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OTTAWA — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered his congratulations to prime minister designate Justin Trudeau in a telephone call affirming the friendship of the two countries — even if it won’t always be shouted from Canada’s rooftops.

Rafael Barak, Israel’s ambassador to Canada, said the call from Netanyahu took place last Friday, and left his country assured that relations between Canada and the Jewish state will remain strong after the defeat of the Harper Conservatives on Oct. 19.

Harper faced much criticism for a Middle East policy that many analysts said tilted too much toward Israel, and gave short shrift to the Palestinians.

But Harper also built a very warm relationship of his own with Netanyahu, who regularly lauded his personal friend “Stephen” as a great friend to Israel.

Past Liberal governments have always had a pro-Israel foreign policy, but because of the vocal support of the Conservatives since 2006, some Israeli commentators have raised questions about whether the new Liberal majority government will still be as close to Israel.

Barak told The Canadian Press on Thursday that Trudeau also has a record of unwavering support for Israel.

“Mr. Trudeau has been very consistent from the very beginning of his campaign, in expressing his support for Israel,” said Barak.

“I’m sure maybe the style will change,” the envoy added. “But I don’t feel there will be a change on the substance. I’m really reassured.”

Kate Purchase, Trudeau’s spokeswoman, characterized the conversation as a “very positive call.”

Trudeau also “explained there would be a shift in tone but Canada would continue to be a friend of Israel’s,” she added.

During the federal election campaign, Trudeau also said he would re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran, which Israel views

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as an existential threat.

Canada severed diplomatic relations with Iran, closing its embassy in Tehran and kicking Iranian diplomats out of Canada on Sept. 7, 2012, citing concerns over the safety of its diplomats, and calling Iran a threat to world peace.

At the time, Netanyahu called that “not only an act of statesmanship, but an act of moral clarity.”

Barak said if Trudeau follows through on re-establishing relations with Iran, it would not be damaging to relations with Israel.

“This is a Canadian issue . . . It is a domestic Canadian consideration of the security of their diplomats,” said Barak.

“On Iran, he has also been saying all the right things that Canada has been saying.”

Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of the

landmark agreement reached in July with the U.S., Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany to monitor Iran’s nuclear energy activities.

After the deal was announced in July, the then Liberal foreign affairs critic Marc Garneau issued a statement on behalf of the party that said: “Iran must comply with the terms of this agreement and match its words with concrete deeds.”

That line was virtually the same as the Conservative talking point on the issue, which repeatedly stressed judging Tehran on its deeds, not its words.

The Middle East was raised briefly during the election campaign’s foreign policy debate in Toronto on Sept. 28, which gave Trudeau the opportunity to accuse Harper of using it as a wedge issue domestically.

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PQ leader not expecting co-operation THE CANADIAN PRESS

Quebecers shouldn’t have any illusions that Ottawa would want to participate in negotiating terms of a third referendum, Parti Quebecois Leader Pierre Karl Peladeau says.

But with or without Ottawa’s help, the question on the ballot would be “clear and concise,” Peladeau told The Canadian Press on the eve of the second Quebec referendum, held twenty years ago Friday.

“It’s rather unrealistic,” Peladeau said about Ottawa willingly sitting down with a future PQ government to negotiate a

“There is no doubt, no question, on the desire of Quebecers to head in this direction.”

Pierre Karl Paladeau, PQ leader

potential referendum question or rules governing campaigning.

It would be desirable for a sovereigntist provincial government and federal politicians to agree on a set of referendum rules, Peladeau added, citing as

an example the United Kingdom and Scotland before the 2014 referendum in that country.

Despite relative low support for independence in Quebec and recent poor election results for sovereigntist parties at both the provincial and federal level, Peladeau said he is already thinking about the next referendum question.

A possible question could read: “Should Quebec be an independent country?” Peladeau said.

And the way to convince Quebecers to get on board with the project will be through economic arguments, he added.

Quebecers need to have “the

tools, the means and the competencies to enrich themselves even more,” he said, adding he can’t wait to see the future state “participate in the community of nations.”

Peladeau also confirmed his refusal to hold what’s known in Quebec as a “referendum election,” where a party runs an election campaign centered on a promise to hold a independence vote during its mandate.

The PQ leader said public consultations would be held before another referendum so “there is no doubt, no question, on the desire of Quebecers to head in this direction.”

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Rumours of paranormal activity linger after long-ago axe murders ne of the most gruesome crimes to have ever taken place in Nanaimo has a link to a chilling ghost sighting.

In 1860 a young Hawaiian named Peter Kakua, who later became known as Kanaka Pete, came to Nanaimo in hopes of a prosperous future. Like so many young men before and after him, he saw the mines as his golden ticket.

After eight years of working in the mines, Kakua had a life to be proud of.

By 1868 he had a wife who he Aaron loved dearly, a Hinks newborn daughReporting ter and a cabin, which used to sit on land where the Coast Bastion Hotel was built.

By all accounts it seemed as if he had it made. Beneath the surface there was much more going on.

By the end of 1868 Kakua’s marriage was falling apart. The family he worked hard to build was coming undone. His wife had decided to leave him and was in the process of moving out.

On Dec. 4 — a dark, chilly Friday evening — Kakua decided to warm up with some whisky at a local watering hole. As the evening got darker, colder, Kakua went home to retire. To his surprise, his wife, baby, mother-in-law and fatherin-law were inside his cabin. They told him they were just collecting belongings and they would be gone in the morning.

To escape the tension, Kakua decided to head back to the bar.

Hours passed and Kakua had enough to drink and stumbled his way back home. When he walked in, he said he saw the unimaginable — his wife was having sex with her own father.

Kakua snapped, fuelled with booze, rage and adrenaline, he grabbed the first thing in sight and started to swing.

Unfortunately for the family, the first thing in sight happened to be an axe.

In cold blood he murdered his wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law and his daughter. Records show that the mother’s body was found in a position trying to protect the baby.

Kakua passed out. When he awoke the next day he realized what he had done. Kakua felt he needed to flee. His great escape plan was to paddle to Vancouver, but he didn’t want to go alone. Without explaining the details, he convinced his friend, Adam Stepney, to go for a canoe ride.

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this point Stepney realized Kakua’s intentions, he didn’t want to go to Newcastle Island, he wanted to go to the Mainland.

Stepney wasn’t up for the journey and demanded that they shore on Newcastle Island. Kakua agreed, and the two of them set up camp.

They ended up staying the night at Kanaka Beach.

By this time the police had learned about the crime and were on the hunt for Kakua. They immediately set up a task force team to find him. Newcastle Island was uninhabited at this point, and

police noticed smoke raising above the trees on Dec. 5.

The police stormed the beach,.

Kakua fled into the forest, but was eventually arrested.

He was sent to Victoria for trail.

In his testimony, Kakua was reported saying “being considerably intoxicated at the time, and owing to the pain I was suffering I became almost mad and laid hold of the first thing I could reach which was an axe and laid about me indiscriminately.”

A jury found Kakua guilty, and sentenced him to death by hanging

at Gallows Point on Protection Island in March, 1869.

After Kakua was executed, officials didn’t know what to do with his body. Ultimately they decided to bury it in an unmarked grave on Newcastle Island.

Years pass, the community heals, and Kakua’s crime becomes a faint memory.

In the year Kakua was killed, future Nanaimo MLA James Hawthornthwaite was born.

One evening, a young Hawthornthwaite was sleeping at the home of his friend, Arthur Potts.

Howthornthwaite was sleeping on the couch, Potts in his bedroom.

In the middle of the night Potts was awoken by a scuffle in the living room. Potts rushed to the living room and found his friend, Hawthornthwaite, standing with a fire-poker over his head.

Hawthornthwaite said he saw a man, covered in blood and holding an axe. Potts and Hawthornthwaite quickly searched the property and found nothing. Hawthornthwaite, embarrassed by what he saw, made Potts promise to never tell a soul.

Thirty years pass. Hawthornthwaite is well-respected in Nanaimo, and has already served as MLA for several years.

Through casual conversation with a local sheriff, Hawthornthwaite mentioned the evening he saw a man, covered in blood, banishing an axe. It struck the sheriff as familiar, he did some digging and brought up the Peter Kakua documents.

The sheriff and Hawthornthwaite were both surprised at how similar Hawthornthwaite’s sighting was to the circumstances of Peter Kakua’s crime. The sheriff was also able to determine that Kakua’s cabin, where he committed the crime, was located in the near exact location of Potts house, where Hawthornthwaite saw the ghostly figure.

A website titled, Kanaka Pete, has a list of paranormal activity reported on Newcastle Island.

According to the website, rumours of faint screams and chopping sounds have been heard in the area late at night.

To this day Kakua’s body is still buried deep beneath the surface of Newcastle Island. The next time you camp the island, know that you might not be alone.

(This gruesome slice of Nanaimo history courtesy of the Nanaimo Museum.)

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ould time be running out for Woodgrove Centre’s large water clock?

The mall will be undergoing extensive, $17-million renovations from now well into next year, including the centre court section where the clock is located.

The clock is property of the firm that owns the mall, Ivanhoe Cambridge, and is in full working order.

But there are fears in the community the well-known structure could be decommissioned to make way for new attractions or retail space during the renovations.

A petition has launched (on Change.org) calling on the mall to preserve the structure at its current location. So far, the petition has garnered more than 1,300 signatures.

The clock was donated to the shopping centre in 1981 by V. Philip Bonance and was designed and built by Vancouver Engineer Robert McKechnie in partnership with Armour Blewett and Partners.

The clock was officially unveiled by former Mayor Frank Ney and other notables to mark the opening of the shopping centre in September 1981.

A time capsule was later added at the clock to mark the mall’s 25th anniversary.

Mall general manager Julia Dow said there are no firm plans for the clock, adding design work for renovations of that section of the mall is still underway.

“We’re reviewing design options now, there’s been no decision made,” said Dow. She acknowledged public interest in the clock’s future, adding: “We’re definitely listening to what people are saying.”

“The message that I’ve read is most

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people feel it’s a meeting place,” Dow said.

There is no firm timeline as to when construction plans for where the clock is located will be finalized or when work will begin. Dow said the shopping centre is focused on completing work on the food court and guest services section of the mall.

Dow indicated Woodgrove was open

to options like donating the clock to another owner or relocating it.

“I think we’re definitely open to listening to ideas, however, it’s too early to speculate,” she said.

Affection for the clock appears to be widespread.

Although it is powered by electricity, it gives the visual impression of using water to turn its cogs and power its pendulum.

“I would say it’s unique in the area and we should keep it,” said Anne Elphick. “It’s a landmark for the mall and the people who come here every day.”

“This is why we come to the mall,” said Krystyna Ostergaard, who stopped to let her one-year-old daughter Abaiya throw her first-ever coin into the well below the clock.

“It’d be a shame to see her grow up

without this.”

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Harbour Air pitches in to help marine mammals DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Peter the harbour seal got a new lease on life with help from Harbour Air Seaplanes and the Vancouver Island Aquarium.

The seal was released into the ocean in a North Vancouver park Thursday.

It was found emaciated and wounded on a Saanich beach July 24, then flown to Vancouver. It was nursed back to health by staff at the Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.

Thursday’s event was partly to recognize Harbour Air’s contribution to marine mammal rescue efforts.

In five years, the airline transported 324 harbour seals to the centre, to be cared for until they can be released.

“It’s amazing,” said Emily Johnson, manager of the centre. “They really

give us access to an area we don’t have access to.”

Abandoned pups are usually malnourished and underweight when rescued. Air transport helps improve their chances of their survival.

Without Harbour Air, the centre could only treat animals rescued from Lower Mainland and surrounding area.

When admitted for treatment, the seals are assigned a numeric code for identification purposes, but they are also named, so it’s easier for staff members to keep track of them.

This seal was named Peter Reid, after the pilot who delivered it to Vancouver. The airline, which serves Nanaimo and numerous other coastal destinations, is glad to be able to help injured wildlife.

“It’s part of the environment in coastal communities,” said Randy

Wright, executive vice-president of Harbour Air. The airline began its partnership on the project with the Vancouver Aquarium in 2010.

“It’s a unique West Coast service that we bring to the coast,” Wright said.

“Passengers are sometimes a bit surprised when they find out they are flying with a seal in the back of the plane. But everyone appreciates that saving seals is the right thing to do.”

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Students must choose between high schools ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Slightly more than half of 400 secondary students surveyed in the Cedar and the Cinnabar Valley area intend to return to Cedar Secondary School when it reopens next fall.

Officials in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district said the numbers are preliminary at this stage for CSS, which had a student population of approximately 425 students when it closed in 2014.

Board chairman Steve Rae said he believes the number of secondary students who intend to go to CSS in

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September will be much higher as the school’s opening day approaches.

He said the school’s principal will be talking to parents and students in the area in the coming months, and that should help increase the numbers.

“I understand that some of the students will want to stay in the schools where they currently are next year, and it may be a fact that the school population won’t be as high as we anticipated in the fall, but those numbers will go up in the next few years,” Rae said.

Superintendent John Blain added

that the course-planning process for CSS will soon be underway, and many students may decide to return to the school when they know what courses will be offered there.

The school was closed by the previous board in the spring of 2014, but the new board decided to reopen it earlier this year. Most of the students who attended CSS when it closed went to John Barsby or Ladysmith secondary schools.

Of the 163 students from Cedar currently at John Barsby who were surveyed, 44 indicated they intend to return to CSS, 109 said they would

stay at John Barsby and 10 were undecided.

Of the 122 students surveyed at LSS, 77 said they would return to CSS, 34 indicated they would stay at LSS and 11 were undecided.

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Make sure to purchase a poppy to give your thanks

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hey are already out in force in Nanaimo and all across the country.

They in this case being the wonderful folks out raising money during the annual poppy campaign.

Don’t forget to pick one up.

As always, money raised (between now and Remembrance Day) through the annual poppy sale in Nanaimo stays in the community and helps veterans who live in the area.

The poppy has become the international symbol of remembrance representing a visual pledge to pay tribute to those who gave their lives for the preservation of peace and freedom. The poppy campaign was created as a means to raise funds in order to perpetuate this sacred memory and provide for veterans and

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“Virtually all of our families have connections to people who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom.

So for many, the poppy has special personal meaning.“ their families in their time of need.

Legion Branches throughout B.C. and the Yukon organize the annual campaign in their respective areas. In Nanaimo and Lantzville, that’s Branches 10, 256 and 257.

A portion of the money raised through the annual campaign is used

to help local cadet organizations in the Nanaimo area, meaning it will assist with many future veterans as well.

The meaning of the poppy is enduring. The blood-red flower was one of the only plants to grow on the otherwise barren battlefields in Western Europe. Its significance was realized

by Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem ‘In Flanders Fields,’ written in 1915. The poppy quickly became a lasting memorial to those who died in conflict. The Royal British Legion distributed the first poppies in Canada in November 1921.

Legion members will be giving out the red-and-black lapel pins — a symbol of remembrance for the Canadian men and women who have served in war and military support operations. There will also be boxes

at stores, restaurants and various other local businesses.

It bears repeating every year that we need to assist our veterans. It is impossible to ever repay them for their sacrifice. Our country would not be what it is today without them.

Poppy funds raise money for things like food, heating costs, clothing, prescription medication, medical equipment, essential home repairs and emergency shelter.

A year ago, poppy sales jumped to 19 million (from 18 million the previous year) during the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, as well as the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War. It’s important to maintain those numbers and the symbol that is the poppy. Also last year, the City

of Nanaimo planted 67,000 poppy seeds at the war memorial cenotaph downtown to commemorate all the Canadian soldiers that died in the First World War. Virtually all of our families have connections to people who made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom. So for many, the poppy has special personal meaning.

Whether it’s because of that personal connection, to honour the memory of others we have lost, or to support the current and future brave men and women who serve our country, wearing the poppy retains an enormous significance.

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Stories hold fabric of community together

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t’s been more than three years since I first entered the world of the Daily News and now, on the eve of my departure to write a book, I can still remember the first piece I wrote as a fledgling freelancer.

The low-barrier housing controversy was at its boiling-over point, and I had become privy to some new information about it.

I had just moved back to town from an off-grid cabin on Lasqueti Island and though determined to find work as a reporter, I felt self-conscious about everything: my scruffy clothes and rubber boots, my lack of formal education.

How could I translate the last six years of homesteading and child-rearing into something resembling work experience?

Somehow back in the city, knowing how to tap maple trees or make rope from nettle stalks seemed out of place.

“Hmmph. Well, you write good clean copy,” said then-editor Cale Cowan, staring at the screen as I tried to maintain an air of confidence.

He can’t have known how much that moment mattered, how desperately I needed that validation and how welcome those words were.

I was soon offered a column at the paper, one that ran for several years, profiling local characters in Nanaimo

from the quirky to the profound.

The column then became both a reporting job and an editorial position, something that can be difficult these days without a university degree.

However the newspaper had a place for me, and through my role as a journalist, I realized this community had, too.

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the job is just how deeply people allow you into their lives.

I have spoken to people in some of their most painful and joyous moments, from the recent loss of a child to having their life saved to overcoming unbeatable odds.

Some might say that to work in

media is to be reminded of the darkness in humanity but my experience has been precisely the opposite.

I have been continually humbled and inspired by the bravery and kindness that exists in the average Nanaimo resident, from the young man who didn’t think twice about diving into frigid waters at Westwood Lake to save a man he saw drowning, to the businessman who gave a kidney to a friend and fellow businessman when he couldn’t find a family donor.

Seemingly simple acts from people who laugh at the notion that they are heroes, but these stories are what hold the fabric of community together and I feel honoured and

grateful that I have been allowed to tell them.

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Outspoken teen kicked off team Soccer group says decision made for breach of program code after fish farm sponsor criticized EARLE COUPER COMOX VALLEY RECORD

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t was an emotional roller coaster Thursday for youth soccer goalkeeper Freyja Reed.

Just an hour after learning the Marine Harvest Riptide soccer organization was kicking her out of the program, the 14-year-old received a $2,000 donation from local commercial fishermen to help her carry on with her training.

Reed and her mother Anissa are both opponents of fish farming, and trouble began when Marine Harvest, one of the biggest fish farming companies in the world, became the title sponsor for the Upper Island Riptide program.

Reed played for the U15 girls team, which the Riptide suspended operations of citing a dispute by Reed over Marine Harvest’s sponsorship of her team.

In an email to all members of the team, the Riptide Steering Committee, the organization running the club, said, “Due to the current situation and to ensure the safety and privacy of all Riptide players, the 2001 Girls program will be suspended until further notice.”

After a tense Tuesday meeting to try and resolve the issue was unsuccessful, the Riptide issued a press release Thursday stating Reed and the organization were parting ways.

“This decision does not come easily, but after repeated breaches of the program’s code of conduct and feedback from the wide majority of team players, their families, and program volunteers, this collective decision has been made,” the Riptide media release stated.

“While we respect the values that the family holds dear, we must also respect the values and expectations of the other 140 members and their families.

“Our decision to part ways with one member was done to ensure our other players, volunteers, and coaches can enjoy a safe and enjoyable environment. Our program has and always will, act in the best interests of all our players,” the release stated.

Anissa Reed said she read that email around 2 p.m., and at 3 p.m. she and her daughter were at the Comox Wharf at a rally to defend Freyja’s right to free speech and to receive the $2,000 cheque, which commercial fisherman spokesperson Travis Hind said is the start of a trust fund for the teen.

Trevor Hind presents soccer player Freyja Reed with a $2,000 cheque on behalf of local commercial fishermen. The presentation was made during a rally to support her held at the Comox Wharf an hour after she learned she was off the team for speaking out against fish farms. [EARL COUPER/COMOX VALLEY RECORD]

“We have been patient and have tried to accommodate the salmon farming industry, but we are not going to stand by and see a 14-yearold girl lose her dream of playing soccer and her hopes of being able to attend university because she refused to advertise the salmon farming industry every time she stepped onto the playing field,” Hind said in a press release issued Wednesday.

About 30 supporters, including Freyja’s great-grandfather and grandfather, gathered at the Comox Wharf Thursday afternoon.

“This means so much,” Freyja said upon receiving the cheque.

“Especially now I don’t know what i’m going to do for training. This is so awesome to have your guys support.”

One supporter told Freyja it was a shame she had to leave this community to play soccer, adding he was “ashamed it has come down to this.

Good luck where ever you have to go to play soccer.”

Another said he believed the Riptide is the only community soccer league branded with a corporate title.

“They should have left it Upper Island Riptide soccer club, but they put their name on it. It’s offensive.”

Anissa was also appreciative.

“I would like to thank everybody.

We moved here from Sointula so Freyja could play soccer. I love the

coast. I’m a single mom, I run my own business. It hasn’t been easy but it’s been good.

“Now we’re going to have to pick up and move again. Which is going to be a financial hit, but we can do it. So this money that you guys have collected and are giving to Freya will allow me not to have to worry about training,” Anissa said.

“She really wants to go far in the game and I think that she can if she has the right training because she’s dedicated. I think that this is changing her life and I want you to know that the money will always be used to go to her sports.”

She added they will be setting up a Facebook page to allow Freyja’s supporters to follow her career.

“As a parent watching all the abuse she has suffered, you guys are really helping to heal,” Anissa added.

She said it was not a mutual parting of the ways. “(The email from Riptide) says we have breached the contract so much they couldn’t work with us. But nobody contacted me for six weeks.

I’ve had no communication directly from Riptide since Sept. 14.”

Anissa added, “Right now I actually believe the hand of Marine Harvest is reaching through this association and they have an agreement with them and I think that agreement also includes specific details which makes

this organization act in a certain way.

“My belief is that the association doesn’t have a choice right now. I’ve asked to see that agreement. They’ve told everybody they’ve showed it to me, they put details of it on their website, but I’ve never seen the legal document.

“Its a one- to three-year agreement.

I’ve been told it includes such things as taking the kids to jamborees up to Port McNeill and Alert Bay, which which are salmon farm controversial communities. The people up there definitely don’t want them.

“I think (Marine Harvest) is buying social licence. Because we’re opposed to that they just couldn’t have my daughter in the association, like part of the Riptide family.

“I honestly feel sorry for all the people tied up in Riptide. It is a great program, we liked it, we moved here for it. But everything has gotten real ugly real fast. It’s unfortunate,” Anissa said.

“I’ve never spoken out against the Riptide. Everything has to do with Marine Harvest…from the beginning…and for me it still does.

“I’m as angry as somebody can be for the way the association has treated my daughter. I feel they entered into agreements and Marine Harvest is controlling them like a puppet.

And maybe they’re getting angry at us so they can just get rid of us.”

The parting of the ways became almost a certainty after the Tuesday meeting called to try and resolve the issue degenerated into parents dropping the F-bomb on her daughter, Anissa said.

While saying she cares about the people she was on the team with, Freyja added there was “definitely very little support at the meeting that was supposed to be to find a solution.

“When we tried to speak they wanted to put a time limit on what we had to say because (they said) it was for them. It felt like they wanted everyone to hate us. It was real difficult to be there and try to talk when you’re just being shut down.

“People were saying I’d ruined their families and their lives. it was harsh.

I felt very intimidated by the parents.

I was pretty scared at some points.

People were standing up and shouting, telling other people they wanted to take it outside,” Freyja said.

“Part of me thought we could find a solution to this issue before that meeting. After that meeting we had a lot to think about and I couldn’t see how I could work with them because none of them wanted to work with us.”

Freyja said she definitely wants to continue playing soccer, but at this point does not know what the future will bring.

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University of Victoria student dead after fall during outing THE CANADIAN PRESS

A University of Victoria student who died hiking near Campbell River, B.C., is being remembered for his love of the outdoors.

Anders Newman, 18, was camping

with six friends in Strathcona Provincial Park last weekend, said the BC Coroners Service.

The group went for a morning hike Saturday near Big Interior Mountain.

Newman lost his footing coming down a trail and fell off a steep cliff.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An obituary said Newman died doing what he loved, “hiking in the beautiful mountains of British Columbia.”

“He was the most kind-hearted,

fun-loving, caring, compassionate and adventurous young man with an infectious smile and the cutest dimples.

“And we will never forget his amazing hugs that made you feel so loved.”

A flag will be lowered at the university on Saturday to mark the firstyear student’s death.

Joel Lynn, executive director of student services, said Newman was an extremely well-liked young man who had a promising future.

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Child porn scam hooks victims with disgust SARAH SIMPSON COWICHAN VALLEY CITIZEN

A Duncan man was surprised to learn his personal computer was being used to distribute child pornography all over the Internet.

Except that it wasn’t. It’s just the most recent telephone scam making the rounds.

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP received a complaint recently while the would-be victim was still on the phone with the suspected scammers.

The suspect, who identified himself as Shawn Patrick, told the man that he was an investigator from Cyber Crimes Control Board of Canada, a body he said works with law enforcement.

Patrick was able to tell the complainant what his IP address was and went on to say that the man’s computer was being used for child porn distribution.

Patrick wanted access to the computer so as to put a stop to it.

“Our complainant knew this was a

bad idea but he was then connected to another man who identified himself as Alfred Jones.

He gave his address as 269 Laurier Ave., in Ottawa and said his phone number was 613-482-6363,” said a press release issued by the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment.

“Our complainant knew this sounded pretty hokey and that’s when he put the scammer on hold and called the police.”

Mounties quickly confirmed it was

indeed a scam and the man did not hand over control of his computer to the scammer.

“We also informed our complainant that the RCMP conduct their own investigations and we do not contract out to private companies,” said the release, noting if police suspected an individual of possessing or distributing child pornography they wouldn’t phone that person up and ask to access their computer.

“Expect a knock at the door and a warrant in hand,” said the release.

The incident is a definite reminder not to provide personal information to anyone over the phone that you wouldn’t give to a stranger on the street, North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday noted.

“The sheer ugliness of this type of crime would have us wanting to get it off of our computers as quickly as possible without questioning the caller further and this is the reaction the scammers are hoping for,” Hobday said.

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Frustration setting in as human error manufactures bear trouble

No prize available in mail-order yellow card scam

Non-natural food sources creating escalating problems for conservation officers KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Increased calls to conservation about bears getting into trash have Central Island conservation officer Brittany Mueller frustrated.

“We’re getting daily reports of bears accessing garbage,” said Mueller.

“We’re constantly educating but the residents aren’t taking action.”

Mueller said that the Port Alberni conservation office has had 81 calls in September and 62 in October as of last week.

“They’re attracted to non-natural food sources,” she said. That includes garbage, pet food and fruit left to rot on the ground.

Mueller is in part frustrated because Port Alberni is a BearSmart community—the only one on Vancouver Island and one of only six in the entire province.

It’s also a community held up as a shining example of what a BearSmart community should look like—at least on the government level.

Speaking earlier this year, BearSmart BC consulting executive director Crystal McMillan said that the city has become “a model that’s being used province wide as an example of how to implement BearSmart measures.”

That includes bylaws, fines and information pamphlets.

“Their bylaws say how to effectively manage your garbage to reduce conflict with bears, they have put out 7,000 BearSmart brochures in utility bills, there’s BearSmart information on their website and they’ve invested $1.5 million into a bear-resistant garbage system,” said McMillan.

The city’s solid waste bylaw lists fines of $100 each for not using animal-resistant hardware on their garbage bins and for keeping waste where it is accessible to wildlife.

“Every premise is responsible to prevent animals from accessing the garbage through proper management of the garbage and the container,” the bylaw reads.

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A bear breaks into an unsecured residential garbage bin. [ROB MANI/SPECIAL TO THE NEWS]

“The city of Port Alberni provides animal resistant hardware for standard containers where requested by the residents for situations where animals are a nuisance.”

Provincial penalties are much harsher, said Mueller, adding that a fine of up $50,000 can be imposed for the “attraction of wildlife.”

The city’s bear-resistant bins are available from the public works yard and cost the same amount as the regular ones. If you already have a garbage bin, the city will install bear locks (pictured below) free of charge.

The number to call is 250-720-2840.

According to Port Alberni’s BearSmart liaison Guy Cicon, the city ordered 3,542 unit of the bear resistant hardware several years ago and is

still working off of that supply.

However, getting people to keep their bins locked until collection time is a challenge.

“Garbage needs to be secured at all times till the morning of garbage collection,” she said. City bylaws are less strict here; they simply state that the bear locks must be unlatched by 7 a.m. on collection day and re-latched within 12 hours.

On the upside, Mueller said that calls for the bear-resistant bins have increased lately.

“Now there’s a bit of a wait list,” Mueller said.

But there’s still no excuse not to make that call, Mueller said.

“Just because you’ve lived in Port Alberni for 10, 20 years and never

had an issue isn’t a reason not to do your part,” she said.

When bears become food conditioned, there aren’t many option left for conservation officers.

According to the Ministry of Environment “translocation (or relocating the bear) is rarely successful as often these bears return to their original home territory or they become ‘problem’ bears in other communities.”

There’s also not enough suitable territory for bears to be relocated to — leading them to die either of starvation or of other bears’ attacks.

That, Mueller said, is why prevention is key.

“Otherwise, bears pay with their lives for human mistakes.”

The old adage rings true for this one: if it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

Another scam is circulating around the Cowichan Valley. This one involves yellow cards in the mail telling recipients they’ve won prizes.

And handy prizes too: $100 in gas rebates available at Esso, Shell, Petro-Canada and more.

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP heard the other day from a skeptical resident who had received such a card.

Upon calling the 1-800 number it offered, police learned the card-holder needed to provide their credit or bank card information to pay a $3 processing fee in order to claim the prize.

“If you win a prize you should not have to pay anyone for it to be delivered to you, whether it’s shipping charges or a processing fee,” explained North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday. “You won it, that means it should be free! Please do not offer your credit card or banking information to anyone over the phone or through your computer that you wouldn’t feel comfortable handing to a complete stranger on the street.”

Hobday strongly suggests would-be “winners” consider all possibilities that this and other contest offers may be scams. This time, the head’s-up complainant walked away without handing over personal information so all’s well that ends well.

“We can all be enticed by an unexpected prize but we must remember, if it seems too good to be true, then it usually is,” Hobday noted.

Check your credit card and banking statements regularly and report any suspicious activity or charges to your financial institution.

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Billboard raised for missing woman Distraught mom carrying three years of pain as fruitless search for her adult daughter continues PAMELA ROTH VICTORIA NEWS

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or the last three years, Shelley Fillipoff has often found herself feeling sick and distraught.

The items that belong to her daughter Emma are packed in boxes and stored at her Perth, Ontario home. They’re a constant reminder that Emma has now been missing for three years.

Consisting of books, clothing, shells, rocks, art work, several pieces of writing and a journal that paints a picture of a mentally distraught young woman, Shelley hasn’t gone through the boxes since they were packed and moved from Victoria to Ontario in the summer of 2013.

Eight months prior, she was supposed to be moving Emma back home, but she’s still nowhere to be found.

“I felt that having her things close to me would make me feel better and it actually has made me feel worse,” said Shelley with a shaky voice.

“When I look at the boxes I think to myself, this is what remains of Emma?”

Described as a free spirited intelligent woman with a love for life, Emma left Ontario in the fall of 2011 and headed for Victoria to experience life on the West Coast. She was 25 at the time and had no home or job lined up prior. Her plan was to figure things out when she arrived.

The five-foot-five Emma with long brown hair was a private person who shared little about her new life with her family back home. Her main communication was through emails with the odd phone call in between.

“Everything was always wonderful and beautiful, life couldn’t be better,” said Shelley, noting Emma was a master at hiding any problems.

“I know she was couch surfing and did all kinds of different jobs. She really wanted to pursue her art and her writing, even though she had worked as a chef. I think the plan was to make enough money to live on for

Emma Fillipoff was last seen outside the Fairmont Empress Hotel on the evening of Nov. 28, 2012. [CONTRIBUTED]

“All I have is hope.

She crosses my mind every single day. I walk around in a bit of a fog. It feels as if I have a lead blanket on top of me.”

Shelley Fillipoff, mother

a while, pursue her passions and go back to work when she needed to.”

Things changed one night in November 2012 when Shelley received a phone call from Emma, who revealed she had been staying at a women’s shelter. The pair began speaking off and on, with Emma mentioning on a few occasions she wanted to come home.

One conversation was particularly emotional when Emma confided

she couldn’t make the move on her own because she had too much stuff.

For Emma to reach out and ask for help was unusual, said Shelley, who booked a plane ticket and told her daughter she’d be there as soon as possible.

The next morning, however, Emma called again, advising her mother not to come, she was just having a bad day and would figure things out on her own. But Shelley could sense something was terribly wrong.

“There’s no way she would have called me in tears like that had it just been a rough day,” said Shelley.

“I was very distraught. I wanted to go right away, but for every call that would come, shortly after I would get one that said please don’t come.”

Despite her daughter’s requests, Shelley booked a plane ticket and flew to Victoria on Nov. 28. She arrived at the shelter Emma had been staying only to discover she

wasn’t there. Shelley noticed staff were unsettled that Emma had not shown up to claim her bed that night and had been witnessing her behaviour significantly change in recent weeks.

“She was paranoid, she was doing bizarre things like disposing of all her clothing as if she was planning her suicide,” she said. “They had made a call to a mental health facility and were told to keep an eye on her if she got worse.”

Shelley later learned Emma had left the shelter earlier that morning and was last spotted a few hours earlier, walking barefoot on the cold street by the Empress Hotel. Her red Mazda 1993 van was found in the Chateau Victoria parking lot with almost all her belongings inside.

Shelley never imagined the next two months would be spent searching for the daughter she was preparing to bring home — and would

never see again.

“I was so distraught. I would go out believing I was going to go around a corner and find her. I believed that it wouldn’t be long before our paths would cross,” said Shelley, who posted flyers throughout the area and soon had a group of volunteers that helped with the search.

But there was no sign of Emma, who had purchased a pre-paid cellphone and a pre-paid credit card for $200 on the day she went missing, leaving her loved ones even more confused.

Three years later, Shelley isn’t any closer to finding Emma and grapples with all the unanswered questions on a regular basis. Given Emma’s mental health problems, her mother hasn’t ruled out the possibility of suicide, but questions why she would purchase a cell phone and credit card if she was planning to end her life.

With so little information, Shelley figures there’s a 50 per cent chance Emma is still alive and doing well, and a 50 per cent chance she’s dead or being held against her will. Thinking about all the possible scenarios sends Shelley’s mind spinning into overdrive.

The case has garnered national attention and was the focus of an episode of the CBC’s The Fifth Estate in November 2014. A $25,000 reward for information leading to Emma’s whereabouts is still up for grabs, but so far there has been little response.

A billboard will also be posted Nov. 1 along the highway leading to Swartz Bay. “It’s completely debilitating.

Finding her alive will be closure.

Finding her not alive will not provide closure,” said Shelley, who’s biggest fear is that people will forget about Emma, which is why she purchased a billboard.

“All I have is hope. She crosses my mind every single day. I walk around in a bit of a fog. It feels as if I have a lead blanket on top of me.”

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Cinderella suspect leaves her shoe

Trio sought after knifepoint robbery of Galloping Goose

SARAH SIMPSON COWICHAN VALLEY CITIZEN

It wasn’t a Cinderella story and it wasn’t a slipper but North Cowichan/ Duncan RCMP are looking to reunite an Adidas sandal with its owner — and then perhaps put him or her in jail.

Two suspects left the shoe behind after an incident at the Cowichan Commons Walmart Sept. 10 that saw one of them threaten to shoot a security guard before making off with two power drills, among other items.

The duo, a male and female in their twenties, fled in a silver four door sedan with the Alberta licence plate BRH2861. Police say the plates do not match the car.

Only the shoe was left behind.

SUSPECTS

“The male yelled at the loss prevention officer that he would shoot him if he continued to follow them,” said a press release issued by North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Krista Hobday.

The two suspects are both described as Caucasian.

The female has long blonde hair with dark roots. She was wearing a white tank top and short shorts at the time of the theft.

Her partner had short brown hair and had sunglasses on top of his head. He sported a dark t-shirt with a Hurley logo on the chest.

Those with information about this or any other crime are encouraged to contact the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment at 250-748-5522 or Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest or the recovery of stolen property could be eligible for a cash award.

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West Shore RCMP are searching for three suspects who allegedly robbed a man at knifepoint on the Galloping Goose Trail in Langford on Tuesday afternoon in broad daylight.

At around 2:30 p.m. a 26-year-old Langford man was walking on the trail near Brittany Drive and Kelly Road when he was approached by three unknown individuals who demanded his wallet.

The victim punched one of the suspects who then produced an edged weapon and stole the victim’s wallet.

Other than recovering from a swol-

len hand obtained by the punch, the victim was not hurt in the robbery.

The first suspect is described as a Caucasian male just under six feet tall, weighing roughly 200 pounds. It is estimated he is between 18 and 19 years of age with red hair and hazel eyes. He wore a black hoodie with a red flat-brimmed ball cap and blue jeans.

The second suspect is described as five feet four inches tall, wearing a blue sports jersey and jeans. There is no description available for the third suspect.

While the robbery appears to be an isolated incident, police are still encouraging trail users to be cautious and travel in pairs.

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Vessel’s captain prays for families After whale-watching boat capsized, Wayne Dolby says the crew and passengers on board were ‘heroic’ THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — The captain of a whale-watching vessel that capsized near Tofino says passengers and crew were heroic as the vessel went under, killing five people.

Wayne Dolby said he’s praying for the families and friends of the Britons who died and an Australian man who remains missing in the waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

“Over the past week we have rightly heard of the courage and heroism of the people of Tofino, Ahousaht, the coast guard and others who assisted in the search and rescue,” Dolby said Friday.

“What we have not heard as much about is the courage and heroism of my passengers and crew who were

involved in this terrible ordeal,” he said in a statement released by Jamie’s Whaling Station, where he’s worked for 18 years. “(To) most of all the families, friends and loved ones of those who did not come home, I want to express my heartfelt sympathies and I pray your grief for their loss will not stay with you as long as it will stay with me,” Dolby said.

Jamie’s has said the vessel went under so quickly on Sunday that there was no time to issue a distress call. The Transportation Safety Board said that many of the passengers aboard the Leviathan II were sightseeing on one side of the upper deck when a wave hit from the opposite side, flipping the boat and sending the 27 passengers and crew overboard.

Jamie’s said in a statement issued Friday that the ship was fully tested and certified by Transport Canada for stability and other safety aspects after its initial modification into a whale-watching vessel almost 20 years ago, adding it was inspected by officials every year since then.

“Jamie’s would never have allowed a single passenger or anyone else to be on the water in a vessel that we were not absolutely confident was safe.”

Jamie’s director of operations Corene Inouye said last Sunday’s incident will be remembered as a “very dark day” in the company’s history.

“Our company, our crews, and our staff remain heartbroken by this tragic accident and the road to healing will be a long one.”

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Police arrest boy, 13, after he carjacked taxi Police have arrested a 13-year-old Surrey boy after a taxi cab driver was carjacked at knife point in Guildford early Wednesday morning, tied up and dumped in a ditch near secluded Tynehead Park.

A passerby heard the cabbie’s cries and called 911.

Surrey RCMP Sgt. Paul Hayes said police received a call at about 2 a.m. and found the victim near 168th Street and 96th Avenue.

“He was removed from the car and found shortly after,” Hayes told the Now. “It appears he was tied up.”

“He was put through a very traumatic experience.”

Police located the cab, which had been carjacked near 152nd Street and 105th Avenue, and laid out a spike belt. The cab crashed into a fence near 95A Avenue and 132nd Street.

The suspect was the only one found in the car, Hayes said. His name cannot be published because his identity is shielded by the

Youth Criminal Justice Act. The boy is facing charges of possession of stolen property over $5,000, forcible confinement, robbery and dangerous driving.

“Unfortunately this young person is not off to a good start,” Hayes remarked.

The investigate continues.

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RCMP constable found guilty of lying to ICBC A Surrey RCMP constable has been found guilty of lying to ICBC about what caused him to crash his pickup truck on an icy winter day.

James Steven Baker told an insurance adjuster that a dark sedan struck his Dodge Ram early in the morning of Dec. 10, 2013, causing him to spin out of control and into a ditch on 64th Avenue.

But a City of Surrey salt truck driver witnessed the accident and said there was no other vehicle in the area that morning. Instead, he testified that Baker was speeding when he used the snow-covered centre island of the road to pass the slow-moving salt truck, and lost

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An ICBC investigator examined Baker’s truck after the crash and found no evidence that it had been hit by another vehicle.

Baker was charged with providing false or misleading information under the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, which carries a maximum penalty of a $25,000 fine and/or two years in jail.

In a decision issued Tuesday, Abbotsford provincial court Judge Kenneth Skilnick wrote that he accepted the salt truck driver’s version of the events over Baker’s.

“I also find that when (Baker) gave the information that he gave to the ICBC adjuster, he knew that material portions of the statement were false. Specifically, he knew that there was no second vehicle which struck him and which was the cause of his accident,” Skilnick said.

Baker was suspended from duty last year after he was charged, and his sidearm, badge and police ID were taken from him. Surrey RCMP did not respond to questions about his current status before press time.

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HARRISON MILLS

Downed line electrocution dogged by questions JESSICA PETERS CHILLIWACK PROGRESS

The Harrison Mills woman who was badly burned by electricity last weekend is in stable condition in hospital, according to a family member.

The woman was walking with her dogs in her rural community last Sunday, when they walked near a low-hanging, live hydro line. The two dogs were killed and the woman’s body caught fire. She managed to yell for help, attracting the attention of campers in the nearby Kilby Campground.

The woman has now lost both her

arms, undergone numerous skin graphs, and faces years of rehabilitation, said her sister Laura Nichols, who lives in Chilliwack.

With her sister still unable to communicate, it’s been difficult to piece together what happened that day. Her family is also trying to find some clarity among a common held belief that BC Hydro was informed of the damaged hydro line. It had been swaying about two feet from the ground in a harvested corn field since the massive windstorm that hit the area over the Thanksgiving weekend.

It’s a small community, with only a

handful of houses, but Nichols notes that the Kilby campground and historic site nearby are busy areas.

BC Hydro has stated that they did not know there was a power line down in the area, and would have fixed it immediately as per their protocol. Neighbours in the area say the power line feeds a pumphouse managed by the District of Kent. “The whole neighbourhood is fantastic,� Nichols said. “I’ve spoken to every one of them. But we need to know if the call was made.�

She is hoping anyone with more information about the incident that

day, or in the days leading up to it, will contact the RCMP. And she hopes people will hear the story and remember not to assume that someone else has made an important safety call. “You should always go a bit further,� she said, when you notice something unsafe.

Kent’s mayor, John Van Laerhoven, said that he has spoken with the woman’s family and relayed all the information they have at this time. He said the District’s staff was unaware there was a problem with the power line prior to this incident.

He said the District of Kent, which stretches from the Agassiz-Rosedale bridge, to Harrison Mills, and north of Harrison Hot Springs, is too large to check on all areas after storms. “I don’t think we have the staff to drive down every road, and drive every dike,� he said.

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Police department could become Canada’s first to use ‘tracer darts’

Man on trial for shooting himself said he lied to police

GPS launched James Bond-style from vehicle could help track getaway vehicles VIKKI HOPES ABBOTSFORD NEWS

It’s like something out of a James Bond movie.

A push of a button triggers a small “launcher” on the front of a vehicle to fire a sticky dart at the car ahead.

The projectile contains a GPS tracker that monitors the vehicle’s location, leading to the potential capture of the occupant(s).

But this isn’t a movie — it’s reallife technology planned for use by the Abbotsford Police Department.

The APD could become the first police agency in Canada to adopt the equipment, known by the trade name StarChase Pursuit Management Technology.

The system, developed in 2006, is manufactured in Virginia Beach, Va., and is currently in use by agencies such as the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.

It is used in high-risk traffic situations such as those involving stolen vehicles or impaired driving.

APD Const. Ian MacDonald said the goal is to protect public safety and have more arrests of the “bad guys.”

Police in Canada are restricted from engaging in high-speed vehicle pursuits, due to their obvious safety risks. MacDonald said although this is a good thing, it can result in a suspected criminal escaping arrest.

He said an example of where the StarChase system could be used is when a patrol officer runs a licence plate and finds that the vehicle in front of him or her is stolen.

Rather than turning on the patrol lights and attempting to pull over the vehicle — which often results in

Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich gives the keynote address during the first Breakfast with the Chief event, held Wednesday morning at Abbotsford’s Ramada Plaza and Conference Centre. [VIKKI HOPES]

the driver speeding away — the GPS dart can be deployed.

MacDonald said this would only be done at slow speeds or when the cars are stopped, such as at a red light.

“We’re not talking about launching it across an intersection … This is not designed to be shot at great distances, and it’s less than ideal if you’re moving at speed,” he said.

The suspect car would then be tracked, and police would intercept when it is safe to do so, such as when

the driver parks the car at the side of the road or on a property and exits the vehicle.

MacDonald said the device would be used only in “live time” circumstances and would not be used as part of a longer-term investigation to track the comings and goings of a drug dealer, for example.

MacDonald said the APD first began considering the StarChase technology after upper-level management heard about it while attending a conference.

The devices cost $5,000 each, and the department hopes to start out with at least four, although a timeline for the implementation is not yet clear.

The money will be provided through the Abbotsford Police Foundation, which raises funds for equipment and programming not covered by the APD’s annual budget.

The most recent fundraiser, the first Breakfast with the Chief, was held Wednesday morning at the Ramada Plaza and Conference Centre, where Chief Bob Rich announced the APD’s plans for the new technology.

He said ongoing issues with property crime in Abbotsford have led the APD to consider innovative ways of tackling the problem.

Rich said the city recorded a 40 per cent drop in property crime in 2012.

That flatlined in 2013, increased in 2014, and has been going up at an “alarming rate” this year.

“We have more prolific offenders running around Abbotsford this year than we ever have before. We have lost a tremendous amount of ground in this area,” Rich said.

He said the hike can be partly attributed to more of these offenders moving from other areas of the Lower Mainland to the Fraser Valley.

Rich said the StarChase technology is just one of many strategies the APD will be using in its fight against property crime.

“We are going to figure this out. We are going to keep doing things until we succeed … I’m sorry that it’s happening. I wish it wasn’t, but it is.

Something’s changed; we’re trying to figure that out, and we’re going after it,” he said.

DALE BOYD PENTICTON WESTERN NEWS

The judge didn’t buy the story of a man who first told police he shot himself, then said he was the victim of a home invasion in Princeton.

Jesse Lawrence Williams, 32, was found guilty of breaching his firearms prohibition, careless use of a firearm and possessing a loaded, prohibited firearm without authorization on Oct. 29 in Penticton Provincial Court On April 26, 2015 police responded to a call to a residential neighbourhood in Princeton and found Williams suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper thigh when they arrived. Police located a sawed-off rifle a few feet away from where Williams was found, and he told police that he found the firearm in his backyard, threw it over his shoulder and the strap caught the trigger discharging it into his leg.

Williams later testified at trial that he lied to police about how the shooting went down. He alleged that a masked intruder entered his residence, shot him after a struggle and left the gun behind telling Williams “don’t rat.”

However, while at the hospital being treated for his gunshot wound, Williams recounted to police that he had purchased the firearm from a Princeton man.

Williams claimed he lied to police to protect himself and his family. He testified that he believed he was targeted due to his involvement in the drug trade.

“He said that if you report an incident even if you don’t know who committed it is still characterized as being a rat on the street,” said Judge Greg Koturbash. “I did not find Mr. Williams credible.”

FRASER RIVER

Alberta angler hooks one of the biggest sturgeon on record CHILLIWACK PROGRESS

Dan Lallier knew the sturgeon in the Fraser River could be impressive, but he didn’t realize just how big until he hooked one of the biggest ones on record.

Lallier has been visiting the area for six years now, angling with BC Sportfishing Group each spring and fall.

The dream of catching (and releasing) a massive sturgeon has always been a lure for him, drawing him here from Onoway, AB. And on a trip to the area earlier this October, that dream came true.

On Oct. 12, Lallier finally came face to face with a prehistoric giant.

“What an amazing day!” he said.

“I knew Fraser River white sturgeon can grow to immense lengths but this was unbelievable.”

Lallier has always talked about

Dan Lallier landed a 11-foot sturgeon near Chilliwack on Thanksgiving.

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catching his sturgeon of a lifetime and his dream finally came true when he set the hook and watched his fish jump clear out of the water.

Stunned expressions became ecstatic screams as the adventure played out.

Using recognized International Game Fish Associations standard protocols, this fish measured 336 cm, to the fork of the tail, or by “fork length” and had a girth of 140cm — 11ft by 4.5 ft — and was caught near Chilliwack. Thanks to the continued

commitment of BCSFG, this fish was tagged and will now be included in the research database used to track and monitor these magnificent species; a partnership with the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society (FRSCS).

Lallier’s leviathan makes this the third fish BCSFG has on the list of top 10 largest fish sampled over the course of the FRSCS’s 15-year research study.

“What a beautiful, healthy fish.

Congratulations to Dan and thank you for fishing with our company.

This incredible encounter is a great example of the world-class fishery we are privileged to engage in and protect through conservation measures,” said Tony Nootebos, owner BCSFG. Nootebos and his team are dedicated to excellence in client ser-

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AMANDA TODD

Mom assured officials will pursue B.C. trial NEIL CORBETT MAPLE RIDGE NEWS

Carol Todd has been reassured by Crown counsel that the province will pursue its court case against the Dutch man accused of sexually exploiting and blackmailing her late daughter, Amanda Todd.

Carol Todd received numerous emails after Dutch authorities dropped international child pornography charges against Aydin Coban.

People were upset that he might never have to answer for his alleged crimes against Amanda.

“Not only has Amanda affected me, she has affected tons and tons of people — and not only in Canada, but around the world,” her mother said.

But Todd has been told that after Coban’s trial in the Netherlands, the B.C. Crown Counsel’s service will want to put him on trial here. Todd

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would prefer that.

“I would like to see him on Canadian soil,” she said. “I feel safer on my own soil.”

Coban is accused of sexually exploiting and blackmailing Amanda Todd, who killed herself in 2012 following years of torment online.

The 35-year-old man is facing

five charges in Canada, including extortion, Internet luring, criminal harassment, as well as possession and distribution of child pornography.

Dutch police arrested him in January on different allegations, involving victims in the Netherlands.

Coquitlam RCMP began investigating the Todd case in December 2010, when sexually explicit images of the teen, just 13 at the time, began circulating online.

In September 2012, a month before she took her own life, Amanda Todd posted a heart-wrenching video to YouTube detailing years of years of torment she endured as the target of bullies online and at school. On hand-written pages, she described being asked to flash her breasts online and how that one indiscretion spiraled out of control. She wrote that her blackmailer sent the screen shot to her classmates, and con-

tinued to extort her even when she switched schools.

Her video went viral, and fueled a global conversation about online bullying.

Todd lived in Port Coquitlam at the time of her death, but previously attended schools in Maple Ridge, where some bullying occurred. She was at Westview secondary for half of Grade 8 and the beginning of Grade 9, then attended at Maple Ridge secondary for two months. In total, she attended schools in Maple Ridge for a little over a year.

On Oct. 10 this year, the anniversary of her death, a few of her Maple Ridge friends organized a small candlelight gathering to remember her, said Carol Todd.

Amanda Todd’s account was strikingly similar to other allegations leveled against Coban. He is accused of approaching underage girls via

the internet and seducing them into performing sexual acts in front of a webcam.

He would save images, and use them to blackmail the girls, targeting dozens of them in several countries, including the Netherlands, the U.K., and the U.S. The man is also accused of extorting men in a similar way for money.

Neil Mackenzie, spokesperson for the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch, confirmed “the branch still continues to pursue charges here.”

That will involved an extradition order for the accused, and that process is dealt with by the federal government.

Todd said the case against Coban is groundbreaking, and that a “smoking gun” is hard for investigators to find in this kind of case.

“It’s historical. Everyone is going to be watching to see what happens.”

MENTAL HEALTH

Closure pushing schizophrenic residents from longtime home PAUL J.HENDERSON CHILLIWACK TIMES

Barry Johnson Jr. washes a piece of equipment outside a barn that has to be one of the tidiest in the Fraser Valley.

The 48-year-old has a smile on his face as he greets a visitor, and proudly shows off the 33-year-old Arabian horse Willie inside.

The barn is on the grounds of Mountain View Home on Boundary Road on the border between Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

Johnson, who has suffered with schizophrenia since he was 14 years old, has lived at Mountain View for two decades, a year after his military father Barry Sr. was transferred to CFB Chilliwack in 1994.

Johnson’s mother 70-year-old Tove Olsen is one of nine Chilliwack-based families with a relative at Mountain View. Olsen has dealt with mental health issues for 60 years, since her own mother had a breakdown when she was just 10.

And in Mountain View she sees all the ideal elements of a place for individuals, some of whom will never get better, whose mental illness symptoms will only ever be masked.

“Barry is working with horses out there, he worked cutting hedges, raking leaves, fed the birds, looked after goats,” Olsen told the Times.

“It’s a wonderful little facility.”

But Mountain View’s days are numbered, the facility is set to close and few residents or families are happy about it.

Fraser Health announced in August the facility would close by August 2016.

The single-level building located on a rural property has 25 rooms, each with ensuite bathrooms, a courtyard in the centre, home-cooked meals and 24-hour nursing care.

“The residents living at Mountain View care facility consider it home,” says Patrick Newby, RN and director of care for Mountain View.

Barry Johnson Jr. has suffered with schizophrenia since he was 14 years old, 35 years ago. He lives at Mountain View Home in Yarrow, which Fraser Health is slated to close by August 2016. [PAUL J. HENDERSON}

“They have not met with all the clients and their families and the response is not positive.”

Katherine Newby, care manager

The replacement for Mountain View is a new 50-bed mental health facility under construction in Abbotsford.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the facility to be run by the MPA Society, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization, was held in May. The rationale behind the closing of Mountain View is unclear to Newby, to family members of clients, and to NDP health critic Judy Darcy and NDP mental health critic Sue Hammell, the latter two of which addressed the issue in the Legislature

this month.

“I think it is almost irresponsible to close down a program that is so effective and whose setting is almost perfect,” Hammell told the Times.

Both Fraser Health and Health Minister Terry Lake say the reason for the closure is because Mountain View does not have multi-level care, in other words, a variety of less intense care options to help transition patients into independent living.

“The benefit of the Marshall Road campus is because assisted living and licensed care [24/7 health care] are on the same campus, there may be clients who actually would benefit from more independent style living,” Fraser Health spokesperson Tasleem Juma said Tuesday.

The problem with that, according to Newby, Olsen and other family members is that everyone at Mountain View requires 24/7 care. The

optimistic suggestion that all mental health patients will recover simply does not recognize the reality of some serious mental illness.

“There really is no cure [for schizophrenia],” Olsen said. “This is a lifelong thing.”

In an interview with the Times, Health Minister Terry Lake insisted mental health is a priority for all health authorities, and the level of service to the clients currently at Mountain View won’t change.

“If all of the patients at Mountain View want 24/7 service in the same format they have today, at Marshall Road, they can do that,” he said. “That’s really important to understand.”

As to the serenity of the setting and the shock for families, Lake pointed out that day-to-day decisions are not made by his ministry.

But he added that Fraser Health

could have done a better job communicating with families.

“As health minister I don’t design every aspect of healthcare,” he said.

“That really is the purview of the health authority.

“I met with the CEO and the chair of Fraser Health and we need to do a better job of communicating with families, and helping them understand what the transition is and how their families will be impacted.”

That comes after Andy Libbiter, Fraser Health executive director for mental health and substance use, said the response to the closure of Mountain View “has been very positive.”

In a letter to the editor submitted to the Abbotsford News, Libbiter claimed, among other things: “We have already met with all of our clients and the response has been very positive to date.”

Olsen was baffled by that statement.

“That is an out and out lie,” she said.

Katherine Newby, manager of care at Mountain View, agreed.

“They have not met with all the clients and their families and the response is not positive,” Newby said.

“This is their home, and they are very anxious about the changes to come and the unanswered questions they have.”

Pat Newby said the families are being vigilant regarding the pending closure and have formed a strong advocacy group.

As for the health minister, Olsen doesn’t understand why, if a variety of options are needed, they would close 25 licensed care beds.

“If it is not a matter of money, what is it then? He kept talking about a variety of services. Well he is supplying us some at Mountain View.”

NDP health critic Judy Darcy said Fraser Health’s own projections suggest more than 900 beds are needed by the year 2016 and today there are fewer than 600.

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College flush with two-tier tissue Controversy erupts at Ryerson after investigation reveals administrators get better toilet paper than students PAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS

A controversy over who gets better toilet paper at a Toronto university has critics denouncing what they call a two-tier system, while other Ontario institutions say their bathroom tissue is “equitably distributed.”

An investigation published this week by a student newspaper at Ryerson University showed the floors housing the president’s office and other administrative departments got

two-ply toilet paper, while students received one-ply.

A university spokesman, Michael Forbes, told the Eyeopener that the practice has been in place for more than a decade but the newspaper says the reason for it is unclear.

The revelation has been met with light-hearted outrage as well as backlash from those who argue there are more pressing concerns within the education system.

Meanwhile, at least three other Ontario universities say everyone at

their facilities gets the same treatment, toilet paper-wise.

The University of Toronto, the University of Guelph and the University of Ottawa all say they make no distinction between students, faculty and administrators.

“I don’t know what it is (in terms of ply) but it’s equitably distributed,” a spokeswoman for the University of Toronto said.

“Here at Guelph, we have oneply tissue campus wide, from the president’s washroom to the student

residences,” Lori Bona Hunt said in an email.

University of Ottawa “does not have a two-tier toilet paper system, every washroom on campus has the same toilet paper,” said Neomie Duval.

“I highly doubt this is a common thing.”

In an email to The Canadian Press, Forbes said Friday that more than 15 departments across the Ryerson campus have two-ply.

“We are examining a switch to two-ply but we need to be mindful of

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costs and the fact that buildings with older plumbing systems can only accommodate one-ply,” he said.

Some took to Twitter to vent about the discrepancy.

“You mean we’ve been stuck with tissue paper while they hoard the plushy good stuff? (...) it’s PLYGATE,” one person wrote.

Others downplayed the controversy.

“Ryerson’s two-tier toilet paper system..... LOL. I guess when midterms got you stressing, you’ll complain about anything,” one wrote.

SYRIA

Home-schoolers reviewing a decision to Alberta give reality TV stars keynote speaker status opening doors to refugees THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — An Alberta home-schooling association says it is reviewing a decision to have a controversial reality TV couple speak at its annual convention.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Arkansas are to give a keynote address at the Alberta Home Education Convention in Red Deer next April.

The Alberta Home Education Association, which is organizing the convention, says in a statement that it’s aware of recent news stories and comments about the selection.

It says it is reviewing speaker arrangements and will make a decision early next week.

The Duggars’ long-running show 19 Kids and Counting chronicled the life of the religious couple and their home-schooled children.

The TLC program was pulled earlier this year after revelations that their oldest child had fondled four of his sisters and a family babysitter when he was a teenager.

The couple has stated that, instead of going to police, they put their son in a Christian rehabilitation program and the abuse was resolved and forgiven.

The Alberta Home Education Association said in a previous statement on its website that it had received a response of almost unanimous support for the family.

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In this 2010 TLC publicity image, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar hold their daughter Josie Brooklyn Duggar, at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, Ark. An Alberta home-schooling association is standing by the controversial American reality TV couple slated to speak at its upcoming annual convention. The Duggars are scheduled to give a keynote address at the Alberta Home Education Convention in Red Deer in April. [THE CANADIAN PRESS/ AP/TLC, SCOTT ENLOW]

CALGARY — Alberta’s premier says the province will accept more Syrian refugees as part of the incoming federal government’s plan to bring in 25,000 by the end of the year.

Prime-minister-designate Justin Trudeau made the promise earlier this month during the election campaign.

Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta will join with other provinces — including Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia — who have committed to opening their doors.

Notley says discussions are underway in her government, but it would be premature to give a figure on how many refugees Alberta could take.

She says she still needs to talk to the appropriate provincial cabinet ministers who would see their budgets affected.

Alberta has already pledged up to $250,000 to support Syrian refugee relief efforts.

“Our position has been that Canada should have been taking more all along and so we will likely certainly be welcoming more,” Notley said at a news conference in Calgary on Friday.

“But I’m going to wait until I’ve had a chance to consult with appropriate officials before I start coming out with numbers.

“We’re very aware that’s something that the federal government is looking at moving on, and that they’ve asked all provinces to ask how many they can take, and we’re in the process of deliberating on how many we can take.”

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Tories announce bids for leadership THE CANADIAN PRESS

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday. [AP PHOTO/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS]

American troops to be deployed on the ground Special forces off to help local troops in a non-combat role VIVIAN SALAMA AND LOLITA C. BALDOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — A small number of U.S. special operations forces will be sent to northern Syria to work with local troops in the fight against Islamic State militants, the White House announced Friday, marking the first time Americans will be deployed openly on the ground in the country.

President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of fewer than 50 commandos to help coalition forces co-ordinate with local troops, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.

Earnest insisted their role should not be described as a “combat mission,” saying the troops would train, advise and assist local forces in an intensification of the U.S. effort against the Islamic State group.

He acknowledged, however, the forces would be taking risks in a dangerous part of the world, where the U.S. also is conducting airstrikes.

“There’s no denying the serious risk they will be facing,” Earnest said, but “they are not in a combat mission.”

Officials said the U.S. troops would go into Syria over the next few weeks and likely spend less than two months there at a time. A senior defence official did not rule out adjusting or expanding the U.S. effort as conditions in Syria change.

U.S. troops have been on the ground in Syria before, Earnest said, noting a rescue mission more than a year ago and a more recent raid.

Officials said those types of unilateral raids could still happen.

“There’s no denying the serious risk they will be facing.”

Josh Earnest, White house spokesman

Although the number of troops is small, it marks an escalation of U.S. involvement in the fight against the Islamic State, which controls a large part of northern Syria and has its self-proclaimed capital in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

The move comes after weeks of deliberation on how to revive the struggling effort in Syria and the failed training and equipping mission there, and follows a visit to the region last week by Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

One senior official said that a first group of forces — possibly a couple of dozen — will go relatively soon to assess the situation and determine which groups on the ground the U.S. can best work with, including moderate Kurdish and Arab fighters.

More special operations forces would follow once the U.S. better determines what the needs are.

The U.S. special operations forces will all come from the United States and will advise and assist the Syrian rebels from headquarters locations there. They won’t move to the front lines, go into battle with those troops or be used to call in airstrikes into Syria. Officials said the U.S. forces would help co-ordinate operations, planning and logistics.

Defence Secretary Ash Carter hint-

ed at the possible changes earlier this week, saying the U.S. was retooling its strategy in Iraq and Syria and would conduct unilateral ground raids if needed to target Islamic State militants.

The U.S. has done special operations raids in Syria, and it participated in a ground operation to rescue hostages last week in northern Iraq that resulted in the first U.S. combat death in that country since 2011.

The addition of special operations forces, however, marks a shift for Obama who has steadfastly said he would not put U.S. boots on the ground in Syria.

In recent weeks, U.S. military officials have been signalling greater acceptance for the idea of such a deployment.

Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the U.S. would do more to support moderate Syrian forces fighting IS. Last week, Dunford met with his top commanders during a stop in Iraq, and told them to broaden their thinking and map out new ways the U.S.-led coalition can put more pressure on the Islamic State fighters.

The U.S. will also be sending additional aircraft, including A-10s and about a dozen F-15 fighters, to the Incirlik air base in Turkey, likely repositioning them from other spots in the region.

The U.S. recently dropped 50 tons of ammunition to Arab groups fighting IS, and officials said more ammunition and possibly small firearms could be provided over time.

OTTAWA — Alberta Conservative MPs Rona Ambrose and Mike Lake are running for the interim leadership of the Conservative party — a wide-open contest that’s also showcasing the party’s debate about what went wrong in the federal election.

That makes six publicly declared candidates, including Diane Finley, Rob Nicholson and Erin O’Toole from Ontario, and Candice Bergen from Manitoba.

Ambrose said she has spent the last few days calling colleagues, and emphasizing a few key points about herself. She noted that she has held eight cabinet posts since 2006, and developed a reputation for civility in the House of Commons.

“A respectful tone and civil tone and working across the floor with other parties is something our members would welcome, that our caucus would welcome, and that Canadians would welcome as well,” Ambrose said in an interview.

Lake, who served as a parliamentary secretary in the last Parliament and was first elected in 2006, linked the party’s demotion to opposition status on Oct. 19 to a failure to communicate the Conservative record.

“In my riding, it was a message that was heard. For whatever reason, in other parts of the country it wasn’t,” he said in an interview.

“I think we have to rely on the 99 people that we have that are coming back here to give some real hard thought to that and develop a strategy that helps us to get our message through.”

Lake didn’t go into specifics, but in a note to colleagues declaring his intention to run, he pulled no punches in denouncing the party’s campaign efforts.

“Our major communications tools literally contained no substance, despite having a leader whose greatest brand strength was substance,” he wrote.

“In the final two weeks, while the Liberals ran the ads we should have been running, Conservative ads — in their tone — were easy to confuse with life insurance and pre-planned funeral ads.”

Both Ambrose and Lake say out-

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reach in Quebec in particular will be important — there are now 12 Quebec Conservative MPs, up from five in 2011.

Lake said he speaks some French, but isn’t proficient, though has travelled through Quebec several times in his past parliamentary roles and says he has good relationships there.

Ambrose, who notes she is able to speak French (in addition to Spanish and Portuguese), said she intends on spending time in Quebec as part of cross-country travel she would undertake as interim leader to rally supporters and to raise money.

“We’ve got make sure we’re prepared to welcome the next leader with money in the bank and a rejuvenated volunteer base, and a caucus that is united and reinvigorated and empowered, so that when a leader takes over, things are in the best possible position to take us into the next election and continue to take on Justin Trudeau in the Commons,” she said.

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NDPer jumps to Conservatives THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A former federal New Democrat MP has switched his allegiance to the provincial Progressive Conservatives in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Ryan Cleary announced Friday he will seek the nomination to become a Tory candidate in the riding of Windsor Lake in the upcoming provincial election.

The former federal politician was joined by Premier Paul Davis and a

group of Tory members of the legislature as he made the announcement at a golf course.

If successful in winning the nomination, Cleary will run against Liberal Cathy Bennett.

Cleary lost the riding of St. John’s South-Mount Pearl to Liberal Seamus O’Regan in the recent federal election.

He said during the news conference that he left the NDP because he didn’t see “eye-to-eye” with provincial leader Earle McCurdy.

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Teen handed adult sentence in triple murder THE CANADIAN PRESS

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. — One of two teenagers who pleaded guilty to three counts each of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder has been handed an adult sentence by a Quebec judge.

Kaven Sirois, 18, was sentenced

by Quebec Court Judge Bruno

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Transgender woman jailed in men’s prison A transgender British woman jailed in a men’s prison lost an appeal of her sentence Friday, but judges urged the prison service to consider moving her to a women’s facility.

Tara Hudson, who has lived as a woman all her adult life, was sentenced last week to 12 weeks in prison for head-butting a bar manager.

The 26-year-old makeup artist was sent to HMP Bristol, a men’s prison in southwest England, where her lawyer, Nicholas Wragg, said she was separated from other inmates and “locked in a cell 23 hours a day.”

Wragg argued she should be released to do community service.

Three judges at Bristol Crown Court rejected Hudson’s appeal against the sentence, noting that she had eight previous convictions.

The judges said it was “for the prison service and not the court” to decide where the sentence should be served, but urged “sensitive consideration” of where Hudson should be held.

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Mayor acknowledges that his end is here Just a day after rescinding his resignation, Rome’s embattled mayor has acknowledged the end of his administration after the city council yanked its support.

Ignazio Marino complained Friday that the political game was played out behind the scenes, with the resignation of 26 council members, and not in a public forum so events would be “debated clearly and transparently.”

Marino, a former surgeon elected in 2013, announced Oct. 12 he was stepping down following reports that he used public funds for private dinners. He always denied wrongdoing, and renounced the resignation Thursday without explanation but after public shows of support from ordinary citizens.

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Langelier on Friday to life in prison without possibility of parole for 10 years.

The accused had pleaded guilty to three charges of premeditated murder and three of conspiracy to commit murder in June 2014.

The victims of the Feb. 11, 2014 slayings in a private home were two sisters aged 22 and 17 as well as a

17-year-old boyfriend. They are not named in this news story because of provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. “The Crown is very satisfied with the judgment and I’d like to thank the family for their support through out the case,” prosecutor Hippolite Brin told reporters.

The teen, who was 16 at the time of

the killings, was also found to have conspired to murder the mother of two of the victims as well as police responding to the rampage.

His co-accused, then 17, also pleaded guilty to the same charges in June 2015 and has yet to be sentenced.

His case is expected to return to court in Nov. 13 before a judge in Trois-Rivieres, Que., about halfway

between Montreal and Quebec City.

Authorities say jealousy was considered to be a likely factor in the case.

Sirois will return to court early next year, on Jan. 11, when a report will be filed to determine where he will serve out his sentence — a Montreal-area psychiatric hospital or a federal penitentiary.

ENGLAND

New law requires professionals to report female genital mutilation Goal to protect girls; critics say more education is needed in order to be effective GREGORY KATZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — A new law requiring professionals to report cases of female genital mutilation to police for those under 18 is being introduced in England and Wales, but some warn the law could make girls reluctant to seek medical care.

The law taking effect Saturday makes it a crime not to notify police when health care workers, social workers or teachers see someone under 18 who has had their genitals removed or damaged for non-medical reasons.

The goal is to intensify a government crackdown on the practice of removing external genitalia in young girls, which is seen as a form of child abuse and violence against women and was made a crime here in 2003.

But some charities working to protect girls from this practice, which is still widespread in some parts of Africa, fear unintended consequences from the mandatory reporting law.

“The reality is this doesn’t protect girls, because the rationale is to report girls who have already undergone FGM,” said Naana OtooOyortey, director of the Forward advocacy group, using the acronym FGM for the process. “Yes, we see a need to report and prosecute. But it has to be alongside prevention.”

Roughly 137,000 women and girls in Britain are believed to have endured the procedure, she said.

Most of the cases have been done overseas. Among other measures, British authorities have been trying to prevent parents from taking young girls back to Africa to have the procedure done. Otoo-Oyortey said the British government recently created a comprehensive plan to combat FGM after a parliamentary inquiry, but has only instituted parts of it, leaving out the community work she feels is vital for changing attitudes in neighbourhoods comprised of recent arrivals from Africa.

“It’s a cultural practice, a social norm. There is pressure from the communities to go through it,” she said. “(But) the law says FGM is illegal. We need community training

In this 2014 file photo, a British police officer arrests an activist from FEMEN group as she shouts slogans against female genital mutilation during a protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London. A new law requiring professionals to report cases of female genital mutilation to police for those under 18 is being introduced in England and Wales, but some opponents of the practice warn the law could make girls reluctant to seek medical care. [AP PHOTO]

“This doesn’t protect girls, because the rationale is to report girls who have already undergone FGM.” Naana Otoo-Oyortey Forward

to make them aware that they need to make that shift.”

She said Britain has a higher number of girls and young women who have been cut than many other

European nations because of migration patterns.

There are fears that requiring doctors and nurses in hospitals and clinics to contact police every time they see evidence of FGM may make some girls afraid to get treatment for medical problems. Being involved with the police is a frightening prospect for many young people, particularly ethnic minorities who live on the margins of British society.

“Statutory measures which raise the importance of female genital cutting are of course welcome,” said

Ruth Taylor, operations director of the Orchid Project charity.

“However, women from diaspora populations are already less likely to seek medical support when pregnant and at other times, and there are concerns that this reporting could make them even less likely to get the right health care support when they need it.”

Taylor and others say if girls are too fearful of getting regular gynecological or other medical care, that could lead to serious problems going undetected and untreated.

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WIN Jennings leads Lions past Argos, spoil Ray’s first start ED WILLES THE PROVINCE

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fter burning through 17 games, 10 losses, three quarterbacks and their fans’ stomach lining, the B.C. Lions awake today in a position which seemed impossible for most of this CFL season.

With their arms are around a playoff spot. And if they can consummate this relationship, it will prove once again there really is someone for everyone to love.

Friday night, in a game that epitomized the best, and the worst, of this team, the Lions tried every conceivable away to piddle away another game - and a few that were inconceivable - and still emerged with a bloodied but bloody marvellous win. Their 27-25 victory over the Toronto Argonauts left the Lions with a 7-10 mark on the season and, should the Montreal Alouettes lose in Edmonton on Sunday, the Leos will have secured the third playoff spot in the West.

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Given everything that’s happened to them this season - the litany of fourth-quarter asphyxiations, the unforced errors, the jaw-dropping blunders - it hardly seems possible.

But they’re here and if the CFL has demonstrated anything over the years, it’s demonstrated it isn’t the best team at playoff time, it’s the hottest team. ‘”We’re trying for anything positive right now,” said Ryan Phillips, who sealed the deal with an interception

off Ricky Ray in the game’s dying seconds. “If you want to call us the hottest team, go ahead and give us that title.”

It was put to Jeff Tedford that, for a team in the Lions’ situation, there’s no such thing as an ugly win.

“Oh it was an ugly win,” said the Lions head coach. “But it’s a win.

There were a lot of things that didn’t go our way down the stretch. But when you can find a way to win and stop the bleeding - it’s a win.”

And, yes, it was uglier than a fat guy with tight shorts and knee-high black socks.

In the final installment of the Braley Bowl - and maybe there’s the reason this one was so messy - the Lions dominated most of the first three quarters, built a 26-15 lead and seemed to have things well in command. Ah, but these are the Lions and, when a Chris Rainey punt-return for a touchdown was called back by an accursed CFL flag, the weird spit started happening.

First, the Argos scored a touchdown on a blocked Richie Leone

punt; then a Leone field goal which would have given the Lions a fivepoint lead with a minute left was blocked.

This, in fact, was the nightmare scenario the Lions had experienced in nine of their 10 losses this season.

But this time, the defence had the final say.

This time, they took care of business, punctuating a big night with a pair of stops in the final three minutes, including the Phillips’ pick.

“That’s what we’re here for,” said linebacker Adam Bighill after another monster performance.

“When we went out on the field for that last drive, you looked in everyone’s eyes and you knew we were about to get it done. Everybody believed. Everyone knew what we were about to do.

“We like being on the field,” said defensive end Khreem Smith, who contributed one of the Lions’ five sacks on Ray. “The more time we’re on the field, the more TV time for us.”

On the other side of the ball, Jon-

athon Jennings wasn’t as dynamic as he’s been in other games but he still threw for 259 yards, a pair of touchdowns and flipped the field twice in the fourth quarter with big plays to Lavelle Hawkins and Manny Arceneaux.

Hawkins finished with six catches for 136 yards and a touchdown. Jennings was asked about the chemistry which exists between him and the former NFL wideout.

“He’s open,” said Jennings. “It’s as simple as that.”

And sometimes it is that simple, although you’d never know it by watching this team.

“This one is the first one we’ve won like that (by preserving a lead in the fourth quarter),” said Tedford.

“We’re on the road. Things start to go south. But people kept plugging away.

“Tonight, I think, did a lot for us, to keep playing, keep believing somebody would make a play. That’s kind of what happened.”

And, maybe, it kind of got them in the playoffs.

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Bachman, Canucks hold off Coyotes Brendan Gaunce nets first career goal as Vancouver squad hangs on to a lead, finally, to pick up a 4-3 win play a solid team game and it pays off.”

The Canucks were the last NHL team to use their backup goalie this season. Ryan Miller had started the first 10 games.

Desjardins made one other lineup change. He made winger Sven Baertschi a healthy scratch and replaced him with Cracknell.

“If you look at the overall game, I think the battle level is probably the biggest thing,” Desjardins said before the game of Baertschi. “It’s not that he’s bad. He has played pretty good.

But Gaunce came in and played good and the matchup here against Phoenix, I think Gaunce and Cracknell are good fits.”

The Canucks finished the month of October 5-2-4. Last season, they went 7-3-0 in October. Vancouver plays 10 of its 14 November games on the road.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Backup Richard Bachman took care of business. Meanwhile, a collection of Vancouver Canucks youngsters seem to be suggesting we ain’t seen nothing yet.

Bachman, who hadn’t played a full game since May, was solid in his first action as a Canuck and rookies Brendan Gaunce, Jared McCann and Jake Virtanen continued to impress as Vancouver beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 Friday night at Gila River Arena.

McCann scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season, Gaunce potted his first NHL goal in just his second game and Virtanen picked up an assist.

Bachman stopped 29 of 32 shots in the building where he saw his first NHL action five years ago with the Dallas Stars.

“It’s exciting and the first win as a Canuck is something special,” Bachman said. “I’ll have that puck forever.

I haven’t played in a while and it was great just to be back on the ice and see some game action and be able to make a save or two.

“It wasn’t perfect by any means and there are a few things I want to clean up. You have to get out there to figure it out again, but it was a lot of fun.”

The Canucks bounced back nicely from Thursday night’s disappointing 4-3 overtime loss in Dallas and gave Bachman some early run support The Canucks chased Arizona starter Mike Smith when they scored on two of their first three shots.

McCann opened scoring at the 1:56 mark of the first when he took

Arizona Coyote Mikkel Boedker shoots the puck at Vancouver Canucks goalie Richard Bachman as Chris Tanev looks on during an NHL game Friday in Glendale, Ariz. [AP PHOTO]

a behind-the-net pass from Adam Cracknell, calmly skated to the middle of the ice and snapped a wrist shot over Smith’s right shoulder.

“That was a great goal, it was a skill play,” said coach Willie Desjardins.

Less than three minutes later, Alex Burrows beat Smith short side from the left circle. That brought backup Anders Lindback into the game.

Gaunce put one past him at 10:56 when a rebound off a Chris Tanev point shot hit Gaunce’s skate and ricocheted into the net.

“Hey, it counted,” a smiling Gaunce said of the fact his first NHL goal

was not exactly a Mona Lisa. “That’s all that matters. It was a great play by (Tanev) to get the puck on net and through some bodies. I was just standing there and was lucky it hit off me.”

Rookie Max Domi made it 3-1 at 5:50 of the second when he put a backhand rebound attempt by Bachman.

Steve Downie made it a one-goal game at 17:04 of the second, beating Bachman from the top of the right circle.

But just over a minute later Daniel Sedin scored on the power play to

make it 4-2.

This time, the Canucks were able to hold a third-period lead. although things got interesting when Tobias Rieder made it 4-3 at 17:39 of the third.

“We played last night and they made a push in the third,” said Daniel Sedin. “That was kind of a flukey goal that made it 4-3. I’ll take that third period any time.

Page 2 of 2 “We have got four lines going, everyone is chipping in and it’s fun to play that way. No one is feeling the pressure to go out and produce. We

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Whitecaps ready to face Timbers in Western semifinal JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson got an early glimpse of what his team could be in for this weekend.

Robinson travelled to Portland for Thursday’s knockout round game between the Timbers and Sporting Kansas City, a match the hosts won in a dramatic 11-round shootout at a delirious Providence Park to set up a date with the Whitecaps in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference semifinal.

“Brilliant game for the neutral,” Robinson said prior to Friday’s practice in Vancouver. “The place was rocking — goosebumps on the back of my neck and I wasn’t even involved.”

The Timbers and Whitecaps will tangle in the first leg of their twogame, aggregate series that includes the away-goals rule on Sunday in Portland before the return fixture goes Nov. 8 at B.C. Place Stadium.

Knowing that a Kansas City victory

Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted dives to make a save against the Houston Dynamo during the first half of an MLS game in Vancouver on Sunday.

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would have set up a date with the Seattle Sounders after they won their knockout game in normal time on Wednesday, Whitecaps defender Tim Parker found himself cheering for

the Timbers the longer Thursday’s struggle dragged on.

“Seeing them play 120 minutes means it’s a quick turnaround for them,” he said. “But at the same

time we’ve seen it before this season where we’ve been able to play backto-back and have good performances.

We’re expecting that out of the them.”

A case in point came just last week when the Whitecaps had to play a meaningless CONCACAF Champions League game in Honduras before returning home for their regular-season finale three days later.

“Obviously (the Timbers) used a lot of energy getting that win, but let me be the first to warn everybody that it isn’t going to be easy,” said Vancouver goalkeeper David Ousted. “I don’t see a Portland team just lying down and saying they’re tired. We’re going into a playoff game, we’re going into their stadium, so they’re going to be up for the challenge. We hopefully have a little more in our tank.”

The Whitecaps, who were bounced in the knockout round in 2012 and again last year in their only other playoff appearances, have a win and two ties against the Timbers this season, with both draws coming at

Providence Park.

“We’re comfortable there. It’s a place where we normally play well, but it’s still their home turf,” said Ousted. “It’s going to be tough, but I think we have the confidence to go in there and try and get a good result.”

The Whitecaps found themselves at or near the top of the standings for most of the second half of the season, but went just 2-5-2 down the stretch thanks in part to a number of injuries, including one to captain Pedro Morales.

They needed last weekend’s victory over the Houston Dynamo coupled with some help on the out-of-town scoreboard to clinch the No. 2 seed in the West, just ahead of Portland, and know the road is only going to get more difficult.

“You’re going to have to beat the best teams if you want to go all the way and get to where you want to get to,” said Robinson.

“You have to play against good teams. We’ve got no fear about anyone.”

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Barsby keeps rolling in 46-6 win The ‘Harewood Freight Train’ is chugging along now after a dominant victory on the road over Holy Cross “Records don’t matter in that football game.

It’s going to be a physical, passionate affair.“

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T

he Holy Cross Crusaders had scored 108 yards in their last two games, but those two games weren’t against the John Barsby

Bulldogs.

But in a Varsity AA non-conference high school football game on Friday, they had to. And the Bulldogs ran over them in a 46-6 win in the second to last week of the regular season.

Although, not everything went according to plan for the No. 3-ranked Bulldogs — their bus that was supposed to pick them up from the ferry didn’t do that, and they arrived at the field with time only for a five-minute warm-up.

Rob Stevenson, head coach

STEVENSON

“We had a crazy day,” said Rob Stevenson, head coach of the two-time defending B.C. champion Bulldogs The Bulldogs went up 14-6 in the first half, with Holy Cross threatening to score.

But they awoke in the third-quarter and ran away with the game.

Runningbacks Matt Cooley, Justis MacKay-Topley and Cory Fletcher each had two touchdowns on the ground while quarterback Nathanael Durkan hit receiver Alex Bonnetplume for a 30-yard score.

“We took the bite right out of our opponents,” Stevenson said.

“Holy Cross had scored over

100 points combined in their last two games. Once we got rolling, they didn’t look like that team.”

The Barsby defence, which has allowed an average of 11 points per game in its last three, was led by Fletcher, who Stevenson said “had an all-around tremendous football game.”

“Defensively, (we bent but didn’t break) and we really rallied to the football in the second half,” Stevenson said.

Although the win didn’t count toward their divisional standings, the Bulldogs have earned the right to host a playoff game at Merle Logan Field on Nov. 14.

Before that game, however, they will play their regular season finale on Nov. 7 on the road against the

rival Ballenas Whalers in the 15th annual ‘Border Battle’ between the two schools.

Ballenas, 4-2 on the season, will be a difficult test for the 6-2 Bulldogs, no matter the standings.

“They’re getting healthy again, which means they’re dangerous,” Stevenson said of the Whalers, who were provincial semifinalists in 2014.

“They’re running the ball really well and they’ve got a good quarterback.

“Records don’t matter in that football game.

“It’s going to be a physical, passionate affair.”

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Clippers take over first place in 3-0 win

Mariners squads beat up Camosun with wins

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Mike Vandekamp loves winning 3-0. It’s his favourite.

So it must have felt like his birthday on Friday when his Nanaimo Clippers beat the rival Alberni Valley Bulldogs by that same score to take over first place in the B.C. Hockey League’s Island Division.

“Love it,” he said after the game.

Sheldon Rempal scored twice in the first period — once on a breakaway and once with a wristshot — to take sole possession of both the BCHL’s points and goals lead, while Chris Dodero scored the Clippers’ other goal, also in the first.

That allowed Nanaimo goalie Jonathan Reinhart take over and eventually pick up a shutout.

Vandekamp, though, still thinks improvements can be made.

“We had some moments where Johnny had to make some stops — he earned his shutout — so we can play better than that,” he said.

“I thought we had some lapses in the second. I thought they came hard at us in the latter stages of the game, but that’s pretty standard.

“I think we can still play better, but I liked our penalty killing tonight, I liked the way Johnny played, I thought we were focused and competed hard.”

The win not only took the Island’s first place slot out of the hands of the Cowichan Valley Capitals, who lost to the Victoria Grizzlies Friday night, it was also the Clippers fourth straight win — they’re longest winning streak this season.

It seems to be all coming together for the defending Island champions.

“We’re getting better,” Vandekamp said.

“We’re involving more players, which is huge. That was what we wanted to work toward over the course of the first 30 games, was to

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Nanimo Clippers right wing Sheldon Rempal, left, battles for a puck with Alberni Valley Bulldogs defenceman Nolan Alward in a B.C. Hockey League game Friday night at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

get more and more guys comfortable playing in this league and getting to become more of a four-line team with six defencemen, as well, all playing and all contributing.”

For Reinhart, the performance in goal was huge.

Vandekamp brought in Evan Johnson this week, a goalie with Western Hockey League experience looking for a starting job.

There was clearly pressure on Reinhart to perform, and he did that with a 33-save goose-egg.

“That’s exactly what you want to

see,” Vandekamp said of Reinhart.

“He’s a mature guy. We’ve had some good conversations in the past week, especially since Evan got here, about the fact that we feel our goaltending has been good, but we feel it can be better.

“And that’s why we brought in a little bit of a challenger to the mix — to strengthen that position from within and make sure everybody’s working hard and competing, and I thought Johnny did a nice job today.”

The Clippers won’t have long to bask in the win, as they will play the

back half of their home-and-home series with the Bulldogs tonight in Port Alberni.

It’s also their third game in four nights.

Next weekend, they are on a threegame road trip to the Interior to take on the Trail Smoke Eaters, the Penticton Vees and the West Kelowna Warriors before playing the rest of November on the Island.

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The Vancouver Island University Mariners took bragging rights over their territory on Friday as PacWest college basketball play began in Nanaimo.

And they did it in convincing fashion.

Both the VIU men’s and women’s basketball teams beat the Camosun Chargers at home in their first regular season games of the year.

The defending conference champion men’s squad, led by newcomer John Thompson’s 22 points, beat the Chargers 87-59.

On the women’s side, the Mariners beat the Chargers 80-44.

Sophomore guard Emily Clark had a breakout game in the win, pouring in 27 points while last-year’s leading scorer Sienna Pollard scored 16 and U.S. import Lanae Adams had 11 in her debut with the Mariners.

That’s it for the weekend for both VIU teams, who now hit the road for two games next weekend against the Douglas Royals Friday and the Capilano Blues on Sunday in the Lower Mainland.

They’re back home Nov. 20 and 21 for two-game sets against the Langara Falcons and Quest Kermodes.

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WORLD SERIES

RUGBY WORLD CUP

Mets break lose to win Game 3

Aussie winger reaps rewards of ‘fat club’

Wright, Granderson homer as New York roughs up Royals in 9-3 home victory MIKE FITZPATRICK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Two balls launched over the wall, one fired over an opponent’s head and just like that, David Wright and the New York Mets are right back in this World Series.

Wright homered and drove in four runs, Curtis Granderson also connected and rookie Noah Syndergaard set a nasty tone at the start of a 9-3 victory against the Kansas City Royals that trimmed New York’s deficit to 2-1 Friday night.

“We get our offence going a little bit, we play better baseball,” Mets manager Terry Collins said.

Shut down at the plate in Kansas City, the Mets broke loose with 12 hits from nine different players as they chased Yordano Ventura early during the first Series game at Citi Field.

Pitching on Halloween eve, Syndergaard recovered from a scary start and went six innings, giving the Mets the winning performance they didn’t get from fellow young starters Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom at Kauffman Stadium.

“Real big game for us,” Collins said. “He delivered. He came through exactly as we expected.”

Another rookie, hometown favourite Steven Matz, tries to pull New York even Saturday night in Game 4 when he faces 36-year-old Chris Young and the Royals.

After the Mets fell behind in the first inning, Granderson started the bottom half with a single and Wright hit his first World Series home run, recharging a packed crowd of 44,781 that included Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Dennis Miller.

The captain, who entered batting .182 without an RBI in his first World Series, added a two-run single on Kelvin Herrera’s first pitch during a

New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard congratulates teammate Curtis Granderson after a catch during the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals Friday in New York. [AP PHOTO]

four-run sixth that broke it open. Pinch-hitter Juan Uribe, just back from a chest injury, had an RBI single in his first plate appearance since Sept.

25. Slumping slugger Yoenis Cespedes added a sacrifice fly.

Hoping to rekindle the comeback spirit of 1986, when the Mets rallied from an 0-2 World Series hole to beat Boston for their most recent championship, the team played its highlight video from that year on the large scoreboard during batting practice.

Local boy Billy Joel sang the national anthem, same as 29 years ago at Shea Stadium, and

Syndergaard caught everyone’s attention with his first delivery to aggressive leadoff hitter Alcides Escobar.

Well aware of Escobar’s penchant for attacking the first pitch — the ALCS MVP opened Game 1 against New York with an inside-the-park homer — Syndergaard promised Thursday he had “a few tricks” up his sleeve for Escobar.

That turned out to be a 97 mph fastball fired just off the inside corner and way over Escobar’s head, eliciting a huge cheer from fans. The skinny shortstop went down to the dirt on his rear end and stayed there, legs splayed,

catching his breath for several seconds.

“That surprised me,” Escobar said. “They said yesterday he said to the media, I have a plan for Escobar. That’s not a good plan.

If you want to throw me inside, you can throw me down. You don’t need to throw to my head.”

Kansas City players spent the next few innings shouting at Syndergaard from the dugout.

“I think the whole team was pretty upset. The first pitch of the game goes whizzing by our leadoff man’s head,” Mike Moustakas said. “I think all 25 guys in that dugout were pretty fired up.”

Seahawks may be without starting LT RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks may be without starting left tackle Russell Okung for Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Okung injured his ankle in practice Thursday and was unable to practice Friday before the Seahawks travelled to Dallas.

He was initially listed as doubtful on the team’s injury report, but head coach Pete Carroll said Okung is questionable and will be a game-time decision.

LONDON — Two intense weeks of “fat club” at Australia’s pre-tournament training camp in the United States have been the making of Drew Mitchell as the winger eyes a place in the records book in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final.

An easing of the Wallabies’ eligibility rules regarding overseas players meant Mitchell earned a late call-up for the World Cup, despite being based in the south of France with European champion Toulon.

But that was only half the battle for Mitchell, who admitted to putting on weight because of the French lifestyle of baguettes and red wine.

To get back in the starting team, he was put on a strict training regime by Australia coach Michael Cheika — starting at the Wallabies’ training camp at the University of Notre Dame in August.

“When I first came back, I hada bit of work to do, and that was identified by Cheik and the coaching staff,” Mitchell said on Friday at a news conference ahead of the final against New Zealand. Cheika chuckled as he sat next to him.

“Myself and one of the other boys (lock Will Skelton) were singled out for some extra duties at Notre Dame, so I don’t have the fondest memories of that place. It was good to get out of there.”

Mitchell is reaping the rewards of all that hard work.

His 50-meter break in the 72nd minute of Australia’s gruelling semifinal against Argentina last Sunday set up fellow winger Adam Ashley-Cooper for his clinching try, and ensured Mitchell would be involved in the biggest game in rugby a week later.

Mitchell heads into the final in third place on the all-time list of try-scorers at World Cups, with 14. He is one behind All Blacks great Jonah Lomu and South Africa winger Bryan Habana. It’s some turnaround for a man who thought his international career was over when he headed to France from the Waratahs in 2013.

At star-studded Toulon, he has played in — and won — two European Cup titles and says he has “a more rounded view on how the game is played and how different players approach the game.”

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“We’ll see what happens with Russell,” Carroll said. “He caught his ankle yesterday in practice and got it rolled up a little bit.”

Okung briefly left last week’s game against the San Francisco 49ers due to a foot injury that forced him to miss two plays, but Carroll said this issue is unrelated.

If Okung is unable to play, Alvin Bailey would likely get the start at left tackle.

Whoever starts at left tackle will have his hands full trying to block Cowboys defensive end

Greg Hardy. Wide receiver Paul Richardson had a strong week of practice after missing the first seven games while on the physically unable to perform list.

Richardson suffered a torn ACL in January and was ineligible to practice for the first six weeks.

The team held his return back until this week due to a short week of practice leading into last Thursday’s game against San Francisco.

Carroll said they are still determining whether to activate Richardson in time for Sunday’s game.

“He had a very good week,” Carroll said. “He looked good.

He looked really fast.”

The team has until 1 p.m. on Saturday to add Richardson to the roster.

They would need to release a player to clear a roster spot for Richardson.

The rest of Seattle’s roster is healthy heading into Sunday’s game.

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

SENATORS 3, RED WINGS 1

ATLANTIC DIVISION

First Period 1. Ottawa, Turris 6 (Stone) 18:46.

3HQDOWLHV — Abdelkader Det (stick holding) 14:45; Ceci Ott (holding) 19:14.

Second Period 2. Ott, Puempel 1 (Ryan, Karlsson) 10:10.

3. Detroit, Zetterberg 3 (Pulkkinen, Nyquist) 17:00 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Neil Ott (tripping) 3:13; Smith Ott (hooking) 4:48; Jurco Det (holding) 6:53; Ceci Ott (hooking) 15:44; Smith Ott (slashing) 16:37; Smith Det (tripping) 18:56.

Third Period 4. Ott, Ryan 3 (unassisted) 19:05 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — Kindl Det (hooking) 8:59.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Ottawa 12 8 15 —35 Detroit 10 11 9 —30 *RDO — Ottawa: Hammond (W, 1-0-1); Detroit: Howard (L, 2-2-1).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Ottawa: 0-4; Detroit: 1-5.

Attendance — 20,027 at Detroit.

Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay

GP 12 10 11

W 10 5 5

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

GF 45 32 28

GA 23 31 28

Pts Home 20 4-0-0-0 12 1-2-0-2 12 2-2-0-0

Away 6-2-0-0 4-1-0-0 3-2-1-1

Last 10 Strk 8-2-0-0 W-1 5-3-0-2 W-2 4-4-1-1 L-3

METROPOLITAN DIVISION NY Rangers Washington NY Islanders

GP 11 9 10

W 7 7 6

L OL SL 2 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0

GF 31 32 33

GA 21 22 25

Pts Home 16 5-1-1-0 14 4-2-0-0 14 4-1-2-0

Away 2-1-0-1 3-0-0-0 2-1-0-0

Last 10 Strk 6-2-1-1 W-2 7-2-0-0 W-1 6-2-2-0 L-1

GP 10 9 10 10 10 11 10 11 9 11

W 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 1 2

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GA 20 30 21 27 29 30 27 34 31 43

Pts 12 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 4 4

Away 2-2-0-0 4-0-0-0 2-2-1-0 4-1-0-0 1-2-1-0 4-4-0-0 2-2-1-0 1-3-0-0 1-4-0-1 2-5-0-0

Last 10 Strk 6-4-0-0 W-3 5-3-1-0 W-3 5-4-1-0 L-1 5-4-0-1 W-1 4-4-2-0 L-3 5-5-0-0 W-3 4-5-1-0 L-2 4-6-0-0 W-1 1-6-0-2 L-5 2-8-0-0 L-1

WILD CARD Pittsburgh Boston Florida New Jersey Philadelphia Carolina Detroit Buffalo Toronto Columbus

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WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas Nashville Minnesota

GP 10 9 10

W 8 7 7

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GA 27 17 29

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WILD CARD St. Louis Winnipeg Chicago San Jose Edmonton Colorado Calgary Anaheim

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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. )ULGD\¡V UHVXOWV NY Rangers 3 Toronto 1 Ottawa 3 Detroit 1 Carolina 3 Colorado 2 Minnesota 5 Chicago 4 Washington 2 Columbus 1 Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 1 Boston 3 Florida 1 Montreal 6 Calgary 2 Vancouver 4 Arizona 3 7KXUVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Edmonton 4 Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 4 Buffalo 3 New Jersey 4 Philadelphia 1 Carolina 3 NY Islanders 2 (OT) Winnipeg 3 Chicago 1 Dallas 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 2 Anaheim 1 6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV

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Nashville at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Winnipeg at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

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Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

RANGERS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1 CANADIENS 6, FLAMES 2 First Period 1. NYR, Zuccarello 5 (Brassard, Nash) 9:41.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

Second Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Komarov Tor (slashing) 3:59; Holland Tor (high-sticking) 6:10; Phaneuf Tor (slashing) 14:28.

Third Period 2. NYR, Zuccarello 6 (Brassard, Nash) 5:34.

3. Tor, Lupul 3 (Phaneuf, Rielly) 18:09.

4. NY Rangers, Zuccarello 7 (Brassard, Nash) 19:11 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Toronto 6 9 10 —25 NY Rangers 9 7 10 —26 *RDO — Toronto: Bernier (L, 0-5-1); NYR: Lundqvist (W, 5-2-2). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Tor: 0-0; NYR: 0-3.

Attendance — 18,006 at NY Rangers.

CAPS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1 First Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Calvert Clb (hooking) 10:13; Wilson Wash (hooking) 12:47; Calvert Clb (tripping) 18:32.

Second Period 1. Washington, Williams 2 (Johansson, Alzner) 14:16.

3HQDOW\ — Wilson Wash (holding) 14:28.

Third Period 2. Wash, Oshie 4 (Backstrom, Ovechkin) 11:59.

3. Col, Calvert 1 (Jenner, Connauton) 14:45.

3HQDOW\—Orpik Wash (delay game) 3:52.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Columbus 10 10 10 —30 Washington 9 9 10 —28 *RDO — Columbus: Bobrovsky (L, 2-7-0); Wash: Holtby (W, 6-2-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Colu: 0-3; Wash: 0-2.

Attendance — 18,506 at Washington.

First Period 1. Mtl, Weise 4 (Fleischmann, Desharnais) 5:20.

3HQDOW\—Pacioretty Mtl (hooking) 18:22.

Second Period 2. Cal, Hudler 4 (Monahan, Giordano) :27.

3. Mtl, Beaulieu 1 (Petry, Plekanec) 2:32 (pp).

4. Cal, Jooris 1 (Gaudreau, Bennett) 4:41.

5. Montreal, Weise 5 (unassisted) 6:57.

6. Mtl, Smith-Pelly 1 (Byron, Mitchell) 12:22.

3HQDOWLHV — Gaudreau Cgy (holding) 1:00; Colborne Cgy (holding) 7:57; Mitchell Mtl (tripping) 14:49; Jooris Cgy (tripping) 17:46.

Third Period 7. Mtl, Byron 1 (Mitchell, Petry) 3:52 (sh).

8. Mtl, Weise 6 (Fleischmann, Desharnais) 11:44.

3HQDOWLHV — Eller Mtl (slashing) 2:07; Giordano Cgy, Beaulieu Mtl (roughing) 16:41.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Montreal 13 7 11 —31 Calgary 15 11 6 —32 *RDO — Montreal: Condon (W, 3-0-0); Calgary: Ortio (L, 0-2-1). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Mtl: 1-3; Calgary: 0-3.

Attendance — 19,289 at Calgary.

SCORING LEADERS Benn, Dal Krejci, Bos Seguin, Dal Kane, Chi McDavid, Edm Wheeler, Win Kuznetsov, Wash

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2. Chi, Toews 3 (unassisted) 4:06 (sh).

3. Chicago, Seabrook 3 (Panarin, Kane) 10:33 (pp).

4. Min, Carter 2 (Haula, Porter) 14:52.

5. Min, Coyle 4 (Scandella, Koivu) 19:49.

3HQDOWLHV — Svedberg Chi (interference) 2:57; Fontaine Minn (tripping) 9:49.

Second Period 6. Minnesota, Spurgeon 1 (Vanek, Scandella) 3:01 (pp).

7. Chicago, Toews 4 (Garbutt) 10:47.

8. Chi, Anisimov 4 (Gustafsson, Daley) 13:42.

3HQDOW\— Desjardins Chi (tripping) 1:17.

Third Period 9. Min, Niederreiter 4 (Zucker, Koivu) :32.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Chicago 10 9 10 —29 Minnesota 16 6 8 —30 *RDO — Chicago: Darling (L, 1-2-0); Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 7-2-0).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Chicago: 1-1; Minnesota: 1-2.

Attendance — 19,140 at Minnesota.

CANES 3, AVALANCHE 2 First Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Rask Car (interference) 7:19; Liles Car (delay of game) 8:49; Johnson Col (interference) 18:20.

Second Period 1. Colorado, Tanguay 2 (Grigorenko, MacKinnon) 6:49.

2. Carolina, Rask 4 (Versteeg, Murphy) 12:00.

3. Carolina, Faulk 4 (Murphy, Versteeg) 14:54 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Gormley Col (slashing) 2:39; E. Staal Car (interference) 9:32; Mitchell Col (tripping) 13:21.

Third Period 4. Carolina, Skinner 2 (Nash, Pesce) 5:07.

5. Colorado, Soderberg 1 (Comeau, Duchene) 19:28.

3HQDOW\—Landeskog Col (interference) 13:40.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Colorado 11 7 12 —30 Carolina 7 13 6 —26 *RDO — Colorado: Varlamov (L, 2-4-1); Carolina: Ward (W, 4-4-0).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Colo: 0-3; Carol: 1-4.

Attendance — 9,345 at Carolina.

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9:20; White Pha (hooking) 11:23; Del Zotto Pha (high-sticking) 12:17; Del Zotto Pha (cross-checking) 16:02.

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4. Phil, Streit 3 (Umberger, Gagner) 16:34.

3HQDOWLHV — Deslauriers Buf (charging) 0F&DEH %XI 5DIà 3KD FURVV checking) 8:43; Medvedev Pha (boarding) 10:52; Foligno Buf (tripping) 13:12; Gorges Buf (boarding major, game misconduct) 19:17.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Philadelphia 7 6 11 —24 Buffalo 15 16 5 —36 *RDO — Philadelphia: Neuvirth (L, 2-1-0); Buffalo: Ullmark (W, 1-1-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV — Phila: 0-4; Buff: 1-6.

Attendance — 15,962 at Buffalo.

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HOCKEY

FOOTBALL

MLB PLAYOFFS NBA

WHL

CFL

WORLD SERIES

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Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

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Seattle at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Spokane at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Tri-City at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 6 p.m.

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N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Seattle at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

0RQGD\ V JDPH Indianapolis at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.

SOCCER MLS PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS (2-game total goals) EASTERN CONFERENCE 6XQGD\ V JDPHV New York City at D.C., 3 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 7 p.m.

6XQGD\ 1RY Montreal at Columbus, 12 p.m.

D.C. at New York City, 12 p.m.

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Dallas at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

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Portland at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

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Orlando at Chicago, 7 p.m.

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Roberto Bautista Agut (7), Spain, def.

Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

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Daniel Brands, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.

Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-4, 6-4.

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PGA CIMB CLASSIC $W .XDOD /XPSXU 0DOD\VLD Par 72 6HFRQG 5RXQG Justin Thomas Brendan Steele Spencer Levin Hideki Matsuyama Scott Piercy Stewart Cink Brian Harman Kevin Na Adam Scott Troy Merritt Jason Gore 'DYLG +HDUQ James Hahn Morgan Hoffmann Kyle Reifers Ryan Moore Keegan Bradley Jim Herman Kevin Kisner Patrick Reed $OVR 1LFN 7D\ORU 5LFKDUG 7 /HH

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$W %DVHO 6ZLW]HUODQG 6LQJOHV Âł 4XDUWHUĂ&#x20AC;QDOV Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def.

'DYLG *RIĂ&#x20AC;Q %HOJLXP Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Marin Cilic (7), Croatia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Richard Gasquet (5), France, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6).

Jack Sock, U.S., def. Donald Young, U.S., 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

WTA TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS $W 6LQJDSRUH 6LQJOHV Âł 5RXQG 5RELQ :KLWH *URXS Garbine Muguruza (2), Spain, def.

Petra Kvitova (4), Czech., 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

Lucie Safarova (8), Czech Rep., def.

Angelique Kerber (6), Germany, 6-4, 6-3.

STANDINGS :KLWH *URXS 1. Garbine Muguruza 3-0, 2. Petra Kvitova 1-2, 3. Lucie Safarova 1-2, 4. Angelique Kerber 1-2.

5HG *URXS 1. Maria Sharapova 3-0, 2.

Agnieszka Radwanska 1-2, 3. Simona Halep 1-2, 4. Flavia Pennett 1-2.

NHL

Zuccarelloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hat trick sparks Rangers to win over Leafs THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mats Zuccarelloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hat trick sent the New York Rangers to a 3-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night.

Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves as the Rangers improved to 7-2-2.

New York has won four of its last five, earning 10 points in its last six games. The Rangers played for the first time since defeating Calgary, 4-1 on Oct. 25. During the break, coach

Alain Vigneault reconfigured his top two lines, reuniting Zuccarello with Derick Brassard and Rick Nash and putting Chris Kreider back with Derek Stepan. Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves but Toronto fell to 1-6-2, losing five in a row. Joffrey Lupulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deflection at 18:09 into the third spoiled Lundqvistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shutout bid.

CANADIENS 6, FLAMES 2 Dale Weise completed his first career hat trick midway through the

third period and Montreal blew out hapless Calgary to end a two-game skid and become the first NHL team with 10 wins. Weise scored in each of the first and second periods, then got his third with 8:16 left by smacking in the rebound from Tomas Fleishmannâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shot. Nathan Beaulieu, Devante Smith-Pelly and Paul Byron also scored, and rookie Mike Condon made 30 saves. Montreal got its first win since its nine-game season-opening win streak ended against Van-

couver on Tuesday. The Flames have lost four straight and are yet to win in regulation this season.Joni Ortio stopped 25 shots for Calgary. Jiri Hudler and Josh Jooris scored. Weise broke a 2-2 tie 6:57 into the second.

He took the puck away from Benoit Pouliot, skated toward the right circle and beat Ortio with a wrister.

HURRICANES 3, AVALANCHE 2 Victor Rask, Justin Faulk and Jeff Skinner scored and Carolina beat

Colorado for its third straight victory.

Coloradoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Carl Soderberg scored with 31.8 seconds left, but Carolina got its first home win of the season.

It was the Hurricanesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first home game following a long road trip they take annually â&#x20AC;&#x201D; seven contests this time â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to avoid traffic conflicts with the North Carolina State Fair. Carolina won the teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; only other meeting this season 1-0 in overtime nine days earlier. Goalie Cam Ward got that shutout and stopped 28 shots.

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CROSSWORD SATURDAY STUMPER ACROSS 1 One’s posse 5 __ and ride (train drop-off area) 9 Commercial district 14 Pheromone feature 15 Hotel chain offering “A Total Departure” 16 Work stints 17 __ patria (goods of a country: Lat.) 18 Epitome 20 Nickname for a Yank, Packer, or tennis pro 21 Thailand’s #2 language 22 Frank’s brother in the Lemony Snicket stories 23 Warren Beatty’s brother in Bonnie and Clyde 26 Allege 27 Propped slightly off the ground 28 Faddist circa 1975 32 The hypothetical humanzees, e.g.

35 Travel plaza 37 Incisiform body parts 39 Calling 40 Opposite of “liberates” 42 Retro top 43 Fish for 44 During 46 Filled up 47 All too easy to find 51 Unsuccessful invader of Gaul 55 It may be sleeping 56 Black Flag scent 57 Way up 59 DiCaprio adversary in The Aviator 60 Tangibly influence 61 Water that sounds weird 62 Talk down 63 Talk down 64 “Wherever she was, there was __” (Eve’s Diary conclusion) 65 Siphons off

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3 All business 4 FDA sanitation designation 5 Beast with a spoon-shaped nose 6 Tangibly influence 7 Dupe 8 Rest (on) 9 All business 10 Talking toucan, perhaps 11 Beguilement 12 Structure with a pupillary zone 13 Conversation starter 19 Sportscast accessory

24 Cheetah chaser 25 Cope with 28 Materialized 29 She’s out of control with overcontrol 30 Word standing for “one” 31 Fire or storm 32 Go-to people 33 Something held in a sash 34 Silver Stater 36 The CIA __ (confidentiality, integrity and availability) 38 Sweet starter 41 Cell-phone standard 45 Facetious term of affection 47 With an agile attitude 48 Region whose border includes the River Avon 49 Eventually arrive 50 Practically arrives 51 Barrie’s inspiration for Hook 52 Discern 53 Conversation conclusion 54 Surname on Maple Sugaring and The Sleigh Race 58 Slight

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» EVENTS // EMAIL: EVENTS@NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, OCT. 31 4-5 p.m. Halloween Trick or Treating for children 12 and under, draws for $25 gift cards, proceeds to Crime Stoppers Details at nanaimonorth.com. Nanaimo North Town Centre, 4750 Rutherford Rd SUNDAY, NOV. 1 2-5 p.m. The Comox Valley’s Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass tribute band, featuring Jake Masri on trumpet, will perform such classics as The Lonely Bull at the Crofton Hotel Pub, 1534 Joan Ave. in Crofton. Admission: $10. Information: 250-324-2245 or http://croftonhotel.ca.

2:30 p.m. Port Theatre Society presents, comedian, storyteller, musician, playwright and

novelist, Lorne Elliott. Adults $35, members/ youth $25 students $15 Portheatre.com.

MONDAY, NOV. 2 6:40 p.m. Bingo, doors open 4:45 p.m. Every Monday at Chemainus seniors drop-in Centre, 9824, Willow St., Chemainus.

TUESDAY, NOV. 3 6:30-7:30 p.m. Dads Night Out free skate in Parksville. Dads, bring the kids to Oceanside Place Arena, 826 West Island Hwy. (Wembley Mall), or a free skate together on the pond.

Phone Regional District of Nanaimo Recreation and Parks 250-248-3252 or view skate and swim schedules online at www.rdn.bc.ca/ recreation.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 10-11 a.m. CC Tiny Tots Play Group at Country Club Centre, a free weekly drop-in group for little ones and caregivers. Enjoy play, crafts, stories and songs with ECE certified educators from PacifiCare. Activities appropriate for children five and younger.

7:15 p.m. On The Dock Acoustic Series with: Kendall Patrick & The Headless Bettys, Ali Prince, Nick & Katelyn, at The Dinghy Dock Pub, 8 Pirates Lane., Protection Island. Tickets $20 from the artists, Dinghy Dock Pub or at ticketzone.com THURSDAY, NOV. 5 2-7 p.m. Mid Island Abilities & Independent Living Society open house . Support and com-

munication for people with disabilities at 3999 Victoria Ave. 8 p.m. Doors open for GOB, with Boids at The Queen’s, 34 Victoria Cres. Tickets $20 plus charge in advance, $25 at the door and on sale at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, The Queen’s or at ticketzone.com.

8 p.m. Longwood Brew Pub presents Scott Brown and Paul Mitchell. Live At Longwood, a free live concert series every Thursday night.

8 p.m. Doors open for GOB, with Boids at The Queen’s, 34 Victoria Cres. Tickets $20 plus charge in advance, $25 at the door. and on sale at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, The Queen’s or at ticketzone.com.

MONDAY, NOV. 9 7:30 p.m. Matthew Good with guest: Scott Helman play The Port Theatre. Tickets $45 at The Port Theatre Box Office, www.porttheatre. com or call 250-754-8550.

TUESDAY, NOV. 10 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ladysmith Fall Farmer Market, where local producers sell their goods directly to the public, at 49th Parallel Grocery.

SATURDAY, NOV. 14 1-3 p.m. Home Baking, mystery gifts, raffle, & refreshments. Nanaimo Chapter #43 Order of the Eastern Star Christmas Bazaar, at Brechin United Church Hall. Admission $10. Supports health projects, music bursary, women’s shelter.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your family demands your time. Make it your pleasure to indulge them. You have an unusual way of fulfilling requests. By inviting someone over to play a favorite game, you’ll remind both of you of the importance of the bond. Tonight: Happy at home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Make your round of Sunday calls. If you don’t reach out to others as often as you know you should, consider making that more of a priority.

Eliminate as much distance as possible. Your vitality sparks, even in a simple conversation. Tonight: The only answer is “yes.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Your sense of humor will emerge when dealing with matters from yesterday. A friend might pitch in at the last minute. You know that you can’t handle everything on your own. Invite others over. The stories you hear could spark your imagination. Tonight: Make it simple.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Avoid getting hung up on details when talking with others. One person in particular might feel the need to tell you everything. Be careful about whom you draw toward you!

Your ability to act on your feelings will affect others deeply. Tonight: Speak your mind.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You finally can make time for yourself.

Whether you nap or head out to participate in a favorite sport makes no difference. Everyone, especially someone as sociable as you, needs

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Tonight: Not to be found.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You mean well, but you might be a bit short in your delivery today. Try not to let your fatigue affect your conversations and interactions with others. Consider taking a midday nap, if possible. Reach out to others after you renew your energy.

Tonight: On the go again.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Stay in charge of your thoughts. Don’t let a momentary lapse of judgment cause you to say something you won’t be able to take back. Someone might do the unexpected. The less you say, the better off you will be. Tonight: Be with a favorite person, but get some R and R first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You could be tired and not willing to push as hard as usual. A friend might not allow you to vanish. Be careful, as sharp words exchanged can’t be taken back. Look to the long-term in conversations with a specific person. Tonight: Let your imagination make the choice.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) One-on-one relating takes its toll on you. You are likely to wake up already tired as a result of yesterday’s hectic pace. A friend or loved one demands your time and attention. If you can postpone a meeting, do. Tonight: Where you want to be.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Others seek you out to recount some of their recent adventures. You might have an unanticipated reaction if you feel as if you’re in a forced situation. Honor a need for space.

Start a conversation if need be. Keep conversations polite. Tonight: Welcome a change of pace.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You no longer can avoid an obligation, no matter how much you would like to. Others will want to get together, and they might not understand the word “no.” Prioritize and honor your needs. Explain that you have other commitments.

Tonight: Get as much R and R as possible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Your flexibility is a gift no matter how you look at it. You could wonder what would be best to loosen up a problem. You will find the correct answer. Trust yourself. Realize you are dealing with a volatile situation, and perhaps a volatile person. Do not take sour words personally.

Tonight: Flex.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Oct. 31) This year you open up to many new adventures. You’ll have to keep a close eye on your finances, as you might feel as if you don’t have the stability you desire. Your imagination easily fires up when meeting interesting people. If you are single, this is particularly true. You could meet someone who knocks your socks off -- just don’t jump into the arms of the first person you meet.

If you are attached, it appears as though there is magic between you and your sweetie. If you’re at the right place and time in life, you could add to your family, though it might be just a pet! CANCER is drawn to you like a bear to honey.

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Polanski ‘very happy’ after court forbids extradition THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WARSAW, Poland — Poland cannot extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the U.S. on a charge that he had sex with a minor nearly four decades ago, a judge ruled Friday, a decision that could finally close the case in the country where the Oscar-winning director grew up and still makes movies.

“I can breathe now with relief,” Polanski told reporters in Krakow, where the case was heard. “I pleaded guilty. I went to prison. I have done my penalty. The case is closed.”

The Polish prosecutor who argued for extradition on behalf of the United States did not immediately say whether there would be an appeal. The victim in the case has repeatedly called for the prosecution to be dropped.

Judge Dariusz Mazur, who ruled in Krakow, where Polanski has his apartment, said the case was very complicated but an extradition would violate

Polanski’s human rights because he could be held in confinement while it was happening.

“I find no rational answer to the question: What is the real point of the U.S. extradition request?” said Mazur, who spent more than two hours explaining his reasoning in the court.

Polanski’s attorneys had argued that the U.S. request was legally flawed and contended he had already served prison time under a plea-bargain deal with a Los Angeles judge.

Polanski was initially charged on six felony counts, including rape by use of drugs, but was allowed to plead guilty in 1977 to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot in Los Angeles. In exchange, the judge agreed to drop the other charges and sentenced him to prison for a 90-day psychiatric evaluation. Polanski was released after 42 days by an evaluator who deemed him mentally sound and unlikely to offend again.

The California judge then said he was going to send Polanski back to prison for the remainder of the 90 days and that afterward he would ask Polanski to agree to a “voluntary deportation.” Polanski fled from the United States on Feb. 1, 1978, the day he was scheduled to be sentenced to the additional time.

Mazur said Polanski served his punishment in the U.S., and later for 10 months — partly under house arrest — in Switzerland in 2009 and 2010, when the U.S. unsuccessfully sought his extradition from there.

Mazur found that U.S. judges and prosecutors violated legal procedures, broke the 1977 plea deal, denied Polanski the right to a proper defence and appeared biased. He said Polanski had reason to fear he would be sentenced to more than the remaining 48 days.

Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey said she was disappointed with the ruling, but it was up to the U.S.

State Department to decide whether to pursue an appeal.

She said she’ll continue to pursue justice in the case as long as she’s district attorney “because justice has never been served.”

“It just isn’t fair to allow someone with resources to escape justice for so long,” Lacey said.

Polanski was not in court for the ruling, but followed live TV coverage.

The 83-year-old appeared exhausted and thin when he spoke to reporters afterward.

“I am glad that I have trusted Poland’s justice system,” he said. “I knew it would end well ... Listening to the court today I was really moved because I had not imagined the judge would know the case in such detail, with all the dates quoted correctly.

There was not one mistake.”

He said he now needs to return to working on a movie he is planning to shoot in Warsaw.

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a year,” Polanski said. “Now we need to pick up the pieces and put them together.”

An attorney representing Samantha Geimer, the victim in the case, said the ruling should be the end of it.

“Both the judicial systems of Poland and Switzerland are able to do what the judicial system of the United States seems unable to do, and that is put the matter behind us,” said attorney Lawrence Silver.

The Associated Press does not typically name sex abuse victims, but Geimer has publicly identified herself in court filings, interviews and a memoir.

Polanski lives in Paris, but is a celebrity in Poland, where he spent his World War II childhood and studied filmmaking. His father helped him escaped the Krakow ghetto, but then was an inmate in the Nazi German Mauthausen concentration camp, while his mother died in the Auschwitz death camp.

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Former N.W.A. manager sues over portrayal in hit movie LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller filed a multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit Friday over the hit film

Straight Outta Compton, claiming it portrayed him as a villain who led to the breakup of the gangster rap group.

Heller, who is portrayed in the film by Paul Giamatti, sued former N.W.A. members Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, the widow of rapper Eazy-E, and NBC Universal, which released the film in August.

Straight Outta Compton was a hit, earning nearly $160 million domestically in the first six weeks after it was released in August.

Heller claims the film portrays him as a villain who led to the breakup of N.W.A., which launched the careers for Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and sparked the rise in popularity of gangster rap.

The film is uses elements of a script that Heller

commissioned, and violates his copyright in a memoir that included his description of key moments depicted in the film, the lawsuit states.

“The film is littered with false statements that harm the reputation of (Heller) and aim to ridicule and lower him in the opinion of the community and to deter third persons from associating or dealing with him,” the lawsuit states.

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Mom was predeceased by her husband, Bob in 2001, and is survived by son Tom and wife Lorraine, grandchildren Jillian and Lauren and great grandchildren Emma and Logan, son David and wife Lesley, grandchildren Heather (Jonathan), Kevin (Julie) and great grandson Levi, daughter Laura and husband Tom, grandchildren Tamara (Jon), Dylan (Charlsey) and greatgrandson Koi, daughter Sue and husband Rick, step-son Mark and wife Donna and grandchildren Nicole (Jeff ), Mark Jr. and great grandsons Brodie and Connor.

May was born in Winnipeg, March 27, 1928. As a child and young adult she enjoyed time spent at Victoria Beach. Later the cottage at Bird Lake became her favourite place to be with family. We all have wonderful memories of time spent at this beautiful place, and thank Mom for the love and planning she put into making it special for each of us.

In 1983, Mom and Dad moved to Ladysmith, Vancouver Island. Unfortunately Dad was seriously injured just 3 years later, but Mom readily accepted her new role and cared for him with incredible compassion and dedication. Those years are truly a testament to Mom as their lives remained full and rewarding despite the challenges of Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s handicap.

After Dad passed away, Mom wrote yet another chapter of her story. With so much yet to live, and so much left to give, she embraced her church community in Ladysmith, and was active in several committees, groups, and choir, and made numerous banners for the church. She was involved with Meals on Wheels, Kindred Spirits, and the Ladysmith Seniors Centre. She sewed cushions for Breast Cancer Patients, and knit hundreds of nursery toques for newborns at several Island Hospitals. But it was quilting that became her true passion and her goal was to make a personalized quilt for each of her children and grandchildren. The last quilt was finished just a couple of weeks ago for Baby May who will be born in October. Mom has a small framed picture on the wall at the lake. It reads: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Families are like quilts - pieced with memories, bound with loveâ&#x20AC;?

Despite such a full life, in the years after Dad passed away we sensed that Mom needed a companion, and convinced her to adopt a little black puppy she named â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buttonâ&#x20AC;?. Inseparable from the start he has been her faithful companion and soul mate. Together they brought smiles to many faces. Throughout her illness, Button never left her side.

A memorial service will be held at Ladysmith United Church on Thursday, November 12th at 1:00pm In lieu of flowers, the family would gratefully appreciate any donations made to Victoria Hospice (VictoriaHospice.org) or any branch of the SPCA.

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Participants in a Halloween parade pose for a photo in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015. [AP PHOTO]

Halloween all the rage in Japan F THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

or the usually reserved Japanese, Halloween has become the perfect excuse to act wild in strange outfits.

The spooky celebration is consuming the energy, fashion sense and wallets of people for the entire month of October, not just kids but also adults on the prowl with colorful parades, costume parties and pumpkin-inspired desserts, dress-up and decor everywhere.

“When everyone is happy like this, I feel happy,” said Shoko Ushimaru, a game designer, wearing white makeup and a pirate outfit at a recent Halloween party in Tokyo.

She was in a room with a crowd of people, all in costumes. A DJ was playing music, but no one was dancing. The main attraction was getting photos taken under studio lighting, perfect for posting on social media such as Instagram and Facebook.

Participants use such parties, popping up in recent weeks, for making friends and letting go of inhibitions.

Yoshi Kaseki, who heads the Japan Anniversary Association and studies

“Halloween has potential for growth because it is so openended. New Japanese forms of celebrating can develop.”

Yasushi Senoo, Mitsubishi UFJ Research

the business potential of holidays, said Japanese don’t care about the cultural or religious backdrop of Halloween, or how it’s celebrated anywhere else.

The biggest attraction is that anyone can take part, in contrast to Valentine’s, for instance, another holiday import that’s gained in popularity but which requires a lover or partner.

Over the last several years, the significance of Halloween has grown, although it’s still lagging Christmas in spending, according to Kaseki’s calculations of merchandizing and consumption. The fact that the holiday falls on a Saturday this year is a plus.

“You must think of Halloween in Japan as a totally different phenomenon from Halloween in the U.S.,” said Kaseki. Although Japan has its own traditional festivals to celebrate spookiness and honour the dead, Halloween is being observed with a special frenzy.

It helps that everything about it resonates in the country that gave birth to the subculture of “costume play,” the art of dressing up like “manga” animation and mascot characters. Favourite characters for dressing up can range from Nintendo Co.’s video-game hero Super Mario to the pot-bellied friendly spirit Totoro from animation master Hayao Miyazaki.

Many Japanese don’t bother trying to look like the usual witches, zombies and ghosts associated with Halloween. Ask them what “trick or treat” means, and they usually won’t know. It doesn’t matter.

The Roppongi Hills shopping complex in Tokyo, where streets have been decked with bobbing pumpkin-shaped lanterns for weeks, is serving up pumpkin-theme pancakes covered with yellow coconut sauce

for 2,980 yen ($25), as well as a 36 centimetre (14-inch) tall “monster” tower of five hamburgers for 4,860 yen ($40).

Yasushi Senoo, chief research analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting in Tokyo, who has been studying the economic impact of Halloween, believes it can only get bigger in Japan because the largest participation is among teenagers. As they get older, their spending power will grow.

Right now, a million Japanese are estimated to be so-called “heavy” Halloween consumers, or those creating their own costumes and taking part in parades.

Including casual users, Halloween revelers are estimated at 20 million people, each spending on average between 1,000 yen ($8) and 1,500 yen ($12), which multiplies to 20 billion yen ($170 million) or 30 billion yen ($250 million) in economic impact, according to Senoo.

“Businesses are eager to use something that’s this well-known to everyone as an opportunity,” he said.

Japanese like to contemplate the changing seasons, and fall is one

time without a cause to celebrate, according to Senoo.

That’s why Easter, with bunnies and painted eggs that appear conducive to costume play and merchandising, isn’t likely to take off as easily because spring already has plenty of action, with school and work starting, in Japan. One area Halloween was likely to grow in coming years is in home decoration, he said.

“Halloween has potential for growth because it is so open-ended,” he said, unlike Christmas, for which the market has reached saturation levels. “New Japanese forms of celebrating Halloween can develop.”

Halloween madness culminates Saturday in Tokyo’s Roppongi area, with thousands of carousers on the streets in various outlandish costumes.

Those in regular clothing would be certain to feel out of place.

“What’s fun is that this is all so unreal,” said party organizer Takahisa Takeishi, a young man who managed to look far more effeminate than his usual self with a purple wig dressed up as Gakupo or Gackpo, a virtual singer or vocaloid.

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Greece critical of refugee handling At least 27 people, more than half of them children, died on Friday in search of a better life for themselves DEREK GATOPOULOS AND NICHOLAS PAPHITIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LESBOS, Greece — Drowned babies and toddlers washed onto Greece’s famed Aegean Sea beaches, and a grim-faced diver pulled a drowned mother and child from a half-sunk boat that was decrepit long before it sailed. On shore, bereaved women wailed and stunned-looking fathers cradled their children.

At least 27 people, more than half of them children, died in waters off Greece Friday trying to fulfil their dream of a better life in Europe. The tragedy came two days after a boat crammed with 300 people sank off Lesbos in one of the worst accidents of its kind, leaving 29 dead.

It won’t be the last.

As autumn storms threaten to make the crossing from Turkey even riskier and conditions in Middle Eastern refugee camps deteriorate, ever more refugees — mostly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis — are joining the rush to reach Europe.

More than 60 people, half of them children, have died in the past three days alone, compared with just over a hundred a few weeks earlier.

Highlighting political friction in the 28-nation European Union, Greece’s left-wing prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, cited the horror of the new drownings to accuse the block of ineptitude and hypocrisy in handling the crisis.

Hungary’s right-wing foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, used the same word — hypocrisy — about critics of his country’s fencing off its southern border to keep migrants out.

Szijjarto described the influx as the biggest challenge the EU has ever faced. While that may be an over-statement, the crisis has pitted countries like Greece, with well over 500,000 arrivals so far, against eastern Europeans who are unwilling to take in refugees — or, like Hungary, insist that anyone leaving a relatively safe country, such as Turkey or Greece, for a wealthy one like Germany is by definition an economic migrant.

Speaking in Athens, Tsipras accused Europe of an “inability to defend its (humanitarian) values” by providing a safe alternative to the sea journeys.

“The waves of the Aegean are not just washing up dead refugees, dead children, but (also) the very civilization of Europe,” he said, dismissing Western shock at the children’s deaths as “crocodile tears.”

“What about the tens of thousands of living children, who are cramming the roads of migration?” he said. “I feel ashamed of Europe’s inability to effectively address this human drama, and of the level of debate ... where everyone tries to shift responsibility to someone else.”

Tsipras’ government has appealed for more assistance from its EU partners. It argues that those trying to reach Europe should be registered in camps in Turkey, then flown directly

Above and below, refugees and migrants sit atop a heavily-listing small vessel as they try to travel from the Turkish coast to Skala Sykaminias on the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos on Friday. [AP PHOTO]

to host countries under the EU’s relocation program, to spare them the sea voyage. But it has resisted calls to demolish its own border fence with Turkey, which would also obviate the need to pay smugglers for a trip in a leaky boat.

“My opinion is that at this stage — for purely practical reasons — ... the opening of the border fence is not possible,” Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said.

“When talking about receiving refugees, it’s not under our control — they are coming,” he told state ERT TV. “So it’s a question of how we address this problem. ... We will not put them in jail or try to drown them. They will have all the rights that they are allowed under (international) agreements and Greek law.”

Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry said 19 people died and 138 were rescued near the eastern island of Kalymnos early Friday, when a battered wooden pleasure boat capsized.

Eleven of the victims were children, including three babies.

At least three more people — a woman, a child and a baby — died when another boat sank off the nearby island of Rhodes, while an adult drowned off Lesbos.

On the Turkish side, four children drowned and two were missing after two new accidents Friday involving boats en route to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos, Turkey’s staterun news agency said.

Nearly 600 people were rescued by the Greek coast guard in the past 24 hours, while thousands more made it

safely from Turkey to Greece’s eastern islands.

Far to the west in Spain, rescuers found the bodies of four people and were searching for 35 missing from a boat that ran into trouble trying to reach Spain from Morocco.

Jean-Christophe Dumont, head of the migration division at the Parisbased Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said more than a million people are expected to reach Europe this year.

“For next year I think it’s clear the migration pressure will remain,” he said. “It’s not a tap that you can turn on and off. Even if the flow would stop, it would actually not stop, because you will see family reunification — the aftermath of the flow of refugees.”

The influx has overwhelmed authorities in financially struggling Greece. The country is the main point of entry for people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa, after an alternative sea route from Libya to Italy became too dangerous.

Most go to Lesbos, a normally quiet island known as the olive-producing birthplace of the ancient poet Sappho. As residents grappled with Wednesday’s latest tragedy, thousands of new arrivals crowded into the main town of Mytilene and makeshift camps nearby, crowding around stalls selling canned food, backpacks, blankets and other basics for their long trek across Europe.

Many slept rough on the waterfront lined with yachts, rescue vessels and the remains of broken up dinghies.

At one of the largest camps, muddy roads were strewn with garbage — shoes, plastic bags, underpants, shreds of clothing — as thousands camped on a hillside. Local residents used vans to sell tents, toiletries, and sandwiches, as camp dwellers hung laundry on olive trees, taking advantage of a break in the rain.

Mustafa Hosab sat with four cousins eating a kebab on the waterfront.

“We’re from Idlib, in northern Syria, near Turkey. We left because the fighting was changing all the time and it’s not safe,” he said. “We’ll go wherever we can, maybe Germany or Sweden.

“We came from Turkey, and the boat was OK. “We were lucky.”

——— Paphitis reported from Athens.

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Struggle to earn living proves too tough for Pakistani professionals Forty per cent of Surrey’s population foreign born, many find it difficult finding work AMY REID SURREY NOW

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lawyer and a professor move to Canada from Pakistan. How long does it take them to find work?

Too long, the Bokhari family will tell you. For them, that day has yet to come.

It’s been nearly two years since Javaria Bokhari, her husband Jahangir and their two children arrived in Surrey – and the hunt for jobs in their respective fields has forced them to move to Ontario.

Their story is not unique.

Forty per cent of Surrey’s population were foreign-born. Plus, in a survey done by the Surrey Local Immigrant Partnership of more than 500 people, 41 per cent of local immigrants reported difficulty finding employment that matches their education and skills.

But back to the Bokharis.

They were fleeing the city of Peshawar, a Pakistani city rife with terrorism, regularly hit by suicide bombers.

Javaria, who has a PhD in clinical psychology, worked as an assistant professor in psychology at the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University in Peshawar.

The school often received threats, as the Taliban aren’t keen on women being educated, she explained.

But her husband actually experienced the terrorism firsthand, she said.

“My husband was working practising law in the high courts. He, along with his colleagues and the judges present on those days, they were hostages (of) the Taliban on two occasions,” she said in an interview with the Now. Her city, the capital of Pakistani province Kyhber Pakhtunkhwa, remains a dangerous place to this day.

In 2014, the group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) murdered 132 children and more than a dozen adults in a school in her city – the worst terrorist act in the country’s history.

“I have suffered all that terror.

Because of these insecure conditions, we applied to migrate.”

They applied to come to Canada through the federal skilled workers program.

That was 2008, and in December 2013, the time had come to move.

With her husband and two young daughters, she moved to Surrey.

A friend arranged a basement suite for the family in the Cedar Hills neighbourhood, but Javaria said their savings had dwindled after just a few months.

“Since that day we are struggling,” she said, “still far away from our own profession.

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Javaria Bokhari and her family fled Pakistan due to terrorism. After nearly two years in Surrey, they couldn’t find adequate employment, despite being a professor and a lawyer back home. [KEVIN HILL]

prepared for the challenges in my professional life.”

Getting her credentials recognized didn’t prove difficult, she explained, but finding a job did.

She’d apply for jobs at universities throughout Metro Vancouver, but couldn’t seem to land one.

The reason was different every time.

Javaria said one institution told her they simply found a better candidate. Another told her she was too qualified and they worried she’d leave after finding a better job.

Others told her she needed to build up her Canadian experience.

“When you have got a level of education and working experience on some very good posts, you’re not ready to go out of your expectations.”

Nonetheless, in an attempt to beef up her resume, she decided to volunteer at PICS (Progressive Intercultural Community Services) in Surrey where she would help new immigrants like herself access service and adjust to life in a new country.

She volunteered there for more than 10 months.

“I’m a mental health professional, I have a degree, I have rich experience… but I was denied (employment),” she said.

“What’s the use of doing this accreditation and bringing highly educated immigrants to your country and then not helping them adjust?...

What else should I do? Should I start doing work at Walmart?”

Meanwhile, her husband’s credentials were still in the process of being evaluated.

He took what Javaria called a “survival job” as a security guard to keep the family afloat. He encouraged her to continue hunting for a job in her field while he kept food on the table.

Then, last April, Javaria landed a part-time job in SFU’s gerontology department as a research assistant.

But after about four months, she quit. It just wasn’t enough to support the family.

The family picked up and moved to Ontario late this summer to pursue opportunities there.

“So we are again facing a new aspect of Canada.”

Javaria is now seeking jobs there, as a research assistant, settlement counsellor or lecturer. And her husband continues to wait for his accreditation.

Javaria would like to see the immigration process better prepare newcomers, noting she had no idea it would prove this difficult to find work in her field.

She had a friend who was a psychologist who immigrated to Canada and found a new job quickly. Her two brothers became Canadian citizens in 1998 and landed jobs as well.

“But when I came in 2013, the whole scenario was so different, challenging and demanding that I was bewildered,” she said.

“I have two points very important here on behalf of all the immigrants.

The accreditation process should be done before the immigrants migrate from their countries. . . . The internet and the email process is so easy to be done from everywhere. . . . The second thing is that if they don’t have a job market for those people who are already settled in their countries, they should be given that information.

“I’m simply, simply not happy.”

TALKING IMMIGRATION A Vital Signs report card released in 2014 noted a number of factors inhibit one’s ability to establish a life in Surrey.

Lack of employment and affordable housing were two of the obstacles identified.

The report stated it takes newcomers about five years to find work at rates similar to the community’s employment rate.

And when they do find work, it’s at a lower pay scale ($33,668) than the median individual pay scale ($45,642).

“A lot of the issues are the same for both groups (youth and newcomers).

It’s about getting started – getting established, getting a job, getting education, finding housing,” said Jeff Hector with SurreyCares, which produced the report.

“After coming to these conclusions, we decided to focus on a newcomer and youth Vital Signs report card.”

That report is expected to be released on Nov. 3.

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Grandparents’ kindness can be abused Dear Annie: My husband’s parents are wonderful people in their late 70s, but I am concerned that their kindness is being abused by my brother-inlaw, “Dan,” and his wife, “Jane.”

My in-laws have always been involved in their grandchildren’s lives, but lately it has become taxing for them both physically and mentally. Dan and Jane call on them for baby-sitting day and night. Often they drop the three kids off the evening before. My in-laws always oblige, even though the youngest is not even a year old.

Last spring, Dan lost his job. He now is home all day, but the kids are still with Grandma and Grandpa a lot of the time. Twice in the last two months, Dan and Jane strolled in well after 1 a.m. and my in-laws had to drive themselves home in the wee hours. Saturday, Dan dropped the kids off at Grandma’s while he went golfing with a neighbour. Yet he complains that they don’t have enough money to hire a sitter. I have taken Dan’s kids when my schedule allows, but I think it is irresponsible for them to expect his parents to be their children’s caregivers. I have been biting my tongue, but it is obvious to everyone that they are taking advantage of his parents. Should I speak up? I don’t want to cause a family feud.

– Fuming Over Freeloaders Dear Fuming: Your husband should talk to his brother, explaining that it’s becoming difficult for Mom and Dad to take care of such young children, and urge him not to count on them so often. You are a caring daughter-inlaw, but to a great extent, this is up to your in-laws.

Dear Annie: My brother “Tim” passed away from cancer two months ago. He had never married.

Within hours, my younger brother and his wife actually went through Tim’s house and took what they wanted. My own mother kept all the money from his sympathy cards instead of using it to help pay for a headstone.

Even before the funeral, several family members took over Tim’s house and property and went through his personal things. Whatever they didn’t want, they handed to whoever was around.

I live several states away, and right now, I don’t ever want to speak to these relatives again. Your thoughts, please.

– Hard Enough To Lose a Loved One Dear Hard Enough: Some people behave in appalling ways when a loved one dies. What seems like greed could also have been a way for family members to keep something of Tim’s to remember him by, although your mother’s behavior is hard to excuse.

Please try to find a way to forgive them.

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Team still hopes to find missing boat passenger ANDREW BAILEY TOFINO-UCLUELET WESTERLY NEWS

A B.C. RCMP dive team hopes to get back in the water on Saturday to continue searching for the capsized Leviathan II’s one remaining unaccounted-for passenger.

The Leviathan II sank near Plover Reefs on Oct. 25.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed five of the 27 passengers onboard the 65-foot whale-watching vessel were killed in the tragedy.

Ucluelet RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Jeff Swann said the missing passenger is presumed dead due to survivors’ accounts of the tragedy.

“If there’s a boat accident and

“As police officers, we understand how important it is for people to have that closure. It’s for the family.”

Jeff Swann, RCMP

nobody saw or heard anything you would think, ‘Man I hope he’s alive, I hope he made it to a beach, I hope he got onto a log,’ but in this case we know he drowned,” Swann told the Westerly on Friday.

“There were family members and crewmembers that were holding him

and he was frothing at the mouth unfortunately because he had swallowed too much water and he was unconscious.

“They couldn’t hold onto him. He was down under the water and they were trying to hold him up, two of them transferred hands trying to hold him up and he sunk right then and there…They were on the water for some time and he never surfaced so there’s unfortunately zero chance he’s alive.”

Swann drove one of the two vessels transporting the dive team to the search area and said they combed the ocean floor on Monday and Tuesday but the weather turned on Wednesday halting their efforts.

“The aircraft and helicopters can

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engine off. You can’t have props going when there’s drivers nearby,” he said.

“You’ve got to keep your bow into the weather and obviously you can’t be shutting your boat off when you’re in seas like that; you have to pull them to a safer spot and in this case there’s nowhere safe to do that…

They’re going to try to get back out on Saturday or Sunday if the weather is good.”

He said the dive team is committed to finding the body.

“As police officers, we understand how important it is for people to have that closure,” he said.

“It’s for the family. The main thrust behind it to get closure for the family.”

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still be out there searching and you can still search the shorelines by vessel or on foot, and part of those processes are still continuing, but putting scuba divers in the water has been suspended for right now,” he said.

“The conditions were just too unsafe to put a diver in, you can’t see them when they pop up.

“The idea is you’re supposed to follow their bubbles around so we know where they are and in that kind of surge you can’t see any of the bubbles so you can’t see where they come up.”

He said the search area’s proximity to the rocks at Plover Reefs prevented him from steering his vessel close enough to the divers with its

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WASHINGTON — A new batch of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails released Friday presented a glimpse into the breadth of her personal network — a Rolodex of powerful celebrities, CEOs, political advisers and politicians that she’s now tapping for her presidential campaign.

A political celebrity long before she became secretary of state in 2009, Clinton and her team balanced requests from a long list of boldface names.

They included the pop star Lady Gaga, Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Jimmy Carter.

While Clinton’s private email address was unknown to much of official Washington, at least one Hollywood celebrity wrote to her there.

Actor Ben Affleck, a longtime Clinton supporter, urged her in April 2012 to review a draft of a report about security problems in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Hours later, Clinton emailed an aide, “I’d like to respond to Ben Affleck.” A day later, she reminded an aide that she was still waiting for the aide to draft a reply: “I haven’t yet received a draft and would like to respond today.”

The response to Affleck was censored in the email released Friday by the State Department, because it was a draft version.

In another December 2011 note, civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson reached out to Clinton’s staff with a request to talk to her before his visit to South Africa, asking how best to “represent her/Admin thinking on any issues/opportunities that might arise.” He was quickly added to her call list.

On Friday, hours before the email release, Jackson touted Clinton’s candidacy before a meeting of black pastors in Atlanta, saying: “It’s healing time. It’s hope time. It’s Hillary Clinton time.”

Clinton has faced questions about whether her unusual email setup,

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which involved a private server located at her New York home, was sufficient to ensure the security of government information and retention of records.

At least two Senate committees are still investigating Clinton’s email arrangement and seeking the release of correspondence from her top aides. The FBI is also investigating the security of Clinton’s private email setup.

Yet Clinton’s place in preference polls has improved since the first Democratic primary debate, in which her chief primary rival, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, defused the issue, saying “the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.”

Roughly half of Clinton’s 30,000 work-related emails are now public, and the State Department’s effort to release the rest will linger into next year. Most of the correspondence made public to date involves the mundane workings of government — scheduling meetings, organizing secure phone lines and booking flights. A few of the emails hint at the ways Clinton maintained her network of campaign donors, even while serving in a position at a distance from electoral politics. In a June 2011 message, an aide informs Clinton that longtime donor Susie Buell contributed $200,000 toward a summit at which Clinton was scheduled to speak.

“She wants it to be wonderful for you,” wrote Clinton aide Melanne Verveer.