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Cameron Diskey, a second-year Durham College protection, security and investigation student, and his classmates are forced to squash themselves through a tiny doorway to get into the former squash court converted into a classroom near the old gymnasium.

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Check your meat before you eat

Expired food could be landing on the shelves Sean Heeger The Chronicle

We’ve all seen those best before dates stamped across our favourite food products.

They’re stamped somewhere on your box of crackers or carton of milk letting you know the last date the product should be consumed.

Recently, CBC Marketplace broke a scandal about Canadian grocery stores that sell old food by changing the best before date. This happens across the country. Employees from bakery and meat departments purposely change best before dates on products to extend the product’s shelf life.

This is not only unethical but potentially life-threatening. The best before scandal will lead to a mistrust of big box stores, which is going to impact the way people shop for food. When people start to lose faith in buying food from large stores, independent bakeries and butchers will start to see a rise in customers.

It’s well known that eating poultry and dairy products past their prime can have adverse health effects. However, there are certain things you should know before you buy your products, like the fact that the best before date is very different from the expiration date. According to some health agencies, the best before has nothing to do with food safety.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) mandates only five products on the market need to be marked with an expiration date.

These products include baby formula, nutritional supplements, meal replacements, foods for low-energy diets, and formulated liquid diets.

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Check the expiry date on your meat and other products before purchasing.

larly consumed products are on that list. That’s because they are marked with a best before date, rather than an expiration date. This means the date marked on the product indicates how long the product will maintain its full flavour and nutrition. But just because the CFIA says it’s safe to eat certain foods after the best before date, it doesn’t mean that you should.

Health Canada is one agency that does not recommend eating food past its best before date. According to Ellie Topp, a home economist,

if the food changes colour or has a smell then you need to throw it out.

Topp also says it’s best to throw out deli meats after a few days as those are products you need to watch, along with bread and cheese. This is due to mould. Taking this chance is akin to “playing roulette,” says Topp.

While people used to be okay with scraping mould off food then proceeding to eat it, this is something that should never be done. Mould is believed to contaminate food in microbial ways, which can seriously

affect your health. Yet, some bakeries in chain stores across the country have their employees remove mouldy fruit from bakery cakes.

Cakes are then repackaged with a new best before date, according to a CBC Marketplace investigation.

The same investigation says some meat departments were just as guilty. Meat that was starting to turn brown was dipped in blood then the product was repackaged.

Marketplace says stores were also grinding old beef up with fresh meat then selling it at a higher price. If chicken was starting to smell, Marketplace found stores marinated it to mask the odour then repackaged for a higher price. Not only were the stores making more money, they were putting consumer health at risk.

Who will want to buy food from a store where higher-ups only care about themselves, and where selling product is more important than whether or not the food is good?

When CBC broke this story, grocery employees said they were being told to change best before dates. Marketplace interviewed Mohammad Saffari, who worked in a Loblaws’ bakery. He was told to change the best before dates on fresh and frozen bakery items like pastries, and cakes that were weeks past their expiration date. Saffari even recorded a conversation with his boss who said that every store did it because the managers want their bonuses. Further investigation turned up a lot of stores that tampered with food.

In researching this piece, one day manager from a local grocery chain, who asked not to be named for fear of job loss, said that her bosses told her to make sure the meat department changed dates. “My boss told me many times to have meat department employees change best before dates to save them from wasting product,” said the manager.

She went on to say that she was told to make sure the employees would package older meat under fresher ones and then reseal it with a new date and higher price.

This is probably the most unethical thing a store can do to its customers, but can we blame the employees? Perry Papadopoulos, a former Metro bakery employee, doesn’t think we should. “Honestly in this generation, teenagers would have just stayed and did what they were told so they don’t get fired,” said Papadopoulos. “They don’t want their first job to look bad on them.” Papadopoulos was never forced to change best before dates and it “never crossed his mind” that his store could have done what places like Loblaws are doing now.

“The only thing we did that would affect best before dates was put a reduce sticker on stuff that was expiring,” said Papadopoulos.

Grocery store shopper Salima Bhanwadia has “always been hesitant of buying bakery stuff with fresh fruit,” and this scandal brought to light her fears. “The one thing I never do is buy ground beef,” said Bhanwadia.

Stores that pull these kinds of stunts are forever tainted and will surely lose customers to specialty shops like Buckingham Meat Market, which prides itself on offering Durham region quality meat for 60 years. Buckingham Meat Market butcher, Wayne Kuzenko, feels that food quality, honesty and integrity go hand in hand. “Quality and service hands down is the biggest reason to come here…a little shop like ours doesn’t last unless we’re doing something right,” said Kuzenko.

Butchers have fresh deliveries daily. They store their products at the industry standard of -18 degrees Celsius, and adhere to a meticulous cleaning schedule that allows their products to stay fresh longer, according to the FDA. The best before scandal has made shoppers like Bhanwadia uneasy, but there are ways to get around this problem. Find a local butcher or baker, and for good measure of hilarity find a candle stick maker.

People like Bhanwadia, who have been put off by grocery stores, will, in her words, “most definitely” start going to a butcher.

Bad week for Toronto police leaves residents uncertain Marina Tyszkiewicz The Chronicle

In one week a Toronto Police Service (TPS) officer was found guilty of attempted murder for killing a lone knife-wielding teenager, after firing nine shots at him, another TPS officer received an undisclosed charge for firing fourteen bullets at a vehicle inside Toronto’s Distillery District. Four more TPS officers have been arrested and charged for perjury and obstructing justice after planting heroine on a motorists dashboard. TPS Chief Mark Saunders has publically spoken after each incident release. He offered no insight into his strategy to end criminal behaviour within the force or if he has one. Until then, we shouldn’t trust the police.

In its mission statement, The TPS website lists Reliability as one of its core values. It states, “We are con-

scientious, professional, responsible, and dependable in our dealings with each other and our communities.”

Seems hardly fitting given the closely timed resurgence of charges laid against its officers; in 2015, three TPS officers were charged for gang raping a parking enforcement officer. Currently, 14 TPS officers are suspended with pay.

“Anything that questions the integrity of the Toronto Police Service concerns me,” said Saunders as he spoke to reporters after the four officers were charged. Meanwhile making little to no mention what strategies he has to tackle police corruption. It’s concerning to citizens, but another emotional response from TPS is not what the citizens of Toronto need. What the public requires is a reliable action plan that will make them feel secure when engaging with the police. And given the recent examples, an emo-

tional response from TPS can lead to criminal consequences, including deaths.

As of Jan. 24, shootings in 2016 exceeded the amount of gun vio-

riffles. “I need a long rifle use of force out there for officer safety,” Saunders said. It seems like the calls for defense are only answered for and formulated for those who wear

Anything that questions the integrity of the Toronto Police Service concerns me. lence in Toronto from the same time last year by 100 per cent. As a result one of the abrupt decision from the chief was a weapons strategy: equipping TPS with assault

the uniform and not the public they ‘re meant to serve.

Citizens shouldn’t have to gamble on the integrity of the police any time they get pulled over, or are

interrogated, or are experiencing emotional distress, and especially when they happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

In a CP24 article, TPS Constable Mike McCormack said, “If we took everybody off the street who was investigated by the SIU, there’d be few cops on the street. I’m embellishing but it’s a lot because it doesn’t take much for the SIU to be called.”

A staggering remark, considering the SIU has cleared officers of any wrong doing in cases where innocent people have been accidently shot by TPS, and the most notorious example that dampened the publics trust was the G20 summit in 2010, when mass arrests and excessive use of force was carried out on protesters.

Until Saunders comes up with a strategy to restore our faith in policing, he should lay off the big guns, and come up with a plan.

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Show us more service, Durham transit 2015 was an expensive year for users of Durham Region Transit.

While the PRESTO card program has been fully implemented across the system, standard fares went up by 25 cents per ride in May and in October. For DC-UOIT students, the price of the mandatory transit pass is set to increase to $300 per academic year (or $150 per term).

Despite the billions of dollars being invested by all levels of government into transit infrastructure to handle GO ridership, such as DRT Raleigh’s new $104 million maintenance facility and a new pedestrian pass at Ajax Station, DRT has yet to announce plans to expand service to DC and UOIT. As a result, the communities of Durham Region are still dependent on cars, including students enrolled at any of the multiple DC and UOIT campuses in Oshawa and Whitby.

While it is unrealistic, and even silly, to think that public transit could replace cars on Durham Region’s roads and highways, it is possible to reduce the amount of traffic on those roads by making public transit more efficient and

convenient in and around Durham Region.

Durham Region and its communities are uniquely situated when it comes to public transit, at least compared to other Canadian communities. Durham is already served by GO Transit’s Lakeshore East line as well as a number of different bus routes. You can go directly from Oshawa Station, just off the 401, to Union Station in downtown Toronto in just under one hour.

For daily commuters, or those people who work in Toronto but live in Durham Region, the GO train is the best alternative to driving. According to GO 2020, GO Transit’s strategic plan, ridership outside the City of Toronto is expected to triple the number of riders from 2008. As a result, GO plans regular departures every 15 minutes from Oshawa Station and will add rush hour service to Bowmanville on a soon-to-be-completed extension of the rail corridor.

That plan is being funded and implemented by Metrolinx and GO, but what is DRT doing to address this growth?

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In 2013, Durham Region Transit launched its ‘DRT PULSE’ rapid transit route on the Highway 2 corridor between Oshawa, Pickering and Scarborough. This investment, funded mostly by an $82.3 million dollar commitment from the Ontario government, was a big step for the still maturing regional transit network serving rapidly growing communities across a large area. The project was developed, in part, to increase access to the U of T Scarborough campus for residents of Durham’s suburban communities.

Can DC and UOIT expect the same commitment from the Province and DRT? Of the proposed service enhancements for 2015, released last year, two address service to and from Oshawa campus. Neither of those enhancements will offer rapid or express service to the Lakeshore East line or satellite campuses of Durham and UOIT. While “increased service during peak periods” on the 915 Taunton bus and a link to Brooklin will be welcomed with open arms, more still needs to be done to serve the

shivering hoards of students huddled around the Oshawa Campus bus loop. Recent reports from the administration indicate that the combined enrolment of Durham and UOIT is 22,000 full-time students, with that number expected to go up in coming years.

On the other hand, 12,000 students total are enrolled at U of T Scarborough. Yet only a small number reside in Pickering, Oshawa and the rest of Durham Region. Meanwhile, many of the 22,000 students at DC and UOIT’s suburban campuses see driving as the best, if not the only, option to commuting to and from class.

In October, the Durham Regional Council approved a 25 per cent increase to the transit pass, to be included in the mandatory fees for all students. By 2018, this will translate to an extra $1,320,000 per year for DRT directly from DC-UOIT students.

As students, we understand universal truths: that the cost of living for everyone is doomed to grow over time, that a falling dollar and struggling economy bring difficulties and that nothing in life is free.

But we also know that an annual increase in costs should at least come with an increase in service.

One might hope that both the DC-UOIT administration and DRT would do more to encourage better service and increased use of public transit. Increased use of public transit reduces congestion on local roads and vast parking lots occupy valuable space on a growing campus. The broad expanse of parking lots could be used more effectively to increase academic space or attract research grant and sponsorship money.

For DC-UOIT to get more direct, express service to its campuses, there needs to be a financial commitment from all parties involved.

The province has stepped up with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the PULSE service and other infrastructure upgrades, the students of DC and UOIT will contribute another million dollars a year in perpetuity. It’s time for DRT to do its part and bring express and PULSE service to the people who pay for it.

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One family, father and son: Hello Mr. Wonderful The Trudeaus' political power The difference between the two PMs is evident

When you compare Justin Trudeau to his father, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, it becomes apparent that while times have changed since Pierre was in power, there are many similarities between Pierre and his son, Justin. Yet, there are differences too.

Their professions before becoming Prime Minister were different.

Their views on major issues, like abortion, differ.

However, their interaction with supporters and potential voters mirror each other in some way, especially with the affect both Trudeaus have had on their female voters.

Before becoming Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, taught as an associate professor in Quebec. After teaching, he entered politics, becoming Lester Pearson’s Parliamentary Secretary. He spent a lot of his time travelling abroad to be at international meetings for Canada. He was then appointed to Pearson’s cabinet as Minister of Justice. After being Minister of Justice for less than a year, Pierre entered the race to become leader of the Liberal party when Pearson stepped down.

Justin Trudeau has always been in the political spotlight. People in Canada believed that he would always go into politics because it was in his blood.

However, Justin has a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature and then

Reba Pennell got his Bachelor of Education. After that, he went on to teach French and Math. Before becoming leader of the Liberal party, Justin had very little experience in politics.

One thing about politics is there are a lot of laws involved. Different people have different views and that does not change when it comes to Pierre and Justin.

The laws surrounding abortion have changed throughout the years. When Pierre Trudeau was Justice Minister in the 1960s, he introduced a bill which included a section of the Criminal Code. That stated abortions would only be provided for women whose health was in danger.

Fast forward 40 plus years and Justin Trudeau is now Prime Minister of Canada. Justin has stated numerous times that he wants to form a party that is pro-choice. He went as far as to say that any Liberal candidates for the 2015 election who were anti-abortion would not be participating.

This shows Justin’s dedication to making sure women could make their own choices.

The term “like father like son” applies a great deal when you are comparing how Pierre interacted with voters and supporters to how Justin interacts with his supporters

and other voters.

Pierre Trudeau, like his son, was known for having a wide female audience. Youth voters and women were influenced by Pierre’s ‘good looks’ and the era known as ‘Trudeaumania’ was a term that many people knew and identified with. It mainly focused on voters who identified with Pierre. He was known to be a charismatic leader, which may explain why he was in office for 15 years.

More than 30 years later, people are calling Justin Trudeau’s run as Prime Minister, “Trudeaumania 2.0.” Justin has shown numerous times that he cares about his supporters and wants people who have never voted to start. He spends a great deal of time getting voter support.

On top of getting youth voting, Justin has also been known to have a wide supporter turnout from women. He has been said to be an attractive Prime Minister, which may be why he is so popular with female voters. Besides his looks, Justin is, like his father, charismatic.

Identifying with the younger voting population helped him along in the 2015 election.

While their popularity with voters and the female voting population is similar, Pierre Elliot Trudeau and Justin Trudeau’s views on issues, like abortion, are different.

Their careers before entering the political spotlight are much different, as well. While they may share the same blood, that’s where their similarities end.

Mr. Wonderful, as Kevin O’Leary is known on Shark Tank, has thrown his hat into the ring as leader of the Conservative Party.

O’Leary first spoke of running for the top spot back in mid-January when the former Dragons' Den star criticized Alberta’s NDP government for their lack of transparency when it comes to energy royalties and corporate taxes.

He even offered one million dollars in investments for Canadian energy companies if Alberta’s NDP Premier Rachel Notley stepped down. This proposition was laughed off but O’Leary caught the attention of dissatisfied Canadians.

O’Leary has a message that Canadians need to hear: we as a country need to bring in businesses, lower corporate tax rates and make this country a safe place for billionaires to invest.

What O’Leary brings to Canadian politics is similar to what Donald Trump brings to the States. Like, Trump, he’s the outsider: no connection with Harper or the party’s caucus members. Like Trump, he’s big on business, promotes a safe haven for billionaires and has lots and lots of money.

Whether you want him as the Conservative leader or not, it’s hard to deny that what O’Leary brings to the table is greed and a desire for a plutocracy: a Canada governed by the wealthy.

His policies embrace tax loopholes and reward tax evaders by lowering corporate taxes. O’Leary told the radio show ‘Ottawa Now’ his advisory team for his long-term campaign is made up of “some of the most successful people in the

experience the world. “The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy,” according to the British designer and industrialist James Dyson.

Standardized testing limits students to certain skills, specifically short-term memory recall. Scientists found that there are three key tests needed to evaluate intelligence: short-term memory, reasoning and

pastimes score differently when it comes to short-term memory. Video gamers scored significantly higher in reasoning and short-term memory whereas smokers and those who suffered from anxiety had a much weaker short-term memory.

“We can all think of people that have poor reasoning and brilliant memories, or fantastic language skills but aren’t so hot at reason-

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country.”

O’Leary has made it clear, that when he runs, he wants to make Canada a business. Corporations create value for shareholders by increasing the value of output. A country’s economic success is made not by the profit of what its government makes, but by the wealth it returns to its people.

These two things are not the same but O’Leary either doesn’t understand or seem to care. Yet that’s why O’Leary wants to run in the leadership race: not because he would win but to spread his message of rule by wealth.

If people are making American comparisons then maybe O’Leary shouldn’t be compared to Donald Trump but Ted Cruz, the U.S. Senator representing Texas who is running as a Republican candidate for President.

Like Cruz, O’Leary has a huge ego and crazy polices. Not only is he loud, Cruz is disliked by his own party. What’s more, he’s a Canadian born in Alberta.

Hopefully, Canadians will see that a huge wealth gap exists here in Canada. And from there, let’s hope Canadians will decide we need people in power that see this country as a nation not a business.

Let’s hope O’Leary is as loud as Cruz. In the end, if his message is loud and clear, it is unlikely anyone will support him.

Putting an end to standardized testing Taylor Waines “If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail,” psychologist Abraham Maslow once said. The same is true with tests in education. When studying for tests, students hammer in and memorize the information.

But if the end result is to have students truly learn then evaluating through simple knowledge recall is not a good approach.

A student who can recall information cannot necessarily use that information in new situations or draw connections between ideas.

Evaluating knowledge should not be based on tests, as memories are not a reliable judge of intelligence, everyone learns differently, and it gives students limited knowledge on broad topics.

Despite the belief that one’s mind is like a camcorder and stores footage of everything you see, memories are not reliable.

In an article called Why Science

Tells Us Not to Rely on Eyewitness Accounts, authors Hal Arkowitz and Scott O. Lilienfeld spoke to a psychologist about how memories really work.

In the article, eminent memory researcher and psychologist Elizabeth F. Loftus of the University of California is quoted as saying, “The act of remembering…(is) more akin to putting puzzle pieces together than retrieving a video recording.” Memories also are subject to change. Though we rely on eyewitnesses in court cases, questioning can cause the memories to be reconstructed; the same could be said for test questioning.

Especially in the case of multiple-choice questions, the memories of students can be altered by the list of potential answers as all brains work differently.

According to the National Eye Institute, eight per cent of men and 0.5 per cent of women have red-green colour blindness and as a result, each of those individuals sees differently. Now consider this: 5310,210 people are deaf or hard of hearing in Ontario, according to the Canadian Hearing Society.

This affects the way these people

The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy. verbal skills should all be assessed when determining intelligence, according to an online intelligence test launched in 2010, by The Daily Telegraph and New Scientist. The same study revealed brain training had no effect on a person’s performance, but rather people with different skills, health issues and

ing, and so on. Now once and for all we can say there is not a single measure such as IQ which captures all the intelligence that you see in people,” said Dr. Roger Highfield, the Telegraph columnist and one of the authors of the paper. Think about math class. We are taught to memorize formulas, from multipli-

cation tables to pi. Tests, however, only prepare students for certain areas of each subject.

The National Academic Press (NAP) say in their book, Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education, that by preparing students for tests and the questions that will be on tests the student will have a limited subset of skills.

“It indicates only that students have learned to correctly answer the specific kinds of questions that are included on that particular test. It does not indicate that that students have also attained greater mastery of the broader domain that the test is intended to represent,” the NAP wrote in the book.

By testing, students are learning in depth in some areas and briefly in others.

The result?

Students will only retain as much as their memory can hold.

Grades are necessary in education but it doesn’t make sense to give out diplomas based on scantron bubbles.

What we need is recognition of individual achievement and that is not going to come from standardized testing.

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The wide world of wearables Technology you can wear on a daily basis Sachin Bahal The Chronicle

So you want to get a piece of wearable technology? That’s great but there are hundreds of wearables to choose from.

Over the past few years, wearables have started to become more mainstream, meaning that more people are buying them.

There are some important things to note about wearables, that they are all not the same.

Think of it this way, wearables are like cars, they all have four wheels, something to power it and some doors, but then there are also different types of cars that offer different features and look differently. There are SUVs, vans, coupes, sedans and many more types.

It works in a similar way for wearables. All of these devices can be worn on your body but each offers different features and looks different.

The first type is fitness trackers.

One of the more popular brands is Fitbit. The least expensive Fitbit device is called the Zip and it starts at $70.

It can track your steps, distance and your calories burned and is powered by a watch coin battery.

It also comes in a wide range of colours and can fit into your pocket or clip to your clothing.

If you splurge for something more expensive in the Fitbit family, you can get something like the Fitbit Charge HR or Fitbit Surge. They can do all the things the Zip can

do and more including the ability to track your sleep, GPS tracking and continuously monitor your heart rate.

The Charge HR costs $200 while the Surge costs $300. All of the Fitbit devices can connect to your computer or smartphone, so it can sync the data and you can track how you are doing.

The other type of wearable is smartwatches. They are still a relatively new technology. They’ve only been introduced into the market within the last year or so.

Smartwatches are designed to go along with your smartphone as a companion or extension of it. They can show your phone’s incoming notifications, run apps, have health tracking features but are not as accurate as a dedicated fitness tracker like a Fitbit.

There are quite a few manufacturers that make smartwatches and they vary in cost. The Pebble brand is the most inexpensive line of smartwatches.

They start at $100 with a black and white e-paper display, to $300 with a colour display.

The strong suit of Pebble is its ability to handle notifications and can work with Android and iOS devices.

If you start to look at a higher price point for smartwatches, you’ll see that they’ll only work with just Android phones or iPhones.

For Android users, you have the option of an Android Wear watch like the Motorola MOTO 360 which starts at $350. It has a touch

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The Motorola MOTO 360 is just one of the smartwatches that are available on the market today. screen, can run apps, tracks steps, voice commands, show phone notifications and the battery lasts about two days depending on usage.

For iPhone users, there’s the Apple Watch that comes in two sizes, a number of styles and watch

band types that cost different amounts.

The Apple Watch will show you notifications, the ability to talk to Siri, built-in fitness tracking and use your watch to pay for things using Apple Pay.

The Apple Watch starts at $450 and can go up to $1,500.

There are a lot of options to choose from for wearables but it just depends on what you want out of it and how much you are willing to spend.

company’s base in Mississauga. debate demand was not met.

Vezina says he had planned a $5 “It’s my business. I’ve put in $2 million investment in Whitby for million into this company already. a commercial demonstration of a Business is business!” said Vezina. new clean engine technology that “I can invest where I choose and he had made during a three-year if I’m not welcomed by the Whitby partnership with UOIT. board of trade or City Council, who the Liberal’s Elizabeth Roy and That has now changed as he has had a chance to ratify this, then why PC’s Lorne Coe, both sitting region- cancelled the investment after his should I invest in Whitby?” al councillors for Whitby, with NDP trailing behind. On Jan. 26 the Whitby Chamber of Commerce hosted a debate for the by-election Whitby-Oshawa by-election candidates candidates but Vezina and other fringe candidates were not invited. • Lorne Coe – Progressive Conservative He accused the Chamber of playing partisan politics and demanded • Garry Cuthbert – People’s Political Party another debate where he and other candidates would be invited, too.

• Stacey Leadbetter – Green When questioned about Vezina’s demand, Tracy Hanson, the CEO • Niki Lundquist – NDP of the Chamber of Commerce and a former Whitby councillor said, • Adam McEwan – Libertarian “The Chamber was very firm on its position in terms of asking candi- • Elizabeth Roy – Liberal dates who have representation in the House of Commons and the Prov- • Douglas Thom – Freedom incial Legislature to participate.”

To make his demands heard, • John Turmel – Pauper Vezina then threatened to pull a $5 million investment for the Town • Greg Vezina – None of the Above of Whitby. Vezina runs Hydrofuel Inc., a developer of NH3 (ammonia) • Above Znoneofthe – Independent fuel and energy technologies at his

Vezina says he has moved the investment to Oshawa. But the question that was on everyone’s mind at Whitby town council was that they had no knowledge of the investment in the first place, said Hanson.

But the investment is legitimate according to Bryan Oliver, the communications officer for UOIT. Hydrofuel Inc. has been involved with the university for years, he says, adding “through active and potential projects that could have capacity to reach a value of $500,000.”

Vezina, for fear of competition hid information of the investment from the economic development staff. “We did not contact the Whitby Chamber or Economic Development department because it was not necessary and we did not want details of our project known to our competition,” said Vezina.

“It is very curious to us; certainly having some political experience, that a candidate who is interested in representing the constituents of Whitby-Oshawa in government would economically penalize those same constituents by withdrawing such a large investment,” said Hanson. Vezina is still running for Whitby-Oshawa, despite the investment cancellation.

Whitby-Oshawa by-election features 'None of the Above' Fringe party candidate cancels big investment, demands inclusion Michael Clark The Chronicle

Greg Vezina is the leader of fringe party ‘None of the Above’ and is a candidate for the Whitby-Oshawa by-election on Feb. 11.

The riding has been vacant for months after Progressive Conservative Christine Elliott resigned after her failed bid for party leadership.

Vezina, a businessman, has been in politics since the early 1980’s, starting out as a Conservative, then later becoming a member of the Green party. He has since left the Greens to create his own party, None of the Above (NOTA) and previously ran as a candidate in the Mississauga-Erindale riding in the 2014 provincial election.

Vezina now wants to bring direct democracy to Whitby-Oshawa and thinks he can stop what he calls partisans politics running amok in government.

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By crowning a Durham College 'Lord of the Fries' Ryan Burden The Chronicle

Durham College is receiving an exclusive poutine flavour at Smoke’s Poutinerie, and it’s available right now.

DC and UOIT students participated in the Lord of the Fries poutine contest, where contestants attempted to design the perfect poutine recipe to represent Durham College, according to posters on campus.

Contestants were able to pick up a ballot card and submit their recipes at Smoke’s Poutinerie in the Marketplace café until Jan. 19.

The prize for the best recipe was an iPad mini.

The top three recipes were packaged in sampler boxes and distributed to student voters around the Marketplace on Jan. 21.

I think it came together nicest, as far as the flavours go.

The winner was announced on Jan. 25, alongside the official launch of the winning flavour, which was Conor Brown’s grilled chicken recipe. It received more than half the votes, with 65.

He received his iPad mini in the Marketplace following the flavour’s launch.

The winning recipe was made up of cheddar cheese, grilled chicken, sour cream and guacamole.

123 votes were cast for the finalists. Many students and faculty alike were able to sample the flavours that would potentially represent their school.

The flavour, tentatively known as the Lord of the Fries, will join Smoke’s current roster of more than 30 flavours, exclusively at the Marketplace location.

Smoke’s Poutinerie was founded in Toronto in 2008, and was the first poutine-exclusive restaurant in the GTA. Its national headquarters is located in Ajax. The franchise expanded into the U.S. in 2014.

Since the beginning of Smoke’s, it has become wildly popular and a cultural phenomenon nationwide.

The restaurant had a trial-run in the DC Marketplace in early 2015 and was formally introduced as a permanent addition in fall of last year.

The contest was coordinated in partnership with Aramark, Smoke’s Poutinerie and the Durham College food services team. It gave students the opportunity to exercise their Durham College President Don Lovisa (left) and Aramark marketing poutine creativity, while gathering manager Caitlin Copetti taste the competing poutine flavours. very valuable market research in the process.

The two runners up in the contest were Jacky Ye’s recipe of cheddar cheese, jalapenos, caramelized onions and flat iron steak mixed in with Smoke’s signature fries, and Sam VanBeek’s recipe containing just chicken and sweet chili thai sauce.

Ye came in second place for his recipe and received a $50 dining card. All three contestants received free poutine.

DC President Don Lovisa stopped by to try the flavours, and was impressed by all of the recipes submitted.

“I thought they were all good, but my favourite was the pulled pork,” he said, “I think it came together nicest, as far as the flavours go.”

The winning flavour is currently available at Smoke’s in the Marketplace. According to Aramark marketing manager Caitlin Copetti, the contest will be an annual promotion and a new Durham College ‘Lord of the Fries’ recipe will be featured each September and be made available on the menu throughout the year.

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Bud, a six-month-old tabby cat, left his cozy corner after being adopted earlier this month from Toronto's first cat café.

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Paw-sitive news for cat lovers in Toronto Alyssa Erwin The Chronicle

Scott Tan and Kenneth Chai have brought something unique to Toronto that may appeal to cat lovers across the GTA and Durham Region.

After visiting the first ever cat café in Taiwan, Chai decided it was something Toronto needed.

From there Tan and Chai opened Toronto’s first ever cat café – TOT the Cat Café.

Tan credits Chai with the idea saying, “[Chai] wanted to bring something new to Toronto.”

TOT has appealed to many Torontonians since opening its doors in mid-November.

In addition to grabbing a coffee and a sandwich, the unique café features up to eight adoptable cats at a time. The cats are chosen and supplied by the Toronto Humane Society.

“They [the Toronto Humane Society] prefer to give us cats that have lived in a community so that they have known each other before they

get here,” says Tan. Customers are able, and encouraged, to play with TOT’s cats which are separated from the dining area by a glass wall.

In order to enter the cat room, customers must sign up at the cash and swap their outdoor shoes for some cat-themed slippers.

Once inside the glass room, customers of TOT can pet, cuddle, and watch the adoptable cats. However, customers cannot pick up or wake any cats. Flash photography is also prohibited.

Every cat at TOT can be adopted by filling out an adoption form, which will be provided to the Toronto Humane Society by TOT. TOT attracts many people, Tan says that between 80 and 90 per cent of their customers are interested in adopting.

“Our customers that come in here want to adopt a cat but it’s just that some of them are not able to do so," Tan says.

Adoption fees range from $60 to $100 depending on the age of the cat and all fees from the adoption go to the Toronto Humane Society. Tan says that TOT makes no money from the Toronto Humane Society.

While TOT is not Canada’s first cat café, it is Toronto’s first and currently the only one in the city.

TOT is located near the corner of College and Spadina.

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Bringing play to Family Day Sean Heeger The Chronicle

It’s not always easy to get kids their recommended amount of daily activity. But a new initiative being put forth by the City of Oshawa is aiming to try and help kids stay healthy and achieve their full potential.

The Healthy Kids Community Challenge is a program put forth by the provincial government across 45 different communities, which aims to create places where children will be able to live healthier lives.

This program is a part of the bigger Ontario Healthy Kids Strategy that wants to promote healthy children’s lifestyles while focusing on a better start, food, and community activities. Oshawa plans to kick off its part in the program by hosting the event Run, Jump, Play Family Day on February 15.

The event will consist of many different games and activities for the kids, while secretly embedding elements of physical activity to keep the kids moving.

“It’s about getting kids physically active for 60 minutes a day, this event is just the beginning,” said Kory Moffatt, coordinator for the Healthy Kids program in Oshawa.

Kids can expect things like jumping castles, batting cages, and both indoor and outdoor physical activ-

ity games which are designed to be taken home and used regularly.

“Anything you do here you can take home and stay active,” said Moffatt. Moffatt said activities for the day depend greatly on the weather, adding “most of our out-

door events were planned for snow but seven degrees won’t really suit that, so we’ve got a few ideas but I won’t know the exact events until I see the weather that morning.”

While this event is being held on Family Day it is not actually an of-

ficial Family Day event, according to Moffatt. “It just happens to fall on Family Day, but this event is all about getting kids under 12 healthy, luckily we can get their parents involved while we do,” she said.

This event is being held at the

Civic Recreation Complex at 99 Thornton Rd., S. Go to health. gov.on.ca for information on the Healthy Kids Community Program, and to Oshawa.ca for more information on Run, Jump, Play Family Day.

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The three Cs of great storytelling Alyssa Bugg The Chronicle

The stories in books, movies and TV shows often draw audiences in, but it’s the three Cs of storytelling: characters, conflict and change that make stories great, according to independent documentary filmmaker and former CBC journalist, Leora Eisen.

Eisen has more than 30 years experience with various media corporations including CTV and CBC Television, in various roles ranging from writer/producer to director.

Using the hit TV show Breaking Bad as an example, on Jan. 22, Eisen spoke to a room of Durham College journalism students about these elements in storytelling.

“The three Cs, you can basically break down any story and I guarantee you, if it’s a good story, those elements are in it,” says Eisen.

The first step and C in storytelling is introducing your characters, says Eisen.

Continuing with Eisen’s Breaking Bad example, the show begins by introducing character Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher who, after he received a diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer, begins to worry about the financial security of his wife and two children. After Walter has a conversation with his brother-in-law, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Hank Schader, on the

large haul he recently brought in from a drug bust, Hank offers to bring Walter along on another bust.

While waiting in the car at the bust, Walter accidentally spots former student and high school drop-out, Jesse Pinkman climbing out of the window of a neighbouring house.

Discovering Jesse is the wanted drug dealer Hank was looking for, Walter tracks Jesse down and tells him he can either partner with him or he will turn him in.

In the Breaking Bad example, the main characters are introduced and their roles are established.

“Walt is the good guy, Jesse is kind of a bad guy and Hank, the DEA agent, is out to get the bad guys,” says Eisen. “Those are your characters.”

Once the characters have been established, the characters begin to face inner conflicts, as well as conflicts with each other, or, as Eisen notes, the second C. “Conflict, there’s a million different things going on, but one of the central themes [in Breaking Bad] is these characters are pitted against Walt and Jesse. You know, is Hank going to find out?” explains Eisen.

Conflict doesn’t always take the shape of person against person, according to Eisen. All three characters face their own inner conflicts: Walter comes to terms with becoming ‘the bad guy’; Jesse fights with his own moral compass as the show progresses; and Hank fights with

whether or not he should turn Walter in as he begins to discover what he’s done.

As Breaking Bad progresses through the seasons, the characters undergo transformations and begin to change – Eisen’s third C. “Change. The good guy, Walt, starts turning bad and the bad guy, Jesse, the young meth cook starts

turning good,” says Eisen.

Eisen’s message on how to effectively tell a story resonated with those who were in attendance, even encouraging some to make their stories better.

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Laura Kinsella is the voice behind the switchboard for Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

The person behind the voice Amanda Ramlal The Chronicle

You might not recognize her, but there’s a good chance you’ve heard her voice if you have ever called the school. Laura Kinsella has been helping the students of Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology since she started working at reception in September, 2008 as switchboard operator.

Kinsella says the function as a switchboard operator is to direct callers to the appropriate department and to help people find their way around the buildings and who they’re looking for.

Kinsella says her job is important to the school. If schools didn’t have switchboard operators people would be put on hold a lot more, she jokes.

Her role on campus is to help make it easier for people to get around. She says her favourite part of her job is getting to talk to

with the students she meets.

The switchboard technology hasn’t seen much change since Kinsella started but she says, one thing that’s really changed are the headsets.

She says, “receptionists aren’t directly connected to their boards anymore. They can get up and move around.”

Kinsella has a background in computer technology and IT services. She says, reception was part of the IT department but she never planned to pursue it but says, things change as your career goes on.

Previous fields she has worked in are sales, administration and a lot of customer service jobs.

Kinsella has helped students in more ways than just leading them in the right direction.

She’s had students ask for pencils to borrow and as even as their last resort, money for parking on campus. She doesn’t see any problem in helping out someone in need.

“And I’ve never had someone not pay me back!” she says.

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Closing the book after one season Turning a novel into a television series isn't always the best idea Jordyn Gitlin The Chronicle

Cassandra Clare’s series, The Mortal Instruments, is a popular book series within the young adult community.

The series is about a young girl named Clary Fray who finds out that she is a Shadowhunter.

Since then the novels, or the first book, have been turned into a film, as well as a television series.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones film premiered in 2011 with Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell-Bower playing the lead roles Clary Fray and Jace Wayland.

The film rendition received bad ratings in the box office, hence why there is no second film.

However, fans still wanted more with a live rendition of the novels, which led Clare to allow the series to appear on TV. The television series premiered in January and stars Katherine McNamara as Clary and Dominic Sherwood as Jace.

Although the film had bad ratings, it stayed decently true to the plot, setting and style of the novels, whereas the television show has changed the series drastically.

In the novels, the institute where

the shadowhunters live is an old style, Victorian building, with many rooms, no technology, and a huge library.

The institute is only supposed to have Jace Wayland, the Lightwood children, Isabella, Alec and Max, and the old institute director, Hodge.

In the television series, the institute is filled with shadowhunters, WRONG, there is technology around every corner, MORE WRONG, and Hodge is hot, WRONGEST! Not to mention, Max Lightwood is not even in the television show.

Not only has that changed but when the shadowhunters go and kill demons their blood in the books are stark black, in the show, it is bright red. There are many other subjects in the television show to rant about, however, this was one of the Photograph by Jordyn Gitlin many major topics. Overall, the television show does not compare The Mortal Instruments has its own television series but it doesn't compare to the book. to the novels, at all, making the film look better.

The film may be better than the television show, however it does shadowhunters. a fake cup and he ends up going Overall, the film and television have its moments.

He also took Clary’s mother through the portal with it, leaving show do not compare to the novels (SPOILER ALERT) through a portal and has her cap- the real cup and her mother behind. and if you are currently watching For example Valentine, Clary’s tive as well as the mortal cup for a If there were to be a second film, the show, and have not read the father, ends up taking the mortal couple of the books. it would be very difficult to continue books, it would make sense for you cup, which is very special to the In the film, Clary gives her father the plotline. to read them.

A look back at the top three Xbox games of 2015 Xbox released what they call its greatest lineup yet

after the events of the previous game, and puts your character in a post-apocalyptic wasteland to fight for your survival as you set out to find the people who killed your wife, and kidnapped your son.

Full of first-person shooting action and plot twists you’ll never see coming, this game deserves all the praises it’s won and deserves to take its place atop the podium at number two.

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Every year video game fans eagerly await the release of a title that they’ve had their eye on.

Experts in the field start off each year predicting the games they believe will top the charts and have gamers breaking records and sleep patterns while they try and get to the end.

Now a month into 2016, the gaming experts have started to predict what titles will cause people to take sick days from work.

Instead of making one of those lists for ourselves we decided to take a look back at the big year of 2015.

Where Xbox released what it called its “greatest gaming lineup in history.”

Let’s see just how well those games held up to the hype.

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Solid Snake is the protagonist of the Metal Gear game series.

These games were chosen as ‘top of the few remaining “witchers” left. three’ by taking stats from ‘gamesFor those who have never played radar’, ‘metacritic’, “EB Games the game, it feels like Assassins staff, and ‘primagames.’

Creed.

There are open world missions THREE – THE WITCH- and storylines, except it has the ER 3: WILD HUNT added element of magic.

The latest installment in ‘The If you’ve ever wanted to hunt Witcher’ series puts players famil- monsters for money, then this is the iar with the series right back into game for you.This game has been a the heart of the story of Geralt one huge success for the company sell-

ing six million copies in the first six weeks and has won over 200 gaming awards from various sources.

TWO – FALLOUT 4

The long-awaited fifth installment in the ‘Fallout’ series comes in at number two for this list, especially considering it sold $750 million in its first 24 hours.

Fallout 4 takes place 10 years

At number one is the latest game to come out of the long running ‘Metal Gear’ series.

“The Phantom pain” was created with such hype that a one-mission prologue game was sold months before just to get fans ready for the game that would break many review records.

Garnering perfect scores from publications such as IGN and GameSpot and being described as “the greatest game in the Metal Gear series.”

With the freedom to approach objectives however you please, and mechanics that have been tailored to make gameplay seamless.

This Metal Gear game deserves the praises it got and sits atop the charts for the best game of 2015.

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Monster trucks tear up Detroit Jordyn Gitlin The Chronicle

Monster Jam Detroit started off with a huge bang, literally. As soon as the lights went out fireworks exploded from the stands at Ford Field and all 16 of the 12-foot high trucks went around in a circle and did a lap, revving their engines and getting ready for a great show. With the 65,000 seat stadium almost to capacity, fans watched the show from the stands, enjoying seeing their favourite trucks.

The show included trucks like Grave Digger, which has become one of the most iconic monster trucks because of its wins and years, driven by Chad Tingler and the son truck Son-uva Digger, driven by Ryan Anderson, son of the original driver of Grave Digger, Dennis Anderson, and Scooby Doo, driven

by Nicole Johnson who has won the hearts of many young fans.

The show started off with the trucks racing two by two where they went head-to-head to see which would qualify to compete in the racing. Everyone outside of the top eight qualifying times were to compete in the donut competition. This is a competition where the drivers go out into the middle of the stadium and spin their truck until they get dizzy, cannot spin any longer or think they have a high enough score.

The donut competition ended up with Soldier Fortune Black Ops, driven by Tony Ochs, taking the win. Ochs spun around, drawing dirt and making the crowd scream

style competition. The trucks had 90 seconds as well as 30-second bonus time to show off their greatest moves. Four trucks attempted to do flips, including Mohawk Warrior, Grave Digger, Son-Uva Digger and Bounty Hunter, all making the flips except for Mohawk Warrior who in the end flipped over after his attempt. Mohawk Warrior, driven

by George Balhan, ended up in the lead with 30 points because of the big flip he attempted, however that all changed when Alien Invasion came out, wooing the crowd with its routine.

Son-uva Digger, the last truck to go, completed a routine with huge jumps, and a big flip. During his freestyle he almost flipped the truck over, but saved himself by quickly turning the truck enough to get back up. This save, along with an amazing routine, earned 42 points, winning the freestyle competition.

All in all the show had little breakdowns, only a few flipped over trucks and many happy faces. The next shows on their tour include, Houston, Tampa, San Diego, Spokane, Kansas City, Hampton, Edmonton, Columbia, Hartford and Fargo, all taking place on the weekend of Feb 5-6. Different trucks will appear at each show as they are all Photograph by Jordyn Gitlin on the same day.

Monster Jam took place in many Hurricane Force driver Steven Thompson speeding over a jump. different places besides Detroit on Jan 30-31 including Winnipeg, Anaheim, Glendale, Indianapolis and more. The show was just in getting him a score of 32. peting against each other. Both Tingler. Grave Digger came out the Toronto Jan. 15-16.

The final round of racing com- trucks are owned by a father-and- victor, only by a couple of millisecThe world finals take place in Las menced with only two trucks, Grave son team, however, on this weekend onds.

Vegas from March 17-19 and will Digger and Son-uva Digger, com- Grave Digger was driven by Chad The show ended with a free- feature more than 50 trucks.

Manning and Denver share super stage QB has had a legendary career

It may not be long before there’s a new sheriff in Denver.

Legendary commentator Joe Gruden called Peyton Manning “the sheriff” after a 2009 Monday Night Football game because of the quarterback’s tendency to yell “Omaha” prior to the snap.

But SuperBowl 50 might be Manning’s “last rodeo”.

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Many believe Manning could’ve been telling both Brady and Belichick that this SuperBowl could be it for Manning.

On February seventh, Manning has a chance to achieve his second career Super Bowl victory in California. Many believe another championship would be the perfect way for one of the best quarterbacks of all-time. This doesn’t come as a surprise since Manning turns 40 in March. Aside from his age, Manning has continuously battled injuries throughout the last few years; most recently a foot injury saw him on the sideline for the beginning half of the season. With these last two weeks potentially being the last for Manning, it’s only right to take a look at what he’s been able to accomplish over his 17-year career.

Games in your backyard Thursday, Feb. 11 DC Women’s Volleyball vs Seneca 6 p.m.

DC Men’s Volleyball vs Seneca 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 12 UOIT Men’s Hockey vs Laurentian 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 13 UOIT Men’s Hockey vs Nipissing 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 14 UOIT Women’s Hockey vs Ryerson 3:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 15 Oshawa Generals vs Owen Sound 2:05 p.m.

Manning came into the league in 1998, selected first overall by the Indianapolis Colts after spending his college career at the University of Tennessee. As the new franchise player for the Colts, Manning led the team to eight division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl championship.

During that span, he amassed five NFL MVP awards, which still holds as a league record.

In 2015, Manning broke the legendary Brett Favre’s record for most career touchdowns when he threw his 509th touchdown pass in a game against the San Francisco 49ers. To add to Manning’s list of

accolades, he’s a 14-time Pro Bowl quarterback, NFL 2000s All-Decade Team player, Sports Illustrated’s 2013 Sportsman of the Year, and, of course, the NFL all-time leader in passing yards.

Sports fan can’t say anything bad about Manning. From his several appearances on Saturday Night Live, to his ridiculous on-field antics, it seems we are about to see one of the greatest athletes of our generation ride off into the sunset.

Does “OMAHA” sound familiar?

Well cherish it because February seventh may be the last time you hear that audible at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

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DC-UOIT games of the week In another busy week for DC-UOIT athletics, many games were played, and some tough losses had to be swallowed. The men's hockey team lost 4-3 in a shootout to Carleton on Jan. 29. The men's volleyball team also lost to Fleming on Feb. 2 by three sets to one. Positives came this week as the women's volleyball team clinched its second playoff berth in as many years after continuing their dominance all season long. Here are some photos from this week.

Clockwise from top left: Megan Romain (15) sets up the ball for Kristen Curtis (10); Cameron Yuill (24) speeds toward the net; Awil Weheliye (12) gets ready to shoot the ball; Harrison Wood (3) jumps to spike the ball; Maddie Dender (3) gets around a defending player.

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