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Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Bulldogs name 2015-16 captain Sports, Page 6 ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 161 $1.25 newsstand (tax incl.) Inside today CRIME 23C 11C Sunny Weather 2 What’s On 2 Alberni Region 3 Opinion 4 Island & B.C. 5 Sports 6 Scoreboard 7 Comics 8 Classifieds 9 Community 10 Port Alberni Port Alberni Farmers’ Market Farmers’ Market 6211 Cherry Creek Road Saturdays 9am-noon “Consumers, be prepared for food shortages and higher prices. We can help - with local organic grains, honey, fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, baking and crafts every week!” Tofino Tofino Public Market Public Market Village Green, Campbell St Saturdays 10am-2pm May 16-Sept 26 Spirit Square Spirit Square Farmers’ Market Farmers’ Market Harbour Quay, 5440 Argyle St Saturdays 9am-noon “August 29th -Tomato Festival ‘Everything Tomato!’ Recipes, samples and tomatoes of all shapes, sizes and colours. See you at the Quay!” Sunset Market Sunset Market 4586 Victoria Quay Wednesdays 6-9pm June 24-Sept 9 Ucluelet Ucluelet Night Market Night Market Village Green, 200 Main St Fridays 3-7pm June 26-Sept 18 26-Sept 18 Your Regional Public & Farmers’ Public & Farmers’ Markets Markets - - Where fresh food, artisan goods and great company come together! Did y Did you kno ou know? w? The Tofino Community Food Initiative purchases produce from the Alberni Valley and transports it for sale on the West Coast weekly. Interested producers can contact the TCFI at tofi[email protected] for more info. Thunderbirds fight fire in Washington state The Stickpin fire has spread to almost 20,000 hectares, growing to 4.5 kilometres from B.C.’s border. » Alberni Region, 3 Alberni candiates weigh in on marijuana Those vying for the new Courtenay- Alberni riding lean to decriminalization, or even legalization, of pot use. » Island & B.C., 5 » Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news. Several cases of poached Roosevelt elk have been discovered south of Port Alberni in recent years. Pictured above is a herd of the species in the upper Pit River area on B.C.’s southwest mainland. [MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT] FEDERAL ELECTION Liberals bank on job creation and health care MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES The number one issue in this federal election for the Alber- ni Valley is job creation, says Liberal MP candidate Carrie Powell-Davidson. A lack of jobs in the area is hurting the community and fam- ilies, Powell-Davidson said. “As I’m going around the com- munity door-to-door meeting people, or going to events and meeting people, and even just driving around seeing closed businesses, abandoned hous- es, knowing that families are being separatated due to work,” Powell-Davidson described. “It’s just unacceptable.” Improving employment opportunities in Port Alberni is the top priority for her constituents, she noted. The Liberal candidate for the new Courtenay-Alberni riding grew up in B.C., has experience operating a small business in the hospitality industry and was elected twice to city council in Parksville. The proposed transshipment container hub at Sarita Bay with the port authority and Huu- ay-aht First Nations is a major economic opportunity for the Alberni area, Powell-Davidson said, but a number of steps must be taken in the meantime to pro- mote job growth, she noted. “Our economic plan includes diversification,” said Pow- ell-Davidson. “Yes we do have a natural resource sector but we also need to look at...economies that are not harmful to the environment.” Building up the manufacturing industry while encouraging the use of “green technologies” and promoting tourism are all important factors to grow a sustainable job market in Port Alberni, she said. The Alberni Valley needs more doctors, said Powell-Davidson, and it’s a need she’s heard from constituents more often here than elsewhere. If elected she would speak in the House of Commons about the issue, she added. “Port Alberni is having trouble attracting the medical staff that they need,” Powell-Davidson said. Not only doctors, she noted, but health care technicians and other staff required for operation of clinics and the West Coast General Hospital are needed. “This is a serious issue. It’s one thing to have facilities, but if you don’t have the people to staff this, the residents are suffering. They’re waiting in long wait lines, they’re having to travel long distances, or maybe they’re not getting those treatments that they need.” Post-secondary education is a “top priority” for the Liberals, Powell-Davidson said, and Can- ada needs to train more doctors for rural communities. On the divisive health care issues over the right to life and death, Powell-Davidson is pro- choice. “A woman has the right to do with her body as she choos- es,” she said. And doctor-assisted suicide has “already been decid- ed by the courts,” she noted. If someone no longer wants to live, that should be their choice, she added, and having the doctor’s assistance is the safest way to do that. Canada needs a “national mental health strategy” and greater coverage for pharmacy care, said Powell-Davidson. This is the only country in the Group of 7 without a “national dimentia strategy,” which is one health care area she would be advocating for, she said. see LIBERALS, page 3 Ex-Parksville councillor says lack of opportunity in Alberni is ‘unacceptable’ POWELL-DAVIDSON Charges announced for elk poaching; man set to be in court on Wednesday ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES A West Coast man has been charged with illegal hunting for a reported poaching incident from November 2013, part of a rash of unregulated kills south of Port Alberni that prompted $33,000 worth of rewards. Timothy Wilson Jack faces infractions under the province’s Wildlife Act for hunting out of season and unlawfully possess- ing dead animals. According to B.C.’s court records Jack has no previous charges besides the alleged poaching that occurred on Nov. 1, 2013. He is scheduled to appear in Port Alberni Law Courts on Wednesday and Sept. 2. The roosevelt elk was found killed south of Port Alberni on Nuu-chah-Nulth territory, part of a wave of poaching that occurred over periods in late 2013 and from December 2014 to last January. A statement released last week by the Nuu- chah-nulth Tribal Council said Jack first appeared in court Aug. 5 but asked for more time to consult with a lawyer. After eight Roosevelt elk were found poached south of Port Alberni in late 2013 the NTC, which is a governing body that serves 14 First Nations on west- ern Vancouver Island, offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. B.C. Coast- al Outfitters pledged another $5,000 to find the person respon- sible for the illegal hunting, and the B.C. Wildlife Federation and Pearson Kal Tire put up another $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. No disbursements have been announced in relation to the poaching charges. The Wildlife Act states that poachers can face up to six months in prison and a $50,000 fine. Jack belongs to the Uclue- let First Nation, and in a state- ment issued last week the west coast government said that it refers to take its own measure for justice in such cases. “An individual that breaks the law, including a [Ucluelet First Nation] citizen . . . must be held accountable and face justice without favour or special treat- ment,” stated the treaty First Nation. “Recognizing that aboriginal people are disproportionately represented in the justice sys- tem, the [Ucluelet] government also believes in and supports justice that seeks to rectify this inequity,” continued the Ucluelet First Nation. “In cases involving an aboriginal individual and where appro- priate, it is the preference of the [Ucluelet] government that restorative, culturally sensitive and healing justice be utilized to reinstate that individual as a contributing member in their community.” On certain occasions First Nations are permitted to har- vest Roosevelt elk on Vancouver Island, while permits are also granted for other hunting. The breed is tightly controlled, with 300 licensed kills permitted annually from approximately 15,000 applications received by the province. According to an roosevelt elk management plan being developed by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, these restrictions could open up in the future if herds continue to become more stable. “Although their global distri- bution is smaller and more frag- mented than pre-1900, the B.C. population is growing, particu- larly in the South Coast region,” states the ministry’s report. [email protected] Call Gab 778-421-1899 ALBERNI ALBERNI BOOKKEEPING BOOKKEEPING SERVICES LTD. SERVICES LTD. ALBERNI ALBERNI BOOKKEEPING BOOKKEEPING SERVICES LTD. SERVICES LTD. Gabrielle Frost (Owner) Full Service Accounting & Bookkeeping or stop by Unit 3-4505 Victoria Quay www.albernibookkeeing.com • Accounts Receivable • Accounts Payable • Payroll • Employer Remittance • Financial Statements • A la Carte or Monthly Packages Available “It is the preference of the [Ucluelet] government that restorative, culturally sensitive and healing justice be utilized.” Ucluelet First Nations

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Bulldogs name 2015-16 captainSports, Page 6

ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 161 $1.25 newsstand (tax incl.)

Inside today

CRIME

23C 11CSunny

Weather 2What’s On 2

Alberni Region 3Opinion 4

Island & B.C. 5Sports 6

Scoreboard 7Comics 8

Classifieds 9Community 10

Port Alberni Port Alberni Farmers’ MarketFarmers’ Market6211 Cherry Creek RoadSaturdays 9am-noon“Consumers, be prepared for food shortages and higher prices. We can help - with local organic grains, honey, fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, baking and crafts every week!”

Tofino Tofino

Public MarketPublic MarketVillage Green, Campbell StSaturdays 10am-2pmMay 16-Sept 26

Spirit Square Spirit Square

Farmers’ MarketFarmers’ MarketHarbour Quay, 5440 Argyle StSaturdays 9am-noon“August 29th -Tomato Festival ‘Everything Tomato!’ Recipes, samples and tomatoes of all shapes, sizes and colours. See you at the Quay!”

Sunset MarketSunset Market4586 Victoria QuayWednesdays 6-9pm June 24-Sept 9

Ucluelet Ucluelet

Night MarketNight MarketVillage Green, 200 Main StFridays 3-7pmJune 26-Sept 18

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Your Regional

Public & Farmers’ Public & Farmers’ MarketsMarkets - -Where fresh food, artisan goods and great company come together!

Did yDid you knoou know?w? The Tofi no Community Food Initiative purchases produce from the Alberni Valley and transports it for sale on the West Coast weekly. Interested producers can contact the TCFI at tofi [email protected] for more info.

Thunderbirds fight fire in Washington stateThe Stickpin fire has spread to almost 20,000 hectares, growing to 4.5 kilometres from B.C.’s border.

» Alberni Region, 3

Alberni candiates weigh in on marijuanaThose vying for the new Courtenay-Alberni riding lean to decriminalization, or even legalization, of pot use.

» Island & B.C., 5

» Use your smartphone to jump to our Facebook page for updates on these stories or the latest breaking news.

Several cases of poached Roosevelt elk have been discovered south of Port Alberni in recent years. Pictured above is a herd of the species in the upper Pit River area on B.C.’s southwest mainland. [MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT]

FEDERAL ELECTION

Liberals bank on job creation and health care

MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The number one issue in this federal election for the Alber-ni Valley is job creation, says Liberal MP candidate Carrie Powell-Davidson.

A lack of jobs in the area is hurting the community and fam-ilies, Powell-Davidson said.

“As I’m going around the com-munity door-to-door meeting people, or going to events and meeting people, and even just driving around seeing closed businesses, abandoned hous-es, knowing that families are being separatated due to work,” Powell-Davidson described. “It’s just unacceptable.” Improving employment opportunities in Port Alberni is the top priority for her constituents, she noted.

The Liberal candidate for the new Courtenay-Alberni riding grew up in B.C., has experience operating a small business in the hospitality industry and was elected twice to city council in Parksville.

The proposed transshipment container hub at Sarita Bay with the port authority and Huu-ay-aht First Nations is a major economic opportunity for the Alberni area, Powell-Davidson said, but a number of steps must be taken in the meantime to pro-mote job growth, she noted.

“Our economic plan includes diversification,” said Pow-ell-Davidson. “Yes we do have a natural resource sector but we also need to look at...economies that are not harmful to the environment.” Building up the manufacturing industry while encouraging the use of “green technologies” and promoting tourism are all important factors to grow a sustainable job market in Port Alberni, she said.

The Alberni Valley needs more doctors, said Powell-Davidson, and it’s a need she’s heard from constituents more often here than elsewhere. If elected she would speak in the House of Commons about the issue, she added.

“Port Alberni is having trouble attracting the medical staff that

they need,” Powell-Davidson said. Not only doctors, she noted, but health care technicians and other staff required for operationof clinics and the West Coast General Hospital are needed. “This is a serious issue. It’s one thing to have facilities, but if you don’t have the people to staff this, the residents are suffering. They’re waiting in long wait lines, they’re having to travel long distances, or maybe they’re not getting those treatments that they need.”

Post-secondary education is a “top priority” for the Liberals, Powell-Davidson said, and Can-ada needs to train more doctors for rural communities.

On the divisive health care issues over the right to life and death, Powell-Davidson is pro-choice. “A woman has the right to do with her body as she choos-es,” she said. And doctor-assisted suicide has “already been decid-ed by the courts,” she noted. If someone no longer wants to live, that should be their choice, she added, and having the doctor’s assistance is the safest way to do that. Canada needs a “national mental health strategy” and greater coverage for pharmacy care, said Powell-Davidson. This is the only country in the Group of 7 without a “national dimentia strategy,” which is one health care area she would be advocating for, she said.

see LIBERALS, page 3

Ex-Parksville councillor says lack of opportunity in Alberni is ‘unacceptable’

POWELL-DAVIDSON

Charges announced for elk poaching; man set to be in court on Wednesday ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A West Coast man has been charged with illegal hunting for a reported poaching incident from November 2013, part of a rash of unregulated kills south of Port Alberni that prompted $33,000 worth of rewards.

Timothy Wilson Jack faces infractions under the province’s Wildlife Act for hunting out of season and unlawfully possess-ing dead animals. According to B.C.’s court records Jack has no previous charges besides the alleged poaching that occurred on Nov. 1, 2013. He is scheduled to appear in Port Alberni Law Courts on Wednesday and Sept. 2.

The roosevelt elk was found killed south of Port Alberni on Nuu-chah-Nulth territory, part of a wave of poaching that occurred over periods in late 2013 and from December 2014 to last January. A statement released last week by the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council said Jack first appeared in court Aug. 5 but asked for more time to consult with a lawyer.

After eight Roosevelt elk were found poached south of Port Alberni in late 2013 the NTC, which is a governing body that serves 14 First Nations on west-ern Vancouver Island, offered a $25,000 reward for information

leading to an arrest. B.C. Coast-al Outfitters pledged another $5,000 to find the person respon-sible for the illegal hunting, and the B.C. Wildlife Federation and Pearson Kal Tire put up another $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. No disbursements have been announced in relation to the poaching charges.

The Wildlife Act states that poachers can face up to six months in prison and a $50,000 fine. Jack belongs to the Uclue-let First Nation, and in a state-ment issued last week the west coast government said that it refers to take its own measure for justice in such cases.

“An individual that breaks the law, including a [Ucluelet First Nation] citizen . . . must be held accountable and face justice without favour or special treat-ment,” stated the treaty First Nation.

“Recognizing that aboriginal people are disproportionately

represented in the justice sys-tem, the [Ucluelet] government also believes in and supports justice that seeks to rectify this inequity,” continued the Ucluelet First Nation. “In cases involving an aboriginal individual and where appro-priate, it is the preference of the [Ucluelet] government that restorative, culturally sensitive and healing justice be utilized to reinstate that individual as a contributing member in their community.”

On certain occasions First Nations are permitted to har-vest Roosevelt elk on Vancouver Island, while permits are also granted for other hunting. The breed is tightly controlled, with 300 licensed kills permitted annually from approximately 15,000 applications received by the province. According to an roosevelt elk management plan being developed by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, these restrictions could open up in the future if herds continue to become more stable.

“Although their global distri-bution is smaller and more frag-mented than pre-1900, the B.C. population is growing, particu-larly in the South Coast region,” states the ministry’s report.

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Lounge Music with pianist Richard Lysne Tuesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Char’s Landing.

Timbre! Choir is looking for new members in all sections for their 43rd Season. Rehears-als commence Monday, Sep-tember 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.

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Fun darts/ladies pool, Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Legion Branch 293.

Child and youth Mothers Uplifting Mothers

group meets Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Lighthouse Church. Info: 250-724-9733.

Youth Clinic services at ADSS (around the left front corner)

on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Info: 250-731-1315 or 250-720-9591.

Play & Learn Library at Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre on Mondays, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 9 to 11 a.m. and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Info: 778- 421-2244.

Service groupsLiteracy Alberni, drop-in

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

Special interestGenealogy Club meets the last

Tuesday of every month at the Family History Centre in

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members can visit on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Tuesday evenings, from 7 to 9 p.m.

Special twice a week fitness class designed for new moms and their babies. To register drop into Echo Centre or phone 250-723-2181.

Social - Green Beer ‘n Banter every second Tuesday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Char’s Landing.

Support and help Literacy Alberni, drop-in

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

Urgently needed: The Can-adian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Health Equipment Loan and Disas-ter Management programs in Port Alberni. Please visit http://www.redcross.ca/volun-teer/who-is-needed details. To apply please email [email protected], call 1-855-995-3529 or visit the Red Cross office at 5100C Tebo Avenue.

Walk and Talk grief support group meets Tuesday mor-nings. The goal of this group is to offer bereavement sup-port in an informal and com-fortable way that combines exercise and companionship. Call Ruth at 250-723-4478 to register.

Somass Toastmasters meet Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at 3088 Third Ave. for speaking, leadership and fun. Info: 250-724-0976 (Shirley Maxwell).

Meals on Wheels program

needs volunteer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390.

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].

KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile outreach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficulties, please call 250-723-2040.

Addictions The Christian Intervention Pro-

gram runs Tuesdays, from 6 to 8 p.m. Info: 250-724-3688 (Pastor Ron Nickle) or 250-730-0397 (Terry MacDonald).

Port Alberni Friendship Center offers free counselling on addictions, mental health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.

Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780.

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

Overeaters Anonymous meet-ing Wednesday evening 7 p.m. 4711 Elizabeth St., Info: 250-723-7486

What’s comingWords on Fire, Open Mike, Aug.

27 at 7 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Feature presenter is Stephen Novik, who will launch his second chapbook of poetry.

Wings for Angel dinner, enter-tainment, silent auction for Hugginz Foundation, Aug. 29. Tickets at the Best Western Barclay or call 250-735-7595.

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Firefi ghter appreciationFormer Port Alberni residents now living in Rock Creek, from left, Julia Geen, Nikolas Briones and Aysia Dobler showed their appreciation for the firefighters and volunteers helping with the current wildfire in their community. [JESSICA BURNS, PHOTO]

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Sex assault in Bamfi eldCulprit escapes before police arrive to search scene with dogs; info wantedMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

A man who attacked a woman on a Bamfield trail is on the loose and police are warning residents there to be cautious.

Port Alberni police are look-ing for information about an “attempted” sexual assault that occurred in Bamfield on Satur-day. Local Mounties received a report at 1 a.m. Saturday of the attack in the small isolated seaside community about 60 kilometres southwest of Port Alberni.

According to police, a woman in her late 20s was walking along the Buchanan Trail in the area of the Bamfield Marine Sciences Center when an unidentified man grabbed her from behind. He then dragged her into the bush. The woman managed to fight off her attacker and then fled on foot.

There were no witnesses, said Sgt. Dave Boyce of the Port Alberni RCMP, which has juris-diction in Bamfield. There are no police officers stationed there, Boyce noted. For Mounties to get there safely, driving on a gravel road, it takes an average of about an hour and a half, said Boyce.

When RCMP arrived on Sat-urday, they searched the area

where the attack happened with the help of the Police Dog Ser-vices, but they could not locate the man. Police are continuing to investigate the incident and further evidence is not for public disclosure, Boyce said. They are asking anyone with informa-tion to contact the Port Alberni RCMP, 250-723-2424. Anonymous informants can call Crime Stop-pers at 1-800-222-8477.

Boyce said he was not aware of any similar attacks in Bamfield recently.

“Attacks such as these are rare,” stated the RCMP in a press release. “Police are warning residents of Bamfield to remain vigilant and to avoid walking alone in wooded and dark areas.”

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Mike Wolfe had an impressive bunch of kale for sale at the Port Alberni Farmers’ Market on Saturday. Farmers experienced both successes and challenges during this year’s growing season with the summer drought. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

“Attacks such as these are rare. Police are warning residents of Bamfield to remain vigilant and to avoid walking alone in wooded and dark areas.”Port Alberni RCMP

Some worry weather changes may cause food shortage

Farmers’ market adapts in hot Alberni Valley summer

KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Year-round producers have been making the best of the growing season despite the chal-lenges of the summer drought. While some crops were hindered, others yielded a hearty bounty.

According to regular vendors at the Port Alberni Farmers’ Market, it was a matter of stra-tegically working with nature.

Deana Bolger of Petronella’s Produce and Poultry had to take a break from birds and focus on vegetables this year.

“It was just too hot for the birds,” Bolger said.

It was her produce that brought in return customers to her table.

“It has been awesome this year,” she said. “We’ve had bumper yields and bumper customers. It seems Port Alber-ni is catching on to farmers’ markets.”

With this year’s heat, Bolger said she understands why Cali-fornia has such success growing in the summer.

“Now we have that,” she said. “Everything is early. I have two crops of squash. I have picked the first and soon the second crop will be ready.”

In order to keep it for winter sales and consumption, Bolger cures the squash by sitting it in

the sun for two weeks until it gets a waxy finish. After that, they usually keep until May, she said.

Bolger hopes the fertile soil and conditions will encourage others to grow food in the Valley.

Bill Thomson fears that will soon be a necessity. His main challenge this year has been the upkeep of the pastures for his cattle at the McCoy Lake farm.

“I have been watering steady,” Thomson said. “There has never been a year like this, but you can’t do anything about it. I just keep putting the water to it to keep the animals going.”

That is only for the pastures, and he has been forced to deal with the increasing prices of hay.

“With the weather situation, there is going to be a food short-age,” Thomson said. “People are getting rid of their animals

because they can’t feed them.” He said farmers also have to

raise prices to meet supply and demand but still sees the appre-ciation from buyers who enjoy local products.

Mike Wolfe said he has noticed the high quality of produce at the market this time of year. As owner of Rocky Mountain Acres,Wolfe has also experienced the highs and lows of the season.

While he usually sells lettuce right through September, he had to plow 400 heads under and end sales a month ago because of the heat.

“Sometimes it is too hot, but overall Port Alberni is good for growing,” Wolfe said. “I am for-tunate to have water in the well and have never run out.”

When he was farming in Err-ington for over 20 years, water was never an issue since he filleda dugout with rain water.

Wolfe said this was a year for tomatoes and intends to con-tinue with cauliflower, spinach, lettuce and gai lan (Chinese broccoli) in a greenhouse over the fall and winter.

By doing so, he and the other vendors are capable of providing fresh, local goods all year round, while promoting the importance of food security.

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“There has never been a year like this, but you can’t do anything about it. I just keep putting the water to it to keep the animals going.”

Bill Thomson, Alberni Valley farmer

Courtenay–Alberni candidate Carrie Powell-Davidson with Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau. Powell-Davidson says job growth and health care are top priorities for Alberni Valley residents. [CAMPAIGN PHOTO]

Thunderbirds help fi ght blaze growing in Washington StateERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Vancouver Island’s only full-unit wildfire crew is battling a blaze south of the border as the Stickpin fire continues to burn through Washington State.

Seventeen of the 20-member Thunderbirds crew, who operate out of a base by the Alberni Val-ley Regional Airport, were sent to Washington’s North Ferry County on Sunday.

The Stickpin fire has grown to 19,240 hectares, making the incident a threat to B.C.’s forests as the burning was within 4.5 kilometres of the Canada-USA border on Monday.

The Thunderbirds make up most of the 33 B.C. personnel currently fighting the Stickpin fire, said provincial fire infor-mation officer Marg Drysdale. They were briefly deployed to southeast B.C. before crossing the border.

“Our fire information officer Mike McCully is actually on his way down and we have a couple of other single resources who are en route,” said Drysdale on Monday, adding that B.C. crews have previously been dispatched elsewhere this year. “It’s not the first time this has occurred, there has been several fires that

have been cross-border. There are agreements in place where they can work with Washington state and the state of Idaho.”

Since the Dog Mountain inci-dent grew to 450 hectares by Sproat Lake in mid-July the fire situation on Vancouver Island has been less severe, allowing provincial authorities to send resources elsewhere. The Wild-fire Management Branch still considers the Dog Mountain fire to be active – but 100 per cent contained.

Another fire east of Port

Renfrew continues to burn 250 hectares of forest, while a small incident arose on Mon-day north of Ladysmith. All of these fires are believed to be human-caused.

The Thunderbirds specialize in demanding ground work, and are usually sent to the most concerning incidents in the province. Other crews that remain on Vancouver Island are composed of three initial-attack members.

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A tree is engulfed in flames during a controlled burn near a fire line outside of Okanogan, Wash., on Saturday. [IAN TERRY, THE HERALD VIA AP]

Liberals propose child benefi t, election reform LIBERALS, from page 1

Powell-Davidson refers to the national Liberal strategy of asking wealthier Canadians to pay more tax in order to help middle-income families. Wealth-ier income earners in excess of $200,000 per year would have their taxes raised from 29 per cent to 33 per cent, while mid-dle-income families earning between $45,000 and $89,000 would have their taxes lowered from 22 to 20.5 per cent.

The Liberal Party proposes to scrap income splitting, which it contends only helps wealthy fam-ilies, and increase the non-tax-able child benefit of up to $533 per month per child, depending on household income.

Powell-Davidson said it’s time to get rid of the “first past the post” system of electing Mem-

bers of Parliament, and restore fairness for disenfranchised vot-ers, especially the First Nations. Liberal Party leader, Justin Tru-deau, has said he favours prefer-ential balloting, in which voters rank their choices from first to last. If no candidate receives an absolute majority on the first ballot, candidates are eliminated and second-place votes counted, a process that continues until a candidate receives over 50 per cent of the popular vote.

Powell-Davidson’s campaign office is in Parksville, and she is working on establishing one in Port Alberni, she said. Constitu-ents can meet her and find out more about the Liberal campaign for the riding on Thursdays at 5 p.m. at Char’s Landing on Argyle Street.

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A woman was walking alone on a trail near the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre after midnight Saturday when she was attacked.

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Rainbow crosswalk signifies God’s promise

I am pleased to see that Port Alberni is going to put rainbow crosswalks on Third Avenue. The rainbow is the promise from God after the great flood that he would not flood the earth again. So every time we drive or walk on Third we will be reminded of God’s love for his people!

Maybe the storefronts could have rainbows and Jesus loves you in their windows. God Bless Port Alberni!

Jeanie PleyPort Alberni

An election dreamFirst there was Christmas in

July, as Conservatives criss-crossed the country with pre-election goodies; followed by a 78-day campaign with all the political parties making soon-to-be-broken promises of what to expect in return for voting for them.

A similar gift-giving and fes-tive season caused Ebenezer Scrooge’s hallucinations, and

must have triggered my own recent dream about ghosts of politicians past, present and future. Of course, nothing is real, and there’s nothing to get hung about in Dreamland, it’s all a magical mystery tour.

I found myself overlooking a room with President Richard Nixon and White House hench-men, John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, sitting across a table from Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper and P.M.O. Chiefs-Of-Staff past and present Nigel Wright and Ray Novak. Although forty years separated these two groups, they had so much in common discussing political cover-ups. Other sprits were in the room, which appeared to be the lounge of a new Canadian Coast Guard vessel en route to the North West Passage; 21 remaining cabinet members were also present in this illusion.

Apparently, the election cam-paign was almost over, and this was a farewell bonding trip to visit the last resting place of Captain Franklin’s ships. The mood was sombre, as the Duffy Trial revelations had taken a huge toll, and poll predictions

were for a Kim Campbell-sized two-seater caucus, meaning all these Tory parliamentarians would soon be unemployed.

As fate would have it, an iceberg suddenly appeared dead ahead out of the October gloom; the vessel was badly damaged and began taking on water. Thankfully, all on board were saved; in typical Dreamland fashion, in a blink of my sleeping eyes, the PM and his cabinet were spirited away to the Governor-General’s residence of Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

They arrived late on October 18th, election eve, and all were sworn in as Senators to fill those 22 vacant seats; seems even though they would lose the election, they intended to retain power and stymie legislation sent to the Red Chamber by the next elected government.

This dream was rapidly turn-ing into a nightmare, and just before I awoke there was a flashback to the Coast Guard vessel slipping below the icy waters into a watery grave just like Captain Franklin’s ships; it went down bow first, but I

was able to make out the name emblazoned on the stern : it was the m/v “Deceivin’ Ste-phen,” believe it or not.

Bernie SmithParksville

Organizers thankful for ‘lasting’ music festival

Lance and I, the organizers of the Five Acre Shaker, would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who made this year’s Five Acre Shaker a success. We are particularly thankful to the neighbours whosupported us in making this a lasting community music fes-tival. We would like to thank our v

olunteers for all the hard work this past weekend. Lance and I worked very hard to ensure the event was safe for all. Port Alberni proved again it is a community with a heart and supported us in creating a meaningful event Port Alberni can be proud of.

Jess Towers and Lance Goddard Port Alberni

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The Ultimate (Sockeye) Fishing TownSeveral towns on the Island

compete to draw revenue from the lucrative fishing

tourism industry, including Port Alberni.

Not all have a title to prove their worth.

In 2010 the World Fishing Network named Port Alberni the Ultimate Fishing Town, an honour that the city has now made visible with the erection of wooden salmon sculptures at the Alberni Valley Visitor Cen-tre and Harbour Quay, chain-saw-carved by a visiting artist.

It’s a title that Albernians are proud to bear, as part of our his-tory and modern brand.

In the past few years, however, Fisheries and Oceans Canada has measured a concerning decline in the chinook salmon population. Chinook are prized for their large size, but restric-tions set by the DFO in the past couple of years to boost spawning numbers are limiting the customers for locally based fishing tour guides.

Down from a peak run of 160,000 in 1991, the DFO put chinook salmon on non-reten-tion in 2013 after a low run of just 16,000. DFO officials aren’t sure what has caused the king of salmon to stop returning to the Alberni Inlet, but the

local decline in the Somass and Stamp Rivers corresponds to an increase at fisheries elsewhere on the Island, according to the DFO.

Although it may seem alarm-ist at this point, one study from the University of British Col-umbia last year predicted that warmer temperatures due to cli-mate change would eventually wipe out chinook from the West Coast of Vancouver Island by the year 2100.

That prediction seemed to be on target earlier this year with an unseasonably warm spring caused by a large body of warm water in the Pacific Ocean

(rather ominously referred to in various media reports as “The Blob”).

Fisheries officials warned that the heat was drying up rivers and threatening salmon populations, but things cooled off gradually for the summer, allowing for another record-set-ting sockeye run for Alberni. Unlike their bigger chinook cousins, sockeye seem to just love it here. Record run sizes well above abundant levels have been measured in recent years, with this year’s sockeye run of 1.9 million shattering all rec-ords since they have been kept.

Perhaps Ultimate Fishing

Town should be amended to Ultimate Sockeye Fishing Town.

The record run should be good news for the upcoming Port Alberni Salmon Fest, an event that serves to spotlight our city for its fishing. In addition, some-what better chinook numbers have opened up the fishery for the event.

However Alberni Valley residents choose to reinvent their home to attract economic growth, this will always be our Ultimate Fishing Town — even if we’ll be catching a lot more sockeye than chinook.

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◆ TOFINO

Two men escape after rare sleep and dash

Two tourists illegally scored a free stay at a Tofino resort.

The two men were discovered by resort staff in the early morning hours of Aug. 4 after allegedly spending the night in a room they did not pay for, according to Sgt. Blaine Mumford of the Tofino RCMP.

“The two males were able to gain entry into one of the ocean front rooms,” Mumford told the Wester-ly. “There was no sign that it was broken into so, at this time, we are unsure how they gained access.”

While dining-and-dashing is, unfortunately, not too uncommon during the West Coast’s summer influx, police rarely receive sleep-ing-and-dashing reports.

“It’s pretty rare and it’s pretty brazen,” Mumford said.

“They didn’t break anything or steal anything other than the services of the room. They were discovered by staff in the morning and they quickly grabbed their things and left.”

He said the two men had high-tailed it out of the resort by the time police arrived.

◆ PENELAKUT ISLAND

Found remains heighten concerns for woman

Human remains discovered by kayakers near a tiny Gulf Island Wednesday evening have sparked concern and speculation about a sad ending in the case of a missing Penelakut Island woman.

Although investigators have not made a positive identification of the remains, they have informed the family of missing 19-year-old Delores (Dee Dee) Brown of the discovery, just one day after revealing they believe the Brown disappearance was the result of foul play.

Nanaimo forensic unit officers joined Outer Gulf Islands, West Coast Marine and Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit officers to retrieve the remains in the waters just east of Norway Island.

Brown, missing since July 27, was last seen on the larger Penela-kut Island, her home and the home to about 300 off Chemainus.

Family members sequestered themselves and rescue volunteers had a cultural day of a healing Thursday, following the news from RCMP.

◆ QUALICUM BEACH

Police called as tension grows on city picket line

Police were called last week as the Qualicum Beach municipal lockout enters its fourth week.

“The picket lines obstructed vehicles and the RCMP were called,” town Chief Administra-tive Officer Daniel Sailland said Wednesday morning of an inci-dent Tuesday with the garbage truck at the Church Road transfer station.

He said union staff complied once police showed up, but that Wednesday morning unionized staff were blocking the garbage truck with their cars from access-ing residential streets and police were called again.

“Nope, we’re not blocking traffic,” said CUPE 401 Vice Presi-dent Laurence Amy calling it management “over-reacting.

“We were following the garbage truck to the transfer station,” Amy said shrugging off the accusation.

RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman confirmed they were called to the transfer station, but “upon attending there was no issue, nothing going on that we could charge for.”

FEDERAL ELECTION

Harper tries to keep his Island stop low-keyJR RARDON CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR

Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited North Vancouver Island Thursday afternoon, meeting with a group of search and res-cue volunteers in Comox before speaking to more than 200 Con-servative Party supporters in a campaign event that evening at Coastal Black Winery in Black Creek.

The strategic location for Thursday night’s campaign tour stop allowed Harper to stump for a pair of regional Conservative candidates in ridings created since the party won its last feder-al election, in 2011.

Laura Smith, candidate for the North Island-Powell River riding, served as master of ceremonies and introduced incumbent North Vancouver Island MP John Duncan, who is running for the Courtenay-Al-berni seat.

Duncan, who served in the Harper cabinet, then introduced the prime minister to a cheering crowd in the open-sided pavilion at the winery.

Harper extolled his govern-ment’s leadership experience and fiscal prudence while levelling shots at Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party head Thomas Mulcair.

While Harper received adula-tion inside the invitation-only event, his visit prompted small protests during the day.

A group of perhaps 40 waved “Stop Harper” and other signs from the 17th Street bridge in Courtenay about the time he flew into the Comox Airport.

Another group of perhaps 40 people staked out a spot in Black Creek to wave signs at vehicles en route to Coastal Black Winery for the campaign event.

FEDERAL ELECTION

Alberni area candidates weigh in with a light touch on subject of marijuanaAUREN RUVINSKY PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

Candidates in the new Courte-nay-Alberni riding lean to decriminalizing or even legaliz-ing marijuana.

“I don’t think you want to stig-matize or criminalize people for youthful indiscretions,” said cur-rent Conservative MP and Gov-ernment Whip John Duncan.

“The fact is for users, mari-juana has largely been decrim-inalized. (The) government’s position on marijuana is actually striking a very good balance. I think it’s a recognition of societ-al acceptance of the status quo.”

Others characterize the govern-ment’s position differently.

“(Prime Minister Stephen) Harper’s pot policy is reckless and it’s driven by ideology,” said NDP candidate Gord Johns.

“We will restore an evi-dence-based policy to govern-ment,” he said, touting his party’s 40-year stand in favour of at least decriminalizing.

“It’s been decades since we had a pragmatic discussion about this in Canada. It’s time for an adult conversation,” he said.

He said the NDP’s approach would include aggressive pub-lic health and education, harm reduction, funding research and establishing an independent commission on non-medical use of marijuana to help guide Parliament.

“The war on drugs has been a right-wing tactic for years,” said Dan Olson, campaign manager for Liberal candidate Carrie Powell-Davidson.

“The issue on everyone’s minds is, how to keep it out of the hands of children,” he said, explaining the Liberals would “turn it from a tax liability to a tax asset.”

Speaking on behalf of the can-didate, Olson said legalizing it would allow the government to

control it like the government does with alcohol, making it eas-ier to keep away from kids and “freeing up the police to address crime.”

“We’re fully in support of legal-ization, beyond just decriminal-ization,” said Green Party Candi-date Glenn Sollitt.

He said the negatives people talk about from legalization initiatives in various U.S. states are proving untrue.

He said the Green Party pos-

ition, like all but the Conserva-tives, is to legalize and tax heav-ily like alcohol. They would then use some of the money for edu-cation and to help prevent youth from getting a hold of it.

Sollitt said evidence only points to negative effects before the age of 25, but added that, while they would legalize it for rec-reational use, “the real benefit will be making sure it’s access-ible for medical purposes and unleashing our scientists on it,”

to explore medical uses. That’s where the big payoff is.”

He called the current govern-ment’s approach “ridiculous, antiquated, not working and very expensive.”

And the current situation was greatly complicated by a June 11 Supreme Court decision allowing medical marijuana patients to use cannabis in edible forms.

“The current laws have been turned topsy-turvy by the Supreme Court,” said Duncan.

Local federal candidates discuss marijuana legalization and medical use. [PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS]

Judge reviews public court recordsB.C.’s practice of making charges and convictions publicly viewable is being given a second lookTOM FLETCHER BLACK PRESS

B.C. is the only province where charges and convictions in provincial court are posted on a public database as well as being available to courthouse visitors.

One problem is that the infor-mation has been used by employ-ers or landlords for criminal record checks that may find a charge but not the later acquit-tal. Another is posting the impos-ition of a peace bond, which can leave the false impression that

someone has been convicted of an offence.

Thomas Crabtree, chief judge of the B.C. Provincial Court, is reviewing the practice of posting court records online, and is seek-ing public input until Sept. 18.

Court Services Online has been available since 2008, allowing anyone to search by name or case number to find information on charges, court appearances and sentences.

The online information is blocked if the accused is

acquitted, charges are with-drawn, a publication ban is ordered or when a pardon is later granted to seal the record of a conviction. Absolute discharge conviction records are removed from the public database after a year, and conditional dischar-ges after three years. A stay of proceedings means the online case file is blocked after a year, although records for all cases remain at court registries for access in person.

In a consultation memo on the

issue, Crabtree notes that B.C.’s Court Services Online help desk received frequent requests to use the service as a criminal record check.

The memo says that when information on acquittals was still available, the service received “a significant number” of complaints of negative effects from public access to charges that did not lead to conviction. Some people said they only real-ized the information was public when they were sent a link by

co-workers or employers.The memo offers several

options for dealing with peace bonds, which are ordered to restrict activities of parties in a dispute and are currently left online indefinitely.

Submissions from the public can be made by email to [email protected] or by mail to:

Office of the Chief Judge, Provincial Court of B.C., 337-800 Hornby Street, Vancouver B.C. V6Z 2C5.

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The day I witnessed a legendary golfer’s swing Men’s Nights continue to be

a resounding success this year at Hollies.

Kelly Bauer drove away with the low net, a four under par 26 while the man of the evening, Dave Mann took gross with a one over par 31. Mann had waited a long time for that and may be setting his sights ahead to the year end Course Championship in early October.

It was also a night of surprise low scores from the best of the best including: Bob Veenkamp, Skeet Witt, and Charles Mealey. Fran Kravinsky from Dawson Cities’ “Top of the World” Golf Course in the Yukon picked the evenings hidden hole, No. 6. Amazingly, it wasn’t won again and its anticipated the total may exceed $600 this week. No one won the deuce pots either. There’s now a three way Ringer Board tie between Kelly Bauer, Barry Ensor and Rick Sexton, each with 27.

In the night’s point totals, Pley Roofing’s Jason Pley is showing no visible signs of relinquishing the lead which he’s clung to for seven consecutive weeks!

They say...”If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!” I guess the women took that literal-ly during last week’s ladies’ night. Regardless of the temperatures, eight brave souls took to the course and remained undeterred.

Avy Kalugin took low net, while Mary Ann McConnell was low gross. None of the prize holes were claimed, but it was clear R. Anderson & Associates’ Geri Shiels is running away with the evening point totals. Meanwhile Rhonda Holcombe still maintains a slim lead on the ringer board with 29.

Several weeks earlier, Rhonda brought her sisters out to golf Hollies. After the game, they

entered our clubhouse and what followed would have surprised any seasoned club professional. The sisters, all from scattered western Canadian locations, then began an hour’s conversation with me about Moe Norman, complete with an intelligent dissection of his golf swing.

For the unknowing reader, Moe Norman is a deceased Canadian professional golfer, who arguably, until he passed away, may have been the world’s finest striker of the golf ball. That’s an opinion shared by others far more con-vincing than the writer. They include Tiger Woods, Sam Snead, and Lee Trevino amongst others! I still remember the first time watching the enigmatic player back during the Alberta Open in Edmonton during the 1970s.

As an assistant profession-al then, one of my jobs was supervising our vibrant junior program. One of the advanced students was John. A red-haired, straggly teenager with freckles, he could often be cocky. That summer, when the Open was held at the local Highlands Golf Club, I took John to see Norman, who was already a Canadian golf legend. I hoped watching him, our junior star might become slightly more humbled.

Arriving at the Highlands late, we missed Norman’s tee off time. We walked down the first fairway, hoping to see him come back toward the clubhouse by the fourth hole. The fourth then was a downhill par 4 of 305 yards. The

green was circular, pancaked in the shade of tall trees behind it. A series of small bunkers protected the front.

I had only read about Norman, particularly his amazing accur-acy and prompt speed of play. Walking back from the fifth tee, we neared the rear of the fourth green. Looking up through the trees, I saw Norman’s unmistak-able profile, perched on the dis-tant tee readying himself for the shot. From well over 300 yards, I made out the wide foot stance accentuated by extended legs, as if a stick man below the waist. He bent over slightly at the hips, pronouncing a full arm extension lasered toward the ball, com-pleting the image. There was no mistaking Moe Norman’s address position, even from that distance.

John and I stopped, watching as Norman moved into his mech-anical back-swing to the top. From there he unleashed a drive, becoming lost in the afternoon’s brilliant blue sky. The pin was positioned 10 feet from the green’s front. Norman’s ball fell silently and appeared suddenly, not unlike a scud missile, plopping almost apologetically several feet of the flag with only an obligatory bounce or two. In one razor shot, he finished near the hole on the par 4!

The stories I read of Norman’s legendary accuracy were undeni-ably confirmed to John with that single first shot we saw!

So, to Rhonda and her sis-ters, Elinor, Marty and Val . . . thank you for one of the more interesting golf conversations during my past four decades as a professional.

» Patrick Little is an avid golfer, a lifetime member of the Canadian PGA, and owner of the Hollies Golf Course.

PatrickLittleRediscovering golf at Hollies

New captainAt Sunday’s Fourth Annual Alberni Valley Bulldogs golf tournament banquet, the Alberni Valley team announced that Eric Margo will captain the 2015–16 squad. Main camp opened on Monday. [ALBERNI VALLEY BULLDOGS PHOTO]

Raiders fall to BroncosSCOTT MCKENZIE NANAIMO DAILY NEWS

The Vancouver Island Raiders didn’t come back to Nanaimo without something important.

While they suffered a 39-32 road loss against the Kamloops Broncos Saturday, a last-minute punt block from Eric Wood and a last-second field goal from Mattias Bueno gave the Raiders the tie-breaker between them-selves and their opponents as the season hits its halfway point and teams begin jockeying for playoff position.

“That is the positive,” said Raid-ers head coach Jerome Erdman.

“I thought special teams played really well with a kick-off return for a touchdown, a recovered on-side kick and blocked a punt, and our offence moved the ball in the fourth quarter, but that’s about all the positives I can come up with.”

Down 31-7 in the fourth quarter Saturday night in Kamloops, the Broncos were well on their way to splitting the season series with

the Raiders and grabbing the tie-breaker between the two that, currently, could be the difference between a home playoff game and one on the road.

But the Raiders caught the Broncos sleeping in the final quarter, battling back to within seven points of the lead — Kam-loops needed a nine-point win to clinch the tie-breaker — once the clock struck zero.

“I thought they did a very good job because they didn’t quit,” Erd-man said.

“We actually came back with those big plays at the end, so we are mentally tough.”

The Raiders got their first points on a 95-yard second-quarter kick-off return for a touchdown by Tristan Muir.

Raiders quarterback Liam O’Brien rushed for two majors himself, while going 15 of 24 through the air for 246 yards and a touchdown pass to Tay-lor Flavel, who led all Raiders receivers with three catches for 70 yards.

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MOVESBASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUEBALTIMORE ORIOLES — Assigned OF David Lough outright to Norfolk (IL). Designated OF Nolan Reimold for assign-ment. Placed SS J.J. Hardy on 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Jorge Rondon from Norfolk. Reinstated 1B Steve Pearce from 15-day DL.LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent 3B Tay-lor Featherston and David Freese to Salt Lake (PCL) for rehab assignments.OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Placed RHP Kendall Graveman on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Max Muncy from Nashville (PCL). Fired 3rd base coach Mike Gal-lego. Promoted Ron Washington to 3rd base coach.TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned 1B Matt Hague to Buffalo (IL). Recalled C Josh Thole from Buffalo.

NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Rein-stated RHP Archie Bradley from the 15-day DL and optioned him to Reno (PCL). Released C Gerald Laird. Designated OF Danny Dorn for assignment. Optioned RHP Zack Godley to Mobile (SL). Selected the contract of RHP Jhoulys Chacin from Reno (PCL).MIAMI MARLINS — Sent RHP Andre Rienzo to the GCL Marlins for a rehab assignment.ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned LHP Tyler Lyons to Memphis (PCL). Recalled 2B Greg Garcia from Memphis.SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent OF Angel Pagan to AZL Giants for rehab assignment.

FOOTBALLCFLEDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed RB Akeem Shavers to the practice roster.WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Mike Willie and OL San Longo to the practice roster.

NFLATLANTA FALCONS — Waived LB Mar-quis Spruill. Signed WR John Harris.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed WR Arrelious Benn on injured reserve. Waived/injured OT Brennan Williams & WR Damian Copeland. Signed LB Mister Alexander, OL Will Corbin & WR Erik Lora.MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived WR Michael Preston.MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released LS

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Activated OL Cody Wichmann from the PUP list.j

HOCKEYNHLNEW JERSEY DEVILS — Named Daniel Cherry III chief marketing and innovation

Center.

AHLHAMILTON BULLDOGS — Named Dave Gray head scout, Kevin Gould area scout for eastern Ontario, Armand Vincent area scout for northern Ontario, Matt Turek area scout for Golden Horseshoe/GTA, Trevor Gallant area scout for western On-tario, Bob Marshall & Justin Collins area scouts for GTA & Derek Langlois area scout for Michigan & western Ontario.

TENNISATPHEAD OFFICE — Fined Nick Kyrgios $25,000 and suspended him 28 days for “aggravated behaviour” during a match against Stan Wawrinka on Aug. 12. Both penalties are suspended and will be dis-

for verbal or physical abuse at any ATP sanctioned tournament, or does not ac-

for any other offences at ATP sanctioned tournaments for the next 6 months.

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA PtD.C. 27 13 9 5 35 31 44New York 23 11 6 6 38 25 39Columbus 26 10 8 8 43 43 38Toronto 24 10 10 4 42 41 34New England 25 9 9 7 34 36 34Montreal 22 8 10 4 29 32 28New York City 26 7 12 7 37 44 28Orlando 26 7 12 7 32 46 28Philadelphia 26 7 13 6 33 43 27Chicago 24 6 13 5 27 35 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA PtLos Angeles 27 13 7 7 49 32 46Vancouver 26 14 9 3 38 26 45Kansas City 24 11 6 7 39 33 40Portland 26 11 8 7 28 30 40Dallas 24 11 8 5 33 30 38Seattle 26 11 13 2 30 29 35San Jose 25 10 10 5 31 29 35Houston 25 8 9 8 32 32 32Salt Lake 26 8 10 8 29 38 32Colorado 24 6 9 9 21 25 27Note: 3 points for a victory, 1 point for tie.Sunday's resultLos Angeles 5 New York City 1Wednesday's gamesNew York at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Houston at Colorado, 9 p.m.Friday's gameLos Angeles at San Jose, 11 p.m.Saturday's gamesColumbus at New York City, 4 p.m.Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m.New England at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Chicago at Orlando City, 7:30 p.m.Vancouver at Houston, 9 p.m.Salt Lake at Dallas, 9 p.m.Kansas City at Colorado, 9 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 30Portland at Seattle, 5 p.m.D.C. at New York, 7 p.m.Saturday, September 5Orlando at New England, 7:30 p.m.Chicago at Montreal, 8 p.m.Toronto at Seattle, 10 p.m.Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Sunday, September 6Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.

ARGENTINAPRIMERA ADefensa y Justicia 4 Aldosivi 0

DENMARKSUPERLIGAAaB Aalborg 5 OB Odense 1

ENGLANDPREMIER LEAGUEArsenal 0 Liverpool 0

GERMANYBUNDESLIGA 2Kaiserslautern 1 Paderborn 0

GREECESUPER LEAGUEPanetolikos 1 Panathinaikos 2

NETHERLANDSEERSTE DIVISIEAchilles 29 1 Oss 0Den Bosch 2 Go Ahead Eagles 4Emmen 0 Helmond Sport 1Fortuna Sittard 0 Volendam 6Jong Ajax 0 Eindhoven 0MVV 1 Telstar 0NAC Breda 7 Dordrecht 0RKC Waalwijk 3 Almere City 1VVV-Venlo 1 Sparta 1

SPAINPRIMERAGranada 1 Eibar 3

SWEDENALLSVENSKANGIF Sundsvall 0 Falkenbergs FF 1Norrkoping 3 Helsingborg 2Djurgarden 2 Hammarby 2

SOCCER

BETTINGTHE LINES

MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEFAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINEHouston -108 NEW YORK -102Los Angeles -115 DETROIT +105TAMPA BAY -140 Minnesota +130Toronto -130 TEXAS +120CHICAGO -118 Boston +108KANSAS CITY -137 Baltimore +127SEATTLE -124 Oakland +114

NATIONAL LEAGUEFAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINENew York -190 PHILADEL. +175WASHINGTON -160 San Diego +150Pittsburgh -145 MIAMI +135ATLANTA -109 Colorado -101Los Angeles -150 CINCINATI +140St. Louis -110 ARIZONA +100Chicago -125 SAN FRAN. +115

INTERLEAGUEFAVOURITE LINE UNDERDOG LINECLEVELAND -137 Milwaukee +127

Updated odds available at Pregame.com

TENNISATPWINSTON-SALEM OPENAt Winston-Salem, North CarolinaSingles — First Round

Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 7-6 (1), 6-2.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2.

Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-4, 6-3.

Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

James Duckworth, Australia, leads Frances Tiafoe, U.S., 5-3, suspended.

Aljaz Bedene, Britain, leads Marco Cecchinato, Italy, 6-2, 3-0, suspended.

Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukr., tied with Thanasi Kokkinakis, Austrl., 1-1, suspnd.

Joao Souza, Brazil, is tied with Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 1-1, suspended.

WTACONNECTICUT OPENAt New Haven, Conn.Singles — First Round

Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Caroline Garcia, France, def. Timea Bacsinszky (6), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-1.

Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Sara Errani (8), Italy, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Westmount, Que., 6-1, 6-0.

Olga Savchuk, Ukr., def. Olga Govo-rtsova, Belarus, 4-6, 6-3, 4-0, retired.

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1.

Madison Keys, U.S., def. Elina Svito-lina, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 4-2, retired.

IAAFWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPAt Beijing, China

MEN3,000 Steeplechase — 1, Ezekiel

Kemboi, Kenya, 8 minutes, 11.28 seconds. 2, Conseslus Kipruto, Kenya, 8:12.38, 3, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Kenya, 8:12.54, 4, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Kenya, 8:12.62, 5, Daniel Huling, U.S., 8:14.39, 6, Evan Jager, U.S., 8:15.47, 7, Brahim Taleb, Morocco, 8:17.73. 8, Mat-thew Hughes, Oshawa, Ont., 8:18.63. 9, Krystian Zalewski, Poland, 8:21.22. 10, Donald Cabral, U.S., 8:24.94.

11, Hamid Ezzine, Morocco, 8:25.72, 12, Hailemariyam Amare, Ethiopia, 8:26.19, 13, Bilal Tabti, Algeria, 8:29.04, 14, Hicham Bouchicha, Algeria, 8:33.79, 15, Tolosa Nurgi, Ethiopia, 8:44.81.

Pole Vault — 1, Shawnacy Barber, Toronto, 5.90. 2, Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe, Germany, 5.90. 3 (tie), Pawel Wojciechowski, Poland; Renaud Lavil-lenie, France; and Piotr Lisek, Poland, 5.80. 6, Kevin Menaldo, France, 5.80. 7 (tie), Tobias Scherbarth, Germany, and Michal Balner, Czech Republic, 5.65. 9 (tie), Augusto De Oliveira, Brazil; Ivan Horvat, Croatia; German Chiaraviglio, Ar-gentina; and Sam Kendricks, U.S., 5.65.

13 (tie), Jan Kudlicka, Czech Republic, and Robert Renner, Slovenia, 5.50.WOMEN

100 — 1, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica, 10.76. 2, Dafne Schippers, Netherlands, 10.81. 3, Tori Bowie, U.S., 10.86. 4, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica, 10.91. 5, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Trinidad and Tobago, 10.98. 6, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Trinidad and Tobago, 11.01. 7, Natasha Morrison, Jamaica, 11.02. 8, Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria, 11.02.

10,000 — 1, Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, Kenya, 31:41.31. 2, Gelete Burka, Ethiopia, 31:41.77, 3, Emily Infeld, U.S., 31:43.49, 4, Molly Huddle, U.S., 31:43.58, 5, Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego, Kenya, 31:44.42. 6, Shalane Flanagan, U.S., 31:46.23, 7, Alemitu Heroye, Ethiopia, 31:49.73. 8, Betsy Saina, Kenya, 31:51.35. 9, Belaynesh Oljira, Ethiopia, 31:53.01, 10, Susan Kuijken, Netherlands, 31:54.32.

11, Jip Vastenburg, Netherlands, 32:03.03, 12, Sara Moreira, Portugal, 32:06.14, 13, Kasumi Nishihara, Japan, 32:12.95, 14, Brenda Flores, Mexico, 32:15.26, 15, Kate Avery, Britain, 32:16.19, 16, Trihas Gebre, Spain, 32:20.87, 17, Juliet Chekwel, Uganda, 32:20.95. 18, Lanni Marchant, London, Ont., 32:22.50, 19, Ana Dulce Felix, Portugal, 32:26.07, 20, Yuka Takashima, Japan, 32:27.79, 21, Almensh Belete, Belgium, 32:47.62. 22, Rei Ohara, Japan, 32:47.74, 23, Natasha Wodak, Vancou-ver, 32:59.20.

Triple Jump — 1, Caterine Ibarguen, Colombia, 14.90. 2, Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko, Israel, 14.78. 3, Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstan, 14.77. 4, Gabriela Petrova, Bulgaria, 14.66. 5, Kimberly Williams, Jamaica, 14.45. 6, Olga Saladukha, Ukraine, 14.41. 7, Ekat-erina Koneva, Russia, 14.37. 8, Kristin Gierisch, Germany, 14.25. 9, Jeanine Assani Issouf, France,14.12. 10, Yosiry Urrutia, Colombia, 14.09.

ATHLETICS

FOOTBALLCFLEAST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 8 6 2 0 292 156 12Toronto 8 6 2 0 223 207 12Ottawa 8 4 4 0 158 228 8Montreal 8 3 5 0 165 148 6

WEST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtCalgary 8 6 2 0 219 182 12Edmonton 8 5 3 0 200 150 10Winnipeg 8 3 5 0 160 237 6B.C. 8 3 5 0 179 234 6Saskatchewan 8 0 8 0 205 259 0

Toronto 30 Ottawa 24WEEK 10Bye: B.C.

Montreal at Hamilton, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Saturday's gameCalgary at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 30Saskatchewan at Ottawa, 4 p.m.

NFL PRE-SEASONTampa Bay 25 Cincinnati 11

San Francisco 23 Dallas 6Tennessee 27 St. Louis 14Pittsburgh 24 Green Bay 19Friday's gamesNew England at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.Tennessee at Kansas City, 8 p.m.Detroit at Jacksonville, 8 p.m.Saturday's gamesPittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Miami, 7 p.m.N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 7 p.m.Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.Seattle at San Diego, 8 p.m.Philadelphia at Green Bay, 8 p.m.Indianapolis at St. Louis, 8 p.m.San Francisco at Denver, 9 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 30Houston at New Orleans, 4 p.m.Arizona at Oakland, 8 p.m.

MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayToronto 69 55 .556 — — 7-3 W-3 40-23 29-32New York 69 55 .556 — — 6-4 W-1 37-24 32-31Baltimore 62 62 .500 7 21/2 4-6 L-5 37-25 25-37Tampa Bay 62 62 .500 7 21/2 4-6 L-1 31-31 31-31Boston 57 68 .456 121/2 8 6-4 W-1 33-32 24-36

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayKansas City 76 48 .613 — — 8-2 W-3 43-20 33-28Minnesota 63 61 .508 13 11/2 6-4 W-4 38-24 25-37Detroit 59 65 .476 17 51/2 4-6 L-4 29-33 30-32Chicago 58 65 .472 171/2 6 4-6 L-2 30-29 28-36Cleveland 58 66 .468 18 61/2 4-6 L-1 24-34 34-32

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayHouston 69 57 .548 — — 6-4 L-1 45-21 24-36Texas 64 59 .520 31/2 — 8-2 W-3 28-30 36-29Los Angeles 63 61 .508 5 11/2 3-7 L-4 39-27 24-34Seattle 57 67 .460 11 71/2 4-6 W-1 27-35 30-32Oakland 54 71 .432 141/2 11 3-7 W-1 30-36 24-35

Kansas City 8 Baltimore 3Boston 5 Chicago White Sox 4N.Y. Yankees 1 Houston 0Oakland at Seattle

Toronto 12 L.A. Angels 5Texas 4 Detroit 2Houston 3 L.A. Dodgers 2 (10 inn.)Cleveland 4 N.Y. Yankees 3Kansas City 8 Boston 6Minnesota 4 Baltimore 3 (12 inn.)Oakland 8 Tampa Bay 2Seattle 8 Chicago White Sox 6

Houston (Keuchel 14-6) at N.Y. Yan-kees (Nova 5-5), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 5-9) at Detroit (Simon 11-7), 7:08 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-7) at Cleve-

land (Tomlin 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Minnesota (E.Santana 2-4) at Tampa

Bay (Karns 7-5), 7:10 p.m.Toronto (Buehrle 13-6) at Texas

(D.Holland 1-1), 8:05 p.m.Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 9-9) at Kansas

City (D.Duffy 6-6), 8:10 p.m.Boston (Miley 10-9) at Chicago White

Sox (Quintana 7-10), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (Chavez 7-12) at Seattle

(Montgomery 4-6), 10:10 p.m.

Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.Oakland at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.L.A. Angels at Detroit, 7:08 p.m.Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.Boston at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati 12 Detroit 5Chicago Cubs 2 Cleveland 1Atlanta 5 Colorado 3N.Y. Mets 16 Philadelphia 7Pittsburgh 5 Miami 2St. Louis at Arizona

Arizona 4 Cincinnati 0St. Louis 10 San Diego 3Philadelphia 2 Miami 0Washington 9 Milwaukee 5Chicago Cubs 9 Atlanta 3N.Y. Mets 5 Colorado 1Pittsburgh 5 San Francisco 2

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 7-6) at Phila-delphia (J.Williams 4-9), 7:05 p.m.

San Diego (Shields 9-5) at Washington

(Strasburg 7-6), 7:05 p.m.Colorado (Bettis 5-4) at Atlanta

(Foltynewicz 4-5), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 8-8) at Cincin-

nati (Jo.Lamb 0-1), 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (Morton 8-4) at Miami

(B.Hand 3-3), 7:10 p.m.St. Louis (Jai.Garcia 5-4) at Arizona

(Ray 3-9), 9:40 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 15-6) at San

Francisco (M.Cain 2-3), 10:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m.Colorado at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.Pittsburgh at Miami, 7:10 p.m.St. Louis at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.Chi. Cubs at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayNew York 68 56 .548 — — 6-4 W-4 42-21 26-35Washington 62 61 .504 51/2 10 4-6 W-2 33-24 29-37Atlanta 54 71 .432 141/2 19 2-8 W-1 33-24 21-47Miami 50 75 .400 181/2 23 4-6 L-4 29-34 21-41Philadelphia 50 75 .400 181/2 23 4-6 L-1 28-31 22-44

CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwaySt. Louis 78 45 .634 — — 5-5 W-1 46-19 32-26Pittsburgh 75 48 .610 3 — 8-2 W-3 44-20 31-28Chicago 72 51 .585 6 — 7-3 W-5 39-26 33-25Milwaukee 53 72 .424 26 20 5-5 L-2 28-38 25-34Cincinnati 52 71 .423 26 20 1-9 W-1 29-32 23-39

WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home AwayLos Angeles 67 56 .545 — — 4-6 L-5 42-20 25-36San Francisco 66 58 .532 11/2 61/2 5-5 L-2 35-24 31-34Arizona 62 61 .504 5 10 6-4 W-4 30-29 32-32San Diego 61 63 .492 61/2 111/2 7-3 L-1 31-30 30-33Colorado 49 74 .398 18 23 2-8 L-4 27-36 22-38

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BLUE JAYS STATISTICSBATTERS AB R H HR RBI AVGColabello 267 46 88 12 48 .330Travis 217 38 66 8 35 .304Donaldson 480 95 145 34 100 .302Carrera 152 23 43 3 23 .283Revere 71 14 20 0 4 .282Encarnacion 404 67 107 24 74 .265Pillar 452 60 118 7 41 .261Martin 357 60 87 15 52 .244Bautista 420 81 102 29 85 .243Thole 29 4 7 0 2 .241Goins 254 32 58 4 31 .228Navarro 131 14 29 3 17 .221Tulowitzki 87 20 19 3 9 .218Smoak 214 30 46 12 42 .215Saunders 31 2 6 0 3 .194Pennington 15 1 2 0 2 .133PITCHERS W L SV IP SO ERAHawkins 0 0 1 8.2 9 1.04Lowe 0 2 0 42.1 53 1.49Osuna 1 4 14 55.2 61 1.94Hendriks 4 0 0 51.2 55 2.26Price 12 4 0 176.1 171 2.40Schultz 0 1 1 36.0 28 2.75Sanchez 6 5 0 79.1 53 3.18Estrada 11 7 0 129.1 99 3.27Cecil 3 4 5 40.1 44 3.35Buehrle 13 6 0 159.0 75 3.45Dickey 8 10 0 167.0 100 4.26

RED SOX 5, WHITE SOX 4Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Betts cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .271Sandoval 3b 5 0 1 0 0 3 .259Bogaerts ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .262T.Shaw 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .329H.Ramirez lf 3 2 1 0 0 0 .254Bradley Jr. lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257B.Holt 2b 3 2 2 0 1 1 .290R.Castillo rf 4 1 3 5 0 1 .305Hanigan c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .255Totals 36 5 11 5 3 11Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Eaton cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .265Abreu dh 4 2 2 1 0 0 .295Me.Cabrera lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .269Av.Garcia rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .268LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .213G.Beckham pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188Al.Ramirez ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 .240C.Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235Flowers c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .223Saladino 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .244Totals 33 4 8 4 1 4Boston 030 002 000 —5 11 0Chicago 100 001 002 —4 8 0LOB—Bos 9, Chi 3. 2B—H.Ramirez (12), R.Castillo (4), Eaton (21), Abreu (26), Al.Ramirez (25). HR—R.Castillo (5), off Samardzija; Abreu (24), off J.Kelly. RBIs—R.Castillo 5 (25), Abreu (77), Me.Cabrera (60), Av.Garcia (47), Al.Ramirez (48). SB—Betts (17), B.Holt (7).DP—Bos 1 (Bogaerts, B.Holt, T.Shaw).Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAJ.Kelly W, 7-6 71/3 5 2 2 1 4 103 5.18Ross Jr. H, 9 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.91Machi S, 2-2 1 3 2 2 0 0 11 6.75Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERASmrdzij L, 8-10 52/3 8 5 5 2 7 102 4.75Da.Jennings 2 1 0 0 0 3 32 4.89M.Albers 1 1/3 2 0 0 1 1 25 1.88T—3:10. A—18,051 (40,615).

YANKEES 1, ASTROS 0Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Altuve 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .308Ma.Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259Correa ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .282Col.Rasmus rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .226C.Gomez cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .181Gattis dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .238Marisnick pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227Valbuena 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .210Carter 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .181Conger c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .218Totals 31 0 5 0 3 9New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Ellsbury cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275Gardner lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .276A.Rodriguez dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .259B.McCann c 3 0 3 0 1 0 .248Beltran rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .272Bird 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250Headley 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272Gregorius ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .253Drew 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .199Totals 28 1 6 1 3 6Houston 000 000 000 —0 5 0New York 000 000 001 —1 6 1E—Headley (20). LOB—Hou 8, NY 6. RBIs—Beltran (47). SB—Ellsbury (17). CS—Marisnick (6). S—C.Gomez. SF—Beltran.DP—Houston 2 (Valbuena, Correa, Carter), (C.Gomez, C.Gomez, Conger); NY 1 (B.McCann, B.McCann, Gregorius).Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAFeldman 8 6 0 0 0 6 110 3.75O.Perez L, 0-1 0 0 1 1 3 0 15 2.70Qualls 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.76New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAEovaldi 8 4 0 0 3 7 109 4.00A.Miller W, 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 2 17 1.99T—2:47. A—37,125 (49,638).

CUBS 2, INDIANS 1INTERLEAGUECleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Kipnis 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .320Lindor ss 3 0 1 0 1 2 .298Brantley lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .316C.Santana 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .225Y.Gomes c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .226Jo.Ramirez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207R.Perez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .219Aviles cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .221Sands rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .234Urshela 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .230Kluber p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000Crockett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Raburn ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281Almonte pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .241McAllister p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Totals 28 1 6 1 1 6Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Fowler cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .255Schwarber lf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .275Coghlan rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250Rizzo 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .291Bryant 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .262La Stella 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .111J.Herrera 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235St.Castro ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240D.Ross c 3 0 1 0 0 2 .190Lester p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .022H.Rondon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Totals 29 2 5 2 0 14Cleveland 000 000 001 —1 6 0Chicago 000 000 101 —2 5 1E—Schwarber (4). LOB—Clev 4, Chicago 4. 2B—Coghlan (19). 3B—Rizzo (3). HR—Bryant (20), off McAllister. RBIs—C.Santana (60), Rizzo (77), Bryant (75). SB—C.Santana (9). S—Aviles, Lester 2.Runners left in scoring position—Cleve-land 4 (C.Santana, Urshela, R.Perez 2); Chicago 3 (Fowler, La Stella, Schwarber). RISP—Cleveland 1 for 7; Chicago 1 for 5.Runners moved up—Brantley. GIDP—C.Santana 2, Aviles, Kluber.DP—Chi 4 (Bryant, La Stella, Rizzo), (Rizzo, St.Castro, La Stella), (La Stella, St.Castro, Rizzo), (La Stella, St.Castro, Rizzo).Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAKluber 72/3 4 1 1 0 11 121 3.43Crockett 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 4 3.97McAllister L, 3-4 2/3 1 1 1 0 2 15 3.18Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERALester 82/3 6 1 1 1 6 97 3.44H.Rondn W, 5-2 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.58Inherited runners-scored—Crockett 2-0, H.Rondon 2-0. HBP—by Kluber (Fowler), by Lester (C.Santana, Raburn).T—2:38. A—36,283 (40,929).

BRAVES 5, ROCKIES 3Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Blackmon cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .292Reyes ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258Ca.Gonzalez rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .272B.Barnes rf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .251Arenado 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280Paulsen 1b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .278LeMahieu 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310Hundley c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .301K.Parker lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222J.De La Rosa p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .075McBride ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .208Germen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Friedrich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Totals 32 3 6 3 1 6Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Markakis rf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .299Maybin cf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .278F.Freeman 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .281J.Gomes lf 4 1 2 3 0 1 .214Bourn lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .103Bethancourt c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .192J.Peterson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236Ad.Garcia 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .238Ciriaco ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .267Teheran p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .075Detwiler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-E.Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Swisher ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Totals 32 5 10 5 5 4Colorado 110 000 010 —3 6 0Atlanta 200 111 00x —5 10 0LOB—Colo 3, Atl 9. 2B—Markakis (30), Maybin (17), Ciriaco (8). HR—Blackmon (15), off Teheran; Paulsen (10), off Teheran; J.Gomes (6), off J.De La Rosa; Ad.Garcia (5), off J.De La Rosa. RBIs—Blackmon (49), B.Barnes (15), Paulsen (39), Marka-kis (47), J.Gomes 3 (20), Ad.Garcia (9). CS—Maybin (6). S—Teheran.Runners left in scoring position—Atl 5 (Teheran, Bethancourt, J.Peterson, May-bin 2). RISP—Colo 1 for 2; Atl 3 for 12.Runners moved up—Reyes, F.Freeman, Bethancourt.Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAJ.DeLaRs L, 7-6 7 9 5 5 4 3 104 4.61Germen 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 15 6.56Friedrich 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 8 5.54Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERATeheran W, 9-6 71/3 4 3 3 1 5 108 4.29Detwiler 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.35E.Jackson H, 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 3 3.13Vizcaino S, 4-4 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 0.48Inherited runners-scored—Friedrich 1-0, Detwiler 1-0, E.Jackson 2-1. Balk—J.De La Rosa 2.T—2:43. A—13,920 (49,586).

REDS 12, TIGERS 5INTERLEAGUEDetroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Gose cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .253Kinsler 2b 3 2 3 0 2 0 .308Mi.Cabrera 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .367J.Martinez rf 5 1 2 3 0 3 .288Ty.Collins lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267Knudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-J.Iglesias ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .306Castellanos 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .246Avila c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .182Romine ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259Farmer p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .250Alburquerque p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-N.Feliz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-R.Davis lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245Totals 36 5 11 5 6 7Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.Schumaker lf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .214Suarez ss 5 3 3 3 0 0 .308Votto 1b 2 3 1 2 3 0 .309Phillips 2b 5 1 2 4 0 0 .286Frazier 3b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .260Bruce rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .235Bourgeois cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .234Barnhart c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .264Sampson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000Balester p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000De Jesus Jr. ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .256Badenhop p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000Hoover p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-A.Chapman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Totals 35 12 11 12 6 5Detroit 400 100 000 —5 11 0Cin 000 00(10) 02x —12 11 0LOB—Det 10, Cin 5. 2B—Mi.Cabrera (24), J.Martinez (22), Romine (4), Suarez (14), Bruce (29), Barnhart (7). 3B—Phillips (2). HR—J.Martinez (33), off Sampson; Castellanos (14), off Sampson; Suarez (9), off Farmer; Phillips (10), off Farmer; Votto (24), off Knudson. RBIs—Mi.Cabrera (60), J.Martinez 3 (84), Castellanos (61), Schumaker 2 (12), Suarez 3 (35), Votto 2 (62), Phillips 4 (48), Bruce (69). SB—Bruce (8), Bourgeois (2). CS—Gose (9).Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAFarmer 51/3 3 3 3 3 3 84 7.80Alburqurq L, 3-1 0 2 3 3 1 0 11 3.52Gorzelanny 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 6.21N.Feliz BS, 5-12 2/3 3 3 3 1 1 26 7.68Knudson 2 3 2 2 0 1 43 9.00Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERASampson 4 9 5 5 2 5 100 5.55Balester W, 1-0 2 1 0 0 1 1 22 0.00Badenhop 1 1 0 0 1 0 14 3.66Hoover 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 1.81A.Chapman 1 0 0 0 2 1 22 1.78T—3:23. A—30,150 (42,319).

PIRATES 5, MARLINS 2Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.G.Polanco rf 5 1 4 1 0 0 .267S.Marte lf 3 2 1 0 1 1 .292McCutchen cf 5 0 2 2 0 1 .297Kang 3b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .288N.Walker 2b 2 0 0 1 2 1 .265Bastardo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Melancon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Cervelli c 3 0 0 0 2 0 .303P.Alvarez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .249S.Rodriguez 1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .234Mercer ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 .241Happ p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000J.Hughes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Morse ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .225Watson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-J.Harrisn ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273Totals 32 5 8 5 9 8Miami AB R H BI BB SO Avg.D.Gordon 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .332I.Suzuki rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259Prado 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270Dietrich lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .272Ozuna cf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .247McGehee 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .210Realmuto c 4 0 0 2 0 1 .242Hechavarria ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281Koehler p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .054Ellington p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Cordier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-McGough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Gillespie ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .317B.Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —-Dunn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000Totals 34 2 9 2 1 6Pittsburgh 002 000 111 —5 8 0Miami 000 000 101 —2 9 1E—Realmuto (5). LOB—Pitt 13, Miami 6. 2B—G.Polanco 2 (26), McCutchen (30), Ozuna (17). RBIs—G.Polanco (39), McCutchen 2 (81), N.Walker (52), Mercer (20), Realmuto 2 (37). SB—G.Polanco (21). S—Happ. SF—N.Walker.Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAHapp W, 2-1 6 4 0 0 1 6 94 2.08J.Hughes H, 20 1 1 1 1 0 0 12 2.47Watson H, 32 1 2 0 0 0 0 15 2.16Bastardo 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 3.51Melncn S, 40-42 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.50Miami IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAKoehler L, 8-12 6 7 2 2 4 6 112 3.98Ellington 1 0 1 1 1 0 20 2.25Cordier 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4.50McGough 1 1 0 0 0 1 16 16.20B.Morris 2/3 0 1 1 4 1 27 3.19Dunn 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.97T—3:21. A—17,644 (37,442).

A.L. LEADERSRUNS SCOREDDonaldson, Tor, 95; Dozier, Min, 85; Bautista, Tor, 81; Trout, LA, 80.RUNS BATTED INDonaldson, Tor, 100; Davis, Bal, 89; Bautista, Tor, 85; K.Morales, KC, 85.TOTAL BASESCruz, Sea, 285; Donaldson, Tor, 281; Trout, LA, 260.SLUGGING PERCENTAGECruz, Sea, .608; Trout, LA, .586; Donaldson, Tor, .585; Teixeira, NY, .553; J. Martinez, Det, .547; Davis, Bal, .535; Bautista, Tor, .519; Abreu, Chi, .511.HOME RUNSCruz, Sea, 37; Donaldson, Tor, 34; Davis, Bal, 34; Trout, LA, 33; Pujols, LA, 33; J.Martinez, Det, 32; Teixeira, NY, 31; Bautista, Tor, 29.DOUBLESBrantley, Cle, 38; Donaldson, Tor, 34; K. Morales, KC, 33; Kipnis, Cle, 32.HITSCruz, Sea, 150; Kinsler, Det, 150; Altuve, Hou, 149; Fielder, Tex, 148; Donaldson, Tor, 145.BASES ON BALLSSantana, Cle, 81; Bautista, Tor, 74; Ro-driguez, NY, 66; Trout, LA, 64; Ortiz, Bos, 62; Cabrera, Det, 61; Teixeira, NY, 59; Encarnacion, Tor, 57; Davis, Bal, 57.ON-BASE PERCENTAGEKipnis, Cle, .398; Trout, LA, .394; Brant-ley, Cle, .388; Cruz, Sea, .387; Fielder, Tex, .385; Hosmer, KC, .379; Donaldson, Tor, .370.EARNED RUN AVERAGEGray, Oak, 2.10; Keuchel, Hou, 2.37; Ka-zmir, Hou, 2.39; Price, Tor, 2.40; Archer, TB, 2.77; Santiago, LA, 2.91; Odorizzi, TB, 3.02; Chen, Bal, 3.13; Gallardo, Tex, 3.25; Estrada, Tor, 3.27.WON-LOSTLewis, Tex, 14-5; Keuchel, Hou, 14-6; Hernandez, Sea, 14-8; Eovaldi, NY, 13-2; Buehrle, Tor, 13-6; McHugh, Hou, 13-7; Hutchison, Tor, 12-2; Price, Tor, 12-4; Gray, Oak, 12-5; Sale, Chi, 12-7.INNINGS PITCHEDKluber, Cle, 186.2; Keuchel, Hou, 178.2; Price, Tor, 176.1; Gray, Oak, 175.1; Sa-mardzija, Chi, 170.2; Archer, TB, 169.0; Dickey, Tor, 167.0; Sale, Chi, 164.1; Quintana, Chi, 160.0; Lewis, Tex, 159.1.STRIKEOUTSSale, Chi, 222; Archer, TB, 205; Kluber, Cle, 202; Carrasco, Cle, 173; Price, Tor, 171.COMPLETE GAMESBuehrle, Tor, 4; Kluber, Cle, 4; Price, Tor, 3; Keuchel, Hou, 3; Gray, Oak, 3.Monday's games not included

ROYALS 8, ORIOLES 3Baltimore AB R H BI BB SO Avg.M.Machado 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .296G.Parra rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .266A.Jones cf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .285C.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .255Clevenger dh 3 0 1 1 0 1 .391Wieters c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .270Schoop 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .297Urrutia lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .273a-Pearce ph-lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226Flaherty ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .211Totals 30 3 5 3 0 8Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg.A.Escobar ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .270Zobrist lf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .285L.Cain cf 5 0 3 2 0 1 .310Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .316K.Morales dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282Moustakas 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .274S.Perez c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .253Rios rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .249Infante 2b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .221Totals 37 8 13 7 2 5Baltimore 200 100 000 —3 5 1Kansas City 001 007 00x —8 13 0a-grounded out for Urrutia in the 8th.E—Schoop (5). LOB—Baltimore 0, Kansas City 7. 2B—M.Machado (26), Clevenger (4), Hosmer (26), Rios (15). 3B—Infante 2 (7). HR—A.Jones (24), off Medlen; Moustakas (14), off U.Jimenez. RBIs—A.Jones 2 (66), Clevenger (7), L.Cain 2 (56), Hosmer (75), Moustakas 2 (51), Infante 2 (35).Runners left in scoring position—Kansas City 2 (Infante, L.Cain). RISP—Baltimore 1 for 2; Kansas City 3 for 8.Runners moved up—G.Parra, K.Morales. GIDP—Urrutia.DP—Kansas City 1 (A.Escobar, Hosmer).Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAU.Jimenz L, 9-8 52/3 10 7 7 1 3 84 4.26Brach 1/3 2 1 1 0 0 7 2.54J.Rondon 2 1 0 0 1 2 28 0.00Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERAMedlen W, 2-0 6 5 3 3 0 6 69 3.10F.Morales 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 2.24Hochevar 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 3.31Inherited runners-scored—Brach 1-1.T—2:19. A—27,797 (37,903).

MEN'S WORLD RANKING(Through Aug. 23)

1. Jordan Spieth USA 12.352. Rory McIlroy NIR 12.303. Jason Day AUS 9.304. Bubba Watson USA 8.315. Justin Rose ENG 7.216. Jim Furyk USA 6.957. Dustin Johnson USA 6.698. Rickie Fowler USA 6.679. Henrik Stenson SWE 6.0110. Sergio Garcia ESP 5.4811. Zach Johnson USA 4.8112. Adam Scott AUS 4.7713. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 4.7414. Jimmy Walker USA 4.5415. Matt Kuchar USA 4.3616. Brooks Koepka USA 4.3117. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.2018. Patrick Reed USA 4.0219. J.B. Holmes USA 3.9920. Martin Kaymer GER 3.9121. Branden Grace SAF 3.9022. Shane Lowry IRL 3.8123. Phil Mickelson USA 3.7324. Billy Horschel USA 3.6825. Chris Kirk USA 3.6426. Danny Willett ENG 3.5827. Paul Casey ENG 3.4928. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.2729. Bill Haas USA 3.2530. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 3.2431. Marc Leishman AUS 3.0532. Kevin Na USA 2.9533. Robert Streb USA 2.9234. Ian Poulter ENG 2.8735. Ryan Palmer USA 2.8236. Kevin Kisner USA 2.8237. Lee Westwood ENG 2.8138. Gary Woodland USA 2.7539. Anirban Lahiri IND 2.7440. Charl Schwartzel SAF 2.7141. David Lingmerth SWE 2.7042. Thongchai Jaidee THA 2.6743. Ryan Moore USA 2.6744. Jamie Donaldson WAL 2.6345. Webb Simpson USA 2.5846. Russell Henley USA 2.5847. Charley Hoffman USA 2.52

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Sprinter De Grasse faces seven-fi gure decisionLORI EWING THE CANADIAN PRESS

BEIJING — Moments after Andre De Grasse raced to bronze at the world champion-ships against one of the finest 100-metre fields ever assembled, the questions began.

What’s next? Will you turn pro?The 20-year-old from Markham,

Ont., faces a huge seven-figure decision over the next few weeks — whether to run his senior season at the University of Southern California, or sign with one of the dozens of agents clam-ouring to work with the young star. De Grasse has talked about returning to school in the past, but didn’t sound so sure Sunday night.

“A lot has changed right now. I just got a bronze medal. I’ve got to talk to my coach and make what’s best for me and my family, so we’ll go from there,” De Grasse said.

“Whatever my mom says, that’s my goal, to get my degree first,” he hastily added.

De Grasse was offered a sev-en-figure shoe deal, a source

told The Canadian Press back in June — well before Sunday’s breathtaking race for bronze at the Bird’s Nest Stadium, and even before his double-gold Pan American Games performance in July.

He’s a marketer’s dream. The track and field version of basket-ball star Andrew Wiggins, De Grasse is young, humble, likable and oozing with potential. And the 100 metres is the glamour event of the Olympics, a race that determines the world’s fast-est man.

“Everyone is trying to sign

him,” said Kris Mychasiw, man-aging partner of Sprint Manage-ment. “If he said he wanted to go pro, and that he wanted to sign with us, I’d do somersaults around the Edge Walk.”

A shoe contract typically covers a several-year cycle that includes an Olympic Games and a world championship. But De Grasse stands to make money on more than just the brand of shoes he wears.

Mychasiw, who works in part-nership with Canadian sprint legend Bruny Surin, estimates De Grasse could earn much as C$700,000 in endorsement deals in 2016, and could ink a shoe contract worth an additional $700,000 a year.

“The shoe deal is security but he would be very valuable in an Olympic year,” Mychasiw said in an interview from his Montreal home. “Companies like SportChek, Proctor and Gamble, et cetera would be interested to work with him as they are big partners of the (Canadian Olym-pic Committee). He would also command a very healthy appear-

ance fee at meets.”Usain Bolt, track and field’s

richest athlete, commands as much as $400,000 to race in a meet, Mychasiw said.

The Jamaican superstar, who edged Justin Gatlin for 100-metre gold here, went out of his way to congratulate De Grasse in the broadcast area Sunday night in a momentous gesture.

“When you get acknowledged by Bolt, it means you’re the real deal,” Mychasiw said.

It’s been nearly two decades since Donovan Bailey and Surin were racing to Olympic and world medals. Canada hasn’t had a world contender since.

De Grasse is only the third Can-adian to run a sub-10-second 100 following those two (convicted doper Ben Johnson ran 9.79 in 1988 but all his times have been erased from the record books), and his bronze was the first world medal for Canada in the 100 since Surin raced to silver in 1999.

The 100 metres, Mychasiw said, is a “legacy event” in Canada.

“Donovan and Bruny set such

a high standard of excellence, and it took nearly 15 years for anyone in Canada to run sub-10 and for him to run it five times so far in 2015 shows he’s not a one-hit wonder,” Mychasiw said. “Heading into Rio, he will be con-sidered a medal threat.

“What’s great with Andre, he doesn’t hide from anyone,” he added. “He goes out there and runs his race whether it’s from the middle of the track, Lane 8 in the Pan Ams 200 and Lane 9 at worlds.”

Athletics Canada appealed De Grasse’s lane assignment before the final, to no avail. De Grasse didn’t care.

“At the end of the day, it’s a 100 metres,” De Grasse said. “I wasn’t going to let that distract me. This is the final, this is the biggest race of my life, so I’m not going to think about no lane assignment.”

His mom Beverley De Grasse said recently she’d prefer he finish his degree before going pro. Mychasiw said the sprint star could have the best of both worlds.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might have enjoyed the excitement surrounding recent events, but the time has come to buckle down and play catch up. You have a lot to do, and it needs to be done ASAP. The sooner you dive in, the happier you will be. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)You have an endless imagina-tion when you decide to use it. Dive into your work and tap into your ingenuity in order to clear out what you can. Allow time for networking and socializing, as they will be stimulated by your creative abilities. Tonight: Let the party begin.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)Someone will be knocking on your door, leaving you very little choice but to have a long-overdue conversation. Even if this person does not make the first move, know that the two of you will need to clear this mat-ter up soon. Tonight: Dinner or munchies for two.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)You will need to defer to some-one else, even if you think you have a better idea. Understand

that this person needs to see what happens and realize how successful his or her own ideas are. Give him or her the space to do just that. Tonight: Out and about.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Your efficiency is being tested far more than ever before. You could be full of energy and playfulness, yet you will need to muster as much self-discipline as possible. Lightness and productivity will be a winning combination for you. Tonight: Off to the gym.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Tap into your ability to get what you want. If you could wish upon a star, what would you wish for? Try to manifest a real-istic goal by deciding to make it so. You will begin to see much more of what you can accom-plish in the long run as a result. Tonight: You know what to do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You have many demands on you that you haven’t let oth-ers know about. When you are unavailable emotionally, it is often because of concerns involving this area of your life. You might be inspired to revi-

talize a diet or exercise habit. Tonight: Your home is your castle!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Reach out to others instead of waiting for them to reach out to you. You can play the wait-ing game like no other sign, but the real question is: Does this behavior really serve you? Listen to news openly, and be willing to make the first move. Tonight: Hang out.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You might be thinking about a financial decision and feel out of sorts. You like taking risks, but not to the point of setting yourself back. If you try to be conservative, you probably will like the outcome. Your intuitive side comes forward. Tonight: Reward yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Take a deep breath. You might feel as if you are on top of the world right now. What you hope to accomplish is not far from reality. You can do no wrong! The planets are rooting you on. Tonight: Don’t let anyone or anything stop you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You have pushed yourself as hard as you can. Investigate what is happening with a loved one with care. Avoid making judgments at the moment. All of the facts you are hear-ing need validation. More is happening than you originally thought. Tonight: Don’t rush. Be methodical.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)Focus on what you want, and don’t settle for anything less. Honor fast changes. You might not want the same things you once did. Listen to your gut. Nearly anything is possible, as long as you push toward that goal. Tonight: If you can dream it, you can manifest it.

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Train quartet receives France’s highest honour

The president of France pinned his country’s highest award, the Legion d’Honneur, on three Amer-icans and a Briton Monday, saying they “gave a lesson in courage” by subduing a heavily armed attack-er on a high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris.

President Francois Hollande pinned the medals on U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, National Guards-man Alek Skarlatos, and their longtime friend Anthony Sadler.

All took part in subduing the gunman as he moved through the Amsterdam-to-Paris train with an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest. British businessman Chris Norman, who jumped into the fray, also received the medal.

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Japan delivers booze to the space station

Spirits arrived at the Inter-national Space Station on Monday. Not the ghostly ones, but the kind you drink — distilled spirits.

A Japanese company known for its whiskey and other alcoholic beverages included five types of distilled spirits in a space station cargo ship.

Suntory Global Innovation Cen-ter in Tokyo wants to see if alco-holic beverages mellow the same in space as they do on Earth.

Plunging Chinese stocks dragging world marketsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

World stock markets plunged on Monday after China’s main index sank 8.5 per cent — its big-gest drop since the early days of the 2008 global financial crisis — amid deepening fears about the health of the world’s second-lar-gest economy.

Oil prices, commodities and the currencies of many countries including Canada also tumbled on concerns that a sharp slow-down in China might hurt eco-nomic growth around the globe.

The Canadian dollar was down nearly half a U.S. cent at about 75.5 cents US early Monday and the price of oil was below US$39 a barrel, continuing a sharp decline that began two months ago.

Since closing at $61.01 on June 23, contracts for a North Amer-ican benchmark crude have been losing ground due to an oversupply and concerns about economic demand. Crude closed Friday at US$40.45.

North American stock markets were expected to suffer heavy

losses when they being trading at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

The Dow futures were down 664.0 points at 15,802.0 about an hour before the markets opened, the NASDAQ futures were down 208.5 points at 3,993.3 and the S&P 500 futures were down 70.2 points at 1,901.2.

In Europe, the FTSE index in London was down 251.56 points

at 5,936.09, German’s DAX index was down 443.51 points at 9,681.01 and the Paris CAC 40 was down 214 at 4,416.99.

Earlier, China’s Shanghai index suffered its biggest percentage decline since February 2007, with many China-listed com-panies hitting their 10 per cent downside limits. The benchmark closed at 3,209.91 points, meaning it has lost all of its gains for 2015, though it is still more than 40 per cent above its level a year ago.

Japan’s Nikkei fell 4.6 per cent to 18,540.68, its worst one-day drop since in over two and a half years.

China’s dimming outlook is drawing calls for more economic stimulus from Beijing, though earlier government efforts to staunch the hemorrhage appear to have done little to stabilize markets.

Some analysts say they see opportunities for bargains in the latest plunge in prices. But underlying the gloom is the growing conviction that policy-makers and regulators may lack the means to staunch the losses.

A trader exits the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, as U.S. stock markets plunged in early trading following a big drop in Chinese stocks.

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Madison leak wreaks havoc on marriagesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Husbands and wives across the world are being con-fronted with extramarital affairs after a catastrophic leak at adul-tery website Ashley Madison spewed electronic evidence of infidelity across the Internet.

Online forums were buzzing Thursday with users claiming to have found evidence their signifi-cant others were on the dating site. In Britain and Israel, parlia-mentarians have been put on the defensive after their emails were identified in the trove.

Family law experts are divided on the likely offline impact of the leak, but Los Angeles-based divorce lawyer Steve Mindel pre-dicted an uptick in business for him and his colleagues.

“We’re all saying: ’It’s going to be Christmas in September,”’ Mindel said. “Pretty soon all of this stuff is going to surface and there’s going to be a lot of filings for divorce directly as a result.”

Ashley Madison marketed itself as a venue for cheating spouses before data stolen by hackers started spreading across the Internet earlier this week.

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Wildfi re smoke from U.S. has a small upside for B.C.THE CANADIAN PRESS

KAMLOOPS — Smoke from wildfires burning in Washington state has caused visibility and air quality problems in British Columbia, but it’s also helping to keep the province’s own fires in check.

A thick haze blanketing many communities in southern B.C. is acting like cloud cover and calm-ing fires, said fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek.

“It is actually absorbing some of the heat that would be reach-

ing the ground, and it’s keeping some of that humidity trapped,” he said Monday.

Skrepnek said 10 new fires were discovered on the weekend, a marked decrease from some days in July and early August when dozens were found in a single day.

While the number of new fires may be going down, but Skrep-nek said it’s too early to say it’s the end of fire season.

The province has spent $233 million fighting 1,753 fires so far this year.

Currently, there are about 180 fires burning across the prov-ince, including a 45-square-kilo-metre blaze west of Rock Creek that claimed 30 homes earlier this month. The fire is now about 75 per cent contained.

The Stickpin fire also continues to rage in Washington state, about 4.5 kilometres south of the border.

British Columbia crews are helping their American counter-parts fight the 192-square kilo-metre blaze Sunday.

Thirty three fire personnel,

three officers and two pieces of heavy machinery are now responsible for the northern side of the fire bordering Canada.

Firefighting aircraft could also be sent south as well, Skrepnek said. Smoke from several Wash-ington fires has limited visibility and prompted air quality warn-ings across southern B.C.

Environment Canada issued air quality alerts for parts of the region Sunday because of the high levels of fine particulate matter in the air and cautioned people to avoid strenuous activ-

ity outdoors. Metro Vancouver also issued an air-quality advis-ory for central and eastern Fras-er Valley.

Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi, medical health officer for Inter-ior Health, said tiny particles can lodge deep in people’s lungs, causing respiratory problems.

Young children, older adults, pregnant women and people with pre-existing heart and lung conditions are at highest risk, he said, adding symptoms include eye irritation, chest tightness and runny noses.

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HEALTH

SAFETY RECREATION

Colonoscopy; why it’s good for you

Questions of shaming drivers in public

How foolish some people are. Even when it means dying from a large bowel

cancer at an early age. I`ve seen it happen many times over the years. So here are 10 points that can prevent this needless tragedy.

One- About 90 percent of colon cancer occurs in people over 50 years of age. This provides ample time to detect and treat this malignancy. But there is one big hurdle, and I`ve heard friends and patients react to it over and over again. They casually respond, ` Yes, I`m going to have a colonos-copy one of these days``. 99 percent of the time this means none of these days. And I`ve seen some of these people die horrible deaths from this com-mon preventable malignancy.

Two – Colon cancer usually starts in the inner lining of the intestine. A polyp, a fleshy growth, slowly develops, often remaining non-cancerous for years. But, when polyps turn into cancer, 95 percent called

adenocarcinomas, by this time cancerous cells have spread to the liver and other parts of the body. Now treatment is like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped.

Three – Do not conclude you can wait until early symptoms appear and then consult your doctor. This is the same as trying to purchase insurance on your home after it’s been destroyed by fire. You can have an advanced malignancy with-out any early symptoms. This is one point you should never forget.

Four – The first warning sign (not early sign) of colon cancer and the most common one is rectal bleeding. Sometimes a small amount of blood will appear on the stool. Or blood

from earlier bleeding which was not detected may give stools a tarry appearance. Or a large amount of blood will be present in the toilet bowl. And on rare occasions, an enlarging cancer will cause intestinal obstruction.

Five - The best way to diag-nose a precancerous bowel polyp is by colonoscopy. A lighted flexible instrument is inserted into the rectum and gradually and slowly inched forward until it has explored the entire large bowel. If a polyp is discovered a wired loop is placed around it and the polyp removed.

Six – Some patients who refuse the colonoscopy proced-ure can use a test to check for blood in the stool that cannot be seen by the naked eye. But if the test is positive, it’s man-datory to have a colonoscopy. Never fool yourself that it’s as accurate as this procedure.

Seven – Many people refuse colonoscopy due to embar-rassment and fear that it’s a

painful procedure. Forget the embarrassment. If the Presi-dent of the U.S. or the Queen of England can submit to one, so can you. I’ve had several colonoscopies by 8:00 AM and returned to the office by 9:00 AM without sedation. But if a few cramps bother you, sedation is available. Some people worry about possible complications. But only on rare occasion is the bowel injured or bleeding occurs during removal of polyps.

Eight – Today, colon cancer is the second leading cause of death in this country. Only lung cancer is responsible for more deaths. We do not have a reliable way to diagnose pre-cancerous lesions of the lung. But we can detect precancer-ous lesions of the colon. So it’s a tragedy when so many still die of this disease.

Nine – There’s no general agreement on when to have a colonoscopy. 90 percent of colon cancer occurs after 50 years of age. But since some

begin earlier, I believe it’s pru-dent to have a colonoscopy in the early 30’s. Moreover, since 10 to 15 percent of colon malig-nancies occur in those with a close relative who has the disease, all the more reason to arrange for an early colonos-copy. It’s a win/win situation.

Ten – If I still haven’t con-vinced you that colonoscopy can save your life, what should you do? I’d suggest seeing a psychiatrist. After all, isn’t it reasonable to seek an answer for why anyone would refuse a sure cure for colon cancer?

Deliberately bad drivers seem to be appearing more and more often on

our highways. If e-mail to the DriveSmartBC web site is any indication, other drivers are no longer shrugging it off and report offenders in the hope that they will be held accountable. Some, including myself, have taken to posting photos or video of selfish, inconsiderate or dan-gerous drivers in that hope that public shaming might improve that driver’s behaviour.

Visit your favourite search engine and enter bad drivers of Vancouver or bad parkers of Kelowna and you will find all sorts of examples of driving or parking that make you wonder why these people still hold valid BC driver’s licences. Probably some of them do not.

Do any of these bad drivers ever see themselves on the internet?

I’ve only had one instance where a woman named as the driver responsible for a collision in case law that I posted ask to have her name removed from DriveS-martBC. As it was a published BC Supreme Court judgment I explained and refused. Nothing further was said.

Shame is a very powerful emotion that can drive personal change. It is also a useful tool to encourage others to conform to societal norms. Is it morally justifiable? If you have no other means to counter people choosing to put your life and health at risk, perhaps it is.

WILDLIFE

Launch of new garden planned as community event

Due to a generous memor-ial donation, the North Island Wildlife Recovery

Centre has built an educa-tional Wildlife Garden, Pond and Bog. With the help of the community the project is near completion and will have a soft opening August 28th with a grand opening to follow in the spring.

This educational project takes the audience right back to the root of wildlife - the bugs. The attractive 103’ x 25’ new gar-den displays wildlife friendly native and ornamental plants in raised beds, a planted pond and mini-wetland that support local wildlife.

Visitors can learn how to attract hummingbirds, butter-flies, other pollinators, dragon-flies and native frogs to their homes or business properties

as they enjoy the sights, scents, sounds and feel of this new NIWRA educa-tional garden feature.

You will have the opportun-ity to enjoy the many butter-flies and bees delicately flying from one flower to another. Even a hummingbird may join you.

At this point, the garden is taking root but by next spring the plants will be lush and full and so will the incredible dis-play of wildlife.

The pond has the potential of educating hundreds of children about the necessity of having a

healthy environment and how water must be balanced for its inhabitants to survive and reproduce.

A special wire has been erect-ed to keep out any invasive spe-cies such as the North Amer-ican Bullfrog.

We are excited to offer one more educational program to our resident schools. This is going to be exciting.

NIWRA’s newly developed “Wildlife Garden” in Errington will be presented to the public

for the first time on Friday, August 28th.

You are invited to wander through this beautiful garden anytime throughout the day or join an informative guided tour provided by NIWRA volunteer and garden designer Lynne Brookes at 11am, 11:30 am, 12 noon, 2:15 pm, and 3:30 pm. Immediately after the raptor presentation in the “Magical Field of Stones” (approx. 2:15 pm) there will be a special presentation on the develop-

ment of the wildlife garden and plans for upcoming educa-tional programs followed by a guided tour. Try to come early to find a parking spot. Right a 1pm, there will also be a “Bear Aware” presentation and exact-ly at 1:30pm you will be treated to see a glove trained owl or falcon.

» Sylvia Campbell works at the North Island Wildlife Centre. If you would like more information about wildlife, call the centre at 250-248-8534.

Sylvia CampbellWild N Free

Lynne Brookes, NIWRA volunteer, and the Arrowsmith Naturalist Club enjoy the educational garden at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre that was made possible by a generous memorial donation.

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