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Canada’s seniors have edged out the number of children under the age of 15, according to the latest population figures that experts say contain further evidence of a long-projected shift in the country’s demographic makeup.

The latest round of data released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday show seniors made up 16.1 per cent of Canada’s population as of July 1, 2015, compared to 16.0 per cent for children between the ages of 0 and 14.

The figures show a fundamental shift in Canada’s composition and signal that the time to confront looming challenges is at hand, said Amanda Grenier, director of McMaster University’s Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging.

Grenier said Canadian policy-makers need to emulate policy-makers around the world by reconsidering “how to organize society” to cater to the needs of an aging population.

“We haven’t necessarily had the national debates we should be having around aging,” Grenier said in a telephone interview. “That could be on dementia, that could be on care, that could be on cities. We have a bit of catching up to do as a country.”

StatCan said the latest figures were driven by a trend that took root in 2011 and has continued to accelerate — the aging of the baby boomers, or Canadians born between 1946 and 1965.

The agency said the population growth rate for Canadians over the age of 65 was 3.5 per cent, nearly quadrupling the national average of 0.9 per cent.

“Any effort to plan ahead and ensure that we have time to accommodate it, that’s wise public policy.”

Don Kerr, University of Wester Ontario

Baby boomers now account for 30 per cent of the senior demographic, the agency said.

Demographer David Foot said the latest figures still represent the early days of a trend that is likely to persist for at least a decade.

StatCan seems to agree, projecting that Canadians over the age of 65 will make up a fifth of the national population by 2024.

Foot said the most serious implication of this shift, namely an increased toll on Canada’s health care system, won’t be felt for some time.

“They’re still fairly young seniors. They’re in their late 60s,” Foot said of the boomers.

“Many of them are still working and paying taxes.”

Grenier said urban planners would also be wise to begin adapting their techniques and marshalling their resources to accommodate the needs of a population that tends to be less mobile than their younger counterparts.

Western University social demography professor Don Kerr said the economic implications of an aging population are also being powerfully illustrated in countries across Europe and Asia, many of which he said have a significantly higher proportion of senior citizens than Canada currently does.

He cited Japan as an example of a nation

that has had to grapple with a dwindling labour force and higher national debt levels influenced at least in part by its shifting demographic makeup.

“Any effort to plan ahead and ensure that we have time to accommodate it, that’s wise public policy,” Kerr said.

The aging of the Canadian population has also begun to make itself felt in provincial figures in recent years, with Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador all reporting that deaths have begun to outpace births.

This aligns with StatCan’s latest data, which found that Atlantic Canada had a higher proportion of Canadians over the age of 65. Seniors comprised 19 per cent of New Brunswick’s population, making it the most aged province in the country. The most youthful region was Nunavut where just 3.7 per cent of the population are currently senior citizens.

While Canada’s year-over-year population growth was the highest among G7 countries, StatCan said the 0.9-per-cent increase was the smallest of its kind since 1998-99.

The slower pace was caused primarily by a drop in international migration growth, which slipped from 0.7 per cent in 2013-14 to 0.5 per cent this year.

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Two violent sex assaults, five years jail Nanaimo man sentenced after pleading guilty to a pair of violent incidents earlier this year SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

A Nanaimo-area man has received a five-year sentence in federal prison, minus time served, for two violent assaults on two separate women.

Timothy James Wyslouzil, 45, will spend the next 35 months in jail, after receiving 25 months credit for time he spent in custody prior to his sentencing in provincial court Tuesday.

A small group of protesters held signs outside of the Nanaimo court house before the sentencing, which proceeded with following a joint submission from Wyslouzil’s lawyer Stephen Taylor and Crown prosecutor Ken Paziuk.

Wyslouzil entered guilty

pleas to three counts in the first assault, including unlawful confinement, attempting to choke to overcome resistance and theft of a motor vehicle.

Two sexual assault-related charges and another of uttering threats, were stayed.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault with a weapon and threats to cause bodily harm, one count of theft of a motor vehicle and another count of fleeing from a peace officer in connection to the second assault.

The two incidents occurred within weeks of one another in similar circumstances.

The first began April 17 at a downtown Nanaimo pub.

The victim was introduced

to Wyslouzil while at the bar with friends and ended up offering Wyslouzil and one of her friends a ride home.

She dropped off the friend and continued driving with Wyslouzil.

The pair parked, then Wyslouzil pulled out a shoelace, wrapped it tightly around the victim’s neck and began yelling at her.

He pulled her into the rear of the vehicle and removed her clothes. He hit her breasts and face, began digitally penetrating her and then began intercourse.

The woman managed to break free and ran from the car wearing nothing but her shoes, banging on doors in the neighbourhood for help while

Wyslouzil drove off.

He remained at large until a few weeks later, when he was arrested on the second incident.

On May 6, Wyslouzil caught a ride home from work with a female co-worker. They stopped at a closed gas station, and while the woman was accessing her cellphone, Wyslouzil wrapped a shoelace around her neck. He held a knife up to her face and neck, lifted her skirt to touch her genitals and ordered her to drive to a secluded area.

Instead, the victim drove to her residence, blared the car horn, and escaped inside to safety. Wyslouzil fled in her car, and was later apprehended by police.

Judge Ron Lamperson noted Wyslouzil’s “very limited and dated” criminal record, which included a conditional discharge for an assault with a weapon charge, in addition to two breach of probation charges.

The judge said Wyslouzil has committed “very serious” offences against the women, but said early guilty pleas had avoided the necessity of a trial.

Lamperson also said he was “somewhat surprised” five years was an appropriate sentence range, though he accepted the Crown’s presentation of the case law.

Wyslouzil’s defence lawyer called the case “inexplicable.”

A father of three young children, Wyslouzil previously had

a good reputation, Stephen Taylor said, adding drug and alcohol use factored into his actions.

“Someone working among us who was doing well in his job and raising a family had a dark side that was triggered by drugs and alcohol and some other, probably, underlying mental issues,” Taylor said.

One of Wyslouzil’s victims, who cannot be named under a publication ban, expressed disappointment with the sentence.

“I feel let down,” she said.

“I was forced to run down a street naked for help.”

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Deer armed with electronic tags in battle against poachers

DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Conservation officers hope to catch deer poachers using radio tracking technology in Nanaimo.

Wildlife officials are now attaching tiny electronic devices to deer when the animals are routinely examined and tagged in the fall. They hope the devices will lead them straight to a poacher.

“What we do, we drug the deer, then hook them up with collars and other implantable monitoring devices,” said Stuart Bates, Nanaimo conservation officer. “We want to catch people shooting deer in Nanaimo.”

The tagging begins in late summer.

A conservation officer will immobilize deer with a tranquilizer dart, then provincial wildlife biologists and veterinarians will check it over, then the animal is tagged and released.

Hunters can remove “old-fashioned” ear tags and neck collars, but this changes the game.

“We thought, nobody’s going to poach a deer and take the ear tag,

Two deer get friendly in Nanaimo. [DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO]

so we came up with an implantable electronic device you can’t see — they’re invisible.”

It allows wildlife officials to not only track the animals’ range and

habitat, but the wildlife violators who illegally hunt them for meat or trophies.

“Now with technology, there’s a better means to monitor these

things, especially in areas with full cellphone coverage,” Bates said.

Already, several animals have been tranquilized, checked over and tagged — some with the new devices.

It’s been a frustrating cat-andmouse game to catch Nanaimo poachers. Wildlife officers often find only the partial remains of a deer carcass, and sometimes a few stray bolts where the hunter’s crossbow missed its target.

Not only is it illegal to hunt anywhere inside Nanaimo limits at any time, it’s dangerous.

Hunters once used bullets to poach deer but now they’re more likely stalk them on city streets with crossbows, to avoid the noise that can alert neighbours.

Bates hopes invisible, radio tracking devices will make it easier.

“If they go 80 kilometres (per hour) down the highway, I’m going to see it,” Bates said.

The last successful conviction for shooting a deer on a Nanaimo street, in 2009, netted the hunter an $8,000 fine, a hunting ban until 2023 and the loss of his vehicle.

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Focus on Island forests Controversy continues to swirl around the issue of log exports

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anaimo’s Harmac pulp mill once got all its wood fibre — sawdust and other waste material — from nearby sawmills on Vancouver Island.

Today, it scrounges around the province for these scraps, trucking and barging them in from great distances.

Sawmills that used to supply Harmac have closed as their log sources dried up.

That’s the reality for Vancouver Island in this era Darrell of log exports.

Bellaart On the coast, Reporting roughly onethird of all harvested logs are exported — unprocessed — overseas.

The government says this keeps the forest industry active, people employed and taxes flowing.

Small wood manufacturers, politicians and unions say Island logs need to be processed here to create local jobs and stimulate the economy.

The numbers, they say, back up their position.

B.C. log exports jumped 50 per cent in 2010. In 2012, they were valued at $10.2 billion. In 2013, the province exported a record 6.67 million cubic metres.

Meanwhile, the B.C. forestry sector workforce — which employed more than 70,000 in the early 1990s — has dwindled to 58,000.

In the 10-year period ending 2011, more than 33,000 direct forest sector jobs were lost and more than 70 mills closed, according to the B.C. Forests in Crisis, a report prepared by the B.C. Government Employees Union.

Russ Cameron, Independent Wood Processors Association president, said too often the wood his members need to keep operating is sent out of B.C. “Vancouver Island, I would say, is the hardest hit in the province,” Cameron said.

“You used to have a Vancouver Island association of wood producers. It went defunct two years ago.

We don’t have much of an open market anymore.”

In addition to the immediate effects on the employees and communities affected by those closures, there is a spin-off effect on related businesses. “(Our) whole industry depends on byproducts from sawmills or veneer mills, any type of log breakdown process,” said Harmac manager Paul Saddler.

With a chronic shortage of coastal hemlock wood chips, Harmac increasingly uses chips made from wood shipped from the Interior.

A logging truck on Vancouver Island. [DAILY NEWS]

“Vancouver Island, I would say, is the hardest hit in the province. You used to have a Vancouver Island association of wood producers. It went defunct two years ago. We don’t have much of an open market anymore.”

Russ Cameron, Independent Wood Processors Association president

Those chips create challenges in the cooking and washing processes, which sometimes causes headaches for the mill.

Why export?

So if there is a demand for more logs here, why are they being exported?

The answer is simple: economics.

Log exports play “a key role in B.C.’s coastal forest economy,” according to a government website.

“Log exports support jobs in logging and transportation sectors.

Exporting residuals enables balancing sawmill outputs of chips and sawdust with the intake of domestic pulp mills,” the website states.

The Private Forest Landowners Association, which includes big companies like Island Timberlands, says export is necessary because logs sell too cheaply in B.C. to be profitable.

While critics say jobs leave when logs are exported, the association says log exports keep loggers, truckers and other forestry workers employed.

A Douglas fir log sells for about $75 a cubic metre in B.C. The same log fetches $30 to $50 more per cubic metre exported, depending on the country.

“Where it really kills us, our production costs are well over $75 (a cubic metre),” said Rod Beeling, executive director of the

Private Forest Landowners Association.

“Ninety per cent of (forest) land in B.C. is publicly owned, and that drives (log) prices down,” Beeling said.

“We would rather sell our logs to the mill down the road and get a fair return, rather than export. What we would love is for our mills to be internationally competitive.”

The argument that secondary manufacturing adds value is not universally supported.

In his peer-reviewed research paper Better off Dead: “Value Added” in Economic Policy Debates, University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe argues that, measured as income, not all value-added manufacturing creates higher value.

“Furniture manufacturing, for example, creates $54,000 per job, which is below the national average,” Tombe wrote. “Compare this to its raw-commodity counterpart — forestry — as $94,000.”

Surrey-Newton MLA and NDP forestry critic Harry Bains said the annual coastal wood harvest ranges between 18 million and 20 million cubic metres, of which more than six million cubic metres is exported.

Government policy requires logs to be used domestically. Anyone wishing to export them must apply for an exemption, and provincial and federal export permits. It’s up to the B.C. government-appointed Timber Export Advisory Committee to decide who gets to buy these “surplus” logs, but the government has the power to veto its decisions.

Bains said the government is not giving B.C. manufacturers enough access to the surplus.

“Last year, 108 times that advisory committee determined applications did not meet the access test,” he said.

“The minister overruled his own committee so there is no will to make our public assets create jobs in B.C.” Cameron says his industry needs better access to logs.

“Western Forest Products has two million (cubic metres of harvestable timber) they can’t use. They export 1.15 (million) and for all the independent processors in the province, we get one million cubic metres,” Cameron said.

“WFP is exporting more than is available for the rest of us in the province.”

A solution?

Ron Cantelon believes there is a better way, one that allows exporters to continue selling into lucrative markets while encouraging more investment into B.C. wood manufacturing.

The fee-in-lieu of manufacture government charges log export-

ers generated about $32 million in 2012, the most recent figures available.

Cantelon, former Liberal MLA for Parksville-Qualicum wants to use those fees as seed money to develop new industries.

He points to cross-laminated timber, or CLT, as one such product that could employ Islanders at new high-tech plants.

The material, now made at one mill in the Interior, is made by bonding strips of veneer together under pressure. Unlike plywood, the woodgrain is aligned, for enough linear strength to build solid walls.

CLT beams can support highrise buildings of up to 10 storeys high, but fibre needed to make the product is scarce when logs are exported.

“In Europe they make entire apartments out of it,” Cantelon said.

He said he’s already convinced officials with Western Forest Products and Harmac of the value of this type of new product development, “I think what we need to do is create new businesses in this region that can take logs and convert them into high-value products,” Saddler said.

“If we sit and wait, we’ll lose everything we’ve got now,” Cantelon said.

“We won’t lose our forests, but we’ll lose the logs. People will take them somewhere else to process and bring their own people in to cut them down, and take their paycheques home.”

Beeling wants to see more investment in forests.

“If we can’t make money doing what we do, and if Crown lands can’t sustain operations, there won’t be a forest to manage,” Beeling said.

“We need to shift the focus to forests. That’s where wealth is actually generated.”

Forest Minister Steve Thomson is aware of Cantelon’s proposal and said, by email: “I appreciate the suggestion that has been put forward and will have staff look into it further.”

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Vintners call for ‘meaningful’ dialogue More than 100 wine producers in B.C. want province to delay grocery store sales of their product DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Island vintners back a move by the industry to put the brakes on sales of their product on supermarket store shelves.

More than 100 small and medium-sized B.C. wine producers represented by the umbrella group Terroir want government to delay grocery store sales of their product.

Small liquor stores, represented by the B.C. Alliance of Smart Liquor Retail Choices, support the call for a moratorium on issuing liquor licences to big grocers.

The all fear the competition could put them out of business.

“We’re asking for a six-month pause and some meaningful dialogue,” said Kim Pullen, owner of Church & State Winery.

“We’re becoming worried where we’ll be able to sell our product, not this year, but in two or three years.”

Pullen, whose members produce in the order of 5,000 cases a year each, said there is “plenty of evidence” from such jurisdictions as New Zealand, Washington and California that grocery store wine sales meat cut pricing from low-cost producers that make 200,000-plus cases annually.

Add to that the threat of international trade agreement challenges from producers in such places as California, South Africa and Chile, who have already said they want the same access to B.C. grocery stores.

The alliance has legal opinions saying the challenges would win, and “if we can’t compete with big B.C. wineries, how can we compete with big multinationals?” Pullen asked.

“We’re trying to have a level playing field,” said Tim Turyk, owner of Unsworth Winery, in Mill Bay. Small private liquor stores support fear being pushed out by the competition.

“It will shut down one of our biggest sales channels, small liquor stores,” said Andy Johnson, owner of Duncan’s Averill Creek Winery.

Talks with government continue, Pullen said.

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People enjoy a drink at Unsworth Winery in Mill Bay.

BUSINESS NOTES News from the Nanaimo and area business community

Growing franchise focuses on dryer-vent cleaning Bus service expands Robert Barron Reporting

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he lint catcher in the average household dryer catches just one-quarter of the lint from each laundry load.

Much of the rest of the lint gets caught in the venting system and in other parts of the dryer, which can cause fire hazards, lead to dryers not to function properly and cost more to operate.

Kelly Comeau has just begun Island Dryer Vent Wizard, a growing franchise in North America that focuses on dryer-vent cleaning and repairs, in Nanaimo to help people in the region deal with their dryer vent issues. He said local appliance repair companies will fix problems with people’s dryers, but some don’t provide vent system cleaning services.

“There’s a huge need for this service, but the awareness isn’t there yet and people don’t recognize the hazard, so I’m getting more involved with education on the issue,” Comeau said.

For information, call 250-616-1157.

As of Thursday, the Island-owned Tofino Bus Service will take over all Vancouver Island bus routes north of Nanaimo and expand service on established routes from Campbell River to Victoria.

With its new “All-Island Express” service, Tofino Bus now offers the largest scheduled bus service on Vancouver Island.

“When we saw that the former bus service provider had applied to abandon their routes north of Nanaimo, we saw a great opportunity to not only keep that service going, but also expand it in communities along those routes,” said Tofino Bus founder and president Dylan Green.

Local supplies Local food suppliers and farmers are getting more attention at Country Grocer stores in Nanaimo and across Vancouver Island.

Country Grocer customers are now able to identify more than 4,200 products from 111 producers that are made, grown or raised close to home with red “Localize” shelf labels.

The labels feature a quick-response code that allows customers to find

out more about specific products with their smart phones.

Focus on manufacturing Manufacturing on Vancouver Island will be the focus at a session to be held during the ninth annual State of the Island Economic Summit, which will be held in Nanaimo on Oct. 28-29.

A panel of experts, including Peng-Sang Cau, CEO of Transformix Engineering and Stuart Coker from VMAC Global Technologies, will share their perspectives and explore ideas for enhancing manufacturing potential on the Island.

“Manufacturing for export is important to any robust economy,” said George Hanson, president of the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance.

Helpful bears The Brick furniture store is introducing the second edition of Brickley Bears to help raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Network in Canada.

The Brick will be matching every dollar donated in the Brickley Bears campaign from Sept, 1, 2015, to Feb. 29, 2016, up to a maximum of $100,000.

Kelly Comeau, owner of Dryer Vent Wizard, pictured with his mobile tool truck on Tuesday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

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Time to try something new to stimulate manufacturing

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ot every Vancouver Island resident will have experienced this first-hand, but their parents did, or their grandparents.

We are speaking of the glory days of Island logging, the time when a teenager could walk away from his high school classroom and straight into a job in a mill or at a logging camp that could support himself and his family for a lifetime.

Many will remember a world when communities like Lake Cowichan and Port Alberni had a standard of living that ranked as the best in Canada.

Boats, cars, fine vacations and nice homes — all were within reach thanks to a forest industry without peer around the globe.

“We still have the best conditions for growing timber in the entire world.”

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Somehow, we let that all slip away.

As the ’60s drifted into the ’90s the forests got smaller, the mills were shuttered and the jobs faded away.

The industry became fat. Greed gnawed away at its heart and we are left with but a shadow of what we once had. In the quest to find a culprit, many point the finger at the export of unprocessed logs out of B.C.; they say that those logs could be better used being manufactured

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The former Nanaimo-area MLA is proposing taking the approximately $32 million the provincial government collects in log export fees and using that pot as seed money to stimulate manufacturing.

It doesn’t hurt the logging firms because they are still able to export at fair market conditions. It uses that log export to help give log-hungry potential manufacturers a better chance of accessing logs. And it could create more jobs in the communities producing those trees.

It may not be the best solution, or even the right solution. But it is a solution and we need a solution.

We still have the best conditions for growing timber in the entire world.

Few would disagree we could do a better job of utilizing that advantage for the benefit of our community and our province.

Better minds than ours have been unable to find the perfect solution, but we know nothing will improve with trying.

The glory days of the ’60s may not come back, but our forest industry was legendary for a reason: we have the best trees. We need to find a new way to maximize that advantage.

It’s time to give the Cantelon proposal a try. » We want to hear from you.

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in B.C. mills, creating more jobs and economic stimulation here.

When logging firms say they would have to sell logs to B.C. interests at a loss, and with American interests putting the squeeze on us from a trade perspective, we aren’t so sure the solution is that simple.

But the central thrust of the argument is correct: these are our trees and they should be used in a way that best benefits the communities that own them.

The issue is finding a way to stimulate the growth of wood manufacturing on Vancouver Island without hurting the fallers and re-igniting the trade wars.

Ron Cantelon may have a solution.

Paul Walton Opinion

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he truth is never easy to find.

But when neoconservative pundits angrily denounce certain people, events or trends, their objective, almost inevitably, is to belittle, defy or cover up a truth to which they are averse.

The latest eruption of such vituperation was aimed at Pope Francis during his visit last week to the United States, in reaction to His Holiness pronouncing views on climate change, injustices inherent to global economic policies and the degradation of the environment.

Here’s a sampling: • George F. Will in The Washington Post: “He stands against modernity, rationality, science and, ultimately, the spontaneous creativity of open societies.”

• Andrew P. Napolitano on Foxnews.com: “(I)f his concern is more for secular than sacred, if he aids the political agenda of the atheistic left, he is a false prophet leading his flock to a dangerous place.”

• The Breitbart blog: “(T)he Pope largely used the opportunity to push leftism slathered over with paperthin theology.”

You get the flavour, his message frightened those who embrace such bizarre and dangerous contradictions as advocating an ideology of limited freedoms (as in, you are free to express or do anything that they agree with — beyond that if you are not muzzled or slapped down first, expect restrictions), justifying immense wealth for the one per cent

Pope Francis delivers his homily during a mass at the cathedral basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]

as global poverty remains a serious problem and the continued effort to create a global laissez faire economy that can only result in economic and environmental collapse.

But what must gall these various pundits is that their usual method of using insults, ad hominem attacks and personal vilification is rendered ineffective in this case.

That’s not just because he’s the pope, but also because the only whiff of scandal attached to him personally is a shaky claim that he was complicit in a minor way with the crimes

of Argentina’s murderous right-wing military junta in the 1970s.

The unproven allegation goes that in 1976, when as Fr. Jorge Bergoglio he was the Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Argentina, he betrayed two Jesuit priests who were later kidnapped by the junta.

Any effort to prove that Pope Francis was, even in a small way, doing dirty work in Argentina’s “Dirty War” creates a big problem for neoconservatives. It’s one thing to admit that Argentina was at that time ruled by a totalitarian right-wing regime

that used death squads to eliminate any and all left-wing opposition — that’s a historical fact.

But connecting the pope with that regime leads to certain uncomfortable questions, documented by Naomi Klein and others, about American CIA links to the junta.

Were CIA officials aware of the brutal Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, which methodically tracked down, tortured and killed thousands of socialists, communists, union officials, and others opposed to the junta, in what were ruled crimes against humanity by an Argentine court in 2006?

And then there are the shadowy connections between the Vatican and the CIA going back decades.

If the neoconservatives want to discredit Pope Francis, they will have to find something else, and you can bet they are looking under every rock in Buenos Aires and Rome.

Of course, it’s not the pope as a man that these ideologues fear as much as his words. And maybe what scares them is that the message of the pope is neither exclusively Catholic nor Christian, not even “liberal” or left wing.

The gist of the pope’s message to Americans, when stripped of religious and political inferences, sounds something like the final message of a noted Canadian politician who died in 2011, words of a dying man that transcend politics and ideology.

“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic.

And we’ll change the world.” » Daily News night editor Paul Walton can be reached via email at paul.walton@nanaimodailynews.com, and by phone at 250-729-4246.

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Man killed after highway collision

Island Health earns special recognition

ALISTAIR TAYLOR CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

One man is dead and another was airlifted to hospital after their vehicle collided with a flatbed truck north of Campbell River on Monday.

Highway 19 at Roberts Lake was closed for hours in both directions as the accident scene was examined and then cleared of debris. The engine of the victims’ vehicle, a Jeep SUV, came to rest in the middle of the highway.

Witnesses told CTV the Jeep was headed southbound at approximately 12:56 p.m. when it was reported to have attempted to pass another vehicle and collided with the flatbed truck.

The flatbed driver and a passenger were uninjured.

North Vancouver Island Traffic Services, with the assistance of Campbell River RCMP officers and the Island District Analyst/Reconstructionist conducted the investigation of the scene.

DAILY NEWS

An SUV is pulled out of the ditch after a collision with a flatbed truck on Monday that killed the driver and required the passenger to airlifted to hospital. [CTV VANCOUVER ISLAND]

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Rain, poor visibility contributed to fatal accident ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Heavy rain and limited visibility contributed to a fatal accident involving a pickup truck and cyclist last week near Hydro Hill on the Pacific Rim Highway.

The Ucluelet RCMP, BC Ambulance Service Paramedics and the Ucluelet Fire Department responded to the crash just after 11:30 a.m. on Thursday.

A cyclist was riding to Ucluelet near the east end of Kennedy Lake when he lost control of his bike and veered into oncoming traffic. He was struck by the pick-up heading east. Sgt. Jeff Swann, Commander of the Ucluelet RCMP, said despite best efforts, the cyclist could not be saved.

“He received fantastic medical care immediately from the Alpine Employee First Aid crew who were nearby,” Swann said.

Nanaimo offers duck, chicken update DAILY NEWS

The City of Nanaimo has sent out a friendly reminder to urban duck and chicken lovers of the regulations governing their ownership within city limits.

Used as either pets or a sustainable food source, there is a limit of six ducks or chickens per household that is less than one acre in size or four on a lot that is less than 450 square metres.

Though most residents are compliant with regulations, the problem of roosters does occasionally surface, said Randy Churchill, bylaw manager for the city.

“Sometimes people end up getting roosters and they grow up and start crowing, so there is a problem with that, and our action is, our animal control provider goes there and says ‘get rid of it,’ and people do,” said Churchill.

Other regulations around chicken and duck-keeping includes the requirement that structures comply with required yard setbacks and be kept clean, no slaughtering of chickens or ducks is permitted on the property, and chickens or ducks cannot be kept within a dwelling unit. If diseased chickens or ducks are destroyed, the carcass must be disposed of, as well as any manure and waste from the chickens or ducks, and they cannot trespass on public property, private property, unfenced land or be released or abandoned in the city.

Further information regarding the city’s regulations on the keeping of urban poultry can be obtained by calling 250-616-0233.

“The paramedics were on scene almost immediately. He had a lot of qualified people working on him, but despite their best efforts, he couldn’t be saved.”

The cyclist was brought to Port Alberni by ambulance where he was pronounced dead.

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cross-Canada tour raising money for Peel Memorial Centre for Integrated Health and Wellness.

His wife, Valerie, was driving the support vehicle and keeping a blog along the journey.

The driver of the pickup, a woman from Ucluelet, was uninjured and no charges are currently pending. An investigation was undertaken at the scene to determine the cause of the crash.

Island Health has been recognized

by Accreditation Canada with a “Leading Practice” designation for its novel approach to attract, support and retain aboriginal employees.

Accreditation Canada called Island Health’s aboriginal employment program an “innovative example of a best practice in human resources, and a commitment to improving the way that care is delivered across Vancouver Island.”

Accreditation Canada accredits a wide variety of health care and social service organizations across the country.

This is Accreditation Canada’s only Leading Practice designation so far this year related to both human resources and aboriginal people.

In 2012, 199 Island Health employees identified themselves as being of aboriginal ancestry, but that number has increased to 520 employees today.

It’s a “significant achievement” to be recognized by experts in the health care field, said Island Health’s president Dr. Brendan Carr.

“Our goal is to have a workforce that reflects the aboriginal communities that we serve,” Carr said.

“This not only enhances our ability to deliver culturally-safe services, it will improve the health status of aboriginal people in our region.”

Program co-ordinator Steve Sxwithul’txw said what makes the recruitment and retention program unique is its proactive focus on education, information, support and success.

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CHEMAINUS

Potbellied pigs die suddenly at sanctuary Operator believes she has found an antidote for toxin that has killed 13 of her animals during four-day period CRAIG SPENCE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE

It’s been a horrific episode for a woman who recently moved her animal rescue sanctuary from Alberta to Chemainus, but Lucie Cerny, who runs the Rescue And Sanctuary for Threatened Animals on Chemainus Road, thinks she’s found an antidote for the toxin that killed 13 of her potbellied pigs over four days.

On Wednesday information had been released stating that three potbellied pigs had died.

By Thursday night five more had died, and another five died after that.

But the latest posts on the RASTA Sancturary Facebook page indicate an antibiotic has been found that is preventing more deaths.

“We just finished another round of Atropine injections and everyone is up and doing well,” Cerny posted Monday, Sept. 28.

RASTA was founded by Cerny in 2001, and operated until recently just south of Calgary.

In 2013 it founded the Potbelly Pig and Farm Animal Rehoming Network, and in 2014 the Farm Animal Rescue & Rehoming Movement.

“Lucie has recently taken on the monumental task of relocating the RASTA Sanctuary and all the animals to Vancouver Island for a better quality of life for the animals as well as to fill a need for farm animal refuge

Eight potbellied pigs died suddenly at the RASTA Sanctuary in Chemainus.

in an area which currently lacks this support,” says the RASTA web site.

“The RASTA Sanctuary offers a lifelong safe haven to numerous farm, as well as other domestic animals which otherwise have nowhere else to go.”

That vision was put in jeopardy as Cerny worked round the clock to determine what was killing her pigs, and as the bills stacked up for treatments, postmortems and burials.

Cerny’s Facebook post on Thursday, Sept. 24, said, “I’ve had about three

hours of sleep in the last three days.”

She went on to describe the stress the sudden deaths of the pigs was causing.

“That’s a total of eight potbellied pigs that have died mysteriously and suddenly in the past 72 hours.

I’ve had another three emergency vet visits since Tuesday night, two of which were for last night alone,” Cerny posted.

“I’ve literally had animals dying in my arms for the past three days and every ounce of my energy is being devoted to their care,” she said.

The bodies of two pigs that died Thursday morning were driven by a volunteer to the Animal Health Monitoring Lab in Abbotsford. As of Friday, Sept. 25, Cerny had not received any postmortem results.

Since the initial deaths steps have been taken to sequester the animals.

“The pigs have all been kept in a small area for close monitoring, I’ve removed all old bedding, changed their feed entirely as well as examined every square foot of this property looking for poisonous plants, mushrooms and otherwise,” Cerny said.

The expenses are mounting, and RASTA is looking for support.

A fundraiser for RASTA is scheduled for Oct. 3 from 7-9 p.m. at Chemainus United Church at 9841 Willow Street. The event was in the works before disaster struck at the sanctuary. » We want to hear from you.

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Police seek key witness in sex-assault case

Open house at Nanaimo campus Friday

TRAVIS PATERSON SAANICH NEWS

Saanich Police are seeking a key witness who came to the aid of a woman being sexually assaulted by a group of males on the University of Victoria campus.

The assault happened between midnight and 1 a.m. on Saturday when a group of men attacked a woman near the residences next to UVic’s parking Lot. No. 1. The group managed to get the victim into the woods of Mystic Vale against her will when an unknown person came to her aid.

Police are unwilling to release many of the details, such as the number of suspects and their descriptions, as they hope to engage additional witnesses.

It was in the woods that the unknown individual intervened and brought an end to the sexual assault.

A physical altercation then ensued between the defender and the assailants, the result of which is unknown.

The victim managed to escape and did not suffer any significant injuries or require medical attention, Saanich Police Sgt. Steve Eassie said.

“The victim bravely came forward with this info. She fought diligently and did everything she could to prevent the attack from happening. At no time did she give in.”

Saanich Police officers were in

Sgt. Steve Eassie speaks at the University of Victoria’s Parking Lot. No. 1 on Monday about a sexual assault by a group of men on a woman after midnight early Saturday. [TRAVIS PATERSON/SAANICH NEWS]

fact on campus that Friday night, as they ran enhanced patrols with UVic Campus Security, a standard exercise this time of year. Officers attended to assaults, physical assaults and public drunkenness, and identified a number of people who may be contacted during this investigation, Eassie added.

But most of all police would like to speak to the individual who came to the victim’s aid.

“We’re very interested . . . they may have a description of the individuals involved and may have witnessed certain things that took place,” Eassie said.

Parking Lot No. 1 is close to the Gordon Head and other housing residences on the campus with multiple trails leading directly into the cover of Mystic Vale.

The victim is a UVic student who detached herself from a larger group

and was travelling alone to another party or gathering. It is unknown at this time if the assailants are UVic students.

The assault comes barely a week after UVic’s Sexual Violence Awareness Week, held Sept. 14 to 18 on campus. It kicked off with an information fair, and the message was clear. In addition, UVic is hosting Taking Down Rape Culture with Laci Green today (Sept. 30).

“Anytime events such as this occur on campus it’s very alarming,” said director of UVic Campus Security Tom Downie.

“Through programs [such as Sexualized Violence Week] we make students aware, Cases of rape are not rare on campus, however, what makes this case different is it’s believed the perpetrators and victim are unknown to each other.

“Campus security is available 24/7, 365 days a year. We’re fortunate in some ways that we’re an open campus but issues like this can happen anywhere in any community,” Downie said.

Anyone who may have witnessed the Sept. 26 incident or has any information relating to it is asked to call the Saanich Police at 250-4754321 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).

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Learn how to make a digital movie, meet a giant sturgeon, get in on a federal election discussion, and take a fun, informative campus tour during Vancouver Island University’s Open House at the Nanaimo campus on Friday.

These are just a few of the many scheduled activities which people are being invited to discover during the day. Participants are also encouraged to drop by the VIU Expo in Building 300 where 48 different VIU departments, faculties and programs will display information, answer questions, and get people involved in fun activities. Attendees can enter a draw for three different themed gift baskets, or a $500 tuition credit.

“We invite families and people of all ages to come up to the Nanaimo campus to get a taste of what we offer,” said Tina McComb, VIU’s director of enrolment management.

The open house will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A detailed listing of activities can be found at www.viu.ca/ openhouse. Parking at the campus will be complimentary from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Cases of attacks by aggressive dogs on the rise in Victoria area

Housing plan hits a bump

PAMELA ROTH VICTORIA NEWS

Paul Neate is very particular when it comes to the leash optional park he frequents for Saturday morning walks with his best friend Bailey.

The shy, wire-haired dachshund has been tackled a few times by aggressive dogs at parks in Victoria, leaving Neate feeling angry and forced to search for new locations to play.

“Dallas Road can be that way and so can Thetis, so you have to be careful with your dog there. I like going where that’s (confrontation) less likely to exist,” said Neate, who’s owned his dog for eight years.

“Some dog parks in the city have communities so if there is a dog that’s not friendly, they’ll tell the owner to stay out of there. As a group you can put more pressure on one person.”

Neate’s dog is among a growing number of

pooches and humans that have been attacked by aggressive dogs in Victoria and Esquimalt.

So far this year, animal control officers have recorded 74 cases of dog bites. The victims in 35 of those were dogs, another 35 were humans, and four were cats. In 2014, the city recorded 70 dog bites and 2013 had 67.

“Every dog bite is concerning. I would be more concerned if I saw the number double or triple, but every year there are more people and more dogs in the city and more encounters. It’s just the balance of probabilities,” said Ian Fraser, senior animal control officer for Victoria and Esquimalt.

Three animal control officers regularly patrol more than 60 parks and public spaces, ensuring all dogs and their owners are acting responsibly so everyone can have a good time. Most dog bites, said Fraser, occur on or in relation to where the dog is living and the injuries

are often fairly minor.

Dealing with problem dogs and their owners isn’t a daily occurrence for Fraser and his team, but animal control officers have spent much time this year responding to reports of dogs left in vehicles. Since January, officers have responded to 129 calls, but the bulk of them resulted in no violations.

“A lot of people think that it’s unlawful to leave a dog confined to a car.

It’s not, as long as the vehicle is parked in the shade, there’s sufficient ventilation and there’s an accessible source of water for the animal,” said Fraser. “When it comes to an animal’s welfare, people have no hesitation picking up the phone and calling us.”

In 2014, more than 6,500 dogs were licensed in Victoria, with labs or lab cross, chihuahua, golden retriever, shihtzu and jack russell terriers listed among the top breeds.

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Awards recognize contributions to culture Awards for the cream of Nanaimo’s cultural crop are approaching, and the city is seeking nominees.

The annual April award ceremony is set up to recognize people who have contributed to the city’s culture or heritage. Past winners include cafe owners, art gallery owners and theatre directors.

The city’s culture and heritage commission is accepting nominations for the awards until Nov. 17. Forms are available on the city’s website, but nominees can be put forward by contacting the culture and heritage department directly.

Winners will eventually be chosen for each of four main awards categories, including Excellence in Culture, Honour in Culture, Emerging Cultural Leader and the John Thomson Heritage Memorial.

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Salmon farm a finalist in international competition The Taste of BC Aquafarms, which operates a land-based salmon farm in Nanaimo, has been named one of the finalists for the International Fish 2.0 Business Competition.

Paul Neate takes his dog Bailey for a walk near the Selkirk trestle.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Compiled by Daily News As a finalist, the farm will now compete for more than $180,000 in cash prizes that will be awarded at the finals, which will be held at Stanford University in November. Steve Atkinson, president of Taste of BC, said it’s “very rewarding” to be acknowledged as one of the most promising businesses in the world that has the potential to make a positive impact in advancing sustainable aquaculture practices.

“We believe that our farm has the potential to introduce a whole new way of doing aquaculture; one that is fully sustainable, environmentally friendly and yet also a good business,” he said.

“We have developed a model for a family-farm size aquaculture operation that we hope will become a standard which many will follow.”

Fish 2.0 is a global business competition that connects sustainable fishing and aquaculture businesses with potential investors, offering participating businesses access to mentors, business guidance, and network connections, as well as cash prizes.

Some 170 businesses from around the world entered the competition this year and 17 were named as finalists, with an additional 20 named runners up.

Taste of BC grows the “Little Cedar Falls” brand of steelhead salmon which is now available regularly in local supermarkets, including Quality Foods.

The steelhead are grown completely on land, without the use of chemicals, antibiotics, hormones or steroids.

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A plan to open a homeless shelter and transitional housing on Hirst Street in Parksville has hit some bumpy terrain and is back to the drawing board, says a member of the local homelessness task force.

In August, community organizations appeared before city council to present their plan to use the former B.C. Ambulance station next to the SOS for 10 shelter beds, four or five transitional housing units and other services.

The Parksville and District Association for Community Living purchased the building and were planning to lease part of it to groups who wanted to provide beds and services for the homeless of the region.

There was a meeting Friday when these groups learned PDACL may not make available the space first envisioned.

“The space we have to work with has diminished,” said Violet Hayes, the executive director of Island Crisis Care and a member of the local homelessness task force.

“We now have to look at the feasibility of it.

“We’re still hopeful but we have to be realistic as well.”

Hayes said it’s possible the 10 shelter beds could still fit in the smaller space now available, but she said many funding avenues for facilities like this require some form of transitional housing.

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JUSTICE

Agency: Government shifting blame THE CANADIAN PRESS

ABBOTSFORD — An aboriginal agency that was caring for a foster teen who died at a British Columbia hotel says the province appears to be shifting blame for political reasons.

Premier Christy Clark accused the agency of making a “real mistake” when it didn’t tell the Children’s Ministry that 18-year-old Alex Gervais was staying alone in a hotel.

The Fraser Valley Aboriginal Children and Family Services Society said Tuesday the ministry can’t distance itself from systemic issues that lead

to devastating outcomes such as Gervais’s death.

“This is a time when it is necessary for the entire system to step forward and accept accountability for the historical and current challenges that fail the children, youth and families,” the agency said in a statement.

“Shifting focus solely to the delegated agency appears to be a political move and is not what is needed at this time. What we need now — more than ever — is leadership, not politics.”

Gervais fell from a fourth-floor window of an Abbotsford hotel on

Sept. 18. Children’s representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has said she believes the young aboriginal man killed himself.

Children’s Minister Stephanie Cadieux has dismissed demands from the Opposition NDP that she resign, saying legislation prevents her from getting involved in day-to-day decisions made by staff and that an investigation is underway.

The ministry requires agencies to notify it when foster children are staying in hotels, something the premier said was not done in this case.

The Fraser Valley society didn’t dir-

ectly address Clark’s allegation in its statement, but said the ministry must work with it to ensure such a tragedy never happens again. The plan must include proper residential placements for youth who need extensive support, a strong Aboriginal healing focus and trained First Nations staff, it said.

Everyone at the agency is “deeply saddened” by Gervais’s death, it added, and the team will participate in any investigations launched by the ministry, the children’s representative or the coroner. The board of directors and leadership has met with the local Sto:lo First Nation to brief them on

details of the tragedy.

Between November 2014 and September 2015, there were 23 reported instances of children staying in a hotel with an average stay of five days, according to the ministry.

The Fraser Valley society, formerly called Xyolhemeylh, is one of several agencies in B.C. authorized to provide child protection services through an agreement with the province.

The agency has faced controversy in the past, including in 2002 when two-year-old Chassidy Whitford was killed by her father while under its protection.

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Kitten that lost both its back paws gets fitted for special wheelchair

Serial rapist disputes evidence

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VANCOUVER — The judge in the sentencing hearing of a child serial rapist is grappling over allowing access to the man’s computer that police say was full of child pornography.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice James Williams said the stakes are high for Ibata Hexamer and has called a hearing next week to determine the admissibility of the computer evidence in the sentencing process.

Hexamer pleaded guilty in 2013 to four counts of sexual assault and two counts of confinement involving six victims aged six to 14, one of which dates back to 20 years.

Prosecutors want Hexamer to be designated a long-term or dangerous offender for his crimes.

“If Crown succeeds in having Mr. Hexamer designated a dangerous offender the consequences for him are great,” said Williams on Monday.

“He could spend the rest of his life in prison.”

Hexamer’s lawyer, Gary Botting, said police should not have been allowed to access his client’s computer, which allegedly contained thousands of images of child porn.

Williams took issue with Botting’s decision to raise such objections so late in the process, after a forensic psychologist had already completed a psychiatric assessment. He called the move “an astounding proposition.”

“I will say this quite pointedly: the manner in which the defence has dealt with this issue is unfortunate in the extreme,” said Williams.

The sex assaults started in 1995 and ended in 2009, after Hexamer attacked a six-year-old girl in Surrey, B.C. He threatened to stab the little girl with a knife before forcing her 12-year-old brother and his 15-yearold friend to lay on the ground in the woods and look away while he sexually assaulted her.

Cassidy, the kitten who lost both of his back paws shortly after birth, has been fitted for a wheelchair.

Andrew Phillips of Handicapped Pets Canada met with Shelly Roche of Tiny Kittens last week, and they got Cassidy fitted out to take his first steps.

Phillips had offered his services shortly after Cassidy appeared on the Tiny Kittens website and Facebook page.

Because of the wide exposure from Tiny Kittens and local media, there was a lot of support for finding some kind of solution that would allow Cassidy to move around freely.

“We got inundated with calls from the general public wanting to help Cassidy,” said Phillips.

The chair will be extendable as Cassidy grows larger, and when he outgrows this the kitten can move into a new chair.

“He still needs to grow into it a little bit, and get a little stronger, but I think it will be really wonderful for him,” Roche said in an email to the Langley Advance.

Other options like prosthetics may be investigated for him when he’s older, she said.

Cassidy the kitten tries out his new wheelchair. Cassidy lost his back paws shortly after birth.

“We ended up getting three wheelchairs,” Roche said. That includes the one built by Phillips, one 3D-printed by two Walnut Grove Secondary students, and another built by an online viewer.

Any excess equipment will be made

available to other animals in similar need in the future, Roche said.

Cassidy was found living in a feral cat colony in rural Langley. He had apparently lost his back feet shortly after birth, but had survived almost nine weeks when the landowner

trapped him and gave him to Tiny Kittens to care for. Cassidy suffered from a severe infection, and is still slowly recovering.

He is to meet with a specialist this Thursday to check into whether he can maintain the use of his left knee.

CRIME

Thief makes off with $50,000 from credit union VERNON MORNING STAR

Vernon RCMP are saying little about a break-and-enter at a Vernon credit union that saw the thief make off with more than $50,000.

Shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday,

the Interior Savings Credit Union in the 4300 block of 32nd Street had a break-and-enter to the drive-through ATM kiosk.

“An unknown man gained entrance to the building and managed to open the safe inside,” said Vernon RCMP

Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy.

“He fled the scene with more than $50,000.”

Police have obtained video from the building and are still reviewing it.

Details on a description of the suspect, how he got into the site, how

he got into the safe where the money was kept or how he got away are not being released.

“Police are actively investigating and will not be releasing any more information at this time,” said Noseworthy.

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Police search for a safe-cracking crook Mounties in Vernon aren’t sure if they are dealing with a professional safe cracker or a really lucky thief.

Const. Jocelyn Noseworthy says someone broke into the drive-thru automated teller kiosk at the Interior Savings Credit Union last Thursday night.

She says the suspect somehow managed to open the safe.

He made off with more than $52,000.

Investigators say the ATM building is located near a busy intersection in the north Okanagan city.

Noseworthy hopes someone saw something suspicious at about 10 p.m. on Sept. 24, and can lead police to the culprit.

◆ VICTORIA

New B.C. rules make pensions more secure The British Columbia government is announcing new standards for workplace pension plans, creating options that could be activated even before an employee retires.

The province says modernized standards will improve security and options for more than 900,000 residents covered by employer-sponsored pension plans.

The changes govern all employment pension plans registered in B.C., as well as those registered elsewhere that have members employed in the province.

They include greater access to locked-in retirement accounts such as locked-in RRSPs or life income funds.

The cash can now be accessed for specific reasons of financial hardship, including the inability to pay medical expenses and threat of eviction or mortgage default.

◆ AGASSIZ

Coroner identifies victim after clash with police An 88-year-old man has been identified as the senior citizen who died in Agassiz, following a confrontation with RCMP. The BC Coroners Service says Armand Vaugeois was a resident of Cheam Village, an independent living seniors’ home in Agassiz, about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver.

Vaugeois went into medical distress and died following an early-morning confrontation at the seniors’ home on Sept. 23.

Probes of the case are underway by the coroners service and the Independent Investigations Office, the civilian agency that examines all police-involved deaths or injuries in B.C. The coroners service says Vaugeois was slightly hurt just before he died, but the injury was very minor and its role in the man’s death is still being investigated.

The IIO has said Mounties responded to a report of a knife-wielding man who suffered a self-inflicted injury, but died before he was taken to hospital.

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Woman dies after getting stuck in clothing donation bin at mall MAPLE RIDGE NEWS

The 45-year-old homeless woman who got stuck inside a clothing donation bin at a Pitt Meadows mall on Sunday has died.

The B.C. Coroners office is investigating the death, Ridge Meadows RCMP said.

Pitt Meadows firefighters had to pry open a clothing donation bin at Meadowtown Centre on Sunday to free the woman.

Emergency crews responded to a call of a woman trapped in a bin adjacent the Real Canadian Superstore at 10:45 p.m.

A witness reported that bystanders were trying to hold the woman’s legs up as her head was caught inside and that she was unresponsive.

Firefighters pried the bin open and freed the woman, who reportedly was not breathing. CPR was immediately started and she was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital.

It is not known how long she was trapped before an employee at Superstore saw her through window and called 911.

Emergency crews were on hand after a 45-year-old woman became stuck in a clothing donation bit at a Pitt Meadows mall.

The woman died as a result of injuries suffered in the incident.

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Two people suffer serious injuries after statue crashes down off truck

Depression cited at inquest into two deaths

KEVIN MILLS MISSION CITY RECORD

Two people were injured after being struck by a falling statue on Monday.

At approximately noon, the work of art, known as The Golden Tree, was being moved from Mission artist Dean Lauze’s home on Tumbridge Avenue, when it broke loose from its support and crashed off the truck and on to the road.

Ambulance and fire crews were on scene. While the injuries are serious, they are not believed to be life threatening.

“We had two lifting points that were welded onto the structure and as we lifted it up, one broke loose.

We thought it was on there great,” explained Lauze.

“It might be heavier than we thought, it’s hard to say.”

One of the people injured is a neighbour who volunteered his time to help move the tree. The other is the truck driver for T-Lane, the transport company that donated its time to move the artwork.

Lauze said today was supposed to be an “exciting day” for everyone involved in the project, but “things change real fast.”

He added that, despite the injuries and some damage to the sculpture, it will still be moved today in order to be ready for Saturday’s unveiling.

The Golden Tree will be located at Abbotsford’s International Friend-

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Two people have been injured after the art piece ‘The Golden Tree’ feel while being transported to Abbotsford. [KEVIN MILLS/MISSION CITY RECORD]

ship Garden on the north side of Clearbrook Library, at 32320 George Ferguson Way. It will be placed right above the waterfall.

The tree is a memorial to honour three women and other farmworkers killed or injured on the job.

Eight years ago, a van transporting farmworkers crashed and killed three women on Highway 1 in Abbotsford Sarbjit Kaur Sidhu, Amarjit Bal,

and Sukhvinder Kaur Punja were killed when the van they were traveling in flipped early in the morning of March 7, 2007. Despite carrying 17 passengers, the van had just two seatbelts, one seat consisted only of a wooden bench and its tires were in poor condition and not properly inflated. Police at the time described the crash as “catastrophic.”

For more information, visit www. goldentree.ca.

An inquest in Prince Rupert has heard a mother was battling depression and a lack of support when she killed herself and her severely disabled son in their north coast home.

The hearing began Monday examining the April 3, 2014 death of severely autistic 16-year-old Robert Robinson and the suicide of his 39-year-old mother, Angie Robinson.

The sister of the dead woman, Michelle Watson, testified about the 39-year-old’s mental health struggles, problems with a past abusive relationship, and difficulties in finding services or receiving support while raising Robert.

The teen was diagnosed with autism at the age of three, and Watson told the jury he would often try to hurt himself by butting his head into walls or breaking windows if he was startled.

A relief worker who handled Robert’s case told the jury the youth was generally happy.

A psychiatrist and three RCMP officers are scheduled to testify Tuesday, with the inquest slated to continue at the Prince Rupert courthouse until Friday.

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KAMLOOPS — He fed the cats, prepared a meal, shaved, showered and even took meat out of the freezer to thaw.

The only problem? Christopher Hiscock, 33, was not at home and didn’t know the owners of a ranch where he became a bit too comfortable.

The Nova Scotia man pleaded guilty Monday to possession of stolen property and being unlawfully in a dwelling house stemming from a bizarre incident north of Kamloops.

Provincial court heard the residents of a ranch in Little Fort on the Yellowhead Highway returned home after a night out last week to find a stranger sitting on their couch with a cup of coffee.

“She found the accused in her home watching TV,” Crown lawyer Mike Wong said.

“He had started a fire in the fireplace and prepared himself a meal.

He said he had been driving by and the door was open, so he came in.”

Hiscock had also helped himself to a truck in Ontario on his way to British Columbia, court heard.

“The accused appears to have done some laundry. He also fed the cats and put out some hay for the horses,” Wong said. “He used (the residents’) toothbrush and shaver, he had taken some meat out of the freezer to thaw and he had written in their diary.”

“Today was my first full day at the ranch,” he wrote in the diary. “I fed the cats and horses. So much I can do here I have to remind myself to just relax and take my time.

“I don’t feel alone here, I guess with 2 cats and 3 horses it’s kinda hard to be alone. Last night I had a fire in the house. It was so (peaceful). I slept

like a little baby.

I saw a picture in the basement on the wall of a man holding and weighing fish on a boat. Looking at him I realized we look a lot alike, but I think I’m more handsome.“ The residents flagged down a passing police car and Hiscock was taken into custody.

Hiscock’s journey to B.C. started in his home province of Nova Scotia earlier this month. Court heard he drove his car from Nova Scotia to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., where he stole a truck and headed west.

Hiscock, who has no prior criminal

record, apologized in court.

“I made a lot of mistakes,” he said.

“There’s really no excuses for it.”

He was still beaming about his brief stay at the ranch.

“Beautiful ranch,” he said. “Gorgeous. I was driving and I just turned in. Beautiful place.”

Judge Chris Cleaveley placed Hiscock on a one-year probation term with orders barring him from contacting the residents of the ranch and the owner of the Ontario truck.

Hiscock will also have to surrender a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database.

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Embassy security at risk despite warnings Documents show Canadian government knew of jeopardy OTTAWA — The Harper government has known for two years that security at foreign embassies and the safety of Canadian diplomats was potentially in jeopardy at more than two dozen missions abroad, a series of internal government records show.

Reports by both the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, outline how officials have been seized with the issue since September 2013, when al-Shabab gunmen stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in a three-day siege that ended in the deaths of at least 67 people.

Memos, briefings and after-action reports show how the deaths of Canadian diplomat Annemarie Desloges and Vancouver businessman Naguib Damji turned what had been growing concern about the violence and instability of the Arab Spring into alarm.

The pressure mounted even more after the lobby of the Canadian embassy in Kyiv was taken over and occupied for a week by Ukrainian pro-European democracy protesters in February 2014, the briefings show.

The heavily censored documents show that six weeks after that incident, four federal cabinet ministers received a special briefing that recommended measures for “reducing vulnerability,” including major physical security projects. Despite the urgency, the federal cabinet has not yet approved a security investment plan for embassies and at official residences.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Nicolas Doire said the government takes overseas mission security seriously and monitors situations abroad on a case-by-case basis to implement “appropriate measures to protect our personnel.”

The Harper government has made much of the unconventional terrorist threat posed by groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, arguing that extremists are willing and able to strike at Canadians wherever they might be.

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A security officer helps a wounded woman outside the Westgate Mall after gunmen opened fire and threw grenades in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sept. 21, 2013. The Harper government has known for two years that security at overseas embassies and the safety of Canadian diplomats was potentially in jeopardy at more than two dozen missions abroad. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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In the 2013-14 budget year, $129 million was appropriated for “strengthening security at missions abroad,” yet $69 million of that remained unspent and flowed back to the federal treasury in what opposition critics have argued was an attempt to whittle down the deficit.

A recent CTV News report cited a secret Sept. 9 memo warning deputy ministers that “20 per cent of missions are now categorized as high risk.”

Canada operates more than 170 foreign missions, meaning as many as 34 are considered vulnerable.

The documents obtained by CP show as many as 27 of them have had physical security improvements since 2010, but Foreign Affairs officials warned more work was needed.

The government’s obligation is not restricted to bricks and mortar, they noted.

The Foreign Affairs department “has a responsibility to protect staff at its chancery buildings, at staff residences, and when they and their dependents are travelling around the city and the country,” said the April 11, 2014, briefing to the ministers.

Many diplomats maintain private homes away from their missions and officials again believe that while “Canada is close to its allies in terms of the level of protection,” there is still more to be done.

A special inter-departmental committee of deputy ministers has been tasked to oversee foreign mission security, and the briefings reveal that Canada’s spy service, at a meeting June 17, 2014, listed the embassies in Nairobi and Tripoli as being of particular concern.

Washington was consumed for months with recrimination and finger-pointing over the Sept. 11, 2012, death of the U.S. ambassador and several others at the hands of an al-Qaida offshoot at the American consulate in Benghazi.

At least four Republican-led Congressional investigations have accused the Obama administration of ignoring warnings and providing inadequate security.

WINNIPEG — The head of the CBC is hitting back at Conservative Leader Stephen Harper over comments the national broadcaster is floundering because of low ratings rather than a lack of funding.

CEO Hubert Lacroix says the CBC has healthy ratings, but is crippled by a broken funding model.

“It’s not about a lack of audience,” he said after the CBC’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg on Tuesday. “It’s about a broken finance model that doesn’t work, that used to be built on advertising revenues supporting a drop in parliamentary appropriations. In this environment, it doesn’t work anymore.”

The 2012 federal budget cut CBC’s funding by $115 million over three years.

Last year, the broadcaster said it faced a $130-million shortfall — compounded by the loss of broadcast rights to NHL games — and was cutting 657 jobs.

Harper told a private radio station in Quebec that the CBC’s budget crunch isn’t due to government cuts, but because of its low ratings.

“The reason for the difficulties aren’t the cuts,” Harper said in an interview broadcast Monday. “There aren’t cuts.

The reason is the loss of (CBC’s) audience. It’s a problem for the CBC to fix.”

There is a limit to state subsidies, he added. Lacroix wouldn’t answer when asked whether he thought Harper’s comments were fair.

“But I’m going to tell you it’s not because of our ratings that we have a problem at CBC-Radio Canada.”

Canada must look to other European countries for ideas on how to fund public broadcasting, Lacroix suggested.

France and Spain collect revenue from Internet service providers, while the United Kingdom uses a licensing system based on the purchase of a television to raise cash.

Germany has a household fee, which others are interested in adopting as people increasingly turn to digital platforms, Lacroix said.

“People are no longer buying television sets. We should have a conversation about what’s the best funding model for us. We can’t continue in this environment.”

The Liberals and the NDP are promising to restore funding to the CBC. But even with a cash injection, Lacroix said, the broadcaster would not change its strategic plan.

The CBC plans to focus on its digital platform and has a goal of doubling its users to 18 million a month by 2020, he told the meeting.

Lacroix said that contrary to claims by the union for CBC employees, the broadcaster is not planning a “fire sale” of its property, but will consolidate where it makes sense.

Carmel Smyth, president of the Canadian Media Guild, said Lacroix is not underlining how pivotal the Oct. 19 election is for those who value the CBC. “For 80 years, the government has funded the CBC. It has given it a set mandate that the CBC has to comply,” she said. “For Mr. Harper to suddenly say the problems are not a result of his funding cuts boggles the mind.”

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CRIME

Family of alleged drunk driver ‘saddened’ Accused in crash that left four dead is a member of a prominent and wealthy Canadian business family LIAM CASEY AND PAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — One of Canada’s wealthiest families expressed sorrow and sympathy Tuesday after one of its own was accused in an alleged drunk driving incident that claimed the lives of three children and their grandfather.

Marco Muzzo, of King Township, Ont., faces a dozen impaired-driving offences and six charges related to the dangerous operation of a motor vehicle after he allegedly crashed into a minivan carrying six members of a family on Sunday.

“We are all greatly saddened by yesterday’s tragedy and express our deepest sympathy and condolences to the Neville, Lake and Frias families,” Muzzo’s mother, Dawn, said in a statement bearing Monday’s date.

“We would ask for the co-operation of the media in respecting the privacy of our family during this very difficult time.”

The Muzzo family owns the drywall company Marel Contractors and is worth nearly $1.8 billion, according to Canadian Business magazine. The family had not spoken publicly since the fatal crash in Vaughan, north of Toronto.

Daniel Neville-Lake, 9, his brother

Police investigate the scene after a fatal accident in Vaughan, Ont. A 29-year-old man faces 18 impaired-driving charges after three young children and their grandfather died following a three-car crash north of Toronto. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Harrison, 5, their sister Milly, 2, and the kids’ 65-year-old grandfather died following the crash.

A candlelight vigil is planned for the Neville-Lake family Thursday night at St. Padre Pio church in Vaughan.

Thousands of people have also

donated to an online fundraiser in the names of the four victims. By late Tuesday afternoon, more than $166,000 had been raised through the GoFundMe campaign.

A bail hearing for Marco Muzzo is scheduled Friday.

His late grandfather, Marco Muzzo Sr., immigrated to Canada from Italy in the 1950s and became a highly influential developer in the Toronto area.

“He built most of Mississauga,” the city’s former mayor, Hazel McCallion,

said in an interview. “Very generous man, very responsible — his word was as good as his signature.”

She described the late Muzzo as “very private” and said the family “must be under great, great stress.”

Before the crash, Marco Muzzo had seven non-criminal offences, including a conviction for driving with a handheld device, according to the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.

Muzzo’s previous offences occurred throughout the Toronto area, from Richmond Hill to Newmarket, Orillia and Mississauga, the ministry said.

His lawyer, Rudi Covre, said he was unaware of the previous offences but does not believe they’ll have any effect on the criminal case.

“There may be a minimal role that they play but I don’t think there will be any impact,” he said. “A lot of kids, a lot of people have traffic tickets.”

He added he didn’t yet know how his client intended to plead.

Marco Muzzo was charged last March with holding a handheld communication device while driving, according to a copy of the ticket obtained by The Canadian Press. A Caledon courthouse clerk says he failed to respond to the ticket and was automatically convicted and paid the $280 fine.

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SASKATOON — Turns out the goat who wouldn’t leave a Tim Hortons in Saskatchewan got a bum rap.

The goat was one of three taking part in the University of Saskatchewan rodeo team’s annual event just north of Saskatoon on the weekend.

Katie Dutchak, co-founder of the team, says it’s believed the goat — which came from Alberta — was kidnapped and let loose in the coffee shop’s parking lot. Dutchak says goats are companion animals and don’t wander off by themselves and the Timmy’s is about a 10-minute car ride south of the corral grounds where the rodeo was held.

She says goats are known to chew anything, but there was no evidence left to show that Goliath did that.

Pot OK to use for pain, says study Research done at seven Canadian pain clinics

TORONTO — Medical cannabis appears to be reasonably safe as well as effective in helping to relieve chronic pain — at least in patients who have previously used the drug, a study has found.

The benchmark study, conducted at seven pain-management clinics across Canada, found that patients who used medical marijuana to treat chronic pain had a similar level of serious side-effects as those not using the herb.

Principal investigator Dr. Mark Ware, a pain specialist at the McGill University Health Centre, said researchers found no difference in the rates of serious pot-related adverse events — including the need for hospitalization or death — between the two groups during a year of monitoring patients.

The study did find that patients in the cannabis group had an increased rate of mild to moderate side-effects compared to those in the non-using control group, such as headache, nausea, drowsiness and dizziness, but those were expected, Ware said Tuesday from Montreal.

Researchers also measured changes in pain, mood and quality of life among the patients, whose chronic pain arises from such conditions as arthritis, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injury.

“We found that both groups improved over time,” he said. “But the cannabis users actually improved significantly more than the control group.”

The 2004-2008 study, published online in The Journal of Pain, followed 215 adults with chronic non-cancer pain who used medical cannabis and compared them to a control group of 216 chronic pain sufferers who were not marijuana users. In both groups,

Team members are thankful he is back safe, but Dutchak says tampering with animals or using them in a joke is something they don’t want to promote.

“We can’t see any contestants doing anything like this. Everyone is very respectful of the stock,” she said Tuesday. “We all take very good care of the stock.

These animals are athletes to us . . . so we’re pretty certain it wasn’t anyone who was competing.”

Staff at the Tim Hortons in Martensville near Saskatoon called the RCMP early Sunday after unsuccessfully trying to get the animal out of the shop.

Two officers, believing the animal was just cold, took him into their police cruiser, but he kicked up a fuss, so they decided to try to find where he came from.

But despite going to every farmhouse in the area, they were unable to locate his home and took the goat to an animal hospital instead.

THE A benchmark study has found that patients who use medical marijuana to treat chronic pain don’t have more serious side-effects than sufferers who don’t use the herb. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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“We found that both groups improved over time . . . But the cannabis users actually improved significantly more than the control group.”

Dr. Mark Ware, pain specialist

conventional pain therapies had not been effective.

The cannabis group was given access to dried marijuana from a licensed producer, which contained 12.5 per cent of the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. On average, patients used about 2.5 grams of the medical-grade pot per day, in line with recommendations under Health Canada’s Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.

The drug was smoked, vapourized or ingested as an edible.

Ware said neurological assessments showed cannabis users had no adverse cognitive effects, and blood tests on a subset of the patients showed no ill-effects on their kidney, liver or hormonal function. However, pulmonary tests showed those in the pot group had some restriction in lung function after one year — a change that could be compounded over time and lead to more significant impairment, Ware speculated.

“What we couldn’t do was separate out the effects of tobacco,” he said, noting that many of the marijuana users also smoked tobacco or mixed it with the medicinal weed.

“We couldn’t tease out what was just a pure cannabis smoking effect and what was tobacco. So we recommend caution in terms of smoking.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ MONTREAL

Three pedestrians badly hurt when struck by taxi One of three pedestrians who were struck by a taxi in downtown Montreal remained in hospital in critical condition on Tuesday, police said.

Montreal police spokesman Manuel Couture said the man is 45.

A 25-year-old woman was also taken to hospital, but her injuries were not considered life-threatening.

A 26-year-old woman was hospitalized with minor leg injuries, while a fourth person at the scene was treated for shock.

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Dairy farmers take part in a protest in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday. Dozens of dairy farmers from Ontario and Quebec gathered on Parliament Hill to raise concerns about protecting Canada’s supply management system in the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Dairy farmers bring cows to Ottawa trade deal protest Trans-Pacific negotiations around supply management threaten way of life, they say JENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — As his ministers begin hailing a yet-to-be-signed trans-Pacific trade deal, Stephen Harper promised Tuesday to preserve Canada’s long-standing protection of the dairy and auto industries.

The long-awaited 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership is shaping up to be a dominant theme on the campaign trail this week, with speculation rampant that a deal is finally taking shape.

An agreement in principle could be announced as early as Friday, but it’s not the first time an anticipated announcement has failed to materialize: the last round of negotiations in July ended in disappointment.

Not everyone expects the deal to be good news.

On Parliament Hill, dairy farmers walked their cows, parked tractors on city streets and dumped milk on the pavement to protest an agreement they fear will mark an end to their way of life.

Major dairy producers like New Zealand are pushing for fewer trade

“I asked him at last night’s debate whether he was going to defend supply management in its entirely and, as you saw, he skated.”

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barriers in foreign markets, including Canada’s.

Canada’s supply management system — a structure of production limits and import tariffs — has long been a cornerstone of the profitable, economically viable family farm, Harper said during a campaign event in Kleinburg, Ont. “This government remains absolutely committed to making sure we preserve our system of supply management through trade negotiations,” he said.

“Decisions to be made on whether we have such a system or not are decisions we want Canadians to take,

not foreigners to take.”

Harper didn’t have control over the schedule of the TPP talks, but the timing is being embraced by the Conservatives.

Their energy is focused on being able to herald a deal on the TPP by the end of the week, thereby bolstering the party’s credentials on matters of international trade.

Sources say a series of events are being planned for the end of the week, but ministers were already sending out news releases Tuesday touting the advantages of a deal and quoting from supporters in the business community.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s position is quite similar to Harper’s, although he says there should have been more openness around the deal.

There is uncertainty around many other elements of the TPP, including provisions that would affect cultural industries and health care.

“Yet again, we have a prime minister who is engaged in the kind of secrecy and non-transparency that leaves a lot of people uncertain, when we need to have a prime minister

who is making the case for trade, and pointing out how many jobs come through trade,” Trudeau said in Winnipeg.

Campaigning in Iqaluit on Tuesday, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said “you can’t comment on a deal that no one has seen.”

When the trade deal came up during Monday night’s foreign affairs debate, Mulcair said he didn’t trust the Conservatives to protect the dairy industry.

“I asked him at last night’s debate whether he was going to defend supply management in its entirely and, as you saw, he skated,” Mulcair said on Tuesday.

While in Iqaluit, Mulcair announced an NDP plan to spend an additional $32 million over four years to ensure northerners have access to affordable, healthy food.

Harper used the day to re-emphasize his party’s platform promises to homeowners, including a plan to increase the maximum allowed RRSP withdrawal under the first-time buyer’s plan to $35,000, up from $25,000.

New photos released by the Transportation Safety Board show damage to the passenger cabin of an Air Canada plane that crashed at Halifax’s airport during a heavy snowfall earlier this year.

The photos are part of an update issued by the safety agency Tuesday that also provides details on the weather and flying conditions when Air Canada flight 624 hit the ground short of the runway on March 29.

One of the images released shows punctures to the aircraft cabin floor, with a metal object jutting up between seat rows near the back of the plane.

The aircraft smashed through an antenna array, then hit the ground about 70 metres before the runway, before sliding and bouncing for more than 600 metres before coming to a rest at the side of the runway.

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Verdict expected from judge in teen terror trial The judge hearing the case of a Montreal teen who is facing serious terrorism-related charges will render her verdict in December.

Final arguments wrapped up today in the case of the 16-year-old boy being tried before youth court Judge Dominique Wilhelmy.

The teenager, who cannot be named because he is a minor, faces two charges: committing a robbery in association with a terrorist organization and planning to leave Canada to participate in the activities of a terrorist group abroad.

The case stems from a convenience store robbery in October 2014 the Crown has suggested was linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and was committed to finance a trip to take part in the conflict in Syria. His lawyer has disputed that suggestion. The verdict is expected Dec. 17.

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Palestinians, Israeli forces clash amid tensions at Jerusalem site

Compound in the Old City is sacred to Muslims, who refer to it as Noble Sanctuary MAJDI MOHAMMED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory — Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank on Tuesday, while three tourists were lightly wounded by Palestinian stone throwers as tensions remained high following days of violence at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.

The hilltop compound, revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, was largely quiet Tuesday. About 600 tourists and 100 Israelis visited the site without serious incident.

Israel has barred Muslim men under the age of 50 from entering the compound in recent days in a move it says is aimed at easing tensions.

The site has experienced repeated clashes over the past two weeks as Palestinian protesters barricaded themselves inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque while hurling stones, firebombs and fireworks at Israeli police outside.

The compound in Jerusalem’s Old City is a frequent flashpoint and its fate is a core issue at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war, as their future capital.

The compound is sacred to Muslims, who refer to it as Noble Sanctuary, the place where they

NEWS IN BRIEF The Associated Press ◆ WASHINGTON

U.S. Congress seeks VW documents in scandal As they prepare to haul Volkswagen officials before Congress, lawmakers are seeking evidence about how VW was able to cheat on emissions tests and how the German automaker was ultimately caught.

The bipartisan leadership of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to Volkswagen’s CEO Tuesday requesting all documents and communications related to compliance with the Clean Air Act and federal emissions standards. Committee leaders also want documents related to compliance with California’s emission standards.

“The energy committee announced last week that it would soon hold hearings on the scandal. Committee leaders said they want the VW documents by Oct. 13. They requested a briefing from VW and the EPA by the end of the week.

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President proposes new special economic zones A Palestinian protester throws a stone during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday as Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank on Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

believe Islam’s Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven.

The compound is also where the two biblical Jewish Temples stood, and is Judaism’s holiest site. Under a longstanding arrangement, Jews are allowed to visit but not pray there.

The Palestinians view such visits as provocations, and rumours have spread that Jews are planning on tak-

ing over the site, fueling the recent clashes. Israel says there are no plans to change the arrangements. But calls by a group of religious Jews to visit the site, coupled with periodic Israeli restrictions on Muslim visits, have inflamed tensions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is committed to maintaining the status quo at the site

and that it is the Palestinians who are breaching the fragile agreement there.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement meanwhile staged a series of protests in the West Bank on Tuesday. Fatah officials said Tuesday’s demonstrations were meant to protest Israeli actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

POLITICS

Alberta premier seeks to clarify her comments about federal NDP’s proposed climate plan THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she “strongly supports” the federal NDP’s plan to combat climate change, except for a cap-and-trade system that could potentially move money out of her province.

A day after she panned cap-andtrade as probably not the “best road forward” for Alberta, Notley tried to set the record straight Tuesday on a perceived rift between her and federal leader Tom Mulcair.

Mulcair’s plan would allow provinces to opt out if their efforts to fight climate change were as good or better than a national strategy. That would make it OK for Alberta’s New Democrats, Notley said.

“The comments that I made yesterday always aligned with the framework that was announced by Tom Mulcair,” Notley said.

“What Mulcair is putting forward is that their plan will allow provinces to

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come up with their own solution.

“My opinion with respect to the federal party’s plan for climate change is that Alberta can work with it and it is reasonable.”

She called the perceived difference between the branches of the party an “inadvertent misunderstanding” of her remarks in a Montreal speech on Monday. Mulcair has said that a federal NDP government would develop a national system that would set hard

caps on emissions and make polluters who exceeded them pay.

Mulcair has noted that Canada successfully adopted such an approach decades ago to combat emissions that were causing acid rain.

He did point out that some provinces — British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Ontario — have already implemented their own measures on climate change such as implementing a carbon tax or cap and trade.

“We’re not going to replace something that’s working,” Mulcair said on the weekend.

That opt-out is what has Notley onside.

“We’re not particularly interested in a plan that is going to result in a transfer of capital outside of Alberta,” she said Tuesday.

One of Notley’s first acts after she won the provincial election in May was to charge an expert panel with designing an overall climate-change policy for Alberta in advance of talks

in Paris this December.

By 2017, Alberta plans to require large emitters to reduce their emissions by 20 per cent per unit of production. Emissions over that level are to cost $30 a tonne.

A July 2014 analysis done for the Alberta government by Brattle Group recommended increasing Alberta’s carbon tax to $50 a tonne — an increase of almost 70 per cent.

The leader of Alberta’s official Opposition said Notley appears to be caving in to Mulcair.

“Albertans want leadership that protects jobs and the economy,” Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said in a news release.

“They don’t want risky policies that will only pile on while we’re already suffering from the low price of oil, more regulations and higher taxes.

We can make meaningful progress on the reduction of CO2 emissions without having to submit to the political will of Thomas Mulcair in Ottawa.”

Mexico’s president has proposed creating three “special economic zones” to spur development in the country’s poorer southern areas.

The first three zones will be in the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas and the third is planned for the area around the Pacific coast seaport of Lazaro Cardenas.

President Enrique Pena Nieto announced he will send the proposals to Congress on Tuesday.

The areas will get special tax and customs benefits to attract investment and job creation. There will also be some streamlining of permitting and other procedures.

Some areas of northern and central Mexico are more industrially and technologically sophisticated, while much of the south has lagged behind.

◆ NEW YORK

Al-Jazeera journalists seek pardon from Egypt

Three journalists convicted of aiding a terrorist organization while covering Egyptian unrest for Al-Jazeera are appealing to Egypt’s president to pardon them.

Australian Peter Greste said Tuesday in New York City that they’re also seeking support from world leaders attending the UN General Assembly.

Last week, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi pardoned other journalists still in Egypt who were found guilty of broadcasting what authorities said were false reports.

Greste was not on the list, nor were the two others with him in New York: Dominic Kane, an Al Jazeera producer, and Sue Turton, a former Al-Jazeera correspondent.

They remain convicted criminals, tried in absentia for allegedly colluding with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.

Greste was freed from an Egyptian prison in February.

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POLICING

OPP drops its review of gun data destruction

by RCMP BRUCE CHEADLE THE CANADIAN PRESS

This photo released on Sunday by the French Army Communications Audiovisual office shows French army Rafale fighter jets on the tarmac of an undisclosed air base as part of France’s Operation Chammal launched in September in support of the U.S-led coalition against Islamic State group. [AP PHOTO]

Obama tells UN fight against ISIS will take time, but is optimistic Various speakers at Tuesday’s meeting spoke of the need to confront the extremism ZEINA KARAM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged all possible tools — military, intelligence and economic — to defeat the Islamic State group, but acknowledged the extremist group has taken root in Syria and Iraq, is resilient and continues to expand.

Obama hosted a UN gathering of world leaders working to expand the battle against terrorism, a day after he and the leaders of Russia, China and Iran addressed the General Assembly during its 70th anniversary. The fight against terrorism, particularly in Syria, has seized the attention of top officials, but there has been no overall agreement on how to end the conflict there.

“I have repeatedly said that our approach will take time. This is not an easy task,” Obama cautioned, while adding that he was “ultimately optimistic” the brutal organization would be defeated because it has nothing to offer but suffering and death.

“This is a long-term campaign — not only against this particular network, but against its ideology,” he said.

The meeting also heard from the Iraqi leader, who sought more help against IS in his country, and learned from Obama that three more countries — Nigeria, Tunisia and Malaysia — were added to the coalition fighting the group.

“This is a long-term campaign — not only against this particular network, but against its ideology.”

Barack Obama, U.S. President

In other events at the annual gathering of world leaders: • Obama held talks with Cuban President Raul Castro, the second time the leaders of the once-estranged nations have met this year.

• The European Union’s top diplomat emerged from a high-level meeting on Syria’s humanitarian crisis to tell reporters that she sees possible “political space for new initiatives in the coming weeks,” with no details.

• Ukraine’s president condemned Russia’s aggression against his country, and urged the international community to restrain Moscow’s veto power in the UN Security Council.

• Guyana’s president, David Granger, accused Venezuela of being a bully as the two countries brought their long-running border dispute to the world body.

• Japan said it is providing $1.5 billion for assistance of refugees and stabilization of communities facing upheaval in the Middle East and Africa.

• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon scolded South Sudan’s

president, warning “not betray and disappoint us” in implementing a new peace deal.

The fight against terrorism has been complicated by a Russian military buildup in Syria in support of President Bashar Assad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Monday that Russia could launch airstrikes against the militants in Syria, if sanctioned by the United Nations or requested by Damascus.

Obama and Putin are at odds over Russian involvement because Washington has said Assad must be removed from power. Obama and Putin laid out competing visions for Syria during their UN speeches Monday.

Reflecting the divide, an official with the Russian delegation said Moscow was taking part in the Obama-led event with a lower-level official, UN deputy ambassador Evgeny Zagaynov.

Russia on Wednesday will chair its own meeting on countering extremism as this month’s UN Security Council president.

One by one, speakers at Tuesday’s meeting spoke of the need to confront the extremism which Jordan’s King Abdullah II described as the “greatest collective threat of our time.”

Ban, the UN chief, said the UN’s most recent data shows a 70 per cent increase in foreign terrorist fighters

from over 100 countries to regions in conflict.

“Social media is central,” he said, urging measures against online recruitment of young people. “We need to offer a counter-weight to the siren songs that promise adventure, but deliver horror — and that promise meaning, but create more misery.”

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu used the opportunity to highlight his government’s fight against rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, saying “there is no difference between the Islamic State group and the PKK.” Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, however, have been one of the United States’ most effective allies in the battle against IS. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi appealed for the world’s help in “drying up the sources of terrorism,” including the flow of foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq, IS oil smuggling and money transfer networks.

More than 60 countries, including Arab nations, are working together and launching military airstrikes in an attempt to wipe out IS, which has taken control of large regions in Iraq and Syria.

Also set for Tuesday was a highlevel meeting on the refugee and migrant crisis that is the largest since the upheaval of the Second World War.

OTTAWA — The Ontario Provincial Police have dropped an investigation into the RCMP’s destruction of gun registry data, saying the alleged offences no longer exist under a back-dated, retroactive Conservative law passed last spring.

Documents filed in court by the federal information commissioner’s office include a letter from the OPP that lays out four potential offences by the RCMP when the national police force destroyed long gun registry records in 2012.

The OPP letter, dated Sept. 22, details at length how Conservative changes buried in a highly controversial omnibus budget bill last spring close off every avenue for investigation of the alleged RCMP offences.

“After giving the provisions described above detailed consideration, I am of the view that the retrospective aspect of the Bill C-59 amendments completely remove any criminal liability in relation to deletion of long-gun registry data by the RCMP,” writes OPP Det. Supt.

Dave Truax.

The bill was passed just prior to the House of Commons rising for the summer.

Parliament was subsequently dissolved in early August when Prime Minister Stephen Harper triggered the current election campaign.

Information commissioner Suzanne Legault has launched a constitutional challenge of the government’s retroactive changes to the legislation, called the Ending the Long-gun Registry Act, or ELRA. Legault issued a special report to Parliament last spring laying out how the RCMP knowingly destroyed registry files, even though it knew those records were part of an active investigation under the Access to Information Act, and even though the federal public safety minister had assured Legault’s office that the Mounties would abide by the access law and preserve the data.

Legault recommended charges be laid and Justice Minister Peter MacKay referred the matter to the public prosecutors’ office on May 6, but the following day the government tabled an omnibus bill that retroactively wiped the offences from the legal code.

The government also back-dated the changes to when the original bill to kill the gun registry was tabled in Parliament, months before it actually passed into law, wiping out “any request, complaint, investigation, application, judicial review appeal or other proceeding” related to the final six months of the registry’s legal existence.

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Ex-FIFA vice-president banned over bribery ROB HARRIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this Thursday photo migrants rest in a shelter in Hanau, central Germany. Refugees coming to Germany can expect a roof over their head, a bed to sleep in and three meals a day. But with authorities struggling to find housing for tens of thousands of people each month, many new arrivals will find their lodgings a squeeze. [AP PHOTO]

Germany lowers housing standards for migrants Usual rules for communal housing waived in many regions FRANK JORDANS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN — Refugees coming to Germany can expect a roof over their head, a bed to sleep in and three meals a day. But with authorities struggling to find housing for tens of thousands of people each month, many new arrivals will find their lodgings a squeeze.

Smaller, in fact, than what’s permitted for a German shepherd dog.

An Associated Press survey has found that several of Germany’s 16 states have waived the usual rules expected of communal housing.

Migrants in some parts of Germany now find themselves in cramped conditions that rights groups say are unfit for human habitation.

“The situation is becoming dramatic,” said Karl Kopp, an expert on refugee policy with the campaign group Pro Asyl. “If we put people up in undignified conditions then this will have long-term consequences for their health and their ability to integrate in the country.”

On Sunday 14 people — including three police officers — were injured when a mass brawl involving hundreds of refugees broke out at a reception centre in Calden, near Kassel. The site is a tent city originally designed for 1,000 people but now housing 1,500.

“Improvised, often catastrophically overcrowded emergency shelters offer residents no privacy or place to retreat,” Pro Asyl said following the incident. “Every trip to the canteen, to the toilets or the showers becomes a patience test in these mass shelters.”

The warning came as the German government agreed on measures Tuesday aimed at helping authorities cope with this year’s surge in migrants.

“Of course a gym with hundreds of people in it isn’t nice, but it’s better than no roof over the head. I think Germany doesn’t have to be ashamed about the standards it offers refugees.”

Thomas de Maizere, Interior Minister

According to Bavaria’s governor, 169,400 migrants have arrived in the southeastern German state since the beginning of September. Horst Seehofer said 10,000 people arrived on Monday alone, dpa reported.

Critics say that most of the new measures are focused on deterring people from coming to Germany and speeding up deportations, rather than providing immediate relief to ease overcrowding in refugee shelters.

Of the 14 states that responded to an AP questionnaire on housing standards, at least three - including Bavaria- have lowered their requirements for shelters, including for the minimum amount of space available to each refugee.

Six states had no minimum requirements, while two required that refugees have at least seven square meters of space each.

By comparison, animal protection laws stipulate that medium-sized dogs get at least 8 square meters (86.1 square feet) of kennel space.

Campaigners and refugees have also noted the lack of sufficient bathrooms, the absence of room locks, and the remote location of some shelters that make it hard for

residents to come into contact with Germans.

“You can see what the situation is like,” said Gabriel Hesse, a spokesman for the ministry of work and social affairs in Brandenburg, one state that recently suspended its minimum housing standards. “We’ll see how things develop, but in the coming months they aren’t going to get better.”

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere dismissed concerns, saying Friday that “we can’t offer any luxury and we don’t want to offer any luxury.”

“Of course a gym with hundreds of people in it isn’t nice, but it’s better than no roof over the head,” he said.

“I think Germany doesn’t have to be ashamed about the standards it offers refugees.”

Rights groups have been particularly critical of a new measure that extends the amount of time asylum seekers can be housed in reception centres from three to six months.

“There simply isn’t enough time for these standards. Last week alone we opened five emergency accommodations,” said Monika Hebbinghaus, a spokeswoman for Berlin’s social affairs department. She noted that authorities are struggling to find enough staff for the many shelters they are opening.

One state, Thuringia, recently took steps to prevent unrest between different ethnic groups. It now attempts to house migrants separately by country of origin.

Women and children are particularly vulnerable in cramped accommodation.

Meanwhile, there are growing calls from within Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party to make it clear that Germany can’t take in unlimited numbers of refugees.

ZURICH — Four years after stepping down in disgrace, former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner was banned from soccer for life on Tuesday, accused of repeated acts of bribery related to World Cup bidding votes.

Warner, a long-time ally of President Sepp Blatter who was allowed to resign from FIFA in 2011 with his “presumption of innocence” maintained, is currently fighting extradition from Trinidad and Tobago on U.S. charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money-laundering.

The decision by the FIFA ethics committee on Tuesday shows that judge Hans-Joachim Eckert will pursue officials long after they have left their jobs.

A more pressing case for the ethics body is an investigation into Blatter, who was interrogated by Swiss prosecutors on Friday in part over allegations he undervalued the awarding of World Cup television rights to Warner. Blatter, who denies wrongdoing, is at risk of being suspended by his own organization.

Warner’s lifetime FIFA ban stems from Eckert’s report on the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

“I do not believe however that this will serve as the distraction to the FIFA’s present problems as the FIFA wishes it to be,” Warner said. “Given what is happening in Zurich with Sepp Blatter I guess that there is no such thing as a coincidence.”

The case highlights how the spectre of corruption has hung over FIFA under Blatter’s 17-year presidency.

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Former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon, who hopes to succeed Blatter in February’s election, said Tuesday the leadership crisis is so severe that an emergency task force should be set up to run the game.

With Blatter under criminal investigation and general secretary Jerome Valcke suspended from work and being investigated by the ethics committee, Chung said FIFA is in “total meltdown.”

“Under such circumstances, FIFA and regional confederations should consider convening extraordinary sessions of their respective executive committee(s) as well as congress to set-up an emergency task force that will enable FIFA secretariat to function without interruption,” Chung, a former vice-president under Blatter, said in a statement from South Korea.

Among Chung’s potential rivals in the election is UEFA President Michel Platini, who has been questioned as a witness over a payment from FIFA — one of the reasons Blatter was interrogated on Friday by Swiss authorities. B

Wife says she never believed Turcotte could kill their kids THE CANADIAN PRESS

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — The ex-wife of a former Quebec doctor who is charged with murdering their children says she never thought he could kill them.

Isabelle Gaston was back on the stand Tuesday at Guy Turcotte’s first-degree murder trial.

Turcotte faces two counts of first-degree murder in the 2009 slayings of Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3.

“I never thought he could kill them,” she repeated more than once during her testimony Tuesday.

Turcotte, 43, has pleaded not guilty to the charges but admitted through his lawyers last week to causing the children’s deaths.

Under cross-examination by Turcotte’s lawyer, Guy Poupart, Gaston was asked at length about her relationship with the accused in 2008, leading up to the deaths in February 2009.

“It was a difficult year,” she said. As the couple drifted further part, there

were numerous skirmishes, harsh words and strife.

Gaston told Poupart there was no physical violence, but that in retrospect she now considers herself a victim of domestic violence because of the emotional abuse from her former spouse.

“He did not hit me, but there was verbal and psychological violence,” Gaston said, describing what she called incessant denigration by Turcotte.

Questioned by Poupart, Gaston said she could be sharp-tongued, too.

“I was also verbally abusive,” she said. “It was like a spiral.”

“We had a toxic dynamic,” Gaston added.

The court heard the new beau, Martin Huot, became a regular presence at the former family home as soon as Turcotte left.

A date had been set for the couple to meet with a mediator to discuss custody matters.

“We never met, the children were dead,” said Gaston, who left the courthouse without comment.

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‘I FEEL READY’ Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, top, leaps over sliding Detroit Tigers runner Anthony Gose during an MLB game in Toronto on Aug. 29. Tulowitzki says he’s close to returning to the Toronto Blue Jays’ lineup and is confident he’ll get into a game before the end of the regular season. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Tulowitzki’s return coming closer, Jays game postponed STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

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or two weeks, Troy Tulowitzki’s Toronto Blue Jays teammates have asked how he was feeling. Finally, he can tell them what they want to hear.

“I feel ready,” Tulowitzki said Tuesday after taking batting practice at Camden Yards. “I’m definitely pretty close . . . I definitely like my chances to play in games before the post-season starts.”

The shortstop has been out since Sept. 12, when he suffered a cracked shoulder blade in a collision with centre-fielder Kevin Pillar. Tulowitzki doesn’t know if he’ll be able to return later in this series against the Baltimore Orioles or this weekend when the Blue Jays wrap up the regular season at the Tampa Bay Rays.

Tuesday night’s game was post-

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poned because of rain, so the Blue Jays and Orioles will play a doubleheader Wednesday.

But Tulowitzki has made significant progress and feels good when taking ground balls, throwing and taking swings. He’s past the pain-tolerance part and is now thinking less and

less about the injury when swinging the bat.

“Every day gets better to where it’s just more normal,” Tulowitzki said.

“First day it’s kind of 50 per cent, and today I felt good, letting it loose and just trying to be myself.”

Tulowitzki’s acquisition jump-started the Blue Jays’ surge up the standings. A middling 50-51 the day he arrived, the Blue Jays are 41-14 since (entering play Tuesday), have secured a playoff spot and have a chance to claim the top seed in the American League.

Toronto manager John Gibbons has used a committee approach to fill the void, including Ryan Goins, Munenori Kawasaki, waiver acquisition Cliff Pennington and September trade pickup Darwin Barney. The Blue Jays would like to have Tulowitzki back to 100 per cent for the playoffs.

“Numbers speak for itself how we did when he was in that lineup,” Gibbons said. “But let’s face it, we’re going to need him in the lineup to be our best. It’s moving that direction.”

Tulowitzki has a .232 average with five home runs and 17 runs batted in since joining the Blue Jays. In 126 games this season with Toronto and Colorado, he’s batting .278 with 17 homers and 70 RBIs. Most importantly, though, Tulowitzki was a major defensive upgrade over Jose Reyes. And with a powerful lineup that includes MVP candidate Josh Donaldson and sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, he doesn’t need to be the best hitter.

For a Blue Jays team almost naive to playoff baseball, Tulowitzki’s experience in October with the Rockies — which included a World Series appearance — could help.

“There’s something to be said

about guys that have played there, been there done that, played in big games,” Tulowitzki said. “It’s a different level, it’s a different atmosphere . . . I think I definitely can help some of these younger guys by just talking to them.”

First, Tulowitzki will have to get back into game shape himself. He can loosen up his muscles and test himself every which way now, but he’ll only really know he’s ready when he’s in the lineup and faces live pitching again.

“At the plate there are going to be swings and misses that my first time’s going to be during the game, really — foul balls, diving, having to slide,” he said. “Those things you’re not going to simulate until the game comes along. I’ll go with it as it comes. More importantly, though, just being out there helping the team is more important than anything.”

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Nanaimo players listed as possible NHL picks

Dylan Coghlan and Patrik Bajkov, both graduates of Nanaimo Minor Hockey and the North Island Silvertips, have been graded as ‘C’ prospects by NHL Central Scouting ahead of the 2016 entry draft.

The ‘C’ grade projects the two prospects as fourth to sixth-round draft picks.

At six-foot-three, 187 pounds, Coghlan played last year in the Western Hockey League with the Tri-City Americans as a 16-year-old defenceman and was named as the team’s top rookie after that season. He’s now into his second season with the club at age 17.

Bajkov, who has also been projected as a third-round pick by some pundits, is with the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. Last season, his second year with the club, Bajkov posted 23 goals and 22 assists in 72 games with the Silvertips.

The right-winger has a goal and an assist in two games this season, which started last weekend.

The 2016 draft is being held from June 24–25 in Buffalo.

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Dover Bay team comes up big at first 2015 meet

The Dover Bay Lazerhawks cross-country team competed in their first meet on Thursday in Powell River at the Brooks Secondary Invitational with excellent results.

Dover athletes placed in first in three categories, with Ethan Hart winning the Grade 8 boys two-kilometre event, Jackson Isnor winning the Grade 9-10 boys six-kilometre event, and Miles Huynh winning the senior boys six-kilometre event.

Sofia Robinson also finished in second place in the Grade 9-10 girls four-kilometre event while Linden Kapps did the same in the Grade 9-10 boys six-kilometre event.

Also competing at the meet for Dover Bay were Brianna Rapanos, Lene Wessel.

The team’s next meet is in Surrey October.

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Nanaimo athletes meet provincial standards

Nine Nanaimo Track and Field Club junior development athletes achieved the B.C. Athletics Award standards during the 2015 season.

These standards are set high and are difficult to achieve.

Award winners are recognized for their outstanding performance at a B.C. Athletics banquet in Vancouver on Nov. 8.

Nate Paris achieved the provincial standard in five events — the 60-metre and 100-metre dashes, the 60-metre hurldes, high jump and long jump.

Cameron Martiniuk achieved the standard in long jump, as did Jayden Watson.

Both Luke Lavery and Katelyn Putz achieved the standard in shot put, while Olivia and Annika Lundman did so in race walking.

Krescyn Moonsamy also met standard in the 60-metre dash.

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Rempal leads Clippers, league Winger continues hot play as Alberni, Nanaimo renew rivarly tonight at Frank Crane SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

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ix games into his third and final season with the Nanaimo Clippers, Sheldon Rempal finds himself atop the B.C. Hockey League scoring list — just where he expects to be.

“Every year you want to get better,” said Rempal, who led the Clippers in goals last season with 29, and was 32nd in the league with 53 points in as many games.

“Last year, I took a big stride and this year I need to get ready for college hockey. I’m having a lot of fun with it, but it would be a lot better if we could be getting some more wins.”

As the Clippers (3-3-0-0) returned from the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack Saturday, Rempal leads the league in points with 12 — four goals and eight assists — in a tie with Odeen Tufto of the Vernon Vipers, but having played one fewer game. Nanaimo fans have been able to see him first hand in two home games, creating scoring chances seemingly whenever he has the puck and possessing the puck for long stretches of time.

He credits his work in the summer in his hometown of Calgary for the up-tick in production, which has him producing two points per game after a two-goal, two-assist game against the Merritt Centennials on Friday.

“I think I definitely took a big step speed-wise this summer, so I think that’s helped me out a lot,” Rempal said. “I feel good, and hopefully I can keep it up.”

But with the rest of the lineup struggling to score, and the rival Alberni Valley Bulldogs (1-4-0-0) coming to town tonight for the two teams’ first meeting since Game 7 of the first round of the playoffs last season, Rempal is still feeling the pressure to lead. He and his new centre, Matt Hoover, are the only two

Nanaimo Clippers leading scorer Sheldon Rempal celebrates a goal during a B.C. Hockey League game Sept. 18 against the Victoria Grizzlies at Frank Crane Arena. The Clippers host the Alberni Valley Bulldogs tonight. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

Game Day Bulldogs @ Clippers ◆ Game time: 7 p.m., Frank Crane Arena ◆ Records: Clippers (3-3-0-0, 3rd Island) Bulldogs (1-4-0-0, 5th Island) ◆ Clippers leading scorers (G-A-Pts.) Sheldon Rempal (4-8-12) Devin Brosseau (2-0-2) Matt Hoover (5-3-8) ◆ Bulldogs leading scorers (G-A-Pts.) Josh Adkins (1-3-4) Scott Clark (2-0-2) Taylor Derynck (1-1-2) SOURCE: BCHL

players to have scored multiple goals.

The Clippers top line of Rempal, Hoover and Devin Brosseau have combined for 28 points so far, and

no one is complaining about their production.

“I’ve been playing with Dev ever since I got here and we’ve had good chemistry for the last two years,” Rempal said. “Matt’s had a good showing coming out with us and he’s playing great, we’ve found some chemistry so hopefully we can keep it going.”

Only one other Nanaimo forward, Lucas Finner, has more than one point on the season and offensive production is becoming a concern.

Clippers head coach and general manager Mike Vandekamp already made a change to the forward group, bringing in 18-year-old University of Nebraska-Omaha commit Zach Court while parting ways with Chris Smith.

He also sent defenceman L.P. Page to the North York Rangers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in exchange for defenceman Will Reilly.

Rempal knows if this Clippers team is going to go as far, or further, than last year’s team did, offence is even-

tually going to have to come from other sources.

“We definitely need some guys to step up,” he said. “Our team last year was so deep and you can’t win games without depth. We’ve been working a lot in practice on putting the puck in the net and we’ve been outshooting teams quite a bit, so hopefully we can put a few in here in the next few games.”

The next few games, all at home, start tonight at Frank Crane Arena at 7 p.m. against a desperate Bulldogs team that comes into Nanaimo as losers of three straight games.

“It’s going to be physical and fastpaced,” Rempal said. “Ever since I got here, we’ve hated (Alberni) the most. It’s always a good game between us. Hopefully we can come out of the gate and get the first one of the season against them.”

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Former Mariner signs pro deal in Sweden SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

The Vancouver Island University Mariners men’s volleyball team is back in Nanaimo after a tournament in Red Deer. But one of its past star players is far from the Island, as Dillon Collett has signed a professional contract to play in Sweden.

Collett, who played his fifth and final year with the Mariners in 2013, kept his dream of playing professionally alive for two seasons as a coach before signing in Habo, Sweden with Habo Wolley prior to the season.

“After graduating, I felt I still had more years of volleyball left in me both physically and mentally and so I Googled Swedish volleyball league,” Collet said.

“I got a list of the team names and

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emailed all the coaches. I didn’t have any recent video of myself playing and so I’m incredibly grateful that Habo took a risk and gave me the opportunity to fly to Sweden and try out for the team.”

After trying out, Collett — a Cloverdale native — was offered a spot

on the team. While coaching, Collett always had plans to get back to playing the sport because he was on top of his game two years ago as a fifthyear senior at VIU. In that season, the Mariners won the PacWest conference’s silver medal and Collett was second in the conference in service aces with 57.

So he stayed in Nanaimo to continue to get in better shape as well as to better his game.

“I trained really hard this summer in the weight room with Greg Howe,” he said. “I also played as much beach volleyball as I could because it makes you practice every skill.”

Habo Wolley, the team he signed with, plays in Sweden’s top league — Elitserien — despite the town of

Habo having a population of 11,143.

“I’m really looking forward to playing at a higher level and seeing how far I can push myself,” Collett said.

“It’s my first time in Europe and so I’m already enjoying the beautiful culture and history of this continent.”

Collett’s plan now is to stay playing in Sweden profesisionaly for as long as possible — or as long as he stays healthy, he said.

The 2015-16 VIU men’s volleyball team begins PacWest play Oct. 16 on the road against the Camosun Chargers before returning home Oct. 17 to play the Chargers again.

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NHL

McCann shines again in 2-1 Canucks loss JASON BOTCHFORD THE PROVINCE

SAN JOSE — If preseason really matters, if the Canucks are being honest about an emphasis on youth, Jared McCann will be playing in one week, on opening night, when it matters.

McCann has outplayed Jake Virtanen, Linden Vey, Sven Baertschi, and Ronalds Kenins.

In fact, name any Canuck forward.

McCann is eating their lunch right now.

He was good in Penticton, great at training camp, impressive in the first week of preseason and now, well now he’s scoring goals. He scored the Canucks only goal in a 2-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks Tuesday night.

He has set up plays, picked corners and, lo and behold, produced offence.

When is the last time a 19-year-old, who is very good defensively, was doing anything like this in Vancouver in September?

Much of the talk this summer was focused on Virtanen’s chances of making the Canucks. What if McCann is the 2014 first-round draft pick who is more ready for this?

Because, currently, that’s how it looks. Stay calm. All of this may go away in a flash once the season starts. Many preseason promises do.

But, to borrow a phrase, let’s do this.

McCann now has four points,

Quebecor makes pitch to league for a new team THE CANADIAN PRESS

NEW YORK — After months of preparation, the heads of media giant Quebecor Inc. said Tuesday they have done everything in their power to bring back a National Hockey League team to Quebec City.

After making their pitch to the NHL’s executive committee, former prime minister Brian Mulroney said the presentation is now in the hands of the league.

“The governors will make their own decision,” Mulroney, who is chairman of the board of Quebecor, said in a brief news conference in New York.

“It’s their process and we’re just following the process and we’ll be advised at the appropriate time.”

Tuesday’s presentation was the third step of the expansion process for Quebecor, the company behind the plan to bring back a team to Quebec City.

The NHL executive committee — made up of owners of 10 NHL teams — also heard a pitch Tuesday by a group led by billionaire businessman Bill Foley, who wants to bring a team to Las Vegas.

The executive committee reported to the league’s board of governors later Tuesday.

Vancouver Canucks centre Jared McCann moves the puck as Arizona Coyotes Martin Hanzal, right, and Tobias Rieder watch during a preseason NHL game in Vancouver on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

leading all Canucks. People can compare him to Ryan Shannon, Sergei Shirokov and other frauds who have shown well in the preseason.

The difference? Pedigree.

McCann is not a journeyman or a late-round draft pick. He’s first round stud, who has the potential to be a second or first line centre some day.

Can McCann work centring a line with Brandon Prust and Derek Dorsett? Great question. But right now, honestly, who cares?

It’s like the Canucks just found

water on Mars. It requires further study. Some will point out McCann’s struggles in the face-off circle. I don’t care. Something unexpected has a chance of happening here and the Canucks have to give it every chance they can to breathe.

Mostly, this has been an awful preseason. The Canucks veterans, and that includes their No. 1 goalie, have been sleepwalking through it for so long, the coaching staff addressed most of them Tuesday, essentially telling them: Give us more, like,

now. You can understand it from the Sedins, Alex Burrows and even Brandon Sutter, though you’d think he’d be trying to make a bigger early splash after signing that massive extension.

You can understand it when Alex Edler and Chris Tanev play like they’d rather be watching a Jays game, like they did Tuesday.

You can’t understand it, however, from players like Vey and Kenins, whose jobs are either in jeopardy or should be. All of the sludge we’ve endured, at least those of us who have watched these games, is making McCann’s efforts stand out even more.

He is doing this for a team which lost players who scored 54 goals last year; for a team which really doesn’t have an obvious answer where those goals are going to come from this season. And on Tuesday, he was playing on a team of almost entirely prospects who were up against the San Jose Sharks. The real ones.

The roster the Canucks sent to San Jose should have been totally overmatched. There were times they were. For the first 10 minutes of the second period, Vancouver produced one shot.

Vey spent most of the first two periods getting, figuratively speaking here, getting his head kicked in on his matchups. The Canucks had two

even strength shot attempts when he was on the ice in the first 40 minutes. The Sharks had nine.

McCann, meanwhile, was holding his own. His line generated as many shot attempts as it surrendered.

This is good. So is this: McCann can shoot. On the Canucks first power play Tuesday, he launched one off the heal of his stick. It was ripped.

It was heading for the top corner and Martin Jones made a really good save. Later, in front of Brenden Dillon, McCann picked up a turnover in the slot, whirled around and in one motion, wired the puck into the net.

You think the Canucks could use that shot this year? What about the second power play unit, which played last season like Ray Donovan took them out in October and buried them somewhere in a desert.

Where McCann fits in is on the Canucks. They have to make it happen.

Virtanen is hitting people, as advertised. He’s also turning the puck over and not exactly looking comfortable defensively.

McCann has been more polished, and has shown a more complete game.

Is it his time? Well, next week it should be time to find out.

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Slow start doesn’t concern Sutter — yet

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he theory goes something like this: While wide-eyed prospects push for roster spots like they’ve been shot out of a cannon, a more methodical approach by veterans is predictable and an NHL pre-season staple.

There is the removal of offseason rust, acclimating to new teammates and systems, while trying to ensure they don’t get hurt and are ready for the regular-season opener. They look at Chris Higgins and applaud his shot-blocking bravado, but who wants to be sidelined for at least a month with a foot fracture? It’s only human nature.

Run all this by Willie Desjardins and you get a long pause before the Vancouver Canucks coach cuts to the chase.

“For me, I always want to win, and I judge guys every night in how hard they play, and it doesn’t matter if they’re a veteran or whatever,” Desjardins said Tuesday after watching those not playing in San Jose being put through the paces at Rogers Arena.

“A lot of our veterans haven’t played the way they need to play, and I want to see them playing great so I can relax when I go home.

“And if I don’t see that, I’m going to have some concerns.

“But in saying all that, I know guys have played in big games and I know they’ll play that way again, I know they will.”

You don’t put up 101 points or ice the second-ranked penalty kill and

Ben Kuzma The Province ninth-rated power play by accident.

The Canucks still have eight players from the 2011 run to the Stanley Cup final, so any measure of angst should be tempered by a degree of confidence. However, when just six goals in the first five pre-season games come from prospects Jared McCann, Alex Friesen, Brendan Gaunce and Jake Virtanen, along with sophomore Bo Horvat and the well-travelled Adam Cracknell, it does raise eyebrows. So does Ben Hutton leading team scoring with four assists, and Brandon Sutter having no points and little to show for three pre-season outings.

Sutter is supposed to be the straw that stirs the second-line drink, aids the power play, kills penalties, wins key faceoffs and can match up against tough Pacific Division centres. He was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a reason and is considered an upgrade on Nick Bonino, who went the other way in the swap.

But with just six shots through three games and a minus-2 rating, he hasn’t excited the coach — not yet, anyway.

“I haven’t seen him play his best,” said Desjardins. “I see a guy who’s big and a good skater and who

understands the game real well, but just hasn’t got that involved. It’s not a slight on him. In the end, you have to know as a coach what guys will give you when you need them.

“I know he’ll be there and I totally believe that. But l just want to see him harder on pucks, go harder to the net, and get involved.”

Sutter was on a four-forward power-play alignment at practice Tuesday with Henrik and Daniel Sedin and Radim Vrbata, while Alex Edler manned the point. As a rightshot centre, he’s expected to find open ice to accept passes, get to the net to set screens, be a presence, and retrieve pucks.

“Those are things he can do and when he’s hungry and on top of his game,” added Desjardins. “But whenever you’re thinking too much, you don’t react. And when you don’t react, you hesitate and you’re in trouble.”

Sutter understands the scrutiny in a hockey-mad market, but believes he’ll be comfortable by the season opener on Oct. 7 in Calgary. Even in his third game on Monday — a 1-0 win over Arizona in which he managed three shots, but won just six of 21 draws — he was still asking players and coaches about positioning.

“It takes a few games,” said Sutter, 26, who matched a career high with 21 goals last season and was second in the NHL with four short-handed goals.

“The first two games this year, I was excited and ready to go, and you go out there and it’s like you forgot how

to play hockey. After the third, you start to feel it. Right now, you don’t expect to feel great, but the goal is to feel 100 per cent by that first game.

“You want to have a fast start and come flying out of the gates, and not just statistically. You want to feel like you’re doing a lot of things right. It’s getting the puck up well and helping the defence break out.

“A couple more games and hopefully it will come together, but we’ll see where we’re at the first week or two weeks of the season, and then we’ll start drawing judgment. And with the X’s and O’s of it, it probably takes you 10 or 20 games to get that down pat.”

Canucks general manager Jim Benning called Sutter a foundation player and paid him like one, with a fiveyear extension for $21.875 million US that kicks in after this season. It includes a no-trade clause in Sutter’s expiring $3.3-million season, and a no-trade in the first three years of the extension, before a modified no trade in the final two years.

That can bring a heightened level of pressure to perform.

“I don’t think they signed me so I can be a completely different player than I’ve been in the past,” reasoned Sutter.

“You’ve got to be yourself. I’ve never been worried about stats. They come together as you play. It’s about winning, and that’s why they got me here.”

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CFL

Canada looks to regroup after disappointing loss to the Italians

Lions pull Lulay off of injury reserve

As a Tier II nation, Canada rarely gets a chance to play elite teams but is about to do so NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Still rueing missed chances against Italy, Canada has little time to regroup ahead of what could be a long night Thursday against seventh-ranked France at the Rugby World Cup. The 18th-ranked Canadians led No. 14 Italy 10-0 in the first half Saturday and 15-13 in the second and controlled play for stretches. But mistakes caught up with them and the Italians survived the Canadian onslaught to win 23-18.

“To be honest it was pretty gutting afterwards. They were pretty down for a fair while — which is natural,” Canadian coach Kieran Crowley said of his players.

“It’s not so much disappointment now but just the realization that it was there for us if we had performed a little bit better in a couple of areas,” he added. “I think we’re starting to get over the hump and hopefully come game time against France, we’ll be excited about getting back out there and trying to do it again.”

As a Tier II nation, Canada rarely gets a chance to play elite teams other than at the World Cup. So a Tier I scalp would have been a handsome prize. Instead the weekend game in Leeds get filed under the “What might have been” category.

Things only get more difficult at Stadiummk in Milton Keynes against France, which is 7-1 all-time against Canada and has won the last six meetings between the two, outscoring Canada 239-70 along the way.

Canada’s lone win, an 18-16 decision, came 21 years ago in Ottawa.

France (2-0-0, nine points) currently stands second in Pool D behind fourth-ranked Ireland (2-0-0, 10 points). Canada (0-2-0, one point) is fourth in the five-team group.

Canada players after a penalty was awarded to Italy during the Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Italy and Canada at Elland Road, Leeds, England, Saturday. [AP PHOTO]

“This is basically I think a dress rehearsal for them for Ireland,” Crowley said of the French. “They’ve got just about their strongest team out there. You could probably have a debate about a couple of positions.”

The top two teams in each pool advance to the quarter-finals while the third secures automatic qualification for the next World Cup. France opened with a 32-10 win over Italy before dumping Romania 38-11. Canada opened with a lost 50-7 loss to Ireland.

In choosing his team for France, Crowley has made four changes in the forward pack and two in the backs. Aaron Carpenter comes in for Ray Barkwill at hooker with Brett Beukeboom replacing Jebb Sinclair at lock. There are two changes in the back row with Kyle Gilmour and Richard Thorpe coming in for Nanyak Dala and John Moonlight.

Crowley says Barkwill and Moonlight are being given a rest after

a heavy work load, with the more physical Thorpe coming in to help combat the French drive up the middle. Beukeboom, rested against Italy, gets another start after excelling in the opening game against Ireland.

Both changes in the backs are injury-related.

Phil Mack starts at scrum half in place of Jamie Mackenzie, who took a blow to the ribs against Italy, and Nick Blevins takes over at centre for Connor Braid, who was forced to withdraw from the tournament after suffering a broken jaw and a concussion against Italy.

Braid has been replaced in the squad by Patrick Parfrey.

Winger Jeff Hassler continues to be sidelined by a calf strain, The Canadians are in the midst of playing three games in 11 days.

France, which played its first two games in five days, has been off since Sept. 23.

After the Canada game, France

doesn’t play again until Oct. 11 when it faces Ireland in the marquee matchup of Pool D. Canada wraps up Oct. 5 against No. 17 Romania.

French coach Philippe Saint-Andre has made 12 changes to his starting 15, including a test debut for winger Remy Grosso who replaces Yoann Huget (knee).

Only utility back Brice Dulin, powerful centre Wesley Fofana and flanker Bernard Le Roux started last week against Romania.

Saint-Andre has switched back to his preferred halves pairing of Frederic Michalak — France’s alltime leading scorer — and Sebastien Tillous-Borde, but No. 8 Louis Picamoles and winger Noa Nakaitaci are not in the squad.

Saint-Andre says he is resting Picamoles, who played in all three warmup games and the first two matches of the competition, so that he “can recover physically and get some of his freshness back.”

MLB

Dipoto gets another shot as Mariners GM TIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — Jerry Dipoto was determined not to let the circumstances surrounding his departure from his previous job as a general manager become a hindrance to his desire to run another franchise.

So he was honest about what happened when he interviewed with the Seattle Mariners, did his homework on the franchise and brought ideas for ways to bring winning baseball back to Seattle.

Dipoto was introduced as Seattle’s new general manager on Tuesday, less than three months after stepping down from the same position with the Los Angeles Angels following clashes with manager Mike Scioscia. Dipoto said

he was honest with Mariners management about what led him to leave the Angels.

“The way things ended for me in Anaheim with the Angels, it will not define my career,” Dipoto said. “It is a moment in my career. I’ve given up some long homers in my day. I’ve also had some key strikeouts. . . . You go through ups and downs in your career and I consider my time in Anaheim more up than down.”

Dipoto was one of three finalists for the Seattle position, narrowed from an initial pool of about 40 pulled together

by Mariners team President Kevin Mather.

The 47-year-old was charismatic, well-spoken and self-deprecating during his introduction but acknow-

ledged that his words would need to become action if Seattle is going to end the longest post-season drought in baseball.

He believes the Mariners are not that far away. Dipoto was among those within baseball who expected the 2015 version to live up to expectations and be a contender in the AL West, rather than playing out the string as part of another losing season. Dipoto said Seattle’s core is solid with the likes of Felix Hernandez, Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz but the challenge will be deepening the bench, pitching rotation and bullpen.

“I think the one that we are missing right now is just a general roster depth. The lineup needs to be a little longer, the rotation needs to be a little

deeper, the bullpen needs to have more layers than it presently has,” Dipoto said. “That’s something through hard work, scouting, the use of proper analytics you can turn over a couple of rocks and find a guy here and there, and create depth on a roster that allows you to be competitive quickly.”

The first question for Dipoto will be whether manager Lloyd McClendon will be retained for 2016.

Dipoto and McClendon crossed paths in the past, but never spent extensive time together.

That’s the plan this week, beginning with Monday when Dipoto’s hiring was announced and continuing through the end of the regular season to determine if the pair can work together or if Dipoto will bring in his own manager.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

SURREY — The B.C. Lions announced Tuesday that quarterback Travis Lulay has been removed from the team’s six-game injured list, enabling him to practise this week.

The 32-year-old pivot hurt his left knee in the Lions’ 25-16 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Sept. 3.

Backup quarterback John Beck replaced Lulay in that one and started the next two games, but suffered a pectoral muscle injury in a 35-23 loss to the Calgary Stampeders on Sept. 18. That thrust rookie quarterback Jonathon Jennings into the starter’s role for Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Eskimos, which the Lions lost 29-23.

Lulay missed most of last season because of an injury to his throwing shoulder.

The Lions (4-8), who have lost three straight and five of their last six, host the Saskatchewan Roughriders (2-11) on Saturday.

Montreal will go with Cato at quarterback BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS

BROSSARD, Que. — It was a day to forget for the Montreal Alouettes except for one wild, heads-up play by quarterback Rakeem Cato.

While trying to lead the Alouettes back in a game they eventually lost 33-21 in Regina on Sunday, Cato had a pass tipped into the hand of Saskatchewan lineman John Chick. But Cato grabbed the ball from Chick’s hands and turned what began as a turnover into a big gain.

“As he was running it wasn’t tucked all the way in,” Cato recalled Tuesday. “It was hanging out like a loaf of bread. So I just pulled it and turned around. I think that was the best play in my career.”

Alouettes coach Jim Popp hopes Cato has a lot of big plays in him over the last six games of the CFL regular season, because the rookie from Marshall University is likely to see a lot of action.

He will start Thursday night against the Redblacks in Ottawa.

Jonathan Crompton is likely to miss the game after suffering injuries to his shoulder and non-throwing hand in the loss to the Roughriders.

Cato subbed in for the ineffective Crompton at halftime and put up most of Montreal’s yards and points, although much of that was in the fourth quarter when the Saskatchewan defence backed off somewhat while protecting a big lead.

“I thought I did some good things out there,” said Cato, who completed 14 of 21 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown, but threw two interceptions.

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HOCKEY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Duke H, 26 1-3 Robertson S, 33 1

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(Tanaka 12-7), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Zito 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Richards 15-11), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Cosart 2-4) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-10) at Cleveland (Anderson 6-3), 7:10 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 11-11) at Baltimore (Gausman 3-7), 7:35 p.m.

Detroit (Boyd 1-5) at Texas (Gallardo 12-11), 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Volquez 13-9) at Chi. White Sox (Quintana 9-10), 8:10 p.m.

Houston (Kazmir 7-11) at Seattle (Paxton 3-4), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday Toronto at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Boston 10 N.Y. Yankees 4 Tampa Bay 4 Miami 2 Minnesota at Cleveland, postponed Texas 7 Detroit 6 Chi. White Sox 4 Kansas City 2 Oakland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Monday Toronto 4 Baltimore 3 Boston 5 N.Y. Yankees 1 Minnesota 4 Cleveland 2 Detroit 7 Texas 4 L.A. Angels 5 Oakland 4 Houston 3 Seattle 2 Wednesday Toronto (Stroman 3-0) at Baltimore (Gonzalez 9-11), 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 10-11) at Cleveland (Carrasco 14-11), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Miley 11-11) at N.Y. Yankees

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Home 55-26 50-26 49-32 34-44 34-44

Away 44-32 45-36 42-33 32-46 29-49

W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home L.A. Dodgers 87 69 .558 — — 2-8 L-4 52-26 San Francisco 82 74 .526 5 9 5-5 W-3 45-30 Arizona 75 81 .481 12 16 6-4 W-1 35-40 San Diego 73 83 .468 14 18 5-5 L-1 38-40 Colorado 66 90 .423 21 25 5-5 W-3 36-45 Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card

Away 35-43 37-44 40-41 35-43 30-45

d-N.Y. Mets Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

CENTRAL DIVISION

x-St. Louis x-Pittsburgh x-Chicago Cubs Milwaukee Cincinnati

WEST DIVISION

Tuesday St. Louis at Pittsburgh, postponed Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Mets 3 Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta 2 Washington 1 Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Monday Washington 5 Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0 Chicago Cubs 1 Kansas City 0 (11) San Francisco 3 L.A. Dodgers 2 (12) Wednesday St. Louis (Wacha 17-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 9-8), 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Lyons 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Cole 18-8), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Verrett 1-1) at Philadelphia (Asher 0-5), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 10-12) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 9-12), 7:10 p.m.

Washington (Zimmermann 13-9) at Atlanta (Perez 6-6), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Bettis 8-5) at Arizona (Anderson 6-6), 9:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Davies 2-2) at San Diego (Cashner 6-15), 10:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Bolsinger 6-5) at San Francisco (Leake 10-10), 10:15 p.m.

Thursday Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Diego, 6:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.

RANGERS 7, TIGERS 6

WP — Norris. HBP — Romine. 8Ppires—Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Tom Hallion; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Bruce Dreckman.

T—3:13. A—28,729 (48,114) at Texas.

Detroit ab Davis lf 5 Kinsler 2b 5 Cabrera dh 3 Martinez rf 3 Castellanos 3b 1 Romine 1b 2 Marte 1b-3b 4 Machado ss 3 Avila ph 1 Holaday c 3 Collins ph 1 Gose cf 4

r 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

h bi 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0

Texas ab r h bi Deshields cf 4 2 1 0 Stubbs cf 1 0 0 0 Choo rf 5 2 2 2 Beltre 3b 5 1 3 2 Fielder dh 2 1 1 0 Napoli lf 2 1 0 0 Venable lf 1 0 0 0 Moreland 1b 4 0 1 0 Andrus ss 2 0 0 1 Odor 2b 3 0 1 1 Gimenez c 3 0 0 0 Hamilton ph 1 0 0 0 Chirinos c 0 0 0 0 35 6 9 6 Totals 33 7 9 6 222 000 000 —6 510 100 00x —7

WHITE SOX 4, ROYALS 2

Chi. White Soxabr h bi Eaton cf 4 1 2 2 Abreu 1b 4 0 2 1 Cabrera dh 4 0 1 0 Thompson lf 3 1 1 0 Ramirez ss 4 0 2 1 Garcia rf 4 0 0 0 Brantly c 0 0 0 0 Totals Soto c 2 0 0 0 Detroit Shuck ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Texas Olt 3b 4 0 0 0 E—Kinsler, Marte, Romine. LOB—Texas 8, Saladino 3b 0 0 0 0 Sanchez 2b 2 2 2 0 Detroit 5. DP—Detroit 2. 2B—Choo (31), Totals 35 2 9 2 Totals 32 410 4 Beltre (29), Deshields (21), Holaday (5), Kansas City 000 002 000 —2 Machado (3). 3B—Odor (9). HR—Choo —4 (21). Martinez (38); Holaday (2). SB—Gose Chi. White Sox 001 020 01x

(23). S—Venable. SF—Andrus.

Detroit IP Norris 1 2-3 Farmer L, 0-4 2 Gorzelanny 2-3 Verhagen 1 2-3 Hardy 1-3 Alburquerque 1 2-3 Texas Hamels W, 6-1 6 Dyson H, 11 1 Kela H, 21 1 Tolleson S, 34 1

H R ER BB SO 5 6 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 2

6 0 0 0

6 0 0 0

2 0 0 0

8 0 1 0

Kansas City ab Zobrist 2b 4 Gordon lf 4 Cain cf 4 Hosmer 1b 4 Morales dh 3 Moustakas 3b 4 Perez c 4 Rios rf 4 Escobar ss 4

r 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

h bi 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0

LOB—Kansas City 7, Chi. White Sox 7. DP—Kansas City 2. Chi. White Sox 1. 2B—Ramirez (32). HR—Eaton (14).

Hosmer (17); Morales (22).

Kansas City IP Cueto L, 3-7 6 Duffy 1 Chamberlain 1 Chi. White Sox Samardzija W, 11-13 3 Albers H, 5 2-3

H R ER BB SO 8 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 7

8

2

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0

1

0

0

0

0

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WP — Duffy, Chamberlain. 8PSLUHV— Home, Adam Hamari; First, Angel Hernandez; Second, Chris Conroy; Third, Ted Barrett.

T—2:48. A—13,024 (40,615) at Chi. White Sox.

RED SOX 10, YANKEES 4 Boston ab r h bi Betts cf 4 2 2 1 Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 0 Bogaerts ss 5 1 1 1 Ortiz dh 3 1 1 0 Rutledge ph-dh2 0 0 1 Shaw 1b 5 1 0 1 Holt rf 3 2 1 1 Swihart c 4 2 2 5 Marrero 3b 4 0 0 0 Bradley Jr. lf 4 1 2 0 Totals 38101110 Boston 600 N.Y. Yankees 400

N.Y. Yankees ab Ellsbury cf 4 Gardner lf 4 Rodriguez dh 4 McCann c 4 Beltran rf 4 Ackley 2b 4 Headley 3b 4 Bird 1b 4 Gregorius ss 2

r h bi 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Totals 34 4 7 4 010 021 —10 000 000 —4

E—Bogaerts, Ackley. LOB—Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 5. DP—Boston 1. N.Y. Yankees 2. 2B—Betts (42), Ortiz (35), Beltran (33), Holt (26), Bradley Jr. (16), Ellsbury (14). HR—Ackley (10). Betts (16); Swihart (5). SB—Gardner (20).

Boston Porcello W, 9-14 Machi N.Y. Yankees Pineda L, 12-9 Mitchell Martin

IP 8 1 6 2 1

H R ER BB SO 6 4 4 1 8 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 2

7 2 1

7 2 1

0 2 1

4 2 0

WP — Porcello. HBP — Gregorius.

8PSLUHV—Home, Mike Everitt; First, Tim Welke; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Tim Timmons.

T—2:57. A—38,512 (49,638) at N.Y. Yankees.

BRAVES 2, NATIONALS 1 :DVKLQJWRQ DE U K EL Rendon 3b 4 0 1 0 Turner 2b 3 1 2 1 Harper cf 3 0 0 0 Werth rf 4 0 1 0 Robinson 1b 4 0 1 0 Taylor pr 0 0 0 0 Desmond ss 3 0 1 0 Den Dekker lf 4 0 0 0 Ramos c 3 0 0 0 Roark sp 2 0 0 0 Grace p 0 0 0 0 Johnson ph 1 0 1 0 Difo pr 0 0 0 0 Treinen p 0 0 0 0

$WODQWD DE Garcia lf 0 Markakis rf 3 Castro 2b-3b 4 Freeman 1b 3 Pierzynski c 3 Swisher lf 3 Cunningham lf 0 Olivera 3b 1 Peterson pr-2b 1 Simmons ss 3 Bourn cf 3 Wisler sp 1 Jackson p 0 Ciriaco ph 1 Vizcaino p 0 Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 26 :DVKLQJWRQ

Atlanta 000 100 10x

U K EL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 ³ —2

LOB—Atlanta 3, Washington 6. DP— Washington 2. Atlanta 3. 2B—Desmond (27). HR—Pierzynski (9). Turner (1).

S—Wisler. :DVKLQJWRQ Roark L, 4-7 Grace Treinen Atlanta Wisler W, 7-8 Jackson H, 3 Vizcaino S, 8

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+ 5 0 0

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Wisler pitched to 1 batter in the 8th HBP — Olivera. 8PSLUHV—Home, Mike Muchlinski; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Marty Foster.

T—2:30. A—15,272 (49,586) at Atlanta.

RAYS 4, MARLINS 2

0LDPL DE U K EL 7DPSD %D\ DE Gordon 2b 3 1 1 0 Guyer dh 4 Yelich lf 4 1 2 1 Mahtook lf 4 Prado 3b 4 0 2 1 Longoria 3b 4 Bour 1b 4 0 0 0 Forsythe 2b 0 Ozuna cf 4 0 2 0 Beckham 2b 2 Dietrich dh 4 0 1 0 Jaso ph 1 Realmuto c 4 0 1 0 Franklin pr-2b 0 Suzuki rf 4 0 0 0 Cabrera ss 3 Solano ss 3 0 0 0 Souza Jr. rf 3 Loney 1b 4 Kiermaier cf 2 Maile c 3 Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 30 0LDPL

7DPSD %D\ [

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E—Gordon, Moore. LOB—Miami 6, Tampa Bay 6. DP—Tampa Bay 2. 2B— Ozuna (27), Yelich (27), Gordon (23), Guyer (21), Souza Jr. (15). HR—Mahtook (7); Cabrera (14). SF—Kiermaier.

0LDPL ,3 + Conley 6 5 Ellington 1 0 Morris L, 5-4 1 1 7DPSD %D\ Moore 7 7 Cedeno H, 19 1-3 1 Colome W, 7-5 BS, 5 2-3 2 Boxberger S, 39 1 0

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1 1 0

1 0 0

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0

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WP — Colome. HBP — Forsythe.

8PSLUHV—Home, Tony Randazzo; First, Gerry Davis; Second, Ben May; Third, Phil Cuzzi.

T—2:27. A—9,150 (31,042) at Tampa Bay.

PHILLIES 4, METS 3 N.Y. Mets ab r h bi Granderson rf 4 0 1 0 Wright 3b 3 0 1 0 Murphy 2b 5 1 1 0 Cespedes cf 5 0 0 0 Duda 1b 5 2 3 3 '¡$UQDXG F Conforto lf 4 0 1 0 Tejada ss 3 0 1 0 Colon sp 2 0 0 0 Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 Niese p 0 0 0 0 Goeddel p 0 0 0 0 1LHXZHQKXLV SK Torres p 0 0 0 0

Philadelphia ab Galvis ss 4 Herrera cf 4 Altherr lf 4 Ruf 1b 4 Asche 3b 4 6ZHHQH\ E Rupp c 4 Bogusevic rf 3 Buchanan sp 1 Loewen p 1 Hinojosa p 0 Neris p 0 '¡$UQDXG SK Garcia p 0 Giles p 0 Totals 37 3 9 3 Totals 34 N.Y. Mets 000 100 002 Philadelphia 300 000 10x

r h bi 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 1 0

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 412 4 —3 —4

E—Bogusevic. LOB—N.Y. Mets 12, Philadelphia 6. DP—N.Y. Mets 1. 2B— Tejada (23), Conforto (14). HR—Ruf (11).

Duda (27).

N.Y. Mets IP Colon L, 14-13 5 Niese 1 2-3 Goeddel 1-3 Torres 1 Philadelphia Buchanan 4 2-3

H R ER BB SO 8 3 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6

1

1

2

3

Loewen W, 1-0 Hinojosa H, 1 Neris H, 2 Garcia H, 16 Giles S, 14

1-3 1 1 1 1

0 1 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 2

0 1 0 1 1

1 0 0 1 2

T—2:46. A—15,227 (43,651) at Philadelphia.

TENNIS ATP

SHENZHEN OPEN

At Shenzhen, China Tuesday, Sept.. 29 results MEN 6LQJOHV First Round Hyeon Chung, South Korea, def. Di Wu, China, 6-1, 6-0.

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def.

Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4.

Yan Bai, China, def. Takuto Niki, 6-1, 7-5.

Adrian Mannarino (5), France, def.

Lucas Pouille, France, 6-0, 6-3.

Zhizhen Zhang, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 6-4, 6-4.

Jiri Vesely (6), Czech Republic, def.

Ze Zhang, China, 6-3, 6-2.

Victor Estrella Burgos (8), Dominican Republic, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

Hiroki Moriya, Japan, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-4, 6-3.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).

Aljaz Bedene (7), England, def.

Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

MALAYSIAN OPEN

$W .XDOD /XPSXU 0DOD\VLD Tuesday, Sept.. 29 results MEN 6LQJOHV First Round Radu Albot, Moldova, def. Viktor Troicki (5), Serbia, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5).

Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def.

Ramkumar Ramanathan, India, 6-2, 6-2.

Jeremy Chardy (6), France, def. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Tatsuma Ito, Japan, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).

Vasek Pospisil (8), Canada, def. Yasutaka Uchiyama, Japan, 6-3, 6-4.

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 7-6 (8-6), 6-0.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1.

WTA DONGFENG MOTOR WUHAN OPEN

At Wuhan, China Tuesday, Sept.. 29 results WOMEN 6LQJOHV Second Round Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, def. Caroline Wozniacki (4), Denmark, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).

Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Belinda Bencic (11), Switzerland, 6-2, 0-0 (retired).

Carla Suarez Navarro (7), Spain, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.

Coco Vandeweghe, United States, def. Caroline Garcia, France, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6).

Roberta Vinci (15), Italy, def. IrinaCamelia Begu, Romania, 6-4, 6-3.

Venus Williams, United States, def.

Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

Johanna Konta, England, def. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 6-4, 1-0 (retired).

Garbine Muguruza (5), Spain, def.

Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-2, 6-0.

Petra Kvitova (3), Czech Republic, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.

Simona Halep (1), Romania, def.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-2, 6-1.

TASHKENT OPEN

At Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tuesday, Sept.. 29 results WOMEN 6LQJOHV First Round Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def.

Jelena Ostapenko (7), Latvia, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-2, 6-4.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def.

Andreea Mitu (8), Romania, 7-5, 6-3.

Nigina Abduraimova, Uzbekistan, def.

Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-0.

Katerina Siniakova (5), Czech Republic, def. Paula Kania, Poland, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5).

Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, def. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-0.

Johanna Larsson (4), Sweden, def.

Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-3.

Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan, 6-2, 6-1.

Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, 6-2, 6-4.

Donna Vekic, Croatia, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Annika Beck (1), Germany, def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 6-3, 6-1.

Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Polona Hercog (3), Slovenia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

WHL All Times Mountain

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP Saskatoon 2 Brandon 2 Moose Jaw 2 Regina 2 Prince Albert 2 Swift Current 2

W 1 1 1 1 1 1

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 0 1 0 12 8 3 0 0 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 5 4 3 1 0 0 4 5 2 1 0 0 8 12 2 1 0 0 3 5 2

CENTRAL DIVISION Red Deer Calgary Lethbridge Medicine Hat Edmonton Kootenay

GP 2 2 2 2 2 2

W 2 2 1 1 0 0

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 0 0 0 7 3 4 0 0 0 5 2 4 1 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 0 6 8 2 1 1 0 3 7 1 2 0 0 2 5 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION Vancouver Victoria Kelowna Prince George Kamloops

GP 2 2 3 2 2

W 2 2 2 1 0

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 0 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 0 13 11 4 1 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 11 0

W 1 1 0 0 0

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 0 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 3 5 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 6 0 2 0 0 6 10 0

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

NFL

WEEK 3 AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Miami

Spokane Everett Seattle Tri-City Portland

)ULGD\¡V JDPHV Calgary at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Kelowna at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, October 3 Kelowna at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, October 4 Vancouver at Saskatoon, 2 p.m.

Swift Current at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Regina, 4 p.m.

Kelowna at Lethbridge, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.

Tuesday, October 6 Vancouver at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Kelowna at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

BCHL

T Pct PF 0 1.000 119 0 .667 100 0 .667 68 0 .333 51

PA 70 68 41 74

Home 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-1-0

Away 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0

AFC 3-0-0 2-1-0 2-0-0 0-2-0

NFC 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0

Div 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

W 3 2 1 0

L 0 1 2 3

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .333 0 .000

PF 85 76 58 70

PA 56 52 72 84

Home 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0

Away 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0

AFC 3-0-0 0-1-0 1-2-0 0-3-0

NFC 0-0-0 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

Div 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

W 1 1 1 1

L 2 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .333 .333 .333 .333

PF 56 49 56 89

PA 80 91 60 77

Home 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-1-0

Away 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-1-0

AFC 1-2-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0

NFC 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0

Div 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

W 3 2 1 1

L 0 1 2 2

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .333 0 .333

PF 74 77 66 79

PA 49 86 83 89

Home 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 0-1-0

Away 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-2-0 1-1-0

AFC 2-0-0 2-1-0 0-1-0 1-1-0

NFC 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0

Div 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

PF 75 78 55 58

PA 75 72 59 63

Home 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-1-0

Away 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 1-1-0

NFC 2-1-0 1-2-0 1-1-0 0-2-0

AFC 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-0-0

Div 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

SOUTH Indianapolis Jacksonville Houston Tennessee WEST Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia

W 2 1 1 1

L 1 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .333 .333 .333

W 3 2 0 0

L 0 1 3 3

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .000 0 .000

PF PA 96 68 60 50 56 83 46 105

Home 2-0-0 2-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0

Away 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-1-0

NFC 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-3-0

AFC 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0

Div 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

W 3 3 1 0

L 0 0 2 3

T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .333 0 .000

PF 71 89 49 60

PA 48 72 80 84

Home 2-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

Away 1-0-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-2-0

NFC 1-0-0 3-0-0 1-0-0 0-3-0

AFC 2-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-0 0-0-0

Div 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-2-0

W 3 1 1 1

L 0 2 2 2

T Pct PF 0 1.000 126 0 .333 50 0 .333 74 0 .333 45

PA 49 67 61 93

Home 2-0-0 1-1-0 1-0-0 1-0-0

Away 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-2-0

NFC 3-0-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-1-0

AFC 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

Div 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0

NORTH Green Bay Minnesota Detroit Chicago SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans WEST Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

0RQGD\ 6HSWHPEHU Green Bay 38 Kansas City 28 Thursday, October 1 Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, October 4 N.Y. Jets at Miami, 9:30 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Houston at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, October 5 Detroit at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

LATE MONDAY

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

PACKERS 38, CHIEFS 28

INTERIOR DIVISION GP Penticton 6 Salmon Arm 6 West Kelowna 6 Vernon 7 Merritt 7 Trail 6

W 5 4 4 3 3 2

L 1 1 2 3 4 4

T OTL GF GA Pt 0 0 21 11 10 1 0 26 14 9 0 0 25 18 8 0 1 65 23 7 0 0 26 34 6 0 0 19 28 4

ISLAND DIVISION GP Powell River 7 Cowichan Valley 5 Nanaimo 6 Alberni Valley 5 Victoria 5

W 5 3 3 1 1

L 2 1 3 4 4

T OTL GF GA Pt 0 0 27 16 10 0 1 18 50 7 0 0 19 14 6 0 0 7 22 2 0 0 8 15 2

MAINLAND DIVISION Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Chilliwack Prince George Surrey

L 0 1 1 2

NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore

U.S. DIVISION GP 1 2 1 1 2

W 3 2 2 1

GP 5 5 6 6 6 6

W 5 3 3 2 1 1

L 0 2 3 2 4 5

T OTL GF GA Pt 0 0 24 7 10 0 0 18 14 6 0 0 16 24 6 1 1 20 21 6 0 1 9 27 3 0 0 15 25 2

:HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV West Kelowna at Merritt, 7 p.m.

Surrey at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Alberni Valley at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Coquitlam at Victoria, 7 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Victoria at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Merritt at Penticton, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Wenatchee at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Chilliwack at Langley, 7:15 p.m.

Vernon at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, October 3 Alberni Valley at Powell River, 5 p.m.

Vernon at Nanaimo, 6 p.m.

Langley at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Trail at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Kansas City Green Bay

0 7 14 10

7 14—28 7 7—38

First Quarter GB — Montgomery 8 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 9:44.

GB — Cobb 3 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 2:18.

Second Quarter KC — Charles 9 run (Santos kick), 12:02.

GB — FG Crosby 44, 6:15.

GB — Jones 27 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 0:56.

Third Quarter GB — Cobb 4 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 7:18.

KC — Maclin 5 pass from Smith (Santos kick), 0:56.

Fourth Quarter GB — Cobb 4 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 12:10.

KC — Charles 4 run (pass from Smith to Kelce), 9:56.

KC — Charles 7 run (pass from Smith to ), 1:25.

A — 78,214 at Green Bay. TEAM STATISTICS First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punts Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

KC 23 326 18-75 251 5-18 4-114 0-0 24-40-1 7-39 6-50.2 2-0 7-38 26:30

GB 26 448 32-123 325 4-30 2-64 1-15 24-35-0 1-8 5-43.0 0-0 12-89 33:30

RUSHING — Kansas City, Charles 11-49 Smith 6-33, Thomas 1--7. Green Bay, Lacy 10-46, Starks 17-32, Harris 2-17, Rodgers 2-16, Cobb 1-12.

PASSING — Kansas City, Smith 24-40-290-1-1. Green Bay, Rodgers 24-35-333-5-0.

RECEIVING — Kansas City, Maclin 8-141, Kelce 6-80, Charles 5-33, Conley 1-16, Thomas 2-12, Avant 2-8. Green Bay, Jones 7-139, Cobb 7-91, Lacy 3-41, Starks 1-19, Rodgers 2-15, Montgomery 2-14, Quarless 2-14.

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Thursday, October 1 Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 2 Calgary at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 3 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Saskatchewan at B.C., 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 6 Ottawa at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

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Yogi Berra is remembered by family, sports royalty JIM HAGUE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTCLAIR, N.J. — A gold catcher’s mitt was placed on top of his remains. But on a day filled with stories from a lifetime in baseball, Yogi Berra was remembered for being more than one of the game’s greats.

He was the man who served his country courageously on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in 1944.

He was the man who delighted in the joys of family and someone who brought roaring laughter with his words wherever he went. The beloved New York Yankees catcher — a three-time American League MVP and Hall of Famer who played on 10 World Series championship teams — also brought out sports royalty from all corners to an overflowing church, much in the way he helped fill ballparks for a generation.

“He was always so good, so honest, so human and so real,� former Yankees manager Joe Torre said in his eulogy. “You didn’t have to be a baseball fan to know who Yogi was.�

Berra, who in Torre’s words “personified the American dream,� died a week ago at 90 years old. He was cremated and his remains were placed by the altar, an American flag prominently displayed.

Among those at the service were

ex-Yankees Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada and club president Randy Levine. Rachel Robinson, the widow of Jackie Robinson, was there as was football Hall of Famer Harry Carson.

Torre, now MLB’s chief baseball officer, recalled for the gathering at the Church of the Immaculate Conception one of many spring training car trips with Berra. “Yogi gets out of the car in uni-

form,� Torre says. “People saw him in his No. 8 uniform and were saying, ‘No, this isn’t happening.’ Yogi went in unassuming and asked, ‘Can I use your bathroom?�’ Torre also added to the lexicon that has made Berra a linguistic treasure after he did a commercial. “I asked Yogi what the commercial was for. He said, ‘Amtrak.’ It was Aflac. I think Amtrak sent him a cheque, too.�

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10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vancouver Island University Nanaimo campus open house, Learn about all the programs, events and activities. For information: viu.ca/openhouse. 900 Fifth St. Complimentary parking.

7-9 p.m. Fermentation information session — learn more this October with Stir Cooking School at Costin Hall in Lantzville. $15.

Noon-4 p.m. Free clothing givewaway, new hours at Nanaimo Alliance Church, 1609 Meredith Rd. Also on Saturday, 12-3 p.m.

7:30 p.m. Naden Band in concert at the Port Theatre. Tickets $18, call 250-754-8550.

1 p.m. Central Vancouver Island Orchid Society demonstration. Park of weekend-long

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Nanaimo North Town Centre, 4750 Rutherford Rd. Runs through Sunday.

Noon-4 p.m. Bastion Waterfront Farmers Market moves to fall hours. Fresh produce, crafts, wine tasting, live music. Next to the Bastion 7-11 p.m. Dave Hart performs Smoke‘n’ Water Restaurant, at Pacific Shores, Nanoose Bay. No Cover charge, but reserve early 250-468-7192 8 p.m. Fast Romantics with special guests at The Queen’s, 34 Victoria Cres. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 door at The Queens or at ticketzone.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 3 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Drop-offs of wood, brush and yard waste accepted by donation to Nanaimo Child Development Centre, at Pacific Coast Waste Management. Follow signs from Biggs-Jingle Pot Junction past Brannen Lake Campsite to Biggs Pit Road.

9 a.m. The Bastion City Wanderers Volkssport Club invites you to a 6-km or 11-km walk on Harewood Plains. Meet under the power lines on Harewood Mines Road at the Trans Canada Trail sign. Registration starts at 8:45 a.m. For more information, call Ethel at 250-756-9796.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) You could hear more than an earful about what is happening. Oneon-one relating is likely to result in a creative brainstorming session.

You’ll make sense to others. As a result, you’ll see a thinking alliance begin over a critical issue. Tonight: Run some errands on the way home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You seem to be able to walk the right path because of your ability to detach and see the whole picture.

Focus on the quality of your daily interactions. Know where you are going, and be willing to take a leap of faith. Tonight: Make sure you do something for yourself.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Be more sensitive about what is happening around you, but understand that you don’t need to do anything. A partner could feel more in touch with you than he or she has in a while. Be open to this person, and listen to his or her news.

Tonight: Go along with a friend’s suggestion.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You have reason to smile, despite any hassle that heads your way. When you look around, you’ll recognize how successful you have been, especially with your friends and loved ones. Express your gratitude in a way that makes others feel appreciated. Tonight: Hang with others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might have the fire in your eye to achieve a long-awaited goal. Be careful,

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as you could push others away as you charge toward this desire. You won’t want to turn off some of your friends who have supported you in this process. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your stability will guide you in making choices that are good for you, even if they’re not particularly exciting.

You might feel as if you finally have made it to a place where you have wanted to be. Share more of your caring with a loved one. Tonight: Use your imagination.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Give some more thought to someone’s words and actions. Note how sure of yourself you are, but note this person’s confidence as well. See where the meeting point is. Be willing to admit that he or she has some good points. Tonight: Dinner with someone you care about.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You could be on top of a problem, but you might have to deal with someone who feels that he or she is on top of the same problem. Your solutions could be very different, but you are likely to discover that both approaches will work. Tonight: Go with the moment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Pace yourself, and you will achieve what you want. Don’t underestimate the cost of your time, especially if you are in a bind. Decide to weigh in on a friendship and its meaning to you. This person also could be a work associate. Tonight: Keep an eye on completion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You have the energy and the wherewithal to bypass a lot of triv-

ial matters, which you will handle later. Take a stand, especially if you feel that there is the potential for a difference of opinion. You know there are many ways to achieve a goal. Tonight: Let your hair down.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You have a style that will help you get past a problem. You might need to keep your plans on hold or not discuss them yet. You’ll gain insight from an acquaintance who comes from a different background or culture. Listen to this person’s news.

Tonight: Read between the lines.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You could be taken aback by a conversation and might need to weigh the pros and cons before you act. In some way, this person has offended your philosophical slant of what life could or should be.

Tonight: Do not be intimidated by anyone. Do your thing.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Sept. 30) This year you demand more from yourself as well as from others. You will want to perform to the best of your abilities. You will have a similar expectation of others, though it might be wise to let them know that. You appreciate the power of one-on-one relating, and you often prefer this type of interaction. If you are single, you’ll meet people with ease. Your desirability might encourage others to present themselves differently from how they really are. If you are attached, the two of you will benefit from frequent periods away from the doldrums of daily life.

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Denis began a successful career in the plumbing and electrical business in Gravenhurst, Ontario where he joined Clift Bros. Plumbing, Heating and Electrical. He met and married his first wife Marie Winifred Kennedy (nee Hill) in Bracebridge. When the opportunity arose to purchase the Parry Sound location of Clift Bros., Denis and his good friend Roy Bloomfield acquired the business and moved to Parry Sound. Denis and Roy built Clift Bros. into a successful and well respected contracting business servicing many faithful cottagers and permanent residents throughout the Parry Sound/Georgian Bay area. Denis and Marie built a cottage on Georgian Bay and enjoyed their summers boating and fishing with children Donna, Doug and Terry.

During the winter, Denis was very active in the Parry Sound Minor Hockey Association and managed some very successful bantam and midget teams. A backyard ice rink was always made for Donna to figure skate which also provided great fun for the neighbourhood children. Denis also enjoyed hunting and the annual fall ‘hunt camp’ trips up to Pogamasing Lake.

After many successful years of business, and Marie’s passing in 1975, Denis and Roy decided to sell the business in 1977. Denis met his second wife, Margaret (Marty) May Kennedy (nee Disley) through his hunting friends and trips to Wauwashkesh Lake. He and Marty married in 1977 and enjoyed 38 years of marriage and full-time retirement. They lived in Parry Sound on Mill Lake and wintered in Florida and enjoyed travelling throughout the US. During this time, Denis pursued his longtime interest in wood carving and created some exemplary pieces, including his Santa Claus, beloved by the family. After a decade of being snowbirds, Marty and Denis yearned to settle in one place and after a trip out west decided Vancouver Island, BC was the place for them. They moved to Nanaimo and enjoyed many years of year-round golf, gardening, boating and exploring on the Island. They made many good friends and traveled extensively, including Alaska, Bali, Hawaii and England. Despite Denis’ and later Marty’s Parkinson ’s disease, they filled their days with activity and truly loved their time out west. As Parkinson’s progressed for both of them, they returned to Ontario and settled into retirement living in Barrie close to Donna and Terry and their families.

Despite his physical decline, Denis kept his renowned dry sense of humor and the twinkle in his eye right up to his death. During his time in Barrie, he was lovingly cared for by his wife Marty, home care and the staff at The Waterford, more recently the caring staff at Mill Creek Care Centre, and always by daughter Donna. Preceded in death by Marie Kennedy. Lovingly remembered by his wife Marty Kennedy, daughter Donna Raeburn of Orillia, son Douglas and his wife Jane Kennedy of South Carolina, and daughter Terry Hurst of Orillia. Sadly missed by his grandchildren Sundae, Cory, Natalie, Amanda, Libby, many great-grandchildren, and his extended family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Parkinson Society Canada A celebration of Life gathering will take place at Steckley-Gooderham Funeral Home, 30 Worsley St., Barrie, Ontario on Thursday October 1st, 2015 from 1 pm to 3 pm.

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Left to mourn her passing are her brothers Pat (Lyn) Forrest and Harold (Margot) Forrest, sons Larry (Phyllis), Bill (Laurie) and Glenn (Tracey), and grandchildren William, Tommy, Lance and Diana.

She will also be sadly missed by her many nieces and nephews as well as her dear friends of many years, Leone and Marguerite, along with newer friends from the Island Stitchery Guild, including Margaret, Karen and Louise and her recent swimming partner Linda.

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Carpi names Giuseppe Sannino coach after firing Fabrizio Castori Last-place Carpi has named Giuseppe Sannino its new coach a day after firing Fabrizio Castori six matches into its first Serie A season.

Carpi says Sannino signed a contract through the end of the season.

The 58-year-old Sannino has previously managed Siena, Palermo, Chievo Verona, Watford and Catania.

Castori’s removal came two days after a 5-1 loss to Roma left Carpi with just two points.

Castori had taken over Carpi in June of last year and led the club to the Serie B title last season, earning promotion to the top division for the first time in its —THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 106-year history.

JAMES ELLINGWORTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW — Jose Mourinho’s season took another turn for the worse on a night of surprises in the Champions League.

With Chelsea floundering in 14th in the English Premier League, a win at Porto on Tuesday would have been a much-needed boost, but instead Mourinho watched a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the club he led to the Champions League title in 2004.

Mourinho said his team paid the price for “two ridiculous mistakes� in defence as Yacine Brahimi and Maicon’s goals powered the Portuguese team to victory.

Arsenal fared no better than its London rival, losing 3-2 at home to Olympiakos. That leaves Arsenal bottom of Group F with rapidly shrinking hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages.

Another surprise was in store in Belarus, where BATE Borisov upset Roma 3-2.

However, Barcelona pulled off a dramatic escape to avoid defeat against Bayer Leverkusen, scoring in the 80th and 82nd minutes to turn defeat into a 2-1 home victory. “We are the European champions and we knew that in the second half we had to show it,� said Luis Suarez, who scored the winner.

Here is a look at Tuesday’s Champions League matches.

Group E Barcelona’s dramatic comeback was achieved without Lionel Messi, who is set to miss two months with a torn knee ligament, and the team’s injury worries grew when Andres Iniesta was forced off in the second half with an apparent thigh injury.

Sergi Roberto poked in the rebound of a strike by fellow substitute Munir El Haddadi to equalize in the 80th, and two minutes later El Haddadi passed for Luis Suarez to drive in the winner, sending Barcelona top of the group.

Leverkusen outplayed the defending champions for an hour and looked set to take revenge for its 7-1 loss last time the German side visited Camp Nou in 2012 when Messi scored a record five goals.

Defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos scored the opener in the 22nd, but Leverkusen faded late and didn’t have the legs to keep up with Barcelona’s reinforcements.

Also in Group E on Tuesday, BATE Borisov beat Roma 3-2.

BATE was widely expected to be

Chelsea’s Ramires, left, brings down Porto’s Yacine Brahimi during a Champions League soccer match between FC Porto and Chelsea FC at the Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal, Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

a serial loser in Group E, but two goals from left-back Filip Mladenovic powered the Belarusian team to a surprise victory. Roma staged a second-half comeback with goals from Gervinho and Vasilis Torosidis, but was denied a point when Alessandro Florenzi’s shot hit the crossbar late on.

Barcelona rose to the top of the group with four points, followed

by Leverkusen and BATE Borisov with three each. Roma is last with one point.

Group F A goalkeeping blunder by David Ospina helped Olympiakos beat Arsenal 3-2, leaving the Gunners in real danger of its first group-stage exit in 16 years.

Ospina fumbled a corner over his line to give the visitors a 2-1 first-half lead, and substitute Alfred Finnbogason scored the winner in the 66th minute — almost immediately after Alexis Sanchez had drawn Arsenal level.

Arsenal, which has advanced past the first group stage every year since 2001, has now lost both its opening games — and still has two meetings with Group F leader Bayern Munich to come. Bayern beat Dinamo Zagreb 5-0 to take a tight grip on first place in the group. “It leaves us in a bad position, but we are still in it,� Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said. “We have to make a result in our next game against Bayern

at home. We are not out of it.�

Wenger rested first-choice goalkeeper Petr Cech, just as in the opening 2-1 loss at Dinamo.

In Munich, Dinamo never came close to repeating that victory in a one-sided game.

Bayern was up by four goals after 28 minutes in a comfortable win that saw a hat trick for Robert Lewandowski and goals for Douglas Costa and Mario Gotze.

Group G Chelsea’s miserable start to the season opened a new chapter as it lost top spot in Group G with a 2-1 defeat at FC Porto.

Jose Mourinho’s former club went ahead in the 39th when Yacine Brahimi beat Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill on the left, with goalkeeper Asmir Begovic pushing away Brahimi’s shot only as far as Andre Andre who fired a first-time volley into the net. Willian levelled with a curling free-kick in first-half added time as Iker Casillas, making a competition record 152nd appearance, didn’t even move.

Maicon sealed it in the 52nd, putting the Portuguese club level with group leader Dynamo Kyiv on four points, one ahead of Chelsea, which is also struggling in the Premier League.

In Israel, Dynamo cruised to a 2-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv, which is yet to score a goal in this season’s group stage. Andriy Yarmolenko put the Ukrainian team ahead in the fourth

minute, before Junior Moraes struck five minutes into the second half.

Group H Hulk delivered a man of the match performance as Zenit St. Petersburg made it two wins from two matches in Group H with a 2-1 defeat of Gent.

Hulk had two assists while Artem Dzyuba scored his first Champions League goal and Oleg Shatov notched the winner.

Meanwhile, Valencia got its campaign back on track with a 1-0 win at Lyon following an opening home loss to Zenit.

Midfielder Thomas Matton scored his fourth goal in three games for Gent, equalizing in the 56th minute, but Shatov ended Gent’s 12-game unbeaten start to the season.

Zenit remains on top of Group H with six points, three more than Valencia. Lyon and Gent have one point.

In Lyon, Sofiane Feghouli’s powerful strike in the 42nd minute was left unanswered despite the hosts’ heavy pressure in the second half. But a lack of cutting edge and two excellent saves from Valencia keeper Jaume Domenech sealed Lyon’s fate. Lyon could have taken the lead in the 27th minute when Mathieu Valbuena’s curled free kick forced Domenech to tip the ball onto his post. Valencia also hit the woodwork twice before the interval.

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CHEESE PLEASE

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Eileen Bennewith Nutrition Notes

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Island cheeses some of the best Lynette Burns The Lucky Gourmet

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nybody with an interest in eating locally doesn’t have to look far on Vancouver Island as so many local farmers and food producers use nature’s bounty from our land and sea to make yummy, ready-to-eat vittles.

Take cheese for example; we have four cheese producers within 100 kilometres of Nanaimo.

Two main producers, Island Pastures Cheese Company and Little Qualicum Cheeseworks, sell their cheese at Nanaimo grocery stores.

And to make it taste as local as humanly possible, all the milk used in Little Qualicum Cheeseworks’

products comes from their own dairy farm which, of course, means zero carbon footprint here!

The lineup of Little Qualicum products is truly impressive; they make feta, brie, Monterey jack, wine-marbled cheese, fresh curds, tangy blue cheeses, and my personal favourite, fromage frais.

Unripened and containing flavourful (human-friendly) fungi/bacteria, fromage frais is a spreadable, tart cheese and one you can eat as a snack blended with garlic and herbs or on your morning toast with jam which, I personally, find irresistible.

Island Pastures Cheese Company is located in Courtney and their cheese is also available at all Nanaimo Country Grocer stores.

To achieve their desired standard, the milk they use also comes from local farms as well as their own herd of cows and water buffaloes. With water buffalo milk, Island Pastures makes a rich, creamy award winning

brie known as Comox Brie. With unique earthy tastes, Comox Brie is so good that it has won numerous international cheese competitions, including the gold medal at the 2008 World Cheese Championships.

Try the Comox Brie with a local Pinot Grigio. The wine’s slight acidity really brings out the best in this cheese.

Within our 100-kilometre radius we also have The Happy Goat Cheese Company in Duncan. Available at the year-round downtown Duncan farmers’ market, this exotic array of artisan goat cheeses is worth the drive to Duncan alone, especially with hard-to-find choices like Mandolin, La Mancha, Tallentire and Tomme De Vallee.

The La Mancha is a firm, buttery cheese with a sweet goat-milk finish. Try it with dried fruit and/or a cold bottle of Longwood Breweries Steampunk Dunkle. The rich and malty Dunkle beer compliments the

tangy nutty flavours of La Mancha perfectly.

Salt Spring Island is home to Moonstruck Cheese, an organic farmstead cheese-making operation.

The fragrant organic milk from their herd of pasture-roaming Jersey cows is transformed into nine different artisan cheeses with beautiful, complex flavours — including an ash-ripened camembert.

Thankfully, Moonstruck Cheese can be ordered online if a trip to Salt Spring Island is a little out of your way.

With so much expert advice surrounding us, why not make your own cheese?

Lucky’s Liquor Gourmet Mezzanine is pleased to welcome Paula Maddison back for another season of cheese-making classes. For information, call 250-585-2275. » Sheila Hockin is the managing leader for Lucky’s Liquor store.

BEVERAGES

Coke ends dietitian, MD group sponsorships CANDICE CHOI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Coca-Cola says it will not renew its sponsorship of a professional group for dietitians, bringing to a halt one of the many outreach efforts on health by the world’s biggest soda maker.

The Atlanta-based company said its decision was driven by its “budget realities,” rather than criticism over such partnerships. It said it will also not renew current contracts with the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology when they end this

year. The groups were informed of the decision earlier this summer, the company said Tuesday.

The maker of Sprite, Dasani and Powerade has been working to slash costs as it faces pressure from investors to improve its financial performance.

The decision not to renew contracts with the various groups also comes as Coca-Cola has come under fire for its funding of programs and partnerships on health matters.

Critics say the company uses such outreach to try and downplay the role of sugary drinks in fuelling obesity, in some cases by shifting the

focus to the need for more physical activity.

Last week, Coca-Cola disclosed that it spent $118.6 million since 2010 to fund a wide array of organizations and experts related to health and nutrition matters. The disclosure was part of the company’s pledge to be more transparent after it faced criticism following a New York Times story that detailed its financial support for a group called the Global Energy Balance Network.

In a video, one of the network’s leaders had said the media focuses on “blaming fast food, blaming sugary drinks, and so on.” The network

later said that the suggestion that it promotes the idea that exercise is more important than diet “vastly oversimplifies” the issue.

In an emailed statement, Karen Remley, executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the group has no plans to renew its relationship with Coca-Cola.

“The AAP board of directors and CEO, listening carefully to our members, regularly assesses our relationships with funders to make sure our values align,” she said in the statement. The group said it made its decision not to renew the contract independent of Coke.

ct. 1-7 marks the annual celebration of World Breastfeeding Week in Canada. Balancing work and family life, including breastfeeding, is increasingly necessary for women’s rights, a strong, healthy and vibrant workforce-and a healthier society.

This year highlights the importance of integrating women’s and men’s productive and reproductive work which ultimately can benefit productivity, family income and job security, women’s and children’s health and well-being, employers’ long-term profits and a nation’s socio-economic health and stability! This year’s theme “Let’s Make it Work” therefore involves everyone. Together, we can make it work.

The World Health Organization and Health Canada both recommend that mothers breastfeed their babies for up to two years and beyond. Breastfeeding has many health benefits and protective factors for both the mother and her baby.

Employers are wise to support breastfeeding mothers by allowing feeding breaks, and having comfortable places where mothers can pump and store breast milk if necessary.

Flexibility in shifts, longer maternity leaves or part time situations will also support a breastfeeding mother.

Breastfed babies are less likely to become sick, so employers who support mothers with breastfeeding actually have less sick time to deal with. By supporting your employees to work while they continue to breastfeed makes sense. Your best employees will be willing to come back after maternity leave if they know that the employer understands why breastfeeding is important.

VIHA Community Nutritionists, Public Health Nursing, Vancouver Island Regional Libraries, and others are partnering again this year to provide an event for breastfeeding families and their friends to attend. In Nanaimo, the event will take place on Saturday at the Woodgrove Centre.

The program happens near the play area adjacent to Toys R Us. Families are encouraged to arrive just after 10 a.m. so you can register and find a seat. At 10:30 a.m. our librarian will provide story time for the older children. At 11 a.m. “The Latch” will occur worldwide, and the number of participants are counted and recorded on the Quintessence Foundation Website. Come out and support our breastfeeding families as they participate to make Nanaimo the site on Vancouver Island with the most breastfeeding moms.

» Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health program for Island Health. She can be reached at eileen.bennewith@viha.ca.

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FOOD

Artisan cheesemakers take up work of monks Eric McLean Say Cheese!

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recent magazine article about monks made me think. First impressions of life as a monk would suggest that this is not a life path chosen by many these days.

No Internet or Facebook, perhaps days or even weeks of vows of silence.

But it can’t be all bad.

After all, monks have given us Champagne, some amazing beers, herbal remedies, and of course, some of the most unique cheeses ever cre-

ated. One of the most important categories of cheeses known as washed rind cheeses was invented by Benedictine and Cistercian monks.

Some famous names include St. Paulin, Munster (derived from monastery), Port Salut, and Saint Nectaire, all named for abbeys or religious icons, and the most famous Canadian one of all, Oka. Named after its place of origin, Oka was created by the Trappist monks who arrived in Quebec in the 1600s. As such, Oka is Canada’s oldest cheese.

When the Trappist monks developed this cheese they based it on some of the styles they had already established back in France, like St. Paulin.

Back then Oka was a powerful and quite pungent cheese and legend has

it that the monks used to mature it in their compost heaps which apparently contributed to its flavour profile. Regardless, it certainly makes a good story!

Today Oka is mass produced and has been tamed, but for an idea of what it might have once tasted like, there are other newer Quebec cheeses made in the same style but with much more character. One of these that we recommend to customers looking for the Oka of old, is Le Baluchon, an award winning organic washed rind which delivers great flavour.

Much the same can be said for Port Salut which is also now mass produced and can best be described as inoffensive. On the other hand I recommend Munster for those brave

customers who say, ”OK, give me your smelliest cheese!” Munster is not to be confused with American Muenster, which is a mass produced and forgettable cheese.

But what exactly is a washed rind cheese?

Washing the rind of a cheese is a standard method of sealing the outside with a salty brine to form a rind, thereby allowing the interior to mature and develop its flavour. For example the delicious Swiss Appenzeller is brushed with an elixir of herbs and liqueur which permeates the cheese and influences its finished flavour.

But it was the monks, and almost exclusively the French who took it to a different level by using various herbs or other secret brines to

RECIPES

Key to French onion soup is to make it days ahead to give it time for flavours to meld ELIZABETH KARMEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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hen a friend asked me if I could create a hearty fall soup that begins on the grill, at first I was stumped.

I love making grilled gazpacho; it’s a regular in my summer rotation.

But a cold tomato soup hardly is fit for fall. So I started thinking about my favourite soups, wondering which one would benefit from some time on the grill. All of the sudden, it came to me — French onion soup!

French onion soup is my favourite meal in a bowl. It is the first thing I eat when I find myself in Paris and I order it whenever I see it on a restaurant menu.

But up until now, I never have been happy with the versions I made at home. With this new grilled recipe, all that has changed! I no longer need to cross the pond to have a great soup.

The soup is all about the broth, but I rarely have homemade beef stock on hand, so I needed to create a version that would compensate for using a boxed broth. I started by making one of my signature side dishes, “forgotten onions.” Forgotten onions are onions that are grilled (and forgotten) over indirect heat in their papery skins until they are deeply caramelized and almost collapse in on themselves.

This slow grill-roasting intensifies all the sweetness in the onions and eliminates the sharpness, making them something you will want to eat like a baked potato. To this, I decided to add roasted garlic to increase the depth of flavour of the broth.

Once the onions and the garlic are grilled, the soup comes together quickly. The peeled onions are sauteed in a little butter and “melt” into small pieces. The sweet roasted garlic mixes with the caramelized onions to create a rich base for the soup.

Add the beef broth and full-bodied red wine and that’s almost all there

This fall, get French onion soup off the stove and onto a grill. [AP PHOTO]

is to it! But be forewarned, as simple as this soup is, the smell of it simmering on the stove will bring everyone running to the kitchen. It smells that good!

The key to this soup is to make it a day ahead to give the flavours time to truly meld. This soup also can be frozen and reheated, adding the bread and the cheese topping just before serving.

GRILLED FRENCH ONION SOUP Start to finish: 3 hours active (30 minutes active) Servings: 8 3 large heads of garlic Olive oil Kosher salt 4-pound bag sweet onions (7 to 8 large), not peeled 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 quart beef stock 2 cups red wine 1 1/2 tablespoons packed brown sugar

Generous pinch of white pepper, plus more to taste 8 thick slices of French bread, left out to get stale or dried in the oven 1 pound grated Gruyere or comte cheese Prepare a grill for medium heat, indirect cooking. For a charcoal grill, this means banking the hot coals to one side of the grill and cooking on the other side. For a gas grill, this means turning off one or more burners to create a cooler side, then cooking on that side.

Remove the first layer of papery skin from each head of garlic. Slice off the top 1/2 inch from the top of each head. Set each head on a large square of foil, then drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt. Loosely wrap the foil up around the garlic, crimping it to seal. Set on the cooler side of the grill. Add the onions to the same side of the grill. Cover the grill.

Cook the garlic for 40 to 60 minutes, or until the cloves are golden

brown and soft. Grill the onions for 60 to 90 minutes, or until the skins are dark and the sugars have caramelized and blackened. When the garlic is cooked, remove from the grill and cool. Open the packets and squeeze the cloves from the skins and into a small bowl. When the onions are cooked, remove from the grill and set aside to cool for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a heavy 6-quart stock pot over medium heat, melt the butter. Trim the ends off the onions, then peel and remove the outer skins. Chop each into large pieces, then add to the butter. Saute for five minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the reserved roasted garlic and about one teaspoon of salt. Stir well to combine, then cook for an additional three minutes, or until well mixed.

The onions will separate into small pieces and look almost melted.

Add the beef stock, red wine, brown sugar and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings.

Let cool, then refrigerate. The next day, bring soup to a boil for five minutes before serving, stirring occasionally. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.

Just before serving, heat the oven to broil.

Ladle the soup into oven-safe mugs or bowls about three-quarters of the way full. Place a piece of the stale bread on top of each serving, then top that with a generous handful of the cheese. Place the soup bowls on a baking sheet and place on the oven’s bottom shelf and cook for two to three minutes, or until brown and bubbly. Enjoy immediately.

• Nutrition information per serving: 820 calories; 250 calories from fat (30 per cent of total calories); 28 g fat (14 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 75 mg cholesterol; 1460 mg sodium; 99 g carbohydrate; 5 g fibre; 22 g sugar; 36 g protein.

enhance the flavour of soft cheeses in particular. This practice is what gives washed rind cheeses much of their powerful aroma and pungency.

However with the resurgence of small artisan cheesemakers, some of the best examples of washed rind cheeses are now coming from unlikely places. Ardrahan from Ireland and Stinking Bishop from England could easily be mistaken for French cheeses. Both of these delicacies arrived this month.

Get your noses ready! » Eric McLean is the owner of McLean’s Specialty Foods in Nanaimo and a member of the Guilde Internationale Des Fromagers. He can be reached at 250-754-0100 or visit www.mcleansfoods.com

Use pumpkin puree in soups and for baking SUSAN GREER THE CANADIAN PRESS

LONDON, Ont. — Pumpkin is definitely the “flavour du jour” at this time of year, although much of the coffee, tea, chips, cereal, marshmallows, gum and even beer that purport to be pumpkin-flavoured haven’t been within a mile of real pumpkin.

Instead, they’re made using the spices that give pumpkin pie its distinctive taste — some combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, allspice and mace.

But if you want the real thing — from scratch — “it requires some work,” says Rodney Weisner, chef at the Designer Cafe in Kentville, N.S. Weisner confesses that he usually uses canned, unspiced, 100 per cent pumpkin puree in his creations, simply for convenience.

To start with an actual pumpkin is time-consuming and a bit intimidating.

First you have to know there is a difference between carving pumpkins and those used for cooking.

Pie pumpkins — also called sweet or sugar pumpkins — are generally smaller, the “meat” is denser, with a less grainy texture, and the skin is easier to peel.

Once you have the right pumpkin, you have to peel it, remove the stringy bits and seeds, then chop it, he says. If using in a stew, for example, the chopped pieces can be added raw. But for every other pumpkin dish Weisner can think of, the chopped pumpkin has to be cooked before it can be combined with other ingredients.

He generally boils it until tender, but it can also be steamed or roasted, even in the shell (after the pumpkin has been cut in half and cleaned out).

One of Weisner’s favourites is ravioli made with a pumpkin stuffing, garlic cream sauce and topped with Parmesan cheese. He also likes to add “background heat, a little chili powder or a pinch of cayenne, just to give an interesting flavour note.”

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MUSIC

‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ bites off September box office record

Kenny Rogers announces farewell tour KRISTIN M. HALL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ous, event film that will take over IMAX screens.

LINDSEY BAHR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — September has a new box office star in Hotel Transylvania 2. The PG-rated animated pic earned a robust $47.5 million in its debut weekend, making it the top September opener of all time, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday.

The previous record holder was Hotel Transylvania which opened to $42.5 million in 2012.

“It really is something the whole family can agree to see. There are laughs for adults, kids, and teenagers as well,” said Rory Bruer, president of worldwide distribution for Sony.

According to the studio, an estimated 59 per cent of audiences were female and 60 per cent were under the age of 25. Paul Dergarabedian, a media analyst for box office tracker Rentrak, noted that the film capitalized on early excitement for Halloween. It’s also serving an audience eager for more family friendly animated content.

“This year hasn’t been oversaturated with family animated films, it seems like virtually all have done well,” he said.

The film, which cost around $80 million to make, features the voices of Adam Sandler, Mel Brooks, Selena Gomez and Kevin James and is the only animated feature on the market until Peanuts opens in November.

The Intern, a PG-13 rated workplace comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro, took second with a solid $18.2 million.

Audiences for the Nancy Meyers written and directed film were 62 per cent women and 88 per cent over the age of 25. Significantly, 55 per cent were over 50-years-old — an audience that doesn’t typically rush out to see films on opening weekend.

Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez) and Jonathan (voiced by Andy Samberg) in “Hotel Transylvania 2.” [SONY PICTURES ANIMATION/TNS]

“Nancy Meyers is her own brand and I think that automatically accesses an audience who looks at it and thinks ’this is a movie I want to see,”’ said Jeff Goldstein, an executive vice-president at Warner Bros., of the veteran filmmaker known for films like “It’s Complicated.”

“Here we have a real hit,” he said.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials took third place in its second weekend in theatres with $14 million — a 54 per cent drop from its opening.

The film has brought in $51.7 million to date.

Everest, meanwhile, landed in fourth place with only $13.1 million after expanding nationwide. The factbased adventure film opened only on IMAX and premium large format 3D screens last weekend.

“It’s very difficult to know where a film is going to land when there’s no good comp for it. Based on the releasing pattern we had for the movie, we’re kind of blazing a new trail.

You can call it an experiment if you

will,” said Nick Carpou, who heads Universal’s domestic distribution.

“When you add the two weekends together and the mid-weeks in between, sitting here at $23 million feels really good.”

Dergarabedian said that perhaps the competition over the same audience is the reason for Everest’s soft weekend.

“It’s really crowded out there,” Dergarabedian said. Both Black Mass, in fifth place with $11.5 million, and Everest have been pulling in predominantly male audiences.

The well-reviewed border drama Sicario is also dividing audience attentions.

It cracked the top 10 with $1.8 million from only 59 theatres.

Hope isn’t lost for Everest, though.

Internationally, it has earned $73.7 million to date. Also, with a solid A CinemaScore, word of mouth should be strong in the coming weeks, despite the direct competition of next week’s The Walk, another vertigin-

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak.

Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1. Hotel Transylvania 2, $47.5 million ($29.2 million international).

2. The Intern, $18.2 million ($11.8 million international).

3. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, $14 million ($28.4 million international).

4. Everest, $13.1 million ($33.8 million international).

5. Black Mass, $11.5 million.

6. The Visit,” $6.7 million ($5 million international).

7. The Perfect Guy, $4.8 million.

8. War Room,” $4.3 million ($2.1 million international).

9. The Green Inferno, $3.5 million ($400K international).

10. Sicario, $1.8 million ($3.5 million international).

——— Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at international theatres (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to Rentrak: 1. Lost In Hong Kong, $100 million.

2. Everest, $33.8 million.

3. Hotel Transylvania 2, $29.2 million.

4. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, $28.4 million.

5. The Intern, $11.8 million.

6. Inside Out, $8 million.

7. The Throne, $7.9 million.

8. The Third Way of Love and Fack ju Gohte 2, $7.5 million.

9. Minions, $6.8 million.

10. Pixels, $6 million.

NASHVILLE — “The Gambler” Kenny Rogers says he’s retiring from touring and will do one last worldwide farewell tour after five decades on the road.

Rogers, 77, says in a video message on his website that he wants to spend more time with his two young sons and his wife, Wanda.

“In my book I wrote, ‘There’s a fine line between being selfish and being driven,’ and I think I crossed that line a lot when I was younger,” Rogers said.

“And I didn’t get a chance to spend a lot of time with my older boys and I regret that now.”

The Grammy-winning singer will be on the road through the end of the year promoting his latest Christmas album, Once Again It’s Christmas, and will do a final world tour in 2016 with cities and dates to be announced later.

Rogers, whose career has spanned country, pop, Christian and folk genres and over 65 albums, said he’s still thinking about making new music, maybe a duets album.

“I found that everybody sings better as a duet,” said Rogers, who famously made “Islands in the Stream” with Dolly Parton a huge pop song.

Rogers will start his Christmas tour in November in Canada.

His album is a mix of classic holiday tunes like “Little Drummer Boy” and “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” a few new songs and plenty of great duets with singers like Alison Krauss, Jennifer Nettles and the a cappella group Home Free.

“There’s a faction of people that always love Christmas music,” Rogers said. “Music has always been the great memory maker of all times.”

For more information on the album and the tour go to www.kennyrogers.com.

ADVICE

Parents should do their best to accept daughter’s choices Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: I am a mother of two daughters in their 20s. Both have been emotionally, socially and financially supported by my husband and me throughout their lives. Both have advanced degrees and are now entering the work place.

What should be a happy time in my life is just the opposite.

The older one told us she does not believe in God and is seriously dating a man of a different faith. My husband and I feel the rejection of religion isn’t based on deep philosophical reasons, but rather is a

convenient excuse to date whomever she chooses.

We have sought counselling with our rabbi to help our daughter care more about her faith. But now my husband has drawn a line in the sand, saying if she marries outside the religion, he will have nothing to do with her.

My younger daughter sides with her sister. What’s a mother to do?

– Torn Dear Torn: The Old Testament response is that if your daughter marries outside the faith, she is considered “dead” to you.

And we know some parents would follow that. But we doubt this is what you want, and if your husband’s ultimatum is an effort to get his daughter to return to the fold, he has to be prepared for a negative outcome.

Please have a heartfelt talk with your daughter.

Explain how hurtful this is, intentional or not. Tell her that people often change their minds about the depth of their religious feeling as they get older or once they have children. Point out that raising children with a partner of another faith can cause all kinds of issues down the road and she should consider that carefully before making any permanent decisions. But we know you still want to have a relationship with her, so tell her that you love her no matter what, and that you will do your best to accept whomever she chooses to marry. It will take effort (and a few tears) on your part to do so, but it can be done.

Dear Annie: This is an attempt to reach out to “Conflicted,” the man

who said he once coerced a woman into having sex, and has suffered quiet remorse for the past 30 years.

I could be that woman, and I want him to know that all I really want is an apology and confirmation that he has learned a lesson from what was a shame-filled encounter for both of us.

His letter of remorse was a surprising comfort.

I would like to think he has seen a counsellor and contributed to organizations that help victims who have not been able to get past such experiences.

But I disagree that he should confess to his wife.

If he’s been a trustworthy, faithful husband all these years, confessing this pre-marriage behaviour may very well destroy the trust she’s had in him and leave her wondering what

other lies their marriage is built on.

- Appreciate His Admission of Wrongdoing Dear Appreciate: You could be right, but such secrets can be slowly destructive to a marriage. We think he should be able to confide in a loving partner who can help him deal with it, especially if talking to a counsellor would bring criminal charges.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook. com/AskAnnies.

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