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Balmy weather a boon for region’s many gardeners

Rose Capadouca, an Art Knapp Plantland employee, works with strawberry plants. Warmer weather has prompted a significant increase in demand for flowers and spring garden supplies in the Nanaimo region, merchants say. [SPENCER ANDERSON/DAILY NEWS]

Stores report huge demand early in seasonSPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

Aspate of balmy early spring weather has green-thumbed residents flocking to garden supply stores

in droves, according to nursery store owners in Nanaimo.

The city recently enjoyed a warmer-than-average fall and winter, Environment Canada said earlier this year. Even in February, gardeners were requesting items for their yards that many shops do not normally stock until later in the year.

The trend has continued into spring, and nurseries and gar-den supply outlets have seen an uptick in business.

“It’s probably 20 per cent greater business already than normal,” said Art Knapp Plant-land owner Tim van Hest, who has been in business for more than 20 years.

“But that could change in a second.”

He said staff are warning customers not to plant bedding plants and other flora until at least the May long weekend because of cold nights.

The warm weather creates “kind of a false impression, because we’re still getting night frost,” van Hest said.

While demand is high, “the problem is a lot of the product is still too early” for outdoor plant-ing, he said.

Walter Pinnow, general man-ager at Green Thumb Garden Centre, said the warmer weather

has forced his shop to bring in products early.

“People have been asking for things at least a month earlier than they should be,” he said.

“We’ve been bringing in hang-ing baskets because people have been asking for them.” Other items, like tomato plants, are also flying off the shelves, though many shoppers also use greenhouses he said.

Like van Hest, Pinnow said an abundance of sun during the daytime does not translate into ideal planting conditions. He said one good test for soil is to take a ball of dirt in your hands; if the dirt can crumble between your fingers, “then it’s workable.” Sticky, muddy soil means it’s likely better to wait.

“May can be pretty nasty some-times,” Pinnow said.

Some plants, such as lettuce, cabbage and herbs, do well this time of year.

But for other crops, “I would say hold off until at least May (long weekend),” Pinnow said.

While Nanaimo and other parts of coastal B.C. are focused on gardening, other regions are still stuck in single-digit or sub-zero temperatures.

“I’ve got plants in my garden that don’t normally bloom until May and they’re blooming now,” said Linda Black, owner of Wheelbarrel Nursery on Gabri-ola Island.

She said the one problem for nurseries is keeping up with customer demand for various gardening products.

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“People have been asking for things at least a month earlier than they should be.”

Walter Pinnow, garden centre GM

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A former Gabriola Island doctor allegedly killed during a home invasion in the Bahamas is being remembered as a kind man who loved life.

Dr. Geoffrey Harding, 88, was apparently stabbed to death in his holiday home last week, said a Bahamas newspaper.

Originally from England, Harding practised in Chetwynd and Vancouver before going to Gabriola, working several days a week at the Gabriola Community Health Centre.

When he retired, Dr. Jim Mackenzie took his place. Mac-kenzie could not be reached Monday, but his wife, Joanna, remembered Harding as a kind, thoughtful, adventurous man, with a great sense of humour who “didn’t let his age get in the way of what he did.”

Harding liked to spend winters at his home in Clarence Town, on Long Island, the Bahamas. He was found stabbed to death in his home on Thursday, according to a report in the Bahamas Weekly.

A 43-year-old man was arrested in connection with the crime Saturday.

“It’s too bad, what happened,” Joanna Mackenzie said. “He really was a good fellow. He (was) a real character.”

Bruce Mason, a founding mem-ber of the community health centre, has memories of Harding — who was his own doctor for several years — riding his bicycle past Mason’s’ Gabriola home.

“He was a really colourful guy,” Mason said.

Harding also had a “passion for classical music,” he said

“He regularly had concerts in his home. He brought really world-class artists to his home to perform.”

Joanna Mackenzie describes Harding as having a “joie de vivre” that made him a pleasure to be around.

“He was a charming guy who told me he wanted to practise medicine until the day he died,” Mason said. “Nothing gave him a greater satisfaction.”

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TUESDAY, APRIL 7

10-11 a.m. Kids’ Drop-in & Play Group, In partnership with PacificCARE Child Care Resource and Referral, free weekly play groups near the food court for children five and younger.

10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Irwin Street garden work parties. Irwin Street Garden open house. Free. 256 Needham St.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Variety Children’s Radiothon, Woodgrove Centre is part-nering with 102.3 The Wave to host the Radiothon fundraiser for Variety – The Children’s Charity for children in Nanaimo who have special needs.

3-6 p.m. Island Roots Farmers Market. Support local growers, producers and artisans year-round. Pleasant Valley Hall, 6100 Dumont Rd.

7 p.m. Glen Foser, Kat, On The Dock with Rhodeo Drive at The Dinghy Dock Pub,

8 Pirates Lane. Tickets $20 from the art-ists, Dinghy Dock Pub, or at ticketzone.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

5-9 p.m. The Nanaimo Flea Market offers a variety of vendor goods. 1630 East Wellington, Royal Canadian Legion Hall.

7:30 p.m. Nanaimo Rhododendron Society at Beban Park Social Centre. Free admission. For more info visit: http://nanaimo.rhodos.ca.

7 p.m. 2015 Cultural Awards Celebration City of Nanaimo honours citizens and others for outstanding dedication to cul-ture, including Grant Leier, Nixie Barton, Amanda Scott, Arlene Blundell. Free at the Port Theatre. Book ticket online or through the Ticket Centre.

7:30 p.m. Nanaimo Historical Soci-ety meeting and presentation. Local author and historian, Doug Steel, with his upcoming fourth book: Nanaimo: A

Pictorial History. Bowen Park Complex, Room 1. Free. For more information: [email protected]. 7-8 p.m. Dave Hart plays the Nanaimo Arts Council Youth Showcase, North Nanaimo Town Centre. For more infor-mation: 250-729-3947.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. annual orchid show and sale. Central Vancouver Island Orchid Society at Nanaimo North Town Centre, 4750 Rutherford Rd. Free event

10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nanaimo Volunteer Fair up to 25 volunteer organizations at Woodgrove Centre. A variety of organiza-tions and opportunities are available.

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

10 p.m. The Bastion City Wanderers Volkssport Club invite you to a 6-km or 10-km Cedar/Cable Bay walk. Meet in the parking lot at the end of Nicola Road. Registration starts at 9:45 a.m. For more

information, call Ethel at 250-756-9796.

1–4 p.m. Nanaimo Lawn Bowling Club open house at Bowen Park, 500 Bowen Road. Bowls provided. Bring flat-soled shoes. For more information, David 250-245-5601.

1-4 p.m. Artist onsite, 100 Museum Way. Wilf Hatch drawings are on display through May. Nanaimomuseum.ca or 250-753-1821 for information.

1-5 p.m. Giselle Roeder is at Chapters Woodgrove to present, discuss and sign her book, ‘We Don’t Talk About That.’ SUNDAY, APRIL 12.

7 p.m. The Original Legends of Rock’n’Roll presents Elvis and Friends. Among the world’s top tribute artists, including Bobby Brooks Wilson tributes his father Jackie Wilson. Featuring the legendary Memphis Beats rock’n’Roll Band. Port Theatre. All seats $39.75.

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An internal memo to Lantz-ville’s mayor and council says district staff have become “con-cerned with the tone of council meetings, particularly with the ridicule and criticism of staff’s work in a public meeting where we cannot respond or set the rec-ord straight.”

Some city councillors said Mon-day they agree with the memo and say more needs to be done to improve what Coun. Jennifer Millbank described as a “hostile” work environment.

The memo, dated March 26, is

signed by the district’s five sen-ior staff members: Chief admin-istrative officer Twyla Graff, dir-ector of financial services Jedha Holmes, corporate administra-tion director Trudy Coates, pub-lic works director Fred Spears and Lisa Bhopalsingh, commun-ity planner.

The memo calls for council to consider setting up a “standard of conduct” for public meetings, citing “disrespectful” comments made during those meetings.

Graff gave notice that she was resigning to council last Wednes-day, although it is not clear why.

Attempts to reach Graff for comment were unsuccessful but Mayor Colin Haime said Graff told council she was willing to remain in her position for the next three months.

Lantzville Coun. Rod Negrave said he was “extremely con-cerned” with the issues laid out in the memo.

“I certainly would not be sur-prised if we had further resigna-tions from senior staff,” Negrave said.

The memo was called “pretty accurate” by another councillor, Graham Savage.

“It certainly indicates a work-ing environment that senior staff are not comfortable with,” he said.

Millbank said that “a funda-mental lack of respect at the council table” was an underlying cause of the staff complaints.

Haime said he wants clarifi-cation and specific examples from district staff on what their

concerns are. He sent a response on March 30 to staff with the request.

“I think it’s important for us before everyone jumps on the path of considering the item to understand what it is staff is raising the concerns about,” he said.

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Group cleans up illegal dumpsite on weekendJULIE CHADWICK DAILY NEWS

While many Nanaimo resi-dents spent their Easter Sunday searching for elusive coloured eggs, one group of volunteers marked the day by hunting for garbage.

A cleanup slated for an illegal dump site behind Rosstown Road was posted online in the Facebook page called Stop Illegal Garbage Dumping — Vancouver Island. On Sunday 27 people showed up to clean the area, said organizer and group moderator Louise Gilfoy.

Aided by Kinnikinnick Land-scapes, Progressive Landscapes and Foster’s Firewood in Lantz-ville, which provided trucks, the group removed 4.14 tonnes of garbage from the area.

A small group returned with Foster’s Firewood trucks on Monday to remove what was esti-mated to be an additional tonne of waste, including a fridge and shopping carts.

“Well we kept getting accused of posting pictures and not doing anything,” said Gilfoy.

“So we decided to organize something.”

All the time was volunteered, including the truck transport.

“I’m part of the Vancouver Island woodlot association,” said Matt Foster of Foster’s Firewood.

“I do some work with them like firewood cleanup, so I’m just seeing garbage everywhere. So it’s like, everywhere I go, I’m always seeing garbage dumped but it’s kind of hard for just me and one guy to do the cleanup. So it’s nice to get a bunch of people together.”

Foster found the group online and decided to get involved

“When I saw the pictures I was

like, ‘That’s way too much for just a couple trucks,” he said.

The Facebook page shot to popularity in early March and now has more than 4,500 follow-ers. The page mainly consists

of photo posts of the public of illegal garbage dump sites they have found on Vancouver Island.

The response it has elicited in the community is due in part to how heavily some remote and

often pristine areas are littered with garbage, said Gilfoy, who added that the numbers of volun-teers who showed up to help was “amazing.”

The group has no plan to slow

down in their cleanup of illegal dump sites. Further events will be posted on their page.

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Greg Sorensen, left, from the Nanaimo Climbers Association, Chris Paquette and Matt Foster from Foster’s Firewood move a fridge from the Rosstown Road dump site on Monday. [JULIE CHADWICK/DAILY NEWS]

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Senior district staff raise concerns in memo


“I certainly would not be surprised if we had further resignations from senior staff.”

Rod Negrave, councillor

Mayor not expecting federal cashMcKay still hopes to see some support for establishment of a new passenger ferry in federal budgetSPENCER ANDERSON DAILY NEWS

The federal budget drops April 21, but Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay said he is not expecting a large infusion of federal cash to offset infrastructure costs for municipalities.

The release of the budget has been delayed in recent months as federal officials grappled with plummeting oil prices, a sig-nificant player in the Canadian economy.

The governing Tories have said

they intend to deliver a balanced budget ahead of a federal elec-tion expected in October. Indus-try Minister James Moore, who recently stopped in Nanaimo, told national media that the fed-eral document would also invest in job-creating infrastructure projects, but did not elaborate on how much money would be available.

A large part of the federal budget is also expected to focus on tax cuts aimed at families.

Organizations like the Federa-

tion of Canadian Municipalities have long pushed for a greater infrastructure investment from the federal government.

“(Municipalities) have always been complaining that munici-palities get such a small share of senior level budgets,” McKay said, whose predecessor John Ruttan also raised the issue in the past.

The mayor said cities and towns in the country have trad-itionally sought eight per cent of total spending from senior

governments, but said he is not optimistic the level of funding will increase or even stay flat.

He cited the recent collapse of oil prices as a primary fac-tor, adding it will have a “huge impact” on the Canadian economy.

“I’ve said for a couple of years now that from my view, it’s not going to get better, it’s going to get worse,” McKay said in reference to funding for municipalities.

McKay hopes there would be

some form of financial sup-port for the establishment of a new fast, foot passenger ferry between Nanaimo and Vancouver.

However, McKay also said municipalities on Vancouver Island have to “think about being more independent” and less reli-ant on senior government fund-ing by working more closely with one another.

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C ome hell or high water, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will balance the

books when he delivers the budget April 21.

It will be balanced whether it makes sense or not because it’s not a normal budget.

It’s an election budget, loaded with billions of dollars in bou-tique tax credits and money for veterans and families.

Some $400 million will also be spent in the next fiscal year to wage war on terrorists in Syria and Iraq, which will also be a major part of the election playbook.

The central campaign issue for Harper, however, will be only he can be trusted to manage the economy, save jobs, provide tax relief and balance the books.

It will be quite a juggling act, particularly since some of the assumptions going into the budget are considered dubious.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver, for example, is building his financial blueprint on future economic forecasts, including the antici-pated price of oil.

The Bank of Canada has warned it is too risky for a gov-ernment to base its budget on the forecast price of oil. The cen-tral bank relies on the current price, which it has found is more reliable in making economic forecasts. It’s not known what price scenario will guide Oliver, but even a small error could throw off his projections.

There’s always a risk economic conditions will change after a budget is written, but the gamble

is even greater today because of uncertainty over the direction of oil.

Harper’s central challenge April 21 — and during the elec-tion campaign — will be to con-vince Canadians his budget is real and not smoke and mirrors.

The budget will not include a stimulus package because the government says economic con-ditions do not warrant one. The economy is stable, with moderate growth, but the global economy is sluggish and a recession in the near future is still considered a possibility.

The government has already announced or implemented most of its tax-cut measures, so it remains to be seen if there will be anything new for Canadians when the budget is tabled.

There is no shortage of demands: everything from a national child-care plan and a drug-care program to more cash for provinces struggling to oper-ate their beleaguered health-care systems.

A critical issue that has not been adequately addressed by any federal government, how-ever, is the national infrastruc-ture deficit, which is estimated at $123 billion and growing by $2 billion a year.

The government is investing $14 billion in infrastructure over 10 years, in addition to $2 billion it distributes annually to cities from the gas tax.

It’s inadequate, however.The Federation of Canadian

Municipalities recently asked Ottawa to invest $1 billion a year

in public transit, which should be easy enough for a government that has cut taxes by billions of dollars.

If the government wants to make a difference, it needs to step up its game in cities, which are the country’s main engines of economic growth.

The April 21 budget, however, is an election budget. That means there will be a few treats sprinkled here and there, as well as the appearance of sound fiscal management.

Bold and visionary will have to wait — again.

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Drivers should know left lane is for passing only

I wish people would stop blam-ing speed as a factor in the passing lane debate.

People should read up on road rules, there are even signs posted on the parkway. No matter the speed, the left lane is for passing other motorists, period.

I don’t drive 120 km/h or over (even in the new 120 zone) on the highway and I will not change my habits but guess what? I drive in the right lane as I am supposed to do.

If I encounter someone going slow then I safely move into the left lane and pass said driver and then move back into the right lane, as it is supposed to be done.

No matter what the posted speed limit is there will always be speed-ers, let them speed on passed you. Why am I going to fret on what they are doing, I will drive at my speed, use my accelerator gently and use my brakes the least I can (all measures that can be used to save fuel) and let them speed passed and pay for the extra fuel they burn.

I know with left turn lanes and stop lights it makes it difficult to properly observe the rules but stick to the right as much as pos-sible and don’t get in the left lane 50 kilometres ahead of your turn.

This also leads into those who drive 50 km/h (which is another discussion).

Going slow can be dangerous as well.

Many German Autobahn’s have no speed limit and yet they work with fine German precision.

So please stop blaming speed and brush up on your driving skills and drive properly, let the speed-ers be speeders and you can reach your destination safely, stress free, and happy you did not have lights flashed at you because you were in the left lane.

Frank OberNanaimo

Tough for Christians to declare individual faith

I was disappointed to see yet again, someone defending their actions as part of the “Christian world-view.”

I am a Christian in this world, and I do not share many of the thoughts, beliefs and ideas expressed in the media as Chris-tian beliefs. I understand there are vast differences within Chris-tianity, and would prefer not to be painted with such broad strokes.

My faith community strives to follow the teachings of Jesus. Our core values include hospitality, justice and reaching out to others in our community and the world.

The actions of James Lunney (and Governor Mike Pence of Indiana) garner far more attention than the everyday acts of love and justice done by so many.

No wonder it is difficult for individuals to declare their Christian faith when they fear

being ‘lumped in’ with those who espouse radically different views based on literal Biblical interpretation.

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Misinformed and vocal minority reject pipelines

On any given day in early April, 22 ‘Very Large Crude Carriers’ await cargo in the Persian Gulf port of Basra, the main oil export-ing terminals in Iraq.

Imagine, if these 22 supertankers were put end-to-end they would exceed four miles of the very latest in double-hulled marine technology; after an average wait of 16 days, each will load about two million barrels, and 11 smaller Suezmax tankers also await cargos.

While Iraq’s oil exportation thrives, plans for TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline have been stalled once again; this time because of fears of impacting the Beluga Whale population around the proposed tanker terminal at Cacouna, Que.

Plans to extend existing pipe-lines to a New Brunswick terminal are certain to encounter delaying tactics similar to those employed by protesters against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, the Kinder Morgan pipe-line expansion to Burnaby, and the Keystone XL pipeline to Texas. In all these cases a very vocal

and misinformed minority have expressed exaggerated environ-mental concerns, gaining huge support from gullible citizens and pandering politicians.

For at least the next year, and probably for a lot longer, the gov-ernment of Canada will spend over $250,000 per day to operate CF-18 jets in Kuwait, from where they drop bombs costing about $40,000 each onto ISIS targets in Iraq, and soon into Syria.

By preventing oilfields from falling into the hands of jihad-ists, Canadian taxpayers enable Iraq to export more oil than it has done in decades; yet Canada is still unable to export its own oil by pipeline from Alberta to tanker terminals in B.C., Eastern Canada and Texas. Ironic comparisons between oil exportation in Iraq and Canada echo the opening lines of A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens : “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.”

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Students deal with tough fi nancial conditionsDoctor says there is a correlation between lower incomes and higher rates of illness and diseaseROBERT BARRON DAILY NEWS

More than 20 per cent of children who are less than six years old in the Nanaimo and Ladysmith areas are living in troubled financial conditions, according to Dr. Paul Hassel-back, medical health officer for the central Island region.

But, according to statistics presented by Hasselback to the school board in his latest State of the Child Report, the percent-age of children under six living in low-income homes is much higher in some other areas of the Island.

They include the Alberni and Lake Cowichan regions, which each have more than 35 per cent

of their children of the same age living in economically chal-lenged households.

Hasselback said there is a cor-relation between lower incomes and higher rates of illness, including respiratory illnesses,

with disease rates often up to two times higher in the lowest economic group compared to the highest.

Hasselback also cited statistics from the McCreary Adolescent Health Survey for central Van-couver Island, including the fact that just 51 per cent of students in the region reported that always eat breakfast on school days, and 29 per cent of youths were at one point injured ser-iously enough to require medical attention.

But Hasselback said the survey also found that alcohol experi-mentation among youth in the region dropped from 65 per cent to 53 per cent over the past 10 years, while those youths who

said they tried marijuana during the same time dropped from 43 per cent to 30 per cent.

He said those who tried tobacco also dropped from 35 per cent to 24 per cent in the same time period.

Hasselback said the survey indicates that five per cent of youths in the region have been pregnant or caused a pregnancy.

He said high school completion rates in Nanaimo-Ladysmith have risen every year for the past five years, rising from 68.2 per cent in 2009-10 to 72.5 per cent in 2013-14.

That’s still much less than the provincial average of 84.2 per cent, but higher than the Parks-ville-Qualicum school district,

which had just a 69 per cent completion rate in 2013/14.

School board chairman Steve Rae said he’s pleased that Hasselback’s report indicates that the health and welfare of students in the district is improving.

“But we still have a long way to go and we can’t forget how impacted this district is by pov-erty issues,” Rae said.

“Dr. Hasselback made it clear to us that we need to keep our eyes on the ball with these issues.

“It’s very important to all the members of the board.”

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Runners of Compassion make big donation

R unners gave more than compassion at Westwood Lake recently.

They gave cash to create bet-ter resources to feed Nanaimo’s hungry. Forty members of Nanaimo’s Runners of Compas-sion presented Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank, a cheque for $5,000.

The donation is to assist with the purchase of their newly acquired 6,000 square-foot ware-house facility on Fry Street.

Loaves and Fishes recently increased their 500 square-foot space by purchasing the new building.

The extra space will allow more food to be collected, stored and distributed to handle growing community demand.

The Nanaimo food bank now being used by one in 13 Nanaimo residents annually.

Runners of Compassion is a mixed group of social and com-petitive runners staging weekly trail runs and involved in

community social and fundrais-ing activities throughout each year.

Funds have gone to sports shoes for youth, community food, families in need and other community initiatives.

Runners of Compassion have donated more than $150,000 into the community since their incep-tion in 2003.

Obedience challenge

Sometimes worries about the safety of a family pet left behind can prevent a woman mak-ing a clean break from a bad relationship.

Kim Sirett, owner-operator of Pooch Pack Adventures wants to change that.

“It is a challenge that my staff

and myself are attempting with my selected clients’ dogs,” Sirett said.

“We are an off-leash dog hiking business and we are going to get the largest ever, off-leash group photo of Dogs on a Log posing for the camera.”

She and five others will take part in an obedience challenge to line up as many as 40 dogs on a horizontal log.

The event is a fundraiser for Helping Haven Pets and Fam-ilies, of the Nanaimo branch of the BCSPCA.

“The most important part of this cause is to bring awareness to women who feel trapped in domestic violence for fear of leaving their pet behind or hav-ing nowhere safe to go where they can take their pet with them,” Sirett said.

To donate, visit http://www.gofundme.com/HavenPetsAndFamily.

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Members of Runners of Compassion in Nanaimo presented a cheque for $5,000 to Peter Sinclair, executive director of the Loaves and Fishes Food Bank.

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Students and families in local schools could have more educa-tional and other opportunities and options starting in the fall.

The Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district is moving forward with plans to expand its com-munity school program into its northern zone, as well as what it offers, assistant superintend-ent Bob Esliger reported to the board recently. He told trustees he wants to see the program expanded primarily to support student learning in the district.

Esliger said the plan is to move from two families of community schools in the district, the Hare-wood and Cedar families, and begin a third community school program in the district’s north end for the first time.

The new model, to be in place by September, would see two community school co-ordinators in the south zone of the district, which currently has three, the two currently in the central zone kept in place, and a co-ordinator would be placed in the district’s north zone.

Esliger said the new model would help meet each student’s “unique needs” by assisting with professional support outside and during school hours, and enhancing student safety with increased staff after school, evenings and weekends.

“Helping our vulnerable stu-dents and families is one of the things that is expected of us as a district,” superintendent John Blain said Monday. “Expanding the program will help support our students and families all across the district for the first time.”

Under the current program, each community school provides the local community, usually in disadvantaged neighbourhoods, access to schools for sports, edu-cational, health and other servi-ces after school hours.

Blain said salaries for the instructors and other staff in the program comes mainly from the province’s CommunityLink program, in which the district receives approximately $2 mil-lion each year to help its vulner-able students, and it’s expected additional staff costs would be covered by CommunityLink as well. He said Nanaimo-Lady-smith is considering subsid-izing the other extra expenses related to the expanded program through funding raised from rentals in the district.

The new model would see the south zone comprised of John Barsby Secondary School, Geor-gia Avenue and Bayview ele-mentary schools and Woodbank Primary School.

The central zone would include Nanaimo District Secondary School, and Mountain View, Fairview and Brechin elemen-tary schools. The new north zone would include Rock City and Pleasant Valley elementary schools.

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“Helping our vulnerable students and families is one of the things that is expected of us as a district. Expanding the program will help support our students and families all across the district.”

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Blue bird days on the ski slopes and expeditions to rivers frothing with spawning salmon could be among the quintessential British Columbia pastimes that vanish in the next century if the province’s glaciers maintain their current rate of melt. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

Skiing and salmon potential casualties as glaciers meltA near total loss of glacial ice expected to be concentrated in Rocky MountainsTAMSYN BURGMANN THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — Blue bird days on the ski slopes and expeditions to rivers frothing with spawn-ing salmon could be among the quintessential British Columbia pastimes that vanish in the next century if the province’s glaciers maintain their melt.

Results of a 3D computer simulation, published in a newly released study, reveal in more detail than ever before the mag-nitude of glacial thawing due to climate change. The study was published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

It confirms and goes one step further than previous projec-tions on glacial melt, holding up a magnifying glass to specific geography in Western Canada and spurring scientific theor-izing about potential localized impacts.

Researchers anticipate that by 2100, disappearing glaciers may alter how much water is deliv-ered to salmon-spawning beds in the B.C. Interior, and simi-larly dry up corporate visions of

future ski resorts, said study co-author Garry Clarke.

A near total loss of glacial ice is expected to be concentrated in the Rocky Mountains, said Clarke, professor emeritus with the University of British Columbia.

“People driving into Banff or Jasper parks will be hard pressed to see glaciers in the landscape by the time this is played out,” he said.

Similar disappearance rates are expected in B.C.’s southeast-ern Columbia Mountains. But the southern coast mountains may fare better than previously expected, mostly sparing the vis-ually stunning Mount Garibaldi, north of Squamish.

Ice caps in B.C.’s northwest, close to the Alaska and Yukon borders, should also survive.

Researchers spent nearly a decade coding and embedding influential factors into the simulation, amounting to high-resolution representations of the glacial degradation in B.C. and Alberta over the years, said Clarke.

While the entire region current-ly sustains 3,000 cubic kilometres of ice, that’s projected to degrade between 60 to 80 per cent using the simulation, which charts four possible courses based on standard future climate change scenarios.

The study projects the max-imum rate of ice volume retreat to occur between 2020 and 2040.

Earlier forecasts using less sophisticated calculus predicted the glacial mass loss would be lower.

“This is not a trivial amount,” Clarke said. “This is in the world-league in terms of how many gla-ciers we have in our mountains and what the losses will be.”

He said the big unknown is human behaviour — how rapidly the glaciers flow eternally into the ocean depends on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas addi-tions to the atmosphere.

It’s a “one-way trip” if melt rates worsen or even continue along the current trajectory, he said. But the simulator also showed unexpectedly positive outcomes where some glaciers

could outlast the prediction if cli-mate change stabilizes, he added.

“I thought that we might not even have a possibility of a good result, even if we behaved really nicely,” he said. “But this sug-gests there is a reward for good behaviour.”

Digital pictures of the models at increments from 2010 to 2100 look exactly as if photographed from satellites, but are truer to life because they simulate the physics of ice flow, said Clarke.

The novel simulator is more sophisticated than other calcula-tors, using technological prowess similar to flight simulation or car racing programs, he said.

“You’ve got the physics that describes what’s going on. You try to put as much as you can in there. And if you’ve done a good job, it resembles the system you’re trying to emulate,” Clarke said.

The team included factors such as the strength of the Earth’s gravity field, the melting temper-ature of ice, and accounted for precipitation falling as snow or rain depending on elevation.

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Fukushima radiation detected on shores of IslandDIRK MEISSNER THE CANADIAN PRESS

VICTORIA — Radiation from the leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor has been detect-ed on the shores of Vancouver Island, four years after a deadly earthquake and tsunami in Japan killed 16,000 people.

University of Victoria chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen said Monday that it’s the first time radiation has been found on the shorelines of North America since the quake and tsunami ravaged the Japanese north coast and disabled the nuclear reactor.

Low levels of the radioactive isotope Cesium-134, which sci-entists say can only come from Fukushima, were found in wat-ers collected on Feb. 19 off a dock at Ucluelet, said Cullen.

Last November, the first sample containing detectable radioactiv-ity from Fukushima was discov-ered 150 kilometres off the coast of northern California.

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Shooting probed after threats to N.L. premierSUE BAILEY THE CANADIAN PRESS

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier says his staff told police about potentially threatening tweets Friday, two days before the man behind the account was shot dead by an officer on the premier’s security team.

Paul Davis said Monday he wasn’t aware of the comments until he heard that Don Dunphy, 59, was fatally shot Sunday by an officer with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. But the premier’s staff knew and reported them to police, he said.

“I was shocked, deeply saddened yesterday to learn of the events that had taken place,” Davis said.

Chief William Janes of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said the officer was a member of the protective services unit providing security, threat and risk assessments for the premier and elected officials.

POLITICS

Duffy on trial but focus for his defence is ToriesJENNIFER DITCHBURN THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Suspended senator Mike Duffy may be the one on trial, but he won’t be only person to see their motives, character and actions dissect-ed, examined and critiqued over the next several weeks inside an Ottawa courtroom.

Beginning today, Crown lawyers will lay out their fraud, breach of trust and bribery case against the former Con-servative — 31 charges in total.

But so too will begin attorney Donald Bayne’s defence of Duffy, a counter-attack that will likely focus in part on key figures from the Prime Minister’s Office and party circles.

The expected release of new docu-ments and internal emails in the form of court exhibits has the capacity to breathe new life into the political scan-dal that consumed the House of Com-mons two years ago.

A crush of media interest in the trial has prompted officials to establish an overflow room at the downtown Ottawa courthouse where several camera angles are displayed on large screens in order to accommodate journalists.

Bayne has already given a public preview of sorts of how he plans to approach the allegations. In October 2013, Bayne held an animated press conference to respond to the loom-ing suspension of his client from the upper chamber. Charges were laid in July 2014.

“You’ve seen a little of Sen. Duffy’s evidence and side of the story,” Bayne said at the time.

“It’s simply the tip of the iceberg, if he ever had a proper hearing and an opportunity to advance this evidence. That’s why we have trials.”

That spring, news broke that the prime minister’s chief of staff, Nigel

Wright, had secretly paid for Duffy’s $90,000 in contested living expenses. Duffy had submitted claims for a sec-ondary residence in the Ottawa area, even though an audit said he spent approximately 30 per cent of his time at the designated primary residence in P.E.I.

Police allege Duffy was the one set-ting conditions and making demands in exchange for resolving the expenses controversy — hence the bribery charge. An email dated Feb. 13, 2013, in which Duffy’s previous lawyer out-lined a number of scenarios and condi-tions, is a central document.

Bayne and Duffy have alleged it’s the other way around.

“The payment of $90,000 was not the doing of Sen. Duffy,” Bayne said in 2013. “It was a political tactic forced on him by the Prime Minister’s Office.”

That concept — a political tactic orchestrated by Stephen Harper’s

underlings — is something Justice Charles Vaillancourt is likely to hear a lot about.

Wright’s lawyers told police dur-ing an interview in June 2013 that he believed covering Duffy’s expenses “was the proper ethical decision that taxpayers not be out that amount of money,” according to the RCMP’s court filing.

One of the most revealing sets of internal emails filed in court involved the manipulation of a Senate commit-tee, one drafting a report on Duffy’s expenses in the spring of 2013.

PMO staffers set about ensuring the committee remove any negative lan-guage from the report on Duffy, and at one point discussed how to get an independent audit firm to refrain from drawing any conclusions on Duffy’s residency status.

The trial is scheduled between today and May 12, and from June 1-19.

Counterattack will likely look to key fi gures in PMO and party circles

Sen. Mike Duffy arrives at the Senate in Ottawa on Oct. 28, 2013. Duffy may be the one on trial, but he won’t be only person to see their motives, character and actions dissected, examined and critiqued inside an Ottawa courtroom. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

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Lack of spy oversight in Canada shocks ex-spookALEXANDER PANETTA THE CANADIAN PRESS

ARLINGTON, Va. — A former CIA spy’s eyes widen when he hears that, in Canada, the polit-ical opposition doesn’t get to see or scrutinize national-security intelligence files.

“You’re kidding me,” says John Kiriakou, who’s now under house arrest in Virginia after a two-year prison stay for reveal-ing information about his former employer.

“That’s shocking to me. It seems to block any chance of a national consensus on an issue that I think would be very ser-ious. There has to be oversight.”

Kiriakou made the remarks during an interview in which he described an internal contro-versy within the CIA over the arrest and rendition of Canadian Maher Arar to be tortured in a Syrian prison.

Many colleagues protested, arguing that they were punish-ing an innocent man, he said. The CIA’s role in the 2002-03 affair has never been publicly scrutinized.

But the fallout in Canada did include a public inquiry and a $10-million government payout to Arar. A major recommenda-tion from the inquiry was an overhaul of the model used to scrutinize intelligence work.

A decade later, that recommen-dation from the Arar inquiry has never been implemented — even as the Canadian government prepares to provide intelligence agencies with more power in its new anti-terror bill.

The inquiry recommended giv-ing review bodies the power to scrutinize more than one agency at a time — so that they could see, for instance, how CSIS and the RCMP co-operate on cases. Also, four former prime minis-ters recently noted the failure of

reforms that would have allowed politicians from different parties to access intelligence files.

The U.S. oversight system was introduced following 1970s scan-dals involving the CIA, with the creation of bipartisan commit-tees. Canada’s system involves appointed bodies for different agencies, with distinguished Canadians selected by the government.

Kiriakou likened the Canad-ian system to Ronald Reagan appointing his own investigators during the Iran-Contra affair: “Is that real oversight?”

“I think people need to know what the government is doing in their name . . . . It’s the only way you can keep people hon-est. When everything is in the shadows, people tend to push the envelope more than is appropriate.”

Some state secrets are neces-sary, he said — but they need to be shared with people who

will keep the government accountable.

“Here in the United States we have oversight — and even that’s not good enough. We haven’t had serious oversight, really, since the 1970s.”

It took years of negotiating, for instance, to get the Senate intelligence committee to release its torture report — and even then the different political par-ties continued arguing about the details after the report was released.

Kiriakou was in prison when that report came out late last year.

He said he’s the only person ever punished over the CIA’s post-9-11 use of torture — because he blew the whistle on it. He first mentioned it in a 2007 news interview. He was arrested several years later on different accusations: leaking details about former colleagues to the news media.

John Kiriakou says secrets needed — but so is accountability

The entrance to the CSIS facility in Ottawa. Former CIA spy John Kiriakou was shocked at the lack over spy oversight in Canada. [THE CANADIAN PRESS]

◆ OTTAWA

Government sells its stake in General Motors

The Harper government has unloaded its remaining multi-billion-dollar stake in General Motors.

The federal Finance Depart-ment said the government sold nearly 73.4 million shares Mon-day in an unregistered block trade to Goldman, Sachs & Co.

The government’s stake in the automaker was worth more than $3.3 billion Monday, based on a US$36.66 price at the close and an exchange rate of $1.2473.

But it’s unclear how much the sale will benefit Ottawa’s bottom line.

◆ TORONTO

Women told to check birth control drug dates

Shoppers Drug Mart is urging women in Alberta to check the expiry date on their birth control medication as it may be expired.

The retailer said it dispensed the expired drug Alesse 21 to about 100 women in Western Canada between March 16 and April 1, 2015.

Shoppers says it has contacted everyone who was given expired product in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and has offered to replace the prod-uct and provided information and counselling.

◆ THOMPSON, MAN.

Miners back at surface after fi re underground

All of the miners who were forced to seek safety in under-ground refuge areas after a fire broke out at a northern Manitoba nickel mine have been safely returned to the surface.

Vale, which operates the mine in Thompson, said that the last eight miners who were waiting for rescue were brought out of the mine Monday afternoon.

Thirty-nine workers in the mine moved to the refuge sta-tions, and workers in another mine also took refuge as a precaution.

◆ WEST COVEHEAD, P.E.I.

New premier puts job on the line, calls election

Six weeks after becoming pre-mier of Prince Edward Island, Wade MacLauchlan is putting his job on the line by calling an election on promises of greater political engagement and a bet-ter economic future.

MacLauchlan announced vot-ers will go to the polls on May 4 at his nomination meeting Mon-day night in the riding of York-Oyster Bed.

MacLauchlan told about 500 party supporters that he wants to build on economic successes that the province hasn’t always highlighted.

◆ TRURO, N.S.

Charges after woman said burned with pizza

A 29-year-old woman has been charged with assault with a weapon for allegedly smearing a hot pizza into the face of another woman early Sunday morning in Truro, N.S.

Const. Andrew Frost of Truro police says a 22-year-old woman was burned by hot cheese and sauce from a pizza that had just been taken from an oven at a pizzeria.

Frost says the incident hap-pened as the younger woman was in a line at the restaurant just after 2:15 a.m.

◆ MONTREAL

Ex-Quebec premier Parizeau criticizes PQ

Ex-Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau has once again criti-cized the Parti Quebecois, saying his former party has lost its soul and is facing a “field of ruins.”

Parizeau told Radio-Canada in an interview broadcast Monday he has the impression PQ mem-bers “don’t believe in themselves. So how do you expect people to believe in them?”

He added the PQ no longer has a soul because of constant “byzantine” debates regarding the best time to call an independ-ence referendum.

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HEALTH

H ow would you feel, at 18 years of age, if suddenly you were diag-nosed with Crohn’s Disease?

It would be devastating news. Unlike other well-known diseases, you would probably know nothing about this illness, and even its name sounds ominous.

But you would not be alone. Crohn’s Disease is not a household word and, in spite of its importance, receives little in research dollars.

Crohn’s Disease affects 600,000 people in North America. Normally, it strikes those between 20 to 35 years of age, with another peak in the 50s, but no age is immune to this disorder. And smokers are three times more likely to develop this disease.

It shows no sex bias as it affects both equally. In about 20 per cent of cases a blood relative has some form of this inflammatory bowel disease. Those of Jewish heritage have an increased risk but African Americans are less likely to develop it.

Patients suffer from recurrent episodes of abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, fever and weight loss.

Geographically it can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to the anus. But most commonly it involves the lower part of the small bowel, called the ileum.

There are several theories about what causes Crohn’s Disease. Some researchers believe CD is an auto-immune disease in which the body’s defenses become con-fused and begin attacking its own cells. But whatever the reason, the bowel’s wall becomes repeatedly inflamed, often with no rhyme nor reason as to when these attacks occur.

Initially, it may be difficult to know whether the patient suffers from Crohn’s Disease or ulcerative colitis which primar-ily affects the large bowel.

But blood tests, x-ray and colonoscopy examinations will eventually determine the diagnosis.

The most common complication is block-age of the intestine.

Repeated episodes of inflammation cause swelling, scar tissue and narrowing of the bowel. In some cases the inflamma-tory response may be so intense that per-foration of the intestine occurs and tun-nels develop between the bowel, vagina, bladder or skin.

Fissures or small tears may occur at the anal area.

So a diagnosis of Crohn’s Disease, whether at 18 years of age or older, causes a major readjustment in one’s life.

As one young female patient said to me “If I’m out on a date I’m often thinking where is the bathroom if I need one, and how do I tell him I have this problem?”

Others say repeated attacks place a strain on their relationships. The uncer-tainty of recurrences make it hard to plan ahead.

Patients with Crohn’s Disease must get to know their disease and start a food diary to ascertain what foods cause trouble.

But, at the same time, be careful not to develop a food phobia as food does not cause CD, nor does it cure it. And above all else, they must not let this disease overwhelm their entire life.

Some patients discover that if they consume lesser amounts of food there’s a decreased chance of bowel problems. But this can be dangerous as it can lead over time to malnutrition and that’s the last thing a patient with Crohn’s Disease needs.

For instance, intestinal bleeding can lead to iron deficiency anemia.

It’s also important to make sure that patients with CD have sufficient amounts of vitamin B12.

Since vitamin B12 is absorbed at the end of the small bowel where CD often strikes, this vitamin may be lacking. And since many patients with CD cannot tol-erate lactose, it’s important they receive adequate amounts of calcium and vita-min D.

Treatment depends on the severity of the disease. Cortisone and drugs to sup-press the immune system may limit the inflammatory response.

But sometimes multiple surgeries are needed to remove inflamed portions of intestine.

Recently the Gifford-Jones Living Will

was made available to readers, but it was not possible to fill the demand. However, a reprint is now available and it can again be obtained by sending $10.00 along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Gifford-Jones, 65 Harbour Square, Suite 1110, Toronto, Ont., M5J 2L4.

Crohn’s can be devastating

Dr. W. Gifford-JonesThe Doctor Game

Breast cancer research focuses on environment JUDY PERES CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Imagine that you are a molecular biologist who has spent the last 20 years in your lab, doggedly trying to figure out how chemicals in the environment cause human cells

to become cancerous. One day a benefac-tor asks you what it would take to make real progress toward that goal. You say, “Maybe about $5 million over a three-year period.” And your benefactor says, “Done!”

That’s pretty much the way it happened for David Sherr, professor of environment-al health at Boston University and direc-tor of the school’s Superfund Research Program.

His fairy godmother was a little-known local group called Art beCAUSE Breast Cancer Foundation, which last fall announced a $5 million grant to Sherr and four other researchers to identify the environmental causes of breast cancer and methods of preventing the disease.

Ellie Anbinder, founder and executive director of the foundation, said money for that kind of research has to come from the private sector because “the vast majority of government research monies go to treatment and cure.”

But she believes chemicals in the environment play a significant, if not dominant, role in breast and other cancers. Identifying them and putting pressure on policymakers to minimize exposure to them could be the first step in preventing the disease.

Epidemiologists have been trying for decades to demonstrate links between

cancer and the environment. In 2011 the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, convened a blue-ribbon panel that found no solid evidence, with the “possible” exception of a few workplace chemicals such as benzene.

“It’s a radioactive topic,” said an offi-cial of the National Cancer Institute who asked not to be identified. “Many people feel strongly that chemicals in the environment are causing breast cancer. But we couldn’t find any patterns.”

Art beCAUSE (so named because the co-founder owned an art gallery, and one of the first projects saw artists donating a percentage of sales to research) has only $350,000 of the promised $5 million. “We’ll give it to them as we raise it,” said board chairman Bill Diercks.

Sherr said the first installment is enough for each of the five labs to hire a dedicated researcher for a year. “It’s a start,” he said. “The critical element was to get everyone working together, which gives you a syn-ergistic effect. We can share technology and resources and refine our ideas.”

Sherr is working on a protein known as the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, which binds to environmental carcinogens and begins the aberrant signaling that causes cells to divide out of control. Two others members of the consortium — Dr. David Seldin, chief of hematology/oncology at Boston University, and Gail Sonenshein, professor of biochemistry at Tufts Univer-sity School of Medicine in Boston — also are cell-signal researchers. The remaining members of the consortium are Charlotte Kuperwasser, an expert on the biology of cancer stem cells at Tufts, and Stefano Monti, a computational biologist at B.U.

Monti’s project is to develop a high-tech genomic platform that can screen large numbers of chemicals quickly and economically for their ability to affect cancer-related signaling pathways in human cells. The consortium believes high-throughput screening may be the only practical way to find out whether the more than 80,000 untested chemicals on the market today cause cancer.

T he gold-standard test of carcinogen-icity, the two-year rodent bioassay,

uses 800 animals and costs $2 million to $4 million per compound. No wonder only about 1,500 chemicals have been tested so far. But most epidemiological studies have failed to identify environmental culprits, which Sherr says is not surprising.

“The critical exposures that result in breast cancer may have happened 10 or 20 years before diagnosis . . ., in utero, or even a generation or two generations ago,” Sherr said. “There is no realistic way for an epidemiologist to quantify exposure to any one chemical over that time frame, let alone the tens of thousands of chem-icals and combinations thereof. It’s simply impossible with current technologies.”

Most studies also fail to take account of genetic predisposition, or gene-environ-ment interactions. “Let’s assume that 1,000 chemicals of the 80,000 in the environment are carcinogens,” Sherr said, “but each for a small subset of women

with a particular genetic makeup. The overall effect of all those chemicals would be significant. But demonstrating that any one is a carcinogen by epidemiology would be a daunting if not impossible task.”

The upshot is that even though environ-mental chemicals are probably at least partly responsible for some portion of breast cancer cases, proof is elusive.

“We assume that all these chemicals are innocent until proven guilty,”

Sherr said, “and I think it’s too dangerous to do that. Do you want to grant those chemicals constitutional rights and bet your life . . . ? Or do you want to do the science and find out which suspects we really need to look more closely at?”

The National Institutes of Health are doing some of that science. But Diercks said the institutes are “pretty careful about which projects they’re funding. They want to fund things with more prov-en science and quicker returns.”

Both funders and grantees are aware of the symbiosis of their efforts. Raising money helps the scientists do their work. At the same time, the scientific work helps the funders raise more money.

“If we can generate some preliminary results,” Monti said, “it will increase visibility and make it more likely they will succeed” in raising the rest of the $5 million.

Kuperwasser is just thankful for the chance to do the science. “This work would never be funded by traditional funding mechanisms,” she said, “because it’s too outside the box. . . . You can’t pro-pose large-scale fishing projects, because you can’t predict the outcome before you do the work. But that’s how important discoveries are made. You don’t go out saying, ‘I know there’s going to be Amer-ica across the water.’ (Art beCAUSE) said, ‘We’re going to provide you the boat and money to explore what’s out there.’

Identifying chemicals that cause it and implementing policies a fi rst step

Trying to detect causes of breast cancer in the environment is a monumental task. [MINERVA STUDIO/FOTOLIA/TNS]

COURTS

Texas hospital chain seeks to dismiss suit by American nurse who contracted EbolaTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS — A hospital operator denied allegations of poor training and improper preparation in seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by a nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first U.S. patient to succumb to the deadly disease.

Texas Health Resources filed a response Friday to the March 2 lawsuit by nurse Nina Pham, The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday.

Pham, who remains employed at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas but has not returned to work, seeks unspeci-fied damages in her lawsuit.

A man visiting Dallas from Liberia, Thomas Eric Duncan, died Oct. 8 at the hospital. Pham and another nurse car-

ing for Duncan contracted Ebola but survived.

Texas Health Resources spokesman Wendell Watson, in a statement Friday, said the company and the hospital acted responsibly to protect their employees, basing their responses on the most up-to-date federal guidelines and with leading experts at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

The hospital also respected Pham’s pri-vacy and acted only with her consent, the statement said.

A doctor on Oct. 16 videotaped Pham, who was in a hospital bed, in images later made public.

“Nina Pham has gone through the unprecedented challenge of being the first nurse to whom the Ebola virus was

transmitted while caring for a patient with Ebola in the U.S.,” the statement said. “Our care and compassion for Nina is paramount, and we will continue to show her the utmost courtesy, dignity and respect as a member of the Texas Health family.”

Since Pham contracted the disease while working for the hospital as an inten-sive care nurse, her remedy should be a worker’s compensation claim, not in civil court, the hospital’s response said.

“I am disappointed but not surprised about the answer THR filed,” said Pham’s attorney, Charla Aldous.

“My hope was that they would come clean and be honest about what happened so that the health care community can learn from the mistakes made.”

SHERR

BASEBALL

Blue Jays beat Yankees in openerEncarnacion homers off Tanaka and Toronto gets better of A-Rod in fi rst game of new MLB seasonHOWIE RUMBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The Toronto Blue Jays gave Canadian catcher Rus-sell Martin the second-largest contract in franchise history to help bolster a potent lineup and give the young pitching staff a steady guide.

One game into the new season, the deal is looking pretty good for the team with the longest playoff drought in baseball.Martin singled in two runs and Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer off Masahiro Tanaka as the Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 Monday in Alex Rodriguez’s return to the major leagues.

“Martin got it started,” man-ager John Gibbons said. “A lot of good things happened.”

Without retired Derek Jeter in the lineup, a restless opening-day crowd at Yankee Stadium reserved one of its only cheers for Rodriguez in his first game back from a year-long drug suspension.

Batting seventh, his lowest spot in a regular-season game since he batted eighth in 1996, A-Rod singled, walked, and lined out.

“I have to admit, it definitely felt good. That’s for sure,” Rod-

riguez said after New York’s fourth straight opening day loss.

Drew Hutchison, at 24 the youngest opening-day starter in Blue Jays’ history, held the Yan-kees hitless until Brian McCann

laced a ball just inside the first base line for a single with two outs in the fourth.

Hutchison (1-0) allowed three hits, including Brett Gardner’s homer in the sixth inning, to help Toronto improve to 20-19 in openers, including 1-2 vs. the Yankees.

“I was extremely excited,” Hutchison said. “It was a big day, overall.”

Last July, Hutchison helped the Blue Jays snap another skid against New York: a 17-game losing streak in the Bronx.

Now, he hopes to help Toronto return to the post-season for first time since winning the World Series in 1993.

Martin, an ex-Yankee from Chelsea, Que., hit a singled in a five-run third inning against Tanaka (0-1). Devon Travis homered later in the game for his first career hit, taking a speedy turn around the bases.

Travis is the first Jay since J.P. Arencebia to homer for his first major-league hit.

Shortly before the Yankees ran onto the field for the first time without a member of the Core Four — Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada — on the roster since 1995, the AC/DC song with the lyric “Are you ready for the good times” blared over the stadium speakers.

Those good times didn’t last long for New York in its 113th opener.

After Tanaka made Toronto look silly with a heavy mix of sliders and splitter for the first two innings, striking out three, the Blue Jays solved him.

“We got to him a couple of times because he made mis-takes,” Dalton Pompey said.

Kevin Pillar led off the third with a single and the Japanese star, making his first opening-day start for New York, struggled to get an out after that.

Travis walked and Jose Reyes put down a bunt that third base-man Chase Headley threw away, allowing a run to score.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin, left, celebrates with second baseman Devon Travis after the Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 6-1. [AP PHOTO]

SOCCER

Mariners ‘busy’ in pursuit of players for next seasonROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS

It may be the off-season, but the VIU Mariners are already in pursuit of play-ers that will make up next year’s soccer roster.

Men’s coach Bill Mer-riman, whose team won a national silver in Nov-ember, confirmed that fifth-year Chris Arnett has already committed to the Mariners for next season.

Merriman has also secured the services of Courtenay native Tay-lor Arbour, a striker, who impressed after his exploits for the Upper Island Riptide in the Vancouver Island Soccer League U21 division.

The Mariners also have scouts looking at gradu-ates of high schools across Vancouver, as well as some who will travel as far as Calgary and Edmon-ton after hearing of inter-ested parties.

Merriman stated this is the “busiest time of year” for him and his scout-ing team as they look to acquire more players for the 2015/16 campaign.

He says the program at VIU is “starting to get known” after the success of the team in recent times.

“The Mariners players basically go all year-round as they play for the uni-versity team, then for the

Mid Isle Highlanders U21 team and then again in the PCSL (Pacific Coastal Soccer League) from May to August,” said Merri-man. “We’re fortunate to have those programs on the go and something all the time for players to come and train with us.”

A recent intra-squad friendly saw 30 players in total come out for the Mariners.

Merriman said he’s look-ing forward to working with Arbour.

“He’s got good pace and size and will be quite the player in five years.”

RArmour@ nanaimodailynews.com

SOCCER

United women get home provincials tieROSS ARMOUR DAILY NEWS

Nanaimo United’s women’s team has received a home fixture for the first round of the provincial championships.

Coach Daragh Fitzger-ald says he was delighted with last week’s draw, which sees United take on the North Shore Impact on April 19 at Caledonia Park. Kickoff is 2 p.m.

The Impact were crowned champions of

the Metro Women’s Soc-cer League in the Lower Mainland this year but Fitzgerald says apart from that, the tie will be pretty much an unknown.

“The way provincials works, there’s no oppor-tunity to go an watch them play (with the regu-lar season finishing in March), so it’s what we hear through hearsay and past results,” he said.

Fitzgerald said he’s now moved all of the team’s

training sessions in the lead up to the Impact game to the grass field at Caledonia Park, after play-ing the majority of the season on turf at Merle Logan Field.

He thinks the smaller field will suit United’s intricate passing game better and is hoping of having captain Andrea Strebel back from injury.

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Higgins, Lack lead Canucks past Kings to win in shootoutJASON KELLER THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER — Chris Higgins scored in a shootout and Eddie Lack made 36 saves as the Van-couver Canucks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Monday night.

Daniel Sedin scored in regula-tion as Canucks (46-29-5) broke a two-game slump down the home stretch of the regular season.

Vancouver solidified its spot in second place in the Pacific Div-ision with 97 points, four points ahead of Calgary and the Kings. The Canucks, who now control their destiny, have two more games remaining in their regular season.

Dwight King scored for the Kings (39-25-15), who moved into a third-place tie at 93 points with Calgary in the Pacific Division. However, the Flames own a tiebreaker with more regulation

and overtime wins this season.Los Angeles also dropped one

point behind Winnipeg for the second wild card entry. The Jets downed the Wild 2-0 earlier in the night.

Jonathan Quick made 37 saves in regulation and overtime.

The Kings jumped out in front only a 1:13 in when Jeff Carter skated hard down the right side and threw the puck into the crease where King put it in to make it 1-0.

With L.A. on the power play minutes later for a holding penalty to Yannick Weber, Lack looked sharp as he stoned Drew Doughty on a slap shot.

Quick was equally impressive at the other end, as he stopped a point-black wrist shot from Bo Horvat at the period’s midway mark.

Lack was back at it half way through the second, standing tall

on a 2-on-1 against Anze Kopitar, who took a dish pass from Mar-ian Gaborik, but couldn’t beat the Vancouver goalie.

Again Kings goalie Quick made an equally spectacular save sec-onds later when he robbed Can-uck forward Ronald Kenins from in-close.

Vancouver defenceman Luca Sbisa almost tied it eight min-utes into the third. Sbisa was wide open in the slot, but his hard slap shot was redirected just wide.

The Canucks finally solved Quick shortly after with a power-play goal at 9:54 of the third. Henrik Sedin skated behind the net before backhanding a no-look pass to his Daniel at the face-off circle.

Daniel fired it past Quick to tie the game and the crowd erupted. The assist was Henrik’s 700th of his career.

Kings left wing Dwight King (74) sends a shot past Canucks goalie Eddie Lack (31) as Vancouver Canucks defenseman Chris Tanev (8) looks on. [CP PHOTO]

NCAA BASKETBALL

Duke takes championship with 68-63 winNot a dominant, wire-to-wire effort which some of the Duke title teams have enjoyed in seasons pastEDDIE PELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INDIANAPOLIS — Call them freshmen; do not call them kids.

Led by Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor, Duke’s talented group of youngsters outscored Wisconsin by 14 points over the final 13 minutes Monday night to grit out a 68-63 victory for the program’s fifth national title.

Okafor, the likely first pick in the NBA draft if he decides to leave, got outplayed by Badg-ers centre Frank Kaminsky but came through like a veteran when the pressure was highest.

He made two straight buckets over Kaminsky, sandwiched between a pair of three-pointers from Jones, to help the Blue Dev-ils (35-4) turn a one-time nine-point deficit into an eight-point lead with 1:22 left.

A furious Wisconsin rally ensued, but it came up short. Then, it was Okafor on the bot-tom of a rowdy, raucous dog pile — a scene very reminiscent of the last time the Final Four was Indianapolis, back in 2010 when Duke edged out Butler in another scintillating final. The Blue Devils also took one here in 1991 — the Grant Hill, Christian Laettner squad.

“They showed such grit tonight,” said coach Mike Krzyze-wski, whose five titles put him alone in second place on the all-time list behind John Wood-en. “Our bench was spectacu-lar, and like we said about two months ago, eight is enough. Eight is enough.”

Among the eight players who share all the playing time are Okafor, Jones and another fresh-man, Justise Winslow. They all might playing at an NBA arena near you next year.

But Grayson Allen? The most unheralded of Krzyzewski’s first-year players, who averages four points a game, stepped up with Okafor on the bench for much of the second half in foul trouble. Allen, the slam-dunk champion

at the high school McDonald’s All-American contest last year, scored 16 points and kept Duke in it when Okafor was on the bench with his third and fourth fouls and Wisconsin (36-4) looked like it was about to run away.

“It was fun to watch my team-mates do what they do,” Okafor said. “They have my back the entire season, and it was no dif-ferent tonight.”

This was a savvy, calm, collect-ed comeback against the team

that wrote the book on that all season. Wisconsin kept its cool two nights earlier in an upset over undefeated Kentucky and looked to be pulling away early in the second half of this one.

Then, suddenly, Duke looked like veterans and Wisconsin looked like kids.

Kaminsky outscored Okafor 21-10 but struggled to get a good look down the stretch. On Okafor’s first late bucket, Kamin-sky tried to wrap an arm around him, but Okafor just powered his way through it for the bucket and the foul. He missed the free throw, but a different point had been made.

Nigel Hayes had 13 points and Sam Dekker, the key guy down the stretch against Kentucky, had a very quiet 12 for the Badg-ers, who were trying to bring their first title back to Madison since 1941.

Instead, it’s Duke taking another one home to the Cam-eron Crazies.

This was not a dominant, wire-to-wire effort the likes of which some of the Duke title teams have enjoyed in seasons past.

Kentucky and its quest for perfection stole all the headlines this season. So, playing in rela-tive shadows down on Tobacco Road was this group, which actually might have more one-and-dones than John Calipari says goodbye to in the Bluegrass State this year. Calipari was in the building, by the way — hon-oured for his induction into the Naismith Hall of Fame. He got booed heavily.

But in the end, it was all con-fetti and cheers. And it’s not Calipari’s team, but Krzyzew-ski’s, that will end up in the hist-ory books.

Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky drives past Duke’s Marshall Plumlee, left, during the first half of the NCAA Final Four college basketball tournament championship game Monday, in Indianapolis. [AP PHOTO]

MLB

Seattle Mariners roll past Angels 4-1 in home openerTIM BOOTH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — For all the attention paid to what the Seattle Mariners did to improve their offence in the off-season, their foundation remains the pitching.

And there’s no better pitcher to build around than Felix Her-nandez, especially on opening day when Seattle’s ace is still undefeated.

“It’s a great challenge,” Her-nandez said. “You’ve got a lot of

eyes on you and you’ve got to do good.”

Hernandez struck out 10 and allowed only two hits over seven innings, Seth Smith had three extra-base hits and two RBIs in his Seattle debut and the Marin-ers beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 on Monday.

Hernandez (1-0) improved to 6-0 in opening day starts, only two of them at home.

Taking the mound before a sellout crowd waving yellow “K”

towels in his honour, he lifted Seattle to its ninth straight win on opening day.

The victory to begin the most anticipated season in Seattle in years was exactly to the Marin-ers’ blueprint: dominant start-ing pitching, a handful of key hits throughout the lineup and stellar work out of the bullpen capped by an uneventful ninth inning and Fernando Rodney’s first save of the season.

“It’s always nice to win at

home. I’m glad opening day is over. We can get back to a sense of normalcy around here because it is a very hectic day,” Seattle manager Lloyd McClen-don said. “But when you win it’s great.”

Smith was the offensive star. Acquired in an off-season trade with San Diego, Smith doubled twice and lined a two-out RBI tri-ple to score Austin Jackson with Seattle’s first run of the season.

All three hits came off

Los Angeles starter Jered Weaver (0-1).

Smith became the first player in Mariners history to have three extra-base hits on opening day.

Dustin Ackley added a solo home run and Robinson Cano had an RBI single as Seattle’s season of high expectations got off to a rousing start.“We just had to get some runs on the board and that would take care of the rest,” said Ackley afterwards.

COURTS

Defence rests in Hernandez trialMICHELLE SMITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FALL RIVER, Mass. — Testi-mony in the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez ended Monday after the defence called just three witnesses and rested its case in a single day.

Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh told jurors they had heard all the evidence they would hear, and that they were due in court Tuesday morning to hear closing arguments and receive instruc-tions. They will then begin deliberations.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the June 17, 2013, killing of Odin Lloyd, who was shot six times at an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. At the time of the killing, the star tight end had a $40 million contract with the Patriots.

The defence’s first witness was a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine, who testi-fied about the effects of the drug PCP, saying it can cause people to become suddenly violent days

after using it. Hernandez’s cousin testified

that she saw his two co-defend-ants, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, smoking PCP the weekend of the crime. Both men have pleaded not guilty and will be tried later.

Prosecutor Patrick Bomberg went after Dr. David Greenblatt’s testimony, showing surveillance video of Ortiz, Wallace and Her-nandez from Hernandez’s home before and immediately after the killing.

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HOCKEYNHL

Playoffs and Wildcardsz-Clinched conference titley-Clinched divisionx-Clinched playoff spotw-Wild card leaders (Conference)e-Eliminated from playoffs

Yesterday’s resultsBuffalo 4, Carolina 3NY Rangers 4, Columbus 3Winnipeg 2, Minnesota 0Vancouver 2, Los Angeles 1 (SO)Dallas 5, San Jose 1

Sunday’s resultsPhiladelphia 4, Pittsburgh 1Montreal 4, Florida 1Washington 2, Detroit 1Toronto 3, Ottawa 2St. Louis 2, Chicago 1

Today’s gamesNY Islanders at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.NY Rangers at New Jersey, 4 p.m.Carolina at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.Winnipeg at St. Louis, 5 p.m.Minnesota at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.Arizona at Calgary, 6 p.m.Nashville at Colorado, 6 p.m.Los Angeles at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

Remaining NHL scheduleWednesday, April 8Toronto at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.Boston at Washington, 5 p.m.Dallas at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 9Carolina at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Ottawa at NY Rangers, 4 p.m.Boston at Florida, 4:30 p.m.Detroit at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m.Minnesota at Nashville, 5 p.m.Los Angeles at Calgary, 6 p.m.Winnipeg at Colorado, 6 p.m.San Jose at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Friday, April 10Buffalo at Columbus, 4 p.m.NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 11NY Rangers at Washington, 9:30 a.m.Ottawa at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m.Calgary at Winnipeg, noonMinnesota at St. Louis, noonSan Jose at Los Angeles, noonColumbus at NY Islanders, 4 p.m.Detroit at Carolina, 4 p.m.Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m.New Jersey at Florida, 4 p.m.Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 4 p.m.Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.Nashville at Dallas, 5 p.m.Anaheim at Arizona, 6 p.m.Chicago at Colorado, 6 p.m.Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Western Hockey League

PlayoffsAll series best-of- seven

Yesterday’s gamesCalgary 6, Kootenay 2 (Calgary wins series 4-3)

Today’s scheduleEverett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m. (Everett leads series 3-2)Portland at Seattle, 7:05 p.m. (Portland leads series 3-2)

Wednesday, April 8*Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, April 4*Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.

Conference semifinalsFriday, April 10, Games 1Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

B.C. Hockey LeagueFred Page Cup PlayoffBest of Seven series

Friday, April 10 - Game 1Nanaimo at Penticton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 11Nanaimo at Penticton, 6 p.m.

Monday, April 13Penticton at Nanaimo

Tuesday, April 14Penticton at Nanaimo

Cyclone Taylor Cup(B.C. provincial Junior B championship)

Round robin - Final standingsTeam GP W L Pts GF-ACampbell River 3 3 0 8 13-8Kimberley 3 2 1 6 10-9Mission City 3 1 2 2 10-11North Vancouver 3 0 3 2 13-18

Yesterday’s resultsBronze Medal game, 11 a.m.Mission City 7, North Vancouver 0

Gold Medal finalKimberley Dynamiters 1 1 3 5Campbell River Storm 1 2 3 6

Frozen FourU.S. NCAA Hockey ChampionshipFinals among four regional winners at TD Garden, Boston, April 9-11

Thursday, April 9 - SemifinalsOmaha vs. Providence, 2 p.m.North Dakota vs. Boston University, 5:30 p.m.

FinalSaturday, April 11, 5:30 p.m.

IIHF World ChampionshipsMay 1-17, at Prague and Ostrava, Czech RepublicThe Top Division Championship has 16 teams in two groups.

Group A GP W L OTL GF GA PtsSweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Czech Rep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group B GP W L OTL GF GA PtsFinland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Friday, May 1Canada vs. Latvia, 7:15 a.m.Czech Republic vs. Sweden, 11:15 a.m.USA vs. Finland, 7:15 a.m.Russia vs. Norway, 11:15 a.m.

American Hockey League

Yesterday’s resultBridgeport 4, Worcester 1

Today’s scheduleAdirondack at Toronto, 4 p.m.Hamilton at Utica, 4 p.m.Worcester at Portland, 4 p.m.Norfolk at Binghamton, 4:05 p.m.Lake Erie at Chicago, 5 p.m.Milwaukee at Rockford, 5 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.Texas at Iowa, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 8Milwaukee at Grand Rapids, 4 p.m.W-B/Scranton at Lehigh Valley, 4 p.m.

Thursday, April 9Rochester at Lake Erie, 4 p.m.Rockford at Iowa, 5 p.m.

Friday, April 10Hershey at St. John’s, 3 p.m.Adirondack at Utica, 4 p.m.Bridgeport at Syracuse, 4 p.m.Portland at Manchester, 4 p.m.Springfield at Hartford, 4 p.m.Albany at Binghamton, 4:05 p.m.Norfolk at Lehigh Valley, 4:05 p.m.

Playoff leaders GP G A Pts1 Adam Tambellini (CAL 6 7 6 132 Luke Philp (KOO 6 5 7 123 Oliver Bjorkstrand (POR) 5 3 7 104 Brandon Magee (VIC) 5 6 3 95 Jae. Descheneau (KOO) 6 4 5 96 Tim Bozon (KOO) 6 3 6 97 Sam Reinhart (KOO) 6 5 3 88 Nicolas Petan (POR) 5 4 4 89 Ryan Gropp (SEA) 5 1 7 810 Greg Chase (VIC) 5 5 2 711 Cole Sanford (MH) 5 4 3 712 Carson Stadnyk (EVE) 5 4 3 713 Kenton Helgesen (CAL) 6 4 3 714 Connor Rankin (CAL) 6 4 3 715 Trevor Cox (MH) 5 3 4 716 Tim McGauley (BRA) 5 3 4 717 Brad Morrison (PG) 5 2 5 718 Radel Fazleev (CAL) 6 2 5 719 Travis Sanheim (CAL) 6 2 5 720 Adam Brooks (REG) 4 4 2 6

BASEBALLMLB

Opening DaySunday’s resultSt. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 0

Yesterday’s resultsToronto 6, NY Yankees 1Detroit 4, Minnesota 0Colorado 10, Milwaukee 0Boston 8, Philadelphia 0Baltimore 6, Tampa Bay 2NY Mets 3, Washington 1Atlanta 2, Miami 1Kansas City 10, Chicago Sox 1Seattle 4, LA Angels 1Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 2LA Dodgers 6, San Diego 3Houston 2, Cleveland 0San Francisco 5, Arizona 4Oakland 8, Texas 0

Today’s scheduleAtlanta at Miami 4:10 p.m. Alex Wood vs Mat LatosBaltimore at Tampa Bay 4:10 p.m. Wei-Yin Chen vs Nathan KarnsSt. Louis at Chicago Cubs 5:05 p.m. Lance Lynn vs Jake ArrietaColorado at Milwaukee 5:10 p.m. Jordan Lyles vs Matt GarzaSan Francisco at Arizona 6:40 p.m. Undecided vs Rubby De La RosaTexas at Oakland 7:05 p.m. Colby Lewis vs Jesse HahnLA Angels at Seattle 7:10 p.m. C.J. Wilson vs James PaxtonSan Diego at LA Dodgers 7:10 p.m. Tyson Ross vs Zack Greinke

Wednesday, April 8Minnesota at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Ricky Nolasco vs Anibal SanchezSt. Louis at Chicago, 11:20 a.m. John Lackey vs Jason HammelBoston at Philadelphia, 4:00 p.m. Rick Porcello vs Aaron HarangToronto at New York, 4:05 p.m. R.A. Dickey vs Michael PinedaNew York at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Jacob deGrom vs Jordan ZimmermannPittsburgh at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Gerrit Cole vs Mike LeakeAtlanta at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Shelby Miller vs Tom KoehlerBaltimore at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m. Miguel Gonzalez vs Jake OdorizziChicago at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Jose Quintana vs Danny DuffyColorado at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Undecided vs Wily PeraltaCleveland at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Carlos Carrasco vs Scott FeldmanSan Francisco at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. (Pitchers to be determined)San Diego at LA Dodgers, 7:00 p.m. Andrew Cashner vs Brandon McCarthyTexas at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Ross Detwiler vs Scott KazmirLA Angels at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Matt Shoemaker vs Hisashi Iwakuma

Thursday, April 9St. Louis at Chicago Cubs 9 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 9:35 a.m.NY Mets at Washington 10:05 a.m.Minnesota at Detroit 10:08 a.m.Chicago Sox at Kansas City 11:10 a.m.Texas at Oakland 12:35 p.m.San Fran at San Diego 3:40 p.m.Boston at Philadelphia 4:05 p.m.Toronto at NY Yankees 4:05 p.m.Cleveland at Houston 5:10 p.m.

TENNISMiami OpenFlorida. Through Sunday, April 5. Out-door. Surface: Hard Purse: $5,381,235. Entry field 96 singles, 32 doubles

MenSingles - Final today, 10 a.m.Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-0

Men’s Doubles, Final Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, and Jack Sock (2), United States, , 6-3, 1-6, 10-8.

WomenSingles - FinalSerena Williams (1), United States, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, 6-2, 6-0

Doubles, Final today, 1 p.m.Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, 7-5, 6-1.

This week’s tournaments

ATPGrand Prix Hassan II April 6-12, Casablanca, Mo-rocco. Surface: Clay. Purse: €439,405 (1€=$CDN1.36)

Singles - Round 1Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, def. Pablo Carreno Busta (5), Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4.Mikhail Kukushkin (7), Kazakhstan, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, 6-2, 6-4.

US Men’s Clay Court ChampionshipApril 6-12, Houston, Texas. Surface: Clay. Purse: $488,225

Singles - Round 1Go Soeda, Japan, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3(8)Sam Querrey, USA, def. Marinko Matosevic, 4-1 (Matosevic retired)Samuel Groth, Australia, def. Victor Estrella, Dominica, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4Federico Delbonis, Argentina, def. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5)

WTAFamily Circle CupApril 6-12, Charleston, South Carolina. Surface: Clay. Purse: $731,000

Doubles - Round 1Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Gabriela Dabrowski, Ottawa, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 6-4, 2-6, 10-2.

Singles - Round 1Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Zarina Diyas (11), Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.Irina-Camelia Begu (13), Romania, def. Laura Siegemund, Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (5).Mona Barthel (15), Germany, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-3, 6-3.Donna Vekic, Croatia, def. Heather Watson (16), Britain, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.Sachia Vickery, United States, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, def. Chris-tina McHale, United States, 6-2, 6-3.Chanelle Scheepers, S Africa, def. Ma-rina Erakovic, N Zealand, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-2.Tatjana Maria, Germany, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-1, 6-3.Lauren Davis, United States, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (2), 6-3.Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 6-3, 6-1.Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-3.

Katowice OpenApril 7-12, Katowice, Poland. Surface: Hard. Purse: $250,000.

GOLFPGA TourLast week’s tournamentsShell Houston OpenGolf Club of Houston, Humble, Texas. Par 27, 7,441 yards. Purse: $6.6 million.

Golfer Par Winnings1 J.B. Holmes -16 $1,188,000T2 Johnson Wagner -16 $580,800T2 Jordan Spieth -16 $580,8004 Russell Henley -14 $316,800T5 Brendon de Jonge -13 $231,825T5 Keegan Bradley -13 $231,825T5 Cameron Tringale -13 $231,825T5 Charles Howell III -13 $231,8259 Paul Casey -12 $191,40010 Scott Piercy -11 $178,200T11 Charley Hoffman -10 $135,300T11 Pat Perez -10 $135,300T11 Kyle Reifers -10 $135,300T11 Chad Collins -10 $135,300T11 Alex Cejka -10 $135,300T11 Austin Cook -10 $135,300T17 Victor Dubuisson -9 $83,490T17 John Huh -9 $83,490T17 Charlie Beljan -9 $83,490T17 Chris Stroud -9 $83,490T17 Jason Bohn -9 $83,490T17 Phil Mickelson -9 $83,490T17 Luke Guthrie -9 $83,490Canadian golfersT25 Adam Hadwin -8 $44,330T25 David Hearn -8 $44,330T42 Graham DeLaet -6 $21,236

LPGA TourThis week’s eventApril 2-5: ANA InspirationDinah Shore Tournament Course, Mis-sion Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage, California. Par 72, 6,769 yards. Purse: $2.5 million.

Golfer Par Winnings1 Brittany Lincicome -9 $375,000 (Won playoff on Hole 3) T1 Stacy Lewis -9 $231,4493 Morgan Pressel -8 $167,900T4 Sei Young Kim -7 $106,653T4 Carlota Ciganda -7 $106,653T4 Anna Nordqvist -7 $106,6537 Lexi Thompson -6 $71,595T8 Suzann Pettersen -5 $56,812T8 Mi Hyang Lee -5 $56,812T8 Shanshan Feng -5 $56,812T11 Jenny Shin -4 $37,606T11 Moriya Jut’garn -4 $37,606T11 Angela Stanford -4 $37,606T11 Karine Icher -4 $37,606T11 Christina Kim -4 $37,606T11 Hyo Joo Kim -4 $37,606T11 Catri. Matthew -4 $37,606T11 Mirim Lee -4 $37,606T11 Inbee Park -4 $37,606T20 Ariya Jutanugarn -3 $26,632T20 Gerina Piller -3 $26,632T20 Austin Ernst -3 $26,632Failed to make cut (+3) - Alena Sharp (CAN) +5 76 73 -

Upcoming Tour events

PGA TourThe MastersApril 9-12, Augusta National, Georgia. Par 72, 7,435 yards.Purse: $9,000,000. 2014 champion: Bubba Watson

LPGA TourNo events this weekApril 15-18, LPGA Lotte Championship, Ko Olina Golf Club, Kapolei, Hawaii. Par 72, 6,383 yards.Purse: $1,800,000. 2014 champion: Michelle Wie

English Premier LeaguePosition/Club W D L GF GA Pts1 Chelsea 21 7 2 63 26 702 Arsenal 19 6 6 62 32 633 Man United 18 8 5 55 28 624 Manchester City 18 7 6 63 30 615 Liverpool 16 6 9 45 36 546 Tot Hotspur 16 6 9 50 45 547 Southampton 16 5 10 42 22 538 Swansea 13 7 11 37 39 469 West Ham 11 9 11 41 39 4210 Stoke City 12 6 13 35 39 4211 Crystal Palace 10 9 12 38 42 3912 Everton 9 10 12 39 42 3713 Newcastle 9 8 14 33 49 3514 West Brom 8 9 14 28 43 3315 Sunderland 5 14 12 24 44 2916 Hull City 6 10 15 29 43 2817 Aston Villa 7 7 17 20 42 2818 Burnley 5 11 15 26 49 2619 Q.P. Rangers 7 4 20 35 55 2520 Leicester 5 7 18 29 49 22

Yesterday’s resultCrystal Palace 2, Manchester City 1

Sunday’s resultsBurnley 0, Spurs 0Sunderland 1, Newcastle 0

Today’s scheduleAston Villa vs. Q.P. Rangers, 7:45 a.m.

English FA CupReplay - Wednesday, April 8Blackburn vs. Liverpool, 11:45 a.m. (Postponed from April 7)

Premier LeagueSaturday April 11Swansea v Everton, 4:45 a.m.Southampton v Hull, 7 a.m.Sunderland v Crystal Palace, 7 a.m.Spurs v Aston Villa, 7 a.m.West Brom v Leicester, 7 a.m.West Ham v Stoke, 7 a.m.Burnley v Arsenal, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, April 12QPR v Chelsea, 5:30 a.m.Manchester United v Man City, 8 a.m.

SOCCERMLS

Sunday’s resultsSalt Lake 1, at San Jose 0Philadelphia 2, at Sporting KC 3

Saturday’s resultsToronto 2, at Chicago 3Montreal at NY Red Bulls, postponedNew England 2, at Colorado 0Houston 0, at Seattle 1Los Angeles 0, Vancouver 2Dallas 1, at Portland 3

Wednesday, April 8Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Friday, April 10Colorado at Dallas, 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 11Columbus at New England, noonNY City FC at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.NY Red Bulls at DC United, 4 p.m.Montreal at Houston, 5:30 p.m.Salt Lake at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m.Vancouver at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

BASKETBALLMarch MadnessYesterday’s Championship Game 1 2 TWisconsin 31 32 63Duke 31 37 68

Top PerformersTyus Jones, Duke: 23 Pts, 5 Reb, 1 AstF Kaminsky, Wisc: 21 Pts, 12 Reb, 2 Ast

NBA

Playoffs and Wildcardsz-Clinched conference titley-Clinched divisionx-Clinched playoff spot

Yesterday’s resultBrooklyn 106, Portland 96

Sunday’s resultsHouston 115, Oklahoma City 112Cleveland 99, Chicago 94Indiana 112, Miami 89San Antonio 107, Golden State 92New York 101, Philadelphia 91Utah 101, Sacramento 95LA C.lippers 101, LA Lakers 78

Today’s scheduleCharlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m.Phoenix at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.Golden State at New Orleans, 5 p.m.San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.Minnesota at Sacramento, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 8Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m.Toronto at Charlotte, 4 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.Atlanta at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.Indiana at New York, 4:30 p.m.Cleveland at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.New Orleans at Memphis, 5 p.m.Houston at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Denver, 6 p.m.Sacramento at Utah, 6 p.m.Phoenix at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.Minnesota at Portland, 7 p.m.

Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1Toronto NY Yankees ab r h bi ab r h biReyes SS 3 1 0 0 Ellsbury CF 4 0 0 0Martin C 4 1 1 2 Gardner LF 4 1 1 1Bautista RF 5 0 0 0 Beltran RF 3 0 0 0Enc’acion 1B 4 1 1 2 Teixeira 1B 3 0 0 0Smoak 1B 0 0 0 0 McCann C 4 0 1 0Donaldson 3B 4 0 0 0 Headley 3B 4 0 0 0Navarro DH 4 0 1 0 Rodriguez DH 2 0 1 0Pompey CF 3 0 0 0 Drew 2B 3 0 0 0Pillar LF 4 1 2 0 Gregorius SS 2 0 0 0Travis 2B 2 2 1 1 Totals 29 1 3 1Totals 33 6 6 5

Toronto 005 000 100 6 NY Yankees 000 001 000 1

Team Lob: tor 6; nyy 5. E: nyy Headley (1, throw).Toronto IP H R ER BB SOA Hutchison (W, 1-0) 6.0 3 1 1 2 3A Loup 1.2 0 0 0 1 1M Castro 1.1 0 0 0 0 1NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SOM Tanaka (L, 0-1) 4.0 5 5 4 2 6C Martin 1.0 0 0 0 0 3C Shreve 1.1 1 1 1 0 0D Carpenter 1.2 0 0 0 0 1J Wilson 0.2 0 0 0 3 1E Rogers 0.1 0 0 0 0 1HBP: Gregorius (by Loup).

Time: 2:59. Att: 48,469.

Spring trainingFinal stats

Hitting AB R H RBI Avg1 Abreu, J (CWS) 59 10 30 8 .5082 Granderson, C (NYM) 52 10 23 13 .4423 Trout, M (LAA) 59 22 26 15 .4414 Betts, M (BOS) 56 15 24 7 .4295 Mayberry, J (NYM) 53 11 22 10 .4156 Cron, C (LAA) 75 11 31 16 .4137 Kozma, P (STL) 49 9 20 5 .4088 Cain, L (KC) 55 8 21 10 .3829 Valbuena, L (HOU) 50 4 19 9 .38010 Burns, B (OAK) 83 21 31 8 .37311 Pollock, A (ARI) 70 12 26 13 .37112 Kemp, M (SD) 54 9 20 14 .37013 Freese, D (LAA) 55 10 20 12 .36413 Lamb, J (ARI) 66 12 24 6 .36415 Boesch, B (CIN) 61 9 22 14 .36115 Duffy, M (SF) 61 8 22 15 .36117 Lagares, J (NYM) 64 14 23 6 .35917 Travis, D (TOR) 64 6 23 7 .35919 Belt, B (SF) 70 10 25 10 .35719 Negron, K (CIN) 56 12 20 6 .35721 Sogard, E (OAK) 62 9 22 7 .35522 Inciarte, E (ARI) 68 8 24 2 .35322 Mid’brooks, W (SD) 51 11 18 9 .35324 Navarro, E (LAA) 54 3 19 7 .35224 Zunino, M (SEA) 54 11 19 14 .35226 Bourn, M (CLE) 57 8 20 4 .35127 Gordon, D (MIA) 63 11 22 2 .34928 Maxwell, J (SF) 72 11 25 15 .34729 Morse, M (MIA) 49 8 17 17 .34730 Davis, K (MIL) 55 10 19 15 .34531 Soler, J (CHC) 58 9 20 15 .34531 Zobrist, B (OAK) 58 10 20 15 .34533 Cowgill, C (LAA) 61 13 21 7 .34433 Escobar, E (MIN) 61 11 21 20 .34435 Herrera, O (PHI) 70 12 24 7 .343

Pitching IP W L ERA1 Graveman, K (OAK) 25.1 3 1 0.362 Walker, T (SEA) 27.0 4 0 0.673 Phelps, D (MIA) 19.0 2 0 0.954 Gonzales, M (STL) 17.1 3 0 1.045 Harvey, M (NYM) 22.2 1 1 1.196 Buchanan, D (PHI) 21.0 3 0 1.296 Woj’owski, A (HOU) 21.0 1 0 1.298 Leake, M (CIN) 20.0 2 1 1.358 Scherzer, M (WSH) 20.0 1 0 1.3510 Bradley, A (ARI) 22.1 3 2 1.6110 Kershaw, C (LAD) 22.1 3 0 1.6112 Wacha, M (STL) 20.1 1 0 1.7713 Stults, E (ATL) 24.0 3 0 1.8814 Lyles, J (COL) 22.1 2 1 2.0115 DeGrom, J (NYM) 26.0 4 0 2.0816 Andriese, M (TB) 20.1 1 1 2.2117 Pomeranz, D (OAK) 22.2 2 3 2.3818 Cashner, A (SD) 18.1 3 0 2.4519 Ross, T (SD) 21.2 3 0 2.4920 Weaver, J (LAA) 21.1 3 0 2.5321 Gee, D (NYM) 26.1 2 0 2.7322 Gonzalez, G (WSH) 19.1 0 2 2.7922 Shields, J (SD) 19.1 2 1 2.7924 Buchholz, C (BOS) 19.0 2 2 2.8424 McAllister, Z (CLE) 25.1 3 1 2.8426 Martinez, C (STL) 22.0 2 0 2.8627 Marquis, J (CIN) 31.0 3 1 2.9028 Norris, D (TOR) 27.2 4 0 2.9329 Rodriguez, W (ATL) 23.0 2 0 3.1330 Hammel, J (CHC) 25.0 3 1 3.2431 Chavez, J (OAK) 22.0 3 0 3.2732 Peralta, W (MIL) 19.0 3 0 3.3233 Hudson, T (SF) 21.2 1 1 3.3234 Gibson, K (MIN) 25.2 0 2 3.5135 Masterson, J (BOS) 23.0 3 1 3.52

Mariners 4, Angels 1LA Angels Seattle ab r h bi ab r h biCalhoun RF 4 0 0 0 Jackson CF 4 1 2 0Trout CF 4 1 1 1 Smith RF 3 1 3 2Pujols 1B 2 0 0 0 Rug’ao PH-RF 0 0 0 0Joyce LF 4 0 0 0 Cano 2B 4 0 1 1Freese 3B 4 0 0 0 Cruz DH 4 0 0 0Aybar SS 3 0 1 0 Seager 3B 4 0 0 0Cron DH 2 0 0 0 Morrison 1B 4 0 1 0Iannetta C 3 0 1 0 Zunino C 3 0 0 0Giavotella 2B 3 0 1 0 Ackley LF 3 1 1 1Totals 29 1 4 1 Miller SS 3 1 2 0 Totals 32 4 10 4

LA Angels 100 000 000 1 Seattle 002 020 00x 4

GIDP: laa Giavotella, Freese; sea Zunino. Team Lob: laa 4; sea 5. DP: laa (Freese-Giavotella-Pujols); sea 2 (Miller, B-Cano-Morrison, Morrison-Miller, B).LA Angels IP H R ER BB SOJ Weaver (L, 0-1) 6.0 8 4 4 0 1C Ramos 1.0 2 0 0 1 2N Salas 1.0 0 0 0 0 0Seattle IP H R ER BB SOF Hernandez (W, 1-0) 7.0 2 1 1 1 10D Farquhar 0.1 2 0 0 0 0C Furbush 0.1 0 0 0 0 1C Smith 0.1 0 0 0 0 1F Rodney 1.0 0 0 0 1 0HBP: Cron (by Hernandez, F).

Time: 2:33. Att: 45,909.

Orioles 6, Rays 2Baltimore Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h biDe Aza LF 5 2 1 2 Jaso DH 0 0 0 0Machado 3B 3 0 0 0 DeJesus DH 3 0 2 0Jones CF 3 0 0 0 Souza Jr. RF 4 0 1 0Pearce 1B 3 2 1 1 Cabrera SS 4 0 1 1Snider RF 4 0 3 2 Longoria 3B 4 1 1 1Young DH 4 0 0 0 Loney 1B 2 0 0 0Flaherty SS 4 1 1 1 Guyer PH 1 0 0 0Schoop 2B 4 0 1 0 Jennings LF 3 0 1 0Joseph C 4 1 1 0 Rivera C 4 0 0 0Totals 34 6 8 6 Forsythe 2B 4 0 1 0 Kiermaier CF 3 1 1 0 Totals 32 2 8 2

Baltimore 100 021 011 6 Tampa Bay 000 000 110 2

GIDP: tb Souza Jr.. Team Lob: bal 4; tb 6. DP: bal (Machado, M-Schoop-Pearce). E: tb Archer (1, throw). PICKOFFS: tb Rivera, Re (Jones, Ad at 1st base).Baltimore IP H R ER BB SOC Tillman (W, 1-0) 6.2 4 1 1 3 4D O’Day 0.1 1 0 0 0 0B Brach 0.1 2 1 1 0 1R Hunter 0.2 1 0 0 0 1Z Britton 1.0 0 0 0 0 2Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SOC Archer (L, 0-1) 5.2 6 4 3 1 5S Geltz 1.1 0 0 0 0 4E Frieri 0.2 0 1 1 1 1J Beliveau 0.0 1 0 0 0 0G Balfour 0.1 0 0 0 0 0K Yates 1.0 1 1 1 0 1HBP: Jones, Ad (by Frieri).

Time: 3:01. Att: 31,042.

Red Sox 8, Phillies 0Boston Philadelphia ab r h bi ab r h biBetts CF 4 2 2 1 Revere LF 4 0 0 0Pedroia 2B 5 2 3 2 Herrera CF 4 0 0 0Ortiz 1B 4 0 0 0 Utley 2B 4 0 0 0Napoli 1B 0 1 0 0 Howard 1B 4 0 1 0Ramirez LF 4 2 2 5 Ruiz C 2 0 1 0Sandoval 3B 5 0 0 0 Sizemore RF 3 0 1 0Victorino RF 3 0 0 0 Francoeur PH 1 0 0 0Bogaerts SS 3 0 0 0 Asche 3B 3 0 0 0Hanigan C 3 0 1 0 Galvis SS 3 0 0 0Buchholz P 3 0 0 0 Hamels P 1 0 0 0Tazawa P 0 0 0 0 Hern’dez PH 1 0 0 0Craig PH 1 1 1 0 Garcia P 0 0 0 0Layne P 0 0 0 0 Gomez P 0 0 0 0Totals 35 8 9 8 De Fratus P 0 0 0 0 Blanco PH 1 0 0 0 Diekman P 0 0 0 0 Jimenez P 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 3 0

Boston 101 020 004 8 Philadelphia 000 000 000 0

GIDP: bos Ramirez, H. Team Lob: bos 7; phi 6. DP: phi (Galvis-Howard). E: bos Buchholz (1, fielding).Boston IP H R ER BB SOC Buchholz (W, 1-0) 7.0 3 0 0 1 9J Tazawa 1.0 0 0 0 0 0T Layne 1.0 0 0 0 1 0Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SOC Hamels (L, 0-1) 5.0 5 4 4 3 6L Garcia 1.0 0 0 0 1 0J Gomez 1.0 2 0 0 0 1J De Fratus 1.0 0 0 0 1 0J Diekman 0.1 2 4 4 2 1C Jimenez 0.2 0 0 0 0 1

Time: 3:01. Att: 45,549.

Tigers 4, Twins 0Minnesota Detroit ab r h bi ab r h biSantana SS 4 0 0 0 Davis CF 3 0 0 0Dozier 2B 4 0 1 0 Kinsler 2B 4 0 2 0Mauer 1B 4 0 1 0 Cabrera 1B 4 0 0 0Hunter RF 4 0 0 0 Martinez DH 4 0 1 0Vargas DH 3 0 1 0 Martinez RF 4 1 1 1Plouffe 3B 3 0 0 0 Cespedes LF 4 2 2 0Arcia LF 3 0 0 0 Cast’anos 3B 2 0 0 1Suzuki C 3 0 1 0 Romine 3B 0 0 0 0Schafer CF 2 0 1 0 Avila C 3 1 2 2Escobar PH 1 0 0 0 Iglesias SS 3 0 2 0Totals 31 0 5 0 Totals 31 4 10 4

Minnesota 000 000 000 0 Detroit 030 001 00x 4

GIDP: min Dozier; det Cabrera, M, Kinsler. Team Lob: min 4; det 6. DP: min 2 (Plouffe-Dozier-Mauer, Santana, D-Mauer); det (Iglesias-Kinsler-Cabrera, M).Minnesota IP H R ER BB SOP Hughes (L, 0-1) 6.0 8 4 4 1 6J Graham 2.0 2 0 0 1 0Detroit IP H R ER BB SOD Price (W, 1-0) 8.2 5 0 0 0 5J Nathan 0.1 0 0 0 0 1

Royals 10, White Sox 1Chicago Sox Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h biEaton CF 4 0 1 0 Escobar SS 4 3 2 0Cabrera LF 4 0 1 0 Moustakas 3B 3 2 2 1Abreu 1B 3 1 1 1 Cain CF 4 1 1 1LaRoche DH 4 0 0 0 Hosmer 1B 5 0 1 1Garcia RF 2 0 0 0 Morales DH 2 2 1 0Ramirez SS 3 0 0 0 Gordon LF 4 1 1 2Gillaspie 3B 2 0 1 0 Rios RF 4 1 3 3Flowers C 2 0 0 0 Perez C 4 0 2 1Shuck PH 1 0 0 0 Infante 2B 4 0 0 0Soto C 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 10 13 9Johnson 2B 3 0 1 0 Totals 28 1 5 1

Chicago Sox 000 000 100 1 Kansas City 012 010 51x 10

GIDP: cws Abreu, Flowers, Cabrera, Me; kc Cain, L. Team Lob: cws 3; kc 8. Chicago Sox IP H R ER BB SOJ Samardzija (L, 0-1) 6.0 6 5 5 3 1D Jennings 0.2 1 3 3 2 1K Drabek 1.1 6 2 2 0 1Kansas City IP H R ER BB SOY Ventura (W, 1-0) 6.0 4 1 1 1 2K Herrera 1.0 0 0 0 0 1W Davis 1.0 0 0 0 0 0R Madson 1.0 1 0 0 1 0

Time: 2:50. Att: 40,085.

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L PCT GB L10y-Toronto 45 32 .584 - 5-5Brooklyn 36 41 .468 9 8-2Boston 35 42 .455 10 5-5Philadelphia 18 60 .231 27. 2-8NY Knicks 15 62 .195 30 1-9

Central W L PCT GB L10x-Cleveland 50 27 .649 - 8-2x-Chicago 46 31 .597 4 6-4Milwaukee 38 39 .494 12 4-6Indiana 34 43 .442 16 4-6Detroit 30 47 .390 20 6-4

Southeast W L PCT GB L10z-Atlanta 57 19 .750 - 5-5x-Washington 44 33 .571 13. 5-5Miami 34 43 .442 23. 3-7Charlotte 33 43 .434 24 4-6Orlando 24 53 .312 33. 3-7

Western ConferenceNorthwest W L PCT GB L10y-Portland 50 27 .649 - 6-4Oklahoma City 42 35 .545 8 5-5Utah 35 42 .455 15 5-5Denver 28 49 .364 22 2-8Minnesota 16 60 .211 33. 2-8

Pacific W L PCT GB L10z-Golden State 63 14 .818 - 9-1x-LA Clippers 52 26 .667 11. 9-1Phoenix 39 38 .506 24 5-5Sacramento 26 50 .342 36. 4-6LA Lakers 20 56 .263 42. 3-7

Southwest W L PCT GB L10x-Houston 53 24 .688 - 8-2x-Memphis 52 25 .675 1 5-5x-San Antonio 51 26 .662 2 9-1Dallas ) 46 31 .597 7 4-6New Orleans 41 35 .539 11. 5-5

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic W L OT SL GF GA PtsManchester 45 16 6 3 221 162 99Providence 38 23 7 2 191 171 85Worcester 39 23 4 2 209 176 84Portland 37 25 6 1 188 169 81St. John’s 30 32 8 2 169 224 70

Northeast W L OT SL GF GA PtsSyracuse 40 21 9 0 204 196 89Hartford 38 23 5 4 203 205 85Springfield 36 27 8 1 182 196 81Albany 33 26 5 6 178 187 77Bridgeport 26 36 6 1 200 226 59

East W L OT SL GF GA PtsHershey 43 20 5 3 205 167 94W-B/Scranton 40 23 3 4 191 151 87Lehigh Valley 31 31 6 1 182 215 69Binghamton 30 32 7 1 216 238 68Norfolk 24 38 6 3 149 204 57

Western ConferenceNorth W L OT SL GF GA PtsUtica 43 19 6 1 199 164 93Hamilton 32 26 12 0 185 184 76Toronto 33 27 9 0 176 190 75Adirondack 33 28 6 2 213 210 74Rochester 27 37 5 1 195 231 60

Midwest W L OT SL GF GA PtsGrand Rapids 42 20 6 2 230 168 92Rockford 41 21 5 2 197 163 89Chicago 36 26 6 1 189 177 79Milwaukee 33 25 7 6 195 196 79Lake Erie 31 26 8 4 184 213 74

West W L OT SL GF GA PtsSan Antonio 43 21 5 1 234 209 92Oklahoma City 38 24 5 3 208 197 84Texas 35 21 13 1 218 201 84Charlotte 29 35 6 1 159 216 65Iowa 22 43 2 2 157 221 48

Eastern LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GADC United 9 4 3 1 0 3 2NY Red Bulls 7 3 2 0 1 5 2N. England 7 5 2 2 1 4 6Chicago 6 5 2 3 0 5 7NY City FC 5 4 1 1 2 3 2Orlando 5 5 1 2 2 4 5Columbus 3 3 1 2 0 3 3Toronto 3 4 1 3 0 6 8Montreal 2 3 0 1 2 2 3Philadelphia 2 5 0 3 2 5 9

Western LeagueClub PTS GP W L T GF GAVancouver 12 5 4 1 0 7 4Dallas 10 5 3 1 1 7 4Salt Lake 8 4 2 0 2 6 4Sporting KC 8 5 2 1 2 6 6Seattle 7 4 2 1 1 6 3San Jose 6 5 2 3 0 6 7Portland 6 5 1 1 3 6 5Los Angeles 5 5 1 2 2 5 6Houston 5 5 1 2 2 2 3Colorado 3 4 0 1 3 0 2

Rangers 4, Blue Jackets 3 (OT)First Period1. New York, St. Louis (21) (Hayes) 5:382. Columbus, Calvert (12) (Morin) 17:20Penalties: Girardi Nyr (High-sticking) 8:24, Zuccarello Nyr (Tripping) 11:25

Second Period3. New York, Girardi (4) (Kreider, Stepan) 0:364. Columbus, Dano (8) (Wennberg, Anisimov) 14:42Penalties: Goloubef Cbj (Cross check-ing) 8:31, Dano Cbj (Interference) 11:30

Third Period5. Columbus, Dubinsky (12) (Goloubef, Foligno) 8:146. New York, Stepan (15) (Kreider, Miller) 19:32Penalties: Prout Cbj (Delaying Game - Puck over Glass) 5:08, Hunwick Nyr (Tripping) 8:35

Overtime7. New York, Stepan (16) (Yandle) 4:10

Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT TColumbus 13 11 6 2 32New York 10 11 15 6 42

Goaltending summary:Columbus: Bobrovsky (38/42), New York: Lundqvist (29/32)

Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Columbus: 0 of 3, New York: 0 of 3

Jets 2, Wild 0First Period1. Winnipeg, Wheeler (26) (Ladd, Perreault) 4:12 (PP)Penalties: Stewart Min (Roughing) 3:21, Stuart Wpg (Interference) 18:30

Second Period2. Winnipeg, Stafford (17) (Scheifele, Myers) 13:10Penalties: Wheeler Wpg (Slashing) 7:23, Vanek Min (Hooking) 14:01, Coyle Min (Elbowing) 19:28

Third PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Niederreiter Min (Rough-ing) 6:24, Stuart Wpg (Hooking) 12:55

Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd TWinnipeg 16 11 7 34Minnesota 9 12 11 32

Goaltending summary:Winnipeg: Pavelec (32/32), Minnesota: Dubnyk (32/34)

Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Winnipeg: 1 of 4, Minnesota: 0 of 3

Att: 19,010

American LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkBaltimore 1 0 1.000 - W1Boston 1 0 1.000 - W1Toronto 1 0 1.000 - W1NY Yankees 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Tampa Bay 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Central W L PCT GB StrkDetroit 1 0 1.000 - W1Kansas City 1 0 1.000 - W1Chicago Sox 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Cleveland 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Minnesota 0 1 .000 1.0 L1West W L PCT GB StrkHouston 1 0 1.000 - W1Seattle 1 0 1.000 - W1Oakland 1 0 1.000 - W1LA Angels 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Texas 0 1 .000 1.0 L1

National LeagueEast W L PCT GB StrkAtlanta 1 0 1.000 - W1NY Mets 1 0 1.000 - W1Miami 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Washington 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Central W L PCT GB StrkCincinnati 1 0 1.000 - W1St. Louis 1 0 1.000 - W1Chicago Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Milwaukee 0 1 .000 1.0 L1Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 1.0 L1West W L PCT GB StrkColorado 1 0 1.000 - W1LA Dodgers 1 0 1.000 - W1San Francisco 1 0 1.000 - W1Arizona 0 1 .000 1.0 L1San Diego 0 1 .000 1.0 L1

Eastern ConferenceAtlantic GP W L OT GF GA Ptsx-Montreal 80 48 22 10 213 183 106x-Tampa Bay 80 48 24 8 255 206 104w-Detroit 79 41 25 13 227 215 95Boston 79 41 25 13 209 201 95Ottawa 79 40 26 13 228 211 93e-Florida 80 36 29 15 199 219 87e-Toronto 80 30 43 7 208 253 67e-Buffalo 80 23 49 8 159 268 54

Metropol’n GP W L OT GF GA Ptsy-NY Rangers 79 51 21 7 244 185 109x-Washington 80 44 25 11 237 199 99NY Islanders 79 46 27 6 241 219 98w-Pittsburgh 79 42 26 11 215 203 95e-Columbus 79 39 35 5 222 244 83e-Philadelphia 79 32 29 18 208 224 82e-New Jersey 79 32 34 13 174 205 77e-Carolina 79 29 39 11 183 220 69

Western ConferenceCentral GP W L OT GF GA Ptsx-St. Louis 79 49 23 7 242 197 105x-Nashville 79 47 22 10 227 197 104Chicago 79 48 25 6 225 182 102w-Minnesota 79 44 27 8 223 194 96w-Winnipeg 79 41 26 12 224 208 94Dallas 80 39 31 10 253 259 88e-Colorado 79 36 31 12 212 223 84

Pacific GP W L OT GF GA Ptsy-Anaheim 80 50 23 7 234 221 107Vancouver 80 46 29 5 231 217 97Calgary 79 43 29 7 234 208 93Los Angeles 79 39 25 15 213 197 93San Jose 80 39 32 9 224 227 87e-Edmonton 79 23 43 13 188 272 59e-Arizona 79 24 47 8 167 262 56

Canucks 2, Kings 1 (SO)First Period1. Los Angeles, King (Carter, Toffoli) 1:13Penalties: Weber Van (Holding ) 5:52, Stoll Lak (Interference ) 14:37

Second PeriodNo scoringPenalties: Vrbata Van (Too many men/ice - bench ) 4:31, Doughty Lak (Slashing ) 9:57

Third Period2. Vancouver, Danial Sedin (Edler, Henrik Sedin) 9:54Penalties: Greene Lak (Holding) 7:34

ShootoutVancouver, Bonino No GoalLos Angeles, Carter No GoalVancouver, Vrbata No GoalLos Angeles, Kopitar No GoalVancouver, Higgins Goal

Shots on goal by period: 1st 2nd 3rd OT TLos Angeles 15 10 10 2 37Vancouver 14 8 12 4 38

Goaltending summary:Los Angeles: Quick (37/38), Vancouver: Lack (36/37)

Power Play Summary (PPG / PPO):Los Angeles: 0 of 2, Vancouver: 0 of 3

Att: 18,870 (100.3% capacity)

SCOREBOARD

Toronto Raptors head coach Dwane Casey shouts instructions in the second half of a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves last week. [AP PHOTO]

B4 | DAILY NEWS | TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 SPORTS

Casey says losses provided lessonsLORI EWING THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — With five games to go in the Toron-to Raptors’ regular-season, opposing scouts have become regular fixtures. Personnel from every team Toronto might face in the post-season watch with a keen eye, scribbling notes.

It’s a balancing act for coach Dwane Casey between writing up plays the Raptors will use in the post-season, and trying not to show too much of his hand.

“We’re working on some things offensively and defensively that we know we’re going to have to use in the playoffs, intermittently after a timeout, and those situations,” Casey said after Monday’s practice at the Air Canada Centre.“It’s a two-edged sword, you don’t want to expose everything. . . we’ve got to make sure we don’t over-expose ourselves, but at the same time get some game situations.”

The Raptors are fourth (45-32) in the Eastern Conference, one game behind the Chicago Bulls and one ahead of the Washington Wizards. So if the playoffs started tomorrow, they’d open at home against Washington. Maintaining home-court advantage is key.

They open a four-game road trip on Wednesday at Charlotte (33-43), likely without all-star Kyle Lowry (back) and Amir Johnson (ankle).

Lowry participated in some of Monday’s prac-tice, while Johnson still can’t put much weight on his injured foot.

“We’re going to wait and see how (Lowry) feels and reacts to the contact. . . he did more non-con-tact stuff today than contact,” Casey said.

The Raptors are coming off a pair of nailbiting losses: 114-109 to Brooklyn on Friday, and 117-116 in overtime against the Boston Celtics the follow-ing night.

“It’s good to have those kinds of games, because they’re like playoff games, close games, hard games, intense games, so it’s good preparation for the playoffs,” said centre Jonas Valanciunas.

HI AND LOIS

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

SHERMAN’S LAGOON

BLONDIE

BABY BLUES

BC

ARCTIC CIRCLE

CRANKSHAFT

ZITS

ANDY CAPP

WORD FIND

CROSSWORD

CRYPTOQUOTE

BRIDGE

SOLUTION: IT IS HARD WORK

Timing Dealer: South Both vulnerable

NORTH ♠AQ863 ♥732 ♦ ♣AJ865

WEST EAST ♠K75 ♠10942 ♥Q9 ♥104 ♦KQ1053 ♦AJ72 ♣K97 ♣1032

SOUTH ♠J ♥AKJ865 ♦9864 ♣Q4

W N E S 2♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass Opening Lead: ♦K

South ruffed in dummy and followed with ace and a spade ruff. He trumped

a second diamond and ruffed another spade bringing down the king. The top hearts drew trump and he could now count 12 tricks. An advance of the queen of clubs fetched the seven from West but declarer elected to put up dummy’s ace and cash two spades discarding diamonds from hand. West won the thirteenth trick with the king of clubs but two overtricks were in the bank, N- S +680. South declined to risk a club finesse fearing that East would produce the king. In this scenario, the defense would swiftly cash two diamonds restricting declarer to ten tricks. The weak two-bid was slightly overstrength but South’s collection is much closer to a pre-empt than an opening bid. North promptly raised to the major suit game that had to be a viable contract. I suppose that slam might have been reached after a sequence of one heart - one spade - two hearts, but twelve tricks would not always be available on another layout. North might employ Exclusion Blackwood by leaping to five diamonds on the above sequence. This action would function as Blackwood asking South for controls but telling him not to count the ace of diamonds. North would advance to a small slam when partner’s reply reveals the heart ace and king. Author: Dave Willis - visit his website at www.insidebridge.ca Questions on bridge can be sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The New Canadian Bridge c/o Torstar Syndication Services, One Yonge St., Toronto, M5E 1E6.

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B6 | DAILY NEWS | TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2015 CLASSIFIEDS/SPORTS

SOCCER

Man City’s title hopes on the brink after 2-0 defeat at Crystal PalaceTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — Manchester City fell further out of title contention by losing 2-1 to Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday, dropping to fourth in the stand-ings and all but surrendering its championship defence.

Glen Murray and Jason Pun-cheon put Palace 2-0 ahead by the 48th minute despite City con-trolling 74 per cent of possession at Selhurst Park.

Yaya Toure pulled one back with a fierce shot in the 78th but the defending champions fell short of a comeback and are now nine points behind leader Chelsea, which also has a game in hand.

“We are not talking about the title, only about winning our games,” City manager Manuel Pellegrini said. “We will see at the end of the season which team has the most points.”

City dropped below both Arsen-al and Manchester United, which it faces next weekend, but is still seven points above fifth-place Liverpool.

Palace is virtually assured of staying up after reaching 39 points with seven rounds to go, sitting in 11th place.

“For us it was a huge night. You have the champions coming to your place knowing they’re under pressure,” Palace manager Alan Pardew said. “We didn’t see enough of the ball really . . . but

diligence, character, resilience was enough just to see us home.”

Wilfried Zaha missed a good chance to put Palace ahead in the opening minutes when he fired high after meeting a cross at the far post, but City domin-ated after that, with David Silva and Sergio Aguero both coming close to scoring.

Palace’s opener came against the run of play in the 34th min-ute as Joe Ledley headed down a cross toward Scott Dann, whose shot was blocked by goalkeeper

Joe Hart but fell for Murray to tap in. City’s players appealed furiously for offside and replays suggested Dann had been mar-ginally behind the last defender, but the flag stayed down.

There was no arguing about the second goal — except perhaps about Hart’s positioning — as Puncheon lifted a free kick over the wall to beat the goalkeeper at the near post.

City appealed for a penalty in the 71st when the ball hit Murray’s outstretched hand

in the area, but were again left frustrated.

Toure finally provided a break-through when he controlled the ball just inside the right edge of the area and unleashed a hard shot into the far corner, but Pel-legrini’s team couldn’t prevent a third loss in its last five games.

They probably can’t prevent Chelsea from winning the title, either.

“Every time we drop points it’s a big blow, especially at the end of the season,” Pellegrini said.

Crystal Palace’s James McArthur, left, competes for the ball with Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero during the English Premier League soccer match at Selhurst Park Stadium, London, on Monday. [AP PHOTO]

Canada’s Sesselmann back following rehabNEIL DAVIDSON THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO — Thirteen months after ripping up her knee, Lauren Sesselmann has worked her way back into the Canadian women’s soccer team.

The 31-year-old defender is one of 23 players on John Herdman’s roster for a friendly Thursday against France in Bondoufle, south of Paris.

It’s been a long road back since the injury occurred in practice

before last year’s Cyprus Cup.“My dreams were slowly

fading away,” Sesselmann acknowledged. “I was like ’Am I going to come back from this?’ I didn’t know. It was a constant battle every day, trying to push yourself.

“Everybody’s body is different. Some people come back from it faster, some people it takes longer.”

Sesselmann had a rough start after surgery to repair a torn

anterior cruciate ligament. She was sick the first three months of her recovery, dealt with pain and spent time in hospital.

“Rehab is hard, it is hard,” she said. “I don’t wish that upon anybody, I’m not going to lie, and I hope to never go through it again.”

Sesselmann believes she will be better than ever after having to relearn how to do just about everything from a single squat to running.

“It kind of gave me a way to become a better athlete through-out this whole process, because now I was relearning how to do everything the right way.”

She says the timing of the injury was in her favour, how-ever, allowing her the time to get her body back to where it needed to be.

She has her own fitness pro-gram called “Fit As a Pro,” which focuses on quick, high-intensity on-the-go workouts.

SOCCER

Blatter likely to get support from AfricaGERALD IMRAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The three men challenging Sepp Blatter for the most power-ful job in world soccer can see for themselves this week just how difficult it will be to remove the Swiss as FIFA president.

The Confederation of African Football holds its main meet-ing in Cairo on Tuesday, when Blatter will likely be acclaimed by his long-time backers on the continent as their choice in next month’s presidential election for soccer’s governing body.

Meanwhile, his challengers won’t even get to address African football leaders at their congress at a hotel in the Egyptian capital.

Unlike Europe’s UEFA con-gress, where Blatter had to lis-ten to stinging criticism of his leadership by his election oppon-ents and European officials, the president will be back among his friends in Africa.

The continent has long been a strong support base for Blatter and is expected to show that, although the desire for change at the top of the game is great in Europe, it isn’t everywhere else in the football world.

Blatter will be given the floor to make his speech as FIFA pres-ident, an opportunity also to rouse his supporters.

Presidential candidates Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, Dutch FA head Michael van Praag and former Portugal inter-national Luis Figo will attend the meet only as “observers,” the African soccer body said.

Blatter has already warmed up his audience as the campaign trail moves to Africa, the big-gest of FIFA’s six continental confederations with 54 of the 209 member countries that will vote in the presidential election on May 29.

“When we travel to Cairo for the CAF Congress . . . we must show African football all the great appreciation and respect it deserves,” Blatter wrote in his latest column in FIFA’s weekly magazine.

Blatter noted that, for the first time, two African teams made the second round of last year’s World Cup. He praised CAF Pres-ident Issa Hayatou’s “strategic wisdom” for uniting African foot-ball and creating what he said was an environment for success.

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Sometimes opting to stay home instead of joining others or going to work is a smart move. You also might have to handle a matter involving a potential trip. You will feel better once you do, though it could cause you to rearrange your schedule. Tonight: Nap, then decide.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

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YOUR BIRTHDAY (April 7) This year you have a lot of

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Help around the house because it’s the right thing to do

Dear Annie: I recently saw the results of a survey that said the more work men do around the house the less sex they get. I have seen many comments in your col-umn from women who stated the opposite — that if a man did more around the house, he might “get more” in the bedroom.

I have always helped out with cooking, mopping floors, doing laundry, cleaning the bathroom, etc., and never once did I consider that the point was more sex. But this information confused me. I mentioned it to my wife, who said, “Sorry.”

So, I asked another woman her thoughts on this subject, and she said men would get more sex, but she had a little smile on her face that told me different.

Another woman’s answer was “maybe, maybe not.”

So what’s up with the conflicting statements? Should I not help out as much?

— Confused Husband Dear Confused: Cute. No. Like

it or not, the amount you help around the house should not be tied to how much sex you get. You should help because it’s the right thing to do, and, as a partner in a relationship, you should do your share. If it also makes your partner feel appreciative and less exhausted, that often translates to more sex. But there are so many factors that go into the desire for intimacy that you’d have to discuss it more thoroughly with your wife to find out what she needs and wants from you that will make her feel desirable and interested.

We can guarantee you, though, that if you watch TV while she does all the housework, there is likely to be no sex at all.

Dear Annie: “Tired and Disgust-ed Other Half” wrote an open let-ter to her husband, who thought it was funny to criticize her in front

of their children and friends. I was married to a man who became increasingly verbally abusive over the years. The last eight years of our marriage were horrible.

He put me down in front of our employees and demeaned me about everything from my minor weight gain to my housekeeping and cooking.

Then he said his abuse was my fault. I became totally uninterest-ed in him physically, which made him even angrier.

Two therapists told him this was verbal abuse, but he would not lis-ten. We were together for 41 years. He never thought I would have the courage to leave. But two years ago, at age 60, I decided that the thought of spending another 20 years being treated this way was more terrifying than the idea of living on my own.

I left my home and business and lost my financial security. But two years later, I am doing well. It has not been easy, but I get up every morning and am able to look in the mirror with self-respect.

— Life Is GoodDear Life: It sounds as though

you did everything you could to

save your marriage, and unfortu-nately, your husband wasn’t will-ing to do the same. You needed to save yourself, and we are glad your decision to leave worked out

so well. If any of our readers feel they are being verbally abused, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) at 1-800-799-SAFE.KathyMitchell

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