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erse exchanges and rebuttals peppered an all-candidates debate Wednesday night between the candidates vying to represent Nanaimo-Ladysmith in the next Parliament.

The event, hosted by the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, was likely the last major opportunities for the candidates to get their messages out in a public forum before election day Monday.

A lively audience of about 600 frequently showed their appreciation for points made by the candidates, although a fair amount of booing was thrown in for good measure.

Each of the candidates — New Democrat Sheila Malcolmson, Liberal Tim Tessier, Green candidate Paul Manly and Conservative Mark MacDonald — made their familiar pitches on the economy, environment, and other issues.

But the candidates were kept on their toes by the format of the debate, which had questions submitted from the audience and general public put directly to each of them.

One question, asked through moderator Bill Jones, expressed dissatisfaction with the record of Conservative and NDP MPs that have represented Nanaimo and asked MacDonald and Malcolmson if they could be effective as MPs if neither of their party leaders were prime minister.

Both candidates dodged the question, but used it as an

A lively audience showed their appreciation at Wednesday’s Nanaimo-Ladysmith all-candidates debate. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

opportunity to take shots at one another.

“New Democrats are the only party that has its hands clean on the senate and spending scandals of the Conservatives and the Liberals, the only party that has its hands clean on the bad relationship with indigenous people, the residential school legacy,” Malcolmson said.

MacDonald offered a rejoinder.

“I’m not sure what Sheila’s view of this area is, but two thirds of this riding has been under NDP control for 11 years, and it has the highest level of youth poverty here in south Nanaimo,” MacDonald said.

“I lay that right at the feet of the NDP.” MacDonald said previous Conservative MPs have brought infrastructure investments like

the expansion on the Nanaimo Airport. But Malcolmson fired back.

“Let me add to that list of Conservative legacies,” she said.

“Voting in favour of closing down coast guard stations, voting in favour of eroding fisheries habitat protections,” as well as opposing NDP MP Jean Crowder’s bill to clean up derelict vessels, she added.

Tessier was quizzed on his party’s pledge to increase deficit spending in the first few years of took office. He defended the policy, adding infrastructure spending was needed.

“Investing today and paying the bill today when we have record low interest rates makes sense,” he said.

Tessier also slammed the Conservatives for saying the Liberals

would scrap income splitting for seniors, a claim he said was not true.

“We’ve had the opportunity to visit a number of seniors throughout the campaign, and it’s almost like a telephone scam, where they’re trying to convince seniors of something that is not,” Tessier said.

“And it’s wrong. It’s bad, bad politics.”

Manly was asked whether he would support a policy to see bulk water if his constituents supported it, drawing laughter from the crown and from Manly.

The candidate asked audience members to raise their hands if they supported the policy. “I see four people,” he said.

“We want to protect our water,” he said to loud applause.

“We want to make sure our watershed is publicly owned. That’s a key piece of infrastructure.”

Manly also blistered when MacDonald accused him of “taking swipes at the Chinese,” in response to Manly’s opposition to trade deals with China and other countries.

Manly responded to attack the Conservatives’ record on trade.

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s Chinese or United States or Mexican corporations, we don’t want foreign corporations dictating to us, thank you very much,” Manly said.

Canadians head to the polls Oct. 19.

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Record turnout at Nanaimo-Ladysmith advance polls SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

Almost one-sixth of eligible voters in the new riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith turned up to vote in advance Thanksgiving weekend, as advanced voting numbers surged across the country.

According to preliminary results released by Elections Canada, 15,157 cast ballots in advanced polls across the new riding, 16.3 per cent of the 92,909 in the riding that are eligible to vote.

A record 3.6 million voters turned up to advance polls this weekend, according to preliminary results released by Elections Canada. That marks a 71 per cent increase over the previous high mark in the 2011 general election, when more than 2.1 million voted in advance.

Every region of the country saw increased turnout, in some cases by dramatic margins. Advanced voter turnout doubled in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and almost doubled in B.C. and Manitoba. In Nunavut, it tripled.

The results follow line-ups and hourlong waits across polling stations during the weekend.

Some residents complained about

the waits that ensued, prompting an apology from Election Canada. One station in Nanaimo briefly ran out of ballots and Elections Canada workers were kept busy throughout the day.

Because Nanaimo-Ladysmith is a new riding, a direct comparison to previous elections is difficult.

However, preliminary advanced voter turnout in the former ridings of Nanaimo-Cowichan and Nanaimo-Alberni — parts of each make up the new riding — was 10.6 per cent and 10.9 per cent respectively in 2011.

Mark Williams, a professor of political studies at Vancouver Island University, said the results across the country show this election may provide a “break from the trend� of declining turnout. “It kind of seems we’re going to see a voter turnout that’s higher than 2011 at least,� he said.

Williams said strong opinions on the country’s political leaders as well as certain issues is likely driving the vote. “I do feel this election is going to be a referendum on the prime minister’s record,� he said.

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Williams at VIU, said the high level of participation shows firming voting intentions and fewer undecided voters.

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Dan Moore, left, of B.C. chemical manufacturer Canexus, explains procedures to emergency workers at a hazardous material handling workshop at the Assembly Wharf in Nanaimo Wednesday. [DARRELL BELLAART/DAILY NEWS]

Nanaimo lacks its own hazardous material team DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

If a truck filled with hazardous chemicals tipped over in Nanaimo street, don’t look to the city to provide special team to mop up. The city has no specialized hazardous materials team, and no immediate plan to get one.

It’s something some participants suggested at the city’s first ever educational event on the topic, put on as a joint effort of the city, the Nanaimo Port Authority and industry stakeholders.

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Though not highly dangerous, a significant spill would be a concern.

“Nanaimo, unfortunately, does not have a hazardous materials team, and personally, I think any larger city needs personnel trained to the technical level,” said Dan Moore, of Canexus.

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Majority of Island’s hazardous material comes through Nanaimo HAZMAT, from page 4 Besides the pulp mill and its suppliers, hazmat risk comes from Nanaimo’s status as an entry point for chemicals en route to destinations around the Island.

“Obviously the majority of hazardous materials that come onto the Island come through Nanaimo,” said fire chief Craig Richardson.

Nanaimo firefighters are trained to the operations level, meaning they can support trained experts.

“We’re in the process right now, as a result of the HRVA, of doing refresher training, to at least maintain a defensive response,” Richardson said.

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The fire department only provides hazmat response in cases involving flammable materials, as required under firefighting regulations.

Beyond that, “it would require direction from council and require some funding,” Richardson said.

He said it would cost roughly $500,000 to establish such a team, and the same amount annually to maintain training at that level.

Some time ago, Capital Regional District firefighters shared resources to form a combined hazmat “consortium,” Richardson said, but “I understand they may be struggling to maintain that consortium.”

Mayor Bill McKay was surprised to learn Nanaimo has no hazmat team but said there would be budget concerns associated with developing such a team.

B.C. cities recently voted on a resolution to wrest control of hazardous material response from the province at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference, something McKay didn’t support.

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McKay said. “We don’t need to be in control of absolutely everything. All I want is an adequate response.”

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CRIME

Thieves target TVs in Parksville’s resort drive area CANDACE WU PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

Police are warning residents about a string of break and enters in Parksville’s resort drive neighbourhood.

“There is someone obviously casing the area looking for cabins that

appear vacant,” Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman told The News Friday, noting the neighbourhood is “usually quiet.”

According to police, Beach Acres and Oceanside Village Resort have fallen victim to a number of breakins in the last two weeks.

“The suspect has looked for dark (no lights left on) cabins without a vehicle in the driveway,” states a news release issued by RCMP. “The suspect then used a prying instrument to enter through the rear door or window.”

Police said the suspect stole “sever-

al” flat screen televisions of all sizes from wall mounts.

Investigators believe the suspect had access to a nearby vehicle.

Police are asking the public to report any suspicious behaviour in the area and ask that people consider leaving their lights on when they

leave as “a cabin that shows signs of being occupied is far less likely to be targeted by thieves.”

If you have any information on these crimes please call the Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111 or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

MUNICIPAL POLITICS

Amalgamation won’t be forced on Greater Victoria CHRISTINE VANREEUWYK OAK BAY NEWS

One short meeting at the recent Union of BC Municipalities reaffirms for Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen that the province isn’t interested in forcing amalgamation in the Victoria region.

It was a “positive meeting on the broad term amalgamation,” Jensen said.

Originally sought over the summer — when many council members are away — by the minister at the time of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, Coralee Oakes, the municipality suggested meeting with her at UBCM. “When there was a change of ministers in the interim we were contacted

by Mr. Fassbender’s office and asked to meet with him around the issue colloquially known as amalgamation,” Jensen said.

“It’s quite a bit wider than amalgamation, our discussions.

“It was an open and frank discussion and certainly what I thought was quite different was the tone being set by Minister Fassbender around the whole question of amalgamation,” Jensen said.

“The position that was very clearly articulated was that this government

will follow the law and not change the law that says no municipality will be forced into amalgamation.

“He also said there would not be any studies done with a focus on amalgamation, but his ministry was very much open to facilitating conversations about local governments working together efficiently and effectively.”

They outlined for Fassbender some of the ways Oak Bay already works with other municipalities, both through the Capital Regional District and on a municipality-to-municipality basis.

Examples include the integrated work between local police and Saanich Police and other CRD integrated policing initiatives as well as the four core mayors who meet regularly in an effort to see how fire departments can better work together.

Jensen says the next step is the province taking part in other conversations municipalities wish to have about efficiency and working together.

“I don’t foresee the province launching into any study of any kind with respect to the CRD,” he said. “I think they see themselves more as a facilitator.”

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CRIME

Charges laid in last week’s jewelry heist at Woodgrove Mall DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Two men face a number of charges in connection with the Oct. 8 armed robbery of a jewelry store at Woodgrove Centre.

Jonathon Grant Javier, 28, and Justin James Dodd, 27 face charges of armed robbery and a number of firearms offences .

Nanaimo RCMP are looking for an eye witness who may have photographic evidence that could help the investigation.

Mall merchants were startled by loud crashing sounds that evening when masked, armed men entered the Michael Hill jewelery store, threatened store staff, smashed a glass display case, scooped up jewelry and fled.

Jen Dyer, who works at the Virgin Mobile booth, saw a man wearing a green alien mask escape the mall through the service hall that leads past the public washrooms and administration office to an exit and the east parking lot.

Once merchants realized what was happening, many closed their doors and locked up early.

A Nanaimo RCMP officer was already in the mall on an unrelated matter, which gave police an advantage to respond quickly to the flood of 911 calls.

Information called in to dispatchers allowed RCMP to intercept the vehicle on the Nanaimo Parkway, but the driver refused to stop.

Ladysmith RCMP officers arrested two men in a vehicle on Chemainus Road, near what locals know as the Lagoon Bridge.

Both men remain in custody. Their next appearance date is Nov. 3 at Nanaimo Provincial court.

The investigation is still open. Police are now hoping to reach out to a witness who reportedly captured images of the crime as it happened in the mall, at 8:42 pm.

“This may assist with the investigation and potentially be a key piece of evidence,” said Constable Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP. Police are looking for a white, elderly man.

Anyone with information can contact RCMP, 250-754-2345 or Crime Stoppers, 1-800-222-8477, text 274637, keyword Nanaimo or at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com.

Other charges laid against the two include uttering threats, dangerous driving and failing to stop for police.

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A Surrey driver who did not stop after hitting and killing a teen five years ago has been sentenced to nine months in jail.

Jagjit Singh Basra, 37, was sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Tuesday.

He was found guilty in May of failing to stop his vehicle or offer assistance when the car he was driving in September 2010 struck pedestrian Shamus Travis William MacKay. During the trial, the court heard that Basra and his girlfriend were driving home from a date when they heard a thud near Fraser Highway and 168 Street and saw the windshield was broken.

Basra, who had a suspended licence

The Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society is looking into the causes and effects of a significantly rough bout of Sea Star Wasting Disease that is wreaking havoc on local sea star populations.

Research into sea star die-off is advancing Twenty different species along West Coast are impacted ANDREW BAILEY TOFINO-UCLUELET WESTERLY NEWS

The West Coast’s sea stars are under siege from a gruesome disease and a team of local scientists and volunteers are trying to get a handle on what’s going on.

The Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society is researching a rampaging bout of Sea Star Wasting Disease that is wreaking havoc on local sea star populations.

Jessica Edwards, the society’s research and administrative assistant, said that the disease has brought mass die offs to as many as 20 different sea star species.

“Large die offs have been recorded before but never to this extent,” she said. “The symptoms are pretty gruesome: lesions, loss of turgor, limb autotomy — self-amputation — and tissue degradation so severe it appears as if the star is melting.”

The project kicked off in June and Edwards said the society hopes to continue the work through a long-term intertidal monitoring project.

“So far we have engaged over 23 volunteers who have donated over 100 hours of their time and have measured over 1500 sea stars,” she said.

“This time spent in the intertidal

“So far we have engaged over 23 volunteers who have donated over 100 hours of their time and have measured over 1500 sea stars.”

Jessice Edwards, Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society

will help us become more familiar with the area, which will help us in the future with this ever changing climate to identify subtle changes in this important ecosystem.”

Any locals interested in joining the society’s army of volunteers can get on board the unique karma-boosting opportunity by emailing Edwards at jessica. edwards@strawberryisle.org The society and its dedicated volunteers are monitoring four sites—near Tonquin Beach, Wickaninnish Beach, Strawberry Isle. and Ucluelet’s Whiskey Dock.

“When we arrive on site the group breaks up into smaller teams and the search begins,” Edwards said.

She said once a sea star is located, its species, size and health is recorded with health measured

on a scale of 1-4, “where 0 indicates a healthy sea star and 4 is serious tissue degradation or death.”

Each site is visited monthly and each survey takes about two hours.

“We believe that this work is important locally to help researchers working on the spread and implications of this disease to better understand the big picture; and it is also important to be out there observing any changes that may be happening in the intertidal in our local waters,” Edwards said.

The society’s data collection is not yet complete so an exact number of local sea stars being affected is not yet known but Edwards said the disease has turned up at all four sites being monitored.

“The data that SIMRS is collecting will go towards a larger project that is run out of the University of California in Santa Cruz where they are using citizen science to map out the extent of the disease along the west coast of North America,” she said.

She added that the research is important because sea stars are key players in the West Coast’s environment.

“This project is important to the society because the loss of such a prevalent predator on the coast will likely cause shifts within that ecosystem,” she said.

at the time, drove a bit further before stopping to let his girlfriend drive.

They both testified at trial they didn’t see what hit the car, but thought someone might have thrown a rock.

Their car had hit MacKay while he was walking on Fraser Highway, his body thrown into a ditch after impact.

A passenger in a passing car saw him, pulled him from the ditch and called 911.

McKay, 19, died about an hour later from blunt force trauma to the head.

In convicting Basra, Justice Frits Verhoeven said the driver was “wellaware” of the possibility the collision had involved a person, but chose not to investigate.

“He did not do so because he did not want to learn the truth.”

Basra’s sentence also includes a fiveyear driving ban.

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Don’t lose local issues among all the election distractions

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s Justin Trudeau and his revitalized Liberal Party mused Wednesday about the possibility of forming a majority government, Canadians could be forgiven for letting out another collective sigh.

But pollsters who have been shovelling great amounts of data into their pre-election prognostication stoves are not counting on sending out black smoke on the night of Oct. 19 to signal a majority for anyone.

When the election was declared on Aug. 2, the possibility that Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party could form another majority government was a distinct possibility. The thinking then was that they may lose seats but could return to governing as they had after a 78-day blip.

That was a summery prediction and

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we are now into the short days of fall that may precede a long, dark winter for the Harper Conservatives.

Of course, as has been observed many times over many elections, there is only one poll that counts.

It’s not as if pollsters have not been wrong before, as in the 2013 provincial election here in B.C. And then there was the surprise election of the NDP to govern Alberta. Who would have thought?

Many Canadians are now focused on questions of who will win and whether we will see a majority government, a minority government or even a coalition. Such speculation is to be expected, but now less than a week until election day it is vital to keep our attention on the issues.

As the Conservatives and Liberals both put their own brand of spin on

the biggest issue — the economy — we, more than ever, need to see that for what it is, image making. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s to be expected in any campaign.

Our responsibility as voters is to move past such mass media campaigns and keep an eye on candidates on Vancouver Island. Before we can see the party we favour in power, we have to vote in our ridings.

That means looking at all the candidates and all the platforms and not being influenced by national advertising or other movements.

There has been a large movement through this campaign aimed at strategic voting as a way to prevent the Conservatives from returning to government.

Canadians need to think very carefully about this issue as much

as about the economy or the various other issues raised during the campaign. Should we vote with our conscience and for the candidate we support? Or should be vote against a party with which we disagree as a way to prevent it obtaining or returning to power?

Given the sanctity of the privacy of the ballot box, this is the personal choice of Canadians. The experience in Canada has been that strategic voting has often been ineffective. And that experience could be contradicted in this election.

There is now also much hand-wringing, given all the polls that point to a minority government of some sort, about what happens if that comes to pass. The Liberals and the NDP have announced a position that means a Conservative minority

government will likely not survive.

Is it back to the polls? A coalition government?

These are all important things to consider, and still we have to keep coming back to Island issues and Island candidates. B.C. may decide this election — and it may not.

All of us need to be informed about local candidates; who they are, what they can do for us as a member of Parliament and how they will handle Island issues in Ottawa. In the absence of being certain that strategic voting will work, that’s what we all need to bring to the ballot box.

And above all vote. Those who don’t only damage democracy. » We want to hear from you.

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» YOUR LETTERS // EMAIL: YOURLETTERS@NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM Address climate change in high-polluting nations The Daily News shows all Nanaimo candidates supporting reduced carbon emissions and resulting climate change — a worthy cause deserving our support.

The last I heard, assuming I heard correctly from the media, Canada has done a great job and our carbon emissions add less than two per cent to the atmosphere (If I’m wrong, please correct me).

To reduce them further would mean going back to eating raw meat and living in caves and this Canadian ain’t prepared to do that.

Would we not do better by aiding countries adding 10 to 20 per cent to the atmosphere — countries like China, India, South America and Africa. A dollar spent in some of the higher-polluting countries would be far more effective than $100 spent at home.

I don’t begrudge the money spent but perhaps we should get the best bang for our buck.

John Hall Gabriola Island

We will decide public spending issue Oct. 19 We hear from all the wannabe prime ministers, “Oh he’s so secretive” implying that Stephen Harper is dishonest and has hidden agendas.

I would suggest Harper’s comments in the past have been taken out of context, spun for political gain so you wonder why Mr. Harper’s so paranoid, making him appear secretive.

The wannabes in this election are pandering with their focus on all the things they think we want, or want to hear about, such as scandals, or what we’re not getting, or “that what we deserve.”

There’s some trite lip service to building the economy with no substantive policy discussion taking

place to enable working Canadians or this country to become more financially self-sufficient.

Historically, many Canadians of the left persuasion believe that cannibalizing the private sector and the resultant government spending on infrastructure, services and whatever their shrill adherent’s desire is real and a legitimate basis for a sustainable economy.

We saw the manifestation of that under the NDP in B.C. starting with Mike Harcourt and the debacle left behind by Bob Rae in Ontario. In the past under the federal Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, they said wouldn’t tax gas more.

When Prime Minister Joe Clark, said that an additional gas tax was necessary to pay for what Canadians wanted. We kicked him out of office and re-elected Trudeau who doubled the proposed tax which he said he wouldn’t implement (the father of Justin Trudeau, who espouses similar principles in today’s context).

Is this simply politics or blatant dishonesty by pandering to what people want to hear? At the end of the day we’ll all decide this question on the Oct. 19.

Casey Timmermans Nanaimo

Wacky bylaws also found on Gabriola Island Nanaimo’s wacky old bylaws were sensible compared to Islands Trust bylaws.

‘Riparian” bylaws rezoned 200 Gabriola homeowners’ yards into “fish habitat.” Highway run-off ditches suddenly changed into “streams” when they crossed private property, and then back into ditches when they left.

Some Gabriolans thought the bylaws’ confiscation of their property rights was expropriation without compensation, which helps account

for the nearly 1,000 pages of mostly opposed testimony they filed in protest.

Another scheme was “protection of development from hazardous slopes,” even though the “hazardous slopes” were bedrock that had not moved since the ice age.

Hundreds of Gabriolans protested this destruction of their homes’ value, and the proposal was shelved.

Wacky bylaws harm people.

Bart Jessup Gabriola Island

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Major theft ring thwarted

Two left in critical condition in violent assault in band office THE CANADIAN PRESS

LILLOOET — A man suspected in a violent assault at a First Nation band office in the British Columbia Interior is dead and 10 others are hurt after an attack that reportedly involved a hammer.

RCMP said they were called just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to a report of a man with a weapon at the Bridge River Band Office near Lillooet.

When police arrived they found the suspect already restrained. “RCMP members arrested the male but were unable to transport him as he became unconscious and unresponsive,� police said in a news release.

The officers started CPR, but resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Michaela Swan with the Interior Health Authority said that it is

caring for two patients in critical condition, another two in serious condition and six others with nonlife threatening injuries.

The injured people have been taken to hospitals around the region.

Coroner Barb McLintock confirmed one man died in the incident but couldn’t provide further details. The B.C. Coroners Service was sending a team to investigate, she added.

An emergency worker who didn’t want to be named said the man apparently attacked one person with the hammer, and when others in the office went to help they were also beaten.

Because the man died while in police custody, the Independent Investigations Office is now involved with the case.

The office said it was notified of the incident about 11:30 a.m. and its investigators were slated to arrive later Wednesday, when they

would examine the actions of officers related to the man’s death. “Standard investigative activities include locating and interviewing any witnesses and collecting evidence from the scene,� said a news release.

The office said it would not provide any details about the man who died while in custody, nor release further updates.

It said the RCMP will maintain jurisdiction over the investigation into the initial attack by the man.

Bridge River Indian Band Chief Susan James issued a statement, saying her immediate concern was to ensure that the families involved in the tragedy were being helped. “Our attention now will be on the healing work we need to do. This tragedy has put our community in shock.�

Bridge River is a tiny aboriginal town located about nine kilometres northwest of Lillooet, in B.C.’s Interior.

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Home invasion halted

THE CANADIAN PRESS

What was to be a routine maintenance shutdown for the Chetwynd Mechanical Pulp Mill in northeastern B.C. will now be a longer closure because of poor market conditions.

The mill had only reopened in the spring with a $50-million upgrade, after Paper Excellence Canada purchased the facility in 2014.

In a news release, Paper Excellence says the decision to extend the shutdown will give the company the opportunity to make operational improvements on the mill.

Deputy CEO Pedro Chang says the company is committed to the mill, its employees and the entire Chetwynd community and hopes the closure and improvements will lead to the operation’s long-term success.

The company plans to return to production in January 2016. The mill was originally shut down for maintenance Sept. 14.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

RCMP in Richmond hope the release of surveillance video will produce tips that could lead them to four suspected home invaders.

Mounties say the video was taken Oct. 6, outside a north Richmond home, as four men surrounded the house shortly before midnight.

Cpl. Dennis Hwang says two men approached the front door and two others, who appeared to be armed with a rifle and a shotgun, waited at the side of the house.

Hwang says the attack is not believed to be random, and the homeowner, who is co-operating with police, answered the door but quickly slammed it before anyone was able to get inside.

The Richmond Serious Crimes Unit has taken over the case and is searching for a Caucasian with a medium build, wearing a grey or light-coloured hoodie and grey sweat pants.

The other three men wore similar clothing.

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Kinder Morgan deny extra costs in report Johannesson also challenged the $93 million estimate, saying Associated Engineering “incorporated contingencies of 40 per cent above costs, and ignored mitigation measures.

“However, conservatively assuming the likely overstated $93 million costs were appropriate, the municipalities would have a net financial benefit from the project of more than $850 million, based on property tax alone.”

But Coquitlam will likely end up in the red, Johannesson conceded. “(P)rojected taxes may not fully cover projected direct municipal increased costs as a result of the proposed project (in Coquitlam).”

The Johannesson letter appears to rule out financial compensation for Coquitlam, saying that often, “because of municipal boundaries, a utility project will produce property tax greater than direct costs and sometimes it will produce property tax less than incremental costs.”

“The principals (sic) of fairness suggest Trans Mountain should not be treated differently than other utilities and linear infrastructure within the municipality.”

The letter states the company is willing to work with Coquitlam and other municipalities and take other steps to reduce the impact of the line.

If a municipality still believes “it is in a situation of net loss” after all that, the company “would be pleased to meet and discuss outstanding concerns or costs” Johannesson said.

LANGLEY TIMES

The company that wants to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline through Metro Vancouver is disputing a report that says the project will mean more than $93 million in extra costs for taxpayers in Langley, Surrey, Coquitlam, Abbotsford and Burnaby.

A Sept. 17 letter from Kinder Morgan Land Lead Carey Johannesson to Langley Township council says the added costs will be more than outweighed by property tax revenue.

Johannesson was responding to a study by Associated Engineering, funded by the five municipalities, that put the added cost of building municipal infrastructure around the new pipeline at more than $93 million over 50 years.

That includes installing new and replacement “buried utilities,” such as water pipes, sanitary and storm sewers as well as roads, ditches and creeks in areas where the pipeline runs.

The study says Coquitlam would have the biggest bill — $28.5 million — followed by Burnaby with $17.6 million, Surrey with $17.1 million, Abbotsford at $17 million and the Township of Langley at $12.8 million.

The Kinder Morgan letter says tax revenues from the existing pipeline through the communities will “more than double” once the expansion project is completed, totaling $950 million over the same period.

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“That’s really going to change the landscape for transportation and transit as a whole.”

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• Elimination of the TrainBus service that mirrors the West Coast Express at additional times when the commuter train doesn’t run.

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• Conversion of the 135 bus along Hastings in Vancouver and Burnaby to a B-Line express bus, and an improvement in service toward the B-Line standard along 41st Avenue.

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Mounties on hunt for suspect after woman is touched inappropriately

Friends and family of Alison Azer are planning to come together for a public

Kelowna RCMP are looking to identify a man who inappropriately touched a woman in Rutland Wednesday morning.

On Wednesday at 6:45 a.m., a 24-year-old Kelowna woman was en route to work this morning when an unknown man placed his hands on her buttocks and ran off Westbound on Highway 33.

“The woman was at or near the intersection of Mills Road and Highway 33 in Rutland. The woman described the man as naked from the waist down and wearing a dark grey hoodie with the hood up,” said Cpl Joe Duncan, in a press release.

Police attended the area and did extensive patrols however the suspect was not located.

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Man charged with arson after dramatic blaze on long weekend A man has been arrested and charged with arson after a dramatic fire in Surrey early Saturday morning.

Police were called to a home in the 11400-block of 142nd Street at about 1:11 a.m. on Saturday.

More than a dozen firefighters were already on scene battling the fire.

Three people inside escaped without injury and led police to the man accused of lighting the blaze.

“They had spotted the fire burning in the backyard and were able to get out,” said Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann.

“After speaking with them we were able to identify a suspect and a man was arrested.”

Timothy Berg, a 54-year-old Surrey man who is known to police, is now facing charges of arson and uttering threats.

“Part of an arson charge is proving that the fire was lit on purpose and with intent. So part of the investigation will include how it was lit, where it was lit and where it was burning,” explained Schumann, who wouldn’t elaborate on details.

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NOTICE TO ELECTORS OF AN ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS “LINLEY VALLEY COTTLE LAKE PARK DEDICATION REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL BYLAW 2015 NO. 7219” Pursuant to Section 86 of the Community Charter, the City of Nanaimo hereby gives notice that it is seeking the assent of the electors of the City of Nanaimo by an Alternative Approval Process. This Alternative Approval Process applies to the entire City of Nanaimo.

Under Section 30(3) of the Community Charter, in order to remove the application of “Park Dedication Bylaw 2011 No. 7137” from this portion of Linley Valley Cottle Lake Park, a new bylaw must be adopted and may only be adopted with the approval of the electors. Further, in accordance with Section 27 of the Community Charter [Exchange or other disposal of park land] the property exchange must receive the approval of the electors.

Approval of the electors may be received by way of an Alternative Approval Process.

The question before the electors is whether they are opposed to “Linley Valley Cottle Lake Park Dedication Removal and Disposal Bylaw 2015 No. 7219”, a bylaw to authorize the removal of the park dedication from that 0.2 hectares (0.5 acres) portion of Linley Valley (Cottle Lake) Park (the “Closed Park Area”) and to dispose of the Closed Park Area to the registered owner of that land legally described as PID: 000-011-673, Lot 1, Section 13, Wellington District, Plan 30110 (“Lot 1”) in exchange for an equal portion of Lot 1 (the “New Park Area”) as shown on the location plan below (Schedule “A”).

The number of eligible electors in the City of Nanaimo is estimated to be 64,741. The Council for the City will proceed with adoption of “Linley Valley Cottle Lake Park Dedication Removal and Disposal Bylaw 2015 No. 7219” unless, by the deadline set out below, at least 10% (6,474) of the estimated number of electors in the City of Nanaimo have signed and submitted individual elector response forms indicating that Council may not proceed with adoption of the bylaw without first receiving the assent of the electors by other voting.

Elector Response Forms are available at City of Nanaimo Legislative Services Office 455 Wallace Street, Nanaimo, BC, on the City website at www.nanaimo.ca, or by phoning 250-755-4405, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Copies of the form can be made, however only forms with original signatures will be accepted.

For an elector response form to be accepted it must: • be submitted by an eligible elector of the City of Nanaimo; • include the full name of the elector; • state the residential address of the elector; • be signed by the elector; • if applicable, state the address of the property in relation to which the person is entitled to vote as a nonresident property elector; and, • be submitted to the Corporate Officer before the deadline.

The deadline to submit Elector Response Forms is no later than 4:30 pm on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. Forms may be submitted by mail or in person to the Corporate Officer, Legislative Services Office, 455 Wallace Street, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5J6. Original signatures are required, so the Elector Response Forms may not be returned by email or fax. Postmarks will not be accepted as date of submission.

To sign an elector response form, a person must be a qualified resident elector of the City of Nanaimo or a non-resident property elector in the City, in accordance with Section 161 of the Local Government Act. A copy of the proposed bylaw and background information are available for viewing on the City website at www.nanaimo.ca, or at the Legislative Services Office. For further information on the proposed park dedication and removal please contact Nancy Skeels, Property Service Agent, Real Estate Section at 250-755-4453.

For more information about the Alternative Approval Process, please contact the Legislative Services Office at 250-755-4405.

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Three girls die when buried under canola inside truck Catie Bott, 13, and twin sisters Jana and Dara, 11, were playing at family’s Alberta farm BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

WITHROW, Alta. — A farm family from west-central Alberta has been torn apart by a harvest-time accident in which three young sisters were buried in a truck full of canola.

Catie Bott, 13, and her 11-year-old twin sisters, Jana and Dara, died after they were trapped while playing on the truck Tuesday evening. The accident happened around dinner time on a farm near Withrow, about 200 kilometres north of Calgary.

RCMP say adults were able to pull the girls from the truck and perform CPR, but two of them couldn’t be revived. The third girl was flown by air ambulance to a children’s hospital in Edmonton but died overnight.

In a statement read by the RCMP on Wednesday, the parents said the girls grew up on a farm and they don’t regret introducing their daughters to a farm lifestyle.

“Our kids died living life on the farm,” the family said. “It is a family farm. We do not regret raising and involving our kids . . . on our farm. It was our life.

“Thank you for all of the overwhelming support that we have received from all of the first responders, neighbours and friends. We would ask the media to respect our privacy at this time of grief.”

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ REGINA

Saskatchewan seeks to end leaks at legislature There’s a leak at the seat of government in Saskatchewan and the sergeant-at-arms wants it to stop.

Patrick Shaw, who is also head of security at the Saskatchewan legislature, says three party bus companies have been pulling up in front of the building late at night and allowing people to pee on it.

Shaw says the first time it was caught on camera was about four years ago and he was shocked.

The leaking has continued and Shaw says the bus company owners “don’t seem to care,” despite repeated requests to stop.

The sergeant-at-arms says staff at the legislature have poked their heads out the door to tell people to stop, but have been instructed that, for their own safety, they are not to go outside to intervene.

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Grain bins and farm machinery at the scene where three girls died in a tragic farm accident near Withrow, Alta., on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

from margarine to bio diesel.

Exactly what happened is still under investigation.

Emergency crews initially said the girls were in the truck while it was being loaded, but the RCMP said they were playing on the loaded truck.

Sgt. Mike Numan, who became emotional while reading the family’s statement, would not answer any questions.

“This is hitting all of us very hard,”

Numan said. “Front-line responders are routinely called out to sad situations, but things are always harder for everyone when kids are involved.”

Brad Volkman, superintendent of the Wildrose School Division, said the family is well-known at an elementary school the girls used to attend in nearby Condor, Alta.

“The three girls did not attend the school as of late, but had been attending the school up until two

years ago, and in a small-knit community like Condor, they are known well by our staff and our students,” he said.

“In fact, the family still would support the school in tremendous ways — taking part in attending Christmas concerts, bringing baking for the staff and students.

“They will be sorely missed.”

Neighbours plan to finish the harvest for the family.

Bell Canada has reached a deal with the federal Competition Bureau involving the anonymous posting of favourable reviews of company apps

by Bell employees.

Under the deal, in which Bell also agreed to a $1.25-million administrative penalty, the company has “affirmed its commitment not to direct, encourage or incentivize its employees or contractors to rate, rank or review apps in app stores,” the bureau said Wednesday.

The issue came to light in November 2014 when certain Bell employees were encouraged to post positive reviews and ratings of the free MyBell Mobile app and Virgin My Account app on the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store.

The did so without disclosing that they worked for Bell, the bureau said.

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Joe Oliver billed thousands for travel upgrades JORDAN PRESS THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver charged taxpayers hundreds of dollars to upgrade his seat on flights and spent more than $5,000 twice on in-country flights during his time as a cabinet minister.

In July 2012, Oliver spent $5,593 on two one-way flights between Toronto and Calgary so he could hold roundtable meetings with oil, gas, steel and pipeline companies.

The flights were the biggest cost for the trip, which came to $7,483. A few months earlier, in April 2012, a trip to Calgary came with an airfare bill of $6,710.55.

Oliver charged $529 in March 2014 for an upgrade on flights that went between Ottawa, Houston and Toronto. He also charged about $500 for

“Joe Oliver . . . always complies with government guidelines.”

Nick Bergamini, ministerial spokesman

a business-class upgrade on a flight from Edmonton to Vancouver in March 2012.

The figures are contained in publicly available expense disclosures Oliver filed while he was the minister of natural resources. Details of the spending are outlined in receipts obtained by The Canadian Press.

Oliver’s ministerial spokesman said Oliver followed all the rules when he travelled nationally and internationally on government business, includ-

ing picking hotels that were close to where he had events.

“Joe Oliver has travelled extensively in his capacity as a cabinet minister and always complies with government guidelines. He flies business class according to guidelines and because it permits him to work on the flight,” Nick Bergamini said.

Bergamini said Oliver sometimes had no other choice but to book flexible airfares that tend to be more expensive.

Federal travel rules allow ministers to charge for business class or higher when they are on a flight that is more than two hours long. Many upgrade their seats through travel points collected as they travel the country on government business, which doesn’t add extra costs to the public purse.

Travel expenses have been an issue for the Conservatives before.

Former cabinet minister Bev Oda lost her post following public outrage that she charged taxpayers for a $16 glass of orange juice during a stay at the swanky Savoy hotel in London, England.

Oliver’s hotel bill shows a $16 US for a drink at the rooftop restaurant of the Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem while he was there in late June 2012.

Bergamini said Oliver paid for it out of pocket, which he regularly does because such drinks aren’t eligible for reimbursement under ministerial spending rules.

Oliver selects hotels that fall within government spending guidelines, Bergamini said. Those hotels are “usually close to where he had to deliver a speech or attend meetings.”

Convicted terrorist says he still has a right to vote An Ottawa man jailed for his part in a terrorist conspiracy says a move to strip his Canadian citizenship violates several constitutional guarantees, including his right to vote.

Hiva Alizadeh is the latest to challenge new provisions that allow the government to revoke citizenship from someone convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage — as long as they hold citizenship in another country.

In an application to the Federal Court of Canada, the Iranian-born man says the provisions breach the principles of fundamental justice enshrined in the Charter of Rights.

Alizadeh, 36, was sentenced to 24 years in prison upon pleading guilty last year to possessing explosives with intent to do harm.

Alizadeh’s case will proceed in tandem with those of several other convicted terrorists.

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Abduction and killing a mystery No ransom demand has been received since gunmen snatched a four-year-old boy over the weekend and killed the American missionary who had raised him since he was a severely malnourished infant, church officials said Wednesday.

Longtime Haiti-based missionary Roberta Edwards was fatally shot by two attackers who cut off her car on a rutted, dirt road late Saturday near the foster care home and food-distribution site she has run on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince since 2002.

She was returning from a gas station with three of her young charges.

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Prominent astronomer resigns over harassment A prominent astronomer resigned Wednesday from the University of Cal-

ifornia, Berkeley, after an investigation found he sexually harassed female students over many years, two top administrators said.

The university immediately accepted professor Geoffrey Marcy’s resignation, according to a statement from Chancel-

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The federal government ordered a halt on Wednesday to the City of Montreal’s plans to begin construction work that would see eight billion litres of raw sewage dumped into the St. Lawrence River.

Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel made the announcement on behalf of Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq, saying she’d issued an interim order under the Fisheries Act to put the project on hold pending further scientific analysis. “Based on limited data, Environment Canada cannot conclude whether or not the untreated waste water to be released will be acutely toxic,� Lebel said.

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BEIRUT — Hundreds of Iranian troops are being deployed in northern and central Syria, escalating Tehran’s involvement in the civil war as they join allied Hezbollah fighters in an ambitious offensive to wrest key areas from rebels amid Russian airstrikes.

Their arrival, a regional official and Syrian activists said Wednesday, highlights the far-reaching goals of Russia’s military involvement in Syria. It suggests that, for now, taking on Islamic State extremists in eastern Syria seems a secondary priority to propping up President Bashar Assad.

The development is almost certain to increase pressure on Western-backed rebels, who are battling multiple foes, and push more civilians out of the areas of fighting, potentially creating a fresh wave of refugees.

Russia began its air campaign Sept. 30, and Syrian troops and allied militiamen launched a ground offensive against rebels in central Syria a week later. Russia says its airstrikes are meant to weaken the Islamic State group and other “terrorists� in Syria, but Western officials and Syrian rebels say most of the strikes have focused on central and northern Syria, where the extremist group does not have a strong presence.

The official, who has deep knowledge of operational details in Syria, said the Iranian Revolutionary Guards — currently numbering around 1,500 — began arriving about two weeks ago, after the Russian airstrikes began, and have accelerated recently. The Iranian-backed group Hezbollah has also sent a fresh wave of fighters to Syria, he told The Associated Press.

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The Syrian army began its offensive a week ago against rebels on three major fronts in areas between Idlib and Hama. To the north, the Islamic State group capitalized on the strikes against rebels in northwestern and central Syria to capture a string of villages and a main military base from insurgents that brought them closer to Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.

Rebel commanders say the offensive has failed to dislodge the various insurgent groups from territory they control that leads to the heartland of Assad’s power. The rebels are backed by the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.

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NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Two teenage brothers were brutally beaten in church — one fatally — in an effort by their parents, sister and other members to get them to confess their sins, police said Wednesday in a case involving what neighbours described as an insular congregation that didn’t let its children out to play.

Police said spiritual “counselling” at the Word of Life church turned into an hours-long attack Sunday night in which Lucas Leonard, 19, and his 17-year-old brother, Christopher, were pummeled with fists, authorities said.

They suffered injuries to the abdomen, genitals, back and thighs.

Eventually, Lucas stopped breathing and relatives took him early Monday to a hospital, where he died, police said.

Authorities went to the church and found his younger brother, who was hospitalized in serious condition.

“Both brothers were subjected to physical punishment over the course of several hours, in hopes that each would confess to prior sins and ask for forgiveness,” Police Chief Michael Inserra said.

He said investigators have not determined what the supposed sins were.

The brothers’ parents, Bruce and Deborah Leonard, were charged with manslaughter in Lucas’ death. Four other adults were charged with assault in the younger brother’s beating, including Sarah Ferguson, 33, the victims’ sister.

The beatings took place at a red-brick former elementary school that serves as both a church and a communal home for several members of the congregation, including one of the suspects. It has long stirred curiosity and suspicion in New Hartford, a once-thriving mill town of 22,000 people about 50 miles from Syracuse.

Nearby, in the village where the Leonard brothers lived with their parents, neighbours recalled a highly religious family that kept mostly to itself.

All the suspects pleaded not guilty.

“Both brothers were subjected to physical punishment over the course of several hours, in hopes that each would confess to prior sins and ask for forgiveness.”

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Lawyers for the parents and the sister had no comment.

Seven children, four of them Ferguson’s, were turned over to child welfare authorities. Police said more arrests are expected as the investigation continues.

“We’re not alleging that they intended to kill their son,” Inserra said of the parents, but “they were attempting to seriously hurt their son, and he died as a result.”

After Leonard was brought to the hospital, police suspected Christopher had been hurt, too, but his relatives wouldn’t tell officers where he was, the chief said. After searching for hours, police found him on the church’s second floor.

The church has existed for as many as 30 years in New Hartford.

“I’m really afraid. In my heart I don’t think this is the first incident,” said Eva Monaghan, who lives around the corner. “Over all the years, I can’t imagine this is the first thing. Maybe nothing as bad. Around town, it’s considered a cult.”

The police chief, however, said he had no indication Word of Life was anything but a church and a home.

Nancy Kneller, who used to work at a Catholic church next door, said local residents had long been suspicious of the place.

“Why are they so secretive? Why are there no kids out playing?” she said.

Still, she added, “I think they’re good people that made a bad decision.”

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The adviser, Donald Cummings and his group National Growth Partners, has a six-month contract costing $60,000. The cost is to be split between the province and the school board.

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EDMONTON — Alberta’s education minister is taking steps to keep a tight rein on Edmonton Catholic school trustees openly feuding over a policy to protect gay and transgender students.

David Eggen announced Wednesday that the province has hired an outside adviser to work with the board to help it pass an inclusive policy.

“Generally they (the Edmonton trustees) have had governance issues for a long time,” Eggen said at the legislature.

“It has come to a head in regards to their capacity to build a coherent transgender policy and an equality policy generally.”

Eggen has broad powers over school boards and said he hasn’t ruled out dissolving the board if it fails to meet expectations.

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THE PAS, Man. — A reclusive northern Manitoba woman who came close to ruining the career of a professional athlete after impersonating him and others online is behind bars after being sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Shelly Chartier pleaded guilty in August to seven counts of fraud and other offences in a so-called “catfishing” scheme that entangled the athlete in a child porn investigation and led to a raid of his home in 2012.

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hen it was all over, Jose Bautista stood on a table, grabbed a bottle of champagne and poured it over

his head.

It was only fitting. The 34-year-old Blue Jays slugger, who has waited so long to see his team prosper in the post-season, had delivered a wild ending to an even wilder game. A stiff drink was warranted — and needed.

“Bautista, he’s got the flair for the dramatic, you know,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said fondly. “On the national stage, it really showed off.”

Capping a deciding game filled with controversy, bad blood and just plain craziness, Bautista’s three-run seventh-inning homer propelled the Jays into the American League Championship Series as baseball karma delivered Toronto an unforgettable 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.

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Game 5 of the AL Division Series was filled with drama — and almost as much talk as play on the field before a riled-up sellout crowd of 49,742 under the Rogers Centre roof.

The game lasted an intense three hours 37 minutes and seemed longer.

When the dust settled, the Jays had rallied from a 2-0 hole to win three straight and advance to face either Kansas City or Houston, who met later Wednesday. It was Toronto’s first home playoff win since Joe

Carter’s home run secured the 1993 World Series.

And baseball had a playoff game that will long be talked about, for the good and bad.

“It’s very rewarding for this group,” said Gibbons. “We thought we were too good to bow out in the first round. But they (the Rangers) were just as good over there.

“It’s special really for everybody around here because it’s been so long,” he added. “You can have a great year and if you bow out in that first round, it’s still a good accomplishment but it just doesn’t seem right. So we’re moving on and hopefully play well this next series.”

The Jays rushed the mound to celebrate when it was over, followed by police to monitor the at-times unruly crowd. In the locker-room, there was yet another wild, wet party.

“I don’t drink but I feel drunk,” said pitcher R.A. Dickey.

Later, wearing their ALDS championship T-shirts, players came out to high-five fans and celebrate on

the mound. Tied 2-2, the contest was turned on its head in the top of the seventh. With Rougned Odor on third and Shin Soo-Choo at the plate with two outs, Toronto catcher Russell Martin’s return throw back to the mound hit Choo’s bat in the box and flew off into the distance.

Odor raced home while the Jays players held their arms up in disbelief. Home plate umpire Dale Scott, who had called time, then awarded Odor the base — and the run — after a confab. As beer and garbage flew out of the stands, there was more talk and a review.

The ruling was the play stood — that Choo had not intentionally interfered so the ball was alive and in play. Martin was given a throwing error and the irate Jays, now trailing 3-2, filed a protest.

“That umpiring crew did a great job,” Gibbons said. “Those kinds of plays are never easy . . . it’s a crazy play. I’ve never seen it before like that. But it ended up turning out all right.”

Scott said later his mistake was in calling time. But the eventual ruling was right.

“Even if I had not called timeout, he was on his way, so we scored the run,” the umpire said later.

By chance, Martin was up to open the bottom of the seventh. And karma kicked in with three straight Texas errors — one by first baseman Mitch Moreland and two by shortstop Elvis Andrus — allowing Martin, Kevin Pillar and Ryan Goins to load the bases with none out.

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DAVE SKRETTA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Johnny Cueto delivered a masterpiece on his biggest stage yet, pitching eight dominant innings Wednesday night and leading the resilient Kansas City Royals to a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros and back to the American League Championship Series.

Cueto allowed two hits, a single

by Evan Gattis followed by Luis Valbuena’s second-inning homer, before retiring the final 19 batters he faced. He struck out eight without a walk in the kind of clutch performance the Royals expected when they traded for him. When Wade Davis breezed through the ninth, the Royals poured onto the field to celebrate. The defending AL champs will host the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 on Friday night. The teams have met once before in the ALCS with the Royals winning in seven games in 1985 — they would go on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals for their only World Series triumph.

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Jays’ rookie Osuna impressed viewers

in the eighth to put it away. “The good version of Johnny Cueto is really tough,� Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “Hats off to him. He pitched a great game. . . We didn’t scratch much off him.�

Collin McHugh (1-1), who won the divisional series opener for Houston, allowed three runs in four-plus innings. His bullpen fared little better just two days after it blew a four-run, eighth-inning lead to send the series back to Kauffman Stadium for Game 5.

Kansas City has now won 10 of its last 13 playoff games at home.

The Astros actually seemed poised after their meltdown Sunday, bolting to the lead in front of a charged Kansas City crowd thanks to a rare series of Royals defensive lapses.

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He doesn’t pitch like it, either.

The 20-year-old right-hander, who came into Wednesday’s ALDS Game 5 against Texas with five outs to go in Toronto’s series-clinching 6-3 win, struck out four Rangers batters en route to his first save of the post-season. It was the kind of performance that impressed some of Toronto’s most veteran arms. “He’s an old soul,� said 40-year-old knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. “He’s not just a 20-year-old kid. He’s got some real miles under his engine and he’s been clutch for us all year. We keep putting him out there and I’m sure people expect him to fail and he doesn’t. He’s got a built in excuse with his age, but he never takes it. I couldn’t be more proud of him.�

Osuna has four appearances (5 2/3 innings) through five games of the Division Series, giving up zero runs on zero hits. In 69 2/3 innings of relief throughout the regular season, he posted a 2.58 earned-run average and 20 saves while striking out 75. “For a 20-year-old kid to be able to do what he’s done, to get the last three outs of the game, those are the toughest three outs to get in Major League Baseball, and that’s incredible,� said Blue Jays pitcher David Price.

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PIANO MAN Nanaimo raised pianist Devon Joiner has performed across Canada and internationally. At 17 he made his orchestral debut with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and he opens Vancouver Island Symphony’s Music and Literature concert, which is part of their Timeless Treasures series. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]

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Any art form starts with a blank canvas and an idea, and that’s exactly how the 2015-16 Vancouver Island Symphony season started out.

For the symphony’s 21st season, symphony art director Pierre Simard made it his goal to integrate the whole artistic community, bridging orchestral music to a variety of other art forms.

“Art is everywhere. It is the language of civilization,” said Simard, VIS’s art director.

By bringing together top local, national and international talent “we have created such a season,” said Simard.

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He has put together a series of concerts that combine the senses with music, literature, poetry, dance, theatre, visual art and even food.

“I was still able to explore different eras of music history, from the Baroque to the Contemporary, while weaving together cultural influences from Russia, Spain, Argentina, France, Austria and North America.

We are also honouring Sibelius’ 150th birthday,” he said.

The season opener features Nanaimo native Devon Joiner playing de Falla’s “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” for the Music and Literature concert Oct. 24 (7:30 p.m.) Joiner creates a new orchestral arrangement for Danzas Argentinas by

Ginastera and concertmaster Calvin Dyck will play Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, composed by Piazzolla.

Ivana Ho has been with the Bohemia Ballet in Nanaimo several years and has imagined new choreographies for Music and Dance on Nov. 14.

Something new for A Christmas Carol on Dec. 5 (two shows): The Dickens tale performed with a single actor and a dancer, and an orchestral score by composer Scott MacMillan.

A visual art component accompanies Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition Jan. 23. And on March 7, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performs House of Dreams with music

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Scott MacInnes performs the Bass Trombone Concerto by Vancouver composer Edward Top April 23, followed by Orff’s grandiose Carmina Burana, featuring the VIS Symphonic Choir, VIS Children’s Choir and soloists Nadya Blanchette, Adam Dyjack and Olivier Laquerre.

Feb. 13, spoken word artist Shane Koyczan blends poetry with orchestral classical masters. Koyczan’s achievements include performing the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies.

For Music and Humour the classically trained Joe Trio present their special brand of humour April 2.

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Simard said he is excited about the diversity of this year’s repertoire.

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This year’s local culinary line-up at Bite of Nanaimo includes fare from businesses like Arbutus Distillery, Buzz Coffee House, Browns Socialhouse, Cassidy Country Kitchen, Cherub Chocolate, Lighthouse Bistro & Pub, Longwood Brew Pub & Restaurant, Longwood Brewery, Me Cook You Eat Catering, Oxy Pub, Oh Sugar, Simonholt Food & Drink, VIU Professional Baking, Culinary Institute of VI, Winston’s Tea Co., and Wolf Brewing Company.

Wiepning said the event has become “a staple” in city life, but said there are always little details that change from year to year.

“We have Tourism Nanaimo participating with the Nanaimo Bar Trail, so that’s kind of fun,” she said.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at participating businesses, as well as at Winston’s Tea Co., and TheatreOne at www.theatreone.org and by calling 250-754-7587.

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D’Artagnan (James Dean) and Constance (Chloe Scott) from Nanaimo Theatre Group’s production of Three Musketeers share a tender moment. [SHEILA BOWMAN/SUBMITTED]

‘Three Musketeers’ retains sense of fun DAILY NEWS

The Nanaimo Theatre Group is kicking off its season with the Three Musketeers.

Set in 1625, an 18-year-old D’Artagnan de Beaugency packs his bags and leaves his home with the aspirations of becoming a musketeer. Based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas and adapted for the stage by award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig, the play will cover all themes of life, death, love, hatred, honour and betrayal.

Ludwig describes the 750-page novel as “like reading the best and longest comic book in the world” and his adaptation for the theatre has retained this sense of fun. The theatre group describes the play as fast-paced and funny even though there are underlying serious themes.

The play is significantly shorter but the essence of the story and spirit of the original writings remains intact.

All of the well-known characters like D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, Milady and Cardinal Richelieu play a central role in the stage production, but Ludwig has also added a new charter,

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One of the challenges of the production is the amount of physical theatre demanded by the script. Besides the obvious need for sword play, there is kicking, biting, stabbing, punching other various manners of stage combat.

The actors and directors have been working with fight co-ordinator Chris Buechler since early July to bring all of the action to life.

The Nanaimo production is co-directed by Shannon Reimer and David Bigelow, produced by Sheila Coultish and stars James Dean, Scott Britney, Jimmy Kwas, Daniel Kingshott, Sheridan Collyer-Valens, Derek Carter and Sarah Thomson.

While adults can expect to enjoy the show, it also offers a great opportunity to introduce teenagers to the magic of theatre.

For more information and to order tickets, visit www.nanaimotheatregroup.ca or call 250-758-7224. The play opened October 15 at the Bailey Studio, 2373 Rosstown Road, and runs Wednesdays to Sundays until Oct. 31. Tickets are $18 on Weds., Thurs. and Sun. and $20 on Fri. and Sat.

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Importance of organ donation highlighted Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: Several years ago, you printed a poem about organ donation. I carried it until it ripped to shreds. I’m in end-stage renal failure and want people to be aware of the importance of organ donation. Please reprint it.

— Not Giving Up Dear Not: Here it is, with our hopes for your recovery: “To Remember Me” by Robert Noel Test (1926-1994) The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying.

At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.

When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don’t call this my deathbed. Let it be called the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.

Give my sight to a man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman.

Give my heart to a person whose own heart has pain.

Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.

Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.

Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.

Explore every corner of my brain.

Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that, someday, a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her windows.

Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.

If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all my prejudice against my fellow man.

Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God. If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you.

If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Upset in Montreal,” whose friend, “Rhonda,” has become rude and unsympathetic. Rhonda sounds just like my mom. Mom was wonderful, compassionate and caring until the past decade. She has some form of dementia and has lost all filters. She says anything that comes to mind, most of it rude, cruel or at the very least, inconsiderate.

Your advice to have “Upset” ask Rhonda when she’d last seen her doctor was spot-on. My bet is that Rhonda is beginning to suffer from dementia.

— Wyoming Dear Wyoming: Any change in personality should send alarm signals to seek medical advice. Thank you.

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CONTEST

Poet laureate bids farewell

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Naomi Beth Wakan Calling all Poets

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— Naomi Wakan

ere I am trying to explain why I write poetry. My own small poem above has to stand for a much more lengthy explanation of why poets write.

This month will be the last column, and in it I would like to thank some of the leading poets in the area, as well as some just starting out in the poetry world, for sending in their poems.

About my position, as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Nanaimo, some poets told me that they would resent giving up their own writing priorities in order to focus on themes expected of a poet laureate, but I have not found this a problem.

I find I have really only one thing to say and it doesn’t seem to matter much whether it is expressed in philosophical terms or in doggerel about Nanaimo Bars, and that is that life is bittersweet, the two flavours inevitably going together.

Besides this column, I have also been writing a column about other poets from this region for What’s On Nanaimo.

Why don’t you check some of their books out at the library? They include David Fraser, Ursula Vaira, Kim Goldberg, Kim Clark, Leanne McIntosh, and Mary Ann Moore.

David has also written books with me and with poet Pat Smekal.

As to where you could start reading

your own poetry, Wordstorm is the monthly poetry café run by David and friends. It is held at the First Unitarian Fellowship Hall at 595 Townsite Rd. You can check their schedule out at www.wordstorm.ca. Another friendly and supportive place to read your poetry is at the Living Room (http://virl.bc.ca/event/ living-room-poetry-sharing).

It is held monthly at the North Nanaimo branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library on Hammond Bay Road.

On Nov. 21 from 2 - 3:30 p.m., I am celebrating my second year as Poet Laureate with a small party at the Art Lab, at the Nanaimo Art Gallery.

This is a free event, with readings by a number of poets, and then mixing and mingling with the poets, along with refreshments.

Please put it on your calendar and, if you plan to attend, please let Kathleen Darby (darbykm@gmail.com) know in advance, as attendance is by reservation only. Kathleen Darby will be emceeing the party.

Kathleen is the Executive Director of the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music, and she will be organizing the next Vancouver Island Chamber Music Festival for April 2016. Look forward to that wonderful event.

A big “thank you” for a great two years (one more to go) is due for my support team: the anonymous judg-

es of this column as well as Chris Barfoot from the Cultural and Heritage Branch, Kathleen Darby, and Deborah Graham from Ladysmith High School (Deborah was formerly teacher/librarian at NDSS).

And thanks to all of you for the good feedback for this column, for sending your poems in, and for supporting poets and poetry in Nanaimo.

This fall, CBCMusic.ca and MusiCounts, Canada’s leading music education charity, are on the hunt for Canada’s Greatest Music Class.

The competition, which kicks off for one month on Oct. 26 and runs through until Nov. 30 will seek out students in traditional music classes, music clubs and after-school programs across the country. The victor of Canada’s Greatest Music Class will receive an assembly concert performance by a yet-to-be-announced top tier Canadian music artist for the entire student body.

To enter, applicants must submit a

video of their class performing their version of an approved song as outlined in the guidelines available at CBCMusic.ca/musicclass.

At this time, the following eight songs can be submitted for consideration: “Leve Les Voiles” by Coeur de Pirate; “Qui Sait” by Daniel Lavoie; “Stompa” by Serena Ryder; “Beautiful” by Carly Rae Jepsen feat. Justin Bieber; “Crabbuckit” by k-os; “Bow and Arrow” by Reuben and The Dark; “Sonny’s Dream” by Ron Hynes and “If I had $1,000,000” by Barenaked Ladies.

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Steve Hill has taken the adage ‘less is more,’ to a whole new level.

For the past 22 years, Hill, based out of Montreal, has been touring his music across the country and is usually flanked by bandmates.

He’s in the midst of his third Canadian tour this year, and will making a stop in Nanaimo on Oct. 17, but this time he will be by himself.

Although he’s by himself, it doesn’t mean he needs to go without the accompanying beats of a drum or the fulfilling tones of a bass.

Hill is on the road showcasing his Solo Recordings Volume 1, Volume 2, and the yet to be recorded Volume 3.

When Hill performs he’s on his feet singing, playing guitar, and uses custom rigs to play the bass drum, snare, hi-hats and uses a drumstick fused to the headstock of his guitar.

He modified his guitar so there’s an

extra pickup, which only hears the sound of the big strings, and then is pumped through a bass amp.

Before recording and releasing Volume 2, Hill learned how to play the harmonica, which is the newest weapon added to his onstage performance.

“I never thought I would become a one-man band, that was not the plan,” Hill said.

He’s been playing with band members for majority of his life, he took a leap of faith as a solo artists after friend made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.

Hill’s friend offered him a 1957 Gibson ES 225 if he played a solo performance in Drummondville, Que. The show went well, and Hill decided to book a few more. He decided to record a few songs with his personal studio so he had material to sell at his concerts.

“I put the album in stores and

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He ended up doing 175 shows with that album, it got him nominated for a Juno and won album of the year at the International Blues Challenge in 2013.

Solo Recordings Volume Two netted four Maple Blues Awards, including guitarist of the year, and it also won a Juno Award this year for the blues album of the year.

If the genre features a guitar, Hill has likely created an album of that category. His solo recording series is a combination of genres that created his own sound.

“I finally found the sound I am comfortable with, I guess. It’s not your typical, traditional blues.

There’s country in there, folk, rock in there. All the styles that I’ve played over the years they have influenced what I’m doing now. These days I found a style that’s more my own,” Hill said.

Blues is at the heart of his new music, but he says blues can be found in almost all music genres.

“People don’t realize that. Most people see a difference, there’s blues, then you have rock and roll, jazz,

but it’s all music man. It all comes from the same place. Then you have country music which is just the white man’s blues, it’s the same three chords, it’s the same thing.

“Country and blues had an affair and rock and roll came out of it, that’s basically what it is.”

As for touring solo, it’s a different world but the toll on your body is all the same.

“Physically it’s hard to do it by myself. But when I was younger, touring with a band it was hard physically because I was getting really drunk after the shows, it’s all relative I guess.”

Hill will be at the Queen’s Hotel on Oct. 17. For more information on him and his music, visit www.stevehillmusic.com Aaron.Hinks @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4242

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T

o vote in a federal election on Oct. 19, you must be a Canadian citizen, registered to vote and be 18 or older on election day.

If you qualify, you can only vote at the polling station specified on the Voter Information card that Elections Canada mailed to all registered voters.

For those who are not registered, it’s still not too late and people can register up to and including election day.

Voters can go to www.election.ca and punch in their area code to find out what riding they are in.

People who don’t have access to a computer can call Elections Canada’s Ottawa number 1-800-463-6868 to learn what riding they are in.

People who know which riding they are in can register by calling the local Elections Canada offices in the two local ridings. In Nanaimo-Ladysmith, that number is 1-866-545-0624; in Courtenay-Alberni it is 1-866-499-8028.

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tion where anyone can vote at any polling station, people can only vote at their assigned polling site.

Polls open on Oct. 19 at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.

Employers are supposed to allow employees three consecutive hours to vote in a federal election, said Friend.

This doesn’t mean that they have to give their workers three hours off to vote but it could mean that if someone gets off work at 5 p.m. and hasn’t voted that their employer should make some accommodation to leave work at 4 p.m. so that they have three consecutive hours to vote.

Voters must also have some identification on their person in order to vote or to register for voting.

If a person is registered to vote, they must display one piece of identification with their photograph, name and address issued by a government agency. A B.C. driver’s licence will suffice.

For those who don’t have I.D. with their picture on it, they must show two pieces of identification with their name and one must also have their address. A utility bill will do.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith polling stations Alliance Church, 1609 Meredith Rd., Nanaimo Bayview Elementary School, 140 View Street, Nanaimo Berwick on the Lake, 3201 Ross Rd., Nanaimo Bethel Tabernacle, 1149 Fourth St., Nanaimo Bowen Park, 500 Bowen Rd., Nanaimo Cedar Centre, 4 University Crescent, Nanaimo.

Cedar Community Hall, 2388 Cedar Rd., Nanaimo Cinnabar Valley Elementary School, 1800 Richardson Rd., Nanaimo Costin Hall, 7232 Lantzville Rd., Lantzville Departure Bay Activity Centre, 1415 Wingrove St., Nanaimo Departure Bay Baptist Church, 3510 Departure Bay Rd., Nanaimo Forest Park Elementary School, 2050 Latimer Rd., Nanaimo Frank Jameson Community Centre, 810 6th Ave., Ladysmith Frank Ney Elementary School, 5301 Williamson Rd., Nanaimo Gabriola Elementary School, 680 North Rd., Gabriola Island Gabriola Island Community Hall, 2200 South Rd., Gabriola Island Generations Church, 1300 Princess Royal Ave., Nanaimo Georgia Avenue Elementary School, 625 Georgia Ave., Nanaimo Hammond Bay Elementary School, 1025 Morningside Drive, Nanaimo Harewood Activity Centre, 195 Fourth St., Nanaimo Kiwanis Village, 1221 Kiwanis Crescent, Nanaimo Lakeside Gardens, 4088 Wellesley Ave., Nanaimo McGirr Elementary School, 6299 McGirr Rd., Nanaimo Mountain View Elementary School, 2480 East Wellington Rd, Nanaimo Nanaimo Ecumenical Centre, 6234 Spartan Rd., Nanaimo Nanaimo Hornets Rugby Football Club, 6704 Dover Rd., Nanaimo North Cedar Intermediate School, 2215 Gould Rd., Nanaimo Oliver Woods Community Centre , 6000 Oliver Rd., Nanaimo Origin at Longwood, 6205 Oliver Rd., Nanaimo Pauline Haarer Elementary School, 400 Campbell St., Nanaimo Protection Island Fire Hall, 26 Pirate’s Lane, Protection Island Quarterway Elementary School, 1632 Bowen Rd., Nanaimo Rutherford Elementary School, 5840 Hammond Bay Rd., Nanaimo Salvation Army, 505 Eighth St., Nanaimo Snuneymuxw First Nations, 668B Centre St., Nanaimo Stz’uminus First Nation Community Centre, 3949 Shell Beach Rd., Ladysmith Unitarian Hall, 1-595 Townsite Rd., Nanaimo Uplands Elementary School, 3821 Stronach Drive, Nanaimo Wellington Hall, 3922 Corunna Ave., Nanaimo FOR COURTENAY-ALBERNI POLLS: GO TO THE FEDERAL ELECTION TAB AT WWW.NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM

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With the federal election now just days away, local campaigners say they’re ignoring public opinion polls that suggest an NDP victory is at hand.

Most say they trust what they hear on the front steps of Nanaimo-Ladysmith voter’s homes over a poll that may be biased or improperly conducted.

The VoteSmart Survey, released this week, shows New Democrat candidate Sheila Malcolmson leading, with 32.5 per cent of popular support in Nanaimo.

That compares to 21 per cent for Conservative Mark MacDonald, while Green Party candidate Paul Manly is at 14.1 per cent compared to Liberal Tim Tessier, at 13.1 per cent.

Perhaps not surprisingly, all but the New Democrats question the poll’s validity. Its authors claim to be a “community-based” group, not a professional polling organization.

“We’re comfortable to say we have strong support,” said Scott Colbourne, speaking on behalf of the campaign for Malcolmson, who was unavailable.

Early in the race, Manly was considered a strong challenger to oust the NDP in a riding that has long been held

by New Democrats.

But Colbourne said Malcolmson’s support has stayed above 30 per cent since the beginning, and now “we’re going up,

and we’re seeing the exact opposite with the Greens.”

MacDonald puts no stock in the poll adding his party’s surveys show him “neck and neck with the NDP.” “I expect to win,” MacDonald said.

Manly said the VoteSmart poll misses some key facts: “On the ground we’ve raised $105,000, we’ve got 2,000 signs on people’s lawns, 65 people were out doing the sign wave on the street Monday and our campaign now has about 400 volunteers.”

On signal.thestar.com, a national poll data amalgamation website operated by Vox Pop Labs, the NDP is ahead at 39.5 per cent in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, with the Conservatives at 28.4 the Liberals third with 17.7 and the Greens trailing at 12.9 per cent.

Signal adjusts for poll biases using historic forecasting models similar to those used by the New York Times and others in U.S. elections.

It also shows the NDP leading in the other ridings north of the Malahat: North Island-Powell River, Courtenay-Alberni and Cowichan-Malahat.

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ON OCT. 19 TH VOTE GREEN

Elect Paul Manly “I will be your champion in Ottawa, for Nanaimo-Ladysmith and the issues most important to us. I want to be your strong, independent voice in Parliament.”

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Mapping a new Island Federal restructure paints new picture on our side of the Malahat Boundary restructure has changed the political face of northern Vancouver Island. How that will influence our political direction will unfold Oct. 19.

Four new federal ridings that were carved out of the Island north of Victoria will send their first representatives to Parliament later this fall.

Today, the Daily News takes a look at each of these new ridings and some of the issues facing their residents.

Recent boundary restructuring has split the north-Island into four new ridings for the Oct. 19 federal election. From north to south: North Island Powell River, Courtenay-Alberni, Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Cowichan-Malahat-Langford.

he said. “The usual issues come into play — the economy being at the forefront — but I’m fascinated to see how the new riding boundaries play out. Will traditional voting patterns continue, or is there an appetite for change?”

North Island-Powell River Cowichan-Malahat-Langford

CANDIDATES: RACHEL BLANEY (NDP), BRENDA SAYERS (GREEN), PETER SCHWARZHOFF (LIBERAL), LAURA SMITH (CONSERVATIVE)

CANDIDATES: MARTIN BARKER (CONSERVATIVE), ALASTAIR HAYTHORNTHWAITE (MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY), FRAN HUNT-JINNOUCHI (GREEN), LUKE KRAYENHOFF, (LIBERAL), ALISTAIR MACGREGOR (NDP)

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hen Elections Canada took Courtenay away from what used to be the Vancouver Island North riding, it resulted in a significant change in the riding’s demographic. It removed 55,000 people with a median age of 40 from the voting Darrell area, leaving the Bellaart older, more conReporting servative voters of Comox with the communities of the North Island and Powell River.

“Comox is more established and older,” said Alistair Taylor, Campbell River Mirror editor. “Courtenay is more working class.”

While the Comox Valley enjoys growth in tourism and in-migration from direct flights to Alberta, the more rural parts of the riding to the north and east continue to adjust job losses. Closed and downsized pulp mill jobs in Campbell River, Powell River and Port Alice, and steady declines in lumber manufacturing, fishing and forestry over two decades make the economy a central issue.

“Definitely job creation will be the focus of people,” Taylor said. “They want something new to come in — there’s a lot of talk about what’s going to replace the (Campbell River) pulp mill.”

BC Hydro’s massive John Hart project has helped, but many of the specialized jobs required imported tradesman.

Some of those millwrights who didn’t get pensions after mill layoffs and closures went to Alberta, but this year’s oil patch slump is taking a toll on employment.

Some put their hopes on aquaculture: consumption of farmed salmon recently surpassed wild fish, and proponents see more growth ahead.

The B.C. Salmon Farmers Association said the province’s salmon farming industry currently contributes $800 million to the provincial economy and it could grow to $1.4 billion by 2020, resulting in 8,000 total jobs.

But questions remain about impacts of having high concentrations of fish in a small marine environment. Taylor said North Islanders are about evenly split between those who support and those against more aquaculture.

The riding will send a new face to Ottawa. John Duncan, (Conservative/ Alliance/Reform) MP since 1992, is now running in the newly created riding to the south.

Courtenay-Alberni CANDIDATES: BARBARA BILEY (MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY), JOHN DUNCAN (CONSERVATIVE), GORD JOHNS (NDP), CARRIE POWELL-DAVIDSON (LIBERAL), GLENN SOLLITT (GREEN).

The longstanding Conservative stronghold of Nanaimo-Alberni is gone. It’s replacement gives up the wealthier north Nanaimo area and adds the eastern coast of the Island up to Courtenay.

Sitting Conservative MPs James Lunney (Nanaimo-Alberni) and John Duncan (North Island-Powell River) contested the boundary changes, but to no avail. The result may be a tougher seat to maintain for the party.

While politically conservative Comox remains with the North Island, Courtenay voters may be ready for change.

“A lot of people (in Courtenay) are totally disillusioned with the Conservative Party right now,” said Michael Briones, a Comox Valley Echo reporter.

That disillusionment is amplified by a perceived failure to engage with voters during the campaign “You see the NDP, we’ve heard about the Green Party coming and holding public appearances. I haven’t heard from the Conservatives at all,” Briones said.

When they do come, there is controversy.

In a two-day visit to Campbell River and the Comox Valley late this summer, Prime Minister Stephen Harper rallied Conservative Party supporters, drew scattered but vocal protests and stumbled into controversy when Scouts Canada objected to the use of uniformed scouts during his announcement of a proposed environmental initiative at McIvor Lake.

Elsewhere in the newly created riding, Port Alberni voters also may be in a mood for change.

“We’re seeing a strong appetite for something better,” said Eric Plummer, former editor of the now defunct Alberni Valley Times.

The city’s blue collar roots run deep, and employment is a concern.

With more working in Alberta, and with oil selling below $50 a barrel, layoffs are a worrisome trend.

“Jobs are a big issue,” Plummer said. “A huge long-term issue is population stagnation.”

The city peaked at 21,000 people in the early 1970s, to be second only to Victoria on the Island. Now it’s below 18,000 people, “it’s very different,” Plummer said. “It’s gotten to the point where our forest industry is completely dependent on the export of raw logs.”

However, the demographic of the riding’s heart, the Parksville-Qualicum area, means that part of the riding remains prime Conservative territory.

Nanaimo-Ladysmith CANDIDATES: JACK EAST (MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY), MARK MACDONALD (CONSERVATIVE), SHEILA MALCOLMSON (NDP), PAUL MANLY (GREEN), TIM TESSIER (LIBERAL)

For north Nanaimo voters, this election will be the first in years where they vote alongside the rest of the city.

The wealthier demographic of

north Nanaimo — which has a history of supporting candidates from the right-hand side of the political spectrum — is now melded with the more working-class south-end.

The old Nanaimo-Cowichan riding was staunchly blue collar, and a lot of that character should be retained, even without Duncan and Lake Cowichan. More conservative Mill Bay is also gone, while left-leaning Ladsymith remains.

Based on how people voted in the last election, the riding would remain NDP under its current shape, but just barely.

Voting results from polls within the newly drawn boundaries show the NDP beat the Conservatives by less than five per cent, or 2,700 votes in 2011.

One of the more interesting side stories is presence of the Green Party candidate, filmmaker Paul Manley.

The son of former NDP MP Jim Manley, Paul Manley switched allegiances after the national NDP blocked him from running here as their official candidate.

The Green Party has fought hard to wrest votes from the NDP, to the extent that enough vote-splitting vote could mean the Conservative or Liberal candidates could benefit.

Since the riding has swung back and forth for decades, however, the NDP — which has held the previous riding for four terms under retired candidate Jean Crowder — believes the riding remains a race between the NDP and the Conservatives.

“We’re running to beat the Conservatives,” said candidate Sheila Malcolmson early in the campaign.

As with all elections, the economy will play a central role in voters’ choice for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, said Nanaimo Daily News managing editor Philip Wolf.

“For me, this is one of the most interesting ridings in the nation,”

Now separated from Ladysmith and Nanaimo, Cowichan is now part of a riding that stretches over the Malahat into Langford.

The economy is at the forefront across the riding, but each community’s concerns are unique.

For Cowichan voters,“it’s jobs,” said Andrea Rondeau, Cowichan Citizen editor.

At the same time, in a community where opposition to a natural gas-powered generating station was what originally inspired Jean Crowder, the retiring MP, to enter politics, “the environment is big here,” Rondeau said.

Which explains growing opposition to a floating, liquefied natural gas project proposed for Mill Bay. “A lot of people are really opposed,” Rondeau said.

Yet just over the Malahat, on the western side of Saanich Inlet, Langford residents are more concerned with paying mortgages in one of the Island’s fastest growing communities.

“A lot of people here probably support the status quo,” said Don Descoteau, Goldstream Gazette editor.

He said the new riding isn’t so much polarized as much as “you just have the natural differences between urban and rural” communities.

While Langford has been blue collar “for a long time,” Descoteau said it’s now a mix of longterm residents and downtown office workers seeking affordability in the suburbs.

He said the average Langford resident thinks about prosperity, keeping the economy moving and child care “and that plays right into the NDP platform.”

He called the issue a decision-maker for many voters.

“Do you go back to work, and is it worth it to put a fair chunk of your wages to child care? People say: ‘No way,’” Descoteau said.

Liberal candidate Luke Krayenhoff is a late arrival to the campaign. He filled the gap when original candidate Maria Manna resigned after skeptical comments she made on Facebook surfaced about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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With days until vote, undecided courted heavily BLACK PRESS

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau greets supporters as he steps off his campaign bus for a rally on Tuesday in Toronto. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

As Liberals muse majority, Tories ratchet up attacks NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, meanwhile insists that his party is still very much in the mix THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau mused about a majority Wednesday as his Liberals ride high atop polls that suggest they have the all-important momentum heading into next week’s election — a surge that has them squarely in the Conservative crosshairs.

As he has done all week, Stephen Harper spent his entire public appearance attacking Trudeau, warning Canadians that there is “a lot at stake” in Monday’s vote and painting the Liberal plan as a path to higher taxes — and economic ruin.

“The time has come to be extremely clear about the risk Canadians take when they endorse that Liberal approach,” Harper said.

To be sure, the Conservatives weren’t pulling their punches — least of all in a jarring series of ads in Chinese and Punjabi media depicting Trudeau as a champion of pot-smoking children and brothels.

The Conservatives are “playing the politics of fear and spreading falsehoods about the Liberal plan,” the Liberals countered.

Also entering the fray Wednesday was Hazel McCallion, the 94-year-old former mayor of Mississauga, Ont., who appeared in a Liberal ad refuting Harper’s claim that Trudeau intends

“Am I asking them for a majority government? Yes.” Justin Trudeau, Liberal leader

to eliminate income splitting for seniors.

“It’s like one of those phone scams seniors get because Harper thinks we’re scared,” McCallion says in the ad.

“Stephen, do I look scared to you?”

With polls suggesting the Liberals are in striking distance of forming government, Trudeau was asked Wednesday about the possibility of a Liberal majority.

“Am I asking Canadians to vote for us? Yes. Am I asking them to vote for us across the country? Yes,” he said during a campaign event in Hamilton.

“Am I asking them for a majority government? Yes.” The college is in the riding of Hamilton Mountain, which the NDP won in 2011 but which currently has no incumbent. It was the first of Trudeau’s four whistle-stops in ridings the Liberals hope to take away from their opponents.

Trudeau was to finish his day with a rally in Ajax, Ont., in what may

be one of the most closely watched ridings of this campaign. Former Liberal MP Mark Holland is looking to unseat Conservative Chris Alexander to win his way back to the House of Commons. On Thursday, Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne is set to keep the heat on that riding by making a visit to Holland’s campaign office.

The Conservatives and the NDP, meanwhile, are focusing on shoring up support in ridings they held at dissolution.

Harper took his campaign Wednesday to southwestern Ontario, where the Conservatives are still considered front-runners in some of the more rural ridings despite a concerted push by the NDP and the Liberals.

Later Wednesday, Harper headed to the Toronto area for a rally in Brampton, Ont., a key region for the Conservatives, who swept the area in 2011 and are trying to keep the seats from veering back to the Liberals.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, meanwhile — anxious to elbow his way back into the conversation — insisted that his party is still very much in the mix, and that he remains the best bet to topple Harper.

“I share optimism and confidence with the people I meet across the country,” Mulcair said. “Whatever the

polls have shown, I’ve said the same thing. For the first time in Canadian history, we have a three-way race.”

But like Harper, Mulcair, too, spent the day shoring up existing support, first taking his campaign to Nova Scotia, where at least one of his three incumbents in the Halifax area is locked in a tough fight.

Robert Chisholm won Dartmouth-Cole Harbour for the NDP in 2011, but ousted Liberal MP Mike Savage by only about 500 votes.

Chisholm is one of the many New Democrats who rode the Jack Layton tide four years ago to the House of Commons, yet this time around appears to be mostly swimming upstream.

Later in the day, Mulcair was off to campaign in Quebec, a province that gave the New Democrats 59 seats in 2011 and helped elevate his party to Official Opposition status.

A man who gave his first name as Richard was asked if he was bothered by support for the prime minister coming from Toronto’s infamous Ford brothers — former mayor Rob Ford became known worldwide for admitting to smoking crack cocaine.

It matters not, he said.

“I don’t care if anyone has sex with a sheep, as long as you work for the people and increase the livelihood of the people you represent,” he said.

With the federal election just five days away, candidates are courting undecided voters.

Liberal candidate David Merner believes the undecided vote may very well determine the outcome, not just in the Sooke-Esquimalt-Saanich riding, but the election at large as well.

“For the first time in living memory, B.C. is going to decide who forms the government, and the undecided votes will actually decide who becomes the next prime minister of Canada,” he said.

Merner knows where a good chunk of his audience too, decided or undecided, pointing towards the thousands of local folk who commute to and from Fort McMurray.

Depending on who gets elected, their future and the wellbeing of their families could be in a dangerous balance.

The undecided voter could work in favour of the Liberal party here, as Merner already said during the last candidate meeting that his party wouldn’t just shut down the oil sands without first providing an alternative for those who work there.

He added that anyone who is undecided should simply give him a ring, as being intertwined in the community is what could make the difference.

Merner isn’t alone in believing that adding a face to the voice (or viceversa) can change the tide here – so do the other three.

Green Party candidate Frances Litman said a big part of making a difference with undecided voters is about finding the time to talk to them in the first place.

“I’m not just a five-minute appearance, I’m there, because people want a person who really cares,” she said.

“You don’t join the Green Party if it’s about money or power, because we have neither. It has to be from the heart.”

NDP candidate MP Randall Garrison said the bigger focus for his party isn’t so much on talking to those who haven’t made up their minds, but more so identifying NDP supporters and getting them out to vote.

“You’re talking about the truly undecided, but there’s another group called ‘anybody but Harper’, that’s the group that we focused on most,” he said. “I can say to these people that I beat the Conservatives before, and I can do it again.”

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The candidates in their own words Tim Tessier: Liberal

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am running to make a difference and to work with municipal governments, First Nations communities and Victoria to be a voice for Nanaimo-Ladysmith and get things done in Ottawa.

Conservatives and New Democrats are like Liberals; they want what is best for their country. They are our family, they are our friends and I saw the need to convince them to leave the Conservative and NDP and vote for real change, to vote for our future.

Mr. Harper’s plan has failed.

Regardless of his rhetoric, the economy is a mess, his bullying tactics throughout this campaign are disgusting and he has played wedge politics dividing Canadians over differences of religion and citizenship.

Polling trends across the country are now showing the NDP fall.

It is not responsible to parents that Mr. Mulcair promises $15/day daycare knowing that will not be funded for years and only if the provinces pay 40 per cent of the cost.

This will not happen. It is not responsible to promise billions and a balanced budget. This will not happen.

It is not responsible to raise corporate tax 2 per cent knowing this will cost our country 150,000 jobs.

Mr. Trudeau has demonstrated the honesty, leadership and courage throughout this campaign and will be Prime Minister of Canada.

Mr. Trudeau has committed to invest in Canada and grow the middle class. We are committed to fighting climate change and believe that the environment and the economy go hand-in-hand.

We will work with the provinces to establish a national program on fighting climate change. We will ensure pension security for seniors. We will establish an accountable and open government. The Liberal Party of Canada will make sure this will be the last first past the post election.

The Liberal Party of Canada will create jobs with the most significant physical and social infrastructure investment in Canadian history – almost $60 billion in new funding over the next ten years.

I am committed to a task force to identify projects in Nanaimo-Ladysmith where funding is required.

These could include but are not limited to cleaning up the south Nanaimo waterfront, passenger ferry, sewer and water infrastructure, build affordable housing, seniors facilities and more daycare spaces.

Liberals are committed to creating jobs, strengthening the middle class, and helping those working hard to join it now — not a decade from now.

The choices in the NanaimoLadysmith riding explain why they deserve your vote

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Paul Manly: Green Party

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was born and raised on Vancouver Island. Nanaimo and Ladysmith have always been home to me. My grandfather had a farm off Jingle Pot road. That’s where my dad grew up.

That’s why I came home to Nanaimo to raise my own family, and enjoy all this area has to offer.

I have a degree in Global Studies and Media Studies from VIU. Operating two small businesses and being a board member of several organizations, including the Mid Island Co-op, have provided me extensive management and business experience. I know what it’s like to meet a payroll, deal with all the red tape government requires, and balance the books.

As a filmmaker I also have to do my research, listen to people with a broad range of viewpoints, weigh the issues and present information in a way that is fair and balanced. These are skills I will draw on as your MP. The Green Party has common sense solutions to the complex problems that Canada is facing. We have strong policies on the economy, social programs, international relations, democratic reform, the environment, and climate change.

The Green Party has a solid plan to put Canadians to work without sacrificing our environment. By shifting our focus to the development of renewable energy, retrofitting our aging infrastructure, and supporting

Mark MacDonald: Conservative

Sheila Malcolmson: NDP

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he Conservative government’s commitment to financially back the new foot passenger ferry from downtown Nanaimo to downtown Vancouver, which I worked on for 18 months, is an example of why I am running. To make projects like this happen, and make a positive difference for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, and make sure this riding gets its fair share of opportunities from Ottawa.

The just released First Call Report shows that the Child poverty rate is at its highest in south Nanaimo, and I lay the responsibility of that at the feet of the NDP, which has represented the area for the past 11 years and has continually said ‘no’ to everything.

As president of the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, my focus was the expansion of the Nanaimo Airport, and today, we have regular WestJet flights and passenger numbers today are where they hoped they’d be in 2020.

I helped in the creation of the Learn At Home on-line program, which now has over 700 students and has brought over $4 million in annual funding to the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District, plus local, well-paying jobs.

Key issues in the campaign are: keeping taxes low, protecting the economy and keeping Canadians safe at home and abroad. The three other parties that have all promised to signifi-

cantly hike taxes, which will take money from seniors, families and small businesses.

I will continue to fight to protect well-paying local jobs that have been the backbone of this area’s economy for decades, while encouraging growth in new, green sectors that can attract people to live, work and play here. There are a number of exciting possibilities for new jobs, including opportunities with the Chemainus, Snuneymuxw and Nanoose First Nations.

A Conservative government will continue to provide the balanced, steady leadership that guided Canada through the 2008 recession — the toughest economic times since the Great Depression. Infrastructure projects I plan on working towards include expansion at the Nanaimo Airport. Also, I want to see the creation of social impact bonds, which would provide tax incentives for individuals who want to invest specifically in raising the reading levels of children in low-income homes. This will significantly enhance opportunities for a better future for themselves and their families. » This submission has been edited due to space limitations. Read the complete version on nanaimodailynews.com. Marxist-Leninist candidate Jack East was not available by deadline.

orging that fragile balance of conservation and economic activity, protecting the pristine nature of our area, and establishing a true nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous peoples — these are the challenges that motivated me to put my name forward.

Contrary to their self-touting advertising campaigns — too often paid for by taxpayers — the Harper Conservatives have been abysmal managers of the economy. They have carelessly racked up $130-billion in debt and pursued a narrow, often meanspirited agenda, only paying attention to lobbyists for large corporations and the wealthiest few Canadians.

New Democrats know the future of economic development in Nanaimo-Ladysmith is about moving away from simply shipping raw resources overseas. We will lead the transition to high-tech and value-added industries, and create and protect good jobs by cutting small business taxes 20 per cent and by funding priority transit and infrastructure projects.

Instead of tax handouts to large corporations and a tiny percentage of affluent Canadians, an NDP government will use those billions of dollars to invest in people again, making your lives more affordable and circulating more money in our local economy and businesses.

We will develop a new health accord that will

small business, Canadians can enjoy economic stability and prosperity.

If you want a representative in Ottawa who isn’t told what to say and how to vote, vote Green. I will bring your voice to Ottawa — not the other way around.

If you’re tired of politicians selling out Canada by locking us into unfair trade agreements, vote Green. We are the only party committed to putting the rights of hard-working Canadians ahead of foreign corporations.

The Green Party’s climate action plan is recognized and backed by climate scientists. We are the only party that will stand against any new raw bitumen export pipelines that will expand the oil sands — including Kinder Morgan.

If you want national prescription drug coverage, improved and expanded home and community care, affordable childcare and tuition-free education, vote Green.

If you want to get rid of firstpast-the-post elections so your vote counts every time, vote Green. We need a strong Green presence in parliament to make sure that promises of electoral reform are actually carried out. » This submission has been edited due to space limitations. Read the complete version on nanaimodailynews.com. Marxist-Leninist candidate Jack East was not available by deadline.

hire more family doctors, create new longterm care beds, improve at-home care for seniors, and make prescription drugs more affordable, working toward universal coverage.

The NDP will phase out interest on federal student loans and create the first national program for families dealing with the rising cost of childcare. And we will restore the age of retirement to 65, protect pensions, and keep income splitting for seniors to support our aging population.

Most of all, we will lead a federal government that responds to the urgent needs of this community: The NDP will call an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women. We will not be bound by Stephen Harper’s secret Trans Pacific Partnership deal that could cost our region jobs. We will take immediate action on climate change, with firm targets to cut pollution, and enact a home retrofit program to lower household heating costs.

It all starts with defeating the Harper Conservatives, and here in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, we need to stick together to bring positive change. » This submission has been edited due to space limitations. Read the complete version on nanaimodailynews.com. Marxist-Leninist candidate Jack East was not available by deadline.

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COURTENAY-ALBERNI

The candidates in their own words Carrie Powell-Davidson: Liberal

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any of you know me as a two-term councillor with the City of Parksville. Others from my work with local media. I may have taught some of you during my years of teaching at VIU or perhaps we met at one of the many community organizations I have been heavily involved in since moving to Parksville over twenty-two years ago.

Like many Canadians, I have become disillusioned with our current government. Our country is headed down a divisive and fearful path.

Port Alberni desperately needs jobs while services for seniors are a primary concern for Courtenay and the Oceanside region. On the West Coast, transportation, housing and challenges faced by Aboriginal people are key concerns. All over this riding, people are concerned with our environment and more specifically, protecting our oceans.

The people of the Courtenay-Alberni riding are worried health services won’t be there for them but they are relieved to hear that Liberals are committed to negotiating a new Health Accord with the provinces, territories and experts. We need a system that meets the needs of all Canadians regardless of where they live or their ability to pay. Our plan will include reducing the high costs of prescrip-

tion medications and reviving the National Mental Health Strategy.

The Liberal Party’s plan will create jobs through many avenues including the largest infrastructure investment in Canada’s history. Our plan for helping families will give a high level of support to nine out of ten families. We will ask the wealthiest one per cent of Canadians to pay a little more so we can give a tax break to the middle class and those working so hard to join it.

Our Canadian Child Benefit will send larger, tax-free cheques to those who really need it lifting 315,000 kids out of poverty.

The Liberal Party of Canada believes seniors deserve a dignified retirement.

We know that our young people need good-paying jobs and housing they can afford. Our coasts must be protected as must our medical system, our rights and freedoms and those of us who cannot protect themselves.

A Liberal government will open up the lines of communication. We are focused on developing researched, evidence-based solutions in conjunction with experts, the provinces, territories and First Nations and Canadians just like you. It’s time for a real change.

The choices in the Courtenay-Alberni riding explain why they deserve your vote on Oct. 19

» This submission has been edited due to space limitations. Read the complete version at nanaimodailynews.com.

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Glenn Sollitt: Green Party

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was raised on Salt Spring Island then spending most of my adult life on Vancouver Island.

At 51, I feel it is time to give back and to serve Canada. Never has there been a greater need to shift the direction in which our country is headed.

Climate change is the issue of our current and future generations.

Canada must participate and eventually lead the shift in how we live on this planet.

That means we can no longer discuss diluted bitumen pipeline projects for tanker export. We must attend the next negotiations in Paris and live up to the commitments made.

We must transition away from a hydrocarbon based economy and focus our ingenuity on renewables.

We do not need to choose between the economy and the environment.

Our environment needs to have it’s protective legislation reinstated. A series of omnibus bills have stripped away crucial laws.

Our sovereignty is being challenged. When a foreign corporation can impede our ability to create laws that protect our land, water, people, Crown Corporations and more, it is time for a serious national conversation. Trade deals need to “Fair”, not “Free”.

National debt levels have been

on a steep rise since our departure from utilizing the Bank of Canada for government financing. Since the mid ‘70’s, our government has used private institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of International Settlements for debt financing, at interest.

As such, 90 per cent of our existing $600-billion debt is due to compounded interest.

As a nation, we pay $93M in interest per day. We are beholden to foreign owned banks and we must regain our fiscal and monetary sovereignty.

Our very democracy has been crippled due to the migration of power from Members of Parliament to party leaders. Our traditional political parties must reduce the downward pressure on MPs and the PMO should have a budget reduction from $10 million to $1 million.

My year-long campaign has not been spent discussing crucial issues such as these. Instead I am most often confronted by angst-filled individuals influenced by Strategic Voting groups, political campaigns or individuals — voting against something instead of for something. » This submission has been edited due to space limitations. Read the complete version at nanaimodailynews.com.

Gord Johns: NDP

A

s the Member of Parliament for Courtenay-Alberni, my number one priority will be jobs, jobs

jobs.

Over the past two decades, I have been a part of the transition from a rip-and-ship economy to a conservation economy in Clayoquot Sound — working with all levels of government, including municipalities and First Nations and across political and cultural lines.

I believe that the same principles can be applied throughout our riding to create good paying jobs.

This will take research and innovation, investment in manufacturing and transitional actions to move to a clean energy economy. We are seeing compelling evidence of climate change in our coastal communities, which requires real and immediate action.

I will support the reduction of small business tax from 11 per cent to 9 per cent. At the same time, I believe large corporations must pay their fair share, which hasn’t been the case under the Harper Conservatives.

I am very concerned about the health and well-being of families in our riding, whether children, seniors or parents struggling to make ends meet.

It will be my priority to bring in affordable child care, restore the Harper government’s cuts to health care, protect income splitting for pensioners, reduce the retirement age from 67 to 65 and implement a $15/hour federal minimum wage.

We cannot afford to let another generation get left behind. For example, one-in-four First Nations children live in poverty.

This isn’t acceptable to me and I will work hard on initiatives that will give children the best start in life, through meaningful partnerships with First Nations governments.

I believe that Canada’s standing in the world community has been shamefully diminished under Stephen Harper.

National security will always be a priority for me but I do not believe that we have to accept a false choice between the security of our families and communities and our privacy and freedoms.

I will vote to repeal Bill C-51.

I intend to be a Member of Parliament who brings community issues to Ottawa rather than trying to sell Ottawa’s plans in Courtenay-Alberni. » This submission has been edited due to space limitations. Read the complete version at nanaimodailynews.com.

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NHL

HOCKEY

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Montreal Detroit Tampa Bay

*3 : / 2/ 6/ 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0

*) *$ 3WV 13 6 8 11 4 6 14 9 6

+RPH 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

$ZD\ 4-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 2-1-0-0

/DVW 6WUN 4-0-0-0 W-4 3-0-0-0 W-3 3-1-0-0 L-1

*3 : / 2/ 6/ *) *$ 3WV 4 3 1 0 0 13 10 6 4 2 1 1 0 7 10 5 3 1 1 1 0 7 9 3

+RPH 1-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-0-1-0

$ZD\ 2-0-0-0 0-1-1-0 0-1-0-0

/DVW 6WUN 3-1-0-0 L-1 2-1-1-0 W-2 1-1-1-0 W-1

*3 : / 4 3 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 4 1 3

3 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 3 4 0 4

+RPH 0-1-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-2-0-0 0-3-0-0

0-2-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-2-0-0 0-2-0-0

$ZD\ /DVW 6WUN 3-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 W-1 1-1-0-0 2-1-0-0 W-1 0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 L-1 0-0-0-0 1-2-0-0 W-1 1-0-0-0 1-3-0-0 W-1 / 0-1-0-0 0-3-0-0 L-3 0-2-0-0 0-3-0-0 L-3 0-1-0-0 0-3-0-0 L-3 0-2-0-0 0-4-0-0 L-4

METROPOLITAN DIVISION

NY Rangers Philadelphia NY Islanders

2/ 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

6/ 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

*) *$ 3WV 16 11 6 11 3 4 5 8 2 6 9 2 13 18 2

5 10 0 3 8 0 5 11 0 9 20 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION

Nashville Winnipeg Minnesota

*3 : / 2/ 6/ *) *$ 3WV 3 3 0 0 0 7 2 6 4 3 1 0 0 15 8 6 2 2 0 0 0 8 6 4

+RPH 2-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

$ZD\ 1-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 1-0-0-0

/DVW 6WUN 3-0-0-0 W-3 3-1-0-0 W-1 2-0-0-0 W-2

*3 : / 2/ 6/ *) *$ 3WV 4 3 0 1 0 12 5 7 3 3 0 0 0 12 1 6 2 2 0 0 0 6 2 4

+RPH 0-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

$ZD\ 3-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0

/DVW 6WUN 3-0-1-0 W-2 3-0-0-0 W-3 2-0-0-0 W-2

*3 : / 2/ 6/ *) *$ 3WV 3 2 1 0 0 10 8 4 3 2 1 0 0 9 7 4 4 2 2 0 0 9 9 4 3 1 2 0 0 12 14 2 3 1 2 0 0 7 11 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 3 9 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 12 0

+RPH 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-2-0-0 0-2-0-0 0-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 0-3-0-0

$ZD\ 0-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 1-1-0-0 0-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 0-1-0-0 0-3-0-0 0-0-0-0

/DVW 6WUN 2-1-0-0 W-1 2-1-0-0 W-1 2-2-0-0 L-1 1-2-0-0 L-1 1-2-0-0 L-1 0-1-0-1 L-2 0-3-0-0 L-3 0-3-0-0 L-3

PACIFIC DIVISION

Vancouver San Jose Arizona

WILD CARD

Dallas St. Louis Chicago Colorado Calgary Anaheim Edmonton Los Angeles

SL GF GA Pt 1 36 34 13 2 37 14 10 1 26 20 10 0 31 28 9 0 24 22 9 0 25 30 8

CENTRAL DIVISION

WILD CARD

Ottawa Florida Washington Buffalo Boston 7RURQWR Carolina Pittsburgh New Jersey Columbus

L OL 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 4 0

Note: a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 point in the OTL or SOL columns. :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Ottawa 7 Columbus 3 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 0 Boston 6 Colorado 2 Arizona at Anaheim 7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV St. Louis 4 Calgary 3 Dallas 4 Edmonton 2 Winnipeg 4 NY Rangers 1 Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 0 San Jose 5 Washington 0 Nashville 3 New Jersey 1 Florida 4 Carolina 1 Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 2 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 1 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV

Nashville at NY Islanders, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Arizona, 10 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV San Jose at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

SENATORS 7, JACKETS 3

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Columbus, Saad 3 (Foligno, Johansen) 12:16 (pp).

2. Ottawa, Methot 1 (Zibanejad, Karlsson) 16:05.

3. Columbus, Jenner 2 (Johansen, Prout) 18:58.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wiercioch Ott (hooking) 4:46; Johansen Clb (tripping) 9:51; Chiasson Ott (hooking) 11:02.

Second Period 4. Ottawa, Michalek 2 (Ryan, Karlsson) 1:44 (pp).

5. Columbus, Dubinsky 1 (Atkinson) 4:34.

6. Ottawa, Turris 4 (Stone) 9:32.

7. Ottawa, Zibanejad 1 (Ryan, Karlsson) 17:21.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Clb Bench (too many men) 0:56; Methot Ott (tripping) 14:01.

Third Period 8. Ottawa, Pageau 2 (Borowiecki, Cowen) 1:45.

9. Ottawa, Hoffman 1 (Stone, Turris) 9:12.

10. Ottawa, Ryan 1 (Zibanejad, Karlsson) 15:55 (en).

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Foligno Clb (high-sticking) 5:43; Karlsson Ott (slashing) 13:14; Dubinsky Clb, Borowiecki Ott (roughing) 15:14; Campbell Clb, Borowiecki Ott Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ

6KRWV RQ JRDO Ottawa 7 8 13 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28 Columbus 15 14 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;40 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ottawa: Anderson (W, 3-0-0); Columbus: Bobrovsky (L, 0-4-0).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ottawa: 1-3; Columbus: 1-4.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 13,803 at Columbus, Ohio.

)LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Teravainen Chi (hooking) 8:51; Gudas Pha (interference) 14:02; Toews Chi (hooking) 14:38.

Second Period 1. Philadelphia, Gagner 1 (Del Zotto, B. Schenn) 5:35 (pp).

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16:21.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Garbutt Chi (high-sticking) 4:15; Tikhonov Chi (hooking) 8:39; Panarin Chi (elbowing) 11:12; B.Schenn Pha (high-sticking) 13:13.

Third Period 3. Philadelphia, Read 2 (Simmonds, Couturier) 17:25.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; VandeVelde Pha (stick holding) 2:16; White Pha (slashing) 10:47; Gudas Pha (delay of game) 12:24; Teravainen Chi (hooking) 19:47.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Chicago 6 9 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;30 Philadelphia 8 15 5 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chicago: Crawford (L, 1-2-0); Phila: Neuvirth (W, 2-0-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chi: 0-5; Phila: 1-6.

Att. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19,779 at Philadelphia.

SCORING LEADERS

* Henrik Zetterberg, Det 2 Max Pacioretty, Mtl 4 Patrick Kane, Chi 3 Justin Abdelkader, Det 4 Gabriel Landeskog, Col 3 Blake Wheeler, Wpg 2 David Krejci, Bos 2 Nathan MacKinnon, Col 1 Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 1 Francois Beauchemin, Col 0 Zach Parise, Minn 4 Oscar Lindberg, NYR 4 :HGQHVGD\ V JDPHV QRW LQFOXGHG

$ 3WV 5 7 2 6 3 6 1 5 2 5 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 0 4 0 4

Calgary Lethbridge Red Deer Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

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W 5 5 5 3 2 2

SL GF GA Pt 1 22 16 11 0 34 19 10 0 32 29 10 0 22 29 7 0 20 34 5 0 18 41 4

B.C. DIVISION GP 8 9 8 5 7

W 7 6 3 2 1

L OL 1 0 3 0 3 1 3 0 6 0

SL GF GA Pt 0 30 14 14 0 39 36 12 1 31 39 8 0 12 13 4 0 16 28 2

W 4 3 3 3 1

L OL 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 5 0

SL GF GA Pt 0 16 12 8 0 17 14 7 0 26 29 7 0 20 27 7 0 14 20 2

U.S. DIVISION Everett Seattle Tri-City Spokane Portland

GP 5 5 7 7 6

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Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

Prince Albert at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Red Deer at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Kamloops at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION GP W Penticton 11 10 Salmon Arm 11 6 West Kelowna 11 6 Vernon 13 6 Merritt 12 5 Trail 11 4

L 1 3 3 6 7 7

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 46 21 20 2 0 46 30 14 0 2 38 36 14 0 1 85 39 13 0 0 45 54 10 0 0 34 47 8

L 3 2 5 6 8

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 45 23 18 1 2 42 69 15 0 0 48 38 14 0 0 24 41 8 0 2 20 37 4

ISLAND DIVISION GP Powell River 12 Cowichan Vally 11 Nanaimo 12 Alberni Valley 10 Victoria 11

W 9 6 7 4 1

MAINLAND DIVISION Langley Wenatchee Chilliwack Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

GP 10 10 12 13 11 11

W 7 6 5 5 3 3

L 3 3 4 5 7 8

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 36 26 14 1 0 38 25 13 1 2 43 38 13 1 2 34 51 13 0 1 24 50 7 0 0 27 50 6

TORONTO VS. TEXAS (Toronto wins 3-2) :HGQHVGD\ V UHVXOW Toronto 6 Texas 3

x-Edmonton x-Calgary B.C. Winnipeg Saskatchewan

:HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOW Vernon 5 Trail 1 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV $OO WLPHV /RFDO Prince George at Merritt, 7 p.m.

Wenatchee at Powell River, 7 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Surrey at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Penticton, 7 p.m.

Merritt at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Salmon Arm at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Wenatchee at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Langley at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Wenatchee at Nanaimo, 6 p.m.

Langley at Penticton, 6 p.m.

Chilliwack at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.

Prince George at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Vernon at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

LOS ANGELES VS. NEW YORK (Series tied 2-2) 7XHVGD\ V UHVXOW Los Angeles 3 New York 1 7KXUVGD\ V JDPH New York at Los Angeles

BLUE JAYS 6, RANGERS 3 7H[DV $% 5 DeShields cf 4 1 Stubbs cf 0 0 b-Venable ph 1 0 Choo rf 4 1 Fielder dh 4 0 Beltre 3b 4 0 Moreland 1b 3 0 J.Hamilton lf 3 0 Andrus ss 4 0 Odor 2b 4 1 Gimenez c 2 0 a-Napoli ph 1 0 7RWDOV

7RURQWR $% 5 Revere lf 4 1 Donaldson 3b 4 1 Bautista rf 4 1 Encarnacion dh 2 1 Colabello 1b 4 0 Smoak 1b 0 0 Tulowitzki ss 4 0 Ru.Martin c 3 0 1-Pompey pr 0 0 D.Navarro c 1 0 Pillar cf 4 1 Goins 2b 4 1 7RWDOV

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a-struck out for Gimenez in the 9th. bstruck out for Stubbs in the 9th.

1-ran for Ru.Martin in the 7th.

Eâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Andrus 2 (2), Moreland (1), Ru.Martin (2). LOBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Texas 7, Toronto 6. 2Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;DeShields (3), J.Hamilton (1), Bautista (2). HRâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Choo (1), off Stroman; Encarnacion (1), off Hamels; Bautista (2), off S.Dyson. RBIsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Choo (2), Fielder (1), Donaldson (4), Bautista 4 (5), Encarnacion (3). CSâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Andrus (1). Sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gimenez.

Runners left in scoring positionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tex 2 (Andrus 2); Tor 3 (Pillar, Colabello, Tulowitzki). RISPâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Tex 0 for 7; Toronto 2 for 10.

Runners moved upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;DeShields, Choo, Donaldson, Ru.Martin.

7H[DV ,3 + 5 (5 %% 62 13 Hamels L, 0-1 61/3 4 5 2 2 8 111 S.Dyson BS, 1-2 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 16 Diekman 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP Stroman 6 6 2 2 1 4 98 A.Snchz W, 1-0 11/3 2 1 0 1 1 25 2 Osuna S, 1-1 1 /3 0 0 0 0 4 34

(5$ 2.70 2.45 1.50 ERA 3.46 0.00 0.00

Inherited runners-scoredâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;S.Dyson 3-3, Osuna 2-0. IBBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;off Hamels (Encarnacion).

Tâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3:37. Aâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;49,742 (49,282).

BLUE JAYS STATISTICS AB 17 12 19 14 16 12 4 18 17 1 13 1 6 W L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

Pt 18 18 16 10

WEST

ST. LOUIS VS. CHICAGO (Chicago wins 3-1) 7XHVGD\ V UHVXOW Chicago 6 St. Louis 4

BATTERS Pillar Colabello Revere Donaldson Encarnacion Martin Navarro Bautista Tulowitzki Carrera Goins Pennington Smoak PITCHERS Cecil Hendriks Loup Lowe Osuna Sanchez Estrada Dickey Stroman Price Hawkins

GP W L T PF PA 14 9 5 0 460 284 14 9 5 0 375 400 14 8 6 0 354 376 14 5 9 0 297 307

Hamilton Toronto Ottawa Montreal

NATIONAL LEAGUE

L OL 1 0 2 0 4 0 4 1 4 1 7 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE Victoria Kelowna Vancouver Prince George Kamloops

KANSAS CITY VS. HOUSTON (Kansas City wins 3-2) :HGQHVGD\ V UHVXOW Kansas City 7 Houston 2

R H HR RBI AVG 2 7 1 4 .412 3 4 1 2 .333 2 6 0 1 .316 4 4 2 3 .286 2 4 0 2 .250 2 3 0 1 .250 1 1 0 0 .250 2 4 1 1 .222 2 2 1 4 .118 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 SV IP SO ERA 0 2.0 2 0.00 0 0.1 0 0.00 0 1.0 0 0.00 0 1.0 2 0.00 0 4.0 2 0.00 0 4.0 5 0.00 0 6.1 4 1.42 0 4.2 3 1.93 0 7.0 5 3.86 0 10.0 7 7.20 0 0.2 0 27.00

:HGQHVGD\ V JDPH QRW LQFOXGHG

GP W L T PF PA Pt 15 11 4 0 365 272 22 15 11 4 0 381 305 22 14 5 9 0 340 394 10 15 5 10 0 298 427 10 15 2 13 0 357 462 4

x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; clinched playoff berth.

WEEK 17 Bye: Saskatchewan )ULGD\¡V JDPH Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Calgary vs. Toronto (at Hamilton), 4 p.m.

B.C. at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

6XQGD\¡V JDPH Hamilton at Montreal, 1 p.m.

WEEK 18 Bye: Calgary Friday, Oct. 23 Montreal vs. Toronto (site to be conĂ&#x20AC;UPHG S P Hamilton at B.C., 10 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24 Ottawa at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

W 4 3 3 1

L 0 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA 1.000 149 76 .750 95 55 .600 124 105 .250 65 101

W 3 1 1 1

L 2 3 4 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .600 99 113 .250 102 91 .200 97 135 .200 93 145

W 5 3 2 1

L 0 2 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .600 .400 .200

PF 148 120 118 123

PA 101 95 132 137

W 5 2 2 1

L 0 3 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .400 .400 .200

PF 113 116 107 117

PA 79 134 124 143

SOUTH Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville

NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore

WEST Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST N.Y. Giants Dallas Washington Philadelphia

W 3 2 2 2

L 2 3 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .600 .400 .400 .400

PF 132 101 97 117

PA 109 131 104 103

W 5 4 2 1

L 0 0 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .400 .200

PF 162 108 110 103

PA 112 71 148 143

W 5 2 2 0

L 0 2 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA 1.000 137 81 .500 80 73 .400 86 142 .000 83 138

W 4 2 2 1

L 1 3 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .800 190 90 .400 84 113 .400 111 98 .200 75 140

SOUTH Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay New Orleans

NORTH Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

WEST Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

TENNIS

SOCCER

SHANGHAI MASTERS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

$W 6KDQJKDL &KLQD 6LQJOHV Âł 6HFRQG 5RXQG Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1.

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Steve Johnson, U.S., 6-2, 6-4.

Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def.

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Tomas Berdych (5), Czech Republic, def. Jack Sock, U.S., 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-4.

Kei Nishikori (6), Japan, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. David Ferrer (7), Spain, 6-4, 6-2.

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PHILADELPHIA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Michal Neuvirth stopped 30 shots in his second straight shutout, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Sam Gagner, Claude Giroux and Matt Read scored to lead the Flyers to their 12th straight regular-season home victory over Chicago. The Flyers have not lost to the Blackhawks in Philly during the regular

season since Nov. 9, 1996.

The Blackhawks beat the Flyers in the 2010 Stanley Cup Final and clinched with a Game 6 win in Philly.

Filling in for Steve Mason, Neuvirth was sensational in his ninth career shutout. Mason missed a second straight game because of unspecified family reasons and there was no word when he would return.

SENATORS 7, BLUE JACKETS 3 Bobby Ryan and Mika Zibanejad

each had a goal and two assists, Erik Karlsson added a career-high four assists, and Ottawa improved to 3-0-0 on the road for the first time since the start of the 2007-08 season.

Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist, and Marc Methot, Milan Michalek, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mike Hoffman also scored for the Senators.

Ryan Stone had two assists and Craig Anderson made 37 saves. Brandon Saad, Boone Jenner and Brandon Dubinsky scored for Columbus and

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BRUINS 6, AVALANCHE 2 Jimmy Hayes had a goal and three assists, Jonas Gustavsson stopped

20 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Wednesday night to avoid their worst start in 50 years.

The Bruins raced out to a 5-0 lead by the second period and cruised from there to end a three-game slide.

Kevan Miller and Hayes scored 2:22 apart in the first period, with Tyler Randell, Chris Kelly and Ryan Spooner scoring in the second.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You have a way about you that draws others toward you. You could be much more tired than you realize.

You have tried hard to make a difference in a project, but you won’t be successful until you take some time off to recharge your batteries.

Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are likely to see a personal matter far differently because of a conversation with a trusted and loyal loved one. You can accept this person’s feedback and not feel as if you are giving up your position. You’ll see a solution that works for the majority.

Tonight: All smiles.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You tend to exude a warm understanding that helps others feel more at home. If you are single, an encounter today could become more. You have a style that is unique yet nonthreatening. Answers and solutions will emerge with ease. Tonight: Think “weekend.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You might want to change direction and make new choices. You could feel as if you have pushed very hard to get a personal matter handled.

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If you feel like you can’t get past a hassle, just relax. Be more forthright in your decision-making. Tonight: Happy at home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your input will be well-received, even if you are dealing with someone who is extraordinarily uptight. You must know when you have done enough for someone you care about. Be more in touch with a child or new friend’s sensitivities.

Tonight: Visit with a friend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You could be in a position where you must get a project completed.

Others could be sassy with you, especially with regard to money.

Maintain a sense of humor. You are full of energy and excitement. A loved one at a distance adores you.

Tonight: Pay bills first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You could be in a position where others respond well to you, but not as you had anticipated. Even if you’re frustrated, remember that others are attempting to be as responsive as possible. Maintain a sense of humor. Tonight: Enjoy someone else’s overture.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You could feel as if you can’t help heading in a certain direction.

You might not understand what is motivating you, but your intuitive side appears to be running the show. Just watch for any pitfalls that you might not have anticipated. Tonight: Not to be found.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could be out of sorts and wanting to do something very differently. Try to understand an issue between you and a friend. You are

open to discussion. Nevertheless, you still will be determined to head in a certain direction. Tonight: Make weekend plans.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Take a stand with someone who often pushes you too hard. You might not understand what is happening with this person or why. Open up to new possibilities; be willing to state your case to a loved one who can be defiant at times. Tonight: Head right on out the door.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Investigate your alternatives, and know what you want to do. You will recognize your limits, especially in the financial realm. Discuss this issue with a trusted friend when you’re together. A meeting could be very important to you. Tonight: Be imaginative.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Oct. 15) This year you become more aware of your gifts and talents. You might turn a hobby into a moneymaking business, if you so choose. You’ll want to build your financial security. You might find others disruptive or full of the unexpected. If you are single, you possess many assets that draw suitors to you. You could tumble into a very intense relationship, but don’t cut off your other options unless you are 100 percent sure. If you are attached, you feel more generous and expressive with your significant other. Let your sweetie know how very special he or she is. SCORPIO can be too intense for you to handle!

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Verdict still out on Canucks influx of youth This year’s team is nothing like last year’s, but will management revert to playing it safe with young players?

Jason Botchford The Province

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o, the Canucks have picked up where they left off last regular season.

Surprise.

Good lesson. Probably a solid idea to never write off a team with the Sedins up front and Chris Tanev and Alex Edler carrying the rearguard before a season even begins.

But anyone daydreaming about another 100 points should know this: These Canucks are nothing like last year’s. At least, not now.

Those Canucks were braided together like frayed horsehair rope.

There were veterans up and down the lineup.

The enlightening rookie, Bo Horvat, couldn’t get himself off the fourth line or on the power play.

The 2011 era was long gone. But games still had a sense you were on a tour of Jurassic World. It was one last run for the old days. And, you know what, it wasn’t half bad.

Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat, bottom right, scores against Calgary Flames goalie Jonas Hiller Saturday in Vancouver. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

The way those Canucks went out, however, was cathartic, taking us to terminus. It was an end. The group could still be good, it was never going to be good enough.

Since, Vancouver has responded exactly how it should have responded. Doors were left ajar for youth. Several young players walked on through.

Just like that, a season that once lacked any expectancy tingled with

intrigue, anticipation and even promise. The first four games haven’t disappointed. Goalie Ryan Miller has done what he was signed to do, steadying a team in transition,peppered with inexperience.

The Sedins have shown enough that we know they aren’t done as first-liners. The top defensive pairing of Edler and Tanev is emerging as a duo that can possibly carry a top six that is as vulnerable as it’s been in a

decade. If the Canucks are going to continue to keep themselves above water they will need Edler and Tanev steering the boat. So far, they’ve been great at that.

But this remains a team in search of an identity, like so many others in October. Will they really be all-in on the youth movement they need to drive them forward?

Or will they increasingly give plum responsibilities to players like Brandon Prust, and, when he comes back, Chris Higgins?

It’s not easy for any coach to stomach inexperience, especially when those young players ratchet up the risk of goals against.

There was a great quote from Toronto head coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday.

He said it is easy to overplay checking-type players because they don’t get scored on. A coach’s inherent tendency is usually to be as safe as possible.

It is hard to put your patience and faith in players like Sven Baertschi, Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann, because you know what it could mean for Miller and the scoreboard.

Already you can sense the team is at least a little conflicted, as the Canucks’ coaching staff works out

just how far it’s willing to go down this road.

Baertschi, admittedly quiet, has already found himself on the fourth line and in Tuesday’s win in L.A., McCann was scratched andVirtanen was benched three-fifths into the game.

The team’s three rookies have yet to play in the same game.

There is nothing wrong with any of this.

They need to learn and if you learn playing a game or two on the fourth line, so be it. Just as long as that spot in the top six is waiting for you soon enough.

The team does still have a foot in the old days, and still finds itself at a fork in the road this season.

Will this be the year they commit to the new generation, mistakes be damned, over the course of 82 games?

There is a lot of unknown diving into that end of the pool.

At the other end is attempting to squeeze as much security as possible from the vets. It may get you more wins and points, but we all know how that movie ends.

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Shea, Virtanen garner top individual awards SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

The Vancouver Island Raiders’ ownership of the B.C. Football Conference’s top linebacker has continued into a third year, although there is a new name on the trophy.

The BCFC announced Wednesday that third-year Raiders veteran Dexter Shea has won its outstanding linebacker award for 2015 — graduated Raider Dylan Chapdelaine won the award the last two years before being named the top junior football player in the country last season and moving on to play for the UBC Thunderbirds. Attempting to replace Chapdelaine’s production this year, Shea knew being the top player at his position was something he was capable of.

“Totally,” he said. “You always have to aim to be at the highest level you can get to, and on a personal level, that’s right up there.”

The BCFC also crowned Raiders safety Cole Virtanen as its rookie of the year after he picked off five passes in his first season of junior football.

Virtanen was named as the top defensive player in B.C. Varsity AA high school football after the 2014 season, was the star recruit for the Raiders under new head coach Jerome Erdman in the spring, and will be a key player as they prepare to take on the Langley Rams Saturday in Nanaimo at 1 p.m. in the BCFC semifinal.

“It was definitely a goal in the back of my mind,” Virtanen said of being

Vancouver Island Raiders linebacker Dexter Shea, left, and safety Cole Virtanen picked up two of the B.C. Football Conference’s major awards on Wednesday. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

named as the BCFC’s top rookie, “but when I came here, I came to win football games.

“It’s just all the work I put in paying off, but it’s more of a team award.

It’s them who helped me get to where I am.”

Both players are from Nanaimo, graduates of the John Barsby Bulldogs high school program where they were coached by Rob Stevenson and Larry Cooper. They were both

named BCFC all-stars last week.

Shea said he saw “a lot of big things” from Virtanen.

“He plays with a lot of intensity and a lot of passion,” Shea said, “and I knew him before this year, so I didn’t expect a whole lot less. It’s only uphill for him, and myself from here.”

Virtanen said playing with a player like Shea helped improve his own game.

“He played unbelievably this year,” Virtanen said.

“It was awesome, and playing with a high-calibre player like that just makes me better and makes everyone around him better.”

Shea finished the year with 38 tackles, nine assists, two sacks, two pass knockdowns, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries, while Virtanen had 31 tackles, eight assists, six knockdowns, a fumble recovery

and five interceptions, including one for a touchdown.

Shea and Virtanen were second and third in defensive points (a formula the BCFC uses to rank defenders) at the end of the regular season.

Both players are eligible to return next season, and they’re part of a defence that is on the upswing and doesn’t lose much to graduation after this season.

Virtanen eased into the season, but made his biggest impact when he picked off Kamloops Broncos quarterback Steve Schuweiler deep in Raiders territory in Week 4, taking the ball 95 yards for a touchdown in what was a game-changing play.

He said, after stepping in as a starter in his first year with the Raiders, it simply took some time to get comfortable.

“The speed of the game has definitely changed, so it was me getting comfortable within the scheme and making it my own, and becoming more confident in what I do.”

Virtanen led a secondary that included three rookies and a sophomore, and Shea said the defence improved as everyone gained experience and chemistry.

“We’ve got a lot of young players on our team,” he said, “on defence especially, and we just all clicked and started playing better, and progressing as a team.”

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Houston. Likely, they’ll still be able to finish anywhere from third to fifth on the last day of the season. They earned that opportunity with their play through August. It’s been grim since.

At least no one got hurt in Frisco.

MARC WEBER THE PROVINCE

FRISCO, Tex. — The MLS playoffs didn’t start Wednesday and they don’t start next week, either.

Actually, not until Oct. 28.

The Caps only lost a game at Toyota Stadium — a game they always lose.

And this time they were ravaged by injury, so, nothing unusual there.

OK, they also lost hope of finishing first and probably second in the West, so there goes the first-round playoff bye, but that was pretty clear a week or two ago.

The critical thing for this team is to try and get healthy. If they don’t, they’re done.

But Wednesday wasn’t an easy night to have that perspective.

Five straight games without a win — and just two wins in nine — at the business end of the season tends to rile up the locals.

Vancouver (15-13-5) is limping to the finish line and it won’t ease anyone’s pain to know that Dallas is a very good team, even without electric winger Fabian Castillo.

Dallas had more than enough Wednesday to stroll past a Caps team that’s without its three No. 10s — Pedro Morales, Nicolas Mezquida and Mauro Rosales.

Key winger Cristian Techera, nursing a hamstring strain, stayed on the bench, and the influential Kendall Waston flew in from New Jersey, where he’d played for Costa Rica on

FC Dallas goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez, right punches away the ball against Vancouver Whitecap Jordan Harvey Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. [AP PHOTO]

Tuesday, but was wisely kept in street clothes.

It was 2-0 in the end and could have been worse if not for David Ousted’s usual heroics, including a PK save. He’s probably been their MVP. He’ll need to continue to be.

Both teams traded goal posts early and the Caps did have a late push that included some bright moments

for Canadian teen Marco Bustos, but they were outmatched. Even with four defensive midfielders out there they couldn’t stop Mauro Diaz and Michael Barrios from tearing them apart in the game’s decisive moments.

The Caps have one game left to try and build some confidence heading into the playoffs — at home to

IN A WORD SAD: The standard of refereeing in MLS will again be a talking point after this one because Jose Carlos Rivero, who finds a PK every two games, made a laughable call late in the first half. He even had time to think about it as Tim Parker went to ground on Michael Barrios, winning the ball. At least David Ousted made the save.

AMUSING: Of course Toronto FC finally clinched their first playoff spot on a day they’ll get buried behind the Blue Jays. Ah well. Only took ‘em nine years and a $20-million payroll.

Go check out Giovinco’s latest goal.

Fantastic stuff. And how about Jozy Altidore getting ejected without even being in uniform? Kids, be nice to assistant referees.

FADING: Deybi Flores’s chances of staying in Vancouver next year, you’d assume. The on-loan Honduran is only 19, but Carl Robinson’s used him in 10 MLS games and Wednesday was his fifth start and the disappointing bits have far outweighed the promising bits. He was among the victims on Dallas’s opening goal and he’s struggled in possession.

BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — It will be up to veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn to try to get the Montreal Alouettes to the Canadian Football League playoffs.

The Alouettes, ravaged by injuries at quarterback, acquired the 36-yearold from the last-place Saskatchewan Roughriders for a fifth round draft pick on Wednesday. He got a contract extension through the 2016 season as part of the deal.

Coach and general manager Jim Popp hopes Glenn can pick up the team’s system and terminology in time to start a home game Sunday against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

The Alouettes (5-9) have four regular season games remaining to try to avoid missing the playoffs for the first time since the team returned to Montreal in 1996.

“It’s no added pressure,” said Glenn.

“We play for these opportunities to be in a storybook.”

Popp made the deal ahead of the CFL trade deadline after rookie Rakeem Cato suffered a concussion in a 25-17 loss at home to the Toronto Argonauts on Monday. Quarterbacks have been a disaster for Montreal this season. Starter Jonathan Crompton and backup Dan LeFevour were injured in the season opener.

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This Saturday, October 17th, the GAIN Dealer Group will host it’s 2nd Annual Garage Sale in Nanaimo. The only thing that will feel like a garage sale at this event are the amazing prices you will find on a variety of new goods and services.

“This is a one day event and it’s going to feature all new items that have been heavily discounted,” says Volker Grady, General Manager of the Nanaimo division of the GAIN Dealer Group.

This one day sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

at 2476 Kenworth Rd and will be co-hosted by Mercedes-Benz Nanaimo, Subaru of Nanaimo, BMW Nanaimo and MINI Nanaimo.

“We were pleasantly surprised at just how much of a success it was last year,” Grady says.

“It was a chance for people to see their dealers’ showrooms in a whole new way.”

Apart from offering extra special deals on their pre-owned inventory, the dealerships’ garage sale is all about new items from their new

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Everything will be priced to for one day only to clearout stockrooms and make space for all new parts, supplies, boutique items and other inventory that are continually arriving.

There will be an all day barbecue serving gourmet German sausages and more on the grill plus an assortment of refreshments to choose from. As a special treat, Mercedes-Benz Nanaimo will be featuring a vintage 1965 Mercedes-Benz fire engine on the lot for kids of all ages to check out.

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The Wall Street Journal cited unidentified sources in reporting that Apple is committed to building an electric car and plans to triple its 600-person team working on the project.

Apple declined to comment, but the report was the latest to confirm what a general partner at Google Ventures on Monday called the “worst kept secret” in the Bay Area.

“There are more people working on it than work at almost every startup,” M.G. Siegler, a partner at Google’s venture capital wing, wrote on Twitter.

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“I would be much more inclined to believe what Apple is doing is looking to become a dominant force for in-vehicle electronics, and be able to do integration between the car and all the other services they offer,” said Van Baker, a San Josebased analyst for Gartner Research.

“Where the value comes is in the computing you put in the electric car.”

Apple already has an Internet-connected dashboard, CarPlay, that turns cars into a mobile Web device and will be deployed in more new model vehicles in the coming year.

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The Neowing will be on display Oct. 30 to Nov. 8, at Tokyo’s Big Sight, during the 44th annual Tokyo Motor Show.

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Toyota promises better mileage with newest Prius model YURI KAGEYAMA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. released details for its fourth-generation Prius on Tuesday, promising that improvements in the battery, engine, wind resistance and weight mean better mileage for the world’s top-selling hybrid car.

It gets up to 40 kilometres a litre under Japanese tests, which translates to more than 93 miles per gallon, a 20 per cent improvement from the 2015 model. In the U.S., it gets

55 mpg in combined city and highway driving, about 10 per cent better.

The Prius, which debuted in 1997, goes on sale in Japan in December, and rolls out in the U.S. and other markets early next year. A price was not announced, but it’s expected to be in the same range. The Prius now starts at about $24,000 in the U.S. and $20,000 in Japan.

A hybrid switches back and forth between a gasoline engine and an electric motor to deliver a super-efficient drive, but is increasingly being

challenged by even more futuristic technologies, such as the purely electric car and the fuel cell, which are both zero emissions.

Toyota officials said the efficiency of the Prius engine was beefed up 40 per cent with reduced friction and improved combustion, while newly developed batteries are 10 per cent smaller yet have 28 per cent better performance. The battery, which had been in the back luggage area, now fits under the back seat, meaning more luggage space.

“We started from scratch, looking at all the possibilities” for improvement, chief engineer Koji Toyoshima told reporters at a Tokyo showroom.

Toyota also made a point to deliver a smoother feel in driving, including four-wheel drive, as well as just-developed safety technology, including connecting with traffic lights at street corners.

The 2016 Prius was shown at the Las Vegas auto show last month, but the Japanese automaker didn’t release details then.

Toyota has sold about 4 million Prius vehicles globally, but its popularity is mostly limited to the U.S. and Japan.

Yoshiaki Kawano, manager at HIS Automotive in Tokyo, believes Prius will continue to be popular. The challenge from other hybrid models will help keep the overall hybrid option popular, and the challenge from electric cars and fuel cells will be limited for some time because of the need for infrastructure such as charging stations, he said.

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TOKYO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Toyota, under ambitious environmental targets, is aiming to sell hardly any regular gasoline vehicles by 2050, only hybrids and fuel cells, to radically reduce emissions.

The automaker promised to involve governments, affiliated companies and other â&#x20AC;&#x153;stakeholdersâ&#x20AC;? in its push to reduce average emissions from Toyota cars by 90 per cent by about 2050, compared with 2010 levels.

Electric cars werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t part of their vision, outlined by top Toyota Motor Corp. officials at a Tokyo museum on Wednesday, striking a contrast with rivals such as Nissan Motor Co., which has banked on that zero-emissions technology.

Toyotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitments come at a time when the auto industry has been shaken by a scandal at Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Volkswagen AG, in which it admitted it cheated on diesel emissions tests covering millions of cars.

Toyota projected its annual sales of fuel cell vehicles will reach more than 30,000 by about 2020, which is 10 times its projected figure for 2017.

Fuel cells run on hydrogen and are zero-emissions. Toyotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mirai fuel cell went on sale late last year. Toyota has received 1,500 orders for the Mirai in Japan, and it just went on sale in the U.S. and Europe.

Annual sales of hybrid vehicles will reach 1.5 million and by 2020 Toyota

would have sold 15 million hybrids, nearly twice what it has sold so far around the world, it said.

Hybrids switch back and forth between a gasoline engine and an electric motor to deliver an efficient ride.

The Toyota Prius, which went on sale in 1997, is the top-selling hybrid, with about 4 million sold globally so far.

Toyota is promising to develop a hybrid version in every category, including usually gas-guzzling sport-utility vehicles, as well as luxury models. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may think 35 years is a long time,â&#x20AC;? Senior Managing Officer Kiyotaka Ise told reporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But for an automaker to envision all combustion engines as gone is pretty extraordinary.â&#x20AC;?

Ise acknowledged some gasoline engine cars would remain in less developed markets, but only in small numbers.

He and other Toyota officials insisted on the inevitability of their overall vision, stressing that the problems of global warming and environmental destruction made a move toward a hydrogen-based society a necessity.

Experts agree more has to be done to curtail global warming and pollution, and nations are increasingly tightening emissions standards.

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