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WINNIPEG — More than four decades before 15-year-old Tina Fontaine’s body was pulled from Winnipeg’s Red River wrapped in a bag, the country was shocked by the death of another aboriginal teenager in Manitoba.

Her name was Helen Betty Osborne.

The 19-year-old was abducted as she walked down the streets of The Pas, Man., in November 1971. Later that night, she was stabbed to death with a screwdriver dozens of times.

It would take 15 years before murder charges were laid. An inquiry determined that racism, sexism and indifference in the community marred the police investigation from the beginning.

Her brutal murder 44 years ago, and the long road to justice, are the subject of a recent graphic novel aimed at educating the next generation about missing and murdered aboriginal women.

“Her story is one of the first times that, as a country and as a province of Manitoba, we became aware of things that were happening with our indigenous women,” said Winnipeg author David Alexander Robertson.

“That being said, even today not a lot of people are aware or appreciate the impact of that epidemic.”

Osborne is not one of Canada’s 1,182 missing and murdered indigenous women.

RCMP statistics on the file begin in 1980.

Although indigenous women make up 4.3 per cent of the Canadian population, RCMP say they account for 16 per cent of female homicides and 11.3 per cent of missing women.

Writing one woman’s story in a graphic novel was a way to bring the issue to a broader — and younger — audience, Robertson said.

“Through her story, we can learn about the residential school system,” said Robertson, whose father was from Osborne’s reserve.

David Alexander Robertson’s book is titled ‘Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story.’

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“We can learn about missing and murdered indigenous women.

“We can learn about racism, segregation, the justice system’s treatment of aboriginal people.”

Osborne was from Norway House First Nation but had to leave her community to attend school if she wanted to continue her education. She struggled with school in The Pas, but was determined to become a teacher so other children would not have to leave the reserve, Robertson said.

Osborne spent the night of Nov. 13, 1971, with friends and was walking home alone when she was accosted by four white men who had been drinking.

“There was a practice around that time where young men would cruise around looking for indigenous women, because of the preconception of them being easy and that they liked to drink and party,” Robertson said.

When Osborne said no, she was forced into a car. She was driven to a cabin where her screams were heard by neighbours. The men took her to a remote pumphouse where she was stripped, beaten and stabbed.

Her body was found the next day by a boy following rabbit tracks in the snow.

Police were unable to gather sufficient evidence against the four men and the case stalled. It was picked up again in 1983 by a constable and one of the four men, Dwayne Archie Johnston, was eventually convicted of murder.

The book has drawn praise from Canadian author Joseph Boyden, who writes about First Nations heritage and culture. He called it “one of the most powerful graphic novels I’ve ever read.”

Justice Murray Sinclair, who co-led an aboriginal justice inquiry in Manitoba after Osborne’s death, is also impressed.

“It’s a story of racism and it’s a story of community coverup,” Sinclair said. “It’s also a story about how the community in the North has come to terms with its own history around this.”

Writing the novel, which is plotted out much like a screenplay, was emotional but vital to help raise awareness, Robertson said.

“I hope that people who read it are as affected, as I was, writing it.

“In the indigenous culture, women are so important and revered. When we lose one, we lose generations. The loss is profound.

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China investors could spend up to $1B in city, says mayor after trip Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay says investors in China could be poised to spend “upwards of a billion dollars” in projects in the city over the next five years.

McKay made the remark after returning from a nine-day business and trade trip where he toured three cities, including Shanghai.

McKay was accompanied on the trip by Andre Sullivan, chairman of the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation.

They met with a trade delegation led by Premier Christy Clark for part of the trip.

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business groups that have expressed an interest in investing in Nanaimo.

More tellingly, the interest extends beyond hotel and ferry projects into other sectors such as seafood, forest-

ry and port activities, McKay said.

“It became pretty obvious they want to invest in more,” said McKay. “They don’t want to invest in one little project. Interestingly enough, we could see multiple parties take an interest in hotel projects.”

McKay said the city is “very much on (the) radar” of potential Chinese investors, “some of whom have been here before.”

He said, referring to potential large projects funded by foreign capital, that “now it’s a determination of whether or not the community’s ready for it.”

McKay said he expects to see a delegation from the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce travel to Nanaimo in the new year.

Interest in Nanaimo from Chinese firms has yet to result in a project.

The closest example was the acquisition of the Gordon Street hotel site by a subsidiary of Suzhou Youth Travel Services Co. for a planned luxury hotel.

However, the deal fizzled after city council declined a construction deadline extension for the project.

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A 51-year-old Ladysmith woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision in the 2100-block of Yellow Point Road on Tuesday night.

Police, firefighters and paramedics were called at approximately 7:30 p.m. The woman had life-threatening injuries and died while being taken to hospital.

The second driver, a 39-year-old man, was located an hour later on Cedar Road. Police arrested him for refusing to provide a breath sample and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.

The man sustained soft tissue damage and was taken to hospital and later released.

The family of the deceased woman has been notified and the RCMP victim services unit will be working with them.

“It is only early in the investigation and considerable investigative work is required before officers will be in a position to consider further charges against the 39-year-old male driver,” said Const. Gary O’Brien in a press release.

Both vehicles are to undergo mechanical inspection.

Nanaimo RCMP is asking anyone who witnessed the collision to contact their office at 250-754-2345.

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The parking principle Customers not happy about having to pay for brief stop at ferry terminal

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t’s a story many BC Ferries customers can relate to: you arrive at the ferry terminal in your car or truck to drop off or pick up a friend or family member.

You end up waiting for a few minutes and perhaps wander outside your vehicle to meet them in the terminal.

And you return to find a parking ticket pinned under your windshield wipers.

With the exception of free, threeminute drop-off Spencer zones for vehicles, Anderson all parking, including short-term Reporting parking, is paid.

Even those who wait inside their vehicles are asked to purchase a tickets.

Some terminal users says it’s an irksome practice that needs to change.

Margaret Horsfield and Jean Main are two such terminal users.

They were each waiting at their cars at Departure Bay terminal Wednesday to pick up passengers from the 12:30 p.m. sailing.

One of the BC Ferries’ parking attendants came over to tell them they had to purchase tickets.

“It’s happened to me before and it’ll probably happen again, and I don’t intend to pay for short-term parking here,” Horsfield said after the encounter.

“I’ve been known to go out of the terminal and drive around and come back I’ve got the dollar. This lady has the dollar. It’s the principle. I think there should be a short-term place where we can pick up that we don’t pay for.

“I was kicked out of there, meeting my friend who’s got suitcases and all the rest of it,” said Main, referring to the three-minute drop-off area located in front of the terminal.

A sign in the short-term parking lot at the Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

“So I came here, but just think they should have a 15-minute or a 20-minute drop-off or pick-up for just the ordinary citizen who pays taxes. It’s not his fault, he’s just working,” Main said. “I think the fellows dishing out the tickets aren’t too happy about it.”

Departure Bay resident and past council candidate Karen Hovestad does not live in the immediate area of the terminal, but says overflow from BC Ferries Parking in the nearby residential area is a concern.

“There’s only so much land to go around and I think it’s very unfortunate that the terminal does not have an eight-minute drop-off,” she said.

She also echoed frustration with the requirement for vehicle owners

to pay, even for brief stops. She recalls being approached by a parking attendant while at the terminal who told her she could not remain there unless she paid.

“I thought, ‘the hell with you,’ and I drove off and parked across the place,” she said.

She said it can be especially annoying to terminal users from out of town who may have to wait because of late ferry vessels.

BC Ferries, on the other hand, says the fees help keep ferry fares down and pay for infrastructure.

It costs $1 to park for half an hour at the Departure Bay terminal’s short-term parking lot, and up to $4 to park for four hours. An all-day parking pass costs $18.

Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall said she was unable to

confirm exactly how much revenue was raised from short-term parking fees in Departure Bay and the corporation’s second Nanaimo terminal in Duke Point.

But Marshall confirmed that between both short-term and longterm parking, BC Ferries took in approximately $850,000 and $275,000 from each terminal last year, respectively.

Parking fees are not an insignificant source of revenue for the corporation. According to its most recent annual report, BC Ferries raked in $4.57 million from parking fees through all its major routes for the year ending March 31.

On major routes, parking revenue increased 13.5 per cent from 2013 to 2014 on major routes like

Departure Bay to Horseshoe Bay, rising to $4.2 million from $3.7 million.

The increases were due to increases in ferry traffic, the report says.

After checking with BC Ferries’ customer services department, Marshall acknowledged the corporation receives complaints about being charged for short-term parking.

“They indicated we do get a few, but not many,” Marshall said. “Most people appreciate that the terminals are like other major transportation systems; there is a nominal fee for short term parking.”

Marshall said the fees are reinvested directly to help cover the costs of maintaining parking lots and keeping fares down.

“It’s similar to airports and we obviously have to maintain those costs,” she said.

While some terminal users may grow frustrated and go park in a nearby residential area, “That’s certainly a customer’s prerogative,” Marshall said.

“We do provide free parking for drop-offs,” Marshall said, adding the parking system also serves as a “traffic management tool.”

The Departure Bay terminal wrapped a major expansion in 2008, including a larger parking lot.

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Agreement reached over eco-forest DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

An agreement has been reached to sell Wildwood Ecoforest to a group that has managed the property for 15 years.

The owners, The Land Conservancy have struck a deal to sell the land to the Ecoforestry Institute Society for $900,000.

It was announced early this week. A fundraising campaign in Nanaimo led to TLC acquiring the land in 2000 from the late Merv Wilkinson, who operated the wooded property for years as a sustainable forest.

Wilkinson, who was becoming frail, wanted assurances it would continued a working example of

sustainable forestry, which was written into a covenant registered on the property’s title.

That will continue. The new agreement includes a covenant and management plan to be approved by ecoforestry expert Herb Hammond.

“As part of the purchase sale agreement, the covenant basically has a management plan calling for the harvest of 35 to 45 cubic metres a year,” said Barry Gates, EIS vice-chairman.

That’s roughly one logging truck load.

“It’s an ecoforestry project,” Gates said. “Our management plan stretches over 250 years, so we can look at where the cut is

over time, the composition and structure of the forest and we’re pretty satisfied that’s what Merv wanted.”

Public tours of the demonstration forest will also continue, he said. The property transfer still needs B.C. Supreme Court approval. It goes before the court on Dec. 11.

“The Ecoforestry Institute Society is thrilled to acquire Wildwood and hold it on behalf of the public,” said Peter Jungwirth, EIS chairman.

“We have received a great deal of feedback from the community surrounding Wildwood Ecoforest as well as from our membership,” said Cathy Armstrong,

TLC acting operations director.

She said the agreement achieves all of the desired outcomes: continued ownership and operation of Wildwood by a nonprofit organization; TLC’s creditors will be paid and “Wilkinson’s legacy will continue to be protected through a covenant and management plan.”

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Accused poppy thief is arrested a second time A 49-year-old man arrested last week for stealing poppy donations has been arrested again for the same offence. The man was arrested on Nov. 5 for the previous incident (Nov. 1) and released on a promise to appear.

Within 24 hours of his release, police say he allegedly stole donations from Home Hardware in Brooks Landing and Pattie’s Party Palace on Rutherford Road. He turned himself in Tuesday and a bail hearing is scheduled.

Investigators are recommending he be kept in custody.

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Police want help solving missing scooter mystery The Nanaimo RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in an ongoing investigation involving thefts of electric and gas scooters.

Since May 10, there have been 13 scooters stolen in Nanaimo,

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Hotsenpiller named as new Islands Trust CAO The Islands Trust has announced the appointment of Russ Hotsenpiller as its new chief administrative officer.

Hotsenpiller will replace Linda Adams, who has held the position since 2004 and will be retiring in January.

The CAO position is the most senior staff position at the Islands Trust, responsible to the Islands Trust Council for providing advice and implementing council’s policies and decisions.

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Hospital foundation stages Brovember event The Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation’s fifth annual “Brovember� fundraiser is being held this month.

The foundation is inviting people from central Vancouver Island to grow a ’stache for cash, or pledge a “bro� to grow.

All pledges will help purchase medical equipment for Nanaimo Regional General Hospital specific to men’s health.

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Man knocked out during altercation at ferry dock On the morning of Oct. 30, Ladysmith RCMP were called regarding a physical fight at the ferry dock on Penelakut Island. One male was knocked unconscious and unable to defend himself, but the other male continued the assault until a third male intervened to stop the victim from being seriously hurt.

North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP were advised by the Ladysmith RCMP and a male suspect was arrested in Chemainus.

Michael Pelkey, 32, of Penelakut Island faces a charge of assault causing bodily harm.

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Many of the thefts have occurred during daytime hours while some were taken from locked sheds. The theft on May 10 occurred on MacDonald’s Rd, near the Nanaimo River.

The scooter owner told police he was panning for gold and when he went to leave, he noticed his scooter was gone.

Drag marks in the gravel suggest the scooter was dragged a short distance then lifted up into a pick up. Since then, scooters have been stolen from Haliburton Street, Prideaux Street, Hecate Street, University Crescent, Terminal Avenue and Dufferin Crescent. “It is strongly suggested scooters be kept locked at all times and, if possible, have it secured to a non-moveable object,� said RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien. “ Also, ensure you can provide investigators with the serial number and a recent picture in the event it is stolen. To date, several persons of interest have been identified in the thefts but no arrests have been made.�

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BUSINESS NOTES News from the Nanaimo and area business community

Medium gets ready to open Amethyst Forest in the city — Aggressive Timber Falling, Coastland Wood Industries, Dorman Timber and TimberWest — have donated five loads of second growth Douglas fir logs to build a new indoor archery facility this winter for the Nanaimo Fish And Game Protective Association.

Ted Beutler, president of Aggressive Timber Falling, co-ordinated the donation.

“Each log load is worth about $5,000 so we’re making a real contribution to sport and recreation in Nanaimo,” he said.

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new store dedicated to crystals, metaphysics, spirituality and all things new-age is opening in Nanaimo’s Bowen Centre.

Terry Lynn Boyle, who is a medium, is the owner of Amethyst Forest, opening on Nov. 16.

Boyle said she had operated a “healing room” in her Lantzville home for years, but decided to open her first brick-and-mortar business.

“Everything just fell into place for this location the day before Thanksgiving,” she said. “I’ve never operated a business before so it’s all very exciting.”

Second Smitty’s open The city’s second Smitty’s Restaurant opened last week at the former Earl’s Restaurant in Rock City Plaza.

Owner Lyle Sharkey, who has owned and operated a Smitty’s in Southgate Mall for years, said business has been good since he

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opened the new location last Monday.

“We’re planning on having a grand opening of the new restaurant soon,” he said.

Top 20 under 40 The Vancouver Island Top 20 under 40 Business and Community Achievement Awards Gala will be

held in Nanaimo on April 2.

The annual black-tie gala dinner and awards presentation recognizes the Island’s best and brightest business and community leaders under the age of 40. Nominations will open soon on the website www.20under40.ca and people are invited to nominate whoever they believe meets the criteria.

“We have noted that many of the past winners are from Nanaimo and we wanted to show that off to the rest of Vancouver Island as a city that is invested in the young business leaders who also make a significant contribution to their community,” said Roger McKinnon, chairman of the Top 20 under 40.

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Vote on water treatment plant goes Nov. 21 JOHN HARDING PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

With nine days until the vote, the Parksville Residents Association says it has no official position on the referendum asking people to give the city permission to borrow $5.6 million for a water treatment plant.

In fact, the PRA’s acting president Al Pastars could still be placed in the ‘undecided’ category as of a few days ago.

“I don’t know how I’m voting just yet,” Pastars said Thursday.

Assent Voting day — that’s what the referendum is officially called — is Nov. 21.

Parksville residents can vote at either the Parksville Community and Conference Centre or the Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church on Pym Street that day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Advance voting will take place at the PCCC on Friday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Those who want to cast a ballot must show up with two pieces of identification, one containing a name and address and the other with name and signature (examples include a

B.C. driver’s licence, B.C. Care Card, birth certificate, passport).

If you do not have documentation showing residency, then two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) are still required and you will be asked to make a solemn declaration as to residency.

Parksville’s share of the $28.3 million water treatment plant and Englishman River intake is $20.6 million.

The cost of the plant and the borrowing will be recouped mostly through an increase in water rates, which amount to an extra $10/year

on the water bill of each Parksville homeowner from 2016-2024.

Parksville’s share of the $6 million in federal/provincial funding is about $4.4 million.

The rest of the costs will be picked up by the Regional District of Nanaimo’s Nanoose Bay residents, who also draw water from the system.

Their share will be paid through water reserves set aside years ago — there will be no referendum for Nanoose Bay residents.

Parksville/Nanoose Bay draws about 50 per cent of its annual water supply

from the Englishman River.

Island Health has decreed that all surface water (from rivers, for example) must be, by the end of 2016, treated in a fashion that the current system here is not set up to do.

While Island Health has not made an official comment on what would happen should this referendum fail, the city has told voters a no vote would result in non-compliance with Island Health mandated standards, which would require boil-water advisories.

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Special image of Justin Trudeau with wife of President Nixon caught by photographer

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A Parksville resident was taking pictures the day of Richard Nixon’s now famous quote about Justin Trudeau.

At a gala dinner in April, 1971, then U.S. President Richard Nixon focused on the prime minister’s son: “Tonight we’ll dispense with the formalities. I’d like to toast the future prime minister of Canada: to Justin Pierre Trudeau.”

At the time Onnig Cavoukian, known professionally as Cavouk, was a 26-year-old portrait photographer working for the family business.

“The president was addressing our parliament, while we took photos of Mrs. Nixon, with Margaret and Norah Michener at the Trudeau residence,” said Cavoukian who is now semi-retired in

Pat Nixon, top, governor general’s wife Norah Michener and Margaret Trudeau with four-month-old Justin on the day U.S. President Richard Nixon said Justin was a future prime minister. [ONNIG CAVOUKIAN PHOTO]

Parksville. He said he “snapped the pictures of Maggie, Mrs. Trudeau, when I caught them relaxing with the other women.”

Onnig had resisted the Cavouk

photo dynasty, but by 1971 he was well into a career that would see him shoot celebrities and more than 100 world leaders including the Shah of Iran,

Indira Ghandi, Queen Elizabeth and Pope Paul VI. The future Canadian prime minister was a well behaved four-month-old at the time and didn’t leave a big impression, but when he was hired again a couple years later he said, “I remember Justin as a healthy, bubbly two-year-old.”

He took the original photos as Justin and young mom Margaret waited with the president’s wife Pat Nixon and the Governor General’s wife Norah Michener.

A Cavouk portrait of Governor General Roland Michener was later used as a Canadian stamp.

Cavoukian realizes the historical connection, but brushes it off as one of many in his storied career. He said a local TV producer is working on getting him to Ottawa to try and recreate the family photos with the second generation of Trudeaus.

The Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) First Nation has vowed to take the “necessary action” to stop the expansion of Beachcomber Marina.

“This entire area is a sacred site to the Snawnaw-as First Nation and extends beyond the foreshore, out into the waters where you are proposing your rezoning,” reads a letter signed by chief David Bob addressed to the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), dated Oct. 26.

“The reason this entire area is a sacred site to us is that over the centuries the ocean levels have risen and fallen and there are significant

middens in that area.”

Bob said the Snawnaw-as First Nation “will oppose this legally, politically and take the necessary action to stop the expansion of this development in this area.”

Beachcomber Marina owner Ian Barnes said last week he will address the growing concerns about his proposal to expand the marina, but offered few other details.

“We are in the process of addressing the concerns,” said Barnes, noting the RDN can expect a response within the next few weeks.

Barnes is hoping to add 26 berths to the existing 100 moorage slips at Beachcomber Marina on Northwest Bay near Parksville.

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Extensive consultation still needs to be done before a decision is made on where the first sewage treatment plant in the Capital Regional District will be built, according to the committee chairwoman.

Lisa Helps, Victoria mayor and chair of the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee, said residents will have their say on the five options proposed for the sewage treatment plant between Dec. 2 to Jan. 15.

“We’re going to be asking the public to evaluate the options.

Some will be more cost-effective in the short-term, some will be more cost-effective in the longterm, some will have a different

level of treatment,” Helps said.

“To me, the message that is really important to me right now is we’re going to be having a very robust public conversation while people are out in December.”

Last week, the committee revealed five options for the plant, including a one-plant option in Rock Bay, Victoria; a two-plant option with a centralized plant at Rock Bay and a facility in Colwood; a fourplant sub-regional option with facilities in Rock Bay, Esquimalt Nation, Colwood and East Saanich; and a seven-plant option with facilities in Langford, Colwood, View Royal, Esquimalt, Rock Bay and Saanich core and east Saanich; and an option that is tertiary.

The options were complied by the CRD’s consultant team and technical oversight panel.

Cost information for each site will be available on Dec. 2.

Barb Desjardins, Esquimalt mayor and co-chairwoman of the westside sewage committee, said the committee has already conducted a poll with 400 people in which 90 per cent said they had not been involved in the process before, but they were following it.

Once cost information is released, Desjardins said public consultation will kick off in full force.

“The next step is to go out to high schools to try and reach out even further and certainly to go back to all those who have

participated before,” Desjardins said.

“There will be another round of public input between December and middle of January. We recognize that’s a bad time, but we have time frames that we have to meet.”

The committee will make a decision on which option to choose on Jan. 27, 2016.

The CRD has until March 2016 to submit a detailed plan for wastewater treatment or they could lose the $83.4 million in funding from the federal crown corporation PPP Canada. The federal government has also committed $120 million from the Building Canada Fund and $50 million from the Canada Green Fund.

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Russia’s credibility problems compounded in new report

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ew will ever forget Canadian cross-country skier Beckie Scott huffing and puffing her way to a bronze medal during the 2002 Olympic winter games in Salt Lake City.

And it’s not because she won the bronze, it’s primarily because she won the gold.

Scott crossed the line in third place behind two Russian skiers, Olga Danilova and runner-up Larissa Lazutina. But the Russians were found to have used a performance-enhancing drug called darbepoetin, and were subsequently disqualified.

More than two years later, Scott was finally awarded the gold. She was also, incidentally, the first North

American woman to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing.

Some countries are known to be worse than average when it comes to doping in sports. But Russia takes the cake.

Now, a lengthy report released by the World Anti-Doping Agency has some folks talking about banning Russian athletes from international events altogether.

According to The New York Times, the report found systematic collusion in which doping is actively encouraged in Russia while officials turn their backs.

“The report implicated athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors and various Russian institutions, including

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the country’s anti-doping agency and an accredited laboratory in Moscow that handled testing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,” The Times reported. “It detailed payments to conceal doping tests and arrangements by which athletes were made aware of when they would be tested, in violation of code which dictates they be spontaneous, and also the destruction of samples.”

Statistics released this summer put Russia well ahead of other countries in doping violations — 225 across 30 sports during 2013, with the largest number in track and field.

“This level of corruption attacks sport at its core,” Canadian lawyer Richard H. McLaren told The Times.

McLaren was a co-author of the report along with fellow Canadian Dick Pound, founding president of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Since the report implies corruption rising to the very top levels, the report says the Russian Federation should be held accountable.

It calls for Russia to be barred from global track and field events, and has even called on the International Olympic Committee to consider the same punitive measures.

Information for the report comes from reliable sources, including documents handed over by the international policing agency Interpol.

“This is not he-said, she-said,” Pound insisted.

Nonetheless, an initial statement from one Russian official declared that “we have the same (doping) percentage as other countries.”

Sure.

And Russia doesn’t poison its renegade spies or help breakaway rebels fight Ukrainian forces, either.

Russia already has a chronic credibility problem. These findings can only make things much, much worse.

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Rona Ambrose qualified to lead Conservatives Re: ‘New Conservative Party must find credibility’ (Your Letters, Daily News, Nov.10) The letter writer questions Conservative Peter MacKay’s possible run at party leadership and seems to suggest that Rona Ambrose is not a suitable interim leader.

I also have reservations about MacKay, but Ambrose was chosen over seven other highly qualified candidates and, unlike the new Liberal cabinet, it wasn’t because of her gender. She has nine years of competent cabinet service in portfolios as diverse as environment, public works, health and status of women.

While her French-language proficiency could use a little work, she is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

With her brains, experience, principles and confidence I would suggest she’s better qualified than our new prime minister. And she would have more class than to run on her obvious good looks, or on group hugs, selfies and mindless slogans like “sunny ways.”

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Canada must be world leader in gender parity Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a gender balanced cabinet. The Canadian Federation of University Women in Nanaimo congratulates the new government on this forward thinking to help establish true gender equity in Canada.

In 1994, Canada held the highest ranking on the United Nations’ Human Development Index. Now we are in 23rd place. Research tells us that when women are in decision-making positions, laws and programs that support social justice are more likely.

We believe that gender equity at the cabinet table is an important step in helping us gain world respect

and change the way domestic issues such as violence against women are resolved — particularly the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women.

With today’s decision we can once again anticipate that Canada will become a world leader.

CFUW continues to work hard to examine and make recommendation to improve outcomes for girls and women at the local, national, and international levels.

We donate $9,300 annually to fund scholarships for students in School District 68 as well as students attending Vancouver Island University. Nationally all our clubs donate over 1 million annually to fund scholarships because we believe that education for women benefits women, their families and the country.

But we know that to restore Canada’s reputation and standing in the world we needed a change – both symbolic and profound. We believe that the new voices at the cabinet table will help create that change.

Jenny Webb and Joan Blick Co-Presidents of CFUW Nanaimo

Scripture interpretation is in eyes of the beholder Re: ‘Church welcomes same-sex worshippers’ (Daily News, Oct. 2) Rev. Anne Manikel said that for LGBT people to get affirmed at the Brechin United Church they must go through a two-year self-education process.

She says Bible studies are used to help “debunk passages of the Bible that beat people up.”

Manikel says that judgmental churches often cite Old Testament writings such as Leviticus for strident opposition to homosexuality.

She claims these attitudes pre-date Christianity . . . and Jesus said nothing about homosexuality.

Manikel fails to recognize the differences between 21st century North American standards of human rights regarding the dignity of all persons irrespective of race, gender and sexual orientation, and depictions of human relations within ancient texts, such as Jewish and Christian scriptures.

Neither Ancient Judaism, nor the major religious tradition that laid

claim to its scriptural legacy, Christianity, was better or worse on these issues than neighbouring civilizations of their time.

Too many years have been wasted with Jews, Christians, and others debating the relative superiority of their religious traditions; the social cost of this squandered energy is difficult to miss.

Both ancient Jewish and Christian scriptures contain texts that were used and could be used to advocate positions now seen as either supportive or critical of 21 century notions of LGBTQ rights and dignity.

The interpretation of such texts lies in the eyes of the beholder.

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Woman rescued during vicious umbrella attack

Gangster convicted following shooting outside a strip club

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A Langley woman is offering a public thank you to the Good Samaritan who stopped a man from physically attacking her and her vehicle on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

The woman, whose name is being protected because of the trauma she experienced, said she was pulling out onto 200 Street when she startled a man walking on the sidewalk.

“He was not hit or injured in any way,” the woman said. She rolled down her window to apologize for scaring him when he unleashed a verbal and then a physical assault on her.

Through her open window he plunged his umbrella at her chest and neck, striking her hard twice and then continued trying to attack her as she frantically rolled up the window.

“He continued to try to break in by smashing his umbrella against the glass,” she said.

“The terror continued until someone came to rescue me. This gentleman pulled him away from the truck.”

Langley woman, name withheld

He circled the truck, kicking at the doors, punching the windows and mirrors, eventually snapping and breaking them.

“The terror continued until someone came to rescue me. This gentleman pulled him away from the truck,” the woman said.

“I rolled down the window to warn him, ‘he’s crazy, he stabbed me’ and ‘be careful.’

“My assailant tried to break free and, even with one hand held, bent down and picked up some rocks and threw them to further attack me.”

It was then the woman noticed a white tractor trailer blocking a lane of traffic. She wonders if it belonged to her Good Samaritan.

She said by then, others had come to help as well.

But she was still frightened, so she drove to the nearest community police office where she made a statement to RCMP. She worries about the safety of those who came to aid her and hopes no one was hurt.

Police patrolled the area but we unable to find the man, said Cpl. Holly Largy. The suspect is described as white aged 25 to 35, about 5-foot-8 with short brown hair, wearing jeans and a light-coloured jacket and carrying a black umbrella.

The woman has a message to the man who came to her rescue.

“I want you to know how grateful I am that you intervened and risked your safety to rescue me.”

Man arrested after trying to steal unmarked cop car A would-be carjacker got a surprise Monday evening when he was immediately arrested after unwittingly trying to steal an unmarked cop car, police said.

The Surrey RCMP said it happened at 6:25 p.m., near 71st Avenue and 135th Street. When he tried to yank an undercover officer from the driver’s seat, police said, they told him who he was messing with and took him into custody.

“The suspect got the ride he wanted, but probably not to the location he was hoping for,” Cpl. Scotty Schumann said.

Kyle Blair Berg, 25, of Penticton had a warrant for his arrested out of Penticton, for wearing a disguise with intent.

He’s in custody, Schumann said, “and is facing possible new charges of robbery and breach of probation along with the warrant.”

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Pair of men aided after being caught in avalanche A day of recreation in the snow-covered mountains of Glacier National Park was cut short for two men after they were caught in an avalanche on Sunday.

The avalanche occurred on Bruins Ridge in the Connaught drainage at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Glacier National Park visitor safety technician Percy Woods said it was triggered by a skier, who was with another man on a snowboard. The boarder was about two-thirds of the way down the

A United Nations gang associate has been convicted of aggravated assault and acquitted of the more serious charge of attempted murder in connection to a shooting outside a Surrey strip club nearly seven years ago.

According to an Oct. 16 B.C. Supreme Court decision posted online last week, the accused, Aram Ali, was in a Lincoln Navigator with United Nations gang leader Barzan Tilli-Choli outside T-Barz night club on Feb. 15, 2009.

As a Range Rover carrying gang rival Tyler Willock and three others left the club, Ali opened fire from the Lincoln, firing eight shots from his semi-automatic pistol – four of which went through the target vehicle’s front window. Willock, who the Crown claimed was the intended target, was not hit, but the driver (who can’t be identified due to a publication ban) was struck in the shoulder and his ear was grazed.

Tilli-Choli and Ali sped back to Van-

couver, Ali throwing the pistol out of the window not far from the scene.

At trial, Ali did not deny shooting the gun, but insisted he never meant to hurt anyone.

While the Crown contended Ali intended to kill, Ali testified he only fired his gun to scare off the person he believed to be driving the Range Rover. The Crown pointed to an intercepted conversation Ali had with Tilli-Choli, as well as testimony from Ali’s former girlfriend – both of which were rejected by Justice Heather Holmes as unreliable.

She concluded there was insufficient evidence Ali aimed to kill someone that night, but said it was clear he intended to cause injury.

“Nothing in the evidence, including Mr. Ali’s explanation, which I have rejected, raises a reasonable doubt that he intended his shots to hit a person,” wrote Holmes in her decision.

“Although the evidence is not sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Ali intended, specifically, to kill, there can be no doubt that he intended to wound.”

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slope when the skier began his descent.

Woods said there were plenty of other skiers in the area, including a group of five that contained two ski guides with the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides. They came to assist the two men — the skier first and then the snowboarder.

Woods said the two men were uninjured.

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City goes to court to remove sex offender The City of Abbotsford is going through the courts in its battle to remove child sex offender James Conway from a home on Joanita Place in Abbotsford.

The city filed a notice of civil claim in B.C. Supreme Court against property owners Brian Vos and Fiona Mitchell, as well as supervisor Ed Holroyd and WJS Canada. The latter operates supervision and care facilities in B.C., Alberta and Ontario and provides supervision, counselling and treatment for high-risk individuals.

The suit alleges that the defendants are using the property for “commercial, institutional and care uses,” which are not permitted under the “Agricultural One” zoning for the neighbourhood.

Mayor Henry Braun announced in September that the defendants had been notified of the city’s position and that Conway, Holroyd and the home’s other resident — also a former inmate — had been asked to move. They have not done so, resulting in the city filing the civil suit.

The defendants have not yet filed a response.

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Two more teens die after Romanian nightclub fire Two Romanian teenagers who were burned in a deadly nightclub blaze in Bucharest have died in British hospitals, bringing the tragedy’s overall death toll to 51.

Elena Beatrice Gagos confirmed the death of her friend Vladut Roberto Andy on Wednesday — his 19th birthday. The St Andrews Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, also confirmed his death.

The A. D. Xenopol high school in Bucharest said Wednesday on its Facebook page that student Elena Nitu, 18, had died in a hospital in Liverpool late Tuesday.

Authorities say 76 people remain hospitalized in Bucharest after the fire, 24 of them in serious or critical condition caused by burns. Another 29 people are being treated in foreign hospitals for burns.

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Pope Francis to visit Mexico in early 2016 Pope Francis will visit the Mexican capital and three states early next year, Mexico’s foreign relations secretary announced Wednesday.

Claudia Ruiz Massieu said Francis’ stops will be in Mexico City, Chiapas, Chihuahua and Michoacan, the latter three locales that present opportunities for the pontiff to touch on issues he has emphasized, such as poverty, migration and support for indigenous communities.

Ruiz Massieu said Francis’ trip will take place in the first months of 2016 and that specifics of his itinerary would be released by the Vatican next month.

Mexican Cardinal Norberto Rivera said recently that the pope would arrive Feb. 12, but that date has not been confirmed by the Vatican.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

Sacrifices made by soldiers remembered across nation MURRAY BREWSTER THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Canadians paused on Wednesday, as they do every year on Nov. 11, for a moment of reflection, but for those touched by war, like Master Cpl. Gary Barrett, every day is Remembrance Day. For the veteran of the 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, which saw some of the most intense fighting of the Afghan war in 2006 and 2010, the memory of fallen comrades is never far away and in some cases the dull ache has become part of the fabric daily life.

“A lot of us reflect every day,” said Barrett who now serves with regiment’s 3rd battalion. “There are a lot of people I think about every day; friends that I’ve lost over there and I’m sure that there are other guys in the same boat who’ve lost friends and every day they have a thought — or a memory — in mind for a minute or two.”

It is a tangible, personal connection to war that fewer and fewer Canadians have, especially with the accelerating generational shift that’s seen an increasing number of Second World War and Korean veterans die.

It used to be that somebody’s brother, sister, father, mother, aunt or uncle served in one of those wars.

But the ranks of stooped, old soldiers, some of them in wheelchairs piled high with blankets, were painfully thin this year during the annual march past the soaring National War Memorial.

The parade was filled out by slightly younger and slightly less grey peacekeeping veterans of the 1960s and 1970s in blue berets. It’s been like that for the last few years but was far

The Royal Canadian Legion’s Silver Cross mother Sheila Anderson, left, and Governor General David Johnston look on as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau lay a wreath during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa on Wednesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

more pronounced this chilly November morning.

Many of the men who fought Hitler’s armies are in their mid-90s.

Ceremonies were also held in Montreal and Quebec City, where Premier Philippe Couillard said it might be difficult for younger generations to appreciate the importance of paying tribute to those who sacrificed their lives during the First and Second World Wars.

Couillard, whose son is Canadian Forces soldier, drew a parallel between fighting Nazism and the current fight with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as a way of teaching a lesson to today’s youth about defending democratic values.

“It’s known that humanity, some-

times, must acknowledge and respond to these threats, which are threats against democracy and our freedoms,” Couillard told reporters before a traditional ceremony at the Cross of Sacrifice, between the national assembly and the Plains of Abraham.

The premier, who has openly supported Canada’s military involvement against ISIL, said this was central in the struggle against Nazism’s “absolutist regime” and “organized racism” aimed at destroying an entire community.

The changing face of Remembrance Day and the shrinking personal connection doesn’t make it any less powerful, said many who attended Wednesday’s national ceremony.

Ottawa resident Frank Organ and his daughter Emily joined a procession of thousands who left their poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. \Gov. Gen. David Johnston wore a naval officer’s uniform as he placed a wreath at the memorial. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also laid a tribute.

Johnston said he is deeply grateful for the sacrifices made by veterans.

“These women and men risk their lives every day for ideals that we sometimes take for granted,” he said in a statement. “But some things are worth the risk. Our freedoms are worth struggling for. Peace is worth striving for. Family and community are worth sacrificing for.”

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Court halts Catalan push to secede from Spain Spain’s constitutional Court on Wednesday halted a push by separatist regional Catalan lawmakers to set a road map toward independence by 2017, acting just hours after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy mounted a legal challenge to the secession bid and accused separatists of plotting to destroy centuries of Spanish unity.

The court’s unanimous acceptance to review the Spanish government’s legal case suspended a resolution passed Monday by the Catalonia parliament in Barcelona authorizing it to begin work on a Catalan constitution and to establish tax-collecting and security systems.

The court warned Catalan politicians that they could face criminal charges if they defy its ruling.

Public officials who refuse to comply with the court order would likely face charges of disobedience.

Canadian couple found dead in Mexico hotel DIANA MEHTA THE CANADIAN PRESS

A Canadian couple who had travelled to Mexico to attend their daughter’s wedding has been found dead at a hotel near the resort city of Playa de Carmen.

A family member said Charles Mackenzie and his wife, Dorothy Mackenzie, both from Baddeck, N.S., were found dead on Monday.

Charles Mackenzie’s brother-in-law Douglas Hastings said family members currently in Mexico for the wedding were dealing with their deaths.

“I know that they’re more concerned about the remains and cremation and things like that. I don’t really know about the wedding,” said Hastings, whose wife was also in Mexico.

An official from the prosecutor’s

“The room was perfectly fine. All the equipment was working perfectly.

What the family mentioned was a heart attack.”

David Rubeo, hotel spokesman

office in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo said the couple’s bodies were found in a whirlpool spa and showed no signs of violence.

The official, who wouldn’t give her name as she wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the case, said autopsies have indicated that Charles Mackenzie died of a heart

attack and his wife died of asphyxia by submersion.

She said the deaths appeared to be accidental and linked, suggesting the man’s heart attack may have somehow caused the woman to drown.

A spokesman for the Playacar Palace hotel, where the couple was staying, said the deaths are still under investigation.

David Rubeo dismissed earlier media reports that suggested the couple had been electrocuted in the hot tub of their room.

“The room was perfectly fine. All the equipment was working perfectly,” he told The Canadian Press.

“What the family mentioned was a heart attack.”

Rubeo said the couple’s family was still staying at the hotel and was being assisted by hotel staff.

“We are treating them as our own family,” he said, noting that staff were helping the Canadians deal with local authorities.

“All the group is very calm, in the best way they can be.”

A spokesman with the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the deaths of two Canadians and said consular officials were helping the couple’s family and friends.

“Canadian consular officials in Playa del Carmen, Mexico are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information,” said Francois Lasalle. » We want to hear from you.

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A signs warns to avoid contact with the water along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal on Wednesday.

The city has begun its massive sewage dump Wednesday, dumping some 8 billion litres of untreated wastewater into the St. Lawrence over the space of a week in order to repair parts of its sewage system. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Montreal raw sewage dump plan goes ahead Release of untreated waste necessary to repair infrastructure SIDHARTHA BANERJEE THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — The City of Montreal says the controversial process of dumping 8 billion litres of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River went off without a hitch as it got underway Wednesday.

Mayor Denis Coderre told reporters gathered along a shoreline in southwestern Montreal that everything was proceeding as planned and the infrastructure repair work that necessitated the discharge remains on schedule.

Certain sewers began diverting untreated sewage away from an aging interceptor and directly into the river just after midnight on Wednesday morning, work that will continue for one week.

The release of untreated waste water is necessary in order to complete repairs on an aging interceptor tunnel that feeds sewage to a treatment facility as well as to relocate a snow chute.

“Not only was there no other option, but it was necessary for the future, for the very integrity of

the infrastructure,” Coderre said.

“We are protecting our river and it’s better to have (the discharge) planned than just to react to a (break or rupture) where we might have even more waste water.”

Richard Fontaine, head of Montreal’s waste water management department, said residents shouldn’t expect to see the river water change colour or notice lingering strong smells, in response to questions about a white filmy substance photographed on the river.

He attributed the colour to phosphorus, normal even without a sewage dump.

Fontaine said the most important way to measure the effect on the river is to take quality samples before, during and after the work is complete.

City workers got a look at parts the aging sewer collector located about 35 metres underground and Coderre said that he will inspect the tunnel firsthand on Thursday.

“It’s not pretty,” Fontaine said of a status report workers provided.

The city took out full-page adver-

tisements in local newspapers explaining the planned discharge is unfortunate but necessary.

Opposition Leader Luc Ferrandez of Projet Montreal accused Coderre of acting cynically and plowing ahead without having a long-term plan to deal with future events.

Coderre brushed off the criticism, saying all levels of government would sit down to address the issue.

City officials have called on people to stay out of the river, but drinking water isn’t affected.

They’re also asking residents where the sewers are discharging directly into the river to refrain from flushing certain items such as diapers, condoms and medications.

“There’s a very simple test — before you throw it in the toilet bowl, would you put it in your pool or your bathtub? That’s the question you have to ask yourself,” Fontaine said.

In Quebec City, Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau said Quebec municipalities must reduce sewage spills but did not set specific goals.

$12B Miller buy will double Molson-Coors size ROSS MAROWITS THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — Molson Coors will nearly double its size once it completes a US$12-billion purchase that secures full ownership of its U.S. beer business and gains global control of the Miller brand name.

Mark Hunter, the CEO for Molson Coors, said the “game-changing” transaction to acquire full ownership of Miller Coors — a partner-

ship with SABMiller — will allow the company to invest more in its brands and increase consumer choice.

“This is a compelling strategic and financial opportunity that catapults Molson Coors to the next level,” Hunter said Wednesday during a conference call, noting it will add US$4.7 billion in annual revenues and more than US$1 billion in earnings.

The transaction effectively reverses last year’s termination of a longstanding agreement to distribute Miller products in Canada, and also gives Molson Coors full control on how to produce, market and sell those brands.

The deal also gives Molson Coors perpetual royalty-free U.S. licences for SABMiller brands including Peroni, Pilsner Urquell, Foster’s and Redd’s.

OTTAWA — Ontario and B.C. appear prepared for the federal government to request more time to respond to the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision on doctor-assisted death.

The new Liberal government has not said it will need an extension to address the court’s ruling but Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has publicly acknowledged this is a possibility.

B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake says his province would be open to working with the federal Liberals over an extended period to ensure they give the matter the thought it deserves.

“I think that it is a very short time frame without an extension,” Lake said in an interview. “It is the federal government’s decision to make, but I think certainly ... a framework needs to be worked out with a lot of thoughtfulness, so I think the more time to be able to do that, the better.

“We would certainly be amenable to working with the federal government over a longer time period.”

Last February, the Supreme Court recognized the right of clearly consenting adults who endure intolerable

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It also gave Parliament a year to craft a set of laws to govern assisted suicide, though former justice minister Peter MacKay indicated in June the government — Conservative or otherwise — would likely need more time.

Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins said his province would understand if the federal government seeks an extension.

“I think that, given the electoral process and the change in government as well, I think that Ontario would be very understanding if the federal government were to ask for an extension,” Hoskins said. “It’s really up to them to be sure that they can implement any changes required prior to the deadline.”

A three-member panel appointed by the previous government has conducted research tours in Europe and Portland, Ore. The group will eventually present its findings to the ministers of justice and health, although the election delayed the release of its work.

Two advocacy groups — Dying with Dignity Canada and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association — say the panel should be disbanded.

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Choosing Syrians to bring to Canada a big task STEPHANIE LEVITZ THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Somewhere right now, in a refugee camp in Amman or a rental apartment in Beirut or on a street in Istanbul, sits a Syrian hoping to be among the 25,000 people resettled to Canada, possibly by the end of the year.

United Nations staff working with the Canadian government to figure out who will be on the planes or ships dispatched to the region in the coming weeks say they are trying to keep expectations realistic. “Rumours are already going in the refugee populations that there’s a large program, that Canadians are coming,� said Furio De Angelis, the Canadian representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. “We have to explain, present it as it is, an extraordinary effort but not everyone is eligible.�

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Alberta asks Montana to help sage grouse program Alberta wants to bolster its struggling population of sage grouse by relocating dozens of the chicken-sized birds from Montana, which itself is taking steps to ensure its own fragile population doesn’t become endangered.

The request will be taken up by Montana wildlife officials today, less than two months after the Obama administration said the greater sage grouse does not require Endangered Species Act protections in 11 states in the West.

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The UN refugee agency, tasked with overseeing what’s been called the greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War — is actually very specific when it comes to selecting people for resettlement.

While the Liberal plan is focused on the logistics of how to get some of them here now, they are also thinking about the future.

Immigration Minister John McCallum highlighted this week that one member of the committee pulling together the plan is Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef. “She is a minister who is actually a refugee herself,� McCallum said. “We talked about the fact that 20 years from now we may have one of the Syrian refugees sitting around the cabinet table. “That speaks to the kind of vision we have in this plan.�

The Liberal cabinet meets to review their approach on Thursday.

Their cases are assessed against a number of categories, including whether they’re in immediate physical danger, are survivors of violence or torture, have medical needs or are a woman, child or adolescent at risk.

Those categories are applied against a person’s current situation, not

At the same time, federal officials announced restrictions on 67 million acres of public lands to protect the bird’s habitat, and states such as Montana and Wyoming announced their own conservation initiatives.

Just across the border, the situation is dire. Alberta sage grouse occupy just 10 per cent of their historical range, cornered by encroaching land cultivation, energy development and grazing.

Their numbers went from a high of 613 males in 1968 to just 13 in 2012, according to the province’s sage grouse recovery plan. — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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About 30 per cent of the population is identified as having a specific need that would make them eligible for resettlement.

In Lebanon, there are around 1.1 million registered Syrians.

Though the government has no official camps for them, some have crowded into camps set up for Palestinians. There are at least 1,500 children, nearly three-quarters of them Syrian, begging or working as street vendors, according to the UN. In Turkey, there are 2.1 million registered Syrians, again split roughly 50-50 between male and female and about a third are children.

Two-thirds of the youngsters aren’t in school, according to one recent study by Human Rights Watch. Alan Kurdi, the child whose family had considered trying to reach Canada as they fled from Syria, died instead trying to reach Turkey.

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The crash Tuesday afternoon in Akron — three kilometres from the small airport where the plane was to land — killed two executives and five employees at Pebb Enterprises, a Boca Raton-based company that specializes in shopping centres. The two pilots also were killed.

Another pilot who had just landed at the airport reported hearing no distress calls despite being on the same communications frequency as the aircraft that went down, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.

The NTSB recovered the downed plane’s cockpit voice recorder, which was being sent to a lab in Washington.

Investigators also reviewed surveillance video from a construction company that showed the plane coming in along the tops of trees and banking to the left before it crashed and exploded into flames and a cloud of black smoke, said Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairman of the NTSB.

The left wing hit the ground first before the plane crashed into the apartment house, she said.

The chartered plane left Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday and stopped in St. Paul, Minnesota; Moline, Illinois; and St. Louis before arriving in Cincinnati, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.

The 10-seat Hawker H25 business jet clipped utility wires and crashed into the four-unit apartment building, sparking a fire that destroyed the building, Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Bill Haymaker said. Nobody was home at any of the apartments, and there were no other injuries.

A man who lived in the unit that the plane crashed into said he wasn’t home because he’d gone to the store to buy Hot Pockets, a brand of microwavable turnovers.

Jason Bartley told the Akron Beacon Journal that he feels lucky but also in shock over the crash. The 38-year-old factory worker said he was coming home when he saw the flames.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash, which shook furniture in homes several blocks away and left behind fiery debris.

It could take days to recover and identify the victims, Haymaker said. “It’s going to be extensive,� he said.

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TRADE

Balsillie comments put TPP under scrutiny again ANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Concerns voiced by Jim Balsillie over the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty have intensified scrutiny of the pact’s intellectual-property provisions — and whether they represent a bad deal for Canada.

The former co-chief executive of Research in Motion fired off warnings this week about the final text of the 12-country agreement, a deal reached after years of mostly secret negotiations.

Balsillie’s TPP criticisms zeroed in on intellectual-property rules that he says would favour the more-dominant United States and its companies that already own ideas. These conditions, he added, would harm emerging entrepreneurs in the business of innovation from smaller countries like Canada.

Over time, he believes the standards could cost Canada billions of dollars in lost prosperity in the growing innovation segment of the economy — which, he argues, could make signing the deal Canada’s worst-ever policy decision.

Balsillie is not alone in his concern.

A week after the text’s release to the public, more and more experts have pored over its fine print — and some have found problematic elements rolled into the deal’s chapter on intellectual property.

Michael Geist, a law professor who specializes in intellectual property, agrees the TPP’s copyright provisions could prove costly for Canadian companies, particularly when it comes to lost opportunities.

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“What we’re fundamentally talking about is establishing the rules of the road for virtually all Canadian business, for the Canadian economy and for much of the global economy for years and decades to come,” said Geist, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.

“Those who set the rules for those industries put themselves at a competitive advantage and in this instance it’s quite clearly the United States.”

But not everyone agrees that TPP would present significant problems for intellectual property in Canada.

“Generally speaking, I don’t think that the TPP requires us to do very much that we’re not already doing,” said Nathaniel Lipkus, an intellectual-property lawyer with Osler in Toronto.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

China still uses torture: Amnesty International THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BEIJING — China’s deep-rooted practice of using torture to extract confessions from suspects has seen little improvement despite measures introduced since 2010 to reform the criminal justice system, an international human rights group said Thursday.

The report by Amnesty International echoed the same findings by the Human Rights Watch in a May report. Both reports say the unlawful and inhumane practice remains prevalent in China and that China’s efforts to reform its legal system have done little to curb it.

Amnesty International came to the conclusion after interviewing 37 lawyers throughout China, analyzing 590 court decisions, and parsing judicial rules and procedures.

“For the police, obtaining a confession is still the easiest way to secure a conviction,” said Patrick Poon, a researcher at Amnesty International.

Yet, despite regular accounts by victims, reports by international human

rights groups and exposes in state media, Chinese authorities have insisted that the practice is waning.

In April 2014, Zhao Chunguang, a senior public security official overseeing police detention facilities, said there had not been a single case of coercing confessions through torture at the country’s detention centres following new rules aimed at preventing the use of torture.

When responding to the report by the Human Rights Watch in May, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters that Chinese law prohibits torture during interrogations and that anyone found responsible would be punished.

Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Justice did not respond to faxed requests on the practice.

In the report, Amnesty International says forms of torture include beatings, long periods of being handcuffed and leg-cuffed, sleep deprivation, withholding food and water, and denial of medical treatment.

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The master of easy listening plays Nanaimo Saxophone star Kenny G stages Island-exclusive concert DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

The king of smooth jazz and is coming to Nanaimo.

But when Kenny G plays the Port Theatre next week, it won’t be his first visit.

When the man with the golden saxophone sound isn’t performing at such venues as the White House and Times Square he finds time to fly his float plane, which has on occasion led him to the Nanaimo harbour.

“I’ve been flying a de Havilland Canada Beaver for 20 years, and I’ve stopped in Nanaimo,” Kenny said. “I’ve flown through the Gulf Islands, to Vancouver. I like the area a lot, so I’m happy to come up to Nanaimo.”

In a Vancouver Island exclusive, Casino Nanaimo presents Kenny G at the Port Theatre Tuesday.

Born Kenneth Bruce Gorelick in Seattle, in 1956, he picked up the sax at age 10, inspired by the Ed Sullivan Show. His career started at age 17, working as a sideman for Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1973.

“It was very exciting — my first pro gig, but I was too young to get nervous,” he said.

At around this time he adopted his new stage name. An interest in math led to a university accounting degree, but music was always his first love. He played in several bands through the 1970s, then signed his first record contract a decade later. Commercial success grew with the release of G Force, in 1983, Gravity, in 1985, and international recognition with Duotones in 1986.

His humility remains, despite becoming one of the top selling artists in the U.S., and despite such perks as his 2000 White House performance, a round of golf with Jack Nicklaus or ringing in the millennium at Times Square.

“I’ve played in Africa, India, China — it’s just a lot of really great moments,” he said.

The secret to his success?

“I wish I knew. If I could just bottle it,” he said, adding his music is the result of a lot of hard work and practice. “I think people can tell when you’re a genuine artist.”

Kenny, whose mother was Canadian, plays big and small venues, depending on the logistics and timing.

He said playing the Port Theatre will be “fun.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever stepped off the dock, but this time I will. I look forward to it.”

The tour coincides with the release of his new album, Brazilian Nights, and he plans to perform a mix of songs from the new CD and some of his more established work.

Because his music isn’t necessarily hit driven, he says he never tires of playing a variety of songs each night.

“I’ve heard other artists say: ‘I’m not going to do that song again,’ but every time we play, we put the same energy in it as the first time. We feel every night we’re at Carnegie Hall.”

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 It isn’t easy growing up in the shadow of a famous father.

Drummer Dan Brubeck knows all too well.

The comparisons with his dad, jazz icon Dave Brubeck, are easy, and the fight to be known as a musician in his own right a familiar one to anyone who has grown up with a notable parent.

But the advantages are there too, of course — a dreamlike youth which Dan likens to “living in a weird conservatory of music.� “Pretty much every day, with six kids, you’d walk up and down the hallway of this house and every room, there was a cello practicing or a trombone or me on a drum pad or on a drum set in another room, everyone was always practicing. And there were pianos just about everywhere, all the rooms had pianos in them and stuff,� he said. “Four of us (kids) are professional musicians, so amongst ourselves we would play a lot and then my dad would have rehearsals, so from the time I was a little kid, I would be hearing Paul Desmond and Joe Morello.

People used to come over. Gerry Mulligan used to live near here, so they would come and play music and sometimes we would sit in with them and as we got older, we started playing with those guys but they mentored us a bit . . . we were just around it all the time.�

Dan’s latest album — which will feature in his first trip with his quartet to Nanaimo on Nov. 13 — not only openly embraces the music of his father, he calls attention to the notable talents of his mother.

Though known in the jazz world as a canny and innovative promoter, many are unaware of Iola Brubeck’s creative talents, which often took the form of collaboration with her husband. “There were times when I felt like, ‘Oh it’s such a drag, my mom was so talented.’ She came out of an acting school where a lot of

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November of 1954 — what many jazz fans don’t realize is that many of Dave’s compositions also have lyrics, penned by Iola.

This collaboration is what comprises the Dan Brubeck Quartet’s latest release, Live From the Cellar: Celebrating the Music and Lyrics of Dave and Iola Brubeck. “She was a great lyricist. She wrote lyrics to a lot of the songs, and that’s what my project is about — in a way I was trying to honour her, because after my dad died there was a lot of focus on him, and my mom was on her way out too and I kind of wanted people to recognize what she had done.�

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Tickets are $30 and the event is also a benefit for the Nanaimo Conservatory.

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t’s been a long road since his days as a Comox Valley teen when Chris Hamilton was dealing with complications arising from his sexuality.

He experimented with drugs and alcohol to cope with self-doubt. By the time he was 12 he was smoking dope and drinking every couple of weeks.

As a bisexual rapper known in the hip-hop world as Ill Tone, the Vancouver-based Hamilton continues to deal with the challenges posed by what he calls “the most homophobic industry on earth.”

But he has managed to sniff the sweet smell of success: he’s toured throughout Canada and Europe, opened for various hip-hop legends, and charted three releases that reached the top five for hip hop on Alternative Radio in Canada.

One reviewer called his debut recording, Bringin’ the Hope Back, a “therapeutic experience.”

A certified sound engineer, the 30-year-old has received a Vancouver Island Music Award nomination. Aside from music, Hamilton also worked as a political canvasser for Burnaby South NDP candidate Kennedy Stewart.

Ill Tone took part in a recent Q and A with The Record.

— How many albums have you recorded?

My discography’s comprised of one full-length album, three commercially released mixtapes, and two EPs (extended play). One of them, titled Hope, was just a preview of the full-length album.

My most recent, Up In My Head, is probably the work I’m most proud of. I produced or co-produced all the beats, wrote all the lyrics, and recorded and engineered all the songs at home on a zero dollar budget.

— Would you say that Bringin’ the Hope Back contains material that is hard-hitting and honest?

It definitely depicts some of the darker days of my life. I feel that, as a lyricist, it’s important to be honest with listeners. I gained a lot of positive

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praise regarding that album from both presspublications across the country and fans of the music.

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— You’ve toured many other countries. Were they all in Europe?

Other than Canada, which I’ve toured throughout fairly extensively, all of the other countries I toured in were in Europe.

I travel a fair bit and have visited places in Central America and Asia, but many European nations show great support for lyrically-driven hip hop so it’s an easy continent to capitalize on regarding live shows.

So far, I’ve rocked shows in Norway, Poland, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, the Netherlands and Belgium. I went to the Netherlands and Belgium as a headliner or co-headliner and all the shows were packed. It was unreal. The other countries I toured with the legendary Beatnuts.

— You say you’ve opened for 20 or 30 hip-hop legends. Could you name a few?

I’ve opened for a lot of world class hip-hop artists, that’s for sure.

To name a few: Rakim, Talib Kweli, Tech N9ne, Xzibit, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Digable Planets, and Maestro Fresh Wes (the godfather of Canadian hip hop).

Wes was an important one because of who he is and what he’s done for our country’s hip hop scene, also because he was the first notable artist I opened for.

— Is it accurate to say you don’t know of any other bisexual rappers in Canada, or the world?

As far as it goes for other gay or bisexual rappers, I think there might be a few females who have come out but not too many, if any, males.

Certain rappers have rumours in circulation concerning their sexuality but haven’t taken the leap-of-faith of coming out to the hip-hop community.

There was this one American MC back in the late-90s or early-2000s that I read about in a hip-hop magazine, but I don’t think he really did any touring or anything. I think his situation was more of just a gimmicky thing than anything else. I can’t remember his exact name, but I think it was some weirdly spelled variation of “Caution.”

As far as I know, I’m the first non-straight male rapper in Canadian history. I’m sure they’re out there, but I haven’t heard about ‘em yet!

— You’re very open about your struggles growing up. Was there anyone in your family with whom you could confide about your sexuality?

I didn’t feel as if there was anyone I could confide in regarding my sexuality. In hindsight, I could’ve told my mom because she loves me unconditionally, as I do her, but it didn’t seem like I could say anything when I was living within that household.

There was a lot of casual homophobia purveyed by at least one other member of the family. I lived in perpetual fear of being disowned if I told the truth. I never came out to anyone until I was 22 or 23 and beyond that, it still took another three or four years before I started telling anyone within the hip-hop world.

— By coming out, do you hope other rappers will be inspired to do the same?

I’m not trying to blaze a trail or anything, I’m just trying to continue being honest about who I am, and feel that it’s important to portray that honesty through my music career, and in my everyday life.

I don’t think I’m a well-known enough artist to have that great of an impact, but at least I can be an honest individual in an industry full of dishonesty.

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t’s been a long road since his days as a Comox Valley teen when Chris Hamilton was dealing with complications arising from his sexuality.

He experimented with drugs and alcohol to cope with self-doubt. By the time he was 12 he was smoking dope and drinking every couple of weeks.

As a bisexual rapper known in the hip-hop world as Ill Tone, the Vancouver-based Hamilton continues to deal with the challenges posed by what he calls “the most homophobic industry on earth.”

But he has managed to sniff the sweet smell of success: he’s toured throughout Canada and Europe, opened for various hip-hop legends, and charted three releases that reached the top five for hip hop on Alternative Radio in Canada.

One reviewer called his debut recording, Bringin’ the Hope Back, a “therapeutic experience.”

A certified sound engineer, the 30-year-old has received a Vancouver Island Music Award nomination. Aside from music, Hamilton also worked as a political canvasser for Burnaby South NDP candidate Kennedy Stewart.

Ill Tone took part in a recent Q and A with The Record.

— How many albums have you recorded?

My discography’s comprised of one full-length album, three commercially released mixtapes, and two EPs (extended play). One of them, titled Hope, was just a preview of the full-length album.

My most recent, Up In My Head, is probably the work I’m most proud of. I produced or co-produced all the beats, wrote all the lyrics, and recorded and engineered all the songs at home on a zero dollar budget.

— Would you say that Bringin’ the Hope Back contains material that is hard-hitting and honest?

It definitely depicts some of the darker days of my life. I feel that, as a lyricist, it’s important to be honest with listeners. I gained a lot of positive

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Many people contacted me to say they related to the material and that it helped them with their own struggles, knowing they weren’t alone.

— You’ve toured many other countries. Were they all in Europe?

Other than Canada, which I’ve toured throughout fairly extensively, all of the other countries I toured in were in Europe.

I travel a fair bit and have visited places in Central America and Asia, but many European nations show great support for lyrically-driven hip hop so it’s an easy continent to capitalize on regarding live shows.

So far, I’ve rocked shows in Norway, Poland, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, the Netherlands and Belgium. I went to the Netherlands and Belgium as a headliner or co-headliner and all the shows were packed. It was unreal. The other countries I toured with the legendary Beatnuts.

— You say you’ve opened for 20 or 30 hip-hop legends. Could you name a few?

I’ve opened for a lot of world class hip-hop artists, that’s for sure.

To name a few: Rakim, Talib Kweli, Tech N9ne, Xzibit, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Digable Planets, and Maestro Fresh Wes (the godfather of Canadian hip hop).

Wes was an important one because of who he is and what he’s done for our country’s hip hop scene, also because he was the first notable artist I opened for.

— Is it accurate to say you don’t know of any other bisexual rappers in Canada, or the world?

As far as it goes for other gay or bisexual rappers, I think there might be a few females who have come out but not too many, if any, males.

Certain rappers have rumours in circulation concerning their sexuality but haven’t taken the leap-of-faith of coming out to the hip-hop community.

There was this one American MC back in the late-90s or early-2000s that I read about in a hip-hop magazine, but I don’t think he really did any touring or anything. I think his situation was more of just a gimmicky thing than anything else. I can’t remember his exact name, but I think it was some weirdly spelled variation of “Caution.”

As far as I know, I’m the first non-straight male rapper in Canadian history. I’m sure they’re out there, but I haven’t heard about ‘em yet!

— You’re very open about your struggles growing up. Was there anyone in your family with whom you could confide about your sexuality?

I didn’t feel as if there was anyone I could confide in regarding my sexuality. In hindsight, I could’ve told my mom because she loves me unconditionally, as I do her, but it didn’t seem like I could say anything when I was living within that household.

There was a lot of casual homophobia purveyed by at least one other member of the family. I lived in perpetual fear of being disowned if I told the truth. I never came out to anyone until I was 22 or 23 and beyond that, it still took another three or four years before I started telling anyone within the hip-hop world.

— By coming out, do you hope other rappers will be inspired to do the same?

I’m not trying to blaze a trail or anything, I’m just trying to continue being honest about who I am, and feel that it’s important to portray that honesty through my music career, and in my everyday life.

I don’t think I’m a well-known enough artist to have that great of an impact, but at least I can be an honest individual in an industry full of dishonesty.

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Malaspina Theatre will showcase a musical tribute to late jazz singer Eva Cassidy, who died at age 33.

The show, titled How Can I Keep From Singing, is the work of Vancouver vocalists Cayla Brooke and Tom Pickett, along with a “red-hot four-piece band,” including Bill Sample on piano and featuring Rene Worst on bass, David Ivaz on guitar and Buff Allen on drums.

The production will feature more than 25 songs from throughout the entire the career of the late artist, including Stormy Monday, Over the Rainbow, Wayfaring Stranger, Fields of Gold and Danny Boy. “People have either heard of Eva — and are devoted fans,” said Brooke. “Or they have yet to be! For both groups, this show will be a magical experience.”

Cassidy’s musical range also included folk, gospel, country and other genres. Her music did not receive international attention until after her untimely death in 1996. Two years later, her covers of the songs Fields of Gold and Over the Rainbow received widespread attention after being played on the BBC, leading to hits in the U.K. and Ireland, She went on to sell millions of records posthumously, The show plays from Nov. 18 to 21 at 7:30 p.m. and on Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students.

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The Kris Kringle Craft Market will be open for its third year in Nanaimo at Beban Park later this month.

The craft market will feature more than 150 high-quality B.C. artisans this year, with 50 per cent of them new artists to the market.

Veronica von Conruhds, the longtime organizer of the annual Christmas time event that had its origins in Qualicum Beach 16 years ago, said she expects approximately 12,000 people to attend the craft market, which runs Nov. 26-29 at the Beban Park Social Centre.

“I’m always amazed by the great

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The Cape Breton band known as “Canada’s Celtic ambassadors” will bring the sounds of an east coast Christmas to the west coast when the Barra MacNeils play the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre Sunday, Nov. 15, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

For nearly three decades, the family group of siblings Kyle, Lucy, Sheumas, Stewart, Boyd and Jamie MacNeil have been thrilling audiences internationally with their sparkling repertoire, vocal harmonies, instrumental prowess and vibrant showmanship.

The group’s Qualicum Beach stop comes in the opening days of its annual five-week, National Christmas Tour 2015, which wraps up Dec. 20.

The Barra MacNeils have released 17 critically acclaimed recordings since their self-titled debut album in 1986, including three albums of Christmas music. But they earn some of their strongest reviews from their live performances, which showcase both original

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turnout at the market,” von Conruhds said, “For many, it’s the beginning of the Christmas shopping period and sets the tone for the season. We decided we needed more space and to be more centrally located in the Island three years ago and moved the event to Nanaimo, which has worked out well.”

Von Conruhds said new to the market this year will be the Kringle’s Man Cave. She said the Man Cave will be geared toward men and consist of “man-themed” booths highlighting wine and beer products and other goods and crafts that men would enjoy Von Conruhds said there will be

live music in the food court at the market this year where a number of different food choices will be presented, including Ukrainian, Greek and Mexican foods.

There will also be draws and giveaways during all four days of the market, including a gift card from WestJet for two to fly anywhere the airline flies.

“We are having our big grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 26 at noon with a huge cake and balloons for the kids,” von Conruhds said. For more information on this years’ Kris Kringle Craft Market, check out www.kriskringle.ca or call 250-758-9750.

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It was probably no great shock that Amanda Wagar gravitated toward acting.

After all, the 21-year-old Coombs woman has been in costume since winning a Halloween contest before her first birthday.

Now, she has a chance to bring home another prize after being nominated for a Joey Award for her work in her first film, the science fiction short, Mining Moon.

“My teachers every year in school said, ‘You should be acting,’ since I’ve been in kindergarten, pretty much,” said Wagar, a 2013 graduate of Kwalikum Secondary School.

“I think it was my Grade 7 play, being on stage in front of an audience, in a full-length play, that’s when I realized I really like this. I want to be on stage, taking on the persona of somebody else. To step out of my shoes and get another perspective on life.”

She got plenty of perspectives with Mining Moon, a low-budget, 29-minute project filmed in 2014 in Nanaimo. Wagar was attending Vancouver Island University in a two-year theatre diploma program when she answered an open audition for the film, directed by Brian Morelan.

She was initially awarded the part of Ren, an albino slave girl. But by the time filming had wrapped up she had also added Lady Chen, a “regal but morally corrupt” arms dealer, and the part of a gun-toting security specialist.

Somehow, she also found time to earn a film credit as second assistant camera operator.

Wagar said she was told by

Amanda Wagar of Coombs, right, appears as Ren, an albino slave girl, one of three roles she played in the short film Mining Moon.

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Morelan that her Joey nomination (the Joeys are a second-year national awards program recognizing youth performers across a spectrum of film, television and theatre) was for her portrayal of Ren. But, as she had no spoken lines in any of the roles, Wagar wonders if her juggling of three parts had something to do with the nomination.

“I feel somebody, somewhere, may have said, ‘I like how that girl was able to pull off being really shy, then being able to all of a sudden be this serious arms dealer, then pull off being this sassy cop.

“It was a blast; I loved every minute of it.”

Juggling multiple roles is nothing new for Wagar, who while attending the VIU theatre program played both the widow and a servant in Taming of the Shrew, and played a serving wench and a Spanish inquisitor in full cowl in Man of La Mancha, she said.

The Joey Awards will be hosted Nov. 14 at the Pacific Gateway Hotel in Richmond. Wagar has been nominated as best actress in a short film in the age 19-20 category. She was 19 when filming began and 20 when it wrapped up.

Since filming finished, she is being seen in a worldwide distribution of Mining Moon to film, comic, sci-fi and horror conventions that has far exceeded her expectations.

“I knew Brian planned to send it to various film festivals and conventions, but I thought he’s send it to some places in Vancouver and maybe Seattle,” she said.

“I never expected it to be going to places like Australia, Sweden, New York, Ireland, France and India. It’s even been in Croatia.”

The one place it has not appeared is in front of Wagar.

“Even as an actress from Mining Moon, as of this date I have not seen the film,” she said. “I’ve only seen the trailer.”

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Moscow pushes back amid doping claims President Vlad Putin cancels meeting with sports leaders due to rain after report accuses athletes of drug use JAMES ELLINGWORTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin cancelled a meeting with the country’s sports leaders on Wednesday because of heavy rain in Sochi.

The Russian president had been due to discuss the doping allegations published Monday in the World Anti-Doping Agency commission’s report. Because of the report, which accused Russia of operating a vast state-sponsored doping program, the country’s track and field team is facing possible exclusion from next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

According to Russian state news agencies, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reason for the can-

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cellation was heavy rain that has restricted flights in and out of Sochi, the host city of last year’s Winter Olympics.

“The decision was taken by the president to continue his working timetable,” Peskov said in comments reported by the RIA Novosti agency.

Putin had been due to meet with track federation coach Yuri Borzakovsky and other Russian sports leaders in Sochi. The plane carrying the sports officials was forced to land in the city of Mineralnye Vody, where they have instead arranged a meeting with Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov.

Peskov added that Putin would be briefed and may hold another meeting on sports and doping issues later in the day, depending on how the weather conditions develop.

On Friday, track’s governing body is scheduled to decide whether to

suspend Russia, the first step toward preventing the country from competing on the track at the Olympics in Rio. IOC President Thomas Bach said in interview with New Zealand television that he believes Russia will take steps to ensure it complies with global anti-doping rules in time to avoid a ban.

In Russia, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said the country was ready to co-operate with WADA and asked the agency to provide a “road map” of reforms to implement.

“If we carry it out, let’s shake hands,” Mutko told the Interfax news agency.

Mutko also took a shot at Britain, criticizing the country’s anti-doping

authorities for failing to catch all the supposed Russian drug cheats at the 2012 London Olympics.

The WADA panel’s doping report implicated Mutko’s ministry in covering up failed drug tests by Russian athletes. It also said that six athletes were allowed to compete at the London Olympics after earlier anti-doping cases against them were slowed down.

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History not on the Lions’ side as playoffs begin DAN RALPH THE CANADIAN PRESS

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onathon Jennings and the B.C. Lions won’t have history on their side Sunday in Calgary.

Jennings and Co. visit the defending Grey Cup champions in the West Division semifinal. Calgary won the season series 2-0, including a 28-7 decision last weekend in Vancouver.

Calgary (14-4) finished tied with Edmonton for the CFL’s best regular-season record. But the Eskimos won the season series 2-1 and the right to host either the Stampeders or Lions in the West Division final Nov. 22.

B.C. (7-11) finished third in the West.

Also on Sunday, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semifinal.

The winner takes on the Ottawa Redblacks at TD Place on Nov. 22.

It’s understandable that Jennings will want to forget his first visit this season to Calgary. The rookie quarterback replaced injured starter John Beck and finished 15-of-27

B.C. Lions’ quarterback Jonathon Jennings walks off the field after throwing an interception against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Oct. 23. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

passing for 252 yards but threw three interceptions, including two to Keon Raymond, in a 35-23 loss in September.

That loss tarnished a spectacular performance by B.C.’s Chris Rainey, who scored kickoff and punt-return touchdowns.

Jennings dressed for but didn’t play in last weekend’s contest.

This will mark the 12th playoff

meeting between Calgary and B.C., with the Stampeders having won eight of them. They’re also 5-0 in the semifinal round.

Calgary has also won three straight post-season contests against B.C., including the 2008 and ’12 West Division finals, respectively.

But it’s Jennings who holds the key for B.C. In his six games as the club’s start-

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B.C. was also just 3-6 on the road this season.

Pick — Calgary.

Toronto versus Hamilton on Sunday afternoon Playing at Tim Hortons Field has been a nightmare for Toronto (10-8), which is 0-3 there versus Hamilton (10-8) and 0-5 overall (including two relocated games this year). But going on the road is nothing new for the Argos, who played 13 of their 18 regular-season games away from Rogers Centre and were a respectable 7-6.

After going 7-0 at the venue last year, the Ticats won their first three home games this year but have dropped four of their last six games there since. The Ticats were 8-3 and playing like definite Grey Cup contenders before quarterback Zach Collaros suffered a season-ending knee injury in a 25-18 home loss to Edmonton on Sept. 19. They finished the regular season losing three straight, including a home-and-home series with Ottawa that earned the Redblacks first in the East.

Pick — Toronto.

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fter going on a losing streak like the one the Nanaimo Clippers just ended, teams tend to learn a few things about themselves.

For the Clippers, they might have just learned that Sheldon Rempal will be able to produce at a league-leading pace no matter who he plays with.

He’s just that experienced, he’s just that good.

As the Clippers ended their four-game losing streak on the road against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Tuesday with a 3-1 win, it definitely didn’t matter that head coach Mike Vandekamp broke up his top line — one of the best threesomes in Canadian Junior A hockey.

Rempal scored twice, once assisted

by Yanni Kaldis and Nolan Aibel and another unassisted, and leads the league with 43 points — 10 back of his entire production in 53 games last season.

If you thought playing with the Clippers other two top-scoring veterans Devin Brosseau and Matt Hoover was driving Rempal’s league-leading offence, think again. He is simply the most dynamic player on the ice whenever he’s on it, and whoever he’s on it with.

The Clippers needed the change, too.

They’re tied with the Cowichan Valley Capitals for the top spot in the Island Division at 12-9-0-1, but after last year’s division title they’re supposed to be far better than this.

The top line was never the problem.

The problem was the Clippers’ near desperate reliance on it for their total offence. Even after Tuesday’s win — which also included Brosseau picking up an assist as he remains fourth in the league scoring race — there has been a

er, the six-foot, 195-pound former Saginaw Valley State star ranks third overall in passing yards — behind Ottawa’s Henry Burris and Edmonton’s Mike Reilly — but stands first in TD strikes (15) and quarterback efficiency (108.9).

Jennings, 23, became just the sixth quarterback in league history to exceed 1,000 yards passing in his first three starts, Only Jeff Garcia and Tobin Rote threw for more yards than Jennings’ total of 1,017 over that span.

He’ll face a Calgary defence that allowed a league-low 16.1 points per game, was ranked second against the pass (246.6 yards per game) and third versus the run (77.8 yards).

A young quarterback’s best friend is often a solid ground attack but even with Andrew Harris — the league’s second-leading rusher with 1,039 yards — B.C. was eighth overall running the football (81.3 yards per game). And there’s the matter of having to play Calgary at McMahon Stadium. The Stampeders finished tied with Edmonton for the CFL’s best home record at 8-1, the lone loss coming against the Eskimos.

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It’s a far cry from the enormous amount of depth the Clippers had a year ago, when six forwards finished the season with more than 20 goals.

There will always be advantages to having players as dynamic as Rempal is right now, and players at the top of the league’s scoring race averaging two points per game. But you need more.

Remember the Coquitlam Express last year? Their dynamic duo of Corey Mackin and Brett Supinski combined for a BCHL-best 202 points, but finished with a below-.500 record and did zilch in the playoffs. It’s safe to say the Clippers expect more than that, and if spreading their Top 3 throughout the lineup is what works, then so be it. It’s not like they can’t be put back together whenever they need a goal anyway. Right now, they just need other people to score them.

The Clippers are home Friday night to host the Bulldogs again, the same team that started their losing streak two weeks ago and the same team they ended it against on Tuesday. Whatever the Nanaimo lineup looks like, they simply need not to have any positive momentum taken from them by a team that’s proved it’s capable of doing just that.

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City officials hope to save teams from moving to L.A. “We talked a lot about the momentum we have in San Diego.�

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NEW YORK — Oakland, San Diego and St. Louis are making their pitches to save their teams from moving to Los Angeles.

Officials from those three cities are speaking to the league’s Los Angeles, stadium and finance committees — all three of which play some role in a potential relocation. Oakland spoke first, and was followed by San Diego and then St. Louis.

The Raiders and Chargers have combined on a project in Carson,

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Rams owner Stan Kroenke is pushing a rival project in nearby Inglewood.

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day, and the league has set a special meeting in Dallas on Dec. 2 at which substantial steps could come, including moving up from January the deadline for application to relocate.

Most NFL owners have reserved judgment on which plan they favour.

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Cardinals feel good about chances in Seattle, as long as Palmer is their QB The only time they beat the Seahawks in Seattle in Bruce Ariansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time as Arizona coach, the Cardinals had Carson Palmer at quarterback.

Sure, he threw four interceptions on that afternoon three days before Christmas 2013 but he finished it with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Michael Floyd with 2:25 to play for the winning score in a 17-10 victory that ended the Seahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 14-game home winning streak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt really good for it to go from so loud to so quiet so fast,â&#x20AC;? Palmer said.

Last year, Palmer missed both games against Seattle after a torn ACL ended his season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough to miss any games,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but being a (Seattle) team returning from a trip to the Super Bowl and all those things and all the hype thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s around the Seahawks, it was difficult. It was a long game sitting on the couch and watching it.â&#x20AC;?

On Sunday night, he will be back at the controls when the Cardinals (6-2) play at Seattle (4-4) in a critical NFC West matchup. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As far as confidence in the locker room when Carson is in there,â&#x20AC;? Arians said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s totally different.â&#x20AC;?

Palmer has come back from his knee injury to play the best of his long career. He is on pace for franchise records in touchdowns, yards passing and quarterback rating.

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CANUCKS

JUNIOR HOCKEY

Ryan Miller says analyst to blame for the discussion on his pant size

Firebirds coach was all ready to move on

A

dmittedly defensive, Ryan Miller punched back at those who believe the answer to the NHL scoring woes is shaving goaltending equipment.

Miller has been involved heavily in past reductions to goalie gear, and is a player who has aggressively pushed for sizing charts, so that 5-foot-10 netminders aren’t wearing the same pads as their 6-foot-4 colleagues.

But Miller has also come under scrutiny for the size of his pants, shoulder and chest pads, mostly because he’s a thin athlete who looks anything but in his equipment, making him a pretty obvious target for those who think goalie equipment is too big.

“You can measure my equipment if you want,” said Miller, before turning his attention toward TSN analyst Ray Ferraro.

“I don’t know where the stories are. I think you’re being pretty broad, honestly. It was Ray Ferarro and that’s all I’ve heard.

“Ray is comparing me (to bigger goalies). But we have a proportional system. I have a longer leg.

“I got two extra inches (in length) and I take it. I don’t go extra width because it’s illegal.

“I don’t know where Ray gets it. I don’t know why it’s an issue.”

To be fair, Ferraro has never suggested Miller does anything illegal. He has pointed out Miller and Carey Price wear the same size pants even though Miller is about 170-pounds and Price about 215 pounds.

Ferraro is certainly not alone.

While Miller was speaking Wednesday, another TSN analyst, Jamie McLennan, was putting together a segment on just this topic, comparing Price and Miller. The segment compares the two goalies who are 45-50 pounds apart in terms of weight but look pretty much identical in net.

That said, Miller is certainly not alone in this pant size debate, as other smaller goalies,

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller makes a save during the first period of an NHL game against the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y. [AP PHOTO]

Jason Botchford The Province like Jaro Halak, look just as big as their larger peers when all geared up.

“I know I’m skinny, but when it comes down to me being skinny compared to other guys, my jeans size is only an inch or so off. That’s not that different,” Miller said. “It adds up to 15-20 pounds when compared to the next guy, but my pant size is not that different.

“My pants are fine.”

The Miller pants issue is just one part of a much larger debate ongoing about how to increase scoring in the league.

Like clockwork, any time this topic gets traction people start in on goalie gear, which has been cut back several different times in the past decade.

“We go through this every three or four years because we can’t figure out how to get goal scoring up,” Miller said.

“I can tell you, from being hit by a lot of pucks, it doesn’t feel

good when you get hit in areas that aren’t protected.

“It is a matter of protection.

People will disagree with me.

People will say ‘Oh, you just want to cheat.’

“I also don’t want to break my finger and miss a bunch of hockey games like I have.”

In previous incarnations of the debate, smaller gloves and blockers were something getting a big push. Miller started using a modified blocker, one which had the inner protection shortened, in 2006. A straight-on shot was deflected, missed the padding and Miller’s thumb was broken.

The injury meant he missed his opportunity to play at the Turin Olympics.

“I am a little sensitive to it,” he said. “I’m not against smart changes. It’s just that everything in the league with regard to equipment and rule changes seem to go a little fast.

“You’re going to need a year or two to get everything right with manufacturers. Then you’re going to need another summer, or longer, to get guys used to it and feel protected.

“If you need something to happen, you need two years.”

Miller pointed out there are

other areas you can look if you really want goal scoring to go up.

The current trump card for goalies who argue against ideas like bigger nets and dramatically different equipment is the scoring that is going on in 3-on-3 overtime.Heading into Wednesday’s games, 30 of the 43 games which got to overtime were ended before a shootout.

Six Canucks games have gone to overtime. Five of them ended with 3-on-3 goals. In those situations, Miller’s save percentage is .615.

If goalie equipment was really the issue, why is it so easy to score during the 3-on-3 format?

“The game can open up more,” Miller said. “You don’t want the hooking, holding and boxing out.

“When you really get down to it, we’re allowing stuff to happen in front of the net where we don’t allow anywhere else on the ice.

“If you want goal scoring to go up, why are you letting somebody interfere before they have the puck?”

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Crosby lifts Pens over Habs in shootout PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby and David Perron scored in the shootout to help the Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Wednesday night.

Perron, the first Pittsburgh

FLINT, Mich. — Flint Firebirds coach John Gruden packed up his office, put his belongings in his car and drove off into the night without a job.

Soon after Gruden woke up, he was back to work.

“I felt like Billy Martin,” he deadpanned. “Fired one day, and hired the next.”

One difference, though, is that the former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner didn’t have a son playing for his franchise when he hired Martin five times between 1975 and 1987, fired him four times and let him resign once.

Gruden and his Ontario Hockey League team were back on the ice Wednesday, trying to regain a sense of normalcy. That won’t be easy.

Suddenly, a lot more people know who the Firebirds are than did last week because of their transcendent story. Firebirds owner Rolf Nilsen fired Gruden on Sunday night following a win, triggering a firestorm.

The players, including the owner’s son, responded by marching up the team’s front office and throwing their jerseys on the floor in a unified protest.

The next day, Gruden got his job back and assistant coach, Dave Karpa, was given a two-year extension to match Gruden’s three-year contract. Nilsen released a statement in which he said he made an “irresponsible mistake,” and added that the team was co-operating with the OHL’s investigation into the matter.

He didn’t reference his son, seldom-used defenceman, Hakon Nilsen, in the statement. And even though the team president, general manager and coach insist playing time for the owner’s son didn’t lead to the surprising moves, questions still linger about how much of a factor that was in what the owner acknowledged was an emotional decision.

“It was a number of things,” said Firebirds general manager Terry Christensen, who was told by the owner to fire Gruden. “Leave it at that. You get emotional involved, you get emotionally attached to a situation anytime you have own blood involved. The bottom line is this: Hakon doesn’t want preferential treatment on this team.”

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The two-time MVP made a series of quick dekes before putting a backhand shot over Mike Condon’s glove.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Alex Galchenyuk and David Desharnais in the shootout

after Pittsburgh rallied from a 3-2 deficit in the third period.

Fleury, who made 32 saves, left briefly in the first after taking an inadvertent stick to the mask from Penguins teammate Ben Lovejoy. Patric Hornqvist’s third goal of the season tied it in the third. Olli Maatta was credited

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Montreal Detroit Ottawa

GP 17 15 15

W 13 8 7

L OL SL 2 1 1 6 1 0 5 1 2

GF 62 34 47

GA 33 36 49

Pts Home 28 7-0-1-0 17 4-4-0-0 17 2-3-0-2

Away 6-2-0-1 4-2-1-0 5-2-1-0

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

L OL SL 2 1 1 4 0 0 5 0 0

GF 45 43 35

GA 25 32 31

Pts Home 24 7-1-1-0 20 6-2-0-0 20 5-2-0-0

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

Last 10 Strk 8-0-1-1 W-6 7-3-0-0 L-1 8-2-0-0 W-1

METROPOLITAN DIVISION NY Rangers Washington Pittsburgh

GP 15 14 15

W 11 10 10

GP 16 15 17 14 15 15 15 15 15 16

W L OL SL 8 5 2 1 8 6 0 1 7 8 1 1 7 6 1 0 6 6 2 1 7 8 0 0 5 7 3 0 6 9 0 0 3 8 1 3 4 12 0 0

GF 44 37 39 47 41 36 28 30 32 38

GA 39 38 42 45 38 42 43 43 47 59

Pts 19 17 16 15 15 14 13 12 10 8

Home 5-3-2-0 4-4-0-1 2-4-0-0 1-4-1-0 4-2-1-0 4-5-0-0 3-3-1-0 2-4-0-0 1-4-1-1 0-6-0-0

Away 3-2-0-1 4-2-0-0 5-4-1-1 6-2-0-0 2-4-1-1 3-3-0-0 2-4-2-0 4-5-0-0 2-4-0-2 4-6-0-0

Last 10 Strk 4-4-1-1 W-1 7-3-0-0 L-1 3-6-1-0 L-2 6-3-1-0 W-1 3-4-2-1 W-1 6-4-0-0 W-2 3-5-2-0 L-1 5-5-0-0 L-1 2-5-1-2 W-1 4-6-0-0 L-2

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas St. Louis Minnesota

GP 16 15 14

W 12 11 9

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

GF 56 42 43

GA 42 31 38

Pts Home 24 5-2-0-0 23 4-1-1-0 20 7-1-0-0

Away 7-2-0-0 7-2-0-0 2-2-2-0

Last 10 Strk 7-3-0-0 L-1 7-2-1-0 W-3 6-3-1-0 W-2

PACIFIC DIVISION Vancouver Los Angeles Arizona

GP 16 15 15

W 7 9 8

L OL SL 4 5 0 6 0 0 6 1 0

GF 48 37 42

GA 39 32 43

Pts Home 19 2-3-3-0 18 5-5-0-0 17 2-4-0-0

Away 5-1-2-0 4-1-0-0 6-2-1-0

Last 10 Strk 4-3-3-0 W-1 7-3-0-0 L-1 5-4-1-0 W-2

GP 14 16 15 15 16 16 15 16

W L OL SL 9 3 2 0 8 6 1 1 8 6 1 0 7 8 0 0 5 7 3 1 6 10 0 0 5 9 1 0 5 10 0 1

GF 42 45 39 40 28 43 40 40

GA 36 46 38 40 41 50 42 63

Pts 20 18 17 14 14 12 11 11

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

Last 10 Strk 6-2-2-0 W-1 4-4-1-1 L-3 6-3-1-0 W-1 3-7-0-0 L-2 4-3-3-0 L-2 4-6-0-0 W-1 3-6-1-0 W-1 4-5-0-1 L-1

WILD CARD Nashville Winnipeg Chicago San Jose Anaheim Edmonton Colorado Calgary

CFL PLAYOFFS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

DIVISION SEMIFINALS

EAST DIVISION

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GP W Prince Albert 19 12 Brandon 19 11 Moose Jaw 18 10 Saskatoon 18 8 Swift Current 18 8 Regina 16 7

L 5 6 5 7 8 8

OL 1 0 2 3 2 1

SL 1 2 1 0 0 0

GF 68 68 72 62 48 41

GA 60 54 56 71 52 58

Pt 26 24 23 19 18 15

OL 0 0 0 3 2 2

SL 0 0 1 0 1 0

GF 76 72 53 50 53 44

GA 54 52 70 61 62 77

Pt 28 24 19 17 13 10

Home 5-1-1-0 3-3-1-0 7-1-1-0 3-5-0-0 4-2-2-1 3-5-0-0 2-5-1-0 3-5-0-0

Note: winning team is awarded 2 points & a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 point registered in either the OTL or SOL column.

Toronto at Nashville, 8 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV New Jersey at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh 4 Montreal 3 (SO) Winnipeg at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Edmonton 4 Anaheim 3 (OT) Edmonton at Arizona, 9 p.m.

7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV NY Islanders at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Toronto 3 Dallas 2 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Colorado 4 Philadelphia 0 Calgary at Washington, 7 p.m.

Nashville 7 Ottawa 5 Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Florida 4 Calgary 3 San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota 5 Winnipeg 3 NY Islanders at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

St. Louis 2 New Jersey 0 6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Vancouver 5 Columbus 3 NY Rangers at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

NY Islanders 4 San Jose 2 Colorado at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Arizona 3 Los Angeles 2 Vancouver at Toronto, 7 p.m.

NY Rangers 3 Carolina 0 San Jose at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Detroit 1 Washington 0 Arizona at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Buffalo 4 Tampa Bay 1 Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Florida at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Boston, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m.

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

Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

PENGUINS 4, HABS 3 (SO)

OILERS 4, DUCKS 3 (OT)

First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Dupuis 2 (Crosby, Bennett) :13.

2. Montreal, Markov 2 (Subban, Plekanec) 4:12 (pp).

3. Pittsburgh, Maatta 2 (Kessel, Malkin) 19:16.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Malkin Pgh (slashing) 3:11; Gallagher Mtl (tripping) 12:18.

Second Period 4. Montreal, Gallagher 7 (Pacioretty) 7:47.

5. Mtl, Flynn 2 (Mitchell, Subban) 14:12.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kunitz Pgh (tripping) 1:16; Subban Mtl (tripping) 1:55; Letang Pgh (interference) 9:23; Crosby Pgh (unsportsmanlike conduct) 14:12.

Third Period 6. Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 3 (Crosby, Letang) 13:35.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gilbert Mtl (holding) 17:43.

Overtime â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring.

3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mtl Bench (too many men) 2:34.

6KRRWRXW â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pittsburgh wins 2-0 0WO Galchenyuk miss, Desharnais miss.

Pitt: Perron goal, Crosby goal.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Montreal 13 13 10 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;38 Pittsburgh 14 1 17 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;34 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Montreal: Condon (LO, 6-0-2); Pittsburgh: Fleury (W, 8-5-0).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Montreal: 1-4; Pittsburgh: 0-4.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,455 at Pittsburgh.

First Period 1. Anaheim, Perry 3 (Rakell, Lindholm) 10:09 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gryba Edm (delay of game) 9:08.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, Draisaitl 4 (Pouliot, Nurse) 4:23 (pp).

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Third Period 3. Anaheim, Horcoff 2 (Fowler, Stewart) 1:56.

4. Edmonton, Klefbom 3 (Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl) 5:38.

5. Anaheim, Perry 4 (Rakell, Vatanen) 6:44.

6. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 6 (Draisaitl, Hall) 8:19.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Yakupov Edm (tripping) 11:57.

Overtime 7. Edmonton, Purcell 3 (Sekera, Nilsson) 1:16.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Edmonton 8 10 6 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;27 Anaheim 15 6 16 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;37 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edmonton: Nilsson (W, 3-3-0); Anaheim: Andersen (LO, 3-5-4).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edmonton: 1-2; Anaheim: 1-2.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 16,505 at Anaheim.

GP W L Red Deer 20 14 6 Lethbridge 17 12 5 Calgary 20 9 10 Edmonton 19 7 9 Medicine Hat 15 5 7 Kootenay 19 4 13

EAST DIVISION Toronto at Hamilton, 1 p.m.

DIVISION FINALS EAST DIVISION Hamilton-Toronto winner at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

GF 68 77 42 53 47

GA 38 59 44 53 70

Pt 29 28 17 16 12

WEST DIVISION Calgary-B.C. winner at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

GP W L 17 10 6 19 9 7 14 8 5 17 8 9 18 6 11

OL 1 2 0 0 1

SL 0 1 1 0 0

GF 61 59 29 56 52

GA 46 64 31 49 70

Pt 21 21 17 16 13

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Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Swift Current at Portland, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

BCHL

New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

W 8 5 4 3

L 0 3 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .625 .500 .375

PF 276 200 209 171

PA 143 162 190 206

W 8 5 2 2

L 0 4 6 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .556 .250 .222

PF 229 206 190 177

PA 142 182 214 247

W 4 3 2 2

L 5 5 6 6

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .444 .375 .250 .250

PF 200 174 170 159

PA 227 205 235 187

W 7 4 3 2

L 1 4 5 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .875 .500 .375 .222

PF 192 213 195 210

PA 139 211 182 249

NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

WEST Denver Oakland Kansas City San Diego

EAST

GP W L 21 20 1 21 13 5 20 12 6 23 10 12 23 8 14 20 8 12

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 94 39 40 2 1 84 59 29 0 2 71 63 26 0 1 113 74 21 0 1 75 96 17 0 0 61 84 16

ISLAND DIVISION GP W L Cowichan Vally 20 11 6 1DQDLPR

Powell River 21 11 10 Alberni Valley 20 8 10 Victoria 22 8 12

T OL GF GA Pt 1 2 77 101 25

0 0 66 58 22 1 1 51 68 18 0 2 58 67 18

MAINLAND DIVISION Chilliwack Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

EAST

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

INTERIOR DIVISION Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Vernon Merritt Trail

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE

U.S. DIVISION

GP W L 21 13 5 21 13 5 21 12 9 21 8 10 21 5 14 22 4 18

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CROSSWORD GREAT SHAPE ACROSS 1 Wetlands plant 6 Part of a tennis set 10 Something bogus 14 Small hill 15 Patron saint of Norway 16 Israeli dance 17 A Tale of Two Cities opening 18 Mayo’s locale 19 One of six awards of Alda’s 20 Racetrack area 23 Got a top grade on 24 Comic actor Wilson 25 Parcel out 28 Marked, in a way 29 Forensics franchise 30 Hosp. triage areas 32 Smith biopic role 33 Fencing gear 35 Apple app source 37 Jeweler’s offering 39 Windsor Castle dogs 41 Summa cum laude spoiler 42 Payable 43 Teleflora competitor 45 Favorite 46 Ballet step 49 Strainer, for instance 51 Exploits 53 Thin cut 54 Number like 25 57 Big name in big screens 59 Others: Lat. 60 Disentangle 61 Naval station 62 Adroit 63 Prefix for personal 64 Green shade 65 Niagara River’s source 66 Spots for yachts

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31 Like some glasses 33 Mediterranean diet staple 34 Family member 36 Young ‘__ (tots) 37 Theme park giveaway, maybe 38 Craving 39 DJ supply 40 Hollande’s assent 44 Errol Flynn, in numerous films 46 Missouri tributary 47 Less stuffy 48 Has control of 50 Annoys 52 Bradbury’s books 53 Largest Islam branch 55 Lose luster 56 Clever comment 57 Cloud computing giant 58 Cultural Revolution leader

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FRIDAY, NOV. 13 7 p.m. Joceylyn Alice with special guests at The Queen’s, 34 Victoria Cres., Tickets $10, $15.

7 and 9 p.m. Up to six comedians at Old City Station Pub, 150 Skinner St., Nanaimo. Tickets $10 at The Old City Station Pub. SATURDAY, NOV. 14 1-3 p.m. Home Baking, mystery gifts, raffle, &

refreshments. Nanaimo Chapter #43 Order of the Eastern Star Christmas Bazaar, at Brechin United Church Hall. Admission $10. Further information: 250-753-2846.

7:30 p.m. Vancouver Island Symphony presents Ivana Ho and choreographer Sharman Byrd. Tickets: $33 or $59, students $18, Eyego $5 available at www.porttheatre.com.

SUNDAY, NOV. 15 8 p.m. The Elwins with Mr. Goshness at The Queen’s 34 Victoria Cres. Advance tickets $10 , $15 door at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, The Queens or ticketzone.com.

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7 p.m. Jake“the Snake” Roberts, hosted by comedian Matt Billon at The Queens 34 Victoria Cres., Tickets are $30, $35 at the door at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, The Queens & online at ticketzone.com

Noon-4 p.m. Bastion Waterfront Farmers Market moves to fall hours. Fresh produce, crafts, wine tasting, live music. Next to the Bastion

7:30 p.m. Dan Mangan at the Port Theatre.

Doors: 6:30p.m. All seats $29.50. Tickets at porttheatre.com or 250-754-8550.

7:30 p.m. Vancouver Island Symphony presents the celtic ten or so. After-party at the Grand Cru restaurant whiskey bar (ticket required). Tickets: $38 or $67.50, Students $18, at www.porttheatre.com.

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7 p.m. Intimate Acoustic Performance with Daniel Wesley, with special guests at The Dinghy Dock Pub 8 Pirates Lane, Protection Island.

Advance tickets $30 include return ferry, $35 at the door at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, Dinghy Dock or ticketzone.com.

FRIDAY, NOV. 27 7 p.m. Doors open for David Bitonti, Brian Hazelbower, Genevieve Rainey at Dinghy Dock Pub 8 Pirates Lane, Protection Island.

Tickets $20 plus fee includes return ferry.

Noon-1 p.m.: Sexual Health Initiative, titled ‘Dick Loss Prevention, Volume 1, Make Sure Your Dick Doesn’t Fall Off Before You Die Drunk and Alone’. Ryan Levis’contact information is not available at this time.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your mood brightens as others lighten up. News could head in from someone at a distance. If you ask too many questions, this person might retreat. Your intuition is likely to indicate that there is a discrepancy between what you are hearing and the facts. Tonight: A weekend getaway.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Continue to let others take the lead.

Everyone will be a lot happier as a result, especially one key individual.

Your efforts need to be concentrated on personal matters. Schedule a haircut or a long-overdue dentist appointment. Tonight: Opt for teamwork.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Make sure you are in tune with the inner you. You might think you feel one way, only to realize that deeper feelings lie beneath the surface.

You will find out about these emotions as they emerge, and you will need to respond accordingly.

Tonight: Let someone else assume control.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your imagination can be limitless if you brainstorm with an equally imaginative person. So many different schemes and ideas could pop up from out of the blue! Consider picking and choosing your audience with care. Tonight: Get some rest, if you can.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Be direct with others. You might be surprised by someone else’s diplomacy.

Emphasize what you desire in a

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way in which you can be heard.

Some of you might sugarcoat your desires; others will be demanding.

A last-minute snafu could occur.

Tonight: Think “weekend.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Tension could mount to a level that you had not anticipated. You might not be ready to deal with what is happening, or with what someone else wants. You don’t need to vanish or become difficult; state your desires clearly. Tonight: Deal with an ongoing issue.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You seem more energized and charming than usual. How you manage to be even more alluring than your typical self could be shocking to some people, while others will be envious. However, you could become difficult if you don’t get what you want. Tonight: No fussing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Know that you have a lot to offer -- much more than you realize. Part of the reason is that these traits are such an innate part of your personality.

Others admire your knowledge and strength. Use caution with your finances. Tonight: Fun doesn’t need to cost money.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’ll perk up as the day goes on, as you sense that others are receptive to your ideas and presentation.

Stay goal-oriented, and you will succeed. A domineering friend might push you very hard. Even if you say “no,” he or she is unlikely to hear you. Tonight: You call the shots.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Know when to back off. Your inner voice might be saying something

quite contrary to what you would like to believe. The only answer is to stop and look at the different issues. Buy yourself some time until you figure out what is most appropriate. Tonight: Play it cool.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Focus on your goals and desires.

Friends could be very distracting and could become part of your day, even if you initially did not want this type of interaction. You might laugh at your inability to push away a good time. Is that so bad?

Tonight: The more, the merrier.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You could be overtired and withdrawn.

Pressure has been building around your work and day-to-day life. As a result, you might back away from friends or a demanding person.

Focus on completing what you must now, and doing what you want later. Tonight: Try to get some sleep.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Nov. 12): This year your highly charged energy and your natural charisma mix, to your financial benefit. Others respond strongly to you, which proves to be an asset. No one can or will ignore you. If you are single, your popularity is obvious. Your feelings will become very strong when you meet the right person.

If you are attached, you’ll want to indulge your sweetie, and you will.

Express your affection in a way that is meaningful to him or her. SAGITTARIUS can be possessive.

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LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dogs work. Cats sleep, purr and preen. At least that is what dog people would have you believe. Author Lisa Rogak set out to discover what cats really spend their time doing. The result is her book called Cats on the Job. She found that dogs do what you want, but cats do what they want. Dogs will follow your job description, cats create their own.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why so many cat jobs are one-of-akind. Basically, with dogs, you get the help you wanted. With cats, you get help you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know you wanted.

After all, a lot of people swear the Internet was saved when memes came along, celebrating cats for being catlike â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Grumpy Catâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frown (8.1 million Facebook followers) or Noraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s piano-playing prowess.

Welcome cats greet you if they are in the mood, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why some people are afraid of cats. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suck up to people like a lot of dogs will do.â&#x20AC;?

Rogakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first chapter tells the story of Sable, a crossing guard cat from West Richland, Washington. Sable showed up one day in 2011, watched crossing guard Monti Franckowiak for a while, then what Franckowiak did on one side of the street, Sable did on the other.

Sable was there twice a day, every day. The school presented him with an official orange safety vest. If it was snowing, the cat would watch from the top of a snowpile. And if a student should fall, he would be right there to lick away the tears, Franckowiak said.

Rogak said she laughed all the way through her research. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very therapeutic.â&#x20AC;?

This photo provided by Lisa Rogak shows Carlow the cat perched on a fire truck in New York. [AP PHOTO]

She even went to a book signing with one of the cats she profiled, Boswell the Fifth, who lives in Boswellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books in Shelburne Falls, Mass.

But when it came to signing books, Boswell wanted none of it. So the store got a signature stamp in her name while she curled up in the front window or recycle bin.

When Rogak visited Rusty, CEO of Rustyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heirloom Tomatoes, in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, she met owner Ken Cook and got a tour from Rusty. Then Rusty bowed out for a cat nap.

In her introduction, Rogak says a lot of cat-lovers believe the best job for a cat is CMO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chief Mousing Officer.

Mousing was Carlowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first job when the tabby with an orange moustache first took up residence at a New York firehouse.

Firefighters on Engine 22, Ladder 13, were on a call in the spring of 2011 when they found the kitten in a car tire, said Jessica Mikel-Bertolini, whose husband, Thomas Bertolini, is one of the catâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s buddies at the station on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

They took him to the firehouse, named him for a nearby bar and put him to work.

At first they found a lot of dead mice. Now the mice are long gone and Carlowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a new job as an up-and-comer on Instagram: Carlow FDNY Cat, with over 25,000 followers.

The photos show off his many sleeping perches on the firetruck and battalion chiefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SUV, said Mikel-Bertolini, but she also posts pictures of other cats sent in by fans, some of them also firehouse residents.

Carlow went missing about a month after he arrived. Signs were posted, neighbours joined the hunt, the media got involved and people called offering help. He was found on a nearby street.

Firefighters spent a few weeks then training Carlow to make sure he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave the firehouse again. When the alarm sounds now, he heads to the back of the building and waits for his crewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return.

Rogakâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next book is about Jan Louch and the cats she cared for at the library where she works. Rogak met them while researching Cats on the Job, but they were so special, they deserved their own book. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due out next spring: The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town . . . and the World.

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Jason graduated from college in June and was accepted to an overseas program. I told him I would be OK with it. He left a month ago and I really thought I would be fine, but I am not. I miss him so much there are days I actually feel sick.

I said something about it to my best friend at school, and he just laughed at me. Then he told everybody and they started teasing me about it, so I said I was only joking and that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m glad my brother is gone, which made me feel guilty.

Now I am afraid to say anything about how I feel. If I tell my mom, she will worry. Jason and I email every day and Skype a few times a week, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not the same as having him here. Is there something wrong with me? What can I do to make it stop hurting so much? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Love My Brother Dear Brother: There is nothing wrong with you. Jason has been a father substitute and it is perfectly natural for you to miss him terribly when he is so far away.

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Some of your heartache will lessen with time, provided you focus less on Jasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absence and more on what is happening around you. Spend more time with your friends, get involved in school activities, and consider tutoring someone in a subject you are good at. (Helping someone else can take your mind off of other things.) Please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid to talk about how much you miss

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Dear Annie: I am a widow in my 60s. My husband passed away several years ago.

I often find I have to introduce myself to someone who knew my husband, but not me. If I say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was married to John Doe,â&#x20AC;? it sounds as though we were divorced. But it also doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sound right to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am John Doeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widow.â&#x20AC;? Any suggestions? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Anonymous, Please Dear Anonymous: You can, of course, simply introduce yourself as you are and those who knew your husband might ask whether you are related to him. But otherwise try this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hello, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Mary Doe. I believe you knew my late husband, John.â&#x20AC;?

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Vehicle is very agile in city traffic and is a snap to park is remarkably quiet which means you can really enjoy the premium six-speaker AM/FM/ CD/and MP3 system plus three months of complimentary Sirius XM radio.

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Offer(s) available on select new 2015/2016 models through participating dealers to qualified retail customers who take delivery from November 3 to 30, 2015. Dealers may sell or lease for less. Some conditions apply. See dealer for complete details. Vehicles shown may include optional accessories and upgrades available at extra cost. All offers are subject to change without notice. All pricing includes delivery and destination fees up to $1,715, $22 AMVIC, $100 A/C charge (where applicable). Excludes taxes, licensing, PPSA, registration, insurance, variable dealer administration fees, fuel-fill charges up to $100, and down payment (if applicable and unless otherwise specified). Other lease and financing options also available. ĭ0% financing for up to 84 months or up to $7,000 discount available on other select 2015 models. Discount is deducted from the negotiated purchase/lease price before taxes. Maximum $7,000 discount ($6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO-Credit) is offered on 2015 Optima Hybrid LX (OP74AF) only. Certain conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. Representative Financing Example: Financing offer available on approved credit (OAC), on a new 2016 Sportage LX MT FWD (SP551G) with a selling price of $24,832 is based on monthly payments of $284 for 84 months at 0% with a $0 down payment and first monthly payment due at finance inception. Offer also includes $1,000 cash discount. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash Purchase Price for the new 2015 Optima Hybrid LX AT (OP74AF) is $24,752 and includes a cash discount of $7,000 including $6,000 cash discount and $1,000 ECO-Credit. Dealer may sell for less. Other taxes, registration, insurance and licensing fees are excluded. Cash discounts vary by model and trim and are deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes. &Representative Leasing Example: Lease offer available on approved credit (OAC), on new 2016 Sorento 2.4L LX FWD (SR75AG)/2015 Optima LX AT (OP742F) with a selling price of $29,332/$26,452 is based on monthly payments of $292/$298 for 60/36 months at 1.9%/0%, $0 security deposit, $500/$2,000 lease credit, $1,975/$500 down payment and first monthly payment due at lease inception. Total lease obligation is $17,520/$10,737 with the option to purchase at the end of the term for $11,138/$13,215. Lease has 16,000 km/yr allowance (other packages available and $0.12/km for excess kilometres). °No charge all-wheel drive discounts of $2,300/$2,400/$3,000/$2,000 applicable on 2016 Sportage LX AT AWD (SP753G)/2016 Sportage EX AT AWD (SP755G)/2016 Sorento 2.4L LX AWD (SR75BG)/2016 Sorento LX+ Turbo AWD (SR75DG) models respectively. Some conditions apply. See dealer for details. §Open to Canadian residents who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory of residence who take a test drive at a Canadian Kia dealership between November 3, 2015 and January 4, 2016. 10 weekly prizes of a $3,000 itravel2000 voucher available. Plus one $100 travel voucher per eligible test drive. Limit of one entry/test drive voucher per person. Skill testing question required. Some conditions apply. Go to kia.ca for complete details. 1Lease payments must be made on a monthly or bi-weekly basis but cannot be made on a weekly basis. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. ‡Model shown Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for 2016 Sportage SX Luxury/2015 Optima SX Turbo AT (OP748F)/2016 Sorento SX Turbo AWD (SR75IG) is $38,495/$34,895/$42,095. The 2015 Optima was awarded the 2015 Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for model year 2015. U.S. models tested. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). The Kia Sorento received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among midsize SUVs in the proprietary J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality StudySM. Study based on responses from 84,367 U.S. new-vehicle owners, measuring 244 models and measures opinions after 90 days of ownership. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of U.S. owners surveyed from February to May 2015. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of printing. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.ca or call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.

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