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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. Sproat Lake Marine Patrol students help fi re department contain Dog Mountain KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES When the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol summer students were hired, they did not expect to be assisting with Port Alberni’s first forest fire of the year. The four students spent four days near the front lines during the emergency, and were forced to put their regular duties aside. When Courtney McKay, on her second year with the SLMP, and Elisabeth Hill were working on Saturday, July 4, they were one of the first to call in the fire at approximately 12:30 p.m. “We just saw a little bit of smoke from the top of Dog Mountain and knew it wasn’t a campfire,” McKay said. After the fire spread during the after- noon and the helicopters arrived to dump buckets of water, the students were called to help. The Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department required all the students to assist with preventing the growing num- ber of boats from getting too close. Normally only two students at a time are on shift during the week, but all four, including Sarah Grey and Madison Red- man, worked late to help patrol that first Saturday. “There were a lot of boats and we had to keep them away because the helicopter was coming close with its bucket,” McKay said. “Most people were good but a few didn’t want to leave.” The next day, the students were called back by the ACRD’s CAO, Russell Dyson, who was in charge of coordinating emer- gency operations. “We did the same thing and there were less people,” McKay said. “But it was real- ly smoky and the visibility on the lake was so bad you couldn’t see fifty feet in front of you.” They closed the boat launch for one night and by Monday were back patrolling the area. McKay lives on Lakeshore Road and Hill’s family owns a summer cabin at Sproat Lake, so it felt like destruction in their own backyards. On the water they saw debris falling and at home, Hill’s family had ash covering the deck. It was also something many summer students do not get to experience. “It was cool to work with the RCMP and search and rescue,” McKay said. “But it was sad to watch it all happen,” Hill added. Janice Hill, environmental services coordinator for the regional district, super- vises the marine patrol students each year and understands the importance of their role on the water. “They know that they are not in an enforcement role, they are there to help, but as soon as they were asked by author- ities, they stepped up to the plate,” Hill said. “They were a big help because there was so much boat traffic with people com- ing to look and others panicking to get off the lake.” Now, although contained, the fire could still emit some smoke and the students are continuing to help with cleanup by mark- ing debris in the water. The two agree this is the best summer job, especially with their background as lake residents. “I wouldn’t be back again this year if I didn’t love it,” McKay said. They also said this will be one summer job they will not forget. “I hope it makes everyone aware of what they are doing in the wilderness,” McKay said. [email protected] City plans for $50K Victoria Quay Park Alberni Region, Page 3 22C 13C Cloudy, light rain ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES VOLUME 66, NUMBER 134 $1.25 newsstand (tax incl.) Inside today WATERFRONT Student workers with the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol, Courtney McKay, left, and Elisabeth Hill, are back on regular duty after keeping watch on Dog Mountain last week. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES] » Alberni region “We just saw a little bit of smoke from the top of Dog Mountain and we knew it wasn’t a campfire.” Courtney McKay , Sproat Lake Marine Patrol Plywood site tabled for now ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES Despite terms not being met in a land deal between the city and the port authority, council has opted to give a waterfront lease more time with hopes that a job-creating development will materialize this summer. At a public meeting on Monday council voted to delay a vote on cancelling a large waterfront lease next to Canal Beach. For the last year the city has leased the property to the Port Alberni Port Authority for $1,200 a month with hopes that a new develop- ment would crop up on the site, but besides the existing log sort- ing operation nothing has pro- gressed to boost the waterfront’s industry. Mayor Mike Ruttan said that the current arrangement with the port authority still could become a valuable economic opportunity. “The city had that property and didn’t work with the port author- ity for 25 years and did nothing with it,” he said. “Our industrial land is valuable, and many cities don’t keep their industrial land. Ours is on the water, and we believe that as a city council it’s important to keep sending that message that we value that land.” Canadian Alberni Engineering was expected to bring a future to the waterfront lot through the expansion of its shipyards onto the long-underused site. CAE announced that a large facility to directly take in ships from the Alberni Inlet would be built on the land – expanded operations that would create almost 100 additional jobs. But after a year the ship building company has made no agreement with the port authority to sublease the public land. Coun. Jack McLeman blames the stalled negotiations on the federal government, as Alberni Engineering’s plans changed when it lost a bid to refit a Can- adian Coast Guard hovercraft. “I don’t know that there isn’t something there that could be done by one of the corporations in town,” he said. “There may be someone interested, and if they are, let’s not cut them off too quick.” Stipulations of the lease have not been met since it began on July 1, 2014, including the requirements of new industrial activity on the site and at least $500,000 worth of improve- ments within the first year of the land agreement. It is for these reasons that Coun. Chris Alemany pushed to cancel the lease, a motion that will not return to council for a vote until September. 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Sproat Lake Marine Patrol students help fi re department contain Dog MountainKRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

When the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol summer students were hired, they did not expect to be assisting with Port Alberni’s first forest fire of the year.

The four students spent four days near the front lines during the emergency, and were forced to put their regular duties aside.

When Courtney McKay, on her second year with the SLMP, and Elisabeth Hill were working on Saturday, July 4, they were one of the first to call in the fire at approximately 12:30 p.m.

“We just saw a little bit of smoke from the top of Dog Mountain and knew it wasn’t a campfire,” McKay said.

After the fire spread during the after-noon and the helicopters arrived to dump buckets of water, the students were called to help. The Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department required all the students to assist with preventing the growing num-ber of boats from getting too close.

Normally only two students at a time are on shift during the week, but all four, including Sarah Grey and Madison Red-man, worked late to help patrol that first Saturday.

“There were a lot of boats and we had to keep them away because the helicopter

was coming close with its bucket,” McKay said. “Most people were good but a few didn’t want to leave.”

The next day, the students were called back by the ACRD’s CAO, Russell Dyson, who was in charge of coordinating emer-gency operations.

“We did the same thing and there were less people,” McKay said. “But it was real-ly smoky and the visibility on the lake was so bad you couldn’t see fifty feet in front of you.”

They closed the boat launch for one night and by Monday were back patrolling the area. McKay lives on Lakeshore Road and Hill’s family owns a summer cabin at Sproat Lake, so it felt like destruction in their own backyards.

On the water they saw debris falling and at home, Hill’s family had ash covering the deck. It was also something many summer students do not get to experience.

“It was cool to work with the RCMP and

search and rescue,” McKay said. “But it was sad to watch it all happen,”

Hill added. Janice Hill, environmental services

coordinator for the regional district, super-vises the marine patrol students each year and understands the importance of their role on the water.

“They know that they are not in an enforcement role, they are there to help, but as soon as they were asked by author-ities, they stepped up to the plate,” Hill said. “They were a big help because there was so much boat traffic with people com-ing to look and others panicking to get off the lake.”

Now, although contained, the fire could still emit some smoke and the students are continuing to help with cleanup by mark-ing debris in the water.

The two agree this is the best summer job, especially with their background as lake residents.

“I wouldn’t be back again this year if I didn’t love it,” McKay said.

They also said this will be one summer job they will not forget.

“I hope it makes everyone aware of what they are doing in the wilderness,” McKay said.

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City plans for $50K Victoria Quay ParkAlberni Region, Page 3

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Student workers with the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol, Courtney McKay, left, and Elisabeth Hill, are back on regular duty after keeping watch on Dog Mountain last week. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

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“We just saw a little bit of smoke from the top of Dog Mountain and we knew it wasn’t a campfire.”

Courtney McKay, Sproat Lake Marine Patrol

Plywood site tabled for now

ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Despite terms not being met in a land deal between the city and the port authority, council has opted to give a waterfront lease more time with hopes that a job-creating development will materialize this summer.

At a public meeting on Monday council voted to delay a vote on cancelling a large waterfront lease next to Canal Beach. For the last year the city has leased the property to the Port Alberni Port Authority for $1,200 a month with hopes that a new develop-ment would crop up on the site, but besides the existing log sort-ing operation nothing has pro-gressed to boost the waterfront’s industry.

Mayor Mike Ruttan said that thecurrent arrangement with the port authority still could become a valuable economic opportunity.

“The city had that property and didn’t work with the port author-ity for 25 years and did nothing with it,” he said. “Our industrial land is valuable, and many cities don’t keep their industrial land. Ours is on the water, and we believe that as a city council it’s important to keep sending that message that we value that land.”

Canadian Alberni Engineering was expected to bring a future to the waterfront lot through the expansion of its shipyards onto the long-underused site. CAE announced that a large facility to directly take in ships from the Alberni Inlet would be built on the land – expanded operations that would create almost 100 additional jobs. But after a year the ship building company has made no agreement with the port authority to sublease the public land.

Coun. Jack McLeman blames the stalled negotiations on the federal government, as Alberni Engineering’s plans changed when it lost a bid to refit a Can-adian Coast Guard hovercraft.

“I don’t know that there isn’t something there that could be done by one of the corporations in town,” he said. “There may be someone interested, and if they are, let’s not cut them off too quick.”

Stipulations of the lease have not been met since it began on July 1, 2014, including the requirements of new industrial activity on the site and at least $500,000 worth of improve-ments within the first year of the land agreement. It is for these reasons that Coun. Chris Alemany pushed to cancel the lease, a motion that will not return to council for a vote until September.

See PLYWOOD, Page 3

PA city offi cials hope a deal can still be reached

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ArtsAlberni Valley Community Band meets

Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., E.J. Dunn band room. Info: 250-723-1285 (Cory) or 250-724-6780 (Manfred).

The Barkley Sounds Community Choir practices on Wednesdays, 6:45 to 9 p.m. at Alberni Valley United Church. Info: 250-723-6884.

Lounge Music with guitarist David Morton from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wed-nesdays at Char’s Landing.

Musicians open mic hosted by Jeff Hallworth from 7 to 9 p.m. first Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

AV Transition Town Society meetings, 6 p.m. third Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.

Sports Drop-in circuit training on Wednesdays

at 6 p.m. Info: (778) 421-2721.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.

Bingo on Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. and cards at 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch.

Horseshoe Club practices on Wednes-days at 1 p.m. at Dry Creek Park. Info: 250-724-4770 or 250-723-6050.

Alberni Valley Billiards Club, 2964 Third Ave. - Wednesdays - youth league (ages 13 to 18) at 7 p.m. Info: 250-723-1212.

Child and youth Navy League Cadets (ages 9 to 12),

meet Wednesdays, 7 p.m., at the Port Alberni Youth Centre. Info: 250-723-6365 or 250-723-7442.

PacificCARE free music drop-in pro-gram for children and their families on Wednesdays, from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. at the Kiwanis Hilton Children’s Centre. Closures follow school cal-endar. Registration is required. Info: 250-735-3022.

Support and help Volunteers urgently needed to help

at Red Cross Loan Cupboard for four-hour shifts, once per week. Info: 250-723-0557 (call on Wed-nesdays or Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

MS Port Alberni self-help group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at Echo Centre at noon. The group meets to support those living with MS and their fam-ilies. Info: 250-723-7403 (Susan).

Chair Fit Exercise Program for those

with physical limitations or mobility issues. Group meets Wednesdays at Echo Centre, from 1 to 2 p.m. Info: 250-723-2181.

GroupsThe Freemasons Barclay Lodge #90

meets the second Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at the Free-masons Hall. Info: 250-723-6075 or 250-723-3328.

Genealogy Club members are able to visit at the Family History Centre in the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints on Wednesday mor-nings, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Addictions Al-Anon and Al-Ateen support groups

for family and friends of problem drinkers meet on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. at 3028 Second Ave. Info: 250-723-5526, 250-723-2372 or 250-720-4855.

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

Port Alberni Friendship Center offers

free counselling on addictions, men-tal health, relationships and other issues. Info: 250-723-8281. Everybody welcome.

What’s ComingNautical Knot Tying seminar, July

15 from 2-4 p.m. at the Mari-time Discovery Centre. Ages 8+ encouraged.

Summer Cruise Run, July 15. Steam train departs station at 12:30 p.m.

Sunset Market, July 15 from 6-9 p.m. at Victoria Quay.

Alberni Valley Transition Town Society Meeting from 6 p.m., film at 7 p.m. at Char’s Landing.

Tea on the Terrace, July 16 from 1-3 p.m. at Rollin Art Centre.

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.Tea on the Terrace, July 23 from 1-3

p.m. at Rollin Art Centre.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.

Port Alberni Pride BBQ, July 26 from noon to 4 p.m. at Williamson Park.

Summer Picnic Dinner, July 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bread of Life. Tickets at Bread of Life and Cornerstones Thrift Store, 3130 3rd Ave.

Maritime Discovery Centre Service Boat Day children’s event at Cen-tennial Pier, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.

Maritime Discovery Centre Build a Boat Day children’s event, Aug. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.

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CITY

Historic site undergoes restoration work with $35,000 from Parks Canada

McLean Mill gets grant, city funds

ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

The Alberni Valley’s signature link to its logging heritage is undergoing major repairs this summer, thanks to a Parks Canada grant and financial support from the city.

The McLean Mill’s log haul was restored in June, which is a ramp component of the early 20th cen-tury facility that brings timber up into the cutting mechanism with a cable winch. On the other side of the mill apparatus the lumber deck is set for an upgrade in Septem-ber, providing a rebuilt platform according to century-old specifica-tions for the public to view where wood comes out of the machine after it’s cut.

This work has been made pos-sible with a $34,000 grant recently announced by Parks Canada, as well as $17,202 in public funds approved by city council on Mon-day. The city’s contribution will come from a contingency fund set aside for unforeseen expenses. Another $16,946 worth of goods and services are being contributed by the mill’s operations, including lumber and equipment.

McLean Mill’s manager Neil Malbon said that the log haul and lumber deck are being restored as closely to the facility’s original state as possible.

“That’s one of the basic require-ments with Parks Canada,” he said. “It’s work that’s needed, so this is just great that we’ve been able to access funding to complete the work.”

Some minor changes are being undertaken from what was origin-ally built at the mill site in Beaver Creek, such as the type of wood supporting the structure. A cen-

tury ago the lumber deck was com-pletely constructed of Douglas fir, but the restored version will use a combination of yellow and red cedar. Malbon believes that with some age all the wood will appear the same.

“Once the wood weathers the average person, without knowing that we had done any work, would have a hard time telling,” he said. “The yellow cedar, it turns grey just like everything else and you won’t be able to tell if that was a yellow cedar or a Douglas fir after a while.”

Elements of the lumber deck will also be treated for the outdoors to last longer than the original construction method undertaken nearly century ago, while concrete foundations have been made to replace the mill’s worn-out lumber supports that were last renovated in the 1990s after the facility was declared a national historic site.

“All of the foundations when they did the original restoration of the sawmill were all wooden,” Malbon said. “We’re now replacing all of those with concrete because obviously they don’t last.”

Parks Canada has approved these alterations to help the mill last into the future, as the site still functions and appears like a his-toric logging facility that helped to establish Port Alberni as a com-munity within Vancouver Island’s hinterland.

“We’re very conscious of that fact, that we need to maintain the authenticity and the look,” Malbon said. “That’s why we’re a national historic site. We’ve got an original mill and original buildings.”

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PLYWOOD, from Page 1

“The purpose of this motion is really quite simple: this lease

was created by the city and the port authority with the expecta-tion that certain developments were going to take place,” he said. “The conditions were put in with those expectations in mind. Unfortunately that didn’t come to fruition.”

Alemany’s motion was to give 90 days notice to terminate the lease, a time frame which gives the port authority time to bring another proposal to develop the land and save the property arrangement, said Coun. Sharie Minions.

“There are specific things put in there for a reason, and serving 90 days notice gives the opportunity for them to write us a proposal and move to the next step,” she said. “There’s been a lot of talk about industrial activity on that land versus an expanded beach. At this point I think it’s really not about that, it’s about the contract that was signed last year.”

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HERITAGE

Parks and rec prepares for a Canada 150 grant to help cover almost $50,000 in costs for the new waterfront site

Plans progress for new park along KRISTI DOBSON ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Plans continue to move along on what is now just a blank canvas of waterfront property, but funds are still needed.

The development of the Vic-toria Quay Park, on the corner of Roger Street and Victoria Quay Road, has the potential to create more green space and preserve local heritage. The city has earmarked $25,000 for the project, but that will only cover about half the cost of construction, repairs and trans-portation of structures.

Scott Kenny, director of Parks and Recreation, has turned to grant application to acquire funds and minimize tax payer spending. He has also secured sponsors and in-kind donations.

The park, adjacent to the helicopter pad, will include an interpretive structure, view deck, mill stone monument and the historic focal point sign welcoming people to the Alber-ni Valley.

The money from the city’s budget will go towards moving the mill stones from the Cata-lyst Paper office to the site. The four stones were from the first paper mill in the province, located at Paper Mill Dam. Several have large cracks and officials decided it would be better to move the completed monument in tact at a cost of $23,400.

The Focal Point sign, moved earlier this year to the parks yard for repairs, was a dona-tion from the Chamber of Commerce and made by a local

artist. Residents might remem-ber it from its location at the junction of Highway 4 entering town. The cost of repairs is estimated at $10,000 and will be framed in heavy timber.

The interpretive structure will serve to tell the story of the mill stones and the signifi-cance of the sign.

“It will add that much more to the site,” Kenny said. “It might include text, images and artifacts about the river, nat-ural history and First Nations history.”

A walkway will be con-

structed to lead to a view deck and benches, and greenery will be added.

Dependent on grant approval, Kenny is unsure of an exact timeline. He hopes to have the view deck and benches installed first, following the stabilization of the bank lead-ing down to the water.

In the end, the park is expected have similar esthet-ics of and connect to Victoria Quay via the road bridge.

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Scott Kenny, the city’s director of parks, recreation and heritage, stands in front of the Somass River, where a view deck similar to the one behind him would be built as part of the completed Victoria Quay Park. [KRISTI DOBSON, TIMES]

Public info session planned for airport projectMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES

Alberni Valley residents can ask questions about the regional dis-trict’s proposed $7.5 million air-port expansion at an information session on Thursday.

The Alberni-Clayoquot Region-al District is offering the public event at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Cedar Room of Echo Centre.

Currently the Alberni Valley Regional Airport Expansion Pro-ject is in the midst of an “alter-nate approval process” to pass bylaws that would enable borrow-ing up to $6 million, which could raise property taxes. The approv-al process will last until Aug. 5.

Until then residents in the Alberni Valley have the opportun-ity to sign a petition opposing the project. If 10 per cent or more of the electorate living in the Alber-ni area sign the petition, then the regional district would have to send the Airport Expansion Pro-ject to a full referendum.

The regional district is propos-ing to set up a global positioning system at the airport, extend the runway by 340 metres and install medium intensity lighting in an effort to facilitate local aircraft business, allow for passenger air-line service as well as attract new economic investment.

“The purpose of the meet-ing on Thursday is to present information about the proposed expansion,” said Russell Dyson, chief administrative officer of the

ACRD. Regional district staff will be at

the meeting, including the engin-eer who oversaw the design of the project, Dyson said.

“We encourage the public to come out,” Dyson said.

According to the regional district’s business plan for the project, Coulson Aviation, which outfits C130 aircraft with tanks for use as water bombers in forest firefighting service, needs the expanded runway to continue operations at the regional airport. Currently Coulson is contracting

work in California and Singapore. The business plan identifies 15 full-time jobs for aircraft main-tenance engineers in the Alberni Valley, earning an annual sal-ary of $70,000, as a result of the expansion project.

Another five full-time jobs would be possible if passenger airlines extend scheduled flights to the local airport. Construction would provide jobs for 34 people.

The ACRD intends to negotiate with both the provincial and fed-eral governments to secure fund-ing for the project. The business

plan notes that the regional dis-trict has committed to $2 million in funding, which would increase the annual property taxes by $5.60 for an assessed value of $200,000.

If the district had to borrow the full $6 million to fund the project it would bump property taxes for the same value by $16.80 per year, over 30 years.

Bill Surry, president of the Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association, which uses roadway at the airport to run its annual Thunder in the Valley event (Aug. 9 and 10 at the airport this year), said they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to stay at the airport after the expansion.

“We’re looking into alternative sites, but nothing’s been decided at this time,” Surry said, adding they’d prefer to stay at the air-port if possible. “We think we can co-exist there, because we only shut it down for four days.... But there may have to be some changes.”

The drag racing association spent upwards of $25,000 to add a return road at the airport for the races, which would be lost if they moved to another location, Surry noted.

Thunder in the Valley has taken place at the airport for 15 years. Last year an estimated 3,000 spectators showed up to view the event.

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DEVELOPMENT

The Alberni-Clayoquote Regional Distrct plans to bring millions of dollars worth of improvements to the airport near Sproat Lake [TIMES FILE PHOTO].

PAPA failed to meet conditions, says Alemany

WATERFRONT

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Another crew of dinosaurs on city council

So now we know – we elected yet another crew of dinosaurs to city council and they have agreed to give the Port Author-ity time ad infinitum to screw us again. Shame on everyone who voted to table the motion to give notice of termination of the Port Authority’s lease on the Canal Beach site.

The port authority has over 100 leases on property surrounding our waterfront – these leases are NOT in the best interests of the city and they dictate what our future will be. If a leaseholder with a reasonable proposal to use the land adjacent to Canal Beach for some legitimate purpose that jobs and economic activity in the city comes forward, I’d be first in line to support it. BUT, we do not need the port author-ity in the middle as the actual leaseholder.

Let the business deal directly with the city – a third-hand situation is just bad business. I was appalled last year, I am still appalled.

Sam BrownleePort Alberni

‘Ironic Irony’: a poem about the Dog Mountain forest fi re

The wildfire on Dog Mountain

raged for days.

A hectare and a half at first, it spread till hell and heaven

blended in the red inferno on the skyline,

till the haze of smoke blockad-ed aircraft from the blaze,

till forest giants candled, flared, and fed the drought’s flame-thrower as the firestorm sped and spat huge cedars onto Sproat Lake’s bays.

Below, at anchor, sat the mighty Mars,

the largest BC water-bomber, fame in every rivet after loosing drops on fires for fifty years.

While in the bars the locals spoke of bureaucrats and blame,

four hundred hectares glinted on its props.

John Beaton.Qualicum Beach

Sproat Lake resident not reassured by helicopters with buckets

As of late, all I’ve heard is negative things said about our local Mars water bombers. The use of key words putting a negative ‘Liberal’ slant towards them from the likes of B.C. TV news and the B.C. government forest minister.

While the planes from the Conair group getting nothing but praise. I’ve seen the Conair group in action on our local Dog Mountain fire. Politics kept our Mars bomber off that fire, while it pretty well burnt

Dog Mountain to a blacken char over the next three to five days. While the whole time,the Conair group costs, and what is truly left of Dog Mountain, did not enter the”Liberal”spot light.

The Mars bomber is an “Initial Attack Aircraft”! I have no doubt with its massive payload it could of had Dog mountain fire out the first day,with its 60,000 lb. payload (7,200 US gal-lons) uses gel, foam or water.

And now because of not using the Mars on this fire, the Sproat Lake landscape has a ugly black scar to show tourists on there way to see the Pacific Rim beaches for years to come. I live on far south side of Port Alber-ni. My biggest fear is a fire starting in the Cameron Valley in an afternoon, with the usual high winds blowing in from the south.

Do I want to see a helicopter with a bucket? Do I want to see a Conair electra aircraft?

Thank you, but no thank you. I want that big ‘ole antiquated Martin Mars to hit it, and hit it hard. Squash it, before the flames can take root,and blow into town like the fire storm we watched on the news a few years ago that happen in Kelow-na B.C.

I sleep well knowing that that big old giant red/white plane, with it’s initial attack capabil-ity can look after communities up and down the coast quite well thank you.

What keeps awake at night on hot summers nights other then the heat, is knowing it sits idle with no contract, because the

politicians keep quoting the bombers high costs. And the whole time, more monies go into there pensions then B.C.’s fire fighting budget. Glad to see it flying,sleeping better.

Mr Dan Bruner Port Alberni

Alberni the last to know what the province has in store

All I’m hearing, with refer-ence to LNG development in B.C, is “Prince Rupert.”

What about Port Alberni? Or is Port Alberni’s planned

LNG site on Sarita Bay at the mouth of the Alberni inlet a done deal?

Especially considering that in a modern execution of olde-fashioned seige mentality, without adequate forest-fire fighting management to protectPort Alberni’s valuable timber resource, to remain viable the community would have no other option but to approve LNG development and what-ever else the powers-that-be have planned.

I’ve always wondered exactly what Premier Christie Clark meant when she stated that her “government has BIG plans for the great little city of Port Alberni!”

As it’s often said: Guess we’ll be the last to know.

Liz StonardPort Alberni

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Our wilderness deserves better protection

Canada’s vast, pictur-esque and pristine wil-derness lands are well worth protecting.

Recognizing that, Prime Minister Stephen Harp-er’s government signed the 2010 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, promising to set aside no less than 17 per cent of our land mass for preservation by 2020.

Halfway there we still have a long way to go. So far Ottawa has set aside about 10 per cent.

At this rate the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society esti-

mates in a report this week that it will take more than 50 years to achieve the 17 per cent mark. That’s discouraging. We can do better conserving our ecosystems, which sustain fresh watersheds,

wildlife habitat, jobs and tourism, and assure a healthier future.

While the Harper government has a credible record creating national parks, Canada stacks up poorly in overall preservation compared to 152 of the 240 report-ing jurisdictions under the UN convention. They already meet the 17 per cent mark. As stewards of 20 per cent of the earth’s wild forests and 24 per cent of its wet-lands, we owe the world better.

And Ottawa and the provinces have the power. Most of our land base and virtually all of our wat-ers are held in the public domain.

Granted, Canada currently boasts almost a million square kilometers of lands that are pro-tected from undue commercial exploitation and other degrada-tion. But we lag behind the U.S., Australia and Russia in absolute terms. And in percentage terms Germany, Britain and France are doing better.

Why the need for ambitious tar-gets? Because setting aside small, disconnected parcels including parks isn’t good enough. We need to make sure there are large enough swaths of territory to allow animals such as bears,

wolves and caribou to forage undisturbed over large distances and to preserve complete eco-systems. Yet as recently as 2010 nearly three quarters of our 5,000 protected areas were less than 10 kilometres square.

We can aim higher. As the Eng-lish poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote: “What would the world be, once bereft of wet and of wild-ness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.”

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Sunday was another great day on the Alberni Golf Course, with occasional

light showers to freshen thinks up a bit.

There was a good turnout for the Port Boat House Blue White & Red tournament.

On the gross side with a 75 was Jacques Giovetti, followed by Sam Parhar, Colin Hamil-ton, Preben Rasmussen, Cory Neilson, Mike Savard, Jim Rhodes, Vito Caldarulo and Glen Trask.

On the net side leading the way was Ron Barker with a 64 followed by George DeFrane,

Terry Rai, Cliff O’laney, Kevin Carlton, Mark Anderson, Paul Saulnier. Masami Hirayama and Don McGowan.

Closest to the pin winners were on No. 2, Terry Rai, on No 4, Jim Rhodes, No 13, Terry Rai again, and on No 17, Mark Anderson. The Charity closest to the pin on No 7 was won by

Ken Fong pocketing $42. Glen Trask had the only birdie on No 4 taking home $94, all other par 3’s were halved.

Many Thanks to our Sponsors for the day Port Boat House, Smitty’s Resaurant, Buy Low Foods and Westwind Pub.

Next week is an open day with the usual closest to the pins and money pots up for grabs.

Please register in the Pro Shop in your own group start-ing at 7 a.m.

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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Canadian rowers, paddlers combine to take fi ve goldsTHE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — A large contingent of family and friends braved the rain to watch local rower Carling Zeeman domin-ate the competition.

Zeeman won the women’s single sculls race at the Pan American Games on Tues-day, finishing more than seven seconds ahead of her closest competitor.

“It’s kind of a special moment for me,” she said. “And it really touches me that everyone is coming out to watch. It is a rainy day but it’s certainly not damp-ening any spirits at the finish line. The momentum they have going down there is just, it’s unbelievable. I love it. It just adds to the fun of racing.”

That win set the stage for another huge day for Canadian rowers at the Royal Henley course in St. Catharines, Ont. Canada won three rowing gold med-als to increase its total to seven — five golds and two bronze — with one more day of racing to go. It was also another multi-medal day for Canada’s paddlers competing a few kilometres down the highway at the Welland Flatwater Centre.

The host country’s canoeists and kayak-ers won five medals Tuesday, including two gold, giving them 10 overall in sprint events. Zeeman, from nearby Cambridge, Ont., kicked things off for the rowers, winning the women’s sculls in seven minutes 30.86 seconds, easily outdistan-cing Katherine McFetridge of the United States.

“It was my plan to go out hard and stay out in front,” she said.

That victory was followed with a gold medal in the women’s lightweight double sculls by Victoria’s Liz Fenje and Kather-ine Sauks of Owen Sound, Ont.

Fenje and Sauks won with a time of 6:57.23. The held off a late charge from the Cubans, who took silver in 7:00.36.

“We actually didn’t have the greatest first couple of strokes in our race, but suddenly we just locked into it and felt ourselves pulling away,” said Sauks.

Canada finished the day of racing by winning the men’s quad sculls.

Matthew Buie of Duntroon, Ont., Julien Bahain of Sherbrooke, Que., Will Dean of Kelowna, B.C. and Rob Gibson of Kings-ton, Ont., also led the race and won with a time of 5:42.22 seconds.

“Going out right off the start we wanted to get a solid lead because we knew once we came down here (the midway at Hen-ley Island) it could get pretty rough and it’s really hard to come back from behind in this rough water,” Buie said.

In Welland, Mark de Jonge of Hali-fax and Laurence Vincent Lapointe of Trois-Rivieres, Que., led the medal rush with golds.

De Jonge captured gold in the K-1 200 metres, and has his sights set on the top of the medal podium at next year’s Rio Olympics.

De Jonge and Pierre-Luc Poulin of Lac-Beauport, Que., also earned a bronze in the men’s K-2 200 metres.

Froome controls Tour de FranceJOHN LEICESTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LA PIERRE-SAINT-MARTIN, France — Over the earpiece tucked below his helmet, Chris Froome’s team sent word that his panting Tour de France rivals were struggling in the thinning air of the high Pyrenees, on the first skyward climb of this year’s race.

Clearly, they were having a bad day. So Froome decided to make it even worse.

Reprising the formula that carried him to victory in 2013, Froome barked an order to three teammates leading him up the punishing ascent: speed up. Shat-tered by the fierce uphill pace, trailing riders scattered behind them, their bluffs called and hopes dashed.

The first A-lister to crack was none other than last year’s cham-pion, Vincenzo Nibali.

Sweat beading off his chin, the Sicilian was cooked.

The biggest high-profile loser of Stage 10 shed more than four minutes to Froome, all but end-ing his Tour defence.

Next, Alberto Contador dropped from the by-now shriv-eled group of the Tour’s hardiest, most pain-resistant climbers.

The 2007 and 2009 champion zigzagged across the steep tarmac as Froome’s trusty lieu-tenant Richie Porte applied yet more speed.

That doomed the Spaniard’s chances of adding the 2015 Tour to the Giro d’Italia title he won in May.

Two down, one major rival to go. Froome took down Nairo Quintana himself. Rising from his saddle with six kilometres

(four miles) still to climb to the La Pierre-Saint-Martin ski resort, Froome accelerated away, head down, legs pumping.

The bill for Quintana, who rode in third behind Froome and Porte at the top, was very costly: one minute and 10 seconds lost overall to the British race leader, who is now firmly in control of cycling’s showcase race.

“When we got up onto that last climb and we heard the big names that were struggling and getting dropped . . . I turned to the guys who were still with me at that point — it was Wouter Poels, Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas — and just said, ’Guys, come on let’s on push on here. We’ve got them in trouble,”’ Froome said.

“I couldn’t have asked for it to go any better.”

For his rivals, it couldn’t have been much worse.

“Froome has landed a hammer blow on the Tour,” said Nibali, the Astana team leader now a whopping 6:57 behind Froome overall in 10th place. “I have no more to give. I’m not even the younger brother of the Nibali from last year.”

Closest to Froome is still Tejay van Garderen, the American leader of the BMC team.

But he’s two minutes, 52 seconds behind overall. Quin-tana, runner-up to Froome in 2013, trails by 3:09, in third. Con-tador slipped back to sixth over-all, 4:04 behind.

“Froome rode away and showed his authority,” Contador said. “I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t get my legs to work. It really was a bad day.”

Australia’s Richie Porte sets the pace for his team leader and stage winner Britain’s Christopher Froome, middle, followed by Colombia’s Nairo Quintana. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

Pan Am ticket sales soaringDIANA MEHTA THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Organizers for the Pan Am Games say more than 900,000 tickets have now been sold for the multi-sport event taking place in Toronto and sur-rounding communities.

Ticket sales had initially been somewhat of a concern as only about 800,000 of 1.4 million tickets had been sold before the Games officially began last Friday.

But as the event entered its first full week, organizers said nearly 25,000 tickets were sold on Monday — a record-breaking fig-ure for a single day of sales.

Ticket sales are expected to cover about $40 million of the Games’ $2.5 billion budget, with the rest coming from the federal, provincial and local governments.

Saad Rafi, CEO of the TO2015 organizing committee, says organizers fully expect to sell at least a million tickets before the Games are done.

“People are clearly getting out for the Games and there are lots of great ways to make your own Pan Am memories,” Rafi said.

“The next major milestone of course to reach is a million tickets and we’re confident we’ll get there.”

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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(50.5) BC Lions

Saturday, July 18Winnipeg at Calgary (No line available)

Week 5 Friday, July 24Calgary at Ottawa, 4 p.m.Toronto at BC, 7 p.m.

Saturday, July 25Winnipeg at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Sunday, July 26Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m.

TENNISDavis Cup QuarterfinalsFriday, July 17-Sunday, July 19

Argentina vs. Serbia at Bueos AiresAustralia vs Kazakhstan at DarwinGreat Britain vs. France at The Queen’s Club, London.

Belgium vs. Canada(Last Davis Cup match 1913. Canada won 4-0)Sportpark Krokodiel, Middelkerke (Ostend), Belgium.

Matches begin Friday, July 17, 4 a.m.Saturday, July 18, 6 a.m.Sunday, July 19, 4 a.m.

Canadian teamCaptain: Martin LaurendeauFrank Dancevic, 29, Niagara Falls, Ont. World ranking: 272Filip Peliwo, 19, Vancouver. World ranking: 491Daniel Nestor, 42, Toronto. World ranking (doubles): 24Adil Shamasdin, 33, Pickering, Ont., Canada. World ranking (doubles): 65

Belgian teamCaptain: Johan Van HerckDavid Goffin, 24, World ranking:14Steve Darcis, 31, Ranking: 76Ruben Bemelmans, 27, Ranking: 95Kimmer Coppejans, 21, Ranking: 102

Current tournaments

ATPHall of Fame Tennis Champion-ships, July 13-19Newport, Rhode Island.Surface: Outdoor, grass. Purse: $549,230

Singles - Round 1Rajeev Ram, United States, def. John Isner (1), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (8).Jack Sock (4), United States, def. Radek Stepanek (96), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-0.Sam Querrey (6), United States, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (1).Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, def. Tim Smyczek (8), United States, 6-3, 6-4.Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Ante Pavic, Croatia, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Adrien Bossel, Switzerland, 7-6 (4), 6-3.Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Niels Desein, Belgium, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.Yuichi Sugita, Japan, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles - Round 1Nicholas Monroe, United States, and Mate Pavic, Croatia, def. Robert Farah, Colombia, and Santiago Gonzalez (1), Mexico, 6-3, 7-5.Jonathan Marray, Britain, and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (3), Pakistan, def. Wes-ley Koolhof, Netherlands, and Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-3.Marco Chiudinelli, Switzerland, and Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, def. Eric Butorac, United States, and Colin Flem-ing (4), Britain, 7-6 (1), 6-3.Ryan Harrison, United States, and Mark Philippoussis, Australia, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, and Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4.Fabrice Martin, France, and Purav Raja, India, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, and Frank Moser, Germany, 7-6 (6), 7-5..

WTABucharest Open, July 13-19Bucharest, RomaniaSurface: Clay. Purse: $226,750

Singles - Round 1Monica Niculescu (3), Romania, def. Ana Bogdan, Romania, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (7), Slovakia, def. Reka-Luca Jani, Hungary, 6-1, 6-2.Andreea Mitu, Romania, def. Annika Beck (8), Germany, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4.Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, def. Cristina Dinu, Romania, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.Shahar Peer, Israel, def. Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 6-2, 6-4.Kristina Kucova, Slovakia, is tied with Teliana Pereira, Brazil, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 5-5, Suspended.

Doubles - Round 1No matches played Tuesday.

Collector Swedish Open, July 13-19Bastad, SwedenSurface: Clay. Purse: $226,750

Singles - Round 1Barbora Strycova (3), Czech Republic, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-4, 6-2.Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Carina Witthoeft (5), Germany, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Tatjana Maria (8), Germany, 6-4, 6-1.Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Anett Kontaveit, Estonia, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.Maryna Zanevska, Ukraine, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 7-6 (8), 3-6, 6-2.Alize Lim, France, def. Lourdes Domin-guez Lino, Spain, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, def. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-1.Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, def. Susanne Celik, Sweden, 7-6 (8), 6-3.Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def. Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spain, 6-1, 6-2..

Doubles - Round 1Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson (4), Sweden, def. Marina Mel-nikova, Russia, and Ana Vrljic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-0.Mona Barthel, Germany, and Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Jocelyn Rae, Britain, and Anna Smith, Britain, 6-1, 6-0..

CYCLING102nd Tour de France, July 4-26, 3,360 km in 21 stages.

Canadian entries: Svein Tuft (Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEdge)Ryder Hesjedal (Victoria, Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team)

Today’s schedule: Stage 11 - Pau to Cauterets-Vallee de Saint-Savin, 188km, high point of the Pyrenees, short climb to Cauterets

Yesterday’s ride: Stage 10 - Tarbes to La Pierre Saint-Martin, 167km. First climbing day.

Yesterday’s results1 Christopher Froome, England, Team Sky, 4 hours, 22 minutes, 7 seconds2 Richie Porte, Australia, Team Sky, 4:23:063 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, Colombia, Movistar Team, 4:23:114 Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 4:23:405 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte, Spain, Movistar Team, 4:24:086 Geraint Thomas, Scotland, Team Sky, 4:24:087 Adam Yates, England, Orica GreenEDGE, 4:24:118 Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 4:24:119 Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto Soudal, 4:24:2910 Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing Team, 4:24:3711 Alberto Contador, Spain, Tinkoff-Saxo, 4:24:5812 Rafael Valls, Spain, Lampre-Merida, 4:25:1613 Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana Pro Team, 4:25:1614 Serge Pauwels, Belgium, MTN-Qhubecka, 4:25:2615 Warren Barguil, France, Team Giant Alpecin, 4:25:2616 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez, Spain, BMC Racing Team, 4:26:0717 Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek Factory Racing, 4:26:1618 Jacques Janse van Rensburg, South Africa, MTN-Qhubecka, 4:26:1619 Eduardo Sepulveda, Argentina, Bretagne-Seche Environment, 4:26:2320 Tanel Kangert, Estonia, Astana Pro Team, 4:26:3221 Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana Pro Team, 4:26:3222 Laurens Ten Dam, Netherlands, Lotto NL-Jumbo, 4:26:3223 Mathias Frank, Switzerland, IAM Cyling, 4:26:5124 Louis Meintjes, South Africa, MTN-Qhubecka, 4:27:4525 Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, Ag2r La Mondiale, 4:27:45

Canadian results45 Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Team Cannondale-Garmin, 4:30:57177 Svein Tuft, Langley, B.C., Orica GreenEDGE, 4:45:28

Overall standings after Stage 101 Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 35hr 56min 09sec2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) at 2min 52sec3 Nairo Quintana (COL/MOV) 3:094 Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 4:015 Geraint Thomas (GBR/SKY) 4:036 Alberto Contador (ESP/TIN) 4:047 Tony Gallopin (FRA/LOT) 4:338 Robert Gesink (NED/LNL) 4:359 Warren Barguil (FRA/GIA) 6:1210 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/AST) 6:5711 Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 7:1512 Rigoberto Uran (COL/ETI) 7:2213 Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 8:4114 Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/

GOLFUpcoming tournamentsTour money leaders

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

Tee timesThe British Open begins late tonight Pacific time. Here are the tee times for the first two rounds. Candian entries Graham DeLaet and David Hearn in boldface.

Tonight10:32 p.m. - Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen and Rod Pampling10:43 p.m. - Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne and James Hahn10:54 p.m. - Graham DeLaet, Weyburn, Sask., Brian Harman and Russell Knox11:05 p.m. - Matt Every, Alexander Levy and David Lingmerth11:16 p.m. - Joost Luiten, Matt Jones and Robert Streb11:27 p.m. - Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An and Jordan Niebrugge11:38 p.m. - Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoff-man and Kevin Na11:49 p.m. - Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry and Kevin StreelmanMidnight - Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald and Hunter Mahan

Thursday morning12:11 a.m. - Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuis-son and Billy Horschel12:22 a.m. - Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson and Oliver Schniederjans12:33 a.m. - Ernie Els, Tom Watson and Brandt Snedeker12:44 a.m. - J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd and Shinji Tomimura1 a.m. - Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel and Bubba Watson1:11 a.m. - Sergio Garcia, Lee West-wood and Patrick Reed1:22 a.m. - Darren Clarke, Matteo Manassero and Romain Langasque1:33 a.m. - Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama and Jordan Spieth1:44 a.m. - Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer and Kevin Kisner1:55 a.m. - Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthui-zen and Jason Day2:05 a.m. - John Senden, Tadahiry Takayama and Brooks Koepka2:17 a.m. - David Duval, Stewart Cink and Ben Curtis2:28 a.m. - Mikko Ilonen, David Howell and Greg Chalmers2:39 a.m. - Raphael Jacquelin, David Hearn, Brantford, Ont., and Eddie Pepperell2:50 a.m. - Tyrell Hatton, Scott Arnold and Paul Kinnear3:01 a.m. - Adam Bland, Gary Boyd and Daniel Brooks3:12 a.m. - Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore and Ryan Fox3:33 a.m. - Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem and Jaco Van Zyl3:44 a.m. - Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky and Jonas Blixt3:55 a.m. - Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann and Danny Lee4:06 a.m. - Richie Ramsay, Pablo Lar-razabal and Cameron Tringale4:17 a.m. - Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata and Ben Martin4:28 a.m. - George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri and Rafael Cabrera-Bello4:39 a.m. - Padraig Harrington, Liang Wen-Chong and Marc Warren4:50 a.m. - John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenea and Jason Dufner5:01 a.m. - Zach Johnson, Bernd Wiesberger and Tommy Fleetwood5:12 a.m. - Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett and Gary Woodland5:23 a.m. - Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari and Bill Haas5:34 a.m. - Mark O’Meara, Russell Henley and Gunn Yang5:45 a.m. - Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman and Justin Leonard6:01 a.m. - Stephen Gallacher, Hiroyuki Fujita and Ryan Moore6:12 a.m. - Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer and Jimmy Walker6:23 a.m. - Jamie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda and Keegan Bradley6:34 a.m. - Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson6:45 a.m. - Nick Faldo, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler6:56 a.m. - Jim Furyk, Paul Casey and Branden Grace7:07 a.m. - Harris English, Ashley Chesters and Andy Sullivan7:18 a.m. - Koumei Oda, Marc Leishman and Kiradech Aphibarnrat7:29 a.m. - Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison and Romain Wattel7:40 a.m. - Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger and Mark Young7:51 a.m. - Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis and Ben Taylor7:02 a.m. - Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange and Alister Balcombe7:13 a.m. - Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie and Rikard Karlberg

Round 2Thursday night, Friday morning10:32 p.m. - Mark Calcavecchia, Marcel Siem, Jaco Van Zyl10:43 p.m. - Thomas Aiken, David Lipsky, Jonas Blixt10:54 p.m. - Soren Kjeldsen, Morgan Hoffmann, Danny Lee11:05 p.m. - Richie Ramsay, Pablo Larrazabal, Cameron Tringale11:16 p.m. - Steven Bowditch, Hiroshi Iwata, Ben Martin11:27 p.m. - George Coetzee, Anirban Lahiri, Rafael Cabrera-Bello11:38 p.m. - Padraig Harrington, Liang, Wen-Chong, Marc Warren11:49 p.m. - John Daly, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jason DufnerMidnight - Zach Johnson, Bernd Weisberger, Tommy Fleetwood

Friday morning12:11 a.m. - Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland12:22 a.m. - Geoff Ogilvy, Francesco Molinari, Bill Haas12:33 a.m. - Mark O’Meara, Russell Henley, Gunn Yang (a)12:44 a.m. - Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard1:00 a.m. - Stephen Gallacher. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ryan Moore1:11 a.m. - Adam Scott, Martin Kaymer, Jimmy Walker1:22 a.m. - Jamie Donaldson, Yuta Ikeda, Keegan Bradley1:33 a.m. - Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Henrik Stenson1:44 a.m. - Nick Faldo, Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler1:55 a.m. - Jim Furyk, Paul Casey, Brendan Grace2:06 a.m. - Harris English, Ashley Chesters (a), Andy Sullivan2:17 a.m. - Koumei Oda, Marc Leish-man, Kiradech Aphibarnrat2:28 a.m. - Edoardo Molinari, James Morrison, Romain Wattel2:39 a.m. - Pelle Edberg, Daniel Berger, Mark Young2:50 a.m. - Brett Rumford, Tom Gillis, Ben Taylor (a)3:01 a.m. - Marcus Fraser, Scott Strange, Allister Balcombe (a)3:12 a.m. - Taichi Teshima, Robert Dinwiddie, Rikard Karlberg3:33 a.m. - Thomas Bjorn, Greg Owen, Rod Pampling3:44 a.m. - Todd Hamilton, Paul Dunne (a), James Hahn3:55 a.m. - Graham DeLaet, Brian

GOLF (Continued)

Tee times (Friday morning, cont’d)

3:55 a.m. - Graham DeLaet, Brian Harman, Russell Knox4:06 a.m. - Matt Every, Alexander Levy, David Lingmerth4:17 a.m. - Joost Luiten, Matt Jones, Robert Streb4:28 a.m. - Anthony Wall, Byeong-Hun An, Jordan Niebrugge (a)4:39 a.m. - Sandy Lyle, Charley Hoff-man, Kevin Na4:50 a.m. - Retief Goosen, Shane Lowry, Kevin Streelman5:01 a.m. - Carl Pettersson, Luke Donald, Hunter Mahan5:12 a.m. - Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuis-son, Billy Horschel5:23 a.m. - Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Oliver Schniederjans (a)5:34 a.m. - Ernie Els, Tom Watson, Brandt Snedeker5:45 a.m. - J.B. Holmes, Brendon Todd, Shinji Tomimura6:01 a.m. - Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Bubba Watson6:12 a.m. - Sergio Garcia, Lee West-wood, Patrick Reed6:23 a.m. - Darren Clarke, Mateo Manassero, Romain Langasque (a)6:34 a.m. - Dustin Johnson, Hideki Matsuyama, Jordan Spieth6:45 a.m. - Paul Lawrie, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Kisner6:56 a.m. - Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthui-zen, Jason Day7:07 a.m. - John Senden, Tadahiro Takayama, Brooks Koepka7:18 a.m. - David Duval, Stewart Cink, Ben Curtis7:29 a.m. - Mikko Ilonen, David Howell, Greg Chalmers7:40 a.m. - David Hearn, Raphael Jacquelin, Eddie Pepperell7:51 a.m. - Tyrrell Hatton, Scott Arnold, Paul Kinnear (a)8:02 a.m. - Adam Bland, Gary Boyd, Daniel Brooks8:13 a.m. - Scott Hend, Jonathan Moore, Ryan Fox

Money leadersPGABarbasol Championship (inaugu-ral), July 16-19Robert Trent Jones at Grand National, Opelika, Alabama. Par 72, 7,139 yards. Purse: $3,500,000

Leading money winnersThrough July 14Player 2015 Winnings1 Jordan Spieth $8,709,838.002 Dustin Johnson $4,326,104.003 Rory McIlroy $4,147,849.304 Jimmy Walker $4,127,615.005 Bubba Watson $4,098,118.006 J.B. Holmes $3,240,721.807 Brandt Snedeker $3,238,792.308 Kevin Kisner $3,103,576.309 Justin Rose $3,071,549.5010 Charley Hoffman $3,049,871.5011 Robert Streb $2,944,984.5012 Hideki Matsuyama $2,848,510.3013 Patrick Reed $2,806,686.0014 Rickie Fowler $2,758,848.3015 Danny Lee $2,741,521.8016 Jason Day $2,635,828.5017 Paul Casey $2,631,478.0018 Steven Bowditch $2,485,467.0019 Ben Martin $2,420,033.0020 Gary Woodland $2,377,840.50Canadian leaders58 David Hearn $1,341,149 77 Nick Taylor $1,006,51982 Graham DeLaet $965,018113 Adam Hadwin $688,905200 Roger Sloan $111,320

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

Order of Merit (Canadian dollars)* denotes CanadianPlayer 2015 Winnings1 Drew Weaver CAD$44,4502 J.J. Spaun $38,7633 *Albin Choi $37,8574 *Kevin Spooner $36,5755 Cheng Tsung Pan $32,7296 Michael Letzig $32,0867 *Adam Svensson $24,6178 *Benjamin Silverman $23,0429 Sam Ryder $21,74810 Robert Karlsson $21,40711 Clark Klaasen $18,91312 *Riley Wheeldon $17,63113 Talor Gooch $16,24214 *Eugene Wong $15,60415 Jason Millard $15,17116 *Mackenzie Hughes $14,90917 John Ellis $14,29218 Charlie Bull $13,52919 Vince Covello $13,47520 Ross Beal $12,779

LPGAMarathon Classic, July 16-19Highland Meadows Golf Club, Sylvania, Ohio. Par 71, 6,428 yards. Purse: $1,500,000. 2014 champion: Lydia Ko

Player 2015 Winnings1 Inbee Park $1,689,5722 Stacy Lewis $1,178,8623 Sei Young Kim $1,140,6734 Amy Yang $1,110,7845 Lydia Ko $1,090,5486 Morgan Pressel $805,3477 Na Yeon Choi $748,2748 Brittany Lincicome $743,9529 Anna Nordqvist $725,81610 Hyo Joo Kim $639,78411 Cristie Kerr $616,86012 So Yeon Ryu $582,30513 Lexi Thompson $545,10014 Suzann Pettersen $524,78115 Mirim Lee $502,46616 Minjee Lee $486,35917 Shanshan Feng $419,00918 Ha Na Jang $375,599Canadian golfers88 Alena Sharp $70,638133 Sue Kim $15,129

Champions TourNo tournament this week. Next:The Senior Open Championship, July 23-26Sunningdale Golf Club, Berkshire, England. Par 70, 6,627 yards. Purse: $2,100,000. 2014 champion: Bernhard Langer

Player 2015 Winnings1 Colin Montgomerie $1,448,7002 Jeff Maggert $1,400,0653 Bernhard Langer $1,118,8034 Joe Durant $886,2065 Kevin Sutherland $734,2916 Bart Bryant $710,2967 Esteban Toledo $700,8758 Billy Andrade $682,9009 Olin Browne $672,64910 Lee Janzen $660,84711 Tom Pernice Jr. $660,03512 Tom Lehman $636,36813 Paul Goydos $600,30514 David Frost $576,44615 Marco Dawson $569,94316 Michael Allen $568,55517 Ian Woosnam $526,22318 Kirk Triplett $520,31419 Russ Cochran $494,37120 Woody Austin 82,524

Web.com TourStonebrae Classic, July 16-19TPC Stonebrae, Hayward, California. Par 72, 7,200 yards. Purse: $600,000. 2014 champion: Tony Finau

Player 2015 Winnings1 Patton Kizzire $274,699

League leadersTeams - OffenceRank Y/Game Rush Pass1 SSK 508.7 164.3 344.32 BC 396.5 67.5 329.03 HAM 387.5 49.5 338.04 TOR 372.7 93.7 279.05 CGY 355.7 79.3 276.3

Teams - DefenceRank Y/Game Rush Pass1 OTT 295.3 88.7 206.72 HAM 303.0 74.5 228.53 CGY 327.3 79.0 248.34 MTL 344.0 85.0 259.05 EDM 352.5 81.0 271.5

Passing yardsKevin Glenn, SSK 868Trevor Harris, TOR 837Bo Levi Mitchell, CGY 810Henry Burris, OTT 731Travis Lulay, BC 658

Rushing Yards Rush Avg Yds1 Tyrell Sutton, MTL 50 5.56 2782 Jer. Messam, SSK 31 7.87 2443 B Whitaker, TOR 28 7.86 2204 Jon Cornish, CGY 39 4.74 1855 Anthony Allen, SSK 25 7.36 1846 Paris Cotton, WPG 32 5.44 1747 Chevon Walker, OTT 46 3.72 1718 Andrew Harris, BC 25 4.72 1189 Ken. Lawrence, EDM 12 6.58 7910 Henry Burris, OTT 13 5.54 72

Receiving Yards Rec Avg Yds1 S.J. Green, MTL 15 19.00 2852 Ryan Smith, SSK 11 22.82 2513 Nick Moore, WPG 19 12.84 2444 Chad Owens, TOR 18 11.61 2095 Eric Rogers, CGY 13 15.77 2056 Weston Dressler, SSK 14 14.57 2047 Brad Sinopoli, OTT 18 10.56 1908 Jeff Fuller, CGY 13 14.00 1829 A Bowman, EDM 11 16.45 18110 Chris Williams, OTT 13 13.85 180

BASEBALLMLB - Results and standingsStandings at the All-Star break

Yesterday’s resultsNo games scheduled, All-Star game

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

All-Star GameGreat American Ball Park, Cincin-nati, Ohio

Final resultAmerican 100 020 210 6 7 2National 010 001 001 3 6 0

B.C. Premier LeagueTeam W L Pct GBNorth Shore 30 9 .769 -Victoria Eagles 29 12 .707 2Langley 28 13 .683 3Nanaimo 26 14 .650 4.5Okanagan 21 17 .553 8.5Whalley 20 20 .500 10.5North Delta 19 21 .475 12Abbotsford 15 24 .385 15White Rock 16 26 .381 15.5Coquitlam 14 25 .359 16Victoria Mariners 13 26 .333 17Parksville 9 33 .214 22.5

Yesterday’s resultsNorth Delta 5, Okanagan 2North Delta 7, Okanagan 2Langley 6, White Rock 5

Today’s scheduleOkanagan at North Delta, 2 p.m.North Delta at Okanagan, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 16Whalley at North Shore, 6:30 p.m.

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

West Coast League

Yesterday’s resultsBellingham 4, Cowlitz 2Kitsap 4, Yakima Valley 1Corvallis 6, Klamath Falls 2Wenatchee 6, Kelowna 3Victoria 8, Medford 2

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.

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.

Friday, July 17Bellingham 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.

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 2 1 0 4 2 72 Costa Rica 0 3 0 3 3 33 El Salvador 0 2 1 1 2 24 Canada 0 2 1 0 1 2

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

Yesterday’s resultsGroup Bat BMO Field, TorontoJamaica 1, El Salvador 0Canada 0, Costa Rica 0

Today’s schedule (Final gorup games)At Charlotte, North Carolina Cuba vs. Guatemala Mexico vs. Trinidad

PAN-AM GAMESToronto, July 10-26

Rank/Country Gold Sil Bro Tot1 Canada 25 22 17 642 United States 19 19 22 603 Cuba 14 11 16 414 Colombia 14 6 11 315 Brazil 12 8 21 416 Mexico 9 7 19 357 Argentina 5 11 8 248 Chile 3 2 3 89 Ecuador 2 7 5 1410 Peru 1 2 2 511 Dominican Rep. 1 1 4 612 Guatemala 1 0 0 113 Venezuela 0 6 1 714 Bahamas 0 0 1 1 Bermuda 0 0 1 1 El Salvador 0 0 1 1 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1

Yesterday’s Canadian highlightsG=Gold S=Silver B=Bronze

SwimmingWomen’s 100m FreestyleG- Chantal Van Landeghem, CanadaS- Natalie Coughlin, United StatesB- Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Bahamas

Women’s 200m ButterflyG- Audrey Lacroix, CanadaS- Katherine Mills, United StatesB- Joanna Maranhao, Brazil

Women’s 4x100m Freestyle RelayG- CanadaS- United StatesB- Brazil

Men’s 100m FreestyleG- Federico Grabich, ArgentinaS- Santo Condorelli, CanadaB- Marcelo Chierighini, Brazil

Men’s 200m ButterflyG- Leonardo De Deus, BrazilS- Mauricio Fiol, PeruB- Zack Chetrat, Canada

Men’s 4x100m Freestyle RelayG- Brazil, S- Canada, B- United States

MLS

Today’s scheduleColumbus at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 17San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Pacific Coast Soccer League W D L GF GA PtsVancouver Utd 11 2 3 41 19 35Victoria 8 6 1 33 17 30Mid Isle 9 2 3 23 14 29Khalsa 7 3 5 32 23 24Van Tbirds 5 6 4 31 24 21Kamloops 6 2 6 23 25 20Abbotsford 2 5 7 16 23 11Tim Hortons 3 1 9 23 40 10FC Tigers 0 3 13 16 53 3

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.

BC Junior A Lacrosse League

Playoffs

Series are best-of-5*=if necessary

Sunday’s resultDelta 7, Victoria 6 Delta leads series 2-0

Today’s schedule (Game 3)New Westminster at Coquitlam, 7:30 p.m. Coquitlam leads series 2-0

LACROSSEWestern Lacrosse AssnWLA Senior A

Standings GP W L T PtsVictoria 15 12 3 0 24New Westminster 12 7 5 0 14Langley 14 7 7 0 14Burnaby 12 6 6 0 12Coquitlam 12 6 6 0 12Maple Ridge 13 6 7 0 12Nanaimo 12 2 11 0 4

Yesterday’s resultsVictoria 13, Nanaimo 10Maple Ridge 11, Coquitlam 6

Today’s scheduleNew Westminster vs. Langley, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday, July 16Coquitlam vs. N Westminster, 7:45 p.m.

American 6, National 2American League National League ab r h bi ab r h biTrout, CF 3 2 1 1 McC’chen, CF 3 1 1 1Holt, LF 1 1 0 0 Frazier, 3B 3 0 0 0Don’dson, 3B 0 0 0 0 Harper, RF 3 0 0 0Machado, 3B 2 1 1 1 G’schmidt, 1B 3 1 1 0Moust’as, 3B 1 0 0 0 Posey, C 2 0 0 0Pujols, 1B 2 1 0 0 Rizzo, DH 2 0 0 0Cruz, DH 2 0 0 0 Tulo’tzki, DH 1 0 0 0Fielder, DH 1 0 1 2 Braun, PH 1 1 1 0Cain, RF 3 0 2 1 Peralta, SS 1 0 1 1Jones, LF 2 0 0 0 Crawford, SS 1 0 0 1Gardner, CF 2 0 0 0 Pederson, LF 2 0 0 0Perez, C 2 0 0 0 LeMahieu, 2B 2 0 0 0Altuve, 2B 2 0 0 0 Molina, C 1 0 1 0Escobar, SS 2 0 1 0 Grandal, C 1 0 0 0Iglesias, SS 2 0 0 0 Bryant, LF 1 0 0 0Vogt, C 1 0 0 0 Panik, 2B 2 0 0 0Martin, C 1 0 0 0 Pollock, CF 1 0 0 0Kipnis, 2B 1 0 0 0 Arenado, 3B 1 0 0 0Dozier, 2B 1 1 1 1 Upton, RF 1 0 1 0Teixeira, 1B 2 0 0 0 Gonzalez, 1B 1 0 0 0Martinez, RF 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 3 6 3TOTALS 34 6 7 6

AL Batting: 2B - M Machado (1); L Cain (1)HR - M Trout (1); B Dozier (1). RBI - M Trout (1); M Machado (1); P Fielder 2 (2); L Cain (1); B Dozier (1). SF - P Fielder (1) AL Baserunning: SB - B Holt (1); L Cain (1)NL Batting: 3B - R Braun (1)HR - A McCutchen (1) RBI - A Mc-Cutchen (1); J Peralta (1); B Crawford (1). SF - B Crawford (1)NL Baserunning: SB - J Upton (1)

American IP H R ER BB SODallas Keuchel 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 Felix Hernandez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1David Price (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2Chris Archer 1.1 1 1 1 1 1Zach Britton 0.2 1 0 0 0 1Dellin Betances 1.0 0 0 0 1 1Wade Davis 1.0 1 0 0 0 2Glen Perkins 1.0 1 1 1 0 0National IP H R ER BB SOC Young (L, 7-5) 6.0 5 3 3 2 4Zack Greinke 2.0 1 1 1 1 4Gerrit Cole 1.0 0 0 0 1 1M Bumgarner 1.0 1 0 0 0 1Clayton Kershaw (L) 1.0 3 2 2 1 1Jacob deGrom 1.0 0 0 0 0 3Francisco Rodriguez 1.0 1 2 2 1 0Mark Melancon 1.0 1 1 1 0 2Aroldis Chapman 1.0 0 0 0 0 3

Time: 3:02. Att: 43,656

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

East W L PCT GB StrkKelowna 22 10 .688 - L1Yakima Valley 18 14 .563 4 L1Walla Walla 16 17 .485 6.5 L1Wenatchee 13 19 .406 9 W1South W L PCT GB StrkBend 27 6 .818 - W1Medford 6 11 .375 6 L1Corvallis 7 14 .333 10 L1Klamath Falls 3 12 .200 9.5 L1West W L PCT GB StrkBellingham 20 10 .667 - L1Victoria 16 16 .500 5 W8Cowlitz 10 14 .417 6 L1Kitsap 11 21 .344 10 W1

SCOREBOARD

Maxim Tissot of Canada heads the ball against Costa Rica’s Celco Borges in Toronto on Tuesday. [CP PHOTO]

Canada exits Gold Cup after 0-0 tieNEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Canada exited the Gold Cup early for the third tournament in a row Tuesday, departing in a 0-0 tie with Costa Rica that extended its scor-ing drought at the CONCACAF championship to six games.

Canada did put the ball in the net in the 68th minute but Marcus Haber’s goal was ruled off-side. The Costa Ricans cleared the ball off the goalline in the 81st minute in a wild scramble after goalie Esteban Alvarado spilled the ball try-ing to corral a free kick.

The game ended with Canada sending everyone up for a last-ditch unsuccessful corner.

It was a harsh ending for the 103rd-ranked Can-adian men, who played very well against No.41 Costa Rica and lost just once in three games at the tournament. But the inability to convert chances left goalless Canada (0-1-2) fourth in Group B.

Jamaica (2-0-1) defeated El Salvador 1-0 in the earlier game at BMO Field to win Group B and move into the quarter-finals. Costa Rica (0-0-3) joined them as group runner-up.

El Salvador, which had the same record and minus-one goal difference as Canada, took third in the group on goals scored (one to Canada’s zero).

The Central Americans are likely to join the Canadians on the sidelines once Group C play is completed Wednesday.

The top two teams in the three groups plus the two best third-place team teams make the quarter-finals.

Canada came into the game needing a win to advance. Given the earlier result, anything other a 0-0 tie gave it a chance to finish third in the group but that would probably have not been enough, with Guatemala likely to add to its points total Wednesday against Cuba in Group C and join Group A’s Panama (on three points) as the third-place finishers to advance.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) You might be overwhelmed by everything you see as you encounter power play after power play. Whether to get involved in one of these control games will be your decision. What you do could surprise others. Tonight: A new beginning is possible once you rid yourself of frustration.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)You will try to explain where you are coming from, but someone else might decide to throw his or her issues into the mix as well. This person seems to want the spotlight on him or her right now. Try not to get involved in a power play. Tonight: Catch up on a pal’s wild day.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You have a lot to say, and you want others to hear what you’re saying on an authentic level. A loved one could become very controlling over a financial issue. Step back and let this situation play out. You might opt for a new beginning. Tonight: Curb a ten-dency to be rebellious.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)Others listen to what you have to

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)You might want to get away from the wild interactions happening around you. Your temper could flare up suddenly and catch you and others off guard. Sort through any angry feelings that keep bubbling up, and process them before sharing. Tonight: Get some distance from others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Emphasize what is going on with a group of friends. Maintain a caring position, especially with a dear friend. A power play is likely to occur around a loved one. Know that you cannot interfere or protect this person, despite your desire to help. Tonight: Join your friends.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Your beliefs could trigger quite a response. You might need to use other words to communicate what you are feeling. Express your thoughts in a meaningful way. A friend could shock you with his or her actions. Tonight: The fun begins when you decide it does.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) One-on-one relating will help make your path easier through-out the day. You might have dif-ficulty believing that, though, as you feel someone has his or her eye on a situation that’s near and dear to you. You would be well-advised to back off. Tonight: Use self-discipline.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)You might feel unusually ornery, and could unintentionally take it out on others. A little restraint would make your life substantially easier during the next few days. A loved one will want to have a new beginning or say goodbye to a problem. Tonight: Be cool.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You might want to stay home or dive right into work. The objec-tive remains the same: Avoid the myriad personalities in your life who could be reacting to the New Moon. High energy and uproar will surround you on some level. Tonight: Get away from the raving crowds.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)You might enjoy some of the ups and downs of your day. Tap into your ingenuity when something falls apart or when a friend seems to change his or her attitude toward you. Keep an open mind, and don’t take comments so seri-ously. Tonight: Be with your favor-ite person.

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Nuke accord with Iran now open to criticism and praiseIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a ‘stunning historic mistake’JULIE PACE, MATTHEW LEE AND GEORGE JAHN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VIENNA — Overcoming decades of hostility, Iran, the United States, and five other world pow-ers struck a historic accord Tues-day to check Tehran’s nuclear efforts short of building a bomb.

The agreement could give Iran access to billions in frozen assets and oil revenue, stave off more U.S. military action in the Middle East and reshape the tumultuous region.

The deal sets in motion a years-long test of Iran’s willingness to keep its promises to the world — and the ability of international inspectors to monitor com-pliance. It also sets the White House up for a contentious fight with a wary Congress and more rocky relations with Israel, whose leaders furiously opposed the agreement.

Appealing to skeptics, Presi-dent Barack Obama declared that the accord “offers an oppor-tunity to move in a new direc-tion. We should seize it.”

Under terms of the deal, the culmination of 20 months of arduous diplomacy, Iran must dismantle much of its nuclear program in order to secure relief from biting sanctions that have battered its economy. Inter-national inspectors can now press for visits to Iran’s military facilities, though access is not guaranteed. Centrifuges will keep spinning, though in lesser quantities, and uranium can still be enriched, though at lower levels.

In a key compromise, Iran agreed to continuation of the U.N.’s arms embargo on the coun-try for up to five more years and ballistic missile restrictions for up to eight years. Washington had sought to keep the arms ban

in place, while Russia and China joined Iran in pushing for an immediate suspension.

On the streets of Tehran, Iran-ians honked their horns and celebrated in the city’s main square. President Hassan Rou-hani said a “new chapter” had begun in his nation’s relations with the world, even as he denied Iran had ever pursued a nuclear weapon.

While the U.S. partnered in the talks with Britain, France, Ger-many, Russia and China, the dec-ades of tensions between the U.S. and Iran put the two countries at the forefront of the negotiations.

Whether the nuclear rap-prochement will spark a broader thaw is unclear. Nearly 40 years after Iran’s Islamic revolution and the hostage-taking at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the

country’s hardliners remain hostile toward Washington. The U.S. and its allies also have deep concerns about Iran’s support for terrorism in the Middle East and its detention of several Amer-ican citizens.

Israeli Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu, who lobbied unceasingly against a deal, called it a “stunning historic mistake” and warned that his country would not be bound by it. Netanyahu strongly hinted that Israeli military action to destroy Tehran’s nuclear pro-gram remains an option.

Obama and Netanyahu, who have long had a cool relation-ship, spoke by phone Tuesday. White House officials said Obama also called King Salman of Saudi Arabia, one of the many Sunni Arab rivals of Shiite Iran

who have expressed concerns about the deal.

On Capitol Hill, Republicans accused Obama of making too many concessions. House Speak-er John Boehner of Ohio said lawmakers “will fight a bad deal that is wrong for our national security and wrong for our coun-try.” GOP presidential hopefuls also panned the deal, some vow-ing to scrap it if elected to suc-ceed Obama.

The deal comes after years of international diplomacy that until recently were defined by failure.

Breaks in the talks some-times lasted for months, and Iran’s nascent nuclear program expanded into one that Western intelligence agencies saw as only months away from weapons capacity.

In this Dec. 22, 2014 file photo, an Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle at the Tehran’s oil refinery south of the capital Tehran. [THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

CRAIG WONG THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Canada’s big banks may resist the urge to pass on to borrowers the full benefit if the Bank of Canada decides to reduce its key interest rate on Wednesday, a reluctance that could anger borrowers.

CIBC analyst Robert Sedran suggested a 25-basis-point cut in the central bank’s overnight rate could be followed by only a 10-basis-point reduction in the prime rate by the big banks.

“Either way, we would not expect an overnight rate cut to be met with a full reduction in bank prime rates,” Sedran wrote in a report Tuesday on the eve of the Bank of Canada announcement

That announcment is hotly anticipated this time around amid concerns the economy is in a recession.

If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates, it will be an effort to jumpstart the economy by making it cheaper for consumers and companies to borrow money.

But a cut by the central bank won’t automatically trigger a similar cut in the prime rate at the country’s big banks. That rate is currently standing at 2.85 per cent.

Moves in the prime rate affect variable rate mortgages as well as home equity lines of credit and other variable-rate forms of borrowing.

When the Bank of Canada unexpectedly cut the rate in January by a quarter of a per-centage point, the big banks cut their prime rates by 0.15 — but only after a week of hand-wring-ing about what to do.

Mortgage broker Frank Napol-itano said if the banks don’t pass on the full amount in the event that the Bank of Canada once again opts to cut its key interest rate, they will face the wrath of angry borrowers.

Sedran noted the banks are trying to protect their margins by not passing on the full cut to their customers.

Big banks may not follow if interest rate is cut by BoC

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Top managers out at TransLink after vote LAURA KANE THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — Two top man-agers with Metro Vancouver’s transit authority are out, and the acting chief executive will be replaced following a failed tran-sit plebiscite.

TransLink said Tuesday that bosses Doug Kelsey and Bob Paddon had been removed. When interim CEO Doug Allen’s con-tract ends August 10, CFO Cathy McLay will take over until a permanent replacement is hired.

The troubled authority said Mike Richard had replaced Kelsey as acting president of B.C. Rapid Transit, while Paddon’s position as executive vice-presi-dent of planning had been eliminated.

“Since 2011, staffing costs across the TransLink enterprise have been significantly reduced though downsizing at the management and executive level and the subsequent elimination of positions,” TransLink said in a statement.

The changes come just weeks after 62 per cent of Metro Van-couver voters said No to a half-per-cent sales tax hike to fund $7.5 billion in transportation upgrades.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone said the province was not involved in personnel decisions but repeated Premier Christy Clark’s call for more accountabil-ity at TransLink.

“The premier, I thought, was

very clear. She went so far as to say not only did people say No to the sales tax, but they said No to any new taxes to go to an organ-ization that people don’t trust,” he said.

“We expect TransLink, moving forward, to do a better job at how they use taxpayer dollars.”

TransLink refused interview requests Tuesday.

But George Heyman, trans-portation critic for the Oppos-ition New Democrats, said the province is to blame for the transit authority’s lack of accountability.

He said the government dis-solved the TransLink board of elected officials in 2007, and that creating two positions for local leaders earlier this year wasn’t enough.

“The mayors have been clear,” he said of the 21-member mayors’ council, which advocated for the Yes side in the plebiscite. “They think that in order for TransLink to get back on the rails, they need to have a greater position of influence, including votes on the budget,” he said.

“They’ve said to the trans-portation minister repeatedly, ’Give us more than two token members on the board. Give us a majority.”’

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner are the two mem-bers on the board. They did not immediately respond to calls for comment.

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Ken Marcinek

Ken Marcinek, born in 1948, passed away peace-fully on July 12th with his daughters and wife by his side after a heroic battle with cancer.

He leaves behind wife of 38 years, Joan, as well as daughters Danielle, Melissa (Steve) and grandson Jaden. Predeceased by sister Marion and parents Joe and Evelyn, he is survived by sisters Shirley, Louise, De-nise and Darlene. Special mention to close friend Gra-ham Miller and faithful companion Cody, Ken’s Spring-er Spaniel.

Ken was born and raised in Port Alberni, BC and worked in the forest industry for over 50 years, which he had a great passion for. Though a man of few words, he was a character full of stories with a keen intellect on numerous subjects. His adventures throughout life included skydiving, scuba diving, motorcycle racing and travelling abroad.

A special thanks to brother in laws Dave Auld and Duncan Taggart, the Miller family, Dr. Wendy Johnson, Jackie Tooke, Alberni Home and Community Care as well as the wonderful, compassionate staff at Ty Wat-son House. In lieu of fl owers, please make donations to Ty Watson House or the Port Alberni SPCA.

A celebration of Ken’s life will be held at 2pm, Sun-day July 19th, at the Alberni Golf Course, 6449 Cherry Creek Road, Port Alberni, BC.

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Greece faces challenges in trying to sell austerity dealDEREK GATOPOULOS AND ELENA BECATOROS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATHENS — Greece’s left-wing government launched a frantic 24-hour effort late Tuesday to push more austerity measures through Parlia-ment and meet demands from European credit-ors as it faced down mounting anger at home.

The belt-tightening measures, which include pension cuts and higher sales tax rates on every-thing from condoms to race horses, were agreed upon with eurozone leaders to prevent the Greek economy from collapsing, and as part of a planned third bailout worth $93 billion.

The new measures mean economically-bat-tered Greeks will have to pay more for most goods and services by the end of the week.

Hard-liners in Prime Minister Tsipras’ own Syriza party were in open revolt, and unions and trade associations representing civil ser-vants, municipal workers, pharmacy owners and others called for extended strikes to coincide with Wednesday’s Parliament vote.

Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis said lead eurozone lender Germany and its allies had act-ed like “financial assassins” by forcing the deal on Athens, and urged Tsipras to reject it.

“The deal is unacceptable,” Lafazanis said in a statement. “It may pass through Parliament ... but the people will never accept it and will be united in their fight against it.”

In an interview on state TV, Tsipras said he would not step down, despite the open dissent within his own Cabinet and party. “I will not run away from my responsibilities,” he said.

He also criticized the deal, but said it was the best Greece could get.

“The policies imposed on us were irrational,” Tsipras said. “We faced a tough and punitive position from our partners ... But the (agree-ment) does offer a way out of the crisis.”

Pro-European opposition parties have pledged support for the bailout bills, but Tsipras could effectively lose his majority in Parliament, weakening his ability to push through measures that he had himself vehemently opposed until a few weeks ago.

Tsipras’ coalition partner, Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, also bitterly denounced the new deal.

“There was a coup. A coup in the heart of Eur-ope,” said Kammenos, who heads the right-wing Independent Greeks party.

“They want the government to fall and replace it with one not elected by the Greek people.”

The government holds 162 seats in Greece’s 300-member Parliament, and more than 30 of Syriza’s own lawmakers have publicly voiced objections.

There was speculation Tsipras might choose to reshuffle his Cabinet, which would remove dis-senters from key positions.

Athens was forced to accept harsh terms to remain in the euro after defaulting on its debts to the International Monetary Fund and closing banks to prevent a deposit run.

On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund said Greece’s finances were even more dire than previously reported. The IMF said Greece’s debts would peak over the next two years at 200 per cent of the country’s economic output; ear-lier it had said the debt burden would peak last year at 177 per cent.

The IMF now says Greece needs more debt relief and 85 billion euros in new financing (up from an earlier estimate of around 60 billion euros) through 2018.

The IMF said that “Greece’s debt can now only be made sustainable through debt relief meas-ures that go far beyond what Europe has been willing to consider so far.”

Greece faces a deadline Monday to repay $4.6 billion to the European Central Bank. It is also in arrears on 2 billion euros to the IMF.

It will take an estimated four weeks for Greece to access the new bailout loans, leaving EU finance ministers scrambling to find ways to get Athens some of the money sooner.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is trav-elling to Europe to confer with officials about the Greek crisis. Lew will meet Wednesday in Frankfurt with European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. On Thursday, he will meet Ger-man Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and French Finance Minister Michel Sapin.

The months-long standoff between Greece and its creditors has taken a heavy toll on an econ-omy that started the year with a 2.9 per cent growth forecast.

A Greek small business association said Tues-day that the new austerity measures were likely to cause the economy to shrink for a seventh year, with a 3.5 per cent drop in output.

Despite the bleak forecasts, some Greeks appeared to take the latest turmoil in stride, saying the measures Greece will have to pass are harsh but that the alternative would have been worse.

Theatre shooter’s sanity at centre of court case SADIE GURMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — James Holmes was legally sane when he entered a packed movie theatre armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, intent on killing as many people as he could, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday in closing arguments at the gunman’s trial.

“That guy was sane beyond a reasonable doubt, and he needs to be held accountable for what he did,” District Attorney George Brauchler said.

But defence lawyer Daniel King countered that Holmes was controlled by his schizophrenia.

“The mental illness caused this to happen. Only the mental illness caused this, and nothing else,” King said.

Brauchler and King made their final appeals to jurors Tuesday before handing over the case. Jury deliberations are scheduled to begin Wed-nesday morning.

Holmes slipped into the packed theatre in Aurora, Colorado, on July 20, 2012 — almost three years ago — and opened fire. Twelve people died and 70 were wounded.

Defence attorneys are asking for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, which would send Holmes to the state mental hospital for an indefinite commitment. Prosecutors say Holmes should be convicted of murder and executed.

Brauchler again stressed the heavy toll on unsuspecting victims who had gone to see the midnight premiere of a Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.”

“They came in hoping to see the story of a hero dressed in black, someone who would fight insurmountable odds for justice,” Brauchler said. “Instead, a different figure appeared by the screen. ... He came there with one thing in his heart and his mind, and that was mass murder.”

Many of the victims and family members in the courtroom wept as Brauchler showed photos of the dead and wounded and recounted their stories. Josh Nowlan, who was shot in the leg and walks with a cane, pressed his hands into his eyes and shook.

Jurors showed no emotion but craned their heads toward the gallery when Brauchler said one badly wounded victim, Caleb Medley, was seated there.

King urged the jurors to set aside the deeply emotional impact of the massacre and decide based on the wording of the statute. He repeat-edly told them the courtroom was “the fortress of the law.”

“Here in the fortress of the law, there is no

room for hatred or revenge or retaliation,” he said.

Holmes, now 27, does not dispute that he was the lone gunman who attacked the theatre but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. His law-yers say schizophrenia so warped his mind he could not tell right from wrong, and that he was in the grip of a psychotic episode.

“When he stepped into that theatre, the evi-dence is clear that he could not control his thoughts, that he could not control his actions, and that he could not control his perceptions,” King said.

King pleaded with jurors to believe that Holmes’ mental illness was the sole cause of the attack. On the courtroom video screens, King showed multiple images of Holmes as he appeared in his first court appearance, wide-eyed with shocking orange hair.

“I would ask you to do good, be strong, and do the right thing,” King said. “He’s not guilty by reason of insanity.”

Brauchler told jurors the evidence shows Holmes knew what he was doing was illegal and wrong and that he cannot be considered insane under Colorado law.

The prosecutor methodically reviewed Holmes’ elaborate preparations, the horrific attack and finally his decision to surrender when he saw police closing in outside the theatre.

He frequently pointed at Holmes, who sat impassively at the defence table, often looking at one of the three video screens in the courtroom.

“He knows it’s wrong,” Brauchler said at one point. “Wrong for him, wrong for society.”

Holmes’ parents, Robert and Arlene Holmes, sat on the opposite side of the courtroom from the victims.

Closing arguments had been scheduled to start earlier in the day but were delayed after the defence said some of the slides prosecu-tors planned to show jurors were improper. Brauchler defended the images.

Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr. ordered Brauchler to change or delete some of the slides, saying they misstated the evidence or made overbroad allegations.

Both sides are trying to help jurors make sense of thousands of pieces of evidence and more than 250 witnesses who testified in the 11-week trial.

Two state-appointed forensic psychiatrists who evaluated Holmes determined that he was legally sane, despite severe mental illness. The defence called its own psychiatrists who testified Holmes was insane.

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WITH the unusually hot dry summer which has led to fi res all over the province includ-ing Dog Mountain, I thought

now would be an excellent time to look back at some of the history of the Martin Mars water bombers.

Design work for the Martin “Mars,” the largest active-duty fl ying boat, started in 1935. Aft er contracts were signed in 1939 the keel was laid on August 22, 1940 with the aircraft leaving the hangar Sept. 27, 1941. Th is fi rst plane was nicknamed “the old lady.” Several improvements and models took place over the years with fi ve more planes christened: Philippine Mars, Marianas Mars, Marshall Mars, Hawaii Mars, and Caroline Mars.

I have also included a picture of a story that ran in Mechanix Illustrated. Who could have predicted that a 1949 story about Glenn L. Martin, the man aff ectionately known as “the father of the Martin Mars” would one day have a direct connection to us in the Alberni Valley?

Even aft er the Caroline Mars, the fi rst “fl ying boat”– to be converted into a water bomber – arrived at Sproat Lake in Septem-ber of 1959, no one could have guessed the impact that Mr. Martin’s creations would have here in the following decades.

As history has recorded, the Caroline Mars was one of the fl eet of four purchased to fi ght forest fi res in B.C. by the then Forest Industries Flying Tankers (FIFT) of which MacMillan Bloedel was a major player. Th e Caroline Mars had not been converted when it fi rst arrived at Sproat Lake and was used as a training tool for the ground and fl ight crews until late autumn.

Th e Marianas Mars was the fi rst to be

converted to its water bomber role by Fairley Aviation of Victoria and took up duty at Sproat Lake in the spring of 1960. It was a short-lived tour though, because on June 23, 1960, the Marianas crashed, killing all four crew members. Th e tragic accident was chalked up to a bad decision by a less experi-enced captain.

Th e Caroline’s conversion was put on fast forward and she proved that the world’s largest sea planes could eff ectively extinguish forest fi res when she took on a pair of blazes within three days in 1962. Th e Mars and FIFT were hailed as “overnight sensations.”

Th e fame was put on pause, however, when the Caroline Mars, which was at Pat Bay that winter and was destroyed by Hurricane Freida. Th e remaining two Mars aircraft , the Philippine and Hawaii, were converted and arrived on station when the 1963 fi re season started. Coulson forest products purchased

the two remaining water bombers in 2007. In addition to their fi refi ghting capa-bilities the bombers were on display at the Martin Mars fi re base. Th ere has been a lot of discussion about the fate of these planes.

With the ability to dump vast amounts of water and fi re retardant, the bomber is a unique tool in the fi refi ghting arsenal as well as a piece of Port Alberni history. Th ere is also an excellent book available called Martin Mars Flying Boats by Steve Ginter which goes into even more detail with the previous models and what happened to them. I hope you enjoy this look back at the history of these great planes and I would love to hear your memories and see your photos of the “bombers” over the years and perhaps turn this into a series of features.

This Is Then...This Is Then...With Kris PattersonWith Kris Patterson

Here are a couple of

more recent photos of the

bomber in action.

Th is is one of the most sought aft er Mars photos. Th is dramatic picture was taken on June 20, 1973, during the Hunt-er’s Store blaze on Highway 4 and it was the fi rst time the Martin Mars was ever used to put out a residential fi re. It was indeed one of the most memorable moments for everyone there. Th anks to Pete Aspinall at the Port Alberni Fire Department for providing this great moment in time.

Th e bomber was extremely helpful fi ghting fi res in 2007 as well which led to a very positive letter from then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Jan Jansma found this article in the February 1949 issue of ‘Mechanix Illus-trated’, a magazine he has had for over 50 years. “I got it back in the mid ‘50’s when I fi rst got to Canada,” Jan recalled. “I spent a bit of time working in Taber, Alberta, before coming to Port Alberni on February 7th, 1956.”

Future storiesI recently received some great information about George Trotter, who was the manager of Overwaitea foods, including some great photos back as far as 1931. Do you remember shopping there? I am also working on a car feature with some of the unique cars and trucks that Port Alberni has seen over the years. Another story idea is on the old Alberni Mall. Please email me at [email protected] or call me at 250–723–8171 extension 228.

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