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A large storm will sweep into the region Sunday, which will “pack more of a punch” than storms from last week. Winds at 50 to 70 kilometres per hour are expected. » News, 3

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Nanaimo to see more food trucks Council votes to accept proposed changes to regulations for food trucks, after demands in November for the city to further loosen restrictions of street food vendors. » News, 7

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OTTAWA — The modest amount of tax money expected from legalized marijuana sales should go to addiction and support programs, the prime minister says.

There’s potential for “a bit of revenue” from a revamped pot regime, but the federal government isn’t looking for a financial windfall, Justin Trudeau said in a wide-ranging roundtable interview this week with The Canadian Press.

“It was never about a money-maker. It was always about public health, public safety.”

Any cash that flows to public coffers through marijuana taxation should go towards addiction treatment, mental health support and education programs — not general revenues, he said.

The Liberals have promised to legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana to keep it out of the hands of children while denying criminals the financial profits.

The current system of prohibition does not stop young people from using marijuana and too many Canadians end up with criminal records for possessing small amounts of the drug, the Liberals say.

The government plans to remove marijuana consumption and incidental possession from the Criminal Code, and create new laws to more severely punish those who provide it to minors or operate a motor vehicle while under its influence.

Trudeau promises to set up a task force with representatives from the three levels of government and, with input from experts in public health, substance abuse and policing,

The Liberals have promised to legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana to keep it out of the hands of children while denying criminals the financial profits. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

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“The fact is that, if you tax it too much as we saw with cigarettes, you end up with driving things towards a black market, which will not keep Canadians safe — particularly young Canadians.”

In Vancouver on Thursday, Trudeau said he expects different perspectives and solutions when it comes to implementing the new approach across the country.

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Large storm expected to roll in on Sunday “pack more of a punch” an earlier storm from last week, MacDonald said.

Winds are expected to range from 50 to 70 kilometres per hour.

But Thursday’s snowfall was “a teaser and that’s it,” MacDonald said.

While higher-elevation snowfalls is good news for ski hills, it also means big cost savings for municipalities.

The City of Nanaimo has an annual snow and ice cleanup budget of about $600,000, and spent approximately $150,000 in January, plus equipment maintenance and staff training.

“We’re in good shape,” said Brian Denbigh, manager of roads and traffic services, noting that no snow is expected for the rest of the season.

However, he said a string of snow and ice storms can eat through the budget quickly.

“Severe storms can cost between $50,000 and $60,000 in a single day,” he said, referencing a blizzard in 1996.

Denbigh said unspent funds can be spent to offset other costs.

SPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

Vancouver Island got its first dusting of snow of the season Thursday, but residents shouldn’t expect any more between now and Christmas.

By Thursday morning, the white stuff began falling in Nanaimo, carrying on into the afternoon.

Environment Canada also reported light flurries in Comox and the Malahat highway that continued throughout the day. But snow in all areas was expected to give way to rain in the evening, said Matt MacDonald, a meteorologist for Environment Canada. As of Thursday afternoon, snow was still falling at Nanaimo Airport and Comox Airport, with freezing temperatures at about 200 metres above seal level.

But MacDonald said southern winds would bring freezing levels up to 1,200 metres. Throughout the week, the freezing elevation will dip to 800 metres, “which is good news for the ski hills.”

However, it also means temperatures will range from 1 C to 6 C, effectively ruling out the chance for more snow. A large storm will sweep into the region Sunday, which will

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BC Ferries responds to threat of labour action at terminals DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS

BC Ferries says it will take action to keep people moving through Christmas, following reports of a potential third-party labour dispute.

That statement was issued late Thursday in response to a threat from Pacific Coach Lines bus drivers to strike at the Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen terminals in a dispute over severance pay. Unionized ferry workers have said they would not cross the picket lines.

“Our concern is our employees

have uninterrupted access to their worksite and that our customers have access to terminals,” BC Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall. “If PCL is not running, there is no legal right for picketing.

If they’re on strike and they’re not operating, they won’t be coming to our terminal.”

PCL provides cross-water bus service on the route between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay. On Thursday, PCL said it would withdraw service in the event of a dispute. In a statement, Unifor said the dispute is over PCL’s refusal to

pay severance to laid-off employees.

PCL disputes this. Since Dec. 9 the union has been in a legal position to serve 72 hours strike notice.

Graeme Johnston, BC Ferry and Marine Workers Union president, acknowledged picketing a public ferry terminal might be “the difference between a legal and illegal strike situation,” but said “those guys at PCL have been put in a very desperate spot from their employer.

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Christmas on a budget Experts say it’s important to create a spending plan and then stick to it

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or some, it’s almost an annual rite — plowing through the Christmas shopping season with an open chequebook only to brace for the inevitable pain when the bills arrive in January.

Although it’s called the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas can also be the most expensive.

But there are things people can do to avoid Darrell — or at least Bellaart reduce — that pain, and planReporting ning is a big part of it.

“The best advice I can give any client is first of all do a gift worksheet,” said Leslie Gardner a Nanaimo money coach.

A gift worksheet is one part of a household budget.

To do it correctly, it must include every person you’ll buy a gift for over the course of the year, including birthdays, anniversaries and

“For example, for your kids, you think you should spend, let’s just say $100 at Christmas and $100 on their birthday.

Then what happens, you’ll come up with a total.”

Leslie Gardner, money coach

other special occasions and of course, Christmas.

Put a reasonable dollar amount for each gift, then add them up and that’s how much you have to save.

“For example, for your kids, you think you should spend, let’s just say $100 at Christmas and $100 on their birthday. Then what happens, you’ll come up with a total. That total is the amount you believe you spent each year,” Gardner said.

Next. take that total and divide it by the number of paydays you have, and put that much away each payday. When Christmas comes,

you should have banked exactly the amount you need to spend.

For some people, it’s not so much the budgeting as the follow-through — the saving part — that’s tough.

Gardner says the best way to address that problem is to open a separate bank account, then set up automatic transfers so the money goes in on payday, before you get the chance to spend it.

Once the account is established, it means resisting the temptation to dip into the fund for another purpose.

“You have to choose,” Gardner said.

To help set priorities, money coaches get their clients to list all their goals: first short-term, followed by medium and finally longterm, and plan for each accordingly.

“Start picking away at the easy ones, over the next year, then once we meet those goals, we look at the longer term goals.”

Part of the process is to weed out those goals which are least likely to be realized, like saving $1 million, then “goals start to change to be more realistic, and try to get what you really want.”

To keep Christmas shopping from getting out of hand, the first rule is to budget a year ahead of time, so that when the time comes the money is there, saved up along other annual goals, such as car insurance, vacation and the like.

Then, when shopping, stay within your budget.

And if you find the amount allocated isn’t quite enough, look for other places to shore up the difference.

“A lot of people have gift cards with unused balances, or air miles.

You can turn some of those into cash.”

Life coach Lyne Burnet says anything handmade sends the message you cared enough about the recipient to put loving care and time into the gift, yet hand made gifts can often be more affordable than buying a manufactured, store-bought product.

But that means having the time, and an inclination for crafts — something not everyone has.

So if, like most people you must endure hours in the malls and shops looking for that special gift, make a plan before reaching for into your wallet or purse.

“Set yourself a budget that’s one thing you could do,” Burnet said.

Another suggestion is to cut down the number of people on your list.

“Instead of buying everyone a gift, you can pick names. That really cut down the cost.”

Or share the cost of a gift for someone else. Another trick is to shop with cash only.

“Take some money and leave your debit and credit cards at home,” Brunet said.

“Then you’re not tempted.”

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Ministry approves Wellcox development The B.C. Ministry of Environment has given approval for development to go ahead on the 26.7-acre Wellcox lands bought by the city is late 2013.

Approval for development comes after environmental studies commissioned by the city revealed that while most of the area was created using coal waste from earlier on in the city’s history, the property can be developed using a risk management approach.

There are three areas of the property with contamination, but the ‘high risk’ designation applied to the property by the province has been removed.

Mayor Bill McKay said iin a news release that the outcome was significant for the city, “The completion of the environmental studies is another key milestone in unlocking the development potential of this key waterfront parcel,” he said.

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Santa arrives With some help from the BC Ambulance Service and Helijet, Santa arrived at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Thursday. He spent the day flying to hospitals all over the Island and Lower Mainland to spread joy to children who are hospital patients. Below right, Amanveer Dahri, 4, and Jasleen Kaur, 6, receive stuffed toys. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

Store transformed into special ‘hockey bench’ The London Drugs location in the Port Place Shopping Centre will be transformed into a “hockey bench” environment this weekend.

Starting Friday, London Drugs is offering high performance GRAF hockey sticks and skates at affordable prices, with partial proceeds going to the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association.

Store manager Warren Cook said the store “is excited” to welcome hockey players of all ages to come in and try on the high-performance GRAF equipment.

“It really will be a win-win match up at London Drugs at Port Place this weekend,” he said.

“We really hope to raise a good amount for NMHA.”

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Nanaimo hotels saw room occupancy rise two per cent through October, compared to the same 10-month period a year ago.

Island tourism showed signs of a strength earlier this year, thanks in part to a hot, dry summer and a weaker Canadian dollar, which attracts Americans and deters travel south of the border.

That trend continues, according to the latest report from Chemistry Consulting, the Victoria-based tourism analysis firm.

“October was a good month for tourism in Nanaimo with occupancy roughly on par with last year and all other indicators showing healthy increases,” said Chemistry principal Frank Bourree.

With rising room occupancy rates, hotel revenues rose up $5.90 per room, on average.

Ferry vehicle travel rose seven per cent on the Duke Point-Tsawwassen run, and air travel through Nanaimo rose 16 per cent.

Another factor is this week’s launch

by WestJet of direct daily service between Nanaimo and Edmonton.

“Any time you improve direct links to a major market like that, you’ll get that service,” Bourree said.

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Reform of national electoral process requires dialogue T here is a serious disconnect in the Trudeau government’s plan to make the recent federal election the last one to rely on firstpast-the-post voting.

It’s not that the government intends to change the way we vote.

That was in the Liberal platform and Trudeau is just keeping an election pledge — a more representative system that would be less likely to generate an outcome like the Liberals winning a majority even though they received only 39.5 per cent of the popular vote. (The Harper Conservatives had even less than that when they won a majority in 2011.)

There are enough legitimate concerns about first-past-the-post to warrant a national discussion, debate

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How can you impose a new electoral system on a democratic country without giving citizens a voice to determine the outcome?

and ultimately reform. But reform to what? Some prefer ranked balloting — the instant run-off model. Under it, the voter gets a ballot listing the candidates and marks off her first, second, third choices and so on.

If no candidate gets a clear majority, the candidate with the lowest number of votes gets dropped, and

those votes get divided between the remaining candidates based on which candidates most voters named as their second choice. That goes on until one gets a clear majority.

Another option is national proportional representation, also confusing.

The Liberals probably don’t favour it because had a system like that been in place they would have won a minority and the Green party would have something like 10 seats instead of one. Proponents argue it is most accurately representative and allows more voices to be heard.

Others advocate a mixed member proportional system. Under MMP you would vote for two representatives, one for your riding and a second from a party list. Complex? Just a bit.

Trudeau has said in past he likes the instant run-off model. But his preferences can’t dictate which option wins.

That has to be a national discussion, and that’s where the central disconnect comes in. The Liberals don’t plan to have a referendum on which voting system is best for Canada.

How can you impose a new electoral system on a democratic country without giving citizens a voice to determine the outcome? Where is the credibility if the government imposes its own preference, especially if it favours the incumbent government?

Referendum critics argue a new voting system is too complex to be decided by average Canadians

through a simple vote. So do a better job of engaging and consulting Canadians so they are more engaged and informed.

But the idea of unilaterally imposing a new system of voting from the top down in the hopes that it will increase inclusivity and engagement is ludicrously contradictory. You don’t improve democracy by imposing unilateral decisions, certainly not on something as important as the way we vote.

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Donald Trump is no fascist; at least, not yet Matthew Claxton Opinion

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ecause I am a tremendous nerd, I sometimes argue with people who claim that Donald Trump or any other politician is a fascist.

“Well, actually,” I say, pushing my glasses up my nose and adopting a nasal whine, “fascism was a real, horrible political philosophy. Just being an authoritarian jackass does not automatically make you a fascist.”

And then people get bored and pretend they got a really important text and spend the next 20 minutes checking their phones so they don’t have to talk to me.

I still think it’s an important distinction to make. Fascism was very real, and ruled and murdered millions in the service of the some of the most incoherent ideology ever cobbled together.

Fascism bubbled up just after the First World War from earlier traditions of violent, armed protest movements, and from the associations of former soldiers left at loose ends in the wake of the war. It absorbed ideas from across the political spectrum, especially if they were ugly and extreme.

This new ideology claimed to chart a “third way” between capitalism and socialism, and to avoid the pitfalls

of “weak” democratically elected politicians.

What fascists actually believed — or said they believed — varied quite a bit, but between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy and their allies, puppet states, and idiotic fan clubs abroad, you can see a few similarities: • Totalitarianism. They thought that the state could meddle in any human affairs, from the serious to the trivial. This included economics, which was generally capitalist, unless the state had an interest.

• Rabid nationalism. Patriotism pushed to its xenophobic extreme, fascists always think their country/ ethnic group is the greatest! And therefore deserves a slice of land of that country next door . . .

• Contempt for politics. Fascists think democratic governance is worthless, that elected officials are scum, and that people who have

violently forced their way into the job are clearly much better suited for the task. Sure, that sounds like it will always end well.

• Rebirth. Combining the contempt for politics and the nationalism, fascists usually think their country needs a thorough cleaning out.

The nation is weak, and it must be strengthened!

• Manliness. Fascism is not just about action, it’s about virility and toughness. Everything is big and mighty and covered with lightning bolts and skulls and the kind of stuff 13-year-old boys doodle in the margins of their textbooks. There’s not a lot of room for women in fascism except as wombs on legs. (Yes, there were women who supported fascism.

There are also women who write fan letters to jailed serial killers.)

• An army of their own. Fascists didn’t wait to seize power to get an

army, they started their own militias.

Then they brawled and/or beat up Communists, labour organizers, ethnic minorities, or anyone else they didn’t like.

The scary thing about fascism is that it builds on common beliefs.

Everyone gets irked at elected governments, and lots of people harbour resentment of other countries or ethnicities.

That’s why some of the current Republican presidential candidates are alarming. They aren’t fascist, not yet. But several of them seem determined to see how many boxes they can check off on the list. By my count, several of them are up to four on my list of six. When they start organizing party militias, that’s time to break out the F-word. » Matthew Claxton writes for ‘The Langley Advance.’

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More food trucks allowed under new rules Council members voiced appreciation for the changes, which passed unanimously.

The new regulations also have the support of the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce. Chamber CEO Kim Smythe said they will benefit the restaurant industry.

But not all are happy. Vivian Maltesen, co-owner of New York Style Pizza & Pasta in the Old City Quarter, said she is worried the changes could hurt restaurant owners, who have additional costs like property taxes.

“The poor restaurants are losing business,” she said. “They’re fighting as it is to survive.”

Maltesen said food vendors should be limited to operating in parks.

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Nanaimo has thrown open the door to allow more food trucks in and near the downtown core following a review by city staff.

Council voted Monday to accept the proposed changes to its regulations for food trucks after demanding in November that the city further loosen restrictions of street food vendors.

The changes will allow food trucks and trailer operators to do business on city streets and municipally-owned parking lots for the first time.

Previously, vendors could only set up in a handful of park locations and must attain a special parks licence use agreement in addition to a business licence.

In November, the new regulations added five new street locations close to downtown, including two on Albert Street, one on Church Street, another on Front Street near the court house and a final location on Wallace Street by City Hall. Two more locations were added for the

In May of this year, Russell Haggerty orders fries and a coffee from food vendor Jay Brooks, who has been running a chip truck in Maffeo-Sutton Park for the past 13 years. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

hospital area and Duke Point.

The regulations also built in a 25-metre buffer from downtown restaurants.

But some on council said the changes were still too restrictive

and called for more food vendor locations.

In response, city staff returned to council Monday with five new on-street locations in the downtown.

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listed as a location, will now allow up to six food vendors to operate at a time.

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Back-country skiers warned of avalanches With a snowy start to the winter and an avalanche hazard set to rise for the weekend, the Vancouver Island Avalanche Centre is reminding back-country skiers, boarders and sledders about the risk of avalanche and how to mitigate those risks.

“We’ve had a good start to our winter with about two meters of snow at tree line in the Island mountains,” says VIAC lead forecaster Jan Neuspiel. “With significantly more snow coming for the weekend we’ll see the avalanche hazard going up to Considerable and even to High just as snow lovers are heading for the mountains on their time off.”

The centre implores the public to undergo avalanche skills training and to use the Vancouver Island Avalanche Bulletin at islandavalanchebulletin.com.

Neuspiel, who owns the Comox Valley-based Island Alpine Guides, also stresses the importance of carrying proper gear when travelling in avalanche terrain.

“Probably the most important gear is knowledge. The place they get that is on an avalanche course. That’s going to do way more to help you mitigate risks than any other factor.”

Even a two-day introductory course will help skiers learn about and manage risks such as wind and storm slabs, he added.

“Obviously the gear is important, because you have a chance if you know how to use the gear of rescuing somebody from an avalanche should they be caught, but the idea is to avoid getting caught in the first place.”

Though there have been no local accidents so far this season, the centre has received reports of skier-triggered avalanches.

“Last weekend we had the hazard at High already on the bulletin, and it’s set to climb to that for this weekend as well,” Neuspiel said. “A lot of the rain we had down here was snow up higher . . . . It’s probably three metres of snow in the alpine.”

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Officers continue to look for impaired drivers CHRISTINE VAN REEUWYK OAK BAY NEWS

Officers are on the lookout for impaired drivers this holiday season.

That means those impaired by alcohol and drugs, as well as the ongoing attack on those driving impaired by bad habits. “(Immediate roadside prohibitions) have certainly decreased deaths, but people still do it,” said Oak Bay Const. Mike Klein-Beekman.

This year he’s taken 42 drivers off the road as a result of some form of impairment.

That includes both immediate roadside prohibitions for alcohol and drug impairment and impaired driving investigations.

To the end of November, Oak Bay police handed out roughly 50 immediate roadside prohibitions.

Klein-Beekman is also a drug recognition expert, the result of extensive training and testing.

For him it included two weeks of theory in Vancouver in May 2011, followed by nightly studying for a seven-hour test in August.

Saanich and Victoria police departments also have drug recognition expert officers, who at times cover the region, dependent on what expertise is needed where on a given day and time, similar to other specialties.

In February, Klein-Beekman will teach the Standard Field Sobriety Testing.

“We need to get people trained because with the potential legalization of marijuana, it’s the next step,” he said. “Smoking marijuana and driving is just as bad as drinking and driving. I don’t care what you do at home. But don’t get into a vehicle after you’ve been doing that. It’s just common sense.”

A roadside prohibition is done quickly and an officer is back on the road removing other dangerous drivers.

Oak Bay’s most recent roadside screening devices are a year old, and so accurate, he’s never had to recalibrate them. However, they’re routinely tested, every 28 days or sooner.

“I’ve never found one of these

instruments out yet. They’re very, very accurate,” he said.

A full-blown impaired investigation requires much more time and a trip to the police station.

When an officer determines that’s the course of action, a driver is chartered and warned and they can call a lawyer, or choose not to, and face testing on a larger machine, run by an officer who is a qualified trainer.

That’s a five-day course.

The investigation is an intentionally and necessarily precise routine, punching in information on the driver, officer and standardization of the equipment.

The instrument purges and readies between each test. The

officer secures a fresh mouthpiece each time, and the machine times 15-minute observation periods before the first test, and between two tests.

It offers up certificates documenting the entire routine, to be used in court.

Impaired driving is still the leading cause of car crashes in B.C. and 27 per cent of vehicle crash fatalities are related to impaired driving, according to ICBC. At the holidays, they see a spike in impaired driving, particularly by liquor and drugs.

“Most impaired drivers, they’re regular everyday decent people that make a stupid decision and get behind the wheel of a car,” Klein-Beekman said.

VICTORIA

Blind man challenges human rights ruling KENDRA WONG VICTORIA NEWS

Spotted in Parksville Actress Heather Locklear, above, was outside Oceanside Place Arena on Monday afternoon. She was in Parksville to film the television movie ‘Family Court.’ Locklear, 54, was nominated four years in a row (1994-97) for a best actress Golden Globe Award for her role in the hit series ‘Melrose Place’ as Amanda Woodward. ‘Family Court’ will air as a movie of the week on the U.S.-based Up TV Network. No release date has been scheduled.

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Refugees to get free bus passes SAANICH NEWS

The Victoria Regional Transit Commission will provide every refugee resettled in the Greater Victoria region with a free one-year bus pass.

“This initiative will ensure that those fleeing heart-wrenching circumstances are able to get around the city they now call home,” said Kenya Rogers with the University of Victoria Students’ Society.

“Providing a bus pass to refugees is just one way of supporting individuals who are faced with the diffi-

culties of resettlement and integration into a new community. It will allow for newcomers to move freely around the city and to access the many services, community groups, and public spaces in the region.”

Young’s motion to establish the program was passed unanimously by the commission.

The bus passes will be available for refugees resettled in the region between Dec. 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2016 and the motion includes a provision that could see it become a permanent program.

Although this initiative was a

response to the unfolding crises in Syria and the Mediterranean, bus passes will be provided to any refugees resettled in the region, regardless of country of origin.

“We’re very proud that this motion was brought forward by the student representative on the transit commission,” said Andrea Eggenberger, with the Camosun College Student Society.

“It’s exciting that the shared student seat on the transit commission is helping to make the Greater Victoria Region a supportive and welcoming place for refugees.”

A Victoria resident is challenging a ruling by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, after a local taxi company allegedly discriminated against him by refusing to transport him and his guide dog.

On July 15, 2014, Graeme McCreath, who is legally blind, was having dinner at Earls in downtown Victoria.

At the end of the night, a friend called him a taxi, however, when it arrived, the driver refused to pick up McCreath and his five-yearold German Shepherd guide dog, Adrienne.

The driver, who works for Victoria Taxi, claimed he had an allergy and shortly after flagged down another taxi, who drove McCreath and Adrienne home.

“He never apologized, never wrote a letter, never said anything,” said McCreath, who has experienced similar situations with taxi drivers in the past. “It’s rampant.”

He filed a complaint with the human rights tribunal, claiming discrimination and that the driver was not allergic to the dog, but was afraid of it.

Taxi drivers are required to file a certificate with their employer signed by a doctor, saying they are allergic to animals in order to exempt them from transporting them. The certificate is kept on file and is required to be renewed annually.

The driver’s doctor’s note was dated Dec. 14, 2014, five months after the incident.

But in October, the tribunal ruled in favour of the driver, claiming he could have been allergic to dogs without having a doctors note.

“I have found that Mr. McCreath was accommodated in another taxi almost immediately and that, more generally, the exception policy strikes a reasonable balance,” said tribunal member Jacqueline Beltgens, in the ruling.

“Also, the suggestion of requiring a driver to take allergy medications, or at the very extreme, refusing to hire a driver who cannot transport animals because of a medical conditions, is untenable, and would not constitute reasonable accommodation.”

But Mary Ellen Gabias, president of the Canadian Federation of the Blind, said there’s no proof the driver had allergies in the first place.

“The human rights tribunal does not understand. They may be good at other types of discrimination but clearly the ruling on this case makes it clear that they don’t understand disability,” she said, noting there have been two cases concerning guide dogs and taxis, both of which went against the guide dog user.

“What the tribunal has done is make it possible for taxi drivers to decide that they don’t want to transport guide dogs. All they have to do to make it stick is after the fact walk into a clinic and get any kind of doctors note.”

McCreath is filing for a judicial review.

Last week, the province announced new rules and regulations allowing certified guide and service dogs in restaurants, on transit (including taxis) or in other businesses that will come into effect Jan. 18.

If organizations deny the dog, they could be hit with fines to a maximum of $3,000, if convicted — penalties that are among the most expensive in the country.

Ministry of Justice inspectors will also be authorized to issue violation tickets ranging from $50 to $250, after information and education.

However, Gabias and McCreath agreed, more needs to be done.

“The way they’re publicizing it is that they’re encouraging businesses to ask them to show their identification,” Gabias said.

“If you pull into the drive-thru at a fast food restaurant, nobody says show me your drivers licence so I know you have a right to be here.”

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Island collectors still can’t get enough of ‘Star Wars’ KENDRA WONG VICTORIA NEWS

A 100-foot tree crashed into the house of Sandy and David Ranger on Saturday afternoon in Nanoose Bay Estates.

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Couple shaken but unhurt as wind topples tree on house JOHN HARDING PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

Sandy Ranger was in her Nanoose Bay kitchen, making her contribution to a pot luck dinner, when she heard what she thought was an explosion.

A 100-foot tree had fallen on her and husband David’s house in the wind and rain of Saturday.

“My first thought was a bomb had gone off in the neighbourhood,” Sandy, a paramedic, said on Monday, adding that she related that thought to the nearby naval base.

“I was thinking I had to grab my trauma kit and find out where this went off.”

No one was hurt in the incident.

Only Sandy and David were in the house at the time. Sandy estimated $50,000 damage to the house. One of her prized possessions, stored in the upper portion of the nine-yearold house in Nanoose Bay Estates, was spared.

“I was worried about my bagpipes,” she said. “It’s a family joke — my kids keep hoping they will get destroyed.”

The tree crashed onto a skylight above the kitchen. The stainedglass panes were broken but hung on and did not shatter and fall toward her below.

Sandy said the damage is covered by insurance.

“There was a lot of structural damage, but thank goodness for the good construction of the house or it could have been nasty.”

Sandy, who has lived with David in the house for about two years, said she was impressed with the response of those who lived nearby.

“Everyone in the neighbourhood either contacted us or offered to help.”

Sandy said she advises everyone to have a good look at the trees around their homes.

“We had just taken a few dead trees down — this one we weren’t worried about,” she said. “But the roots were rotten apparently.”

Chris Wooding’s first experience watching Star Wars is one that thousands of fans around the world have also shared.

He watched Return of the Jedi, the third in the original trilogy, on a taped VHS at home when he was roughly six years old — and thus began a 27-year-long love affair with arguably one of the most popular movie franchises in history.

“I just grew to love the world. I enjoy the characters, they’re all very well written. They fulfill all the various types of archetypes that exist in a good adventure story,” said the 33-year-old Victoria resident.

“It’s quite possibly the best form of escapist adventure. No matter what’s going on in the world and in your life, you can sit down and watch Star Wars and be taken out of your own life to a galaxy far far away.”

Fans have every reason to be jumping into their storm trooper suits with the newest film Star Wars: The Force Awakens released in theatres today.

Released a decade after the last prequel, Revenge of the Sith, the $4-billion Disney film will also feature the return of fan favourites Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Chewbacca and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.

Wooding has watched the series dozens of times and is jumping at the chance to see the newest film.

“It’s the kind of Star Wars film that, quite frankly, I never thought we’d be getting,” he said. “With just six films, it’s just resonated into pop culture in a

“It’s quite possibly the best form of escapist adventure. No matter what’s going on in the world and in your life, you can sit down and watch Star Wars and be taken out of your own life to a galaxy far far away.”

Chris Wooding, Star Wars fan

way that very few things have been able to top.”

Memorabilia has also been flying off the shelves in Victoria stores.

Cherry Bomb Toys on Broad Street sells hundreds of vintage and collectible Star Wars memorabilia, including figurines, comic books, Lego, original film stock, cards, posters, life-sized Chewbacca and R2D2 cutouts and a life-sized model of Han in Carbonate for a cool $3,000.

B Woodward, co-owner of Cherry Bomb Toys, said old and new collectors have been snatching up whatever they can get their hands on.

“The Star Wars craze has been going for months. What we’re seeing is people are building up on their vintage,” said Woodward, who has been a fan of the franchise for years. “They want to rebuild the old collection or they want the new and high-end stuff.”

Both Wooding and Woodward agreed they will wait until the anticipation dies down before they hit the theatre.

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First Nation votes down LNG plant Environmental concerns see members of Tsawwassen First Nation to oppose massive project THE CANADIAN PRESS

DELTA — Environmental concerns appear to have dashed plans for a liquefied-natural-gas project on the land of a pro-development First Nation near Vancouver, says the chief.

Of the 139 members of the Tsawwassen First Nation who voted Wednesday, 53 per cent opposed plans that would have seen three- to five-million tonnes of LNG processed annually on the First Nations’ territory.

NEWS IN BRIEF The Canadian Press

Chief Bryce Williams encouraged members last month to support the plans, saying potential benefits outweighed the limited drawbacks.

Williams said Thursday members were concerned about the environmental impacts of the project and natural-gas extraction and he was proud of how they handled the consultation process.

“Throughout the whole process, I was somewhat on the fence and leaving the decision up to the members,” he said.

“I think that was the best choice

and the best approach to take. And of course they have spoken, and I support any decision they have made.”

Had the band approved the plans, the export facility would have opened as early as 2022, receiving five to six tankers every month.

The project would have brought money to the community, but it wouldn’t have offered as many jobs as projects such as a warehouse, said Tom McCarthy, chief administrative officer of the Tsawwassen First Nation Economic Development Corporation.

“With all the opportunities that are provided to us, there are gives and takes and pros and cons,” he said.

“And the ability to move forward with logistics-based activity is something that will benefit the members and future generations, really, just as well as LNG would have.

The Tsawwassen vote is a likely setback for Premier Christy Clark’s billion-dollar plans to grow the province’s LNG industry.

Clark said in November that she hoped the First Nation’s members would approve the proposal, adding

WILDLIFE

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Charges after attack on pizza delivery man

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Standards at Mt. Polley weak: Mines inspector British Columbia’s chief inspector of mines says the Mount Polley mine and its engineers had weak standards for the tailings storage facility that collapsed in August 2014.

But Al Hoffman says those standards were not weak enough to warrant charges under the Mines Act. Hoffman makes 19 recommendations in a report released into the disaster, including that all mines with the same storage facilities be required to have designated mine safety managers and staff to oversee its management.

Hoffman says the strength of the layer of clay underneath the dam wasn’t taken into account when the dam was built and the failure of the tailings pond was also a result of inadequate water management.

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Bid to overturn gangster murder convictions fails Three members of a former Vernon gang have lost their bid to have murder and other convictions overturned.

Peter Manolakos, Leslie Podolski and Sheldon O’Donnell were found guilty in the drug-related killings of three men.

They appealed a B.C. Supreme Court judge’s pre-trial decision on the status of a confidential informant, saying they were excluded from the hearings.

But the Appeal Court of B.C. ruled there were no grounds to overturn the 2012 convictions.

Manolakos was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting of Ronald Thom and manslaughter in the death of David Marnuik in 2004.

O’Donnell was convicted of first-degree murder in Thom’s slaying and second-degree murder in the deaths of Marnuik and Thomas Bryce, while Podolski was found guilty of first-degree murder in Marnuik’s death.

LNG is still in demand around the world, especially in Asia.

What happens now to the 72 hectares of industrial land upon which the facility would have been built remains unclear. Members voted Wednesday to allow the First Nation’s executive council to negotiate leases of up to 60 years.

However, construction is underway on two projects nearby. When they open early next year, Tsawwassen Mills and Tsawwassen Commons will be two of the largest shopping centres in the province.

PENTICTON WESTERN NEWS

The B.C. government is considering changes to hunting regulations that could triple the number of grizzlies hunted in the Peace Region.

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The BC SPCA is encouraging British Columbians to voice their opinion on proposed changes that will remove the limit on how many wolves hunters can kill in the Peace Region and triple the number of grizzly bears that can be killed in the same area.

B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations wants to remove any closed season for wolf hunting and remove the former bag limit of three per year, and triple the number of grizzlies that can be killed in the Peace Region from 50 to 150.

The public has until Dec. 31 to provide feedback online about the proposed changes.

“B.C.’s wildlife is not just a resource for hunters and trappers to use – B.C.’s wildlife belongs to all British Columbians, and it’s their tax dollars that fund these policies.”

Sara Dubois, BC SPCA

“B.C.’s wildlife is not just a resource for hunters and trappers to use – B.C.’s wildlife belongs to all British Columbians, and it’s their tax dollars that fund these policies,” says BC SPCA chief scientific officer Dr. Sara Dubois. “Many conserva-

tion and animal welfare scientists disagree with the ministry’s guesstimate on bear and wolf populations — plus the killing of these animals is not for sustenance, it amounts to trophy hunting only.”

It is important for people to make their opinions on the proposed policy changes known, and not just on social media, Dubois says. For actual policy consideration, members of the public need to register their opinion in the official process by registering and posting comments within the survey, which is easy to do.

“We know it’s a busy time of year, but we’re hoping people will take a few minutes to review the proposed changes and let the government know how they feel about them.”

The man charged with an alleged attack on a pizza delivery man is scheduled for a bail hearing in Penticton provincial court Thursday.

Dayne Douglas Jones, 27, is facing charges of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and one count of wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer relating to events that occurred on Dec. 14.

Penticton RCMP reported earlier this week that a 35-year-old man suffered substantial injuries to his hands and face after he was attacked while making a pizza delivery to a residence on Westminster Avenue on the evening of Dec. 14.

RCMP said the injured delivery man drove himself to the hospital after sustaining injuries after he was allegedly attacked him with a box cutter.

According to court documents, Jones appeared in court briefly on Wednesday. Originally Jones faced two counts of aggravated assault, however Crown counsel entered a stay of proceedings on one count Wednesday.

Jones was remanded until Thursday, when he was to have a bail hearing.

Jones was sentenced in June to six months probation and fined $375 on the charge of mischief in an incident that occurred in February 2015.

Jones also pleaded guilty to an assault in October 2010 which garnered a sentence of 12 months probation with a three-year firearms prohibition. Jones has also pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle dating back to April 2008 and in November 2010 was found guilty of being in control of a vehicle with a blood alcohol level over .08.

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Entrepreneur who jacked up drug prices under arrest Newlywed is victim of apparent random stabbing MICHELLE MCQUIGGE THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — A newlywed medical technician was remembered Thursday as a “vibrant, happy and glowing person� after police identified her as the victim of an apparently random stabbing in the city’s financial district that has sent shockwaves through Toronto.

Rosemarie Junor, 28 — also known as Kim — died Wednesday, five days after she was stabbed in a Shoppers Drug Mart in Toronto’s popular underground PATH network of shops and restaurants. “Our organization is like a big family and we are all grieving today for this loss,� Brett Laschinger, chief operating officer of the downtown MedCan clinic where Junor worked, said in a statement. “Rosemarie was just such a vibrant, happy and glowing person. She had so many good friends here, and was such a positive force here, and we are all just devastated.�

Junor’s brother, Richard, told a local news station that his sister brightened every room she walked into.

Rohinie Bisesar, 40, is charged with second-degree murder and made a first court appearance on Wednesday.

Security images taken at the time of the stabbing on Friday showed a well-dressed, long-haired woman — appearing as though she had just stepped out of her office for a quick Shoppers run — making a hasty retreat from the drugstore.

Subsequent coverage by various media outlets showed a glamorous-looking Bisesar and documented her impressive educational background.

Bisesar had been the subject of a manhunt for several days before her arrest on Tuesday. An original charge of attempted murder was upgraded after Junor’s death.

Bisesar is due to be in court again today.

Many call Martin Shkreli a greedy, arrogant ‘punk’ who gave capitalism a bad name Shkreli was charged with securities fraud and conspiracy. A second defendant, lawyer Evan Greebel, of Scarsdale, New York, was charged with conspiracy and also pleaded not guilty.

In September, Shkreli was widely vilified after a drug company he founded, Turing Pharmaceuticals, spent $55 million for the U.S. rights to sell a medicine called Daraprim and promptly raised the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill.

The 62-year-old drug is the only approved treatment for toxoplasmosis, a rare parasitic disease that mainly strikes pregnant women, cancer patients and AIDS patients.

Hillary Clinton called it price-gouging and said the company’s behaviour was “outrageous.� Donald Trump called Shkreli “a spoiled brat.�

Bernie Sanders returned a donation from Shkreli.

Shkreli defended the increase by saying that insurance and other programs would enable patients to get the drug and that the profits would help fund research into new treatments.

TOM HAYS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — A boyish-looking entrepreneur who became the new face of corporate greed when he jacked up the price of a lifesaving drug fiftyfold was led away in handcuffs by the FBI on unrelated fraud charges Thursday in a scene that left more than a few Americans positively gleeful.

Martin Shkreli, a 32-year-old former hedge fund manager and relentless self-promoter who has called himself “the world’s most eligible bachelor� on Twitter, was arrested in a grey hoodie and taken into federal court in Brooklyn, where he pleaded not guilty.

He was released on $5 million bail.

If convicted, he could get up to 20 years in prison. He left court without speaking to reporters. His attorneys had no immediate comment.

Online, many people took delight in his arrest, calling him a greedy, arrogant “punk� who gave capitalism a bad name and got what was coming to him. Some cracked jokes about lawyers jacking up their hourly fees

Martin Shkreli, the former hedge fund manager under fire for buying a pharmaceutical company and ratcheting up the price of a life-saving drug, under arrest in New York on Thursday. [AP PHOTO]

5,000 per cent to defend him in his hour of need.

Prosecutors said that between 2009 and 2014, Shkreli lost some of his hedge fund investors’ money through bad trades, then looted Retrophin, a pharmaceutical company where he

was CEO, for $11 million to pay back his disgruntled clients.

Shkreli “engaged in multiple schemes to ensnare investors through a web of lies and deceit,�

U.S. Attorney Robert Capers said in a statement.

COURTS

Teen found guilty on terror-related charges

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MONTREAL — A Montreal-area teen was found guilty of two terrorism-related charges on Thursday, becoming the first Canadian convicted of attempting to leave the country to participate in terrorism-related activities.

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named, was impassive as Youth court Judge Dominique Wilhelmy found him guilty of the offences.

He faced charges of committing a robbery in association with a terrorist organization and planning to leave Canada to participate in the activities of a terrorist group abroad — the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. “It is a first, it is a new infraction and it is the first conviction,� federal prosecutor Marie-Eve Moore told reporters.

The new charge was introduced in 2013.

The case stems from a convenience store robbery in October

2014 the Crown said was linked to ISIL and committed to help finance the boy’s trip to take part in the conflict in Syria.

The defence argued that the boy, 15 at the time of the offence, was confused and only wanted to go to Syria to help fellow Muslims. The Crown argued the teen, who also engaged in Twitter conversations with jihadist sympathizer Martin Couture-Rouleau, was determined to get to Syria.

Just days after the teen’s arrest, Couture-Rouleau fatally rammed Canadian Forces Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent with a car in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., and was eventually killed by police.

The boy referred to the spoils of the convenience store robbery as “war booty� to police investigators.

Wilhelmy said the evidence in the case established beyond a reasonable doubt that the teen wanted to join up with Islamic State.

She praised the boy’s parents for their intervention.

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Mike Duffy trial final arguments go over to new year

One of the accused, Laura Miller, steps down as executive director of B.C. Liberal Party KEITH LESLIE THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police laid criminal charges Thursday against two top aides to former premier Dalton McGuinty in a gas plants scandal that cast a cloud over his final days in power.

David Livingston, McGuinty’s former chief of staff, and Laura Miller, the deputy chief who went on to work for British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, are each charged with breach of trust, mischief in relation to data and misuse of a computer system to commit the offence of mischief.

The charges stem from the destruction of thousands of government emails about the Liberals’ decision to cancel planned gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga prior to the 2011 election. The province’s auditor found the move will cost ratepayers up to $1.1 billion.

McGuinty’s lawyer, Ronald Caza, issued a statement Thursday saying the OPP had made clear last June that the former premier was not the subject of their investigation.

“Today’s events again confirm there was no wrongdoing on the part of the former premier,” Caza said.

Miller issued a statement announcing she had stepped down as executive director of the B.C. Liberal Party, and accused the OPP of having a bias against her because of a complaint she filed with the Ontario Independent Police Review Director.

The director ordered the OPP commissioner to hold a police mis-

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Andre Duval, but the commissioner “resisted” this finding by appealing it to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, said Miller.

“Officers involved in a substantiated complaint should not have been allowed to continue investigating,” she said in her statement as she vowed to vigorously defend herself against the charges in court.

“Every Canadian expects and deserves impartiality and fairness in police charging decisions. I do not

believe that to be the case here.”

Both Livingston and Miller are scheduled to make their first court appearances in Toronto on Jan. 27.

Like Miller, Livingston’s lawyer has also denied he did anything wrong.

The OPP served search warrants at government offices in Toronto during the investigation, seeking the electronic mailbox and its backup tapes for Miller and Livingston, between May 1, 2012 and Feb. 11, 2013 — the day Kathleen Wynne was officially sworn in as premier.

Police said then that Livingston was under investigation for breach of trust, but lawyers for Miller and Faist had said their clients were not the focus of the OPP investigation, so the charges against Miller came as a surprise to many.

It was the Liberals’ initial refusal to hand over gas plant documents to the legislature’s justice committee that sparked a contempt debate that eventually forced McGuinty to resign as premier under a cloud of scandal in October 2012.

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Putin praises Trump as ‘bright and talented’ JIM HEINTZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW — In Vladimir Putin’s view, Donald Trump is “bright and talented.” But as much as those words sound overtly like praise, there are some murky nuances.

The most unequivocally favourable part of the comments the Russian leader made Thursday to a scrum of reporters after his annual yearend news conference was about the Republican presidential aspirant’s claims that he wants to improve relations with Russia.

“He says that he wants to move to another, closer level of relations.

Can we really not welcome that? Of course we welcome that,” Putin said.

Trump hasn’t given details about he would go about achieving that, relying instead on his fireproof self-regard.

“I think that I would probably get along with him very well,” Trump said in an October interview with CBS.

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Putin “does not like Obama at all.

He doesn’t respect Obama at all. And I’m sure that Obama doesn’t like him very much,” Trump had said.

Russia-U.S. relations have hit a particularly low point during the Obama administration, with the Kremlin persistently alleging that Washington’s pressure on Moscow over human rights and the sanctions imposed over Crimea and the conflict in eastern Ukraine are a cover for

fomenting unrest aimed at driving Putin out of office.

“I suppose (Putin) sympathizes with Trump without knowing him well in person, but he is following him closely, what he does and says, just because he is not a kind of usual Western politician,” said Alexander Baunov, an analyst at the Moscow Carnegie Center.

While the Obama administration regarded Russia’s airstrikes in Syria

gingerly, Trump was a full-throated supporter — even if Moscow has appeared to be more interested in helping prop up Syrian President Bashar Assad than fighting militants from the Islamic State group in the country.

“If Putin wants to go and knock the hell out of ISIS, I am all for it, 100 per cent, and I can’t understand how anybody would be against it,” he said during a Republican presidential debate.

Putin assessed Trump as “the absolute leader in the American presidential race,” suggesting his comments could be an early attempt to curry favour with a man he may have to deal with.

Does Putin think Trump is intelligent? The Russian word he used not only means “bright” in terms of intelligence, but also “vivid” and even “gaudy.”

“It’s not our affair to determine his worthiness, that’s a matter for the American voters,” Putin said.

OTTAWA — Closing arguments at Sen. Mike Duffy’s criminal trial will begin next year as testimony concluded Thursday with final evidence given by the senator himself.

The exact date for the final phase of a trial that’s carried on far longer than the scheduled eight weeks hasn’t been set. Only after the final lawyers’ submissions — expected to be lengthy themselves — conclude will Judge Charles Vaillancourt begin to consider whether Duffy is guilty or not on each of the 31 counts of breach of trust, bribery and fraud he faces.

On his second day under cross examination, Duffy insisted it was human error and Senate convention — not graft or greed or desperate financial straits — that lay behind the expense claims at the heart of most of the charges.

Duffy was grilled on his per diem claims, including those filed from a holiday in Florida and a trip to B.C. for a cancelled political fundraiser that he turned into a chance to visit family.

But Duffy took issue with what he saw as the premise of the questions from Crown prosecutor Mark Holmes — that he was doing it all for the money.

“My life is not about money, Mr. Holmes. If it were about the money, I’d still be at CTV,” the former broadcaster told the court.

“My life is about trying to do the right thing, be helpful to people and make a contribution.”

Duffy, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges, said that in his years as a senator, he was only alerted to problems with his claims maybe three times.

And as a show of his trust in the Senate’s review process, he said he left a book of blank and signed personal cheques with his assistant so she could immediately repay any money he was found to have claimed in error.

Not that he always knew what claims were being submitted.

Court has heard that he also left a stack of signed and blank expense forms for his staff to fill out — a common practice in the Senate — because of the pressure on senators to keep up with their paperwork and file claims on time.

Central to Duffy’s defence is the argument that he committed no crimes but was caught in a web of complex and arcane rules that made it impossible for any single senator to know exactly what to do.

But the Crown has argued that Duffy was keenly aware of what he was doing.

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TransCanada Corp. has filed an amended application for the Energy East pipeline project that raises the projected cost by nearly $4 billion.

The company says the filing with the National Energy Board makes nearly 700 changes to the route in response to concerns about environmentally sensitive areas.

TransCanada says the amended proposal includes details of an agreement it made with local natural gas distribution companies.

Environmental groups were quick to dismiss TransCanada’s updated plans, saying the pipeline that would transport carbon-intensive oilsands crude could not be built now that the Trudeau government has committed to a climate plan that combats global warming.

The mystery of a Winnipeg woman’s stolen Christmas lights has been solved, but another mystery has emerged with their return — why did the thief take them in the first place?

Darlene Gieger says an expensive laser light was swiped from her Christmas display earlier this week, and when she went through her home surveillance video she saw a man emerge from what looked like a taxi.

She says he got a lighter and burned off the zip ties that were securing the light, then tip-toed out of the yard.

Apparently shamed, the thief was caught on video returning the light early Wednesday morning, along with a note of apology.

The Quebec government has a tentative agreement with a common front of unions representing some 400,000 public sector workers.

Both sides emerged from marathon talks late Thursday to announce a breakthrough after months of tense negotiations. The leaders of the five unions had started intensive talks Wednesday with Treasury Board President Martin Coiteux.

One of the union leaders, Louise Chabot, didn’t offer any details on the terms of the deal such as salaries or pensions.

Moments later, Coiteux appeared and would only say the deal reflects budget constraints the province had outlined going into the difficult negotiations that have spanned nearly a year.

Canadian warplanes took part in a major action in northern Iraq on Thursday as hundreds of extremists launched a major offensive against Kurdish forces in the region.

Two CF-18s struck a fighting position belonging to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, northwest of occupied Mosul, the embattled country’s second-largest city.

Canadian participation in the raids came as the new Liberal government is actively considering when to withdraw its six CF-18s from combat and how to beef up the ground training mission of local forces.

There are 69 Canadian special forces trainers who are assisting the Kurdish peshmerga in the region of Irbil, but the U.S. coalition command says there have been no casualties.

Ukraine’s newly appointed national police chief is asking Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government for more help in establishing and training a professional security force.

Khatia Dekanoidze made the pitch to both RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion in separate meetings over the last two days.

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OTTAWA — It’s back to the drawing board — and a less controversial location — for a much-maligned memorial to victims of communism in the national capital, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced Thursday.

Prior to the October federal election, the previous Conservative government had been planning to build the sprawling monument near the Supreme Court of Canada, despite a political outcry over the project’s design and location.

Instead, while a memorial will still proceed, it will be in a different location — a less prominent area of parkland known as the Garden of the Provinces JOLY and Territories, about a half-kilometre west of the country’s top court.

That location will be subject to the approval of the National Capital Commission, Joly told an Ottawa news conference.

Joly, who consulted with 30 groups and individuals shortly after the Liberals came to power, said the Canadian and international design experts she spoke with agreed the project should be reconsidered.

“Throughout my consultations, there was a clear consensus that the monument ought to be moved,” she said. “The original site of the project, the Garden of Provinces and Territories, again had consensus.”

The memorial was first proposed in 2008, but became a political football in the months before the federal election campaign when critics of both its design and location labelled it as a vote-getter for the Conservative party.

The Harper government had strongly backed the plan as a means of recognizing the more than 100 million people around the world who died or suffered under communist regimes.

The ensuing controversy tainted the project, said Joly.

“The process of this monument was too political, too divisive, and ultimately far from its goal of remembering the horror of victims of communism.”

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President says coup aborted Niger’s president says several political and military officials have been arrested because of a coup attempt overnight Saturday.

President Mahamadou Issoufou said Thursday investigations have been opened and more arrests will be made after the aborted attempt overnight Saturday. He said arrests were made in the army ranks and of a former chief of staff.

Issoufou warned a political vacuum could lead to a takeover by Islamic extremists, referencing Mail’s unrest. Niger has seen extremist attacks for years, most recently by Boko Haram.

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The temblor was felt in the southern states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco and it prompted some tourists and residents to rush out of buildings in the colonial city of Oaxaca.

The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported a magnitude of 6.6 for the quake, but later modified the calculation to 6.4.

The temblor struck just before 2 p.m. in an area of Chiapas near the Guatemalan border.

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Man suspected of terrorist link German authorities say a man suspected of having worked for the Islamic State group has been arrested at a refugee accommodation centre.

The Dortmund prosecutor’s office said the 31-year-old was arrested on Thursday, news agency dpa reported. It stressed that the investigation is at a very early stage.

Bild newspaper had reported on the arrest.

Without citing sources, it said the man came from Syria and that anti-IS activists from that country had posted pictures of the suspect online.

Germany has seen around a million refugees and other migrants arrive this year.

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Man who bought guns in attack likely to be charged A former security guard who bought the assault rifles used in the San Bernardino massacre was expected to be charged on Thursday, according to two law enforcement officials.

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DETROIT — Compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg, who has worked out payments to victims of the BP Gulf oil spill, General Motors ignition switch scandal and other high-profile cases, has been hired by Volkswagen to do the same thing for car owners caught in an emissions-cheating scandal.

The German automaker, whose reputation and sales have been battered since the cheating was uncovered, announced Thursday that Feinberg will design and administer an independent claims program for owners of two-litre four-cylinder or three-litre six-cylinder diesel cars.

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Feinberg’s extensive experience in handling complex claims “will help to guide us as we move forward to make things right with our customers,” Michael Horn, VW’s U.S. CEO, said in the statement.

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The EPA says they can emit up to 40 times more harmful nitrogen oxide pollution than allowed under the Clean Air Act. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board have accused VW of cheating on six-cylinder diesels. VW has said suspect software is on about 85,000 of the bigger vehicles. Several models from the Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche brands dating to the 2009 model year are affected.

Hiring someone with Feinberg’s reputation is a good move for VW’s image, said Matt DeLorenzo, managing editor of news for Kelley Blue Book. VW is “trying to look like they’re doing something to keep this thing going along,” he said.

The move also should clear up many of the hundreds of lawsuits filed against VW by car owners, he said.

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CALGARY — A defamation case involving a media giant and a former journalist who earned his stripes dodging Scud missile blasts concluded Thursday with the plaintiff claiming he was the victim of a hit piece and the publisher arguing it had the latitude to print what it did.

A lawyer for Arthur Kent argued a column critical of the former journalist’s campaign for public office used trumped-up language designed to mock and ridicule.

But a lawyer for Postmedia argued its former columnist, Don Martin, was allowed to express his point of view and didn’t act maliciously in doing so.

“I didn’t hear any evidence about an agenda to harm anybody and there’s certainly no evidence Mr. Martin was a participant in any of it,” lawyer Scott Watson told Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf.

For four weeks, Strekaf heard from witnesses in the long-running lawsuit Kent filed against Postmedia, the National Post and Martin, who is now a host with CTV. Kent, who got the nickname “Scud Stud” while reporting for NBC during the Persian Gulf war, was a star candidate for the Tories, but was on the record as disagreeing with some of the party’s policies, particularly its plans for a royalty review.

Martin’s column painted Kent as an out-of-control egomaniac who had alienated party staff. The column used unnamed sources and didn’t include comment from Kent.

“Alberta Conservatives have bestowed problem candidate Arthur Kent with a less flattering designation as he noisily blusters his way through their reeling election campaign — the Dud Scud,” Martin wrote.

The Tories went on to win a majority, but Kent lost his race.

The trial heard from campaign workers and from Martin’s sources. The two central figures also testified.

Kent called the Martin article a bomb that cratered his campaign and has since prevented him from pursuing other political opportunities.

Martin testified that, while the article may have run on news pages, it was clearly an opinion piece based on extensive research.

Under cross-examination, however, Martin acknowledged that the line about Alberta Conservatives calling Kent the “Dud Scud” had come from only one source, whose name he couldn’t remember.

“I’d write it differently today,” Martin said.

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TORONTO — Lagging commodity prices and an interest rate hike south of the border have sent the loonie plunging below 72 cents US for the first time since May 2004, extending the Canadian currency’s recent string of 11-year lows.

The Canadian dollar lost 0.86 of a U.S. cent to close at 71.68 cents US on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it was raising its key interest rates after holding them at near zero levels for the last seven years.

Ian Nakamoto, director of research at 3Macs, says rising rates in the U.S. hurt the loonie by drawing more funds south of the border, where investors are expecting a higher rate of return on interest-bearing products.

“The sense is that the U.S. is going to (further) increase rates in 2016 and Canada is probably going to leave the rate the way it is, so therefore that interest rate differential is going to be more in favour of the U.S.,” said Nakamoto.

The loonie has also been hurt by recent weakness in commodity prices.

On Thursday, the February gold contract fell $27.20 to US$1,049.60 an

ounce, while the January contract for benchmark crude oil was down 57 cents at US$34.95 a barrel.

March copper slipped three cents to US$2.04 a pound, while the January contract for natural gas declined 3.5 cents to US$1.755 per mmBtu. A lower loonie typically provides a boost to the manufacturing sector by making Canadian goods cheaper for others to import.

“I know it hurts our national pride and all that, but it is what we need in terms of getting our economy back on its feet,” said Nakamoto.

“In the last 10 years it’s mainly been the energy sector that’s really driven growth in Canada. Now that appears to be gone, so we need the manufacturing sector to get the economy going.”

However, David Watt, chief economist at HSBC Bank of Canada, said the low value of the Canadian dollar also hints at weakening global demand for those very exports which support the loonie.

“If you want to be an optimist, you lean on the one side that it will help boost exports,” said Watt. “I tend to lean more to the second side, that it reflects a degree of concern about the global economy.”

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis entered his 80th year on Thursday amid hopes among his critics that it will be his last — at least as pope.

While Francis remains enormously popular among most rank-andfile Catholics, a small but vocal group of conservatives who have never much cared for his radical agenda have grown increasingly strident in criticizing the pope now that there is little doubt left about his priorities.

They have taken aim at the just-concluded synod on family issues, where the divisive issue of Communion for the civilly remarried took centre stage. They have raised alarm at Francis’ call for a more decentralized church and his loosening of the Vatican’s marriage annulment process.

They have winced at his environmental alarmism, wondered what’s in store for Catholic orthodoxy in this Holy Year of Mercy and blasted as sacrilege the recent screening of nature shots on St. Peter’s Basilica.

“Many people in the Vatican want Francis dead,” said Francesca Chaouqui, the woman at the heart of a leaks scandal currently convulsing Francis’ Vatican.

In an interview last weekend with Italy’s La Stampa newspaper, Chaouqui said Francis’ in-house reforms and nominations have emboldened his enemies.

What transpired on the Vatican walls last week was for many the last straw. On Dec. 8, a major feast day honouring the Virgin Mary and the official start of Francis’ Holy Year of Mercy, the Vatican projected National Geographic and other images of animals and nature on the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Criticism on both sides of the Atlantic was swift.

“The sense that St. Peter’s Basilica has been profaned is strong,” Italian Catholic author Antonio Socci wrote on his Facebook page.

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No love for Canucks in Philly Henrik Sedin leaves game with leg injury as Vancouver shut out 2-0 by Flyers JASON BOTCHFORD THE PROVINCE

PHILADELPHIA — If it’s always darkest before the dawn, the Canucks better load up on sunscreen.

Expecting a bounce back from one of the most embarrassing losses of the season, the Canucks dug deeper into a dark place, a very dark place.

Not only did they lose 2-0 to the Flyers, they lost to Philadelphia’s backup goalie who had five wins in 17 starts.

Oh yeah, they also were shut out.

The shame is real.

Of course, it didn’t end there. When it comes to the Canucks taking body blows these days, it never does seem to end. There may not be any recovery from the latest one.

Henrik Sedin never returned after the first period with a lower body injury. Everyone understands what it means if he’s lost for any significant length of time. It means more losing, which really wouldn’t be so different from what we’ve seen with Henrik in the lineup since the beginning of November.

It also likely means it’s Linden Vey time. Really, it should be anyway because Jared McCann, if all is right with the world, should be loaned to Hockey Canada for the World Junior Championship as soon as possible.

Let McCann go try to win gold, and let Vey answer questions about the Western Conference basement for a few weeks.

Maybe Vey has some answers, because this coaching staff sure doesn’t. It could also mean, and here’s where things get dicey, a trade.

About the last thing the Canucks need right is to be backed into a corner where they think they need to bring a veteran centre to weather the injury storm, in an attempt to keep their fleeting playoff chances alive.

The Canucks actually looked good in this one for the first 15 minutes before a string of penalties taken by Jannik Hansen, Alex Biega and Yannick Weber, upended any momentum they had.

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now. Jacob Markstrom got the start Thursday and he was good.

The Canucks offensively just couldn’t give him anything to work with. That’s nothing new. The Canucks have scored one goal, total, in Markstrom’s three starts.

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the Canucks started fading into the good night.

The loss is crushing for a team desperately looking for something to cling to. Mostly because this was the Canucks’ most winnable game on the trip. In early November, Vancouver rolled the Flyers 4-1 in Rogers Arena.

That game seems like years ago right

WHAT THIS MEANS Another road trip and another trip to boiling pot of moral water for one Alex Burrows.

This time, Patrick O’Sullivan, a child abuse survivor, is accusing Burrows of saying, on the ice, that “he wanted to hurt me like my father did.”

Powerful stuff, there, no doubt. It’s again putting Burrows’ trash talking under the spotlight.

It has, and should generate a debate about where the line is and what exactly is acceptable and what is not.

On one side, the comment, if true, is offensive and personal.

On the other, this isn’t your local daycare. These are men being paid

millions of dollars and there are unforgivable things said on the ice.

Why? There’s not much chance of you ever drilling under a player’s skin if you’re not crossing lines of decency. Sorry, that’s not going to change unless you restrict players to Yo’ Momma jokes.

WHAT WE LEARNED At the gameday skate, Henrik Sedin spent some time circling the ice with Bo Horvat.

Henrik told him about his third year in the league, when he scored two goals in his first 47 games.

“I didn’t know that,” Horvat said.

“It doesn’t make me feel better, but it does give me hope.

“Some of the best players int he world go through this.

“Eventually, he came out of it. And I’m going to have to come out of it.”

Horvat hasn’t scored in 21 games.

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Lions re-sign receiver Manny Arceneaux VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions have signed wide receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux to a contract extension through 2017, the club announced Thursday.

The 28-year-old finished with 76 catches for 1,151 yards last season to earn his first CFL all-star nod.

Arceneaux’s nine touchdown receptions tied for third in the league and he sits just 87 yards short of 5,000 for his career.

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offence and leader in our dressing room,” B.C. head coach and general manager Wally Buono said in a statement.

“This is a critical signing for the club.”

Arceneaux just completed his fifth season in the CFL with the Lions and could have become a free agent in February.

“There was only one place I wanted to play and that’s in B.C. for Wally and Lions fans,” said the native of Alexandria, La. “We’re going to be back in a big

way in 2016 and I can’t wait to get started.”

Buono resumed head coaching duties earlier this month following Jeff Tedford’s resignation to pursue opportunities in U.S. college football after just one disappointing 7-11 season with the Lions.

B.C. re-signed Canadian offensive lineman Kirby Fabien to a two-year extension earlier this week, but the team still has a host of veterans set to become free agents, including running back Andrew Harris and quarterback Travis Lulay.

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TORONTO — Compared to the last few years, the Toronto Blue Jays have had a relatively quiet off-season.

There have been a few signings and some trade activity but the Blue Jays have so far steered clear of the free-agent frenzy and any blockbuster moves. Las Vegas still likes Toronto’s chances in 2016, with most sports books pegging them among the favourites to win the American League pennant.

New team president Mark Shapiro is also feeling bullish about the Blue Jays’ chances.

“It feels like a team capable of winning the World Series next year,” Shapiro said Thursday.

The Boston Red Sox have emerged as a slight favourite in the AL after the signing of former Blue Jays ace David Price, who inked a seven-year deal worth US$217 million. The Blue Jays are in the mix of AL contenders with the Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers.

Sports betting website Bovada has the Blue Jays as a 16-1 pick to win the World Series, behind the Red Sox (9-1) and Royals (14-1). In the National League, the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants are 6-1 picks while the New York Mets are at 14-1.

On the Bet365 website, Toronto and Boston are co-favourites among AL teams to win the Fall Classic at 10-1.

The Blue Jays are coming off a 93-69 season and their first playoff appearance in 22 years. Toronto reached the American League Championship Series before falling to the Royals in six games.

Toronto will bring back arguably the most feared offence in the major leagues in 2016, anchored by sluggers Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and AL MVP Josh Donaldson.

On the pitching front, the Blue Jays lost Price to free agency but re-signed Marco Estrada, signed free agent J.A. Happ and acquired Jesse Chavez in a trade with Oakland.

New general manager Ross Atkins said the team has been engaged in trade and free agent discussions on several fronts, adding the primary focus has been on the pitching staff.

“We are going to stay open-minded and if there is a way that we can creatively just add depth to our pitching or fortify our pitching staff, we’ll do it,” Atkins said.

“But it’s definitely not limited to the bullpen.

“I think it’s just more likely that that’s where we can add.”

The pitching situation was one of many talking points Thursday afternoon as Shapiro, Atkins and assistant GM Tony LaCava met with members of the Toronto chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America at a downtown restaurant.

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The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s North Division is shaping up almost identically to the way it did a year ago.

The Campbell River Storm are sitting pretty on top, the Nanaimo Buccaneers and Comox Valley Glacier Kings are in a battle for home ice advantage in the playoffs ahead of an inevitable firstround playoff series between the two teams, and the Oceanside Generals are, again, lagging behind in last place.

And as the Buccaneers entered Thursday night’s home game with an eightpoint lead over the Glacier Kings for second place in the North, the last thing they needed was a loss to the Gens.

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Logan Savard had two goals and an assist to lead the Gens to a 4-2 win Thursday night over the Bucs in Nanaimo.

The Bucs were outshooting the Gens handily in the first period, but Oceanside struck six minutes into the game when Brandon Roberge was left open in front and put the puck past Nanaimo goalie Liam Young with assists from Landon Dziadyk and Savard.

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Matt Henwood, who has given the Bucs fits this season, made a spectacular save and held Nanaimo off for the rest of the period despite his team being outshot 10-5.

Savard, a Port Alberni native, put his team up 2-0 in the second period and the Generals took that lead into the third period. But that’s when the Bucs were able to find their game offensively.

Less than five minutes in, Trent Bell scored his 22nd goal of the season to kill Henwood’s shutout bid.

Then, Nick Gomerich beat Henwood to lock the Bucs into a tie.

However, that was all the Bucs were able to bring to the table as the Gens went on to score two unanswered goals with Savard striking first before Sebastian Powsey regained Oceanside’s twogoal lead.

Henwood shut the door for the rest of the game, backstopping his team to victory despite the Bucs outshooting Oceanside 45-20.

The Bucs next play a rare Sunday night home game this week with a 7 p.m. start time against the Peninsula Panthers.

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Clippers look to get back in the win column After two straight blown third-period leads, the Nanaimo Clippers will look to get back to their winning ways tonight as the host the Prince George Spruce Kings — the fifth-place team in the B.C. Hockey League’s Mainland Division.

The Clippers, who remain atop the Island Division at 22-12-0-1 and third overall in the BCHL, were enjoying a 10-game win streak before letting a 3-1 lead slip away from them last Saturday against the West Kelowna Warriors, losing 7-4. They also gave up a 2-1 third-period lead Wednesday night against the Cowichan Valley Capitals in a 4-2 loss.

“It’s our own undoing,” said Clippers head coach Mike Vandekamp after exchanging verbal barbs with Capitals head coach Bob Beatty in the hallway after the game. “The first half of the game, we played excellent. So we don’t have to fix anything, we just have to play like that at all times.”

Clippers star and BCHL scoring leader Sheldon Rempal was held to just a single assist in the loss.

Tonight’s game is at 7 p.m. at Frank Crane Arena.

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He will do so as part of Team Canada West, a group that beat Canada East Thursday evening in the semifinals of the World Junior A Challenge hockey tournament in Ontario.

With the teams tied 2-2 after two periods, a wild third then ensued with a combined nine goals scored, including two short-handed empty-netters as Canada West skated away with an 8-5 win.

Turnbull, a 17-year-old rookie in the B.C. Hockey League with the Powell River Kings, was selected to the 22-man Canada West. roster comprised of the top under-10 players from western Canada’s Junior A leagues. Canada annually puts two teams into the six-team tournament.

Turnbull has one assist in the tournament but was held off the scoresheet in the semifinal. Penticton Vees star Tyson Jost led all scorers in the semifinals with a goal and three assists. Jost, a projected first-round NHL draft pick in 2016, is the top scorer in the tournament with eight points in three games.

Canada West has won each of its games at the tournament with wins over the United States and Czech Republic.

The gold medal game will be broadcast live on TSN1 as Canada West takes on Russia. The Russians beat the United States 7-4 in the other semifinal game on Thursday.

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CFL

New commissioner blocks coaching switch Noel Thorpe’s resignation from job as Alouettes’ defensive co-ordinator is declared invalid by head office BILL BEACON THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL — Noel Thorpe’s reported resignation as defensive co-ordinator of the Montreal Alouettes was declared invalid Thursday by the Canadian Football League.

A statement from commissioner Jeffrey Orridge said Thorpe, who was also assistant head coach, cannot get out of his contract to join another club without written approval from the Alouettes. Thorpe was expected to accept the same job titles with Edmonton.

It also said that the Eskimos “did not violate the existing CFL by-laws

“Thorpe is currently still under contract to Montreal and is not free to resign from his existing contract . . . “ CFL statement

and will not be subject to any discipline in this matter.”

Orridge placed a moratorium on the movement of coaches between teams on Wednesday after reports that Thorpe decided to leave the Alouettes to join the Eskimos,

despite having two years left on his contract. It prohibits coaches under contract signing with another club without his written approval.

The league statement said Orridge made “a thorough and complete investigation of the facts surrounding the Noel Thorpe matter and has determined that Thorpe’s purported resignation from his contract with the Montreal Alouettes on Tuesday December 15, 2015 in order to secure a coaching position with the Edmonton Eskimos was invalid based on the terms of his contract with Montreal and the existing by-laws of the CFL.

“Thorpe is currently still under contract to Montreal and is not free to resign from his existing contract to accept employment from Edmonton, or any other CFL Club, unless written permission is received from Montreal in advance and subject to the current protocol of advance approval from the League office.”

The Alouettes have made no comment on the situation.

Thorpe made a statement to TSN on Wednesday saying he had met with Alouettes president Mark Weightman and came away feeling they had agreed to part ways. He added that he had quit the Alou-

ettes before the league moratorium was announced. A rash of coaching moves in recent weeks has raised debate over tampering and demands for compensation and left the impression the league was in chaos.

Chris Jones, coach of the Grey Cup champion Eskimos, jumped to the Saskatchewan Roughriders and took nearly his entire staff with him.

Edmonton did not ask for compensation from the Riders.

But when Ottawa offensive co-ordinator Jason Maas resigned to become head coach in Edmonton, the Redblacks demanded compensation.

HOCKEY

Should NHL players wear full shields?

Injury to Canucks defenceman Dan Hamhuis after taking slapshot to face raises question of player protection STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

T

he gruesome sight of Dan Hamhuis on the ice with his legs flailing made fellow NHL players cringe.

A shot like the one that cracked the Vancouver Canucks defenceman in the face could happen to anyone.

Hamhuis is out two months after surgery to repair facial fractures.

Even though he wears a visor like a vast majority of the league now, it couldn’t save him when a slap shot from the New York Rangers’ Dan Boyle hit him squarely in the jaw from close range.

Only a full-face shield or cage could have prevented that injury. The league and Players’ Association only two years ago mandated visors for incoming players, but there could be a day in the distant future when full facial protection like in youth, college and women’s hockey, is commonplace in the NHL. “It’s probably the next step,” San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said.

“No one thought helmets were coming in and they did, and then no one thought visors were coming in and they did. I’m sure there will be a day down the road one day here where it is (normal). I think it’s a ways off.

It’ll get here one day.”

One Eastern Conference executive said no matter the rules on visors there will always be an outlier injury that occurs and doesn’t think it’s an immediate problem that needs to be addressed.

Ian Laperriere had his playing career ended by a puck to the eye that caused a concussion, but the Philadelphia Flyers assistant doesn’t believe face shields are necessary.

“It’s something that the game is faster and the puck’s flying out there,” Laperriere said by phone Thursday.

“But if you think about it, if you

Vancouver Canucks Dan Hamhuis is helped off the ice after being struck in the mouth by the puck during a game against the New York Rangers in Vancouver on Dec. 9. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

look at it, it doesn’t happen that often.”

Canucks coach Willie Desjardins said recently that “you forget how vicious the game is sometimes” and recalled Hamhuis experiencing a near miss of a puck whizzing by his visor two games earlier.

“That happens on a regular basis and it’s probably surprising that maybe more guys don’t get hit,” Desjardins said.

Current players are conflicted on the subject but are in agreement that full face shields aren’t coming any time soon.

Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Matt Hunwick called the Hamhuis injury a “freak accident,” even if similar plays happen often.

Go into any locker-room and there are a handful of players who remember losing teeth or breaking bones from an errant stick or a puck. It’s basically the only way anyone in the NHL now puts on a full face shield.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Sam Gagner, who recently suffered a concussion when his head hit the ice, remembers breaking his jaw in 2013 and was no fan of wearing the full shield.

“It hinders you,” Gagner said. “Your vision of the puck, it throws that off a bit.”

At the world junior hockey championship, any player under the age of 18 has to wear a full face shield. That included Connor McDavid at the 2014 tournament.

Sharks centre Joe Thornton is one of the remaining players to go without a visor in the NHL and said when he was 14 he couldn’t wait to take it off once he was allowed to.

Leafs forward Shawn Matthias hasn’t worn one in 12 years and can’t imagine face shields ever becoming

mandatory, though he wonders about alterations.

“You never know, maybe they’ll change the rule on how low the visors go or something,” said Matthias, who wore a full shield in junior because of a facial injury. “I’m sure back then they didn’t think everyone would be wearing visors nowadays. I just can’t see the whole league — or anyone — wearing a face mask.”

In recent years, a trend of severe injuries like the one that affected Rangers defenceman Marc Staal and ended the career of then-Flyers defenceman Chris Pronger made for more clamouring over visors. There’s no such chatter about face shields, at least yet.

“This was a long time coming in terms of just getting everyone to wear the visor,” said Hunwick, who only put a visor on last season amid pressure from Rangers teammates.

“I’m sure if there’s a real problem, if guys keep breaking their jaw over and over and over obviously owners and coaches will take steps to try and ensure their players are safe and on the ice.”

One consequence would be fighting, which is down significantly but not gone from the sport. Officials have recently been instructed to stop a fight if a player takes his helmet off, and it’s also an extra penalty.

“Me personally I think fighting should stay a part of the game,” said defenceman Jakob Chychrun, who’s expected to be a top-five pick in the 2016 draft. “If you have the full face shield it kind of takes that aspect out of the game. But it definitely, I’m sure, will be up for discussion one day.”

That discussion is likely decades away, and any change would have to be approved by the joint NHL/NHLPA competition committee.

“It’s a big change,” Gagner said.

“Maybe at some point. But maybe not during my career.”

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LeBron hurts Jason Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife diving into seats

Lin scores 35 as Hornets beat Raptors in OT BILL KISER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jeremy Lin finally got a chance to show the Charlotte Hornets what â&#x20AC;&#x153;Linsanityâ&#x20AC;? is all about.

Making just his second start with the Hornets, Lin scored a season-high 35 points in a 109-99 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Thursday night. Kemba Walker added 27 points, and P.J. Hairston had 14, including a three-pointer with 1:30 remaining in overtime that put the Hornets ahead to stay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I wanted to do for a long time,â&#x20AC;? said Lin, who got the start when Nicholas Batum couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t play because of an illness that took him out in the second half Wednesday night in a loss at Orlando. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw how much (being the playmaker) took out of Al (Jefferson) and Kemba. But I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it

Charlotte Hornets guard Jeremy Lin drives past Toronto Raptors guard Cory Joseph during a game in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday. [AP PHOTO]

without (Walker) and he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have done it without me. He helps me out just as much as I hope I can help him.â&#x20AC;?

It took both Lin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who had 18 first-half points as Charlotte took a 56-44 halftime lead â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Walker to take down the Raptors, who rallied

from a 16-point deficit late in the third quarter. Lin gave Charlotte a 72-56 lead on a layup with 4:14 left in the third quarter.

But behind Kyle Lowry, who scored 13 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, the Raptors fought back and tied it at 90 on DeMar DeRozanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s jumper with 26 seconds remaining.

Toronto had a chance to win it in regulation, forcing a turnover that DeRozan turned into a jumper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only to have the points overturned because of a timeout called right after the steal was made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was proud of the team and the way we competed late,â&#x20AC;? Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t compete early enough. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like we have to get hit in the teeth before we compete. I do give our guys credit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they could have quit but they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t; they fought, and put themselves in a position to win.â&#x20AC;?

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CLEVELAND â&#x20AC;&#x201D; LeBron James crashed into a courtside seat, knocking over and injuring golf star Jason Dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife during the Cavaliersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game against Oklahoma City on Thursday night. Ellie Day was carried from Quicken Loans Arena on a backboard, placed on a stretcher with her head immobilized and taken to Metro Hospital. There was no immediate report on her condition.

James was scrambling for a loose ball in the fourth quarter of a 104-100 win over Oklahoma City, when the 6-foot-8 All-Star launched himself into the air, plowing into Ellie Day as she sat in a courtside seat next to her husband. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I squeezed her hand and she said she was OK,â&#x20AC;? James said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was just a little shaken.â&#x20AC;?

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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin scores a touchdown as he is tackled

by Baltimore Ravens defensive back Shareece Wright during a game on Sunday in Baltimore. [AP PHOTO]

Seahawks’ passing duo is among league’s best TIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENTON, Wash. — It might be time to add to the list of touchdown connections you’ve come to know. There’s Manning-to-Beckham, Roethlisberger-to-Brown, Brady-to-Gronk.

Now how about Wilson-to-Baldwin?

Yes, as in the Seattle Seahawks quarterback and wide receiver.

Over the past three weeks there has not been a more productive and efficient duo in the NFL than Russell Wilson and Doug Baldwin. They’ve connected for touchdowns at a pace not seen since Steve Young was throwing TD passes to Jerry Rice more than 20 years ago and they’ve brought a new dimension to Seattle’s offence.

“For those two guys in particular, they’re really on it. The plays we’re calling are not that much different than we’ve ever called them, but they’re seeing it well, they’re taking advantage of all the little nuances that need to be done to take advantage of what’s happening on defence,” coach Pete Carroll said. “Just a natural growth has happened there.”

Wilson is on a run that statistically stands up among the best four-game stretches in NFL history. According to STATS, Wilson is the first quarterback going back to 1960 to have four straight games with a passer rating of 138.5 or higher. He’s thrown for 1,171 yards, completed 75.4 per cent of his passes and thrown 16 touchdown passes with no interceptions as the Seahawks have won their past four games.

For the last three games, Baldwin has been the favoured target. Baldwin has 17 catches for 321 yards and eight touchdowns, becoming the first wide receiver since Rice in 1993 with eight TDs in three games.

For the season, Baldwin is on pace to be the first Seattle wide receiver with 1,000 yards since Bobby Engram in 2007. He has 11 touchdowns and 61 receptions already and done it in just 80 targets. Baldwin is one of five wide receivers in the NFL with double-digit touchdowns, but the only one that has fewer than 128 targets.

“If you look at it, this year again we’re the most efficient receiving corps.

“I look at the tape and Russell’s doing everything right. It’s fun to watch.“ Doug Baldwin, Seahawks’ receiver

Really, nothing has changed,” Baldwin said.

“We just get more opportunities.

Obviously, if you get more opportunities you have more opportunities to do something with those chances. For us, we’re getting more targets.”

Seattle has looked for other primary receivers, whether it was the failed experiment with Percy Harvin or the addition of tight end Jimmy Graham this season.

But whether consciously or not, Wilson seems to always come back to Baldwin. Since Wilson’s first start in September 2012 at Arizona, the duo have connected 206 times in the regular season. That connection has been better than ever of late.

“I look at the tape and Russell’s doing everything right,” Baldwin said. “It’s fun to watch, it’s like a video game.”

Baldwin will never be regarded as the fastest straight ahead wide receiver and that’s not his strength. But Baldwin often has been described as quick by teammates and opponents. Quick in and out of his cut, quick in reading the defence and finding where he needs to go and quick in learning tendencies.

“You might not necessarily be as concerned about the fast receivers as you are the quicker ones,” Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said.

“Because the quicker ones can get off of the press, and if the ball’s delivered on time there’s some separation there.”

Quick is how Baldwin would describe what he adds to Seattle’s offence. When the Seahawks changed some of their passing philosophy at the bye week, the long drop backs by Wilson we’re mostly taken out and replaced by shorter routes and combinations where decisions needed to be made, well, quickly.

“That’s my forte. That’s what I’m supposed to be doing,” Baldwin said.

“That’s part of my job, being quick.”

elcome to a bowl season like no other.

For the first time, there are 40 games (excluding the national championship).

For the first time, there is something called the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl.

The College Football Playoff is back for Year 2, except this time the semifinals are on New Year’s Eve. If all that’s tough enough to keep straight in your head, don’t even try to process the details of the other 36 games. We’ll do it for you.

1. Cotton Bowl (semifinal): Alabama vs. Michigan State Dec. 31 at 5 p.m. (ESPN) Comment: The marquee game matches two punishing teams loaded with talent on the lines of scrimmage. It also matches Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban against his former school — he coached the Spartans in the 1990s. Michigan State plays the way Alabama plays (i.e., old school), and the Tide usually dominates its own kind.

2. Orange Bowl (semifinal): Oklahoma vs. Clemson Dec. 31 at 1 p.m. (ESPN) Comment: The opening semifinal will look nothing like the nightcap.

Oklahoma and Clemson like to play fast and score points — lots and lots of points. The difference: Oklahoma’s defense is legit and

Alabama running back Derrick Henry runs the ball in for a touchdown during a college football game against Middle Tennessee, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. [AP PHOTO]

Clemson’s is sketchy (as we saw in the ACC title game). The Sooners should advance to set up the title game showdown with ‘Bama.

3. Alamo Bowl: Oregon vs. TCU Jan. 2 at 3:45 p.m. (ESPN) Comment: Two teams that had playoff aspirations before their quarterbacks got hurt. Those quarterbacks — Oregon’s Vernon Adams and TCU’s Trevone Boykin — are healthy and should combine for one of the most entertaining games of the postseason. Recall the 2011 Alamo Bowl, when Baylor beat Washington 67-56? This could be a repeat.

4. Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State vs.

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2. Columbus, Calvert 5 (Atkinson, Connauton) 2:26.

3. Arizona, Vermette 4 (unassisted) 8:51.

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6. Columbus, Wennberg 2 (Saad) 9:10.

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PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles San Jose Calgary

GP 31 31 31

W L OL SL 20 9 1 1 16 14 1 0 15 14 1 1

GF GA 81 66 83 83 83 105

Pts Home 42 11-5-0-0 33 4-9-0-0 32 10-5-0-0

Away 9-4-1-1 12-5-1-0 5-9-1-1

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

GP 33 32 33 31 31 33 33 30

W 18 15 16 14 14 14 11 11

GF GA 89 78 82 83 90 89 85 95 86 102 87 100 81 94 56 76

Pts 40 36 33 30 30 30 30 27

Away 5-7-3-0 6-7-3-0 11-9-0-0 6-10-0-1 7-10-1-0 5-12-1-0 6-8-4-1 3-9-1-0

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

WILD CARD Chicago Nashville Colorado Winnipeg Arizona Edmonton Vancouver Anaheim

L OL SL 11 4 0 11 5 1 16 1 0 15 1 1 15 2 0 17 2 0 14 7 1 14 4 1

Home 13-4-1-0 9-4-2-1 5-7-1-0 8-5-1-0 7-5-1-0 9-5-1-0 5-6-3-0 8-5-3-1

Note: winning team is credited with 2 points and a victory in the W column; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives 1 point in the respective OTL or SOL column.

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

Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Boston at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

NY Rangers at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Chicago at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Calgary at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Anaheim at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m.

NY Islanders at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 10 p.m.

KINGS 3, CANADIENS 0

SHARKS 5, LEAFS 4 (OT)

First Period â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Desharnais Mtl (hooking) 13:35; Martinez LA (hooking) 15:05.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Los Angeles, Doughty 5 (Toffoli) 14:47.

2. Los Angeles, Kopitar 9 (Doughty, Gaborik) 16:22.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ehrhoff LA (delay of game) 5:04; Subban Mtl (interference) 12:43.

Third Period 3. LA, Gaborik 7 (Lucic) 19:11 (en).

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ehrhoff LA (tripping) 16:16.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Los Angeles 7 9 4â&#x20AC;&#x201D;20 Montreal 18 12 15â&#x20AC;&#x201D;45 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Los Angeles: Quick (W, 17-8-1); Mtl: Condon (L, 9-6-3). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; LA: 0-2; Montreal: 0-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 21,288 at Montreal.

First Period 1. San Jose, Pavelski 15 (Burns, Marleau) 2:01 (pp).

2. San Jose, Marleau 13 (Pavelski, Burns) 11:32 (pp).

3. Toronto, Holland 5 (Winnik) 14:48.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Parenteau Tor (tripping) 1:55; Hunwick Tor (interference) 11:02.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 4. Tor, Komarov 11 (Corrado, Kadri) 4:50.

5. Toronto, van Riemsdyk 10 (Parenteau, Bozak) 19:14.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Demelo SJ (holding) 5:47; SJ Bench (too many men) 8:11; Lupul Tor (interference) 8:44.

Third Period 6. Tor, Grabner 2 (Holland, Winnik) 1:59.

7. San Jose, Vlasic 4 (Braun) 3:10.

8. SJ, Nieto 4 (Tierney, Donskoi) 11:49.

3HQDOW\ â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Braun SJ (delay game) 12:26.

Overtime 9. SJ, Burns 11 (Thornton, Pavelski) 2:13.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO San Jose 21 7 14 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;44 Toronto 9 14 8 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;31 *RDO (shots-saves) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SJ: Jones (W, 1410-1); Tor: Sparks (15-13), Bernier (LO, 0-8-3)(11:32 1st, 27-24). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; SJ: 2-3; Tor: 0-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,966 at Toronto.

BLACKHAWKS 4, OILERS 0 First Period 1. Chi, Toews 10 (Hossa, Teravainen) 14:00.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Chi, Teravainen 7 (Toews, Hossa) 12:29.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nikitin Edm (holding) 1:54; Nikitin Edm (delay of game) 17:56.

Third Period 3. Chi, Teravainen 8 (Hossa, Toews) 16:42.

4. Chi, Panarin 10 (Seabrook, Kane) 18:35.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; None.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Edmonton 9 15 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;33 Chicago 14 16 7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;37 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edmonton: Talbot (L, 4-9-1); Chicago: Crawford (W, 16-8-2).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edmonton: 0-0; Chicago: 0-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 21,451 at Chicago.

SOCCER FIFA WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS At Yokohama, Japan Barclna (Spn.) 3 Gngzh Evrgrnd (Chi.) 0

PANTHERS 5, DEVILS 1 First Period 1. Fla, Jokinen 7 (Pirri, Trocheck) 9:32 (pp).

2. Fla, Kulikov 1 (Jagr, Campbell) 12:00.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Huberdeau Fla (slashing) 0:59; Kennedy NJ (hooking) 6:36; Stempniak NJ (tripping) 8:41; Ekblad Fla (interference) 12:28.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 3. Florida, Pirri 7 (Knight, Shaw) 2:42.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Larsson NJ (hooking) 0:25.

Third Period 4. Fla, Smith 10 (Trocheck, Jokinen) 7:28.

5. New Jersey, Kalinin 4 (Palmieri, Schlemko) 13:38 (pp).

6. Fla, Shaw 3 (Pirri, Knight) 15:16 (en).

3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Olsen Fla (interference) 12:11.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Florida 6 14 6â&#x20AC;&#x201D;26 New Jersey 6 7 3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;16 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: Montoya (W, 5-1-1); NJ: Schneider (L, 14-9-4). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Florida: 1-3; NJ: 1-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 12,512 at New Jersey.

BLUES 2, PREDATORS 1 First Period 1. Nash, Josi 8 (Forsberg, Weber) 7:14 (pp).

3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Brouwer StL (interference) 6:01.

6HFRQG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Josi Nash (slashing) 0:17; Tarasenko StL (tripping) 17:13.

Third Period 2. St. Louis, Backes 10 (Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk) 2:38.

3. St. Louis, Tarasenko 20 (Steen, Stastny) 14:40 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Neal Nash (tripping), Stastny StL (face-off violation) 1:31; Gunnarsson StL (delay of game) 10:40; Arvidsson Nash (tripping) 14:14.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Nashville 11 6 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;26 St. Louis 11 13 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;33 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nashville: Rinne (L, 12-9-6); St. Louis: Allen (W, 15-7-2). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nash: 1-3; StL: 1-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 17,882 at St. Louis.

SABRES 3, DUCKS 0 First Period â&#x20AC;&#x201D; No Scoring.

3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Larsson Buf (cross-check) 19:49.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 1. Buf, Kane 7 (Eichel, Reinhart) 2:36. %XIIDOR 0F&DEH 2¡5HLOO\ 'HVODXULers) 13:35.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Manson Ana (high-sticking) 6:56; Getzlaf Ana (interference) 16:03; Larsson Buf (delay of game) 19:32.

Third Period 3. Buf, McGinn 7 (Ristolainen, Gorges) 13:50.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gorges Buf (tripping) 3:08; Silfverberg Ana (hooking), Maroon Ana, Deslauriers Buf (roughing) 14:58.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Anaheim 14 11 16â&#x20AC;&#x201D;41 Buffalo 8 8 6â&#x20AC;&#x201D;22 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Anaheim: Gibson (L, 4-4-1); Buffalo: Johnson (W, 9-9-1). 3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ana: 0-3; Buffalo: 0-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 18,801 at Buffalo.

FLYERS 2, CANUCKS 0 First Period 3KLOD 5DIĂ 0HGYHGHY 5HDG

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hansen Vcr (holding) 14:45; Weber Vcr (interference) 17:09; Biega Vcr (roughing) 17:46.

6HFRQG 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dorsett Vcr (elbowing), Manning Pha (embellishment) 0:35; White Pha (high-sticking) 7:17; Bartkowski Vcr (trip) 11:05; White Pha (hook) 17:14; Giroux Pha (interference) 18:16.

Third Period 2. Philadelphia, Couturier 5 (Simmonds, Voracek) 17:10.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Dorsett Vcr, Del Zotto Pha (roughing) 13:19.

6KRWV RQ JRDO Vancouver 12 16 8â&#x20AC;&#x201D;36 Philadelphia 12 12 8â&#x20AC;&#x201D;32 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Van: Markstrom (L, 1-3-2); Phila: Mason (W, 6-8-4). 3RZHU SOD\V (goalchances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Vancouver: 0-3; Phila: 0-4. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 17,943 at Philadelphia.

AVALANCHE 2, ISLES 1 First Period 1. Colo, Beauchemin 4 (Martinsen) 3:48.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Leddy NYI (cross-checking) 5:36; Johnson Col (tripping) 6:10; Landeskog Col (tripping) 14:07.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. NY Islanders, Nelson 11 (Zidlicky, Grabovski) 4:55 (pp).

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Grigorenko Col (hooking) 3:10; Johnson Col (high-sticking) 13:28; Lee NYI (hooking) 15:20.

Third Period 3. Colorado, Beauchemin 5 (Soderberg, Comeau) 16:12.

3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Col Bench (too many men) 11:09.

6KRWV RQ JRDO NY Islanders 14 11 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 34 Colorado 7 11 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 30 *RDO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NYI: Greiss (L, 9-4-2); Colo: Varlamov (W, 11-8-1). 3RZHU SOD\V (goalchances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NYI: 1-5; Colorado: 0-2. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 15,811 at Colorado.

WILD 5, RANGERS 2 First Period 1. Minn, Koivu 7 (Vanek, Parise) 8:27.

3HQDOW\â&#x20AC;&#x201D;McIlrath NYR (interference) 8:52.

6HFRQG 3HULRG 2. Minnesota, Dumba 5 (Niederreiter, Granlund) 17:30 (pp).

3. NYR, Moore 3 (Etem, Glass) 19:51.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Stoll Minn (tripping) 10:34; Boyle NYR (hooking) 15:40.

Third Period 4. Min, Pominville 4 (Koivu, Suter) 9:38 (pp).

5. Minn, Porter 2 (Fontaine, Suter) 10:18.

6. NYR, McDonagh 5 (Miller, Fast) 16:23.

7. Minn, Koivu 8 (Carter, Coyle) 17:43.

3HQDOWLHV â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Skjei NYR (holding) 9:20; Niederreiter Minn (goaltender interference) 11:05; McIlrath NYR, Coyle Minn (roughing) 18:10.

6KRWV RQ JRDO NY Rangers 5 9 9â&#x20AC;&#x201D;23 Minnesota 5 15 14â&#x20AC;&#x201D;34 *RDO (shots-saves) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NYR: Raanta (4-3), Lundqvist (L, 15-7-3)(13:49 1st, 31-27); Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 14-7-2).

3RZHU SOD\V (goal-chances) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NY Rangers: 0-2; Minnesota: 2-3. $WWHQGDQFH â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 19,090 at Minnesota.

SCORING LEADERS Kane, Chi Seguin, Dal Benn, Dal Hall, Edm Karlsson, Ott D. Sedin, Vcr Tarasenko, StL Gaudreau, Cal Cammalleri, NJ H. Sedin, Vcr Klingberg, Dal Hoffman, Ott Ryan, Ott Bergeron, Bos Steen, StL Wheeler, Win Krejci, Bos Panarin, Chi Duchene, Col Pavelski, SJ 2¡5HLOO\ %XI Giroux, Phi MacKinnon, Col Kuznetsov, Wash Stone, Ott Zuccarello, NYR Malkin, Pgh

G 19 17 20 15 7 14 19 12 11 9 5 17 10 9 11 10 9 9 16 14

11 10 9 7 14 14

A 27 25 21 20 28 20 13 20 20 22 26 13 20 21 18 19 20 20 12 14

17 18 19 21 13 13

7KXUVGD\ V JDPHV QRW LQFOXGHG

Pt 46 42 41 35 35 34 32 32 31 31 31 30 30 30 29 29 29 29 28 28

28 28 28 28 27 27

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2015

HOCKEY

FOOTBALL

NBA

WHL

NFL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION GP W L Brandon 33 20 10 Prince Albert 32 18 11 Moose Jaw 32 16 11 Regina 33 15 14 Saskatoon 31 11 17 Swift Current 32 10 18

EAST OL 1 2 4 2 3 3

SL 2 1 1 2 0 1

GF GA 125 93 100 99 112 102 100 111 91 131 77 102

Pt 43 39 37 34 25 24

OL 0 0 1 3 2 2

SL 0 0 1 0 1 0

GF GA 139 103 121 94 116 108 93 113 101 127 64 144

Pt 44 44 44 29 25 14

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L Lethbridge 33 22 11 Red Deer 33 22 11 Calgary 35 21 12 Edmonton 34 13 18 Medicine Hat 32 11 18 Kootenay 34 6 26

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

GP W L 33 25 7 32 20 10 33 20 11 30 15 11 34 11 19

OL 1 1 1 3 2

SL 0 1 1 1 2

GF GA 129 93 110 91 113 77 112 100 98 123

Pt 51 42 42 34 26

OL 0 2 2 0 1

SL 2 0 1 0 0

GF GA 85 66 105 93 108 111 107 102 99 122

Pt 38 38 35 30 27

GP W L 30 18 10 31 18 11 32 16 13 31 15 16 32 13 18

Note: Division leaders ranked in top 2 positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 points & a victory in W column; team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 pt. in OTL or SOL columns :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Brandon 5 Kamloops 3 Kelowna 1 Moose Jaw 0 Lethbridge 7 Saskatoon 4 Vancouver 4 Victoria 3 Everett 7 Spokane 4 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV $OO WLPHV /RFDO Kamloops at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Lethbridge at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Everett at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Vernon Trail Merritt

GP W L 34 30 3 32 20 8 34 19 13 37 15 19 34 16 18 35 10 23

T OL GF GA Pt 1 0 147 72 61 2 2 134 89 44 0 2 133 125 40 0 3 154 125 33 0 0 103 135 32 0 2 118 157 22

ISLAND DIVISION GP W L Nanaimo 35 22 12 Cowichan Vally 34 17 12 Powell River 31 18 12 Victoria 37 14 19 Alberni Valley 34 13 18

T OL GF GA Pt 0 1 139 114 45 2 3 120 150 39 0 1 111 84 37 0 4 100 109 32 2 1 97 130 29

MAINLAND DIVISION GP W L Chilliwack 32 22 6 Wenatchee 34 20 9 Langley 32 18 13 Coquitlam 34 14 15 Prince George 34 8 24 Surrey 33 5 27

: 11 8 6 5

/ 2 5 7 8

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .846 .615 .462 .385

3) 3$ 402 253 325 256 316 301 264 331

: / 10 3 8 5 4 9 3 10

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .769 .615 .308 .231

3) 3$ 354 229 344 260 278 326 240 357

: / 6 7 6 7 5 8 3 10

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .462 .462 .385 .231

3) 3$ 275 356 259 291 326 357 253 326

: / 10 3 8 5 6 7 3 10

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .769 .615 .462 .231

3) 3$ 281 225 331 243 299 326 250 334

NORTH

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

WEST

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

T OL GF GA Pt 1 3 133 74 48 3 2 116 78 45 1 0 123 102 37 1 4 107 135 33 0 2 79 150 18 1 0 82 167 11

7KXUVGD\¡V UHVXOW Victoria 7 Alberni Valley 0 :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Cowichan Valley 4 Nanaimo 2 Trail 6 Vernon 3 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV $OO WLPHV /RFDO Cowichan Valley at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Surrey at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Merritt at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Penticton at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Chilliwack at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

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

Salmon Arm at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV Coquitlam at Langley, 6 p.m.

West Kelowna at Penticton, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Cowichan Valley, 7 pm.

Powell River at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.

Nanaimo at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Chilliwack at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Trail at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

EAST

Washington Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Dallas

: 6 6 6 4

/ 7 7 7 9

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .462 .462 .462 .308

3) 3$ 281 307 301 322 338 320 230 305

: 9 8 5 4

/ 4 5 8 9

7 0 0 0 0

3FW .692 .615 .385 .308

3) 3$ 317 245 258 255 272 314 267 336

: 13 6 6 5

/ 0 7 8 8

7 3FW 0 1.000 0 .462 0 .429 0 .385

3) 3$ 411 243 279 295 311 353 323 397

NORTH

Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

SOUTH

y-Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

:

/

3FW

*%

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

17 15 15 15 15 16 14 15 15 14 12 10 10 7 1

7 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 14 14 17 18 26

.708 .652 .625 .625 .600 .593 .560 .556 .556 .538 .462 .417 .370 .280 .037

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 11/2 2 2 21/2 1 2 /2 31/2 31/2 31/2 4 6 7 81/2 101/2 171/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

SOUTH

Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

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

x-New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

WEST

: / 7 3FW 3) 3$ x-Arizona 11 2 0 .846 405 252 Seattle 8 5 0 .615 340 235 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 241 294 San Francisco 4 9 0 .308 188 315 x - clinched playoff berth; y -clinched division

WEEK 15 7KXUVGD\ V UHVXOW St. Louis 31 Tampa Bay 23 6DWXUGD\ V JDPH N.Y. Jets at Dallas, 8:25 p.m.

6XQGD\ V JDPHV Atlanta at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Washington, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at New England, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

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

Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Miami at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at Pittsburgh, 4:25 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

0RQGD\ V JDPH Detroit at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

NCAA BOWLS (Subject to Change) 6DWXUGD\ V JDPHV

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

NEW MEXICO BOWL $W $OEXTXHUTXH Ariz. (6-6) v. N.Mexico (7-5), 2 pm (ESPN)

LAS VEGAS BOWL BYU (9-3) vs. Utah (9-3), 3:30 pm. (ABC)

CAMELIA BOWL $W 0RQWJRPHU\ $OD Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian State (10-2), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

CURE BOWL $W 2UODQGR )OD San Jose State (5-7) vs. Georgia State (6-6), 7 p.m. (CBSSN)

NEW ORLEANS BOWL Louisiana Tech (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN) 0RQGD\ V JDPHV

MIAMI BEACH BOWL South Florida (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (11-2), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) 7XHVGD\ 'HF

FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL At Boise Akron (7-5) v. Utah St. (6-6), 3:30 pm (ESPN)

:

/

3FW

*%

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

25 22 17 16 14 14 12 11 10 11 11 10 9 7 4

1 5 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 16 16 15 16 18 21

.962 .815 .654 .615 .538 .519 .462 .440 .417 .407 .407 .400 .360 .280 .160

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 31/2 8 9 11 1 11 /2 13 131/2 14 141/2 141/2 141/2 151/2 171/2 201/2

7KXUVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Charlotte 109 Toronto 99 (OT) Cleveland 104 Oklahoma City 100 Houston at L.A. Lakers :HGQHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Indiana 107 Dallas 81 Orlando 113 Charlotte 98 Miami 104 Brooklyn 98 Detroit 119 Boston 116 New York 107 Minnesota 102 Chicago 98 Memphis 85 Oklahoma City 106 Portland 90 Atlanta 127 Philadelphia 106 San Antonio 114 Washington 95 New Orleans 104 Utah 94 Golden State 128 Phoenix 103 L.A. Clippers 103 Milwaukee 90 )ULGD\¡V JDPHV Brooklyn at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Portland at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Miami, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 9 p.m.

Milwaukee at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

6DWXUGD\¡V JDPHV L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at Memphis, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8 p.m.

BIATHLON WORLD CUP $W 3RNOMXND 6ORYHQLD

MEN'S 10-KM SPRINT 1. Simon Schempp, Germany, 23 minutes, 2.5 seconds (0 missed targets).

2. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway, 15.2 seconds behind (0).

3. Evgeniy Garanichev, Russia, 25.1 (0).

4. Alexey Slepov, Russia, 25.3 (0).

5. Martin Fourcade, France, 25.6 (1).

6. Anton Shipulin, Russia, 28.4 (1).

7. Quentin Fillon Maillet, France, 31.9 (0).

8. Benedikt Doll, Germany, 33.3 (1).

9. Tarjei Boe, Norway, 36.9 (1).

10. Alexey Volkov, Russia, 39.8 (0). $OVR 1DWKDQ 6PLWK &DOJDU\ $OWD 1:15.9 (1).

0DF[ 'DYLHV &DQPRUH $OWD 1:28.8 (1).

6FRWW *RZ &DOJDU\ $OWD (1).

46. Brendan Green, Hay River, N.W.T., 1:47.3 (2).

STANDINGS (After 6 events) 1. Martin Fourcade, France, 294 points.

2. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway, 255.

3. Simon Schempp, Germany, 228.

4. Quentin Fillon Maillet, France, 226.

5. Emil Hegle Svendsen, Norway, 216.

6. Tarjei Boe, Norway, 197.

7. Anton Shipulin, Russia, 189.

8. Evgeniy Garanichev, Russia, 171.

9. Benedikt Doll, Germany, 168.

10. Simon Eder, Austria, 146.

NFL

Austin, Gurley lead Rams to 31-23 win over Tampa Bay R.B. FALLSTROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. LOUIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The St. Louis Rams saved some of their best for last.

Tavon Austin scored twice, Todd Gurley topped 1,000 yards rushing and the Rams beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-23 on Thursday night in what could be the franchiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final game in St. Louis.

The 31st-ranked offence had an inspired effort in front of another half-filled but spirited Edward Jones

Dome crowd, rolling to a 21-3 halftime lead behind Case Keenumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two touchdown passes.

Fans chanted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep Our Rams!

Keep Our Rams!â&#x20AC;? and carried signs, one of them reading â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Need Kroenke, We Just Want our Rams.â&#x20AC;?

Owner Stan Kroenke, who wants to move the Rams (6-8) to Los Angeles, attended the finale but kept a low profile.

The team announced 51,295 tickets had been distributed for the

66,000-capacity dome.

Up 31-13, the Rams became conservative and Jameis Winston took advantage with two touchdown passes in a big fourth quarter. He had just 125 yards passing the first three quarters, but finished with a careerbest 363, his first 300-yard effort, for Tampa Bay (6-8).

The halftime deficit was the Buccaneersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; largest since they were down 35-7 against the Titans in their opening 42-14 loss.

Mike Evans had nine receptions for 157 yards and topped 1,000 yards.

Austin Seferian-Jenkinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; nine-yard scoring catch cut the deficit to eight with 1:34 to play, but the Ramsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Bryce Hager recovered the onside kick.

Benny Cunningham had a 102yard kickoff return to the Tampa Bay three yard-line in the fourth quarter and a 44-yard return on the opening kickoff capped by Austinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17-yard scoring reception.

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Tonight: All smiles.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Meetings play a significant role in your decision-making process. You hear many different opinions, but you’ll lean toward the most positive one.

You might want to zero in on what you want without any fuss. Know when you’re too tired to go on.

Tonight: Take your leave with grace.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You’ll give your time and attention to a higher-up who will have something for you to do at the last minute. You come from a secure point of view, but you’ll still experience a lot of pressure from your personal life. You cannot be stopped. Tonight: The spotlight is on you!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Take an overview, and don’t feel intimidated by someone else’s efforts.

You could be too focused on what others are doing. Stop comparing yourself to them. You will accomplish what you want even more quickly and far better than you had imagined. Tonight: In the limelight.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) A partner’s emotional response will encourage you to back off some. You could be tired of always having to maintain a positive outlook. Next time

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might find that you spend most of the day responding and/or reacting to others. You have a lot of energy, but you still could feel overwhelmed by everything that is happening. A domestic issue lurks in the background. Tonight: Express your caring in a meaningful way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might feel as if you’re being weighed down by everything you have to do. Rather than let yourself be stressed, relax and just focus on one task at a time. You will be surprised and delighted when a loved one offers to pitch in. Tonight: Have fun with a favorite person.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Your emotional responses will point you in the right direction. You might not be aware of how many supporters you have, especially in your group of friends. You could go overboard without trying.

Settle down by the late afternoon.

Tonight: Beam in what you want.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You will need to tackle some work or responsibilities in the morning, as tension builds to new level. Your creativity soars, as does your desirability. You might be holding back because of feelings for someone else. Are you sure this behavior serves you? Tonight: Be naughty and nice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Make calls and schedule a meeting.

The sooner you get this appointment arranged, the better off

you will be. You’ll cover so much ground, you might want to head home early. You likely will need to make some important calls after you leave. Tonight: Run an errand or two.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Money, gift-giving and considering more of an experience-oriented present will fill your mind with ideas. Brainstorm with a partner or dear friend, though the topic could drift to dinner plans and perhaps a little gossip. Tonight: Welcome the weekend with friends.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You know exactly what you want, and you’ll manage to get past any hassles in the morning. Others keep distracting you from your errands and from accomplishing what you need to do. Focus on the financial implications of all your gift-giving.

Tonight: Let a friend treat.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Dec. 18) This year you often fuss over details and potentially negative possibilities.

Curb your imagination, and you will be a lot happier. Understand that you can control only yourself; others will make their own choices. If you are single, you have a plethora of potential sweeties around you. Romance heads your way. If you are attached, you build an even closer bond. Others envy the closeness you have. Take that long-discussed vacation this year.

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Mourinho out as Chelsea manager There has been no immediate announcement for a replacement ahead of Saturday’s match at home ROB HARRIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The personal conduct of the stylestyled “Special One” was also proving damaging to Chelsea, with Mourinho engaging in public spats with referees, a television rights holder and even the club’s doctor over the last year. Chelsea is engaged in an ongoing legal battle with Dr. Eva Carneiro after she was publicly criticized and then demoted following Mourinho’s opening-day outburst.

Now it is Mourinho leaving Chelsea, with Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich preparing for his 10th managerial appointment since buying the team in 2003 and transforming its fortunes with a huge injection of cash.

“Both Jose and the board agreed results have not been good enough this season and believe it is in the

best interests of both parties to go our separate ways,” Chelsea said in a statement.

“The club wishes to make clear Jose leaves us on good terms and will always remain a much-loved, respected and significant figure at Chelsea. His legacy at Stamford Bridge and in England has long been guaranteed and he will always be warmly welcomed back to Stamford Bridge.”

Throughout weeks of turmoil, Mourinho retained the support of fans who loyally chanted his name.

There was no immediate announcement about a replacement ahead of Saturday’s home match against Sunderland.

“The club’s focus is now on ensuring our talented squad reaches its

potential,” Chelsea said.

First hired by Chelsea in 2004, the Portuguese coach ended a 50-year league title drought and defended the trophy among other successes before losing a power struggle three years later with Abramovich.

He was brought back in 2013 by Abramovich in an attempt to restore unity to the club following the divisiveness caused by the appointment of Rafa Benitez as interim manager, who was regularly jeered by fans.

Mourinho presented himself as a figure transformed from the fiery character who fell out with Abramovich in 2007, but it was not long before the combativeness returned.

He survived a first trophyless season back at Stamford Bridge before cruising to the title in May.

LONDON — Jose Mourinho’s second spell at Chelsea ended prematurely Thursday with the team in decline only seven months after the Portuguese coach won his third Premier League title with the club.

Although Chelsea is only one point above the relegation zone, the 52-year-old Mourinho had been defiantly insisting he was the right man to oversee the team even as it collapsed on the field with a succession of humiliations.

Mourinho’s departure — characterized by Chelsea as “mutual” — came 2 1/2 years after his return to Stamford Bridge and only four months into a new four-year contract.

The worst-ever start for a defending

champion team in the Premier League was compounded on Monday by a 2-1 loss at surprise leader Leicester.

After the match, Mourinho said he was “betrayed” by his players.

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Buchanan named top female soccer player

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MONTREAL — Canadian rugby star Magali Harvey got to show off her sport to some pro athletes on Wednesday and they came away impressed.

“This was the first time to learn the rules, the principles of passing the ball, the techniques,” said Montreal Impact midfielder Patrice Bernier. “It was interesting.”

Montreal Alouettes defensive end John Bowman also got a taste of it as Harvey, named the top player in world women’s rugby in 2014, eluded his grasp repeatedly in one-on-one drills. Harvey was promoting rugby sevens, a sport Canadian women excel at even if they are not as wellknown as they ought to be.

So she got on an indoor field with the two pro athletes and members of the Quebec women’s squad to show what it’s about.

“It’s a backward thing,” said Bernier, who also played major junior hockey before turning pro in soccer.

“Everything is about backwards or sideways passing. You want to go toward the net in other sports. But there are similarities. It gives you a new perspective in terms of strategy.”

Harvey was impressed with them as well.

“You can definitely see they’re athletic,” she said. “They catch on pretty fast but you can see it’s a different style.

“They read the game well but it’s a different type of step in rugby.”

Harvey, 25, was on a Canadian team that won gold in rugby sevens at the Pan Am Games in Toronto this year and will likely be a key member of the squad when women’s sevens debuts at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next summer.

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K

adeisha Buchanan had yet to reach double digits in age when Christine Sinclair started her run of 11 straight Canadian female player of the year awards in 2004.

Sinclair, who also won the award in 2000, is still the captain and talisman of the Canadian women’s soccer team. But the 32-year-old star forward’s stranglehold on the top player award ended Thursday when Buchanan, a 20-year-old defender who put her stamp on the world stage in 2015, was voted BMO Player of the year.

“It’s definitely quite a shock because obviously Christine has won it so many times,” Buchanan, an unabashed Sinclair fan, told The Canadian Press from Brazil.

“It’s a bit of change to get used to.

Like wow . . . It’s obviously a great honour,” she added.

Sinclair and coach John Herdman no doubt led the cheering for Buchanan down in Brazil, where the Canadian women are competing at the International Tournament of Natal.

Sinclair, who shuns the spotlight, is the ultimate team player. And Herdman, who dubbed Buchanan “the Sinclair of defenders” back in May 2014, has been transitioning the Canadian squad to one where Sinclair helps float the entire boat rather than steer it.

Sinclair, third in voting by Canadian media and coaches, still cuts a commanding figure.

Her international goal total currently stands at 158, tying American Mia Hamm for second on the alltime women’s scoring list. American Abby Wambach, who played her last match Wednesday, is No. 1 with 184.

Buchanan, Canada’s best player at the Women’s World Cup on home

Canada’s Kadeisha Buchanan’s ponytail flops in front of her face after heading the ball during International friendly soccer action against Japan in Vancouver on Oct., 28, 2014. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

“It’s definitely quite a shock because obviously Christine has won it so many times.“ Kadeisha Buchanan

soil this summer, is writing her own history.

She is fearless on the pitch, a tough, athletic and physical defender with good instincts.

The native of Brampton, Ont., was the lone Canadian named to the World Cup all-star team and won the Hyundai Young Player Award, for players born after Jan. 1, 1995.

FIFA, the sport’s world governing

body, said Buchanan, then 19, “demonstrated technical excellence and experience that belie her age.”

Buchanan credits playing alongside Sinclair, Diana Matheson, Sophie Schmidt and others for helping raise her game.

Buchanan was also shortlisted for world female player of the year, the lone centre back in the 10-woman list. And the West Virginia University defender is one of three finalists for the MAC Hermann Award as the top NCAA women’s player.

She helped the Mountaineers reach the Elite Eight of the College Cup. “Kadeisha has had an incredible year, shining brightly on the world’s biggest stage at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 with millions of Canadians watching,” Victor

Montagliani, president of the Canadian Soccer Association, said in a statement. “Still only 20 years old, she will be a leader for Canada at the international level for years to come.”

Buchanan, who already has 43 caps with 39 starts, has hardly stopped this year with the World Cup, Pan American Games and school. She has played for Canada 21 times this year going into Sunday’s tournament finale against Brazil.

Forward/fullback Josee Belanger was second in voting for the player of the year award, followed by Sinclair, goalkeeper Erin McLeod and Schmidt. In all, 10 women received votes.

The male player of the year will be announced Friday.

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To love the original is to love the new one LINDSEY BAHR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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.J. Abrams may not elevate the language of Star Wars, but he sure is fluent in it.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is no more and no less than the movie that made us love it in the first place. In fact, it’s basically the same thing. Isn’t that what we all wanted anyway?

It’s hard to talk rationally about Star Wars. It is a deeply silly thing, with a genuine, undeniable hold on our culture.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens STARRING: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher DIRECTOR: J.J. Abrams PLAYING AT: Galaxy Cinemas RUNNING TIME: 136 minutes

Chalk it up to nostalgia, collective arrested development or the ineffable. But for many, the magic of Star Wars is inseparable from

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These movies make us lose ourselves in the spectacle. They make us forget our best instincts. They make us love the advertising as much as the art. They make us kids again.

In this way, The Force Awakens, the seventh movie in this improbable yet inevitable series, delivers.

It’s a movie made by someone who loves Star Wars deeply. Someone who can see more clearly than even its creator what made it so

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special to so many people. Abrams has taken everything that we adore about that first film, delicately mixed up a few elements, and churned out a reverent homage that’s a heck of a lot of fun to watch.

From the opening scroll to the sequelsetup ending, he manages to hit each beat of its 38-year-old predecessor.

Abrams has essentially passed the torch on to its new cast by making them amalgamations of the originals. You’ll know it when you see it. Who cares if it’s Star Wars Mad-Libs?

There’s the resistance-affiliated droid, who ends up stranded on a desert planet carrying a secret message (BB-8).

There’s the nobody with the dead-end job and a Jedi obsession (Daisy Ridley’s Rey), who has a life-changing encounter with said droid.

There’s the reckless kid uncertain of his allegiances (John Boyega’s Finn).

There’s the cocky pilot (Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron). There’s the powerful, masked villain, too (Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren).

The plot is as unwieldy and MacGuffin-filled as one might expect. It almost serves no purpose to go into the specifics at this point beyond the fact that the galaxy is in disarray, an evil army is growing (as is a resistance), and a series of coincidences help Rey collect a Wizard of Oz-worthy posse to help get BB-8 back to its rightful owners.

This time, it’s all because of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). He’s vanished.

Those are the first words on the screen and the last we’ll say about the big mystery.

The action is nearly non-stop, as is the humour, which kicks into gear when Han Solo (Harrison Ford) finally shows

up. Ford is in his element — delightful, energetic, funny, brash and fully Han, bantering with Chewie and everyone with the same verve he showed nearly 40 years ago. If only the same showcase was given to Carrie Fisher, who is woefully, inexcusably underused as Leia.

As for the new characters, Ridley’s Rey is a dream. She is feisty, endearingly awe-filled, capable and magnetic. She is the new anchor. She is our Luke, and she’s much cooler than he ever was.

Driver’s Kylo Ren is also a disarmingly powerful presence, whose wickedness seeps through the mask.

Boyega is appealing as Finn, too, even if his character doesn’t quite make sense on paper. (How do empathy, guilt and personality develop in a man who has been trained since birth to be a Stormtrooper?) But that’s taking things too seriously.

Others are less memorable, including Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma, and Andy Serkis’s preposterous-looking Supreme Leader Snoke. And while Abrams captures the lively, hokey and practical visual fun of the originals, he occasionally slips into generic blockbuster mode. But those moments pass, and all it takes is a perfect John Williams music cue to transport you back into the cozy blanket of that galaxy far, far away.

Loving Star Wars without reserve isn’t an easily justifiable thing, and neither is the fun of The Force Awakens. They are intrinsically linked. To love the original is to love this one.

On its own, The Force Awakens probably isn’t much. It’s not likely to convert anyone, either. But for the rest of us — even the most casual of fans — it fits the bill just fine.

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So maybe he was mixing his Star Wars and Star Trek references.

But when President Barack Obama spoke of getting congressional leaders into a “Jedi mind meld” back in 2013, eight years after the last Star Wars movie had come out, he was displaying in one small way just how firmly the franchise had rooted itself in our popular culture.

Well, the new Star Wars is finally out.

But since it might take you some time to get to the multiplex, here’s something to chew on while you’re waiting — some reasons Star Wars has retained its exalted position in the pop culture firmament: IT MADE SCIENCE FICTION COOL Just ask a science fiction nerd.

“I remember going with my wife and saying, ‘Look at these audiences!”’ says Paul Levinson, sci-fi author and communications professor at Fordham University.

“This franchise really brought science fiction, which had a cult following, into the mainstream in a huge way.”

IT SPAWNED A PARALLEL UNIVERSE And we don’t mean up in space — we mean down here on Earth, in human shopping malls.

The comics, the video games and, of course, the toys. “The films are the mother ship,” says Henry Jenkins, professor of communications, journalism and cinematic arts at the USC Annenberg School.

ESPECIALLY THE TOYS How big has Star Wars been to the toy industry?

“The biggest property the industry has even seen, bigger than any other by billions,” says Jim Silver of TTPM, an online toy review site.

“To put it in perspective, just imagine Frozen lasting for close to 40 years, but with a much larger demographic.”

HUMOUR One of the best things going for The Force Awakens — and this is hardly a spoiler — is its liberal use of humour amidst the action, a quality it takes from the early films, particularly from Han Solo (more on him soon) and, of course, C-P30 and R2-D2.

“Robots had never been funny before,” says Levinson.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Late Showâ&#x20AC;? host David Letterman and 16-year â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Daily Showâ&#x20AC;? host Jon Stewart. Both stepped away from their desks for good (the former in May and the latter in August), leaving behind some enormous shoes for their successors to fill. It marked an end of an era for the two comedians who were pillars of their respective genres â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Letterman revolutionized modern late-night talk shows, and Stewart turned satirical news into a comedy staple.

It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all â&#x20AC;&#x153;out with the oldâ&#x20AC;? in 2015, though. We were also introduced to a ton of new programming as networks and cablers continued to vie for viewership.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no surprise that CBS did well this year, having capitalized on its beloved NCIS franchise with a New Orleansbased spinoff starring Scott Bakula (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quantum Leapâ&#x20AC;?). What did surprise us this year was Foxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empire.â&#x20AC;? The series debuted in January with Taraji P. Henson (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Person of Interestâ&#x20AC;?) and Terrence Howard (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hustle & Flow,â&#x20AC;? 2005) headlining, and it took only 10 days for the network to order a second season, which premiered back in September.

AMC also (unsurprisingly) hit it out of the park in 2015 with its â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breaking Badâ&#x20AC;? spinoff, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Better Call Saul,â&#x20AC;? starring Bob Odenkirk (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nebraska,â&#x20AC;? 2013).

The series notched four Emmy nods and took home both of the Criticsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Choice Television Awards for which it was nominated, with critics praising Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Airplane,â&#x20AC;?

1980) for their portrayals of the eponymous Saul (a.k.a. Jimmy McGill) and Mike Ehrmantraut, respectively. (Season 2 premieres Monday, Feb. 15, on AMC.) Tracy Morgan as seen in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saturday Night Liveâ&#x20AC;?

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Sports this week Auto Racing

Cowboys Site: AT&T Stadium Arlington, Texas Live (3h5)

Saturday, Dec 19

Sunday, Dec 20

10:30 a.m. FSRacing (41) (41) FIA Auto Racing Formula E Championship Punta del Este, Uruguay Live (1h30)

9:00 a.m. KCPQ (15) (15) Fox NFL Sunday Live (1h) CBS (49) (49) The NFL Today Live (1h2) 10:00 a.m. TSN (8) (8) CTV (9) (9) NFL Football Teams TBA Live (3h) CBS (49) (49) NFL Football Tennessee Titans at New England Patriots Site: Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Mass. Live (3h) 1:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NFL Football Teams TBA Live (3h) KCPQ (15) (15) NFL Football Cleveland Browns at Seattle Seahawks Site: CenturyLink Field Seattle, Wash.

Live (3h) 1:25 p.m. CTV (9) (9) NFL Football Denver vs. Pittsburgh or Miami vs. San Diego Live (3h5) 4:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NFL Football Night in America Live (1h15) NBC (46) (46) Football Night in America Live (1h20) 5:15 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NFL Football Cincinnati Bengals at San Francisco 49ers Site: Levi’s Stadium Santa Clara, Calif. Live (3h15) 5:20 p.m. NBC (46) (46) NFL Football Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles Site: Lincoln Financial Field Philadelphia, Pa. Live (3h15)

Basketball Friday, Dec 18 4:30 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NBA Basketball Toronto Raptors at Miami Heat Site: American Airlines Arena Miami, Fla. Live (2h30) 7:30 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NBA Basketball Milwaukee Bucks at Golden State Warriors Site: The Oracle Oakland, Calif. Live (2h30)

Saturday, Dec 19 8:30 a.m. KCPQ (15) (15) Fox College Hoops Tip-Off Live (30m) 9:00 a.m. KCPQ (15) (15) NCAA Basketball Wichita State vs. Seton Hall Live (2h) 10:00 a.m. CBS (49) (49) NCAA Basketball UCLA vs. North Carolina Site: Barclays Center Brooklyn, N.Y. Live (2h15) 12:15 p.m. CBS (49) (49) NCAA Basketball Ohio State vs. Kentucky Site: Barclays Center Brooklyn, N.Y. Live (2h15) 5:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NBA Basketball Los Angeles Clippers at Houston Rockets Site: Toyota Center Houston, Texas Live (2h30)

Tuesday, Dec 22 4:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) Raptors Pregame Show Live (30m) 4:30 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NBA Basketball Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors Site: Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ont. Live (2h30)

Wednesday, Dec 23 4:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NBA Basketball New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers Site: Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Live (2h30) 7:30 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NBA Basketball Utah Jazz at Golden State Warriors Site: The Oracle Oakland, Calif.

Live (1h30)

Football Saturday, Dec 19 9:00 a.m. KOMO (47) (47) NCAA Football Celebration Bowl Alcorn State vs. North Carolina A&T Site: Georgia Dome Atlanta, Ga. Live (3h30) 12:30 p.m. KOMO (47) (47) NCAA Football Las Vegas Bowl BYU vs. Utah Site: Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nev. Live (3h30) 4:30 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NFL Football Pre-game Live (55m) 5:25 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NFL Football New York Jets at Dallas

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Monday, Dec 21 3:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NFL Monday Night Countdown Live (2h15) 5:15 p.m. TSN (8) (8) NFL Football Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Site: Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, La. Live (3h15)

Hockey Friday, Dec 18 4:00 p.m. RSP (45) (45) Hockeycentral Live (30m) 4:30 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NHL Hockey Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings Site: Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Mich. Live (2h30) 7:00 p.m. RSP (45) (45) WHL Hockey Kootenay Ice at Red Deer Rebels Site: Enmax Centrium Red Deer, Alta. Live (2h30)

Saturday, Dec 19 9:00 a.m. TSN (8) (8) IIHF Hockey World Junior Championship Canada vs.

Belarus Round Robin Live (2h30) 10:00 a.m. RSP (45) (45) NHL Hockey Chicago Blackhawks at Buffalo Sabres Site: First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. Live (2h30) 1:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) IIHF Hockey World Junior A Challenge Teams TBA

Site: Cobourg Community Centre Cobourg, Ont. Live (2h30) 2:00 p.m. RSP (45) (45) Hockeycentral Live (1h) 3:30 p.m. CBC (3) (3) Hockey Central Saturday Live (30m) CITY (13) (13) Hockey Central Live (30m) 4:00 p.m. CBC (3) (3) NHL Hockey Los Angeles Kings at Toronto Maple Leafs Site: Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ont. Live (3h) M (10) (10) Hockey Teams TBA Live (3h) CITY (13) (13) NHL Hockey Teams TBA Live (3h) 7:00 p.m. CBC (3) (3) NHL Hockey Edmonton Oilers at Colorado Avalanche Site: Pepsi Center Denver, Colo. Live (3h) M (10) (10) Hockey Teams TBA Live (3h) 10:00 p.m. CBC (3) (3) Hockey Central Post-game Show Live (30m)

Sunday, Dec 20 7:00 a.m. TSN (8) (8) IIHF Hockey World Junior Championship Canada vs.

Czech Republic Round Robin Live (2h30) 12:30 p.m. RSP (45) (45) Hockey Central Live (30m) 1:00 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NHL Hockey Vancouver Canucks at Florida Panthers Site: BB&T Center Sunrise, Fla. (subject to blackout) Live (2h30) 3:30 p.m. RSP (45) (45) Rogers Hometown Hockey Pre-game Live (30m) 4:00 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NHL Hockey Calgary Flames at Detroit Red Wings Site: Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Mich. Live (3h)

Monday, Dec 21 9:00 a.m. RSP (45) (45) Hockeycentral Live (1h) 5:00 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NHL Hockey Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild Site: Xcel Energy Center St. Paul, Minn. Live (2h30)

Tuesday, Dec 22 9:00 a.m. RSP (45) (45) Hockeycentral Live (1h) 4:00 p.m. RSP (45) (45) Hockey Central Live (30m) 4:30 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NHL Hockey Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay Lightning Site: Amalie Arena Tampa, Fla. (subject to blackout) Live (2h30) 7:30 p.m. RSP (45) (45) NHL Hockey San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings Site: Staples Center Los Angeles, Calif.

Live (2h30)

Wednesday, Dec 23 9:00 a.m. TSN (8) (8) IIHF Hockey World Junior Championship Canada vs.

Sweden Round Robin Live (2h30) RSP (45) (45) Hockeycentral Live (1h)

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Martial Arts Saturday, Dec 19 5:00 p.m. CTV2 (12) (12) KCPQ (15) (15) UFC Fight Night Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald Cerrone Site: Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Live (2h)

Soccer Saturday, Dec 19 6:30 a.m. TSN (8) (8) Barclays Premier League Pre-game Live (30m) RSP (45) (45) EPL Soccer Norwich City at Manchester United Site: Old Trafford Stadium Manchester, England Live (2h30) 7:00 a.m. TSN (8) (8) EPL Soccer Sunderland at Chelsea Site: Stamford Bridge London, England Live (2h) 7:55 a.m. TV5 (113) (113) FFF Soccer Championnat de France Équipes à communiquer En direct (2h5) 9:30 a.m. NBC (46) (46) EPL Soccer Aston Villa at Newcastle United Site: St. James’ Park Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England Live (2h) 11:30 a.m. NBC (46) (46) Premier League Goal Zone Live (30m)

Sunday, Dec 20 6:00 a.m. RSP (45) (45) DFL Soccer FSV Mainz at Hertha Berlin Site: Olympiastadion Berlin Berlin, Germany Live (2h20) 8:20 a.m. RSP (45) (45) DFL Soccer SV Darmstadt 98 at Borussia Moenchengladbach Site: Borussia-Park Monchengladbach, Germany Live (2h10)

Monday, Dec 21 11:30 a.m. TSN (8) (8) Barclays Premier League Live Live (30m) 12:00 p.m. TSN (8) (8) EPL Soccer Manchester City at Arsenal Site: Emirates Stadium London, England Live (2h)

Winter Sports Saturday, Dec 19 11:00 a.m. CBC (3) (3) Alpine Skiing Men’s Down Hill Championship Val Gardena, Italy Live (1h30) 2:00 p.m. CBC (3) (3) Luge World Cup Calgary, Alta. Live (1h)

Wrestling Monday, Dec 21 5:00 p.m. SN360 (109) (109) WWE Monday Night Raw Live (3h)

Tuesday, Dec 22 5:00 p.m. SN360 (109) (109) WWE Super Smackdown Live (2h) Nanaimo Daily News, BC: Sports Dec 18, 2015 to Dec 24, 2015

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Sisters Jill and Jessa allow cameras to document their lives as they prepare for important milestones in a new edition of “Jill and Jessa: Counting On,” airing Sunday, Dec. 20, on TLC. As Jill and Derek get ready to move down to Central America, the Seewalds plan to welcome their baby into the world.

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"Ce cher intrus" ('91) Le Téléjournal Économie National 24/60 (R) Grands rep. (R) Le Téléjournal (R) Télé Qc Journal 4:00 PGA Golf WGC - Cadillac Match Play Final (R) Golf Special (R) PGA Golf WGC - Cadillac Match Play Final (R)

Best Bet tonight

Taraji and Terrence’s White Hot Holidays KCPQ (15) (15)

9:00 p.m.

The stars of Fox’s hit “Empire” welcome their celebrity friends to celebrate the season in a rebroadcast of “Taraji and Terrence’s White Hot Holidays,” airing Tuesday, Dec. 22, on Fox. The musical special features a duet by Howard and Henson as well as performances by Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx, John Legend and more.

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Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson from “Taraji and Terrence’s White Hot Holidays”

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P. Popoff 5:00 WWE Smackdown Aftermath Highlights Night Highlights Night Highlights The Final Score The Final Score Are You The One? (R) Battle Bloodline Bloodlines Geordie Shore Broke A$$ Broke A$$ Broke A$$ Broke A$$ Broke A$$ Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work Work The Public Record (R) Politics Tête/tête Prime Politics (R) Supreme Court Hearings (R) 5:Meurtres Voisins Chemins école (R) Journal :40 Z "Cornouaille" ('12) Vanessa Paradis.

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Best Bet tonight

How the Grinch Stole Christmas NBC (46) (46)

8:00 p.m.

Dr. Seuss’s classic holiday tale comes to life as the mean-spirited Grinch tries to ruin Christmas for the whimsical Whos in a rebroadcast of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” airing Wednesday, Dec. 23, on NBC. In the end, it’s the Grinch who learns an important lesson about the true meaning of the season.

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The Grinch in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

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Friday, December 18, 2015

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"Deck the Halls" ('06) Danny de Vito.

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"Frozen River" ('08) Melissa Leo. A Christmas Carol Holiday Special (R) Sing EastEndrs EastEndrs :20 EastEnders Super.

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"Une pure affaire" ('11) P.Noël Journal :40 Hommes éléphants (R) Vu terre Apocalypse (R) Champion Nouvelles Tricheur Z "Le secret de l'Étoile du Nord" Z "Noël au château" ('11) TVANou. :45 Z

"Père de famille" ('00) Le Téléjournal Économie National 24/60 (R) Grands rep. (R) Le Téléjournal (R) Télé Qc Journal Shell's Wonderful World of Golf Shell's Wonderful World of Golf Shell's Golf "Ernie Els vs. Nick Price" Shell's Wonderful World of Golf

Best Bet tonight

The Big Bang Theory CBS (49) (49)

8:00 p.m.

An unstoppable force meets an immovable object when Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) mothers finally meet in this rebroadcast of “The Big Bang Theory,” airing Thursday, Dec. 24, on CBS. Elsewhere, Howard (Simon Helberg) gets some help from him friends to do housework.

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Jim Parsons stars in “The Big Bang Theory”

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Stars on screen

Hallmark floods the airwaves with Christmas cheer

By Shona Dustan TV Media ’Tis the season: If you’re looking for feel-good TV — and many of us are this time of year — look no further than Hallmark Channel. The epitome of Christmas spirit, the cable network has been airing Christmas movies and specials non-stop since the beginning of November, many of which are brand new Hallmark originals.

“Crown for Christmas,” airing Sunday, Dec. 20, is one such original. Starring Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”) as Allie Evans, this holiday flick pays homage to the globally adored musical “The Sound of Music.”

When Allie is fired from an upscale New York City hotel where she worked as a maid, she desperately searches for a new job, eventually falling into a position as governess to Theodora (Ellie Botterill in her first ever acting gig), the daughter of a powerful European man — a family she later learns is royalty from the (fictional) kingdom of Winshire.

And here’s where the similarities to the Dame Julie Andrews classic are found: informed that the princess’s mother has tragically passed away and that the girl has since been terrorizing governesses, Allie manages to overcome Theodora’s hard exterior and forge a special bond with her. While making inroads with the girl, she also finds herself falling for the father, the King of Winshire (Rupert Penry-Jones, “MI-5”), who is expected to wed a local countess in the near future.

Much like the classic it’s based on, the story weaves a tale of love and family and a “will-they-or-won’t-they” romance. All Allie was looking for was a job for the holidays, but she gets much more.

Higher learning: Alison Brie, sweetheart of the comedy world, lends her star power to TV Land’s upcoming comedy series, “Teachers,” premiering Wednesday, Jan. 13. Until now, Brie has been primarily a performer, spending most of her time in front of the camera. But after wrapping six seasons of the beloved comedy “Community” as well as seven

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seasons of cable powerhouse “Mad Men” earlier this year, she was looking for a change. She looked for something to produce, hoping to get involved behind the scenes with a project she was excited about and could believe in.

Enter the Katydids. For seven years, the Katydids — an improv group made up of six hilarious women named Katie (or some variation of the name) — have been writing and performing together in Chicago. Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O’Brien and Kathryn Renée Thomas make up the ensemble.

When Brie’s management team sent her the webseries “Teachers,” written by and starring the Katydids, she knew she’d found whatt she was looking for.

The troupe’s comedy stands on its own, and the webseries was like a TV show just waiting to be made. “It was just so funny,” Brie said in a 2015 San Diego Comic-Con interview, “the [webseries] episodes are very short, like the best little taste, and just left me wanting more. And I was like, the world needs more! And now they’re going to have it.”

In the new half-hour comedy, as in the webseries, each member of the troupe plays a teacher at an elementary school. They all have very different personalities, and the comedy that ensues when they bring their personal lives to work is gold. The material, the talent and the production value are all topnotch, and TV Land — relatively new to the original programming world — should soon have a hit on their hands.

Danica McKellar stars in “Crown for Christmas”

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Best Movies this week

FRIDAY, DEC 18 5:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

TVA (114) (114) ++++ "Mission Noël" (2011,Dessin animé) ; 'G' (2h)

TCM (35) (35) +++ "A Christmas Carol" (1938,Drama) ; 'G' (1h30) SLICE (25) (25) +++ "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1" (2011,Drama) ; '14+' (2h30)

6:15 p.m.

AMC (40) (40) +++ "A Christmas Carol" (1984,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h30)

6:30 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Sabah" (2005,Comedy/Drama) ; 'PG' (1h30) TCM (35) (35) ++ "Christmas in Connecticut" (1945,Comedy/Drama) ; 'G' (2h)

7:00 p.m.

CMT (21) (21) ++ "Just Friends" (2005,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h) OWN (159) (159) ++ "Last Holiday" (2006,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h30) MM (111) (111) +++ "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993,Animated) ; 'PG' (2h)

8:00 p.m.

CBC (3) (3) +++ "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994,Drama) ; 'G' (2h) E! (6) (6) ++ "The Three Gifts" (2009,Drama) ; 'G' (2h) EA (29) (29) +++ "Spaceballs" (1987,Comedy) ; 'PG' (1h40)

8:30 p.m.

SLICE (25) (25) +++ "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" (2012,Fantasy) ; '14+' (2h30) TCM (35) (35) ++ "Remember the Night" (1940,Romance) ; 'PG' (1h45)

8:45 p.m.

AMC (40) (40) +++ "White Christmas" (1954,Musical) ; 'G' (2h45)

9:00 p.m.

W (20) (20) ++ "Four Christmases" (2008,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h) YTV (22) (22) ++ "Jack Frost" (1998,Family) ; 'PG' (2h15)

9:30 p.m.

OWN (159) (159) ++ "Last Holiday" (2006,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h30)

9:40 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Mars Attacks!"

(1996,Comedy) ; '14+' (1h50)

10:00 p.m.

TBS (33) (33) ++ "Happy Gilmore" (1996,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h) TOON (31) (31) ++ "Titan A.E." (2000,Sci-Fi) ; 'PG' (2h)

10:15 p.m.

TCM (35) (35) +++ "Holiday Affair" (1949,Drama) ; 'G' (1h45)

10:30 p.m.

CMT (21) (21) ++ "Just Friends" (2005,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h)

SATURDAY, DEC 19 1:00 p.m.

TBS (33) (33) +++ "This Christmas" (2007,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h) CMT (21) (21) ++ "Just Friends" (2005,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h) SHOW (24) (24) ++ "Battleship" (2012,Sci-Fi) ; 'PG' (3h)

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1:30 p.m.

AMC (40) (40) +++ "A Christmas Carol" (1984,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h30)

9:00 p.m.

2:05 p.m.

GBL (11) (11) ++ "Chasing Christmas" (2005,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) W (20) (20) ++++ "Love Actually" (2003,Romance) ; '18+' (3h) TCM (35) (35) ++ "The Shopworn Angel" (1938,War) ; 'G' (2h)

2:15 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "Alexander" (2004,Adventure) ; '18+' (3h)

2:30 p.m.

SPIKE (30) (30) +++ "Four Brothers" (2005,Action) ; '14+' (2h30)

2:00 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "Godzilla" (1998,Sci-Fi) ; '14+' (2h20) TCM (35) (35) +++ "The Dirty Dozen" (1967,War) ; 'PG' (2h45) SLICE (25) (25) +++ "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" (2012,Fantasy) ; '14+' (2h30)

3:00 p.m.

RC (7) (7) ++ "Rio (v.f.)" (2011,Dessin animé) ; 'G' (2h) W (20) (20) ++ "Surviving Christmas" (2004,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

9:10 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

10:00 p.m.

FAM (32) (32) ++ "The Ultimate Christmas Present" (2000,Comedy) ; 'G' (1h30) APTN (107) (107) ++ "Skins" (2002,Drama) ; '18+' (2h)

SUNDAY, DEC 20

3:30 p.m.

GBL (11) (11) ++ "His and Her Christmas" (2005,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

1:00 p.m.

4:00 p.m.

GBL (11) (11) ++ "A Very Cool Christmas" (2004,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h) YTV (22) (22) +++ "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h45)

4:25 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "Problem Child" (1990,Comedy) ; 'PG' (1h25)

AMC (40) (40) +++ "Scrooged" (1988,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (2h) TVA (114) (114) +++ "Le sapin a des boules" (1989,Comédie) ; '14+' (2h) EA (29) (29) ++++ "The Dark Crystal" (1982,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (1h35)

5:00 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) +++ "Mistletoe Over Manhattan" (2011,Family) ; 'G' (2h) TCM (35) (35) ++ "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940,Romance) ; 'G' (2h)

6:00 p.m.

YTV (22) (22) ++ "Christmas With the Kranks" (2004,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h15) SHOW (24) (24) +++ "Star Trek" (2009,Sci-Fi) ; 'PG' (2h30) SLICE (25) (25) ++ "Snow White and the Huntsman" (2012,Action) ; 'PG' (2h30) EA (29) (29) ++++ "The Neverending Story" (1984,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (1h40) TOON (31) (31) ++ "Arthur Christmas" (2011,Animated) ; 'PG' (2h15) APTN (107) (107) ++ "Skins" (2002,Drama) ; '18+' (2h)

7:00 p.m.

W (20) (20) ++ "Four Christmases" (2008,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h) TCM (35) (35) +++ "The Mortal Storm" (1940,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h)

1:15 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

TBS (33) (33) +++ "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" (2013,Adventure) ; 'PG' (2h15) TVA (114) (114) ++ "Le grincheux" (2000,Comédie fantaisiste) ; 'G' (2h)

2:30 p.m.

TCM (35) (35) ++++ "How Green Was My Valley?" (1941,Drama) ; 'G' (2h30)

2:40 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Free Willy" (1993,Family) ; 'C8+' (1h55)

3:00 p.m.

RC (7) (7) +++ "Il était une fois" (2007,Aventure) ; 'G' (2h) M3 (16) (16) +++ "Mistletoe Over Manhattan" (2011,Family) ; 'G' (2h) CMT (21) (21) ++ "The Family Man" (2001,Drama) ; '14+' (3h)

3:45 p.m.

YTV (22) (22) ++ "Home Alone 3" (1997,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h15)

4:00 p.m.

YTV (22) (22) ++ "Call Me Claus" (2001,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) TVA (114) (114) +++ "Le coup de grâce" (2010,Biographie) ; 'G' (2h30)

8:30 p.m.

SHOW (24) (24) ++ "Battleship" (2012,Sci-Fi) ; 'PG' (3h) SLICE (25) (25) ++ "Beautiful Creatures" (2013,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h30)

8:45 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Groundhog Day" (1993,Comedy) ; 'PG' (1h45)

9:00 p.m.

CMT (21) (21) ++ "The Family Man" (2001,Drama) ; '14+' (3h) SPACE (39) (39) +++ "Dredd" (2012,Action) ; '18+' (2h)

10:00 p.m.

AMC (40) (40) +++ "Enter the Dragon" (1973,Action) ; '18+' (2h30)

10:30 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Bottle Rocket" (1996,Comedy) ; '18+' (1h35)

MONDAY, DEC 21 5:00 p.m.

SLICE (25) (25) ++ "The Christmas Choir" (2008,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h) TCM (35) (35) +++ "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953,Musical) ; 'PG' (1h45) AMC (40) (40) +++ "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947,Family) ; 'G' (2h15)

6:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

TBS (33) (33) +++ "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012,Action) ; 'PG' (3h30)

6:15 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

4:35 p.m.

COM (34) (34) +++ "Splash" (1984,Fantasy) ; '14+' (2h30)

5:00 p.m.

TCM (35) (35) ++ "Where the Boys Are" (1960,Comedy) ; 'PG' (1h45)

EA (29) (29) +++ "Stuart Little" (1999,Family) ; 'PG' (1h25) CBC (3) (3) +++ "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h30) TCM (35) (35) +++ "Broadway Melody of 1940" (1940,Musical) ; 'G' (2h)

Mid-Island TV Scene

8:00 p.m.

CBC (3) (3) +++ "National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation" (1989,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) E! (6) (6) ++ "Deck the Halls" (2006,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) GBL (11) (11) +++ "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (2h)

M3 (16) (16) +++ "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit" (1993,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h15)

8:00 p.m.

TVA (114) (114) +++ "Kung Fu Panda (v.f)" (2008,Dessin animé) ; 'PG' (1h45)

8:15 p.m.

7:15 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "A Simple Wish" (1997,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (1h30)

4:15 p.m.

7:40 p.m.

FAM (32) (32) ++ "Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas!" (2011,Children) ; 'G' (1h30)

7:00 p.m.

CTV2 (12) (12) KOMO (47) (47) ++++ "The Sound of Music: Sing-aLong" (1965,Musical) ; 'PG' (4h) M3 (16) (16) BRAVO (28) (28) +++ "Instant Message" (2005,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h) TOON (31) (31) ++ "Olive, the Other Reindeer" (2000,Animated) ; 'C8+' (1h) TCM (35) (35) +++ "Born to Dance" (1936,Musical) ; 'G' (2h) SPACE (39) (39) ++ "Judge Dredd" (1995,Action) ; '18+' (2h)

EA (29) (29) ++ "Kevin of the North" (2001,Comedy) ; '14+' (1h45) APTN (107) (107) +++ "La Nativité" (2006,Drama) ; 'G' (2h)

TOON (31) (31) ++ "An All Dogs Christmas Carol" (1998,Family) ; 'G' (1h45)

EA (29) (29) ++ "The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter" (1991,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (1h30)

6:00 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" (1999,Children) ; 'G' (1h15)

6:45 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

SLICE (25) (25) ++ "His and Her Christmas" (2005,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) SPACE (39) (39) +++ "Blade" (1998,Action) ; '14+' (2h30)

Friday, December 18, 2015

Best Movies this week 7:15 p.m.

AMC (40) (40) +++ "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947,Family) ; 'G' (2h15)

7:45 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "Racing Stripes" (2005,Family) ; 'PG' (1h45)

8:00 p.m.

CTV2 (12) (12) ++ "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" (2007,Family) ; 'PG' (2h)

7:40 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "Beethoven" (1992,Comedy) ; 'PG' (1h30)

8:00 p.m.

CBC (3) (3) +++ "A Christmas Story" (1983,Family) ; 'PG' (2h)

8:15 p.m.

8:30 p.m.

SPACE (39) (39) +++ "Aliens" (1986,Sci-Fi) ; '18+' (3h)

9:00 p.m.

TCM (35) (35) ++++ "The Goodbye Girl" (1977,Romance) ; 'PG' (2h)

M3 (16) (16) ++ "Raise Your Voice" (2004,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h15) W (20) (20) +++ "The Holiday" (2006,Romance) ; 'PG' (3h) SHOW (24) (24) ++ "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005,Adventure) ; 'PG' (2h30) COM (34) (34) ++ "Turner & Hooch" (1989,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h15) VIS (108) (108) +++ "Recipe for a Perfect Christmas" (2005,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

9:30 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++ "The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" (2000,Comedy) ; '14+' (1h50) SPACE (39) (39) ++ "Blade II" (2002,Action) ; '18+' (2h30) AMC (40) (40) +++ "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994,Drama) ; 'G' (2h30)

10:00 p.m.

YTV (22) (22) +++ "All I Want for Christmas" (1991,Comedy/Drama) ; 'PG' (2h) APTN (107) (107) +++ "La Nativité" (2006,Drama) ; 'G' (2h)

10:30 p.m.

RC (7) (7) +++ "En temps" (2011,Action) ; 'G' (30m)

10:35 p.m.

TVA (114) (114) ++ "Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie" (2006,Comédie) ; 'G' (2h)

10:45 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) ++ "Sister Act" (1992,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h5)

TUESDAY, DEC 22 5:00 p.m.

W (20) (20) +++ "Holiday Wishes" (2006,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h) CMT (21) (21) ++ "Christmas With the Kranks" (2004,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h30) TCM (35) (35) +++ "Desk Set" (1957,Romance) ; 'PG' (2h)

6:00 p.m.

EA (29) (29) ++++ "Matilda" (1996,Family) ; 'PG' (1h40) AMC (40) (40) ++ "The Muppet Movie" (1979,Family) ; 'PG' (2h) VIS (108) (108) +++ "Recipe for a Perfect Christmas" (2005,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

6:45 p.m.

COM (34) (34) +++ "Father of the Bride" (1991,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h15)

7:00 p.m.

TCM (35) (35) +++ "My Favorite Wife" (1940,Comedy) ; 'G' (1h45)

7:20 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) ++ "We Are Marshall" (2007,Sport) ; 'PG' (2h35)

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7:30 p.m.

CMT (21) (21) ++ "Christmas With the Kranks" (2004,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h30)

8:45 p.m.

9:00 p.m.

COM (34) (34) +++ "Father of the Bride: Part II" (1995,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h15) AMC (40) (40) +++ "The Great Muppet Caper" (1981,Comedy) ; 'G' (2h) VIS (108) (108) +++ "Crazy for Christmas" (2005,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h)

9:10 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "National Lampoon’s Vacation" (1983,Comedy) ; '18+' (1h40)

9:55 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) +++ "Cool Runnings" (1993,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h5)

10:15 p.m.

YTV (22) (22) ++ "Snow Day" (2000,Family) ; 'PG' (2h)

10:35 p.m.

TVA (114) (114) ++ "Ce cher intrus" (1991,Comédie) ; 'G' (2h15)

10:45 p.m.

TCM (35) (35) +++ "That’s Entertainment!" (1974,Musical) ; 'G' (2h30)

10:50 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "December Boys" (2007,Drama) ; 'PG' (1h45)

WEDNESDAY, DEC 23

8:00 p.m.

CBC (3) (3) ++++ "Scrooge" (1951,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (2h) RC (7) (7) ++++ "De père en flic" (2009,Comédie) ; 'G' (2h) GBL (11) (11) ++ "Christmas Lodge" (2011,Drama) ; '14+' (2h) CTV2 (12) (12) ++++ "A Christmas Carol" (1951,Fantasy) ; 'G' (2h) CITY (13) (13) +++ "Elf" (2003,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) TCM (35) (35) +++ "High Society" (1956,Musical) ; 'PG' (2h) AMC (40) (40) ++ "Jingle All the Way" (1996,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

8:40 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) ++ "The Mighty Ducks" (1992,Family) ; 'PG' (2h5)

9:00 p.m.

CMT (21) (21) ++ "Bad Santa" (2003,Comedy) ; '18+' (2h) SHOW (24) (24) +++ "Elf" (2003,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

10:00 p.m.

SPIKE (30) (30) +++ "Jurassic Park" (1993,Sci-Fi) ; '14+' (3h) TCM (35) (35) +++ "Robin and the Seven Hoods" (1964,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h15) AMC (40) (40) ++ "A Dennis the Menace Christmas" (2007,Family) ; 'G' (2h) DTOUR (42) (42) ++ "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h)

10:10 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Big Fish" (2003,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (2h10)

10:35 p.m.

TVA (114) (114) +++ "Le miracle de la 34e rue" (1994,Conte) ; 'G' (2h15)

10:45 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) ++ "D2: The Mighty Ducks" (1994,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h10)

THURSDAY, DEC 24

5:00 p.m.

BRAVO (28) (28) +++ "Elf" (2003,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

5:45 p.m.

TCM (35) (35) +++ "Never So Few" (1959,War) ; 'PG' (2h15)

6:00 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Where the Wild Things Are" (2009,Adventure) ; 'PG' (1h45) AMC (40) (40) ++ "Jingle All the Way" (1996,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

6:35 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) ++ "D3: The Mighty Ducks" (1996,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h5)

7:00 p.m.

7:45 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Hook" (1991,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (2h25)

CMT (21) (21) ++ "Bad Santa" (2003,Comedy) ; '18+' (2h) YTV (22) (22) ++ "Arthur Christmas" (2011,Animated) ; 'PG' (2h) BRAVO (28) (28) +++ "Mistletoe Over Manhattan" (2011,Family) ; 'G' (2h) SPIKE (30) (30) ++ "The Mummy Returns" (2001,Adventure) ; '14+' (3h) DTOUR (42) (42) ++ "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (1987,Comedy) ; '14+' (2h)

5:00 p.m.

M3 (16) (16) +++ "Mistletoe Over Manhattan" (2011,Family) ; 'G' (2h) CMT (21) (21) ++ "Santa Baby" (2006,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) SHOW (24) (24) +++ "The Polar Express" (2004,Animated) ; 'PG' (2h) SLICE (25) (25) ++ "Deck the Halls" (2005,Family) ; 'PG' (2h) SPIKE (30) (30) +++ "Back to the Future II" (1989,Sci-Fi) ; 'PG' (2h30) TCM (35) (35) +++ "The Bishop’s Wife" (1947,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) OWN (159) (159) ++ "Deck the Halls" (2006,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

5:50 p.m.

TV5 (113) (113) ++ "Une pure affaire" (2011,Comédie) ; 'G' (1h35)

6:00 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Happy Feet" (2006,Animated) ; 'PG' (1h50) TOON (31) (31) ++ "Olive, the Other Reindeer" (2000,Animated) ; 'C8+' (1h) AMC (40) (40) ++ "Jingle All the Way" (1996,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) APTN (107) (107) +++ "Frozen River" (2008,Drama) ; '18+' (2h)

Mid-Island TV Scene

6:30 p.m.

W (20) (20) +++ "Home Alone" (1990,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h30)

7:00 p.m.

CBC (3) (3) +++ "White Christmas" (1954,Musical) ; 'G' (2h30) CMT (21) (21) ++ "Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe" (2009,Family) ; 'PG' (2h) SHOW (24) (24) ++ "A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas" (2011,Comedy) ; '18+' (2h) TCM (35) (35) ++++ "Auntie Mame" (1958,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h30)

7:30 p.m.

BRAVO (28) (28) +++ "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003,Adventure) ; '14+' (2h55) SPIKE (30) (30) +++ "Back to the Future III" (1990,Comedy) ; 'PG' (3h) SPACE (39) (39) +++ "Independence Day" (1996,Sci-Fi) ; '14+' (2h55)

7:50 p.m.

EA (29) (29) +++ "Uncle Buck" (1989,Comedy) ; 'PG' (1h40)

8:00 p.m.

E! (6) (6) ++ "Our First Christmas" (2008,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h) RC (7) (7) +++ "Les mondes de Ralph" (2012,Dessin animé) ; 'G' (2h) CTV (9) (9) NBC (46) (46) ++++ "It’s a Wonderful Life" (1946,Drama) ; 'G' (3h) TBS (33) (33) +++ "A Christmas Story" (1983,Family) ; 'PG' (2h) GBL (11) (11) ++ "A Christmas Carol" (2009,Animated) ; 'PG' (2h) AMC (40) (40) +++ "Scrooged" (1988,Fantasy) ; 'PG' (2h) OWN (159) (159) ++ "Deck the Halls" (2006,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h)

9:00 p.m.

W (20) (20) +++ "Elf" (2003,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) CMT (21) (21) ++ "Santa Baby" (2006,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) SLICE (25) (25) ++ "Home by Christmas" (2006,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h)

9:30 p.m.

YTV (22) (22) ++ "Jingle All the Way" (1996,Comedy) ; 'PG' (2h) EA (29) (29) +++ "Slap Shot" (1977,Comedy) ; '18+' (2h5) TCM (35) (35) +++ "Mrs. Parkington" (1944,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h15)

10:00 p.m.

TBS (33) (33) +++ "A Christmas Story" (1983,Family) ; 'PG' (2h) AMC (40) (40) +++ "A Christmas Carol" (1984,Drama) ; 'PG' (2h30) APTN (107) (107) +++ "Frozen River" (2008,Drama) ; '18+' (2h)

10:25 p.m.

BRAVO (28) (28) ++ "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest" (2006,Adventure) ; '14+' (3h5) SPACE (39) (39) +++ "The Invasion" (2007,Horror) ; 'PG' (2h5)

10:45 p.m.

TVA (114) (114) ++ "Père de famille" (2000,Comédie dramatique) ; 'G' (2h30) Nanaimo Daily News, BC: Movies Dec 18, 2015 to Dec 24, 2015

Friday, December 18, 2015

Q&A

Late laughs The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jimmy Fallon We have Adele on the show tonight! That’s right, we thought we’d do everyone a service and help them get their crying out BEFORE Thanksgiving.

In a speech last week, Bernie Sanders called for a new global alliance with Russia and the Middle East to fight threats around the world.

Then people said, “You mean [threats] like Russia and the Middle East?”

Ted Cruz’s campaign announced that it’s going to launch a national “prayer team” next month, where people will pray for Cruz to win. Then God said, “Oh, I tuned out of this thing weeks ago.”

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Butterball’s been running a toll-free hotline for turkeycooking tips since 1981. Every year, the turkey talk line receives more than 100,000 phone calls, but sadly, they have not once been able to save the turkey’s life.

The Late Late Show with James Corden: James Corden The group Anonymous, an international network of computer hackers who attack websites and steal personal information in the name of justice, announced last week that they are going to war with ISIS. As if ISIS didn’t already have its hands full,

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now they have to change all their passwords!

We are just 15 days away from when Time magazine chooses its annual person of the year.

There’s an online poll where readers can vote for their pick, and currently leading in that online poll is Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders. This is ironic, because I’m not sure Bernie Sanders has ever even been online.

Late Night With Seth Meyers: Seth Meyers A new poll found that 54 per cent of Americans say it’s too early to be playing Christmas music. I couldn’t agree more.

Now let’s talk about the 2016 presidential race.

Donald Trump said in an interview that it is highly unlikely that he would ever use nuclear weapons as president. Meanwhile, Ben Carson said, “Hey, what does this button do?”

After a protester was assaulted at a Donald Trump rally this weekend, Trump told reporters, “Maybe he should have been roughed up because it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing.” And he might have a point, because what the man was doing was attending a Trump rally.

Rapper Big Sean performed during halftime of the Eagles vs. Lions game today. Of course, before Thanksgiving dinner, he was just Sean.

A new poll found that 32 per cent of Americans do not like cranberry sauce. So even cranberry sauce is polling higher than Jeb Bush.

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By Adam Thomlison TV Media

Q: I was watching “Flowers in the Attic” and thought the girl who played Cathy looked like Hermione from the Harry Potter movies. Is there any relation?

A: There’s no blood relation between Kiernan Shipka, who played Cathy in the 2014 remake of “Flowers in the Attic,” and Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise. There is, however, a relation in terms of career trajectory: they both found fame at an extremely young age and seem to have managed it well so far.

Though “Flowers in the Attic” was a big role — it was a high-profile remake of the beloved 1987 original, which itself was an adaption of an even more beloved novel by V.C. Andrews — it wasn’t Shipka’s biggest. She had already joined the world of child stardom thanks to her role as Sally Draper in the hit AMC series “Mad Men.” She debuted in that series when she was just 8 years old, so her introduction to fame came even earlier than Watson’s. Watson appeared in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001, when she was 11. It was her first role, though she had appeared on stage fairly extensively (for a girl her age, at least).

Incredibly, Shipka had already appeared in a few roles by the time she landed “Mad Men.” Her first role came the year before, in the 2006 telefilm comedy “The Angriest Man in Suburbia.” She also did two episodes of the USA Network detective series “Monk” that year, and an episode of the Disney Channel comedy “Cory in the House” early in 2007.

Though “Mad Men” only ended earlier this year, she’s managed to rack up a number of other roles in the interim.

Most recently, she starred in the telefilm “Fan Girl” on ABC Family, and the teen horror film “February,” both in 2015.

Q: I just saw the new Hallmark Christmas movie “I’m Not Ready for Christmas” and I loved it. The star, who played Holly, looks really familiar to me, but I can’t figure out why. Can you help?

A: There are a lot of reasons why Alicia Witt might look familiar to you, but if you’re a regular fan of made-for-TV Christmas movies, that’s a pretty good clue — this is her fourth.

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She appeared in another Hallmark one last year called “Christmas at Cartwright’s.” However, she established herself as a holiday movie staple by appearing in two in the same year in 2013: “A Very Merry Mix-Up” on Hallmark, and, because apparently her festive cheer wasn’t spent yet, “A Snow Globe Christmas” on the competing Lifetime Network.

But Witt didn’t emerge as Christmas TV’s favourite romantic lead from nowhere.

Many probably remember her from her teen star days in the late-’90s sitcom “Cybill,” playing the responsible daughter of Cybill Shepherd’s irresponsible adult (the series, incidentally, was an American remake of the British comedy “Absolutely Fabulous”).

She’s been a TV mainstay since, popping up for stints in a number of series.

Most recently, she played Wendy Crowe in the fifth season of “Justified.” Prior to that she did runs in “The Mentalist,” “Friday Night Lights” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” among others.

Q: Was the movie “Key Largo” based on a book?

A: Though all of John Huston and Humphrey Bogart’s other classic teamups were based on novels, “Key Largo” (1948) was not. It was based on a stage play.

The play debuted on Broadway on Nov. 27, 1939. It was written by Maxwell Anderson, a prolific playwright who had dozens of credits on Broadway, and who won a Pulitzer in 1933 for his play “Both Your Houses.”

Despite such bona fides, the film adaptation of “Key Largo” looked quite a bit different than the original play. All of the characters’ names were changed, and many of the scenes were cut (including a whole section set in Spain during the country’s civil war). But the core of the story, about a war veteran visiting the family of a deceased comrade and confronting a local gangster, remained.

Huston and star Bogart had already teamed up to great success for 1941’s “The Maltese Falcon,” and earlier in 1948 for “Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” so the studio would likely not have argued with anything they came up with. They would repeat their success again in 1951 with “The African Queen.”

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Friday, December 18, 2015