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A mid-afternoon crash involving aToronto transit bus and a crane yes-terday left a 43-year-old womandead and 13 others injured.
The collision happened on busyLawrence Avenue just east of theDon Valley Parkway as the after-noon rush hour began. Residentsin the area reported hearing a loudbang when the crash occurred atabout 2:45 p.m.
TV images from the sceneshowed the bus sitting on the roadwith its front end badly crushed.
Lawrence Avenue was closed forseveral hours between Victoria Parkand Don Mills while emergencyworkers and a police accidentreconstruction team attended the
scene at Railside Road.All ramps leading from
Lawrence Avenue to the Don ValleyParkway were also closed for theinvestigation, leading to trafficback-ups in the area.
Nine people were taken to hos-pital after the collision, said Const.Hugh Smith, while four othersrefused.
A TTC spokesman could not sayhow many people were on the bus,but said he believed none of thosehurt had life-threatening injuries.
“We deeply regret the loss of lifein this incident, and our concernsare with all the other customersthat were onboard the vehicle,”Mike DeToma said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Womandies inTTC crash
Bus front crushed Nine people taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries
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Brazil is all set to samba summer awayTo the sights and sounds of a samba troupe, the third annual Brazilian Day Canada Festival wasannounced by that country’s consul at a Queen Street West restaurant yesterday. The event, heldLabour Day at Yonge-Dundas Square, will feature an array of Brazilian musicians, dancers and food.
Samba Connection’s Camila Gonzalez, front, performs with Melanie Leduc, left, and Danilo Rosa at Caju restaurant yesterday.
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The $45 million suitlaunched by office admin-istrator Sherry Good on be-half of people subject tomass arrests during theJune 2010 Toronto meet-ing of world leaders cannow ask a judge for certifi-cation.
But the $115 millionG20 suit launched by ac-tivists Miranda McQuadeand Mike Barber is stayed,Justice Carolyn Horkinsruled in a judgment re-leased to the public in On-tario Superior CourtTuesday.
Legal teams from eachproposed class actionsought an order stayingthe other.
Under court rules, onlyone can proceed for practi-cal reasons, explainedMurray Klippenstein who,with Eric Gillespie, repre-sents Good.
“The Sherry Good law-suit would include most ofthe individuals covered bythe other lawsuit,” Klip-penstein told the TorontoStar. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Lawsuits
The Good action waslaunched on behalf of peo-ple arrested or subjectedto mass detention andwho were releasedwithout charge or held atthe Eastern Avenue Deten-tion Centre.
The McQuade actiondefines its members asthose arrested, detainedassaulted or charged onJune 26 and 27, as well asall those at the detentioncentre from June 25 to 30.
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Jonathan Black
Conrad Black’s son proclaims innocence The son of former mediabaron Conrad Black isproclaiming his inno-cence as he faces trial oncharges of harassing hisex-girlfriend.
Jonathan Black says hiscase is only being subjectto media scrutiny becauseof who his father is.
“I’m a normal person,”Black said in an interviewTuesday. “Just because my
father has a case in themedia, all of a sudden thisbecomes a huge ordeal.”
Conrad Black, 66, hasbeen ordered to report toa Florida prison to serve13 more months of aprison sentence after be-ing convicted of defraud-ing investors.
But Jonathan Black, 33,is accused of sending hisex-girlfriend repeated
text messages and phonecalls over a month start-ing Dec. 17, 2010.
He faces two sets ofseparate but relatedcharges, including crimi-nal harassment, threaten-ing, and breach ofrecognizance.
He allegedly threat-ened to go after her newboyfriend as well.
“I didn’t threaten any-
body,” Black said. He said the allegations
stem from a dispute hehad with his ex-girlfriendover their plans to have achild. The baby was notborn.
“I was upset,” he said.“I don’t believe I criminal-ly harassed anybody,” hesaid. “It was a difficultbreakup.”TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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Ending violence one step at a timeThe event will take place at Yonge-Dundas Square on Sept. 29 and will showcasegroups of men walking one mile in red heels in support of the White RibbonCampaign to end violence against women.
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Nick Rodrigue, front, director of development of the White Ribbon Campaign, struts to the finish line in his red heels as he outruns supporters at the launch of the Walk a Mile in her Shoes annual fundraiser yesterday.
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Teachingsupport staffstrike loomsThe union for support staffat Ontario's communitycolleges says there’s littlehope of a deal with schoolsin time to avoid a strike.They will legally be able tostrike at 12:01 a.m. tomor-row. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Police tape stretches across the murder scene at an
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Two longtime employeeswho were killed at theirworkplace, an industrialsite northwest of Toronto,were victims of homicide,York police confirmed yes-terday.
One man was without vi-tal signs and a second manseriously injured when athird person discovered thevictims, both bleeding fromthe head, and called 911around 10:25 a.m. yester-day, York Regional Policesaid.
“One was breathing, onewasn’t,” said Sgt. Don Dal-gleish. The second man wastransported to a local hospi-tal where he later died. Theother was pronounced deadat the scene.
The victims, Bill Jones,74, and Jim Wilson, 78, hadworked at James Elliott Un-derground Construction, a
family-owned drilling andboring company that hasbeen in business for fourdecades.
One male, the newestemployee at the company,has been arrested, said Con-st. Blair McQuillan.
It was not immediatelyknown what weapons, ifany, were used in thekillings, or what caused thedispute.
The incident occurred ata construction yard southof Schomberg, just south ofHwy. 9 and west of Hwy.400.
Contacted at a conven-ience store down the road,some residents said theyheard the numerous sirensand fire trucks, police cruis-ers and ambulances yeter-day morning but wereunaware of what had takenplace. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Male employee arrested: police Deaths at construction yard
Policehandcuffboy, nineA Toronto mother saysshe is considering legalaction after her nine-year-old son with specialneeds was handcuffed bypolice at a daycarecentre, Citytv reports.
Linda Dastous says thestaff at the Fairbank Me-morial Day Care Centrecalled her on July 28, say-ing her son, Austin, wasout of control.
Austin says he becameupset after being teasedand staff moved him toan empty classroom buthe became more unrulyand he barricaded him-self in the room.
He says police brokedown the door, grabbedhis arms and puthandcuffs on him. Thecuffs were removed mo-ments later.
Police are defendingtheir decision to cuff theboy, saying their meth-ods worked and the offi-cers did the right thingby restraining him. THE CANADIAN PRESS
One year after the murderof Orangeville nurse SoniaVaraschin, police have littleto say about the investiga-tion as the search for herkiller continues.
“We’re still going tocatch this guy,” OntarioProvincial Policespokesman Pierre Cham-berland said yesterday. “Werecognize it’s been one yearsince her murder. Every daygets us closer. Our confi-
dence level is very high.”Chamberland insisted
the case is progressing, butwouldn’t say how manyDNA samples have been col-lected or how many havebeen analyzed.
“This is not CSI on televi-sion. It’s science and sci-ence takes time,”Chamberland said.
In May, the OPP openlytaunted the unknown killerat a news conference to an-
nounce they were collect-ing DNA samples from pos-sible suspects. Police havesaid Varaschin might havebeen killed by a person shemet on a dating website.
Using computer filesseized from her home, po-lice are tracking down themen who contactedVaraschin online to see ifthey can match up DNA evi-dence — or exclude them assuspects. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Sonia Varaschin skiing in Whistler, B.C.,
in this handout from her family.
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Varaschin, 42, was reportedmissing on Aug. 30, 2010 Her white Toyota Corollawas found parked in an al-ley way on Aug. 30 andwhat appeared to be bloodwas found both on the ve-hicle and at her Orangevilletownhouse.On Sept. 5, a citizen foundhuman remains in a ruralarea in the town ofCaledon, later confirmed tobe that of Varaschin. Police have not revealedthe cause of her death.
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The debate over Muslimprayers at a Toronto schoolwove its way into Eid ul-Fitr celebrations yesterday.
Speaking to a crowd ofmore than 10,000 gatheredat the Metro Toronto Con-vention Centre, JamalBadawi, a prominent au-thor on Islam, called at-tempts to stop the Fridayprayers at Valley Park Mid-dle School a form of “secu-lar fundamentalism.”
Critics, including sever-al religious groups, havecondemned the school forallowing an imam to con-duct prayer services for
Muslim students in thecafeteria.
“We strongly supportthe freedom of faith … andprayer in schools. Yes, inschools,” Badawi said tosome cheers.
His sermon marked a se-rious moment in a largelycelebratory event markingthe end of Ramadan, amonth-long fast.
The festival, which in-cludes carnival rides and abazaar, has been organizedby the Muslim Associationof Canada for 26 years.
Ahmed Hammam hadjust immigrated to Cana-
da and was looking for away to meet other Mus-lims when he first attend-ed the event two yearsago. This year, the Egypt-ian doctor volunteered asan usher.
“I feel it’s a good deedfor me,” Hammam said ashe directed worshippers tocardboard that had beenset up for them to kneelon for prayer.
Many stopped to wishhim “Eid Mubarak,” anArabic greeting for the hol-iday. “We treat everyonelike a brother and sisterhere,” he said.
Premier Dalton McGuin-ty made a brief appear-ance, thanking theattendees for their contri-butions to the province’seconomy and culture.
“Thank you for openingthe eyes of all Ontarians tothe beautiful, peaceful,loving faith that is Islam,”he said to loud cheers,adding that the province“thrives on diversity.”
Ontario’s NDP leader,Andrea Horwath, also ad-dressed the crowd.
“It shows they valueeach and everyone in thecommunity,” said Aquib
Mir, who brought his wifeand son to the event.
Mir said he’s glad thefestival was at the conven-tion centre, a change fromthe usual Exhibition Placevenue.
“It’s more prominent. Itshows that Muslims arejust like other communi-
ties, celebrating, havingfood, having fun” — an im-age that isn’t seen enoughin mainstream culture, hesaid.
The Ghani sisters —Aisha, Rukiyah andSumiyyah — have been at-tending the festival withtheir mother since theywere kids.
This year, their motheris out of town, so big sisterAisha brought the youngerones for food and shop-ping.“ We still came todaybecause it’s kind of like atradition,” she said.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
“Thank you foropening the eyesof all Ontarians tothe beautiful,peaceful, lovingfaith that is Islam.”PREMIER DALTON MCGUINTY
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Muslims pray at the Muslim Association of Canada’s Eid celebration at the Metro Convention Centre yesterday.
Premier Dalton McGuinty, inset, joined in the festivities with attendees.
Thousands gather at Convention Centre to mark Eid ul-Fitr Food, fun, and debate on prayers at schoolRamadan ends with celebration
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Aftershocksstill felt The 5.8-magnitude earth-quake that rattled Ameri-ca’s East Coast on Aug. 23continues to produce after-shocks, ranging in magni-tude from 4.5 to as little as2.0. Two happened lateMonday night. The largestwas felt last Thursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Businessban on SyriaThe Obama administrationexpanded its net of sanc-tions on Syrian PresidentBashar Assad's regime yes-terday, banning Americansfrom doing business withthe foreign minister andtwo other officials as itseeks to pressure authori-ties. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Book an ‘honest read’
The front cover of We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids book of Freedom, a graphic novel-colouring bookpublished in the U.S. that has garnered criticism for its depiction of the events of 9/11.
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The publisher of a contro-versial new children’scolouring book entitled WeShall Never Forget 9/11:The Kids’ Book of Freedomis defending the publica-tion, saying it is simply aneducational tool teachingkids about “what a group ofradicals did” to the U.S.
The book purports to tellthe story of the 9/11 terror-ist attacks from planningstages through to the assas-sination of Al Qaeda leaderOsama bin Laden this year.
Children can colour inpictures, including one ofthe burning twin towersand one of a Navy SEAL sol-dier shooting a bullet atbin Laden as he cowers be-hind a woman dressed in ahijab.
Wayne Bell, publisher ofSt. Louis, Missouri-basedReally Big Coloring BooksInc. and the book’s author,
says it is “a very clean, hon-est read.”
Ibrahim Hooper, of theCouncil on American-Is-lamic Relations, says it at-tempts to indoctrinateyoung people with stereo-types. “Hopefully, the par-ents would recognize theagenda behind this bookand not expose their chil-dren to intolerance or reli-gious hatred.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
“These attacks willchange the wayAmerica deals withand views Islamicand Muslim peoplearound the world.Today the world isa new place.”TEXT FROM THE KIDS BOOK OFFREEDOM
Author accused of stereotypingMuslims 10,000 copies have sold
STATE OF EMERGENCY
Floodinghits bysurpriseU.S. National Guard heli-copters rushed food andwater yesterday to adozen cut-off towns inthe northeastern state ofVermont after the rainyremnants of hurricaneIrene washed out roadsand bridges in a deluge.
Up to 28 centimetresof rain from the weekend
storm turned placidstreams into churning,brown torrents thatsplintered buildings,knocked homes off theirfoundations, flattenedtrees and took giant bitesout of the asphalt acrossthe countryside. At leastthree people died in Ver-mont.
“There's just a lot ofdisbelief on people'sfaces. It came through soquickly, and there's somuch damage,” said GailDevine, director of theWoodstock RecreationCentre.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The accelerated public dis-closure of tens of thousandsof previously unreleasedState Department cables bythe WikiLeaks anti-secrecyorganization has raised newconcerns about the expo-sure of confidential U.S. em-bassy sources and is provinga source of fresh diplomaticsetbacks and embarrass-ment for the Obama admin-istration, American officialssaid yesterday.
The Associated Press re-viewed more than 2,000 of
the cables recently releasedby WikiLeaks. They con-tained the identities of atleast 14 sources who hadsought protection andwhose names the cable au-thors had asked to protect.
Officials said the disclo-sure in the past week ofmore than 125,000 sensi-tive documents further en-dangered informants andjeopardized U.S. foreignpolicy goals. Officials wouldnot comment on the au-thenticity of the docu-
ments, but said the rate andmethod of the releases pre-sented new complications.
“The United Statesstrongly condemns any ille-gal disclosure of classifiedinformation,” State Depart-ment spokeswoman Victo-ria Nuland said.
“It puts individuals’ secu-rity at risk, threatens ournational security and un-dermines our effort to workwith countries to solveshared problems.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
This file photo shows a screensaver from the whistleblower website Wikileaks.
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Quick response
A crisis management teamat the State Departmenthas been set up to dealwith the matter. Officials went through theentire collection of documents they believedhas been leaked. As many named sources as possible were warnedthat their identities couldbe revealed.
Concerns rise with record WikiLeaks release
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Canadian mining project divisiveRomania's president Traian Basescu said yesterday he supports a controversialgold mining project in western Transylvania, as opponents said it could cause anenvironmental disaster. Basescu said during a visit to the proposed site that theinvestment by Canada's Rosia Montana Gold Corp. would bring jobs. The site isexpected to contain 300 tons of gold and 1,600 tons of silver.
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Three watchdog groups areasking Parliament to findout why the RCMP droppedits probe of alleged politicalinterference in the releaseof government informa-tion.
Newspapers Canada, theCanadian Taxpayers Federa-tion and the B.C. Freedomof Information and PrivacyAssociation issued a jointletter yesterday asking aHouse of Commons com-mittee to investigate thecase of Sebastien Togneri.
In 2009, Togneri, a politi-cal aide to then-publicworks minister ChristianParadis, ordered a docu-ment withheld from aCanadian Press reporterwho requested it under theAccess to Information Act.
The document, an annu-al report on the govern-ment's giant real-estateportfolio, was then re-trieved from the PublicWorks mailroom shortlybefore it was to be sent out.
Togneri was later re-
quired to appear before theCommons committee onaccess to information, pri-vacy and ethics, where heacknowledged his order to“unrelease” the documentwas a “mistake.”
And a year-long investi-gation by Canada's informa-tion commissionerconcluded Togneri had in-appropriately interferedwhen he had no legal au-thority to do so.
Suzanne Legault recom-mended the governmentsend the case to the RCMPto examine whetherTogneri's actions broke Sec-tion 67.1 of the Access to In-formation Act.
“The RCMP decision toabandon this investigationis extremely troubling,”John Hinds, president ofNewspapers Canada, said ina release.
“It appears to leave peo-ple most likely to interferewith ATI (Access to Infor-mation) requests above thelaw, and that just cannotstand.”
The RCMP's abandonedinvestigation is the secondtime the Mounties have de-clined to lay charges in ahigh-profile case involvingSection 67.1. Last fall, offi-cers decided no chargeswere warranted after a two-year investigation into thedeliberate destruction ofemails at the NationalGallery of Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Groups demandaccess to info probe
Political aide ordered document withheld RCMPdropped ‘unwarranted’ criminal investigation this month
Police seize 47 dogsNearly 50 dogs have beenseized from a home in acommunity north of OwenSound.
Police and bylaw enforce-ment officers from SouthBruce Peninsula went to thehome on Old Red Bay Roadnear Oliphant on Sunday
and pounded on the doorbut got no answer.
Concerned about thehomeowner’s condition,police went in and foundthe dogs, which have beentaken to a pet hospitalwhere they are in quaran-tine. THE CANADIAN PRESS
PM’s spokesman moving onDimitri Soudas has deliv-ered his last briefing aschief spokesman for PrimeMinister Stephen Harper.
The 32-year-old is leavingpolitics for a private-sectorjob and more family time.
Soudas was a Harper aideand adviser for nine years.
In recent years, he acted ascommunications directorand sparred regularly withjournalists over access andcontrol of information.
He was the point man ina protracted effort to forcejournalists to sign onto apredetermined list of those
allowed to question Harperduring news conferences.
Soudas was seen as a loy-alist fiercely devoted to thePM — in his farewell hecalled Harper “the bestprime minister Canada hasever had.” THE CANADIAN PRESS Dimitri Soudas
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South African police firedstun grenades, water can-nons and rubber bulletsyesterday at thousands ofstone-throwing protesters,who burned flags of theruling African NationalCongress party.
The protesters were sup-porters of Julius Malema,the fiery leader of theANC’s youth league, whowas brought before a partydisciplinary committeecharged with bringing theANC into disrepute. Hefaces possible expulsion orsuspension.
After the day of sporadicviolence, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantasheannounced that they weremoving the hearing to a se-cret location outside thecity to allow business in
the country’s economiccapital to continue unin-terrupted.
Earlier yesterday, Male-ma urged his cheering fol-lowers to be peaceful. Theyhad burned the green,black and gold party flagand T-shirts carrying im-ages of South African Presi-dent Jacob Zuma and othertop party leaders.
“You are here becauseyou love the ANC. Wemust exercise restraint,”he said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Violent protest reveals power struggleSouth African youth league
supporters call for the ouster of the country’s president
African National Congress Youth League supporters burn a party T-shirt with a portrait of
South African president Jacob Zuma in downtown Johannesburg yesterday as they protest
at the start of a disciplinary hearing against their leader Julius Malema.
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Botswana
The hearing follows theyouth league’s calls for theoverthrow of the govern-ment of neighbouringBotswana.
An official says the deathtoll has risen to 40 fromlandslides that buriedhomes in an eastern dis-trict of Uganda.
Regional informationofficer Ken Mabisi saidyesterday that the RedCross and other volun-teers are still digging forbodies in the Bulambulidistrict.
He says the Red Crosshas also started distribut-ing essential householditems to some surround-
ing communities whosecrops and houses were de-stroyed by Monday’s land-slides.
The government onMonday said 29 peoplewere killed.
The landslides followedheavy rainfall in the Bu-lambuli district, 267 kilo-metres east of Kampala.
Last year over 300 peo-ple were killed by land-slides in Bududa district inthe eastern region ofUganda.
Two weeks ago sevenpeople were killed bylandslides in Uganda’s
A woman is helped by her neighbours after finding the
body of her missing relative yesterday following a landslide.
Uganda history
Uganda gained independ-ence from Britain in 1962,maintaining its Common-wealth membership.The first post-independence election,held in 1962, was won byan alliance between theUganda People’s Congress
(UPC) and Kabaka Yekka(KY).UPC and KY formed thefirst post-independencegovernment with MiltonObote as executive PrimeMinister, the BugandaKabaka (King) Edward Mu-teesa II holding the largelyceremonial position ofPresident.
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Since the rebel takeover ofTripoli, evidence has beenmounting that MoammarGadhafi may have liedabout the death of hisadopted baby daughterHana in a 1986 Americanairstrike.
The strike hit Gadhafi’shome in his Tripoli com-pound, Bab al-Aziziya, in re-taliation for theLibyan-sponsored bombingof a Berlin nightclub earlierthat same year that killedtwo U.S. servicemen. At thetime, Gadhafi showedAmerican journalists a pic-ture of a dead baby andclaimed it was his adopteddaughter Hana — the first
public mention that sheeven existed.
Diplomats almost imme-diately questioned theclaim. But Gadhafi kept thestory alive through theyears.
Then, when investiga-tions into the 1988 Locker-bie airliner bombingpointed to a Libyan hand inthe attack, some theorizedthat Gadhafi had ordered itto avenge Hana’s death inthe U.S. airstrike.
But when Libyan rebelstook over Tripoli and Babal-Aziziya last week, theyfound a room in Gadhafi’shome with Hana’s birthcertificate and pictures of a
young woman with Hanawritten on the back, possi-ble indications that shelived well beyond infancy.A Tripoli hospital officialsurfaced, saying Hanaworked for him as a sur-geon up until the rebelscame to town.
And yesterday, Swiss of-ficials confirmed thatHana’s name had brieflyappeared earlier this yearon a Swiss government doc-ument listing the names ofsenior Libyan figures tar-geted for sanctions.
Many Libyans believeHana was never killed andtalked about her existenceopenly. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Libyan diplomat says it was common knowledge Gadhafi’s adopted baby didn’t die in 1986 U.S. airstrike
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Rebels closing in
Libyan rebels pledged yes-terday to launch an assaultwithin days on MoammarGadhafi’s hometown, theousted strongman’s lastmajor bastion of support,while a top official said therebels have a “good idea”where Gadhafi is hiding.The rebels and NATO saidthat Gadhafi loyalists werenegotiating the fate ofSirte, a heavily militarizedcity some 250 miles (400kilometres) east of thecapital, Tripoli.
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, thehead of the rebels’ Nation-al Transitional Council,said that negotiations withforces in Sirte would endSaturday after the Muslimholiday of Eid al-Fitr, whenthe rebels would “act deci-sively and militarily.”Col. Roland Lavoie, a NATOspokesman, said it’s possi-ble Sirte might surrenderwithout a fight.“We have seen dialoguesin several villages thatwere freed — I’m not saying with no hostilities,but with minimal
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An undated 1996 file photo of
Col. Moammar Gadhafi and,
presumably, his daughter Hana.
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Algeria’sHealth Ministry saysthat oustedLibyan leaderMoammarGadhafi’sdaughter hasgiven birth to
a baby girl in Algeria.An official with the
ministry says that AishaGadhafi gave birth inAlgiers yesterday.
The official provided noother information, including on where shegave birth. The official wasnot authorized to bepublicly named accordingto ministry rules.
The Algerian ForeignMinistry confirmed thatGadhafi’s wife Safia, hissons Hannibal andMohammed, and hisdaughter Aisha enteredsouthern Algeria from theLibyan border Monday.
Algerian news reportshad said Aisha’s pregnancywas one reason forAlgeria’s decision to takethe family in.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Vancouver police are put-ting a high-tech, interactivespin on the old-fashionedMost Wanted poster.
The force has launchedriot2011.vpd.ca, which cur-
rently has photos of 40 sus-pected rioters that the forceis hoping the public willhelp identify.
Police Chief Jim Chu saysthe force wants people who
recognize someone to offerthe person’s name and de-tails on how they know theindividual and also providetheir own information sopolice can contact them.
Chu defended the lack ofriot charges and said thatrushing to charge peoplewith less serious offenceswill mean a lesser kind ofjustice. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Cops want to catch riotersIndependent report on Vancouver riot to be released tomorrow Police chief wants to ensure the most serious riot charges are laid first
Alberta Tory leadershipcandidate Alison Redfordsaid she’s open to the ideaof the province helpingfund a new state-of-the artfilm production facility inCalgary.
Redford says while shewants to see the businessplan first, the conceptmeshes with her proposalto expand the role of thearts in Alberta.
Culture Minister Lind-say Blackett is trying to se-cure $32 million forAlberta Creative Hub, astate-of-art sound stageand production centre onland at Canada OlympicPark.
Blackett wants theprovince to put up a thirdof the cost.
Redford made the com-ments after releasing herpolicy platform on thearts, which focuses on put-ting more money and em-phasis on the arts inschools.
Redford says gettingschoolchildren more in-volved in such programsnot only enriches theprovince culturally, it alsogives youngsters a betterconnection to their com-munity when they becomeadults. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Canada todiscussLibya’snext stepsCanada is headed intohigh-level talks on Libyathis week with formal of-fers of assistance for thecountry as it rebuilds aftera bloody uprising.
The prime minister’schief spokesman says theintent of the meeting in
Paris is to figure out whatthe rebels’ National Tran-sitional Council actuallyneeds.
Dimitri Soudas saysCanada has the ability tocontribute on a number oflevels but first the interna-tional community needsto co-ordinate assistance.
How to help fundLibya’s reconstruction willbe a central theme for dis-cussion, with freeing bil-lions in assets seized fromthe ousted Gadhafi regimeseen as a key step forward.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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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 judge yester-day denied Paul Ceglia’s re-quest to delay Facebook’saccess to his emails so hecould voice his objectionsin court. Ceglia’s lawyerhad made the request in afiling late Monday, hopingto protect Ceglia’s privacy.
Ceglia claims he made adeal with Facebookfounder Mark Zuckerbergin 2003 that entitles him to half ownership of the$50 billion company.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.
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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
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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, Brazil.
“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 American con-sumers’ confidence in theeconomy 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
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20 – MILTON-OAKVILLE GO BUSSome changes to trips that connect with the adjusted Lakeshore West trains.
21 – MILTON GO BUSThere are 12 new weekday trips and changes to some existing trips.
31 – GEORGETOWN GO BUSThere are three new trips and changes to some existing trips.
61 – RICHMOND HILL GO BUSA new weekday southbound trip will depart Richmond Hill GO Station at 5:10 a.m., serve Langstaff GO Station at 5:22, and arrive at Union at 5:50.
A new weekday northbound trip will depart Union at 8:10 p.m., serve Langstaff at 8:35, and arrive in Richmond Hill at 8:55.
65 – BARRIE GO TRAIN & BUSOne new morning and one new afternoon train trip, 12 new bus trips, and changes to existing train and bus trips.
66 – NEWMARKET HWY. 400 GO BUSThere are two new trips and changes to some existing trips.
69 – SUTTON GO BUSThere will be minor adjustments to some weekday trips.
71 – STOUFFVILLE GO BUSA new weekday southbound trip will depart Mount Joy GO Station at 9:05 a.m., serve Markham GO Station at 9:10, and arrive at Union Station at 9:55.
A new weekday northbound trip will depart Union at 10:20 p.m., serve the Markham, Mount Joy, and Stouffville GO Stations, and arrive in Lincolnville at 11:10.
95 – OSHAWA HWY. 2 EXPRESS GO BUSThere will be minor adjustments to some weekday trips.
SCHOOL SERVICES Bus service will be increased on these routes for the school year:
15 – McMaster University Sunday and holiday trips between Aldershot andMac resume
25 – Waterloo GO Bus 33 new tripson weekends and holidays
29 – University of Guelph GO BusTwo new Friday trips
46 – Hwy. 407 West GO Bus On Route 47, between Hamilton and York, we’re adding service on Saturdays.These trips and the Sundays and holidays trips will now also serve Yorkdale GO Terminal
52 – Hwy. 407 East GO Bus Buses now serve the Richmond Hill Centre instead of Langstaff GO Station or the stops on Langstaff Rd.
88 – Peterborough GO Bus New trips on Fridays and Sundays to Trent University
93 – Durham College-UOIT GO BusExpress service between Scarborough Town Centre and campus resume
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@rickvadams:Doug Ford’smonorail plan.What? Are we
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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” this leg-islation falls drasticallyshort of an effective lev-el of environmental pro-tection for two centralreasons: Firstly, the leg-islation essentially givesexisting plants licenceto continue to pollute;secondly, it allows Max-im Power to build a new500-megawatt coal plantin Alberta before the Ju-ly deadline, thereby es-caping the newregulations.
If we are seriousabout protecting the fu-ture of our precious nat-ural resources, as well asthat of our children aswell as our planet, weneed to stop investing incoal power 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 RESENDESTORONTO
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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’s mostliveable 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 4th and 5th, hot on ourheels.
Oddly, the stupid Stanley Cup riotplayed no role in the demotion, although 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 EastSide. 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, although they say #140: lastplace Harare, Zimbabwe, is nice this time of year.
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Canuck star JasonPriestley is set to ap-pear at the GeminiAwards next month.His racy program CallMe Fitz has 16 awardnominations. Priest-ley says he’s thrilledto see widespreadrecognition for hisNova Scotia-basedcast and crew and islooking forward tothe celebration inToronto.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ed O’Neill to get HollywoodWalk of Fame star in front of
shoe store, event featuresTV wives.
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Metro recently caught upwith Shark Night 3D direc-tor David Ellis and one ofthe flick’s stars, AmericanIdol runner-up KatharineMcPhee, to see what secretsabout the film they’re will-ing to spill. As it turns out,not many.
What can you tell us, withoutgiving too much away, aboutShark Night 3D?David Ellis: There’s sharks init (laughs). It’s really weird.And a lot of the movietakes place at night.Katharine McPhee: I’m in it.DE: Kat’s in it.
KM: My character’s name isBeth. 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 makingpeople 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 and getto set and get my coffeeand my food and get inhair and makeup.
I love everything aboutit, so for me just the wholeexperience is great. Weshot in Shreveport, La., andeven though it’s not a par-ticularly exotic place, itwas gorgeous. And I justlove being in new placesand feeling like you’restarting something new.DE: I love the free food part.Like, every day when you
go to the set and they haveall this free food. But whatmade it so fun for me wasthat we had an amazingcrew and we had a cast thatwas into it 110 per cent.
Were you afraid of sharks be-fore you made the movie?KM: I’m one of those peoplewho, especially as a kid,would spend hours in theocean swimming. I loveswimming. But always inthe back of my head therewas that fear of a sharkcoming and getting you. Icould say that, yeah, thishas definitely made it a lit-tle bit more of a threat.DE: For me, I grew up in theocean as well — my wholelife in Malibu — and I’m
aware of them, you respectthem. But you have a betterchance of getting hit by acoconut than getting killedby a shark. But it’s a primalfear for people.KM: It’s just not a way youwant to go. There’s acouple other ways I couldthink of wanting to go oth-er than sharks.
How creative do you get withthe deaths in the movie?DE: Pretty creative. Eachone is different and unique.And what’s cool about it iswe had so many differenttypes of sharks. We havehammerheads and greatwhite sharks and bullsharks and cookie-cuttersharks...
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
“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 becausethey’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 Cursetried, 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 Brian
De 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 onHD.
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.
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-hind by, as Wikipedia says,
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George Clooney’s The Idesof March opens a star-stud-ded Venice Film Festival to-day, and fans will also seetwo other Hollywood ac-tor/directors, Madonna andAl Pacino, premiering theirlatest directorial efforts.
Clooney’s political dra-ma is among 23 films vyingfor the coveted Golden Li-on, which will be awardedSept. 10.
The jury will be headedby American director Dar-ren Aronofsky, a two-timeGolden Lion winner whoseBlack Swan was launchedto huge Oscar success afteropening in Venice last year.
The Ides of March tellsthe story of an ambitiouscampaign press secretary,
Clooney flick opensVenice film festival
In all, 66 movies will make their world premiereat the 68th edition of the world’s oldest festival
Man of the hour: Actor George Clooney
arrives at the Venice Film Festival, yesterday.
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One of the most highly-an-
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ond feature film, the U.K.
production W.E.
The movie intercutsbetween the romance of amodern woman and the re-lationship of American so-cialite Wallis Simpson andBritain’s King Edward VIII,who abdicated the thronefor love in the 1930s.
played by Ryan Gosling,who gets swept up in a po-litical scandal in the lastfrantic days of a heavilycontested primary race.
Clooney said the moviewas ready to begin filmingwhen Barack Obama waselected U.S. president in2008.
“Suddenly, a cynical filmabout politics seemed badlytimed. Everyone was too op-timistic,” Clooney wrote infilm notes. “It only tookabout a year before all theoptimism evaporated andthe timing seemed perfect.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Movie review See it twice 88888 | See it now 8888 | Worth watching 888 | Yawn 88 | Don’t bother 8
The DebtGenre: Thriller/DramaDirector: John MaddenStars: Helen Mirren, Sam Wor-thington and Tom Wilkinson888
The Debt is an espionagestory with a twist. In 1996
retired Mossad agentsRachel, David and Stefan(Helen Mirren, CiaránHinds and Tom Wilkinson)are heroes, acclaimed fortheir brave capture and ex-ecution of a notorious warcriminal in 1966. In flash-
back we meet the samecharacters played by Jessi-ca Chastain, MartonCsokas, and SamWorthington, learn thepersonal dynamics of themission and the key to along held secret. The flash-back sequence makes upthe bulk of the film so it’sfair to say this isn’t HelenMirren’s film, but her char-acter Rachel’s. Unusual fora spy movie, the story istold through the eyes of awoman but that addsdepth to what is essentiallya pulpy spy story.
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ABC says the 13th seasonof Dancing with the Starswill feature a mix of actors,athletes and TV personali-ties. Set to tango and quick-step with professionaldance partners will be bas-ketball star Ron Artest;World Cup soccer playerHope Solo; reality starsRobert Kardashian, KristinCavallari and Chaz Bono;TV personalities NancyGrace, Carson Kressley andRicki Lake; singer-actress
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Canadian 30 Rock enthusi-asts, prepare to set the PVR.
OMNI Television plans toair the first five seasons ofthe critically heralded com-edy series every weeknightbeginning Sept. 19.
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episodes in consecutiveorder, starting with Season1.
30 Rockstars Tina Feyas neuroticvarietyshow pro-ducer LizLemonand Alec
Baldwin as fussy networkexecutive Jack Donaghy.
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Other cast members in-clude Tracy Morgan as TracyJordan, the unpredictablestar of Lemon’s hit varietyshow and Jane Krakowskias self-absorbed actressJenna Maroney.
Season 6 of themultiple Emmy-winning seriesdebuts mid-sea-son on Citytv andNBC.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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With the anniversaryfalling on a Sunday, morethan 90 cartoonists withfive different syndicateshave banded together todedicate their strips onSept. 11 to those whoselives were lost in the at-tacks. The strips will appearfrom the writers and artistsof Family Circus, MallardFillmore, Candorville,Doonesbury and Pluggers,among others.
Jeff Keane, who co-au-thors The Family Circus,was immediately sold onthe idea.
“Because Family Circusis more of a realistic look atfamily, and I don’t neces-sarily have a cartoon that isa ‘joke a day,’ but more sen-timental and more emo-tional, it was easier for meto look at it that way,” hesaid.
Jim Borgman, the co-cre-ator of Zits with Jerry Scott,about a teenager and hisparents, called the upcom-ing anniversary somethingthat cannot be ignored.
“As a cartoonist wewould have all been won-
dering ‘Is it OK to deal withthis topic in our work?’ Ofcourse you can, but there issomething comfortingabout the thought that abunch of us are going to bestruggling to say somethingon that day,” he said.
“My colleagues — car-toonists — are an astonish-ingly varied and talentedgroup of people. I fully ex-pect we’ll see a broad rangeof approaches that day.”
It’s not the first timethat cartoonists have band-ed together. Previous ef-forts have included topicslike Earth Day and breastcancer awareness. But thescope of this endeavour isunprecedented, with fivesyndicates participating.
The comics will be fea-tured in a separate, full-
colour pullout section andonline the same day atwww.cartoonistsremem-ber911.com.
The tone is varied, saidBrendan Burford, comicseditor at King Features Syn-dicate, with some taking asentimental tack, while
others may try to make areader laugh.
Borgman and Scott saidtheirs will look at the an-niversary through teenagerJeremy’s eyes.
“Jerry Scott and I tried tothink about what Sept. 11,2001, would mean to a per-son who is now 16 years old— put aside the fact that Je-remy has been 15 or 16 for13 years now,” he said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cartoonists to commemorateSept. 11 with weekend strips
Thought bubbles, witty banter and cartoon characters deal with tragedy
A scene acknowledging 9-11 is shown in the Snuffy Smith comic strip.
“They’re going toget a milliontelevisionprograms, but thisis a unique way oflooking at it.”TONY RUBINO, WRITER OF THECOMIC DADDY’S HOME
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With all the speculationgoing around about herfamily life, Angelina Joliewants to clear a few thingsup.
“I’m not pregnant. I’mnot adopting at the mo-ment,” Jolie tells Vanity
Fair, adding that there isno “secret wedding”planned for her and BradPitt.
Jolie is more concernedwith her directorial debut,In the Land of Blood andHoney, and says that Pitt
tried his best to be helpfulduring the making of theproject.
“He’d come in and saywhat he liked or what hedidn’t understand,” shesays.
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The only thing that madeAndrew Garfield nearly sayno to being the new Spider-Man was the star status thatwould come with it.
“That was absolutely theone thing I questioned. Ithought about it for amonth, constantly,” he tellsthe L.A. Times.
“It terrifies me. I just sawthat I was given an opportu-nity to play a part that I’vebeen wanting to play since
I was a two-year-old. I don’twant the rest of it. The visi-bility thing was the onething that deterred me.”
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Kate Winslet is breakingher silence about her har-rowing escape from ahouse fire onRichard Branson’sprivate Caribbeanisland.
“I’m just gladthat everyone issafe,” Winslettells Enter-tainmentTonight.
She cred-its her hostfor his calm-
ness during the ordeal. “I will never forget
Richard placing his armsaround both my childrenas we were watching theflames, and saying, ‘At theend of the day, what yourealize is that all that mat-ters is the people that youlove. Everything else is
just stuff. And noneof that stuff mat-ters,’” Winslet re-members of herfamous host.
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Kate opens up about fire
Lindsay 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.
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that the caller was threat-ening to “harm him,” lawenforcement sources say.
There was some ques-tions raised about whowas watching the teen.
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And nobody knows it better than
Vancouver’s Dave Bouskill and
Deb Corbeil.
The adventure-seeking couple has spent
the past 13 years climbing, paddling and
trekking across five continents as
“Canada’s Adventure Couple” and travel
bloggers for The Planet D.com. Metro
caught up with them in Russia during the
über-challenging Mongol Rally, which
goes from England to Mongolia. They are
driving a “small, inappropriate car”
15,000 kilometres and are about 1/3 of the
way through the epic journey.
“Only half the teams make it to
Mongolia and we are going strong so far
without any major mechanical failures or
even having to pay any bribes,” the couple
joked during an email interview.
Deb and Dave travel to push
themselves beyond their limits. “Climbing
to the summit of Kilimanjaro or cycling
the continent of Africa makes us feel more
alive and content with our lives than at
any other moment in time,” they said.
Deb and Dave hiked to the Everest Base
Camp and were blown away by its
immensity. “Walking in the footsteps of
Sir Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Sherpa made us feel as if we were a part
of history.”
“A super way to experience a great
adventure is to try something unique
to the country you are travelling to,”
they said. Last year, they trained in
Muay Thai Kickboxing in Thailand.
“It was an amazing way to learn
about a sport that is ingrained in the
Thai culture.”
“What we love about travel is that anything
can be an adventure.” For Deb and Dave, a
great part of the adventure is finding
creative ways to pay for their journeys.
Right now, they’re using their new Gold
Rewards Card to rack up travel points as
they drive to Mongolia. – By Jon Tattrie
ADVENTURETRAVEL TAKESYOU ALL OVERTHE WORLD
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Over three seasons of the hit television
series Survivorman, Canadian survival
expert Les Stroud used his knowledge and
skills to survive for up to seven days, alone
in remote locations across the globe.
“It’s 40 years of life experience and
learning different things,” says Stroud, who
started off in the entertainment business
and believes his success is due to a mixture
of skills. This year, Stroud is also a mentor
in the Room for Thought program, where
he will lend his survivor expertise to
reaching other types of goals, specifically
bringing a great idea to fruition.
For many, adventure travel leads to rich,
unforgettable experiences with positive life
lessons. One of the most memorable
experiences in Stroud’s career was
participating in a tribal ceremony. “It was
my time in Indonesia with the shamans in
the middle of the jungle, the Mentawai, and
being tattooed with a rusty nail. Ironically
and coincidentally, it was the final show,
but it really stood out for me, it was a very
special moment.”
Contemplating your own extreme
vacation? Learn some survival skills, says
Stroud, and that starts with a bit of research
and planning.
“You want to have a guide and then
second to that, you want to make sure that
you’ve got a reputable guide,” says Stroud,
who recommends that you organize your
transportation before you get on the
ground. “When you get into remote places
transportation is tricky, especially the
timings of things.”
Stroud has come to know the importance
of planning ahead and being prepared at
home and abroad. “I like to be able to go
into a remote situation with my crew and
know that if nothing was there and no one
was there to help us, we’re self-contained
for at least a week.”
– By Duncan McAllister
LES STROUDTAKES TRAVELTO THE EXTREME
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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.
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 for
its 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 funeral home.
It became the last stop ofsorts for victims of two sig-nificant disasters of the20th century — the sinkingof the Titanic off New-foundland in April 1912and the Halifax Explosionof 1917. The explosion oc-curred when a supply ves-sel and a munitions ship
collided in the harbour,killing 2,000 people andleaving some 9,000 injured.
Shane Robilliard, theFive Fishermen’s generalmanager, says tales of cut-lery moving on its own, dis-embodied voices andshadowy figures have actu-ally been good for business.
“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’s
most recognizable sites,the Halifax Citadel Nation-al Historic Site.
The British fort, complet-ed in 1856, offers 90-minutetours exploring every darknook and cranny where theghosts of former soldiersare said to lurk.
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 seeminglyvanish. The woman wasunaware of the site’sghostly reputation and
wanted to know how theman — whom she pre-sumed to be a staff mem-ber — managed to leaveundetected from a roomwith only one exit.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Halifax haunts
Visitors claim to have seen ghosts in the garrison cells at Halifax Citadel National Historic Site.
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A series of guided fallhikes along Ontario’sBruce Trail will explorethe geology of the Ni-agara Escarpment.Seven locations on thetrail are highlighted,including Waterdown,the Credit River valley,the NottawasagaBluffs and the BrucePeninsula on GeorgianBay. Dubbed “Geology101 on Foot,” thewalks are afundraising project tosupport the Bruce TrailConservancy. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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An island to call homeAs the summer season draws to a close, now is the time to visit Nantucket if you like a more laid-back vibe
Though Nantucket swellsto about five times its year-round population duringthe summer season, it ispossible to find areas onthe island that make it feel
like you’re the only onethere. Or for a truly exclu-sive feeling, you could waita few weeks for what theislanders call the “shoulderseason,” the very happymedium between thecrowded peak and theirdesolate winters.
StayIf you can get into oneof the 12 rooms at theUnion Street Inn, theycan turn you into an is-land insider within aday. The innkeeperssupply guests with self-guided walking toursand learned conversa-tion that will make youfeel like you’re on afirst-name basis withanyone who owns a lo-cal business. Plus, theirbreakfast menu showsthat running a truly ex-ceptional bed andbreakfast depends onpaying attention toboth B’s.
EatWhile we’re on the topicof delicious food, Ameri-can Seasons is a comfort-ably funky eatery a fewblocks away from the cob-blestone hustle and bus-tle. Those in the knowtake the extra walk to de-light in chef Michael LaS-cola’s artistic menuchoices. We can’t recom-mend enough the CrispyPork Belly and Seared Oc-topus on a bed ofhomemade kimchee. Ifyou like their pig, youmay want to go to the is-land on the second weekin October for their Hog-toberfest. Another top
choice for dining is Cora-zon del Mar with Mexicancuisine so authentic that
it may finally dispel themyths of the island as alily-white enclave.
SeeSpeaking of unexpected,the Nantucket WhalingMuseum has taken whatcould have been an em-barrassing relic of a cruel
and outdated economicengine and turned it intoan informative andentertaining experience.The island has come toterms with its whaling
past and details it withmultimediapresentations, weapondemonstrations and live-ly live narration abouthow before the island
transitioned into tour-ism, it was for a brieftime the centre of theworld. This is all doneunderneath a giganticwhale skeleton.
Don’t miss this!If you visit the island before the end of the month,you need to see artist Tom Deininger’s display at theGallery at Four India. This self-portrait does not dojustice to the genius of this Rhode Island-basedartist. See, this is not a painting. This is a carefullyassembled three-dimensional hodge podge of babydolls, sneakers, cassette tapes and discardedelectronics. Amazing!
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ExperienceIf there is any part ofyour journey toNantucket that is a“how the other halflive” exploration, thenyou need to do the 20-minute bluff walk inSiasconset. Stretchingalong the elbow of theisland, the path literal-ly takes you throughthe backyards of someof the most beautifulhomes on the island,preceded by the quintes-
Sankaty lighthouse is located on the eastern shore of Nantucket.
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Artist Tom Deininger takes junk and repurposes it
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Jamaica has a
Dogsled team
You can find a perfect ex-ample of the Jamaicanspirit in an unexpectedplace: the Chukka CoveFarm, home to the 30 orso mutts that comprisethe Jamaican dogsledteam.
“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
Chukka farm offers visi-tors an opportunity to rideon a dry-land sled pulledby 15 dogs, all of themstrays that Chukka hasadopted. It’s one of severalthrill rides offered byChukka Caribbean Adven-tures.
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, which
include 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 onlyever seen sled dogs on tele-vision, 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 thisall about?’” says Melville.
Visitors who take thetour will get to meet andgreet the dogs before theride.
They’ll also get to expe-rience the only dogsledmuseum south of the Arc-tic Circle before thethrilling ride.
“When we hook up 15or 16 dogs to that sled, youfly,” says Melville.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Farm near Ocho Rios offers visitors the chance to take a dogsled ride inan unlikely locale Founder inspired by dry-land sleds he saw in Alberta
A musher takes tourists for a dogsled ride through the Jamaican countryside.
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An exhibit of Edward Hop-per’s paintings of Maine isbreaking attendancerecords at the Bowdoin Col-lege Museum of Art inBrunswick, but it’s just oneof three top-notch shows atmuseums around Mainethis summer and fall.
Combine a trip to see allthree — the others are anAndrew Wyeth show atthe Farnsworth Art Muse-um in Rockland and a1930s photography exhibitat Colby College in Water-ville — with shopping inFreeport, the CoastalMaine Botanical Gardensin Boothbay, leaf-peeping,dining and maybe a trip toa spa, and you have an ide-al itinerary for a Septem-ber getaway.
In Maine and many oth-er places, leisure traveltakes on a more grown-up
flavour after the kids areback to school. The CoastalMaine Botanical Gardensnot surprisingly gets morevisitors age 55 and up afterLabour Day, especially onweekdays, but Septemberis also a lush time of yearto see the garden. Perenni-
als have had the whole sea-son to grow, flowers stayin bloom through earlyfall, and the trees start totake on colour. Follow avisit to the garden with alobster lunch in BoothbayHarbor for a perfect day.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maine attractionThree top-notch art shows arrive in museums in
Maine this fall It’s a perfect getaway for art lovers
This image, by Berenice Abbott, is part of an exhibit at
Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
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St. James Cathedral,north side of KingStreet, east of Church
Why it’s specialTowering 93 metres,this majestic AnglicanChurch has the tallestchurch spire in Canada.
Neat details
The body of thechurch was erected in1853 but because of fi-nancing difficulties, itwasn’t until almost 20years later that thetower, spire, pinnaclesand porches wereadded. This is wheremembers of the royalfamily worship whenthey’re in Toronto (theQueen was there lastsummer!)
St. Lawrence Market,Front Street and Jarvis
Why it’s specialThe market buildingon the south side ofFront is 200 years oldand originally housedToronto City Hall. To-day, it’s probably thebiggest market in thecity with over 120shops and vendors.
Neat detailsToronto’s original CityHall was incorporatedinto the south market.The second floor Mar-ket Gallery was oncethe city’s CouncilChamber with lovelyarched windows aswell as the old mayor’schair.
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‘Flat Iron’ building,corner of Front Streetand Wellington
Why it’s specialCirca 1892, this is oneof the most eye-catch-ing buildings in thecity. It is nicknamed‘flat iron’ because itsshape is reminiscent ofan old heavy flat iron.
Neat detailsThe official name isthe Gooderham build-ing (named after theman who took overthe Gooderham andWorts distillery). Thestructure itself has asandstone base, redbrick and terra cottaornamental trim, acopper roof, andcurved windows.
The Old Post Office atAdelaide Street, justeast of George
Why it’s specialThis was the first postoffice in the City ofToronto, dated 1828.The plain red brickbuilding was also thehome of postmasterJames Scott Howard(postmasters oftenresided where theyworked back then). Itwas restored in the late1970s following a fire.
Neat details The post office is stilloperational… you cansit in the readingroom and write a let-ter with a featherdipped in ink.
St. Lawrence Hall atKing Street, just west of Jarvis
Why it’s specialBuilt in 1850,politicians would gath-er in the stunningwood-paneled roomsof St. Lawrence Hall.Sir John A. McDonald(Canada’s first primeminister) no doubt,held their interestmany times.
Neat detailsSocialites in their fin-ery danced in the thirdfloor Grand Ballroom.
Marta O’Brien, who organ-izes historic walks(www.citiwalks.ca),designed this historicwalking tour of old Toron-to. It includes sites on theedge of the original Townof York, which was found-ed in 1793.
A quick
history lesson
In the 17th century, theToronto area was home toa number of First Nationsgroups who lived on theshore of Lake Ontario.
The first permanent Euro-pean presence was Frenchtrading Fort Rouillé, whichwas established in 1750.
The first large influx of Eu-ropeans was by United Em-pire Loyalists fleeing theAmerican Revolution.
In 1793, Toronto, thenknown as York, was namedcapital of the new colonyof Upper Canada.
York was the site of a ma-jor battle during the Warof 1812 and was incorpo-rated and renamed Toron-to in 1834.
The city steadily grew dur-ing the 19th century andtoday Toronto is Canada’slargest city.
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Old Fort York
The settlement of modernToronto actually began in1793 when LieutenantGovernor John Graves Sim-coe built a garrison on thepresent site of Fort York.The fort was destroyed byU.S. forces in 1813, and inthe brief U.S. occupationthat followed, the townwas subjected to muchlooting and arson. Today, the fort is a historicmuseum complete with musket,drill and music demonstrations.Check fortyork.ca. Admission:Adults: $7.62; seniors and children13 and older: $3.81; children 12and under: $2.86. Hours (until
Sept. 5 inclusive): Monday to Sun-day 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Address: 100Garrison Road. Take the 511 street-car south from Bathurst subwaystation. There is a foot bridge con-necting Bathurst Street to the fort’seastern gate.
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The Distillery District
A whiskey distillery district in the 1800s, the Vic-torian-era industrial buildings now house artsygalleries, boutiques and cafes. It’s a great spotto wander. Take the King streetcar to Parliament and walksouth. thedistillerydistrict.com
Mackenzie House
This charming gallery is a recreated 1850s printshop… it was once the home of Toronto’sfamous first mayor William Lyon Mackenzie andthe rumour is that it’s haunted. Direction: 82Bond Street (near Dundas and Yonge). Adults:$5.71, seniors and youth to age 18: $2.62, chil-dren (5-12 yrs.): $2.38, children 4 and underfree. Hours to Labour Day: Tues.–Sun., noon-5p.m.toronto.ca/culture/mackenzie_house.htm
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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
This Cold Ham and Cheese Casserole
takes 10 minutes to make.
ALL PHOTOS: MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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This recipe makes eight to 10 servings.
Fresh, locally grownplums and nectarinesgive this fruit crisp a fab-ulous twist. The dessert isquick and easy to prepareand will leave a lastingimpression on friendsand family.
Preparation:
1 Filling: In a large bowl,place nectarines,plums, sugar, flour andcinnamon; toss to coat.Transfer fruit mixtureto a lightly greased 20-by-28-cm (8-by-11-inch)glass baking dish.
2 Topping: In a separatelarge bowl, combineflour, rolled oats, sug-ar, cinnamon, salt andbutter. Usingfingertips, work butterinto mixture until com-bined and coarsecrumbs are formed.Sprinkle over fruit andbake in a 180 C (350 F)oven for 45 to 50 min-utes.
3 Serve warm with vanil-la ice cream.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ONTARIO TENDER FRUITPRODUCERS
Ingredients:
Filling• 500 ml (2 cups) pittedand sliced nectarines orpeaches• 500 ml (2 cups) pittedand sliced plums• 125 ml (1/2 cup) granu-lated sugar• 125 ml (1/2 cup) all-pur-pose flour• 3 ml (3/4 tsp) cinnamon
or nutmegTopping
• 250 ml (1 cup) all-purpose flour• 125 ml (1/2 cup) rolledoats• 500 ml (2 cups) brownsugar• 3 ml (3/4 tsp) cinnamonor nutmeg• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) salt• 150 ml (2/3 cup) unsalt-ed butter, cold, cut intopieces
Makes six to eight servings.
BOTH PHOTOS: THE CANADIAN PRESS H/O
Take advantage of thesummer’s bounty ofberries and other fruits tomake this beautiful pie.Raspberries, ever-bearingstrawberries, blueberriesand others will star in thisluscious dessert to servefamily and friends.
Preparation:
1 Prepare and bake pieshell according to pack-age directions for abaked pie shell. Setaside to cool
2 In a medium heatproofbowl, whisk egg yolks,sugar and flour.
3 In a saucepan, heat milkuntil almost boiling. Re-move from heat; add toegg mixture, 50 ml (1/4cup) at a time, whiskingcontinuously until allmilk has been added.Return egg-milk mixtureto saucepan, add vanillaand cook over medium-low heat, whisking con-tinuously, until custardhas thickened to a con-sistency similar to pud-
ding, 5 to 7 minutes.
4 Place plastic wrapdirectly onto surface ofcustard.
5 Spoon cold custard intobaked pie shell and top
with sliced fruit. Beforeserving, sprinkle with adusting of icing sugar.Serve the same day ofmaking. Refrigerate anyleftovers.THE CANADIAN PRESS/TENDERFLAKE
Ingredients:
• 1 deep-dish frozen pieshell• 2 egg yolks• 50 ml (1/4 cup) sugar• 50 ml (1/4 cup) flour
• 250 ml (1 cup) whole milk• 10 ml (2 tsp) vanillaextract• Assorted berries andsliced kiwi• Icing sugar, for garnish
44 work & education metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
As a second-year businessstudent tired of spendingmy summers working in re-tail, I jumped at the oppor-tunity to enrol in theco-operative education op-tion (co-op) offered at myschool.
I joined co-op under theimpression that I would eas-ily be able to secure mean-ingful summeremployment, but I quicklydiscovered this was not thecase.
I applied to countlessjobs and had no difficultygetting interviews; myproblem lay in receiving anactual job offer.
I left each interview feel-ing as if it had gone well,only to be informed a fewdays later that I had not
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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 to de-velop career-related skillsand build your resumé. Get to know yourprofessors and attend asmany on-campus network-ing events as you can. Al-though relevant skills anda strong GPA areimportant, my story high-lights that who you knowis often equally as impor-tant.
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 applies
for back-to-schoolshopping. There are manypurchase temptations toabstain from, even for thestrong-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-
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been chosen as the success-ful candidate for the job.And I was not alone. Severalof my fellow classmateswere experiencing the ex-act same dilemma.
As a well-qualified appli-cant, this frustratingprocess led me to wonderwhich students were beingselected for these jobs. Itturned out that studentswith more experience and
education, such as thirdand fourth years and gradu-ates with whom I could notcompete, were gettingthose offers.
Employers shouldn’toverlook the applications ofpromising young studentssimply because they lackexperience.
Students who activelyachieve and aim to improvethemselves should be given
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To compete with moreexperienced applicants,younger students shouldtake advantage of the manyopportunities offered byuniversities, such as volun-teering, conferences andcompetitions.
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Young scholars arebreaking the cycle
A recent Statistics Canadastudy has found that peoplewhose parents didn’t gradu-ate from university arenearly twice as likely to geta degree today than theywere 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 nearly
tripled to 28 per cent.But Martin Turcotte, a
senior analyst at StatisticsCanada 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 decreas-ing gap,” said Turcotte.
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. “Peoplewith parents who have auniversity education aretwice as likely to get the de-gree themselves, comparedto other people.”THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Your pre-boot planKeep those contacts close in case the worst happens
Should the axe fall andyour job get severed, careercounsellors warn, you’llhave to get by with a littlehelp from your friends.
Except, big problem: Ifyou’re like the average laidoff employee, your friendswill all be left behind inthat same burning build-ing.
That’s why career coun-sellors recommend you fos-ter industry friendships farbeyond the block whereyou work, while you’re stillworking.
“It’s much easier to havethat network ready in placewhen you need it than to try to scramble and con-nect the people at the lastminute,” About.com job-seekers’ guru Alison Doylecautions. “Then all of a sud-den you’re begging people.”
And that, she explains, iswhat you’d least like to bedoing: scrounging strangersfor jobs.
Instead, agrees Connect-ing With Success authorKathleen Barton, your network should be in con-stant development, a regu-lar exchange of favours andtips.
“It’s about building mu-tually beneficial relation-ships, where you’re not
always asking for helpwhen you’re contactingthem,” she says. “Maybeyou’re giving updates, orfinding out how they’re do-ing, or how you can supportthem.”
Or maybe you’re justcalling to say howdy — onefriendly lunch hour phonecall at a time.
Find The Little Reasons
Great networking, Bartonoffers, is about seizingthose little excuses to reachout to a mere acquaintance.
“There are so many cre-ative ways you can do that,”she says. Holidays help —and not just the passé oneslike Christmas and birth-days. Think Halloween, shesuggests.
“Rather than Christmas,when everybody gets cards,I send Thanksgiving cardsto let them know I'm think-ing about them,” she adds.
Lombardifree ofconcussionsymptomsLeafs centre Matthew Lom-bardi has been declaredfree of concussionsymptoms, but might stillmiss the start of trainingcamp, says GM BrianBurke.
“He is cleared for full ac-tivity on the bike,” Burkesaid in a phone interview.“The last report I got hewas doing 20-plus minuteswithout symptoms. He hasbeen declared symptom-free and now it’s about get-ting the workload back up.”
The Leafs knew full wellwhen they acquired himand defenceman CodyFranson from Nashvillethat Lombardi had aconcussion. He played onlytwo games last season andthe Leafs are hoping thecentre can return to form,but won’t rush him.
With concussions, teamsknow there are no guaran-tees. Penguins star SidneyCrosby had advancedfurther than Lombardi —skating at about 90 percent — but recently isreported to have suffered asetback.
“I don’t believe he willbe there for the first day oftraining camp,” said Burke.“He may, but it’s not clearhe will. But we’re verypleased with his progress.”
A healthy Lombardiwould give the Leafs plentyof speed at centre, aposition where the teamnow has some depth withfree agent Tim Connolly,Mikhail Grabovski andTyler Bozak, plus prospectsJoe Colborne and NazemKadri. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Can they make the cut?Recent history suggeststwo of them will still bewearing NHL sweaters inOctober.
As Ryan Nugent-Hop-kins, Gabriel Landeskogand Jonathan Huberdeaupulled on the uniform oftheir new NHL teams Tues-day morning, each ex-pressed a strong desire tocontinue wearing it all sea-son. With training campsapproaching, the top threepicks from June’s draft feeltantalizingly close to final-ly realizing their NHLdream.
“I just want to wear thissweater and I just want toget on the ice and play,”said Nugent-Hopkins,sporting a blue and orangeNo. 93 Edmonton Oilershome jersey.
The 18-year-old centrehas spent a considerableamount of time in the gymsince being selected withthe No. 1 pick at the XcelEnergy Center in Minneso-ta.
Nugent-Hopkins esti-mates that he’s added 12pounds to his six-footframe over the summerand now weighs in atabout 177 pounds. It wasdone with an eye on crack-ing the Oilers roster out oftraining camp.
“Hopefully that willhelp me,” said Nugent-Hopkins. “I’m not too fo-cused on my weight rightnow, I’m just going to fo-cus on how well I play andjust playing as good as Ican. Obviously, the weightwas a little bit of an issueso I tried to address it asmuch as I could.”
The only No. 1 pick whodidn’t jump straight to theNHL since the lockout wasdefenceman Erik Johnson,who spent a season at theUniversity of Minnesotarather than join the St.Louis Blues in 2006. Over-all, 11 of the 18 players tak-en in the top three spotsbetween 2005 and 2010went directly to the NHL.
It was no coincidencethat Nugent-Hopkins, Lan-deskog and Huberdeauwere grouped together yes-terday at the NHLPA’s rook-ie showcase, an eventwhere 26 prospects tookthe ice and posed for pho-
tos that will be used ontheir first NHL tradingcards.
They’ve been fieldingquestions about whetherthey were ready to play inthe NHL right away sincebefore the draft. The focuson them will only intensifyin the coming weeks dur-ing rookie tournamentsand their first trainingcamps.
“It’s something thatcomes along with (being atop pick),” said Landeskog,who sported a No. 92 Col-orado Avalanche jersey. “Isee pressure as a positivething. I want high expecta-
tions (placed on) myself.That’s why I play this game— I want to get betterevery day.”
He’ll travel to Denver onWednesday and plans topick the brain of teammateMatt Duchene, who was se-lected third in the 2009draft and joined the Ava-lanche the following sea-son.
Many believe Landeskogis in the best positionamong this year’s draftclass to earn a job becausehe’s physically mature andtrying to crack the roster ofa rebuilding team. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Oilers pick Nugent-Hopkins, other top prospects seeking first NHL jobs
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins talks to the media yesterday.
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A former NBA player who isaccused of shootingan Atlanta woman todeath appeared to beretaliating for beingrobbed of $55,000 USworth of jewelry, po-lice said.
Javaris Crittentonwas arrested late Monday at a Southern Californiaairport. He has beencharged with murder in the Aug.19 shooting death ofJullian Jones outside her house inAtlanta, FBI spokes-woman LauraEimiller said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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More than two years intohis quest for Canadian citi-zenship, Matt Bonner re-mains grounded by redtape.
So the former Raptor,known in Toronto as the“Red Rocket,” will watchwith fingers crossed asCanada’s men’s basketballteam bids this week for aspot in the 2012 Olympics.And then he can only hopehe receives his passport intime to suit up in London ifthe Canadians do qualify.
“I’m just kind of waitingand hoping,” Bonner saidin a phone interview. “It’shard to talk about becauseit’s kind of a bummer.”
The 31-year-old, nowwith the San AntonioSpurs, owns a home inToronto. His wife Nadia,
whom he met while withthe Raptors, and daughterEvangeline-Vesper areCanadian. He also has agrandfather from New-foundland.
Yet, Bonner’s applicationfor citizenship has been de-nied once, based partly, ac-cording to Canadian coach
Leo Rautins, on the amountof time he spends in thecountry.
“I feel bad for him. He’sdying to play, he wants toplay,” Rautins said.
Bonner said his passportisn’t all about basketball.He plans to make his homein Toronto once he retiresand would apply for Cana-dian citizenship regardless.
The Canadians tip offthe FIBA Americas tourna-ment today against Brazilin Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
The top-two finishersearn berths in London,while the third- throughfifth-place finishers willplay in a second-chancetournament next summerto determine the finalthree Olympic entries.THE CANADIAN PRESS
“I just thought itwould be awesometo be able to getmy passport andrepresent mycountry.”MATT BONNER
‘Red Rocket’ waitingto wear red and white
Canada Basketball vies for Olympic berth as formerRaptor fan favourite struggles to obtain passport
sports 49metronews.caWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011
Grand openings in
New YorkNo. 1’s advance
Novak Djokovic began his
first-round match at the
U.S. Open yesterday with a
121 mph service winner
and never looked back in
his first match since Aug.
21.
The top-seeded Djokovicbuilt a 6-0, 5-1 lead beforequalifier Conor Niland ofIreland, who had food poi-soning, stopped after 44minutes.Earlier yesterday, women’stop seed Caroline Wozniac-ki — who’s been rankedNo. 1 for most of the pastyear but has yet to win aGrand Slam trophy — de-feated 125th-ranked NuriaLlagostera Vives of Spain 6-3, 6-1.Sixth seed Li Na was upset6-2, 7-5 by 53rd-ranked Si-mona Halep of Romania.Li’s record is now 5-6 sincebecoming China’s first ma-jor singles champion inJune when she won theFrench Open.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns against Conor Niland
in the Flushing neighbourhood of the Queens
borough of New York City.
Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot in his 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-5
win over Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan yesterday.
Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark
serves against Nuria Llagostera
Vives of Spain.
Djokovic proves on Day 2 of U.S. Open that he’sfeeling fine after missing time with sore shoulder
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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 Toyotawas 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-
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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.
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Forget hybrids and electrics Mazda sets its sights on mainstream buyers
alternate means of propul-sion, including electricand/or hydrogen power aswell as gas-electric hybridvehicles.
Not Mazda.The company plans to
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That means better trans-missions, stronger andlighter bodies, better elec-tronics, improved aerody-namics and even bettersteering.
The new SkyActiv 2.0-litre gasoline four-cylinderengine has an unusuallyhigh compression ratio,which is the cylinder vol-ume with the piston at thebottom of its cycle, versus
the compressed cylindervolume with the piston atthe top. Typically, this ratiois between 10:1 and 12:1,the latter for performancevehicles running premiumfuel to stifle detonation.The SkyActiv engine also
SkyActiv, according to Mazda, incorporates updated suspension and sharper
steering as well as a stiffer and lighter platform, at least when it comes to the
Mazda3. The 2012 Mazda3 will be the first SkyActiv Mazda available.
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has 12:1 compression, but,amazingly, uses regular-grade fuel.
Mazda says that a highercompression ratio increasesthermal efficiency, which isa good thing. Compared toMazda’s conventional 2.0-
litre four-cylinder, the Sky-Activ engine increasestorque by 15 per cent, cutsthe carbon dioxide emis-sions by 15 per cent andboosts fuel economy by 15per cent.
If the SkyActiv gasoline
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Here, Mazda has rejectedthe conventional high-com-pression approach and cre-ated the world’s
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But SkyActiv is morethan just engines. Therewill also be improvements
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In addition, a lighter, yetmore rigid body structure ispart of the SkyActiv plan, aswell as major changes tothe suspension and steeringsystems that are meant todeliver a more comfortable,agile drive.
From a business stand-point, SkyActiv certainlyhas merit.
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30%Mazda executiveKiyoshi Fujiwara saidthe company has agoal to improve fueleconomy of its cars 30per cent by 2015.
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From the road to the roof: Recycling tires Ever wonder where your old tires ended up? It may have been used as landscape mulch or on sports fields
In the past, used tires wereprimarily a waste productin Ontario, thrown intolandfills or shipped to areasthat had recycling facilities.Now they’re a hot com-modity under a programthat collects and sendsthem to be turned into newproducts.
“Last year we recycledsomewhere in the realm of11 million tires,” says An-drew Horsman, executivedirector at Ontario TireStewardship (OTS), the in-dustry-run association thatadministers the program.
“We have seven compa-nies who are using (recy-cled tire) rubber in themanufacture of finished
products, and by the end ofthis year we will have 10.”
Recycling starts withseparating the three maincomponents of the tire: itsrubber, steel, and nylon orpolyester fibre.
It’s mostly done throughambient grinding, wherethe tire is shredded at am-bient temperature by hugemetal cutters. A smaller
percentage is done with ahigh-tech method calledcryogenic grinding. Thetire is cut into fist-sizedpieces that are then frozenwith liquid nitrogen andshattered with a hammermill.
The steel in the tire is re-cycled by steel mills, while“fibre is the problemchild,” Horsman says. Most
of it is currently burned torun cement kilns and someis used for animal bedding,but Horsman says researchis ongoing to find a use forit in molded projects.
Most of the tire is rubberand there are many mar-kets for it. Loose shreds areused for such things aslandscape mulch andsports fields, especially rub-
ber that’s been groundcryogenically, since itsunique shape resists com-paction and provides bettershock absorption.
Chopped rubber, calledcrumb, can be turned intoa wide range of products in-cluding car parts, landscap-ing and floor tiles, doormats, roof shingles, live-stock mats and carpet or
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are not only ‘green’ be-cause they’re recycled, butthey perform better thanthe products they’re replac-ing,” Horsman says.
“There’s a roof shingleof composite materialmade from recycled rubberand it’s on par with a steelroof. It’s a number of timesmore expensive than an as-phalt shingle, but the in-stalled warranty is 50 yearsand the product is recycla-ble at the end of its life.You’ll replace an asphaltroof three to four times be-fore you need to replaceone of these.”
Horsman says that roadsbuilt with rubberized as-phalt have been successful-ly proven in Saskatchewanand several U.S. states, andthat OTS is working tobring the product to On-tario.
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Global productiondown at Japaneseautomakers in July
Honda suffers sixth-straight month of decline Nissan bucks trend, instead setting company record
Most Japanese automakersreported lacklustre vehicleproduction and sales forJuly, underscoring ongoingmalaise in the industry asit grapples with a strongyen, precarious globaleconomy and recoveryfrom the March 11 tsuna-mi.
Worldwide productionat Toyota Motor Corp. fell6.1 per cent from a yearearlier to 594,614 vehicles,the company said yester-day. Its domestic sales ofpassenger cars, trucks andbuses tumbled more than35 per cent, and exportsfell 5 per cent due to weak-er shipments to NorthAmerica.
Toyota, however, said itsproduction returned to lev-els that were near to whatit had planned before theMarch earthquake andtsunami struck Japan’snortheastern coast, wipingout auto parts suppliers.
The automaker ispreparing to ramp up pro-duction in the coming
months to make up for thecapacity lost to the disas-ter. Between October andMarch 2012, the automak-er plans to build an extra350,000 vehicles.
The numbers wereworse at Honda Motor Co.,where global productiontumbled more than 34 percent to 206,727 vehicles inJuly. It was the sixth-straight month of decline.
Honda’s domestic salesof vehicles fell 31.5 percent and exports retreatedmore than 19 per cent.
Standing above the
crowd was Nissan MotorCo., which continued togain momentum and setcompany records in July.
The Yokohama-basedautomaker recorded an al-most 18 per cent jump inworldwide output to388,680 vehicles — itsbest-ever July perform-ance. Production in theU.S. benefited fromstronger demand for theAltima sedan, Nissan said.
Although Nissan’s Japansales fell 17 per cent in vol-ume terms, global salesoverall rose 8 per cent. Ex-ports surged more than 23per cent.
Among Japan’s othercar makers, Suzuki MotorCorp. posted a 3.6 per centdecline in global produc-tion to 228,147 vehicles.
Worldwide output atMazda Motor Corp. fell al-most 13 per cent to103,384 vehicles. At Mit-subishi Motors Corp., it de-clined about 5 per cent to97,862 vehicles.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Off er(s) available on all new 2011 models through participating dealers to qualifi ed customers who take delivery by August 31, 2011. Dealers may sell for less. Some conditions apply. Retailer order/trade may be necessary. Off ers are subject to change without notice. See dealer for complete details. Vehicle images shown may include optional accessories and upgrades. All off ers exclude licensing,registration, insurance, PPSA, applicable taxes and variable dealer administration fees (up to $699). Model shown includes optional accessories and may not appear exactly as shown. **0% purchase fi nancing available on all 2011 models on approved credit (OAC). Term varies by model and trim. Financing example based on 2011 Kia Soul 2.0L 2u MT (SO551B) with a selling price of $20,379, fi nanced at 0% APR for 48 months. Monthly payments equal $425 with a down payment/equivalent trade of $0. Cost of borrowing is $0, for a total obligation of $20,379. Delivery and destination fees ($1,650), other fees ($34), OMVIC fee, Environmental Fee and A/C tax (where applicable) are included. License, insurance, applicable taxes, variable dealer administration fees (up to $699), PPSA and registration fees are extra. Financing example excludes $1,000 loan credit. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details. “Don’t Pay For 90 Days” on select models (90-day payment deferral) applies to purchase fi nancing off ers on all models on approved credit (OAC) (2011 Sportage/Sorento/Borrego/Sedona excluded). No interest will accrue during the fi rst 60 days of the fi nance contract. After this period, intereststarts to accrue and the purchaser will repay the principal interest monthly over the term of the contract. Bi-weekly fi nance payment for 2011 Rondo EX 7-SEAT (RN753B) is $139 and is based on an MSRP of $25,579 with an APR of 1.49% for 60 months, amortized over an 84-month period. Remaining balance of $7,138 plus applicable taxes due at end of 60-month period. Loan credit of $1,500, deliveryand destination fees of $1,650, other fees of $34, OMVIC fee, Environmental Fee and A/C tax ($100, if applicable) are included. License, insurance, applicable taxes, variable dealer administration fees of up to $699, PPSA and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details. ‡Loan credit (cash savings) for 2011 Kia Sorento LX AT (SR540B)/2011 Kia Soul 2.0L 2u MT (SO551B) is $1,250/$1,000, and is available on purchase fi nancing only on approved credit (OAC). Loan credit varies by model and trim. Cash purchase price for 2011 Kia Sportage LX AT (SP75BB) is $23,079 and includes a cash credit of $3,000, based on an MSRP of $26,079. Delivery and destination fees of $1,650, other fees of $34, OMVIC fee, Environmental Fee and A/C tax ($100, where applicable) are included. License, insurance, applicable taxes, PPSA, dealer administration fees of up to $699 and registration fees are extra. Retailer may sell for less. See dealer for full details. Available at participating dealers. Highway/city fuel consumption of these vehicles may vary. These estimates are based on the Government of Canada’s approved criteria and testing methods. Refer to the Government of Canada publicationEnerGuide Fuel Consumption Guide. ̂ 2011 Kia Sportage/2011 Kia Sorento/2011 Kia Soul awarded the Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The award is applicable to all 2011 Sportage models manufactured after March 2010. Visit www.iihs.org for full details. 2011 Kia Sportage awarded Car of the Year by Motoring 2011 for Best SUV/CUV (under $40,000) and overall Car of the Year. Visitwww.motoringtv.com for full details. °The Bluetooth® word mark and logo are registered trademarks and are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Some conditions apply to the $500 Grad Rebate Program and $750 Kia Mobility Program. See dealer for details. Information in this advertisement is believed to be accurate at the time of print. For more information on our 5-year warranty coverage, visit kia.caor call us at 1-877-542-2886. Kia Canada is the offi cial automotive sponsor of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD Canada). KIA is a trademark of Kia Motors Corporation.
