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OTTAWA — The Liberal government is poised to make good on its promise to cut federal income taxes for middle earners by raising the rate on the richest Canadians — cuts that the government admits won’t be revenue-neutral.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is conceding for the first time that the changes are going to cost the federal treasury $1.2 billion annually, starting in the 2016-17 fiscal year.

The government has introduced a motion in Parliament lowering the income-tax rate on Canadians earning between $45,282 and $90,563 per year from 20.5 per cent from 22 per cent, to take effect starting Jan. 1.

To offset most of that tax-rate change, the Liberals are also imposing a higher tax rate of 33 per cent on earners in the top one per cent — those who make more than $200,000 per year.

Morneau says the government is being forthright with Canadians about

the total cost of the tax changes.

Those changes also include cancelling a Conservative plan to increase MORNEAU limits on tax-free savings accounts from $5,500 to $10,000.

“We are starting today with middle-class tax breaks, a key part of our initiative,” Morneau told the House of Commons on Monday.

“Today is the day where we have said we are going to reduce middle-class taxes by asking those Canadians who are doing very well to pay a little bit more. This is an important first part in our tax program.”

But some say the tax changes, a central pledge in the campaign platform that helped propel the Liberals to victory in October, are likely to cost public coffers more than the government expected and could provide more benefit to richer Canadians.

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For example, a study released Monday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that higher-income earners — those who make more than $124,000 — would benefit most from the middle-class rate cut as long as they did not earn enough to land in the new upper bracket above $200,000.

Those making more than $90,563 are taxed at three different rates: one rate on the first segment of income up to $45,282, the second, newly reduced rate on the next segment of income, up to $90,563; and a third rate beyond that, up to $200,000.

As a result, they will realize a greater total benefit from the middle-bracket cut than will an income earner whose annual salary lands within that bracket, the study says.

Another recent study by the C.D. Howe Institute think tank said the changes would encourage big earners to make more of an effort to avoid taxes, while the rate reduction itself could cost government finances more than expected. Morneau has said the Liberals are facing a slower economy and a worsethan-expected fiscal environment handed over from the former Conservative government.

“We have inherited a situation that is more challenging than what was foreseen in the budget,” he said.

Last month, Morneau announced a $3-billion deficit forecast for the current fiscal year. In April, the Tories projected a $2.4-billion surplus for 2015-16 — including the $1 billion set aside for contingencies.

The proposed changes to the tax brackets will help boost the economy, the Liberals say.

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‘Tis the season for eating Canadians spend more than $450M per year on holiday snacks

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t’s the season that weight watchers and dietitians come to dread: the holidays, when calorie-rich sweets, stuffings and garnishes invade cupboards and tables across the land.

But the foods themselves are marvels of cuisine: unique confections, meaty dishes and unusual combinations of texture and taste. It’s hard to deny their appeal, even if they tend to provoke divided opinion Spencer among holiday Anderson revellers.

Reporting Take eggnog.

Canadians bought 5.6 million litres of the stuff in December 2013 alone, more than the total amount of whipping cream sold in the same month.

Canadians also spent just less than $451 million on holiday candies and snacks. But as popular as Christmas cakes are, they — like other holiday foodstuffs — seem just as likely to be left on the plate than gobbled up. For chefs and chefs-in-training at Vancouver Island University’s faculty of culinary arts, this can present a challenge and a frustration. Pastry instructor Rita Gower and her students have been busy adding holiday twists to dishes, including eggnog and gingerbread tiramisu and cranberry ripple ice cream.

But she also laments the decline in popularity of traditional puddings and cakes, which she attributes to lower quality of ingredients.

“I kind of feel like things have been sort of adulterated, if you will, through the years,” she said.

“Most people now are buying their holiday baking through an in-store bakery. Nothing against in-store bakeries, but they’re using margarine instead of butter, they’re using cheaper ingredients, they’re using cheaper fats, they’re not using as many eggs, they’re not as

VIU culinary student Laura Green takes a bite out of a Christmas tree cookie. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

rich and buttery as they could be.

There’s a lot of sugar put into stuff.

And if you take something from there versus something that has been made with quality ingredients and some love, you can notice a lot of difference.

“When I think about Christmas cake, for example, it’s all about candied fruit, artificial colours, artificial flavours lots of sulphates and tonnes of sugar,” she said.

“Whereas if I make a fruitcake, I use mostly dried fruit, I soak it in a liquor like scotch or rum for two days and then I use my batter as butter and eggs and sugar and flour and that’s what it is. And then I pour a whole bunch of booze on top of it.”

Some of her students agree.

Andrew Lebret, a first-year student in the program, said modern holiday cooking has a suffered from cutting corners.

“Growing up in an English and Irish family we definitely had a lot of plum puddings, the pound cakes and stuff like this,” he said.

“The love is gone . . . You know, you really want to be able to taste a good flavour for something like that. Doing it the old-school way, taking a little bit of extra time to make it, huge difference.”

Debbie Shore, head of the culinary program at VIU, said more packed personal schedules has paved the way for mass-produced goods as opposed to traditional, home-made recipes.

“I grew up with eggnog as a real treat, now you can buy it in October,” she said.

Making your own egg nog can also be a daunting prospect.

“I think as a cook and a pastry person you could probably figure it out, but you don’t want to take the risk because those ingredients are really expensive too,” she said.

“I think people are very busy.

Back in the day there was one parent that went to work and one person was at home and had more time, maybe.”

The trade-off to busier home lives and access to store-bought foods have also made traditional holiday treats like homemade mince more alien to people.

“I think that the commercialization of so much food in the ’50s made people lose touch with the raw ingredients . . . just the actual local ingredients,” said Shore.

“It’s dying off with our grandparents in some ways,” she said.

However, young chefs who grew up making Christmas dishes with their grandparents offer hope that the traditions can be maintained or resurrected. And while they grew up hating some holiday dishes, they are rediscovering them as budding chefs. First-year student Jacinto Bevilacqua grew up in a vegetarian household where nutloaf was the norm instead of turkey — and he has no complaints.

“Everyone is usually like, ‘Eew, nutloaf, why do you have nutloaf,’ and then they try some and they say ‘Oh my God, amazing,” he said.

That was not the case with the perennial holiday-time vegetable, brussels sprouts.

“As a child I despised them, I could not stand them,” he said.

“I don’t know what is what about them, probably because they tasted like cabbage or something. But now I love them.”

He said a key to winning over picky eaters onto holiday-time fare is to try to re-invent recipes to replace negative childhood memories of the dish.

“Half the time, people don’t like

them but it’s just the image,” he said.

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Chairman in rude gesture pic, apologizes ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

A photograph circulating on social media of the chairman of the board of the Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district making a rude hand gesture has led to a public apology.

The picture of Steve Rae was taken during the weekend in a city pub and was reported via Facebook to have occurred after a conversation with a parent from Rutherford Elementary School. The district decided to close the school last week.

Rae acknowledged it was him in the

picture and said he is “terribly sorry” if it has offended other board members, district staff, his family and the community. He said he has come to realize that elected officials have a very public life.

“I was enjoying a personal night out and the public part of my job crossed over into my personal life,” he said in a letter. “With regard to this incident, I was not the first to act inappropriately that evening and there are many witnesses that can attest to this. This does not excuse my actions and for them, I feel deep

remorse. I have learned that I must always remember my public role even during personal time.”

Rae said there are many in the community still hurting from the decisions made last week. He said they have been “extremely difficult” for all involved, including himself.

“These were emotional decisions that I did not take lightly, and any statements saying otherwise are simply untrue,” Rae said. “Rest assured my recent actions do not reflect the passion for what I do on a daily basis.

My position enables me to guide

the district in the best way forward for all our students. That will never change.”

Superintendent John Blain said there are many conflicting stories about the incident, and the district is concerned that some of the facts presented online do not align with witness testimony.

“As this is a board matter, the board will decide its direction,” Blain said.

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Daughter of developer wants to save clock SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

Another voice has been added to the calls to save the water clock at Woodgrove Centre in Nanaimo — this time from the daughter of the man behind the shopping centre.

Tiki Finlayson Westnedge, daughter of Deane Finlayson, the original developer of Woodgrove, says she hopes the clock can remain situated in the mall, following concerns renovations in the shopping centre could see the familiar object displaced.

Finlayson Westnedge said she was approached by the shopping centre to see if she was interested in acquiring or relocating the clock herself, which she has ruled out.

But she said she would hate to see the clock, located in the centre court of the mall, disappear.

“It’s unusual, it’s old-fashioned and it’s very meaningful,” she said.

“It’s a focal point (in the mall) and it’s usually where Santa Claus is,” she added.

The clock was installed to mark the opening of the mall in 1981 and has remained there ever since.

It often serves as a meeting place in the mall and is a place for children to throw coins in the fountain.

An online petition to keep the clock where it is has grown to more than 1,400 signatures.

Duncan resident Natacha Rushton started the petition out of “a little bit of anger at how quickly things are thrown aside for more modern things,” she said.

Rushton said she has not been surprised by the level of reaction and said she had enjoyed reading comments and people’s memories of the clock on the petition.

“Seeing all those stories has been really neat,” she said.

Woodgrove general manager Julia Dow said in late October that design work is still underway for renovations of the section of the mall where the clock is located, adding there were no firm plans for the clock. On Monday, she said she had no new information to add.

“As we continue to look for options for the future of the clock, we thought it was important to communicate with the family of the founder of Woodgrove to further explore possibilities,” she said.

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Solving the marijuana question is going to take time W ill the cat-and-mouse game continue?

Headlines were made last week, when the Nanaimo RCMP raided three marijuana storefronts in the city and arrested several dispensary employees.

Police said they took action against the dispensaries after receiving ‘several’ complaints from the public. In one case, the police allege, a 15-yearold girl had purchased marijuana from a storefront.

Last month, the RCMP issued letters to dispensaries giving the storefronts seven calendar days to shut down or they would be raided.

There was no ‘where or when’ specifications on any crackdowns, but they were to be expected.

Also expected is the dispensaries reopened and resumed their busi-

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ness. Who knows how long until more enforcement is taken?

We again put out the call for a quick resolution to the issue. We noted previously that with the election of Justin Trudeau’s Liberals signalled the likelihood of a quantum change in the way government viewed marijuana.

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

But until those changes actually take place, it only makes sense that we can’t have people making up their

own rules. The job of the police is to enforce the laws of the land. In no cases should we have people or businesses openly carrying on with potentially illegal activities.

While police did not make clear what, if any, charges would be forthcoming, they nonetheless send a message.

Heavy-handed? Perhaps. A waste of resources? Debatable. But it remains their job.

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

One thing we have to keep in mind is this is going to take a lot longer than people would like to get the details sorted out. The RCMP simply say enforcement is guided by existing

laws and legislation, that there is no legal mechanism in Canada that allows medicinal marijuana dispensaries or compassion clubs to sell to the public.

So what happens next?

The dispensaries may have jumped the gun and if they want to stay in the game, they will have to abide by the rules and participate in the process of developing new ones.

We have a model for this, in alcohol, and it’s been adapted into a profitable system, far from the original puritanical intentions. Similarly, we have a model for tobacco production that can be used and adapted to regulate and control the production and sale of marijuana.

One issue emerging as a result of dispensaries is separating out health and recreational use. New laws need

to acknowledge both and restrict access accordingly since it may be difficult to separate out the two. Education is vital. The risk of irresponsible use has to be countered with an acknowledgement that those who will choose to use pot must also not drive and so on.

Many municipalities are waiting for direction from the federal government as to how to deal with the dispensaries. While that direction needs to come quickly, these are also complicated issues that will require time to resolve.

In the interim, skirting the law — or outright breaking it — will not bring solutions any faster.

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» YOUR LETTERS // EMAIL: YOURLETTERS@NANAIMODAILYNEWS.COM Transparency required for arm’s length NEDC Re: ‘Time to determine if NEDC is a good long-term investment’ (Daily News, Nov. 28) Being an arms-length corporation, staff of the Nanaimo Economic Development Corporation need only answer to its board, not the taxpayers of Nanaimo who give it a minimum of $1.4-million per year and have done so since its inception in 2011.

(Five years time $1.4 million equals $7 million, minimum) Is that fair to the public who are forced to hand over the money?

I am aghast that ex-Mayor John Ruttan is quoted as saying, “it’s a lot more transparent.”

When anything, including the NEDC is arms length, it is truly that; set up to stand on its own.

It takes our money but does not have to give us answers.

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Bill Bennett served British Columbia well The death of former British Columbia premier Bill Bennett saddened me and I am sure many British Columbians.

We lost not only a savvy and hard working politician and businessman but a great premier and a good man whose example inspired loyalty from those who knew him and worked with him and respect from his enemies. His contribution to this province in the 10-year period he was premier in the ’70s and ’80s was enormous.

Cut from the same mould as his father, and also a great former premier, W.A.C. Bennett and Bill Bennett knew how to respectfully treat taxpayers’ money. Current premier Christy Clark said it well.

“Perhaps no other premier did more to modernize our province. He

brought SkyTrain, Canada Place, and B.C. Place to Vancouver and began the Coquihalla Highway project and expanded our mining and hydro industries.”

Bennett gave us Expo ’86 and can be rightly credited for transforming Vancouver into a world-class city.

Former NDP cabinet minister Moe Sihota credits Bennett for putting British Columbia on the world stage.

Bennett was also considered an architect of financial restraint in the province and a signatory to Canada’s constitution.

He guided B.C. through the turbulent early ’80s with a controversial restraint program fought by unions who organized the so-called Operational Solidarity movement. But Bennett prevailed and a general strike was averted.

Both father and son served this province well for thirty years. I consider myself fortunate to have grown

up in B.C. during their era. Much of the current prosperity we all enjoy as British Columbians we owe to the Bennetts and so it is with a mixture of both gratitude and sadness we all feel our loss.

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Security paramount as refugees due to arrive In their rush to be our brothers’ keeper, is the federal government gambling with Canadian lives?

As a veteran who has seen the results of war on families, I believe we must balance our countries security with caution.

We are about to bring in 25,000 refugees and in most cases any form of background check will be impossible.

Many legitimate immigrants liv-

ing in extreme conditions can take months to enter our country with all the necessary documentation.

Time required for just the security clearance can be time consuming.

The generosity of Canadians is beyond reproach but wouldn’t it be wise to take a little more time and ensure that this is done right?

The security of Canadians must be paramount over political promises.

Lets hope our leaders are listening.

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Hijiri Iskido couldn’t believe the huge amounts of food that he was served by his guest family in Nanaimo over the weekend.

The Grade 11 student was one of approximately 90 students from Furukawa Gakuen High School, located in Miyagi, Japan, who visited Nanaimo for three days for a brief cultural exchange with students at John Barsby Secondary School.

Iskido said he really enjoyed his short time in the city and appreciated all the time and attention given to him by the local family he spent the weekend with.

“But the portions of food I was given were much more than I am used to,” the slight student said through an interpreter Monday.

“This is my first time outside of Japan and it has been a real experience for me to be here, if only for a few days. I would like to come back sometime and travel around Canada.”

Jun Fukasawa, a spokesman for Muskoka Language International, which has organized the annual event between the two schools for the past 17 years, said the students arrived on Friday, spent most of the weekend with their pre-arranged guest families and were at John Barsby to meet its students on Monday.

“It’s meant for our students to experience a different culture and learn some English as well,” Fukasawa said. “The students spent one day (Monday) in John Barsby and experienced the life of a Canadian student. We also had a Japanese

A Nanaimo RCMP officer received a conditional discharge Monday for repeatedly punching a man being held in custody in June 2014.

The sentence means Const. Tim Bedard will serve no jail time and will not have a criminal record for his actions. The single charge of assault causing bodily harm stems an incident that took place in a holding cell at Nanaimo RCMP headquarters.

Bedard was tending to a suspect who had been arrested by another police officer. Bedard was attempting to remove a drawstring from the man’s clothing, a common precaution to prevent arrested people from hanging themselves. At that point, the arrested man delivered a blow to Bedard’s face, which led to a struggle. Two other police officers entered the cell, but Bedard, who appeared unaware of the officers’ presence, began punching the man’s face for about seven seconds.

A security camera captured the incident. Bedard was charged in February. Since then, he has remained at the detachment on administrative duty. Nanaimo RCMP Supt. Mark Fisher said it is possible Bedard will return to active duty in the future, but will continue administrative work “for the time being.”

“We have an expectation that are members will control their emotions and obviously that didn’t happen in this case, adrenaline kicked in and emotions kicked in and we have an unfortunate result as a result of that,” Fisher said, noting Bedard had taken responsibility for his actions.

Japanese Grade 11 student Nozomu Endo paints a John Barsby student’s name at the school Monday afternoon.

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cultural fair Monday afternoon in which we taught John Barsby students about Japan and its customs, and we (were) scheduled to leave for Vancouver Airport and Japan in the evening.”

While no student delegations from John Barsby have never made the

return trip to Japan during the 17 years of the program, Fukasawa said it’s hoped that will happen one day in the future. Nozomu Nendo, another of the Japanese students, said he was impressed with all the houses that are decorated for the Christmas season in the city.

“We also have Christmas lights in Japan at this time of year, but the way Nanaimo is so decorated is very nice,” he said.

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Emergency workers who responded to a triple stabbing in Qualicum Beach last month acted heroically, says the senior officer at the Oceanside RCMP detachment.

Police said Monday they are recommending two counts each of attempted murder and aggravated assault against a man accused of stabbing two seniors Nov. 18. Police officers and BC Ambulance personnel quickly worked to ensure the safety of everyone in the home, including the accused, according to a statement issued from the detachment Monday.

The officers acted in a manner “that should be commended considering the dangerous and dynamic situation,” according to that statement.

“I’m very proud of their efforts and response,” said Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter.

Because it’s still before the courts,

Hunter said he can’t provide further details on the events inside that home that evening.

The first officers on scene on a call for assistance to a home in the 1100-block Ormonde Road found three adults with stab wounds inside the residence.

The three were in critical condition, in what Cpl. Jesse Foreman, detachment spokesman described at the time as a “family-involved incident.”

A 46-year-old man, who was suffering with what police believed to be self-inflicted injuries, was arrested and transported from the scene under police guard by BC Ambulance Service paramedics.

The other two people, a 72-year-old woman and a 76-year-old man, were also transported from the scene for medical treatment. Their injuries were deemed critical at the time. One person was airlifted to the Lower Mainland, while the other two were airlifted to Victoria.

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COMOX

Mount Washington resort opens on Friday COMOX VALLEY ECHO

Mount Washington Alpine Resort will open this Friday, Dec. 11 for the 2015-16 winter season.

The decision to start spinning the lifts comes after the mountain received a metre of snow this past week.

“We are thrilled to be opening on

time and with such amazing conditions,” said director of business operations, Don Sharpe. “We have had back-to-back weather systems that came as copious amounts of snow. Staff training started in earnest once the systems hit and we are excited to welcome them and our guests back on Friday!”

“The past week has been awesome

for setting up a good base and more snow is forecast with cooler temperatures for the rest of the week,” said Jessie Percival, director of ski patrol.

“We now have amazing early season coverage and have a well-bonded base.”

He added, “The Snow Cats will be out on the slopes every day now until we open on Friday so we would

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ask that guests refrain from going into the Alpine while we prepare.”

In addition to the Alpine downhill terrain, the resort will be opening its Nordic area with cross-country skiing and snowshoeing as well at the popular Tube Park, fun for families and thrill-seekers.

An announcement regarding lift openings, terrain and updated

hours of operation will be made on Thursday.

Check back at mountwashington.ca, Facebook, or sign up for our snow report for the latest information.

To book accommodation for Winter Wonderland and for more information on Your Island Mountain, surf to mountwashington.ca.

SAANICH

Police warn residents of a ‘scareware’ scam JACOB ZINN SAANICH NEWS

Saanich Police are warning residents of “scareware,” a computer-related scam that has recently defrauded several locals out of hundreds of dollars.

The scam uses pop-up advertisements that trick users into believing their equipment has been infected with a virus, causing them to panic and pay a fee for its “removal” or inadvertently give away their personal information.

The pop-up may cause the computer to slow down or freeze, forcing the user to see nothing but the pop-up window.

“In most cases, the computers have not been infected, or at least not at the point of the original contact,” said Sgt. Steve Eassie in a statement.

“Due to panic, some people start to push buttons or close the pop-up, which can potentially lead to malware being downloaded onto the computer.”

The pop-up lists a phone number to call to remove the aforementioned virus, with a person on the line giving them instructions. The caller may be duped into performing certain functions that may allow others to remotely access their personal information, such as banking info,

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passwords and email addresses.

Additionally, the caller may actually “infect” their own computer by following the directions, to which the person on the phone will confirm the presence of a virus and ask for credit card information to pay for the removal of the malware.

“In some cases, the caller ends up paying for the removal of malware that was never even on their computer,” said Eassie. “Just the thought and scare tactic is enough to have people panic and seek help.”

Police are reminding users not to panic if they encounter scareware and to try various methods to get out of the pop-up window, like using the task manager (ctrl + alt + del) or by turning off the computer manually.

Eassie said if a user is really concerned about their computer being infected, they should take it to a reputable local computer shop and ask that they run a virus scan to clean their computer of any malware.

The police also mentioned if you have fallen victim to the scam, unplugging your computer from the Internet will prevent remote access to your computer.

Incidents can be reported to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501 or at www.services. rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

COMOX

The 13th annual ‘Nanaimo Daily News’ Give & Go will be held Wednesday in the Daily News parking lot at 2575 McCullough Rd., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Pictured, above left, is Christine McAuley from Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut, one of the contributors to the event, and Cathy Webster the newspaper’s organizer of Give & Go. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]

Group of crocheters make hats to leave for homeless

ISLAND

Without flu shot, mask is required KATHERINE ENGQVIST GOLDSTREAM NEWS GAZETTE

Unless you’ve had a flu shot this season, as of Dec. 1 you must mask up when visiting any Island Health patient care facility, including longterm care homes and outpatient clinics.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority reminds residents to don masks when entering their facilities to help protect patients from

catching the flu. Masks, hand sanitizers and information are available at key entrances of patient care areas.

Hospitalized patients, young children and seniors in care facilities are more vulnerable to influenza than healthy adults.

People infected are highly contagious and can spread the virus for 24 hours before they realize they are sick.

The flu vaccine is free for people

intending to visit a health-care facility, children between the ages of six months and five years, seniors 65 years and older, pregnant women, and individuals with chronic health conditions or compromised immune systems.

People wishing to find out where they can get a flu shot are encouraged to talk to their health care provider or pharmacist, or visit viha. ca/flu for more information on the vaccine.

ERIN HALUSCHAK RECORD STAFF

Cold nights and days in the Comox Valley may be just a little bit warmer for those in need thanks to a group of local crocheters.

Known as Comox Valley Community Hats, the small group has come together to create hats for anyone who may need one in cold weather.

The hats, along with a note, are attached to trees in various outdoor spaces.

“I’m not lost,” the note inside the bag reads. “I was made to keep you warm. Feel free to take me if you are cold and enjoy your walk and the rest of your day.”

“I saw a picture online of these scarfs that were tied to trees and I thought ‘wouldn’t it be nice to do something like that?’ But I figured here in Courtenay it rains way too much, so why not put them in a bag with a note so that people think it’s not abandoned but it’s for people who need the hats,” said Cassie LaCasse.

There are about 30 people making hats through the Facebook group Comox Valley Community Hats, and the group has completed and distributed around 80 hats, noted LaCasse.

Similar initiatives around the country have been popping up with the onslaught of winter weather.

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Debate continues over homeless camp VICTORIA NEWS

Pedestrians struck Two pedestrians were rushed to hospital Friday morning after being hit by a vehicle in Sooke. The accident happened at 11:14 a.m. on Edward Milne Road, where a driver lost control and collided with students walking along the road, said Sooke RCMP Cpl. Joe Holmes. Two students were taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but speed and inexperience appear to be contributing factors, Holmes said. [KEVIN LAIRD/SOOKE NEWS MIRROR]

What to do with the 40-plus tents now pitched on the grass beside the Victoria courthouse won’t be decided any time soon.

“It’s a delicate issue that we want to do well,” said Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps. “What will happen if the province goes in there and gets an injunction and makes people move out, they are going to move back to Kings Park, they are going to move back to Haggart Park.”

The patch of green space along Burdett Avenue is owned by the province, therefore police need a request to remove campers. For city parks, bylaws only allow sheltering between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.

With no police forcing campers to pack up and leave every morning, the green space is growing popular among the homeless. One man who used to shelter at Kings Park said he’s hit the jackpot with the courthouse location.

Helps said so far the campers have been “pretty orderly,” but the city has received complaints from those living nearby. The timing of the matter, however, is in the province’s hands, but the city is working with government officials to see if there’s somewhere the campers can be moved.

“Those conversations take time,” she said. “Our staff are meeting every

day with provincial staff to try and find solutions.”

So far the province hasn’t said much about the growing tent city, only releasing short statements that said officials are in talks with the city to discuss potential solutions.

Meanwhile, those living nearby are fed up dealing with what they say has been an increase in thefts, dirty needles and damage to property. Every time there’s a few more tents, Don Allen said something else happens in the neighbourhood. As of last week, two tenants in the building he manages gave their notice and Allen has had to install bars on the windows of two suites.

Victoria police have been responding to public inquiries about the matter on Twitter and took to the social media site again on Thursday.

In one tweet, police said from Nov. 1 to 26 officers have attended 34 calls for service in a one-block radius of the courthouse. Of those calls, only five can be attributed to the courthouse and pertain to unwanted camping.

“There has not been a signifiant increase in property crime or violent crime in that one block radius,” said police on Twitter.

“There has been one reported break-and-enter in the area this year in that one block radius . . . We can’t respond to what you don’t report.”

FOOD, FROM PAGE 3

Popularity of brussels sprouts enjoys a spike FOOD, From Page 3 Fellow student Perry Assu offers this advice: “Just take the image of brussels sprouts out of your mind. Like, you know you don’t like the image out of brussels sprouts out of your mind.

You know you don’t like it but push it to the side and experience something different.”

The widespread commercialization of food has not been all doom and gloom for holiday-time goods.

Shore said brussels sprouts, while labour-intensive to grow, have seen a recent popularity boost.

“Brussels sprouts I think have become much more mainstream because you’re seeing them in those packaged salad mixes with kale, brussels sprouts, dried cranberries and those sorts of things,”

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False alarm forces brief evacuation at city mall Shopping at Nanaimo’s Woodgrove Centre shopping mall was temporarily interrupted Monday afternoon after the fire alarms sounded.

“Gingerbread has maintained its popularity because it can be so humanized.”

Debbie Shore, VIU culinary program

she said. “So people may or may not know that they’re consuming them in holiday dishes.”

Traditional treats like gingerbread have also benefited, she said.

“Gingerbread has maintained its popularity because it can be so humanized by cutting it into little people and then teaching your children about that rotten little gingerbread man,” she said.

Luckily for Santa, cookies under the tree are as popular as ever.

“False alarm, one of the smoke detectors was tripped and it’s possibly because of the rain,” said Julia Dow, general manager of the mall.

Nanaimo Fire Rescue members responded to the call at approximately 3:45 p.m., shopping resumed quickly after the firefighters arrived.

— DAILY NEWS

Notice of Proposed Disposition of Lands The Regional District of Nanaimo intends on entering into an agreement with the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust Society (NALT) and the Cowichan Community Land Trust Society (CCLT) in the form of a conservation covenant for Mount Benson Regional Park in Electoral Area C. Mount Benson Regional Park is made up of the following parcels of land: PID: 000-010-294, Block 1161, Mountain District, PID: 000-010-286, East 10 Chains of Section 7, Range 3, Mountain District, PID: 000-013-340, Section 7, Range 4, Mountain District, and PID: 000-010-278, Block 787, Mountain District, Except Part Shown Outlined in Red on Plan 2334 RW and Except Part in Plan 28907 and VIP75642 The agreement would grant the two societies a conservation covenant to restrict the use of the Regional Park pursuant to section 219 of the Land Title Act. The covenant would be registered against title to the Park lands and would be in perpetuity. The Regional District also intends to grant a statutory right of way, pursuant to section 218 of the Land Title Act, in favour of each covenant holder as this is necessary for the operation and maintenance of the undertakings of the covenant holders. No consideration will be received by the Regional District for the proposed disposition; however entry into the covenant was a condition of a contribution agreement between NALT and the Regional District related to the Regional District’s purchase of the lands that make up the Park.

Under Section 187 of the Local Government Act, the Regional Board must publish a notice of its intentions to dispose of lands, and disposition includes the placing of a charge such as a covenant, on title. The Regional Board committed to working with NALT and a second lands trust on a Mount Benson Regional Park covenant at the time of park acquisition in 2006. The intention to see the covenant put in place was reiterated in the 2010-2020 Mount Benson Regional Park Management Plan, available at http://www.rdn.bc.ca/cms.asp?wpID=1930.

Inquiries may be directed to Wendy Marshall, Manager of Parks Services, at 250-248-3252 or toll free in BC at 1-888-828-2069, Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

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Lawyer slams scope of non-disclosure THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — The 1983 sexual-assault trial that put a wrongfully convicted man behind bars for nearly three decades is the most egregious example in Canadian history of the Crown withholding evidence from an accused, a court has heard.

Lawyer Marilyn Sandford described as “breathtaking” the scope of the material kept from Ivan Henry, which included witness statements, warrants, medical reports, surveillance information and police notes.

“Mr. Henry knew at the time of his trial that something was very wrong,” Sandford told B.C. Supreme Court on Monday.

“He knew that he was entitled to a fair trial, that the justice system promised him that . . . . But Mr. Henry could not have been more mistaken.”

Henry is suing the province for compensation after he was acquitted by the B.C. Court of Appeal on 10 counts of sexual assault involving eight women. The federal government and the City of Vancouver have settled with Henry for undisclosed amounts, leaving B.C. as the only remaining defendant.

Sandford said the trial would likely have gone very differently had the Crown released more than just 66 disclosure documents to Henry.

She told the court about multiple

instances when Henry had reached out to the Crown requesting additional material, including statements from complainants, the arresting officers and police notes. He received no response, she said.

“There’s a whole history here of an accused who’s unrepresented, writing letters to the Crown — very sensible straightforward requests — and those letters simply going unanswered,” said Sandford.

“It shows an attitude of non-disclosure being the norm for the trial prosecutors.”

Sandford referred to an argument the Crown made earlier in this trial.

In that argument, the Crown said Henry’s decision to represent himself

meant disclosing more information would have made no difference in the outcome of the case.

“This attitude about disclosure — the notion that, ’Well, this is a guy who no one’s going to believe, and anyways he wouldn’t know what to do with the disclosure’ — that attitude gives us insight into what happened in 1983,” she said.

Police used a tracking device on Henry’s car to monitor his movements, and also set up — though never use — a wiretap on his phone, the court heard.

Forensic evidence collected from various crime scenes that failed to link to Henry was also not disclosed, said Sandford.

Sandford also lambasted the Crown for not proactively presenting the evidence in court.

“In a case with an unrepresented accused the fairest way to make sure the trier of fact gets the evidence it needs is to lead it through the Crown,” she said.

“Mr. Henry wouldn’t have known what to do with it?” said Sandford, directing her comments to the judge.

“You the Crown knew what to do with it.”

Sandford and co-counsel John Laxton are expected to conclude their closing arguments before the end of the week, after which the province will have the opportunity to make its final case.

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Police chief apologizes for social media flap THE CANADIAN PRESS

Victoria’s police chief says he is “truly sorry and humiliated” for engaging in direct messages with a woman over Twitter.

Frank Elsner made the comments after the revelation that an interval probe was launched into his conduct.

Elsner said in a statement the investigation that concluded in late November found there was no inappropriate relationship between himself and

the woman he was messaging.

“However, I should not have engaged in the direct messages in the first place and for that, I take complete responsibility,” he said in a written statement. “...I need to conduct myself with the highest standards of integrity. I take full responsibility for my actions and I am truly sorry and humiliated.”

The chief declined to be interviewed.

However, the Victoria Times Colonist reported that Elsner said in an

interview with the newspaper that the exchange was with the wife of one of his Victoria police officers. The woman is also a police officer, but works in a neighbouring department, he said.

Elsner said it wasn’t a friendship, but that it was “strictly work and the messages just took on a far more personal tone.” He said he stopped it after the third exchange.

The Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board was notified of a concern

against the chief in August, said spokeswoman and Esquimalt Mayor Barbara Desjardins.

“It was about inappropriate use of social media and a potential relationship, so that’s what the investigation was about,” Desjardins said in an interview on Monday.

She said an independent lawyer was hired to probe the complaint. The findings were presented to Desjardins and her co-chair, Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps.

“Once we’d made our discipline decision, then we fully apprised the board of all of the information,” she said.

The civilian board met on Friday and its eight members determined they continue to have full confidence in the chief’s leadership.

Desjardins said she could not release details about the allegations or the board’s final decision on discipline for Elsner because it pertains to a personnel matter.

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A dog bite on his arm sent Kevin Buitendyk, left, for more than two-dozen stitches.

Navee Thandi, right, rushed to help at the scene.

Boy receives stitches after Rottweiler bite TYLER OLSEN ABBOTSFORD NEWS

The father of a boy wounded in a dog attack last week is saluting the Good Samaritan who came to his son’s aid.

Last Wednesday, 12-year-old Kevin Buitendyk was walking home from school on Beaver Street at around 2:30 p.m. when a leashed Rottweiler heading the other direction lunged at him and bit down on his upper arm, ripping through his flesh.

It took 30 stitches to repair the gashes in his arm. The police report would later describe the animal as being twice the size of Kevin.

Just down the road, Navee Thandi had been standing, chatting on his phone.

He was about to head inside when he heard a scream.

Just down the street he saw Kevin, clutching his arm and walking back and forth.

A nearby dog, which was on a leash, “was still lunging at him,” Thandi remembered. “It looked like the dog wanted to eat the kid.”

Thandi, who has his Level 2 First Aid, rushed over to help.

As the man who walked the dog left the scene, Thandi ushered Kevin inside, wrapped his arm in a towel, called

911 and tried to distract the boy, who appeared to be going into shock and was pale and clammy.

For around 15 minutes, Thandi tried to distract Kevin from his wounds, asking him about school and watching YouTube videos of bloopers.

“It worked for a bit, and all of a sudden (the pain) would hit him.”

Thandi, 36, said “it was a simple thing to do,” given there was no one else in the area, save the dog-walker, who he said took off after the incident.

But Kevin’s father Paul called the Good Samaritan a “hero,” for helping his son.

“That guy was super nice,” he said.

“He was so good with my son.”

Paul Buitendyk said his son is now recovering at home, with a bandaged arm and wounds that he said will scar.

After arriving on the scene, police found the dog at a home several houses down.

The Rottweiler was removed by animal control, which is still investigating the incident, according to the Fraser Valley Regional District.

On Sunday, Kevin called the dog-walker to forgive him. Paul said the conversation went well and the man was “very remorseful.”

Don’t delay seeking legal help.

In a true case, Mary (not her real name) was hurt quite badly in a car crash. She was probably en tled to get financial compensa on. But she waited too long to see a lawyer. When she finally walked in to a lawyer’s office, it was two years less one day since the accident. Unfortunately, the lawyer was out of town. And the deadline for star ng a lawsuit for personal injuries from an accident like this is two years. The lawyer’s legal assistant doubted if another lawyer was able to help Mary.

Many deadlines are quite short (some were shortened by a new law introduced in B.C. in 2013).

There is a “basic limita on period.”

That period is two years from the me you discovered – or should have discovered – that something happened for which you can sue and know who to go a er in court. You must start your lawsuit against that person or party within these two years. If you don’t, you lose the right to ever bring that lawsuit – your claim will be “barred,” as though you were stopped dead in your tracks at a railway crossing by a bar dropping down in front of you.

For example, say that Jane becomes red of wai ng to be repaid by Joe, who owes her money.

If the debt became due on or a er June 1, she’ll have only two years a er the due date to start a lawsuit. That’s because she knew, or should have discovered, that the debt wasn’t repaid on the due date, that it was Joe who s ffed her (defaulted on the debt), and that she could go to court to recover the debt. The old deadline for suing for breach of contract was six years a er the debt should have been repaid.

The 2013 law also introduced a 15-year “ul mate” limita on period to start a lawsuit for a civil wrong – even if that wrong isn’t discovered in those 15 years (the old limita on period was 30 years).

Oodles of excep ons and special rules take into account special situa ons, e.g., to protect minors or mentally incompetent people, who may need longer to see their rights protected.

But here’s the key to all this. There are many other specific laws in B.C. with their own, o en shorter me periods to start a claim or lose out forever. It takes me to sit down with your lawyer, explain the situa on to them and have them digest your informa on, research the law (including what limita on period applies) and prepare and file the court documents necessary to start the lawsuit. And of course, they may be ed up on other lawsuits, have previous pressing commitments, or be away on business or holidays.

So seek legal help as soon as you reasonably can if you think you may have to go to court to protect your rights – you don’t want the limita on period to defeat you, without ever se ng a foot in the court room.

This column has been written by Janice and George Mucalov, LL.B.s with assistance from FABRIS McIVER HORNQUIST & RADCLIFFE. It provides information only and must not be relied on for legal advice. Please contact FABRIS McIVER HORNQUIST & RADCLIFFE for legal advice concerning your particular case. Lawyer Janice Mucalov is an award-winning legal writer. YOU AND THE LAW is a registered trade-mark. © Janice and George Mucalov.

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Uncertainty in Calgary follows oil price plunge IAN BICKI THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — A year into the global oil price plummet, and Calgary’s boom-and-bust economy is decidedly leaning towards bust.

Home prices are down, unemployment is up, food bank usage is climbing, and no one knows when things might turn around with oil below US$40 a barrel on Monday from highs of well over US$100 less than two years ago.

“It’s very uneasy,” Stephen Scott, 45, who lost his engineering job at Cenovus Energy in an October wave of layoffs, said in a recent interview.

“There are probably going to be more job cuts. People are still kind of living scared.”

“I definitely see a lot of sellers that are desperate to sell. And here’s the unfortunate part — they’re desperate to sell, but it still isn’t selling.”

Thomas Keeper, Calgary realtor

Scott says that even when he had a job, he was feeling the pressure.

“There’s a lot of stress going around, a lot of negative talk going around; that’s inevitable with this going on in the industry. So it wasn’t

fun, it really sucked the life out of the job.”

Jackie Rafter, president of the career-counselling service Higher Landing, says the downturn has forced many people to make some tough decisions that include changing industries or even moving away from Calgary entirely.

“Unfortunately, a lot of professionals are now considering jobs outside of Calgary. These are people who would have never otherwise thought of leaving their roots here,” said Rafter.

But those looking elsewhere for job opportunities are confronting a tough real estate market that may make it difficult to sell their homes.

Listings in Calgary are climbing and

house prices are down more than five per cent.

Thomas Keeper, a real estate agent in Calgary, says sellers are struggling even after they slash their listing prices.

“I definitely see a lot of sellers that are desperate to sell. And here’s the unfortunate part — they’re desperate to sell, but it still isn’t selling,” he said.

Those sinking house prices are also eating into homeowners’ ability to borrow against the value of their houses, said Mark Kalinowski, a credit counsellor with the non-profit Credit Counselling Society.

Kalinowski says he’s seen a definite shift in business as more and more people grapple with the downturn.

He recently had to advise a contractor who had been making $180,000 a year but suddenly found himself without work or savings, and was behind on his taxes.

“People get into that mentality that it’s only going to get better and better,” said Kalinowski.

But he expects worse is yet to come as severance programs start to run out in the new year.

“People are optimistic that they’ll find a job in that period of time, but I don’t know that that’s realistic,” he said. “I think the real pain starts next year.”

But while the oilpatch downturn is creating stress for Calgary residents, others are seeing it as an opportunity.

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NATO wants Canada to train Iraqis As Trudeau Liberal criticized for withdrawal of CF-18s, organization seeks new mission to aid security forces MURRAY BREWSTER THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — NATO wants to see Canada play a role in its reconstituted military mission to train Iraqi security forces — an idea the alliance’s secretary general pitched directly to Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion, The Canadian Press has learned.

Jens Stoltenberg’s approach, made on the sidelines of last week’s foreign minister’s meeting in Brussels, could be helpful to the Liberal government, which began its first question period fending off accusations that it is cutting and running from the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or ISIS. The secretary general’s conversation with Dion was not a formal request, but defence and diplomatic sources say it was meant to sound out the Trudeau government’s potential interest in the defence capacity-building program, which was announced last summer.

“We discussed with the secretary general the defence capacity building programs across the board,” said one official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and so spoke on condition of anonymity.

Canada contributed to the previous training mission in Iraq, which was shut down in 2011 when the U.S. withdrew its forces, the official added.

NATO gave no timelines for the training, which is to take place at secure bases in Turkey and Jordan, and would include a wide series of measures, such as countering improvised explosive devices, bomb disposal, de-mining, civil-military planning, cyberdefence, military medicine and medical assistance.

In this 2013 file photo, special operations forces from Jordan and the U.S. conduct a combined demonstration with commandos from Iraq. NATO has now asked Canada, as it withdraws its CF-18 fighter jets from the U.S-led coaliton bombing the Islamic State, to use Canadian expertise to train Iraqi forces. [AP PHOTO]

An alliance official who also spoke on background said the mission is still in the planning stages and member nations have yet to be asked for troop contributions.

Dion said Wednesday that the government’s plan to withdraw CF-18 jetfighters from the bombing campaign will unfold “within weeks, not months,” but first details of a beefed up training mission will have to be negotiated with allies.

“We want to do it at the same when

we come (forward) with a new plan,” Dion said. “To do it before we have the new plan you would have a kind of vacuum that we want to avoid.

Our allies understand that.”

He said the government wants to consult with allies about where the contribution would be helpful. Last week, the Italians expressed interest in partnering with Canada to conduct police training in northern Iraq.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was more circumspect on the details, say-

ing they are “considering all options right now in terms of our contribution to the fight against ISIL.” He underlined there are a number of different ways a military contribution could unfold and pointed specifically to intelligence gathering, which is something the air force’s CP-140 Aurora surveillance planes have been doing in Iraq.

The newly refurbished planes have been helping spot ISIL targets on the ground and doing damage assess-

ments for coalition commanders once the bombs have fallen.

Opposition Conservatives used Justin Trudeau’s first question period as prime minister to hammer his plan to withdraw Canada’s CF-18s.

Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said the extremists who have overrun vast swaths of Syria and Iraq are part of a death cult that sells women and children into sexual slavery and murders religious minorities.

“And yet the prime minister says he’s going to take our CF-18s out of the fight; just how bad does it have to be in Iraq and Syria for him to leave our CF-18s there?” said Ambrose, who pointed out that other allies — notably Britain and France — were stepping up their bombing missions.

Canadians spoke during the election campaign and they want to see the mission refocused towards more long-lasting results, such as training security forces, Trudeau responded.

“There is not a Canadian in this country who does not think that ISIS is a group of terrible terrorists who should be stopped,” he said.

“The question has always been how best to engage, and how can Canada use its strengths and the extraordinary strengths of men and women in the Canadian Forces to support in the fight against ISIS? Ongoing right now, there continue to be airstrikes. We have committed to end those airstrikes and to transform our engagement in a different way, equally militarily, to ensure that Canada continues to be a strong member of the coalition fighting against ISIS.” » We want to hear from you.

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Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, left, holds hands up with re-elected opposition lawmaker Enrique Marquez, who represents Zulia state, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. [AP PHOTO]

Venezuela opposition win may shake up the nation JOSHUA GOODMAN AND HANNAH DREIER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition rejoiced Monday after its shock triumph in legislative elections and waited anxiously for the final tally to see whether it secured a two-thirds supermajority that could dramatically wrest power from President Nicolas Maduro after 17 years of socialist rule.

The Democratic Unity opposition alliance declared Monday that it won the minimum number of seats needed to initiate a process to remove Maduro. But despite the efficiency and transparency promised by the country’s electronic voting system, the National Electoral Council has yet to announce the results of 22 undecided races, almost a full day after polls closed.

The opposition coalition won at least 99 seats in the incoming 167seat legislature, electoral authorities announced after midnight Sunday, setting off a cacophony of car honks and fireworks in the capital’s wealthier eastern neighbourhoods. The ruling Socialist party and its allies won 46 seats.

The opposition coalition needs 13 of the 22 undecided races to give it the supermajority needed to sack Supreme Court justices, initiate a referendum to revoke Maduro’s mandate and even convoke an assembly to rewrite Hugo Chavez’s 1999 constitution.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Venezuelans for making their voice heard and called on authorities to tabulate and publish remaining results in a timely manner.

“Dialogue among all parties in Venezuela is necessary to address the social and economic challenges facing the country, and the United

“The opposition needs to accept this with a lot of humility. This was a punishment vote and we will need to show people that we’re up to the task.”

Francisco Marquez, political consultant

States stands ready to support such a dialogue together with others in the international community,” Kerry said in a statement.

Even if the opposition falls short, the landslide could unleash intense political battles. Since the late Chavez swept into power, the opposition has never held a branch of government.

Both sides are more accustomed to hurling insults than negotiating across the country’s vast political divide, and a protracted power struggle could rip apart an economic and social fabric already in tatters.

Maduro urged his supporters to accept Sunday’s results, even as he recalled the long history of US-supported coups in Latin America and blamed the “circumstantial” loss on a right-wing “counterrevolution” trying to sabotage Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy and destabilize the government.

“I can say today that the economic war has triumphed,” said Maduro, who was surrounded by top socialist leaders in the presidential palace as he mostly pulled phrases from the stump speech he had been delivering before the election.

Hardliners in the opposition seemed similarly entrenched, preferring to talk about ending Maduro’s rule before his term ends

in 2019 rather than resolving Venezuela’s triple-digit inflation, plunging currency and the widespread shortages expected to worsen in January as businesses close for the summer vacation.

Some opposition figures caution that the result has more to do with anger at Venezuela’s woes than an embrace of the opposition.

While even moderates pledged to use their new leverage to pass an amnesty for opponents jailed during last year’s protests, putting food on the table is the priority for most Venezuelans.

“The opposition needs to accept this with a lot of humility,” said political consultant Francisco Marquez, who managed one of the winning opposition campaigns. “This was a punishment vote and we will need to show people that we’re up to the task.”

Voting Sunday was mostly peaceful, though several ruling party governors, including Chavez’s brother Adan, were videotaped braving boos and insults as they entered polling centres. Turnout was a stunning 74 per cent, the highest for a parliamentary election since Chavez ended compulsory voting in the 1990s.

The scale of the political earthquake was such that socialists lost even in Chavez’s home state of Barinas, where Adan Chavez is one of several family members holding high office. In the capital, the opposition won by almost 20 percentage points, even prevailing in the emblematic 23rd of January slum where a mausoleum holds the remains of Chavez, who is revered by the poor as their “invincible commander.”

Maduro had repeatedly vowed to defend Chavez’s legacy in the streets if his party lost, but he softened his tone in his initial post-election comments.

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Canadian Muslim school worries about link to California shooter DIANA MEHTA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO — The woman who carried out last week’s mass shooting in California with her husband had attended an Islamic religious school, or madrassa, while living in Pakistan, intelligence officials and the school said Monday.

Few details have emerged about Tashfeen Malik’s life in Pakistan, where she lived from 2007 to 2014 before heading to the United States on a fiancee visa. Malik studied pharmacy at the Bahauddin Zakariya University in the central city of Multan, where she got a degree in 2013.

While in Multan, she also attended a religious school, which Pakistani intelligence officials on Monday identified as the Al-Huda International Seminary.

The school is a women-only madrassa with branches across Pakistan and in the U.S. and Canada, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

Al-Huda’s founder, Farhat Hashmi, who now lives in Canada, has been criticized for promoting a conservative strain of Islam, though the school has no known

“Everybody says she was a hardworking, friendly, helpful and obedient student.”

Farrukh Chaudhry, madrassa spokeswoman

links to extremists. In Pakistan, it is popular among upper-middle class and urban women interested in Islamic studies.

The region where the school is located, however, is home to thousands of extremist seminaries, with hundreds of them linked to al-Qaida and the Pakistani Taliban.

Pakistan, which supports Islamic militants battling archrival India in the disputed region of Kashmir and is widely believed to have ties to insurgents in Afghanistan, has long turned a blind eye to institutions that teach radical interpretations of Islam.

Malik spent more than a year at Al-Huda, taking classes six days a week, the school’s spokeswoman Farrukh Chaudhry told The Associated Press.

She enrolled in a two-year course to study the Qur’an, its translation

and interpretation, but did not finish the course, Chaudhry added.

Malik was a student there from April 17, 2013 until May 3, 2014, when she handed in her last paper in the first-year curriculum, the spokeswoman said.

“According to our records, this girl didn’t complete the course,” Chaudhry said, speaking over the phone from the southern port city of Karachi where she is based. “She told us that she was going to get married in two months, and after that she will leave for America.”

Malik promised to complete her studies by mail correspondence but that never happened, Chaudhry said.

“I have talked to her teachers, her classmates and everybody says she was a hardworking, friendly, helpful and obedient student,” Chaudhry said, adding that “no one ever noticed any signs of radicalization.”

One of the teachers at the seminary, Aalia Qamar, said Malik attended classes regularly, and introduced three or four of her friends to the school.

She asked many questions in class about religion and at times debated religious matters with teachers and classmates.

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Gary Mendoza and his son Michael on Monday pay their respects at a makeshift memorial site honouring shooting victims in San Bernardino, Calif. [AP PHOTO]

Killers did target practice, says FBI Employees at site begin to go back to work AMANDA LEE MYERS AND JUSTIN PRITCHARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The husband and wife who carried out the San Bernardino massacre had been radicalized and had taken part in target practice, one time within days of the attack that killed 14 people, the FBI said Monday.

In another chilling twist, authorities disclosed that a year before the rampage, Syed Farook’s co-workers at the county health department underwent “active-shooter” training in the very conference room where he and his wife opened fire on his colleagues.

It was not immediately clear whether Farook attended the autumn 2014 training session on how to react to a workplace gunman, county spokeswoman Felisa Cardona said. It was held for members of the department’s environmental health division, where Farook was a restaurant inspector.

On Monday, one employee in the room when Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire on a work holiday party Wednesday said colleagues tried to do just as they had been trained — find protection and stay quiet.

“Unfortunately the room just didn’t provide a whole lot of protection,” said Corwin Porter, assistant county health director.

Meanwhile, thousands of county employees went back to work for the first time since the rampage five days earlier.

Farook, a 28-year-old born in the U.S. to a Pakistani family, and Malik, a 29-year-old immigrant from Parkistan, were killed in a gunbattle with police hours after the bloodbath.

“We believe both were radicalized and had been for some time,” said David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office. But he said investigators are still trying to establish pre-

“We believe both were radicalized and had been for some time.”

David Bowdich, FBI spokesman

cisely when, where and by whom they were influenced.

He also said the Muslim couple had taken target practice at ranges within the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with one session held within days of the rampage.

In addition, authorities found 19 pipes in the couple’s home in Redlands, Calif., that could be turned into bombs, Bowdich said.

At least six people remained hospitalized Monday, two in critical condition.

Cardona, the county spokeswoman, said the active-shooter training was held in November or December of 2014 at the conference room that the health department rented for this year’s party.

The reopening of much of the government’s offices signalled an effort to return to normal for a community in shock and mourning.

“To honour them, to express our gratitude for their unimaginable sacrifice, we have to fight to maintain that ordinary,” County Supervisor Janice Rutherford said of the victims. “We can’t be afraid of our lives, of our community, of our neighbours, of our co-workers.”

Following the attack, the county shut down all but essential services, with many of its 20,000 employees staying home. Authorities said that they tightened security at county buildings and that counselling centres and a hotline were open for employees in distress.

While most employees went back to work Monday, those at the environmental health services division, where many of the victims worked, will be off until next week.

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Banks to donate $1M to support Syrian refugees

Former columnist denies Bill to give RCMP right any ill will to Arthur Kent to collective bargaining

A 16-year-old Cape Breton boy who pushed a fellow student under the wheels of a school bus, killing him instantly, was sentenced Monday to two years of probation by a judge who said a harsher sentence would only “compound the tragedy.”

The 18-year-old victim, Christopher Walter Chafe, died last February.

The defence argued the accused, who was 15 at the time, was engaged in ordinary horseplay, but youth court Judge Peter Ross said in an earlier decision the boy should have known his actions could have deadly consequences.

Youth court Judge Peter Ross said imposing a year-long sentence could be counterproductive for such a young person.

Canada’s five biggest banks say they’ll collectively donate $1 million to the Canadian Red Cross to support Syrian refugees arriving in Canada.

BMO Financial Group, CIBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Bank Group say customers can also make donations to the Canadian Red Cross at their local branch, effective Thursday.

In last week’s throne speech, the government promised to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of February 2016 and about 10,000 privately sponsored refugees are likely to arrive by year’s end.

Canadian Red Cross president Conrad Sauve says the donation will help refugees begin their transition into new communities.

A columnist who penned an article about Arthur Kent during the 2008 Alberta provincial election says he held no ill will toward the former journalist who was running for office.

Don Martin has told a defamation trial that he knew very little about Kent when he heard of problems erupting during Kent’s campaign to win a seat in the Alberta legislature for the Progressive Conservatives.

Martin was taken line by line through his article and asked where he received his information.

He said some of it came from Google, other parts came from articles written by other reporters and he used emails from campaign staff and party insiders.

The newly-minted Speaker of the Senate told investigators looking into Mike Duffy’s spending that there really didn’t need to be any rules defining primary and secondary residences for senators because the distinction was “self-explanatory.”

According to Duffy’s lawyer, George Furey has already told investigators that a primary residence was where a senator’s spouse and dog lived and where “your local pub is.”

Furey was on the three-member executive of the Senate committee that oversaw Duffy’s spending audit in 2013. Duffy’s lawyer unsuccessfully argued that Furey shouldn’t be allowed to testify because he was only there to provide opinions, not facts, about Senate spending rules.

ELAINE GANLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS — France’s options are no longer as simple as left and right.

The far-right, anti-establishment National Front has ridden a wave of anger over migration and extremist attacks straight into the political mainstream — where experts predict it will stay.

The party’s historic results in Sunday’s first round of regional elections were the latest in a series of electoral inroads, with scores that shamed and destabilized the traditional parties. The conservative party of former President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Francois Hollande’s Socialists — the long-standing anchors of French political life — scrambled to find ways to block the ascent of the far-right before the Dec. 13 final round.

The showing of the National Front — which won six of 13 regions — will dynamize leader Marine Le Pen’s planned bid for the presidency in 2017.

In the traditionally Socialist northeastern region where she was running, the party won more than 40 per cent of the vote.

Her niece, Marion Marechal-Le Pen, had a similar showing in the southeastern Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, a stronghold of the traditional right.

In a bid to stop a second-round National Front victory, the Socialist Party ordered its candidates to withdraw in those two regions so their supporters could give their votes to conservative candidates, a bitter exercise that Prime Minister Manuel Valls said was necessary.

“There is a choice between two visions of France,” Valls said Monday night on the TV station TF1 —

RCMP officers would be allowed to engage in collective bargaining under legislation to be introduced by the Liberal government.

The bill, to be tabled early in the new year, will give rank-and-file Mounties the ability to choose representation and negotiate with management, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Monday.

In January, the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the right of RCMP officers to collective bargaining and gave the government a year to create a new labour-relations regime.

Currently, RCMP officers have voluntary associations funded by members’ dues that work with management to establish pay and benefits, but the top brass has final say.

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that of traditional parties and that of the extreme right “which divides the French, tries to pit one against the other.”

Opponents say the National Front criticizes without offering solutions. The party, which currently has four lawmakers in parliament, is opposed to the European Union and the euro currency and fears that Muslim immigrants will supplant French civilization, replacing church bells with calls to prayer.

But Le Pen says hers is the party of patriots — a message with special resonance in a France on edge since the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris that killed 130.

Marine Le Pen replaced her father, party co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, in 2011. She immediately set

about changing its anti-Semitic image to make it less toxic to voters and undo its pariah status. In its former life, people were often too ashamed to reveal that they had voted for the National Front.

Experts widely considered its performances, particularly under Jean-Marie Le Pen, as a way to punish mainstream parties.

German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said the National Front’s strong performance must be a “wake-up call for all democrats in Europe.”

“Standing together and solidarity in Europe are now more important than ever, including in dealing with the question of refugees,” Gabriel was quoted as telling the Bild newspaper.

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FIFA President Sepp Blatter, left, with Juan Angel Napout after the Paraguayan was confirmed as president of CONMEBOL on March 15. On Thursday Switzerland’s justice ministry identified Napout and Alfredo Hawit as the two FIFA officials arrested on suspicion of bribery. [AP PHOTO]

GENEVA — Sepp Blatter is at risk again from the World Cup bribery scandal that tainted much of his FIFA presidency.

Switzerland’s justice ministry confirmed on Monday that American authorities formally asked for files in the ISL kickbacks case to aid their sprawling investigation of alleged racketeering by international soccer leaders.

The ISL marketing agency was found to have routinely bribed top sports officials, including Blatter’s predecessor Joao Havelange, before collapsing into criminal bankruptcy in 2001.

British broadcaster the BBC aired a program Monday alleging it had seen a letter obtained by the FBI that was written by Havelange and said Blatter

had “full knowledge” of kickback payments in the 1990s. Blatter was Havelange’s general secretary for 17 years until becoming president in 1998.

Blatter would not comment on the BBC’s claim, his spokesman Klaus Stoehlker told The Associated Press on Monday.

FIFA said it is co-operating to provide “all relevant information” to ongoing American and Swiss investigations, and would not comment on specific allegations.

The ISL case sent FIFA into financial crisis, then dogged the governing body and Blatter through a criminal trial of six agency executives in 2008.

A legal fight followed as FIFA tried to keep sealed the identity of officials named in a settlement deal to repay bribes.

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the case closed after its ethics committee reviewed the case.

The ethics judgment confirmed three longtime executive committee members as bribe-takers: Havelange, who was FIFA president from 19741998, resigned as honorary president; his former son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira of Brazil, who had resigned a year earlier; and Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay, who resigned as president of the South American confederation CONMEBOL. Crticizing Havelange and Teixeira for “morally and ethically reproachable” conduct, the ethics ruling of April 2013 also noted that commercial bribery was not illegal in Switzerland in the 1990s.

And Blatter’s behaviour over the years did not amount to “any criminal or ethical misconduct,” ethics judge Joachim Eckert wrote.

MISSING WOMEN

Details on public inquiry to be released KRISTY KIRKUP THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is expected to provide some additional information today about its long-promised public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu admitted Monday the Liberals are in the “very beginning stages” of their work and have no pre-conceived ideas about what the inquiry should look like.

Some key questions include what the mandate will be and how many commissioners will be in charge of the inquiry, which is expected to last up to two years and carry a $40 million price tag.

“We just really want to make sure that we honour the families and the communities,” Hajdu said outside the Commons.

“There’s a lot of provincial and territorial work that has been done as well in national aboriginal organizations. So, for us, it is making sure that everybody has a chance to shape this.”

Hajdu will join Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett and Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould for an inquiry-related announcement Tuesday, although no further details have been provided.

The event is scheduled to follow an address from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is speaking to chiefs gathered across the river in Gatineau, Que., for an event hosted by the Assembly of First Nations.

The prime minister is expected highlight the need to develop a nation-to-nation relationship with Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples — a promise repeated in Friday’s throne speech.

Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said she supports the inquiry — a stark contrast from her predecessor, who frequently rebuffed demands for further study.

“It’s something that I think we should do,” Ambrose said. “I believe very strongly that anything that we can do as a Parliament to support what is a very tragic situation among aboriginal women in this country.”

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, who wanted to launch an inquiry within 100 days if his party formed government, said he is awaiting details on specifics.

“Getting it done right, taking time to define the mandate, nobody is going to quibble with that,” Mulcair said.

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U.S. blames Russia after strike kills Syria soldiers Syria on Monday accused the U.S.-led coalition of bombing an army camp in the eastern part of the country, killing three Syrian soldiers and wounding 13, but a senior U.S. military official said the Pentagon is “certain” the strike was from a Russian warplane.

In a letter to the United Nations, the government in Damascus said four aircraft from the coalition targeted the army camp in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Sunday night. In addition to the casualties among the troops, it said the attack destroyed armoured and other vehicles, and a weapons and ammunition depot.

It was the first time Syria has accused the U.S.-led coalition of hitting its troops.

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Staples-Office Depot deal rejected by agency

Activist given three-year sentence under new law

The Ethiopian government says more than 10 million people including nearly 6 million children will need emergency food by January because of drought.

Mitiku Kassa, head of Ethiopia’s disaster relief operation, said Monday that the government is currently distributing its own emergency food aid because pledges made by donors have not yet been delivered.

Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen estimated that the drought will continue well into 2016.

John Graham, Save the Children’s Country Director in Ethiopia, said in a statement that Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years and $1.4 billion in aid is needed to adequately respond to the emergency.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it is seeking to block the proposed combination of Staples and Office Depot because the deal would reduce competition in the office supplies market.

The companies said they plan to fight to preserve the deal.

A deal between Staples and Office Depot would cut competition and lead to higher prices, the FTC said.

The decision comes 10 months after Staples offered to buy rival Office Depot for $6.3 billion.

The pair argue that competition has become even tougher since Office Depot and OfficeMax merged in 2013 and that the FTC is contradicting itself because it said that the office supply market was highly competitive two years ago.

A Russian activist has been sentenced to three years in prison under a new law that tightens punishment for taking part in unauthorized protests. The verdict was strongly condemned by Amnesty International.

A Moscow court on Monday delivered the sentence to Ildar Dadin for his repeated involvement in unsanctioned protests.

Dadin was the first person to be sent to prison under the 2014 law that criminalizes anyone found to have violated restrictive public assembly rules more than twice within 180 days.

John Dalhuisen, the group’s Europe and Central Asia Director, said that now “it is more dangerous to be a peaceful activist in Russia than at any time in recent years.”

The International Committee of the Red Cross is trying to reach out to the Islamic State group to get humanitarian aid to people in areas under its control, the organization’s director-general said Monday.

Yves Daccord made the comments to The Associated Press on Monday’s start to a major gathering of the Red Cross and Red Crescent held every four years.

The organization needs above all to focus on Syrians inside the war-torn country, where more than 250,000 have been killed and at least a million wounded since the uprising began over four years ago, Daccord said.

That means reaching out to all possible sides in the conflict — including IS.

TRADE

U.S. meat label rules must end, says Canada after WTO ruling MIKE BLANCHFIELD THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The United States must immediately repeal its discriminatory meat labelling provisions or face Canadian retaliation, two Liberal cabinet ministers said Monday.

The ultimatum came from International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay after the World Trade Organization ruled Monday that Canada and Mexico can impose more than $1 billion in annual retaliatory on tariffs on U.S. products.

This latest win for Canada at the WTO came in a long-running saga focused on how the United States labels packaged steaks and other meats, and was welcomed by Canada’s beef and pork producers.

The Republican chair of the U.S. Senate’s agricultural committee agreed with the Canadian position, and said he will push for the lifting of the American “rules of origin” labelling provisions, which the WTO has previously said leaves Canadian and Mexican meat products at a disadvantage.

Canada had been expecting Monday’s favourable decision because the WTO ruled in May that the American labelling, known as COOL, violated its international trade obligations.

The U.S. House of Representatives repealed the provisions in June. The U.S. can’t appeal the WTO decision.

Freeland and MacAulay called on the Senate, where some Democrats support the labelling provision, to follow suit.

Or else.

“We’re calling on the senate to repeal now,” said Freeland.

“We are a trading nation. We

Canada’s beef and pork sectors are welcoming a World Trade Organization ruling that allows Canada and Mexico to impose $1 billion in annual tariffs on U.S. products. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

believe in free trade. But free trade only works when everyone follows the rules.”

Added MacAulay: “Now they repeal COOL, or we retaliate — we will retaliate.”

Freeland and MacAulay said Canada has taken the next step in doing just that by filing formal notice with the WTO that it will pursue the punitive tariffs, which could kick in before the end of the month.

Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, the agriculture committee chair, urged his fellow lawmakers to finally do away with the COOL provisions.

“The WTO has warned us multiple times, and Congress has ignored the warning. This is no longer a warning. Retaliation is real. Now more than ever, we need to repeal COOL,” Roberts said.

Ranchers in northern U.S. states that compete with Canada pushed for the labelling law.

But Roberts said Monday it is time for them to throw in the towel.

“How much longer are we going to keep pretending retaliation isn’t happening? Does it happen when a cattle rancher, or even a furniture maker, is forced out of business?”

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, the Canadian Pork Council, the National Feeders’ Association and Canadian Meat Council added their collective voices to the call on the U.S. to scrap the labelling provisions in light of the decision.

“Our patience is exhausted,” their joint statement said.

“There is no further negotiation to be done and no compromise is acceptable. Canadian livestock producers and meat processors expect the U.S. to do nothing less than repeal COOL or face the immediate imposition of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods to the same extent as the damage we have endured.”

The ruling allows Canada to impose $780 million in retaliatory tariffs and Mexico $228 million.

Like Canada, Mexico also filed notice Monday with the WTO that it intends to pursue the tariffs.

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NEWARK, N.J. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” an idea that prompted one of his rivals to call him “unhinged.”

The proposed ban would apply to immigrants and visitors alike, a sweeping prohibition affecting all adherents of Islam who want to come to the U.S. The idea also raised immediate questions about whether it could pass muster under constitutional protections of the free exercise of religion.

Trump’s campaign said in a statement such a ban should stand “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”

The statement added that Trump’s proposal comes in response to a level of hatred among “large segments of the Muslim population” toward Americans.

“Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life,” Trump said in the statement.

He added on Twitter: “Just put out a very important policy statement on the extraordinary influx of hatred & danger coming into our country. We must be vigilant!”

Several of Trump’s Republican rivals were quick to reject the latest provocation from a candidate who has delivered no shortage of them.

“Donald Trump is unhinged,” Jeb Bush said via Twitter. “His ’policy’ proposals are not serious.”

Carly Fiorina said, “Trump’s overreaction is as dangerous as President Obama’s under-reaction.”

John Kasich slammed Trump’s “outrageous divisiveness,” while a more measured Ted Cruz, who has always been cautious about upsetting Trump’s

supporters, said, “Well, that is not my policy.”

Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Trump’s proposed ban would apply to “everybody,” including Muslims seeking immigration visas as well as tourists seeking to enter the country.

He did not respond to questions about whether it would also include Muslims who are U.S. citizens and travel outside of the country, or how a determination of someone’s religion might be made by customs and border officials.

In response to a request for additional detail, Trump said via a campaign spokeswoman: “Because I am so politically correct, I would never be the one to say. You figure it out!”

Trump’s proposal comes a day after President Barack Obama spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about the shootings in San Bernardino, California, which Obama said was “an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people.”

The FBI said Monday the Muslim couple who carried out the massacre had been radicalized and had taken target practice at area gun ranges, in one case within days of the attack last week that killed 14 people.

Trump’s campaign has been marked by a pattern of inflammatory statements, dating back to his harsh rhetoric about Mexican immigrants.

He has taken a particularly hard line against Muslims in the days since the Paris attacks, advocating enhanced surveillance of mosques due to fears over radicalization.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest accused Trump of playing on people’s fears and trying to tap into “a darker side, a darker element” of American society.

From the Democratic presidential campaign, Bernie Sanders said: “Trump and others want us to hate all Muslims.

The United States is a great nation when we stand together. We are a weak nation when we allow racism and xenophobia to divide us.”

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Radim Vrbata was tied with the grinder for the NHL’s worst plus/ minus rating at minus-17.

That’s not a typo. But it was just another startling example of everything that had gone awry for the gifted winger and the tire fire Vancouver Canucks. A five-game losing streak and just three wins in their last 13 exposed all the widening gaps in the thin armour. They were a one-line team that couldn’t score, couldn’t defend and playing without any semblance of confidence.

They needed GPS to find an identity. Then Vrbata scored Monday.

Twice in the first period. It was like a defibrillator because the efforts jolted the Canucks to life in a 5-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in which the winger capped scoring in the final frame with his sixth NHL career hattrick. And while all this won’t mean

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much if the Canucks don’t follow up with a strong effort Wednesday against the New York Rangers, the signs of life were encouraging.

But none more than for Vrbata. He scored by getting to the tough area converting a rebound for a tap-in.

He then deflected a point shot in the slot with the kind of touch you don’t teach. And then he picked the corner with his trademark quick release.

Chemistry means everything to

Vrbata and he found some on the last road trip with Jared McCann. And if what we saw in linemate Chris Higgins — four shots and setting up the first goal — wasn’t a mirage, then maybe the landscape isn’t so bleak.

The Canucks had more than 20 shots (31) for the first time time four games, Vrbata had six shots and three of their four lines scored.

The West Coast Express would have been impressed.

three-shot game in his previous five outings. Again, it was only a short study and it was the Sabres. But to finally see some speed and some edge and the fourth line respond with some grit, drive and a goal, it was the right kind of one-night response.

However, the Canucks still wound up chasing the game and watching rather than creating in the third period. But they did find a way to finally win.

WHAT THIS MEANS: When the Canucks stopped playing an east-west game and reset their game compass to go north-south, the results were encouraging.

They had odd-man rushes in the first period and when Bo Horvat and Sven Baertschi easily wheeled away on a 2-on-1 break before Horvat put a shot wide, it raised some eyebrows.

Could there finally be something cooking there? They wheeled away on another odd-man rush in the second period and this time, Baertschi forced Linus Ullmark to make a tough save. He had a twoshot period and didn’t even had a

WHAT WE LEARNED: Brandon Sutter had sports hernia surgery on Dec. 1. Brendan Morrison had the same procedure in May, 2007. Timelines for recovery can vary, but it’s at least four to six weeks for full recovery.

“It’s six to eight weeks, but it’s quicker now and the technology has changed in where they (surgeons) go through,” said the former Canucks centre. “For him (Sutter), it will take longer to get his legs back because he can’t train his legs.”

That could mean Sutter possibly returning during the Jan. 14-22 road trip.

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IN A WORD: RELIEF: Brandon Prust scored for the first time in 50 games after Derek Dorsett did spade work on the end boards and sent sweet back pass to his linemate.

MIFFED: Alex Burrows was ready to slam his helmet in disgust after the winger thought he had jammed a puck under Linus Ullmark before the whistle blew.

STIFFED: Matt Bartkowski allowed Jamie McGinn to beat him wide and start the scoring sequence on Brian Gionta’s crossbar-level swing to open scoring.

ADVANCED STATS +4: Even strength Corsi for wingers Prust and Vrbata after two periods. Prust was Corsi For: 11 and Corsi Against: 7. Vrbata was Corsi For: 10 and Corsi Against: 6.

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Dolphins finish sixth, Handsworth takes title DAILY NEWS

The Dover Bay Dolphins can take solace in being beat by the best.

As host of the 205 B.C. Quad A Secondary School Volleyball Championships, the Dolphins were knocked out of the medal round by the Handsworth (Vancouver) Royals (3-0) on Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals.

The Royals went on to win the provincial championship on Saturday at VIU, while the Dolphins lost in the fifth-place game and finished sixth.

Dolphins head coach Dave Nelson predicted a wide-open tournament with any team making the quarterfinals having a chance to win it, and he was right.

The top-seeded Kelowna Owls finished 13th in the tournament, while the Sir Winston Churchill suprised most

observers to finish seventh. The Dolphins, ranked ffith in the province prior to the tournament, got by the South Delta Sun Devils to stay alive in the consolation round before falling to the Lord Tweedsmuir (Cloverdale) Panthers.

CARSON GRAHAM WINS SUBWAY BOWL The Carson Graham Eagles beat the Abbotsford Panthers 54-34 in the B.C. Varsity AA high school football championship game Saturday.

Abbotsford’s star receiver Chase Claypool was lost to injury early in the game. He was the main reason the Panthers beat Nanaimo’s John Barsby Bulldogs in the provincial quarterfinal.

The Bulldogs beat Carson Graham 34-7 in regular season play.

Nanaimo Clippers leading scorer Sheldon Rempal scored five goals and added an assist in an 8-5 win over the Surrey Eagles on the road on Sunday. [DAMON JAMES/FOR THE DAILY NEWS]

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hile the rest of the B.C. Hockey League was waiting for Sheldon Rempal’s production to simmer, the Nanaimo Clippers star brought his game to a boil Sunday.

Rempal, who has averaged two points per game this season, exploded for five goals and an assist in his team’s 8-5 win over the Surrey Eagles.

It was the Clippers ninth straight win, the longest current streak in the BCHL and longest ever under head coach and general manager Mike Vandekamp, with the last six of those triumphs coming away from Frank Crane Arena.

It was the first time Rempal had scored five goals in a game since he was a 16-year-old playing Midget AA in Calgary as the last cut from the Buffaloes AAA team.

“I was able to get a lucky one to start the game, and it just took off from there,” Rempal said.

“I got some nice passes from my linemates, found some lanes and was able to bury a few in the second. I was lucky enough to be out there at the end with their goalie pulled to put the fifth one in.

“It was fun.”

Rempal wasn’t supposed to be in the BCHL this season. Along with his linemate Devin Brosseau, he had committed to play NCAA Div. I hockey this year at Clarkson University. But issues with the NCAA Clearinghouse brought him back to Nanaimo to get his college prerequisites taken care of, and to take one more crack at winning a BCHL championship.

He’s since taken over as one of

“We want to win games here and I want to do all that I can to make that happen.“ Sheldon Rempal, Nanaimo Clippers

— if not the — best players in the league. He leads the BCHL in both goals and points with 34 and 66 respectively through 32 games and has been on an absolute tear as of late with 15 goals in his last eight games.

He continues to credit his offseason training program in Calgary for the uptick in production — he had 53 points in as many games in 2014-15.

“I had a good offseason and came back a little stronger and a little faster,” Rempal said. “It was also a big help to come back and know the way the league works and be able find lines.

“Just being around the league for a couple years now and playing with Devin — we’ve got some good chemistry over the past year — and so I owe a lot to him and Matt (Hoover).”

He’s now on pace for 119 points, and is currently the franchises seventh-best all-time leading scorer trailing only Barry Pederson, Red Carr, John Newberry, Kyle Kramer, Andrew Gladiuk and Shane Glover.

It is realistic that he could jump into the Top 3 by the time this season is over.

Consistency has been the key for Rempal this season.

He was well known for scoring in bunches last season, but this year he has yet to go more than three

games in a row without a goal — and that only happened once.

“The big thing for me coming back this year was to be a consistent player,” Rempal said. “We want to win games here and I want to do all that I can to make that happen. It’s definitely important for me to be consistent to do that.”

And after an inconsistent first half of the season for the Clippers, nine straight wins is as consistent as it gets.

The Clippers are now right where they were a year ago, in second place in the BCHL overall behind only the Penticton Vees.

Before their most recent sweep of a three-in-three road trip that also included a 5-2 win over the Prince George Spruce Kings and a 2-1 overtime win over the Chilliwack Chiefs, they were 1-4-0-1 on those trips.

By this point, that’s all but forgotten.

“Before this streak we’ve been on, we had a couple rough weekends and a couple bad games where we got blown out a bit,” Rempal said, “so I think the guys are just starting to buy into their roles a little bit more, and guys are getting really excited to play each game.

“I think that’s the biggest thing.”

NOTE: Clippers goalie Evan Johnston was named as the BCHL’s player of the week on Monday.

Johnson won three road games in the past week, all on the road and once in overtime, while stopping 87 of 91 shots for a .956 save percentage.

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SPORTS BRIEFS The Associated Press ◆ MLB

Red Sox, Mariners swap pitchers in latest trade The Seattle Mariners obtained left-hander Wade Miley and reliever Jonathan Aro from the Boston Red Sox on Monday for reliever Carson Smith and pitcher Roenis Elias in the first trade announced at the winter meetings.

Acquired from Arizona during the week of last year’s winter meetings, the 29-year-old Miley was 11-11 with a 4.46 ERA in his only season with the Red Sox and is 49-46 in five big league seasons.

He is owed $6 million next year and $8.75 million in 2017 as part of a $19.25 million, three-year contract.

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Seahawks waive corner who started 10 games Cary Williams came to Seattle as the Seahawks’ most important free agent signing last off-season.

His tenure with the Seahawks didn’t last a full season.

Seattle released Williams on Monday after the veteran had started the first 10 games only to get benched for the last two. Williams was benched midway through the Seahawks’ victory over San Francisco in Week 11, then was a healthy scratch the past two weeks. Seattle has started DeShawn Shead at cornerback with Williams on the sideline.

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LeBron James signs lifetime deal with Nike LeBron James has a contract with Nike that will last long after he hangs up his sneakers. The NBA megastar has signed a lifetime endorsement deal with the athletic apparel giant, a deal which extends a partnership James began with Nike before he graduated from high school.

“I’m very humble, man,” James said Monday after practice with the Cleveland Cavaliers. “It’s been an unbelievable time for myself and my family, and I’m just grateful that Nike and Phil Knight, and everyone over there just believed in a skinny 18-year-old kid from Akron, Ohio.”

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Canadiens place Alex Semin on waiver wire The Montreal Canadiens have placed winger Alexander Semin on waivers. Semin had just a goal and three assists in 15 games this season.

The Canadiens signed the 31-yearold winger to a US$1.1-million, oneyear contract this past summer after the Carolina Hurricanes bought him out. Semin is in his 11th NHL season after being drafted 13th overall in 2002. Now on his third team after time with the Washington Capitals and Hurricanes, Semin could be headed for a fourth.

If the Russian is not claimed off waivers, Montreal could assign him to the St. John’s Ice Caps of the American Hockey League.

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Domi, Duclair keep on producing Coyotes’ young duo still making mistakes that can’t be overlooked, but are improving STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

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ax Domi and Anthony Duclair are a coach’s dream and a coach’s nightmare.

The 20-year-old stars are a big reason why the Arizona Coyotes appear ahead of schedule in their rebuilding plan and could even contend for a playoff spot this season. But as young players do, they’ve given coach Dave Tippett a few grey hairs along the way.

“They’re young players that make a lot of mistakes,” Tippett said Friday in Buffalo. “And then they have a dynamic element about them, for sure. But you’ve got to give them the best chance to be successful.”

Domi is the Coyotes’ leading scorer with 10 goals and 13 assists in 27 games, and Duclair has eight goals and seven assists. The dynamic duo is at the forefront of Arizona’s youth movement, with this rookie season providing a chance for some anticipated growing pains.

The Canadian world junior stars haven’t been perfect by any means.

They’re trying to figure out how to navigate the NHL within Tippett’s structure while also creating offensively.

“At a young age you’ve got to realize what you can and can’t do at certain times in the game and managing the puck,” Domi said.

“Obviously it depends on the score of the game, how much time’s left, who you’re out there against and all that stuff. There’s so much that goes into it that you’ve just got to realize all the situations, and once you can do

Arizona Coyotes Max Domi (16) and Anthony Duclair (10) stand next to first-round draft choice Dylan Strome (20) during training camp on Sept. 18 in Glendale, Ariz. [AP PHOTO]

that it’s a lot easier on you (to) try to contribute offensively and make the plays you want to make.”

Domi and Duclair were such productive junior players that the challenge is getting them to embrace

a two-way game. Tippett is the right coach to instill that.

“He’s been more than fair to us young guys,” Duclair said. “Obviously we’re going to make mistakes.

It happens. But at the same time

it’s, what are you going to do after your mistake? Are you going to pout down or are you going to get back up and work even harder? He lets our skill take over, he wants us to make plays.”

Led by Domi and Duclair, this season’s version of the Coyotes has more speed and skill than last year.

Arizona finished 29th in the league and wound up with the third draft pick and Dylan Strome, who could turn pro as early as 2016-17.

Strome’s future mistakes are a problem for next year. Getting Domi and Duclair to take the next step has implications for the present and future.

Domi is producing beyond expectations, even with some mistakes, and he’s making significant progress in Tippett’s system.

“I’m trying, I’m trying,” Domi said.

“It comes down to confidence and just having confidence in your ability to play under the structure and not have to think too much. When you’re thinking too much, then that’s when you make mistakes. If you just kind of make that second nature, you let your instincts take over and that’s what you want.”

Despite the voting movement for tough guy John Scott, Domi could represent the Coyotes at NHL all-star weekend. He’s not thinking about that or just how good he has been in his rookie year.

“I’ve been lucky enough to play with some good linemates, so that’s definitely a big reason for that,” Domi said. “As a young kid you just kind of bury your head and work hard every day.”

NHL still in deliberation stage on expansion STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The NHL continues to pump the brakes on the issue of expansion.

A year after giving businessman Bill Foley the green light to do a season-ticket drive in Las Vegas and six months after opening the expansion process, the league is still deliberating.

The board of governors’ executive committee discussed applications from Quebec City and Las Vegas on Monday in detail and updated the full group as another step in the ongoing process.

There remains no timetable to make a decision or even call for a vote, commissioner Gary Bettman said.

“The purpose was to update the committee on everything that we’ve done since the filing of the applications, the data that we’ve collected, the research that we’ve done and the information that we have at our disposal,” Bettman said.

“Having now seen the information that’s been gathered, having been 99 per cent satisfied with what we’ve identified and what we’ve reported,

BETTMAN

then the committee will have to begin substantive discussions.”

The executive committee, which consists of 10 owners, met for three hours at a coastal resort on the Monterey Peninsula to talk about the expansion presentations given by Quebecor and Foley’s Black Knight Sports & Entertainment in September. Bettman said the report to the full group lasted 15 or 20 minutes.

“Very informative,” Carolina Hurricanes president Don Waddell said.

“The process continues, as we all know.”

Bettman said there are many questions that still need to be resolved

“after you get past the point: Do we want to expand?” Issues regarding a potential expansion draft are among them, but the biggest one remains.

“Are these the right markets? Are these the right applicants? Are we comfortable with the arena? The list goes on and on,” Bettman said. “It’s an important, significant business decision, and it’s being treated in a businesslike way.”

Bettman gave no indication when the issue will next be discussed, though the board next meets at allstar weekend in Nashville at the end of January. The earliest the NHL could expand is the 2017-18 season, something Bettman said was still a possibility if the decision was made to add one or two teams.

If expansion happens, Quebec City and Las Vegas are the only cities in the running.

Amid speculation that the NHL was slowing the process to wait for another city, namely Seattle, Bettman called those reports “categorically untrue.”

“We’re going to go through this process, complete this process one way or the other, and that’s where we’ll be,” Bettman said. “If we decide

at another point in time to re-open expansion, and I’m not saying we would, that’s a subsequent decision.

This process is this process for these two applicants. Period.”

They’ll just have to keep waiting as the board has what Bettman called “internal, substantive discussions.”

The executive committee at some point will make a recommendation, but there’s no clarity on when that might be coming.

Expansion was just one piece of a two-hour board meeting that included updates on hockey operations, player safety, officiating and business topics. Three-on-three overtime and the coach’s challenge system got the thumbs up so far.

Bettman gave a very preliminary 2016-17 salary cap projection of roughly US$74.5 million, an increase of just over $3 million from this season.

The board got a very early projection of the 2016-17 salary cap, with Bettman saying the range went from the current US$71.4 million to around $74.5 million. That increase would include the NHL Players’ Association’ using its five per cent escalator clause.

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Seahawks look like they’re back in playoff form

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And down the stretch they will go, led by the unbeaten Panthers

TIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BARRY WILNER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — There was something a little different in the pregame video Seattle coach Pete Carroll showed his players before facing Minnesota, flashbacks of their college days spliced with moments of greatness as pros.

What followed on Sunday against the Vikings was a 60-minute video of complete domination that Carroll may use in the future.

“The feeling is where it’s supposed to be right now for us,” Carroll said on Monday.

Seattle’s 38-7 rout of the Vikings put the Seahawks (7-5) firmly in possession of a wild card spot in the NFC with a one-game lead over Tampa Bay and Atlanta and a potential future tiebreaker over Minnesota thanks to the head-to-head victory.

While it’s unlikely the Seahawks can make up two games between now and Week 17 at Arizona to close out the regular season, Seattle is not eliminated from the division race either.

With its next three games against Baltimore, Cleveland and St. Louis — a combined 10-26 record — the rest of the NFC at least has to accept they’re likely to see the two-time conference champs in the post-season.

“Once we get in a rhythm, we know we’re a hard team to beat,” Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said.

“We know we have a championship pedigree. We’ve been there, we’ve been in big games, in Super Bowls.

We know what we’re capable of.”

In each of the previous three seasons, there’s been a December statement game by the Seahawks against a team that eventually finished with 10 wins in the regular season. In Wilson’s rookie season of 2012, it was the Seahawks winning in overtime at Chicago that ignited a five-game win streak to close the year. On their way to the title in 2013, the Seahawks routed 9-2 New Orleans at home on a Monday night. And last year Seattle went to Philadelphia — a second straight game on the road — and beat the 9-3 Eagles 24-14.

How Sunday’s blowout over Minnesota fits into that pattern won’t be known for some time. But it another week where there was a familiarity to how Seattle has played in the past when it was at its peak.

“It feels like we’re on track to play really good football. We would just like to go out and start playing again.

Just put the ball out there and let’s go play. It doesn’t really matter who we are playing in that regard about us doing our part in it,” Carroll said.

“I like the way it feels. I like the way they’ve responded. They’re really anxious to keep going, keep pushing and see how far we can take it.”

Seattle’s performance was complete and dominant, ranking among the more emphatic victories in Carroll’s tenure. There was yet another 100yard rushing game from rookie Thomas Rawls as he continued to fillin more than adequately for injured Marshawn Lynch.

nd down the stretch they come. Some teams surging, some stumbling, some showing their resourcefulness, and some looking to just get the 2015 season over.

The NFL regular-season schedule has reached the quarter pole after staging one of the wildest weeks in memory. Coming out of it, we have: • an undefeated team that looks ready to turn 12-0 into 16-0; • two division races where the winner might not reach .500; • Super Bowl champion coaches getting brain lock; • a bunch of missed extra points, including one returned by Saints rookie Stephone Anthony for the first defensive 2-pointer in NFL history; —more suspect officiating.

Nothing from Week 13 — not even Green Bay’s desperation pass in “extra time” to win at Detroit — was more shocking than a morose Bill Belichick needing to explain how his Patriots blew a 14-point lead at home to struggling Philadelphia. Or why they tried a weird drop kick on an onside kick.

“Well, I mean there wasn’t a tremendous downside to the play,” he said, even though there turned out to be a tremendous downside to it.

Such as jumpstarting the Eagles to 35 straight points.

The Patriots head into the stretch run having dropped two straight games in which they blew 14-point margins. They are one of the stumblers, ravaged by key injuries.

But they are also one of the more resourceful squads.

“You’d love to have everybody healthy,” Tom Brady said. “I think every team would love that at this point, but it’s just not the reality, so it’s tough. You’ve got to find ways to adjust, and we do plenty of good things.”

Time to start doing them again, Tom. So what’s ahead over the final four weeks of season? Possibly the following.

A

AFC Despite their recent struggles in which they haven’t played a truly strong all-around game in a month, and their growing injury list, the Patriots are a virtual lock in the East.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton reacts in the first half of a game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]

“You’ve got to find ways to adjust, and we do plenty of good things.“ Tom Brady, Patriots QB

Their main challenge is trying to secure home-field advantage for the playoffs; Denver and Cincinnati also are 10-2 and the Broncos have beaten the Patriots. Both of those division leaders figure to clinch their sectors early. The Broncos’ defence is so formidable that Brock Osweiler doesn’t have to be another Peyton Manning or anything close for them to keep winning. The Bengals can grab the North with a home win against Pittsburgh on Sunday, and they are the most-balanced contender in the conference.

The South is a two-team, uh, race, with both Indianapolis and Houston at 6-6, coming off weak performances to interrupt recent winning ways.

Even though the Colts are missing Andrew Luck — Matt Hasselbeck lost Sunday for the first time in five starts as his sub — their offence seems in better shape than Houston’s.

The Texans have the superior defence, but also the harder schedule. Both face Jacksonville and Ten-

nessee, but the Colts get Houston at home, and the Texans take on New England this week; the Colts’ other contest is against Miami.

“Every game is important for us right now, so as bad as this hurts,” Texans DT Vince Wilfork said after losing at Buffalo, “we have to be able to turn the page quickly because of just how the season is turning out for us.”

The wild-card chase has three 7-5 front-runners right now, with Kansas City’s defence and Pittsburgh’s offence giving them the edge on the Jets.

NFC Let’s get the unsightly East out of the way.

Every team in this division has been at least two games below the break-even mark this season. It’s possible the winner out of this group will be 7-9, and the only thing that might save the East champion from being 6-10 would be the remaining intradivision games that, barring ties, someone must win.

The fact that whoever survives will host a playoff game, possibly against fast-closing Seattle, seems downright unfair.

Expecting the Seahawks (7-5) to catch Arizona (10-2) in the West probably is too much. The Cardinals,

with strong MVP contender Carson Palmer and a solid defence, have the makings of a Super Bowl winner. But if the Seahawks’ recent performances are a fair indication, they still have those attributes, too.

Either Green Bay or Minnesota, both 8-4, will take the North. Each needs to prove its credentials to be considered championship calibre, though, particularly with both being vulnerable at home. That brings us to the South champion Panthers, who had every chance to lose their spotless record in New Orleans, yet rallied, then rallied again. With resilience like that, a defence as good as any, and a playmaking quarterback with skill, moxie and creativity galore in Cam Newton, it’s time to consider Carolina the measuring stick.

“That is one of the things that we get out of this that we will certainly build on, that (Newton) was able to win a shootout and take a drive in the fourth quarter to give us a chance,” Carolina coach Ron Rivera said after capturing his third successive division title.

“It goes back to his whole development as a quarterback in this league.

I am really proud of what he did and the confidence with which he played.”

What a great way to enter the stretch run.

Patriots say losses have brought urgency THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots will practice with a sense of urgency this week, but that’s not because the team has lost backto-back games.

It’s simply the way they’re programmed.

“We’ve always been on alert and we’re going to continue to work hard,” Patriots running back James

White said Monday. “That’s all we can do is take it one week at a time, just try to continue to be a better football team.”

New England (10-2) was dealt its second straight loss Sunday in a surprising 35-28 setback to the Philadelphia Eagles. A week ago, the Broncos handed the Patriots their first loss of the year in a 30-24 overtime thriller in snowy Denver.

It marks the first time since the

2012 season that New England has lost consecutive games.

“It’s very rare that we go out there and perform like that, but that’s the nature of the NFL,” wide receiver and special teams player Matthew Slater said.

“If you’re not ready to go and on top of your game every time you take the field, the other teams and coaches in this league are very good and they can make you pay for it.”

Slater was especially complimentary of the next opposing coach the Patriots will face, Bill O’Brien of the Houston Texans. O’Brien spent five seasons as an assistant in New England.

“Obviously, Coach O’Brien knows this team very well, so a lot of familiarity there,” Slater said.

New England hasn’t lost three straight since 2002, when it stumbled through a four-game skid.

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GOLF

Kobe’s farewell tour comes to ACC

Spieth takes time to enjoy his big season

LORI EWING THE CANADIAN PRESS DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TORONTO — The night Kobe Bryant shockingly dropped 81 points on the Toronto Raptors, he said, will go down as one of the most memorable moments of his career.

It was his late grandfather’s birthday, and his grandmother — who didn’t attend many games because they made her too nervous — had flown down to Los Angeles and was in the arena.

“From a personal standpoint, that game holds a tremendous amount of value, more than people think, aside from what took place on the court,” Bryant said.

Bryant’s offensive outburst that night — Jan. 22, 2006 — was the second-most of any player in NBA history. The Lakers had trailed by 18 points, but Bryant carried them to a 122-104 victory with a performance that included seven three-pointers.

Any ill will on the part of Raptors fans is long forgotten, it seems. They feted the retiring NBA superstar as he scored 21 points Monday night in Toronto’s 102-93 victory over Bryant’s Lakers.

The sell-out crowd of 20,163 fans at the Air Canada Centre was dotted with dozens of yellow No. 24 jerseys, and the way they cheered every Kobe touch of the ball, it was tough to tell at times which was the home team.

The night featured a video trib-

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant gestures to the crowd as he returns to the bench in the final seconds of the Lakers 102-93 loss to the Toronto Raptors in in Toronto on Monday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

ute to Bryant during a timeout that brought fans to their feet in a standing ovation. And when he sat down for a stretch during the second quarter, the fans cheered “We want Ko-be!”

“It felt absolutely amazing.

Absolutely amazing,” Bryant said.

“They started chanting a little too early,” he added, laughing. “Like ‘Dude, give me five minutes.”’

He got another standing O when he left the game for good with 24.6 seconds left, and he saluted the crowd with a pat on the chest and a wave.

Bryant announced recently

that he’ll retire at the end of this season, and will go out with five NBA titles, 17 all-star appearances, an NBA MVP award, and two Olympic gold medallists.

He has struggled immensely with injuries the past couple of seasons — he said Monday night that he constantly deals with the after-effects of three surgeries, including one to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon — and his 29.6 shooting percentage is the worst of his career.

When a reporter mentioned his 8-for-16 shooting night Monday, he broke into a wide grin and said “50 per cent? Aw man!

Finally!”

The 3-18 Lakers are creating a buzz wherever they go in this season of Kobe’s farewell tour.

Rather than a post-game scrum in the locker-room, he spoke at a jam-packed news conference.

He ruminated on basketball’s life lessons, and talked about how he wants to be remembered.

“Hopefully I’ve had a great impact and been able to inspire kids to play the game of basketball, find the beauty in it that I found when I was a kid,” he said. “That’s the most important thing, helping kids be able to find themselves through the sport, be able to find an escape through the game of basketball.”

NASSAU, Bahamas — Jordan Spieth and his caddie shared the kind of hug on the 18th green normally seen only by winners.

They were six shots behind when they finished the Hero World Challenge, and it was clear this moment wasn’t about Sunday at Albany Golf Club. This was about the realization that the year was finally over, the kind of year a player never wants to end.

The Masters made it special. The U.S. Open made it incredible. The FedEx Cup made it lucrative. The No. 1 ranking made it satisfying.

When the 22-year-old Texan made his final full swing of the year and was walking toward the green, caddie Michael Greller walked alongside him.

“Michael said, ‘Hey, man, it’s been an honour to be in the passenger seat, sitting shotgun for this ride this year. Thanks for everything,”’ Spieth said. “Obviously, I thanked him. It’s been a team effort this year, just as we always stress. But yeah, there was certainly a sigh of relief.”

It’s time to take a break, even if it’s a short one.

He leaves in just over three weeks for Maui, where the new year starts at Kapalua and Spieth will have to figure out an encore from winning two majors to get halfway to the Grand Slam, five tournaments overall, a record $12 million in PGA Tour earnings and a sweep of all the major awards.

Except that he’s not looking at it as a new year. It’s simply a break.

He had a chance to win the Australian Open last week in Sydney until Matt Jones recovered on the back nine. Spieth was in range at the Hero World Challenge until Bubba Watson didn’t give anyone much of a chance and won by three shots.

Spieth was on a victory lap these last two weeks, and he said he spent more time on the beach than on the putting green, with no regrets. He played 28 times this year, including the Presidents Cup. He won or finished second 10 times. He was a combined 54-under par in the four majors. He was due a working vacation.

Even so, he’s always looking ahead.

Philly’s ‘process’ not winning over many fans JON KRAWCZYNSKI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

On a recent visit to Minneapolis, Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown looked across the court at the Timberwolves roster and couldn’t help but be a little envious.

The Timberwolves and the 76ers are both in the initial rebuilding stages, focused on developing a young core for success down the road much more so than today.

To that end, Flip Saunders and Milt Newton brought in veterans Kevin Garnett, Tayshaun Prince and Andre Miller to serve as mentors in the locker room to an impressionable Wolves roster that includes Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns, Zach LaVine and Shabazz Muhammad.

The old guys supplement Sam Mitchell’s teaching, setting an example for how to carry themselves both in the games and on the days in between.

The Sixers have no such presence. General manager Sam Hinkie has instead loaded the roster around promising youngsters Nerlens Noel and

“We don’t have Tayshaun or KG or Andre. And that’s just how our team (goes).“ Brett Brown, 76ers coach

Jahlil Okafor with more youth in hopes of uncovering another tradable asset and keeping the losing going until they land another big fish in the lottery.

“It’s my role to act as a veteran on the team,” Brown said. “We don’t have Tayshaun or KG or Andre. And that’s just how the design of our team (goes). On most nights I enjoy the responsibility. On other nights you wish you had a veteran voice behind me in that locker room.”

In Brown’s third year at the helm, the “Trust the Process” mantra uttered over and over again by Hinkie’s devotees is being tested like never before.

Only one player on the team — Carl Landry — has more than three years of experience. Landry has not played because of injury.

The Sixers are 1-20 heading into a home game on Monday

night against San Antonio, when Okafor will return from a twogame suspension for his conduct off the court.

Okafor was cited for reckless driving on Oct. 19 for speeding on the Ben Franklin Bridge and then drew further scrutiny when two videos surfaced of him brawling on the streets of Boston after a loss.

When Okafor returns, he will not have a veteran to lean on to help him through it. That responsibility will fall to Brown.

OLADIPO’S SACRIFICE The Orlando Magic strung together five straight wins — their longest win streak since 2012 — after coach Scott Skiles made a key change to his rotation. He moved guard Victor Oladipo from the starting lineup to the bench to bolster the second unit, and it’s made all the difference. Oladipo is averaging 18.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists coming off of the bench, and the Magic (11-9) are 5-1 in that stretch.

“He’s been really, really good,” Skiles said.

“He’s not hanging his head or pouting or anything like that.”

THE WEEK AHEAD A look at some things to watch this week.

WARRIORS ROLL: Golden State’s destruction tour continues this week with games at Indiana on Tuesday, at Boston on Friday and at Milwaukee on Saturday.

They are 22-0 and a win over the Pacers would make them 13-0 on the road, which would move them past the 1969-70 New York Knicks for the best road start in NBA history.

PORZINGIS VS. DIRK: Like many Europeans to come before him, Knicks rookie sensation Kristaps Porzingis has drawn comparisons to Mavericks great Dirk Nowitzki. Their games have some big-time differences, but they will meet on the court for the first time on Monday when Dallas comes to New York.

COLLEGE STARS: When the Bulls meet the Celtics in Boston on Wednesday, both teams will be led by big shots from college.

No, not the players. The coaches.

Chicago’s Fred Hoiberg and Boston’s Brad Stevens both made the the leap from college to the pros, and their success will likely lead to more.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION Montreal Detroit Ottawa

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W 19 15 14

L OTL SL 6 2 1 8 4 0 8 2 3

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GA 63 69 81

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L OTL SL 7 1 2 5 2 0 8 3 2

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GA 58 55 67

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METROPOLITAN DIVISION NY Rangers Washington NY Islanders

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

GP 26 27 26 27 28 27 27 27 27 28

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WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas St. Louis Minnesota

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PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles San Jose Arizona

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NY Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

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NY Rangers at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Montreal at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

Columbus at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Buffalo at Calgary, 9 p.m.

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Boston, Miller 2 (Krejci, Beleskey) 4:13.

2. Nashville, Josi 6 (Ribeiro, Weber) 19:35 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Trotman Bos (holding) 13:30; Neal Nash (slashing) 13:54; Marchand Bos, Forsberg Nash (interference) 17:49; Chara Bos (high-sticking) 18:41.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 3. Boston, Eriksson 10 (Spooner, Bergeron) 10:53 (pp).

4. Nashville, Josi 7 (unassisted) 11:20 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Josi Nash, Marchand Bos ÀJKWLQJ 5DQGHOO %RV 1\VWURP 1DVK ÀJKWLQJ )RUVEHUJ 1DVK WULSping) 6:38; Neal Nash (embellishment) 10:44; Bergeron Bos (hooking) 11:08; Marchand Bos (interference) 13:44; Randell Bos (boarding) 17:26.

7KLUG 3HULRG 5. Nashville, Arvidsson 3 (Hodgson, Weber) 15:04.

3HQDOWLHV — Randell Bos (tripping) 3:34; Connolly Bos (goalie interference) 11:21.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Nashville 12 12 9 —33 Boston 7 4 6 —17 *RDO — Nashville: Hutton (W, 3-1-0); Boston: Gustavsson (L, 5-2-0).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Nashville: 2-7; Boston: 1-3.

Referees — Dean Morton, Tim Peel. /LQHVPHQ — Brandon Gawryletz, Steve Barton.

Attendance — 17,565 at Boston.

)LUVW 3HULRG ÂłNo Scoring.

3HQDOW\ — Mitchell Col (tripping) 16:46.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Col, Barrie 3 (Soderberg, Comeau) 4:13.

3HQDOWLHV — Zucker Minn, Iginla Col, Mitchell Col (roughing) 10:50.

7KLUG 3HULRG 2. Min, Parise 8 (Granlund, Pominville) 13:51.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

2YHUWLPH 3. Col, Mitchell 6 (Duchene, Barrie) 3:35.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Minnesota 4 9 4 2 —19 Colorado 6 4 6 4 —20 *RDO —Minn: Kuemper (L 1-0-3); Colo: Varlamov (W 7-8-1). 3RZHU SOD\V (goalchances) — Minn: 0-2; Colorado: 0-0.

Attendance — 16,589 at Colorado.

Kane, Chi Benn, Dal Seguin, Dal Karlsson, Ott Cammalleri, NJ D. Sedin, Vcr Hall, Edm Wheeler, Win Panarin, Chi Klingberg, Dal Tarasenko, StL Hoffman, Ott Gaudreau, Cal Ryan, Ott Krejci, Bos H. Sedin, Vcr Kuznetsov, Wash Pacioretty, Mon Pavelski, SJ

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SUNDAY

WHL

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Buf, Eichel 9 (Gionta, McGinn) 6:58.

2. Edm, Purcell 5 (Hall, Draisaitl) 9:36.

3. Edmonton, Eberle 5 (Nugent-Hopkins) 16:06.

4. Edmonton, Hall 11 (Purcell, Schultz) 18:55 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Hendricks Edm, Girgensons Buf (roughing) 12:03; Gorges Buf (interference) 18:39.

6HFRQG 3HULRG %XIIDOR 2¡5HLOO\ %RJRVLDQ &RODLDcovo) 13:22 (pp).

6. Edmonton, Gazdic 1 (Klefbom, Lander) 17:43.

3HQDOWLHV — Nugent-Hopkins Edm (highsticking) 2:20; Davidson Edm (tripping) 7:37; Gryba Edm (interference) 11:30.

7KLUG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Hall Edm (boarding) 5:07; Kane Buf, Hall Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 11:45.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Buffalo 7 11 16 —34 Edmonton 9 13 6 —28 *RDO — Buffalo: Johnson (L, 7-8-1); Edmonton: Nilsson (W, 8-7-1).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Buffalo: 1-4; Edmonton: 1-1.

Attendance — 16,839 at Edmonton.

EAST DIVISION

EAST

5$1*(56 6(1$7256 )LUVW 3HULRG 1. NY Rangers, McDonagh 4 (Yandle, Kreider) 8:40 (pp).

2. NY Rangers, Brassard 8 (McDonagh, Nash) 13:47 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV — Zibanejad Ott (interference) 7:16; Ott Bench (Abusive Language) 13:16.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 3. Ott, Methot 2 (Prince, Dziurzynski) 6:01.

3HQDOWLHV — Miller NYR (holding) 2:03; Kreider NYR (interference) 14:36.

7KLUG 3HULRG 4. NY Rangers, Brassard 9 (McDonagh, Girardi) 10:08.

5. NY Rangers, Fast 4 (unassisted) 18:29 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Ottawa 8 13 3 —24 NY Rangers 10 9 12 —31 *RDO — Ottawa: Anderson (L, 12-7-3); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 14-5-3).

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

Attendance — 18,006 at NY Rangers.

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)LUVW 3HULRG 1. Chicago, Hossa 5 (Seabrook, Toews) 17:56.

3HQDOWLHV — Desjardins Chi (tripping) 4:59; Scheifele Wpg (interference) 9:23; Byfuglien Wpg (roughing) 19:28.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Winnipeg, Thorburn 4 (Enstrom) 5:34.

3HQDOWLHV — None.

7KLUG 3HULRG 3. Chi, Teravainen 5 (Keith, Hossa) :21.

4. Chicago, Panarin 9 (Kane, Hjalmarsson) 18:14 (en).

3HQDOWLHV — Garbutt Chi (slashing) 8:10; Little Wpg (hooking) 14:10.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Winnipeg 11 12 8 —31 Chicago 11 9 12 —32 *RDO — Winnipeg: Hutchinson (L, 5-7-1); Chicago: Crawford (W, 12-7-2).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 0-2; Chicago: 0-3.

Attendance — 21,749 at Chicago.

.,1*6 /,*+71,1* )LUVW 3HULRG 1. LA, Andreoff 2 (Shore, Doughty) 12:24.

3HQDOWLHV — Muzzin LA (interference) 2:38; Brown TB (holding) 18:26.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Tampa Bay, Boyle 7 (Callahan) :27.

3. Los Angeles, McNabb 1 (Kopitar) :39.

4. Los Angeles, Lucic 10 (Carter, McNabb) 3:47.

3HQDOWLHV — Ehrhoff LA (holding) 4:35; Brown LA (slashing) 5:26; Marchessault TB (roughing), Ehrhoff LA (cross-checking) 11:53; Carter LA (tripping) 12:57; Doughty LA (slashing) 15:29.

7KLUG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV — Hedman TB (elbowing) 9:48; Kucherov TB (hooking) 15:56; Shore LA (cross-checking) 18:37; Filppula TB (tripping) 18:53.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Tampa Bay 6 11 8 —25 Los Angeles 8 11 9 —28 *RDO — Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (L, 2-40); Los Angeles: Quick (W, 14-7-1).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) — Tampa Bay: 0-6; Los Angeles: 0-3.

Attendance — 18,230 at Los Angeles.

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Prince Albert 29 18 8 2 1 93 87 39 Brandon 28 17 8 1 2 102 73 37 Moose Jaw 29 15 9 4 1 103 92 35 Regina 28 14 11 2 1 84 92 31 Saskatoon 28 10 15 3 0 83 117 23 Swift Current 29 8 17 3 1 66 93 20

CENTRAL DIVISION Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 29 19 10 0 0 117 86 38 29 19 10 0 0 109 83 38 31 18 11 1 1 98 95 38 29 12 14 3 0 82 97 27 27 8 16 2 1 85 113 19 31 6 23 2 0 58 128 14

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Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

B.C. DIVISION

WEST

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 29 22 6 1 0 117 82 45 Victoria 29 19 8 1 1 101 64 40 Prince George 28 17 9 1 1 90 80 36 Kamloops 26 12 10 3 1 94 88 28 Vancouver 30 8 18 2 2 85 111 20

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt 27 17 8 2 0 95 78 36 28 15 10 2 1 96 93 33 26 15 9 0 2 66 52 32 27 13 14 0 0 89 84 26 29 11 17 1 0 87 112 23

Note: Division leaders ranked in top 2 positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 pts. & a victory in W column; team losing in overtime or shootout receives 1 pt. in OTL or SOL columns 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Calgary 2 Swift Current 1 (SO) Prince Albert 3 Red Deer 1 Prince George 6 Vancouver 5 7XHVGD\¡V JDPHV $OO WLPHV /RFDO Calgary at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Prince George, 8 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Calgary at Regina, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPH Edmonton at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Vernon Trail Merritt

GP W L 31 28 2 29 18 8 31 17 12 33 14 17 30 13 17 32 10 20

T OTL GF GA Pt 1 0 136 60 57 2 1 121 81 39 0 2 119 114 36 0 2 138 105 30 0 0 84 123 26 0 2 108 141 22

ISLAND DIVISION GP W L 1DQDLPR

Cowichan Vally 31 16 11 Powell River 29 17 11 Victoria 33 12 17 Alberni Valley 30 11 16

T OTL GF GA Pt

1 3 111 139 36 0 1 105 77 35 0 4 86 100 28 2 1 87 115 25

MAINLAND DIVISION Chilliwack Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

GP W L 29 19 6 31 18 9 30 18 12 31 12 14 32 8 22 30 5 25

T OTL GF GA Pt 1 3 115 68 42 2 2 106 73 40 0 0 116 92 36 1 4 94 126 29 0 2 75 137 18 0 0 76 154 10

6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Alberni Valley 5 Coquitlam 4 (OT) Victoria 4 Powell River 1 Cowichan Valley 3 Salmon Arm 2 1DQDLPR Surrey 5 7XHVGD\¡V JDPH $OO WLPHV /RFDO Alberni Valley at Victoria, 7 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Wenatchee at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Vernon, 7 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Chilliwack at Prince George, 7 p.m. )ULGD\ V JDPHV West Kelowna at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Wenatchee at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.

Merritt at 1DQDLPR, 7 p.m.

Chilliwack at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Coquitlam at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Trail at Powell River, 7:15 p.m.

L 2 5 6 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .583 .500 .417

PF 375 295 296 240

PA 247 248 278 300

W 6 6 4 3

L 6 6 8 9

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .333 .250

PF 259 253 275 245

PA 305 264 341 296

W L 10 2 7 5 4 8 2 10

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .583 .333 .167

PF 334 311 272 216

PA 196 240 291 347

W 10 7 5 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .583 .417 .250

PF 269 321 284 247

PA 210 240 314 324

NORTH

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

W 10 7 6 5

SOUTH

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

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'DOODV :DVKLQJWRQ

L 2 5 7 9

NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington Dallas

W 5 5 5 4

L 7 7 7 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .417 .417 .417 .333

PF 307 278 257 223

PA 296 302 286 277

W 12 6 6 4

L 0 6 6 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .333

PF 373 271 279 299

PA 243 298 257 380

W 8 8 5 4

L 4 4 7 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .667 .667 .417 .333

PF 289 238 251 253

PA 238 232 290 315

W 10 7 4 4

L 2 5 8 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .833 .583 .333 .333

PF 382 305 189 178

PA 232 229 257 291

SOUTH x-Carolina Tampa Bay Atlanta New Orleans

NORTH Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

WEST Arizona Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

x â&#x20AC;&#x201D; clinched division 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOW Dallas 19 Washington 16 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Arizona 27 St. Louis 3 Seattle 38 Minnesota 7 Tennessee 42 Jacksonville 39 San Francisco 26 Chicago 20 (OT) N.Y. Jets 23 N.Y. Giants 20 (OT) Tampa Bay 23 Atlanta 19 Buffalo 30 Houston 21 Miami 15 Baltimore 13 Cincinnati 37 Cleveland 3 Denver 17 San Diego 3 Kansas City 34 Oakland 20 Carolina 41 New Orleans 38 Philadelphia 35 New England 28 Pittsburgh 45 Indianapolis 10

WEEK 14 7KXUVGD\ V JDPH Minnesota at Arizona, 8:25 p.m.

6XQGD\ 'HF Detroit at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

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

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m.

New England at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

0RQGD\ 'HF N.Y. Giants at Miami, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA BOWLS (Subject to Change) 6DWXUGD\ 'HF

CELEBRATION BOWL $W $WODQWD NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn St. (9-3), noon

NEW MEXICO BOWL $W $OEXTXHUTXH Arizona (6-6) vs. New Mexico (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

LAS VEGAS BOWL BYU (9-3) v. Utah (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ABC)

CAMELIA BOWL $W 0RQWJRPHU\ $OD Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian State (9-2), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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6HFRQG 4XDUWHU 'DOâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Bailey 38, 6:31.

Washâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Hopkins 45, :00.

7KLUG 4XDUWHU Washâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Hopkins 36, 10:33.

'DOâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Bailey 34, 3:34. )RXUWK 4XDUWHU Washâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Hopkins 46, 14:15.

'DOâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Bailey 20, 4:22.

'DOâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;McFadden 6 run (Bailey kick), 1:14.

Washâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jackson 28 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), :44.

'DOâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Bailey 54, :09.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 80,444 at Washington.

TEAM STATISTICS 'DO :DVK First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

16 317 24-97 220 3-31 2-70 0-0 16-29-0 1-2 4-41.5 4-3 8-70 27:13

15 266 26-73 193 2-0 5-125 0-0 22-31-0 3-26 6-42.2 2-1 9-73 32:47

,1',9,'8$/ 67$7,67,&6 5XVKLQJâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;'DO McFadden 14-53, Whitehead 2-35, Turbin 6-12, Cassel 2-(minus 3). Wash: Jones 18-49, Morris 6-12, Cousins 1-6, Thompson 1-6.

3DVVLQJâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;'DO Cassel 16-29-0-222.

Wash: Cousins 22-31-0-219.

5HFHLYLQJâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;'DO Witten 5-45, Bryant 3-62, Williams 2-63, Turbin 2-12, Street 1-18, Hanna 1-11, McFadden 1-6, Whitehead 1-5. Wash: Jackson 6-80, Garcon 5-54, Thompson 4-18, Reed 3-33, Crowder 3-29, Jones 1-5.

0LVVHG )LHOG *RDOVâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wash: Hopkins 43 (WR).

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)LUVW 4XDUWHU Indâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Vinatieri 35, 10:19.

3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Boswell 29, 5:27.

3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Boswell 51, 3:15.

6HFRQG 4XDUWHU Indâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gore 9 pass from Hasselbeck (Vinatieri kick), 8:26.

3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brown 7 pass from Roethlisberger (Johnson pass from Roethlisberger), 4:04.

3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wheaton 5 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), :10.

7KLUG 4XDUWHU 3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bryant 68 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 12:35. )RXUWK 4XDUWHU 3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brown 5 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 14:11.

3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FG Boswell 42, 6:29.

3LWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brown 71 punt return (Boswell kick), 4:01.

Attendance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 58,701 at Pittsburgh.

TEAM STATISTICS ,QG 3LW First downs Total Net Yards Rushes-yards Passing Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Interceptions Ret. Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Time of Possession

11 240 18-54 186 0-0 6-125 0-0 20-34-2 5-34 5-42.2 1-1 5-30 27:10

24 522 32-158 364 3-74 1-19 2-6 24-39-0 0-0 1-37.0 4-2 4-48 32:50

,1',9,'8$/ 67$7,67,&6 5XVKLQJâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ind: Gore 13-45, Herron 2-8, Hasselbeck 2-1, Tipton 1-0. 3LWW D.Williams 26-134, Roethlisberger 1-13, Toussaint 4-12, L.Jones 1-(minus 1).

3DVVLQJâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ind: Hasselbeck 16-26-2-169, Whitehurst 4-8-0-51. 3LWW Roethlisberger 24-39-0-364.

5HFHLYLQJâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Ind: Fleener 4-20, Gore 3-49, Hilton 3-36, Herron 3-16, Johnson 2-44, Whalen 2-9, Moncrief 1-33, Tipton 1-7, Allen 1-6. 3LWW Brown 8-118, D.Williams 5-31, Bryant 4-114, Wheaton 3-50, James 3-30, Heyward-Bey 1-21.

0LVVHG )LHOG *RDOVâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;3LWW Boswell 47 (WR).

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

W

L

Pct

GB

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

7 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 13 15 21

.650 .632 .632 .611 .600 .591 .591 .571 .550 .545 .474 .455 .409 .250 .045

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1 /2 1 /2 1 1 1 1 11/2 2 2 31/2 4 5 8 13

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

W

L

Pct

GB

22 18 12 13 12 12 9 10 9 9 8 8 7 5 3

0 4 8 9 9 9 9 11 13 13 12 13 15 16 18

1.000 .818 .600 .591 .571 .571 .500 .476 .409 .409 .400 .381 .318 .238 .143

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 4 9 9 91/2 91/2 11 111/2 13 13 13 131/2 15 161/2 181/2

0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV San Antonio 119 Philadelphia 68 Charlotte 104 Detroit 84 Toronto 102 L.A. Lakers 93 Dallas 104 New York 97 Washington 114 Miami 103 Phoenix 103 Chicago 101 Boston 111 New Orleans 93 Milwaukee 90 Portland 88 L.A. Clippers 110 Minnesota 106 6XQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Memphis 95 Phoenix 93 Golden State 114 Brooklyn 98 Detroit 111 L.A. Lakers 91 Dallas 116 Washington 104 Oklahoma City 98 Sacramento 95 7XHVGD\¡V JDPHV Portland at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Houston at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Orlando at Denver, 9 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m. :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m.

Houston at Washington, 7 p.m.

Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

New York at Utah, 9 p.m.

Orlando at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

7KXUVGD\ V JDPHV Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

New York at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

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ENGLAND )$ &83 Grimsby Town 0 Shrewsbury Town 0

35(0,(5 /($*8( Everton 1 Crystal Palace 1

GREECE 683(5 /($*8( Panetolikos 1 Atromitos 1

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PORTUGAL LA LIGA Guimaraes 3 Rio Ave 1

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NFL

Cowboys ride wild finish to 19-17 win over Redskins HOWARD FENDRICH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LANDOVER, Md. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sure was ugly, devoid of any style points or many scoreboard points until the final 1 1/2 minutes. Perhaps fittingly, a fumbled punt return by Washingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DeSean Jackson deep in his own territory led to Dallasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; only touchdown.

Dez Bryantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sideline pouting aside, the receiver and the Cowboys will gladly accept the victory, because it means theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re somehow still in the

thick of the playoff chase in the woeful NFC East.

With a wild finish capping an otherwise dull game filled with turnovers, punts and penalties, the Cowboys edged the Redskins 19-16 on Dan Baileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 54-yard field goal with 9 seconds left Monday night.

After combining to score 18 points in the first 58 1/2 minutes, the teams combined for 17 the frenzied rest of the way. Dallas scored the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first TD with 74 seconds remaining

to lead 16-9 after recovering Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s miscue on an ill-advised return, Washington tied it on Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 28-yard TD catch, and then Bailey hit the go-ahead kick. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A roller coaster,â&#x20AC;? Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins called it.

The last-place Cowboys (4-8) won for the first time this season without Tony Romo at quarterback, and made quite a jumble of their division. They are only one game behind the Redskins, New York Giants and Philadel-

phia Eagles, who are all 5-7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Records arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good teams,â&#x20AC;? Redskins coach Jay Gruden said.

Washington had won its past five home games, but this loss continued a pattern: The Redskins have not won in consecutive weeks all season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just had some unforced errors,â&#x20AC;? Gruden said.

With the score knotted at 9-9, Jackson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been used as a punt returner this season until last

week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; caught the kick at his 16, began running up the field and got past the 20, before reversing course and heading backward all the way to the 1. As he again tried to move forward, Jackson was surrounded and the ball popped out, recovered by punter Chris Jones at the 15 with 86 seconds remaining. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end up the way we wanted it to,â&#x20AC;? Gruden said about that play, delivering quite an understatement.

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4-7 p.m. Nanaimo Youth Services Association Invites Youth to Celebrate the Christmas Season with a traditional Turkey Dinner and a visit with Santa. Free to all ages. 290 Bastion St., enter from rear.

7 p.m. Open Mic Acoustic night with Dave Marco, every Wednesday at Smoke‘n’Water Restaurant, Pacific Shores Resort, 1-1600 Stroulger Rd., Parksville THURSDAY, DEC. 10 8 p.m. Kat and more at the Longwood Brewpub. Live at Longwood, free live music series every Thursday at the Longwood brew pub.

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FRIDAY, DEC. 11 7 p.m. Christmas Is Coming concert, Craig Bay Choristers at Knox United Church, 345 Pym St., Parksville. Tickets $10 at Knox United Church office. For more information contact colleen.cbchoristers@gmail.com SATURDAY, DEC. 12 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nanoose Studio Tour Group Christmas Crawl A variety of art and a leisurely way to finish off your Christmas shopping while supporting local artists. Also on Sunday. www.nanoosestudiotour.com 2 p.m. Enjoy the three part harmonies of the Island Bel Canto Singers who will be caroling

throughout the arts district on Saturday, December 12th starting at 3 p.m. Ken Lavigne Christmas Old Time Radio Roadshow – Knox United Church, 345 Pym St., Parksville. Tickets $32/students $18 at Knox and Mulberry Bush Book Stores.

7 p.m. Lantzville Comedy Night with Steve McGowan at Lantzville Pub. 7197 Lantzville Rd.Tickets are $15 at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, Lantzville Pub or ticketzone.com.

7 p.m. Vancouver island Christmas concert tour featuring Be Marie Anderson, at Harbour City Theatre.25 Victoria Rd., Nanaimo, Tickets $14 at Fascinating Rhythm, the Dog’s Ear and Desire Tattoo.

7 p.m. 10 Buttertubs Drive, the Sweet Lowdown roots music trio. Tickets $20 at Fascinating Rhythm, Arbutus Music.

8 p.m. Comedy night at the Lantzville pub with: Vancouver’s Steve McGowan, Jason Lamb, Deanna wood and more, Lantzville pub, 197 Lantzville Rd., Lantzville, Tickets are $15. On sale now at Lucid, the Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, the Lantzville pub or at ticketzone.Com SUNDAY, DEC. 13 2:30 p.m. Holiday Traditions, annual concert

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your unpredictability works in your favor. News from a distance could perturb you much more than you had anticipated. In any case, you’ll manage to create a lot of excitement. Be prepared to deal with a friend. Tonight: Walk the dog or go to the gym. You need exercise.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Allow others to express more of their personality. You might be weighing a different approach or attitude. You could be amazed by what a loved one does as a gesture. This person will be very imaginative, and you will be delighted. Tonight: Go along with the program.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Pace yourself, as your mind seems to drift to an unpredictable situation.

You might not believe the effect that this matter has on you. On some level, you could be quite amused. A matter involving your family will make you smile. Tonight: Know when to switch gears.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Your creativity helps stop any pending problems. Someone close to you delights in having your attention.

You can’t hide your caring from this person. Let your feelings flow, and you will be a lot happier; there is no point in holding back. Tonight: Be a little naughty.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) A friend has a lot to share. Rather than make a judgment, observe what is occurring behind the scenes. You might want to build a relationship, but you won’t be able to if the other

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party refuses to share. You can’t force this person to do what you want. Tonight: Happy at home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Speak your mind, and listen to the possibilities that others offer. You might feel as if you have few options until a partner or close loved one suggests one that is irresistible. Know that there are solutions, but you can say “no” if you need to. Tonight: Run holiday errands.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Keep a firm hand on your budget. You might not have the control you desire right now. Understand your limits and remain centered. You have a strong sense of direction, which a key person often fosters.

Use it now and clear up a problem.

Tonight: In the holiday spirit.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You’re on top of the world, looking at new possibilities. When you awoke this morning, you might have thought you were in a different realm. Take this energy and infuse it into your day. Choose and use your creative thoughts well. Tonight: As you like it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You’ll sense that there is more going on than what meets the eye.

You could try to find out what is happening, or you might choose to ignore your intuition and see what results. Maintain a quiet demeanor until you make an informed decision. Tonight: Know when to vanish.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Zero in on a high priority. You can move in a new direction if you stay open and responsive. Others will understand your decision. Allow

more creativity to come forward. A friend could play a significant role in your plans. Tonight: Go for what you want.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You have a way about you that draws many people toward you. Your sense of direction delights a boss, but perhaps not a rival or fellow associate. Don’t worry about a conversation with a very moody person; it has nothing to do with you. Tonight: Out late.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Detach, and you will see a matter with greater fullness. You could be unpredictable with your spending.

Slow down, and you will make appropriate and sound decisions.

You have much more to offer than you realize. Tonight: Put on a favourite piece of holiday music.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Dec. 8) This year you prove to be more inventive when approaching your day-to-day life. You are capable of finding unique solutions. You might do some reorganization of your finances as well. You could be uncomfortable revealing more of yourself than you would like at times. If you are single, you might meet someone who isn’t as available as he or she leads on.

Be careful with your feelings. Get to know this person better. If you are attached, your relationship demands some personal one-onone time. As a couple, delight in more weekend escapes. SCORPIO understands you.

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October 15, 1926 to November 22, 2015 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jean Young on November 22nd at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Jean was born in Melville, Saskatchewan in 1926, and after graduating from high school she worked as a legal stenographer in the Melville courthouse. Jean met John Young in Melville, and they were married in 1955.

John was a member of the Royal, Canadian Armed Forces, which resulted in postings to numerous RCAF bases across Canada. Upon Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retirement from the Air Force in 1969, the family moved to Nanaimo where Jean spent the rest of her life.

In her younger years Jean enjoyed golfing, bowling and curling. She was masterful at knitting, crochet and petit point and was often busy making gifts for family and friends. She was well-known for her laughter and sense of humor, and she loved to spend time with friends and neighbours over coffee in the afternoon.

Jean resided in Kiwanis Lodge in Nanaimo for the last two years of her life. She is predeceased by her parents, Jack and Anne Grosse, Husband John Young, and brother Jim Grosse. Jean leaves to mourn her passing two sons Jim Young of Nanaimo, B.C. and Rick Young of Vancouver, B.C., daughter-in-law Debra Lee Young of Nanaimo, B.C., grandchildren Sara and Matthew of Nanaimo, B.C., sister Ruth Chlan of Elliot Lake, Ontario, sister-in-law Agnes Grosse of Saskatoon Saskatchewan, nieces Maureen Reid of Vernon, B.C., Donna Blanchard of Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, and Jaynee McIntyre of Vernon, B.C., and nephew Bryan Chlan of Markham, Ontario.

A heartfelt thank you is extended to the care staff of Kiwanis Lodge. Donations can be made to the Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Society of British Columbia in lieu of flowers.

A celebration of life will be held December 11, 2015 from 1-3 pm at 6189 Brickyard Rd., Nanaimo, B.C.

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Edward Maurice Nov. 17, 1921 - Nov. 22, 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nedâ&#x20AC;? was born November 17, 1921 in Quebec City, died November 22, 2015 in Vancouver at the age of 94. Predeceased by loving wife Joan (nee Hall) and survived by daughter Anne (Joe), sons Douglas (Wendy), Desmond (Michelle), Donald (Cynthia) as well as 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Ned played hockey for the Quebec Aces just prior to WWII, was a WWII Veteran (thank you for your service Dad) and a loyal/retired employee of General Motors.

Dad loved the open road and is now free to continue his travels. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, 1800 Ch. St. Louis, Quebec City with interment of ashes at Mount Hermon Cemetery. Date to be advised. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, donations in memoriam will be gratefully received at www.alzheimerbc.org.

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July 31, 1992 ~ November 24, 2015 Shawn passed away peacefully in his sleep Tuesday, November 24, 2015.

He was born in Nanaimo and attended John Barsby High School.

He was a football player for the school team and enjoyed skateboarding.

After high school, Shawn settled into a security career and liked to write music in his spare time. He is survived by his younger brother Andrew and his fiancĂŠ Kiersten. Shawn was predeceased by his parents Rose Perreault and Lyle Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We do not cry because it is over, we smile because it happened.â&#x20AC;?

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Man U. could be eliminated from Champions League play Possibility that loss in Wolfsburg would be enough to knock them out snatching a draw.

Maxime Lestienne, the Belgian striker who scored both goals for PSV in Moscow, is back in training after being given compassionate leave following the death of his father, just weeks after his mother also died.

Lestienne is hoping he could get some playing time as PSV attempts to secure a place in the knock-out round of the Champions League. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It depends on the trainer, of course,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But, who knows, maybe I could play some minutes against CSKA Moscow.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to wait and see.â&#x20AC;?

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FRANKFURT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bastian Schweinsteigerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return to Germany could be a tricky affair.

Three-time winner Manchester United could be eliminated from the Champions League with a loss in Wolfsburg on Tuesday.

After a distinguished career in Bayern Munich, Schweinsteiger is now with Manchester United.

Wolfsburg leads Group B by a point over Manchester United and only needs a draw to advance to the knockout stage.

But Dieter Heckingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team has to rebound quickly after a stunning loss in the Bundesliga to Borussia Dortmund.

Wolfsburgâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 29-game unbeaten run at home came to an end in dramatic fashion when Shinji Kagawa scored Borussia Dortmundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s winner in the 93rd minute, two minutes after Ricardo Rodriguez had equalized on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very annoying,â&#x20AC;? said Hecking, whose team is seeking to progress beyond the group stage for the first time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just have to shake it off really quickly,â&#x20AC;? goalkeeper and captain Diego Benaglio said.

A win would secure first place in the group for Wolfsburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are playing to win,â&#x20AC;? Hecking said, dismissing suggestions of a trying to go for a draw.

United would also win the group with a victory and will advance if both group matches are drawn.

PSV Eindhoven hosts CSKA Moscow in the other match. The Dutch team is a point behind United and will go through if it does better than Louis van

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Gaalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side thanks to its superior head-to-head record. If PSV wins and the other game is drawn, PSV and Wolfsburg will be split for first place on overall goal difference as their head-to-head is equal.

CSKA will finish third with a win in Eindhoven, ahead of PSV on head-to-head.

GOAL-SHY UNITED Captain and star striker Wayne Rooney is set to be missing for Man United because of injury, a major blow to a team badly struggling for goals this season.

United has drawn 0-0 in five of its last nine games in all competitions, leading to widespread criticism of the pedestrian style of attacking play under Van Gaal. Rooney has been far from his best this season, but United fans would surely prefer to be

with the England captain than without him for a game the team probably has to score in â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to score, so we must score,â&#x20AC;? said Van Gaal, who is blaming Unitedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s missing cutting edge on a lack of both composure and luck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to play against a very good team, but still we can do that.â&#x20AC;?

United will rely heavily on Anthony Martial, the only fit out-and-out striker in the squad.

GOOD START NEEDED FOR PSV PSV Eindhoven will be hoping for a much better start at home against CSKA Moscow than in their match in the Russian capital, when it conceded three goals and a penalty in a disastrous first half before scoring twice after the break and almost

CSKA READY TO TAKE A BREAK After Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at PSV Eindhoven, CSKAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s players will be off on a lengthy mid-season break. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re probably wishing it had come sooner.

CSKA started the season well, even going unbeaten for the first 14 games in the Russian league, but a dramatic downturn has seen CSKA fail to win a game in any competition since Oct. 31.

That run has ended its hopes of qualifying from the Champions League group stage. Any hope of a consolation trip to the Europa League rests on beating PSV. Much could depend on the form of forward Seydou Doumbia, who is usually CSKAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main threat but has not scored in any of his last seven club games amid fitness concerns and poor form.

There are also fitness concerns around veteran centre-back Vasily Berezutsky and full-back Georgy Shchennikov, while midfielder Roman Eremenko is a long-term injury absentee.

RUGBY

Canada takes 13th in Dubai sevens circuit THE CANADIAN PRESS

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Canada finished 13th at the Dubai stop on the HSBC Sevens World Series on Saturday, hanging on to edge Japan 19-17 and win the consolation Shield portion of the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rugby sevens competition.

Defending Series champion Fiji downed England 28-17 in the final of the elite Cup competition to win the first stop of the 10-event tour.

The Americans finished third in a tournament to remember, beating powerful New Zealand twice including a 31-12 decision

in the third-place match. The U.S. had never beaten the All Blacks on the circuit before.

South Africa finished fifth in the 16-team event, defeating Australia 19-14 to win the Plate.

After losing to Fiji, Argentina and Japan on Day 1, the Canadian men were beaten 24-14

by Wales to open play Saturday.

That dropped them into Shield play, where they downed Portugal 31-14 before avenging the early defeat to Japan.

Canada led 19-7 in the Shield final but had to survive a late rally as the Japanese scored two tries.

Canadian captain John Moon-

light scored a pair of tries against Wales while Sean Duke had three against Argentina.

Admir Cejvanovic had three tries on the day and Harry Jones two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was pleased that we won the final two games today and to finish off on a positive note,â&#x20AC;? said Canada coach Liam Middleton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our poor performance in this tournament is a multi-faceted issue and focusing on any one issue would be misleading. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an incredibly competitive arena and winning and losing is part and parcel of it, but our performances this weekend were not good enough.

The week of preparation was top-class, we met a Fijian side in sublime form and did not bounce back from that defeat.â&#x20AC;?

The World-Series includes a stop in Canada for the first time.

Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s B.C. Place Stadium will host an event in March.

Canada is hoping to build momentum during the Series with an aim to Olympic qualification at a 2016 world repechage tournament. There is no date or venue yet for the all-important repechage other than it will follow the World Series, which wraps up in London in late May. The Canadian men placed ninth overall last season.

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WASHINGTON — Alternating the promise of cures for intractable diseases with anxiety about designer babies and eugenics, hundreds of scientists and ethicists from around the world began debating the boundaries of a revolutionary technology to edit the human genetic code.

“We sense that we are close to being able to alter human heredity,” Nobel laureate David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology said Tuesday in opening an international summit to examine what he called “deep and disturbing questions. This is something to which all people should pay attention.”

It’s an issue that gained urgency after Chinese researchers made the first attempt at altering genes in human embryos, a laboratory experiment that didn’t work well but did raise the prospect of one day performing genetic engineering that goes far beyond helping one sick person — and could pass modified genes on to future generations.

“This is a technology that could have profound implications for permanent alteration of the human genome,” molecular biologist Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley, wrote this week in the journal Nature. Doudna co-invented the most-used gene-editing tool, and her calls for scientists, policymakers and the public to determine the right balance in how it’s eventually used led to this week’s gathering.

At issue are tools to edit precisely genes inside living cells, finding specific sections of DNA to slice and repair or replace, much like a biological version of cut-and-paste software. There are a few methods but one with the wonky name CRISPR-Cas9 is so fast, cheap and simple for biologists to use that research is booming.

Scientists are engineering animals with human-like disorders to unravel the gene defects that fuel them. They’re developing potential treatments for muscular dystrophy, sickle cell disease and cancer.

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human organs inside pigs. They’re even hatching mutant mosquitoes designed to be incapable of spreading malaria, and exploring ways to wipe out invasive species.

Twice, experimental gene-editing therapies have been tried in people: British doctors treated a 1-year-old with leukemia with donated immune cells altered to target her cancer, and a California company is testing a way to make HIV patients’ own immune cells better resist the virus.

One hurdle is safety. While the CRISPR tool is pretty precise, it sometimes cuts the wrong section of DNA. Tuesday, CRISPR pioneer Feng Zhang of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard reported tweaking the tool’s molecular scissors to significantly lower chances of those “off-target” editing errors — an improvement that could have implications both for developing therapies, and for germline research.

The biggest ethical quandary arises over using those same tools to per-

form what scientists call “germline” editing, manipulating reproductive cells — sperm, eggs or embryos — to spread gene changes to future generations rather than trying, for example, to fix a defect only in one patient’s blood-producing cells and thus cure his or her sickle cell disease.

In the U.S., germline editing for clinical use — meaning for pregnancy — “is a line that should not be crossed at this time,” John Holdren of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said on Tuesday.

Last spring’s experiment in China highlighted that ethics aside, embryo editing wasn’t anywhere near ready for real-world use for safety reasons: Those off-target edits risked fixing one problem only to create another.

But there’s controversy over whether and how to continue laboratory experiments to see whether it eventually could work.

Around the world, laws and guidelines vary widely about what germline, or hereditary, research is allowed. Some ban any research; some allow only lab research but not pregnancies; some have no policies.

In the U.S., the National Institutes of Health won’t fund germline research but private funding is allowed.

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amuel Johnson once remarked, “Nothing sharpens the wit so much as the knowledge you’re going to be hanged in the morning.”

So if a doctor says, “Your blood sugar is borderline for diabetes” or “your bones are getting fragile,” he’s giving you a pre-disease warning. But does it ring the bell of trouble ahead unless you do something about it?

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, Professor of Medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, is also the author of Less Medicine, More Health.

Welch says we should keep in mind that, “Virtually everyone, as they get older, develops some sort of pre-disease”. The outward appearance of wrinkles and graying hair are for all to see. But kidneys, hearts and all the other hidden organs also age. So Welch warns there’s a tendency for doctors to over-prescribe pre-diseases that can be corrected by other means.

According to a report in Consumer Reports on Health, about 37 per cent of adults in North America have pre-hypertension. Studies show that if you’re overweight, smoke, drink too much alcohol, rarely exercise and have a family history of hypertension, you’re more likely to develop borderline BP and finally hypertension.

So what should you do about it?

First, make sure you have bone-fide increased BP. Some people on medication show “white coat hypertension” due simply to being in a doctor’s office, or having just consumed caffeine. To prevent a lifetime of medication, test your BP in a pharmacy, or buy a blood pressure cuff to take readings at home.

Today, there is no convincing evidence that treating pre-hypertension by drugs prevents the development of high blood pressure. But studies show that dropping nine pounds will lower blood pressure 4.5 points.

Health authorities also stress that it’s important to exercise moderately three to four times a week. It also helps to consume no more than

1,500 milligrams of sodium daily, a little more than half a teaspoon, and to limit alcoholic drinks to two a day for men, and one for women. And to follow a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low fat dairy products, fish, skinless poultry and lean meats.

Pre-diabetes is now a major problem and affects 38 per cent of North Americans. It’s present when the average blood sugar over a period of three months, or a fasting blood sugar, is higher than normal.

One would think that this diagnosis would get people’s attention. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 30 per cent don’t make lifestyle changes and eventually develop Type 2 diabetes.

This is a huge mistake. Calorie reduction and exercise can decrease the risk of Type 2 diabetes by 59 per cent over a three year period.

Reversing this trend also means a decreased risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, foot damage and possibly Alzheimer’s Disease.

Let’s end with some good news.

It’s estimated that in North America 45 million people have osteoporosis.

But, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, most of the time osteopenia is best treated with diet high in calcium along with 800 IU of vitamin D, and weight-bearing exercise such as walking. Authorities say the evidence that osteoporosis drugs help during this stage is inconsistent.

Dr. Marvin Lipman, medical advisor on Consumer Reports, states that about 30 per cent of older adults are reported to be suffering from advanced chronic kidney disease and have received needless drug treatment. In effect, doctors should realize that kidneys age, but it’s a slow process, and not to over-treat.

Others over 65 are often taking thyroid medication to treat an underactive thyroid. But unless there are symptoms such as dry skin, fatigue, severe constipation and weight gain they may not need it.

Knowing you have a pre-disease is a great benefit. It provides time to get serious about one’s health and prevent a full-blown disease with all its complications.

Prevention will always be better than cure, particularly when it’s possible to treat pre-disease by lifestyle changes.

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Please contact the VIU Advancement Office by calling 250.740.6216 and we can explore the various options to ensure that your gift intentions are met.

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I was extremely grateful to receive the Stan & May Radzik Bursary of $2,000 in January of this year.

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here’s a growing sense of discontent among a group of retirees determined to get laid off — from volunteering at food banks.

Freedom 90 is an advocacy group started in Ontario that has spread throughout the country made up of vocal seniors, many in their 60s and 70s, who want to retire from volunteering at food banks and soup kitchens before they turn 90.

Ironically, their end goal is to make obsolete the food charities they helped create and continue to sustain.

The unlikely group is made up of older, generally affluent people equipped with a lifetime of wisdom and nothing to lose.

“Go ahead, fire us,” said Yvonne Kelly, a Freedom 90 member.

“Take away our wages because we’re all volunteers anyways and we want to see the end of this need for food banks.”

“We see ourselves as a different voice,” said Freedom 90’s Marsha Fox. “We’re the people on the front lines of food banks. We meet the people who come in, and we’re the ones faced with figuring out what to do when the food supply is dropping but you have an increased number of people showing up. We’re becoming the police force for food banks.”

Joan Stonehocker is a Freedom 90 member who’s been writing reports on the demographics of food insecure people since the 1980s.

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tonehocker said it feels like she writes the same report every year.

“Despite going to food banks people are still very food insecure,” she said.

“We’ve got to stop the madness of running these food banks when they aren’t solving the problem.”

Freedom 90 has two demands: they want government to raise social assistance rates to sufficient levels so people can provide food for themselves and they want government to take meaningful action making food banks unnecessary — and they want it to happen in their lifetime.

But Parksville Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell, Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation, said it’s not that easy.

“I understand there are a lot of people who would like us to increase the social assistance rates. It’s something we continue to monitor and would like to do in the long term.

At the moment, we are just not in a financial position to do so,” Stilwell said in an e-mail.

“What we can do is create opportunities through education, skills training and well-paying jobs to help give people a hand up to help themselves secure a better long term future.”

Stilwell said she “wholeheartedly” agrees food banks are not a long-term solution to hunger.

“Even though B.C. is home to some of the most comprehensive supports in Canada for low-income people and their families . . . it only takes one child to go hungry to know we are not doing enough,” she said.

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“Go ahead, fire us.

Take away our wages because we’re all volunteers anyways and we want to see the end of this need for food banks.”

Yvonne Kelly, Freedom 90 member

According to Food Banks B.C. executive director Laura Lansink, more than 30,000 children are using food banks in British Columbia every month — a statistic she called “disturbing.”

A report released by First Call: B.C. Children and Youth Advocacy Coalition last month showed 20.4 per cent of British Columbian children under 18 years of age are living below the poverty line, representing one in five children in the province.

There are now 97 food banks operating in B.C. and still, it’s not enough with nearly 60 per cent of those organizations reporting an increase in usage over the last year.

“To address food insecurity, you need to address why individuals and families are food insecure and two major concerns are the need for affordable housing and a well-paying job, which is why I believe we need to help British Columbians get the skills they need for the jobs of today,” said Stilwell.

“No one wants to see people living in poverty and I truly believe a good-paying job — one that provides people with dignity, respect and opportunity — creates an important foundation.”

But Alberni Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser said job creation is not the answer to this problem.

“The job thing is a slogan of a government that won’t acknowledge there’s a problem,” Fraser said.

“I applaud those groups who are stepping forward to try and help and the people donating to food banks and soup kitchens but these are signs that the government is failing.

“These organizations are only there because the government isn’t doing their job.”

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raser wants to see a poverty reduction strategy — what that would entail, he admits he isn’t quite sure because he can’t get the green light from government to move forward with it.

He said all levels of government should be acknowledging food insecurity instead of shifting the burden of responsibility to society.

“People are rolling up their sleeves and finding solutions, a lot of people are donating, especially this time of the year but this issue isn’t seasonal, it’s systemic,” said Fraser. “We have the highest child poverty rate and the lowest minimum wage.”

Courtenay Alberni MP Gord Johns echoed Fraser’s sentiments saying his election campaign was based on “the systemic issues driving people to food banks.”

“We’ve turned the page on a government denying the realities of inequality and the impact that has on our communities,” said Johns. å“We know the last government was deaf to dealing with these issues.

We’re very hopeful we can work with this new government to come up with policies to close the gap, tackle inequality and make sure people have access to nutritious and healthy foods.”

Johns said it’s “disappointing” to see the ramifications of inadequate social assistance rates and stagnant

minimum wage in the face of rising costs of living.

“Really the whole system is broken and we need to find ways to empower people,” he said, noting he is “absolutely” in favour of an increase in social assistance, disability and old age security benefits, on top of $15 minimum wage and $15/day childcare.

Society of Organized Services executive director Renate Sutherland is well versed in helping people in need in Parksville Qualicum Beach.

Sutherland said the SOS gives out food vouchers so people can choose their own groceries allowing for more fresh fruits and vegetables — and dignity.

“It’s been steady for the last two or three years,” she said of how many vouchers are distributed each month.

“But the numbers are very high.”

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utherland said SOS clients are often choosing between medication or rent; hydro or food.

“Do I wish that they (food banks and food charity) would go away, that nobody ever needed them?

“Absolutely. But they have become a part of the Canadian fabric . . . and I think they serve a good purpose,” she said.

“There’s a certain part of the population that will never be able to work full time . . . There are people who have physical and mental health issues who just aren’t able to hold down a full time position, so what about those people? A higher minimum wage isn’t going to change that.”

Sutherland said food insecurity is everybody’s responsibility.

“At the end of the day, whether it’s government or whether it’s individuals, it’s all of us because the government really is us as taxpayers. So, if

we say to government ‘you need to do more,’ which would be wonderful, where is that money going to come from? It’s going to come from us as taxpayers.

“So if we’re paying more in taxes and you’re already a low income worker it’s kind of a vicious circle so I think it’s all of our responsibilities,” she said.

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y sense is we all live in this community together and these are our residents (using food charity), these people are someone’s mother, daughter, son, uncle . . . and all people deserve to have food to eat.

“I don’t think in this day and age, in this community, we should allow people to starve.”

Nanoose Bay’s Lorraine Pearson doesn’t want to see people starve either.

As a senior of a fixed income, she said she wants nothing more than to see her out of town children and grandchildren this Christmas, but sadly with the rising cost of food she just won’t be able to afford the luxury.

Last week, Pearson was en route home from volunteering with the Nanoose Elf program, wrapping gifts for children in-need for the holiday season, when she noticed something unsettling.

Nanoose Place’s public announcement board was cluttered with the usual notices — a lost dog poster, a bike for sale advertisement, a Christmas concert promotion.

But amid the posts Pearson found an anonymous letter that said: “If you ever wonder how a person with disabilities manages to live with $900 a month, the answer is: we don’t live. We suffer, we starve, we get depressed . . . to the point of wanting to end it all . . . it’s human cruelty.”

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He has been divorced for four years and has three children who are just into their teens. I have no children, but have been actively involved in the lives of my many nieces and nephews, and the children of my friends.

His kids are the problem. I’m ready to give up the best relationship of my life because of them.

They curse me, blatantly disrespect me, and are generally unpleasant to be around. They are physically and verbally violent toward each other, their peers and other family members. They lie and are disrespectful of adults and authority. They gossip and spread rumours.

I’ve told my boyfriend about their bad behaviour, but they are well-mannered and courteous in his presence, so he claims not to see it. I’ve attempted a heartto-heart with them, only to be

mocked, have my words twisted and lies told about me. I am currently taking anti-anxiety medication over this situation. How can I convince my boyfriend how his children really act? Should I bother? I was raised in a loving respectful home and feel totally out of my element.

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Teenagers can be notoriously rebellious, even under the best of circumstances. And their mother could be influencing them negatively, as well. You need to be extremely kind and patient, but the cursing, lying and disrespect must end. And that will happen only if your boyfriend insists on it. Please ask him about family counselling before the relationship disintegrates. Also, look into the National Stepfamily Resource Center (stepfamilies.info).

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also confused. When younger, he exhibited so much male behaviour that I thought he was a lesbian, but that wasn’t it. He realized he was transgendered and transitioned from female to male many years ago. He had surgery, and you now cannot tell he was ever female.

My son is happily married, living as a gay man in the Boston area.

There is nothing wrong with “Forever Trapped.” Her gender identity didn’t match her body. I hope she can find a therapist who works with the transgendered community.

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NEW YORK — Kendrick Lamar is the king of the Grammys: The rapper is the leading nominee for the 2016 awards with 11, including album of the year for To Pimp a Butterfly and song of the year for “Alright.”

Lamar, who won two Grammys this year, is followed by Taylor Swift and the Weeknd, who each earned seven nominations, including album of the year. Butterfly, 1989 and Beauty Behind the Madness will battle country singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton’s Traveller and rock group Alabama Shakes’ Sound & Color for the top prize.

Lamar’s “Alright” and Swift’s “Blank Space” are nominated for song of the year, a songwriter’s award. Other nominees include Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth’s tribute to actor Paul Walker, “See You Again,” Ed Sheeran’s slow burner “Thinking out Loud” and Little Big Town’s semi-controversial hit, “Girl Crush,” written by Lori McKenna, Hillary Lindsey and Liz Rose.

Thinking out Loud and Blank Space, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, are also nominated for record of the year, pitting the songs against No.1 hits that include Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” and the Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face,” as well as a wild card: “Really Love” from R&B singer D’Angelo and the Vanguard.

“There’s a broad spectrum and certainly it shows there’s been quite a bit of wonderful and excellent recordings in the last year,” Recording Academy CEO Neil Portow said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Lamar’s other nominations include best rap album for Butterfly, rap performance for “Alright,” pop duo/group performance for “Bad Blood” with Swift and dance recording “Never Catch Me” with Flying Lotus. He’s nominated twice for both best rap song with “Alright” and for co-writing Kanye West’s “All Day,” as well as best music video for “Alright” and “Bad Blood.”

“It’s a testimony to his artistry,” Portnow said of Lamar. “He’s someone that’s very serious about his art and about his craft, and has been working it for quite some time. And this is one of those instances where the work pays off.”

Swift, who won album of the year with Fearless in 2010 and earned a nomination in the top category with Red, is also up for best pop vocal album for her top-selling 1989 and pop solo performance for “Blank Space.” The Weeknd’s nominations include best pop solo performance for “Can’t Feel My Face” and urban contemporary album for Beauty. His hit from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack — “Earned It” — garnered nominations for best R&B performance, R&B song and song written for visual media. The film’s soundtrack, which also featured the Ellie Goulding hit “Love Me Like You Do,” is up for best compilation soundtrack for visual media along with Empire: Season 1, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts earlier this year.

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