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Several people were left homeless and one man was arrested Sun-day after a fire ripped through a Surrey apartment building. Firefight-ers evacuated Bon Terra Apartments near 108 Avenue and 152 Streetaround 8:30 a.m. At least 20 suites sustained such extensive damagethey were no longer inhabitable, firefighters said. – QMI AGENCY

Commuters should steer clear of southeast Marine Drive today to avoid a mas-sive sinkhole. The road caved in Sunday afternoon on Poplar Street, a blockwest of Fraser Street, leaving a gaping hole nearly three lanes wide and six metres deep. So far, there has been no word on the cause. A gas line was also broken. Marine Drive will be closed in both directions throughout the morning.– QMI AGENCY

EXCLUSIVE

Massive cable collapses inside B.C. PlaceBOB MACKINQMI Agency

Work on B.C. Place Stadium’s$458-million roof replace-ment was halted Dec. 3 whenone of the massive cable netsfell during installation.

A source said the heavy dutycable crashed to the groundand WorkSafeBC was on

scene for two days.“A middle portion of the

cable dropped in height whenthey were raising it into posi-tion,” B.C. Pavilion Corpora-tion CEO Warren Buckleysaid. “There was no one hurtand some minor damage in-curred, however constructioncontinued three hours

later. There is no delay inschedule.”

On Sept. 27, a crane’s pen-dant bar got hung-up on atemporary support cable be-tween one of the 130-ton roofsupport masts and the centrenode.

Meanwhile, minutes ofPavCo’s Aug. 20 construction

committee meeting – ob-tained via Freedom of Infor-mation – said the “schedule ison track for substantial com-pletion Nov. 1, 2011.”

The committee discussed“the possibility of advancingthe date for substantial com-pletion of the project withoutincurring significant addi-

tional costs.”Buckley explained that sub-

stantial completion is “whenthe building meets all regula-tory requirements and per-mitting” but did not confirmor deny Nov. 1 remains thedate.

“The earlier occupancy stagehowever is when the building

is fully operational, safe andready for public access,” Buck-ley said. “There is no changein the schedule for occupancywhich will be in the fall of2011.”

The first confirmed event isthe Nov. 26, 2011 Vanier CupCanadian university footballfinal.

LAURA BAZIUKQMI Agency

Police were back on Vancou-ver’s West Side Monday in-vestigating what could be thecity’s biggest gang shooting.

Officers canvassed neigh-bours around Oak Street and22nd Avenue after 10 peoplewere shot – two critically –early Sunday morning.

“I heard about 12 shots be-tween two o’clock and 2:08,”said resident Ann Oxendale.“Then I heard a womanscream. [I] looked out, sawtwo cars heading south. Theylooked to be racing.”

Officers arrived to find sev-eral people with gunshotwounds in the street. Six menwere taken to hospital, as wellas three women – one ofwhom was later released,Const. Jana McGuinnesssaid.

She couldn’t describe the in-juries. Another victim re-fused treatment.

Several people were takeninto custody.

“We have a lot of work to bedone on interviews still to de-termine how all these peoplefit into this big picture,”McGuinness said, adding vi-olence on this scale hadn’thappened in Vancouverproper in at least the past 10years.

Darryl Plecas, a Universityof the Fraser Valley criminol-ogist, didn’t think it would ig-nite a gang war.

“I would be more apt … tosay it’s a spike.”

Mayor Gregor Robertsonwho lives just around the cor-ner from the scene, also heardthe gunfire and called 9-1-1.

“I know all of us in the areaare extremely concernedabout this shocking publicdisplay of gun violence,” hesaid in a statement.

“This type of brazen gangactivity is unacceptable inour city.”

Shooting worstin 10 years: Cops

CITY HIRES FIRM

√ SPONSORSHIP Van-couver City Hall has hired acompany founded by a for-mer VANOC marketing exec-utive to find sponsors for thecity’s 125th anniversary nextyear. Twentyten Group’s con-tract, worth $200,000, wasannounced last week. Thecompany was founded byAndrea Shaw and shares of-fice space with VANOC at theLanding in Gastown. The an-niversary celebrations couldcost as much as $7 million.— QMI AGENCY

MARU MEMORIAL

√ FUNDING The federalgovernment pledged on Sun-day to fund two projects tocommemorate Vancouver’sKomagata Maru incident. In1914, the Komagata Maru wasturned away after it arrived inVancouver harbour, but notbefore 20 of its 376 passen-gers had died. The KhalsaDiwan Society will use the$186,500 in funding to designa commemorative monumentand museum. — QMI

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A forensic officer looksover a vehicle that wasshot up after 10 peoplewere hurt following ashooting Sunday morningnear Oak Street and West22nd Avenue in Vancouver.PHOTO CARMINE MARINELLI

INSET: An automaticweapon was found Sundaynear the scene at thecorner of Laurier Avenueand Osler Street.PHOTO PASCAL MARCHAND

KRISTEN MCKENZIEQMI Agency

With the 12 days of Christmasupon us, an empty walletshouldn’t be an obstacle to agood time, as there is an abun-dance of joyful happeningsover the coming week. Hereare 12 merry events under $10to put the ho ho ho back intoyour holiday.

VANCOUVER

CHRISTMAS MARKET

Through Dec. 24Queen Elizabeth TheatreplazaLive entertainment, an illumi-nated Christmas village andtantalizing treats. Admissionto the German-themed marketis $5 for adults with kidsunder six free. Between 11a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays,entry is $2.

CHRISTMAS IN

KERRISDALE

Each Saturday until ChristmasKerrisdale VillageComplimentary horse andcarriage rides, strolling musi-

cians and a visit with Santa tobrighten your day. There isalso free skating at KerrisdaleArena Dec. 19.

HERITAGE CHRISTMAS

Through Jan. 2Burnaby Village MuseumA return to Yule celebrationsof yesteryear, complete withFather Christmas, storytellersand scavenger hunts. OnDec. 16 admission is halfprice with free carousel rides.

BRIGHT NIGHTS

Through Jan. 2 Stanley ParkBack for a 13th year of illumi-nated festivities. Enjoy thetrain ride ($9 for adults, $6 forchildren), or roam the cheeryplaza.

WINTER SOLSTICE

LANTERN FESTIVAL

Dec. 21 Various locations Commemorate the shortestday of the year with song,dance and candlelight at oneof five free events around

town. Visit secretlantern.orgfor details.

JEWEL BOX OF LIGHTS

Through Jan. 2Bloedel ConservatoryQueen Elizabeth Park’s domehas been transformed withthousands of lights and apoinsettia display. Admission$4.76 for adults and $2.43 fortots. Vancouver Christmas

STEVESTON SANTA

CLAUS PARADE

Through Dec. 24Starting Hunt Street at FirstAvenue Dec. 23 from 7 p.m. to 7:30p.m. Visit Santa before the bigday at this free event withmarching bands and colour-ful floats.

BEAR CREEK

CHRISTMAS TRAIN

Through Jan. 2Bear Creek Park Ride through a seasonal for-est display and visit withSanta. Adults $7, kids $6.

GINGERBREAD HOUSE

CONTEST

Through Dec. 20Lonsdale QuayWander through rows of im-pressive cookie concoctionsand cast your vote.

CAROL SHIPS PARADE

Through Dec. 23 Various locations A flotilla of boats sail throughVancouver waters outfittedwith more than 100,000 lights.

THE LAND OF

CHRISTMAS

Through Jan. 720169 32 Ave. (Langley) Visit a Christmas castle, singcarols and enjoy a light dis-play. Admission by donation.

CHRISTMAS WALKING

TOUR

Through Dec. 24Various downtown locationsThe Woodward’s Christmasdisplay resurrected at sixdowntown windows. Visitchristmas.canadaplace.ca.

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DECEMBER 13 2010

On the town > As far as salt-of-the-earth fundraising events go, the Drivewas definitely the place to be thisweekend. Meanwhile, in foodie cir-cles, the place to be was the launchparty for the new Quattro in town.

In addition to their Kitsilano, NorthVan and Whistler locations, the Quattro familia welcomed a sisterrestaurant in Vancouver’s downtowncore. Q4 al Centro (780 RichardsStreet) officially opened its doorsThursday and fans of modern Italianfine dining couldn’t be happier. Itwas, by far, the biggest party of theweek. Buon appetito!

Sarah

QMI Agency

Quattro in downtown

QUATTRO’S Alain van den Meersche (sous chef), BradfordEllis (executive chef), Alex B. Tsakumis (partner) and PatrickCorsi (managing partner) celebrate at the launch party fortheir new downtown location Q4 al Centro.

SARAH Somerville, RebeccaBlissett and Veronique Jonesdemonstrate their best Han-son Brothers pose at the Ice-O-Topes annual fundraiser atTobys Pub on Commercial.

MEMBERS OF indie rock band, Ladner! take five after performing at Café Deux Soleils.

COMEDIAN Graham Clark, emcee/exec director Sean Condonand musician Julia McDougall take a break during a Christ-mas show at Café Deux Soleils.

MUSICIAN Dave Joseph andsinger/songwriter DavidVertesi get ready for their setat Café Deux Soleils.

Mike

QMI Agency columnist

Food porn proves an acquired tasteIcan’t think of anything less sexy than food. Or

watching somebody eat. What the hell is hornyabout a gory, half-devoured plate of medium-

rare steer, all red and stringy, sinews and tendonstorn and awash in coagulating butter and gravy? Ifthat floats your gravy boat? Then you must think Sawis a chick flick.

No-siree, I don’t get the “food porn” craze. Lately, everyone is orgasmic over KFC’s Double

Down. Two slabs of chicken wrapping around bacon,two kinds of melted cheese and the Colonel’s secretsauce. Bun? Why bother?

The Double Down is the Johnny Wadd of food porn,the street hooker of cuisine.

At the other end of the diet scale is Nigella Lawson– the queen of food porn.

It’s not difficult to see why men, and women, lustafter her. She’s startlingly voluptuous and knows it.There is more flirt than flambé, more cleavage thancleavers to her shows and books.

On the Forever Summer cover, for instance, shegroup-gropes tomatoes, with a look saying “you like‘em stuffed, or stewed?”

Same goes for chef Giada De Laurentiis, whowould look hot leafing through a dictionary and

who this week de-nied she is stir-fry-ing with singer JohnMayer.

There’s a famousphoto of a bare-bel-lied De Laurentiislicking a chocolate-covered spoon. Ifthat was someonewho looks like me, itwould be gross.

What’s sexualabout eating, any-way?

Eating is just a bodily function, and maybe themessiest. Watching someone chew is near last onmy list of turn-ons. In fact, it’s creepy.

To me, the goriest scene in Inglourious Basterdswas not Nazi heads exploding, but Christoph Waltzas Col. Hans Landa eating pastry and whippedcream. Swishing it around in his mouth, that Nazijaw like a piston, smirking through flecks of foam,stubbing his cigarette in the mess on his plate.Blech.

The nightmare in Stephen King’s Stand By Me isnot the dead body in the woods, but Lard Ass at thepie-eating contest. I still wake up screaming.

Think about it. Eating is just puking in reverse.That’s sexy?

“Food porn” is just a brazen way to sell books. On that note, I’m off to a dinner date. I hope she chews with her mouth closed.

Strobel’s new book, Bad Girls - And Other Perils, is available in stores

or by calling 416-947-2258 or toll-free 1-877-624-1463.

Christmas holidaycheer on the cheap

What’s sexual about

eating, anyway?

Eating is just a bodily

function, and maybe

the messiest. Watch-

ing someone chew is

near last on my list of

turn-ons. In fact, it’s

creepy.

JEFFREY YIPQMI Agency

Vancouver City Coun. KerryJang wants an apology fromMaclean’s magazine over thearticle “Too Asian?”

The article, published Nov.10, sparked controversy inquestioning if it portrayednegative stereotypes ofAsian students.

“It’s not just an apology …The motion is about how dowe go forward from here?

How can we fix it so that wecan have a proper discussionabout sensitive issues in thiscountry,” Jang said. “It’s allabout reporting it accuratelyand providing a balancedperspective, whichMaclean’s did not do.”

The UBC psychiatry pro-fessor is bringing his motion,“Ethic, Journalism andRace,” before council Dec. 14.

“Too Asian?” discussedhow Asian students now

dominate the student popu-lations at Canada’s elite uni-versities.

Fellow Coun. SuzanneAnton questioned Jang ’smotives.

“He’s just making a noisefor pure political gain. Theremay be a genuine issue here,but is it for the city of Van-couver to start wagging itsfinger at every single articlewritten in Canada that of-fends us?”

Jang takes Maclean’s to task

HAYLEY WOODINQMI Agency

Abbotsford Police Depart-ment’s Gang SuppressionUnit has arrested four men,two believed to be linked to aviolent home invasion Nov. 5.

Michael Lopeke and JaredKlade were charged with sixoffences relating to the breakin, including robbery with afirearm, unlawful confine-

ment, assault with a weaponand assault causing bodilyharm. The other men, broth-ers Aaron and MatthewSomerville, were chargedwith cocaine trafficking.

“All four of these guys are ex-tremely well-known by police,both in Abbotsford and out-side of Abbotsford,” Consta-ble Ian MacDonald said.

The four were originally

members of the Duhre gang,an organization formed inearly 2010 after the arrests ofRed Scorpion and UN gangmembers.

They have since formedtheir own gang which policespeculate consists of eight to10 former Duhre members.MacDonald said none of themen were co-operating withpolice.

Abby gang members arrested

SANDY BUEMANNQMI Agency

For the first time, B.C. hospi-tals, doctor’s offices and walk-in clinics must report all gun-shot and stab wounds topolice, according to a govern-ment news release on Satur-day.

Beginning in February,health facilities must verballyreport patient’s names and thefacility location to officers.

Dr. Darryl Plecas, a Univer-sity of the Fraser Valley crim-inologist, said he wasn’t sur-prised it hadn’t been made arequirement earlier. “It’s an

absolute no-brainer, and longoverdue.”

He added police had a rightto know if a potential crimehad been committed “on reasonable and probablegrounds”.

“It’s that simple, there’s no violation of privacy going on.”

B.C. Civil Liberties Associa-tion’s David Eby said the newlegislation is the beginning of aslippery slope on violating pa-tient-doctor confidentially.

“If there is any question ofhow they are injured, andthere often is, people will bereluctant to go or to fully trust

their medical practitioners.” He added this confidentially

could be broken if there wasimminent harm to other peo-ple, something that wasn’t ob-vious in this case. “There does-n’t seem to be a big crisis ofunreported gunshot wounds.”Eby added the legislationturned hospitals in to “politi-cal zones” and used doctors as“undercover police officers”.

B.C. NDP public safety criticMike Farnworth said his partysupported the legislation. “Itwill help identify suspiciousshootings or potential crimi-nal shootings.”

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Pamela Anderson talks oil tankers

An actress better known for running onbeaches than protecting them is joining acampaign to ban oil tankers from the southcoast of B.C. Former Baywatch star PamelaAnderson, popular for her bouncing bosomin the show’s opening credits, lent her fa-mous face to a YouTube video called OilyBeaches? No Tanks! A B.C. chapter of theCouncil of Canadians posted the video to itsYouTube channel. — QMI AGENCY

BY THE NUMBERS

-36 degreesSunday’s temperature in Celsius in the Siberiancity of Krasnoyarsk where this member of alocal winter swimmers club took a dip in theYenisei River. — REUTERS

Oregon motorists saw an unusual sight – astranded sea lion — on a busy coastal high-way Saturday. Troopers and firefighters re-sponded to the wayward creature, that was“occasionally entering into traffic creating ahazardous condition for motorists and thesea lion” for nearly a kilometre on Highway101, said Oregon State Police, in a release.

The animal was thought to have comeashore in a state park near Yachats. Fishand wildlife officers said the animal will-ingly followed directions of emergency re-sponders as they helped guide it about halfa kilometre with batons and plastic boardssafely back to the Pacific Ocean. — QMI

AGENCY

DRIVERS DISTRACTED BY SEA LION ON BUSY U.S. HIGHWAY

GOOD NEWS

Police are praising a group of mystery GoodSamaritans who rushed to the aid of a critically in-jured man pinned beneath his own vehicle Satur-day. “This renews my faith in human nature,” saidpolice Insp. James Hardy. It happened about 4 p.m.in the 200 block of Saddletown Circle N.E., wherepolice say a Geo Tracker lost control and rolled,launching the driver from the mini SUV. “He wasthrown out and the vehicle landed on his uppertorso,” said Hardy. The man was pinned, sufferingcritical injuries and helpless to free himself from thecrushing weight of the vehicle, when numerouspassers-by reacted and initiated their own rescue.— QMI AGENCY

Montreal’s Georges St-Pierredefended his UFC title on homesoil Saturday against the trash-talking Josh Koscheck, who latercalled GSP a “true champion.”

Nicole Richie and Joel Mad-den got married Saturday atLionel Richie’s L.A. home.Reports said an elephant inattendance.

The roof of the Metrodome col-lapsed Sunday under heavysnow in Minneapolis. The NFLmoved its Vikings-Giants gameto Monday at Detroit’s Ford Field.

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Metrodome: If you thinkwatching the roof of amajor sporting arena col-lapse under the weight ofsnow could be interesting,you are not alone. Twitterpeeps thought so too —especially after someonegot footage of that exactscenerio at Minneapolis’Metrodome on Sunday.

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CHILLY CHASE: People take part in a half naked ‘Santa run’ in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.Though, competitors’ lack of clothing was aerodynamically advantageous, their lack of sanitywas not. — REUTERS

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POLICE WON’T CALL BOMBING A ‘SUICIDE’ ATTACK

Stockholm blasts treated as terrorismREUTERS — Police said onSunday they were treatingbomb blasts in Stockholm asan act of terrorism by a loneattacker that followed an e-mailed threat referring toSweden’s troops inAfghanistan and to cartoonsofMohammad.Police stopped short of call-

ing Saturday afternoon’sblasts, which killed the sus-pectedbomberandwoundedtwopeople,asuicideattack.A

car blew up in a busy shop-ping area, followed minuteslater by a second explosionnearby.Shortly before the blasts,

Swedish news agencyTT re-ceivedathreatening letterre-ferring to Sweden’s presencein Afghanistan and carica-turesof theProphetMoham-maddrawnbyaSwedishcar-toonist. The letter includeddigital sound files with arecording in broken Swedish

and inArabic.Theincidentfollowsseveral

nervous months in Europeafter a U.S. travel alert aboutpossible attacks bymilitantsand a failed bid by a Yemen-

based al-Qaida group to useair cargo to send parcel

bombs via Europe to Amer-ica.German authorities last

month said they were on

guard against threats ofarmed attack on civilians ofthekind that killed 166 in theIndian city of Mumbai in2008, but Germany said onSundayitsawnolinkwiththeSwedishattack.TT said the letter promised

attacks over Sweden’s pres-ence inAfghanistan,where ithas 500 troopswith theU.S.-ledNATO force, and the car-toons drawn three years agobyLarsVilks.

“This is a very serious inci-dent, which is being investi-gated as an act of terrorism,”Anders Thornberg, directorof operations at the SecurityPolice, said in a statement.“As far as we know, it looks

like he was working for him-self, but we have to be reallysure so we are investigatingwhether there could bemoreperpetrators,” he said.The police declined to go

into further details.

«As far as we know, it looks like he wasworking for himself. »

— Anders Thornberg, director of operations Security Police

Groups oppose preacher’s U.K. visitREUTERS — An AmericanChristian preacher who rosefromobscuritytocauseglobaluproar this year by threaten-ingtoburntheQu’ransaysheplans to visit Britain to speakat an event hosted by a far-right anti-Islamist group.Anti-extremist groups have

urgedtheBritishgovernmenttobanentry toFloridaPastor

Terry Jones, whose threat toburnIslam’sholybookontheanniversaryof theSept. 11at-tacks provoked widespreadcondemnation.Britain’s Home Secretary

(interior minister) TheresaMay said on Sunday shewouldbelookingintothecase.Onhiswebsite,Jonessaidhe

hasbeeninvitedtoarallyheld

by a group called the EnglishDefenceLeague (EDL) in thetown of Luton, north of Lon-don, inFebruary.“During the protest, Dr.

TerryJoneswillspeakagainstthe evils and destructivenessofIslaminsupportofthecon-tinued fight against the Is-lamification (sic) of EnglandandEurope,”thewebsitesaid.

Man ‘flat as a pancake’ survives landslideKRISTY BROWNLEEQMI Agency

A Winnipeg man crushed“flat as a pancake” during amudslide in Panama wouldhave likely been killed alongwith his family, had he notbeen rescued by a friend, hisdaughter saidSunday.“Hiswhileabdomenisasflat

as a pancake. He needs usmorethaneverrightnow,”said

Kristin Coy, fromWinnipeg,after speakingwithher fatherGreg Coy, shown belowwithwife SusanaMuriel, in hospi-

tal. Greg’s lower body waspinned by 225-kgwall after arestaurantnearPortobelotop-pledWednesday,Coysaid.HisfriendReySanchezpulledhimoutof therubble.Muriel,hersonPabloSaave-

draMuriel, Pablo’s wife Cor-vacho Ana Lucia Aguila andtheirthree-month-olddaugh-ter Nicole died of theirinjuries.

Bret Michaels is readying himself for his upcoming heart surgery inJanuary — he's taking new medication and feeling “positive”about the operation. The Poison star is booked in to go under theknife to repair a hole in his heart and his doctors have imple-mented a strict new medical regime ahead of the procedure.Michaels admits he found the idea of a heart operation terrifyingat first, but he’s now feeling much calmer about the loomingsurgery. He tells People.com, “I gotta tell ya, I’m very positive. Ifeel positive they’re going to do an amazing job. They’ve donethousands of these operations. We switched out from (bloodthinning medication) Lovenox now and there are two new bloodthinners (including) Coumadi ... I’d say if everything goes well, I’llspend about three days in the hospital. And then about three weeksafter that just really, really, really taking it easy. (The days after the op-eration are) the more scary part for me.”— WENN.COM

Actress Sofia Vergara has come to the defence of Ed O’Neill following his con-troversial comments about Jane Lynch’s Emmy Award win, insisting her Mod-ern Family co-star’s words have been misinterpreted. O’Neill hit the headlinesearlier this week after appearing to question whether the Glee star deservedher trophy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Sue Sylvesteron the hit TV series. The veteran actor claimed Lynch played a “one-note char-acter,” while he hailed Vergara as “so funny,” adding, “I don’t think people realizehow hilarious she is.” But the Colombian beauty has spoken out to put a stop tothe controversy and she’s adamant her on-screen husband O’Neill simply usedthe wrong choice of words to express his feelings about the Emmys. Vergaratells news show Access Hollywood, “He didn’t mean it like that. I know Ed and

of course he loves me andadores me and I’m so happythat he thinks I deserve anEmmy, but he didn’t say itlike Jane didn’t deserve itand I did.” — WENN.COM

Nicole Richie and Joel Maddenare man and wife afterexchanging vows on Saturday.The pair wed in front of friendsand family during a romanticceremony at Richie’s fatherLionel’s Beverly Hills, Calif.,estate, according to People.com.Madden’s twin brother and GoodCharlotte bandmate Benji servedas best man. — REUTERS

Rimes cheating song angers ex-wifeEddie Cibrian’s ex-wife Brandi Glanville has slammed his girlfriendLeAnn Rimes for releasing a song about cheating partners, insistingthe words are “in poor taste.” The country singer has been dating for-mer CSI: Miami star Cibrian since last year, when they came cleanabout their affair and split from their respective spouses. Earlier thisweek, Rimes released the single Crazy Women, prompting specula-tion she is singing about Glanville in the track. She sings, “Crazywomen are made by crazy men/ He cheats and lies, then plays thevictim/ He don’t know why they always pick them ...” — WENN.COM

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O’NEILL’S DEFENCE

Franco returns to TVHollywood star James Franco is re-turning to the small screen — he’ssigned on to reprise his role on soapopera General Hospital next year.The Spider-Man star made a hugedeparture from his usual movie pro-jects when he accepted a role onthe daytime show in 2009 as a serialkiller artist named Franco. He re-turned to the long-running soap ear-lier this year to revive his characterfor more episodes. And now he’ssigned on to appear in two moresegments of the soap opera, whichwill air on Feb. 25 and 28. GeneralHospital’s executive producer JillFarren Phelps tells TV Guide the twoepisode stint will serve as a teaserfor a longer story arc featuringFranco, which they plan to air later in2011. — WENN.COM

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Douglas returns to workCancer-stricken Michael Douglas has returned to work for thefirst time since undergoing gruelling chemotherapy sessionsearlier this year. The actor has been battling throat cancersince the summer and completed the draining treatment inOctober. Douglas has declared he’s determined to beat theillness, and he showed signs of his recovery by filming a clipfor an online video feature by The New York Times. The WallStreet star appears in a brooding black and white one-minuteclip in which he is seen sat in a leather armchair. — WENN.COM

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√ RICHIE AND MADDENTIE THE KNOT

Michaels preps for heart op

Narnia bombs at North American box officeThe third movie in the shaky Narnia fantasy franchise fell flat at the week-end box office in North America. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage ofthe Dawn Treader opened at No. 1, but with three-day sales of aboutUS$24.5 million. Industry pundits had predicted a $40 million start for thethird adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ Christian-themed books. – QMI AGENCY

Pattinson wanted to be Eminem as a teenRobert Pattinson is embarrassed to admit he previously pursued a rap career, recording hun-dreds of demos at age 13. He tells Britain’s Top Of The Pops magazine, “The (demos) are veryamusing! I was obsessed with Eminem when I was younger. Most of my rhymes were stolen ...They were all like, ‘I was raised on these streets,’ which was a complete farce because I was ac-tually raised in quite a nice area of London called Barnes. Not very ghetto at all!” – QMI AGENCY

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Bridges careerjust bloomingKEVIN WILLIAMSONQMI AGENCY

To hear Jeff Bridges talk, it’s likehe has an angel on one shoulderandTheDudeon theother.“Oneissaying—andnotinanag-

gressive way— ‘OK, you’re closerto your death, you’re mortal, youonlyhavesomuchtimetodowhatyou’regoingtodo.Whatdoyoufeellike doing? And let’s go.’ Andthere’s all the things Iwanttodo.Andcomingcloserto your mortalitymakesyouwantthosethings to happen. Ifind my plate veryfull,doingallkindsof stuff,” says the61-year-old Oscarwinner.“Then the other

part of me is going,‘Will you just relax? Doyouwanttomaketherestofyourlifeagianthome-workassignment—justrelaxandenjoyyourlife.’So I have to bal-ance those twosides.Idon’twantto push myselfwhere it defeatsthepurpose.”In other words,

Bridges — like JeffLebowski a.k.a.The Big Lebowski—abides.Evenaslifecontinuestosurprisehim.“It’s cool tobeyoung, but I’men-

joying getting older too,” he says,laidbackandguileless, inaBeverly

Hills hotel suite. “I’m goingthrough a particularly wonderfultimerightnowwherestuffisstart-ing tobloom.”Not that Bridges has ever been

less than prolific. In addition toacting,photography,musicandac-tivism, he’s also raised threedaughters (now all in their 20s)with his wife of 33 years, Susan.

Butthere’snoquestionthelast year has been espe-cially rewarding — and

consuming— in thewake of 2009’sCrazy Heart, thedrama about awashed-upcoun-try warbler forwhich hewon anAcademyAward.“It was great,”

he says ofwhatmostconsidered an overduevictory.“To be acknowledgedbyyourguys, thepeoplewho do what you do,was wonderful. And

especially forthat particularfilm which wasallaboutmusic.”Now Bridges,

whohasbeenplay-ing music since he

wasachild, is recordinganalbum“with T-Bone Burnett, my oldbuddy,” he reports. “That’swhat ittakes — it takes time and beingconsistent. And not letting themusicmuscleget atrophied.”

“Sometimes I need to remindmyself that TiK ToK only went toNo. 1 in January,” Ke$ha says ofher party-hearty electro-popjam. “Because it kind of feelslike it was 17 years ago.” 2010more or less belonged to this23-year-old Nashville native,

who released her hit debut,Animal, in January, thenfollowed it up last month with anine-track mini-album,Cannibal. With three songs onBillboard’s year-end Hot 100,and 1.1 million copies sold ofAnimal, according to Nielsen

SoundScan, Ke$ha is the Hot100 artist of the year, as well asthe top new artist.

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Reuters › How different is your liferight now versus this time a yearago?

Areyoukiddingme?Iprettymuchfeel like I’ve been reborn into thiscompletelydifferentexistence.Myentire life has become makingmusicandplayingshows,andIloveit. I’ve accepted the fact that myfansarenowmyfamily,andIwon’tbe having boyfriends. I’ll just behaving a really amazing relation-shipwith the radio.

Reuters › Were you prepared forthat transformation?

I wasn’t clueless. It’s just not at allwhatIexpectedittobelike.It’sreallyintense—more intense than I everthought it would be. I rememberpullingup to theMTVVideoMusicAwards inSeptemberwithDr.LukeinaDeLoreanwearingagarbage-bagdresswiththepaparazzichasingme.Iwashavingananxietyattack,like,‘Ijustwrotesomepopsongs,man!’

Reuters › TiK ToK introduced youto most people. Looking back, doyou feel like that was the bestpossible launch?

I don’t know.Wedidn’t really knowwhichsongtocomeoutwithfirst. Itwaskindofadebate,becauseIdidn’tinitiallycomeoutasarapper;I’veal-waysbeenasinger.Sohavingmyfirst

singleclassifiedaskindofarapsongfelt bizarre tome. But now it’s be-comesomethingofatrademark.Andit’s becomingmore legitimate: I’vetalked to some ofmy favourite rapartists over the past year— artistswhoareidols—andthey’vegivenmemadprops.

Reuters › Do you think timing hadanything to do with the song’ssuccess?

IntermsofthestateofAmerica,withthe recession?Definitely. It’s a cele-bratory song, but it’s not about bot-tlesofchampagneintheclubandmybrand-nameclothes.It’sjustmetalk-ing about being somewhat of a bumandhavingagreattimeinLosAnge-les.

Reuters › How will the Ke$hapersona change, now that you’renot really a bum any more?

Haveyouseenme?Yes,Iam!Allyouhave to do is look atCannibal to seethat you can still celebrate life in anon-douche bagway.Money reallydoesn’t affectmewhen it comes tomyhappiness or decidingwho I’mgoing todate, andthat’s somethingIwant toholdonto.Youcanbereallyhappyandyoucanlooklikeabadassand be a total baller, but it doesn’tnecessarily have to be in a financialsense.

› ENTERTAINMENT12 MONDAYDECEMBER 13 2010

MARIAH CAREY: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU9 p.m. on ABC

The singer performs selections from her latest holiday release,Merry Christmas II You, including the single Oh, Santa! and threeother original songs, along with some seasonal classics. Also inthis new special, Carey surprises some of her fans by making theirholiday wishes come true.

SEASON OF SONG: CANADIAN TENORS& FRIENDS

9 p.m. on CBC

The Canadian Tenors — a.k.a. Fraser Walters, Remigio Pereira, Vic-tor Micallef and Clifton Murray — welcome a variety of guests for anhour of holiday favorites in this new special. They include veteransinger-songwriter Paul Anka; international pop star and Glee castmember Charice; composer/pianist Stephan Moccio;composer/producer David Foster; and 10-year-old mezzo-sopranoJackie Evancho, the America’s Got Talent runner-up.

TWO AND A HALF MEN9 p.m. on CBS, CTV

Jane Lynch (Glee) reprises her Emmy-nominated role as Charlie’s(Charlie Sheen) therapist, Dr. Freeman. Charlie seeks out her helpafter his breakup with Courtney (Jenny McCarthy) sends him into adepression. Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones and Conchata Ferrell also starin the new episode Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy’s Dead.

LIE TO ME9 p.m. on FOX

It’s the holiday season, and Cal (Tim Roth, pictured) is inAfghanistan attempting to find two missing Marines. He meets anAmerican expatriate with the Taliban who may be able to help ... ifhe can get the guy to tell the truth. Back home, Emily (Hayley McFar-land) has a new love interest in Secret Santa.

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Incense burning tied to asthma in some childrenChildren from homes where incense is regularly burned have a higher risk of developingasthma, according to a Taiwanese study suggesting that a particular genetic variationcould also be involved. Incense has been used for millenia in many cultures’ religious and

spiritual ceremonies. In parts of Asia, people commonly burn incense in their homes —a practice that is becoming more popular in Western countries as well. – reuterS

MarILYN LINtONspecial to QMI agency

I’ve had one bout of cold and flualready, and I intend not to have

another.While it’s not to late to have your

flu shot, it’s wise to have some sortof flu treatment plan ready asadults typically have two to fourcolds between September andMay.

Windsor, Ont., naturopathSara Henderson has a

number of recommen-dations for immune

system boosters.In addition to a

daily multivitamin this winter, sherecommends 2,000 IU a day be-cause of Vitamin D’s and up to 1,00mg of Vitamin C daily to supportthe immune system.

Dr. Sara, as she’s known to herclients, is a firm believer in probi-otics and says that choosing amulti-strain probiotic formula canhelp, as she says, “to arm our im-mune soldiers to fight the bad guys.A big part of our immune system isin our gut and a probiotic will helpto keep our guts healthy andstrong.”

When it comes to holiday inter-action, simply washing hands oncewon’t be good enough, says Dr. TimSly, a professor from Ryerson Uni-versity’s School of Occupationaland Public Health in Toronto. Hesuggests washing before digginginto the appetizer tray at parties,making sure you don’t mix up your

wine glass with someone else’s,and use serving pieces (not

your fingers) at the buffettable

Dr. Sara also suggestsadding two cloves of garlic aday to your menu as it’s a“natural antibiotic.”

Sci-fi starlet Julia Benson has a perfect workoutpartner. Almost. He’s always ready to exerciseand he never complains during particularly gru-eling training sessions. But he only does cardio.

He is, of course, a 3 1/2-year-old chocolate lab.“He definitely keeps me active,” the Winnipeg-born

actress says in a phone interview from her Vancouverhome.

“We run a lot, which is what I love doing the most forexercise. We’ll go down and run at the beach (SpanishBanks). Or we’ll do some hikes. There’s tons of amazingtrails around here.”

Her cardio partner’s name is Bauer.Most days, their outdoor treks last about 45 minutes.Benson, aka Lt. Vanessa James on sci-fi TV show

StargateUniverse, also likes to go in-line skating in thesummer “when it’s not raining in Vancouver.”

Like most savvy fitness enthusiasts, the married 31-year-old knows that variety is the spice of a good work-out regimen.

“I like to switch things up,” she notes.That includes power yoga twice weekly for 60-90

minutes each session, along with 25 minutes of weighttraining two times a week.

Pumping iron has helped the five-foot-seven Bensonmaintain a toned body weight of 126 pounds.

“I find my body responds to weights really quickly,”she notes. “Plus, my character is tougher on the show,so I want to make sure I try to bulk up.”

Filming for Season 2 recently wrapped, and while shehas some other upcoming projects to help her stay mo-tivated to keep fit between seasons, Benson admits shegoes through phases of being more and less active.

Yup, she’s only human. “The key is to try and be asconsistent as you can ... Sometimes you’re not going tobe able to get to the gym because work is too busy oryou’re too tired.”

For more, go to precisionnutrition.com. Cary Castagnais a certified personal trainer through Can-Fit-Pro.

1Choose a physical activity you enjoy.There are so many different things

you can do — just going for a hike,goingforawalk,justgettingoutanddoing something.

2Maintain balance in your life.Don’t punish yourself for

occasionally eating dessert.

3Realize the importance ofhealth and fitness. When you’re ac-

tive, your quality of life goes up.

reuterS — Home video ofsinger Miley Cyrus using a bongapparently to smoke the hallu-cinogenic herb salvia hit the In-ternet Friday, capping a yearwhich has seen the teen starthrow aside her squeaky cleanDisney image.

Thevideoobtainedbycelebritywebsite TMZ.com was said tohavebeenshotdaysafterCyrus’s18th birthday in November.

It shows the star of DisneyChannel’sHannahMontanagig-glingandlaughingaftersmokingfrom a glass pipe, commonlycalled a bong. TMZ said sourcesclose to Cyrus told the websitethatthevideowasshotbyoneofCyrus’s friends, but the sub-

stance was not marijuana.“Isthatmetripping!?”,Cyrusex-

claimsinthevideo,afterusingthebongandmistakinganotherper-son at the party for her ex-boyfriend, actor LiamHemsworth

The herb salvia divinorum hashallucinogenic properties but isnot illegal in California. Accord-ing to a 2007 U.S. survey on druguseandhealth,aboutonemillionpeople had used it that year.

The singer’s father, Billy RayCyrus,saidonFridayhewassad-denedatthevideo,whichquicklymade headlines around theworld.

“Sorry guys. I had no idea. Justsaw this stuff for the first time

myself. I’m so sad.There is much be-yond my controlright now,” CyrussaidinaTwitterpost-ing.

Representatives forCyrusdidnotreturnre-quests for commentFriday.

MileyCyrushassoughtthis year to distance her-self from the Disney char-acter she began portraying in2006. The new image hasdismayed parents of someof the younger Hannahfans,whosefinalepisodedoes not air until thespring of 2011.

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Moshin

Changing careers always seems to bring onfeelings of anxiety and doubt. Such life-alter-ing decisions are sure to make many ask,“what if,” especially when such a change

comes later in your career. I assure many of the job seekers who approach me

that this feeling is natural. Remember, this thoughtwould not have come to mind if you were happy in yourcurrent career or just came to a dead end in your career.Your ultimate goal is to find a career that offers whatyou want and need even if it takes time to start from thebottom of the ladder.

Here are a couple common questions you may haveand how to approach them:

Will a career change lower your earnings?Before you make up your mind based on salary I

suggest researching the position to find out how pro-fessionals in that field make it work for them. Howquickly can they move up in the position? How is thecurrent market? Try to arrange a meeting with pro-fessionals who may be in this field and ask themplenty of questions.

If you foresee a lower income for a few years in yourdesired position, consider cutting your expenses andbanking the money saved.

Don't have the right education or training?Lacking certifications or degrees can be a roadblock

for career changers. Before throwing away an excel-lent career possibility, consider beginning in anentry-level position that makes it easier to get startedin your chosen field. Once with a company, you willbe more likely to discover avenues to obtain thetraining you need, and may even be able to have youremployer pay for it.

Ask Moshin Manji your questions at infor@hrinmotion.com

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SANDY BUEMANNQMI AGENCY

A degree doesn’t alwaysmean a job, but a bit of mar-keting always helps.

The marketing diploma atDouglas College is designedfor students who alreadyhave a degree but are lookingfor something more, accord-ing to program co-coordina-tor Gail Tippo.

One of the first students in

the program had a degree inancient history and fine art,Tippo remembered.

“It’s all fine and good butthere’s not as many obviousthings to actually do in that,”she said.

Tippo added the marketingdiploma could help studentsmanage an art gallery or helpraise funds for a history mu-seum.The program, for thoselooking to run a business or

to get into business, teachespersonal selling, marketingmanagement, promotionalstrategies, e-marketing andcustomer relationship man-agement.

She added it is completelymarketing centered and stu-dents can choose to look atthings like sales, small busi-ness management and inter-national marketing.

The learning is hands on,

and students can choose to doan internship.

“They’re not doing casestudy out of the back of theirtext book, they’re in a realcompany, handling a realchallenge,” said Tippo.

Applicants must have anundergraduate degree in anysubject other than marketing.

More information on theprogram can be found atwww.douglas.bc.ca.

In the market for marketing skills

SANDY BUEMANNQMI AGENCY

Website Small Business Accel-erator is like Google for smallbusiness owners but better.

The site is a resource toolconnecting small-businessminded people to a wealth ofinformation, according to San-dra Singh, the director ofUBC’s Irving K. Barber Centre.

Small Business Acceleratorincludes tips on how to writean effective business plan, howto conduct business researchand how to access helpful gov-ernment websites.

It also includes question-naires, templates and how-toguides.

“It’s becoming a place for in-formation that supports inno-vation across the province,”Singh said of the site, launchedin partnership with DavidLam Management Library.

The site, launched on Nov. 22in Cranbook, B.C., is aimed atentrepreneurs living in therural parts of the province.

Librarians gathered the in-formation, including trade

journals and articles for SmallBusiness Accelerator, Singh ex-plained.

“Many people don’t knowwhat rich and deep informa-tion libraries can collect forthem,” she added.

Singh said the website breaksdown information into chunksturning it into a step-by-stepprocess.

She added the feedback forthe site has been positive so far.

According to B.C. stats col-

lected in the report “SmallBusiness Profile 2010”, smallbusinesses made up 98 percent of all business in B.C. in2009 with 395,900 companies.

B.C. also had the highest rateof small business employmentin Canada, making up 57 percent of the province’s privatesector and employing1,045,400 people in 2009.

Alaleha McCauley, the com-munity business services li-brarian said the information

out there is sometimes over-whelming.

“Typically when people relyon Google they often miss outon information,” McCauleyexplained.

There are 36 guides on thesite, targeting specific busi-nesses from bakeries to craftsuppliers to alternate energybusinesses.

For more information log onto the Internet and visitwww.sba-bc.ca.

Web tool for small business

Small Business Accelerator

filters relevant information for

leaders of small-business.

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› WORKZONE16 MONDAYDECEMBER 13 2010

REUTERS — In a time whenchain smoking, off-colourjokes and three-martinilunches have largely fadedfrom theworkplace, the hol-iday office party survives.Despite being toned down

amid a shaky economy, sen-sitizedbysexualharassmentcases and sobered by thedangers of drunk driving,those parties are aminefieldofpotential embarrassmentsandworse.Hoping to keep bad be-

haviour at bay, companiesmay host a party in an artgallery, perhaps during theday, with alcohol limited tobeer and wine, experts say.Even the food has gottenhealthier and the portionssmaller.“You want it to be fun. It’s

always a balance betweenmanaging your legal risksand also having a fun party,”says Michael Johnson ofGlobalCompliance, anethicstraining and compliancefirm.Behindmuchof that con-

science is the threat oflegal liability, be it foremployees driving homedrunk or bosses harass-ing underlings, work-place experts say.“There’s some obvious

things, like I don’t thinkmanyclientsaresuggest-ing hangingmistletoe orsuggesting, ‘oh, let’s havea game of Twister,’ kindofobviousdangerzones,”Johnson says.Despite the pitfalls,

almost 80% of compa-nies throw holiday par-ties, a recent surveyshowed. The study, byexecutive search firmAmrop Battalia Winston,

revealed that the number ofcompanies having partieswas down to its lowest levelin 22 years to 79%, andtwo-thirds are restricted toemployees only.

“Parties aren’t going away,”says Dale Winston of Bat-taliaWinston, who notesthey are less about en-tertaining clients anddrumming up newbusiness than reward-ing employees.

Butworkers,whenasked inanother survey if theywouldrather receive a bonus thanswill eggnog at an officeparty, overwhelminglychosecash. The survey of 1,008people for Randstad U.S., aworldwidestaffingcompany,found 93% of respondentswould ditch the year-endparty formoremoney.Andwith researchshowing

companies are planning tospendnomore than lastyear,it is more likely than not acompanywillhost the festiv-ities in its ownbuilding.

Although the office partymayno longer be analcohol-fueled extravaganza, it isstill important to relax,min-gle and have a good time,experts say.“This is the last vestige

where people can just showup,haveacoupleofglassesofwineandsocialize,” Winstonsays.The trick for a cringe-free

party is to find a balance be-tween fun and moderation,corporate behaviour expertssay.Onedrink, absolutely.More

than two?Noway.“Toomanypeople let loose,”

says Barbara Pachter, aworkplacebehaviourexpert.“The bottom line is the holi-dayparty is abusinessevent,and people forget that.”Another landmine to avoidis using the party as a mo-ment to flirt with a col-leagueormakepublicanof-fice romance.

“It’snot the timeto flirt,”Pachter says. “If you aredating somebody atwork and people don’tknow it, that’s not thetime to let your guarddown, even if you’re

snuggling allnight.”

«I don’t think manyclients are sug-gesting hanging

mistletoe or suggesting,‘oh, let’s have a game ofTwister’ — kind of obvi-ous danger zones. »

— Michael Johnson,ethics training expert

THE HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY

Rewarding employees isnew focus of work bashes

QMI AGENCY — The numberofworkingmoms has almostdoubled over the past 30years,thoughoverallwomen’semployment still lags behindmen,accordingtoaStatisticsCanada report.Almost 73%ofwomenwho

had children under the age of16 living at home were em-ployedin2009,comparedwithamere39.1%in1976.Just over 80% of women

without children wereemployedin2009,fallingshortofthenationalemploymentav-erage ofmore than 93%, thestudyfound.Women also tend to remain

concentrated in traditionalfemaleoccupations,thougharebeginning to make someinroads intomale-dominatedfields such as business andfinance.In 2009, 67% of employed

womenworked in teaching,nursing and related healthoccupations, clerical or otheradministrative positions, orsales andserviceoccupations.Only 31% of employed menworkedinthesefields.Women made up 51.2% of

businessandfinancialprofes-sionalsin2009,upfrom38.3%in 1987. The share ofwomenemployed has also gone upin diagnostic and treatmentpositions in medicine andrelatedhealthprofessions.

Thestudy,whichdidn’ttouchon comparative salary levelsbetween men and women,found that women had donebetter during the recessionthandidmen.Between2008and2009, the

unemployment rate formenincreased to 9.4%, while theemployment rate forwomenincreasedonlyto7%.That’sbecausefewerwomen

wereemployedinsectorssuchas manufacturing and con-struction,whichwerehardesthitbythedownturn.

Workingmothersdoubledin 30years

Women made up

51.2% of business

and financial profes-

sionals in 2009, up

from 38.3% in 1987.

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LAWSUITS AT WORK

We’re suing more oftenQMI AGENCY — Canadianworkersare increasingly likely to resort tolegalactiontoresolvedisputeswithformer employers, with claimsrangingfromwrongfuldismissaltodiscrimination, a survey of humanresourcesprofessionals found.Almost 70% of respondents said

employees aremore likely to bringlegalactionagainsttheirworkplacethan five years ago, with almostfour-fifthssayingthesituationwillbeworseagainfiveyearsfromnow.Thebiggestcausecitedinlawsuits

waswrongfuldismissal, thesurveyby the Human Resources Profes-sionals Association and CanadianHRReporter found. Terminationand severance pay disputes camesecond, followed by human rightscomplaints anddiscrimination.

“The broad perception was thatemployees havemore to gain andlittletolosefromlitigation,”surveyauthorClaudeBalthazardsaid.

“Many respondents also linkedthe increasing litigiousness of em-ployees to difficult economic con-ditionsandashrinkingjobmarket.”The survey found thatmany liti-

gants were likely to get their way,with almost three-quarters ofrespondentssayingthesystemwas

tilted in favour of the employee.That perception promptsmany tosettle out of court, it found.More lawsuits means more fees

for lawyers, with 67.2% of thosepolled saying legal costs to defendagainst claims from employeeshad risen 5% or more in the pastyear. Just over half said those feeshad jumped 10% or more and15.8% said they had risen by aquarter.The survey also found that em-

ployeeswerebecomingincreasingly“systemsavvy,”knowingtheoptionsopen to them to pursue theirgrievances. Some also noted thatlawyersareencouragingthetrend.The poll was carried out among

535 HR professionals across thecountry.

«The broad perceptionwas that employeeshave more to gain and

little to lose from litigation. »

— Claude Balthazard, author

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QMI AGENCY — Workers at largercompaniesweremorelikelytoattemptto defraud their employers than theircounterparts in smaller businesses,butnearlyallof themwerecaught,ac-cording toanewreport.About 48% of large companies

reported employee fraud, comparedwithjust35%atmedium-sizedcorpo-rations, according to a SAS/LegerMarketing survey ofmore than 1,000Canadianexecutives.

Fraudsters at big companies weremuchmorelikelytobecaught,withonly4%gettingawaywithit,comparedwith10%atsmallercompanies, it found.More than two-thirds of fraudsters

were tracked down after fraudoccurred at big companies, with 69%of those in smaller businesses caught

after the fact. In one in six cases, thefraudwas identified and stopped be-fore itwasevencarriedout.“There needs to be a paradigm shift

where the focus is on catching fraudbeforeitoccursratherthantrackingitdown after,” saidWes Gill, executivelead of enterprise risk managementwith SAS Canada, adding that newbusiness technology couldbe ausefultool inhelpingprevent fraud.The results also varied across indus-

tries.About55%offoodandretailexec-utivesreportingwrongdoing,comparedwith just 23% in the professional con-sulting,realestateandlegalprofessions.Companies also reported concern

aboutattemptedfraudfromcustomers,suchas throughcreditcardandinsur-ance scams. About 47% of executivesat large companies said theyhadbeenaffected, versus 30% for mid-sizedcompanies.Whenitcametocustomerfraud,com-

paniesinAlbertafacedthebiggestprob-lems, at 48%, comparedwith 36% inQuebec.In employee fraud cases, B.C. and

QuebecrankedhigherthanOntario.

QMI AGENCY — Manitobarecorded its third straightmonth in November as theprovincewiththebestunem-ployment rate inCanada.The province’s unemploy-

ment rate improved slightlyfrom5.2% inOctober to5.1%inNovember,allowingMani-toba tomaintain thetoprankin the country, which it hasheld sinceSeptember.Saskatchewan had the sec-

ond-lowestrateinNovemberat5.5%,followedbyAlbertaat5.6%andB.C. at6.9%.The latest numbers come

from Statistics Canada’smonthlylabourmarketsurvey.Manitobaactuallylost3,000

jobs fromOctober toNovem-ber,butacoincidingdipintheavailablelabourforceallowedtheunemploymentratetoim-prove slightly. There were622,300jobsinManitobalastmonth up from 609,600 inNovember2009.

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HALF OF LARGE FIRMS VICTIM OF EMPLOYEE FRAUD

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Christmas has come early for midfielder Terry Dunfield. The Vancouver Whitecapearned a contract with the MLS expansion club Friday. “I just can’t wait,” Dunfield said. “Iwish it was March.” The 28-year-old Vancouver native had two goals in 11 games afterjoining the team in August. His contract was announced simultaneously with USSF D-2defender-of-the-year Greg Janicki. The Whitecaps also cut defenders Luca Bellisomoand Willis Forko and backup goalkeeper Simon Thomas. – QMI AGENCY

Daniel Alfredsson was fresh off his 38th birthday celebration Sun-day morning. The captain hasn’t had a lot to smile about lately.His career-high pointless streak has now reached 10 games asthe Senators prepare to host the Atlanta Thrashers Monday. “It’salways worse when you’re not winning,” said Alfredsson. “It’s notsomething I can force.” – QMI AGENCY

It was sweet music to the ears of Ontario MMA fanslast week when the UFC finally announced it will hitToronto with a card at Rogers Center next year.

“We are so thrilled with the decision to hold UFC 131 onApril 30 in Toronto at the Rogers Centre. It’s going to be abig time event, and the biggest in UFC history,” said TomWright, the UFC director of Canadian operations.

Last Saturday’s card in Montreal set a new UFC atten-dance record but the Toronto event will smash it asRogers Centre holds more than 65,000 people. However,don’t expect the UFC to try and sell out the entire build-ing, Wright added. “We really had no reservations aboutbringing UFC 131 to the Rogers Centre, but one thing weare not going to do is compromise the fan experience. Weare going to configure it for probably between 30,000 and40,000 people.”

The UFC will likely have no problem selling out thevenue, especially if George St. Pierre is on the bill.

St. Pierre dominates Koscheck It was a defining moment for GSP Saturday as he picked

apart Josh Koscheck with a beautiful display of jabs,hooks and leg kicks on his way to a unanimous decision.

It was the Montreal native’s fifth straight title defence,tying Matt Hughes for the most consecutive title defencesin welterweight history. So who in the welterweight divi-sion is a legitimate threat to GSP? Jake Shields is consid-ered next in line, but are we starting to see the end of GSPin his current weight class?

The calls for a super fight against UFC middleweightchampion Anderson Silva are becoming louder. St. Pierrewas asked again about potentially moving up a class.

“If I go up I will have to put more muscle on my body,” hesaid. “If I move up to 185 lbs I will have to stay at 185. I donot want to go up and down. You saw what happened toRoy Jones in boxing, it messes with your reaction time.”

Silva fights Vitor Belfort Feb. 5 in Las Vegas. It would behard to imagine a super fight between GSP and Silva withonly a two month turn around. If GSP is on the Hog Towncard expect it to be against Shields.

For full MMA coverage and the latest news, head to MMASucka.com.

Trevor

MMASucka.com columnist

Big smokegets big show

HOSEA CHEUNGQMI Agency

The Canucks may have beenon the second leg of back-to-back games but it didn’t showSunday.

Instead, the Edmonton Oil-ers were the ones who lookedout of gas.

A night after losing 5-4 inovertime at home, Vancouveroutplayed Edmonton at Rex-all Place in a 2-1 win over theirNorthwest Division rivals.

Despite a third period inwhich they were outshot 14-1,the Oilers scored the lone tallyin the final frame to snapRoberto Luongo’s shutout bid.Jordan Eberle’s goal with just

five seconds remaining in reg-ulation ruined what-would-have-been a perfect night forthe Canucks goaltender, whomade 11 stops including afirst-period penalty shot byMagnus Paajarvi.

Offensively, the Sedins ledthe way with two points eachto help regain the Canucks’two-point lead in the stand-ings over the ColoradoAvalanche.

Alex Burrows opened thescoring for Vancouver, finish-ing off a pretty passing play byHenrik and Daniel. The vic-tory improves the Canucks’record to 13-1-2 when scoringfirst.

Henrik doubled theCanucks’ lead in the secondon another slick setup, thistime starting with RyanKesler. The centre fed thepuck to Daniel, who thenthrew it across the crease toHenrik. The captain made nomistake, scoring his fifth ofthe season and second in asmany games.

The Canucks finished with32 shots on Oilers goaltenderDevan Dubnyk.

Up nextVancouver heads home for a

two-game stand startingWednesday against theColumbus Blue Jackets.

Canucks rack up another road win

2 1CANUCKS OILERS

1st Period6:12 Van - Burrows (5)

(D. Sedin, H. Sedin)

2nd Period6:37 Van - H. Sedin (5)

(D. Sedin, Kesler)

3rd Period19:55 Edm - Eberle (6)

(PP)(Penner, Foster)

√ BOX SCORE

BIG CHILL RECORD

√ HOCKEY Michigan and MichiganState set a world record for attendance atan ice hockey game Saturday, when theyplayed in front of an announced crowd of113,411 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The game,billed as “The Big Chill at the Big House”,smashed the previous record of 77,803 setat last year’s International Ice Hockey Fed-eration (IIHF) world championships in Ger-many. The Michigan Wolverines won thegame 5-0. — REUTERS

RYAN TO MARINERS

√ BASEBALL The St. Louis Cardinalshave shipped infielder Brendan Ryan tothe Seattle Mariners in exchange forminor league pitcher Maikel Cleto. Ryan,28, has spent the last four seasons in St.Louis, playing mostly at shortstop whilealso seeing time at second and thirdbase. In 415 career games, Ryan hasscored 165 runs, stolen 39 bases andcompiled a .314 on-base percentage.— SPORTS NETWORK

SHARK SHOOTERS

√ GOLF Dustin Johnson and Ian Poulterfired a 13-under 59 Sunday to come frombehind and win the Shark Shootout bytwo strokes. Poulter was playing in thisevent for the third time and Johnson thesecond. They finished at 30-under-par186 and both won this event for the firsttime. Darren Clarke and U.S. Open cham-pion Graeme McDowell also shot 59 atTiburon Golf Club to take second place atminus-28. — REUTERS

George St. Pierre lands a punch on Josh Koscheck Saturday at UFC124 in Montreal. GSP won by unanimous decision. PHOTO ERIC BOLTE

Edmonton’s Devan Dubnyk collideswith Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler duringthe Edmonton Oilers game against theVancouver Canucks at Rexall Place inEdmonton. PHOTO CODIE MCLACHLAN

REUTERS – The New York Gi-ants-Minnesota Vikings NFLgame will be played in Detroiton Monday after a huge snowstorm caused the Minneapo-lis Metrodome’s inflated roofto collapse on Sunday, forcingthe relocation.

The game originally for Sun-day had already been post-poned after the Giants werestranded in Kansas City whentheir charter flight was unableto land in Minneapolis be-cause of the storm.

The league was later forcedto move the contest when theblizzard ripped open theMetrodome’s roof early Sun-day morning covering thefield in snow.

Several alternate venueswere considered, includingthe University of Minnesota’soutdoor stadium and theSuper Dome in New Orleansbefore settling on Ford Fieldwhere the Detroit Lions were

taking on the Green Bay Pack-ers on Sunday.

The NFL said ticket holdersto the Vikings-Giants gamewould receive preferred seat-ing and any extra seats wouldbe given away free on a first-come basis.

But getting to Detroit will bea major challenge for bothteams and fans as a massivewinter storm sweeps acrossthe U.S. Midwest disruptingseveral NFL games.

Packers’ playoff hopes dimThe Green Bay Packers’

post-season hopes took a hitwith a shocking 7-3 loss to theDetroit Lions on a wild Sun-day in the NFL that sawsnowstorms wreak havocwith several games.

The Chicago Bears and NewEngland Patriots played in ablizzard and Arctic-like con-ditions, while the Buffalo Billsand Cleveland Browns game

began in freezing rain.While the blizzard was

pounding Detroit outside, in-side Ford Field the Lions de-fence was creating their ownchaos, knocking Packersstarting quarterback AaronRodgers out of the contest latein the second quarter with aconcussion.

Backup Matt Flynn was un-able to spark the Packers at-tack, which could manageonly a 42-yard Mason Crosbyfield goal.

The Lions (3-10) were alsounable to generate much of-fence behind Drew Stanton,but the third-string quarter-back delivered the winningscore midway through thefourth quarter when he hitWill Heller with a 13-yardtouchdown strike.

The loss dropped the Pack-ers to 8-5, leaving them onegame in back of Chicago in theNFC North.

21MONDAYDECEMBER 13 2010

√ NFL SCORESWEEK 14

BUF 13CLE 6BUF QB Fitzpatrick 142 yds

ATL 31CAR 10ATL RB Turner 3 TDs

DET 7GB 3DET QB Stanton 117 yds

JAX 38OAK 31JAX QB Garrard 3 TDs

PIT 23CIN 7PIT QB Roethlisberger 258 yds

TB 17WAS 16TB QB Freeman 266 yds

NO 31STL 13NO QB Brees 3 TDs

SF 40SEA 21SF QB Smith 255 yds

ARI 43DEN 13ARI K Feely 5 FGs

NE 36CHI 7NE QB Brady 369 yds

MIA 10NYJ 6MIA QB Henne 55 yds

SD 31KC 0SD QB Rivers 226 yds

√ ALPINE SKIINGCanada’s Marie-MicheleGagnon barrels down themountain Sunday at thewomen’s World Cup giantslalom event in St. Moritz,Switzerland Sunday. TheLac-Etchemin, Que. nativefinished a career best fifth.— REUTERS

PHOTO CHRISTIAN HARTMANN

Pirri eyes top-six spot with Canada juniors

Snow covers the Metrodome field in Minneapolis Sunday, whena tear in the dome roof forced the cancellation of the Vikings-Jets game. It will be played Monday in Detroit. PHOTO REUTERS

TERRY KOSHANQMI Agency

Kevin Prendergast was con-tacted by the Chicago Black-hawks a couple of months agoand told to keep an eye on oneof their prospects, forwardBrandon Pirri.

The message to Prender-gast, the head scout for

Hockey Canada, from the de-fending Stanley Cup cham-pion was that Pirri would bemade available to theCanada’s junior team selec-tion camp.

Pirri had to earn the right tobe invited. He did that, show-ing in 23 games with theHawks’ American Hockey

League affiliate, the RockfordIceHogs, that a boy could playamong men.

The 19-year-old centre isnow back with his age groupat the camp. Prendergast isthinking the Toronto native,who has five goals and five as-sists with Rockford, can be atop-six forward for Canada

when the 2011 world juniortournament opens on BoxingDay in Buffalo.

“He is not the fastest skaterin the world, and not thebiggest kid in the world, buthe has great hockey sense,”Prendergast said on Sundayas the selection camp openedat the MasterCard Centre in

Etobicoke.“For a 19-year-old to play a

regular shift in the Americanleague, that’s pretty good. It’sa tough league to play in. He isplaying against men, and hehas had to go through a differ-ent custom in playing thegame, but he has come alongvery well.”

Weather woes in NFL

DOUBLE BRONZE√ SPEED SKATINGCanadians raced to a pair ofbronze medals at the World Cupshort track speed skating stopSunday in Shanghai, China. Jes-sica Gregg of Edmonton wasthird in the 500 metres andOlivier Jean of Lachenaie, Que.,took the bronze in the men’s1,500m. The men’s relay teamadded a silver medal. Greggcrossed the line in 45.218 sec-onds, just behind gold medalistZhao Nannan and runner-up LiuQiuhong, both of China.— QMI AGENCY

COUSINEAU FIFTH√ SLALOMJulien Cousineau of Lachute,Que., tied a career-best inslalom with a fifth-place finishSunday at the men’s World Cupin Val D’Isere, France.Cousineau, who had a two-runtime of one minute, 45.83 sec-onds, also finished fifth inSchladming, Austria, last year.It was his second top-10 resultin as many races and seventhof his career. Trevor White ofCalgary finished 12th. No otherCanadian finished the race.— QMI AGENCY

KINGSBURG TAKES SILVER√ MOGULS Mikael Kingsburg of Canada won his first careermedal at the World Cup moguls season opener Saturday inRuka, Finland. The native of Deux-Montagnes, Que., took thesilver medal in the men’s event, posting a score of 24.89 pointsthat was aided by the best air marks in the final. Patrick Deneenof the U.S. won the gold medal while Guilbaut Colas of Francewas third. Cedric Rochon of Saint-Sauveur, Que., was the next-best Canadian, finishing fifth, while 2010 Olympic champ AlexBilodeau was seventh. — QMI AGENCY

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AC R O S S1 Facts & figures

5 Hockey scores

10 Swat

14 College credit

15 French farewell

16 Short note

17 Blockhead

18 Skin openings

19 Microwave

20 Sports shoe

22 Captain Ahab’s trade

24 Food fish

25 Former Secretary ofDefense Melvin

26 Military uniform cloth

29 Little guy

30 Sandy seaside

34 Axles

35 Musician’s stint

36 Part of the eye

37 Most common con-junction

38 Computer screen

40 Tit for __

41 Creased

43 Baby bear

44 Smart

45 Cornered

46 Pesky rodent

47 Chopped finely

48 Deadly

50 Ruby or scarlet

51 Husked, as peanuts

54 Oil and __; salad dress-ing

58 __ Scotia

59 Helped

61 Running shoe brand

62 Assist in crime

63 Northeastern U.S. state

64 Malicious

65 No longer here

66 Winter vehicles

67 Opposite of acknowl-edge

D OW N1 Failures

2 Shortly

3 Scrabble piece

4 Assaults

5 Stared openmouthed

6 Smell

7 Atmosphere

8 Wiggle room

9 Japanese dish of riceand raw seafood

10 Burn sluggishly

11 Mr. Strauss

12 Prayer closing

13 Ping-__; table tennis

21 Pond fish

23 Ann __, MI

25 Sensible

26 Packaged macaroni-and-cheese brand

27 Respect highly

28 Confuse

29 Flour container

31 Prank

32 Stop

33 Detested

35 The Almighty

36 Ear of corn

38 Olympics prize

39 Egypt’s boy king

42 Let the air out of

44 Made broader

46 Like most tires nowa-days

47 Lair

49 49ers & 76ers

50 Is a passenger

51 Obstacle

52 Tramp

53 __ if; although

54 Sell

55 Donate

56 Related

57 Depend

60 Pass away

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Personal opportunities aboundas you attempt to innovate a time-worn practice. Use the latesttechnology to revamp a classicidea. Then add your uniquestamp.Rating : ○○○○○○

SAGITTARIUSNovember 22 to December 21

You have lots of details to takecare of. Your work schedulecomes first, yet you can maketime for personal errands. Callaround before you go out.Rating : ○○○○○○○○

CAPRICORNDecember 22 to January 19

Nerves fray when others comewith emotional arguments. If youwant to persuade, choose tacticsappropriate to each person. Taketime for compassionate listening.Rating : ○○○○○○

AQUARIUSJanuary 20 to February 18

Decide how to show others yourlove. You don’t need to break thebank to find just the right appreci-ation for each person on your list.Choose something for yourself,too.Rating : ○○○○○

PISCESFebruary 19 to March 20

When others pose difficult ques-tions, dive into the inquiry. Look atit from a new angle. Test yourideas to see which works best.Rating : ○○○○○○○

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