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Halifax Dartmouth
TERRA CIOLFE/FOR METRO
Egg hunt goes to the dogs
Easter. Shubie Park
The Easter Bunny poses with a pooch at the annual Easter B’egg Hunt at Shubie Park yesterday. Dozens
of dogs and their owners came to sniff their way to hidden Easter eggs in support of Litters ’n Critters.
A 22-year-old man is dead inHRM’s latest homicide.
It happened in North Prestonon Easter Sunday. Just before 6:30p.m., police received a call that aman was shot on Churchill Ter-race.
When they arrived they founda severely injured man, and para-medics rushed him into an ambu-lance.
“He died on the way to the hos-pital,” said RCMP Cpl. ScottMacRae.
Details were few last night, butMacRae said he believes theshooting happened outside andnot in a residence.
He said he didn’t know if therewas a party before the shooting.
“I do know shortly thereafterthere was a large gathering, butI don’t know if there were peoplethere before (the shooting) or justafter,” he said last night.
Police cordoned off the scenelast night for investigators tocomb the area this morning.
Incident reported in North Prestonneighbourhood Update will be given thismorning Police are asking for anyonewith information to contact them
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Maritime votes couldbe election harbingerWhen the early returnsstart rolling in from theMaritimes on electionnight, Canadians will belooking for signs to deter-mine if voters are ready orreluctant to hand PrimeMinister Stephen Harperthe majority he so covets.
One of the ridings thatcould serve as a harbingeris South Shore-St. Mar-garet’s, where longtimeConservative incumbentGerald Keddy is facing astiff challenge from NDP ri-val Gordon Earle, who iscontesting the riding forthe fourth time — havinglost to Keddy in every elec-tion since 2004.
Earle is a former MP andcivil servant who servedone term representing theneighbouring riding of Hali-fax West, which he won in
1997. In the 2008 election,Earle lost to Keddy by only932 votes — the secondtightest race in the country.If Keddy posts an early winon election night, Conserva-tives across the country willbe eager to count it as a signof things to come.
Meanwhile, one of themost hotly contested racesin the region is the battlefor Dartmouth-Cole Har-bour, a largely suburbanriding in the Halifax area.
The NDP have recruitedformer provincial leaderRobert Chisholm to take onLiberal incumbent MikeSavage, who has held theriding since 2004. Chisholmcame within a seat of form-ing the province’s first NDPgovernment in 1998. Hequit politics five years later,eventually landing a job asregional director of theCanadian Union of PublicEmployees. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Zsuzsanna Zsohar, wife of Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, holds seven-month-old
Wyatt MacDonald while visiting a children’s hospital in Halifax on Saturday.
PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESSPoliticians battle for key NovaScotia ridings of South Shore-St.Margaret’s, Dartmouth-Cole Harbour
Halifax-areariding one to watchIt’s clear the NDP havetargeted the riding ofDartmouth-Cole Harbour.
NDP Leader JackLayton was on hand for
Robert Chisholm’s nomi-nation meeting and hereturned to tour the rid-ing at the midpoint of thecampaign. As for LiberalMike Savage, he won 39per cent of the vote in2008. But his NDPchallenger, Brad Pye, was-n’t far behind with 31 percent. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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As Halifax Regional Councilprepares to debate the pro-posed 2011-2012 budget,Mayor Peter Kelly is warn-ing that the municipality is-n’t out of the woods yet.
“We have some greaterfinancial challenges com-ing before us,” Kelly saidyesterday.
“We need to look at allof the components to seewhere we can best utilizethe efficiencies within theoperations, and the staffinglevels to see if they can beadjusted to offset costs.This budget will set thattone.”
Council received thedraft budget from newlyhired Chief Administra-tive Officer Richard Buttsand acting Chief FinancialOfficer Bruce Fisher lastTuesday.
Council will debate thedocuments on Wednesday,Thursday and Friday.
The budget includes a4.3 per cent spike in opera-tional spending coupledwith a 7.6 per cent de-crease in capital spending.Property tax rates will notbe raised, although proper-ty assessment values willincrease.
The budget was well re-ceived by council lastweek. Butts earned a roundof applause when he an-nounced that the popularoutdoor skating oval couldbe paid for through effi-ciencies, and that staffwere directed to doubletheir efforts to crack downon overtime and discre-tionary spending.
Kelly applauded thework of Butts, but also thatof outgoing CFO CathieO’Toole, who left her posi-tion with the municipalitythis month.
ALEX BOUTILIER
Arrests comeafter beatingPolice arrested two peopleyesterday in relation to abeating in Halifax. A 54-year-old male victim wasleft with lacerations andbruising.
Police arrested twowomen at the victim’s resi-dence and are looking for athird woman.
JENNIFER TAPLIN
Police searchfor robberysuspectHalifax police are searchingfor a suspect after anarmed robbery at a conven-ience store. Police say theyresponded to a 911 callfrom the Needs store onHighfield Park Drive justbefore 7 a.m. yesterday.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Suspects onthe looseA man was threatenedwith bear spray in the1900 block of UpperWater Street yesterdaymorning by two suspects,who fled the scene beforethe police arrived.
Police say two suspectsare white males, about 20to 25 years old.
ANDREW CALEY
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A round at Point Pleasant Park
Croquet. Game
Matt Sheffield, front, and
Jesse Sheffield play croquet
in the woods at Point
Pleasant Park yesterday.
They played the same forest
course in April last year.
Municipality not inthe clear yet: Mayor
Council to debate documents Budget vote scheduledfor May 9, but can be pushed back if debate goes longer
05metronews.caMONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011news: halifax
Halifax riding deeplyentrenched
Little movement foreseen inlong-held NDP riding of Halifax
Incumbent Megan Leslie fighting her first election on herown track record
The riding of Halifax is per-haps the most entrenchedof the municipality’s fiveelectoral districts.
The riding covers theHalifax Penninsula, extend-ing from the Bedford Basinall the way to Sambro. In2008, 60.7 per cent of eligi-ble voters turned out onelection day.
The NDP have held Hal-ifax since the riding wasredistributed after amal-gamation, with Alexa Mc-Donough winning fourstraight elections in 1997,2000, 2004 and 2006.
McDonough’s successor,Megan Leslie, defeated theLiberals’ Catherine Meadeby a margin of 16 points in2008, and has turned quitea few heads in Ottawa asthe NDP’s health critic.Leslie has yet to have a ma-jor issue define her in theriding, however. This is re-flected in Leslie’s approachto the campaign, which hasbeen largely focused on her
experience and work in thecapital.
The Liberal’s Stan Kutch-er, a first-time candidate,has had the benefit of sever-al visits from high-profileLiberals, including two byLeader Michael Ignatieff inthe past six months. Kutch-er, a psychiatrist and profes-sor at Dalhousie University,seems to be running a simi-lar campaign to Ignatieff,emphasizing his approach-ability and desire to makeparliament work.
Conservative candidateGeorge Nikolaou has facedan uphill battle in the ur-ban riding, with his partyplacing a distant third inthe past three elections.Nikolaou, who runs an elec-trical company, made nobones about being new topolitics during the all-candi-dates debate earlier thismonth, and focused on theConservative platform oftax cuts and public safety.
The Green Party madesome gains in the riding in2008, ending up with justover eight per cent of thevote.
The NDP have held
Halifax since the riding
was redistributed after
amalgamation.
Green 26 years old. MaleCo-Chair of the YoungGreens Council (the GreenParty’s Youth Wing) andYouth Rep to the Green Par-ty’s Federal Council. Mostpeople don’t know that Iam an aspiring author.Whenever my academicand political careerspermit, I try to work on one of my novels.
NDP 37 years old. Firstelected as MP for Halifax in 2008. I managed an inde-pendent coffee shop beforeattending law school.
Liberal 59 years old. I amnot a career politician butI have been politically ac-tive since I debated withTrudeau and helped leadyoung doctors in their ac-tions to improve ourhealth-care system,including consultationsfor the Canada Health Act.This is the first time I haverun for the public office.
Meet the candidates
Conservative 38 yearsold. I am brand new topolitics but not publicservice, with severalyears as acting presidentof the St. George GreekOrthodox Society. I’mkind and generous atheart. Helping theunderprivileged is oneof the driving factors inmy life — something myparents instilled in me ata young age.
Creating the jobs of the futureby fostering the growingknowledge-based and greeneconomy in Halifax. This canbe accomplished throughsupport of research andentrepreneurship in greentechnologies and sciences,along with the continued pro-motion of Halifax as a hub forarts, culture and education.
Preventing the dis-mantling of our health-care system. With theCanada Health Act aboutto be renegotiated I wor-ry about what StephenHarper might do to it. Inthe past he advocatedscrapping it all together.
The largest issue facing ourriding in Halifax is the poten-tial impact of global warming.If sea levels rise as they areprojected to in current mod-els, then important parts ofour city will be inundated. A7-metre sea-level rise wouldsee high tide on the northside of Lower Water Street.
What is the largest issue facing your riding?
Making sure that wesee job creation andeconomic activity inHalifax through federalinvestments towards anew downtown conven-tion centre and anational shipbuildingprogram.
I have a background in community-driven social,economic and environmen-tal justice advocacy. I am theonly candidate running a car-bon-neutral campaign, usinginitiatives like a bike-trailerto deliver signs. I am one ofonly five women under theage of 40 in the House ofCommons.
A wealth of professionaland volunteer experience(in health care, teachingand in business) both athome and internationally.As a health-care pro-fessional, for example, Ihave walked the walk formore than 25 years.
I can appeal to youth in ways that older politi-cians cannot. I can showeveryone that our feder-al government willimpact the well-being ofyouth in our country, anddemonstrate to youngvoters that political en-gagement can be just asfun as it is important.
What do you bring to the campaign that your opponents don’t?
My opponents are good people who are in politics for the rightreasons, but the fact re-mains I am the onlycandidate who works insmall business, under-stands what it’s like tomeet a payroll and cre-ate and maintain jobs.
We need to take real actionon making prescriptiondrugs more affordable. Weneed to establish a nationalhousing strategy so that allCanadians have access to affordable and adequatehousing. We must ramp-upsupport for the developmentand use of green technolo-gies.
I want a government that is respectful of thepeople. It’s time to stoptolerating bullies and re-claim our reputation asan inclusive and caringnation. We are a democ-racy. Let’s start acting likeone again.
I’d like to see at leastone Green MP in theHouse of Commons, tofight for important en-vironmental issues. Sec-ond, I would like to seeour politicians work to-wards implementing anelectoral system that istruly representative.
What changes do you want to see in the next Parliament?
I would like to see thenext Parliament paymore attention to Halifaxissues — I’m proud ofthe fact that the Conser-vative Party is the onlyone that mentions Hali-fax in its nationalplatform.
I am committed to promotingpolicies that will create knowl-edge-based jobs. I willsupport measures to addressclimate change and legis-lation that strengthenspensions and improves child-care. I will also continue tohold public workshops on is-sues like disability tax credits.
As your MP I will work to-ward: The economic viabili-ty of our downtown. Thecreation of good-payingjobs. An enhanced culturallifestyle. An increasedrecognition of our longnaval tradition.
For the people of myriding I will bring anMP who votes based ontheir will, rather thanmerely towing a partyline.
What will you bring for the people of your riding?
Federal investments inour local economy (thedowntown, arts andculture, shipbuilding,the military) that willmake a real positive dif-ference in the lives ofthe people of this city.
Michael Dewar Stan Kutcher Megan Leslie George Nikolaou
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and wife Laureen help Ava de Souza find eggs during an
Easter egg hunt in Royal Oak, B.C.
Posting earlyresults couldcost you $25K
Elections Canada: Enforcement complaint-driven; officials won’t monitor Twitter Rationale is to keepearly results from influencing other voters
Posting election resultson social media sites be-fore polls close on May 2could land you a $25,000fine, says Elections Cana-da.
Section 329 of theCanada Elections Act pro-hibits transmission of re-sults before all pollingstations have closed.
“It’s important for usjust to remind people thatthis is still on the booksbecause there are possibleramifications to it,” saidElections Canada spokes-
person John Enright.Still, Elections Cana-
da’s friendly reminder is-n’t sitting well with someCanadians.
Ottawa blogger PeterRaaymakers kickstarted adiscussion on Twitter andsince then Internet usersworldwide have beenweighing in on the ban.
On Thursday, he tweet-ed: “@mrbarnabyjonesYou really think people inthe West are influencedby how people in the Eastare voting?”
Karren Brown from Al-berta tweeted: “Think thelaw has be to (sic) re-viewed & updated, butwill respect Elxns Cdarules. Not a Conservative.”
University of OttawaLaw professor MichaelGeist offered his expertiseearlier this month in anaffidavit for a superiorcourt case challenging theconstitutionality of theprovision.
He wrote that such aban in 2011 is “simply notpossible without inflict-ing enormous harm tofreedom of expressionand public confidence inthe election system.”
Kids hopped for photo opThe Conservative cam-paign’s military precisionwith events has raisedmore than a few eyebrowsduring four weeks of elec-tioneering.
But Easter morningbrought a new develop-ment. Harper held a photoopportunity with morethan a dozen cherubic kids
at a suburban Victoriahome. After he gave a briefformal address, the hostessasked the strategicallyposed children to go on anEaster egg hunt.
A Conservative cam-paign official quicklyjumped in and said the kidswere to stay in place whilethe national media asked
Harper their allotted fourdaily questions, as the chil-dren squirmed and chafed.
A Conservative partyspokesman later explainedthat the children had tostay for the serious busi-ness because Harper want-ed to take part in theirEaster egg hunt. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Mubarak ordered tomed facility An Egyptian prosecutor hasissued an order to moveformer president HosniMubarak from his hospitalin the Red Sea resort townof Sharm el-Sheikh to a mil-itary medical facility.
The order follows an ex-amination of Mubarak’shealth to determine if hewas fit enough to move. Hewas hospitalized with heartproblems after he and hissons were ordered into cus-tody. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DEADLY RIOTS
Muslims,Christiansclash in post-electionNigeria At least 500 people diedin religious rioting thatfollowed Nigeria’s presi-dential election, a civilrights group said yester-day, as volatile stategubernatorial electionsloom this week.
Meanwhile, police inthe northern state of
Bauchi said at least 11 recent college graduateswho helped run pollingstations as part of the Na-tional Youth ServiceCorps have been killed inpost-election violence,while other female pollworkers have been raped.
Muslim oppositionsupporters began riots asresults from the April 16election showedChristian President Good-luck Jonathan had wonthe vote. Retaliatory vio-lence by Christians soonfollowed, and officials saymore than 40,000 peoplehave fled their homes.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Doctors say U.S. Rep.Gabrielle Giffords can walka little and is even trying toimprove her gait. But thereport yesterday in the Ari-zona Republic adds the con-gresswoman herself isplanning to “walk a moun-tain.”
Giffords uses her leftside and has begun makinglimited use of her rightarm and leg, a common ef-fect of a bullet wound onthe left side of the brain,said Dr. Gerard Francisco,chief medical officer atHouston’s TIRR MemorialHermann, who works withGiffords daily.
“Her left side is per-fect,” said Pia Carusone,her legislative chief ofstaff. “She can do whatev-
er you can do.” She saidthat even in her wheel-chair Giffords has strin-gent posture: Tall, tight,strong — like always.
Nurse Kristy Poteet saidGiffords pushes a cart up
and down the hospitalhalls as therapy, focusingon using the correct mus-cles. More therapy comesfrom games of bowlingand indoor golf.
The Republic report —containing interviews overthe past few days with herhusband, doctors and oth-ers close to her — givesthe latest picture of her re-covery 15 weeks after agunman opened fire in aTucson parking lot, killingsix people and wounding13 others, including Gif-fords.
The physicians placeher in the top five per centof patients recoveringfrom her type of brain in-jury, the newspaper said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Taking steps on theroad to recovery
Gabrielle Giffords standing on her own, even walkingafter Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson Most of the physicaland speech recovery happens within 12 months: Doctor
This undated photo, provided by the office of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shows her with
her husband, NASA astronaut Mark Kelly.
OFFICE OF REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
Shuttle launch
U.S. President Barack
Obama, his wife Michelle,and daughters Malia andSasha plan to attend theApril 29 launch of the U.S.space shuttle Endeavour —the next-to-last flight forthe shuttle fleet. It will beled by NASA astronautMark Kelly, the husband ofcongresswoman GabrielleGiffords.
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LIBYA
Rap scenebooms inBenghaziA growing group of amateur rappers are inspiring rebel fightersheading into battleagainst Moammar Gad-hafi’s forces.
The music capturesthe anger and frustrationyoung Libyans feel overdecades of repressive
rule under Gadhafi.One song is Youth of
the Revolution, whichrap group Music Masterswrote after the uprisingbegan in mid-February.
The freewheeling rapscene developing inBenghazi shows howmuch has changed ineastern Libya in recentmonths. Rap, like otherforms of Western cul-ture, was despised byGadhafi, who burnedforeign musical instru-ments and books after heseized power in 1969. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deep divisions withinYemen’s opposition ap-peared to doom a proposalfor the president to stepdown within a month, rais-ing the prospect of morebloodshed in the nation.
President Ali AbdullahSaleh agreed Saturday to
transfer power to his vice-president in exchange forimmunity from prosecu-tion.
Thousands protestedyesterday, claiming Salehis buying time to cling topower. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Great divide inYemen parties
A soldier stands guard on Friday in the central Syrian city
of Homs. Security forces fired live bullets and tear gas at
tens of thousands of people shouting for freedom and
democracy. About 10 people were wounded.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Syrian security forces de-tained dozens of opposi-tion activists and firedfrom rooftops in a seasidetown yesterday as authori-ties turned to pinpointraids after days of blood-shed brought internationalcondemnation and defec-tions from PresidentBashar Assad’s regime.
The strategy, describedby a rights activist, ap-peared to be aimed at rat-tling the opposition’sleadership and showingthat the state’s ability toconduct arrest sweeps hasnot changed despite abol-ishing nearly 50-year-oldemergency laws last week.
The rising violence —
more than 120 peopledead since Friday —brought calls from thewatchdog group HumanRights Watch for a UN in-quiry.
Yesterday’s tactics sug-gest a government effort tohead off the round ofprotest marches.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More than 300 killed since uprising began: Human rights group
Travel advisory
The federal government
is advising Canadians isSyria to leave as soon aspossible because of thegrowing unrest in thecountry.
business 09metronews.caMONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011
Insurancefor tweets?
As more and more compa-nies turn to Facebook, Twit-ter and other social-mediasites to market products,communicate with cus-tomers and collect informa-tion, they leave themselvesopen to lawsuits over intel-lectual property infringe-ment and defamation.
And where there’s risk,there’s the insurance sec-tor. Brokers in Canada arestarting to develop cover-age for the consequences ofunruly posts.
The liability risk stemsfrom the fact that manycompanies don’t have clear,written policies for socialnetworking, says Eric Dold-en, a Vancouver insurancelawyer.
“‘My boss is a big fatcow’ is a very commontweet,” he says. “But peopleoften stupidly then saywhere they work and whotheir boss is in the tweet.”
The legal ramificationscan be significant. “We’veseen people, in their per-sonal capacities — the ‘big-fat-cow boss’ — bringing alawsuit against the individ-ual,” Dolden says. “Andwe’ve also seen the compa-
ny take action because theirbrand is now suddenly vi-ral, negatively.”
Dolden says demand forsocial-media coverage —which can cost up to$100,000 for a $10-millionpolicy that protects againstdata loss and liability — ismostly from corporations.
But it’s only a matter oftime before firms offer per-sonal insurance lines, muchlike automobile insurancefor drivers.
“I think it’s going tocome for individuals. It’sprobably about five yearsout.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
You really shouldn’t call yourboss ‘a fat cow’ online But if youdo, new policies could cover you
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Mattel loses Bratz race
Trade. Secrets
Social mediainsurance is “newin Canada. Brokershave caught on to what theircolleagues aredoing in the U.S.and have beenvery strong inpromoting thisclass of business.”MALCOLM RANDLES, POLICY WRITERFOR KILN, A SUBSIDIARY OF LLOYD’SOF LONDON
Mattel Inc. lost its claim to the billion-dollar Bratzdoll line on Thursday when a U.S. federal juryawarded the copyright to rival MGA EntertainmentInc., along with more than $88 million US indamages for misappropriation of trade secrets.Mattel had long claimed the smaller company stolethe idea for the pouty-lipped toys that gave its plat-inum-haired Barbie a run for her money.
High costs for its lawsuit over the Bratz dolls helped
send Mattel’s net income down 33 per cent.
Radiationcheck forJapan carsJapanese automakers arechecking radiation levelson cars slated for export in a bid to ease worriesamong foreign buyers, the Japan Automobile Man-ufacturers Association says.
The automakers areinspecting 10 out of every5,000 cars for radiation in-side and on tires. Nothinghas been detected so far,the group says. Japan hasbeen struggling to containradiation leaks since theMarch 11 tsunami dam-aged a nuclear power plantin the north. The checkswill continue until the cri-sis subsides, the group says.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Home Depot bans pets As of next month, Canadi-an pet owners will have toleave their companions athome when they go shop-ping at Home Depot. Thechain is banning pets at itsstores across Canada afteran attack by a shih tzusent an Ottawa-areaemployee to hospital lastweek. Home Depot said
the policy change was “thebest decision for the shop-ping enjoyment and safetyof all customers,” butadded that certified assis-tance dogs, such as guidedogs for the blind, willstill be allowed in storeswhen the policy comes in-to effect on May 16.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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It’s been over a centurysince the last gold rush inAlberta petered out, butthe record-high price forthe precious metal hassparked a run on panningsupplies and prospectingtools.
“Every day since Christ-mas, we’ve sold a gold pan.I’ve never seen anythinglike it,” says Kathryn Wal-ters of Bedrock Supply inEdmonton. “I definitelysee gold fever this year.”
And it isn’t just pansthat people are buying.Books on how to find goldare becoming almost astricky to find as gold itself.New print runs have beenordered, and photocopiedversions are filling thevoid until they're ready.
Neil Dougherty ofTouchwood Enterprises inEdson, Alta., says sales ofthe metal detectors hestocks have doubled in thelast two years. They cost$5,595 and he sold 23 ofthem last year.
“I have more phone
calls than I can answer inthe next few days,”Dougherty says about therush of new customers.
Some customers planon taking the detectors asfar as Sudan, Doughertysays. But others, accordingto Walters, don’t plan oneven leaving Edmontonand intend to pan on theshores of the NorthSaskatchewan River.
In the 1890s, gold seek-ers worked the river’sbanks and many industrialoperators used steam-pow-ered barges to dredge andsift the gravel in search ofthe powdery “flour gold”the river contained.
By 1907, the gold wasgone and many of the orig-inal panners had movednorth to the Klondike.
James Blower, in hisbook Gold Rush, wrotethat the river’s gold wasbelieved to have flowedfrom “a great many smallpockets” rather than froma single source. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Gold rushera getsnew lifein Alberta
THE CANADIAN PRESS/HANDOUT PHOTO
Doug Baker pans for gold on the North
Saskatchewan River, not far from Edmonton,
Alta., in this undated photo. It’s been more than
a century since the last gold rush in Alberta
petered out, but the record-high price for the
precious metal has inspired renewed interest.
This past week, the price of goldsurpassed $1,500 per ounce
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Rick Howe was interviewingthe organizer of an upcomingall-candidates’ debate onpoverty issues. Three of thefour major parties, the mantold the News 95.7 talk show
host, would be sending a representative. “Let me guess which one won’t,” Howe
cut in. He didn’t have to guess. Neither do you.One hour before what was supposed to
be another all-candidates’ event in Bridge-water last week, Gerald Keddy, the riding’s Conservativeincumbent, gleefully tweeted: “Heading to a specialevent with Senator MIKE DUFFY!!! It’s going to be a won-derful evening.” The special event was not the one at
which he might be grilledpublicly on hisperformance or his party’sviews; it was a private hob-knob fundraiser with Toriesin Chester Basin.
Is this any way to run anelection?
It seems to be. Parties leading in the
polls traditionally run risk-averse campaigns. ButStephen Harper’s control-freak control team has tak-en that calculatinglyanti-democratic strategy tonew, demagogic heights.
No discussion, no debate, no mistakes.Not that they do it well. The Tory campaign has
careened wildly out of control from Day 1. ConsiderBruce Carson. Consider Bruce Carson again. And again.Throw in leaks about G20 spending and heavy-handedprime ministerial political interference in appointments.Don’t forget all those supposedly vetted Tory candidateswho keep popping up to support the Tamil Tigers, orjump out of the Air India bombing closet, or claim creditfor cutting funding for Planned Parenthood and “boy justwait until we get our majority …”
So why do the polls still say Stephen (Five-questions-time’s-up-on-to-the-next-staged-invitees-only-photo-op)Harper will form the next government — and might ac-tually win a majority?
There are lots of reasons, but let’s pick one. Our elec-toral system encourages targeting swing ridings ratherthan campaigning for broad support, which discouragespeople from voting in ridings where the outcome seemsa foregone conclusion, which will then encourage Harp-er, should he prevail, to claim we have given him a man-date to do what he will.
Here’s one small antidote: Vote. Even if you are in ariding where it won’t change the result, every vote isone more that says, “I didn’t vote for this so don’tpretend I did.”
If nothing else, you will have earned your right tosport the sticker: “Don’t blame me, I voted for …”
It’s not much, but it’s something.
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METRO: Why should a federal campaignaddress urban issues?
BROCK: The federalgovernment has a largerole to play in our citiesand communities. Theirpolicies and programshave a direct impact oncities and towns. Thefeds cannot deliver toCanadians withoutworking with cities. Ourcountry is too big andcomplex to work in silos.And we need nationalleadership from the fedson key issues that affectour economy, theenvironment and socialissues.
IVOR: Well, you couldask, what does the feder-al government have todo with health care,which is also aprovincial matter? Thefact is that cities are acentral part of Canadianlife, just like health care.A national vision forwhat it means to live ina Canadian city is impor-tant — it’s quality of life.COMMENT AT METRONEWS.CAOR [email protected].
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A spokeswoman for HarryPotter star Emma Watsonsays she will be transfer-ring from Brown Universi-ty to another university inthe autumn.
Vanessa Davies deniedreports that the 21-year-old actress was “bulliedout” of the Rhode Islanduniversity, saying therewas no truth in reports by
a number of online publi-cations who cited class-mates and “insiders.”
Davies said Saturdaythat Watson, who playsHermione in the wizardmovie series, has decidedto pursue a differentcourse not offered atBrown.
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Watson has recentlytaken time out of her stud-ies to focus on her moviecareer. She has said thather first days in collegewere difficult.
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Taking on the role of pho-tojournalist Kevin Carterin The Bang Bang Club washardly a vacation for Tay-lor Kitsch.
“I didn’t sleep. It was azoo to shoot,” he says ofthe film, which tells thetrue story of a group ofphotographers coveringthe violent last days ofapartheid in South Africa.“It wasn’t a fun shoot forme at all. I had a lot of kid-ney problems playing Kev,through the diet and los-ing 30-something pounds.”
Known to audiences forhis work on Friday NightLights, and starring along-side Hugh Jackman inWolverine, Kitsch threwhimself into playingCarter, starting beforeheading to Johannesburgfor filming.
“I had two months toprep on my own in Austin,so that entailed shadowinga photographer, getting aLeica, which is about a 60-year-old film camera thatKev used, developing my-self with that, shootingabout five to 10 rolls a dayand then losing the 30-something pounds justrunning every day inAustin,” he explains.
“There’s so much pres-sure I personally put onmyself to do this guy jus-tice, so I prepped andprepped so much. Itbrings your game upmore. I would’ve doneanything to get where Ineeded to be, to feel Icould let the scene go. Iwas a wreck. It’s an incred-ible amount of energy.”
But any amount of effortwas more than worth it,Kitsch insists, given howbadly he wanted to do thefilm. “Even reading thescript and fighting for therole, it was a matter of,like, I know I can play thisguy truthfully,” he says.“There’s something that Iknow I could hit with him.”
But while he worked re-lentlessly on getting intocharacter, Kitsch wasn’tnecessarily prepared forhow difficult it would be toget out of character, giventhe intense scenes Carterlived through. (Carter wona Pulitzer Prize for a photoof a young Sudanese girlresting being stalked by avulture.)
“Some counseling wasneeded, and just separat-ing yourself and being in-credibly conscious of itand being OK that it’s tak-ing time to let go was a bigthing for me.
“Playing other charac-ters, I can let go and I canlaugh a lot. It’s not asheavy, obviously. But youtake it home with you.”
Luckily he won’t be tak-ing as much home withhim again soon, as hisnext projects are more onthe fun side. Of course,even his upcoming Battle-ship — based on the boardgame — isn’t without itsgravitas.
“Just because it’s thisbig film doesn’t mean wecan’t have a very, very in-tense moment here orthere, or have loss,” hesays.
Speaking of aliens,Kitsch will be keepingwith the action genre asthe title character in JohnCarter of Mars.
“I was looking at a 100-foot green screen andthere was an X on it at the75-foot mark, and that wassupposed to be a ship thatI’m blowing up,” he says.“In situations like that, es-capism is a lot harder as anactor, and tests you in dif-ferent ways.
“With Bang Bang, I hada f---ing child and a vul-ture. If you can’t put your-self in a present momentthere, then you’ve got togo back to New York andstudy a bit more.”
Friday Night Lights star gets so into character forrole as South African war photographer in The BangBang Club, he needed counseling to get back out
Anne Hathaway andJesse Eisenberg’stalking birds haveedged out Tyler Per-ry’s sass-talkinggrandma at theweekend box office.The animated familyadventure Rio tookin $26.8 million to re-main the No. 1 moviefor the second-straight weekend.
Tyler Perry’sMadea’s Big HappyFamily debuted aclose second with$25.8 million,another solid open-ing for writer-direc-tor Perry, who alsostars as boisterousgrandma Madea.
ReeseWitherspoon andRobert Pattinson’scircus romance Wa-ter for Elephants pre-miered in third placewith $17.5 million.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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I never backdown from achallenge, sowhen Canadi-an Familymagazine
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The awards honour thetop brands used in Canadi-an households, and will beannounced in a specialWinter Food Issue. In themeantime, readers canvote and participate in theCanadian Family CreativeCook Challenge (canadian-family.ca/creative-cook-challenge), during whichthey must use ingredientsprovided by Canadian Fam-ily to create a dessert.
My challenge involvedpancake mix, plain yogurt,barbecue sauce and more. Icame up with CrunchyChicken Salad WaffleWraps. I used the pancakemix and yogurt help to cre-ate a light fluffy waffle thatstays soft and can be usedto wrap the chicken, orsimply serve it on top.
Preparation:
1 Place pancake mix inbowl; set aside. Inanother bowl, whiskeggs, yogurt, milk andbutter. Whisk into pan-cake mix until smooth.
2 Heat waffle iron. Foreach waffle brush lightlywith oil; pour in scant ½cup (125 mL) of the bat-ter. Close lid and cookfor about 4 minutes oruntil steam stops andwaffle is golden.Remove gently and re-peat with remainingbatter; set waffles aside.
3 Crunchy Chicken: Inshallow baking dish,whisk barbecue sauce,mustard and thyme. Addchicken and turn to coatevenly; set aside for 10
minutes or cover and re-frigerate 8 hours.
4 Meanwhile, combine na-chos and mum mums inresealable bag andcrush into fine crumbs.Add parsley. Place a fewchicken strips in bag andshake to coat. Placecoated chicken onparchment paper linedbaking sheet and repeatwith remaining chicken.Bake in 425 F (220 C)oven for 15 minutes oruntil no longer pink in-side. Top waffles withlettuce and chicken.
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The cheese championLouis d’Or, a milky richcheese with fine, complexflavours from Quebec, hasbeen chosen grand cham-pion at the CanadianCheese Grand Prix.
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The cheese gets itsname from the Louis d’Orfarm, which produces theorganic milk used to makeit. The name of the cheesealso refers to the Frenchcurrency of the samename used under the reignof Louis XIII in 1640.
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GREEN MOMSAre cloth diapers the most eco-friendlychoice, or are there disposable options thatmake the cut? Andrea of London, Ont.
Disposablediapers arelandfillmagnets —in somecities dia-pers and
other disposables (razors,plastic wrap, paper coffeecups) are estimated tomake up about eight percent of total householdwaste. Disposable diapersare also made from plas-tic, with chlorine-bleached stuffing andadded fragrance chemi-cals. The good news is thatcloth diapers aren’t whatthey were 30 years ago.
Today they’re stylish,eco-friendly (some areeven manufactured withwind power), 100 per centorganic cotton, and youcan find brands made inCanada — definitely aworthy choice. There’s noneed to buy new cloth dia-pers either. Source themfrom thrift or secondhandstores — they’re wash-
able, after all. Surf onlinefor “green” mommy web-sites too. They host aplethora of tips, adviceand product reviews by re-al moms. Word on thestreet is a diaper servicemakes a perfect babyshower gift and can becost-competitive option todisposables.
Another option, teeter-ing between disposableand reusable, is the gDia-per. Like a cloth diaper, ithas a reusable gPant thatyou line with a biodegrad-able or compostable gRe-fill — you can onlycompost the wet ones notthe poop ones. These re-fills are free of elementalchlorine and perfumes.The company also makesa reusable cloth insert.The gRefill is actually oneof the first consumerpackaged goods with “Cra-dle to Cradle” certifica-tion. That meanseverything that goes intomaking the biodegradableand flushable gRefillbreaks down in 50 to 150days.
With each Earth Day thatpasses, our world becomesmore ecologically aware.New, emerging technolo-gies are greener, and vastprofits are out there for in-novators with the rightproduct, in the right place,at the right time.
Canadian companiesare beginning to do verywell in the clean-tech field— but not without someconsiderable risk.
“You have to approachthe market in a very strate-gic manner,” says GaelMourant, president and
CEO of ARXX, aleading sup-plier of Insu-latingConcreteForms (ICFs)
for energy-effi-cient construc-
tion. “Theconstruction industryis very averse tochange. You have to
make people comfortablewith the idea they can dothings differently, but atthe same time, actually geta better product at a morecost-effective price.”
ARXX is based in
Cobourg, Ont. Mourantsays proximity to the Unit-ed States is a significantadvantage for Canadianclean-tech firms.
“Americans are very re-ceptive to working withCanadian companies, be-cause they see Canadiansas being honest and forth-right, and as innovators,”she notes. “Primarily,
Canadians are very adapt-able. I think we’re veryopen to new ideas. Theidea of green buildings andenergy savings is very root-ed in Canada.”
Scott MacDonald is apartner at Emerald Tech-nology Ventures, an invest-ment firm specializing inclean-tech start-ups. Hesees deteriorating global
infrastructure as a hugeopportunity for Canadianfirms.
“There are 70 to 100-year-old assets — aroundthe world — where theydon’t have technology andinnovation right now,” hesays. “We’re trying tomake the grid smarter.We’re trying to identifywhere leaks in water sys-tems are. That’s not anemerging market. That’s amarket that exists, that is-n’t presently efficient.We’re taking real businessproblems that exist today,and finding clever solu-tions that are better forthe environment.”
Canadian companies emerging as leaders in the clean-tech industry
Clean-tech is getting a “thumbs up” and providing new
investment opportunities.
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Making greenClean tech
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Fund Premier Darrell Dex-ter recently announced anew $24-million fund togive the province’s clean-tech companies better ac-cess to critically neededcapital. “Knowledge-based companies like[these] create good jobs,help grow the economy,and are vital to Nova Sco-tia’s future prosperity,” thePremier said.
now looking back overthe last two years I can’tbelieve how far I’vecome.”
Jason and his partner,Denise Hulaj, are the hotnew design team takingour nation’s capital bystorm with 10 projects onthe go.
He has this advice forpeople who are thinkingabout starting their ownbusiness.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For me, a student from asmall Nova Scotia universi-ty, the hardest part of find-ing a summer job is gettingtop employers based inlarge cities to take a secondlook at my application.
During a recent familyvacation, I met a group offive students from the Uni-versity of Guelph.
When they asked whereI attended school, I replied,“Acadia University.” To mysurprise, not a single one ofthem had heard of theschool.
After that encounter, Icouldn’t help but wonderif employers were thinkingthe exact same thing: Uh,Acadia? Who?
If this is true, at least insome organizations, howis this affecting my applica-
tion during the selectionprocess?
From an employer’s per-spective, it is certainly jus-tifiable to hire thecandidate from the schoolknown for its strong aca-demic standing or theschool that you can identi-fy with (“Our organizationis based in Toronto so itmakes sense to hire from
the University of Toronto”).After all, the aim is to hirethe brightest and mostqualified.
However, from the NovaScotia student perspective,this makes standing out ina sea of applications thatmuch more difficult.
When I’m applying for ajob in Toronto from myresidence room at Acadia
in Wolfville, N.S., popula-tion 3,800 (7,000 duringthe school year), I can’thelp but feel like there’s agiant wall between myselfand the employer.
And, if they’re thinkingthe same thing — who isKate MacKenzie, what isAcadia, and where theheck is Wolfville — then itseems likely that my appli-cation may come secondto, “Ah yes, Jane Doe fromQueen’s. I went to Queen’stoo!”
I know that this isn’t al-ways the case and thatmany organizations makea sincere effort to fairlyevaluate all candidates.However, I think that somecompanies could improvetheir recruitment process-es by recognizing the gapbetween small-town stu-dents and big-city jobs andadjusting their applicationaccordingly.
Small changes, such asassigning recruiters to re-gions across Canada and
using technology such asSkype to do interviews, canmake a huge difference.These adjustments makethe recruitment processless location-specific andless intimidating. They alsoallow the employer to real-ly get to know the candi-dates face-to-face to ensurethat they’re hiring the bestof the best.
Also, by including stu-dents from many differentschools and locations, or-ganizations will only bene-fit from the increaseddiversity and perspective.
Where Kate is now
Ironically enough, I pro-posed this exact idea to anorganization based inToronto and explained theunique perspective that Icould bring to the compa-ny as a result of my EastCoast experiences. Now, Icouldn’t be more excitedto be working for that com-pany this summer!
Key take-aways from Kate’sschool-to-work transition
• If you attend school in adifferent city than wherethe organization you wantto work for is located,briefly explain the discrep-ancy in the email or coverletter and outline yourplans for relocation.• Don’t be afraid to ask foran interview over thephone or through a videochat program like Skype— in-person interviewsaren’t the only option.• Worried your school isn’tas recognized as some ofthe more high profile insti-tutions? Focus primarilyon your accomplishmentsin your resumé and coverletter, but be prepared todiscuss the quality of youreducation in the interview.
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Unconven-tional and arisk taker.That de-scribes Ot-tawa interiordesigner Ja-son Bellaire,
who says that you have toget past your fear and be-lieve in yourself if you’regoing to be successful inbusiness.
After struggling withhis career in his 20s, Bel-laire decided to go back toschool at the age of 30 tostudy interior design andarchitecture.
Jason raised a few eye-brows in the industrywhen he started his owncompany six months aftergraduation.
“It was hammered intoour heads at school thatyou had to apprentice forfive or six years before go-ing out on your own. I hadto overcome my fear and
Cam Russell can cross offan important item fromhis off-season to-do list.
The Halifax Mooseheadsgeneral manager spent theweekend in Boisbriand,Que., attending the QMJHLscouting combine and fi-nalizing his team’s rank-ing of prospects for theJune 4 draft.
The three-day eventbrought together the topdraft-eligible players fromQuebec and Atlantic Cana-da for fitness testing, prac-tices and scrimmages.
“It’s an important partof the process, for sure,”Russell said on Saturday.“We’ll come up with our fi-nal list (on Sunday) and itgives us a good opportuni-ty to find out where every-body fits in before thedraft.”
The Mooseheads havethe fourth overall pick anda whopping eight picks inthe first five rounds.
Russell and his staff notonly got a good look at theprospects on the ice and infitness testing, they alsospent four hours eachnight conducting inter-views, getting to know theprospects away from the
rink.“Interviews are really
important,” Russell said.“First of all, you need toknow if the players are go-ing to come if you draftthem, and second, it givesus a chance to learn moreabout them, and whetherit’s a kid that would fit inwith the group of kids wehave in Halifax.”
With the ranking com-pleted, Russell doesn’t getmuch time to relax. Thenext six weeks will bespent on trade talks — pri-marily trying to pry thetop pick away from theBaie-Comeau Drakkar sohe can nab top prospectNathan MacKinnon.
“Pretty well every GM ishere, so it’s a good oppor-tunity to talk aboutthings,” he said. “There arelots of talks … But it’s stillway too early for anybodyto be finalizing decisions.”
Halifax Mooseheads general manager Cam Russell during his time
as an assistant coach this past season.
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Russell finalizes draft ranking atcombine Talks trade with Drakkar,other general managers
Injured Montreal CanadienMax Pacioretty has apolo-gized for a comment hemade on Twitter makingfun of Bruins forward BradMarchand’s nose.
During Saturday night’sdouble-overtime game be-tween Boston and Montre-al, Pacioretty posted, “thisgame is longer than Marc-hand’s nose.”
Later, Pacioretty posted
an apology, saying, “I wastrying to be funny earlier,and it didn’t work. I apolo-gize to Marchand and won’ttry to be funny that way inthe future.”
Marchand, a HammondsPlain native, scored a sec-ond-period goal in thegame, which the Bruinswon 2-1 to take a 3-2 lead inthe best-of-seven series.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Eric CrookshankThe Halifax Rainmenforward has beennamed PBL defensiveplayer of the year forthe second straightyear. Crookshank ledthe PBL in reboundswith 10.8 per gameand was third inblocks with 22.
Serverko HrywnakThe PBL’s chairmanof the boardannounced on theweekend the circuitis reorganizing “thePBL officiating struc-ture” to “include areview board com-prised of a represen-tative member ofeach franchise.”
IIHF UNDER-18
Canadastumblesout ofmedalsCanada finished fourth atthe IIHF world under-18championships inGermany after a 6-4 lossto Russia in the bronze-
medal game yesterday. Halifax Mooseheads
forward Brent Andrewsfinished with one assistin six games.
The Czech Republic,featuring Herd forwardMartin Frk, avoided rele-gation and finishedeighth. Frk had a goal andfour assists in six game.The United States wontheir third-straight gold,beating Sweden 4-3 inyesterday’s final.
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The Vancouver Canuckshave gone from a win awayfrom a series sweep to thebrink of elimination.
Ben Smith scored at15:30 of the first overtimeperiod as the ChicagoBlackhawks forced Game 7in their first-round serieswith the Canucks with a 4-3win last night.
Michael Frolik scored thetying goal in regulation forthe Blackhawks early in thethird period on a penaltyshot. His goal came lessthan two minutes afterKevin Bieksa gave Vancou-ver a 3-2 lead.
Bryan Bickell and DaveBolland also scored forChicago.
Daniel Sedin and AlexBurrows had the other Van-couver goals.
Cory Schneider was asurprise start in goal forVancouver in place ofRoberto Luongo, but was in-jured trying to save Frolik’spenalty shot.
Luongo came off thebench to finish the game.
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Schneider starts over Luongo, butfalls to injury early in third period
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Playoff waitis over forPredators Nick Spaling scored hissecond goal of the game at 4:53 of the third periodand the NashvillePredators closed out theirfirst post-season series victory to advance to theWestern Conference semi-finals, beating theAnaheim Ducks 4-2 yester-day.
Steve Sullivan scored agoal, David Legwand hadan empty-netter andJordin Tootoo assisted onSpaling’s goals. The Preda-tors won the series 4-2 intheir sixth post-season inseven seasons.
Jason Blake scored apower-play goal, andTeemu Selanne also had agoal for the Ducks.Anaheim looked tired ear-ly after blowing a lead latebefore losing Game 5 inovertime. Coach RandyCarlyle went heavily withhis top two lines, trying torally. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Leino liftsFlyers toGame 7Ville Leino scored 4:43 intoovertime to lift the Philadel-phia Flyers to a 5-4 victoryyesterday and force Game 7of their first-round playoffseries against the BuffaloSabres.
Danny Briere scoredtwice while Brian Boucherstopped 24 shots in the lat-est Flyers goalie shuffle.Boucher took over to startthe second period afterMichael Leighton allowedthree goals on the first sev-en shots. Scott Hartnell hada goal and assist and Jamesvan Riemsdyk also scoredfor the Flyers, whoovercame a two-goaldeficit.
Chris Pronger returnedfor the Flyers, but playedsparingly after missing 21with a broken right hand.
Thomas Vanek scoredtwice for Buffalo, while RobNiedermayer and NathanGerbe also scored. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Aries March 21-April 20 Youwill have to make some kindof sacrifice today, and youshould do so willingly.
Taurus April 21-May 21Make the most of your oppor-tunities.
Gemini May 22-June 21Find a way to switch off thechaos and confusion of theoutside world.
Cancer June 22-July 22 YouCAN change things for the bet-ter, but you’ve got to workwith like-minded souls.
Leo July 23-Aug.23 The morenegative others get the moredetermined you’ll be to provethem wrong.
Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 Don’tsit back and wait for others totake the lead — take it your-self and set the agenda.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 Listento your instincts and act onwhat they tell you.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22Make a special effort to getalong with the people you live,work and do business with.
Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21If you neglect something smalltoday something big could fallapart.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20Push doubts aside and takethe kind of risks you usually tryto avoid.
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