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“phones should be unlimited talk day or night” – cmisty
“I’d like to see a true unlimited plan with NO caveats…” – peter
“I suggest that unlimited is unconditionally unlimited.” – U.V.
“Unlimited local anytime any day…” – Canadagetsscrewed
“We need an unlimited voice plan…” – Robust
“No counting minutes.” – Blackittycat
“Simple, transparent pricing and unlimited calling plans...” – t.zok
“Unlimited Local Calling please – kind of like a landline?!?!?!” – modestmoes
“Flat rate unlimited talking…” – sc1123
“…most cell phone providers lure us in with promises of ‘unlimited’ talk…” – sweeter102
“Keep it basic. Simply provide unlimited voice…” – rev.j
“Give us an ‘unlimited’ plan that actually means it’s unlimited.” – R.E.
“…it is extremely frustrating to have to monitor my minute usage...” – zap93
“...you are never really sure if you are about to go over.” – K.S.
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REPORT A government-appointed study group isrecommending four newprovincial ridings in Alber-ta, but not all thepanellists agree.
The Electoral BoundariesCommission has issued areport recommending tworidings in Calgary, and onemore seat in both Edmon-ton and Fort McMurray.
“This we feel would en-sure effective representa-tion across the province,”said Ernie Walter, the pan-el chairman.
But a former journaliston the five-member paneldisagrees and says both Ed-monton and Calgaryshould get two newridings. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Vancouver Games Women score fourDay 13 proves lucky for ladies, men’s hockey team
It was a banner day forCanadian women at theOlympics as the country’sfemale bobsledders racedto a gold-silver finish inthe two-man event at theWhistler Sliding Centre.
Kaillie Humphries of Cal-
gary and Heather Moyse ofSummerside, P.E.I., claimedgold, edging teammates He-len Upperton of Calgaryand Shelley-Ann Brown ofPickering, Ont., givingCanada its first-ever medalsin women’s bobsled.
Combined with a bronzefor speedskater Clara Hugh-es in the women’s 5,000metres and a surprise silver
in the women’s 3,000-me-tre short-track relay, itmade for a four-medal day— the best for Canada sofar at the VancouverOlympics.
Meanwhile, at CanadaHockey Place, Corey Perryscored twice as Team Cana-da devastated Russia’s de-fence and neutralized itstop scorers, summarily dis-
patching the hockey super-power 7-3 from the tourna-ment.
The win had a particular-ly vengeful flavour forTeam Canada, which waseliminated by Russia 2-0 inthe quarter-finals four yearsago in Turin, Italy — astinging loss that prompteda lot of soul-searching athome. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Chargeslaid inCitadelblaze
CRIME A marijuana grow-opallegedly caused a massiveCitadel fire in Decemberthat destroyed five homesand has resulted in aCalgary man facing 18charges, according topolice.
A 33-year-old man hasbeen charged inconnection with the Dec. 5fire that not only burnedfive homes to the ground,but left 11 peoplehomeless and killed fourdogs and eight cats,according to arson Det.Scott Sampson. It alsodamaged three otherhomes and damaged adozen cars.
Sampson said police be-lieve the man arrivedhome and tried unsuccess-fully to rescue his two dogsfrom the fire just before 4a.m., but fled the scenewithout attempting towarn his neighbours orcall 911.
“These people are justworried about themselvesand their grow operations,and the neighbours andtheir kids are left indanger,” Sampson said.
Police say damage wasestimated at $3.8 million.
The man’s name cannotbe released until heappears before a justice ofthe peace, expected today.He faces 16 counts of arsonby negligence, one countof production/manufactur-ing of drugs and one countof theft of electricity.
Heather Moyse, left, and Kaillie Humphries, second right, of Canada 1 celebrate gold and Helen Upperton, second left, and Shelley-
Ann Brown of Canada 2 celebrate silver after the women’s bobsled on Day 13 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at the Whistler
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Familiarity or change for voters?
Calgarian Justin Penner isn’t concerned about whobecomes the city’s nextmayor — he believeswhomever is elected willbe right for the job.
“I’m not really worriedbecause I think differentpoliticians bring differentideas to the table and aslong as they do a good job,I’m supportive,” he said.
But Mount Royal Univer-sity political scientist LoriWilliams says Calgariansmay be uncertain aboutthe exit of the city’s 35thmayor, Dave Bronconnier,who served for nine years.
“It’s difficult for Calgari-ans to know what is goingto happen next or wherethings are going to go now.The city has a history ofhaving long-serving may-ors,” she said. “But I thinkthe people who want tosee a change or didn’t likethe way things were willbe hopeful about what the
future may hold, and exhil-arated with the chance forchange.”
Williams believes peoplewho embrace change willmore likely vote for a candi-date not currently on coun-cil, but added some may becomfortable with someone
they know, like aldermenRic McIver or Diane Colley-Urquhart — despite theirpolitical baggage.
It could come down tochoosing the devil youknow, or the devil youdon’t — and Calgarianslike Michael Hapman are
concerned about whosehands the city will be in.
“I may not always haveagreed with the mayor’sdecisions, but with himyou knew what you weregetting. Who knows whatdirection the next mayormight take,” he said.
Calgarians may be uneasy about unknown mayoral candidates after Mayor Dave Bronconnier, seen
here speaking to media yesterday, announced his decision not to run for a fourth term.
HATE Rising acts of anti-Semitism in Calgary large-ly account for a 34 per centincrease across theprovince, according to areport by a national Jewishadvocacy group.
The B’nai Brith reportsays there were 67 cases ofanti-Semitic harassment,vandalism and violence inthe province in 2009, and48 of those incidents oc-curred in Calgary. In 2008,there were 50 incidents re-ported across the province.
Judy Shapiro, spokesper-son for the Calgary JewishCentre, which was hit with
rash of anti-Semitism graf-fiti last November, de-clined to comment on the
report, but did say she wasamazed by the reactionfrom Calgarians.
“This year was definitelyhard because of the signifi-cant and vile vandalismacts, and that was prettydevastating. But the onlygood thing from that wasthe outpouring of supportfrom all over the city,”Shapiro said.
She added she doesn’tbelieve Calgary is a racistcity.
“I don’t think it’s ahotbed, I think it’s to thecontrary. The vast majorityof Calgarians are full of re-spect and acceptant of di-versity.” KRISTA SYLVESTER/
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News in briefFUNDING The New Nickle ArtsMuseum at the University ofCalgary is set to receive $3.234million in funds from the Cityof Calgary towards thecompletion of the centre. Thebuilding is scheduled to openin spring 2011, according to of-ficials.WATER Despite an increasingCalgary and area population,the city is on track to meet its30 in 30 water efficiency goal,according to the city’s 2009year-end water report. In 2005,the city adopted the Water Effi-ciency Plan to reduce waterconsumption by 30 per centover 30 years.
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Over 12,000 Calgary artists between five and 25 years of age will compete from March 1 to 20 in the 79th annual Calgary Kiwanis Festival. Artistswill compete for scholarship in 16 different categories and 1,005 classes. Daily sessions are open to the public at no charge. METRO CALGARY
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ARMSTRONG, Gwendolyn IvaBARRETT , Janice Margaret (nee
Hurd)BESTIANICH, John JosephBOLDT, HildegardBRANDT, Wilda AnnCORBETT, JoanDASE, Kenneth (Ken) EricDUBON RECINOS, Pedro Pablo
(Pablito)DYCK, Angela GraceENNIS, Winifred MaryHOLOWISKY, Joseph NeilHUNTE, Dr. R. GordonJOHNSON, Glen WadeCOLE, Katherine Marie LouiseMACLAREN, Blair EricMARSTON, Robert HigginsonMCCOLL, Howard StuartMCPHERSON, Jean Isabel (nee
Court)MERRETT, Ailsa Ruth (nee Frank)MOORE, Mary Jacqueline Zephrine
ChaseMUNRO, Russell “Jim” JamesNEUERT, Gladys EvelynPELL, Ernest Thomas EatonRICHARDSON, Yvette Jacqueline
(Eve)SELKIRK, AnneSEMMENS, David NelsonULASZONEK , EugeniaVOGT, GarryWAYMARK, (Bishop) Christina
Ophelia (nee Topley)WILSON, George Sydney LowenZAWALYKUT, Edward
News in briefSPENDING BILL WildroseAlliance MLA Rob Anderson in-troduced Bill 204 to the provin-cial legislature yesterday, hop-ing to limit excessive and out ofcontrol government spending.The private member’s billwould limit spending to rate ofinflation plus populationgrowth, or the average per-capita spending of the otherprovinces. METRO CALGARY
How exactly does onetranslate magic words in67 different languages?
If you had copies of thefirst Harry Potter book in67 tongues — you’d likelyknow the answer. And aUniversity of Calgary pro-fessor has just that.
Nick Zekulin, who teach-es Russian at the U of C,has managed to collect 67translated volumes of thefirst book on the Hog-wart’s hero — the initialcopy he managed to pickup seven years ago whilein Moscow.
“I realized there was anacademic interest,” saidZekulin.
Zekulin collected themthrough his travels,friends, family, colleagues,and some through purchas-es made on the Internet.
“The biggest phenome-non about this is how ithas boosted reading ratesin all kinds of places, peo-ple who otherwise did notread began to read thesebooks,” said Zekulin.
Languages that were in
danger of being lost nowhave translations of the fa-mous book.
All the books will be ondisplay at the U of C in theLanguage Research Centreuntil March 10 for the pub-lic to view.
Nick Zekulin and his collection of Harry Potter books in 67
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Energy salespeople charged
Province not competitive inenergy investment: Review
MLA pushes for supportfor city’s airport tunnelINFRASTRUCTURE Construc-tion of the airport tunnel isessential, according to theMLA serving the area, andhe’s lobbying hisprovincial colleaguesto help fund it.
Calgary McCallMLA, Liberal Dar-shan Kang, ad-dressed a letter toMLAs, outlining theneed for the east-west corridor.
“Without this tunnel,”Kang’s letter reads, “theCity of Calgary will face in-creased gridlock, a worsen-ing environment, a poorerquality of life and ... Deer-foot Trail will remain a traf-fic hazard.”
With the closure of Bar-
low Trail NE, north of McK-night Blvd., some fear thetraffic in the rapidly ex-panding northeast will be
funnelled to CountryHills Blvd., or to McK-night Blvd., possiblycreating longer com-mutes and greatertraffic congestion.
The airport tunnel,included in Plan-ItCalgary after areaAld. Jim Stevenson
fought for it, is expected tocost around $270 million.The city and airport author-ity have committed $90million to it, but both theprovincial and federal gov-ernments have not commit-ted to the project.
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POLICY A new policy papersuggests Alberta’s tax androyalty rates make it theleast competitive provincein attracting conventionaloil and gas investment.
Jack Mintz of the Univer-sity of Calgary looked atbarriers to investment in Al-berta, B.C., Saskatchewan,the Maritimes and Texas.
He found that Alberta’seffective tax and royaltyrates on new investmentsare much higher than all
the other places.Greg Stringham, a vice-
president at the CanadianAssociation of PetroleumProducers, says Alberta’sshare of investment inWestern Canada has gonedown in part due to thesestumbling blocks.
The provincial govern-ment is currently conduct-ing a review into howprovincial regulations andlegislation affect energy in-vestment. THE CANADIAN PRESS
MARKETING Three former Al-berta Energy Savings sales-people have been chargedfor signing up homeownersto contracts without theirconsent.
The three suspects havealso been charged with im-personating consumers.
Service Alberta investiga-tors say three salespeopleforged signatures on con-sumers’ long-term electrici-
ty and natural gas contracts.Narek Hakoybyan, 19,
Shadow Fox Thunderstorm,22, and Kimberly Bernard,20, face charges under theCriminal Code and Albertamarketing rules.
They are to appear in Ed-monton provincial court onApril 8.
Alberta Energy Savings isnow called Just Energy.
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The Finance Department is turning to Twitter to deliver its message in bite-sized chunks of 140 characters or less. The department plans to begin tweeting when Finance Minister Jim Flaherty rises in the House of Commons to deliver his latest budget on March 4. THE CANADIAN PRESS
CLIMATE Stephen Harper’ssincerity in tackling cli-mate change was chal-lenged yesterday after hisformer foreign affairs min-ister assailed what he de-scribed as alarmism overglobal warming.
The Prime Minister’s Of-fice insisted MaximeBernier was speakingstrictly for himself.
But opposition partiespounced on the QuebecConservative MP’s com-ments to charge that theHarper government is fi-nally showing its truecolours as a climate
change skeptic.In a letter to Montreal’s
La Presse newspaper,Bernier argued there is noscientific consensus on cli-mate change and he ap-plauded the Harper gov-ernment for taking a go-slow approach.
“The debate over climatechange, stifled for years bypolitical correctness, hasfinally broken out in themedia,” he wrote.
He added: “We can nowsee that it's possible to be a‘skeptic,’ or in any case tokeep an open mind.”
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No? Then you may notbe a real Canadian.
But fear not.Canada Place, a water-
front convention centrethat is home to the mainpress centre for the dura-tion of the Olympics, hasproduced a Guide To Be-coming An AuthenticCanadian for visitors tothe Vancouver Games.
The first step is to knowyour Canadian icons.
The beaver, maple leaf,Canada goose and moosemake thelist, alongwith Moun-ties, looniesand toonies,bears andthe toque.
The eight-page pocketbooklet explains that thebeaver is the official em-blem of Canada.
“Yes that's right, one ofour highest honours wentto a giant, buck-toothedrodent,” it says.
Step Two is to eat anddrink like a Canadian —which, says the guide, in-volves maple syrup, beer(“We like. We like it alot.”) and lobster.
Throw in some poutine,Canadian bacon, salmon
and a donut.The third step toward
Canadian-ness is to walkthe walk and talk the talk.
And what could be moreCanadian than good man-ners?
“Canadians are politeand apologetic,” says thebooklet, being handed outat a kiosk in front of Cana-da Place, the venue forOlympic press.
“Don’t be surprised ifsomeone apologizes to youeven if you were the one atfault. It’s our natural reac-tion, sorry about that.”
The booklet also edu-cates thereader aboutplaying likea Canadian,which in-cludes hock-
ey, ice fishing and curling. It says hockey is Cana-
da’s official winter sportand for summer, it'slacrosse — “Same amountof dental work needed, butwith less ice”.
Visitors are told our flagis the Maple Leaf, whichwas inaugurated in Febru-ary 1965 —- 98 years afterCanadian confederation.
“We were too busy eat-ing poutine and watchinghockey to get to it anysooner,” says the booklet.
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Ignore abuseat your peril,top brass told
Senior Canadian militarybrass were told it was acrime to ignoreallegations of prisonerabuse according to a top-secret document.
They were also told itwas their duty to investi-gate the allegations.
The May 22, 2007, five-page memo from the JudgeAdvocate General for theCanadian Forces, Brig.-Gen. Ken Watkin, followeda series of allegations of se-rious prisoner abuse.
“There is a smoking gunhere to show that therewas legal opinion aboutthe obligations of Canadain the field and it clearlystates if we are transfer-ring detainees (into harm’sway) we could potentiallybe in violation of interna-tional laws,” said NDP MP
Paul Dewar.In the memo — sent to
then-chief of defence staffGen. Rick Hillier and Lt.-Gen. Michel Gauthier, nowboth retired — Watkin saidtop officials ignore abusewarnings at their peril.They may be subject tocriminal liability.
The role of Watkin, themilitary’s top lawyer, is touphold the ethical and le-gal principles establishedby the Forces and govern-ment. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Canadian,eh?It’s easy to be one,Games guide tells visitors
Have a heart, NDP tells N.L.The heart surgery Premier Danny Williams had in the U.S. should
be made available to all residents of Newfoundland and Labrador,
says the leader of the province’s NDP. Since the same operation is
available in Canada the province should fund it through its health
care plan, Lorraine Michael says. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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How to meet women
Let me tell you a storyabout how not to pickup women.
I was recently ap-proached in the middle ofa mall in the middle ofthe day. Romeo invadedmy personal space,dropped alternately flat-tering and suggestivecomments and generallymade me feel uncomfort-able.
Before slinking away, hegave me his phone num-ber. (It has since been cir-cular filed.)
Without a doubt, this
was the work of a pick-upartist.
Pick-up artists are a sub-culture of men who likendating to a sporting event.The objective? Score asmany touchdowns as hu-manly possible.
While I take issue withmany of these real-lifeLeisure Suit Larrys, I dohave to give them a littlecredit. There is one thingthese men are doing right.
They are talking towomen.
But how can decent, re-lationship-seeking dudesmeet women without be-ing lumped in with me-thodical sleazebags?
Here are some pointersfrom me and my babefriends:
• Talk to women in bars,cafes, restaurants, bookstores and at social events.Try not to corner us on
the street, on public tran-sit (where there is no easymeans of escape) or whenwe’re clearly busy
• Say Hi. If we respondcurtly and our body lan-guage makes it obviousthat we would prefer to bealone, leave
• Referring to women as“fine females” won’t earnyou any brownie points,lady-killer
• Neither will hitting onthe friend of a womanwho just rejected your ad-vances
• Ask open and thought-ful questions. “How areyou doing this evening?”will absolutely fail. “Nicebutton, I like that band,too. Have you ever seenthem live?” is a conversa-tion starter
• Sexual innuendo with-in the first few minutes ofmeeting = ick
• Manners are sexy (eyesup here, gents!)
• Don’t ask for our num-ber right off the bat —this is something you earn
• We like sincere com-pliments
• We like it when youlisten
• Do not touch us (un-less we touch you first)
• Flirting with astranger you find attrac-tive and intriguing is cool.Pouncing, serial-style, ona multitude of ladies? Notso super cool.
There you have it, fellas.Free advice! And all themoney you’ve just savedon how-to books andclasses can be spent onbuying dinner for a smartand pretty girl.
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U.S. school board votes to fire all educators
A Rhode Island school district voted Tuesday evening to fire all the teachers at the underperforming Central Falls High School at theend of the school year, the Providence Journal reports. Only about half the school’s students graduate. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dog fetches award for war serviceA perky British Labrador whose bomb-sniffing exploits helped save lives in
Afghanistan was decorated for canine courage in a ceremony at London’s Imperi-
al War Museum yesterday. Eight-year-old Treo, left, joins a menagerie of heroic an-
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including 32 pigeons, three horses and a cat. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FLORIDA A killer whaleattacked and killed a train-er in front of a horrified au-dience at an OrlandoSeaWorld show yesterday,and a SeaWorld official isconfirming that the whalepulled the woman into thewater. Chuck Tompkins,head of animal training atall SeaWorld parks, saidtrainer Dawn Brancheauwas rubbing the whalenamed Tilikum after ashow yesterday when thewhale grabbed her andpulled her in. SeaWorldspokesman Fred Jacobs con-firmed the whale wasTilikum, one of three orcasblamed for killing a trainerwho lost her balance andfell in the pool with themin 1991 at Sealand of thePacific in Victoria, B.C.
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A gunman walkedthrough a middle schoolparking lot taking shots atstudents with a hunting ri-fle, wounding twostudents, as terrifiedteenagers ran for theirlives, before a teachertackled him.
Littleton, Colo., policesaid they aren’t immediate-ly sure about what motivat-ed 32-year-old Bruco StrongEagle Eastwood to allegedlytarget Deer Creek MiddleSchool just after classes hadended Tuesday. Eastwoodhas an arrest record in Col-orado dating back to 1996for menacing, assault, do-mestic violence and drivingunder the influence, and heis believed to have a historyof mental issues. The sher-iff’s office says Eastwood isa former student of the
school. The gunmanseemed ready to unleashmore violence when a mathteacher named David Benkesprung into action.
Benke confronted thegunman, tackled him andpinned him to the groundwith the help of anotherteacher.
“Unfortunately he got an-other round off before Icould grab him,” Benkesaid. “He figured out that hewasn’t going to be able toget another round cham-
bered before I got to him sohe dropped the gun andthen we were kind of strug-gling around trying to gethim subdued.”
The two students sur-vived Tuesday’s shootingand one remained hospital-ized. Meanwhile, Benke hasbecome a national hero. AFacebook page called “Dr.David Benke Is A Hero!!!!”quickly grew to more than14,000 members by yester-day morning.
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Tragic past
• The shooting occurredless than five kilometresfrom Col um bine High,where two teenagers killed12 students and a teachernearly 11 years ago.
Tackled gunman as he opened fire in parking lot
Greece Protest turns violent
Police clash with protesters in Athens yesterday as violence
broke out after a large protest against government austerity
measures intended to fix the country’s debt crisis.
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ported yesterday.Mosab Hassan Yousef was oneof the Shin Bet securityservice’s most valuablesources, Israel’s Haaretz dailysaid. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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When Stinne HolmBergholdt of Denmark wasdiagnosed with bone can-cer, she was afraid shewouldn’t have children.
So she asked her doctorsto remove an ovary beforeher treatment and trans-plant it back afterward.
More than six years later,Bergholdt and her husbandnow have two daughters,
making her the first womanin the world to give birthtwice after an ovary trans-plant.
“It’s hard to believe it’s re-ally true,” said Bergholdt, ofOdense, Denmark. “It’s likea dream that I never wouldhave thought possible a fewyears ago.”.
The transplant is workingso well that Bergholdt is
currently using birth con-trol. Eight children havebeen born worldwide towomen who have had ovarytransplants but no otherwoman has had more thanone pregnancy afterhaving such a transplant, aspecialized technique thatto this point has been mostly used to treat cancer.
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Israeli dissident not interested in Nobel
An Israeli man who served jail time for leaking state secrets has asked the Nobel Peace Prize committee to disregard his nomination for theprestigious award. Mordechai Vanunu said he doesn’t want an award previously given to Israeli President Shimon Peres. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Toyota CEO Akio Toyodaapologized yesterday tothe U.S. Congress — andmillions of American Toy-ota owners — for safetylapses that led to deathsand widespread recalls foraccelerator and brakingfailures. But he disputedclaims by some safety ex-perts that the cars’electronic throttles mightbe at fault.
“I’m deeply sorry for anyaccident that Toyota drivershave experienced,” said thegrandson of the founder ofthe world’s largest au-tomaker.
Amid a phalanx of cam-eras, Toyoda, dressed in adark suit, stood before theHouse Oversight and Gov-ernment Reform Commit-tee, raised his right handand promised to tell thetruth. House committeechairman Edolphus Townswelcomed him and thankedhim for volunteering to tes-
tify.“We’re very impressed
with that. It shows yourcommitment to safety aswell,” Towns said.
Toyoda pledged his com-pany would change the wayit handles consumer com-plaints, including seeking
greater input from driversand outside safety expertswhen considering recalls.Toyota managers will alsodrive cars under investiga-tion to experience potentialproblems first hand, hesaid.
Toyoda told the panel he
was “absolutely confident”there was no problem withthe electronics of Toyota ve-hicles and repeated thecompany’s stance that sud-den accelerations werecaused by either a stickinggas pedal or a misplacedfloor mat. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda, left, and Yoshimi Inaba, right, president and chief executive
officer, Toyota Motor North America, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, yesterday, prior to
testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Toyota.
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Toyota CEO apologizesToyoda testifies at U.S. Congress meeting about recalls REAL ESTATE Canada’s hous-
ing market is in tight sup-ply after a surge in activityduring January, a tradition-ally slow month for the in-dustry, says real-estate gi-ant Re/Max.
The sales organizationsaid yesterday that in mostof the 16 major marketstracked by organizationthere was an unusuallystrong amount of activity,motivated by a series of ex-ternal factors.
The uptick was felt in87.5 per cent of the mar-kets surveyed, while theaverage home price appre-ciated 81 per cent, it foundin a survey.
Home buyers have en-tered the market amid ex-pectations of higher inter-est rates and tighter lend-ing, as well as the intro-duction of HarmonizedSales Tax in British Colum-bia and Ontario, Re/Max
said.“Affordability is the cata-
lyst for the vast majority ofpurchasers in today’s hous-ing market,” said EltonAsh, the executive vice-president of Re/Max inWestern Canada.
“While home ownershipis still within reach inmany major centres, levelsare slipping. There is agrowing sense, on bothsides of the fence, that thetime to act is now.”
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Low rates needed: BernankeLENDING U.S. Federal ReserveChairman Ben Bernanketold Congress yesterdaythat record-low interestrates are still needed to en-sure that the U.S. economicrecovery will last and tohelp cushion the sting ofhigh unemployment.
In prepared remarks forhis twice-a-year report tothe House Financial Servic-
es Committee, Bernankestruck a confident tone thatthe recovery should endure.But he also sought to tampdown expectations.
The moderate economicgrowth the Fed expects willlead to only a slow declinein the country’s nearly dou-ble-digit unemploymentrate, he said.
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INTERNET Nortel Networks hasabandoned plans for a competi-tive auction of its voice-over-In-ternet business unit and willwork to complete a sale to Gen-band Inc.
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Back from a 10-dayvacation, the CalgaryFlames hit the iceyesterday afternoon forthe first time since beatingthe Anaheim Ducks 3-1 athome on Feb. 13.
National Hockey Leagueteams were allowed to holdorganized practices onceagain for the first time sincethe men’s hockey competi-tion began at the OlympicWinter Games in Vancou-ver.
“Every team’s doing thesame thing,” said Calgarycoach Brent Sutter, who puthis players through a vari-ety of skating and puck-handling drills during anhour-long ice session at thePengrowth Saddledome.“We had no more advan-tage than anybody else.”
Of course, the Flameswere practising withoutcaptain Jarome Iginla,who’s in Vancouver playingfor Canada, along with for-ward Niklas Hagman andgoaltender Miikka Kipru-soff, who are competing forFinland.
Sutter said the coachingstaff will gradually imple-ment more complex teach-ing drills into practices lead-ing up to Calgary’s firstgame after the break athome against the Minneso-ta Wild on March 3.
“We’ve got to be carefulhere these first few days,”
Sutter cautioned. “We’re go-ing to have an opportunityas we get along here to real-ly start getting into our sys-tems and stuff. I think thesefirst few days, it’s just get-ting their legs back underthem and getting theirhands going and work onsome skills.”
While other players tookadvantage of the break toescape to warmer climates,forward Daymond Langkowsaid he enjoyed gettingtime to relax at home withhis family.
“It was good to get a goodrest,” Langkow said. “It’s abreak we needed. Just be-cause of the Olympics, theschedule is compressed andwe’re playing a lot of hock-ey so it was good.”
While players got somerest and relaxation duringthe break, they also madesure to keep up on theirphysical conditioningknowing that they wouldbe back on the ice a week inadvance of their first post-Olympic game.
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Daymond Langkow said he enjoyed getting time to relax at
home with his family.
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Sports in briefMLB Major League Baseball ishoping to test minor leaguersfor human growth hormonethis year. A blood test for HGHhas been in existence since the2004 Athens Olympics, butbaseball officials have said un-til now that its validity was notuniversally accepted by the sci-entific community. SOCCER Esteban Cambiassoscored the winning goal yester-day to give Inter Milan a 2-1victory over Chelsea in theround-of-16 match in theChampions League.
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Team Canada sent Russiapacking from the Olympicmen’s hockey tournamentyesterday with a stunning7-3 victory that showedthe home team is back inhigh gear and firing on allcylinders.
Next up comes the win-ner of a Sweden-Slovakiaquarter-final, which wasplayed late last night. Thesemifinal goes Friday.
This was the kind ofCanadian hockey that fanshad been yearning for sinceexecutive director Steve Yz-erman named his team inDecember — a physical, re-lentless attack combinedwith speed and skill.
After a slow start to thetournament, Yzermancalmly reassured the nationit was coming. His team de-livered on the promise bydispatching Germany andRussia on back-to-back daysby a combined score of 15-5.
The win over Russia wasespecially satisfying for an-other jam-packed house atCanada Hockey Place. Therewere quite a few Russianflags among the throng ofred-and-white Canadian jer-seys, but many of themwere packed up and putaway by the time the thirdperiod started.
At that point, Canada hadalready chased Russiangoaltender Evgeni Nabokovand built a 7-3 lead in one ofthe most lopsided games
the teams have played in re-cent memory.
Canada was rampantfrom the get-go. There wasa more physical element tothe team’s game — AlexOvechkin received a partic-ularly rough ride early —and Ryan Getzlaf openedthe scoring at 2:21, nearlygetting knocked over by an
exuberant Dan Boyle whodid all the work on the play.
“We were not surprisedabout how they were goingto start,” Ovechkin said ofthe Canadians.
“I think we were notready for the first five min-utes of the game. When wewoke up it was too late. Itwas 3-0.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s Ryan Getzlaf celebrates with Dan Boyle after scoring a
goal against Russia last night at Canada Hockey Place in
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HISTORY Kaillie Humphriesand Heather Moyse wereuntouchable and unbeat-able yesterday, smashingtrack records to win goldwhile teammates Helen Up-perton and Shelley-AnnBrown grabbed silver, cap-turing Canada’s first-everOlympic medals inwomen’s bobsled.
Humphries, the pilot, andMoyse, the brakeman,sailed over the finish lineand up the outrun to thedeafening cheers of fans,waving Maple Leaf flags andclanging bells.
“I don’t know how Cana-da feels, but if it’s anythinglike I’m feeling, it’s prettyexciting.” Humphries said.
Moyse, her helmet in herhand, pumped her fist inthe air and huggedHumphries before someone
handed them a Canadianflag, which they both thenheld up together as thecheers reached a crescendoand reverberated down themisty slopes of BlackcombMountain.
Humphries, from Calgary,and Moyse, from Summer-side, P.E.I., logged a four-runcombined time of threeminutes 32.28 seconds totake the top of the podium.They led from wire to wireover four heats, obliteratingtrack and start records asthey went.
Upperton, from Calgary,and Brown, from Pickering,Ont., moved up from fifthplace to fourth, then third,and finally second.
Erin Pac and brakemanElana Meyers of the UnitedStates were third.
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Canadian women win gold, silver in bobsled
Russians rockedLONG-TRACK Clara Hughescapped her remarkable ca-reer with an Olympicbronze medal.
The 37-year-oldlong-track speed-skater from GlenSutton, Que., wasthird in thewomen’s 5,000 me-tres at the Vancou-ver Olympics yester-day, an event shewon four years agoin Turin.
She finished in six min-utes 55.73 seconds. Thetime stood as a trackrecord before it was bro-ken twice, first by silvermedallist Stephanie Beck-ert of Germany and thenby gold medallist MartinaSablikova of the Czech Re-public.
Sablikova won in6:50.91, followed by Beck-
ert in 6:51.39.The medal is the sixth of
Hughes’ career, puttingher in a tie withWinnipeg’s CindyKlassen as Canada’smost decoratedOlympian.
Hughes, who car-ried the Canadianflag into B.C. Placeat the opening cere-monies, said shecame into theGames thinking
physical and mental excel-lence rather than medalsor owning the podium.
“I did that in the lastrace of my life on ice andit was so enjoyable,”Hughes told CTV.
“I’m just really proud ofthe process I wentthrough to bring me tothis place.”
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Hughes goes outon a high note
Clara Hughes
SPEEDSKATING The Canadianwomen’s short-track teamwent to silver from bronzein a matter of seconds at theWinter Olympics.
Canada finished third inthe women’s 3,000-metrerelay but was quickly up-graded to silver when thewinning South Koreanswere disqualified for a rulesviolation.
Tania Vicent of Laval,Que., Kalyna Roberge of St-Etienne-de-Lauzon, Que.,Jessica Gregg of Edmontonand Marianne St-Gelais ofSt-Felicien, Que., finished ina time of four minutes9.137 seconds.
China won in a world-record time of 4:06.610while the United States wasthird. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Short-track team gets upgrade
Slovakia forward recovering from concussion
Slovakia forward Lubos Bartecko is recovering from a concussion after being levelled by a scary shoulder hit from Norwaydefenceman Ole Kristian Tollefsen during a 4-3 victory in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament Tuesday night. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Dutch speedskater to apologize
Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer will apologize and give a small gift to an Olympic volunteer he pushedaside after he was disqualified from the 10,000-race he had been favoured to win. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rochette Big day approaches
Joannie Rochette of Canada practises for the women’s figure
skating free program yesterday in Vancouver. Rochette is in
third place heading into today’s free skate final.
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Bernard toresumeaction todayCURLING Canada’s CherylBernard, who steamrolledthe competition on herway to an 8-1 round-robinrecord at the VancouverGames, will return to theice today for a semifinaldate with two-timeOlympic silver medallistMirjam Ott of Switzerland.
Just two measly winsaway fromanOlympicgoldmedal anda perma-nent placein Canadi-an WinterGameslore,membersofBernard’srink saidthey’retrying totakethings in
stride. Coach DennisBalderston feels confidentin his team’s gameheading into the playoffs,despite the fact Bernardhas been battling a cold.
“They’re shooting verywell, they’re in a verygood comfort zone andthey’re not afraid to lose,”he said.
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Battle-hardened women ready
Ryan Hilderman and mostof his Calgary Royalsmidget club will be watch-ing Canada and the U.S.play for Olympic women’shockey gold today.
“I’ll be glued to the TV,”the Royals head coach saidyesterday from Calgary.
That boys between theages of 15 and 18 would beinterested in women’shockey is at the centre ofthis game because they’veplayed a major role inpreparing the Canadianwomen to battle the Amer-icans for gold.
Being prepared is onething, execution is anoth-er.
But the Canadianwomen are a battle-hard-ened team.
In their 55-game sched-ule since August, 30 ofthem were against AlbertaMidget Hockey Leagueteams, who provided a lev-el of competition compara-ble to the Americanwomen.
“All the games we’ve
played has brought us to aposition where we’re downa goal, up a goal, we knowhow to play,” captain Hay-ley Wickenheiser said.
The women went 20-10in that league, wheregames against Canadacounted for points in theirstandings.
The U.S. women playedsome informal gamesagainst Minnesota highschool boys teams, butwere unable to get in asmany games against malesas Canada did.
In terms of preparation,the Canadian women havenothing eating at theirconfidence heading intotoday’s final at CanadaHockey Place.
“You look back at every-thing we’ve done and weknow we’re ready for thisgame,” defenceman BeckyKellar said.
“There’s nothing I thinkwe haven’t done that weneeded to do. We’re ready.We’re ready for this mo-ment.”
The Americans feel theyare, too.
They have the confi-dence that comes frombeating Canada in the lasttwo games that really mat-tered in their sport, the fi-nals of the 2008 and 2009world championships.
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Canada’s Hayley Wickenheiser, centre, handles the puck against
Finland’s Michelle Karvinen, right, and Jenni Hiirikoski during
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Canada’s Alexandre Bilodeau bites his gold medal during a
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GIVING BACK Olympicfreestyle skiing championAlexandre Bilodeau callsolder brother Frederic hissource of inspiration.
Now, Bilodeau is doinghis part to return thefavour. The gold medallistin moguls announced yes-terday he’s donating$25,000 to the CanadianAssociation of PaediatricHealth Centres in supportof research into cerebralpalsy.
For Bilodeau, the dona-tion is a very personal one.Frederic was born withcerebral palsy and doctorssaid he would be in awheelchair for life. ButFrederic has proved themwrong, still walking andskiing at age 28. Bilodeau’smoguls teammate JenniferHeil, who won silver in thewomen’s event at the Van-
couver Games, is also do-ing her part to give back,donating $25,000 to Be-cause I Am A Girl. Thefoundation helps girls inunderprivileged countries.
The 22-year-old Bilodeau,who captured Canada’sfirst-ever gold medal onhome soil Feb. 14, saidgrowing up with Frederictaught him a lot aboutkeeping things in perspec-tive.
“When I was younger, Ihad to jump in the car andget to a school where therewere so many people withcerebral palsy,” saidBilodeau. “The only thing(the students) could movewas their head or theirneck ... but they had asmile. They were enjoyinglife probably more thananyone else.”
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Pressure time arrives for Canada’s Martin CURLING The Olympic curl-ing round robin is over.Now the real pressure be-gins.
Despite a perfect 9-0record, Kevin Martin’shopes of a gold medalcould be derailed with asingle loss in today’s sud-den-death semifinal.
The Edmonton skip willface off against fourth-place Sweden while Nor-way and Switzerland willplay in the other semi. The
winners will play for thegold medal,while thelosers taketo the icefor bronze.
Martin,who lost the2002 goldmedal gameto PalTrulsen ofNorway, isn’t feeling anyextra pressure now thatit’s crunch time.
“I think the pressure hasbeen there all week,” Mar-tin said. “Like any othersport in the Olympics, youget to the medal round andyou want to play well. Ifeel really good. I feel com-fortable.”
Unlike most major curl-ing events, the Olympictournament uses a sudden-death playoff formatrather than the more com-mon Page system.
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Kevin Martin
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By the numbers
Based on the City of Calgary’s civic census, Canyon Meadows’ total population in 2008 was 7,957. Lake Bonavista’s population was 10,534. The overall population in Calgary in 2008 was 1,042,892. MICHELLE LINDSTROM/FOR METRO CALGARY
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In 1967, home buildersand developers Keith Con-struction began theirsearch for an area and ideaunique enough to top theirprevious golf community:Willow Park.
A treeless, flat piece ofland became the site forwhat is now known asLake Bonavista’s manmadelake — the first of its kindin Canada.
When a lake plan wasconfirmed, excavationstarted early in March of1968 and continued untilMay; 1.2 million cubicyards of land was removed.
A portion of that dirt,300,000 cubic yards, serveddouble duty when it wasstacked and formed into a65-foot-tall hill, which stillhas a waterfall runningdown it to force air for cir-culation into the lake.
But, before the waterfalland lake, there needed tobe water. For 50 days, wa-
ter was pumped from FishCreek into Bonavista Lake.
The waterfall still pre-vents the 52-acre lake’s wa-ter from getting stagnantand allows fish to swimand survive. The depth ofthe lake, 24 feet, also helpssustain fish life when thesurface freezes in winter.
Today, the lake is usedfor swimming, fishing andboating. In winter, basket-ball courts are flooded forskating and portions of thelake are cleared for shinny.
The hill and waterfall be-come a toboggan hill.
“It’s the best behaved to-boggan hill I’ve ever seen,”says Ian Campbell, LakeBonavista Community As-sociation president.
To maintain the lake, allcommunity members payfees towards the LakeBonavista Home Owner’sAssociation.
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The Calgary communitiesof Canyon Meadows andLake Bonavista used to bor-der the southern-mostedge of our city with farmand grasslands beyond —but that’s not the case now.
The inception of both ar-eas began in the late ’60sto early ’70s, but sincethey straddle MacleodTrail, Canyon Meadowsfalls into the city’s south-west quadrant and LakeBonavista falls into thesoutheast.
Now both established ar-eas, residents agree the
communities have gonethrough one cycle —meaning long-standinghomeowners have reachedretirement age and aredownsizing, which enablesyounger families to movein and restart the cycle.
Anthony Masleck, execu-tive assistant to CanyonMeadow Ward 13’s Ald. Di-ane Colley-Urquhart, grewup in the southwest neigh-bourhood when his par-ents moved there in 1981.
“At that time, CanyonMeadows was basically the
edge of the city,” he says. “It was an interestingly
designed community,” hesays, adding there aremany pathways and smallhidden parks spread outamongst the various typesof homes.
Linda Fox-Mellway, thearea’s alderman and a LakeBonavista resident since1975, says, “It has alwaysbeen a very active commu-nity with lots of youngfamilies, lots of sports andprograms for families andpeople of all ages.”
‘A very activecommunity’
Manmade lake first of its kind
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Residents play shinny on Bonavista Lake.
Facts and figures
• Based on the 2006 census,Canyon Meadows has 1,890single detached homes, 120semi-detached homes, 685row houses, 405 apartmentsand 10 falling in the “other”category. Homes owned total85.9 per cent within the area.
• Based on the 2006 census,Lake Bonavista has 3,300 sin-gle detached homes and 520apartments, with 89.1 percent of the homes owned.
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Houses and facilities with-in Lake Bonavista andCanyon Meadows havehad decades to establishthemselves, leaving littlefor residents to yearn forother than a bit of upkeep.
There’s no doubt thelake is the main attractionwithin Lake Bonavista, butits community associationpresident, Ian Campbell,also mentions the perks ofthe community centre.
“This is the prize that alot of people don’t realize
is here,” Campbell says ofthe popular building near-by the lake that holds tworinks, a gym and more.
“It’s a 30-year-old facilitynow, but in the last fiveyears, we’ve put in morethan $1 million of mainte-nance to it,” he says,adding the plan is to re-place the large rink’sboards this year.
Other changes are takingplace around the lake. Res-idents of homes on Bonav-ista Lake’s shore are tear-ing down the almost 40-year-old houses — consid-ered too large at the time— to build bigger ones.
“The influx of infillhouses is a concern (forcommunity members),”Campbell says, adding thecity got involved with lakebuilding restrictions abouta year and a half ago.
On the other side ofMacleod Trail into CanyonMeadows, communitymembers have a differentchallenge.
“We’re always up againstthe wall with our mallthat’s here,” says BrendaZunti, Canyon MeadowCommunity Associationpresident.
The strip mall on thecorner of Anderson Road
and Elbow Drive is ownedby offshore investors whohave not responded tocommunity requests to re-pair and update the agingset of stores, Zunti says.
The community associa-tion is also planning to up-date the entrance sign ofCanyon Meadows.
Anthony Masleck, execu-tive assistant to Ald. Diane
Colley-Urquhart, says thebiggest development forCanyon Meadows would bethe southwest ring road, if it goes through, as itcould alleviate traffic con-gestion.
“They have the sameproblems of all the south-ern communities of tryingto get into downtown,”Masleck says.
Nightlife in Canyon Mead-ows or Lake Bonavista is notthe first thing residentsmention about the areas.
“A lot of people just comeout with their kids to goskating,” says Brenda Zunti,Canyon Meadows Commu-nity Association president.
She boasts about the day-time activities but also findspeace in the fact CanyonMeadows is secludedenough to focus on family-oriented activities awayfrom hub locations.
Canyon Meadows resi-dents typically head to-wards Macleod Trail — onlyaccessible by 14th Street orCanyon Meadows Drive dueto the train tracks — for lat-
er-day activities. One place to consider
eating and hangingout in Lake Bonav-ista would beNewport Grill,formerly The Innon Lake Bonav-ista, which is arestaurant on theshore of Bonavista Lake.
Across the street from thenorth end of the lake is a
strip mall with BrewstersBrewing Company and
Restaurant. At Macleod Trail
and CanyonMeadows Driveare the CanyonMeadows Cine-
mas, which playolder movies ($3 for
matinees and $5 forevening shows).
Nearby the cinemas, just
off of Lake Fraser Drive, isHalo Steak, Seafood & WineBar for evening festivities,but if working out is moreof your thing, Spa Lady orGoodLife Fitness gyms areall within the same com-plex.
Heading slightly morenorth to the Avenida Shop-ping area, there’s an Origi-nal Joe’s restaurant and baras well as a Boston Pizza.
Metro asks: Whydo you live here?• “It’s nice and quiet,” saysKristina Selebay, who moved
to Canyon Mead-ows more thanthree years ago.
“It’s a more maturearea and I’m right down thestreet from the Park.”
• “We take walks, swim andskate,” says Marianne Eriks-son, who moved to LakeBonavista 25 years ago.“We’re also close to FishCreek Park.”
• Ten-year LakeBonavista residentMilanko Rakie sayshe likes to fish at thelake about twice a month.
• “We’re a mixed, diversegroup,” says Brenda Zunti,Canyon Meadows Commu-nity Association presidentand longtime area residentof 18 years.
• “Given the option, this is areally nice place tolive,” says IanCampbell, Lake
Bonavista Commu-nity Association president.
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Abathroom is aplace wheredampness andwetness rule. Wa-ter often creeps
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And in a much more dra-matic fashion, fixtures canoverflow. A bathroom is aplace that experiences
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Yes, a bathroom must bebuilt to handle water, like asea-worthy vessel. Whenfinishing or refinishing, it’simportant to seal up thespace properly, and thenkeep it well maintained.
Waterproofing the bathroom
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• Use tile mouldings(avoid wood or pressboard)or run tiles partially up thewall, and pay special atten-tion to sealing the juncturebetween wall and floor.
• Do yourself a favour andtile the entire shower enclo-sure, including the ceiling,or use a one-piece surround.
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• Invest in an effectivemethod for closing off theshower area while in use.Vinyl shower curtains maybe effective for conscien-tious adults, but a door sys-tem may be better for busyfamilies.
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Topshop’s experimentalline was part Where theWild Things Are with mod-els wearing fuzzy eye-brows, deer antlers andfurry animal ears, and partuniform dressing witharmy green looks andshearling aviator-stylejackets. The best partabout the collection wasthe outerwear: a shearling,hooded, navy coat, forexample, felt time-lessly eccentric.
Mark FastSo much for
all the hooplaabout plus-size models.As of now,Mark Fastseems to bethe only de-signer whois usingthem in anymeaningfulway, ratherthan justrelegatingcurvygirls totrend-of-the-monthstatus.
TheCana-dianonce
againcast fleshier bodiesalongside thin onesin his show. The bodytypes were diverse inan organic way. Andthe clothes?
His trademarkbody-hugging cob-webby knits werethere. But this timehe also incorporateddraping inspired bythe Art Deco periodand shapes thatmoved away fromthe body. WhileFast deserves manycool points for mak-ing samples in a vari-
Outerwear rules, bold prints make a strong
statement and plus size-models re-surface
ety of sizes, he should havespent some time thinkingabout the undergarmentproblem. The visible pantylines on some models weredistracting.
Matthew WilliamsonChange is good. Fash-
ion’s favorite nomad isevolving out of the luxe bo-ho globetrotter look thathe’s become so famous for(because one can onlychurn out but so many in-terpretations of a flowy,ethnic inspired dress). Thiscollection was all civilized
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palette and fun,festive partydresses at the
end of the show were allquintessential Williamson.
Mary KatrantzouThe designer has earned
a cult-following for hertrademark use of bold digi-tal prints on figure-flatter-ing dresses. But like manydesigners who create astrong, singular look, shewas in danger of becominga one-trick pony. Sheevolved her dresses to in-clude more asymetrical sil-houettes, transparency,tiered ruffles and shinyembellishments.
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Burberry goes 3-D
As part of Burberry's marketing plan, the London Fashion Week show was streamed live in 3-D to special venues in big cities,such as Los Angeles. Also, Internet customers could view the show online and make instant purchases. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Already considered oneof the most powerfulpeople in fashion,Vogue’s Anna Wintour isheaded to the MagazineEditors’ Hall of Fame.
The American Society ofMagazine Editors an-nounced Monday thatWintour would be hon-oured at its annual gala inApril.
“Throughout her career,Anna Wintour has exem-plified the highest stan-dards of taste, in bothjournalism and fashion,”said Sid Holt, ASME’s chiefexecutive, in a statement.“She has defined style fora generation of magazine
readers and come to epito-mize the essential quali-ties of editorial leader-ship.”
Vogue is the standard-bearer of the high-fashionglossy magazines; its 2009average circulation was1,269,640. Wintour wasnamed editor-in-chief in1988. She had earlier beenVogue’s creative directoras well as the top editor atBritish Vogue and House &Garden.
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In brief
FASHION WEEK English styleambassador Paul Smith put theclassy into upper-class thisweek, unveiling an autumn-winter collection that evokedcountry houses, outdoor pur-suits and just a touch of urbandecadence. Tweed caps, ridingcapes and chunky woolenswere all on display at Smith’sshow, one of the big draws ofLondon Fashion Week, along-side svelte dresses andstatement coats. “It’s very muchabout the English aristocracy,and the naughty daughter wholikes to sneak off to Londonand go to rock concerts,” Smithtold The Associated Press back-stage at the show, held amidthe old-school elegance of cen-tral London’s Claridge’s Hotel.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
English style ambassadorPaul Smith put the classyinto upper-class thisweek, unveiling an au-tumn-winter collectionthat evoked countryhouses, outdoor pursuitsand just a touch of urbandecadence.
Tweed caps, riding capesand chunky woolens wereall on display at Smith’sshow, one of the big drawsof London Fashion Week,alongside svelte dressesand statement coats.
“It’s very much aboutthe English aristocracy,and the naughty daughterwho likes to sneak off toLondon and go to rockconcerts,” Smith told TheAssociated Press backstageat the show, held amid theold-school elegance of cen-tral London’s Claridge’sHotel.
Smith — best known forclassic menswear with acheeky twist and acces-sories with his signaturemulticolored stripes — of-fered a womenswear col-
lection that gave tradition-al fabrics a retro-chic twistand mixed earthy tones,black and grey with boldsplashes of colour.
The designer said thetheme of the show was“the naughty debutante.”Pieces ranged from slim-line elegance — a longscarlet coat with martialgold buttons, a sleek littleblack dress — to playfulthrift-shop retro. Therewas a multicolored cro-chet dress, pink knitwearwith a vintage feel, and A-line dresses reminiscentof the 1950s — one inlavender, another blackwith poppy red, wornwith cropped cardigans.
“I’m a British designer,”said Smith, who was
knighted by QueenElizabeth II in 2000for his contribu-tion to the nation’sfashion industry.“It’s got a lot ofthe English coun-tryside about it,but in a verymodern way.”
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
English aristocratic Smith’s upper-class glamour at London Fashion Week
Designer Paul
Smith showcased a
glamourous collec-
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“the naughty
debutante” this
week at London
Fashion Week.
“It’s very much about the English
aristocracy, and the naughty daughter
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go to rock concerts.”
Designer Paul Smith
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Keonig senior shows grief
The search continues for Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig. Now his famous father, Walter Koenig, is opening up about the painful search for his missingson. “It’s very, very tough,” the elder Koenig, who starred on Star Trek, tells the Today Show. “He was very depressed about his life.” PEOPLE.COM
getting the same kind ofattention as Jason Collettor Joel Plaskett. The Toron-to folk singer can writepassionate Canadiana with
the best of them andthere’s more proof of thaton his new disc, True Be-liever. It’s loaded with soft,acoustic numbers, but it’sthe more upbeat full bandnumbers where the artistreally leaves his mark.Comeback Baby is an espe-cially good listen, with it’ssubtle banjo, loud cymbalcrashes and rootsy vocals.
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IT MAY BE
TABOO toslight thework of anationalicon posthu-mously yet country legendJohnny Cash’s Americanseries of albums provideddiminishing returns.Strange covers with fewinteresting twists pre-vailed and in retrospect,only the first two truly bol-ster his extensive cata-logue. Still, even those al-bums lack the passion,haunting aura and sereni-ty of Ain’t No Grave.Recorded after Cash hadenvisioned/reconciled hismortality, these 10 pseu-do-religious, almost Goth-ic tracks glow with mini-malist brilliance. Featur-ing his crumbling baritonesupported by little morethan guitar and piano, it’sbeautifully crushing — abittersweet cap to an envi-able, incredible career.
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IT’S HARD TO
tell whoJoey McIn-tyre is tar-geting withthis EP. TheNew Kid On the Block sounda lot like Britney Spears andLady Gaga here — not hisvoice, but the tunes couldhave found their way on anypop record. It’s hard to seehow his 30-something fanswould enjoy these electroclub tunes, even though thesongs are better than any-thing on the last NKOTBdisc.
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LOUDS havealways prid-ed them-selves onmelancholy as much asthey have melody. Albumnumber three finds thefive-piece returning with abatch of songs that aresimilar but even moreearnest than 2007’s Our IllWills. While they have fi-nally determined theirsound, the hooks areslightly less beguiling thanthe first two albums. Still,there’s plenty of poeticlament here for any mopeto partake in, and few do itbetter than Shout OutLouds.
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Toronto folk singer Matthew Barber’s new album True Believer is
right up there with other Canadian stalwarts such as Jason Collett
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Album: Album: American VI: Ain’t No GraveLabel: American Recordings/Lost HighwayRating: 11111
Joey McIntyreAlbum: Here We GoLabel: UniversalRating: 11½
Shout Out Louds
Album: WorkLabel: MergeRating: 111½
After a three year breakand long pause, Shout OutLouds are back.
When working on theirnew album Work theywent into isolation in thewoods outside Seattle en-joying wine-drenchedlunches and localcolour.
Their dreamproducer PhilEk, who haspreviouslyworked withFleet Foxes andBand of Horses,brought Shout OutLouds to the mekkaof grunge and beardedrock — Seattle.
“Have you seen Dead-liest Catch on Discovery,about those professionalfishermen?” asks singerAdam Olenius.
“We used to hang out attheir bar, it was covered
with pictures of them.” In the woods outside
town, among churchesand waitresses serving cof-fee wearing bikinis, theyrecorded the new album.
“We wanted to isolateourselves so we wouldn’tbe disturbed,” says gui-tarist Carl von Arbin.
“The big event of the daywas lunch that
someone hadbeen cook-
ing forthreehours. Weate anddrankwine and
then wewere sup-
posed to recordagain. But these
lunches took a little tomuch time …”
“We weren’t near fin-ished when we left Seattle.So everyone panicked. Butyou need that to becomemore emotionally in-volved,” says Olenius.
Metro asks Shout Out Loudsmore about their recording ex-perience.
Why have you called
the album Work?
Olenius: The titlecame quite late. Itdawned on us that
this is what we do, it’s ourwork.von Arbin: It also means‘make it work,’ makingthis group of five peoplework together.
Yes, you took a long
break before this al-
bum?
Olenius: We took sixmonths with nogigs, and one year
of being in one and thesame place. It was nicethat everyone got a breakfrom each other, so wecould miss it a bit.
Normally, you spend
a lot of time on the
road, what is that
like?
von Arbin: Weird,but fun. It’s a greatfeeling, that every-
thing might happen, that itcan turn into an adventureOlenius: You end up in af-ter parties at people’shouses in cities you’ve nev-er been in before. But it’snot exactly Black Sabbath-things happening.
Where do you have
most fun?
von Arbin: Berlin isalways fun. When you’re
abroad you can let some-one else decide and thenpeople start competingabout coming up with thecoolest thing.
So, when will you
make the next
record?
Olenius: We’ll betouring all of thisyear and try to take
some time off and thenwe’ll start recording againnext year, if there’s time.
COMEDY Mo’Nique won theGolden Globe. She alsopicked up a SAG Award.And don’t forgot about hermost recent honour thisweek at the BAFTA’s. Soeasy money says the ac-tress will be victorious atthe Academy Awards nextmonth. Right?
“No. No,” says Mo’Nique.“See, with any of the
awards, I don’t never feellike I got this, ’cause Ithink the universe wouldsay, ‘Really? So you thatspecial that you alreadyknow?’
“So I’m appreciative ofwhen they do call myname and I’m appreciativeif they don’t call myname,” said Mo’Nique inan interview from Atlanta,where she was working ona comedy tour Spread theLove that kicks off March19 in New Orleans.
The 42-year-old actress-comedian has had a break-through year because ofher riveting portrayal asthe abusive Mary Jones inPrecious: Based on theNovel Push by Sapphire.
She talks to The Associ-ated Press about her recent
honours and the comedytour.
In the middle of this
busy awards season,
you’re planning a
comedy tour?
Standup is my firstbaby. Like, I’ll bedoing stand up,
sugar, when I’m like 97years old. I hope to God Ican still make it happen.
You’ve won so many
awards. Will you
take them on the
road with you?
(Laughs) Hell no!No, baby, that’s toomuch.
There’s been a lot of
talk about you not
showing up early on
to promote Precious
because you were worried
about money.
Well, when theysay ‘Mo’Nique wasworried about
money,’ I wasn’t worriedabout money.
Mo’Nique has a talkshow that comes on five
nights a week and shetapes six times a week forthat talk show.
And yes, when I leavemy home, I leave myhome and get paid toleave my home, so Iwasn’t worried aboutmoney.
They simply said, youknow, ‘Well Mo’Nique wecan’t pay you to do that.’... We said, ‘OK, baby.Well, then, that’s notsomething we can do.’
Because, when I leaveout, why ever would I godo something for freewhen I can go and dosomething and bringmoney back home to myfamily?
Has anyone, after
watching the movie,
come up to you and
opened up about the past?
It’s been quite afew.
But one, it wasthis Asian brother at theDGA (Directors Guild ofAmerica) screening, andhe came up to me and he
had been crying, and hesaid, ‘Mo’Nique, what I’mgetting ready to say toyou is gonna soundweird. But I am MaryJones, and I was MaryJones to my brother andmy sister.’
And we hugged and wewere crying, and I said,‘Congratulations for say-ing it out loud, and go getyou some help.’
How does that make
you feel?
When you hearthat you say,‘We’ve already
won.’ So when people say,
‘Mo’Nique, are you excit-ed about the Oscars andare you excited about the(NAACP) Image awards,are you excited?’
I’m excited anytimesomebody wants to say,‘You know what, we ap-preciate what you did.’
But when you get that,that’s priceless.
THE ASSOCIATED
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David Anders will soon take up residence in Mystic Falls. The 28-year-old actor has been added to the cast of VampireDiaries as Jonathan Gilbert, Elena and Jeremy’s uncle, TVGuide.com has confirmed. METRO NEWS SERVICES
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“Malcolm” joins band
Frankie Muniz, former star of sitcom Malcolm in the Middle and two-part Hollywood franchise AgentCody Banks, is the drummer for unsigned Arizona rock act You Hang Up. PEOPLE.COM
Rehab stint promptsbreak from TV showCBS is temporarily haltingproduction of television’stop-rated comedy, Twoand a Half Men, followingnews from Charlie Sheen’spublicist that the actor isin rehab and is taking abreak from the show.
Publicist Stan Rosenfieldannounced Tuesday thatSheen has entered a rehabfacility “as a preventativemeasure.” He asked for pri-vacy for Sheen, 44, but didnot specify why the embat-tled actor was seekingtreatment.
Sheen’s bosses expressedsupport for the actor in astatement that said theywere temporarily stoppingproduction of the show.
“CBS, Warner Bros. Tele-vision and (Executive Pro-ducer) Chuck Lorre sup-port Charlie Sheen in hisdecision today to begin vol-untary inpatient care at atreatment centre,” thestatement said. “We wishhim nothing but the bestas he deals with this per-sonal matter.”
The statement offered
no timetable for when theshow would resume tap-ing.
The decision comesroughly two months afterSheen was arrested after afight with his wife at hishome in Aspen, Colorado.Prosecutors later chargedthe actor with felony men-acing and misdemeanourcharges of third-degree as-
sault and criminal mis-chief. The most seriouscharge carries a maximumthree-year prison term.
Sheen has not entered aplea and is due back incourt on March 15.
Assistant District Attor-ney Arnold Mordkin saidTuesday he hadn’t heardthat Sheen had entered re-hab and couldn’t discusswhat bearing it might haveon the case.
Sheen’s wife, Brooke, isalso in rehab seeking treat-ment for an undisclosedreason, her attorney YaleGalanter said Monday. Sheis still asking that thecharges be dismissed, hesaid.
Galanter and Rosenfieldconfirmed Monday thatLos Angeles child protec-tive services workers visit-ed the actor and the cou-ple’s infant sons over theweekend. Galanter andRosenfield said it was aroutine, previously sched-uled visit related to the As-pen court case.
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L.A. — the city of subdued spending
Joan Rivers told Closer magazine that Victoria Beckham is not welcome in Los Angeles. The 76-year-old comedienne blasted “vulgar”Victoria for her spending habits, insisting she should be less extravagant in the current difficult economic climate. METRO NEWS SERVICES
NO SKIN PIGMENTATION Arecording of the momentparamedics first an-nounced Michael Jackson’sdeath has been found on-line, reportsfemalefirst.co.uk. Thevoice on the tape — whichis believed to feature a LosAngeles Fire Departmentmedic calling ahead to theUCLA Hospital in SantaMonica — could even beused as new evidence inthe trial against thestar’s personal physi-cian Dr. ConradMurray who hasbeen chargedwith involuntarymanslaughter.
Thevoice is
heard saying, “Patient isMichael Jackson, the popstar singer. No pulse, nobreathing. Unresponsive.Tried to resuscitate him.Unsuccessful. We’ve doneeverything we can. Weshould be there in fiveminutes. It doesn’t lookgood. It doesn’t look good.”
If the recording is gen-uine then it would be
crucial to the trialinto Michael'sdeath because itcontradicts thetimeline ofevents previ-ously stated by
Murray whosaid the 50-
year-old
music legend still had apulse and was warm whenhe put him in the ambu-lance.
If the tape is used, prose-cutors would argue Mur-ray, 56, actually leftMichael for more than anhour after giving him thepowerful sedative Propo-fol, making his actionscareless.
The tape, whichemerged on the ambu-lance workers’ web forum,is thought to be the firsttime the announcementwas made that Jackson wasdead on June 25 last year,although authorities donot yet know whether it isgenuine.
METRO NEWS SERVICES
No pulse, no breathing
AND ‘BENVENUTO’ TO THE
BECKHAM BROOD GeorgeClooney is reportedly look-ing to give uphis 30-room vil-la inLaglio,Italy, andhe alreadyhas a buyerlined up:DavidBeck-
ham. The British footballstar is said to have fallenfor the estate after visitinglast year.
“I have fallen in lovewith the beautifulcountryside,” Beckhamreportedly told friends,according to the Daily
Mail. “It’s peaceful,
quiet andnear
Mi-
lan. It would be great forthe family.”
Clooney is said to be sell-ing because he’s fed up
with attention fromlocals and paparazziat the property. Theasking price is said tobe around $30.8 mil-
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Bidding ‘Ciao’ to Lake Como
GENUINE SENTIMENTS OR
GROOMED BY HIS HANDLERS?
YOU DECIDE Woody Harrel-son’s mother only ap-proves of his career nowhe's been nominated foran Oscar, according to fe-malefirst.co.uk.
The 48-year-old star —who is up for a Best Sup-porting Actor AcademyAward for his role as Cap-tain Tony Stone in TheMessenger — has only justbeen accepted as an actor
by his mum Diane, be-cause he has been short-listed for an honour along-side Hollywood veteranChristopher Plummer.
He revealed, “I gota note from mymom, and she said,‘You finally arrived.You’ve been nomi-nated in the samecategory withChristopherPlum-mer.’
So, I got my mom’s ap-proval, which is enough,you know what I mean? Idon’t need a statue.”
Harrelson and Plum-mer are up against In-victus hunk Matt Da-mon, The LovelyBones star StanleyTucci and Inglourious
Basterds actorChristoph Waltz for theprize.
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WITH A BUSKING HAT IN HAND
It looks like JenniferLopez’s split from herrecord label wasn’t so ami-cable after all, with sourcesclaiming that Epic Recordsactually dropped herover the poor per-formance of her lat-est singles and thefear that her newalbum would be aflop, according toGatecrasher.
“Jennifer hasn’tbeen on top of hergame for a while,” asource says,while an-other
source adds that it willtake some money onLopez’s part for the albumto see the light of day now.
“Epic technically ownsthe material from her al-bum, so she needs to buy
it back from them tohave control overit,” the source says.
“But she’ll tryto release the al-
bum online if needbe. It may be her lastresort to take con-trol of a poor situa-tion.”
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LIFESTYLE Johnny Depp en-joys his privacy, admittingthat he doesn’t leave hisestate in the south ofFrance for months at atime, according toHollyscoop.
“We have a great place,”he says of the home heshares with girlfriendVanessa Paradis andtheir two chil-dren.
“I’ve notleft thepropertyforthree
months at a time. I literallyjust wake up, go out, checkthe garden and see the veg-etables growing.
“It’s a pristine existencein terms of simplicity.There’s no talk of moviesor work and, infinitely
more important, thetelephone never
rings. It reallyis a beauti-
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Smelling the fleurs
AND I THINK THIS ONE MIGHT
BE A DEADEND, CHICKIE Lind-say Lohan has her heart seton getting back togetherwith Samantha Ron-son, she tells theSun.
“We love eachother. We mightreconcile the re-lationship,” shesays.
“It’schanged, so
who’s to say we won’t betogether again?”
And if Lohan can’t haveRonson, she says she’llprobably be off women for
good. “If I wasn’t with
Samantha, I wouldprobably be with aboy next. She’s theonly woman I’ve beenattracted to.”
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Love is a two-way street
BITTER, MUCH? Adam Lam-bert is no Susan Boyle fan,slamming the Scottishsinger’s album, whichbeat out his for the topspot when it was releasedlast year.
“I’m happy for her suc-cess, but that album is ter-rible,” Lambert tells Eng-land’s Gay Timesmagazine. “Wild Horses isthe one that made melaugh the hardest. I justdied when I heard it, I wascrying with laughter. Itwas the mosthorrendous,sacrilegioustreatmentof thatsong.”
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Boyle bashing
Today, LINDSAY
LOHAN is con-sidering a moveacross the Atlantic,JUSTIN BIEBER iskeeping up his edu-cation while doing publicityin Europe, CARRIE FISHER
gets deep, and JESSICA
SIMPSON is considering anew pet.
@lindsaylohan Moving tothe UK is in my near future*better dj’s/music and Paris isjust a Chunnel away!@justinbieber School fieldtrip this morning! Went tothe Arc deTriomphe...learned it took30 yrs to construct andNapoleon started it. Fyi.@CarrieFFisher Do livingrooms eventually sicken &die? @JessicaSimpson I’m think-ing about getting apet pig. Does thismean I’ll have togive up pork?
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Pan-RoastedSweet Potato &VegetableMedley
Submitted by Tammy Roy,St. Thomas, Ont.
INGREDIENTS:
1/3 cup fresh shucked corn1/3 cup asparagus,chopped1/3 cup mushrooms, sliced1/3 cup sweet potato,diced1/2 shallot, diced1/3 cup diced tomato1 tsp garlic, minced1/4 cup chicken stock2 tbsp olive oilsalt and pepper
METHOD:
1. Roast sweet potato inoven at 350ºF for 20minutes beforehand. Thenseason the potatoes with
salt and pepper and placeon a greased cooking sheetin oven for another 10 min-utes at 350ºF before addingto the vegetable mixture.2. Sauté shallots and garlicin 1 tbsp olive oil.3. Add another tbsp oliveoil to the garlic and shal-lots,if necessary, and allremaining vegetables, in-cluding sweet potatoes.4. Sauté everything for 5minutes.5. Add stock and reducefor 2 minutes and serve.
SERVES 4
PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES
COOK TIME: 20 MINUTES
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