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Emotional win for Als’ Calvillo The Alouettes’ defeat of the Saskatchewan Roughriders for their second straightGrey Cup in Edmonton last night was tempered by the news that quarterback Anthony Calvillo will undergo surgery to have a lesion in his throat removed.Calvillo says biopsy results on whether it was cancerous were inconclusive.

Grey Cup. Repeat

Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo hoists the Grey Cup after Montreal’s21-18 win over the Riders in Edmonton last night. Story, page 20.

Nenshimakes hisproposal

Mayor looking to bring tax hike to 4.5 per centNenshi wants to add 61,000 hours of transit

service and freeze price of low-income transit pass

Drug shortage is ‘bad’ Prescription drug shortages areal worry in Alberta {page 3}

International incident WikiLeaks release puts U.S. onhotseat, Canada reacts {page 6}

Mayor Naheed Nenshi is looking toslash the tax increase, cut the Park andRide fee and increase hours of transitservice, according to a report releasedyesterday.

“I’ve tried to craft a budget thatreflects (Calgarians’) priorities,investing in the things they find impor-tant while keeping tax increases reason-able,” said Nenshi in a statement. “Ihope my council colleagues will havethe appetite for these changes.”

Ald. Gord Lowe said it’s unclear rightnow whether the mayor’s proposed 4.5per cent tax increase is feasible.

“Depends on council’s appetite forcuts,” he said.

“That will become part of the subjectfor discussion tomorrow and the nextcouple of days,” he said.

Lowe said he doesn’t agree with all ofNenshi’s suggestions.

“I do not agree with stopping thePark and Ride fee because that’s whatpays for the security and the cleanlinessof the transit system,” he said.

Scott Hennig, Alberta director for theCanadian Taxpayers Federation, saidwhile the mayor has lowered the hike,it’s still too much.

“Even with the mayor’s cuts, it’s stillfour-and-a-half times the inflation rate,”he said.

“We’d like to see council and themayor dig a little deeper and find someplaces to get this down to a level that isa lot closer to the current inflationrate.”

KATIE TURNER

$67,983,000 in reductions

Nenshi is suggesting creating aninnovation fund that would go towards citypilot projects.The mayor’s recommendations find a totalreduction of $67,983,000.Every one per cent the tax increase goesdown is equal to roughly $9 million the cityhas found in savings.

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Calgary resident and Type 2diabetic Ray Charette wasleft a little shaken afterheading to his pharmacyearlier this month to refill aDiamicron prescription,which helps control blood-sugar levels.

“They said they didn’thave any and weren’t surewhen they would,” the 65-year-old recalled. “I wasshocked ... I was told itwould be at least a month.”

Charette was given asimilar medication for thetime being and has beenable to get by.

“It’s more worrying forpeople that are worse thanme, people with heart med-ication and so on,” he said.“This could be pretty seri-ous.”

Lloyd Barran, a local con-tract pharmacist of 12years, said the shortage hasbecome frustrating forthose in his line of work.

“The problem’s come upin the past to a minor de-gree, but never this bad,”said Barran, who works forsome of the biggest phar-

macies in Calgary. “It’s really bad now.”Alberta Health and Well-

ness spokesperson AndyWeiler said the situationcannot be attributed to onespecific factor.

“Pharmacists and physi-cians are working withtheir patients to determineappropriate alternativemedications when the usu-al drug is unavailable,”Weiler added.

Medications becomeworryingly scarce

A Calgary man recently found himself without his diabetes medicationbecause of a shortage that one pharmacist says has gotten “really bad.”

JEREMY NOLAIS/FOR METRO

Pharmacist concerned drugshortage is worsening Problemworldwide, says health official

Four cars were broken in-to yesterday at Nakiskaski resort, leaving oneCalgarian snowboardercounting her losses.

Meaghan Ralston saidshe and her friends wereat her car at 1 p.m., and

when they came back at 3p.m. the windows hadbeen smashed.

“They had taken all ofour purses and a back-pack and a bunch ofstuff,” she said, addingthey found their pursesdown the road but thevaluables had been taken.

KATIE TURNER

Break-ins at Nakiska20One report

placed the num-ber of cars tamperedwith at 20.

Man in hospitalfor poisoningINJURIES. A 20-year-oldmale was taken to hospi-tal to be treated for car-bon monoxide

poisoning after Calgaryfirefighters were calledto a home onHunterdale Road NWyesterday.

Officials believe a tarpleft over a furnace wasforcing carbon monox-ide back into theresidence.

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News in brief

Drug dilemma

Pharmacists say the short-age is being felt predomi-nantly with “generic”drugs provided by multiplesuppliers, such asantibiotics.Alberta Health andWellness said contributingfactors in the shortage in-clude a limited number ofworldwide producers ofdrug ingredients, and of-ten a disruption in supplyof the ingredients due tomanufacturing issues.About 37 million prescrip-tions are filled in Albertaevery year, according tothe province.

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Big Plumere-electedas TsuuT’ina chiefTsuu T’ina First Nationleader Sandford BigPlume has been re-elect-ed for a fifth term.

Plume was re-electedin Friday’s election and

will hold his position aschief for another twoyears, according to a re-lease from the band.

Big Plume played alarge role in negotia-tions between the Cityof Calgary and the prov-ince over the ring road.

The results of the racefor the 12 council posi-tions had yet to bereleased. It has been re-ported that 90 per centof eligible voters turnedout for the election.

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Passengeremergencyforces flightlandingAn Air Canada flight enroute to Toronto from Van-couver was forced to makean emergency stop in Cal-gary yesterday.

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The cause of the man’sdistress was not publicallyreleased. METRO

Edmontoneconomist tohelm Alta.LiberalsThe Alberta Liberal Partyhas a new president.

Erick Ambtman, aneconomist fromEdmonton, was electedduring an annual generalmeeting in Red Deer overthe weekend.

The 32-year-old had pre-viously served as the par-ty’s regional chair forEdmonton.

METRO

Grey pride in Calgary

Cowbell and all, Calgary resident TJ Fielder leadsa cheer while watching the Saskatchewan Roughriderstake the field for yesterday’s 98th Grey Cup.

JEREMY NOLAIS/FOR METRO

Calgary resident T.J. Field-er has been a diehardSaskatchewan Roughridersfan for 34 years, and yes-terday he watched histeam take part in a Canadi-an tradition dating backmore than 100 years: theGrey Cup.

“The CFL brings the EastCoast and West Coast to-gether,” said Fielder, whotook in the festivities at aSaskatchewan-themed barin the northwest. “Every-body in Canada, basically,will turn on their TV andwatch.”

Mandy Gratton sharedFielder’s enthusiasm forthe game as she cheeredon the opposing MontrealAlouettes with family overappetizers and drinks.

“It’s one of those eventsin Canada that everybody’swatching,” Gratton said.

Calgary Stampeders fanDawson Horning opted to

still wear his team’scolours with pride, despitethe team’s absence at thebig game for the secondstraight season.

“It’s all fun,” he said.“We have such a differentgame than anyone elseand it’s important to comeout show your support forsomething that’s so Cana-dian.” JEREMY NOLAIS

Riders fans take pride in supporting ‘community-owned’ team

Als fans feel outnumbered but remain committed to cause

Memory lane

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Nearly all the major candi-dates in Haiti's presidentialelection called for yester-day's election to be voidedamid allegations of fraudand reports that largenumbers of voters wereturned away from pollingstations across the quake-stricken country.

Twelve of the 19 candi-dates endorsed a jointstatement denouncing thevoting as fraudulent andcalling on their supportersto show their anger withdemonstrations againstthe government and thecountry's Provisional Elec-toral Council, known asthe CEP.

The statement includedall of the major contenders

but one: Jude Celestin,who is backed by the Unityparty of President RenePreval.

“It is clear that Prevaland the CEP were not pre-pared for elections,” saidcandidate Anne MarieJosette Bijou.

The CEP had earlier ac-knowledged problemswith the voter lists but saidimmediately after the can-didates’ news conferencethat the election wouldcontinue.

Even so, the unitedfront of so many candi-dates could cast doubt onthe legitimacy of the elec-tion, the first since a Janu-ary earthquake destroyedmuch of the capital, leav-

ing more than a millionpeople still stranded incrowded tent encamp-ments.

The call for protestscould also spark violence,especially with tensions al-ready high following a se-ries of deadly clashesearlier this month be-tween UN peacekeepersand demonstrators whosuspected them of bring-ing a rapidly spreadingcholera outbreak.

Police fired tear gas todisperse demonstratorsnear an electoral office inthe Delmas section of thecapital but there were noimmediate reports of ma-jor violence.

Representatives of the

major internationaldonors, including the am-bassador of Canada, metafter the candidates decla-ration to discuss the situa-tion, said Organization ofAmerican States AssistantSecretary-General AlbertRamdin, who is in Haiti tomonitor the elections.

“We are all concernedabout the possibility of vio-lence because we don’twant to see people lose livein a process that should bedemocratic,” Ramdin said.

Voters throughout thecountry showed up atpolling stations only tofind them closed hours af-ter their scheduled open-ing, or to be turned awaybecause their names were

not on lists. There were al-so sporadic reports of vio-lence and intimidation, aswell as a ballot box beingstolen and its contents

strewn about in the capi-tal's Cite Soleil slum.

Preliminary results arenot expected until Dec. 7.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Citizenship testfailure rate soarsFailure rates for immi-grants writing citizenshiptests have soared since thespring, when tougherquestions and revampedrules made it harder fornewcomers to becomeCanadian.

The new test, intro-duced March 15, was based

on a bulked-up citizenshipguide released a year agoto give immigrants a richerpicture of Canada’s histo-ry, culture, law and poli-tics. The 63-page guidereplaced a slimmer volumedating from 1995 with few-er facts to memorize.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Actor Nielsen dead at 84Leslie Nielsen, who tradedin his dramatic personafor inspired bumbling as ahapless doctor in Air-plane! and the accident-prone detective FrankDrebin in The Naked Guncomedies, died on yester-day in Fort Lauderdale,Fla. He was 84.

The Canadian-born ac-tor died from complica-tions from pneumonia at

a hospital near his homeat 5:34 p.m., surroundedby his wife, Barbaree, andfriends, his agent John S.Kelly said in a statement.

“We are saddened bythe passing of beloved ac-tor Leslie Nielsen who en-joyed a more than 60-yearcareer in motion picturesand television,” said Kelly.

Nielsen came to Holly-wood in the mid-1950s af-

ter performing in 150 livetelevision dramas in NewYork.

He became known as aserious actor, although be-hind the camera he was aprankster. That was an as-pect of his personalitynever exploited, however,until Airplane! was re-leased in 1980 and be-came a huge hit.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Leslie Nielsen

NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Boys ride past voters in Port-au-Prince.

RAMON ESPINOSA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fraud allegations taint Haiti election

Foreign Affairs MinisterLawrence Cannon called amassive leak of U.S. docu-ments “deplorable” yester-day.

The leak “may threatenour national security,”Cannon said in a state-ment.

The criticism came asseveral news outlets beganpublishing Americandiplomatic cables obtainedby whistleblower websiteWikiLeaks. Soon after, thecables were available tothe public at wikileaks.org.

The documents touchon everything from the re-lease of Guantanamo Bay

prisoners and Iran’s mili-tary capabilities to Libyanleader MoammarGhadafi’s eccentricitiesand U.S. efforts to spy onUnited Nations officials.

A total of 1,948 cablesoriginating from U.S.diplomats in Ottawa andhundreds of others fromvarious consulates appearto be among the leakedmaterials.

WikiLeaks confirmedlate yesterday there wouldbe as many as 2,648 docu-ments that refer to Cana-da.

The vast majority ofthese cables are not ex-pected to become publicuntil sometime this week,but the website offeredsome hints about thebroad range of topics they

cover: arms control, CBCcoverage, energy technolo-gy, Haiti, military nuclearapplications, provincial af-fairs and Syria.

One of the few docu-ments released yesterdayto mention Canada de-scribed a 2009 meetingwhich Ben Rowswell at-tended, the representativeof Canada in Kandahar,who joined in askingabout the credibility ofAfghan elections.THE CANADIAN PRESS

The revelations

Hundreds of thousands ofdocuments leaked yester-day revealed a hiddenworld of backstage inter-national diplomacy.

Nuclear fearsThe cables detail U.S.,Israeli and Arab worldfears of Iran’s growing nu-clear program and U.S.concerns about Pakistan’satomic arsenalInformation gatheringThere are American mem-os encouraging U.S. diplo-mats at the united Nationsto collect detailed dataabout the UN secretarygeneral, his team and for-eign diplomats.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

BERTIL ERICSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Latest leaks showU.S. diplomacy

WikiLeaks releases more than 250,000 U.S. State Department cables indefiance of White House As many as 2,648 documents refer to Canada

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Billionairewinstruffle bid,againA Macau casino mogul bid$330,000 US for a pair ofwhite truffles, includingone weighing about twopounds, matching therecord price he paid at thesame event three yearsago for one of the giantfungi.

Stanley Ho made thewinning bid Saturday at acharity auction.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The big news on the Toron-to stock market in the daysahead will be fourth-quar-ter earnings reports fromCanada’s biggest banks,which are expected topaint a healthier picture ofCanada’s financial institu-tions.

Royal Bank of Canada,Bank of Montreal, CIBC, TDCanada Trust, Scotiabankand National Bank of Cana-da are scheduled to reportfourth quarter earningsover the next two weeks.

The banks’ capital mar-kets divisions — whichwere a big drag on bankearnings in the prior quar-ter — are expected to showan improvement in thethree months ended Oct.31.

But the banks’ strongdomestic foothold in con-sumer banking providesthe foundation for robustearnings growth, saidJonathan Popper, assistantvice-president and seniorportfolio manager at MFC

Global Investment Man-agement.

“Canada’s been in thesweet spot, our real-estatemarket has been strong, in-terest rates are low.

“The mortgage numbersare going to look good forall the banks and the loanloss provisions, with con-sumer confidence goingup, not only will that notbe a disappointment, but itcould be a positive sur-prise,” Popper said.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Big banks set to show goodhealth in Q4

Earnings to increase by up to nine per cent for yearLess growth for TD and RBC expected

SHIZUO KAMBAYASHI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rising sun for AppleThe iPhone’s popularity in Japan is cracking open an industry long thought in-accessible to outsiders. For years, the typical Japanese cellphone, built to oper-ate on a network hardly used anywhere else in the world, has been stuffedwith quirky games and other applications that cater to finicky local tastes.

Technology. iPhone

iPhone fans try out Apple's latest iPhone 4 models in Tokyo.

Sun TVnews getsgreen lightCanadians are about to geta third 24-hour English-language cable news chan-nel, and it’s one that plansto shake up the industry.

The CRTC approved afive-year licence for SunTV news service Friday —referred to by critics asFox News North — to gointo direct competitionwith CBC’s News Networkand the CTV NewsChannel. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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One part of our healthsystem seems towork well. I got myson into a quiet after-hours medical clinic-with an

appointment. This was part ofPrimary Care Network (PCN) af-ter-hours care.

So emergency rooms may be amess, but PCNs seem to be nicelypicking up the load.

PCNs are groups of familyphysicians funded by theprovince for extra services: Hir-ing specialists in their clinics(asthma educators, or a nurse todo Pap smears); running clinicsfor those without a doctor; con-sulting about chronic care; and,importantly, staffing after-hourscare clinics for PCN member pa-tients.

There are four PCNs in Calgaryand three have after-hours clin-ics. Only South Calgary is left out.Some 70 per cent of family doc-tors belong, but toofew know care ex-ists. My doctor is amember who nevermentioned PCNservices; HealthLink didn’t suggestthe PCN when Icalled about myson’s eye infection.

It was one of myMount Royal stu-dents who alertedme to the after-hours clinic at theold Grace Hospital.Just a few blocksfrom home.

I called Health Link back. Wewere called the next day for asame night appointment.

Alas, there was no signage tothe clinic, which caused someconfusion. So more calls back toHealth Link — the after-hours

clinic has nophone number.

My son left witha good assessmentand a prescription.His file was faxedto his doctor. Hisinfection resolved.

Rick Ward ofthe Foothills PCNsays all researchshows primarycare is the besthealth invest-ment.

Some 19 percent of those at its

after-hours clinic said they wouldhave gone to an ER instead. TheFoothills after-hours clinic saw7,000 patients in one year.

Is that enough? The northeastMosaic after-hours clinic is con-sidered underutilized — so aclear “how to use” these clinicscommunication is crucial.

Family doctors have long beenthe lowly wage earners. AlbertaHealth wisely put extra moneytoward family physiciansthrough PCNs.

Each can decide on what serv-ices best suit its patients’ needs.So more doctor control.

After-hours doctors are paid aflat fee and there seems to be lit-tle trouble staffing the clinics.

This spring, as Alberta Healthrenegotiates PCN contracts, after-hours care should be a core partof PCN financing.

Our health system can work,and parts are working better.

I’m buoyed by one non-hellishafter-hours experience.

The secret needs to be out.

News flash!

“There are fourPCNs in Calgaryand three have

after-hoursclinics ... Some70 per cent offamily doctors

belong. But toofew know

care exists.”

POWEr, a visual arts presentation that utilizes a Tesla coil, runs at the Alberta College of Art & Design tonight.

CLINICS REQUIRE A SHOT IN THE ARM

Metro Minute atPOWEr presentationThe Alberta College of Art& Design (ACAD) is gearingup to host an electrifyingshow this evening.

POWEr is a high-voltageperformance by AlexandreBurton and Julien Roy inwhich an audio-modulatedTesla coil is used as an in-strument. Arcs of electrici-ty are generated and thenmodified to create appeal-ing visuals for attendees.

POWEr is slated to beginat 8 p.m. inside the Stan-ford Perrott Theatre. Priorto the show, Calgary-basedartists and cultural produc-ers will be able to show-case their own work in themain mall at ACAD.

Admission is free andthere will be a cash bar.For more information, visitartificiel.org.

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Sometimes a dress is just adress. But not in Kate Mid-dleton’s case.

Her wedding dress willbe the symbol of hertransformation from com-moner to princess, fromKate to Catherine, and de-fine her image to billionsof people as they watchher exchange vows withPrince William nextspring.

This dress must be ele-gant, memorable and per-fectly fitted. There aredelicate balances to bestruck: Modern but tradi-tional; alluring but nottoo sexy; classy but notoverly opulent — moregrown up than PrincessDiana’s famous meringue

confection, with its puffysleeves and 25-foot train.

Whatever the ultimatechoice, expectations aresky high. Middleton hasnatural good looks and aradiant smile — peopleseem to wish her well,even if she will be able toafford a dream dress thatis far beyond mostpeople’s reach.

“I’m not sure if she

could pull off a Dianadress, but it would begreat if she hadsomething thatmagnificent,” said MaryAlders, 32, a secretarywho is looking forward tothe royal wedding. “What-ever it is, everyone willwant it. I can see it as silk,maybe some beading. Itdefinitely will be spectac-ular.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Going offline to plugpeople into awarenessAlicia Keys and Lady Gagatake charity work serious-ly, and they’re going of-fline to prove it.

Gaga, Justin Timber-lake, Usher and othercelebrities have joined anew campaign called Digi-tal Life Sacrifice on behalfof Keys’ charity, Keep aChild Alive. The entertain-ers plan to sign off of so-cial media platforms likeFacebook and Twitter onWednesday, which isWorld AIDS Day. The par-ticipants will sign back onwhen the charity raises $1million.

“It’s really importantand super-cool to usemediums that we natural-ly are on,” Keys said in aphone interview from NewYork last week.

For the campaign —which also includes Jen-nifer Hudson, RyanSeacrest, Kim and KhloeKardashian, Elijah Wood,Serena Williams, JanelleMonae and Keys' husband,Swizz Beatz — celebrities

have filmed last tweet andtestament videos and willappear in ads showingthem lying in coffins torepresent what the cam-paign calls their digitaldeaths.

“It’s so important toshock you to the point ofwaking up,” Keys said.

The foundation, whichbegan in 2003, will acceptdonations through textmessages and bar-codetechnology, which is fea-tured in the charity's BuyLife campaign. Raised ef-forts support families af-fected by HIV/AIDS inAfrica and India.

“We’re trying to sort ofmake the remark: Why dowe care so much about thedeath of one celebrity asopposed to millions andmillions of people dying inthe place that we're allfrom?” said Leigh Blake,the president and co-founder of Keep a ChildAlive.

When she began re-cruiting others, not oneperson said no, Keys re-called.

“I have a feeling thatGaga is going to raise it allby herself,” Blake said. La-dy Gaga has more than 7.2million followers on Twit-ter, and nearly 24 millionfans on Facebook.

“She's got a very, verymobilized fan base andthat's beautiful to watch Ithink (and) she's able todraw their attention tothese issues that are veryimportant, you know, andthat people follow it andact.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Celebrities to support World AIDSDay by signing off Twitter, Facebook

Aiming to raise $1 million

Alicia Keys, who has more than 2.6 million followers on Twitter, has vowed to go offline until they meet their fundraising goals for World AIDS Day.

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“I have a feelingthat Gaga is goingto raise it all byherself.”LEIGH BLAKE, THE PRESIDENT ANDCO-FOUNDER OF KEEP A CHILDALIVE, SPEAKING ABOUT LADYGAGA’S ONLINE PRESENCE

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A U.S. BorderPatrol spokesmansays country singerWillie Nelson wascharged with mari-juana possessionafter six ounceswas found aboardhis tour bus inTexas. Thespokesman said anofficer smelled potwhen a door wasopened and asearch turned upmarijuana. The po-lice were then con-tacted and Nelsonwas among threepeople arrested.The singer washeld briefly beforeposting a $2,500 USbond and being re-leased.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Busted

Outspoken Dr Laura followsHoward Stern to satellite radio Singer Fefe Dobson poses for a photo as she promotes

her new album Joy.

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Fefe finds her voiceIn the seven years sinceFefe Dobson last releasedan album, she’s largelyswapped her punky styleand snarl for a more ma-ture look and radio-readypop polish.

And she doesn’t feel likeshe has to apologize forthe change, drastic thoughit may seem.

“I started writing myfirst record when I was 17,I’m 25 now,” Dobson saidin an interview at a down-

town Toronto pool hallthis week. “If I was thesame person as I was whenI was 17, there’d be a prob-lem. There’d be a really bigproblem.

“I’d still be wearing —well, I don’t know, what Iwas wearing then. Andsome of that stuff wasn’tgood, that's all I can say.”

The past seven yearsweren’t all necessarilygood for Dobson, either.

Two early singles failed

to chart and the recordnever came out. In 2006,she was dropped from herlabel, Island/Def Jam, andshe had to start again as anindie artist.

Dobson is actually nowback with the same labelthat dropped her fouryears ago. But she saysshe’s found her voice overthe past few years, adding:“I stopped trying to be likeother people.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

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“I almost got evicted be-cause of the Drum Opera,”Fortune laughed in a re-cent telephone interview,referring to the propulsiveopening track on the newdisc, Original Sin, whichcomes out Tuesday.

“I was in my condo herein L.A. and I had the land-lord himself — who livesin another building —

come up and tell me toturn it down.

“I played the DrumOpera like six times in arow and drank the biggestglass of red wine you’veever seen. He’s like, ‘Man, Ihate to bother you, butwe’ve had some com-plaints. Three miles away.You might want to turnthat down.”

Indeed, restraint wasn’t

really on the menu whenthe band approached thisproject, seeking instead totwist their familiar songsinto unrecognizable newshapes.

Fortune, the Missis-sauga, Ont., native whohas been an on-again, off-again member of INXSsince winning a reality TVshow in 2005, sings onetrack on the album (The

Stairs) but will take thelead again for an upcom-ing Australian tour.

For the rest of therecord, the Aussie band —whose original frontmanMichael Hutchence died in1997 — enlisted a varietyof guest singers, includingBen Harper, Rob Thomasand Tricky, for the 12-trackalbum.THE CANADIAN PRESS

INXS tears apart old songs Re-imagines them on new Original Sin

JD Fortune has had an up and down ride with INXS.

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INXS seekinga new Fortune

Fortune

What really happened?

Star Fortune shot to star-dom when he won the tel-evision reality contest RockStar: INXS in '05 andbecame the new frontmanfor the band. Later thatyear, he sang on thegroup's record, Switch,which topped the Canadi-an charts. But after nearlytwo years of touringbehind the record, Fortuneclaimed the band dumpedhim at a Hong Kongairport, leaving him to liveout of a truck, a story theband denied.

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Christian Lander is the author of Whiter Shades of Pale, a humorous look at regional differences within North American white culture.

WHITER SHADE OF PALE“I SORT OF ALWAYS

ASSUME FOR THE WORST”Author Christian Landersays he's still shocked bythe success of hismegahit blog-turned-book Stuff White PeopleLike.

“I’m a little neurotic— I sort of always as-sume for the worst — soI didn’t think the firstbook was going to dowell. I was super nerv-ous. And then it did welland I was amazed theylet me do a second one,”he said.

That second book isWhiter Shades of Pale, ahumorous look at re-gional differences withinNorth American white

culture. Vancouver’s white

people are described as“the most elite whiteperson on the wholeWest Coast.”

“They have out-yo-gaed Los Angeles, out-Asian-fetished SanFrancisco, and out-out-doored Seattle.

All three are nearlyimpossible tasks and yetVancouver has been ableto pull them off !” Lan-ders wrote.

Lander’s first bookwas a bestseller. His web-site has received nearly75 million hitsTHE CANADIAN PRESS

Music criticism may notalways be the most funreading material on whichto get your hands.

But that changes whenit’s written by Will Fried-wald.

Friedwald passionatelyand entertainingly chroni-cles some 300 artists —the masters of jazz andpopular music — in hisnew book, A BiographicalGuide to the Great Jazz

and Pop Singers.“The idea was to talk

about the singers whohave done the AmericanSongbook and place themon a level playing field.

“I didn’t want to makedivisions between so-called jazz singers and popsingers and Broadwaysingers,” Friedwald saysabout bringing togethervarious genres.

But the biographicalhistories of these iconicAmerican musicians arenot limited to those of thepast.

It’s artists such asJamie Cullum, MichaelBublé and Harry ConnickJr. who represent the new-er side of the musical spec-trum, according toFriedwald.

“Music is going in allkinds of directions,” Fried-wald says.

“There’s a lot of greatcontemporary people outthere.”

Friedwald also includesan extended section in thebook containing short bi-ographies of musicalgreats from other genres

such as rock ’n’ roll, blues,gospel, country and folkrock.

“One of the conclusionsI came away with was thatElvis was more of a tradi-tional pop singer than youmight think.

“Obviously, he was theking of rock ’n’ roll, but hewas the last one in thecontinuity of Bing Crosbyand Frank Sinatra.”

A Biographical Guide tothe Great Jazz and PopSingers was released thismonth to very positive re-views.

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Author Will Friedwell says Elvis was morethan the king of rock. He was also a pop star.

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Jake Gyllenhaal, 29, andTaylor Swift, 20, hadquite a busy U.S. holidayweekend.

After first being spottedThanksgiving Day inBrooklyn, N.Y., enjoyinglattes at a cafe near Jake’ssister Maggie Gyllenhaal’splace, the rumored couple

popped up a couple dayslater in Swift’s hometownof Nashville, according toPeople magazine.

“They were not tryingto be discreet by anymeans,” a source says.“They were definitely acouple. They looked veryhappy.” METRO

Taylor andJake have ahappy holiday

Jake Gyllenhaal was spotted with country star TaylorSwift over the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend.

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Angelina Jolie and BradPitt spent their U.S.Thanksgiving holidayweekend relocating toParis, where both will bedoing promotional workfor their films, accordingto People magazine.

The Jolie-Pitt clan cele-brated their arrival in theFrench capital with someshopping, taking daugh-ters Zahara and Shiloh outto a boutique.

“Angelina was great,” asource says. “She’s patient,and a very hands-on moth-er, making certain every-thing fits.”

The source adds thatPitt was “very agreeable,absolutely polite and excel-lent with the girls.” METRO

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

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Jolie-Pitt clan spendholiday in Paris

John Travolta isn’t takingrumors about him cheat-ing on his wife with othermen lightly.

The actor is suing thewebsite Gawker.com forposting excerpts fromRobert Randolph’s self-published book, The Se-cret Sex Life of JohnTravolta, according toGossip Cop.

Travolta’s lawyer, Mar-ty Singer, calls the claims“false and outrageous”and says the assertionthat his client “engagedin multiple adulteroussexual encounters in dif-ferent public locations inLos Angeles (where hedoes not live), and thateach time, the (nonexis-tent) events were coinci-dentally witnessed by(Randolph), is absolutely

ridiculous,” according to afive-page letter sent toGawker.

METRO

Travolta fightsallegations ofhis infidelity

John Travolta

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Lohan out forThanksgivingREHAB. After a morningworkout at a nearbygym, Lindsay Lohan enjoyed a quietThanksgiving at herWest Hollywood apart-ment while on leavefor the day from theBetty Ford Center, ac-cording to TMZ.

Guests at the dinnerincluded her father,Michael Lohan, and ex-girlfriend SamanthaRonson.

METRO

Talking points

Actor and country star seen together in Brooklynand then Nashville acting as a couple

“They were nottrying to bediscreet by anymeans. They weredefinitely a couple.They looked veryhappy.”

“Angelina wasgreat. She’spatient, and a veryhands-on mother.”

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Being a parent is toughenough, but the glare ofthe limelight can compli-cate things, with the pa-parazzi, the pre-schoolpolitics and the increasedrisk of screwing up yourkids.

“It’s one of those things I

think that you just have todive in blindly,” says Kather-ine Heigl, who recentlyadopted a baby girl fromChina with husband JoshKelley.

“It’s that overwhelminglove that makes us want toprocreate. No one woulddo it otherwise as it is justso intense.”

Perhaps the single most

famous Hollywood mom,Angelina Jolie, has beenlearning firsthand howhard the celebrity spot-light can be on children:Her daughter, Shiloh, hasbecome a subject oftabloid attention herself atjust four years old thanksto her unconventionalhairstyle and boyish cloth-ing choices.

“She likes to dress like aboy. She wants to be aboy,” Jolie told Vanity Fair.“So we had to cut her hair.She likes to wear boys’everything. She thinksshe’s one of the brothers.”

But should what a tod-dler wears be fodder formagazine covers just be-cause she’s the daughter offamous actors?

Since Hollywood can bea pretty strange place tobegin with, a lot of celebri-ty parents do their best tomake things as normal aspossible for their kids.

“I still take my kid toschool every day and puthim to bed every night,”says super-busy producerand director JJ Abrams. “Idon’t work on weekends.”

Raising children inthe limelight’s glare

For celebs, bringing up kids can be daunting Their kids’ clothes and hairstyles faceconstant tabloid scrutiny But Hollywood moms like Katherine Heigl say the

‘overwhelming love’ for a child is the only thing that matters

Showbiz: The next generationLong before MacaulayCulkin smacked the after-shave on his cheeks inHome Alone, kids havebeen stealing the show inHollywood. And whilechildhood stardom can of-ten lead to less-than-savoury adult lives, somehave managed to besuccessful on both sides oftheir 18th birthday — Eli-jah Wood and Jodie Fostercome to mind, among oth-ers.

Metro takes a look atsome promisingyoungsters who look likethey can avoid the TrueHollywood Storytreatment. NED EHRBAR

Callan McAuliffe

At 15 years old, AustralianCallan McAuliffe is alreadybreaking hearts after star-ring in Rob Reiner’sFlipped this summer asone half of a 1960s teen ro-mance.

And his profile is aboutto skyrocket with his nextrole in the hotly anticipat-ed I Am Number Four,based on the teen sci-finovel.

But just because lots ofpeople have been seeinghis work, that doesn’tmean McAuliffe has aswell. “I hate watching my-self, as do a lot of actors,”he says.

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Kodi Smit-McPhee

Like his Let Me In co-starMoretz, 14-year-old KodiSmit-McPhee has beendealing with some heftyadult themes. He first wonacclaim as the Boy in lastyear’s adaptation ofCormac McCarthy’s bleakThe Road before romanc-ing a vampire this year.

Luckily, he’s hadconcerned adults aroundto help shield him fromsome of the maturesubject matter. “We alwaysremained protective of Ko-di as a crew,” says TheRoad director JohnHillcoat. “There was a lotof black humour; you canimagine the jokes aboutcannibalism.”

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Chloe Moretz

After slicing apart badguys in Kick-Ass and sink-ing her teeth intounsuspecting adults as avampire in Let Me In, 13-year-old Chloe Moretzmight be a little intimidat-ing to some people. Butthe refreshingly down-to-earth actress insists there’snothing to be scared of.“I’m just a normal 13-year-old girl,” she says. Andwhile some might worryabout Moretz taking onsuch gruesome material,she’s very good at discern-ing reality from fantasy. “Itwas all acting. It was mak-ing up a character that I’mnot,” she says of her workin the bloody Let Me In.

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Jaden and Willow Smith

When your parents aremegastars Will Smith andJada Pinkett Smith, it likelydoesn’t take much to getused to the spotlight. Afterstealing scenes from hisdad in The Pursuit of Hap-pyness, 12-year-old Jadenbecame a movie star in hisown right this summerwith his The Karate Kid re-make, co-starring JackieChan.

But before he could en-joy the attention, nine-year-old sister Willowcame along to steal it withher surprise hit singleWhip My Hair. Imaginewhat they’ll do when theyhit puberty.

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There are those nightswhen breakfast is the onlyway dinner is going to geton the table.

But that doesn't doomyou to a bowl of cold cerealin front of the television.There are plenty of easyways to add a dinner-likesophistication — or at leastsatisfaction — to yourbreakfast staples. And thatwas the inspiration for thisrich and cheesy take oneggs and toast.

I started with a thickslab of sourdough pan-toasted in butter. If you in-sist, you could cut the fatby using olive oil cookingspray in the pan instead.Then I added an egg to thepan and a slab of brie tothe bread. When the eggwas cooked, but the yolkwas still a bit runny, Iplaced it on top of the brie.

And I called it dinner.And it was scrumptious inan almost disturbinglygood way.

It got me thinking thatthis same dish could be re-cast as a finger food forholiday parties, too. Forthat, I would roll out a bagof pizza dough as thinly aspossible, brush it withsome olive oil or meltedbutter, then pop it in theoven.

When it was nearlycooked, pull it out, top itwith brie and crack a feweggs on it, then return itto the oven until the eggsare ready.

Toasty Brie and Egg

Preparation:

1 In a large skillet overmedium-high, melt but-ter.

2 Place bread in skilletand toast until bottomis crispy and just turn-ing golden, 3 to 4 min-utes. Flip bread to toastother side, pushing it toone side of the pan.Crack egg into otherside of pan. Season itwith salt and pepper.

3 About 1 minute beforeegg is cooked todesired doneness, placebrie on bread. Use aspatula to transfer egg,sunny side up, ontobrie. Cover skillet andcook for anotherminute. Garnish withthyme and serve imme-diately.

Eggs for dinner,with style

Pan-toasted sourdough with brie and fried egg.

Ingredients:

• Start to finish: 10 minutes• 15 ml (1 tbsp) butter• 1 thick slice sourdoughbread• 1 egg• Salt and ground black pep-per, to taste• 1 thick slab brie (about 60g/2 oz)• 1 sprig fresh thyme

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Preparation:

1 Combine potatoes andwater in 4.5-l slow cook-er. Dot with butter. Cov-er; cook on low for 6hours or on high for 3hours until potatoes aretender.

2 Remove potatoes to alarge mixing bowl. Usingan electric mixer at medi-um speed, whip potatoesuntil well blended. Addmilk, salt and pepper;whip until smooth.

3 Stir in green onions andcheese; cover. Let standfor 15 minutes to allowflavours to blend andcheese to melt.

Makes 8 servings

Cheddar Mashed Potatoes can be made ahead in a low-energy slow cooker.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg (2 lb) Yukon Gold po-tatoes, peeled and diced• 250 ml (1 cup) water• 75 ml (1/3 cup) butter, cutinto small pieces

• 125 to 175 ml (1/2 to 3/4cup) milk• 6 ml (1 1/4 tsp) salt• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) black pepper• 125 ml (1/2 cup) choppedgreen onions• 175 ml (3/4 cup) shreddedcheddar cheese

Make-ahead mashed

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His turning point camewhen a 23-year relation-ship came to an end.

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If I don’t do it now,when will I?”

Weir expects the twoyear trip will cost him$30,000 to $40,000, and hisgoal is to pack in as muchadventure as possible.

He’ll be taking a plane

ride through the Hi-malayas, gliding down theNile in a wooden boat,learning to dive in the RedSea, taking in the SurinElephant roundup, climb-ing Mt. Fuji and runningthe Great Wall Marathonin Beijing.

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Weir’s WayDarren Weir’s journey will takehim across the globe andthrough a plethora countriesincluding:

1. Toronto2. Edmonton3.Los Angeles4.Hawaii5.Taiwan6. Vietnam

7.Cambodia8.Thailand9.India10.Egypt11.Israel12.Turkey13.Australia14.New Zealand15.Hong Kong16.Korea 17.Japan18.CanadaFollow Darren Weir’sadventure at rtwtravels.com.

Darren Weir quit his television production job at CP24 in Toronto so he couldtravel across the globe for two years.

Jonathan Williams says foryoung Canadians there isan odd mix of optimismand frustration as they tryto tackle the dauntingchallenge of climatechange, despite some re-cent political opinionscooling to the idea.

The 22-year-old studentis preparing to be a “voice”for teens and 20-some-things as global policymakers meet for UN cli-mate talks at the end ofthe month.

“Young people are goingto have to be dealing withthis situation for the restof (their) lives,” saidWilliams, adding the con-sequences of global warm-ing will be left for hisgeneration to clean up, if

nothing is done.“Whether or not we’ll

be heard by policy makersnow, I can’t say,” he added.

Williams is among agroup of 29 young Canadi-ans between 18 and 29years old who will attendthe United Nations Cli-mate Change Negotiations(COP16) in Cancun, Mexi-co, at the end of Novemberas part of a non-partisanyouth delegation. Repre-sentatives from more than190 countries are expectedto attend, and the goal isto produce a blueprint fora new climate deal to re-place or complement theKyoto Protocol.

But heading into thesummit, which runs Nov.29 through Dec. 10, the po-

litical climate on address-ing the environment hasbeen rather chilly.

Jim Prentice resigned asenvironment minister lessthan a month before Cana-dian delegates head south.

In the U.S., a Republicanmid-term victory dashedhopes for climate changelegislation, following asentiment among manystateside that climatechange isn’t the No. 1 pri-

ority.And officials on both

sides of the border havebeen playing down a dealin Cancun.

“A lot of the time peoplelook at the political issuesand they don’t see the en-vironment as somethingthat’s cross-cutting, thataffects everyone,” said Em-ilie Novaczek, 20, anotheryouth delegate, originallyfrom Breadalbane, P.E.I.,but now attending schoolin Halifax.

Novaczek called it “dis-tressing” that the environ-ment is frequently“dropped” as a political is-sue.

“I think that happensall the time,” said No-vaczek, citing the U.S. as

an example.“(U.S. President Barack)

Obama had to choose be-tween health care and cli-mate change, basically,”she said.

During the conference,Novaczek and her peerswill try to spread aware-ness about what’s negoti-ated and say they will letCanadians back homeknow about their coun-try’s position.

The group will also sub-mit policy proposals andpositions, arguing thereneeds to be sufficient mon-ey so there are no loop-holes in measuring,reporting and verificationwhen it comes to an agree-ment.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Youth look to add their perspective on the importance of dealing with environmental issues now

Young Canadians tackle climate at UN talks

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School was never a strongpoint for Toronto’s claimto comedic fame – the ir-reverent Russell Peters.

Yet, the multimillion-dollar grossing comic,whose brazen critiques ofethnicity and class capti-vate international audi-ences, finally got a degree.

Well OK, it’s an hon-ourary one. He didn’thave to take any tests toget it, but still.

The School of Creativeand Performing Arts atthe Humber Institute ofTechnology and AdvancedLearning recently present-ed him with an honourarydegree for his keen obser-vations on race, class andculture, and for his sup-port of young talent.

This year, Peterslaunched a $20,000 schol-arship for a student fromhis former high school,North Peel Secondary,which focuses on techni-cal skills and trades.

Metro Toronto caughtup with Peters by emailand asked him for histhoughts on the award,the importance of educa-tion, and his advice for as-piring performing artists.

What did you think whenyou heard the HumberSchool of Creative and Per-forming Arts was giving youan honourary degree? I thought, “Wow, that’s

pretty cool!” But at thesame time it’s kind ofironic considering I didn’tgo to college and justsqueaked through high-school.

When you were in school,what did you think you’d bewhen you grew up? When I was 14, I wantedto be a breakdancer. Thatwas it, just a breakdancer.

What was the most impor-tant lesson you learned inschool? That the cool people inschool aren’t the cool peo-ple when you’re finishedschool. The cool crowd be-comes the “tool” crowd.

Had your parents chosen acareer path for you? No, they didn’t lay any-thing out for me. We werevery working class, so myparents just wanted me toget a steady job, like aunion job or somethingwhere there was security.

What did they think of younot going to college?About becoming a comic in-stead? They were fine with menot going to college –there was no pressure.They didn’t really under-stand what becoming acomic meant. I might aswell have said that I wasgoing to be an astronaut.They were like, “That’s

nice, son...”You didn't need higher edu-cation to be successful andhave a rewarding career, yetyou recently developed ascholarship for a high-achieving student planningto go to college. Why doyou think education is soimportant?

For me it wasn’t impor-tant. I felt like the systemwasn’t really made forkids like me – I had ADDand needed extra help,but the teachers weremore focused on the kidswho were “getting it,” in-stead of the kids whoweren’t. That all changed

when I switched schoolsand went to North PeelSecondary. That was thefirst time I felt like I fit inand that the teachers tookthe time to pay attentionto kids like me.

What is your advice to aspir-ing performing arts gradu-

ates? Don’t do it because youjust want to “make it big.”

If you’re going to do itfor the money, forgetabout it. Being a comic oran artist of any kind, youhave to do it because youhave to.

It’s a calling.

The comedian gets an honourarydegree for his observations on race,class and culture He admitsschool wasn’t important for him

Russell Peters’ degree

Russell Peters, centre, receives an Honourary Degree from the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.

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When his professorsdrone, Dan Kautz whipsout his phone.

Kautz, a senior at WilkesUniversity in Pennsylvania,might send a text messageto someone across theroom — “I can't wait to getout of here” — or makeplans with his roommates.He’s become so adept at

texting during class that hecan tap out a messagewithout even looking atthe screen, making it ap-pear as if he’s paying atten-tion to the instructor whenhe’s really chatting withhis girlfriend.

“Every single person Iknow texts in class at leastoccasionally,” said Kautz, acommunications studiesmajor from Pelham, N.Y.

It’s no surprise that highschool and college studentsare obsessive texters. Whatalarms Wilkes psychologyprofessors Deborah Tindelland Robert Bohlander ishow rampant the practicehas become during class.

Their recent studyshows that texting at theschool has surpassed doo-dling, daydreaming andnote-passing to becomethe top classroom distrac-tion.

Tindell instituted a no-texting policy as a result ofthe study, which has beenpresented at a pair of aca-demic conferences.

She tells students that ifshe even sees a cellphoneduring a test, its ownergets an automatic zero.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Smartphones in the classroom are driving teachers – and students – to distraction

Texting students,irritated profs

Everybody does it

The anonymous survey of269 Wilkes students foundthat nine in 10 admit tosending text messagesduring class — and nearlyhalf say it’s easy to do soundetected. Even moretroubling, 10 per cent saythat they have sent or re-ceived texts duringexams, and that three percent admit to using theirphones to cheat.

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20 sports metronews.caMONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Avon Cobourne shut thedoor on the SaskatchewanRoughriders.

Cobourne ran for twotouchdowns, including akey two-yard scamper, topower the Montreal Alou-ettes to a compelling 21-18win over Saskatchewan inthe 98th Grey Cup yester-day.

Cobourne helped Mon-treal to a second straightGrey Cup win overSaskatchewan followinglast year’s stunning victory.In the 2009 final, DamonDuval missed from 43 yardsout on the final play, onlyto get a second chance afterthe Riders were called fortoo many men on the field.

Duval then hit from 33yards out to give Montrealthe 28-27 win.

Montreal earned its thirdGrey Cup win in eight ap-pearances since 2000.

Despite several trips tothe final and two straight ti-tles, Alouettes coach MarcTrestman wasn’t about tocall his team a dynasty.

“We decided early on weweren’t going to be the de-fending champions norwould be in a position to re-peat as a team,” Trestmansaid. “The guys bought intoit, they truly believed thatthey had to earn it on their

own merit. We went upagainst the best that theleague had for us and wereable to find our waythrough adversity much ofthe time.”

Montreal receiver JamelRichardson, who caughteight passes for 109 yards,was named the game MVPwhile Saskatchewan defen-sive lineman Keith Sholo-gan was the top Canadian.

Richardson, who put upover 100 yards for the thirdstraight Grey Cup, was thefirst receiver to win theMVP award since Edmon-ton’s Jason Tucker in 2003.

“It’s not about me, it’sabout those guys in thelocker-room,” Richardsonsaid.

“I didn’t do it for me, Idid it for them. That’s allthat mattered going into

the game, doing it for thenext person. That was ourthing going into this game.”

With CommonwealthStadium again a sea ofRoughriders green, the Riders stayed in the gamedue to a Duval miss. WithMontreal up 21-18, Duvalcouldn’t connect from 41yards out.

Saskatchewan returnedthe ball to its own 16-yardline with roughly 90 seconds remaining, givingthe sellout gathering of63,317, a Edmonton GreyCup record, a wild finish.

Saskatchewan pulled towithin 21-18 on Darian Du-rant’s one-yard TD pass toMarc Parenteau at 11:52 ofthe fourth. It was set up bya 31-yard reception by AndyFantuz to put the Riders onthe Alouettes’ one-yard line.

Montreal countered bydriving to the Saskat-chewan 33-yard line, onlyto have Duval miss and give the Riders anotherchance. But there would be

no comeback victory as Billy Parker intercepted Durant’s desperate toss atthe Saskatchewan 37-yardline with under 56 secondsremaining.

It was the only turnoverof the game.

“He didn’t want to take a sack in that situation and we really didn’t wanthim to take a sack in that situation,” Roughriderscoach Ken Miller said.“They got the interceptionand it was a tough play inthat situation.”

Prime Minister StephenHarper and Governor Gen-eral David Johnston wereamong those in attendance.Harper paid a visit to theAlouettes’ locker-room af-ter the game to congratu-late the champions.THE CANADIAN PRESS

ALOUETTES RIDERS

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3Montreal earned itsthird Grey Cup win ineight appearancessince 2000.

Montreal Alouettes kicker Damon Duval, right, is congratulated by teammate Ben Cahoon after kicking a field goal during the fourth quarter last night.

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November ReignAlouettes capture Grey Cup

Calvillosays hehas lesionin throatGrey Cup winningquarterback AnthonyCalvillo says he willundergo surgery inthe next few weeks tohave a lesion in histhroat removed.

Calvillo saysdoctors found the le-sion after he was hurtin a game againstWinnipeg earlier thisyear.

He says they toldhim biopsy results onwhether it wascancerous were incon-clusive, but they toldhim he could finishout the year.

He says the surgerywill see half of histhyroid glandremoved.

If the tests comeback as being benign,Calvillo says he couldbe ready to play foot-ball next year.THE CANADIAN PRESS

“I’m really proudof my players. Webattled a reallygood Montrealteam.”ROUGHRIDERS COACH KEN MILLER

The connection

Quoted

Derick Brassard

Eric Staal

AlexanderSemin

Dustin Byfuglien

Can you guess the con-nection between thesehockey players? Answer below.

“Obviously,Pacquiao is mypriority. I’ll goup to 140(pounds), it’sno problem.Stop makingexcuses,Manny. Fightme.”JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZADDRESSING MANNYPACQUIAO THROUGH ATRANSLATOR. MARQUEZDEFEATED MICHAELKATSIDIS SATURDAY NIGHTIN LAS VEGAS.

ANSWER: EACHPLAYER SCORED ONEGOAL IN NHL ACTIONYESTERDAY.

sports 21metronews.caMONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Matt Bryant kicked it rightbetween the uprights, thenhe did it all over again.

The second one count-ed, giving the NFC-leadingAtlanta Falcons a 20-17 winover the Green Bay Pack-ers.

Bryant’s second-chance

47-yard field goal — thePackers called timeout justbefore he made the first at-tempt — with nine sec-onds remaining capped abruising defensive strug-gle, pushing Atlanta (9-2) toits fifth straight win. It as-sures a third straight win-

ning season for a franchisethat never had two in arow before this run.

The Falcons have higheraspirations with five weeksto go.

Aaron Rodgers guidedGreen Bay (7-4) on a driveto tie the game with 56 sec-

onds remaining. EricWeems broke loose on thekickoff return and wasdragged down with a fla-grant facemask tackle.Matt Ryan completed fourstraight short passes andBryant made the winningkick. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bryant can’t be icedFalcons best Packers in defensive struggle between playoff contenders

Roddy White, left, Matt Bryant, middle, and Tony Gonzalez celebrate Bryant's game-winning field goal against the Green Bay Packers in Atlanta yesterday.

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Nadal fallsto Federer Roger Federer gave RafaelNadal little chance tomount a challenge in the22nd meeting between twoof the greatest players of alltime, winning his fifth sea-son-ending title 6-3, 3-6, 6-1at the ATP World Tour Fi-nals yesterday.

Federer won an incredi-ble 92 per cent of thepoints played on his firstserve, and lost only 13points on serve in the en-tire match.

Nadal, the top-rankedSpaniard, was able to breakFederer once in the secondset, but he appeared to tireas the match wore on. OnSaturday, Nadal spentmore than three hours andthree sets beating AndyMurray to reach the final ofthe tournament for thefirst time in his career.

“I know I didn’t spoil hisvacation after this becausehe’s had an amazing year,”Federer said. “A year thatany player dreams of.”

In the doubles final,Canadian Daniel Nestorand Nenad Zimonjic closedout their 31⁄2-year partner-

ship with a 7-6 (8-6), 6-4win over Mahesh Bhupathiand Max Mirnyi.

The 38-year-old Torontonative has played regularlywith the Serb since mid-2007, winning 21 events to-gether. They announcedtheir split in October.

The win cut Nadal's ca-reer record to 14-8 againstthe Federer. In Grand Slamfinals, Nadal is 5-2 againstFederer, but has now lostall three times they havefaced each other in the fi-nal tournament of the sea-son. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Roger Federer celebratesyesterday.

SANG TAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LUGE

Canadiansliders offto solidsilver startCanada claimed a silvermedal in the team eventyesterday at the season-opening luge World Cup.

Alex Gough, fellow Cal-garian Sam Edney and the19-year-old doubles team-mates Tristan Walker ofCochrane, Alta., andJustin Snith of Calgaryposted a combined timeof two minutes 10.340seconds.

The German team ofTatjana Huefner, AndiLangenhan and doublespair Tobias Wendl and To-

bias Arlt won all threeheats for a total time of2:09.519. Italy finishedjust behind Canada forthird at 2:10.431.

“This is really great forour team,” said Gough.“This event has becomemore important becausenow it is recognized as aWorld Cup event so it islots of fun for us to race.

“Canada has generallyhad three consistent slid-ers in each disciplinewhich is the differencebetween finishing on oroff the podium in the re-lay.”

The team competitionconsists of a female sled, amale sled and a doublessled each completing onerun for a combined finaltime. The athletes hit apad at the finish to openthe start gate for the nextslider. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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NFLAMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PANew England 9 2 0 .818 334 266N.Y. Jets 9 2 0 .818 264 187Miami 6 5 0 .545 205 225Buffalo 2 9 0 .182 229 295

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 282 252Jacksonville 6 5 0 .545 240 294Houston 5 6 0 .455 264 287Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 257 218

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 8 3 0 .727 250 188Pittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 254 181Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 216 229Cincinnati 2 9 0 .182 225 288

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 285 231San Diego 6 5 0 .545 310 225Oakland 5 6 0 .455 255 256Denver 3 8 0 .273 250 323

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 277 240Philadelphia 7 4 0 .636 310 257Washington 5 6 0 .455 215 262Dallas 3 8 0 .273 256 301

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 9 2 0 .818 276 209New Orleans 8 3 0 .727 265 197Tampa Bay 7 4 0 .636 219 223Carolina 1 10 0 .091 140 276

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 8 3 0 .727 222 172Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 269 166Minnesota 4 7 0 .364 189 239Detroit 2 9 0 .182 258 282

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 5 6 0 .455 209 275St. Louis 5 6 0 .455 213 231Arizona 3 7 0 .300 188 292San Francisco 3 7 0 .300 160 219

WEEK 12Yesterday’s resultsAtlanta 20 Green Bay 17Baltimore 17 Tampa Bay 10Chicago 31 Philadelphia 26Cleveland 24 Carolina 23Houston 20 Tennessee 0Kansas City 42 Seattle 24Miami 33 Oakland 17Minnesota 17Washington 13N.Y. Giants 24 Jacksonville 20Pittsburgh 19 Buffalo 16 (OT)St. Louis 36 Denver 33San Diego 36 Indianapolis 14Thursday’s resultsNewEngland 45 Detroit 24NewOrleans 30 Dallas 27N.Y. Jets 26 Cincinnati 10Tonight’s game(All times Eastern)San Francisco at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

WEEK 13Thursday’s gameHouston at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 5San Francisco at Green Bay, 1 p.m.Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.Buffalo atMinnesota, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Cleveland atMiami, 1 p.m.Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.NewOrleans at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.Carolina at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.St. Louis at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m.Dallas at Indianapolis, 4:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Dec. 6N.Y. Jets at NewEngland, 8:30 p.m.

Yesterday’s resultsWashington 3 Carolina 2 (SO)Atlanta 4 Boston 1Detroit 4 Columbus 2Saturday’s resultsMontreal 3 Buffalo 1Ottawa 3 Toronto 0Pittsburgh 4 Calgary 1San Jose 4 Edmonton 3Anaheim 6 Phoenix 4Chicago 2 Los Angeles 1Colorado 7Minnesota 4Dallas 2 St. Louis 1Florida 4 Tampa Bay 3 (SO)New Jersey 2 Philadelphia 1 (SO)

N.Y. Rangers 2 Nashville 1 (SO)Tonight’s games(All times Eastern)Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m.Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m.Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesTampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m.St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Atlanta at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

CFLTRANSACTIONS

GOLF

SOCCER

TENNIS

NBAEASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISION

W L Pct GBBoston 12 4 .750 —New York 9 9 .500 4New Jersey 6 11 .353 61/2Toronto 6 11 .353 61/2Philadelphia 4 13 .235 81/2

SOUTHEAST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Orlando 12 4 .750 —Atlanta 11 7 .611 2Miami 9 8 .529 31/2Charlotte 6 11 .353 61/2Washington 5 10 .333 61/2

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Chicago 9 6 .600 —Indiana 8 7 .533 1Cleveland 7 9 .438 21/2Milwaukee 6 10 .375 31/2Detroit 6 11 .353 4

WESTERN CONFERENCESOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 14 2 .875 —Dallas 12 4 .750 2New Orleans 12 4 .750 2Memphis 7 10 .412 71/2Houston 5 11 .313 9

NORTHWEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Utah 13 5 .722 —Oklahoma City 11 6 .647 11/2Denver 10 6 .625 2Portland 8 8 .500 4Minnesota 4 13 .235 81/2

PACIFIC DIVISIONW L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 13 4 .765 —Golden State 8 9 .471 5Phoenix 8 9 .471 5Sacramento 4 11 .267 8L.A. Clippers 3 15 .167 101/2Yesterday’s resultsAtlanta 96 Toronto 78NewYork 125 Detroit 116 (2OT)San Antonio 109 NewOrleans 95Utah 109 L.A. Clippers 97Houston 99 Oklahoma City 98New Jersey 98 Portland 96Denver 138 Phoenix 133Indiana 95 L.A. Lakers 92Tonight’s games(All times Eastern)Washington atMiami, 7:30 p.m.NewOrleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Washington 25 17 6 1 1 86 68 36 12-1-0-1 5-5-1-0 6-2-1-1 W3d-Philadelphia 25 15 6 2 2 87 61 34 9-4-0-1 6-2-2-1 6-2-0-2 L2d-Montreal 24 15 8 1 0 60 47 31 9-4-1-0 6-4-0-0 7-3-0-0 W1Pittsburgh 25 15 8 2 0 76 61 32 7-5-1-0 8-3-1-0 8-1-1-0 W6TampaBay 24 13 8 2 1 73 78 29 6-2-1-1 7-6-1-0 5-4-0-1 L2NYRangers 25 14 10 1 0 73 66 29 5-6-1-0 9-4-0-0 7-3-0-0 W2Atlanta 24 12 9 1 2 80 75 27 8-5-0-1 4-4-1-1 6-4-0-0 W5Boston 22 12 8 0 2 59 46 26 4-5-0-2 8-3-0-0 4-5-0-1 L2Carolina 23 10 10 0 3 70 74 23 5-4-0-1 5-6-0-2 4-3-0-3 L1Ottawa 24 11 12 1 0 57 71 23 7-5-0-0 4-7-1-0 4-6-0-0 W1Buffalo 25 9 13 3 0 62 73 21 4-8-1-0 5-5-1-0 5-4-1-0 L1Florida 22 10 12 0 0 57 57 20 5-5-0-0 5-7-0-0 5-5-0-0 W1Toronto 22 8 11 1 2 48 61 19 6-4-1-1 2-7-0-1 3-6-0-1 L2NewJersey 24 8 14 1 1 45 69 18 4-5-1-1 4-9-0-0 4-5-0-1 W1NY Islanders 22 5 12 3 2 49 75 15 3-4-1-1 2-8-2-1 1-7-1-1 W1

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Detroit 21 15 4 1 1 73 56 32 10-1-1-1 5-3-0-0 7-2-1-0 W2d-Dallas 22 13 8 0 1 64 61 27 8-3-0-1 5-5-0-0 5-4-0-1 W3d-Vancouver 22 12 7 1 2 68 59 27 8-2-0-1 4-5-1-1 5-4-1-0 W2Columbus 22 14 8 0 0 62 53 28 6-6-0-0 8-2-0-0 6-4-0-0 L2Chicago 26 13 11 1 1 79 74 28 5-7-0-0 8-4-1-1 5-4-0-1 W2St. Louis 22 12 7 1 2 57 57 27 8-1-0-1 4-6-1-1 4-5-0-1 L2Phoenix 22 11 6 4 1 66 65 27 5-3-2-1 6-3-2-0 7-1-1-1 L1Colorado 23 13 9 1 0 83 71 27 7-4-0-0 5-6-1-0 5-5-0-0 W1LosAngeles 22 13 9 0 0 63 55 26 8-2-0-0 5-7-0-0 4-6-0-0 L3San Jose 22 11 7 4 0 65 63 26 7-3-2-0 4-4-2-0 5-2-3-0 W1Anaheim 25 11 11 2 1 64 77 25 7-4-0-1 4-7-2-0 4-4-2-0 W1Minnesota 22 11 9 0 2 56 62 24 7-5-0-1 4-4-0-1 5-5-0-0 L1Nashville 22 9 8 3 2 51 60 23 3-1-3-2 6-7-0-0 4-4-0-2 L4Calgary 23 9 12 1 1 64 69 20 5-5-0-0 4-7-1-1 3-5-1-1 L1Edmonton 22 6 12 1 3 55 88 16 3-6-0-1 3-6-1-2 2-6-1-1 L1

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d— division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.

SCORING LEADERSG A PT

Crosby, Pgh 18 22 40Stamkos, TB 21 18 39Ovechkin,Wash 10 22 32Semin,Wash 18 12 30St. Louis, TB 8 21 29B.Richards, Dal 11 17 28Sharp, Chi 15 12 27D.Sedin, Vcr 13 14 27E.Staal, Car 11 16 27Backstrom,Wash 9 18 27H.Sedin, Vcr 2 25 27Perry, Ana 11 15 26Hejduk, Col 8 18 26C.Stewart, Col 11 14 25Byfuglien, Atl 9 16 25M.Richards, Pha 9 16 25Getzlaf, Ana 7 18 25Heatley, SJ 11 13 24Eriksson, Dal 10 14 24P.Kane, Chi 9 15 24Roy, Buf 9 15 24Ladd, Atl 8 16 24Datsyuk, Det 7 17 24Giroux, Pha 12 11 23Plekanec,Mtl 8 15 23Letang, Pgh 5 18 23Liles, Col 4 19 23Ryan, Ana 12 10 22P.Stastny, Col 9 13 22J.Williams, LA 9 13 22Selanne, Ana 8 14 22J.Thornton, SJ 6 16 22Havlat,Minn 5 17 22Marleau, SJ 10 11 21Kopitar, LA 8 13 21Malkin, Pgh 7 14 21Duchene, Col 6 15 21

BASKETBALLNBALEAGUEOFFICE—Fined Cleveland coach By-ron Scott $35,000 for publicly criticizing gameofficials after Friday’s game against Orlando.

HOCKEYAHLBRIDGEPORT SOUNDTIGERS—Signed F EricCastonguay.

HAWKS96, RAPTORS 78ATLANTA (96)Smith 4-10 4-6 12,Williams 6-11 3-4 17, Hor-ford 7-13 2-2 16, Bibby 3-8 0-0 9, J.Johnson 6-12 3-4 16,M.Evans 2-4 0-0 4, Ja.Crawford 4-90-0 10, Pachulia 0-0 1-2 1, Teague 1-2 0-0 2,Powell 4-8 1-2 9, Jo.Crawford 0-2 0-0 0. Totals37-79 14-20 96.TORONTO (78)Weems 4-10 0-0 8, Dorsey 4-6 1-2 9, Bargnani6-17 2-2 14, Calderon 1-7 1-1 3, DeRozan 4-65-6 13, A.Johnson 2-5 0-0 4, Barbosa 4-10 0-08, Kleiza 3-7 2-2 9, Bayless 1-5 6-8 8, Wright1-2 0-0 2. Totals 30-75 17-21 78.Atlanta 27 25 25 19 96

Toronto 23 23 11 21 78

3-Point Goals—Atlanta 8-18 (Bibby 3-4,Ja.Crawford 2-3,Williams 2-3, J.Johnson 1-5,Jo.Crawford 0-1, Smith 0-2), Toronto 1-12(Kleiza 1-3,Weems 0-1, Bayless 0-2, Barbosa0-3, Bargnani 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Re-bounds—Atlanta 53 (Smith 13), Toronto 44(Bargnani 7). Assists—Atlanta 24 (Smith 10),Toronto 15 (Calderon 5). Total Fouls—Atlanta14, Toronto 17. Technicals—Smith. A—17,302(19,800) at Toronto.

ATPWORLD TOUR FINALSAt LondonSinglesChampionshipRoger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. RafaelNadal (1), Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.DoublesChampionshipDaniel Nestor, Toronto, andNenad Zimonjic(2), Serbia, def.Mahesh Bhupathi, India, andMaxMirnyi (3), Belarus, 7-6 (6), 6-4.

DUBAIWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPAt Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPar 72First Round(x-won on second playoff hole)x-Robert Karlsson 65-75-67-67—274Ian Poulter 69-66-69-70—274LeeWestwood 69-67-71-68—275Alvaro Quiros 72-67-69-67—275RoryMcIlroy 71-72-66-67—276Paul Casey 70-67-71-69—277FrancescoMolinari 71-67-68-71—277Thongchai Jaidee 68-69-69-73—279Luke Donald 74-67-69-70—280Seung-yul, Noh 66-73-74-67—280Robert Jan Derksen 71-70-70-70—281Anders Hansen 74-70-67-70—281ThomasAiken 70-72-70-70—282Ross Fisher 71-64-71-76—282Peter Hanson 76-69-67-70—282Martin Kaymer 67-70-73-72—282Peter Lawrie 76-67-68-71—282GraemMcDowell 72-73-69-68—282Louis Oosthuizen 73-66-70-73—282Y.E. Yang 71-69-71-71—282Sergio Garcia 69-74-70-70—283Raphael Jacquelin 70-70-71-72—283Charl Schwartzel 69-75-73-66—283

Dubinsky, NYR 12 8 20Zetterberg, Det 7 13 20Enstrom, Atl 3 17 20Lidstrom, Det 3 17 20Ribeiro, Dal 3 17 20J.Carter, Pha 11 8 19Lucic, Bos 10 9 19Toews, Chi 9 10 19Neal, Dal 8 11 19Pavelski, SJ 8 11 19Callahan, NYR 7 12 19Skinner, Car 7 12 19Tanguay, Cal 6 13 19Leino, Pha 5 14 19Briere, Pha 12 6 18Iginla, Cal 9 9 18Kostitsyn,Mtl 9 9 18Vanek, Buf 9 9 18Alfredsson, Ott 8 10 18Horton, Bos 8 10 18Hossa, Chi 8 10 18MacArthur, Tor 7 11 18Brassard, Clb 6 12 18

ENGLANDPREMIER LEAGUETeam GP W D L GF GA PtsMan United 15 8 7 0 35 16 31Chelsea 15 9 2 4 29 10 29Arsenal 15 9 2 4 32 17 29Man City 15 7 5 3 20 12 26Tottenham 15 7 4 4 23 20 25Bolton 15 5 8 2 28 22 23Sunderland 15 4 8 3 19 18 20Stoke 15 6 2 7 19 19 20Newcastle 15 5 4 6 23 22 19Liverpool 15 5 4 6 17 19 19Blackpool 15 5 4 6 23 29 19West Brom 15 5 4 6 20 26 19Blackburn 15 5 3 7 18 25 18Birmingham 15 3 8 4 16 18 17Aston Villa 15 4 5 6 17 24 17Everton 15 3 7 5 17 19 16Fulham 15 2 9 4 15 18 15Wigan 15 3 5 7 11 26 14Wolverhampton 15 3 3 9 17 27 12West Ham 15 2 6 7 14 26 12Yesterday’s reusltsNewcastle 1 Chelsea 1Tottenham 2 Liverpool 1

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPYesterday’s resultNorwich 4 Ipswich 1

GERMANYBUNDESLIGAYesterday’s resultsCologne 1Wolfsburg 1Werder Bremen 3 St. Pauli 0

SCOTLANDYesterday’s resultsDundee United vs. Rangers (ppd., frozen pitch)Motherwell vs. Hearts (ppd., frozen pitch)

98TH GREY CUPWEEK 22Last night’s resultAt EdmontonMontreal 21 Saskatchewan 18

GREY CUP CHAMPIONS2010—Montreal Alouettes2009—Montreal Alouettes2008—Calgary Stampeders2007—Saskatchewan Roughriders2006—British Columbia Lions2005—Edmonton Eskimos2004—Toronto Argonauts2003—Edmonton Eskimos2002—Montreal Alouettes2001—Calgary Stampeders2000—British Columbia Lions

ALOUETTES21, ROUGHRIDERS 18First QuarterMtl—TDCobourne 3 run (Duval Convert) 4:39Mtl—Single Duval 43 10:54Sask—TDCates 1 run (Kean convert) 15:00Second QuarterSask—FGKean 27 3:10Sask—Single Johnson 53 14:00Third QuarterMtl—FGDuval 22 9:26Fourth QuarterMtl—FGDuval 42 1:37Mtl—TDCobourne 2 run (Duval convert) 7:14Sask—TDParenteau 1 pass fromDurant(Kean convert) 11:32Montreal 8 0 3 10 21Saskatchewan 7 4 0 7 18Att.—63,317 at Edmonton.TEAMSTAITSTICS

Mtl SaskFirst downs 27 16Yards rushing 116 90Yards passing 336 215Total offence 452 305Team losses 17 7Net offence 435 298Passes made-tried 29-42 18-31Return yards 125 78Intercepts-yards by 1-3 0-0Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0Sacks by 1 3Punts-average 7-32.4 10-42.1Penalties-yards 8-90 8-80Time of possession 36:19 23:41Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rush-ing, minus team losses such as yards lost onbroken plays.INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRushing: Mtl — Cobourne 15-67, Calvillo 2-16,Deslauriers 1-10, Bratton 1-9, Watkins 1-7,McPherson 3-7; Sask — Cates 19-83, Durant 1-8, Dressler 1-(minus 1).Receiving: Mtl — Richardson 8-109, Green 9-102, Carter 2-42, Cahoon 3-34, Watkins 2-19,Bratton 2-15, Cobourne 3-15; Sask — Fantuz 4-66, Koch 4-57, Clermont 2-40, Getzlaf 2-22,Cates 2-18, Dressler 2-11, Parenteau 1-1.Passing: Mtl — Calvillo 29-42, 336 yards, 0TDs, 0 ints; Sask — Durant 18-31-215-1-1.

MOSTVALUABLE PLAYERS2010 -MVP: Jamel Richardson, SB,Montreal;CanadianMVP: Keith Shologan, DT,Saskatchewan.2009 -MVP: Avon Cobourne, RB,Montreal;CanadianMVP: Ben Cahoon, SB,Montreal.2008 -MVP: Henry Burris, QB, Calgary; Cana-dianMVP: Sandro DeAngelis, K, Calgary.2007 -MVP: James Johnson, CB,Saskatchewan; CanadianMVP: Andy Fantuz,SB, Saskatchewan.2006 -MVP: Dave Dickenson, QB, B.C.; Canadi-anMVP: PaulMcCallum, K, B.C.2005 -MVP: Ricky Ray, QB, Edmonton; Canadi-anMVP:MikeMaurer, FB, Edmonton.2004 -MVP: DamonAllen, QB, Toronto; Cana-dianMVP: Jason Clermont, SB, B.C.2003 -MVP: Jason Tucker,WR, Edmonton;CanadianMVP: Ben Cahoon,WR,Montreal.2002 -MVP: Anthony Calvillo, QB,Montreal;CanadianMVP: PatWoodcock,WR,Montreal.

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