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Halifax regional council voteddown a motion last night to pub-licly discuss the Remembrance Dayeviction of Occupy Nova Scotia pro-testers because of legal issues.

Coun. Debbie Hum asked coun-cil to discuss Occupy Nova Scotia aspart of the public agenda, a motionthat came two hours after shemade a similar motion during aclosed, in-camera session. MayorPeter Kelly and the city’s solicitor,Mary Ellen Donovan, ruled thatwas out of order.

“The advice that has consis-tently come from this office is thatwe would never recommend thediscussion of matters before thecourts in a public forum,” saidDonovan.

The motion was defeated 16-8. “I won’t say they made the

wrong (decision),” said Hum, whowas seeking an explanation on thetiming of the diffusion of OccupyNova Scotia’s Victoria Park camp.“I just think ... there’s not an oppor-tunity to speak to it.”

Later, Kelly cut off Coun. Jen-nifer Watts as she tried to apolo-

gize for her personal role in coun-cil’s actions. Watts also tried torequest a staff report on the evic-tion, but Kelly referred her toDonovan.

Hum said some councillors havediscussed seeking their own legalrepresentation to assist with rulesof order.

“Sometimes we feel stifled bythe solicitor’s recommendations....They’re there to support HRM, butwho’s there to support the pub-lic?”

Supporters of Occupy Nova Sco-tia, who gathered outside, were dis-appointed by council’s decision.

“I voted those people in, and Ithink it’s their responsibility to beaccountable to me,” said LauraNeals, 24.

Police were scattered through-out city hall last night, includingone officer in a room where over-flow visitors watched council pro-ceedings from a television. AfterHum’s motion was defeated, threepeople in the room donned blackgags and stood facing that officerin an act of protest. ADRIAN LEE

Silence oneviction

Council can’t discuss Occupy Nova Scotiamatters that are before courts: City lawyer

Members of the Occupy Nova Scotia movement wear scarves over their mouths

at city hall last night to protest HRM council’s refusal to give a public explanation

about the eviction of protesters from Victoria Park on Remembrance Day.

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The concessions beingasked of workers at theBowater Mersey papermill in Brooklyn are be-tween the union and man-agement, Premier DarrellDexter says.

At the legislature yes-terday, Dexter refused towade into those waters,saying he won’t step be-tween the workers andmanagement.

“That’s between themand their employees and,of course, I’m going to letthat process play out.

“In my view, this is avery difficult position, andit’s very, very hard on theemployees. But we need toallow them the opportuni-ty to think about what’sbeing asked of them andto come to their own con-clusions about that.”

Workers were toldMonday that the mill own-er has demanded the

union shed 80 full-timepositions and 30 part-timepositions. In addition, theunion would have to swal-low substantial alterationsto the last collectiveagreement.

Even then, ResoluteForest Products (formerlyAbitibi) offered no guaran-tee the mill would remainopen.

Courtney Wentzell,president of Communica-tions, Energy and Paper-workers Local 141, saidthe ultimatum amounts toa “complete dismantling”of their collective agree-ment, one that would seta dangerous precedent.

“Nobody has come out

and said how unfair thisis, to force 228 people todecide the fate of themill, the community andcollective bargaining inthis province,” Wentzellsaid.

He fears that “gutting”the collective agreementto potentially save the

mill could damage labourrelations in other sectorsof the province.

The union will vote onthe proposal today.Wentzell said he could notpredict how his memberswill vote. WITH FILES FROMTHE CANADIAN PRESS

Dexter sidesteps Bowater-union talks

Premier Darrell Dexter acknowledges that the cuts being sought by Bowater Mersey are “very, very hard on the employees,” but says he is “going to let that process play out.”

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Union is asked to slash 120 positions with no guarantee thecuts will keep the mill running

Neighbour heard ‘bang, bang, boom’ in victim’s flatTwo neighbours heardloud noises coming fromthe apartment wereRobert Douglas Payne wasfound dead in 2010, courtheard yesterday.

Michael Rae Ells, 30, ofHalifax, is charged withsecond-degree murder inthe death of Payne, 48, hisformer roommate, intheir apartment on Fox-

wood Terrace on Feb. 23,2010.

In the second day of thetrial, neighbour ElaineCrawford testified sheheard a “bang, bang,boom” coming from theapartment directly aboveher between 11 p.m. andmidnight.

Linda Glister, who livedin the adjacent apart-

ment, said she, too, heardnoise coming from theapartment.

Glister said she heardwhat sounded like guysbeing “rough-and-tumble”or wrestling while she wasin her bedroom, whichshared a wall with Ells’and Payne’s apartment.

It is alleged that Ellsstabbed Payne in the

chest. Payne was pro-nounced dead at the hos-pital.

Glister said Payne hadbeen living with Ells fortwo or three months atthe time of the murder.

She also said Payne hadhealth problems and wasinjecting medication todeal with chronic pain.

Also yesterday, the sec-

ond 911 call that wasmade from the apartmentat 1:33 a.m. was played forthe court. The first callwas said to be a misdial.

The 911 operator saidthe caller’s name wasMichael, but she did notask his last name. Thetelephone number wasregistered to MichaelBrown. HEATHER GILLIS

“We have really nochoice but toaccept that.… Theyhave to compete,not only amongthe mills inBowater, becausethey competeinternally forinvestment, butthey also compete,of course,externally with allthe other mills.”PREMIER DARRELL DEXTER

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In August, Coun. SteveStreatch noticed his lymphnodes had swollen up, andfelt a bump on his neck. Hewaited about a week beforegoing to see his family doc-tor, hoping it was some-thing other than thediagnosis: cancer of thehead and neck.

“My first reaction wasone of denial. You like tothink it’s something else,”said Streatch, who has beenthe councillor for EasternShore-Musquodoboit Har-bour for 13 years. “But atthe end of the day, with thesupport of my family andclose circle of friends, I amnow resigned to fightingthis battle, and I feel quiteoptimistic about the next

few months.”Streatch, a 49-year-old

grandfather and father offive, has already beguntreatment, withchemotherapy last weekand radiation treatmentstarting yesterday. He saidbecause those treatmentswill leave him more suscep-

tible to infection, doctorshave told him to limit con-tact with others in the com-ing weeks.

“It sucks, I tell you,” hesaid. “But the fact of thematter is, I really have beenimpressed by the medicalteam and I have great faithin their abilities.”

Streatch, who still plansto seek his fifth term innext October’s election,said that he will take med-ical leave from council ifnecessary, and plans toscale back his public en-gagements in the next twoto three months. However,he promises to remain oncouncil as long as he iscomfortable.

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Coun. battling cancer

Coun. Steve Streatch listens to a colleague during

last night’s council meeting.

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Steve Streatch diagnosed last month with cancer of head and neck During eight-week treatment, constituency office will remain open

Can’t keepSmiths awayIt was going to be a shorttrip for the man in the longjacket, but Kevin Smith iscoming back to Halifax.

Halifax fans thought theNov. 7 show was the lastthey’d see of the filmmakerand actor for a while, butcome December, Jay andSilent Bob will strike backin Halifax after last week’ssold-out appearance.

On Nov. 7, Smith and Ja-son Mewes recorded theirchart-topping podcast Jay &Silent Bob Get Old atCitadel High School’s SpatzTheatre. The next day, onhis Twitter feed, Smithwrote, “Last night’s Halifaxshow was an instant top 10favourite for me. I love you,Nova Scotia!”

Smith and Mewes’ re-turn to Halifax will be the final stop of their five-

city Canada tour. They’ll return to the Spatz Theatreon Dec. 12.

Local singer-songwriterMeaghan Smith also an-nounced yesterday she willperform in Halifax nextmonth.

Smith, who started hermusical career in Halifax,was named the best newartist at last year’s JunoAwards. Her performanceon Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. at St.Matthew’s Church will bethe tenth and final stop onher cross-Canada tour.

Blaze destroysresort’smainlodge Police say the cause of aspectacular fire thatdestroyed a popular beachresort in Nova Scotia doesnot appear to besuspicious.

RCMP say police investigators and the firemarshal’s office have bothexamined the charred re-mains of White PointBeach Resort nearLiverpool.

While the precise causeof the fire remains unde-termined, officials say theblaze began in thebasement.

The fire Saturday afternoon in the 82-year-old resort’s main lodge de-stroyed the woodenstructure.

Owner Robert Risleyhas said he’ll rebuild.

Roughly 100 full- and part-time employeesare affected by the closure.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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HRM staff toget an E-PassSMART TRIP. HalifaxRegional Council got onthe E-Pass bus last night,approving a pilot projectthat will allow the city’semployers to offer a year-long Metro Transit passfor a discounted rate.

The Smart Trip E-Passwould cost participatingemployees $630, for asavings of $210. The em-ployer would then makeup the difference toHRM.

According to a staff re-port, the project, whichwill operate on a trial ba-sis with 750 passesinitially available, wouldbe considered a success ifit increased transit rider-ship by 75 riders.

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Bill aims tounite fisheriesREGISTRY. Proposed legis-lation from theprovincial governmentaims to make it easier forfishermen to organize.

Fisheries Minister Ster-ling Belliveau introducedlegislation yesterday thatwould create animproved registry forfisheries organizationsacross Nova Scotia’s sixregional jurisdictions.

Through the registry,the government wouldenforce the payment ofdues to address the issueof “freeloaders,” accord-ing to Belliveau.

ALEX BOUTILIER

Lots of bulletholes but no injuriesRIDDLED. Police are inves-tigating after a residenceon Cavendish Road inHalifax was hit with sev-eral bullet holes.

Police said there werereports of shots beingfired on Monday night.Then yesterday, policesaid a citizen waswalking in the area andnoticed a bullet on theroad. Police identified anearby building with bul-let holes in the windowand in the side of thebuilding. The residentwas home at the time butdidn’t hear anything. Noone was injured.

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Nova Scotia has some ofthe cleanest tap water inthe entire country, accord-ing to a report card fromEcojustice, a national non-profit drinking-water chari-ty.

The province receivedan A- score for its provin-cial drinking-water strate-gy, which wasimplemented in 2002, andits strong water-testing andtreatment requirements.

“The vast majority of No-va Scotia’s drinking-watersources are protected,” saidRandy Christensen, Ecojus-tice staff lawyer and authorof the report. “It’s clear No-va Scotia’s drinking-waterregulations are in verygood shape.”

Nova Scotia’s grade is animprovement from the B itreceived in 2006, and Joce-

lyne Rankin, the water co-ordinator at the EcologyAction Centre, says thatprogress has been felt.

“Municipalities acrossHRM should be congratu-lated for this high nationalscore,” said Rankin. “(Theprovince) has continued tomaintain this as a high pri-ority in government. Weknow that clean drinkingwater equals good health,and I think the province

understands this as well.”However, Rankin said

more can be done. She sayssource water needs to bebetter protected, as well asensuring First Nationsgroups receive the same ac-cess to clean drinking wa-ter as the rest of theprovince. Rankin also saysa strategy that the provincereleased last year and pro-vides a framework to pro-tect all watersheds needs to

be implemented.“We at the EAC really

want to make sure we cancontinue to swim in ourlakes and rivers and drinkthat water as well.”

The Ecojustice reportcomes more than a decadeafter the Walkerton, Ont.,disaster, during which sev-en people died and 2,500fell ill from drinking E. coli-infected water. The reportsuggests much of Canada’stap water is still at riskfrom contamination.

“Thankfully, theprovince didn’twait for a tragedyto happen here inorder toimplement adrinking-waterstrategy.”JOCELYNE RANKIN, ECOLOGY ACTIONCENTRE

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AG’s reportcomes outtomorrowThe auditor general’s officewill release its November2011 report tomorrow.

Auditor general JacquesLapointe will then tablethe report in the House ofAssembly at 2:15 p.m.

Lapointe delivered hislast report, which led tothe scrapping of the Indus-trial Expansion Fund infavour of the slightly differ-ent Nova Scotia Jobs Fund,in May.

ALEX BOUTILIER

Jungle PetsrobberyinvestigatedPolice are investigating anarmed robbery at JunglePets on Tacoma Drive onMonday night.

Store employees say amasked man entered thestore just after 6 p.m.,pointing a black handgunand demanding cash.

The robber took cashand forced the staff intothe back room.

Police believe the manfled in a light blue or silverSUV. HEATHER GILLIS

New legislation would ex-pand the types of privatepension plans available toNova Scotian companies.

Currently, most pen-sion plans in the provincefall under two categories:defined-benefit plans anddefined-contributionplans.

The former guaranteesa certain amount of bene-fits on retirement regard-less of contributions orinvestments, while thelatter requires specifiedcontributions the admin-istrator uses to buy thebest life annuity availableon retirement.

But legislation intro-duced by Labour MinisterMarilyn More would ex-pand those categories toallow for different plandesigns, such as joint-sponsored pension plansand specified multi-em-ployer pension plans.

“We hope that, as a re-sult of having more op-tions, there will be moreemployers who can offerpension plans,” More saidyesterday.

The proposed legisla-tion would also make in-formation on the healthof defined-benefit plansmore readily available toplan holders by requiringan annual update on thefunded status of the plan.

CITY

School tobe rezoned:CouncilHalifax Regional Councilvoted in favour of rezon-ing the former site ofHalifax West HighSchool, paving the wayfor a mixed-use develop-ment that will featurebusiness space, condo-miniums and a park.

The six-acre site onDutch Village Road hasbeen vacant since 2003.More than 20 Fairviewresidents came to thepublic hearing last night,with most in favour ofthe development’s pro-jected boon to businessesin the area.

But Tamara Lorincz,

who has lived inFairview for 12 years,wants a recreationalcommunity centre to bebuilt there. “I think it’sreally sad that councildidn’t care about thechildren and youthabout the community,because retail space and(a) parking lot isn’t goingto help them.”

Lorincz said over 400people had signed a peti-tion against the project.Once council hasreached a developmentagreement, she plans tofile an appeal with theprovince, and demandedthat Coun. RussellWalker, who representsFairview-Clayton Park,be recused from the votefor misinforming thepublic about the develop-ment.

ADRIAN LEE

RYAN TAPLIN/METRO

Taking a bike ride on a balmy autumn day

Colourful. Leaves

A cyclist passes through Point

Pleasant Park yesterday afternoon.

The temperature hit 15 C yesterday

while today’s forecast calls for sunny

skies and a high of 11 C.

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Private pensionchanges presented

N.S. gets high gradeon water report card

Province receives second-highest score in country Federal government receives grade of F

Nation graded

Ecojustice released its

third report card on drink-

ing water in Canada yes-

terday. Here’s how various

jurisdictions rated in

terms of tap-water safety:

Ontario: ANova Scotia: A-Manitoba: B+New Brunswick: B+Newfoundland and

Labrador: BPrince Edward Island: B-Quebec: B-Saskatchewan: B-British Columbia: C+Northwest Territories: CAlberta: C-Yukon: D+Nunavut: DFederal government: F

SOURCE: ECOJUSTICE


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Crackdowns against theOccupy Wall Street en-campments across thecountry reached the epi-center of the movementyesterday, when policerousted protesters from aManhattan park and ajudge ruled that their freespeech rights do not ex-tend to pitching a tent andsetting up camp formonths at a time.

It was a potentially dev-astating setback. If crowdsof demonstrators return toZuccotti Park, they will notbe allowed to bring tents,sleeping bags and otherequipment that turned thearea into a makeshift cityof dissent.

But demonstratorspledged to carry on withtheir message protestingcorporate greed and eco-nomic inequality, either inZuccotti or a yet-to-be cho-sen new home.

“This is much biggerthan a square plaza in

downtown Manhattan,”said Hans Shan, an organ-izer who was workingwith churches to findplaces for protesters tosleep. “You can’t evict anidea whose time hascome.”

State Supreme CourtJustice Michael Stallmanupheld the city’s evictionof the protesters after anemergency appeal by the

National Lawyers Guild.The protesters have

been camped out in theprivately owned park sincemid-September. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Occupy Wall Street protesters clash withpolice at Zuccotti Park after being orderedto leave their longtime encampment inNew York, early yesterday.

Police disperse protesters near theencampment at Zuccotti Park. At about 1a.m. yesterday, police handed out noticesfrom the park’s owner and the city sayingthat the park had to be cleared.

A protester is arrested during a march onBroadway after police ordered demonstra-tors to leave the park.

Sanitation workers gather at the site tostart the cleanup effort.

Two protesters and their dog, who saidthey have slept with other protesters forthe last 56 nights, sit along a police barricade at the edge of Zuccotti Park.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Supreme Court JusticeMichael Stallman denied a motion by thedemonstrators seeking tobe allowed back into thepark with their tents andsleeping bags.

The protesters “have notdemonstrated that theyhave a First Amendmentright to remain in ZuccottiPark, along with their tents,structures, generators andother installations to theexclusion of the owner’sreasonable rights ... or tothe rights to public accessof others who might wishto use the space safely,”Stallman wrote.

New York Mayor MichaelBloomberg said he orderedthe sweep because healthand safety conditions andbecome “intolerable” inthe crowded plaza.

Ouster raises doubtsabout Occupy future

New York City police officers keeps a demonstrator affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement from entering Zuccotti Park yesterday in New York.

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New York City protesters gather to discuss options to sustain movement

Police apprehend a protester in Toronto.

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Can’t ‘evict an idea’: Occupy T.O.A judge says Occupy Toron-to protesters can remain ina downtown park while themerits of a city eviction or-der are argued in court.

Occupy Toronto protest-ers went to court yesterdayafter receiving the evictionnotices and are requestingan injunction against theeviction.

The judge says the pro-testers can’t be removed

pending his decision fol-lowing arguments on Fri-day, but added that no newstructures can be erected inthe park.

As police looked on, by-law officers threaded theirway between tents andthrough the mud yesterdaymorning to put up the no-tices, which were quicklytaken down.

The protesters said the

city could not “evict anidea” whose time hadcome, and they said theyplanned to stay.

But some demonstratorssaid they would leaverather than risk confronta-tion with police and possi-ble criminal charges.

The protesters took overthe park several blocks eastof Bay Street on Oct. 15.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Reporters takeninto custodyNYC. Journalists havebeen detained whilecovering Occupy WallStreet. N.Y. police didn’thave a count of howmany journalists werearrested and didn’t im-mediately comment. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Bearlyoccupied While ice-hog mascotswaved, oblivious to theprotester behind them,NCC mar keting chief Guy La flamme deflectedquestions about the impend ing clashbetween his organi -zation and the activistsin Ottawa’sConfederation Park, oneof the main venues forWinterlude.

Cool. Reception

Protester Darren Noftall holds up a sign at a National Capital Commission photo-op promoting the capital’s annual winter festival, Winterlude.

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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Gif-fords, struggling to formthe words in her first ex-tended interview since be-ing shot in the head in aJanuary rampage, said she

will not return to Congressuntil she is “better.”

“No. Better,” she said inresponse to a questionabout whether she wantedto return to Congress. As

she gestured as if to helpher form the words, herhusband, Mark Kelly, com-pleted the thought: “Shewants to get better.”

The story of the recover-

ing congresswoman andher astronaut husband, ti-tled Gabby: A Story ofCourage and Hope was re-leased yesterday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Her road to recoveryCongresswoman gives first interview since being attacked, shot in head

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and husband, Mark Kelly, are interviewed by Diane Sawyer on ABC’s 20/20.

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A long-awaited experts’ re-port on how Canada andCanadian families handlethe end of life calls on thefederal government to de-criminalize euthanasiaand assisted suicide.

And if Ottawa won’t co-operate, the panel saysprovinces should go italone, by making clearthey won’t prosecutehealth-care professionalsinvolved in assisted dying.

“Assisted suicide andvoluntary euthanasiashould be legally permit-ted for competent individ-uals who make a free andinformed decision thattheir life is no longerworth living,” says the re-port by the Royal Societyof Canada’s expert panelon end-of-life decision-making.

The report took twoyears. It brought togethera panel of experts on med-icine, philosophy, ethicsand health to look at whatis being done in othercountries, examine Cana-dian practices and senti-ments, and formulaterecommendations.

The panel was meant tobe neutral, to inform ra-tional debate and lead tosolid policy in an area thatis always emotional andcontroversial.

But the Euthanasia Pre-vention Coalition of On-tario dismissed the reportbefore it was even public,saying at least one of thepanel members is a notedeuthanasia advocate.

“When we further in-vestigated the panel mem-bers it was clear that ...this report would be a pro-euthanasia propaganda re-port,” the group said in anews release Monday.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Assistedsuicidefindingscomplete

Report two years in the makingmakes recommendations to Tories

Right to die

Fighting it out in thecourts.

Sedating terminally ill patients into unconscious-ness to ease their pain un-til they die is a treatmentoption available to doctors,but one palliative-care spe-cialist says he’s not suredoctors should be able togo the next step and delib-erately hasten their deaths.B.C. Civil Liberties lawyerJoe Arvay is arguing in B.C.Supreme Court that physi-cians should be given theright to help seriously illpatients end their lives. Hesays the safeguards inplace for palliative care al-ready provide the founda-tion.


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Scrapping the requirementto register rifles and shot-guns could fuel illegalfirearms trafficking acrossthe Canadian border, warnsan internal federal memo.

It says the move wouldweaken import controls byeliminating a requirementfor border officials to verifyfirearms coming into thecountry.

“Such a loophole couldfacilitate unregistered pro-hibited and restrictedfirearm trafficking into andthrough Canada,” says thedeclassified memo, origi-nally marked secret.

The memo was releasedunder the Access to Infor-mation Act to the NationalFirearms Association andposted along with hun-dreds of other pages on the

organization’s website.It was prepared by Mark

Potter, a senior Public Safe-ty Department official, foran assistant deputy minis-ter as Parliament was de-bating a private member’sbill to kill the registry. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Memo warns of illegal arms tradeMinister quick to dismiss own

department’s analysis on endingregistry of rifles and shotguns

Shooting Edge range officer Patrick Deegan displays long guns at the store in Calgary.

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The Public Safety memo al-so says elimination of theregistry would “significant-ly compromise” lawenforcement’s ability totrace firearms in Canada —for instance, linking aweapon left at a crimescene with an individualowner — or to support for-eign police forces trying todo the same.

Murderersexecuted in Ohio and FloridaTwo U.S. men were execut-ed yesterday, one forkilling his three sleepingsons, the other for killinga woman and her twodaughters after they visit-ed Disney World.

In Ohio, ReginaldBrooks of East Cleveland,who fatally shot his threesons while they slept in1982, shortly after his wifefiled for divorce, was exe-cuted with each of hishands clenched in an ob-scene gesture.

In Florida, Oba Chan-dler was executed forkilling an Ohio womanand her two teenagedaughters in June 1989 asthe victims returned froma dream vacation to Dis-ney World.

Brooks died first at 2:04p.m. local time.

Dressed in the standardwhite T-shirt and bluepants, Brooks declined tomake a final statementand remained silent as hereceived the lethal injec-tion.

Witnesses, which in-

cluded his former wife andher sisters, had a view ofhis left hand, its middlefinger raised.

Prison officials said hewas making the same ges-ture with his right hand.

Brooks’ actions appearto have been unprecedent-ed since the state resumedexecutions in 1999. Con-demned Ohio inmates inthe past have criticizedtheir sentences, professedtheir innocence, given an-gry final statements andpleaded to be spared, butnever made an obscenegesture.

At 66, Brooks is the old-est person put to deathsince Ohio resumed execu-tions in 1999.

In Florida, Chandler, 65,was administered a lethalinjection and pronounceddead at 4:25 p.m. localtime yesterday at the stateprison, Gov. Rick Scott’soffice said. Chandler’sdeath warrant was the sec-ond Scott has signed sincetaking office.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Attack on royalwebsite blockedLONDON. Scotland Yard’scyber-crime unit helpedfend off an attack on theofficial website ofBritain’s royal wedding inApril, the division’s chiefsaid yesterday.

Det. Supt. Charlie Mc-Murdie told a cybersecuri-ty conference that actionwas taken to safeguardthe site, which received15 million hits whenPrince William marriedKate Middleton on April29. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Literary goldrush for authorTORONTO. VancouverIsland native Patrick de-Witt says he was plaguedwith doubt about hiscomic western novel TheSisters Brothers when itfirst entered the wildworld of publishing.

But that feeling isgone now that the storyhas struck book-prizegold, winning a $25,000Governor General’s Liter-ary Award for fiction yes-

terday — two weeks afterit landed the $25,000Rogers Writers’ Trust Fic-tion Prize. DeWitt’s nov-el, about two gunslingingbrothers en route to Cali-fornia in the gold-rushera of the 1850s, was alsonominated for the ManBooker Prize and the Sco-tiabank Giller.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Nazi victimseye litigationMIAMI. Thousands of ag-ing Holocaust survivorsin the U.S. want Congressto clear a path for themto sue Europeaninsurance companiesthey contend illegallyconfiscated Jewish life in-surance policies duringthe Nazi era and have re-fused to pay an estimated$20 billion still owed.

A hearing is scheduledtoday in the HouseForeign Affairs Commit-tee on a bill that wouldprovide the survivorswith access to U.S. courtsand also force companiessuch as Germany’sAllianz SE and Italy’s As-sicurazioni Generali todisclose lists of policiesheld by Jews before theSecond World War.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

News in brief 6Brooks’ death ends anearly six-monthbreak in Ohio’s use ofcapital punishment.

Brother waskeen on picsof dead sistersLargely unmoved by thevariously gentle and ag-gressive attempts by de-tectives to get him toconfess, Hamed Shafiatakes particular interestwhen he catches sightof some photos.

Held by Det. Sgt.Michael Boyles, thephotos are of his sisters’bodies, having beenfound dead inside a Nis-san Sentra the familybought just days prior,submerged in a canal atKingston Mills.

At the trial whereHamed, 20, his fatherMohammed Shafia andmother, Tooba Yahya,are all charged withmurder, jurorsyesterday were shownHamed’s interrogationby police.

Boyles, of theKingston Police Force,at first hesitates toshow Hamed thephotos. “Please,”Hamed pleads. Boylesrelents.

Boyles uses the pho-tos to prod Hamed totell him what he knows— to get Hamed toexplain his father’s al-

leged rolein thedeaths, andhis own al-leged role.

Your sis-ters, the officer reasons,“deserve to know thetruth Hamed. They de-serve better than this.They don’t deserve this,Hamed.

“This wasn’t for your father to decide.This was for God to de-cide.”

Hamed seems trans-fixed, but shows noemotion. “We don’thave Geeti,” he says.The pictures only showthe two other sisters.

Found dead in thecanal, on June 30, 2009,were Hamed’s three sis-ters, Zainab, 19, Sahar,17 and 13-year-oldGeeti, along with RonaAmir Mohammad, hisfather’s first wife.

Despite all theevidence, Hamed denieseverything.

Hamed wants to keeplooking at the photos,and Boyles asks himwhy he would want to“and not say how theygot this way?”

Later, after more in-terrogation, he asks tolook at the picturesagain.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE


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Army defectors ambusheddozens of Syrian troopsand regime forces gunneddown civilians during oneof the bloodiest days of thecountry’s eight-month-olduprising, which appearedyesterday to be spirallingout of President Bashar al-Assad’s control.

Up to 90 people werekilled in a gruesome waveof violence Monday, ac-tivists said. The extent ofthe bloodshed only cameto light yesterday, in partbecause corpses lying inthe streets did not reachthe morgue until daylight.

As the bloodshedspiked, al-Assad’s formerallies were turning on himin rapid succession — asign of profound impa-

tience with a leader whohas failed to stem monthsof unrest that could ex-plode into a regional con-flagration.

Amateur video providedby activists showed a fireat the end of an alley send-

ing up a plume of smoke,followed by an explosion.Other videos showed tankson streets firing their can-nons and crowds of peoplerunning from the sound ofautomatic gunfire.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Defectors ambushSyrian troops

In this image from amateur video, a boy is shown

throwing an object at a vehicle as an army tank

burns in Daraa, Syria, on Monday.

UGARIT VIA APTN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Turkey, Jordan, Arab League fed up with president’sresponse to uprising, ready to pressure him to go

Support for the Talibanamong Afghans has steadilydeclined in recent yearsand people strongly back agovernment peace initia-tive, according to a surveyfunded in part by the U.S.government.

But the survey releasedyesterday by the non-profit

San Francisco-based AsiaFoundation also showed apopulation weary of insecu-rity and corruption, and dis-tressed by poverty andcorruption.

The survey found that anoverwhelming majority ofAfghan adults, 82 per cent,back reconciliation and

reintegration efforts withinsurgent groups. It saidthat the number of peoplewho said they sympathizedwith the aims of Talibanhad dropped to 29 per centcompared to 40 per centlast year and 56 per cent in2009.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Support for Taliban drops in Afghanistan

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Traders protest power outagesThe riot police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators who were protestingover what they said was an inability to do their work and business due toprolonged power outages in the East African nation.

Uganda. Unrest

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TransCanada Corp. says ithas reached an agreementwith the Nebraska govern-ment to change the route ofits proposed Keystone XL oilpipeline to avoid the eco-logically sensitive Sandhillsregion.

The Calgary-basedpipeline giant said it sup-ports Nebraska legislationthat ensures the pipelinedoesn’t cross the expanse ofgrass-strewn, loose-soilhills, and part of the Ogal-lala aquifer, which supplieswater to Nebraska and sev-en other states.

The 2,700-kilometre, $7-billion US pipeline, if built,will carry crude from Alber-ta’s oilsands to refineries onthe U.S. Gulf Coast, travers-ing six states along the way.

Some of the most heatedenvironmental oppositionto the pipeline has comefrom Nebraska, where

many residents were con-cerned a spill from thepipeline could pollute wa-ter they rely on for farmingand ranching.

Last Thursday, the U.S.State Department heededthose concerns, announc-ing it would delay its deci-

sion on Keystone XL untilearly 2013 so that the com-pany could come up with anew route. The U.S. StateDepartment has final sayon Keystone XL because itwould cross an internation-al border. THE CANADIAN PRESS

New route for oil pipeline Route review

Alex Pourbaix, TransCana-da’s president of energyand oil pipelines, said heexpects the review will addsix to nine months to theKeystone XL schedule.But a State Departmentspokesman said that anynew route would require asupplemental environmen-tal-impact statement thatlikely would take morethan a year to complete.State Department had al-ready determined the bestroute — through the SandHills — in its final environ-mental-impact assessment,according to Pourbaix.Last month, Gov. DaveHeineman called a specialsession to discuss legisla-tion that would giveNebraska the power tochange the routeTransCanada had the opportunity to discuss alternate routes with Nebraska legislators.

Nebraska conducts own environmental assessmentCost and kilometres added to project undetermined

Rep. Tom Griffin speaks during

a news conference on Capitol Hill in

Washington yesterday to urge

President Obama to approve

the Keystone XL pipeline.

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PROFIT UP

No bid forCooke onClearwaterCanada’s largest shellfishand lobster producerClearwater Seafoodsreported improved salesand profitability in thethird quarter, factors thecompany says justify itsrefusal of a takeover bidby a privately held rival.

Halifax-based Clearwa-ter said yesterday its prof-it during the period roseto $5.1 million from $4.3million a year ago, whilesales grew 6.5 per cent to$97.6 million — a trendthe company said itexpects to continue inthe next quarter.

Clearwater said its im-proving share pricereflects the growth in itsbusiness, and itspotential for moregrowth ahead reinforcesits rejection of an offer byCooke Aquaculture Inc.

to buy the remainingunits of Clearwater that itdoesn’t own for $3.50each, valuing the incomefund at about $97.1 mil-lion.

Third-quarter earningsand sales benefited fromhigher prices and a shiftto higher-margin species,the company said,partially offset by lowervolumes, higher harvest-ing costs and a strongerCanadian dollar.“Management is encour-aged by the third quarterand year to date 2011 re-sults and the increasingglobal consumer and cus-tomer demand for ourpremium, wild, sustain-ably harvested seafood,”chief executive Ian Smithsaid in a statement.

Clearwater Fine FoodsInc., which holds 48.2 percent of voting rights ofthe company, has so farrefused to sell any of its4.6 per cent equity stakeand has told the boardthat it does not believethe Cooke bid is a fairone. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The federal telecommunica-tions regulator has rejecteda controversial plan thatwould have allowed the bigphone and cable companiesto impose a usage-basedbilling model on Internetservice resellers, a systemthat the Conservative gov-ernment and many con-sumers had opposed.

The Canadian Radio-tele-vision and Telecommunica-tions Commission’sdecision yesterday insteadgives the companies a

choice of either chargingthe smaller Internetproviders a flat rate per useror selling the ISPs a specificamount of capacity on theirnetworks.

“The net effect of it isthat there will be no caps,no limitations, no meteringof use for retail customersas a result of this CRTC deci-sion,” CRTC chairman Kon-rad von Finckenstein said.

The regulator launchedits review after a social me-dia campaign launched by

the ISPs and an ensuingpublic backlash, as well asurging by former industryminister Tony Clement.

Under the new capacitymodel for billing, a smallISP buys a certain amountof network capacity fromone of the big providers,and if its customers unex-pectedly increase their us-age, their service couldslow.

“If they buy too littlethey have a problem withtheir end customers, if they

buy too much they pay forsomething that they don’tuse,” von Finckenstein said.

Industry Minister Chris-tian Paradis said the govern-ment would study thedecision carefully to ensureit stimulated competitionand investment and al-lowed Canadians to choose.“Let me be clear: our gov-ernment’s policy will al-ways be to encouragecompetition, ensure con-sumer choice and minimizeregulation,” he said in a

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service provider TekSavvywas pleased with the struc-ture, but said the actualrates will increase costs forconsumers. “The rates ap-proved by the commissiontoday will make it muchharder for independent ISPsto compete,” TekSavvy CEOMarc Gaudrault said. “Thisis an unfortunate develop-ment for telecommunica-tions competition inCanada.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Trimming thecost of a haircutOne Ohio barber has turned theprice of a haircut on its head.

After a mortgage crisis, macro-un-employment, stock-market tumblesand poor consumer confidence, Gre-gory Burnett is only charging peoplewhat they can afford for a haircut, ac-cording to the Canton Repositorynewspaper.

After his usual back-to-school rushfailed to show, he put up a sign thatsays, “TIMES ARE HARD WHAT CANYOU PAY FOR A CUT.”

He has accepted as little as $5 for aregular $12 haircut, the newspaperreports.

The owner of Old School BarberShop said he named his shop for thatmantra.

“Old school is making somethingout of nothing,” Burnett told theRepository.

The 56-year-old has been a work-ing man all his life by doing servicejobs: shining shoes, driving cabs, andfor the last 25 years he has workedas a hairstylist and barber, the Repos-itory says.

And now that he has his own bar-ber shop, he still shines shoes.Although it’s $5, and that’s non-negotiable.

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DAD’S DOINGDOUBLE DUTY

Life is full of doublestandards, and here’s one ofmine: I can admit I protect(and sometimesmicromanage) my daughters,11 and 9, in a way I probably

wouldn’t if I had boys. When I was dating my now-wife in

high school — yes, high schoolsweethearts! — I used to snicker whenshe had to get home by midnight to turnoff her dad’s alarm clock. If she didn’tbeat the alarm, he said he’d go out

looking for her, call police, call hospitals. I said I’d neverbe that kind of dad.

I am that kind of dad. More so because I have girls.Why? Well, for one thing, I’m fully aware there are

boys who will try to take advantage of them. Not allboys, but some.

There are also predators/monsters in the real worldand online, enormous pressures around drugs and alco-hol, and bullying (in recent weeks, a 10-year-old Illinoisgirl, Ashlynn Conner, hanged herself after being bulliedat school). I know these things apply to boys as well, but Ijust think the implications are compounded for girls.

It’s not that I don’t trustmy daughters. It’s that Iknow what kids are like. Iwas one. Kids are kids, notadults. They will make mis-takes. They will make baddecisions sometimes. Thereare so many peer pressures.

What I tell my girls iswe’re instantly accessiblewhenever they’re in a bind.Text us, call us, tweet us —we’ll be there. Noquestions. No judgments.(Well, questions will comelater.)

Mobile devices are ablessing for this generation,allowing kids to be muchmore accessible to theirparents if they’re in harm’sway. But adding social me-dia to the mix does createmore trigger points.

The extent of our bad“social media” growing up: crank calls and rolled-uppieces of paper (e.g., “Johnny loves Sarah”) passedaround class. Now there’s the quick distribution ofvoyeuristic photos from a party that go “viral” and MeanGirl tactics (“You’re fat,” “You’re ugly,” “You’re Stupid”)that don’t end in the schoolyard but continue onFacebook.

We let our daughters use social media — there aremany virtues to it — but monitor it very closely.

Sure kids have to have some sense of forging an iden-tify outside their parents. We will give ours some line.But my blinders will not be on. Denial and ignorance dono good. As parents, you have to anticipate and react.Particularly with girls.

My angels won’t understand all the decisions we makeuntil they have grown into women and parents.

In the meantime, all we can do is protect them — andhopefully empower them at the same time.

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Individual debt is rising,savings are eroding andmany young people havesimply given up, stayinghome without lookingfor a job.

They are Italy’s invisi-ble poor, unseen bytourists, ignored by thecountry’s fat-catpoliticians and living in areality that’s a far cryfrom former prime min-ister Silvio Berlusconi’sdescription of an affluentcountry where “therestaurants are full.”

Or in the words ofFrancesa Zuccari, whoruns a soup kitchen inRome: “There is anothercity out there where peo-ple can’t get to the end ofthe month.”

This is the Italy facingMario Monti, theeconomics professortapped to form an inter-im technocratic govern-ment after Berlusconiwas forced to resign.

On the one hand,Italy’s elite manufactur-ers are girding for an in-crease in luxury exportsand some wealthyItalians are looking tomove their money intothe real-estate markets inNew York, Miami andParis. On the other, thestate statistics institutesays almost 14 per cent ofthe population are livingin “relative poverty.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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At the startof the ani-mated pen-guin pictureSurf’s Up,Cody Maver-ick (the voice

of Transformer’s star ShiaLaBeouf ) takes a shot atanother cartoon tuxedoedbird movie.

Asked if he has anyother skills besides surf-ing. Cody sarcasticallysays, “Like what? Singingand dancing?”

Of course, he’s refer-ring to Happy Feet, theOscar winning movie

about an Emperor Pen-guin who can’t find hissoul mate the usual way— through song — so heuses his other talent —tap dancing.

The musical penguinsof Happy Feet shimshammed their way tohuge box office in 2006,and will paddle and rolltheir way back into the-atres again this weekendin Happy Feet Two.

For a while, it seemedlike you couldn’t swing aherring without hitting apenguin at the movies.

March of the Penguins,a real-life look at the mi-gration march of Emperorpenguins to their tradi-tional breeding ground,was a left field hit in 2005.The winner for Best Docu-

mentary not only outgrossed all the nomineesfor Best Picture that year— it took in $77 millionvs. $75 million for Broke-back Mountain — but alsobecame the second high-est grossing theatricaldocumentary afterFahrenheit 9/11.

It was such a huge hit itinspired an R-rated paro-dy, Farce of the Penguins.Featuring the voices ofSamuel L. Jackson, JasonAlexander and ChristinaApplegate, it’s an R-ratedspoof that imagines whatsex-starved penguinsmight talk about on the70 mile walk to their mat-ing grounds.

“I am tired of the clubscene,” says one penguin.“So are the baby seals!”replies another.

More family friendlywas Madagascar, the storyof four Central Park Zooanimals who get strandedon the island of Madagas-car. The movie featured alarge menagerie of char-acters, but the zoo’s pen-guins, Skipper, Kowalski,

Rico and Private, provedto be audience favorites.They have most of themovie’s best lines — onlanding in Africa one ofthe flightless birds says,“Africa? That ain't gonnafly!” — and were featuredin a short film, The Mada-gascar Penguins in aChristmas Caper, a TV se-ries and video games.

Probably the most fa-mous penguin characterin the movies is OswaldCobblepot a.k.a. The Pen-guin, as played by DannyDeVito in Batman Re-turns.

This super villain is hu-man, but dresses like apenguin, eats raw fish andtries to conquer Gothamwith an army of speciallytrained penguins.

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From March of the Penguins to Farce of the Penguins to the return of Happy Feet, it’s hardto toss a fish without hitting one at the movies But who is the most famous penguin of all?

Much ado about penguinsHappy Feet Two dances into theatres this weekend.

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The musicalpenguins of HappyFeet shimshammed theirway to huge boxoffice in 2006, andwill paddle androll their way backinto theatres againthis weekend inHappy Feet Two.

More than a dozenCanadians are stillin the running togo on a tourorganized bydrummer RogerTaylor of the clas-sic rock bandQueen. He organ-ized webauditions to find afive-piece coverband and three vo-calists to performclassic Queentunes. Lead singer,Freddie Mercury,shown, died in1991.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Drake makingsure to Take CareWhen Drake found out hislatest album, Take Care,had leaked online a weekbefore its release, he tookto Twitter and in a verypractical tone wrote to hisfour million followers, “Lis-ten, enjoy it, buy it if youlike it...and take care untilnext time.”

This pragmatic responseis telling of Drake’s ap-proach. On Take Care, hefrequently raps about whathe observes with a sense ofboth realism and optimism.

This is present most in

songs like, We’ll Be Fine,and HYFR, where he says, “Ilearned working with thenegatives could make for abetter picture.”

Is it just a given that an albumwill always leak before itcomes out, or do you actuallytry to figure out where theleak came from?Nah. You know, my last al-bum leaked like 28 days be-fore it came out and thatwas kind of devastating. Idon’t know necessarilyknow how it happened butI feel that if leaks are some-what contained — like ifyour album leaks six or sev-en days before it’s supposed

The Toronto rapper dishes on trying to prevent an album from leaking, A-list guest stars and balancing philosophy and party rhymes

Drake says he wasn’t too bothered by the fact his

latest album, Take Care, was leaked early.

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to come out — I never see itas detrimental or that dam-aging.

First of all, I’m an artistthat was birthed in the gen-eration of leaks on the In-ternet, so I’m not reallytrippin’ when the albumcomes out a little bit beforethe release date. But whenpeople get it like two tothree or four weeks before,that’s when it’s hard.

I mean, some musicdoesn’t even last two weeksanymore. People’s interestlevels switch so quickly. Iwas cool with it though, tobe honest, as cool as I couldbe. Obviously, I wish thatthey could all hear it at thesame time, on the day thatit drops, but I think that un-fortunately with the accessthat everybody has to mu-sic, I think that’s just unre-alistic unless you dropsolely digital, which affectsyour sales, so it’s a toss-up. You knew for more than ayear that this album was go-ing to be called Take Care.How did you decide that soearly on in the process?We came up with it whenwe were touring in Europewith Jay-Z, and we were allon the bus together and wecame up with this name,and as the months went on,it just got stronger andstronger. It just started hav-ing more meaning, moreimpact, and I started hear-

ing it more and realizedthat it’s kind of an infec-tious title. I was prettymuch sold on it. There wasnever a point where I waslike, ‘Oh, I need a new al-bum title’ or anything. So the song Take Care, camelater? Yeah, the song justsort of made sense when Iheard the Gil Scott-Heronrecord (the song samplesScott-Heron’s I’ll Take Careof You). The lyrics wereright there, and obviouslycoinciding with the titlewas just like, ‘Oh, I’ll justmake this the title track.’ You have a lot guest stars onthis album. There’s Lil Wayne,Nicki Minaj, Rihanna andeven Stevie Wonder. I wassurprised that you didn’t haveStevie sing and that he justplayed harmonica. I think that the record, theway it was, was done al-ready when he was listen-ing to it. Vocally, we hadtracked it out, and me andhim have these other plansfor a record where we singtogether. We’ve been talk-ing about it for a while now.And I thought this wasmore of an interesting wayto incorporate him in thealbum, as almost like a mu-sical contributor and a mu-sical guide. He added somegreat things to that songand I thought that was coolas opposed to having a bla-tant feature.

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SERIOUSLY. The romance be-tween Ryan Reynolds andBlake Lively appears to begoing strong, as the pairstepped out in Boston’sBack Bay neighbourhoodfor an intimate dinner atrestaurant L’Espalier,according to People maga-

zine. “They started withcaviar and oysters on thehalf shell, went on toclam chowder and beetsalad. For entrees, a lob-ster and a halibut dish.And for dessert, a souf-flé,” a source says.”

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Patti LaBelle accused of screaming at a toddler and punching its mother

The diva vs. the baby

If you are a ba-by and happento come acrosssinger Patti La-Belle, it’s best ifyou pull upyour diaper,grab your rat-

tle, and crawl right out ofthere.

It was disclosed yester-day in a lawsuit filed inManhattan Supreme Courtthat the singer screamedobscenities at a toddler andthrew a punch at the baby’smother (who also happensto be a school teacher)sometime this year.

The mother, RoseannaMonk, is now suing LaBelle,who was living in her Man-hattan apartment buildingwhile appearing on Broad-way’s Fela. Apparently, thisis what happened, accord-ing to Monk’s lawyer, re-ports The New York DailyNews: The 18-month-oldtoddler, named Genevieve,was “scampering” aroundthe apartment building’slobby when LaBelle, who isdescribed as being in “fullstar regalia with oversizeshades and a fur coat” be-came upset at the baby asshe walked through.

“What are you doing let-ting your kid run aroundlike that?” she reportedlyyelled. And then, accordingto the lawyer yet again,‘started screaming at myclient, throwing water froma bottle at the mother’s faceand the baby’s face.’”

As if that wasn’t enough,LaBelle then took a swing atthe baby’s mother.

She then was shoved in-to a waiting car by her en-tourage and the baby“violently” threw-up.

So far, LaBelle hasn’t re-sponded to the allegations.

She’s probably too busynot-babysitting to do so.

And in other baby news...Christina Applegate mightnot want to have LaBelle asa guest star on her TV showUp All Night anytime soon.

As she tells The View,having her nine-month-olddaughter Sadie around wasa priority when deciding todo the new NBC show.

“My whole thing was,‘I’m not doing this unless Ican bring her.’ So they hadto build me a room for herand it’s got her toys and acrib and she takes her napsthere,” the actress ex-plained.

“That’s called a crazymother who said, ‘No, I’mnot doing anything unless Ican be with my baby.’”

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Eat

A recent tour gave a groupof Canadian journalists aclose-up glimpse of lifeoutside the perimeter, butfirst we had to fuel up withan intimate dinner at chefRafael Vásquez Heinsen’s

Mares Restaurant andLounge. Vásquez Heinsen’sshaded backyard terraceserves as the main diningarea, and the lobster isfresh from the ocean thatday.

Monkey business

The next day, ashort drive out-side Puerto Pla-ta, in Sosua, isthe MonkeyJungle, run bythe husband andwife team ofChuck and CandyRitzen. The Ameri-can ex-pats have hit onan innovative business

model that contributes tothe economy, creates jobsand provides basic dentaland health care to the lo-cal population.

Monkey Jungle is hometo 15 protected squirrelmonkeys and six Capuchin

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You can also zip-linethrough seven stations to-taling 4,400 feet and, be-fore the last zip, descendon a cable from a platforminto a cave; sort of like zip-lining, but vertically. TheRitzens have a self-sustain-ing operation where theyuse the profits from thezip-lining and monkey jun-gle activities to fund thehealth clinic on the prem-ises.

Sustainable tourism

The idea of sustainabletourism has also been tak-

en up by tour companies.Transat A.T. Inc. partnerswith SOS Children’s Vil-lages, which provides car-ing, village-style grouphomes for orphaned,abused or abandoned chil-dren.

We were given a tour ofthe village in Santiago delos Caballeros, about anhour from Puerto Plata.The smiling kids were curi-ous, and a spontaneousgame of baseball, the na-tional sports obsession,broke out using a stick anda ball of rolled-up tinfoil.

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If it’s true you have to gobig or go home, thenOcean World is a must-seebefore you head back tothe Great White North.

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In terms of size, theplace filters six millionlitres of seawater an hour.

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Travel in brief

A new 200-kilometrehighway in theDominican Republic,from the capital SantoDomingo to touristhot spot Punta Cana,will make it easier forvisitors to explore theCaribbean country.The divided highway,which has been underconstruction for thelast four years, wascompleted earlier thisyear from SantoDomingo to LaRomana on the southcoast, significantly re-ducing travel timesbetween the twocities. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Revitalized neighbourhoodin downtown Montreal wins

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The DominicanRepublichas becomea mecca forgreatbeaches

and sunshine, but there’s awhole lot more going on inthe northern province ofPuerto Plata.

Although more touristsstill flock to the betterknown Punta Cana on the

Caribbean side, “Plata” isgaining ground due to itsgreat beaches and resorts.Plus there’s some prettyunorthodox, even way out,things happening — thingsyou would not expect tofind in such a sunny para-dise.

Take monster trucking,for example. When Ilearned this redneck, ’90spastime had somehowmade it to the Dominican,I just had to go for it. Ashort time later I foundmyself roaring throughthe back roads in an 8x8zebra-striped beast on avery bumpy and very longmonster truck safari!

Sure, the scenery wasbreathtaking: beautiful

sugarcane fields andserene rivers. Was I the on-ly one thinking how out ofplace our monster truckmust have appeared? Still,the monster truck did al-low us to get to placeswhere traditional vehiclescouldn’t make it, but wegot more than a few oddstares while passingthrough local villages.

Eight hours, and onevery sore back later, I wasback on the beach contem-plating my next adven-ture.

Bright and early the nextmorning it was down to theshores of the roaring YaqueDel North river for somevery exciting white waterrafting. I was full of adrena-

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lin as we battled the wildwaters, which rivalled anyrapids I’ve tackled in B.C.or Alberta.

The Domincan forests

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20 food metronews.caWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Hail CaesarYou’ll be hard-pressedto find a Caesar outsideof Canada, but here it’spractically our nationaldrink (it’s also great forbrunch). And whiletomato juice and clambroth might sound likeunlikely bedfellows,Clamato is an endlesslyadaptable base. The clas-sic Caesar calls for vod-ka and a celery salt rim,but go ahead and crossthe Rubicon with somebold experimentation.Try making one withgin or tequila, add freshhorseradish or beefbroth, and garnish withcelery, spicy beans oreven a chicken wing.

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Drink of the week

Cinnamon SpiceFrench Toast withMaple Syrup Apples

The combination of spiceflavours makes this Frenchtoast a family favourite.With the extra specialtouch of the maple syrupapples, you are sure to en-joy this for breakfast orbrunch any weekend.

Preparation:

1 In large bowl, whisk to-gether eggs, milk, sugar,vanilla, cinnamon, car-damom, if using,nutmeg, ginger and

cloves until wellcombined.

2 In large non-stick skilletheat oil over mediumheat. Dip bread, 2 slicesat a time in the egg mix-ture. Place in skillet andcook about 3 minutesthen flip and cook forabout 1 minute or until

golden brown. Removefrom skillet to a largeplatter; cover with foiland keep warm.

3 Maple Syrup Apples:Meanwhile, in largenon-stick skillet, meltbutter over medium-high heat. Add applesand stir to coat with but-

ter. Reduce heat tomedium-low; cover andcook for 3 minutes. Un-cover and cook, stirringoccasionally for 2 min-utes or until liquid evap-

orates. Stir in maplesyrup and cinnamon; in-crease heat to medium-high. Cook, stirringoccasionally for 2 min-utes or until tender.

4 Serve French toast withapples.

EMILY RICHARDS/ THE CANA-DIAN PRESS/ ONTARIO EGGFARMERS

Ingredients:• 6 eggs• 1 cup (250 mL) milk• 2 tbsp (30 mL) granulatedsugar• 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla• 1 ½ tsp (7 mL) ground cin-namon• ½ tsp (2 mL) groundcardamom (optional)• ¼ tsp (1 mL) each groundnutmeg and ginger• 2 tbsp (30 mL) vegetable oil

• Pinch ground cloves• 12 slices (3/4 inch/2 cmthick) egg bread or Frenchloaf

Maple Syrup Apples:• 1 tbsp (15 mL) butter• 4 cups (1 L) peeled, cored,sliced apples (such as Gold-en Delicious, HoneyCrisp orCortland)• ½ cup (125 mL) puremaple syrup• 1/4 tsp (1 mL) ground cin-namon

Ingredients:• 10 slices (1/2 inch/1 cmthick) Italian loaf• 1/3 cup (80 mL) pizzasauce• 35 slices pepperoni

• Half green pepper, thinlysliced• 3 mushrooms, thinlysliced (optional)• 10 slices mozzarella • 4 eggs• 1/3 cup (80 mL) milk

• 2 tbsp (30 mL) freshlygrated Parmesan cheese• 1 tsp (5 mL) dried oreganoleaves• Pinch each salt and pepper• 1 tbsp (15 mL) butter

This recipe makes six servings.

THE CANADIAN PRESS H/O

ONTARIO EGG FARMERS

Tip

Make ahead

You can make the MapleSyrup Apples up to 3 daysahead. Cover and refriger-ate, then warm to serve.

The two sides of French ToastWhile this treat is usually drizzled with maple syrup, it can also be served in a savoury

sandwich If you like sticking to classics, serve up a cinnamon spice version with apples

Each bite ofthis PizzaStuffedFrench Toastwill give youthe gooey

taste of pizza in a sand-wich. The egg and cheesemixture adds great flavourthat kicks up a classic. Preparation:

1 Lay bread slices on worksurface and spread withpizza sauce. Top halfwith 1 slice of the moz-zarella, then pepperoni,pepper and mushrooms,if using. Place remainingcheese on top. Top withremaining bread slices;set aside.

2 In shallow dish, whisktogether eggs, milk,cheese, oregano, saltand pepper. Dipsandwiches into eggmixture, turning to soakup the egg mixture.

3 In non-stick skillet, meltbutter over mediumheat and cook sandwich-es, turning once forabout 4 minutes per sideor until brown and crisp

and cheese is melted.EMILY RICHARDS IS A PROFESSIONAL HOME ECON-OMIST, COOKBOOK AUTHORAND A TV CELEBRITY CHEF.FOR MORE, VISIT EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA/ONTARIO EGG FARMERS

This recipe makes four servings.

DINNER

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PizzaStuffedFrenchToast

Cinnamon

SpiceFrenchToast

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When it comes down to it,your health matters most.Don’t pull an all-nighter,stock up on coffee or forceyourself to attend yourweekly gym class if you’resick. Stress can take a tollon your health and can cre-ate an impact that goeswell into your graduateyears. Most post-secondaryinstitutions offer a pletho-ra of ways for you to goabove preventing illnessand into maintaining ahealthy state of life.

Fun electives canboost your resumé

How can a hiring managerforget the promising candi-date who, in addition toearning strong marks andjoining several clubs, com-pleted a course in videogame addiction and the his-tory of gaming at the Uni-versity of Western Ontarioor learned about swing andgolf etiquette at MedicineHat College?

Get to know your professors

You may not love your class.But getting to know yourprofessor could save your ca-reer. If you face the commonstruggle of finding a job af-ter you graduate, your pro-fessor could become thestrongest reference on yourresumé. Who knows youbetter than the person whosaw you every week in class,read your papers and evalu-ated your work ethicfirsthand? And you’ll bemore interested in what wis-dom he or she has to share.

Plan your career pathbefore you graduate

You shouldn’t be expectedto know where you want towork when you’ve onlyjust started university orcollege. But it’s a good ideato make an appointmentwith your adviser, even if itis to double-check thatyou’re fulfilling yourprogram’s requirements.The last thing you want isto discover you have toreschedule your classes orstay back a semester tocomplete a course.

There is more toschool than academics

Employers are moreimpressed with someonewho does well in schooland outside of it than some-one who can boast greatmarks with no extra-curric-ulars to show for it. Gettinginvolved on campusdemonstrates many traitsthat are desirable inemployers’ eyes — timemanagement skills and theability to multi-task andmeet deadlines. It indicatesthat you possess an interestin the world around you.

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Tim Outhit didn’t spend along time looking for aplace to live when hemoved back to Nova Scotiafrom New Brunswick 11years ago. He chose Bed-ford right away.

“I grew up in Halifax soI had always known thatBedford was a great place,”he recalls. But a little inde-pendent confirmation nev-er hurts either.

“At that time, there hadjust been an article inMaclean’s that listed thebest places to live in Cana-da, and Bedford andOakville, Ont., had comeout on top. I was sold.”

Outhit admits that heand his wife were primari-ly thinking about theiryoung children when theymade the move to Bedfordin 2000 — a decisionswayed by Bedford’s greatschools and quiet neigh-bourhoods. “But it’s been agreat choice for us, too,”he says. “We love it here.”

Today, Outhit repre-sents the Bedford area onHRM city council. He sayshis favourite neighbour-hood is only getting betterwith age.

“It’s growing like crazy.We’re getting all kinds ofamenities. We’ve got thenew Larry Uteck Inter-

change, the 4 Pad, pool up-grades, the new sportsfield. But even with thepopulation increase andthe amenities, Bedfordstill has a main street,small town feel. We’ve re-ally got the best of bothworlds here.”

Outhit takes pride in

what he has been able toaccomplish so far in hismandate, particularly inregards to improvedamenities and infrastruc-ture, but says it’s time tostart focusing on a new is-sue in the community.

“We really need im-provements to public

transit in Bedford,” hesays. He is looking at twopossible solutions — adayliner-style commutertrain using existing CNrail lines and a high-speedferry service that wouldwhisk commuters acrossBedford Basin to down-town Halifax.

“Conventional busesneed wider roads and theyneed a driver for every 50or so passengers. Rightnow, we’ve got empty railsand an empty Basin justwaiting to be used. Andthe refurbished daylinersthat are coming out ofMoncton only cost aroundthe price of a bus and ahalf.”

The other issue thatneeds to be addressed iswaterfront development,says Outhit.

“Bedford has one of themost beautiful water-fronts in HRM, but it’s notbeing fully used. A lot ofpeople would like to seeanother park along theBasin. People like the ideaof walking along the wa-

terfront, they want tomake use of it as a recre-ation area but they don’twant it to end up lookinglike Manhattan with de-velopment right down tothe water’s edge. That’sone of the challenges wereally have to deal withover the next few years.”

DRDC Atlantic’s Acoustic Calibration Barge has been a familiar sight in Bedford Basin for a couple of generations.

TOM MASON/FOR METRO

Bedford’s Dewolf Park is one of the best places to enjoy the Basin and views of Halifax.

TOM MASON/FOR METRO

BEDFORDYour Neighbourhood:


Community offers the best of

both worldsBedford once listed as one of best places to live in Canada by Maclean’s magazine Many new amenities

TOMMASONFOR METRO

“Bedford has one of the

most beautifulwaterfronts inHRM, but it’s

not being fullyused. A lot ofpeople would

like to seeanother park

along the Basin.People like theidea of walking

along thewaterfront ...”

COUN. TIM OUTHIT

your neighbourhood 23metronews.caWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The curtain closed on theBedford Players’ successfulproduction of Noel Cow-ard’s Private Lives lastweekend. But that doesn’tmean the popular amateurtheatre company is restingon its laurels.

It has already started toget ready for the next pro-duction, Pat Cook’s It’sMurder in the Wings!,which will be staged inspring 2012.

“It’s already in the plan-ning stages,” says BedfordPlayers president KarenWaterfield.

“Kim Shaw, the directorof the play, has alreadystarted working on it. Wewon’t be holding audi-tions until spring, butthere’s a lot to do beforethat to get ready.”

Bedford Players is alabour of love for about100 volunteers, who giveup evenings and weekendsto stage two productionsper year. The group used tofocus on musicals, but thelogistics became too pro-hibitive, according to Wa-terfield.

“Musicals require a lotmore money, the rightsare expensive to acquire

and you need a lot of peo-ple to stage them proper-ly.”

Today, the companyconcentrates on smallerdrama and comedy works,but each production stillrequires the talents of ahost of volunteers to pulloff. Everyone from set de-signers and actors to peo-ple manning the ticketbooths.

Don’t be fooled by howeasy it looks, says Water-field.

“The part a lot of peopledon’t think about are theskills required to makethese productions a reality.We have some very talent-ed stagecraft and technicalpeople who make it work.Building a set is very differ-ent from a regular con-struction job.

“It’s a lot of tape, fogand mystique.”

The Bedford Players areentirely supported by tick-et sales.

The group also choosesone local charity per pro-duction to support, with $1from each ticket sold goingto that charity. “Eighty-fiveper cent of our revenueends up back in the com-munity,” says Waterfield.

Bedford Players a labour of loveTOMMASONFOR METRO

Volunteers give up evenings, weekends to stage two productions per year Group also supports local charities

The cast from Bedford Players’ production of Busybody.

BEDFORD PLAYERS PHOTO

The cast from Bedford Players’ production of Private Lives.

BEDFORD PLAYERS PHOTO

“The part a lotof people don’t

think about are the skillsrequired tomake theseproductions a reality. Wehave some

very talentedstagecraft and

technical peoplewho make

it work. Buildinga set is very

different from a regular

constructionjob.”

BEDFORD PLAYERS PRESIDENTKAREN WATERFIELD

It might not look muchlike Christmas in Bedfordyet, but that’s about tochange in the comingweeks.

The popular annualLight UP Bedford Paradewinds its way throughtown Sunday at 5:45 pm.

Sunnyside Mall is alsogearing up for theholidays with tax freeshopping events Fridayand Dec. 9, with a chanceto win a $1,000 shoppingspree at the mall.

Santa Claus himselfwill be making his annu-

al appearance at Sunny-side Mall.

The venerable old elfwill be arriving at Sunny-side Mall (1595 BedfordHighway) Nov. 26 at10:30 a.m. and will behanging around untilDec. 23. TOM MASON

Gearing up for holidays

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Tim OuthitCouncillor - District 21Bedford

Cell: 229-6385

Email: [email protected]

It’s a piece of the forestprimeval in the centre ofone of Halifax’s most rap-idly growing urban areas.Hemlock Ravine is one ofthe city’s most beautifulnatural parks

The highlight of thepark is the ravine itself, adeep river valley. Hemlockgroves are lush, dark, rain-forest-like places and Hem-lock Ravine is noexception.

The forest in the ravineis virgin growth — one of ahandful of hemlock grovesleft in Nova Scotia, and arare chance to see whatmuch of the local forestlooked like at the time ofthe founding of Halifax.Trees standing here werealive before the city of Hal-ifax existed.

The deep valley of theravine has the characteris-tic V shape of a young val-ley. In the next few

thousand years, by aprocess known as “masswasting,” the walls of thevalley will erode into themore familiar U shape ofmost valleys.

A number of other trailscriss-cross the park, mak-ing it a wonderful place tojog, hike, picnic, study na-ture or explore. HemlockRavine is a popular cross-

country skiing destinationin winter and it’s also agreat place to observebirds and wildlife, includ-ing the occasional deer.

The park is located atthe site where Prince Ed-ward, the son of KingGeorge III and the father ofQueen Victoria, built apalatial estate at the end ofthe 18th century. The

main entrance starts at aparking lot at the end ofKent Street beside a heart-shaped pond known asJulie’s Pond.

The common story isthat Prince Edward had thepond made for his belovedpartner Julie St. Laurent,but it was actually built inthat shape long after thecouple had left the estate.

Scott Manor House isBedford’s communitymuseum, featuring dis-plays of antiquefurniture and householditems, British uniformsfrom the 18th century, atea room, archives andreading room.

The house, built by itsoriginal owner JosephScott shortly after Hali-fax was founded in 1749,is a beautiful example ofa modest Georgianhome with its original

mortarless chimney,hand-hewn floorboardsand gambrel roof.

Scott Manor House isalso the start of the FortSackville Walkway, afive-kilometre trail thatfollows the Sackville Riv-er through downtownBedford to the FultzHouse Museum inSackville — the firstpedestrian walkway toconnect thecommunities of Bedfordand Sackville. TOM MASON

Explore the past atScott Manor House

The heart-shaped pond known as Julie’s Pond in Hemlock Ravine was once part of a large

pleasure garden on the Halifax estate of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.

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Life in Bedford has longbeen connected to itsnamesake body of water.Bedford Basin is a majorsource of recreation forthe community, the site ofthe Bedford Basin YachtClub and a backdrop forseveral area parks. But theBasin has a history thatstretches back long beforethe community wasfounded.

In the 1990s, scientistsat the Bedford Institute ofOceanography (BIO) dis-covered the remains of awaterfall from the days

when Bedford Basin was alarge freshwater lake andan extension of theSackville River. Five thou-sand years ago, probablyduring a vicious storm, thesea suddenly brokethrough and flooded theriver, creating the saltwa-ter basin that exists theretoday.

BIO scientist GordonFader, who spearheadedthe Basin exploration proj-ect, believes native villagesmay have been submergedby the event like some mi-ni Atlantis.

As the world wars ragedin Europe, Bedford Basinbecame a huge mar-

shalling yard for convoysof ships that kept Britainsupplied with goods,weapons and Canadian sol-diers.

Throughout the wars,the Basin was packed withhundreds of ships waitingtheir turn to join a convoy.It was a role that Halifaxpaid dearly for in 1917,when a munitions shippacked with explosivescollided in the harbournarrows with a Belgian re-lief ship, sparking thedeadliest explosion beforethe atomic bomb.

Today, the BedfordBasin supports one of Hali-fax’s two container termi-

nals and it is also an im-portant research facilityfor the naval research or-ganization DRDC Atlantic.The familiar blue andgreen shed anchored inMill Cove — a fixture forcommuters for a couple ofgenerations — is part ofthat research.

Known as the AcousticCalibration Barge, thefloating shed has a largehole cut in its centre, aplace where scientists cantest equipment in sea wa-ter under warm, dry condi-tions before taking theirexperiment onto the highseas aboard DRDC’s re-search vessel Quest.

The Bedford Basin supports one of Halifax’s two container terminals and it is also an important research

facility for the naval research organization DRDC Atlantic.

TOM MASON/FOR METRO

Think it’s time to putthe bikes away foranother year? Thinkagain.

According to CynthiaFry at the Bicycles PlusCycling Club in Bedford,the riding season is stillgoing strong.

“Last Saturday wasone of the coldest daysof the year so far and wehad 20 riders out,” saysFry. “We have a fewdiehards that keepriding all winter.”

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rides that often seedozens of club membersparticipating.

“We have 188members right now,”says Fry.

“We get a full range ofriders. Some are seriousracers or touring riders,others just want to gofor a Saturday morningride. It’s an eclecticgroup.”

The Bicycles Plus Bicy-cle Club also hosts aWednesday evening ridethat is popular, particu-larly in the warmermonths. TOM MASON

BICYCLES PLUS CYCLING CLUB PHOTO

The Bicycles Plus Cycling Club has become

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26 sports metronews.caWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Re-evaluation begins at SMU

A fine line — offensiveline, that is — separatescontenders from pre-tenders in university foot-ball, according to SteveSumarah.

“Your top offensive linerecruits are flat out thehardest thing to find,”said the Saint Mary’sHuskies head coach. “Youmight be able to get one.You might be lucky in ayear and get two. But toget three or four top-notch O-Line recruits in ayear? That’s consideredphenomenal.”

The Huskies, whoserun of four straight At-lantic University Sport ti-tles came to an end onSaturday, had a young of-fensive line that returnsall but Bryan Jordan.Third-year all-star Guil-laume Gagnier, as well asNick Arment, Riley Brownand Matt Albright, high-light the group.

Recruiting at that posi-tion is more competitivethan any other, Sumarahsaid.

“You just have to findthe biggest, strongest,toughest guys out there,”Sumarah said. “It’s theNo. 1 priority. Then thequarterback has time tothrow, then you can runthe ball. Everything isbased around it.”

Saint Mary’s went 6-2this season before falling39-20 to the Kyle Graves-led Acadia Axemen in the

Loney Bowl. WhileSumarah didn’t go so faras to say complacency hadset in for the Huskies, hesaid the loss forces a thor-ough analysis of what theprogram might be doingwrong.

“Sometimes whenyou’re winning and con-tinuing to win, you loseperspective of all the im-portant things thathelped you get there,”Sumarah said. “This givesus an opportunity tothrow everything outthere and see what’s go-ing well for us and whatisn’t.”

Sumarah is pleasedwith the development ofboth of his quarterbacks,with late-season starterJack Creighton enteringhis fifth year and JesseMills taking five careerstarts into his sophomorecampaign.

They’ll duke it out forthe starting job in 2012,while Sumarah is lookingto add some talented re-ceivers to help them out.He’ll also need to replacehis graduating all-starbackfield of Craig Leger

and Devon Jones.“We’re just gonna hash

it out, make a plan, seewhere we’re going, whatwe like, what we’re happywith, and go from there,”Sumarah said.

Saint Mary’s running back Devon Jones dives in for a touchdown against

Acadia on Saturday. Jones is one of the Huskies’ most notable graduates.

JASON MALLOY/TRANSCONTINENTAL MEDIA

Huskies reviewing entire footballprogram after run of four straight ti-tles ends Sumarah calls dominantO-Line the biggest key to success

Benoit Pouliot scored thetiebreaking goal with 3:01left in the third period togive the Boston Bruins a 4-3victory over the New JerseyDevils last night and sendthe defending Stanley Cupchampions to their sixthconsecutive win.

Hammonds Plains’s BradMarchand scored for thethird straight game andBoston as climbs out of bot-

tom of the Eastern Confer-ence and into the race forplayoff position. The Bruinshave 34 goals in their past

six games.Nick Palmieri scored

twice and David Clarksonadded a single for the Dev-ils, who had won four oftheir past five.

Chris Kelly and ShawnThornton also scored forthe Bruins. But it was still 3-3 when Pouliot knocked inthe rebound of Rich Pever-ley's shot from the blue-line. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Marchand rolls along in Bruins’ win over Devils

Bruins, from left, Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and

Tyler Seguin celebrate Marchand’s goal in Boston last night.

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Leaving the pack

Key losses for the Huskies

next season:

RB Craig LegerRB Devon JonesDL Dan SchutteDB Bryce FisherLB Aaron CrawfordOL Brandon Jordan

Revenge onthe agendain CalgaryBlake Nill’s Calgary Dinoscan settle a score inFriday’s Mitchell Bowl.

The Dinos, fresh offtheir fourth straightHardy Cup win as CanadaWest football champions,host the Laval Rouge etOr at 10:30 p.m. (live,TSN) in the Canadian In-teruniversity Sport semi-finals.

The top-ranked Rougeet Or (10-1) hammeredthe second-ranked Dinos(9-1) by a 29-2 margin inlast year’s Vanier Cup.Nill, Calgary’s headcoach, won two VanierCups with the SaintMary’s Huskies.

In the other semifinal,the Atlantic UniversitySport champion AcadiaAxemen (9-1, rankedninth) host the No. 4 Mc-Master Marauders (9-1) atMoncton Stadium at 7:30p.m. (TSN) in the UteckBowl. METRO

“Because we hadso many injuries,our depth this yearhas been as goodas its ever been.More guys playedthan we ever evenimagined wouldplay.” HUSKIES COACH STEVE SUMARAH

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Sports in brief

The Baltimore Ori-oles are going retroin 2012, bringingback the cartoonbird for their capsas part of auniform changefor the upcomingseason.

The new cartoonbird head utilizeselements from the1970 and 1983 ver-sions. The homecap will feature thebird head on awhite front panelwith a black backand orange bill andbutton. The roadcaps will featurethe bird on blackwith an orange billand button.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Verlander unanimous pick for Cy Young

In wake of Lucic-Miller incident, NHL GMs call for more goaltender protectionNext player to hit a netminder outside of the crease will likely face harsher penalties

The next player to ham-mer a goaltender outsideof his crease isn’t likely toget off as easily as MilanLucic.

A discussion among theleague’s 30 general man-agers yesterday produced astrong consensus thatgoalies need to be betterprotected — even whenthey stray from their owngoal to play the puck.That’s exactly what Buffa-lo’s Ryan Miller was doingon Saturday night when hesuffered a concussion aftertaking a hit from Lucic.

The Sabres were out-raged that the only punish-ment given to the BostonBruins forward on the playwas a two-minute minorfor charging. But BuffaloGM Darcy Regier left yes-terday’s meeting believingthat the next offenderwould be dealt with moreharshly.

“Based on our conversa-tions in the room, I person-ally believe (he) would be,”said Regier.

NHL disciplinarian Bren-dan Shanahan spoke withLucic on Monday but de-cided against suspendinghim because he didn’t feelthat he had the latitudeunder the current rules todo it. The Bruins forwardclaimed not to have run in-to Miller on purpose.

After learning yesterdaythat roughly two-thirds ofGMs would have preferredto see a suspension in thecase, Shanahan acknowl-edged that his mandatehad been altered.

“I think there’s certain-ly a very heightened sensi-tivity to the goalies and thefuture of all the goalies inthis league,” he said. “Cer-tainly they’re not fairgame. I think that playershave to understand that.The general managers ex-pressed to me the impor-

tance of all the players onthe ice but also the ex-treme importance of thegoaltender in that posi-tion.

“So I do think that’ssomething as a message tothe players around theleague, if anybody doesthink that it’s a tactic and

a tactic that is a smartgamble on their part, itwon’t be.”

The former NHL star hasbeen busy since replacingColin Campbell in the off-season and used yester-day’s meeting as a chanceto have an open discussionabout some of his deci-

sions so far. Among thecontroversial plays hehighlighted during a videopresentation was the hitby Rangers forward Wo-jtek Wolski on Ottawa Sen-ators captain DanielAlfredsson that went un-punished.THE CANADIAN PRESS

No open season on goalies

There was little questionJustin Verlander wouldunanimously win the ALCy Young Award. Now, thefar more intriguing ques-tion: Will he take the MVP,too?

“Do I think it’s possible?Yes. Would I like to win it?Of course,” he said duringa conference call. “It’s kindof a weird scenario.”

No starting pitcher haswon the MVP trophy sinceRoger Clemens in 1986,with Dennis Eckersley the

last reliever to get it in1992. Many say pitchersshouldn’t win the MVP, pe-riod, contending they al-ready have their ownaward.

But Verlander’s season— he won the pitching ver-sion of the Triple Crown,led Detroit to its first divi-

sion crown in 24 years anddrew every first-place voteyesterday in the Cy Youngrace — has ratcheted upthe debate in a crowdedMVP field that includesCurtis Granderson, JacobyEllsbury, Jose Bautista,Miguel Cabrera and more.

“Pitchers are on the bal-

lot,” Verlander said. Bol-stering the case for allpitchers, Verlander point-ed to the “tremendous ef-fect we have on the day ofour game.”

“I’m so different fromeverybody,” he said.

If he doesn’t win, Ver-lander said he’d like to seeGranderson, his formerteammate, get the award.

Verlander breezed to theCy Young, much the waythe Tigers’ ace humbledhitters with his 100 m.p.h.

fastball, sharp curve andwicked slider.

Verlander led the ma-jors in wins by going 24-5and topped baseball with250 strikeouts. His 2.40ERA was the best amongAL pitchers who qualifiedfor the title.

The 28-year-old rightywas listed on top on all 28ballots by members of theBaseball Writers’ Associa-tion of America and fin-ished with 196 points.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“Since the end of the season, peoplehave been saying that the Cy Young iswrapped up.”JUSTIN VERLANDER

Bruins and Sabres players scuffle as Sabres goalie Ryan Miller gets up after being decked

by the Bruins’ Milan Lucic on Saturday. The league is looking to crack down on similar hits.

MICHAEL DWYER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Coach K setsDivision Iwins recordNCAA. Mike Krzyzewskibecame Division I’s all-time winningest coachwhen Duke beat Michi-gan State 74-69 lastnight in the State FarmChampions Classic.

The Blue Devils gaveCoach K his 903rd win,breaking a tie with BobKnight, Krzyzewski’scollege coach at Armyand his mentorthroughout his profes-sional career.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Reunion for WoodsGOLF. The Presidents Cupwill start with a reunionbetween Tiger Woodsand his ex-caddie.

U.S. captain Fred Cou-ples and Internationalcaptain Greg Norman,hopeful of putting anend to a three-monthsaga of Woods and SteveWilliams, put them to-gether in the last of sixfoursomes matches inthe opening session to-morrow. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NBA playersfile lawsuitsLOCKOUT. Locked-outNBA players includingCarmelo Anthony andKevin Durant filed class-action antitrust lawsuitsagainst the leagueyesterday in at least twostates, moving pro bas-ketball’s labour disputefrom the negotiatingtable to federal court.

Attorney David Boies,who represented theNFL during that sport’swork stoppage and nowhas been broughtaboard by basketball’splayers, said the NBAlockout violatesantitrust laws by refus-ing to allow players towork. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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But it couldn’t catch acold next to the DodgeChallenger’s SRT8 392 thatgenerated 470 horses fromits 6.4-litre “Hemi” V-8 en-gine. That goes double forFord Mustang-based ShelbyGT500’s 550 ponies thatemanate from a super-charged 5.4-litre V-8.

With bragging rights onthe line, you just had toknow that Chevrolet wouldeventually retaliate.

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EngineThe 2012 ZL1’s supercharged 6.2-litre V-8 — a variation of theengines found in the Corvette ZR1 and Cadillac CTS-V — ismated to a six-speed manual transmission and dynos at 580horsepower and 556 pound-feet of torque. This makes it themost powerful production Camaro ever built and, Chevroletproclaims, will be the most powerful Chevy droptop ever.

The ZL1 constitutes much more than just unbridled horse-power, but represents a thoroughly sorted out performanceplatform where nearly every component has been beefed upor completely redesigned to handle the engine’s hefty output.

Often when companies dig out sacred names from the past, they’re stuck to inferior cars that disappoint. Not here.

CabinBoth driver and their front passengershould have no problems stretchingout inside the Camaro’s generouslysized cabin with its power-adjustableheated leather seats with grippysuede-like inserts. They’ll also appre-ciate the sounds from the dual-modeexhaust system that becomes freerflowing (and louder) when the driveropens the taps a bit.

SuspensionThe ZL1’s suspension employs GM’sMagnetic Ride Control, which uses spe-cial shock dampers that constantly varythe degree of firmness, according toroad and driving conditions.

There are also Tour (soft) and Sport(firmer) settings that the driver can dialin. Most of the remaining suspensioncomponents have either been strength-ened or swapped out.

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sion’s highest-rated andmost expensive sportingevents.

Last year Super Bowl adscost companies about $3million for 30 seconds.

Chrysler Group LLC’stwo-minute spot featuringrapper Eminem was amongthose that created the mostSuper Bowl buzz last year,and it helped kick off whathas been a strong sales yearfor the recovering compa-ny. The cinematic third-quarter ad showed Eminemdriving through Detroit andintroduced a new car, theChrysler 200 sedan, amidgritty scenes of the city. Avoiceover talked about howthe city has survived goingthrough “hell and back.”

Krafcik said Hyundaihopes to have standoutspots as well, but it will fo-cus more on a brand mes-sage rather than going forentertainment value.

“We’re competing withDoritos and Pepsi and An-heuser-Busch,” he said Fri-day at an auto showbriefing for reporters at atechnical centre near Ann

Arbor, Mich. “Those aretough competitors from anentertainment point ofview.”

Hyundai, he said, mighthave a little more fun withits ads this year and try tomake them more memo-rable than in the past. Butit’s also trying to swayabout a third of the automarket that has a neutralview of the brand, whichsells the Elantra compact,Sonata midsize car and Tuc-son crossover SUV, amongother models.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pedestrians walk past a Hyundai dealership in Seoul,

South Korea last month. The automaker has big plans for its

advertising during the upcoming Super Bowl broadcast.

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Hyundai hoping for a Super Bowl victoryAutomaker aims to raise brand awareness with five TV spots airing before and during big game broadcast

Hyundai Motor Co. is hop-ing that five television spotsbefore and during the Feb.5 Super Bowl game willhelp to bolster its risingbrand recognition and con-

tinue big sales gains fromthe past few years.

North American CEOJohn Krafcik says the fast-growing brand is workingon a 60-second spot that

will run right before kick-off, plus two ads on thepregame show and two dur-ing the first and third quar-ters of the game.

He wouldn’t say how

much the Korean automak-er is spending on the ads,which will compete withthe most creative spotsAmerican companies haveto offer during one of televi-

545KHyundai has had hugesales growth in a lack-lustre U.S. automarket. Through Octo-ber, the company hassold more than545,000 vehicles,already passing lastyear’s record sales of538,000, according toAutodata Corp.

Ifound a car thatdoesn’t need reversegear. Really. Thestart and end pointsof a day in the ScioniQ were the same,

essentially a circle. All day, I drove, manoeu-vred, parked, stopped,started, accelerated andturned.

There were wrongturns, tight turns, U-turns.Reverse gear? Not evenonce.

Along a meanderingand pretty shore road, mydrive partner and I dideverything we could tothrow our test vehicle intothe tightest circles possi-ble.

And both of us giggleduncontrollably every time.

The 2012 Scion iQ has aturning radius of just fourmetres and in the deliciousHot Lava colour, itmatched my Kate Spade

bag quite nicely, thank youvery much.

Thinking about spend-ing the day in the world’ssmallest four-seater, I haveto admit that I was a littleapprehensive since I’m al-most six feet tall.

Would I have to be priedout of the thing?

Would I be sportingbruised temples, ankles,elbows and a pretzeledspine?

First off, it might techni-cally have four seats, butthe back is strictly for tod-dlers and passengers of thecanine variety. If I daredsuggest any of our threeleggy daughters sit backthere, I would get dirtylooks and plenty of eye-rolling.

We most certainly werenot in Alabama in mid-Ju-ly, but, on our drive day,we were treated to an un-seasonably warm day andthe world’s smallest air-conditioning system han-dled it with aplomb.

Scion, the youthful off-

shoot of its Toyota parents,boasts that the iQ, in di-rect competition with Ital-ian-heartstring-tuggingFiat 500 and Germany’sSmart ForTwo, has the flat-test gas tank, no thickerthan a can of soda and halfas thick as standard gastanks.

The “iQute” also has theworld’s first rear-windowairbag, which is proper be-cause if you’re in that backseat, you want to knowthat there’s something be-tween grave danger andyour head.

I spent equal time in thedriver’s seat and in thepassenger seat of the iQ.

The passenger’s side isinteresting and innovative.There is no glove box. Adrawer that slides outfrom under the seat takescare of that storage re-quirement.

On the driver’s side, theseat and positioning arecomfortable. Enough roomfor long legs and arms andplenty of head room for

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Scion’s smart ‘city car’ lives up to its nameLISA CALVIWHEELBASE [email protected]

The iQ doesn’t weigh all that much, so the

94-horsepower engine feels stronger, relatively speaking.

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those days when my hair isoh-so-’80s.

Acceleration is surpris-ingly rapid. Although thepassing lanes on the wind-ing roads of our drivingroute were short, the iQdidn’t hesitate. It felt con-fident and sure-footedwhile enjoying a smallspurt of 115 km/h on thehighway.

You just have to keep inmind that 94 horsepoweris 94 horsepower. The iQdoesn’t think it’s biggerthan it is but, like the adsays, it is bigger than youthink.

I like the Scion iQ’s mi-cro size yet macro person-

ality. When you’re in it,there is no sign of aNapoleon complex. The iQis small and proud of it.

I like the way the tiresare jauntily pushed out tothe edge of the vehicle. I

like the smooth seat-glid-ing levers on either side ofthe passenger chair. And,even though I didn’t seethem, I like the class-lead-ing 11 airbags as well asthe great fuel economy.

Scion family The fun and funky family ofScion cars has been on salein North America since 2003and in Canada for the lastcouple of years. The brandhas made an impact, with800,000 of its cuties roam-ing the roads. The three sib-lings of the iQ are thehatchback xD, the boxy butheartwarming xB and thesporty tC two-door coupe.


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Honda reliability. Certified. When Honda certifies a used vehicle, you know it can be depended on. Every Certified Used Honda undergoes a series of thorough dealer inspections to ensure it upholds the reliability of the Honda name. You get the performance, safety and efficiency of a Honda, with the added assurance that comes with a factory warranty. Find yours at cuv.honda.ca

†Limited time Purchase Financing offer on Honda Certifed Used CR-V models available through Honda Financial Services, on approved credit. Offer only available up to 24 months on Honda Certifi ed Used Honda models (2006-2010 model years). Finance example based on 2006 CR-V models: $10,000 at 1.9% per annum equals $424.96 per month for24 months. Cost of borrowing is $199.12 for a total obligation of $10,199.12. Taxes, license, insurance, registration and fees are not included. See your Honda dealer for full details. Dealer may sell for less. Additional fi nancing offers available on 36, 48, 60 and 72 months. Offer expires December 31, 2011.

Final-gen GM minivans should offer reliability2005 to 2009 Pontiac Montana/Chevrolet Uplander

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For many shoppers, theminivan delivers the ulti-mate in bang-for-the-buckwhen it comes to movinga family around.

At General Motors, theChevrolet Uplander andPontiac Montana SV6 werethe most recent offeringsto the minivan-seekingmasses.

Though cosmeticallydifferent, the underlyinghardware in the Uplanderand Montana were basical-ly identical.

The following informa-tion, therefore, applies toboth.

EnginePower came from oneof two V-6 engines: a3.5-litre with 200 horsepower, ora 3.9-litre with 240. A four-speedautomatic transmission wasstandard and All Wheel Drivewas available.

Common issuesProblems stated with thenewer GM minivan power-plants seem few and farbetween — and are mainlysensor related. If theengine and transmission’sservice requirements havebeen adhered to, if it runssmoothly and if no “checkengine” lights are illumi-nated, you’re well on yourway. Be sure to “feel” forany transmission slipping— and avoid any modelthat exhibits it.

Avoid models with pow-er sliding doors. These canbe an expensive hasslewhen they fail.

VerdictA well-maintained Uplan-der or Montana should bea machine from whichowners can expect solidpowertrain reliability,plenty of space and afford-able pricing in the usedmarket.

What ownerslikeMost owners report acomfortable highway ride, smooth per-formance, plenty of interior space anda flexible cargo and passenger compart-ment layout. Gas mileage is ratedstrongly, relatively speaking.

What ownersdislikeComplaints tend to in-clude interior squeaking, rattlingand trim wear as the vehicles age,as well as bland and uninspiredstyling.

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But it appears that theshifter survivor percent-age has hardened into asmall, dense core, verymuch willing and pre-pared to stand its ground— like a cornered ground-hog, overly angry andmuscled by steroid use.

OK bad analogy, but youget my point.

Stick shifts have hadfour traditional advan-tages: always cheaper, al-ways more fun, alwaysmore fuel efficient, and al-ways more zip (accelera-tion and top speed).

But the new crop of au-tomatic transmissions hasturned the tables when itcomes to efficiency andzip.

Traditional-type auto-matic transmissions usedto have three or four gears.

Now they have moregears than most manuals.Chrysler’s new automatichas eight.

We’re also seeing moreuse of the Constant Veloci-ty Transmissions (CVT) andthe twin-clutch transmis-sion.

The former has nogears, and as such, is com-pact, light, and can be tai-lored for optimumefficiency.

The latter is hard to ex-plain (for me at least), butmakes uses of two clutch-es — one for odd-num-bered gears and one foreven-numbered gears.

It can go from gear togear in the blink of eye,because the subsequentgear is already “pre-en-gaged” and only needs anod from a computer to

get busy. They can shift faster

than any human handcould, and their speed isincreased by the fact thatthey don’t need a suspen-sion of torque to get theirshift completed (hence notorque convertor).

Twin-clutch transmis-sions are rapidly becomingthe transmission of choicefor performance vehicles,even for such racey mar-ques as Ferrari, BMW andPorsche.

“Our take rate on manu-al transmissions is waydown,” says Laurance Yap,director of marketing,Porsche Cars Canada.

He adds that, ironically,Europeans are leading theway with automatic trans-missions.

Europeans have histori-

cally snubbed their nosesat lazy automatics, butthey have fallen in lovewith the sportier “twinclutch” design.

Across the 911 modelline in Germany, for exam-ple, Yap notes that 75 to 80per cent are sold with PDK.(PDK is a short form forthe official name of thecompany’s twin clutch —Porsche Doppelkupplung.

Just try saying that cor-rectly in German withouthurting yourself.)

The Canadian “takerake” for 911 models withPDK is only 50 per cent. Gofigure: we like manualtransmissions more thanthe Autobahn enabled Ger-mans.

Which brings us back toour angry groundhog.

Manual transmissions

will continue to have alife, even in this era wherethey are technologicallytrumped, because they aresimply more engaging andfun for a certain tribe ofdriver.

The Cadillac CTS-V andthe upcoming Mazda MX-5are two examples of newvehicles that are making“statements” by offering amanual transmission —they are signalling thatthey are ready to emotion-ally engage a driver so in-clined.

Actually, as vehicles be-come increasingly sophis-ticated and computerized,the manual transmissionwill have an increasing im-portant role — to regainsome of that lost emotion-al connection to the me-chanical beast within.

“Stick shift” vehicleshave been in steadydecline. Currently theyrepresent only aboutfive to seven per centof the North Americannew-vehicle market.

That steep of adecline couldsuggest a zeromarket sharemight soon bein the cards.

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EVON

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Aries March 21-April 20 WithMars, your ruler, on excellent termswith expansive Jupiter today, thereis nothing you cannot accomplish.

Taurus April 21-May 21 Youwon’t lack for courage or confi-dence today, but make sure theyare both well directed.

Gemini May 22-June 21 Ifyou promised to do something fora loved one then you must see itthrough to completion.

Cancer June 22-July 22 Don’twaste precious time thinking ofwhat might have been. Start beingamazing today. Live for now.

Leo July 23-Aug.23 The planetssuggest that if you make an effort,the results will astonish you.

Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 Don’twaste time worrying aboutwhether or not you are doing theright thing. If it feels right to you,that’s all that matters.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 If thereis something you should have fin-ished but never got round to com-pleting, have a second crack at it.

Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Youcan sense that if you want to makechanges now is the time to getbusy. So don’t wait, get to it.

Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21 With Mars and your ruler Jupiteron good terms over the next 24hours, you can overcome fears.

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20Don’t waste time on tasks that canbe done with your brain stuck inneutral. Be bold and brilliant.

Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18What you start over the next twoor three days will bring great suc-cess in the very near future.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20. It’llbe easy to lose your sense of per-spective in the next 24 hours. Con-trol emotions. SALLY BROMPTON

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