressures.

The well-formed, heated front bucket seats have generous thigh and torso bolsters to keep you firmly in place when you’re off the beaten track. Jeep calls the interior décor Tek-Tonic. There’s a nice mix of soft touch surfaces, brushed metal trim and splashes of the exterior body colour on air vents, speakers and the gearshift face plate.

It’s a welcome relief from the usual black monotone interiors in most vehicles today. Rear seat occupants enjoy best-in-class legroom and the 60/40-split rear seat folds forward (so does the front passenger seatback) to increase the best-in-class cargo area.

The rear cargo bed can be lowered and reversed to provide a cleanable surface and if that isn’t enough cargo space, the Renegades with the 2.4-litre engine have the highest tow rating (907 kg/2,000 lbs.) in this segment.

The Selec-Terrain system on the Trailhawk lets you select from five driving modes: Auto, snow, mud, sand and rock.

The latter is exclusive to the Trailhawk, providing a 20:1 crawl capability. In Auto mode, when four-wheel grip is not required, Jeep’s exclusive rear axle disconnect, shifts power to FWD to improve overall fuel economy.

Other dynamic assists include hill start assist, hill descent control, electronic stability control, roll mitigation, four-wheel power disc brakes with ABS and brake assist.

Skid plates keep your front suspension, transmission, transfer case and fuel tank safe from damage and 17-inch Goodyear Wrangler all terrain tires provide excellent grip on and off the tarmac.

The nine-speed automatic transmission with manual mode not only gives you very low gears in first and second for prompt getaways, the wide range means the engine is always operating in the most fuel efficient sweet spot.

The fully independent suspension is firm enough to tame vertical movement in extreme off-road conditions and yet compliant in normal driving while the electric power steering is light and precise with excellent feedback. You could say the Trailhawk has a dual personality . . . mild and well mannered in everyday driving but always ready for an off-road adventure.

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Johnson Controls has been winnowing its business this year. It said in July that it was spinning off an automotive business that makes seats and seating components, trim, foam and fabric. In March, it agreed to sell a business that manages spaces for corporations.

Parts maker trying to trim $250 million in annual costs Auto parts maker Johnson Controls plans to cut 3,000 salaried employees from its global workforce over the next two years as part of a cost-reduction push. The plans would affect more than 2 per cent of the

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Johnson Controls still makes car batteries and building heating and air conditioning systems. It also runs a joint venture with Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems that that makes instrument and door panels and floor consoles.

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SAN FRANCISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Apple is speeding up work on a project that could lead to the California tech giant building its own electric car, according to a new report.

The maker of iPhones and iPads is tripling the number of engineers on the project, code-named Titan, and has set a â&#x20AC;&#x153;ship dateâ&#x20AC;? of 2019, the Wall Street Journal said Monday. The newspaper said that could just be a target for engineers to sign off on the design, not necessarily when a car would be available for sale.

Apple declined comment Monday on the Journal report, which cited unidentified sources.

While Apple has never officially confirmed itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning to build a car, there are strong indications itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at least interested in automotive technology. In recent months, Apple has hired a number of engineers with backgrounds in automotive and battery design.

Apple representatives also met in May with officials at an automotive testing facility located east of San Francisco.

Site officials later confirmed to The Associated Press that Apple requested information about using their facility.

And last month, an Apple attorney met with officials at Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Motor Vehicles to discuss

the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regulations for self-driving cars. A department spokesman confirmed that meeting to The Associated Press on Monday, after it was first reported by the Guardian newspaper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;DMV often meets with various companies regarding DMV operations. The Apple meeting was to review DMVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s autonomous vehicle regulations,â&#x20AC;? said Armando Botello, the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputy director, in an email.

A number of automakers and tech companies, including Google and Uber, are working on technology for autonomous and electric-powered vehicles. Google announced last week that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hired former Hyundai U.S. CEO John Krafcik to run its self-driving car program.

Analysts say Apple has the financial resources and ambition to design and build a high-end vehicle, although some believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more likely interested in developing software for use in cars made by other companies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We believe the auto industry represents a significant opportunity for Apple, but we also expect Apple to be deliberate as always in its product development and testing,â&#x20AC;? said Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster in a Sept. 1 report. Munster said he believes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;50-60 per cent probabilityâ&#x20AC;? of an Apple car becoming a reality.

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SAN FRANCISCO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Batman wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about Batmobile knockoffs after a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the caped crusaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicle is entitled to copyright protection.

The Batmobileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s batlike appearance and other distinct attributes, including its high-tech weaponry, make it a character that canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be replicated without permission from DC Comics, the copyright holder, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As Batman so sage-

ly told Robin, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;In our well-ordered society, protection of private property is essential,â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Judge Sandra Ikuta wrote for the three-judge panel.

In its ruling, the 9th Circuit said Towle advertised each replica as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Batmobile,â&#x20AC;? and used the domain name batmobilereplicas.com to market his business.

He also advertised that the replicas would get noticed because of the Batmobileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fame, the court said.

Towle also argued the Batmobile at times appeared without its â&#x20AC;&#x153;bat-likeâ&#x20AC;? features.

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Three-cylinder engines may become popular The move is on to produce more fuel-efficient automobiles. Alternative fuels have garnered significant publicity in recent years, but some automakers are simply shrinking the standard car engine.

Automakers have been producing three-cylinder engines for some Those who take a proactive approach to improving their visibility can put themselves in a better position to handle any negative situations. One of the ways to do just that is to pay more attention to your headlights. [METRO]

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time, but are just now starting to reveal such engines to the public.

While these types of engines have traditionally been associated with lawn mowers, mopeds and snowmobiles, a handful of cars are now being equipped with three-cylinder engines to increase fuel efficiency.

In addition to requiring less fuel, three-cylinder engines take up less space in engine compartments, freeing up more room for interior passenger space. This can create

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Many things can affect driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; visibility on the road, but those who take a proactive approach to improving their visibility can put themselves in a better position to handle any negative situations that may arise. One of the ways to do just that is to pay more attention to your headlights. Often overlooked when performing routine vehicle maintenance, headlights must be maintained to ensure optimal visibility for drivers.

The following are a few ways drivers can improve the performance of their headlights to make their vehicles safer for themselves and their passengers. â&#x20AC;˘ Pay attention to the headlightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; output. Perhaps the most noticeable indicator of an aging headlight is its light output. As bulbs start to dim, drivers may find themselves struggling to see during twilight and at night. That difficulty is not necessarily because driversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own vision is failing, but may be a result of aging bulbs whose light output is gradually reduced by the effects of humidity, electrical resistance and filament fatigue. Drivers who notice their headlights are not producing as much light as they once did should know that reduced output is a telltale sign of aging bulbs that need to be replaced.

â&#x20AC;˘ Say â&#x20AC;&#x153;so longâ&#x20AC;? to the status quo.

Recognizing dimming bulbs is just the first step toward improving the performance of your headlights. The next step is for drivers to recognize that all headlight bulbs are not created equal.

Instead of replacing existing bulbs with the same type of bulbs provided by their vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manufacturer, drivers can vastly improve their visibility by upgrading to a bulb designed to provide more light than the standard halogen bulbs found in many of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vehicles. Leading automotive lighting manufacturer Philips produces a range of Upgrade Headlight Bulbs that offer up to 100 percent more light on the road than standard halogen bulbs. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a significant benefit to drivers, as motoristsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; visual acuity is reduced by 70 percent at night, when statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate 49 percent of all fatal accidents occur.

The NHTSA also notes that the fatality rate per mile driven at night is roughly three times as high as it is during daylight hours. â&#x20AC;˘ Find the right fit. The right headlight bulb can dramatically improve visibility when driving at night, but whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good for the goose is not always good for the gander. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because motorists drive for various reasons and on various roads, so the right bulb for seniors who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t often take to the highways will not necessarily be the best fit for commuters who routinely drive long distances. Philips makes a headlight bulb for every type of driver, and each Upgrade Headlight Bulb creates a better beam pattern that is dramatically longer than that provided by standard halogen lights, ensuring drivers can safely see no matter how accustomed they are to driving at night.

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The production increase comes after Subaru sold a record 52,697 vehicles in the U.S. during August and represents a show of confidence by parent company Fuji Heavy Industries in Subaru’s only assembly factory outside Japan, said Tom Easterday, Subaru of Indiana Automotive’s executive vice-president.

“The substantial increase in our production volume at SIA will also result in new jobs and investment by many of our suppliers across the state of Indiana,” Easterday said.

Subaru plans $140M expansion at Indiana factory, to add 1,200 jobs Subaru announced plans to spend $140 million to boost vehicle production at an Indiana factory and add up to 1,200 jobs in the next two years. The Lafayette factory will see its production capacity grow by 100,000 vehicles a year from its current 300,000.

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About 3,800 people now work at the factory that currently builds the Subaru Outback SUVs and Legacy sedans. It is expected to start building Impreza sedans by the end of next year under a $400 million investment in new equipment and other improvements that the company announced in 2013.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence called Subaru’s investment “an extraordinary statement of confidence.”

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Gossip on Lexus and Porsche is positive WHEELBASE MEDIA

• Lexus super coupe has show-car origins: The cool Lexus LC two-door is based on the LF-LC concept model that was displayed at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich. According to The Spy Guy’s sources, the LC will be available with a 467-horsepower V8 that was originally built for the Lexus RC F coupe.

A hybrid powertrain, consisting of a 3.5-litre V6 (plus an electric motor) that’s rated at 500 horsepower, will be optional, as will an LC F model with a twin-turbocharged V8 rated at more than 600 horsepower. The LC is expected to launch in 2017 as a 2018 model with a US $100,000-plus price tag.

• Porsche drops two cylinders for Boxster, Cayman: Your Intrepid Spy Guy confirms that Porsche’s next-generation Boxster roadster and Cayman coupe will lose their six-cylinder engines in favour of four-cylinder powerplants. Entry-level models are expected to receive a turbocharged 2.0-litre, while “S” models will get a 300-horsepower 2.5, with output increasing to 370 horses from a twin-turbocharged 2.5-litre four-cylinder in the GTS. Although manual transmissions will be available, the availability of Porsche’s dual-clutch automated manual gearbox (PDK) is expected to increase and will likely be the only choice when the GTS is specified.

It’s also likely that, for competitive reasons, racebred GT4 Boxsters and Caymans will stick with six-cylinder engines.

• According to reports, Mazda will introduce a turbocharged version of its recently reconfigured roadster. The engine option could be available within the next couple of years and will possibly arrive wearing the MazdaSpeed brand. This move is apparently in response to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ plan to offer the MX-5-based Fiat 124 Spider sports car with an available Alfa Romeo-based turbocharged 237-horsepower four-cylinder engine.

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Nash sub-compact was popular for its time MALCOLM GUN WHEELBASEMEDIA.COM

Small cars are the norm these days, but that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the case more than 50 years ago when the automotive dinosaurs ruled the earth.

Then, the puny Nash Metropolitan stuck out like a sore thumb, although it somewhat paved the way for what many of us drive today. Like most modern compacts, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t flashy or powerful â&#x20AC;&#x201D; far from it, actually â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cost much.

Sound familiar?

Although hardly a roaring success, the Metropolitan was a trend-setter in more ways than one. It was one of the reasons that American-based car companies began to think small.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Metâ&#x20AC;? was the brainchild of George Mason, president of Nash-Kelvinator and a strident believer in small, lightweight automobiles. His company had enjoyed considerable success with the launch of the Nash Rambler in 1950, a car with streamlined looks and weight-paring unitized (frameless) construction.

But Mason wanted to further push the small-car concept by creating a runabout that would be perfect for suburban commuting or the needs of the newly emerging multi-car household.

Styling for this tiny, essentially two-passenger grocery getter mimicked the rest of the Nash lineup. It featured exterior positioning of the

The Nash Metropolitan was a North American small car ahead of its time. [WHEELBASEMEDIA]

spare tire and unique indentations in both doors that served as a kind of exterior arm rest. Most noticeable were the fenders that, in typical Nash style, were devoid of tall wheel openings. And, instead of a trunk lid, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Metâ&#x20AC;? was designed with a pass-through area behind the miniscule rear seat to provide access to luggage.

Because Nash lacked the production capacity to build the Met in high enough quantity to make it profitable, Mason farmed out the task to two British companies, one that built the bodies and another â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Austin Motor Company â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that supplied engines, suspension and completed the assembly.

Back in England, Austin plugged in a 42-horsepower 1.2-litre four-cylinder engine and a four-speed manual transmission that was converted to three-speed duty. That change, as well as locating the shifter on the column (to make room for the bench seat), made North Americans feel more at home in the Metâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tiny passenger compartment.

Rolling off the boat at a light 820 kilograms, the softly sprung Metropolitan literally crawled. In fact, it could barely manage a top speed of 70 mp/h.

But what it lacked in performance, it seemed to make up for in fuel economy.

Astonishingly, both hardtop and

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The first major revision to the Metropolitan came in 1956. The carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faux hood scoop was smoothed over and a new wire-mesh-style grille replaced the original thick chrome bar. More importantly, however, the original engine was replaced by a larger 52-horsepower 1.5-litre version from the Austin A50. This gave the Met a bit more around-town dash

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Finally, with the merger of Nash and Hudson car companies under the American Motors banner in 1954, dealers of both were selling Metropolitans under their respective nameplates.

The final revisions waited until mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;59 when an honest-to-goodness trunk lid was finally whittled into the carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backside, horsepower was bumped to 55 and more comfortable seats and side window vent wings were added. Metropolitan sales topped 22,300 units, the best year ever.

But the end was rapidly approaching. In the fall of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;59, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler launched their own lineups of small cars. The 1960 Corvair, Falcon and Valiant were heavily hyped and initial sales were brisk. American Motors was trampled in the stampede for these thoroughly modern, low-priced and fuel-efficient automobiles, and sales of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire lineup began to suffer. The Metropolitan took a major hit as 1960 sales plummeted by 40 per cent. Seeing the writing on the wall, AMC halted production.

A small number â&#x20AC;&#x201D; around 1,300 in total â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were sold as 1961 and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;62 models, but that was the end for this odd-looking little car.

Probably the most amazing thing about the Metropolitan is that it survived as long as it did.

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