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Dog Mountain continues to be patrolled for firesThe worst of the summer’s forest fire season appears to be over, but hazards on the Sproat Lake site continue.

» Alberni Region, Page 3A

Couple recollects 65 years in the ValleyA recent trip to the Alberni District Fall Fair reminded Johanna and John Newfield why they call the Valley home.

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Murder suspect appears without lawyerMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The man accused of murdering Kristy Morrey nine years ago in Port Alberni made his first appearance in provincial court on Wednesday morning.

Larry Sinclair Darling, 51, was brought into the Port Alberni provin-cial courtroom while in custody. He was arrested on Friday in Surrey and charged with first-degree murder. Morrey was found dead in her Beaver Creek home on Aug. 20, 2006. She was 28.

Darling stood expressionless in the prisoner’s box and faced Judge Brian Klaver, who asked him if he had a lawyer.

“No,” Darling answered. “I was talking to duty counsel, or whatever.” Klaver then directed the accused to leave the courtroom and called a recess.

Family and friends of the victim also attended court. They did not speak to the media.

Duty counsel for the day, lawyer John Bennie, told the AV Times he could not represent Darling because he knows the extended family of the victim, which would create a conflict of interest.

After a short break Darling was brought back into the courtroom. Klaver advised him to retain a lawyer and adjourned the case to Oct. 14 in Port Alberni. Darling will remain in custody by consent, at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Wilkinson Road) in Victoria.

Because of the severity of the charge, the provincial court has no jurisdiction to conduct Darling’s bail hearing, Judge Klaver said.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Insp. Chuck McDonald, of the RCMP’s serious crime unit, stated that inves-tigators are continuing their efforts in preparation for an upcoming trial. Details of the case are not being released. The serious crime unit was asked to support the investigation beginning in 2013, McDonald noted.

“The entire time we have family, friends, and in the case an entire community not only mourning the loss, but also searching for answers,” McDonald stated.

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Trucking companies should find a different route around the Uptown, according to

city council.Council voted unanimously at

their regular meeting on Mon-day night to contact companies who send trucks through Third Avenue to encourage the use of alternate routes, sparing Uptown businesses the noise and heavy traffic risks in the commercial corridor.

Coun. Chris Alemany put for-ward the motion at a meeting last month. Alemany said again on Monday that increasing truck traffic on Third Avenue recently has lead to complaints. In addition to the usual logging truck traffic, dump trucks are now travelling through the Uptown regularly for the city’s own engineering project to improve Dry Creek, Alemany noted.

“There’s already been lots of complaints in the past,” Alemany said. For safety reasons and to encourage people to enjoy the Uptown with the businesses there, Alemany said companies should be encouraged to use different routes.

At this time there aren’t a lot of alternative options, Alemany noted. Anderson Avenue is his preferred north-south re-route for trucks. City noise bylaws prohibit the use of airbrakes, Alemany said. He recommends the use of signage in the city to alert truck drivers to avoid the Uptown and lay off the airbrakes.

Industrial traffic in the city’s north end is an issue through the Victoria Quay, Alemany added. Trucks there should be diverted to Gertrude Street onto Johnston Road, he said.

Trucks are noisy, but that means there is some industrial activity happening in Port Alberni, said Coun. Jack McLeman.

“There’s a balance somewhere,” McLeman said. “There’s a dollar value as well.”

Coun. Dan Washington urged caution when approaching com-panies, suggesting that council develop a “solution” first before telling trucks that they can’t drive through the city.

Councillors agreed that Ander-son Avenue is not a long-term solution for industrial traffic in the city, and another route will be needed.

Two possibilities are to extend Harbour Road, or to to work with the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District on a bypass along the eastern side of the city connecting Johnston Road and Franklin Riv-er Road.

The ACRD published a study in 2013 that estimated the cost of a ring road between $17 and $20 million. That report was shared with the provincial government, property owners and affected industries, noted the ACRD’s chief administrative officer, Russell Dyson. But there has been no development towards the project.

As for Harbour Road, an indus-trial traffic route there conflicts with community interests to develop the city’s waterfront for public enjoyment, said Alemany.

There’s also a significant cost involved: city council removed a $4-million allotment for a water-front industrial road in 2014 and there’s no hurry to re-invest the money.

“It needs to be a public process,” Alemany said. “It needs to consult with business and it needs to con-sult with industry. I want it to be an open process.”

Kevin Wright of the Uptown Merchants Association, and owner of SteamPunk Café and Coffee House, said diverting industrial traffic off of Third Avenue would benefit his business.

“It’s dangerous and noisy and makes it difficult for people to see the place in any other way than an industrial thoroughfare,” said Wright. Customers complain on “a regular basis,” he added, not just because of the noise but for safety concerns on the crosswalks.

“We’ve had a lot of very close calls up here.”

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A logging truck passes through the Uptown business district Wednesday afternoon. Members of city council are pushing for alternative routes. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]

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ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The worst of the forest fire season appears to be over, but the Alberni Valley’s wildfire crew continues to monitor an incident by Sproat Lake in case fuels flare up.

Dog Mountain remains under patrol after the lake peninsula was overtaken by a 350-hectare forest fire in July. Although the Alberni Valley has seen regu-lar rainfall since late August members of the Thunderbirds wildfire crew are regularly checking the mountain in case any spots reignite. A fire that grew to 402 hectares by Lizard Lake in the south Island is also under patrol.

“If they actually have a report of a spot they’ll go out definitely and just check things out,” said provincial fire information officer Marg Drysdale, of the Dog Mountain situation. “They’ll occasionally go out and just double check on things, take a walk around and see if there’s anything to be concerned with. It becomes a part of their routine to check on these things.”

“Sometimes the fires go quite deep, especially if they have very thick layers of duff, which this area definitely had,” she added.

Dog Mountain is no longer listed as an active fire by the province’s Wildfire Manage-ment Branch, but the incident has left a prolonged effect on the area’s slopes.

Due to instability on the mountain’s surface a “state of local emergency” remains for eight properties at the Sproat Lake site, according to an order recently extended to Sunday by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. A third-party study was conducted in August, and a report on the slope instability is forthcoming.

After being under an “extreme” fire danger rating for extended periods this summer, the Alberni Valley and most of Vancouver Island now has a “low” classification, according to the Wildfire Management Branch. The Valley’s dry period

ended when regular precipita-tion started Aug. 28.

The Coastal Fire Centre tracks drought conditions and the amount of combustable fuel available in the Valley’s forests. Graphs detailing conditions in Beaver Creek illustrate that burnable conditions in the forest peaked in early July, and have become less severe since the end of August.

“Our forecaster has told us that the next week we will have rain,” Drysdale said.

As of Monday the Coastal Fire Centre has allowed open fires on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, the Sunshine Coast, Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii. This includes campfires under half a metre in diamet-re, burning material in piles under three metres wide and two metres high, as well as con-trolled fires to areas of grass under 2,000 square metres.

“A person who lights a fire must have sufficient personnel, water and tools on hand to stop the fire from escaping and must comply with air quality control legislation,” stated a Monday bulletin from B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

Larger fires are also permit-ted if the province grants a Category 3 burn registration number. These permitted burns are often part of forestry operations.

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KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A former resident of Port Alber-ni is frustrated with the medical system for failing to recognize her chronic condition.

Debby De Backer, originally from South Africa, was forced to relocate from Ontario to B.C. after contracting what she suspects is Rocky Mountain Spotted Lyme Disease in 2009. Experiencing symptoms similar to Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease and even Alzheimer’s disease, De Back-er is hoping for answers without having to continue to travel south of the border.

About six years ago, De Backer was doing a lot of hiking around the mountains of Alberta. Soon after she suffered a flu-like illness but the symptoms have been incur-able. Since then she has been feel-ing worse, with increased fatigue and joint pain.

In 2014, De Backer and her husband, Johan, both teachers, moved to Port Alberni to work in the school district. By spring of that year, she had to quit her job as an on-call teacher as she could no longer walk farther than one block.

“I was told that it was all in my head and that I had a serious men-tal illness,” De Backer said.

She was put on three different antibiotics over three years, but said her doctor was not permitted to provide medication for any more than six weeks at a time.

“There are no treatments,” De Backer said. “The only thing is to go to naturopaths who recognize

Lyme Disease. They can give long-er treatments.”

De Backer has resorted to nat-ural herbals to manage the pain. She takes intravenous vitamins and minerals because her body is unable to absorb them. She also receives physiotherapy weekly, all

of which she pays for herself.Last January she had her blood

work sent to the United States where she feels the testing is more accurate.

“In Canada about 75 per cent (of results) come back negative for Lyme Disease even if it is positive,”

she said. For now, De Backer is relying on

support from a Vancouver Island Lyme Disease Facebook group with about 220 other sufferers. Many are from the Comox Valley, where she and her husband now live.

“Most of them are going to the United States and are stuck with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia from their doctors,” she said.

De Backer is hoping to eventually receive disability support and is concerned about her long-term quality of life.

“In the late stages, some people end up in wheelchairs and on oxy-gen,” she said.

She was recently in the emer-gency with paralysis and unable to speak, but did not receive any answers to the unexplained symp-toms. She is currently being tested for Multiple Sclerosis.

“We who have Lyme Disease know it can imitate other dis-eases,” she said. “I know the test will come back negative.”

De Backer hopes Lyme Disease, as well as other illnesses not recognized by the provincial gov-ernment, is put on the health care agenda as an election issue for candidates.

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Debby De Backer, right, relies on the support of her family, husband, Johan and daughter Joy, a teacher at Alberni Elementary, as she lives with a chronic form of Lyme Disease. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

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Parking in Cathedral Grove needs attention

Summer is now over and once again it was a real challenge to drive down Island through Cathedral Grove with vehicles parked all over the road, people backing onto the highway from the parking lots, and tourists driving slowly down the highway gawking at the big trees.

When is the highways depart-ment going to improve the parking in the grove? People are going to park on the sides of the road regardless of no parking signs, so why don’t they improve the parking there?

Add 10 or so feet of crushed gravel to each side, pack it down to make it easier to park and get the vehicles off the highway. No trees have to be cut down, just put the gravel around them. No engineering required, no useless parking lot miles away from the grove, no trees need be cut down, perhaps a bit of brush cleared, and the work can be done dur-ing the winter when the traffic is lightest and not as many tourists.

There would only have to be

about a half a kilometre of grav-el down each side of the road towards Port Alberni and both sides as far as the second bridge towards Cameron Lake. A sim-ple solution to a problem which seems to be getting worse each year and nobody is doing any-thing about it.

Doug Havard Port Alberni

Conservatives need to come down to reality

Here I am in B.C., where there never has been a recession and there isn’t a recession now, declared the PM.

Who is he trying to kid?Certainly, the perpetually

exclusively wealthy enclave of North Vancouver is an ironic venue to spew that kind of propaganda.

Time for PM Harper and com-pany, including the choir of mid to older-aged Conservative sup-porters listening to him preach in in tawny North Vancouver, to come down from their ivory eco-nomic tower!

After living and working as an R.N in Vancouver for over 30 years, I moved to Vancouver Island in 2002; a whole different economic reality, as I suspect are a lot of non-urban (chic!) areas of B.C.

When the electorate consider ‘how the other half live’, they’ll see through the PM’s false propaganda.

Liz Stonard Port Alberni

The ‘good old days’ of Alberni’s larger hospital

Re: ‘VIHA needs to be pushed for more beds’ letter, AV Times , Sept. 11

For decades our hospital region operated well with a CEO and a board. Then some idiot(s) decided to create the central Vancouver Island Health Author-ity and then more fools gave us Island Health. Sorry, Bev Den-ning, appeals to Island Health for more acute-care beds and inter-mediate/complex care beds are virtually useless.

Along with Donna Brett, I secured the the old extended-care facility at our old hospital for Abbeyfield.

However, when it came to saving our old hospital, my com-mittee failed. That facility had five floors, at least two of which could have served for intermedi-ate/complex care.

But the buffoonery continued and we got a 52-bed new hospital.

Even though it’s designed for 60 beds, none of those extra beds have been added despite my urgent appeals. And the only complex care facility proposed (at the old ADSS site) would, youguessed it, charge $5,000-$7,000 a month, so it’s been rejected.

So unless the good old days return and we have a LOCAL CEO and board, we’re going to get zilch both here and on the outer West Coast.

Most residents simply sit on their duffs, so there’s no wide-spread public movement to effect change and therefore none is occurring now and will not for the foreseeable future.

Richard Berg Port Alberni

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The world is letting refugees go hungryLittle Alan Kurdi shocked

the conscience of Can-adians and the world when

he was found drowned on a beach.

The Syrian toddler’s death highlighted the desperation that refugees face. But in camps across Turkey, Lebanon, Jor-dan, Iraq and Egypt, countless other children are suffering as the world looks the other way.

The United Nations Security Council has been unable to muster the will to put an end to the horrific civil war in Syria that has killed 250,000 people and uprooted millions more. Developed countries, including the United States and Canada, have been slow to grant asylum.Now, to complete the collect-ive callous shrug, the world is refusing even to feed the vic-tims of this war – and is paying a price, in terms of the refugee exodus.

Canada has to bear some of the responsibility. While the Conservative government has provided $503 million in humanitarian assistance, and has offered to match $100 mil-lion more in private donations, the money has been spread out

over four years. It works out to $150 million a year, at best, and it hardly puts us at the top of the donor list.

In fact, our support for the World Food Program actually declined from $367 million (U.S.) in 2012 to $350 million last year, at a time when the need was surging.

Like many other affluent countries, Canada can and should be doing more. As Lib-eral MP Adam Vaughan put it, “It’s time to dig a little deep-er.” That’s something worth addressing in the campaign debates. The Syrian crisis calls for generosity, not just grudg-ingly doing the minimum.

The United Nations hoped to raise $7.42 billion (U.S.) this year to help many of the seven million Syrians displaced inside the country and four million who have fled it. But UN relief coordinator Stephen O’Brien

reports that barely $2.38 billion has been received, just a third of what is needed.

The UN reckoned it would need $4.5 billion alone provide emergency shelter, food, water, medical care and schooling for Syrian refugees in neighbour-ing countries. So far donors have provided only $1.7 billion, or 37 per cent.This failure to respond has left the World Food Program facing its “worst shortfall” ever, and refugees face yet more suffering.The WFP has been forced to cut back sharply, reducing the num-ber of Syrian refugees receiving food vouchers from 2.1 million to 1.4 million, a drop of one-third. Even those still getting vouchers now have to get by on less than 50 cents a day in food assistance, half of what they used to get, as the food program stretches its scant funds.

The result? Refugees are beg-ging in the streets. Mothers are giving up meals to feed their children. Entire families aren’t getting the nutrition they need. People face a cold winter in flimsy tents. Children are being pulled out of school to work. Families are marrying off their young daughters.

Little wonder, as Syria’s war worsens, as conditions in the camps deteriorate and as hope fades, that many are now seek-ing refuge in Europe or beyond, even at the risk of their lives. They are fleeing hunger. That is something within our power to fix.

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VALLEY FACESGetting to know the people who live in the Alberni Valley

From wooden sidewalks to 23 great-grandchildren, the Newfi elds look back on a legacy together

Don’t go to bed angry, says couple since 1950ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Johanna and John Newfield were reminded why they’ve called the Alberni Valley home for over 70 years during a recent trip to the Fall Fair. John, 88, was feeling the effects of the 27 Celsius temperature during the fair’s opening day on Sept. 10. The gravel surface near the exit gate made matters worse for the walker the senior was using.

“All of a sudden, there was no use in me trying to hold myself,” says John, who brought his wife down with him. “I started fall-ing and she was on the right side of me. She tried to hold me.”

When the two fell Johanna harmed her forehead and wrist, which became numb. But help was immediately at hand from the surrounding fall fair visitors and two first aid attendants, who remained with the couple until John recovered enough to drive home.

“It was beautiful to know that people cared,” recalls Johanna.

Like just about everything over the course of their lives in the Alberni Valley, Johanna and John endured the recent inci-dent at the Fall Fair together. On Wednesday the Newfields marked 65 years of marriage, a legacy that was entirely spent in the Valley – except for a stint of less than a year on Alberta’s oil-fields in the early 1950s. It didn’t take long for the tight couple realize that moving from one wildcat drill site to the next was not worth the troubles.

“We were wildcatting at the time, and she was pregnant,” says John.

“Wildcatting is no life for a family,” adds Johanna.

The Newfields moved back to the Alberni Valley, where had they married in 1950. Over the following decade they had six children (one died shortly after birth), who bred a dozen grandchildren that have so far resulted in 23 great-grandchildren.

Looking out the window from the bright kitchen in his South Port home, John reflects on his feelings towards Alberni. The Inlet stretches before mountains rolling off into the distance.

“It’s nice and quiet,” John says. “A lot of people are considerate. If something’s wrong, they’re right there.”

John first came to the Valley in 1945 with his family after growing up on a farm in Morris, Manitoba. A lingering Manitoba connection lured him back to the prairies alone, but John soon hitchhiked to the Island to rejoin his family again in Alberni.

“I went back to Winnipeg and things didn’t work out,” says John.

“You know what girls do.” Johanna’s roots in the Valley

stretch even further back to when she moved from New West-minster with family at the age of four. The 81-year-old recalls attending Alberni Elementary when sidewalks were composed of raised planks. Spaces were in

between the boards, a feature the young lady used to gain sym-pathy from passersby. Johanna told the strangers she lost her money in the cracks, and would often be granted change she could spend at the old Roxy Theatre.

“I would sit there and look at the crack, pretend that I’m crying,” she remembers with a chuckle.

Besides raising a growing family the couple used to run JS Trucking, a transportation business that operated from 1962 to 2009. While they admit “ups and downs” together, the couple firmly believe in open communication.

“If you’ve had something that’s been bothering you between you, get it solved before you go to bed so that you can feel better,” John says. “Of course, we’ve got the Lord in our hearts, that’s one of biggest main things that we’re together.”

“You’ve always got to remem-ber to say sorry for anything that you did wrong before you go to sleep,” adds Johanna.

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John and Johanna Newfield hold a photo from their wedding 65 years ago at the their Port Alberni home. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]

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GOLF

Winners collect $93 in prize money for charity closest to the pins

Another successful day for Alberni Golf Club men’s game

It was another success-ful Men’s day at the Alberni Golf Course on

the weekend. Many thanks to Tim MacLean and Stephanie Webber of Tim Hortons Restaurant for their generous contribu-tion to the day. It was good to see Tim out playing with the men on Sunday.

The Stableford event was split into two sections, Low handicap group, 17 and under, high handicap group, 18 and over.

In the low handicap division Terry Rai was the best with 24 points fol-lowed by Preben Rasmus-sen 23 points, Lloyd Fair-ley 19 points, Cal Davies, Bill Kriwoken and Craig Acland all with 18 points. Fred Fredrickson, Jacques Giovetti and Mike Savard tied with 16 points each. Winning gift certificates in the low handicap division were Wayne Johnstone, Corey Neilson, Brian Tall, Keith Gauthier, Al Wright

and Chad Wutke. In the High handicap

division Clarke Crowe and Bill Bjornsen had 19 points, Cliff O’laney had 18 points, Mel Trelvik and Ned Stewart had 17 points, Dave Mann and Steve Pointon with 16 Points, Don McGowan with 15 points and Vic Carlton with 14 points. Winning gift certificates in the high handicap division were, Don Gill, Masami Hirayama, Darrell Van Os, Bill Johnston, and Dan Cheetham.

There were many clos-est to the pins this week, with the winners being, Gerry White, Cal Davies, Al Wright, Craig Acland, Gerry Toms, Bill Johnston

and Don McGowan.Winning the long putt

contest was Brandon Saw-yer, Bill Bjorensen and Mel Trelvik.

Charity closest to the pin on No.7 was Steve White taking home $45.

Money pot winners were Terry Rai who collected $24 for the only birdie on No. 2 and Glen Trask collected $24 for the only birdie on No. 13.

Don’t forget this Sunday, Sept. 20 is the Ryder Cup. Please sign up in the Pro Shop by noon on

Saturday, Sept. 19.There will be two teams,

The Pro Shop Team with Brian Rands as the Cap-tain against The Grounds Team with Steve White as the Captain.

The Captains will alter-nate picking players from the sign up sheet.

They will send their play-ers out in pairs alternating their match ups. Each player will play his own ball with the low gross winning the hole.

Play will end after 18 holes has been played. Unlike the Ryder Cup that has a limited number of players, we will play all players. Players of any handicap can participate, since the Captains will try to match up compet-ing players with similar handicaps.

» Gerry Fagan is an avid golfer, and volunteers around the com-munity, including at the Alberni Golf Club.

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Don’t forget this Sunday, Sept. 20 is the [local] Ryder Cup. Please sign up in the Pro Shop by noon on Saturday, Sept. 19.

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Business Ladies golf for hospiceSUBMITTED FOR THE AV TIMES

The Alberni Golf Club’s Tuesday Business Ladies are holding their year-end wind-up scramble on Sun-day, Sept. 27.

Again this year, they are also doing a fundraiser for the Alberni Hospice Society. Last year, as well as having a good time golf-ing and a dinner, with the generosity of our town, and with Scotiabank on board matching funds, they raised $12,810.25. They have raised a total of $53,487.73 in six years.

The scramble takes place at the Alberni Golf Club on Sunday, Sept. 27. The nine-hole scramble of fun golf starts at 2 p.m., followed by a dinner. Before that, at 1 p.m., there will be a KP (closest to the pin) shoot-out for all the KP winners during the season.

Before all this starts, all the ladies get tickets to try and decide which of the generous donations from

merchants, businesses and individuals they wish to win. After dinner, there will be the year-end Busi-ness Ladies’ Golf prizes, the day’s prizes and then the fun of seeing if you win any of the things you tried for. Best of all, Alber-ni Hospice Society & Ty Watson House will once again benefit from the gen-erosity of this town.

All women are invited to come and participate (sorry, guys, you can’t play, but you can get tickets), and have a great time.

The theme this year for the scramble is “Bedrock, the Flintstones.”

It may be fun to get into costume with the theme, but please keep course dress code etiquette in mind.

Just stop by or call the Pro Shop (723-5422) to sign up on your own or register a whole team (4 women per team).

Call the Pro Shop for more details.

Canucks Miller hopes to defy ageBEN KUZMA THE PROVINCE

Ryan Miller is meticu-lous. He takes a lengthy Zen-like approach to addressing the state of his equipment after each outing because every pad or strap must be in proper position and con-dition to help maximize performance.

The Vancouver Canucks goaltender took the same offseason approach to ensure that a medial col-lateral ligament sprain of his right knee suffered in a Feb. 22 crease collision with teammate Jannik Hansen wasn’t going to be a nagging problem. And while it took the start-er five months to fully recover from the ailment, he believes he’s in position to succeed after method-ically strengthening his body to help shoulder a considerable workload

this NHL season.“It’s like solving a puz-

zle,” Miller said Wednes-day at the annual Jake Milford Charity Invita-tional golf tournament at Northview.

“You take yourself out of a good posture and put yourself in this weird

Cobra stance to basically build your body back up to break it down again. Com-ing off an injury, what is your body telling you? You want to compensate through the core and use your other leg, but you’ve got to constantly correct that. That’s where we’re

at, and it’s a pretty good place.

“They (doctors) clear you at four to six weeks and say you’re stable, but when you talk to anybody who has an injury that way — whether it’s a knee or shoulder — it’s a four-to-six-month recovery per-iod until you feel yourself again. And that held true. I got to the five-month point and I just didn’t feel it. The back part of my knee had some inflamma-tion and I felt it until mid-July and then one day it just didn’t hurt anymore. It’s like the body says ‘we’re through the irrita-tion and inflammation’ and stuff started to really click because I didn’t have that (reaction) delay. I’ve been on the ice since mid-May and didn’t really lose any co-ordination on top of trying build strength back. I think the summer

Vancouver Canucks goalie Ryan Miller makes a save during the 2014-15 season. [CP PHOTO]

was productive.”That’s a good thing.

At age 35, Miller is the second-oldest starter this season — Roberto Luongo is 36 — and the miscon-ception that because he’s the physical antithesis of Canucks backup Jacob Markstrom, that he may be prone to re-injuring the knee.

In 45 regular-season games, Miller went 29-15-1 with a 2.53 goals-against average, a .911 save per-centage and tied for fourth in the league with six shutouts.

“It’s an impact sport, and when I’ve been hurt, it hasn’t been the wear and tear where I’ve exposed something,” stressed Miller.

“I think I’ve been able to avoid the ones that are preventable.”

If that continues to be the case, then Miller should be able to play at least 60 regular-season games and nobody will look at the birth certificate of the fifth-round 1999 Buffalo Sabres draft pick or the fact he has two more years remaining on his contract at $6 million US annually.

“I don’t like mentioning this in this market, but when we won the Stanley Cup in Boston (2011), Tim Thomas was 35 years old and nobody ever brought that up,” said Canucks gen-eral manager Jim Benning, a former Bruins assistant GM.

“These guys now are in such good shape that we’re now seeing players playing longer and goalies and can play when they’re 40. I don’t look at the age. Ryan has a lot of experience and there’s a lot of pressure on the goalie here and he set-tles our team down.”

SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 | ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES | 7A

LACROSSE MLB

WHL PRE-SEASONAll Times Mountain

Prince Albert 5 Regina 2

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Everett at Portland, 4:30 p.m.Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.Kelowna at Vancouver, 8 p.m.Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.Victoria at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Tri-City at Spokane, 3 p.m.Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

BCHLINTERIOR DIVISION GP W L T OL GF GA PtSalmon Arm 2 2 0 0 0 11 7 4West Kelowna 3 2 1 0 0 18 12 4Penticton 2 1 1 0 0 5 6 2Vernon 3 1 2 0 0 10 10 2Merritt 3 1 2 0 0 14 17 2Trail 3 1 2 0 0 10 16 2

ISLAND DIVISION GP W L T OL GF GA PtCowichan Valley 2 2 0 0 0 9 5 4Powell River 2 1 1 0 0 4 4 2Nanaimo 2 1 1 0 0 4 4 2Victoria 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0Alberni Valley 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 0

MAINLAND DIVISION GP W L T OL GF GA PtWenatchee 2 2 0 0 0 13 1 4Chilliwack 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 2Langley 1 1 0 0 0 6 3 2Coquitlam 2 1 1 0 0 6 6 2Surrey 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 0Prince George 2 0 2 0 0 1 13 0All Times Local

Penticton 3 Vernon 2

Salmon Arm 7 Merritt 5West Kelowna 8 Trail 3

No Games Scheduled.

Powell River at Cowichan Valley, 7 p.m.Victoria at Nanaimo, 7 p.m.Penticton at Surrey, 7 p.m.Coquitlam at Vernon, 7 p.m.Chilliwack at Merritt, 7:30 p.m.

Prince George at Langley, 6 p.m.Powell River at Nanaimo, 6 p.m.Chilliwack at Vernon, 6 p.m.Victoria at Alberni Valley, 7 p.m.Coquitlam at Salmon Arm, 7 p.m.Penticton at West Kelowna, 7 p.m.Merritt at Trail, 7:30 p.m.

Powell River at Alberni Valley, 2 p.m.Wenatchee at Langley, 3 p.m.Chilliwack at Salmon Arm, 3 p.m.Prince George at Surrey, 4 p.m.

HOCKEY

AMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayToronto 83 62 .572 — — 6-4 W-1 47-25 36-37N.Y. Yankees 80 65 .552 3 — 4-6 W-1 41-32 39-33Baltimore 71 74 .490 12 51/2 6-4 L-1 44-30 27-44Tampa Bay 70 75 .483 13 61/2 3-7 L-1 34-37 36-38Boston 69 76 .476 14 71/2 6-4 W-1 39-35 30-41

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayKansas City 85 60 .586 — — 3-7 L-1 48-27 37-33Minnesota 75 69 .521 91/2 1 6-4 L-1 43-27 32-42Cleveland 72 72 .500 121/2 4 7-3 W-1 33-36 39-36Chi. White Sox 69 75 .479 151/2 7 5-5 W-1 37-37 32-38Detroit 66 78 .458 181/2 10 5-5 W-1 33-38 33-40

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayTexas 78 67 .538 — — 7-3 W-4 37-33 41-34Houston 77 69 .527 11/2 — 3-7 L-3 48-24 29-45L.A. Angels 73 71 .507 41/2 3 5-5 W-1 44-31 29-40Seattle 70 76 .479 81/2 7 5-5 L-1 33-41 37-35Oakland 62 84 .425 161/2 15 4-6 L-1 33-42 29-42

Boston 10 Baltimore 1Chicago White Sox 9 Oakland 4Cleveland 5 Kansas City 1N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 1Texas 14 Houston 3Detroit at Minnesota L.A. Angels at Seattle

Baltimore 6 Boston 5 (13 innings)Kansas City 2 Cleveland 0Tampa Bay 6 N.Y. Yankees 3Texas 6 Houston 5Oakland 17 Chicago White Sox 6Detroit 5 Minnesota 4L.A. Angels 4 Seattle 3ThOakland (Nolin 1-1) at Chicago White Sox

(Quintana 9-10), 2:10 p.m.Kansas City (Ventura 11-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 8-13), 7:10 p.m.Baltimore (Tillman 9-11) at Tampa Bay (Moore 1-4), 7:10 p.m.Houston (McCullers 5-5) at Texas (Lewis 15-8), 8:05 p.m.L.A. Angels (Santiago 8-9) at Minnesota (Milone 8-5), 8:10 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Kansas City at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.Chi. White Sox at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Seattle at Texas, 8:05 p.m.L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

MLB

Chicago Cubs 3 Pittsburgh 2 (12 innings)L.A. Dodgers 2 Colorado 1Miami 6 N.Y. Mets 0San Diego 4 Arizona 3St. Louis 5 Milwaukee 4Toronto 9 Atlanta 1Washington 12 Philadelphia 2Cincinnati at San Francisco

Arizona 6 San Diego 4Atlanta 3 Toronto 2Chicago Cubs 2 Pittsburgh 1Cincinnati 9 San Francisco 8 (10 innings)Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 4 (16 innings)Miami 9 N.Y. Mets 3Pittsburgh 5 Chicago Cubs 4St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 1 (10 innings)Washington 4 Philadelphia 0

ThChicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-6) at Pittsburgh (Morton 9-7), 12:35 p.m.Miami (Cosart 1-4) at Washington (Roark 4-5), 7:05 p.m.Toronto (Estrada 12-8) at Atlanta (Wisler 5-7), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Lackey 11-9) at Milwaukee (Nelson 11-12), 8:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.Miami at Washington, 7:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.San Diego at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.Arizona at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayN.Y. Mets 83 63 .568 — — 8-2 L-2 46-26 37-37Washington 75 70 .517 71/2 9 5-5 W-4 41-29 34-41Miami 63 83 .432 20 211/2 7-3 W-2 36-39 27-44Atlanta 57 89 .390 26 271/2 3-7 L-1 34-37 23-52Philadelphia 56 91 .381 271/2 29 3-7 L-3 33-42 23-49

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySt. Louis 91 54 .628 — — 4-6 W-3 50-24 41-30Pittsburgh 87 58 .600 4 — 6-4 L-2 50-24 37-34Chicago Cubs 84 61 .579 7 — 6-4 W-2 43-28 41-33Milwaukee 62 83 .428 29 22 2-8 L-5 33-41 29-42Cincinnati 61 83 .424 291/2 221/2 6-4 W-1 34-40 27-43

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayL.A. Dodgers 84 61 .579 — — 7-3 W-1 49-22 35-39San Francisco 76 69 .524 8 8 7-3 L-1 42-28 34-41Arizona 69 77 .473 151/2 151/2 4-6 L-1 35-40 34-37San Diego 69 78 .469 16 16 4-6 W-1 35-37 34-41Colorado 61 85 .418 231/2 231/2 5-5 L-1 31-40 30-45

INTERLEAGUEBLUE JAYS 9, BRAVES 1 Revere lf 4 1 2 2 Markakis rf 5 1 2 0Donaldson 3b 5 0 1 0 Castro 2b 4 0 1 0Bautista rf 4 1 1 1 Freeman 1b 2 0 0 1Smoak 1b 0 0 0 0 Garcia 3b 4 0 0 0Encarnacion 1b 3 1 3 0 Swisher lf 3 0 1 0Kawasaki pr 0 1 0 0 Maybin cf 4 0 0 0Tepera p 0 0 0 0 Simmons ss 4 0 0 0Martin c 5 2 2 4 Bethancourt c 3 0 3 0Goins ss 2 1 1 1 Miller sp 1 0 0 0Pillar cf 4 1 2 0 Marimon p 0 0 0 0Pennington 2b 4 1 0 1 Lavarnway ph 0 0 0 0Price sp 4 0 0 0 Burawa p 0 0 0 0Loup p 0 0 0 0 Olivera ph 1 0 0 0Hendriks p 0 0 0 0 Kelly p 0 0 0 0Carrera ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Peterson ph 1 0 0 0Totals 36 9 12 9 Totals 32 1 7 1

E—Simmons 2. LOB—Atlanta 9, Toronto 9. DP—Toronto 1. Atlanta 2. 2B—Don-aldson (39), Markakis (37), Bautista (28), Pillar (24), Martin (21), Bethancourt (7), Revere (5). HR—Martin (20). SF—Free-man, Goins, Revere.

Price W, 16-5 7 6 1 1 3 9Loup 0 0 0 0 1 0Hendriks 1 0 0 0 0 2Tepera 1 1 0 0 0 1AtlantaMiller L, 5-15 3 2-3 7 5 4 2 3Marimon 1 1-3 2 2 2 2 0Burawa 2 1 0 0 1 0Kelly 2 2 2 2 1 1Loup pitched to 1 batter in the 8thBalk—Miller. HBP — Pillar. T—3:08. A—15,178 (49,586) at Atlanta.

AMERICAN LEAGUERED SOX 10, ORIOLES 1 Holt rf-3b 5 2 2 2 Reimold dh 4 0 1 0Sandoval 3b 3 0 0 0 Machado 3b 3 0 1 0Craig ph-rf 1 0 1 1 Alvarez rf 1 0 1 0Pedroia 2b 4 2 2 5 Davis 1b 3 0 0 0Rutledge pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Paredes 3b 1 0 0 0Ortiz dh 4 1 2 1 Jones cf 3 0 0 0Leon ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Lake cf 1 1 0 0Shaw 1b 4 0 0 0 Schoop 2b 3 0 1 0Castillo lf 5 1 1 0 Flaherty 2b 1 0 0 0Swihart c 5 1 1 0 Pearce lf 4 0 0 1Bradley Jr. cf 3 1 0 0 Parra rf 3 0 1 0Marrero ss 4 2 3 1 Janish ss 1 0 1 0 Hardy ss 2 0 0 0 Walker 1b 1 0 0 0 Joseph c 2 0 1 0 Clevenger c 2 0 1 0Totals 39 10 12 10 Totals 35 1 8 1

LOB—Boston 6, Baltimore 8. DP—Boston 1. 2B—Swihart (17), Craig (1). HR—Pedroia (12); Ortiz (35). Boston IP H R ER BB SOOwens 7 2-3 6 0 0 0 4Mendez 1-3 1 0 0 0 0Cook 1 1 1 0 1 0

Wright 3 6 6 6 1 1Rondon 2 3 3 3 1 3Garcia 1 1 0 0 1 0Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0McFarland 1 2 1 1 1 0Drake 1 0 0 0 0 1

T—2:51. A—22,642 (45,971) at Baltimore.

INDIANS 5, ROYALS 1 Gordon lf 3 0 0 0 Kipnis 2b 4 1 1 1Zobrist 2b 3 0 1 0 Lindor ss 4 1 3 4Cain cf 4 0 0 0 Brantley lf 4 0 0 0Hosmer 1b 3 0 0 0 Santana 1b 2 0 1 0Morales dh 4 0 1 0 Gomes c 4 0 0 0Moustakas 3b 4 1 1 1 Johnson dh 3 0 1 0Perez c 4 0 1 0 Sands rf 1 0 0 0Rios rf 4 0 1 0 Chisenhall ph-rf 3 0 1 0Escobar ss 3 0 0 0 Almonte cf 4 1 1 0 Aviles 3b 2 2 1 0Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 31 5 9 5

LOB—Cleveland 8, Kansas City 7. DP—Kansas City 1. 2B—Zobrist (31), Perez (22), Aviles (10). HR—Lindor (9). Moustakas (19). SB—Santana (11), Almonte (6). S—Kipnis. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SODuffy 2 1-3 6 4 4 2 3Guthrie 4 2-3 2 1 1 3 4Chamberlain 1 1 0 0 0 2

Salazar 7 4 1 1 2 6Shaw 1 0 0 0 1 3Allen 1 1 0 0 0 2T—2:47. A—11,103 (36,856) at Cleveland.

YANKEES 3, RAYS 1 Ellsbury cf 5 0 2 0 Jaso dh 4 0 1 0Gardner lf 4 0 0 0 Shaffer ph-dh 1 0 0 0Rodriguez dh 4 0 0 0 Mahtook lf 3 0 0 0McCann c 3 1 0 0 Sizemore ph-lf 0 0 0 0Beltran rf 3 1 0 0 Beckham ph 1 0 0 0Heathcott rf 0 0 0 0 Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0Bird 1b 3 1 2 2 Forsythe 2b 3 0 0 0Headley 3b 4 0 1 1 Loney 1b 4 1 3 0Gregorius ss 3 0 1 0 Souza Jr. rf 3 0 2 1Ackley 2b 2 0 0 0 Franklin ss 4 0 0 0Young ph 1 0 0 0 Kiermaier cf 4 0 0 0Drew 2b 1 0 0 0 Rivera c 3 0 1 0 Guyer ph 1 0 0 0

E—Gregorius. LOB—Tampa Bay 10, N.Y. Yankees 7. DP—N.Y. Yankees 1. 2B—Gregorius (21), Jaso (15), Loney (14), Souza Jr. (13), Bird (5). HR—Bird (7). SB—Mahtook (3). N.Y. Yankees IP H R ER BB SOSeverino W,4-3 5 2-3 6 1 1 1 7Wilson H, 26 1 0 0 0 0 2Betances H, 25 1 1-3 1 0 0 3 1Miller S, 34 1 0 0 0 0 3

Archer L, 12-12 6 4 2 2 4 7Riefenhauser 1 0 0 0 0 1Bellatti 2 2 1 1 0 1WP — Archer. T—3:07. A—13,299 (31,042) at St. Petersburg, Fla.

Springer rf 4 0 1 0 Deshields cf 5 1 1 0Tucker rf 1 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 0 0 0 0Altuve 2b 3 1 1 0 Choo rf 4 3 3 0Villar ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 2 2 1Correa ss 3 0 0 0 Fielder dh 5 3 3 5Valbuena ph-2b 0 1 0 0 Napoli lf 3 1 2 3Gattis dh 4 1 3 2 Venable pr-lf 2 0 0 0Rasmus lf 4 0 2 0 Moreland 1b 5 0 0 0Carter 1b 4 0 1 1 Andrus ss 5 1 2 1Gonzalez 3b 1 0 0 0 Odor 2b 3 2 2 2Duffy 3b 2 0 0 0 Wilson c 4 1 1 2Conger c 3 0 1 0 Stassi c 1 0 0 0 Marisnick cf 4 0 1 0

LOB—Texas 5, Houston 7. DP—Texas 1. 2B—Andrus (29), Choo (29). HR—Fielder (21); Napoli (17); Odor (14); Wilson (1). Gattis (24). Houston IP H R ER BB SOKeuchel L, 17-8 4 2-3 11 9 9 0 5Feliz 3 1-3 5 5 5 2 1

Perez W, 3-5 7 9 1 1 1 3Faulkner 1 1 2 2 1 2Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 2WP — Keuchel. HBP — Odor. T—2:41. A—34,483 (48,114) at Arlington, Texas.

Fuld cf 4 0 2 0 Eaton dh 4 2 1 0Semien ss 4 0 1 0 Sanchez 2b 4 2 1 2Reddick dh 4 0 0 0 Abreu 1b 3 1 1 2Canha lf 3 2 1 0 Cabrera lf 2 1 1 2Butler 1b 4 1 1 2 Garcia rf 4 0 0 0Lawrie 3b 3 0 1 1 Thompson cf 0 0 0 0Sogard 2b 3 0 1 0 Shuck cf 4 0 1 0Smolinski rf 4 1 1 1 Brantly c 4 1 1 1Blair c 4 0 0 0 Olt 3b 4 1 1 2 Saladino ss 3 1 1 0

LOB—Oakland 8, Chi. White Sox 5. DP—Chi. White Sox 1. 2B—Cabrera (33), Lawrie (27), Saladino (5). 3B—Eaton (9). HR—Sanchez (4); Abreu (29); Olt (1). Butler (12); Smolinski (5). SF—Lawrie. Oakland IP H R ER BB SOMartin L, 0-2 3 6 6 6 3 2Venditte 0 1 3 3 3 0Otero 2 1 0 0 0 0Leon 1 0 0 0 0 0Abad 1 0 0 0 0 1Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0 0

Johnson W, 2-0 6 6 3 3 3 3Montas 2 0 0 0 1 2Carroll 1 2 1 1 0 1T—2:56. A—13,005 (40,615) at Chicago.

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Murphy lf 4 1 1 3 Marte ss 4 0 2 0Cowgill lf 0 0 0 0 Seager 3b 3 0 0 0Calhoun rf 4 0 0 0 Cruz dh 4 1 1 1Trout cf 3 1 1 1 Cano 2b 2 0 0 0Pujols dh 4 0 0 0 Jones pr-cf 0 0 0 0Cron 1b 3 0 0 0 Smith rf 4 1 0 0Navarro 1b 0 0 0 0 Trumbo 1b 4 0 0 0Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 Gutierrez lf 3 1 2 2Freese 3b 3 1 1 0 Miller cf-2b 4 0 1 0Cowart pr-3b 0 0 0 0 Sucre c 2 0 0 0Perez c 4 1 3 0 Morrison ph 1 0 0 0Featherston 2b 3 0 0 0 Hicks c 0 0 0 0

LOB—Seattle 6, L.A. Angels 4. 2B—Perez 2 (11). HR—Cruz (42); Gutierrez (13). Murphy (9); Trout (36).

Tropeano W, 2-2 5 4 2 2 3 5Alvarez H, 5 1 0 0 0 0 1Salas H, 15 1 1 1 1 0 0Gott H, 11 1 0 0 0 1 1Smith S, 3 1 1 0 0 0 3SeattleHernandez L, 17-9 7 5 4 4 2 5Zych 2 1 0 0 0 1T—2:40. A—15,365 (47,574) at Seattle.

A.L. LEADERS G AB R H PCT.MiCabrera Det 107 390 58 131 .336Bogaerts Bos 139 545 70 175 .321Brantley Cle 129 500 67 159 .318Altuve Hou 137 566 70 177 .313

Fielder Tex 140 542 68 169 .312LCain KC 128 499 95 155 .311NCruz Sea 137 532 82 165 .310Donaldson Tor 142 559 109 169 .302Hosmer KC 141 530 87 160 .302JIglesias Det 120 416 44 125 .300RUNS—Donaldson, Toronto, 109; Bautista, Toronto, 98; Dozier, Minnesota, 96; LCain, Kansas City, 95; Trout, Los Angeles, 90; CDavis, Baltimore, 89; Gardner, New York, 89; MMachado, Baltimore, 89.RBIs—Donaldson, Toronto, 119; CDavis, Baltimore, 107; Bautista, Toronto, 101; KMorales, Kansas City, 101; Encar-nacion, Toronto, 99; Ortiz, Boston, 96; JMartinez, Detroit, 94.HITS—Altuve, Houston, 177; Bogaerts, Boston, 175; Kinsler, Detroit, 170; Donaldson, Toronto, 169; Fielder, Texas, 169; NCruz, Seattle, 165; MMachado, Baltimore, 164.HOME RUNS—NCruz, Seattle, 42; CDa-vis, Baltimore, 42; Donaldson, Toronto, 38; JMartinez, Detroit, 36; Trout, Los Angeles, 36; Bautista, Toronto, 35; Pujols, Los Angeles, 35.STOLEN BASES—Altuve, Houston, 37; LCain, Kansas City, 27; Burns, Oakland, 26; JDyson, Kansas City, 25; DeShields, Texas, 23; Gose, Detroit, 20; Betts, Bos-ton, 19; Gardner, New York, 19; Maris-nick, Houston, 19; Pillar, Toronto, 19.PITCHING—Keuchel, Houston, 17-7; FHernandez, Seattle, 17-9; McHugh, Houston, 16-7; Price, Toronto, 15-5; Lewis, Texas, 15-8; Eovaldi, New York, 14-3; Buehrle, Toronto, 14-7.SAVES—Street, Los Angeles, 35; Boxberger, Tampa Bay, 34; AMiller, New York, 33; Britton, Baltimore, 33; Perkins, Minnesota, 32; ShTolleson, Texas, 32; GHolland, Kansas City, 31.

NATIONAL LEAGUEMARLINS 6, METS 0 Gordon 2b 5 1 2 1 Lagares cf 3 0 0 0Yelich cf 5 0 1 1 Wright 3b 4 0 2 0Prado 3b 5 1 2 1 Cespedes lf 4 0 0 0Bour 1b 3 1 1 2 Uribe 2b 4 0 0 0

Realmuto c 3 1 2 1 Cuddyer rf 3 0 1 0Suzuki lf 4 0 0 0 Flores ss 2 0 0 0Solano ss 3 0 1 0 Robles p 0 0 0 0Rojas ss 1 1 1 0 Clippard p 0 0 0 0Conley sp 3 0 1 0 Herrera ph 0 0 0 0Dunn p 0 0 0 0 Goeddel p 0 0 0 0Morris p 0 0 0 0 Gilmartin p 0 0 0 0Dietrich ph 0 1 0 0 Campbell 1b 3 0 0 0Barraclough p 0 0 0 0 Colon sp 1 0 0 0 Tejada ss 2 0 0 0Totals 35 6 12 6 Totals 30 0 3 0

LOB—Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 5. DP—N.Y. Mets 1. 2B—Gordon (21), Wright (5), Solano (3). HR—Prado (8); Bour (17); Realmuto (10). SF—Bour. Miami IP H R ER BB SOConley W, 4-1 7 3 0 0 0 6Dunn 2-3 0 0 0 2 0Morris H, 15 1-3 0 0 0 0 0Barraclough 1 0 0 0 0 1N.Y. MetsColon L, 14-12 5 2-3 7 3 3 1 2Robles 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 2Clippard 1 1 1 1 0 1Goeddel 2-3 2 2 2 1 0Gilmartin 1-3 2 0 0 0 0T—2:46. A—25,161 (41,922) at New York.

NATIONALS 12, PHILLIES 2 Rendon 2b-3b 4 3 2 2 Galvis ss 4 0 0 0Escobar 3b 5 0 2 2 Blanco 2b 4 1 1 0Turner pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Altherr cf 4 0 0 0Harper rf 5 1 2 2 Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0Den Dekker rf 0 0 0 0 Ruf 1b 2 1 1 2Werth lf 4 3 3 2 Sweeney lf 4 0 0 0

Robinson 1b 5 1 3 0 Rupp c 3 0 2 0Desmond ss 4 0 1 1 Asher sp 1 0 0 0Difo pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Kratz ph 1 0 1 0Lobaton c 3 1 2 2 Neris p 0 0 0 0Taylor cf 5 1 1 0 De Fratus p 0 0 0 0Gonzalez sp 2 0 0 0 Bogusevic ph 1 0 0 0Uggla ph 0 1 0 0 Ogando p 0 0 0 0Rivero p 0 0 0 0 Roberts p 0 0 0 0Martin p 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 12 16 11 Totals 31 2 5 2

LOB—Washington 5, Philadelphia 4. DP—Washington 1. Philadelphia 2. 2B—Desmond (26), Escobar (23), Robinson (14). HR—Ruf (8). Harper (40); Werth (11). S—Gonzalez. SF—Lobaton.

Gonzalez 7 5 2 2 2 12Rivero 1 0 0 0 0 1Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0

Asher 5 7 4 4 1 4Neris 1 3 2 2 1 0De Fratus 1 1 2 2 0 1Ogando 1 2 3 2 2 1Roberts 1 3 1 1 0 0T—2:49. A—15,753 (43,651) at Philadelphia.

CUBS 3, PIRATES 2 (12 INN.)Fowler cf 6 0 1 0 Polanco rf 5 1 1 1Rondon p 0 0 0 0 Marte lf 5 0 2 0Schwarber lf 3 0 1 0 McCutchen cf 5 0 0 0

2 0 1 0 Ramirez 1b-3b 5 0 1 0Berry pr-lf 0 1 0 0 Kang 3b-ss 5 0 1 0Coghlan rf 3 0 0 0 Walker 2b 3 0 2 0Jackson ph-rf 3 0 1 0 Florimon pr-ss 0 0 0 0Rizzo 1b 4 1 1 1 Snider ph 1 0 0 0Bryant 3b-rf 6 1 3 1 Soria p 0 0 0 0Montero c 4 0 2 0 Worley p 0 0 0 0Szczur ph 1 0 0 0 Cervelli c 3 0 1 0Ross c 1 0 0 0 Rodriguez pr 0 1 0 0Castro 2b 4 0 0 1 Melancon p 0 0 0 0Baez ss 4 0 1 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0Arrieta sp 4 0 1 0 Morse ph-1b 1 0 0 0Strop p 0 0 0 0 Mercer ss 2 0 0 0Rodney p 0 0 0 0 Harrison ph-2b 2 0 0 0La Stella ph-3b 1 0 1 0 Burnett sp 1 0 0 0 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 Decker ph 1 0 0 0 Bastardo p 0 0 0 0 Blanton p 0 0 0 0 Alvarez ph 0 0 0 0 Stewart c 1 0 0 0

E—Arrieta, Hughes, Cervelli, Montero. LOB—Chicago Cubs 12, Pittsburgh 3. DP—Chicago Cubs 4. Pittsburgh 1. 2B—Bryant 2 (26). 3B—Fowler (8). SB—Marte (27), Polanco (25), Rizzo (16), Bryant (13), Jackson (1), Baez (1), Montero (1). S—Castro. SF—Rizzo.

Arrieta 8 6 2 1 1 5Strop 1 1 0 0 0 0Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 1Rondon W, 6-4 2 1 0 0 0 1

Burnett 5 1-3 8 2 2 1 7Hughes 2-3 1 0 0 0 1Bastardo 1 0 0 0 0 2Blanton 1 1 0 0 1 2Melancon 1 0 0 0 0 1Watson 1 0 0 0 1 0Soria 1 1 0 0 0 1Worley L, 4-6 1 2 1 1 0 1WP — Burnett, Worley. T—4:17. A—31,945 (38,362) at Pittsburgh.

Carpenter 3b 4 1 3 1 Segura ss 4 0 1 0Piscotty 1b-lf 4 0 0 0 Perez 3b 3 0 0 0Heyward rf 4 0 0 0 Gennett ph-2b 1 0 0 0Peralta ss 4 0 0 0 Rogers 1b 4 0 0 0Molina c 5 0 0 0 Davis lf 4 1 1 0Wong 2b 4 2 1 0 Santana rf 4 1 1 0Pham lf-cf 4 2 3 4 Herrera 2b-3b 4 1 2 1Jay cf 3 0 1 0 Maldonado c 2 1 2 3Reynolds 1b 0 0 0 0 Lind ph 1 0 0 0Garcia sp 3 0 0 0 Schafer cf 4 0 0 0Maness p 0 0 0 0 Peralta sp 1 0 1 0Adams ph 1 0 0 0 Sardinas ph 1 0 0 0Broxton p 0 0 0 0 Cravy p 0 0 0 0Rosenthal p 0 0 0 0 Jimenez p 0 0 0 0 Peterson ph 1 0 0 0 Lohse p 0 0 0 0 Ashley ph 1 0 0 0

E—Peralta, Carpenter, Rogers. LOB—Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 10. DP—Milwau-kee 1. 2B—Carpenter 2 (37), Herrera (18), Segura (13). 3B—Pham (3). HR—Maldonado (4). Carpenter (22); Pham (4). St. Louis IP H R ER BB SOGarcia W, 9-5 6 1-3 8 4 4 1 4Maness H, 18 2-3 0 0 0 0 0Broxton H, 17 1 0 0 0 0 1Rosenthal S, 45 1 0 0 0 0 3

Peralta L, 5-9 4 6 5 5 2 2Cravy 2 1 0 0 1 2Jimenez 1 0 0 0 0 3Lohse 2 1 0 0 3 1T—3:05. A—19,827 (41,900) at Milwaukee.

DODGERS 2, ROCKIES 0 Blackmon cf 4 0 1 0 Barnes 2b 3 1 1 0Reyes ss 3 0 0 0 Torreyes 2b-3b 1 0 0 0Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 Utley 1b-2b 4 0 0 0Arenado 3b 3 0 0 0 Ruggiano lf 4 0 1 0Rosario c 3 0 0 0 Seager ss 4 0 2 1Adames 2b 3 0 0 0 Ellis c 2 1 1 1Parker lf 3 0 1 0 Guerrero 3b 3 0 0 0Paulsen 1b 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez 1b 0 0 0 0Barnes rf 2 0 0 0 Heisey rf 3 0 1 0Descalso ph 1 0 0 0 Pederson cf 3 0 0 0De La Rosa sp 2 0 0 0 Wood sp 3 0 0 0Dickerson ph 1 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0Totals 29 0 2 0 Totals 30 2 6 2

E—Guerrero, Reyes. LOB—Colorado 2, L.A. Dodgers 5. DP—Colorado 1. 2B—Heisey (2), Barnes (2). 3B—Ruggiano (1). HR—Ellis (6).

De La Rosa L, 9-7 8 6 2 2 1 5

Wood W, 11-10 8 1 0 0 0 5Jansen S, 32 1 1 0 0 0 2T—2:08. A—45,906 (56) at Los Angeles.

Myers lf 1 1 0 0 Pollock cf 4 0 3 0Solarte 3b 4 1 1 0 Inciarte rf 4 0 1 0Kemp rf 4 1 1 3 Goldschmidt 1b 4 0 1 0Wallace 1b 4 1 2 0 Peralta lf 4 1 1 0Gyorko ss 3 0 0 0 Saltlmacchia c 4 1 1 1

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Jets 1 0 0 1.000 31 10Buffalo 1 0 0 1.000 27 14New England 1 0 0 1.000 28 21Miami 1 0 0 1.000 17 10

NORTHCincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 33 13Baltimore 0 1 0 .000 13 19Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 21 28Cleveland 0 1 0 .000 10 31

SOUTHTennessee 1 0 0 1.000 42 14Jacksonville 0 1 0 .000 9 20Houston 0 1 0 .000 20 27Indianapolis 0 1 0 .000 14 27

WESTDenver 1 0 0 1.000 19 13Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 27 20San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 33 28Oakland 0 1 0 .000 13 33

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST W L T Pct PF PADallas 1 0 0 1.000 27 26Washington 0 1 0 .000 10 17Philadelphia 0 1 0 .000 24 26N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 26 27

NORTHGreen Bay 1 0 0 1.000 31 23Detroit 0 1 0 .000 28 33Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 3 20Chicago 0 1 0 .000 23 31

SOUTHAtlanta 1 0 0 1.000 26 24Carolina 1 0 0 1.000 20 9Tampa Bay 0 1 0 .000 14 42New Orleans 0 1 0 .000 19 31

WESTSt. Louis 1 0 0 1.000 34 31Arizona 1 0 0 1.000 31 19San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 20 3Seattle 0 1 0 .000 31 34

Atlanta 26 Philadelphia 24San Francisco 20 Minnesota 3

Denver at Kansas City, 8:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m.Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.Arizona at Chicago, 1 p.m.Houston at Carolina, 1 p.m.San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m.San Diego at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Cleveland, 1 p.m.Atlanta at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m.Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Miami at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.Seattle at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m.

CFL

FOOTBALL

WEEK 13EAST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 11 8 3 0 392 221 16Ottawa 10 6 4 0 224 259 12Toronto 11 6 5 0 277 322 12Montreal 10 4 6 0 207 196 8

WEST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 11 8 3 0 287 224 16Edmonton 11 7 4 0 272 197 14B.C. 10 4 6 0 222 281 8Winnipeg 11 4 7 0 209 317 8Saskatchewan 11 1 10 0 262 335 2Bye: Toronto

B.C. at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Hamilton, 4 p.m.Ottawa at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 1 p.m.

NFL

CISCANADA WEST GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 2 2 0 0 95 54 4Alberta 2 2 0 0 67 48 4Manitoba 2 1 1 0 72 74 2B.C. 2 1 1 0 43 69 2Regina 2 0 2 0 42 56 0Saskatchewan 2 0 2 0 54 72 0

Alberta at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Regina at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m.

Acadia at Mount Allison, 1 p.m.

Windsor at Ottawa, 1 p.m.York at Waterloo, 1 p.m.

McMaster at Guelph, 1 p.m.Toronto at Carleton, 1 p.m.

Sherbrooke at Montreal, 2 p.m.McGill at Concordia, 2 p.m.B.C. at Manitoba, 7 p.m.

NCAAAP TOP 25No. 11 Clemson at Louisville, 7:30 p.m.

No. 9 Florida St. at Boston College, 8 pm.

No. 1 Ohio St. vs. North. Illinois, 3:30 p.m.No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Mississippi, 9:15 p.m.No. 3 TCU vs. SMU, 8 p.m.

Michigan St. vs. Air Force, noonNo. 6 USC vs. Stanford, 8:00 p.m.No. 7 Georgia vs. South Carolina, 6 p.m.No. 8 Notre Dame v. Georgia Tech., 3:30 pm.No. 10 UCLA vs. No. 19 BYU, 10:30 p.m.No. 12 Oregon vs. Georgia State, 2 p.m.No. 13 LSU vs. No. 18 Auburn, 3:30 p.m.No. 16 Oklahoma vs. Tulsa, noonNo. 17 Texas A&M vs. Nevada, noonNo. 20 Arizona vs. North. Arizona, 11 p.m.No. 21 Utah at Fresno State, 10:30 p.m.No. 22 Missouri vs. UConn, noonNo. 23 Northwestern at Duke, 12:30 p.m.

Wisconsin vs. Troy, 3 p.m.No. 25 Oklahoma St. vs. UTSA, 3:30 p.m.

SOCCERMLSEASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA PtNew England 29 13 9 7 43 38 46New York 27 13 8 6 47 32 45D.C. 29 13 10 6 36 35 45Columbus 29 12 9 8 47 48 44Toronto 28 11 13 4 46 49 37Montreal 25 9 11 5 34 37 32Orlando 29 8 13 8 36 51 32New York City 29 8 14 7 41 48 31Philadelphia 29 8 15 6 36 47 30Chicago 28 7 15 6 36 45 27

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA PtVancouver 28 15 10 3 40 28 48Dallas 27 14 8 5 40 31 47Los Angeles 29 13 8 8 49 33 47Seattle 29 13 13 3 35 32 42Kansas City 27 11 8 8 41 38 41Portland 28 11 9 8 29 32 41San Jose 28 11 11 6 34 32 39Houston 28 9 11 8 36 37 35Salt Lake 28 9 11 8 32 41 35Colorado 28 8 10 10 26 30 34

New England 2 New York 1New York City 2 Toronto 0Montreal at San Jose

Dallas at Kansas City, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Toronto, 2 p.m.San Jose at New York City, 7 p.m.Columbus at D.C., 7 p.m.Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m.New England at Montreal, 8 p.m.Orlando at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.

New York at Portland, 5 p.m.Houston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Montreal, 8 p.m.Kansas City at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Orlando at New York, 7 p.m.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUEGROUP STAGE

GROUP EBayer Leverkusen (Germany) 4 BATE (Belarus) 1Roma (Italy) 1 Barcelona (Spain) 1

GROUP FDinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 2 Arsenal (England) 1Olympiakos (Greece) 0 Bayern Munich (Germany) 3

GROUP GChelsea (England) 4 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 0Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 2 FC Porto (Portugal) 2

GROUP HGent (Belgium) 1 Lyon (France) 1Valencia (Spain) 2 Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) 3

BETTINGTHE LINES

MLBINTERLEAGUEFAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINEToronto -210 ATLANTA +190

AMERICAN LEAGUECHICAGO -155 Oakland +145CLEVELAND -135 Kansas City +125TAMPA BAY -107 Baltimore -103

MINNESOTA -111 Los Angeles +101

NATIONAL LEAGUEPITTSBURGH -130 Chicago +120WASHINGTON -185 Miami +170St. Louis -135 MILWAUKEE +125

NFLTHURSDAYFAVOURITE OPEN TDY O/U UNDERDOGKANS.CITY PK 3 (411/2) DenverSUNDAYCAROLINA 2 3 (40) HoustonN.ORLEANS 7 10 (47) Tampa BayPITTSBRGH 7 6 (451/2) San FranMINNESOTA 21/2 3 (43) DetroitN.England 21/2 1 (45) BUFFALOArizona 3 2 (45) CHICAGOTennessee +4 1 (411/2) CLEVLNDCINCINNATI 31/2 3 (461/2) San DiegoSt Louis 21/2 31/2 (41) WASHNY GIANTS 21/2 21/2 (51) AtlantaBaltimore 4 6 (43) OAKLANDMiami 6 6 (411/2) JCKSNVLPHILA 4 5 (55) DallasGREEN BAY 3 31/2 (49) SeattleMONDAYINDIANAPLS 91/2 7 (47) NY Jets

Home teams in capitalsUpdated odds available at Pregame.com

TENNISWTA NATIONAL BANK CUP

Anna Tatishvili, U.S., def. Nadia Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-4.Second Round

Annika Beck (5), Germany, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.

Paula Kania, Poland, def. Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-3.

Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, def. Jessica Pegula, U.S., 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Naomi Broady, Britain, and Amandine Hesse, France, def. Danielle Lao and Sanaz Marand, U.S., 6-4, 6-4.

Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, and Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, def. Jacqueline Cako, U.S., and Louisa Chirico, U.S., 6-4, 6-4.

Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Rep., and An-Sophie Mestach, Belgium, def. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Rep., and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 7-5, 6-3.

Spangnbrg 2b 4 0 1 1 Lamb 3b 3 1 0 0Upton Jr. cf 3 0 0 0 Drury 2b 2 0 0 0Hedges c 4 0 0 0 Collmenter p 0 0 0 0Cashner sp 3 0 1 0 Brito ph 1 0 0 0Benoit p 0 0 0 0 Owings ss 4 0 1 2Kimbrel p 1 0 0 0 Ray sp 2 0 0 0 Delgado p 0 0 0 0 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 Hill ph-2b 1 0 0 0

E—Drury. LOB—Arizona 5, San Diego 5. DP—San Diego 2. Arizona 3. 2B—Pol-lock (35), Goldschmidt (34), Peralta (25), Wallace (6). HR—Saltalamacchia (9). Kemp (22).

Cashner W, 6-15 7 7 3 3 2 6Benoit H, 26 2-3 1 0 0 0 2Kimbrel S, 37 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 3

Ray L, 4-12 4 2-3 6 4 4 3 4Delgado 1 1-3 0 0 0 1 3Hernandez 1 0 0 0 1 0Collmenter 2 0 0 0 0 1T—2:50. A—18,767 (48,519) at Phoenix.

N.L. LEADERS G AB R H PCT.Harper Was 137 465 108 157 .338DGordon Mia 128 543 75 180 .331Posey SF 136 499 70 164 .329YEscobar Was 125 484 69 155 .320Goldschmidt Ari 142 510 90 161 .316Pollock Ari 140 542 98 169 .312Votto Cin 142 488 89 152 .311LeMahieu Col 138 516 78 160 .310DPeralta Ari 135 425 55 130 .306MDuffy SF 132 504 69 153 .304RUNS—Harper, Washington, 108; Pollock, Arizona, 98; Fowler, Chicago, 94; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 90; Votto, Cincinnati, 89; Granderson, New York, 88; Arenado, Colorado, 87.RBIs—Arenado, Colorado, 111; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 100; Kemp, San Diego, 94; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 93; Bryant, Chicago, 92; Harper, Washington, 90; Posey, San Francisco, 89; Rizzo, Chicago, 89.HITS—DGordon, Miami, 180; Pollock, Arizona, 169; Markakis, Atlanta, 166; Posey, San Francisco, 164; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 161; LeMahieu, Colorado, 160; Blackmon, Colorado, 159.HOME RUNS—Arenado, Colorado, 39; Harper, Washington, 39; CaGonzalez, Colorado, 37; Frazier, Cincinnati, 34; Riz-zo, Chicago, 29; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 28; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 27; Stanton, Miami, 27; Votto, Cincinnati, 27.STOLEN BASES—BHamilton, Cincinnati, 56; DGordon, Miami, 51; Blackmon, Colo-rado, 38; Pollock, Arizona, 35; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 26; GPolanco, Pittsburgh, 24; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Segura, Milwaukee, 24.PITCHING—Arrieta, Chicago, 19-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-7; Greinke, Los Angeles, 17-3; Wacha, St. Louis, 16-5; GCole, Pittsburgh, 16-8; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 14-6; BColon, New York, 14-11.SAVES—Melancon, Pittsburgh, 46; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 44; Familia, New York, 41; Kimbrel, San Diego, 36; Fr-Rodriguez, Milwaukee, 34; Casilla, San Francisco, 33; Jansen, Los Angeles, 31.

Scott Ranger gets his Mann Cup, ready to retireSCOTT MCKENZIE DAILY NEWS

Three years ago, Scott Ran-ger asked for a trade from the Nanaimo Timbermen to the Victoria Shamrocks to win a Mann Cup before his decorated lacrosse career ended.

Ranger finally achieved his goal Friday night as captain of a Shamrocks, who beat the Peter-borough Lakers in Game 6 of the national Senior A champion-ship series to win the cup — the first time a team from the west has done so in nine years.

“It was a lot of hard work that finally paid off,” said Ranger, a 32-year-old on-call school teach-er born and raised in Nanaimo who had four goals and seven assists in the series against the Lakers.

“It was the battle of my whole career, and to end it off with something like that is pretty special.”

Before the season started, Ranger had retired from his pro career in the National Lacrosse League, but still wanted to win a Mann Cup rather than go his entire career in the Western Lacrosse Association without grasping it.

It was the sole reason he had asked to be traded from his hometown Timbermen to the Shamrocks.

“That was the whole idea,” Ranger said Wednesday at Kirby’s Source for Sports as he took photographs with young lacrosse players and the trophy. “Unfortunately it took me three years, but we finally got it and

now I can look back on it as part of my career.”

With a Mann Cup now acquired, Ranger hasn’t made an official decision on whether or not he will play next year, but is leaning toward retirement.

If he does retire, he will go out as captain of a Mann Cup-win-ning team, although he takes little credit for that.

“Our team had a good leader-ship group,” he said. “It wasn’t just me, wearing the ‘C.’

“It was some of the guys not wearing letters, too, so it was just typical stuff of getting everybody ready for every battle.

“Our team had a lot of leaders, so it was an easy job.”

Ranger’s retirement would also mean he leaves having posted 709 points in 181 WLA games, an average of 3.92 per game.

“It’s not a for-sure decision yet,” he said, “but it’s definitely looking toward retirement now. You can’t finish a career any bet-ter than that, so without saying yes, it’s my time.”

Ranger said he will continue to be involved in the game, likely ending up as a coach at the min-or level.

“I’ve got two little kids who want to play lacrosse, and I’ll definitely start coaching now and start giving back to the game that’s given me so much,” he said.

“It’s just what you do.”

Scott.McKenzie @nanaimodailynews.com 250-729-4243

Blue Jays crush Braves 9-1 in AtlantaCHARLES ODUM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — David Price is emerging as more than Toronto’s ace. The left-hander is showing he can also be the team’s stopper, the pitcher who can be trusted to halt losing streaks.

Price allowed one run in seven innings, Russell Martin hit a homer and drove in four runs, and the Blue Jays beat Shelby Miller and the Atlanta Braves 9-1 on Wed-nesday night to protect their lead in the AL East.

Price (16-5) gave up six hits and had nine strikeouts as he improved to 7-1 since coming to Toronto in a trade with Detroit in late July. Four of the seven wins have followed losses; the latest stopped a two-game skid.

Price said he didn’t know so many of his wins had followed losses, but he embraced the stop-per role.

“I’ll be that guy,” Price said after taking the AL lead with his 2.42 ERA. The Blue Jays stayed three games ahead of second-place New York in the division.

Willem Stannard, 9, inspects the Mann Cup with Scott Ranger at Kirby’s Source Sports. [AARON HINKS/DAILY NEWS]

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Chris TaiChris TaiBorn: Dec.1, 1995Position: GHometown: Delta, BCHeight: 5’10” | Weight: 195 lbsShoots: Left

Brodie SmithBrodie SmithDate of Birth: May 3, 1997Position: FHeight: 5’10 | Weight: 170Hometown: Parksville, BCShoots: Right

Garrett HallsGarrett HallsBorn: April 26, 1995Position: DHometown: Courtenay, B.C.Height: 6’2” | Weight: 225 lbsShoots: Right

Jordan SandhuJordan SandhuDate of Birth: May 13, 1999Position: FHeight: 5’7 | Weight: 153Hometown: Richmond, BCShoots: Left

Tyler CooperTyler CooperBorn: August 4, 1996Position: DHometown: Sudbury, OntarioHeight: 6’6” | Weight: 220 lbsShoots: Right

Josh AdkinsJosh AdkinsBorn: March 31, 1995Position: FHometown: Victoria BCHeight: 5’11” | Weight: 176 lbsShoots: Right

Nolan AlwardNolan AlwardDate of Birth: April 3, 1997Position: DHeight: 6’1 | Weight: 175lbsHometown: Havelock, NBShoots: Right

Cayden KrausCayden KrausDate of Birth: January 19, 1999Position: FHeight: 5’10 | Weight: 160Hometown: Whistler, BC

Liam ConradLiam ConradDate of Birth: October 15, 1997Position: FHeight: 5’10 | Weight: 188Hometown: Sackville, NBShoots: Left

Adam DonnellyAdam DonnellyDate of Birth: July 16, 1996Position: FHeight: 6’2 | Weight: 204Hometown: Bolton, OntarioShoots: Left

Troy DobbsTroy DobbsBorn: October 21, 1996Position: DHometown: Lancaster, New YorkHeight: 6’3” | Weight: 208 lbsShoots: Right

Eric MargoEric MargoBorn: October 11,1995Position: FHometown: North Vancouver, B.C.Height: 5’9”Weight: 185 lbs | Shoots: Left

Chris SchutzChris SchutzBorn: June 1, 1995Position: FHometown: Fort Worth, TexasHeight: 6’1” | Weight: 190 lbsShoots: Left

Carson SchamerhornCarson SchamerhornDate of Birth: September 10, 1997Position: GHeight: 5’10 | Weight: 192Hometown: Kelowna, BCShoots: Left

Quinn SyrydiukQuinn SyrydiukDate of Birth: May 16, 1996Position: FHeight: 6’0 | Weight: 172Hometown: Toronto, ONShoots: Right

Nathan WalkerNathan WalkerDate of Birth: December 19, 1997Position: DHeight: 6’2 | Weight: 195Hometown: Calgary, ABShoots: Left

Paul MeyerPaul MeyerDate of Birth: September 19, 1996Position: DHeight: 6’4 | Weight: 206Hometown: Edina, MNShoots: Left

Scott ClarkScott ClarkBorn: March 16, 1995Position: FHometown: New Boston MIHeight: 5’10 | Weight: 175 lbsShoots: Left

Nathan DingmannNathan DingmannDate of Birth: November 22, 1996Position: FHeight: 6’3 | Weight: 175Hometown: Plymouth, MNShoots: Left

Taylor DerynckTaylor DerynckBorn: May 10, 1997Position: DHometown: Whistler, B.C.Height: 6’0” | Weight: 165 lbsShoots: Left

Logan SavardLogan SavardDate of Birth: October 3, 1996Position: FHeight: 6’1 | Weight: 210Hometown: Port Alberni, BCShoots: Left

Will LavezzorioWill LavezzorioDate of Birth: June 4, 1996Position: FHeight: 5’10 | Weight: 166Hometown: Lake Forest, ILShoots: Left

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Emergency safety set to become an automatic for ten automobile manufacturers JERRY HIRSCH LOS ANGELES TIMES

Federal safety regulators, the insurance industry and a coalition of the world’s largest automakers announced an agree-ment Friday to make automatic emergency braking a standard feature in future car models sold in the U.S.

Such systems, which alert a driver to a potential forward col-lision and robotically trigger the brakes, have proved successful in reducing crashes, according to the Insurance Institute for High-way Safety, but they are typically an expensive option.

“We are entering a new era of vehicle safety, focused on pre-venting crashes from ever occur-ring, rather than just protecting occupants when crashes hap-pen,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

“If technologies such as auto-matic emergency braking are only available as options or on the most expensive models, too few Americans will see the bene-fits of this new era.”

Ten automakers — Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo — will work with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to develop a timeline for installing automatic braking as a standard feature in all vehicles they sell.

Those companies accounted for 57 per cent of U.S. auto sales last year.

Making the systems standard will be an important step in motor vehicle safety, said Jake Fisher, automotive test director at Consumer Reports.

As the feature finds its way into more vehicles, Consumer Reports will stop recommending cars that lack it, Fisher said.

“We have tested it at our track, and we are really impressed with the technology,” Fisher said.

Safety regulators and insur-ance industry representatives also urged the remaining car and truck manufacturers to bring automated braking to their vehi-cles as well.

Mercedes-Benz already offers a standard front-crash-prevention system in its 2015 C-Class, CLA and E-Class sedans.

IIHS, an insurance industry trade group, said its research found that automatic braking systems can reduce insurance injury claims by as much as 35 per cent.

“Most crashes involve driver error. This technology can com-pensate for the mistakes every driver makes because the sys-tems are always on alert, mon-itoring the road ahead and never getting tired or distracted,” IIHS president Adrian Lund said.

The automatic emergency braking systems are designed to prevent or reduce the impact of crashes, especially where one vehicle drives into the rear of another.

The technology uses on-vehicle sensors such as radar, cameras or lasers to detect an imminent crash, warn the driver and, if the driver does not take action, engage the brakes.

What speeds they work at depends on the manufacturer and the systems. Some are effect-ive at preventing crashes at the slower speeds cars drive in traffic while others can work at nearly highway speeds.

Traffic Safety Administration research found that a large num-ber of drivers involved in rear-end crashes either did not apply the brakes or did not apply the brakes fully prior to the crash, failures that can be corrected by the robotic braking systems.

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Jaguar owns up to past mistakes, ready to roarCHARLES FLEMING LOS ANGELES TIMES

It’s not often auto executives speak frankly about their brand’s long history of mak-ing “bad cars.”

But the chiefs at Jaguar — now under new management — know they have a dubious leg-acy to overcome. The historically British brand, now owned by Indian giant Tata, had become known for building beautiful machines that never quite ran right, with high maintenance costs and low resale value.

Now the brand is addressing that problem head on, with price cuts, perks and long-term warranties.

“The times of bad cars are over,” said Joe Eberhardt, presi-dent and CEO of Jaguar Land Rover North America. “This is the next generation of Jaguar. But we need customer confi-dence to get there.”

Eberhardt, in interviews during last month’s Monterey Car Week in Monterey, Calif., acknow-ledged that the Jaguar side of the brand has suffered from lin-gering consumer doubts.

“We have been perceived as a low-volume, high-priced brand,” the executive said. “Jaguar has the reputation that we build unreliable cars that are expen-sive to maintain.”

To combat that, Jaguar

announced earlier this month an aggressive campaign to convince prospective buyers to give Jaguar another look.

The company has turned expensive options into standard equipment on many models, lowered prices on many vehicles, and added extended warranties, while also introducing two new entry-level vehicles that it hopes will expand its reach to younger, more mainstream consumers.

A 2015 Jaguar XF, for example, will start at $52,895 — 9 per cent lower than the comparable 2015 model. A 2016 Jaguar XJ will start at $75,395, about the same as a 2015, but will include as standard a set of options that the company values at $7,000.

All vehicles in the 2016 model year line-up will include five-year and 60,000-mile limited warran-

ties, and free scheduled mainten-ance for the same period.

The company will also shortly unveil the 2017 XE, which at a starting MSRP of $35,895 will significantly lower the entry point for the brand, and the 2017 F-Pace, a crossover utility vehicle that will expand Jaguar’s reach into a segment it has never occupied.

Jaguar Land Rover _ at one time two independent brands, but later united and owned by BMW and by Ford _ was acquired by the Indian automotive giant Tata in 2008. The parent com-pany has invested roughly $30 billion into the brand, Eberhardt said, over the last five years.

The company reported that Jag-uar sales for August were down three per cent from August of 2014, though sales of the F-type

were up 15 percent for the same period. Jaguar year to date sales for 2015 are off four per cent from 2014, the company said.

Sales at sister company Land Rover were better, up 12 percent for the month, over August 2014, for its best year ever. Year to date sales are up 20 per cent, the com-pany said.

Eberhardt said he believed the F-Pace and XE will sharply expand the brand’s visibility, especially among younger buy-ers, and markedly increase sales _ a point echoed by marketing vice president Kim McCullough.

“Starting this year we will be reaching a far larger target audi-ence that includes a significant number of affluent millennial customers,” McCullough said. “This opens up a new segment to us, with vehicles that will make the brand more accessible.”

The challange, said Kelley Blue Book analyst Akshay Anand, will be overcoming the brand’s reputation as a troubled prestige nameplate.

“The brand has had issues” with the perception that the cars are unreliable and unattainable, Anand said.

“But the cars have gotten bet-ter, and the XE and F-Pace are the cars that will get new people in the door,” he said. “Those are the vehicles that will dictate Jag-uar’s near-term success.”

Price for the fully loaded R is $131, 895. [LA TIMES]

The Jaguar F-Type R is powered by a supercharged V8 engine making 550 horsepower. It boasts a top speed of 186 mph and a 0-60 time of 3.9 seconds. [LA TIMES]

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Unexpected sources driving into SUV marketDAVID MCHUGH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Does anyone really need a sport-utility vehicle so fast it can hit speeds close to those seen in Formula One races?

Luxury automaker Bentley is betting that some well-heeled customers will feel that they do.

Its new Bentayga SUV that is on display at the Frankfurt Inter-national Motor Show has a top speed of 301 kilometres per hour, not too far behind the speeds that race cars reach.

It accelerates to 100 k/h in 4.1 seconds — speed and power more like a sports car than an off-road vehicle.

Starting at 175,200 euros in Eur-

ope and $221,600 in the United States, the Bentayga exemplifies the trend for makers of high-priced vehicles to get into the SUV segment — even if their reputation might be for another kind of car.

That could be high-priced pas-senger rides in Bentley’s case, or sports cars, such as with Jaguar, which is showing off its first SUV at the Frankfurt show.

Analysts say luxury carmakers are stretching their brand image to offer more types of vehicle and expand sales in the premium segment. That’s where profit margins are highest, while mass market carmakers often struggle to break even.

Mercedes-Benz, already in in the SUV game, is offering the GLC, a redone version of its GLK mid-size SUV.

Maserati, a brand that like Jag-uar is best known for its sports cars, is expected to unveil its new Levante SUV in the coming months.

Tesla’s high-performance SUV-like crossover, the Model X, will start reaching customers Sept. 29. It won’t be on display in Frankfurt; Tesla doesn’t bring production models to auto shows before they go on sale.

In a sense, all the above manu-facturers are following the example of pioneer Porsche, which introduced the Cayenne

SUV in 2002 when it otherwise made only sports cars.

It now makes more SUVs than any other kind of vehicle. Porsche is now part of Volkswa-gen, like Bentley.

The new SUVs show “how elas-tic some of these ultra-premium brands are becoming in terms of what their vehicles mean to consumers,” said analyst Tim Urquhart at IHS Automotive.

He said performance SUVs are a new breed of car: “You can have a car that is a big chunky car with notional off road ability — although none of these cars obviously ever goes off road — but which also has huge perform-ance levels as well. ”

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Upon searching out The Dark Web, I lose interest after read-ing the Wikipedia definition which uses a lot of hacker jargon that is beyond my tech interests, and I naturally move to the idea of Dark Social.

Is there a Darkbook? No... there’s not, at least it’s not accessible on the ClearNet (Dark Web’s Angelic Side) or perhaps I need to phone the patent office. In searching for Darkbook I discover that Dark Social is in fact a thing, but it’s not what you’re thinking, though you’re likely participat-ing in Dark Social all the time.

Typically when we share a link on social media it carries along with it a tag that allows the content creator to measure its reach; to know that the con-tent has been shared.

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where they’re sharing it in order to pro-vide more of

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Dark Social is a term coined in 2012 by Alexis C. Madrigal that refers to immeasurable shares. When we email a link to a friend, or text a link from our phones these shares aren’t measurable to the content creator; when you click the link it’s unknown where you are clicking from. A recent survey showed that 32 per cent of people only share via dark social: emails, text messages, IM’s.

So why should we care if we can’t measure it anyway? This dark social traffic can be a great indicator of changes to be made in your social or mobile strategy.

Though it’s great the content is being circulated, we ultim-ately want measurable traffic; why aren’t people sharing dir-ectly? The answer can usually be found in the ultimate social strategy from Obi Wan, “Great content will keep you from the Dark Side”

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The duo of David Sherman and Nancy Lee bring their musical Lost and Found to Char’s Landing this Saturday at 8-10p.m. and on Sunday 2:30-4:30p.m.

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Written and performed by David Sherman and Nancy Lee, Lost & Found was produced in Montreal in February 2015 by Infinithéâtre’s artistic director Guy Sprung.

“Every night everyone stayed to talk to us,” said Sherman.

Set in the The Lonely Hearts Café, Lost & Found is the tale of two recovering romantics, singers/songwriters Victor and Patricia, who sing about love lost and what they hope to find after they meet in a small cafe in “the middle of nowhere” and tackle the demons of the past and their fears.

The play’s music is a captivating and bluesy blend of folk, roots, country and pop that combines the sweet vocals of Lee and the edgy vocals and soul-touching lyrics of Sherman, creating an ori-ginal sound that lingers long after the last note.

FURNITUREBuy Smart: Recliners Is it time to invest in a chair for you to relax in? Here are some things to help you choose a chair that will improve every day of your life!

Recliners are like shoes – looks are important, but comfort is key. When you go to a store, have a seat in a prospective chair and ask yourself: Do my feet touch the floor when the back is upright? Does the headrest support my head and neck comfortably? How is the cushioning on my lower back? Is the height of the arms convenient when I reach for things beside me, or to do crafts?

Next, test the chair’s footrest several times. Is the reclined position still comfortable? Is it easy to recline? Some chairs can be upgraded to include a power recline feature – a wonderful option if you like to precisely adjust your reclined position. Power recliners are almost a necessity if you find most recliners hard to use or if you plan on having surgery in the future.

As you seek comfort, consider longevity. Will the store you are buying a chair from be willing to fix the chair if something goes wrong? What is the warranty on the chair’s reclining parts?

Once you find the perfect fit, find out your style options. Most recliners come in a variety of covers like fabric, leather or a blend of the two. In fact, most manufacturers like La-z-boy and Best Home Furnishings offer hundreds of cover choices which you can see and feel at your local store. If you choose a few covers with bold patterns, ask your salesperson to see the chair online in your cover choice. What a wonderful tool this is to visualize the patterned cover on your chair!

Remember also, if your favourite chair has exposed wood in it’s design, there are likely different stain options to help you to match your decor at home.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015N.A.C. Night (Nights Alive Chill) at Gyro

5:00 – 8:00 pm Youth ages 12 – 17.Dads Night Out

6:15 – 7:15 pm Raise a Reader ExtravaganzaAt the Library 4255 Wallace Street

Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info)6:00 – 9:00 am Adult Lane Swim11:30 – 1:00 pm Adult Lane Swim1:00 – 3:00 pm Adult Lanes/Everyone Welcome5:30 – 6:30 pm Adult Lanes6:30 – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome8:00 – 9:00 pm Adult Aqua Fit

Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info)10:15 – 11:45 am Tiny Tots Skate

11:45 – 1:00 pm Adult Skate6:15 – 7:45 pm Everyone Welcome

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Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info)10:00 am – 5:00 pm Everyone Welcome

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info)

6:00 – 9:00 am Adult Lane Swim11:30 – 1:00 pm Adult Lane Swim1:00 – 3:00 pm Adult Lanes/Everyone Welcome7:30 – 8:15 pm Adult 2 Lanes/Adult Aqua Fit (16+)8:15 – 9:00 pm Adult Lane Swim

Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info)12:00 – 1:30 pm Noon Shinny Hockey



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info)

6:00 – 9:00 am Adult Lane Swim11:30 – 1:00 pm Adult Lane Swim1:00 – 3:00 pm Adult Lanes/Everyone Welcome3:45– 6:30 pm Adult Lanes6:00 – 7:30 pm Everyone Welcome7:30 – 9:00 pm Teens(12+) Swim

Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info)10:15 – 11:45 am 50+ Shinny1:00 – 2:30 pm Stick and Puck6:30 – 8:00 pm Parents & Beginners8:30 – 10 pm Teen Skate


13 & Under Rollerblading – Starts September 25


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015Nights Alive @ Gyro

8:00 pm – 12 Mid. Fall Kick-off Party.Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info)

8:00 – 10:00 am Adult Lane Swim12:00 – 1:30 pm Adult Lane Swim (3)2:00 – 4:00 pm Everyone Welcome4:00 – 6:00 pm Everyone Welcome6:30 – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome

Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info)1:30 – 3:15 pm Everyone Welcome



SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2015Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info)

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 20154:00 – 5:30 pm Adult Lane Swim6:00 – 8:00 pm Everyone Welcome

Alberni Valley Multiplex (250-720-2518 for info)1:00 – 2:45 pm Family Skate 3:00 – 4:45 pm Everyone Welcome


Alberni Valley Museum (250-720-2863 for info)Closed on Sundays

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015Echo Aquatic Centre (250-720-2514 for info)

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Coastal travellers will see stable but rising fares when sailing with B.C. Ferries over the next four years.

Ferries Commissioner Gord Macatee has confirmed that fare price increases will be capped at

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Macatee outlined his decision for the increase in a report after conducting an independent review of the newest Coastal Ferry Services Contract.

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Royal B.C. Museum again voted Canada’s best museum by TripAdvisor

For the second year in a row, reviewers on TripAdvisor.ca have picked the Royal B.C. Museum as the best museum in Canada, topping a list that includes the Museum of Anthropology in Vancou-ver and the Royal Ontario Museum.

The top museums are based on the quantity and quality of reviews and ratings for museums gathered during a 12-month period. The Royal B.C. Museum is recognized as the overall winner in the 2015 TripAdvisor’s Travellers’ Choice awards.

“To be declared the best museum in Canada for a second year in a row is obviously a huge honour for us and we’re truly delighted,” said Scott Coop-er, vice president of collections, knowledge and engagement.

“And to know the accolade really comes from our visitors, and not by jury, makes it all the more meaningful.”

The museum welcomes almost one million visitors every year and another two million online.

Woman launches Comox MADD chapter after painful recoveryERIN HALUSCHAK COMOX VALLEY RECORD

It’s been two years since Molly Burton was hit and severely injured during a walk home from Courtenay along Comox (Dyke) Road.

“We’re trying to be positive while life is stalled,” explains Leslie Wells, Molly’s mother, over coffee a few days following the anniversary of her daughter’s accident.

On Sept. 11, 2013, Burton suf-fered injuries to her lower right leg and right arm when a driver struck her after the car he was driving hit a concrete barrier, careened across the road and sent her screaming for help for four hours as she was stuck in blackberry bushes off the side of the road.

A 17-year-old convicted of hit and run in the case admitted in court that he had been drinking before getting behind the wheel.

Burton has had nine surgeries for a shattered right tibia, ankle, humerus and tricep.

“I’m always in pain,” she notes. “There are days when it’s low enough that I can ignore it . . . I can walk for a little while. Just recently I got out to do a walk without my wheelchair. On a good day I go for 25 minutes — I do try and walk everyday.”

She has just received word late last week she will receive one more surgery on her leg to attempt to alleviate some of the constant pain.

Wells adds it will also help to lower the possibility of arth-ritis because there are parts of Molly’s leg which are not sitting properly.

“There is so much metal in her leg that winters are hard because the metal freezes and it gets real-ly cold, but she walks without a limp. It’s amazing because we weren’t even sure at one point if she was even going to have a leg.”

Last Friday, Burton, along with her sister, cousin and family held a toast to recognize the anniver-sary, but rather than recall mem-ories from the accident, they toasted to how much bone has grown, says Wells.

“It’s hard sometimes not to put all of the energy into anger.

Sometimes Molly succumbs to it, but she gets out of it. She’s just so determined.”

MADD a great resourceWells recalls shortly after

Molly’s accident, she was really angry and frustrated, and want-ed to do something constructive.

“I contacted Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) because I had all this energy and I wanted to do something. We were invited to the National Conference for Victims of Impaired Driving (hosted by MADD). There were a lot of people to talk with there and it was really nice to connect with other people.”

Burton adds the April con-ference was helpful, and cred-its MADD’s victim services program.

“Their whole organization real-ly helped. I couldn’t have gotten through it without them.”

Norm Prince, community lead-er for MADD Canada, said there has never been a MADD chapter in the Comox Valley, but Prince says there will always be a need.

He said the goal for the Valley’s chapter is to educate and develop a presence in the community.

Burton notes the first step is to find enough volunteer board members to officially create the chapter, then find volunteers to help sustain, raise funds and run the organization.

For more information on the local MADD chapter or to vol-unteer, contact Leslie Wells at [email protected] or Norm Prince at [email protected].

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ArtsMusic Night every Friday at

Serious Coffee, from 5 to 7 p.m., featuring local artists. Open mic, laid back atmosphere.

Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sec-tions for their 43rd Season. Rehearsals commence Mon-day, September 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.

Sports & recreationAfter School Burn - Youth Par-

kour, ages 7 to 12, Mondays and Fridays, from April 13 through May 22. Sign up Echo Centre, 4255 Wallace Street. Info: (250) 723-2181.

Fun Night every Friday at 6 p.m. at the Alberni Valley branch of the Royal Can-adian Legion. Food available from 5 to 6:30 p.m. for a small fee.

Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Adult Drop-in badminton on Thursdays at 8 p.m. at the Alberni Athletic Hall. Info: 250-723-8990 (Marg Hudson).

If you are a runner and want to join others, check out Port Alberni Running on Facebook.

Sproat Lake Canoe Club, outrigger paddling throughout the week.Info: 250-723-0640.

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ment with EPK Parkour and Fitness. Info: 250-918-8863 or e-mail [email protected]. All ages welcome.

Special interestMedieval Society, come play

with us! Families welcome. Info: 250-724-0535. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 293, Nanaimo rummy, 1 to 4 p.m. every Thursday. Info: 250-723-7513.

Child and youth Bring your zero to five year

olds to the library for story-time on Fridays, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Free, but please call 250-723-9511 to register.

Rock Solid Youth, ages 13 to 18, Fridays at 7 p.m. at Elim Tabernacle.

Parent On Tots and French Parent on Tots - parent and child playgroup. Fridays, 9 to 11 a.m., room 2 at Alberni Elementary School. Info: 250-723-5603.

Rollerblading for youth 13 and under at Glenwood Centre on Fridays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Support and help Grandparents Raising Grand-

children and other kinship care providers are welcome to call a province-wide infor-mation and support line toll free at 1-855-474-9777 or e-mail [email protected].

Debt and budget coaching help available at Arrowsmith Bap-tist Church Debt Freedom Centre every Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 250-724-7272 or www.arrowsmith.com/

debt-coachingMeals on Wheels program

needs volunteer drivers Tuesday to Saturday. Info: 250-730-0390.

Families dealing with the Min-istry of Children and Fam-ilies, fighting for laws to be changed, social justice and civility. Info: 250-590-8708 or view www.abusive-min-istry.ca to share your story.

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

KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support services. If you, or some-one you know, is having

difficulties please call 250-723-2040.

Service groupsLiteracy Alberni drop-in

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

Alberni Valley Hospice Society provides trained volunteers to support people and fam-ilies facing life threatening illness, death and bereave-ment. Ty Watson House (2649 Second Ave.).

Addictions Narcotics Anonymous, 1-800-

807-1780 for meeting times and locations.

Alcoholics Anonym-ous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-883-3968.

What’s comingExhibition of Watercolour

paintings by Mae LeBlanc September 1 to 30, 2015 at Echo Centre.

Lunar Fun, Sept. 17 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the library. Ages 4 and up.

Elder College Open House, Sept. 18 at 10:30 a.m. North Island College. Guest speaker Maggie Hodge- Kwan from the Community Foundation’s Vital Signs project.

Yoga for Terry Fox Fundraiser, Sat. Sept. 19 at 10am at Cen-tennial Pier. By donation.

Happy Un-Birthday Party, Sept. 19 from 2-3 p.m. at the library. Ages 4 and up.

Port Alberni Scottish Country Dancers open house Mon-day Sept. 28, 7 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Bring soft-soled shoes and a smile. for more info contact 250-723-0516.

Dad’s Night Out, Sept. 23 from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in cele-bration of Raise-a-Reader Day at the library.

Cardboard Challenge, Sept. 26 from noon to 3 p.m. at Glen-wood Centre.

Dad’s Night Out Pirate Mystery Scavenger Hunt, Oct. 21 from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. at the library.

Boo to You, Scooby-Doo Hal-loween Celebration, Oct. 24 from 2-3 p.m. at the library.

Kids Tech Tuesday: Learning App Afternoon, Nov. 17 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the library.

Holiday Book Giving, Nov. 21 from 2-3 p.m. at the library. Bring and decorate a book for a collection for the Christmas hampers.

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Old school re-opensSD93 Ecole des Grands-cedres, British Columbia’s oldest Francophone school, held its grand re-opening at its new location at 5100 Tebo Avenue (in the old Klitsa School) on Tuesday. Charmead Schella (PAC president), Roger Hebert (CSF president), Celine Hamel (principal), and Gaetan Desrochers (school board trustee Vancouver Island) cut the ribbon together while staff, parents, and children watch. [SUBMITTED]

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Four-year-old dead, off-duty cop investigated

The Independent Investiga-tions Office of B.C. and Pentic-ton RCMP have reported a four-year-old is dead after an off-duty Penticton RCMP officer

struck the young pedestrian crossing the road at a Penticton intersection.

Around 5 p.m. Sept. 15, an off-duty police officer driving personal vehicle struck the young Penticton boy who was reportedly crossing the inter-section with his family. The child did not survive his injuries.

IIO employees are currently investigating the incident and further resources, including extra investigators and a man-ager of affected persons to assist the family, are arriving Wednes-day morning from Surrey after being notified of the incident on Sept. 15 by the Penticton RCMP around 6 p.m.

Investigators arrived late last night and continued to arrive Wednesday morning.

“At this point in time we are calling for witnesses who may have seen anything. This is a busy intersection at approximately 5 p.m. yesterday,” said Ralph Krenz Media spokes-person for the IIO.

The IIO said they could not comment on the particulars at this time.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Be aware of your limitations when dealing with someone at a distance. The two of you are not on the same page when you have distance separating you. Others around you might have the expectation that your bond is the same all the time. Tonight: Act on an odd feeling.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Your feelings regarding many people seeking you out are likely to emerge. You could feel popular or annoyed, but either way you might need to make an adjustment to your schedule. Opportunities seem to pop up from out of the blue. Tonight: As you like it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Pace yourself -- you have a lot of ground to cover. Open up to a swift change in someone’s mood. Be willing to jump on an opportunity that suddenly arises. You might notice that a partner starts acting differ-ently. Find out what is going on. Tonight: Choose something just for you!

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might be disappointed by someone in the morning, but

you’ll manage to soar right above it later in the day. Your imagination could be a little wild. These flights of fancy will be a fun distraction, but they also might set you up to be let down. Tonight: Out late.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Focus more on your home and personal life. A partner might be standoffish. Given some time, however, he or she will see your authenticity and come in closer once more. A conversa-tion could take a serious tone. Step back some. Tonight: Your pad is where it’s at.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You’ll respond from an authen-tic point of view, which could create somewhat of a ruckus. Be aware of what you are ask-ing of someone. This person might have a strong reaction. Give the situation low priority if you do not want an argument. Tonight: Hang out at home.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)You might not be in touch with your feelings right now. You’ll want to be appreciated by certain people, but be careful about showing off or making more of a particular happening

than exists. Be realistic. Tonight: Let others make it their treat.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You might find yourself in a comfortable spot and feel as if you have been in the very same place before. Use caution with any money agreements made today and in the next few months; they could become burdensome. Tonight: There you are, having a great time!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You’ll sense that you are enter-ing a challenging period. Don’t worry -- you have the where-withal to handle what is coming. Make sure that communication keeps flowing. Don’t allow a dis-agreement to progress too far today or in the next few weeks. Tonight: Vanish, if you can.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Assess what is happening in a meeting. You might need some supporters easing your way to continue on the path you have decided to pursue. A loved one’s compassion for you is likely to come through in a big way. Tonight: Make sure you have all your ducks in a row.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You might need to fill in where others have backed off. You have the strength and the drive to do just that. You could encounter a hassle with a friend that results from a change of plans. Go with the flow, and others will relax soon enough. Tonight: Allow the leader in you to emerge.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Let your imagination flourish as you hit a problem. You’ll sleuth right through it, as long as you can get past conventional thinking. A boss could be very cold; perhaps he or she feels challenged by your abilities. Move past this person’s attitude. Tonight: Be around great music.

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WHITE, DOUGLAS WILLIAM THOMAS (DOUG)

September 19, 1973-September 5, 2015

Doug passed away suddenly as a result of a marine accident off the coast of Vancouver Island.

He was a fi sherman, gardener, and cook. His hands were in the earth and his heart was in the ocean.

From a young age he valued his friends and could not re-fuse when asked to help. He had an amazing sense of humour and his laugh was contagious. Doug's last years were spent happily with his Genny rebuilding a home around them and enjoying his life with her. Many are mourning his sudden and tragic passing.

Predeceased by his father David White, 1975, grandparents Harry and Ethel White and Tom Richardson. He is survived by his children Jourdan and Noah White, partner Genny Pavan, parents Carol and Boyd Shaw, sisters Lynn (Michael Payne), Lori (Jim Hodder), Lisa (Fred Leavitt) grandma Mabel Richardson, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins and many friends.

Friends and family are gathering at the Italian Hall in Port Alberni

September 26th at 4:00pm to celebrate his life and share their stories.

In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to Jourdan and Noah's education fund at G&F Services Richmond (Credit Union) #1 and Francis Acct#120326.

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They will join those who have gone before them, Who will

never again see the light of life.(Psalm 49:19)

1951 -2015

HOLST, KENNETH WILLIAM

The family of Kenneth (Kenny) William Holst would like to announce his sudden passing.

Ken was born December 17, 1951 and passed away in the early morning of September 13, 2015.

Survived by his son Ryan William Holst (Ariel) & daughter Krysta Leigh Holst (Bobby), grandchildren Devynn Holst, Mayson & Maliya Sharma, sister Betty (Bob) & brothers Doug & David.

Ken was a friend to many and we thank everyone for their condolences.

There will be a celebration of Ken’s life at the Barclay Hotel (Banquet Room) on

October 17th at 6:00 PM, for those who wish to join the family.

Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.yatesfuneral.ca

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Offi cials believe bodies won’t be the last in the wake of a pair of a vicious wildfi res in CaliforniaBRIAN SKOLOFF AND KRISTIN J. BENDER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIDDLETOWN, Calif. — A body was found Wednesday at the site of a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills, while dogs were used to search for a former police repor-ter and several other people who authorities fear were killed in a sep-arate, fast-moving blaze in north-ern California.

The unidentified body was found in a home among the ruins of the

wildfire burning 60 miles (96 kilo-metres) southeast of Sacramento in Amador and Calaveras counties.

The death came in addition to an elderly, disabled woman whose body was found Sunday in the ruins of her Lake County home about 100 miles (160 kilometres)north of San Francisco.

Authorities were searching near-by for a 69-year-old Leonard Neft who was reported missing by his family.

His burned-out car was discovered

on a route he would have used to escape.

“We have reports of several others that may have perished in the fire.” Lake County Sheriff Brian Martin said during a tour of the disaster zone with state emergency officials.

Neft, who worked for the San Jose Mercury News, last spoke with his family on Saturday.

His daughter Joselyn Neft said his wife, Adela Neft, repeatedly called him then to tell him to leave the house, but he told her he didn’t

think the fire was coming toward him.

His house was in the same area where 72-year-old Barbara McWil-liams was found dead. She told her caretaker she didn’t want to leave her home near Middletown and would be fine.

Martin was among the state and local officials who travelled in a convoy of government SUVs to inspect the still-smouldering ruins in the devastated Lake County region.

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Conservatives will appeal face-covering court rulingSTEPHANIE LEVITZTHE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The Conservatives said Wednesday they want the Supreme Court of Canada to con-sider the issue of whether face coverings can be banned from citizenship ceremonies.

This comes in the wake of a Federal Court of Appeal decision that tried to quickly quash that ban so that at least one woman could get the right to vote next month.

But whether Zunera Ishaq will be able to vote on Oct. 19, as the appeal court justices hoped, remained unclear as the govern-ment did not say whether it also intends to seek a stay of Tues-day’s decision.

“At that one very public moment of a public declaration of one’s loyalty to one’s fellow citizens and country, one should do so openly, proudly, publicly without one’s face hidden,” Conservative Jason Kenney told reporters in Calgary Wednesday.

“The vast majority of Can-adians agree with us and that is why we will be appealing this ruling.”

Ishaq, a devout, 29-year-old Muslim woman, had refused to take part in a citizenship cere-mony because she would have to show her face, thanks to a rule change implemented by Kenney in 2011 when he was immigration minister.

She challenged the rule in Federal Court and won. The ruling said the policy violated the Citizenship Act, which says candidates for citizenship must be allowed he greatest possible religious freedom when they take the oath.

The government appealed but lost. The three-judge appeal panel ruled from the bench, saying they wanted to proceed quickly so that Ishaq could become a citizen in time to vote.

In order for her to do that, the Citizenship and Immigration Department must formally invite her to a ceremony.

Several are scheduled in Ontario between now and Oct. 19 and one of her lawyers said Wed-nesday there is no reason she couldn’t be added to the list.

The department did not immediately answer questions about whether it would do that,

or if the government would seek a stay of the judgment pending the Supreme Court’s decision on whether to hear the case.

“In my view, they either have to give her her citizenship or seek a stay,” said Lorne Waldman, one of Ishaq’s lawyers. “We’re wait-ing to see what they are planning to do.”

People seeking to appeal a decision to the Supreme Court have 60 days from the date of the decision to file the required paperwork. In this case, the government has to act by mid-November.

It could take the Supreme Court up to three months to decide whether to hear the case and if it goes to trial, the deci-sion could take months.

A Conservative government wouldn’t take any chances, said Denis Lebel, Prime Minis-ter Stephen Harper’s Quebec lieutenant.

If re-elected, the Conservatives will re-introduce and adopt legis-lation banning face coverings during citizenship oaths within 100 days, Lebel said.

“We have the political belief that this is the way it has to be.”

Party promises to legislate open-face citizenship ceremonies

COURT Powerful offshore earthquake rocks Chilean capital city

A powerful magnitude-8.3 earthquake shook Chile’s capital Wednesday night, causing build-ings to sway and people to take refuge in the streets.

Several strong aftershocks hit within minutes as tsunami alarms sounded in the port of Valparaiso and authorities issued a tsunami alert for the country’s entire coast.

The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the quake at a preliminary magnitude of 7.9

but quickly revised the read-ing to 8.3. U.S. officials said the quake struck just offshore in the Pacific at 7:54 p.m. and was centred about 228 kilometres north-northwest of Santiago.

It said the quake was five kilo-metres below the surface.Chile’s emergency office warned that big waves caused by the quake could hit the coast by 11 p.m.

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