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Canada has little leverage in N. Korea H-bomb issue

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OTTAWA — Beyond a gesture of support for China and South Korea and perhaps a renewed international push on the nuclear weapons issue, Canada has few options in the wake of North Korea’s claimed H-bomb test, analysts say.

Like most of the civilized world, Canada has little leverage to influence North Korea to curb its nuclear ambitions despite the fact it has real economic and security interests in Asia.

That view emerged Wednesday from a variety of analysts, activists and observers as Pyongyang announced it had detonated a hydrogen bomb — a claim that the United States eventually cast doubt on.

Regardless, the incident was seen as one more wake-up call about the continuing threat posed by the despotic, nuclear-armed Hermit Kingdom and the apparent powerlessness of Canada and its allies to face it down.

David Mulroney, former Canadian ambassador to China and a senior fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, said the simple fact that “something (is) going off 50 miles from the Chinese border” shocks, surprises and scares China — and that’s bad for Canada.

“I don’t think there’s anything we can do, but it should remind us . . . we do have global interests,” said Mulroney.

“China is our second-largest trading partner and a country on China’s borders is doing really destabilizing and unsettling things, so we should pay attention to that.”

Conservative foreign affairs critic Tony Clement said Trudeau should use the newfound bonhomie he cultivated in his initial meetings last fall with the leaders of China and South Korea to offer support.

“It should be part of any discussions Mr. Trudeau has with their leaderships,” Clement said in an interview.

But what exactly could Canada or anyone else do?

Fen Hampson, director of the Global Security Program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, said there is little the world community can do “to get the North Korean tiger to change its stripes.

North Korean soldiers walk through a field in Sinuiju, North Korea, as seen from the border in Dandong in northeastern China’s Liaoning province on Wednesday. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

“Sanctions are unlikely to have much impact on what is already the most sanctioned regime in the world.”

While that may seem bleak, it could offer an opening for Canada.

“As Canada looks to warmer relations with China, this is an issue that should be a matter of joint discussion,” said Hampson.

“Fresh thinking and new ideas about how to engage North Korea beyond simple carrots and sticks diplomacy are clearly required. There are precious few options on the table.”

Activists suggested a very specific role for Canada: lobby hard to push NATO to give up its own reliance on nuclear weapons as a strategic deterrent.

“If Canada continues to rely on nuclear weapons for its security, can it really credibly argue that others shouldn’t?” asked Beatrice Fihn of The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.

“Canada should work together with NATO allies and other non-nuclear weapon states to develop a new legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, in order to start reducing the role of these weapons in the world today.”

Cesar Jaramillo, the executive director of Project Ploughshares, said Canada has the credibility to push for abolition because it is an honest broker and a member of NATO. “A concrete measure would be for Canada to advocate within the NATO alliance council for the formulation of security policies that do not rely on nuclear deterrence.”

Canada’s formal response Wednesday saw Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion initially taking to Twitter to express outrage about the “reckless behaviour” of North Korea.

“We unequivocally condemn the behaviour of North Korea, which today claimed to have detonated a nuclear weapon,” the minister said in a formal statement that followed.

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Most valuable properties Annual assessments are out; Island’s total value increases to $170.15 billion

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Nanoose Bay residence is the most valuable in the mid-Island area this year, according to BC Assessment.

The house and property at 1365 Dorcas Point Rd., valued at $10,243,000, is also the most expensive residence on Vancouver Island north of the Malahat.

The second most valuable house and property in the area from Parksville to just south of Robert Nanaimo is down Barron the street, at Reporting 1374 Dorcas Point Rd. It is valued at $4,930,000.

All of the 10 most expensive homes/properties in the Nanaimo region are located in the area from city’s north end to Parksville.

This week, the owners of more than 360,000 properties on Vancouver Island will receive their 2016 property assessment notices which reflect market value as of July 1, 2015.

“The majority of residential home assessments on the Island are shifting between minus five per cent to plus 10 per cent compared to last

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year’s assessments,” said BCA assessor Reuben Danakody.

“Notably, a robust real estate market over the past year resulted in assessment increases for many properties on the Island.”

BC Assessment collects, monitors and analyzes property data that local governments use to determine its annual tax rates. The data also helps property owners understand their property’s market value and provide comparable sales information.

Danakody said BCA’s property assessments reflect movement in the local real estate markets and can vary greatly from property to property.

He said that when estimating a property’s market value, BCA analyzes current sales in the area as well as other characteristics, including size, age, quality, condition, view and location.

In Nanaimo, the average value of a single-family home has risen from

$319,000 to $336,200 from 2014 to 2015.

In Parksville, the cost rose from $305,700 to $325,200 in the same time period.

Overall, Vancouver Island’s total assessments increased from $163.96 billion in 2015 to $170.15 billion this year.

A total of almost $2.24 billion of the Island’s updated assessments is from new construction, subdivisions and rezoning of properties.

“Those who feel their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2015, or see incorrect information on their notice, should contact BCA as soon as possible,” Danakody said.

“If a property owner is still concerned about their assessment after speaking to one of our appraisers, they can submit an appeal by Feb. 1 for an independent review by a property assessment review panel.”

The third highest-assessed home in the area is 1574 Stewart Rd., in Nanoose Bay, at $4,457,000, followed by 1400 Dorcas Point Rd., valued at $3,806,000. Next is 2023 Seahaven Rd., in Nanoose Bay, worth $3,533,000, followed by 511 Soriel Rd. in Parksville, at $3,269,000.

The most expensive home in Lantzville is at 6970 Dickinson Rd., valued at $3,179,000. In the City of Nanaimo, the most valuable home is 3938 Jingle Pot Rd., valued at $3,164,000, followed by 5025 Hinrich View, valued at $2,814,000.

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Dispute at golf course continues after more than nine months DAILY NEWS

The union that represents two dozen locked-out food and beverage workers at Nanaimo Golf Club is calling for a boycott of the club.

Workers have been on picket lines outside the club for more than nine months, following a dispute with the employer over a range of issues.

Unite Here Local 40, which represents the locked-out employees, has upped the ante.

“January is the month that Nanaimo Golf Club Members are renewing their memberships,” said Shelly Ervin, secretary treasurer of Local 40. “And while many Nanaimo businesses and organizations are respecting our picket line, we are

asking golf club members not to renew their membership as well as prospective members to use other local clubs until after a settlement is reached.”

The union has put up a billboard with the slogan ‘Nanaimo Golf Club Doesn’t Think You Care’ to catch the eyes of northbound drivers heading into Nanaimo on the Island Highway.

The Nanaimo Golf Club released a statement in response the call for a boycott.

The golf course and pro shop has remained open since the dispute began.

“We acknowledge these negotiations have been protracted, which is truly unfortunate,” the statement reads, in part.

“It is important to note that the golf club made a very comprehensive offer for settlement to the union; the union has refused the offer in its entirety without any counter offers or comments,” it continued.

The Nanaimo Golf Club statement said the club values its employees and will continue to engage with the union.

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MNP firm makes big move to Victoria ferry operators spacious new Nanaimo offices could make Nanaimo bid DARRELL BELLAART DAILY NEWS ROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

The MNP accounting firm in Nanaimo has begun the new year in a new and larger location at 345 Wallace St. MNP, the largest accounting, tax and business consulting firm on Vancouver Island, consolidated its two offices in Nanaimo into one in December in the Treesea Place.

For the first time, all the current 77 MNP employees in Nanaimo are working under one roof.

MNP extended its square footage from 13,000 to 20,000 in the new location.

Because MNP took over more than 80 per cent of the office tower, it was renamed MNP Place as part of the company’s lease of the building.

James Byrne, MNP’s regional managing partner who started his new role in October, said the company’s ongoing growth in the city and across Vancouver Island in recent years required a move to a bigger and more modern location.

The firm has hired four more employees who will begin work on Monday.

Byrne said he believes the secret of success of MNP is that it

MNP’s James Byrne and Peter van Dongen at MNP Place, at 345 Wallace St. in downtown Nanaimo. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]

provides a “broad base” of functions, including business advisory services, and not just tax and accounting services like many competitors.

“Among the many benefits of our new office is that it has a large training room so that now, for the first time, we can host many of our functions internally and there’s no need to book hotel space and rooms,” Byrne said.

“If we continue to do well, we may look to expand into the rest of MNP Place in the coming years.”

Byrne said MNP spent three months completely renovating the building to fit its needs, including installing upgraded computer systems.

“We were looking for a new location for quite some time, and we decided the new one is well situated to meet our needs,” he said.

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Proponents of a walk-on Victoria-to-Vancouver tourism-oriented ferry service starting this year won’t rule out bidding on a passenger ferry service for Nanaimo.

The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority has reached a lease agreement with Riverside Marine B.C. for use of the Victoria Steamship Terminal.

The Canadian subsidiary of Australian-based Riverside Marine Group is behind V2V Vacations, a catamaran ferry service able to move up to 300 passengers each way between both cities daily, starting later this year.

The trip is expected to take up to three-and-a-half hours and will include Wi-Fi, food and beverages, a guided interpretation of sea and wildlife, oceanography and local geography, West Coast culture and history.

Tourists would pay roughly $80 each for the premium service.

The announcement comes as the Nanaimo Port Authority prepares to issue a request for new proposals on a high-speed, commuter-style passenger ferry linking Nanaimo to downtown Vancouver.

Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay said he would welcome a bid from Riverside, once the RFP is issued.

“I know the city hasn’t asked (Riverside) and the Economic Development office hasn’t approached them, however, we’re going to go to a joint request for proposals with the NPA and we would certainly hope Riverside would express an interest,” McKay said.

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“It’s probably something we would look at, once this V2V operation is up and running.”

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its focus for now is on making its Victoria-based service succeed.

“It’s probably something we would look at, once this V2V operation is up and running,” said Nick Cheong, Riverside Marine Group director of operations, speaking from Brisbane, Au. The NPA announced its plan to seek new proposals for a walk-on ferry after delays by Island Ferry Services to secure financing for its two-vessel ferry service proposal. IFS said the financing will materialize soon.

“We’re very close,” said David Marshall, the group’s director of operations.

“I know we’ve been saying that for a while but we’ve been going back and forth with our financier in Toronto (and) I don’t know when it will be — tomorrow, Friday or Monday.

“We’re in the final stages, if you will, and we’re pleased with the way it’s going but we’re not there yet.”

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Nanaimo RCMP encountered approximately twice as many impaired drivers over the holidays than previous years, said spokesman Const. Gary O’Brien.

O’Brien said police issued 21 90-day immediate roadside prohibitions to drivers over the month of December.

Six drivers refused to provide breath samples and were also given 90-day IRPs, O’Brien said.

IRPs are ways of penalizing drivers as an alternative to pursuing charges in the courts.

If drivers provide a breath sample with a blood alcohol content of 50 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood or more, a police officer can prohibit them for driving and impound their vehicle. Ninety-day IRPs are issued to drivers who refuse to provide a breath sample or have produce a reading higher than .08 on a roadside screening device.

O’Brien also said police issued four

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24-hour IRPs for being under the influence of drugs.

“Those numbers are a little high,” O’Brien said, adding that general duty police officers identified and pulled over impaired drivers more than in previous years.

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impressed this year with the media campaign for alternative means of getting home,” said O’Brien, noting that groups like Operation Red Nose set records. The Nanaimo RCMP snagged four drivers for impaired driving during roadblocks by RCMP New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, issuing immediate roadside prohibitions from driving for all.

O’Brien said all but one of the drivers were issued a roadside prohibition after refusing to provide a breath sample. He called this result “typical” for the time of year.

“It’s pretty consistent across the board.”

O’Brien said the number of roadside prohibitions has remained constant over the past few years, but said there has been a notable decline in driver fatalities.

The closed Harewood Elementary School may soon be demolished, but its exterior gym will be kept in use.

The Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district has released a request for proposals for the demolition of the aging school building, located at 505 Howard Ave., valued at approximately $589,000.

But spokesman Dale Burgos said the gym is still in “great shape” and is used for meetings for the district, and is also a revenue generator as it frequently rented out for use by community groups.

Burgos said the district intends to maintain ownership of the land and does not have any plans in place at this time for future development.

The old school, the oldest building in the school district, was built in 1914 but closed in 2004 as part of

Harewood Elementary School in Nanaimo. [DAILY NEWS]

the efforts by the school board to deal with declining enrolment and increased costs.

The school is currently not safe for the public to enter.

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VICTORIA

Man recovers after being dragged under truck TRAVIS PATERSON SAANICH NEWS

It’s been four months since a neardeath experience changed the life of Saanich’s Lada Cumpelik and his wife Diane Caetano.

Cumpelik, 37, was cycling to work along West Saanich Road at about 6:40 a.m. when he slid underneath a right turning semi-trailer. Without time to think, and no time to get out from under the moving tractor truck, Cumpelik clung to the undercarriage and hung on while scraping the pavement for 473 metres.

Only then did a dramatic turn of events lead to his release.

Locals dubbed it the “Indiana Jones cycling accident� but it was only a matter of survival, Cumpelik said at the time. “People who called it Indiana Jones then should see the Indiana Jones now,� said Caetano last week. “He’s

Lada Cumpelik, right, with Diane Caetano in their home near Prospect Lake. [TRAVIS PATTERSON/SAANICH NEWS]

still in the wheelchair, still struggling to walk.�

Cumpelik is nowhere near ready to return to his job with Saanich parks and recreation, though he hopes to be walking with the help of a cane by summer. He’s healed from shoulder surgery, as well as major road rash

to his backside, arms and legs. Following the accident he soon learned walking wasn’t going to come easily.

Even playing video games took time to master as he had lost a lot of dexterity, though mostly it’s his legs, which continue to suffer intense spasms.

At home he uses a wheelchair. In public he uses a walker. “You notice in public how often other males, younger or similar aged, look at (Cumpelik),� Caetano said, “you can sense their curiosity.�

For now, Cumpelik’s foreseeable future is filled with physiotherapy and rehab. His daily workouts include arm exercises using elastics to rebuild strength and dexterity, as well as time spent on a stationary recumbent cycling machine. “It’s a full-time job and you have to stay positive,� Cumpelik said. “You can’t let the frustration get to you.�

He’ll need additional surgery on his right shoulder as the movement of his right arm is at about half of what it was before his initial surgery following the incident.

He can’t raise his arm past his shoulder. It might be that one of the screws installed into the shoulder is too long, but whatever it is, the doctor believes a surgeon might be able to fix it upon opening it up, he said.

Making matters worse, this winter is the first in 18 seasons that Cumpelik hasn’t had a season’s pass to Mount Washington, ironic as it’s the first good ski season in years. “It’s almost a blessing that the accident came just before winter, a time when it’s dark, you want to stay in a bit more and watch TV anyways,�

Caetano said.

When Cumpelik does leave the house, it’s usually to visit the physio-

therapist, which he gets to thanks to much relied on support from his father.

Longtime friends now call more regularly to check in. Other friends visited to clean the gutters and cut the lawn.

And well wishes from strangers also come in — mostly from run-ins with locals. “Once people find out what happened to Lada, they remember it, there is a lot of “Oh, you’re that guy,�

Caetano said.

Cumpelik said he will likely get back on a bike at some point, though he’ll need a new one.

He also looks forward to a possible meet up with the paramedics and firefighters who responded to the scene, and with the witness who tracked down the tractor-trailer and told him to pull over, saving Cumpelik’s life.

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On Monday at 7:42 a.m., Campbell River fire crews responded to a report of an industrial fire at 1921 Coulter Rd. “When fire crews arrived, they confirmed heavy smoke was coming from the large industrial building,� says deputy fire chief Thomas Doherty. “The building was equipped with a sprinkler system, which limited the spread of fire and enabled crews to initiate a quick interior attack to contain the fire to one area of the building.�

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City wants public to discuss off-leash area The City of Nanaimo wants the public’s say on a new dog off-leash area in Nob Hill Park, following a petition and request from residents if the nearby neighbourhood.

A public input session on the issue is planned for Tuesday, Jan. 19 from 4-7 p.m. at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre. An online survey will also be available on the city’s website.

If there is enough support for the change, a trial off-leash area could be implemented for a one year period.

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Transit passes for 2016 are now available Transit passes for 2016 are now available for purchase at the City of Nanaimo service and resource centre.

Monthly passes are also available from the SARC building, which has begun offering them through an arrangement with the Regional District of Nanaimo.

“Service centre staff are excited to continue partnering with the Regional District of Nanaimo in 2016 to sell transit tickets and passes,” said Nelda Richardson of the city’s community development department.

“We are expanding services as we can and welcome suggestions and input from everyone.”

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Would-be moms sent elsewhere on New Year’s Day in Cowichan Hospital didn’t have enough staff for operating room and emergency services LEXI BAINAS COWICHAN VALLEY CITIZEN

Typically, New Year’s Day seems to see babies popping out on an almost assembly-line basis in Duncan’s Cowichan District Hospital.

On Jan. 1, 2016 it was a different. story No babies were born at Cowichan District Hospital at all.

Mothers had to be sent elsewhere because CDH didn’t have enough staff for the operating room and emergency services.

Sending the moms elsewhere is called diversion, according to maternity staff when the time finally came to photograph the New Year’s baby for 2016 on Jan. 3.

“Island Health confirms two patients requiring a higher level of care were diverted from Cowichan District Hospital on New Year’s Day due to staff shortages in the operating room,” said Kellie Hudson, Island Health spokeswoman.

“We are working to address the staff shortages. No patients were at risk at any time.”

Registered midwife Selina Boily said she thought it was “unfair” to the local families who were planning

Kate Sabov is the proud mom of the first baby of the year born at Cowichan District Hospital. [LEXI BAINAS/COWICHAN VALLEY CITIZEN]

their lives around a birth at CDH, but safety had to come first.

“Diversion means that we are unable to staff the OR, which means we are unable to provide emergency services to provide the level of care that would be the standard for safety. In order to make sure we have a standard that everyone is expecting of our hospital for the safety and

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well-being of moms and babies we have to shift the moms, at huge cost, to other hospitals which have OR and facilities for emergencies,” she said.

“We didn’t have OR nurses. There were staffing issues.

“Unfortunately it’s happening more often recently. It happened Dec. 23, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.”

“Like health authorities across the

province, and health care organizations across Canada, Island Health is experiencing nursing shortages in speciality areas like emergency rooms, operating rooms and intensive care units,” Hudson said.

“Our rural and remote areas have been a challenge for some time, as it takes a special person and special circumstances to want to live in these areas. Retirements are another key factor, although we have not yet really seen the impact of this as nurses are working longer than we had forecasted. This will shift over the next few years.

“How many vacancies we have is difficult to say with accuracy because this is such a dynamic environment.

However, we do acknowledge the shortage; that’s why we are working with advanced education to expand educational opportunities,” she said.

Another staffer said that before that it had been quite a few years, maybe nine years ago, since she’d encountered diversion. Boily said when it happens there’s a big impact.

“It’s unfortunate,” she said. “Especially for the moms and their families. It has a significant impact on the families in our community.”

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Anti-impaired driving message remains important A week or so before Christmas, in this very space, we wrote that every year the message sinks in a little deeper.

That message referred to the efforts behind the dangers of drinking and driving.

“More people are realizing that we cannot tolerate anyone operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Recent statistics show that we’re getting smarter about this. Operation Red Nose volunteers in Nanaimo drives hundreds of vehicles (and their imbibing owners) home during the Christmas season each year. The campaign extends across the province, with thousands of volunteers driving home thousands of folks.”

We still believe the notion that more people realize that you have to be a complete buffoon to get behind

the wheel after drinking too much.

And we absolutely believe that the efforts of those battling the problem are working.

But apparently, there remains a long way to go. There are plenty of buffoons still out there.

Word comes this week that the Nanaimo RCMP encountered approximately twice as many impaired drivers over the holidays than previous years.

Nanaimo RCMP spokesman Const. Gary O’Brien said police issued 21 90-day immediate roadside prohibitions to drivers over the month of December. Six drivers refused to provide breath samples and were also given 90-day IRPs, O’Brien said.

Those IRPs are issued to drivers who refuse to provide a breath

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sample or have produced a reading higher than .08 on a roadside screening device.

O’Brien also said police issued four 24-hour IRPs for being under the influence of drugs.

That’s sad.

Four more drivers were nabbed on New Year’s Eve and New year’s Day, all getting IRPs. Also sad.

O’Brien did point out that general duty officers pulled over more impaired drivers, likely because they are getting better at developing the skills to look for signs from the aforementioned buffoons.

That’s definitely a positive, as was the fact that Operation Red Nose continues to set records for the number of people doing the right thing and arranging for rides home.

There has also been a notable decline in driver fatalities.

Again, it wasn’t that long ago those numbers would have been sky-high.

And as mentioned, there will always be a few individuals who are determined to break the law and put others at risk.

But it’s very obvious that if police are encountering many more drunk drivers (even if they’re just getting better at spotting them) than in previous years, the vigilance must continue.

Businesses must continue their good work, offering complimentary shuttle services to ensure patrons get home safe. Again, this sends the message to the community that the establishment cares about its patrons.

The days of the least sober person in a group being the “designated driver” are decades past.

Police will continue to crack down with roadblocks during their annual CounterAttack campaigns.

But education must continue and expand beyond those useful campaigns.

It’s a shame we have to keep harping year after year on the same thing — but it’s worthwhile.

Stopping drinking and driving isn’t only up to the RCMP — it takes the entire community to make a difference.

Let’s hope the holiday numbers in 2016 are significantly better.

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Re: ‘Top newsmakers of 2015’ (Daily News, Jan. 5) Former MP James Lunney’s assertion that he was a victim of ‘cyberbullying’ is absurd.

He came out both in public and on social media with statements that went against accepted scientific knowledge, logic and common sense, and then threw a fit when people sought to question him.

When an elected official comes out in public with anti-science, creationist nonsense, he should expect to be called on it.

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Roads are slicker when temperature near zero Re: ‘Another shot from an Ontarian’ (Daily News, Opinion, Jan.6) It never ceases to amaze me of the smugness of those from away who pontificate on how we Islanders drive in winter snow. The truth is you aptly displayed your lack of knowledge of road/snow conditions in our temperatures.

I have driven on snow in northern Alberta as well as southern Ontario and all the way to and from Newfoundland. The colder the snow, the more traction.

After a career away, my first snowfall back in Nanaimo re-educated me on local driving hazards. I attempted to cross a secondary road over the ruts in the unplowed road. I got into the first rut and my car stopped.

Neither forward nor backward. No response to slow or madly spinning tires. Over the hill came the speeding 4x4. I couldn’t go and he couldn’t stop. I was broadsided. My fault.

I know the closer to zero, the more slippery the snow. Lucky us now stay

home when the roads are snowy. I wouldn’t want to have an Ontario driver put us at risk.

Ron Blank Nanaimo

Homeless man beneath bridge causes concern I am shamed and outraged that homeless people are allowed to live in tents under the Pearson Bridge in Nanaimo. The walkway beneath the highway is used by many people to access the city park and now

they have to pass a small encampment. I no longer feel safe using the walkway.

I just spoke with two policemen about my concerns. They explained their hands are tied. The land under the bridge belongs to the province and the homeless man knows it.

They can’t evict him.

The man does not have to stay under a bridge. We have a homeless shelter in the city but he refuses to go. I want something done about this. Now. If you agree with me, please complain to our local MLA, Leonard Krog (www.leonardkrog-mla.ca), MP Sheila Malcomson

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JUSTICE

Sting not meant to seem illegal Mountie says officers never explicitly told John Nuttall he was consorting with a jihadist terrorism group GEORDON OMAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — An undercover terrorism sting involved thousands of dollars changing hands and officers promising access to guns and explosives, but the lead officer told a trial Wednesday that the operation was in no way meant to appear criminal.

RCMP Sgt. Bill Kalkat told B.C. Supreme Court that officers never encouraged John Nuttall to believe he was dealing with criminal elements.

Nuttall and his wife Amanda Korody were found guilty last June of plotting to blow up the B.C. legislature on Canada Day 2013. But the conviction hasn’t been entered until a judge decides after this proceeding if police entrapped the pair during the undercover operation.

“We never said we were al-Qaida, or that (the primary undercover officer) was a terrorist,” Kalkat told the court. “Nuttall might infer that it’s a criminal organization. I don’t know what he’s thinking.”

Nuttall and Kordy’s lawyers are arguing police manipulated them into attempting to carry out the terrorist act.

Early in the undercover operation, Nuttall was paid $200 to take an unmarked package to a transit-station locker in downtown Vancouver.

He was later directed to transport another parcel, this time by taking a circuitous transit route, and leave the package in the trunk of an unlocked rental car. The court heard he was told to wait for further

instructions inside a nearby department store.

“Would any of that behaviour be consistent with the notion that the package is legitimate and legal?” asked Korody’s lawyer Mark Jette.

Kalkat emphasized that Nuttall was always informed the contents of the packages were legal but admitted it would have been possible to interpret the operations as illegitimate.

Another scenario in the operation involved officers engaging Nuttall in a “loyalty talk” before showing him

$20,000 in cash being exchanged between undercover officers.

“I’m going to suggest to you, that you designed it that way because you wanted Nuttall to believe that (the primary undercover officer) was engaged in nefarious, probably illegal activities,” said Jette.

Kalkat also said he “absolutely” urged his officers to consider Nuttall developmentally delayed, telling the court that the police scenarios were designed to take Nuttall’s mental capacity into account.

WILDLIFE

Rare owl found at Chilliwack business dies from its injuries JENNIFER FEINBERG CHILLIWACK PROGRESS

A rare burrowing owl that crash-landed in Chilliwack last week didn’t survive despite valiant efforts by rescuers.

The small owl was found outside a salon business on Dec 29.

He was spotted by Gente Bella Salon and Spa staff who then called the Delta-based Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in the hopes the bird could be nursed back to health.

A volunteer with OWL drove out to Chilliwack to pick up the injured bird of prey.

But unfortunately he was found to be critically injured, possibly from head trauma, and died from his injuries, said OWL spokesperson Mindy Dick.

“We’re not sure what happened to him. We think he may have hit the window,” she said.

They thought, from the description, it might be another type of small owl, the northern saw whet owl.

“It was a bit of a surprise to open the box and find a burrowing owl.”

Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of B.C. describes the burrowing owl as a short, fat, little bird on stilts, about the size of a pop can.

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The endangered owl species is red-listed in B.C. and on the Species at Risk list in Canada. The Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of British Columbia describes a burrowing owl as “a short, fat, little bird on stilts, about the size of a pop can.”

This type of owl was extirpated in B.C. by 1980, but a dedicated group at the BOCSBC has been raising the owls in captivity and releasing them into the wild in the Okanagan and Nicola Valley.

They’ve banded thousands of

burrowing owls as juveniles, and reintroduced them in an effort to boost the population up to self-sustainable levels, said president Mike Mackintosh.

“Last year was our best year for returns in significant numbers to B.C., with 50 coming back,” he said.

“It’s almost a breakthrough after hovering around 20, or 25 birds every year.

“So we’re keeping our fingers crossed for this year.”

They don’t have any specific data on the little adult male burrowing owl found in Chilliwack. It’s unusual to hear of a possible window strike, which isn’t as common as say highway strikes in the Interior for these owls.

“It was sad he didn’t make it. We were interested to hear that it wasn’t banded,” said Mackintosh.

Maybe it eluded the banding as a juvenile or it could have been a wild specimen that followed some other owls back to B.C. from points south, he said.

It’s hard to put a number to the burrowing owl population in B.C.,

since it varies depending on the time of year. This bird might have been flying south for the winter.

Burrowing owls have been found in several unusual locations across B.C., aside from the more than 1,500 artificial burrows built by the conservation society.

These range from croplands, golf courses, roadsides, and airports, to dump sites and urban neighbourhoods.

The owls bunker down in makeshift shelter, such as abandoned pipe, crevices, foundation footings and even building overhangs.

Small returning numbers back to B.C. during migration are the biggest problem they face.

“Sometimes they take up residence in the States and never return.”

Anyone encountering an injured or orphaned bird of prey, is asked to contact OWL, which is operated on donations.

“It is unsafe to handle these birds without the proper safety equipment and training. OWL is on call seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.”

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‘Ultra-low-cost’ company to offer cheap direct flights

Company that spilled jet fuel will be prosecuted

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Low-cost direct flights to four new Canadian markets will soon be available for commuters flying out of the Kelowna and Abbotsford airports.

NewLeaf, billed as “Canada’s newest, ultra-low-cost travel company” will officially announce new direct flights out of both cities as well as its route map, pricing and booking details.

The new routes include direct flights from Kelowna to Hamilton, Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg, markets not currently available direct from Kelowna.

According to NewLeaf, the new air service “plans to revolutionize the Canadian travel market” with what they call ultra-low-fares.

Introductory one-way fares from Kelowna to Saskatoon and Regina are $89 while Kelowna to Winnipeg is $99 and between Kelowna and Hamilton is $149.

“It’s a new year and we are happy to say 2016 is the year we officially bring affordable travel back to Canada,” said Jim Young, president and CEO of the NewLeaf Travel Company.

Initial departures will begin Feb. 12 and customers can now book flights on the company’s web site www.flynewleaf.ca.

Meanwhile, the airline will also be flying direct from Abbotsford International Airport to Winnipeg and Saskatoon starting this Febru-

“With our growing population, both locally and regionally, it’s great to see more flight options being offered out of Abbotsford.”

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ary. NewLeaf Travel Company will offer two weekly flights to Saskatoon, and one to Winnipeg, beginning on Feb. 12. All flights will connect to Hamilton, Ontario.

Introductory one-way fares will start at $89.

“With our growing population, both locally and regionally, it’s great to see more flight options being offered out of Abbotsford,” said Mayor Henry Braun.

Flights will be on a Boeing 737-400 plane with 156 seats.

NewLeaf’s flights are provided by Flair Airlines, a Canadian charter airline. By March, NewLeaf’s flight schedules will change and more flights will be added.

The arrival of NewLeaf in Kelowna has been some time coming.

Last January five B.C. ski resorts including Big White, Silver Star and Sun Peaks, partnered with NewLeaf to provide a one-time charter flight at spring break from Hamilton to Kelowna.

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The seats easily sold out and at the time, Michael J. Ballingall of Big White said it was imperative for tourism in the Okanagan to be able to provide cheaper flights from other parts of Canada.

“This bodes for well for skiing and we think it will bodes well for other tourism industries like golf and wine,” Ballingall said at the time. “Once this clears the way and we show the airplane is easy to book, it opens up a whole new market for us. There a lot of people that can easily access Hamilton that would think twice about driving all the way to Toronto. It’s an untapped market.”

According to the company the low rates will be achieved through cost-saving measures including their focus on smaller airports as well as a simpler point-to-point network. Customers will be able to customize their travel by purchasing priority boarding, on-board drinks, snacks, carry-on and checked baggage.

“Most of our main routes feature non-stop flights that aren’t currently offered,” said Young. “The ultra-low-cost business model we are using has proven successful around the world and we’re excited to bring it to Canada.”

The federal government has decided to prosecute the company that spilled 33,000 litres of jet fuel into Lemon Creek during a firefighting operation in the summer of 2013.

“I can confirm that a decision regarding intervention has been made and the nature of that decision will be communicated at the next court date,” stated federal prosecutor Todd Gerhart in an email.

“That date has not yet been scheduled but is in the process of being arranged.”

He said he expects that initial court date to be within the next few weeks.

The charges against Executive Flight Centre are for violating Fisheries Act provisions that prohibit polluting a stream.

The decision means that Slocan Valley resident Marilyn Burgoon can drop the private prosecution that she has been pursuing since the fall of 2014, because, she said, it appeared the federal government was not going to prosecute. Now she says she will be spared having to raise tens of thousand of dollars in legal fees.

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But from Burgoon’s perspective there is a possible downside. She says that on the rare occasions that the government does take over a private prosecution, they sometimes simply drop the charges.

“But I am optimistic, with the new government, that they will not stay the charges and will proceed with the prosecution,” she told the Star. “A new government with a new fisheries minister and a new attorney general (and both are First Nations people), this gives me encouragement because First Nations understand fisheries.”

Asked for the reasons behind the decision and whether the provincial government will be named as a defendant as it was in Burgoon’s private prosecution, Gerhart said he would be open to such questions after the upcoming court date.

Andrew Gage, a lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law in Vancouver, says he is encouraged, but cautiously, by the federal government’s move. He said that since the spill the government has been “dragging its feet” but he thinks the new government might take a different approach to the case.

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Liberals promise to focus on aboriginals in budget

BlackBerry software chases driverless cars DAVID FRIEND THE CANADIAN PRESS

Finance Minister Morneau launches pre-budget consultations ANDY BLATCHFORD THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s vows to help Canada’s indigenous people will be a top priority in the upcoming federal budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Wednesday.

Morneau has launched pre-budget consultations in advance of the Liberal government’s fiscal plan, to be introduced in the coming months.

On Wednesday, he fielded economic questions from students in an online forum with universities across the country. “Our commitments around helping aboriginal Canadians with their very significant challenges are critically important to us,� Morneau said in response to one question. “You can be sure that that’ll be high priority in our coming budget.�

He said Canadians gave the Liberals a mandate to follow through on their campaign promises — although he also acknowledged the country’s economic situation has worsened.

The Liberals made several key vows

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to indigenous Canadians that were not costed in the party’s platform.

They include delivering on all 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s probe of residential schools and ending all boil-water advisories on reserves within five years.

Analysts, however, have warned that Canada is on a shakier fiscal footing than the Liberals had anticipated and that the country could be on track for much deeper shortfalls than the party projected.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised during the campaign to run annual deficits of no more than $10 billion over the next two years while pumping billions into infrastructure projects to stimulate the stagnant economy.

He vowed to respect that upper limit for deficits unless the economic situation got “radically worse� but has since downgraded that commitment to a “goal.�

His plan also called for Canada’s books to return to balance in 2019-20.

Morneau acknowledged Wednesday that Canada faces weaker economic conditions than it did just a couple of months ago, particularly amid still-falling oil prices and fading global growth. “So, we find ourselves, unfortunately, with a situation that’s more difficult than expected,� Morneau said in French in response to one question.

He will travel across the country next week to seek input as he draws up his first federal budget.

BlackBerry’s automotive division has lifted the hood on a slate of new software for the rapidly evolving driverless car market.

The company’s Ottawa-based QNX operations on Wednesday showcased prototypes of its new technologies at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Among them is a BlackBerry program that allows vehicles to interact with each other in order to prevent collisions and to smooth traffic congestion.

It’s just one of many new developments BlackBerry touted as part of an effort to join the self-driving vehicles market alongside technology giants like Google and Apple.

BlackBerry’s QNX has spent years developing various automotive technologies such as dashboard infotainment systems used by Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Hyundai and Volkswagen.

In its latest announcement, the company said it has created a new software platform automakers can use as a base for building their own automated driving systems. Built within the system are sensors that use data from a number of sources

like cameras and radar to enhance a vehicle’s operations.

The new software — being called QNX’s advanced driving assistance systems — is set for release in the second quarter of the year.

Another enhancement highlighted by the company has QNX software being used to rebalance the voice of the driver throughout the vehicle.

Instead of yelling, the driver’s voice is fed through the vehicle’s speakers so that passengers in the back seats can hear everything clearly.

QNX already has a line of other noise enhancement and reduction options for automakers.

Its Active Noise Control technology reduces the low-frequency rumble of a car’s engine inside the vehicle while its Engine Sound Enhancement software gives automakers the ability to recreate trademark engine sounds even in their more quiet models.

The acoustics management technology is expected to hit the market in the third quarter.

BlackBerry has been putting a greater emphasis on it software developments as it shifts focus from its struggling hardware operations, which create the company’s line of smartphones.

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Pair of Keystone lawsuits launched TransCanada cites NAFTA to recover $15B in costs and damages; calls U.S. rejection arbitrary and unjustified IAN BICKIS THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — TransCanada launched a double-barrelled legal salvo Wednesday against the U.S. government over its rejection of the company’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

The company said it intends to file a claim under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement in response to the decision, which it called arbitrary and unjustified.

The Calgary-based firm said it will be looking to recover US$15 billion in costs and damages as a result of what it says is a breach of NAFTA obligations.

TransCanada alleges that, as a signatory to NAFTA, the U.S. government failed in its commitment to protect Canadian investors and ensure the company was treated in accordance with international law.

In its notice of intent to initiate the NAFTA claim, TransCanada said that the U.S. government concluded five times that the pipeline would not have a significant impact on greenhouse gas production, but still rejected the pipeline to appear strong on climate change.

“Stated simply, the delay and the ultimate decision to deny the permit were politically-driven, directly con-

TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline facilities in Hardisty, Alta., in November.

TransCanada launched a double-barrelled legal salvo Wednesday against the U.S. government over its rejection of the company’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

trary to the findings of the administration’s own studies, and not based on the merits of Keystone’s application,” TransCanada says in its notice of intent.

“The politically-driven denial of Keystone’s application was contrary to all precedent; inconsistent with

any reasonable and expected application of the relevant rules and regulations; and arbitrary, discriminatory, and expropriatory.

“In short, the decision elevated perceptions over reality, which is the hallmark of a decision tainted by politics.”

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TransCanada said it has also filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court in Texas asserting that President Barack Obama’s decision in November to deny construction of Keystone XL exceeded his power under the U.S. Constitution.

In its legal filing for that case, TransCanada said the presidential power Obama used to deny the pipeline is “unauthorized by statute, encroaches upon the power of the Congress to regulate domestic and foreign commerce, has been foreclosed by affirmative Congressional action, and unlawfully exceeds the powers granted to the president.”

When he announced his decision, Obama said Keystone XL was not in the U.S. national interest and took on an over-inflated role in the political discourse between the U.S. and Canada. Still, the 1,900-kilometre pipeline, which has been in limbo for more than seven years, has at times been an irritant in relations between both countries, with former prime minister Stephen Harper at one point calling the project’s approval a “no-brainer.”

The development, which also became a focal point of environmental protests, would have shipped bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands through a pipeline hub in the Hardisty area to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries.

TransCanada said it had every reason to expect the pipeline would be approved since it met the same criteria as previous pipelines that were sanctioned.

Adam Barratt, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion, had little to say on the matter Wednesday, although he noted the lawsuit is “not entirely unexpected” and falls within TransCanada’s purview.

“We’re aware of recent developments with this file and TransCanada,” he said.

“As this is a matter which is expected to go before arbitration, or before a court, we don’t have a comment at this time.”

Environmental groups were quick to criticize TransCanada’s move, saying the legal actions won’t get the pipeline built. They also accused the company of exploiting provisions in NAFTA. “This is about a foreign company trying to undercut safeguards that protect the American people,” said Anthony Swift, director of Natural Resources Defense Council’s Canada project.

TransCanada has to wait until six months after the date of the rejection before filing a request for arbitration under NAFTA. After the request is filed, arbitrators are selected and further timelines are established.

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Loonie falls to lowest level since 2003; TSX posts triple-digit loss PETER HENDERSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — The Canadian dollar ended the day at its lowest point in more than 12 years on Wednesday as worries over global economic growth continued to roil equity markets worldwide and drag down commodity prices.

The oil-sensitive loonie closed down 0.46 of a U.S. cent at 71.02 cents U.S. after falling below 71 cents earlier in the day.

That marked the dollar’s lowest close since July 2003 when it was recovering from a historic low of 61.79 cents US set in January 2002.

The February contract for benchmark crude oil dropped $2 to settle at US$33.97 a barrel, the lowest level since 2008, while gold, seen as a safe haven in times of uncertainty, rose $13.50 to end trading at US$1,091.90 a troy ounce.

On equity markets, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index tumbled 193.34 points to end the day at 12,726.80, the sixth consecutive losing session of

“The more cyclical sectors are getting hit harder, the resource sectors in particular, so Canada feels the brunt of that.”

Norman Raschkowan, Sage Road Advisors

a post-Christmas slump.

In New York, the Dow Jones average fell 252.15 points to close at 16,906.51, while the S&P 500 lost 26.45 points to 1,990.26 and the Nasdaq dropped 55.67 points to 4,835.76.

Norman Raschkowan, senior partner at Sage Road Advisors, said there appear to be few reasons for optimism about the Canadian economy, with tepid global growth dragging down prices for the country’s commodity exports, including oil.

“Everybody’s in the more bearish, more concerned camp,” he said.

“The more cyclical sectors are getting hit harder, the resource sectors in particular, so Canada feels the brunt of that.”

On Tuesday, Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter told a gathering of leading economists that the loonie could fall below 70 cents U.S. before it begins to recover.

McGill University economics professor Chris Ragan said a cheap Canadian dollar means consumers can expect to pay more for imports such as coffee, tropical fruits and consumer electronics.

“If the Canadian dollar is low, stays low and is seen to stay low for some time, then that’s one more reason why you do your next expansion plant in Ontario rather than in Michigan,” he said.

In other commodities, February natural gas fell 5.8 cents to US$2.267 per mmBtu and March copper shed 0.75 of a cent to US$2.088 a pound.

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NEWMARKET, Ont. — A man accused of drunk driving in a horrific crash that killed three young children and their grandfather accepts full responsibility for his actions, his lawyer said Wednesday as he announced the man will plead guilty to multiple charges.

Marco Muzzo — a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families — faces a dozen counts of impaired driving and six more charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle related to the Sept. 27 crash.

His case took several quick turns on Wednesday, starting out in a bail court and ending up before a Superior Court judge who granted his lawyer’s request to have Muzzo return early next month to enter his guilty plea.

“Mr. Muzzo has always accepted full responsibility for his actions and his conduct, and has from the first day of our meeting expressed his wish that this matter proceed as expeditiously as possible to this resolution,” Muzzo’s lawyer Brian Greenspan said outside court.

Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his fiveyear-old brother Harrison, their two-year-old

“There is no sentence that he can ever do that is going to repay what he took from us. We have been utterly decimated by this.”

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sister Milly, and their 65-year-old grandfather Gary Neville died after the van they were in was T-boned by an SUV in Vaughan, Ont. The children’s grandmother and great-grandmother were seriously injured in the crash.

The children’s parents, who’ve attended all of Muzzo’s court hearings to date, said they were “cautiously optimistic” about his intentions to plead guilty because it would allow them to move forward.

“We can never repair, but maybe we can start to learn how to carry our broken hearts,” a tearful Jennifer Neville-Lake said outside court, wearing the ashes of her children in a locket around her neck.

“We’re given the life sentence. Our life sentence began just after 4 o’clock Sept. 27th,”

she said when asked what she’d consider a fair sentence for Muzzo.

“There is no sentence that he can ever do that is going to repay what he took from us,” she said.

“We have been utterly decimated by this.”

The 29-year-old Muzzo looked serious and glanced briefly at his family when he appeared in court. Greenspan said it was an emotional day for his client.

“It’s been a very long and difficult ordeal but he’s wanted this matter to be closed and the chapter to be closed as quickly as possible,” he said.

The Muzzo family, who did not speak to reporters on Wednesday, released a statement after their son’s arrest saying they were “greatly saddened” by the tragedy, and expressed their “deepest sympathy” to the Neville-Lake family.

The family owns the drywall company Marel Contractors and is worth nearly $1.8 billion, according to Canadian Business magazine.

Before the crash, Muzzo had seven non-criminal offences, including a conviction for driving with a handheld device, according to the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.

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Two male polar bear cubs at Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo now have names.

The votes are in from a campaign to name the cubs while donating to the zoo.

In December, 579 votes were cast and more than $18,000 raised for the polar bear rescue team and care of rescued bears.

The zoo says York and Eli received the highest number of votes.

It says York refers to York Factory First Nation, which has traditional lands that include important polar bear denning habitats. Eli is in honour of an elder from the First Nation that lived and hunted in the area between the Nelson and Hayes Rivers.

York and Eli live in the polar bear habitat at the Leatherdale International Polar Bear Conservation Centre.

A 28-year-old Calgary man is facing 13 charges after three police and a paramedic were assaulted during an investigation of an alleged domestic violence incident.

Police say they were called Sunday night after a truck was driven through the door and rear wall of a detached garage at a Calgary home. They say the driver then went on a rampage with a crowbar inside the house, smashing windows, wrecking appliances and putting holes in the wall.

A short time later, police found a suspect vehicle and tried to stop it, but the driver rammed the police vehicle and sped off.

A suspect was later located at a separate residence but during the arrest process, police say the four first responders were attacked.

Environmental groups say they are considering appealing a court ruling that quashed their bid to overturn federal approval of the production of genetically modified salmon eggs in P.E.I. Mark Butler of the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax said Wednesday they are reviewing the Federal Court ruling and will decide next month whether to challenge it.

The group argued in court that the federal government did not follow its own legislated rules and conduct a full risk assessment before clearing AquaBounty to produce the eggs on the Island.

AquaBounty CEO Ron Stotish said in a statement that the ruling supports the company’s claim that the eggs do not pose any risk to the environment or human health.

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LOS ANGELES — The hillside above the California home of Wayne Socha had held firm against thunderstorms over the past three decades.

But after a wildfire two years ago stripped away vegetation and loosened soil, he feared the strong El Nino storms pounding the state could bring it all down.

So the 61-year-old corporate auditor grabbed a sledgehammer and waded through the muck in his Monrovia backyard to knock a hole in a cement wall and let a mud flow skirt his house and run into a street.

“It looked like Niagara Falls,” Socha said. “It was quickly building up behind the house and I knew it could come right inside.”

Socha is among uncounted Californians trying to protect their property after the first El Nino storms descended on California this week and brought wet, windy weather to an area stretching all the way to the Gulf Coast.

Those storms dumped nearly seven centimetres of rain Tuesday on Southern California, turning Socha’s terraced backyard into a raging torrent of mud and debris. He kept his sledgehammer and shovels close on Wednesday as the winter’s most powerful El Nino storm so far pushed into the state.

Driving rain inundated the San Francisco Bay Area during the morning commute, causing nearly two dozen crashes, toppling trees and flooding streets and streams.

Officials shut down the city’s iconic cable cars, and buses were used to serve riders.

The system pushed south toward Los Angeles, stirring high waves in the ocean and causing extensive flooding in the San Fernando Valley that swamped cars in deep water.

It packed colder temperatures, stronger winds and heavier rainfall than the previous storms that have lined up since the weekend and brought much-needed rain to the drought-stricken state.

Another less-powerful El Nino storm was right behind and expected to hit land today.

Despite the potential for flooding and mudslides, the wet weather in California was welcome news for the state suffering from a severe drought.

But officials warned residents against reverting to wasteful water-use habits.

California’s water deficit is so deep after four years of drought that a steady parade of storms will be needed for years to come, said Mike Anderson, climatologist for the state Department of Water Resources.

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Police officers patrol in front of the main train station in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday. More women have come forward alleging they were sexually assaulted and robbed during New Year’s celebrations in Cologne. [AP PHOTO]

Fingerpointing follows New Year’s sex assaults Police, victims, migrants, criminal foreigners all being blamed FRANK JORDANS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLOGNE, Germany — Amid widespread shock over a string of sexual assaults in this cosmopolitan German city on New Year’s Eve, the response was divided Wednesday: blame the police or chide the victims, deport criminal foreigners or prevent migrants from entering the country in the first place.

The reaction in Cologne reflects a broader debate as Germany struggles to reconcile law and order with its new-found role as a haven for those seeking a better life.

Police descriptions of the perpetrators as of “Arab or North African origin” were seized on by those calling for an end to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy toward people fleeing violence and persecution — even as authorities warned they don’t know if any of the culprits are refugees.

Adding to the controversy were remarks by Cologne’s mayor, Henriette Reker, suggesting that women can protect themselves from strange men on the streets by keeping them “more than an arm’s length” away — words that were widely ridiculed on social media Wednesday for putting the onus on the victims.

At least 106 women have come forward to file criminal complaints of sexual assault and robbery during the New Year’s Eve festivities, authorities said, including two accounts of rape.

The attacks were seized on by opponents of Germany’s welcoming stance toward those fleeing conflict.

“This is where Merkel’s irresponsible immigration policy will lead us,” declared Thorsten Craemer of the far-right fringe party ProNRW, which staged a small rally in front of Cologne’s main train station, the site of the attacks. “There will be battles for resources, confrontations far

“I think it’s important to keep the focus on the women who were affected. They (mustn’t be) misused for attacks on the right to asylum.”

Antonia Rabente, student and activist

worse than what we’ve experienced on New Year’s Eve.” His fellow activists — fewer than 10 in total — were far outnumbered by counter-demonstrators shouting them down with slogans such as “East or West, down with the Nazi plague.”

Among the counter-protesters was Antonia Rabente, a 26-yearold student and union activist who expressed anguish at the assaults.

“On the one hand there’s a feeling that what happened is wrong and many people are concerned about this. But where people are split is in how to respond,” she said. “I think it’s important to keep the focus on the women who were affected. They (mustn’t be) misused for attacks on the right to asylum.”

Germany was one of the few European countries to welcome the influx of refugees last year. Many Germans cheered as weary Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis stepped off trains in Munich, Frankfurt and Hamburg last summer and tens of thousands have volunteered to help the new arrivals.

That euphoria has given way to the realization that integrating the nearly 1.1 million people who came to Germany last year will be a long and difficult task, even as many Germans have been heartened by Merkel’s mantra, “We can do this.”

Gudrun Sauer, a retired civil ser-

vant, said it would be wrong to blame the latest wave of refugees for the assaults. “The people who come here and went through such hardship, they’re hoping for a better future,” she said. “I don’t think they’d risk doing something like that.”

But like her husband Walter, she questioned whether German law is too lax on criminal foreigners and said the police should have intervened sooner to prevent the New Year’s Eve assaults.

Police initially failed to mention the assaults in their report the following morning, describing the festivities as “largely peaceful.”

Cologne Police Chief Wolfgang Albers acknowledged the mistake, but dismissed widespread criticism that officers were overwhelmed and reacted too slowly in protecting the women.

“When the situation became tense in front of the train station — there were a thousand men who were completely out of control — the police cleared the square,” he told public broadcaster ARD. “It was a difficult operation (and) the police did an exemplary job.”

Witnesses told a different story.

German media quoted dozens of women who said they were followed by groups of men who groped them, tried to pull off their clothes and stole valuables.

On Wednesday, police said the number of women alleging they were sexually assaulted or robbed had risen to 106.

At least three-quarters of the criminal complaints filed included an alleged sexual assault, Cologne police spokesman Christoph Gilles told The Associated Press, adding that “in two cases we are investigating crimes that amount to rape.”

He said police had arrested four suspects.

Chipotle said it has been subpoenaed as part of a federal criminal investigation and that sales plummeted 30 per cent in December after a series of food scares at its restaurants.

The company said in a regulatory filing it was asked to produce a broad range of documents tied to a norovirus outbreak this summer at its restaurant in Simi Valley, California, but declined to provide further details.

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Iraq offers to mediate between Saudis and Iran Iraq on Wednesday offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Iran after tensions soared following the kingdom’s execution of a Shiite cleric and attacks on two Saudi diplomatic posts in the Islamic Republic.

The standoff has seen Saudi Arabia sever diplomatic ties with its longtime regional rival and could hinder efforts to resolve the conflicts in Syria and Yemen, where Riyadh and Tehran back opposite sides, as well as affect the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari proposed mediation during a news conference in Tehran, but also referred to the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a “crime.” Saudi Arabia and its allies say al-Nimr was found guilty of terrorism charges, and that condemnations of the execution amount to meddling in Riyadh’s internal affairs.

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Five supersize stars found in other galaxies Scientists have discovered five supersize stars in other galaxies on a par with the monstrous stellar system in our own Milky Way. Eta Carinae is the brightest and most massive star system within 10,000 light-years of us. The binary system is located in the southern constellation of Carina, a ship’s keel, and outshines our own sun by 5 million times.

At the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting Wednesday, Rubab Khan, a researcher at NASA’s Goddard Space Center in Maryland, reported on the discovery of five “Eta twins.” The Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope helped identify them.

Khan says the discovery will shed light on the evolution of these stellar heavyweights.

Eta Carinae erupted in the 1800s, hurling stellar material into space.

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world’s best in Spain, before travelling to Florida, to join and tour with a rock band.

He is a frequent collaborator with Reinhardt in Germany, and “when he plays, you’ll hear all of those influences,” Gore said. “He might let off a bluesy rock riff, and then go into flamenco.

“He’s definitely a great addition.”

International Guitar Night happens at the Port Theatre Jan. 15, a Friday, at 7:30 p.m., with a pre-show chat in the Harmac Room at 6:45 p.m.

Tickets are $40 for non-members.

Ticket information at 250-754-8550 or visit www.porttheatre.com.

Fans of entertainment from the outskirts have Sunday circled on their calenders.

Fringe Flicks — now in its 16th season in Nanaimo — is back, screening a series of independent films at the Avalon Centre from Jan. 10 to April 25. The films are selected

by Theatre One from a catalogue provided by the Toronto International Film Festival circuit.

“These films circle around Canada.

There are 180 film circuit groups in Canada. Theatre One is one of them.

We receive the catalogue and from there we choose our films,” said Nadine Wiepning, a member of the committee that selects the films.

The films selected — in the order that they will be screened — include What We Did on Our Holiday, My Internship in Canada, Jimmy’s Hall, Coming Home, 45 Years, and Rams.

The screenings are scheduled to happen approximately every third week on Sundays at 1, 4, and 7 p.m. and Monday’s at 7 p.m.

For a full schedule, visit www.theatreone.org or call 250-754-7587.

“The great thing that drives people to it is these films are not yet released on DVD, Netflix or whatever. The films we bring in wouldn’t normally have a big screening in Nanaimo,” she said.

Independent films have a reputation of straying from the typical Hollywood storyline, Wiepning said.

“I heard a couple of years ago from a patron, she said thank you so much for bringing in these films because all that’s available is the predictable Hollywood dribble, she literally called it dribble. We’re really proud to bring these movies in, it’s another offering,” Wiepning said.

Tickets can be purchased at the door for $12 each or $60.60 for six on the Theatre One website.

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Gypsy Jazz legend Lulo Reinhardt is one of four guitar virtuosos scheduled to play Nanaimo’s Port Theatre Jan. 15 as part of the International Guitar night tour.

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nternational Guitar Night promises an evening of styles and genres to entertain Nanaimo, says IGN founder Brian Gore.

International Guitar Night returns to Port Theatre Jan. 15, and Gore will be accompanied by Gypsy jazz legend Lulo Reinhardt, contemporary fingerstyle innovator Mike Dawes and multi-genre showman André Krengel.

The four guitarists just completed some heavy touring in the U.K. since recording a live album together in May. “I guess we’ve got close to 30 performances already,” said Gore.

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“It’s been very good — it’s a good show. The audience really likes them, not just as musicians, but as people.

People have been going crazy.”

This guitar tour brings together a colourful collage of innovative acoustic guitar sounds for the audience.

Reinhardt has expanded on the legacy of his grand-uncle Django Reinhardt, with Latin-flavoured rhythms and melodies. Reinhardt, a German-born Sinti Gypsy, created a genre he calls Latin swing, which combines Latin-American influences with gypsy jazz and flamenco.

His crowd-pleasing approach and passionate style make him a favourite of International Guitar Night worldwide.

“He’s a real crowd pleaser, and people know his name,” Gore said.

Dawes’ lightning speed and deft tapping and percussion were among the highlights of the 2014 IGN tour.

The U.K. fingerstyle guitarist must be seen to be fully appreciated.

“He’s got a demonic stage presence,” Gore said.

Dawes’ YouTube videos have logged millions of hits, and when he’s not playing IGN, he tours with Justin Hayward and the Moody Blues, both with the group and solo.

Krengel is a master of many styles from flamenco to swing to modern ballads.

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Growing up in Manitoba, Scott Ward’s father was the funniest person he knew.

A traditional native powwow dancer and First Nations storyteller, Ward’s father had a knack for making everyone laugh and was a positive role model in his young son’s life.

In time, his sense of humour rubbed off on Ward, paving the way for a unique career as a certified comedy hypnotherapist working with native youth across the continent.

With more than 300 performances under his belt, Ward has never looked back and was recently named as a 2015 Native American “40 under 40” award recipient by the National Centre for American Indian Enterprise Development.

“Your mind is so powerful,” said Ward. “It’s kind of like Spiderman — with great power comes great responsibility.”

Based in Esquimalt, Ward wound up on the Island six years ago after moving his family from Edmonton.

Once he completed his Bachelor of Education at the University of Alberta, Ward worked as a drama teacher, then with at-risk youth, teaching culture.

While working in Red Deer, an opportunity arose to take a hypnosis course. From that, Ward decided to create his own show, focusing on youth and empowerment. He had so much fun hypnotizing his students that in 2004, Ward decided to take his show on the road, facilitating workshops on youth empowerment, cyberbullying, suicide prevention, drugs and alcohol.

He now considers himself a fulltime travel teacher; his classrooms are all across North America.

“I can reach a thousand kids at a conference,” said Ward, who’s also taken his workshops overseas to Barbados, Guyana, Malaysia and Vietnam. “As a teacher, you’re more one-on-one in a smaller setting, but as a performer I find kids really listen to performances more than they do their teachers.”

Ward describes his shows as

90-minute non-stop, laughter and empowerment. Being on stage feels so natural that sometime Ward forgets to get paid.

But the 40-year-old admits he was leery about hypnosis at first and if it was even real. Then he did his first show and realized the affect he could have on people he’s never met before.

“All of a sudden they’re in a trance state and you can see the rapid eye movement going on and some people go very deep,” said Ward. “That’s when I was convinced . . . . People put up so many barriers and walls.

It’s nice to have some of those walls come down in a safe atmosphere.”

Ward hopes to continue what he’s doing for as long as possible and some day hypnotize at the Apollo Theatre in Brooklyn.

In the meantime, he feels honoured to be the only Canadian recognized for the 2015 Native American 40 under 40 awards, which are given to people who have demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication, and made significant contributions in business and their community.

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Elvis will be in the building on Friday.

The King of Rock n’ Roll will play the Branch 10 hall of the Royal Canadian Legion on 129 Harewood Rd. in celebration of the legendary performer’s 80th birthday.

The real Elvis Presley unfortunately died in 1977 at the young age of 42.

But filling his Blue Suede shoes

is award-winning tribute artist and Nanaimo native son Steve Elliot, who has been paying homage to Elvis and other artists since 2004, when he won the Top Canadian Tribute Title at Penticton’s Annual Elvis Festival.

The festival appearance, which Elliot credits with launching his career, came about “by mistake” after Elliot performed a karaoke lounge.

His date for the evening — also his

future wife — had urged him to go on stage after he complained about other singers’ renditions of the ’50s tunes.

A woman came up to him after the impromptu performance and asked him if he wore costumes as well.

Elliot replied he had none. You should consider getting some, the woman replied.

A few days before his wedding, Elliot signed up to perform at the

Penticton festival, marking the beginning of a 15-year career.

He has been on a roll since. In 2007, he performed at the PNE as a young Elvis to mark the 50th anniversary of Presley’s performance there 1957. Hosting the event was Legendary DJ Red Robinson, who was there for Presley’s original performance.

Elliot returned to the venue again in 2010 to perform a special half time

show in front of an estimated 25,000 fans. Elliot’s Elvis Elite act has also made numerous other appearances across the province.

“It’s been a real blessing and I owe it all to the fans,” Elliot said.

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The Nanaimo Youth Choir has big dreams of playing at Carnegie Hall this summer, but first the choir needs to raise $60,000.

The choir has been invited to participate in the children’s premier performance in June 2016.

The group, which is a division of the Nanaimo Conservatory of Music, auditioned for the role earlier this year and was one of seven groups selected and one of just two from Canada.

“It will be with orchestra in Carnegie Hall, it’s something pretty exciting for a small choir,” said Marian Smith, who

founded the choir in 1992.

Most of the participating choirs will have anywhere from 30 to 60 singers.

The Nanaimo choir has 15.

“Anytime we go anywhere we’re the smallest choir.”

Nanaimo Youth Choir singers have been together for several years.

They have won the B.C. Festival of Arts for six consecutive years and compete in the Pacific Choir Festival in Portland.

“Whenever they go anywhere they are great ambassadors for Nanaimo.

They like to be proud of where they are from,” Smith said.

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he happiest person to see Eddie Lack just may have been Bo Horvat.

A first half of the season which was marred by slumps and scoring droughts was forgotten in Horvat’s most productive game of the year in a 3-2 Canucks win.

For a few moments, in the third period, Horvat looked everything like people thought he could be in that promising preseason.

With two goals, he single-handidly spoiled Lack’s return.

In an alternate universe, both Jacob Markstrom and Lack are teammates and playing in Vancouver.

There, GM Jim Benning traded Ryan Miller to San Jose, when the Sharks came calling to inquire about the veteran, as they did this past offseason.

How would that look?

There was lots of time to mull things like this, parallel universes and space-time continuums, in the first couple of periods in a game that had the pace of a two-part, seven-hour Quentin Tarantino western.

The Carolina Hurricanes rolled into Rogers Arena, and probably could have done better in the first period if Lack was playing centre.

They managed two shots in the first period, announcing it was going to be one of those nights.

Of course, Horvat had other plans.

After being thwarted on two early

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Markstrom debate on this one game, call it even.

Markstrom whiffed trying to glove a John-Michael Liles shot.

Later, Sven Baertschi whizzed one over Lack.

Neither goalie saw a lot of action, or had the opportunity to make many brilliant saves.

Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat sends a shot past Carolina Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack during a game in Vancouver on Wednesday.

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breakaways by Lack, he showed off one of the best power moves of the season.

With blazing — yes, that’s right — speed, he rocketed around centre Victor Rask and both Hurricanes defenders, cutting across the middle of the crease and slipping one by Lack.

The goal made up for everything that happened before it, and was

worth the price of admission.

Because Horvat’s progression in the second half of this season is far more important than two points on a Wednesday night.

The goal gave the Canucks a 2-1 lead, but Markstrom couldn’t hold it.

That’s fine. In the final minute, Horvat scored a power play goal to win it.

If you were judging the Lack vs

WHAT THIS MEANS Radim Vrbata will cost the Canucks $5 million on their salary cap this year.

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The Canucks, who have been struggling to find balanced scoring all season, have been pretty stuck on having Jannik Hansen play with the Sedin twins.

The line has been fine, but are they losing Vrbata in the process?

Could Hansen’s speed help make Horvat and Baertschi better?

The Sedins are going to get their points this year. It just appears odd how locked-in Willie Desjardins is on playing Hansen with them.

Is the team not ever going to re-visit Vrbata and the Sedin twins at evens?

It’s why they signed him in the first place and why they are paying him so much money.

Last season, they pulled Vrbata off that line to try and get some balance. They may think about doing that again, but this time it’s Hansen who gets pulled off to help another line.

They may not have a choice as Hansen left this one injured.

WHAT WE LEARNED That’s four goals in six games for Baertschi.

He is getting better and better as this season rolls along.

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K Nanaimo Clippers left wing Sheldon Rempal celebrates a goal against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Wednesday at Frank Crane Arena. [SCOTT MCKENZIE/DAILY NEWS]

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In a game between two teams that usually can’t stop yapping at each other, Sheldon Rempal and the Nanaimo Clippers let their scoring do the talking on Wednesday night.

Rempal, the BCHL scoring leader, had a hat trick (and a goal disallowed) as the Clippers beat the division rival Alberni Valley Bulldogs at Frank Crane Arena.

And after two weekend road losses against the Powell River Kings where they let their emotions get the best of them at times, the Clippers played exactly the way they wanted to — with little happening after the whistle.

“We want to stay out of that stuff all the time,” said Clippers head coach Mike Vandekamp. “I don’t think that’s really our game. Some games, it’s easier to do that than others . . . It’s about sticking to the game plan and being focused. I thought we more disciplined tonight than we had been.”

Rempal scored a goal in each period in the win, and also had an opportunity to score on an empty net late in the game. His third goal held up as the winner. He also added an assist on Matt Hoover’s late second-period goal, and his 83 points are currently six points better than

the league’s second-leading scorer, Penticton Vees star Scott Conway.

Sixteen-year-old Clippers rookie Matt Kowalski, who joined the team after Christmas, scored his first ever BCHL goal in the third period Wednesday night.

“There’s no pressure on him to do anything,” Vandekamp said of Kowalski, who left the Okanagan Rockets midseason as the B.C. Major Midget League’s leading scorer.

“He’s here to get experience to learn to play at this level, to learn to be a better player and ultimately set himself up to be back here at the start of next season as a veteran guy.

“The contribution is nice and it will help his confidence because he’s used to scoring goals . . . It was nice goal, too.”

Clippers captain Devin Brosseau picked up three assists in the win, putting him fourth in the BCHL scoring race — two points ahead of Hoover — with 58 points on the season.

Goalie Evan Johnson made 33 saves in the win.

The Clippers are now off until Saturday night when they host the Powell River Kings at 6 p.m.

en Griffey Jr. is headed to the place for which he always seemed destined — the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. On Wednesday, the Hall of Fame announced its 2016 class for induction on MLB Network. As expected, Griffey headed the list of two players to receive votes on at least 75 percent of the 440 Hall of Fame ballots submitted by eligible voters from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America required to gain induction.

Also joining Griffey in Cooperstown is catcher Mike Piazza. Both will be inducted into the Hall on July 24.

Though Griffey was on more than 437 of the ballots (99.3 per cent), he was left off of three, meaning no player has been unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame.

Pitcher Tom Seaver held the record with 98.84 per cent in 1992.

“Happy and shocked,” Griffey said when asked about his election during an interview on MLB Network on Wednesday. “Happy that I get to be in such an elite club. I’m thankful to the writers.”

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred congratulated Griffey in a statement Wednesday: “Ken Griffey Jr.’s swing, smile and immense talent in all facets of the game made him one of the most popular and respected players of all-time, a stature clearly evident in the results released today. His election to Cooperstown surely marks a great occasion not only in the Pacific Northwest and his hometown of Cincinnati, but also for an entire generation of fans. Major League Baseball is proud to congratulate Ken and his family on this well-deserved honor.”

There was little doubt about Griffey’s induction. His baseball resume and list of accomplishments made him a lock.

It’s all but certain that he will go

In this March 4, 1999 file photo, Seattle Mariners star Ken Griffey Jr. waits his turn at batting practice during spring training in Peoria, Ariz. [AP PHOTO]

in as a Mariner. He has indicated privately that he plans to wear a Mariners cap on his Hall of Fame plaque.

He will be the first Mariners player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Griffey’s former teammate, Randy Johnson, went in as an Arizona Diamondback last year, and announcer Dave Niehaus was inducted via the Ford C. Frick award in 2008.

Griffey’s career spanned three decades and 22 big-league seasons with three organizations — Seattle, the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox. In 2,617 career games — the majority in a Seattle uniform — Griffey had 2,781 hits, 630 homers (sixth-most in MLB history), 1,662 runs, 1,836 RBIs and a .907 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage).

From an honors standpoint, he

appeared in 13 All-Star Games (voted a starter in all 13), earned 10 Gold Gloves, seven Silver Slugger awards and was voted to Major League Baseball’s All-Century team at age 29. He was the unanimous American League MVP in 1997 and led the AL in homers four times (1994, 1997-99).

It’s easy to reminisce how much better the numbers could have been if Griffey had avoided the injuries that came with his fearless style of play or the debilitating effects from years playing on artificial turf.

Beyond the numbers, Griffey left an indelible mark on baseball on Seattle.

After internal debate between thenowner George Argyros and the rest of the front office, the Mariners selected Griffey with the No. 1 overall pick of the 1987 draft.

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The most dominant head coach in the B.C. Football Conference since Matt “Snoop” Blokker left the V.I. Raiders has parted ways with his team.

The BCFC champion Okanagan Sun announced Wednesday that they are on the lookout for a new head coach, as Shane Beatty will not return to the team for the 2016 season.

The Sun beat the Raiders 54-0 in

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In the last two years, Beatty guided the Sun to a 19-1 record in regular season games.

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NEW YORK — The upcoming NHL all-star game will be missing one of the sport’s top players.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby wasn’t included on the roster list Wednesday for the league’s mid-season showcase in Nashville on Jan. 30-31. As part of a new format this year, players will take part in a three-game tournament, played in a 3-on-3 format, and featuring teams representing each NHL division.

Veteran centre Evgeni Malkin and defenceman Kris Letang will represent the Penguins on the Metropol-

itan Division team. Roster limitations — six forwards, three defencemen and two goalies for each division — led to Crosby’s exclusion.

“Growing up, he’s a player I watched all my life. I’m not really sure what to say,” said Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau, who was named to the Pacific Division roster. “He’s a great player and I’m sure he’ll be there next season and a few seasons following that.”

Crosby, a 28-year-old native of Cole Harbour, N.S., has only appeared in one all-star game (2007), missing three due to Olympic commitments and five because of injury.

His numbers this season are decent but not at their usual level.

Since his 102-point rookie campaign in 2005-’06, Crosby has averaged over a point per game in every season until this one. His play has improved of late but he still entered Wednesday’s game in Chicago with 31 points (12 goals, 19 assists) in 38 games.

Defenceman Mark Giordano, the other Calgary player named to the roster, said Crosby’s game is back in form.

“He probably didn’t get out to the start he wanted to, but you can see he’s turning it up now and has really been on fire lately,” Giordano said.

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Kieran Crowley surprises Rugby Canada, quits as national head coach Kieran Crowley has resigned as Canada coach only days after agreeing to lead the team through qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Rugby Canada announced on Wednesday that Crowley’s resignation was effective immediately.

He was going to coach in Europe, Rugby Canada said. Crowley, a former All Black who won the inaugural World Cup in 1987, had been coach of Canada since 2008, taking the team to the World Cups in 2011, where it earned a win and a draw, and three months ago in England, where it didn’t win a pool game. Even after a World Cup review, Rugby Canada offered Crowley a contract extension through the 2019 qualifiers, which it said he accepted just recently. But then he told them this week he was resigning. “We are disappointed to see Kieran leave, however we appreciate all he has given our program over the past eight years and wish both him and his family the very best as he takes on a new challenge in Europe,� team manager Gareth Rees said.

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RENTON, Wash. — Just in time for the playoffs, Marshawn Lynch is back to practicing with the Seattle Seahawks.

Lynch was a full participant in practice on Wednesday, his first on-field work with the Seahawks since undergoing abdominal surgery in late November and missing the final seven games of the regular season. Lynch went through walkthrough on Wednesday morning and then took part in the afternoon practice, even taking a candy cane with him out to the start of his first practice since prior to Seattle’s Week 9 game against Arizona. “It’ll just be the process of seeing him recover from the day’s work and see how he goes,�

Seattle coach Pete Carroll said.

Lynch rejoined the Seahawks on Monday after spending recent weeks working out with his personal trainers in the Bay Area.

Lynch underwent surgery on Nov. 25 for an injury related to a sports hernia.

Seattle leaned on Thomas Rawls to fill in with Lynch out, but Rawls broke an ankle in Week 14. Christine Michael and Bryce Brown have carried the running game the last three weeks of the regular season.

Speaking after practice, both offensive co-ordinator Darrell Bevell and offensive line coach Tom Cable said they were pleased with how Lynch looked after have not practiced for near-

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“Doing whatever play is called, he won’t have a hard time picking it up.“ Fred Jackson, back-up

ly two months. “He’s been fantastic,� Cable said. “He’s adapted very well. I think he’s done a great job of recognizing where this team is at and their vibe, and he’s come

right in and went to work and it’s been really good.�

The expectation is if Lynch can make it through the week, he will be the presumptive starter for Sunday’s NFC wild-card game at Minnesota. “He’s a playmaker and he’s been around long enough, he’s been in this system long enough he’ll be fine jumping back in there,� teammate Fred Jackson said. “Doing whatever play is called, he won’t have a hard time picking it up.�

Carroll also said strong safety Kam Chancellor (pelvis/tailbone), guard J.R. Sweezy (concussion), tackle Russell Okung (calf) and tight end Luke Willson (concussion) are all on track to play this week after missing last week’s game with injuries.

Chancellor was a full participant in practice on Wednesday, while Sweezy, Okung and Willson were all limited.

Jeremy Lane, who left last Sunday’s game against Arizona with an side injury, was also limited.

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar Open on Wednesday.

Djokovic captured a 6-2, 6-2 second-round win against Fernando Verdasco, marking his 17th straight victory against a Spanish opponent, dating to 2014. “I’m very pleased with the way I have started this season, two matches, straight sets,� Djokovic said. “You know, Verdasco was a former top-10 player, somebody that has a lot of weapons in his game.�

Nadal looked confident during his 6-3, 6-2 win against Robin Haase, which improved his record against the Dutchman to 7-0. “I played at a very high level against a player that I think played well for a lot of moments,� Nadal said.

Top-seeded Djokovic and second-seeded Nadal saved two break points each on serve.

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NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators traded defenceman Seth Jones to the Columbus Blue Jackets for centre Ryan Johansen on Wednesday, giving up a young piece of their defence in search of some more offence. “Ryan is a big, young centre that can score, set up goals, win faceoffs,� general manager David Poile said. “He’s a No. 1 centre who is still growing his game and has the size and skill that we have been looking for to match up with the best in the league.�

Johansen, 23, played in every game for Columbus the past two seasons, and the 6-foot-3, 218-pound centre from Vancouver, British Columbia, had six goals and 20 assists in 38 games this season. He has 79 goals and 114 assists in 309 career games and was the fourth overall pick in the 2010 draft.

Jones, 21, was the fourth overall pick in the 2013 draft, and the right-handed 6-foot-3 defenceman has played 40 games for Nashville this season with one goal and 10 assists.

Johansen also has a 51.8 per cent success rate on faceoffs, including 52 per cent this season. That puts him in the top 10 among players with at least 400 draws. Nashville leads the NHL with goals by defenceman thanks to captain Shea Weber and Roman Josi, and the Predators ranked second only to Dallas for most points by a defensive corps going into Tuesday.

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Last 10 Strk 8-1-0-1 W-1 5-5-0-0 W-1 4-5-1-0 W-1

GP 40 38 40 39 40 38 40 37 40 41

W 20 20 19 19 19 16 16 15 15 15

Pts 45 44 44 43 42 39 39 37 34 33

Away 11-6-0-2 11-3-1-1 9-10-1-1 9-8-1-0 9-9-1-1 7-10-2-1 8-9-3-0 8-9-0-2 7-8-0-2 8-14-0-0

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

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

L OL SL GF GA 15 1 4 93 95 14 3 1 118 105 15 2 4 114 120 15 2 3 93 96 17 1 3 101 98 15 4 3 83 105 17 6 1 92 111 15 3 4 99 103 21 1 3 92 110 23 2 1 105 131

Home 9-9-1-2 9-11-2-0 10-5-1-3 10-7-1-3 10-8-0-2 9-5-2-2 8-8-3-1 7-6-3-2 8-13-1-1 7-9-2-1

WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION Dallas Chicago St. Louis

GP 42 41 42

W L OL SL GF GA 28 10 2 2 146 113 24 13 4 0 114 99 23 14 4 1 103 103

Pts Home 60 16-4-0-0 52 15-5-1-0 51 13-7-3-0

Away 12-6-2-2 9-8-3-0 10-7-1-1

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

GP 39 39 39

W L OL SL GF GA 25 12 1 1 105 87 19 16 3 1 110 124 19 18 1 1 104 122

Pts Home 52 12-6-0-0 42 10-6-2-0 40 13-7-0-0

Away 13-6-1-1 9-10-1-1 6-11-1-1

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

GP 39 40 40 40 38 40 37 41

W 21 19 19 19 16 15 18 17

Pts 49 45 41 40 39 39 38 37

Away 7-6-5-1 7-8-4-0 12-9-0-0 8-14-0-1 6-10-2-1 8-8-4-2 13-6-2-0 5-14-2-0

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

PACIFIC DIVISION Los Angeles Arizona Calgary

WILD CARD Minnesota Nashville Colorado Winnipeg Anaheim Vancouver San Jose Edmonton

L OL SL GF GA 11 6 1 105 92 14 6 1 104 106 18 3 0 113 111 19 1 1 108 115 15 5 2 73 90 16 7 2 97 113 17 2 0 101 106 21 3 0 102 122

Home 14-5-1-0 12-6-2-1 7-9-3-0 11-5-1-0 10-5-3-1 7-8-3-0 5-11-0-0 12-7-1-0

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.

7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Florida 5 Buffalo 1 Winnipeg 4 Nashville 1 Calgary 3 Tampa Bay 1 Minnesota 4 Columbus 2 NY Rangers 6 Dallas 3 Chicago 3 Pittsburgh 2 (OT) Washington 3 Boston 2 Philadelphia 4 Montreal 3 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Arizona 3 Vancouver 2 Edmonton 1 Carolina 0 (OT) Ottawa 3 St. Louis 2 (OT) Colorado 4 Los Angeles 1 Detroit 1 New Jersey 0

:HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV New Jersey at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Carolina at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Toronto at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 10 p.m.

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

Florida at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Toronto at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

JETS 4, PREDATORS 1

FLAMES 3, LIGHTNING 1

First Period 1. Wpg, Stafford 13 (Myers) 10:43 (pp).

Penalties — Myers Wpg (slashing) 1:01; Salomaki Nash (trip) 9:36; Perreault Wpg (trip) 15:56; Ribeiro Nash (hold) 19:46.

Second Period 2. Winnipeg, Stafford 14 (Enstrom, Scheifele) 8:42 (pp).

Penalties — Enstrom Wpg (interference) 2:11; Arvidsson Nash (tripping) 7:51.

Third Period 3. Winnipeg, Chiarot 1 (unassisted) 5:05.

4. Nashville, Wilson 4 (Josi) 13:23.

5. Wpg, Burmistrov 4 (Ladd, Myers) 19:30 (en).

Penalty— Thorburn Wpg (hooking) 6:43.

Shots on goal Winnipeg 4 6 8 —18 Nashville 17 12 16 —45 Goal — Wpg: Hellebuyck (W, 9-4-0); Nash: Rinne (L, 16-12-6). Power plays (goal-chances) — Wpg: 2-3; Nash: 0-4.

Attendance — 17,113 at Nashville.

First Period 1. Cal, Stajan 4 (Giordano, Brodie) 3:56.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Jones 8 (Giordano) 15:30.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 3. TB, Stamkos 17 (Stralman, Filppula) 18:21.

4. Calgary, Bouma 1 (Wideman, Russell) 19:02 (en).

Penalties — Paquette TB (tripping) 1:14.

Shots on goal Tampa Bay 8 14 9 —31 Calgary 13 7 4 —24 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (L, 15-13-3); Cal: Ramo (W, 15-12-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — TB: 0-0; Calgary: 0-1.

Attendance — 18,966 at Calgary.

HAWKS 3, PENGUINS 2 (OT) )LUVW 3HULRG Âł No Scoring.

Penalty — Letang Pgh (hooking) 15:25.

Second Period 1. Chi, Panarin 12 (Kane, Keith) 8:47.

2. Chi, Toews 14 (Seabrook, Shaw) 18:46.

Penalties — Seabrook Chi (holding) 11:14; Letang Pgh (boarding) 11:52.

Third Period 3. Pitt, Crosby 12 (Perron, Letang) 5:54.

4. Pittsburgh, Letang 4 (Crosby) 17:10.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Chicago, Panarin 13 (Kane) 3:47.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Chicago 7 9 9 5 —30 Pittsburgh 7 14 10 5 —6 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (W, 21-10-2); Pitt: Fleury (LO, 14-10-3). Power plays (goal-chances) — Chi: 0-2; Pitt: 0-1.

Attendance — 18,658 at Pittsburgh.

G 23 24 23 9 23 16 10 17 20 17 18 13 5 13 19 14 14 12 21 16 16 11

Tuesday's games not included

A 34 28 27 33 18 25 30 22 18 21 19 24 32 23 16 21 21 23 13 18 18 23

First Period 1. NYR, Stepan 7 (Nash, Megna) 1:56.

2. Dallas, Klingberg 6 (Spezza, Goligoski) 13:50.

3. NY Rangers, Yandle 2, 14:08.

Penalties — Oduya Dal (hooking) 2:19; Ja. Benn Dal (tripping) 5:16.

Second Period 4. NYR, Brassard 14 (Miller) 17:23.

Penalties — Brassard NYR (high-sticking) 3:57; Boyle NYR (delay of game) 11:39; Spezza Dal (holding) 18:51.

Third Period 5. NYR, Stepan 8 (Nash, Girardi) 4:55 (sh).

6. NY Rangers, Stalberg 5 (Lindberg, Klein) 7:50.

7. Dal, Roussel 7 (Spezza, Jo.Benn) 8:40.

8. NYR, Megna 1 (Nash, Klein) 13:38.

Penalties — Moore NYR (tripping) 4:12.

Shots on goal Dallas 6 8 10 —24 NY Rangers 14 6 9 —29 Goal — Dallas: Niemi (L, 16-7-4); NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 18-11-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Dallas: 0-3; NY Rangers: 0-3.

Attendance — 18,560 at NY Rangers.

WILD 4, BLUE JACKETS 2

SCORING LEADERS Kane, Chi Benn, Dal Seguin, Dal Karlsson, Ott Tarasenko, StL Hall, Edm Wheeler, Win Gaudreau, Cal Pavelski, SJ D. Sedin, Vcr Malkin, Pgh Steen, StL Klingberg, Dal Ryan, Ott Hoffman, Ott Cammalleri, NJ Bergeron, Bos Kuznetsov, Wash Ovechkin, Wash Burns, SJ Sharp, Dal Backstrom, Wash

RANGERS 6, STARS 2

Pt 57 52 50 42 41 41 40 39 38 38 37 37 37 36 35 35 35 35 34 34 34 34

First Period 1. Min, Parise 12 (Granlund, Suter) 17:22.

Penalty — Campbell Clb (hooking) 4:42.

Second Period 2. Col, Atkinson 12 (Hartnell, Goloubef) 3:08.

3. Min, Parise 13 (Granlund, Suter) 12:43.

Penalties — Fontaine Minn (highsticking) 11:33; Savard Clb (hook) 11:50.

Third Period 4. Minnesota, Parise 14, 19:03 (en).

5. Columbus, Jenner 15 (Wennberg, Johansen) 19:44.

6. Minnesota, Granlund 4, 19:46 (en).

Penalties — Foligno Clb, Dubnyk Minn (roughing) 11:16.

Shots on goal Minnesota 10 13 10 —33 Columbus 9 11 11 —31 Goal — Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 17-113); Columbus: Forsberg (L, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Minnesota: 0-2; Columbus: 0-1.

Attendance — 12,411 at Columbus.

FLYERS 4, CANADIENS 3 First Period 1. Phila, B. Schenn 9 (Couturier) 5:06.

2. Montreal, Galchenyuk 10 (Barberio, Carr) 14:14.

Penalties — Schultz Pha (hooking) 6:49; Petry Mtl (holding) 19:39.

Second Period 3. Philadelphia, Gostisbehere 7 (Umberger, Laughton) 3:20.

4. Philadelphia, Simmonds 10 (Gostisbehere, B. Schenn) 8:12 (pp).

5. Montreal, Gallagher 11 (Emelin, Pacioretty) 17:03.

Penalties — Subban Mtl (hooking) 6:26; White Pha (interference) 13:29; White Pha (boarding) 19:03.

Third Period 6. Philadelphia, Couturier 7 (Schultz, B.Schenn) 5:41.

7. Montreal, Carr 5 (Eller, Fleischmann) 19:05.

Penalties — Emelin Mtl (cross-checking) 2:29; Couturier Pha (high-sticking) 16:41.

Shots on goal Montreal 4 9 9 —22 Philadelphia 12 10 9 —31 Goal — Mtl: Scrivens (L, 0-2-0); Philadelphia: Neuvirth (W, 9-5-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Mtl: 0-4; Phila: 1-3.

Attendance — 19,163 at Philadelphia.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016

HOCKEY

FOOTBALL

TENNIS

NBA

WHL

NFL PLAYOFFS

ATP

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WILD-CARD

QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN

EAST DIVISION

Saturday's games

At Doha, Qatar 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1.

Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Rep., def.

Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-4.

Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, def. David Ferrer (4), Spain, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-2.

Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def.

Andreas Seppi (6), Italy, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Leonardo Mayer (8), Argentina, def.

Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-1, 6-2.

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-4, 0-6, 6-4.

Paul-Henri Mathieu, Fra., def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7).

Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).

Brandon Prince Albert Moose Jaw Regina Saskatoon Swift Current

GP W 40 24 40 23 40 20 40 17 38 15 39 12

L OL 12 2 13 3 15 4 17 3 20 3 22 4

SL 2 1 1 3 0 1

GF GA 150 122 133 125 139 130 125 144 121 157 91 126

Pt 52 50 45 40 33 29

SL 0 0 1 0 1 0

GF GA 166 120 153 118 140 129 112 132 127 152 82 172

Pt 54 54 52 36 32 17

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W Lethbridge 39 27 Red Deer 40 27 Calgary 42 25 Edmonton 40 16 Medicine Hat 39 14 Kootenay 41 7

L OL 12 0 13 0 15 1 20 4 21 3 31 3

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W Kelowna 40 28 Victoria 41 23 Prince George 39 23 Kamloops 37 18 Vancouver 40 15

L OL 10 2 14 1 14 1 14 4 20 3

SL 0 3 1 1 2

GF GA 145 113 136 105 133 115 129 114 118 139

Pt 58 50 48 41 35

L OL 12 0 14 3 15 3 17 1 20 2

SL 2 0 2 0 0

GF GA 100 79 118 111 129 132 134 124 124 146

Pt 46 43 43 41 36

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

GP W 36 22 37 20 39 19 38 20 39 17

Note: Division leaders ranked in top 2 positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout gets 2 pts. & a victory in the W column; team losing in overtime or shootout gets 1 pt. in OTL or SOL columns 7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Red Deer 4 Prince Albert 3 Moose Jaw 4 Medicine Hat 2 Tri-City 4 Victoria 3 (SO) :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV All times Local Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Tri-City at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Friday's games Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Prince Albert at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Regina at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Everett at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

BCHL INTERIOR DIVISION Penticton Salmon Arm West Kelowna Trail Vernon Merritt

GP W 38 33 36 22 39 23 38 18 40 16 39 13

L 4 10 14 20 21 23

T OL GF GA Pt 1 0 162 77 67 2 2 148 105 48 0 2 152 134 48 0 0 116 147 36 0 3 161 137 35 0 3 134 169 29

L 14 14 14 20 21

T OL GF GA Pt 0 1 161 131 51 0 2 137 104 46 2 3 132 159 43 0 4 102 112 32 2 2 99 146 30

ISLAND DIVISION GP W Nanaimo 40 25 Powell River 38 22 Cowichan Vally 38 19 Victoria 38 14 Alberni Valley 38 13

MAINLAND DIVISION Chilliwack Wenatchee Langley Coquitlam Prince George Surrey

GP W 37 24 38 23 37 22 38 16 39 9 37 5

L 8 10 14 17 28 31

T OL GF GA Pt 1 4 146 89 53 3 2 130 89 51 1 0 145 111 45 1 4 125 150 37 0 2 88 175 20 1 0 88 191 11

:HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV All times Local Langley at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Merritt at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Alberni Valley at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.

Friday's games Cowichan Valley at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.

Trail at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Surrey, 7 p.m.

Penticton at Vernon, 7 p.m.

Powell River at Victoria, 7 p.m.

Merritt at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday's games Powell River at Nanaimo, 6 p.m.

Salmon Arm at Penticton, 6 p.m.

Trail at Chilliwack, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Coquitlam, 7 p.m.

Langley at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.

Vernon at Merritt, 8 p.m.

AMERICAN CONFERENCE Kansas City (11-5) at Houston (9-7) Pittsburgh (10-6) at Cincinnati (12-4) Sunday, Jan. 10

NATIONAL CONFERENCE Seattle (10-6) at Minnesota (11-6) Green Bay (10-6) at Washington (9-7)

DIVISIONAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE Pittsburgh, Kansas City or Houston at Denver (12-4) Cincinnati, Houston or Kansas City at New England (12-4)

NATIONAL CONFERENCE Seattle, Green Bay or Washington at Carolina (15-1) Minnesota, Washington or Green Bay at Arizona (13-3)

NCAA BOWLS Monday, Jan. 11

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME At Glendale, Ariz.

Clemson (14-0) vs. Alabama (13-1), 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 23

EAST-WEST SHRINE CLASSIC At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 4 p.m.

NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL At Carson, Calif.

National vs. American, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30

SENIOR BOWL At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 2:30 p.m.

MOVES BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE HOUSTON — Named Dave Borkowski pitching coach at Corpus Christi TL), Ramon Vazquez manager, Lancaster (Cal), Omar Lopez manager & Chris Holt pitching coach, Quad Cities (MW), Josh Bonifay manager, Greeneville (SALLY), :ODGLPLU 6XWLO FRDFK /DWLQ LQÀHOG LQVWUXFtor (Gulf) & Russ Steinhorn manager, (DSL). Named Drew French pitching coach & Dillon Lawson hitting coach at Tri-City (NYP), Bill Murphy pitching coach at Greeneville, Aaron DelGiudice development coach at Fresno (PCL) & Lancaster (Cal), & Tommy Kawamura development coach at Corpus Christi (TL) & Quad Cities (MW).

OAKLAND — Traded RHP Arnold Leon to Toronto for cash or player to be named.

TEXAS — Signed LHP Cesar Ramos to a minor league contract.

FOOTBALL CFL WINNIPEG—Re-signed QB Matt Nichols.

NFL ARIZONA — Signed Cs Taylor Boggs and Valerian Ume-Ezeoke, LB Mike Reilly & S Tyrequek Zimmerman to reserve/future contracts.

CINCINNATI — Signed LB Jayson DiManche to practice squad & PK Zach Hocker, LB Dezmond Johnson & S Floyd Raven Sr. to reserve/future contracts.

GREEN BAY — Signed DT William Campbell to the practice squad. Placed DE B.J. McBryde on the practice squad injured list. Signed QB Ryan Williams to reserve/future contracts.

HOUSTON — Signed OT Andrew McDonald from San Diego practice squad. Placed OT Duane Brown on injured reserve.

JACKSONVILLE — Fired defensive coordinator Bob Babich.

OAKLAND — Signed QB Garrett Gilbert and K Giorgio Tavecchio to reserved/ future contracts.

TAMPA BAY — Signed Cs Josh Allen and Ben Gottschalk, WR Andre Davis, G Antoine Everett, S Gerod Holliman, DE Martin Ifedi, DT Derrick Lott and CBs C.J. Roberts and Joel Ross to reserve/ future contracts.

HOCKEY NHL COLORADO AVALANCHE — Claimed D Andrew Bodnarchuk off waivers from Columbus.

AIRCEL CHENNAI OPEN At Chennai, India 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (5), Spain, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Gilles Muller (6), Luxem., def. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Aljaz Bedene, Britain, def. Vasek Pospisil (7), Vernon, B.C., 7-5, 7-6 (6).

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def.

Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-3, 6-4.

Ramkumar Ramanathan, India, def.

Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, 6-2, 6-0.

Luca Vanni, Italy, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, def. Jozef Kovalik, Slovakia, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Austin Krajicek, U.S., def. Rajeev Ram, U.S., 6-7 (0), 6-4, 6-4.

Andrey Rublev, Russia, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

WTA ASB CLASSIC At Auckland, New Zealand 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Venus Williams (1), U.S., 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3.

Naomi Broady, Britain, def. Ana Ivanovic (2), Serbia, 7-5, 6-4.

Caroline Wozniacki (3), Denmark, def.

Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-4, 6-4.

Barbora Strycova (7), Czech Republic, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-4.

Kirsten Flipkens, Belg., def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, U.S., 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def.

Yulia Putintseva, Kazak., 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3).

Tamira Paszek, Austria, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3.

Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-3.

Christina McHale, U.S., def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-2, 6-4.

SHENZHEN OPEN At Shenzhen, China 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3.

Zheng Saisai, China, def. Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, 6-2, retired.

Wang Qiang, China, def. Johanna Konta (5), Britain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Eugenie Bouchard (6), Westmount, Que., def. Donna Vekic, Cro., 6-4, 1-6, 7-5.

Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazak., 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Nicole Gibbs, U.S., def. Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-2.

Zhang Shuai, China, def. Irina Khromacheva, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

Vania King, U.S., def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-4.

ATP-WTA BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL At Brisbane, Australia 0HQ V 6LQJOHV Âł )LUVW 5RXQG 'DYLG *RIĂ€Q %HOJLXP GHI Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-4, 6-4.

Bernard Tomic (7), Australia, def.

Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 6-3.

Dominic Thiem (8), Austria, def.

James Duckworth, Austral., 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Steve Johnson, U.S., 7-6 (3), 6-1.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Oliver Anderson, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-0, 6-3.

Lucas Pouille, France, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. :RPHQ V 6LQJOHV Âł 6HFRQG 5RXQG Carla Suarez Navarro (6), Spain, def.

Sam Stosur, Australia, 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-4.

Roberta Vinci (8), Italy, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1.

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

W

L

Pct

GB

23 21 21 21 21 19 19 19 19 17 17 15 14 10 4

9 12 13 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 19 17 23 24 33

.719 .636 .618 .583 .583 .559 .559 .543 .543 .500 .472 .469 .378 .294 .108

— 21/2 3 4 4 5 5 1 5 /2 51/2 7 8 8 111/2 14 211/2

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

W

L

Pct

GB

32 30 24 22 20 19 17 15 15 14 12 12 11 12 8

2 6 11 13 15 17 19 18 22 21 23 23 22 25 27

.941 .833 .686 .629 .571 .528 .472 .455 .405 .400 .343 .343 .333 .324 .229

— 3 81/2 101/2 121/2 14 16 161/2 181/2 181/2 201/2 201/2 201/2 211/2 241/2

7XHVGD\¡V UHVXOWV Chicago 117 Milwaukee 106 New York 107 Atlanta 101 Dallas 117 Sacramento 116 (2OT) Golden State at L.A. Lakers 0RQGD\¡V UHVXOWV Cleveland 122 Toronto 100 Philadelphia 109 Minnesota 99 Miami 103 Indiana 100 (OT) Boston 103 Brooklyn 94 Detroit 115 Orlando 89 San Antonio 123 Milwaukee 98 Sacramento 116 Oklahoma City 104 Houston 93 Utah 91 Memphis 91 Portland 78 Golden State 111 Charlotte 101 :HGQHVGD\¡V JDPHV New York at Miami, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Utah at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10 p.m.

7KXUVGD\¡V JDPHV Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m.

LACROSSE NLL EAST DIVISION Toronto New England Rochester Buffalo Georgia

GP 0 0 0 0 1

W 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 1

Pct. GF GA GB .000 0 0 — .000 0 0 — .000 0 0 — .000 0 0 — .000 15 16 1/2

W 1 1 0 0

L Pct. GF GA GB 0 1.000 16 15 — 0 1.000 10 8 — 0 .000 0 0 1/2 1 .000 8 10 1

WEST DIVISION GP Colorado 1 Saskatchewan 1 Vancouver 0 Calgary 1

Saturday's games Toronto at Georgia, 7:05 p.m.

Calgary at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Rochester, 7:30 p.m.

New England at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 14 Rochester at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 15 Calgary at New England, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Saskatchewan, 8:30 p.m.

SOCCER ENGLAND LEAGUE CUP 6HPLĂ€QDOV Âł )LUVW /HJ Stoke 0 Liverpool 1

ITALY SERIE A Genoa 2 Sampdoria 3

NBA

LeBron, Irving lead Cavaliers over Wizards 121-115 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON — LeBron James scored 34 points, Kyrie Irving took over in the fourth quarter and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the injury-ravaged Washington Wizards 121-115 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory.

Irving scored 21 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, including a run of 10 straight that put the game away.

James had 10 rebounds, and

J.R. Smith added 25 points for Cleveland.

Garrett Temple led the Wizards with 21 points and John Wall had 20. Playing without Kris Humphries, DeJuan Blair and Drew Gooden, Washington lost its second straight game.

losses to Miami. Anthony made nine for 12. In his first two games against the Heat, Anthony shot 10 for 29 and totalled 32 points.

Robin Lopez added a season-high 19 points for the Knicks, who won their third game in a row. Chris Bosh scored 28 points for the Heat.

KNICKS 98, HEAT 90 Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and New York shot 56 per cent to snap a streak of eight consecutive

THUNDER 112, GRIZZLIES 94 Kevin Durant had 26 points and a season-high 17 rebounds after missing the previous game with a

sprained right big toe, and Oklahoma beat Memphis.

Durant, who began the day as the NBA’s No. 3 scorer, broke loose for 17 points in the second half on 7-for-8 shooting. He played 33 minutes and appeared to have no problems with mobility.

Russell Westbrook added 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Thunder.

Mario Chalmers led the Grizzlies with 23 points.

MAVERICKS 100, PELICANS 91 Raymond Felton scored 22 points in a game Dallas chose to rest four starters, and the Mavericks defeated New Orleans. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle sat out Dirk Nowitzki, Deron Williams, Zaza Pachulia and Wesley Matthews after they each played 40-plus minutes in a double-overtime victory over Sacramento on Tuesday night. Chandler Parsons, the only usual starter in uniform, scored 19 of his 21 in the first half.

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6:30 p.m. Parksville Newcomers’monthly meeting in the Parksville Community Centre, 132 Jensen St., Parksville

7 p.m. Nanaimo Clippers vs Powell River Kings.

Tickets $5-20, at Clippers office, 1-2290 Bowen Rd., Nanaimo. Game is at Frank Crane Arena.

7-9 p.m. Country Idol at the Queen’s. The annual talent search runs Tuesdays through January, with a final show Feb.10. Singers 15 and up complete for $500 and a vocal appearance with George Canyon Feb. 10.

8:30-11:30 p.m. Nico Rhodes Trio at Vault Coffee House 499 Wallace St. Tickets $15, students $10.

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7 p.m. Myc Sharratt, Ali Prince Live At Longwood Brew Pub, 5775 Turner Rd., Nanaimo.

8 a.m. to noon Second Sunday Market: Art, craft, new, vintage, collectible, and food, with a pancake breakfast and live music. .

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7 p.m. Open Mic Acoustic night with Dave Marco, et Smoke‘n’Water Restaurant, Pacific Shores Resort, 1-1600 Stroulger Rd., Parksville.

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8-11 p.m. Elvis Birthday Tribute Show. Cover $10. Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #10, 129 Harewood Rd., Nanaimo.

7 p.m. Nanaimo Newcomers Club for women. St. Andrews Church hall, 4235 Departure Bay Rd.

12:30-2 p.m. Nanaimo Family Life presents connections group for seniors.

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7 p.m. Laryssa Campbell and more Live At Longwood A free live concert series every Thursday at Longwood Brew Pub 5775 Turner Rd., Nanaimo.

1-4 p.m. Raffi at the Port Theatre. Meet and Greet Tickets $65, regular tickets $37.50, upper Balcony $27.50. Concert is best suited for children old enough to talk, sing or clap along.

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7 p.m. Acoustic Tribute to Radiohead. Dinghy Dock Pub. Tickets $20 in advance from the artists, The Dinghy Dock Pub, or ticketzone.com.

7 p.m. Harbour City Newcomers Club.. Oliver Woods Community Centre, 6000 Oliver Road.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 16 7 p.m. JP Maurice, Towers and trees West Coast: album release tour At the Queen’s, 34 Victoria cres., Nanaimo. Tickets $12.

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by Jacqueline Bigar ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might be more serious than you need to be. Your ability to see the long-term possibilities might be playing into your mood. You’ll surprise others with an unexpected decision or action. Remain upbeat, and carry on as you have been.

Tonight: Slow down.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Relate to others directly. You will gain a greater understanding of each person, and you’re likely to appreciate others more. Loyalty comes from this type of interaction. One person could surprise you. Your reaction will give you new insight. Tonight: A blast from the past is likely.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You seem to be in a position where you need to be less authoritative and more open to others. A boss could confuse you, as well as those around you. A friend delights you and makes you laugh once you slow down and allow yourself to breathe. Tonight: Accept an invitation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might not be sure how to proceed.

A discussion will provide many options, but too much talk could slow you down. Don’t become paralyzed by the different perspectives. Your intuition will provide excellent insight. Tonight: Get some errands done on the way home.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’ll want to reconsider what seemed like a childish reaction you or a partner recently had. A risk could seem a lot worse than it actually is. Make sure

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you can handle a flop as well. This gamble could involve emotions rather than finances. Tonight: A friend wants to reel you in.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Life seems to have a confusing undertone right now, especially when dealing with a key person in your life. A strong possibility could be that this person isn’t feeling sure of him- or herself. You will want to take a backseat for a while. Tonight: See what evolves.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You have a way with words that often takes people back. You can be very polite while insulting someone at the same time. This person won’t realize what you have said until later, and by then, you’ll have eliminated the possibility of a conversation.

Tonight: At a favorite spot.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Use your financial wisdom to deal with a changeable situation. Get into an intellectual discussion about how to manage your funds and where to invest them. Make learning about economics a higher priority.

Test your ideas with others first.

Tonight: Think through a decision.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Beam in more of what you want, as the Moon adds to your magnetism and intellect. Others might choose not to say much, as there is an element of confusion that weaves through this day. Just let it go for now. Check out a leak in your house, then try to fix it. Tonight: All smiles.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Your sense of direction might be off.

Relax and absorb information rather than judge and make decisions.

Confusion surrounds an emotional tie or a money matter. Slow down and work with the available facts.

Don’t take a comment personally.

Tonight: Call it an early night.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be way too busy for your own taste. You love your friends, but you might not have the desire to socialize right now. A loved one will surprise you with a reversal. If you like what you see, jump into the situation. If not, head the other way. Tonight: Be happy.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might not intend to add chaos to someone else’s life, but you are likely to regardless. Unless this person is very good at getting nowhere with an issue, you could witness a change in attitude. Try to be clearer about where you are coming from.

Tonight: Remain upbeat.

YOUR BIRTHDAY (Jan. 7) This year you learn to follow your intuition when you’re in a jam and/or don’t know which way to turn. More often than not, you land on your feet. You often might not be sure of yourself and retreat. Reflecting on alternatives could be very helpful, but guard against a tendency to think too much and not act. If you are single, carefully screen the people to whom you are attracted.

You are likely to draw someone who is emotionally unavailable. If you are attached, the two of you open up to new concepts. As a result, you enjoy relating to each other far more.

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June 4, 1924 – December 30, 2015 During his 91-year-long life Dick lived and worked on three continents. He was born and raised in Cork, Ireland, and graduated from the National University of Ireland in 1948 as a medical doctor. After internships in England he joined the British Army. While cruising through the Suez Canal he received his commission as medical officer with a Malayan regiment in Kuala Lumpur. A photo of the time shows Dick in khaki shorts and knee socks, a rifle by his side, although scalpel and sutures were his primary tools as he tended the wounded during Malaysia’s bloody preindependence struggle. After discharge from the army Dick worked in various hospitals in England to broaden his medical experiences.

He met his future wife Claudia in Huddersfield and last June the couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. As a young married couple they lived in Liverpool, with Dick joining a busy general practice.

Soon Mark and Heidi were born and completed the happy family. The children were in elementary school when Dick decided to immigrate to Canada. He joined general practices in Prescott and London Ontario, until moving to Vancouver to work for the Workers Compensation Board. When the board established a new position in Nanaimo, Dick was happy to return to island living.

Dick was a modest man who loved and cared for his family. He performed his work duties with diligence, was valued by colleagues and patients for his competence and compassion, traveled the island to review cases, often brought home extra work, but also had time on his waterfront property in Lantzville to prune his roses and enjoy the sunsets.

After retirement the couple moved to Nanaimo, travelled North America in their VW camper and cruised and jetted around the world. Dick was a tireless explorer of different countries and cultures. He was supportive of Claudia’s musical and pottery endeavors, loved her cuisine, and never gave up on his Diesel Mercedes! He enjoyed celebrations with the family, including grand-daughters Danielle and Brittany. Sitting at the head of the table he poured wine for his guests in celebration of a good life!

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Jason Day is coming off a monster year of his own with five victories, including his first major at the PGA Championship and a pair of FedEx Cup playoff events that gave him a brief spell at No. 1 in the world.

His goal for 2016 is more of the same. A lot more. “I’m very motivated to get back to No. 1,� Day said Wednesday. “I’m very motivated to win as many tournaments as I can this year, and to be a more dominant player.

Whether it happens or not, we’ll see at the end of the year. But I’m going to give it a good shot. I’m going to work my tail off every single day to try and achieve that.�

The first step is the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, which kicks off the new year in grand style. This is the strongest field at Kapalua in 10 years, with Spieth and Day at Nos. 1 and 2 in the world, along with Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, British Open champion Zach

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Day, much like Spieth, wants a continuation from the previous year.

Only it might not be as easy.

While everyone in the field has played tournaments over the last few months because of the wraparound season, Day brings rust to this island paradise.

He hasn’t competed since Oct. 11 at the Presidents Cup. He has played only four holes, that was a month ago in Florida during a corporate day. He chose to stay home in Ohio as his wife gave birth to their second child, a daughter

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Recently, he wanted to borrow my bike to get to an appointment and didn’t want to pay for a cab. I said, “Nobody rides my bike but me.� He was very insistent, but I still said no. If he damaged it and refused to pay, what would I do?

Anyway, he said, “I’m going to remember this the next time you need a favour.� I wasn’t aware that I had ever asked him for a favour.

When I questioned him, he rattled off the time I left early to see the doctor because of a job-related injury, and the time he gave me the day off because I was sick, and I had to agree to come in the morning anyway. I wasn’t paid for the sick day, either. I once asked to attend a safety seminar, but he wouldn’t allow it. I told him those “favours� don’t count, but he was still angry.

Was I selfish not to let this guy use my bike?

He makes more than three times what I make, and I do my job diligently and honestly. — Feeling Used Dear Feeling: You were not wrong. Your boss was out of line to demand that you loan him your bike and then vaguely threaten you when you refused. Sometimes the best approach in these circumstances is to express your deep

regret that you are unable to accommodate him (“I’m SO sorry that I can’t loan you my bike�), adding how awkward it would be if he accidentally damaged it. He might still have given you a hard time, but repeating a very polite refusal would likely have limited the threatening attitude. Nonetheless, your boss sounds like a difficult person who is now out to punish you. We’d suggest seeing what other jobs are out there.

Dear Annie: Your suggestions to “Noreen in Nebraska� about checking the photos and flowery phrases of online suitors were excellent. I have some other hints to spot someone too good to be true: They are overeager. They jump to respond to your profile within hours of your first posting it, and respond to any communication within minutes. They claim to live in your town or nearby, but are “working overseas for several months or years.�

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Day was spotted in Detroit for a Thursday night NFL game against the Packers. He was on the sidelines holding a camera from some TV connections he had. That was a big thrill.

More famously, he had a courtside seat to watch the Cleveland Cavaliers, where the most watched highlight was LeBron James going hard after a loose ball and crashing into Day’s wife, Ellie, sending her to the hospital.

Social media being what it is, Day caught some grief for not jumping in front of his wife. “It happened so quick. I’m going to do that?� he said. “I’m not going to stop a 260-pound guy that’s 6-8 running full speed. Ellie took it like a champ, though. Once I saw her, she was on the ground, she was kind of freaking out a little bit about her neck, and once they started doing the test on her — she’s moving her legs, hands, feet, arms — I knew everything was going to be OK. She had post-concussion symptoms.�

Day said he left his house twice and both times he was on TV.

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Coach fired for spanking, hazing team MARK SCOLFORO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Philadelphia Union fired coach Peter Nowak in 2012 after getting complaints he hazed rookie players by spanking them so hard it hurt his hand, directed them to run 10 miles in warm weather without water, and was dismissive of concussion injuries, according to newly filed court documents.

Lawyers for the team and Nowak made filings recently as Nowak tries to convince a federal court to overturn an April 2015 arbitrator’s ruling that upheld the dismissal and ordered Nowak to pay the team about $400,000 in legal fees and costs. “The hazing of rookies, by spanking them, sometimes with a sandal, was completely unacceptable,� wrote arbitrator Margaret Brogan in April. “His description of what he did was quite unnerving, especially when he described how he put his hand in a bucket of ice water to ease his pain, obviously because he was hitting the young people so hard.�

Brogan also found that he required injured players to run 10 miles in 80 degree heat, taking water bottles away to toughen them up. “Nowak created an environment where players felt the need to hide or mask concussions,� the team’s lawyers wrote. “Indeed, the record evidence established that Nowak vilified players who suffered from concussion symptoms.�

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Number crunchers believe the trend will continue and any automaker without a strong contender in this burgeoning market is scrambling to catch up.

Hyundai has long recognized the importance of this market and now has the main bases covered with three contenders that give it players in the mid-size and compact segments. The latest Santa Fe Sport and longer Santa Fe-XL give it five- and seven-seat entries in the mid-size segment, while the introduction of the all-new, third generation Tucson with turbocharging offers consumers a new and exciting, value-packed choice in the compact segment.

The third generation Tucson with turbocharging offers consumers a new and exciting, value-packed choice in the compact segment. [ALAN MCPHEE FOR THE DAILY NEWS]

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ll new, inside and out, the 2016 Tucson is built on an entirely new — and stiffer — platform with a body that is longer, wider and sits on a longer wheelbase. The benefits are more interior space for occupants and cargo plus much improved ride comfort, quiet running and stability.

And Peter Schreyer, award-winning chief of design — for Hyundai and Kia — has given the new Tucson a bold and authoritative new look.

The revised hexagonal grille with three horizontal chrome bars shows its family resemblance to the larger Santa Fe models while the strongly sculpted hood and coupe-like roof line give it a bold and sophisticated look. It’s a style that looks perfectly capable of taking you off-road or to the Oscars.

You can choose either the carryover 164 horsepower, 2.0-litre GDI (gasoline direct ignition) four-cylinder or the new 175 horsepower, 1.6-litre Turbocharged GDI 4-cylinder. There are seven trim levels starting with the base two-litre FWD at $24,399. The 1.6-litre model comes in AWD Premium, Limited and Ultimate versions. Our tester was the

Limited 1.6-litre turbocharged model finished in ash with black leather seating and distinctive 19.0-inch, five-spoke aluminum alloy rims (up from the standard 17.0-inchers).

The 1.6-litre turbo features an innovative seven-speed ECO Shift, DCT dual clutch transmission with manual mode. With a dual clutch system, as one clutch is disengaging power to the driving wheels, the second clutch is already selecting the next gear. It’s a ‘first’ in this segment providing more precise and quicker shifts plus better fuel economy.

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ou can leave the transmission in Drive or shift for yourself by tipping the leather-wrapped lever forward or back. With the DCT, downshifts are quick, seamless and let you use engine compression to assist braking from highway speeds or let you ‘hold’ a lower gear on long descents or hill climbs.

You also have three driving modes to choose from, Normal, Eco or Sport. The Tucson is quick out of the gate thanks to 195 lb-ft of torque, low first and second gears and a

turbocharger eager to kick in at low revs, pushing you to 100 km/h in 8.8 seconds.

On the road, the independent suspension with Sachs gas-pressurized shock absorbers provides a firm but supple ride, while the power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering is light and direct. Dynamic assists include four-wheel power-assisted disc brakes with ABS, EBFD (electronic brake force distribution, downhill brake control and hill start assist plus ESC (electronic stability control), traction control and all wheel drive. The AWD system works autonomously providing power to front and rear axles as needed. It’s Active Cornering Control can use the brakes to slow the inside front wheel while additional power is sent to the outside front wheel, creating a ‘torque-vectoring effect’ that improves grip and stability. Standard safety assists include blind spot detection, lane change assist, rear cross-traffic alert, rear-view camera and rear warning parking sensors.

The cabin is much more spacious and comfortable than the previous model.

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The heated, tilt/telescoping, leather-wrapped steering wheel provides fingertip controls for audio, cruise and hands-free Bluetooth connectivity while a secondary gauge between the speedometer and tachometer that lets you scroll through programmable trip information. The eight-inch colour touch screen in the centre stack is the hub for your navigation, Blue Link Telematics System and rear back-up camera. The premium audio system includes Sirius XM (three months free service)/ CD and MP3 player. Standard premium features include HID Xenon, self-levelling headlights, fog lights, LED running lights and taillights plus a huge power, tilt/slide panoramic sunroof and remote power liftgate that senses the keyfob in your pocket and opens automatically.

All the usual power amenities are standard plus dual, automatic climate control, proximity key with push button start/stop, tire pressure monitor, roof rack side rails and privacy glass. Six airbags and the Latch system of child seat anchor points are also standard.

“With all of its advanced features, industry leading economy and value,” says Jeff Rae of Jim Pattison Hyundai, “we are very excited to have the all new Tucson to show our customers.”

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VW hopes U.S. will OK fixes for diesel engines emissions tests The top executive of the Volkswagen brand worldwide says he’s optimistic that U.S. environmental regulators will approve fixes within the coming weeks or months for diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests.

Brand CEO Herbert Diess said Tuesday night at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas that the company is having constructive discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Air Resources Board.

The EPA didn’t sound as optimistic,stating Wednesday that talks with VW so far “have not produced an acceptable way forward.”

Diess says VW already has received approval to fix 8.5 million cheating cars in Europe.

Repairs will start this month and most will be fixed this year.

But the U.S. cars are more problematic because they emit up to 40 times more toxic nitrogen oxide than allowed. Nearly 600,000 cars are affected in the U.S., with a total of 11 million worldwide. Diess spoke as the company unveiled a concept of an electric-powered Microbus that could go into production in 2019.

But the EPA statement said it and CARB will keep insisting that VW come up with “effective appropriate remedies as expeditiously as possible at no cost to owners.”

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U.S. sales hit all-time record in 2015, strong 2016 predicted Americans are buying more new cars than ever before.

U.S. auto sales hit a record high of 17.47 million in 2015, topping the old record of 17.35 million set in 2000. Analysts expect sales could go even higher this year as unemployment continues to decline and more young buyers enter the market.

Automakers reported December and full-year sales Tuesday.

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Analysts say the growth should continue this year, but at a slower pace. One reason: Millions of cars will be coming off of two- and three-year leases and into the used car market, so some buyers who would have purchased new cars will go for used ones instead. New-vehicle sales could rise as much as three per cent to 18 million, says Kelley Blue Book.

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Canada sees auto sales record in 2015; nearly 1.9M vehicles sold ALEXANDRA POSADZKI THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Despite the sluggish economy, Canadians snapped up nearly 1.9 million new vehicles in 2015, making it a record year for auto sales, according to figures compiled by a leading automotive consultant.

And DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says manufacturers can thank a big increase in sales of light trucks — a category that includes SUVs, minivans and pickup trucks — for the improvement.

Canadians bought nearly 1.2 mil-

lion trucks in 2015, up 8.8 per cent from 2014, enough to push overall sales up 2.5 per cent to 1.898 million vehicles even as car sales slipped 6.3 per cent to 715,719. “Consumers, despite the economic headwinds, are looking at the value proposition available in the new car market and they’re responding with record levels of demand,� noted Michael Hatch, chief economist for the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association.

Experts cite a number of reasons for the strong sales, including new vehicle prices that have remained roughly the same for a number of

years, while inflation and wages have risen. That means new vehicles have become more affordable for Canadians, said Hatch.

Competition has also been heating up in the Canadian auto industry in recent years, which has compelled automakers to hold the line on prices, he added. “Whereas in the past a relatively small number of brands would have represented a very large chunk, the lion’s share of the market, that’s no longer the case,� he said. “There’s more brands available to consumers in Canada. The market is more fragmented.�

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The 2016 BMW 7-Series takes driving a large, luxury sedan to a new level of sporty performance, connectivity and pampering.

The revamped vehicle offers lots of new technology such as Gesture Control, where a driver merely waves his or her hand to send an incoming phone call to voicemail.

There’s a key fob with a small computer display that tells with a swipe whether the sunroof was left open, the car unlocked and how many more miles one can get on the fuel in the tank.

On-board wireless charging and even more technology — the flagship model’s own Samsung tablet and Wi-Fi hotspot — come with the usual luxury auto trappings such as leather-covered seats, chestnut wood trim with intricate inlays, massaging seats, power-operated footrest and window shades and rearseat entertainment.

A few things were only mildly refreshed in the rear-wheel-drive, fourdoor sedan, including the two BMW engines — a 320-horsepower, turbocharged six-cylinder and a 445-horsepower, twin-turbo V-8.

The new 7-Series is some 190 pounds lighter than its predecessor (though it still weighs as much as a fullsize pickup truck) because it has a carbon core body and, for the first time, aluminum-skinned doors and trunk lid.

The engine’s thrust is exciting: The test 750i xDrive with twin-turbo V-8 can go from zero to 60 miles an hour in just 4.3 seconds. Passengers were strongly pushed into their seatbacks during quick acceleration. Torque peaks at an impressive 480 foot-pounds at a low 1,800 rpm and continues to 4,500 rpm.

The starting manufacturer’s suggested retail price, including destination charge, is $82,295 for the base 740i and $95,395 for the base 750i. The lowest on the test model, which has all-wheel drive, is $98,395.

The roomy 7-Series is a well-crafted, corporate chauffer car, but it needed some sprucing up to better compete with the sales leader in its segment, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

Taking the beefy steering wheel in hand, a driver selects from several ride modes, including “sport,� and the suspension immediately firms up and the steering response is quicker.

The large car maintains its poise in curves and turns, driving and darting around obstacles as if it were a smaller car without feeling like it will tip.

From the sport driving mode to the plusher “comfort plus� setting, the interior of the 750i xDrive was serene with just a hint of a strong engine heard at sudden acceleration. At times, neither the driver nor passengers could detect the shift points from the eightspeed, Steptronic Sport automatic transmission.

A small table stored in the centre rear-seat armrest operates like those in airplanes and allows executives to keep working as they are shuttled from meeting to meeting.

There is more legroom in the back seat than in the front: 44.4 inches vs.

41.4 inches. The right-side back-seat passenger has controls to move the front passenger seat farther forward than it might be otherwise.

Fuel economy isn’t a big priority, and the test car averaged 18.1 mpg in combined city/highway travel, which is less than the federal government’s estimate of 19 mpg. Later in the model year, BMW plans to introduce a 740e xDrive plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid model.

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Rocket V8 set up the era of the musclecar After WWII, Oldsmobile wanted to create a more efficient, smaller, lighter and peppier V8-based powerplant MALCOLM GUNN WHEELBASEMEDIA.COM

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t was more by accident than design that General Motors’ Oldsmobile brand gave birth to the modern-era high-performance automobile.

Its red-hot “Rocket”-V8-powered 88 model became the spark that would eventually spread like a brush fire throughout the land.

In the late 1940s, engines with two banks of four cylinders angled outward from a central crankshaft to form a “V” were nothing new. Cadillac developed the first mass-produced V8 in 1915 and Ford introduced its “flathead” V8 17 years later in 1932.

Following the Second World War, the Oldsmobile hierarchy decided to scrap its ancient inline eight-cylinder engine and develop a more efficient, smaller, lighter and peppier V8-based powerplant for its upcoming new line of cars.

The creator of this new engine was Charles Kettering, an engineering genius who, from his many years as head of research with General Motors, is credited with developing a number of automotive advances including the automatic transmission, electric starter, shock absorber, safety glass, and quick-drying automotive paint.

Kettering knew that higher-compression engines produced more horsepower, but he was unable to make his prototype properly function using existing low-octane gasoline.

His solution was to invent higher-octane gas that solved the problem of fuel prematurely detonating under pressure in the cylinders, rather than waiting to be ignited by the spark plugs.

The Rocket V8, coupled to the sleek lines of the ‘49 Olds, made for a desirable package. [WHEELBASE MEDIA]

In its final format, the Kettering engine, dubbed the Rocket V8, displaced 303.7-cubic inches and produced 135 horsepower, which was 35 more than a Ford flathead V8. But what really made this engine dance was its 263 pound-feet of torque at a low 1,800 revs per minute.

Although designed as a high-compression engine, Kettering restrained the ratio to 7.25:1. By contrast, today’s engines routinely see 11:1, which makes more power and increases the rev range. Once the bugs were worked out, and premium gas became more plentiful, the compression would increase.

The original scheme was to install the Rocket into Olds’ 1949 Futuramic 98, one of two all-new models launched that year. The other was the smaller Futuramic 76 that

employed a 105-horse six-cylinder engine connected to a three-speed manual gearbox.

Following the late 1948 introduction of the new Oldsmobiles, the decision was made to add a third model to the fleet, essentially the lighter (by about 160 kilograms) Futurmatic mated to the Rocket V8.

The resulting Futuramic 88 that launched in February of 1949 was an immediate hit, with close to 100,000

coupes, sedans, hardtops, convertibles and wagons sold. That number represented more than one-third of all Oldsmobiles produced that year.

The fact that the 88’s $2,025 base price was nearly $400 above the Futuramic 76 obviously didn’t deter buyers impressed by the car’s knockout power (zero to 60 mph/96 km-h in 12.2 seconds) and easy-touse standard Hydra-Matic automatic transmission.

For a $125 premium, deluxe versions of each 88 model added a two-tone interior, floor mats, turn signals, chrome-ring steering wheel and an upgraded instrument panel including a clock.

The Rocket 88, as the car was simply called, also caught on with the racing fraternity, especially those daring participants in the fledgling National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, or NASCAR. Of the nine sanctioned races held in 1949, Olds 88 drivers won six.

The following year, 88 sales climbed to more than 257,000, fully 65 per cent of all Oldsmobiles. The Rocket 88 was the undisputed king of the road.

By 1952, a higher-compression 160-horsepower Rocket V8 found its way into yet another Olds derivative, the Super 88. From that point, increases in both engine size and horsepower ratings made any Rocket V8-equipped Olds one of the most powerful cars on the road.

It’s uncertain if Charles Kettering, who died in 1958, fully realized what his contribution to high-performance automobiles would ultimately lead to. However millions of die-hard musclecar fans owe him and Oldsmobile a debt of gratitude for pushing the performance envelope and paving the way for others to follow.

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2014 HYUNDAI SONATA

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$17,997

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$22,997

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STK# C9627

2013 MITSUBISHI RVR

WARRANTY 2023, 4X4 AUTO

$25,497

STK# C9750

TITANIMUM SALE PRICE

2013 GMC CREW CAB 4X4

CREW CAB 24,200 KM SALE PRICE

STK# T6351

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$33,997

STK# C8142

2014 KIA SOUL

2014 DODGE 3500 4X4

2013 DODGE RAM 1500 STK# T5737

$15,997

$17,997

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STK#T5779

LEATHER, SUNROOF SALE PRICE

$49,997

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STK# T6409

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STK# T5682

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