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LONDON Teams of runners and walkers braved chilly temperatures and bone-rattling wind yesterday morn- ing for the 17th annual CIBC Run for the Cure. Among them was Annie’s Grannies — a group from Riverside Retirement Residence. The women walked the one-kilometre route in support of Anne Orfanides, a River- side employee who was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer last year at age 50. Though she was forced to leave work for treatment, Orfanides was never far from the minds of River- side residents. “Their support was over the top,” she said yesterday. “I received cards, gift baskets, homemade jams. They knitted me a beautiful afghan, they knitted me hats. I had humour, love and understanding beyond the hopes of anyone who is trying to put forward a brave front.” Orfanides was amazed at the kindness and generosity. “It made me feel huge,” she said. “These people had so many of their own cares and concerns. The love and affection they showed toward me made me feel very strong and very loved.” Florence Browning said joining up with Annie’s Grannies wasn’t a difficult decision. “(Orfanides is) such a lovely per- son, and we wanted to show her that we care,” Browning said. “Some of us just like to walk and we thought we’d join in if we’re able.” MIKE ARSENAULT Grannies take part in CIBC run Victoria Park 5K run, 1K walk raise $795,924 for breast-cancer research WARM UP ON A CHILLY AUTUMN EVENING ONION SOUP WITH AN EARTHY TWIST {page 15} Monday, October 3, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. Thousands bundled up and gathered in Victoria Park yesterday for the 17th annual CIBC Run for the Cure to support breast-cancer research. Before the run/walk, participants were led through much needed warm-up exercises in front of the band shell. MIKE ARSENAULT/FOR METRO 3,780 The number of people who ran and walked yesterday during the CIBC Run for the Cure in London. More on breast cancer {pages 11-13} BIG FIX? KUTCHER, MOORE REPORTEDLY SEEK MARITAL HELP {page 9}
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Teams of runners and walkersbraved chilly temperatures andbone-rattling wind yesterday morn-ing for the 17th annual CIBC Runfor the Cure.
Among them was Annie’sGrannies — a group from RiversideRetirement Residence. The womenwalked the one-kilometre route insupport of Anne Orfanides, a River-side employee who was diagnosedwith advanced breast cancer lastyear at age 50.
Though she was forced to leavework for treatment, Orfanides wasnever far from the minds of River-side residents.
“Their support was over the top,”she said yesterday. “I received cards,gift baskets, homemade jams. Theyknitted me a beautiful afghan, theyknitted me hats. I had humour, loveand understanding beyond thehopes of anyone who is trying toput forward a brave front.”
Orfanides was amazed at thekindness and generosity.
“It made me feel huge,” she said.“These people had so many of theirown cares and concerns. The loveand affection they showed towardme made me feel very strong andvery loved.”
Florence Browning said joiningup with Annie’s Grannies wasn’t adifficult decision.
“(Orfanides is) such a lovely per-son, and we wanted to show herthat we care,” Browning said.“Some of us just like to walk and wethought we’d join in if we’re able.”
MIKE ARSENAULT
Granniestake partin CIBC run
Victoria Park 5K run, 1K walk raise$795,924 for breast-cancer research
WARM UP ON A CHILLYAUTUMN EVENING
ONION SOUP WITH ANEARTHY TWIST {page 15}
Monday, October 3, 2011www.metronews.ca
News worth sharing.
Thousands bundled up and gathered in Victoria Park yesterday for the 17th annual CIBCRun for the Cure to support breast-cancer research. Before the run/walk, participants wereled through much needed warm-up exercises in front of the band shell.
MIKE ARSENAULT/FOR METRO
3,780The number ofpeople who ran
and walked yesterdayduring the CIBC Run for theCure in London.
More on breast cancer {pages 11-13}
BIG FIX?KUTCHER, MOOREREPORTEDLY SEEKMARITAL HELP {page 9}
Think you’ve got what ittakes to create the gamingindustry’s next sensation?
Then bring it.So says London game
developer Big Blue Bubble.The company is accept-
ing ideas for gamesthrough Oct. 11, and theone with the most spunkwill be produced duringthe Digital InteractiveGame and Web Confer-ence at the London Con-
vention Centre.“What’s amazing about
it is that you own thatgame” after the confer-ence wraps up, said KadieWard, director of market-ing and communicationsat the London EconomicDevelopment Corporation,an event sponsor.
Called DIG for short, theNov. 16-17 conference is achance for digital mediacompanies to network andshow off what they’vebeen up to. The work ondisplay will include every-thing from web apps to
software. Video-game developers
have their own corner —dubbed DIGX — at the con-ference. There, people cancheck out and play con-sole, PC, web and hand-
held games made in Cana-da.
Ward said Big Blue Bub-ble has already receivedseveral submissions for itsgame challenge. Butthere’s definitely room formore.
“The wider the net cast,the better it will be,” Wardsaid.
Ideas submitted for thedesign competition mustbe for the Android, PC,Mac or iPhone platforms.Entrants must be 16 yearsor older and live in Cana-da.
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City council is expected tovote tonight on a deal thatwould bring a FrontierLeague baseball squad toLabatt Park.
Members of the commu-nity and neighbourhoodscommittee approved aone-year agreement lastweek with Summit Profes-
sional Baseball. If the full council ap-
proves the agreement, theyet-to-be-named teamwould have first dibs onusing the ballpark fromMay to September.
The team is led by DavidMartin, who lives in theDetroit suburb of Birming-ham.
ANGELA MULLINS
Council to mull bid for baseball team
Labatt Park
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Cyclists’numbersgrowingA new survey shows thenumber of cyclists in On-tario is growing, but manysaid they would cyclemore if it was safer.
The Share the Road Cy-cling Coalition surveyfound about 28 per cent ofadults cycle regularly, upfrom 24 per cent in 2009.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Trails Endowner notswayed byprotestThe owner of Trails EndFarmers Market is makingno apologies for banningtransgender workers.
Instead, he thankedabout 30 protesters whowere at the market Satur-day for stopping by. EdKikkert was presentedwith a petition signed bymore than 4,000 peoplewho want him to reconsid-er his decision. Kikkertsaid he didn’t really carehow many people signedthe document.AM980/AM980.CA
Food driveoff thestartingblocksThe London Food Bank hasstarted its 23rd Fall FoodDrive.
Officials have not set agoal for how much theywant to collect, but theysaid the need is greaterthis year. The number ofpeople receivingassistance has increasednearly 30 per cent, theysaid.
Donations can be madeat the food bank, 926Leathorne St., or at localgrocery stores.
The food drivecontinues through Oct. 10.AM980/AM980.CA
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Western revels in homecoming weekend
Campus. Party
University of Western Ontario students party Saturday along Broughdale Avenue as homecoming festivities rage into full force around campus. The parties started after a parade snaked its way from downtown’s Centennial Hall, up Richmond Street and to the Western gates. UWO’s Mustangs beat the York Lions 48-23 in the homecoming football game.
If you go
City council will meet at 5p.m. on the second floor ofcity hall at 300 DufferinAve.
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Harris’ spectre looms large in race
03metronews.caMONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011news: london
Ontario Premier DaltonMcGuinty has ruled out aLiberal coalition with eitherof his main rivals in theevent no party wins a ma-jority in Thursday’s elec-tion.
In a letter obtained yes-terday, McGuinty tells Pro-gressive ConservativeLeader Tim Hudak that hewon’t be making any dealsto form a government.
“I am running to form aLiberal government — andonly a Liberal government,”McGuinty says in the letter.
“There will be no coali-tion with either your partyor the NDP.”
The latest polls indicatethe Liberals and the Pro-gressive Conservatives in adead heat, raising the
prospect of a minority gov-ernment in Ontario for thefirst time in 26 years, withthe NDP under Andrea Hor-wath as kingmaker.
In his letter, McGuintysays his opponents are us-ing talk of a minority as po-litical ammunition.
Hudak has been accus-ing McGuinty of planning“backroom deals” with theNew Democrats.
When asked yesterday ifhe would work with theNDP if they dropped a planto raise the corporate tax
rate, Hudak indicated hewasn’t interested. “I’m inthis election to win andbring change, not play Let’sMake a Deal,” he said,stressing the Liberals andNDP would cook up a deal.
Hudak’s strategy is remi-niscent of Prime MinisterStephen Harper’s, whosespring election includedfrequent warnings that thefederal Liberals and NDPwould scheme to form acoalition if his Conserva-tives did not get a majority.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Premier pens letter to Tim Hudak in response to PC leader’s commentsMcGuinty: I won’t make any deals with either the Tories or the NDP
Premier Dalton McGuinty and his wife, Terri, leave the Ontario Firefighters Memorial in Toronto yesterday.
CARLOS OSORIO/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
McGuinty rules outminority coalition
McGuinty’s letter
The Liberals said McGuintyhad addressed his letteronly to Hudak because ofthe Tory leader’scomments.
McGuinty said voting Lib-eral would be the only wayto ensure the “strong, sta-ble, positive government”Ontario needs in uncertaintimes.
CHRIS YOUNG/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Them’s fightin’ wordsTory Leader Tim Hudak warned yesterday that Ontariocould end up with a minority government coalition inwhich the Liberals and NDP would work together tohike taxes. “The Liberals and the NDP: They’ll increasetaxes and they’ll spend money on everything underthe sun,” Hudak said at a campaign stop.
Time. Out
Tim Hudak sits with atom-aged hockey players Stevie Lende, left, and Daniel Kraft during a media opportunity in Toronto yesterday.
He’s been gone from poli-tics and has stayed largelyout of public sight for al-most a decade, yet formerpremier Mike Harris stillcasts a shadow across On-tario’s political landscape.
Indeed, as the pace andrhetoric heated up ahead ofthe Oct. 6 election, theghost of Harris seemed tohave been invoked with thefrequency of a favouritedead uncle at a seance.
“Harris plays so central arole in pre-election messag-
ing in the run-up to the2011 election that he reallydeserves royalties,” GrahamMurray, a long-time observ-er of the legislature, said be-fore the campaign gotunderway formally.
While Harris has not sur-faced — at least publicly —as part of Progressive Con-servative Leader Tim Hu-dak’s campaign, LiberalPremier Dalton McGuintyhas made several disparag-ing allusions to the Harrisera.
“These guys will attackour public services,” he saidof the Progressive Conserva-tives at one recent cam-paign stop.
“Remember what the PCgovernment did.”
The Liberals also re-leased a new TV ad Satur-day that highlights Hudak’sties to Harris.
Hudak is pushing somepolicies — tax cuts andmaking prisoners work fortheir keep, for example —that are reminiscent of Har-
ris’s populist, right-wing ap-proach. Substantively, how-ever, the Tory platform —including pledges to keepthe HST and implement all-day kindergarten — is notthat much different fromthe Liberal approach.
Nevertheless, Hudak’sdetractors point out he cuthis political teeth underHarris. In addition, the Toryleader is married to DebHutton, Harris’s chief ofstaff in his early tumultuousyears. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Mike Harris
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Horwath focuseson five-point planNDP Leader Andrea Hor-wath says her priority re-mains running to bepremier, not figuring outa coalition.
Instead, Horwath isplugging a five-point planfor what an NDP govern-ment would do in its first100 days in office, if elect-ed.
Horwath won’t say ifshe will rule out a coali-tion, as Liberal PremierDalton McGuinty did yes-terday.
McGuinty wrote a letterto Tory Leader Tim Hudak
saying he would not teamup with either the Toriesor New Democrats toform a minority govern-ment.
She says McGuinty istalking about himself andhis own issues, but On-tario voters care moreabout what a governmentwill do for them afterThursday’s election.
The New Democrat saysvoters deserve to havetheir say before she talksabout coalition govern-ments. THE CANADIAN PRESS
“Over the course ofthe weekend, youand Ms. Horwathhave turned awayfrom promotingyour individualplatforms and haveengaged instead intrying to leveragepolitical advantagethrough minority-governmentspeculation.”DALTON MCGUINTY, IN OPEN LETTER TO TIM HUDAK
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Hundreds of villagers maroonedafter back-to-back typhoons
Dozens killed due to flooding
Philippines reeling in storms’ wakePhilippine Marines drive through floodwaters yesterday as flooding north of Manila continued for the third day.
BULLIT MARQUEZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rescuers scrambled yester-day to deliver food and wa-ter to hundreds of villagersstuck on rooftops for daysbecause of flooding in thenorthern Philippines,where back-to-back ty-phoons have left at least 59people dead.
Typhoon Nalgaeslammed ashore in north-eastern Isabela provinceSaturday and then bar-relled across the main is-land of Luzon’smountainous north andagricultural plains, whichwere still sodden fromfierce rain and winds un-leashed by a howler justdays earlier. Nalgae left atleast three people dead Sat-urday. Typhoon Nesatkilled 56 others and left 28missing before blowingout Friday.
Nalgae roared throughparts of Luzon that hadbeen saturated by TyphoonNesat, which trapped thou-sands on rooftops and senthuge waves that breacheda seawall in Manila Bay.
Nesat then pummelledsouthern China and wasdowngraded to a tropicalstorm just before churninginto northern Vietnam.
Seven towns north ofManila were still floodedyesterday, includingCalumpit in rice-growingBulacan province.
Nalgae was the 17thweather disturbance thisyear to batter the disaster-prone Philippines.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The storm
Nalgae was whirling overthe South China Sea andheading toward southernChina late yesterday, 370kilometres from the Philip-pines’ northeast coast,with sustained winds of120 kilometres per hourand gusts of 150 km/h, ac-cording to the Philippinegovernment weatheragency.
Serbian police detained sixpeople yesterday and pre-vented a gathering of a pro-Russian far-right group thatthreatened to burn an EUflag and spit on the U.S. am-bassador’s portrait of the in Belgrade.
Riot police were de-ployed in large numbersacross the capital to enforcea ban on a gay-pride eventand anti-gay protests, fear-ing large-scale violence.
Police issued the ban onany gathering this year, say-ing that extremists hadplanned to set fires in Bel-grade and provoke clashesthat could lead to blood-shed and wider unrest. Gaygroups have accused au-thorities of backing downand allowing extremists towin.
Serbia has faced Westernpressure to protect gay and
other human rights ac-tivists if it wants to one dayjoin the European Union.
The six who were arrest-ed yesterday in central Bel-grade had masks andbaseball bats, said seniorpolice official SrdjanGrekulovic.
Police also prevented aprotest on Mount Avala bythe Nasi group — an affili-ate of a Russian organiza-tion of the same name —which was going to burnthe EU flag and spit on Am-bassador Mary Warlick's
portrait, Grekulovic said.Nasi said that police took
away the portrait of War-lick, who earlier this weekpublicly supported Serbia’sgay-pride march and urgedthe Serbian authorities tosecure the event.
The gay activists held an“indoor pride” event in aconference room in down-town Belgrade. They saidthe state ban of their gath-ering showed the country’sweakness in the face of vio-lent threats by extremists.
“This is the only pridewe could hold,” said GoranMiletic, an organizer.
EU official Jelko Kacinsaid the pride ban will af-fect EU member stateswhen they decide on Ser-bia’s bid to formally be-come a candidate formembership this year.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Extremists detained onSerbia’s gay-pride day
Biden’sbrother OKafter powderscareThe brother of Vice-Presi-dent Joe Biden says he waskept overnight at a Floridahospital after opening asuspicious packagecontaining a powdery sub-stance.
The envelope wasmailed to Francis Biden’sOcean Ridge home. Bidentells The Palm Beach Postthat his girlfriendretrieved the package fromhis mailbox Saturday after-noon, but that he openedit. Biden says whitepowder spilled from theenvelope onto his skin.
Biden and his girlfriendwere taken to a hospital.The woman was releasedSaturday, and Biden was re-leased yesterday morning.
The FBI has said thepowder appears to beharmless.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
100Number of peoplewho were injured dur-ing last year’s gay-pride parade inBelgrade.
HANI MOHAMMED/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Soldiers killed by warplaneCalls for the resignation of Yemen’s President AliAbdullah Saleh continue to grow a day after a gov-ernment warplane bombed an army position insouthern Yemen, killing at least 30 soldiers. Thestrike appeared to be a mistake, but the soldiers hitwere from a unit that had defected to side with pro-testers seeking the president’s ouster.
Yemen. Defection
A defected army soldier holds his rifle as he stands with others on a vehicle next to the site of a demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen, yesterday.
05metronews.caMONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011news
Prime Minister StephenHarper’s office was soseized with controllingpublic opinion of Canada’sshooting war in southernAfghanistan that even De-fence Minister Peter MacK-ay wasn’t always in theloop, says a new bookabout the conflict.
The Savage War, byCanadian Press defencewriter and Afghanistancorrespondent MurrayBrewster, paints a portraitof a PMO keen to preserveits tenuous grip on minori-ty power and desperate tocontrol the message amiddwindling public supportfor the war.
MacKay, who took overDefence from GordonO’Connor in August 2007,was blindsided by theHarper government’s deci-sion later that year to set
up a blue-ribbon panel toreview the mission headedby former Liberal cabinetminister John Manley,Brewster writes.
“It wasn’t discussedwith the broader cabinet,no,” the minister says inthe interview. “I didn’tknow all of the specifics.”
Jack Layton knew even
less. In interviews beforehis death earlier this year,the late NDP leader con-fides to Brewster thatHarper never once tried toengage him in an in-depthdiscussion about Canada’sdeepening involvement ina deadly counterinsur-gency effort.THE CANADIAN PRESS
PMO kept MacKay indark, says new book
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, and Defence Minister Peter MacKay look out from a bunker as they visit a forward operating base in the district of Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, in May.
SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Alison Redford, set to be-come the first female pre-mier of Alberta,
downplayed the gender is-sue yesterday, saying partyvoters marked Xs not for
an X chromosome but fora broader desire forchange. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Redford downplays gender issue
Paul Dewar shunnedflashy endorsements fromparty heavyweights as heyesterday launched a grass-roots bid to lead the feder-al New Democrats.
Touting himself as achampion of the party’srank and file, the OttawaMP surrounded himselfwith several hundred en-thusiastic supporters tocelebrate his campaignkick-off.
“Our New DemocraticParty starts with the grass-roots — pretty evidenthere today, I would sug-gest,” Dewar told thecheering crowd crammedinto a tiny room.
“For me and thousandslike you, working hard,
growing our party are thebedrock for electoral suc-cess.”
Dewar’s approach wasin stark contrast to that ofparty president BrianTopp, the perceived fron-trunner in the early stagesof the race, which culmi-nates with a leadershipvote on March 24.
Topp, the first out of theleadership gate, held a for-mal news conference tolaunch his bid last month,accompanied by formerleader Ed Broadbent andQuebec MP FrancoiseBoivin.
With the party hopingto build on last May’s his-toric electoral break-through in Quebec, Dewarfrankly acknowledged hislaboured French is a handi-cap.
“French is very impor-tant to me and I’m work-ing on it every day. It’s achallenge but I will over-come this challenge andtake on Stephen Harper inboth official languages,”he vowed. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Dewar enters NDPleadership race
Paul Dewar
ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Worked as aid worker in Central America, publicschool teacher, union executive before winning at polls
STEVE RUSSELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Nuit Blanche celebrates creativityThe Barricades 2011 display had three common urban barriers: caution tape,plywood and police barricades. During Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s downtown istransformed by the work of hundreds of artists in a celebration of contemporary art.
Art. Attack
A woman checks out one of the three elements of Barricades 2011, a three-metre-tall caution-tape wall, on
Toronto’s Yonge Street during the sixth instalmentof the city's Nuit Blanche on Saturday night.
Protesters speaking outagainst corporate greedand other grievances weremaintaining a presence inManhattan’s Financial Dis-trict yesterday even aftermore than 700 of themwere arrested during amarch on the BrooklynBridge Saturday in a tenseconfrontation with police.
The group Occupy WallStreet has been campedout in a plaza for nearlytwo weeks staging variousmarches, and had orches-trated an impromptu trekto Brooklyn. They walkedin thick rows on the side-
walk up to the bridge,where some demonstratorsspilled onto the roadwayafter being told to stay onthe pedestrian pathway,police said. The march shutdown a lane of traffic forseveral hours. The majorityof those arrested were giv-en citations for disorderlyconduct and were released,according to police.
The group had meetingsand forums also plannedfor yesterday at ZuccottiPark, the private plaza offBroadway the protestershave occupied.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Keeping close tabs on oilsands
Rod Hazewinkel steps intothe placid waters of Alber-ta’s Firebag River, a shorthelicopter ride from the oil-sands. He fills a jar with wa-ter. Tiny oil slicks bubblefrom the muck.
This spot, one of dozensmonitored by scientists, is-n’t near any oilsands mines.The blobs floating down theriver come from the oil-sands themselves — not theenergy development thatexploits them.
“There’s a natural levelof contamination,” saysHazewinkel, a limnologistwith Alberta Environmentand the provincial scientistresponsible for environ-mental monitoring. “Indus-trial contamination is asmall part of that.”
Hazewinkel’s job is tohelp untangle the sources.It’s about to get a lot morecomplicated.
Last year, the federal and
Alberta governments an-nounced major revamps tohow they track the impactof tens of billions of dollarsin oilsands development.
Protesters have been cit-ing environmental con-cerns in opposingTransCanada Ltd.’s pro-posed Keystone XL pipeline,which would bring moreoilsands bitumen to the U.S.And tomorrow, the federalauditor general is to releasean assessment of how wellOttawa has kept up withthe oilsands impacts.
“It’s a world-class re-source and it needs a world-class monitoring system toassure us that the resourceis being developed sustain-ably and responsibly,” saysDan Wicklum, Environ-ment Canada’s director ofwater science. “We musthave that assurance in or-der to do business.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
Federal and Alta. governments pledged to revamp monitoring last yearafter reports concluded contamination increasing and monitoring flawed
Rod Hazewinkel takes water samples on the Athabasca
River, down stream from many oilsands projects.
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Police arrest a protester on New York’s Brooklyn Bridge
during Saturday’s march by Occupy Wall Street.
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Philanthropists in the Lon-don area will be gettingsome recognition and sup-port, thanks to the LondonCommunity Foundation.
The foundation isaccepting nominations forthe first annual Vital Peo-ple award, which honoursemployees of non-profitorganizations in Londonand Middlesex County.The award will be given toan individual demonstrat-
ing leadership within aregistered charity. The$5,000 prize goes to thewinner’s charity, to beused for training anddeveloping the winner’sskills and knowledge. Theaim is to help communityactors improve upon theirgood work.
“It’s an opportunity toinvest in those (actors) andhelp them be better atwhat they do,” says Cindy
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ARTIST’SRENDERINGOF RECYCLING
Erin Ivy has been a paidartist for 14 years, a parentfor 10 years and an environ-mentalist for 20 years — andshe’s only 26 years old. Anold soul in a young person,
Ivy combines her love of art with hercommitment to ecological affairs andconcern for low-income families in aproject she’s calling the Green Commu-nity Art Project.
Starting last month, Ivy held art class-es in different venues around town —
Victoria Park, Springbank Park, Sifton Bog, the Coveswatershed — for groups of children, parents,grandparents and random passersby. At these freeevents, participants use recycled materials, discardedobjects and leftover paint to create paintings, collagesand sculptures.
“We’re using recycled materials that have beenpicked from the garbage and painting on sheets. Peo-ple really like making collages, and people are bring-ing some of their own items, like pressed flowers andleftover items,” says Ivy, adding that there’s no budgetfor supplies.
“We’re creating beauty from garbage and using thenatural surroundings as our inspiration.”
Ivy’s been painting professionally since the age of14, but she says “I’ve been drawing forever.” She saysthat since she grew up in poverty and her parentswere members of Greenpeace, she’s used toscrounging for art materials and having eco-issues as afocus of her own work, though she makes a living do-ing more mainstream projects commissioned byclients.
The Green Community Art Project was inspired byIvy’s frustration with the art classes that kids receivein schools. “I was a volunteer in my son’s classroomwhen we lived in Guelph, designing an art programfor the classroom,” says Ivy. “The (public school)curriculum is so basic that it’s not going to inspireanyone.”
She’s been excited by meeting so many people con-cerned about environmental issues in the art worldsince moving to London and is pleased with the reac-tion her project has gotten so far.
With the public-art creation sessions coming to anend, the Green Community Art Project will be on dis-play during October and November at APK Live, locat-ed on the corner of Wellington and York (where YukYuk’s used to be). Owner Marc Gammal describes thevenue as “a gastro-arts club.” “We have sophisticatedfood, using local and organic when possible, with craftbeer on tap and in bottles,” he says.
In the lower level there’s a dining area, and “wehave live performances from bands, DJs, theatre andpoetry — all sorts of stuff,” adds Gammal.
The art show kicks off Oct. 7 with an opening-nightparty that will include refreshments and musical per-formances.
For more information, look up the Green Communi-ty Art Project on Facebook, check out the website:greenartlondon.weebly.com, or email Erin Ivy [email protected].
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WEIRD NEWS
@thaiPM,you’ve beenhackedA mocking hacker took over the Twit-ter account of Thailand’s recentlyelected PM yesterday, questioning herability to defend the country if shecannot even secure her own tweets.
The unknown hacker ended a seriesof at least eight postings on theaccount of Prime Minister YingluckShinawatra with a taunt: “If she can’teven protect her own Twitter account,how can she protect the country?
Think about it.”Most of the messages accused
Yingluck’s government ofincompetence and cronyism. Her PheuThai Party won a landslide election vic-tory in July, but critics charge she isjust a puppet of her brother, formerPrime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.Thaksin was ousted by a military coupin 2006 after being accused of corrup-tion.
“This country is a business. Wework for our allies, not for the Thaipeople. We work for those whosupport us, not those who differ withus,” said one tweet. Another said:“Where are the opportunities for thepoor? We use them, give them hopefor votes so our own group can bene-fit.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Photo ofthe day
People flock to the area in the fall when the water level ofYesa reservoir is at its lowest. The water at the reservoir issaid to have healing properties.
Muddy. Waters
People cover themselves with mud at the ancient baths at Tiermasin northern Spain.
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Stars shine on Walk of FameComic Russell Peters, astronaut Roberta Bondar among six Canadians given stars
Comic superstar Russell Pe-ters showed up at Canada’sWalk of Fame hoisting oneof his greatest recentachievements — baby Crys-tianna, whom he clutchedagainst his chest as hewalked the red carpet togreet fans and media onSaturday.
The proud papa said itwas the first red carpet galafor his 10-month-olddaughter, “unless she’sbeen sneaking out at nightand crawling on red car-pets,” he quipped.
Peters was among six fa-mous Canadians who wereawarded stars on the Walkof Fame, including musi-cian Burton Cummings, ac-tress Sandra Oh, astronautRoberta Bondar, tennis starDaniel Nestor and the lateauthor Mordecai Richler.
“It’s very surreal becausewhen I said I wanted to besuccessful I just meant,‘Make a living,’ I didn’t real-ly think, ‘Get a star,’ I didn’tthink, ‘Have people knowmy name,’” Peters said lat-er as he took the mic at anoutdoor stage to acknowl-edge hundreds of fans wholined a red carpet on afrigid afternoon.
“To have people want tostep on my (name) on thestreet is pretty cool. I can’twait for when it’s really inthe ground and somebodygets hammered and pukeson my name. Somebodybetter twitpic that to me assoon as that happens be-cause that’s when I know Ireally came up.”
Before heading into adowntown theatre for a for-mal induction ceremony, asmiling Cummings said hewas especially proud to behonoured for a secondtime. He noted that he wasrecognized along with hisband The Guess Who in2001.
“The Walk of Fame is ahuge deal — you consider
the names that are downthere, people like DonaldSutherland, legendarymovie people, Ivan Reit-man and (Dan) Aykroyd,”said the Winnipeg-born hit-maker.
Cummings said he was abig fan of Oh in particular,and referred to her 2004comedy Sideways as “oneof the greatest moviesever.”
Oh said she was thrilledto meet Burton and Bondarand expressed credulitythat her signature will beon a Toronto sidewalk.
“It’s just quite hilariousand odd and I neverthought that this wouldhappen,” said Oh, now bestknown for her co-starringrole on the TV medical dra-ma Grey’s Anatomy.
Richler’s widow Flo-rence attended on Richler’sbehalf, and was escorted bytheir journalist son, NoahRichler. She said her hus-band would have been“amused” by the fanfare,adding that she herself feltthe honour was “overdue.”
Movie star RyanReynolds was initially slat-ed to be honoured, too, butorganizers said he was un-able to attend and would beinducted at a later date.
Many of the adoring fansturned out to see Torontorapper Drake, who was tobe presented with the AllanSlaight Award recognizingachievements by a youngCanadian. But organizerssaid the rap superstar wasrunning late and had toskip the red carpet.
Surrounded by glitz andglamour, Nestor called theexperience “overwhelm-ing.”
“I’m not used to the redcarpet,” the towering ten-nis pro admitted as hewalked down Yonge Street,which was shut down andswathed in red for the af-ternoon.
Bondar said she was in-spired to excel by her fami-ly and high school teachers.“It’s good for Canada to beable to see there are otherthings besides sheer enter-tainment and comedy —that we can do other thingsand still be recognized,”said Bondar, who was thefirst Canadian woman andthe second Canadian astro-naut in space.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Musician Burton Cummings now has two stars on the Walk of Fame, one with his
band The Guess Who, and now an individual star.
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Singer Chantal Kreviazuk and her husband Raine Maida
were on hand at the red carpet event to award stars on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
“I can’t wait forwhen it’s really inthe ground andsomeone getshammered andpukes on myname”COMEDIAN RUSSELL PETERS ON GETTING A STAR ON CANADA’S WALK OF FAME
Actress Sandra Oh, best known for her role on Grey’s Anatomy and in the movie Sideways,
said she never expected to get a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
Box office
A dolphin hasdethroned The LionKing at the weekendbox office. DolphinTale held up wellwith $14.2 million inits second weekendto take over at No. 1from The Lion King,which had been thetop movie the lasttwo weekends. Stu-dio estimatesSunday showed TheLion King slipping tothird-place with$11.1 million, justbehind Brad Pitt’sMoneyball, whichwas No. 2 in its sec-ond weekend.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Russell Brand to be first guest onRosie O’Donnell’s new Oprah Winfrey Network talk show.
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Kutcher and Mooreseeking marital help
Things could get awkwardon the American Reunionset if the subject of pay-checks ever comes up, asproducers reportedlysnagged a return appear-ance by Tara Reid for muchless than other cast mem-bers.
Reid signed on with thepicture — a sequel to the
1999 film American Pie —for a reported $250,000,according to the Holly-wood Reporter, while co-stars Jason Biggs andSeann William Scott eachgot $5 million and a shareof grosses. And How I MetYour Mother star AlysonHannigan earned a report-ed $3 million. METRO
Cowell admitsshow biz getsin way of hisrelationshipsNOT ON THE OUTS SimonCowell admits that withthe X-Factor taking upso much of his time, hislove life — and impend-ing nuptials — have totake a back seat.
“It has probably beenthe busiest year I’veever had. Making thechoice to get married issomething you justhave to decide whenthe time is right,” Cow-ell says, according toHollyscoop.
And his rep is quickto dash rumorsthat CowellandfiancéeMez-hganHussainyare onthe outs.
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Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore
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Rumours continue to swirl about impending split and Ashton’s infidelityAshton Kutcher and DemiMoore have reportedlybeen working all summerto save their relationship,though it appears the ef-forts were in vain.
“(Demi) and Ashton hadbeen receiving counselingfrom Kabbalah over thesummer to try to fix theirmarriage,” a source tellsEntertainment Tonight,adding that the couplehave been living apart forsome time.
Moore is said to be “sad,hurt and embarrassed” byKutcher’s latest cheatingscandals and rumors aboutan impending split.
She’s likely also trou-bled by the fact thatKutcher is no longer fol-lowing her on Twitter.
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George Clooney is rushingto ex-girlfriend ElisabettaCanalis’ defence after anarticle in Us Weeklyclaimed she’d sent angrytext messages to Clooneyand his current girlfriend,Stacy Keibler.
“I never comment onmy personal life unless itaffects others, and this lie
affects others,” Clooneysaid in a statement to themagazine. “Since I wouldbe the only actual witness,I ask you to correct yourstory immediately, butthat would assume youcared at all about tellingthe truth.” METRO
Clooney defends ex-girlfriend“I ask you tocorrect your storyimmediately.”GEORGE CLOONEY
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3life
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Recipes for
happy guestsYou cooked a roast and cheesy bread then it hits you — one guest is a vegetarian and
another is gluten intolerant Food blogger Beatice Peltre shares ideas for all dinner guests
Preparation:
1 Heat the stock and setaside. Melt the butter ina large casserole. Addthe olive oil and when
warm, add the thyme,leek and shallot. Softenon low heat for a fewminutes, stirringoccasionally.
2 Add the garlic andlemon zest and cook forone minute. Increasethe heat and add therice. Coat well for 1minute before addingthe Vermouth. Cook un-til absorbed, while stir-ring. Add 1 cup of brothat a time, and wait untilit is absorbed beforeadding more. When youhave only 1/2 cup ofstock left, add the peasand stock and continueto cook until the rice isal dente.
3 Stir in the cheese, creamand herbs and stir. Stopthe heat, cover andleave to rest for 2 min-utes. Squeeze lemonjuice on top and stiragain. Serve drizzledwith olive oil.
Preparation:
1 In a large pot, heat twotablespoons of olive oilover medium heat.When warm, add theonion, leek, thyme andcoriander. Cook for 3minutes until the onionand leek are soft.
2 Add the garlic and cook1 more minute. Add thesun dried tomato pasteand tomato and cook for2 minutes. Add the restof the vegetables, bayleaf, sugar and water.Season with salt andpepper, bring to a sim-mer and cover. Cook for
20 minutes. Discard the bay leaf and thyme.Transfer the soup to the bowl of a foodprocessor and purée until smooth.
3 For the garnish, in a frying pan heat 1 table-spoon of olive oil overmedium heat. Whenwarm add the squashand season with salt and pepper. Cook 5-6minutes until tender.Serve the soup in largebowls and top with thecrème fraiche, squash,cheese, parsley and truf-fle oil.
Ingredients:• 5 cups vegetable stock• 1.5 tbsp unsalted butter• 2 tbsp olive oil (more toserve)• 1 twig lemon thyme• 1 leek, white part only,finely chopped• 1 shallot, finely chopped• 1 garlic clove, peeled andfinely diced• Zest of 1 lemon• 1.5 cup Carnaroli rice • 1/4 cup Vermouth or drywhite wine• 5 1/2 cups vegetable broth• 2 cups shelled green peasfresh or frozen• 1/2 cup Parmesan• 2 tbsp crème fraiche• 10 basil leaves, chopped• 1 tbsp parsley, chopped• To serve, squeeze of lemonjuice
Ingredients:• Olive oil • ¼ chopped red onion • 1 leek (white part only)chopped
• 2 twigs of thyme • 1 tsp ground coriander • 2 garlic cloves, minced • 1 tsp sun dried tomatopaste • 1 tomato, peeled, cored,
seeded and diced • 1 large sweet potato andparsnip, peeled and diced • 2 small turnips andcarrots, peeled and diced • 14 oz (400 g) peeled and
diced red kuri squash• 1 bay leaf• 1 tbsp sugar• 5 cups cold water
Garnish:
• crème fraiche • ½ cup finely diced red kurisquash • crumbled soft goat cheesefresh parsley • white truffle oil
Vegetarian. Pea risotto with basil and lemon
Gluten intolerant. Root vegetable soup with truffle oil
Father
death rates
Fatherhood may be akick in the oldtestosterone, but it mayalso help keep a manalive. New research sug-gests that dads are a lit-tle less likely to die ofheart-related problemsthan childless men are.
The study — by theAARP, the U.S. govern-ment and severaluniversities — is thelargest ever on malefertility and mortality,involving nearly138,000 men.
Although a studylike this can’t prove thatfatherhood and mortal-ity are related, there areplenty of reasons tothink they might be,several heart diseaseexperts said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parenting advice book fromteen perspective emphasizes
open dialogue with kids.
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While some stress may ac-tually prevent cancer, toomuch may overtax the im-mune system and other de-fense mechanisms andmay help trigger the cas-cade of cellular events thatleads to cancer.
One theory is that whenthe body tries to cope withstress, signaling pathwaysare turned on, some ofwhich may be linked withcancer.
Another type of stress— oxidative stress or thebody’s inability to metabo-lize oxygen for generatingenergy — may also con-tribute to cancer risks.
Developing ways to pre-vent this stress is a hottopic among cancer re-searchers.
What we know so far is
that several factors con-tribute to oxidative stressand cell damage, includingenvironmental pollutants,
hydrogenated fats and cig-arette smoke. Try to avoidthese and stick to antioxi-dant-rich foods (thinkberries, broccoli, toma-toes, garlic and green tea).
To help deal with emo-tional stress, women cop-
ing with breast cancer cantake advantage of the freeHealing Journey program,developed by Dr. AllistairCunningham, a clinicalpsychologist, and offeredat various Wellspring can-cer support sites.
The aim of the programis to listen to each woman,help her articulate hermain concerns and providestrategies for her and herfamily to gain some mas-tery over their situation,says Cunningham.
Managing stress can keep you healthyToo much stress may help trigger
events that lead to cancer Butyou can take control with these tips
Mental health
Use mental exercises, suchas meditation, imagery orvisualization, to help quietthe mind and interruptnegative thoughtpatterns.
“With a diagnosis of cancer,the single main cause ofstress is not the disease it-self. It’s our thoughts aboutit,” says Cunningham. “Weget this stream of dreadfulcatastrophic thoughtsabout dying and about suf-fering, and that drags peo-ple down.”
Tips for stress
Dr. Cunningham offers upsome general stress man-agement techniques.
Be physically active. Thisnot only relieves stress,but also can help preventbreast cancer recurrence.Learn relaxationtechniques. Relaxing yourbody, one muscle group ata time, calms the mind. Doexercises like yoga and TaiChi to relax yourself.Express emotions. Thiscould mean talking withanother person or a groupof people. The Wellspringprogram offers supportgroups with a leader soeach woman gets a chanceto tell her story. Start a journal. Writingdown your thoughts andemotions can help yousort them out and betterdeal with them.
Try meditation or visualization techniques to quiet the mind and interrupt negative thoughts.
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October marks Breast
Cancer Awareness Month
Breast cancer doesn’t just touch women diagnosed with this illness; it also impacts their partners, chil-dren, other family members, close friends and wider communities. The good news is that the breastcancer death rate has fallen by more than 30 per cent since 1986 and is currently the lowest it has beensince 1950. And Canadian scientists continue to make headway in areas of prevention, diagnosis, treat-ment and management of this disease. Pauline Anderson looks at what’s here and what’s coming.
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Digital mammographyThis technology,which records X-rayimages that can thenbe viewed on a moni-tor, is quickly replac-ing standard analogfilm systems.
“You can sharpenthe image, adjust thecontrast andbrightness, calculatethings from the image,and send the image toa doctor in another lo-cation via theInternet,” says MartinYaffe, a physicist andsenior scientist at Sun-nybrook HealthScience Centre inToronto and a profes-sor of medicalbiophysics at the Uni-versity of Toronto.
“It’s a better pictureand it’s easier to see acancer if it’s there, andit’s also easier to tell ifthere’s no cancer.“
A recentinternational trial thatincluded Sunnybrookfound that digitalmammographydetects tumors moreaccurately than stan-dard mammographyin younger womenand those with densebreasts.
Digital mammogra-phy is probably 30 percent more accurate atfinding cancers inthese women, saysYaffe.
Breast MRI (MagneticResolution Imaging)Sunnybrook is alsoevaluating MRIscanners that areequipped to imagebreasts in women atvery high risk forbreast cancer — theyeither have a strongfamily history or carryone of the two geneticmutations known tocause this disease.
These women repre-sent less than one percent but they have atleast a 25 per cent life-time risk of developingbreast cancer. “BreastMRI imaging is substa-ntially better than stan-dard mammographyand is at least 80 to 90per cent accurate,” saysYaffe.
TomosynthesisThis new 3D digitalmammographymachine is still at thetesting stage.
The breast itself isthree-dimensional, butregular mammographyimages of the breastare flat, “so all that in-formation is kind ofsquashed down,” saysYaffe.
The 3D imageallows experts toobserve slices of thebreast in sequence,like flipping through abook, page by page.“We call it a movieloop and you’re justlooking at it slice byslice, very quickly,”says Yaffe. Results ofthe study should beavailable in a year.
Diagnostic probeResearchers in Hamil-ton, Ont., are evaluat-ing a new probe thatwhen injected intobreast cancer patientsquickly gets picked upby cancer cells and “litup” by a PET (positronemission topography)scanner.
Unlike a biopsy,which involves takinga small tissue sample,this new techniqueshows the entire tum-our. The real-time im-ages could be useful todetermine — early on— whether a tumouris responding to treat-ment. And if it’s notworking, doctors maydecide to change drugsor recommend surgeryat an earlier point.
Molecular imagingEven further down theroad is an excitingnew technology thatdepicts suspiciouschanges in the breastat the molecular level.
“It’s almost like the cancer has afingerprint or a signa-ture,” says Yaffe. “Instead of just look-ing for a mass or lumpin the breast with imaging, we’re look-ing at actual molecu-lar signatures that tellyou that somethinghas changed at themolecular level.”
This approach is“much earlier alongthe pathway,” saysYaffe, adding it mighttake five or 10 years tobecome available.
Technology is getting better at diagnosing — and treating — breast cancer.
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Catching cancer with high-tech tools
Low dose radiationNew mammographymachines, that use halfthe radiation and pro-duce better quality im-ages than standardmachines, are now inuse in parts of thecountry.
The systemeliminates the “dead”pixels found with othertypes of digital systemsthat can make the de-tection of cancer moredifficult. Images withthese new machinesare delivered with aresolution that is up tofour times higher thanthe resolution of otherdigital systems. Higherresolution images aidin the detection of ear-ly changes in the breasttissue.
Several new developments in mammography and other cancer detection technologies are helping to findbreast cancer earlier And there’s more in the pipeline Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s coming
New treatments
Scientists are developing
strategies for drug
treatments that are more
effective.
SERMS (Selective Estrogen
Receptor Modulators):
A new study found thattreatment with tamoxifencut annual breast-cancermortality by 30 per cent.
Exemestane: TheAromatase inhibitor signif-icantly reduces the risk ofbreast cancer in somehigh-risk women, accord-ing to a landmark Canadi-an-led prevention trial.
Look Good Feel Better is aprogram dedicated to im-proving the self-esteemand quality of life ofwomen undergoing treat-ment for cancer.
At the heart of LookGood Feel Better is a free,two-hour hands-on work-shop in which womenwhose appearance has beenaffected by cancer can feelmore like themselves again.
Guided by expertsthrough the program’s Sig-nature Steps, women mas-
ter simple cosmetic tech-niques, explore hair alter-natives and learn aboutcosmetic hygiene, nail andskin care.
Participants also takehome a complimentary kitof cosmetics and personalcare products that are do-nated by the member com-panies of the CanadianCosmetic, Toiletry and Fra-grance Association.
For information or tofind a workshop near youvisit lgfb.ca.
Looking good! Bare breast stats
Get the stats on breast cancer:
An estimated 23,200 women in Canada were diagnosedwith breast cancer in 2010 (an increase of 500 from 2009)and 5,300 died from the disease.
On average, 445 Canadian women are diagnosed withbreast cancer every week.
One in nine (or 11 per cent) Canadian women are expectedto develop breast cancer during their lifetime (by age 90).
Breast cancer also affects men; in 2010, an estimated 180Canadian men were diagnosed with breast cancer and 50died from the disease.
At present, the five-year survival rate for female breastcancer in Canada is 87 per cent (84 per cent for men),which means that women diagnosed with breast cancerhave an 87 per cent likelihood of living for five years aftertheir diagnosis.
Breast cancer death rates have declined in every age groupsince the mid-1990s.
Of the women who undergo mammography screening,about five per cent are invited for a return visit; of these, 90 per cent are given a clean bill of health and 10 per centundergo further investigations.
An average of one in 2,500 woman investigated will under-go surgery for breast cancer.
About 88 per cent of possible cases are detected bymammography.
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When it comes to beatingbreast cancer through diet,there’s emerging researchshowing the possible can-cer-fighting abilities offoods that contain plantcompounds.
It appears that thesechemical substances, suchas polyphenols, might in-hibit cell cycles, reduce cellproliferation or induceapoptosis (cell death). Foodsrich in polyphenols includeunrefined fruits and vegeta-bles (anything brightlycoloured) as well as wholegrains and legumes.
Experts are concerned,though, that foods such as
flaxseed, soy and soybyproducts like tofu thatcontain phytoestrogensmay cause estrogenic stim-ulation, which is linked tobreast cancer.
However, women at av-erage risk of breast cancershouldn’t worry if they eatmoderate amounts ofthese foods. After all, Asianwomen, whose diet is rela-tively rich in soy, have alower breast cancer risk.
A high-fat diet may alsobe linked to breast cancer.In a five-year study ofwomen recovering frombreast cancer, of those fol-lowing a low-fat diet, 9.8
per cent saw a recurrenceof breast cancer. Of thosewho didn’t change their di-et, 12.4 per cent saw a re-currance.
Vitamin D is being stud-ied as a possible dietary toolto prevent breast cancer. Arecent meta analysis sug-gested that by increasing
your daily dose of vitaminD, you could cut your breastcancer risk by half. Otherresearch implicates lack ofsunlight in breast cancers.
Eating to beat breast cancerIn addition to self-examination
and screening, experts agree thatyou can make lifestyle choices toreduce your risks of breast cancer
Brightly coloured fruits and vegetables indicate the presence of lots of polyphenols.
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Weight control
Another dietary approachto preventing breast cancer is controlling yourweight as you get older.
After menopause, obesewomen have 1.5 times therisk of breast cancer.If you’re overweight, loseweight through a low-calo-rie diet and exercise. Evena weight loss of five to 10per cent of total weightcan provide benefits.
One of your best bets tobeat the odds of develop-ing breast cancer is to bephysically active.
A 2006 study foundthat exercise loweredbreast cancer risk by 12per cent, even taking intoaccount other breast can-cer risk factors such asage and family history.
Experts suggest aimingfor 30 minutes of moder-
ate physical activity fivetimes a week.
“Dose” of physical ac-tivity could play an impor-tant role, too. Researchersin Albertaare lookingat whether ahigh volume(300 minutesper week) ofaerobic ex-ercise has
any benefit overa moderate vol-ume (150 min-utes per week)
over the course
of one year.And women who have
already been diagnosedwith breast cancer canreap the benefits of beingphysically active. Regular-ly walking or liftingweights reduces nauseaduring treatments, keepsmuscles from wasting,helps control weight, andboosts energy levels andself-esteem.
Fight the odds with an active lifestyle
A few thoughts
About a year ago, Metro’sJodi Brown was diagnosedwith breast cancer.
Visit metronews.ca/jodis-story to read about her experience from diagnosisto post-treatment.
“I’m eight weeks aftertreatment and odds arevery, very good that I’mforever breast cancer free.But, if you are just startingthis journey, here are fiverandom insights,” saysBrown.
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While many Canadianshave switched to environ-mentally preferred trans-portation alternatives andare drinking from eco-friendly water canteens,Canadian families andbusinesses should also beconsidering the environ-mental implications oftheir everyday behaviourswithin their homes and of-fices. Something as smallas a thermostat can have anegative environmentalimpact if it is not disposedof properly due to thehighly toxic levels of mer-cury contained withinsome of these units.
Mercury is a potent andhazardous neurotoxin,which is dangerous to the
health of people andwildlife. Older mechanicalthermostats can have oneto four mercury switches,each containing approxi-mately 2.5 grams of mer-cury. Just one gram ofmercury is enough to con-taminate an eight-hectarelake to the point wherethe fish in that lake areinedible for one full year.
A mercury-containingthermostat is not a directthreat to your health andsafety as long as the glasshousing for the mercuryswitch is intact. The risk tothe environment and hu-man health comes whenend-of-life mercury ther-mostats are not disposedof responsibly. If an old
thermostat is thrown outwith regular household orbusiness waste, the mercu-ry ends up in landfill andcontaminates our soil wa-ter.
In order to prevent mer-cury-containing thermo-stats from causing distressto the environment, the
Heating, Refrigeration andAir Conditioning Instituteof Canada (HRAI) has de-veloped a thermostat re-covery program calledSwitch the ‘Stat to encour-age Canadians to replacetheir old thermostats withenergy-efficient, program-mable units to help reduce
energy consumption andgreenhouse gas emissions,while ensuring that theirold devices do not end upin landfills. Together withtheir network of registeredcontractors and whole-salers, HRAI ensures thatold thermostats are prop-erly disposed of to keep
mercury from leaking intoour environment.
Since the program’s in-ception in 2006, Switchthe ‘Stat has recoveredmore than 45,000 mercu-ry-containing thermostats,which contained over71,000 mercury switches.
The mercury reclaimedto date would have beenmore than enough to con-taminate all the fish insome of Canada’s favouritelakes. NEWS CANADA
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Changing your thermostat is a small move that can have big implications on your future
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Canadians are changing theirthermostats after toxic level of mercury discovered Find out why
I like to eat tuna but I know it contains mercury. Is there tuna with low levels of mercury? Christine of Edmonton
There issuch a thingas low-mer-cury tuna —albacore.
This is the best choice,allowing you to maxi-mize the health benefitsof high omega-3 fats, yetminimize contaminantslike mercury and reduceunnecessary bycatch.Choose the most sustain-ably harvested type,caught by troll/pole fromCanadian and U.S. Pacificwaters.
It’s available year-round fresh, frozen,canned, or smoked.
Albacore tuna is low infat, high in protein, withnot only an abundance ofheart healthy omega-3fatty acids but antioxi-dant rich selenium, too.It’s low in mercury andother pollutants because
the fish are caught at ayoung age, before theyaccumulate high levels oftoxins.
The Environmental De-fense Fund websiteedf.org says we can safelyeat up to four servings amonth of albacore tuna.
Steer clear of bluefintuna.
This species is large,
fast, and tasty, but rare,like endangered speciesrare. Because Atlanticbluefin often sells formore than a thousanddollars a kilogram, it’s be-ing pushed ever closer tothe brink of extinction.
So, don’t be that guy.There are many more
healthy and sustainableseafood options.
Visit SeaChoice.org,Canada’s most compre-hensive sustainableseafood program todownload a printableseafood guide, or gettheir free app at theiTunes store.
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Preparation:
1 Cut dried mushroomsinto pieces; place inheat-safe bowl. Pourboiling water overmushrooms; set aside.
2 In saucepan over medi-um heat, melt 45 ml (3
tbsp) butter. Add onionsand cook until wellbrowned, stirring regu-larly, 15 mins. If onionsbegin to brown too fast,add water. When onionsare browned, add wineand stir to deglaze pan.Add leeks, shallots, gar-lic, thyme, rosemary and30 ml (2 tbsp) butter.
3 Increase heat tomedium-high and cookuntil leeks tender, 8mins. Add flour; stir tocoat. Pour in broths, stir and bring to boil.
Classic and perfect for fallTake traditional onion soup and add mushrooms for an earthy twist
Ingredients:• 1 pkg (60 g/2 oz) driedporcini mushrooms• 250 ml (1 cup) boiling wa-ter• 75 ml (5 tbsp) butter• 3 sweet onions, sliced• 50 ml (1/4 cup) whitewine • 2 leeks, white parts only,cleaned and sliced• 2 shallots, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced• 30 ml (2 tbsp) eachchopped thyme, rosemary• 45 ml (3 tbsp) all-purposeflour• 500 ml (2 cups) each chick-en and beef broth• Salt and black pepper• 4 slices stale crusty bread• 4 slices fontina cheese• Chopped fresh chives
This recipe makes four servings.
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Add steepedmushrooms, reduceheat to simmer for 10mins. Add salt, pepper.
4 Heat broiler. Ladle soupinto 4 oven-safe crocks.Top each with slice of
bread and cheese.Arrange crocks on arimmed baking sheet,place under broiler andcook until cheese meltsand begins to brown, 2mins. Serve with chives.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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‘The best way to heal is to reach out’Ellen Campbell doing her best to help abuse victims
When Ellen Campbell ishappy, her smile can lightup an entire room. Notmany know about the darkdays she has gone throughbecause of the sexualabuse she suffered as achild.
As she careenedthrough adulthood shewas always chased by de-pression. She became sui-cidal and ended up in ahospital psychiatric ward.
“I wanted to kill myselfand I didn’t know why. As Iwas lining up for my pills Iknew that if I didn’t fight
back it wouldend badly. Itwas a turningpoint in mylife and I real-ized I neededhelp.”
She found-ed the Cana-
dian Centre for AbuseAwareness in 1993 and to-
day with the help of sup-porters like John Derringerand Q107 radio, they helpover 200,000 women, menand children a year.
“Society is finally recog-nizing the damage thatabuse causes. The best wayto heal is to reach out forhelp.”
October is Child AbuseAwareness month.
We salute you EllenCampbell, and all theamazing people that workto protect men, womenand children and bringawareness to this issue.
TURNING
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Ellen Campbell is the founder of the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness.
SUBMITTED
Who says science and research can’t be fun?Male beetles found making love to beer bottles
An Australian jewel beetle is seen on a beer bottle.
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A paper on beer bottle-mating beetles was thetoast of the Ig NobelPrizes, which honour re-search tickling both thebrain and the funny bone.
Research co-authoredby University of Torontoprofessor Darryl Gwynneand his Australian col-league David Rentz wasthe winner in the biologycategory. The awards cere-mony was held at HarvardUniversity on Thursday.
A parody of the NobelPrizes, the Ig Nobel Prizesare handed out annuallyby the scientific humourmagazine Annals of Im-probable Research. Theawards are “intended to
celebrate the unusual,(and) honour the imagina-tive” while generatingpublic interest in science,medicine and technology.
Gwynne and Rentzwere honoured for their1983 paper Beetles on theBottle: Male BuprestidsMistake Stubbies for Fe-males. Gwynne joined U ofT’s Mississauga campus in1987 and conducted hisresearch as a post-doctoralfellow at the University ofWestern Australia in Ned-lands.
While carrying out fieldwork and walking along adirt road in Western Aus-tralia, Gwynne and Rentzobserved male Australian
jewel beetles trying tocrawl atop or along theside of scattered brownbeer bottles, or “stubbies.”
Gwynne said the stub-bies resemble a “super fe-male” jewel beetle inshape and hue, big and or-angey-brown in colour.
The bottles also feature aslightly dimpled surfacenear the bottom — aimedat preventing the bottlefrom slipping out of one’sgrasp — that reflects lightin much the same way asfemale wing covers. Thebeetles’ longing for loving
was so strong that theyfried to death under thehot sun trying to matewith the bottles and ig-nored the females. Theywere eaten by hungry antsor had to be removed bythe researchers. THE CANADIAN PRESS
University of Toronto
professor Darryl Gwynne
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MMA fans packLCC card MMA. More than 700 peo-ple were at the LondonConvention Centre onSaturday for theShowdown in the Down-town IKF World Champi-onship. London’s BradFowler won a 12-roundunanimous decision overMike Morello in the SuperWelterweight match.Shannon (The Cannon)Hudson beat defending
champion MuzammalNawaz in the World Mid-dleweight bout. METRO
Roethlisbergerhurts foot inSteelers’ defeatNFL. Pittsburghquarterback Ben Roethlis-berger has an injured leftfoot and was wearing awalking boot when he leftthe stadium after yester-day’s 17-10 loss to theHouston Texans.
Roethlisberger had anX-ray after the game, butsays he didn't know theresults. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sports in brief
Tigers beat Yanks, elementsDetroit closer Jose Valverdeheld off a furious New Yorkninth-inning rally and theTigers avoided a major slip-up, beating the Yankees 5-3on a rainy evening lastnight to even their best-of-five AL playoff series at onegame apiece.
Down 5-1, the Yankeesscored twice in the ninth.New York got a chance towin it when Detroit catcherAlex Avila lost his footingon the slick on-deck circlewhile chasing a foul thatwould’ve been the final out.
“It’s a little hard. That’swhat happens sometimes,”Valverde said.
After his popup landeduntouched, Curtis Grander-son drew a walk. With twoouts and two on, RobinsonCano came to the plate.
Cano, who hit a grandslam and had six RBIs asNew York won the opener,hit a routine groundball toend it.
“All of a sudden, againstanybody — but particularlyagainst a team like themwith the short porch inright field — it was not agood feeling,” Tigers man-ager Jim Leyland said. “Butit worked out OK.”
Tigers starter MaxScherzer pitched no-hit ballinto the sixth before Canoblooped an opposite-fieldsingle to left.
Miguel Cabrera’s two-run homer in the first offFreddy Garcia gave Scherz-er an early edge, and theTigers took a 4-0 lead intothe eighth.
Granderson hit a solo
shot off Tigers relieverJoaquin Benoit in theeighth. Pretty soon, the rain— and all the drama —filled Yankee Stadium.
Game 3 is tonight at De-troit. In an ace rematch, CCSabathia is scheduled tostart for the Yankeesagainst Justin Verlander.The all-stars faced each oth-er in the series opener Fri-day night, but the gamewas suspended after only 11⁄2 innings because of rain.
The Yankees lost three offour this year at Detroit andare 22-25 at Comerica Parksince it opened in 2000. It’sone of two AL stadiumswhere New York has a los-ing record.
The Tigers fly home witha chance to take control ofthe series, just as they didin 2006 when they lost theopener in New York beforesweeping three-straight.
Yankees manager Joe Gi-rardi rested late-game re-lievers Rafael Soriano andDave Robertson, and De-troit made it 5-1 in theninth on Don Kelly’s RBIsingle. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Detroit’s Jose Valverde celebrates the final out in Game 2
of the AL division series against the Yankees yesterday.
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Detroit holds on to even ALDS asskies open up at Yankee Stadium
TIGERS YANKEES
5 3
National League Jonathan Lucroy drove in
the go-ahead run with a
squeeze and the Milwau-
kee Brewers broke away
from the Arizona Diamond-
backs 9-4 yesterday to take
a 2-0 lead in their NL divi-
sion series.
Ryan Braun, pictured, hit atwo-run homer and slugger
Prince Fielder added an RBIsingle for Milwaukee.The Brewers now hold a 2-0lead in a playoff series forthe first time in franchisehistory. Game 3 istomorrow at Arizona. Mil-waukee will go for a sweepwhen Shaun Marcum takeson rookie Josh Collmenter.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Matthew Stafford saw hisdefence start wiping out a24-point deficit with inter-ceptions returned fortouchdowns midwaythrough the third quarter,then he and Calvin Johnsontook over from there, lead-ing the Detroit Lions to astunning 34-30 victory overthe Dallas Cowboys yester-day in Arlington, Texas.
A week after turning a20-point halftime deficit in-to an overtime win, the Li-ons provided further proofthey’re a legitimate con-
tender this season.Detroit is 4-0 and has
won an NFL-best eight-straight games. This alsowas its team-record fifth-straight road win, avenginga loss here last Novemberthat was its NFL-record 26thstraight road loss.
Tony Romo and the Cow-boys (2-2) continued toshow no lead is safe forthem. They also blew a 14-point fourth-quarter leadfor the first time in fran-chise history in the opener.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lions kings of late comebacks
Detroit receiver Calvin
Johnson makes a two-yard
touchdown reception
yesterday.
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anything likethat from the
guys. They werestill making the
big hits at theend and somereal positives
came out of thetournament for
us.”CANADA’S COACH KIERAN
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LOSS COUPLED WITHUNDERDOG TONGA’S WIN
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