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KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
It was what the community was waiting to hear.
By Saturday, the Coastal Fire Centre’s fire information offi-cer Marg Drysdale confirmed the Dog Mountain Fire 100 per cent contained.
Although the Mars water bomber was not used on this wildfire, the plane gave Port Alberni a hero’s welcome by flying over the city and per-forming a test run over Har-bour Quay on Friday. Heads turned to the sky and people rushed outside to have a look.
Over the weekend, 11 people remained on site to check for hot spots. There were also two boats for transport and to patrol the area.
Drysdale said her most important message was to remind the public to keep away from the area.
“I want to warn everyone that the slopes are not stable,” Drysdale said.
“There is debris coming off and with this rain, it might loosen it more.”
She said there have been people taking photos daily, but warns the area is still danger-ous. There is 24-hour patrols on site, as well as the RCMP to keep a watch on the cabins.
“We have experts on site and we really need people to stay back,” Drysdale said.
The second staged ignition on Thursday was the key to containing the fire, Drysdale said.
“It did really well,” she said. “The understory was burned out and it was almost textbook.”
There is still risk of hot spots occurring and patrols will con-tinue to monitor the situation.
In total, the fire grew to an estimated 450 hectares. Despite its size, Drysdale said
it will not look like an eyesore on Sproat Lake.
“People have the idea that it is a blackened doom but we want them to know that most trees remain and there is still a lot of green.
Residents also noticed a change for the better in air quality on Friday. The Wildfire Smoke Advisory was lifted and air quality levels returned to normal.
The rain on the weekend helped to dampen the Valley but residents are reminded to wait until further notice from City officials regarding water restrictions and the ACRD for parks and trail closures.
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ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
After more than two months of drought the city is imposing more stringent limits on outdoor water usage.
Stage 2 water restrictions begin today, a measure that limits sprinklers to just two days a week for residents. Lawn and garden sprinklers can now only be used on Wednesdays and Saturdays for even-numbered addresses, while odd numbers are limited to Thurs-day and Sundays. Since early June residents have been permitted to turn on their sprinklers from 6 to 9 a.m. and 7 to 10 p.m., but the new restrictions allow a home to only water once, either in the morning or evening on an allotted day.
City engineer Guy Cicon said that the natural reservoirs of Bainbridge and Lizard lakes are still full, but the water flowing over the city’s dam at China Creek had declined.
“The concern is at the China Creek Dam, where the intake is,” he said. “What’s happening now is that there is minimal flow going over.”
In May Port Alberni received just 1.4 millimetres of rain, the lowest since precipitation began being measured in 1917. June brought little rainfall, and until a brief sun shower occurred on Friday even-ing no rain had fallen in July.
Before Stage 1 restrictions were introduced on June 8 the city’s average daily usage was 17,000 cubic metres, equal to 950 litres of water per resident. This has since declined, and by tightening the restrictions the city hopes to see change in one factor affecting the water supply the community actually has control over: usage habits.
“Consumption is a main ele-ment, and it’s only down six per cent,” Cicon said. “We’d like to see that tapering off more.”
The hand watering of vegetable gardens, planters, shrubs and trees is still permitted every day from 6-9 a.m. and 7-10 p.m., as long as a bucket or hose with a nozzle is used for no more than two hours. Car washing is allowed using a bucket or hose with a nozzle.
Water limits rise a stage
Dog Mountain fi re 100% containedCrews put out blaze but experts warn public to stay clear of the area
“I want to warn everyone that the slopes are not stable. There is debris coming off and with this rain, it might loosen it more.”
Marg Drysdale, fire information officer
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The Mars bomber made everyone look up into the sky as the rumble was heard and a test run was completed over Centennial Pier on Friday. The decision to deploy the water bomber was made last week due to the growth of the Dog Mountain forest fire by Sproat Lake [R&B PHOTOS]
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ArtsLounge Music with Mohr Masala,
alternate Mondays to City Council Meetings from 7 to 9 p.m. at Char’s Landing.
Sports & recreationThe 4H Boots n’ Bridles Horse Club
meets the first and second Satur-day of the month at 11 a.m. at 6199 Smith Rd. No horse required. Info: 250-723-8392.
Drop-in circuit training. Stay fit and have fun. Sundays at 3 p.m. Info: 778-421-2721.
Horseshoe Club practices Sundays at 11 a.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050.
Adult drop-in badminton on Mondays, from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Alberni Ath-letic Hall. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg Hudson).
After School Burn - Youth Parkour, ages 7 to 12, on Mondays and Fridays, April 13 through May 22. Sign up at Echo Centre. Info: 250-723-2181.
Lawn bowling drop-in for families every Friday from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Age 12+ for fun games, refreshments and goodies. 250-731-6375 or [email protected]
Crib Night every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion branch No. 293 Alberni Valley.
Special interestCome and join us for Laughter Yoga at
West Coast General Hospital, room A, every Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Cost is by donation, all proceeds to the WCGH Foundation. Info: 250-723-0548.
Mondays at Maquinna School Gym - drop-in gym and reading time from 9 to 10:15 a.m.
French Parent On Tots play group meets Mondays, from 9 to 11 a.m. in room. 2 at Alberni Elementary School.
EventsFarmers’ Market is now open every Sat-
urday morning, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Cherry Creek School.
Spirit Square Farmers’ Market at Har-bour Quay, every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Meat draws and other social events every Saturday at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 293, from 2 to 5 p.m.
Every Sunday afternoon, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., the Kingsway Pub holds a meat draw and 50/50 raffle to benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House.
Child and youth Nights Alive, free drop-in recreational
program for youth, ages 12-18, Satur-day nights from 8 p.m. to midnight at Gyro Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-2181.
Support and helpPort Alberni Alzheimer’s Society Care
Givers Support Group meets every third Monday of the month at Fir Park Village in the activity room at 6:30 p.m.
Meals on Wheels, program needs volun-teer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390.
Pregnant? Concerned? For caring coun-sel call 1-877-88WOMAN.
Low Vision group meets one Monday per month at Abbeyfield (basement) at 10 a.m. Call 250-724-0933 for more information.
First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250-723-2056 or 250-724-2196.
Literacy Alberni, drop-in times Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Info: 250-723-7323.
AddictionsAl-Anon and Al-Ateen Support Groups,
for family and friends of problem drinkers, meet Saturdays at 10 a.m. (3028 Second Ave.) study group. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-883-3968.
Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800-807-1780 for meeting times and locations.
Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, men-tal health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everyone welcome.
What’s ComingNautical Knot Tying seminar, July
15 from 2-4 p.m. at the Mari-time Discovery Centre. Ages 8+ encouraged.
Summer Cruise Run, July 15. Steam train departs station at 12:30 p.m.
Alberni Valley Regatta, July 17 - 19. Show and Shine Friday at Pacific Chevrolet, time trials Saturday and
races Sunday at Sproat Lake Prov-incial Park.
Maritime Discovery Centre Ocean Sci-ences Day children’s event, July 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.
Our Town, July 21 from 6-8 p.m. at Wil-liamson Park. “Carnival” theme.
Maritime Discovery Centre Pirate Day children’s event, July 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.
Tsunami Hawgs Bike Fest, July 25 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at upper 3rd Avenue and Argyle Street. Show ‘n Shine, vendors, food and more.
Port Alberni Pride BBQ, July 26 from noon to 4 p.m. at Williamson Park.
Summer Picnic Dinner, July 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bread of Life. Tickets at Bread of Life and Cornerstones Thrift Store, 3130 3rd Ave.
Maritime Discovery Centre Service Boat Day children’s event at Cen-tennial Pier, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.
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Mars on Dog in the pastRay Goddard was reminded of this photo over the past week. He took it from his summer cottage at Sproat Lake in 1975 when the Mars bomber fought a fire on Dog Mountain. [RAY GODDARD]
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COMMUNITY
Due to low reservoir levels it is necessary to impose restrictions on Outdoor Water Use including garden and lawn watering.
Therefore effective 12:01 a.m. July 13th , 2015 and until further notice, Outdoor Water Use is restricted as follows:Lawn Sprinkling - Even numbered addresses can sprinkle on Wednesdays and Saturdays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm.Odd numbered addresses can sprinkle on Thursdays and Sundays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm.New unestablished lawns, trees, shrubs and fl owers -Sprinkling outside of restricted times allowed only at the discretion of the City with a permit from City Hall.Vegetable Gardens, planters, shrubs and trees – Watering must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. 6 – 9 am or 7 – 10 pm. 2 hours per day maximum – any day.Private pools, spas and garden pondsPublic and commercial fountains (recirculating)Filling is prohibited, topping up is permitted.Outdoor washing of cars, boats and houses - Washing must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. Anytime. Washing driveways and sidewalks - All forms of washing using treated drinking water are prohibited.Commercial car washing, gardens, and pressure washing - Exempt.Public Parks, Playing Fields, Boulevards, and Planters - Restricted as per detailed watering plan by Parks and Recreation
For more information contact the City of Port Alberni at 720-2840 or go to www.portalberni.ca
Guy Cicon,City Engineer
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ADSS Leadership students, from left, Marina Dekoninck, Jamie Vissia, Abbie Kamma and Dara Di Rocco made sandwiches last week for the fire fighters working on Dog Mountain. Missing from photo is April Davidson. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]
Community rallys together to show appreciation at Dog Mt.
From cold water to hot meals, fi refi ghters thanked
KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
While firefighters were work-ing to put out the blaze on Dog Mountain all week, many people in Port Alberni showed their appreciation for those on the front lines. Most who did, said it was the least they could do.
The fire was fought by a crew of over 30 firefighters on ground and in the air. They worked long hours in gruel-ling conditions, so to end the day with a meal or treat was a welcome gesture. Food, water and other small gifts were donated most days last week by residents and local businesses.
Although school is out for the summer, it did not stop five ADSS Leadership class students from taking initiative to lend a hand. It is something they had done all year and saw this as another opportunity to help out.
“I thought this was something they could do, so I asked a student if she could get some others to help if I got the dona-tions,” said instructor Mike Roberts. “Within five minutes she texted me and said she had help.”
Quality Foods donated enough bread, peanut butter and jam for the girls to make 100 sandwiches. It only took a few hours one morning last
week before they were deliv-ered by Randy Johnson, who was camping at Sproat Lake with a fire captain.
Dara Di Rocco was one of the teens.
“I love to get on board with any type of event like this,” Di Rocco said. “There has been so many people getting upset over the water bomber not putting the fire out that most people have forgotten all about the men and women already there trying their best for days straight with no breaks. It is the least we could do to help them out and make some sandwiches for them. I wish we could do more.”
Amanda Ruel spearheaded a volunteer-drive online. Her brother was one of the fire-fighters out on the mountain and put out a social media call to see if donations could be col-lected and delivered. A number of people volunteered and local stores and businesses provided fruit, vegetables, sandwiches, water and snacks.
Restaurants, too, got on board. When Dennis See approached Clay and Meloney Edghill, operators of Lime’N Food Truck, about providing a meal, the two did not hesitate to help out.
“They got in late and were pretty tired,” Edghill said. “It was the last day before their
rotation and they were working hard, long hours. We thanked them for everything they were doing and they were very appreciative. We just thought it was the right thing to do. They were out there saving our community.”
After speaking to Ruel, Boom-erangs Cafe supplied muffins and coffee to the site, as well as gift cards to be used at the res-taurant after.
“We wanted to help out,” said owner Darren Brown. “They are working hard, risking their lives doing their thing, so we wanted to show some appreciation.”
Bhupinder Narang, owner of Granny’s Chicken and Royal Canadian 3 for 1 Pizza, is no stranger to providing donations to local causes. Initially, he provided boxes of fruit to the firefighters and continued with pizza lunches for three days.
“It’s the least we can do,” Nar-ang said. “We will always try to do our best with anything in the community.”
There are many others who lent a hand during the wild fire and it all demonstrates how the community with a heart can come together in times of dis-tress. The teams of firefighters will be leaving for other com-munities but their lasting mark at Sproat Lake will remain on Dog Mountain.
Vote on ending lease for waterfront tonightERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
After a year of stalled negotia-tions to develop the land elected officials are due to vote on the future of a large waterfront lease this evening.
Used for little more than sorting logs over the last two decades, the land next to Canal Beach was supposed to provide for an expansive shipbuilding oper-ation, creating nearly 100 jobs in the community with a large com-plex designed to take in vessels directly from the Alberni Inlet. But these ambitions announced by Canadian Alberni Engineer-ing failed to materialize, and a tenancy agreement between the local shipbuilding company and the Port Alberni Port Authority has not been signed since the lease of the public property began on July 1, 2014.
The port authority currently leases the land from the city for $1,200 a month – an arrangement that was set to last for 25 years.
But the deal now faces cancel-lation after stipulations were not met over the first year of the lease, including the requirement of new industrial activity on the site and at least $500,000 worth of improvements.
This led to a motion to kill the lease by Coun. Chris Alemany. If approved by the rest of council tonight, a formal cancellation notice would be given July 15 that the agreement will be ter-minated 90 days thereafter.
The deal was struck a year ago amid opposition from some residents who hoped for more public waterfront access like what is offered at Canal Beach, leading to a petition with over 300 names asking the city to not follow through with the port authority. Alemany said that
although the development pros-pects were attractive, the stipula-tions of the lease ensure the land will not sit underused for more decades.
“Those conditions would not have been there is that opposition wasn’t there as well,” he said in an interview last month.
Now another petition has sur-faced, collecting over 300 names on the Change.org website asking the city to cancel the land deal and make the property a “water-front green space.”
The land is the former home of an Alberni Plywood mill, and environmental studies commis-sioned by the city have identified contamination from industrial byproducts on the land. But many comments on the Change.org site speak of hopes that the waterfront property will be con-verted into a park.
“If there is no way to bring back jobs through proper resource utilization, then by all means take the land that supplied jobs and make it green again,” said former Port Alberni resident Greg Jenson, who now lives in Fort Myers, Florida. “Plant some trees, grass and create a park for families to enjoy.”
MUNICIPALITY
Freezer full of explosives seized near Qualicum Beach, detonated by Lower Mainland specialistsJOHN HARDING PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS
Shawnigan Lake residents Daniel and Karen Burgess were in their RV Tuesday night at a campground near the Little Qualicum River when the evening was interrupted by loud explosions.
“It rocked our RV,” said Dan-iel. “It was terrifying.”
Police have confirmed explo-sives found in a rural area of Qualicum Beach were deton-ated Tuesday night in Dash-wood by the RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit from the Lower Mainland.
The explosives were found at 3 p.m. Tuesday when police were investigating an unrelat-ed incident, said Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman. He also said no charges had been laid as of Wednesday afternoon.
The “scene showed us a freez-er full of explosives,” he said.
According to a news release issued by the Oceanside RCMP, the freezer was “full of dynamite and detonator assemblies.”
Foreman said the local RCMP does not have the capability
to detonate the explosives, so they had to wait for the unit to arrive from the Lower Mainland.
The explosives were deton-ated at approximately 10 p.m. behind Dashwood Fire Hall No. 2.
“Due to the urgency of the matter, the general public was not able to be advance notified about the blasts leaving many people wondering what was transpiring,” said the RCMP release. “The blasts were made in the safest controlled environment available to EDU. At no time was the public in danger.”
It took five explosions to destroy the explosives, said Foreman.
“We thought it was a propane explosion,” said Daniel Bur-gess. “We were worried it could start a fire.”
— with contributions from Carli Berry
CRIME
“If there is no way to bring back jobs through proper resource utilization, then by all means take the land that supplied jobs and make it green again.”Greg Jenson, former Port Alberni resident
Weekend boat crash ends in fatality, another man injured at Sproat Lake ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
A single boat accident claimed the life of an occupant and injured the driver on Sproat Lake Saturday afternoon.
At about 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, emergency personnel responded to a call after a high-speed per-formance boat crashed in about 100 feet of water. According to the Port Alberni RCMP, the driv-er, a 38-year old male, lost control and the boat disintegrated. Wit-nesses said the boat sank.
The driver was air-lifted to Vic-toria General Hospital. A search
was conducted along the shore-line on Saturday and the boat was located. The search con-tinued Sunday morning by the RCMP dive team and the body of the 40-year old male passenger was recovered.
The crash occurred across the bay from the marina on Lake-shore Road. Police, ambulance, the Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Alberni Valley Search and Rescue all assisted in the accident and the investi-gation is still underway. Names of the victims have not been released.
“It rocked our RV... It was terrifying”Daniel Burgess, Shawnigan Lake resi-dent
ACCIDENT
Five Acre Shaker a bigger fi re risk than local trails
I see that the ACRD directors in their infinite wisdom have closed the parks and trails under their jurisdiction. They are apparently very worried about the extreme fire danger. Bravo directors.
I wonder why it is that they are worried about a few hikers starting a fire on a trail somewhere in the bush, but have absolutely no regard for taxpayers lives or property near the planned “Music Festival/Rave” in a rural residential neigh-borhood. It seems to me gathering 500-700 people who are consuming alcohol and smoking in a hay field surrounded by trees, for three days, may be a more of a danger than hik-ers out for a walk and exercise. Are the 86 neighbors in the immediate area who signed letters of oppos-ition to the event, and I, the only ones who see the hypocrisy and irony in this decision?
I hope the directors are proud of their decision to SAVE THE PUB-LIC. What a joke. ACRD taxpayers will be on the hook for all damages caused by partygoers including fire costs. Hopefully no lives will be lost because surely some homes and property will be.
Loren SmithPort Alberni
Fond memories of Sproat Lake and water bombers
I was born and raised in Port Alberni and spent my summer vacations camping at Sproat Lake. We are talking a long time ago. The
Mars Bombers were part of my life in the Valley.
I moved away for 36 years when I married a member of the RCAF. Came back to live in the Valley in 1998 at Sproat Lake. The sound of those four tremendous motors never leaves you. Was always proud to show any kind of video of the bomb-ers to people from all over the world. Now I read in the AV Times that the one bomber is sitting in the lake while Dog Mountain burns because of the provincial government. Do they dislike the Coulsons so much as to let the precious forest burn?
I have since moved to Phoenix Ari-zona and am now a US citizen, but I still consider Port Alberni home.
What is it with the provincial government that they can allow this to happen. Not only are the forests burning but it is causing a lot of health problems to the people of the valley.
Julie Huot (Blais)Sun City, Arizona
Don’t let the scientists coerce you into a panic
It is a principle of science to remain critically realistic in its study parameters. They are well motivated by beliefs in their study and of course in adequate funding.
However, scientists do not assert achieving absolute certainty about anything. There is a constant flow of new research studies that sug-gest conclusions not previously thought.
Politicians and activists with “pol-itical science” teaching promote particular science that supports
their agenda. This information is pushed through media to enflame public opinion in a campaign of fear.
Political science is the quest for control of people’s thinking and actions.
This science uses repetition, mistruths, fear based negativity to promote its politics. They use accus-ations of nonsense foolishness to intimidate opposition into silence. Politics is self-serving and is not known for its sincerity.
Consider the politics of climate disaster. Simple weather cycles were developed into concerns about human-effected weather, which became climate change, and evolved into statements of weather chaos. Science gave research statistics to political scientists who release the fear-based situation and move to control the wealth of people.
Focus on the climate problem has gone from statements like “people need to understand” to “we need to impose action plans with goals.” “Governments need to do more” are really demands for more taxpayers funding.
More money will come from imposed Carbon Tax on consumer products. Cap and Trade schemes increase the cost of consumer products purchased by the same taxpayer. The people will be drained of their money.
Science should not be positioned as savior, because they serve their own agenda. It is man’s creativity that needs to be encouraged to mas-ter problems, not reactionary fear to the panic spawned from political scientists.
Bruce E Hornidge Port Alberni
Forest fi re wasted taxpayer money
The other day B.C. TV Global news and Chris Galas made a point more than once that the bomber firefighting issue was an EMOTIONAL ISSUE. Actually it is a financial issue. Washington state declared a drought state of emergency months ago, every one in B.C., Alberta, Saskatch-ewan, Washington and California knew this was going to be a long, hot and dry summer – that is everyone except the B.C. govern-ment, our government and my government.
All they had to do was say, ‘Hey we need all the resources we can get.’ But absolutely not, for some political reason.
I was told by a member of the Mars flying team that this Sproat Lake fire was probably a three to five-drop situation. Now six days later four Aurora aircraft flying from Abbottsford on the first day, three helicopters flying all day for six days, SO FAR, and 20-plus per-sonnel fighting the fire, plus the spotter plane and the RCMP and other government- financed boats on the water.
I say that WAS and IS a waste of taxpayers money, the bomber would have done it cheaper and would now be available to fight other fires.
I know what I’m talking about and yes I own property near the fire. Let’s stop the BS and get on with protecting all B.C. citizens, their property and our forests.
Glen WhitePort Alberni
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Senate discredits itself with terrorism reportAs if Conservatives in
the Senate weren’t dis-credited enough with
spending scandals, they have now managed to make them-selves look like hare-brains by proposing to regulate clerics in this country.
Prime Minister Stephen Harp-er’s loyalists on the Red Cham-ber’s national security and defence committee have just issued a spectacularly obtuse report, Countering the Ter-rorist Threat in Canada, that should embarrass the party on the hustings in the coming
election. The Liberals on the panel had the sense to dissent.
Its most incendiary proposal – that Canada concoct some sort of scheme to train Muslim cler-ics and certify their credentials to stamp out “extreme ideas” – would be comic if it weren’t so offensive.
The Conservative movers and shakers who were so eager to kill the gun registry now want to create an imam registry. It’s the Senate that needs certify-ing, not imams.
Canadians have no time for terror. But the Senate would
never have the gall to sug-gest that Christian ministers be “certified” to preach in this country, no matter how unschooled in formal theology they might be, how eccentric their views, or how tiny their congregations. The same goes for Catholic, Jewish, Hindu or Buddhist spiritual leaders.
Yet seeing imported Islamist extremists everywhere, Con-servative senators are keen to “investigate the options that are available for the training and certification of imams in Canada” by working with
Muslim communities and the provinces.
In fact, Canada’s spy agency reports that Islamist extrem-ism isn’t the world’s biggest worry. “Lone wolf” terror attacks worldwide are likelier to come from white suprema-cists and right-wing extremists than Muslims. Yet in a country of 35 million people, including 1 million Muslims, the Senate seems obsessed by 318 Muslims the security services deem to have been radicalized. It’s a safe bet most were self-rad-icalized on the Internet, not in
hometown mosques. Moreover the Muslim religious commun-ity has been instrumental in preventing terror attacks in this country.
Like other bad ideas in the report, the proposal to certify imams reflects the government’s cynical, ham-fisted campaign to fan generalized fear and suspi-cion of Muslims as it brands itself tough on terror. This is a solution in search of a problem.
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Djokovic takes Wimbledon titleSerbian star beats Roger Federer at the All England Lawn Tennis ChampionshipsHOWARD FENDRICH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — A game away from a third Wimbledon champion-ship and ninth Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic sized up a 108 mph serve from none other than Roger Federer and stretched to smack a cross-court forehand return winner.
Two points later, Djokovic again took the measure of a serve from Federer, this one at 123 mph, and delivered a down-the-line backhand for another return winner. After this one, Djokovic bellowed.
“I roared because I felt like that’s the moment,” Djokovic would say later. “Now is the time for me to close this match out.”
One forehand winner later, he did. For the second year in a row, Djokovic solved Federer’s superb serve in the final at the All England Club. And for the second year in a row, Federer’s bid for a record eighth cham-pionship at the grass-court tournament ended with a defeat against Djokovic. This time, the match was even as can be through two sets, before the No.
1-seeded Djokovic grabbed ahold of it and wouldn’t let go, beating No. 2 Federer 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3 Sunday thanks to brilliant returning.
“It feels, obviously, good when you make a return winner out of Roger’s serve on the grass,”
Djokovic said, “but it doesn’t happen too often.”
Over the past three seasons, Federer has reached two Grand Slam finals — both at Wimble-don, both against Djokovic, both losses.
“You sort of walk away emp-
ty-handed. For me, a finalist trophy is not the same,” a grim-faced Federer said. “Everybody knows that.”
At Wimbledon in 2014, Feder-er won 88 of 89 service games through the semifinals, then was broken four times by Djokovic during the five-set final.This fortnight, Federer won 89 of 90 service games entering the final, then again was broken four times.
“It takes a little bit of every-thing: recognizing the moment, having the good intuition, follow-ing your instincts of where the serve is going to go, being in the right balance,” Djokovic said.
“I mean, it’s not that easy, espe-cially with Roger’s precision and accuracy.”
Djokovic’s serve was stout, too: He saved six of seven break points. On a windy afternoon, Federer was simply not the same height-of-his-powers player who defeated Andy Murray in the semifinals.
Pressured by Djokovic’s body-twisting ability to extend points, Federer committed 35 unforced errors; Djokovic made 16.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates winning the men’s singles final against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, on Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
Serena Williams closing in on a SlamHOWARD FENDRICH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Before Serena Wil-liams moves on from completing a second “Serena Slam” to pursu-ing tennis’ first true Grand Slam in more than a quarter-century, it’s worth pausing to appreciate what she’s done.
First of all, there are the statis-tics. And what statistics they are:
— She’s won 21 Grand Slam titles; only Steffi Graf, with 22, has more in the Open era of pro-fessional tennis (the all-time rec-ord is Margaret Court’s 24).
— Her 6-4, 6-4 victory over Garb-ine Muguruza in Saturday’s final gave Williams six Wimbledon titles; only Martina Navratilova (with nine) and Graf (with seven) have more. Williams also has a half-dozen trophies each from the U.S. Open and Australian Open, along with three from the French Open.
— She’s won 28 Grand Slam matches in a row and four con-secutive major titles over two seasons, something last done by — guess who? — Williams in 2002-03, when she coined the term “Serena Slam.”
— At 33, she is the oldest woman to win a major title in the Open era, nearly a month older than Navratilova was at Wimbledon in 1990. It’s all impressive. And it all helps Williams believe she can continue this remarkable run at the U.S. Open, which begins in late August in New York. A tro-phy there would give Williams a calendar-year Grand Slam, which no one — not even Roger Feder-er — has accomplished in tennis since Graf did it in 1988.
Only two other women (Mau-reen Connolly in 1953, and Court in 1970) and two men (Don Budge in 1938, and Rod Laver in 1962 and 1969) have pulled off the feat, and none of them had to deal with the intense media scrutiny of this day and age.
“I feel like I’ll be OK. I feel like if I can do the Serena Slam,’ I will be OK heading into the Grand Slam. Like I always say, ’There’s 127 other people that don’t want to see me win.’”
Nothing personal, they just want to win,” Williams said, referring to the size of the field at a major tournament. “I had a really tough draw (at Wimble-don). This gives me confidence that if I had this draw, I can do it again. I’ll just do the best I can.”
Her best is the best there is, and might ever have been.
SPORTS IN BRIEFNews services
◆ NBA
Thunder match Portland offer, keep Enes Kanter
The Thunder will keep centre Enes Kanter after matching an offer sheet by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Oklahoma City acquired Kanter in a trade with the Utah Jazz last season, and he helped the Thun-der while Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka battled injuries. He aver-aged 13.8 points and 7.8 rebounds in 49 games with Utah, but those numbers ballooned to 18.7 points and 11.0 rebounds in 26 games with the Thunder.
The Thunder announced their decision Sunday.
Kanter entered the off-season as a restricted free agent, and person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press that he signed a four-year, $70 million offer sheet with Portland last week.
◆ NHL
Blackhawks send Sharp to Dallas for defenceman
The Chicago Blackhawks aren’t resting easy after their third Stanley Cup championship in six seasons.
The Blackhawks made their fourth trade in two weeks, this time sending forward Patrick Sharp — a key part of all three titles — and defensive prospect Stephen Johns to the Dallas Stars for veteran defenceman Trevor Daley and forward Ryan Garbutt.
It was the second major move recently by general manager Stan Bowman, who sent winger Brandon Saad to Columbus late last month after the best season of his three-year career. The sides couldn’t agree on a contract before he was set to become a restricted free agent.
◆ NBA
Nets agree to deal with former Raptor, No. 1 pick
The Brooklyn Nets have agreed to a deal with former No. 1 pick Andrea Bargnani.
Bargnani remains in New York after spending the last two seasons with the Knicks. He has struggled with injuries and appeared in just 29 games last season, averaging 14.8 points. Terms of the deal the Nets announced Sunday on Twit-ter were not disclosed.
Bargnani hasn’t played more than 35 games in a season since 2010-11 in Toronto, when he aver-aged a career-best 21.4 points. The Raptors, who drafted the Italian forward first overall in 2006, dealt him to the Knicks in the summer of 2013.
◆ GOLF
South Korea’s Gee Chun wins Women’s U.S. Open
South Korea’s In Gee Chun bird-ied four of the last seven holes to rally for a one-stroke victory at the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday.
The 20-year old Chun shot a 4-under 66 in the final round and finished at 8 under, becoming the first player to win her U.S. Open debut since Birdie Kim in 2005.
From left, Vancouver Whitecaps Mauro Rosales, Kendall Waston, Octavio Rivero, and Matias Laba prepare to block a Sporting Kansas City free kick during the second half of an MLS game in Vancouver on Sunday. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
Sporting Kansas City shuts out Whitecaps in 1-0 victoryJOSHUA CLIPPERTON THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — Six weeks on the road didn’t solve the Van-couver Whitecaps’ struggles at home.
Kevin Ellis scored on a header off Krisztian Nemeth’s chipped cross in the 52nd minute Sunday as Sporting Kansas City downed Vancouver 1-0.
The Whitecaps could have taken sole possession of top spot in the Western Conference with a single point, but instead lost at home in Major League Soccer for the fourth time in nine games after failing to find the range while carrying the run of play in the first half.
“It hurts,” said Vancouver head coach Carl Robinson. “You cre-ate a number of chances and you don’t score. Sometimes it comes back to bite you in the bum and it did today.”
The Whitecaps (10-8-2) were playing in front of their fans for the first time since the end of May after a five-game road trip that saw them pick up nine of a possible 15 points while B.C. Place Stadium was occupied by the Women’s World Cup.
Sunday also marked the begin-ning of a busy summer stretch of 11 matches over the next seven weeks for Vancouver as the club competes in MLS, the Amway Canadian Championship final and the CONCACAF Champions League group stage.
Kansas City (8-3-6) improved to 6-1-3 over its last 10 matches in MLS and is now just two points back of the Whitecaps with three games in hand. The top six teams in the ultra-tight West are all within two points of each other, which made the loss even harder to swallow for Vancouver.
“It’s going to be nip and tuck between now and the end of the year,” said Robinson. “We know where we are. We need to be bet-ter, I need to be better. We will be better ... a lot of things need to be
better.”After setting up Ellis’ goal,
Nemeth fired a shot off the post behind Ousted in the 58th minute that stayed out before Jacob Peterson sent the rebound just wide.
Vancouver came close to tying it in the 61st when Cristian Techera blasted an effort that Kansas City goalkeeper Tim Melia blocked with his body. The ball rebounded off Sport-ing defender Matt Besler and was headed towards goal, but Amadou Dia cleared the ball from danger.
The Whitecaps pressed for the equalizer late, with Tim Parker’s header going just wide in the 90th minute, but couldn’t find a way through on the way to suffering their second straight loss.
“We had control of this game,” said Ousted. “We need that killer instinct. We need to be better at putting those chances away.”
The latter stages of the match ended with Vancouver defender Kendall Waston and Kansas City forward Dom Dwyer com-ing together on a few occasions. Each player finished with a yel-low card.
“Both good players. Both super professionals,” said Robinson. “I don’t think it was handled correctly.”
Teams often get off to sluggish starts following long road trips, but the Whitecaps dominated the first half and could have easily found themselves ahead.
Melia made a nice stop on Kekuta Manneh in the 11th minute before Parker’s glancing header from a corner was cleared off the line by Benny Feilhaber in the 13th.
Manneh then sent Techera in on a partial break three minutes later, but Dia recovered in time to make a clean tackle with the pint-sized winger bearing down on Melia to keep the game scoreless.
“Credit to them. They weath-ered the storm, especially in the first 45 minutes,” said Robinson. “It’s a tough one to swallow today.”
Notes: The Whitecaps were without captain Pedro Morales and defender Pa-Modou Kah because of calf injuries. Morales sat out his fourth straight game, while Kah limped off in last weekend’s 2-1 road loss to the Colorado Rapids. ... Vancouver visits the Portland Timbers next weekend.
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Remaining Week 3 schedule (with odds by Oddsshark)
Favourite Line (O/U) Underdog Home team in CAPSToday’s game, 6 p.m.CALGARY 5.5 (50.5) Toronto
Last Friday’s resultsWinnipeg 25, Montreal 23 BC Lions 35, Saskatchewan 32 Last Thursday’s resultEdmonton 46, Ottawa 17
Week 4 scheduleThursday, July 16Hamilton at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, July 17Edmonton at Ottawa, 4 p.m.BC Lions at Saskatchewan, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 18Winnipeg at Calgary, 4 p.m.
86th All-Star GameTuesday, 5:15 p.m. at Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Recent winners:2014 AL 5, NL 3 at Minneapolis2013 AL 3, NL 0 Citi Field, New York,2012 NL 8, AL 0 Kansas City2011 NL 5, AL 1 Arizona2010 NL 3, AL 1 Anaheim2009 AL 4, NL 3 St. Louis2008 AL 4, NL 3 Yankee Stadium2007 AL 5, NL 4 San Francisco2006 AL 3, NL 2 Pittsburgh2005 AL 7, NL 5Detroit2004 AL 9, NL 4 Houston2003 AL 7, NL 6 Chicago2002 NL 7, AL 7 Milwaukee2001 AL 4, NL 1 Seattle2000 AL 6, NL 3 Atlanta
Rosters, with number of All-Star ap-pearances for each player.
American LeagueStartersC: Salvador Perez, Royals 31B: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers 102B: Jose Altuve, Astros 33B: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays 2SS: Alcides Escobar, Royals 1OF: Mike Trout, Angels 4OF: Lorenzo Cain, Royals 1OF: Alex Gordon, Royals 3DH: Nelson Cruz, Mariners 4RHP: Chris Archer, Rays 1
PitchersRHP: Dellin Betances, Yankees 2RHP: Brad Boxberger, Rays 1LHP: Zach Britton, Orioles 1RHP: Wade Davis, Royals 1RHP: Sonny Gray: Athletics 1RHP: Kelvin Herrera, Royals 6RHP: Felix Hernandez, Mariners 1LHP: Dallas Keuchel, Astros 1RHP: Darren O’Day, Orioles 1LHP: Glen Perkins, Twins 3LHP: David Price, Tigers 5LHP: Chris Sale, White Sox 4
Reserves C: Russell Martin, Blue Jays 4C: Stephen Vogt, Athletics 11B: Albert Pujols, Angels 101B: Mark Teixeira, Yankees 32B: Jason Kipnis, Indians 13B: Manny Machado, Orioles 2SS: Jose Iglesias, Tigers 1IF/OF: Brock Holt, Red Sox 2OF: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays 6OF: Adam Jones, Orioles 5OF: J.D. Martinez, Tigers 1DH: Prince Fielder, Rangers 6
Final Vote candidatesSS: Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox 1OF: Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers 22B: Brian Dozier, Twins 1OF: Brett Gardner, Yankees 13B: Mike Moustakas, Royals 1
National LeagueStartersC: Buster Posey, Giants 31B: Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs 32B: Dee Gordon, Marlins 23B: Todd Frazier, Reds 2SS: Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals 3OF: Bryce Harper, Nationals 3OF: Matt Holliday, Cardinals 3OF: Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins 7RHP: Max Scherzer, Nationals 3
PitchersRHP: Gerrit Cole, Pirates 1 3RHP: Zack Greinke, Dodgers 3 1RHP: Shelby Miller, Braves 1 3RHP: Jacob deGrom, Mets 1 1LHP: Madison Bumgarner, Giants 3 1RHP: Michael Wacha, Cardinals 1 3RHP: A.J. Burnett, Pirates 1 1RHP: Trevor Rosenthal, Cardinals 1 1RHP: Mark Melancon, Pirates 2 1LHP: Aroldis Chapman, Reds 4 2RHP: Jonathan Papelbon, Phillies 6 4RHP: Francisco Rodriguez, Brewers 6 6
ReservesC: Yadier Molina, Cardinals 7C: Yasmani Grandal, Dodgers 11B: Anthony Rizzo, Cubs 21B: Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers 52B: DJ LeMahieu, Rockies 12B: Joe Panik, Giants 1SS: Brandon Crawford, Giants 13B: Nolan Arenado, Rockies 13B: Kris Bryant, Cubs 1OF: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates 5OF: Joc Pederson, Dodgers 1OF: A.J. Pollock, D-backs 1OF: Justin Upton, Padres 3
Final Vote candidatesRHP: Johnny Cueto, Reds 2RHP: Jeurys Familia, Mets 1LHP: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers 5RHP: Carlos Martinez, Cardinals 1SS: Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies 5
GOLFCurrent tournaments
PGAJohn Deere Classic, July 9-12TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois. Par 71, 7,256 yards. Purse: $4,700,000. 2014 champion: Brian Harman
Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Jordan Spieth -20 71 64 61 682 Tom Gillis -20 66 65 69 64 NOTE: Spieth won 2-hole playoffT3 Zach Johnson -19 66 68 66 65T3 Danny Lee -19 68 68 62 67T5 Chris Stroud -18 68 68 67 63T5 Johnson Wagner -18 68 63 68 67T5 Justin Thomas -18 63 67 69 67T8 Steve Wheatcroft-16 67 66 70 65T8 Will Wilcox -16 66 66 69 67T8 Kevin Chappell -16 68 69 64 67T8 Daniel Summerhays-16 65 67 68 68T12 Jason Bohn -15 68 68 69 64T12 Carl Pettersson -15 66 71 66 66T14 Robert Streb -14 66 70 68 66T14 Scott Piercy -14 67 69 67 67T14 Luke Guthrie -14 64 70 67 6917 Jerry Kelly -13 70 66 67 68T18 Roger Sloan Merritt, BC -12 70 68 67 67T18 Adam Hadwin Abbotsford, B.C. -12 68 70 69 65T18 Vijay Singh -12 67 68 70 67Also from CanadaT67 David Hearn -1 68 70 75 70
Canada (MacKenzie Tour)The Players Cup, July 9-12Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Par 72, 6,636 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Timothy Madigan.
* denotes CanadianFinal leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Cheng-Tsung Pan -15 71 67 65 662 Robert Karlsson -13 70 65 67 693 JJ Spaun -12 69 64 67 724 *Mackenzie Hughes -10 68 65 72 695 Krister Eriksson -9 72 65 68 70T6 *Justin Shin -8 68 68 71 69T6 *Riley Wheeldon -8 72 68 67 69T8 Chase Marinell -7 69 71 71 66T8 Sam Ryder -7 70 67 72 68T8 Ben Briscoe -7 68 71 70 68T8 *Christopher Ross -7 68 73 68 68T8 Julien Brun -7 70 70 69 68T8 Daniel Balin -7 70 65 68 74T14 Vince Covello -6 75 67 70 66T14 Jared Wolfe -6 70 71 69 68T14 Drew Weaver -6 66 69 71 72T17 Vaita Guillaume -5 68 69 75 67T17 Jamison Sindelar -5 73 65 71 70T17 Tommy Cocha -5 70 70 69 70T17 *Eugene Wong -5 70 72 62 75
LPGAU.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie
Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 In Gee Chun -8 68 70 68 662 Amy Yang -7 67 66 69 71T3 Inbee Park -5 68 70 70 67T3 Stacy Lewis -5 69 67 69 70T5 Brooke Henderson Smiths Falls, Ont. -3 70 73 68 66T5 Pernilla Lindberg -3 70 70 70 67T5 So Yeon Ryu -3 72 68 70 67T5 Jane Park -3 66 72 71 68T5 Morgan Pressel -3 68 70 71 68T5 Shiho Oyama -3 70 66 71 7011 Michelle Wie -2 72 68 68 70T12 Lydia Ko -1 70 72 69 68T12 Min Lee -1 71 68 70 70T14 Lizette Salas E 71 69 72 68T14 Brittany Lang E 70 70 72 68T14 Karrie Webb E 66 72 73 69T14 Rumi Yoshiba E 70 68 72 70T14 Mi Hyang Lee E 68 72 68 72
Champions TourEncompass Championship, July 10-12North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom Lehman
Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 1 Jerry Smith -16 66 64 702 David Frost -13 65 70 683 Wes Short Jr. -12 70 66 68T4 Woody Austin -11 67 68 70T4 Bart Bryant -11 69 66 70T6 Duffy Waldorf -10 69 67 70T6 Fred Funk -10 65 70 71T6 Lee Janzen -10 65 70 71T6 Mike Goodes -10 66 67 73T10 Fred Couples -9 68 72 67T10 Kenny Perry -9 69 70 68T10 Tom Lehman -9 71 68 68T13 Peter Senior -8 68 72 68T13 Grant Waite -8 70 70 68T13 Kevin Sutherland -8 70 69 69T13 Tom Pernice Jr -8 72 67 69T13 Jeff Maggert -8 68 69 71Canadian resultsT18 Jim Rutledge -7 74 71 64T18 Rod Spittle -7 66 72 71T41 Stephen Ames -3 73 71 69T64 Rick Gibson +3 71 73 75
Web.com TourAlbertsons Boise Open, July 9-12Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho. Par 71, 6,825 yards. Purse: $800,000. 2014 champion: Steve Wheatcroft
Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Martin Piller -28 61 63 65 672 J Fernandez-Valdes -22 65 63 66 68T3 Cody Gribble -21 67 66 68 62T3 Jin Park -21 69 63 64 67T5 Michael Kim -19 69 67 66 63T5 Michael Arnaud -19 66 66 66 67T7 Sung Kang -18 68 67 67 64T7 Peter Malnati -18 66 62 71 67T9 Patton Kizzire -17 66 68 69 64T9 Peter Tomasulo -17 69 63 69 66T9 Bronson Burgoon -17 65 69 67 66T9 Zack Fischer -17 65 66 68 68T9 Rick Cochran -17 66 64 67 70T14 Seamus Power -16 67 66 71 64T14 Dicky Pride -16 67 65 71 65T14 Jim Knous -16 69 66 66 67T14 D.H. Lee -16 69 67 65 67T14 Trey Mullinax -16 65 66 69 68T14 Henrik Norlander -16 66 67 67 68T14 Tag Ridings -16 65 65 69 69T14 Steve Allan -16 66 66 67 69T14 Ben Kohles -16 65 64 69 70How Canadians faredT30 Brad Fritsch -14 69 66 70 65T30 Ryan Yip -14 66 68 69 67T57 Adam Svensson -10 66 70 71 67T70 Wes Heffernan -7 67 69 68 73
European TourAlstom Open de France, July 2-5Le Golf National Paris, France. Par 72, 7,315 yards. Purse: $3,000,000. 2014 champion: Graeme McDowell
Final leaderboard Golfer Par R1 R2 R3 R41 Rickie Fowler -12 66 68 66 68T2 Matt Kuchar -11 66 68 67 68T2 Raphael Jacquelin -11 68 67 64 70T4 Marc Warren -10 70 67 69 64T4 Eddie Pepperell -10 70 66 65 69T4 Joost Luiten -10 71 63 66 70T7 Luke Donald -9 69 67 69 66T7 Ross Fisher -9 70 65 68 68T7 Daniel Brooks -9 64 65 69 73T10 Rikard Karlberg -8 67 71 70 64T10 Y.E. Yang -8 68 67 70 67T10 Victor Dubuisson -8 70 66 68 68T10 David Howell -8 68 70 66 68T10 M Angel Jimenez -8 69 65 68 70T10 Russell Knox -8 67 68 66 71
SOCCERCONCACAF Gold Cup 2015
x-Advance to knockout stagey-eliminatedGroup A W D L GF GA Pts1 x-USA 2 0 0 3 1 62 x-Panama 0 2 0 2 2 23 Honduras 0 1 1 2 3 14 y-Haiti 0 1 1 1 2 1
Group B W D L GF GA Pts1 x-Jamaica 1 1 0 3 2 42 x-Costa Rica 0 2 0 3 3 23 El Salvador 0 2 0 1 1 24 y-Canada 0 1 1 0 1 1
Group C W D L GF GA Pts1 x-Trinidad 2 0 0 5 1 62 x-Mexico 1 1 0 6 0 43 Guatemala 0 1 1 1 3 14 y-Cuba 0 0 2 0 8 0
Weekend resultsUnited States 1, Haiti 0Jamaica 1, Canada 0Yesterday’s resultsTrinidad 2, Cuba 0Guatemala 0, Mexico 0
Today’s scheduleat Sporting Park, Kansas City, MissouriHaiti vs. HondurasPanama vs. United States
Tuesday, July 14at BMO Field, TorontoJamaica vs. El Salvador, 3 p.m.Canada vs. Costa Rica, 5:30 p.m.
MLS
Weekend resultsNew England 1, NY Red Bulls 4Portland 0, Philadelphia 3Dallas 2, Orlando 0Columbus 0, Montreal 3Seattle 0, Chicago 1Salt Lake 1, Colorado 3Toronto 4, NY City FC 4Sporting KC 1, Vancouver 0 Wednesday, July 15Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 17San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Pacific Coast Soccer League W D L GF GA PtsVancouver Utd 11 2 3 41 19 35Victoria 8 6 1 33 17 30Mid Isle 9 2 3 23 14 29Khalsa 7 3 5 32 23 24Van Tbirds 5 6 4 31 24 21Kamloops 6 2 6 23 25 20Abbotsford 2 5 7 16 23 11Tim Hortons 3 1 9 23 40 10FC Tigers 0 3 13 16 53 3
Saturday’s resultAbbotsford 1, Kamloops 1
Sunday’s scheduleVan United 3, Kamloops 2Khalsa at Tim HortonsMid Isle 1, FC Tigers 0
Tuesday, July 14Abbotsford at Van Tbirds, 7 p.m.
BASEBALLMLB - Results and standings
Yesterday’s resultsNY Mets 5, Arizona 3Miami 8, Cincinnati 1Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3Oakland 2, Cleveland 0NY Yankees 8, Boston 6Washington 3, Baltimore 2Minnesota 7, Detroit 1Kansas City 11, Toronto 10Chicago Cubs 3, Chicago Sox 1San Diego 2, Texas 1San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 2Colorado 11, Atlanta 3LA Angels 10, Seattle 3LA Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 3Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5 (10 innings)
Saturday’s resultsToronto 6, Kansas City 2Chicago Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 1Minnesota 9, Detroit 5NY Mets 4, Arizona 2Colorado 3, Atlanta 2Miami 14, Cincinnati 3Tampa Bay 3, Houston 0Oakland 5, Cleveland 4Boston 5, NY Yankees 3Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5Washington 7, Baltimore 4San Diego 6, Texas 5San Fran 8, Philadelphia 5Seattle 5, LA Angels 0Milwaukee 7, LA Dodgers 1
Today’s schedule with probable startersNo games scheduled
Regular season resumesFriday, July 17Kansas City at Chi. Sox, 11:10 a.m.Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 4:05 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.Baltimore at Detroit, 4:08 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.Chi. Cubs at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m.Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m.Kansas City at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.San Francisco at Arizona, 6:40 p.m.Minnesota at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.Boston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.Colorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.
Saturday, July 18 (Early games)Seattle at NY Yankees, 11:10 a.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:05 p.m.Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.
Saturday at Kauffman Stadium
Blue Jays 6, Royals 2Toronto Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h biReyes SS 4 1 3 1 Escobar SS 4 1 1 0Donaldson 3B 3 0 0 0 Moustakas 3B 3 0 0 0Valencia 3B 2 1 1 3 Morales DH 4 0 1 1Bautista RF 5 1 1 0 Hosmer 1B 4 0 0 0Enc’acion DH 5 1 1 2 Rios RF 3 1 1 0Smoak 1B 4 0 1 0 Infante 2B 4 0 1 0Martin C 4 0 1 0 Orlando LF 2 0 0 1Pillar CF 3 0 1 0 Butera C 3 0 1 0Carrera LF 4 1 0 0 Dyson CF 3 0 0 0Travis 2B 4 1 2 0 Totals 30 2 5 2Totals 38 6 11 6
Toronto 000 200 103 6 Kansas City 100 000 100 2
SB: TOR Pillar (13, 2nd base off Young, Cr/Butera), Reyes 3 (14, 2nd base off Young, Cr/Butera, 3rd base off Young, Cr/Butera, 2nd base off Madson/Butera). 2B: TOR Reyes (15, Finnegan); KC Escobar, A (16, Buehrle), Rios (5, Buehrle). HR: TOR Encarnacion (18, 4th inning off Young, Cr, 1 on, 0 out), Valencia (6, 9th inning off Finnegan, 2 on, 0 out). S: KC Moustakas; Orlando. Team Lob: TOR 10; KC 4. E: KC Infante (6, fielding).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SOM Buehrle (W, 10-5) 7.0 5 2 2 0 2P Schultz 1.0 0 0 0 0 1R Osuna 1.0 0 0 0 0 1Kansas City IP H R ER BB SOC Young (L, 7-5) 6.0 5 3 3 2 4F Morales 0.1 2 0 0 0 0R Madson 0.2 0 0 0 0 1L Hochevar 1.0 0 0 0 2 1B Finnegan 1.0 4 3 3 1 1HBP: Rios, A (by Buehrle).
Time: 2:42. Att: 30,790.
Saturday atAngel Stadium of Anaheim
Mariners 5, Angels 0LA Angels Seattle ab r h bi ab r h biGiavotella 2B 3 0 0 0 Jackson CF 5 0 0 0Calhoun RF 4 0 1 0 Smith PH-DH 1 0 1 0Trout CF 3 0 1 0 Cano 2B 4 0 0 0Pujols DH 4 0 0 0 Cruz RF 3 3 3 0Aybar SS 4 0 1 0 Seager 3B 2 2 2 0Freese 3B 4 0 0 0 Montero 1B 2 0 0 1Cron 1B 3 0 1 0 Morrison 1B 1 0 1 1Joyce LF 3 0 0 0 Miller SS 3 0 0 1Perez C 3 0 0 0 Zunino C 3 0 0 0Totals 31 0 4 0 Totals 24 5 7 3
LA Angels 000 000 000 0 Seattle 021 000 20x 5
2B: SEA Cruz, N (13, Morin), Smith, S (19, Pestano). S: SEA Zunino. Team Lob: LAA 6; SEA 10. E: LAA Wilson, C (2, throw), Cron (2, fielding).
LA Angels IP H R ER BB SOC Wilson (L, 7-7) 6.2 5 3 3 4 5M Morin 0.0 2 2 2 1 0J Alvarez 0.1 1 0 0 0 0V Pestano 1.0 1 0 0 0 0Seattle IP H R ER BB SOH Iwakuma (W, 1-1) 8.0 3 0 0 2 6M Lowe 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Time: 2:42. Att: 40,765.
TENNISThe Championships, Wimbledon, Today-Sunday, July 12 (Major)All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London, EnglandSurface: Grass. Purse: $42.2 million (men and women)2014 champions: Novak Djokovic, Petra Kvitova
Men’s Singles - FinalNovak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3.
Women’s SinglesFinalSerena Williams (1), United States, def. Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.
DOUBLESMen’s Doubles - FinalJean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (4), Romania, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (13), Australia, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.
Women’s Doubles - FinalMartina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5.
Mixed Doubles - FinalLeander Paes, India, and Martina Hingis (7), Switzerland, def. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Timea Babos (5), Hungary, 6-1, 6-1.
CYCLING102nd Tour de France, July 4-26, 3,360 km in 21 stages.
Canadian entries: Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge)Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team)
Today’s scheduleRest dayYesterday’s resultsVannes to Plumelec, 28km team time trial, many hills and dips.1 Christopher Froome, England, Team Sky, 31 hours, 34 minutes, 12 seconds2 Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing Team, 31:34:243 Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing Team, 31:34:394 Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Tinkoff-Saxo, 31:34:505 Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-Saxo, 31:35:15122 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 32:10:40180 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEDGE, 32:38:29
Overall standings after Sunday’s stage1 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 31hr 34min 12sec2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at 0:12sec3 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL/BMC) 0:274 Peter Sagan (SVK/TIN) 0:385 Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 1min 03sec122 Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria/CAN) 36:28180 Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C./ORI) 1h04:17.
LACROSSEWestern Lacrosse AssnWLA Senior A
Standings GP W L T PtsVictoria 14 11 3 0 22New Westminster 12 7 5 0 14Langley 14 7 7 0 14Burnaby 12 6 6 0 12Coquitlam 12 6 6 0 12Maple Ridge 12 5 7 0 10Nanaimo 12 2 10 0 4
Saturday’s resultToday’s scheduleCoquitlam 15, Nanaimo 6
Tuesday, July 14Victoria vs. Nanaimo, 7:00 p.m.Coquitlam vs. Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
Playoffs
Series are best-of-5*=if necessary
Saturday’s resultsCoquitlam 14, New Westminster 9 Coquitlam leads series 2-0Delta 14, Victoria 6 (Game 1)
Yesterday’s resultVictoria at Delta, 5 p.m. (Game 2)
Wednesday, July 15New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. (Game 3)
Saturday, July 18Coquitlam at N Westminster*, 2:30 p.m.Delta at Victoria, 5 p.m.
AUTO RACINGThis week’s race
NASCARQuaker State 400Saturday at Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky.
Race results (Start position in parentheses)1 (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, $209,3162 (4) Joey Logano, Ford, $161,1183 (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, $125,3354 (20) Carl Edwards, Toyota, $124,2955 (16) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, $142,1116 (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, $140,6567 (3) Jeff Gordon, Chev, $135,1768 (15) Kevin Harvick, Chev, $137,6409 (6) Jimmie Johnson, Chev, $132,15110 (13) Kurt Busch, Chev, $102,71511 (17) R Stenhouse Jr., Ford, $95,89012 (12) Aric Almirola, Ford, $123,95113 (28) Trevor Bayne, Ford, $126,79014 (7) Jamie McMurray, Chev, $116,15615 (14) Paul Menard, Chev, $93,91516 (27) Greg Biffle, Ford, $116,52317 (5) Martin Truex Jr., Chev, $111,03518 (25) David Ragan, Toyota, $111,47919 (30) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, $118,12320 (26) Ryan Newman, Chev, $121,29021 (10) Dale Jr., Chev $99,36522 (18) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford $109,660
Race statisticsAverage Speed of Winner: 129.402 mphTime of Race: 3 hours, 5:42Margin of Victory: 1.594 secondsCaution Flags: 11 for 49 lapsLead Changes: 13 among 8 drivers
West Coast League
Yesterday’s resultBend 4, Medford 3Victoria 7, Klamath Falls 1Kelowna 5, Walla Walla 4
Saturday’s resultsMedford 4, Bend 1Victoria 8, Klamath Falls 5Victoria 8, Klamath Falls 2 (doubleheader)Walla Walla 4, Kelowna 3Wenatchee 8, Cowlitz 3Corvallis 5, Kitsap 1
Today’s scheduleBellingham at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.Victoria at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Yakima Valley at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m.Klamath Falls at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.Kelowna at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, July 14Bellingham at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.Victoria at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Yakima Valley at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m.Klamath Falls at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.Kelowna at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15Bellingham at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.Victoria at Medford, 6:35 p.m.
B.C. Premier LeagueTeam W L Pct GBNorth Shore 30 9 .769 -Victoria Eagles 29 12 .707 2Langley 27 13 .675 3.5Nanaimo 26 14 .650 4.5Okanagan 21 15 .583 7.5Whalley 20 20 .500 10.5North Delta 17 21 .447 12.5White Rock 16 25 .390 15Abbotsford 15 24 .385 15Coquitlam 14 25 .359 16Victoria Mariners 13 26 .333 17Parksville 9 33 .214 22.5
Yesterday’s resultsAbbotsford 2, North Delta 1North Shore 4, Parksville Royals 2North Delta 10, Abbotsford 5North Shore 2, Parksville 1
Saturday’s resultsNorth Shore 8, Abbotsford 3Langley 4, Whalley 3White Rock 4, Parksville 3Langley 6, Whalley 3Abbotsford 7, North Shore 4White Rock 8, Parksville 7
Tuesday, July 14Okanagan at North Delta, 2 p.m.North Delta at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m.White Rock at Langley, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15Okanagan at North Delta, 2 p.m.North Delta at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m.
League leadersQ-backs Comp Att Pct YardsGlenn, K, SSK 69 87 79.3 868Burris, H, OTT 66 101 65.3 731Lulay, T, BC 52 76 68.4 658Collaros, Z, HAM 53 71 74.6 635Willy, D, WPG 45 60 75.0 624Harris, T, TOR 54 65 83.1 614Cato, R, MTL 42 56 75.0 558Mitchell, B, CGY 41 66 62.1 507Nichols, M, EDM 13 27 48.1 220Reilly, M, EDM 16 28 57.1 170Durant, D, SSK 13 18 72.2 165
Rushing Att Yards AvgSutton, T, MTL 50 278 5.6Messam, J, SSK 31 244 7.9Whitaker, B, TOR 22 186 8.5Allen, A, SSK 25 184 7.4Cotton, P, WPG 32 174 5.4Walker, C, OTT 46 171 3.7Cornish, J, CGY 25 129 5.2Harris, A, BC 25 118 4.7Lawrence, K, EDM 12 79 6.6Burris, H, OTT 13 72 5.5
Receiving Tot Yards AvgGreen, S, MTL 15 285 19.0Smith, R, SSK 11 251 22.8Moore, N, WPG 19 244 12.8Dressler, W, SSK 14 204 14.6Sinopoli, B, OTT 18 190 10.6Owens, C, TOR 15 187 12.5Bowman, A, EDM 11 181 16.5Williams, C, OTT 13 180 13.8Denmark, C, WPG 7 167 23.9Arceneaux, E, BC 14 161 11.5Richardson, J, SSK 12 159 13.3Fantuz, A, HAM 17 156 9.2Sinkfield, T, HAM 8 154 19.3
Tackles1. Cox, C, MTL 212. Knox Jr., J, SSK 183. Elimimian, S, BC 174. Bighill, A, BC 155. Bucknor, M, WPG 15
Interceptions1. Sears Jr., J, HAM 22. Adams, J, WPG 23. Evans, Z, OTT 14. Johnson, J, OTT 15. Butler, C, HAM 1
Sacks1. Bowman, J, MTL 32. Hughes, C, CGY 23. Bass, K, WPG 24. Cummings, E, TOR 25. Howard, M, EDM 2
PAN-AM GAMESToronto, July 10-26
Rank/Country Gold Sil Bro Tot1 Canada 10 8 6 242 United States 7 5 7 193 Colombia 6 5 3 144 Mexico 4 6 7 175 Brazil 4 4 5 136 Cuba 3 1 4 87 Chile 2 0 2 48 Argentina 1 4 4 99 Ecuador 1 3 3 710 Dominican Rep. 1 0 3 411 Venezuela 0 3 1 412 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
Events with Canadian medalistsMen’s BMXG- Tory Nyhaug, CanadaS- Alfredo Campo Vintimilla, EcuadorB- Long Nicholas, United States
Canoeing FlatG- CanadaS- CubaB- Argentina
DivingMen’s 3m Springboard DivingG- Rommel Pacheco, MexicoS- Jahir Ocampo, MexicoB- Philippegagne, Canada
Women’s 3m SpringboardG- Jennifer Abel, CanadaS- Pamela Ware, CanadaB- Dolores Hernandez, Mexico
Women’s 10m PlatformPaola Espinosa, MexicoRoseline Filion, CanadaMeaghan Benfeito, Canada
Judo: Women’s -52 kgG- Erika Miranda, BrazilS- Ecaterina Guica, CanadaB- Angelica Delgado, United States and Gretter Romero, Cuba
Synchronized Swimming DuetG- CanadaS- MexicoB- United States
Synchronized Swimming TeamG- CanadaS- MexicoB- United States
Mountain cycling - Women’s XCOG- Emily Batty, CanadaS- Catharine Pendrel, CanadaB- Erin Huck, United States
Men’s XCOG- Raphael Gagne, CanadaS- Catriel Soto, ArgentinaB- Stephen Ettinger, United States
Shooting - Women’s 10m Air PistolG- Lynda Kiejko, CanadaS- Alejandra Zavala, MexicoB- Lilian Castro, El Salvador
Weightlifting - Men’s 69 kgG- Luis J. Mosquera Lozano, ColombiaS- Bredni Roque, MexicoB- Francis Luna-Grenier, Canada
Rugby 7s - MenG- CanadaS- ArgentinaB- United States
Rugby 7s - WomenG- CanadaS- United StatesB- Brazil
Equestrian - Dressage TeamG- United StatesS- CanadaB- Brazil
Gymnastics Artistic Women’s TeamG- United StatesS- CanadaB- Brazil
Yesterday’s box scores
Royals 11, Blue Jays 10Toronto Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h biReyes SS 5 1 3 1 Escobar SS 5 2 1 1Travis 2B 5 1 2 1 Moustakas 3B 4 0 2 0Bautista DH 4 1 1 1 Cain CF 5 2 3 1Smoak PH-DH 1 0 0 0 Hosmer 1B 4 1 2 2Enc’acion 1B 4 0 0 1 Morales DH 4 1 1 3Colabello LF 2 2 0 0 Perez C 4 1 0 0Martin C 5 1 1 2 Infante 2B 4 2 3 1Valencia 3B 4 1 2 2 Rios RF 4 1 1 0Pillar CF 4 2 2 1 Orlando LF 3 1 2 2Carrera RF 4 1 1 1 Totals 37 11 15 10Totals 38 10 12 10
Toronto 000 008 110 10 Kansas City 600 013 01x 11
SB: TOR Travis (3, 2nd base off Volquez/Perez, S), Bautista (4, 3rd base off Volquez/Perez, S). 2B: TOR Bautista (17, Volquez), Valencia (13, Madson), Pillar (18, Madson), Martin, R (15, Herrera, K); KC Infante (17, Doubront), Cain, L (19, Doubront). 3B: TOR Pillar (2, Davis, W). GIDP: TOR Martin, R; KC Hosmer, Cain, L. HR: KC Morales, K (11, 1st inning off Doubront, 2 on, 1 out), Orlando (3, 8th inning off Schultz, 0 on, 0 out). S: KC Or-lando. Team Lob: TOR 5; KC 4. DP: TOR 2 (Encarnacion, Valencia-Travis-Encarna-cion); KC 2 (Escobar, A-Infante-Hosmer, Perez, S-Infante). E: TOR Colabello (4, throw), Reyes 2 (10, fielding, fielding); KC Infante 2 (8, throw, missed catch), Moustakas 2 (8, throw, fielding).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SOF Doubront 5.0 10 7 5 0 2S Delabar 0.1 2 3 2 0 0A Loup 0.2 1 0 0 0 1B Cecil 1.0 0 0 0 0 0P Schultz (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0Kansas City IP H R ER BB SOE Volquez 5.1 5 4 1 3 2R Madson 0.1 4 4 0 0 0K Herrera 1.1 1 1 0 0 0W Davis (BS, 1)(W, 5-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2G Holland 1.0 0 0 0 1 1HBP: Moustakas (by Loup).
Time: 3:23. Att: 31,962.
Angels 10, Mariners 3LA Angels Seattle ab r h bi ab r h biGiavotella 2B 5 1 2 0 Jackson CF 4 1 2 0Calhoun RF 4 0 0 0 Cano 2B 4 1 1 0Trout CF 4 2 2 1 Cruz RF 3 0 0 0Pujols 1B 5 1 1 0 Ackley LF 1 0 0 1Aybar SS 3 2 3 0 Seager 3B 4 0 3 1Feath’ston SS 1 0 0 0 Montero DH 2 0 0 0Freese 3B 5 2 2 2 Smith PH-DH 1 1 1 1Cron DH 5 0 3 0 Morrison 1B 4 0 0 0Joyce LF 2 0 0 1 Zunino C 4 0 0 0Rob’son PH-LF 3 1 0 1 Miller SS 4 0 2 0Iannetta C 4 1 1 2 Totals 31 3 9 3Totals 41 10 14 7
LA Angels 021 006 010 10 Seattle 000 000 021 3
2B: LAA Freese 2 (17, Walker, T, Walker, T), Aybar (16, Walker, T), Giavotella (16, Rodney), Cron (7, Smith, Ca); SEA Seager (19, Heaney). HR: LAA Iannetta (5, 6th inning off Rollins, D, 1 on, 1 out); SEA Smith, S (8, 9th inning off Shoemaker, 0 on, 0 out). S: LAA Aybar. Team Lob: LAA 7; SEA 6. DP: LAA (Pujols). E: SEA Cano (4, fielding), Trumbo (3, throw), Walker, T (3, throw).
LA Angels IP H R ER BB SOA Heaney (W, 3-0) 7.0 5 0 0 1 6T Gott 1.0 3 2 2 0 1M Shoemaker 1.0 1 1 1 0 1Seattle IP H R ER BB SOT Walker (L, 7-7) 5.0 7 7 6 0 7D Rollins 0.1 3 2 2 1 0D Farquhar 1.2 2 0 0 0 2F Rodney 1.0 1 1 1 0 0C Smith 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Time: 2:56. Att: 36,955.
American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkNY Yankees 48 40 .545 - W1Tampa Bay 46 45 .505 3.5 W3Baltimore 44 44 .500 4.0 L2Toronto 45 46 .495 4.5 L1Boston 42 47 .472 6.5 L1Central W L PCT GB StrkKansas City 52 34 .605 - W1Minnesota 49 40 .551 4.5 W3Detroit 44 44 .500 9.0 L3Cleveland 42 46 .477 11.0 L2Chicago Sox 41 45 .477 11.0 L1West W L PCT GB StrkLA Angels 48 40 .545 - W1Houston 49 42 .538 0.5 L6Texas 42 46 .477 6.0 L2Seattle 41 48 .461 7.5 L1Oakland 41 50 .451 8.5 W2
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Greg Holland, left, celebrates with catcher Salvador Perez, right, following a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday. [AP PHOTO]
Blue Jays blow lead, fall 11-10 to RoyalsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays combined for 21 runs, 11 unearned after seven errors, on Sunday. There were 27 hits, nine for extra-bases.
The Royals won 11-10 after blowing a seven-run lead, helped by a base-running gaffe by Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin.
Martin had a RBI double to pull Toronto within 10-9 in the seventh and went to third on Kelvin Herrera’s wild pitch with one out. When catcher Salvador Perez delayed picking up the ball and Herrera was slow to cover home, Martin rounded third base. Perez grabbed the ball and threw out Martin before he could retreat to the bag.
“If you look at it, it really wasn’t that far, but that kid’s got a cannon arm,” Martin said.
The play was reviewed but not overturned after a delay of more than two minutes.
“That saved us,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. “Salvy made a phenomenal play.”
Toronto’s Jose Reyes, who had his second straight three-hit game, singled home Kevin Pil-lar, who had tripled, in the eighth to tie it 10-10. It was only the second run Royals reliever Wade Davis (5-1) had allowed this season.
“We hit the ball pretty well.” Martin said. “They just hit the ball a little more at the end there. They got the big hit. It was a frustrating loss.
“We definitely could have played better and we made some mistakes, but we got back in the game.”
Paulo Orlando broke the tie with a homer in the bottom of the eighth, and Kendrys Morales hit a three-run homer in a six-run Royals first.
Greg Holland worked the ninth, earning his 19th save in 20 opportunities. Kansas City led 7-0 after five, but the Blue Jays sent 12 men to the plate in an eight-run sixth.
Danny Valencia and Jose Bautista had two-run doubles.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your ideas come from much thought and experience. When you verbalize a concept, people listen because they sense the intelligence that comes with the idea. A matter that deals with your home might arise. Don’t wor-ry -- you will land well. Tonight: Catch up on news.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)You might want to be more aware of what is going on around you. Financial matters remain import-ant. You have more support than you realize. Ask questions. You will gain more insight by being observant. Let others know that you are concerned. Tonight: Avoid a power play.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are full of energy, and your mind is working overtime. A con-versation regarding your funds and professional status could be very significant. You might feel awkward asking certain questions, especially with co-workers and higher-ups. Tonight: A partner pushes you.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)Consider rethinking a personal matter. You will find that getting a
better balance through openness is important. You might not want to make the first move. A partner or associate will be demanding no matter what you do. Tonight: Get some much-needed personal time.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Your intuition encourages you to lean on someone you trust. Understand that not everyone has the same goals as you. Nev-ertheless, your caring will get a welcome response. You might not be able to make a move as quickly as you’d like. Tonight: Be spontaneous.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You might feel unusually tense, as others expect a lot from you. A partner cheers you on, and friends prove to be great support-ers. Just the same, you could hit some awkward moments when having a discussion. Just don’t play into a power play. Tonight: Be nice at all costs.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Look at the big picture rather than allow yourself to get trig-gered. You want to avoid some-one who insists upon having his or her way at any cost. You know
that you don’t want to get into a power play with this person. Tonight: Note that people could be out of sorts.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You might sense a heaviness around you that emerges when relating on a one-on-one basis with others. Communication can be difficult if you don’t know what to say. Until you are sure of yourself, you would be wise to stay mum. Tonight: Avoid a disagreement.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You will want to understand what is going on within you. You might react strongly to an associate, friend or loved one who seems to edge his or her way past your normal boundaries. Remember, you can say “no” nicely. Tonight: Smile and say “yes” to an invitation.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Your focus is on accomplishing what you need to get done. You could hit several snafus along the way. A loved one might be giving you a lot of flak at the last minute. Your intuition helps you read between the lines. You will be able to end a conflict. Tonight: Know when to call it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You might note that many people around you seem to be full of themselves; power plays seem to be a theme. You’ll want to pull back. You could opt to take a walk on the wild side and enjoy yourself to the max. As a result, you will run into kindred spirits. Tonight: As you like it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) A domestic issue might make you feel uncomfortable. You can’t run away; the only way to handle the problem is to face it head-on. You have the energy to get past a problem with ease. Don’t worry if someone doesn’t get what you are saying right now. Tonight: Happy at home.
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Canada’s Ukraine embassy used as a pawn in uprisingConservative government never fully acknowledged the extent of the security breach
MURRAY BREWSTER THE CANADIAN PRESS
KYIV, Ukraine — It was one of those events that simply appeared and disappeared during the bloody, swift-moving events of Ukraine in the winter revolution of 2014.
Canada’s embassy in Kyiv was used as a haven for several days by anti-government protesters dur-ing the uprising that toppled the regime of former president Viktor Yanukovych.
The Harper government never fully acknowledged — during the upheaval or since — the depth and extent of the security breach, which has had far-reaching impli-cations on how Canadians are per-ceived in the region.
The Canadian Press has spent months piecing together the events surrounding the extraordinary incident, which started on Feb. 18, 2014 and occurred at the height of the violent crackdown against pro-European protesters.
ARMED WITH STONES, LEFT BEHIND FLOWERS
It began, according to multiple sources in Kyiv and Ottawa, when one of the protesters being chased by riot police waved a Canadian passport at embassy security. Once the door was open, the individual was quickly followed by other dem-onstrators armed with sticks and paving stones. Roman Waschuk, the current Canadian ambassador in Kyiv, confirmed the account in a recent interview with The Can-adian Press.
“I understand there was a Can-adian passport holder associated in some way with the group,” said Waschuk, who replaced Troy Lulashnyk as ambassador in Kyiv last year.
He acknowledged the protesters were camped in the main lobby for at least a week, which is something neither Foreign Affairs nor the Harper government has ever pub-licly stated.
Waschek also suggested no harm came of it.
“From what I was told, it was sev-eral days and they left flowers on departure,” he said.
A host of security improvements were made in the aftermath, but that opening of the doors was “a gesture designed to react and to reach out to the people suffering in the turmoil,” Waschek said.
ALLIES QUESTION CANADA’S ROLE
But some of Canada’s European allies, speaking on background because of the sensitivity of the subject, said the fact protesters were allowed to stay for so long and operate freely made it appear Canada was an active participant in regime change, and not just lend-
ing morale support.That was certainly the percep-
tion of Ukraine’s interior ministry, which oversees the police, national guard and the country’s intelli-gence services.
Two ministry officials, with know-ledge of the case and who agreed to meet as long as their identities were not revealed, said a crimin-al investigation was opened into the actions of the protesters, but quietly dropped after Yanukovych fled to Russia. They described an extraordinary scene of chaos and violence outside of the embassy, which is located in the heart of city immediately adjacent to the Maid-an — or independence — square.
“There wasn’t much of an obstacle for them to get in. Not much security,” said one official. “Canada was sympathizing with the protesters, at the time, more than the government.”
The lobby was used to treat the wounded on the night of Feb. 18 and they were transferred to hospital by ambulance amid the violence, which included a mini-van that was stolen by protesters, according to the officials.
It was later found burned, some-thing Ottawa hasn’t acknowledged, they said.
“There was no public statement from the Canadian side about this, and it’s really interesting what grounds they would use not to say something,” said the second official.
Multiple layers of intrigue sur-round the occupation, which was first reported by Russian media as an attack on the embassy by
pro-Russian groups.A spokesman for then-foreign
affairs minister John Baird acknowledged, on the day itself, that protesters were in the recep-tion area of the building; they had taken “shelter,” and they were “peaceful and have not caused any damage or harm to staff.”
After the initial report, there was silence. The embassy was closed and remained so throughout the tumultuous events that culminated with Yanukovych fleeing to Russia on Feb. 22.
How the protesters got in and what happened during their stay was never fully explained by the Harper government, which — according to sources in Ottawa — was seized with how to respond and what options there might be to end the occupation.
In the end, a decision was made “at the highest levels” to let events play-out.
STRIDENT CANADA NO SHOCK TO UKRAINIANS
If you talk to ordinary people here, academics or even Ukraine’s charge d’affaires in Ottawa, the fact Canada pushed the envelope isn’t surprising. They see it as a natural extension of the Harper govern-ment’s bullish rhetoric, and in fact something they’ve come to expect.
“Generally speaking in Ukrain-ian public opinion, as well in the Ukraine government of that time, there was a common understand-ing that Canadian sympathies are on the side of the protesters, pro-European, pro-democratic,” Marko Shevchenko said in a recent
interview with The Canadian Press.Dominque Arel, a noted expert on Ukraine at the University of Ottawa, agreed and said the percep-tion that Canada was more than a disinterested bystander was formed long before the Maidan protests, which erupted in the fall of 2013, turned violent. Perhaps reinforcing that rebel image, at least one local embassy staffer was targeted for her attendance at anti-government rallies and online blogging that was critical of Yanukovych.
Inna Tsarkova, who was part of a group called AutoMaidan which carried out mobile protests around Kyiv, had her car torched and she faced traffic violation charges in December 2013. She declined to speak about her experience, but as the local spokeswoman for the embassy her treatment fit with a pattern of official intimidation at the time, which targeted journal-ists and other high-profile figures.
There is no prohibition on local-ly-hired embassy staff participat-ing in political movements.
EMBASSY INCIDENT REFLECTS BROADER FOREIGN POLICY
The fallout is rarely discussed, but Canadians are not very popular in some quarters and occasionally loathed by pro-Russian Ukrainians. Arel said he knows of one incident where a Canadian journalist was briefly detained by rebels.
Bob Fowler, a former diplomat and senior foreign policy adviser to three prime ministers, says the Harper government has played a dangerous game and pushed the country’s involvement in Ukraine.
A protester throws a Molotov cocktail during clashes with police in central Kyiv, Ukraine in January 2014. Canada’s embassy in Kyiv was used as a haven for several days by anti-government protesters during the revolution that toppled the regime of former president Viktor Yanukovych. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]
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◆ ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
Pope visits slum, urges church to welcome sick
Pope Francis put into practice his call for the world’s poor and powerless to not be left on the margins of society by visiting a flood-prone slum Sunday and insisting that the Catholic Church be a place of welcome for all — sick and sinners especially.
On the final day of his three-na-tion South American tour, Francis sought to offer a mes-sage of hope and mission to the residents of the Banado Norte shantytown and to an estimated 1 million people gathered for his farewell Mass on the same swampy field where St. John Paul II proclaimed Paraguay’s first saint nearly 30 years ago.
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Unity state to bar UN offi cial over new report
A UN diplomat based in South Sudan’s northern Unity state will be expelled from the state in a retaliatory move following the publication of a human rights report last month that accused government forces of commit-ting widespread attacks on civilians there, a South Sudanese official said Sunday.
The decision to expel Mary Cummins was made in a state Cabinet meeting, deputy state governor Mabek Lang told The Associated Press. Cummins is head of the UN mission in Unity state. UNMISS’ human rights division released a report on June 30 accusing government forces of committing human rights abuses, including killing women and children, gang rape and burning people.
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Massive marine debris removal project underway
A massive cleanup effort is getting underway in Alaska, with tons of marine debris — some likely sent to sea by the 2011 tsunami in Japan — set to be airlifted from rocky beaches and taken by barge for recycling and disposal in the Pacific North-west. Hundreds of heavy-duty bags of debris, collected in 2013 and 2014 and stockpiled at a storage site in Kodiak, also will be shipped out. The barge is scheduled to arrive in Kodiak by Thursday, before setting off on a roughly one-month venture.
The scope of the project, a year in the making, is virtually unheard of in Alaska. It was spurred, in part, by the mass of material that’s washed ashore.
Feds look to specifi cs to boost troubled economy
BRUCE CHEADLE THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — All but overlooked in the past week of troubling eco-nomic news was federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s unexpected nod to government stimulus spending.
The run-up to an October gen-eral election is happening amid talk of recession, international downgrades of Canada’s growth prospects, weak world oil prices and several grim provincial outlooks — stormy seas for an incumbent Conservative govern-ment seeking a fourth mandate after staking its reputation on sound economic management.
A Conservative re-election plan engineered in sunnier days when a return to balanced budgets could comfortably co-exist with voter-friendly spending bonanzas is now being repurposed as a recession-fighting necessity.
“What people should under-stand is that some of the measures which the prime minister announced and which I announced in the budget will inject almost $10 billion in cash into the economy this year,” Oli-ver told reporters in Vancouver last Tuesday.
“The two primary sources of that cash input relate to the family benefits program and infrastructure spending. So that will have an impact, a positive impact on Canadian economic activity.”
WHAT’S COMING?Parents with children under
18 will start getting new bene-fit cheques — retroactive to Jan. 1 — on July 20, a one-time, pre-election burst of cash total-ling more than $2.5 billion.
Conservative ministers and MPs, meanwhile, are announcing new community infrastructure projects virtually every day this summer from a variety of infra-structure funds — some of which have lain fallow for months awaiting the optimal pre-election moment for government-friendly announcements. Oliver’s office says the government added more than $1.6 billion to existing infra-structure funding for 2015-16.
Economists, as is their way, are divided on whether the family benefit spending spree or the infrastructure dollars will have much economic impact this year.
But they all agree that with
a new Conservative balanced budget law in place and an elec-tion looming, additional reces-sion-fighting fiscal measures from the government are not in the cards before Canadians go to the polls in October.
“They’re a little bit caught because they’re basically making one of the big anchors of their election platform the return to a balanced budget,” said Don Drummond, a former senior Finance Canada official who now teaches at Queen’s University.
Mike Moffatt, who teaches economics at the University of Western Ontario’s Ivey Business School and also serves as chief economist at the Mowat Cen-tre, said last week’s 1.2 per cent growth prediction for the year by TD Bank suggests a $3 billion loss in revenue from Oliver’s April budget forecast, which was predicated on growth of 2.0 per cent.
STIMULATING CHEQUES?Moffatt, who helped the Liber-
al party cost its family benefit package, believes this month’s burst of retroactive government cheques will have a positive impact.
“I don’t think the government thought we’d be in a recession in July: ’Let’s make sure the cheques start flowing then!’ That is a happy accident, and I think that is quite beneficial,” said Moffatt.
“I don’t think stimulus has to be more subtle than that.”
Finn Poschman, vice-president of policy analysis at the C.D. Howe Institute, says the lump sum family benefits will certain-ly be welcome.
“But the economic evidence of using transfers — putting cash in hands of households — to stimu-late economic activity is mixed. It’s generally not negative, nor is
it strongly positive.”Poschman, a self-described
“market oriented” economist, dryly noted that, as long as the family cash infusion isn’t funded through deficits, “the likelihood of it being harmless is much bet-ter than otherwise.”
Drummond is equally cool to the idea.
There’s “a pretty clear hier-archy” of what policy measures stimulate the economy, he said.
In fact, the Conservatives’ own 2009 recession-fighting budget included a chart that showed the dollar-for-dollar GDP multipliers of seven different measures, with infrastructure spending the most beneficial. Personal and corpor-ate income tax measures were at the bottom, with help for low-in-come households in the middle of the pack.
Drummond says some portion of any tax relief or transfer to individuals will be saved and some spent, while infrastructure dollars all go back directly into the economy.
Moreover, roughly a third of what families do spend goes toward imported items, mitigat-ing the impact on the domestic market.
The family cheques will have some effect, said Drummond, “but not an awful lot.”
INFRASTRUCTURE BENEFITSHe’s more bullish on major
infrastructure projects, which use Canadian labour and materi-als while providing longterm productivity benefits.
But Drummond notes that many of the projects currently being announced in the run-up to the election are smaller pro-jects, such as community centres and hockey rinks.
“That gets the money spent and gets the concrete going, but that doesn’t have the long-run economic benefits,” said Drummond.
INTEREST RATE RELIEFOne measure outside the gov-
ernment’s direct control is a move in interest rates.
The Bank of Canada is set to make a scheduled announce-ment Wednesday amid specula-tion its trend-setting rate could be cut in an effort to boost the economy. But the bank’s key rate, now at 0.75 per cent, is already at rock bottom.
Run-up to October’s election comes amid talk of recession
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Parties set to debate LNG dealDIRK MEISSNER THE CANADIAN PRESS
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s politicians are returning to the legislature to debate the details of an agreement that could pave the way for the largest private investment in the province’s history — a proposed $36-billion liquefied natural gas export plant.
The Pacific NorthWest LNG project planned for Lelu Island near Prince Rupert still requires federal environmental approv-al, and Malaysian energy giant Petronas has yet to make its final investment decision. But rati-fying the project development agreement in the legislature pro-vides investor certainty, Finance Minister Mike de Jong said.
“We think the stakes are big,” he said about the deal he will introduce this week though legis-lative sessions are not typically held in the summer.
“We are anxious to address the remaining issues that would lead to this particular project moving forward,” De Jong said.
He said the potential economic returns from B.C.’s first LNG deal would outweigh targeted-tax tradeoffs included in a 25-year deal that is detailed in a legisla-tive document he will table in thelegislature.
The project is estimated to create 4,500 construction jobs and could generate $9 billion in government revenues in a dec-ade, de Jong said. He said B.C.’s entire forest industry brought in between $550 million and $600 million for the province over the past five years. The agreement includes assurances that Pacific NorthWest LNG will not face significant increases in specific taxes, including the LNG income tax, the carbon tax and the nat-ural-gas tax credit, de Jong said. It does not protect the company from increases in provincial sales and corporate taxes, he added. Opposition NDP Leader John Horgan said what he’s seen of the agreement looks more like a sellout than a payoff for the province.
“I believe the (project develop-ment agreement), as it’s con-stituted, is in the interest of Petronas and not in the interest of B.C.,” Horgan said. “A quarter of a century tax holiday for a for-eign company, no guarantees for direct jobs, no direct guarantee for local procurement.”
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Drug lord escapes prison cell through tunnelE. EDUARDO CASTILLO AND KATHERINE CORCORAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY — Mexico mount-ed an all-out manhunt Sunday for its most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who authorities said escaped from a maximum security prison through a 1.5-kilometre (1 mile) tunnel from a small opening in the shower area of his cell.
The elaborate underground escape route, allegedly built without the detection of author-ities, allowed Guzman to do what Mexican officials promised would never happen after his re-capture last year — slip out of one of the country’s most secure penitentiaries for the second time.
“This represents without a doubt an affront to the Mexican state,” President Enrique Pena Nieto said while on a previously scheduled trip to France. “But I also have confidence in the insti-tutions of the Mexican state ... that they have the strength and determination to recapture this criminal.”
Guzman’s escape is a major embarrassment to the Pena Nieto administration, which had received plaudits for its aggres-sive approach to top drug lords. Since the government took office in late 2012, Mexican authorities have nabbed or killed six of them, including Guzman.
If he is not caught immediately, Guzman lord will likely be back in full command and control of the Sinaloa Cartel in 48 hours, said Michael S. Vigil, a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Admin-istration chief of international operations.
“We may never find him again,”
Vigil said. “All the accolades that Mexico has received in their counterdrug efforts will be erased by this one event.”
Thirty employees from various part of the Altiplano prison, 55 miles (90 kilometres) west of Mexico City, have been taken in for questioning, the federal Attorney General’s Office said.
When the escape was discov-ered late Saturday, a widespread manhunt began immediately for Guzman, whose cartel is believed to control most of the major crossing points for drugs at the U.S. border with Mexico.
Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel empire stretches throughout North America and reaches as far as Europe and Australia. The cartel has been heavily involved in the bloody drug war that has
torn through parts of Mexico for a decade, taking an estimated 100,000 lives or more.
Guatemala’s Interior Ministry said a special task force of police and soldiers were watching its border with southern Mexico for any sign of the fugitive drug lord.
To the north, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch issued a statement offering “any assist-ance that may help support his swift recapture.”
Associated Press journalists near the Altiplano prison saw roads being heavily patrolled by federal police, with numerous checkpoints and a Black Hawk helicopter flying overhead. Flights were suspended at Tolu-ca’s international airport near the penitentiary in the State of
Mexico, and civil aviation hang-ars were being searched.
Guzman, who is 58 according to Interpol, was last seen about 9 p.m. Saturday in the shower area of his cell, according to a statement from the National Security Commission. After a time, he was lost by the prison’s security camera surveillance network. Upon checking his cell, authorities found it empty and a 20-by-20-inch (50-by-50 centi-metre) hole near the shower.
Guzman climbed down a hole 10 metres (30 feet) deep that connected with a tunnel about 1.7 metres (5 feet-6 inches) high that was fully ventilated and had lighting, said National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said.
Authorities also found tools, oxygen tanks and a motorcycle adapted to run on rails that they believe was used to carry dirt out and tools in during the construction.
The tunnel terminated in a half-built barn-like building in a farm field, according to radio transmissions among author-ities, who cordoned off the struc-ture that sits atop a small rise with a clear view of the prison.
One woman who lives near the barn-like structure where the tunnel emerged, said outsiders bought the surrounding land about a year ago and immedi-ately started building. The woman, who did not want to be identified for fear of repris-als, said that her son had been employed as a construction worker on the surface buildings and that the builders paid well.
Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. as well as Mexico and he was on the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration’s most-wanted list.
After Guzman was arrested on Feb. 22, 2014, the U.S. said it would file an extradition request, though it’s not clear if that hap-pened. The Mexican government at the time vehemently denied the need to extradite Guzman, even as many expressed fears he would escape as he did in 2001 while serving a 20-year sentence in the country’s other top-secur-ity prison, Puente Grande, in the western state of Jalisco.
Then Mexican Attorney Gener-al Jesus Murillo Karam told the AP earlier this year that the U.S. would get Guzman in “about 300 or 400 years” after he served time for all his crimes in Mexico.
He dismissed concerns that Guzman could escape a second time. That risk “does not exist,” Murillo Karam said.
Mexico’s extraditions of drug suspects to the United States have dropped under Pena Nieto’s administration, with Mexico pre-ferring to try them at home.
Rep. Filemon Vela, a Democrat from Texas, wrote that Mexico’s failure to extradite Guzman and other figures facing charges in the United States “is an insult to the law enforcement and pros-ecutorial personnel who have worked for years to build crim-inal cases against these drug profiteers.”
“The United States needs to exercise stronger diplomatic muscle” to ensure Guzman and others are sent north to face charges, Vega wrote. It was diffi-cult to believe that such an elab-orate structure could have been built without the detection of authorities, though photographs show the corrections facility sur-rounded by construction.
Federal Police patrol outside of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Sunday. A massive manhunt is underway after Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, escaped from a maximum security prison through a tunnel. [AP PHOTO]
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With the recent announcement by Parks and Recreation
Director Scott Kenny that he will retire in a few weeks, you would think that the politicians we elect to conduct the pub-lic’s business should be busy looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position soon to be vacated by Mr. Kenny. Losing a key person in any large organ-ization under any circumstance causes challenges. At time of writing, however, there is no job posting for P&R Director on the City’s website and there have been no employment ads placed in the media to solicit prospective candidates.
Mr. Kenny’s intention to retire should not come as a surprise to council. Most who follow local politics could tell you that recently, one of the worst kept secrets in the city was that of Mr. Kenny’s impending retirement this summer. So what is the reason for council’s reticence on the subject of a replacement for Mr. Kenny as Parks and Recreation Director?
Since many political observ-ers had an inkling of Mr. Ken-ny’s impending retirement for the past year, then surely the politicians who make up the current council must have had the same inkling. After all, they just ran campaigns upon which they suggested they had an awareness of local issues, and could do a better job than some of the incumbents they ran against, and beat, in the recent election. Instead though, regarding a smooth transition in the P&R Depart-ment, the current council appears to be heading in a dir-ection that economic logic or general good sense would not.
In his role as department head, Mr. Kenny is responsible for an operational budget that, according to the current 5-year financial plan, is projected to be $6.4 million for the current
year, increasing to $7 million byfiscal 2019. Additionally, he is responsible for the safekeeping, operation and maintenance of millions of dollars of tangible, public recreational assets that are owned by city taxpayers. And further to that, he leads and provides direction to five other managers and several more subordinate employees who work at the recreational facilities that taxpayers own.
On one level it could be argued that council not acting to find a replacement for Mr. Kenny implies that perhaps his position is no longer needed, and maybe wasn’t so important after all, even if his years of service are viewed favourably. On another level, it ignores the likelihood of an increased workload that city manager Ken Watson may have to face from many of the issues that a P&R Director deals with, and it ignores the effect on the moralefor remaining employees in a rather unstructured parks department.
A commitment by council for transparency and value for tax money spent is a worthy endeavour, but it has resulted in a majority of council dog-matically pursuing a manage-ment review before they’ll address certain personnel issues.
Bad decisions can be made when political expediency is placed above the public good, and employee morale. The apparent lack of action by council, or leadership by the Mayor, to oversee a smooth transition for a key personnel position in our city, demon-strates such a decision.
Mitral valve surgery can best be described by com-parison to the swinging
saloon door in old western mov-ies. It demonstrates what can go wrong with the heart’s valves. And what surgical procedure is needed to correct mitral valve prolapse (MVP). To get a first-hand view of this procedure, I watched Dr. Tirone David, one the world’s great cardiac sur-geons, perform the operation at Toronto General Hospital.
The mitral valve separates the two left chambers of the heart. Each time the heart beats the valves swing open, like the doors of a western saloon. But after opening they close firmly again while the heart pumps blood to the body.
The problem is that swinging doors of saloons often develop loose rusty hinges that don’t close well. The mitral valve has the same trouble when the tough parachute-like cords that attach the valves to the heart’s muscle become too loose. When this happens some ejected blood falls back into the heart’s chamber following every beat. This places extra burden on the heart’s muscle.
If you’re diagnosed with this condition, don’t panic. You’re far from the end of the road. Prior to the use of echocardi-ograms (ultrasound of the heart), doctors believed MVP was present in 17 percent of women and 5 percent of men. Now we know it’s less common, affecting about 2.4 percent of both sexes. But, according to a report from Johns Hopkins University, about 25 percent of Americans older than age 55 have some degree of MVP. It’s now believed that, in addition to aging, genetics also plays a role in who develops this condition.
How mitral valve prolapse is treated depends on several factors. The great majority of patients with MVP have no idea it is present and normally do not need surgery.
Some patients complain of shortness of breath, palpita-tions and fatigue. But people without MVP can experience similar symptoms. What often happens is these symptoms occur after the diagnosis, trig-gering anxiety.
Dr. David says that several factors must be considered before deciding mitral surgery is needed. One of the most important is the severity of the prolapse and what affect it’s having on the heart’s muscle.
There’s an old saying that, “A stitch in time saves nine”. In mild cases of MVP, there’s no point in exposing patients pre-maturely to the risk of surgery. But it also makes no sense to wait until either the patient’s symptoms are severe or the muscles of the heart are failing from extra stress.
Mitral valve surgery is not just for incompetent valves. It’s also performed when the mitral valve becomes thickened and rigid from aging and the opening becomes as small as a pencil. The extra work of push-ing blood through such a tiny opening can also cause heart failure.
Patients with these conditions often have heart murmurs that can be detected by a stetho-scope. But an echocardiogram of the heart will determine
their severity and help to gauge whether the condition is worsening.
In recent years there’s been tremendous advancements in surgical technique for the treat-ment of MVP or stenosis.
The morning I watched Dr. David operate, the patient’s chest was opened in the same way as a bypass operation. This patient suffered from severe mitral stenosis and required a totally new valve.
The majority of cases per-formed today try to save the old valve. For instance, it is often possible to shorten the para-chute-like cords which restore the valves to their normal pos-ition. The advantage to using the patient’s own tissue is that there is no chance of its rejec-tion by the body.
In other cases, minimal invasive surgery can be done by working through the fem-oral artery, the blood vessel at the top of the leg. A new valve is guided through the artery using a special catheter tube until it reaches the mitral valve location and is inserted.
Dr. David says there’s no age limit for mitral valve surgery as long as the patient has no other problems that would increase the risk. His oldest mitral valve patient was 95 years of age.
This juvenile bald eagle was admitted to the North Island Wildlife Recov-
ery Centre on July 7th from Nanaimo when it was found on the ground after over half of its nest had fallen from its tree. Part of the nest remained in the tree along with a much larger and healthier sibling eaglet but this one was in poor shape on the ground. Rescuers found it in the thick underbrush and we were able to transport it to NIWRA where it will receive care.
Nest building generally begins 1-2 months prior to egg-laying. There is only one brood season but if the nest is destroyed dur-ing incubation, replacement clutches may be possible. Eggs take 35 days of incubation.
A nest tree is generally one of largest trees available with accessible limbs capable of hold-ing a nest which may measure 2.7 m in diameter, 3.6 m high with an estimated weight of almost 2 metric tons. Among the largest nests of all birds they may be constructed on cliffs using larger sticks than those of Golden Eagles. The largest nest on record in Florida was 2.9
m in diameter and 6.1 m tall.A large, super-canopy nest
tree provides good flight access to the nest and good visibility of the surrounding area. Nest-tree branches must be capable of holding first sticks brought to the nest as the breeding pair begin nest construction. Ground nests are used in treeless regions such as Northern Can-ada. Tree species used for nest-ing vary throughout their range because of regional differences in dominant trees. Coniferous trees, spruces and firs are used where conifers become domin-ant in canopy. Deciduous trees, including oaks, hickories and cottonwoods and aspen are used where large conifers are absent.
Both sexes contribute, although female may place the sticks. Sticks are collected from the ground of the surrounding area for building materials or broken off of nearby trees. Once
initiated, nest-building may take up to 3 mo to complete, although nests may be completed in as little as 4 days. Additional materials are regularly added to the nest throughout the year, including daily additions dur-ing the breeding season, such that nests used for multiple years may achieve enormous dimensions.
Nests are usually constructed below the crown of a tree, often the highest point where the large branches join the bole of the tree. Nests are constructed from an array of sticks placed in an interwoven pattern. Other materials added as fillers may include grasses, mosses, even corn stalks. Nest boles are lined with finer woody materials, and ultimately lined with downy feathers from the adults. Nests often contain sprigs of greenery and are often reused year after year.
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» W. Gifford-Jones M.D. is a gradu-ate of University of Toronto and the Harvard Medical School. He trained in general surgery at the Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University and in Gynecology at Harvard. He has also been a gen-eral practitioner, ship’s surgeon and hotel doctor. For more information, see his website, www.docgiff.com or to comment, e-mail him at [email protected].
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Eagle gets some TLC after nest falls
» Sylvia Campbell works at the North Island Wildlife Centre. If you would like more information about wildlife, call the centre at 250-248-8534.
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This juvenile eagle landed on the ground after part of its nest fell to the ground. [PHOTO SUBMITTED]
Heart of Vancouver IslandThis photo was taken looking at Dog Mountain down Taylor Arm last week. Even in the smoke clouds, it shows that the community still has a heart. [CATHY FERSTER PHOTO]