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PARIS — France identified a 27-year-old Belgian who once boasted about killing “infidels” and fought for the Islamic State group in Syria as the mastermind of the Paris attacks, and President Francois Hollande vowed Monday to forge a united coalition capable of defeating the jihadists at home and abroad.

Addressing lawmakers after France observed a minute of silence honouring the 129 people killed and 350 wounded, Hollande said the victims came from at least 19 nations, and the international community, led by the United States and Russia, must overcome their divisions over Syria to destroy Islamic State on its home turf.

“Friday’s acts of war were decided and planned in Syria. They were organized in Belgium and perpetrated on our soil with French complicity with one specific goal: to sow fear and to divide us,” Hollande told Parliament in a rare joint session convened at the Palace of Versailles.

“Syria has become the biggest factory of terrorism the world has ever known and the international community is still too divided and too incoherent.”

As he spoke, thousands gathered around candlelit memorials at the Place de la Republique square and beneath the Eiffel Tower, which like many top attractions in one of the world’s most-visited cities reopened for business Monday in a defiant spirit. The tower was bathed in red, white and blue floodlights of the French tricolour, with the city’s centuries-old slogan — “Tossed but not sunk,” suggesting an unsinkable city braving stormy seas — projected in white lights near its base.

French and other Western intelligence agencies face an urgent challenge to track down the surviving members of the three Islamic State units who inflicted the unprecedented bloodshed in France and, perhaps more importantly, to target their distant commanders in IS-controlled parts of Syria.

Armed police guard a street in Brussels on Monday. A major action with heavily armed police happened in the Brussels neighbourhood of Molenbeek amid a manhunt for a suspect of the Paris attacks. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

A French security official said anti-terror intelligence officials had identified Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian of Moroccan descent, as chief architect of the Friday the 13th attacks on a rock concert, a soccer game and popular nightspots in one of Paris’ trendiest districts.

The official cited chatter from IS figures that Abaaoud had recommended a concert as an ideal target for inflicting maximum casualties, as well as electronic communications between Abaaoud and one of the Paris attackers who blew himself up.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive investigation.

French police have used emergency powers to conduct 168 searches since Sunday night that netted 127 arrests and 31 weapons.

French Interior Minister Bernard Caz-

eneuve said police seized a Kalashnikov assault rifle, three automatic pistols and a bulletproof vest from a suspected arms dealer with jihadist sympathies, and a rocket launcher and other military-grade gear from his parents’ home.

Determined to root out jihadists within French communities, Hollande said he would present a bill Wednesday seeking to extend a state of emergency — granting the police and military greater powers of search and arrest, and local governments the right to ban demonstrations and impose curfews — for another three months.

Hollande said he hoped to meet soon with U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who on Monday were attending the G-20 summit of nations in Antalya, Turkey.

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OTTAWA — The level of jihadist militancy simmering in France and other parts of western Europe simply doesn’t exist in Canada, making the sort of attack that devastated Paris less likely, security experts say.

In France and Belgium there are tens of thousands of people who, while not terrorists, sympathize with the ideology espoused by radical elements like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, said Phil Gurski, a former Canadian Security Intelligence Service analyst who specializes in counter-radicalization efforts.

“We don’t have that here — not to the best of our knowledge,” Gurski said.

“I think we have to acknowledge that there are some significant differences.”

Last year Michael Zehaf Bibeau shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, an honour guard at the National War Memorial, before rushing into Parliament’s Centre Block. Zehaf Bibeau was quickly gunned down.

Two days earlier, Martin Couture-Rouleau had fatally rammed Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent with a car in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. After a chase, police shot and killed the knife-wielding assailant.

While Canada has been hit by jihadi-inspired lone-wolf attacks, there has been nothing like the co-ordinated assaults on multiple targets in Paris that claimed 129 lives and injured hundreds of others, said

Jez Littlewood of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa.

“That’s not something we’ve seen Canadian terrorists actually being able to carry out.”

Littlewood points to a more civil political discourse in Canada that has avoided “openly hostile” messages to immigrants and refugees of the kind spouted by the far right in France.

“No western democracy is perfect in this realm — I don’t think any of us would say that,” Littlewood said.

But he quickly adds that Canada “seems to be faring better” than France in terms of ensuring a sense of identity and belonging for newcomers.

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Island’s eyes are on Paris Brutal attack brings ‘whole new dimension’ to terrorist campaign

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illes Le Patezour has been on the phone with his family in France every day since Friday, when Paris was targeted in a terrorist attack that left more than 120 people dead and hundreds more injured.

Le Patezour owns Le Cafe Francais on Commercial Street and left his home just Robert outside of Paris Barron 10 years ago Reporting to move to Canada.

He said that, fortunately, no one from his family was killed or wounded in the attack in Paris, but he’s “very happy” that a close cousin decided against plans to visit France’s capital city Friday night.

“It’s a terrible situation and no one knows what will happen next,” Le Patezour said from his restaurant Monday.

“I’ve always been happy with my decision to come to Canada and I’d really like some of my relatives to come here as well, but they have businesses and other responsibilities there and I’ll have to be content with my daily phone calls for now.”

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the series of attacks on bars, restaurants and a sports stadium Friday evening.

There were at least 12 different nationalities counted among the dead, but none have been identified as Canadian.

“The community mourns the loss of all those people in France,” said Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay. “I don’t see any reason why innocent people should lose their lives this way. I hope we don’t have to worry about being attacked like this in Nanaimo, but it appears to me that the terrorists are going after soft targets in the West and I

how to best deal with Islamic extremism and terrorism.

He said the young people of France are more inclined to want to strike back immediately through military might.

But the older people remember the Second World War and its consequences for France, and are a more reluctant to use force to try to deal with the issue.

“It’s just terrible, but I don’t see any solution to this any time soon,” Le Patezour said.

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A makeshift memorial in Paris, following Friday’s terrorist attacks. [AP PHOTO]

“The community mourns the loss of all those people in France. I don’t see any reason why innocent people should lose their lives this way .”

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don’t think there are enough soft targets large enough to interest them here.”

Nanette Leather, assistant director of the Nanaimo-based Central Vancouver Multicultural Society, said there’s not a huge population of people from France living in the mid-Island region and she knows of no special events or ceremonies at this time that are being held in the area to commemorate the tragedy.

“But it just happened at the beginning of the weekend and (Monday) was our first day of business since the attacks in Paris, so maybe it’s just too soon for the community to react,” she said.

Jim Brennan, a spokesman for

the Immigrant Welcome Centre that serves the north end of Vancouver Island, said he has a connection with some of the French people in the area through his wife’s work in the local school district’s French immersion program.

“My guess is a lot of the French people in the area are still in shock and are overwhelmed with what’s happening in their homeland,” Brennan said.

“It may be just that they’re still digesting what has happened and will decide on a response at a later date.”

Oliver Schmidtke, a professor at the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, said while attacks by ISIS in the West have been ongoing for years, the “brutal nature” of the attacks on innocent civilians in France on Friday brings a “whole new dimension” to their terrorist campaign.

“Some people think it’s just a matter of having more jets attack ISIS strongholds in Iraq and Syria, but there are many and much broader issues that have to be addressed when dealing with this,” Schmidtke said.

“The West has tried combating Islamic extremism with military force since 9/11 and that has done little to end the threat of terrorism.”

Le Patezour said France seems to split between the young and the old on

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Researchers welcome message from new PM DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

The Prime Minister’s call for glasnost for federal scientists is welcomed at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo.

Of more than 190 PBS staff, more than 90 are biologists or research scientists.

Historically government scientists have had relatively wide scope in their ability to speak freely about

their research, but that freedom was hampered considerably under the last government.

One of Justin Trudeau’s first acts as prime minister was to call for openness in government, and Nanaimo researchers got the message.

“My understanding is yes, the requirements for interacting with media have been relaxed,” said Mark Saunders, division Manager, Salmon and Freshwater Ecosystems, Fish-

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“In the past we were required, before speaking to someone, to contact the media branch. They would say go ahead, or they would make contact first.”

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Now, “Our only requirement is to report back any time we speak to media,” Saunders said.

In a letter Prime Minister Justin Trudeau instructed Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo to set a “higher bar for openness and transparency” than the previous government to build trust, saying public information “should be open by default.”

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Library offers online movie viewing service DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Now library users can check out movies from the public library without leaving home.

Library members can now view content from home through Hoopla, using their Vancouver Island Regional Library card. Hoopla allows playback of movies, television and a variety of audio content through Internet connected homes.

“If you like Netflix that’s exactly what this is like,” said Natasha Bartlett, VIRL marketing and communications manager.

Better still, it’s available with no monthly fee.

“There is no cost and unlike Netflix, Hoopla allows you to download movies, television and audio,” so you can watch it later.

Saved media is controlled by digital rights management software, which

causes it to automatically delete itself from your computer or device when it expires.

That means never having to wait for an item, since unlike traditional library media, which can are limited by the number of copies in stock, any number of virtual movies, albums or audio files can be loaned out.

Library members can take out six items per month. Videos can be loaned for up to three days, musical

recordings are good for up to a week and audio books are available for three weeks.

To use the service, users need an active library account, email address and a smartphone, tablet or computer.

Download the Hoopla app on iTunes or the Android Play Store, or get the plug-in for a Windows or Apple computer, create a Hoopla account then browse and view.

VIRL members automatically have an account.

Hoopla has “been a wildly popular service,” Bartlett said.

“Some people aren’t readers and it gives them access to documentaries, lessons — it’s almost like getting a gateway tool to the library.”

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Aquavan visits schools across Vancouver Island DAILY NEWS

Sarah O’Brien said she spends a lot of time at local beaches in the area with her family, but never knew much about what lies beneath the waters.

The Grade 4 student at Uplands Park Elementary School in Nanaimo was enthralled with the marine creatures and exhibits that visited the school Monday with the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre’s Aquavan. Uplands school was the first stop in the Aquavan’s threeweek tour of Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, sponsored by BC Hydro and BG Canada.

The Aquavan program, which features artifacts, activities and

live marine invertebrates such as sea stars, anemones and urchins, is intended to inspire students to make positive changes in aquatic conservation.

“I don’t know much about them, but I like to touch the sea creatures,” Sarah said while gingerly placing her fingers on a live starfish.

Drew MacDonald, an Aquavan educator, said the idea behind bringing the van and its exhibits to schools is to try to make today’s students stewards of the oceans for the future.

“The Aquavan has proven to be a successful outreach program for the Vancouver Aquarium,” he said.

“It’s a way to help students create a connection with the ocean and it has been well received.”

Ben Ryper, Sarah O’Brien and Camryn MacDonald, Grade 4 students at Uplands Park Elementary School, check out at a live starfish from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre’s Aquavan on Monday. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]

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The controversial lawsuit between the City of Courtenay and the owners of Maple Pool Campground has come to a close.

Following an in-camera meeting at council, Mayor Larry Jangula said the claim and counterclaim relating to land-use and safety issues at the Headquarters Road Campground has been settled on mutually agreeable terms. Jangula said he is “incredibly relieved” the dispute is over — “like somebody’s taken a big weight off my back” — noting council has heard from the public and was prepared to consider its options.

“We had an excellent mediator, I understand, and we had excellent representation on behalf of our council and also on behalf of the Lins.”

Maple Pool — which provides low-rent housing for about 50 at-risk individuals — flooded in

2009 and 2010. The following year, the city initiated legal action against campground owners Dali and Jin Lin. Technically, zoning has prohibited the couple from housing people on the property. Advocates have argued that most of the tenants would become homeless if evicted.

Jangula said the settlement ensures the site will preserve affordable housing and protect residents from flood hazards, and protects the city from future liability for flood hazards and costs, along with environment and fish protection.

“Five years, one month and three days,” Jin Lin said, regarding the amount of time that’s passed since the ordeal began.

Strict terms of the settlement are confidential, but the Lins have entered into a covenant restricting the use of up to 53 sites at the Campground exclusively for affordable housing. The sites are located at the highest

elevations of the property, away from the most direct path of river flows in a flood event.

Moreover, the Lins and residents are providing the city with waivers of liability relating to flood hazards and costs. The Lins have also agreed to protect from further development a 30-metre area for environmental and fish protection along the banks of the Tsolum River and other streams.

As an option, the settlement also allows the couple to operate 23 legally, non-conforming seasonal and short-term campgrounds at market rates, Jangula read from a joint public statement.

“It’s very good news to the people at Maple Pool. None of them will be evicted,” Jin said.

“Many of them have mental issues. Now they can relax and have a very good lifestyle . . . It’s very difficult for them. Thanks to the whole community (for their) support.”

Dali notes the tenants cannot afford rent anywhere else in the Valley.

“They cannot be in a regular apartment,” he said, noting the refurbished RVs offer privacy while the river offers peace and tranquility.

“I think the positive thing is that for people who are vulnerable citizens, it is now providing some a long-term consistency,” Jangula said. “It provides that they now have a home, they don’t have to worry about moving or find another place to stay. I think it helps the Lins, who we all agree have provided a wonderful service for the community. And I think it makes the community a better place to live.”

Jangula could not comment on legal costs, though it was known the case had incurred a six-figure expense. Jin said the lawsuit has been costly.

“That’s the only thing I can say.

A lot,” she said. “This is a time to move on.”

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We need this marijuana legal limbo cleared up very soon

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t’s an issue that requires a very quick resolution.

As we reported last week, the Nanaimo RCMP has started issuing warnings to marijuana dispensaries to close their doors or face closure and possible prosecution. Police issued letters to several cannabis businesses in Nanaimo to shut down within seven days or risk arrest, seizures and possible prosecution for cannabis trafficking.

The decision has drawn criticism and the question of “why now?”

Health Canada issued warnings in late summer that dispensaries would be closed, and in September a handful of cease-and-desist orders were issued across Canada.

From a law enforcement perspective, the situation is easily explained.

Though to some it may appear heavy-handed, police say they are just doing their job.

From Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Const. Gary O’Brien: “Nothing has changed, what we’re simply doing is addressing the issue that they are contravening federal law in Canada, by trafficking in marijuana.”

Fair enough. The job of the police is to enforce the laws of the land.

We simply cannot have a situation whereby people or businesses openly carry on with potentially illegal activities. And, under the previous Conservative government, the feeling about marijuana was fairly clear and

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police already had their marching orders. But everything changed on Oct. 19, when Justin Trudeau’s Liberals came into power.

As new Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told the CBC: “We are proceeding in a concerted way in respect to marijuana in terms of legalization and regulation and working with other jurisdictions to approach this in a thoughtful way, so we will be moving forward with that and I’ll have more to say in the coming weeks and months.”

It appears more had better be said on the issue in short order, before thousands of taxpayer dollars are spent on what may prove unnecessary enforcement, with pot seeming-

ly in legal limbo. Does closing the dispensaries actually create more crime? If it’s going to be legal, is a late-in-the-game, sweeping crackdown an effective use of resources?

We have to walk a fine line on this.

Should there be sympathy for a business that pours capital into a project before they get a full green light, whether from a municipality or the federal government?

The RCMP are faced with finding a way to maintain their mandate — to uphold the law — and navigate around the politics of an issue that requires immediate action.

The Trudeau government is faced with the reality of bringing marijuana into the 21st century, finding

a way to allow people to use a drug that many, many Canadians have been using in abundance for some time despite its current legal status.

Dispensaries needed to anticipate this very real possibility of actions by the RCMP given the current circumstances.

Until new federal regulations are in place and provincial statutes and municipal bylaws can dovetail into the federal policy, it’s best that dispensaries wait for the required clarity.

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Paris tragedy ends the honeymoon for new PM Paris has long been the world’s most popular honeymoon destination for young lovers. How ironic that the very dark shadow cast over the City Of Lights by terrorists last Friday night may well have brought a premature end to the political honeymoon of Canada’s new prime minister.

Having won an astounding and somewhat surprising majority government less than a month before the horrific bombings, Trudeau and his neophyte cabinet will have a baptism of fire, and be under huge scrutiny at the G20 meeting in Turkey, and then the APEC Leaders Meeting in the Philippines.

A short break in Canada to meet with premiers before taking off for London to see the Queen; onto Malta for the Commonwealth heads of government meeting before winding up the month in Paris for the UN climate change conference. An itinerary that is very exhausting for a very seasoned politician, let alone a completely untested one having just received the mantle of power.

The French government quickly announced that a Syrian passport was found near the remains of the suicide bomber outside the football stadium, where Friday’s co-ordinated attacks began.

They disclosed that the passport had been stamped on a Greek island as the entry point to Europe, only a few weeks ago.

With many facts still unclear, it will be presumed that the bomber slipped into France between the thousands of refugees who have been capturing the world’s sympathy for the past few months. Poland immediately stopped accepting Syrian refugees until more stringent security checks are completed.

With France being a leader in NATO, there is speculation that the alliance will take stronger retaliatory military action against ISIS, the al-Nusra Front and other militant groups in Syria, Iraq and beyond.

Military leaders may even consider

similar actions to those taken in Afghanistan, where ground troops attempted to eradicate the Taliban and al-Qaida. How Canada reacts to any such move by NATO, and what extra precautions will be taken for refugees headed to our shores, will be of great interest to all of us.

I’m among those who welcomed a change of power in Ottawa, and wish Trudeau well. His strength will be put to the test in the days to come, and we only hope he operates as well under severe scrutiny and adversity, as he does bathing in the adulation of so many media mavens.

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Liberals must join fight to stay true to principles Our newly elected prime minister has cited four Liberal “core principles” on military deployment as justification for withdrawing our CF-18s from the war with the Islamic State, which is currently being waged by some so 60 nations.

It is very difficult to see any violation of any of these principles in deploying our CF-18 jets with our allies to help destroy ISIS. It would seem clear that part of our role in the first principle of confronting humanitarian crisis would be to join the other 60 nations in helping to destroy ISIS for humanity’s sake.

U.S. President Barack Obama said after the Paris terrorist attacks that these barbaric acts were an “attack on all of humanity.”

Deploying our military in joining this international fight should be supplemented with the humanitarian responsibility of bringing in to Canada a reasonable number of the most vulnerable refugees fleeing ISIS. In accordance with the second principle of the need for a clear mission and role before we deploy our military, it should be self evident that the destruction of ISIS is obviously a clear mission well understood by the international community.

As for the third principle of the necessity of clear and reliable facts, before we deploy our military how many more attacks like those on Paris should Canada require before we are willing to join our allies in the

military aspect of the battle against ISIS? With respect to the fourth principle of the need of reflecting the broad scope of Canadian capabilities surely the utilizing of the excellent skills of our highly trained military should complement the other capabilities Canada is well known for in humanitarian aid.

According to Trudeau’s logic countries such as the U.S. and France should stop bombing ISIS and focus on humanitarian work.

Withdrawing our CF-18’s makes Trudeau’s words to reporters of engaging robustly with the coalition to fight ISIS empty rhetoric and a mockery.

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Deadline passes, but no evictions from Dogpatch Council plans to work with residents of floating homes CRAIG SPENCE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE

The air quality council’s Sarah Thomas tests the moisture content of firewood with a moisture metre. [KATYA SLEPIAN/ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS]

Group aims to limit big problems with air quality KATYA SLEPIAN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

With winter on the doorstep, so are the inversions that bring poor air quality with them.

But while there’s little that can be done about the climate, concerned citizens are hoping to limit human contributions to the situation.

“We get these inversions in the winter where the warm air is above and the cold air is below,” said Port Alberni fire Chief Tim Pley, who sits on the community’s air quality council.

“So that smoke just stays here and washes around and makes us all sick.”

While some of the poor air quality this time of year can be attributed to the slash burning said AQC member Sarah Thomas, the air quality council is hoping to do something about the emission sources they can control.

Wood that has too much moisture in it requires much more energy to burn.

“It doesn’t burn hot enough so a lot of your energy is used up just evaporating

the water and thus it pollutes more, produces more smoke,” he said.

The recommended amount of moisture in firewood is no more than 15-20 per cent, added Thomas.

Equally important as dry firewood is a high-efficiency EPA-certified woodstove, Pley added.

“They re-burn the smoke,” he said.

“Smoke is fuel so if that smoke just goes up the chimney you lose a good percentage of fuel and potential heat and you’re polluting.”

An EPA-certified woodstove, Pley said, traps the smoke.

“By burning a more efficient stove it re-burns the smoke, gets a ton more heat out of your wood. That gets you a lot more value out of your wood and the emissions are way lower.”

With more and more high-efficiency, Pley said air quality in the Alberni Valley has improved.

“It has a significant impact . . . in a subjective perspective, people think it’s better than it was.”

A deadline for residents at Ladysmith’s notorious live-aboard area, Dogpatch, has passed without the eviction of any residents.

Instead, Ladysmith council will apparently first try to work with residents of the controversial cluster of floating homes and derelict vessels, while exploring their legal options for the removal of abandoned boats.

“Our goal is to work co-operatively with the people aboard the live-aboards there and treat them differently than we will the derelict vessels who we’re unable to identify the owners,” Mayor Aaron Stone told 91.7 Coast FM radio.

Meanwhile, the BC Nautical Residents Association has responded to a call from a group calling itself the Ladysmith Harbour Community to advocate on behalf of live-aboards in the area more properly known as waterlot 651.

“Our concern is when someone stands on shore and looks out on an anchorage like the one in Ladysmith and counts every boat they see out there as a derelict, because they don’t look like somebody’s megayacht,” said BCNRA director Rick Schnurr.

In October, the Town of Ladys-

“I’m very hopeful that the Ladysmith situation can be resolved to everybody’s satisfaction.”

Rick Schnurr, BCNRA director

mith posted notices on the boats of long-term Dogpatch live-aboards, warning they were in contravention of a municipal bylaw, which allows a maximum seven-day stay outside of areas designated as marinas.

The notices said the bylaw would be enforced as of Nov. 15, although Stone stated the town does not intend to get heavy handed in its approach.

In response, the live-aboards formed the Ladysmith Harbour Community and requested a meeting with Ladysmith council to work toward resolution of issues.

That meeting took place on Nov. 3, but neither the Town of Ladysmith, nor LHC Chairperson Daniel Inkersell has reported on the outcome.

Two BCNRA directors attended the meeting, however, and Schnurr said there is room for optimism.

“I’m very hopeful that the Ladysmith situation can be resolved to everybody’s satisfaction,” he said.

But that will take a lot of give and take.

Giving the boaters notice as of mid-November, when winter storms are beginning to lash the coast, was not a good start, Schnurr said. Nor was a unilateral declaration that applied to everyone, without any consultation.

If there are boat owners causing problems in the Dogpatch, they should be dealt with individually, the whole liveaboard community shouldn’t be tarred with the same brush, he added.

“We’re trying to get the authorities, whoever they are, to deal with the individual offenders who are causing the problems,” Schnurr said.

If waterlot 651 is earmarked for development — the town and the Stz’uminus First Nation have both indicated a marina is planned for the site — accommodation should be made there or elsewhere in the harbour for live-aboards, and until the site is actually needed there is no reason to kick them out Schnurr said.

Schnurr said inexpensive, subsidized moorage might be an option for consideration

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No ce of Introduc on of 2016 Proposed Budget COMOX VALLEY

New hospital moves closer to completion ERIN HALUSCHAK COMOX VALLEY RECORD

After nearly 18 months, workers at the Comox Valley Hospital are one step closer to finishing the exterior and getting to work on the inside.

Tom Sparrow, the chief project officer of the North Island Hospitals Project, told CTV News Vancouver Island workers have been able to button up a lot of the exterior of the site, and soon will shift to the inside.

Work is also being completed on the new hospital in Campbell River at nearly the same progression, and Sparrow added while the North Island Hospitals Project is unique, there is some standardization.

“These are public private partnership projects. They’re extremely efficient

projects and so everything has to be integrated and aligned exceptionally well to ensure it’s a smooth and seamless process . . . there’s some very good co-ordination going on between the Campbell River site and the Comox Valley as well.”

Bret Miche, senior project manager from Graham Construction, added they are in the 85 to 90 per cent range of using all-local employees. There are more than 550 trades, apprentices and labourers working on site.

Once inside, Miche said the project will move towards interior-finish type trades, such as finish carpenters, painters, floor layers, ceiling tile installers, but explained there still will be a heavy emphasis on mechanical and electrical installation.

This is to advise that the Board of the Regional District of Nanaimo will receive the proposed 2016 budget at the mee ng scheduled below. The full 2016 to 2020 financial plan will be presented at further mee ngs to be scheduled commencing in January 2016.

Members of the public are encouraged and invited to a end the mee ng. Residents wishing to provide comments or input into the 2016 budget should contact the Regional District offices at the numbers outlined below to have your name included in the agenda for the mee ng.

2016 Proposed Budget

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Early morning house fire leaves one person dead One person is dead following a fire on Gabriola Island early Monday.

The Gabriola Island Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire in the 800-Block of Keith Drive shortly after 5:30 a.m.

They found the house fully engulfed in flames and the Gabriola Island RCMP were called.

Fire crews found human remains inside the residence and the BC Coroners Service was notified.

No cause of death was available at press time, and no further information was available on the identity of the deceased.

The Gabriola RCMP and Island District RCMP general investigation services were still working to determine the cause of the fire late Monday.

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PORT ALICE

Lone grocery store now closed on Sundays as sales drop 20 per cent TRISH WEATHERALL NORTH ISLAND GAZETTE

The only grocery store in Port Alice is now closed Sundays due to “extreme conditions.”

F.P. Foods store manager Bill Feader Jr. said sales have dropped 20 per cent since the summer and necessary investment in new freezers, meat cases and other equipment left a large debt.

“Three-quarters of the store was on sale in October and sales are still plummeting,” said Feader.

He decided to close Sundays, lay off

one cashier and decrease hours for other employees to reduce expenses.

Shortly after the announcement, resident Pauline Steele wrote an open letter to Port Alice post office boxes, imploring the community to support local business or risk losing local services.

“If we really care about our community and protecting what we have here in Port Alice we could all pull together to support our local businesses,” Steele’s letter stated.

“Is a trip down-Island to shop worth it if it means our local busi-

nesses can’t continue to provide services right here? Can we rally that community spirit to help our whole community by supporting local businesses that not only offer convenience, but provide jobs to local people?”

Many of the village’s residents have been affected by the Neucel mill shutdown last March, and with no recall in sight are in a difficult financial situation. Some residents have left.

“The current shutdown of the pulp mill is jeopardizing so many of the

things that make Port Alice truly a wonderful place to live,” Steele writes. “Already many of our friends and neighbours have left. Houses, stratas and apartments are standing empty.”

Feader said he is grateful for the support and is doing everything he can to keep the store well-stocked and the prices reasonable. The 6,500-square-foot space was meant to serve about 1,500 residents, and though the population has downsized to fewer than 800, the store hasn’t.

VICTORIA ◆ LADYSMITH

Search for elderly woman ends tragically A concerted search for an elderly woman ended tragically Friday afternoon when the body of 86-year-old Patricia Robinson was found in a wooded area, down an embankment off Walkem and Cloke roads.

Robinson was reported missing at approximately 9 a.m. Ladysmith Fire & Rescue, local residents and an RCMP helicopter combed the area searching for Robinson, who wandered away from La Rosa Gardens, an assisted living facility, sometime during the night.

Fire & Rescue members recovered Robinson’s body shortly after 3 p.m.

Family have been notified.

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Investigation continues into police shooting The Independent Investigations office of B.C. continues to investigate a July 8 police-related shooting in Porty Hardy.

Investigators were in town earlier this month in the case of James Reginald Butters, also known as James Hayward, who shot and killed after a confrontation with two Mounties at the intersection of Granville Street and Highway 19.

Police said Butters had a knife and witnesses heard officers repeatedly shouting “Drop the knife” before severals shots were fired.

Since that time the investigation has been active.

The IIO has designated one subject officer and interviewed two witness officers, all members of the Port Hardy RCMP. A significant number of civilian witnesses were located and interviewed.

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Government presents trio of possible new designs for ‘worst traffic bottleneck’ in B.C. TOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS

The B.C. government has presented three possible designs for a new interchange at Highway 1 and McKenzie Avenue north of Victoria, which Transportation Minister Todd Stone has called the worst traffic bottleneck in B.C. Stone said Monday there will be extensive consultations with area residents on the options for the new interchange, but the intent is to have “shovels in the ground” by late 2016 and the interchange open by the fall of 2018.

In conjunction with the West Shore parkway project through Langford, the new interchange should “go a long way” to eliminating what south Vancouver Island commuters have come to know as the “Colwood crawl,” Stone said.

The project will include separate bus lanes and a separated path for the Galloping Goose cycling and hiking trail.

Stone said the ministry is confident all three options can be built within the $85 million budget of the project, and a fourth option could be considered if public input indicates that it is needed. The provincial and

One of three design options for McKenzie-Admirals intersection on Highway 1 near Victoria. Others are a similar design with crossings under the highway and partial cloverleaf. [TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS]

federal government announced funding in July, with $52.4 million from the province and $32.6 million from the federal government.

Asked if the project could end up

resembling the multi-traffic circle exchange connecting Highway 17 to Victoria airport, Stone chuckled.

“We’re very conscious with this particular interchange that you will

not see it from space,” Stone said.

“The McTavish interchange does its job very well. There has been feedback from the public that perhaps it is a bit over-engineered.”

TOFINO

Council aims to deal with abuse of nature WESTERLY NEWS

Tourists and transients torpedoed Tonquin’s tranquility this summer and locals want their municipal government to take action.

Tofino’s district office received several letters about abuse to the Tonquin Park area, and negative tourism impacts in general, throughout the summer and two such letters landed

on Oct. 13’s regular council meeting agenda.

After hashing out potential strategies, like pay parking and keeping the park a secret from tourists, council agreed to meet with Tofino’s recreation commission in search of strategies.

Coun. Cathy Thicke kicked off the discussion by suggesting several hundred people visit Tonquin Park

each day during the busy season and the landscape is being degenerated by abuse. She said a washroom is needed as is better signage prohibiting RV’s and tour buses from clogging up the park’s small parking lot and added that the district should talk to Tourism Tofino about not popularizing the area.

“There’s about 10 parking spots at the park, they’re always full,” she

said. “After five years of discussing a washroom in the park just this summer we have a porta-potty at the top in the parking lot, that’s it.”

Coun. Al Anderson wondered whether keeping the park a secret was possible considering the power of Internet chatter and also questioned council’s intent.

“I struggle with it because it is a public park,” he said.

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First Nation proposes LNG plant JEFF NAGEL BC LOCAL NEWS

A new liquefied natural gas plant is being proposed by the Tsawwassen First Nation, Fortis BC and other partners but TFN leaders will first put it to a vote of their members to gauge their support before actively pursuing it.

Chief Bryce Williams said he will follow the will of his people, but believes the project would offer significant benefits, including revenue

for the TFN and up to 100 long-term jobs for members.

“I think it’s a very interesting project and it has very good potential of moving forward,” Williams said, adding he’s not taking sides in the vote set for Dec. 16. “I’m on the fence.

I recognize all the benefits. There are some negative impacts to think about as well.”

It would be the third LNG export proposal in the Lower Mainland in addition to the Woodfibre LNG

plant proposed near Squamish and the Wespac LNG export terminal in Delta, which would ship out LNG produced next door at Fortis BC’s long-running Tilbury plant.

The project would occupy 32 hectares of treaty land the TFN have already zoned for industry and would likely otherwise be developed as warehousing.

Five to six LNG carriers would dock at Deltaport to load LNG from the TFN plant, in contrast to the Wespac

jetty proposal, which would see LNG carriers ply the lower Fraser River.

The plant would compress and supercool three to five million tonnes of natural gas per year to liquid form for export.

That’s about a quarter the size of the $11-billion Petronas LNG proposal near Prince Rupert but larger than the $1.7-billion Woodfibre proposal.

Unlike most other LNG proposals in B.C., the TFN plant would use

electric drive compression instead of burning natural gas to power the process.

The project would require a 10-kilometre extension of Fortis BC’s pipeline in Delta.

If all three projects currently proposed in the region advanced, Fortis BC officials say there would have to be capacity upgrades to the main natural gas pipelines that run to the Lower Mainland from northeastern B.C.

POLITICS

CASTLEGAR

Trudeau directs new fisheries minister to reopen closed Kitsilano Coast Guard base

Wild turkeys cause havoc on roadways

JEFF NAGEL BC LOCAL NEWS

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has formally directed new Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo to reopen the closed Kitsilano Coast Guard base that had become a flashpoint for local criticism of the Harper government. The Kitsilano base was closed in 2013 – vessels and staff were shifted to Richmond – but pressure from B.C. politicians to reopen it intensified after a slow response earlier this year to a spill of fuel oil from a freighter in English Bay. Trudeau released his mandate letters outlining the priorities for each new federal cabinet minister Friday. Those marching orders spell out various reforms to Conservative policies, as well as repeals or amendments to contentious legislation like Bill C-51 and the Fair Elections Act. Details in the mandates are sparse, however, and for the most part they contain no specific

Coast Guard vessels have been based out of Richmond after the Kitsilano Coast Guard base was closed in 2013.

deadlines. The Liberal promise of admitting 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year has shifted to “in the coming months.”

Bolstered environmental protections are pledged, in line with Liberal campaign promises.

Tootoo is to “act on recommendations of the Cohen Commission on restoring sockeye salmon stocks in the Fraser River” and review changes to fishery legislation to “restore lost protec-

tions and incorporate modern safeguards.”

He’s also supposed to “use scientific evidence and the precautionary principle, and take into account climate change, when making decisions affecting fish stocks and ecosystem management.”

Natural Resource Minister James Carr gets no specific instructions related to the Northern Gateway or Trans Mountain

pipeline proposals.

But Trudeau directs him to modernize the National Energy Board and to immediately review and reform environmental assessment processes to regain public trust.

Northern Gateway is expected to be dead under the Trudeau Liberals and one letter orders the formalization of a moratorium on crude oil tanker traffic off B.C.’s north coast. Health Minister Jane Philpott’s priorities from the PM include introducing plain packaging requirements for cigarettes and to work with other ministers toward the legalization and regulation of marijuana.

On electoral reform, the minister for democratic institutions is to convene a special committee to consult on options that include preferential ballots, proportional representation, mandatory voting and online voting.

The mandate letters are peppered with references to the need for science-based decisions.

VANCOUVER

City settles over wrongful conviction GEORDON OMAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

A British Columbia man wrongfully imprisoned for sex crimes for nearly three decades says he’s “one third of the way done” a lengthy lawsuit after reaching a settlement with one of the defendants.

B.C. Supreme Court heard on Monday that the City of Vancouver has settled for an undisclosed amount with Ivan Henry, who spent 27 years behind bars before being acquitted of 10 counts of sexual assault in 2010.

The two parties reached an agreement midway through the trial, which began in late August, but the province and the federal government have not settled and remain defendants.

As part of the deal, the city unequivocally withdrew its allegations that Henry was still guilty despite his acquittal, according to a statement read by his lawyer John Laxton.

The trial was to establish Henry’s right to compensation, but Laxton noted during the hearing that the city hadn’t accepted the B.C. Court of

Appeal’s ruling that his client had been wrongfully convicted in 1983.

“That withdrawal has been a very important part of the agreement, as far as Mr. Henry is concerned,” said Laxton.

“It exonerates me in my own way,” said Henry outside of court. “I’m feeling all right, but we’ll see down the road what the rest of it brings. We’re not done yet.”

The drawn-out trial has been “very difficult” for Henry, said Laxton.

The settlement resolves any

claims for damages Henry made through the city against the Vancouver Police Department.

Laxton said earlier in court that a photo of a police lineup that included Henry was “seriously flawed and unfair” and “the bedrock point of the failed police investigation.”

The photo showed Henry being held in a chokehold by officers.

The court was also presented with excerpts from a complainant’s handwritten letter that was sent to the private address of a police officer involved in the investigation.

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CASTLEGAR — Wild turkeys in Castlegar now have a way to cross the road and get to the other side.

A flock of about 30 turkeys has been causing traffic troubles in the West Kootenay town for about a year and a half, said Coun. Sue Heaton-Sherstobitoff.

“Basically, people were driving and slamming on their brakes because two, three, four times a day, they cross the road, I guess to go feed or to do whatever turkeys do,” she said.

The poultry crossings caused some minor fender-benders, slowed traffic and even damaged vehicles.

“I had people contact me and say they had seen a turkey fly and crack somebody’s windshield. You know, they’re big birds, right? And if you just hit them a certain way, they could fly up and do that,” Heaton-Sherstobitoff said.

When the birds became a safety issue, city council came up with two bright yellow signs adorned with pictures of the fowl to warn drivers of the hazard.

The signs were installed on Columbia Avenue about two weeks ago and so far, they seem to be working.

“People told me last week that the turkeys are actually crossing right below the signs,” Heaton-Sherstobitoff said.

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PENTICTON

Scientists gather in B.C. as part of global effort STEVE KIDD PENTICTON WESTERN NEWS

No matter how much communications technology you have at your disposal, it can’t always replace faceto-face meetings.

That’s one of the reasons behind a gathering of engineers and scientists from 20 countries that took place in Penticton last week, all members of the global effort to design and build the Square Kilometre Array radio-telescope project.

“One of the big challenges with a global project is communications.

No matter how much you put out in terms of paper, emails, websites and that, nothing beats face to face meetings,” said the project’s director general, Dr. Philip Diamond. He notes that beside the formal lectures and groups working on particular subjects, the informal meetings play a big role.

“The coffee breaks, the lunch breaks, the evenings sitting in the bar, these are all essential tools for efficient communications,” said Diamond.

The SKA project is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio telescope, to be located in Australia and Africa. The scale of the SKA represents a huge leap forward

Engineers and scientists from 20 countries participated in the project to build the next generation of radio telescopes, the Square Kilometre Array. They were in Penticton last week for their annual working meeting. The SKA project has its headquarters at Jodrell Bank in England.

in both engineering and research & development. The SKA will revolutionize our understanding of the Universe and the laws of fundamental physics. When finished SKA will be more sensitive that any other

radio-telescope, and produce a larger data flow from its receptors than the total global Internet traffic.

The conference in Penticton this week was the third annual “all hands” meeting of the engineer-

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ing team for the project. Previous meetings were held in Freemantle, Australia and Manchester, England, where the project has its headquarters.

“This is the engineering brains trust from around the planet that is designing the SKA. We have 11 design consortia designing different parts of the telescope, the dishes, the digital systems, the software, etc.,” said Diamond.

One of those teams is working out of the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, located at White Lake near Penticton. Canada is leading the consortium that is designing the digital signal processing equipment, working with engineers and scientists from other institutes around the world.

“That builds on a huge strength that you have hear at DRAO, which is very skilled digital electronics engineers. Another area where Canada is very interested is the dish,” said Diamond, noting that 200 15-metre dish antennas will be built in the first phase, in the South African desert, noting that one of the prototype dishes was being designed at DRAO. “We have had the opportunity to showcase the engineering, what we have been doing out at DRAO on the

new dish design and on phased array feeds,” said Dr. Sean Dougherty, the observatory director.

“We have also been able to showcase Penticton and I think all the delegates have really appreciated being here. I think it has been a success.”

Mayor Andrew Jakubeit welcomed the group to Penticton during a reception at Poplar Grove Winery Monday. He said DRAO was one of the area’s lesser known treasures.

“I think people know that we have an observatory, but they really don’t know what goes on there and how cutting edge the technology they have there is,” said Jakubeit. “The staff there has participated in creating other elements of technology that has been used in other observatories around the world.”

Diamond said this kind of global cooperation is essential to build the next generation of radio telescopes.

Over the last 50 years, he explained, the astrophysical community has built communication networks and collaboration because a single observatory finds it difficult to have all the skills available for all of the equipment. That sharing of skills and information has led to projects like the SKA telescope.

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Officer faces charges after handling of exhibits A police officer from Salmo has been charged in relation to alleged improper handling and disposition of exhibits at the detachment.

Const. Dave Dyball has been charged with two counts of theft under $5,000 and makes his first court appearance Tuesday in Nelson.

RCMP say they will provide no further comment while the matter is before the courts. According to online court records, Dyball, 44, is alleged to have committed the offences on April 9.

◆ WHITE ROCK

‘Surgical mask bandit’ pleads guilty to crimes A White Rock man arrested more than two years ago in connection with a string of ATM robberies that had police describing the perpetrator as the “surgical mask bandit” has pleaded guilty to the crimes.

The Criminal Justice Branch confirmed Friday that Travis Jensen-Pickford entered the plea on 12 counts of robbery and one count of “using an imitation firearm in the course of committing indictable offenses” during an appearance Nov. 10 in Surrey Provincial Court.

“The offenses are alleged to have occurred on various dates in the time period from May 12 to June 15, 2013,” branch spokesman Neil MacKenzie told Peace Arch News by email.

All but two of the robberies occurred on the Semiahmoo Peninsula; one

occurred in Newton and another near 186 Street and Fraser Highway.

In each instance, a victim was approached by a masked man while withdrawing money from an ATM during non-banking hours.

◆ ABBOTSFORD

Community rallies to help out Korean War veteran The community has rallied in support of Korean War veteran Bert Wiebe, whose mobility scooter was stolen from him just days before Remembrance Day. Four days after a con man made off with his scooter, Wiebe, 83, received a set of new wheels Tuesday that were donated by a local company.

Wiebe served for more than a decade in the Canadian Forces, and the morning of the theft had spoken to The News about his life in the military, including the battle for Hill 355 in Korea. Prior to the interview, Bert Wiebe met a man who called himself ‘Kevin,’ who said he could fix a broken headlight on his scooter. When he returned to the Legion, Kevin was waiting for the decorated veteran.

Wiebe retrieved the key for the man, and left to have a cigarette while the man did the work he had promised.

When Wiebe returned, the scooter and the man named Kevin were gone.

Margaret Vines, the Royal Canadian Legion’s ways and means officer, said the thief betrayed the trust of a man who desperately needs his scooter.

“He’s a vet, he’s disabled and he needs to have something to get around and have something of a social life,” Vines said.

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Man makes another appeal to stay in country DAN FERGUSON LANGLEY TIMES

Saying it “is in the best interest of our country” to allow José Figueroa to stay in Canada, Langley-Aldergrove MP Mark Warawa has asked the new federal immigration minister to intervene in the case of the Langley man who sought refuge in a Walnut Grove church after he was ordered deported.

Warawa sent a letter on Monday to John McCallum, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, asking McCallum to use his “ministerial discretion” powers to allow Figueroa to stay in Canada.”

“I believe that it is in the best interest of our country, and in the best interest of Mr. Figueroa’s (wife and ) three Canadian-born children, that Mr. Figueroa is granted permanent resident status,” Warawa wrote.

Figueroa was ordered deported

FIGUEROA

because of his involvement with the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador.

“To be clear, Mr. Figueroa has never posed a threat to Canada,” Warawa said. “He did not engage in any violent activities with the FMLN (and the) FMLN is now the democratically

elected government of El Salvador, with whom Canada enjoys good bilateral relations.”

Warawa described Figueroa as a “model citizen and a positive contributor to the community” and went on to say that “to deny Mr. Figueroa permanent resident status in Canada would cause incomprehensive and unnecessary harm to his family.”

Canadian Border Services Agency will not speak to specific cases. That was the agency’s response when asked why they still have an arrest warrant out for Jose Figueroa.

“It is not the practice of the CBSA to speak to specific cases,” said CBSA spokesman Stefanie Wudel on Oct. 11.

“We can tell you that generally, in the course of immigration proceedings, there are several incidences when the CBSA may issue a warrant, including when an individual fails

to appear for an interview or immigration hearing; fails to abide by any imposed terms and conditions; or fails to show up for removal.”

Figueroa has been living in sanctuary in a Walnut Grove church for the past two years, after a CBSA warrant was issued for him to be deported to his native El Salvador.

Figueroa has lived in Langley for 17 years. During that time he has supported his wife and raised three children who were born here. But in 2013, Immigration Canada ruled he had to be deported after a request to become a permanent resident was denied, based on his support of the FMLN, a faction fighting the violent dictatorship that ruled El Salvador in the 1980s.

“The question the CBSA should be answering is if they are still of the opinion that I am inadmissible into

Canada due to my past membership with the FMLN? “If the answer to that question is no, then the arrest warrant should be cancelled and CBSA should not be looking to impose any terms and conditions other than the ones I had prior to the minister’s delegate decision of March 27, 2013,” said Figueroa.

“If the answer to the question is yes, then the CBSA needs to be better informed.”

In July 2014, a federal judge ruled that the original decision to deport Figueroa contained mistakes in the ruling and that his case needed to be given a new review. In that decision, Judge Mosely said that the FMLN is now the government of El Salvador and is not on any terrorist list within Canada. But, Mosely didn’t impose a timeline for the new review to take place.

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Wildrose Party asks Alberta Tories to join them

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Saskatchewan carbon facility criticized in U.S.

BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — Alberta Opposition Leader Brian Jean reached out to disenfranchised members of the Progressive Conservative Party in a speech to Wildrose delegates in Calgary on Friday.

Jean, whose party holds 22 seats in the Alberta legislature, told delegates that there was no time for gloating for the hard times that the former PC government has gone through since losing to the NDP last May. “The events of the last decade or so caused the conservative movement in Alberta to . . . split into two parties. The events of the last year have thrust one of those parties into a very difficult situation,” Jean said at the Wildrose annual general meeting.

“The future of the Progressive Conservative Association in Alberta is in doubt. After the fierce and at times hurtful partisan battles of the past few years many people in the room tonight, myself included, sometimes feel like I should be inclined to celebrate this. But I’m choosing to look at it a bit differently.”

Jean, who got teary-eyed after a standing ovation at his introduction, said there are a “whole bunch of good conservatives” in the province who don’t believe they have a “viable political home.”

He said they know their old party is dying and they don’t think they are welcome with Wildrose.

“Having these good people sidelined or worse, completely disinterested from politics, is not a good thing,” Jean said.

“It’s not a good thing for democracy. It’s certainly not a good thing for conservatism,” he added. “We need these people. We need their willingness to help and their belief in our great province.”

Jean was reaffirmed as party leader at the meeting, with 78 per cent of voting members choosing not to hold a leadership review.

Jean had said earlier the party’s constitution requires a review every three years so he thought Friday’s meeting was a good time to ask supporters to rate his performance.

Jean, a former federal MP, took over as Wildrose leader last March after the party had fallen into disarray.

Former leader Danielle Smith and eight Wildrose colleagues crossed the floor last December to join what were then the governing Progressive Conservatives. Several other Wildrose MLAs had already left the party, which was left with just five seats.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departs after attending the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey on Monday on the way to the APEC Summit in the Philippines. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Provinces concerned over Syrian refugees Saskatchewan premier wants to suspend process, cites security KRISTY KIRKUP AND JENNIFER GRAHAM THE CANADIAN PRESS

Justin Trudeau’s insistence that he will stick with a plan to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees by year-end — even amid heightened security concerns around the world — has made several provinces nervous about security and prompted Saskatchewan to ask Monday for a suspension of the project.

“Surely we do not want to be date-driven or numbers-driven in an endeavour that may affect the safety of our citizens and the security of our country,” Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall wrote in a publicly released letter to the prime minister.

“If even a small number of individuals who wish to do harm to our country are able to enter Canada as a result of a rushed refugee resettlement process, the results could be devastating.”

Premiers lack key information on the Liberal initiative, so it’s no wonder they are taking a second look, federal Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose said in an interview.

“The premiers have been asked to take part in this entire plan but they don’t actually know what it is,” Ambrose said.

“I think that’s the real key here: they need to share the plan. They need to share it with Brad Wall and every premier across the country who has so generously agreed to be a part of it and explain ’here’s how it is going to happen’.”

Wall said he understands the “overwhelming majority of refugees” are fleeing violence and do not pose a

“They need to make sure that their processes are working, that those security checks are being done properly and then, as they can, invite those refugees to come.”

Christy Clark, B.C. premier

threat, but he urged caution following the massacre in the French capital on Friday.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has claimed responsibility for the attacks that left 129 dead and 350 wounded.

“The recent attacks in Paris are a grim reminder of the death and destruction even a small number of malevolent individuals can inflict upon a peaceful country and its citizens,” Wall said.

Quebec’s immigration minister also expressed reservations Monday about the timeline presented by the Liberal government.

“I’m going to be frank, I don’t think it’s possible by the end of the year,” Kathleen Weil said. “I think that people realize it’ll take the time it’ll take, but we are determined to do it well.”

B.C. Premier Christy Clark also noted Monday the federal government’s primary job is to ensure that security for Canadians comes first.

“They need to make sure that their

processes are working, that those security checks are being done properly and then, as they can, invite those refugees to come,” Clark said.

Ontario’s health minister says his province stands by a commitment to take up to 10,000 Syrian refugees through 2016.

The exact number has not yet been decided, but it will be a “significant” percentage of the 25,000 nationwide, Eric Hoskins said.

The Paris attacks have not changed Ontario’s commitment, Hoskins added.

“I’m confident the process the federal government is working on will take into account the legitimate security needs and concerns that Ontarians might have,” he said.

Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott, who is leading the ad hoc committee on refugee resettlement, expressed her condolences on Monday following the attacks in Paris but suggested they do not change the government’s plan.

“There have always been security concerns,” Philpott said. “So while Paris is a tragic situation . . . we have always known there are risks involved in this but we have always said we will be responsible and we will be address those risks in a responsible way.”

Last week, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said security screenings for Syrian refugees could possibly take place both overseas and in Canada.

The government also has to determine where it will conduct health screenings, though Philpott would not provide specifics on Monday.

An American senator is suggesting that he and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have been misled about the success of a carbon capture facility in Saskatchewan.

Sen. Joe Manchin says the facility at the Boundary Dam power plant near Estevan has failed to operate successfully for any meaningful period of time.

The facility was supposed to reduce CO2 emissions from the coal-fired power plant by one million tonnes annually, but has only removed 400,000 tonnes so far this year.

The senator met with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall last year to talk about the facility at Boundary Dam, but that was before reports started surfacing about troubles at the carbon-capture complex.

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Riots destroy Canadian mine in Mozambique Rioters have destroyed a Canadian-owned tantalum mine in Mozambique, injuring security officers and setting fire to the site, the company says.

Pacific Wildcat Resources, in a press release issued late last week, said company representatives had fled its Muiane mine to the city of Nampula, around 120 kilometres away.

Police had been preventing access to the site because it was still occupied by rioters. Company representatives were unavailable Monday to provide an update on the situation.

The Muiane project is one of two owned by Pacific Wildcat. The other, a rare earth mine in Kenya, has been the subject of an ongoing legal fight after the Kenyan government revoked its mining licence in 2013.

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Mosque fire was hate crime, say Ontario cops A fire set deliberately at a central Ontario mosque in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris is being investigated as a hate crime, police said Monday.

Murray Rodd, chief of police in Peterborough, Ont., told a news conference that any injury to one of the city’s ethnic communities is “an injury to us all.”

“We are treating this as a hate crime,” Rodd said. “The mosque in question is named — quite appropriately — the peace mosque, which fits into what is a very peaceful, very livable community.”

Insp. Larry Charmley added that other police forces have offered to help solve the case.

Crimestoppers said an anonymous donor put up $10,000 towards a reward for the arrest and conviction of those responsible. A crowdfunding initiative has also raised more than $90,000 for repairs.

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Arthur Kent suit alleges column was defamatory Former journalist claims reputation damaged in 2008 article BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba Janice Filmon (centre) reads the Speech from the Throne at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Infrastructure is focus of Manitoba government CHINTA PUXLEY THE CANADIAN PRESS

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s NDP government is promising more infrastructure cash, more child-care spaces and foster care closer to home for indigenous children in a pre-election throne speech designed to shore up flagging support.

Premier Greg Selinger, who barely held on to his job this spring after an internal revolt, is doubling down on his infrastructure stimulus plan by promising to spend $4.5 billion more on roads, bridges and flood protection by 2022.

“We’ve already seen the Canadian economy’s forecast has been projected to slow down,” he said Monday. “This is not the time to put the brakes on investment and job creation because it will actually reinforce that downward trend in economic growth, which will make us all worse off.”

At the same time, he left the door open to delaying balancing the books once again and raising taxes if necessary.

“The best laid plans of mice and men change when the circumstances change,” Selinger told reporters. “You have to always stay open to that.”

The governing NDP plummeted in popular support after it raised the provincial sales tax by one percentage point to fund infrastructure spending in 2013. Five senior cabinet ministers resigned, saying they had lost confidence in Selinger, who hung on to his job by 33 votes in a subsequent leadership vote.

In the province’s last throne speech before voters go to the polls in April, the NDP government lays out a detailed plan to woo women, families and urban residents.

The NDP is promising to relocate rail lines within Winnipeg, create 12,000 more child-care spaces and expand a tax credit which helps pay for fertility treatment.

It’s also promising legislation to give those caring for elderly or sick relatives leave from work and to legalize a prac-

“This is not the time to put the brakes on investment and job creation because it will actually reinforce that downward trend in economic growth, which will make us all worse off.”

Greg Selinger, Manitoba premier

tice of allowing First Nations children seized by Child and Family Services to remain in their community with another family.

Manitoba has more than 10,000 children in care and most are indigenous.

The province has come under fire for years, for either taking too many children into care or for repeatedly returning others to abusive parents.

First Nations children are often placed with extended family on reserves, Selinger said.

“We need some legal authority to allow that to happen.”

The government is also promising legislation to grant paid leave to those suffering from domestic violence, which came as a surprise to some women’s shelters that are more concerned about staying afloat.

Deena Brock, provincial co-ordinator for the Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters, said no one was clamouring for paid leave given many victims of domestic violence are unemployed.

“My biggest concern is making sure the shelters have everything they need to be able to do their jobs properly,” she said. “Part of that, unfortunately, is funding.”

Royce Koop, a political science professor at the University of Manitoba, said the vision laid out by the NDP is designed to bring back disaffected voters and firm up the party’s base before the looming election.

CALGARY — The lawyer for a former television war correspondent known as the “Scud Stud” says he intends to prove his client’s reputation was damaged by a “false article” that failed to meet even “ordinary journalistic standards.”

Arthur Kent, 61, is suing Postmedia, the National Post and former columnist Don Martin over a column that ran when Kent was campaigning to win the constituency of Calgary Currie as a star candidate for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2008 provincial election.

The trial, which has been in the offing for seven years, got underway Monday in front of a judge, jury and a gallery packed with onlookers.

The Alberta-born Kent rose to international prominence and acquired his nickname when he reported for NBC during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. He often went live on the air from a hotel rooftop as Iraqi Scud missiles were launched into Saudi Arabia.

Kent was narrowly defeated in the election after a hard-fought campaign in which a piece by Martin appeared under the headline “Alberta’s ‘Scud Stud’ a ‘Dud’ On Campaign Trail.”

The column, which was published in several newspapers that were part of what was then the CanWest chain, described Kent as “a hunky bear-witness reporter” who “got female hearts pumping.”

It suggested that the Kent campaign was in complete disarray, that the candidate was not co-operating with the PC party and that key campaign members were threatening to quit.

It included quotes from unidentified party members. Martin wrote that senior campaign strategists had never seen a candidate “so self-absorbed he has mocked the party for failing to treat him with the desired level of reverence.”

“It is defamatory if it is likely to lower a person’s reputation in the estimation of a reasonable person and in particular where that statements causes that person to

Former TV journalist Arthur Kent outside court in Calgary on Monday during a break in his lawsuit related to a 2008 column. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

be regarded in terms of ridicule, contempt or dislike,” Kent’s lawyer, Kent Jesse, said in his opening remarks.

“Consider what the word ’dud’ means. People understand it means failure or loser. That is completely negative. That Arthur Kent is a dud was presented as fact — not as opinion.”

Postmedia lawyer Scott Watson said his clients deny the accusations and were practising responsible journalism.

He said he intends to call a number of journalists and the former president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, Bill Smith, as witnesses in the fourweek trial.

“The media plays an important role in Canadian democracy by informing voters about candidates, their practices, their policies and their actions,” Watson said.

“Throughout this litigation, our clients have steadfastly believed the Don Martin column is defensible.

We’ll ask you, the jury, to issue a verdict dismissing Mr. Kent’s claim once we’ve demonstrated the defence of fair comment of responsible journalism applies to this case.”

The first witness, Vicki Gardiner, said she met Kent through a

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The 70-year-old said she was stunned when she read the Martin article because she never saw any sign of dissension.

“I had a very good experience working on the campaign,” Gardiner said.

“I didn’t know where it was coming from.”

Jesse noted that the article remained available online for nearly five years despite repeated attempts by Kent to have it removed.

“When people read an article on the newspage in the defendants’ publications in one of the largest and most widely circulated newspapers in the country, they assume what is written is truthful, well researched and written with integrity and high or at least ordinary journalistic standards,” he said.

“Not only did they publish a false article designed to harm Arthur Kent during his election campaign.

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Death sentence for Oregon serial killer STEVEN DUBOIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORTLAND, Ore. — A jury on Monday sentenced one of Oregon’s most prolific serial killers to death for the fourth time, an ultimately symbolic decision in a state that has not executed anyone in nearly 20 years.

Dayton Leroy Rogers, 62, who killed eight women in the 1980s, had previously been sentenced to death three times for his crimes, and each time the penalty was overturned on legal grounds. The jury’s new verdict comes despite a moratorium on executions imposed by the past two governors.

Rogers apologized in court Friday.

He told jurors the word “sorry” was inadequate, but he was sorry for taking “eight precious lives.”

Prosecutors said Rogers, a former lawn-mower repairman, drove to Portland to solicit prostitutes, plied them with alcohol and took them to remote locations where he tied them up and tortured them. He was dubbed the Molalla Forest Killer because the bodies were discovered in a forest in the small town of Molalla.

Prosecutor Bryan Brock said Rogers should get the death penalty because his acts were heinous and deliberate.

He said Rogers carefully planned his attacks and was driven by sexual gratification from inflicting pain.

“Why go through this again?” he said after the jury returned its decision.

“Because it’s that important. Nobody in the history of Oregon has warranted the

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death penalty more than Mr. Rogers and to deny him what he has justly earned would be a greater injustice.”

Defence attorney Richard Wolf has said Rogers would waive his right to an appeal if he got a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

During Rogers’ most recent sentencing trial in Clackamas County Circuit Court, Wolf said sending Rogers to prison for life would give a resolution to victims’ families and avoid the costs of further legal proceedings.

The attorney also argued that Rogers’ traumatic childhood — including sexual and physical abuse — and the brain damage he suffered should be considered as mitigating evidence.

Rogers was convicted of six killings in 1989, and each of three juries has sentenced him to death. Rogers also was tied to the slaying of a woman identified in 2013 and sentenced to life in prison for the stabbing death of a woman outside a Portland restaurant in 1987.

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How much is your hearing worth?

Hanan Merrill, Nanaimo Hearing Clinic According to at least one health plan, mine would be worth about $43,750 per ear. Of course, if I paid more for my plan then my hearing would be worth proportionately more. I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t seem quite right to me.

So what’s your hearing really worth? Not to some heartless insurance company, but to you. $50? $5,000? $500,000?

An experiment I conducted recently leads me to think that the true value of your hearing needs to be expressed not in dollars and cents, but in terms of all the things you’d lose if your hearing were to suddenly stop working.

Please indulge me a moment while I take you through my eye-opening journey of self-discovery.

The experiment Before leaving work one day, I cut a pair of earplugs in half and carefully inserted them deep enough in my ear canals that they couldn’t be seen. (To avoid the risk of injury or permanent loss of your ear plugs in the depths of your skull, I can’t recommend enough that you do not cut your ear plugs in half as I did.) I wanted to experience firsthand what life is like with hearing loss. I walked out the door and entered an entirely new world . . .

The street sounds were muted and distant. The jingle of my keys was softer but still audible as I fumbled for the right one to secure my office. I could just make out the satisfying clunk of the deadbolt as it slammed into place.

After settling into the driver’s seat of my car and starting the engine, I instinctively reached for the radio settings. I selected the Wave (don’t judge) but, though I could hear the music, the sound seemed empty somehow. When I increased the volume, the speakers became distorted.

Grumbling, I settled for crumby sound quality.

Transitioning from my quiet office to my busy household (six people and a large dog) is usually a full-on auditory assault (I mean that in the nicest possible way, honey). This particular evening, though, the din was muted and the

transition was easy. Unfortunately, this is where the advantages of my artificially reduced hearing sensitivity ended.

What happened at dinner shocked me Dinnertime is one of the few moments when our whole family assembles for a common activity, and I did my best to keep up with my children’s reports of what happened at school that day. I could “hear” that there was a conversation taking place, but it took a lot of effort to understand it. Occasionally I’d piece together a bit that somehow materialized within my awareness 30 seconds after it was spoken, but by then it was too late to make a meaningful comment.

So I just sat there, until the aural fog was broken by my daughter veritably yelling, “DAAAD, PASS THE KETCHUP!” Notice the lack of “please” from my normally polite little girl. Without a doubt she’d asked me nicely once or twice already, and in her frustration she’d abandoned all pretense of decorum.

It didn’t take long for me to tire of asking my children to repeat themselves. In fact, I lost all interest in trying to participate in the conversation. I was in a bubble – a lonely little world that I shared with no one; on the outside looking longingly in at my own home and my own family.

I’d never felt so disconnected.

What connects you?

I have to admit that my experiment, though revealing, fell well short of helping me truly understand the experiences of thousands of people living right here in Nanaimo with a reduced range of hearing (a fancy term for hearing loss). It was a far cry from living with a chronic condition that has, in most cases, crept in slowly and almost imperceptibly.

My experiment did, however, make me reconsider the value of my hearing.

My hearing connects me to my world. All those soft sounds that make up the background soundtrack of my life are so much more important than I’d realized.

The gentle swishing of the dishwasher

Hanan Merrill, RHIP*, Shelagh Merrill, Office Admin. *Registered with the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC remove the earplugs? What if the cost of a cup of coffee each day would bring me back into the world I once shared with my family?

Would it be worth it to me? Absolutely.

Would it be worth it to you?

tells me that my children have completed their chores. The clicks of my canine’s nails on the hardwood behind me warn that she’s about to express her love to me in her unique, sloppy way.

Losing that soundtrack is unnerving.

If you’ve ever had young children, you know how unsettling it can be when suddenly the house gets “too quiet.”

Much more than simply connecting me to my environment, though, my hearing connects me to what truly gives my life meaning – the people I love. Without my hearing, I was the proverbial man stranded on a desert island – lost and utterly alone.

The true value of hearing

Is your hearing worth more than a latté?

After my earplug evening, I thought about the cost of hearing improvement that I have to ask people to spend – thousands of dollars in most cases.

Then I thought about some of the little things we spend our money on each day: coffee, cell phones, the occasional drink.

These are all expenses that we gladly take on because they help us connect with others. Hearing aids, without which all the lattés in the world won’t help some people connect with the people around them, amount to about $2 to $3 a day.

Yes, those “expensive” devices, along with the professional care to program them and keep them working their best, cost only a few dollars a day when spread out over the average lifespan of a hearing aid.

I reflected on my experience that evening. What if I hadn’t been able to simply

I’d like to propose that the true value of your hearing is simply the difference it makes in your life. How much does it help or hinder you? What are you willing to do to improve or protect it?

It’s estimated that one in five people living with a reduced range of hearing doesn’t even know it. Remember how I was forced to distance myself from my loved ones during my little experiment, or how my daughter lost her politeness when demanding the ketchup? By the time hearing loss is diagnosed, relationships with loved ones have often already deteriorated to near the breaking point.

If you’re over the age of 30, get your hearing checked. If everything’s working fine, I encourage you to grab a pair of earplugs and replicate my experiment. Try it for even a few hours and I guarantee you’ll have a renewed appreciation of the value of your hearing.

If it turns out you do have a reduced range of hearing, try the opposite experiment: try wearing a hearing device for a day and experience what you’ve been missing. You’ll be surprised.

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No time in custody for teen guilty in death of Ontario police officer

Controversial niqab court appeal is nixed

A 19-year-old convicted of first-degree murder in the death of an Ontario police officer was spared from spending any time in custody after a judge found that the “catastrophic” injuries suffered by the youth as a result of his own actions were sentence enough.

Justice Alex Sosna instead sentenced the teen — who cannot be named — to a conditional supervision order for nine years for his role in the death of Const. Garrett Styles, who was killed in a crash north of Toronto in 2011.

“Imposing a custodial sentence will not make S.K. more accountable,” Sosna told a packed Newmarket, Ont., courtroom on Monday. “S.K. is already serving a life sentence. He is a prisoner in his own body.”

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OTTAWA — Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said she personally called new Canadian Zunera Ishaq to tell her that the government was officially dropping its legal pursuit of a ban on niqabs at citizenship ceremonies.

Ishaq, a Muslim who wears the religious face covering, had been fighting the government in court over a Conservative policy that sought to force people to show their faces while taking the oath of citizenship.

She felt the policy infringed her religious freedom.

Individuals are still required to bare their faces to an official for identification purposes before the ceremony.

The niqab became a subject of debate during the federal election campaign, with the Conservative party pushing their position in television advertising and fundraising appeals. The Liberals and NDP argued the policy violated respect for minority rights.

“Our government takes the perspective that we embrace diversity and respect the fundamental freedoms of all Canadians and this is the start of the work that we’re going to do as a government in terms of ensuring those values are protected,” Wilson-Raybould told reporters Monday.

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THOMPSON, Man. — Data provided by public health officials show syphilis cases in northern Manitoba have more than doubled since last year.

Figures show there were 10 cases in 2014 in the Northern Regional Health Authority, but 22 new ones were recorded from January to the end of October this year.

The rate of syphilis cases within the authority is 29 per 100,000 — almost six times the national average of 5.8 cases per 100,000 reported in 2012 by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Dr. Michael Isaac, the authority’s public health officer, says 40 per cent of the new cases involve women.

He also says the outbreak likely started as a result of someone in the north getting the infectious disease during a stay in Winnipeg.

The northern authority encompasses communities such as The Pas, Thompson and Flin Flon, with a total population of about 75,300.

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says the number of new cases of syphilis seems to have stabilized in the city.

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In September, the Federal Court of Appeal ruled against the Conservative government, rejecting the argument that requiring people to show their faces during the oath was consistent with Canadian values of equality and social cohesion.

Ishaq, who came to Canada from Pakistan in 2008, was ultimately able to obtain her citizenship during the federal election campaign.

The Conservatives had sought leave to appeal the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada, but Wilson-Raybould said her department would no longer pursue that.

Wilson-Raybould also noted that there was nothing in the Citizenship Act that required people to show their faces. Instead, as the department had conceded under the previous government, the requirement was an unlegislated, yet mandatory, policy guideline.

The minister said she did not know how much money the government would save by abandoning the appeal, nor how much it had already spent.

Another law which became a major item of debate during the election was C-24. It allows the government to strip Canadian citizenship from dual nationals who are convicted of terrorism. Wilson-Raybould said cabinet is still discussing the next steps on that particular law.

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Canucks blow another big lead Up 3-0 in the second period, Vancouver loses 4-3 overtime road game in Montreal JASON BOTCHFORD THE PROVINCE

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hat would you say if you knew the Canucks would score the first three, two on the power play, and Jacob Markstrom would look as gifted and big as he did in last week’s scene-chewing performance in Columbus?

If you’ve seen any of this road trip, there could only be one reaction.

Oh no.

There are some general rules for Canucks games which have become apparent during this seven-game trip which have become apparent over time.

If there’s a break, the Canucks aren’t going to get it.

If there’s a review for anything borderline, it’s not going the Canucks’ way.

If there’s a lead, the Canucks are going to blow it.

And if there’s a power play, the Canucks are going to surrender some Holy Christmas scoring chances.

A shorthanded Montreal goal turned Monday’s game on its ear.

Of course it did.

Vancouver has been on one of the worst special teams skids in recent memory — a mix of bad luck, poor execution and plain dumb mistakes.

Feel free to add coaching to the list, if you want.

On Monday, it was all of them.

A soft, ill-advised Yannick Weber dump-in while Vancouver had the man advantage was picked up, and turned into a Lars Eller goal.

It was scored, by the way, with only four Canucks on the ice and no one on the bench about to jump on.

Of course it was.

The Habs put another behind Markstrom 2:13 later and suddenly a 3-0 laugher was turned into another Canucks loss.

Just like that, Willie Desjardins, the head coach who could do no wrong last year, can now, at least recently, do no right.

This was a game the Canucks desperately needed. The team had been leaking confidence for a week.

Their No. 1 goalie was tired, and sagging, having lost five in a row.

Their backup, Markstrom, still essentially unproven in the NHL. But Markstrom has done more than enough this trip to warrant more playing time. Forget that the team blew a three-goal lead and the third Montreal goal was scored in the final couple of minutes.

The Canucks got great goaltending.

It was good enough to win.

This isn’t about a goalie controversy. This is about getting the 35-year-old starter the rest he’s going to need to make it through this season healthy and playing well.

Markstrom was the one who initiated the play the Canucks scored their second goal on, when he started a rush on with a long outlet pass.

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Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom lets in the third goal as Montreal Canadiens defenseman Nathan Beaulieu skates by during an NHL game Monday in Montreal. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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It’s what hard players do and the Sedins have been hard players their entire careers.

The suggestion the Sedins are somehow weak, timid or soft is in the imagination of people who have never spent any time seeing them play.

They have been warriors on that ice, and any other take is wrong.

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seen a goalie in Vancouver make a play like that.

We should see more of it.

WHAT THIS MEANS It wasn’t a bloody sock in the World Series. But it was a bloody mess left all over Daniel Sedin’s face.

The Canucks forward was clubbed in the head by Brendan Gallagher’s stick and went down like Ronda Rousey. He did not miss a shift.

I don’t know if stuff like this makes any difference to a win or a loss.

But it does matter, especially on a team loaded with youth.

There is a pretty big gang of Canucks currently who are still learning what it takes to be ini the NHL. And sometimes it takes getting hit, getting your blood sopped up and getting back into the lineup.

WHAT WE LEARNED Look, there’s not much you can say to defend the Canucks drafting, really since the Sedins in 1999.

The team has certainly taken some knocks over the years for a string of picks that never panned out.

But in Montreal, the Canucks lined up five players who are on entry-level contracts.

Three of them — Bo Horvat, Hunter Shinkaruk and Ben Hutton — were drafted by former GM Mike Gillis.The other two, Jared McCann and Jake Virtanen, were drafted before the scouting structure Gillis put in place was dismantled.

When all is said and done, the drafting in the Gillis era will certainly be better than how it looked when he was fired.

IN A WORD TIMING: Jared McCann has been leading the Canucks in scoring for most of the season. He ended up on a power play and he did what he’s done

all season. He scored. Go figure.

INJURED: Both Brandon Prust and Luca Sbisa arrived in Montreal but did not play. Their head coach seemed pretty positive they could be able to play in Winnipeg.

BIRTH: Alex Burrows flew home for the birth of his third child. His good fortune mean some for Hunter Shinkaruk too, who got to play his first NHL game. Shinkaruk said the first bed sheets he remembers were with Canadiens logos.

ADVANCED STATS 3: The number of individual scoring chances for Chris Higgins. He had a really good game and led the Canucks.

A lot of those were self created by his work along the boards.

0: The number of shot attempts Sven Baertschi had. He did not have a good game and struggled again to create offence.

25%: This is Radim Vrbata’s goalsfor percentage on the season. It means opponents are outscoring the Canucks and a 3-to-1 clip when Vrbata is on the ice. He’s had incredibly bad luck to start this season.

33.3%: This is Bo Horvat’s goalsfor percentage. It means opponents are out-scoring the Canucks at a 2-to-1 one rate when Horvat is on the ice.

He’s been used primarily in a shutdown, defensive role.

EDMONTON — Connor McDavid won’t say if it was clean hockey or a dirty play that cracked his clavicle and disjointed his season.

The 18-year-old Edmonton Oilers rookie was making his first comments Monday on the injury he received two weeks ago in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

McDavid was barrelling towards the net when he appeared to lose his edge or catch a rut in the ice, spilling him and Brandon Manning and Michael Del Zotto, the two Flyers who were draped all over him, into the end boards.

The injury sparked heated debate among hockey fans and analysts over whether the Flyers grabbed McDavid on the way down or gave him an extra shove into the boards.

Oilers head coach Todd McLellan said it looked like a clean but unfortunate hockey play while famed TV commentator Don Cherry said the Flyers took advantage of McDavid’s vulnerable position to drive him into the boards.

Which was it, McDavid was asked by reporters Monday: Dirty or clean?

“I don’t really want to touch too much on that,” McDavid replied.

“I know there’s been a little bit of debate on whether or not (it was a clean play).”

Did you get an extra push on the way down? he was asked.

“I’m not going to comment on that,” he said again. “I’m sorry.”

Overall he was fatalistic about the injury that has him out until sometime after the new year.

“These things happen,” he said.

“It’s a fast game. It’s hockey. People get hurt. Any time three guys go into the boards at that kind of speed, something is bound to happen. I guess I kind of got the brunt of it.”

McDavid says his recovery is going along as expected but wouldn’t give a revised timeline for his return.

He says he is free of the shoulder sling, that plates and screws are in the bone to help in the repair, and that there is no damage to the shoulder, elbow or surrounding tissue.

“If there’s any silver lining it’s that it’s nothing more than the (collar) bone,” he said.

He has already begun riding the stationery bike to keep in shape while he rehabs the injury.

The break derailed a promising start to the most anticipated rookie season in the NHL in a decade.

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Barsby moves on with ease in 77-0 win Runningback Kyle Gach scores six touchdowns as No. 2-ranked Bulldogs open playoffs by drubbing Moscrop SCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

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efore Saturday’s high school football playoff game against the Moscrop Panthers, John Barsby Bulldogs runningback Kyle Gach had been in the midst of a quiet year.

In seven games, he had carried the ball five times for eight years, with a long of seven.

But on Saturday, everyone found out what he was capable of.

On his 17th birthday, no less, Gach scored six touchdowns — five on the ground, one on a pass from backup quarterback Austin Olson — and led his team to a dominant 77-0 win, sending the No. 2-ranked Bulldogs to the Varsity AA provincial quarterfinal this Saturday against the Abbotsford Panthers. Barsby will host.

“I’m going to remember that for the rest of my life,” Gach said after the game. “The O-line’s blocks were amazing, and I just did my reads.”

Barsby head coach Rob Stevenson said in his 20 years of coaching, he had never seen one of his players score that many touchdowns in one game.

“The starting guys were not in condition to play today, so Kyle and Johnson (Nguyen) picked up the slack,” Stevenson said.

“It’s part of our ‘next man up’ philosophy.

“He’s a quality athlete, studies the game hard and plays a lot heavier than he weighs, and he’s running behind a terrific offensive line on

John Barsby Bulldogs runningback Kyle Gach runs for a touchdown in a Varsity AA high school football game Saturday against the Moscrop Panthers at Merle Logan Field. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

a short field. So you can get in the endzone pretty quick.”

Gach added a two-point conversion on his first touchdown and finished the game rushing for 107 yards off eight carries.

Nguyen ran for 139 yards and two majors on eight carries, while Cory Fletcher, Alex Bonnetplume and Nathanael Durkan also found the end

zone. Nguyen and Doyle Sosnowski led the team in tackles with five each, The Bulldogs offence scored a touchdown on every possession they had, and didn’t give up a first down on defence until late in the fourth quarter.

“I envisioned us coming out playing a complete football game, and that’s what we did,” Stevenson said.

“The score is a little shocking . . .

We had a short field all day, so it was pretty easy for the scores to pile up when you’re setting up deep (in the other team’s end).”

On defence, the Bulldogs stuffed everything that came at them.

Matt Cooley, Parker Bowles and Durkan each had an interception and the rest of the unit forced Moscrop

into near impossible situations.

That’s despite the Moscrop coaching staff adding some wrinkles no one expected.

“They came out with a completely different offence than we had seen all year,” Stevenson said.

“The good thing about us is, we’re pretty stubborn about getting out of our base defence.

“We just stayed with our rules, and it was really a Week 10 Barsby defence against a Week 1 offence.

“I just don’t know if that put them in of a position to come at us.”

Against Abbotsford this week, the Barsby defence will be up against one of the top high school players in the country, a wide receiver named Chase Claypool who has already committed to play next year at the University of Notre Dame.

Stevenson said he’s already begun watching film on Abbotsford to prepare for what he’s going to bring.

But for the Bulldogs, the two-time defending champions, they’ve been here before and feel like they’re right where they need to be in their development to win a third straight title.

“We’re close,” Stevenson said. “. . . But we’ve got our work cut out for us.”

Saturday’s game will be played at Merle Logan Field with kickoff at 1 p.m.

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Nanaimo Clippers goalie Jakob Walter picked up his first B.C. Hockey League win Saturday night as his team beat the Langley Rivermen 4-3 at Frank Crane Arena.

Walter, a 16-year-old rookie, stopped 30 of 33 shots in the win a night after he had to play in relief of Evan Johnson, a 19-year-old who was yanked in the second intermission of the Clippers’ 7-3 loss to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

Matt Hoover scored two goals for Nanaimo in the win, including the game-winner, and Nolan Aibel scored his first goal as a Clipper.

Sheldon Rempal was named the game’s first star with two assists, and is currently sitting one point behind Penticton Vees star Tyson Jost for the BCHL scoring lead.

Jost has 46 points so far.

Rempal is also just eight points away from his total of 53 from last season, and has only played 23 games this season.

The Clippers next host the Victoria Grizzlies on Wednesday night at Frank Crane Arena for the third of their four-game home stand.

The Vancouver Island University Mariners men’s basketball team moved to 5-0 over the weekend, eager not to lose their national No. 1 ranking.

After their 116-68 blowout of the Kwantlen Eagles in Surrey on Friday, they went on to continue their dominance of the PacWest conference Saturday with a 94-75 win over the Columbia Bible College Bearcats in Chilliwack.

Relatively quiet the night before, Mariners guard John Thompson explored for 35 points over CBC, while Duncan’s Jerod Dorby posted 14 points and Nanaimo’s Jason Fortin added 13.

Up against the same opponents on the weekend, the female Mariners also beat up on Kwantlen with a 77-44 win before picking up the weekend sweep in a 80-49 win over CBC Saturday.

American transfer Lanae Adams led VIU in scoring on Saturday with 23 points and Nanaimo guard Sara Simovic poured in 31 on Saturday. Both VIU teams host the Langara Falcons on Friday night.

Two members of the last Vancouver Island Raiders team to reach the Canadian Junior Football League’s national championship game are one step away from playing for another Canadian title.

Now in their first season’s playing CIS football with the UBC Thunderbirds, linebacker Dylan Chapdelaine and receiver Marshall Cook will have a shot at playing for the Vanier Cup after their team’s Canada West championship win over the Calgary Dinos on Saturday, 34-26.

Chapdelaine, the 2014 winner of the CJFL’s Wally Buono Award, finished Saturday’s game with two solo tackles and three assists, including an assist on sack.

Cook was held without a catch.

The Thunderbirds, who played both their Canada West playoff games at home, now hit the road to take on the St. Francis Xavier X-Men on Saturday in Winnipeg in the Uteck Bowl, which will be televised on Sportsnet 360 at 1 p.m.

The winner of that game moves onto the Vanier Cup.

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Andrew Harris’ future in question B.C. Lions runningback, former V.I. Raiders star, is set to become a free agent after playoff loss to Stampeders JOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The B.C. Lions said their farewells on Monday, less than 24 hours after getting thumped 35-9 by the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL’s West Division semifinal, and the club’s star running back was blunt in his assessment of a roller-coaster campaign that ended with a thud.

“There’s been times where I’ve felt the amount of effort and things I’ve put into this club . . . hasn’t been reflected the same way back to me,” said Harris.

“That’s been frustrating.”

Set to become a free agent this winter, the 28-year-old avoided the question when asked if he wanted to return.

“At this point I’m just going to enjoy the off-season and get some Andrew time and reassess where I want to be,” said the Winnipeg native.

“I just want to be somewhere I’m happy. I’m near the end of my career now, so there are some different factors that come into play with that.”

Those factors include family and his business ventures outside of football, but it’s clear his role on the field is critical.

“I bleed orange,” he said. “It’s been a great journey, but the writing’s kind of on the wall. At this point in

B.C. Lions runningback Andrew Harris, left, runs the ball past a Calgary Stampeder during first half CFL western semifinal action in Calgary on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

“It’s been a great journey, but the writing’s kind of on the wall.“ Andrew Harris, Lions runningback

time I just don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Harris’ up-and-down season mirrored that of the Lions and their 7-11

record. He finished with 1,039 yards on the ground, good for second in the league, but was also ignored for stretches under first-year head coach Jeff Tedford and offensive co-ordinator George Cortez, including one particular loss where he rushed four times for just three yards.

“You always set goals and you always set a certain standard,” said Harris, who wound up with a CFLbest 1,523 yards from scrimmage.

“You want to be consistent, you

want to be at the top of the game throughout the full season and that didn’t happen this year.

“Ultimately that was the biggest disappointment.”

Tedford said it was no secret that Harris was frustrated, but added his running back rushed the ball 42 more times than the next nearest player in the league.

“He had his opportunities and had a good year as far as stats were concerned,” said the coach. “I think

he did a good job, but whatever his future is, I’m not sure of right now.”

Another question heading into the off-season for B.C. is the status of impending free-agent quarterback Travis Lulay.

A member of the Lions since 2009, Lulay entered training camp as the starter after two straight years cut short by shoulder injuries, but hurt his knee in September and lost the No. 1 job to rookie Jonathon Jennings. Lulay was the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player in 2011 when the Lions won the Grey Cup — their last playoff victory — but the game has taken its toll and he didn’t seem to have the same zip on his passes prior to getting injured this season.

“There’s not a lot of guarantees in this line of work, but it is guaranteed that’s it’s going to be different in this locker-room when the B.C. Lions go to training camp in 2016,” said the 32-year-old from Salem, Ore. “How much change remains to be seen.”

And while Tedford said Jennings is the starter as it stands now, Lulay was adamant he has a lot to offer.

“I feel I still have some good football left in me,” he said. “Being on the field and playing is why we play the game. I still have that bug.”

Note: Wide receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux and offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye, both internationals, are among the other big names on the Lions’ roster set to become free agents.

Out of the playoffs, Ricky Ray wants to remain an Argo DAN RALPH THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Ricky Ray heads into an uncertain off-season.

The Toronto Argonauts’ veteran quarterback met Monday for the last time with head coach Scott Milanovich following the club’s heartbreaking 25-22 East Division semifinal loss to the Hamilton TigerCats on Sunday. Ray, 36, is scheduled to become a free agent in February.

“That (uncertainty) is part of a new thought for me,” he said. “I didn’t spend a lot of time thinking about it but it was definitely something that went through my mind a little bit.

“It was just a weird year as far as rehabbing and coming off an injury.

There’s a lot of exciting things happening here with the new ownership and stadium so this is a place you’d want to play at and hopefully I’m here.”

This wasn’t a typical year for Ray. The 13-year veteran spent the first half of the season recovering from off-season shoulder surgery before returning as a backup to Trevor Harris, another pending free agent.

Ray started Toronto’s final three games — including Sunday’s semifinal loss — but had never fully recovered from his injury. His off-season priority will be continuing

Toronto Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray walks off the field after losing to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Hamilton on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

to regain his arm strength.

“I’d like to play a few more years but at this point it’s kind of one year at a time,” Ray said. “Mentally and the drive, I feel like I still have a lot of that left.

“Obviously it’s going to be a physical thing now.”

It was also a bizarre year for Toronto as the Pan Am Games and scheduling issues at Rogers Centre forced

the club to relocate four of its nine home games to Fort McMurray, Alta., Ottawa and Hamilton (two). Still, the Argos went 7-6 on the road and 10-8 overall to finish third in the East Division.

“Honestly, it wasn’t as bad, probably, as you guys think it was from my perspective,” said head coach Scott Milanovich. “The players did rally after the first couple of weeks

and I didn’t have to do a lot of rationalizing our scenario.

“Last year when we didn’t have a (practice) facility, that one was much more difficult and the players were much more upset with that situation than they were this one.”

But defensive end Ricky Foley, who’s also eligible for free agency, felt Toronto’s nomadic existence was costly.

“Man, I know the coaches and Jim (GM Jim Barker) did a good job of not making any excuses and that was our motto this year,” he said. “But I can’t help but think if we would’ve had a regular schedule and nine home games that we would’ve had home-field advantage in the playoffs.

“If we had home field (Sunday at Rogers Centre) and the wind wasn’t a factor are we still playing this week?

“I just think with a regular schedule things are different for us.”

Next year, Toronto will play at a refurbished BMO Field under new ownership. But Foley isn’t thinking that far ahead.

“I want to hold back my excitement until I get my name on a contract,” said the native of Courtice, Ont. “I want to come back, it’s home.

“But not just that, I really feel we have a chance to win here in the East and feel like we should’ve this year.

“At this point in my career it’s tough because you never know how many more shots you’ll get . . . especially with the East being this wide open.”

Ray is hopeful he and Harris — who are roommates on the road — both return in 2016. So is Milanovich, given the rash of injuries this year to CFL starters.

“You need more than one and sometimes, apparently, you need three or four,” he said.

“It would be great for us to have them both back . . . but it’s going to be up to them.”

Milanovich said Toronto’s off-season priority will be trying to re-sign its top free agents, which also includes slotback Chad Owens, Canadian linebacker Cory Greenwood and kicker/punter Swayze Waters.

Owens moved his family from Hawaii to Mississauga, Ont., full-time in January and wants to continue calling southern Ontario home.

“I want to be part of this new beginning,” he said. “It’s going to be an interesting off-season but preparation is what I do and I’m going to prepare to be in the best shape of my life. Yes, (uncertainty can hamper that) but it should also fuel you. I’m hopeful things will work out the way they should.”

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SPORTS BRIEFS Compiled by Daily News ◆ BOXING

Former champ switches trainers before title fight Canada’s Jean Pascal is turning to one of boxing’s top trainers in a bid to relaunch his career.

The former light heavyweight champion from Laval, Que., said Monday he has hired Freddie Roach to help polish his technique and get him back on track after a losses in recent years to top fighters Bernard Hopkins and Sergey (Krusher) Kovalev. Pascal (30-3-1) is expected to have a rematch with Kovalev (28-0-1) on Jan. 30 at the Bell Centre.

“I’m not changing coaches for the rematch, I’m changing to get a second wind in my career,” said Pascal. “It’s all about me improving my skills and having a new voice in my ear for my next fights.”

Roach, 55, trains several top fighters, including Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. He has worked championship bouts with stars like Oscar De La Hoya and Virgil Hill.

◆ NFL

Injured Peyton Manning won’t play this week On his 25th birthday, Brock Osweiler will make his first NFL start, replacing an injured Peyton Manning in the Broncos’ much-anticipated game against the Chicago Bears.

“That would be an awesome birthday present if we can go get a win,” Osweiler said Monday a few minutes before a sombre Manning stood at his locker a few feet away and spoke about his various ailments and the pain of being benched.

◆ GOLF

McDowell wins OHL with spectacular playoff shot Going more than two years without a win was enough time for Graeme McDowell to start asking himself the wrong questions.

Was his best golf behind him? Was he even good enough to win again?

He found his answer Monday morning in Mexico. McDowell made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th hole to stay in the game, and then he hit a 5-iron that grazed the edge of the cup and set up a 3-foot birdie to win a three-man playoff in the rain-delayed OHL Classic at Mayakoba.

“I dreamed of this day coming again,” McDowell said. “I thought it would be maybe not quite as soon as this, and I said to myself that I was really going to appreciate it. And I do appreciate it. This feels really nice.”

◆ NFL

Rob Ryan fired as Saints’ defensive co-ordinator Saints coach Sean Payton promised changes were coming to his sagging defence. He started by firing defensive co-ordinator Rob Ryan.

Senior defensive assistant Dennis Allen will assume Ryan’s duties.

The move comes a day after the Saints allowed 526 yards in a 47-14 loss to the Washington Redskins.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

NHL

Flames working for recovery, tighter defence after slow start Lauded as up-and-comers, Calgary sits in 28th place, 11 points off last year’s pace DONNA SPENCER THE CANADIAN PRESS

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t’s getting late early for the Calgary Flames.

As of Monday, the Flames (6-12-1) were 11 points behind their pace of a year ago. Ranked 28th in the NHL near the quarter mark of the season, Calgary still has time to recover the resilience that propelled them to a surprising post-season berth and the second round of playoffs in 2014-15.

But given how few points separate the playoff-teams from non-playoff teams in the Western Conference, the Flames were aware their position was already becoming precarious.

“We still have time, but we don’t have time to lose games and figure we’re going to catch up later on,” head coach Bob Hartley said Monday.

“We need to start catching up right now.”

Calgary concluded a 1-3 road trip by getting dominated 4-1 by the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

The Flames open a three-game homestand Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils, winners of seven of their last 10. There’s a rematch with the Blackhawks at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday followed by a visit from the Anaheim Ducks next week.

“If you’re not getting frustrated by losing you won’t last very long in this league,” Flames forward Joe Colborne said.

“We’re frustrated in that aspect, but we believe in ourselves.

“We’ve got a big homestand here and then we’re heading right back

Calgary Flames goalie Karri Ramo misses a goal scored by Chicago Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane during the second period of an NHL game Sunday in Chicago. [AP PHOTO]

out on the road, so we’ve got to start stringing some wins together.

“It’s got to start to soon.”

Calgary won only two of its first 19 games in regulation. But the most glaring Flames statistic is their league-worst 79 goals against, which is 10 more than the second-worst Columbus Blue Jackets.

Calgary continues to lead the league in blocked shots (326) and isn’t allowing significantly more shots per game than last season at 30.9. But defensive miscues and inconsistent goaltending have contributed to a plus-minus of minus-27.

The Flames were back to three

goaltenders at Monday’s practice.

Jonas Hiller skated with the team for the first time since injuring his hip during a game against Ottawa on Oct. 29.

Karri Ramo (4-7) will get his ninth straight start Tuesday against the Devils with Joni Ortio at backup.

Almost 20 games into the season, the Flames still have three goalies on one-way contracts.

“When the medical staff will tell us that Hills is good to be in the lineup, that’s when we’re going to sit as an organization and we’re going to come up with best possible decision,” Hartley said.

The Flames were a playoff team for

the first time in six years last spring in what was supposed to be the second season of a rebuild.

Calgary made the post-season despite an eight-game losing skid in December and losing their captain Mark Giordano to injury for the final quarter of the regular season.

Colborne felt the Flames were getting back to their relentless style of last season in the half-dozen games prior to facing Chicago.

“We get back to that. I think we’ll be able to right the ship,” he said.

“From the goalies to the defence to the forwards, we believe in this group and it’s a matter of execution right now.”

Leafs’ Reimer is smiling, on a roll again STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

Smiling James Reimer is back.

After a rough couple of seasons since the Toronto Maple Leafs brought in Jonathan Bernier to be their starting goaltender, the affable Reimer has plenty of reasons to be happy.

In his past seven starts, Reimer is 4-1-2 with a 1.95 goals-against average and .945 save percentage. He was named the NHL’s third star of the week and will get the nod for his eighth start in nine games Tuesday when the Leafs play host to the Colorado Avalanche.

Reimer one day may think about his crazy ascent to the NHL and what has transpired since, but for now he’s just trying to prove to himself and teammates that he can get the job done.

“Really I have my own expectations,” the 27-year-old said. “I have

REIMER

to look myself in the mirror. That’s the person I try and prove. Every day it’s about just trying to get better and not giving up and just competing.

It’s not so much about what other people think. It’s always been what I can do.”

So what does Reimer see when he looks in the mirror?

“Just a guy that’s having fun,” he

said with a laugh. “I try and go out there and work hard in practice every day, so when I step on the ice I know I’ve prepared myself the best I can.”

That preparation came from working with goaltending consultant Lyle Mast and new goaltending coach Steve Briere.

Reimer struggled at the onset but has since seized the chance to be the No. 1 goalie with Bernier hurt and not on top of his game.

After Bernier struggled in Sunday night’s 4-3 loss at the New York Rangers, coach Mike Babcock quickly told reporters that he was turning back to Reimer against the Avalanche.

“We’re in the winning business,” Babcock said. “You’ve got to earn your own confidence.

“That’s how the league is.”

Reimer’s confidence appears high, even though his often flailing style in and around the crease makes him

look like he’s not totally comfortable.

That hasn’t changed much from 2013, when he helped the Leafs to their only playoff appearance since the 2005-06 lockout.

The Morweena, Man., native is back to stopping the puck like he did in 2013, and it’s coming at a good time in a contract year.

Reimer is in the second of a two-year deal and can become an unrestricted free agent this summer. If this level of play continues, Reimer will be a sought-after goalie in a shallow marketplace, whether it’s by Toronto or another team.

At the moment, he’s focused on enjoying the ride and making the most of his opportunity.

“It’s been a lot of hockey, but playing hockey is fun,” Reimer said.

“It’s something where, when you put the work in, you know you’re ready and hopefully good things happen.”

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2015

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

ISLANDERS 5, COYOTES 2

ATLANTIC DIVISION

First Period 1. NY Islanders, Nielsen 8 (Tavares, Okposo) 4:51 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Vermette Ari (slashing) 4:24; Boychuk NYI (hooking) 7:58; Richardson Ari (hooking) 13:28.

Second Period No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Vermette Ari (interference) 0:38; Vermette Ari (face-off violation) 11:01; Martin NYI (interference) 16:23.

Third Period 2. NY Islanders, Nelson 6 (Cizikas, Okposo) 1:23.

3. NY Islanders, Tavares 8 (Okposo, Nelson) 5:38.

4. NY Islanders, Bernier 1 (Boychuk, Nielsen) 11:50.

5. Arizona, Hanzal 3 (Duclair, Domi) 15:45.

6. Arizona, Boedker 6 (Ekman-Larsson) 17:53 (pp).

7. NY Islanders, Tavares 9 (unassisted) 19:20 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — Strait NYI (holding) 17:33.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Arizona 7 7 19 —33 NY Islanders 9 14 9 —32 *RDO — Arizona: Lindback (L, 2-3-0); NY Islanders: Halak (W, 5-4-1).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Arizona: 1-3; NY Islanders: 1-4.

Attendance — 11,841 at NY Islanders.

Montreal Ottawa Detroit

GP 19 18 18

W 14 8 9

L OL SL 3 1 1 5 2 3 8 1 0

GF 67 54 41

GA 42 57 45

Pts Home 30 8-1-1-0 21 3-3-1-3 19 4-5-0-0

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

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

L OL SL 2 1 1 4 1 0 6 2 1

GF 57 50 54

GA 32 37 44

Pts Home 30 9-1-1-0 23 6-2-1-0 23 6-3-2-0

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

Last 10 Strk 9-0-0-1 W-9 6-3-1-0 L-1 4-4-1-1 W-2

METROPOLITAN DIVISION NY Rangers Washington NY Islanders

GP 18 16 19

W 14 11 10

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

GP 17 17 18 20 16 17 17 18 18 18

W L OL SL 10 6 0 1 10 7 0 0 8 7 2 1 8 9 1 2 8 7 1 0 8 8 1 0 6 8 3 0 6 10 2 0 5 9 1 3 6 12 0 0

GF 44 36 49 46 52 40 33 35 41 45

GA 40 37 45 49 49 46 50 53 54 62

Pts 21 20 19 19 17 17 15 14 14 12

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

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

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas St. Louis Minnesota

GP 18 18 16

W 14 12 10

L OL SL 4 0 0 5 1 0 3 3 0

GF 65 50 48

GA 47 43 43

Pts Home 28 7-2-0-0 25 5-2-1-0 23 7-1-0-0

Away 7-2-0-0 7-3-0-0 3-2-3-0

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

PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles Vancouver Arizona

GP 17 19 18

W 11 7 9

L OL SL 6 0 0 6 6 0 8 1 0

GF 43 55 50

GA 36 50 54

Pts Home 22 7-5-0-0 20 2-3-3-0 19 3-4-0-0

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

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

GP 16 18 17 19 18 17 19 18

W L OL SL 10 3 2 1 10 7 1 0 9 8 0 0 8 9 1 1 6 8 3 1 7 9 1 0 6 12 0 1 6 12 0 0

GF 50 49 45 50 33 49 45 47

GA 38 44 43 62 46 45 72 58

Pts 23 21 18 18 16 15 13 12

Away 4-2-1-0 2-5-0-0 6-3-0-0 5-6-0-1 2-5-1-0 5-4-0-0 3-7-0-1 3-7-0-0

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

WILD CARD Nashville Chicago San Jose Winnipeg Anaheim Colorado Calgary Edmonton

Home 6-1-1-1 8-2-1-0 3-5-0-0 3-3-1-0 4-3-2-1 2-5-1-0 3-5-0-0 3-5-0-0

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

0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV St. Louis 3 Winnipeg 2 Florida 1 Tampa Bay 0 Anaheim 4 Carolina 1 NY Islanders 5 Arizona 2 Detroit 4 Ottawa 3 (OT) Montreal 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV NY Rangers 4 Toronto 3 Chicago 4 Calgary 1 7XHVGD\¡V JDPHV San Jose at Boston, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m.

New Jersey at Calgary, 9 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Vancouver at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Buffalo at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

PANTHERS 1, LIGHTNING 0

BLUES 3, JETS 2

First Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Gudbranson Fla (holding) 9:44; Filppula TB (holding) 19:37.

Second Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Kampfer Fla, Condra TB (roughing) 5:31; Jokinen Fla (hooking) 6:02; Howden Fla (holding) 13:41.

Third Period 1. Florida, Bjugstad 7 (Ekblad, Huberdeau) 19:39.

3HQDOW\ — Hedman TB (tripping) 12:23.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Tampa Bay 13 10 15 —38 Florida 4 9 6 —19 *RDO — Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (L, 2-20); Fla: Luongo (W, 6-6-2). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — TB: 0-3; Florida: 0-3.

Attendance — 12,067 at Florida.

First Period 1. StL, Tarasenko 11 (Parayko, Backes) 5:33.

2. St. Louis, Backes 4 (Shattenkirk, Tarasenko) 14:13 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Gunnarsson StL (roughing) 6:13; Perreault Wpg (delay of game) 13:46; Pardy Wpg (holding) 14:33; Brouwer StL (cross-checking) 17:13.

Second Period 3. Wpg, Byfuglien 5 (Burmistrov) 2:16.

4. Wpg, Little 9 (Perreault, Peluso) 2:52.

5. StL, Backes 5 (Steen, Shattenkirk) 4:22.

3HQDOWLHV — Welsh StL (holding) 4:56; %URXZHU 6W/ 7URXED :SJ ÀJKWLQJ

10:31; Myers Wpg (elbowing) 11:28; Bouwmeester StL (hooking) 15:09; Brouwer StL (tripping) 19:31.

Third Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Myers Wpg (holding) 4:05; Lowry Wpg (interference) 9:05.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Winnipeg 4 8 6 —18 St. Louis 11 9 8 —28 *RDO — Winnipeg: Hutchinson (L, 4-3-1); St. Louis: Allen (W, 8-4-0). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Wpg: 0-5; StL: 1-6.

Attendance — 18,680 at St. Louis.

DUCKS 4, HURRICANES 1 First Period 1. Anaheim, Horcoff 3 (Hagelin, Cogliano) 11:23.

3HQDOWLHV — Hagelin Ana (hooking) 0:13.

Second Period &DU +DQLĂ€Q 1RUGVWURP )DXON

3. Ana, Vatanen 4 (Getzlaf, Hagelin) 13:08.

3HQDOWLHV — Horcoff Ana (face-off violation) 0:04; Stoner Ana (kneeing) 18:16.

Third Period 4. Ana, Hagelin 2 (Horcoff, Cogliano) 16:11.

5. Anaheim, Getzlaf 1 (Kesler, Silfverberg) 19:00 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Anaheim 5 4 10 —19 Carolina 4 10 11 —25 *RDO — Anaheim: Khudobin (W, 3-3-0); Carolina: Lack (L, 1-4-0). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Ana: 0-0; Carol: 0-3.

Attendance — 9,305 at Carolina.

SCORING LEADERS G Kane, Chi 13 Seguin, Dal 9 Benn, Dal 12 Hall, Edm 8 Wheeler, Win 8 Klingberg, Dal 4 MacKinnon, Col 8 Zuccarello, NYR 9 Krejci, Bos 8 Panarin, Chi 6 Little, Win 8 0RQGD\ V JDPHV QRW LQFOXGHG

A 15 17 13 12 12 16 11 9 10 12 9

Pt 28 26 25 20 20 20 19 18 18 18 17

WINGS 4, SENATORS 3 (OT) First Period 1. Detroit, Larkin 5 (DeKeyser) 9:12.

2. Detroit, Nyquist 7 (Abdelkader, Green) 11:01.

3. Ottawa, Hoffman 5 (Karlsson, Stone) 16:10 (pp).

3HQDOW\ — Larkin Det (interference) 14:13.

Second Period 4. Detroit, Sheahan 3 (Glendening, Green) 16:24.

3HQDOWLHV — Glendening Det (hooking) 0:25; Karlsson Ott (slashing) 2:22.

Third Period 5. Ottawa, Wideman 3 (unassisted) 3:13.

6. Ottawa, Ryan 7 (Hoffman, Ceci) 17:12.

3HQDOW\ — Chiasson Ott (slashing) 14:25.

Overtime 7. Detroit, Tatar 5 (Nyquist) 2:04.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Detroit 8 13 15 1 —37 Ottawa 8 7 10 0 —25 *RDO — Detroit: Howard (W, 4-4-1); Ottawa: Anderson (LO, 6-4-3).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Detroit: 0-2; Ottawa: 1-2.

Attendance — 16,718 at Ottawa.

HABS 4, CANUCKS 3 (OT) First Period 1. Vancouver, Cracknell 3 (Dorsett, Bartkowski) 1:26.

2. Vancouver, McCann 6 (H. Sedin, Vrbata) 17:54 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Subban Mtl (holding) 5:08; Weber Vcr (tripping) 10:05; Gallagher Mtl (high-sticking) 15:53; Bartkowski Vcr (slashing) 18:19.

Second Period 3. Vancouver, D. Sedin 6 (Weber, Edler) 3:17 (pp).

4. Montreal, Eller 6 (Gilbert) 8:40 (sh).

5. Montreal, Pacioretty 9 (Gallagher) 10:53.

3HQDOWLHV — Galchenyuk Mtl (interference) 3:12; Flynn Mtl (roughing) 7:12; Vcr Bench (too many men) 12:08.

Third Period 6. Montreal, Fleischmann 5 (Beaulieu, Petry) 16:52.

3HQDOWLHV — Hansen Vcr (tripping) 0:46; Semin Mtl (holding) 4:02.

Overtime 7. Montreal, Desharnais 6 (Subban, Fleischmann) 3:25.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Vancouver 11 7 6 2 —26 Montreal 9 15 8 4 —36 *RDO — Vancouver: Markstrom (LO, 1-01); Montreal: Condon (W, 7-1-2).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Vancouver: 2-6; Montreal: 0-4.

Attendance — 21,288 at Montreal.

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HOCKEY

FOOTBALL

TENNIS

NBA

WHL

CFL PLAYOFFS

ATP

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L Prince Albert 21 13 5 Brandon 21 12 7 Moose Jaw 20 11 6 Saskatoon 19 9 7 Regina 18 9 8 Swift Current 20 8 10

OL 2 0 2 3 1 2

SL 1 2 1 0 0 0

GF GA 74 66 74 58 77 62 66 74 54 66 52 61

Pt 29 26 25 21 19 18

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Pt 30 24 23 17 15 10

CENTRAL DIVISION Red Deer Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

GP W L 22 15 7 20 12 8 22 11 10 21 7 11 17 6 8 21 4 15

B.C. DIVISION GP W L 20 14 5 22 14 7 19 10 8 18 9 8 20 5 11

OL 1 0 1 1 2

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Pt 25 23 21 20 15

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

GP W L 19 12 6 21 10 8 16 10 5 19 10 9 20 7 12

Note: Division leaders ranked in top 2 positions per conference regardless of points; team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 pts. & a victory in the W column; team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 pt. in OTL or SOL columns 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Regina 5 Lethbridge 3 Prince Albert 3 Brandon 2 Kamloops 9 Prince George 1 7XHVGD\¡V JDPHV $OO WLPHV /RFDO Medicine Hat at Regina, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Everett at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Swift Current at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Medicine Hat at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Everett at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Swift Current at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

BCHL GP W L 23 22 1 23 15 5 22 12 8 24 11 12 22 9 13 26 8 16

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 101 43 44 2 1 94 64 33 0 2 75 71 26 0 1 116 76 23 0 0 64 91 18 0 2 81 107 18

ISLAND DIVISION GP W L Cowichan Vally 23 13 7 Nanaimo 24 13 10 Powell River 22 12 10 Victoria 25 9 13 Alberni Valley 22 9 11

T OL GF GA Pt 1 2 89 108 29 0 1 88 81 27 0 0 75 61 24 0 3 65 75 21 1 1 62 77 20

MAINLAND DIVISION Chilliwack Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

GP W L 23 15 5 23 14 5 24 13 11 22 9 10 24 6 16 24 4 20

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EAST DIVISION Hamilton at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

ROUND ROBIN — SINGLES ,OLH 1DVWDVH *URXS Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. David Ferrer (7), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.

Rafael Nadal (5), Spain, def. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-2.

6WDQGLQJV Murray 1-0 (sets 2-0), Nadal 1-0 (2-0), Wawrinka 0-1 (0-2), Ferrer 0-1 (0-2).

6WDQ 6PLWK *URXS 6WDQGLQJV Djokovic 1-0 (2-0), Federer 1-0 (2-0), Berdych 0-1 (0-2), Nishikori 0-1 (0-2).

WEST DIVISION Calgary at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.

GREY CUP $W :LQQLSHJ 6XQGD\ 1RY Hamilton-Ottawa winner vs. CalgaryEdmonton winner, 6 p.m.

NFL

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE New England Buffalo N.Y. Jets Miami

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PA 169 207 184 225

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PA 227 211 255 214

W 8 6 2 2

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PA 152 191 236 277

W 7 4 4 2

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PA 168 195 241 249

SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

WEST Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

EAST N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia Dallas

T OL GF GA Pt 1 2 90 54 33 2 2 81 53 32 0 0 94 80 26 1 2 62 86 21 0 2 52 98 14 0 0 54 118 8

6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Langley 6 Alberni Valley 4 Cowichan Valley 3 Merritt 2 (OT) Trail 2 Victoria 1 Prince George 4 Surrey 2 :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV $OO WLPHV /RFDO Victoria at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Penticton, 7 p.m.

West Kelowna at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Merritt at Vernon, 7 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPH Trail at Victoria, 7 p.m. )ULGD\ V JDPHV Powell River at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Wenatchee at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Trail at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Alberni Valley at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Vernon at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Langley, 7:15 p.m.

PGA OHL CLASSIC $W 3OD\D GHO &DUPHQ 0H[LFR Par 71; a — amateur )LQDO 5RXQG (McDowell won the 1-hole playoff) G.McDowell (500), $1,116,00067-63-70-66—266 J. Bohn (245), $545,600 70-63-65-68—266 R. Knox (245), $545,600 70-65-65-66—266 D.Fathauer (135), $297,600 65-66-66-71—268 S. Brown (105), $235,600 67-67-68-68—270 H. Varner (105), $235,600 70-62-68-70—270 B.Garnett (90), $207,700 67-66-69-69—271 K. Bradley (83), $186,000 67-71-68-66—272 J.Wagner (83), $186,000 67-67-67-71—272 P. Malnati (63), $137,433 68-71-67-67—273 B.Weekley (63), $137,433 67-70-69-67—273 Zac Blair (63), $137,433 68-67-68-70—273 S. Levin (63), $137,433 68-66-68-71—273 P.Rodgers (63), $137,433 67-66-69-71—273 Hunter Stewart, $137,433 68-69-68-68—273 a-Jon Rahm 69-68-66-70—273 Jim Herman (51), $84,165 69-67-70-68—274 $OVR David Hearn (1), $11,904 68-70-75-72—285

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE W 5 4 4 2

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T 0 0 0 0

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PA 253 209 184 214

W 9 6 4 4

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PA 175 190 237 315

SOUTH

WBSC PREMIER 12 At sites in Japan, S. Korea & Taiwan

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

W 7 6 4 2

L 2 3 5 7

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PA 154 185 234 261

W 7 4 4 3

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PA 185 183 179 223

WEST Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

0RQGD\¡V UHVXOW Houston 10 Cincinnati 6 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Minnesota 30 Oakland 14 Pittsburgh 30 Cleveland 9 Arizona 39 Seattle 32 Tampa Bay 10 Dallas 6 Carolina 27 Tennessee 10 Miami 20 Philadelphia 19 Jacksonville 22 Baltimore 20 Chicago 37 St. Louis 13 New England 27 N.Y. Giants 26 Kansas City 29 Denver 13 Washington 47 New Orleans 14 Detroit 18 Green Bay 16

WEEK 11 7KXUVGD\ V JDPH Tennessee at Jacksonville, 8:25 p.m.

6XQGD\ 1RY N.Y. Jets at Houston, 1 p.m.

Denver at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 1 p.m.

Washington at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 23 Buffalo at New England, 8:30 p.m.

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— 1 1 11/2 1 1 /2 2 21/2 3 3 3 3 31/2 31/2 7 81/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State San Antonio Dallas L.A. Clippers Phoenix Oklahoma City Utah Memphis Denver Minnesota Houston Sacramento Portland L.A. Lakers New Orleans

W

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0 2 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 9

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— 21/2 4 41/2 41/2 5 51/2 51/2 51/2 61/2 7 7 71/2 9 91/2

0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Dallas 92 Philadelphia 86 Chicago 96 Indiana 95 Boston 111 Houston 95 Memphis 122 Oklahoma City 114 San Antonio 93 Portland 80 Phoenix 120 L.A. Lakers 101 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Sacramento 107 Toronto 101 New York 95 New Orleans 87 Memphis 114 Minnesota 106 Charlotte 106 Portland 94 Utah 97 Atlanta 96 Boston 100 Oklahoma City 85 L.A. Lakers 97 Detroit 85 7XHVGD\¡V JDPHV Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

MOVES

PLAYOFFS QUARTER-FINALS

NORTH

INTERIOR DIVISION Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Vernon Trail Merritt

BARCLAYS FINALS

EAST

WESTERN CONFERENCE Kelowna Victoria Prince George Kamloops Vancouver

DIVISION FINALS

Cleveland Chicago Atlanta Miami Toronto Boston Indiana Washington Milwaukee Detroit Charlotte New York Orlando Brooklyn Philadelphia

0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV South Korea 7 Cuba 2 Japan 9 Puerto Rico 3 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Mexico 4 Canada 3 U.S. 6 Netherlands 1 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV

BASEBALL MLB

SEMIFINALS At Tokyo South Korea vs. Japan, 6 a.m.

Mexico vs. U.S., 6 a.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV

THIRD PLACE At Tokyo South Korea-Japan loser vs. MexicoU.S. loser, 12 a.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP At Tokyo South Korea-Japan winner vs. MexicoU.S. winner, 6 a.m.

SOCCER MLS PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS (2-game, total-goals series) EASTERN CONFERENCE 6XQGD\ 1RY New York City at Columbus, 5 p.m.

6XQGD\ 1RY Columbus at New York City, noon.

WESTERN CONFERENCE 6XQGD\ 1RY Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

6XQGD\ 1RY Portland at Dallas, 1 p.m.

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING

COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE— Suspended San Francisco minor league SS Travious Relaford (Augusta-SAL) 50 games following a second positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

AMERICAN LEAGUE SEATTLE — Acquired OF Leonys Martin and RHP Anthony Bass from Texas for RHP Tom Wilhelmsen and OF James Jones.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA — Named Chuck Hernandez minor league pitching co-ordinator.

WASHINGTON — Agreed to terms with LHP Sean Burnett and OF Reed Johnson on minor league contracts.

FOOTBALL NFL LEAGUE OFFICE — Suspended Washington LB Junior Galette 2 games by the 1)/ IRU YLRODWLQJ WKH OHDJXH¡V SHUVRQDO conduct policy.

DALLAS — Waived LB Keith Smith. ,1',$1$32/,6 ³ $FWLYDWHG &% '¡-RXQ Smith from the injured reserve-return list.

N.Y. JETS — Signed WR Titus Davis to the practice squad. Released WR Shane Wynn from the practice squad.

SEATTLE — Released DT David King.

Caimed DT A.J. Francis off waivers from Miami.

HOCKEY

Ireland 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0

NHL

ENGLAND

CALGARY — Assigned F Derek Grant to Stockton (AHL).

DALLAS — Reassigned F Curtis McKenzie to Texas (AHL).

WASHINGTON — Recalled F Stanislav Galiev from Hershey (AHL).

FA CUP )LUVW 5RXQG 5HSOD\ Northwich Victoria 2 Boreham Wood 1

NFL

Texans send out-of-sync Bengals to first loss of 2015 JOE KAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CINCINNATI — It figures that T.J. Yates and the Texans would be the ones to finally knock off the Bengals.

Yates took over after Brian Hoyer sustained a concussion on Monday night and rallied Houston to a 10-6 victory over Cincinnati, sending the Bengals their first loss — on their home field no less. The Bengals (8-1) were trying to make NFL history and

join New England and Carolina at 9-0 — there’s never been such a trio.

A backup quarterback with a history of beating them got in the way.

Cincinnati contained some of the NFL’s top quarterbacks and knocked off some of its best teams while getting off to the best start in club history. The Texans (4-6) were an appropriate team to end the run.

They made Andy Dalton look bad during first-round playoff wins over the Bengals during the 2011 and

2012 seasons. Yates was behind that first one, a 31-10 victory in Houston that was the Texans’ first-ever post-season win.

On Monday night, Yates came in when Hoyer suffered a concussion in the third quarter. He ended his first drive with a 22-yard touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins, who made a one-handed catch in the end zone for the game’s only TD. Dalton had another tough time against a Texans defence, going

21 of 37 for 187 yards with an interception and three sacks. Cincinnati’s final chance slipped away when A.J. Green made a catch for what would have been a first down at the Texan 23-yard line, then was stripped of the ball by Quintin Demps with 40 seconds left.

Yates finished 5 of 11 for 69 yards and the touchdown pass that decided a lacklustre game by both offences.

The Bengals led 6-3 after a first half that was filled with penalties

and missed plays. Telling statistics: The quarterbacks led their teams in rushing. Hoyer had 15 yards on one scramble, and Dalton had 30 yards on five carries.

That was especially bad for the Texans, who have been trying unsuccessfully to get one of the league’s worst running games going with Arian Foster sidelined by an Achilles tendon injury. The Texans’ running backs managed only 25 yards in the first half.

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CROSSWORD HERE’S THE SKINNY ACROSS 1 “Now!” in a memo 5 Castaway’s place 9 Made inquiries 14 Heap 15 Potato covering 16 Fern seed 17 Quartet minus one 18 Had in one’s hands 19 Rabbit relatives 20 Tilt in the direction of 23 Magazine holder 24 Answer to “Who, me?”

25 Swift streams 27 Pampering, for short 29 Free of clutter 30 “Maybe tomorrow” 35 Rotates 39 Dull as dishwater 40 Cot or crib 42 Cheer (for) 43 Floating aimlessly 46 Heavy downpours 49 Sparrow’s home 51 Corp. boss 52 Greek salad discard 56 Emphasize 61 Nevada city 62 Low probability 64 One more time 66 Creative thought 67 “Now it makes sense” 68 Jouster’s weapon 69 Countrywide: Abbr.

70 Dip a donut 71 Frozen rain 72 Merriment 73 Stage backgrounds

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6 Distort 7 Lavender flower 8 Evasive football maneuver 9 Campfire residue 10 Item in a car trunk 11 Muslim’s holy book 12 Standing upright 13 Cubicle fixtures 21 Dog in Oz 22 Sketched 26 Stadium shout 28 Taxi

30 Hoops group: Abbr.

31 Antiquated 32 Road coating 33 Singer’s lack of volume 34 As of now 36 Director __ Howard 37 Building site 38 Ave. crossers 41 Physician’s nickname 44 Service charge 45 Recipe amts.

47 Alter the dimensions of 48 Type of IRA plan 50 Floor installer’s job 52 Face-to-face exams 53 Allowed by law 54 Nonsensical 55 Of ocean motions 57 Surprise attacks 58 Happen next 59 Aroma 60 Tries to find 63 Dole (out) 65 Butterfly catcher

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» EVENTS // EMAIL: EVENTS@NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, NOV. 17

THURSDAY, NOV. 19

SATURDAY, NOV. 21

MONDAY, NOV. 23

10:30 a.m. Classical Coffee Concert Series with Sarah Hagen and Friends. Port Theatre.

Adult: $27.50,, student: $15 , members $24..50.

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crafters fun fair. Nanaimo Harbour City Seniors, Bowen Complex, 500 Bowen Rd.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Randerson Ridge Christmas Gift and Craft Fair at Dover Bay High School gymnasium, 6135 McGirr Rd., Nanaimo.

7:30 p.m.: ‘Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy present“Two Fiddles Two Pianos”. Port Theatre 125 Front Street, Nanaimo.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18

FRIDAY, NOV 20

SUNDAY, NOV. 22

TUESDAY, NOV. 24

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

9-11 a.m. Breakfast with Santa will feature entertainment, a balloon artist, face painting, perfect for your whole family. Tickets are available at Guest Services, $6 for children under 12 and $12 for adults. All proceeds from this event goes to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. Nanaimo North Town Centre 4750 Rutherford Rd.

4:30-6 p.m.: ‘ Climate Change Theatre Action’.

Contact Nelson Gray at Nelson.Gray@viu.ca.

7 p.m. IDaniel Wesleyat 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.

WENESDAY, NOV. 25

FRIDAY, NOV. 27

10-11 a.m. CC Tiny Tots Play Group at Country Club Centre, a free weekly drop-in group for little ones and caregivers. Enjoy play, crafts, stories and songs with ECE certified educators

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.

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.

from PacifiCare. Activities appropriate for children five and younger.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) A partner will put his or her energy into planning a get-together. Be happy, as it could be an event in your honor! A conversation with this person will be quite poignant and meaningful. You might see a dimension of him or her that often is hidden.

Tonight: Where your friends are.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You could put someone off with your attitude. Don’t be surprised if you get attitude back. A reaction like this is likely, considering where you are coming from. A discussion might be much better and more helpful in resolving the issue at hand. Tonight: A must appearance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You often see what others don’t.

You also have the ability to read between the lines in conversations.

Though you might be challenged on what you observe, the information you gather will prove to be very helpful. Keep your eye on the big picture. Tonight: Try something new.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You could be in the position of juggling a key relationship too much for your own comfort. If this is the case, stop. Have a discussion with the other party in order to keep the lines of communication open. You’ll be happier as a result. Tonight: Let someone else choose.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Others might have a lot of energy invested in having a particular conversation on their terms. You have nothing to lose by letting this talk happen.

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These people offer you a lot, especially their friendship. Express yourself as clearly as possible. Tonight: Do some exploring.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Plug your efficiency and your imagination into your work. You will benefit enormously from adding a new dimension to your days. Giving 110 percent can only add to the quality of your life. Right now, you are unusually lucky; use it well. Tonight: Do your own thing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Be aware of the cost of living with such high intensity. You will feel so much better if you relax more and become a bit more aware of your actions and their ramifications. Reach out to others, because they clearly enjoy your company. Tonight: Add more spice to your life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your strong will can override almost any problems you are likely to encounter. However, when uproar starts on the homefront, you’ll need to resolve it quickly, for your sake. You can’t handle too much tension in this area of your life. Try to relax.

Tonight: Head home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You might be a little more rigid than usual, but a conversation with a friend will help loosen you up.

You have a tendency to internalize any tension or stress. Try to break that pattern through exercise or any other stressbuster you might be interested in. Tonight: Hang out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You often walk a conservative path where your finances are concerned; however, a situation could develop that forces you to loosen the purse

strings. You might be uncomfortable with what is happening, so be more careful in the future. Tonight: Someone treats you to dinner.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) How you deal with others will be important, especially with someone at a distance who could be argumentative and difficult. Opportunities become available through a dear loved one. Let this person know how much he or she is appreciated. Tonight: As you like it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Take your time when making a decision.

You might not be ready to discuss any aspects of the matter just yet.

A partner could demonstrate his or her devotion in a big way, as he or she enjoys giving more of him- or herself. One-on-one relating will be effective. Tonight: Be direct.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Nov. 17) This year you often feel conflicted between your need to be possessive and your need to be free. Try to avoid knee-jerk responses, and juggle your emotions until you have a better sense of what would work. If you are single, you could meet someone through a family member or a neighbor. Be careful about pulling this person in too close before you get to know him or her well. If you are attached, you will want to spend more time at home with your significant other.

Every so often, you will want some space, but in general you will be happiest as a duo.

BORN TODAY Actor Danny DeVito (1944), film director Martin Scorsese (1942), actress Rachel McAdams (1978)

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Albert Nicholson In his 88th year, Albert (Bert) Harry Nicholson peacefully passed away on Sunday November 2nd in Nanaimo, BC. Bert was born in Cedar, BC and spent most of his life there as owner of the Nicholson Berry Farm.

To his friends and family he is fondly remembered for his animated reminiscing about his years commercial fishing and logging along the coast of BC. Bert is survived by his sister Laura, spouse, Elvi Kattilakoski and five stepchildren - Mike (Amy), Paivi (Wayne), Pekka (Elaine), Juha (Brenda) and Kaija (Ken).

Also survived by five grandchildren (Samantha, Justine, Matthew, Sara and Rob).

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World leaders use G20 to promise increased anti-terrorism security Leaders spoke in broad strokes of pledges to intensify anti-Islamic State campaign VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV AND JOSH LEDERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ANTALYA, Turkey — World leaders vowed Monday to boost intelligence-sharing, cut off terrorist funding and strengthen border security in Europe, as they sought to show resolve and unity following the Islamic State’s deadly terror attacks in Paris.

U.S. President Barack Obama said the militant group was “the face of evil” and urged other nations to do more to combat the threat it poses.

Still, he resisted calls to escalate U.S. military action and open a large-scale ground war, saying he would instead intensify the American-led airstrike campaign, as well as efforts to train and equip moderate rebels.

“We need to be doing everything we can to protect against attacks and protect our citizens,” Obama said at a news conference closing two days of talks with leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations.

Added German Chancellor Angela Merkel: “We agreed that the challenge can’t just be tackled with military means, but only a multitude of measures.”

While the summit resulted in plenty of tough talk and blistering condemnations of the Paris attacks, leaders spoke mostly in broad strokes of their pledges to intensify the anti-Islamic State campaign.

Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the need to cut off the militants’ ability to generate revenue through oil smuggling. And British Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to host a donor

TORONTO — A Canadian man is defending his name and reputation after he was falsely depicted as one of the masterminds of Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris.

Veerender Jubbal took to Twitter after an altered photo of him began surfacing in international media with captions identifying him as a terrorist.

A Spanish newspaper, La Razon, has since apologized for running the doctored picture.

The original image of Jubbal was a selfie that showed him posing in his bathroom with the iPad in his hand that was used to take the photograph.

But it was manipulated to show him wearing a suicide vest and holding a Qu’ran.

Jubbal tweeted that the image had made its way onto the front page of La Razon with a caption identifying

NEWS IN BRIEF The Associated Press ◆ STOCKHOLM

Swedish government says threats received Swedish security officials say they have received a threat of attacks against the prime minister, the government and Parliament.

Fredrik Milder, spokesman for Sweden’s security service says the threat was made in an email to security officials on Monday afternoon and that “many others” also received similar emails.

He told reporters Monday that the email said the threat would be carried out on Tuesday. He gave no other details.

Parliament security chief Lennart Gustafsson confirmed a threat had been received by email but declined to give details. He said business would be conducted as usual on Tuesday and that normal security measures would be adopted.

No further details were immediately available.

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Power problem needs to be fixed on space station

U.S. President Barack Obama during a news conference at the end of the G-20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, on Monday. The leaders of the Group of 20 wrapped up their meeting against the backdrop of heavy French bombardment of the Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria. [AP PHOTO]

conference early next year to raise “significant new funding” to tackle the flood of refugees spilling out of Syria.

“None of this is a substitute for the next urgent need of all: to find a political solution that brings peace to Syria and enables the millions of refugees to return home,” Cameron said.

The G-20 meeting in the Turkish seaside resort of Antalya was planned long before the Paris attacks, which left at least 129 people dead and hundreds wounded. But the violence

intensified the discussions, resulting in a flurry of meetings on the sidelines of the summit about the situation in Syria, where the 4 1/2-year civil war has created a vacuum for the Islamic State to thrive.

Obama huddled Monday with European leaders from France, Britain, Germany and Italy. French President Francois Hollande skipped the summit to stay home and deal with the aftermath of the attacks, but Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius participated in the discussion.

Putin, a key player in ending the

conflict in Syria, met separately with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Cameron. Russia is Syrian President Bashar Assad’s biggest benefactor and has helped keep him in power.

Putin launched an air campaign in Syria a month-and-half ago with the Islamic State as the top declared target. The U.S. and its allies, however, have accused Moscow of focusing on other rebel groups in a bid to again shore up Assad, whom the West sees as the main cause of the Syrian conflict and the chief obstacle to peace.

Canadian falsely accused of being Paris plotter MICHELLE MCQUIGGE THE CANADIAN PRESS

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“In gauging this entire incident — millions upon millions of people have seen the photoshopped images, and have placed me as a terrorist.”

Veerender Jubbal, falsely depicted

him as one of the suicide bombers that stormed the French capital on Friday, killing at least 129 people and injuring scores of others.

He says it wasn’t long before people around the world, including family members in India, had seen the image and reached out to let him know about it.

In addition to defending his name, Jubbal also criticized the culprits for mistaking a Sikh for a member of

the Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the co-ordinated attacks in Paris.

“In gauging this entire incident — millions upon millions of people have seen the photoshopped images, and have placed me as a terrorist,” Jubbal tweeted, adding the “strange” situation has him pondering suing newspapers that published the altered image.

Jubbal also retweeted messages of support that decry the picture’s potential consequences.

“Portraying ‚ Veeren — Jubbal as a terrorist puts his life at risk, ruins his reputation. This is online terrorism,” wrote one Twitter user.

Others openly mused about the racial mix-up and wondered whether they could be subjected to similarly arbitrary typecasting.

“As a white European living in England, should I worry that I have recently grown a beard?” another Twitter user asked him.

Others on Twitter documented some of the backlash that came Jubbal’s way after the picture first surfaced.

“Can’t believe people told Veeren —Jubbal one way of avoiding being photoshopped to look like a terrorist is to not post selfies online.”

Jubbal wrote that he watched his name and image become a globally trending topic on social media, adding that other publications besides the Spanish newspaper had reprinted the image.

Amid the messages detailing the incident, Jubbal issued a message to those who altered the image.

“Learn the difference between me being a Sikh and a Muslim,” he wrote. » We want to hear from you.

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The International Space Station has taken a power hit, and spacewalking repairs may be needed. First, though, a replacement part must be delivered via rocket.

NASA said Monday the six astronauts were left with one less power channel Friday. A short circuit in equipment on the station’s framework is to blame. The short apparently tripped a current-switching device, resulting in the loss of one of eight channels used to power the orbiting lab. The affected systems were switched to alternate lines.

NASA spokesman Dan Huot said the crew has been operating normally and is in no danger.

A similar failure in 2014 required spacewalking repairs. No good spare parts for the job are on board. NASA plans to launch a replacement on a SpaceX delivery scheduled sometime early next year, Huot said.

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Two Palestinians killed in clashes with Israelis Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators erupted in a West Bank refugee camp overnight Monday after Israeli forces arrived to demolish the home of a Palestinian militant, leaving two Palestinians dead.

It was the latest bloodshed in a two-month wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians.

Amid the unrest, Israel recently renewed a policy of demolishing homes belonging to Palestinians accused in deadly attacks. Israel says the policy deters attacks, but critics say the tactic amounts to collective punishment.

In Monday’s violence, the Israeli military said troops entered the Qalandiya refugee camp on the outskirts of Jerusalem to demolish the home of Muhammad Abu Shaheen, a Palestinian who the army says fatally shot an Israeli motorist in the West Bank this summer.

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Explain potential split in assets Spike Lee calls for more diversity in Hollywood Kathy Mitchell & Marcy Sugar Annie’s Mailbox Dear Annie: While my mother was still alive, she gave a substantial amount of money to my oldest son, “Rick.” Everyone but Mother knew she was supporting his drug habit (which he has since overcome).

When she died, her will gave equal amounts of money to both of my sons. My younger son, “Chris,” was hurt by his grandmother’s lopsided generosity to his brother, and it may be part of the reason my adult sons aren’t close today.

Rick’s father, my first husband, will be leaving him his entire estate, so he will be financially set.

My current husband and I recently completed our will, leaving most of our assets to Chris. Based upon what my mother did, I’m concerned that Rick will be hurt if he finds out that his stepfather and I didn’t leave him

an equal share. But I don’t believe my husband is obligated to leave the same amount to his stepson as he does to his biological son. What do you think?

— Trying to Avoid Hurt Feelings Dear Trying: Did your husband help raise Rick? Can your assets be separated from your husband’s so that his entire estate goes to Chris, but yours is split in half? Would Rick be understanding if you discussed these issues in advance? Unequal bequests create problems because it appears that the parent loved one child more than the other. If you explain your reasoning, it’s possible your sons will understand and not be surprised and hurt later.

Dear Annie: My oldest brother, “Richard,” is fading from this world. I live 3,000 miles away and flew home to see him and say my goodbyes. Richard and I have always been close and have loved each other dearly. Now he is in a locked mental hospital and I don’t know why.

Richard can have visitors only on weekends at certain times. The drive to the hospital is nearly three hours.

My sister and I were allowed to go to his room for 20 minutes, but not by

ourselves. His wife and two children were present the entire time. It was as if we had watchdogs sitting there making sure we had little contact.

The next day, we were told at the desk that his wife said we are not permitted to see him. I think the wife’s behaviour is despicable.

We went to see the facility director and my sister called the caseworker and explained the situation. He agreed that this was patient abuse.

The doctor was called, and he said we could see our brother.

Richard was in such good spirits and we laughed, hugged and kissed and told each other how much we loved each other.

The purpose of this letter to let everyone know that even though you may have a spiteful sister-in-law or other family member, the law says no one can arbitrarily keep you from seeing your sibling.

God answered my prayers and my soul is at rest.

— Loving Sister Dear Sister: We are glad you were able to have a good visit with your brother, but sometimes there are restrictions on visitors for a reason.

It is always a good idea to phone first and check.

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LOS ANGELES — Spike Lee told an audience of entertainment luminaries that it’s easier for a black person to become President of the United States than head of a Hollywood studio or network.

Lee made the remarks during the weekend as he accepted an Oscar statuette at the film academy’s seventh annual Governors Awards dinner in Hollywood, where Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds were also honorees.

“We need to have some serious discussions about diversity and get some flavour up in this,” Lee said.

“This industry is so behind sports it’s ridiculous.”

The filmmaker praised Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs for “trying to do something that needs to be done.”

Earlier in the evening, Isaacs called on the industry powers in attendance to take action toward “recognizing and embracing a broad cross-section of talent.”

She also announced the academy’s new five-year plan to improve diversity in its staff and governance.

Isaacs opened the Governors Awards ceremony with condolences for France in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

“All of us here stand in solidarity and support of France and the French people,” she said. “Our connection with the film-loving French is especially deep.”

Lee offered “peace and love to people in France” as he received his award. Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes and Samuel L. Jackson brought the filmmaker onstage for his Oscar.

“Spike Lee has put more African-Americans to work in this business than anyone else in this business,” Washington said.

Cate Blanchett and Laura Linney each paid tribute to Rowlands, calling her a trailblazer and inspiration.

The 85-year-old actress, whose career spans six decades, received her Oscar from her son, Nick Cassavettes, who directed his mother in 2004’s The Notebook.

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Drug-resistant case shows challenges facing many nations LAURAN NEERGAARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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hen a two-year-old returned sick from a visit to India, U.S. doctors suspected tuberculosis even though standard tests said no. It would take three months to confirm she had an extreme form of the disease — a saga that highlights the desperate need for better ways to fight TB in youngsters in countries that can’t afford such creative care.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a global health threat, and it’s particularly challenging for young children who are harder even to diagnose, much less treat.

Doctors at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center are reporting how they successfully treated one of the few tots ever diagnosed in the U.S. with the worst kind — extensively drug-resistant TB, or XDR-TB, that’s impervious to a list of medicines.

“This was so difficult, even when we had all these resources,” said Hopkins pediatric TB specialist Dr. Sanjay Jain, who co-authored the report being published Monday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

The child now is five and healthy, but Jain calls the case “a wake-up call to the realities of TB.” Tuberculosis usually strikes the lungs, spreading through coughs and sneezes. A recent World Health Organization report says TB sickened nearly 10 million people worldwide in 2014, including 1 million children. That’s double earlier child estimates, reflecting some countries’ better counts. Many experts suspect the toll is still higher because children in hard-hit countries can die undiagnosed.

In much of the world, doctors “don’t have anything like a CT scan to use to help them with this. They just have to use a stethoscope and a scale and their clinical judgment,” said Dr. Anna Mandalakas, director of the global tuberculosis program at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.

Beyond the challenge of diagnosis in children, few TB medications come in pediatric doses. [METRO CREATIVE PHOTO]

The Hopkins patient, who wasn’t identified, returned from a threemonth family trip to India with a high fever. A battery of tests yielded no diagnosis, and no relatives were sick. But X-rays and CT scans found clues, a spot on her lung and some enlarged lymph nodes.

To diagnose adults, doctors check their sputum for TB germs. Children, especially younger than five, don’t harbour nearly as much bacteria — and tots tend to swallow rather than cough out the mucus, Jain explained.

Suspicious doctors threaded a tube into the girl’s stomach for samples, so a lab could try to grow and identify any bacteria lurking in them.

Meanwhile, the child was prescribed four standard TB drugs. Her fever broke, and she gained weight — changes that in many TB-stricken countries would signal successful treatment. But X-rays showed persistent lung inflammation. And after a month, workers finally detected slow-growing TB germs in one of those lab samples, something to use for more complex testing.

Confirmation that she had the scary XDR-TB came 12 weeks after the girl’s initial exam, Jain said.

Three of the four drugs she was taking didn’t work. Her fever roared back, lung tissue began dying.

Doctors switched her to five different, riskier, medications — but had no fast way to monitor if they were working.

So Jain tried something experimental, stemming from his research on using special low-radiation CT scans to track infections. A scan showed her lungs were starting to clear weeks into the new therapy.

She was declared in remission after 18 months of treatment, and continues to be healthy.

Drug-resistant strains of TB are on the rise, especially in India, China and Africa. The hardest-to-treat XDR form is very rare in the U.S., where patients are isolated from the public while being treated to prevent the strain’s spread. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counts 74 XDR-TB cases since 1993, two in children under five.

Beyond the challenge of diagnosis in children, few TB medications come in pediatric doses, forcing health workers or parents to chop or crush pills. The non-profit TB Alliance, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, is developing a child-friendly formulation of standard tuberculosis treatment — combining proper doses in easy-to-take tablets — expected to become available next year.

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t’s been said that, “All would be well if there were no buts.”

Unfortunately, for women there have always been several crucial “buts” about the benefits of mammography. Now, a new report from the American Cancer Society, says that routine mammograms may do harm if started before 50 years of age. So, what other “buts” don’t the ACS and other organizations tell women about mammograms?

Timing is vital is many things in life. But for years few experts could agree on the best time to start routine mammograms. The Canadian Association of Radiologists picked 40 years of age as prime time.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer pulled age 50 out of the hat. In short, no one had a 100 per cent answer. Nor do I, as one would require the Wisdom of Solomon to know.

But some facts are known, and the most vital one is never mentioned to women in any discussion about mammography. There’s a huge difference between diagnosing cervical cancer and breast cancer. That’s the reason more women survive cervical cancer than malignancies of the breast. And it’s unethical that it is never mentioned because it’s plain old-fashioned horse sense.

Luckily, the Pap test for cervical cancer examines mucus removed from the cervix, the lower part of the uterus, which is easily seen during a pelvic examination. Microscopic examination is then able to detect even pre-malignant cells or cells that are already cancerous.

Unfortunately, there’s no way to remove cells from inside the breast for microscopic testing. Doctors have to rely on mammography which cannot detect cells. Consequently, mammography is actually a “lump diagnosis.” Good sense tells you that it’s only when a lump becomes larger, that x-rays can detect it.

Some experts say this requires several years. In the meantime cancerous cells can spread to other parts of the body.

So, when the Cancer Society or any other organization states mammograms diagnose early cancer, it’s a deceptive remark. What they should say is that mammography diagnoses breast cancer as early as possible using X-rays. But it can never achieve the accuracy of the Pap test.

Those who fail to make this distinction will not be amused by this column, as my remarks are like damning motherhood and apple pie.

They will argue that mammography does save lives and this is true, but the test also comes with questionable baggage.

For instance, mammography can result in many sleepless nights.

The usual scenario is that a patient receives a telephone call stating a questionable area is present in the breast and further x-rays are required in an endeavour to rule out a malignancy. Or, a needle biopsy of the breast is required to obtain tissue that can be examined by a pathologist. And it is a rare institution that can quickly do these tests. So, of course, who wouldn’t worry, wondering if cancer is present.

The other problem is that mammography can result in a false sense of security when the test is reported normal. Just a few years ago one report showed that in women between 40 to 49 years, mammography missed 30 per cent of malignancies.

Experts at that time agreed that whatever way you slice the cake the decrease in deaths as a result of mammography is modest. In effect, 2,000 women would have to be screened for 10 years to get one benefit. You can, of course, always argue that saving one life is worthwhile regardless of the cost.

Don’t forget radiation exposure.

This problem is not only involved with the routine mammogram, but the 0additional ones required when a suspicious lesion is detected.

The World Health Association predicts that in the future two percent of all cancers will be due to excessive radiation. It’s not surprising when today many diagnostic tests rely on radiation. Be an informed patient about mammography and discuss both pros and cons with your doctor.

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Murders and attempted murders way up Count already at 30 with a few months to go in 2015 after three years of decline in amount of violent crime JEFF NAGEL BLACK PRESS

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ang violence has shot up this year in B.C. after a two-year lull.

There have been 30 ganglinked murders and attempted murders as of June 30, nearly twice as many as the 18 in all of 2014 and up from 24 in 2013.

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Chief Supt. Kevin Hackett said many of the incidents were in Surrey or Delta, where B.C.’s anti-gang police unit worked closely with local officers to suppress conflict between rival groups, with success later in the year.

“Street level drug traffickers brazenly shot at each other from moving vehicles and engaged in gun battles on our roads putting the community at risk,” Hackett said.

His comments were published this week in the CFSEU’s 2015 community report. It can be found at bc-anti-gang. com.

According to statistics released in the report, the average age of a gang violence victim is 25 years old, which is younger than in previous years.

The youngest victim this year was 15, while the oldest was 66.

Over the past 10 years, there have

“Being part of a gang was a death sentence for most of the people I knew.”

Jordan Buna, former gangster

been 15 female victims of gang violence and there have been 35 mass gang shootings (involving multiple victims of gun violence at one location) claiming 85 victims.

Significant arrests have been made this year. Two men face charges in connection with a series of arsons and shootings in previous years targeting staff of the Justice Institute of B.C. Hackett also cited the arrests of two extremely violent and prolific dangerous offenders from Edmonton in the Lower Mainland who were tied to crimes in B.C. and Alberta, including murders, attempted murders and violent home invasions involving the torture and mutilation of victims.

Hackett said a joint forces operation led by the CFSEU was needed because the “brazen and transient” crime group posed a higher risk to public safety.

In the courts, the trial of three men for the 2011 murder of gang-

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The community report features one young woman story of life within a gang — packaging cocaine for sale, acting as a cross-country drug mule and growing increasingly terrified as risks escalate and drug deals go wrong.

Early on she had been seduced by the lifestyle, befriending gang members, including two young men who would later end up dead off Colebrook Road in Surrey.

“That’s literally where gangster dreams go to die,” she said.

The unnamed woman describes an open casket funeral of one of

the young victims — a deliberate choice of his parents to show the bullet through his head.

She was one of the lucky ones who has escaped the life.

Less fortunate was Brianna Kinnear who once reassured her worried mom, “They don’t murder girls.”

The 22-year-old was found shot to death in a pickup truck in Coquitlam in 2009. Her murder is unsolved and her tearful mother is featured in a new CFSEU video.

The report also highlights two Abbotsford high school students who were executed in 2009 on Sumas Mountain as examples of adolescents lured by the temptation

of a luxury lifestyle fuelled by drug cash.

“They were not high-level drug lords,” the report says of the slain Grade 12s from W. J. Mouat Secondary School. “They were two kids who wanted to be able to pay for a limousine to get to prom.”

It says B.C. teachers are reporting children as young as nine asking 11-year-olds on elementary school playgrounds who they can talk to about selling some drugs.

Prevention remains a major focus of the CFSEU, which continues to press its End Gang Life initiative with school presentations and emotional videos from former gang members or surviving loved ones.

The province has committed new funding for 35 additional presentations of the CFSEU’s End Gang Life presentation to school students in the Lower Mainland, the Okanagan and Vancouver Island.

The sessions aim to demystify the tactics of gang recruiters and better equip kids to resist them.

They’re led by former gang member Jordan Buna, who served time in jail before becoming a spokesman for the End Gang Life program.

“Even though I was lucky and got out, being part of a gang was a death sentence for most of the people I knew. That is the reality of gang life,” Buna said. “It robbed me of so many opportunities and exposed me to horrifying scenes that I will never forget.”

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