More should pay for firefighting service costs: City report Bylaw proposes paying through water utility bill instead of property tax Wednesday, August 31, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. Report details Tonight the teams bat it out at Telus Field for Game 2 of a best- of-seven in the North American Baseball League’s North Division championship. through property taxes to speak at the hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the utility committee meeting. HEATHER MCINTYRE @METRONEWS.CA
28
EDMONTON Higher water utility bills could be on the table and the city wants everyone to dive in. Firefighting water and infra- structure services have been paid through property taxes, but with a five-year contract coming to an end Dec. 31, a bylaw headed for a public hearing tomorrow sug- gests those who aren’t subject to property taxes should also pay. The amendment proposes the services be charged through Epcor water utility bills. “There are a number of busi- nesses … that don’t pay proper- ty taxes, so that means they also don’t pay anything at all for fire protection,” said chief financial officer Lorna Rosen. Charging institutions such as schools, universities, hospitals, places of worship and not-for- profits means “a more appropri- ate distribution of public fire pro- tection water service and infra- structure costs among all users of the service is achieved,” states the report. The average homeowner would pay from $17 to $21 in 2012 as part of their municipal property taxes, which would rise to $29 through their water utili- ty bill should the amendment go through, said Rosen. The average commercial rate would be about $115 per year. The increase is due to the $7.6- million budget this year rising to $8.9 million next year. “It’s predominantly due to growth,” Rosen said. “We’ve added neighbourhoods and fire hydrants for service, and other common infrastructure.” Rosen said she anticipates those who haven’t been paying through property taxes to speak at the hearing scheduled for 9:30 a.m. at the utility committee meeting. Water rate increase on tap More should pay for firefighting service costs: City report Bylaw proposes paying through water utility bill instead of property tax Provincial rivalry in full swing Tonight the teams bat it out at Telus Field for Game 2 of a best- of-seven in the North American Baseball League’s North Division championship. Battle. Alberta Calgary Viper C.J. Ziegler slides safely into second base, despite Edmonton Capital Matt Rogelstad’s attempted tag in last night’s first game of what promises to be an exciting battle of Alberta. SHELLEY WILLIAMSON/METRO Report details Residential water customers account for 72 per cent of the total cost of annual public fire protection water services. Single-family residential proper- ty owners represent 45 per cent of the total fee collected. Transferring the cost from prop- erty taxes to water rates would mean that 800 properties that do not pay municipal property taxes would pay, generating approximately $370,000. Condo owners will likely pay through their condo fees. HEATHER MCINTYRE @METRONEWS.CA DITCH THE SANDWICH GET CREATIVE WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL LUNCHES {page 21} FALSE JOLIE DENIES BABY, WEDDING REPORTS {page 16} DOGSLED THROUGH THE JAMAICAN COUNTRYSIDE TRAVEL {page 20} News worth sharing. Wednesday, August 31, 2011 www.metronews.ca
Transcript
EDMONTON
Higher water utility bills couldbe on the table and the city wantseveryone to dive in.
Firefighting water and infra-structure services have been paidthrough property taxes, but witha five-year contract coming to anend Dec. 31, a bylaw headed fora public hearing tomorrow sug-gests those who aren’t subject toproperty taxes should also pay.
The amendment proposes theservices be charged throughEpcor water utility bills.
“There are a number of busi-nesses … that don’t pay proper-ty taxes, so that means they alsodon’t pay anything at all for fireprotection,” said chief financialofficer Lorna Rosen.
Charging institutions such asschools, universities, hospitals,
places of worship and not-for-profits means “a more appropri-ate distribution of public fire pro-tection water service and infra-structure costs among all usersof the service is achieved,” statesthe report.
The average homeownerwould pay from $17 to $21 in2012 as part of their municipalproperty taxes, which would riseto $29 through their water utili-ty bill should the amendment gothrough, said Rosen.
The average commercial ratewould be about $115 per year.
The increase is due to the $7.6-million budget this year rising to$8.9 million next year.
“It’s predominantly due togrowth,” Rosen said. “We’veadded neighbourhoods and firehydrants for service, and othercommon infrastructure.”
Rosen said she anticipatesthose who haven’t been paying
through property taxes to speakat the hearing scheduled for 9:30a.m. at the utility committeemeeting.
Water rateincrease on tap
More should pay for firefighting service costs: City report Bylawproposes paying through water utility bill instead of property tax
Provincial rivalry in full swingTonight the teams bat it out at Telus Field for Game 2 of a best-of-seven in the North American Baseball League’s NorthDivision championship.
Battle. Alberta
Calgary Viper C.J. Ziegler slides safely into second base, despite Edmonton Capital Matt Rogelstad’s attempted tag in last night’s first game of what promises to be an exciting battle of Alberta.
SHELLEY WILLIAMSON/METRO
Report details
Residential water customersaccount for 72 per cent of thetotal cost of annual public fireprotection water services.
Single-family residential proper-ty owners represent 45 per centof the total fee collected.
Transferring the cost from prop-erty taxes to water rates wouldmean that 800 properties thatdo not pay municipal propertytaxes would pay, generatingapproximately $370,000.
Condo owners will likely paythrough their condo fees.
A study released last weekby the Bank of Montrealfound most Canadiansplanned to spend $319 onback-to-school supplies.The report, which polled1,500 adults, shows themajority of that spendingwill go toward clothing.About two-thirds of Cana-dians planned to spendmore or the same amountof money on back-to-school shopping this yearas they did last.
PAPER TO INSERT DEALER TAG HERE
TMThe Hyundai nam
es, logos, product names, feature nam
es, images and slogans are tradem
arks owned by H
yundai Auto C
anada Corp. †Finance offers available O
.A.C
. from H
yundai Financial Services based on a new
2011 Genesis C
oupe 2.0T 6-Speed/2011 S
anta Fe 2.4L GL A
uto/2012 Tucson L 5-speed/2012 Elantra L 6-S
peed with an annual finance rate of 0%
/0%/1.49%
/3.59%
for 84/84/72/72 months. B
i-weekly paym
ent is $146/$156/$146/$124. No dow
n payment is required. Finance offers include D
elivery and Destination of $1,565/$1,760/$1,760/$1,495. R
egistration, insurance, PP
SA
, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D
.E., dealer adm
in fees and a full tank of gas. Financing example:
2011 Genesis C
oupe 2.0T 6-speed for $26,464 at 0% per annum
equals $145.41 bi-weekly for 84 m
onths for a total obligation of $26,464. Cash price is $26,464. E
xample price includes D
elivery and Destination of $1,565. R
egistration, insurance, license fees, PP
SA
and all applicable taxes are excluded. �P
rice for models show
n: 2011 Accent G
L 3 Dr S
port/2011 Genesis C
oupe 2.0T 6-S
peed/2011 Santa Fe Lim
ited/2012 Tucson Limited/2012 E
lantra Limited are $17,444/$26,464/$37,559/$34,109/$24,194. D
ealer participation of $500 on Accent L 3 D
r 5-Speed is included. D
elivery and Destination charges of $1,495/$1,565/$1,760/$1,760/$1,495 are included. R
egistration, insurance, PP
SA
, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. ‡Purchase or
lease a 2011 Accent/2011 G
enesis Coupe/2011 S
anta Fe/2012 Tucson model during A
ugust 2011 and you will receive a preferred price Petro-C
anada Gas C
ard valid for $0.30 per litre savings on each litre of gas up to a total of 750/750/750/750 Litres. Based on E
nerguide combined fuel consum
ption rating for the 2011 Accent L 3D
r 5-speed (6.7L/100km)/2011 G
enesis Coupe
2.0T 6-Speed (8.5L/100km
)/2011 Santa Fe 2.4L G
L 6-speed (9.0L/100km)/ 2012 Tucson L 5-speed (8.9L/100km
) at 15,400km/year [yearly average driving distance (Transport C
anada’s Provincial Light Vehicle Fleet S
tatistics, 2009)]. This card is valid only at participating Petro-Canada retail locations (and other approved N
orth Atlantic Petroleum
locations in New
foundland). This card has no expiry date. Petro-C
anada is a trademark of S
UN
CO
R E
NE
RG
Y IN
C. used under license. Petro-C
anada is not a sponsor or co-sponsor of this promotion. E
ligibility for the card is subject to conditions and exclusions. Offer not available on 2012 E
lantra models. �
Fuel consumption for 2011 A
ccent 3Dr (H
WY
5.7L/100KM
; City 7.3L/100K
M)/2011 G
enesis Coupe 2.0T
(HW
Y 6.6L/100K
M; C
ity 10.0L/100KM
)/2011 Santa Fe 2.4L 6-S
peed Autom
atic FWD
(City 10.4L/100K
M, H
WY
7.2L/100KM
) are based on EnerG
uide fuel consumption ratings. Fuel consum
ption for 2012 Tucson L 5-speed (HW
Y 6.5L/100K
M; C
ity 9.1L/100KM
) is based on Manufacturer’s testing. A
ctual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of
certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for com
parison purposes only. �Fuel econom
y comparison based on com
bined fuel consumption rating for the 2012 E
lantra L 6 speed Manual [C
ity: 6.8L/100km (42M
PG
), Hw
y: 4.9L/100km (58M
PG
), Com
bined: 5.95L/100km (49M
PG
)] and 2011 Energuide com
bined fuel consumption ratings for the m
id-size vehicle class. Ω
Purchase or lease any 2011 A
ccent L 3 Door 5-S
peed and receive a price adjustment of $3,600. C
ertain conditions apply. †�‡Ω
Offers available for a lim
ited time and subject to change or cancellation w
ithout notice. See dealer for com
plete details. Dealer m
ay sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order m
ay be required. ∞B
ased on the Decem
ber 2010 AIA
MC
report. πB
ased on the June 2011 AIA
MC
report. �B
ased on projected sales figures incorporated into Table 28 of the United S
tates Environm
ental Protection A
gency’s 2010 Carbon D
ioxide Em
issions and Fuel Econom
y Trends report. This comparison is lim
ited to the top 14 highest-volume m
anufacturers in the U.S
. based on the 2010 model-year fleet. B
luetooth® w
ord mark and
logos are registered trademarks ow
ned by Bluetooth S
IG, Inc., and any use of such m
arks by Hyundai is under license. ∆
See your dealer for eligible vehicles and full details of the G
raduate Rebate P
rogram. ††H
yundai’s Com
prehensive Limited W
arranty coverage covers most vehicle com
ponents against defects in workm
anship under normal use and m
aintenance conditions.
THE 2012 MODELS HAVE ARRIVED.
5-year/100,000 km Comprehensive Limited Warranty5-year/100,000 km Powertrain Warranty5-year/100,000 km Emission Warranty live smart.
HyundaiCanada.com
SELLING PASSENGER CAR BRAND IN CANADA∏
#THE 2011
AND
RIGHT NOW GET
FINANCINGFOR UP TO
MONTHS0%84ON SELECTED MODELS
OFFERS END AUG. 3
1ST
2011 ACCENT CLEAROUT2011 ACCENT L 3DR
5.7L/100 KM 50 MPG�
HIGHWAY
GL Sport model shown
Limited model shown2.0T 6-Speed model shown
Limited model shown
Limited model shown
ACCENT L 3DR 5-SPEED. DELIVERY & DESTINATION INCLUDED. DEALER PARTICIPATION OF $500 INCLUDED.
$15,094 $11,494�STARTINGPRICE
NEWSALE PRICE
$3,600 PRICE ADJUSTMENTΩ
THE MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT FLEET OF VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. The EPA named Hyundai’s 2010 fl eet of vehicles the most fuel-effi cient in the U.S.���
2011 SANTA FE 2.4L GL AUTO2010 BEST-SELLING IMPORT SUV IN CANADA∞
2011 GENESIS COUPEA NEW CALIBRE OF SMART PERFORMANCE
PAPER TO INSERT DEALER TAG HEREPAPER TO INSERT DEALER TAG HEREPAPER TO INSERT DEALER TAG HEREPAPER TO INSERT DEALER TAG HERE
Superphone savings for back to school.
Samsung Galaxy S ll™ 4G
$59995$169951
SAVE $430
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
HTC Sensation™ 4G
$54995$99951
SAVE $450
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
MOTOROLA XT860 4G
$54995$99951
SAVE $450
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
MOTOROLA Atrix™ 4G
$59995$49951
SAVE $550
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
BONUS: Switch to Bell today and get a $75 in-store credit2 on all superphones. New activations only.
Visit a Bell store • 1 888 4-MOBILE (662453)
The best network across Canada3
Available at the following Bell stores:
BANFFCascade Plaza
CALGARY216 Saddletowne Circle 1002 - 17th Ave. S.W.4801 Westwinds Dr.9650 Harvest Hills Blvd. N.E.Beacon Hill Centre Chinook Centre Chinook Centre (kiosk) Crowfoot CrossingDeerfoot MeadowsDeerfoot Outlet Mall Eaton Centre Forest Lawn Shopping Centre Market MallMarket Mall (kiosk)Marlborough Mall Marlborough Mall (kiosk) North Hill Shopping
EDMONTON3918 White Mud & 17th St.6143 –28th Ave.9774– 170th St. 10603 –107th Ave. 17551 – 100th Ave. 12804 – 82nd St.14808 Stony Plain Rd18559 Stony Plain Rd Abbottsfi eld Shoppers Mall Bonnie DoonCapilano Mall Edmonton City Centre Kingsway Mall Kingsway Mall (kiosk) Londonderry MallMill Woods Town Centre Northgate CentreNorthgate Centre (kiosk) Sherwood Park Mall South Edmonton CommonSouth Park Centre Southgate Mall (kiosk)St. Albert Trail at 137 Ave.West Edmonton Mall West Edmonton Mall (kiosk) Westmount Centre Whyte Avenue at 107 St.
FORT MCMURRAY19 Riedel St. Peter Pond Shopping Centre
GRANDE PRAIRIEPrairie Mall
LEDUC4916 - 50th Ave.
LETHBRIDGEPark PlaceSmartCentres Lethbridge
LLOYDMINSTERLloyd Mall
MEDICINE HATCarry Drive Plaza Medicine Hat Mall
PEACE RIVER10032 - 100th St .
RED DEERBower Place Shopping Centre Parkland Mall
ROCKY VIEWCrossiron Mills Mall
SPRUCE GROVECreekside Centre
ST-ALBERT460 - 140 St-Albert Rd.St. Albert Centre
WHITECOURT3439 - 34th Ave.
Offer ends September 8, 2011. Available with compatible devices within network coverage areas available from Bell Mobility. Not all superphones are available in all retailer locations. Paper bill charge ($2/mo.) applies unless you register for e-bill and cancel your paper bill. Other monthly fees, e.g., 911 (New Brunswick: $0.53, Nova Scotia: $0.43, P.E.I .: $0.50, Quebec: $0.40) apply. A one-time device activation fee ($35) applies. Upon early termination, price adjustments apply; see your Service Agreement for details. 30 days advance notice of termination required where not prohibited by law. Subject to change without notice; not combinable with other offers. Taxes extra. Other conditions apply. (1) With new activation on a 3-yr. term on a post-paid voice and data plan or a post-paid voice plan and a data feature with a min. value of $50/mo. (2) Credit applies at the time of purchase on the price of the device and/or accessories in-store before taxes. (3) With compatible devices. Based on comparison of national networks: (a) fastest network in more places, according to tests of average upload and download speeds in large urban centres across Canada (b) largest network, based on total square kms of coverage, and (c) average call failure rate on par, based on tests including network access failures, blocked calls and dropped calls in large urban centres across Canada; all on the shared HSPA+ (4G) network available from Bell, vs. Rogers HSPA/HSPA+ network. Excludes roaming partners’ HSPA and GSM/EDGE coverage in certain parts of Manitoba. Speed may vary due to topography, environmental conditions, device type and other factors. See bell.ca/network for details. HTC, the HTC logo, and HTC Incredible S are trademarks of HTC Corporation. Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., used in Canada under license. MOTOROLA, the Stylized M Logo and MOTOBLUR are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC. BlackBerry®, RIM®, Research In Motion® and related trademarks, names and logos are the property of Research In Motion Limited and are registered and/or used in the U.S. and countries around the world. Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
Also available at these retailers:
metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
08 news
For more information on Beattie Homes and other communities they build in visit
BEATTIEHOMES.COM
Harvest Ridge Spruce Grove
FROM $410,500*780-962-6835
WestPark Ft. Saskatchewan
FROM $411,900*780-589-1215
McConachieNorth Edmonton
FROM $425,100* 780-756-2870
Introducing the Acclaim With over 28 years of experience in building homes for families in Alberta, Beattie Homes continues to develop new designs for growing families like yours. The ACCLAIM is our newest model at 2124 sqft and to celebrate its launch Beattie Homes is offering an additional 678 sqft of basement development at no additional cost. To find out more about this limited time offer, please visit any of these communities below;
* Prices subject to change without notice. E&OE.
Hunted throughout herhomeland and forced toflee into exile across a dan-gerous desert border, thedaughter of ousted Libyanleader Moammar Gadhafipaused somewhere in theSahara to have a baby.
The dramatic birth ofGadhafi’s granddaughter,after her mother and otherrelatives escaped Libyanterritory into Algeria,lends a human dimensionto the dictator’s downfalland the ongoing mysteryof his whereabouts. Thebirth in exile was disclosed
by the Algerian HealthMinistry yesterday.
Algeria’s UN ambassa-dor, Mourad BenmehidiBenmehidi, said the coun-try allowed them to enterfor “humanitarian consid-erations.” Algerian newsreports had said Aisha’spregnancy was one reasonfor the country’s contro-versial decision to take thefamily in.
An Algerian newspaperreported that the exiles,who also included an un-known number of Gad-hafi’s grandchildren by his
eight children, had waited12 hours to receive author-ization to cross the Alger-ian border from PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika —while Aisha was in labour.
Libya’s interim govern-ment criticized Algeria’sdecision and demandedthat Algiers hand themover for trial in Libya.
The departure of Gad-hafi’s family was one ofthe strongest signs yet thathe has lost his grip onLibya after 42 years inpower. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gadhafi’s other daughter gives birth
Aisha Gadhafi
GAMR NABIL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Violentprotestserupt inSouth AfricaSupporters of SouthAfrica’s firebrand youthleader are the latest po-litical salvo in a powerstruggle that coulddetermine the future ofSouth Africa’s presidentand the man who helpedcatapult him to power —youth league chief JuliusMalema.
Demonstratorsburned flags of the rul-
ing African NationalCongress and ranthrough the streets ofdowntownJohannesburg holdingup flaming T-shirts bear-ing the image ofPresident Jacob Zuma.
“Zuma must go!” theychanted.
When the protestersbegan lobbing stonesand bottles, police deto-nated stun grenades andturned water cannonson the crowd ofthousands. Later, theyfired rubber bullets toget protesters off theroof of an armoured car.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gadhafi’s mystery daughterRebel orders
The rebels are tightening
their grip on Libya after a
military blitz and have
taken several steps to en-
sure control.
Libyan rebels issued an ultimatum yesterday toGadhafi’s hometown ofSirte: Surrender this week-end or face an attack.There has been speculation that the dicta-tor is seeking refuge inSirte or one of the otherremaining regime strong-holds, among them thetowns of Bani Walid orSabha.Rebels also demanded thatAlgeria return Gadhafi’swife and three of his chil-dren, who fled there Mon-day.They also insisted they are slowly restoring order inwar-torn Tripoli by deploying police and col-lecting garbage.
Since the rebel takeover ofTripoli, evidence has beenmounting that MoammarGadhafi may have liedabout the death of hisadopted baby daughterHana in a 1986 U.S.airstrike.
The strike hit Gadhafi’shome in retaliation for theLibyan-sponsored bombingof a Berlin nightclub earlierthat year that killed twoU.S. servicemen. At thetime, Gadhafi showedAmerican journalists a pic-ture of a dead baby and saidit was his adopted daughterHana — the first publicmention that she even ex-isted. Diplomats almost im-mediately questioned theclaim. But Gadhafi kept thestory alive through theyears.
But when Libyan rebelstook over last week, they
found a room in Gadhafi’shome with Hana’s birthcertificate and pictures of ayoung woman with thename “Hana” written onthe back, possible indica-
tions that she lived beyondinfancy.
Many Libyans believeHana was never killed andtalked about her existenceopenly. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Evidence mounts the exiled leader faked the deathof adopted girl Libyans believe Gadhafi wanted to garner sympathy and foster hatred toward the West
Moammar Gadhafi holds, presumably, his daughter
Hana in Tripoli in this undated 1996 photo.
LINO AZZOPARDI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Passenger getsrevenge on boy INJURY. San Diego policesay a boy throwing rocksat vehicles was struck inthe abdomen by acrossbow bolt fired by apassenger in small sportutility vehicle.
The boy was shot in theabdomen and was takento a hospital. The SanDiego Union-Tribunenewspaper says hisinjuries are not life-threat-ening. His name and ageweren’t released. Nobodyhas been arrested. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israel rampsup securityMILITARY. Israel sent twomore warships to the RedSea border with Egypt,the military saidyesterday, as part of mili-
tary reinforcement.Earlier this week,
Israel’s military orderedmore troops to the borderarea, days after militantscrossed into Israelthrough the Egyptian bor-der and killed eightIsraelis in a brazen attackthat touched off a wave ofviolence between Israeland militants in the GazaStrip.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Greek prisonersalmost escapedJAIL BREAK. Officials atGreece’s largest prisonsay they have preventedan escape by discoveringa 10-metre-long tunneldug by an allegedmurderer and two otherinmates awaiting trial forburglary.
The inmates allegedlycut through the wall anddug the tunnel usingmostly makeshift tools.The tunnel wasdiscovered late Monday.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
News in brief
$4999
$14999 $16999
A one-time activation charge of $35 may apply to each line. The following monthly fees apply in select provinces for 911 emergency services: NB ($0.53), NS ($0.43), PEI ($0.50), SK ($0.62) and QC ($0.40). All pricing plans are subject to change without notice. Cannot be combined with any other offer, unless otherwise indicated. Prices require activation on the Virgin Mobile SuperTab™. For the full details, go to virginmobile.ca/super. Taxes extra. Retailers may sell for less. In-store credit and gift card each subject to its own terms and conditions. “Virgin Mobile” and the Virgin Mobile logo are trademarks of Virgin Enterprises Ltd. and used under license by Virgin Mobile Canada. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and used with permission.
The new BlackBerry 7 line-up gives you the fastest, most fl uid BlackBerry experience ever.
MEMBERS GET
THE LATEST BLACKBERRY SMARTPHONES.Choose from Unlimited options with no term contracts all on your Virgin Mobile SuperTabTM.
10 voices metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
METRO EDMONTON • Suite 2070, 10123 - 99 Street • Edmonton, AB • T5J 3H1 • T: 780-702-0592 • Fax: 780-701-0356 • Advertising: 780-702-0592 • [email protected] • edmonton_distribution
@metronews.ca • Publisher Steve Shrout, Managing Editor Darren Krause, Sales Manager Cheryl Skogg, Distribution Manager Jim Hillman • METRO CANADA: President & Publisher Bill McDonald, Editor-in-Chief
Charlotte Empey, National Deputy Editor Fernando Carneiro, Managing Editor, News and Business Amber Shortt, Scene/Life Editor Dean Lisk, Managing Editor, Night Production Matt LaForge, Associate Managing
Editor, News and Business Kristen Thompson, Art Director Laila Hakim, Business Ventures Director Tracy Day, National Sales Director Peter Bartrem, Interactive/Marketing Director Jodi Brown
@TrevorBoller:Sun came outand I paid O
dollars for 3 hour of #yegdtown parking.#secretplace@helpimahostage: At thispoint... Edmonton is justshowing off. #murdercapi-talofcanada #yeg@honyee: #yeg social me-dia is pretty pitchforky. Letme know when the witchhunt is over. #Bullying#yikes@dillonfrolek: I never knewthere was a 195 avenue in#yeg@1CathyC: It doesn’t matter
when I go to the Eco centerit’s lined up. Way to recycle#yeg.@GenoaK: My latest issuewith the whole #fluid deba-cle: If we disagree & haveopinion, we’re ‘haters.’ No,we’re consumers. #yeg@kattalack699: I’m sad to-morrow is the last day I canread a magazine and do myhair while driving, schucks!Jk! About time for a law likethis! #yeg@iamlisaglover: I’d love tosee people ticketed forlighting up & smokingwhile driving. How is thatless distracting than lipstickor snacks? #ableg #yeg
Federal EnvironmentMinister Peter Kentrecently announced newregulations for limitingemissions for any newcoal-fired power plantsthat will be built inCanada starting July2015.
While framed as legis-lation that Kent claimswill act as “theequivalent of takingeight million cars offCanadian roads,” thislegislation falls drastical-ly short of an effectivelevel of environmentalprotection for two cen-tral reasons: Firstly, thelegislation essentiallygives existing plants li-cence to continue to pol-lute; secondly, it allowsMaxim Power to build anew 500-megawatt coalplant in Alberta beforethe July deadline, there-by escaping the new reg-ulations.
If we are seriousabout protecting the fu-ture of our precious nat-ural resources, as well asthat of our children andour planet, we need tostop investing in coalpower and settingmediocre standards thatdo more to appease cor-porate citizenship thanCanadian citizens, andwe need to do this NOW,before it is truly too late. MONICA RESENDES,TORONTO
Letters
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
WEIRD NEWS
Snakes on aplane attemptan epic failU.S. officials say a man tried toboard a flight from Miami to Brazilwith bags of exotic snakes andtortoises stuffed in his pants.
Transportation Security Adminis-tration spokesman Jonathon Allensays the man was stopped after pass-ing through a body scanner at MiamiInternational Airport last week.
Security officials spotted thenylon bags filled with seven snakes
and three tortoises hidden in theman’s pants.
The South Florida Sun Sentinelnewspaper reports the animals weretaken by the U.S. Department of Fishand Wildlife.
The unidentified passenger wasarrested.
It’s not the only time someonehas tried to smuggle snakes on aTAM Airlines flight, the paperreported.
In 1996, a woman attempted tosneak 75 live snakes inside her brain Sweden, according to theSentinel. And, in 2007, a man triedto smuggle a tiny monkey under hisshirt on a flight from FortLauderdale, the paper said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VANCOUVER’SNEW RANKREEKS
Vancouver: The world’smost liveable city — NOT!
There is no joy in lattéland today with the newsthat the EconomistIntelligence Unit has demot-
ed Vancouver, for years the mostliveable city atop its list, to third,behind Melbourne and Vienna.
Even worse news? Toronto andCalgary are fourth and fifth, hot on ourheels.
Oddly, the stupid Stanley Cup riotplayed no role in the demotion, though it may hit uswhere we rank. The reason for this year’s demotion: Abrief closure of the Malahat Highway due to a tankerspill in April led to a fractional reduction in infrastruc-ture points, enough to allow Melbourne and Vienna tosurge ahead.
Melbourne? Wasn’t that the place that was hit withdevastating floods earlier this year?
What’s really puzzlingis that the Malahat High-way is on VancouverIsland. Which iselsewhere. You have totake a ferry to get to Van-couver Island. All told,that’s about a four to four-and-a-half-hour trip fromVancouver. I would wagerthat many of the peoplewho live in Metro Vancou-ver have no idea wherethe Malahat Highway isand have never been on it.It’s relevant if you live inVictoria, which, like Van-couver, starts with a “V,”but that’s about it.
So you have to wonderabout the Economist Intel-ligence Unit and its wholeWorld’s Most Liveable Cityproject. The problem isthere was no wondering
when Vancouver was on top of the list. We just satback, relaxed and gloated.
Even when it rained 40 days and 40 nights. Even asit took a king’s ransom to buy a rundown bungalow inKerrisdale. Even as we rolled up the tinted windows onthe SUV to avoid being tainted by the Downtown East-side. So now it’s not going to do us much good to castaspersions on the intelligence of the Intelligence Unit.
Meanwhile, Toronto and Calgary are flexing theirgloating muscles. They can hardly wait for next year’slist, when the EIU takes the riot into account. I’m notsure I’ll have the strength to carry on if Calgary turnsout to be more liveable than Vancouver.
There’s one thing I do know: I’d rather live in Toron-to or even (gasp) Calgary than in one of the cities atthe bottom of the list, though they say No. 140, last-place Harare, Zimbabwe, is nice this time of year.
JUST SAYIN’ ...PAUL SULLIVANMETRO
Read more of Paul Sullivan’s columns at metronews.ca/justsaying
“What’s reallypuzzling is that
the MalahatHighway is on
VancouverIsland. Which iselsewhere. Youhave to take aferry to get to
VancouverIsland. All told,that’s about a
four to four-and-a-half-hour trip
fromVancouver.”
Register at metropolitanpanel.ca and take the quick poll
StatsCan says public transit takeslonger than driving to work. Do youagree?
33%SOMEWHAT, DEPENDS ON THE TIME OFDAY
33%NO, YOU JUSTHAVE TO FINDTHE RIGHTROUTE
33%YES, IT DOUBLESMY COMMUTE
Local tweets
12 business WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
metronews.ca
Offer ends September 8, 2011. Available with compatible devices within network coverage areas available from Bell Mobility. Not all superphones are available in all retailer locations. Paper bill charge ($2/mo.) applies unless you register for e-bill and cancel your paper bill. Other monthly fees, e.g., 911 (New Brunswick: $0.53, Nova Scotia: $0.43, P.E.I .: $0.50, Quebec: $0.40) apply. A one-time device activation fee ($35) applies. Upon early termination, price adjustments apply; see your Service Agreement for details. 30 days advance notice of termination required where not prohibited by law. Subject to change without notice; not combinable with other offers. Taxes extra. Other conditions apply. (1) With new activation on a 3-yr. term on a post-paid voice and data plan or a post-paid voice plan and a data feature with a min. value of $50/mo. (2) Credit applies at the time of purchase on the price of the device and/or accessories in-store before taxes. (3) With compatible devices. Based on comparison of national networks: (a) fastest network in more places, according to tests of average upload and download speeds in large urban centres across Canada (b) largest network, based on total square kms of coverage, and (c) average call failure rate on par, based on tests including network access failures, blocked calls and dropped calls in large urban centres across Canada; all on the shared HSPA+ (4G) network available from Bell, vs. Rogers HSPA/HSPA+ network. Excludes roaming partners’ HSPA and GSM/EDGE coverage in certain parts of Manitoba. Speed may vary due to topography, environmental conditions, device type and other factors. See bell.ca/network for details. HTC, the HTC logo, and HTC Incredible S are trademarks of HTC Corporation. Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., used in Canada under license. MOTOROLA, the Stylized M Logo and MOTOBLUR are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC. BlackBerry®, RIM®, Research In Motion® and related trademarks, names and logos are the property of Research In Motion Limited and are registered and/or used in the U.S. and countries around the world. Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
Superphone savings for back to school.
$59995$169951
SAVE $430
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
Samsung Galaxy S ll™ 4G
$54995$99951
SAVE $450
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
HTC Sensation™ 4G
$54995$99951
SAVE $450
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
MOTOROLA XT860 4G
$59995$49951
SAVE $550
No term3-yr. term
with a $50 voice and data plan
MOTOROLA Atrix™ 4G
BONUS: Switch to Bell today and get a $75 in-store credit2 on all superphones. New activations only.
A spokesman for theinquiry said he couldn’tconfirm a report in TheDaily Telegraph thatRupert and JamesMurdoch will be called totestify, but noted thatLeveson has wide powersto call witnesses. The spokesman also saidLeveson is hoping to tele-vise the inquiry’s proceed-ings in the interests oftransparency.
Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-hit News International con-firmed yesterday that itwas reviewing journalisticstandards across the com-pany, a U.K. media groupthat includes The Times ofLondon newspaper.
More than a dozen for-mer journalists and execu-tives from the now-defunctNews of the World havebeen arrested over claimsthey systematically inter-cepted mobile phone mes-sages and illegally paidpolice for tips.
It’s believed the reviewwill examine News Inter-national publications, in-cluding the 226-year-oldTimes, its sister-publica-tion the Sunday Times, andThe Sun, Britain’s biggest-selling daily.
The publishers of the
Daily Mirror and the DailyMail, which both competewith Murdoch’s papers,have announced their ownseparate reviews.
Meanwhile, Britain’sElectoral Commission saysit won’t investigate pay-ments made to Andy Coul-son, the former News of
News International shaken by allegations of illegalbehaviour Fingers pointed at even more newspapers
A pedestrian passes signs at the entrance
to News International headquarters in London.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
the World editor who washired to work as PrimeMinister David Cameron’stop media aide in 2007.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Three menfingeredfor fraudThree men from the Mon-treal area have beencharged for allegedly forg-ing credit cards. Chargesinclude possession of cred-it card data and identitytheft. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CNN buysmagazinefor iPadsCNN has acquired Zite.The digital magazine forthe iPad tablet learnsabout readers’ tastes andselects packages from hun-dreds of websites. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHINESE MINE DISASTER
19 minerspulled to safety Their faces black withcoal dust, 19 Chineseminers trapped for aweek underground werebrought to the surfaceyesterday, as rescuerssearched for three miss-ing colleagues.
Twenty-six minershad been trapped nearthe surface when water
poured into a shaft onAug. 23 from anadjacent, flooded mine.Three had been pulledout alive Saturday andone body was recovered.
The survivors stayedalive with water thatdripped from the ceilingand nutrition packs sentthrough a 280-metrepipe drilled through therock. The pipe also pro-vided fresh air.
The mine was orderedshut in 2007, butreopened withoutpermission earlier thismonth.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
business 13metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
The New York man suingfor part ownership of Face-book must give lawyers forthe social networking com-pany access to all hisemails dating to 2003.
A federal judgeyesterday denied PaulCeglia’s request to delayFacebook’s access to hisemails so he could voicehis objections in court.Ceglia’s lawyer had madethe request in a filing lateMonday, hoping to protectCeglia’s privacy.
Ceglia claims he made adeal with Facebookfounder Mark Zuckerbergin 2003 that entitles him to half ownership of thecompany. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Forget the old-fashionedweb suffix “.com”— com-ing up with eccentricnames to make websitescatchier and easier to re-member is the new trendon the Internet.
Icann, the global inter-net body that creates newweb addresses, announcedit will be taking applica-
tions next year for domainsuffixes of almost any wordand in any language.
From the current 22 do-main endings available,websites ending with theadverb-sounding “.ly,” thebroadcast-hinting “.tv” orthe captivating “.me” arenow the hippest choice.
“Businesses always needquirky names that are easyto spell and to remember. Ifyou come up with a morebrandable name for yourwebsite, then you should
go for it,” marketing expertAndrew Girdwood fromglobal digital media compa-ny bigmouthmedia toldMetro.
As Girdwood explains,the downside is that web-sites ending in .ly — thecountry code domain forLibya — are designated asformal property of Libya’sstate-controlled telecom-munications corporation,whose status is uncertaindue to unrest in the region.
Montenegro has ar-
guably the coolest-sound-ing ccTLD (country codetop-level domain) with .me.Indeed, it has been a realgold mine for a countryborn only in 2006. Accord-ing to Hosterstats.com,more than 500,000 .me do-
mains have been regis-tered, so far.
Yet despite the rise intrendy domain names, oldhabits die hard, as majoronline search engines stillfavour the old-fashioned.
“Dot-tv sounds perfect
for a broadcasting compa-ny, but for search engineoptimization, the dot-comis more popular,” Mick Say,an expert at England’s On-line Marketing Academy,tells Metro.
“If a person is searchingthe Internet for a service ora global business, Googlegives priority to the dot-com extension. It tells thesearch engine that ‘I wantto be known international-ly as an international busi-ness.’”
No more limits to new domain namesWeb addresses could soon be more personalized and funky But search engines still look for .com
FELIPE DANA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sticky situation for oil firmGreenpeace is demanding that Anglo-French oilcompany Perenco and other companies stop theirexploration in Abrolhos, a large mating area forhumpback whales off the coast of Brazil.
Brazil. Greenpeace protest
A Greenpeace activist helps a person dressed
as a whale covered in oil during a protest at the
headquarters of oil company Perenco yesterday,
in Rio de Janeiro.
“A great quirky domain can work reallywell. But I don’t envisage mostestablished companies moving theirprimary web presence away from .comany time soon.”WILL CRITCHLOW, DISTILLED SEARCH MARKETING COMPANY
Economy may be stallingEconomists widely expectthat the Canadian economystalled in the second quar-ter and may have even con-tracted slightly amid theglobal economic slowdown.
“It is going to be a hairwithin positive or negative,but the balance is slightly
tilted to the negative,” CIBCchief economist AveryShenfeld said yesterday.
“Either way, it is essen-tially a flat profile for theeconomy.”
Statistics Canada is ex-pected to report the coun-try’s second-quarter gross
domestic product resultsthis morning, and a readingthat economic growth wasslower or even reversedcourse a little would indi-cate the economy is stillstruggling to throw off theeffects of the recession. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Consumerconfidencedrops in U.S.A private research groupsays that Americanconsumers’ confidence inthe economy in Augustdropped almost 15 pointsto its lowest level in twoyears.
The reading came asworries about the economyfuelled the wildest stockmarket swings since the fi-nancial meltdown in 2008.
The Conference Boardsays that its consumer con-fidence index dropped tothe lowest level since April2009. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
* Conditions apply. Visit scotiabank.com/moneyback or a Scotiabank branch for full details. ™ Trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. ® Registered trademarks of The Bank of Nova Scotia.
Save by doing what you do every day.Only at Scotiabank can you earn money back on all your everyday spending* when you use your debit or credit card. Introducing the first ever Scotia Moneyback™ Account and the expanded Scotia Momentum® family of cash back credit cards.
Visit a Scotia branch and find out how.
letthesavingbegin.com
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
Save
2scene
14 scene metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
IN THEATRES SEPTEMBER 9WWW.CONTAGIONMOVIE .COM
To register and for full contest details visit clubmetro.com
YOU COULD WIN A PASS FOR TWO TOTHE SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING OF
Tore
gist
eran
dfo
rful
lcon
test
deta
ilsvi
sitc
lubm
etro
.com
YOU COULDWIN A PAIR OF PASSES TO A
SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING OF
WARRIOR!
Canuck star JasonPriestley is set to ap-pear at the GeminiAwards next month.His racy program CallMe Fitz has 16 awardnominations. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ed O’Neill to get HollywoodWalk of Fame star in front of
shoe store, event featuresTV wives.
Scene in brief
Metro recently caught upwith Shark Night 3D direc-tor David Ellis and one ofthe flick’s stars, AmericanIdol runner-up KatharineMcPhee, to see what se-crets about the film they’rewilling to spill.
What can you tell us, withoutgiving too much away, aboutShark Night 3D?David Ellis: There’s sharksin it (laughs). It’s reallyweird. And a lot of themovie takes place at night.Katharine McPhee: I’m in it.
DE: Kat’s in it.KM: My character’s nameis Beth. That’s all I know.
David, you’re no stranger togenre movies. What’s the ap-peal of them as a filmmaker?DE: For me, I think it’s justfun to be able to entertainpeople — for them to beable to go an escape fromeverything crazy that’s go-ing on in the world for anhour and a half and gohave fun, to kind of scarethem and make themlaugh and make them cry,and just kind of play withtheir emotions.KM: You like making peo-ple cry.
How was the Shark Night ex-perience for you, Kat?KM: Oh, it was so muchfun. I love going to set. Ilove getting up early. Imean, on a regular basis,you will never find me upearly, but I love when myalarm goes off and I get toput on my pyjamas andget to set and get mycoffee and my food and getin hair and makeup.
I love everything aboutit, so for me just the wholeexperience is great. Weshot in Shreveport, La.,and even though it’s not aparticularly exotic place, itwas gorgeous. And I just
love being in new placesand feeling like you’restarting something new.DE: I love the free foodpart. Like, every day whenyou go to the set and theyhave all this free food. Butwhat made it so fun for mewas that we had an amaz-ing crew and we had a castthat was into it 110 percent.
Were you afraid of sharks be-fore you made the movie?KM: I’m one of those peo-ple who, especially as akid, would spend hours inthe ocean swimming. Ilove swimming. Butalways in the back of my
head there was that fear ofa shark coming andgetting you. I could saythat, yeah, this hasdefinitely made it a littlebit more of a threat.DE: For me, I grew up inthe ocean as well — mywhole life in Malibu —and I’m aware of them,you respect them. But youhave a better chance ofgetting hit by a coconutthan getting killed by ashark. But it’s a primalfear for people.KM: It’s just not a way youwant to go. There’s a cou-ple other ways I couldthink of wanting to go oth-er than sharks.
With summer coming to an end, it’s the perfect time for a movie to scare you off the beach Here to do it is Shark Night 3D, from Snakes on a Plane director David Ellis
“A PULSE-POUNDING AND POLITICALLY CHARGED SUSPENSE THRILLER!”
KAREN DURBIN, ELLE
HELEN MIRRENACADEMY AWARD® WINNER
JESSICA CHASTAIN AND TOM WILKINSONACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE
SAM WORTHINGTON
VIOLENCE
STARTS TODAY!� DIGITAL SOUNDCheck Theatre Directory for Showtimes.
EMPIRE THEATRESCITY CENTRE 9
CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENTSOUTH EDMONTON COMMON
McDonald’s® IS PROUD TO SPONSOR
CONGRATULATIONS
PROMOTER WILL RECEIVE A McDonald’s Gift Certificate
Jocelyn M.
PROMOTER OF THE WEEK
Pick up your free copy of Metro from this week’s Promoter of the Week at:
Century ParkLRT Station
…OR FROM ONE OF OUR MANY OTHER PROMOTERS!
CITY CENTRE 9 CINEMAS(14A) Bargain Matinee, Stadium Seating,Dolby Stereo Digital Wed-Thu 12:25-3:10-
6:45-9:30
SOUTH EDMONTON
COMMON
(14A) Wed-Thu 1:55-4:35-7:10-10:10
Movie review
The Debt
Genre: Thriller/DramaDirector: John MaddenStars: Helen Mirren, SamWorthington and TomWilkinson888
The Debt is anespionage story with atwist.
In 1996 retiredMossad agents Rachel,David and Stefan (HelenMirren, Ciarán Hindsand Tom Wilkinson) areheroes, acclaimed fortheir brave capture andexecution of a notoriouswar criminal in 1966.
In flashback we meetthe same charactersplayed by JessicaChastain, MartonCsokas, and SamWorthington, learn thepersonal dynamics ofthe mission and the keyto a long held secret.
The flashbacksequence makes up thebulk of the film so it’sfair to say this isn’t He-len Mirren’s film, buther character Rachel’s.
Unusual for a spymovie, the story is toldthrough the eyes of awoman but that addsdepth to what is essen-tially a pulpy spy story.
RICHARD CROUSE
The Debt. Screen times
hind by, as Wikipedia says,“missing or dead protago-nists,” and pieced it togeth-er to tell a (usually)horrifying story.
This weekend Apollo 18uses (fictional) foundfootage from NASA's aban-
doned Apollo 18 mission toreveal the reason the U.S.has never returned to themoon.
In the wake of BlairWitch, theatres were over-flowing with found footagemovies, partially because
they’re cheap to make, andpartially because audiencesraised on reality TV seemedto respond to them.
Movies like The St. Fran-cisville Experiment, TheLast Horror Movie, Septem-ber Tapes and The Curse
The most fa-mous “foundfootage” filmbegins withthe words, “InOctober of
1994, three student film-makers disappeared intothe woods of Burketville,Maryland while shooting adocumentary. A year latertheir footage was found.”
Thus began the BlairWitch Project, a movieRoger Ebert called an “ex-traordinarily effective hor-ror film.” He also called it a“celebration of rock bottomproduction values” for itsrough hewn camera styleand no-budget scares.
Those are trademarks offound footage style movies.The premise is almost al-ways the same: someonehas recovered film left be-
The Blair Witch Project capitalized on the trend of missing footage later discovered.
HORROR FLICKS, DOCUMENTARY STYLE tried, most unsuccessfully,to cash in on the box officebonanza of Blair Witch, but[Rec], a Spanish horror filmabout a haunted buildingwas the most successful, ar-tistically and financially.
Less successful but inter-esting is Redacted, a BrianDe Palma war film shotthrough the lens of one ofhis characters.
De Palma came up withthe idea when he was askedby HDNet Films to make amovie for $5 million on HD.
If the Blair Witch Projectand Paranormal Activity arethe successful of the genre,the most contentious, themost controversial, must beCannibal Holocaust.
The 1980 fake cannibalfootage was so convincingthe director was arrestedand charged with murder.Police believed several ac-tors had been killed onscreen but charges weredropped when the actorsshowed up at the trial, safeand sound.
Lost star Matthew Fox wasdetained by police inCleveland after an alterca-
tion outside a bar with afemale bus driver, accord-ing to TMZ.
The driver, Heather Bor-man, says a clearly inebri-ated Fox was trying to theparty bus she was driving,though he wasn’t a part ofthe group who had rentedit.
“He just kept staring atme with his mouth wideopen and not saying any-thing. I told him, ‘Youhave to leave buddy.You are trespassingon my bus,’” Bor-man says.
She addedthat Fox then“leaned in andstarted punch-ing my crotch
and breast.”Borman struck back,
punching Fox in the faceand splitting his lip, whichdeterred the actor.
Borman says she wasacting in self-defence.
METRO
16 dish metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
Andrew Garfield says theonly thing that made himnearly say no to being thenew Spider-Man was themovie star status thatwould come with it.
“That was absolutelythe one thing I ques-tioned. I thought about itfor a month, constantly,”he tells the L.A. Times.
“It terrifies me. I justsaw that I was given an op-portunity to play a partthat I’ve been wanting toplay since I was a two-year-old. I don’t want therest of it.
METRO
With all the speculationgoing around about herfamily life, Angelina Joliewants to clear a fewthings up.
“I’m not pregnant. I’mnot adopting at the mo-ment,” Jolie tells VanityFair. She added that thereis no “secret wedding”planned for her and BradPitt.
Jolie is more concernedwith her directorial de-but,
In the Land of Bloodand Honey, and says that
Pitt tried his best to behelpful during the mak-ing of the project.
“He’d come in and saywhat he liked or what hedidn’t understand,” shesays.
“Like any woman, Iwould listen to most of itand fight a few things.He’s been so supportive.
But it’s hard to sepa-rate the person that lovesyou from the critic, so Idon’t think he’s a fairjudge.”
METRO
Jolie sets baby bumprecord straight
Rumours of secret wedding and another baby en route make headlines
Garfieldfears bigfame
Angelina Jolie
Matthew Fox detained by police
Matthew Fox
ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES
Kate Winslet is finallybreaking her silenceabout her harrowing es-cape from a recent housefire on Richard Branson’sprivate Caribbean is-land.
She gives credit to herhost for making the mostof the terrifying situation.
“I will never forgetRichard placing his arms
around both my chil-dren as we werewatching the flames,and saying, ‘At theend of the day, whatyou realize is that allthat matters is thepeople that you love.
Everything else isjust stuff. And none of
that stuff matters,’”Winslet remem-
bers of theemotionalday.
METRO
Kate opens upabout blaze atBranson’s home
“OMG! CanU imagine ifMadonnawon Best Di-
rector for“W.E.”?”
@RuPaul
Celebrity tweets
“Guesswhat, I’mhealthy andhappy, and if you’re hatingon my weight you obvious-ly aren’t. “
“@chrisbrownwannameet?”
@ddlovato
@lindsaylohan
“We areplagued by
earthquakestornados and
hurricanes lately. Isit the end of times or justGod’s way of getting rid ofthe bankers?”
@JimCarrey
Lindsay’s bro receivesthreatening callsLindsay Lohan’s 15-year-old brother, Cody Lohan,hasn’t been having thebest summer.
The teen has reportedlybeen receiving threaten-ing phone calls that wereunsettling enough forhim to call 911, accordingto reports from TMZ.
Cody reported to policethat the caller was threat-ening to “harm him,” lawenforcement sources say.
There was some ques-
tions raised about whowas watching the teenagebrother of star Linsday.
Reports indicated hismother, Dina Lohan, wasstill in Los Angeles at thetime after attending therecent, high-profile wed-ding of socialite Kim Kar-dashian.
Sources have since toldthe celebrity-driven web-site that Cody is “underproper care now.”
METRO
Lindsay Lohan
Steven Soderberghadmits he is consid-ering leaving film-making behind.
“I’m interestedin exploring anoth-er art form while Ihave the time andability to do so,” hetells the New YorkTimes. “I’ll be thefirst person to say ifI can’t be any goodat it and run out ofmoney I’ll be back
making anotherOcean’s movie.”
The filmmakersays earlier thisyear he told MattDamon about hisplans during a“drunk” chat.
METRO
Soderbergh toleave film behind?
Winslet
TELUS AUTHORIZED DEALERS
EDMONTON
Bonnie Doon Mall
Kingsway Garden Mall
Londonderry Mall
Northgate Mall
Mill Woods Town Centre
South Edmonton Common
Southgate Centre
TELUS Plaza North
West Edmonton Mall
Downtown
9915 108A Ave. NW
11315 104th Ave.
WEST END
5 - 14220 Yellowhead Trail
14903 118th Ave.
10429 178th St.
17508 Stony Plain Rd.
NORTH
9624 165th Ave.
12714 137th Ave.
SOUTH
5912 104th St.
10309 34th Ave.
5926 99th St.
8708 51st Ave.
4515 Gateway Blvd.
Fort Saskatchewan
9542 86th Ave.
9914 103rd St.
Leduc
112 - 5906 50th St.
102 - 5311 Discovery Way
Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park Mall
975 Broadmoor Blvd.
Spruce Grove
Westland Market Mall
30 - 96 Campsite Rd.
St. Albert
St. Albert Centre
30 - 200 St. Albert Rd.
20 Muir Dr.
For more details on these great offers, visit your TELUS authorized dealer or retailer, visit telusmobility.com or call 1-866-264-2966.
TELUS reserves the right to modify eligible rate plans with this offer at any time without advance notice. *Offer available to customers who activate or renew a smartphone on a 3 year term with a data feature. A $60 value. †Based on network speed and size, as determined by TELUS’ tests of data throughput speeds available from national HSPA+ service providers in
large provincial urban centers, and comparison of the shared HSPA+ network available from TELUS to the public disclosure of HSPA+ network coverage of other provincial service providers for August 2011. Internet access speed provided by the network operator may vary due to the device being used, network congestion, distance from the cell site, local conditions
and other factors. Speed on the Internet is beyond the wireless network operator’s control and may vary with your configuration, Internet traffic, website server and management policies, and other factors. TELUS, the TELUS logo, the future is friendly and telusmobility.com are trademarks of TELUS Corporation, used under licence. Facebook is a registered trademark of
“Spend your money on your social life. Not on your phone.”
– Social Wisdom
Pick your $0 ultimate social networking phone
and get a FREE six month subscription*
to Rdio® – that’s access to over 10 million songs.
Visit telusmobility.com/social for more details.
Get on Alberta’s best† 4G network.
3life
18 travel metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
Prepare for a scare at
Ghost stories and sightings abound at Halifax’s most popular tourist sites
With its long history of dis-asters and shipwrecks,there is an air of tragedythat hangs over Halifax,not unlike the dense fogthat often rolls in from itsharbour.
Though the port city haslong established itself as adown-home, good-timeburg — a place to unwindto a toe-tapping Celtic tuneand a dram of whisky —those thirsty for spirits ofthe paranormal kind won’tbe disappointed.
One of Halifax’s mostinfamous spooky sites isthe Five Fishermen Restau-rant and Grill, perched onthe bustling corner ofCarmichael and ArgyleStreets. Having onceserved as a mortuary, it’sperhaps not surprisingthat the 194-year-old struc-ture is equally known forits hauntings as well as itshalibut.
The four-storey, brick-and-wood building openedin 1816 as a schoolhouseand was eventually takenover by a local family andturned into a funeralhome.
It became the last stopof sorts for victims of twosignificant disasters of the20th century — the sink-ing of the Titanic off New-foundland in April 1912and the Halifax Explosionof 1917. The explosion oc-curred when a supply ves-sel and a munitions shipcollided in the harbour,killing 2,000 people andleaving some 9,000 in-jured.
Shane Robilliard, theFive Fishermen’s generalmanager, says tales of cut-lery moving on its own,disembodied voices andshadowy figures have actu-ally been good for busi-ness.
Robilliard recalls a re-cent instance when dinerstried to send a text mes-sage from their table. Butinstead of the intendedmessage, Robilliard says
only one word flashed onthe recipient’s mobilephone: death.
“People dine at the FiveFishermen to experiencesomething or to be a partof the history of this build-ing,” he says.
More eerie experiencesawait just up CarmichaelStreet at one of the city’smost recognizable sites,the Halifax Citadel Nation-al Historic Site.
The British fort, com-pleted in 1856, offers 90-minute tours exploringevery dark nook and cran-ny where the ghosts of for-mer soldiers are said tolurk.
A steep walk downsome 33 stone steps on thesouthwest demi-bastionleads to a pair of dark,dank rooms with a half-dozen metal cots andgrimy, barred windows —a former prison for sol-diers.
Hal Thompson, thesite’s visitor experience of-ficer, remembers one visi-tor to the site who said shespied a uniformed man en-ter a room and seemingly
vanish. The woman wasunaware of the site’sghostly reputation andwanted to know how theman — whom she pre-sumed to be a staff mem-ber — managed to leaveundetected from a roomwith only one exit.
At first, Thompson sayshe joked that perhaps thewoman had seen a ghost.But then he began to won-der.
“It doesn't make anysense. There should nothave been anyone therewearing that uniform anddisappearing into thin airlike that,” he recalls. “Sothat’s a fairly convincingstory.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
Halifax haunts
Visitors claim to have seen ghosts in the garrison cells at Halifax Citadel National Historic Site.
ALL PHOTOS ANDREW VAUGHAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTHER SITES
Ghostsgalore Other sites that arerumoured to be hauntedcan be found in andaround Halifax’s historicharbour.
Near the waterfront isthe Alexander Keith’sbrewery, which is said tobe inhabited by theghost of the brewmasterhimself. McNabs Island,accessible only by boat(ghost ship notrequired), is reputed to
be haunted by the ghostof a former resident whowas found drowned.
At least twocompanies in Halifax of-fer ghost walk tours forvisitors eager to learnabout the creepier sideof the city.THE CANADIAN PRESS
If you go ...
Five Fishermen Restaurant
and Grill
fivefishermen.comAlexander Keith’s Brewery
keiths.caTattle Tours of Nova Scotia
halifaxghostwalks.comThe Halifax Ghost Walk
thehalifaxghostwalk.com
Yankee mag offers foliageapp and annual fall issue forNew England leaf-peepers
Guided hikes reveal Niagara’s geology
A series of guided fallhikes along Ontario’slong-distance BruceTrail will explore thegeology of the Niaga-ra Escarpment. Sevenlocations on the trailare highlighted,including Waterdown,the Credit River valley,the NottawasagaBluffs and the BrucePeninsula on GeorgianBay. A walk in theCaledon area, 60 kilo-metres northwest ofdowntown Toronto,will find geological ev-idence — includingcoral reefs and muddeltas — from the Up-per Ordovician, LowerSilurian and MiddleSilurian periods, hun-dreds of millions ofyears ago, say organiz-ers. Dubbed “Geology101 on Foot,” thewalks are afundraising project tosupport the Bruce TrailConservancy. The trailstretches almost 900kilometres fromQueenston, near Niag-ara Falls, toTobermory..THE CANADIAN PRESS
You can find a perfect ex-ample of the Jamaicanspirit in an unexpectedplace: the Chukka CoveFarm, home to the 30 or somutts that comprise the Ja-
maican dogsled team.“It’s about the can-do at-
titude of Jamaicans,” saysfounder Danny Melville,64, as he rattles off severalother examples of Ja-maicans’ determination,including reggae musicand the beloved Olympicbobsled team.
Located near Ocho Rios,in St. Ann Parish, his Chuk-ka farm offers visitors anopportunity to ride on adry-land sled pulled by 15dogs, all of them strays thatChukka has adopted. It’sone of several thrill rides of-fered by Chukka CaribbeanAdventures.
Melville, who lives inToronto, was first drawn tothe concept when he spot-ted a dry-land sled whileshopping for dune buggiesin Alberta.
He thought a dogsledtour would be a great ad-dition to Chukka’s dozensof other offerings, whichinclude everything fromflying through the treeson a zipline and riding anATV into the mountainsto taking a pilgrimage onthe Zion Bus Line throughmusical history to BobMarley’s birthplace.
You can even go swim-ming in the ocean onhorseback, a signaturetour that Melville says hepioneered himself nearlythree decades ago.
It was a challenge forMelville, who had only everseen sled dogs on televi-sion, to put together theteam.
“You’re getting a bunchof dogs off the street andthey’re kind of looking atyou like, ‘What do youmean, pull?’ What is this allabout?’” says Melville.
Visitors who take thetour will get to meet andgreet the dogs before theride. They’ll also get to ex-
perience the only dogsledmuseum south of the Arc-tic Circle before thethrilling ride.
Today the dogsledteam, which Melville saysis the only such operationin the Caribbean, is muchmore than the adventuretour that it was intendedto be.
In addition to taking vis-itors on high-speed dry-land runs, some ofChukka’s mushers com-pete in races, from smallerones in Ontario to theworld-renowned Iditarodrace in Alaska.
The mushers lease dogteams for those endeav-ours, says Melville, be-cause the Jamaican muttswould freeze to death inthe sub-zero tempera-tures.
“You don’t just enterthose races by going andpaying an entry fee,” saysMelville.
“You have to qualify forthose races because youcould die. People get frost-bite, lose fingers. These aretough races.”
That’s what makes Ja-maican-born musher New-ton Marshall such anunlikely competitor. The28-year-old, who startedworking at Chukka as ahorseback guide, compet-ed in the Yukon Quest in2009 and the Iditarod in2010 and 2011.
“He had to learn to sur-vive in minus 40, comingfrom plus 30,” saysMelville. “It shows a lotabout the character anddetermination of this kid. Iwouldn't do it.”
For Marshall, competingin dogsled races is about“letting the whole worldknow that (Jamaicans) cando things that peoplethink we can't do.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
20 travel metronews.ca
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
®
Adventure!Teach English Overseas> TESOL Certified in 5 Days> In-Class or Online> No Degree Required!1.888.270.2941Job Guaranteed!Next in-class course: October 12th - 16th
A musher takes tourists for a dogsled ride through the Jamaican countryside.
HANDOUT
Dogsled in JamaicaFarm near Ocho Rios offers visitors the chance to
take a dogsled ride in an unlikely locale
¨SCENE is a registered trademark of SCENE IP LP, used under license.
Breakfast lunch
Preparation:
1 Pancakes: In a mediumbowl, whisk togetherflour, cornmeal, bakingsoda, sugar and salt.Add yogurt and milk,then whisk until justsmooth.
2 In a large skillet overmedium-high heat, meltbutter. Drop spoonfulsof batter into pan, leav-ing space between eachto allow for spreading.Cook for 1 to 2 minutes,flip and cook for an ad-ditional 1 to 2 minutes,or until golden andcooked through. Let
cool thoroughly beforepacking.
3 Pack the pancakes withthe bacon, fruit andmaple syrup on the sidein their lunch bags.
food 21metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
$NEED MONEY?�No credit checks�Fast approvals
www.mynextpay.com
1866
499-5629Ca
ll
And get cash now!!
Mango SmoothieThis refreshing drinkmakes a perfect after-school snack for the lit-tle ones. It containshealthy ingredientssuch as milk, mangoand fresh ginger.
• Flesh of 1 large ripemango, chopped• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) fresh gin-ger, grated• 75 ml (1/3 cup) frozenorange juice concentrate• 375 ml (1 1/2 cups)milk, chilled• 250 ml (1 cup) ice
In a blender, puree thepeeled and chopped man-go, ginger and orangejuice concentrate togetheruntil the mixture issmooth. Add milk and iceand blend again. This recipe makes 500 ml(2 cups).THE CANADIAN PRESS
Drink of the week Let your creative sideshine with their lunches
Believe it or not, school lunches can consist of a lot more than a peanut butter and jellysandwich and a juice box Leftovers and deconstructing meals are great places to start
Tortellini Veggie Skewers
Preparation:
1 Cut yellow pepper into6 strips. Using eachpepper strip as a skew-er, push 2 tortellini on-to each strip.
2 Use a paring knife topoke a hole into thetop of each cherrytomato and cap end ofeach pepper strip witha tomato and an olive.Cut slices of turkey andprovolone into 6 long
strips, then wrap oneof each around skew-ers. Serve skewers witha side of your child'sfavourite salad dress-ing.
Ingredients:
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper• 12 cooked tortellini• 6 whole black olives• 6 cherry tomatoes• 1 slice deli turkey• 1 slice provolone cheese
Getting creative with kids’lunches can be a bit of aminefield. It can be hardenough to get them to em-brace new foods at home,never mind when they aresurrounded by friends atschool.
But that doesn’t meanyou can’t break free of thesame old sandwich rou-tine. It’s just a matter ofusing foods already in yourchildren’s comfort zone,but working with them innew and creative ways.
Leftovers are a greatplace to start (assuming
they were well receivedthe first time around).Plenty of thick stews andchilies can be repurposedas chilled fillings forwraps, especially whentopped with shreddedcheese. Ditto for salads, in-cluding the pasta and pota-to varieties.
Or consider decon-structing something, suchas pasta salad. Put it backtogether in a way that’sfun for kids, as we did forthe tortellini veggie skew-ers. Also, breakfast is greatfor the beginning of the
day and makes a fun sup-per, so why not consider itfor lunch too?
Cold Ham andCheese Casserole
This “casserole” is a greatway to use up leftovers.Feel free to play with theingredients. Chicken,steak and even choppedleftover hamburgers arefine substitutes for theham.
Preparation:
1 In a small bowl, stir to-gether mustard, mayon-naise and vinegar. Addrice, ham and cheddar,then mix well.ALL RECIPES THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS
Ingredients:
• 5 ml (1 tsp) mustard• 30 ml (2 tbsp) low-fatmayonnaise• 5 ml (1 tsp) apple cidervinegar• 125 ml (1/2 cup) cookedrice (white or brown)• 50 ml (1/4 cup) cubedcooked ham• 30 ml (2 tbsp) shreddedcheddar• 1 scallion, thinly sliced, togarnish
Ingredients:• 50 ml (1/4 cup) all-purpose flour• 15 ml (1 tbsp) cornmeal• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) baking soda• 15 ml (1 tbsp) sugar• Pinch salt
• 50 ml (1/4 cup) plain yo-gurt• 45 ml (3 tbsp) milk• 15 ml (1 tbsp) butter• 2 slices cooked bacon• 125 ml (1/2 cup) blueber-ries (or favourite fruit)• Maple syrup, for dipping
This Cold Ham and Cheese Casserole
takes 10 minutes to make.
ALL PHOTOS: MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Turn breakfast into lunch with this pancake-bacon combo.
22 work & education metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
As a second-year businessstudent tired of spendingmy summers working inretail, I jumped at the op-portunity to enrol in theco-operative education op-tion (co-op) offered at myschool.
I joined co-op under theimpression that I wouldeasily be able to securemeaningful summer em-ployment, but I quicklydiscovered this was notthe case.
I applied to countlessjobs and had no difficultygetting interviews; myproblem lay in receivingan actual job offer.
I left each interviewfeeling as if it had gonewell, only to be informeda few days later that I hadnot been chosen as thesuccessful candidate forthe job. And I was notalone. Several of my fel-low classmates were expe-riencing the exact samedilemma.
As a well-qualified ap-plicant, this frustratingprocess led me to wonderwhich students were be-ing selected for these jobs.It turned out that stu-dents with more experi-ence and education, suchas third and fourth yearsand graduates with whomI could not compete, weregetting those offers.
Employers shouldn’toverlook the applicationsof promising young stu-dents simply because theylack experience.
Shake all the hands you canSTUDENT
VOICE
ERIN HAYESTALENTEGG .CA
Where Erin is now
I had nearly resorted to handing out resumés at thelocal mall when an opportunity arose.
I was contacted by a professional I had met dur-ing a networking event hosted by a student societyI belonged to. My professor had spoken with thisindividual and requested that they consider me fora job before formally posting the position, and fol-lowing the interview I was fortunate enough to re-ceive a job offer.
My story has proven that although what youknow is undoubtedly the most important, who youknow can’t hurt.
What I learned
Key take-aways from
Erin’s experience:
Becoming involved withinyour school throughstudent groups,conferences and competi-tions is a great way todevelop career-related skillsand build your resumé.
Get to know yourprofessors and attend asmany on-campus network-ing events as you can.Although relevant skills anda strong GPA are important,my story highlights thatwho you know is oftenequally as important.
Students who activelyachieve and aim to im-prove themselves should
be given fair considera-tion from employers;these students should not
be automatically placedon the back burner tomore senior and experi-enced applicants.
To compete with moreexperienced applicants,younger students shouldtake advantage of themany opportunities of-fered by universities, suchas volunteering, confer-ences and competitions.
By making an effort toget involved, students candevelop relevant skills totheir field of study, as wellas establish relationshipsand build their profes-sional network. Whenparticipating in extra-cur-ricular activities, you nev-er know whatopportunities will presentthemselves or who youmight meet.
TALENTEGG.CA, CANADA’S ONLINE CAREER RESOURCE FOR STUDENTSAND RECENT GRADS, WANTS TOHEAR YOUR STUDENT VOICE. SHAREIT AT TALENTEGG.CA.
Erin Hayes
Young scholarsbreaking cycle
A recent Statistics Canadastudy has found that peo-ple whose parents didn’tgraduate from universityare nearly twice as likely toget a degree today thanthey were more than twodecades ago.
The study revealed thatin 2009, 23 per cent of peo-ple whose parents didn’tget a university educationheld a degree, up from 12per cent in 1986.
The 2009 General SocialSurvey attributes theshrinking disparity in uni-versity completion by fami-ly background to women.
In 1986, only 10 per centof women whose parentswere not university gradu-ates held a degree. By 2009,that proportion nearlytripled to 28 per cent.
But Martin Turcotte, asenior analyst at Statistics
Canada who authored thestudy, said there was a sig-nificant increase in thenumber of women withhighly educated parentswho got degrees, too.
“Really the fact thatmore women from all typesof families get degrees con-tributed a lot to the de-creasing gap,” saidTurcotte.
Despite the increasethere’s still a sizable differ-ence between the twogroups, with a personwhose parents hold a de-gree much more likely tocomplete university.
“The gap is still impor-tant,” said Turcotte. “Peo-ple with parents who havea university education aretwice as likely to get the de-gree themselves, comparedto other people.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
Having a parent with a degreeis not the steadfast predictor of post-secondary success it once was
You too can be the first
one in your family to pack
your post-secondary bags.
ISTOCK
work & education 23metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
DESIGN TOMORROWw w w . d i g i t a l s c h o o l . c a
Engineering CAD Technician
Computer Aided Drafter
Architectural CAD Technician
Process Piping Specialization
and More!Enroll Today!
NEXT START DATEOctober 3, 2011
Call 780.414.0200e-Training Available
WE NEED STREET PROMOTERS TO DISTRIBUTE NEWSPAPERS TO MORNING COMMUTERS
Great Wage • Meet New People • No Experience Needed
ARE YOU WILDLY ENERGETIC,CREATIVE AND LOVE
TO MEET NEW PEOPLE?
If you are interested in joining the street promotions team,please email your resume to [email protected]
School supplies?Balancing the schoolbudget can get complicat-ed when you and yourchild’s other parent arenot together. Here aresome tips to the scholas-tic year fiscally fair, evenif you are not divorced.
Balance needs versus wants
Make a list of “needs” andagree that kids will get afew “wants” met. Allocatea set dollar amount theyare free to spend.
Set the budget before you
go shopping Before youventure into a store set anon-negotiable budget.
This is not just for theirpurposes but also to keepparents from caving in.
Make a detailed list before
you hit the stores We know not to go groceryshopping when hungryand the same rule appliesfor back-to-schoolshopping. There aremany purchasetemptations to abstainfrom, even for the strong-willed.
Set the budget for extracur-
ricular activities before you
sign up Set a budget perchild that covers lessons,
equipment and other hid-den costs, then engage ina conversation with thekids and the other parentto ensure you are notdoubling up on activitiesor creating a conflictingschedule.
Empower your kids finan-
cially Allot an allowancefor extra purchases andone for necessities to en-gage kids in responsiblebudgeting and shoppingat an early age.
KAREN STEWART IS THE PRESIDENT,CEO AND FOUNDER OF FAIRWAY DI-VORCE SOLUTIONS.
Are you a divorced parent dealing with back to school?Take down these tips on confronting the costs
Your pre-boot planKeep those contacts close in case the worst happens
Should the axe fall andyour job get severed, ca-reer counsellors warn,you’ll have to get by witha little help from yourfriends.
Except, big problem: Ifyou’re like the averagelaid off employee, yourfriends will all be left be-hind in that same burningbuilding.
That’s why career coun-sellors recommend youfoster industry friendshipsfar beyond the blockwhere you work, whileyou’re still working.
“It’s much easier tohave that network readyin place when you need itthan to try to scramble and con-
nect the people at the lastminute,” About.com job-seekers’ guru Alison Doylecautions. “Then all of asudden you’re beggingpeople.”
And that, she explains,is what you’d least like tobe doing: scroungingstrangers for jobs.
Instead, agrees Con-necting With Success au-thor Kathleen Barton,your network should be in con-stant development, a regu-lar exchange of favoursand tips.
“It’s about building mu-tually beneficial relation-ships, where you’re notalways asking for helpwhen you’re contactingthem,” she says.
“Maybe you’re givingupdates, or finding out
how they’re doing, or howyou can support them.”
Or maybe you’re justcalling to say howdy —one friendly lunch hourphone call at a time.
Find The Little Reasons
Great networking, Bartonoffers, is about seizingthose little excuses toreach out to a mereacquaintance.
“There are so many cre-ative ways you can dothat,” she says. Holidayshelp —and not just thepassé ones like Christmasand birthdays. Think Hal-loween, she suggests.
“Rather than Christ-mas, when everybody getscards, I send Thanksgivingcards to let them knowI'm thinking about them,”she adds.
INSTANT CREDIT APPROVAL · 30 SECOND CREDIT APPCall Scotty Today
866.938.0916FOR INSTANT APPROVAL OR VISIT
SHERWOODFORD.CA30 SECOND CREDIT APP! 2012 FORD FOCUS
MANUAL TRANSMISSION $16,400
$82/WK
2010 FORD FUSION OS3943A, BLACK
$14,000$59/WK
2008 FORD EDGE B1029A, BLUE
$75/WK
2011 F150 XLT 30550, FULLY LOADED, NEW
$28,477$107/WK
EngineGetting the Beetle up to speed is handled by threedistinct powerplants.
Base models come with a 170-horsepower 2.5-litrefive-cylinder engine that pretty much carries over fromthe New Beetle. Optional is VW’s popular 140-horsepow-er 2.0-litre turbo-diesel (TDI) that offers a very real alter-native to most gas-electric hybrids when overall fueleconomy and initial purchase cost are factored in.
The top-rung and most performance-focused Beetlefeatures a 200-horsepower 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder that also returns slightly better fuel economythan the base five-cylinder.
Although it looks lower, it’s really because the Beetle is longer and wider than before. Three engine choices
greet buyers with the turbo-diesel being our choice for around-town pep and excellent economy.
Catch the VW Bug all over again
‘Adult contemporary’The 2012 Beetle features more people-friendlydimensions.
The distance between the front and rearwheels has been increased to create somemuch-needed rear-seat legroom as well as amore generous stowage area with either the50:50 split rear seat occupied or folded flat.
On the inside, the term “adultcontemporary” comes to mind.
A sense of purpose and sportiness prevailswith easy-to-read dials and massive air vents ateither end of the dashboard.
Different lookGone is the New Beetle’s oval, al-most cartoonish appearance, re-placed by a longer hood andflatter roofline that ends in arounded hatchway flanked by aset of prominent taillights.
Overall it’s a look that Dr. Fer-dinand Porsche, who sculpted theoriginal Beetle nearly three-quar-ters of a century ago, would likelyapprove of.
BASE PRICE:
$22,450
The new 2012 Beetle repre-sents another step back tothe future for an iconicbrand that is simply toogood to let slip away.
The world held its collec-tive baited breath when
Volkswagen launched theNew Beetle back in the late1990s, before surging for-ward to scoop up as manyof the reconstituted Bugs asthe German automakercould produce.
Not many years later, theNew Beetle had become notso new and its popularitywaned.
Although the convertibleversion maintained a re-spectable degree of popu-larity, the hatchback modelseemed to drift uncheckedyear after model year.
Following a one-year ab-sence, the Beetle is backthis fall with sharperstyling, a roomier and up-to-date interior and more
available power. Yes, andthe name has been short-ened to just plain Beetle, ifyou please.
That the car is returningat all is a gutsy move. Afterall, nobody begrudgedChrysler for cashiering thePT Cruiser econo-hot rodfollowing its lengthy runand well after its “best-be-
fore” date had come andgone. But VW managementobviously thought the Bee-tle brand was worth contin-uing.
What has emerged is awell-balanced and sportiershape that also projects thenecessary degree of charmthat pays homage to thatoriginal look.
ately added the title of sen-ior managing officer of Toy-ota Motor Corporation toTanguay’s already consider-able portfolio. There are on-ly three such positionsworldwide, and they arejust one rung below that ofthe board of directors.
Currently his two othertitles are: Senior Vice Presi-dent, Toyota Motor NorthAmerica; and Chairman,Toyota Motor Manufactur-ing Canada.
The plan is far from hisonly accomplishment. He continues to championmore production and research facilities on thiscontinent. He oversaw the growth of Toyota’s
Canadian production in Cambridge, Ont., and itsevolution into a perennialwinner of internationalquality awards. This made it easy for Toyota to sendLexus RX 350 productionthere in 2003 — still the only Lexus plant outside ofJapan. And when Toyota
was looking to open a North American plant to build its RAV4, Tanguaycame up with a novel proposal — build the RAV4plant in nearby Woodstock,as a satellite facility of theCambridge plant.
Another recent accom-plishment: The “house thatRay built” in Woodstockjust received confirmationthis month, that it will bethe first North AmericanToyota facility to build anelectric vehicle. In fact, theRAV EV will be built on thesame line as the gasoline-powered RAV4.
Tanguay has FrenchCanadian roots. Silver-haired, tall, and dignified,he reminds one of anothercharismatic French Canadi-an leader — Jean Beliveau,the legendary and gracefulcaptain of the MontrealCanadians.
I don’t know if Tanguayever played hockey. But seeing that he was born andraised in Mattice, a remotetown in northern Ontario,I’m betting he did. And I’m betting that under-neath the controlled per-sona is someone just likeBeliveau, someone with alot of drive, passion, andcompetitive fight.
Sergio Marchionne isthe high-flying andmuch-quotedpresident of Fiat andChrysler. But he isn’tthe only Canadianmaking an impact onthe global automotivestage.
After a promo-tion earlierthis year, RayTanguaybecame thehighest-rank-
ing non-Japaneseexecutive at Toyota MotorCorporation.
During Toyota’s recalldifficulties, he was asked byToyota’s numero uno exec-utive, president Akio Toyo-da, to help draft a GlobalVision Business Plan, whichwould ultimately guide theToyota mothership back oncourse.
Tanguay believed he re-ceived the invite to craft aplan because he made “thebiggest noise” about Toyotalosing its way. The gist ofhis vision was that Toyota’simmense workforce, scat-tered all over the globe,needed a greater sense ofmission and empower-ment. To that end, he sug-gested more localdecision-making and directaccess to the top decision-makers in Japan.
“Being involved with leading edge technology is a great opportunity to motivate
and develop our people,” commented Ray Tanguay (inset), after his Toyota plant in
Woodstock, Ont., was confirmed to produce the all-electric RAV EV.
PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED
The slick Shelby Cruiser from Felt Bicyclesbears the name of racer/car builder CarrollShelby and is intended to be a two-wheelinterpretation of the mid-’60s Mustang-based GT350. The bicycle boasts ahydroformed tank frame (shaped using hy-draulic fluid pumped into a hollowaluminum tube under high pressure), Shi-mano Nexus-brand three-speed gearing,black 36-spoke super-wide rims and a spe-cial double front fork (one of which isspring-loaded). feltbicycles.com.
The Traffic Jam logic puzzle from ThinkFunhas been challenging millions of playersfor more than 25 years. The idea is to slidethe blocking vehicles in such a way so thatthe path is clear for the red-coloured car toexit the game board. Sounds simpleenough, but after trying it ourselves we canattest to the skill and smarts needed to freethe car from its gridlocked position. Checkwith your local toy outlet, or order onlineat thinkfun.com. WHEELBASE
Top Gear
1
2
PHOTOS COURTESY OF WHEELBASE
2
1
28 drive metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
Try out the Canadian Black Book Vehicle Evaluator for trade-in value, average asking price andfuture value of virtually every car and truck manufactured since 1998! Plus, you can search
through thousands of used cars listings to find one that’s right for you!
Visit www.metronews.ca/drive
LOOKING FOR A USED CAR?CHECK OUT THOUSANDS OFLISTED VEHICLES WITH US!
powered by
Will Powers past the finish line
Global production down atJapanese automakers in July
Honda suffers sixth-straightmonth of decline
Nissan bucks trend, insteadsetting company record
IndyCar. 1st place.
Will Power, of Australia, takes the checkered flag to win the IndyCar Grand
Prix of Sonoma on Sunday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
BEN MARGOT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Most Japanese automakersreported lacklustre vehicleproduction and sales for Ju-ly, underscoring ongoingmalaise in the industry as itgrapples with a strong yen,precarious global economyand recovery from theMarch 11 tsunami.
Worldwide productionat Toyota Motor Corp. fell
6.1 per cent from a year ear-lier to 594,614 vehicles, thecompany said yesterday. Itsdomestic sales of passengercars, trucks and buses tum-bled more than 35 per cent,and exports fell 5 per centdue to weaker shipments toNorth America.
The numbers wereworse at Honda Motor Co.,
where global productiontumbled more than 34 percent to 206,727 vehicles inJuly.
It was the sixth-straightmonth of decline.
Honda’s domestic salesof vehicles fell 31.5 per centand exports retreated morethan 19 per cent.
Standing above the
crowd was Nissan MotorCo., which continued togain momentum and setcompany records in July.
The Yokohama-based au-tomaker recorded an al-most 18 per cent jump inworldwide output to388,680 vehicles — its best-ever July performance. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
drive 29metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
Special Rate
0.9%†
Purchase Financing24 Months APR
Offer valid on all 2006 – 2010 Civic and Accord models.
Buy a used car,get a used car.
Buy a used Honda,get a Honda.
Honda reliability. Certified. When Honda certifies a used vehicle, you know it can be depended on. Every Certified Used Honda undergoes a series of thorough dealer inspections to ensure it upholds the reliability of the Honda name. You get the performance, safety and efficiency of a Honda, with the added assurance that comes with a factory warranty. Find yours at cuv.honda.ca
• 6-year / 120,000-km transferable powertrain warranty• 7-day / 1,000-km exchange privilege• 100+ point inspection• CarProof Vehicle History Report
†Limited time fi nancing offer on all Honda Certifed Used Civics available through Honda Financial Services, on approved credit. Offer only available up to 24 months on Honda Certifi ed Used Honda Civic and Accord models (2006–2010 model years). Finance example based on 2008 Honda Civic model: $10,000 at 0.9% per annum equals $420.58 per month for 24 months. Cost of borrowing is $94.02 for a total obligation of $10,094.02. Taxes, license, insurance, registration and fees are not included. See your Honda dealer for full details. Dealer may sell for less. Offer expires December 31, 2011.
RL as reliable as luxury sedans can get2005 to 2008 Acura RL
Research the used luxurysedan market, and you’lllikely find the Japaneseknack for effectiveengineering and reliableelectronics has translatedinto some of the more reli-able luxury sedans on theroad today.
The last-generation Acu-ra RL is one such sedan.
With a plethora offeatures culminating in themost comprehensively-equipped sedan Honda’sever built, RL shoppers canlook for navigation,Bluetooth, voice command,an advanced audio system,automatic climate control,steerable xenon lights andan intelligent key system,as well as plenty more.
EngineAll RL modelsgot a 3.5-litre, 290horsepower V6 engine, 5-speed automatic transmissionand Super Handling All WheelDrive (SH-AWD). There’s no V8engine available.
Common issuesLow sales volumes meanAcura RL reliabilityinformation is tough tocome by, but a few manda-tory checks should helpshoppers find a healthyunit. Approaching the RL,be sure the intelligent key-fob allows you to lock andunlock the doors with atouch on the handle. Lookinside the wheelwells forsigns of rust, as well as un-derneath the doors andaround the trunk lid.Check for fluid leaksaround the engine,transmission and transaxle.
VerdictConcerns and trouble areasseem limited mainly to mi-nor interior problems, andthe RL ultimately appearsto be a solid bet with a sol-id drivetrain.
Budget for a full fluidchange and tune up to besafe.
What owners likeDrivers of this generation RLreport enjoying a comfortableand quiet ride, agile handling, “under-the-radar” styling and great long-haul comfort dur-ing road trips. Masterful build quality andmaterials impressed many owners, as did Acu-ra’s promise of reliable performance.
What ownersdislikeCommon complaints in-clude small, fussy and complicatedcontrols for the navigation and au-dio system, and a relatively smalltrunk. Some owners report squeaksand rattles as the car ages.
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
30 play metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
True AppinessDownload the METRO APP for your iPad, Android, BlackBerry and iPhone.
Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
Across
1 — Zedong4 Filly’s brother8 Sprint12 “La Cage — Folles”13 Vicinity14 Reed instrument15 Anger16 Fuel18 Island porch20 Popular ISP21 “— WonderfulLife”24 Sultan’s wives28 Iraq War generalDavid32 Lasso33 Uncooked34 Within the law36 River island37 Fertility goddess39 Italian poet41 Costume43 Coral structure44 Kanga’s kid46 Book of maps50 Scared, and thensome55 Lubricate56 Mayberry moppet57 4-Across, e.g.58 Praise in verse59 Like candles60 Foolproof61 Cushion
Down
1 Postal delivery2 Emanation3 The yoke’s on them4 Lincoln, Madison orJackson5 Tramcar load6 Allow
7 “Gone With theWind” plantation8 Buck9 Copper head?10 Old French coin11 Height of fashion?17 Fireworks reaction19 Melody22 Leak slowly23 Boring tool25 Bellow26 Grand-scale27 Syst.28 Overly proper one29 Facility30 Nincompoop
31 Location35 Apt rhyme for“pedal”38 “Oklahoma!”transport40 Sternward42 Luau bowlful45 Kills “Sopranos”-style47 Aerobatic maneu-ver48 Verdi opera49 Coaster50 “Bam!”51 Clean Air Act org.52 Ducats, for short
SudokuCrossword
How to playFill in the grid, so that everyrow, every column andevery 3x3 box contains thedigits 1-9. There is no mathinvolved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning andlogic.
Yesterday’s answer
Send a
You can now post yourkiss, and read even morekisses, online atmetronews.ca/kiss.
Honey, I love you so much!!This month is so excitingmoving in with you, its anawesome new change icant wait for more exctingthings to come. We have somany plans and so manydreams and i know theywill all work out. I cantWait!! Love SWEETHEART <3
My fairy baki, I always liedin front of you but today infront of everyone, thewhole city, I want toapoloize for what i haddone. I am sorry. You canonly complete me, my halfpart, my destiny. I miss youa lot dear. Kuchu miss you. Ilove you .. Tc & please thinkto come back... KUCHU LIER
Muffin, Not a day goes bythat I am not thankful tohave your love, You haveshown me how love is sup-posed to be and I thank youfor that..... I Love you withall my heart and want to bewith you forever PIE
KISS
Yesterday’s answer
Today’s horoscope
Aries March 21-April 20 Youknow what you are capable of(much more than most people) soget out there and make it happen.
Taurus April 21-May 21Venus, planet of love, is strong inthe most passionate area of yourchart, so make the most of it.
Gemini May 22-June 21 Itwill pay you to come on a little lessstrong today, especially at work.
Cancer June 22-July 22 Enjoyyourself today. Meet up with yourfavourite friends and do the kindof things that make you laugh.
Leo July 23-Aug.23 You knowwhat needs to be done to resolve arelationship issue and get back ongood terms with loved ones.
Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 Listento advice from those you trust be-fore you act. You have lots to learn.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 Yourmerest whim will be catered for bythose who adore you today.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22Focus on things that bring youpleasure today and pretend thatbad things do not exist. It’s up toyou whether you’re happy or sad.
Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec.21 You may prefer to deal in factsbut today you will have to take somany things on trust.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20Something will grab hold of yourimagination and refuse to let go.
Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18Not everyone in this world is moti-vated by selfishness. Who can youhelp be a better person today?
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20.You’re special, and in some waytoday, you will prove it. Make theworld better. SALLY BROMPTON
You write it!
Write a funny caption for theimage above and send it [email protected] — the winning caption will bepublished in tomorrow’sMetro.
Caption contestSANG TAN/THEASSOCIATEDPRESS
WONG MAY-E/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFor today’s crossword answersand for expanded horoscopes, go to metronews.ca
53 Debtor’s letters54 Corn spike
“I’mnever
letting myhusband do
laundryagain!”
CHADWIN!
Min 8°Max 15°
Min 5°Max 18°
Min 8°Max 16°
TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Michele McDougall Weather Specialist “My favourite part is reporting theweather. It fascinates me, and aswe know around here, it’s alwayschanging, keeping forecasters ontheir toes”. WEEKDAYS 6AM
