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Sollitt said he can earn votes without simply trying to pull supporters away from the other left-leaning party, the New Democratic Party. Motivating those who have felt left out of politics, or former Conservative voters who are frustrated and want change, is a key. He’s also aiming to reach “stra- tegic voters” who simply want a different federal government. “Nobody that I bump into in Port Alberni wants a Conserva- tive government,” Sollitt said. Sollitt, 50, is a former com- mercial fisherman — well acquainted with the Alberni Inlet and local fishery — running in his first campaign for Parlia- ment. That campaign formally launches today at 4:30 p.m. in a new office set up in Port Alberni at 4544 Adelaide Street. Sollitt has already started knocking on doors. “What works is just meeting people,” Sollitt said, noting that one of his biggest obstacles is promoting the Green Party as a viable option instead of a throw- away vote for people who want a change. “After we have a conversation I think their confidence level goes way up because they can see me as a winnable candidate.” In the 2011 election, there was only one winnable candidate, he said: Green Party leader, Eliza- beth May, who won her seat for the Saanich–Gulf Islands riding. May is currently the only Green Party Member of Par- liament. But the Greens have greater expectations this time. A political party requires a min- imum of 12 seats in the House of Commons for official party status, and the Green Party is planning to win 15 seats this election, Sollitt said. “One of the things we’re find- ing is we’re attracting a lot of votes from ex-Conservatives,” Sollitt said; those new Green enthusiasts are in addition to votes from former NDP support- ers, he added. Former Conservative support- ers are frustrated that Prime Minister Stephen Harper hasn’t delivered on his promises, such as improving the economy and transparency of government, Sollitt said. An advantage that the Greens have over other parties is a commitment to avoid “whipped votes,” where parties pressure MPs to tow the party line, said Sollitt. That can frustrate local constituents who feel that none of the candidates represent them directly, he said. Sollitt’s platform for the Courtenay–Alberni riding focus- es on bringing all levels of gov- ernment — federal, provincial, municipal and First Nations — together to harmonize policies in what the Green Party calls a “Council of Canadian Govern- ments,” he said. Alberni is an opportune place for renewable energy, Sollitt said. Although he prefers solar power, the thermal winds in the Valley provide another resource. see GREENS, page 3 Candidate says voters are eager for a party that will do things differently SOLLITT Canal Beach remains no-swim zone but order expected to be lifted soon ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES A no-swimming advisory remains in place for Canal Beach, but the City of Port Alberni is hopeful this warning could be lifted later this week after recent samples show a drop in bacteria concentrations at the waterfront site. Island Health announced swimming at the beach could be unsafe on July 31 when tests came back to show bacteria lev- els several times higher than the threshold for healthy water. Concentrations of enterococci bacteria are normally considered safe if under 35 particles per 100 millilitres. Samples from Canal Beach’s pier have exceeded this limit since June 5 when the enterococci level was recorded at 100. On July 21, the bacteria was measured at 85, followed by a July 27 sample with 600 entero- cocci particles per 100 millilitres. Canal Beach is among the mid-Island region’s five pub- lic beaches currently under a no-swimming advisory. Haz- ardously high levels of bacteria were also detected on beaches in Chemainus, Saanich and Duncan. “Bathing beaches are mon- itored to protect swimmers from illnesses that may be linked to unacceptable bacteria levels,” said Kellie Hudson of Island Health media relations in an email to the Times. “Swimming in contaminated water can result in increased risk of infection of the ears, nose and throat or gastrointestinal illnesses if the water is swallowed.” A sample taken near the Canal Beach pier last week indicated bacteria levels were within the healthy range, but another pass- ing test is required for Island Health to lift its advisory. “If they come back clean, then we’re allowed to remove sign- age and the advisory,” said Rob Kraneveldt, a senior mainten- ance worker with the city, who delivered a Canal Beach sample to the local health unit office on Monday. The recent high levels of bac- teria have been an exception for Canal Beach, which passed water tests every week last summer. Three other locations at the pub- lic beach that have been regular- ly tested this spring and summer have passed health standards. Jacob Colyn, the city’s horti- culture and parks supervisor, suspects that bacteria levels could have spiked due to dead fish that collected by the beach this summer or a higher num- ber of geese dropping on the waterfront attraction, but health authorities have not determined a cause. Results of Monday’s water sam- ples are expected to be ready by Thursday at the latest. [email protected]Harry Adair walks his dog, Jake, at Canal Beach Monday. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]
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Since July 31, residents have been advised not to swim at Canal Beach due to high concentrations of bacteria, but this warning is expected to be lifted this week after recent samples show an improvement in conditions. [ERIC PLUMMER, TIMES]
HEALTH FEDERAL ELECTION
Local candidate says it’s easier being Green
MARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Courtenay–Alberni Green Party candidate Glenn Sollitt believes he can win a seat in the House of Commons by reaching out to the disenfranchised and “non-voters” in the Alberni Val-ley, he says.
“What we find is that if you give something to people to vote for, then they will come out and vote,” Sollitt said in an interview with the Times on Monday.
Sollitt said he can earn votes without simply trying to pull supporters away from the other left-leaning party, the New Democratic Party. Motivating those who have felt left out of politics, or former Conservative voters who are frustrated and want change, is a key.
He’s also aiming to reach “stra-tegic voters” who simply want a different federal government.
“Nobody that I bump into in Port Alberni wants a Conserva-tive government,” Sollitt said.
Sollitt, 50, is a former com-mercial fisherman — well acquainted with the Alberni Inlet and local fishery — running in his first campaign for Parlia-ment. That campaign formally launches today at 4:30 p.m. in a new office set up in Port Alberni at 4544 Adelaide Street. Sollitt has already started knocking on doors.
“What works is just meeting people,” Sollitt said, noting that one of his biggest obstacles is promoting the Green Party as a viable option instead of a throw-away vote for people who want a change.
“After we have a conversation I think their confidence level goes way up because they can see me as a winnable candidate.”
In the 2011 election, there was only one winnable candidate, he said: Green Party leader, Eliza-beth May, who won her seat for the Saanich–Gulf Islands riding.
May is currently the only Green Party Member of Par-liament. But the Greens have greater expectations this time. A political party requires a min-imum of 12 seats in the House
of Commons for official party status, and the Green Party is planning to win 15 seats this election, Sollitt said.
“One of the things we’re find-ing is we’re attracting a lot of votes from ex-Conservatives,” Sollitt said; those new Green enthusiasts are in addition to votes from former NDP support-ers, he added.
Former Conservative support-ers are frustrated that Prime Minister Stephen Harper hasn’t delivered on his promises, such as improving the economy and transparency of government, Sollitt said.
An advantage that the Greens have over other parties is a commitment to avoid “whipped votes,” where parties pressure MPs to tow the party line, said Sollitt. That can frustrate local constituents who feel that none of the candidates represent them directly, he said.
Sollitt’s platform for the Courtenay–Alberni riding focus-es on bringing all levels of gov-ernment — federal, provincial, municipal and First Nations — together to harmonize policies in what the Green Party calls a “Council of Canadian Govern-ments,” he said.
Alberni is an opportune place for renewable energy, Sollitt said.Although he prefers solar power, the thermal winds in the Valley provide another resource.
see GREENS, page 3
Candidate says voters are eager for a party that will do things differently
SOLLITT
Canal Beach remains no-swim zone but order expected to be lifted soonERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
A no-swimming advisory remains in place for Canal Beach, but the City of Port Alberni is hopeful this warning could be lifted later this week after recent samples show a drop in bacteria concentrations at the waterfront site.
Island Health announced swimming at the beach could be unsafe on July 31 when tests came back to show bacteria lev-els several times higher than the threshold for healthy water.
Concentrations of enterococci bacteria are normally considered safe if under 35 particles per 100 millilitres. Samples from Canal Beach’s pier have exceeded this limit since June 5 when the enterococci level was recorded at 100. On July 21, the bacteria was measured at 85, followed by a July 27 sample with 600 entero-cocci particles per 100 millilitres.
Canal Beach is among the mid-Island region’s five pub-lic beaches currently under a no-swimming advisory. Haz-ardously high levels of bacteria were also detected on beaches in Chemainus, Saanich and Duncan.
“Bathing beaches are mon-itored to protect swimmers from illnesses that may be linked to unacceptable bacteria levels,” said Kellie Hudson of Island Health media relations in an email to the Times. “Swimming
in contaminated water can result in increased risk of infection of the ears, nose and throat or gastrointestinal illnesses if the water is swallowed.”
A sample taken near the Canal Beach pier last week indicated bacteria levels were within the healthy range, but another pass-ing test is required for Island Health to lift its advisory.
“If they come back clean, then we’re allowed to remove sign-age and the advisory,” said Rob Kraneveldt, a senior mainten-ance worker with the city, who delivered a Canal Beach sample to the local health unit office on Monday.
The recent high levels of bac-teria have been an exception for
Canal Beach, which passed water tests every week last summer. Three other locations at the pub-lic beach that have been regular-ly tested this spring and summer have passed health standards.
Jacob Colyn, the city’s horti-culture and parks supervisor, suspects that bacteria levels could have spiked due to dead fish that collected by the beach this summer or a higher num-ber of geese dropping on the waterfront attraction, but health authorities have not determined a cause.
Results of Monday’s water sam-ples are expected to be ready by Thursday at the latest.
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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 Mor-ton from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Char’s Landing.
Musicians open mic hosted by Jeff Hall-worth from 7 to 9 p.m. first Wednes-day of each month at Char’s Landing.
AV Transition Town Society meetings, 6 p.m. third Wednesday of each month at Char’s Landing.
Timbre! Choir is looking for new mem-bers in all sections for their 43rd Sea-son. Rehearsals commence Monday, September 14th. Please contact Pat Venn at (250) 723-2380 or Patricia Miller at (250) 390-7508 for more detailed information.
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 Wednesdays 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 families. 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 comingEveryone Welcome skate Aug. 10 & 12
from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. at the Multiplex.Shinny Hockey Aug. 11 & 13 from 7:00 -
8:30 p.m. at the Multiplex.Maritime Discovery Centre Build a Boat
Day children’s event, Aug. 15 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.
Maritime Discovery Fishing Derby for children, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to noon. Free, includes crafts and snacks.
A.V. Legion Branch 293 Fun Fishing Derby Saturday, Aug. 22 6a.m. to 9p.m., Sunday Aug. 23 6a.m. to 11a.m., final weigh in 11a.m. Tickets available at the Legion and Gone Fishin’.
Wings for Angel dinner, entertain-ment, silent auction for Hugginz Foundation, Aug. 29. Tickets at the Best Western Barclay or call 250-735-7595.
Tree uprootedA deliery truck nudged a tree on Eigth Avenue Saturday morning south of Burde Street, uprooting the vegetation. [JERRY FEVENS, FOR THE TIMES]
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ENVIRONMENT WILDFIRES
Weekend rain soothes dry, aching forestsERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
While drought conditions remain in the Alberni Valley, last weekend’s rain has dampened the chances of wildfires breaking out for the time being.
After being under an “extreme” fire danger rating for much of the summer, the province’s Wildfire Management Branch reduced the Valley to “low” on Monday.
Local fire hazards were affected by the 17.2 millimetres of rain that fell on Saturday — the most precipitation in one day Alberni has seen since April.
Donna MacPherson, a fire infor-mation officer with the Coastal Fire Centre, said the wildfire rat-ings are determined by combin-ing rainfall, humidity and heat data in an area.
“That fire danger rating auto-matically follows the precipita-tion, the coolness of the nights and days,” she said.
The last of several wildfires sparked by an Aug. 4 lightning storm on Great Central Lake are now out, although crews will continue to check the sites. Re-ig-nition of the Great Central fires is a possibility as temperatures rise to a forecasted 34 C today.
“[Wildfire crews will] be going back to it to make sure that nothing comes to light again afterwards,” MacPherson said. “As the weather dries in the future — especially over the next few days — there might be places that smoke, in which case they would go back and mop that up further.”
Wildfire authorities believe Dog Mountain will continue to burn, a peninsula on Sproat Lake that was quickly overcome by a 450-hectare forest fire in July. Dog Mountain is also being mon-itored by crews as the dry forest fuels that remain burn them-selves out this summer.
The Alberni Valley remains under a campfire ban outside of city limits. The summer drought is expected to continue with a minimum amount of ground water in the area.
“The drought code is a measure of the underground moisture, and that is still elevated,” said MacPherson, adding that the recent rain wasn’t enough to affect subterranean conditions.
“There simply wasn’t enough moisture to go down under-ground and then get soaked up by those big trees that grow on the coast.
“It also wouldn’t have penetrat-ed far into the logs and major debris on the coast either.”
So far over 283,400 hectares of forest have burned in British Col-umbia this spring and summer. This remains short of the 369,169 hectares affected in 2014 – the most B.C. had seen in over a dec-ade, costing the province almost $300 million to manage.
Clean-up by helicopters along the shores of Alaska and Ucluelet has resulted in tonnes of marine debris from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan to be sent for recycling and disposal. [Karla Robison photo]
Crews collecting earthquake debris from Broken IslandsJapan funds project to remove rubbish created in the wake of 2011 tsunami
GREEN, from page 1
A “guaranteed living income” would help pull people out of poverty, Sollitt said, noting the problem of child poverty in the Alberni Valley.
By simply giving people enough — $10,000 or $20,000 a year — to pull them out of poverty, it actually saves the government money by reducing costs to health care and stream-lining social assistance, he said.
Poverty can also keep people out of the job market, he added.
While he hopes to appeal to the majority of Alberni constituents, Sollitt admits Green Party views don’t agree with everyone, in particular socially conservative “single-issue” voters, he said.
“Pick a divisive issue like abor-tion, obviously we’re not going to get 100 per cent consensus,” Sollitt said. “I’m pro-choice.”
He also supports doctor-assist-ed suicide, he noted. A concern
for fisheries is one of the main reasons Sollitt decided to run for the Green Party, he said.
“I can’t express how important that is to me, and how scared I am with the state of our fisheries on the coast and how the runs have diminished,” Sollitt said. “It doesn’t matter how much fish return if there’s not enough water in the rivers for them to swim up and spawn.”
He proposes changing the methods of harvest, research,
and controls. “We need to bring back wild
stocks to more and more rivers,” he said. “We used to be able to fish the entire coast...and now we’re down to just a couple of major runs. We’ve destroyed so much salmon habitat and we know how to bring those back.”
The entire Green Party plat-form is available at www.green-party.ca.
This year’s sockeye run a record for Alberni InletMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
It’s a new record for sockeye salmon in the Alberni Inlet.
This year’s total 1.85-million run size (upgraded from 1.8 mil-lion on July 30) is the highest number since records have been kept, extending back to at least the 1980s, said Mike Spence, resource manager for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
This is well above the DFO’s “abundant zone” for runs of more than 1 million salmon.
The record-breaking run has occurred in a season with warm-er temperatures and lower water levels in the rivers. Escapement levels to the Somass River system have been lower than expected so far, according to the DFO.
“Our escapement right now is probably up to 360,000,” said Spence. “Our target is 540,000. So we’re getting there. There’s 200,000 in the Inlet.”
As the run size goes up, the target escapement goes up, he
noted. Escapement is measured with fry and smolt traps.
This year’s 1.8-million run size is about double the 900,000 run last year, said Spence.
“That’s really good news,” he said. “The only concern this year for sockeye has been the warm weather.”
There are still fish that are struggling to get up the river, he noted. Sockeye spawn in the Sproat and Great Central lakes.
Cooler temperatures in the last few weeks have helped the fishery.
“Every time we’ve had cool weather escapement has increased significantly,” said Spence.
The local chinook salmon run started as of Aug. 1.
To reduce the impact on chi-nook the DFO reduces the sock-eye seine free zone and moves the seaward boundary for all recreational fleets inwards to Hocking Point.
[email protected] class drag racing tuner Steve Petty was in Port Alberni last week visiting Thunder in the Valley racer Dyan Lover. Petty travelled to Kildonan and caught 17 sockeye salmon. [SUBMITTED PHOTO]
KRISTI DOBSON AND ERIC PLUMMER ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
A collective effort is taking place to clean up debris from the 2011 tsunami that overtook Japan — the first time such a mission has taken place on the West Coast.
Marine debris from the earth-quake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 made its way to the West Coast and left large amounts along the shorelines. The Gov-ernment of Japan provided significant funding to start the removal of the debris from Alaska, Ucluelet and the Broken Group Islands.
The project started earlier this month with workers picking up debris at Kodiak Island and con-
tinuing through the Gulf of Alas-ka and Yacutat Bay. Helicopters were deployed to long line loads of debris onto a 300-foot barge.
Before arriving in Ucluelet last week, the barge had already been loaded with more than 3,300 one-tonne agricultural super sacks of debris from beaches in Alaska.
The District of Ucluelet would be unable to handle such an effort alone and is the only community in British Columbia involved in the clean-up.
Specialized clean-up teams had previously collected about 100 sling loads from Ucluelet and the Broken Group Islands to be hauled and loaded on the freighter.
Once loading is completed, the debris will be sorted for recyc-
ling in Seattle or disposed of in Oregon.
It is believed a certain amount of the collection is from the tsunami, but it is difficult to determine how much is from elsewhere, said Karla Robison, District of Ucluelet Environ-mental and Emergency Services Manager.
The debris consists of bottles, jugs, styrofoam, building frag-ments, wood, ropes and buoys.
According to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, most of the gar-bage is neither chemically nor biologically reactive. Monitoring undertaken since the refuse began washing up on the West Coast has determined that the material has very little risk of
carrying radioactive waste.“While 70 per cent of the deb-
ris sank off the coast of Japan, as much as 1.5 million tons of debris are moving across the Pacific Ocean with the winds and the currents,” stated the Alas-kan department. “The Nation-al Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects debris to continue to arrive for several years.”
The cleanup was made possible through a partnership between the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, government agencies, non-profit organizations and businesses. It is expected to take the remainder of the month to complete.
Greens pledge a guaranteed living income as a money saver
Man behind apartment proposal owns Beaufort
Re: ‘Empty lot on 3rd could be new apartments,’ August 7, Page 3
Is city hall aware of the fact that the owner of the dump known as the Beaufort Con-vention Centre is the same guy trying to get approval for a five-story building on Third Avenue?
Is city hall going to force him to repair and improve the Beau-fort property before allowing him to proceed with anything on the vacant Third Avenue property?
Does Councillor Alemany know that the owner of the two properties is the same man?
Does the left hand know what the right hand is doing?
Richard BergPort Alberni
Beware of Tom MulcairThere seems to be a lot of
hype now, based on propaganda and not on facts and reality, that Thomas Mulcair might
have a chance at becoming Canada’s next prime minister. This would be the same scen-ario as taking back a former spouse from a previous divorce to recreate the nightmare. This would be a exact repeat of the old days of previous prime ministers Pierre Trudeau, Jean Chretien, and Paul Martin.
Those were the days when the country of Canada ended at the border of Ontario and Manitoba.
Those three prime ministers ignored the western provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and B.C. Federal fund-ing for infrastructure projects was non-existent.
The problem for this was that the above three prime minis-ters all lived in eastern Canada, but enjoyed collecting our taxes.
A change of government brought in a prime minster, Conservative Stephen Harper, who was from Alberta. The four western provinces were once again recognized that they were once again a part of Canada. In B.C. alone, Stephen Harper gave federal funding of $365 million for the South Per-imeter road and 417 million to
the Evergreen line, now under construction, just to name a few examples. That is the result of electing a prime minister who lives in the west.
Electing Thomas Mulcair would once again create the country of Canada ending at the border of Ontario and Manitoba. With Mulcair as prime minister would finish the talk of Quebec ever separ-ating from Canada. Mulcair would say talking about sep-aratism is a crazy idea.
Presently, Mulcair is against the pipeline from Alberta to B.C., but would still want a pipeline to go from Alberta to Montreal, Quebec, where oil then can go by tanker from Montreal via the St. Lawrence River to the open seas of the Atlantic ocean. A oil spill is nothing in comparison to royalities.
This way, Mulcair could collect on royalities for the province of Quebec. There are suckers born everyday. Once a sucker, always a sucker.
Mulcair falls into this cat-egory. He fails to recognize, that the recent NDP Alberta provincial government was only won by the NDP because
of vote splitting. Only 25 NDP seats were won on the NDP name alone, and the balance by vote splitting by the Conserva-tives and the Wild Rose.
Mulcair fails to realize that in the October 2015 federal election, there is no Wild Rose party, and these votes will go to the Conservatives.
Latest polling shows the Conservatives with 54 per cent of the federal vote in Alberta. Mulcair proves to us in his photo ops that he does not do any research before making comments on a topic.
Voters who vote for the fed-eral NDP listen to the song by Rickey Nelson, “FOOLS RUSH IN” and voters who vote for the federal CONSERVATIVES listen to the song by Andy Gibb, “DON’T THROW IT ALL AWAY.”
In summary, a federal Con-servative government would keep infrastructure funding alive in the four western prov-inces, but once again laid to rest with a NDP federal gov-ernment. Unbelievable, but so true.
Joe Sawchuk Duncan, B.C.
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Narrowing the disturbing wage gapIn the first seven months of
this year, Canada’s top 100 CEOs each pocketed an aver-
age of $5.5 million, and counting. That’s a moon shot away from the average Canadian worker’s earn-ings, around $28,300 for the same period.
Those figures, calculated by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, provide a graphic illustration of why a bold new ruling by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is so ground-breaking. It would force publicly traded American com-panies to disclose how the pay of their chief executives compares with that of typical employees: an idea the corporate culture calls “class warfare.”
The ruling would also spill over to Canadian companies listed on the American stock exchange, now immune to such telling
comparisons. And that could put pressure on purely Canadian companies to follow suit.
Up to now, top CEOs’ salaries are routinely compared with each other – which instead of naming and shaming companies that award the stratospheric pay, has created a super-elite club of managers who can trumpet the revelations as proof of their mar-ket worth.
The SEC ruling is not perfect. It only begins in 2017, which could give anti-transparency lobbyists time to campaign against it. And it allows companies to publish results every three years rather than annually. But its overall effects can only be salutary in an environment where inequality has become an economic illness.
That’s because work and wealth are now on increasingly differ-ent paths. Much of America’s
inequality, says U.S. Nobel laure-ate Joseph Stiglitz, is “the result of market distortions, with incen-tives directed not at creating new wealth but at taking it from others.” French star economist Thomas Piketty adds that the passionate embrace of “meritoc-racy” to justify massive pay gaps has been sustained by claims that the alternative is a plutocracy of unearned, inherited wealth.
That is no longer true, if it ever was. With the slashing or repealing of inheritance taxes in the wealthy OECD countries, vast salaries are now converted to legacies for heirs who can use them for powerful political and economic leverage.
Nor can recipients of multi-mil-lion-dollar salaries claim that their heavy responsibilities and stellar performances warrant compensation hundreds of times
above that of low or average wage-earners, some of whom must toil at two or three often precarious jobs to survive. Mean-while the old company-building benchmarks that once measured the worth of CEOs are giving way to the virtual reality of the firms’ performance on the stock market. And the high earners are allowed tax subsidies on stock options.
The way out of this corrosive two-tiered system is complex and calls for sweeping tax and regu-lative reform. But a change in culture, like the SEC ruling, is a start. Toronto-founded Wagemark has argued for a new standard for fair and competitive compen-sation to reduce growing income inequality. It calls for companies to pay CEOs no more than eight times the amount of its low-est-paid workers.
But without mandatory wage
comparisons progress will be slow. It is not encouraging that Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynn has broken her pledge to cap com-pensation of public sector exec-utives by hiring a $1.55 million-a-year CEO for Ontario Power Generation.
The pathway to change is also unclear, involving the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administra-tors umbrella group. And it wouldundoubtedly be strewn with hurdles.
But the workers, most of them struggling under the strain of daily survival, are losing patience. They are fed up with a system that offers them no sub-stantial rewards for their toil, but only platitudes about hard work and success.
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Paul Stretch wins DoorslammersMARTIN WISSMATH ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES
Thunder in the Valley could still break even after it was cut short by a full day for the first time ever.
After a day of rain on Saturday there were no new records set at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport for Sunday’s races. But crowds turned out to support the all-day event with the usual excitement.
Alberni Valley Drag Racing president Bill Surry said the event lost nearly $40,000 in revenue on its first day, though a couple of hundred fans still turned out to talk to racers. The budget will be “very tight” but with Sunday’s sunnier weather bringing back the ticket revenue they could still come out in the black, Surry noted.
Some new investments on the track helped improve the event this year.
“The new timing system worked like a charm,” said Surry. The
new Windows-based system is quicker and reads sensors better than the old DOS system, he said.
Phil Ruskowski took his nitromethane-fuelled dragster to 203 miles per hour, the fastest time of the day.
Paul Stretch of Duncan won the Doorslammer class in a ‘67 Chevy.
The remaining winners are as follows:
Sportsman: Clint Neargarth VictoriaModified: Ron ClarkPort AlberniPro: Steve ThompsonVictoriaSuper Pro: Glenn Kennedy NanaimoBike: Trevor Miles VictoriaEd Walcot Memorial - Best Reaction Time: Matt Weremi (.0007)Duncan
New timing system helps organizers but weather uncooperative this year
Brent van Vliet raced a twin-turbo ‘69 Camaro in the Doorslammer class on Sunday. [MARTIN WISSMATH, TIMES]
Port Alberni racers Greg Dowling (left) and Dyan Lover burn up the track in the Doorslammers class at Thunder in the Valley on Sunday. Lover is the first woman Doorslammer racer in the 15-year-old drag racing event. [R&B PHOTOS]
Blue Jays feeling special on their runSTEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO — When Minnesota Twins manager Paul Molitor felt the energy inside Rogers Centre during David Price’s Toronto Blue Jays debut, it reminded him of SkyDome 22 years ago.
“I’ve seen that atmosphere here before,” said Molitor, the Blue Jays’ designated hitter when they last won the World Series in 1993. “It was nice to see. The Toronto fans have had to wait for a long time.”
The Blue Jays haven’t made the playoffs since then, but their recent run amid a flurry of trades at the deadline has the city and the clubhouse buzz-ing. Winners of eight in a row, Toronto has only lost once since acquiring star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.
Getting Tulowitzki, ace David Price, outfielder Ben Revere, relievers LaTroy Hawkins and Mark Lowe has sparked the Blue Jays, who swept the New York Yankees over the weekend to move a game and a half back of first place in the American League East.
Even before that domination at Yankee Stadium, players started to sense a different feeling than ever before.
Starter Mark Buehrle said this is reminiscent of 2005, when he won the World Series with the Chicago White Sox. The Blue Jays look unstoppable and have an aura of invincibility about them.
“There were times when we’d be down two runs in the seventh inning and it was like, ‘We don’t care, we’re going to win this game, somehow we’re going to find a way to win this game,’ and we do,” Buehrle said Thursday.
“I don’t know if it’s the guys we brought in here, or the way we’re playing right now, it’s just that feeling that if we get down two runs in the first or second inning, just try to hold the other team
down because we know we’re going to score runs, especially with this offence, we can put up a bunch of runs.”
Led by MVP candidate Josh Donaldson and sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encar-nacion, the Blue Jays lead Major League Baseball with 5.28 runs a game. After adding Tulowitzki, Donaldson called it “the best lineup in baseball,” and it’s hard to argue that right now.
Toronto’s pitching has drastic-ally improved, too. They allowed one run in three games against the Yankees after the rotation was stellar in a four-game sweep of the Twins.
The combination of power that Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost called “ridiculous” and timely pitching has been a win-ning recipe.
“I feel like synergy’s a good word for this team,” knuckle-baller R.A. Dickey said.
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I’m just a puzzle piece and so is Josh, and as big of a name as Tulo is he’s just a piece, and we all know it. It’s neat to play on a team like that.”
As good as the offence was, the Blue Jays were out of a playoff spot and hanging around .500 when general manager Alex Anthopoulos traded a pile of pitching prospects to improve this team for this run.
Since the additions, Rogers Centre has been the site of mul-tiple sellouts, with the Blue Jays anticipating many more in the coming weeks. On the field and in the clubhouse, the “special feeling” that Buehrle said was hard to describe is having a real impact.
“We are very confident, no doubt about that,” manager John Gibbons said.
“It’s really picked up since Alex made those trades. It’s a better team, no question about that, but we’re feeling really good right now.
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CFLWEEK SEVENEAST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtHamilton 6 4 2 0 191 114 8Toronto 6 4 2 0 166 163 8Ottawa 6 4 2 0 131 150 8Montreal 6 2 4 0 130 120 4
WEST DIVISION GP W L T PF PA PtEdmonton 6 4 2 0 165 89 8Calgary 6 4 2 0 137 148 8B.C. 6 3 3 0 144 159 6Winnipeg 7 3 4 0 140 210 6Saskatchewan 7 0 7 0 174 225 0Bye: CalgarySunday's resultHamilton 38 Winnipeg 8Saturday's resultToronto 30 Saskatchewan 26
Ottawa 26 Montreal 23
B.C. 26 Edmonton 23WEEK EIGHT(All Times Eastern)Bye: SaskatchewanThursday's gameEdmonton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Friday's gameToronto at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 15B.C. at Hamilton, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Calgary, 10 p.m.
MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE W L T GF GA PtD.C. 13 7 5 34 26 44New York 10 6 6 35 25 36Columbus 9 8 7 38 39 34Toronto 9 9 4 37 38 31New England 8 9 7 32 36 31Montreal 8 9 4 29 31 28Orlando 7 10 7 32 37 28New York City 6 11 6 31 36 24Philadelphia 6 13 5 29 40 23Chicago 6 12 4 24 31 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T GF GA PtVancouver 13 8 3 34 22 42Los Angeles 11 7 7 42 30 40Dallas 11 6 5 32 27 38Kansas City 10 4 7 33 22 37Portland 10 8 6 25 28 36Seattle 10 12 2 26 27 32Houston 8 8 7 30 28 31Salt Lake 7 9 8 27 37 29San Jose 7 10 5 23 29 26Colorado 5 8 9 20 24 24NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.Sunday's resultsLos Angeles 3 Seattle 1New York 2 New York City 0Thursday's game(All Times Eastern)D.C. at New York City, 7 p.m.Friday's gameColorado at San Jose, 11 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 15Toronto at New York, 7 p.m.Houston at New England, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Dallas, 9 p.m.Vancouver at Kansas City, 9 p.m.Portland at Salt Lake, 10 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 16Orlando at Seattle, 5 p.m.Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
West Brom Albion 0 Manchester City 3Sunday's resultsArsenal 0 West Ham 2Newcastle 2 Southampton 2Stoke 0 Liverpool 1Saturday's resultsBournemouth 0 Aston Villa 1Chelsea 2 Swansea 2Everton 2 Watford 2Leicester City 4 Sunderland 2Manchester United 1 Tottenham 0Norwich 1 Crystal Palace 3Friday's game(All Times Eastern)Aston Villa vs. Manchester United, 1:45 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 15Southampton vs. Everton, 6:45 a.m.Sunderland vs. Norwich, 9 a.m.Swansea vs. Newcastle, 9 a.m.Tottenham vs. Stoke, 9 a.m.Watford vs. West Brom, 9 a.m.West Ham vs. Leicester City, 9 a.m.Sunday, Aug. 16Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal, 7:30 a.m.Manchester City vs. Chelsea, 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 17Liverpool vs. Bournemouth, 2 p.m.
Patrick, 489; 23. AJ Allmendinger, 481; 24. David Ragan, 461; 25. Sam Hornish Jr., 425; 26. Tony Stewart, 418; 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 393; 28. Trevor Bayne, 392; 29. Justin Allgaier, 362; 30. Kyle Busch, 361.
31. Cole Whitt, 355; 32. David Gilliland, -
man, 279; 35. Michael Annett, 261; 36. Matt DiBenedetto, 238; 37. Josh Wise, 186; 38. Michael McDowell, 148; 39. Jeb Burton, 125; 40. Alex Kennedy, 93.
41. Reed Sorenson, 41; 42. Bobby Labonte, 39; 43. Brian Vickers, 32; 44. Michael Waltrip, 26; 45. Mike Wallace, 8; 46. Eddie MacDonald, 7; 47. Will Kimmel, 6; 48. Ron Hornaday Jr., 2.
INDYCARDRIVER'S STANDINGS
1. Juan Pablo Montoya, 465; 2. Graham Rahal, 456; 3. Scott Dixon, 431; 4. Helio Castroneves, 407; 5. Will Power, 406; 6. Sebastien Bourdais, 379; 7. Marco Andretti, 378; 8. Josef Newgarden, 370; 9. Tony Kanaan, 354; 10. Simon Pagenaud, 329.
11. Ryan Hunter-Reay, 304; 12. Carlos Munoz, 303; 13. Charlie Kimball, 282; 14. Takuma Sato, 246; 15. Gabby Chaves, 229; 16. James Jakes, 227; 17. Jack Hawksworth, 226; 18. Sage Karam, 180; 19. Stefano Coletti, 171; 20. Luca Filippi, 170.
21. Tristan Vautier, 152; 22. James Hinchcliffe, Oakville, Ont.,129; 23. Ryan Briscoe, 120; 24. Justin Wilson, 92; 25. Conor Daly, 81; 26. Ed Carpenter, 75; 27. Simona de Silvestro, 66; 28. Sebastian Saavedra, 61; 29. Pippa Mann, 59; 30. J.R. Hildebrand, 57.
31. Rodolfo Gonzalez, 50; 32. Francesco Dracone, 38; 33. Townsend Bell, 32; 34. Carlos Huertas, 31; 35. Alex Tagliani, Lachenaie, Que., 27; 36. James Davison, 10; 37. Oriol Servia, 10; 38. Bryan Clauson, 10.
FORMULA ONEDRIVER'S CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Lewis Hamilton, 202 points; 2. Nico Rosberg, 181; 3. Sebastian Vettel, 160; 4. Valtteri Bottas, 77; 5. Kimi Raikkonen, 76; 6. Felipe Massa, 74; 7. Daniel Ricciardo, 51; 8. Daniil Kvyat, 45; 9. Nico Hulken-berg, 24; 10. Romain Grosjean, 23.
11. Max Verstappen, 22; 12. Felipe Nasr, 16; 13. Sergio Perez, 15; 14. Pastor Maldonado, 12; 15. Fernando Alonso, 11; 16. Carlos Sainz Jr., 9; 17. Jenson Button, 6; 18. Marcus Ericsson, 6.
TENNISATP ROGERS CUPAt MontrealMonday's resultsSingles — First Round
Gilles Simon (9), France, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-2, 6-4.
Fognini, Italy, 6-3, 6-1.Sam Querrey, U.S., def. Martin Klizan,
Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3.Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Filip
Peliwo, Vancouver, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Philip
Bester, North Vancouver, B.C., 6-2, 6-3. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, def. Pablo
MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEFavourite Line Underdog LineTORONTO -198 Oakland +178CLEVELAND -115 New York +105L.A. Angels -125 CHICAGO +115KANSAS CITY -145 Detroit +135MINNESOTA -105 Texas -105SEATTLE -105 Baltimore -105
INTERLEAGUEBoston -110 MIAMI +100TAMPA BAY -174 Atlanta +162SAN FRAN -135 Houston +125
NATIONAL LEAGUENEW YORK -240 Colorado +215CHICAGO -150 Milwaukee +140ST. LOUIS -155 Pittsburgh +145ARIZONA -160 Philadelphia +150LOS ANGELES -176 Washington +163SAN DIEGO -115 Cincinnati +105
Monday's resultsBaltimore 3 Seattle 2Chicago White Sox 8 L.A. Angels 2Kansas City 4 Detroit 0Sunday's resultsToronto 2 N.Y. Yankees 0Boston 7 Detroit 2Tampa Bay 4 N.Y. Mets 3Cleveland 8 Minnesota 1Kansas City 5 Chicago White Sox 4L.A. Angels 5 Baltimore 4 (11)Oakland 5 Houston 4Seattle 4 Texas 2Tuesday's games(All Times Eastern)Oakland (Graveman 6-7) at Toronto (Hutchison 10-2), 7:07 p.m.Atlanta (Perez 4-2) at Tampa Bay (Ramirez 8-4), 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Severino 0-1) at Cleveland (Carrasco 11-8), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-5) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 4-4), 8:10 p.m.Texas (Gallardo 8-9) at Minnesota (Gibson 8-9), 8:10 p.m.Detroit (Sanchez 10-9) at Kansas City (Ventura 6-7), 8:10 p.m.Baltimore (Tillman 8-7) at Seattle (Walker 8-7), 10:10 p.m.Wednesday's gamesBaltimore at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.Oakland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.L.A. Angels at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.Texas at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.
Monday's resultsArizona 13 Philadelphia 3N.Y. Mets 4 Colorado 2Washington at L.A. Dodgers Cincinnati at San Diego Sunday's resultsColorado 6 Washington 4Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 4Chicago Cubs 2 San Francisco 0Arizona 4 Cincinnati 3 (10)Philadelphia 5 San Diego 3Miami 4 Atlanta 1Pittsburgh 13 L.A. Dodgers 6Tuesday's games(All Times Eastern)Boston (Wright 5-4) at Miami (Nicolino 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (Rusin 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 10-7), 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee (Jungmann 6-3) at Chicago Cubs (Haren 7-7), 8:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Locke 6-6) at St. Louis (Martinez 11-4), 8:15 p.m.Philadelphia (Buchanan 2-6) at Arizona (Hellickson 7-8), 9:40 p.m.Washington (Ross 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-2), 10:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-7) at San Diego (Rea 0-0), 10:10 p.m.Houston (Kazmir 6-6) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 12-6), 10:15 p.m.Wednesday's gamesPhiladelphia at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.Cincinnati at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.Houston at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.Boston at Miami, 4:10 p.m.Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.Washington at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUEORIOLES 3, MARINERS 2 Baltimore ab r h bi Seattle ab r h biMachado 3b 4 0 1 0 Marte ss 3 0 1 0Parra rf 4 0 0 0 Seager 3b 4 0 1 0Jones cf 4 2 2 1 Cruz rf 4 0 1 0Davis 1b 4 1 2 2 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0Wieters dh 3 0 2 0 Gutierrez lf 4 2 2 1Schoop 2b 4 0 0 0 Jackson cf 4 0 0 0Lake lf 4 0 0 0 Montero 1b 4 0 0 0Lough lf 0 0 0 0 Trumbo dh 2 0 0 0Hardy ss 3 0 0 0 Zunino c 3 0 0 0Joseph c 3 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 32 2 5 1Baltimore 100 101 000 — 3Seattle 010 000 001 — 2LOB—Seattle 5, Baltimore 4. DP—Baltimore 1. Seattle 1. 2B—Seager (25), Machado (22), Jones (21), Gutierrez (6). HR—Gutierrez (5). Davis (30); Jones (18). Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOChen 7 1-3 3 1 1 2 5Britton 1 2-3 2 1 0 0 4SeattleNuno 5 5 2 2 0 5Guaipe 3 1 1 1 1 1Rasmussen 1 1 0 0 0 1WP — Britton. T — 2:36. A —20,839 (47,574) at Seattle.
ROYALS 4, TIGERS 0 Detroit ab r h bi Kansas City ab r h biGose cf 4 0 1 0 Escobar ss 4 1 2 0Collins lf 4 0 0 0 Zobrist lf 3 1 3 0Kinsler 2b 4 0 0 0 Dyson pr-lf 0 1 0 0V. Martinez dh 4 0 0 0 Cain cf 4 1 2 2J. Martinez rf 3 0 1 0 Hosmer 1b 4 0 2 1Castellanos 3b 3 0 0 0 Morales dh 4 0 2 1Marte 1b 3 0 2 0 Moustakas 3b 4 0 0 0Avila c 3 0 0 0 Perez c 3 0 1 0Romine ss 3 0 0 0 Rios rf 4 0 0 0 Infante 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0 Totals 33 4 12 4Detroit 000 000 000 — 0Kansas City 300 000 10x — 4LOB—Detroit 4, Kansas City 7. DP—Detroit 2. 2B—Morales (31), Cain (26), Hosmer (23), J. Martinez (21). Detroit IP H R ER BB SOBoyd L, 1-3 5 1-3 9 3 3 1 6Farmer 1 1-3 2 1 1 1 0Ryan 1 1-3 1 0 0 0 1Kansas CityCueto W, 1-1 9 4 0 0 0 8Umpires—Home, Joe West; First, D.J. Reyburn; Second, Clint Fagan; Third, Kerwin Danley. T—2:43. A—36,672 (37,903) at Kansas City, Mo.
WHITE SOX 8, ANGELS 2 L.A. Angels ab r h bi Chi. White Sox ab r h biVictorino lf 4 0 1 0 Eaton cf 5 1 2 1Calhoun rf 3 0 0 0 Saladino 3b 4 0 1 0Trout cf 3 0 2 0 Abreu dh 4 2 2 0Pujols 1b 4 1 1 0 Cabrera lf 3 1 2 1Aybar ss 4 0 0 0 Garcia rf 4 2 2 4Cron dh 3 1 0 0 Laroche 1b 4 0 0 0Giavotella 2b 4 0 2 2 Ramirez ss 4 0 2 1Iannetta c 4 0 0 0 Sanchez 2b 3 1 0 0Featherston 3b 3 0 0 0 Flowers c 4 1 2 1Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 35 8 13 8L.A. Angels 000 000 200 — 2Chi. White Sox 101 104 10x — 8LOB—L.A. Angels 6, Chi. White Sox 5. DP—Chi. White Sox 1. 2B—Cabrera (26), Trout (20), Giavotella (19), Pujols (15). 3B—Victorino (1). HR—Garcia (11); Flow-ers (8). SB—Saladino (3). SF—Cabrera. L.A. Angels IP H R ER BB SOShoemaker L, 5-8 5 2-3 9 7 7 0 4Ramos 1 1-3 4 1 1 0 0Alvarez 1 0 0 0 0 1Chi. White SoxSale W, 10-7 7 1-3 5 2 2 2 7Jones 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 1T—2:45. A—20,036 (40,615) at Chicago.
PGA FEDEXCUP LEADERSThrough Aug. 9 Points Money YTD1. Jordan Spieth 3,839 $9,319,7152. Bubba Watson 2,358 $5,654,5183. Jimmy Walker 2,014 $4,300,0504. Jason Day 1,859 $4,266,2055. Robert Streb 1,641 $3,404,1246. Dustin Johnson 1,624 $4,403,4987. Justin Rose 1,592 $4,090,3028. Zach Johnson 1,559 $3,951,1879. Patrick Reed 1,555 $3,011,62410. Danny Lee 1,535 $3,203,39711. Charley Hoffman 1,512 $3,295,09612. Rory McIlroy 1,510 $4,147,84913. Rickie Fowler 1,460 $3,695,02314. Brandt Snedeker 1,446 $3,306,29215. J.B. Holmes 1,437 $3,314,10416. Kevin Kisner 1,416 $3,166,57617. Jim Furyk 1,363 $3,167,58218. Hideki Matsuyama 1,343 $3,040,65019. Brooks Koepka 1,341 $2,848,94220. Steven Bowditch 1,287 $2,688,21021. David Lingmerth 1,240 $2,530,39422. Paul Casey 1,206 $2,742,52923. Bill Haas 1,188 $2,591,43324. Ben Martin 1,150 $2,488,33425. Ryan Moore 1,109 $2,416,16826. Scott Piercy 1,107 $2,033,80427. Chris Kirk 1,087 $2,296,39628. Matt Kuchar 1,070 $1,965,54529. Kevin Na 1,062 $2,328,98330. Louis Oosthuizen 1,050 $2,952,97931. Gary Woodland 1,037 $2,448,41532. Sergio Garcia 1,037 $2,611,42933. Sangmoon Bae 1,018 $2,091,06234. James Hahn 1,012 $2,001,88335. Jason Bohn 1,005 $2,049,97336. Shawn Stefani 987 $1,689,41137. Justin Thomas 940 $1,848,17238. Russell Henley 921 $1,888,62039. Troy Merritt 916 $1,999,59840. Russell Knox 914 $1,655,55341. Henrik Stenson 908 $2,073,47042. Tony Finau 905 $1,701,04643. Daniel Berger 899 $1,802,95144. David Hearn 890 $1,735,54945. Brendon de Jonge 887 $1,445,66746. Harris English 874 $1,477,74047. Billy Horschel 859 $1,600,31348. Marc Leishman 854 $1,762,26749. Webb Simpson 850 $1,762,25050. Brendon Todd 831 $1,646,599Also92. Adam Hadwin 566 $924,82497. Nick Taylor 547 $1,035,15299. Graham DeLaet 545 $988,349
PRELIMINARY ROUNDGROUP ACountry GP W L PtCanada 2 2 0 4Chile 2 1 1 3Dominican Republic 1 0 1 1Puerto Rico 1 0 1 1Cuba 0 0 0 0
GROUP BCountry GP W L PtEcuador 2 1 1 3Venezuela 2 1 1 3Argentina 1 1 0 2Brazil 1 1 0 2Virgin Islands 2 0 2 2Note: Two points for a win, one for a loss.
Puerto Rico vs. Cuba, 3 p.m.Argentina vs. Virgin Islands, 5:15 p.m.Dominican Republic vs. Canada, 8:30 p.m.Brazil vs. Ecuador, 10:45 p.m.Wednesday's gamesChile vs. Cuba, 3 p.m.Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, 5:15 p.m.Venezuela vs. Argentina, 8:30 p.m.Virgin Islands vs. Brazil, 10:45 p.m.Thursday's gamesVenezuela vs. Ecuador, 3 p.m.Puerto Rico vs. Chile, 5:15 p.m.Cuba vs. Canada, 8:30 p.m.Argentina vs. Brazil, 10:45 p.m.End of Preliminary Round
PLAYOFFSSaturday, Aug. 15FIFTH-PLACE GAMEThird A vs. Third B, 3:15 p.m.SEMIFINALSFirst A vs. Second B, 5:30 or 8 p.m.First B vs. Second A, 5:30 or 8 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 16THIRD-PLACE GAME
CHAMPIONSHIP
MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING ROSTER
Roster announced Monday by Canada Basketball which will attend the 2016 Olympic qualifying training camp which begins Friday in Toronto (FIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament begins Aug. 31 in Mexico City):
Van Nest, Wiarton, Ont., won the silver medal after being outscored 140-132 to
— Kevin Evans, Jaffray, B.C, lost 141-138 in the bronze-medal match to B.Thompson of the U.S.ATHLETICSMen's 100 (T53) — Brent Lakatos, Dorval, Que., won the gold medal (15.11); Jean-Philippe Maranda, Ste-Aurélie, Que., took the bronze (16.99); and Ben Brown, Weston, N.S., finished fourth (17.06).Men's 100 (T54) — Isaiah Christophe, Brampton, Ont., placed fifth in the final (16.33).Men's 400 (T11) — Dustin Walsh of Coquitlam, B.C., and guide Dylan Williamson, Fort Langley, B.C.; earned a berth in Tuesday's medal race after finishing second in a semifinal (54.58).
— Jason Dunkerley and guide Josh Karanja, both Ottawa, won the gold medal (15:39.54).
— Josh Cassidy, Port Elgin, Ont., won the silver medal in 11 minutes, 44.92 seconds; Tristan
Men's Discus (F37) — Kevin Strybosch, London, Ont., won the gold medal with an Americas' record 44.66 metres.Men's Shot Put (F20) — Josh Farrell, Port Elgin, Ont., won the gold medal (14.05 _ an Americas' record).Women's 800 (T54) — Diane Roy, Sherbrooke, Que., won the gold medal in a season-best 2:01.24.Women's Club Throw (F31, 32, 51) — Becky Richter, Saskatoon, won the gold medal with a Parapan Am record 16.00 metres.BOCCIAIndividual BC1 — Hanif Mawji, Burnaby, B.C., won 3-1 over M.Ibarbure, Argentina, in the preliminary round.Individual BC2 — Adam Dukovich, London, Ont., won 3-2 over S.Gonzalez, Argentina.Individual BC3 — Eric Bussiere, Vercheres, Que., won 4-2 over A.Leme, Brazil in the preliminary round; defeated Bruno Garneau, Montreal,
4-2 to G.Villano, Argentina, earlier in the preliminary round; Paul Gauthier, Vancouver, won 12-0 over J.Ebergenyi Trueba of Mexico.Individual BC4 — Alison Levine, Cote-St-Luc, Que., won 3-1 against D.Pinto, Brazil; defeated T.Villagra, Argentina, 8-2
St-Jerome, Que., won 9-0 over S.Amaya, Mexico; lost to G.Diaz, Colombia, 5-2 in
GOALBALLMen — Canada (2-1) continued the preliminary round with a 11-1 win over Venezuela.Women — Canada (2-1) blanked Nicaragua, 10-0.SITTING VOLLEYBALLPreliminary Round Men — Canada (1-2) lost to the U.S., 3-0.Women — Canada (0-2) lost 3-0 to Brazil.SWIMMING
— Gordie Michie, St. Thomas, Ont., won the gold medal in 1:03.46; Adam Rahier, Powell River, B.C., won the silver (1:07.66); Maxime Rouselle, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
— Nathan Stein, Maple Ridge, B.C., won the silver medal (58.52); Alexander Elliot, Waterloo, Ont., won the bronze in 58.86.
— Jean-Michel Lavalliere, Quebec City, won the silver medal in 31.59. Nathan Clement, West
— Tyler Mrak, Aldergrove, B.C. won the silver medal (1:16.23).
— Zach Zona, Waterford, Ont., won the bronze medal (1:10.36).
— Nathan Stein, Maple Ridge, B.C., won the bronze medal (23.67); Isaac Bouckley,
— Daniel Murphy,
(48.16); Andrew Cooke, Penticton, B.C., was eighth (56.01).
— Christian
in 38.27.— Aurelie
Rivard, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the gold medal in 27.90. Samantha Ryan,
— Aurelie Rivard, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the gold medal (1:10.00); Samantha Ryan, Saskatoon, took the silver medal (1:11.03); Katarina Roxon,
— Kirstie Kasko, Okotoks, Alta., won the silver medal (1:16.34); Justine Morrier, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the bronze (1:18.54).
— Katarina Roxon, Kippens, N.L., won the silver medal in 30.88.
— Tammy
TABLE TENNIS — Ian Kent,
Eastern Passage N.S., lost 3-0 in the
— Stephanie Chan, Vancouver, won the gold medal after sweeping all three preliminary-round matches 3-0 and then defeating G.Munoz of Argentina by the
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALLMen — Canada (2-0) remained undefeated in the preliminary round after defeating Mexico, 74-55.WHEELCHAIR RUGBYMixed — Canada (3-0) defeated Argen-tina, 73-26.WHEELCHAIR TENNIS
— Joel Dembe,
G.Fernandez of Argentina.
Bromont, Que., and Joel Dembe, Toronto,
and Marrero of Puerto Rico.— Yuka Chokyu,
K.Verfuerth of the U.S.; Mika Ishikawa,
2-0 to F.Mardones, Chile.
PARAPAN AM GAMES
MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEDETROIT TIGERS — Optioned LHP Ian Krol to Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Kyle Ryan from Toledo.L.A. ANGELS — Optioned RHP Cam Bedrosian to Salt Lake (PCL). Reinstated RHP Jered Weaver from the 15-day DL.MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned OFByron Buxton to Rochester (IL).TEXAS RANGERS — Traded INF Tyler Pastornicky to Philadelphia for cash.
NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent 3B Phil Gosselin to the AZL Dia-mondbacks for a rehab assignment.N.Y. METS — Optioned 3B Eric Campbell to Las Vegas (PCL). Reinstated OF Michael Cuddyer from the 15-day DL. Sent 3B David Wright to St. Lucie (FSL) for a rehab assignment.
NBABOSTON CELTICS — Waived G/F Zoran Dragic.
FOOTBALLBALTIMORE RAVENS — Announced WR Steve Smith will retire at the end of the 2015 season.CINCINNATI BENGALS — Activated LB Rey Maualuga from the PUP list.CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived WR Rodney Smith. Signed LB Moise Fokou.GREEN BAY PACKERS — ReleasedP Cody Mandell.JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Waived-injured LB Matt Robinson. Signed DL Camaron Beard.NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released QB Matt Flynn, TE Mason Brodine and LB Chris White. Signed QB Ryan Lindley, RB Tony Creecy and TE Logan Stokes.
NHLNEW YORK RANGERS — Signed C Jarret Stoll.
PRE-SEASONHall of Fame GameAt Canton, OhioMinnesota 14 Pittsburgh 3Thursday's games(All Times Eastern)New Orleans at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.Green Bay at New England, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m.Washington at Cleveland, 8 p.m.Dallas at San Diego, 10 p.m.Friday's gamesCarolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Tennessee at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.Denver at Seattle, 10 p.m.St. Louis at Oakland, 10 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 15Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m.San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m.Kansas City at Arizona, 9 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 16Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
NFL
HOCKEYIVAN HLINKA CHAMPIONSHIPAt Bratislava, Slovakia and Breclav, Czech Republic
GROUP BTeam W OTW OTL L GF GA PtFinland 1 0 0 0 5 1 3Russia 1 0 0 0 5 2 3Slovakia 0 0 0 1 2 5 0U.S. 0 0 0 1 1 5 0Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an overtime/shootout loss.
At Breclav, Czech RepublicCanada 3 Czech Republic 1Sweden 4 Switzerland 3At Bratislava, SlovakiaFinland 5 U.S. 1Russia 5 Slovakia 2
(All Times Eastern)At Breclav, Czech RepublicCanada vs. Sweden, 9:30 a.m.Czech Republic vs. Switzerland, 1 p.m.At Bratislava, SlovakiaU.S. vs. Russia, 8 a.m.Slovakia vs. Finland, 11:30 a.m.
At Breclav, Czech RepublicSwitzerland vs. Canada, 9:30 a.m.Czech Republic vs. Sweden, 1 p.m.At Bratislava, SlovakiaRussia vs. Finland, 8 a.m.Slovakia vs. U.S., 11:30 a.m.End of Preliminary Round
N.L. LEADERS G AB R H Pct.Goldschmidt Ariz 109 392 70 132 .337Harper Wash 104 355 76 119 .335Posey SF 103 380 57 126 .332Parra Mil 100 323 53 106 .328Gordon Mia 96 411 49 134 .326LeMahieu Col 105 393 61 125 .318Panik SF 97 375 56 116 .309Escobar Wash 98 381 51 117 .307Duffy SF 98 361 48 111 .307Pollock Ariz 107 411 71 125 .304Runs — Harper, Washington, 76; Pol-lock, Arizona, 71; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 70; Fowler, Chicago Cubs, 70; Braun, Milwaukee, 66; Carpenter, St. Louis, 66; Blackmon, Colorado, 65; Arenado, Colorado, 64; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 64; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 63.RBIs — Arenado, Colorado, 81; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 79; Posey, San Francisco, 75; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 74; Crawford, San Francisco, 71; Harper, Washington, 69; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 68; Frazier, Cincinnati, 68; Stanton, Miami, 67; Bryant, Chicago Cubs, 65.Home Runs — Harper, Washington, 29; Stanton, Miami, 27; Arenado, Colorado, 27; Frazier, Cincinnati, 27; Gonzalez, Colorado, 25; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 22; Gonzalez, L.A. Dodgers, 22; Pederson, L.A. Dodgers, 21; Duda, N.Y. Mets, 21; Rizzo, Chicago Cubs, 21.Stolen Bases — Hamilton, Cincinnati, 51; Gordon, Miami, 34; Blackmon, Colo-rado, 29; Pollock, Arizona, 25; Revere, Philadelphia, 24; Marte, Pittsburgh, 22; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 20; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 19; Maybin, Atlanta, 18; Upton, San Diego, 18.Pitching — Cole, Pittsburgh, 14-5; Wacha, St. Louis, 13-4; Arrieta, Chicago Cubs, 13-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 12-6; Heston, San Francisco, 11-6; Martinez, St. Louis, 11-4; Greinke, L.A. Dodgers, 11-2; Scherzer, Washington, 11-8; Harvey, N.Y. Mets, 10-7; deGrom, N.Y. Mets, 10-6.Saves — Melancon, Pittsburgh, 35; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 33; Kimbrel, San Diego, 31; Familia, N.Y. Mets, 30; Storen, Washington, 29; Casilla, San Francisco, 27; Rodriguez, Milwaukee, 26; Soria, Pittsburgh, 24; Chapman, Cincinnati, 24; Grilli, Atlanta, 24.Not including last night's games
SCOREBOARD
Chargers slam city’s new stadium proposalBERNIE WILSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN DIEGO — The city and county’s updated plans for a new $1.1 billion stadium were immedi-ately trashed by the Chargers, making it look increasingly doubtful the long-running, conten-tious issue can be solved by City Hall’s Sept. 11 deadline to have a deal in place to qualify for a January vote.
The city and county unveiled the updated plans Monday, a few hours after a local contingent made a presentation to the NFL’s Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities in Chicago.
The Chargers, who appear eager to move to Los Angeles, will update all owners on Tuesday on their joint plan with the archrival Oakland Raid-ers to build a stadium in Carson.
St. Louis owner Stan Kroenke will give an update on his competing bid to build a stadium in Inglewood. At a sun-drenched news conference overlooking aging Qualcomm Stadium, Mayor Kevin Faulconer unveiled a financing plan, archi-tectural renderings for a new stadium and a 6,000-page draft of an environmental impact report.
The proposal includes contributions of$362.5 million from the Chargers, a $200-million loan from the NFL, $187.5 million in personal seat licenses, $200 million from the city and $150 million from the county. The public contri-bution will be capped at 32 per cent of the total project, and the team would be responsible for overruns, Faulconer said.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19)You seem to wake up with a desire to handle a situation differently. How you manage a changeable situation could vary as a result. Your need for details emerges, leaving less room for imagination. The unexpected is likely to occur. Tonight: Go to the gym.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)Listen carefully to what some-one has to say. You might find a more creative solution when handling this issue. Move for-ward and handle a personal issue with greater clarity. A child or loved one will appreci-ate your efforts. Tonight: Make the most of the moment.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You could be far more creative and dynamic than you have in the recent past, especially when dealing with a domestic matter. A disruptive element seems to mark the day. Be careful with spending. Tonight: Make sure your budget can handle a major purchase.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)You have the energy and desire to clear out a lot quickly. No matter where you start, the
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)HH You might be too tired to follow through on what needs to happen or what you feel you need to do. Detach. Understand what is expected of you when relating to others. You could decide that you would prefer to put a certain issue on hold for now. Tonight: Make it your treat.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You might notice a difference in how you feel. Your ability to get past a situation is enhanced. You’ll feel as if you can handle what was not manageable before. Understand what role you need to play in order to have a situation evolve. Tonight: Where your friends are.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)You will see how you can make a difference if you move for-ward with an important matter. You could be feeling off-kilter if you are not in tune with your feelings. Try to take a step back and withdraw some. You will
feel better given some time. Tonight: Get some extra R and R.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Make a point of touching base with a key person, either profes-sionally or personally. You will gain a lot of important informa-tion that could force you to go in a new direction. You have had a premonition as to what to do here. Tonight: Let your mind wander.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Suddenly, others seem to view you in a more favorable light. They see you as a leader and a star performer. If you stay on your current path, you could get a pay raise or promotion within the next year. Emphasize great-er financial security. Tonight: Opt for togetherness.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Others seem to seek you out. Your ability to walk in someone else’s shoes emerges as your strong suit. Expect this pattern to continue for a sustained peri-od of time. Know what is need-ed, and do what it takes to carry you through to the end. Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)If you have your heart set on certain results, you must push hard to achieve them. You could be in a position where you need to focus more on your schedule and on what you want to accomplish. Stay on top of a project. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Tap into your creativity when dealing with a partner. This person might be changing his or her ideas and goals, whether you realize it or not. Don’t push someone away unnecessarily. Understand what this individual wants from you. Tonight: Act as if there were no tomorrow.
BORN TODAYProfessional wrestler Hulk Hogan (1953), basketball player Patty Mills (1988), actor Chris Hemsworth (1983).
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HI & LOIS by Chance Browne
ONE BIG HAPPY by Rick Detorie
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Difficulty: Fill in the blank cells using numbers 1 to 9. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and 3x3 block.
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Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.
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Unscramble these four Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.
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REPORTING
Man apologizes after kissing CBC reporterGEMMA KARSTENS-SMITH THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER — A CBC journalist who was kissed by a stranger on live TV has received an apology, but she’s still being attacked by others online for making a complaint to police.
Megan Batchelor was reporting from a music festival in Squamish north of Vancouver, Friday when a stranger came up from behind, kissed her on the cheek at the same time as he took a picture of the event.
Daniel Davies, 17, later reached out to her in a direct message on Twitter to identify himself and say he was sorry.
Batchelor said his apology and feelings seemed very sincere.
“He basically just said ‘You know, in the moment I thought it was hilarious.
“And then when I saw your inter-views and I saw the backlash and I put myself in your shoes, I immedi-ately knew I was wrong and this was not appropriate,” she said.
Batchelor said her report to the RCMP prompted a much different
response from those online.People have called her explicit
names, written her lewd and aggressive messages, and criticized her intelligence and appearance.
The backlash has been “insane,”
said Batchelor, adding that she’s tried to ignore the hateful comments.
She hopes that Davies’ apology helps to calm the furor.
“I’m really hoping that with him
now speaking out and agreeing with the way that I’ve been feeling,” she said.
“I’m really hoping that that will perhaps diffuse some of the nega-tivity and people who don’t agree with me will perhaps see that this is not really an appropriate thing to do.”
As for the RCMP complaint, Batchelor said it’s up to police whether they press charges, but she is happy with the apology she’s received.
“In terms of where I’m at, I really don’t want to see this kid lose out on future opportunities because of this,” she said.
“I really think he’s paying the price now for his actions.”
The journalist does hope the inci-dent will have an impact on people who think it’s fun to interrupt tele-vision reporters while they work.
“I guess I’m just hoping people will take that extra second and think ‘Okay, that’s a person there trying to do their job.
“How will what I’m planning on doing impact them and their ability to do that and is it really worth it?”’ Batchelor said.
CBC reporter Megan Batchelor gets kissed by a man during a live report at a Squamish music festival. [CBC SCREENSHOT]
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Harper hits hard with anti-terrorConservatives insist Liberals, NDP would fi ght insurgents overseas by ‘dropping aid on dead people’THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA — The Liberals and the NDP would fight insurgents overseas by doing little more than “dropping aid on dead people,” Stephen Harper said Monday as he doubled down on the Con-servative party’s tough-on-terror strategy.
With this week’s return of Mike Duffy promising another barrage of banner headlines and awk-ward campaign-trail questions, Harper struck a defiant tone as he defended putting Canada front and centre in the global fight against militants in Iraq and Syria.
He showed a softer side, prom-ising to take in 10,000 more refu-gees from both countries over the next four years and to spend $90 million to help protect artifacts and places of worship from the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant.But when talk turned to
Canada’s aggressive military approach, Harper’s language grew sharp as he described how ISIL was engaged in “mass slaughter at an alarming, light-ning pace” when the Conserva-tive government got involved.
“If your policy is humanitarian assistance without military sup-port, all you’re doing is dropping
aid on dead people,” he said dur-ing a campaign stop in Markham, Ont., describing the position of “diaspora groups” in Canada.
“That’s not acceptable. We’re a country that can contribute militarily and in a humanitarian sense, and we are doing both.”
Harper brushed off the criti-cisms of NDP Leader Tom Mul-cair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who have rejected mil-itary action and called for Canada to stick to providing humanitar-ian aid. Offering safe haven to refugees simply isn’t enough, he added.
“ISIS, left to its own devices, will create millions — tens of mil-lions — of refugees and victims on a monthly basis,” Harper said. “That’s why the international community intervened . . . Presi-dent Obama and our allies felt we had no choice.”
Harper has been busy making
headlines of his own so far this week, perhaps hoping to starve the rebooted Duffy trial of oxy-gen — star witness Nigel Wright, Harper’s former chief of staff and the man responsible for a con-troversial $90,000 payment to the disgraced senator, takes the stand Wednesday.
Harper said Monday that a re-elected Conservative gov-ernment would bring in 10,000 additional religious minority refugees from Syria and Iraq, tar-geting refugees in the region who face persecution or the threat of extremist violence.
— a promise meant to woo voters in ethnic communities the Conservatives have long targeted.
And when asked about his eye-brow-raising promise Sunday to impose an outright ban on travel to regions controlled by terror groups, Harper repeated the
day’s sound bite of choice, say-ing such travel is “not a human right.”
Political posturing, Trudeau scoffed during a morning event in Montreal, calling the idea a distraction meant to draw atten-tion away from the Conserva-tives’ dismal economic record.
“Canada is a country that respects people’s rights,” Tru-deau said.
“And any time a government chooses to limit those rights, it has to be able to answer very direct and complete questions about why it’s necessary, about how it will work, about what the clear plan is, and Mr. Harper has done none of that.”
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair began the day in Toronto, attending a book-signing event that had been scheduled long before the election campaign was.
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Google changes operating structure, part of ‘Alphabet’BRANDON BAILEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — One of tech’s biggest names, Google, is reorganizing under a new moniker — “Alphabet” — in a move underscoring its founders’ ambitions to pursue ventures far beyond the company’s Internet search core, from self-driving cars to cutting-edge medical research.
It will still use the Google name for its popular Internet search engine, mapping service and related products. But CEO and co-founder Larry Page said Mon-day the creation of the new hold-ing company called Alphabet
will provide more independence for divisions like Nest, which makes Internet-connected home appliances, and Calico, which is researching ways to prolong human life. Analysts said the move may also be a nod to Wall Street demands for more fiscal accountability: As part of the reorganization, Page said the company will begin reporting financial results by segments. That should give a clearer picture of how Google’s core Internet business is performing, separate from other ventures, said analyst Colin Gillis of the investment firm BGC Partners.
“They promised to give us more
information,” Gillis said. “Now we’ll get a chance to see.”
Google reported more than $14 billion in profit on $66 billion in sales last year, most of it from lucrative Internet advertising, while other ventures have required large investments with-out showing immediate returns. The company’s stock has surged in recent weeks after a new chief financial officer announced other moves to rein in corporate spending. The reorganization also cements the rise of longtime Google executive Sundar Pichai, who will become CEO for the core Google business. Page will be CEO of the new holding com-
pany, with his co-founder Sergey Brin serving as president. Goo-gle’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, will have the same title at Alphabet.
“Sundar has been saying the things I would have said (and sometimes better!) for quite some time now,” Page wrote in a blog post announcing the changes.
Pichai, who was named overall chief of Google products last fall, is viewed by many as a potential successor to Page. While the Google co-founder has not indi-cated any plans to retire, he has at times struggled with a con-dition affecting his vocal cords
that interfered with his ability to speak. The 43-year-old Pichai, who joined Google in 2004, is generally known as a soft-spoken but highly effective manager. After leading efforts to build the company’s Chrome browser and related products, Pichai was given responsibility in 2013 for Google’s Android mobile oper-ating system — a crucial role as the company was seeing much of its Internet business shift to mobile devices.
With the reorganization, Page signalled that he wants to give more authority to CEOs of the of the new entity known as Alphabet.
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The human body is about two thirds water. Water is needed for transporting nutrients to our cells, for removing wastes from our cells and for sweating; it is our body’s cooling system.
In the summer heat, children lose a lot of water from their little bodies, especially if they are outdoors running around. Not drinking enough water will lead to dehydration which can make children sick.
Thirst is often the first indica-tor of dehydration.
Many children will ignore this feeling because they are hav-ing too much fun. By the time children feel thirsty, they might already be dehydrated.
Other symptoms of dehydra-tion include feeling dizzy or light headed, having a dry sticky mouth and rapid heartbeat.
The colour of urine is a good indicator of fluid levels in the body. Urine during the day after the first trip to the bathroom should be colourless and odour-less. If it is getting darker yellow, has a smell, or if the trips to the bathroom are less frequent, encourage your child to drink more water.
If children are becoming dehydrated, take a time out in a cool shady place and encourage them to sip water until they are feeling better. If symptoms become worse, or if your child faints, see a doctor.
Teach your children to drink plain, fresh, cold water. The best way to do this is to offer water frequently between meals.
Milk can be served with the meal. If there is juice or pop in the house, your child may prefer to drink those beverages. If you don’t want your child to drink sweetened beverages, don’t buy them. If the only choice is water, thirsty children will choose water.
Keeping a jug of cold water available in the refrigerator is the best way to encourage chil-dren to drink.
For small children, a jug with a tap on the bottom can make it easier for them to help themselves.
Offer water breaks throughout the day. Have a jug and plastic cups that you can take outside, or provide each child with their own water bottle that they can fill up from the cold-water jug.
Offering snacks of fresh fruit is another way to serve water to a thirsty child. Thick slices of watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, juicy peaches, oranges, nectarines, plums and berries, are all plump with extra fluid. Giving fresh fruit is the best way to offer juice to chil-dren. With fruit or vegetables, they get all the fibre as well as the juice. Frozen berries or small pieces of frozen fruit are also cool and refreshing. Serve with fresh water.
» Eileen Bennewith is a registered dietitian in the public health pro-gram for Island Health. Reach her [email protected].
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BEER
Summer sippers enjoying the fruits of good brewing
One of the best things about the summer season are all those local fruit beers stock-ing the brew shelves
of your friendly local liquor store.
Thankfully fruit beers comple-ment hot weather perfectly.
Tart and light, most are tangy, light-flavoured wheat beers with lower alcohol content than regular beers. When brewed with fruit, the results include a ser-ious palate pleasing sensation.
Every year I look forward to the arrival of Pineapple Express Wheat Ale from Whistler Brewing.
Within the summer roll call of B.C. fruit beers, this beer is truly unique. It’s brewed ale-style, making it richer than traditional wheat beers.
Pineapple Express pours out as a rich, cloudy gold colour. The bouquet is mouth-watering, a mix of grainy wheat malt and tart pineapple. Moderate carbon-ation delivers zingy fruit flavours with a good balance of leafy bit-ter hops.
The finish on this beer is quite dry and its pineapple acidity lin-gers on the palate for extended enjoyment.
Another brew worth knowing is Hoyne Brewing Company with their Entre Nous Cherry Witbi-er (Belgium-style wheat beer). Light and fresh, this classic wit-bier delivers an aroma of freshly baked bread when you pop the cap.
Entre Nous pours out amber in colour with a dense creamy head. There are hints of cherry on the nose and cherry flavour on the tongue.
With its comfortable balance of mild hoppiness and firm acid-ity, there’s never enough of this great Victoria-made beer. Under-standably, it sells out fast.
New to the craft beer move-ment, Fuggles and Warlock Craftworks have created a straw-berry Belgium-style wheat beer for summer quaffing.
Voted best of the show at the Squamish Beer Festival, this is a beer of which these novice brew-ers should be immensely proud.
“The Last Strawberry” gives a huge burst of strawberries and cream on the nose, alongside malty wheat and lemon zest. Yet the strawberry flavour does
not overwhelm the beer and its subtle fruit compliments the yeasty, herbal witbier with a sweet, tart harmony. This light-bodied sipper goes beauti-fully with a hot, sunny day.
The Raspberry Lemon Zest Hefe from Postmark Brewing is also another refreshing libation.
The yeast used by Postmark in this Bavarian-style Hefeweizen wheat beer produces lively car-bonation and distinctive aromas of banana and spice.
Its light raspberry flavours, a hint of lemon, its dryness and subtlety make the Zest Hefe a great food-pairing beer. Seafood and salads are easily compli-
mented by its peppy bubbles and citrus notes.
As beer lovers on the island know, the third Thursday of every month is Beer Club even-ing at Luckys Liquor Store in Nanaimo’s Country Club Centre. This month Hoyne Brewery from Victoria — makers of that gorgeous Entre Nous Cherry Witbier mentioned above will be offering samplings of their products.
This free event which fills up fast starts at 6:30 pm and seating is limited. For more info visit us at www.luckysliquor, find us on Facebook or call 250-585-2275 for more information.
Fruit flavours like pineapple, cherry and strawberry are adding tang to a range of light-flavoured beers. [LUCKY GOURMET]
Families urged to pay close attention to water intake
LynetteBurnsThe LuckyGourmet
RECIPE
There is nothing corny about taking advantage of the summertime culinary delights of corn
A much loved side dish with summer meals is good old fash-ioned corn on the cob.
Farm-fresh corn during the summer is very abundant and popular in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia where I live, but I know that there are many other areas also rich in this agri-cultural gold.
No matter where one resides in North America, it always seems to be available fresh during the summer.
Whole corn on the cob should either be eaten on the day of purchase or stored in the refrigerator, as the natural sug-ars convert to starch faster in the presence of warm temperatures.
Corn can be a very healthy part of a balanced diet as its dietary profile includes vitamin B1, folate, dietary fiber, vitamin C, phosphorus, and manganese.
Everything however should be consumed in moderation, includ-ing the amount of butter and salt that is applied to the finished product.
Fresh cracked pepper is one of my favourite toppings (along with the butter and salt) and is a great way to add tons of flavour.
Let your creativity run wild in the kitchen and discover what else you can top your corn on the cob with. The internet and local libraries are full of great recipe ideas.
If grilling your corn on the cob instead of boiling it, try it over lump charcoal — the taste differ-ence is amazing.
I simply pull off the husks and place the cobs directly on the grill, while rotating them occa-sionally until mostly all the ker-
nels are slightly charred.The uses for fresh corn on the
cob do not stop with just cooking whole.
By standing the corn on end, carefully take a sharp knife and run it down the cob to remove the kernels.
This will allow you to enjoy the fresh taste of corn in any recipe that calls for kernels of corn.
One tip to catch the kernels efficiently is to use an angel food cake pan.
With the cake pan sitting securely on a damp towel on the counter, stand the point of the cob of corn on the inner tube of the pan coming up the center.
This will help to keep the cob steady and the falling removed kernels will collect in the cake pan.
Try this compound butter reci-pe for something different the next time you have corn on the cob. It’s one our favorites.
Tequila Lime Chili Butter1 cup salted butter, room
temperature2 tbsp chili powder2 tbsp tequila1 tbsp fresh lime juice1 tsp finely chopped lime zestExtra salt & pepper, if desired Place all the ingredients in the
bowl of an electric mixer.Mix at medium speed, gradual-
ly increasing to high speed until fully combined, stopping halfway to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
Store at room temperature for a few days, or longer in the refridgerator.
Spread on hot cooked corn and sprinkle with additional salt & pepper if desired.
It makes approximately one cup of compound butter.
Chef Dez is a Food Columnist, Culinary Instructor & Cookbook Author.
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FOOD FINDS
Guys, here’s how to get your own dinner (and a date too?)J.M. HIRSCH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON — Single and looking? If you’re a guy who’s willing to
do some cooking, Avi Shemtov has you covered.
Admittedly, Shemtov’s initial attempt to feed dudes on the prowl read a bit too much like the strange love child of Rachael Ray and a Craigslist Casual Encounters ad.
Which is to say, “30-Minute Meals That Will Get You Laid” just didn’t fly beyond the world of working titles.
Plus, Shemtov acknowledges there’s probably only 10 or so dishes in his book that will get the job done.
The rest? An enticing collection of so-very-guy-friendly comfort food designed for the solo fellow willing to put a little effort into what he eats.
Shemtov’s just-released The Single Guy Cookbook is a refresh-ing look at cooking for one.
Previous entries in this category have tended to the “man-and-can” style of cooking that relies on a lot of dump-and-heat meals.
That’s an approach I find not just a little offensive, but also entirely out of touch with the reality of so many men — young, old, married, single and otherwise — standing tall in the kitchen.
Shemtov, who helms Boston’s popular Chubby Chickpea food truck, doesn’t dumb it down.
The recipes — which include everything from waffle-battered chicken tenders to potato gnoc-chi and kielbasa-based spaghetti carbonara — aren’t difficult, but they are real.
And they are scaled for a guy. The open-faced shrimp po’boy,
for example, calls for a generous two cups of shrimp to produce one serving.
Mind you, Shemtov hasn’t been single for a while.
But even married with two kids, he remains the go-to guy among his single friends looking for culinary — and relationship — advice.
His No. 1 tip? Guys need to learn to cook for themselves while they are single, and they need to continue cooking even
when they aren’t.“This is a lifestyle,” he
said recently over beers and bourbon.
“You need to commit to this. Don’t expect your girlfriend or wife to do the cooking if you won her over by doing the cooking.”
As for that original book title? It lives on, but as Chapter Four: Hassle-free Meals That Will Get You Laid.
J.M. Hirsch is the food editor for The Associated Press.
