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EDUCATION
NANAIMO REGION
New greenhouses set for Beban Park
A Green visitGreen Party leader Elizabeth May slams trade agreements
Nanaimo Community Gardens Centre is moving ahead with the project after securing a 10-year lease. 3
NATION & WORLD
Coalition talks come up during tight election
Polls suggesting a federal minority government is coming forced leaders to confront the scenario. 5Page 3
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B.C. offers $1 million to support Syrian refugeesPremier Christy Clark delivered a teary address Tuesday as she announced $1 million in support for refugees from Syria settling in British Columbia. » Nation & World, 5
Mariners captain goes for glory in final yearChris Arnett is back for the VIU men’s soccer team, which along with the women’s side opens league play today against the Quest Kermodes in Nanaimo. » Sports, 6
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Parents unhappy with closuresWoodlands Secondary students slated to head to neighbouring schools following current yearROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
Parents at Woodlands Second-ary School are concerned about plans to close their school in June.
The recently adopted facilities plan for the Nanaimo-Ladys-mith school district is recom-mending the closure of the aging Woodlands school this June, with its students head-ing to neighbouring schools, including Nanaimo District and Wellington secondary schools, next fall.
The original plan called for the closure of Woodlands school in 2017 with most of its students going to a new school that
would be built on the NDSS site.But the school district’s staff
have suggested to the board that the process of receiving
approval and funding from the Ministry of Education for a new high school would be assisted if the district moved forward to reduce some of the approximately 1,000 empty seats in its secondary system.
Ann Rahme, a member of the parent advisory council at Woodlands, said many parents at the school were “comfort-able” with the old plan that would have seen their children attending a newly built school.
“But a lot are disappointed with this new plan to close Woodlands before the new high school is constructed,” Rahme said.
“We’ll be holding a PAC meet-
ing at Woodlands (7 p.m. on Sept. 21) to discuss the new plan and what we want to do.”
School board chairman Steve Rae said the recommendation to close Woodlands in June is just a recommendation at this stage, and no final decisions will be made until after a 60-day public consultation process that begins on Sept. 16.
But he said it’s a fact that many school districts in the province are having difficul-ties in getting funding for new schools.
“We’re facing declining enrol-ment in the district and we need to work towards fixing our capacity issues before the gov-
ernment will seriously consider giving us the funding for a new high school,” Rae said.
“It’s a stressful time for many of our students and parents and I get that. We’re just about ready to enter public consultations and we want the public to know that we’re hear to listen and we’re open to suggestions.”
“We’re facing declining enrolment in the district and we need to work towards fixing our capacity issues before the government will seriously consider giving us the funding for a new high school.”
Steve Rae, school board chairman
» Driving
Tougher penalties coming for on-road scoffl awsSPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
B.C.’s attorney general and minister of justice is poised to introduce tough-
er distracted driving penalties following a formal review of the province’s regulations over the summer.
Suzanne Anton told reporters during at an event promoting safe driving in school zones Tuesday that more severe pen-alties would be coming within months for drivers who use cell phones while behind the wheel.
Anton announced the launch of the review in June, spurred by an increase of 2,000 tickets hand-ed out to drivers in 2014 for using electronic devices while driving.
At the time, she told media: “The problem is not going away.”
The review by the province gar-nered more than 10,000 responses from residents, many of whom advocated for stiffer penalties.
Through a statement provided from the media, Anton repeated her concerns.
“Distracted driving must be stopped so families don’t have to endure the preventable traged-ies it can cause,” she said. “We know our penalties are too low – thousands of British Colum-bians stated as much during our month-long consultation – and our government is going to fix this.”
“This fall we will be completing
our analysis of the over 10,000 submissions we received and our goal is to have tough, fair, and effective measures in place by the spring of 2016,” Anton said.
“We are considering increased fines and other sanctions – such as vehicle impoundments or
licence suspensions – to make people put away their phones and focus on the road.”
In Nanaimo, the RCMP hand out on average 300 tickets a year due to distracted driving.
In March, the local moun-ties wrapped up a month-long
enforcement blitz with support from the province and ICBC. In a single day, RCMP officers nabbed 10 people for distracted driving.
Cpl. Norm Smith, head of traffic division for the Nanaimo RCMP, voiced frustration with the practice of using mobile
phones while driving, calling it “a continuing issue” despite enforcement efforts.
He said the ever-increasing use of the devices make them hard to ignore behind the wheel.
“Especially for young drivers, they’ve grown up with these phones, they have a hard time putting (them) down even for an hour,” he said.
Smith said older drivers are not immune from the temptation either. He cited a recent colli-sion at the Northfield Road and Nanaimo Parkway intersection, where a woman had been talking with a family member at a red light and had turned into traffic.
“The trauma of all that because somebody couldn’t wait to make a phone call,” Smith said.
Smith said increased fines may be needed to dissuade other drivers.
B.C. drivers using their cellphones while driving will face stiffer penalties. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]
“Distracted driving must be stopped so families don’t have to endure the preventable tragedies it can cause,”
Suzanne Anton, B.C. attorney general
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TUESDAY, SEPT. 8
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Irwin Street work parties. An opportunity to visit the community garden, for hands-on volun-teering, tours and field trips and work-shops. Children and families welcome. 256 Needham St.
7 p.m. On The Dock with Shauna Janz, Shea and Jacob, Thomas Morris, Dinghy Dock Pub, 8 Pirates Lane, Protection Island. Tickets $20 from the artists, The Dinghy Dock Pub, or ticketzone.com.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9
3 p.m. Crafty Workers start a new sea-son room #2 at Bowen Park Centre. New members interested in crafts in a social setting, such as crochet, knitting and beading are welcome.
4-6:30 p.m. Bowen Road farmers mar-ket is Nanaimo’s food-oriented market offering fresh local farm produce, meats, eggs, pasta, bread, baking, preserves, homemade soap and nursery plants.
Beban Park fairgrounds, 2300 Bowen Rd.
7 p.m. Auditions for Office Hours, male and female mature actors needed at Nanaimo Theatre Group, 2373 Rosstown Rd., For information: 250-758-7246.
7-9 p.m. Island Counseling offers Stop Chasing your Mind, small, safe confi-dential group to manage anxiety, fears, phobias. Wednesdays or Thursdays, by donation, register at 250-754-9988. Starts when filled – limited spaces. Not a drop in, must register at 250-754-9988.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Laugh Lounge, two shows featuring: Dino Archie with L’il Cory & more special guests at Acme Food Co.. 14 Commercial St., Tickets $10 per show at Acme Food Co.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
1 p.m. Auditions for Office Hours, male and female mature actors needed at
Nanaimo Theatre Group, 2373 Rosstown Rd. For information: 250-758-7246.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 13
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cedar Farmers Market. Next to the fields of the Crow and Gate pub field, 2313 Yellow Point Rd, Cedar.
1:30 to 4 p.m. Lantzville Farmers Market. Top local foods, products and services. Premiere vendors, fair prices, diverse selection, good quality and a one-of-a-kind atmosphere. St. Phillips Church parking lot, 7113 Lantzville Rd.
MONDAY, SEPT. 14
6.40 p.m. Weekly bingo. Doors open 4.45 p.m. Loonies pot, G-ball, bonanza, and 50/50 draw. Chemainus Seniors Drop-in Centre, 9824 willow St. Everyone welcome, every Monday.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16
4-6:30 p.m. Bowen Road farmers mar-ket is Nanaimo’s food-oriented market
offering fresh local farm produce, meats, eggs, pasta, bread, baking, preserves, homemade soap and nursery plants. Beban Park fairgrounds. 2300 Bowen Rd.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 19
7:30 p.m. Delhi 2 Dublin and the Fugi-tives, Port theatre. Ticket information: www.porttheatre.com
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cedar Farmers Market. Next to the fields of the Crow and Gate pub field, 2313 Yellow Point Rd, Cedar.
THURSDAY, NOV. 5
8 p.m. Doors open for GOB, with Boids at The Queen’s. Tickets $20 plus charge in advance, $25 at the door and on sale at Lucid, The Dog’s Ear, Desire Tattoo, The Queen’s or at ticketzone.com.
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COMMUNITY
Beban Park gets new greenhousesNanaimo Community Gardens Society moving ahead with project after securing 10-year leaseSPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS
Beban Park will soon see the addition of two new community greenhouses.
The Nanaimo Community Gar-dens Society is moving forward with the project after securing a 10-year-lease from city council last week.
When built, the buildings will be used to host volunteers and work-shops on local food production,
as well as grow vegetable, herb and flower seedlings to be sold or given away. The non-profit also announced an influx of $40,000 in funding for the project Tuesday, which came from the Co-op Com-munity Spaces Program.
Lee Sanmiya, administrator for the Community Gardens Society, said work on the project has been going on for years, However, the timing of the two events — the approval of a lease in Beban Park
and the new funding — were major boosts forward.
“Everything sort of happened in the last week,” she said.
The greenhouses are set to be located on a 50 by 50-metre area previously used by the Beban Lawn Bowling Club.
The previous estimated total for the project was $200,000, but San-miya said the society has found several opportunities to lower that cost, since hydro and water
hook-up is already available on the proposed site.
The city has already set aside $25,000 for the project, plus the society is a finalist for $25,000 in additional funds from Mid Island Co-op. The society has also socked away approximately $20,000 to build the greenhouses, Sanmiya said.
The intention had been to order and build the greenhouses separ-ately over a longer period of time.
“However, with this influx of cash, it may be possible to pur-chase both greenhouses and once,” Sanmiya said, adding she would anticipate work to begin on site in the spring.
The society first needs to obtain a building permit from the city for the project to proceed.
POLITICS
Green Party leader pays visit to NanaimoROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS
Elizabeth May wants Canada to withdraw from trade agree-ments like NAFTA and reject signing any new, similar trade agreements.
During a visit to Nanaimo Tuesday, the national Green Party leader said “investor-state” agreements like NAFTA are a “threat to democracy.”
She said NAFTA was the first trade deal to include a provision giving rights to foreign corpor-ations to seek damages against governments.
May said since Canada joined NAFTA, these foreign investor protection provisions have prolif-erated all around the world.
“Often confused with trade agreements, or even hidden within trade agreements as in the case of NAFTA, these invest-or-state provisions are not about expanding trade, but are about reducing the soveriegnty of nations and expanding the power of corporations,” May said.
“(These provisions) allow for-eign corporations to sue govern-ments in secret arbitrations if any action is taken at the muni-cipal, provincial or federal level, or by First Nations or our courts, that reduces a foreign company’s expectation of profits.”
May also visited Vancouver Island University with Paul Manly, the Green candidate for Nanaimo-Ladysmith, on Tuesday to meet with students, and then participated in a “street wave” at the corner of Bowen and North-
field roads.May also held a town hall meet-
ing in Beban Park in the evening.May said she has “no con-
cerns” around the possibility of vote-splitting between the Green Party and the NDP in Nanaimo-Ladysmith, or in any other federal riding, in next
month’s election that could lead the Conservative or Liberal can-didates winning the ridings.
“Raising the vote-splitting issue is a desperate tactic that was used against the NDP in past elections when NDP supporters were told that to vote for their candidates would be a wasted
vote that would help support other candidates,” she said.
“But the issue is a myth and there’s just no truth to it. In an election, people should vote for who and what they want.”
Asked what the Green Party would do for Nanaimo-Ladys-mith if Manly wins the seat, May
said she expects the next govern-ment will be a minority one and that would allow herself, Manly and any other Green candidates who might win their seats to “work across party lines” to achieve green goals.
She said important legislation like universal health care and the Canada Pension Plan were enacted during minority governments.
“As for the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding itself, we would develop stimulus programs for small businesses, promote the manu-facturing sector, and take advan-tage of the low Canadian dollar to expand film and television productions here, among other projects,” May said.
“Tourism is also a huge employ-er here and across Vancouver Island and we would support and develop it.”
Elizabeth May, right, leader of the Green Party of Canada, speaks to local supporters Donna Hemingson and Kathryn Hazel at a press conference at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo on Tuesday. [ROBERT BARRON/DAILY NEWS]
“Raising the vote-splitting issue is a desperate tactic... but the issue is a myth and there’s just no truth to it. In an election, people should vote for who and what they want.”
Elizabeth May, Green Party leader
BUSINESS NOTESNews from the Nanaimo business community
Seadrift market expands into south end of Nanaimo
Seadrift Fishmarket has expanded into Nanaimo’s south end.
Owner Ralph Quetschke said many of his customers from that section of the city had asked for a closer location for his products, so he recently opened Riverside Fresh Food Market at Southgate Mall.
He said his customers can buy the same fresh seafood they’re accustomed to at Seadrift at the new location, and that in addi-tion, they can buy meats, saus-ages, produce, sauces, cheese, cold cuts, noodles and dried goods.
Quetschke said Riverside also has a take-out restaurant that sells fish and chips and burgers,
among other offerings.He said people have “come to
appreciate quality.”“They need a place they can
count on for their basics,” Quet-schke said. “We offer good qual-ity food that tastes good, fruit that has flavour and steaks with-out antibiotics shoved into them.
“We care about quality.”
Coin contest
A coin design from Nanaimo’s Laura Timmermans is among the top 25 finalists in a cross-Can-ada contest, called “My Can-ada-My Inspiration,” sponsored by the Royal Canadian Mint.
The mint is trying to determine what images the Canadian pub-lic wants to see on their coins in 2017 to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation.
The 25 finalists were selected from nearly 10,000 designs from every province and territory across Canada.
The mint whittled them down
to the top five designs in each of the five thematic categories, and Timmermans’s design is in the “Our Passions” category.
Canadians now have until Oct. 9 to vote online, at www.Mint.ca/Canada150.
Social network
Peter Morrison and brothers Michael and Ian Reid are work-ing together to build a better social network, called Kube, that they claim offers more privacy than Facebook.
The trio formed Nanaimo-based Red Scotch Software two years ago and the company developed a piece of software that was able to build social networks quickly.
But privacy was important to its creators so they came up with a unique private decentralized encrypted social network that is different from existing networks.
For information visit https://kube.is/ or the company’s blog at www.thinkkube.com.
RobertBarronReporting
Ralph Quetschke, owner of Nanaimo’s Seadrift Fishmarket, has opened RiversideFresh Food Market in Southgate Mall. [ROSS ARMOUR/DAILY NEWS]
Is it really that hard to drive without your cellphone glued to your hand?
Apparently, it is.That’s why it can only be seen
as good news that Suzanna Anton is going to get tough.
As we reported, B.C.’s attorney general and minister of justice is poised to introduce tougher dis-tracted driving penalties.
This comes on the heels of a formal review of the province’s regulations over the summer.
Anton says the more severe penalties would be coming with-in months for drivers who use cell phones while behind the wheel.
As she says, the problem is not going away.
Spurred by an increase of 2,000 tickets handed out to drivers in
2014 for using electronic devices while driving, a review was launched in June.
More than 10,000 responses came from residents, many of whom advocated for stiffer penalties.
“Distracted driving must be stopped so families don’t have to endure the preventable tragedies it can cause,” said Anton. “We know our penalties are too low – thousands of British Colum-bians stated as much during our month-long consultation – and our government is going to fix this.”
Earlier this summer, the Daily News had a story about scofflaws in Nanaimo.
We noted that too many drivers in the region continue to fail to see that there is a very good rea-
son for harsher penalties.Some, say Mounties, try to hide
their cellphones in large plastic cups. Police also report a motor-cyclist going 110 km/h and hour with no hands as he adjusted the music on his phone.
We even had a woman caught on video curling her hair while driving.
It would almost be funny if the risk she presented was not so serious.
“This fall we will be completing our analysis of the over 10,000 submissions we received and our goal is to have tough, fair, and effective measures in place by the spring of 2016,” said Anton.
“We are considering increased fines and other sanctions – such as vehicle impoundments or licence suspensions – to make
people put away their phones and focus on the road.”
The penalties can’t come soon enough.
We noted that B.C. has the second-lowest distracted-driving fines in the country, and the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police has called for stiffer fines, so there’s even better reason for the province to step up.
In Nanaimo, the RCMP hand out on average 300 tickets a year due to distracted driving.
A simple drive about town easi-ly indicates people aren’t getting the message.
In a single day in March, Nanaimo RCMP officers nabbed 10 people for distracted driving.
Cpl. Norm Smith, head of traffic division for the Nanaimo RCMP, said the ever-increasing
use of the devices make them hard to ignore behind the wheel.
“Especially for young drivers, they’ve grown up with these phones, they have a hard time putting (them) down even for an hour,” he said.
As we’ve mentioned, this is more about responsibility than it is enforcement.
People understand they’re not to use their devices when they are behind the wheel. But they still do.
Why? Probably because the penalties are not enough of a deterrent. Let’s hope these driv-ers get the message before pay-ing the ultimate price.
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Gardner a big part of Nanaimo Clippers history
The best part about this job has always been the people.
The list of great people I’ve been lucky enough to meet during almost a quarter-century in the city could fill three phone books (remember those?).
One of the downsides to such an extended stay is that inevitably you lose some of the terrific folks you’ve had the pleasure of deal-ing with.
We lost a true character recent-ly, with the passing of former Nanaimo Clippers equipment manager Tony Gardner.
Gardner, just a few days shy of his 84th birthday, succumbed after his battle with cancer.
He leaves his immediate family: daughter Denise Robertson, son Tony, Jr., and grandchildren Kait-lin, Adam and Tyler.
For those of us of a certain vin-tage, he was simply part of the Clippers fabric.
Any time of day, you’d head over to the dressing room and there he was. Although he had a bit of
a reputation as a curmudgeon, if you got to know him it couldn’t be further from the truth. He always asked about my young son and told me how much he loved going to the games with his grandson Adam (then nine).
On many a day I’d head over to the rink for a “quick” story and end up killing an hour shooting the proverbial breeze with him.
He was a great story-teller, though my favourite tales will always remain off the record.
Gardner, who retired from Harmac in 1990, became involved with the team initially when he was asked to be a goal judge.
He was later asked by then-trainer Eddie Heyes to help out, and it progressed from there.
I asked him back in 2003 what was the best part of his job.
“That’s a good question. I like being with all the players, all the kids, listening to all their whining and snivelling,” he said with a laugh. “I’m retired, so what else would I do? I really enjoy it.”
One thing Gardner really enjoyed was the on-ice action and traditional banter.
I often positioned myself between the benches just to hear some of his legendary back-and-forth with other players.
“I enjoy that just a little bit,” he told me, chuckling, during a con-
versation for the same 2003 pro-file. “But I think I’ve slowed down a little bit. I’ve had some good exchanges over the years.”
That he did.He recalled rattling an opposing
team so much one time that he got booted off the bench after the rival coach moaned to the ref.
Interestingly, I was always firm-ly convinced that even had one of the players on the receiving end of Gardner’s barbs decided to take matters into his own hands, it would have ended poorly for them.You didn’t mess with Tony.
But most of all, Tony just loved the players and loved being at the rink every day.
“Actually, there is no bad part of this job,” he told me. “It’s all fun and games. Even on the bus, on the ferries, it’s all fun.”
Here’s one old-school story I can share. Asked if he enjoyed the road trips, Tony said:
“I do. It’s just something you get so used to. Especially now that we have good buses - not like we used to years ago. In the old bus, my window, I had it all duct-taped up and there was still half-an-inch of ice on there. (Daily News sports reporter Michael Rhode) Rhodesie used to travel with us and he had his own bed up by the bus driver. It’s always been fun. I remember the time, I think we
were going to Merritt, and we were going up the Coquihalla. It was snowing like you wouldn’t believe, there was cars all over. Chris Buie and Wade and Cory Dayley and some of the players were pushing cars out of the way to get us going up the hill. Wade and Cory’s dad was driving the bus and his windshield was all full of snow so he gave it a bang and he smashed it up. The only heater was right under his feet. Oh man, we hated that thing.”
The players loved him. Many become his friends.
“ I like being with the kids and they all respect me and I respect them,” he told me. “There’s noth-ing better than this.”
No, there wasn’t.We’ll miss you, Tony.And thanks.CEREMONY SEPT. 20: What
better way to honour Tony’s life than to swap a few tales?
A celebration of life is set for Sept. 20 at the John Barsby Sec-ondary multipurpose room (doors open at 10 a.m., service starts at 11 a.m.).
Anyone who knew Tony is urged to come out and share some of their favourite stories.
“That’s what he’d want, to hear some stories,” said daughter Denise. “It’s humbling to see how much he was loved.”
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When the 10:16 a.m. call came in to tell us of Grandma’s death, our schedule and life changed abruptly. Immediately, hundreds of questions crowded our heads. Sadness and strong emotion disabled us for awhile. Within an hour of the call, my wife and I were on our way from Toronto to Winnipeg. We made a list as we drove. What would we need to handle when we arrived? My wife was an only child.
We knew Grandma had arranged her funeral nine years ago. She gave us a small laminated card with all of the details of who to call at the time of death. That small card soon became a major blessing.
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The day following her death, we met with a funeral director from the home and cemetery Grandma had worked with. He had the original paper work signed nine years prior. It contained all her selections and instructions, enough for us to know precisely what Grandma wanted. In her case, she wanted cremation, with placement in a niche, using a bronze urn, all prepaid. That sounds easy. Why bother to do that in advance? Choices, paperwork and cost are three excellent reasons.
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Talking about money at the time of a loved one’s death might fi rst appear tasteless. However, should a family under duress incur expenses they can’t easily afford? Isn’t it easy to see how, because of grief, guilt, or sibling pressure, they could spend more money than necessary? Grandma prepaid for her arrangements in 1993. The funeral home and cemetery honoured the details and the pricing of the contract. There was no pressure, no questioning, no hints or insinuations about changing anything.
One last point about money and pre-arrangements: Since Grandma made and paid for her selections in 1993 the costs for the same products and services had more than doubled. So Grandma’s foresight also saved a signifi cant sum.
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Interest rates expected to hold at status quo
The Bank of Canada is expected to keep its key interest rate on hold Wednesday following a string of better than expected economic data.
However, the continued weak-ness in oil prices and the turmoil on the global markets amid fears about the Chinese economy are expected raise concerns for the central bank, economists say.
Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets, said he’ll be watching to see what the Bank of Canada highlights in its rate announcement.
“It will be very interesting to see what the focus is,” Tal said.
Oil prices are lower than the Bank of Canada forecast in its July monetary policy report and Chinese economic weakness is expected to hurt commodity prices.
So, while the third quarter has been shaping up to show growth, the Canadian economy still faces challenges, Tal noted.
The central bank has cut the rate twice this year, most recently in July when it also downgrad-ed its outlook for the Canadian economy.
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The senior was physically and sexually assaulted when she couldn’t comply. She was treated in hospital and is recovering from significant injuries. Police are asking for information from any-one who saw 42-year-old Morse or knows of his whereabouts prior to his arrest on Friday.
Minority coalition talk comes up in tight raceMIKE BLANCHFIELD THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — Polls suggesting a tight, three-way race among the main federal parties forced their leaders Tuesday to confront scen-arios around a possible minority government as the post-Labour Day phase of the election cam-paign opened.
That raised the possibility of cross-party alliances, including the contentious coalition question, which also reared its head, as it did in last federal campaign.
But the Conservative, NDP and Liberal leaders were determined to carve some daylight between their parties.
Stephen Harper, Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau added eco-nomic planks to their platforms, throttling up their campaigns to full speed after more than a month of summer campaigning.
But with no breakaway front
runner emerging for the Oct. 19 election, all three faced questions about whether they might try to join forces with another party if the country awakens to a minority government the next day. Harper held firm to his anti-coalition stance, saying it was the right of the party winning the most seats to form the government.
“That’s always been my view.
I’ve lived by that and I hope that party is us,” Harper said in Missis-sauga, Ont., where he announced a plan that would increase the gov-ernment’s contribution when low- and middle-income families invest in education savings plans.
The Conservative plan would see the government contribute $200 for the first $500 invested each year by a family earning up to $44,000. For a family earning up to $88,000, the government’s cut would be $100.
At the same time, Harper paint-ed his NDP and Liberal rivals as promoters of high taxes and end-less deficits who would be toxic to the economy. Campaigning in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Trudeau said Canadians don’t want a coalition if a party wins a minority government, but reiter-ated his party’s willingness to co-operate with other parties to pass legislation.
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B.C. offers $1M to help refugeesGEORDON OMAND THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — As British Columbia joins other provinces pledging support for displaced Syrians, an immigration expert says that calls for Canada to accept more refugees fail to address the crucial question of who would foot the bill.
University of Toronto sociol-ogy professor Monica Boyd said such requests amount to asking the federal government to pay the tab — about $35,000 per refu-gee family in the first year.
But the topic of funding is absent from the discussion taking place publicly between a growing list of provinces and Ottawa, she noted.
“They’re having a conversa-tion in the middle of a marsh-mallow,” said Boyd, who is also the Canada Research Chair in Immigration, Inequality and Public Policy.
“What that means is there are certain things that aren’t being said, namely: ‘Where’s the money coming from?”’
Under current regulations,
provinces are legally not allowed to sponsor refugees — only the federal government and private citizens have that power.
But that hasn’t stopped prov-inces from chiming in with announcements ranging from demands to boost immigration numbers to provincial funding for refugee support programs.
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Mariners captain targets gloryLadysmith’s Chris Arnett returns after missing all of last season through injuryROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS
This time last year, Chris Arnett’s VIU soccer season was declared over before it had essentially started.
Fast forward 12 months and the midfield maestro is back, raring to go, to try and play his part to help deliver another national championship for the program.
The Mariners kick off the Pac-West regular season against the Quest Kermodes today at Merle Logan Field and with it comes an extra responsibility for Arnett, after being handed the captain’s armband by head coach Bill Merrriman.
“The whole team is really excit-ed,” said Arnett at practice Tues-day ahead of the home opener.
“We have a strong, deep team and looking as competitive as ever. We’re just looking to make our mark and go out with a win-ning season this year.”
Last September, Arnett’s mood was far from buoyant after he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during a pre-sea-son game in Ladysmith, which would rule him out for the rest of the year.
He admits those were tough times, but a heavy physiotherapy program along with a period of hard graft got him back on the road to recovery soon enough and it’s clear the central mid-fielder is delighted to be back out on the field this time round.
“Last season, it wasn’t meant to be,” he said, “but this time it is.”
It’s evident Arnett, who is now in his fifth and final year with the Mariners, plans to take that glass half-full mentality into the new season along with the rest of the players and staff.
He said they’ve already tar-geted winning another national championship this year, after a heartbreaking 6-5 loss on penalty kicks against tournament hosts the Sheridan Bruins of Ontario
in the gold medal game last fall. “You have to start the season
with that belief and set that goal,” said Arnett on the pros-pect of going all the way once again.
“But this is a team with pretty well almost every returning play-er bar one or two and we’ve also added on a very strong recruting class. So there’s no reason why we shouldn’t shoot as high as we can go and aim to win the championship.”
Arnett says he’s been particu-larly impressed with those new players on the attacking side of things, including fellow mid-fielder Niko Cristante as well as defender Tyler Leonard and target man striker Taylor Arbour – both of whom stand at six-feet-five inches tall.
But the Mariners will have to mount their challenge this time without last year’s PacWest play-er of the year Victor Blasco, who has sinced moved on to the
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 club. Merriman also described the
Spanish winger as the most tech-nically gifted player he’s every worked with.
Yet despite the loss of Blasco, Arnett is still feeling as optimis-tic as ever.
“The difference with this squad this year is there isn’t the same one impact player,” he said. “We have a far deeper team so can have faith in anybody being replaced on and off the park and making the same strong impact.”
Today’s game starts at 4 p.m. On the women’s side at VIU,
mood in the camp is also bright after another successful pre-sea-son program which included a tour of California.
Anup Kang’s team are the reigning conference champions and head into the new season in hot goalscoring form after scor-ing 11 goals in pre-season.
But with that came a couple casualties to key players Carli Rey and Bronte Fitzsimmons, who picked up ankle and knee injuries respectively.
Kang is hopeful their absences will only be short-term.
“We have a lot of offensive weapons this year and a lot of team speed,” said the head coach. “That creates problems for defenders and I think we’re going to be well-rounded and score goals.”
Kang believes the Marin-ers have a strong chance of defending their title but is under no illusions as to how difficult that task will be.
“This is such a tough league,” he said. “You need a bit of luck and to stay injury-free, but we’ll be in the running.”
The women’s team also faces the Kermodes at 1:30 p.m. at Merle Logan.
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VIU’s men’s soccer team captain Chris Arnett believes this year’s squad has what it takes to win a national championship. [ROSS ARMOUR/DAILY NEWS]
Local teams begin autumn with soaring expectations
As summer ends and the fall sports season begins, there is no shortage of
expectations being placed upon Nanaimo’s teams — at all levels.
With school opening this week, high school football does too and maybe the most dynastic team in the city, the John Barsby Bulldogs, open another season in which they are defending a Var-sity AA provincial title.
A few lesser known names than in 2014, the Bulldogs will be led on defence by senior lineback-er Parker Bowles, while three quarterbacks are attempting to replace North Rainey. The Bull-dogs begin the 2015 non-confer-ence circuit Saturday on the roadagainst the Vernon Panthers, the same team they beat in last year’s provincial semifinal. They don’t play at home until hosting Victoria’s Mt. Douglas Ram’s in an Island mega-game Sept. 25.
In hockey, the Nanaimo Clip-pers are looking to get back to the B.C. Hockey League finals and win two more games than they did last year — enough to win the Fred Page Cup.
The Clippers get going on Sat-urday in Powell River with back-to-back games against a Kings team they won the Island cham-pionship over in Game 7 in the spring. With high-end wingers Sheldon Rempal and Devin Bros-seau back for another year, and a veteran crop of defenceman, there really is no ceiling on this year’s team.
The Junior B Nanaimo Buc-caneers also have a ton of talent returning to the Ice Centre and are hoping to dethrone the Campbell River Storm.
The Vancouver Island Raiders go into the weekend looking to be first to knock off the Oka-nagan Sun in junior football, and the Vancouver Island University Mariners, in every sport, can never be counted out in the con-ference and national champion-ship conversation.
» Scott McKenzie is the sports editor at the Nanaimo Daily News. To offer comments on this column or to submit a story idea, send an email to: [email protected].
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Blue Jays beat Red Sox 5-1 in 10 innings, increase divisional leadBOSTON — Troy Tulowitzki singled in the go-ahead run off Alexi Ogando to trigger a four-run 10th inning that lifted the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
With the win, Toronto increased its lead in the East to 1 1-2 games over the New York Yankees, who lost 2-1 to Baltimore. The Blue Jays won for the 13th time in 17 games.
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AMERICAN LEAGUEBLUE JAYS 5, RED SOX 1 (10)Toronto ab r h bi Boston ab r h biRevere lf 1 1 0 0 Betts cf 4 0 1 0Smoak ph 1 0 0 0 Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0Carrera lf 1 0 0 0 Rutledge 2b 0 0 0 0Donaldson 3b 4 1 1 0 Bogaerts ss 3 0 0 0Bautista rf 4 0 0 0 Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0Encarnacion dh 3 0 0 1y Castillo pr-dh 0 0 0 0Pompey pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Shaw 1b 4 1 1 1Tulowitzki ss 4 1 2 1 Sandoval 3b 4 0 1 0Colabello 1b 4 1 2 1 Holt lf 4 0 0 0Pillar cf 4 0 1 1 Swihart c 4 0 0 0Pennington 2b 5 0 0 0 Bradley Jr. rf 3 0 0 0Thole c 2 0 0 0 Martin ph-c 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 6 4 Totals 33 1 4 1Toronto 100 000 000 4 —5Boston 010 000 000 0 —1E—Swihart. LOB—Boston 4, Toronto 9. DP—Boston 2. 2B—Sandoval (25), Cola-bello (17), Pedroia (16). 3B—Donaldson (2). HR—Shaw (9). SB—Bautista 2 (8), Revere (3), Encarnacion (2). SF—Pillar. Toronto IP H R ER BB SODickey 6 4 1 1 1 4Cecil 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 3Lowe 2-3 0 0 0 0 1Sanchez W, 7-5 1 0 0 0 1 0Osuna 1 0 0 0 0 1BostonOwens 5 1-3 3 1 1 4 3Machi 1 0 0 0 0 0Layne 1-3 0 0 0 1 0Ramirez 2-3 0 0 0 0 1Tazawa 2-3 0 0 0 0 1Ross Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 1Ogando L, 2-1 1 3 4 4 1 1WP — Owens 2, Ogando. Balk—Owens, Ogando. HBP — Revere; Tulowitzki; Encarnacion. Umpires—Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Paul Schrieber; Second, Fieldin Culbreth; Third, Manny Gonzalez.T—3:23. A—33,432 (37,673) at Boston.
ORIOLES 2, YANKEES 1 Baltimore ab r h bi N.Y. Yankees ab r h biReimold lf 4 0 0 0 Ellsbury cf 4 0 1 0Parra cf 4 0 1 0 Beltran rf 4 0 1 0Machado 3b 4 0 1 0 McCann c 3 0 1 0Davis rf 3 1 1 1 Rodriguez dh 4 1 2 1Paredes dh 4 0 2 0 Bird 1b 4 0 0 0Schoop 2b 4 0 1 0 Young lf 3 0 0 0Wieters c 4 0 2 0 Gregorius ss 4 0 0 0Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 Drew 2b 3 0 0 0Flaherty 1b 3 1 1 1 Headley ph 1 0 0 0 Ryan 3b 3 0 1 0Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 33 1 6 1Baltimore 000 001 001 —2N.Y. Yankees 000 001 000 —1E—Wieters. LOB—Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 7. DP—N.Y. Yankees 2. 2B—Wieters (12). HR—Rodriguez (30). Davis (41); Flaherty (8). Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOGausman 5 6 1 1 1 5McFarland 2 1-3 0 0 0 1 1
Britton S, 31 1 0 0 0 0 1N.Y. YankeesTanaka 8 6 1 1 1 10Shreve L, 6-2 1 3 1 1 0 1Gausman pitched to 1 batter in the 6th
Umpires—Home, Jordan Baker; First, Paul Emmel; Second, Jerry Meals; Third, Clint Fagan.T—2:58. A—30,785 (49,638) at N.Y. Yankees.
ROYALS 4, TWINS 2 Minnesota ab r h bi Kansas City ab r h biHicks rf 4 0 2 0 Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 0Dozier 2b 3 1 1 1 Gordon lf 4 1 3 0Mauer 1b 4 0 2 1 Dyson lf 0 0 0 0Plouffe 3b 4 0 0 0 Cain cf 3 1 0 0Rosario lf 4 0 0 0 Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 3Hunter dh 3 0 0 0 Morales dh 3 0 1 1Escobar ss 3 0 0 0 Moustakas 3b 2 0 0 0Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 Perez c 3 0 0 0Santana ph 1 0 0 0 Rios rf 3 0 0 0Fryer c 0 0 0 0 Orlando rf 0 0 0 0Buxton cf 3 1 1 0 Escobar ss 3 0 0 0Totals 31 2 6 2 Totals 29 4 6 4Minnesota 002 000 000 —2Kansas City 400 000 00x —4LOB—Minnesota 3, Kansas City 3. DP—Minnesota 1. Kansas City 2. 2B—Morales (39), Hosmer (28), Mauer (27), Gordon (16). SB—Buxton (2). Minnesota IP H R ER BB SOGibson L, 9-10 8 6 4 4 2 4Kansas CityVolquez W, 13-7 7 6 2 2 0 3Davis H, 17 1 0 0 0 0 1Holland S, 30 1 0 0 0 0 0HBP — Dozier. Umpires—Home, Jim Joyce; First, Greg Gibson; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Pat Hoberg.T—2:29. A—31,834 (37,903) at Kansas City.
BLUE JAYS STATISTICSColabello 282 48 93 13 49 .330Revere 117 20 36 0 6 .308Travis 217 38 66 8 35 .304Donaldson 523 104 157 36 112 .300Carrera 153 25 43 3 23 .281Encarnacion 442 74 118 30 92 .267Pillar 496 65 132 9 45 .266Goins 290 42 72 5 38 .248Bautista 455 90 112 32 91 .246Martin 381 64 92 17 57 .241Tulowitzki 133 27 31 4 13 .233Thole 35 5 8 0 2 .229Navarro 140 14 31 3 17 .221Smoak 237 33 52 13 45 .219Saunders 31 2 6 0 3 .194Pompey 83 11 16 2 6 .193Kawasaki 18 2 3 0 1 .167Pennington 22 2 2 0 2 .091PITCHERS W L SV IP SO ERAHawkins 1 0 1 11.1 11 0.79Lowe 1 2 0 45.0 54 1.80Osuna 1 4 16 58.2 66 1.99Tepera 0 1 0 24.2 17 2.19Price 14 5 0 196.1 196 2.43Hendriks 4 0 0 55.0 59 2.62Sanchez 6 5 0 83.2 53 3.01Cecil 3 4 5 43.2 48 3.09Estrada 11 8 0 142.1 107 3.16Schultz 0 1 1 40.1 29 3.35Buehrle 14 6 0 171.0 80 3.53Dickey 10 10 0 182.2 112 4.09Hutchison 13 3 0 143.2 124 5.07Loup 2 5 0 37.0 40 5.11Francis 1 2 0 13.0 16 6.23
ATHLETICS 10, ASTROS 9Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Springer rf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .260Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .312Correa ss 5 1 1 4 0 0 .281C.Gomez cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .231Gattis dh 4 1 0 0 0 2 .238Ma.Gonzlz 3b-1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .275Carter 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .181b-Villar ph-3b 2 1 1 2 0 0 .276Stassi c 2 1 1 0 0 1 .286c-Lowrie ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .255Conger c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213Marisnick lf 3 1 2 3 0 1 .241Totals 35 9 11 9 2 5Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Burns cf 5 1 2 2 0 0 .295Canha 1b 4 1 2 2 1 2 .256Reddick rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .276Valencia 3b 2 2 1 1 3 0 .293Lawrie 2b 4 1 2 1 1 1 .275B.Butler dh 4 2 1 0 1 1 .249Smolinski lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .187a-Crisp ph-lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .173Phegley c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .256Semien ss 2 1 0 0 2 1 .256Totals 33 10 10 10 9 7Houston 110 000 430 —9 11 1Oakland 100 106 20x —10 10 1a-doubled for Smolinski in the 6th. b-homered for Carter in the 7th. c-singled for Stassi in the 8th.E—Carter (8), Lawrie (22). LOB—Hous-ton 4, Oakland 8. 2B—Springer (15), C.Gomez (7), Ma.Gonzalez (17), Crisp (6). 3B—Lawrie (3). HR—Villar (2), off Doubront; Correa (17), off Fe.Rodriguez; Marisnick (9), off Pomeranz; Canha (13), off Fiers; Phegley (9), off Velasquez. RBIs—Correa 4 (50), Villar 2 (9), Marisnick 3 (32), Burns 2 (34), Canha 2 (57), Valencia (53), Lawrie (56), Crisp 2 (4), Phegley 2 (33). SB—C.Gomez (7), Marisnick (18), Burns (26). CS—Maris-nick (7), Valencia (2). S—Altuve, Stassi. SF—Marisnick.Runners left in scoring position—Hous-ton 3 (Gattis, Springer, Ma.Gonzalez); Oakland 4 (Reddick, Phegley, Lawrie, Canha). RISP—Hou 1 for 9; Oak 4 for 12.Runners moved up—Correa, Ma.Gonzalez, Villar, Burns.Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAFiers L, 2-1 5 5 4 4 4 5 99 2.92J.Fields 1/3 4 4 4 1 0 16 3.61Thatcher 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.72Velasquez 1 1 2 2 2 1 25 3.91M.Feliz 12/3 0 0 0 1 1 39 0.00Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERADoubront W, 3-1 6 8 4 4 1 3 88 4.22Fe.Rodriguez 1 1 2 2 1 1 18 4.02Pomeranz 2/3 2 3 0 0 0 22 3.68Mujica H, 4 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.30Doolittle S, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 4.05Fiers pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.Thatcher pitched to 1 batter in the 6th.Inherited runners-scored—J.Fields 2-2, Thatcher 2-0, Velasquez 3-1, M.Feliz 1-0, Fe.Rodriguez 1-1.T—3:53. A—22,214 (35,067).
DODGERS 7, ANGELS 5 L.A. Dodgers ab r h bi L.A. Angels ab r h biCrawford lf 4 0 1 0 Calhoun rf 5 1 2 2Heisey ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Trout cf 5 0 0 0Utley 2b 6 1 2 0 Pujols dh 5 0 3 1Gonzalez dh 4 0 0 1 Murphy lf 3 0 0 0Turner 3b 6 1 2 0 Victorino ph-lf 0 0 0 0Ethier rf 2 0 0 0 DeJesus ph 1 0 0 0Ruggiano ph-rf 1 1 1 2 Cron 1b 4 1 1 1Grandal c 0 0 0 0 Aybar ss 3 0 1 0Schebler ph-lf 1 1 1 0 Freese 3b 4 0 0 0Seager ss 3 2 1 0 Perez c 4 1 2 0Ellis c 4 0 1 0 Featherston 2b 3 2 2 0Van Slyke 1b 5 1 4 4 Joyce ph 1 0 0 0Pederson cf 4 0 3 0 Jackson 2b 0 0 0 0Totals 41 7 16 7 Totals 38 5 11 4L.A. Dodgers 010 021 210 —7L.A. Angels 010 020 200 —5LOB—L.A. Angels 8, L.A. Dodgers 15. 2B—Van Slyke 2 (14), Turner (23), Pujols (17), Ruggiano (5), Seager (3). HR—Calhoun (22); Cron (11). SB—Aybar (11), Crawford (8). S—Ellis. SF—Gonzalez. L.A. Dodgers IP H R ER BB SOGreinke W, 16-3 6 7 3 3 0 5Avilan H, 16 1-3 2 2 2 0 1Nicasio H, 12 1-3 1 0 0 0 1Howell 0 0 0 0 1 0Johnson H, 25 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Hatcher H, 10 1 0 0 0 1 2Jansen S, 30 1 1 0 0 0 2L.A. AngelsTropeano 4 1-3 8 3 3 1 5Alvarez 1-3 1 0 0 0 0Salas L, 3-2 2-3 3 1 1 0 2Ramos 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Gott 2-3 1 2 2 1 1Wright 2-3 1 0 0 1 2Smith 2-3 2 1 1 2 0Morin 1-3 0 0 0 0 1Bedrosian 1 0 0 0 0 2Howell pitched to 1 batter in the 7thWP — Johnson. HBP — Ruggiano. Umpires—Home, Tripp Gibson; First, Gabe Morales; Second, Sam Holbrook; Third, Mark Carlson.T—3:52. A—44,488 (45,957) at L.A. Angels.
AL LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Cabrera Detroit 100 367 58 129 .351Brantley Cleveland 123 477 62 152 .319Bogaerts Boston 132 518 63 164 .317Altuve Houston 130 536 68 167 .312Cain Kansas City 121 475 89 148 .312Hosmer Kansas City 134 508 84 158 .311Fielder Texas 132 510 62 158 .310Cruz Seattle 131 509 77 158 .310Kipnis Cleveland 120 480 77 148 .308Kinsler Detroit 135 543 86 166 .306Batting — Cabrera, Detroit, .351; Brantley, Cleveland, .319; Bogaerts, Boston, .317; Altuve, Houston, .312; Cain, Kansas City, .312; Hosmer, Kansas City, .311; Fielder, Texas, .310; Cruz, Seattle, .310; Kipnis, Cleveland, .308; Kinsler, Detroit, .306.Runs — Donaldson, Toronto, 108; Dozier, Minnesota, 93; Bautista, Toronto, 93; Cain, Kansas City, 89; Trout, L.A. Angels, 88; Kinsler, Detroit, 86; Gardner, N.Y. Yankees, 85; Hosmer, Kansas City, 84; Eaton, Chicago White Sox, 83; Abreu, Chicago White Sox, 82.RBIs — Donaldson, Toronto, 115; Davis, Baltimore, 102; Morales, Kansas City, 101; Bautista, Toronto, 96; Encarnacion, Toronto, 94; Martinez, Detroit, 91; Ortiz, Boston, 87; McCann, N.Y. Yankees, 86; Abreu, Chicago White Sox, 84; Pujols, L.A. Angels, 82.Hits — Altuve, Houston, 167; Kinsler, Detroit, 166; Bogaerts, Boston, 164; Don-aldson, Toronto, 163; Fielder, Texas, 158; Hosmer, Kansas City, 158; Machado, Baltimore, 158; Cruz, Seattle, 158; Brantley, Cleveland, 152; Abreu, Chicago White Sox, 152.Doubles — Brantley, Cleveland, 42; Morales, Kansas City, 39; Donaldson, Toronto, 38; Kipnis, Cleveland, 37; Betts, Boston, 34; Dozier, Minnesota, 34; Kinsler, Detroit, 34; Cano, Seattle, 32; Cabrera, Chicago White Sox, 31; Seager, Seattle, 31.Triples — Kiermaier, Tampa Bay, 12; Rosario, Minnesota, 11; Deshields, Texas, 9; Gattis, Houston, 9; Davis, Detroit, 9; Burns, Oakland, 8; Eaton, Chicago White Sox, 8; Betts, Boston, 8; Gose, Detroit, 7; Infante, Kansas City, 7.Home Runs — Davis, Baltimore, 41; Cruz, Seattle, 39; Donaldson, Toronto, 37; Martinez, Detroit, 36; Pujols, L.A. Angels, 35; Trout, L.A. Angels, 34; Bautista, Toronto, 33; Ortiz, Boston, 31; Teixeira, N.Y. Yankees, 31; Encarnacion, Toronto, 30.Stolen Bases — Altuve, Houston, 36; Burns, Oakland, 26; Cain, Kansas City, 26; Dyson, Kansas City, 23; Deshields, Texas, 22; Gose, Detroit, 20; Marisnick, Houston, 18; Davis, Detroit, 18; Pillar, Toronto, 18; Gardner, N.Y. Yankees, 18.Pitching — Keuchel, Houston, 17-6; Hernandez, Seattle, 16-8; McHugh, Houston, 15-7; Price, Toronto, 14-5; Eo-
valdi, N.Y. Yankees, 14-3; Lewis, Texas, 14-8; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7; Richards, L.A. Angels, 13-10; Volquez, Kansas City, 13-7; Hutchison, Toronto, 13-3.Strikeouts — Sale, Chicago White Sox, 247; Archer, Tampa Bay, 228; Kluber, Cleveland, 219; Price, Toronto, 196; Keuchel, Houston, 185; Carrasco, Cleveland, 178; Salazar, Cleveland, 173; Hernandez, Seattle, 167; Bauer, Cleve-land, 160; Cueto, Kansas City, 158.Saves — Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 34; Perkins, Minnesota, 32; Miller, N.Y. Yankees, 32; Street, L.A. Angels, 32; Britton, Baltimore, 31; Holland, Kansas City, 30; Tolleson, Texas, 30; Robertson, Chicago White Sox, 29; Allen, Cleveland, 29; Gregerson, Houston, 26.
NATIONAL LEAGUEMARLINS 6, BREWERS 4 Milwaukee ab r h bi Miami ab r h biSegura ss 5 0 3 0 Gordon 2b 5 2 2 1Lucroy c 5 0 0 0 Yelich lf 2 1 1 0Braun rf 5 1 3 0 Prado 3b 3 0 1 1Davis lf 3 0 1 0 Bour 1b 3 0 1 2Rogers 1b 5 2 2 1 Ozuna cf 4 0 1 0Santana cf 3 1 2 2 Ramos p 0 0 0 0Perez 3b 2 0 0 0 Realmuto c 4 2 2 2Lind ph 1 0 0 0 Suzuki rf 3 1 0 0Sardinas 2b 1 0 0 0 Rojas ss 1 0 0 0Herrera 2b-3b 5 0 2 1 Solano ss 3 0 1 0Jungmann sp 2 0 0 0 Conley sp 1 0 0 0Jimenez p 0 0 0 0 Barraclough p 0 0 0 0Peterson ph 1 0 0 0 McGehee ph 1 0 0 0Lohse p 0 0 0 0 Morris p 0 0 0 0Gennett ph 0 0 0 0 Dunn p 0 0 0 0Maldonado ph 1 0 0 0 Gillespie cf 0 0 0 0Knebel p 0 0 0 0 Jeffress p 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 4 13 4 Totals 30 6 9 6Milwaukee 020 000 200 —4Miami 111 300 00x —6LOB—Miami 7, Milwaukee 13. DP—Milwaukee 1. Miami 1. 2B—Ozuna (23), Gordon (20). HR—Realmuto (9). Santana (5). SB—Gordon 2 (50), Segura (22), Yelich (15). S—Conley, Gillespie. Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SOJungmann L, 9-6 3 2-3 7 6 6 2 3Jimenez 1 1-3 0 0 0 3 0Lohse 1 0 0 0 0 1Knebel 1 1 0 0 0 1Jeffress 1 1 0 0 0 0MiamiConley 4 1-3 8 2 2 3 7Barraclough W, 2-0 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 4Morris 2-3 3 2 2 1 1Dunn H, 22 1 1 0 0 1 2Ramos S, 24 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 2WP — Jeffress. Umpires—Home, David Rackley; First, Bob Davidson; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Marvin Hudson.T—3:37. A—14,958 (37,442) at Miami.
METS 8, NATIONALS 7 N.Y. Mets ab r h bi Washington ab r h biGranderson rf 3 1 1 1 Werth lf 5 0 2 0Cespedes cf 5 1 1 3 Rendon 2b 5 1 2 1Murphy 2b 4 0 0 0 Harper rf 4 0 0 0Wright 3b 4 2 2 1 Escobar 3b 5 2 3 0Duda 1b 3 0 0 1 Robinson 1b 3 1 2 1
Conforto lf 3 1 0 0 Papelbon p 0 0 0 0Clippard p 0 0 0 0 Ramos c 4 0 0 0Familia p 0 0 0 0 Taylor cf 3 2 1 1Flores ss 4 1 1 1 Zimmermann sp 1 0 0 0Tejada ss 0 0 0 0 Thornton p 0 0 0 0Harvey sp 2 0 0 0 Turner ph 1 0 0 0Goeddel p 0 0 0 0 Treinen p 0 0 0 0Johnson ph 0 0 0 0 Rivero p 0 0 0 0Uribe ph 0 1 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0Reed p 0 0 0 0 Espinosa ss 1 0 0 0Nieuwenhuis ph-lf 1 1 1 1 Totals 33 8 7 8 Totals 35 7 11 4N.Y. Mets 010 000 610 —8Washington 210 004 000 —7E—Cespedes. LOB—N.Y. Mets 5, Washing-ton 6. DP—N.Y. Mets 1. Washington 1. 2B—Werth (14), Cespedes (9). 3B—Granderson (2). HR—Wright (3); Nieuwenhuis (4). S—Zimmermann, Desmond. N.Y. Mets IP H R ER BB SOHarvey 5 1-3 8 7 7 2 6Goeddel 2-3 1 0 0 0 2Reed W, 3-2 1 1 0 0 0 2Clippard H, 6 1 0 0 0 0 2Familia S, 38 1 1 0 0 1 0WashingtonZimmermann 5 2-3 3 1 1 1 6Thornton H, 18 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Treinen 2-3 2 3 3 1 0Rivero 0 0 2 2 2 0Storen BS, 5 1-3 1 1 1 3 0Papelbon L, 3-2 2 1 1 1 0 1Rivero pitched to 2 batters in the 7thWP — Storen. Umpires—Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Mike Estabrook; Second, Ed Hickox; Third, Paul Nauert.T—3:20. A—27,507 (41,341) at Washington.
PIRATES 7, REDS 3 Pittsburgh ab r h bi Cincinnati ab r h biPolanco rf 5 2 2 1 Bourgeois cf 4 1 0 0Marte lf 5 1 3 0 Suarez ss 5 0 1 2McCutchen cf 4 1 1 3 Votto 1b 3 0 0 0Ramirez 1b 4 0 0 0 Phillips 2b 4 0 2 0Rodriguez 1b 1 0 1 1 Frazier 3b 4 0 0 0Kang 3b 5 2 2 1 Bruce rf 4 1 2 0Walker 2b 4 0 0 0 Duvall lf 1 0 0 0Harrison 2b 1 0 0 0 Contreras p 0 0 0 0Cervelli c 2 0 0 0 Barnhart ph 1 0 0 0Stewart c 0 0 0 0 Balester p 0 0 0 0Mercer ss 3 0 0 0 Mattheus p 0 0 0 0Liriano sp 3 1 2 0 De Jesus ph 1 0 0 0Hughes p 0 0 0 0 Pena c 4 0 2 0Alvarez ph 1 0 0 0 Iglesias sp 1 0 0 0Bastardo p 0 0 0 0 Smith p 0 0 0 0Melancon p 0 0 0 0 Negron ph-lf 1 0 0 0Caminero p 0 0 0 0 Schumaker lf 2 1 1 1Totals 38 7 11 6 Totals 35 3 8 3Pittsburgh 005 000 011 —7Cincinnati 000 000 003 —3E—Bourgeois. LOB—Cincinnati 9, Pitts-burgh 8. 2B—Polanco (28), Marte (27), Kang (23), Schumaker (15), Rodriguez (10), Liriano (2). 3B—Suarez (2). HR—McCutchen (21); Kang (14). Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SOLiriano W, 10-7 6 3 0 0 1 10Hughes 1 2 0 0 0 1Bastardo 1 0 0 0 0 0Melancon 2-3 2 3 3 1 1Caminero 1-3 1 0 0 0 1CincinnatiIglesias L, 3-7 3 6 5 5 1 4Smith 2 1 0 0 0 2Contreras 2 1 0 0 1 3Balester 1 1 1 1 1 1Mattheus 1 2 1 1 1 1PB—Pena. Balk—Iglesias. HBP — Duvall; Votto. Umpires—Home, James Hoye; First, Bill Welke; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, John Tumpane.T—3:19. A—16,151 (42,319) at Cincin-nati.
PHILLIES 5, BRAVES 0 Atlanta ab r h bi Philadelphia ab r h biMarkakis rf 4 0 1 0 Hernandez 2b 4 2 2 0Olivera 3b 3 0 1 0 Herrera cf 3 1 2 3Freeman 1b 4 0 0 0 Altherr rf-lf 3 0 1 0Pierzynski c 4 0 2 0 Howard 1b 4 0 0 0Swisher lf 3 0 1 0 Blanco ss-3b 3 1 2 0Cunningham 0 0 0 0 Bogusevic lf 2 0 1 1Peterson 2b 4 0 0 0 Sweeney ph-lf 1 0 0 0Simmons ss 4 0 1 0 Giles p 0 0 0 0Bourn cf 3 0 1 0 Rupp c 3 0 0 0Weber sp 2 0 0 0 Asche 3b 2 0 0 0Castro ph 1 0 0 0 Galvis ss 1 0 0 0McKirahan p 0 0 0 0 Nola sp 2 0 0 0Burawa p 0 0 0 0 Garcia p 0 0 0 0Detwiler p 0 0 0 0 Francoeur rf 1 1 1 0Ciriaco ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 33 0 7 0 Totals 29 5 9 4Atlanta 000 000 000 —0Philadelphia 000 110 03x —5
E—Rupp. LOB—Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 2. DP—Atlanta 3. Philadelphia 1. 2B—Hernandez (19). 3B—Blanco (3). HR—Herrera (8). SB—Bourn (3). Atlanta IP H R ER BB SOWeber L, 0-1 6 4 2 2 1 2McKirahan 1-3 2 0 0 0 1Burawa 1 3 3 3 1 1Detwiler 2-3 0 0 0 0 0PhiladelphiaNola W, 6-2 7 6 0 0 1 7Garcia H, 15 2-3 1 0 0 1 1Giles S, 12 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 2Umpires—Home, Adrian Johnson; First, Tom Woodring; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Doug Eddings.T—2:30. A—15,610 (43,651) at Phila-delphia.
NL LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Harper Washington 130 445 101 148 .333Gordon Miami 121 522 70 172 .330Posey San Francisco 129 482 66 158 .328Goldschmidt Arizona 135 491 85 157 .320Escobar Washington 120 466 65 149 .320LeMahieu Colorado 131 492 76 157 .319Votto Cincinnati 134 469 85 148 .316Pollock Arizona 133 520 94 164 .315Peralta Arizona 129 405 52 125 .309Duffy San Francisco 125 476 63 144 .303Batting — Harper, Washington, .333; Gordon, Miami, .330; Posey, San Fran-cisco, .328; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .320; Escobar, Washington, .320; LeMahieu, Colorado, .319; Votto, Cincinnati, .316; Pollock, Arizona, .315; Peralta, Arizona, .309; Duffy, San Francisco, .303.Runs — Harper, Washington, 101; Pollock, Arizona, 94; Fowler, Chicago Cubs, 90; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 85; Votto, Cincinnati, 85; Arenado, Colorado, 83; Braun, Milwaukee, 83; Carpenter, St. Louis, 81; Granderson, N.Y. Mets, 80; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 80.RBIs — Arenado, Colorado, 106; Gold-schmidt, Arizona, 97; Kemp, San Diego, 91; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 88; Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 87; Bryant, Chicago Cubs, 86; Gonzalez, Colorado, 86; Harper, Washington, 83; Posey, San Francisco, 82; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 82.Hits — Gordon, Miami, 172; Pollock, Arizona, 164; Posey, San Francisco, 158; Markakis, Atlanta, 158; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 157; LeMahieu, Colorado, 157; Blackmon, Colorado, 154; Arenado, Colorado, 149; Escobar, Washington, 149; Harper, Washington, 148.Doubles — Frazier, Cincinnati, 39; Arenado, Colorado, 35; Carpenter, St. Louis, 34; Markakis, Atlanta, 33; Harper, Washington, 33; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 33; Pollock, Arizona, 32; Bruce, Cincin-nati, 32; Belt, San Francisco, 31; Murphy, N.Y. Mets, 31.Triples — Peralta, Arizona, 9; Gordon, Miami, 8; Blackmon, Colorado, 8; Grichuk, St. Louis, 7; Fowler, Chicago Cubs, 7; De Aza, San Francisco, 6; Real-muto, Miami, 6; Duffy, San Francisco, 6; Suzuki, Miami, 6; Pollock, Arizona, 6.Home Runs — Arenado, Colorado, 36; Gonzalez, Colorado, 36; Harper, Wash-ington, 34; Frazier, Cincinnati, 30; Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 29; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Votto, Cincinnati, 27; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 26; Braun, Milwaukee, 25.Stolen Bases — Hamilton, Cincin-nati, 54; Gordon, Miami, 50; Blackmon, Colorado, 36; Pollock, Arizona, 33; Marte, Pittsburgh, 26; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 23; Segura, Milwaukee, 22; Braun, Milwaukee, 22; Maybin, Atlanta, 21.Pitching — Arrieta, Chicago Cubs, 18-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 17-7; Greinke, L.A. Dodgers, 16-3; Cole, Pittsburgh, 16-8; Wacha, St. Louis, 15-4; Martinez, St. Louis, 13-7; Colon, N.Y. Mets, 13-11; De La Rosa, Arizona, 12-7; Zimmermann, Washington, 12-8; Harvey, N.Y. Mets, 12-7.Strikeouts — Kershaw, L.A. Dodg-ers, 256; Scherzer, Washington, 225; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 203; Arrieta, Chicago Cubs, 197; Shields, San Diego, 188; Ross, San Diego, 179; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 178; deGrom, N.Y. Mets, 175; Cole, Pittsburgh, 175; Greinke, L.A. Dodgers, 174.Saves — Melancon, Pittsburgh, 43; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 42; Familia, N.Y. Mets, 38; Kimbrel, San Diego, 36; Rodriguez, Milwaukee, 34; Casilla, San Francisco, 32; Jansen, L.A. Dodgers, 30; Storen, Washington, 29; Chapman, Cin-cinnati, 29; Rondon, Chicago Cubs, 26.
MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayToronto 79 59 .572 — — 7-3 W-1 47-25 32-34N.Y. Yankees 77 60 .562 11/2 — 7-3 L-1 40-28 37-32Tampa Bay 67 70 .489 111/2 51/2 4-6 L-2 32-33 35-37Baltimore 66 72 .478 13 7 3-7 W-1 40-28 26-44Boston 65 73 .471 14 8 6-4 L-1 38-35 27-38
CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayKansas City 83 55 .601 — — 4-6 W-1 48-26 35-29Minnesota 71 67 .514 12 2 5-5 L-1 42-26 29-41Cleveland 67 69 .493 15 5 7-3 W-2 29-34 38-35Chi. White Sox 65 71 .478 17 7 5-5 L-1 33-33 32-38Detroit 63 74 .460 191/2 91/2 3-7 W-1 32-37 31-37
WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayHouston 75 63 .543 — — 4-6 L-1 48-24 27-39Texas 72 64 .529 2 — 7-3 W-1 32-32 40-32L.A. Angels 69 68 .504 51/2 31/2 4-6 L-1 41-29 28-39Seattle 66 72 .478 9 7 7-3 L-1 29-37 37-35Oakland 59 79 .428 16 14 4-6 W-1 32-41 27-38Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild cardTuesdayToronto 5 Boston 1 (10)Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 1Kansas City 4 Minnesota 2Tampa Bay at DetroitCleveland at Chi. White SoxL.A. Dodgers at L.A. AngelsHouston at OaklandTexas at SeattleMondayN.Y. Yankees 8 Baltimore 6Detroit 5 Tampa Bay 4Boston 11 Toronto 4Cleveland 3 Chi. White Sox 2Oakland 10 Houston 9Texas 3 Seattle 0Minnesota 6 Kansas City 2L.A. Dodgers 7 L.A. Angels 5WednesdayBaltimore (Jimenez 10-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-9), 7:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-8) at Detroit (Lobstein 3-6), 7:08 p.m.Toronto (Hutchison 13-3) at Boston (Kelly
9-6), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Tomlin 4-1) at Chi. White Sox (Samardzija 9-11), 8:10 p.m.Minnesota (Pelfrey 6-9) at Kansas City (Medlen 3-1), 8:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-9) at L.A. Angels (Richards 13-10), 10:05 p.m.Houston (McHugh 15-7) at Oakland (Brooks 1-2), 10:05 p.m.Texas (Perez 2-4) at Seattle (Nuno 0-2), 10:10 p.m.ThursdayTexas at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.FridayKansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Minnesota at Chi. White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Colorado at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayN.Y. Mets 77 61 .558 — — 6-4 W-2 45-24 32-37Washington 71 67 .514 6 9 6-4 L-2 41-28 30-39Miami 57 81 .413 20 23 6-4 L-1 32-38 25-43Atlanta 55 84 .396 221/2 251/2 1-9 L-1 33-32 22-52Philadelphia 54 85 .388 231/2 261/2 3-7 W-1 31-36 23-49
CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySt. Louis 87 50 .635 — — 5-5 L-2 49-23 38-27Pittsburgh 82 55 .599 5 — 4-6 W-1 46-21 36-34Chicago Cubs 79 57 .581 71/2 — 6-4 W-4 43-28 36-29Milwaukee 61 76 .445 26 181/2 8-2 W-1 33-39 28-37Cincinnati 57 80 .416 30 221/2 5-5 L-1 31-38 26-42
WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayL.A. Dodgers 79 58 .577 — — 8-2 W-4 47-21 32-37San Francisco 71 67 .514 81/2 9 2-8 L-1 38-27 33-40Arizona 66 72 .478 131/2 14 3-7 W-1 32-35 34-37San Diego 65 73 .471 141/2 15 3-7 L-4 33-36 32-37Colorado 57 80 .416 22 221/2 6-4 W-1 31-40 26-40Note: d-clinched division title; x-clinched playoff berth; w-clinched wild card
TuesdayN.Y. Mets 8 Washington 7Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 0Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 3Milwaukee at MiamiChicago Cubs at St. LouisSan Francisco at ArizonaColorado at San DiegoMondayN.Y. Mets 8 Washington 5Milwaukee 9 Miami 1Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 1Chicago Cubs 9 St. Louis 0Arizona 6 San Francisco 1Colorado 6 San Diego 4Atlanta 7 Philadelphia 2WednesdayChicago Cubs (Lester 9-10) at St. Louis (Martinez 13-7), 1:45 p.m.N.Y. Mets (deGrom 12-7) at Washington (Strasburg 8-6), 7:05 p.m.Atlanta (Teheran 9-7) at Philadelphia
(Buchanan 2-7), 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee (Pena 1-0) at Miami (Koehler 8-13), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Happ 4-1) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-3), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Rusin 5-7) at San Diego (Shields 10-6), 9:10 p.m.San Francisco (Heston 11-9) at Arizona (Godley 4-1), 9:40 p.m.ThursdayColorado at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.FridayChicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Washington at Miami, 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.San Diego at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
FOOTBALLCFLEAST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 10 7 3 0 357 194 14Toronto 10 6 4 0 250 287 12Ottawa 9 5 4 0 193 241 10Montreal 10 4 6 0 207 196 8
WEST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 10 8 2 0 271 197 16Edmonton 10 6 4 0 245 181 12B.C. 9 4 5 0 204 250 8Winnipeg 10 3 7 0 187 310 6Saskatchewan 10 1 9 0 255 313 2
Hamilton 42 Toronto 12Calgary 16 Edmonton 7
Saskatchewan 37 Winnipeg 19
Hamilton at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Saturday's gamesSaskatchewan at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
NFLPittsburgh at New England, 8:30 p.m.Sunday, Sept. 13Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m.Kansas City at Houston, 1 p.m.Seattle at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Buffalo, 1 p.m.Miami at Washington, 1 p.m.Carolina at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.New Orleans at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.Detroit at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Cincinnati at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.Baltimore at Denver, 4:25 p.m.Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Monday, Sept. 14Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.Minnesota at San Francisco, 10:20 p.m.
NCAATHE AP TOP 25The Top 25 teams in The Associated
votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 7, total points based on 25 points
a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv1. Ohio St. (61) 1-0 1,525 12. Alabama 1-0 1,420 33. TCU 1-0 1,365 24. Baylor 1-0 1,252 45. Michigan St. 1-0 1,198 56. Auburn 1-0 1,166 67. Oregon 1-0 1,081 78. Southern Cal 1-0 1,074 89. Notre Dame 1-0 1,061 1110. Georgia 1-0 981 911. Florida St. 1-0 942 1012. Clemson 1-0 862 1213. UCLA 1-0 833 1314. LSU 0-0 653 1415. Georgia Tech 1-0 636 1616. Texas A&M 1-0 629 NR17. Mississippi 1-0 600 1718. Arkansas 1-0 480 1819. Oklahoma 1-0 469 1920. Boise St. 1-0 279 2321. Missouri 1-0 274 2422. Arizona 1-0 259 2223. Tennessee 1-0 169 2524. Utah 1-0 137 NR25. Mississippi St. 1-0 104 NROthers receiving votes: Wisconsin 79, BYU 74, Northwestern 72, Arizona St. 49, Oklahoma St. 30, West Virginia 23, Florida 8, Temple 8, Cincinnati 7, Kansas St. 7, Minnesota 5, Louisville 4, NC State 4, W. Kentucky 3, California 2, Stanford 1.
No. 24 Utah vs. Utah State, 9 p.m.
No. 1 Ohio St. vs. Hawaii, 3:30 p.m.No. 2 Alabama vs. Middle Tennessee, 4 p.m.No. 3 TCU vs. Stephen F. Austin, 3:30 p.m.No. 4 Baylor vs. Lamar, 7:30 p.m.No. 5 Michigan St. vs. No. 7 Oregon, 8 p.m.No. 6 Auburn vs. Jacksonville State, NoonNo. 8 Southern Cal vs. Idaho, 8 p.m.No. 9 Notre Dame at Virginia, 3:30 p.m.No. 10 Georgia at Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m.No. 11 Florida State at South Florida, 11:30 a.m.No. 12 Clemson vs. Appalachian State, 12:30 p.m.No. 13 UCLA at UNLV, 10:30 p.m.No. 14 LSU at No. 25 Mississippi State, 9:15 p.m.No. 15 Georgia Tech vs. Tulane, 3:30 p.m.No. 16 Texas A&M vs. Ball State, 7 p.m.No. 17 Mississippi vs. Fresno State, 3:30 p.m.No. 18 Arkansas vs. Toledo at Little Rock, Ark., 4 p.m.No. 19 Oklahoma at No. 23 Tennessee, 6 p.m.No. 20 Boise State at BYU, 10:15 p.m.No. 21 Missouri at Arkansas State, 7 p.m.No. 22 Arizona at Nevada, 7 p.m.
BETTINGTHE LINES
BASKETBALLMOVESMLBOFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended New York Yankees minor league SS Holman Miranda (DSL) 72 games after testing positive for metabolites of Nandrolone, a performance-enhancing substance. Sus-pended Detroit minor league OF Magglio Ordonez, Jr. (GCL) 50 games following a second positive test for a Drug of Abuse.
AMERICAN LEAGUEBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated INF J.J. Hardy from the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Dariel Alvarez from Frederick (Carolina).BOSTON RED SOX — Activated 2B Dustin Pedroia from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHPs Jonathan Aro and Matt Barnes from Pawtucket (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Rich Hill from Pawtucket.CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled INF Micah Johnson from Charlotte (IL).CLEVELAND INDIANS — Activated RHP Carlos Carrasco from the 15-day DL.LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled 3B Kyle Kubitza and OF Daniel Robertson from Salt Lake (PCL)OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled OF Craig Gentry and INF Max Muncy from Nashville (IL).SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled OF James Jones and 1B-DH Jesus Mon-tero, from Tacoma (PCL). Selected the contract of C Steven Baron and RHP JC Ramirez from Tacoma. Transferred LHP Charlie Furbush to 60-day DL.
NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled RHP Jhoulys Chacin, RHP Allen Webster, INF-OF Jamie Romak
(PCL) and OF Socrates Brito Mobile (SL). Purchased the contract of OF Peter O’Brien from Reno. Placed RHP Evan Marshall on the 60-day DL.CHICAGO CUBS — Activated RHP Neil Ramirez from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Yoervis Medina from Iowa (PCL).CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated OF Brennan Boesch and CF Billy Ham-ilton from the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Tony Cingrani, LHP Brandon Finnegan, RHP Josh Smith and INF/OF Kristopher Negron from Louisville (IL).COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated OF Corey Dickerson from the 15-day DL.MIAMI MARLINS — Named Marc DelPiano vice president, player development.NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of RHP Tim Stauffer from Las Vegas (PCL). Recalled OF Darrell Ceciliani from Las Vegas and placed him on the 60-Day DL.SAN DIEGO PADRES — Announced INF/OF Tommy Medica was claimed off waivers by Miami.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled RHP Sam Tuivailala from Memphis (PCL).
NFLBALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed DE Brent Urban on injured reserve-return. Signed RB Terrence Magee.BUFFALO BILLS — Signed QB Matt Cassel. Released TE Nick O’Leary.CHICAGO BEARS — Terminated the practice squad contract of RB-FB Paul Lasike.DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed RB Gus Johnson, WR Vince Mayle, QB Kellen Moore, WR Rodney Smith and LB Joe Thomas to the practice squad.DETROIT LIONS — Signed QB Ricky Stanzi to the practice squad.GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR Ed Williams to the practice squad.NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived CB Asa Jackson and DT Louis Nix III.
CFLWINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Fired special teams coordinator Pat Trac-ey. Announced coach Mike O’Shea will oversee the special teams for the remainder of the season.
NHLARIZONA COYOTES — Signed G Louis Domingue to a one-year contract.NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed F Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond to a one-year contract. American Hockey LeagueGWINNETT GLADIATORS — Agreed to terms with D Tyler Shiplo and D Kevin Albers.MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Named Scott Ford assistant coach.
MLSCOLUMBUS CREW SC — Loaned D Sergio Campbell to Austin (USL).NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named
FIBA
QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTAt Mexico CITYSECOND ROUND GP W L PtArgentina 6 6 0 12Mexico 5 5 0 10Canada 5 4 1 9Dominican Rep. 6 2 4 8Puerto Rico 6 2 4 8Venezuela 6 2 4 8Uruguay 6 1 5 7Panama 6 1 5 7Note: 2 points for a win, 1 for a loss. Re-sults against Brazil and Cuba (eliminated teams), not counted in standings.Tuesday’s resultsArgentina 92 Dominican Republic 84Puerto Rico 78 Panama 71Uruguay 77 Venezuela 75Mexico vs. Canada
Argentina 84 Panama 57Puerto Rico 98 Dominican Republic 92Canada 109 Uruguay 82Mexico 73 Venezuela 70Mexico 92 Puerto Rico 86Wednesday’s gamesPanama vs. Venezuela, 1 p.m.Dominican Republic vs. Canada, 3:30 p.m.Uruguay vs. Puerto Rico, 7 p.m.Mexico vs. Argentina, 9:30 p.m.
MLBNATIONAL LEAGUEFAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINEST. LOUIS -125 Chicago +115WASHINGTON -115 New York +105Atlanta -125 PHA +115Pittsburgh -135 CINCINNATI +125MIAMI -119 Milwaukee +109SAN DIEGO -160 Colorado +150ARIZONA -105 San Fran -105
AMERICAN LEAGUEFAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINENEW YORK -125 Baltimore +115Tampa Bay -143 DETROIT +133Toronto -113 BOSTON +103K.C. -166 Minnesota +156CHICAGO -110 Cleveland +100Houston -145 OAKLAND +135SEATTLE OFF Texas OFF
INTERLEAGUELA ANGELS -133 LA Dodgers +123
NFLFAVOURITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOGN.ENGLAND 61/2 7 (52) PittsburghSUNDAYGreen Bay 31/2 61/2 (50) CHICAGOHOUSTON 21/2 1 (41) K.C.NY JETS 21/2 3 (40) ClevelandIndianapolis 21/2 21/2 (46) BUFFALOMiami 11/2 31/2 (43) WASH.Carolina 21/2 3 (41) JAXSeattle 41/2 4 (41) STLARIZONA 3 21/2 (48) N.O.SAN DIEGO 2 3 (46) DetroitT.B. 21/2 3 (41) TennesseeCin 3 31/2 (431/2) OAKDENVER 4 41/2 (49) BaltimoreDALLAS 5 6 (511/2) NY GiantsMONDAYPhiladelphia 1 3 (55) ATLMinnesota +41/2 21/2 (41) SAN FRAN
COLLEGE FOOTBALLFAVOURITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOGThursdayL.Tech +3 1 (62) W. KENUpdated odds available at Pregame.com
Dear Annie: I see many par-ents teach their children, from a young age, to kiss on the lips. Do you feel this is correct?
For some reason, I am uncom-fortable with this.
I was raised in a family where you always kissed on the cheek, whether it was your brother, sis-ter or parents.
I would be interested in what your readers have to say. — Maine
Dear Maine: This is not an issue of “correct.” It is about family custom.
As long as there is nothing salacious about the kissing, it is perfectly OK to kiss family members on the lips if this is how you have been raised.
Those who were brought up to kiss on the cheeks would nat-urally find it awkward, and you
certainly don’t have to do it.Dear Annie: Our oldest son
married the most wonderful woman. “Kate” has two children from a previous marriage, ages 8 and 3, both of whom we love dearly.
Our son has three children from his previous marriage and Kate loves them like her own. The problem is Kate’s ex-hus-band and his parents. This is an open letter to them:
We love the children just as you do. As a grandmother, I would want only the most lovingand nurturing relationships for all of my grandchildren.
When you spread nasty rumorsand sick lies and plant poison in people’s minds, you are not only hurting us. You are hurtingyour grandchildren.
You make the children feel that they need to choose between us. You make them feel conflicted and they shut them-selves off.
And let me tell you what your slanderous words about my son do: You have managed to destroy with your poison any potentially healthy and loving relationship he can have with these kids.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Your need to take action in conflicts is likely to emerge. As a result, interactions with others could become unstable and touchy. Your follow-through with these matters will attract a supervisor’s or older friend’s attention. Tonight: Listen to a loved one’s news.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Fussing over a domestic issue will only frustrate you. Calm down, and keep your eye on the long term. You could be in a position where you are tired and worn out. Don’t push some-one as hard as you have. Act from a more detached perspective. Tonight: Where the gang is.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could be at a point where you might say something and live to regret it. Being a little less force-ful would serve you well, unless you want to shut others out. Remember that very few have your vigor or are as romantic as you are. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might want to rethink a question that is likely to affect your spending. You have long-term goals and certain desires involving travel and education, and you still might not be able to hold yourself back from overindul-ging. Tonight: Count your change.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Tap into your energy, and help someone else bypass a limitation
that seems to affect nearly every aspect of his or her life. Your caring gesture, interest and support helps this person far more than you can imagine. Deal with others gently at the moment. Tonight: As it is.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You could be in a position where you feel as if someone is taking advantage of you, and you might wonder why. Your discomfort comes from not facing an internal issue and growing past it. It is easy to blame these feelings on someone else. Tonight: Get a good night’s sleep.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Gentleness takes you a lot further in discussions than any other way of dealing with a friend right now. A different type of approach could backfire. Walk in this person’s shoes and gain a better perspective of his or her life. Tonight: Get together with loved ones.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You often have a way of saying things that makes others feel uncomfortable or confused. Try to relate in the same language in which each person thinks and speaks. Your imagination will have a ball identifying with others. Tonight: Could go till the wee hours.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Even if you want to get into an intense discus-sion or argument right now, you would be well-advised not to. A new insight or two allows you to understand why others are reacting the way they are. Lighten up about what is happening. Tonight: Where
there is great music.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You often have discussions that take you into a new realm of thought, especially with a close loved one. Stay centered, even if you’re dealing with some new concepts. Don’t rely on what has worked in the past. Be willing to step into new territory. Tonight: Accept an invitation.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be in a situation where you no longer can tolerate everything that is happening. As a result, you might become somewhat snappy with several associates. You prob-ably will need to walk away for a while. Tonight: Decide what you want to do, but listen to suggestions first.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You might be asked to handle a matter for a close friend or associate. This person knows how to get you to say “yes” and pitch in. On the other hand, you have your hands full with your own responsibilities. Make it OK to say “no” more often. Tonight: Get some extra R and R.YOUR BIRTHDAY (Sept. 9) This year you have many great ideas. Often others chime in and support you in the pursuit of one or more of your potential plans or schemes. You need to take some extra time for your-self this year, as so much happens so fast. If you are single, use care with someone you meet whom you might want to get closer to. You are likely to encounter at least one person who is emotionally unavailable.
HOROSCOPEby Jacqueline Bigar
Kathy Mitchell & Marcy SugarAnnie’s Mailbox
HI AND LOIS
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE
SHERMAN’S LAGOON
BLONDIE
BABY BLUES
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ARCTIC CIRCLE
CRANKSHAFT
ZITS
ANDY CAPP
WORD FIND
CROSSWORD
CRYPTOQUOTE
BRIDGE
SOLUTION: SAVING OUR LIVES
Trapped Dealer: East Both vulnerable
NORTH ♠J ♥AKQ8 ♦A765 ♣QJ92
WEST EAST ♠87542 ♠AKQ93 ♥J7 ♥105 ♦J1093 ♦Q2 ♣84 ♣AK73
SOUTH ♠106 ♥96432 ♦K84 ♣1065
W N E S 1♠ Pass 3♠* dbl Pass 4♥ Pass Pass dbl All Pass* weak Opening Lead: ♠8
East won the queen butswitched the the king of clubs collecting the eight
from partner. He continued with the ace and delivered the ruff to reap a one-trick set, N-S -200.Ten tricks would roll home when the defense fails to find the club ruff. Declarer will be able to dis-card a diamond on a long club fora satisfying +790.The spade raise was pre- emptive,disclosing four-card support but few values. This action pressured North who had no option but to offer takeout double. Indeed, the opponents could be stealing but, unfortunately, partner held noth-ing but the king of diamonds. East determined that four spades was unlikely to to be a viable proposition. The semi-balanced pattern intimated that ten tricks would be beyond reach. Partner would need a red-suit winner andthe queen of clubs or club short-ness for success.East chose to double four hearts based upon the assumption that his side would undoubtedly receive an inequitable match-point award if the heart game came home. This auction would not be duplicated at every table since not all Wests would be able to offer a weak jump raise and the auction might peter out below game.East must lose four-red suit tricks so the double of the major suit contract earned E-W a prob-able matchpoint top. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.
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city42 Ran into43 Comparative suffix44 Casual shirt46 Capital of Vietnam49 Sacred song51 Fish eggs52 Inspire wonder53 Menagerie55 Sunday after Lent57 Second largest Cowboy State
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This Request for Expression of Interest is intended to gather pertinent information from vendors who are capable and interested in providing rentable space within a One Kilometer radius of our current Wellington Branch Library located at 3032 Barons Road, Nanaimo, BC.
It should be noted that this is NOT a competitive bid situation or call for tender. The Library is mainly asking for your assistance in providing information to us regarding rentable space available for the new Wellington Branch Library. Candidates submitting a response to the VIRL, make this submission for information purposes only, with no contractual obligations by either party. The VIRL will, at its sole discretion, make a determination whether to select Candidates from the EOI submissions or other sources.
Emailed EOI submissions must be received not later than 2:00 p.m. (14:00 hrs), Pacific Time, Friday, September
18, 2015. Submissions received after the Closing Time will not be accepted and will not be considered. Late responses will not be returned to the Candidates. There will not be a public opening of the EOI. Proponents have the sole responsibility to deliver and ensure responses to this REOI are received on time.
Expression of Interest documents are available by con-tacting Elisa Balderson, Purchaser, Phone: (250) 729-2307 or email: [email protected] or downloaded from the BCBid website.
The lowest or any response will not necessarily be accepted. This EOI is not a tender and does not com-mit the Library to any specific course of action. The Library may decide to select a respondent, to not select a respondent, to defer its decision or to cancel this EOI at any time. blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com
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Journeyman John Beck grateful for another shotMONTE STEWART THE CANADIAN PRESS
SURREY — B.C. Lions quarterback John Beck began this season quar-antined from his teammates in a hotel due to viral hepatitis. It left him wondering about his health as well as his football future under a new head coach.
Beck worked hard to get back in top form and now he’s healthy and feeling strong again. He’s also set to make his first CFL start.
Beck will replace injured pivot Travis Lulay on Sunday against the visiting Ottawa Redblacks. The 34-year-old former NFL journey-man hasn’t started a game at any level in four years, but he’s ready to give it a go.
“I can’t fool myself,” Beck said Tuesday after practice.
“I’m an older player. Sometimes the older players don’t always get to stay on. So just the fact that I got to stay on the team, just the fact that I got to be a backup, that meant a lot to me.
“I didn’t really anticipate this type of situation happening, because (Lulay) is one of my best friends on the team and the last thing that I want to do is see my buddy get
injured. But it happened and here I am.
“So I’m just going to go out and play football and do the best that I can.”
Lulay is expected to miss three to six weeks with a sprained knee ligament.
His absence comes at a critic-al time for the Lions (4-5), who are third in the West Division standings.
A former Brigham Young Uni-versity star, Beck was drafted in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft by Miami and could have retired comfortably after earning millions as a backup south of the
border. But after playing sparingly over six seasons with the Dolphins, Washington Redskins and Houston Texans, he still had a strong desire to play, so he came to Canada.
Beck has not started a game at the pro level since November 2011, when he played his last NFL game for the Washington Redskins against the San Francisco 49ers.
In his second season with the Lions, Beck missed B.C.’s playoff loss to Montreal last fall due to a concussion.
The viral hepatitis knocked him out of training camp and this year’s pre-season.
Beck looked good coming off the bench to lead B.C. to a win in Mont-real last Thursday and is being rewarded with a start.
“I’m just grateful that I got to play football this season regardless if it was starting or not starting,” said Beck. “(Considering) the fact that a couple months ago I was wonder-ing if football was done, I was just happy to go out there and put the helmet on in the beginning.”
Although Sunday’s game against the Redblacks (3-4) will mark his first CFL start, he has started a game in Canada before. In his
second-last NFL game in October 2011, he was sacked 10 times as the Redskins fell 23-0 to the Buffalo Bills in Toronto.
“Yeah, that didn’t go too well,” said Beck.
“That happens sometimes in life. So hopefully Sunday’s game goes better.”
With Lulay out, Beck is B.C.’s onlyactive veteran QB, as well as the CFL’s oldest healthy starting pivot. Backup quarterback Jonathon Jennings and Greg McGhee, who will move to No. 3 from the practice roster on Sunday, are both rookies. Lions coach Jeff Tedford is glad to have Beck’s veteran presence undercentre.
“He’s an older guy who’s played a long time and really prides himself on preparation,” said Tedford. “So he’s not going to go in there and be big-eyed about things.”
Meanwhile, Lulay, who missed most of 2014 with a shoulder injury, said there is a “reasonable chance” he could return within the min-imum three weeks.
“The timeline’s shorter (than with the shoulder), so there’s a sense of urgency from the get-go,” said Lulay.
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10 | NANAIMO DAILY NEWS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 FOOD
Breakfast remains most important meal
Every year at this time, the media is filled with helpful articles about how to pack
a nutritious lunch for children to carry to school. According to parents, the children usually have less than 15 minutes to eat so all of that careful planning and packing may not get eaten at all.
Lunchtime is not the only opportunity that children have to eat during the school day. Instead of worrying that there won’t be enough time to eat a good lunch, why not try to offer more nutrients throughout the rest of the day?
Breakfast is still the most important meal of the day. Chil-dren who eat a healthy breakfast have better test results and bet-ter memory recall than children who skip breakfast.
Try to include at least three of the four food groups from Can-ada’s Food Guide in a breakfast. If time is short in the morning, make up a smoothie with milk, yogurt and fruit and have it with a muffin or a slice of toast. Breakfast can be eaten on the way to school whether you are in a car, a school bus or walking. A muffin, a chunk of cheese or a boiled egg and a piece of fruit are enough to get you there.
If the school has a morning break, there is another oppor-tunity to grab a quick snack. A package of dried fruit with cereal and mixed nuts, cut up fruit or
vegetables, cheese and crackers, or homemade muffins all make a fast snack that you can eat on the go.
Filling the lunch box with healthy foods that are colour-ful and cut up for easy eating will make those short lunches satisfying.
A container with many com-partments allows you to provide a variety of fruits, vegetables, protein foods, dairy foods and grains.
A very small portion of each type of food makes the lunch both nutritious and easy to eat.
The next opportunity to nour-ish your child is with an after school snack.
Preparing the snack ahead of time will prevent children from grazing on less nutritious foods when they come in the door hun-gry. Fruit, vegetables with dip, assorted sandwiches, boiled eggs, leftover chicken, homemade pasta, soup, or casserole, fruit crisps, puddings or yogurt all contain nutrients that may have been missed through the day. Serve the afternoon snack with a tall glass of cold milk.
Giving children a good after school snack will fill them enough so they won’t keep graz-ing until suppertime. Offer the snack as soon as they get home, and send them outside to play so they can work up an appetite for supper.
By making all meals and snacks as nutritious as possible, children will get the foods they need even if lunchtime is rushed.
» Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health pro-gram for Island Health. Reach her at [email protected].
Island winery continues to earn industry accolades
Nestled in the idyllic rolling hills of Mill Bay, Enrico Winery is making waves
in the wine world.Purchased in 2002 by the Smith
family, cleared and planted in 2005 and 2006, warm summers, lots of sun and less wine have made this vineyard a wine-maker’s dream that is winning multiple awards.
Since its first harvest in 2009, the winery has had to double its wine production capacity to accommodate the grape harvest.
The 50-acre parcel of land has been consumed with 11 acres of Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Ortega, Cabernet Libre and Cabernet Foch grapes.
Enrico’s Ortega grapes are a good example of how seasonal changes, plus the vineyard’s nitrogen-rich soil, have developed this popular Vancouver Island grape into an award-winning wine. The soil composition has brought out a more fruit-forward style in the wine.
The 2014 Tempest Ortega is the perfect patio sipper. It’s light in body, with a clean fruity taste and crisp finish. Amazingly, it was one of 14 wines (out of 423 entries) to be honoured with the Lieutenant Governor’s 2015 Award for Excellence in
B.C. wines. The Tempest Ortega then went on to win a bronze medal in the 2015 Canadian National Wine Awards.
The success and recognition of other Enrico wines is indirectly due to Valentin Blattner, a Swiss grape geneticist and breeder who developed the Cabernet Libre and Cabernet Foch grape hybrids which are now grown by Enrico.
Blattner’s dream was to develop grapes that could adapt to the ever-changing climate of our planet. Not only are his hybrids adaptable to climate change, they are also virtually impervi-ous to fungal disease, hence needing little fungicide applica-tions. It is commonly knowledge that using less chemical fungi-cides creates wines with richer, truer flavours.
The Enrico Winery’s wines made from Blattner’s Cabernet Foch are a deep rich purple in colour where opulent aromas of
blackberries and violets present themselves as soon as you open the bottle.
More savoury than fruity, this wine is full of peppery smoke flavours followed by anise and leather that linger on the long finish. This wine pairs well with a slow-roasted leg of lamb or game. A splash of the Cabernet Foch in the pan drippings reduc-tion will elevate a good food-wine pairing to a great pairing and make it perfect for a lovely fall meal.
The Smith family were the first vintners on Vancouver Island to grow Blattner’s Cabernet Libre. The hybrid grows well in our coastal environment and shorter growing season.
The Enrico Cabernet Libre is light-bodied, carmine (deep red) in colour with red cherry, prunes, plums and loads of cedar and tobacco in the bouquet and flavour.
SheilaHockinThe LuckyGourmet
Enrico Winery in Mill Bay is making waves in the wine world.
EileenBennewithNutritionNotes