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Air Quality Council promotes woodstove exchange to reduce pollution in AlberniKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The Air Quality Council of Port Alberni has a new chairwoman and she wants to get the word out about air pollution.

Sarah Thomas recently took over the position that remained open from Berna-dette Wyton’s retirement and her current project involves the phasing out of older woodstoves.

The goal is to remove all old uncertified woodstoves – pre-dating 1984 – with the new CSA-EPA emissions-certified appliances from the Valley.

Although it has been illegal to sell non-emissions certified stoves in the province since 1984, there remain many in use in the city. Those older stoves contribute to environmental and health problems, including bronchitis, emphysema and even heart disease.

During the winter months, the local trend sees air pollution increase. The valley traps

pollutants in the air, not only from weather inversions, but from dirty woodstove smoke.

Port Alberni is also a region that sees high rates of childhood asthma.

“The new stoves emit 70 per cent less particulate matter and use up to one-third less wood,” Thomas said. “They burn wood cleaner so they reduce smoke.”

Randy Thoen, Port Alberni’s chief fire prevention officer, said there has been posi-tive feedback, despite a learning curve with the new woodstoves.

“The old ones are quite large so we would

cut the wood as big as we could, stuff it full, light it and dampen it down,” Thoen said. “We let it smoulder all night. Seventy-five per cent went up the chimney in smoke.”

With the new stoves, the reverse happens. “The whole intent is to use a small fire-

wood load and trap the smoke inside the stove,” he said.

The burning of the smoke is where the efficiency is created and produces the release of more intense heat in the home.

Thoen said what contributes most to air pollution is burning wet wood, dampening it down too much and burning garbage.

In conjunction with local retailers, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District is hold-ing its fifth woodstove exchange program since 2009.

“There has been a noticeable drop in particulate matter attributed to burning,” Thomas said.

See AIR QUALITY, Page 3

Shelter helps residents displaced by house fireSince Friday the Port Alberni Shelter Society has been busy coordinating donations to the victims of last week’s fire in a Port Alberni housing complex.» Alberni Region, 3

Black Sheep defeat Piggies on home pitchPort Alberni knocked Cowichan out of the Cowichan Cup on the weekend, securing a spot in the final and a chance to win a trophy for the first time since the ‘90s. » Sports, 5

Port Alberni’s fire prevention chief, Randy Thoen, with Sarah Thomas, new chairwoman of the Air Quality Council of Port Alberni, and Sarah McColl of Dolan’s Heating, hope residents take advantage of the incentive to replace old, polluting woodstoves for more efficient appliances. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

» Environment

“The new stoves emit 70 per cent less particulate matter and use up to one-third less wood.”

Sarah Thomas, Air Quality Council chairwoman

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Council passes 3% tax hike

ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

After months of deliberations this year’s municipal budget has been passed, bringing homeowners a three per cent property tax increase.

Council gave final approval to the budget at a brief meeting Monday with the final adoption of the city’s five-year financial plan. Tax rates are covered by another bylaw that passed through its first three meet-ings, with final adoption expected during the upcoming April 27 coun-cil meeting.

“It was an eight-minute meeting,” said city clerk Davina Hartwell. “There were a couple of questions, but nothing that derailed the five-year plan.”

The current increase facing homeowners amounts to additional property taxes of $51 for the averagevalued home than what was paid last year. In 2015 the typical house in Port Alberni is valued at $185,876, owing $1,756 in levies. Taxes are due on July 2, with a five-per-cent fine imposed for late payments, plus another five-per-cent penalty for outstanding dues after Oct. 1.

The five-year plan’s adoption didn’t come without some reserva-tions from council. Although he voted for the bylaw, Coun. Jack McLeman wanted more information on the Equipment Replacement Reserve Fund and a report on the city seeking private sponsorships.

“I don’t feel comfortable with the budget,” said McLeman. “Last year we asked about bringing in a thing before this budget on sponsorships and whether it’s worthwhile put-ting an [request for proposals] out or not, and we’ve had no report whatsoever.”

The budget’s adoption comes after the city collected public input on the spending plan last winter, including hundreds of responses gathered from an online survey.

The approved tax hike is slightly more than the 2.8 per cent initially proposed by city administration in January with the first draft of the financial plan.

Among the cuts introduced in the final budget are $25,000 trimmed from the city’s subsidization of the McLean Mill National Historic Site this year, as well as $25,000 less spending on street sweeping, forcing municipal crews to focus upkeep on Port Alberni’s main roads.

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TIMBRE!WE GOT RHYTHMWE GOT MUSICWHO COULD ASK FORANYTHING MORE?

SUNDAY MAY 3, 2015 - 2:30 PMADSS THEATRE - PORT ALBERNI

Adults & Seniors - $15Students & Children - $5

Tickets now on sale at Rollin Art Centre,Echo Centre, Salmonberry’s,Finishing Touches, Choir Members,and at the door if available.

Sponsored by the Port Alberni Orchestra & Chorus Society

ArtsFraternal Order of Eagles Ladies Aux-

iliary afternoon jams every Thursday, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., at 3561 Third Ave.

Sports CONNECT A Parent Program meets on

Thursday evenings, from 6 to 7 p.m. Info: 250-724-0125.

Indoor Archery on Thursdays, from 7 to 9 p.m. all winter at Glenwood Centre. Info: 250-723-3003 (Eric Hockaday).

Drop-in Badminton on Mondays and Thursday, Alberni Athletic Hall, 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg).

Taoist Tai Chi arts, twice weekly classes – Mondays, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Thursdays, 1 to 3 p.m. at Knox Presby-terian Hall. Everyone welcome. Please enter by parking lot side door. Info: 250-723-7956.

Alberni Valley Billiards Club, 2964 Third Ave., adult mixed eight-ball league on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Info: 250-723-1212.

Horseshoe Club on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050.

Child and youth Army Cadets, ages 12 to 18, meet Thurs-

days at Cherry Creek Hall from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Info: 778-421-0552.

Join the Sea Cadets, ages 12 to 18. They meet Thursdays from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. at 4210 Cedarwood St. E-mail: 109sea@cadets.gc.ca or call 250-730-0944.

Youth Clinic services are available at ADSS (around the left front corner) on Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Info: 250-731-1315 or the Youth Clinic cell at 250-720-9591.

Support and help Having trouble connecting with your

teen? Connect, an attachment-based program to support parents and caregivers, is held Thursday evenings, from 6 to 7 p.m. Registration: 250-724-0125 or 250-731-1315 (ext. 41766

- Debra).Grief Support Group meets Thursday

afternoons at the Hospice Society office. Call Ruth at 250-723-4478 to register.

First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250-723-2056 or 250-724-2196.

Volunteers needed to help at Red Cross Health Equipment and Loan Program for four-hour shifts. Call between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 250-723-0557.

KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile out-reach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficul-ties, please call 250-723-2040.

Service groupsLiteracy Alberni, drop-in times Monday

through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.

Addictions Come and join Port Alberni Friendship

Center’s relapse prevention group every Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Coffee and snacks included.

Al-Anon and Al-Ateen Support Groups, for family and friends of problem drinkers, on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at Knox Church Hall. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855.

Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800-807-1780 for meeting times and locations.

What’s comingHospice Training Course, 12 weeks from

April 9 to May 21. For info: 250-723-4478 or theresa@albernihospice.ca.

Bread of Life fundraising dinner, April 24 at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets at Bread of Life and Cornerstones.

Bellyfit fundraiser for North Island Recovery Centre, April 25 at 11:45 a.m. at Slammers Gym. No membership necessary.

Barkley Sounds Community Choir pres-ents their spring concert “Jukebox Favourites” Sunday, April 26 at 2:30 p.m. at the ADSS theatre. Info: Sylvia 250-723-7185.

Literary event at Rollin Art Centre, April 28 at 7 p.m. Donna Besel, a boreal writer from Manitoba will introduce her new book of short stories at the Rollin Art Centre.

Cherry Creek Recreation Commission’s Annual General Meeting is on April 29 at the Cherry Creek Hall. Guest speaker is Lucas Banton. New mem-bers urgently needed.

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At the end of an article on the KUU-US Crisis society’s mobile food hamper delivery service published on Page 3 of the April 16 Alberni Valley Times, a num-ber of local locations with dates and times are listed, but the full listing was not published.

The following dates, locations and times are listed in full for interested readers:

April 18–May 2, 16, 30(parking lots):KUU-US bus office 5 to 5:10 p.m.Wal-Mart 5:15 to 5:25Echo Center 5:35 to 5:45City Hall 5:50 to 6:15Quality Foods 6:20 to 6:45

April 25–May 9, 23(parking lots):KUU-US bus office 5 to 5:15 p.m. Hupacasath 5:20 to 5:30Haa huu payak School 5:35 to 5:45Friendship Center 5:55 to 6:15Quality Foods 6:20 to 6:45

Food, materials and clothing are given to those of no or low income.

Shelter Society aids residents displaced by fi reKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Since Friday, when the Port Alberni Shelter Society announced it would coordinate donations to the victims of last week’s fire, phones have been ringing off the hook.

The generosity of the com-munity has been overwhelming for both residents and Shelter employees.

Those living in the 12-unit hous-ing complex on Montrose Street who were evacuated following the Thursday night fire have been assisted with hotel stays.

One displaced resident is stay-ing at the Shelter and another was placed in Phoenix House. Both units are now full and with provincial government assistance for meals and hotel accommoda-tions ending, problems could arise for those who find them-selves homeless.

“That is the problem in the community,” said Wes Hewitt, Port Alberni Shelter Society executive director. “We have a shortage of housing. With such a string of fires recently, we are losing even more housing for those on low-income.”

He said as housing advocates work on finding housing for

the displaced, the Society will continue to coordinate donation efforts. He stressed the Society is not currently a drop-off venue for items.

“We have several pages of names of people willing to donate,” Hewitt said. “As soon as they have housing, we will match people on the list with their appropriate items for people who need them.”

It could be days or a couple of weeks, Hewitt said.

“We can’t house them if we don’t have available housing in the community,” he said.

Hewitt said calls came at all hours over the weekend and the people of Port Alberni have been generous in their offerings.

“We just want people to be patient,” he said. “We will be

calling them back and staying in touch, but we have to get [the displaced] into housing first and then see what they need.”

Cindy Sjohlom has been provid-ing advocacy and outreach sup-port at the Phoenix House and has seen the effects of the fire first-hand on the resident staying there.

“She is devastated,” Sjohlom said. “It is her second fire and second time losing everything. She feels lost. She just bought a brand new washer and dryer with money she saved and it is ruined.”

“It is traumatic for anyone, but to go through it twice and on a fixed income makes it that much worse,” Hewitt said.

The staff at the Shelter are still collecting names and lists of donation items and will coordin-ate distribution as soon as they are able. Calls can be made Mon-day to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m. at 778-421-0076.

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Restorative justice expands reachERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A local alternative approach to the court process is looking to expand its reach in the Alberni Valley by getting victims of crime to sit face-to-face with perpetrators.

The volunteer-run Alberni Val-ley Restorative Justice Society aims to use $9,800 granted from the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office to broaden its influence in the com-munity. The society is planning enhanced training for its group of facilitators and two commun-ity dialogue sessions expected in late May and June.

The goal is to find out how the group can serve more clients, as many who are affected by crime could benefit from the society’s process, said restorative justice facilitator and board member Eric Ryding.

“We’re really hoping to get as many folks out to those [dialogue sessions] as possible to hear from people about what kind of needs they think the community has,”

she said. “There are a lot of hurt people in this community that don’t necessarily have an avenue to deal with that.”

Operating in the Valley since 2001, the society handles 15 to 40 cases a year. Referrals come from the RCMP for cases that can be more appropriately dealt with by having the affected parties sit down and talk. An essential factor is for the offender to admit guilt.

“It allows the offender to take responsibility for what they’ve done and allows the victim to be able to face the person who has

caused them harm, hold them accountable, look them in the eye and be able to tell them how they feel about what they did,” Ryding said. “People talk about what happened, how people are harmed by what happened and what needs to be done in order to repair the harm that has taken place.”

As it expands the group plans to work with Port Alberni Victim Services, another society that assists those affected by crime. The goal of restorative justice is to reintegrate those responsible for harm back into the commun-ity by putting them in positions where they are forced to under-stand the consequences of their actions.

“Victims often say that they have a level of closure that is very high and offenders feel like they’ve been able to in some ways address the harms that they’ve done,” said Ryding.

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COURTS All old woodstoves banned from city limits by 2017AIR QUALITY, from Page 1

To help homeowners transfer to more modern appliances, the City of Port Alberni Fire Depart-ment is providing Wood Energy Technical Training (WETT) inspections, which is the national standard on installation of solid fuel burners.

The bylaw currently requires the removal of pre-1984 woodstoves prior to the completion of a home sale and by 2017, all old stoves will be banned from city limits.

Homeowners can qualify for a savings of $400 off a new appli-ance if purchased by the end of April under the exchange program.

Proponents of the program anticipate the savings to help reduce the price tag for hospital visits in BC, which adds up to at least $85 million per year due to

poor air quality. Thomas said the mandate of the

AQC is to educate the public on how individuals can ensure clean air in the Valley. Through her research and in collaboration with various agencies, she hopes resi-dents will take steps necessary to reduce air pollution for everyone’s health and wellness.

“One of the next things that the Air Quality Council is looking at is potential alternatives for back-yard burning, including opportun-ities to tie that into an organics and composting program,” Thom-as said. “We are also looking at opportunities for better outreach and how to communicate when we have bad ventilation and bad air quality in the city so people can plan and act accordingly to benefit their, and other people’s, health.”

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“There are a lot of hurt people in this community that don’t necessarily have an avenue to deal with that.”

Eric Ryding, facilitator and board member, Restorative Justice Society

The Port Alberni Shelter Society’s Wes Hewitt and Cindy Sjohlom have been hearing from the community who want to help out with victims of the local housing complex fire. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

“As soon as they have housing, we will match people on the list with their appropriate items for people who need them.”

Wes Hewitt, Port Alberni Shelter Society

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Gary Seinen, as always, argues some interesting points in his latest opinion piece, but clearly missed the mark with his choice of conjunction in the final sentence: Exploit OR die. A more appropriate choice, given a reality check, would be: Exploit AND die.

Dan SchubartPort Alberni

Consultant for city management is ‘50K Buffoonery’

I guess I didn’t get the mes-sage. A present councillor, not that long ago, snidely asked me in passing if I had any more advise on how to run the city? I guess the councillors’ message was: “don’t think, don’t ques-tion, and don’t offer rationale for queries raised.

To spend 50K, not 5K but 50, for yet another review of our city’s staff costs, so soon after one had already been done, is, in my opinion, highly irrespon-sible. What makes this exercise even more unacceptable is that we already know the problem, be it excessive staff or over paid staff, can’t be dealt with. Why? Damnable severance packages, which every person in manage-

ment has, will trump any rec-ommendation to down size.

“In order to get the best people” is the usual ludicrous response offered over and over again to justify severance pack-ages in management contracts. Shouldn’t a 100K + salary in itself be incentive enough to get good people? And why should severance be included initially in a contract? What’s wrong with a 5-year probation period for that “best person” before severance kicks in? A sliding scale, beginning at the end of the 5th year could trig-ger full severance by the 10th

year of excellent service. The demand by applicants for sever-ance, to me, smacks of insecur-ity. But the demand for sever-ance has been a management negotiating ploy swallowed hook line and sinker by hiring suckers for far too long.

To proceed with a $50K con-sult, as you are, knowing that you won’t be able to solve the problem, other than through attrition, is plain and simply buffoonery. I wonder how my two cents worth will stack up against the recommendations you get for 50K?

Yours, more unwanted thoughts,

T. Lyman Jardin Port Alberni

Environmental interest groups taking advantage of oil spill

From the beginning, media reports on the estimated 2700 liters (a dozen barrels probably more) of bunker oil that spilled into Vancouver’s English Bay, spoke about not good enough and delayed response. Inflam-matory descriptions such as disaster and devastation filled the NEWS. Few speakers were optimistic about the efforts for cleaning the spill. The Federal Minister of Environ-ment and the Coast Guard representatives were the only

people speaking respectfully and reporting professionally to the public.

Those who spoke negatively towards the spill response have agendas of political gain or are activists opposed to fos-sil fuel usage. Liberal leader Trudeau, Green Party Ms. May, various NDP reps, Mayor Robertson and Premier Clarke gave political spin against the federal government. Councillor Carr, Mr. West, or Ms. Berman and others are environmental activists who always include anti fossil fuel rhetoric in their criticisms.

By stopping the FLOW of fos-sil fuels, these few people want to stop us from using fossil fuel, causing reduced jobs and lowering the economy.

People with power and voice in leadership use it to cast dis-persions, and doubt into the minds of Canadians.

Cap and Trade programs or Carbon Tax systems will make us pay heavily into the price of everything supposedly to fund dubious green energy projects fronted by the government.

If we devolve into a society following the environmental-ists’ propaganda of fear and “what if”, then we will be crushed by them. Rather than NO, we need to believe we can go forward creatively solving every difficulty. Stop listening to them, please.

Bruce E Hornidge Port Alberni

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Veterans affairs improvements overdueWith a federal election

just six months away, partisan motives no

doubt factor in the Harper gov-ernment’s charm offensive aimed at Canada’s veterans. It could hardly be otherwise, given the nature of the political process. But there’s good policy here, too.

More of those who served in the Canadian Armed Forces are finally receiving their due after years of suffering Ottawa’s ill-judged policies, reckless cost-cutting and caustic leadership, as typified by former veterans minister Julian Fantino.

Consider this a welcome about-face. What’s unfortunate is that it took so long for federal officials to do the right thing despite urgent pleas from vet-erans ombudsman Guy Parent, Canada’s auditor general, mem-bers of the Commons veterans committee and, of course, from veterans themselves.

A major step forward came

this past week when Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole announced the planned hiring of more than 100 permanent case managers to help guide veterans through the tangled bureaucracy that serves their interests.

Various new reforms are of scant use if the people who need them can’t navigate the system to realize these benefits. That’s why good case management is so significant, providing one-on-one attention to veterans in need of help. About 100 additional work-ers are to be taken on to process disability claims.

New hiring is especially import-ant in light of previous job cuts at Veterans Affairs. While the Harper government celebrates its recent moves on behalf of Canada’s former service people, the fact remains that, in many cases, it’s simply correcting its own mistakes.

A huge stumble was appoint-ing Fantino, of all people, to the

sensitive job of serving veterans. Many, especially those injured in the line of duty, face immense stress and a host of challenges. But where patience was needed, Fantino was curt. Rudeness replaced compassion, along with rote repetition of the party line. To say veterans deserved better is a gross under-statement; they could hardly have been treated worse.

Prime Minister Stephen Harp-er’s first necessary reform in this area was to dump Fantino and replace him with O’Toole, a for-mer Sea King helicopter naviga-tor and a far more sympathetic figure. It was a smart move. And there have been other worth-while reforms, including:The Retirement Income Security Benefit, closing what O’Toole admitted was a major gap in existing programs. It affected hundreds of veterans who suf-fered incapacitating wounds but hadn’t served long enough to

qualify for a military pension. The new benefit helps them and their families ward off poverty with a monthly support payment starting at age 65.

Improved benefits for injured part-time reservists, provid-ing them with the same basic income support received by regular members of the armed forces through the Earnings Loss Program. This makes obvious sense. Whether full-time soldiers or reservists, these people fight, bleed, and sometimes die serving side by side.

Broader eligibility for the Permanent Impairment Allow-ance, delivering life-long, month-ly financial support to veterans whose job options have been lim-ited by a service-related injury or illness.

A proposed new Critical Injury Benefit, providing a $70,000 tax-free award to Canada’s most severely injured soldiers.

A Family Caregiver Relief

Benefit, giving eligible veterans a tax-free, annual grant of about $7,200 to help give informal care-givers – usually a spouse or other relative – a break.

Much depends on how these measures are implemented, espe-cially who is deemed eligible and who is shut out. It’s too early to give this a full 21-gun salute. But Ottawa’s recent changes at least clear a way to making many veterans’ lives better after years of policies that short-changed them.

Conservatives understandably hope all this will generate mean-ingful support on election day. Perhaps it will. But not if voters bear in mind who allowed so many veterans to suffer – and for so long – in the first place.

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MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Cowichan’s rugby club has been knocked out of the cup competi-tion with their name on it – by the Black Sheep.

It happened here at the Port Alberni Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon for the Vancouver Island Division 1 cup semi-final.

After slipping behind in the first half 3–12, the Sheep hoofed it back to claim the match and kick the Cowichan Piggies out of the Cowi-chan Cup with a 44–26 victory.

The win secures a spot in the final game this weekend against the Velox Valhallians in Victoria, and a chance for Port Alberni to win a rugby trophy for the first time since the 1990s.

“We’re feeling pretty good, I’m pretty proud of the way the boys are playing,” said Black Sheep coach Jas Purewal. “I think their confidence level is pretty solid. They know there’s no panic.”

Cowichan struck first on Satur-day with a try and conversion for a 7–0 early lead. After a penalty goal by the Sheep’s Neil Thurley, the Piggies took another bite for a 12–3

advantage. One more penalty goal and it was 12–6 with 10 minutes before half-time.

But the Sheep didn’t stay down for the Piggies to finish off – the home team rose to the challenge as Ste Rokotuiwakaya scored his first of three tries (with a conversion by Thurley). The next two were in the second half.

“Three absolutely beautiful ones,” said Purewal.

In the 10 minutes before the half the Sheep scored 19 points, seiz-ing the lead 25–12. Ty Shannon scored two tries, one converted by Thurley.

In the first five minutes of the second half Ste scored his second for the Black Sheep to make it 30–12. His third with a conversion by Todd Daradics put the home team ahead 37–12.

But Cowichan didn’t roll over and make it easy, adding another 14 points before the final whistle.

The Sheep’s Anthony Selva added the final tally, converted by Daradics, for the 44–26 finale.

Port Alberni travels to Victoria to face the Velox Valhallians on Sat-urday for the Cowichan Cup final.

GREG SAKAKI NANAIMO NEWS BULLETIN

The Vees are victorious.The Penticton Vees are

B.C. Hockey League cham-pions after they defeated the Nanaimo Clippers 3-2 in overtime of Game 6 on Friday night at Frank Crane Arena.

“You’re so excited for your teammates,” said Pat-rick Sexton, Vees captain, describing the moment. “You fight for six, seven, eight months with these guys just to be able to accomplish this cham-pionship. It’s such a great feeling.”

It was another short over-time, as Dakota Conroy scored the championship-winning goal two minutes into OT. He was able to steal a puck that was caught up in an opponent’s skates and had time and space to make a move on the goalie and score the winner.

“That’s a feeling you can’t really explain,” he said. “I just tried to get in the corner and get my stuff off and hope that I didn’t get mauled by my teammates there.”

The game stayed 0-0 until the last 10 minutes of the third period, when the Vees twice surged ahead and the Clippers twice tied it

up. Dante Fabbro and Riley Alferd scored for Penticton, with Spencer Hewson and Brett Roulston replying for Nanaimo.

Shots ended up 42-29 in favour of the Vees, with Hunter Miska earning the win and Guillaume Decelles suffering the loss.

“We were down twice, clawed our way back, gave ourselves a chance; I like the spirit and the heart that we played with,” said Mike

Vandekamp, Clippers coach. “I couldn’t ask more of our guys when it came to that.”

The Vees ended up win-ning four straight games in the finals after dropping the first two at home. Vees coach Fred Harbinson talked about his players’ resolve.

“They just found different ways to kind of stay in the moment and not panic and they came to work every day…” he said.

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RUGBY

Black Sheep beat Piggies on home pitch

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Penticton Vees win 4 straight to sink Nanaimo in fi nals

Port Alberni’s rugby union club win 44–26 against Cowichan to qualify for the cup fi nal in Victoria this weekend

The Black Sheep took on Cowichan in the Cowichan Cup semi-final rugby match on Saturday. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Penticton Vees captain Patrick Sexton hoists the Fred Page Cup after his team won the B.C. Hockey League championship, defeating the Nanaimo Clippers 3-2 in Game 6 to win the series four games to two. [GREG SAKAKI, NEWS BULLETIN]

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Playoffs - Round 1All series best-of-seven

Yesterday’s resultsDetroit 3, Tampa Bay 0 (Detroit leads series 2-1)Washington 2, NY Islanders 1 (OT) (Series tied 2-2)Nashville at Chicago (OT) (Chicago leads series 2-1)Calgary 3, Vancouver 1 (Calgary leads series 3-1)

Today’s schedule (Games 4)Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m. (Montreal leads series 3-0)NY Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. (Rangers lead series 2-1)St. Louis at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. (Minnesota leads series 2-1)Anaheim at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. (Anaheim leads series 3-0)

Thursday, April 23 (Game 4)Tampa Bay at Detroit, 4 p.m.

Also Thursday (Games 5)Chicago at NashvilleCalgary at VancouverNY Islanders at Washington

Friday, April 24 (Games 5)Minnesota at St. LouisOttawa at MontrealWinnipeg at AnaheimPittsburgh at NY Rangers

Saturday, April 25 (Games 6)Nashville at ChicagoVancouver at CalgaryDetroit at Tampa BayWashington at NY Islanders

Sunday, April 26 (Games 6)St. Louis at MinnesotaMontreal at OttawaAnaheim at WinnipegNY Rangers at Pittsburgh

Monday, April 27 (Games 6)Tampa Bay at Detroit

Monday, April 27 (Games 7)Calgary at VancouverChicago at NashvilleNY Islanders at Washington

Tuesday, April 28 (Games 7)Ottawa at MontrealWinnipeg at AnaheimPittsburgh at NY Rangers

Western Hockey League

PlayoffsAll series best-of- seven*=if necessary

Eastern Conference FinalCalgary vs. BrandonWestern Conference FinalKelowna vs. Portland

Friday, April 24 (Games 1)Calgary at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.Portland at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, April 25 (Games 2)Calgary at Brandon, 5:30 p.m.Portland at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, April 28 (Games 3)Brandon at Calgary, 6 p.m.Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 29 (Games 4)Brandon at Calgary, 6 p.m.Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m.

Yesterday at the Saddledome

Flames 3, Canucks 1First Period1. Calgary, Gaudreau (1) (Wideman, Hudler) 3:23 (PP)2. Vancouver, Henrik Sedin (1) (Edler, Daniel Sedin) 8:12 (PP)3. Calgary, Wideman (1) (Russell, Gaudreau) 9:20 (PP)4. Calgary, Brodie (2) (Colborne, Backlund) 19:18Penalties: Ronalds Kenins Van (Board-ing Bennett) 1:44; David Schlemko Cgy (Slashing McMillan) 7:08; Nick Bonino Van (Roughing Brodie) 9:02; Bo Horvat Van (High-sticking Stajan) 19:28

Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: McMillan Van (Cross check-ing Ferland) 3:54; Bollig Cgy (10 Minute Misconduct) 6:15; Stajan Cgy (Delay of Game) 14:58

Third PeriodNo scoringPenalties: No penalties

Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd T Vancouver 11 3 14 29Calgary 7 6 9 22

Goaltending summary:Vancouver: Eddie Lack (4/7), Ryan Miller (15/15); Calgary: Jonas Hiller (21/22)

Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Vancouver: 1 of 2, Calgary: 2 of 4

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IIHF Ice Hockey U18World ChampionshipApril 16-26, Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland

Final round-robin standingsGroup B GP W L Pts GF-ACanada 4 4 0 12 21-11Finland 4 3 1 9 14-6Czech Rep 3 1 2 3 7-10Switzerland 3 1 2 2 5-9Latvia 4 0 4 1 10-21

Group A GP W L Pts GF-ARussia 4 4 0 12 20-7USA 4 3 1 9 30-8Slovakia 4 2 2 5 9-18Sweden 4 1 3 3 16-17Germany 4 0 4 1 5-30

Yesterday’s resultsUnited States 13, Germany 1Canada 3, Finland 2Russia 7, Sweden 4Czech Republic 5, Switzerland 0

Today’s scheduleNo games scheduled, rest day

Thursday, April 23Relegation gameLatvia vs. Germany, 3:15 a.m.

Quarterfinals USA vs. Czech Republic, 5:45 a.m.Canada vs. Sweden, 7 a.m.Finland vs. Slovakia, 9:45 a.m.Russia vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m.

Friday, April 24Relegation game, 9 a.m.

Saturday, April 25Semifinals, 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Sunday, April 26Relegation game, 3 a.m.Bronze medal, 6 a.m.Gold medal 10 a.m.

Western Canada CupJunior A championshipCasman Centre, Fort McMurray, Alberta

TeamsBCHL, Penticton VeesSaskatchewan JHL: Melfort MustangsManitoba JHL: Portage TerriersAlberta JHL: Spruce Grove SaintsHosts: Fort McMurray Oil Barons

Saturday, April 25Penticton vs. AJHLPortage vs. Fort McMurray

Sunday, April 26Melfort vs. PortageFort McMurray vs. Penticton

Monday, April 27Spruce Grove vs. Melfort

American Hockey LeagueFinal standings

y-Division champion x-Made playoffs

Calder Cup playoffsAll series best-of-five

Today’s schedule (Games 1)Providence at Hartford, 4 p.m.Utica at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 23 (Games 1)Portland at Manchester, 4 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Friday, April 24Hershey at Worcester, 4 p.m.Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 4:05 p.m.Utica at Chicago, 4 p.m.Rockford at Texas, 4:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 25Grand Rapids at Toronto, noonPortland at Manchester, 4 p.m.Hershey at Worcester, 4 p.m.Providence at Hartford, 4 p.m.Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 4:05 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.Rockford at Texas, 5 p.m.

Sunday, April 26Grand Rapids at Toronto, noonManchester at Portland, 2 p.m.Hartford at Providence, 4:05 p.m.

AHL league leaders 2014-15Total Points G A Pts1 Brian O’Neill MAN 22 58 802 Andy Miele GR 26 44 703 Jordan Weal MAN 20 49 694 J Marchessault SYR 24 43 675 Chris Bourque HAR 29 37 666 Shane Prince BIN 28 37 657 Andrew Agozzino LE 30 34 648 Dustin Jeffrey BRI 25 39 649 Travis Morin TEX 22 41 6310 Teemu Pulkkinen GR 34 27 6111 Alan Quine BRI 23 38 6112 Connor Brown TOR 21 40 6113 Chris Wideman BIN 19 42 6114 Cal O’Reilly UTI 10 51 6115 Andrew Miller OKC 27 33 6016 Joe Whitney ALB 23 37 6017 T.J. Hensick HAM 19 41 6018 Bobby Butler SA 27 32 5919 Tim Kennedy HER 11 48 5920 Cole Schneider BIN 29 29 58

BASKETBALLNBAPlayoff scheduleNote: 16 teams, all series best-of-seven

Yesterday’s results (Games 2)Cleveland 99, Boston 91 (Cleveland leads series 2-0)Washington 117, Toronto 106 (Washington leads series 2-0)Houston 111, Dallas 99 (Houston leads series 2-0)

Today’s schedule (Games 2)Brooklyn at Atlanta, 4 p.m. (Atlanta leads series 1-0)Portland at Memphis, 5 p.m. (Memphis leads series 1-0)San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. (Clippers lead series 1-0)

Thursday, April 23, 2015Cleveland at Boston, 4:00 p.m. (Boston leads series 1-0)Chicago at Milwaukee, 5:00 p.m. (Chicago leads series 2-0)Golden State at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. (Golden States leads series 2-0)

Friday, April 24, 2015Houston at Dallas, 4:00 p.m.Toronto at Washington, 5:00 p.m.L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 25, 2015Atlanta at Brooklyn, noonChicago at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.Golden St. at New Orleans, 6:00 p.m.Memphis at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 26, 2015Cleveland at Boston, 10 a.m.L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 12:30 p.m.Toronto at Washington, 4:00 p.m.Houston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, April 27Game 4 – Atlanta at BrooklynGame 5 * Milwaukee at ChicagoGame 4 – Memphis at Portland, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 28Game 5 * Boston at ClevelandGame 5 * New Orleans at Golden StateGame 5 * Dallas at Houston

GOLFMoney winners (as of April 20)

PGA TourThis week’s tournamentZurich Classic of New Orleans, April 23-26TPC Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana. Par 72, 7,520 yards. Purse:: $6,900,000. 2014 winner: Seung-yul Noh.

Money leadersGolfer Winnings1 Jordan Spieth $5,087,996 2 Jimmy Walker $3,509,349 3 Dustin Johnson $2,991,117 4 J.B. Holmes $2,942,520 5 Bubba Watson $2,720,950 6 Patrick Reed $2,344,556 7 Charley Hoffman $2,240,915 8 Ryan Moore $2,171,580 9 Hideki Matsuyama $2,156,046 10 Jason Day $2,047,528 11 Brandt Snedeker $2,029,667 12 Sang-Moon Bae $1,942,781 13 Robert Streb $1,808,680 14 Brooks Koepka $1,747,981 15 Ben Martin $1,707,823 16 Bill Haas $1,655,606 17 Paul Casey $1,565,580 18 Jim Furyk $1,544,661 19 Henrik Stenson $1,537,100 20 James Hahn $1,503,442 Canadian golfers51 Nick Taylor $924,952 92 David Hearn $511,73197 Graham Delaet $489,608 120 Adam Hadwin $381,522 196 Mike Weir $72,800

LPGA TourThis week’s tournamentSwinging Skirts LPGA Classic, April 23-26Lake Merced Golf Club, Daly City, California, par 72, 6,925 yards. Purse: $2,000,000. 2014 winner: Lydia Ko

Money leadersGolfer Winnings1 Sei Young Kim $699,735 2 Stacy Lewis $648,730 3 Lydia Ko $608,810 4 Inbee Park $593,387 5 Brittany Lincicome $518,900 6 Amy Yang $470,755 7 Hyo Joo Kim $431,619 8 Mirim Lee $348,263 9 Cristie Kerr $347,272 10 Na Yeon Choi $327,861 11 Ariya Jutanugarn $255,656 12 Anna Nordqvist $254,749 13 Ilhee Lee $240,022 14 Ha Na Jang $234,977 15 Morgan Pressel $233,687 16 Shanshan Feng $222,656 17 Jenny Shin $201,093 18 Jessica Korda $198,649 19 Carlota Ciganda $191,247 20 Sandra Gal $190,744 From Canada79 Alena Sharp $31,380

Champions TourThis week’s tournamentNo tournament this week

Money leadersGolfer Winnings1 Sei Young Kim $699,735 1 Olin Browne $478,399 2 Bart Bryant $446,592 3 Mark O’Meara $425,075 4 Paul Goydos $367,775 5 Miguel Angel Jimenez $365,792 6 Marco Dawson $329,308 7 Rocco Mediate $326,317 8 Tom Pernice Jr. $311,925 9 Colin Montgomerie $306,570 10 David Frost $304,984 11 Bernhard Langer $290,400 12 Lee Janzen $288,920 13 Kevin Sutherland $244,120 14 Esteban Toledo $238,475 15 Gene Sauers $236,629 16 Michael Allen $235,631 17 Scott Dunlap $221,541 18 Tom Lehman $206,484 19 Wes Short, Jr. $198,534 20 Fred Couples $163,890 Canadian golfers25 Rod Spittle $140,15127 Stephen Ames $135,69481 Jim Rutledge $16,775

Web.com TourThis week’s tournamentNo tournament this week

Money leadersGolfer Winnings1 Sei Young Kim $699,735 1 Peter Malnati $184,207 2 Wes Roach $166,917 3 Patrick Rodgers $162,070 4 Andrew Landry $150,870 5 Dawie van der Walt $126,896 6 Patton Kizzire $123,999 7 Kevin Tway $121,122 8 Mathew Goggin $120,299 9 Kelly Kraft $119,912 10 Harold Varner III $97,267 11 Steve Marino $95,308 12 Miguel Angel Carballo $81,991 13 Erik Barnes $81,810 14 Steve Allan $77,775 15 John Mallinger $73,379 16 Henrik Norlander $72,756 17 Andrew Yun $71,573 18 Rhein Gibson $71,500 19 Timothy Madigan $71,054 20 Abraham Ancer $68,135 From Canada T95 Roger Sloan $11,660

European TourThis week’s tournamentNo tournament this week

Money leadersGolfer Winnings1 Rory Mcilroy €1,224,6702 Danny Willett €1,118,6913 Justin Rose €927,9724 Ross Fisher €783,7005 Anirban Lahiri €749,0026 Bernd Wiesberger €727,9427 Kiradech Aphibarnrat €704,8398 Branden Grace €692,2799 Louis Oosthuizen €666,07110 Gary Stal €542,59611 Henrik Stenson €514,94412 Andy Sullivan €500,52013 Marc Warren €482,42414 George Coetzee €432,40615 Alex Noren €407,08016 Thongchai Jaidee €404,49017 Luke Donald €383,40618 Ian Poulter €360,85919 Martin Kaymer €357,93820 Charl Schwartzel €345,901

TENNISATPBarcelona OpenBarcelona, Spain. Surface: Clay Purse: €1,993,230 (1 euro=CDN$1.33)

Singles - Round 1Kei Nishikori (1), Japan, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.Roberto Bautista Agut (7), Spain, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-3, 6-4.Tommy Robredo (9), Spain, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2.Pablo Cuevas (10), Uruguay, def. Ro-berto Carballes Baena, Spain, 6-4, 7-5.

Round 1Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, def. James Ward, Britain, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-1.Andrey Rublev, Russia, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-3.Albert Montanes, Spain, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Kenny De Schepper, France, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 7-6 (3).Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 7-5, 6-1.Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 3-0, retired.

BRD Nastase Tiriac TrophyBucharest, Romania. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405.

Singles - Round 1Singles - Round 1Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (5), Spain, def. Lorenzo Giustino, Italy, 6-2, 6-0.Jiri Vesely (7), Czech Republic, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-3, 7-6 (9).Simone Bolelli (8), Italy, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (3), 6-4.Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Jurgen Zopp, Estonia, 7-5, 6-1.Nikola Mektic, Croatia, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-4.Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, 6-4, 6-3.Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 7-5, 0-6, 6-4.Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2.

WTAPorsche Tennis Grand PrixStuttgart, Germany. Surface: Clay. Purse: $731,000

Singles - Round 1Caroline Garcia, France, def. Ana Ivanovic (5), Serbia, 7-6 (6), 6-4.Ekaterina Makarova (6), Russia, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (3).Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-4.Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (8), 6-4.Marina Melnikova, Russia, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2.Madison Brengle, United States, def. Alberta Brianti, Italy, 6-4, 6-4.Garbine Muguruza, Spain, def. Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-4.Carina Witthoeft, Germany, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 7-5, 6-3.

BASEBALLMLB

Yesterday’s resultsChicago Cubs 9, Pittsburgh 8Philadelphia 7, Miami 3Washington 2, St. Louis 1Toronto 13, Baltimore 6NY Yankees 5, Detroit 2NY Mets 7, Atlanta 1Boston 1, Tampa Bay 0Cincinnati 16, Milwaukee 10Cleveland 6, Chicago Sox 2Kansas City 6, Minnesota 5San Diego 7, Colorado 6Texas 7, Arizona 1Oakland at L.A. AngelsHouston at Seattle,LA Dodgers at San Francisco

Today’s scheduleCleveland at Chi. White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Kluber (0-1) vs. Samardzija (0-1)Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Hammel (1-0) vs. Locke (1-0)St. Louis at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Lackey (0-0) vs. Fister (0-0)Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Cosart (0-1) vs. Hamels (0-1)Baltimore at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Jimenez (1-0) vs. Sanchez (0-1)N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Warren (0-1) vs. Price (1-0)Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Kelly (1-0) vs. Karns (1-1)Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 4:10 p.m. Stults (0-1) vs. Gee (0-1)Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Cueto (0-1) vs. Nelson (1-0)Minnesota at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Pelfrey (0-0) vs. Guthrie (1-0)San Diego at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Shields (1-0) vs. Kendrick (1-1)Texas at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Gallardo (1-1) vs. Bradley (1-0)Oakland at LA Angels, 7:05 p.m. Gray (1-0) vs. Weaver (0-2)Houston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Hernandez (0-1) vs. Happ (0-0)LA Dodgers at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Kershaw (0-1) vs. Bumgarner (1-1)

B.C. Premier LeagueTeam W L Pct GBAbbotsford 3 0 1.000 -North Delta 2 0 1.000 .5Langley 7 1 .875 1.5Okanagan 6 2 .750 .5Vic Eagles 5 3 .625 .5North Shore 3 2 .600 1Nanaimo 2 2 .500 1.5Vic Mariners 1 3 .250 2.5Coquitlam 1 3 .250 2.5Parksville 1 5 .167 3.5White Rock 1 6 .143 4Whalley 1 6 .143 4

Yesterday’s resultsCoquitlam 10, White Rock 1Langley at Whalley

Saturday, April 26Abbotsford at Coquitlam, 11 a.m.Whalley at Vic Eagles, noonNorth Delta at Vic Mariners, 1 p.m.Abbotsford at Coquitlam, 1:30 p.m.Okanagan at Nanaimo, 2 p.m.Whalley at Vic Eagles, 2:30 p.m.North Delta at Vic Mariners, 3:30 p.m.Nanaimo at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday April 26Okanagan at Nanaimo, 10 a.m.North Delta at Vic Eagles, 11 a.m.Whalley at Vic Mariners, 11 a.m.Langley at Parksville, 11 a.m.North Shore at White Rock, noonNanaimo at Okanagan, 12:30 p.m.North Delta at Vic Eagles, 1:30 p.m.Langley at Parksville, 1:30 p.m.Whalley at Vic Mariners, 1:30 p.m.North Shore at White Rock, 2:30 p.m.

English FA Cup

FA Cup Final, Saturday, May 30Aston Villa vs. Arsenal

English Premier LeaguePosition/Club W D L GF GA Pts1 Chelsea 23 7 2 65 26 762 Arsenal 20 6 6 63 32 663 Man United 19 8 6 59 31 654 Man City 19 7 7 67 34 645 Liverpool 17 6 9 47 36 576 Tot Hotspur 17 6 10 53 47 577 Southampton 17 5 11 45 24 568 Swansea 13 8 12 38 42 479 Stoke City 13 7 13 38 41 4610 West Ham 11 10 12 42 42 4311 Crystal Pal 11 9 13 42 45 4212 Everton 10 11 12 41 43 4113 West Brom 9 9 15 32 464 3614 Newcastle 9 8 16 34 540 3515 Aston Villa 8 8 17 24 451 3216 Sunderland 5 14 13 25 483 2917 Hull City 6 10 16 29 456 2818 Leicester 7 7 18 34 517 2819 Q.P. Rangers 7 5 21 38 591 2620 Burnley 5 11 17 26 515 26

Saturday, April 25Southampton vs. Spurs, 4:45 a.m.Burnley vs. Leicester, 7 a.m.Crystal Palace vs. Hull, 7 a.m.Newcastle vs. Swansea, 7 a.m.QPR vs. West Ham, 7 a.m.Stoke vs. Sunderland, 7 a.m.West Brom vs. Liverpool, 7 a.m.Man City vs. Aston Villa, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, April 26Everton vs. Man United, 5:30 a.m.Arsenal vs. Chelsea, 8 a.m.

MLS

Friday, April 24NY City FC at Chicago, 5 p.m.Dallas at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 25Philadelphia at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.Salt Lake at New England, 4:30 p.m.Sporting KC at Houston, 5:30 p.m.DC United at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.Montreal at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 26Toronto at Orlando, 4 p.m.Portland at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

SOCCERUEFA Champions League

Quarterfinals - Return legYesterday’s resultsBarcelona 2, Paris St. Germain 0 (Barcelona wins on aggregate 5-1, advances to semifinals starting May 4)Bayern Munich 6, FC Porto 1 (Bayern wins on aggregate 7-4)

Today’s schedule(Games at 12:45 p.m.)Monaco vs. Juventus (Juventus leads, 1-0)Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid (Game 1 tied, 0-0)

Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GANY Red Bulls 11 5 3 0 2 9 4DC United 11 6 3 1 2 6 5N. England 11 7 3 2 2 6 7Columbus 8 6 2 2 2 8 5Orlando 8 7 2 3 2 6 8Chicago 6 5 2 3 0 5 7NY City FC 6 7 1 3 3 5 6Philadelphia 6 8 1 4 3 9 13Toronto 3 5 1 4 0 8 11Montreal 2 4 0 2 2 2 6

Western LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GAVancouver 16 8 5 2 1 10 7Dallas 13 7 4 2 1 10 10Los Angeles 11 7 3 2 2 8 7Seattle 10 6 3 2 1 9 5San Jose 9 7 3 4 0 7 9Houston 9 7 2 2 3 6 4Salt Lake 9 6 2 1 3 6 5Portland 9 7 2 2 3 7 7Sporting KC 9 7 2 2 3 7 8Colorado 6 6 1 2 3 5 5

LACROSSEBC Junior A Lacrosse LeagueRegular seasonFriday, April 24Langley Thunder vs. Port Coquitlam Saints, noon

Saturday, April 25Burnaby Lakers vs. Delta Islanders, 7:30 p.m.

National Lacrosse LeagueWest W L GB Pct GF GAy-Edmonton 11 5 - .688 212 155x-Colorado 9 8 2.5 .529 202 205Calgary 6 11 5.5 .353 198 204Vancouver 5 11 6 .313 189 234

East W L GB Pct GF GAx-Toronto 13 4 - .765 220 178x-Rochester 11 5 1.5 .688 179 154Buffalo 8 7 4 .533 179 180Minnesota 5 11 7.5 .313 160 198New England 4 10 7.5 .286 154 185

Saturday, April 25Vancouver at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m.New England at Rochester, 4:30 p.m.Edmonton at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Red Wings 3, Lightning 0First Period1. Detroit, Datsyuk (2) (Ericsson, Tatar) 8:46Penalties: Ericsson Det (Holding) 10:35, Stamkos Tb (Slashing) 13:19, Zetterberg Det (Holding) 13:55

Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Glendening Det (Interfer-ence) 4:47, DeKeyser Det (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 5:51, Coburn Tb (Interference) 11:25, Kronwall Det (Hooking) 12:17

Third Period2. Detroit, Sheahan (1) (Zetterberg, Abdelkader) 6:42 (PP)3. Detroit, Glendening (2) (Miller, Ericsson) 19:11Penalties: Tatar Det (Holding) 2:37, Coburn Tb (Tripping) 5:12, Stamkos Tb (Tripping) 8:00, Abdelkader Det (Roughing) 8:39, Paquette Tb (Goal-keeper Interference) 8:39

Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd TTampa Bay 6 9 7 22Detroit 7 7 7 21

Goaltending summary:Tampa Bay: Bishop (18/20), Detroit: Mrazek (22/22)

Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Tampa Bay: 0 of 6, Detroit: 1 of 4

Att: 20,027

Capitals 2, Islanders 1 (OT)First Period1. Washington, Ovechkin (2) (Carlson, Backstrom) 13:062. New York, Cizikas (1) (Clutterbuck, Leddy) 19:47Penalties: Ovechkin Wsh (Tripping) 10:21

Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Wilson Wsh (Kneeing) 3:32, Wilson Wsh (Charging) 5:54, Green Wsh (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 8:44

Third PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Lee Nyi (Holding) 6:40

First Overtime3. Washington, Backstrom (3) (Ovech-kin, Ward) 11:09

Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT TWashington 10 6 7 7 30New York 13 15 6 3 37

Goaltending summary:Washington: Holtby (36/37), New York: Halak (28/30)

Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Washington: , New York:

Att: 16,170

Raptors 106 Wizards 117Toronto MIN PT RB A ST B TORoss 24:20 9 0 1 0 0 0Hansbrough 12:24 0 0 0 0 0 0Valanciunas 29:17 15 10 1 1 1 1DeRozan 40:46 20 4 7 1 0 3Lowry 27:22 6 2 4 0 0 1Patterson 25:15 15 4 0 2 0 0Vasquez 27:52 7 2 5 1 0 1Williams 26:39 20 1 1 3 0 3Johnson 18:58 10 5 0 0 0 1Johnson 07:07 4 0 0 0 0 0Totals 106 28 19 8 1 10

Washington MIN PT RB A ST B TOPierce 27:21 10 2 2 1 1 3Hilario 24:55 6 9 0 1 0 1Gortat 27:42 16 8 1 1 3 1Beal 42:04 28 5 2 1 0 3Wall 39:46 26 1 17 1 1 5Gooden 18:09 5 6 2 0 1 1Porter 34:52 15 9 1 1 0 0Sessions 14:54 5 3 1 0 0 0Seraphin 10:17 6 2 0 0 0 1Totals 117 45 26 6 6 15

Toronto 31 18 26 31 Washington 26 34 37 20

3 FG: Toronto 7-18, Washington 10-21. FT: Toronto 21-32, Washington 23-34. Fouled Out: None

Technicals: Raptors: Casey, Lowry, Wizards: Beal

Att: 19,800

Time of game: 2:30Blue Jays 13, Orioles 6Baltimore Toronto ab r h bi ab r h biCabrera SS 5 0 2 0 Reyes SS 4 1 0 2Pearce 1B 5 0 0 1 Donaldson 3B 4 1 3 1Davis DH 4 0 1 0 Bautista RF 5 1 1 2Jones CF 4 0 2 0 Enc’nacion 1B 5 2 2 2Lough CF 1 0 0 0 Smoak 1B 0 0 0 0Young LF 4 2 2 0 Navarro DH 5 1 3 0Snider RF 4 1 2 0 Martin C 3 2 0 0Machado 3B 3 0 1 2 Pompey CF 4 3 3 0Joseph C 4 1 1 0 Pillar LF 5 1 2 2Flaherty 2B 3 2 1 1 Goins 2B 4 1 2 3Totals 37 6 12 4 Totals 39 13 16 12

Baltimore 002 001 120 6 Toronto 063 011 20x 13

SB: TOR Reyes (2, 2nd base off Norris/Joseph). 2B: BAL Flaherty (3, Buehrle), Jones, Ad (4, Buehrle), Young, D (1, Buehrle), Snider (2, Loup); TOR Navarro, D (2, Norris), Donaldson 2 (5, Norris, Garcia, Ja), Pompey 2 (4, Norris, Matusz). HR: TOR Encarnacion 2 (4, 2nd inning off Norris, 0 on, 0 out; 6th inning off Matusz, 0 on, 0 out), Bautista (4, 7th inning off Garcia, Ja, 1 on, 0 out). Team Lob: BAL 7; TOR 8. DP: TOR (Pillar-Goins). E: BAL Snider (1, fielding), Joseph (1, throw); TOR Goins (2, throw).

Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOD Norris (L, 0-2) 2.1 6 9 9 3 2B Matusz 3.0 7 2 2 1 1J Garcia 1.2 3 2 2 0 0B Brach 1.0 0 0 0 0 0Toronto IP H R ER BB SOM Buehrle (W, 3-0) 6.0 8 3 3 1 2L Hendriks 1.0 2 2 1 1 0A Loup 1.0 1 1 0 0 0M Estrada 1.0 1 0 0 0 3HBP: Goins (by Garcia, Ja).

Time: 2:53. Att: 14,184.

Yankees 5, Tigers 2NY Yankees Detroit ab r h bi ab r h biEllsbury CF 4 1 0 0 Gose CF 4 0 2 0Gardner LF 4 2 2 0 Kinsler 2B 4 0 0 0Rodriguez DH 3 0 0 0 Cabrera 1B 4 0 1 0Teixeira 1B 3 0 1 1 Martinez DH 3 0 0 0McCann C 5 0 0 0 Martinez RF 4 2 3 0Young RF 3 1 3 1 Cespedes LF 3 0 1 1Headley 3B 4 0 0 0 Cast’lanos 3B 3 0 1 0Drew SS 4 1 2 1 Avila C 3 0 2 0Petit 2B 4 0 0 0 Davis PH 0 0 0 1Totals 34 5 8 3 Iglesias SS 4 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 10 2

NY Yankees 100 000 301 5 Detroit 000 000 101 2

SB: NYY Ellsbury (3, 2nd base off Gorz-elanny/Avila), Gardner, B (5, 2nd base off Alburquerque/Avila). 2B: NYY Teix-eira (4, Lobstein), Young, C (4, Hardy); DET Martinez, J (2, Eovaldi), Avila (1, Eovaldi), Cespedes (5, Martin, C). GIDP: NYY Headley, McCann; DET Kinsler 2, Cespedes. HR: NYY Young, C (4, 7th inning off Krol, 0 on, 0 out), Drew (4, 7th inning off Krol, 0 on, 1 out). Team Lob: NYY 11; DET 7. DP: NYY 4 (Drew-Petit, G-Teixeira 3, Eovaldi-Teixeira); DET 2 (Castellanos, N-Kinsler-Cabrera, M, Kinsler-Iglesias-Cabrera, M). E: DET Castellanos, N (1, fielding).

NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SON Eovaldi (W, 1-0) 7.0 8 1 1 1 4D Betances 1.0 0 0 0 0 2C Martin 0.2 2 1 1 0 2A Miller 0.1 0 0 0 2 1Detroit IP H R ER BB SOK Lobstein (L, 1-1) 6.0 3 1 1 4 3I Krol 0.1 2 2 2 0 0T Gorzelanny 0.1 1 1 1 1 0A Alburquerque 0.0 0 0 0 2 0B Hardy 2.1 2 1 0 2 2

Time: 3:24. Att: 27,031.

Red Sox 1, Rays 0Boston Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h biBetts CF 4 0 1 0 Guyer LF 4 0 1 0Pedroia 2B 4 0 0 0 Frieri P 0 0 0 0Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 Dominguez P 0 0 0 0Ramirez LF 4 0 2 0 Souza Jr. RF 3 0 0 0Sandoval 3B 4 0 1 0 Forsythe IF 3 0 1 0Nava 1B 4 0 1 0 Longoria 3B 3 0 0 0Victorino RF 4 0 1 0 Jennings CF 4 0 0 0Holt SS 3 0 0 0 Beckham IF 2 0 0 0Hanigan C 4 1 2 0 Rivera DH-C 3 0 1 0Totals 34 1 8 0 Brett 2B 1 0 1 0 Dykstra 1B 1 0 0 0 Cabrera SS 1 0 0 0 Wilson C 2 0 0 0 DeJesus LF 1 0 0 0 Totals 28 0 4 0

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Red Sox 1, Rays 0 (Cont’d)

Boston 001 000 000 1 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 0

SB: BOS Ramirez, H (1, 2nd base off Archer/Wilson, Bo). 2B: BOS Victorino (1, Dominguez, J). GIDP: TB Dykstra, Longoria. S: BOS Holt, B. Team Lob: BOS 9; TB 5. DP: BOS 2 (Pedroia-Holt, B-Nava, Sandoval-Pedroia-Nava). E: TB Brett (1, throw). PICKOFFS: BOS Miley (Brett at 1st base).

Boston IP H R ER BB SOW Miley (W, 1-1) 5.2 3 0 0 4 3A Ogando 1.0 0 0 0 0 1R Ross 0.1 0 0 0 0 0J Tazawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 1K Uehara 1.0 1 0 0 0 0Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SOC Archer (L, 2-2) 5.2 7 1 0 1 9B Gomes 1.1 0 0 0 0 1E Frieri 1.0 0 0 0 1 0J Dominguez 1.0 1 0 0 0 1

Time: 2:48. Att: 14,307.

Cubs 9, Pirates 8Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh ab r h bi ab r h biFowler CF 3 2 0 0 Harrison 3B 5 1 1 1Rizzo 1B 4 2 2 0 Walker 2B 4 2 1 0Soler RF 5 2 2 0 McCutchen CF 3 0 0 0Bryant 3B 4 1 2 2 Hart 1B 2 0 0 0Castro SS 5 1 3 4 Alvarez PH 1 1 0 0Denorfia LF 3 0 0 0 Hughes P 0 0 0 0Coghlan LF 2 0 1 0 Lambo PH 1 1 0 0Castillo C 5 1 2 2 Watson P 0 0 0 0Wood P 3 0 0 0 Melancon P 0 0 0 0Schlitter P 0 0 0 0 Stewart PH 1 0 0 0Coke P 0 0 0 0 Marte LF 3 3 2 2Motte P 0 0 0 0 Kang SS 4 0 2 3Ross PH 1 0 0 0 Cervelli C 3 0 2 2Jackson P 0 0 0 0 Rod’z RF-1B 4 0 1 0Montero PH 0 0 0 0 Liriano P 1 0 0 0Rondon P 0 0 0 0 Cole PH 1 0 0 0Russell 2B 5 0 0 0 Liz P 0 0 0 0Totals 40 9 12 8 Polanco RF 2 0 0 0 Totals 35 8 9 8

Chicago Cubs 102 001 113 9 Pittsburgh 110 003 300 8

2B: CHC Bryant (3, Liriano, F), Castillo, W (1, Liz), Soler (3, Melancon); PIT Kang (1, Motte). HR: CHC Castro, S (2, off Liz), Castillo, W (2, 8th inning); PIT Harrison, J (2), Marte, S (5).

Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SOT Wood 5.0 4 3 3 2 5B Schlitter 0.2 3 2 2 1 0P Coke 0.1 0 0 0 0 1J Motte 1.0 2 3 3 1 0E Jackson (W, 1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1H Rondon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SOF Liriano 5.0 3 3 3 2 9R Liz 1.0 2 1 1 0 2W Hughes 1.0 3 1 0 0 0A Watson 1.0 1 1 1 0 2Melancon (L, 0-1) 1.0 3 3 3 2 1HBP: Rizzo (by Liriano, F), McCutchen (by Motte).

Time: 3:18. Att: 13,680.

Playoff leadersPoints GP G A Pts1 Jonathan Toews, CHI 3 2 3 51 Craig Smith, NSH 3 2 3 53 Vladimir Tarasenko, STL 2 3 1 43 Nicklas Backstrom, WSH 3 2 2 43 Corey Perry, ANA 2 2 2 43 Josh Bailey, NYI 3 1 3 43 Ryan Getzlaf, ANA 2 1 3 43 Kevin Shattenkirk, STL 2 0 4 43 Marian Hossa, CHI 3 0 4 4

Goalies GP GAA SVpct1 Scott Darling, CHI 2 0.94 .9752 F. Andersen, ANA 2 1.50 .9463 Jake Allen, STL 2 1.51 .9424 Craig Anderson, OTT 1 1.74 .9595 Carey Price, MTL 3 1.88 .9396 Jaroslav Halak, NYI 3 2.01 .9297 Ben Bishop, TB 2 2.03 .8958 Jonas Hiller, CGY 3 2.07 .9299 Eddie Lack, VAN 3 2.36 .91410 Braden Holtby, WSH 2 2.51 .926

Plus-Minus GP +/- TOI1 Mattias Ekholm, NSH 3 +6 24:222 Lubomir Visnovsky, NYI 4 +5 16:193 Mikael Granlund, MIN 3 +4 16:564 Torrey Mitchell, MTL 3 +4 12:175 Brandon Prust, MTL 3 +4 12:146 Andrej Sustr, TBL 3 +4 16:537 Thomas Hickey, NYI 4 +4 21:488 Christopher Tanev, VAN 3 +3 22:098 Alexander Edler, VAN 3 +3 23:18- 10 others at +3

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Manchester 50 17 6 3 241 176 109x-Providence 41 26 7 2 209 185 91x-Worcester 41 29 4 2 224 198 88x-Portland 39 28 7 2 203 190 87St. John’s 32 33 9 2 183 235 75

Northeast W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Hartford 43 24 5 4 221 214 95x-Syracuse 41 25 10 0 218 219 92Springfield 38 28 8 2 192 209 86Albany 37 28 5 6 199 201 85Bridgeport 28 40 7 1 213 246 64

East W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Hershey 46 22 5 3 218 181 100x-WB/Scranton 45 24 3 4 212 163 97Binghamton 76 34 34 7 0.500 242 1Lehigh 33 35 7 1 194 237 74Norfolk 27 39 6 4 168 219 64

Western ConferenceNorth W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Utica 47 20 7 2 219 182 103x-Toronto 40 27 9 0 207 203 89Hamilton 34 29 12 1 201 208 81Adirondack 35 33 6 2 233 240 78Rochester 29 41 5 1 209 251 64

Midwest W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-Gr’nd Rapids 46 22 6 2 249 185 100x-Rockford 46 23 5 2 222 180 99x-Chicago 40 29 6 1 210 198 87Lake Erie 35 29 8 4 211 240 82Milwaukee 33 28 8 7 206 218 81

West W L OT SL GF GA Ptsy-San Antonio 45 23 7 1 248 222 98x-Texas 40 22 13 1 242 216 94x-Okla City 41 27 5 3 224 212 90Charlotte 31 38 6 1 172 231 69Iowa 23 49 2 2 172 245 50

American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkBoston 9 5 .643 - W2Baltimore 7 7 .500 2.0 L2NY Yankees 7 7 .500 2.0 W1Toronto 7 7 .500 2.0 W1Tampa Bay 6 8 .429 3.0 L4Central W L PCT GB StrkDetroit 11 3 .786 - L1Kansas City 11 3 .786 - W3Chicago Sox 5 8 .385 5.5 L1Cleveland 5 8 .385 5.5 W1Minnesota 5 9 .357 6.0 L2West W L PCT GB StrkHouston 7 6 .538 - W3Oakland 7 7 .500 0.5 W1Texas 6 8 .429 1.5 W1LA Angels 5 8 .385 2.0 L3Seattle 5 8 .385 2.0 L1

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Mark Buehrle works against Baltimore Orioles during first inning in Toronto on Tuesday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Encarnacion homers twice in Jays winMELISSA COUTO THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion hit two home runs and Ryan Goins chipped in with three RBIs as the Toronto Blue Jays hammered the Baltimore Orioles 13-6 on Tuesday.

Encarnacion’s second homer of the night, a mon-ster shot that landed in the fifth deck, gave the Blue Jays an 11-3 lead in the sixth inning. He hit his first of the night in the second inning, opening the floodgates for a six-run frame off Baltimore starter Bud Norris.

Jose Bautista had a two-run homer for the Blue Jays (7-7). Mississauga, Ont., native Dalton Pom-pey reached base four times with two doubles, a single and a walk, Josh Donaldson was 3 for 4 with an RBI and Kevin Pillar and Jose Reyes each drove in two.

Manny Machado had two RBI’s for the Orioles (7-7).

Mark Buehrle (3-0) earned his 202nd career vic-tory, allowing three runs on eight hits and one walk while fanning two through six innings.

Encarnacion led off the second with a solo shot to centre, Goins made it 3-0 with a two-run single and Reyes drove in Pompey with a base hit. The tag at the plate was challenged by the Orioles and the ruling on the field was upheld after video review.

Goins then scored when Baltimore catcher Caleb Joseph’s throw to second base went wide as Reyes stole the bag. Donaldson brought in Reyes with a double.

The Orioles responded with two runs in the third. Ryan Flaherty doubled in Joseph and scored on Steve Pearce’s RBI groundout to cut the deficit.

Pillar doubled in two runs in the bottom of the third to end Norris’ short outing, and Goins hit an RBI single off lefty reliever Brian Matusz to make it 9-2. Bautista missed a chance at extra bases when his line drive to right field was snagged by former Blue Jay Travis Snider at the wall.Reyes made it 10-2 with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to plate Pompey for the third time.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Keeping track of you could be close to impossible. The unex-pected, though becoming more common with you, still shocks others. Take charge of a situa-tion, and worry less about what is about to happen. Make what you want possible. Tonight: Gather with friends.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)You’ll gain an insight that you would prefer not to have. Still, you’ll need to work with it. Don’t push so hard, and trust that others will pitch in. Your vision of a situation could change with some feedback. Anger might flare up from out of nowhere. Tonight: Head home first.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could have a problem that you would prefer not to deal with. Don’t ignore it, and you will feel better in the long run. Have an important talk. You are likely to feel energized and empowered as a result. Be will-ing to let good news in. Tonight: All smiles. Spontaneity rules!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) Listen to what is being said around you. Try not to person-alize what you hear, and stay

open. The more you detach, the more you’ll understand what to do. You also will feel much bet-ter as a result. Deal with some-one’s anger sooner rather than later. Tonight: Go for some zzz’s.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Others will help you manifest what you want. An associate could be quite irritable. Be smart, and don’t take this per-son’s words personally; he or she has a tendency to suppress his or her anger. Encourage a discussion. A friend will be a fun distraction. Tonight: Where the gang is.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Pressure builds unless you remove some of the stress factors. Relate to a partner or key loved one directly. One-on-one relating will flourish. You will land well no matter what you do. Be ready to hear some surprising news. Tonight: Make time for a special friend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You might want to rethink a decision more carefully. You could be looking at a new opportunity that pops up from out of the blue. Explore what it holds for you with the help of a

friend. Others will be verbal and might be pushy. Tonight: Make it cozy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Deal with a loved one directly. Stay on top of a change, and try not to be swept away by what is happening. You could be very exhausted from everything that is happening. A partner could push hard for what he or she wants. Tonight: Let a friend make the call.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Defer to others, and make sure they understand where you are coming from. You have a project that you can’t keep on the back burner any longer. Toss yourself into it. Be aware of your time, your limitations and what must be accomplished. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You could be on the other side of an issue and choose not to express your thoughts. You might be more interested in what others have to say. Your creativity emerges, and you’ll find solutions. A partner will give you feedback once you open up. Tonight: Get some exercise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Your humor might be out of sync with others, with the exception of one close associ-ate. Say little, especially when it comes to a family member’s tirade. You’ll be surprised by what this person has to say. Tonight: Be caring and responsive.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Tension remains high, and, as a result, you might say something that could reflect your need for a resolution. Depending on how you handle stress, you could be seemingly out of control. A dear friend will support you in seeking an adjustment. Tonight: Soak stress away in a hot tub.

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This Is Then...With Kris Patterson

Port Alberni has had many landmarksin its history. This week I wanted to focuson the Somass Hotel. I have received manyrequests for more information on the SomassHotel. It has been part of our community foryears and had a certain amount of notorietyand now with it torn down, people have beentalking about it.

The Somass Hotel started out as “TheArmour” when Tommy Armour opened iton August 1, 1896. A year later it was closed,and then A.E. Waterhouse bought it in 1898,and leased it to Andy Watson. It was Watson

who built a wing onto the original hotel andmade great improvements to the exterior be-fore it re-opened as the “New Alberni Hotel”on November 31, 1898. Watson added the“cottage,” a building at First & Argyle, as anannex to the hotel, so that his regular board-ers could sleep away from the noise of thesaloon. Then in January, 1902, Jim S. Rollinstook over the management of the New Al-berni, and changed the name to “SOMASS.”It’s not clear whether he was responsible forthe magnificent looking building in this pho-to, but construction was started in January of

1907. The original wooden Somass buildingwas damaged by a fire in 1947. There weredifferent owners over the years. Frank Wau-thier and D.C. Kyle took over the hotel andafter serious renovations including changingthe main entrance to face Argyle Street andimproved dining services, Wauthier sold theSomass in 1951 and moved to Terrace. Morerenovations were finished in January 1957 bySouther Construction. I will also be doing afuture story on Souther Construction in anupcoming column. The Somass Hotel and itsrestaurants have seen many changes over the

years, including the Wheel House, ChicagoPizza, and Timbers Restaurant among manyothers. The hotel stood witness to manychanges in our community over the courseof almost 120 years. I hope you enjoyed thislook back at the Somass Hotel. I know thereare countless memories out there, and pho-tos, and I look forward to hearing from you.Please send me your memories tokris.patterson@avtimes.net or call me at250-723-8171 ext. 228.

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Coming Soon!Stay tuned for a new contest where there willbe a way to have your iconic Port Alberniphotos immortalized for the future. Emailyour photos to kpatterson@avtimes.net forthe chance to have them immortalized on aT-shirt. Watch for more details.

Do you know when this photo was taken?

The Somass Hotel gazebo circa 1930’s

Another photo showing the evolution of the hotel, taken from Argyle Street.

The Somass Hotel in 1915 takenfrom Kingsway. It shows part of the

original hotel, known as the “Armour”on the right, see arrow.

I will be looking atthe Kingsway and theBeaufort Hotel in futurecolumns. Next week Iwill be focussing on GreatCentral Lake and hope-fully some Klitsa Lodgefollow up as well. I willalso be featuring someclassic businesses. Pleaseemail me with your storyideas to kris.patterson@avtimes.net

This is what the site of the former Somass Hotel looks like today. The Uchucklesaht FirstNation purchased the building and it was demolished after the extent of the condition ofthe building was discovered. Photo by Chris Finlayson.

CLASSIFIEDS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | 9

ON THE ISLAND $190K in expenditures added to 2015 budgetBUDGET, from Page 1

A number of expenditures were added to the budget, including opening the local SPCA branch on Mondays for an additional $16,000 of public funds.

For another $50,000 the eco-nomic development assistant will become a full-time position to provide more support for the two-person department’s manager.

The city’s management struc-ture and pay is due for a review with $50,000 set aside to hire a consultant.

This summer the exterior of city hall is scheduled for an update with the installation of donated cedar panels at a cost

of $35,000. Within council chambers

cameras will be fitted with $15,000 in equipment to allow public meetings to be streamed online.

Parks and Recreation was allotted $25,000 to develop a waterfront park at the bottom of Roger Street, a location set to house the historic mill grind-ing stones currently sitting on Catalyst Paper’s property.

A new placement for the old hand-carved welcome sign that was once on display at the entrance to the Valley is planned for the new waterfront park as well.

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Low life expectancy in NanaimoROSS ARMOUR NANAIMO DAILY NEWS

Statistics from Island Health have confirmed that life expect-ancy in Nanaimo is lower than both the Vancouver Island and provincial average.

The numbers also underline that men fare worse than women across the board in terms of liv-ing longer.

The average life expectancy of men in Nanaimo is 78.5 years compared to women which is 83. The Island Health average for men is just below 80 years while the average across B.C. is just above that number.

For women, the average life expectancy for all of Vancouver Island sits at 84 and, similarly to males, the B.C. average is mar-ginally higher.

Ladysmith’s life expectancy is even lower, at 77 for men and 82 for women.

The numbers are more encour-aging for the Qualicum area, where men tend to live until they’re 80, on average.

Life expectancy for women in Qualicum is above both the Island and provincial average at 85.5 years.

Dr. Paul Hasselback, medical health officer for the central Island, said the lower numbers for Nanaimo and Ladysmith remain a mystery in terms of nailing down a particular cause or number of causes to come to a conclusion.

“Looking at the question of life expectancy, there’s no one single answer,” said Hasselback. “(The numbers) aren’t keeping with

what we might expect in termsof socioeconomic status.”Hasselback confirmed that a

higher number of deaths in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith area com-pared to the rest of the Island are caused by severe injury and motor vehicle accidents.

“Another area we seem to have identified is that more elderly women are having a higher mor-tality once they get into their early years of becoming older, around 75,” said Hasselback. He noted more men die younger than 75 than older, in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith area.

“We obviously have vital statis-tics in terms of causes of death for individuals. “We also have more detailed information on things like causes of cancer. We then try and look for patterns.”

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Meat shop changes ownership asnew businessman and resident moves to town KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Rick Paul has cut his share of meat over the past 25 years and now looks ahead

to retirement. Although he is not leaving the

business yet, Paul sold the long-standing butcher shop, Double R Meats, to new immigrant, Chynhui Han. Paul intends to stay on as manager to train Han and run the daily operations.

Paul has a long history in the industry since his first job in a slaughterhouse in Maple Ridge during his youth. He started at a place called Clappers and Packers doing clean-up and was apprenticing by the time he was 13 years old. He was there for seven years until the business closed.

When he met his wife Kim Tingey in Port Alberni, he moved here and the two started their life together. Before launching his own business, Paul worked as a meat cutter at Meat by Wiik, a small butcher shop that was located behind Woodward’s at the time. From there he continued the same line of work at Super Valu, Woodwards and Safeway before managing the meat department at IGA.

In 1990, rather than accepting part-time hours, Paul decided to open Double R Meats as a small, old-fashioned style butcher shop. For the first 10 years, his shop was below the staircase

of the current Triangle Music, until moving down one block on Third Avenue. He acquired many supplies, trays and desks from Woodward’s and still today the shop has remnants of the former department store’s history. Mrs. Irmgard Barr, who has since passed, was a familiar employee and treated like fam-ily. It was smaller then, with a European deli and other goods like noodles, chocolate, double salted licorice, desserts and more.

Over the years, Paul has kept that same vision and has added hormone and antibiotic free meat and a smoker for sausage, bacon and speciality meats. He hangs all his beef for two to three weeks to age it the old fashioned way.

Paul’s son, Brent, who has since established a different career in Vancouver, started helping his father in the shop by the time he was 12, so train-ing newcomers comes easily.

Since purchasing the shop, Han has been learning the ropes of the business and understand-ing what makes it unique. The whole process of handing over the keys took about two years, but Han recently relocated from Beijing.

“He had to do all of the paper-work and get a visa, but I’m helping him look for a house now,” Paul said. “So far he loves it here.”

Han comes to the shop with

experience as a professional chef and is getting hands-on experience in all aspects of the meat industry.

“I’m showing him how to cut meat, smoke, mix ingredients and make everything,” Paul said.

The store will run as usual, with all of the same products and fresh items customers have grown to love.

Not only will Double R Meats continue to carry a variety of

meat that can either go straight to the freezer or the frying pan, it will also continue to offer cus-tom chicken cordon bleu, pork cutlets, pepperoni and sausages.

Other services include cutting steaks, wild game and vacuum packing fish.

After 25 years, Paul said he is still in it for the customers, with whom he is often seen visiting in the shop.

“They have become more than customers, they are friends,”

Paul said. “But it is time to retire.”

Once he feels confident that Han is able to take the reins on his own, Paul intends to enjoy his time off relaxing.

The store hours will remain Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is located at 3030 3rd Avenue.

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Staff at Double R Meats, including Pam Penner, former owner Rick Paul and Jordan Dorward, welcome new owner, Chynhui Han to the shop and to Port Alberni. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Tomorrow night three local businesses will be recog-nized at the 8th annual Van-

couver Island Real Estate Board Commercial Building Awards in Nanaimo.

Port Posh Wash, Van Isle Ford and the Alberni Athletic Hall are all finalists among a list of top buildings on north Vancouver Island.

Judges narrowed down the projects in 11 categories, each of which was completed between January 1 and December 31, 2014.

Port Posh Wash takes a final-ist position in the Industrial category, along with Industrial Plastics & Paints and McGregor Thompson, both of Nanaimo. Owned by Kelly and Gail Horvath, the family business also includes son, Tyler. With 18 years experi-ence in designing large-scale car washes, the family owned two in Alberta until they sold them to relocate to Port Alberni.

The plans to build locally began in 2009 when the search was on for property, and by 2012, initial planning took place. Kelly has

designed many such car washes in the province and wanted to utilize the land to maximize the number of bays. Equipped with eight self-serve, large enough for RVs, and two automatic bays, the service is designed to be fast.

“That is the biggest stand-out

of the design,” said Kelly. “On busy days, people can get through quick.”

The structure uses a concrete form system with PVC liners to last longer, keep cleaner and sustain harsh environments. The in-floor heating melts ice and

snow in the winter and the LED lighting saves energy. The system uses recaptured water to use on the undercarriage wash.

With engineering done by McGill Engineering, the building was also constructed by a number of local contractors.

The Will Pulford name is syn-onymous to automotive sales in Port Alberni as owner of Pacific Chevrolet Buick GMC and Van Isle Ford. Five years ago, Pulford took over the local Ford franchise and has increased exponentially in staff and facility. The 15,000 square foot open concept building sits on about 2.7 acres of space on Beaver Creek Road.

Designed by Pulford himself, the building follows the Ford Millen-nium guidelines.

“The showroom is three times bigger than it was before and is customer-friendly right from the parts department to reception and through the dealership,” Pulford said.

This was the first commercial building designed by Pulford, with the construction managed by Don Anderson. Pulford wanted to use his experience in the indus-

try to ensure the building was designed for customers.

“We are happy with the out-come,” Pulford said. “It has a def-inite ‘wow’ factor.”

The Alberni Athletic Hall is a registered charity that owns and operates the Alberni Athletic Hall. When the former hall on Beaver Creek burned down in 2009, fundraising quickly got underway to plan and build a new structure, under building com-mittee director Ken Bradley. The exterior of the building was made of steel, contracted by a Canad-ian company, and finished mostly with local wood.

The upper walls of the inside are made of cedar and the lower section of alder. The bleachers combine yellow cedar, hemlock and fir, while the court floor is of maple.

The wooden sign outside of the entrance of the building comple-ments the community spirit and was carved by local artists.

These finalists, as well as all others from Island communities have been invited to the award ceremony on April 23 at the Coast Bastion Hotel.

The family-run business of Port Posh Wash, includes Tyler, Gail and Kelly Horvath. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Alberni buildings recognized for outstanding workmanship

Final contestants readying for a night of recognitionKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

This Friday, the Chamber of Commerce will host the annual Community Excel-

lence Awards. For the past two weeks, this column has been introducing the nominees. The final set includes businesses and individuals who exemplify outstanding workplaces, musical talent, community giving and citizenship.

The finalists for the Welcom-ing Workplace Award are the Port Alberni Port Authority, Port Boat House and Slam-mer’s Gym.

Bill Surry, Dave Hooper and Bob Cole have been nomin-ated for the Volunteer of the Year Award for their out-standing contributions to the community.

Pete’s Mountain Meats, Gone Fishin’ and West Coast Home

Hardware are all finalists for the Business Excellence Award.

Rob Armich, Lance Lapointe and Dan McMillan have been selected in the new category of Spirit of Music.

Initiated by Kenn and Linda Whiteman, the award serves to recognize the dedication of musicians in the Alberni Valley.

“We have been involved with

music in the community for a long time,” Kenn said. “We have seen the amount of work musicians put in to hone their skills. They also do a lot of vol-unteer work in the community so we thought this would be a good way to give them some recognition.”

The finalists were selected in the category based on their hard work and community spirit.

Whiteman hopes it brings a new and different focus to the event.

All finalists, guests and fam-ily will gather on Friday night to congratulate winners and feast in a meal provided by Drinkwaters Social House at the Italian Centre. The gala event is one not to be missed.

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