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From left, dispensary workers Richard Scott, Travis Lane, Matt O’Donnell, Anita Roy and cancer patient Steve Connelly at a news conference on Wednesday to explain why they intend to continue to operate, despite arrests and seizures by RCMP on Monday. [DARRELL BELLAART/DAILY NEWS]

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Pot shops vow to return DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Three cannabis dispensaries raided by the Nanaimo RCMP on Monday pledge to re-open despite the risk of more arrests.

Representatives of Phoenix Pain Management Society, Trees Dispensary and Nature’s Source Society made that clear at a news conference on Wednesday.

“We are planing on re-opening — every store in town is re-opening (if raided),” said Alex Robb, a Trees Dispensary employee.

“We will be open as of (Wednesday) evening,” said Matt O’Donnell, interim operations manager at Phoenix.

“We understand the risk associated with remaining open. Personally I’m terrified, but that’s what we will do.

“The government said they will legalize recreational cannabis, so I see no reason to deny medical users.”

Seven people were arrested at his store, including the manager and a client.

“They were arrested for the day, released and sadly they are all being charged with

possession with intent to distribute,” O’Donnell said.

“It’s very unfortunate they are being treated as criminals and having these charges hanging over their heads.”

Nanaimo RCMP issued a statement following the raids on Monday, but declined further comment, citing ongoing investigations and court cases.

Dispensary operators said 16 people were arrested Monday and all face charges which include possession for the purpose of trafficking. Those arrested include staff, volunteers and patients.

The police statement said their action followed complaints from the public, including a woman who claimed her 15-year-old granddaughter was able to buy cannabis from a dispensary, and that employees had waved signs to solicit sales, something.

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“Our approach has always been to address public concerns, consult our contracting partners (and) stakeholders, and allow for our investigations to determine the way forward.”

The dispensary operators have retained a Vancouver lawyer.

“This shows the need for regulation at the local level,” said Travis Lane, Trees Dispensary general manager.

Responding to a media question about waiting for government to legalize the drug, Lane said government is only considering legalization because of dispensaries, and “it’s part of what civil disobedience is about.”

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All RDN buses now to run on natural gas DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

Results of initial trials operating buses on compressed natural gas have convinced Nanaimo Regional Transit to switch the entire fleet to CNG fuel.

That will make Nanaimo’s public transit system will be the first in Canada to run entirely on CNG. The service, which runs from Qualicum Beach to Cedar, replaced 25 buses with CNG-powered vehicles in 2014. The Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors voted to share costs to convert the remaining 24 diesel buses to CNG by early 2017.

A cost-benefit study found considerable savings over diesel, which sold regional directors on the idea.

“Overall, over the whole fleet we’re going to save $1 million a year, both in fuel and maintenance,” said Dennis Trudeau, RDN manager of transit.

Last year, the natural gas rate on the Island was higher than what mainland customers paid. Since then Island prices have been adjusted to what mainland customers pay.

“It’s affected us even better,” Trudeau said.

The $1 million in fuel savings cuts the transit system’s annual operating budget by five per cent.

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Cathy Webster of the ‘Daily News,’ with Steve Marshall and Ann Marie Clark of Steve Marshall Ford, left to right at lower left, join with community partners in front of more than 50 bags of food for the 13th Annual Give & Go. Steve Marshall Ford will provide the BBQ by donation at the Give & Go Wednesday. [AARON HINKS]

Give & Go returns for the holidays ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

Hundreds of volunteers, gift givers and other community members are mobilizing to join in the 13th annual Nanaimo Daily News Give & Go. The fun family affair, which will be held on Dec. 9 in the Daily News parking lot at 2575 McCullough Rd. between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., helps with the annual Hamperville Christmas hamper program, sponsored by the Salvation Army and the Loaves Fishes food bank.

The Salvation Army’s Brenda Shanahan said there’s a “huge need” in the community for assistance at Christmas time, and encouraged people to donate “cash, cans and coats. We expect hundreds of families to register for hampers this year,” Shanahan said.

“Non-perishable food items are needed, as well as warm winter clothing like jackets, socks and toques.

“Any money that’s donated will be used to help buy items for the hampers that are still needed.”

Daily News sales representative and longtime Give & Go organizer Cathy Webster said the newspaper and its partners want to “give back” and help the less fortunate in the city.

She said included among the many people and organizations helping out this year is Tim Hortons, which will provide hot chocolate and coffee for the festive event.

“We’re also continuing the tradition of handing out thank-you bags to the first 200 vehicles that pull up to donate in our parking lot,” Webster said.

“The bags will include chocolates from Bernard Callebaut, fudge from Cabelas, coupons from Browns Social House, vanity packs from Woodgrove Centre and more.

“The evening will be lots of festive fun for the whole family.”

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in September, which provide 5,000 additional hours of transit service to riders across the region.

Trudeau couldn’t say whether the additional cost savings would translate into even more service enhancements.

“Currently there are no plans to expand, this will just prepare us for the future,” he said.

That means funding stability to keep transit fares under control.

“With transit being such an expensive service, I think it protects us from inflationary pressures, in a time when taxpayers are fatigued.”

But the switch does come with benefits everyone can enjoy — a reduction in pollution from burning diesel.

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School’s out forever School district confirms closure of Woodlands, Rutherford, Woodbank ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

The aging Woodlands Secondary School and Woodbank Primary School will be closed in June, the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district decided Wednesday.

The school board also decided to close Rutherford Elementary School in 2017, but that closing depends on whether the district can get funds from the Ministry of Education for the construction of a new wing at Frank J. Ney Elementary School.

The plan is for most of the stuRobert dents from RuthBarron erford school to be placed at Frank Reporting J. Ney school in

the new wing, so if the district can’t secure funding for the project, the board will have to revisit its decision to close the school.

Students from Woodlands Secondary will go to neighbouring schools, including Nanaimo District and Wellington secondary schools, next fall.

The board also decided to transfer Woodland’s sports academies to NDSS in September.

The students from Woodbank school will go to North Cedar Intermediate School in September, and North Cedar’s name will be changed to Cedar Elementary School.

As well, the board decided to amalgamate its popular Learn@Home K-7 and 8-12 programs into the former Mount Benson Elementary School in September.

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facilities plan, which called for the closures and amalgamations to help deal with declining enrolment and reduce costs.

Board chairman Steve Rae said he “understands the disappointment” many parents, students and community members have with the school closures, but the district is in a “difficult spot.”

“These are emotional times and trying times and we take no joy in having to make these decisions. But the district is facing a $2.7-million shortfall in 2016-17 and that could mean even more of our employees will have to be laid off. That impacts classrooms and we have a responsibility to represent students throughout the whole district.”

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TIMELINE OF FACILITIES PLAN • 2007: Ministry of Education supports and agrees to help fund the district’s $87-million facilities plan, which included replacing Woodlands and Nanaimo District secondary schools in 2012, as well as the closure of a number of elementary schools.

• Nov. 2008: A new school board was elected mainly on the platform of scrapping the facilities renewal plan and closing no more schools.

• Sept. 2010: District tables new facilities plan that called for no school closures, but did include the replacement of Woodlands Secondary School and seismic upgrades at both Wellington and Nanaimo District secondary schools.

• Nov. 2011: By the time of the next school board election, the district had not received government funding for any of its planned upgrades and replacements in its facilities plan.

• April 2013: The new board tables a new facilities plan that called for the closure of eight schools over 10 years, including Cedar Secondary School, and numerous rebuilds of aging facilities.

• June 2014: After a year of controversy, Cedar Secondary School is closed.

• Nov. 2014: New school board elected with many trustees promising to reopen CSS, which is now scheduled to be open in 2016.

• Sept. 2015: An updated facilities plan is tabled that recommended closing Rutherford Elementary School, Woodlands Secondary School and either the closure of Woodbank Primary School or North Cedar Intermediate School within the next two years.

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Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell visited the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society Tuesday morning to announce a $69,250 funding commitment to CVIMS’s ESL Customer Service Training in Hospitality and Retail program.

The funding will help equip immigrants to enter customer service positions with workplace language training and a one-week work placement. The placement will be in the tourism, hospitality or retail sector secured by the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce.

The program is geared towards immigrants who have fairly advanced English skills. It’s unlike-

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ly that brand new immigrants or refugees would be able to make use of the program unless they speak refined English.

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Council rejected the rezoning application on Sept. 14, but Coun.

Bill Bestwick, who was absent for that decision, made a motion to have council reconsider the motion on Oct. 5, which passed.

Council subsequently voted 6-3 to approve first and second reading of the rezoning bylaw.

A main concern from city staff is the proposed liquor store’s proximity to two nearby schools, although both Brady and a staff report point out that the location would fall outside a required 150-metre buffer depending on where the properties were measured from.

The rezoning application has also drawn the ire of Vancouver Island Liquor owner Michele Delesalle, who had also sought to locate a store in the mall but withdrew the application when it also did not receive support from the city’s planning department.

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The outcome of a public hearing in Nanaimo tonight could have implications for an $80-million arena and hotel proposal for the downtown Howard Johnson Hotel site, the proponent says.

The public hearing will deal with a rezoning application before council to allow a liquor store in the Brooks Landing shopping centre, several kilometres from the Howard Johnson site.

The rezoning is not supported

by City of Nanaimo staff and two other liquor store owners have also voiced opposition.

The hotel company is seeking the application because it wants to relocate its existing Tally-Ho liquor store — which is a separate building from the hotel — to Brooks Landing.

Hotel manager and spokesman Dan Brady says rejection of the rezoning would complicate plans

to turn the Howard Johnson site into a major sports arena and hotel site, adding the current location of the liquor store would not look good in front of an arena.

In an email asking for support for the rezoning, Brady said the hotel needs “to move our store in order to proceed with the Sports & Entertainment Centre and the redevelopment of our whole site.”

Brady clarified the comment Tuesday, saying, “I don’t know if it can’t proceed (without rezoning); it would make us have to re-look at things. It’s not all tied to redevelopment,” he said of the rezoning application.

He said the bid to relocate the liquor store to Brooks Landing is also in response to a changing market that sees shoppers more inclined to purchase beer and liquor in locations where grocery stores and other services are located.

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Arrest after 70-year-old store owner gets pepper sprayed A 36-year-old man who allegedly used pepper spray during a store robbery in Abbotsford didn’t get far before being nabbed.

Police in the Fraser Valley city say the suspect walked into a store, pepper sprayed the 70-year-old owner and pushed him to the ground.

The suspect then ordered the owner to open a safe and helped himself to cash and jewelry.

Police say that when the owner’s wife walked in, she too was pepper sprayed.

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Transportation Minister Todd Stone says 47 digital signs will be installed along routes where the weather can change quickly and catch drivers off guard.

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A family is grieving the loss of a Duncan man and his best friend is still coming to terms with the outcome of what was supposed to be an ordinary fishing trip.

Brayden Gale and his best friend Liem Pham, both 22, went fishing Nov. 25, having just that week returned to the Cowichan Valley. They had been living in Alberta where Pham had been working for Gale at his Edmonton-based landscaping company.

They’d both grown up in Duncan and were eager to return home to be closer to friends and family.

The duo, who rarely spent a day apart, did everything together, so it was not out of the ordinary when they set out together to go fishing on Chemainus Lake.

Only one man was able to return GALE home, however.

Authorities were called to the lake about 10:30 a.m. after witnesses Susan Harrison and Todd Lefebure, out for a daily walk around the lake, noticed the canoeists in trouble and called 911.

Pham said their canoe became submerged after a shift in seating position caused the boat to tip. “We flipped it upside down so we would have some sort of float to rest on but it started sinking so quickly we decided to ditch the canoe,� Pham recalled. “I quickly flipped onto my back because I was starting to sink and my chest started to tighten up.�

Gale started swimming towards the dock while Pham removed his jacket weighing him down and headed towards the weeds on the side of the lake. “As I reached the weeds I was still waist deep in water but I could hear people yelling at Brayden to ‘keep swimming’ and telling him ‘you’re almost there, you can do it,’� Pham said.

Despite the calls and encouragement from Harrison and Lefebure, Gale never made it to the shore.

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Workers, operators want legal recreational pot sold in B.C. liquor stores

Merger idea for Duncan area likely to take years

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Liquor stores — both private- and government-run outlets — should be authorized to sell recreational marijuana when the federal government delivers on its election promise to bring in a new regulated system.

That’s the pitch coming from the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union, which represents government store workers, and the B.C. Private Liquor Store Association.

The two groups, normally competitors, joined forces Wednesday to argue their stores are well qualified to responsibly handle legalized marijuana, alongside beer, wine and spirits.

“We haven’t been aligned in the past but we are aligned on this issue,” said Damian Kettlewell of the private stores association.

“We’re suggesting that we have the experience and the knowledge and, eventually, the product training to sell this product in liquor stores.”

He emphasized the aim is to serve as the retailers for recreational pot only, and not compete with existing medical marijuana providers.

Liquor stores are already required to check ID to ensure patrons are over 19 to prevent alcohol purchases by youth, said BCGEU president Stephanie Smith.

“Liquor stores provide the most strictly controlled system for accessing a controlled substance, and are best suited for the retailing of non-medical marijuana,” she said.

“We have an effective warehousing, retail and distribution system in place. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has so far set no timeline to legalize and regulate non-medical marijuana.

The City of Vancouver has been developing its own licensing system to authorize a limited number of marijuana storefronts and some other municipalities have considered a similar approach.

It could take years before citizens will know whether the City of Duncan and

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A recent joint council meeting resulted in a recommendation to both councils for the two local governments to work together to draft terms of reference for a citizens’ assembly that

would guide the politicians on their next moves — particularly the creation of a study looking at the regional issue which could affect the look of the Cowichan Valley in the future.

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PM and wife entitled to support to carry out duties B ut can she cook?

If the wife of the prime minister must have help to look after her children at taxpayers’ expense, then the least she can do is prepare the meals and possibly look after the garden, too. The man of the house is too busy. He can’t even shovel the snow or paint the house, never mind fix the leaky faucet.

Only in Canada would the hiring of two nannies for a prime minister with three children under the age of eight erupt into an issue about tax fairness and abuse of power. Can’t they just leave the toddlers with friends in Montreal, or maybe the neighbours?

There must be some Ottawa MPs with wives who could help out on those days when the Trudeaus can’t fulfil their parental duties.

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Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose said Trudeau should be paying the nanny bill himself, while Tory MP Robert Sopuck of Dauphin-Swan River accused the prime minister of “dipping into taxpayer’s pockets to help him pay someone else to raise his children.”

The NDP said the Trudeaus weren’t paying the nannies enough. They are paid between $15 and $20 an hour during the day, and $11 to $13 an hour for night shifts. No charge for international travel.

Mr. Trudeau has also been accused of hypocrisy for criticizing the Conservatives over their universal childcare benefit and income splitting for families on the grounds rich families such as his did not need the help.

So, why can’t Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau,

dip into their savings and pay for child care, particularly since they are well off?

The question is whether the nannies are necessary to help in the management of the residence. The question could also be asked about the chef, the gardener, the housekeeper and others.

Somehow, these jobs are necessary, but nannies, well, they’re a luxury, something only blue-bloods use because they’re too busy or too lazy to look after their own children.

Ms. Gregoire gave up her career as a Montreal-based TV reporter several years ago after her children were born, but she has been active in several causes, including gender equality and children’s rights.

As wife of the prime minister, she has travelled with him around the

world with the children in tow. She has yet to define a personal role, but her history suggests she will want to do more than bake cookies in bare feet in the kitchen.

Indeed, while the role of prime minister’s spouse is less defined in Canada than that of the president’s spouse in the United States, there is an expectation she or he will be more than a stay-at-home parent.

The Trudeaus will be a busy couple, with a 24/7 schedule, and it is unreasonable to expect them to bear the full burden of child rearing without assistance. In fact, it would be impossible for them to meet public expectations without support.

Former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau reportedly hired nannies to raise his three boys, while Brian Mulroney employed a taxpay-

er-funded maid who “interfaced with the children in a habitual way,” whatever that means.

And that was when he was Opposition leader.

This is not the same as paying $16 for a glass of orange juice in a pricey London hotel, as former Conservative cabinet minister Bev Oda famously did. That was abuse of the public purse.

Like any prime ministerial family, the Trudeaus are entitled to the support they require to perform their roles as Canada’s first family.

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» YOUR LETTERS // EMAIL: YOURLETTERS@NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM Coquihalla also brought benefits to the region Re: ‘Coquihalla construction was over budget in 1986’ (Your Letters, Daily News, Dec. 2) Another letter from the far left in this individual’s seemingly continuous attempts to discredit any party not adhering to his far left ideals.

My reply; so were the Fast Cats which are no longer in service and useless to the taxpayers that paid for them, but the Coquihalla is still in service and sees greater use today than it ever has.

Then you have to consider the Coquihalla has been an economic driver for the region it services, with the added bonus to taxpayers who no longer pay a toll to use it.

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Behind pope’s message is cause for reflection In a speech Pope Francis delivered recently at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican he said that Christmas this year will be a “charade” because the “world continues to wage war” and “we do not understand peace.”

It is difficult to argue against the obvious facts of continuing war in the Middle East and other places and our inability as a race to understand and practice peace. But it is untimely and untrue to demean Christmas as a false event represented as true which is pretty close to the meaning of charade. I would argue the opposite.

If ever a dark world needed a glimpse of light that light is in the wonderful message of Christmas.

But to make the season significant you have to cut through the veneer of all the bright lights, ridiculous commercialization, parties and excesses and deliberately focus on the true story and meaning of the event.

The grim picture Pope Francis paints of “Ruins, thousands of children without education, so many innocent victims and lots of money in the pockets of arms dealers” is a true picture.

But against this dark backdrop the message of the Christ child has never been more relevant.

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Purveyors of doom and gloom predict disaster Multitudes of media fly to Paris to report on what is said by multitudes of politicians and delegates flying there from every corner of the globe to attend the Climate Change Conference.

It raises more questions than answers in the somewhat confused and skeptical minds of folks who may have difficulty accepting all the touted “facts” on global warming.

For quite a few years, green-hued experts have issued dire alerts from the echo-chambers wherein they dwell, that increased greenhouse gases are rapidly bringing about an end to our civilization as we know it on our little blue planet. Purveyors of doom and gloom warn of impending disaster, and speak their very own lingo, some of which is eventually interpreted by the hoi polloi.

The terms “carbon footprint” and “fossil fuels” entered the lexicon quite a while ago, and by the time old fossils like me worked out what they meant, another host of puzzling expressions emerged.

It used to be said that the road to

hell is paved with good intentions; but now the great unwashed are told to study the “Bali Road Map.” Maybe it would be more convincing if those spouting all the hot air about hot air were not politicians, whose track record on telling the unexaggerated and unvarnished truth has never been overly impressive.

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Crown lawyers can proceed with legal arguments aimed at indefinitely locking up a mentally ill man who killed his three children more than seven years ago, a judge in British Columbia has ruled.

But their bid to have Allan Schoenborn designated a â&#x20AC;&#x153;high-risk accusedâ&#x20AC;? wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be heard unless they defeat a constitutional fight against the law, enacted by the former Conservative government last year.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin ruled on Wednesday that public protection is the top consideration in allowing prosecutors to argue that changes to the Criminal Code should apply to Schoenborn.

Schoenborn stabbed his 10-year-old daughter and smothered his eight and five-year-old sons in their Merritt, B.C., home in April 2008. A trial found him not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.

Last month, Schoenbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyers told the court that Bill C-14 should

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public protection is the paramount consideration.â&#x20AC;?

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not be applied in the case because the law was passed more than six years after the killings.

But Devlin rejected the argument.

She said the law has â&#x20AC;&#x153;immediate applicationâ&#x20AC;? to all people in the system found not criminally responsible, or NCR, and could potentially apply regardless of the historical time frame of Schoenbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public protection is the paramount consideration,â&#x20AC;? Devlin wrote in her decision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The public must be shielded against those NCR accused who are considered dangerous and pose an unacceptable risk to society.â&#x20AC;?

The Crown contends that Schoenborn remains dangerous. But that contrasts with a ruling issued by an independent tribunal last spring.

The B.C. Review Board, the body that decides on all provincial cases involving mentally ill offenders, decided the man has made progress and his rehabilitation plan can include escorted outings.

The director at the psychiatric hospital where Schoenborn is held has the final call on day passes, and so far Schoenborn hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t left the facility.

The Crown declined to appeal the B.C. Review Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision, and instead mounted its objection with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;high-riskâ&#x20AC;? proceeding.

Schoenbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyers are scheduled to challenge Bill C-14 as unconstitutional over five days in April before the same judge.

His lawyer, Rishi Gill, said the new law violates Schoenbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to be treated as a mentally disordered individual. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We say that it is not consistent with his rights that are enshrined in the charter,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We say that he is in fact being treated like a criminal, which is how the former prime minister described him.â&#x20AC;?

Both the defence and several of the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top mental-health experts objected when Stephen Harper called Schoenborn a â&#x20AC;&#x153;criminalâ&#x20AC;? in a radio ad during the federal election campaign.

Harper had previously used Schoenbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case to promote Bill C-14, and personally announced the new law at a news conference with the family of Schoenbornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victims in February 2013.

The law includes provisions that can stop almost all absences from a psychiatric hospital and has the potential to extend annual review hearings to once every three years. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;high-riskâ&#x20AC;? designation could only be reversed by a new court order.

Mike Clarke, the uncle of the slain children, said he was happy with the decision and texted the news to his sister Darcie Clarke, who is the childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She sounds like sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really happy, a little bit relieved,â&#x20AC;? he told reporters outside a court in New Westminster. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But with my sister, everything is a day-by-day thing.â&#x20AC;?

A speedy fix of Internet service has allowed a remote British Columbia town to go back to the future.

Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris says companies in the northwest region have banded together to restore online service to the District of Stewart.

He says Brucejack mine to the north has made space on its system, while a new Internet Service Provider is expediting the installation of a tower, brought in from Terrace, B.C. Morris says the community of about 500 people should be back online by late Wednesday or Thursday.

The isolated town lost connectivity when a non-profit group that had provided Internet for two decades shut down on Monday, before an alternate provider could get up and running.

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Ottawa declares fish habitat at site of proposed coal mine in Alberta THE CANADIAN PRESS

The federal government has declared dozens of streams and rivers in a scenic section of southwestern Alberta as critical habitat for an endangered trout species.

Wednesday’s announcement was welcomed by environmentalists, but it might complicate plans for a mountaintop coal mine proposed for the area.

The Alberta Wilderness Association

immediately said it would drop a lawsuit against Ottawa that sought to force the federal government to issue the order. Under law, critical habitat for native cutthroat trout was supposed to have been declared more than a year ago under the previous Conservative government.

“We’re happy that we likely do not have to follow through with it,” said Brittany Verbeek, the association’s conservation director.

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Attack at centre for the disabled kills 14, injures many more AMANDA LEE MYERS AND JUSTIN PRITCHARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — At least two heavily armed attackers opened fire on a banquet at a social services centre for the disabled Wednesday, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault that looked “as if they were on a mission,” authorities said.

Hours later, police hunting for the killers riddled a black SUV with gunfire in a shootout three kilometres from the late-morning carnage, and a man and woman with assault rifles, handguns and “assault-style clothing” were killed, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said.

A third person who was spotted running near the gunbattle was detained, but Burguan said it was unclear if that person had anything to do with the crime.

It was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since the attack at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, three years ago that left 26 children and adults dead.

Police shed no light on the motive for the massacre, but David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said the bureau is looking at several possibilities, including workplace violence and terrorism. He did not elaborate.

The attackers invaded the Inland Regional Center and began shooting around 11 a.m.

“They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission.”

Jarrod Burguan, San Bernardino police chief

They opened fire in a conference area that the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health had rented out for a banquet, said Marybeth Feild, president and CEO of the non-profitcentre.

Police spokeswoman Sgt. Vicki Cervantes said witnesses reported seeing one to three gunmen.

“They came prepared to do what they did, as if they were on a mission,” the police chief said.

Burguan said that someone had left the county employees’ event after “there was some type of dispute,” but investigators were not sure whether that had anything to do with the subsequent massacre in the Southern California city of 214,000 people about 100 kilometres outside Los Angeles.

Authorities also found a potential explosive device at the social service centre.

As gunfire echoed through the large three-building complex, several people locked themselves in their offices, desperately waiting to be rescued by police. Some texted their loved ones or telephoned them and whispered to them what was going on.

Ten of the wounded were hospitalized in critical condition, and three were in serious condition, Fire Chief Tom Hannemann said.

FBI agents and other law enforcement authorities converged on the centre and searched room to room for the attackers, but they had apparently escaped.

One witness, Glenn Willwerth, who runs a business across the street, said he heard 10 to 15 shots and then saw an SUV with blackedout windows pull out “very calmly, very slowly” and drive off.

Triage units were set up outside the centre, and people were wheeled away on stretchers.

Others walked quickly from a building with their hands up so that police could search them and make sure the attackers weren’t trying to slip out.

Stores, office buildings and at least one school were locked down in the city, and roads blocked off.

About four hours later, with police looking for a dark SUV, officers staking out a home in the nearby city of Redlands saw a vehicle matching that description.

They tried to pull it over, the SUV crashed, and a gun battle broke out around 3 p.m., authorities said.

One officer suffered a minor injury.

President Barack Obama was briefed on the attack by his homeland security adviser. He said it was too early to know the shooters’ motives but urged the country to take steps to reduce mass shootings, including stricter gun laws and stronger background checks.

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LONDON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; British lawmakers voted by a wide margin Wednesday to join the international campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, after Prime Minister David Cameron asserted that bombing the â&#x20AC;&#x153;medieval monstersâ&#x20AC;? in their heartland would make Britain safer.

The 397-223 vote in the House of Commons means Royal Air Force fighter jets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; already operating against IS in Iraq from a base in Cyprus â&#x20AC;&#x201D; could be flying over Syria within hours. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told Channel 4 news that the strikes would begin â&#x20AC;&#x153;very quickly . . . probably not tonight but it could be tomorrow night.â&#x20AC;?

Anti-war protesters outside Parliament booed as they learned the result of the vote. The decision came after an emotional 10 1/2hour debate in which Cameron said that Britain must strike the militants in their heartland and not â&#x20AC;&#x153;sit back and wait for them to attack us.â&#x20AC;?

Opponents argued that Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entry into Syriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crowded airspace would make little difference, and said Cameronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s military plan was based on wishful thinking that overlooked the messy reality of the Syrian civil war.

Cameron has long wanted to target IS in Syria, but had been unsure of getting majority support in the House of Commons until now.

He suffered an embarrassing defeat in 2013 when lawmakers rejected a motion backing attacks on the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The mood has changed following the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, claimed

by IS, that killed 130 people. Both France and the U.S. have urged

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Britain to join their air campaign in Syria, and Cameron said Britain should not let its allies down.

He said Britain was already a top target for IS attacks, and airstrikes would reduce the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to plan more Paris-style carnage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do we work with our allies to degrade and destroy this threat and do we go after these terrorists in their heartlands, from where they are plotting to kill British people?â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Or do we sit back and wait for them to attack us?â&#x20AC;?

He said that attacking IS was not anti-Muslim but â&#x20AC;&#x153;a defence of Islamâ&#x20AC;? against â&#x20AC;&#x153;women-raping, Muslim-murdering, medieval monsters.â&#x20AC;?

Cameron was backed by most members of his governing Conservative Party â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which holds 330 of the 650 Commons seats â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as members of the smaller Liberal Democrat party and others.

Labour, the main opposition, was divided. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who represents the left wing of the party â&#x20AC;&#x201D; spoke against what he called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;reckless and half-baked intervention.â&#x20AC;? But more than 60 Labour lawmakers, including senior party figures, voted in support of airstrikes, a move likely to make fissures between the right and the left of the party even worse.

Labour foreign affairs spokesman Hilary Benn said Britain could not â&#x20AC;&#x153;walk by on the other side of the roadâ&#x20AC;? when international allies were asking for help against IS â&#x20AC;&#x153;fascists.â&#x20AC;?

Britain already conducts airstrikes against IS targets in Iraq, and in August launched a drone strike that killed two British IS militants in Syria.

British officials say Royal Air Force Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets, armed with Brimstone missiles capable of hitting moving targets, would bring the campaign highly accurate firepower and help minimize civilian casualties.

President Barack Obama welcomed the British vote to join the air campaign in Syria, saying the Islamic State group â&#x20AC;&#x153;is a global threat that must be defeated by a global response.â&#x20AC;?

Critics claim British airstrikes will make little practical difference, and that ground forces will be needed to root out IS. Britain has ruled out sending troops, and critics of the government have responded with skepticism to Cameronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claim that there are 70,000 moderate Syrian rebels on the ground.

Cameron stood by that claim Wednesday, though he conceded, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying that the 70,000 are our ideal partners.â&#x20AC;?

The British vote came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said NATO members were ready to step up military efforts against the Islamic State group â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and held out hope of improved co-operation between the West and Russia to end Syriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four-year civil war.

The British debate was sometimes bad-tempered as opposition lawmakers demanded Cameron apologize for remarks, reportedly made at a closed-door meeting, in which he branded opponents a â&#x20AC;&#x153;bunch of terrorist sympathizers.â&#x20AC;?

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Canadians are making fewer official complaints about their mobile phone plans but more about their Internet service, says a report released Wednesday from the telecommunication industry’s consumer watchdog.

The Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services says the number of complaints it accepted fell to 9,988 in the year ending July 31 from 11,340 in the previous year.

Wireless complaints make up 52.9 per cent of those complaints, but that fell from more than 60 per cent.

A Saskatchewan man who admitted to collecting workers compensation long after he had gone back to work has escaped jail time, but must pay back more than $22,000.

Carey Nelson Lobzun, a 58-year-old Kindersley resident, was given a twoyear community sentence on Tuesday after pleading guilty to fraud over $5,000. Court heard Lobzun went on workers’ compensation in 2007, but continued to collect payments after he returned to his job.

He’s been ordered to make payments of at least $400 a month.

A Winnipeg couple is being recognized for their service in the Second World War. Ian Wilson, 96, was part of the Royal Canadian Air Forces No. 411 Spitfire Squadron. His 92-year-old wife, Betty, served for Great Britain from 1939 until 1945.

On Tuesday, she was given her Majesty’s Armed Forces Veterans Badge and the country’s War Medal.

The pair was also each awarded with a Certificate of Recognition signed by former prime minister Stephen Harper.

The superintendent of a Nova Scotia school board said the small, close-knit community was feeling a deep sense of loss Wednesday after a teacher and two young students died in a four-vehicle crash on their way to a volleyball event.

Ford Rice of the Port Hastings-based Strait Regional School Board said many people have been affected by the deaths of the 26-yearold woman and two girls, ages 12 and 13.

“It’s a very sad day for the communities involved,” said Rice.

Canada’s sixth-largest bank posted quarterly profits Wednesday in line with expectations, though blemishes from its limited exposure to the woes in the oilpatch are beginning to show.

National Bank said it earned $347 million for the three months ended Oct. 31, taking the full-year net income to $1.62 billion.

“In 2015, National Bank achieved strong financial results in a context of a slowing Canadian economy,” National Bank president and CEO Louis Vachon said in a statement.

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WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Wednesday indicated that the U.S. economy is on track for an interest rate hike this month, but she said the Fed will need to review incoming data before making a final decision.

Yellen gave an upbeat assessment of the economy’s progress since the Fed’s last meeting in October, describing it as in line with its expectations for the labour market and inflation.

But she added that policymakers need to be cautious in deciding when to start raising rates given that the Fed doesn’t have much room to cut them if the economy begins to falter.

Yellen’s comments in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington came two weeks before the Fed’s final meeting of the year on Dec. 15-16. The central bank is widely expected to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. The YELLEN Fed’s benchmark rate has been at a record low near zero for the past seven years.

Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics, said Yellen was “quite explicit in making the case” for a December rate hike.

In her speech, Yellen said that the economy has recovered “substantially” since the Great Recession of 2007-2009, and she expressed confidence that it will continue growing at a pace strong enough in coming months to further boost the labour market.

“When the (Fed’s policy committee) begins to normalize the stance of policy, doing so will be a testament . . . to how far our economy has come in recovering from the effects of the financial crisis and the Great Recession,” Yellen said.

Yellen stressed that the pace of future rate hikes was more important than the timing of the first move, which would still leave rates at historically low levels.

She reiterated that the pace of subsequent increases was likely to be gradual, meaning that rates for consumer and business borrowers will remain favourable for a while.

In response to a question, Yellen rejected a suggestion that the Fed might follow the pattern set under former-Chairman Alan Greenspan.

During the last round of rate hikes, the Fed boosted rates by regular quarter-point moves at 17 meetings from June 2004 to June 2006.

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He withdrew from the race on Monday.

The House will sit only until the end of next week before taking an extended Christmas break, returning in late January. The government intends to pass a ways and means motion giving effect to Trudeau’s promises to cut the federal income tax rate on those earning between $44,700 and $89,401 a year, while imposing a higher bracket on the wealthiest once per cent who earn more than $200,000.

Those tax promises will feature prominently in the throne speech,

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Throne speech to list government priorities OTTAWA — The Trudeau government’s first throne speech is likely to be one of the shortest in Canadian history.

Insiders say the speech, to be read by Gov. Gen. David Johnston on Friday, will be little more than a list of the new Liberal government’s immediate priorities, with minimal rhetorical flourishes and no surprises.

It won’t mention every federal department. It won’t recap every single promise made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the federal election campaign.

Rather, it will be a brief recitation of the urgent promises Trudeau intends to move on over the coming year — those aimed at improving the lot of struggling middle-class Canadians foremost among them.

The brevity and tight focus of the speech is modelled on throne speeches in the mother of Parliaments in the United Kingdom, which typically run less than 1,000 words and takes the Queen less than 10 minutes to read.

The speech from the throne marks the start of a new session of Parliament, following the election Thursday of a new Speaker of the House of Commons.

While Liberals are still basking in the afterglow of their upset victory on Oct. 19, their triumphant return to the government side of the aisle in the Commons has been dampened by news that one of their veteran MPs, Mauril Belanger, is facing a devastating health crisis.

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The strategy is backed by $30 million over five years, enough to create 40 new positions to be staffed by police officers and civilians.

The Mounties unfurled a The force will develop means of more effectively recruiting personnel with the computer and network engineering skills to fight crime in cyberspace. In addition, the RCMP plans to work more closely with private-sector and international partners.

“Cybercrime is vast in scope and magnitude and requires public and private-sector organizations

to work together and share information on new and emerging cybercrime threats,” the strategy document says.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson told a security conference last week that police exhibit rooms are stacked with digital devices — and the trick is finding ways to extract the valuable evidence hidden on them.

Paulson said that while the Internet is a marvellous place, it has a dark and dangerous side that creates a need for a law enforcement presence.

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Columnist says Kent ‘went rogue’ in campaign BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — A newspaper columnist who wrote a number of articles on “Scud Stud” Arthur Kent during the 2008 Alberta election says it was unusual for a candidate to go “rogue” and criticize both his party and leader.

Don Braid, a columnist for the Calgary Herald, was a defence witness Wednesday at a trial on Kent’s defamation lawsuit against Postmedia, the National Post and columnist Don Martin. Kent, 61, who became known as the Scud Stud during a journalism career that saw him cover the Gulf War, took exception to an article headlined “‘Scud Stud’ A ‘Dud’ On The Election Trail” that portrayed him as an ego-driven, out-of-control star candidate for the Progressive Conservatives.

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The article, which was published in several newspapers and remained available online for nearly five years, described Kent as “a hunky bear-witness reporter covering the conflict’s kickoff who got female hearts pumping.”

“The Scud Stud will land in politics with a thud,” Martin wrote. “He should pray to lose so his ’star’ qualities will find another place to shine.”

Braid, who said he has written about hundreds of candidates in his almost 40-year career, noted that during an election campaign, loyalty to the party and its leader is fundamental.

In one of his columns, he commented about the fallout from Kent’s controversial comments and wrote that “if he gets himself elected, he will be sitting at the back of the legislature sitting on a canvas camp stool.”

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Brazil leader faces impeachment Dilma Rousseff is accused of illicit activities MAURICIO SAVARESE AND BRAD BROOKS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RIO DE JANEIRO — Impeachment proceedings were opened Wednesday against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff by the speaker of the lower house of Congress, a sworn enemy of the beleaguered leader.

A special commission in which all political parties are represented must now weigh the decision of speaker Eduardo Cunha to open proceedings against Rousseff based on accusations her government broke fiscal responsibility laws by using money from state-run banks to fill budget gaps and pay for government social spending.

Rousseff sharply disputes the accusations — and most analysts at this point think she will survive.

“I’ve committed no illicit act, there is no suspicion hanging over me of any misuse of public money,” she said in a nationally televised statement. “I don’t have any offshore bank accounts, I have no hidden assets.”

The president’s statement was a direct jab at Cunha, who is charged with taking millions in bribes in connection to a massive kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras. Prosecutors say Cunha has at least $5 million hidden away in Swiss bank accounts — and it’s widely thought that he could be arrested.

Cunha is also facing the chance of being kicked out of the lower house, as an ethics committee in that body weighs whether it’ll recommend a full vote on whether he can remain as a seated congressman while facing the corruption allegations.

Cunha’s decision to introduce the impeachment proceedings came just hours after three Workers’ Party deputies who are on the 21-member ethics committee that will determine whether the speaker faces a vote to be kicked out

of congress indicated they would recommend that action against the speaker — viewed as a key decision as the committee is narrowly split.

While proceedings to impeach Rousseff are expected to get by the commission, most political analysts say it’s unlikely to get the two-thirds vote of the lower house that would remove her from office temporarily. But if it does pass, the case would then go to the Senate to decide whether she should be removed permanently.

“The chances of President Rousseff being impeached aren’t as big as politicians say now, despite this bold move

by Cunha,” said Luciano Dias, a political consultant at the Brasilia-based Analise Politica firm. “They are not insignificant, but they are not huge. There needs to be more than two-thirds of more than 500 deputies voting against her, and that number is very hard to reach.”

Rousseff began her second term in office on Jan. 1 and has been hobbled by a political corruption scandal centred around a kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras.

Rousseff herself faces no accusations of wrongdoing in the corruption scandal. But Cunha, a member of the Brazilian Democratic Party which is the top partner in Rousseff’s ruling coalition, does and has not bothered to hide his fury for the investigation against him by the government’s attorney general.

Members of Rousseff’s Workers’ Party say that Cunha’s introduction of the impeachment proceedings is retribution — and indicated they would ask the Supreme Court to step in and block Cunha’s decision.

There is sharp legal debate about whether Rousseff can face impeachment for an offence committed during her previous term — a matter that’s expected to be taken up by the nation’s Supreme Court as this situation moves forward.

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Once again, ‘tis the season ‘Yellowpoint Christmas Spectacular’ back to set the spirit of the season DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

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Beach Boys tunes, a Rock of Ages medley from the 1980s and ‘90s — including songs from bands like Bon Jovi and Journey — some Bobby Darrin songs, hits from the movie Grease, a Canadiana set and dancers doing the tango to a slightly saucy Moulin Rouge set.

“There’s a mild burlesque (element), but we do try to keep it appropriate for all ages,” Bowen-Roberts said.

“It’s really a mix of music and the idea is it’s fast moving, very colourful and my costumes come from all over, especially the U.K.”

Two weeks before the show opens, a cast of 14 professional singers, dancers and musicians started an intensive two-week rehearsal period in preparation for opening night.

They will then perform for more than 7,000 people at three venues across the island (Cedar Community Hall, Nanaimo’s Port Theatre, and the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay).

Afternoon shows are at 3 p.m. and evening performances at 7 p.m.

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Port Theatre afternoon shows are Dec. 19 and 20 and evening shows are Dec. 18 and 19.

Two evening shows are set for the Sid Williams Theatre, Dec. 8 and 9, 442 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay. Shows are 135 minutes.

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The Yellowpoint Christmas Spectacular started by Katy Bowen-Roberts nine years ago has reached the standard of holiday tradition.

The Island-born performing artist was inspired by the grand Christmas shows she was part of while performing in the U.K. “It was part of a Christmas production on a larger, grander scale, in Norfolk England.,” Bowen-Roberts said.

“I took their formal, basic idea, which was to have a show based around a Christmas theme and every year I rewrite the show with my musical arranger.”

Which means each year, a magnificent show of music and dancing with a completely new arrangement.

“We plug in music for all ages — and dance.”

The performers consist of entirely professional singers and dancers. For audiences, Bowen-Roberts said, that means a magical experience.

“It has become a tradition for many people that come year after year,” Bowen-Roberts said. “They know what to expect, but it’s always new.”

This year’s musical extravaganza includes classical hits and Christmas favourites, plus

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The man who wrote â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Should Be Loversâ&#x20AC;? looks forward to playing Simonholt Restaurant in Nanaimo.

There are similarities in size and ambiance to Blue Frog Studios in White Rock, where the Edmonton-based singer-musician recorded a live album released in 2012.

He appreciates the intimacy of smaller venues, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always enjoyed it there,â&#x20AC;? says Zappacosta, using his cellphone as he walks his Jack Russell terrier through his Valley Zoo neighbourhood in Edmonton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a beautiful room.â&#x20AC;?

To the uninitiated, Zappacosta is not a rock star, although he did win a Juno Award in the early 1980s, the decade that saw his star rise in the Canadian music constellation.

One of his early hits, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Start Again,â&#x20AC;? which he wrote in the 1970s, at the tender age of 18, shows a sensibility beyond his years. There is the pain and sorrow of an imaginary, problem drinking brother and the hurt of a lost love.

Quick to laugh, the memory of that period in his life draws a low chuckle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to write in the minor keys and my dad said to me: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re writing another dirge.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

He says he â&#x20AC;&#x153;had no ideaâ&#x20AC;? then he would make a career out of songwriting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a brother, but the thing in the song is just the whole idea of the emotional content of it, just to imagine it, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty true. At 18, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re carrying a heavy hurt â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe you got dumped by your girlfriend. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a teen, there are family members, people falling apart. It seemed really easy to build a story around it.â&#x20AC;?

While he never reached superstar status, he worked hard and his career followed a steady path, producing a string of albums, including a song in the hugely successful Dirty Dancing soundtrack.

In 1984 he recorded his first self-titled solo album which contained the hit singles â&#x20AC;&#x153;Passionâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Should Be Lovers.â&#x20AC;?

That earned him a Juno Award for Most Promising Male Vocalist.

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The next year he lent his vocals to the Canadian charity production â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tears Are Not Enough,â&#x20AC;? produced by David Foster singing the lines, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe we could understand the reasons whyâ&#x20AC;? in the fifth stanza with Dalbello.

His second album A-Z was released in 1986 and featured the hit singles â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I Fall (In Love Again)â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing Can Stand In Your Way.â&#x20AC;? Following this, a Zappacosta song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overloadâ&#x20AC;? was added to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, one of the biggest selling soundtracks of the 80s.

A third album Quick!...Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Ask Any Questions was released in 1990, before Zappacosta took time off to hone his vocal and guitar skills.

He also pursued acting in various stage performances, as well as a role in the 2005 Canadian movie Halo.

He released more personal albums, including 2004â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Start Again which contains reworked versions of some of his classic hits from the 80s.

In December 2008, Zappacosta released the album At the Church at Berkeley which features his versions of classic jazz standards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stopped working,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Zappacosta plays SimonHolt 6582 Applecross Rd, Nanaimo, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $22 ($20 advance tickets for groups of more than four).

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Also playing that night are Teri-Lynn Puckett, with Alan Medcalf.

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‘60S TRIBUTE

Who out there pays proper tribute to the legend that was Roy Orbison?

Only The Lonely.

The Lonely: A Tribute to Roy Orbison will recreate the music of one of early rock’s most enduring

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Hidden artists emerging in 17th-annual artwalk AARON HINKS DAILY NEWS

Not all talented artists hang their work for the public.

Next weekend will be an opportunity to view and purchase pieces from some of Nanaimo’s hidden artistic gems.

The 17th-annual — and biggest to date — Nanaimo Artwalk will be taking place downtown Dec. 5 to 6 from 11 to 5 p.m.

Downtown and Old City Quarter galleries and storefront owners have opened their space to 47 artists. A map, found on the Nanaimo Artwalk website, provides a detail breakdown of each artist and where they will be posted for the two-day event.

“What’s wonderful about the art walk is that it is a wonderful opportunity to see a lot of great, new art by people that aren’t ordinarily represented in galleries or have their work hanging,” said Grant Leier, owner of Barton Leier gallery downtown.

“It’s a real cross section, there’s everything from landscape painters to ceramic artists to textile people. This is the biggest year ever for artists and it’s all walkable so you can spend the afternoon.”

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Leier’s wife, Nixie Barton will be displaying and selling encaustic pieces. Nixie mixes wax with tree sap and oil paint to create bright-coloured art over wood.

“There’s a huge diverse group of artists in this community and are wonderful.

We’re a big support of them and always have been, it’s a great opportunity to see them all,” Barton said.

Artwalk organizer, Willow Friday, says you could probably visit every location in two days.

“But I think it’s better to do your research and pick and choose who you want to see, make it enjoyable that way,” Friday said.

Every artist will be at their location, but may pop out for lunch or to have a quick visit with the surrounding artists.

Some of the artwork includes photography, painting, abstract, models, woodworking, sculpture, encaustic, glasswork and jewellery.

All of the artwork is for sale. Some shops will be offering bigger pieces while others will be offering smaller trinkets.

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performers Dec. 6 at Nanaimo’s Port Theatre.

From 1960 to 1964 Orbison’s unmistakable voice landed 22 songs on the Billboard Top 40, including “Only The Lonely,” “Crying,” and “Pretty Woman.”

“The Big O was unmistakable

with his trademark sunglasses, his distinctive, powerful voice, his complex compositions and the dark emotional ballads we all love,” event promotional material states.

“The Lonely delivers a sensitive and dynamic tribute. Veteran Mike Demers leads this group of musical journeymen in their mutual and

deep appreciation of the timeless music of the Caruso of Rock.”

“One of the best tributes I’ve seen and I’ve been in the biz for 22 years,” said Tina Coldwell of TLC Entertainment.

Tickets for this 7:30 p.m. show are $37.50 at the Port Theatre Box Office.

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THEATRE

One actor, one symphony, one holiday classic SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

The Vancouver Island Symphony is presenting a unique take of Charles Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classic, A Christmas Carol.

The symphony will be bringing Scott MacMillanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original musical score to the production, and is also partnering with Nova Scotia-based theatrical company Off The Leash

Creative for the show.

Therein lies the twist: Jeremy Webb, the British-born actor behind Off The Leash, will be playing all the parts in the play as the orchestra plays on stage.

Webb penned the one-man adaptation for the stage and promises an festive performance in a video greeting to Nanaimo audiences.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to come to Nanaimo and bring you Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; A Christmas Carol,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a perfect family night out, perfect for kids, lots of fun, lots of audience participation, so we hope you join us there.â&#x20AC;?

Webb, also a noted Shakespearian actor and radio talent, has toured for the show since 2003 to rave reviews.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a great, fun, unusual, surprising take on Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time-tested tale,â&#x20AC;? says Vancouver Island Symphony Artistic and Music Director Pierre Simard.

Tickets for the Port Theatre show, happening at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, can be purchased online at www.porttheatre.com. A matinee for the show had been cancelled.

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Ken Lavigne will be spreading holiday cheer at the Port Theatre on Dec. 9 with the Christmas Old Time Radio Roadshow.

Lavigne, an internationally renowned singer and entertainer from Vancouver Island, will perform many old-time Christmas favourites, while playing host to a talented crew of performers including the tight harmonies of special guests, the Company â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;?

Vocal Trio. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to evoke the spirit of those great radio shows from the 1940s and 1950s,â&#x20AC;? he said from his home in Chemainus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were live variety shows with fabulous singing and performers. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also planning the largest indoor snowball fight ever, which should be a lot of fun.â&#x20AC;?

During his long career, Lavigne, an established tenor, has charmed his way into the hearts of concert

goers across North America with his sincere delivery of ballads, show tunes and classical crossover hits in the style of Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban.

He has sung with choirs and symphony orchestras throughout Canada, and has played at Carnegie Hall.

Lavigne said the evening will focus on traditional Christmas favourites, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jingle Bells,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sleigh Ride,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Drummer Boy,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Child is This?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Baby its Cold Outside,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas in Killarneyâ&#x20AC;? and much more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, the songs will sung with our own unique take on them,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Close your eyes when the Company â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bâ&#x20AC;? Vocal Trio performs and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d swear you were hearing the Andrews Sisters.â&#x20AC;?

The Nanaimo concert is one of eight that Lavigne and his entourage will be performing on Vancouver Island in December, which range

from Victoria to Campbell River.

He said that this is the first time he will be performing in Nanaimo in three years and looks forward to the evening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole Island is my old stomping grounds, especially at Christmas time,â&#x20AC;? Lavigne said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We try to bring something unique and different to these shows every time we do them.

People are used to seeing me perform in a tie and singing tenor ballads, but our aim is for the Christmas shows to be as entertaining and fun as possible.â&#x20AC;?

Tickets for the Nanaimo show are $38 each, $18 for students, and are available at the Port Theatre box office, by going to www. porttheatre.com, or by calling 250-754-8550.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Dover Bay students invite you to take a walk Into The Woods DAILY NEWS

Once again Dover Bay Secondary School is producing a fully student-operated and performed musical with a full 31-piece student orchestra.

Into the Woods is Stephen Sondheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic Grimmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fairy Tale mash-up which was recently made into a feature film. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the only school in the district to stage this type of production and it does it every year,â&#x20AC;? publicist Kim Plumley stated in a media release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a particularly challenging

musical to produce, as it demands that regular dialogue is often performed in time with accompanying music â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a difficult feat even for professionals.â&#x20AC;?

In addition, Into the Woods has no chorus, just the 13 or so main and supporting characters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have had to create choral parts and opportunities for the rest of the 30 young performers in the class,â&#x20AC;? said director, Ward Norcutt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grade 12 students Olivia Andrews, Kate Krynowsky and Hayley Farenholtz have written, arranged and directed the new choral parts.â&#x20AC;?

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Dover Bay Theatrix and its two teachers, Pamela Schwarze and Ward Norcutt, produces 7 to 10 public theatrical presentations every school year.

These include Performance Academy eight through 12 shows, plays for the North Island Drama Festival, Variety and Cabaret Nights, and the Musical.

All these shows are operated fully and completely by students. This year, the Musicalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lighting designer is Grade 12 student, Dakota Farenholtz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a difficult thing, to let go of artistic control,â&#x20AC;? says Norcutt, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but

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Western Edge Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular Plays and Pie series returns this weekend with a slice of mince.

Christmas Naughty and Nice is all about the spirit of the season, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the mistake of looking for traditional.

Instead, the troupe is staging a series of definitely non-traditional playlets by Daniel Curzon in a staged reading featuring some of the Nanaimo areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finest actors, followed by a festive celebration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our next mainstage show is the comedy Venus in Fur in January,â&#x20AC;? stated Western Edge artistic producer Frank Moher said in a media release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meantime, we thought weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d bring back Plays and Pie in a holiday variation. This time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re calling it Plays and Mince-Meat Pie.â&#x20AC;?

Christmas Naughty and Nice covers a gamut of styles from the riotous to poignant as it looks at the holiday in an unconventional light.

In Honest Xmas Presents, a family on Christmas morning give one another some unusually candid gifts. In A Christmas Miracle at the Open Mess, two gay army officers wonder if they can safely reveal their relationship by dancing together.

The Christmas to End All Christmases is a variation on Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; A Christmas Carol, which manages to also incorporate Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Mrs. Claus, and Jesus. The troupe warns the evening comes with an advisory for adult language and content. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christmas Naughty and Nice is just under an hour,â&#x20AC;? said Moher. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Afterwards weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have lots of time to enjoy some festive food and drink and celebrate the season with our audience and artists. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have pie there as usual, but this time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have other sorts of goodies as well. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be some surprises.â&#x20AC;?

The staged reading of Christmas Naughty and Nice begins at 7:30 pm at Kismet Theatre Academy, 55 Victoria Rd..

Admission is by donation at the door, with proceeds to Western Edge Theatre. Food items are being collected for the Loaves and Fishes Food Bank.

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Performances are scheduled from Tuesday through Saturday, Dec. 8-12 at 7 p.m. at the school.

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Nordic Christmas coming The Victoria Children’s Choir and the Irene Becker, Pierre Dørge, Morten Carlsen Trio, from Denmark are bringing Christmas to Nanaimo on Sunday.

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FOLK ROCK

The musicians will perform the newly world-released song “Sparkling Star in the Darkness.”

The concert is an all-ages event held at St. Andrews United Church at 2 p.m.

Admission is by donation.

Nanaimo act’s enthusiastic live show feeds forthcoming album

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Two-piece powerhouse folk rockers Roberts Hall opened their show Nov. 21 show at the Vault with a military-style drumroll and a call to “attention!” from singer Étienne McGuigan as they launched into “When I’m Gone,” a single off their upcoming album.

The high energy start to the show didn’t relent, and it’s easy to see why the duo, inspired by East Coast folk and Cascadian ambient music, have been so busy lately.

In the midst of recording their first full-length album (some of which was recorded live on Saturday night) the band was also the featured act at an exclusive preview screening of local feature film Beyond Control on Nov. 13.

Started only in May of last year after band member Brendan Holm returned to the Harbour City after a three month trip to Mexico, both Holm and McGuigan quickly began to pen songs in a process Holm describes as “very organic and collaborative.”

The results come through in an enthusiastic live show that features Holm holding his own juggling a drum set, guitar and synth key-

Brendan Holm anchors the bottom end for Nanaimo duo Roberts Hall.

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board called the Mini Brute while McGuigan is out front with his guitar and heartfelt vocals.

The East Coast folk influence — McGuigan is from New Brunswick — is clear in the style of many songs, though Holm’s percussion and McGuigan’s driving vocals bring what could be a mellow acoustic act more into the realm of indie rock at times.

A nice touch to the evening was

a Parisian folk song with French lyrics that McGuigan pulled off nicely, with a nod to the victims of recent attacks in the city.

So does their name reference an early location of something significant? The moniker of an old friend?

They’re not saying just yet.

“The name comes from a secret place, but if you take a look under Etienne’s hat you might get a hint,” said Holm.

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ally Buono is the winningest head coach in CFL history, the winningest head coach in the history of the Calgary Stampeders and B.C. Lions, is tied for most Grey Cup wins in CFL history, and holds the Order of Canada as well as membership in about 113 Halls of Fame.

His credentials, it seems, aren’t an issue.

The Lions, moreover, are facing some of their gravest challenges since David Braley took control of the team 20 years ago and desperately need the qualities Buono offers. A proven track record? Check. Familiarity with the team and the organization? Check. Brand recognition in this market? Check.

So add it all up and, from a distance, his hiring answers a lot of questions for the Lions and comes at just the right moment for a franchise which has seemed lost for two years.

And who knows. Maybe it is.

But watching Buono on Wednesday explain away the latest body blow to the Lions; explain how Jeff Tedford, the superstar hire of a year ago, resigned as head coach after one 7-11 campaign; and how Buono, who retired as coach after the 2011 season, would come back to hold the head coach and GM portfolio in 2016 as he turns 66; didn’t seem like an airtight solution to the Lions’ problems.

“Will we have a plan? Yes,” Buono said during the presser which

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B.C. Lions general manager Wally Buono pauses during a news conference at the team’s practice facility in Surrey on Nov. 17. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

announced he’ll succeed Tedford.

“Can I tell you what that plan is beyond today? No. “This is something I hadn’t considered, but this is where we are now.”

Even if no one seems to know precisely where that is.

On the surface, the announcement that Tedford had exercised a clause in his contract to resign by Dec. 1 registered as a shocker but, following the Lions’ loss to Calgary in the Western semifinal, there were signs the team was facing another seismic change.

A couple of weeks ago, there were reports in social media that Tedford had been contacted about returning to the NCAA. Last week there was news about a summit meeting in

Winnipeg involving Tedford, Buono, team president Dennis Skulsky and owner Braley. During his own season-ending press conference, Buono had fallen considerably short of giving Tedford his unqualified endorsement.

But, even if the signs were there, Wednesday’s news still has enormous implications for the Lions. A year ago, Tedford was gleefully announced as the man who’d remake the franchise; who’d do for the Lions what John Hufnagel did in Calgary. Now, the Leos will have their third head coach in three years and their fourth offensive co-ordinator in four years with the news that George Cortez won’t be returning.

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success. It represents, in fact, the institutionalized chaos which has plagued other CFL teams but was never supposed to happen under Buono’s watch.

Now, the great man has to step in and clean up a mess he played a role in making. All of which raises the question, does he still have the game to do it?

You have to admit, that’s a helluva question. When Tedford was hired, the presumption was Buono would turn over the keys to the former Cal coach and drift off to retirement.

Now comes word that Buono will again take over the operation, and negotiations are taking place to extend him through the 2017 season.

Somewhere in there a new plan of succession will have to be formed — Buono: “Guys, I’m not here for eternity” — but in the here and now there will be plenty to keep Buono occupied.

He addressed some of those issues on Wednesday. Others, not so much.

Buono said conversations have taken place to keep Travis Lulay in the Lions’ fold as the backup quarterback/mentor to Jonathon Jennings/ offensive-coordinator-in-training, and signing Lulay would send a strong message that this organization isn’t as screwy as it seems.

As for the other key free agents — Andrew Harris, Manny Arceneaux, Jovan Olafioye — Buono said it’s too soon to tell. But his return to the sidelines all but signals the end of Harris’s career with the Leos.

As for the others, Buono performed his usual song and dance with the media. A cryptic answer here. A tease there. The odd bold pronouncement.

It was a familiar act to anyone who’s been around the team during the Buono era, and maybe that’s the point.

It was telling that, during the presser, the new-old coach repeatedly referenced season-ticket holders and sponsors because much of Wednesday’s news seemed to be about allaying their fears. It isn’t exactly a state secret that the business of the Lions has been on the decline since the 2011 Grey Cup win and while Buono isn’t exactly a fresh, new face, he offers stability and security; a proven commodity.

Does that still sell in this province?

Braley is betting an awful lot it still does.

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Los Angeles King Alec Martinez, right, collides with Vancouver Canuck Jared McCann during a game on Tuesday in Los Angeles. [AP PHOTO]

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TORONTO — Jake Walman grew up playing in the Greater Toronto Hockey League like a lot of Canadian kids. But he’s not just a Canadian hockey player.

Because Walman’s mother, Mari Anne, is American, the young defenceman is a dual citizen with Canadian and U.S. passports. While he played for Canada East in the World Junior A Challenge two years ago, he chose to attend U.S. world junior camp this past summer and hoped to wear the red, white and blue at

the upcoming tournament in Helsinki. The International Ice Hockey Federation disagreed, deeming Walman ineligible to play for the U.S. because he’s Canadian-born and trained. And even though the Toronto native chose the U.S., Hockey Canada is welcoming him with open arms by inviting him to its world junior selection camp.

“We liked him in the summer and we still like him,” Hockey Canada vice-president of hockey operations and national teams Scott Salmond said. “We think he’s going to have a real good chance to make our team and

make us better if he does. To me he’s Canadian. At the end of the day that’s the bottom line.”

Hockey Canada all along believed Walman was Canadian.

Now in his second season at Providence College in Rhode Island, he would have had to play two full seasons to qualify as an American. Walman is quite the catch, too, as the NCAA’s leading scorer among defencemen with 10 goals and eight assists in 12 games. He could be part of a blue line that may feature returnee Joe Hicketts and NHL first-round picks Haydn Fleury and Travis Sanheim.

Making it will be a challenge at a competitive camp, which is perhaps why Walman opted to go to the U.S. summer camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. “Jake had to make a decision based on the information he had and probably what he thought, as a young player, was going to give him the best opportunity to play,” Salmond said.

Hockey Canada is giving him that opportunity. Walman is one of 11 defencemen invited to the mid-December camp, also including Hicketts, Fleury, Sanheim and 2014 first-rounder Roland McKeown.

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f you’re leafing through a list of the most important Canucks, you’re destined to thumb Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Chris Tanev and, depending on the day or how you feel about his backup, Ryan Miller.

You’re not supposed to think of Jared McCann.

But that’s where the Canucks may have found themselves, after it was announced Brandon Sutter will be lost for four to six weeks following sports hernia surgery.

“It’s something that happened a couple of weeks ago,” GM Jim Benning said. “With these kinds of things, you want to make sure it doesn’t come back to haunt him, not only this year, but next year.”

It leaves the heart of the Canucks forward group cut adrift, heading into the new year depending on one struggling 20-year-old sophomore, Bo Horvat, and the 19-year-old McCann, who was supposed to be under consideration to play for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship.

That plan should be imploded immediately, if it hasn’t already. Because McCann is now the best chance the Canucks have of constructing a second line that can score. Much of the recent talk has centred around Jacob Markstrom playing more. Of course he needs more games, for all sorts of reasons, but none more impactful than the reality that it will make both him and Miller better goalies. But now the same push for an increased role applies to McCann, and it could have even more influence on wins and losses.

Quietly, McCann has been out-playing Horvat for a month. In 15 games since Nov. 1, McCann’s on-ice, even-strength scoring-chance differential is plus-five.

To put it in perspective, Henrik Sedin, who was on a line nationally lauded for its production, was minus-7 using the same scoring chance data. Similarly, Horvat was minus-35. It doesn’t end there. McCann’s shot-attempt differential at even strength, or Corsi, was 54.7 per cent through those 15 games, better than both Henrik (53.6) and Horvat (43.3).

Underlying data doesn’t grab the Canucks’ attention quite like it used to. That’s fine, because McCann has been doing that in other areas. If there’s been any concern about him internally, it’s been about McCann’s strength and how his body will hold up during a year spent toiling in the Western Conference.

“I was happy to see that Anaheim game, there was pushback from him,” Benning said. “He’s a real competitive guy, as well as being skilled. As he gets more strength, you’ll see that’s the type of personality he has. He hates losing. That was a hard game, from the reaction of the rest of the team. But I was happy to see the way he reacted. Once he gets going, we’ll see more of that.”

But how much opportunity and ice time will he have to “get going?”

McCann’s recent, impressive growth should blow you away nearly as much as his head coach’s hesitance to play him in big moments, especially late in games.

In Los Angeles, McCann produced two even-strength scoring chances and Radim Vrbata, while playing with him, had three.

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ach year, the B.C. Quad A Girls’ Volleyball championships rotate from one region of the province to another.

This year, it was the Island’s turn and the Dover Bay Dolphins were happy to take it on — in part because they’ve got as good of a chance as anyone else at winning the whole thing.

“Yeah, that didn’t hurt that we’re pretty good,” said Dolphins head coach Dave Nelson.

Today, the top teams from the most participated-in sport among all B.C. high school athletics converge in Nanaimo for the 2015 Quad A provincial championships to compete at its highest level.

“It feels really good to be at this point,” said Dover Bay’s Maddy McDonald.

“We’re all really excited.”

The fifth-ranked Dolphins come into the tournament after finishing as the runner-up at Quad A Vancouver Island championships two weeks ago, falling to the Oak Bay Breakers in the championship match.

“We had a good tournament,” Nelson said of his team’s finish at Islands. “We’ve battled Oak Bay all year. We’re 2-2 against them, so it was just another good battle that could have gone either way.

“I thought we played all right, but it wasn’t our best.”

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Sam Chwelos of the Dover Bay Dolphins senior girls volleyball team returns a ball during practice on Tuesday night prior to the Quad A provincial championships, which begin today. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

through Oak Bay and other top schools such as the Kelowna Owls and Handsworth Royals, some of the favourites of the tournament, to come out on top when the medal games are played on Saturday at Vancouver Island University.

But they have seen all of the top competition throughout the season, and they know they’re capable of beating anyone.

They’ve beaten all three of the top schools at one point or another throughout the season.

“If we do what we can, we can do really well,” said Dover Bay senior Rose Plensky.

“For a lot of us, it’s the last year, too. So it’s going to be a good way to end it.”

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Nanaimo’s Owen Hardy has signed a standard player agreement with the Vancouver Giants, the Western Hockey League team has announced.

Hardy, a 16-year-old rookie who had been playing with the Nanaimo Clippers in the B.C. Hockey League, played his first game with the Giants on Wednesday night.

He is the fourth Nanaimo player to play in the WHL this season joining Dylan Coghlan, Patrick Bajkov and Chase Lang.

He was drafted by the Giants in 2014 in the second round of the WHL Bantam Draft.

Hardy had one goal in 25 games with the Clippers.

The BCHL states each team must carry at least two 16 or 17-year-old players, and Hardy was one of two for the Clippers, who will now need to add another player born in 1998 or 1999 to their roster.

play today at 11:35 a.m. at Dover Bay before games at 2:15 p.m. and 4:55 p.m.

For the Dolphins’ seniors, it’s going to be about playing their last games of high school volleyball.

“It doesn’t seem real at this point,” said Amy Smith, “but I think it will this weekend.”

Nelson thinks the tournament is going to wide open.

“I think that anyone that gets to the quarterfinals can win it,” he said.

“It’s pretty even. Whoever’s hot at the right time and whoever’s playing the best on Saturday could take it.”

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Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish announced his retirement Wednesday after nine CFL seasons, three rushing titles and two Grey Cup rings.

The 31-year-old from New Westminster was the CFL’s leading rusher and top Canadian from 2012 to 2014. But he was limited to just nine games in each of the last two seasons due to injuries.

“I’m very comfortable with my decision,” said Cornish.

“Over the years with this team, I feel we’ve been able to achieve everything that is possible to achieve both as a team and as an individual.”

Cornish broke Normie Kwong’s 56-year-old single-season rushing record for a Canadian with 1,457 yards in 2012.

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51 63 70

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25 23 26 26 25 25 25 26

3 4 1 7 4 1 1 2

0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0

68 65 73 70 51 73 60 65

64 62 81 71 65 76 90 79

29 28 26 26 23 21 20 20

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

5-6-2-0 4-4-3-0 6-8-0-1 6-5-4-1 3-8-1-0 7-8-0-0 3-9-1-1 4-10-1-0

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

L-2 W-1 W-1 L-3 W-1 W-1 W-1 W-1

WILD CARD Chicago Minnesota Winnipeg Vancouver Anaheim Colorado Calgary Edmonton

13 12 12 9 9 10 9 9

9 7 12 9 11 14 14 15

Note: the winning team receives two points and a victory in the W column; a team losing in overtime or shootout gets one point and is registered in the respective OTL or SOL column. :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 (SO) Winnipeg 6 Toronto 1 Boston at Edmonton Tampa Bay at Anaheim 7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Calgary 4 Dallas 3 (SO) Colorado 2 New Jersey 1 Detroit 5 Buffalo 4 (SO) Florida 3 St. Louis 1 Los Angeles 2 Vancouver 1 (OT) Minnesota 2 Chicago 1 Montreal 2 Columbus 1 Nashville 5 Arizona 2 Philadelphia 4 Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 5 San Jose 1 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV ³ $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Florida at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Arizona at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Washington at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Nashville at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Toronto at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.

NY Islanders at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Boston at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

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2. N.Y. Rangers, Stalberg 3 (Staal, Moore) 18:37.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bailey NYI (hooking) 7:48, Yandle NYR (hooking) 10:58, Girardi NYR (delay of game) 12:05.

7KLUG 3HULRG No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

2YHUWLPH No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.Y. Islanders bench (too many men) 1:12, Yandle NYR, Cizikas NYI (roughing) 3:19.

6KRRWRXW Âł 1 < ,VODQGHUV ZLQV 1 < 5DQJHUV Nash, miss; Zuccarello, miss; Boyle, miss; 1 < ,VODQGHUV

Okposo, goal; Nielsen, miss; Tavares, miss.

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Toronto, Grabner 1 (Winnik, Spaling) 2:02 2. Winnipeg, Stafford 8 (Scheifele, Perreault) 8:25 3. Winnipeg, Stafford 9 (Ehlers, Scheifele) 17:32 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stuart Wpg (tripping) 6:10, Little Wpg (tripping) 10:06, Winnik Tor (hooking) 13:05, Komarov Tor (tripping) 16:03, Myers Wpg (interference) 18:46.

6HFRQG 3HULRG No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Parenteau Tor (slashing) 4:15, Polak Tor (roughing) 6:19.

7KLUG 3HULRG 4. Winnipeg, Scheifele 9 (Perreault, Chiarot) 1:25 5. Winnipeg, Ladd 7 (Myers) 2:43 6. Winnipeg, Little 10 (Wheeler, Byfuglien) 10:53 7. Winnipeg, Peluso 1 (Copp, Trouba) 17:53 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Phaneuf Tor (tripping) 8:47.

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Boston Edmonton

8 10

15 13

13 10

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Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 16,839 at Edmonton.

LATE TUESDAY

9 11

8 16â&#x20AC;&#x201D;33 12 12â&#x20AC;&#x201D;35

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Toronto: Sparks (L, 1-1-0); Winnipeg: Hellebuyck (W, 2-0-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Toronto: 0-3; Winnipeg: 1-5.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15,294 at Winnipeg.

,6/$1'(56 5$1*(56 62

)LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Grabovski NYI (interference) 14:57.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. N.Y. Islanders, Tavares 12 (Okposo, Boychuk) 12:22 (pp)

N.Y. Rangers 6â&#x20AC;&#x201D;34 N.Y. Islanders 3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;37

13 6

9 16

)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Vancouver, D. Sedin 12 (H. Sedin, Weber) 7:39 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lucic LA (high-sticking) 6:55, Bartkowski Vcr (interference) 9:22, Gaborik LA (holding) 19:46, Burrows Vcr (slashing) 20:00.

6HFRQG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Muzzin LA (tripping) 5:36, Edler Vcr (holding) 11:29, Nolan LA (slashing) 16:19.

7KLUG 3HULRG 2. Los Angeles, Doughty 3 (Shore, Gaborik) 6:54 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Horvat Vcr (holding) 5:23, D. Sedin Vcr (hooking) 8:52, Vrbata Vcr (hooking) 18:26.

2YHUWLPH 3. Los Angeles, Kopitar 8 (Carter) 2:02 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\ Vancouver 0â&#x20AC;&#x201D;16 Los Angeles 3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;40

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NY. .Rangers: Lundqvist (SOL, 13-5-3); N.Y. Islanders: Halak (W, 7-4-2).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N.Y. Rangers: 0-3; N.Y. Islanders: 1-2.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15,795 at Brooklyn, N.Y.

2,/(56 %58,16 62

)LUVW 3HULRG No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bergeron Bos (slashing) 18:24.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Edmonton, Letestu 3 (Hendricks, Sekera) 10:23 (sh).

2. Boston, Krug 2 (Bergeron, McQuaid) 18:27.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gryba Edm (interference) 8:47, Eriksson Bos (tripping) 12:13,

9

1

10

15

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vancouver: Markstrom (L, 1-1-2); Los Angeles: Quick (W, 12-7-1).

3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vancouver: 1-4; Los Angeles: 1-6.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,230 at Los Angeles.

3(1*8,16 6+$5.6 )LUVW 3HULRG 1. Pittsburgh, Kessel 8 (Malkin, Perron) 2:30 3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Braun SJ (hooking) 4:33.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Pittsburgh, Cullen 2 (Dumoulin, Fehr) 4:40 3. Pittsburgh, Malkin 12 (Kunitz) 6:35 4. San Jose, Marleau 10 (Pavelski, Ward) 15:35 (pp) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Malkin Pgh (hooking) 0:56, Bennett Pgh (roughing) 14:30, Crosby Pgh, Pavelski SJ (roughing) 19:09.

7KLUG 3HULRG 5. Pittsburgh, Perron 4 (Kunitz, Bennett) 8:42 (pp) 6. Pittsburgh, Kessel 9 (Malkin, Cole) 15:54 (en) 3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; San Jose bench (too many men) 6:51, Cole Pgh (tripping) 11:13.

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MLS

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B.C. DIVISION Kelowna Victoria Prince George Kamloops Vancouver

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 27 20 6 1 0 108 78 41 28 18 8 1 1 96 63 38 25 14 9 1 1 81 75 30 24 12 9 3 0 88 80 27 27 7 16 2 2 75 102 18

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 25 16 7 2 0 91 69 34 27 14 10 2 1 89 92 31 24 14 8 0 2 63 48 30 24 12 12 0 0 84 78 24 28 11 16 1 0 85 109 23

EASTERN CONFERENCE

CENTRAL DIVISION Red Deer Lethbridge Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 27 19 8 0 0 106 74 38 27 18 9 0 0 111 82 36 29 16 11 1 1 90 93 34 28 11 14 3 0 80 96 25 25 7 15 2 1 78 110 17 29 6 21 2 0 57 119 14

Note: Winning team receives two points & a victory in W column; a team losing in overtime or shootout gets one point which is registered in either OTL or SOL column :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Brandon 8 Swift Current 0 Regina 5 Saskatoon 0 Lethbridge 6 Calgary 4 Vancouver 6 Medicine Hat 0 Prince George 5 Portland 3 Kelowna 4 Kootenay 1 Tri-City 4 Everett 1 7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Prince George 3 Portland 2 Kamloops 5 Kootenay 1 Victoria 3 Medicine Hat 1 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPH $OO 7LPHV 0RXQWDLQ Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Kootenay at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

BCHL GP W L 1DQDLPR

Powell River 27 16 10 Cowichan Vally 28 14 10 Victoria 31 11 16 Alberni Valley 27 10 15

INTERIOR DIVISION

8

Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Vernon Trail Merritt

A 23 17 21 16 22 18 21 12 13 16 16 10 12 14 15 16 17 10 13

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0 1 99 72 33 1 3 101 130 32 0 4 81 94 25 1 1 78 106 22

T OL GF GA Pt 0 0 129 56 54 2 1 116 73 39 0 2 109 100 36 0 2 135 101 28 0 0 79 121 22 0 2 100 135 20

MAINLAND DIVISION Chilliwack Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

EAST

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New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

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T OL GF GA Pt 1 2 105 62 39 2 2 98 67 36 0 0 111 89 34 1 3 82 106 28 0 2 67 128 16 0 0 69 140 10

:HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Coquitlam 5 Vernon 1 Penticton 5 Merritt 3 7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV 1DQDLPR Victoria 1 (OT) West Kelowna 7 Trail 3 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Coquitlam at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Surrey at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Coquitlam at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Vernon at Penticton, 7 p.m.

1DQDLPR at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Cowichan Valley at West Kelowna, 7 pm.

Surrey at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Alberni Valley at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

L 1 5 6 7

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PA 212 228 257 287

W 6 6 4 2

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PF 249 232 236 203

PA 260 234 299 257

SOUTH Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

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Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

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Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

ITALY

W 9 6 4 2

L 2 5 7 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .818 .545 .364 .182

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PA 193 230 276 310

W 9 6 5 3

L 2 5 6 8

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PA 207 220 280 307

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Washington N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas

W 5 5 4 3

L 6 6 7 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .455 .455 .364 .273

PF 241 287 243 204

PA 267 273 274 261

W 11 6 5 4

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PA 205 234 279 339

W 8 7 5 4

L 3 4 6 7

T 0 0 0 0

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PF 231 262 231 230

PA 194 215 264 288

W 9 6 4 3

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PA 229 222 230 271

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Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

/$ /,*$ :HGQHVGD\ V UHVXOW Uniao da Madeira 0 FC Porto 4

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G 15 18 13 12 5 8 5 13 12 9 9 14 12 10 9 8 7 13 10

6XQGD\ V JDPH Portland at Columbus, 4 p.m.

:HGQHVGD\ V UHVXOW Southampton 1 Liverpool 6

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 26 16 7 2 1 87 80 35 26 16 8 0 2 96 68 34 27 13 9 4 1 93 88 31 26 13 11 2 0 79 87 28 26 10 13 3 0 79 106 23 27 8 16 3 0 64 89 19

12

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13

*RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pittsburgh: Fleury (W, 12-7-1); San Jose: Jones (L, 12-7-0). 3RZHU SOD\V JRDOV FKDQFHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pittsburgh: 1-2; San Jose: 1-3.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 16,624 at San Jose, Calif.

6 12

6 12

SPORTS 27

HOCKEY

EAST DIVISION

.,1*6 &$18&.6 27

PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles San Jose Arizona

Hayes Bos (interference) 19:35.

7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Edmonton, Hendricks 2 (Letestu, Korpikoski) 9:22.

4. Boston, Chara 4 (Krejci, Eriksson) 16:39.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gryba Edm (elbowing) 5:40, Beleskey Bos (hooking) 11:10.

2YHUWLPH Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Beleskey Bos (interference) 3:54.

6KRRWRXW Âł (GPRQWRQ ZLQV %RVWRQ : Bergeron miss, Marchand miss, Krejci miss; (GPRQWRQ : Hendricks miss, Eberle goal, Letestu miss.

6KRWV RQ JRDO E\

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WEST Arizona Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

0RQGD\¡V UHVXOW Baltimore 33 Cleveland 27 7KXUVGD\ V JDPH ³ $OO 7LPHV (DVWHUQ Green Bay at Detroit, 8:25 p.m.

6XQGD\ V JDPHV Arizona at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Houston at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Denver at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.

0RQGD\ 'HF Dallas at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA $3 723 6&+('8/( 6DWXUGD\ V JDPHV 1R Clemson vs. 1R North Carolina, ACC championship, Charlotte, N.C., 8 pm 1R Alabama vs. 1R Florida, SEC championship, Atlanta, 4 p.m.

1R Iowa vs. 1R Michigan State, Big Ten championship, Indianapolis, 8:17 p.m.

1R Stanford vs. 1R Southern Cal, Pac-12 championship, Santa Clara, Calif., 7:45 p.m.

1R Baylor vs. Texas, noon 1R Houston vs. 1R Temple, AAC championship, noon

Cleveland Indiana Chicago Toronto Miami Atlanta Orlando Boston Charlotte Detroit New York Washington Milwaukee Brooklyn Philadelphia

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L

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13 11 11 12 10 12 10 10 10 10 9 7 7 5 1

5 5 5 7 6 9 8 8 8 9 10 9 12 13 19

.722 .688 .688 .632 .625 .571 .556 .556 .556 .526 .474 .438 .368 .278 .050

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 1 11/2 2 21/2 3 3 3 31/2 41/2 5 61/2 8 13

WESTERN CONFERENCE Golden State San Antonio Oklahoma City Memphis Dallas L.A. Clippers Utah Minnesota Phoenix Houston Portland Sacramento Denver New Orleans L.A. Lakers

W 20 15 11 11 11 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 4 3

L Pct 0 1.000 4 .789 7 .611 8 .579 8 .579 8 .556 8 .500 10 .444 11 .421 11 .421 12 .368 12 .368 13 .316 15 .211 15 .167

GB â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 41/2 8 81/2 81/2 9 10 11 111/2 111/2 121/2 121/2 131/2 151/2 16

:HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Chicago 99 Denver 90 Detroit 127 Phoenix 122 (OT) Golden State 116 Charlotte 99 Houston 108 New Orleans 101 L.A. Lakers 108 Washington 104 New York 99 Philadelphia 87 San Antonio 95 Milwaukee 70 Toronto 96 Atlanta 86 Indiana at L.A. Clippers 7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Brooklyn 94 Phoenix 91 Dallas 115 Portland 112 (OT) Memphis 113 New Orleans 104 Orlando 96 Minnesota 93 Philadelphia 103 L.A. Lakers 91 Washington 97 Cleveland 85 7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Oklahoma City at Miami, 7 p.m.

Denver at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 9:30 p.m.

Indiana at Portland, 10 p.m.

Boston vs. Sacramento at Mexico City, Mexico, 10 p.m. )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 8 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m.

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MOVES NHL

/($*8( 2)),&( â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Suspended Philadelphia D Radko Gudas three games for an illegal check to the head of Ottawa F Mika Zibanejad during a Dec. 1 game. &2/25$'2 $9$/$1&+( â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Reassigned F Andrew Agozzino to San Antonio (AHL). '$//$6 67$56 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Reassigned G Jack Campbell to Texas (AHL).

1$6+9,//( 35('$7256 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Placed C Mike Fisher on injured reserve.

CFL % & /,216 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Named Wally Buono coach.

NBA

Curry drops 40 in three quarters, Warriors move to 20-0 STEVE REED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Charlotte Hornets broadcaster Dell Curry told his son before Wednesday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game, â&#x20AC;&#x153;do not ruin my night.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make any guarantees,â&#x20AC;?

Curry said with a smile.

Actually, Stephen Curry ignored his father altogether.

The reigning MVP scored 40 points in three quarters and the Golden State Warriors easily defeated the

Hornets 116-99 to extend the best start in NBA history to 20-0.

On a night when the Hornets honoured Dell Curry, the franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career scoring leader, with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;key to Buzz City,â&#x20AC;? it was his oldest son who stole the spotlight by hitting 14 of 18 shots from the field and going eight for 11 from three-point range.

Stephen Curry, who grew up in Charlotte and starred at nearby Davidson College, scored 28 points in the pivotal third quarter, including

his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final 24. He hit 10 of 11 shots from the field, including all five threes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; many from well beyond the arc and in the face of a defender â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to help the Warriors build a 21-point cushion. He sat out the entire fourth quarter due to the big lead and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get a shot to break his career high of 54. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a cool atmosphere to play in, especially on top of my dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceremony,â&#x20AC;? Stephen Curry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was nice to be out there at

halftime and hear his speech and stand with my mom, my sister, my aunts and my grandma. It was a good night. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for more. To play like I did and get the win was special.â&#x20AC;?

He said the 20-0 start to the season seems surreal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even sound right,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the NBA, with so many good players and good teams, to be able to put on a run like this is special. We

donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always play our best but we find ways to win. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the strength of our team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every night a different guy might step up and have a huge game and do the little things that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up in the stat sheet.â&#x20AC;?

Nicolas Batum led Charlotte with 17 points and eight rebounds.

Klay Thompson had 15 of his 21 points in the first quarter as the Warriors bolted to an early 15-point lead.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 4 5-6 p.m. Light up a Life Community SingAlong welcomes Jona Kristinsson, Sydney Needham, and Marty Steele, who help spread

community cheer at the kick off to the Old City Quarter’s Light up a Life campaign that benefits the Haven Society. The sing-along takes place at #102-437 Fitzwilliam St. 5-8:30 p.m. Milner Milner Christmas Magic outdoor light show. 2179 West Island Highway, Qualicum Beach, by donation.

SATURDAY, DEC. 5 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nanaimo Artwalk is in the Old City Quarter and downtown Nanaimo.

Artwalk runs December 5-6 with 30 locations and more than 45 artists working in various mediums. For a map, artist bios and more, pick up an Artwalk guide at downtown locations

including Nanaimo Art Gallery, or visit http:// nanaimoartwalk.jimdo.com 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Christmas Bazaar and Craft Sale. Proceeds benefit the Nanoose Library Centre. 2489 Nanoose Road, Nanoose Bay. For more info, contact Mary 250-248-4773 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. St. Mark’s Annual Very Merry Christmas Luncheon and Bake Sale. St. Mark’s Church - 138 Hoylake W., in Qualicum Beach $10.

2-3:15 p.m. A Cappella Plus free concert in Santa’s Workshop Chamber choir under the direction of Patricia Plumley. Vancouver Island Conference Centre, 101 Gordon St.

3 and 7:30 p.m. Vancouver Island Symphony presents music & theatre: A Christmas Carol Tickets: $38 or $67.50, Students $18, Eyego $5 available at porttheatre.com.

5 p.m. Bastion City Wanderers Volkssport Club invites you to a 6-km or 12-km Christmas Light walk in Ladysmith. Meet in Coronation Mall.

Registration at 4:45 p.m. For information, call Ethel at 250-756-9796.

7 p.m. Wil at Dinghy Dock Pub, 8 Pirates Lane, Protection Island, Nanaimo. Tickets $23 in advance, $30 at the door. Ticket includes return ferry & the show. Tickets at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, Dinghy Dock Pub or ticketzone.com.

7:30 p.m. The Vancouver Island Symphony’s Music and Theatre presents Jeremy Webb’s one-man production of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’at The Port Theatre. Tickets: $38-$67.50 or students $18, eyeGo members $5. Call the Ticket Centre: 250-754-8550.

7:30 p.m. Western Edge Theatre presents the staged reading of Christmas Naughty and Nice at Kismet Theatre Academy, 55 Victoria Rd., Nanaimo. Admission by donation, with proceeds to Western Edge Theatre, or bring a food item for the Loaves and Fishes Food Bank and Western Edge will deliver it.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) You have the ability to change a situation with your ideas and attentiveness. You are likely to surprise others by acting in a most unexpected way. Communication between you and someone at a distance is confusing at best.

Tonight: All’s well that ends well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You’ll gain an insight that might make you uncomfortable. A child or loved one could be quite distracting, despite your efforts to accomplish certain tasks throughout the day. A partner simply can’t seem to leave you alone! Tonight: Give up.

Give in. Have a great time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Stay anchored, and know what you want from a situation. The unexpected is likely to occur in a meeting. You could be fired up and react too quickly. Ask questions before you make judgments. You know where you are heading.

Tonight: Good vibes surround your home.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Keep reaching out to others before you make a decision. A boss might shake up the status quo. The unexpected will have you floundering for a short period. Avoid having a knee-jerk reaction, and ask questions for a better understanding.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You need to be more careful when dealing with your finances. Pressure builds between you and a loved one. You can talk until you’re blue in the

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Others will want to listen, but the unexpected continues to throw a situation into chaos. Communication at home could be confusing and not particularly beneficial.

Opportunities will emerge from out of the blue. Tonight: You call the shots. Others are willing to go along.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Think through a problem before discussing it. You need to know what your limits are and what seems workable. Confusion surrounds a conversation, no matter which way you decide to go. Be reasonable in a request you make. Tonight: Make it a personal night.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Zero in on your priorities. You could find others to be full of ideas, some of which you have toyed with yourself. An animated conversation points to a new approach. Know that you will get what you want, but through an odd sequence of events. Tonight: Where your friends are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Someone who has clout holds a very different view from yours. Find out which direction would be best to head in. You have a lot going on. Do not fight city hall. Sooner or later, things will work out as you would like them to. Tonight: Out till the wee hours again.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Try to see the big picture. You might not agree with others, and perhaps

you don’t know what would be best to do. Recognize your limits right now. State your boundaries so that others know what to expect.

Unusually good news heads your way. Tonight: Take a risk.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) One-on-one relating might be difficult at first, especially as you and someone else attempt to work out a financial situation. This person has a greater understanding of the matter than you do, and he or she will create the type of money flow you desire. Tonight: The decision is yours.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You could be very tired of hearing the same story over and over again without seeing any growth or resolution. You might not see eye to eye with a higher-up right now. Why not kick back and let others see the results of their plans and thinking? Tonight: A must appearance.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Dec. 3) This year new doors open and present many unexpected professional opportunities. You will be noticed.

A pay raise or promotion won’t be surprising, as you will work very hard to achieve the results you desire. If you are single, someone in your immediate environment will notice you, and could become a secret admirer, or perhaps more.

If you are attached, the two of you might become more involved in one of your mutual work or community projects. You enjoy interacting on this level as well on a personal level. VIRGO seems to be unusually lucky around you.

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Dear Annie: My granddaughter, “Tara,” is 27 and a single mother of a four-year-old daughter.

I have been the child’s caregiver since birth, and we are very close.

When Tara lost her job, we allowed her to move in, with the understanding that she would get another job and pay us rent that we would put aside for a down payment on her own place.

But it’s been seven months and she hasn’t showed much interest in finding a job. Tara doesn’t contribute anything for the household, nor does she offer to help much around the house.

She gets $50 a month in support money from her deadbeat ex, which she uses for cigarettes and gas.

We have set several deadlines for Tara to leave, but we know that she would end up living in her car or on someone’s sofa. I am worried about the child. I have threatened to ask for custody, but my husband and I are almost 70 and on a fixed income. I don’t really want to raise another child.

I feel trapped in my own home, and it’s causing conflict in my marriage. I don’t trust Tara’s judgment. I’m afraid if we ask her to leave, she will take the child and we will never see either of them again. They may not even survive.

We have tried counselling, but it didn’t help. What can we do?

— Anguished Grandmother Dear Grandmother: You keep setting boundaries that you are unwilling to enforce and Tara knows it. However, your fears are not completely unfounded, so we understand why you feel trapped. Where are Tara’s parents?

Could they contribute to her care?

Are there other family members who would take her in on a temporary basis in order to give you a “vacation”?

You are doing a wonderful thing to raise this four-year-old in a stable environment.

While there are limits on motivating Tara, most regions provide help for raising a young child. Your area may have specific resources in your area.

Dear Annie: I read “Drained and Frustrated,” and wanted you to know that U.S. Medicare pays for most of a 100-day nursing home visit if you have had a qualifying three-day hospital stay.

Otherwise, once someone’s money runs out, the family should contact the local social services office and ask about U.S. Medicaid. Many nursing homes will accept a patient even if the application is in process.

People many times consider themselves a “failure” because they couldn’t take care of a loved one. But nursing facilities have many things to offer their residents, along with support for the family.

To “Drained and Frustrated”: Don’t expect your mother to be happy with your decision. But you can have a life beyond caregiving, and your mother will be well cared for. Who knows, she may even make a friend or two.

— Nurse Manager at a Long-Term Skilled Nursing Facility Dear Manager: Hundreds of readers wrote to correct us on confusing American Medicare and Medicaid. We should have known better. We appreciate your clarifying that, along with providing encouragement to “Drained.” Our thanks to all who wrote.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

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LAS VEGAS — 100 is turning out to be a very good year for Frank Sinatra.

What would have been the musical icon’s centennial birthday on Dec. 12 has been celebrated with an HBO documentary about his life, a Grammy museum exhibit, even dinner specials at an old Las Vegas steakhouse.

A star-studded, Grammy-produced tribute show at the Wynn Las Vegas resort-casino on Wednesday night caps the festivities.

Among the stars paying tribute to Frank Sinatra are Tony Bennett, Garth Brooks, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Adam Levine, Carrie Underwood and Usher.

The two-hour concert airs Sunday from 9 to 11 p.m. on CBS. Daughter Tina Sinatra says the family

had been developing plans for a tribute concert in the back of their minds since her father’s death in 1998.

“His legacy is the music, and his music is the legacy. And that’s what cannot die,” she said.

Choosing a fitting location to honour the Hoboken, N.J.-native came down to New York or Las Vegas.

“Las Vegas seemed more on the nose,” she said.

Asked what Sinatra himself might think of the lineup and performances if he were sitting in the front row, Grammy president and CEO Neil Portnow said, “I hope he’d feel the love and the joy in the room about being able to celebrate all that he has provided for so many millions, for so many decades and will continue in the future,” adding that the crooner would have a blast.

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This car has been the top-selling family car in Canada for the past 18 years, winning numerous awards and had barely left the factory before being named the Best

Family Car for 2016 by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada.

The Civic has won respect for consistently maintaining the highest levels of performance, economy and reliability. If there was one beef — mostly expressed by automotive journalists — it was that some previous versions were, well, not very exciting to look at or to drive.

For 2016, Honda has taken both those criticisms and consigned them to the trash file. This 10th generation Civic is built on a longer, wider, lower and stiffer platform that allows for a longer wheelbase, more interior cabin space and a much more ‘planted’ grip

on the road. The styling is designed to pierce rather than punch a hole in the air.

The aggressive nose-down stance is emphasized by the single chrome bar grille integrated into the slim LED headlights (Touring) while the lower air dam is flanked by bold cut-outs for the standard fog lights.

There isn’t a flat surface to be found anywhere. Subtle creases add character and definition to the hood and bodysides while the coupe-like roof slopes back gently into the rear deck. Dramatic styled 17-inch aluminum alloy rims wearing low profile, all-season radials fill the wheel wells (Touring).

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The beauty of combining a smaller 1.5-litre engine with turbocharging is that you get optimum fuel economy along with spirited performance on tap when you want it.

With the performance comes superior handling, thanks to revised, independent front and rear suspensions with progressive-valved, gas pressurized shocks and heftier anti-sway bars at both ends.

The steering, featuring brakebased torque-vectoring (this can reduce torque to the inside front wheel while cornering to reduce ‘understeer’) is also much sharper with immediate turn-in that makes apex brushing a real pleasure.

This is simply the best-handling Civic ever. While there is no manual mode for the transmission, you can slot into the Sport mode that will hold the revs about 1,000 rpm higher for a more vigorous drive.

For best fuel economy you can drive all day in ECO mode without calling on the turbocharger at all.

Other dynamic assists that keep you glued to the road include vehicle stability assist with traction control, disc brakes with ABS, brake assist and electronic brake force distribution.

Standard safety features include collision mitigation braking, forward collision warning, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, blind spot display and the full suite of six airbags.

The base DX ($15,990) plus freight and PDI, LX, LX-Honda-Sensing, EX and EX Honda-Sensing come with the base two-litre engine while the 1.5-litre

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turbo is standard in the EX-T and Touring models.

Our tester was the Touring model finished in white orchid pearl with black leather trimmed seating.

Like the exterior, the cabin has been completely redesigned with improved ergonomics, upgraded materials and additional soundproofing that provides a very comfortable and quiet ride.

Both front buckets are heated with eight-way power adjustments (driver) and four-way power adjustments for front passenger. The rear, 60/40-split rear seats are also heated.

Gone is the two-tier dashboard (never a favourite with me), replaced by a simpler main gauge display in the driver’s direct line of sight. The leather wrapped tilt/telescoping steering wheel is pretty busy with controls for audio, hands-free Bluetooth, cruise and trip information functions while the seven-inch colour touch screen atop the centre stack is the hub for your display audio system with embedded navigation with bilingual voice recognition.

The 10-speaker, 450-watt premium audio system includes MP3/ Windows Media playback and three months free Sirius XM radio. The system also includes SMS text message and email function, Siri Eyes Free compatibility, Apple Car Play and WiFi tethering.

The fully equipped Touring model comes with standard dual zone climate control; multi-angle

rear-view camera; proximity key entry; push button start; power, heated outside mirrors; wireless cell phone charger; power windows and door locks plus a power, glass moonroof with tilt feature.

“The all-new 2016 Honda Civic is poised to not only remain in the number one spot for the sub compact segment, it will dominate the segment,” says Paul Robson of Nanaimo Honda.

“Refinements in performance, economy, safety and comfort, will convince you to see and drive the car for yourself. We are very excited to have the 2016 on sale now, come by today to see and drive the 2016 Civic!”

Bottom line HONDA CIVIC TOURING Type: FWD, 4-dr. compact sedan Engine: 1.5-litre, turbocharged DOHC I4 Horsepower: 174 @ 6000 rpm Torque: 162 lb-ft. @ 1400 rpm Fuel economy: 7.6/5.5, city/highway, L/100 km Base price: $15990 plus freight and PDI ($1595.00) Price as tested: $26990.00 plus freight and PDI ($1595.00) Vehicle provided by: Nanaimo Honda » Alan McPhee is a Canadian automotive journalist and is former editor of Carguide Magazine. His articles appear each week in this space.

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MG TC was a challenge for drivers Owners didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to mind lack of most basic comforts MALCOLM GUNN WHEELBASE MEDIA

It took a brave person to drive an MG TC back in the 1940s. And perhaps crazy.

But those hearty pioneers figuratively paved the way for the sports-car revolution that would eventually sweep the land, providing an alternative to Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overstuffed automotive appliances.

The TC was a hard-riding relic that squatted so low to the ground it could barely be spotted in the rearview mirrors of most other cars. It completely broke with the convention that dictated how an automobile should look and feel and how many people it should carry. But that was its charm.

Although designed before the Second World War, the TC made its debut in September of 1945, six years after the original MG (Morris Garages) was built. The TC was derived from a line of two-seat sports cars that actually dated back to 1930.

Other than a modest increases in engine displacement and body size, very little about the post-war version changed from year to year.

Those very few early TC diehards, mostly military personnel who brought them home from England, must have occasionally questioned their choice in automobiles. As cute as they were, and as enjoyable as they might have been to drive, the TC was completely out of step with the Fords, Chevrolets and Plymouths that held domain over the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highways. Next to these full-size sedans, the spunky little Brit looked like a spindly bug ready to be flattened.

The TCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior was equally odd, including the fact that the steering wheel on every one of the 10,000 or so made (including 2,000 that were exported to North America) was situated on what would normally be the passenger-side of the car. A large tachometer encased in the walnut dash faced the driver from behind a fourspoke wooden steering wheel, while a speedometer of equal size was installed directly in front of the passenger cushion.

But TC owners didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to mind, nor did they seem upset that their fragile steeds lacked even the most basic of creature comforts, such as roll-up windows, a proper trunk or a decent heater.

As well, anyone who was off kilter enough to befriend a TC was forced to personally undertake all of the maintenance and service chores, since, in those early years, there were no dealers to make repairs. They wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t appear until 1948. Waiting for spare parts to arrive from the MG factory in Abingdon-on-Thames, England, could leave TCs and their frustrated owners out of action for weeks or sometimes months.

Still, the TCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loyal following would not be dissuaded.

When running right, the plucky machine was an absolute joy to drive.

The four-speed transmission also helped to make the driving experience more enjoyable.

As word spread about this wondrous machine, the racing fraternity found the TC to be an inexpensive competition car. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t long before many were buzzing the tracks from upstate New York to Southern California. Future driving stars, such as Phil Hill, who would become Formula One champion in 1961, and Cobra sports car creator Carroll Shelby, found early success racing TCs. Even Henry Fordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son, Edsel, became a TC enthusiast.

When TC owners desired more performance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or some performance, rather â&#x20AC;&#x201D; MG obliged with the similar looking TD in 1949, followed by the TF in 1953. By that time, other British and European marques such as Jaguar, Porsche, Alfa Romeo, Austin-Healey and Triumph had joined the fray. All would provide the same kick-in-the-pants thrills and turn driving into so much more than a chore.

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The company anticipates strong demand when the new trucks reach dealers’ lots late next year, he said.

“We definitely want to and expect to make more product in the future here at KTP,” he said.

though the month had two fewer selling days than a year ago.

DesRosiers said passenger car sales continued to fall in November, off some seven per cent from last year at 50,708, and down 5.7 per cent year to date at 675,302.

Light truck sales, meanwhile, saw an increase of 12.3 per cent last month to 94,718 and are up nine per cent on the year to more than 1.09 million.

Canadian auto sales set record; industry may see best year ever Auto manufacturers enjoyed their best November sales ever last month as the industry races toward what may well be a record year for light vehicle sales in Canada.

DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says 145,426 cars and light trucks were sold in November, up 4.7 per cent from last year even

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