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Muslim woman assault a hate crime, say police

South Island hit hard by storm Thousands of residents were left without power as wild winds whipped Victoria and the Cowichan Valley, causing power outages Tuesday. » News, 9

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Communities fear backlash Two Ontario incidents are among several that have occurred in Canada and around the world since Friday’s attacks in Paris left 129 people dead. » Nation&World, 15

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TORONTO — An unprovoked attack on a Muslim woman near an elementary school in Toronto appeared to be “motivated by hate,” police said Tuesday as they investigated the incident that was swiftly denounced by local politicians.

The attack came two days after a mosque in Peterborough, Ont., was set ablaze in the aftermath of last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead.

Peterborough police are investigating the fire as a hate crime and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau assured Muslim Canadians the federal government would work hard to find those responsible.

The Toronto assault took place around 3 p.m. on Monday near the mid-town Grenoble Public School while a woman was on her way to pick up her son. Police said the woman, who was wearing a hijab, was approached by two men and attacked.

“It was a completely unprovoked attack,” said Const. Victor Kwong. “She was punched all over and kicked.”

The two men hurled slurs that were “bigoted in nature” at the woman and tried to rip off her hijab, Kwong said.

The woman fell to the ground and was robbed of her cellphone and some money before the two men fled the area, he said.

The entire incident was observed by a witness who called police, he said. The woman was taken to hospital to be treated for nonlife threatening injuries and has since been released.

Police said they are currently interviewing witnesses, gathering surveillance video from the area and asking anyone with information to contact them.

“There’s no doubt that this is hate-motivated,” Kwong said, noting that police typically see a spike in such incidents after events like the attacks in Paris.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for attacks Friday in Paris that sent shock waves around the world. French officials say the attacks were carried out by disaffected French Muslims under the super-

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who represents the Toronto riding where the assault of a Muslim woman took place on Monday, said Canadians need to guard against racism.

[THE CANADIAN PRESS]

vision of a Belgian who had fought in Syria.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who represents the riding where the Toronto assault took place, said Canadians need to guard against racism.

“We need to be vigilant in our communities, whether it’s in Flemingdon in my own riding, or in Peterborough, or anywhere in the province and the country, not to let these horrible events trigger hatred,” she said.

“I think that this is actually a time we need to reach out to our Muslim neighbours and friends and recognize the acts that took place in Paris were acts of terrorism and not borne of religion.”

Toronto Mayor John Tory also denounced the attack, calling it “disgusting, unacceptable and not reflective of our city’s values.”

Some residents of the neighbourhood where the woman was assaulted expressed their dismay.

“It’s some kind of idiot, it’s not the Canadian people,” Sahar Badawi, herself a Mus-

lim, said of the woman’s assailants.

“Most people, regardless their religion, regardless what they believe in, they respect Canada, they love Canada. Once we come to this country, we are Canadian like anybody else.”

The National Council of Canadian Muslims had advised Muslims to be vigilant against potential backlash in the wake the Paris attacks, saying there was concern members of the community would be targeted.

It decried both the assault and the anti-Muslim graffiti being investigated in Toronto and called on authorities to “swiftly apprehend and prosecute” those responsible.

“Such hateful and cowardly acts are abhorrent to all Canadians who stand united in condemning xenophobia and hatred,” said executive director Ihsaan Gardee. “While disturbing, we believe these attacks on members of the Toronto Muslim community do not represent the sentiments of the vast majority of our fellow Canadians or residents of Toronto.”

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Charlie Sheen admits he is HIV positive FRAZIER MOORE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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NEW YORK — Charlie Sheen said his bad-boy days are over and, with Tuesday’s declaration that he’s HIV-positive, he aims to become an inspiration to others.

“My partying days are behind me,” Sheen said in a letter posted online. “My philanthropic days are ahead of me.”

The manifesto was released as the former Two and a Half Men star appeared on NBC’s Today to say he tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS about four years ago, but that, thanks to a rigorous drug regimen, he’s healthy.

When asked by Today co-host Matt Lauer if he had transmitted the disease to others,

Sheen declared, “Impossible. Impossible,” and insisted he had informed every sexual partner of his condition beforehand.

He told Lauer he has had unprotected sex with two partners, both of whom knew ahead of time, adding, with no clarification, “They were under the care of my doctor.”

That claim was disputed by Bree Olson, who was living with Sheen in 2011 as one of his two “goddesses.”

“He never said anything to me,” Olson said on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show Tuesday.

She said she learned of Sheen’s condition only in the past few days, prompting her to be tested. She told Stern the results were negative.

Asked by Lauer if he expected “a barrage of lawsuits” from past sexual partners alleging he infected them, he said wanly, “I’m sure that’s next.”

But in California, where Sheen resides, a person can be charged with a felony only if they are aware they are HIV-positive and engage in unprotected sex with another person with the specific intent of exposing them to the disease.

Sheen said one reason for going public with his condition was to put a stop to shakedowns from prostitutes and others.

He said one prostitute took a photo of the HIV-related drugs in his medicine cabinet and threatened to sell that photo to the tabloids.

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Tracy Samra named as interim city manager SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

Former city staff member Tracy Samra has been tapped to replace Ted Swabey as Nanaimo’s interim city manager.

Samra confirmed her six-month appointment Tuesday, and said she would begin work on Thursday.

Samra also said she intends to apply for the permanent position, saying she hopes to be part of “a new era” at city hall.

Her appointment to the post makes her the first woman to hold the city manager’s office, as well as the first aboriginal person in the position.

“I put my name forward because I believe I can provide strong principled leadership required at this critical juncture,” Samra said.

“During my brief tenure as corporate officer and as an active and engaged resident of Nanaimo, I am well aware of the issues that face council and staff.”

Mayor Bill McKay said of the appointment, “I have known Tracy for a number of years. She is an intelligent and committed individual.

I look forward to working with her over the coming months.”

Samra is a lawyer and former manager at the federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Her resume also includes experience as a treaty negotiator and she has worked for other organizations

including the University of Victoria Faculty Association.

Samra served as legislative services manager for the City of Nanaimo before leaving with severance in 2013.

“This is a new time and there’s been a big transition in the leadership there, so I’m really optimistic,” she said.

“I’ve had some really positive responses from staff already, so I’m kind of excited about going back.”

She said her “first priority” will be earning the respect and trust of each council member.

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Pot dispensary says it will defy police order DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

A spokesman for Nanaimo’s retail cannabis industry says he has no plans to comply with a cease-and-desist order issued by RCMP. Phoenix Pain Management is one of 10 pot dispensaries given seven days notice to stop selling the drug late last week, and has until Thursday to cease operations. If RCMP raid the store, “I will hand them a box with the product then hold out my hands,” said Akil Iam, managing director of the Wallace Street facility, which has about 1,200 clients.

“Then, an hour later, another volunteer will enter with another box, and we’ll start again.”

Medical dispensary owners, patients and supporters who call themselves Nanaimo Cannabis Coalition question RCMP action, almost two years after the first dispensary opened, and a month after Canadians elected a majority, pro-legalization Liberal government.

But cannabis remains illegal and RCMP have a job to do, says the Nanaimo detachment’s officer in charge.

“I’m aware of what government’s stated position is, but I have to deal with the laws we have on the books,” said Supt. Mark Fisher.

Fisher would not confirm if police would act on the threat of seizures and

“I will hand them a box with the product then hold out my hands.

Then, an hour later, another volunteer will enter with another box, and we’ll start again.”

Akil Iam, managing director

arrests Thursday, saying he “won’t comment on an ongoing investigation.”

Coalition members appeared before city council Monday, making an appeal to use its authority to discourage police action.

“Sometimes you just have to stick up for a just cause,” said Matthew O’Donnell, of NCC. “When you have thousands of cannabis users in pain and need this medicine, that’s a just cause and it’s worth fighting for.”

City council took no action Monday.

“We as a government have to respect federal law, and that’s what we’re trying to do, and still try to satisfy the needs of the community,” said Mayor Bill McKay.

Investigators continue to look into cause of fatal fire early Monday RCMP and the coroner continue investigating a house fire on Gabriola Island Monday that left one person dead.

According to a press release issued by the RCMP, the Gabriola Island Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire at 5:30 a.m. at the residence in the 800-block of Kieth Drive.

Firefighters arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames and notified the RCMP. “Upon further examination, fire crews located one person deceased inside the

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Mushrooms in the wild Knowledge is crucial since some Island varieties may be deadly

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ushrooms can make a meal extraordinary, but if you have a hankering for wild ones be careful what you pick.

The return of the fall rains means the return of mushrooms, attracting pickers to Vancouver Island forests.

Some hunt mushrooms for money.

Some want something good to feast upon.

The challenge is ensuring the mushroom that goes in your mouth isn’t a toxic variety that looks exactly like the variety you’d set out Darrell to pick.

Bellaart There are thouReporting sands of mushroom species in the Pacific Northwest.

“About a dozen are deadly poisonous,” said Jessica Wolf, an amateur mycologist who gives workshops on mushroom identification.

Across North America, 42 human mushroom poisonings were reported in 2013, according to the last year data is available from the North American Mycological Association. Of those, two were British Columbians. A B.C. dog was also reportedly poisoned.

In July doctors issued a warning after a woman needed a liver transplant after eating mushrooms mis-identified as safe.

when wrong information didn’t make her sick.

The woman posted pictures of a mushroom, asking for help to identify the species “One person said he was a long-time mushroom picker and he was 100 per cent sure it was a pine mushroom,” Wolf said.

“She ate it, and it wasn’t a pine, it was an Amanita.”

That genus contains some 600 varieties, including some of the deadliest varieties. Fortunately, she suffered no ill effects. It demonstrates how easy it can be to mis-identify a fungus.

Wolf picked some in the forest near where she lives, and photographed them to show others how easy it can be to mis-identify some species.

Some people are blasé about eating mushrooms they pick in the wilds.

“I’m very cautious,” Wolf said. “I will literally spend years researching individual mushrooms. Each year, I add a couple more (to the list), that I will eat.”

Last month mushroomers came together in the mid-Island in Errington for a first-ever mid-Island mushroom show, where novices and more experienced pickers shared information and brought along samples of the various fungi.

There, Wolf was surprised to hear some misinformed methods used to test if a mushroom is safe.

The deadly, larger ‘Amanita smithiana’, at bottom, can easily be mistaken for the prized pine mushroom, or ,Tricholoma magnivelare’, top. Front page, amateur mycologist Jennifer Wolf shows off an array of mushrooms harvested from Island forests.

In a case report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, doctors say the 52-year-old woman visited a Toronto hospital emergency department after developing severe abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting overnight.

The evening before, the woman had eaten a variety of wild mushroom found in a park with her husband, who had foraging experience in his native country.

Suspecting the mushrooms might have caused her symptoms, the woman took samples of the fungus with her to the hospital.

“When she initially presented, we knew the danger of mushroom toxicity, but it wasn’t until the next morning that we had them analyzed by the lab and found

out it was a very poisonous kind,” said coauthor Dr. Corey Stein, an internal medicine resident who helped treat the woman at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

By that point, “her liver was already inflamed and starting to fail.”

Wolf said some poisonings go unreported, if the mushroom only causes minor illness then passes.

Many mushroom pickers now use social media to meet online with other hobbyists, to share information and check the safety of their harvest.

Still, mistakes happen. A member of the Pacific Northwest Mushroom Identification and Information Facebook group was lucky recently

“One lady said to me if you just touch a mushroom to your tongue, then if it burns, it’s poisonous,” Wolf said. “And she’s out there eating mushrooms, using that as her guide.”

She said using that approach “you’re bound to poison yourself.”

She recommends beginners get a good field guide book for starters — one that includes Pacific Northwest varieties and that is easy to understand.

Her favourite is All that Rain Promises and More, by David Arora.

“It has a good selection of mushrooms in it, it’s got photos and descriptions of key features of each mushroom and it’s not a dry textbook. It’s a very good book for beginners.”

Belonging to a club is a good idea, including using social media. Wolf belongs to the Vancouver Island Mushroom identification & info Group on Facebook.

“Facebook forums are among the most user-friendly places to start out,” she said.

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City residents are being advised to boil drinking water due to turbidity from recent heavy rains.

A notice issued Tuesday night warns residents that drinking water should be boiled for at least one minute.

Elevated levels of turbidity were found in the city water system below the South Forks watershed.

The advisory went into effect at midnight.

A news release also states that city workers have made sure disinfection equipment is working as required throughout the entire water system.

“In consultation with Island Health, we are issuing this Boil Water Advisory to all users of the water system within the City of Nanaimo,

starting 11:59 p.m. Tuesday November 17. Once the system has cleared up and the Boil Water Advisory has been lifted, we will advise users.

“The city will continue to monitor and seek to lift the boil advisory as soon as possible,” said Bill Sims, the city’s Manager of Water Resources.

Muncipalities must issue advisories when what are known as Nephelometric Turbidity Units reach a certain level at the point of chlorination.

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ak Bay Bikes, at 3700 Island Highway, has changed its name to Rock City Cycles.

Sean Lunny, who with Corey Piket co-owns the business — considered one of Vancouver Island’s premier high-end bicycle stores — said the new name better reflects its connection with Nanaimo. He said when the business started in Nanaimo 10 years ago, the store shared inventories and expertise with Victoria-based Oak Bay Bikes.

“We still have connections with Oak Bay Bikes, but changing the name to Rock City Cycles gives our business a local perspective,” Lunny said.

Air partnership From left, Rock City Cycles co-owners Sean Lunny and Corey Piket inside their shop Tuesday. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

Harbour Air Seaplanes has announced a new partnership with Salt Spring Air that will see an expansion of the company’s air service and passenger capacity, beginning on Dec. 1.

Salt Spring Air will continue to offer scheduled service flights between Ganges Harbour and Maple Bay, as well as downtown Vancouver and Vancouver International Airport.

Adding the larger Harbour Air aircraft to those routes will accommodate higher demand for service to and from Salt Spring Island.

Training program Aboriginal entrepreneurs will be able to take advantage of a three-month training program starting in January in Nanaimo. Called “Build My Business Together”, the program for established start-up or would-be aboriginal entrepreneurs runs Tuesdays from Jan. 12 to March 29.

Hosted by the Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation, program co-ordinator Jay Silverberg said

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Almost 3,000 Syrian refugees are expected to land in B.C. over the next seven weeks as part of the federal government’s promise to settle 25,000 refugees in Canada by the new year.

Just how many of those are expected to end up on Vancouver Island and the mid-Island region is unknown at this point.

But Nanette Leather, assistant director of the Nanaimo-based Central Vancouver Multicultural Society, said a meeting is scheduled with government officials this week to discuss the issue.

Leather said that Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris have led to some concerns that the Syrian immigrants destined for Vancouver Island may have ties to ISIS or other terrorist organizations and may prove to be a public safety risk.

“But the government has promised that the refugees will go through a very intensive screening process to ensure they don’t have any connections to terrorism,” Leather said.

“Friday’s attacks in Paris certainly don’t help the situation, and they may make it more difficult for the refugees to settle in here.”

Travis Barbour, the associate pastor of the Neighbourhood Church in Nanaimo, said his church began working towards bringing Syrian refugees to the area soon after three-year old refugee Aylan Kurdi was found dead on a Turkish beach in September.

“But there have been few Syrian refugees who have received pre-approval from the government to come to Canada at this stage,” he said.

“Many of these refugees have been caught in the crossfire in a conflict between a number of factions, so there is a huge urgency to the situation.”

Barbour also said people will need to trust the government’s screening process to ensure terrorists don’t slip into the country alongside the legitimate refugees.

“We should be helping these people as much and as fast as we can,” he said.

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EDITORIAL

Year-end targets cannot be allowed to trump our security

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here are worse things than a broken election promise, and we don’t say that lightly.

It is understandable, even admirable, that the Trudeau government is standing by its commitment to admit 25,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to our country.

But it is not wise to stubbornly stick with the current unrealistic timeline. The government continues to insist all this will happen by the end of the year.

This is especially pressing with media reports suggesting at least one of the Paris murderers sneaked into the country hidden in the tide of refugees crossing Europe.

This is a nightmare for western governments and moderate politicians of all stripes. If true, this means ISIL is using the very refugee migration it helped create to move its mass killers under the camouflage of legitimate refugees.

Not only is this a new and frighteningly effective tactic, it gives needed ammunition to our own extremists — those like fringe American Republicans who insist the best answer to this threat is for the United States to seal its borders, creating a new fortress America, and at the same time make a bigger military investment in annihilating ISIL, a strategy that would certainly involve Amer-

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bombing campaign has always been minuscule and more ideologically symbolic than militarily significant.

Canada can make much greater contributions to the effort in areas such as training and humanitarian relief and should do so.

But what the government must not do is put its election promise ahead of public safety. The year-end time frame has always been questionable, with many experts saying it’s simply not feasible, or wise, to try to process, move and settle that many refugees in such a short time.

We can’t risk a fast-tracked process that might sacrifice thoroughness for speed. This has to be done right, not

necessarily done fast.

Considering ISIL’s new terror tactic, this is no longer a matter of smart or realistic policy. It could be a matter of life and death.

The government must ensure the refugee commitment is kept, but in an intelligent way that balances humanitarian interests with national security. That means the year-end target must be set aside.

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ican troops on the ground in Syria and Iraq.

We have no Donald Trumps, thankfully. But you don’t have to look hard to find extremists in Canada who hold similar opinions.

That does not mean the government should back away from its stated commitment. That would be wrong. Canada still has an ethical and moral responsibility to do its share to alleviate or at least mitigate the growing refugee crisis.

Nor does any of this necessarily mean Prime Minister Trudeau needs to recant on his commitment to pull Canadian bombers from combat in Syria. The Canadian role in the

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oe’s Law explains why the Internet went insane over Star Wars the other day.

Poe’s Law (not written by the poet Edgar Allan) goes back to the early days of online discussion.

It states that, without a clear indicator, parodies of extreme views will be indistinguishable from sincere views.

Ask a Grade 9 English teacher sometime about how many of their students thought Jonathan Swift was serious about eating Irish babies.

Poe’s Law is so well embedded in the DNA of the modern Internet that trolls have weaponized it for their own amusement.

What happened last week was that a small clique of trolls started a hashtag on Twitter: #BoycottStarWarsVII. As they explained, it didn’t have enough white people in it. One of the leads is black! The horrors!

So the first two or three participants in the #BoycottStarWarsVII tag spewed as much racist vitriol as possible.

Then they were joined by: Several real racists and quite a few more trolls. As soon as normal humans started to notice the hashtag, a massive, angry backlash formed that soon comprised 94 per cent of all

the tweets, according to website Mashable.com’s analysis.

Poe’s Law is at play in two ways here. First, a lot of the people seeing and writing about the hashtag for the first time thought there was some kind of genuine movement involved.

That was never true. It was just a couple of jackasses doing it for kicks, the way you might throw rocks at hornet’s nest to watch them swarm about in fury.

I’ve mentioned “trolls” and “real racists,” but it’s quite impossible to tell which is which, or if there’s any meaningful distinction between the two.

The people who started the hashtag have referred to themselves as trolls via Twitter before. They openly wanted to get the hashtag trending, to make it visible and to stir up exactly the sort of response that it did.

So you might think that they don’t really believe any of the vile,

“white power” sentiments they were deploying.

But if you track back through their tweets, they’ve been saying stuff like this for months and months, picking different targets, but always using racism as the base layer of their trolling.

So are they trolls who use racism because it’s shocking, or are they racists who like trolling? No one can say.

Compare their case to Joshua Goldberg, currently under arrest in the U.S. A guy in his early 20s from Florida, he was a world-class troll, creating multiple personas, some of whom fought with one another.

Each was extreme — some right wingers, some left wingers, some calling for the extermination of the Palestinians, others for white power, others for locking up anyone convicted of “hate speech” in re-education camps.

One of Goldberg’s personas was a supposed ISIS sympathizer. The ISIS persona sent along links to bomb-making websites to a supposed aspiring terrorist — who was actually an FBI informant investigating Islamic extremism. Goldberg isn’t Muslim, he isn’t a terrorist . . . but he went along with someone he thought was serious because that was the role he was playing. Intent matters, but only so far.

If your intent is to stir up trouble and anger people, and your only tools are virulent racism, misogyny, and anti-Semitism, how are you really any different from a real racist, misogynist, or anti-Semite?

On the Internet, there’s no difference.

Matthew Claxton is a columnist with the ‘Langley Advance.’ He also writes a regular column that frequently appears in the ‘Vancouver Courier.’

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Mayor pushes the importance of referendum JOHN HARDING PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

Mayor Marc Lefebvre is counting on Parksville residents heading to the water treatment referendum voting places this week to understand the importance of where they mark their ballot.

Parksville residents are being asked Saturday — advance voting is also available today — to give the city

permission to borrow $5.6 million to help pay for its part of a $28.3 million water treatment facility. “I’m really counting on the fact this is extremely important for our longterm supply of potable water and I’m counting on people understanding that,� Lefebvre said last week. “I’m optimistic it’s going to pass.�

Lefebvre said the city has reached out to community groups and organizations throughout this process and

“they definitely all get it.� He also said he knows there are people in the city who believe there are other options. “There’s no doubt there are some people who think there is a better way,� said the mayor. “There’s not a better way and there won’t be a better way for a long time.�

Island Health has ordered all surface water (from rivers, for example)

headed to homes must be treated in a specific fashion by Dec. 31, 2016.

Parksville gets about 50 per cent of its water from the Englishman River.

If voters reject this proposal on Saturday, the mayor said the city will be “required to do it anyway.�

City officials have said they have been told by Island Health an extension could be granted the city if the referendum passes and Island Health sees the city is taking steps

(construction of the plant) to treat its water to the health authority’s standards. It’s unclear what would happen if the referendum fails.

Assent Voting day — that’s what this referendum is officially called — is Saturday. Parksville residents can vote at either the Parksville Community and Conference Centre or the Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church on Pym Street that day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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VIU

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When Nanaimo high school graduate Katie Davidson began her studies at Vancouver Island University five years ago, she never imagined that one day she’d win more than $30,000 in academic scholarships and fellowships.

Nor did she imagine that she’d end up conducting research at one of the most prestigious research facilities in North America.

Davidson conducts field research at the Hakai Institute on Calvert Island, in the Great Bear Rainforest on the B.C. central coast.

The island is a four-hour boat ride north from Port Hardy.

Davidson graduated from Wellington Secondary School, and then with distinction from VIU’s Bachelor of Science (Biology) degree program in June.

She won many awards, including a $17,500 Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Davidson is using the award, along with Hakai Institute and University of Victoria fellowships, to complete a Master of Science degree at UVic. Together with advisor Dr. Chris Darimont she’s part of the “mammal diversity team” for the Hakai Institutes’s 100 Islands Project.

“A team of researchers from UVic and Simon Fraser University are collecting baseline information to understand how mammals, birds, plants and invertebrates rely on marine food sources and how that

VIU grad Katie Davidson is conducting research at one of the most prestigious research facilities in North America.

affects island environments,” Davidson said.

“The research is important because it will enhance our understanding of the marine and terrestrial (land) environments on the BC central coast.”

Davidson said she learned how to conduct research at VIU. In her final year, she completed a year-long Biology 491 independent research

project. Under the supervision of Canada Research chairwoman Sarah Dudas, she studied the accumulation of microplastics in clams.

“This was an ambitious project that required a significant learning curve, meticulous attention to details and extraordinary patience, initiative and perseverance,” said one of Davidson’s former professors, Dr. Tim Goater.

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“Katie received an A+ grade and one of this year’s Outstanding Independent Research Awards in the Biology Department.”

Davidson also received NSERC’s Undergraduate Student Research Award, the Dr. Andy Spencer Legacy Award, Michael L. Warsh Law Corporation Award and the Donald F. Alderdice Memorial Award, among others.

“All of us are very proud of Katie’s success,” said Goater. “In addition to her academic achievements, Katie also ranks number one for her volunteer efforts.”

While at VIU, Davidson served as president of the VIU biology club, and as the student representative on VIU’s animal care committee.

She also volunteered with VIU’s peer success program, which helps first-year students with difficulties adjusting to university, and with the Nanaimo Science and Sustainability Society.

Davidson was the only undergraduate to complete two courses at the world-renowned Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.

The Centre later recognized her leadership and mentorship abilities by employing her as their VIU ambassador to promote Bamfield’s courses and learning experiences.

“My good friend and VIU colleague, the late Dr. Andy Spencer, was a former director of the BMSC,” said Goater, who nominated Davidson for the Dr. Andy Spencer Legacy Award.

“Andy would be proud to know that Katie devoted so much time to promote Bamfield as an exceptional place to learn, and to conduct research. Katie will be an awesome person to continue his legacy of excellence.”

Davidson said she’s grateful for the support of so many donors, adding that her future plans may include obtaining a PhD. “Who knows?” she said. One day, I may end up teaching at VIU where I can mentor other students.”

VICTORIA

Island community has highest Council looks into cost teen pregnancy risk in all of B.C. of banning plastic bags KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

Campbell River youth are more at risk for teen pregnancy than their B.C. counterparts, according to a local youth society that recently delivered some sobering statistics to city council.

Members of the Sexual Wellness and Education Society of Campbell River said the facts are a “major concern” and are an indicator that the community could benefit from expanded programming and service.

The society currently operates a Youth Clinic out of Robron Centre but it’s only open Thursday from 2-5 p.m.

Island Health provides the clinic with public health nurses, obstetricians and local General Practitioners while the John Howard Society provides an outreach worker. School District 72, which provides the space, the Altrusa Club and Daybreak Rotary also partner in the operation of the clinic.

“The youth clinic is a safe place for youth to be able to go and meet with health officials,” said Kate Gigiel, president of the Sexual Wellness and Education Society. “A number

“These are all facts of major concern and should be to everybody who lives in this town.”

Dr. Philip Asplin, society board member

of reports show Campbell River needs this type of service, it’s needed greatly.”

Dr. Philip Asplin, a society board member, said according to the Chief Medical Officer’s 2014 report, Campbell River youth are “more likely to engage in sexual intercourse and oral sex when compared to other B.C. youth” and “they’re more likely to give birth to a child when under the age of 20 than other B.C. youth.”

He said Campbell River teens are also “having unprotected sex and combining drugs and alcohol with their sexual activity.”

Asplin said those statistics should not be taken lightly.

“These are all facts of major concern and should be to everybody who lives

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in this town,” Asplin said. “We know that making healthy choices helps young people achieve their education and career goals, making a positive impact on the local community.”

To that end, society members said the youth clinic is there to help youth make those smart decisions and to also offer guidance and support to those who find themselves in a difficult situation.

“When youth come into the clinic, often of course they’re scared and alone and need pregnancy testing,” said Kelsey Creviston, secretary of the society. “They leave with not just birth control but also education. We connect them with a (doctor) if they are pregnant and other community workers.”

Creviston said the clinic has been a big win for the society which offers sexually transmitted infection testing, pap smears, vaccines, affordable contraceptives, education, and referrals to other health agencies.

In 2010, the clinic dealt with 80 patients in its first year and last year, there were 530 client visits, said Barb Preston, a school counsellor.

The days of using plastic bags to carry groceries or hold garbage in Victoria could soon be coming to end.

The City of Victoria recently voted 7-1 to refer a motion to ban plastic bags back to staff to look at the resources it would take to implement a city-wide plastic bag ban.

“This directive has come to us from the public, from the Surfrider Foundation, come to us from young students, from certain members of our small business community,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps.

“This is not council’s idea, this has come from the public and I think to do this well, we need to have a really public conversation about the cost and benefits and opportunities for going in this direction.”

In the past few months, council has had a presentation from the Vancouver Island chapter’s Surfrider Foundation, an organization that has been working with local residents and businesses mobilizing them in support of banning single-use bags.

More than 2,000 residents and busi-

nesses have signed the foundation’s petition to ban the use of plastic bags in the city. A number of local businesses such as Thrifty’s have made the switch from plastic to paper bags as well. Students and teachers at Glenlyon Norfolk Elementary School also made a presentation to council about banning the bags.

“Our role as mayor and council is to steward the future of the city so that when those kids are my age and when those kids are grandparents, there’s still the natural beauty and the environment,” Helps said.

“If there are plastic bags washed up on our shores and plastic bags choking our sea life, we’ll stop becoming beautiful pretty quickly.”

Helps said the city will be looking at San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, who have already banned the use of plastic bags, on how best to potentially implement the ban.

The motion was originally brought forward by councillors Jeremy Loveday and Ben Isitt. While Loveday said there are still many steps, including an extensive public consultation process, he is optimistic the bylaw could be approved.

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PORT ALBERNI

Storm causes variety of power outages

Coulson expands with medevac jet

winds of between 70 and 90 kilometres per hour for all areas within Greater Victoria.

BC Ferries cancelled some sailings of vessels on smaller routes, including the Brentwood May to Mill Bay route.

For updates, check bcferries.com and search for service notices at the top of the home page.

BLACK PRESS

North Saanich firefighters were called to several power outages on the Saanich Peninsula Tuesday, as high winds have sent branches and entire trees onto power lines.

Captain Steve Knapp of the North Saanich Fire Department was on Dalkeith Road, after residents called in reporting a tree had come down onto power lines and had caught fire.

By the time he arrived, he said the fire was out and the tree was hanging precariously on the cables. Power was cut to nearby homes.

Knapp said North Saanich municipal crews blocked both sides to keep people away from the tree, which he said would probably have to come down.

BC Hydro crews were responding to close to 50 power outages in the south Vancouver Island region, including five on the Saanich Peninsula.

In addition to the outage on Dalkeith Road, about five homes were left without power on Dolphin Road after wind blew branches down onto wires.

There are three reported outages in Central Saanich, according to bchy-

Trees blocked roads around the Cowichan Valley on Tuesday morning.

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dro.com’s list of power interruptions in the region — one on Thomson Road, one west of Woodview Lane and another between Central Saanich, Saanich, Highlands and View Royal.

Combined, 109 homes are without power in Central Saanich, affecting more than 1,100 homes.

Meanwhile, those driving in and out of Sooke on Tuesday morning had a tough time going anywhere due to numerous power lines being knocked out by trees falling over along Sooke Road due to high winds and heavy rain.

Environment Canada issued a wind warning, as forecasters expected

COWICHAN VALLEY Thousands of residents were left without power as wild winds whipped the Cowichan Valley, toppling trees and causing power outages from as early at 7 a.m. in heavily forested areas like Riverbottom Road, Maple Bay, Genoa Bay, Youbou, Mesachie Lake, Cowichan Station, and Shawnigan Lake and making driving treacherous with strong gusts and flying branches found around every corner.

By noon, BC Hydro had issued the following statement: “Severe weather is causing significant damage resulting in outages affecting the Victoria and Duncan areas. Our crews are continuing restoration efforts and will be providing updated restoration times as damage is assessed.

Thank you for your patience.”

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Military jets aren’t the only arm of the aviation business that the Coulson Group is expanding into.

“We’re expanding into the heavy jet business with medevac (medical evacuation),” said CEO Wayne Coulson, standing in front of an under-construction jet inside the Coulson Aircrane hangar at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport.

The medevac jet will be serving Hawaii, he added.

“It’ll be running out to the Hawaiian islands and we work with a company called Life Support out of down Island.”

That flight range will make the plane unique on the continent.

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Campbell River has seen an increase in severe crime this year and near record levels of disorderly conduct in the downtown core, according to RCMP Inspector Jeff Preston.

Preston told council, at last week’s Monday council meeting, that Campbell River, along with most of B.C., has seen a jump in its Crime Severity Index which assigns a numeric value to a crime, with homicide earning the greatest number.

“Our jump has been about 19 per cent,” Preston said. “A vast majority of that has been a result of an increase in major crimes against persons, those were up significantly. However, I believe what had a major impact on this number was the amount of homicide files we had this past year.”

Campbell River RCMP dealt with one homicide, 16 robberies (a 60 per cent increase over 2014), 277 assaults (a 13.1 per cent increase) and 23 sexual offences (a 35.3 per cent jump).

Also on the rise is the number of calls for disorderly conduct in the downtown area.

“There’s been an issue in the downtown core with a number of individuals causing a disturbance in a number of fashions, in particular by being drunk or disorderly,” Preston said.

“We have had an increase unfortunately and we’re seeing levels we haven’t seen since 2009.”

Preston said the Campbell River RCMP detachment’s crime analyst has found that 16 people represent about twothirds of the calls.

A stolen pickup truck carrying looted property was recovered by Sooke RCMP on Nov.10 following a highspeed chase on Highway 10 near Port Renfrew.

Prior to the chase, police responded to a sighting of the vehicle, a white Toyota Tacoma truck stolen overnight in Sooke, in the area of Sombrio Beach and Port Renfrew.

Mounties tried to pull the vehicle over, but the driver drove off at high speed, evading any attempt to be captured, said Staff Sgt. Jeff McArthur.

By this point, the Integrated Road Safety Unit intervened and set up a roadblock on Highway 14 near Sandcut Creek, where the suspect was able to brake and turn around just before hitting the spike belt.

Heading back towards Port Renfrew, the suspect lost control of the truck and skidded out onto the opposite shoulder.

Unable to get the vehicle going again, the suspect took off on foot, running down the highway.

He was arrested a short distance away.

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VICTORIA

B.C. unions to get modest raises Public sector employees will receive an extra raise of just under one half of one per cent in February TOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS

Most unionized provincial employees in health, education and other jobs will get an extra raise of just under one half of one per cent in February.

About 80 per cent of B.C. public sector unions have signed employment contracts under the province’s “economic stability mandate.” That gives them raises of 5.5 per cent over five years, plus a share of economic growth in each year it exceeds the independent forecast used in the provincial budget.

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Police resolve old case involving sex offender Friday the 13th of November was a lucky day for police in Delta as they resolved a six-year-old case and helped remove a convicted sex offender from Canada.

George Wilcox was taken from a Metro Vancouver jail cell he had occupied since his arrest in Delta in 2012, and handed over to United States authorities to face sentencing for abusing his brain-injured, quadriplegic stepson.

Fifty-seven-year-old Wilcox has been on the run since 2009 when he failed to appear at his Arizona trial and was convicted in absentia of two counts of sexual interference.

That same year, Delta Police Chief Neil Dubord says the department learned Wilcox, a Canadian citizen, might have fled to that municipality south of Vancouver. He was behind bars for three years while extradition proceedings were underway.

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New campaign aims to help girls and women A B.C. organization created as a legacy of the 2010 Olympic Games wants to make sports in British Columbia more inclusive for women, the disabled, the poor and those with non-traditional sexual orientations.

ViaSport is taking aim at gender equity as it launches its #LEVELTHEFIELD campaign, encouraging broader participation in all sports in the province. ViaSport says girls and women are under-represented as athletes, coaches, officials, board members, executives and sport leaders. CEO Sheila Bouman says the viaSport campaign will offer interactive tools, workshops and dedicated funding to help 70 sport partners and community leaders create their own gender equity and action plans.

Statistics Canada has finalized the growth of the B.C. economy at 3.2 per cent for 2014, substantially more than the finance ministry’s independent forecast council estimate of 2.3 per cent. That triggers the contract provision to increase pay for provincial employees by 0.45 per cent starting in February.

In dollar terms, the finance ministry calculates that a grade one medical technologist will see an increase of $300 a year, or $970 over the rest of the contract term. A teacher will get $346 a year, and an education assistant gets $109 a year.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the growth of gross domestic product reflects a strong year for exports and some employment growth in 2014.

Business investment was also up 5.4 per cent last year, and there was a 3.5 per cent increase in household consumption spending province-wide.

The outlook for the current year does not look as good for additional increases, he said, but the agreements are “one way” and there are no reductions for employees if the economy under-performs. Over the past 14 years, the B.C. economy has

outperformed forecasts about half the time.

The province and its agencies such as universities and Crown corporations employ 387,000 people, of which about 313,000 are unionized.

About 20 per cent of those employees have not yet settled agreements under the economic stability mandate, with the largest group being the 42,000-member B.C. Nurses’ Union.

About 10,000 staff at University of B.C., Simon Fraser and University of Victoria have also not signed new agreements.

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MAPLE RIDGE

Desks equipped with pedals help fidgety students focus on their work GLEN SCHAEFER THE PROVINCE

Maple Ridge elementary schools have found that raised desks equipped with bicycle pedals help fidgety students focus on their studies.

“They’re happier because they’re moving; they love to move,” said Laity View elementary principal Shelley Linton, adding students have told her they feel calmer while at the desks.

“We’ve found that they’re getting into less trouble.”

The school, with 650 students, received two of the two-seater pedal units — essentially a combination of a stationary bike and a desk — in September.

The desks are at the back of two classrooms, one a regular English class, the other French immersion.

“It’s a wide range of students and . . . all of the students use them,” Linton said.

One of the teachers lets students sign up each morning to get a halfhour turn on the desk. The other teacher picks students’ names from a hat.

The more restless students who might otherwise be disruptive are also steered toward the desks.

“Instead of (students) being sent out in the hallway for punishment, the teachers are using (the desks) pro-actively,” Linton explained.

Several other schools in the district are using similar desks, she said, adding she would like more of the units for her students.

“They are never unused,” Linton said. “I have 27 divisions and almost every teacher would like to have at least one in their classroom.”

The school opted to buy two-seater

David Keresztes, nine, left, and Kacey-Anne Burgi, eight, worked at a pedal desk in a Grade 3-4 class at Laity View elementary in Maple Ridge on Monday. [RIC ERNST/THE PROVINCE]

desks instead of single-seat desks so students wouldn’t feel conspicuous when they sit at them, the principal said.

“Often, the kids who you want to use them don’t really want to be singled out,” she said, adding teachers

aren’t sending students to the desks after disruptive behaviour.

“We’ve never used it as a consequence for that. We’ve tried really to work in a proactive manner. I have a couple of kids who really need that sensory time, so the teacher will kind

of predict that and say, ‘Why don’t you and Jake go and take your turn?’

It would never work if someone said, ‘OK, you’re misbehaving, go sit on that bike and ride’.”

She said students see the desks as a break from routine.

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Wounded warrior now in hospital after being struck by pickup truck

Mother elated as appeal in fatal case dismissed

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A 29-year-old Abbotsford man who survived the battlefields of Afghanistan is now in hospital after being hit by a pickup truck last Thursday evening.

Just before 5 p.m., newlywed John Lowe was on his way to visit his grandmother in Langley in his old pickup truck — a vehicle that was a replacement for his other old Dodge, which had recently been stolen. The truck doesn’t have a working gas gauge, so Lowe unwittingly ran out of gas while taking the 232 Street exit.

There was a torrential downpour at the time.

According to the gofundme page “John Lowe’s Recovery Fund,” he phoned his dad, Ray, who said he would pick up a gas can and meet him at the truck.

When his dad arrived there was no one at the truck, but he did see a large contingent of emergency vehicles and lights flashing closer to the Chevron gas station.

According to Langley RCMP, it appears Lowe was walking to the gas station when he was struck crossing the road.

He was hit by a one-tonne GMC Sierra truck, travelling north on 232 Street at 72 Avenue.

The driver of the truck stopped immediately and tried to help.

Lowe suffered multiple injuries, including internal bleeding, two breaks in his left arm, several broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and kidney and a bruised aorta. He also suffered a concussion.

“At this time, there are no witnesses to the collision.”

Cpl. Holly Largy, Langley RCMP

He underwent surgery on the weekend and remains in Royal Columbian’s ICU. In just two days, more than $6,500 has been raised for the young couple who “don’t have a big income stream.”

Lowe is a member of, and advocate for, Wounded Warriors of Canada and has spoken out publicly about his own experience with post-traumatic stress disorder and about the culture of silence that exists in the army surrounding the condition.

In 2013 and 2014, he completed the veterans’ Big Bike Ride from Paris to London, raising $4,000 for Wounded Warriors.

His efforts were featured in the Cloverdale Reporter last year.

He was born and raised in Cloverdale, and recently moved to Abbotsford.

Lowe and his mother, Shere, were also part of a fundraiser for Wounded Warriors, put on by Langley Rotary Club last fall.

Police are urging anyone who witnessed Thursday’s crash to call them.

“At this time, there are no independent witnesses to the collision,” said Langley RCMP Cpl. Holly Largy.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 604-532-3200.

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John Lowe is pictured near London’s famous clock tower, which houses Big Ben, during the Big Battlefield Bike Ride of combat veterans on behalf of Wounded Warriors of Canada.

SCIENCE

Study singles out genes for aggressive wingmen and some cross-dressing birds THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — Plumage is everything in the bird world, and for a certain type of male ruff, scientists have found that genes are responsible for either the black-feathered aggressor, the white wingman or the cross-dressing mimic.

Experts say those traits could hold clues to what’s behind aggression in other species, even humans.

A new study published in the scientific journal Nature Genetics identifies the genes responsible for creating the distinctly different male ruff, a wading bird that breeds across Eurasia and winters in Africa.

David Lank, a biologist at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby has studied the birds for about 30 years and worked on the study.

He said the findings are “a thrill.”

About 84 per cent of male ruffs are

“It’s a little like a shopping mall. Why are there 23 shoe stores in the same place? It’s because it makes comparison shopping easy.”

David Lank, biologist

so-called independents, which have black plumage and fight for their territory.

They are the only type of ruff that display aggression, Lank said.

Satellites, which have white plumage, account for about 14 per cent of male ruffs and act as “wingmen” to help the dominant independents attract females to the mating area.

“It’s a little like a shopping mall,” Lank said. “Why are there 23 shoe stores in the same place? It’s because it makes comparison shopping easy.”

About one per cent of male ruffs are mimics, which look like female ruffs, are smaller in size and don’t have fancy plumage.

Having different kinds of males for one species isn’t uncommon in the animal kingdom, Lank said.

There are certain types of fish and insects that also have gender variations, but ruffs are unique those differences between males are caused by their genes instead of by the environment.

“It really is an unusual case, but one that is biologically possible, not just theoretically possible, because we have ruffs,” Lank said.

Now that scientists have identified the genes, they will begin looking at how they work, he said.

Researchers will also be able to look for similar mechanisms in other species and eventually, that could lead to discoveries about what causes aggression in many different species, including humans, Lank said. “(In the future) we’ll have a much better idea of how the molecular mechanisms work that regulate aggression and male display,” he said. The gene discovery will also allow Lank and other biologists studying ruffs to use blood samples to learn more about the species, including what types of males have been mating at what frequency and why there are so many more independents than mimics. » We want to hear from you.

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Debbie Dyer spent Friday morning in suspense.

She woke early after a nearly sleepless night to watch a live webcast of the proceedings taking place in Ottawa at the Supreme Court of Canada. There, lawyers for the woman accused of driving dangerously and killing Dyer’s daughter argued that Andelina Kristina Hecimovic’s acquittals in the case should stand and a new trial should not be held.

For two hours, she sat through the submissions of Crown and defence.

“I was a little worried at some points in time, but I had a good feeling from the start,” Dyer said during a telephone interview from her Pitt Meadows home. “I kept on thinking, “We just need a majority.’”

The panel of seven judges left the courtroom and deliberated for about 20 minutes, then returned to announce that they had decided to dismiss the appeal.

“That happened so fast I wanted to press rewind, but I couldn’t because it was live. I started shaking and crying,” Dyer said.

“I’m elated. At least we get another kick at the can.”

Hecimovic was found not guilty in 2013 of two counts of dangerous driving causing death in connection with the 2010 crash in Pitt Meadows that killed 21-year-old John De Oliveira and his girlfriend, 19-year-old Beckie Dyer.

The Crown appealed the decision, alleging that the trial judge made a legal error. In December 2014, in a 2-1 decision, the B.C. Court of Appeal set aside the acquittal and ordered a new trial. Hecimovic appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the court heard the appeal on Friday.

Shortly before midnight on Oct. 19, 2010, De Oliveira was driving with Beckie Dyer on Lougheed Highway when Hecimovic’s Toyota Paseo skidded sideways over the top of the concrete median, flipped and smashed into the roof of De Oliveira’s vehicle.

The couple were killed on impact, according to police. Hecimovic, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Hecimovic testified at trial that she had been driving to her boyfriend’s home after a difficult nursing shift at Eagle Ridge Hospital when the crash happened. She said she was upset and did not notice that the lane she was travelling in was a right-turnonly lane or that she was entering an intersection on a red light.

Dyer said the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to dismiss the case and allow the new trial to go ahead is a milestone on her family’s long journey through the justice system.

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CP Rail proposes merger with U.S.-based Norfolk Southern

Ontario pledge to settle 10,000 refugees doable, says premier

Addiction experts say Canada should learn from U.S. pot laws

Sen. Mike Duffy to star in the last chapter of his long trial

Canadian Pacific Railway formally proposed a merger with U.S. rail company Norfolk Southern on Tuesday in the hopes of creating a transcontinental railway, a deal that would extend the already vast reach of Canada’s second-largest railway.

The proposal was announced after markets closed Tuesday and includes a sizable premium in cash and stock, the Calgary-based railway said, although details weren’t immediately available. It also came hours after the chief operating officer for Canadian Pacific said consolidation in the rail industry in North America was inevitable.

Ontario is not wavering from its pledge to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday, calling it a large, but doable commitment.

Some people are making a link between the refugee crisis and last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and in light of that it’s important to confirm Ontario will settle 10,000 refugees by the end of 2016, she said.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has asked for the federal government to suspend its plan to bring in 25,000 refugees in light of the attacks in Paris that left 129 dead and 350 wounded.

The new federal government should proceed slowly with changing the country’s drug laws, says the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, which has released a report on the U.S.’s experience legalizing cannabis.

Representatives with the centre, which is funded by Health Canada, met with officials from the two U.S. states to legalize pot for personal use — Colorado and Washington — to learn about what mistakes to avoid.

Rebecca Jesseman, senior adviser for the centre, said in an interview the Canadian addiction experts were given one key message during their visit south of the border: Take your time.

The last chapter of the long trial of Sen. Mike Duffy will be headlined by a much anticipated appearance by the main character himself.

On Thursday, Ontario Justice Charles Vaillancourt will resume hearing the Crown’s case against Duffy on 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust, and bribery.

The senator for Prince Edward Island has pleaded not guilty, arguing he followed all the Senate’s expense and spending rules as they were spelled out at the time.

Duffy himself is expected to take the stand once the defence begins presenting its case, once the Crown is done.

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PM faces pitching Canadian business to Asia MIKE BLANCHFIELD THE CANADIAN PRESS

MANILA, Philippines — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Manila on Tuesday night, with two vexing economic challenges waiting for him at the second major international summit of his first foreign trip.

Trudeau will be trying to make inroads in a part of the world that Canada has repeatedly been accused of ignoring. And he will be under pressure to take concrete steps towards wrestling the mother of all trade deals to the ground — the Trans-Pacific Partnership that spans 12 countries and 40 per cent of the global economy.

Trudeau arrived at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in the Philippine capital, where he will have another networking opportunity with a diverse 21-member group that swings wildly between democracy and dictatorship.

The two-day APEC summit begins Wednesday, under the heaviest security operation in this country’s history. Trudeau will mingle with leaders from several south Asian countries as well as the United States and Australia. Vladimir Putin is reportedly taking a pass on behalf of Russia.

Many APEC members will be familiar to Trudeau as they are part of the G20, where Trudeau started his week at its leaders’ summit in Turkey.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters while flying from Antalya, Turkey, to Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday to attend the APEC Summit. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Trudeau has already met two key Asian players: the leaders of China and Indonesia.

China’s President Xi Jinping paid a glowing tribute to Trudeau because of the legacy of his father, Pierre, whose groundbreaking 1970 decision to open diplomatic relations with the Communist country paved the

way for the Nixon administration in Washington to follow suit two years later.

But it was Trudeau’s meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo that marked a significant start to his long road to boosting Canadian trade — and profile — in other potentially lucrative parts of Asia, a priority he

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Apple Pay officially launches in Canada PETER HENDERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Apple Pay officially launched in Canada on Tuesday, but only a small number of Canadians will be able to buy books, burgers and bagels with their mobile phones at first.

The mobile payments app allows users to upload credit card data to their Apple devices and use it for tap-to-pay systems or in-app purchases.

Apple said seven retailers, including Tim Hortons, Petro-Canada and Indigo Books and Music, will accept payments at first, with more to come.

Yet most Canadians won’t be able to use Apple Pay immediately because it currently accepts only American Express cards issued by Amex Bank of Canada and the tap-and-pay system only works with the iPhone 6 and 6S models.

That means no Visa or MasterCard, which together account for more than 90 per cent of the Canadian market.

American Express accounts for 8.2 per cent of the total.

Apple will require the co-operation of banks and card issuers such as Visa and MasterCard to make the system work on a widespread basis, but Canada’s large financial institutions have so far been silent on working with the Cupertino, Calif.,-based tech company.

Penelope Graham, editor at RateSupermarket.ca, said the banks are

has laid out for his new cabinet.

Trudeau’s early morning meeting with Widodo last Sunday was his first face-to-face with a world leader outside Canada.

“I look forward to strengthening the already strong ties between Indonesia and Canada. There is much we can build on,” Trudeau told the

leader of the world’s most populous Muslim country.

Trudeau cited the predictable economic and business ties and added something else: “working with a strong, moderate Muslim country to continue to promote the kind of values around the world that I think the world needs promoted.”

The gesture fit the theme of inclusiveness, from economic to cultural writ large, that the 43-year-old prime minister has advanced in the election campaign and his brief two weeks in power.

While China is inevitably the focus of attention, one analyst says Trudeau would be wise to set his sights on Indonesia, as he embarks on his Asian outreach.

“It’s not China, it’s Indonesia which is going to be one of the powerhouses of economic growth in that part of the world,” said Fen Hampson, the head of the global security program at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation in Waterloo, Ont. Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion, who has been in Manila for APEC meetings prior to the leaders’ summit, said Tuesday that Canada now has one major way of connecting to countries in this region — its determination to be part of the global solution on climate change.

wary of Apple cutting in on the transaction fees they charge merchants, which Visa and MasterCard agreed to cap at 1.5 per cent earlier this year.

American Express, as an independent company, can set its own fees and doesn’t have to negotiate with a bank because it is both the lender and the issuer of most of its cards.

American Express cards issued through the company’s partnership with Scotiabank cannot be used for Apple Pay. “There’s less red tape for Apple to work with American Express to launch it here,” she said.

According to media reports, Apple charges a 0.15 per cent fee in the United States and a lower fee in the United Kingdom, where EU rules put much lower limits on transaction fees.

Graham said it is inevitable that Apple and the big banks will come to some sort of a agreement, because both sides are interested in growing the mobile payments market in Canada.

All five major banks have their own mobile payment apps, and independent competitors such as SureTap and Ugo are also looking to grab a slice of the market.

“If you look at the direction all of the banks are going, putting this kind of investment into their financial technology, they certainly anticipate that this is the future of payments,” she said.

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‘Scud stud’ libel trial loses jury Opening address ruled as too prejudicial BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

A Russian investigator on Nov. 1 walks near wreckage a day after a passenger jet bound for St. Petersburg, Russia, crashed in Hassana, Egypt. [AP PHOTO]

Putin vows to find bombers of jet as Moscow intensifies Syria strikes LYNN BERRY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW — A sombre President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down and punish those responsible for a bomb that brought down a Russian passenger jet last month, “wherever they are hiding.” Intensified Russian airstrikes Tuesday hit the Islamic State group’s stronghold in Syria that also is being pounded by the French military.

Russia’s FSB security service confirmed for the first time that a homemade bomb caused the Oct. 31 crash of the Metrojet Airbus 321-200 in Egypt’s Sinai Desert and killed all 224 people aboard in what it called “a terrorist act.” The Islamic state had already claimed responsibility, saying it was punishing Moscow for its air campaign in Syria.

With Russia striking IS targets in reprisal for the Metrojet downing,

A division of

France hitting militants in response to the attacks on civilians in Paris last week and the ongoing U.S.-led coalition bombings, the extremists were facing a stepped-up assault from at least three military powers.

But the Kremlin said it was too soon to call it a de facto alliance.

Putin heard the report on the Metrojet bombing at a late-night meeting of his security advisers in the Kremlin that was shown on national television.

He and his advisers stood for moment of silence for those who died on the plane, mostly Russian vacationers flying from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg.

An unusually subdued Putin called it “one of the bloodiest crimes,” and promised retribution for “the murder of our people in Sinai.”

“We will not wipe away the tears

from our souls and our hearts. This will stay with us forever,” he said.

The FSB offered a $50-million reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible, and Putin said Russia would be relentless in its pursuit.

“We’re going to look for them everywhere wherever they are hiding.

We will find them in any place on Earth and punish them,” he said.

FSB head Alexander Bortnikov said a bomb containing the equivalent of one kilogram of TNT went off aboard the Airbus, causing it to break apart in the air, which explains why the fuselage was scattered over such a large territory. I can certainly say that this was “a terrorist act,” Bortnikov said.

Russia has suspended all flights to Egypt. Russia also has banned Egypt’s national carrier from flying to Russia.

CALGARY — A defamation trial involving a former television war correspondent is going ahead in front of a judge alone after the jury was dismissed over an opening statement deemed too prejudicial.

Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf said Arthur’s Kent’s lawyer made a number of inappropriate remarks as the trial began Monday and it would be unfair to continue after what the jurors heard.

“Given the number of inappropriate statements and the serious nature of many of those statements . . . and the difficulty of overcoming the damage caused by the statements, I have concluded that it would not be possible to correct the damage done to trial fairness,” Strekaf said Tuesday.

“As a result it would be unfair to the defendants in this case to proceed before this jury.”

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

The Alberta-born Kent acquired the nickname “Scud Stud” when he reported for NBC during the 1991 Persian Gulf War often going live as Iraqi Scud missiles were launched.

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

Kent’s lawyer characterized the column as a “false article” that failed to meet even “ordinary journalistic standards.”

KENT

“You’ll come to learn that the news report did intend to harm. It was not in accordance with the rules of responsible journalism,” lawyer Kent Jesse told the jury Monday. “Not only did the defendants publish an article that was unfair, hurtful ... but they did so with malicious intent.”

Jesse said Martin “asked only for dirt” from his sources.

“The malicious intent, apparent in the news report, was adopted and condoned by the newspaper, who published the news report not just on that day and not just in the one newspaper, but other newspapers and numerous websites.”

Postmedia lawyers immediately demanded a mistrial. They said Jesse impugned the reputation of Martin by claiming he had written the column maliciously and that Postmedia had known it was inaccurate and kept it online for five years.

“I simply reached a conclusion that in the circumstances it would be inappropriate to proceed before this jury,” Strekaf ruled.

Kent indicated that he would be willing to go ahead with only a judge.

Postmedia lawyers agreed.

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Imam Shazim Khan at Masjid Al-Salaam mosque in Peterborough, Ont., on Monday.

The Mosque was recently broken into and a fire set inside. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Communities fear backlash over Paris COLIN PERKEL THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Leaders of a Hindu temple in Ontario that burned to the ground after 9-11 met Tuesday to discuss security in light of the horrific bloodshed in Paris that appears to have spawned attacks on at least two places of religious worship in Canada.

Board members of the Samaj temple in Hamilton said the torching of a mosque in Peterborough, Ont., and vandalism at a Hindu temple in Kitchener, Ont., have sparked bad memories of the arson 14 years ago.

“We really don’t want to go through it again,” Ramesh Panchal, president of the Hamilton temple, said in an interview. “We’re just barely coming through that right now.”

The temple has been in touch with city police, who promised enhanced patrols in the area, and is taking steps to beef up its camera and security systems, Panchal said.

In 2001, just days after 9-11 terror attacks in the United States, flames erupted at the Samaj temple near a vandalized mosque that had received a hate message on an answering machine.

Investigators determined it had been a case of arson in what police would conclude was a hate crime — and the arsonists had likely confused the temple with a mosque.

At the time, it was considered the worst act of vandalism against a Canadian house of worship after the Sept.

11 attacks — and something Samaj board member Mani Subramanian said he would never forget.

“I saw the temple literally burn under my own eyesight,” Subramanian said.

“That got etched in my mind.”

Subramanian called Saturday’s arson in Peterborough and Sunday’s vandalism in Kitchener “heart-rending.”

Following 9-11, at least 10 mosques and three synagogues in Canada had windows broken or were spray-painted with hate messages.

So far, however, that kind of backlash hasn’t recurred on a large scale

in Canada, with some organizations saying they’d seen no spike in hatecrime reporting in the past several days, although they warned it might be too early to spot any trends.

Fo Niemi, executive director of the Montreal-based Centre for ResearchAction on Race Relations, said victims of hate-motivated harassment or worse are often scared to speak out or go to the police.

“The attack in Paris certainly could increase the frequency (of hate incidents) but people are still afraid to come forward,” Niemi said.

Still, the two Ontario incidents are among several that have occurred in Canada and around the world since Friday’s attacks in Paris — blamed on Islamic extremists — left 129 people dead.

Police in Toronto were investigating Monday’s assault of a Muslim woman who was punched and kicked by two men who ripped off her hijab and hurled racist slurs. British police have charged a man with attempted murder after a man pushed a Muslim woman into the path of a London subway train.

Authorities in Melbourne, Australia, report a man punched a Muslim woman in a random act.

Subramanian said anyone facing such ordeals shouldn’t hesitate to reach out.

“Hate crime is an act of insanity; it doesn’t reflect the whole community, it is just an isolated individual,” he said.

One positive arising from the Hamilton arson, Subramanian said, was an initiative under the mayor’s leadership aimed at supporting the shocked Hindu community and helping raise funds to rebuild the temple. Police also sought to reassure congregants that they were there to protect them.

The support, however, couldn’t erase the trauma felt by many in the community — especially younger children — who witnessed the fire or watched images on TV. “The emotional scar it leaves,” Subramanian said, “it takes a long time to heal.”

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Stadium bomb threat nixes Germany-Holland match German government members, including Angela Merkel, were to attend soccer game CIARAN FAHEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HANNOVER, Germany — The friendly soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled 90 minutes before kickoff on Tuesday due to the threat of a bomb at the stadium.

“We had concrete evidence that someone wanted to set off an explosive device in the stadium,” Hannover police chief Volker Kluwe told German TV. Referring to another bomb threat about an hour beforehand that turned out to be a false alarm, Kluwe said, “After the first object turned out to be harmless, we got a tip that had to be taken seriously that an attack was being planned.”

Members of the German government including Chancellor Angela Merkel were not at the stadium, but had arrived in Hannover to attend the match to send a signal that Germany wouldn’t bow to terrorism in the wake of the deadly Paris attacks on Friday.

At that time, Germany was playing France in a soccer friendly in the Stade de France, outside of which three suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing one bystander.

The bombers sought unsuccessfully to enter the stadium. At least 129 people were killed in the co-ordinated attacks in the French capital.

Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere took responsibility for calling off Tuesday’s game. He said indications of a planned attack

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NEWS IN BRIEF The Associated Press ◆ YOLA, NIGERIA

Unknown number of people killed in blast Police say a night-time explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists has killed and wounded an unknown number of people at a bus station market in northeastern Nigeria.

Tuesday night’s blast breaks a three-week hiatus in bombings after a string of suicide bombings culminated in twin attacks on mosques that killed 42 people and wounded more than 100 on Oct. 23.

One of the mosques attacked was in Yola, where the insurgents struck again on Tuesday.

Nigeria’s military has reported foiling several suicide bombers recently and killing and capturing insurgents as it destroys Boko Haram camps in air raids and ground attacks.

Some 20,000 people have been killed in the six-year-old Islamic uprising that has spread to neighbouring countries.

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Heavily armed police officers outside the HDI-Arena in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday. The international friendly match between Germany and Holland was called off at short notice and the stadium evacuated. [AP PHOTO]

became stronger as the match approached, and the decision was made shortly after Merkel and her ministers landed. She flew back to Berlin.

De Maiziere said he could give few details because he needed to protect the source of information, and because “part of these answers would upset the population.”

Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius, speaking at the same late news conference, said no explosives had been found by then, and no

arrests had been made.

Pistorius said there was no confirmation of rumours that an explosive device was placed in an ambulance or another vehicle inside or outside the stadium.

One of two caretaker presidents in charge of the German football federation, Reinhard Rauball, said the German team was about five kilometres away from the stadium when he called and told them to turn around.

Rauball also told two Dutch ministers and the country’s ambassador of

the threat and the decision to cancel the game.

“It’s a sad day for German football,” Rauball said.

Rauball added that the German players left Hannover by late evening through various means, and that the Dutch team was flying out.

Rauball, who also acts as the German league president, said the Bundesliga fixtures this weekend would go ahead as planned but that there would be security issues to be resolved.

Former Utah lawmaker Jackie Biskupski on Tuesday became the first openly gay mayor of Salt Lake City, the capital of the conservative state where the Mormon church and a small town judge delivered setbacks last week to the LGBT community.

Official election results show Biskupski won 52 per cent of the votes to defeat two-term incumbent Ralph Becker.

“Today is not just about making history,” Biskupski said. “It is about people. It is about affecting change.”

Biskupski takes over after progress on gay rights was temporarily marred in recent weeks when a judge ordered a foster child to be removed from a lesbian couple and placed with a heterosexual couple. The judge cited the child’s wellbeing as the reason for his order.

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Canada plan to train troops in Iraq questioned

‘Humanitarian corridor’ proposed for migrants

MURRAY BREWSTER THE CANADIAN PRESS

Now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed to a more robust training mission in Iraq, a former overseas commander says allowing troops to accompany local forces on operations in limited circumstances is a policy discussion that will have to happen — not only in Ottawa but in other western capitals.

“It is an important policy decision,” said retired lieutenant-general Stuart Beare, who also served as the deputy commander of NATO’s Afghan police training mission. “There is clearly a qualitative distinction in the value of the contribution — and the results you achieve — between preparing them in garrison and sending them forward and preparing them in gar-

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rison and escorting them forward, with open eyes and a balanced sense of risk and security.”

There are also some functions, such as calling in air strikes, that locals are not capable of doing in the medium term.

“The peshmerga are not going to create an air force, so there’s huge merit having those functions provided,” said Beare, who is now a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Canadian CF-18 warplanes will be withdrawn from combat before March and replaced by a more-robust ground training mission, although many of the details are still being worked out, Trudeau told reporters on Monday.

Both before and during the election, Trudeau made clear he would not commit regular army combat forces to Iraq, but “would engage Canada’s military in something we’ve demonstrated tremendous ability at in Afghanistan and elsewhere: training up local troops doing the fighting on the ground.”

But in Afghanistan — at least in the initial stages — that involved accompanying troops into the field and mentoring them under fire. It was only after 2011 withdrawal from Kandahar that Canadian engaged in more behind-the-wire training and institution-building.

In this new mission, the Liberals will have to navigate around the perception that they are trading one form of combat for another. A debate erupted in the wake of the death of special forces Sgt. Andrew Doiron last March about whether the limited activities of special forces constituted combat.

The Canadian training could involve everything from basic combat skills through headquarters staff planning up to defence department logistics and recruiting.

Costa Rica on Tuesday proposed the creation of a “humanitarian corridor” for Cuban migrants transiting Central America en route to the United States as their numbers swell at its northern border with Nicaragua.

Foreign Minister Manuel Gonzalez said in a radio interview that there must be a co-ordinated solution for the Cubans, who are currently being blocked by Nicaraguan soldiers from entering the country.

“We have nearly 2,000 people at the border,” Gonzalez said. “We have to do something with them, give them a solution. They want to continue.

Even though a government sends the army after a peaceful migrant population, they are going to find a way to go.”

Nicaraguan troops forcefully pushed the Cubans back into Costa Rica on Sunday.

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England and France meet on soccer pitch in show of unity and defiance

Olympic bid nixed over fear of public resistance

STEVE DOUGLAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Uniting in a symbol of defiance and respect, players and fans of the French and English soccer teams delivered a moving display of solidarity at Wembley Stadium at a friendly staged four days after the deadly attacks in Paris.

A touching pre-game ceremony saw England and France supporters sing the French national anthem as one, before the squads came together around the centre circle to observe impeccably a minute’s silence in honour of the 129 people killed.

Social media was awash with praise for the dignified way a sensitive occasion was handled. Wembley’s iconic arch was lit up in the blue, white, and red of the French flag, while the French motto “Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite” was projected on the front of the national stadium.

England won 2-0, but rarely has the result of a soccer match — particularly one this prestigious — felt so irrelevant.

“This will be shown round the world and will show unity,” said England captain Wayne Rooney, one of the team’s goal-scorers. “Football is a global game and . it is not about religion or race. We need to stand tall together in these tough times.”

France striker Olivier Giroud said it was an emotionally charged occasion, “illustrated by the minute’s silence and ‘La Marseillaise’ (France’s national anthem).”

“We wanted to play this match for all the people who have stayed in Paris, to pay homage and to honour the victims and their families,” Giroud said. “Everyone who played the match is a professional player.

Even if it wasn’t easy, we had to do our job on the pitch.”

PAOLA LORIGGIO THE CANADIAN PRESS

Fans react after the international friendly soccer match between England and France at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday. England won, 2-0. [AP PHOTO]

Prince William, who helped lay floral tributes beside the field, and British Prime Minister David Cameron were among the 71,223 spectators at Wembley, where there was an increased police presence and enhanced security measures that included compulsory bag searches.

With a police helicopter whirring overhead and armed officers on patrol, England and France soccer fans had mingled outside Wembley in a calm pre-match atmosphere on a wet and windy evening in London.

There was no sense of panic among supporters, who appeared intent on sending a defiant message of unity after the bombings in the French capital.

“We have been welcomed here like it’s our own home,” Sebastien

Correia, a train driver from the northern French city of Calais who was attending the game with nine friends, told The Associated Press.

“That’s very important for us, for Europe, and for the world, for all the people who are fighting against dictatorships and terrorism. We need solidarity on a European and a world level.”

France’s players were caught up in the attacks that ripped through Paris in several locations on Friday.

Suicide bombers attacked the Stade de France, where France was playing Germany in a friendly. The teams spent the night in the stadium as carnage struck elsewhere.

France midfielder Lassana Diarra’s cousin was killed and France forward Antoine Griezmann’s sister

escaped from the Bataclan concert hall where 89 people died. Diarra and Griezmann were among the 23-man squad that came to London, and both came on as second-half substitutes to applause.

Diarra lowered his head during the minute’s silence. Many France players, who had been told to play the game by the French Football Federation, looked emotional for what was the country’s first major public event since Friday’s atrocities.

Dele Alli and Rooney, with his record-extending 51st England goal, were the scorers for the home side.

Yet, worldwide focus was not on the game or the result between two of the major powers in European soccer, but on what the occasion came to represent.

COURTS

Former Harper aide, Bruce Carson, found not guilty of influence peddling in Ottawa THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — A former top aide to Stephen Harper has been found not guilty of influence-peddling — even though the judge in the case said that Bruce Carson did try to convince government officials to buy water treatment systems being sold by a firm that employed his former escort girlfriend.

But in the end, Carson attempted to influence the wrong people, because those officials had no direct ability to sway First Nations communities to purchase the equipment, Ontario Superior Court Justice Bonnie Warkentin ruled Tuesday.

Carson was charged in connection with his attempts to promote the sale of water purification systems for

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First Nations communities by a company known as H2O Pros and H2O Global that had hired his former girlfriend, Michele McPherson.

“It is abundantly clear that Mr. Carson was attempting to influence

government officials within INAC (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada), cabinet ministers and their staff as well as high ranking members of the AFN (Assembly of First Nations) to promote H2O’s water treatment systems,” Warkentin said in her ruling.

“Mr. Carson also admitted that he used his influence in this fashion in order to obtain a benefit for his then girlfriend,” she added.

None of that mattered, however, since First Nations communities, and not the government, hold the power to decide whether to buy the water treatment systems the company was selling, Warkentin wrote in her decision.

“The evidence supports the defence position that it was the individual

First Nations communities that determined whether or not to purchase the point-of-use systems being sold by H2O.” Carson’s lawyer, Patrick McCann, acknowledged during the trial that his client tried to help H2O Pros sell water treatment equipment to indigenous communities.

But he argued there was nothing in law that prohibited Carson from lobbying First Nations communities.

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Toronto officials saw public resistance as the main threat to a possible Olympic bid and worried holding a referendum on the issue would “allow critics to overstate and inflate opposition” to hosting the 2024 Games, documents reveal.

Emails and briefing materials written by Toronto Mayor John Tory’s staff — obtained by The Canadian Press through access-to-information laws — suggest a lack of public and government support were seen as the “greatest risks” to a Toronto pitch.

“Support could wane following the Pan Am Games or given an unfavourable media climate,” according to a document from late July. “A number of advocacy groups, activists and politicians will organize against the Olympic bid.”

And with the federal election still looming at the time, there was concern that “a federal political party may campaign on the promise of scuttling an Olympic bid,” it said.

The document notes that the International Olympic Committee expects public support for a bid to be between 80 and 85 per cent, but a Forum poll conducted in January found that only 61 per cent of Toronto residents were in favour.

Talk of Toronto potentially making a bid emerged as excitement built around the summer’s Pan Am Games hosted by Toronto and surrounding communities.

But Tory announced on Sept. 15 — the deadline to register interest with the IOC — that the city would not proceed this time, saying there wasn’t enough time to crunch numbers and assess the impact of the Games.

He also said at the time that federal party leaders and members of the business community were cautious when it came to pledging funds.

A briefing note prepared by the mayor’s office said the most significant “legacy risks” of hosting the Games would be large cost overruns, underuse of existing infrastructure and failure to meet construction timelines.

It suggested, however, that new IOC guidelines encouraging the use of existing facilities could push the costs below a previous estimate of $3.3 to $7 billion, while warning that the higher figure, though “no longer relevant,” would be used by critics of the bid.

The document also proposed to reduce the apparent costs of the Olympics by arranging land remediation to the city’s waterfront — which would be used for the athletes village — outside of the Games preparation process.

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BCHL

Jakob Walter hopes to earn his ice time Sixteen-year-old rookie Clippers goalie won his first game Saturday, remains in a three-way battle for No. 1 job SPORTS INSIDE Today’s issue

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akob Walter isn’t sure if he’ll get the call tonight in goal as the Nanaimo Clippers host the Victoria Grizzlies at Frank Crane Arena.

But the 16-year-old goalie knows that his last start did enough to earn enough respect to do so.

“It was a great feeling,” said Walter, who stopped 30 of 33 shots on Saturday against the Langley Rivermen to pick up his first career win in the B.C. Hockey League.

“It was good to get the first one done with, and hopefully we can keep rolling from here.”

Walter is in a three-man race for playing time in a crowded Clippers crease that includes two others goalies two years his senior.

He was pegged as the back-up to 19-year-old Jonathan Reinhart to start the season, and two weeks ago head coach Mike Vandekamp brought in Evan Johnson, also 19, who had spent the last two seasons as a backup in the Western Hockey League.

Each have showed flashes of brilliance, and each have had games with

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Nanaimo Clippers goalie Jakob Walter sets up to face a shot in a B.C. Hockey League game on Sept. 13 at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

stoppable pucks getting by them.

“It’s a little intimidating,” said Walter, a Kamloops native who was selected 33rd overall in the WHL’s 2014 Bantam Draft by the Kootenay Ice. “But whoever plays the best will earn it.”

Walter has had to deal with long stretches without ice time — including a controversial six-game suspension — but had a bit of an advantage on Saturday. The night before, he had to take over for Johnson after the second intermission with his

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team down 6-1 to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

“It kind of felt like sort of a warm up for me just to get ready,” he said.

“I kind of knew I would start the next game, so it just carried on from there.”

Walter gave up a late goal to the Rivermen on Saturday, but did enough to back stop his team to the win in what was his fourth start of the season, 24 games into it.

He’s becoming used to the pace of the BCHL after spending all of the 2014-15 season with the Valley

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West Hawks of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League.

“It’s just faster, quicker and the shots are harder,” he said. “It’s a faster game overall, but I feel like I’ve been playing pretty good. It’s been going so well so far.”

Vandekamp has already said this season he doesn’t expect Walter to use his age as an excuse.

On Friday night, the head coach wasn’t sure what to make of his goaltending situation with three players still in the fold yet to grab the No. 1 job and run with it. He even intimated the idea of bringing in help via trade.

At age 16, Walter knows he has time to develop in this league, but knows he’s got a shot to take over the job if he plays well enough.

“It’s pretty hard, especially in practice not getting much practice time,” Walter said of sharing the net in workouts. “But you just have to work has hard as you can to hopefully get that starting spot.”

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Calgary’s offensive line still a question

Pitcher, 32, agrees to two-year contract worth US$26-million BOWLES

Bowles named as top Raider DAILY NEWS

Vancouver Island Raiders defensive end Quinton Bowles, despite not being named as an All-Canadian, was named as the most valuable player of his B.C. Football Conference team at its awards night.

The Winnipeg native was also the recipient of the team’s Coaches’ Award.

Bowles, a third-year veteran with the Raiders slated to return next season, was a BCFC all-star for V.I. in 2015 after his team finished with a 7-3 record and a loss in the Cullen Cup. Second-year cornerback Josh Paisley also cleaned up at the awards ceremony, picking up the team’s top defensive back, special teams, and Rhys Coppens awards.

After finishing fourth in the conference in receiving yards with 875, receiver Dustin Rodriguez, of Parksville, was named offensive MVP. The defensive MVP was third-year middle linebacker Dexter Shea, a John Barsby graduate who was also named as the top linebacker in the conference and got an All-Canadian nod. The Raiders other All-Canadian Barsby grad, first-year safety Cole Virtanen, was named as the team’s top rookie.

Ryan Dekker was named as the Raiders top offensive lineman, Arthur Fabbro as its top receiver, and Taylor Flavel as its top offensive back.

Kaelen Botel took home their top defensive lineman award, and Nigel Henry was named top linebacker.

A.J. Hicks won the Community Award, Jordan Stovra won the President’s Award, J.Q. Lobo won the Inspirational Award, and the Most Improved Player award was split between three defensive backs — Max Baldam, Adam McDonald and Alex Eberling — each of whom just completed their rookie seasons with the Raiders.

Of all the award winners, only Fabbro, Henry and Lobo have exhausted their junior football eligibility giving the Raiders a solid core to build around next season in their second year under head coach Jerome Erdman.

Also slated to return for his fourth year of eligibility next season are quarterback Liam O’Brien and runningback Nate Berg, both mid-Island products.

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NEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto wanted him back and Marco Estrada was happy to return. For the right-hander, it was a win-win situation.

The Jays agreed, signing him to a US$26-million, two-year deal that made sense for both parties.

For the 32-year-old Estrada, who made $3.9 million last season, it’s a gigantic pay hike that should translate into lifetime security for his family. For the Jays, needing to bolster their rotation for the likely loss of free agents David Price and Mark Buehrle, it’s two more years of service from a dependable, quality arm.

Estrada is also low maintenance and a comfortable fit in the Toronto clubhouse.

“He exemplifies everything we’re looking for in a Blue Jay player,” interim GM Tony LaCava said Tuesday.

“He earned this contract and we’re happy to have this day for him.”

The new contract was announced last Friday, but Estrada and LaCava met the media Tuesday to discuss the deal.

After being acquired from Milwaukee in a November 2014 trade for Adam Lind, Estrada started this season in the bullpen after rolling an ankle in spring training but soon pitched his way out of it.

Befuddling batters with a devastating change-up, Estrada went 13-8 with a career-best 3.13 earned-run average and a career-high 28 starts.

Only Jake Arrieta (.185) of the Chicago Cubs and Zack Greinke (.187) and Clayton Kershaw (.194) of the Los Angeles Dodgers held batters to a lower average this season than Estrada (.203). And Estrada led the majors in that category after the all-star break, restricting opposition hitters to a .183 batting average.

Kershaw is due to make $34.6 mil-

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada delivers to the Kansas City Royals during a playoff game in Toronto on Oct. 21. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

lion next season while Greinke will get $26 million. Arrieta made $3.63 million as an arbitration-eligible player in 2015, and isn’t eligible for free agency until after the 2017 season.

Estrada had several options after the Jays made him a $15.8-million qualifying offer. He could have opted for the one-year pot of gold, tested free agency or made another deal to stay in Toronto.

He chose the last option, saying it was “smooth sailing” getting the deal done.

“I would have taken probably less for more years,” he acknowledged.

“But it’s just the way things worked out. Two years is plenty . . . I feel like it’s an extremely fair offer.”

“Could I have got more years on the open market? Maybe. But I wanted to come back here.”

Estrada said one big reason was that most of his teammates are also coming back. “And I feel it’s a pretty strong team to begin with.”

He and his family, who make their off-season home in Arizona and were originally less than happy about having to shift their spring training base to Florida, had also grown to love Toronto.

“They loved it out here,” he said.

“They had a really good time, felt safe and comfortable. That means the world to me. Knowing that they liked it as much as I did here, I knew it was going to be an easy decision to stay here.”

Estrada will join Marcus Stroman and R.A. Dickey in the 2016 rotation.

Looking for outside starting help is Job 1 but the Jays can also move Aaron Sanchez or Roberto Osuna from the bullpen.

RUGBY

All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu dies at age 40 STEVE MCMORRAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu, whose power and pace revolutionized rugby and whose humility and grace won millions of fans, died early Wednesday, New Zealand Rugby said.

He was 40.

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew said the union was “shocked and deeply saddened” to learn of Lomu’s unexpected death.

“Jonah was a legend of our game and loved by his many fans both here and around the world,” he said.

“We’re lost for words. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to Jonah’s family.”

Lomu had dealt with the severe

kidney ailment nephrotic syndrome since 1995 which forced his premature retirement from international rugby in 2002. He played 63 tests for the All Blacks, scoring 43 tries and was the prototype of a new type of backline player who combined pace and size.

Lomu underwent a kidney transplant in 2004 and tried unsuccessfully to resume his professional career in Wales and France after that operation and despite doctors’ misgivings. While his health seemed to improve he couldn’t regain his former dominance and eventually retired from all rugby in 2006. He remained an active ambassador for the sport, however, and remained a

huge fan favourite, feted around the world. He most recently attended the Rugby World Cup in Britain in September and October, where he seemed fit and in good health and where New Zealand retained the title.

But he has battled bouts of serious ill health in recent years. In 2011 his body rejected his donor kidney and as hopeful of undergoing a second transplant operation.

Lomu was his devastating best at the 1995 and 1999 World Cups, scoring 15 tries in 11 games but never winning the trophy.

The stabbing death of a friend as a teenager steered Lomu away from street gangs in the blue-collar suburbs of Auckland where he grew up.

CALGARY — It will be an interesting few days for the Calgary Stampeders’ offensive line.

Injuries to a pair of Canadians means coming up with a contingency plan in case they can’t play in the CFL’s West Division final Sunday in Edmonton against the Eskimos.

After a couple of days off from practice, the Stampeders get back on the field Wednesday.

“It will be busy,” Stampeders head coach and general manager John Hufnagel said Tuesday. “There will be a lot of shuffling, but we will have to make a decision on Day 3 so they can get a full practice under their belts in positions we hope they’ll start the game with and hopefully finish.”

Sunday’s winner books a berth in this year’s Grey Cup on Nov. 29 in Winnipeg.

Centre Pierre Lavertu has a hamstring strain and won’t practise before Friday, Hufnagel said. Left guard Shane Bergman was to undergo a scan later Tuesday to determine the extent of his upper-body injury.

Hufnagel was already planning for the addition of an international player to the offensive line. Californian John Estes, signed as a free agent in July, started three games at left guard for the Stampeders this season, but also played centre at the University of Hawaii.

Spencer Wilson shifted from right guard to the middle when Lavertu limped to the sideline in the first quarter of Sunday’s 35-9 division semifinal win over B.C. The versatile lineman from Toronto has played every position on the Stampeders’ offensive line during his career, including centre. Wilson put one snap over quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell’s head in the fourth quarter, but Calgary had the game well in hand by then.

“He had the one really bad snap and had some low snaps, but Spencer does practise the position,” Hufnagel said. “It’s not like it was foreign to him. He graded out well.”

Toronto defensive lineman Quinn Smith has flipped back and forth all season as Calgary’s emergency callup when an offensive lineman went down.

“He’s very aware of the playbook, the calls,” Hufnagel said. “He’s been a very handy person to have on your roster this year.”

Hufnagel prefers to leave Junior Turner where he belongs at defensive tackle, although Turner didn’t hurt Calgary’s protection in the half he played guard for Bergman on Sunday. Mitchell didn’t get sacked in the game. Karl Lavoie of Quebec City coming off the injured list at left guard is an option with internationals Derek Dennis and Garry Williams remaining at tackle.

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Speed has killed Canucks in O.T. Loss in Montreal Monday moved Vancouver to 0-6 in the three-on-three extra period

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n a moment of open-air freedom, so rare in the NHL, Jared McCann accelerated to top speed, cutting through the defensive zone.

Montreal’s Alex Galchenyuk tried to cut him off. But McCann gracefully, purposely and furiously changed direction with a 180-spin move that would have made all the Sunday highlights if he were an NFL running back.

This was 3-on-3 and this was fun.

There has not been a lot of that for the Canucks this year.

With speed, McCann wheeled through the offensive zone, begging two Canadiens to close on him.

When they bit, he sunk the puck 50-feet forward, on net, where Jannik Hansen, the team’s fastest skater, awaited, all alone It was close, but the Canucks didn’t score on the play. They never have in 3-on-3 overtime. But it showed you what they need to do to stop the NHL’s latest pet gimmick, 3-on-3 overtime, from burying their season.

The Canucks have taken seven of their 19 games to overtime. They have won one. It was the only one that went to a shootout.

They are 0-for-6 in games decided by the new format. It hasn’t killed them in the standings yet, but the threat is real.

“It could be a big part of defining our season,” Vancouver GM Jim Benning said. “Because last year, in games that went to overtime and the shootout we were (12-5).

“That’s the difference between making the playoffs and not making the playoffs.”

So that’s 12 extra points the Canucks earned in 17 games that went to extra time last year. This one, they have one extra point in seven games.

There is not a team in the league the rule changes have impacted more negatively.

That’s because the heart and soul of the Canucks, notably the Sedins and other veterans, are not well-equipped to excel where there is so much open space.

Montreal Canadiens goalie Mike Condon makes a save against Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat during second period NHL action Monday in Montreal. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Jason Botchford The Province In overtime, it’s about speed. You’re done without it, and all it takes to get exploited is missing the net on one of your scoring chances.

If the puck gets turned around, it’s a 2-on-1 and you have no recovery speed, it’s night-night time.

After six consecutive losses, it’s a lesson the Canucks say they have learned, admitting they could lean on their youngest, fastest players more.

“Yeah, it is something that Willie (Desjardins) and the coaches look at,” Benning said. “I think it’s walking a fine line. You want to play your experienced guys, but maybe this is something Willie needs to look (more) to because our younger players do have speed and stuff.”

Three of their fastest young players, Jake Virtanen, Sven Baertschi and Hunter Shinkaruk, didn’t see a shift in extra time.

Now, Shinkaruk may not be with the Canucks for the long run, but they need to find a way to incorporate him and the others if he does.

Not to mention more ice time in overtime for both McCann and Hansen, who dominated on their shift.

“Maybe it’s something (Willie) changes going forward,” Benning said of playing more youth with that extra point on the line.

“I know Jared played in the 3-on-3.”

He did. And he looked terrific.

It’s not like the Canucks haven’t been practising the 3-on-3 when they can or game planning for it.

They have, adding wrinkles like the “triangle defence” you saw them employ a bit Monday in Montreal.

“It’s almost like basketball,” Benning said. “They get back and set up in the triangle in their end.

“They don’t pressure the puck up ice. When they lose the puck in the

offensive zone, they bust their ass back and get set up in that triangle.”

But mostly the Canucks have tried to attack.

“For the most part, we’ve been going with one defenceman and two forwards, trying to be aggressive, and trying to win,” Benning said.

In Monday’s game, what really hurt the Canucks in overtime was Chris Higgins missing the net while on a breakaway.

“You can’t miss the net,” Benning said. “If you miss the net, and the shot goes around, then it seems like it’s an automatic 2-on-1, the other way.

“You’re better off making the goalie make a save and ending the play than getting caught in an odd-man rush the other way.

“There are different strategies involved.”

The Canucks really need to find a couple that work for them.

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Avs goalie finally finds his groove STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — When the Colorado Avalanche acquired Reto Berra from the Calgary Flames at the 2014 trade deadline, the price of a second-round pick was pretty rich for a goaltender with a sub-.900 save percentage and just 29 games of NHL experience.

“When you’re making a trade for a player it’s because you believe he’s going to play a major role for your team,” coach and executive vice president Patrick Roy said.

“We saw him as a great backup to Varly.”

Berra has been Semyon Varlamov’s backup the past two seasons and even gave way to young Calvin Pickard at one point last year.

But so far this season he’s tops among goaltenders who have played at least eight games with a 1.50 goals-against average and .953 save percentage.

The 28-year-old has been the key to the Avalanche stringing together a three-game winning streak to quell some panic and the buzz of trade rumours.

“Reto’s been unbelievable,” leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon said.

“He’s been criticized a lot over the past couple seasons that he’s not an NHL goalie.

“Some people wouldn’t take that so well. He’s taken it and ran with it.”

Berra, set to make his fifth consecutive start Tuesday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, got the opportunity because Varlamov suffered a groin injury.

Roy said that Varlamov had a good day of skating and could be back on the ice when the Avalanche travel to Pittsburgh to face the Penguins.

For now, this is Berra’s net. When Roy was asked Monday if he had any changes in goal, the Hall of Fame netminder quipped: “I’m not gonna play tomorrow.”

The way Berra’s playing, why would anyone else get the chance? During an undefeated three-game winning streak to start the Avalanche’s seven-game road trip, Berra has stopped 89 of the 92 shots he faced.

JUNIOR HOCKEY

Undersized star Alex DeBrincat is proving doubters wrong MIKE BROPHY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Alex DeBrincat is stepping out of the shadow of Connor McDavid.

The five-foot-seven, 165-pound Erie Otters left-winger is proving he can be a dominant scorer without his former star centre.

He’s leading the Ontario Hockey League in scoring with 27 goals and 40 points in 19 games and is on pace to score 97 goals, which would shatter the league record of 87 set by Ernie Godden of the Windsor Spitfires in 1980-81.

DeBrincat scored 51 goals and 104 points in 68 games as a 16-yearold last season while riding shotgun

“Obviously it’s not that easy to get points in this league and it’s a little but easier when you are playing with a guy like that. “ Alex DeBrincat, Erie Otters

for McDavid, who joined the Edmonton Oilers this season after being selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2015 NHL draft.

Some felt his superstar linemate

was the reason DeBrincat was named last season’s OHL rookie of the year.

“I heard that a lot and I just blocked it out,” the Detroit native said.

“Obviously it’s not that easy to get points in this league and it’s a little bit easier when you are playing with a guy like that, but I think it’s tough to say one guy can make another guy’s career.”

The biggest obstacle to DeBrincat following McDavid’s path to the NHL is his size.

When draft guru Bob McKenzie of TSN released his prospect rankings for the 2016 NHL draft in September, DeBrincat was neither a part of his

15 top-ranked players nor his six honourable mentions. Sportsnet also did a pre-season ranking of its top 30 prospects and had DeBrincat ranked 20th.

DeBrincat said he is not dwelling on the draft at this stage of the season.

“I try not to think about it too much,” DeBrincat said. “Once you start to think about it you start playing a different game than what you normally play. I try to zone it out as much as possible.

“I just worry about my game and how I am playing.”

Hockey was once a big man’s game, but the sport has evolved so that

smaller players such as DeBrincat can excel. Martin St. Louis, who retired following last season, is a strong candidate to be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame despite being just five-foot-eight and 180 pounds and never having been drafted. Johnny Gaudreau of the Calgary Flames is among the NHL’s leading scorers at 5-9 and 157 pounds.

DeBrincat looks at the success small NHL players are enjoying and believes he can follow the same path.

“It actually motivates me a little bit,” DeBrincat said.

“It is awesome to see guys my height, maybe a little bit bigger, doing great things in the NHL.”

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GOLF

NBA

Spieth heads Down Under to mix work with some pleasure

Warriors edge T.O., stay perfect at 11-0

J

ordan Spieth knows how to mix business with pleasure. His business is playing great golf. His pleasure is playing great golf courses.

Spieth leaves this week for Down Under, where he defends his title Nov. 26-29 in Sydney at the Australian Open. The first stop is Melbourne and a chance to play the fabled sand belt courses. He has games lined up at Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath.

“I’ve heard Kingston Heath is unbelievable,” Spieth said.

“And then Royal Melbourne, I hear you get on the first tee and think, ’Piece of cake,’ and then watch your tee shot bounce in the air. There and then Long Island, the courses there, are on my bucket lists of courses I haven’t played yet.”

Spieth surely has a long list.

He’s only 22 and just completed his third year as a pro.

What intrigues him about Melbourne’s sand belt and Long Island (Shinnecock, National Golf Links) is “that style of golf was meant for that area.”

He missed his chance at Long Island in August during The Barclays, although that was never the plan even before he missed the cut. He was supposed to play with Justin Thomas at Pine Valley the Monday after the tournament. When he missed the cut and had an extra day on his hand, Spieth chose to play Baltusrol with Rickie Fowler (who also missed the cut) to see it ahead of next year’s PGA Championship, and then headed to Boston to work on his game.

Not to worry. That’s an easy trip to plan.

After that?

“I’ve done pretty much everything I want to do,” Spieth said.

“I still haven’t played Oakmont (next year’s U.S. Open). We have Royal Troon coming up. I haven’t played Carnoustie. But sought after? Sand Hills in Nebraska, the Coore-Crenshaw. I’ve heard it’s supposed to be that good, from Crenshaw and everyone down there.”

One area he failed to mention was Chicago Golf Club, one of the five founding courses of the USGA. “Chicago Golf and Butler, I don’t have as much of a desire.

I heard they’re great, and it will happen at some point,” Spieth said. “But for a style of golf that is so unique to the area, that’s what I’m looking for.”

And that’s what he’s about to get in Melbourne.

SHOWDOWN IN NAPLES: There are 71 players in the CME Group Tour Championship, though it’s effectively a showdown between Inbee Park and

Jordan Spieth grasps a golf ball during the 2015 Masters. He is heading to Australia to defend his Australian Open title next week. [AP PHOTO]

Doug Ferguson Golf Notes Lydia Ko. At stake? Just about everything.

Ko leads the money list by $188,321 at $2.75 million (first prize is $500,000) and has a narrow lead in the world ranking and player of the year. Park, coming off a win in Mexico, has a slim margin in the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average.

This really could be winnertake-all in Naples, Florida.

Even if neither win, Park capturing either player of the year or the Vare Trophy would give her the 27 points needed for the LPGA Hall of Fame. Park then would be eligible next year by completing her 10th season on the LPGA Tour.

Meanwhile, Stacy Lewis can claim the $1 million bonus from the Race to the CME Globe if she wins. Park has two majors among her five wins, while Ko has one major among her five.

Lewis has yet to win this year.

SPRINT TO DUBAI: Danny Willett needed to finish alone in 28th at the BMW Masters to lead the Race to Dubai, but a bogey on the 17th hole at Lake Malaren meant a three-way tie for 28th. Rory McIlroy is still in the lead, but just barely.

McIlroy, who has been atop the European Tour ranking since his tie for fourth in the Masters, leads by 1,613 points. That’s not

much considering the winner of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai this week gets 1,333,330 points.

And it’s not just a two-man race.

Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace could win the Race to Dubai with a victory. Byeong Hun An, who tied for third at the BMW Masters, also has a mathematical chance.

HOME BOY: Kevin Kisner is happy at home, living in a 1950s era house off the 17th fairway at Palmetto Golf Club in Aiken, South Carolina.

He’ll be living at Sea Island through at least the end of the year as the house gets expanded.

They haven’t had a garage, and now they have a family with an 18-month-old daughter.

“I told (wife) Brittany, ’Either find us a new place or find somewhere you want to move, a new house.’ And she wanted to stay there,” Kisner said.

Sea Island is a popular spot with several PGA Tour players, along with a sister-in-law who can help when Kisner is travelling. Kisner wouldn’t rule out moving there at some point in his career, though he can see some disadvantages that have nothing to do with golf.

“My off-course activities are not good for that area, like hunting, being in the woods, getting away with people who don’t play golf,” he said. “It’s all golf down there.

All my buddies at home don’t play golf professionally. They play recreationally, and they

don’t ask me about golf all day, which I like.”

OPEN TICKETS: The R&A will start selling a “twilight ticket” for the British Open at Royal Troon next year.

Along with reducing the price of tickets bought in advance, the R&A will offer a ticket for 25 pounds that allow fans onto the course after 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday. That might not sound like much time in America, but not in Scotland. The last time it was held at Royal Troon, the last tee time was 4:21 p.m.

“We recognize that many people have work commitments during the week, and the new twilight tickets will give them an attractive option to attend the Open,” R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers said.

The R&A also will reduce the price of daily tickets to 60 pounds if purchased before May 31. Daily tickets are 80 pounds after that. Weekly tickets (Sunday to Sunday) will be 230 pounds if bought before May 31, which is 10 pounds less than 2015. Those tickets are 260 pounds if bought after that date.

DIVOTS: John “Spider” Miller will return as U.S. captain for the 2017 Walker Cup at Los Angeles Country Club. Miller’s team lost to Great Britain & Ireland this year . . . Bae Sangmoon is in the Army. According to South Korea-based Yonhap News Agency, Bae began his military service on Tuesday and will be in the army for 21 months . . . BMW has become title sponsor of the South African Open.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry scored 37 points to lead the defending champion Golden State Warriors to their 12th straight win to open the season, a hard-fought 115-110 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night.

Klay Thompson added 19 and Andrew Bogut scored 13 for the Warriors, who are off to the best start since Dallas won the first 14 games in 2002-03. Golden State needs just three more wins to equal the NBA record of 15-0 held by the 1948-49 Washington Capitols and the 1993-94 Houston CARROLL Rockets.

It didn’t come easy as Toronto fought back from an 18-point deficit and trailed by just one late in the game with the ball. But Kyle Lowry was called for an offensive foul and Curry hit two free throws to help seal the win.

Lowry and DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points apiece for the Raptors, who have lost five of seven following a 5-0 start.

PISTONS 104, CAVALIERS 99 With his team down by four and less than three minutes to play, Andre Drummond was fouled intentionally. It’s a strategy opposing teams will keep employing as long as the Detroit big man is making about 40 per cent of his free throws.

“It comes to a point where I’ve just got to shoot with confidence,” Drummond said. “Tonight, I knew we had the game on the line, so I went back to the basics of that.”

Drummond had 25 points and 18 rebounds and made some crucial free throws down the stretch, helping the Pistons rally to a 104-99 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.

LeBron James scored 23 of his 30 points in the first half for the Cavs. Drummond’s free throw with 2:07 left gave the Pistons a 98-97 advantage.

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NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

LEAFS 5, AVALANCHE 1

ATLANTIC DIVISION

First Period 1. Tor, Komarov 6 (Matthias) 3:21 (sh).

2. Toronto, Parenteau 5 (Holland, Bozak) 18:37 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Froese Tor (holding) 2:32; Comeau Col (high-sticking) 18:19.

Second Period 3. Tor, Bozak 3 (Boyes, Holland) 10:12 (pp).

4. Colorado, Johnson 4 (Duchene, MacKinnon) 12:04.

3HQDOWLHV — Froese Tor (holding) 7:43; Comeau Col (interference) 9:53.

Third Period 5. Toronto, Parenteau 6 (Holland, Bozak) 11:21 (pp).

6. Toronto, van Riemsdyk 7 (Hunwick, Rielly) 15:59 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Kadri Tor (tripping) 6:25; Beauchemin Col (high-sticking) 9:51; Gormley Col (delay of game) 11:31; Martinsen Col (interference) 15:50; Marincin Tor (cross-checking) 19:14.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Colorado 13 12 10 —35 Toronto 10 11 9 —30 *RDO — Colorado: Berra (L, 4-4-0); Toronto: Reimer (W, 6-2-3). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Colo: 0-4; Tor: 4-5.

Attendance — 19,238 at Toronto.

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

METROPOLITAN DIVISION NY Rangers Washington NY Islanders

GP 18 16 19

W 14 11 10

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

GP 18 18 18 20 17 18 18 19 18 19

W L OL SL 11 7 0 0 10 7 0 1 8 7 2 1 8 9 1 2 8 8 1 0 8 9 1 0 6 8 3 1 6 9 1 3 6 10 2 0 7 12 0 0

GF 40 46 49 46 56 41 35 46 35 48

GA 40 43 45 49 54 49 53 55 53 63

Pts 22 21 19 19 17 17 16 16 14 14

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

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

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

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

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas Nashville St. Louis

GP 19 17 19

W 15 11 12

L OL SL 4 0 0 3 2 1 6 1 0

GF 68 53 51

GA 48 40 46

Pts Home 30 7-2-0-0 25 7-1-1-1 25 5-2-1-0

Away 8-2-0-0 4-2-1-0 7-4-0-0

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

GP 18 18 19

W 12 10 7

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

GF 46 50 55

GA 38 47 50

Pts Home 24 7-5-0-0 20 3-5-0-0 20 2-3-3-0

Away 5-1-0-0 7-3-0-0 5-3-3-0

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

GP 17 18 18 19 19 18 20 18

W L OL SL 10 4 3 0 10 7 1 0 9 8 1 0 8 9 1 1 6 9 3 1 7 10 1 0 7 12 0 1 6 12 0 0

GF 51 49 50 50 35 50 48 47

GA 47 44 54 62 49 50 74 58

Pts 23 21 19 18 16 15 15 12

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

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

PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

WILD CARD Minnesota Chicago Arizona Winnipeg Anaheim Colorado Calgary Edmonton

Home 7-1-0-0 8-2-1-0 3-4-0-0 3-3-1-0 4-3-2-1 2-5-1-0 4-5-0-0 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.

7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Toronto 5 Colorado 1 San Jose 5 Boston 4 Dallas 3 Buffalo 1 Columbus 3 St. Louis 1 Los Angeles 3 Philadelphia 2 (SO) Pittsburgh 4 Minnesota 3 Nashville 3 Anaheim 2 Calgary 3 New Jersey 2 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV St. Louis 3 Winnipeg 2 Anaheim 4 Carolina 1 Florida 1 Tampa Bay 0 NY Islanders 5 Arizona 2 Detroit 4 Ottawa 3 (OT) Montreal 4 Vancouver 3 (OT) :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. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

New Jersey at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Calgary, 9 p.m.

STARS 3, SABRES 1

PENGUINS 4, WILD 3

First Period 1. Dal, Nichushkin 2 (Roussel, Eakin) :51.

3HQDOWLHV — Reinhart Buf (slashing) 10:37; Klingberg Dal (high-stick) 18:48.

Second Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

Third Period 2. Dal, Goligoski 2 (Janmark, Spezza) 7:35. %XI 2¡5HLOO\ )UDQVRQ (QQLV SS

4. Dallas, Seguin 10 (Ja. Benn, Goligoski) 18:33 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — Ja.Benn Dal (cross-check) 12:37; Goligoski Dal (delay of game) 13:16.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Dallas 9 12 8 —29 Buffalo 6 11 8 —25 *RDO — Dallas: Niemi (W, 7-3-0); Buffalo: Ullmark (L, 4-3-0). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Dallas: 0-1; Buf: 1-3.

Attendance — 18,101 at Buffalo.

First Period 1. Pitt, Perron 2 (Malkin, Letang) 1:12.

2. Minnesota, Granlund 2 (Pominville, Vanek) 12:57.

3. Pittsburgh, Bennett 3 (Malkin, Hornqvist) 17:11 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Scandella Minn (hooking) 2:16; Clendening Pgh (holding) 13:33; Pominville Minn (tripping) 15:41; Plotnikov Pgh (slashing) 18:38; Koivu Minn (tripping) 18:41.

Second Period 4. Pitt, Malkin 5 (Letang) 8:15 (pp).

5. Pit, Malkin 6 (Kessel, Clendening) 11:11.

6. Minnesota, Spurgeon 3 (Dumba, Coyle) 16:23 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Porter Minn (high-sticking) 7:02; Perron Pgh (interference) 13:40; Cole Pgh (slashing) 15:01.

Third Period 7. Min, Koivu 4 (Granlund, Suter) 2:24 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Kessel Pgh (high-sticking) 1:38; Cullen Pgh (hooking) 2:14; Dumba Minn (high-sticking) 7:02; Suter Minn (delay of game) 16:28; Carter Minn, Perron Pgh (slashing) 18:36.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Minnesota 8 8 13 —29 Pittsburgh 12 11 6 —29 *RDO — Minnesota: Dubnyk (L, 10-4-2); Pitt: Fleury (W, 9-6-0). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Minn: 2-6; Pitt: 2-6.

Attendance — 18,495 at Pittsburgh.

BLUE JACKETS 3, BLUES 1 First Period 1. StL, Shattenkirk 1 (Paajarvi, Jaskin) 7:36.

2. Col, Goloubef 1 (Rychel, Campbell) 16:39.

3HQDOWLHV — Murray Clb (high-sticking) 7:36; Upshall StL (hooking) 18:24.

Second Period 3. Colu, Saad 8 (Murray, Atkinson) 4:10.

3HQDOWLHV — Bortuzzo StL (tripping) 1:58; Brodziak StL (holding) 9:44.

Third Period 4. Colum, Saad 9 (Johansen) 19:26 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — Bourque Clb (interference) 4:35; Backes StL (boarding) 12:16.

6KRWV RQ JRDO St. Louis 11 3 6 —20 Columbus 10 21 7 —38 *RDO — StL: Elliott (L, 4-2-1); Colum: Bobrovsky (W, 7-9-0). 3RZHU SOD\V (goalchances) — St. Louis: 0-2; Col: 0-4.

Attendance — 12,161 at Columbus.

Kane, Chi Seguin, Dal Benn, Dal

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A 15 17 13

First Period 1. Philadelphia, Gostisbehere 1 (Giroux, Voracek) 3:41 (pp).

2. LA, McBain 1 (Martinez, Pearson) 15:06 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Doughty LA (tripping) 3:22; Nolan LA (roughing) 6:02; Schultz Pha (interference) 13:44.

Second Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Muzzin LA (high-stick) 1:37; Giroux Pha (slash) 6:19; Forbort LA (hold) 14:59; Clifford LA (boarding) 17:18.

Third Period 3. Phil, Giroux 6 (Voracek, Del Zotto) 11:11.

4. LA, Lucic 6 (Toffoli, Muzzin) 19:04.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

Overtime — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

Shootout — Los Angeles wins 1-0 LA: Carter miss, Kopitar goal.

3KLO Gagner miss, Giroux miss, Voracek miss.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Los Angeles 11 10 14 6 —41 Philadelphia 14 11 8 5 —38 *RDO — Los Angeles: Quick (W, 9-6-0); Phila: Mason (LO, 3-5-3). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — LA: 1-2; Phila: 1-5.

Attendance — 18,846 at Philadelphia.

PREDATORS 3, DUCKS 2

SCORING LEADERS G 13 9 12

KINGS 3, FLYERS 2 (SO)

Pt 28 26 25

First Period 1. Nash, Weber 6 (Josi, Ribeiro) 9:33 (pp).

2. Ana, Rakell 3 (Fowler, Vatanen) 10:47.

3. Nashville, Neal 9 (unassisted) 13:12.

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7:06; Hagelin Ana (hooking) 8:53; Perry Ana, Josi Nash (roughing) 10:25; Ritchie Ana (stick holding) 14:05; Jackman Nash (unsportsmanlike conduct) 20:00.

Second Period 4. Nashville, Salomaki 1 (Ekholm) 6:13.

3HQDOWLHV — Neal Nash (interference) 3:35; Hagelin Ana (tripping) 9:20; Perry Ana (high-sticking) 12:18; Ekholm Nash (roughing) 15:51.

Third Period 5. Ana, Santorelli 3 (Bieksa, Stewart) 5:33.

3HQDOWLHV — Neal Nash (tripping) 1:31; Forsberg Nash (tripping) 8:22; Bieksa Ana (slashing) 13:58.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Anaheim 10 19 11 —40 Nashville 8 9 4 —21 *RDO — Anaheim: Andersen (L, 3-6-4); Nash: Rinne (W, 10-2-3). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Ana: 0-5; Nash: 1-6.

Attendance — 17,113 at Nashville.

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CFL PLAYOFFS

ATP

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BARCLAYS FINALS

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EAST DIVISION Hamilton at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

ROUND ROBIN — SINGLES

Prince Albert Brandon Moose Jaw Regina Saskatoon Swift Current

GP W L 22 14 5 21 12 7 21 11 7 19 10 8 19 9 7 21 8 11

OL 2 0 2 1 3 2

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GF GA 78 67 74 58 78 66 58 68 66 74 56 66

Pt 31 26 25 21 21 18

OL 0 0 0 3 2 2

SL 0 0 1 0 1 0

GF GA 85 63 78 65 63 73 59 73 64 73 47 91

Pt 30 24 23 19 15 10

CENTRAL DIVISION Red Deer Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

GP W L 22 15 7 20 12 8 22 11 10 22 8 11 18 6 9 22 4 16

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION Kelowna Victoria Prince George Kamloops Vancouver

GP W L 20 14 5 22 14 7 19 10 8 18 9 8 21 5 12

OL 1 0 1 1 2

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GF GA 80 63 71 45 53 56 65 58 56 84

Pt 29 29 21 19 14

OL 1 0 2 0 1

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Pt 27 23 23 20 15

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

GP W L 20 13 6 17 11 5 21 10 8 19 10 9 20 7 12

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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. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince George at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

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

Seattle at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Swift Current at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION GP W L Penticton 23 22 1 Salmon Arm 23 15 5 West Kelowna 22 12 8 Vernon 24 11 12 Trail 22 9 13 Merritt 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

First Period 1. Cal, Brodie 2 (Gaudreau, Monahan) 10:04.

2. Cal, Stajan 1 (Jones, Colborne) 13:33.

3HQDOWLHV — Colborne Cgy (tripping) 17:19; Stempniak NJ (interference) 18:15.

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4. Cal, Jones 7 (Colborne, Stajan) 6:09.

5. New Jersey, Tootoo 2 (Stempniak, Cammalleri) 8:06 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Ferland Cgy (interference) 6:40; Merrill NJ (delay of game) 8:28.

Third Period — No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Severson NJ (interference) 2:12; Hamilton Cgy (holding) 5:49; Stempniak NJ (tripping) 14:19.

6KRWV RQ JRDO New Jersey 6 9 5 —20 Calgary 7 11 12 —30 *RDO — 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — New Jersey: 1-3; Calgary: 0-4.

Attendance — 19,289 at Calgary.

GP W L Chilliwack 23 15 5 Wenatchee 23 14 5 Langley 24 13 11 Coquitlam 22 9 10 Prince George 24 6 16 Surrey 24 4 20

ILLE NASTASE GROUP 6WDQGLQJV Murray 1-0 (sets 2-0), Nadal 1-0 (2-0), Wawrinka 0-1 (0-2), Ferrer 0-1 (0-2).

WEST DIVISION Calgary at Edmonton, 4:30 p.m.

GREY CUP

STAN SMITH GROUP Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, 7-5, 6-2.

Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Rep., 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

6WDQGLQJV Federer 2-0 (4-0), Djokovic 1-1 (2-2), Nishikori 1-1 (2-3), Berdych 0-2 (1-4).

$W :LQQLSHJ Sunday, Nov. 29 Hamilton-Ottawa winner vs. CalgaryEdmonton winner, 6 p.m.

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

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

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

: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.

SOCCER

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PA 169 207 184 225

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PA 227 211 255 214

EASTERN CONFERENCE 6XQGD\ V JDPHV New York City at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29 Columbus at New York City, noon.

W 8 6 2 2

L 1 4 7 8

T 0 0 0 0

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PA 152 191 236 277

WESTERN CONFERENCE 6XQGD\ V JDPHV Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29 Portland at Dallas, 1 p.m.

W 7 4 4 2

L 2 5 5 7

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 205 224 227 210

PA 168 195 241 249

SOUTH

MLS PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS (2-game, total-goals series)

Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

NORTH Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

WEST Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

NATIONAL CONFERENCE N.Y. Giants Washington Philadelphia Dallas

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L 5 5 5 7

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PA 253 209 184 214

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PA 175 190 237 315

W 7 6 4 2

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PA 154 185 234 261

W 7 4 4 3

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PA 185 183 179 223

SOUTH Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

NORTH Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING FIRST GROUP STAGE NORTH AMERICA

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6XQGD\ V JDPHV 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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MITCHELL BOWL Montreal (RSEQ) at Guelph (OUA), 12:30 p.m.

UTECK BOWL B.C. (Canada West) at St. Francis Xavier (AUS), 4 p.m.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP VANIER CUP At Quebec City Saturday, Nov. 28 Guelph-Montreal winner vs. St. Francis Xavier-British Columbia winner, 1 p.m.

Honduras 0 Mexico 2 $W .LQJVWRZQ :HVW ,QGLHV Saint Vincent Grenadines 0 Guatemala 4

ASIA Bangladesh 0 Australia 4 Bhutan 0 Qatar 3 Cambodia 0 Japan 2 Hong Kong 0 China 0 Kyrgyzstan 1 Jordan 0 Laos 0 Korea Republic 5 Malaysia 1 United Arab Emirates 2 Singapore 1 Syria 2 Timor-Leste 0 Saudi Arabia 10 Turkmenistan 2 Oman 1 $W 3\RQJ\DQJ 1RUWK .RUHD Korea DPR 2 Bahrain 0 $W .DRKVLXQJ 7DLZDQ Chinese Taipei 0 Iraq 2 At Doha, Qatar Yemen 1 Uzbekistan 3

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England 2 France 0 Italy 2 Romania 2 Luxembourg 0 Portugal 2

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State San Antonio Dallas L.A. Clippers Phoenix Oklahoma City Denver Utah Memphis Minnesota Houston Sacramento Portland L.A. Lakers New Orleans

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7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Washington 115 Milwaukee 86 Minnesota 103 Miami 91 Brooklyn 90 Atlanta 88 Detroit 104 Cleveland 99 New York 102 Charlotte 94 Denver 115 New Orleans 98 Toronto at Golden State 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Dallas 92 Philadelphia 86 Chicago 96 Indiana 95 Memphis 122 Oklahoma City 114 Boston 111 Houston 95 San Antonio 93 Portland 80 Phoenix 120 L.A. Lakers 101 :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Toronto at Utah, 9 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

MOVES BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE LOS ANGELES — Agreed to terms with INF Cliff Pennington on 2-year contract.

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EXHIBITION

Cleveland Chicago Toronto Atlanta Boston Miami Washington Indiana Detroit New York Milwaukee Orlando Charlotte Brooklyn Philadelphia

CINCINNATI — Promoted Steve Baumann to athletic trainer. Named Jimmy Mattocks assistant athletic trainer.

SAN FRANCISCO — Signed SS Brandon Crawford to a 6-year contract through the 2021 season.

WASHINGTON — Named Harvey Sharman exec. director/medical services; Paul Lessard director, athletic training; Dale Gilbert athletic trainer; Patrick Panico and Joe Cancellieri corrective exercise specialists. Promoted Matt Eiden to strength and conditioning coach.

FOOTBALL NFL BALTIMORE — Placed WR Breshad Perriman on injured reserve. Waivedinjured DB Asa Jackson. Waived WR-KR Jeremy Ross. Signed WR Kaelin Clay, TE Chase Ford & CB Cassius Ford.

CHICAGO — Signed CB Jacoby Glenn from the practice squad. Waived CB Terrance Mitchell.

DALLAS — Waived QB Brandon Weeden, CB Corey White and RB Christine Michael.

MINNESOTA — Signed TE Chase Ford.

Signed TE Dominique Jones to practice squad.

N.Y. GIANTS — Signed WR Hakeem Nicks.

TENNESSEE — Signed WR Tre McBride from practice squad & WR Andrew 7XU]LOOL IURP 6DQ )UDQFLVFR¡V SUDFWLFH squad. Placed CB Jason McCourty & WR Justin Hunter on injured reserve.

Signed LB Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil and CB Shaquille Richardson to practice squad.

Released LB Markus Pierce-Brewster.

SOCCER

Canada, El Salvador draw 0-0 in World Cup qualifying GAVIN DAY THE CANADIAN PRESS

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Canada’s men’s soccer team may still be looking for their first victory in Central America in more than a decade but they’re leaving El Salvador feeling like they’ve put in a good month’s work.

The Canadians sit in second place in their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group after a scoreless draw against El Salvador on Tuesday night

at the Estadio Cuscatlan.

The result concludes a successful start to the semifinal round of qualifying in the CONCACAF region where Canada won last Friday against Honduras at Vancouver’s BC Place before salvaging a point in a very hostile environment in El Salvador. “If you had asked me before for four points after two games I would have taken it,� said defender Adam Straith, noting he felt that Canada easily

could have picked up three points has certain things gone their way. “The results have been positive, the performances were positive. We wanted to get the Canadian fan base more positive about the team. I think we did that with a good performance in Vancouver. Now with a decent away performance here I think we’ve achieved what we set out to.�

El Salvador pressed Canada early and had the first corner kick of the game in the fifth minute.

Cyle Larin, who scored the winning goal in the 1-0 win over Honduras, had Canada’s first scoring chance in the eighth minute.

Larin chested a throw-in from the left side before turning and firing but his volley was off the target.

Canada’s two trips to Central America in the last World Cup qualifying cycle were losses. They lost 2-0 to Panama in September 2012 and that infamous 8-1 result in Honduras the following month.

They haven’t won in this part of the world since 2004.

Captain Julian de Guzman believes this result shows that Canada is no pushover playing in these tough conditions. “For a lot of these guys, this is new for them. They’ve never experienced anything like this before. It’s an eye-opener,� said deGuzman, who moved ahead of former defender Paul Stalteri with his Canadian record-setting 85th appearance.

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44 Boomer’s child 45 Big name in applesauce 47 ACLU concerns 49 Homes in trees 53 Blackout thief 55 Poker winnings 57 Historical period 58 Tied the knot 59 Slow tempo 61 On vacation 62 “Please explain . . .”

65 Instrument of India 66 Korean car 67 Swampland 68 Byron and Browning 69 Long-running NBC comedy show 70 Free ticket

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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.

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 from PacifiCare. Activities appropriate for children five and younger.

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.

THURSDAY, NOV. 19

SATURDAY, NOV. 21

MONDAY, NOV. 23

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.

THURSDAY, NOV. 26 7 p.m. Daniel Wesleyat The Dinghy Dock Pub

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

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) You’ll have a discussion with a friend and gain insight into a controversial matter. Friendships play a big role in your plans, though you might feel awkward making changes.

Honor your commitments. Tonight: Discuss your values with a loved one.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You come from an anchored position, whereas others seem to be rather flighty. A friend finally will express his or her feelings. You will understand why he or she has been acting so strangely lately. Don’t lose sight of your long-term objectives.

Tonight: Where the action is.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Let your mind wander, especially when looking for a solution. The more detached you become, the better the results will be. A family member or a domestic issue seems to require your attention. Make it OK to step back to take an overview.

Tonight: Follow the music.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Oneon-one relating will result in a rewarding experience. Your creativity surges all day long, especially when it comes to a trip or a potential new friend. Your words have impact way beyond what would be considered normal. Tonight: Dinner with a favorite person.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Others surprise you with their understanding, depth and insights. You rarely open up to conversations of this nature, but you will at times. Use care with your finances. Don’t forget to check

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up on an older friend or relative.

Tonight: Buy a favorite dessert on the way home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your efforts to accomplish what you want could cause a problem. A loved one will share much more than he or she has in a long time.

As a result, you might finally be able to resolve an issue. Clear out errands, and do as much as you can. Tonight: Put your feet up and relax.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Your playfulness might not be appreciated as much as you would like. Be careful, as others could be much more serious than you are. Tap into your instincts, and you will be able to avoid a problem. A flirtation marks your day. Tonight: Time for some spontaneity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Tension continues to build, no matter what you do. You’ll want to do your thing, but something or someone could be holding you back. On some level, you might feel cornered by the circumstances. Know that you can walk away. Tonight: Follow someone else’s lead.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Be willing to state your case and get feedback. You will see how creative others become when interacting with you. A neighbor or sibling could be seeking you out. Don’t fight an inevitable conversation. You might not want to react to what you hear. Tonight: Hang out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Watch what goes on with your finances. Be careful with an unusual offer that feels too good to be

true, because it probably is. Try to detach when hearing new information. Focus on your goals and on the productivity of a relationship.

Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your ideas strike people as being unusual, but they often prove to be more workable than others’ suggestions. A friendship continues to rank high in importance; however, you might want this person to change in some way. Accept him or her as he or she is. Tonight: Out late.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might not want to share what’s really going on in your mind.

Others will recognize that something is going on with you, and could pressure you. A boss also is likely to be extremely demanding.

Try to understand where everyone is coming from. Tonight: A must appearance.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Nov. 18) This year you often feel that the demands in your life are confusing and not workable. You also might feel pressured by a judgment you have made about a difficult situation. Rethink your commitments and how you act on them. If you are single, you meet people with ease, as your likable personality draws others toward you. Slow down and get to know someone before committing. If you are attached, you could be projecting part of your personality on to your sweetie and not realize what you are doing. Listen to him or her, and make the necessary adjustments.

AQUARIUS adores your home and being there with you.

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SPORTS BRIEFS The Associated Press ◆ SOCCER

Four African teams move on in qualifying Ivory Coast, Ghana, Egypt, and Cameroon had few problems in progressing to the final round of World Cup qualifying in Africa on Tuesday.

African champion Ivory Coast beat Liberia 3-0 at home in Abidjan for a 4-0 aggregate victory. Striker Giovanni Sio scored twice in the Ivorians’ comfortable second-leg win.

Ghana beat Comoros 2-0 to head through to the final group stage which will decide the five African teams at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wakaso Mubarak and Jordan Ayew were Ghana’s goal-scorers.

◆ GOLF

McIlroy looks to end season on high in Dubai Rory McIlroy is planning to round off his season as the European number one with a winning performance at the DP World Tour Championship this week.

Top of the standings, McIlroy is in pole position among seven players with a chance of winning the Race to Dubai on Sunday after the last event of the European Tour season at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

McIlroy, who missed last week’s BMW Masters in Shanghai, leads England’s Danny Willett by 1,613 points. He needs to finish ahead of Willett, and inside the top-three in case any of the next five players win the tournament, to secure his third European number one crown.

◆ SOCCER

Sweden, Denmark draw 2-2 in Euro playoff game Sweden earned a ticket to the 2016 European Championship after drawing with Denmark 2-2 in the secondleg playoff on Tuesday.

While Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored both of Sweden’s goals, will get to make his international bow in France next year, this match was the end of the road for Morten Olsen, Denmark’s coach for 15 years.

Ibrahimovic put Sweden 2-0 ahead, and though Denmark’s Yussuf Poulsen and Jannik Vestergaard replied in the last 20 minutes, the Swedes advanced 4-3 on aggregate.

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Mitch Johnson retires with two more wickets Mitchell Johnson took two wickets in his last test innings, briefly giving Australia hope of an unlikely victory before the second test against New Zealand ended in a high-scoring draw.

Set an unlikely target of 361 from 48 overs to level the series, New Zealand reached 104-2 either side of a 90-minute rain interruption before bad light ended the test at the WACA on Tuesday. Ross Taylor (36) and Kane Williamson (32) were unbeaten at stumps. Johnson confirmed before play on the last day that he’d be retiring from international cricket after the WACA test.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015

TENNIS

Federer beats Novak Djokovic in three sets at ATP Finals in London Djokovic had beaten Federer in finals of U.S. Open, Wimbledon but had an off day CHRIS LEHOURITES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Even the best player in the world can have an off day, especially when he’s playing someone many believe is the best of all time.

Roger Federer brought his top game to the O2 Arena on Tuesday, stopping Novak Djokovic’s ATP Finals winning streak at 15 by beating the top-seeded Serb 7-5, 6-2.

“I wouldn’t have picked it maybe before the tournament, just because of his really good record on the indoors, the year he’s had,” said Federer, who lost to Djokovic in the Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals.

“But then again, all day I felt good about my chances.”

The win put Federer in the semifinals of the season-ending tournament for the 13th time in 14 appearances.

Djokovic, who has already clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking, had not lost at the ATP Finals since 2011, winning the last three elite titles for the top eight players in the world.

But Federer was strong Tuesday, as he usually is on an indoor hard court.

The six-time champion broke Djokovic in the final game of the first set, and again early in the second.

Although Djokovic broke right back, Federer regained the lead a short time later and won the final four games.

“Yeah, you have those days as well, when you are not feeling your best, not even close to the best,” Djokovic said. “Credit to Roger for mixing up the pace, giving me always a different

Roger Federer plays a return to Novak Djokovic during their ATP World Tour Finals tennis match at the O2 Arena in London, England, Tuesday. [AP PHOTO]

ball. He used the slice and spin very wisely. He served very efficiently.

“I made a lot of unforced errors.

Just handed him the win.”

On Sunday, Federer beat Tomas Berdych, giving him a 2-0 record this week. He will still play Kei Nishikori on Thursday in the final round-robin match.

Djokovic beat Nishikori in his first match, and will face Berdych on Thursday for a spot in the semifinals.

Djokovic has been the best player in tennis all year, winning three Grand

Slam titles and losing the other in the final at the French Open. In beating Federer at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, he won his ninth and 10th major titles.

He found it tough to get going against the 17-time Grand Slam champion on Tuesday, though.

“These days happen. These kind of things happen,” Djokovic said. “I have to accept it and hopefully work on it tomorrow and get better next time.”

In the early match, Nishikori’s 7-5,

3-6, 6-3 victory over Berdych came down to one point.

With the score even at 3-3 in the third set, the sixth-seeded Berdych had his third break point of the match — after converting the previous two — but he put a backhand into the net after a long rally.

“That was a really big point. He had three, four shots that he went really aggressive,” said Nishikori, who reached the semis last year in his tournament debut. “I mean, last shot, I kind of went for it, closed my eyes. Was a little bit lucky I made that shot.”

Berdych attributed the loss of the match to the loss of that point.

“The rally starts pretty well for me, but I was not able to break him. Then I lost my serve,” said Berdych, who has been defeated twice this week.

“Basically, that was the difference today.”

After holding serve in that game, Nishkori broke the Czech to take a 5-3 lead, and served out.

In the first set, Nishikori took the lead with a late break at love, and held serve. He broke again to start the second set and led 2-0, but Berdych won five straight games and eventually the set.

Nishikori is 1-1 after losing to Djokovic on Sunday, and he still has to face Federer.

“It’s going to be a really important match for both of us,” Nishikori said. “I have to win the next match to qualify (from) the group. So I (will) try to recover well today and tomorrow, and I will get good tactics ready.”

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Hokies’ Beamer set to coach in final game HANK KURZ JR. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Frank Beamer’s last home game.

Senior Day. Emotions are running high as Virginia Tech gets ready to host North Carolina in the Hokies’ final home game of the season.

The contest will not only be Senior Day for 26 Hokies players, but will be the last time Beamer runs out onto the field for a home game as the coach at his alma mater. Beamer has 278 career victories, the most among active Division I coaches and the sixth-most in history. He announced earlier this year that he is retiring after what will be his 29th season.

The Hokies also need one more victory to extend their nation’s-best bowl streak to 23 seasons.

“We all know it’s a huge game, not only for Frank but for us,” senior defensive tackle Luther Maddy said this week. “It’s my last time walking through the tunnel at Lane Stadium,

“I think we’re going to play our butts off this game.“ Luther Maddy, Virginia Tech senior

so I know I’m going to have some emotions running through my body.

I’m sure all the other seniors will also. I think we’re going to play our butts off this game, not only for us but for coach Beamer and for this team to keep this bowl streak going.

It’ll be a huge game.”

The No. 12 Tar Heels (9-1, 6-0) have their own agenda. They are riding a nine-game winning streak and need one more victory to secure their place in the ACC championship game against top-ranked Clemson on Dec. 5.

“It’s going to be emotional for a lot of those fans because he has done so many great things. He built Virginia

Tech football,” Tar Heels quarterback Marquise Williams said of Beamer.

“And they’re going to come out amped up. The guys will come up wanting to get a win for him and send him off on good terms for his last home game. ... We’re going to be excited too because we still have people that think we’re irrelevant, people (who) think we shouldn’t be where we are today. That’s fine. We just have to go out and have fun with them, too.”

Beamer tried to downplay the magnitude of his 180th home game for himself, saying he would save those thoughts for another day, but son Shane Beamer, the Hokies’ associate head coach and running backs coach, said managing emotions will be a challenge.

“I think you have to worry about it being too emotional for coaches, too, and make sure we do our job,” said the younger Beamer, who played for his father on the team that played for

the 1999 national championship.

“Before the game it will be emotional and after the game it will be emotional, but during the game you have a job to do and that’s what we preach to the players about is, ’Let’s make sure we’re not too amped up.

Let’s feed off the energy of the crowd and feed off the energy of each other and try to get bowl eligible.”’

The game isn’t an all-or-nothing proposition for the Hokies, who can also secure bowl eligibility the following week by winning their traditional regular season finale against Virginia, but besides wanting to see his father notch one more big victory at Lane Stadium, Shane Beamer recalled being disappointed for the seniors after a 27-24 loss to Maryland in the Hokies’ last home game two years ago.

“I can’t wait for Saturday,” he said.

“We need Lane Stadium to be the loudest it’s ever been on Saturday.

Ever.”

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HOLIDAY TREATS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Eileen Bennewith Nutrition Notes

Portion size is important

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Get your baking done ahead of the holidays and freeze them to avoid last-minute worries. [METRO CREATIVE]

Bake ahead and do some freezing Lynette Burns The Lucky Gourmet

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t may seem early, but since the city lights and decorations are already going up, one can never be too prepared for the Christmas holidays. And so to avoid that last-minute crunch, bake ahead and freeze your goodies.

These long cold and dreary November evenings are perfect for baking. It will ignite your holiday spirit, satisfy your creativity and fill your home with that lovely irresistible aroma of baked goods.

A basic shortbread recipe can be one of your best friends. This dough allows for any number of interesting tastes and shapes in the final product. Use seasonally shaped cookie cutters, for instance, and spiff up those shortbread cookies with toppings of your choice.

I am personally fond of Christmas embellishments, like crushed candy canes, preserved peel, cinnamon, nutmeg, broken-up almond bark.

Wander the aisles of Bulk Barn and see what you can find for further inspiration!

Pretty results can be achieved by liquefying chocolate wafers. They can be easily melted in the microwave at a low setting. This kind of chocolate will also absorb drops of flavoured extract. Dipping your cookie into the

chocolate sauce on an angle can create pleasing effects, as does drizzling chocolate from a spoon.

The key to “winging it” on shortbread toppings is to not use anything with high water content. Topping your cookies with fresh fruit would do nothing but create a sodden gloop on top of your lovely shortbread.

Adding toppings to your shortbread is so much fun. Set out bowls of chopped nuts, mixed spices, crushed candies, preserved peel, flavoured and coloured sugars or whatever moves you. A little bowl of icing sugar mixed with warm water creates an instant glaze to help everything stick.

For interesting flavour combinations, add extracts to your glaze.

How about a vanilla-flavoured glaze topped with chopped candied cher-

ries and a sprinkling of chocolate vermicelli? Voila, a black forest cookie. Create an After Eight by adding peppermint extract to your melted chocolate.

If improvising is not your style, Lucky’s Liquor is offering their annual Baking with Booze class on Wednesday, Nov. 25. Guest chef Jodie Robertshaw has a more scientific approach to baking and we encourage you to visit us at www. luckysliquor.ca for more information.

Next week: Tips and recipes for holiday cocktails to pair with your sweets. » Lynette Burns is the managing leader for Lucky’s Liquor store in Nanaimo.

She can be reached at 250-585-2275 or visit www.luckysliquor.ca.

U.S. aims to prevent foodborne illness outbreak THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — New produce safety rules from the U.S. government are intended to help prevent the kind of large-scale outbreaks of foodborne illness that occurred over the past decade linked to fresh spinach, cantaloupes, cucumbers and other foods.

Under the rules, the government soon will have new oversight of the farms that grow food. That means, for example, making sure workers are trained to wash their hands, irrigation water is monitored for harmful bacteria and animals do not leave droppings in fields.

The majority of farmers and food manufacturers already follow good

safety practices, but the rules are intended to give greater focus on prevention in a system that has been largely reactive after large outbreaks.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 48 million people — or one in six people in the United States — are sickened each year from foodborne diseases, and an estimated 3,000 people die.

The Obama administration has said it wants people to eat more fruits and vegetables, so it is important to ensure their safety.

The regulations are tailored to cover foods and growing methods that pose the greatest risk, and they target produce such as berries, melons, leafy greens and other items usually eaten

raw and more prone to contamination. A farm that produces green beans that will be cooked and canned, for example, would not be regulated.

There are also exemptions for smaller farms. The Food and Drug Administration has haggled over how to write the rules since Congress approved them in 2010. The agency has tried to find a balance between food safety and regulating farms with safety measures already in place.

The rules are new territory for the agency, which has never before had such broad authority to oversee how food is grown on farms. The FDA originally proposed the produce rules in 2013, but rewrote them last year after some farmers said they would be too

burdensome. The final rules largely follow that rewrite.

The rules require farmers to test irrigation water quality, regularly train workers on the best health and hygiene practices, and monitor wildlife that may intrude on growing fields, among other measures.

Compared with the original proposal, the final rule requires less stringent standards for irrigation water quality and reduces the frequency of testing, in some cases.

The organic industry had expressed concerns about the rules, especially because many organic farmers use raw manure as fertilizer and try to treat irrigation water with fewer chemicals.

hen people first see Canada’s Food Guide, they look at the number of recommended serving per day and think that they never eat that much food.

When they actually measure what a portion is, they are surprised by the actual size of a Food Guide serving.

The confusion comes from thinking that a serving is the same as a portion.

A portion is the amount of food an individual chooses to eat. For example, when pouring a bowl of cereal, many people fill their cereal bowl.

If they actually measured that cereal, they might be surprised to find that they are eating three cups of cereal at breakfast.

A serving is a standardized amount of food set by a governing body or institution such as the serving sizes shown on Canada’s Food Guide.

Using the same example as above, a serving of cereal on Canada’s Food Guide is only half a cupful of cereal.

The portion size of cereal eaten is actually six Food Guide servings.

The Food Guide recommends that an adult female aged 19 to 50 eat about six to seven servings of grain products in a day. If the morning bowl of cereal is six servings, this leaves only one small serving from that food group for the rest of the day.

Learning what a serving of food looks like is the first step in following the food guide. If you get out your measuring cups or scales, you can see how a serving compares to your usual portion size.

After a while, you can eyeball the food as you dish it up and know how much you are eating.

Some people like to have a comparison in mind when deciding how much food to serve. For example, a baseball or a closed fist is about one cup when measuring salad, or a glass of milk.

A tennis ball is about three quarters of a cup. This would be the size of a serving of yogurt, or a serving of cooked beans or legumes.

A hockey puck is about half a cup.

This would be a serving of fish, rice, pasta, cereal, fruit or vegetables.

Some people measure a meat portion by thinking of the size of a deck of cards or the palm of their hand. A slice of bread or a bagel should also be the size of the palm of a hand.

The thumb is useful to measure smaller portions. Two thumbs together would be the size of a peanut butter portion or the size of 50 grams of cheese. The tip of your thumb is the size of one teaspoon of butter, margarine or mayonnaise.

Get a food guide and see how your meals compare. » Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health program for Island Health. She can be reached at eileen.bennewith@viha.ca.

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IMMIGRATION

Somali refugees adjust to Canada Surrey home to one-quarter of government-assisted refugees meeting the challenge of life in this country He’s student council president.

He has three more classes left until he graduates and aspires to one day become a police officer.

Mussa said he feels blessed to be in Canada because he can be whoever he wants to be.

“When I was in Africa, I was not counted, I didn’t have the opportunity I have now. I was not allowed to drive. I wasn’t allowed to have a lot of income. I did not have the freedom that I have now.

I did not have the food that I have now. I didn’t have the hope that I have now.”

B Ahmed Batula Ekou, top, and Mohamed Muktar Mussa are among Surrey’s population of refugees.

Somalian refugee Khadija Ahmed, above, arrived in Surrey in 2009. She hasn’t seen her youngest child, or her husband, in six years. [AMY REID/SURREY NOW] AMY REID SURREY NOW

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he last time Khadija Ahmed saw her son he was four weeks old.

Today, he’s six.

The Somalian refugee thought the day she learned of being accepted into Canada would be the happiest of her life, but it was actually a day that ripped her life apart, a day that has left years of suffering in its wake.

Her son was just two weeks old when she learned she was coming to Canada in 2009. But there was a big problem.

Ahmed filed her application several years earlier, including her three sons.

She hadn’t updated it to include her husband or infant son.

She was forced to make a choice no mother should ever have to make: Stay with her husband and newborn son and start the application process all over again or leave with three of her children, hoping to give them a better life, hoping the rest of her family would be soon behind her.

She chose the latter.

“Every day (they) call me,” she said slowly, sitting in City Centre Library in Surrey’s downtown core, tears filling her eyes. “My family is broken.”

She’s still pushing to get them here.

From 2010 to 2012, Surrey housed 26 per cent — or 555 — of the province’s government-assisted refugees like Ahmed. The highest number came from Somalia.

“They’re the poorest of the poor,” said Surrey Coun. Judy Villeneuve, co-chair of the Surrey Poverty Reduction Coalition, adding they’re often women and children.

“They have no alternative to go back to their countries. Many of them have been living in camps for a long time.

And the average transportation loan is $10,000 to $15,000. Arriving with that kind of debt is devastating.”

Villeneuve has been vocal in calling for the “immoral” loans to be axed, saying it cripples newcomers’ ability to build a

successful new life here, especially considering they’ve been recognized as the most vulnerable people in the world.

More refugees will land in Surrey soon. Up to 3,000 refugees are expected to come to Metro Vancouver over the next few weeks, with experts predicting the vast majority will arrive in Surrey.

Looking at photos on a laptop of the Yemen refugee camp where she spent more than a decade of her life — Al Kharaz — Ahmed points.

“This my house, me no home,” she said. Of life in the refugee camp, which was home to tens of thousands of people, she said, “there many, many problems.”

Ahmed recalled having to use flour and oil she received from the UN to barter for food in the market, having to guard her belongings, and going without water for days sometimes. She was married in the camp at 17.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you Canada. But where is English is problem.”

English is her fifth language orally, but she cannot write any of them.

“I need work. Me want to work,” she said. “You need work? Interview.

You need citizenship? Interview. It’s problem.”

While she does house cleaning jobs when she can find them, she’s yet to find permanent employment.

Ahmed is part of Surrey’s Somali Women Self Sufficiency Project, now in its second year, aimed at helping the vulnerable women learn English, learn how to find work and integrate into society. Ahmed said it’s the one place she can talk about her struggles.

It’s her happy place, an outlet for her daily stresses.

“For two years, I am happy,” she said, since her time joining the program.

“Money small, but we come here to the group, we is happy. This nice program.

We talk.”

For the first time in his life, Mohamed Muktar Mussa is attending school regularly. He’s 25.

Mussa grew up in refugee camps in Africa, migrating to Canada in 2010 as a government-assisted refugee with his ill mother and three younger siblings.

“In Africa, it’s very, very hot. The food that you use for the whole month isn’t going to be enough for you,” the surprisingly articulate Mussa said. “We would not be able to study unless you’re very, very strong and you have the power to study. The camp that I lived, maybe five per cent graduated high school.”

M

ussa has been in Canada for about eight years, but hasn’t seen his father in 10. He wants nothing more than to bring him to Canada.

“He’s in a very dangerous place in Somalia. He’s still surviving there.

He never got shot but he definitely saw a lot of dead people. We always worry about him.”

Money is the obstacle the family can’t overcome. After all, they can barely afford to survive themselves.

“We all have the same experience,” he said of Somalian refugees. “The biggest thing is we all left a family — a mother, a brother, a father — behind. Everyone would love to have their family together.”

Last March, Mussa decided to move forward with his education.

He currently attends Invergarry Adult Education Centre and is working to get his Grade 12 diploma while he works part-time.

atula Ekou’s husband was kidnapped in front of her in Africa.

She never saw him again.

“Up to now I don’t know if he’s alive,” she said through a translator.

The Somalian woman came to Canada in 2010 with three of her children after living in a refugee camp in Eritrea for eight years.

“Living life in the camp was a difficult life. It’s no way for a human to live,” she said. “We would see someone killed. Brothers being killed in front of us.”

This was normal for her.

“Because I living in the camp, I learns what hunger means. To feel hunger,” she said. “Before the war, we used to be farmers, we used to have work . . . Since I’ve been a refugee we go through difficulties.

If we had choice, if we didn’t have war, we would never choose to be refugee.”

Ekou was recently grieving the disappearance of her two sons.

“Just weeks ago, I had to grieve because my two sons were missing (for two months),” Ekou said.

These children, from her first marriage, are in Africa.

“There was worries of human trafficking for organs. They had the threat of that. We didn’t know anything…. When you have children that are missing, you’re not sure if you’ll see them alive again.”

One week ago, she found out they were in jail. She was happy. After all, it’s better than the alternative.

“When you have ongoing trauma, it’s hard. It’s difficult to concentrate and absorb new things,” she said, especially while she continues to learn English and adjust to life in Canada. Citizenship is top of mind for Ekou but language is a significant barrier. “It’s very hard. Our mind is very full.”

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Through the SPRC and a variety of grants, the Somali Women Self Sufficiency Project was set up. Both the women in this story are part of it.

The goal is to assist the women to build skills and confidence in order to become employed.

“It was identified there’s a need to do more than just learn English.

People wanted to work,” explained facilitator Carol Madsen.“We’ve had between 12 and 24 women participating in the group.”

They’ve done a variety of skill-building projects including a sewing class and selling henna tattoos and doing African braiding at a farmers market.

Today, the women are cooking sambusas — a Somali version of a samosa — hoping to run a food cart one day, but Foodsafe certification has proved difficult. The group’s been studying for weeks.

“Most of the women have never been to school in their lives . . . . So we’ve been spending a lot of time preparing everyone,” said Madsen.

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ny money earned goes right back into the initiative, explained Madsen, and according to all involved, it’s been a success.

Nima Bolow, facilitator and translator of the SWSSP, said gaining experience to get a job is important because it helps with identity — something all refugees struggle with.

“The way you seek a job back home is very different. We’re working on resumes and talking about careers. Most of the women, they used to be self-employed. They would take retail store goods and resell it. That was easy to do. You don’t require education.

“But coming to Canada, they became very stuck.”

Bolow said work can also help with socialization and isolation.

“They have socialization in refugee camps. It’s a better life here, but they wonder, ‘Why am I still experiencing anxiety and depression?’…

When they first come, they’re in the honeymoon phase . . . . Then suddenly it comes down. They need time to adjust. . . .We have people who think about committing suicide at that point. What we’ve found is work is the solution, mostly.

“Some come with physical or mental illnesses. It takes time to get connected. If you have a solid community, that will help.”

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Troublesome in-laws continue to cause problems Worse, when they see the kids, they insult them and make fun of their slow physical development and speech impediments. But they are little kids and progress takes time. I am angry and hurt. I dread the upcoming holidays. My husband

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Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I are discussing marriage. We have both been married previously. We already live together and have everything we need.

We would like to have a picnic or something and just surprise everyone with a wedding, so that no one feels obligated to bring gifts. Normally, when we have picnics with friends and family, we provide the main courses and everything else is potluck. Would that be acceptable in this situation?

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Dear Wondering: The idea of surprising your friends with an impromptu picnic wedding is a lovely idea. Just be sure that the people most important to you will make the date a priority and show up, and others won’t be offended because a picnic seemed to be no big deal and they spent the day elsewhere.

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If they choose to bring something anyway, so be it. They will consider it a wedding gift.

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