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LONDON — Five days after a Russian jetliner broke apart high above the Sinai, Russia and Egypt on Thursday dismissed Western suggestions that a terrorist bomb may have caused the crash that killed 224 people, saying the speculation was a rush to judgment.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, who spoke to the presidents of both countries in the very public dispute, said he had grounded all British flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula because of “intelligence and information” indicating a bomb was the probable reason a Metrojet Airbus A321-200 plane had crashed Saturday in the desert.

British and U.S. officials, guided primarily by intelligence intercepts and satellite imagery, have suggested gingerly it might have been the work of the extremist Islamic State group and its affiliates in the Sinai.

“We don’t know for certain that it was a terrorist bomb . . . (but it’s a) strong possibility,” Cameron said.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi later stood beside him at a news conference following an awkward meeting. Cameron also spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin to explain that concern for the safety of British citizens had led the government to go public with its suspicions about a bomb.

Russia and Egypt insist the investigation into the crash must run its course before any conclusion is reached. The Metrojet plane crashed 23 minutes after taking off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for St. Petersburg with mostly Russians aboard.

The dispute arose after the U.S. and British intelligence was disclosed Wednesday, just as el-Sissi was heading to London on a previously planned visit — his first as president.

Russia complained that intelligence gathered by London and Washington about its jetliner has not been made available.

If Britain had information about a bomb on the plane, it’s “really shocking” that hasn’t been shared with Russia, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, speaking in Moscow.

British officials declined to say what intelligence was shared with other countries.

U.S. and British leaders have stopped short of a categorical assignment of blame in the crash, but Cameron said it is “more likely than not” that the cause was a bomb.

President Barack Obama said the U.S. was taking “very seriously” the possibility that a bomb brought down the plane. His comments, in an interview with a Seattle radio station, followed an earlier statement by White House spokesman Josh Earnest, who said the U.S. can’t rule out the possibility of terrorism.

The Islamic State group, which has not generally pursued “spectacular” attacks outside its base in Syria, has claimed responsibility for bringing down the plane, but Russian and Egyptian officials say the claim was not credible.

Russia is conducting an air war in Syria against Islamic State militants who have promised retaliation.

Egypt stands to lose millions of dollars from its vital tourism industry. Its tourism

A woman cries after laying flowers at the memorial stone of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow’s Kremlin Wall on Tuesday. Metrojet’s Airbus A321-200 en route from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg crashed over the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing all 224 on board. [AP PHOTO]

“One cannot rule out a single theory, but at this point there are no reasons to voice just one theory as reliable — only investigators can do that.”

Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman

minister, Hisham Zaazou, met with British officials in London to persuade them to reconsider the decision to suspend flights to Sharm el-Sheikh, the Egyptian state-run news agency MENA reported.

Caught in the middle are thousands of tourists stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh, unable to return home because flights have been suspended due to security concerns.

Britain sent a security team to the Sharm el-Sheikh airport to determine what changes are needed to make travel there safe, but Egyptian officials maintain there is nothing wrong with the facility, which each year welcomes thousands of tourists to the resort beside the crystal-clear Red Sea. British Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told Parliament that Egypt must put in tighter, long-term security measures before British flights will resume flying there on a regular basis. Short-term measures, including different luggage-handing arrangements, would allow the estimated 20,000 British citizens in the Sharm el-Sheikh area to fly home, he said.

El-Sissi said British officials had sent a security team to evaluate the airport 10 months ago and were satisfied with the results.

“They checked the security actions, they were happy with that,” he told a Downing Street news conference through an interpreter.

Egypt condemned the British travel ban as an overreaction. Minister of Civil Aviation Hossam Kamal insisted the country’s airports meet international security standards and said talk of a bomb was unsupported.

“The investigation team does not have yet any evidence or data confirming this hypothesis,” he said.

The Kremlin said Putin told Cameron it was necessary to rely on data yielded by the official crash investigation.

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said it was mere speculation to single out one possible explanation at this early point in the inquiry.

“One cannot rule out a single theory, but at this point there are no reasons to voice just one theory as reliable — only investigators can do that,” Peskov said in Moscow.

Russia’s top aviation official, Alexander Neradko, said investigators are pursuing several theories into the crash, including looking for traces of explosives on victims’ bodies, their baggage and the plane debris, as well as studying other “aspects linked to a possible terrorist attack.”

He said the investigation is likely to take several months.

Cameron’s office said additional security measures will be in place, including only allowing passengers to carry hand baggage, while checked luggage will be transported separately.

The government has said it could take a week to 10 days to bring home the 20,000 British tourists.

Italy’s civil aviation authority said it asked Italian airlines to conduct their own extra security checks at the airport as a precaution.

At the airport, travellers lined up as usual for metal detectors, searches of luggage and X-rayed baggage.

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Random acts of kindness Nanaimo Foundation spreads message of doing good deeds for others

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t doesn’t take much to brighten a stranger’s day.

That’s the message the Nanaimo Foundation is spreading with the Random Act of Kindness Day, which takes place today (Friday, Nov. 6).

The foundation is preparing for the day by handing out special cards. The idea is, once you perform a random act of kindness on Friday, you pass that card on to the recipient and hope that they pay it forward.

“A random act of kindness can be anything, generally they are not big things, it’s about the little Aaron things that don’t Hinks cost anything that Reporting just take a minute out of your day,” said foundation development officer, Laurie Bienert.

She said you don’t need a card to participate in the day.

The acts can be as simple as holding the door for someone, or purchasing a coffee for a stranger.

“Canadians are known for being kind.

I think it’s good to have a day to recognize and celebrate that kindness,” she said.

Thoughtful acts happen all over the city, earlier this year the Daily News reported a random act of kindness by Kody Laughlin, who took it upon himself to remove graffiti from a Wallace Street business.

Modern Cafe chef Daniel Caron has seen his fair share of goodwill acts through working in the restaurant industry. If a person is dining alone, occasionally a restaurant patron will request to pay for their meal in secrecy, Caron said.

“Even bringing groceries to the car, simple as that. I know my daughter, Danielle, did that for a gentleman not too long ago and it just touches your heartstrings. He was having a hard time with his buggy and all that, she pushed his buggy for him, loaded up his car and

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left. I could see the guy bewildered,” Caron said.

Downtown employee Kent Seignious has a fond memory of a man she met when travelling from Costa Rica to Puerto Rico “I was in the airport and I was super broke. I couldn’t pay to get my surf board to the next country because there was an extra charge. The guy behind me ended up covering the cost. He just gave me the money. I asked him if he was kidding and he said he was really rich and to not worry about it. It made my week,” Seignious.

Artzi Stuff owner Tanya Streeter is still puzzled by an act of kindness she received on her birthday.

“Somebody left me a gift certificate for a massage and I don’t know who it was. It was just tucked under my door, I never found out who it was. I’m not very good at accepting random acts of kindness, if somebody did something nice for me I feel like I need to return the favour, it’s hard to just accept something,” Streeter said.

Kerry Yamkowy says providing a decent act can feel just as good as receiving one.

“I was in a cafe type thing and it was close to Christmas time and I went in because I was early for a meeting. I was sitting there and this woman, an elderly woman, was telling the young waitress how she lived in this tiny apartment and her oven wasn’t working and her landlord wouldn’t do anything about it. She didn’t know what she was going to do for Christmas. She kept eyeing my food

and I felt guilty so I gave her what I had left. Then I gave her $100 and I said maybe you can buy Christmas dinner and she gave me a big hug, the way she reacted was worth much more than $100,” Yamkowy said.

GEM Gates and Fabrications owner, George Ewing, wanted to tip his hat to VIU student Doug Wortley.

Ewing said that Wortley has been working tirelessly, on his own goodwill, to beautify Cappy Yates Park, which is located adjacent to Gates and Fabrications on Fitzwilliam Street.

Ewing has been busy creating a public space behind the Gallery Row, Wortley also shot a promotional video to cover Ewing’s project for free.

“It’s totally an act of kindness, he’s putting all of his effort into restoring that park across the way. He’s taking a course at VIU for community planning so that’s the origin of the idea of the project. He did, for example, a video of our whole corner here. I called him in for an appointment and asked him what his incentive was, what his motivation was, if I owed him any money, basically,” Ewing said.

Wortley wasn’t looking for payment, he did the act to show his appreciation of Ewing’s effort in creating a public space, Ewing said.

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No patches allowed at parade

Woman unhurt in home invasion

DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Veterans Motorcycle Club members are welcome at the Remembrance Day parade in Ladysmith Wednesday, if they leave full-patch vests at home.

That’s the message from the Royal Canadian Legion provincial command, on behalf of the Legion Branch No. 171 in Ladysmith.

Veteran MC members, who have taken part in Branch No. 171 parades for years, learned earlier this week they’re unwelcome Wednesday, due to concerns around biker regalia similar to that worn by outlaw motorcycle club members.

Branch president Gary Phillips won’t comment publicly but Inga Kruse, B.C./Yukon Command executive director, said Veterans MC members are “more than welcome to participate, it’s just inappropriate that they wear motorcycle patches.”

She said the issue is one of respect.

“Let’s say you’re part of a Lions Club and you were your Lions Club uniform with medals — it’s frankly a bit tacky,” Kruse said. “It’s not that veterans can’t march, that’s ridiculous. It’s that there’s a lot of baggage that goes with motorcycle patches, especially when they are the one-per cent patch.”

The reference is to the patches of

outlaw clubs. Asked if the Veterans MC is an outlaw club, Kruse said “I don’t know everything about those guys. All I know is my branch has asked them to take off their patches and their vests.”

A message on the Veterans MC club website says: “We are not a 1% club, nor do we have the intention of becoming one.”

Veterans MC club members planned to wear their colours to Chemainus if Ladysmith blocked them, but Kruse said Legion Command has send the same message to every branch.

“This is the stand of the branches and the RCMP,” Kruse said. “When the RCMP make advice, we’re not going to just shake it off.”

Veterans MC member Shawn Pertl said if no Legion will have them Wednesday, “we will hold our own (ceremony), at our clubhouse in Ladysmith, and I’ll show up to that in uniform,” Pertl said.

Staff Sgt. Ken Brissard, who started at the Ladysmith detachment two weeks ago, said he met with the Legion Wednesday about the upcoming parade and “they were not asked to exclude anyone.”

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DAILY NEWS

Members of the Veterans Motorcycle club are welcome at the Remembrance Day parade in Ladysmith, if they leave their full-patch vests at home. [LADYSMITH CHRONICLE]

Two men burst into a Nanaimo woman’s apartment, leaving her shaken but unhurt early Thursday morning.

Nanaimo RCMP say the two men responsible may have gone to the wrong address in the early-morning home invasion. A loud bang woke up the 25-year-old woman in her Third Street apartment at approximately 2:30 a.m. Seconds later, two men were inside her home. The men searched her apartment for several minutes, then left.

Nanaimo RCMP responded to a 911 call with police dogs, but the suspects, two white men in their mid-30s, remain at large. One stands about six foot, with short-cropped hair and wore a black hoodie and red shirt with a ski mask partly obscuring his face.

The other man is about five foot 10 and wore jeans and a ball cap. The woman was not injured but police say she was shaken by the ordeal.

“While it is early in the investigation, officers involved have not found a connection between the victim and the two suspects, leading them to believe this may have been a case of the suspects simply going to the wrong address,” said Const. Gary O’Brien of the Nanaimo RCMP.

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City spends money; man offers product for free

Man suspected in pair of poppy thefts arrested

SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

The inventor of a used cigarette storage product has offered to match the city’s purchase of 2,000 portable ashtrays by donating 2,000 of his own units. Tom Bennett, a retired Nanaimo firefighter, created the ‘Pocket Butty,’ essentially a small, sealable tube with a clip that can store either butts or partially-used cigarettes.

Bennett says he previously made the offer to a former fire chief in the city, but was rebuffed.

However, he says he is renewing his offer in support of city recycling and sanitation manager Charlotte Davis’s move to offer smokers a means of cutting back on discarded butts, the biggest source of littering on city

streets. The city announced last week that it was giving away 2,000 pouches — each costs about $1 — in an effort to curb the practice.

Unlike Bennett’s product, which was featured on CBC’s Dragons’ Den reality show, the pouches the city is offering are not airtight. Bennett said his product will also completely seal in cigarette odour, where the city’s won’t.

Each Cigarette Butty retails for about $3.99 each, but Bennett said he is “winding down” his business and has excess stock.

“I’m willing to help,” said Bennett.

“I’m totally for what she’s doing.”

Davis said she had never heard of Bennett or his product before he contacted her this week.

“I was surprised because I’ve never

seen the product,” she said.

Davis said she is likely to take up the offer.

“I’m thinking about it,” she said.

“The product looks good and I like a free offer. I think what I need to think about is whether this product is what we need.”

She said one concern with the product is that it “bends a little bit more” as a way to store cigarettes.

She said that even the city’s portable ashtray was “a bit controversial” because some said it could be seen as promoting smoking.

Still, she said, “It’s a kind offer and it’s nice to support local business.”

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Tom Bennett, inventor of Pocket Butty. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

A man suspected of stealing poppy donations in Nanaimo has been arrested.

Two poppy-donation thefts were reported Nov. 1. The crime was caught on video and a photo of the suspect was circulated through local media.

Nanaimo RCMP received several calls from the public identifying the suspect and he was arrested Thursday at approximately 1:30 p.m. by a plain clothes officer.

The 48-year-old suspect was released on a promise to appear.

Police are requesting that the man be charged with two counts of theft under $5,000.

He’s expected to make his first court appearance Nov. 17 in Nanaimo provincial court.

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‘Fierce bridge player’ celebrates 100th birthday AARON HINKS DAILY NEWS

H

er opponents fear her and her teammates cherish her, that was the message shared at Winnie Turner’s 100th birthday celebration on Thursday.

Turner, described by her friends as a fierce bridge player, wasn’t expecting cake at the Nanaimo Bridge Club’s weekly meet up Thursday in the Royal Canadian Legion.

Her fellow bridge players held a surprise birthday party for the Nanaimo native, who has lived in the city her entire life.

Turner said she had the most wonderful week, “it couldn’t have been better.”

Tuesday, her actual birthday, she woke up and her son-inlaw, Barry Comis, was making her breakfast pancakes.

“I’m waiting for a pancake

“It couldn’t have been better.”

Winnie Turner, centenarian

and the phone rings. My daughter (Debbie Comis) works for the City of Parksville. They just gave her the job of Chief Administrative Officer for Parksville. She’s a bigwig there, it was the nicest surprise. The best birthday gift to me,” Turner said.

Turner said she couldn’t have had a better and more supportive mother and father, and also had a wonderful husband, Bennie.

“People ask me where did I find him, I said I didn’t find him, he found me,” she said.

Turner has four sisters, a brother, a grandson and great grandson.

She’s been playing bridge

since the early 1960s and started one of the first Nanaimo bridge clubs.

She also started one of Nanaimo’s first square dancing clubs.

“My husband was full of music, he says ‘how about we go somewhere and join a square dance club?’ There wasn’t one in Nanaimo so he and I started the square dancing club. I’ll tell you, we filled a room in five minutes.

Everybody wanted to join, it was a lot of work and it was fun,” she said.

Before the cake was served Turner asked for the microphone and told the bridge players that her favourite part of the game and life is people.

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Winnie Turner turned on Tuesday. She celebrated her 100th birthday at a weekly bridge meet up at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256 on Thursday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

VANCOUVER ISLAND

Passenger rail service Footage of orca flipping seal expected back by 2017 into the air viewed by millions SCOTT STANFIELD COMOX VALLEY RECORD

Southern Railway of Vancouver Island expects passenger train service to return to the Island by the end of next year or early 2017.

The operator of the E&N Railway said Friday it has sign-off on all funding except $7.5 million from the federal government, which was held up because of the election.

But the company expects an agreement in principle will be signed by early-2016, after which it can go to tender and rehabilitate the track.

The plan is to replace 9,000 rail joints, renew 110,000 wood ties, add 56.5k tonnes of ballast, and lift and resurface the track.

“We have an agreement with Via Rail to be the operator of the Island passenger intercity service, and they have spent over $5 million upgrading three Budd Rail diesel cars for the SVI operation,” said J. Singh Biln, director of community relations at SVI. “The service will be based out of Nanaimo and entirely in our control in terms of schedule and where we operate. Our initial schedule is intended to reach as many clients as possible but the schedule can be easily adjusted as needed by demand. Our mandate is to increase ridership.”

A return train used to run daily from Victoria to Courtenay. An improved service calls for an early morning train from Nanaimo to Victoria and then the Victoria–Courtenay return schedule with a late afternoon run from Victoria back to Nanaimo. The initial service schedule includes Courtenay on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

SVI is also considering other excursion potential using vintage equip-

“The service will be based out of Nanaimo and entirely in our control in terms of schedule and where we operate. Our initial schedule is intended to reach as many clients as possible but the schedule can be easily adjusted as needed by demand.

Our mandate is to increase ridership.”

J. Singh Biln, community relations

ment from the West Coast Railway Association in Squamish. The Island Corridor Foundation owns the E&N Railway.

Via Rail halted passenger service in 2011 due to track safety concerns.

Senior governments and five regional districts along the E&N line — including the Comox Valley Regional District — have committed $20.9 million to the project. The money is expected to pay for the first step of an incremental plan to improve the line and resume service.

But the agreement still needs to be ratified by boards of the three parties.

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Footage of an orca whale flipping a harbour seal about 80 feet into the air has brought millions of eyes to the film company of a former Lambrick Secondary School graduate.

Mike Walker grew up in Saanich and now runs Roll.Focus film production company with his wife Amanda Eyolfson. Walker shot the video on Oct. 23 while recording footage for client Eagle Wing Tours off the coast of East Sooke (he posted it the next day).

As of last week, the video had been viewed nearly five million times through Roll.Focus’ YouTube channel as well as the websites and social media services of Time Magazine, Global TV, CBC, Huffington Post, National Post, two Australian newspapers and more. It’s also aired on national TV stations in Canada and in Germany.

“It’s actually hard to keep track of as it’s in so many places,” Walker said.

“The biggest thing has been dealing with requests to use it from all corners of the globe,” Walker said.

“We’ve had to hire a distribution company to take over that execution of it.”

Of course, the video isn’t without a touch of irony.

Walker and Eagle Wing owner Brett Soberg had made repeated attempts to capture the orca in Canadian waters so they could launch Walker’s drone camera (which required permission from the Canadian authorities).

The day of the seal flip, Soberg actually located a family of four transient orcas (known as T69), by

This still from a video posted on YouTube and shot by Victoria’s Mike Walker has been viewed five million times.

checking the Race Rocks webcam.

Having tracked down the whales, Walker sent up his drone and got 4K quality aerial footage of the T69 family swimming in the shallows just two metres off shore.

“The irony of the video going viral is that nobody cares about my opening aerial shot of the orcas swimming along Race Rocks, and it might be the best footage I’ve ever shot,” Walker said. “As far as I’m aware, no one has captured transient orca hunting from above.”

Soberg and Walker followed the transients from Race Rocks up to Whirl Bay where they spotted a bait ball, which is a huge school of fish corralled into a small area by a group of hunting seals.

But with hundreds of seagulls flying above, Walker was unable to safely launch the drone.

Walker settled for shots of the orca family from the deck.

That’s when he watched the big male of the group, T69C, attempt to flip a seal twice.

“He missed twice which actually allowed me to figure out where he was and to be ready for it. I’m told (each) orca has its own personality and on that day, T69C was in a mood to show off.”

Walker and Eyolfson are thrilled at the free publicity the seal flip has brought their company and are happy to share it with Eagle Wing Tours, which happens to be their first client, he said.

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Liberals cannot afford to give a $1B bailout to Bombardier

J

ustin Trudeau was sworn in as Prime Minister Wednesday morning, and already he’s besieged by interest groups demanding that he fix every problem under the sun — right now. He’s going to have to learn quickly how to say no.

Trudeau can make a good start by not handing a billion dollars to Bombardier Inc. to rescue the failing aerospace company.

The Quebec government has already made clear it will be on the phone to Ottawa as soon as the new government is sworn in, seeking cash for Bombardier. Late last week the province pledged $1 billion (U.S.) to keep the company’s troubled C Series passenger jet program alive. Now it

wants Ottawa to match the money.

Trudeau should keep his hand on his wallet and make sure federal taxpayers don’t sink another huge pile of cash into a company that is lurching from one self-inflicted crisis to another. Last week it reported a staggering loss for the third quarter of 2015 amounting to $4.9 billion, more than the whole company is worth.

Bombardier’s problems are just getting worse. Here in Toronto we know it as the company that can’t even deliver streetcars on time. It promised to have 73 of the fancy new models on the rails by the end of the year. Now it says it can deliver only 16, and the City of Toronto is suing

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for $50 million to recoup its extra costs.

But that’s peanuts compared to the floundering C Series project.

The planes are three years late and orders are painfully slow. Even Bombardier’s CEO, Alain Bellemare, says the company was “overwhelmed” by all the projects it took on — hardly a confidence-inspiring admission.

Bombardier has become a byword for corporate welfare, having been on the take from Ottawa since 1966.

In Quebec it’s also a symbol of French-Canadian economic power and the provincial government can’t be seen to let it fail. But even there, critics are scratching their heads over how the province is handling

this latest crisis — putting its money into the shaky C Series project rather than in the company as a whole.

Part of the reason is that the Bombardier-Beaudoin family that controls the company wants to keep it that way, and resists any attempt to loosen its grip on Bombardier even as it accepts more government money. The Quebec government may accept that arrangement, but federal taxpayers shouldn’t.

Others argue Ottawa should bail out Bombardier just as it came to the rescue of the auto industry in 2008-09. The difference is that the auto companies needed government help because they were threatened by a world-wide financial meltdown.

Bombardier’s crisis is of its own making, following strategic miscalculations by successive management regimes.

The new Trudeau cabinet will face a lot of political pressure from the prime minister’s home province to throw yet more money at Bombardier, as governments have done for half a century. That would be a bad start. If it really wants to be seen as bringing in #RealChange, it should say no.

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Justin Trudeau remains great cartoonist fodder Re: Canadians want a government they can trust and respect, (Our View, Daily News, Nov. 5) Obviously trust and respect still have to be earned but after scanning the credentials of some of the Liberal Cabinet appointees, certainly some respect is already deserved.

Justin Trudeau could have been blowing about the backgrounds of his new ministers rather than how “diverse” and “inclusive” they are, but perhaps that would have made him feel too insignificant.

He did give himself a fitting job as minister of youth but should have included minister of group hugs as well.

Hopefully he will keep his word when he says that “government by cabinet is back” because most of them are better qualified than he is.

He can continue as a glamorous figurehead and target for political cartoonists.

Jim Corder Nanaimo

Unclear how long mood of transparency will last Having watched chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge interview so many national and international politicians of all stripes on CBC’s The National for so many years, I have never seen him so animated as he was on Nov. 4.

Almost the entire hour-long newscast was devoted to events surrounding the first day in office of Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

The access afforded to Mansbridge was quite amazing, beginning with him in lockstep with the new PM and his children on Parliament Hill.

He was with them in the elevator in the Peace Tower going up to hoist a fresh flag; then through those portrait-lined corridors of power, and into the PM’s office; listening in during a briefing from political advisors,

and then watching Trudeau chatting on live video to children across the country using Google Hangout.

The two men chatted during a limousine ride where Trudeau remarked how they were wearing identical neckties, and later on the bus with the new cabinet where Mansbridge accepted a mild rebuke when he mentioned that he was almost expecting to hear strains of “Kumbaya” coming from the back.

The not-so-subtle message portrayed was that the past decade of cuts and threats to further diminish the national public broadcaster was well and truly over, and things are being done differently from day one; indeed, these are sunny ways at CBC. Just how long this totally open and transparent mood will last is unknown, but for now sales of toothpaste will be soaring as everyone appears to be smiling, there will be some folks expecting a complete cessation of precipitation, that all the birds in all the trees will be singing,

and that peace will break out all over the world.

Contrast that mood to what happened the very next day, when the Conservative Party held their first caucus meeting since the election defeat; Stephen Harper arrived in a van, and entered through a back door to avoid media.

Bernie Smith Parksville

Council has been doing its best on Colliery dams I would like to congratulate Nanaimo city council on saving the Colliery dams.

The dams were going to flood over top for the first time in 100 years in one of the driest years on record: That was the fantasy worry created

by Victoria. The worst part is even after three years there has been no real engineering study as to the dams

durability before a contract has been awarded to build a bypass spillway.

This bypass has yet to have the engineering approved.

City council has been doing its best to represent the realistic wishes of the community at large in preserving a historical site used by many, many people of all ages, including motorized wheelchairs. I think with the departure of the city manager council will settle down and deal with the day-to-day business of Nanaimo city.

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New MPs happy with diversity in Parliament TERRY FARRELL COMOX VALLEY RECORD

The 2015 federal election produced a record number of female Members of Parliament.

Eighty-eight women will represent their respective constituencies when Parliament reconvenes later this month, and for the second time in the past decade, the North Island will have a female representative.

When NDP candidate Rachel Blaney won the North Island-Powell River riding on Oct. 19, it marked the second time a woman had been elected by the constituents of North Vancouver Island. Catherine Bell, also of the NDP, sat in Parliament for that riding from 2006-2008.

The 88 MPs elected this time around is a record number for this country, accounting for 26 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons.

While Blaney is happy with those numbers, she said there is still work to do.

“We have 88 women representing this time, which is fantastic — we are seeing the increase — but it’s true that there are still not enough women exploring it,” said Blaney, in her first interview with The Record since being elected. “I think one of the things we have to ask ourselves is why there are still so few women exploring politics as an option.

“Its hard work . . . cultivating women to participate at all levels.

It could be in riding associations, it could be in leadership positions. It’s really about cultivating that relationship with women and making sure that they are participating, and that takes work. Whenever you want a group to participate, you have to work at it. It’s more than just saying ‘I hope it works.’”

Of the 1,428 candidates running for office this past election, 472 were women, accounting for 33.1 per cent.

The North Island-Powell River

Rachel Blaney, surrounded by family in main photo, and Jody Wilson-Raybould (inset, speaking with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) represent an ever-widening diversity in Parliament.

riding was one of the few that had more female candidates than male candidates. Blaney, Conservative hopeful Laura Smith and Brenda Sayers of the Green Party were all vying for the seat. Liberal candidate Peter Schwarzhoff was the only male candidate.

With Bell as a previous federal representative, and Claire Trevena now in her third term as the (provincial) North Island MLA, this area of Vancouver Island has proven itself to be welcoming to female representation.

“It is encouraging,” said Blaney.

“Just knowing that someone had gone through this journey that I was venturing upon was great.

And I got a lot of positive feedback throughout the campaign about having Catherine Bell as a leader in that part of the riding, and about

how impactful her work was.”

She added having Bell in her corner was helpful.

“In the beginning, when I was first thinking about running for the nomination, I had discussions with Catherine, just to ask her what it was like and what her thoughts were, and she was very supportive.

And throughout the whole campaign, if I had questions, she was there for me. So I really appreciated the mentorship.”

Blaney said the record number of women in the House of Commons adds to the diversity of Parliament, and diversity is a positive thing.

“I think gender balance is really important,” said Blaney. “Having a more diverse group of people making decisions for the country just makes sense. When you think about the make-up of this country,

EDUCATION

Tough decisions on the horizon MIKE DAVIES CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

Nearly 40 per cent of the classrooms in the Campbell River area sit vacant.

School District 72 Superintendent Tom Longridge and Secretary-Treasurer Kevin Patrick presented the board of trustees with a report last week which will spur an in-depth, critical look at the district’s facilities, likely followed by some tough, unpleasant decisions about school closures.

“This (report) came out of the strategic planning process, and one of the key areas in the district in the plan was enhanced facilities for learning. We know that our facilities are closely related to how students perform in school and we want to look at always giving our students the best opportunities for learning,” said Longridge during the intro-

duction to the facility review report they were about to present.

The goal of the facility review is, Longridge said, “to develop a long term strategy for our facilities, taking into account district challenges and demographics. We have to look at the reality of our buildings and we’ve got to look at the population in our community and that our population has decreased significantly over the past number of years.”

The last facility review was performed in 2001, Patrick told the board, and since that review was completed, there have been a lot of changes within the district.

“There are new neighbourhoods, there has been shifting and migration of people from some school neighbourhoods to other neighbourhoods, and there has been quite a significant decline in enrolment.”

Capital funding from the government, Patrick said, is contingent on the district making the best possible utilization of space, and, simply put, that’s not what is happening now.

According to the report, 69 of the 175 classrooms in the district’s elementary and middle schools are sitting empty, meaning 39 per cent of the classroom area within the district is considered “surplus.”

Another part of the report, the Facility Condition Assessment, produced by an independent entity that reports to the Ministry of Education, shows that the facilities in the district are also aging and in poor condition.

“Our maintenance crews will do their best to get out there and maintain our facilities, but it’s not just paint. It’s not just appearance,” Patrick said. “This goes into ‘how old is the mechanical system?”

the more diversity there is at the table having the discussions as to what needs to happen in Canada, the more balanced the approach will be.

“There has been some outstanding research to show that the more diverse the group is, the more long-standing the solutions are. It may take a little longer to get the solutions sometimes, but those solutions are more meaningful, because they embrace a broader spectrum of people.”

The diversity of the 338 MPs will be expanded as well with a record number

of First Nations MPs elected. There will be 10 First Nations members of Parliament when it resumes, and while Blaney does not count as one of the 10, she could be considered an 11th — at least in regards to her upbringing.

“I am not First Nations biologically, at all, but when I was three I was actually adopted (by a First Nations family), so I grew up for quite a few years thinking I was,” she said.

“It never occurred to me that I had come from anywhere else. They were my family.”

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VICTORIA

Pot shops in focus as cops look into robberies PAMELA ROTH VICTORIA NEWS

Tulips for Remembrance Bayview Elementary Grade 4 student Cali Birch plants a tulip Wednesday near the Nanaimo Cenotaph. Nanaimo joined 139 other communities in the 70th annual Dutch-Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden ceremony. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

VICTORIA

UCLUELET

Crown drops child porn possession, assault charges

Firefighters help in rescue after woman falls on Wild Pacific Trail

PAMELA ROTH VICTORIA NEWS

Possession of child pornography and assault charges against a 52-yearold petty officer with CFB Esquimalt have now been stayed by the Crown.

RCMP in Sooke began investigating the allegations on July 29 and laid charges the following month. The day after the investigation began, the accused — William Alan Goodfellow, turned himself in to police.

In Colwood Provincial Court Thursday, the possession of child pornography charge was stayed by the Crown.

A stay of proceedings is usually directed when there is not a reasonable likelihood of a conviction. The charges, however, can be reinstated within one year.

Goodfellow said he feels relieved the whole thing is over and is looking forward to getting his life back to normal.

“It’s taken my professional career and run it into the dirt,” he said, adding he was placed on restrictions at work due to the nature of the charges.

“I’d like to get my life back together here and have people look at me in the proper light.”

TOFINO-UCLUELET WESTERLY NEWS

The Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade put their recently earned first aid certifications to the test when they helped rescue a woman who had fallen off the Wild Pacific Trail near the Amphitrite Lighthouse on Oct. 25.

The woman dislocated her arm and was stuck in the rocks after tumbling down a roughly three-metre embankment, according to Ucluelet’s fire chief Ted Eeftink.

Eeftink said the brigade secured the woman into an emergency basket and used a low angle rope technique to pull her to safety.

“They stabilized her, put her in the basket and got her up to the ambulance as quickly as possible because she was in a fair bit of pain,” he said adding she was in an ambulance within an hour of emergency responders arriving around 11 a.m.

He noted about 12 members of the brigade have received their first responder first aid certification since April, allowing them to assist the local BC Ambulance Service.

“Everybody has gone heads-on with it, they’ve really gone forward with the whole program,” he said.

“They’re motivated to help BCAS out as much as possible because we realize we only have one ambulance here.”

A woman dislocated her arm and was stuck in the rocks after tumbling down a roughly three-metre embankment, according to Ucluelet’s fire chief Ted Eeftink.

He said the training required to receive the certification is “intense” and he was proud to see his crew take it on.

“It’s not something we had to do, it’s something we wanted to do,” he said.

“They’re a really great bunch of guys and the motivation is just incredible to have that many members dedicated to helping out like that. They do an awesome job and the district is really lucky that we have these guys that want to do this.”

In light of the incident, Wild Pacific

Trail manager ‘Oyster’ Jim Martin is urging trail users to stay on the trail.

“That provides a safe viewing platform for you to walk about the headland and see the sights without being in extreme danger,” he said adding there are plenty of picturesque views to enjoy safely without flirting with danger.

“You don’t have to go off the trail but a lot of people do and we just need to stress that if you leave the trail bed you can be in extreme danger, if you go off the trail you’re just asking for trouble.”

Tony Musfelt started shaking when he received a phone call from police last week, informing him that the medical marijuana dispensary he manages on Cook Street had been robbed.

“It took me half an hour to calm down before I could even go in,” said Musfelt. “My anxiety was through the roof.”

It was around 8:35 p.m. on Oct. 27 when police were called to the Ocean Grown Medical Dispensary in the 1700-block of Cook Street after two masked men brandishing firearms stormed the business.

Nobody was injured, but the two employees working in the store were tied up by the thieves, who fled the scene once police arrived.

The business can’t talk about specific details about the crime, but said employees working that night were shaken by what they experienced. Measures are now being taken to increase security.

In the last three months, there have been three armed robberies at medical marijuana stores in Victoria.

Police are investigating whether there is any connection. If the trend continues, police may look at cracking down on the illegal businesses operating throughout the city.

“The police will look at trends in the future and if the trends continue, then maybe we will go down the road with enforcement,” said Victoria police Const. Matt Rutherford. “The problem is it’s such a hot political issue.”

Medical marijuana dispensaries have been popping up throughout B.C., prompting communities to call for authorities to regulate them.

Last month, Esquimalt council voted to deny all applications for business licenses pertaining to dispensaries in the township following an earlier inquiry from someone wanting to establish a business there.

Officials with the town canvased other municipalities in the region, noting most have taken the position that the activity is illegal, therefore business licences will not be issued and anyone commencing operations will be forced to shut down.

According to Dieter MacPherson, executive director of the Victoria Cannabis Buyers Club, a major risk for medical marijuana dispensaries is that they are an all-cash business.

Last month, a man armed with a weapon entered the Weeds Social Club in the 1600-block of Douglas Street and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and drugs. In late July, a man armed with a gun and knife stole cash and drugs from Farmacy, located at 3055 Scott St.

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Report: Gap not closing fast enough Auditor general says province has fallen well short of 10-year commitment to First Nations students THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA — British Columbia has fallen well short of its 10-year commitment to closing the education gap between aboriginal and non-aboriginal public school students, reveals a report from the province’s auditor general.

In the report released on Thursday, Carol Bellringer found that while high-school completion rates for First Nations students rose from 49 to 62 per cent over the last decade, they remained more than 20 percentage points below the 2015 target level of 85 per cent.

Graduation rates for non-aboriginal students increased from 82 to 87 per cent during the same period.

“There is a wide and historically persistent gap in graduation rates

BELLRINGER

between aboriginal and non-aboriginal students in Canada,” said Bellringer.

“While this is an improvement, more can be done because the gap has not closed.”

The province pledged in 2005 to

boost aboriginal student graduation rates to the 85-per-cent level anticipated for their non-aboriginal counterparts by 2015.

In 10 of B.C.’s 60 school districts fewer than half of aboriginal students graduated in 2014, with especially dismal results among students who live on reserve and those in provincial care, revealed the report.

It sets out 11 recommendations, including encouraging the ministry to collaborate with school boards, superintendents and aboriginal communities to create a shared, system-wide strategy.

This would allow the government to better monitor what works and what doesn’t, and would also empower the ministry to intervene when districts consistently show poor results, said the auditor.

NEWS IN BRIEF Black Press ◆ SURREY

Trial of youth soccer coach now set to begin Jan. 19 A Surrey youth soccer coach accused of pursuing sex with a minor will not go to trial until at least January.

Proceedings against Kuldip Singh Mahal had been set to get underway last week, after an initial trial date of July 20 was postponed.

According to filings for the U.S. District Court of Seattle, the jury trial is now set to begin Jan. 19.

Mahal has been in custody south of the border since Feb. 3.

On that date, a 47-year-old Surrey man was arrested at a park in Burlington after crossing into the U.S. at Blaine, Wash.

Court documents allege the accused responded to a “casual encounters” post on Craigslist in January, and communicated with what he believed to be a 12-year-old girl.

However, according to court documents, all suspect communications – including sexually explicit messages and photos – were sent to an undercover agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

◆ SURREY

Masked bandit gang robs woman in her residence A 36-year-old Surrey woman was robbed in her home in broad daylight on Monday after six or seven people wearing masks barged in through her front door.

The “home invasion” happened at about 12:15 p.m., in the 12600-block of 91st Avenue.

Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann said the robbers barged in when the

victim answered their knock at the door.

Two of them watched over her while the others ransacked her home, stole cash and took her cell phone.

“They got quite a bit of cash,” Schumann said.

Police don’t know if the robbery was targeted or random.

The robbers ran out the back door when the downstairs tenant came home. A police dog was brought in but lost the track almost immediately.

“There was probably a car waiting to take them away,” Schumann said.

◆ ABBOTSFORD

Man won’t tell police how he came to be shot in leg A man showed up at Abbotsford Regional Hospital on Tuesday night with a gunshot wound to his leg, but police are having difficulty determining exactly what happened because he will reveal few details.

Const. Ian MacDonald said police were notified at about 11:40 p.m. that the victim had turned up at hospital after apparently being brought there by a friend.

MacDonald said the man is known to police, but primarily in areas outside of Abbotsford.

He is not believed to be a current Abbotsford resident nor does the incident appear to have any links to the ongoing Townline Hill gang conflict in west Abbotsford, MacDonald said.

He said the victim has not co-operated with police, including information about where the incident occurred and who was involved.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225, text abbypd (222973) or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Bellringer also advocated for improving teacher training to create safe, non-racist learning environments and introducing a B.C.-wide curriculum that addresses the past and present effects of colonization on aboriginal people.

“In the education system, racism can come from low expectations of certain students based on preconceptions and biases,” she said.

“Just as much as educators need to expect that all aboriginal students will graduate, every child should feel safe at school.”

Bellringer emphasized that the reason for the aboriginal education gap remains poorly understood and she encouraged the Education Ministry to address this dearth by processing data it already has at its disposal.

“The ministry has a wealth of valu-

able information; however, it does not use it to its full potential,” she said.

“Better analysis would be revealing.”

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, blamed Premier Christy Clark’s government for “a culture of indifference” when it comes to aboriginal education.

“Clearly if an issue is not directly or indirectly related to a future LNG development it’s not a priority concern for the Clark government,” he said, referring to Clark’s promises of a multibillion-dollar LNG industry in the province.

“We’re becoming aware that the investments in aboriginal education are simply not there.”

The Education Ministry announced it had accepted all 11 of the report’s recommendations.

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GOLDEN

Visiting tourist is attacked by black bear JOEL TANSEY GOLDEN STAR

While there have been several minor conflicts between bears and residents this year, there had yet to be a report of an actual attack until late last month.

One visiting tourist, a 47 year-old man from Calgary, was injured when a young male black bear attacked him, apparently drawn by the smell of food to a rental property near Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.

The incident happened in the evening of Oct. 24.

“They had just made a potato salad and they were letting it cool. So it’s not like they were actively incorrectly storing garbage. They just put some food out on the deck and a bear crawled up onto the deck,” said Conservation Officer Dan Bartol.

NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ DAWSON CREEK

RCMP seek link between two violent incidents Mounties in Dawson Creek are trying to determine if two violent incidents in the northeastern B.C. city are connected.

RCMP say no one was hurt Wednesday when three shotgun rounds were fired into a home, which has been seized while police conduct an investigation. Three men were inside and insist the house was targeted in error, but they are not co-operating with officers and Mounties say they have since learned of drug activity in the neighbourhood.

Cpl. Dave Tyreman says police are trying to determine if the shooting is linked to a kidnapping and assault on Oct. 24 that ended with the victim beaten, bear sprayed and stabbed in the legs. The man survived but Tyreman says he is not co-operating and that is hampering the investigation.

◆ KAMLOOPS

Man who raped young foster girls sentenced A British Columbia man has been sentenced to two months in jail for raping two young girls in 1983 after his parents took them in as foster children.

He was convicted following a trial earlier this year.

Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the attacker cannot be named because he was 14 at the time of the offences. All the incidents took place on a reserve in Lillooet during the first six months of 1983.

The girls were five and eight at the time. During the trial, one of the victims testified the rapes “happened all the time.”

In one case, the attacker raped the five-year-old victim inside a preschool. In another, he hid the same girl under his mattress when his mother came into his bedroom, then continued the rape afterwards.

One of the visiting tourists stepped out onto the deck and, not realizing that the bear was there, received a bite on the leg.

“Fortunately they weren’t major injuries, just a couple punctures,” Bartol said.

The bear had previously knocked over barbecues and gotten into garbage when it could. It had also made its way into one individual’s house according to a second-hand report.

The bear was deemed to be food conditioned and it was trapped and euthanized by COs. The village near the resort isn’t usually a problem spot for bears, as the area has communal bear-proof bins.

“Usually they’re pretty good but what we’re worried about is the fact that there’s such a big rotation in renters, the educational message

might not be getting out there. But we’re working with the residents’ association to come up with a little pamphlet or message so we can educate those renters that come to town for a week or a weekend,” said Conservation Officer Alexandre Desjardins.

This bear marks the fifth that has had to be euthanized this fall in Golden, an average year for Golden according to Desjardins. Both COs remain frustrated at the lack of attractant management by locals.

“I’m very surprised by how many attractants we’re still seeing,” Bartol said. “We’re struggling when it comes to attractant management, that’s fair to say. But we’re persistently working with the community and working with WildSafe BC to conduct attractant audits,” Desjardins said.

A black bear, above, bit a 47-year-old man late last month. It was euthanized by conservation officers.

CHILLIWACK

B.C. communities risk billions in damage without up-to-date maps RANDY SHORE VANCOUVER SUN

The City of Chilliwack and other B.C. communities that lack up-todate floodplain maps risk billions of dollars in property damage and even the lives of their citizens when disaster strikes, experts say.

“The flood in Calgary and High River is a perfect example of what happens when your maps are wrong,” said Tamsin Lyle, a Vancouver consulting engineer. “The events of 2013 showed that their maps were out of date, so the areas they thought were going to flood didn’t flood and the areas where it flooded weren’t shown on the map.”

“Planning decisions and emergency response plans were based on poor information, resulting in a lot more damage than might have otherwise happened,” she said.

Many B.C. communities lack recent floodplain data, according to a study commissioned by the British Columbia Real Estate Association. Changes in the topography of developed land, silt accumulation in rivers and changing weather patterns can render a floodplain map obsolete in as little as five years.

In Chilliwack, city hall is working with a floodplain map from 2007.

“The city has endeavoured to keep our floodplain mapping as up to date as possible, but we are aware that additional updates are required,” a city spokesperson told the Times.

In 2014 the province updated the Fraser River flood level estimates, but the mapping is still out of date.

“The Province recently applied for Federal funding to assist with floodplain mapping and we are awaiting further detail on that funding opportunity to assist with updating our floodplain map,” the city spokesperson said.

Sandbags and shovels at Carey Point in 2013 in Chilliwack. [PAUL J. HENDERSON FILE PHOTO]

One of the biggest data gaps is in the Fraser Valley floodplain, said Lyle, a principal of Ebbwater Consulting who was an adviser on the study. The Fraser Valley suffered widespread damage due to flooding in 1894 and 1948, when 2,000 homes were destroyed.

A similar flood today would cause several billion dollars in damage in Chilliwack and Richmond, according to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

“It’s an unmapped territory,” said Lyle. “We can make some good guesses, because it’s flat . . . but we don’t really have a designated map.”

The provincial government created a floodplain mapping program in 1974 to help towns and cities direct and limit development in floodplains.

The program identified and designated 90 floodplains before the program was cancelled in 2004, leaving municipalities to conduct their own research.

Only 21 per cent of the communities and First Nations that participated in the study have updated their floodplain maps since the provincial program was discontinued, according to the authors.

More than 30 per cent have no floodplain maps at all and the remaining 48 per cent are working with out of date information, most of it at least 20 years old.

A federal floodplain mapping program was killed in the mid-’90s, but there are signs that may change since the Calgary flood, which killed five people, said Lyle.

Lyle will attend a flood mapping workshop next week organized to coincide with the federal National Disaster Roundtable in Calgary.

“The tools that you can launch once you have a map can save you billions and billions of dollars down the line,” she said. “It’s just a matter of convincing folks that this is important.”

Ottawa should be ripe to take notice of the potential advantages, she said. The federal government spent $6.1 billion on flood relief in Calgary and Toronto in 2013.

Insurance companies complained in the aftermath of the floods that most floodplain maps are badly out of date, which is part of the reason most home insurance policies do not cover flood damage.

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Province again in focus for FOI failure

Charges expected after man jumps from ferry

JEFF NAGEL BC LOCAL NEWS

The provincial government came under fire again Tuesday for blocking the release of information — this time related to its plan to build a new bridge on Highway 99 to replace the Massey Tunnel.

Independent MLA Vicki Huntington raised the issue in the legislature, saying three separate freedom of information requests – two from her office and one from a Delta South constituent – turned up nothing. “The people of B.C. have a right to expect that a $3-billion decision has a paper trail,� Huntington fumed during Question Period.

Premier Christy Clark announced the new bridge between Delta and Richmond would be built at the September, 2013 Union of B.C. Municipalities convention.

“The people of B.C. have a right to expect that a $3-billion decision has a paper trail.�

Vicki Huntington, MLA

One FOI request directed to the premier’s office for any background material leading up to that announcement didn’t even turn up Clark’s speech.

A later request from Huntington’s office targeted background material and technical data that would have helped transportation ministry staff decide on which five configuration options for a new bridge or tunnel would go out to public consultation.

Again, “no records were located,�

Huntington said in an interview.

A third FOI from Huntington sought the business case or cost-benefit analysis, technical reports and correspondence – any of the rationale that should guide such a critical decision.

It turned up nothing she was after, just 15 pages of traffic analysis. “How can you make a decision to spend $3 billion and have no records to show for that decision?� Huntington demanded. “We have a right to understand how government reaches these conclusions on major projects.�

In fact, there is no business case for the Massey project yet – it was supposed to be complete by the spring of 2014 but is 18 months overdue.

Nor is there an estimated price tag, a decision on whether it will be tolled, or a final configuration, although officials suggest it will be 10 lanes.

The lack of detail hasn’t stopped the province from embarking on preliminary design and geotechnical work in the meantime and promising a construction start in 2017 and an opening in 2022.

Officials said in the spring a project definition report would be released this fall, followed by more consultation.

The government’s response to Huntington in the legislature shed no more light on the project.

Technology Minister Amrik Virk instead repeatedly suggested Huntington had joined the “Say No to the opportunities� party that opposes infrastructure projects.

That prompted the Delta South MLA to say she sometimes wishes she could “bop the members opposite on the head� before being ordered by the speaker to withdraw the comment.

A man is in custody and was being assessed at a Victoria hospital after a bizarre series of events that began when he jumped off a B.C. ferry.

The unnamed man was a passenger aboard the Coastal Celebration at about 10 p.m. Wednesday when BC Ferries confirms he launched a 100-person life raft from the ship as it entered Active Pass, west of Swartz Bay. RCMP Sgt. Rod Pick says the man then leaped into the water but a search by crew and a second ferry failed to find any trace of him.

At almost the same time, Pick says a resident of Galiano Island reported she ran from her home after a wet, naked, incoherent man burst in and began throwing furniture. Officers from several detachments arrived on the island and arrested a man inside the cabin of a nearby resort. — THE CANADIAN PRESS

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press ◆ OTTAWA

Environmental protests on Trudeau’s first day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first full day on the job Thursday came complete with a protest by environmentalists outside the gates of his new Rideau Hall residence.

The Liberal government arrived in office this week promising a new era of accountability and action on climate change.

About three dozen protesters staged a midday sit-in in an effort to hold Trudeau to that promise, and they say they’ll be back daily through the weekend.

The COP21 United Nations climate conference is scheduled from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in the French capital, where the international community hopes to hammer out a binding, post-2020 agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate change.

◆ EDMONTON

Alberta NDP sorry for selling access to premier

In this Oct. 16 file photo, the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital is seen after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. [AP PHOTO]

Several doctors and nurses killed immediately, immobilized patients burned to death KEN DILANIAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — Inside the intensive care unit of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Northern Afghanistan in the early hours of Oct. 3, the situation was as normal as it could be in the middle of an active war zone, the charity says.

Doctors were performing surgery.

Nurses milled about attending to bed-bound patients, including two children. The surrounding compound was calm and quiet, according to witnesses. Then an American AC-130 arrived and began firing its fearsome weapons. The Intensive Care Unit was hit first.

Several doctors and nurses were killed immediately, and patients who couldn’t move burned to death in the ensuing fire, according to a detailed new account of the attack by the international aid group based on interviews with 60 staff members.

The 13-page report disclosed no major revelations but painted a clearer picture of what the group says was happening in the hospital in the days before the U.S. strike that American officials are calling a mistake. Doctors Without Borders says at least 30 people were killed.

During an aerial attack that lasted an hour, staff members made

“Whether there was fighting on the ground or not, none of it can account for the massive intelligence failure that could have derived in part from bad information.”

Joe Kasper, Spokesman for U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter

18 attempts to call or text U.S. and Afghan authorities, the group says.

Witnesses recalled hearing the whine of propellers and experiencing a series of ground-shaking explosions.

People fleeing the main building were cut down by gunfire that appeared to track their movements, while a patient trying to escape in a wheelchair was killed by shrapnel, the report says.

The AC130, a large propeller plane, fires three types of munitions, including an electric Gatling-style machine-gun that can fire as many as 6,000 rounds per minute, and a 105mm cannon that can blow huge holes in buildings.

The charity acknowledged that as many as half of the patients in the days leading up to the attack were Taliban fighters wounded in battle as U.S.-backed Afghan forces sought to retake Kunduz, which had been seized by the Taliban. Two of the Taliban patients appeared to have been high-ranking, the report says.

But Doctors Without Borders staffers say no one was armed and no one was firing from the hospital, as an initial American account suggested. The group says it didn’t allow weapons in the hospital and didn’t have armed guards.

If that account is true, the hospital could not have been a valid target under U.S. rules of engagement or the international law of war.

The U.S. military has not offered its version of events as it awaits the result of U.S. and NATO investigations. But Rep. Duncan Hunter, a Republican Iraq war veteran who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, has heard from members of the special operations unit that was in Kunduz who insist they were fired upon, his spokesman said Thursday.

Hunter is questioning whether the mistake rested in part on the military’s controversial Distributed Common Ground System, which

is supposed to provide information about the battlefield but has been bedeviled by problems.

The Associated Press has reported that both senior officers and intelligence analysts from the 3rd Special Forces Group members on the ground in Kunduz were aware that the Doctors Without Borders hospital was functioning but believed it had been overrun by the Taliban. The group says it provided the U.S. with the exact GPS co-ordinates of the facility.

U.S. intelligence analysts were examining reports that the hospital was being used as a Taliban command and control centre, and that a Pakistani intelligence operative was on the scene.

“Whether there was fighting on the ground or not, none of it can account for the massive intelligence failure that could have derived in part from bad information,” Hunter spokesman Joe Kasper said.

Doctors Without Borders’s general director, Christopher Stokes, said the official’s question “seems to suggest they believed there were a group of Taliban holed up that weren’t only patients in the hospital.”

But “this was not a ‘Taliban base,”’ Joanne Liu, the group’s president, said in a statement.

Alberta’s NDP government has done an about-face over allegations it was selling access to Premier Rachel Notley and her cabinet.

Health Minister Sarah Hoffman apologized in the legislature for invitations to an upcoming NDP party fundraiser in Calgary.

She says there was an error in the wording of the invitation sent out by the party for a Nov. 26 event at Stampede Park. In return for a $250 donation, it promised a chance to talk about issues with Notley, cabinet, and MLAs. Just seconds before Hoffman apologized, house leader Brian Mason defended the event under questioning from the Wildrose.

Wildrose critic Jason Nixon says it was a clear case of influence peddling, but Mason says it was no such thing.

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Ginger cookies recalled due to risk of nut allergy Loblaw Companies Ltd. is recalling its brand of President’s Choice Ginger Cookie Chips that it says may pose an allergy risk for anyone allergic to peanuts or tree nuts.

The company says the contents of some of the Ginger Cookie Chips packages with the best before date of Aug. 2, 2016, and UPC 06038316176, may be mislabelled.

The products were sold at various grocery stores and other retailers across the country.

The company says only one instance of mislabelling has been reported and it has received no complaints associated with the product.

Loblaw says customers with food allergies are advised not to consume the products and to return them to the store where they will receive a full refund.

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TPP could put personal data at risk: Critics JIM BRONSKILL THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal places sensitive Canadian data such as health records at risk through provisions that open the door wider to cross-border data flows and offshore record storage, analysts fear.

The text of the deal between Canada and 11 other nations, made public Thursday, says countries must allow the business-related transfer of information — including personal data — across borders by electronic means.

The clause could limit the ability of participating nations to halt the flow of information to countries with inadequate privacy protections, says University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist.

The deal also effectively bars governments

from insisting on the use of local computer servers to store and access personal data — meaning the information could be hosted abroad and possibly become more accessible to foreign police and security services.

In both cases, exceptions may be made for “a legitimate public policy objective.”

But such an exception cannot be a disguised trade restriction or be more onerous than necessary to achieve the policy objective.

The wording of the deal “creates quite a lot of uncertainty” about what a government could do to shield its information, Geist said.

“There is, I think, real, legitimate concern that a country establishing these kinds of protections could find itself facing litigation from a company if they wanted to argue that this was costing them and that, in fact, the privacy protections that had been established

were greater than necessary.”

British Columbia and Nova Scotia have laws to keep sensitive information from being exposed abroad.

B.C. law requires public bodies to “ensure that personal information in its custody or under its control is stored only in Canada and accessed only in Canada” — a provision enacted in 2004 in response to public concern about a U.S. company handling the province’s pharmacare data.

The B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association is concerned the Trans-Pacific deal would override the law.

The exception for legitimate policy objectives offers some comfort, but would place the burden on Canadians to make a “convincing enough argument” that they were not skirting the deal, said Vincent Gogolek, the association’s executive director.

Rona Ambrose in the House of Commons in June. The federal Conservatives chose Ambrose on Thursday as their interim leader. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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Ambrose, who served as health minister in the last Parliament, had campaigned on a promise to bring a respectful and civil tone to debate in the House of Commons.

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Newfoundland-Labrador election on Nov. 30 THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s Progressive Conservative leader began his government’s campaign for re-election Thursday as Paul Davis tries to buck a trend that has seen the Liberals dominate Atlantic Canada’s recent political history.

At his first campaign event, Davis acknowledged the party is facing a difficult task as it tries to win a fourth straight election.

“I can tell you all, and you all know it, it’s not going to be easy. It’s a tough journey. It’s tough work. It’s a lot of hard work that lies ahead of us,” said Davis.

He framed the election as a campaign about leadership.

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The Conservative party has held

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From popularity figures that were in the stratosphere when Danny Williams was leader, the Conservatives saw their support drop dramatically under Dunderdale, who decided to quit politics three weeks after blackouts in January 2014 left tens of thousands of residents without power. Dunderdale insisted the province was not in a crisis, the last in a series of miscues.

To make matters worse for the government, world oil prices have plummeted, dealing a blow to its

once booming offshore energy sector, which accounts for one third of the provincial budget in 2013. An analysis by RBC pegs the cost of the oil price slump at $1.5 billion in lost revenue for the province in 2015-16.

If he wins the election, Liberal Leader Dwight Ball would join Liberal premiers in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. He is also trying to ride a wave of support for the party that saw it win all 32 federal ridings in Atlantic Canada in last month’s federal election.

Although the campaign was formally launched on Thursday, the former businessman got a jump on the other parties, kicking off his campaign Monday by invoking Justin Trudeau’s appeal for positive change.

“People of our province want politics of hope, of change,” he said.

“And that’s what’s behind the big red door.”

Earle McCurdy is fighting his first campaign as leader of the NDP after winning the party’s leadership this year.

At his first official campaign event on Thursday he made a case for voters to elect the province’s first NDP government.

McCurdy said his campaign will lay out the issues it believes are important to the provinces residents including affordable day care, dignity for seniors living in their homes and the impact the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project will have on electricity bills.

At dissolution, the Tories had 28 seats in the legislature, the Liberals 16, the New Democrats three.

One seat was vacant.

POLITICS

CRIME

Long-form census to return, but Liberals vague on any penalties

Four teens charged for threats at scores of schools

Conservatives had replaced the questionnaire with the National Household Survey JENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The new Liberal government is making good on a promise to resurrect the mandatory, long-form census killed off by the Conservatives, but is vague on the details of how it plans to persuade Canadians to fill it out.

The long-form component of the 2011 questionnaire was axed

by Stephen Harper’s government, which called it intrusive to threaten people with fines and jail time for not answering personal questions — a nod to the party’s libertarian base.

The Conservatives replaced the long-form census with the National Household Survey. The response rate declined from 93.5 per cent in 2006 to 68.6 per cent in 2011.

The new Liberal government, however, is giving priority to evidence-based decision-making instead of ideology, said Navdeep Bains, the minister of innovation, science and economic development.

“Today, Canadians are reclaiming their right to accurate and more reliable information,” Bains told a news conference. “Communities will once again have access to high-quality data they require to make decisions that will truly reflect the needs of the people, businesses, institutions and organizations.”

But neither Bains nor Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos would discuss specific consequences or penalties which might be imposed to ensure the mandatory questionnaire is filled out.

Some groups have been shown to be less likely to fill out the forms, including indigenous Canadians and low-income earners.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains, left, responds to a question in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday. At right is Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jean-Yves Duclos. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

“The law is the law” and the law has not changed, said Bains. He said the government plans to roll out a “robust communications plan” to ensure people know it’s no longer an option to choose not to fill out the form.

The Statistics Act refers to a census of population and to a $500 fine or three-month jail term (or both) if a person refuses to fill in forms they are required to complete. In 2014, Toronto resident Janet Churnin was given a conditional discharge and 50 hours of community service for refusing to fill out the 2011 short form.

The decision to do away with the mandatory long-form census met

a wave of criticism in 2010, from a wide range of voices. Religious groups, municipal planners, economists, the Federation of Francophone and Acadian Communities and aboriginal organizations were among those who petitioned for its return.

“Municipal governments — big and small, urban and rural — rely on the Canadian census and Statistics Canada data to effectively respond to and monitor the changing needs of our cities and communities,” said Raymond Louie, president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

“The loss of the long-form census resulted in the loss of vital data about some of our most vulnerable populations and left significant gaps in

access to data for Canada’s rural and remote communities.”

Former chief statistician Munir Sheikh resigned over the census debacle, after then-industry minister Tony Clement publicly suggested that bureaucrats supported the idea of a voluntary survey as an adequate replacement for the mandatory questionnaire.

On Thursday, Clement said that in hindsight, a more thorough examination of how to reform the census process might have been prudent.

Other countries are looking at data collection on a broader scale — the United Kingdom is currently undertaking a massive analysis of how to do things differently.

MONTREAL — Four teens from western Quebec charged over threats against schools in their area now are accused in connection with a spate of bomb threats against schools in Quebec and Ontario earlier this week.

Quebec provincial police Capt. Guy Lapointe said Thursday that each of the teens now faces charges of uttering threats, conspiracy and conveying false messages.

They were charged at the provincial courthouse in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Ottawa.

Lapointe says no explosive devices were found in the search of nearly 80 primary and secondary schools and junior colleges after threatening emails were sent Tuesday.

Quebec’s acting Public Security Minister, Pierre Moreau, identified the group as “Red Sceptre,” unknown to authorities.

Emails were sent to each institution and some school boards.

They all contained similar messages suggesting that bombs were being set to go off at specific times, implying the complicity of school employees.

The teens — three boys and a girl aged 16 and 17 years old — were arrested Wednesday on mischief charges in connection with threats that took place one week ago in schools in the Gatineau and Ottawa area.

Lapointe said he couldn’t say more about a motive.

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Syria insurgents used chemicals: Watchdog A source at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Thursday that inspectors from the international watchdog have found evidence that mustard gas was used during fighting between insurgent groups in the Syrian town of Marea in August.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because a report on the findings had not yet been published, said OPCW inspectors discovered “evidence that mustard (gas) was indeed used there.”

The OPCW team was investigating allegations that the Islamic State used chemical weapons in Marea, but has not attributed blame for the use of mustard gas. The findings will now be sent to the United Nations.

Doctors Without Borders said that four patients exhibiting symptoms of exposure to chemical agents were treated on Aug. 21.

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Man who made original Batmobile dead at 89 George Barris, who created television’s original Batmobile, along with scores of other beautifully customized, instantly recognizable vehicles that helped define California car culture, has died at age 89.

Barris Kustom Industries spokesman Edward Lozzi says Barris died Thursday, following a lengthy illness.

Barris was still in high school in Northern California when he designed his first fully customized car, a 1936 Ford.

Over the next 70 years he would design hundreds of cars for television shows, movies, celebrities, heads of state and just regular folks.

Two of the most famous were the Batmobile, created for the 1960s TV show, and The Munster’s Koach, built for the television show The Munsters.

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Mexico seeks to boost economic ties with Cuba Mexicans are looking to increase trade with Cuba as Cuban President Raul Castro makes his first state visit to Mexico, and the first such trip since relations between the two countries went cold in the early 2000s.

With Cuba experiencing some limited economic opening in recent years and renewing diplomatic ties with the United States, Mexico sees an opportunity to expand its economic interests in Cuba and other larger economies of the Caribbean.

“We believe we are in a privileged position to have more presence on the island because it’s close, we share the Caribbean Sea and because of many things,” said Socorro Flores, Mexico’s deputy foreign minister for Latin America.

Castro was scheduled to arrive in the Yucatan peninsula city of Merida late Thursday and meet with his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pena Nieto, on Friday.

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A Hydro One office in Mississauga, Ont., on Wednesday. Hydro One shares went on sale on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Ontario hydro utility has debut on stock market Stock closed at $21.62, up $1.12 from the IPO price of $20.50 ALEXANDRA POSADZKI THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Hydro One made a solid debut Thursday on the Toronto stock market in one of the largest initial public offerings in Canada in 15 years, even as controversy continued to swirl over the Ontario government’s plan to partially sell the giant transmission utility.

The company’s stock closed at $21.62, up 5.46 per cent or $1.12 from the IPO price of $20.50, with more than 18 million shares sold.

Finance Minister Charles Sousa said he was pleased to see the offering of Hydro One shares was being “well-received” on the markets.

“Every uptick on the market is an indication the future offerings will net even greater proceeds benefiting all Ontarians,” Sousa said.

“It will mean billions of dollars being reinvested into our economy,

“It is not too late to stop the next block of shares from going to market. Selling 15 per cent is bad, but selling 60 per cent is a disaster.”

Andrea Horwath, Ontario NDP leader

into building new assets, into producing greater revenues.”

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives said the governing Liberals wanted the Hydro One sale to “give a big payout to their well-heeled friends,” while the New Democrats warned it would drive up electricity rates and urged the government to reverse course.

“It is not too late to stop the next block of shares from going to mar-

ket,” said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath. “Selling 15 per cent is bad, but selling 60 per cent is a disaster.”

The sale was also opposed by some business groups, unions, municipalities and all independent officers of the legislature, including the auditor general, ombudsman and financial accountability officer, who warned it would mean a short-term gain but in the long run would hurt the province’s bottom line.

The government plans to use the estimated $1.66 billion generated by selling 13.6 per cent of its stake in Hydro One to help fund transit and infrastructure projects. The sale of 81.1 million shares is the first step in the government’s plan to gradually part ways with 60 per cent of the electrical utility behemoth.

Three more offerings, roughly the same size, are expected to follow, which are anticipated to generate a total of $9 billion.

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Firm is fined $750K for bird deaths KEVIN BISSETT THE CANADIAN PRESS

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A company has been ordered to pay $750,000 after pleading guilty Thursday to two charges in connection with the death of about 7,500 birds that flew into a burning flare at a gas facility in New Brunswick two years ago.

A provincial court judge said the money to be paid by Canaport LNG LP will be distributed to numerous environmental and wildlife organizations.

The company was originally facing

two charges under the federal Migratory Birds Convention Act that prevent anyone from depositing a substance harmful to migratory birds, and one charge of unlawfully killing Canada warblers under the federal Species at Risk Act. One of the charges under the Migratory Birds Convention Act was dropped.

Charges against two other companies — Irving Canaport GP and Repsol Canada — were also dropped.

An investigation was launched by Environment Canada after thousands

of migrating birds were killed in September 2013 while excess gas was being burned-off at the facility in Saint John.

Don McAlpine, zoologist and curator at the New Brunswick Museum, said the combination of a low cloud ceiling, fall migration and a large flare was a recipe for disaster.

The flare tower at the Canaport liquefied natural gas receiving and regasification terminal is about 30 metres tall. Flaring is used to maintain normal operating pressure by burning off excess natural gas.

TORONTO — The Pan Am and Parapan Am Games held in Toronto this summer came within the $2.4-billion budget, officials said Thursday, which means organizers are eligible for lucrative performance bonuses laid out in their contracts.

Budget projections earlier this year estimated the final cost of the Games would be upwards of $2.5 billion, but the province and the TO2015 organizing committee said they found an additional $150 million in savings between them.

Among those savings were $54 million in security expenses — security cost estimates had gone up to $239 million from $206 million just months before the Games.

Money was saved by consolidating resources between police services and managing risk in a way that allowed security forces to cut back on bag checks at venues and other such measures, officials said.

Both transportation and security budgets were spared in part due to the lack of major weather events or other emergencies, they said.

The savings are on top of the $56-million surplus in capital expenses reported earlier this year, officials said.

In total, the province estimates the Games cost $2.423 billion and brought in $175 million, including $36 million in ticket sales. The government said the final tally will be determined after all invoices are reconciled and audited statements have been prepared.

Tourism and Sport Minister Michael Coteau said that while the Games didn’t bring in as much as they cost, the gains in infrastructure are “absolutely” worth the more than $2-billion discrepancy.

“If you go out to Scarborough and you meet young kids who are swimming at the Pan Am facility out there, you look to Markham, you look to this facility, you ask people who are using the facilities, people living in the accessible affordable housing at the village, they’ll say this is a great initiative. I think you have to look at the whole thing.”

Executives with the organizing committee have been told they will split $5.7 million in bonuses if the Games come in under budget.

Ontario’s auditor general will also conduct a financial audit of the Games but will not rule on the bonuses issue.

Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk has told the public accounts committee her financial audit would not determine who should get a bonus, but would provide the facts in order for others to make the decision.

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Review of law as MLA avoids court ALISON AULD AND BEN COUSINS THE CANADIAN PRESS

This image made available by NASA on Thursday shows an artist’s rendering of a solar storm hitting the planet Mars and stripping ions from the planet’s upper atmosphere. [GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER/NASA VIA AP]

Mars atmosphere killed by sun: NASA scientists Solar storms would have turned planet into dry desert of today MARCIA DUNN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Mars-orbiting Maven spacecraft has discovered that the sun likely robbed the red planet of its once-thick atmosphere and water.

On Thursday, scientists reported that even today, the solar wind is stripping away about 100 grams of atmospheric gas every second. That’s about a quarter-pound a second lost to the stream of charged particles shooting away from the sun at 1.61 million kph.

Big solar storms travelling at twice that speed increase the escape rate by 10 to 20 times — and more. Because of their prevalence billions of years ago, these storms would have been enough to gut the atmosphere of ancient Mars and transform it from a moist, warm place potentially capable of microscopic life to the cold, dry desert of today.

“I can’t help but imagine hamburgers flying out of the Martian atmosphere, one per second,” Maven scientist Dave Brain told reporters with a smile. “It’s instead oxygen and carbon dioxide that are leaving the planet, which are important both for water and for the climate of the planet overall.”

These latest Mars findings by robotic scouts such as Maven are a key part of NASA’s push to send human explorers to the red planet in the 2030s. Just over a month ago, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter revealed evidence of salt water trickling down Martian slopes, at least in the summer. NASA’s next mission begins in March with the launch of another orbiting explorer.

Principal scientist Bruce Jakosky and his team reported that during massive solar ejections of gas in March, the spacecraft noticed oxygen ions were flung higher into the

atmosphere than expected. At the same time, streams of fast-moving magnetic activity shot 3,100 miles out into space.

That led the researchers to conclude Mars’ atmospheric decline may have been driven in large part by major solar events such as this, early in the planet’s history.

The atmosphere likely would have disappeared over a period of a few hundred-millions years.

Mars no longer has a global magnetic field, but when it did 4 billion years ago, that would have prevented this wholesale loss of atmosphere, the researchers said.

Their findings appear in this week’s Science journal. The issue includes four studies conducted by the spacecraft, which has been circling Mars and studying its atmosphere for the past year. Maven, about the size of a school bus, was launched from Cape Canaveral in 2013.

BUSINESS

Crowdfunding rules to be relaxed PETER HENDERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Ontario is joining four other provinces in regulatory changes that will allow the average Canadian to buy a stake in startups and small businesses through crowdfunding.

The Ontario Securities Commission’s new rules will allow businesses to offer equity stakes through registered crowdfunding platforms, including online services, when they come into effect Jan. 28.

Websites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Patreon already operate in

Canada, but funders on those websites don’t get any ownership in the business.

Since 2013, accredited investors — those with financial assets of more than $1 million, net assets north of $5 million or who earn more then $300,000 a year — have been allowed to participate in crowdfunding.

The new policy opens up this option to regular investors.

It also means that companies seeking funding will no longer have to issue a 38-point prospectus detailing every aspect of their business, instead using what the OSC calls a stream-

lined 11-point disclosure document meant to be easier for the companies to prepare and for investors to read.

Crowdfunding platforms will have to meet certain criteria in order to register as a funding portal, and will be responsible for background checks and other due diligence on companies and investors.

Companies that raise money using this method will be limited to offering non-complex securities, must offer those securities through a single funding portal and are prohibited from advertising the investment opportunity.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier is promising to review a law that allows members of the legislature to decline appearing in court after his environment minister didn’t attend a hearing for a woman accused of assaulting him, causing a judge to drop the charge in the case.

Stephen McNeil said Thursday he was disappointed Andrew Younger didn’t show up a day earlier for the trial and will ask the justice minister to review the law.

“I’m disappointed, I believe there should not be two sets of rules for Nova Scotians,” he said.

McNeil said he had no idea the law existed until Younger indicated he would use it.

But there were conflicting interpretations of how the law works on Thursday as Younger said repeatedly that he simply followed the law that says sitting members of the legislature cannot be called to testify in civil and criminal matters without being asked to waive the exemption.

“I did not receive a request to waive that. Had I received such a request, I would have had to consider it,” he said at a news conference.

“I did not write the law. I followed it.”

A spokeswoman for the Public Prosecution Service said Younger chose to assert his parliamentary privilege.

“He did not have to assert his privilege, that was his choice,” said Chris Hansen.

Younger spent almost 50 minutes answering reporters’ questions about his failure to appear in provincial court Wednesday for the matter involving Tara Gault, who is a former Liberal staff member.

He insisted he was not trying to avoid testifying in the case, which the judge dismissed after denying the prosecution’s request for an adjournment to address the issue of the exemption.

“I’m disappointed, I believe there should not be two sets of rules for Nova Scotians.”

Stephen McNeil, Nova Scotia premier

“It’s just not factual to suggest that I was using some provision as a way to get out of this,” he said.

Younger said he was notified of the privilege by his lawyer on Monday.

The following day, he said the prosecution indicated they would seek an adjournment and that his wife and lawyer should be in court.

Wayne MacKay, a law professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, described the law as an “ancient privilege” from Britain that was intended to ensure people could attend the legislature and not have to answer to strategic and frivolous lawsuits.

“In the modern context, it may not be as necessary or sensible as it was when it was first developed,” he said.

In Younger’s case, MacKay questioned its use.

“It’s a rather unusual application of the privilege and it certainly doesn’t appear to be the kind of purpose for which it was intended.”

Gault pleaded not guilty to the charge stemming from an alleged assault on or about Oct. 22, 2013, the day the Liberal government assumed power after the last provincial election.

Younger refused to discuss the nature of his relationship with Gault, saying only that he had a personal relationship with her that has ended and that he and his wife have moved on.

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A global survey of attitudes toward climate change suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have a fine line to walk at an upcoming international conference on the issue — do something, but not too much.

Canada is among 40 countries in which a majority of people agreed that global warming is a very serious problem, says the study from Pew Research, a U.S.-based polling and research agency. But it’s only a slim majority of Canadians at 51 per cent.

The global median was 54 per cent.

The research also suggests that Canadians may not be entirely convinced that they will feel the effects of climate change. Sixty-four per cent were at least somewhat concerned the issue will affect them directly — lower than the 72 per cent global average.

“I would have assumed that Canadians would have been more concerned,” said report co-author Bruce Stokes.

The Pew study surveyed more than 45,000 people around the world last May, including about 1,000 in Canada.

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Israeli PM appointee says sorry for insult to Obama JOSEF FEDERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this Sept. 17 file photo, Adm. Harry B. Harris, Jr., U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, walks past a photograph showing an island that China is building on the Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea, as he prepared to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on maritime security strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. [AP PHOTO]

Pentagon chief takes jab at China with visit to U.S. aircraft carrier Defence Secretary Ash Carter clear he is sending a signal over South China Sea issue ROBERT BURNS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

With a key Asian ally at his side, U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter made a subtle jab at China on Thursday by flying aboard an American aircraft carrier plying the contested waters of the South China Sea. He and his Malaysian counterpart, Hishammuddin Hussein, watched U.S. Navy fighter jets roar off the steel deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as it sailed under a midday sun about 70 miles northwest of Borneo.

Carter said his visit and the presence of the hulking warship should not be seen as a new twist to the U.S. naval presence is Asia. But he made no bones about the signal he was sending by visiting amid rising tensions with China.

“If it’s being noted today in a special way, it’s because of the tension in this part of the world, mostly arising from disputes over land features in the South China Sea,” he said. “And most of the activity over the last year being perpetrated by China. There’s a lot of concern about Chinese behaviour out here,” he told reporters travelling with him.

Last week a U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Lassen, challenged China’s claim to a 12-mile territorial limit around Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands, about 250 to 320 kilometres from where the Theodore Roosevelt was sailing Thursday.

The Lassen patrolled with about six or seven miles of the reef, according

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to Cmdr. Robert C. Francis Jr., skipper of the Lassen.

In an interview aboard the Roosevelt, Francis said the crew of a Chinese destroyer that shadowed the Lassen for several days contacted the ship with a standard “query” about what the Lassen was doing. Francis said his crew replied that it was operating in international waters in accord with international law.

But the Chinese pressed the matter, he said, by repeating the query over and over.

“All of our interactions were very professional,” Francis said. “I never felt threatened.”

In the United States, much was made of the Lassen patrol, known in the U.S. Navy as a freedom of navigation operation. But Francis said he and his crew saw it as just another day on the seas.

“We enjoyed the extra publicity,” he said.

Carter, who was in Malaysia for

two days of talks with Asian defence ministers, used the visit to the USS Theodore Roosevelt to amplify the U.S. view that China is making excessive claims that nearly all of the South China Sea as its territory.

Carter also signalled that the U.S. will keep a strong naval presence in the region in support of nations seeking to preserve stability. He flew aboard the carrier in a V-22 Osprey from a base in the east Malaysian state of Sabah. The Pentagon is interested in making arrangements with Malaysia for more regular access to base for U.S. aircraft carriers.

Malaysia is among several countries that claim a portion of the South China Sea and disagree with China’s building of artificial islands. The U.S. and others in the region are concerned the China is trying to establish a de facto 12-mile territorial zone around the artificial islands by building airstrips and other facilities for military forces.

It is not unusual for a U.S. defence secretary to visit an aircraft carrier.

But Carter’s visit drew extra attention because of the ship’s location and the tensions surrounding China’s reclamation work, which Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. forces in the Pacific, has likened to building a “great wall of sand” with the potential for confrontations to escalate into armed conflict.

The “TR,” as the carrier is commonly called in the Navy, is the flagship of a strike group of ships

that includes a cruiser, the USS Normandy, as well as three destroyers; the USS Winston S. Churchill, the USS Farragut and the USS Forrest Sherman.

The strike group had been deployed in the Middle East earlier this year and most recently conducted exercises in the Indian Ocean with Indian and Japanese naval forces. In late October the TR made port visit at Singapore. It is heading to its new homeport at San Diego.

Harris has said that while Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Malaysia have also done land reclamation in areas of the South China Sea where they have territorial claims, that work is dwarfed by the size and scale of China’s buildup. He said on July 24 that in a period of 18 months the Chinese had reclaimed almost 1,200 hectares.

Before flying to the carrier, Carter called on all claimants to halt reclamation. He noted that in a visit to the White House in September, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China was not intending to pursue militarization of its artificial islands.

“We all must mean what we say,” Carter said.

The U.S. contends that under international law the artificial islands built by China are high seas. That means they are not eligible for the 12-nautical-mile zone granted to maritime features such as naturally formed islands capable of sustaining human habitation or economic life.

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s newly appointed spokesman on Thursday apologized for a series of insulting comments about U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, days before his boss heads to Washington on a fence-mending mission.

The apology from Ran Baratz, issued by Netanyahu’s office, cast a cloud over Monday’s visit. Netanyahu and Obama have had a chilly relationship over the years, and the meeting is meant in part to repair ties after repeated clashes over the U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran. In Washington, the State Department called Baratz’s comments “troubling and offensive,” and claimed the prime minister had promised to “review” the appointment.

Netanyahu announced Baratz’s appointment as his chief spokesman late Wednesday, and soon after, old Facebook posts had emerged in which Baratz suggested that Obama is anti-Semitic and Kerry cannot be taken seriously. He also derided Israel’s popular president as “marginal.”

Baratz’s appointment still needs Cabinet approval. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue, said a vote had not yet been scheduled, and that Baratz would not be joining Netanyahu on the trip to Washington.

“I have just read Dr. Ran Baratz’s posts on the Internet, including those relating to the president of the state of Israel, the president of the United States and other public figures in Israel and the United States,” Netanyahu said in a statement.

“Those posts are totally unacceptable and in no way reflect my positions or the policies of the government of Israel. Dr. Baratz has apologized and has asked to meet me to clarify the matter following my return to Israel.”

Baratz is the latest in a series of controversial Netanyahu appointees.

His ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, is a former Republican operative in the U.S. and spearheaded Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in March arguing against the nuclear deal with Iran. The speech, arranged with Republican leaders in Congress, angered the White House.

Israel’s new ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, is a strong supporter of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and an equally fervent opponent of the establishment of a Palestinian state, putting him at odds with the international community.

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Telus to axe 1,500 positions as it seeks to cut costs, raise dividends Layoffs raise awkward questions as firm declares increased payouts for its shareholders TURCOTTE

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Telus president and CEO Darren Entwistle says a plan to reduce its workforce by 1,500 positions is essential for the telecom company if it plans to continue growing its business.

“I can tell you this is not a discretionary activity, but one out of necessity,” he said in an interview Thursday.

Telus said the job cuts, which represent about three per cent of its overall staff complement, would come mainly through voluntary departures and early retirements, with roughly half of them occurring before the end of this year.

The remainder will be completed during the first quarter, the company said.

All together, the Vancouver-based company expects to save as much as $125 million each year.

But the layoffs — which will be split evenly between unionized and management positions — raise awkward questions for Telus, which also proudly declared another hike to its dividend payment to shareholders.

The company said it will raise its dividend by five per cent to 44 cents per share, starting in January, after boosting its dividend earlier this year.

The two decisions shouldn’t be linked with each other, Entwistle said.

“Nothing could be further from the truth,” he said.

“If we elected not to raise the dividend we would still be pursuing this (cost savings) initiative.”

Entwistle, who returned to the CEO role over the summer after

‘Homicidal altruism’ cited at murder trial of dad STEPHANIE MARIN THE CANADIAN PRESS

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the sudden departure of Joe Natale in August, said cutting expenses is essential if Telus hopes to fund its growth plans, which include new technological investments.

He said the company is also having to deal with pursuing growth amid a generally soft economy and “economic duress” in the Alberta market as weak oil prices ravage that province’s economy.

As for the dividend increase, it simply continues part of a dividend growth model that was laid out nearly five years ago, Entwistle said.

“The commitment we made to

shareholders at that time was (to) grow our dividend by a minimum of 10 per cent annually over the course of 2014, 2015 and 2016,” he said.

“If we didn’t honour that commitment, which we are fully capable of honouring, that’s not going to be positive for the stock price or the value of this organization.”

Union leaders were blindsided by the job reductions, said Lee Riggs, president of the Telecommunication Workers Union.

“We were completely unaware this was happening,” Riggs said. “We expect better from Telus.”

Telus also reported its third-quarter financial results, which showed profits and revenue grew in line with analyst expectations.

Net income and adjusted net income both were up about 2.8 per cent, rising to $365 million and $398 million respectively.

Adjusted income increased about three per cent to 66 cents per share, which was better than estimates of 64 cents per share from analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

Revenue grew 4.2 per cent from last year, rising to $3.15 billion from $3.03 billion.

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Military cop watchdog to review allegations of Afghan detainee abuse by Canadian troops MURRAY BREWSTER AND STEPHANIE LEVITZ THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — A politically explosive controversy that haunted the Harper government throughout the Afghan war blew up again Thursday as the Military Police Complaints Commission said it would investigate fresh allegations of prisoner abuse from the end of Canada’s five-year campaign in Kandahar.

The watchdog agency said it received an anonymous complaint in February 2015, an accusation a human rights lawyer called potentially more serious than the marathon inquiry and Federal Court cases that preceded it.

Paul Champ, who represented

Amnesty International and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association during an earlier investigation, noted the new allegations involve Canadian soldiers, giving them deeper and perhaps broader international significance.

“If these incidents occurred as described, it is clearly a violation of the Geneva Convention and a violation of international law,” Champ said in an interview.

How the new Liberal government responds, and whether it co-operates with the commission investigation, will be an important test of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pledge of openness and accountability, he added.

Stephen Harper’s Conservative

government and the Department of National Defence spent years stonewalling the first set of hearings, much to the outrage of the Liberal opposition.

The case is also an important test for newly appointed Defence Minister Harjitt Singh Sajjan, who was around at the time of the latest allegations, serving as a senior adviser to the U.S. general running the war in southern Afghanistan.

The commission spent four years investigating allegations that the army transferred suspected Taliban prisoners to Afghan intelligence and justice officials knowing they faced the likelihood of torture, a violation of international law. Three years ago, the agency’s final report cleared mil-

itary cops of wrongdoing.

The new allegations suggest that in late 2010 and early 2011, the commanding officer of the military police detachment at Kandahar Airfield ran exercises in empty detention cells next to those holding detainees in order to “terrorize” them.

The complainant also raised concerns about the military’s own investigations into the incidents, including the fact that no charges were laid and no court martial convened.

National Defence issued a statement saying it welcomes the investigation. Spokeswoman Ashley Lemire would only add that “(National Defence) and the (Canadian Armed Forces) will not speculate on possible outcomes.”

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — When Guy Turcotte stabbed his two young children to death in 2009, the ex-doctor was engaging in an act of “homicidal altruism,” a psychiatrist testifying for the defence during his first-degree murder trial testified Thursday.

Louis Morissette was cross-examined by the Crown for a second consecutive day and told the 11-member jury Turcotte killed his kids because he didn’t want them to suffer.

Morissette said the ex-doctor acted out of “homicidal altruism” because he wanted to prevent them from witnessing his eventual suicide, but the psychiatrist added that logic was faulty and the result of a sick mind.

Turcotte has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his son, Olivier, 5, and his daughter Anne-Sophie, 3.

His lawyers are arguing the 43-year-old former cardiologist should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

Morissette and the previous defence witness, psychiatrist Dominique Bourget, concur Turcotte was suffering from a suicidal crisis after the end of his marriage, which led him to drink windshield washer fluid the night he killed his two kids on Feb. 20, 2009.

Crown prosecutor Rene Verret accused Morissette of trying to minimize the effect drinking windshield fluid — which contains the toxic substance methanol — had on Turcotte.

Morissette replied the primary factors triggering Turcotte’s actions were his troubled mental state and his suicidal thoughts and the methanol consumption was a lesser factor.

“You are excluding the methanol as a contributing factor?” Verret asked.

“Yes, it was very marginal,” Morissette said.

Morissette said Turcotte truly wanted to kill himself that night but failed.

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Babcock is ‘logical choice’ to lead Canada Canadian team’s general manager says Leafs head coach was the best man for the job due to past success SPORTS INSIDE Today’s issue

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hen the Colorado Avalanche fired Joel Quenneville in 2008, Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock invited him to join his staff as an assistant.

While that didn’t work out, Babcock and Quenneville will now be working together on Canada’s World Cup of Hockey team. Babcock is back as the head coach after winning back-to-back Olympic gold, but not without the management group giving strong consideration to hiring Quenneville.

“It was a two-horse race for me,” Canadian general manager Doug Armstrong said Thursday. “I wasn’t torn on the final decision, but I thought we had to give Joel Quenneville the opportunity for us to discuss him. You just can’t get past three Stanley Cups in six years. What excites me is having both guys on the staff.”

Babcock has never lost with Canada in international competition, winning gold at the 1997 world junior championships, 2004 world

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championships and then the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. Hockey Canada president and CEO Tom Renney called Babcock’s international excellence the “tipping point.”

The current Toronto Maple Leafs coach also won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 2008. Of course it was his coaching in Vancouver and Sochi that earned him another

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chance at the World Cup. “I believe in hockey, I believe in the game, I believe in Canada, and I think it’s important that we continue to do everything we can to stay on top and so I like being part of it,” Babcock said. “When they asked me, obviously I was thrilled. The number of guys they could have asked, when they asked me, I was thrilled to have the opportunity and to have the challenge and the challenge is exciting.”

Joining Babcock and Quenneville in undertaking this challenge are assistants Claude Julien of the Bos-

ton Bruins, Barry Trotz of the Washington Capitals and Bill Peters of the Carolina Hurricanes. Julien is back from Babcock’s staff in Sochi, while Quenneville, Trotz and Peters are newcomers.

Quenneville will run Canada’s defence, Trotz and Julien will focus on special teams and Peters will be in charge of pre-scouting like Ralph Krueger was at the Olympics. “(Babcock has) worked with some of these guys in the past, obviously, and everyone probably brings a little bit something different to the table,” Peters said by phone. “I think it’s a very good group, it’s a diverse group and it’s a group that obviously he feels he can put together, work with in order to end up with what we want to end up with and that’s to win the World Cup.” Armstrong and the rest of Canada’s management team felt Babcock gave them the best chance to win the return of the World Cup, which takes place Sept. 17-Oct. 1 in Toronto. It’s an eight-team tournament involving Canada, the United States, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Team Europe and the 23-and-under Team North America.

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Former Raiders set for CIS playoffs with UBC SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

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his year has marked the official turnaround of the UBC Thunderbirds football program. They finished 2-6 a year ago, but with a new coaching staff they turned in a 6-2 record ahead of their first-round playoff game Saturday against the Manitoba Bisons.

Former John Barsby Bulldogs and Vancouver Island Raiders stars Marshall Cook and Dylan Chapdelaine made the transition to CIS football from junior this year, and have gotten it on the ground floor under new head coach Blake Nill.

Both Nanaimo products came out of the B.C. Football Conference as highend players in that league, named as All-Canadians at their respective positi ons.

But both have had their share of hurdles stepping up to a higher level.

“I kind of expected it,” said Cook, who is currently fifth in team receiving with 17 catches for 167 yards and a touchdown.

“When I came out of high school, I knew there was a lot of good players already on the team who were already developed, so I expected to not come into a role where I was going to be the go-to guy, by any means. I kind of expected the same thing here. It’s good to be able to do that, where you don’t have a huge amount of weight on your shoulders. It’s nice because there’s a lot of good players and a lot of guys I can learn a lot from.”

Chapdelaine had been a star linebacker in Nanaimo for the better part of the last decade, be it with the Barsby Bulldogs or the Raiders. He ended his junior football career by winning the Wally Buono Award as the top player at that level in the country.

He wanted to come to UBC and earn a starting role right away, but a training camp injury derailed his plans.

“I was out for four or five weeks,” Chapdelaine said. “I had to come through some adversity. I couldn’t run, so I had to come back and get in shape on the fly. I was trying to compete for the starting position, and now I’ve kind of locked it down.”

In their final game of the season

“I was trying to compete for a starting position, and now I’ve kind of locked it down.“ Dylan Chapdelaine, linebacker

against the same Manitoba team they’ll face on Saturday in the playoffs, Chapdelaine was tied for the team lead in tackles with three solo and seven assists.

“I’m fitting in pretty well at this point,” Chapdelaine said.

“At first, it was a big adjustment. But now that I’m in the stride of things, I’m getting a lot more comfortable where I am right now.”

After a dominant career with the Calgary Dinos, Nill was hired to take over the Thunderbirds and turn the program around.

Cook and Chapdelaine were two of his first recruits — along with former Penn State quarterback Michael O’Connor — and the two former Raiders are enjoying working under him.

“I thoroughly enjoy him,” Cook said.

“He’s a guy who really pushes us to strive to be as perfect as possible every day, and keeps the tempo up in practice, which is something that I had before, but it’s a little bit different.

“He likes to scream and shout a little bit, but that’s definitely something that I’m used to.”

Said Chapdelaine: “It’s intense. He’s a very intimidating guy. He strives for perfection.”

The Thunderbirds look to be on a collision course with Nill’s old team, Calgary, as they have already defeated Manitoba twice this year — 51-48 in September, and 24-10 last week.

But they aren’t looking past the Bisons, despite knowing they will likely have the undefeated Dinos waiting for them.

“I’m looking forward to the game, and we’re all pretty excited to go out there and fight for a title,” Chapdelaine said.

Saturday’s playoff game will be televised live on Global TV at noon. The Canada West title game is on Nov. 14.

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The trip begins today with a game against the Trail Smoke Eaters, who at 6-11-0-0 are in last place in the Interior Division.

The Nanaimo road trip gets signficicantly difficult Saturday, however, as they travel to take on the first-place

Penticton Vees, the same team that beat the Clippers in six games last season in the BCHL finals.

The Vees lost their season-opener 4-2 to the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, but have since gone on an 18-game winning streak. They’re led by projected first-round NHL draft picks Tyson Jost and Dante Fabbro, as well as 20-yearold forward Scott Conway. Jost and Conway are the only two players ahead of Nanaimo’s Sheldon Rempal in the BCHL scoring race.

The Clippers wrap up the road trip on Sunday against the West Kelowna Warriors.

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NHL

Miller has tinkered, tailored, soldiered on Canucks’ goalie is constantly evolving, but his play this season hasn’t sparked the drama of seasons past

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yan Miller warned everyone this year would be different.

It was subtle too, moments after the second game of the season. Miller was lamenting a couple of one-onone encounters which he had lost because, he theorized, he surrendered too much ice and time to shooters.

It was one of those occasions for Miller’s thoughtful self-reflection to ooze, something which can happen when you shift him from the routine, post-game “what went wrong (or right)?” script.

“I’m trying to get engaged and be on top of my crease,” Miller said.

“I’m going to live and die there.

“It’s where I have to be.”

How you respond to that pronouncement depends entirely on your perspective.

In Buffalo, where Miller is set to finally play his emotionally charged, long-awaited curtain call Saturday, they will likely nod.

Of course he’s going to play there.

On the top of his crease is where he roamed as he helped drag the Sabres to the Eastern Conference finals in 2007, and won a Vezina there in 2010.

But last year was one of change.

Miller tinkered with new ideas, opened himself to modern techniques, experimented, and pushed his flow back, playing deeper in that blue crease.

He hasn’t abandoned that process, that growth. But he has, instead, incorporated what works for him, while again choosing to “live and die” on his aggressive, read-and-react roots.

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Yannick Weber, centre, looks on as Pittsburgh Penguins’ right wing Eric Fehr, left, sends his shot past Vancouver Canucks goalie Ryan Miller during a game in Vancouver, on Wednesday. [AP PHOTO]

Jason Botchford The Province You can understand how playing deeper in a crease can help a goalie get to the backdoor plays more quickly.

It’s both logical and safe. It is not, however, for everyone.

Miller has not had issues with the backside plays and his performance has been a nice surprise for the Canucks to start this year.

He has a .923 save percentage

which ranks 15th, a number which would be far better if not for the four 3-on-3s.

Take those 3-on-3 overtimes away, and Miller has a .933 save percentage, which would be among the league leaders.

It’s encouraging stuff because Miller has only had one season in his career with a save percentage more than .920.

It hasn’t been perfect. He’s been better than he was in Wednesday’s loss to Pittsburgh.

But it’s been enough to stabilize the position, making up for mistakes made by a defence that is really not that good when you look beyond its top pairing.

Most remarkable, however, is probably the sound of silence which has swallowed the position.

For years, the Canucks net has been the source of one of the biggest and loudest group thinks in Vancouver history.

No one, however, is talking about who should start anymore. Any discussion basically revolves around how many games do you think the No. 1 should play?

And what would happen to the team if the No. 1 gets hurt?

These types question haven’t been the sole focus here on the net since Roberto Luongo’s early years.

They are telling when it comes to the Canucks lack of depth in the pos-

ition. But mainly this is about Miller’s consistency in the first month of the season.

All of this can change, and in a heartbeat. Miller could have a bad month.

Heck, a bad week. Jacob Markstrom could have a great one.

And again, we could be talking about how GM Jim Benning refused to trade Miller to the San Jose Sharks in the summer.

For now, the quiet is a nice change of pace.

Saturday’s game is a big one for Miller.

At his core, he’s an emotional player who will be confronted with a substantial chapter of his history for the first time since leaving.

He had an opportunity a year-anda-half ago to play the Sabres five weeks after his trade to St. Louis. He passed, essentially concluding it was too soon.

Then, last year, he was hurt four days before his scheduled start in Buffalo.

“It’s kind of weird it’s taken so long,” Miller said. “It’s been on my mind a little bit.”

The Sabres look nothing like the team Miller left. All that remains from his era are a couple of players and the training staff.

It doesn’t mean it will impact any less, being in that city and seeing that logo.

He said his parents will likely be there to see him play.

Good timing, because it’s been a while since they’ve seen him in this kind of groove.

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Bighill, Knox both receive three award nominations DAN RALPH THE CANADIAN PRESS

Jeff Knox Jr., and Jamaal Westerman have made quite an impact in their CFL debuts.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker and Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive lineman both received three nominations in balloting for the CFL’s individual awards Thursday.

Knox was a unanimous pick as Saskatchewan’s outstanding player, defensive player and rookie while Westerman was a unanimous selection as Winnipeg’s top Canadian and also got the nod as top player and defensive player.

Knox has been a bright spot for Saskatchewan (2-15), having recorded a team-record 107 tackles to stand second only to Adam Bighill of the B.C. Lions (117). The sixfoot-two, 225-pound Pittsburgh native also added 10 special-teams tackles, two fumble recoveries and an interception.

“Obviously for someone to get

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three nominations shows the type of season Jeff had,” Saskatchewan interim head coach Bob Dyce told reporters in Regina. “Jeff is one of our most valuable players on special teams and defence.

“When I look at his progress as a defensive player, he didn’t even start the year as a starting linebacker. He just showed and continued to get better as the year went on. He was slowed down a little bit by an injury at times this season but he’s one of

the most consistent players we had and played at a high level all year.”

Quarterback Kerry Joseph is the last Rider to be named the CFL’s outstanding player in 2007. Receiver Weston Dressler was the last Saskatchewan player to be named top rookie (2008) while defensive lineman John Chick was the CFL’s top defensive lineman in 2009.

“It’s odd for a rookie to get that (outstanding player nomination),” Dyce said. “Again, its a credit to Jeff and the level he played at this year. “(He was) one of the top tacklers in the league and he was rewarded for that.”

The six-foot-three, 249-pound Westerman has 15 sacks in his first season with Winnipeg. Prior to that, the New York native, who grew up in Brampton, Ont., appeared in 58 career NFL games with New York Jets (2009-11), Arizona Cardinals (2012), Indianapolis Colts (2012), Buffalo Bills (2013), Pittsburgh Steelers (2013) and Cleveland Browns (2014).

“It’s been a fun season except for the losing,” Westerman said in Toronto, where the Bombers will face the Argonauts on Friday night. “A lot of credit goes to my teammates because there’s no one guy out there doing all the work himself.

“It will mean more probably when you look back after the season but during the season you don’t think about those things, you think about going out and making plays and trying to help your team win the game.

Really, the best accolade is being a champion. You want to build upon it moving forward in the off-season and the years to come.”

Voting was conducted by members of the Football Reporters of Canada as well as the nine CFL head coaches.

Other multiple nominees in firstround voting included Bighill (B.C.’s top player, unanimous pick as defensive player) and Montreal Alouettes returner Stefan Logan (outstanding player, special-teams player).

Quarterback Henry Burris was a unanimous selection as the Ottawa

Redblacks outstanding player nominee while ’14 Grey Cup MVP Bo Levi Mitchell got the nod for the Calgary Stampeders and injured quarterback Zach Collaros was voted the Hamilton Tiger-Cats outstanding player.

Burris, 40, leads the CFL in passing (5,335 yards) with a 70.7 completion percentage and has been instrumental in the resurgence of Ottawa, which heads into the final week of the regular season leading the East with an 11-6 record after going 2-16 in its inaugural 2014 campaign.

Michell is second overall in passing yards (4,551 yards) while Collaros was the league’s passing leader (3,376 yards) prior to suffering a season-ending knee injury.

The other top player award nominees were quarterbacks Trevor Harris of the Toronto Argonauts and Mike Reilly of the Edmonton Eskimos. Harris is tops in TD passes (32) and interceptions (18) and third in passing yards (4,144) but recently was replaced as Toronto’s starter by veteran Ricky Ray.

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1979 was a ‘Caps party Valentine could see happening again in 2015 MARC WEBER THE PROVINCE

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arl Valentine sees the similarities.

With the Whitecaps set to host their first-ever MLS playoff game on Sunday (7 p.m., B.C. Place, TSN, TSN 1410), with them one win away from the Western Conference final, it’s impossible not to think back to 1979.

That’s when the Tony Waiters-coached Caps went on a run and won the Soccer Bowl. When they captured the city’s imagination.

When an estimated 100,000 fans lined the streets to celebrate the team’s triumphant return from New Jersey’s Giants Stadium a day after the win.

“I’m even more amazed looking back now because there was no social media,” says Valentine, the popular winger-turned-club-ambassador.

“We flew back on the Sunday. I don’t know how they got the word out. It was pretty amazing.”

These Caps still have some sizable steps to go, of course.

They have to get past a very good Portland team on Sunday, a game that will be played in front of 27,500 fans, a lower-bowl sellout.

After a scoreless first leg last Sunday at Providence Park, the Caps have to win outright after 90 minutes, or take their chances in extra time and perhaps penalties if there’s another 0-0 result.

Any tie involving goals means the Timbers are through to the conference finals, because away goals is the first tiebreaker.

Seattle or Dallas will be waiting in the two-legged conference final, then the Eastern Conference winner in MLS Cup, a one-off game hosted by the highest seed.

For the dreamers out there, the Caps would host MLS Cup against anyone other than the New York Red Bulls, who were the best team during the regular season.

“It’s all there for this team, and I think that’s what they probably feel and they talk about everyday,” says Valentine, who was 21 and a rookie Whitecap during that memorable ‘79 run.

“It’s a wonderful, wonderful opportunity.

“When you’re in the playoffs — whether people think it’s pie-in-

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Hawks star Kane will not face charges CAROLYN THOMPSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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the-sky — you always envision that you’re going to get to the final and that you’re going to win it.”

Vancouver’s roller-coaster playoff run in ‘79 — the era of gimmicky shootouts, and mini-games, and mini-game shootouts — began with a two-game sweep of the Dallas Tornado. In the conference semifinals, Kevin Hector’s mini-game goal in front of 32,000 at Empire Stadium lifted the Caps past Johan Cruyff’s L.A. Aztecs and into the conference championship against the star-studded New York Cosmos.

The Caps won the first leg 2-0 at a packed Empire Stadium, lost the second leg 3-2 in a shootout, and then won the series in a mini-game shootout when New York’s Nelsi Morais took more than the allowed five seconds to score from the 35-yard line.

Somewhere in that three-and-ahalf-hour marathon match, Valentine had a crossbar-and-down goal overturned after the Cosmos mobbed the linesman.

And you thought last week’s Portland-K.C. shootout was crazy?

The Caps went on to win the title, 2-1, over the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Giants Stadium on a pair of Trevor

Whymark goals. There’s plenty about Carl Robinson’s squad that reminds Valentine of those heady days.

“We didn’t have stars,” he says. “We had Alan Ball, a World Cup winner, but we were a team of good players.

We were a team. We worked harder than anyone, and we were solid defensively. That was our foundation. “(John) Craven and (Roger) Kenyon — they weren’t ‘rah-rah’ centre-backs. They just went and kicked guys and they were solid defensive players. (Tim) Parker doesn’t back down, and obviously Kendall Waston is one of the best centre-backs in MLS. “Pedro (Morales) reminds me of Alan Ball, who was instrumental, and hopefully Pedro can get significant minutes, which would mean a great deal.

“And we played with two wide guys, Willie Johnston and myself, and we have wide guys now that can go by defenders.”

Valentine sees some of himself in Kekuta Manneh and Cristian Techera — Manneh’s directness when taking on defenders and Techera’s ability to ride tackles.

Manneh, though, “is way more skilled than I was,” Valentine says.

And he marvels at Techera’s soccer IQ for a 23-year-old.

“The way he pops up in the holes and keeps us in possession and seems to find an option more often than not,” says Valentine. “His game intelligence is way ahead off where you’d expect.”

Caps fans used to seeing the infectious Valentine pop up around B.C. Place might have noticed his absence for a chunk of this season.

He had double knee surgery in July — from “doing all Bobby’s running,” he likes to joke — and it’s been a rough road back.

He credits his partner, Andrea, for some needed kicks up the backside, and his physiotherapist, Nico Berg, the longtime 86er/Whitecap.

“I’m in pain every time I see him,” quips Valentine. “I’m not sure if that’s because he’s a good physio, or if I did something wrong when I coached him.

“He’s been a godsend for me.”

Valentine’s back to work now. He raised a Whitecaps flag at Vancouver City Hall on Tuesday.

And he’ll be where he’s happiest — amongst the fans — on Sunday.

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Seahawks WR Lockette released from hospital THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette said on social media that he has been released from a Dallas hospital following surgery to stabilize ligaments in his neck. Lockette posted mes-

sages to Twitter and Instagram on Thursday saying, “Thanks for all the support. I’ve just been released from the hospital and the road to recovery has started!!!”

Lockette was injured Sunday in Seattle’s 13-12 win over Dallas on a hit from Cowboys safety Jeff Heath

during a punt return. Lockette was knocked out and laid motionless on the field for several minutes. He was eventually strapped to a backboard and taken off the field.

Lockette underwent surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas on Monday. The surgery was

deemed successful and all neurological signs were positive.

Lockette has been a special teams standout for the Seahawks since joining the team in 2011. He’s also been part of Seattle’s rotation of receivers.

Lockette had four catches for 69 yards and a touchdown this season.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Prosecutors dropped a rape investigation against Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane on Thursday, citing a lack of credible evidence in a case “rife with reasonable doubt” and said the accuser no longer wanted to co-operate.

Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said a three-month investigation found that physical and forensic evidence “tend to contradict” the accuser’s claim that she was raped last Aug. 2 at Kane’s off-season home outside Buffalo.

“The DNA results lend no corroboration whatsoever to the complainant’s claim,” said Sedita, who decided against presenting the case to a grand jury for possible charges.

Sedita said the 21-year-old accuser had recently signed an affidavit saying she did not want to press charges. “The totality of the credible evidence — the proof — does not sufficiently substantiate the complainant’s allegation that she was raped by Patrick Kane,” Sedita said, “and this so-called ‘case’ is rife with reasonable doubt.”

The decision ends a high-profile investigation that led to Kane’s removal from the cover of a popular NHL video game, and chants of “She said no!” and “No means no!” during a couple of early road games for the Blackhawks and their star winger, a former No. 1 overall draft pick.

“We knew all along that Patrick didn’t do anything wrong,” his agent, Pat Brisson, said in a text to The Associated Press. “We are pleased with the results from the investigation. It’s finally concluded.”

A person who answered the accuser’s mother’s cellphone hung up Thursday when contacted by The AP. The accuser’s lawyer, Roland Cercone, did not immediately return a message left seeking comment. The Blackhawks were travelling to New Jersey for a game Friday night.

The case dominated headlines in Buffalo and Chicago for weeks. At 26, Kane is one of the NHL’s top young stars and he has won three Stanley Cup championships in Chicago over the past six years.

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Former NHLer Keith Tkachuk and son Matthew ’a spitting image’ RYAN MCKENNA THE CANADIAN PRESS

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s an NHL player, Dale Hunter saw firsthand the skills that made Keith Tkachuk an elite power forward.

Now coaching the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights, Hunter sees the same toughness and scoring prowess in Tkachuk’s son.

Matthew Tkachuk, a six-footone, 195-pound forward, joined the Knights for his draft season and is shaping up an intimidating power forward much like his father.

“You see (Keith’s) stature, he could score goals, played hard and again, a lot like Matthew,” Hunter said.

“He finds good areas to score and he plays hard, and he’s hard to play against. (Keith) was very hard to play against, he’s a lot like his son, they’re sort of a spitting image.”

Keith Tkachuk was one of the best power forwards of his era.

He made his debut with the Winnipeg Jets in 1991-92 and finished his career with 538 goals and 527 assists in 1,201 games with Winnipeg/Arizona, St. Louis and Atlanta.

He was an all-star five times and reached the 50-goal plateau twice. Internationally, he represented the United States at four Olympic Games and helped the Americans win the 1996 World Cup. “He’s a huge influence. I mean I look to him whenever there’s a problem, whenever there’s something good‚ I tell him everything,” said Matthew Tkachuk at the All-American Prospects Game in Buffalo, N.Y., in September. “He’s been there every step of the way for me so far and he’ll continue to be.”

Prior to joining London,

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Colin Kaepernick benched by 49ers, Blaine Gabbert will start on Sunday Three years after Colin Kaepernick led the San Francisco 49ers on a Super Bowl run, coach Jim Tomsula decided his struggling quarterback needed a break and his dormant offence needed a change.

Tomsula announced Wednesday that Blaine Gabbert will take over the starting role from Kaepernick this week as the Niners look for any kind of spark they can get after failing to score a touchdown three times in the past five games.

“In no way is 2-6 all on Colin Kaepernick,” Tomsula said. “That’s all of us, OK. That’s all of us. Everybody here on the Niners. We all take a big chunk of that.

Phil Mickelson leaves swing coach Butch Harmon after eight years Five-time major champion Phil Mickelson has decided to leave swing coach Butch Harmon after eight years. Mickelson said in a statement Wednesday to Golf.com that he has learned a great deal from Harmon since they began working together in 2007.

Mickelson said at this time he needs to “hear new ideas from a different perspective.”

Shortly after he began working with Harmon, Mickelson won The Players Championship and then added the Deutsche Bank Championship while going headto-head with Tiger Woods.

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“He’s in front of the net, he’s got no fear.“ Dale Hunter, London Knights

Tkachuk dominated for the U.S. under-18 team last season with 96 points in 65 games.

The left-winger also had a good showing at the under-18 world championship — tying for third in tournament scoring for the champion Americans. Teammate and projected first-overall pick at the 2016 NHL draft Auston Matthews led the tournament with eight goals and seven assists in seven games.

Tkachuk said he decided to join the Knights because of their ability to produce great players.

The 17-year-old has already shown this season why he’s been touted as a high pick at next June’s draft. Playing alongside Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Mitchell Marner and Christian Dvorak, Matthew is second in OHL scoring with five goals and 19 assists through 15 games.

“He’s in front of the net, he’s got no fear, he’s got great hands in tight,” Hunter said. “He gets them off the rush but he also gets them NHL style, standing in front, tipping pucks and winning battles.”

His performance at the All-American Prospects Game started his season out on the right foot, scoring once and adding two assists for a team coached by Keith Tkachuk’s longtime teammate and friend Jeremy Roenick.

The opportunity to coach Matthew was something that Roenick had been looking forward too.

“I was there when Matthew was born and watched him grow up and then I saw his name on the list and made a couple phone calls to make sure he was on my team,” Roenick said. “Keith said, ’You better play my kid a lot, he needs to get drafted high.’ I said, ’Don’t worry, I’m gonna try and get him to play the whole game.”’

With a lot riding on his future after this season, Keith Tkachuk’s advice to his son was simple.

“His two main points of focus, always, is about compete and be a good teammate,” Matthew Tkachuk said.

“So that’s what I focus on every day.”

Roger Federer falls at Paris Masters to big serve of John Isner in three sets Roger Federer finally cracked under the unrelenting serve of John Inser, losing 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to the American in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion looked like he might grind out a win, saving all six break points and fighting back from 6-2 down in the decisive tiebreaker.

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cessful at every other one we have hosted. I think it’s a natural progression for us to seriously look at bidding for the men’s World Cup.” The CSA released figures Thursday showing the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and 2014 U-20 Women’s World Cup created a combined $493.6 million in economic activity. That exceeded the preliminary projections of $337 million made in February 2014.

The cost for the two tournaments was $216 million. They generated $249 million in net

economic activity with $97.6 million in tax revenues, the association said.

Montagliani couldn’t immediately say how much economic activity the tournaments generated individually.

“Rest assured the bulk of those numbers are reflected in the 2015 tournament,” he said.

“From a budgeting standpoint we always treated it as one project. That’s the way FIFA likes to treat these things.”

This year’s women’s World Cup was held between June 6 and July 5. The 24-team tournament

played games in venues at Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton, N.B. A crowd of 53,341 watched the U.S. defeat Japan 5-2 in the final at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver. Overall the tournament’s 52 games attracted 1,353,506 fans for an average attendance of 26,029. The CSA says more than 84,000 visitors made one or more day trips while 174,000 visitors made an overnight visit to one of the host cities. A total of 96,000 American fans crossed the border.

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METROPOLITAN DIVISION

Washington N.Y. Rangers N.Y. Islanders

*3 12 12 14

: 9 8 7

/ 27/ 3 0 2 1 4 2

6/ 0 1 1

*) 40 36 39

*$ 29 23 35

3WV 18 18 17

+RPH 5-2-0-0 6-1-1-0 5-2-2-0

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

/DVW 6WUN 8-2-0-0 W-1 6-2-1-1 W-3 5-3-1-1 L-1

*3 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 13 12 13

: / 27/ 8 4 0 6 5 1 6 5 1 5 4 2 6 5 0 4 6 3 5 7 0 5 8 0 2 8 0 3 10 0

6/ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0

*) 27 43 30 34 29 25 26 29 26 30

*$ 22 40 31 26 31 39 34 39 40 48

3WV 16 13 13 13 13 11 10 10 6 6

+RPH 4-2-0-0 1-4-1-0 3-3-0-0 3-2-1-0 2-3-0-1 3-2-1-0 1-3-0-0 3-5-0-0 1-4-0-1 0-5-0-0

$ZD\ 4-2-0-0 5-1-0-0 3-2-1-0 2-2-1-1 4-2-0-0 1-4-2-0 4-4-0-0 2-3-0-0 1-4-0-1 3-5-0-0

/DVW 8-2-0-0 6-3-1-0 4-5-1-0 4-3-2-1 6-3-0-1 3-5-2-0 5-5-0-0 4-6-0-0 2-6-0-2 3-7-0-0

6WUN W-5 L-2 W-2 L-3 L-1 L-6 L-1 L-1 L-1 W-1

6WUN W-1 W-1 W-1

WILD CARD

Pittsburgh Boston Detroit Florida New Jersey Philadelphia Carolina Buffalo Toronto Columbus

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION

Dallas St. Louis Nashville

*3 : 13 10 13 9 12 8

/ 27/ 3 0 3 1 2 2

6/ 0 0 0

*) 46 36 35

*$ 37 31 27

3WV 20 19 18

+RPH 5-1-0-0 4-1-1-0 4-0-1-0

$ZD\ 5-2-0-0 5-2-0-0 4-2-1-0

/DVW 8-2-0-0 7-2-1-0 6-2-2-0

PACIFIC DIVISION

Los Angeles Vancouver Arizona

*3 12 13 12

: 8 6 6

/ 27/ 4 0 3 4 5 1

6/ 0 0 0

*) 29 38 34

*$ 25 29 34

3WV 16 16 13

+RPH 4-3-0-0 2-3-3-0 2-3-0-0

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

/DVW 6WUN 8-2-0-0 W-1 4-3-3-0 L-1 4-5-1-0 W-1

*3 14 12 13 12 13 13 14 12

: 8 7 7 6 5 4 4 3

/ 27/ 4 1 3 2 5 1 6 0 8 0 8 1 9 0 7 1

6/ 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

*) 42 37 33 33 36 35 32 17

*$ 38 35 32 33 41 40 57 31

3WV 18 16 15 12 10 9 9 8

+RPH 3-2-1-0 5-1-0-0 6-1-1-0 2-3-0-0 3-4-0-0 2-4-1-0 2-5-0-0 3-2-0-1

$ZD\ 5-2-0-1 2-2-2-0 1-4-0-0 4-3-0-0 2-4-0-0 2-4-0-0 2-4-0-1 0-5-1-0

/DVW 5-3-1-1 5-3-2-0 5-4-1-0 4-6-0-0 5-5-0-0 3-6-1-0 3-6-0-1 3-6-1-0

WILD CARD

Winnipeg Minnesota Chicago San Jose Edmonton Colorado Calgary Anaheim

6WUN L-1 L-2 L-1 L-1 W-1 L-1 W-1 W-2

1RWH a team winning in overtime or shootout gets two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout gets one point in the OTL or SOL columns.

Chicago at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Vancouver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Florida at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

/,*+71,1* 6$%5(6

Wash (interference) 13:26, Boston bench (too many men) 19:49.

7KLUG 3HULRG 5. Washington, Alzner 1, 18:10 (en) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\

)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 7 (Filppula, Palat) 5:55 2. Tampa Bay, Johnson 2 (Killorn, Kucherov) 11:35 3. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 5 (Namestnikov, Coburn) 18:20 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Condra TB (hooking) 7:49.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 4. Buffalo, Eichel 5 (Weber, Ennis) 4:21 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Girgensons Buf (highsticking) 5:12, Sustr TB (interference) 18:21.

7KLUG 3HULRG 5. Tampa Bay, Hedman 1 (Sustr) 19:30 (en) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Weber Buf (boarding) 11:26, Weber Buf (delay of game) 15:37.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ 11 8

8 21

3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;22 2â&#x20AC;&#x201D;31

*RDO VKRWV VDYHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (W, 2-0-0); Buffalo: Ullmark (L, 2-2-0)(11-8), Johnson (start second, 10-10). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tampa Bay: 0-3; Buffalo: 0-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,161 at Buffalo, N.Y.

&$3,7$/6 %58,16 )LUVW 3HULRG 1. Boston, Hayes 4 (Connolly, Miller) 12:47 (pp) 2. Washington, Ovechkin 7 (Kuznetsov, Carlson) 17:27 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Latta Wash (tripping) 10:55, Krug Bos (delay of game) 12:52.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 3. Washington, Laich 1 (Orlov, Latta) 4:10 4. Washington, Carlson 3 (Backstrom, Williams) 7:21 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hayes Bos (slashing) 6:10, Marchand Bos (roughing) 6:52, Randell %RV /DWWD :DVK Ă&#x20AC;JKWLQJ 2VKLH

Boston Washington

9 14

13 9

7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;29 8â&#x20AC;&#x201D;31

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Boston: Rask (L, 3-5-1); Washington: Holtby (W, 7-3-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Boston: 1-2; Washington: 1-4. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,506 at Washington, D.C.

CA1$',(16 ,6/$1'(56 )LUVW 3HULRG 1. Montreal, Weise 8 (Petry, Subban) 18:50 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.Y. Islanders bench (too many men) 13:17, Strome NYI (hooking) 17:30.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. N.Y. Islanders, Okposo 4 (Boychuk, Halak) 3:35 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pacioretty Mtl (holding) 1:33, Okposo NYI (holding), Gallagher Mtl (high-sticking) 11:15, Desharnais Mtl (hooking) 11:55.

7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Montreal, Desharnais 4 (Fleischmann, Beaulieu) 6:22 4. Montreal, Gallagher 6 (Pacioretty, Plekanec) 7:55 5. Montreal, Plekanec 6 (Gallagher, Pacioretty) 17:57 (en) 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Petry Mtl (tripping) 12:29.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ N.Y. Islanders Montreal

5 8

8 7

Philadelphia Calgary

8 8

9 10

8 10

2â&#x20AC;&#x201D;27 2â&#x20AC;&#x201D;30

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Philadelphia: Neuvirth (L, 2-2-1); Calgary: Ramo (W, 2-4-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Philadelphia: 0-2; Calgary: 0-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19,289 at Calgary.

6(1$7256 -(76 62

FirVW 3HULRG 1. Ottawa, Ceci 2 (Pageau) 10:01 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Smith Ott (hooking) 6:47, Stuart Wpg (high-sticking) 10:56.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Ottawa, Ryan 5 (Zibanejad, Karlsson) 12:04 3. Winnipeg, Ladd 4 (Wheeler, Enstrom) 17:19 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Myers Wpg (high-sticking) 18:34, Turris Ott (holding stick) 18:58.

7KLUG 3HULRG 4. Winnipeg, Byfuglien 4, 0:26 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

2YHUWLPH Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

6KRRWRXW Âł 2WWDZD ZLQV :LQQLSHJ : Wheeler, goal; Ladd, miss; 2WWDZD Ryan, goal; Turris, goal; Zibanejad, goal.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Winnipeg Ottawa

9 10 11 10

14 7

7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;40 3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;31

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Winnipeg: Hutchinson (SOL, 4-1-1); Ottawa: Anderson (W, 6-3-1). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Winnipeg: 0-2; Ottawa: 0-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 17,195 at Ottawa.

&2<27(6 $9$/$1&+(

TKXUVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Arizona 4 Colorado 2 Calgary 2 Philadelphia 1 (OT) Montreal 4 N.Y. Islanders 1 Nashville 3 Minnesota 2 Ottawa 3 Winnipeg 2 (SO) Tampa Bay 4 Buffalo 1 Washington 4 Boston 1 Columbus at Los Angeles Florida at San Jose :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Anaheim 3 Florida 2 (SO) Pittsburgh 3 Vancouver 2 St. Louis 6 Chicago 5 (OT) Winnipeg 4 Toronto 2 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay Buffalo

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015

5â&#x20AC;&#x201D;18 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;24

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.Y. Islanders: Halak (L, 4-2-1); Montreal: Condon (W, 5-0-1). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.Y. Islanders: 0-3; Montreal: 1-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 21,288 at Montreal.

)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Arizona, Grossmann 1 (Boedker, Murphy) 7:05 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gormley Col (hooking) 19:05.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Arizona, Rieder 5 (Hanzal) 2:41 3. Colorado, McLeod 2 (Johnson) 3:48 4. Arizona, Grossmann 2 (Hanzal, Murphy) 5:16 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Richardson Ariz (tripping) 5:47, Johnson Col (delay of game) 7:58, Zadorov Col (hooking) 8:51, Stone Ariz (hooking) 13:10, MacKinnon Col (cross-checking) 15:59, MacKinnon Col (interference) 18:30.

7KLUG 3HULRG 5. Colorado, Duchene 4 (MacKinnon) 16:14 6. Arizona, Martinook 2 (Boedker) 19:46 (en) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Doan Ariz (tripping) 1:35, McLeod Col (holding) 4:15, Duclair Ariz (tripping) 5:01, Ekman-Larsson Ariz (boarding) 9:52.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Colorado Arizona

7 9

12 13

9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28 6â&#x20AC;&#x201D;28

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colorado: Varlamov (L, 3-6-1); Arizona: Smith (W, 5-3-1). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDO FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Colorado: 0-5; Arizona: 0-6. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.A. at Glendale, Ariz.

35('$7256 :,/' )LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ekholm Nash (tripping) 10:21, Suter Minn (slashing) 14:34, Neal Nash, Carter Minn (roughing) 16:56.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Nashville, Fisher 2 (Weber) 16:06 2. Minnesota, Scandella 2 (Suter, Koivu) 17:36 (pp) 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ellis Nash (hooking) 17:24.

7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Nashville, Josi 3, 0:12 4. Minnesota, Dumba 2 (Spurgeon, Zucker) 6:51 (pp) 5. Nashville, Hodgson 1, 14:39 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Josi Nash (tripping) 4:37, Jackman Nash (high-sticking) 6:14, Neal Nash (charging) 7:54, Wilson Nash (slashing) 18:21.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Nashville Minnesota

7 6

9 14

8â&#x20AC;&#x201D;24 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;29

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nashville: Rinne (W, 7-1-2); Minnesota: Dubnyk (L, 7-3-1). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nashville: 0-1; Minnesota: 2-6. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19,024 at St. Paul, Minn.

FOOTBALL

LATE WEDNESDAY

WHL

'8&.6 3$17+(56 62

EASTERN CONFERENCE

)LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Luongo Fla (tripping) 9:05, Stoner Ana (cross-checking) 15:30.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Florida, Grimaldi 1 (Howden, Mackenzie) 5:01 2. Anaheim, Stewart 2 (Bieksa, Horcoff) 7:50 3. Florida, Gudbranson 1 (Bjugstad, Huberdeau) 17:57 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bieksa Ana (interference) 2:14, Bjugstad Fla (holding) 5:49, Perry Ana (tripping) 13:12.

7KLUG 3HULRG 4. Anaheim, Perry 1 (Kesler, Lindholm) 19:54 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Campbell Fla (slashing) 2:10, Howden Fla (hooking) 15:48, Campbell Fla (high-sticking) 19:20.

2YHUWLPH Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D;None.

6KRRWRXW Âł $QDKHLP ZLQV )ORULGD Pirri, goal; Trocheck, miss; Bjugstad, miss; Huberdeau, miss; $QDKHLP : Perry, miss; Silfverberg, goal; Kesler, miss; Stewart, goal.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Florida Anaheim

6 14

9 13

5 10

5â&#x20AC;&#x201D;25 2â&#x20AC;&#x201D;39

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: Luongo (SOL, 3-4-2); Anaheim: Andersen (W, 2-5-2). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: 0-3; Anaheim: 1-5. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15,169 at Anaheim, Calif.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Toronto Atlanta Cleveland Detroit Washington Chicago Miami Charlotte Indiana Milwaukee New York Boston Orlando Philadelphia Brooklyn

W

L

Pct

GB

5 5 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0

0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5

1.000 .833 .800 .750 .750 .667 .600 .400 .400 .400 .400 .250 .200 .000 .000

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 /2 1 1 1 /2 11/2 11/2 2 3 3 3 3 31/2 4 41/2 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State L.A. Clippers Phoenix Portland Memphis Utah San Antonio Oklahoma City Minnesota Denver Dallas Houston Sacramento New Orleans L.A. Lakers

W

L

Pct

GB

5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0

0 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4

1.000 .800 .600 .600 .600 .600 .600 .500 .500 .400 .400 .400 .200 .000 .000

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 2 2 2 2 2 21/2 21/2 3 3 3 4 41/2 41/2

7KXUVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Charlotte 108 Dallas 94 Chicago 104 Oklahoma City 98 Miami 96 Minnesota 84 Utah 96 Denver 84 Memphis at Portland :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Atlanta 101 Brooklyn 87 Cleveland 96 New York 86 Golden State 112 L.A. Clippers 108 Houston 119 Orlando 114 (OT) Indiana 100 Boston 98 Milwaukee 91 Philadelphia 87 Phoenix 118 Sacramento 97 Portland 108 Utah 92 Toronto 103 Oklahoma City 98 Washington 102 San Antonio 99 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Houston at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Minnesota at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

WORLD UNDER-17 CHALLENGE

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 3 1 1 64 50 26 3 0 2 66 42 24 5 2 1 59 48 19 6 3 0 54 62 17 6 1 0 39 49 15 8 2 0 41 50 14

CENTRAL DIVISION Red Deer Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

17 15 18 17 13 17

12 5 10 5 9 8 5 9 5 6 3 12

0 0 0 3 1 2

0 0 1 0 1 0

66 64 50 43 48 38

50 48 63 58 53 71

24 20 19 13 12 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W 18 12 16 11 14 8 14 6 15 4

L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 5 0 1 58 36 25 5 0 0 62 49 22 6 0 0 39 37 16 8 0 0 46 50 12 8 2 1 43 63 11

15 17 14 11 16

9 7 7 6 6

5 7 7 4 9

1 2 0 0 1

0 1 0 1 0

54 48 41 24 49

39 63 34 25 56

19 17 14 13 13

7KXUVGD\ V UHVXOWV No Games Scheduled. :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Edmonton 4 Seattle 2 Prince Albert 3 Calgary 2 Victoria 5 Moose Jaw 2 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV 0RXQWDLQ Red Deer at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Regina at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Victoria at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Seattle at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Victoria at Regina, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

BCHL ISLAND DIVISION GP Cowichan Valley 18 Nanaimo 18 Powell River 19 Alberni Valley 17 Victoria 19

W 10 11 10 6 5

L 5 7 9 9 12

T OTL GF GA 1 2 70 96 0 0 71 54 0 0 58 51 1 1 40 59 0 2 44 61

Pt 23 22 20 14 12

L 1 4 5 9 13 11

T OTL GF GA 0 0 84 36 2 1 77 51 0 2 63 55 0 1 102 55 0 1 65 91 0 0 51 74

Pt 36 25 24 19 13 12

T OTL GF GA 2 1 69 45 0 0 73 49 1 2 67 49 1 2 47 70 0 1 38 73 0 0 46 96

Pt 25 24 23 17 11 8

INTERIOR DIVISION GP Penticton 19 Salmon Arm 18 West Kelowna 18 Vernon 19 Merritt 20 Trail 17

W 18 11 11 9 6 6

MAINLAND DIVISION Wenatchee Langley Chilliwack Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

GP 19 18 18 18 18 19

7KXUVGD\¡V UHVXOWV

QUARTER-FINALS $W 'DZVRQ &UHHN % & &DQDGD 5HG &DQDGD %ODFN &DQDGD :KLWH 4 Finland 2 $W )RUW 6W -RKQ % & Sweden 5 United States 4 Russia 6 Czech Republic 1 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ $W )RUW 6W -RKQ % &

PLACEMENT GAME (5TH-8TH) Finland vs. United States, 3:30 p.m.

SEMIFINAL Russia vs. &DQDGD 5HG, 8 p.m. $W 'DZVRQ &UHHN % & &DQDGD %ODFN vs. Czech Republic, 4:30 p.m.

SEMIFINAL Sweden vs. &DQDGD :KLWH, 9 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV $W 'DZVRQ &UHHN % &

THIRD PLACE 6HPLĂ&#x20AC;QDO /RVHUV S P

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

PLAYOFFS

PLACEMENT GAME (5TH-8TH)

B.C. DIVISION Victoria Kelowna Prince George Kamloops Vancouver

W 11 12 10 7 5 4

L 5 6 5 8 12 15

EAST DIVISION

$W 'DZVRQ &UHHN DQG )RUW 6W -RKQ % &

EAST DIVISION GP W Prince Albert 17 12 Brandon 16 11 Moose Jaw 16 8 Saskatoon 16 7 Regina 14 7 Swift Current 16 6

CFL

7KXUVGD\¡V UHVXOW Langley 10 Surrey 4 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV /RFDO Vernon at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Langley at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Merritt at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Prince George at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.

Nanaimo at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Salmon Arm at Langley, 6 p.m.

Nanaimo at Penticton, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Vernon at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Trail at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

6XQGD\¡V JDPHV Prince George at Victoria, 2 p.m.

Nanaimo at West Kelowna, 2:30 p.m.

Vernon at Surrey, 4 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Chilliwack, 5 p.m.

GP W L T PF PA 17 11 6 0 420 426 17 10 7 0 502 347 17 9 8 0 417 488 17 6 11 0 364 372

Pt 22 20 18 12

WEST DIVISION y-Edmonton x-Calgary x-B.C. Winnipeg Saskatchewan

GP W L T PF PA 18 14 4 0 466 341 17 13 4 0 450 339 17 7 10 0 430 458 17 5 12 0 342 481 17 2 15 0 400 539

Pt 28 26 14 10 4

x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; clinched playoff berth y â&#x20AC;&#x201D; clinched division WEEK 20 )ULGD\¡V JDPH Âł $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Winnipeg at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\ V JDPHV Hamilton at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

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

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

END OF REGULAR SEASON

NFL

CHAMPIONSHIP 6HPLĂ&#x20AC;QDO :LQQHUV S P

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

SOCCER

EAST

MLS PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS WZR JDPH WRWDO JRDO VHULHV $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ

EASTERN CONFERENCE NEW YORK (1) VS. D.C. (4) 1HZ <RUN OHDGV VHULHV

6XQGD\ V JDPH D.C. at New York, 3 p.m.

COLUMBUS (2) VS. MONTREAL (3) 0RQWUHDO OHDGV VHULHV

6XQGD\ V JDPH Montreal at Columbus, 5 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE DALLAS (1) VS. SEATTLE (4) 'DOODV OHDGV VHULHV

6XQGD\ V JDPH Seattle at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

VANCOUVER (2) VS. PORTLAND (3) 6HULHV WLHG

6XQGD\ V JDPH Portland at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

TENNIS ATP BNP PARIBAS MASTERS $W 3DULV 7KXUVGD\¡V UHVXOWV 6LQJOHV ³ 7KLUG 5RXQG Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Gilles Simon (14), France, 6-3, 7-5.

Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. David *RIĂ&#x20AC;Q %HOJLXP John Isner (13), U.S., def. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (5).

Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def.

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-4, 7-5.

Rafael Nadal (7), Spain, def. Kevin Anderson (11), South Africa, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2.

'RXEOHV Âł 6HFRQG 5RXQG 9DVHN 3RVSLVLO 9HUQRQ % &., & Jack Sock, U.S., def. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, & Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (2).

GOLF

New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

W 7 4 3 3

L 0 3 4 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .571 .429 .429

PF 249 172 176 154

PA 133 139 173 173

W 8 4 2 2

L 0 4 6 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .250 .222

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CINCINNATI â&#x20AC;&#x201D; For one half, Johnny Football looked like what the Browns expected. All it led to was yet another loss.

Andy Dalton connected with tight end Tyler Eifert for three scores and played the role of blocker on Mohamed Sanuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reverse for a touchdown, setting up Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 31-10 victory over Johnny Manziel and Cleveland on Thursday night.

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managed only 32 yards and two first downs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty upset,â&#x20AC;? said Manziel, who finished 15 of 33 for 168 yards and was sacked three times, all in the fourth quarter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had momentum coming into the second half. We just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do enough.â&#x20AC;?

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23 “Well done!”

24 Gladden 28 Free from worry 32 Heating or cooling device 35 Bidirectional, as a door 36 Judicious 37 Informal ending 38 Burning fruit?

42 Lunchbox staple 43 RSVP enclosure 44 Skip, as a syllable 45 Draw out 48 Islands near the Bahamas 49 Name meaning “born again” 50 Slip up 51 Window-shade order?

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» EVENTS // EMAIL: EVENTS@NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM FRIDAY, NOV. 6 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nanaimo Pottery Co-op’s November Show and Sale at Country Club Centre 3200 North Island Highway, Nanaimo.

Show continues Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. yo 5 p.m.

2 p.m. Yonatan Shapira, From Air Force Pilot to Peace Activist, at St. Andrews Untied Church.

311 Fitzwilliam St. Free admission. MidIslanders for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. For information, 250-758-0966.

SATURDAY, NOV. 7 10 a.m. Bastion City Wanderers Volkssport

Club invites you to a 6-km or 11-km walk at Christie Falls, Ladysmith. Meet at the end of Christie Rd in front of red TimberWest gate.

Park on the side of the road. Registration at 9:45 a.m. For information, call Ethel at 250-756-9796.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Annual World Craft Bazaar at Knox United Church, Ethical, exotic gift choices and Fair Trade goods. Lunch available.

Free admission. Co-sponsored by Karios and Knox Church. Pym at Humphrey streets, Parksville. For information call 250-248-0310.

Noon-4 p.m. A variety of carvings of takes place at the Annual Woodcarving Show, at the Seniors Centre, 500 Bowen Rd. Entry $2,

put on by the Harbour City Seniors Mid-Island Woodcarving Club. For information, or to show carvings, call Don Olsen, 250-758-6898 or olsen272@telus.net.

6:30 p.m. Sweets and Songs fundraiser: Evening of food, drinks music and bake sale. All proceeds support Mission Team in CamCam, the Philippines in January. Departure Bay Baptist Church. 3510 Departure Bay Rd. For information: 250-758-9334.

Huether and drummer Randall Miron, plays jazz standards, Latin and some original tunes at the Crofton Hotel Pub, 1534 Joan Ave. in Crofton. Admission: $15. Information: 250-3242245 or http://croftonhotel.ca.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11 7-9 p.m. Audition call for Nanaimo Theatre Group’s Love Song at the Bailey Studio, 2373 Rosstown Rd, Nanaimo; male and female actors needed, ages 20-60; for information: 250-758-7246

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.

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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.

FRIDAY, NOV. 13 7 p.m. Joceylyn Alice with special guests at The Queen’s, 34 Victoria Cres., Tickets $10, $15 at the door.

8 p.m. Longwood Brew Pub presents Brandon Stone, Kat, 5775 Turner Rd., Nanaimo. .

SUNDAY, NOV. 8 2-5 p.m. Salt Spring Island’s Sky Valley jazz quartet, led by bassist Alan Wardroper with saxophonist Patrick Byrne, pianist Frank

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Pace yourself, and handle as much as you can. You could wake up to some intense emotions. Take a walk, preferably by a body of water, in order to clear your head.

Once you relax, you can accomplish what you want to. Tonight: Don’t push yourself too hard!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You still might be in dream land as you get your morning started. A friend is likely to need your time; it could be as simple as listening to his or her problem. You naturally seem to find solutions to emotional conflicts. Tonight: Let your imagination rock and roll.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could be in a situation that is creating a lot of tension — most likely because you feel obligated. Share your feelings with a trusted friend.

You might be surprised by this person’s reaction and suggestion.

Ultimately, the decision is yours.

Tonight: At home.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your feelings could be all over the place.

You might be having a difficult time reading someone else. Let this go for now, and don’t worry so much. You are far from being stuck. An older person dashes in and out of your day. Tonight: Catch up on a loved one’s news.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Use caution with any money matters.

You might not be the one who is confused, but having any party involved feel unclear about what is going on is a recipe for disaster.

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You are best off postponing conversations for a few days. Tonight: Treat a pal to TGIF. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Step out of your old image and into your new, more confident one. Not every moment will be perfect, but you certainly won’t allow a bad situation to get the best of you.

A loved one might have a lot to share. Tonight: Invite a special person to join you at a favorite haunt.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Step back graciously. This position of lesser importance will give you more freedom to do what you want. You could join a favorite person and christen the weekend early. You might not want to make public knowledge of what you are up to, though. Tonight: Out and about.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Zero in on your priorities, even if you’re surrounded by several people. You must be carrying a lucky rabbit’s foot, as you seem to get exactly what you want. Sometimes you find that even when are on an obscure path, you still reach your goals. Tonight: With friends.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You suddenly might be stopped in your tracks by a request from a boss, higher-up or older relative.

Use your instincts when dealing with this person. Confusion seems to surround your home or a family member. Tonight: Count on being available and needed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Keep your eyes open, and look for the most universal interpretations of what is going on around you.

Detach in your preferred method,

and it will allow your understanding and empathy to evolve.

Consider a last-minute getaway.

Tonight: Your call, but opt for something different.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) A partner or an associate will make a request. You might not have planned to honor it, but you will indulge this person anyway. Be as clear as you can be about the financial implications involved.

Help a friend follow this same path. Tonight: With a favorite person.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) What you feel you’d like to do might be very different from what is happening. Try to detach in order to complete your plans. Use caution with handling your finances, as you could make a simple mistake, like miscounting your change.

Tonight: Make it memorable.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Nov. 6) This year you seem to empower yourself through your thoughts. Others might be stunned, but of all the signs, you understand the power of positive thinking. As a result, you become more and more optimistic. If you are single, you attract quite an array of personalities.

You will have a lot of fun choosing a special someone. If you are attached, the two of you make and realize important plans for your relationship. A tone of celebration surrounds you. VIRGO warms up when he or she is around you.

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DRIXLER, Josef March 11, 1928 – October 30, 2015 Joe passed away with Rose, his wife of 57 years, at his side. He is survived by his family: wife Rose, son Eric of Cranbrook, BC, daughter Cathy of Gunn, AB, sonin-law David and beloved grandchildren Christie and James. He also leaves to mourn his sister Maria, several sisters-in-law, and numerous other relatives in Germany. ‘‘ Hungary, the oldest of three Joe was born in Budaors, children. In 1954 he immigrated to Canada, eventually settling in Ocean Falls, BC. Rose joined him in 1958 in Ocean Falls where they were married. Eric was born in 1961 and in 1964 the family moved to Nanaimo. After Cathy was born in 1965, they moved to their home in the Diamond in Ladysmith, where Joe and Rose lived until his passing.

Joe worked for many years as a welder at Harmac until his retirement in 1991. He was a cowboy at heart, enjoyed reading, puttering around his hobby farm, and was an avid Habs fan during their heyday. He was very generous and hardworking. His grandchildren were his pride and joy.

A mass will be held Tuesday, November 10th at 1pm at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ladysmith followed by a reception in the church hall.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the BC Children’s Hospital (938 West 28th Ave, Vancouver BC, V5Z 4H4) a cause that was dear to Joe. Special thanks to Rose’s friends, especially Janet, for their loving support over the past few weeks.

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Flora Catherine (nee MacLean) May 26, 1924 - October 30, 2015 It is with sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our mother, Flora, age 91, at Arrowsmith Lodge, in Parksville, B.C. Flora joins her late husband, Leonard Bailey who passed away October 20, 2008. She is also predeceased by her siblings, Paul, Marion, Sylvia, Van, Vera and Jackie as well as several neices and nephews.

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Flora was born and grew up in Vancouver, B.C. She moved to Nanaimo with her husband in 1955, where they raised their children, worked and were active members of the community until their passing.

Flora worked at Nanaimo Hospital as a practical nurse and was a dedicated and hard working member of Brechin United Church. Flora loved traveling and made life long friends wherever she went.

A celebration of Flora's life will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 2 PM at Brechin United Church, 1998 Estevan Rd., Nanaimo, B.C. In lieu of flowers Flora has requested that donations be made in remembrance of her, to the charity of choice.

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Mulroney says Harper still important to Tories Former PM believes Canadians will want Conservatives back COLIN PERKEL THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Former prime minister Stephen Harper has a role to play in helping renew a damaged Conservative party so that it can one day return to government, one of his predecessors said Thursday.

In a speech to the Albany Club, Brian Mulroney said the rebuilding will have to include policies that appeal to a wide spectrum of voters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vibrant democracy is advanced by the collision of great ideas and the articulation of competing visions for our country,â&#x20AC;?

Mulroney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may surprise some but this actually can be done effectively without the politics of personal destruction.â&#x20AC;?

Only if Conservatives band together, he said in prepared remarks, will Canadians invite them back into government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Change will one day come, but only when Canadians feel that we are worthy of their trust, that we reflect their values, and that we offer them a vision of Canada that is grand, generous and true,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Mulroney reminded his audience of the Tory partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long, painful climb back to political respectability after its crushing defeat at the hands of the Liberals in 1993 that followed his two terms as prime minister.

Liberals then governed for 13 uninterrupted years.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will leave in silence tonight the reasons for those victories and the roles of those who split the Conservative vote down the middle,â&#x20AC;?

Mulroney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No more magnificent gift has ever been handed over from one opposing party to another in the long and turbulent political history of Canada.â&#x20AC;?

In the end, he said, people finally came to realize the party had split into two unelectable wings that served only to guarantee successive Liberal victories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do not need to learn this lesson again,â&#x20AC;? he said.

To change that dynamic, he said, unity was needed and he praised both Harper and Progressive Conservative stalwart Peter Mackay for ensuring that happened.

Now as then, the party still needs Harper, who had rendered â&#x20AC;&#x153;important serviceâ&#x20AC;? to Canada, to help in the rebuilding, he said.

While Harper was frequently criticized for centralizing power and decision-making in his office, Mulroney stressed the importance of a partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s caucus as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;microcosm of Canada, replete with challenges and achievements, tensions and dreams.â&#x20AC;?

Harmonizing the differences into coherent national policy, he said, exemplified the â&#x20AC;&#x153;very essence of Parliamentary democracy.â&#x20AC;? Mulroney said.

Important public policy, he said, requires powerful debate and stirs necessary dissent.

He urged the Conservative party to take the time to choose a new leader with care â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it chose Rona Ambrose as interim leader Thursday.

The party, he said, must articulate a vision and policies with a voice that â&#x20AC;&#x153;eschews harshnessâ&#x20AC;? and celebrates the essential goodness of Canadians.

Mulroney also paid brief tribute to rookie Liberal prime minister, Justin Trudeau, saying there has now been a generational change in Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our new prime minister is 43 years old, sparkling with promise and passion,â&#x20AC;? Mulroney said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know that all Canadians wish him well.â&#x20AC;? Âť We want to hear from you.

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007 RETURNS Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in ‘Spectre’.

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Craig marks fourth turn as Bond Spectre STARRING: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Monica Belluci DIRECTOR: Sam Mendes PLAYING AT: Galaxy Cinemas RUNNING TIME: 148 minutes

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here to go when 53 years of actionscene set pieces have exhausted seemingly every exotic corner of the Earth? How much globe can a globe-trotter trot?

The answer kicking off the latest James Bond film, Spectre, is a doozy. Beginning with the words “the dead are alive” across the screen, director Sam Mendes opens on a long shot through the Day of the Dead in Mexico City, tracking Bond (Daniel Craig), masked but unmissable in a skeleton costume, through the festive throngs. He ushers a woman (Stephanie Sigman) out of the masses and into her bed, only to disrobe into a suit, step out the window and stride down the ledge.

Finally spying his real prey, explosions follow, walls collapse and the resulting chase spins into a helicopter careening over a mobbed Zocalo Square.

It’s a sequence of such startling audacity (some 1,500 extras were used) and gorgeous black-on-sepia tones that a nagging desire to hit

Daniel Craig, left, and Dave Bautista appear in a scene from the James Bond film, ‘Spectre.’ [JONATHAN OLLEY/METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURES/COLUMBIA PICTURES/EON PRODUCTIONS VIA AP]

“rewind” persists through the rest of Spectre. Handsome and riveting as it often is, the film never again reaches such heights.

It’s not for lack of effort. Mendes, who helmed the last entry, the smash Skyfall, has raised the bar on 007, pushing the budgets and the grandiosity in a bid to not just

reinvent the franchise but overwhelm it with eye-popping craft.

Spectre is Craig’s fourth Bond movie and his muscular tenure has been defined not just by his full embodiment of the character, but his overall stewardship.

His ability to attract top-notch talent, in front and behind the camera,

and to imbue the spy series with a seriousness of purpose reads in every frame.

His Bond may still sip martinis, but he’s stone-cold sober.

Having ushered 007 through the Eva Green highs of Casino Royale, the overwrought lows of Quantum of Solace and the climactic extravagance of Skyfall, Spectre finds Craig’s Bond pursuing the videotaped orders of Judi Dench’s late M in a more traditional 007 plot.

Her instructions lead him to a shadowy international criminal organization led by a longtime Bond villain, Franz Oberhauser (Christoph Waltz).

The pursuit skirts the snowy peaks of Austria, the cloak-and-danger cobblestones of Rome and the Mediterranean maze of Tangier, with enough corresponding outfit changes to stock a runway show. Bond is operating outside of MI5, where new head Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott) is overhauling the intelligence services with digital surveillance that he says will render the old-fashioned 00 program obsolete.

The surveillance reference is a mostly shallow attempt at political depth. But such self-aware conflicts between new and old now constantly bounce throughout Bond films. The mythology, fearful of showing its age, is perpetually torn down and built back up again like an ever-rebooting superhero.

Every gesture (and drink order) is a winking comment on 007 traditions; even the opening recalls the New Orleans funeral march of Live and Let Die. When it works,

it’s refreshing; when it doesn’t, it’s merely repackaging.

Spectre, scripted by John Logan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, feels more like the latter. For the first time, all of Craig’s reinvention hasn’t carried Bond all that much further than where the spy always was — especially when it comes to the women that adorn Spectre.

First there’s Monica Belluci as the widow of the man Bond kills in Mexico City. He sleeps with her after picking her up at the funeral. She’s quickly dispatched for Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux), whose family connections bring Bond closer to the elusive Oberhauser.

Seydoux, the French actress of Blue is the Warmest Color, gives the film a jolt, but the romance between Swann and Bond is slight and the character is little more than Bond’s usual love interest. That said, the seductive Seydoux and the sinewy Craig make an attractive pair.

When they eventually arrive at a remote Sahara outpost, they could really just stay there, handsomely smouldering in the dry heat like a Hemingway couple.

What’s missing most is the steely spine of Dench. The off-kilter menace of Waltz would seem perfectly suited for Spectre, but his scenes pale in comparison with Javier Bardem’s Raoul Silva in Skyfall.

Also with big shoes to fill is cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, stepping in for Roger Deakins. He surrounds the film with shadows and reflective mirrors, ably capturing Craig’s slinky stride in any locale.

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REVIEW

Snoopy adds depth to ‘Peanuts Movie’ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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aybe the Peanuts gang hasn’t been on the big screen in decades because they’ve had so much success on the small one, with specials like The Great Pumpkin and A Charlie Brown Christmas that have been annual TV traditions since the 1960s.

Thankfully, The Peanuts Movie isn’t just a small-screen special writ large.

The filmmakers take advantage of their cinematic scope with a bigger story, more sophisticated animation and effective use of 3-D that gives new depth to the Peanuts world. But the characters loved by generations of fans — Lucy, Linus, Snoopy, Woodstock and beloved blockhead Charlie Brown — are as charming and timeless as ever.

It’s been nearly 40 years since the last Peanuts film, 1977’s Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown. The gang’s other theatrical outings were A Boy Named Charlie Brown in 1969 and Snoopy, Come Home in 1972.

The Peanuts Movie, written by the son and grandson of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, doesn’t cover new thematic territory, but it doesn’t really need to. Relying on 50 years of character development, the Peanuts gang stays true to their original selves — there’s no new edge or post-modern snark in the mix. The

Snoopy and Charlie Brown from Charles Schulz’s timeless Peanuts comic strip in their big-screen debut in a CG-animated feature film in 3D, ‘The Peanuts Movie.’ The movie opens Friday at the Galaxy Cinemas in Nanaimo.

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central concepts (be honest, be yourself, do your best) are as gentle as the curves of Charlie Brown’s silhouette.

There are two simultaneous stories at play in the film: one set in the “real world” of Charlie Brown and his friends, and a more fantastical tale of Snoopy as his alter-ego, the Flying Ace. The Peanuts Movie opens during wintertime, and a snowy introduc-

tory scene with Woodstock sets viewers up for the 3-D experience.

Charlie Brown and the gang are excited about a new kid moving into their neighbourhood. She turns out to be the Little Red-Haired Girl, and Charlie is instantly smitten.

School starts up again, bringing a series of challenges. First of all, the Little Red-Haired Girl is in Charlie’s class.

“I just came down with a serious case of inadequacy,” he says.

Then there is the talent show, school-wide tests, book reports and other kid-sized hurdles to overcome.

The story follows the gang through the school year, focusing on Charlie’s foibles. Sally Brown plays a supporting role. Everything looks as colourful and round as the comic strip.

Meanwhile, Snoopy types himself into a high-flying adventure atop his doghouse as he battles his nemesis, the Red Baron.

These sequences are distinguished by more realistic background animation — snowy mountains and grassy landscapes that look more like the world outside the movie theatre.

Snoopy’s Flying Ace, aided by a team of Woodstock mechanics, flies off in pursuit of his love, Fifi, just as Charlie Brown tries to work up the nerve to introduce himself to the Little Red-Haired Girl.

Director Steve Martino cast child actors to voice the Peanuts gang, and used vintage recordings of late actor-producer Bill Melendez to realize Snoopy and Woodstock’s inimitable expressions. A catchy new song contributed by pop star Meghan Trainor is a bouncy bonus.

While The Peanuts Movie may lack the wink-wink wisdom aimed at adults often found in Pixar releases, it retains the wholesome appeal of those stalwart TV specials.

The 3-D makes it look modern, but the Peanuts’ sweetness is satisfyingly old-fashioned.

The Peanuts Movie, a Twentieth Century Fox release, is rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Running time: 92 minutes. Three stars out of four.

ADVICE

Ask your son why bride cut off communication Her parents paid for the majority of the wedding, and during the planning, I made myself available for any task that came my way, offering to take care of many odds and ends. My three best friends gave the bride an elaborate shower at my home. My brother volunteered to become certified to perform the ceremony and they eagerly accepted.

It was a destination wedding, so we all had to set aside a few days for the event.

My husband and I went there two days early to help set up and to assist in any way possible without butting in too much. Everything was going well until

Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: My 28-year-old son was married six weeks ago. He and his bride have known each other since high school, so I thought I knew her well.

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the day after the wedding, when the bride stopped all communication with me. Before then, she would call and text, and often ask to get together to do fun things.

She even asked for my opinion.

Now, nothing.

I have never been a clingy mother to any of my sons, and I am baffled by this. Am I wrong to think she should have called a few days after the wedding to thank us for everything we did and maybe ask if we had a good time? I don’t expect a reward for our help, but what happened to common courtesy? Maybe a little show of appreciation? I’ve seen my son a couple of times since the wedding, though there has been no mention of the estrangement. What did I do to turn her against me like that?

– Hurt Mother-in-Law

Dear Hurt: First of all, both the bride and groom should have thanked you for your help, but not all couples think this is necessary.

Many assume that helping (and paying) is the parents’ responsibility and requires no expression of appreciation.

They are wrong, but we hope you will let that go. The more serious problem is the bride’s sudden lack of communication. Have you been texting her? Calling her? Did you tell her what a beautiful wedding it was and that you are so happy she is your daughter-in-law? You should be doing these things instead of waiting for her. If she still refuses to communicate, talk to your son and ask what’s going on.

Dear Annie: I am writing in response to “Lonely, Not Lusting,”

the widow in her 80s who went on a date with a man who groped her afterward. Now she doesn’t know how to stop the man from calling her. Many years ago, I worked in a bank and befriended a widow who was also in her 80s. “Mrs. G.” confided in me about a similar date she once had.

She told me that at the end of the date, the man kissed her and put his hand on her breast. She looked him squarely in the eye and said, “That ship has sailed. Sorry. I am not interested.”

And that was that.

It’s short, simple and to the point.

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Connolly mounting his High Horse Scottish comic talks orcas, cougars and Twitter en route to sold-out show LAURA LAVIN MONDAY MAGAZINE

At 72, Billy Connolly has had surgery for prostate cancer and in 2013 was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, but the actor, comedian and musician still finds plenty to laugh at.

“I talk about it on the stage. In a funny way it helps to get rid of it,” he said in a faded Glaswegian accent.

“When you talk about it, it gets it off your back. You know that way, like, if you have a problem and you write it down it kinda takes it away from you.

“Well comedy is like that. When you talk about it, it temporarily removes it from you. That’s not why I do it, I just found that’s one of the side effects.”

Connolly’s been living in New York for the past decade, and continues to tour and travel as much as he did when he was younger.

“I’ve done it all my adult life so it’s kind of normal to me. I remember reading about a girl rock singer in the ‘90s and she said, ‘I’ve been on the road for two weeks I’m exhausted, I need a holiday.’ Oh Lordy — she’s got a lot to learn,” he said with a laugh.

Connolly’s High Horse Tour began in mid-October in Toronto and brings him to Nanaimo for a sold-out show tomorrow night in the Port Theatre, following a pair of gigs earlier this week in Victoria.

“I like the journey to Victoria across the water,” he says. “I always hope to see an orca and I’ve never seen one.”

Travel is one of his passions and he’s been able to make it part of his career as well. His television series Journey To The Edge Of The World brought him here via the Northwest Passage in 2008.

“I didn’t realize how massive Canada was. I realized of course, it was a big place but when you actually cover it from the Yukon it’s an extraordinary size of a place — but nobody’s there.”

Recalling the journey, he says the wildlife made a great impression on him.

“We were in the forest in the Yukon, they gave me a thing to scare bears away. It’s about the size of a fountain pen — have you ever seen them? It fires a cartridge, and he says, . . .”

Connolly paused and began to giggle.

“He says, ‘make sure the cartridge lands between you and the bear, because if it lands behind it, it’ll chase it towards you,’” he said.

“Then when I was camping they give me an aerosol to frighten the bears off, which I’m sure doesn’t frighten them one little, bloody bit.”

His most recent travel adventure took him around the United States in a four week journey by train for an upcoming BBC series titled Tracks Across America.

He particularly enjoyed a stop at Louisiana’s bayou.

“It’s startlingly beautiful. There was pink birds and fish leaping out of the water, it was just an extraordinarily beautiful place.

“They’ve got cougars and bears and antelope and stuff. I thought it was all reptiles and strange things in the night, but it isn’t.

“I thought it would be things slithering up the boat and giving us all frights, but it isn’t.

“They’ve got those Chinese carp that leap out of the water and they jumped into the boat and all that — it was a scream.”

He would, however, rather be

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chased by bears than trolls on social media.

“I was being attacked by three guys and I just decided I didn’t need it in my life,” he said of his Twitter account, which has been dormant for more than two years.

“This is a cowardly thing too. They know you can’t get them, you can’t go and kick their asses no matter

what they say to you. I always get the feeling they’re sitting in their underwear in their mother’s basement.”

When he’s not on the road touring or filming, he enjoys simple pleasures such as reading, quiet dinners with friends and watching Alone on the History Channel.

“Even in Vancouver, I didn’t realize it was so wild. With bears and

DANCE

Music and Dance collide in new VIS collaboration ROSEMARY PHILLIPS FOR THE DAILY NEWS

The driving force behind a new kind of Vancouver Island Symphony show rides a Kawasaki Ninja, clad in leather.

Ivana Ho, a graduate of the National Ballet School of Prague started attending VIS shows shortly after arriving in Nanaimo ten years ago.

Ho had a vision of creating dance to music performed by the VIS. That vision becomes reality next weekend as the VIS welcomes Ho and her Bohemia Ballet for Music & Dance at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 14.

“Every time I have gone to see the VIS, I thought there could be another element to the music,” Ho said. “I love live music and dance.

So I approached Pierre Simard to do a show where we could combine both. And Pierre decided to that it

IVANA HO

would fit well into the season he was planning.”

At 38 Ho still loves to dance but her career is changing. Dancing has

expanded to choreography, teaching and adjudication. Music & Dance is part of that journey.

“I wanted to do two very different pieces. The first is a typically traditional ballet to Ravel’s Ma Mere L’Oye. It is classical, very formal, with quick costume changes, and one prop,” she said.

“The second dance is contemporary, set to The Spider’s Feast by Roussel. It is about watching the body moving to the music.”

Pre-production has been ongoing since March. Dancers for the first dance are professionals Ashley Evans and Ian Szkolak of Victoria, as well as apprentices, Nico Janssen from the National Ballet School and Sarah Ludke from the Kirkwood Ballet Academy. Ho herself joins Jessie Gervais from Victoria, Lee Lam of Vancouver and Mako Matsui from Japan

in dance two.

“My personal goal is to create something unforgettable and unique, and satisfy myself, the audience and the VIS,” she said.

“For me it is a proud moment to create work for dancers on Vancouver Island. They have either lived here or were born here. I taught some as kids.

“They went on to dance schools around the world and now they come back here to dance for me and to be with the symphony. It’s going to be a wonderful show, a chance to see professional dance — and with a live orchestra.”

Music & Dance will be staged at the Port Theatre next Saturday and will include additional music from the VIS. For tickets call 250-754-8550.

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lions and all that. I saw it on TV, with those guys who were isolated there. You should see it, the bears are unbelievable, those pumas and things — Jesus — cougars.”

Told a cougar was captured in Victoria recently, Connolly replied: “Well there you go! You could be shopping in Victoria and a lion’s chasing you down the street.”

Choir salutes vets in Remembrance Seventy years of remembering the end of the Second World War warrants a special salute.

The Malaspina Choir is making sure that happens with In Remembrance — a fall concert dedicated to war veterans.

As a choral commemoration of Armistice Day and the anniversary of the war’s end, the concert’s music reflects the themes of war and peace.

Malaspina Choir will be joined by special guests soprano soloist Skye Donald, the Nanaimo Youth Choir, the Nanaimo Chamber Orchestra and a jazz trio from Vancouver Island University.

In Remembrance happens at St. Andrew’s United, 311 Fitzwilliam St., Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20, $10 for students and free for veterans and children under 12.

Call 250-754-8550 for more information.

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Protest against Trump growing Pressure continued

to mount on NBC to cancel Donald Trump’s guest-host appearance on Saturday Night Live as a coalition of advocacy groups delivered petitions to the network this week calling for him to be dropped from the show.

The petitions delivered to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, home of NBC and Saturday Night Live, marked the latest attempts to dissuade the network from allowing the Republican presidential hopeful to host the show, with the National Hispan-

ic Leadership Agenda earlier asking that NBC reconsider the decision.

“There’s mounting evidence that Donald Trump’s racist demagoguery is resulting in real-world violence and physical and verbal intimidation,” Mushed

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Zaheed, deputy political director of Credo Action, one of the participating groups, said in a statement.

In advance of the show, NBC released promotional spots featuring Trump that included one in which he refers to a

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Republican opponent, Ben Carson, as “a complete and total loser.”

Trump drew fire early in his campaign when, as the billionaire developer announced his candidacy, he described some Mexicans who are in the United States illegally

as criminals and rapists, prompting NBC to sever its Miss Universe ties with Trump while declaring he would never again appear on The Celebrity Apprentice.

“It is shameful for SNL and NBC to think that racism can be repackaged as comedy,” said Juan Escalante, digital campaigns manager for America’s Voice, another group participating in the coalition.

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Weather guy out to set record Al Roker is testing his endurance again — and this time he’s picking up some frequent flier miles.

The Today show personality, a year after completing a marathon 34-hour weather forecast, plans to give reports from all 50 U.S. states within a week starting Friday.

If successful, he’ll try to have it certified as a Guinness World Record, not that anyone has done it before him.

Last year’s stunt raised $70,000 for the USO. This year, Roker’s trip is benefiting Feeding America.

“If we can shine a light on something that’s a problem, I’m willing to do anything,” he said.

Roker takes care of the big travel issues first, starting Friday in Honolulu before flying to Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday.

Then the real fun begins. Starting in Spokane, Washington, on Sunday, Roker travels through the Northwest that day. He cheats a little on Monday, visiting the Four Corners, enabling him to cross off Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado at one stop, and gradually makes his way East.

He’ll be delivering forecasts throughout his travels, either on Today, local NBC affiliates, cable networks like CNBC, MSNBC or The Weather Channel and online.

Planes, trains and automobiles will shuttle him across the country, and Roker is packing a few books and a supply of movies on his tablet.

Johnny Cash’s travelogue song “I’ve Been Everywhere” has been referenced. Roker promises not to sing it.

“Don’t think it’s not lost on me,” he said.

Roker is scheduled to begin next Friday in Stamford, Conn., before making the 45-minute commute to Manhattan. and a finish line at the Today show studio.