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READ ALL ABOUT IT Carriers Wanted for the Routes available in the following areas: Grieve Rd, Argyle Way, 4th Ave, Glenside Rd, Elizabeth St, Mcbride, Dunsmuir, Craig, Bishop, Forest Rd, Indian Ave, Broadway Rd, Morgan Cres and several other locations. Extra! Extra! Please call Elaine Berringer (Circulation Mgr.) 250-723-8171 Ext #222 Or drop by the office The AV Times 4918 Napier St. 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 Serving the Alberni Valley www.avtimes.net Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Rain does little to extinguish Dog Mountain fire Alberni Region, Page 3 24C 11C Sunny Weather 2 What’s On 2 Alberni Region 3 Opinion 4 Sports 5 Scores 6 Comics 7 Classifieds 8 Nation & World 9 Taste 10 ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 133 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.) Inside today FATALITY ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES A total of 16.6 mm of rain fell between Saturday and Sunday according to Environment Can- ada, but officials say it will take more rain and conservation efforts to end this summer’s drought conditions. “The rain we saw was only a drop in a very empty bucket,” said Matt MacDonald, meteorol- ogist with Environment Canada. “It was welcome, though, given how dry it has been.” The weekend’s precipitation was the first rainfall for Port Alberni since June 2. Saturday saw the most with 14.8 mm of rain, while Sunday only accumu- lated 1.8 mm. That is half the normal amount usually seen in July. Even so, MacDonald said Port Alberni is still in a drought. “Drought happens progressive- ly, so even with the weekend rain, we have only seen 17 per cent of normal amounts for the last three months,” MacDonald said. The past three months have been significantly below average, he added. From May to July, Port Alberni received 32.2 mm of rain, while normally the Valley sees upwards of 191 mm during the same time. Rainfall for May was a record low of 1.4 mm, compared to the normal of 89.5 mm. June saw 14.2 mm and the normal for the month is 70 mm. See DROUGHT, Page 3 COMMUNITY KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Vendors at the Spirit Square Farm- ers Market are hoping to double the number of people visiting their Sat- urday stands. An initiative launched by the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets at the beginning of the month is aimed at getting more people to support local growers. Meet My Market runs through July and the Spirit Square is one of several markets in the province taking part. “We want to encourage people to support local food, healthy eating and the economy,” said Teresa O’Neil, board member and vendor of the Spirit Square Farmers Market. Vendors have noticed the early arriv- al of crops, but also a hampering of some with the hot, dry weather. “Blueberries are selling at the mar- ket already,” O’Neil said. Market manager, Vicki Lee, said one thing she has noticed is a change in demographics. “We are seeing a lot more young people,” Lee said. “They are con- cerned about what they and their kids are eating.” Last week, the Spirit Square Farm- ers Market introduced its first food demonstration to show the public how to cook simple, healthy meals using fresh, local produce. It is some- thing organizers intend to continue throughout the summer. The coupon program for low-in- come families is also successful this year. It is a way for families to have the choice of fresh, organic produce and meat. Board members are hoping community donors will support a new bursary the market is spearheading, aimed at future agricultural students. The market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Harbour Quay. [email protected] ENVIRONMENT Monty Mah (left) and Nash Dhaliwal are regularly at the Spirit Square Farmers Market selling boxes of their fresh blueberries. This year blueberry season started early with the hot weather. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES] Engine stoppage led to boat death ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES A mechanical failure factored into Saturday’s boating fatality on Sproat Lake, according to findings from the B.C. Coroners Service. Michael David Douglas died on the lake Saturday afternoon after the engine suddenly cut out on a speed boat he was riding, caus- ing the high-powered vehicle to temporarily lift in the air before crashing into the water, reported the coroner Monday afternoon. The 39-year-old Langford resident was discovered by RCMP divers the following morning, after the boat’s driver, who has not been identi- fied, was air-lifted to the Victoria General Hospital on Saturday with serious injuries. Emergency personnel were called to the scene after 4:30 p.m. Satur- day to discover pieces of the boat scattered on the lake. “There was a debris field that was a bit downwind from the actual incident location,” said Dave Poulsen, president of Alberni Valley Search and Rescue, who were among the crews dispatched to the scene. “There was a couple pieces of a boat, there was seat cushions, the odd life jacket and unfortunately some sandals, stuff like that were all floating around.” The boat’s driver is still in hos- pital with severe injuries. He was removed from the water by wit- nesses on the lake and taken to an ambulance on the shore. “There was a number of people out in the area that had already started to provide assistance, were marking the location of where the debris was,” said Insp. Mac Rich- ards of the Port Alberni RCMP. The deceased was missing until Sunday morning, when RCMP divers followed markers placed by search and rescue over the location of the speed boat’s engine block. “We sat on the area where air bubbles and oil was coming out, most likely out of the engine block, for quite some time and then we dropped dive markers on top of them,” Poulson said. Although the victim has been identified and an autopsy is forth- coming, police are reaching out to the public for more information about the death. They have not ruled out criminal activity, and request photographs, videos or any accounts from those who saw the boat or the victims before the crash. “We’re trying to piece together what led to where we are on Sat- urday,” Richards said. “We’re still pursuing all avenues until we’re led to believe otherwise. We always start with that potential that there is a criminal involvement and then we work backwards.” Police and search and rescue encourage the public to use lifejackets and take all necessary precautions before motoring out on Sproat Lake. “Boats on the lake, they’re get- ting faster and faster and it’s my understanding that this boat had somewhere in the neighbourhood of 465 horsepower,” said Poulsen. “Some people consider them fun, but they also need to be very aware that there is an inherent risk and danger that goes along with that fun.” [email protected] Coroner reports that boat lifted into air before hitting water, police continue investigation by seeking eyewitness accounts RICHARDS Hot summer brings earlier crops for farmers, market sees younger clientele Rain has little affect on Valley, drought continues
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READ ALL ABOUT ITCarriers Wanted for the
Routes available in the following areas:Grieve Rd, Argyle Way, 4th Ave, Glenside Rd, Elizabeth St, Mcbride, Dunsmuir, Craig, Bishop, Forest Rd, Indian Ave, Broadway Rd, Morgan Cres and several other locations.
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ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 133 $1.25 newsstand (GST incl.)
Inside today
FATALITY
ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
A total of 16.6 mm of rain fell between Saturday and Sunday according to Environment Can-ada, but officials say it will take more rain and conservation efforts to end this summer’s drought conditions.
“The rain we saw was only a drop in a very empty bucket,” said Matt MacDonald, meteorol-ogist with Environment Canada. “It was welcome, though, given how dry it has been.”
The weekend’s precipitation was the first rainfall for Port Alberni since June 2. Saturday saw the most with 14.8 mm of rain, while Sunday only accumu-lated 1.8 mm. That is half the normal amount usually seen in July. Even so, MacDonald said Port Alberni is still in a drought.
“Drought happens progressive-ly, so even with the weekend rain, we have only seen 17 per cent of normal amounts for the last three months,” MacDonald said.
The past three months have been significantly below average, he added. From May to July, Port Alberni received 32.2 mm of rain, while normally the Valley sees upwards of 191 mm during the same time. Rainfall for May was a record low of 1.4 mm, compared to the normal of 89.5 mm. June saw 14.2 mm and the normal for the month is 70 mm.
See DROUGHT, Page 3
COMMUNITY
KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Vendors at the Spirit Square Farm-ers Market are hoping to double the number of people visiting their Sat-urday stands.
An initiative launched by the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets at the beginning of the month is aimed at getting more people to support local growers. Meet My Market runs through July and the Spirit Square is one of several markets in the province taking part.
“We want to encourage people to support local food, healthy eating and the economy,” said Teresa O’Neil, board member and vendor of the Spirit Square Farmers Market. Vendors have noticed the early arriv-al of crops, but also a hampering of some with the hot, dry weather.
“Blueberries are selling at the mar-ket already,” O’Neil said.
Market manager, Vicki Lee, said one thing she has noticed is a change in demographics.
“We are seeing a lot more young people,” Lee said. “They are con-cerned about what they and their kids are eating.”
Last week, the Spirit Square Farm-ers Market introduced its first food demonstration to show the public how to cook simple, healthy meals using fresh, local produce. It is some-thing organizers intend to continue throughout the summer.
The coupon program for low-in-come families is also successful this year. It is a way for families to have the choice of fresh, organic produce and meat. Board members are hoping community donors will support a new bursary the market is spearheading, aimed at future agricultural students. The market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Harbour Quay.
ENVIRONMENT
Monty Mah (left) and Nash Dhaliwal are regularly at the Spirit Square Farmers Market selling boxes of their fresh blueberries. This year blueberry season started early with the hot weather. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]
Engine stoppage led to boat deathERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
A mechanical failure factored into Saturday’s boating fatality on Sproat Lake, according to findings from the B.C. Coroners Service.
Michael David Douglas died on the lake Saturday afternoon after the engine suddenly cut out on a speed boat he was riding, caus-ing the high-powered vehicle to temporarily lift in the air before crashing into the water, reported the coroner Monday afternoon. The 39-year-old Langford resident was discovered by RCMP divers the following morning, after the boat’s driver, who has not been identi-fied, was air-lifted to the Victoria General Hospital on Saturday with serious injuries.
Emergency personnel were called
to the scene after 4:30 p.m. Satur-day to discover pieces of the boat scattered on the lake.
“There was a debris field that was a bit downwind from the
actual incident location,” said Dave Poulsen, president of Alberni Valley Search and Rescue, who were among the crews dispatched to the scene. “There was a couple pieces of a boat, there was seat cushions, the odd life jacket and unfortunately some sandals, stuff like that were all floating around.”
The boat’s driver is still in hos-pital with severe injuries. He was removed from the water by wit-nesses on the lake and taken to an ambulance on the shore.
“There was a number of people out in the area that had already started to provide assistance, were marking the location of where the debris was,” said Insp. Mac Rich-ards of the Port Alberni RCMP.
The deceased was missing until Sunday morning, when RCMP
divers followed markers placed by search and rescue over the location of the speed boat’s engine block.
“We sat on the area where air bubbles and oil was coming out, most likely out of the engine block, for quite some time and then we dropped dive markers on top of them,” Poulson said.
Although the victim has been identified and an autopsy is forth-coming, police are reaching out to the public for more information about the death. They have not ruled out criminal activity, and request photographs, videos or any accounts from those who saw the boat or the victims before the crash.
“We’re trying to piece together what led to where we are on Sat-urday,” Richards said. “We’re still
pursuing all avenues until we’re led to believe otherwise. We always start with that potential that there is a criminal involvement and then we work backwards.”
Police and search and rescue encourage the public to use lifejackets and take all necessary precautions before motoring out on Sproat Lake.
“Boats on the lake, they’re get-ting faster and faster and it’s my understanding that this boat had somewhere in the neighbourhood of 465 horsepower,” said Poulsen. “Some people consider them fun, but they also need to be very aware that there is an inherent risk and danger that goes along with that fun.”
Coroner reports that boat lifted into air before hitting water, police continue investigation by seeking eyewitness accounts
RICHARDS
Hot summer brings earlier crops for farmers, market sees younger clientele
Rain has little affect on Valley, drought continues
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ArtsFolk Song Circle meets Tuesdays, from
7 to 9 p.m., at Fir Park Village. Info: 250-723-7945.
Lounge Music with pianist Richard Lys-ne Tuesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Char’s Landing.
Sports & recreationValley Cloggers meet Tuesdays at
6:30 p.m. at the Arrowsmith Baptist Church. Beginners welcome. Info: 250-724-2137.
Touch rugby games at the Port Alberni Black Sheep Rugby Club Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.
Kingsway Pub meat draw on Tuesdays, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., and 50/50 raffle to benefit the Alberni Valley Hospice Society and Ty Watson House.
Board Games social on Tuesdays, from 4 to 10 p.m., at Char’s Landing.
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: volunteers to help
at Red Cross Loan Cupboard for four-hour shifts, once per week. Info: 250-723-0557 on Wednesday or Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Alberni Valley Hospice Society’s Dementia Support Group meets third Tuesday monthly 10:30 a.m. to noon at 3088 3rd Avenue. This group is for individuals dealing with Early On Set Dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other Neurological Degenerative Disorders. 250-723-4478
Walk and Talk grief support group meets Tuesday mornings. The goal of this group is to offer bereavement sup-port in an informal and comfortable 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 volun-teer drivers. Info: 250-730-0390.
First Open Heart Society of Port Alberni support group. Info: 250-723-2056 or 250-724-2196.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and other kinship care providers are welcome to call a province-wide information and support line toll free at 1-855-474-9777 or e-mail [email protected].
KUU-US Crisis Line, plus mobile out-reach support services. If you, or someone you know, is having difficul-ties, please call 250-723-2040.
Addictions The Christian Intervention Program
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, men-tal health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.
Narcotics Anonymous, Port Alberni. Info: 1-800-807-1780.
Alcoholics Anonymous, Port Alberni.
Info: 1-800-883-3968.
What’s ComingNautical Knot Tying seminar, July
15 from 2-4 p.m. at the Mari-time Discovery Centre. Ages 8+ encouraged.
Summer Cruise Run, July 15. Steam train departs station at 12:30 p.m.
Alberni Valley Regatta, July 17 - 19. Show and Shine Friday at Pacific Chevrolet, time trials Saturday and races Sunday at Sproat Lake Prov-incial Park.
Maritime Discovery Centre Ocean Sci-ences Day children’s event, July 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.
Our Town, July 21 from 6-8 p.m. at Wil-liamson Park. “Carnival” theme.
Maritime Discovery Centre Pirate Day children’s event, July 25 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Tsunami Hawgs Bike Fest, July 25 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at upper 3rd Avenue and Argyle Street. Show ‘n Shine, vendors, food and more.
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WILDFIRE
DROUGHT, from Page 1
MacDonald said Port Alberni may receive a slight amount of rain on Wednesday when a weak trough rolls through.
“It won’t be anything that brings us back to normal condi-tions, but temperatures will cool off and be back to near normal,” he said.
The decision by the Alber-ni-Clayoquot Regional District to close regional parks and trails to public use last Wednesday remains in effect.
The amount of rainfall was not enough to prevent fire hazards.
“It was a decision by the Board to close the trails and they will consider it again at the next meeting on July 22,” said region-
al district CAO Russell Dyson. “We still need to be cautious so it will remain in effect.”
Currently the fire danger rating for Port Alberni and area is at low but the public is reminded to make every effort to reduce risks of wildfires.
Yesterday the City enforced Stage 2 water restrictions, allowing residents to sprinkle lawns and gardens only two days per week.
Even numbered addresses can sprinkle on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 6-9 a.m. or 7-10 p.m.
Odd numbered addresses can sprinkle on Thursdays and Sun-days from 6-9 a.m. or 7-10 p.m.
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Eleven fi refi ghters remain at the scene tending to hot spots
Crews continue to fi ght mountain fi re KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Although the Dog Mountain wildfire has been officially declared contained, the BC Wildfire Service officials say it will be an ongoing situation for sometime.
“Just because it is contained, doesn’t mean it is over,” said Marg Drysdale, fire information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre.
The area is in the mop-up stage, which brings additional challen-ges to the 11 remaining firefight-ers on site. They are keeping a watch for hot spots and ash pits. There can be some burning of roots under large piles of ash, creating dangerous work con-ditions. Their job now is to dig up the ash, giving it a chance to cool.
“The area is still being patrolled and we are asking people to stay out of the area,” Drysdale said.
She said a slope stability expert is onsite and will create a report, although there is no timeline for completion.
The rain on the weekend did little to dampen any remaining hot spots, but it did bring cooler working conditions for crew.
“It also creates slippery condi-tions, so they are being careful,” Drysdale said.
“It just brings an another set of circumstances.”
The campfire ban has not been lifted, but ongoing discussions will determine the next steps. Drysdale said it could potentially be lifted in some areas but advis-es the public to keep up with cur-rent notices.
“Continue to watch for prohibi-
tions and follow them,” she said. “They are in place for a reason.”
If more rain hits the Valley, there could be residual smoke and steam rising from Dog Mountain.
FISHERY
Conservative catch limits on salmon run ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Experts are seeing a larger run of sockeye salmon into the Alberni Inlet than what was expected this spring, but fishing is being kept at conservative har-vest limits due to drought condi-tions in the region.
Before the season began this spring Fisheries and Oceans Canada expected a sockeye run of 700,000 to 1 million. This fore-cast has since been upgraded to 1.3 million, although tighter catch limits remain in place to ensure a healthy amount of sal-mon pass through the Alberni Inlet into the area’s rivers and lakes.
By Wednesday 90,000 sockeye salmon had made their way through the fish ladders at Stamp Falls and Sproat Lake. With a low streamflow advisory in place for Vancouver Island and the Valley’s rivers well below their season flows, regulators are keeping harvest restrictions at a modest 58 per cent or less to ensure this year’s salmon run can sustain the summer’s fishing.
“We’ve got a more conservative harvest rate,” said Mike Spence, a resource manager with Fish-eries and Oceans Canada. “A harvest rate of a run size like 1.4 million would be a 70 per cent harvest rate. In the pre-season for June we targeted a 50 per cent harvest rate of what was returning.”
The fishery’s conservative approach has resulted in a catch estimate of 722,000 adult sockeye salmon as of July 8, including
466,333 commercial catches, a harvest of 182,592 among First Nations and 54,014 from recrea-tional anglers.
First Nations boats were sched-uled to continue this week, with the Hupacasath and Tseshant gill nets set to operate until noon today while the Maanulth can still fish seven days a week with gill nest and hooked lines. There is no commercial gill net fishery planned this week, as its share of the total allowable catch has already been achieved. Commer-cial seine boats can operate until Wednesday morning with a tar-get catch of 53,000.
“There’s been restrictions on each group,” noted Spence. “Nor-mally with a run like this in a normal year, if the escapement is in the river, we’d be having gill net fisheries three days a week.”
Fishing boats are monitored through various degrees, includ-ing independent validators that must be hired for seine vessels as well as a logbook, telephone requirements and random mon-itoring from an independent operator for commercial gill net boats.
“The Somass First Nations have mandatory catch monitors at designated landing sites which count each member’s catch,” Spence said.
Recreational salmon fishing will continue until further notice with a catch limit of four per day, although no catching is allowed in the Stamp and Sproat rivers or the freshwater section of the Somass.
Eric Plummer.avtimes.net
This photo taken by Sproat Lake resident Hugh Fraser shows the early stages of the Dog Mountain forest fire on July 4. Over last week the fire progressively expanded across the mountain to 450 hectares until it became contained on the weekend. [HUGH FRASER FOR THE TIMES]
Backyard burning ban consideredERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Port Alberni’s fire chief wants city council to take action against backyard burning to improve the community’s air quality and save the fire depart-ment time frequently responding to complaints.
Currently residents are per-mitted to burn during the wetter portion of the year from Oct. 15 to April 15, as long the pile is one metre in diametre or less. Camp-fires measuring half a metre or less are permitted year-round, unless the city imposes a ban during extremely dry periods due to fire hazards.ire hazards. Although a campfire ban is currently in place throughout Vancouver Island, the municipal bylaw excludes city properties from this provincial prohibition.
Fire chief Tim Pley suggests a year-round ban on backyard burning – or for the city to introduce the curbside pickup of yard waste to allow for a total prohibition on backyard fires in the future.
“A year-round ban on back-yard burning will result in an improvement in air quality in the Alberni Valley,” wrote Pley in a report for council, who sug-gested that a total ban would be the most effective way to reduce backyard burning. “Residents have difficulty complying with regulations that undergo incre-mental changes.”
Pley’s suggestion follows a request to end backyard burning last month from the Alberni Valley Air Quality Council. Dur-ing a presentation to the city’s elected representatives, air qual-
ity council members Earl Plain and Sarah Thomas spoke of how backyard fires have contributed to high concentrations of fine particulate matter in the winter, prompting the province to issue several air quality advisories for Port Alberni in December and January. Health authorities believe that fine particulate matter can pass through the body’s natural defences and affect people by entering the bloodstream.
“The particulate matter is a health concern like smoke from...cigarettes,” said Thomas during the presentation in June.
“Air pollution affects tourism and retirement. If you’ve got people coming here visiting Port Alberni – and this is a great place to be – if they’re experi-encing poor air quality over and over, they’re going to not still be around,” added Plain,
an air quality meteorologist with the Ministry of Environ-ment. “There’s things that have a dollar value there that are important.”
With 112 complaints handled last year, backyard burning has also demanded a considerable amount of the fire department’s attention.
Over the last few years the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District has introduced the cap-acity to receive yard waste at the Valley’s landfill, giving city residents an alternative from burning in their backyards. Pri-vate haulers are available to take yard cuttings to the dump for a fee, but the city will need to bet-ter inform the public on how to best dispose of burnable waste if a ban in introduced, said Pley.
“Imposition of a year-round ban on back-yard burning will require that the city undertake an education and awareness campaign on the issue and the alterna-tive options available to residents,” he wrote in the report.
CITY
Due to low reservoir levels it is necessary to impose restrictions on Outdoor Water Use including garden and lawn watering.
Therefore effective 12:01 a.m. July 13th , 2015 and until further notice, Outdoor Water Use is restricted as follows:Lawn Sprinkling - Even numbered addresses can sprinkle on Wednesdays and Saturdays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm.Odd numbered addresses can sprinkle on Thursdays and Sundays 6 – 9 am OR 7 – 10 pm.New unestablished lawns, trees, shrubs and fl owers -Sprinkling outside of restricted times allowed only at the discretion of the City with a permit from City Hall.Vegetable Gardens, planters, shrubs and trees – Watering must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. 6 – 9 am or 7 – 10 pm. 2 hours per day maximum – any day.Private pools, spas and garden pondsPublic and commercial fountains (recirculating)Filling is prohibited, topping up is permitted.Outdoor washing of cars, boats and houses - Washing must be done by hand using a spring loaded shut off nozzle or bucket. Anytime. Washing driveways and sidewalks - All forms of washing using treated drinking water are prohibited.Commercial car washing, gardens, and pressure washing - Exempt.Public Parks, Playing Fields, Boulevards, and Planters - Restricted as per detailed watering plan by Parks and Recreation
For more information contact the City of Port Alberni at 720-2840 or go to www.portalberni.ca
Guy Cicon,City Engineer
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Vote for B.C. Liberals ‘has gone up in smoke’
I fear that the provincial Liberals have thrown Alberni Valley to the wolves, with the Dog Mountain fire fiasco, refusal to utilize avail-able firefighting resources, (Mars Bomber), financial assistance in airport expansion and GPS cap-ability, and an alternative road to supplement our single lane high-way to the rest of the provence.
Could the answer be that we are being punished for being in an NDP riding? My vote for provincial Liberals has gone up in smoke.
Walt Kusmin Port Alberni
Debacle on Dog Mountain was a ‘make work project’ for forestry service
With all the aerial fire suppres-
sion equipment available to our forest service, personnel, air tank-ers and helicopters, the fact every-one is on high alert, there is no rea-son the Dog Mountain fire became what it did unless one considers the idea of a well-orchestrated make work project witnessed by so many. Or is someone accountable?
I agree with Mr. Cole and feel our forest service desperately needs a shaking up and an inquiry into some of their decisions ,especially when apparent conflict of interests arise.
For many years Forest Industries Flying Tankers Ltd supplied aerial fire suppression to most of Van-couver Island and the mainland
coast at no cost to the government. Changes in the Forestry Act, ownership, taxation etc. all have made this program unaffordable.
The Mars were sold to the Coul-son Group of Companies who wanted to contract both A/C to the forest service protecting the same area they had for 40-plus years. Both planes were getting on in years (not hours), however they still have lots left to give before they lose their air worthiness . They do a job second to none on Vancouver Island.
FIFT had a concept with their Mars , that the costs of an under-kill (fire that gets away) far exceeds the cost of 100 overkills (fire contained) using bigger A/C - hence the Mars Program. These companies were responsible to their shareholders !
It is a shame the forest service has been very effective in ending the Mars program despite strong opposition from a lot of very well informed people.
I agree Mr Cole, our forest ser-vice’s aerial fire suppression needs a good looking at from the outside. The idea of an inquiry bringing all to the surface would be very inter-esting to us all.
Hugh FraserPort Alberni
A minority government could be a good thing
The campaigning has begun, and with it, the fear-mongering. Every party leader except Harp-er promises to put Proportional Representation on the national agenda. Predictably, the naysayers
try to frighten us by raising the spectre of a minority government. Why?
Minorities brought us the Can-ada Pension Plan, the Canadian National Railway, the Supreme Court, Old Age Pension and Family Allowance, the Charter of Human Rights, and universal Medicare.
Did I mention the Freedom of Information Act, Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance, the Office of the Auditor General, and votes for Indigenous peoples?
Minority governments gave Canadians the benefits, rights and protections that once made us the envy of nations around the globe – rights and protections, I might add, that are steadily eroding now. Thanks to an antiquated first-past-the-post system, our so-called “majority” government, elected by only 24 per cent of eligible voters, does as it pleases while ignoring the real majority of Canadian voters.
History has shown us that minor-ities have achieved great things in this country. They are not an argu-ment against Proportional Rep-resentation, but rather, a strong argument in its favour.
Marusha TaylorCourtenay, BC
‘It’s all Greek to me’Trying to comprehend the com-
plexities, trials and tribulations of modern-day Greece, as explained by politicians and pundits, brings memories of my Ancient History teacher, Mr. Joff Brown. He had a flair for the dramatic, when cram-
ming all that fact and fiction about Greek tragedy and mythology into our eager little brains, those many decades ago at school in UK.
Presently, the political leaders in the country that devised democ-racy seem to be flying too close to the sun, like Icarus with his waxen wings; they also seem doomed to be forever rolling that boulder uphill, like Sisyphus. While cer-tain leaders of the Eurozone may believe they are reincarnations of King Midas, and everything they touch will turn to gold; they should perhaps focus their mem-ories not on mythological times, but on what happened about 70 years ago. Many European econ-omies became grateful benefici-aries when the Marshall Plan was introduced by the USA in 1948, and they received help to rebuild the destruction caused by the Second World War. Then, following several months of negotiations in 1953, the London Debt Agreement relieved debts of the Federal Republic of Germany to several European nations as well as Canada, USA and others. Surely, it’s somewhat ironic that today’s Germany, hav-ing benefitted so greatly from the largesse of other nations upon which it had wreaked such havoc, presently holds the purse-strings and the whip-hand dealing with Greece’s monetary problems. Trying to gain any understand-ing from pundits and politicians involved in the current negotia-tions reminds me of schoolboy days, when coming out of Mr. Brown’s class we used to say to each other: “It’s all Greek to me.”
Bernie SmithParksville
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Harper owes it to Canadians to be in debates
As Canadians prepare to go to the polls they deserve to have a chance to see their political leaders
strut their style, showcase their ideas and defend their policies.
So it is good news that Canada’s major TV networks have decided to press ahead with a nationally broadcast Eng-lish-language leaders debate on Oct. 8, before the Oct. 19 election, despite Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s refusal to take part.
There will also be a French-lan-guage debate broadcast on
Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec on Oct. 7.
Lopsided as it may turn out to be, the “consortium” debate slated for Oct. 8 on CBC, CTV and Global will be worth watch-ing insofar as it gives New Democrat Leader Thomas Mul-cair, Liberal Leader Justin Tru-deau and Green Leader Elizabeth May a showcase for their pitches.
That’s useful for the majority of Canadians who want a change in government after a decade of Conservative rule.
It will help them weigh their options. These debates are important, and closely watched. In 2011 the English- and French-language debates, broadcast nationally on CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV, Global and TVA drew 14 million viewers.
As the Star has argued, they were centrepieces of the cam-paign and crucial tests for the leaders. They also put the head of the governing party and his
challengers on an equal footing for at least the duration of the debate. Harper should partici-pate. The election is a tight bat-tle, with the Conservatives and New Democrats closely matched in recent polls and the Liberals trailing a few points behind.
No party leader can wisely forgo a chance to speak to a national audience.
As things stand the Conserv-atives have agreed only to take part in a series of niche debates sponsored by Maclean’s maga-zine, the Globe and Mail, the Munk Debates and Quebec’s TVA
Network. The more the merri-er. Canadians should get to see as much of their politicians as possible. But if there is to be a national debate, the Prime Min-ister should be there to defend his record. His absence would be noticed, and it would speak volumes.
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Young Jordan Spieth is the talk of the town at old St. AndrewsMasters, U.S. Open champ is looking to be fi rst Grand Slam winner since 1960DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — There was no escaping Jordan Spieth even before he arrived Monday at St. Andrews to resume his pursuit of the Grand Slam.
Behind the practice range, one British television network talked to any player willing to stop. After a few gratuitous questions about the weather (cool and cloudy) and the Old Course (mag-nificent shape), the reporter got to the point.
What about Spieth’s chances?“The odds are against him,”
said Soren Kjeldsen, relying entirely on history.
Spieth is only the fourth play-er since 1960, the year Arnold Palmer proposed the concept of the modern Grand Slam in golf, to win the first two majors of the year. The first three were stopped at the British Open.
Palmer and Jack Nicklaus (1972) finished one shot behind. Tiger Woods was in good position in 2002 until he was blown away by the wind and rain at Muirfield and shot 81 in the third round.
Spieth only added to the hype by winning the John Deere Clas-sic in a playoff Sunday for his fourth win of the year.
He flew on a charter flight from Illinois with other players at the John Deere Classic, arriving in Scotland about 10:30 a.m. and checking into his house before coming out to the Old Course to a quiet reception.
In need of a shave — he’s 21, but yes, he shaves — Spieth and his manager walked through a group of about 100 fans who camped out near the entrance to the player lounge to get his auto-graph. Spieth signed everything shoved his way, turned and toss-ing the last item to a delighted young British boy.
The jet lag apparently wasn’t an issue Monday. Spieth planned to hit balls and play nine holes
if he felt up to it. He wound up going 18 holes, and the fans who hung around into the evening were in for a rare treat — Spieth playing, with Woods right behind him. Woods used to tee off before breakfast, but waited until after-noon when most of the drizzling weather cleared out.
They chatted briefly on the 16th green, and Spieth had some fun on the Road Hole at No. 17. He hit three shots out of the famous bunker, all of them onto the green. Then he headed toward the stone wall behind the road and asked a few fans still left, “Can you play it off the wall?”
“I didn’t come here to play bor-ing golf,” Spieth said.
He tried it four times, and didn’t reach the green with any of them.
What makes Spieth different from other players in pursuit of the Grand Slam — or even Rory McIlroy, who won the last two majors a year ago, is that he does not overpower golf courses.
He just scores. And he wins. And that’s what golf is all about, anyway.
“He beats you with better golf,” Geoff Ogilvy said. “He doesn’t beat you because he hits it fur-ther. Tiger’s intimidation was that he always did something amazing. Jordan — don’t get me wrong, his body of work is amaz-ing — but he doesn’t beat you with a crazy par, or a crazy chip-in from the back of the 14th at Muirfield (Village). He just beats you because he’s better.”
Ogilvy was asked how he would feel going into the final round two shots behind Spieth com-pared with going against Woods or McIlroy.
“It would be different. It shouldn’t be,” he said. “There’s more of an intimidation factor to Rory because he’s going to hit it 30 (yards) past you all day, and it appears like he’s better than you. Jordan doesn’t appear like he’s better than you. But his body of work proves that he’s better than
everybody — well, maybe every-body but Rory.”
That now is in reach.With his victory at the John
Deere, Spieth is within range of his goal of reaching No. 1 in the world. He would have to win The Open this week to get past McIlroy, who is out with an ankle injury with no clear indication when he will be able to return.
“What he’s doing is phenom-enal,” Nick Faldo said. “And he’s confident. ... He’s seeing the right shot, he’s visualizing the shot. ... And he keeps churning out good shots. When you’re doing that, you just jump back on the saddle and ride again. That’s what he’s doing.”
Only in this case, Spieth had to first jump on a plane.
Not long after he won the U.S. Open, questions arose whether Spieth would change his sched-ule and skip the John Deere Clas-sic so he could get to Scotland earlier. He never gave it a second thought.
Jordan Spieth tees off the third hole during a practice round at St. Andrews Golf Club prior to the start of the British Open Golf Championship, in St. Andrews, Scotland, on Monday. [AP PHOTO]
Rowers, paddlers add to Canadian medalsTHE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Canada’s paddlers, rowers and divers kept the med-als coming on Day 3 of the Pan American Games.
Led by gold-medal perform-ances by the men’s coxless four and the women’s double sculls, Canadian rowers combined to add three more medals to Can-ada’s impressive early haul on Monday.
“It was pretty amazing. It sent goosebumps down my spine,” said veteran rower Will Crothers who could hear the vocal home-town crowd in St. Catharines, Ont., as the men’s four — Croth-ers, Tim Schrijver of Thedford, Ont., Kai Langerfeld of Parks-ville, B.C., and Conlin McCabe of Brockville, Ont. — entered their final 500-metre sprint. “I started thinking, we’re sitting up (start-ing the final sprint). I yelled to the boys, ’Who wants to sing?’
“I think that probably fired them up pretty good. I think the (stroke) rate went up. We started really chucking down some heat-ers. Some hot strokes to get to the line.”
The men finished six minutes 10.80 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of silver-med-allists Cuba (6:14.30) and bronze-medallists Argentina (6:16.52).
Kerry Shaffer, from Welland, Ont., and Antje Von Seydlitz of Smithers, B.C., won gold in the women’s double sculls with a time of 7:13.01, just ahead of the United States (7:14.65) in second and Cuba (7:20.00) in third.
Von Seydlitz could hear the par-tisan crowd from halfway out on the course.
“It was unreal. It kind of brings tears to your eyes,” she said. “You’re so proud to be racing in your own country in front of your hometown fans.”
Canadian rowers also took bronze medals in men’s double sculls and women’s coxless pairs.
Just down the road in Welland, Canada added four medals in kayak and canoe events.
Ben Russell from Dartmouth, N.S., and Gabriel Beauches-ne-Sevigny from Trois-Rivieres, Que., won gold in the C-2 1,000 metres. Canadian flag-bearer Mark Oldershaw from Burling-ton, Ont., raced to a silver medal in the men’s C-1 1,000 metres. Michelle Russell of Fall River, N.S., won silver in K-1 500 metres — her second medal of the Pan Am Games. Veteran Adam Van Koeverden of Oakville, Ont., won bronze in the K-1 1,000 metres.
Russell and Beauchesne-Se-vigny won gold with a time of 3:46.316, beating Brazil by 0.801 seconds and Cuba by 3.616 seconds.
The duo played it patient before surging into the lead over the final quarter of the race.
“We train consistently that last 250 metres,” Russell said.
New Jersey Devils coach makes on-ice debutTOM CANAVAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK, N.J. — A little more than a month after being named coach of the New Jersey Devils, John Hynes was back in his com-fort zone.
The NHL’s youngest head coach was on the ice Monday working with the Devils’ top prospects and free agents in an off-season development camp.
The 40-year-old Hynes wasn’t installing the Devils’ new system for the upcoming season. That will come later when the veter-ans arrive in late summer for training camp.
Monday’s classroom sessions and split workouts are teaching tools, relaying core concepts to fresh-faced teenagers, college students and a couple young pro-fessionals to carry them through-out their careers.
The message is clear: Play fast, control the puck and be aggres-sive. It’s the up-tempo hockey that new general manager Ray Shero has promised in taking over a once-proud franchise that missed the playoffs the past three seasons.
“This is the part that you really love, when you get in and work with the players, and met with
the coaches and prepare for practice,” Hynes said after the workouts ended. “It’s a great run-through going into training camp.”
Hynes is clearly going to be a hands-on coach. He skated on the ice for the first session, spread pucks on the ice, moved the net, spray-painted a line down the centre of the ice and then talked to players as they circled the ice in warmups.
Defenceman Steve Santini, who will be a junior at Boston Col-lege next season, spent a couple moments with Hynes before the opening workout. They talked about New England and some hockey. Hynes played at Boston University.
“He has emphasized the team is going to be fast, attacking and supportive,” Santini said. “Those are three qualities that any suc-cessful team has.”
The camp isn’t only for new-comers. Defenceman Damon Sev-erson, who played in 51 games with the Devils last season,
and forward Reid Boucher, who skated in 11 contests, were invit-ed to the camp because they are on entry-level contracts.
Hynes said it will give them a chance to get the meet the new coaching staff and develop leadership roles with the young prospects.
“From what I can tell so far, he’s a real down to earth guy,” Severson said. “He takes the time of day to really sit down and talk to you and make sure you under-stand what is going on.”
Severson also liked that Hynes kept things loose by tripping assistant coach Alain Nasreddine during an early drill.
“Inadvertent stick,” Hynes quipped.
There are some players who have a chance at making the jump to the top club.
Centre Pavel Zacha, the sixth pick in the recent draft, was in good shape and showed an abil-ity to handle the puck.
Joe Blandisi signed after lead-ing the Ontario Hockey League with 52 goals for Barrie, while fellow forward John Quenne-ville signed a three-year entry contract Monday after scoring 10 goals in 19 playoff games for Brandon (WHL).
He had 17 in the regular season.The second cousin of Black-
hawks coach Joel Quenneville said the pace was much higher than last year’s development camp run by Pete DeBoer, who was fired in December.
Hynes said no one is going to make the team in this weeklong camp, but they can make an impression, just as he has.
“On the hockey side, he is really intense,” John Quenneville said of Hynes.
“He has high attention to detail, higher attention to detail than I have ever seen.
“He is always talking about the little things, the specifics of the game. I always enjoy learn-ing from different coaches and the different ways they see the game.”
INVITATION TO TENDERCherry Creek Waterworks DistrictContract: MILLIGAN RD TO MOZART RD WATERMAIN REPLACEMENT – PHASE 2Tender Reference No.: 3084-005The Owner invites tenders for:• Supply and installation of approximately 57 meters of 250 mm diameter DR 18 PVC
watermain and 25 meters of 300 mm DR 11 HDPE watermain complete with all required valves, fittings, hydrants, services and tie-ins. The watermain will be installed beneath a creek and will require Riprap protection in the streambed and adjacent banks.
The Tender starting date is: July 14, 2015. Contract Documents will be available on July 14th for viewing and purchasing during normal business hours at:Address: McGILL & ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING LTD.
4610 ELIZABETH STREET, PORT ALBERNI, BC V9Y 6L7on payment of a non-refundable amount of $52.50 ($50.00 plus $2.50 G.S.T.) to:McGILL & ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING LTD.Any queries should be directed to:McGILL & ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING LTD., PHONE: (250) 724-3400EMAIL: [email protected] are scheduled to close at:Tender Closing Time: 11:00 am local timeTender Closing Date: July 30, 2015 at:Address: CHERRY CREEK WATERWORKS DISTRICT
5920A Cherry Creek Road, PORT ALBERNI, BC V9Y 8R7The CHERRY CREEK WATERWORKS DISTRICT reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or accept other than the lowest bid from the general contractor or any of his subcontractors. If a tender contains a defect or fails in some way to comply with the requirements of the Tender Documents, which in the sole discretion of the CHERRY CREEK WATERWORKS DISTRICT is not material, the CHERRY CREEK WATERWORKS DISTRICT may waive the defect and accept the Tender.Michelle Price, Cherry Creek Waterworks District
“This is the part that you really love. “John Hynes, New Jersey Devils
O’Reilly charged for DUI THE CANADIAN PRESS
LUCAN, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have charged Buffalo Sabres forward Ryan O’Reilly with impaired driving.
The OPP said Monday in a release that police were dispatched to a single motor vehicle crash on July 9, where a green Chevrolet pickup truck struck a commercial retail building and the occu-pants left the vehicle. Media reports say the truck crashed into a Tim Hortons in Lucan, Ont.
“We are aware of the reports regarding the inci-dent involving Ryan O’Reilly last week,” Sabres general manager Tim Murray said in a statement. “We are currently in the process of gathering more information and will have no further comment.”
FOOTBALLCFL
West W L T Pts PF PAWinnipeg 2 1 0 4 81 101Calgary 2 1 0 4 60 72BC Lions 1 1 0 2 51 59Edmonton 1 1 0 2 57 43Saskatchewan 0 3 0 0 98 107
East W L T Pts PF PAToronto 2 1 0 4 88 76Ottawa 2 1 0 4 64 78Hamilton 1 1 0 2 75 50Montreal 1 2 0 2 70 56
Full results, Week 3Yesterday’s resultCalgary 25, Toronto 20
Last Friday’s resultsWinnipeg 25, Montreal 23 BC Lions 35, Saskatchewan 32 Last Thursday’s resultEdmonton 46, Ottawa 17
Week 4 schedule (with odds by Oddsshark)
Favourite Line (O/U) Underdog Home team in CAPSThursday, July 16, 6 p.m.Hamilton 3(54) MONTREAL
Friday, July 17, 4 p.m.Edmonton 3.5(49) OTTAWAFriday, July 17, 7 p.m.SASKATCHEWAN 3(49.5) BC Lions
Saturday, July 18Winnipeg at Calgary (No line available)
Yesterday at McMahon Stadium
Stampeders 25, Argos 20Toronto 7 7 3 3 20Calgary 0 22 0 3 25
First QuarterToronto TD Kevin Elliott 8 pass from Trevor Harris (Ronnie Pfeffer convert) 14:38Second QuarterCalgary TD Eric Rogers 3 pass from Bo Levi Mitchell (Rene Paredes failed convert) 6:53Cgy TD Jon Cornish 4 run (2pt convert Marquay McDaniel pass from Mitchell) 8:45Cgy TD Jeff Fuller 6 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 12:21Tor TD Tori Gurley 44 pass from Harris (Pfeffer convert) 13:27Cgy Single Rob Maver punt 55, 14:41
Third QuarterTor FG Pfeffer 48, 9:16Fourth QuarterTor FG Pfeffer 45, 1:46Cgy FG Paredes 30, 13:33
Team Statistics Tor CgyFirst downs 13 20 Rushing 0 6 Passing 10 12 Penalty 3 2Rushes-Yards 10-44 20-90Passing Yards 223 303Return Yards 147 101Passing Comp-Att-Int 20-34-1 25-34-1Sacks 1 2Punts 8 9Punts-Average 51.6 49.9Fumbles Lost 1-1 1-1Penalties - Yards 11-81 18-147Time of Possession 24:54 35:06
Individual StatisticsPASSING—Tor: T Harris 20-34, 223 yars, 2 TD, 1 IntCgy: B Mitchell 25-34, 303 yards, 2TD, 1 Int
RUSHING—Tor: B Whitaker 6-34; H Josey 3-12; A Coombs 1/-2Cgy: J Cornish 14-56; B Mitchell 3-22; A Parker 2-10; D Tate 1-2
RECEIVING—Tor: V Hazelton 6-98; K Elliott 4-33; T Gurley 3-54; C Owens 3-22; B Whitaker 2-19; A Coombs 2--3Cgy: M McDaniel 7-55; E Rogers 6-114; J Fuller 4-34; J Cornish 4-26; A Parker 3-67; J West 1-7
Attendance: 26,741
BASEBALLMLB - Results and standingsStandings at the All-Star break
Yesterday’s resultsNo games scheduled
Sunday’s resultsNY Mets 5, Arizona 3Miami 8, Cincinnati 1Tampa Bay 4, Houston 3Oakland 2, Cleveland 0NY Yankees 8, Boston 6Washington 3, Baltimore 2Minnesota 7, Detroit 1Kansas City 11, Toronto 10Chicago Cubs 3, Chicago Sox 1San Diego 2, Texas 1San Francisco 4, Philadelphia 2Colorado 11, Atlanta 3LA Angels 10, Seattle 3LA Dodgers 4, Milwaukee 3Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5 (10 innings)
Regular season resumesFriday, July 17Kansas City at Chi. Sox, 11:10 a.m. Volquez (8-4) vs UndecidedSeattle at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Undecided vs., Tanaka (5-3)Miami at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Fernandez (2-0) vs. Morgan (1-2)L.A. Dodgers at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Pitchers undecidedTampa Bay at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Pitchers undecidedBaltimore at Detroit, 4:08 p.m. Jimenez (7-4) vs Sanchez (8-7)Cleveland at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Bauer (8-5) vs Leake (6-5)Chi. Cubs at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. Hendricks (4-4) vs Teheran (6-4)Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Liriano (5-6) vs Fiers (4-7)Texas at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Pitchers undecidedKansas City at Chi. White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Young (7-5) vs undecidedN.Y. Mets at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. Syndergaard (4-4) vs Lynn (6-5)San Francisco at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. Undecided vs Ray (3-4)Minnesota at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Santana (0-0) vs UndecidedBoston at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. Pitchers undecidedColorado at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Pitchers undecided
Saturday, July 18 (Early games)Seattle at NY Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Undecided vs Pineda (9-5)Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Pitchers undecided
American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkNY Yankees 48 40 .545 - W1Tampa Bay 46 45 .505 3.5 W3Baltimore 44 44 .500 4.0 L2Toronto 45 46 .495 4.5 L1Boston 42 47 .472 6.5 L1Central W L PCT GB StrkKansas City 52 34 .605 - W1Minnesota 49 40 .551 4.5 W3Detroit 44 44 .500 9.0 L3Cleveland 42 46 .477 11.0 L2Chicago Sox 41 45 .477 11.0 L1West W L PCT GB StrkLA Angels 48 40 .545 - W1Houston 49 42 .538 0.5 L6Texas 42 46 .477 6.0 L2Seattle 41 48 .461 7.5 L1Oakland 41 50 .451 8.5 W2
National LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkWashington 48 39 .552 - W2NY Mets 47 42 .528 2.0 W4Atlanta 42 47 .472 7.0 L5Miami 38 51 .427 11.0 W2Philadelphia 29 62 .319 21.0 L5Central W L PCT GB StrkSt. Louis 56 33 .629 - L3Pittsburgh 53 35 .602 2.5 W3Chicago Cubs 47 40 .540 8.0 W1Cincinnati 39 47 .453 15.5 L2Milwaukee 38 52 .422 18.5 L1West W L PCT GB StrkLA Dodgers 51 39 .567 - W1San Fran 46 43 .517 4.5 W3Arizona 42 45 .483 7.5 L3San Diego 41 49 .456 10.0 W2Colorado 39 49 .443 11.0 W4
86th All-Star GameToday, 5:15 p.m. at Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Recent winners:2014 AL 5, NL 3 at Minneapolis2013 AL 3, NL 0 Citi Field, New York,2012 NL 8, AL 0 Kansas City2011 NL 5, AL 1 Arizona2010 NL 3, AL 1 Anaheim2009 AL 4, NL 3 St. Louis2008 AL 4, NL 3 Yankee Stadium2007 AL 5, NL 4 San Francisco2006 AL 3, NL 2 Pittsburgh2005 AL 7, NL 5Detroit2004 AL 9, NL 4 Houston2003 AL 7, NL 6 Chicago2002 NL 7, AL 7 Milwaukee2001 AL 4, NL 1 Seattle2000 AL 6, NL 3 Atlanta
Rosters, with number of All-Star ap-pearances for each player.
American LeagueStartersC: Salvador Perez, Royals 31B: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers 102B: Jose Altuve, Astros 33B: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays 2SS: Alcides Escobar, Royals 1OF: Mike Trout, Angels 4OF: Lorenzo Cain, Royals 1OF: Alex Gordon, Royals 3DH: Nelson Cruz, Mariners 4RHP: Chris Archer, Rays 1
PitchersRHP: Dellin Betances, Yankees 2RHP: Brad Boxberger, Rays 1LHP: Zach Britton, Orioles 1RHP: Wade Davis, Royals 1RHP: Sonny Gray: Athletics 1RHP: Kelvin Herrera, Royals 6RHP: Felix Hernandez, Mariners 1LHP: Dallas Keuchel, Astros 1RHP: Darren O’Day, Orioles 1LHP: Glen Perkins, Twins 3LHP: David Price, Tigers 5LHP: Chris Sale, White Sox 4
Reserves C: Russell Martin, Blue Jays 4C: Stephen Vogt, Athletics 11B: Albert Pujols, Angels 101B: Mark Teixeira, Yankees 32B: Jason Kipnis, Indians 13B: Manny Machado, Orioles 2SS: Jose Iglesias, Tigers 1IF/OF: Brock Holt, Red Sox 2OF: Jose Bautista, Blue Jays 6OF: Adam Jones, Orioles 5OF: J.D. Martinez, Tigers 1DH: Prince Fielder, Rangers 6
Final Vote candidatesSS: Xander Bogaerts, Red Sox 1OF: Yoenis Cespedes, Tigers 22B: Brian Dozier, Twins 1OF: Brett Gardner, Yankees 13B: Mike Moustakas, Royals 1
National LeagueStartersC: Buster Posey, Giants 31B: Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs 32B: Dee Gordon, Marlins 23B: Todd Frazier, Reds 2SS: Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals 3OF: Bryce Harper, Nationals 3OF: Matt Holliday, Cardinals 3OF: Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins 7RHP: Max Scherzer, Nationals 3
PitchersRHP: Gerrit Cole, Pirates 1 3RHP: Zack Greinke, Dodgers 3 1RHP: Shelby Miller, Braves 1 3RHP: Jacob deGrom, Mets 1 1LHP: Madison Bumgarner, Giants 3 1RHP: Michael Wacha, Cardinals 1 3RHP: A.J. Burnett, Pirates 1 1RHP: Trevor Rosenthal, Cardinals 1 1RHP: Mark Melancon, Pirates 2 1LHP: Aroldis Chapman, Reds 4 2RHP: Jonathan Papelbon, Phillies 6 4RHP: Francisco Rodriguez, Brewers 6 6
ReservesC: Yadier Molina, Cardinals 7C: Yasmani Grandal, Dodgers 11B: Anthony Rizzo, Cubs 21B: Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers 52B: DJ LeMahieu, Rockies 12B: Joe Panik, Giants 1SS: Brandon Crawford, Giants 13B: Nolan Arenado, Rockies 13B: Kris Bryant, Cubs 1OF: Andrew McCutchen, Pirates 5OF: Joc Pederson, Dodgers 1OF: A.J. Pollock, D-backs 1OF: Justin Upton, Padres 3
Final Vote candidatesRHP: Johnny Cueto, Reds 2RHP: Jeurys Familia, Mets 1LHP: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers 5RHP: Carlos Martinez, Cardinals 1SS: Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies 5
GOLFSunday’s money winners
PGAJohn Deere Classic, July 9-12TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Illinois. Par 71, 7,256 yards. Purse: $4,700,000. 2014 champion: Brian Harman
Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 Jordan Spieth -20 $846,000 NOTE: Spieth won 2-hole playoff2 Tom Gillis -20 $507,600T3 Zach Johnson -19 $272,600T3 Danny Lee -19 $272,600T5 Chris Stroud -18 $171,550T5 Johnson Wagner -18 $171,550T5 Justin Thomas -18 $171,550T8 Steve Wheatcroft -16 $131,600T8 Will Wilcox -16 $131,600T8 Kevin Chappell -16 $131,600T8 Daniel Summerhays -16 $131,600T12 Jason Bohn -15 $103,400T12 Carl Pettersson -15 $103,400T14 Robert Streb -14 $84,600T14 Scott Piercy -14 $84,600T14 Luke Guthrie -14 $84,60017 Jerry Kelly -13 $75,200T18 Adam Hadwin -12 $59,220T18 Roger Sloan -12 $59,220T18 Vijay Singh -12 $59,220T18 Kyle Stanley -12 $59,220
Canada (MacKenzie Tour)The Players Cup, July 9-12Pine Ridge Golf Club, Winnipeg, Par 72, 6,636 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Timothy Madigan.
Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par WinningsCheng-Tsung Pan -15 $C 31,500Other purse sharesnot announced.
LPGAU.S. Women’s Open, July 9-12Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Par 72, 6,657 yards. Purse: $4,000,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie
Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 In Gee Chun -8 $810,0002 Amy Yang -7 $486,000T3 Stacy Lewis -5 $267,072T3 Inbee Park -5 $267,072T5 Brooke Henderson -3 $141,396T5 Pernilla Lindberg -3 $141,396T5 Shiho Oyama -3 $141,396T5 Jane Park -3 $141,396T5 Morgan Pressel -3 $141,396T5 So Yeon Ryu -3 $141,39611 Michelle Wie -2 $100,542T12 Lydia Ko -1 $89,589T12 Min Lee -1 $89,589T14 Brittany Lang E $70,838T14 Mi Hyang Lee E $70,838T14 Lizette Salas E $70,838T14 Karrie Webb E $70,838T14 Rumi Yoshiba E $70,83819 Jenny Shin +1 $59,245
Champions TourEncompass Championship, July 10-12North Shore Country Club, Glenview, Illinois. Par 72, 7,031 yards. Purse: $1,900,000. 2014 champion: Tom Lehman
Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 Jerry Smith -16 $285,0002 David Frost -13 $167,2003 Wes Short, Jr. -12 $136,800T4 Woody Austin -11 $101,650T4 Bart Bryant -11 $101,650T6 Fred Funk -10 $64,600T6 Mike Goodes -10 $64,600T6 Lee Janzen -10 $64,600T6 Duffy Waldorf -10 $64,600T10 Fred Couples -9 $45,600T10 Tom Lehman -9 $45,600T10 Kenny Perry -9 $45,600T13 Jeff Maggert -8 $34,200T13 Tom Pernice, Jr. -8 $34,200T13 Peter Senior -8 $34,200T13 Kevin Sutherland -8 $34,200T13 Grant Waite -8 $34,200T18 Jim Rutledge -7 $26,663T18 Rod Spittle -7 $26,663T18 Michael Allen -7 $26,663
Web.com TourAlbertsons Boise Open, July 9-12Hillcrest Country Club, Boise, Idaho. Par 71, 6,825 yards. Purse: $800,000. 2014 champion: Steve Wheatcroft
Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 Martin Piller -28 $144,0002 J Fernandez Valdes -22 $86,400T3 Cody Gribble -21 $46,400T3 Jin Park -21 $46,400T5 Michael Arnaud -19 $30,400T5 Michael Kim -19 $30,400T7 Sung Kang -18 $25,800T7 Peter Malnati -18 $25,800T9 Bronson Burgoon -17 $20,000T9 Rick III Cochran -17 $20,000T9 Zack Fischer -17 $20,000T9 Patton Kizzire -17 $20,000T9 Peter Tomasulo -17 $20,000
European TourAlstom Open de France, July 2-5Le Golf National Paris, France. Par 72, 7,315 yards. Purse: $3,000,000. 2014 champion: Graeme McDowell
Final leaderboard, with winningsGolfer Par Winnings1 Rickie Fowler -12 €760,545T2 Raphael Jacquelin -11 €396,349T2 Matt Kuchar -11 €396,349T4 Joost Luiten -10 €193,789T4 Eddie Pepperell -10 €193,789T4 Marc Warren -10 €193,789T7 Daniel Brooks -9 €117,734T7 Luke Donald -9 €117,734T7 Ross Fisher -9 €117,734T10 Victor Dubuisson -8 €75,490T10 Tommy Fleetwood -8 €75,490T10 David Howell -8 €75,490T10 M Angel Jimenez -8 €75,490T10 Rikard Karlberg -8 €75,490T10 Russell Knox -8 €75,490T10 Y.E. Yang -8 €75,490
This week’s tournaments:
MajorThe Open Championship, July 16-19aka British Open. St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, the Old Court. Par 72, 6721 yards. Purse: $9,200,000. 2014 cham-pion: Rory McIlroy
PGABarbasol Championship (inaugu-ral), July 16-19Robert Trent Jones at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama. Par 72, 7,139 yards. Purse: $3,500,000
Canada (MacKenzie Tour)Staal Foundation Open, July 16-19Whitewater Golf Club, Thunder Bay, Ont. Par 72, 7,293 yards. Purse: $175,000. 2014 champion: Wes Homan
LPGAMarathon Classic, July 16-19Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio. Par 71, 6,428 yards. Purse: $1,500,000. 2014 champion: Lydia Ko
Champions TourNo tournament this week. Next:The Senior Open Championship, July 23-26
CYCLING102nd Tour de France, July 4-26, 3,360 km in 21 stages.
Canadian entries: Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge)Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team)
Yesterday’s scheduleRest day
Today’s ride: Stage 10 - Tarbes to La Pierre Saint-Martin, 167km. First climbing day.
Overall standings after Sunday’s stage 91 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 31hr 34min 12sec2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at 0:12sec3 Greg Van Avermaet (BEL/BMC) 0:274 Peter Sagan (SVK/TIN) 0:385 Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 1min 03se6 Rigoberto Uran (COL/ETI) 1:187 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 1:508 Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 1:529 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 1:5910 Zdenek Stybar (CZE/ETI) 1:5911 Tony Gallopin (FRA/LOT) 2:0112 Roman Kreuziger (CZE/TIN) 2:1813 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 2:2214 Warren Barguil (FRA/GIA) 2:4315 Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 2:5216 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 2:5617 Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/ALM) 3:3018 Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 3:5219 Andrew Talansky (USA/CAN) 4:1720 Mathias Frank (SUI/IAM) 4:3221 Romain Bardet (FRA/ALM) 4:3822 Jan Bakelants (BEL/ALM) 5:0823 Rui Costa (POR/LAM) 5:2024 Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 5:2225 Samuel Sanchez (ESP/BMC) 6:17122 Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria/CAN) 36:28180 Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C./ORI) 1h04:17.
PAN-AM GAMESToronto, July 10-26
Rank/Country Gold Sil Bro Tot1 Canada 17 14 10 412 United States 12 10 14 363 Cuba 10 8 8 264 Colombia 10 6 10 265 Mexico 8 6 13 276 Brazil 6 6 12 247 Argentina 2 9 5 168 Ecuador 2 4 4 109 Chile 2 1 2 510 Dominican Rep. 1 0 3 411 Venezuela 0 5 1 612 Peru 0 1 1 213 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
Canadian medalistsG=Gold S=Silver B=BronzeMulti-medal winnersSynchronised Swimming (2 gold)Jacqueline Simoneau, Karine ThomasDivingJennifer Abel, 1G, 1SRoseline Filion, 1G, 1SMeaghan Benfeito, 1G, 1BPhilippe Gange, 2SPamela Ware, 2SGymnastics ArtisticEllie Black, 1G, 1SCanoeingMichelle Russell, 1G, 1S
Judo - Women’s -63 kgG- Estefania Garcia, EcuadorS- Stefanie Tremblay, CanadaB- Maylin Del Toro, CubaB- Mariana Silva, Brazil
Women’s -70 kgG- Kelita Zupancic, CanadaS- Onix Cortes, CubaB- Maria Portela, BrazilB- Yuri Alvear Colombia
Gymnastics ArtisticWomen’s All AroundG- Ellie Black, CanadaS- Madison Desch, United StatesB- Flavia Lopes Saraiva, Brazil
Canoeing FlatMen C1 1000mG- Isaquias Queiroz Dos Santos, BrazilS- Mark Oldershaw, CanadaB- Jose Cristobal, Mexico
Men C2 1000mG- CanadaS- BrazilB- Cuba
Men K1 1000mG- Jorge Garcia, CubaS- Daniel Dal Bo, ArgentinaB- Adam Van Koeverden, Canada
Women K1 500mG- Yusmari Mengana, CubaS- Michelle Russell, CanadaB- Ana Paula Vergutz, Brazil
Diving - MenSynchronised 3m SpringboardG- MexicoS- CanadaB- United States
Diving - WomenSynchronised 10m PlatformG- CanadaS- BrazilB- Mexico
Synchronised 3m SpringboardG- MexicoS- CanadaB- United States
RowingMen’s Coxless FourG- CanadaS- CubaB- Argentina
Men’s Double ScullsG- CubaS- ArgentinaB- Canada
Women’s Coxless PairsG- United StatesS- ChileB- Canada
Women’s Double ScullsG- Canada S- United StatesB- Cuba
Men’s 10,000m PointsG- Mike Paez, MexicoS- Juan Sebastian Sanz Neira, ColombiaB- Jordan Belchos, Canada
Shooting - Women’s TrapG- Amanda Chudoba, CanadaS- Kayle Browning, United StatesB- Kimberley Bowers, United States
Weekend medal winnersMen’s BMXG- Tory Nyhaug, CanadaS- Alfredo Campo Vintimilla, EcuadorB- Long Nicholas, United States
Canoeing FlatG- CanadaS- CubaB- Argentina
DivingMen’s 3m Springboard DivingG- Rommel Pacheco, MexicoS- Jahir Ocampo, MexicoB- Philippegagne, Canada
Women’s 3m SpringboardG- Jennifer Abel, CanadaS- Pamela Ware, CanadaB- Dolores Hernandez, Mexico
Women’s 10m PlatformPaola Espinosa, MexicoRoseline Filion, CanadaMeaghan Benfeito, Canada
Judo: Women’s -52 kgG- Erika Miranda, BrazilS- Ecaterina Guica, CanadaB- Angelica Delgado, United States and Gretter Romero, Cuba
Synchronised Swimming DuetG- CanadaS- MexicoB- United States
Synchronised Swimming TeamG- CanadaS- MexicoB- United States
Mountain cycling - Women’s XCOG- Emily Batty, CanadaS- Catharine Pendrel, CanadaB- Erin Huck, United States
Men’s XCOG- Raphael Gagne, CanadaS- Catriel Soto, ArgentinaB- Stephen Ettinger, United States
Shooting - Women’s 10m Air PistolG- Lynda Kiejko, CanadaS- Alejandra Zavala, MexicoB- Lilian Castro, El Salvador
Weightlifting - Men’s 69 kgG- Luis J. Mosquera Lozano, ColombiaS- Bredni Roque, MexicoB- Francis Luna-Grenier, Canada
Rugby 7s - MenG- CanadaS- ArgentinaB- United States
Rugby 7s - WomenG- CanadaS- United StatesB- Brazil
West Coast League
Yesterday’s resultsCowlitz 1, Bellingham 0Yakima Valley 1, Kitsap 0Corvallis 10, Klamath Falls 2Victoria 6, Medford 4Kelowna 7, Wenatchee 1
Today’s scheduleBellingham at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.Victoria at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Yakima Valley at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m.Klamath Falls at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.Kelowna at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15Bellingham at Cowlitz, 6:35 p.m.Victoria at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Yakima Valley at Kitsap, 6:35 p.m.Klamath Falls at Corvallis, 6:40 p.m.Kelowna at Wenatchee, 7:05 p.m.
Thursday, July 16Bellingham at Victoria, 6:35 p.m.Kitsap at Medford, 6:35 p.m.Wenatchee at Kelowna, 6:35 p.m.Bend at Walla Walla, 7:05 p.m.Corvallis at Yakima Valley, 7:05 p.m.Cowlitz at Klamath Falls, 7:05 p.m.
B.C. Premier LeagueTeam W L Pct GBNorth Shore 30 9 .769 -Victoria Eagles 29 12 .707 2Langley 27 13 .675 3.5Nanaimo 26 14 .650 4.5Okanagan 21 15 .583 7.5Whalley 20 20 .500 10.5North Delta 17 21 .447 12.5White Rock 16 25 .390 15Abbotsford 15 24 .385 15Coquitlam 14 25 .359 16Victoria Mariners 13 26 .333 17Parksville 9 33 .214 22.5
Today’s scheduleOkanagan at North Delta, 2 p.m.North Delta at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m.White Rock at Langley, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15Okanagan at North Delta, 2 p.m.North Delta at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 16Whalley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.
BC Junior A Lacrosse League
Playoffs
Series are best-of-5*=if necessary
Sunday’s resultDelta 7, Victoria 6 Delta leads series 2-0
Wednesday, July 15 (Game 3)New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Coquitlam leads series 2-0
Saturday, July 18Coquitlam at N Westminster*, 2:30 p.m.Delta at Victoria*, 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 19Victoria at Delta*, 5 p.m.
Monday, July 20Delta at Victoria*, 5 p.m.New Westminster at Coquitlam*, 7:30 p.m.
LACROSSEWestern Lacrosse AssnWLA Senior A
Standings GP W L T PtsVictoria 14 11 3 0 22New Westminster 12 7 5 0 14Langley 14 7 7 0 14Burnaby 12 6 6 0 12Coquitlam 12 6 6 0 12Maple Ridge 12 5 7 0 10Nanaimo 12 2 10 0 4
Today’s scheduleVictoria vs. Nanaimo, 7:00 p.m.Coquitlam vs. Maple Ridge, 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15New Westminster vs. Langley, 7:45 p.m.
Thursday, July 16Coquitlam vs. N Westminster, 7:45 p.m.
Friday, July 17Nanaimo vs. Burnaby, 7:00 p.m.
SOCCERCONCACAF Gold Cup 2015
x-Advance to knockout stagey-eliminatedGroup A W D L GF GA Pts1 x-USA 2 1 0 4 2 72 x-Haiti 1 1 1 1 2 43 Panama 0 3 0 3 3 34 y-Honduras 0 1 1 2 3 1
Group B W D L GF GA Pts1 Jamaica 1 1 0 3 2 42 Costa Rica 0 2 0 3 3 23 El Salvador 0 2 0 1 1 24 Canada 0 1 1 0 1 1
Group C W D L GF GA Pts1 x-Trinidad 2 0 0 5 1 62 x-Mexico 1 1 0 6 0 43 Guatemala 0 1 1 1 3 14 y-Cuba 0 0 2 0 8 0
Yesterday’s resultsat Sporting Park, Kansas City, MissouriHaiti 1, Honduras 0Panama 1, United States 1
Today’s schedule Group Bat BMO Field, TorontoJamaica vs. El Salvador, 3 p.m.Canada vs. Costa Rica, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15 Group C(Final gorup games)At Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba vs. Guatemala Mexico vs. Trinidad
MLS
Weekend resultsNew England 1, NY Red Bulls 4Portland 0, Philadelphia 3Dallas 2, Orlando 0Columbus 0, Montreal 3Seattle 0, Chicago 1Salt Lake 1, Colorado 3Toronto 4, NY City FC 4Sporting KC 1, Vancouver 0 Wednesday, July 15Columbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 17San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.
Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GADC United 35 21 10 6 5 23 18NY Red Bulls 26 18 7 6 5 27 23Toronto 24 17 7 7 3 26 27Orlando 24 19 6 7 6 23 24Columbus 24 19 6 7 6 27 29N. England 24 21 6 9 6 26 33Philadelphia 22 20 6 10 4 25 32Montreal 21 16 6 7 3 23 25NY City FC 21 19 5 8 6 24 27Chicago 18 17 5 9 3 19 24
Western LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GASeattle 32 20 10 8 2 25 19Vancouver 32 20 10 8 2 23 20Dallas 32 19 9 5 5 26 23Portland 31 20 9 7 4 22 23Los Angeles 31 21 8 6 7 31 23Sporting KC 30 17 8 3 6 26 17San Jose 25 18 7 7 4 19 19Houston 24 19 6 7 6 24 24Salt Lake 23 20 5 7 8 19 26Colorado 21 19 4 6 9 17 19
Pacific Coast Soccer League W D L GF GA PtsVancouver Utd 11 2 3 41 19 35Victoria 8 6 1 33 17 30Mid Isle 9 2 3 23 14 29Khalsa 7 3 5 32 23 24Van Tbirds 5 6 4 31 24 21Kamloops 6 2 6 23 25 20Abbotsford 2 5 7 16 23 11Tim Hortons 3 1 9 23 40 10FC Tigers 0 3 13 16 53 3
Weekend resultsAbbotsford 1, Kamloops 1Van United 3, Kamloops 2Khalsa at Tim Hortons (score n/a)Mid Isle 1, FC Tigers 0
Tuesday, July 14Abbotsford at Van Tbirds, 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 18Mid Isle at Abbotsford, 2 p.m.Tim Hortons at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
TENNISATPHall of Fame Tennis Champion-ships, July 13-19Newport, Rhode Island.Surface: Outdoor, grass. Purse: $549,230
Singles - Round 1Ivo Karlovic (2), Croatia, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 6-4.John-Patrick Smith, Australia, def. Bernard Tomic (3), Australia, 6-3, 7-5.Steve Johnson (7), United States, def. Michael Berrer, Germany, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-2.Tatsuma Ito, Japan, def. Noah Rubin, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-4.Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Adrian Menendez-Maceiras, Spain, 6-1, 7-5.Jared Donaldson, United States, def. Austin Krajicek, United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles - Round 1Aliaksandr Bury, Belarus, and Andreas Siljestrom, Sweden, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, and John-Patrick Smith, Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 12-10.
WTABucharest Open, July 13-19Bucharest, RomaniaSurface: Clay. Purse: $226,750
Singles - Round 1Sara Errani (1), Italy, def. Cagla Buyu-kakcay, Turkey, 6-2, 7-6 (2).Polona Hercog, Slovenia, def. Tereza Smitkova (6), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-5.Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 6-4, 3-1, retired.Anna Tatishvili, United States, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles - Round 1Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Alek-sandra Krunic (1), Serbia, def. Valeriya Strakhova, Ukraine, and Anastasiya Vasylyeva, Ukraine, 6-0, 6-0.Andreea Mitu, Romania, and Patricia Maria Tig, Romania, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Petra Martic (2), Croatia, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8.Elena Bogdan, Romania, and Alexandra Cadantu, Romania, def. Jaqueline Cristian, Romania, and Elena Ruse, Romania, 6-3, 6-3.
Collector Swedish Open, July 13-19Bastad, SwedenSurface: Clay. Purse: $226,750
Singles - Round 1Samantha Stosur (2), Australia, def. Julia Glushko, Israel, 6-1, 6-1.Mona Barthel (4), Germany, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3.Katerina Siniakova (6), Czech Republic, def. Yuliya Beygelzimer, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles - Round 1Hao-Ching Chan, Taiwan, and Yung-Jan Chan (1), Taiwan, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, and Stephanie Vogt, Liechten-stein, 6-3, 7-5.Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Beatriz Garcia Vidagany, Spain, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, and Susanne Celik, Sweden, 3-6, 6-3, 10-1.
AUTO RACINGThis week’s race
NASCARCamping World RV Sales 301 (New Hampshire 301)Sunday, July 19, 10:45 a.m.New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
Current drivers’ standings Pts Money1 Jimmie Johnson 589 $3,881,2772 Kevin Harvick 656 $5,023,3813 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 593 $3,294,9504 Kurt Busch 508 $2,164,0005 Joey Logano 581 $4,182,4586 Martin Truex Jr. 569 $2,756,9537 Brad Keselowski 520 $2,928,1968 Matt Kenseth 501 $2,965,3519 Denny Hamlin 480 $3,538,02210 Carl Edwards 408 $2,112,72311 Jamie McMurray 526 $2,561,19112 Jeff Gordon 500 $2,975,02613 Kasey Kahne 496 $2,294,14414 Paul Menard 480 $2,068,61015 Ryan Newman 472 $2,615,59316 Clint Bowyer 465 $2,653,738
— Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off —
17 Kyle Busch 152 $983,65518 Aric Almirola 441 $2,483,95619 Kyle Larson 395 $2,216,19520 Greg Biffle 392 $2,616,642
Next week’s race
Formula OneHungarian Grand Prix, July 26, 5 a.m.Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary.Track length 4.381 km (2.722 miles), 16 turnsQualifying Saturday, July 25, 5 a.m.
F1 drivers’ standings(After 9 of 19 races)Driver, Team, Points1 Lewis Hamilton, England, Mercedes, 1942 Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 1773 Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 1354 Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Williams, 775 Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari, 766 Felipe Massa, Brazil, Williams, 747 Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Bull, 368 Daniil Kvyat, Russia, Red Bull, 279 Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Force India, 2410 Romain Grosjean, France, Lotus, 1711 Felipe Nasr, Brazil, Sauber, 1612 Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force India, 1513 Pastor Maldonado, Venezuela, Lotus, 1214 Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Toro Rosso, 1015 Carlos Sainz Jr., Spain, Toro Rosso, 916 Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sauber, 517 Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 418 Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren, 119 Roberto Merhi, Spain, Marussia, 020 Will Stevens, Gt Britain, Marussia, 0
Constructor standingsTeam Points1 Mercedes 2851 Mercedes 3282 Ferrari 1923 Williams 1294 Red Bull 555 Force India 31
East W L PCT GB StrkKelowna 22 9 0.710 - W2Yakima Valley 18 13 0.581 4 W1Walla Walla 16 17 0.485 7 L1Wenatchee 12 19 0.387 10 L1South W L PCT GB StrkBend 27 6 0.818 - W1Medford 6 9 0.400 6 L1Corvallis 7 14 0.333 10 L1Klamath Falls 3 12 0.200 9.5 L1West W L PCT GB StrkBellingham 20 10 0.667 - L1Victoria 14 16 0.467 5.5 W6Cowlitz 10 14 0.417 6 L1Kitsap 10 21 0.323 10 L11
SCOREBOARD
Left to right: Will Crothers, Kai Langerfeld, Tim Schrijver, and Conlin McCabe celebrate winning gold. [CP PHOTO]
Rowers, paddlers keep medals comingTHE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — Canada’s paddlers and rowers kept the medals coming on Day 3 of the Pan American Games.
Led by gold-medal performances by the men’s coxless four and the women’s double sculls, Can-adian rowers combined to add three more medals to Canada’s impressive early haul on Monday.
“It was pretty amazing. It sent goosebumps down my spine,” said veteran rower Will Croth-ers who could hear the vocal hometown crowd in St. Catharines, Ont., as the men’s four — Crothers, Tim Schrijver of Thedford, Ont., Kai Langerfeld of Parksville, and Conlin McCabe of Brockville, Ont. — entered their final 500-metre sprint.
“I started thinking, we’re sitting up (starting the final sprint). I yelled to the boys, ‘Who wants to sing?’
“I think that probably fired them up pretty good. I think the (stroke) rate went up. We start-ed really chucking down some heaters. Some hot strokes to get to the line.”
The men finished six minutes 10.80 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of silver-medal-lists Cuba (6:14.30) and bronze-medallists Argen-tina (6:16.52).
Kerry Shaffer, from Welland, Ont., and Antje Von Seydlitz of Smithers, won gold in the women’s double sculls with a time of 7:13.01, just ahead of the United States (7:14.65) in second and Cuba (7:20.00) in third.
Von Seydlitz could hear the partisan crowd from halfway out on the course.
“It was unreal. It kind of brings tears to your eyes,” she said. “You’re so proud to be racing in your own country in front of your hometown fans.”
Canadian rowers also took bronze medals in men’s double sculls and women’s pairs.
Just down the road in Welland, Canada added four medals in kayak and canoe events.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Honor a sense of feeling drained. It might be best to spend some time at home relaxing. You can’t always go-go-go, as if you were a machine. Follow your instincts, and you will land well. A child or loved one will be delighted to see you. Tonight: Make you your No. 1 priority.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Your smile and expression tells others where you stand on cer-tain matters. You’ll be quite con-tent with an offer heading your way. A partner might express sarcasm, possibly because of jealousy. Be nice anyway. Tonight: Visit over dinner, and talk through a problem.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Double-check all your financial dealings, and make sure there are no errors. This cautious attitude needs to transfer over to counting your change as well. A boss might make a suggestion that appeals to you, but ultimately might not be as clear as you would like. Tonight: Pay bills.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)You are far more direct than
many people realize. Your moodi-ness sometimes confuses others, as you tend to say one thing yet do another. Curb spending and overindulgence. If you can walk a moderate path, you will be able to avoid a problem. Tonight: Free yourself up.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)Use today for reflecting on a recent decision and for making a new opportunity possible. You are full of fun, but take some time off to recharge your batteries. Take your time; this downtime is impor-tant to you and your well-being. Tonight: Say little right now.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You are at a point where you can change a difficult situation quite easily, if that is your desire. You have pushed very hard to be acknowledged. You might be taken aback by some awkward-ness between you and another person. Let it go. Tonight: Where the crowds are.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)A dear friend might entice you to spend more than you want. Listen to news more openly than you have in the past, especially if it is
coming from a respected author-ity figure. Stay more in touch with a situation that has financial implications. Tonight: Accept a gift graciously.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Share a new outlook about a touchy situation. You might want to distance yourself from this problem even more after seeing someone else’s reaction. A friend will express his or her apprecia-tion for your caring. You’ll sense a new beginning. Tonight: Be near great music.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) A partner or a close loved one might want to discuss an impor-tant financial matter. You could get cranky and become quite dif-ficult. Even if you try to express your authentic appreciation, the other party might judge it as being false. Tonight: Follow the leader.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)You easily could become quite uptight in a situation where you see a partner or loved one pull back and try to make what he or she wants happen. You will notice that others support this person. You might want to acquiesce to his or her will. Tonight: Go along with the program.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You might have a lot to do, but after the past few playful days, you could be more than ready to clear out some paperwork or tackle a project that has been on the back burner. Allow another serious-minded person to share more of his or her ideas. Tonight: Be spontaneous.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Observe the creativity around you, and encourage this type of thinking. Your ability to take infor-mation and use it differently from how others do will help you find solutions easily. Others seek you out when they have a problem. Tonight: Add spice to the evening.
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Viola Stella Harding passed away peacefully on June 29th, 2015 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital at the age of 98 years.
Predeceased by husband Pte. Ira C Langille, who fought in the Second World War and gave his life to pro-tect us; an infant baby girl Sharon Elizabeth, daughter Eileen Stoddart, and son in law Dennis.
She is survived by her be-loved family: children Carol White (Ed Knight), Doreen Langille (Hanke Hemstra), Arnold Langille (Lettie Hig-gins), Marilyn Labrecque; sister, Althea (Bernard) Brad-bury and long time companion Johnny Serena; 4 grand-children; 24 great grandchildren; 3 great-great grandsons all of whom she adored. She is also remembered by ex-tended family and many nieces and nephews.
Viola was a very hard working lady to her family and outside the home. Her greatest joy in life was being with family and camping. She loved to cook and bake and her generosity was felt by all who knew her. There was always room at her table for more. She was very proud of her ap-pearance and made the effort to always look elegant. Her crafts, such as knitting – especially socks, quilts, Raggedy Ann and Andys are all seen in the families homes.
Viola was an asset to the community and Church. In Nova Scotia she sang in the choir, led CGIT (Canadian Girls In Training) even taking the group camping, 4H club for sewing, catering in the church and the community hall.
She has made numerous friends in her last two homes – Berwick and Kiwanis in Nanaimo.
Vi took great pride in her heritage and showed it by wearing her Nova Scotia tartan skirt. She lived through two World Wars, carrying a scar on her face from the Halifax Explosion of World War 1. Her final interment will take place at a future date at Holten War Cemetery in Holland.
A Celebration of her Life will be held at 2:00pm, Sat-urday, July 18th at Royal Canadian Legion Br #293, 4680 Victoria Quay, Port Alberni.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Viola's memory to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 401 - 495 Dunsmiur St., Nanaimo, BC V9R 6B9.
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MONTREAL — The $430-million settlement fund proposal for vic-tims of the Lac-Megantic train dis-aster is fair and can proceed despite objections by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., a Quebec judge ruled Monday.
Superior Court Justice Gaetan Dumas rejected two Canadian Pacific motions aimed at stopping the fund, which is earmarked for more than 4,000 victims and credit-ors in connection with the derail-ment that killed 47 people in July 2013.
CP said Monday it would review the decision and that it would have no other immediate comment. While the company can appeal the ruling, it will require the permis-sion of an appeals court justice to do so.
Lawyer Jeff Orenstein, who rep-resents the victims of the tragedy, said if CP is not granted the right to appeal, he hopes to have the mil-lions distributed to victims as soon as possible.
“We will push to get the cheques out by the end of the year,” he said. “If it’s possible we’ll do it.”
On July 6, 2013, an unmanned train owned by the Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. roared into Lac-Megantic and derailed, with its cargo exploding and deci-
mating part of the downtown core.MMA didn’t have enough insur-
ance to pay damages to victims and creditors, so it filed for bankruptcy in the United States and Canada. The settlement fund is tied to the
bankruptcy proceedings on both sides of the border.
About 25 companies accused of responsibility in the 2013 tragedy agreed to pay roughly $431.5 mil-lion to victims. The terms of the
fund offer all the companies that are giving money a full release from legal liability, in both the United States and Canada, for the disaster.
The fund was unanimously accepted by victims and creditors during a June 8 meeting.
While CP has said previously it doesn’t dispute that families of the victims deserve compensation, it insists it was not responsible for what happened.
Its lawyer, Alain Riendeau, reminded Dumas last month that the disaster “did not involve our tracks, did not involve our rail cars, our products or our employees.”
CP wanted Dumas to declare the ongoing bankruptcy proceed-ings for the railway responsible for the disaster — Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway Ltd. — illegitimate.
It argued the case should be heard in Federal Court, not Quebec Superior Court.
CP also wanted Dumas to rule that the settlement fund was unfair because it would have limited its ability to countersue the other firms involved in the tragedy.
The problem for Canadian Pacif-ic is if any of the 25 companies decides to sue it to recoup money put toward the fund, being freed from liability means CP wouldn’t be able to countersue.
Wrecked oil tankers and debris from a runaway train in Lac-Megantic, Que., on July 8, 2013. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]A
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Anti-austerity protesters hold a Greek flag during a rally against the government’s agreement with its creditors in front of the tomb of the unknown soldier in Athens on Monday. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
Greece can avoid fi nancial calamity in eurozone dealJOHN-THOR DAHLBURG AND PAN PYLAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS — After gruelling, often angry negotiations that tested the limits of European unity, Greece struck a prelim-inary rescue deal Monday that should avert an imminent finan-cial catastrophe but also guar-antees years more hardship and sacrifice for its people.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras flew home to sell the bailout plan to skeptical lawmakers and political allies, some of whom accused him of selling Greece out. Panos Kammenos, leader of the junior partner in Tsipras’ coalition government, denounced the deal as a Ger-man-led “coup.”
“This deal introduced many new issues . . . we cannot agree with it,” he said after meeting with Tsipras.
Other Greeks rallied Monday night before Parliament in Ath-ens, urging lawmakers to reject the new demands.
To close the deal with his partners in the euro currency, Tsipras had to consent to a raft of austerity measures, including sales tax hikes and pension and labour reforms — measures he had campaigned vociferously against over the last five years of Greece’s financial crisis.
Since his election in January, the youthful Tsipras has faced intense pressure to backpedal on many of his promises to Greece’s exhausted electorate. Finally, faced Sunday by the leaders of the 18 other nations that share the euro and the knowledge that Greek banks were just days from running out of money, the moment came when he couldn’t resist any more.
A series of supposed red lines
vanished, including objections to tight international oversight of Greece’s economy, continued involvement by the International Monetary Fund in Greece’s bailout program and cuts to pensions.
The result of marathon nego-tiations emerged Monday: about $95.1 billion in loans and finan-cial support for Greece over three years that will preserve its membership in the euro, shore up its banks and allow a mod-icum of stability to return to the battered Greek economy.
Creditors have also dangled the carrot of a possible future debt restructuring in the event of a smooth bailout.
“We managed to avoid the most extreme measures,” Tsipras said.
But ordinary Greeks now face tougher measures than those they voted down in a referendum a little over a week ago.
Search underway for soldier in fi re zoneTHE CANADIAN PRESS
Military officials say a soldier is missing on the front lines of the fight against wildfires in Saskatchewan.
Lt. Derek Reid, public affairs officer for Third Canadian Division, says a member of the Immediate Response Unit became separated from his co-workers Monday afternoon.
Reid says it happened after the soldier took a break from rou-tine fire line operations near La Ronge, Sask.
When he didn’t return, mem-bers of the unit in the immediate area began a “box search” while other soldiers from the surround-ing district moved in to help out.
Military officials aren’t releas-ing any other information about the soldier, including his name.
About 430 soldiers and reserv-ists are currently working on fire lines and more are being trained.
Emergency officials are warn-ing thousands of fire evacuees from northern Saskatchewan not to go home until it’s safe.
Meanwhile, some residents have been allowed to return to a handful of communities and wildfires across the province have become “a bit more normal-ized,” Duane McKay with emer-gency management said Monday.
But that progress doesn’t mean all danger has passed, he said.
“Until wildfire management actually issues an all-clear for people to return, we respectful-ly request that people restrict on themselves travel in those areas.”
Flames and thick smoke have forced about 13,000 people out of their homes in at least 50 com-munities over the last two weeks. Fires have destroyed 81 houses and cabins.
Nearly 1,500 firefighters are in the region, including Edmonton military personnel and crews from other provinces and the United States. About 90 northern residents also started fire train-ing Monday so they can join the effort.
McKay said he understands that many evacuees want to know how much longer they’ll be out of their homes. Officials are reviewing which commun-ities are no longer under threat and have utility services and road access. Evacuation orders may be lifted after meeting with municipal leaders.
About 130 evacuees were allowed to return Sunday to Grandmother’s Bay reserve. Others from eight communities not under evacuation orders also went home after smoke no longer blocked road travel and ceased to pose health concerns.
Word of those going back prompted some people to drive back to their properties to check on them, and the traffic posed a problem for firefighters, said McKay.
The fire situation remains “dynamic,” said Steve Roberts with wildfire management.
There were 127 fires burning on Monday, half of them near La Ronge, a town of 2,700 and one of the largest communities in the north.
Two to three millimetres of rain fell in the region on the weekend — “not enough to sig-nificantly change the behaviour on these fires.”
Roberts said although some fires may be under control, crews need to ensure they won’t flare up again.
“That’s why some of these lar-ger fires near communities are taking a little longer before we’re comfortable saying that they’re secure,” he said
“Until wildfire management actually issues an all-clear for people to return, we respectfully request that people restrict on themselves travel in those areas.”Duane McKay, emergency official
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RECIPES
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Lemon chicken in a bag will delightSometimes, we just need to get dinner on the table; it doesn’t have to be fancy but it should be goodMELISSA D’ARABIAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Life is busy. We don’t always have the luxury of thumbing through our favourite cookbooks, marking
appealing recipes with sticky notes for dinners sometime off in the future when we will some-how have time to salt-cure a cod or dry-age a side of beef in our garage fridge. Sometimes, we just need to get dinner on the table. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but it should still be tasty and nutritious.
Enter the chicken leg and thigh!
Often overlooked by the healthy cook due to its higher fat con-tent, dark chicken meat is under-appreciated. Yes, the dark meat has a few more grams of fat than the white meat of the breasts (a 3 1/2-ounce serving of breast meat has about 4 grams of fat, while the same amount of dark meat has just under 6 grams).
And the higher cholesterol of the dark meat means the breast probably still should be in your rotation.
But chicken legs and thighs are luscious in texture and full of fla-vour and protein (about 28 grams per serving).
They also are much lower in saturated fat than most cuts of red meat, and they offer more iron per serving than chicken breasts. Perhaps most important of all for the busy weeknight cook is that bone-in dark meat chicken is very forgiving in terms of cooking time. Which is to say, it is very hard to overcook dark chicken meat.
So on weeknights when my husband and I both have to work and one daughter has dance and the other three have soccer, lacrosse and more soccer, I total-ly appreciate the forgiveness offered by the dark meat.
One of my favourite weeknight
chicken leg and thigh strategies is to load them up in a large plas-tic bag in the morning, dump in some veggies and a quick mar-inade, then just toss the whole thing into the refrigerator to sit all day.
After work, I dump the con-tents of the bag into a baking dish and pop it into the oven while I change into something more comfortable (by which I mean sweats). Dinner, done!
WEEKNIGHT LEMON CHICK-EN DINNER-IN-A-BAG
Start to Finish: 1 hour,
plus marinatingServings: 48 bone-in chicken drumsticks or
thighs, or a mix1/4 cup lemon juice1/4 cup olive oil3 cloves garlic, minced2 teaspoons dried thyme1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
(optional)Kosher salt and ground black
pepper1 large red or yellow onion, cut
into 8 wedges4 medium red potatoes, halvedUsing a paper towel in each
hand to help grip the chicken
pieces, remove and discard the skin by pulling it off.
In a 2-gallon zip-close plastic bag, mix together the lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, thyme, red pepper flakes (if using), and a hefty pinch each of salt and pepper. Add the chicken, onion and potatoes, seal the bag and gently turn over several times to evenly coat the contents with the marinade. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 12 hours, turning the bag once or twice if convenient.
When ready to cook, heat the oven to 375 F. Coat a rimmed
baking sheet with cooking spray. Dump the contents of the bag onto the pan, spread into an even layer, then bake uncovered until the chicken registers 175 F at the thickest parts, about 40 minutes. If the potatoes and onions brown too quickly on one side, turn them for more even cooking.
Nutrition information per serving: 610 calories; 220 calories from fat (36 per cent of total cal-ories); 25 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 240 mg cholesterol; 540 mg sodium; 40 g carbohy-drate; 5 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 55 g protein.
Weekend lemon chicken diner in a bag. Chicken legs and thighs are luscious in texture and full of flavor and protein. They also are much lower in saturated fat than most cuts of red meat, and they offer more iron per serving than chicken breasts. This dish is from a recipe by Melissa d’Arabian. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
Homemade nut butters a healthier way to goSARA MOULTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
For many parents, back to school time means back to pack-ing lunch for the kids. And that means it’s time to revisit that old lunchbox mainstay, the peanut butter sandwich.
The star ingredient tends to come one of two ways — heavily processed or ultra-natural. The more processed peanut butters generally are pumped up with added fats (as if peanuts don’t have enough!), sugar and salt. Not a happy choice. Meanwhile, natural peanut butters may shed the added ingredients, but they often make up for it with gains in price. Ouch!
I’ve decided there is a better way. Homemade! Do-it-yourself peanut butter is not only health-ier (you control what goes in it), it’s also way cheaper. And it’s a snap to make.
You start with the recipe’s only required ingredient: peanuts, raw or toasted. I prefer using toasted peanuts. You can buy them toasted or get raw and toast them at home in the oven. Either way, you just pour the toasted peanuts into a processor or sturdy blender and let it rip until they’re ground.
The grinding involves two stages. First, the peanuts turn into a fine powder. If you keep going, they then turn into a smooth paste. Keep in mind that food processors and blenders tend to overheat if they’re forced
to run for a long period. That’s why I prepare peanut butter in small batches, grinding only 1 1/2 cups of nuts at a time.
I also like to add 1 tablespoon of a neutral oil. My preference is grapeseed, but sunflower or saf-flower also work. The oil makes it easier to grind the nuts, which keeps both the machine and the nut butter from becoming too hot. If you like your peanut but-ter chunky, start this recipe by pulsing about 1/3 cup of addition-al nuts in the processor.
Once they’re nicely chopped, dump them out of the proces-sor and set them aside. When the rest of the nuts have been ground to a paste, transfer to a bowl and stir in the chopped nuts.
Flavourings? You might add 1/4 teaspoon of fine salt in the beginning. Other options are vanilla extract or paste, honey, cinnamon or whatever suits your fancy. Just hold off on adding these until you’re otherwise finished processing. Once you
have the consistency you want, then mix in any flavourings.
The beauty of this recipe? You don’t have to limit yourself to peanuts. Almonds and cashews work great, too. And whichever nut you use, your homemade nut butter will keep in a sealed jar in the refrigerator for up to three months. But I’m pretty sure it’ll be eaten well before then.
HOMEMADE NUT BUTTERSToasted peanuts, almonds and
cashews taste best. If you buy
them raw, they are easy to toast at home. Spread the nuts on a rimmed baking sheet lined with kitchen parchment and bake on the oven’s middle shelf at 350 F for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned and fragrant.
For a lighter, smoother almond butter, look for blanched almonds, which lack the skin.
Start to finish: 10 minutesMakes about 1 cup1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups raw or toasted
peanuts or cashews1 tablespoon neutral vegetable
oil, preferably grapeseed1/4 teaspoon fine salt (optional)In a food processor, combine
the nuts, oil and salt, if using. Process until very smooth, scrap-ing down the sides several times, 1 to 4 minutes.
Transfer to a glass jar with a lid and chill until ready to use. The nut butters will keep for up to three months in the refrigerator.
Nutrition information per serving (based on 8 servings) using peanuts: 180 calories; 140 calories from fat (78 per cent of total calories); 15 g fat (2.5 g sat-urated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 60 mg sodium; 6 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 7 g protein.
Nutrition information per serv-ing (based on 8 servings) using cashews: 160 calories; 120 cal-ories from fat (75 per cent of total calories); 14 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 65 mg sodium; 8 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 4 g protein.
Bring your own meals when on your summer vacation
When planning your sum-mer vacation, the last thing you want to worry
about is what and where you will eat. Eating in restaurants for a few days won’t hurt, but for longer vacations it can be very unhealthy and expensive to eat all of your meals out.
If you have children, it is cheaper and easier to bring
small, healthy snacks to offer when hunger sets in. Nothing ruins a holiday faster than hav-ing to stop in a strange town to look for somewhere to eat with hungry children. You will have a much happier experience with children if they are not too hungry or too tired when you sit down to a meal.
If you are driving for long dis-tances, it is a good idea to stop, stretch and rest every few hours. Often travellers will push them-selves to reach a destination and put off eating for too long. This can lead to low blood sugar and stressed cranky behavior. Being too hungry by the time you
eat can also lead to overeating which can be uncomfortable when you are sitting for a long time. If you are travelling by car and have a cooler, it is easy to prepare your own meals to avoid costly trips to restaurants. Packing healthy food along is also one of the best ways to feel your best. When you have a cooler with a variety of healthy foods, you can eat when you are hungry without having to stop for long.
Collapsible coolers are avail-able that can fold flat and be tucked into your suitcase when flying for use when you arrive at your destination.
Many hotel rooms have small suites that include a refriger-ator. It is a good idea to call the hotel or check out their website to find out what amenities will be available to you. Even if your accommodation does not provide a refrigerator, almost all hotels and motels have ice machines that make it easy to keep coolers chilled.
Fill your cooler with foods like low fat yogurt, low fat milk, individual cereal boxes, fresh, dried or pre-packaged fruit, indi-vidual tins of tuna or salmon with pull off lids, cheese, nuts and seeds, peanut butter, cut up vegetables, muffins, crackers,
or whole grain bagels or buns. These foods are great for break-fast, lunch and between meal snacks.
Include extra water in your cooler to keep the family well hydrated as you travel. Not drinking enough fluids especial-ly during the hot weather may lead to miserable, cranky and even sick travelling companions. The extra water also comes in handy for those quick cleanups along the way.
EileenBennewithNutritionNotes
Homemade nut butters from, from left clockwise, peanut butter, cashew butter and almond butter in Concord, N.H. This dish is from a recipe by Sara Moulton. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]
» Eileen Bennewith is a registered diet-itian in the public health program for Island Health. She can be reached at [email protected].
