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Citizens will have the opportuni-ty to stand on a soapbox tonightat the first of four public sessionsoutlining Phase 2 of the proposedmulti-use outdoor stadium forHalifax.
Kim Mason, chair of the citi-zen-led steering committee select-ed by Halifax regional council inMarch, said she’s expecting a goodmix of stadium advocates andadversaries at the Halifax Forum’sMaritime Hall at 7 p.m.
“We’re looking to get a sense ofwhat (the public) envisions as thestadium ... but also to help us withunderstanding people’s objec-tions and determining a responseto those objections,” she said yes-terday.
Mason is hoping to hear from“as many people as possible.”
“These sessions are not outthere for the sake of saying weconsulted with the public. They’remeaningful sessions where weneed to hear those that are infavour and those that areopposed.”
The session series continuestomorrow at Farrell Hall in Dart-mouth with location and designthe topic.
On Nov. 16, the committee willrecap highlights from the firsttwo meetings while “validatingthat we captured public senti-ment,” said Mason. And it’s allleading up to a presentation ofthe draft design in early Decem-ber.
The sessions are a part of Phase2 of regional council’s $275,000feasibility study of the stadium.
Game onfor viewsof stadium
Opponents, supporters have their saytonight Committee reports back Oct. 18
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Canada’s Got Talent stops in Halifax
Talented. Boys
Lord Phobos, Havve Hogan and Doctor Sung from the Tupper Ware Remix Party walk back to their van with their music gear after auditioning for Canada’s Got Talent yesterday.
Auditions kicked off early yesterday morning at the World Trade and Convention Centre forCanada’s Got Talent, a countrywide search for the nation’s top acts. Halifax is the last stop on thecross-Canada search, but the production will return in January for callbacks at the Rebecca CohnAuditorium. Auditions continue today. Story, page 4.
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Interim federal NDP leader meets with provincial counterpart Economy, federal crime bill also discussed during meetings yesterday
Turmel and Dextertalk ships in Halifax
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Shipbuilding and a strand-ed ship dominated thetête-à-tête between Pre-mier Darrell Dexter andinterim federal NDPLeader Nycole Turmel inHalifax yesterday.
Turmel and Dexterspoke on a range of issues,from the economy to up-coming health-care nego-tiations between theprovinces and the federalgovernment. But with ru-mours of an imminent de-cision on $35 billionworth of shipbuildingcontracts and concernsover a beached cargo shipoff Cape Breton Island,the nautical carried theday.
Concerning the ship-building contracts,Turmel said she does notsupport one shipyard’sbid over another.
“For us, federally, we’relooking for a fair, accessi-ble and transparentprocess to make surethere’s work for every-body,” Turmel told re-porters at Province House.
That’s been a commonrefrain from politicians inthe lead up to the decisionon who gets what fromthe National ShipbuildingProcurement Strategy,which will be made by anindependent secretariat.Nova Scotia, British Co-
lumbia and Quebec haveyards in the running.
While the interimleader wants the inde-pendent process to run itscourse, she said provincesare within their rights tolobby the federal govern-ment on the issue.
“That’s OK with me, Idon’t have any problemswith that,” said Turmel,referring to Nova Scotia’subiquitous Ships StartHere campaign.
“I hope (the federal gov-ernment) listens to every-
body in Canada.”Turmel and Dexter also
discussed the ongoingsaga of the MV Miner, abulk carrier ship that ranaground off Cape Bretonthree weeks ago.
Dexter indicated hehoped Turmel will help
put pressure on the feder-al government to expeditethe process of removingthe ship.
Search formissingwomanexpandedNew Glasgow Policesearched vacant buildingson the outskirts of townlimits yesterday looking fora missing 19-year-oldwoman.
Const. Ken MacDonaldsaid an extensive search ofthe area around Dooley’s inNew Glasgow was conduct-ed Monday by police,ground search and rescue,firefighters, DNR andvolunteers for Amber Kir-wan, who was last seen out-side of the bar around 1 a.m. Sunday.
He said this perimeterwas extended further yes-terday with the assistanceof New Glasgow’s K-9 unit.
“We expanded theperimeter and within thatperimeter are some vacantbuildings that had beensubject to vandalism andsubjected to being a youthhangout. We want to do asystematic search of theseareas in question because itis still a missing person re-port,” he said.
He said video tapes of lo-cal businesses in the areahave been viewed, but as ofyesterday afternoon, therewere no new leads. Anyonewith information about Kir-wan’s whereab outs is askedto contact New Glasgow Po-lice or Crime Stoppers.NEW GLASGOW NEWS
Premier Darrell Dexter listens as interim federal NDP Leader Nycole Turmel speaks to reporters at Province House yesterday.
Turmel’s visit
Nycole Turmel visited theWomen’s EmploymentOutreach offices with Hali-fax MP Megan Leslie.
Turmel also attended anopen house at DartmouthMP – and potential NDPleadership contender –Robert Chisholm’sconstituency office.
Amber Kirwan
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Canada’s Got Talent to air in March on Citytv More than 1,600 peoplepre-registered for auditions Hundreds more came from across Maritimes
Nano, a performer from Newfoundland, gives a sample of his act before his audition for
Canada’s Got Talent at the World Trade and Convention Centre.
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Nova Scotians showtheir talent in TV bid
CRIME
Police investigateallegedassaultHalifax police say theyare investigating a sexualassault after a manallegedly grabbed awoman’s buttocks andthen slapped it twice.
Halifax Regional Policesay the assault took placenear Sackville Landing onthe Halifax waterfront
late Sunday night.Around 11:20 p.m. po-
lice say two menapproached two womenand tried to have aconversation with them.
The women kept walk-ing, heading north alongthe waterfront, with themen following.
The women thenturned onto Lower WaterStreet from GeorgeStreet. That’s when theassault allegedly occurredagainst one of thewomen, police say.
After the incident,both men fled the areaon foot. METRO
More traffic changes willtake effect in downtownHalifax next week.
Starting on Monday, thetwo-way blocks on LowerWater Street will change toone-way heading north.
This is the second phaseof the changes, meant to in-crease the number of park-ing spaces in the downtowncore and to allow for newbike lanes to be installed onHollis and Lower Waterstreets.
The first set of changestook effect in late Septem-ber, when one-way streetswere changed to two-wayand reverse, as well as some
streets changing directionentirely.
One more phase is slatedfor March 2012 and will in-clude changes to Hollis St.and installing traffic signalsfor pedestrians at LowerWater and Duke streets.
METRO
Next phase ofroad changes due
“I’m hoping thatI’ll get far becauseit’s really what Ilove to do.”LILY LIBRICH, 11-YEAR-OLD SINGER
Lily Librich’s fluffy blackand white skirt bouncedalong with her as she ranout of her audition forCanada’s Got Talent yester-day in Halifax.
The 11-year-old fromToronto was sporting asmile ear-to-ear aftersinging And I Am TellingYou from the musicalDreamgirls.
“I was a little nervous,but I think I did good,” saidthe aspiring broadway starjust after being interviewedby the show’s producers —a possible sign she mightmake it through the firstround, she hopes.
Librich was one of manysingers who showed up atthe World Trade and Con-vention Centre for theirshot at fame. Hundredsmore carried guitar casesdecorated with decals, andothers wore dance uni-forms and carried skippingropes.
Sticking out from thecrowd was the Tupper WareRemix Party, an “intergalac-tic” electro-dance-rock bandfrom Halifax. Equipped
with brightly coloured uni-tard’s and space helmets,the band brought along agrocery cart — or “mobilefun unit” — stocked withamplifiers, guitars, synthe-sizers and a copy of CarlSagan’s Cosmos.
“Our act involves a lot oflasers and smoke andthrusting and jiving,” saidJorin Caldwell, a.k.a DoctorSung.
Keeping with the band’spersona, Caldwell said they
decided to try out for thecountrywide talent searchbecause in a parallel dimen-sion they were the winnersof “the universe has got tal-ent.”
The contestants will findout if they’ve made it to thenext round by Nov. 30.
In January, callback audi-tions will be held at the Re-becca Cohn Auditorium,where much of the actualfootage for the show will betaped.
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Three facerobberychargesHalifax police say threemen face charges includ-ing robbery and extortion
after several people werethreatened with a hand-gun.
Officers went to Wal-ter Havill Drive onSunday after four peoplesaid they were confront-ed and robbed.
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If you think you’ve got talent and would like to tryout for the show, auditionscontinue today at theWorld Trade and Convention Centre.Doors open at 8 a.m. andwalk-in auditions are openuntil 4 p.m.Performers need topresent valididentification.
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Premier wants answersfrom Ottawa on MV MinerIn the three weeks since anempty bulk carrier ranaground off Cape Breton,Premier Darrell Dextersays he has yet to get astraight answer from Ot-tawa about who is incharge of the file.
Dexter said yesterdayhis officials have been talk-ing to the coast guard andTransport Canada but nei-ther of those federal agen-cies has committed tooffering any direction,even though the matter is
within federal jurisdiction.“The fact of the matter
is that the ship itself is apotential source of harm tothe fishing grounds there,”Dexter said.
“This issue is: who inthe federal government isgoing to provide direction?... We are talking to all ofthe departments, but as ofyet we have not received areply.”
Even though all of thediesel and oily bilge waterhave been removed from
the badly damaged MVMiner, Dexter said the 230-
metre ship remains athreat because it is proba-bly coated in lead paintand contains electronicgear that could contami-nate the surrounding wa-ter.
The huge ship, a formerGreat Lakes freighter, wasbeing towed by a tug to ascrapyard in Turkey whenit broke free of its tow linein rough seas and ranaground on Scatarie Islandon Sept. 20. THE CANADIAN PRESS
On Saturday, coast guards reported seeing signs indicating some kind ofspill from ship An inspection yesterday found no sign of oil pollution
REAL ESTATE
Housingstarts upfrom lastyearThe Canada Mortgageand Housing Corpora -tion says new housingstarts in Halifax are upfrom last year.
Overall, there were
289 starts last monthcompared to 191 in Sep-tember of 2010.
Most of the growth inHalifax can beattributed to apartmentconstruction, with 184units started comparedto 86 the previous year.
Single detached hous-ing starts remainedsteady at 105 units.
Housing starts in oth-er urban centres inCanada were up 14 percent compared to lastSeptember. METRO
Leaders in prostate-canceradvocacy will congregatein Halifax this week.
The Prostate CancerCanada Network Leader’sConference will bring to-gether representativesfrom over 80 supportgroups from across thecountry.
Trinity-Spadina MPOlivia Chow will deliverthe conference’s keynoteaddress at a luncheon to-morrow. Premier Darrell
Dexter will also addressdelegates tonight at a sup-per. He plans to speakabout his relationshipwith Chow’s late husbandJack Layton, who passedaway in August.
More than 200 dele-gates are expected to at-tend the conference,which runs until Saturday.
For more information,visit prostatecancernet-work.ca.
METRO
Prostate-canceradvocates to meet
Trail ofblood leadspolice to suspectPolice followed a trail ofblood yesterday to a manbelieved to be responsiblefor slashing about 18 cartires in Fairview.
At 7:30 a.m., policeresponded to reports of
tires being slashed in thearea of Main Avenue andMandaville Court. Officersfollowed the blood trail toan apartment complexwhere a 42-year-old manwas suffering from cuts tohis hands.
Police seized a pair ofscissors and arrested him.
METRO
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Playground expected to open later this month
New. Playground
Workers install the new waterfront playground sub next to the Maritime Museum of
the Atlantic yesterday. The new sub was made in Gold River and was delivered to the
Halifax waterfront yesterday. The playground is expected to reopen later this month.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MV Miner ran
aground off Scatarie
Island on Sept. 20.
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The first black member ofthe provincial legislatureand a popular newspapercartoonist are among fivepeople who will be invest-ed to the Order of NovaScotia.
Wayne Adams of EastPreston was elected to the
house in 1993 and is a for-mer cabinet minister.
Bruce MacKinnon of Hal-ifax has been penning edi-torial cartoons for theHalifax Chronicle Heraldsince 1985 and has wontwo National NewspaperAwards.
Other recipients for the2011 awards announcedyesterday are Mi’kmaq-rights advocate Joseph Mar-shall of Eskasoni, writerBudge Wilson of Halifax,and business leader andlawyer Sir Graham Day ofHantsport. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Another Home Invasion first ofthree plays being put on this season at Neptune Studio Theatre
Play addresses aging with humour
Nicola Lipman, who plays the role of Jean in Another Home Invasion, performs a scene at
Neptune’s Studio Theatre yesterday. The play runs until Oct. 23.
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Five Nova Scotians honoured
It’s a one-woman show hu-morously shedding light onrealities of aging and theplight of the elderly.
Neptune Studio The-atre’s Another Home Inva-sion, which premierestomorrow at 8 p.m., starsHalifax’s Nicola Lipman,who plays Jean, an 80-year-old woman from NorthVancouver, who has to takecare of her ailing husband.
Jean fears that her hus-band’s poor health will stopthem getting into a se-nior’s complex and thatthey’ll be split up.
“I think this play talks toeverybody,” Lipman said.“Whether one is a grand-child and has a grandpar-ent, or is a child and has aparent, or whether you aresomebody like Jean, tryingto be independent.”
Playwright JoanMacLeod wrote this play
with Lipman in mind, Lip-man said yesterday.
“She had written thisshow and could hear myvoice in it.”
It is a homecoming ofsorts for Lipman, who hasbeen in Vancouver, whereshe grew up, for the lastthree years taking care ofher 97-year-old father.
Caring for her dad hashad an impact upon herand how she portrays Jean.
“I’ve had to deal with thesocial systems and aging onhis part and those are twoof the things that this playaddresses,” she said.
Lipman said her dad sawthe show in Vancouver: “Hecame with his caregiversand walker.... It’s probablythe last play he’ll see.”
To buy tickets
Tickets for Another Home
Invasion are available
through
neptunetheatre.com.
Masked robberin custody Police say they have a 38-year-old woman incustody after she alleged-ly robbed a conveniencestore Sunday in Indian
Brook. METRO
CorrectionA story in yesterday’sMetro, Mayor swims in si-lence but keeps his prom-ise, incorrectly statedthat Peter Kelly swam inthe harbour on Monday.It was actually onSunday. METRO
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An oiled little blue penguin floats in a wildlife facilitypool in New Zealand yesterday. Penguins wererescued from sea after an oil leak last Wednesday.
Seattle’s self-styled superhero Phoenix Jones is back.He had to wear a backup costume after police seizedhis old one after an arrest on assault charges.
Sam Mullet, the leader of a breakaway Amish groupin Ohio, said an attack on fellow Amish was due tolong-standing resentment between the two groups.
South Korean pop singer Rain bids farewell to tearfulfans as he puts his career on hold to enter boot campand begin military service. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Canada to give heftysum for Libya recoveryMoammar Gadhafi’s unse-cured arsenal of mass- destruction weapons posesa threat to Libya and theworld at large, Canada’sForeign Affairs ministersaid yesterday.
John Baird offered hisassessment after touringGadhafi’s notorious Tripolicompound of Bab al-Azizia,now transformed by NATObombs and rebel forces in-to a riotous wasteland thatcelebrates newfound liber-ty while defiling the de-posed dictator’s memory.
“This country is armedto the hilt. We want to see ademilitarization to supportthe new government,”
Baird said on his second, secretive trip to Libya, thistime to the country’s capital.
Just as he did in June ona trip to Benghazi, Baird travelled to Libya via Italyunder heavy security and astrict news blackout, a tes-tament to the continuingvolatility in this NorthAfrican country.
“We know there are sev-en warehouses of weaponsof mass destruction, chemi-cal weapons, that Gadhafishowed the world,” saidthe minister.
Government officials saythe funds will help Libyaclean up the 23,000 shoul-
der-fired, anti-aircraft mis-sile launchers still in circu-lation, and deal with thereality of guns everywhere.
Canada’s share is part ofa larger international con-tribution to that effort, saidofficials.
Baird held talks withMustafa Abdul-Jalil, chair-man of the Libya’s new pro-visional government, at theNational Transitional Coun-cil’s Tripoli headquarters.He offered “congratula-tions on the transformativeevents that have been tak-ing place in Libya.”
Canada is co-ordinatingits future rebuilding effortsin Libya with its interna-tional partners, who are allworking under a UnitedNations umbrella.
Assessment teams areon the ground in Libya tomeet the NTC to plan the next moves.THE CANADIAN PRESS
“We want to ensure
that the people of
Libya are kept safe and
the people of the
world are kept safe so
(the weapons) don’t
fall into the wrong
hands.’’JOHN BAIRD, CANADA’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, right, and Canadian Ambassador to Libya
Sandra McCardell, left, visit the former fortified compound of Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli
yesterday. Baird is the first foreign minister to visit the site since rebels seized it.
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Foreign Affairs minister pledges $10M to control weapons and build democracy On top of $10.6M of Canadian humanitarian aid already given
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Kathy Dunderdale madehistory last night by be-coming the first womanelected premier of New-foundland and Labrador.
“My heart is stirringwith pride tonight,” saidDunderdale as she led theProgressive Conservativeparty to its third-straightmajority government.
Dunderdale, 59, toldthrongs of supporters at adowntown St. John’s hotel:“As I stand here tonight, Ican’t help but wonderwhat my grandmother andgreat grandmother wouldthink.
“Until 1925, a womancould not vote in New-foundland and Labrador.”
The victory also allows
her to step from the shad-ow of the legendary DannyWilliams nearly a year af-ter he left office.
Dunderdale easily wonher St. John’s-area ridingof Virginia Waters. But thenight wasn’t without lossfor the Tories, as two oftheir cabinet ministerswent down in defeat.
Dunderdale ran a classicfront-runner’s campaignwithout any major gaffes.
The Tories were electedin 37 ridings.
The New Democrats, aperennial third-place fin-isher, also made a break-through as the party wonfive seats — its highest to-tal ever.
But the Liberals clungonto official Oppositionstatus, as they were elect-ed in six ridings.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Dunderdale’shistoric victory
She’s a woman — and the NL premier She leadsConservatives to third-straight majority government
Repeatoffendersmar imageof MDs One-fifth of doctordisciplinary cases in thelast decade involvedrepeat offenders, suggest-ing a need for greatermonitoring, Torontoresearchers conclude.
The researchers lookedat the cases of doctors whowere disciplined by theirprovincial medical licens-ing bodies between 2000and 2009.
Of the 606 cases intotal, they found that 92per cent of those doctorswere men.THE CANADIAN PRESS
20The most common violation was sexualmisconduct, which accounted for 20 percent of the cases.
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Premier Kathy Dunderdale addresses supporters
in St. John’s after her election victory last night.
How they voted
1 Kathy Dunderdale’s Conservatives won 56per cent of the popularvote.
2 The NDP, led by LorraineMichael, a former nun,took 25 per cent.
3 Kevin Aylward’s Liberalsearned 19 per cent. Aylward lost his seat buthe said he’ll stay on asleader.
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Get set for a baby boom:Couples win IVF prizes
For five years, Natasha andRyan Derouchie have beentrying to have a baby.
Now they could be closeto making that dream a re-ality.
Just like four other cou-ples.
The Derouchies wereone of five finalist couplesin a Win A Baby contest onOttawa radio station Hot89.9.
Only one couple couldwin — until yesterday.
Much to everyone’s sur-prise yesterday morning,radio host Jeff Mauler an-nounced that all five cou-ples had won up to three
fertility treatments. “There was lots of cry-
ing. We pretty muchsobbed … just holdingeach other. My phone wasgoing crazy,” said Natasha,30.
Doctors had toldNatasha and Ryan the onlyway they could conceivewas through in vitro fertil-ization (IVF).
The high cost of the pro-cedures held them back,but now they’ve won thethree fertility treatmentsvalued at $35,000.
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Movie zombiestake a tumbleTORONTO. Emergencyworkers faced a sceneout of a horror movieyesterday after actorsdressed as zombies felloff a platform during afilm shoot in Toronto.
At least 16 actors onthe set of Resident Evil:Retribution were injured.
The bizarre sight ofthe zombies made it difficult for emergencyworkers to assess the in-juries, a spokespersonsaid. “It did kind of catchus off guard,” said Sgt.Andrew Gibson.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Hi, zombies …here’s a BibleCALGARY. Break out theBibles, Halloween’s com-ing. That’s the message
from a Calgary pastor,who aims to turnstandard Oct. 31activities on their head.
Paul Ade, 40, has beendoling out Bibles insteadof sugary treats since2002. Now he wants oth-ers to follow suit and hasmade contact with about3,200 North Americanchurches.
METRO
Zombie armscache busted BUDAPEST. Nearly 100 liveweapons to be used inBrad Pitt’s zombie flickWorld War Z were confis-cated by Hungarian offi-cials, reports said. Thecache included machine-guns, rifles and pistols.
Counterterrorism offi-cial Janos Hajdu said:“It’s possible all theweapons were brought infor the film, but thiswould not be allowed byHungarian law. This is avery complicated case.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Hundreds of protesters, em-boldened by the growingnational outcry againstwhat they see as the greedof Wall Street, streamedpast the homes of some ofthe country’s richest resi-dents yesterday in a “Mil-lionaires March.”Members of the OccupyWall Street movement andother groups walked up thesidewalks of Manhattan’s
East Side, along world-famous streets lined withswank apartment towers.
Protesters have beencamped out for weeks inlower Manhattan’s ZuccottiPark saying they’re fightingfor the “99 per cent,” ofAmericans who do not fallinto the wealthiest one percent of the population.
Several hundred protest-ers were arrested in New
York more than a week agoafter police said they ig-nored warnings not toblock traffic on the Brook-lyn Bridge.
Their causes range frombringing down Wall Streetto fighting global warming.The movement gained trac-tion through social media,and protests have takenplace in several other U.S.cities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marching for 99%NYC protesters express concern over ‘millionaires’ tax’
expiration in December Hundreds cry out across U.S.
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Sarkozyrefrainingfrom baby talk President Nicolas Sarkozy
and Carla Bruni are aboutto have a baby, but arekeeping mum about it asthe unpopular presidenteyes a possible re-electionbid.
Sarkozy is the firstFrench leader to divorce —and remarry — while in of-fice. The couple wed in ear-ly 2008, months after hisdivorce. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Opposition group takes the streetsPolice rounded up protesters in downtown Moscow yesterday. They werechanting “Elections without opposition is a crime!” — a reference to rulesthat keep most Kremlin opponents out of December’s parliamentary vote.
Protest. Struggle
Russian police officers detain an opposition protester during an unsanctioned anti-Kremlin rally in Moscow yesterday. About two dozen protesters were detained.
Former prime minister Yu-lia Tymoshenko, a popularopposition leader who oncesymbolized Western hopesfor a democratic Ukraine,was convicted of abuse ofoffice yesterday in a verdictcondemned by the U.S. andEuropean Union as politi-cally motivated.
The charismatic politi-cian denounced the courteven before the judge fin-ished speaking. She com-pared it to the 1930s purgesand show trials of Sovietdictator Josef Stalin andpromised Ukrainians: “Iwill always be with you.”
Tymoshenko’s convic-tion bodes ill for Ukraine’saspirations to shake offRussian influence, integratemore closely into the West,
and eventually join the 27-nation European bloc.
The verdict capped achaotic trial that started inlate June and saw scufflesbetween Tymoshenko’s
supporters and opponentsin court.
The court found Ty-moshenko, 50, guilty ofabuse of office in the sign-ing of a natural gas importcontract with Russia in2009, saying she lacked anofficial authorization forthe deal and had agreed to aprice that was too high forUkraine’s economy.
But, Tymoshenko main-tained her innocence, say-ing that as prime ministershe did not need any specialpermission to order thesigning of the deal. She saysher actions helped end abitter pricing dispute be-tween Moscow and Kyiv,which had led to energysupply shortages across Eu-rope. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukraine’s formerPM sent to jail
Tymoshenko reactsduring her trial yesterday
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Court found Yulia Tymoshenko guilty ofabuse of office Sentenced to 7 years in prison
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What is this about?A lawsuit was started against the Province of Nova Scotia in 2009.
The goal was to get a refund for people who applied for and paid
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Am I included?You are if you (1) paid money to Nova Scotia under the
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How much will I get?If you were not paid anything under a business mentorship, you
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What if too many people opt out?If more than 50 people opt out, the Province has the right to
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The federal government ismoving to prevent a strikeThursday by Air Canadaflight attendants by send-ing the matter to the Cana-da Industrial RelationsBoard for review.
Labour Minister LisaRaitt told CTV News that areference will be sent to theboard today asking it to ex-amine the difficulties inwinning ratification of twotentative agreementsreached by company andunion negotiators.
“While the matter is be-fore the CIRB, there cannot
be a work stoppage,” Raittsaid from Vancouver.
The latest twist in AirCanada’s troubled contractnegotiations comes aftermembers of the union re-jected the latest agreement,which was supported byleaders of the CanadianUnion of Public Employees.
“Our members are clear-ly frustrated, and are de-manding their sacrificesover the past 10 years be ad-dressed,” said Jeff Taylor,president of the Air CanadaComponent of the Canadi-an Union of Public Employ-
ees. “Air Canada must beprepared to move on ourkey issues.”
The tentative deal wasreached Sept. 20 with thehelp of a federal mediatorappointed by Raitt and thethreat of back-to-work legis-lation.
The reference buys thegovernment time to passback to work legislationonce the House of Com-mons resumes Monday. AirCanada would operate apartial schedule if a strikeoccurred. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Air Canada employees hold a rally at Pierre Elliott Trudeau
airport in Montreal yesterday after talks over pay and
conditions between unions and management broke down. The
federal government is considering its options on how to
handle a renewed threat of a strike at Canada’s largest airline.
GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Feds buy some time sendingstrike matter to the CIRB
Union set to resume talks if key issues addressedUnclear why two agreements rejected by members
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RE: Jessica Napier’scolumn published Oct.11, What’s in a maidenname?
Although I think the arti-cle was well written andthought provoking, I wassurprised that, for awoman who writes froman informed andfeminist perspective, sheused references such as“Mr. and Mrs. His Firstand Last Name” and “Tak-ing your husband’sname.” The article waswritten with genderassumptions and from aheterosexist perspectivewhich made a good arti-cle disappointing in theend.CHARLENE CREWS, TORONTO
RE: Air Canadaattendants reject seconddeal, published Oct. 10on metronews.ca
It deeply saddens andworries me to see theHarper government act-ing like a dictator in itsexcessive interferences inthe labour disputes.
As the strike by flightattendants is looming,the government is threat-ening to come out withits stick and use it toforce the employees backto work as if we live in acommunist or fascistcountry.ABUBAKAR N. KASIM, TORONTO
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Who nose?Simply blowing your nose couldnow produce energy-making resultsas scientists have discovered a wayof converting human breathing intoelectricity.
Professor Xudong Wang and histeam have made a tiny device thatgenerates a small amount ofelectricity when a low-speed airflowsuch as human respiration passesover it.
The engineers at the University ofWisconsin-Madison used a specialplastic named polyvinylidene fluo-ride that can produce an electrical
charge in response to a mechanicalstress, a phenomenon known as the‘piezoelectric effect.’ This plasticwas small enough to be put inside ahuman nose.
“We calculated that if we couldmake this material thin enough,small vibrations could produce a mi-crowatt of electrical energy thatcould be useful for sensors or otherdevices implanted in the face,”Wang says. The engineer added thatairflow from a human breath travelsat less than two metres per second.
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WHAT WILLGERMINATE INYOUR CAPSULE?
I’m not sure what bacteriolo-gist Edward Durham wasthinking back in 1897 whenhe put a vial of intestinal bac-teria in a time capsule, butwhatever it was, he should
have thought it over.Not only do we have to worry about
new diseases from birds and barnyard an-imals, now they’re coming at us from 114years in the past.
Time capsules are designed to beopened in the future, and the future
arrived last week when a building at Bellevue Hospitalin New York was demolished, exposing a time capsuleincluding the scientist’s little gift and a note asking fu-ture generations to “let us know how long these sporeslast.”
Well, Ed, we’ll get back to you. I might add we’relucky they weren’t active and belong to a type of bacte-ria that has been successfully treated by antibiotics, a
post-1897 invention.Which leads you to won-
der: what else is out thereburied in a box from thepast that could have inter-esting consequences ifopened before Christmas?
Here’s just a partial listfrom time capsules buriedin various cornerstonesaround the world: silk con-doms, false teeth, bikinibottoms, Life magazine, akewpie doll, various grainseeds, messages fromAlbert Einstein, and even acar. Not toxic, per se, but
what are they supposed to make of all that junk in theyear 7000 AD?
Still, we continue to bury our civilization’s flotsamand jetsam in structures that don’t last 50 years, nevermind 5,000. Or we shoot them into space, needles in acosmic haystack. We do it because we hope thatsomeone will be there and if they are, they need to get itright, dammit.
It’s a way of bestowing immortality upon ourselves.And certainly, the only way any of these Just Sayin’columns will ever survive is to slip them in a timecapsule between the bikinis and false teeth.
LOL if you must, but what goes into your timecapsule? Downloads of Two and A Half Men? DNA fromyour dog? An Ikea catalogue? The iPod or the iPad?Both?
Let’s say this stuff actually survives 5,000 years and isdug up. Will our descendants be able to decode our littleblasts from the past? The origin and meaning of an 8-track could be as obscure as a cave painting.
Anthropologists, when they don’t have a clue, alwaysplay the religious ritual card.
So in 7011, when they open up the Charlie Sheen Vio-lent Torpedo of Truth Tour Video, it’s possible a new reli-gion will be born.
That’s if God still has a sense of humour at that point.
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It seems Tinseltownnever met an idea it could-n’t endlessly recycle.
This is particularly truein the horror genre. In thelast 12 months, Colin Far-rell clipped on Chris
Sarandon’s used fangs in aremake of Fright Night,and this weekend, TheThing is, according toIMDB, “a prequel to a re-make of an adaptation ofthe novella Who GoesThere?” Whatever it is,original it’s not.
Not that all originalhorror films are betterthan their remakes. DavidCronenberg’s dark visionenhanced the story of TheFly, delivering the realscares that the campy 1958 version lacked, and1978’s Invasion of theBody Snatchers is farcreepier than its cinematic
predecessor. The Blob, the tale of
what happens when germwarfare goes awry, hasbeen made a couple oftimes.
The original is an unin-tentionally funny flickwith more giggles thangore, but it inspired a se-quel, a remake and, if therumours are true, a bloodyrevamp by horror maestroRob Zombie.
I have a soft spot for thelow-budget charm of the1958 version, although the1988 reboot has a smarter-than-it-needs-to-be scriptco-written by Frank
Darabont and a cooltagline — “Scream now!while you can stillbreathe!”
Count Dracula is one ofthe most portrayed char-acters on the big screen,having appeared in morehorror films than any oth-er famous monster of film-land. Eighty years after hefirst portrayed the vam-pire in the 1931 film Drac-ula, Bela Lugosi is still themost famous blood suckerof them all, although formy money, two British ac-tors — Gary Oldham inBram Stoker’s Dracula andChristopher Lee in Horror
of Dracula — are tip-topTransylvanians.
Unlike his work inScream, Wes Craven’s ear-ly films didn’t have any ofthe self-depreciating hu-mour to go along with thescares.
His first movies werebrutal, bloody and grim,usually all at once. Recentremakes of The Last Houseon the Left — rated R for“sadistic violence” — andThe Hills Have Eyes —“The lucky ones diefirst!”— don’t have quitethe impact of the Vietnamera originals, but still re-quire a strong stomach.
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The Thing, opening this weekend, is one example of a horror remake.
It’s another honourfor Taylor Swift. Thecountry music super-star has beencrowned Woman ofthe Year by Billboardmagazine.The 21-year-old multi-platinum singer-song-writer is the youngestto receive the award.The announcementwas made Tuesday.She will be honouredat the 2011 BillboardWomen in Musicevent in New York onDec. 2.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Rihanna says she resentedChris Brown for a time,but has put that behindher and is happy that herformer boyfriend hasfound success in musicagain.
Rihanna tells Esquiremagazine that dislikingBrown “was taking up toomuch of my time” andthat she has moved onfrom that.
“It was too muchanger,” the 23-year-oldsaid.
“I’m really excited tosee the breakthrough he’shad in his career.”
Brown, 21, is servingfive years of probation af-ter pleading guilty tofelony assault for the at-tack on Rihanna in theearly morning hours be-
fore the 2009 Grammys. Graffiti, the album he
released 10 months afterthe attack, was a commer-cial disappointment.
But his latest release,F.A.M.E. (Forgiving All MyEnemies), debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 al-bums chart in March; itreached gold status andhas multiple pop and R&Bhits with songs like Lookat Me Now and Deuces,among other tracks.
“It’s incredible to seehow he pulled out theway he did. Even whenthe world seemed like itwas against him, youknow?” Rihanna said.
“I really like the musiche’s putting out. I’m a fanof his stuff. I’ve alwaysbeen a fan.”
Rihanna has done wellmusically, too: Her al-bums following the attack— Rated R and Loud —have both gone platinum,and she’s releasing a newalbum, Talk That Talk,next month.
Her latest single, WeFound Love, is her 20thsong to hit the Top 10 onthe Billboard Hot 100 sin-gles chart since she de-buted in 2005.
Overall, she says shewants to see Brown dowell.
“I would never wishanything horrible forhim. Never. I never have,”she said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two years ago Chris Brown pled guilty to felony assault on then-girlfriendRihanna Now the ‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ says she wishes him all the best
Rihanna happy for her ex
Rihanna performs at the o2 arena in east
London, as part of her 2011 Loud tour, last week.
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The November issue of themagazine hits newsstandson Oct. 16.
Rihanna on the cover of
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Jess, the titular New Girl inFox’s new hit comedy, isone of a kind — she off-handedly references Lord ofthe Rings, constantly singsto herself, and does this lit-tle “hubba hubba” thingwith her glasses when shesees a cute guy.
But bringing Jess to lifetook the work of twoquirky kindred spirits, NewGirl star Zooey Deschaneland series creator Liz Meri-wether.
The women could be sis-ters.
At a press event before
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Meet the women behind the hit Fox comedy New Girl Seriescreator was afraid she wouldn’t find a lead ‘as weird as I am’
Luckily, ‘adorkable’ Zooey Deschanel walked in the door
The show’s plot
Zooey Deschanel plays Jess,
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who moves in with three
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The men welcome theirnew roomie in a little sisterkind of way, trying to helpher tone down her dorkytendencies and get back inthe dating game. The comedy: “[Jess is]someone who expressesher emotions all the time …which I think is a reallygreat contrast with the oth-er characters, who are lessin touch with theiremotions,” Deschanel says.“A lot of the comedy comesout of that juxtaposition.”
The cast of New Girl
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the series’ premiere, thepair both dress in a sophisti-cated, cool, “Oh, I justfound this at the vintageshop” style, exchangingrapid-fire compliments thatmake the other equally ex-cited and adorably embar-rassed.
“Liz and I are, like, con-nected, our souls are con-nected. So when your soulsare connected, you’re
meant to do a show togeth-er,” Deschanel says.
“I didn’t think I could,you know, find somebodythat’s as weird as I am,”Meriwether interjects.
“The first time that shecame in [to audition], thefeeling in the room was,just the second she openedher mouth to do this scene,everybody was like, ‘This isa perfect match of charac-
ter and actress.’”“When I read it,” De-
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And if there’s any charac-ter I want to play forever
and ever and ever, it’s thisone. So I’m psyched. Highfive, Liz.”
Meriwether’s reaction?“Ah, I’m going to cry,” shesays.
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Ashton Kutcher and DemiMoore spent the Yom Kip-pur holiday getting awayfrom it all, camping nearSanta Barbara, Calif. withtheir Kabbalah instructorin tow, according toHollyscoop.
The couple didn’t seemat all pleased when spot-ted by other campers,though. “Demi wasscreaming ‘Please don’ttake photos of me or myfamily. Please don’t ex-pose this,’” a source says.“Once she knew she had
been photographed, shewhistled at Ashton andgestured for him to hurryinto the tent. It was obvi-
ous that Demi was show-ing the strain about thestate of her marriage.”
METRO
Jess to go publicON A POTENTIAL MINI SIMPSON. After months ofspeculation, Jessica Simp-son is reportedly gearingup to announce her preg-nancy, a source close toSimpson’s fiancé, EricJohnson, tells Radar On-line.
“It’s still early in thepregnancy, and Jessicahas decided to waitbefore sharing her happi-ness withher fans,”thesourcesays.
“Butshe hasbe-
gun telling family andfriends the excitingnews.”
Simpson is expected togo public with the newsas an exclusive for a mag-azine, the websiteclaims.
METRO
Up the Duff HILARY’S AN INCUBATOR.Hilary Duff admits thatpregnancy is proving tobe a strange experience.
“It’s literally like analien has taken over yourbody. One day I’ll have agood day, and one day I’llhave a bad day, and itkind of goes like that,”Duff tells MTV News.
Good day or bad, Duffhas her suspicions aboutthe baby’s gender.
“Everyone else saysit’s a girl, but I think
it’s a boy. I’d behappy with agirl. I don’t carewhat I get, but
every time Ithink about it or
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wealth of greatrestaurants and bars andtheatre in the south endand downtown.
The Faneuil Hall areais nice, especially ifyou’re coming in the fallor winter. They reallydress it up forChristmas.
StayWhen our guys come totown they stay at HotelCommonwealth.
It’s on top of a spotwhere the RathskellerClub used to be, whichwas where the Ramonesplayed their first showin Boston.
So I have a littlevendetta against them,only for that though, because I wish that wehad the Rathskeller Clubstill.
Apparently the hoteltreats the guys right.Check out the website athotelcommon-wealth.com.
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Sports!Take a tour of FenwayPark, our baseball stadi-um, which I believe is theoldest in the country(boston.redsox.mlb.com).
Ken, our bass player, isinvolved with a placecalled McGreevy’s.McGreevy was a fellowwho owned the originalsports bar down in theFens around the turn ofthe last century and theyresurrected that bar andit has a lot of decorationsfrom the original bar —it’s almost like a Red Soxand baseball museum
with photos, trophiesand banners. You can al-so get a good pint of
Guinness and fantasticchicken wings(mcgreevysboston.com).
McGreevy’s has fantastic chicken wings.
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Live musicThere’s great independentclubs here, like theMiddle East café (mideastclub.com), O’Brien’s(obrienspubboston.com),and The House of Blues,with live music every dayof the week (houseof
blues.com). Great Scott isone of my favourites.There’s a lack of mid-sizedclubs and it holds about250, so it’s great for bandsthat are just breaking outof the bar scene. Everynight of the week you canfind live music (greatscottboston.com).
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Matt Kelly is the drummer of the Dropkick Murphys, Boston’s famous Irish-American punkrock band He shares his favourite spots for sports and soaking up Boston’s Gaelic heritage
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The South will riseagain — at least on theNew York City restau-rant scene. Accordingto the 2012 Zagatguide to city dining,Southern food tops thisyear’s trends, thanks tonewcomers like MarcusSamuelsson’s celebritymagnet Red Roosterand The Cardinal, anEast Village eaterydishing up okra,smothered pork chopsand fried green toma-toes. Other trends in-clude on-site gardensproviding roof-to-tableingredients.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Who knewunassumingVancouverIsland is ac-tually be-comingworld-class
wine country, with qualitygrape-growing soil rivallingthat of Italy and NorthernFrance?
After arriving in pictur-esque Cowichan Valley, Iwas shocked to learn thereare nearly 20 first-class bou-tique-style wineries in thearea. It almost resembledNapa Valley, as I drove past
rolling hills of wellgroomed vines. In fact,with its warm summersand trademark wet andmild B.C. winters, the areais perfect for growing PinotNoir and Pinot Gris Grapes,which is why new wineriesare sprouting up every year.
Cowichan Valley itself isa great little paradise nes-tled among towering oldgrowth forests, quiet beach-es and meandering rivers.Combine that with somegood vino and you’ve gotyourself a winning combi-nation. Centrally locatedbetween the cities of Victo-ria and Nanaimo, there isalso no shortage of outdoorfun. I found myself sur-rounded by curious sealsone morning as my one-man kayak skimmed thecalm Pacific Ocean in frontof the cosy Ocean Point Ho-
tel in Cowichan Bay. Thesefriendly little guys (almostlooked like a pack of pup-pies poking there heads up)were all around my vessel.It was a very cool way tospend a morning.
No trip to wine countrywould be complete withoutsampling the product. Iwas impressed by my visitto several wineries in thearea, including AverillCreek vineyards, whichhappens to be the largeston the Island. I found my-self sipping a very palatablePinot Noir reserve on theslope of Mount Prevost,while taking in the spectac-ular view of Cowichan val-ley. It felt like I was sittingin Napa, only without thepomp and the prices.Nothing like a relaxingweekend exploring the bestkept secret in B.C.
Cowichan Valley is home to nearly 20 first-class boutique wineries.
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There is no shortage of outdoor fun in Cowichan Valley.
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TV’s Stefano Faita keepsit simple in the kitchenThis lasagna, made withcreamy bechamel sauce, isindulgent. “I love all kindsof mushrooms, so it’s anice lasagna with all themushrooms and bechameland cheese. It’s pretty sim-ple but really delicious,”says Stefano Faita, host ofCBC-TV’s weekday after-noon show In The Kitchenwith Stefano Faita.
He adds that it’s a greatentrée to serve to friendsat a dinner party.
Preparation:
1 In saucepan, melt butterover medium heat. Addflour and stir to combineto make a roux. Contin-ue to cook and stir, 2 to3 minutes. Graduallywhisk in milk, makingsure to incorporate theroux into milk. Continueto whisk mixture andbring to a boil. Reduceheat and simmer, whisk-ing frequently, untilsauce is thickened,about 10 minutes.
2 In bowl, soak driedmushrooms in warm wa-ter for 20 mins. Drain.Chop and set aside.
3 Heat 2 large skillets overmedium heat. Add 30 ml(2 tbsp) olive oil and 30ml (2 tbsp) butter toeach pan. Divide onionand garlic between 2
pans. Cook until theybegin to soften, 2 to 3minutes.
4 Increase heat to mediumhigh and divide freshmushrooms andchopped herbs betweenthe 2 pans. Sauté mush-rooms until goldenbrown, 8 to 10 minutes.Add chopped driedmushrooms and contin-ue to cook for 2minutes. Deglaze panswith white wine andcook until most of thewine has evaporated.
5 Heat oven to 190 C (375F). Then in a largesaucepan of boiling salt-ed water, cook sheets oflasagna in batches, 3 to4 sheets at a time, untilal dente. Immediatelyplunge them into coldwater to stop the cook-ing process and transferto a clean towel in a sin-gle layer to drain.
6 Butter 20-by-30-cm (8-by-12-inch) baking dish.
7 To assemble lasagna:Add a few tablespoonsof bechamel to lightly
cover bottom of bakingdish. Add, in layers, 2lasagna sheets, about aquarter of themushroom mixture, aquarter of theremaining bechamelsauce, 30 ml (2 tbsp)grated Asiago and 30 ml(2 tbsp) gratedParmesan cheese.Repeat 4 times, addingcheese every other layer.For the top layer, finishwith just grated cheese,about 125 ml (1/2 cup)of Asiago and 125 ml(1/2 cup) of Parmesancheese. Add more
cheese if you like.
8 Bake until filling is bub-bling and cheese is gold-en brown, 35 minutes.Let lasagna rest beforecutting. Sprinkle withparsley and serve.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ingredients:Bechamel Sauce
• 75 ml (1/3 cup) butter• 75 ml (1/3 cup) plus 15 ml(1 tbsp) flour• 1.25 l (5 cups) milk• Salt and freshly groundpepper, to taste
Lasagna• 60 g (2 oz) dried porcinimushrooms• Extra virgin olive oil• Butter• 1 medium onion, chopped• 2 garlic cloves, minced• 1 kg (2 lb) fresh mixedmushrooms, such as cremi-ni, shiitake and oyster• 15 ml (1 tbsp) choppedfresh rosemary• 30 ml (2 tbsp) eachchopped thyme and sage• 75 ml (1/3 cup) plus 15 ml(1 tbsp) white wine• Salt and freshly groundpepper, to taste• 10 fresh lasagna sheets • 250 ml (1 cup) each gratedParmesan and Asiagocheese• 30 ml (2 tbsp) choppedfresh parsley
This recipe makes eight to 12 servings.
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The Canadian Mint
As an evening withfriends and family windsdown, there is nothingmore relaxing than a hol-iday nightcap. This hottoddy with a Canadiantwist will warm your souland lift your spirits.
• 10 loose mint leaves,plus extra for garnish
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) simplesyrup (recipe follows)
• 45 ml (3 tbsp) Canadi-an whisky
• 90 ml (3 oz) hot water
Place mint in heat-proofglass. Add syrup and mud-dle gently. Add whisky andtop with boiling water. Stirand serve with mint sprig.
To make simple syrup:Bring equal parts sugarand water to a boil. Stir todissolve and then let cool.
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Walking dead rising with a vengeanceZombie culture is on therise, so to speak, in theHRM.
Joni Crocker, an organiz-er with Hal-Con, Halifax’sscience-fiction convention,says that, just as zombiescrave brains, Haligoniansthirst for everything zom-bie-related. From dressinglike them to learning howto fight them, the culturehas infected the region.
Halifax’s Zombie Walkhas been growing steadily
over the years. It attractedabout 100 brain-seekers in2009, and its attendancehas been doubling everyyear.
“There are a lot of zom-bie fans in Halifax,” Crock-er says. “The zombie walkshave been huge, and thisyear was the biggest. Therewere zombies every-where.”
Crocker also referred toa global Facebook groupcalled The Hardest Part of
the Zombie ApocalypseWill Be Pretending I’m NotExcited, which has morethan 33,000 likes.
Although Crockerknows a lot about the liv-ing dead, she would bequick to grab a shotgunduring a zombie attack.
“I’m pro-humanity. Iwant humanity to win, notthe zombies.”
She said a workshop onsurviving a zombie apoca-lypse will return to Hal-
Con this year, mentioningit was moved to a biggervenue last year becausethere was so much inter-est.
Crocker is also organiz-ing a panel to discuss zom-bies in popular culture,with dates and times to beannounced. ALY THOMSON
Chris Alexander ofFangoria magazine
lists his top 5 zombieflicks at metronews.ca/zombies
A participant in the 2011 Halifax Zombie Walk in August.
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Move over, vampires Zombies are everywhere and rising in popularity Soon to be kings of the undead
Sparkly vampires are all therage right now, but zombiesare knocking their fellow le-gions of the undead fromtheir pedestal.
From zombie walks be-ing held in cities across theworld to television shows,video games and numerousbooks hitting the stores,people’s fascination withzombies is spreading like aplague.
“Zombies have the up-per hand,” says Universityof B.C. film studies profes-
sor Ernest Mathijs, whosespecialities include horrorand fantasy film.
“Zombies are a kind ofingredient you can add toany cultural product andmake it look slightly differ-ent,” he said. “It will turn itinto a funny parody of con-temporary cultures, andsomehow that appeals tocultures across the globe.”
The idea of zombiesoriginally came from thevoodoo culture in Haiti.The word “zombi” wasused to describe a brainlessslave labourer raised fromthe dead by a bokor, or sor-cerer.
The now-familiar mod-ern zombie was popular-ized and turned into aphenomenon in 1968 byway of the unexpected pop-ularity of director GeorgeRomero’s low-budget hor-ror classic Night of the Liv-ing Dead.
Gisele Baxter of UBC’sEnglish department, whospecializes in gothic cul-
ture and post-apocalypticfiction, says Romero’s filmtook the horror genre onestep further.
“Romero was influentialin spawning everyday hor-ror that doesn’t deal withmad scientists or external-ized threats, but deals withthreats we associate withnightmares, personalthreats and very primal
fears,” she says.The audience identifies
with zombie stories be-cause people today are fas-cinated and fearful of thepossibility of an apoca-lypse, widespread annihila-tion or a viral pandemic,Baxter says.
The metaphorical possi-bilities and themes inher-ent in zombie stories alsoappeal to modern filmmak-ers because they can exper-iment with notions of whatpeople would do to survivein a kill-or-be-killed world,
Both Mathijs and Baxterhave been fascinated by theemergence of new, creative
ways of incorporating thezombie factor into popularculture. One recent innova-tion is the spoof novel Prideand Prejudice and Zombies,which is being adapted intoa film.
“When you think ofPride and Prejudice, thelast thing you think aboutis zombies,” Baxter says.“The juxtaposition of theseimmensely different thingsreally fascinated people.Then it spawned a lot ofcopycat titles, which is veryimpressive because peoplefound the energy and imag-ination to do anything withthese titles.”
Zombie love is a no-brainer“If zombie narratives go further ininvesting zombies with some capacity forpersonality and depth of characterization,it will probably come closer to being avariance on vampire stories.”PROF. GISELE BAXTER, UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Participants in the 2010 Halifax Zombie Walk in August.
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SURVIVE A ZOMBIE OUTBREAK
It’s remarkable how theliving dead have definedthe post-millennium zeit-geist more than any otherpop-culture entity.
From Max Brooks’ best-selling novel World War Z(an upcoming film adapta-tion will star Brad Pitt) to aglut of first-person shootervideogames to mainstreamtelevision with AMC’s TheWalking Dead (now in itssecond season), the zombiehas mysteriously reachedthe peak of his popularity.
But it’s been a long, slowprogression, a road litteredwith taboo and terror, andmost of it can be tracedback to the brain of oneman, the master of zombielore, George A. Romero.
It was Romero who, in1968, took the basic thrustof Richard Matheson’sshattering vampire apoca-lypse novel I Am Legendand brought the dead backto life with his game-changing black-and-whitemasterpiece Night of theLiving Dead.
That film would spawn aseries of rip-offs, sequels(Romero directed Dawn ofthe Dead in 1978 and fol-lowed that with four moreDead pictures; Dawn wasremade in 2004) and even-tually spoofs like EdgarWright’s smash-hit comedy
Shaun of the Dead.Look anywhere, look
everywhere, and you’ll seeevidence of the zombiephenomenon surroundingus, trapping us, ready toeat us alive.
And that is what’s sospooky about the conceptof the zombie. They’re us,back from our final rest,hungry to devour the peo-ple we once loved. Zombiesare ugly, grotesque shad-ows of their former selves.They smell bad, as all theirparts have long soured.And they’re lethally dumb,driven only by an instinctto kill.
Zombies are not nice,and if, by some sort of bio-logically bad stroke of viralluck, Romero’s fantasticalprophecies were to cometrue, if mankind were tosuddenly be under siegefrom a revolution of thedead ... what would we do?
Or more importantly,what shouldn’t we do?
Metro thought long andhard about this and, usingcommentary from GeorgeRomero and his frequentcollaborator, iconic FX wiz-ard, director and actor TomSavini, we now offer you aselection of “do nots” inthe face of a potential zom-bie-geddon.
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Do not. Upload your homemade zombie footage to YouTube
Do not. Take the elevator
Do not. Attempt to out-swim the dead
Zombies aren’t bears. As a few unfortunate charac-ters in Romero’s 2010 horror-western Survival of theDead discover, they aren’t afraid of the water
When rogue SWAT cops go for a dip to escape theghouls, they soon discover the dead — who, remem-ber, don’t breathe — are excellent swimmers andhave no problem eating whilst underwater.
Romero: I had underwater zombie stuff in Landand Diary but really played with it here. There is alot of humour in Survival, but it’s also really melan-cholic, less free-and-easy. Though at this stage of mylife, I’m thinking of calling the next one — if thereis a next one — Enough of the Dead!
Savini: Forget swimming. I go where there areplaces to run and things to hide behind, maybe uphigh, where I can blast away at them and they can'tget to me.
See also: Zombie (1979) the Italian Dawn ripoffthat sees an underwater zom attack a shocked skin-ny dipper before doing titanic battle with a greatwhite shark!
In Romero’s incredibly influential 1978 epic Dawn ofthe Dead, a handful of survivors land their helicopter onthe roof of Pittsburgh’s Monroeville Mall and block outthe corpses, creating a Shangri-la of material bliss.
But when the ghouls gain entrance as they always do,chopper pilot Fly Boy (David Emge) stupidly takes the lift.And when those doors open up, a horde of flesheatersburst in and ride with him. The following scenes are goryand should serve as a warning to potential zombiesurvivalists to always take the stairs.
Romero: Dawn is a romp, and I think it’s the most en-tertaining of all the Dead films. I really cut loose and did itas “comic book,” as I wanted to do it. But when Fly Boygets it there’s tragedy in there too.
Savini: The other thing Dawn teaches you is that yourfriends should not know where the hell you’re hiding,just in case they become zom-bies with good memories.
See also:: Resident Evil(2004), in which militarytypes take an elevator tohell and encounter subter-ranean zombies of both hu-man and caninepersuasions.
2007’s Diary of the Dead sawRomero doing the faux-documen-tary approach with a bunch ofcontemporary, tech-savvy kidsshooting the zombie outbreakwith their camcorders and stick-ing the resulting mess onto theInternet.
Of course, in their mad questto “shoot the dead” they forgetthat cannibal corpses don’t give adamn about their 15 minutes offame, and most of them get gob-bled up, regardless of their cine-matic pretensions.
Romero: Diary is about thateye in the sky that’s watching usall and us pretending theproblem doesn’t exist. Never agood thing.
See also: The Zombie Ziaries(2007) is a similar first-personBritish movie where members ofa crew try to film the unfilmableand end up players in their owndrama.
Just in case you happen to find yourself face-to-face with the undead, here’s what you shouldn’t do
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“Look around, lookeverywhere, andyou’ll see evidenceof the zombiephenomenonsurrounding us,trapping us, readyto eat us alive.”
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If you were faced with it – what would your weaponof choice be to fend off a Zombie attack?1. Flamethrower2. Lightsaber3. .22 cal Assault Rifle
Top Canadian Metro City to escape toin a Zombie apocalypse?Vancouver!
Which Canadian would make for thescariest Zombie?Don Cherry
BRAAAAINS!We picked metropolitans’ brains about zombies, and here’s what they had to say:
Night of theLiving Dead
Shaun ofthe Dead
ResidentEvil
The best Zombie Movies ever made were:
21% 18% 16%If a loved one was being mauled by a Zombie horde,what would you do?Help fight off the Zombies with myweapon of choice
63%Kill them before they turn into a Zombie
29%Turn tail and run for my life!
8%
If you were part of a team,what role would you play?The StrategistSidekickTeam Leader
Who would you wanton your Zombiefighting team?1. Chuck Norris2. Samuel L. Jackson3. Lara Croft
What is your favourite type of Zombie?Slow-moving Zombie
Where would be the scariest place to fighta Zombie horde?Airplane
95%95%5%
In a Zombieapocalypse,would yougo it aloneor build a team?SoloTeam
31%
18%16%
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Zombify your look for HalloweenDo you want to look likeyou just stepped off the setof Night of the Living Deadthis Halloween? You’llneed: liquid latex, tissuepaper or cotton balls, mul-ti-colour makeup kit(white, black, green), fakeblood, white powder or ba-by powder, tooth stain,charcoal powder, brushesand a sponge. PHOEBE HO
Step 1Apply liquid latex overclean skin to createthe effect of peelingskin and wounds. For amore dramatic effect,you can mix cotton orpieces of tissue paperwith latex. Once thelatex dries, start peel-ing the edges to getthe desired effect.
Step 2With a makeupsponge, add a grey orgreenish crème make-up base to the entireface, neck and any oth-er exposed skin. All ar-eas of flesh must becovered in makeup.Pay close attention tothe jawline, hairlineand hands.
Step 3Use the black or darkgrey colour from themulti-colour makeupkit and apply shadowswith a sponge or brusharound the eyes andcheekbones to achievea sunken-in look.
Step 5To create wrinkles andcreases, squint andpucker up your lipswhile you apply whitepowder around youreyes and lips with asponge.
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Step 4Add fake blood for de-sired effect and applytooth stain.
Makeup artist Dorota
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30 sports metronews.caWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011
Abeltshauser heats up with plenty of ice Few QMJHL players havelogged as much ice time asKonrad Abeltshauser overthe past three seasons.
Although the leaguedoesn’t clock ice time, it’ssafe to say the 19-year-oldhas regularly logged in therange of 25 minutes a nightsince joining the HalifaxMooseheads in 2009.
“I’ve had a lot of ice timeevery year so far,” saidAbeltshauser, who was atop junior in Germany be-
fore coming to Halifax. “That’s something really
important for young play-ers and that was the biggestinfluence coming over here.In Europe, you’re playingpro at my age, third, fourth
line. Here, you just get somuch ice time.”
The Herd are benefitingfrom their investment inthe six-foot-five 217-pounder. Since returningfrom NHL training camp in
San Jose, Abeltshauser haspiled up two goals and sev-en assists for nine points insix games and was recentlynamed the QMJHL’s secondstar of the week.
After seasons of 25 and
27 points, Abeltshauser —who quarterbacks theMooseheads’ power play —appears poised to join theleague’s top scoring de-fencemen. In likely his lastQMJHL season, he’s also try-ing to be more aggressive.
“I just want to help theteam offensively and im-prove my overall game,too,” he said. “You shouldnever stop improving … soI’ll do my best.”
MATTHEW WUEST
Ex-Moose in AUS
Mooseheads alumni play-
ing AUS hockey this
season:
D Gabriel O’Connor, St. F.X.(first year)D Pascal Amyot, Halifax(first year)C Yuri Cheremetiev, St.Thomas (second year)D R.D. Chisholm, St. F.X.(second year)D Ben MacAskill,
Dalhousie (second year)LW Mike MacIsaac, UPEI(third year)D Graham Bona, Acadia(third year)RW Shawn O’Donnell,
Saint Mary’s (third year)C Colby Pridham, SaintMary’s (fourth year)RW Bryce Swan,
St. F.X. (fourth year)
It’s been some time sincethe Dalhousie Tigers weretalked about as an AtlanticUniversity Sport men’shockey contender.
But after crawling out ofthe basement and ending amiserable six-year playoffabsence last season, theTigers are hoping they fi-nally will be included inthat conversation.
Dalhousie finished sixthamong eight teams last sea-son with a 13-15 record be-fore being swept in thefirst round by the AUSchampion St. FrancisXavier X-Men.
“Last year, we put ourtoes in the water,” saidhead coach Pete Belliveau,who took over the Tigersprior to 2008-09 and im-proved their win total fromfour, to eight, to 13.
“This year, we definitelywant to dive in and stay inthe water a long time andmake a little bit morenoise.”
Twenty players are backfrom last season’s roster.Returnees combined for 86of Dalhousie’s 91 goals in2010-11, including 15 fromfirst-team all-star BenjaminBreault. Starting goal-tender Bobby Nadeau is en-tering his third season.
Although the Tigers onlyrecruited a handful of play-ers, fifth-year transfersDavid MacDonald and ZachFirlotte immediately be-come the squad’s top twodefencemen.
MacDonald, a two-time
AUS all-star, transferredacross town from the SaintMary’s Huskies, while Fir-lotte is a former Acadia Ax-emen stalwart.
“In my four years here,it’s our strongest blue-linein terms of mobility andexperience,” Belliveau said.“Our team became that
much better with MacDon-ald and Firlotte leading ourbrigade.”
Belliveau, who won a na-tional championship withthe Moncton Aigles Bleusin 1995 and enjoyed greatsuccess with the LakeheadThunderwolves, had a five-year rebuilding plan when
he took over at Dalhousie.This will be the fourth year.
“We think we can gofrom sixth to, I would daresay, third, fourth, middle ofthe pack,” Belliveau said.“The whole 28 games is aplayoff in itself. We have toshow up every night andstay healthy.”
Preparing to take the plunge
Benjamin Breault led the Dalhousie Tigers in scoring
and was third in the AUS last season with 41 points in 26 games.
NICK PEARCE/DALHOUSIE ATHLETICS
Tigers hope to take big step in rebuild Last won national bronze in2004 UNB Varsity Reds, St. F.X. X-Men considered conference favourites
Tigers hostTommiesin openerA full slate of games ison tap for the AUS open-ing weekend.
The Dalhousie Tigershost the St. ThomasTommies on Friday andthe Moncton AiglesBleus on Saturday. Bothgames are at 7 p.m. atMemorial Arena.
The Saint Mary’sHuskies, who followedup their 2010 nationaltitle by going 18-9-1 andlosing in the AUS semifi-nals, visit the UPEI Pan-thers on Friday and theUNB Varsity Reds on Sat-urday. METRO
RYAN TAPLIN/METRO FILE
“They want me to play more aggressiveto get myself more room and to get morerespect from the other players … betough to play against in my own zone.”KONRAD ABELTSHAUSER, ON THE SAN JOSE SHARKS’ EXPECTATIONS FOR HIM THIS SEASON.
More sports
Will BlalockThe former DetroitPistons guard hassigned with theSaint John (N.B.) MillRats of the NationalBasketball League ofCanada. Blalock, aformer second-round NBA draftchoice, played 14games with the Pis-tons in 2006-07 be-fore pursuing hiscareer overseas.METRO
Denham BrownThe Oshawa (Ont.)Power of the fledg-ling National Basket-ball League ofCanada has signedBrown, a member ofthe Canadiannational team. Thesix-foot-five shoot-ing guard fromToronto played atthe recent FIBAAmericasChampionship in Ar-gentina, averaging6.6 points per game.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Crosby still waiting forfull-contact clearanceFor Sidney Crosby, it wasanother encouraging daywithout any setbacks.
It was also a day withno change to his status.
Crosby went throughanother Pittsburgh Pen-guins morning skate with-out contact yesterday asthe Cole Harbour nativecontinues to recover froma concussion. It’s exactlythe same status the super-star has had since the startof training camp morethan three weeks ago.
And if the Penguinswere hoping the day oftheir home opener versusthe Florida Panthersmight bring news theyhave waited months tohear — that Crosby hasbeen cleared for contact,at least during practice —they were left disappoint-ed.
While general managerRay Shero said Monday heanticipated that Crosbywould visit his concussionspecialist yesterday — per-haps to get clearance toundergo full contact —Crosby said no such visitwas scheduled.
Crosby generally meetswith specialist Michael(Micky) Collins at leastonce a week to review hisstatus. There was some an-ticipation that the meet-ing might be yesterday,since Crosby and the Pen-guins returned Mondayfrom a five-day road trip toWestern Canada.
“I don’t know who saidI had an appointment to-
day but I don’t,” Crosbysaid. “It’s the same as usu-al — I feel good. It wentgood today and I’m excit-ed to be home.”
Both the player andteam knew this would bean extended process asCrosby healed from a con-cussion that affected hisvestibular system, the partof the body that controlsmovement and balance.Even the act of skatingbriskly required some re-
learning on Crosby’s part,and he has spent much ofthe year unable to do suchroutine tasks as watchingTV or reading a newspaperwithout experiencing dis-comfort.
But after having someconcussion-related symp-toms all the way up until acouple of weeks beforetraining camp began Sept.17, Crosby has been symp-tom-free.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Sidney Crosby takes a breather during
Penguins training camp in September.
GENE J. PUSKAR/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
Pens return from West Coast trip to play home opener minus superstar
Malkin also out
The Penguins were miss-
ing Sidney Crosby and
Evgeni Malkin but still
earned a 4-2 win in their
home opener against the
Florida Panthers.
Malkin missed his second-straight game due to whatcoach Dan Bylsma called“soreness.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tigers claw back intoAL championshipDoug Fister delivered an-other strong start in a gameDetroit needed to win andMiguel Cabrera homeredand hit a tiebreaking dou-ble to lead the Tigers pastthe Texas Rangers 5-2 lastnight in Game 3 of the ALchampionship series.
Detroit dropped the firsttwo games in Texas beforeturning to Fister, who alsowon the decisive fifth gameof the division series at Yan-kee Stadium last week. Hewas sharp again, allowingtwo runs and seven hitswith no walks in 7 1⁄3 in-nings.
Jose Valverde, afterpitching two innings theday before, worked arounda leadoff double in the
ninth for his third playoffsave.
Game 4 is this afternoon.Matt Harrison starts forTexas against Rick Porcello— both went 14-9 this sea-son.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Detroit designated hitter Victor Martinez crosses
home plate on his fourth inning solo home run.
CHARLIE RIEDEL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Both the sedan and hatchback 5-Door are a bitlonger and wider than their predecessors andthe distance between their front and rear wheelshas grown by a leg-stretching three inches.
The sheetmetal is now much more pleasing,especially on the slinkier hatch that has its owngrille, bumper and, of course, rear door.
Kia has done a good job of creating a sedan that doesn’t look droopy at the ends. From this angle, you can also see that the headlights stretch up the front fender more than half way. Remember when headlights used to be on the front of a car?
It can now be carved instone with absolute cer-tainty that the dumbed-down, stripped-baresmall-car era is officiallyover. And we have carssuch as the 2012 Kia Rio tothank for pushing high-tech and comfort featuresdown to the lowest limbon the automotive tree.
The all-new Rio sedan
and Rio 5-Door hatchbackbear little resemblance totheir predecessors thattook a minimalist ap-proach and backed it upwith styling and featuresthat defined utilitarian.
But, hey, that workedfor the Rio and itsHyundai Accent relation(Hyundai owns Kia), aswell as for just about everyother entry-level car onthe planet.
It’s amazing what a lit-
tle bar-raising competitionhas done for what wasonce the low-rent catego-ry. Nowadays, the market
is teeming with really de-cent base rides, includingthe Ford Fiesta, ToyotaYaris, Mazda2, Honda Fit,
Nissan Versa and the up-coming Chevrolet Sonic,to name some of the classleaders.
At a base price of$15,650 for the hatchback(pricing for the sedan has-n’t been set yet), the Riomodels appear to have es-tablished category bench-marks for fashion andsubstance that will behard to top, but easy forsmall-car shoppers to swal-low.
Kia Rio: Good things come in small packagesMALCOLM [email protected] MEDIA
Idle Stop and GoThe powerplant’s claim to fame is the adoption ofwhat Kia calls Idle Stop and Go (ISG). This feature,available only in combination with the automatictransmission, shuts down the engine when theRio comes to a complete stop, then instantly firesit up again when the brake pedal is released.
ISG is part of an optional Eco DynamicsPackage that includes a special alternator that dis-engages under high engine load (such as whenheading up a hill) to reduce power-sapping dragand improve fuel economy.
Engine The Rio’s power output has been signifi-cantly increased. The 1.6-litre four-cylin-der produces 138 horses and 123pound-feet of torque. That’s a gain of 28horses and 16 pound-feet of torque com-pared to the outgoing 1.6, which is sig-nificant on a 1,135-kilogram vehicle.
The lighter-by-13 kilograms engine isconnected to a six-speed manual trans-mission or an optional six-speedautomatic.
BASE PRICE:
$15,650
Kia Rio
What you should knowabout the 2012 KiaRio/Rio 5-Door:
Types: Four-door, front-wheel-drive sub-compactsedan/hatchback.
Engine (hp): 1.6-litre DOHCI4 (138).Transmission: Six-speedmanual; Six-speed automat-ic (opt.).
Mileage: L/100 km(city/hwy) 6.6/4.9 (AT).
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A sensible alternative to most coupes2007 to 2011 Volkswagen Eos
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A convertible four-seaterdesigned for year-rounduse, the Volkswagen Eosfeatured a sleek coupebody capped by a hard-top motorized roof andsunroof assembly —allowing owners to takein the sun and fresh aireven on colder days.
An affordable butupscale model, the VWEos featured navigation,parking radar, Bluetooth,premium audio, xenonlighting, heated leatherseating and more.
A long list of safetyequipment was also stan-dard.
EngineAll Eos models got atwo-litre four-cylinderturbo engine with 200 horsepow-er. Transmission choices includeda six-speed manual and a six-speed Direct-Shift Gearbox (DSG)with paddle shift.
Common issuesStart a test-drive of a poten-tial used Eos by looking forwater leaks. Many Eos own-ers have reported some lev-el of water leakage throughthe convertible top, socheck carpeting, the roofpanels and the roof storagearea for signs of water dam-age or dampness.
All on-board electronicsshould also be tested forproper performance. Notethat a rough idle,hesitation, or a check-engine light could becaused by glitch ignition-system parts.
VerdictConsider the Eos a roomi-er and more sensible alter-native to machines like aMazda MX-5 or Saturn Skyin the used market —thanks to its back seat andthe year-round drivingconfidence of front-wheeldrive.
What owners likeEos’s quick-acting topmechanism, nicely-trimmed cab-in, fun-to-drive attitude and an overallsporty and refined character is popularwith owners. Most of these note that inte-rior space up front is generous given theoverall size of the car.
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FUEL EFFICIENCY FACES INTRIGUING PARADOX
We instinctivelyequate fuel efficiencywith fuelconservation, but theyare completely differ-ent concepts. If fact,fuel efficiency can ac-tually lead to more fu-el consumption.
This disturbingnotion was firstdocumented ina scholarly way,back in 1865,by the British
economist, W. StanleyJevons.
He argued that the tech-nological improvements,which increased theamount of energy onecould extract out of a cer-tain amount of coal, actual-ly led to more coal use, notless. The notion has sincebeen known as the JevonsParadox.
I had my own Jevons Par-adox moment this pastweekend. I made an extrarun to my ancestral bunga-low, 100 kilometres away,mostly because I had accessto a very efficient vehicle —
AUTO PILOT
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the cute and zippy Chevro-let Sonic.
With the Sonic’s high-way fuel consumption rat-ing of 5.1 L/100 km, the 200km round trip burned upabout 11 litres of regular, at$1.22 per, for an estimatedexpenditure of about 13bucks.
If my only vehicle optionhad been my ’67 Jaguar E-type, I wouldn’t have went,because the round tripwould have cost me about$35 in premium fuel, about$2 in heavy weight engineoil, and about a day or twooff my life expectancy, dueto the physical and emo-
tional stress of watchingthe Jaguar’s coolant tem-perature gauge flirtingwith disaster for two solidhours. But I did have theSonic, so I went. Net result:I used 11 “more” litres ofgasoline than I would have,had I been Sonic-less.
We take more car tripsand drive more annualkilometres than we did 40years ago, and that meanswe consume more gasolinethan we did 40 years ago,even factoring in the fan-tastic fuel efficiency gainswe’ve made over the sameperiod.
Now, we’re contributingsignificantly less green-house gases per vehicle
trip, because the vehiclesrun a lot cleaner, so that’ssomething.
But if we collectivelythink we’ll fix everythingby chipping away at the fu-el numbers, we won’t, be-cause the more fuel-efficient vehicles become,the cheaper it becomes toconsume fuel. We’re on apath to efficiently consumemore and more fuel.
Economists, especiallythose with a free marketbent, tell us there is one,sure-fire way to changeconsumer behaviour — thebrute force of high price.
But do we want a world
where fuel prices are sohigh only the rich get todrive? I say, “nay.”
Actually I would say,“nay, nay, really nay.” Iguess we could also allo-cate fuel via a voucher sys-tem, as used by post-warBritain for many years.
What would really help,however, is if someonecame up with a new para-dox, one that would be eas-ier to get your head aroundthan Jevons Paradox, andwhere the outcome wouldalways be awesome.
That’s your assignmentfor this week. No exten-sions.
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Want a collector car?According to the pros, you don’t have to be rich and famous to drive your dream
With theeconomyconstantlyinquestion,it might
actually be a good time tobegin the search for thecollector car of yourdreams.
How so? To free up cashto pay bills, some of thefirst items to be sold off areluxury pieces such as jewel-ry, watches ... and cars. Andoften at a discount.
The bargain you couldn’tfind a few years ago mightjust be out there now, butit’s important to not onlyconsider a price that seemstoo good to be true, but alsowhat’s hot and what repre-sents good value over thelong run since a car boughtin this economic climatecould stand to gain consid-erable ground if and whenmarkets and buyer confi-dence rebound.
While prices have beenout of this world for rareCorvettes, Plymouth ’Cudamodels and plenty of otherso-called muscle cars, BobVarsha, who anchoredSpeed TV’s 40 hours of liveBarrett-Jackson CollectorCar Auction TV coverage in
is quick to reassure carlovers of the bottom line.
“You don’t have to spend$1 million to get a reallycool car.”
There are bargainsaplenty to be had out there.
There are numerous carsin the sub-$50,000 pricerange that can deliver atremendous amount ofbang for the buck and a lotof pleasure for their own-ers, but don’t require a sec-ond mortgage.
The first task in search-ing for an older car is to setyour personal priorities be-fore you begin shopping,says Barrett-Jackson chiefexecutive officer Craig Jack-son.
“What are your goals
and objectives? What doyou want to use the car for?Do you want a Sunday driv-er for the weekend, a carthat you drive daily, some-thing that will appreciate invalue ... or do you wantcreature comforts like arestomod (an old car withmodern amenities)?”
If you assess what youwant ahead of time, it’s eas-ier to make the right choiceand avoid a costly mistake.
The bottom line, though,is whatever you choose,buy it for love, not in thehopes of a financial wind-fall.
There are no sure bets,but if you’re in the marketfor a fun classic with someupside financial potential
and aren’t sure where to be-gin, here are a few sugges-tions:
1960s FORD MUSTANG
Craig Jackson likes Mus-tangs, which were popularand plentiful in the 1960sand still are today.
“I always try to say forfirst-time collectors, getsomething like a Mus-tang.... They’re simple, andif they break, parts are very,very readily available andnot that expensive. Justabout anybody can work onthem.”
AMERICAN MOTORS AMX
Made from 1968-70, thetwo-seat AMX was a nichemuscle car, one perfect for
Good-looking and potentially undervalued
is the American Motors AMX.
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owners willing to think out-side the box. The AMX be-came a four-seater in 1971.“There are still some greatAMXs that are available be-tween $25,000 and$50,000,” said Dave Kinney,author of the quarterly col-lector-car price guide CarsThat Matter and a profes-sional appraiser of vintagecars.
FORD FALCON SPRINT
Available with a V-8 for the
first time in 1963, thesporty version of the mom-and-pop Falcon, the Sprintwas light, nimble andquick, a popular rally racerback in the day.
“The Falcon has a greatclub-race history, especiallyin Europe," said Kinney.“Not everybody remembersthat the Mustang was just aFalcon with a special body.”
FERRARI 328
Made from 1986-89 ascoupes (GTB) and targa tops(GTS), the 328 evolved fromthe 308 model immortal-ized by Tom Selleck in theold Magnum, P.I. TV show.
However, you have to becareful because buying ex-otic cars such as this is onlythe beginning of the finan-cial commitment.
According to Russo &Steele’s John Bemiss, “Theonly thing that holds thosecars back are the mainte-nance costs. When you buyone of those cars, you wantto be sure to get mainte-nance records so you knowit’s been maintained prop-erly.”
Not every classic is like this Ferrari, which cost the buyer $16.4 million at an
auction. It proves that buying the right car can pay off. But what car do you buy?
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ress
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ires
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onsu
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Ford
of
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ails
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imum
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: $
30
,00
0 p
urc
has
e fi n
ance
d a
t 0
% A
PR
for
60
mon
ths,
m
onth
ly p
aym
ent
is $
50
0 c
ost
of b
orro
win
g is
$0
or
AP
R o
f 0
% a
nd t
otal
to
be
repai
d is
$3
0,0
00
.Dow
n p
aym
ent
on p
urc
has
e fi n
anci
ng o
ffer
s m
ay b
e re
quir
ed b
ased
on a
ppro
ved c
redit
from
For
d C
redit.
Tax
es p
ayab
le o
n f
ull
amou
nt
of p
urc
has
e pri
ce. *Q
ual
ifi ed
ret
ail c
ust
omer
s on
appro
ved c
redit
from
For
d C
redit
(not
all
buye
rs w
ill q
ual
ify f
or t
he
low
est A
PR
pay
men
t), m
ay p
urc
has
e fi n
ance
a n
ew 2
01
2 F
ocus
SE/F
usi
on S
E I4
/Esc
ape
XLT
I4 F
WD
Auto
for
MS
RP
$1
8,0
00
/$2
3,4
99
/$2
4,9
00
, a
mon
thly
pay
men
t of
$2
73
/$3
92
/$4
15
(th
e su
m o
f tw
elve
(1
2) m
onth
ly p
aym
ents
div
ided
by
26
per
iods
giv
es p
ayee
a b
i-w
eekl
y pay
men
t of
$1
26
/$1
81
/$1
92
for
72
/60
/60
mon
ths
with
a d
own p
aym
ent
of $
99
9/$
0/$
99
9 o
r eq
uiv
alen
t tr
ade-
in. C
ost
of b
orro
win
g is
$1
,65
6/$
0/$
0 o
r A
PR
of
2.9
9%
/0%
/0%
and t
otal
to
be
repai
d is
$1
9,6
56
/$2
3,4
99
/$2
4,9
00
. All
purc
has
e fi n
ance
off
ers
excl
ude
optio
nal
fea
ture
s, f
reig
ht
& A
ir T
ax ($
1,5
00
/$1
,50
0/$
1,5
00
), lic
ence
, fu
el fi ll
char
ge,
insu
rance
, P
DI,
PP
SA
, ad
min
istr
atio
n f
ees,
any
envi
ronm
enta
l char
ges
or
fees
, an
d a
ll ap
plic
able
tax
es. T
axes
are
pay
able
on t
he
full
amou
nt
of t
he
purc
has
e pri
ce. B
i-W
eekl
y pay
men
ts a
re o
nly
ava
ilable
usi
ng c
ust
omer
initi
ated
PC
(In
tern
et B
anki
ng)
or P
hon
e P
ay s
yste
m t
hro
ugh t
he
cust
omer
’s o
wn b
ank
(if o
ffer
ed b
y th
at fi n
anci
al in
stitu
tion).
The
cust
omer
is r
equir
ed t
o si
gn a
mon
thly
pay
men
t co
ntr
act
with
a fi r
st p
aym
ent
dat
e on
e m
onth
fro
m t
he
contr
act
dat
e an
d t
o en
sure
that
the
tota
l mon
thly
pay
men
t oc
curs
by
the
pay
men
t due
dat
e. B
i-w
eekl
y pay
men
ts c
an b
e m
ade
by
mak
ing p
aym
ents
equiv
alen
t to
the
sum
of
12
mon
thly
pay
men
ts d
ivid
ed b
y 2
6 b
i-w
eekl
y per
iods
ever
y tw
o w
eeks
com
men
cing o
n t
he
contr
act
dat
e.
**Le
ase
a new
20
11
new
20
12
Foc
us
SE S
edan
/Esc
ape
XLT
I4
FW
D A
uto
and g
et 2
.99
%/1
.99
% L
AP
R f
or u
p t
o 4
8/4
8 m
onth
s on
appro
ved c
redit
(OA
C)
from
For
d C
redit.
Not
all
buye
rs w
ill q
ual
ify f
or t
he
low
est
LAP
R p
aym
ent. $
18
,00
0/$
24
,90
0 a
t 2
.99
%/1
.99
% A
PR
for
4
8/4
8 m
onth
s w
ith $
99
9/$
99
9 d
own p
aym
ent
or e
quiv
alen
t tr
ade-
in,
mon
thly
pay
men
t is
$2
48
/$3
41
, to
tal le
ase
oblig
atio
n is
$1
2,9
03
/$1
7,3
67
, op
tional
buyo
ut
is $
7,5
85
/$9
,86
4,
cost
of
leas
ing is
$1
,61
7.5
4/$
1,4
37
.62
or
2.9
9%
/1.9
9%
. Ta
xes
pay
able
on f
ull
amou
nt o
f le
ase
fi nan
cing p
rice
aft
er a
ny
pri
ce a
dju
stm
ent
is d
educt
ed. A
dditi
onal
pay
men
ts r
equir
ed f
or P
PS
A,
regis
trat
ion,
secu
rity
dep
osit,
NS
F fe
es (
wher
e ap
plic
able
), ex
cess
wea
r an
d t
ear,
and lat
e fe
es.
Som
e co
nditi
ons
and
mile
age
rest
rict
ions
of 8
0,0
00
km o
ver
48
mon
ths
apply
. A c
har
ge
of 1
2 c
ents
per
km
ove
r m
ileag
e re
stri
ctio
ns
applie
s. ^
^Est
imat
ed f
uel
con
sum
ptio
n r
atin
gs
for
the
20
12
Foc
us
SE S
edan
Dura
tec
2.0
L-I4
engin
e [6
-spee
d a
uto
mat
ic t
ransm
issi
on w
ith a
vaila
ble
SFE
Pac
kage]
: [7
.2L/
10
0 k
m (
39
MP
G)
city
and 4
.8L/
10
0 k
m (
59
MP
G)
hw
y]. Fu
el c
onsu
mptio
n r
atin
gs
bas
ed o
n T
ransp
ort
Can
ada-
appro
ved t
est
met
hod
s. A
ctual
fuel
con
sum
ptio
n m
ay v
ary
bas
ed o
n r
oad c
onditi
ons,
veh
icle
loa
din
g an
d d
rivi
ng h
abits
. Est
imat
ed fuel
con
sum
ptio
n r
atin
gs
for
the
20
12
Fusi
on S
E 2
.5L
4 c
ylin
der
Auto
9.0
L/1
00
km C
ity a
nd 6
.0L/
10
0km
. Fuel
con
sum
ptio
n r
atin
gs
bas
ed o
n T
ransp
ort C
anad
a ap
pro
ved tes
t m
ethod
s. A
ctual
fuel
con
sum
ptio
n m
ay v
ary
bas
ed o
n r
oad c
onditi
ons,
veh
icle
load
ing a
nd d
rivi
ng h
abits
. Est
imat
ed fuel
con
sum
ptio
n r
atin
gs
for
the
20
12
Esc
ape
FWD
2.5
L 4
cyl
inder
Man
ual
9.1
L/1
00
km C
ity a
nd 7
.1L/
10
0km
hw
y. F
uel
con
sum
ptio
n r
atin
gs
bas
ed o
n T
ransp
ort C
anad
a-ap
pro
ved
test
met
hod
s. A
ctual
fuel
con
sum
ptio
n w
ill v
ary
bas
ed o
n r
oad c
onditi
ons,
veh
icle
load
ing a
nd d
rivi
ng h
abits
. ©
20
11
Sir
ius
Can
ada
Inc.
“S
IRIU
S”,
the
SIR
IUS
dog
logo,
chan
nel
nam
es a
nd lo
gos
are
tra
dem
arks
of
SIR
IUS
XM
Rad
io In
c. a
nd a
re u
sed u
nder
lice
nse
. O
ffer
only
val
id f
rom
Sep
tem
ber
1, 2
01
1 t
o O
ctob
er 3
1, 2
01
1 (th
e “O
ffer
Per
iod”)
to
resi
den
t C
anad
ians
with
a C
ostc
o m
ember
ship
on o
r bef
ore
August
31
, 2
01
1. U
se t
his
$1
,00
0C
DN
Cos
tco
mem
ber
off
er t
owar
ds
the
purc
has
e or
le
ase
of a
new
20
11
/20
12
For
d/L
inco
ln v
ehic
le (
excl
udin
g F
iest
a, F
ocus,
Ran
ger
, R
apto
r, G
T5
00
, M
ust
ang B
oss
30
2, T
ransi
t C
onnec
t EV &
Med
ium
Tru
ck)
(eac
h a
n “
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
”). T
he
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
must
be
del
iver
ed a
nd/o
r fa
ctor
y-or
der
ed f
rom
you
r par
tici
pat
ing F
ord/L
inco
ln d
eale
r w
ithin
the
Off
er P
erio
d. O
ffer
is
only
val
id a
t par
ticip
atin
g d
eale
rs, is
subje
ct t
o ve
hic
le a
vaila
bili
ty, an
d m
ay b
e ca
nce
lled o
r ch
anged
at
any
time
with
out
not
ice.
Only
one
(1)
offe
r m
ay b
e ap
plie
d t
owar
ds
the
purc
has
e or
leas
e of
one
(1) Elig
ible
Veh
icle
, up t
o a
max
imum
of
two
(2) se
par
ate
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
sal
es p
er C
ostc
o M
ember
ship
Num
ber
. O
ffer
is t
ransf
erab
le t
o per
sons
dom
icile
d w
ith a
n e
ligib
le C
ostc
o m
ember
. This
off
er c
an b
e use
d in
con
junct
ion w
ith m
ost
reta
il co
nsu
mer
off
ers
mad
e av
aila
ble
by
Ford
Mot
or C
ompan
y of
Can
ada
at e
ither
the
time
of f
acto
ry o
rder
(if
order
ed w
ithin
the
Off
er P
erio
d) or
del
iver
y, b
ut
not
bot
h. O
ffer
is n
ot c
ombin
able
with
any
CPA
/GP
C o
r D
aily
Ren
tal i
nce
ntiv
es,
the
Com
mer
cial
Upfi t
Pro
gra
m o
r th
e C
omm
erci
al F
leet
Ince
ntiv
e P
rogra
m (
CFI
P).
Applic
able
tax
es c
alcu
late
d b
efor
e $
1,0
00
CD
N o
ffer
is
ded
uct
ed.
Pro
gra
m in e
ffec
t fr
om O
ctob
er 1
, 2
01
1 t
o Ja
nuar
y 3
, 2
01
2 (
the
“Pro
gra
m P
erio
d”)
To
qual
ify, cu
stom
er m
ust
turn
in a
20
05
mod
el y
ear
or o
lder
veh
icle
that
is
in r
unnin
g c
onditi
on (
able
to
star
t an
d m
ove
and w
ithou
t m
issi
ng p
arts
) an
d h
as b
een p
roper
ly r
egis
tere
d/p
late
d o
r in
sure
d f
or t
he
last
3 m
onth
s (t
he
“Cri
teri
a”).
Elig
ible
cust
omer
s w
ill
rece
ive
[$5
00
]/[$
1,0
00
]/[$
2,5
00
]/[$
3,0
00
] to
war
ds
the
purc
has
e or
lea
se o
f a
new
20
11
/20
12
For
d [
Fies
ta (
excl
udin
g S
), Fo
cus
(exc
ludin
g S
)]/[
Fusi
on (
excl
udin
g S
E),
Tauru
s (e
xclu
din
g S
E),
Must
ang (
excl
udin
g V
alue
Lead
er),
Esc
ape
(exc
ludin
g X
LT I4
Man
ual
), Tr
ansi
t C
onnec
t (e
xclu
din
g E
V),
Ran
ger
(ex
cludin
g R
egula
r C
ab 4
x2 X
L), Edge
(exc
ludin
g S
E),
Flex
(ex
cludin
g S
E),
Exp
lore
r (e
xclu
din
g b
ase)
]/[F
-15
0 (
excl
udin
g R
egula
r C
ab 4
x2 X
L), Exp
editi
on, E-S
erie
s]/[
F25
0-5
50
] –
all
Rap
tor,
GT5
00
, B
OS
S3
02
, an
d M
ediu
m T
ruck
mod
els
excl
uded
(ea
ch a
n “
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
”). T
axes
pay
able
bef
ore
Reb
ate
amou
nt
is d
educt
ed. T
o qual
ify: (i)
cust
omer
must
, at
the
time
of t
he
Elig
ible
Veh
icle
sal
e, p
rovi
de
the
Dea
ler
with
(a)
suffi c
ient
pro
of o
f C
rite
ria,
and (b)
signed
ori
gin
al o
wner
ship
tra
nsf
erri
ng c
ust
omer
veh
icle
to
the
Auth
oriz
ed R
ecyc
ler;
and (
ii) E
ligib
le V
ehic
le m
ust
be
purc
hase
d, le
ased
, or
fac
tory
ord
ered
duri
ng t
he
Pro
gra
m P
erio
d. O
ffer
only
ava
ilable
to
resi
den
ts o
f C
anad
a an
d p
ayab
le in
C
anad
ian d
olla
rs.
Off
er i
s tr
ansf
erab
le t
o per
sons
dom
icile
d w
ith t
he
owner
of
the
recy
cled
veh
icle
. O
ffer
can
be
use
d i
n c
onju
nct
ion w
ith m
ost
reta
il co
nsu
mer
off
ers
mad
e av
aila
ble
by
Ford
at
eith
er t
he
time
of f
acto
ry o
rder
or
del
iver
y, b
ut
not
bot
h.
Off
er n
ot a
vaila
ble
on a
ny
vehic
le r
ecei
ving C
PA
, G
PC
, or
Dai
ly R
enta
l R
ebat
es a
nd t
he
Com
mer
cial
Fle
et R
ebat
e P
rogra
m (
CFI
P).
Lim
ited t
ime
offe
r, se
e dea
ler
for
det
ails
or
call
the
Ford
Cust
omer
Rel
atio
nsh
ip C
entr
e at
1-8
00
-56
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ord M
otor
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pan
y of
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Aries March 21-April 20Today’s full moon in your sign willmotivate you to act quickly and de-cisively, but don’t go too far.
Taurus April 21-May 21 Likeeveryone else, you have secrets.But there is one secret that will be-come public today. Own it.
Gemini May 22-June 21Don’t keep your feelings to your-self today — let everyone knowwhat is going on inside your heart.
Cancer June 22-July 22 Becareful how you come across totoday. The full moon warns noteveryone will see your humour.
Leo July 23-Aug.23 Let some-one you are attracted to know thatyou think they are special.
Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 Youwill get more done if you take agentler, less confrontational ap-proach. Imagine how others feel.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 You maybe an open-minded person buttoday, protect yourself from otherpeople’s negative emotions.
Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Ifyou are going to make progress ona project of some kind, you firstneed to stop thinking you can do italone. Seek help.
Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21 Today’s full moon in Aries willencourage you to take the kind ofrisk that most people would avoid.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20The less you reveal about yourplans over the next two or threedays, the better.
Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18You may be tempted to cut cornersand bend rules today but you reallydon’t need to.
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20.There’s a chance an employer willtry to cheat you out of what isrightfully yours. SALLY BROMPTON
