Metro News Article Sept 7 2011

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metronews.caWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

06 news: toronto

Municipalities do not havethe authority to ban shark fin products, Mississaugastaff say in a report respond-ing to council plans to pur-sue such a restriction.

Only the federal govern-ment can prohibit the con-sumption and sale of suchproducts, says the report, tobe received at a Mississaugacouncil meeting today.

Toronto and Oakville arealso considering a shark finban, after Brantford becamethe first Ontario municipali-

ty to do so in May.“We consider this (the

practice of cutting off ashark’s fins then throwingit back into the ocean to die)animal cruelty,” says Brant-ford Mayor Chris Friel.

“We passed the bylaw and use the (local affiliate of the Ontario) Society for thePrevention of Cruelty to An-imals to enforce it. It’s en-forced by (municipal)animal control bylaw offi-cers.”

Friel said municipalities

commonly pass animal cru-elty bylaws to protect en-dangered species, whichcould apply to some sharksthat are nearing extinction.

  Asked about the Missis-sauga staff report, Friel said,“Everyone interprets thingsdifferently.”

Toronto Coun. Glenn DeBaeremaeker, who forward-ed a motion to look into asimilar ban, wasn’t so diplo-matic in his assessment of the Mississauga report.

“It’s cowardly,” he said.

“So what? Legatake the most   view; it doecan’t be done. regulate thintime.” TORSTARN

Students give their take on new,nutritious oferings Healthy oods

on menu or a year at test school

Province mandates healthy high scho

Brantford Mayor Chris Friel

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The “Big Belly” cookies aregone.

The chocolate-chiptreats, one about the sizeof 17-year-old JackieChan’s two hands, havebeen replaced with small-er, applesauce-sweetenedcookies the size of herpalm.

“I miss the big cookies,”the Grade 12 student saidin the school cafeteria atMississauga’s ApplewoodHeights Secondary.

“Now there are miniones — I’ll have to have

four,” she joked.  While students may have been longing forsome of the treats onceavailable in the caf, they gave the thumbs-up to thenew, healthy offerings now mandated by the province.

The new rules force allfood sold in a school — in-cluding fundraising bakesales — to have high levelsof essential nutrients andto be low in fat, sugar andsodium. Foods with little

nutritional value — friedfoods, candy and energy drinks — are banned.

 At Applewood Heights, atest school for the Peel Dis-trict School Board, healthi-

er foods have been on thenew menu for about a year. Among teens’ favourites

are baked fries, pasta and  white-meat chicken burg-ers. On Tuesday, the caf didbrisk business, althoughthere were also lineups atthe Tim Hortons and theChinese takeout placeabout half a kilometreaway.

“The fries tasted really good — a big improve-ment,” added Grade 12 stu-

dent Daniel Lee, who alsoraved about the chickenburger. “But sometimesthe portions are small forthe cost.”

Teacher Angela Curriesaid cafeteria staff listenedto student input when itcame to changing themenu.

  As for school fundrais-ers, students had to think of ways to raise money   without bake sales —  when raising money for

  Japan after for example, tper cranes baked goods.TORSTAR NEWS SER

Long gone

Chocolate barsPop with sugar, caffeineEnergy/sports drinksAnything deep friedCanned soup (now home-made)Big cookies

Grade student Daniel Lee thinks portions

could be bigger.

Jackie Chan, Grade student at Applewood

is missing the giant chocolate-chip cookies.

BERNARD WEBERNARD WEIL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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