metronews.ca | twitter.com/themetrolondon | facebook.com/themetrolondon News worth sharing. Also on Tuesday, city council: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 angela mullins • Approved spending $360,183 to overhaul the city’s website. • Deadlocked on setting the tax target for 2013 at no increase. The alternative-rock band will attempt a Guinness World Record for most live shows performed in 24 hours Other business [email protected] page 6 page 9
metronews.ca | twitter.com/themetrolondon | facebook.com/themetrolondon Wednesday, June 27, 2012 LONDON News worth sharing. HOW SWEDE IT IS MATS SUNDIN BECOMES THE SECOND SWEDE TO ENTER THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME, JOINING FELLOW LEAFS GREAT BORJE SALMING PAGE 17 Hey, London, this Bud really is for you. That will be the message in the city core this fall when the John Labatt Centre is renamed Budweiser Gardens. City council approved the renaming 12-3 on Tuesday — giving the final go-ahead to a deal Global Spectrum, the venue manager, and Labatt say they have been negotiating for more than a year. The dollar value of the 10- year naming-rights contract is not being made public, some- thing Brian Ohl, the venue’s general manager, said is stan- dard practice for Global Spec- trum. It’s worth 28 per cent more than the contract that established the JLC’s existing name, set to expire in October. A market analysis by a Global Spectrum-hired consult- ant showed new deals for other venues are bringing in less than in the past, Ohl said. “We feel that we’ve got a very generous and very fair number,” he told a city com- mittee on Tuesday. Although the city owns the JLC, council’s official blessing of the name is more or less a matter of protocol, city staff said. Councillors had a legal obligation to approve the new name unless it could be con- sidered “offensive,” officials said. Several councillors said they are not big fans of the new name. Having “John Labatt” on the marquee better represents London’s history, they said. Of- ficials from Labatt and Global Spectrum said the Labatt herit- age will continue to be cele- brated at the centre. Labatt has been brewing Bud here since 1981 and says it’s the most popular beer in Canada. “I’m sentimental, too, to the (name) John Labatt Centre. I’m sure it always will affectionate- ly in London be called the JLC,” Mayor Joe Fontana said. But Budweiser Gardens, he added, will resonate “nation- ally and internationally.” Meet you at Budweiser Gardens. City council approves new name for JLC A centre fit for the ‘King of Beers’ Sold on London ‘Come for business, stay for life’: That’s the tagline of a new video aimed at attracting skilled workers to the Forest City PAGE 3 Desperate rescue Searchers ramp up their efforts at the collapsed mall in Elliot Lake with a robotic arm worthy of Transformers PAGE 6 Read their Flaming Lips The alternative-rock band will attempt a Guinness World Record for most live shows performed in 24 hours PAGE 9 Coun. Joni Baechler raises concerns in council chambers on Tuesday about the renaming of the John Labatt Centre as Budweiser Gardens. Baechler voted against the new name, which was approved 12-3. Others who were opposed to the name were councillors Paul Hubert and Dale Henderson. ANGELA MULLINS/METRO ANGELA MULLINS [email protected]Other business Also on Tuesday, city council: • Approved spending up to $250,000 on a sound- and-light show for next year’s World Figure Skating Championships. • Deadlocked on setting the tax target for 2013 at no increase. • Extended outdoor con- certs to 11:45 p.m. under special circumstances and approved allowing crescendos of more than 90 decibels five times during a performance. • Approved spending $360,183 to overhaul the city’s website. $ 26 , 000 , 000
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Hey, London, this Bud really is for you.
That will be the message in the city core this fall when the John Labatt Centre is renamed Budweiser Gardens.
City council approved the renaming 12-3 on Tuesday — giving the final go-ahead to a deal Global Spectrum, the venue manager, and Labatt say they have been negotiating for more than a year.
The dollar value of the 10-year naming-rights contract is not being made public, some-thing Brian Ohl, the venue’s general manager, said is stan-dard practice for Global Spec-trum. It’s worth 28 per cent more than the contract that established the JLC’s existing
name, set to expire in October.A market analysis by a
Global Spectrum-hired consult-ant showed new deals for other venues are bringing in less than in the past, Ohl said.
“We feel that we’ve got a very generous and very fair number,” he told a city com-mittee on Tuesday.
Although the city owns the JLC, council’s official blessing of the name is more or less a matter of protocol, city staff said. Councillors had a legal obligation to approve the new name unless it could be con-sidered “offensive,” officials said.
Several councillors said they are not big fans of the new name. Having “John Labatt” on the marquee better represents London’s history, they said. Of-ficials from Labatt and Global Spectrum said the Labatt herit-age will continue to be cele-brated at the centre.
Labatt has been brewing Bud here since 1981 and says it’s the most popular beer in Canada.
“I’m sentimental, too, to the (name) John Labatt Centre. I’m sure it always will affectionate-ly in London be called the JLC,” Mayor Joe Fontana said.
But Budweiser Gardens, he added, will resonate “nation-ally and internationally.”
Meet you at Budweiser Gardens. City council approves new name for JLC
A centre fit for the ‘King of Beers’
Sold on London‘Come for business, stay for life’: That’s the tagline of a new video aimed at attracting skilled workers to the Forest City page 3
Desperate rescueSearchers ramp up their efforts at the collapsed mall in Elliot Lake with a robotic arm worthy of Transformers page 6
Read their Flaming LipsThe alternative-rock band will attempt a Guinness World Record for most live shows performed in 24 hours page 9
Coun. Joni Baechler raises concerns in council chambers on Tuesday about the renaming of the John Labatt Centre as Budweiser Gardens. Baechler voted against the new name, which was approved 12-3. Others who were opposed to the name were councillors Paul Hubert and Dale Henderson. AngelA Mullins/Metro
• Approved spending up to $250,000 on a sound-and-light show for next year’s World Figure Skating Championships.
• Deadlocked on setting the tax target for 2013 at no increase.
• Extended outdoor con-certs to 11:45 p.m. under special circumstances and approved allowing crescendos of more than 90 decibels five times during a performance.
• Approved spending $360,183 to overhaul the city’s website.
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Peter White, president and CEO of London Economic Development Corp., talks Tuesday during the group’s annual meeting at the London Convention Centre. White highlighted 2011 successes, challenges and plans for the future. ANGELA MULLINS/METRO
New video promotes quality of life in city
The joys of living in London are the focus of a new London Economic Development Corp. (LEDC) video aimed at luring skilled workers to the city.
While the promotional tool highlights many of the same things used to attract compan-ies in the past — like London’s global outreach or industrial strength — turning the spot-light on people sets the video
apart, officials said. Today, Tonight In London,
Canada highlights what work-ers from 10 local businesses, ranging from medical-research labs to Nestle, do on the job and then homes in on how they spend their free time planting trees, playing golf and visiting local markets.
It “speaks highly” to “what a great city London is,” LEDC president and CEO Peter White said.
“As the (video) tagline says, ‘come for business, stay for life.’ I think those really are some of the key elements that we work to, and really strive to develop.”
Launched Tuesday during the LEDC’s annual meeting, the video comes as economic-development leaders work to combat a shortage of skilled workers.
A recent survey showed local companies have 900 to 1,000 positions they’d like to fill but can’t find people with the right qualifications, White told Metro.
London’s labour force is re-building, and it’s critical that the trend continues, he said.
“That’s going to be some-thing that continues to really be a deciding factor on the suc-cess of the city.”
Despite high unemploy-ment, 2011 marked one of the LEDC’s most successful years, White said during the meeting.
The group fielded 110 busi-ness proposals, tallied 329 visits to companies, hosted 63 visits to London and made 30 visits to international markets.
Value from foreign invest-ment hit $311 million and net-ted 750 jobs last year, compared
to $59.4 million and 320 jobs in 2010. Local expansions were worth $71 million and created 703 new jobs in 2011.
Much of the 2011 success, officials said, stems from the announcement of Dr. Oetker’s pizza plant, expected to open in 2014 at Veteran’s Memorial Highway and Bradley Avenue.
The impact from the facil-ity will be felt for generations, White said.
Business and pleasure. Marketing tool to be used with international stakeholders, embassy, and consulate workers
Today, Tonight In London
• London Economic De-velopment Corp.’s new worker-focused video — Today, Tonight in London, Canada — is available at metronews.ca.
Aff ordable fun
Western Fair wants your entertainment bucks to go furtherOfficials hope free park-ing will help balance the mix of entertainment and value for people attending this year’s Western Fair.
Plans to ditch paid parking were announced Monday on Twitter. Western Fair District CEO Hugh Mitchell followed the tweet with a written statement Tuesday.
“The world is living in new economic conditions and we realize that our customers need their family entertainment dol-lar to go further. Western Fair District wants to ensure that the fair is entertaining and afford-able,” Mitchell said.
The fair will mark its 137th year Sept. 7 to 16. Parking is already free for all other Western Fair District events.METRO
Cyber-crime arrest
Man accused of making child pornA 40-year-old Brantford man is facing child-pornography and luring charges after a joint investigation by police in London, Hamilton and the suspect’s hometown.
Jason Rakovich is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, three counts of luring, three counts of counsel-ling to commit an indict-able offence and one count of making child pornography.
He was arrested Mon-day by the London Police Service’s cyber-crime unit. METRO
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London Rippers. Owner calls out mayor, Majors on liquor-licence issueDavid Martin feels he’s getting ripped off. And he’s not afraid to show it.
By calling the City of Lon-don “irresponsible,” issuing an official on-field challenge to the London Majors, and threatening to potentially pur-sue legal action, the London Rippers owner and manager is sending a message to the local baseball community: He’s not a happy camper.
“The mayor needs to stand up and solve this business issue,” Martin said of not be-ing able to serve alcohol at home games, since the liquor licence legally belongs to the Majors. “Everybody wants to sit on the fence like Humpty Dumpty and not take a side.”
The Majors, founded in 1925 and co-owned by Roop Chanderdat and Scott Dart, were called out publicly on Monday when the Rippers sent out a news release en-titled The Battle for Labatt Park. The first sentence: “La-batt Park isn’t big enough for the two of us.”
Proposing a three-game series to decide who gets to call the historical ballpark
home, Martin effectively con-fronted his fellow Labatt Park tenants with an old-fashioned playground battle.
“Wow, we’ve reached a new low. There’s no way we’re doing that,” Dart said, describ-ing his initial reaction to the challenge.
Martin says the Rippers have lost out on considerable revenue because they can’t serve alcoholic beverages dur-ing home contests.
One of Martin’s proposed resolutions — to have a third party serve liquor at both Ma-jors and Rippers games — was rejected by the city. JOhn Matisz/MetRO
Southwest of London
Crash claims two livesElgin County OPP say a two-vehicle crash southwest of London has claimed the lives of two men and sent two others to hospital.
Police say a truck and a sedan collided on Glencolin Road, near Aylmer, just before 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The initial investigation
suggests the white Olds-mobile sedan drifted into the other lane, slamming into an oncoming pickup truck.
“Two males in the car are deceased,” said Const. Troy Carlson.
“The driver and a passen-ger in the truck have been taken to hospital.”
OPP were continuing to investigate and Carlson says it’s still too early to deter-mine whether charges will be laid. aM980/aM980.ca
More than half of young Lon-doners surveyed by Emerging Leaders say there’s a chance they’ll pull up stakes in the next decade.
That, said Sean Quigley, the non-profit’s executive director, is a problem and something he hopes will serve as a “call to ac-tion” in the city.
“I know that we’ve been having this conversation for some time, and you hear it anecdotally all the time,” he said.
“I think there’s an oppor-tunity here to look at all these issues (identified in the survey)
and leverage all of them togeth-er and really make some posi-tive changes.”
Quigley and others plan to consult this summer with gov-ernment leaders, students at Western and Fanshawe, and a variety of community partners and hammer out solutions for challenges highlighted in the survey.
The results of those meet-ings will be presented at Emer-ging Leaders’ annual meeting in September.
Dubbed Work In London — An Emerging Leaders Per-spective, the survey polled 280 people aged 18 to 59. Most of the responses came from people aged 20 to 44.
The survey asked partici-
pants to share a variety of information including their education level, employment status and the likelihood that they’ll be in London 10 years from now.
While 42.9 per cent of re-spondents said they’re “very likely” to stay in the city, it’s the others — 36.5 per cent “some-what likely” and 20.6 per cent “not likely” — that has Quigley concerned.
“One of the key indicators for your ability to grow and prosper as a city is who’s com-ing up and into the labour market,” he said.
Young talent ambivalent about London: survey
Quoted
“Attraction and retention of talent is critical to the economic success and wider cultural life of a city.”sean Quigley, emerging Leaders executive director
Emerging Leaders. Less than half of respondents confident they will stay in Forest City
Plant paper, get wildflowers — hopefully — at Energy Park opening London Mayor Joe Fontana digs a hole for two Grade 8 students from Masonville Public school — emelia Cormack, left, and Michaelah Marquis — on Tuesday. More than 100 people attended the grand-opening celebration of TD Green energy Park (1663 Richmond st.), which is located between a net-zero energy branch of TD and the school. The paper being planted in the photo will hopefully sprout up as a wildflower. The seeds sprinkled on the biodegradable sheet are among the environmentally friendly features of the park. John Matisz/Metro
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At a glance
Of the 280 people who responded to Emerging Leaders’ Work In London survey:
Student trip. Learning in First Nations communityOn Thursday, 11 students from King’s University College will depart for the Fond Du Lac Denesuline First Nation in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca region to spend nearly two weeks meeting with and serv-ing communities.
Accompanied by Father Michael Bechard, director of campus ministry and chap-lain at King’s, the group will complete course requirements while participating in com-munity service. Students will engage with local youth in ac-tivities designed to encourage thinking about faith, justice and culture.
Students will also complete a final paper, combining re-search and reflection on their
experience. Bechard and Sister Susan
Glaab visited the community last year and were asked by community leaders to return this year and to bring other King’s members.
This trip is made possible through a $5,000 grant from the Sisters of St. Joseph. Stu-dents were also responsible for contributing to the program (tickets alone were in excess of $1,750 per student). METRO
North to Athabasca
The Athabasca region is 1,275 kilometres north-west of Prince Albert, Sask.
Local donors are picking up where the Salvation Army leaves off with this Saturday’s closure of its Bethesda Centre.
Leaders of a volunteer com-mittee that was trying to keep the residential program for teen moms open say they’re working with mutliple donors to open a new facility.
Details about the donors — and how much money is
involved — have not been re-leased. Committee members learned about the opportun-ity shortly after the Salvation Army officials confirmed May 31 that Bethesda’s doors would be shuttered.
“The Salvation Army’s deci-sion may have been a bit of a blessing in disguise,” said Sarah Brooks of London, a member of the Save Bethesda committee.
The committee spent about three months trying to raise $1.5 million for Bethesda. The Salvation Army had said the centre would stay open for at least three years if the fundrais-ing was successful.
The official tally came at $372,473. Of that money, about $14,000 is going back to the vol-unteer committee, with mem-bers using it to help current
Bethesda residents get on their feet. The rest of the money will either be refunded or used for other Salvation Army pro-grams, officials have said.
Plans for the new centre are in the early stages, Brooks said. Work that needs to be done includes pick-ing a site.
The Salvation Army’s Bethesda Centre is set to close Saturday. AngelA Mullins/Metro
Private donor backing new home for teen moms Bethesda Centre. News comes days before centre set to close
What about the song?
Justin Bieber, whose mother stayed at Bethesda while pregnant with the pop star, had planned to donate proceeds from his single Turn to You to the centre if it stayed open. Now, those proceeds will go toward other local efforts to help teen moms. Details haven’t been worked out. angela
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Germany
Circumcising Jewish boys is bodily harm: CourtA German court has ruled that circumcising young Jewish boys amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure.The AssociATed Press
Pilot program
U.s. tries out drugstore HIV testsU.S. health officials have set up a pilot program to find out if people will go to a drugstore for a free rapid HIV test. The tests will be available in 24 cities and rural commun-ities. The AssociATed Press
elliot Lake. Massive rescue machine will use robotic arm to stabilize collapsed mallA huge machine with a robotic arm of Transformers propor-tions was set to arrive in Elliot Lake, Ont., Tuesday night, as part of the renewed bid to re-trieve at least two people from the wreckage of a collapsed shopping mall.
The dangerous rescue mis-sion — which has won support from both Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper and Premier Dal-ton McGuinty — would see the robotic arm deliberately topple some of the more fragile struc-tures within the rubble of the Algo Centre Mall.
Bill Neadles of the Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team said a precariously balanced
escalator, which turned would-be rescuers away from the site on Monday due to fears of an imminent collapse, will now be demolished under strict supervision.The cAnAdiAn Press
Mighty machine
• The machine, sent from Toronto, is so large it had to be loaded onto three separate tractor-trailers each 30 metres long. It can carry six tonnes and is able to claw, cut, shear and pinch.
Saskatoon’s Destiney St. Denis, founder of a popular Luka Rocco Magnotta fan site, says she’s sorry for offending people with her pagededicated to the alleged killer. Morgan Modjeski/MeTro in saskaToon
Facebook fan-site founder says Magnotta manipulated her
The creator of one of the lar-gest Luka Rocco Magnotta Face-book fan sites says the alleged murderer told her to create the page “weeks prior” to his arrest in Berlin.
According to 21-year-old Destiney St. Denis from Saska-toon, she has now passed the Facebook page administrator status to another person and said she feels she was “some-what” manipulated by the now-infamous Magnotta.
“I talked to him about it pri-or to what happened; he didn’t tell me anything about the murder, but he asked me if I could make a page about him,” said St. Denis, who initially messaged Magnotta about vid-eos posted online that allegedly show him suffocating kittens.
“The last message he sent me was on the fourth, right before he got caught,” she said.
When asked why she con-tinued communication with Magnotta she said, “I don’t know — he would always send me hearts in messages if I don’t reply to him.”
St. Denis said even though she is sorry for offending people with her Facebook page, when asked if she regrets it, she said, “I don’t know.”
And when asked further if she would forgive him for manipulating her, she replied, “yes.” She said “no comment”
in response to whether she would keep in touch with Magnotta.
Explaining why she was so interested in him, St. Denis answered, “It’s because of his looks and his personality, but I understand he is a psycho-path.”
Grim attraction. Saskatoon resident says alleged killer asked her to create web page about him
Glorifying violence
• Mark Olver, an associate professor of psychol-ogy at the University of Saskatchewan, explained there are a number of possible reasons why someone would be drawn to Magnotta, but said it’s an attraction to the grim that’s made him such a spectacle.
• “There’s a lot of fascina-tion with core violence and notorious people and some people have a tendency to glorify and idolize that.... Some people have a fascina-tion with gore, with the macabre and celebrate these notorious figures.”
Morgan ModJeskIMetro in Saskatoon
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Rogers Communications Inc. will eliminate 375 jobs, a move that comes as the wireless, cable and Internet provider cuts costs in the face of lower profits and tougher competi-tion on all fronts.
The staff reduction is part of a cost-cutting strategy an-nounced earlier this year and includes employees in the busi-ness, wireless, and cable and Internet divisions. They follow 300 job cuts announced in March.
For its first quarter, Rogers posted a lower profit of $305 million, or 57 cents per diluted share, on $2.95 billion in rev-enue for the first quarter. That compared with a profit of $335
million, or 60 cents per diluted share, on $2.99 billion in rev-enue a year ago.
Rogers’ cable division is also battling fellow industry giant Bell, which has rolled out its Internet Protocol TV service in Montreal and Toronto. The service is delivered over an In-
ternet Protocol network and allows users to watch sports, for example, while pulling up stats.
The layoffs in March focused on management and head-office positions. At the end of 2011, Rogers had almost 29,000 employees. the canadian press
Research In Motion
RiM suffers big stock drop ... againStock in Research In Mo-tion Ltd. was under pres-sure again Tuesday, a day after falling to its lowest level in almost a decade in the wake of a downgrade by investment firm Mor-gan Stanley, which called the company “essentially broken.”
On the Toronto Stock Exchange, RIM shares ended the day down 19 cents, or two per cent, at $9.17 trading after having gone as low as $9.09 after the open. The stock had closed down 76 cents at $9.36 on Monday after having traded as low as $9.27 at one point and remains at its lowest level since 2003. the canadian press
Media conglomerate
news Corp. considers splitRupert Murdoch’s News Corp. confirmed Tuesday that it is considering splitting into two publicly traded companies, driving shares to their highest level in four-and-a-half years.
The Wall Street Journal reported that a split would put the entertainment arm into a separate company from News Corp.’s news-paper and book-publishing businesses. The entertain-ment business would in-clude the Fox News, Sports and Business channels, the report said. The publishing businesses include the New York Post, the Times and Sun of London, the Dow Jones news service and the HarperCollins publishing imprints. the associated press
rogers cuts 375 jobs amid lower profits, tough competition
People walk past a Rogers store in Montreal Tuesday. Rogers Communications Inc. says it will cut 375 jobs. Ryan RemioRz/the canadian pRess
Connect. Rogers, Bell and Telus are vying for lucrative smartphone subscribers on next-generation networks
appeal court allows bank overtime lawsuits to go aheadClass-action lawsuits against CIBC and Scotiabank seeking hundreds of millions of dol-lars for unpaid overtime can go ahead, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled in a pair of decisions Tuesday.
The suits allege thousands of workers were denied over-time pay even though they were assigned more work than could be completed
within their standard hours. The cases come amid a slew of similar cases over wage and hour issues south of the border.
A lower court had denied class-action status to the CIBC case, while a different court had allowed class-ac-tion status to be granted to the Scotiabank lawsuit.
However, the Appeal Court felt both cases, which have not been proven in
court, should be handled the same way.
In the CIBC case, teller Dara Fresco filed a lawsuit in June 2007.
Fresco launched the case on behalf of more than 31,000 tellers and other front-line customer-service employees working at more than 1,000 CIBC branches across Canada, including assistant branch managers, financial-service representatives, financial-
service associates and branch ambassadors.
Cindy Fulawka, a person-al-banking representative at Scotiabank, filed her class-ac-tion lawsuit against the bank in December 2007 seeking to represent some 5,000 Sco-tiabank personal or senior bankers, financial advisers and small-business account managers. the canadian press
coca-cola. soda giant to invest extra $3B in indiaThe Coca-Cola Co. and its bottlers plan to invest an addi-tional $3 billion US in India over the next eight years to boost the soda giant’s stake in the rapidly growing market.
The world’s biggest bever-age maker, whose brands include Minute Maid, Dasani and Powerade, is seeing some of its biggest gains come from emerging markets as growth at home slows.
In its first quarter, for example, Coca-Cola said its volume rose 20 per cent in India, compared with a two per cent increase in North America.
Including the new cash infusion, Coca-Cola said Tues-day that it now plans to invest $5 billion in India from 2012 to 2020. That’s more than double the $2 billion it has invested since re-entering the market in 1993.
The Atlanta-based com-pany had pulled out of India in 1977 to avoid handing control over to its Indian sub-sidiary and revealing its secret formula. the associated press
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Monkey risks it all, for a drop to drinkIf you don’t risk anything, you risk even more ... like a very dry mouth.
Hanging above the crocodile-infested Kina-batangan River in Borneo, this intrepid pig-tailed macaque drinks some water to quench his thirst. Wildlife photog-rapher Cheng Shun Ling captured this amazing image while exploring the picturesque Indones-ian island. Metro
Photog’s view
“credit given for being one brave monkey!”singapore-based wildlife photogra-pher cheng shun Ling.Ling sets the scene of the daring feat: “The branch was not stable and the macaque hung unsteadily over the river. It almost lost its footing more than once.“It’s not easy to drink upside down while hanging onto a branch with one leg.”
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For example, this just in: U.K. academics rate O Canada
as more difficult to sing than La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, and only slightly less difficult than The Star-Spangled Banner, the American anthem.
I beg to differ. La Marseillaise is great for storming the Bastille, but it’s a little lusty for anything else, and as far as I know, only Kelly Clarkson can handle “O say can you see …”
I like O Canada, even if lines like “in all thy sons com-mand” are rarely spoken in real life. But it’s right up there with a few of my other favourite Canadian things, which I will now share, as my Canada Day gift to you.
1 The loonie (and toonie). I love that our coin has character. I almost don’t care that the new ones won’t fit in parking meters or vending machines.
Almost.
2 Iconic tourist attractions: Banff, Lake Louise, Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Canadian Falls, the Anne of Green Gables House, the Empress Hotel, Lunenburg,
Old Montreal, etc. You can always tell you’re in an iconic tour-ist attraction, because they always feature fudge. I’m not sure why, but the fudge factor is 100 per cent reliable.
3 Vancouver’s Stanley Park. This could never happen today — 405 hectares of rainforest in the middle of one of the most densely populated cities in North
America. Even better? It’s a 10-minute bike ride from my place. And speaking of iconic, it has its own resident beaver, not to mention raccoons, herons, skunks, cormorants and coyotes.
4 The CBC. Battered, bruised, unable to produce watchable sitcoms, Canada’s national network should be enshrined in the constitution for Peter
Gzowski alone. You never know. Another one might come along someday.
5 The Charter of Rights. This is the best thing. Read it: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/charter/
6 Roots. I love that it was started by two Americans, but is somehow undeniably, irresistibly Canadian. Products sold here go well with fudge.
7 The Canadian flag. Makes you want to stand under it and sing “in all thy sons command” in the wrong key. Even if you’re from France.
8 Wychwood Park: A tiny enclave in Toronto, the epicentre of Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village. The best unknown neighbourhood in Canada.
9 Head-smashed-in-buffalo jump: A world-heritage site in southern Alberta, where Prairie aboriginal people used to corral bison off the cliff and se-cure a year’s sup-ply of meat and hides. Stand on the precipice and look out beyond the centuries. Power place.
10 Cross-border shopping: Cheese and chinos for half the price! Avez-vous quelque chose à declarer? And welcome home.
just sayin’Paul Sullivanmetronews.ca/justsaying
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The cult of the man-child
“When I’m lyin’ in bed at night,” Tom Waits sang, “I don’t wanna grow up.”
He’s not the only one. In recent years Cineplexes have been overrun by boy-men: adult males who still act as though they’re 16 years old.
This weekend in the Seth MacFarlane comedy Ted, Mark Wahlberg is John, a man-child who had trouble letting go of his childhood teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish.
He does everything with Ted — including cower when a storm hits. “Thunder bud-dies for life, right, Johnny?” says Ted. John replies with an answer we can’t print here.
That’s one of the hall-marks of the man-child mov-ie, they’re raunchy.
Step Brothers is a rude and crude arrested develop-ment comedy with enough swearing to make Lenny Bruce blush. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly play spoiled, unemployed men thrown together Brady-Bunch style when their patents wed.
They don’t get along at first — they even try to bury
Here’s to the boys. They’re raunchy and immature — so why do we love to watch grown men act like teenagers?
Peter Pan with a plan
The common link to many of these man-child movies is one man — producer Judd Apatow.
• If it ain’t broke... Not since Jerry Lewis has one man made so much money pre-senting the age-old gag of
self-infantilizing on screen.
• Big names. He’s worked with Ferrell, Sandler and Segel, and it was his R-rated The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up that gave us Seth Rogen’s brand of pro-
longed childhood.
• Plans to recruit Paul Reu-bens? Apatow even recently announced he’s thinking about making a movie with pop culture’s ultimate man-child, Pee Wee Herman.
one another alive — but soon their shared passion for karaoke brings them togeth-er, like two overgrown kids in a playground.
Adam Sandler has made a career playing testoster-one-fuelled men who never grew up. In Mr. Deeds, Just Go with It, The Waterboy and Happy Gilmore he plays characters with the emo-tional age of a Baby Gap cus-tomer, but the classic is Billy Madison, where he plays a hotel heir forced to go back to grade school.
Jason Segel was slowly defin-ing his child-man act. I Love You Man, with its Man Cave and Rush soundtrack, was a warm up to his most grown-
up portrayal of an adoles-cent man. In Jeff, Who Lives at Home he plays a 30-some-thing who lives at home and is obsessed with the M. Night
Shyamalan film Signs. Over-grown and underdeveloped he turns an outing to the hardware store into a wild day.
Scene in brief
Putting a public face
on bone marrow
transplants A national bone mar-row donation registry says the rate of new registrants has more
than doubled since ABC News’ Robin Roberts
said that she’ll need a transplant. The Good
Morning America anchor is being treated for MDS, a blood and bone marrow disease.
She will require a transplant this fall.
Roberts stopped by a registration drive at ABC News on Tues-
day, watching co-host George Stephanopoulos and her boss, ABC News
President Ben Sher-wood, get swabbed to see if their bone
marrow is a match for someone who needs a donation. Jeffrey Chell,
CEO of the registry Be The Match, said some 15,000 people had registered since
Roberts announced her diagnosis on June 11.
That’s 11,200 more than they would normally
receive in that period.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
On the web
Girl Power! Spice Girls in London for launch of stage musical Viva
Forever
The Flaming Lips. Band aiming to break live show recordFun for Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips means collab-oration, and a recent dust-up with Erykah Badu after they worked together isn’t slowing him down.
Coyne and the Lips will launch an attempt at the Guinness World Records mark for most live shows in 24 hours, playing eight concerts between Memphis, Tenn., and New Orleans on Wednesday and Thursday. Trailed by fans along the way, they’ll meet up with acts like Jackson Browne, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Gary Clarke Jr. and Hunter Hayes as part of the activities surrounding MTV’s O Music Awards.
The Oklahoma rockers have been finalizing details and juggling schedules and logistics as they chase Jay-Z’s record of seven shows in a day.
“If you had to really con-
sider all this in the beginning, you just simply wouldn’t want to do it,” Coyne said in a phone interview last week. “Luckily, it occurs to you when you get closer and clos-er. I think it’s a little bit like having a baby. At the begin-ning of it is a lot of fun, but by the time it’s here, really it’s too late to turn back.”
That analogy isn’t too far off the mark when it comes to describing the row between Badu and Coyne, either. Things seemed to be going great until the Lips released the video for The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, their Heady Fwends record store day collaboration, earlier this month. The Lips eventually retracted the video after Badu accused the group of releas-ing it without her approval.
In the video Badu sits apparently naked in a tub, then later her sister Nayrok
mucks about in a milky white substance and glitter. The disagreement spilled over on Twitter where Badu in-vited Coyne to kiss her “glit-tery” posterior and Coyne responded with a picture of himself with lips covered in glitter.
Coyne stopped short of saying Badu’s reaction was contrived, but said she and her management certainly knew what was going down as they spent two days filming. He says her opinion changed when “easily riled” members of her audience objected.
“This is not her fault. It’s just the nature of the way Twitter works,” Coyne said. “Her fans can just sometimes lash out and be as mean as they want to be, which I think is interesting. That’s the thing about Twitter - there’s no ref-eree, you know.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wayne Coyne, lead singer and guitarist of The Flaming Lips THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The Word
John Stamos puts out booty call bat-signal
John Stamos has a reputa-tion as a smooth-talking party boy, but the actor in-sists this isn’t the case.
“I try not to get trapped into everybody’s image of who they think I am or who I should be,” he tells Celebuzz. “I’m a guy that wants to be in a relation-ship and should be in a relationship. Sometimes I’m afraid of it because I don’t want to let people down. You don’t want to disappoint people.”
This guy occupied Uncle Jesse’s leather pants for the better part of the
’90s. He can’t possibly tell us that there is not an army of 20-somethings lining up to look in his sparkly green eyes and be disappointed. Or can he?
“You think I’m in New York, playing around. I sometimes feel the respon-sibility to be that guy,” says Stamos, who is in the city shooting a film when not perfecting his sensitive, misunderstood act. “(But) I’ve been in New York for five weeks now, and I’ve gone to bed by myself.”
John Stamos, did you just use this page to send out your bat signal of a booty call?
@kelly_clarkson • • • • • I’m having the best vacation ever in Ire-land! Just bought a Polaroid camera and having way too much fun!
@TomArnold • • • • • Flying over Iowa. Does this count as a visit with my dad?
@Oprah • • • • • could I be a nun? Ahhh a little late for that now! But even so, NOT my calling.
@GarryShandling • • • • • No one is going to land here from another planet. They know that all we want is a bail out. We’re an embarrassment to the universe.
Cyrus sets off wedding speculation
An innocent-enough Twitter post from Miley Cyrus over the weekend led to an ava-lanche of speculation that she and fiancé Liam Hems-worth would be tying the knot as soon as this week.
“Super lazy Sunday. Can’t wait for next week,” Cyrus posted.
But it turns out Cyrus is actually just eager for Hemsworth to visit, as he’s shooting a movie in Louisi-
ana. A source close to the Australian actor says not to expect a wedding anytime soon. Right now they are enjoying being engaged,” the source says.
50 Cent released after suffering car accident injuries
Rapper 50 Cent was hospit-alized in New York Tuesday after sustaining injuries in a car accident on the Long Is-land Expressway, according to the New York Daily News.
A report on the rappers website claims his SUV was rear-ended by a Mack truck, causing it to nearly flip over. 50 Cent “was taken to New York Hospital Queens where he was treated for minor
neck and back injuries,” his rep told reporters.
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spots to feel Canadian on Canada Day
4VancouverWatching new Canadians take their citizenship oath is a moving experi-ence and on July 1, a traditional ceremony will kick off the events at Canada Place. From street hockey and a lumberjack show to a penny party in which citizens are encour-aged to donate the soon-to-be forgot-ten coins to charity, Vancouver will be bursting with Canuck pride.
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HalifaxOne minute there are Mounties marching and the next acrobats flying through the air. The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo runs July 1 to 8 at the city’s Metro Centre and people come from all over to witness the spectacle made up of military and civilian talent. This year’s theme touches on the RMS Titanic, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the War of 1812.
O, Canada Day. Many Canucks claim to love the holiday more than Christmas and it’s easy to see why. It’s a better time of year weather-wise and a great excuse to relish in all things special to our home: toonies, double-doubles, ketchup chips and ‘eh,’ our word of affi rmation
that often brands us as Canadians. Where are the best places to feel patriotic on our nation’s birthday? Here’s our top fi ve:
1KingstonThe country’s first capital and home of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, the Limestone City is bursting with history. Fort Henry, built for protection from the U.S. during the War of 1812, is a must-see, but the place to be on July 1 will be Lake Ontario’s waterfront between Kingston and Bath, Ont., to witness a suspenseful re-enactment of the Flight of the Royal George.
OttawaThousands of people are expected to flood Parliament Hill in the nation’s capital to celebrate Can-ada’s 145th birthday on July 1. A must-experience at least once in your life, the atmosphere can’t be beat as revellers break out their red and white best and show off their patriotic pride. Concerts by popular Canadian musicians, a traditional flag-raising ceremony and a spectacular fireworks dis-play are among the festivities.
3Your own backyardYou don’t have to go far to find pride in Canada on the nation’s birthday. Block parties typically break out in neighbourhoods across the country as everyone’s off work and in a celebratory mood. Hosting a red-and-white-themed barbecue, where everyone washes down their favourite foods with a few Canadian-brewed cold ones, is a great way to show your patriotism close to home.
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When awkward goes on exhibit
A Sheboygan museum is hosting an exhibit of awkward moments. The
John Michael Kohler Arts Center in New York is featuring 51 photos accumulated through the popular
website awkward-familyphotos.com. It’s
the first time the collec-tion is being shown
in a museum setting. Childhood friends
Mike Bender and Doug Chernack launched the website in May
2009, after Bender saw an awkward vacation photo in his parents’
house. They knew there were probably
other awkward family images out there so
they created the site. Within a week, the site was receiving millions of visitors a day and thousands of submis-sions from around the world. Visitors to the exhibit can also share
their own family photos and stories for a chance
to win prizes. It runs through Oct. 27.
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One of these beverages won’t have you seeing sprites, but be careful —have a few,
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Though potent, this makes for a long, refreshing liba-tion during the languid days of August.
Elderflower and lemon go together like a heat wave and a day off. Sadly, this re-cipe doesn’t include a ham-mock to drink it in, and you probably won’t find kids selling this particular lem-onade for 50 cents a glass on your street.
Speaking of which, it’s too hot to bother with homemade lemonade, so just buy some at the store.
• 1 1/2 oz Hendrick’s gin• 1/2 oz St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur• 3 oz lemonade• 3 oz soda water• Two lemon wedges
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Just like September, the Italian aperitif Aperol man-ages to be bitter and sweet at the same time.
The liquor is also fairly low in alcohol, so you can drink it on a sunny patio without fear.
Try not to think of how few alfresco days you have left — Canadian winters are long, but they only make summer all the sweeter.
Hopefully the vitamin C in the orange juice will inoculate you against cold season.
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‘Never underestimate job experience’Jordan MaretzkiStudentGeomatics EngineeringUniversity of CalgaryTalentEgg.ca
As a geomatics engineer at the University of Calgary, I applied for about six differ-ent positions. Of those six, I had three contact me about doing an interview.
My interview with my eventual employer, Mentor Engineering, went extremely well. They were very impressed with my work experience. I had been working at Heritage Park (a “living historical village” in Calgary) for the previous five years, and they said they liked the fact that I showed progress through the ranks at Herit-age Park.
They were also im-pressed with the con-sistency of my marks. Now, my grades are nothing to write home about, but they liked the fact that I stuck with it (my first year was rough) and improved every year. The exact word they used was “consistent.”
If I could leave one piece of advice, it would be this: never underestimate job experience. Even if it is washing dishes or flipping burgers, you are learning how to work.
Where I am nowI’m still working, looking to go back to school in the fall. My experience with Mentor has been nothing short of spectacular. I’ve gained experience with project management and had the good fortune to be able to travel to many destinations in the United States.
My recommendations for employersGive your employees (interns) lots of responsibil-ity! We may be young, but we’re willing to prove ourselves. It is a good feel-ing to be trusted by a senior engineer, and to know you are responsible for the suc-cess of the company.
TalenTegg.ca, canada’s leading job siTe and online career resource for sTudenTs and new graduaTes, wanTs To hear your sTudenT Voice. share iT aT TalenTegg.ca.
Keep it to one pageYour resumé should be short, easy-to-read and packed with information. Each word should be carefully chosen to showcase your experience and abilities. You don’t have to include everything you’ve ever done, just the stuff that’s relevant to the job you’re ap-plying for.
Try this: If you’re having trouble cutting down your re-sumé, get friends or family to look it over and suggest areas that still need tightening. Also, try making the page margins and font size a bit smaller.
Create a different resumé for each role you apply forYou don’t need to start from scratch each time, but you should tailor your experience and skills to match important keywords in the job descrip-tion each time you apply. Scrap any unrelated details.
Try this: It’s a good idea to maintain different “skeleton” resumés for each industry or sector you would like to work in. Add in specifics and change around words as needed.
Think functional rather than chronologicalAs a student or new grad, you probably had long gaps be-
tween work experience while you tried to balance school, fi-nances and gaining meaning-ful work experience. That’s OK! You have two options. Put your past roles in order of rel-evance to the job you’re ap-plying for, or put the one you think says the most about your abilities at the top and move down from there.
Try this: Work experience is still experience, whether you got paid or not. To save space, put everything under Work Experience and scrap the Vol-unteer Work section.
Be yourself, but keep it clean and simpleAlthough a creative, non-trad-itional resumé will make you stand out, be sure the person doing the hiring will really appreciate it before you go in that direction. Usually a resumé prepared in a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, printed in black ink on a white sheet of paper will do. There are hundreds of great looking templates out there, or you can start from scratch and create your own.
Try this: Easy-to-read fonts (avoid Times New Roman), bullet points and lines are great ways to ensure your re-sumé is not only readable but also visually pleasing without the use of colour, pictures or graphics. If you want to show off your creative side, point employers to your blog or online portfolio by including it with your contact informa-tion.cassandra joweTT is The conTenT Manager aT TalenTegg.ca.TalenTegg.ca is canada’s leading job siTe and online career re-source for college and uniVersiTy sTudenTs and recenT graduaTes.
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Twelve-time all-star Joe Sakic and Mats Sundin were elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Tuesday in their fi rst year of eligibility, joining Pavel Bure and Adam Oates as the class to be inducted Nov. 12. Here’s a look at the accomplishments of four players who terrorized National Hockey League goaltenders. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Called to the Hall
Adam OatesOates was the premier passer of his time, who formed legendary one-two punch combinations with finishers like Brett Hull in St. Louis and Cam Neely in Boston.
The Toronto native was never drafted, but was signed as a free agent by the Detroit Red Wings in 1985. He had 341 goals and 1,079 assists, which was sixth all-time, in 19 seasons.
Joe SakicSakic had 625 goals and 1,016 assists in his 20-year NHL career, all with the Col-orado Avalanche franchise dating to 1988 when it was the Quebec Nordiques. He won two Stanley Cups (1996, 2001), earning the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1996 and the Hart Trophy in 2001.
“As a kid I always dreamed about making the NHL, but never really thought at all about the Hock- ey Hall of Fame,” Sakic said in a state-
ment released by the Hall of
Fame.
Pavel BureBure, a six-time all-star and Calder Trophy winner as the league’s rookie of the year with Vancouver in 1992, had 437 goals and 342 points in 12 seasons with the Canucks, Florida and the New York Rangers. He led the NHL in scoring in 1999-2000 and 2000-01 while with the Panthers.
Bure, a right-winger known as the Russian Rocket, had back-to-back 60-goal seasons in the early 1990s and had five seasons of 50-plus goals.
”It’s a huge hon-our,” he said.
Mats SundinSundin, also selected in his first year of eligibil-ity, had 564 goals and 785 assists in his 18 seasons — including 13 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He holds Maple Leafs records for points (567), goals (420), 20-goal seasons (13), 30-goal sea-sons (10), game-winning goals (79) and regular-season overtime goals (14). He also won a gold medal with Sweden.
Women’s basketball
Canada falls short vs. FranceThe Canadian women’s basketball team closed out preliminary round play Tuesday by dropping a 56-47 decision to France at the FIBA Olympic quali-fying tournament.
Despite the loss, Can-ada is still a virtual lock to reach the quarter-finals at the 12-team qualifier.
Canada crushed Mali 89-23 in its Group D opener Monday. Canada would only be eliminated from the next round if Mali posted a huge blow-out win over France on Wednesday.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Hurdling
Tight race to London for female hurdlersPriscilla Lopes-Schliep is gunning to return to the Olympic podium after taking a year off to become a mom, while Perdita Felicien is hoping to finally achieve Olympic glory after twice having her heart broken.
But pitted against a field that is jam-packed with some of the best hurdlers on the planet, the two Canadian stars need to get to London first.
All eyes will be on the women’s 100-metre hurdles race at the Can-adian track-and-field trials that begin Wednesday.
Six Canadian women — Lopes-Schliep, Felicien, Phylicia George of Mark-ham, Ont., Nikkita Holder of Pickering, Ont., Angela Whyte of Edmonton, and heptathlete Jessica Zelinka of London, have achieved the Olympic qualifying standard, but just the first three across the line in Saturday’s final can make the team. THE CANADIAN PRESS
NHL
Ovechkin stoked about new coachAlex Ovechkin is ready to be turned loose again.
The Washington Capitals star was wearing a wide grin Tuesday after learning that the team’s new head coach, Adam Oates, has a track record of encouraging offensive play. That’s a distinct de-parture from the defence-first system preached by previous boss Dale Hunter.
After learning Oates had been hired, Ovechkin gave him a call of con-gratulations. THE CANADIAN PRESS
For Spain it’s more about stop-ping one man, while for Portu-gal it will be about containing a whole team when the sides meet in Wednesday’s Euro-pean Championship semi-finals.
While Cristiano Ronaldo holds the keys to Portugal’s chances of taking a step closer to a first major trophy, Spain’s charge toward an unpreced-ented third straight tourna-ment title is anchored in self-less teamwork.
Spain simply does not need a Ronaldo, Portugal desper-ately does.
After a difficult start to the tournament, Ronaldo has stepped up when it matters, scoring three goals in the last two games to move Portugal within touching distance of its first final since Euro 2004, where it lost on home soil to
outsider Greece.This time, Portugal will be
very much the outsider at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk.
“We have to be ourselves and not change the way we play just because we’re going to face the reigning World and European champion,” Portu-gal defender Joao Pereira said. “We’re going to play our own game.”
Portugal beat Spain 4-0 in a friendly match in November 2010 — Spain’s heaviest de-feat since winning the World Cup.
But only victory will heal the wounds from Portugal’s ill-tempered 1-0 loss to Spain in the second round of the World Cup two years ago — in which Spain shackled Ron-aldo.
Spain will be confident of doing so again, with four of Ronaldo’s Real Madrid team-mates likely to be playing — goalkeeper Iker Casillas, Ser-gio Ramos, Xabi Alonso, and Alvaro Arbeloa. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cristiano Ronaldo plays the ball during a Portugal training session Tuesday at Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. MARTIN ROSE/GETTY IMAGES
Individual skill vs. team ethic on display in semifinal
Seeking Ronaldo
Although Portugal has an-other skillful player in winger Nani, the team is under no illusions about how to play: With fast breaks and by get-ting the ball up to Ronaldo as quickly as possible.
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Quoted
“We can make small ad-justments, sure. But play-ing as a team is the best way to stop any player.”Xabi Alonso of Spain
Euro 2012. Portugal relying on Ronaldo while Spain winning with a team approach
NHL
“The league’s doing really well. There’s
been increased revenues — record revenues — every year. It’s on a track
that seems like almost exponential growth; to halt that would be a shame
on both sides.”St. Louis Blues forward David Backes on the upcoming col-
lective bargaining agreement negotiations. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are sched-
uled to kick off formal talks on a new CBA in New York on Friday, according to multiple sources.
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Returning to the court where she won her first Grand Slam championship a year ago, Petra Kvitova overcame a shaky start and a late rain delay Tuesday to open her Wimbledon title defence with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Akgul Amanmuradova.
Four-time champion Se-rena Williams, meanwhile, returned to the same Court 2 where big sister Venus was upset a day earlier, and re-stored family pride by beating Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4.
The fourth-seeded Kvitova fell behind 3-0 and 4-1 in the first set on Centre Court before running off seven straight games to take com-mand against the 96th-ranked player from Uzbekistan.
After Kvitova squandered a match point at 5-3 in the second set, play was sus-
pended and the covers rolled onto the court — the first rain break of the tournament.
When play resumed half an hour later, it took just three minutes to wrap up the match. After Amanmuradova won the first two points to hold for 5-4, the Czech player closed it out at love, hitting a service winner, two aces and forcing a backhand error.The AssociATed Press
NhL. Gag order enforced on team officials heading into negotiationsNHL players may have a small leg up on league owners heading into the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement.
While team officials are under a gag order with talks set to begin as soon as this week, players are free to speak publicly about the ne-gotiations.
Donald Fehr, the executive director of the NHL Players’ Association, has no problem with his membership discuss-ing the issues.
“From my standpoint, I’ve never believed in gag rules,” Fehr said Monday as the union opened its execu-tive board meetings. “I think they’re inconsistent with fundamental notions of free speech.... It won’t be at my recommendation that we get into that.”
While the NHL hasn’t commented on the exact parameters of its gag order, it was clearly in effect early last week after the board of governors meeting wrapped up in Las Vegas. A number of executives politely declined interview requests from re-
porters.Even Toronto Maple Leafs
general manager Brian Burke — as opinionated as they come in the hockey world — declined to answer a CBA-re-lated question after the draft wrapped up at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh on Satur-day afternoon.
Fehr is puzzled by the league’s policy.
“I would ask why they would do that and then the second question that I would ask is: What is it they’re afraid (owners and team executives) will say?” he said.
Formal talks on a new CBA are expected to com-mence “very quickly” after the NHLPA meetings wrap up on Wednesday afternoon, ac-cording to Fehr.The cANAdiAN Press
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Canadians had mixed results at Wimbledon Tuesday.
• AleksandraWozniak. Advanced to the second round, beating Russian Vera Dushevina 6-2, 7-5.
• StephanieDubois. Defeated by Zheng Jie of China 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
• DanielNestor. With partner Max Mirnyi beat Michael Russell and Donald Young 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-1.
Defending champion Petra Kvitova defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4, 6-4 at Wimbledon on Tuesday in London, England. Clive Brunskill/Getty imaGes
Kvitova overcomes shaky start for first-round win
Wimbledon. Last year’s champion opens tournament with straight-sets victory
Quoted
“If we talk about collect-ive bargaining matter spe-cifics, it’s a very healthy fine that I can’t afford.”toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke
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Alexandre Despatie trains in May on the three-metre springboard at theCanadian Olympic Diving Trials in Montreal. STEVE RUSSELL/TORSTaR nEwS SERVicE
Diver Despatie progressing after concussion blow
Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie said he’s pleased with his progress since re-suming physical activity last week.
Despatie suffered a con-cussion two weeks ago after hitting his head on the board in Madrid while training for a Grand Prix event.
He was hospitalized and required surgery to close a 10-centimetre wound near his hairline.
On Tuesday, the two-time Olympic silver medallist pro-vided an update on his recov-ery.
“Things are going great,”
Despatie said in an audio re-cording released by Diving Canada. “Obviously it’s a pro-cess, there are steps to follow which I’m doing.
“But I haven’t had a head-ache in five days even though we’re increasing the training, which is a really good sign.”
Despatie, from Laval, Que., said the stitches were scheduled to be removed later Tuesday.
He plans to resume regu-lar training soon and is hope-ful that he’ll be ready in time to compete at the London Olympics next month.
“The biggest test in my rehab I think — mentally and physically — is yet to come and it’ll be going back in the pool, starting diving again,” he said. “Obviously it’s the same idea to go one step at a time and make sure that everything goes the way it should be.
“But in general we’re
really progressing forward, which is the most important thing.”
Despatie, 27, was injured while practising an inward three-and-a-half, during which his head spins back towards the board during rotation.
He won silver in spring-board at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens to become the first Canadian male to earn an Olympic medal in diving.
After breaking his foot a few weeks prior to the 2008 Games in Beijing, Despatie won silver again.the associated press
Update. Alexandre Despatie, 27, is the only diver to have won world championships in three categories
NBA
Larry Bird rumoured to be leaving PacersDavid Morway has resigned as general man-ager of the Indiana Pacers amid reports that Larry Bird is on the way out, too. Morway had been GM since 2008. The Indianapolis Star reported Tuesday that Bird is expected to leave the Pacers. Bird was coach from 1997 to 2000, returning to the front office in 2003. He was this season’s NBA executive of the year after building a tough, young team that lost to champion Miami. the associated press
NFL
Saints QB feels sure about dealNew Orleans quarterback Drew Brees is confident that he and the Saints will agree on a long-term contract. With the start of training camp about a month off, the two sides have “a ways to go” to close the gap, the 2010 Super Bowl MVP said Tuesday. the associated press
Quoted
“In general we’re really progressing forward, which is the most important thing”Alexandre Despatie
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If parent Honda’s research is correct, the Acura ILX sedan will be a hit with a new crop of near-premium buyers who have their eyes on their bank accounts.
In fact, the compact ILX, which is just now arriving in dealer showrooms, is a far cry from the automaker’s earlier entry-level efforts, such as the fun-loving Integra sedan and coupe from the 1980s and ’90s, the flashier RSX coupe from the ’00s and the Honda Civic-based CSX sedan that was retired prior to the 2012 model year.
Those models appealed to a more exuberant audi-ence, including the so-called “tuner” crowd, while Acura’s
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As with the previous CSX, the ILX is actually based —very loosely — on the current Honda Civic, although the ILX is larger.
From the front and side, the ILX’s high style is evident, however the short, rounded rear deck looks a bit out of place with the rest of the de-sign and the result is a trunk of only modest proportions for its class.
ILX pricing begins at $29,700, including destina-tion charges, for the base 2.0 and climbs to $36,900 for the Hybrid, while the 2.4 starts at $31,900. Those val-ues should appeal to the Gen Y target group, but it’s likely that more aging baby boom-ers than Acura anticipates will also pick the ILX for its conservative stature, pamper-ing amenities and appealing price.
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Well-equipped
All models show up in a well-equipped state and in-clude a power moonroof, keyless push-button start, rear-view camera and a six-speaker audio system. The available Premium Package includes leather-covered seats (heated in front), premium audio system and 17-inch wheels (16s are standard).
Powertrain options
There’s nothing shy about the range of powertrain options. Base iterations ar-rive with a 150-horsepower 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine that operates through a five-speed automatic transmis-sion.
For the more perform-ance-minded, there’s a 201-horsepower, 2.4-litre four-cylinder that uses a
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Well-insulated cabin
Driving each of the three versions of ILX on Arizona’s gener-ally ripple-free secondary roads wasn’t ideal for conducting suspension torture tests, but the cabins are well-insulated from road and wind noise and the cars are really quite competent road machines.
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Aries | March 21 - April 20. You will be hugely affectionate and generous over the next 24 hours, not at all the me-first-at-all-costs Aries we know and love.
Taurus | April 21 - May 21. Do you control your desires or do you indulge them? That is the question you need to answer today and you’ll have a fun time doing so.
Gemini | May 22 - June 20. You may be the kind of person who enjoys risks but with values planet Venus turning direct in your sign today, you might prefer to sit on the fence and see how things develop.
Cancer | June 21 - July 22. Take your pleasures where you find them and don’t feel guilty that you are having such a great time while others seem to be struggling. You need to be generous to yourself.
Leo | July 23 - Aug. 22. Things are going well for you now but you are afraid there is some kind of catch, a price to be paid for your good fortune. There isn’t.
Virgo | Aug. 23 - Sept. 22. What happens today will calm your fears and make you realize that negative things are only likely to hap-pen if you allow negative thoughts to get out of control.
Libra | Sept. 23 - Oct. 22. This could be a restless sort of day for you, but the planets indicate that the more you chop and change, the more you will enjoy yourself.
Scorpio | Oct. 23 - Nov. 21. Friends, relatives, colleagues and even strangers will gather round hoping for a handout today. Instead of giving them money, treat them to a few words of your Scorpio wisdom.
Sagittarius | Nov. 22 - Dec. 21. Praise seems to be coming your way in increasing abundance and there may be times today when you get a bit embarrassed by it all.
Capricorn | Dec. 22 - Jan 20. You won’t be amused when some-one you hardly know starts probing into your affairs. Protect your privacy.
Aquarius | Jan. 21 - Feb 18. You can’t seem to get settled in any one place for more than a few minutes, but that’s OK. Forget about your chores and responsibilities, and do what makes you happy.
Pisces | Feb. 19 - March 20. You’ve always been generous, but there are times when your nature works against you. It’s something you need to watch out for today. There are far too many freeloaders.SAlly brOMptON
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