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Clifford Olson dying, say victims’ families

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Loved ones of slain youth have been told serial killer’s cancer is terminal

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Vancouver Aquarium staﬀ release one of 10 recovered harbour seals into Deep Cove yesterday. The seals’ stories, and those of other injured marine wildlife, are being told at the aquarium’s new Rescue Stories exhibit. Story, page 6. CHELSEA ALTICE/FOR METRO

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Clifford Olson, Canada’s most reviled serial killer, is just days from death, families of his child victims say. They say Olson’s last breath will bring some closure decades after his murderous crime spree ended with a controversial cash-forbodies deal with police. Sharon Rosenfeldt, the mother of one of Olson’s 11 victims, said Olson has been moved to a hospital in Quebec with just days to live. “There’s no blueprint for how I’m supposed to be feeling,” she said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “At first, it was very much shock, then I became emotional, not necessarily over Olson but I became emotional over my son, his little face flashed before me, my children, my family, my parents who were so devastated by this years ago.” Rosenfeldt said she was told by the commissioner for Corrections Canada that the 71-year-old killer’s cancer has spread through his body. “I felt, ‘My God Sharon, I should be feeling yippee.’ But I’ve been conditioned, I guess. I was raised in a Christian belief that I just don’t get yippee over anybody’s death.” Sixteen-year-old Daryn John-

Cliﬀord Olson, left, leaves Chilliwack provincial court in 1981.

srude, one of Olson’s first victims, was Rosenfeldt’s son. Raymond King, the father of another victim, said he wanted to see Olson dead 30 years ago. The killer’s terminal condition will never bring complete closure for the horror his family went through when Raymond Jr. died, but King said at least it means the families won’t have to continue confronting Olson at every parole hearing. Olson, once dubbed “the Beast of B.C.” in media reports, had been serving a life sentence at a maximum-security prison. He was handed 11 concurrent life terms in 1982 after pleading guilty to the murders, which occurred in and around the Vancouver area in 1981. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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news: vancouver Streetcar named Anton’s desire Suzanne Anton is all aboard in making streetcars permanent fixtures in Vancouver if she gets the mayoral seat in November’s civic elections. Anton wants to re-establish the downtown streetcar network that would connect Granville Island, Olympic Village and Science World to Chinatown and Waterfront Station. “It’s actually quite easy to build — the right of the way is already there and the land is already assembled,” Anton said. “It’s a project that’s ready to go.” The city has already invested $8.5 million for a streetcar-demonstration project, which ran between the Olympic Village Station and Granville Island during the 2010 Winter Games. “That money is just kind of sitting there now and wasting away,” Anton added. “It’s going to be packed with people once it opens.” If elected, Anton said she will appoint an expert panel to update the 2005 cost numbers, which estimate the project’s cost to be around $120 million. Vision City Coun. Geoff Meggs said Anton’s proposal is a revival of an old idea that stands almost no chance of becoming a reality. “She would impose a $200-million bill on Vancouver taxpayers when we could get a streetcar built by TransLink that would serve both our Broadway corridor and the region,” Meggs said. PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS

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Premier builds hype around jobs plan

Christy Clark announces increased tax credit for venture capitalists Full provincial jobs plan set for release today DAVID PROCTOR/FOR METRO

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Premier Christy Clark continued to release details about the upcoming provincial jobs plan yesterday with the announcement of efforts to improve job creation at new businesses, improve training and reduce red tape in B.C. “This is British Columbia’s time to lead Canada, to lead this whole coun-

try into the next century,” she said in an address to the Surrey Board of Trade. Her speech announced a $3-million increase to a tax credit offered to venture capitalists, funding the creation of new businesses and bringing the program’s total value to $33 million annually. Additionally, Clark announced a three-year extension of a program offering tax credits to apprentices and their em-

ployers and the creation of a commission on streamlining provincial tax law. “One of the things we know is that the majority of new jobs in any economy are created by new businesses,” said Clark. “By increasing access to venture capital, we increase their opportunities to create more jobs.” But Opposition NDP Leader Adrian Dix attacked the announcement as little more than

an “expensive repackaging initiative.” “To date, this is a communications exercise for the government — how to repackage a few things they’ve been doing into something they want to call a plan,” he said. Full details of the new provincial jobs plan are to be released today. For more local news, visit metronews.ca/ vancouver

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Pivot to investigate sex workers’ conditions on its own Having withdrawn from the embattled Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, the Pivot Legal Society has announced plans to examine the condition of sex workers and vulnerable women since the arrest of Robert Pickton. “What we want to put our resources in is making that analysis and asking that question: What’s happened since 2002? Has anything changed?” explained Pivot lawyer Doug King. The inquiry was called to examine the investigations into women reported missing from the Downtown Eastside between 1997 and 2002, but King said that the narrow scope makes it impossible to determine whether

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news: vancouver there has been improvement since Pickton’s arrest. “Whatever recommendations come out, they’re going to be really centred and relevant to about a decade ago,” he said. Accordingly, the Pivot Legal Society will be collecting sworn statements from sex workers and other vulnerable women in order to determine whether conditions have improved since then. “We’ve done affidavit campaigns in the past ... we’re pretty used to it,” said King. “We lean pretty heavily on community resources, work with the other organizations like sex workers and rights groups, get in contact with individuals we see as vulnerable women ... and give them an environment where they can open up about their experiences and know that it’s going to be used in a way that they’re okay with.” DAVID PROCTOR

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Rescued seals swim free Aquarium rescue centre has seen 150 marine mammal patients so far this year Exhibit shares mammal survival stories and runs until Nov. 6 CHELSEA ALTICE/METRO

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Though some hesitated to slide from the safety of their kennel, the Vancouver Aquarium managed to successfully release 10 rehabilitated harbour seals back into the wild yesterday at Deep Cove. One by one, the seals — which were largely cared for by the aquarium after being abandoned in the wild or injured — were eased into their new home. “The release is the fun part,” said Dr. Martin Haulena, Aquarium staff veterinarian. “The recovery process is a unique opportunity to gain insight into not only the seals but about the environment.”

The release preluded the aquarium’s temporary exhibit Rescue Stories that opens today and runs to Nov. 6. The exhibit features recovery tales of aquarium habitants such as Schoona the sea turtle, rescued from the hypothermic waters of Prince Rupert, and Daisy the porpoise, nursed to health from a mere 10 per cent chance of survival. Aquarium general manager Clint Wright said many people do not know about the work of the rescue centre or that they can be contacted when sick animals are found. “We put together this program so if people want to find out more,

A trainer works with a dolphin at the Vancouver Aquarium yesterday during a tour of the new Rescue Stories exhibit.

now they can,” he said. The rescue centre is one of two on the West Coast that mainly sees harbour seals as its temporary guests and longterm residents. But the centre has also

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Big poetry for bigger change Vancouver will be hosting events on Saturday to contribute to the largest poetry reading in history. Promoting environmental, social and political change, 100 Thousand Poets for a Change will host this global event, which will include poets, writers,

and artists from 450 cities to perform for peace and sustainability. “Poets have the capacity to articulate these issues,” said founder Michael Rothenberg. “Historically, they have been able to connect social concerns to communicate the story of a particular community.” The main event will occur on the banks of False Creek East where poets and the community will hold a shoreline cleanup. ARIANA KAKNEVICIUS

MP Libby Call for steps aside housing Federal NDP Deputy Leader Libby Davies, also the longtime MP for Vancouver East, confirmed yesterday that she will not run for leadership of the party to replace the late Jack Layton, saying that she is not able to speak French. DAVID PROCTOR

Vancouver is asking for innovative, livable and costeffective rental housing solutions for the undeveloped portion at Nanaimo Street and East 26th Avenue. A Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) has been issued. ARIANA KAKNEVICIUS

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Art over 80 years PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS/METRO

Curator Ian Thom stands beside Andy Warhol’s Mao yesterday at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Exhibition showcases historical collection from early ’30s up to now PHYLICIA TORREVILLAS @METRONEWS.CA

The Vancouver Art Gallery is celebrating its anniversary with an autobiographical exhibition spanning its 80 years of collecting art. An Autobiography of Our Collection, which runs Saturday until Feb. 12, 2012, features eight decades of collection from more than 80 artists. Drawn from the more than 10,000 works in the gallery’s holdings, the selected pieces will explore the institution’s history, journey and identity. Curator Ian Thom, who has been with the VAG since 1988, said they wanted to capture the rich and diverse art the institution

has acquired and received over the years. “We wanted to show the variety and depth of things within the collection rather than the greatesthits sort of thing,” Thom said about the process of choosing the exhibition pieces. Visitors will get to see Thomas Sidney Cooper’s Canterbury Meadows (one of the very first pictures acquired before VAG opened in 1931), a few of Emily Carr’s works and Andy Warhol’s Mao Zedong screenprint on paper. Patrons will also have a chance to see video of the behind-the-scenes work of gallery staff, including how they collect and care for artwork and prepare for exhibitions.

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Police seek possible victims Jermaine Anthony Carby is currently in custody on manslaughter and assault charges The Vancouver Police Department believes Jermaine Anthony Carby, charged with manslaughter and assaults on two women, has additional vic-

tims who are too scared to come forward to police and are asking the public for information. Carby was arrested on Sept. 9 in connection with

Zhao murder trial underway in China The trial of Amanda Zhao’s alleged murderer, Li Ang, went into its second day in Beijing. Li is accused of strangling Zhao in 2002 before stuffing her body in a suitcase and dumping it at Stave Lake. After the first day in court, a lawyer working for Zhao’s parents posted that some of the case’s evidence had been ruled “illegal” on a Chinese version of Twitter called Weibo. No other information has been released as for-

eign media try to piece together what is happening in the closed courtroom. After Zhao’s death, Li fled to Beijing. He was arrested in 2009 after changing his name to Li Jiaming and had been at a detention centre awaiting trial. Tian Wenchang, considered by many to be the country’s foremost defence lawyer, is defending Li. Tian is famed for convincing a judge to spare the life of a notorious mafia kingpin. JEREMY NUTTALL

the stabbing death of Gerald Haakmat, 50, in Oppenheimer Park in June. This past Monday, he was also charged with the August assaults of two

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Recent incidents in France and Japan are reminders of nuclear danger Editor Melita Kuburas tours ground zero and villages surrounding site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster

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Security guards at the entrance to the 30-kilometre exclusion zone have a list of rules for our group as we wait to enter the contaminated area. “Do not touch anything, wear long sleeves and closed-toe shoes.” This is followed by a stern caution from the guide taking UN Development Programme volunteers inside. “Remember, you are not tourists here.” After the recent

high radiation levels. Standing in front of reactor No. 4, which is enclosed in an aging, rusted tomb called the “sarcophagus,” our beeping hand-held dosimeter shows external radiation levels to be about 30 times higher than in the capital, Kyiv. “But this isn’t the most radioactive place we will see,” the guide says with a sardonic grin. “I will show you where it’s much higher.” This spot turns out to be a patch of moss behind the cultural centre in the abandoned town of Prypiat. The town used to be home to

Fukushima disaster in Japan, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced this week a projected slowdown on the growth of nuclear power. Chornobyl to this day is evidence of what happens when things go wrong. More than 25 years after the Chornobyl meltdown, about 3,500 people are still required at the plant just to keep safety mechanisms operating. It can’t be fully shut down. Another 3,000 work as maintenance, security and decontamination staff outside of it — although they only work two weeks a month, due to

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about 50,000 people who evacuated in about three hours the day after the accident. To avoid panic, residents were told they would be returning to their homes, so they packed light. Their belongings were left to decay, were destroyed in the decontamination process or were stolen by looters. Some personal items are still strewn amid the rubble — Soviet posters, children’s books, an old tennis shoe in the Cultural Centre’s gymnasium. The town today is just decrepit buildings amid overgrown foliage.

Giovanni Mozzarelli, program oﬃcer at the United Nations Development Programme in Ukraine, holds a dosimeter in front of nuclear reactor No. 4 in Chornobyl during a day trip to the exclusion zone on Aug. 30. The external-radiation reading on the beeping dosimeter showed levels to be about 30 times higher than in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

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Gang-rape victim pleads: ‘Kill me’

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Video of attack in university dorm jolts Nigeria — and the Internet Activists plan a protest march Punished again Activists say they fear for the woman shown being attacked in the video. She now may be shunned by those who can identify her face.

lice to prosecute the men. “The attitude of these men, if indeed they are young Nigerians, does not represent the character and nature of the Nigerian youth,” said the minister, Bolaji Abdullahi. Some Internet users disturbed by the video are even offering rewards for information.

Activists in Nigeria say the video exposes an under-reported epidemic of rape in Nigeria and they plan to march in the coming days to draw attention to the case. The video circulated for weeks around the campus of Abia State University near Nigeria’s southern oil-rich delta before being posted on the Internet. The video “shows for me that they’re daring society to take action on it,” said Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, the executive director of Project Alert, a women’s rights group. “It shows that there’s a high level of impunity.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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UN bid sparks checkpoint chaos Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem yesterday. Violence flared as thousands of Palestinians rallied across the West Bank to show support for their president’s bid to win United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state.

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Study finds Canadians think sugar is so sweet Do Canadians have a sweet tooth? A new Statistics Canada report found Canadians consumed 26 teaspoons of sugar a day, which works out to 21 per cent of their daily calorie intake. The U.S. Institute of Medicine says no more than 25 per cent of total daily energy intake should come from added sugars. The World Health Organization recommends

GPS keeps tabs on kids Daycare centres in Sweden are using GPS systems to keep tabs on children during excursions. But some parents fear the technology will be

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Deadly typhoon hits Japan A powerful typhoon slammed into Japan yesterday, halting trains and leaving 13 people dead or missing in south-central regions before grazing a crippled nuclear plant and heaping rain on the tsunami-ravaged northeast. Officials at the Fukushi-

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Soldiers in northeastern India cleared a path yesterday to a hydroelectric project where 17 people were confirmed killed by landslides from Sunday’s powerful Himalayan earthquake in the region, bringing the overall toll in the disaster to 99.

Lawsuit in wrongful conviction After spending much of his adult life in prison for a grisly murder he did not commit, Kyle Unger is now suing for compensation. Unger, now 40, is seeking $14.5 million —

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Test finds Oktoberfest visitors are being denied full-size mug suds A Munich consumer watchdog group says Oktoberfest revellers are being shorted on beer at the famous Bavarian beer festival. In a test of 100 standard mass mugs conducted by the Association Against Fraudulent Pouring — a group that’s been running for more than a century — not one was full, the organization said yesterday. In tests conducted across a dozen Oktoberfest tents Tuesday, 1-litre (33.8ounce) mugs ranged from being filled with 24.7 ounces of beer from one vendor to a respectable 31.8 ounces at another.

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LISTEN, YOU DON’T WANT TO UPSET THIS TEACHER Hi, kids! I’m here to talk to your class about teachers because they’re important people to ... HEY! SHUT UP AND JOHN MAZEROLLE LISTEN! METRO I’m not a teacher, so I can say that. So no talking, eyes front, iPhones on vibrate, safety on all weapons. Teachers change your life, kids. They help burst the protective bubble that parents have been building around you in the hope that you would never discover drugs, Darwin or Megan Fox. Yet some of you give teachers a hard time and ... hey! No cheering! This is what I mean. Teachers enter the profession filled with idealism but leave the classroom cynical and dispirited — usually by lunch hour. One in three Canadian teachers leaves the profession after five years. I said NO CHEERING! Most get jobs in more relaxing professions, such as bomb disarmament. “I snip the wires and can feel my self unwind,” one former teacher said. No one cares about teachers, kids — not even adults. A teacher can be in the news because a deranged student “The problem is bit off his nose, and all the adults watching will think, teachers have “Wish I got summers off.” been treating Many teachers have you as allies. cracked. Unfortunately for Meanwhile, you you, I have the solution. The problem is teachers have ripped up the been treating you as allies. teacher-student Meanwhile, you ripped contract, made it up the teacher-student contract, made it into spitballs, into spitballs, and fired them through the and ﬁred them Empty Pen Casing of Disrespect. through the Well, your reign of terror Empty Pen is over. Casing of See, I remember which Disrespect.” teachers got respect. It wasn’t the nice ones who wanted to help. Those teachers crumbled like the Wagon Wheels in my packed lunch. No, the teachers in control were the ones who had an aura of menace: Dr. Dunn, whose title stirred up dread; Mr. Comeau, whose possibly apocryphal history of teenage knife fights awed us all; and Mr. Smith, whose unblinking eyes said, “You cannot comprehend how little I think of you.” The thing is, none of these teachers did anything threatening. They barely raised their voices. But there was always the fear of ... well, we weren’t sure, but we knew it would be a Bad Thing. So get ready, students. I’ll be sharing this secret with teachers and they’ll be spreading rumours about themselves nationwide. Principal Peterson? He has a punishment called “The Belt Buckle of Death.” Miss McIntyre? Out on parole. And don’t get Mr. Banner angry. You won’t like him if he’s angry. Teachers will regain control, and they’ll be able to get back to what they do best: pushing you up a grade regardless of merit. Now, class, let’s open our books to Megan Fox ...

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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Local tweets @HollyMarie Hill: Clifford Olson is the first cancer patient I’ve ever heard of where everyone WANTS him to die @amandaquigleyy: Clifford Olson is dying from cancer? Good. Normally, I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone, but if you kill innocent children, you deserve it. @ShayneGretz: I think my dog is ready to play for the Canucks this season judging by his need to bite when we fight. @McAllanFX: You’re not a

real Canadian until you’ve witnessed a REAL hockey game in person. Guess who’s becoming a real Canadian on Sat? #Canucks :) @DonovanDick: I just had a nap and dreamt about game 7 and I cried. It’s nice to finally have some closure. #Canucks @MarcLeeCCPA: For all the fuss of a week-long rollout of a BC Jobs Plan, I’m still not seeing many jobs in the plan. @thebachelorplan: #Rainy #Vancouver day! Am I the only one who was craving one?

Cartoon by Michael de Adder Worth Mentioning U.S. REAL ESTATE. In America, it’s starting to feel as if there are two housing markets. One for the rich and one for everyone else. Consider foreclosureravaged Detroit. In the historic Green Acres district, a haven for hipsters, a pristine, three-bedroom brick Tudor recently sold for $6,000 US. Yet just 25 kilometres away, in the posh suburban enclave of Birmingham, bidding wars are back. Multimillion-dollar mansions are selling quickly. Sales this August were up 21 per cent from the previous year. In the luxury sector, the recession is a memory and sales and prices are rising. But everywhere else, the market is moving sideways or getting worse. In the housing market inhabited by most Americans, prices have fallen 30 per cent or more since the peak in 2007. That’s a steeper decline than during the Depression. Almost a quarter of American homeowners owe more on their house than it’s worth. Another quarter have less than 20 per cent equity.

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What’s in a name? $1 million, apparently Windsor-area band The Tea Party may be feeling the temptation to sell the rights to their domain name to the U.S. political movement, according to the CBC. A Bloomberg Businessweek report says the band’s domain name, teaparty.com, could sell for as much as $1 million US.

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The band, which split up in 2005, tells Businessweek they are considering auctioning off the domain name, or at least renting it out even though they aren’t fans of the political Tea Party movement. The band’s tag line is “No Politics ... just rock ’n’ roll.” METRO

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about it. The Canadian premiere and Arts Club Granville Island Stage season opener, Circle Mirror Transformation whisks us to a smalltown drama class in Vermont, where wacky acting games take on a bigger role in the lives of a quartet of locals. Written by 29-year-old American playwright Annie Baker, the piece premiered in 2009 and won the 2010 Obie Award for Best New American Play. And it was hardly beginner’s luck. Her play Aliens, which premiered in the spring of 2010, shared the award, while her off-Broadway debut, Body Awareness, received nominations for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. "I was 100 per cent sure that I would never ‘make it’ as a writer,” says Baker, “But I kept writing anyway, because writing adds great meaning to my life and keeps me sane. “If you’re happy not writing, don’t be a writer ...” Veteran Vancouver performer Nicole Cavendish directs. “Because of her many years as one of Canada’s most inspired and empathetic performers, (Cavendish) was the first person I thought of to direct the Canadian premiere of a piece that centres on the connections between individuals,” says the Arts Club artistic managing director Bill Millerd. The play stars Alex Di-

akun, Emilee-Juliette GlynJones, Brian Linds, Donna White and Anita Wittenberg. Circle Mirror Transformation opens at the Granville Island Stage (1585 Johnston St.) tonight and will only run until Oct. 22. Tickets are $29 to $49, at the Arts Club Box Office. Check out artsclub.com for more information.

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Sharing comedy secrets Arts Club opens Granville Island season with the gut busting Circle Mirror Transformation DAVID COOPER

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Emilee-Juliette Glyn-Jones, left, Anita Wittenberg, and Alex Diakun in the Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Circle Mirror Transformation.

Northern Lights Sexy synth-slayer Lights comes to the Vogue in Vancouver Nov. 15 in support of her sophomore album, Siberia, which comes out Oct. 4. Tickets, $27, on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. through LiveNation.com.

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Neil Young’s taking a look at his life for a new memoir. The tentatively titled Waging Heavy Peace is scheduled for release in fall 2012, according to an announcement from publisher Blue Rider Press issued on Tuesday.

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went in that direction and at first the (producers) were like, “Well, uh, I don’t know.” But I really fought for it and said, “Listen, she has her own style. I know great policewomen, as well as men, who have great style.” It’s not like every policewoman has to run around in gray pants suit and high heels and red lipstick. You know, it’s not like that everywhere. Jane does have her own style.

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Make no mistake — Global’s Prime Suspect is not a remake of the classic British crime thriller starring Helen Mirren. Aside from title, what it borrows from its overseas counterpart is a strong, yet flawed, central character determined to prove she’s a damn good homicide detective, no matter what the men in her squad think of her. On the eve of the big premiere, we caught up with star Maria Bello, who plays Detective Jane Timoney with an absorbing wit and attitude — thanks in part to her very own addition to the costume.

You know, we’ve been so lucky in a way. People have recognized immediately that it’s a way different show. So then the comparisons stop. Did you have any apprehensions stepping into this role?

Before I took the job, I said no to it. I was scared of being put in some sort of a box and not being able to be collaborative or creative, which often happens in TV. I didn’t want to not see my son; my friends who work on these kinds of

Maria Bello stars in Prime Suspect, which airs tonight on Global

shows sometimes work 14 or 5 hours a day. I met the producers — Pete Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Alex Cunningham, they’re so brilliant — and they said to me, “It won’t be like that. We trust you to create this character how you see this character and collaborate with us. And you’ll never work more than 12 hours a day and you will have a life.” And they’ve lived up to their promises and it’s just the most extraordinary job I’ve had.

Can you talk about making Jane Timoney your own character? Details like her scarves and the hat and smoking — how much input did you have in those little things that are so much a part of her?

The brilliant Amy Stofsky, the costume designer, she and I had the exact same idea for the clothing, which is an updated Katharine Hepburn. You know, that kind of male-female look that she’s really feminine, but at the same time wears these kind of sexy men’s clothes. And I

The hat — my dearest friend Claire gave it to me a year ago. She took it off her head and put it on my head and said, “This belongs to you.” And as soon as I was reading the character of Jane I knew she was supposed to have that hat on. And when I put that hat on, like the publicity says, “Cop an attitude.” I feel like I have the biggest attitude in the world. It kind of makes Jane, Jane. And I’m enjoying the controversy (over the hat). Actually it’s not controversy, one guy said it and people have picked up on it, which is bizarre. You know like, “Oh, some people are distracted by the hat,” which I think he was. But anyway, I like it because I think that exactly tells who Jane is. She doesn’t give a (expletive) who likes her hat or not.

Double the pleasure Fans of Sarah Michelle Gel- enting children since “you lar have double the reason have to love each one indito tune in to her new dra- vidually and understand (the one you’re playing at ma, Ringer. In this relationship-dri- the time),” she explains. ven thriller, the former “So when I’m Bridget, I Buffy the Vampire Slayer feel that all of Bridget’s star plays identical twins motivations are hers and — Bridget, a former addict Siobhan is wrong. And who is on the run after when I’m Siobhan, everything Bridget does is witnessing a murder, and wrong. I try to get Siobhan, a New York into the head of City socialite with a in: each of them.” seemingly perfect Tune airs r Acting-wise, life. Ringe s on y a d it’s not a new When Siobhan i r F l. challenge for the goes missing after the Globa estranged sisters had just begun to reconcile, Bridget assumes her twin’s identity, only to learn Siobhan was hiding more than a few dark secrets of her own. That essentially means Gellar is playing three characters in the series — Bridget, Siobhan, and Bridget-pretending-tobe-Siobhan. She’s got a clear favourite: “Whoever has the best wardrobe at the time,” Gellar jokes. Of course, it’s a little more complex than Gucci versus Gap. Gellar relates playing the sisters to par-

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34-year-old, who played multiple characters in Buffy using the “old-school split screen” method. But technology has come a long way since that supernatural series went off the air in 2003. “There’s so much more that’s available now between face replacement and the stop motion cameras,” Gellar enthuses. “So during the pilot, we played with all of them like kids with new toys to figure out what works best.” AMBER RAY

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Collins isn’t shy about sex CHRIS PIZZELLO

After writing 28 books, Jackie Collins says she hasn’t run out of things to write about. She gets her ideas from reading the newspaper, watching television and keeping up with the world around her. Her latest, Goddess of Vengeance, brings back Lucky Santangelo, a sassy, sharp and powerful heroine who has everything. Collins, 73, was recently interviewed by the The Associated Press. The character of Lucky Santangelo is so popular. Do you feel pressure to keep writing about her?

My publishers would love me to throw Lucky into every single book I write. But I don’t do so. Lucky comes in every two or three books. Sometimes I bring her in as a minor character. ... People say to me, “How old is Lucky Santangelo now?” And I go, “How old is James Bond?” (Laughs.) Because he’s a man nobody ever says, “Well, James Bond has been going hundreds of years and he’s the same age.” It’s kind of the same with Lucky. Did you ever feel bashful about writing about sex?

I never felt bashful about writing about sex. You have to say to yourself, “This is

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Say ‘Good morning Angels’ all over again New Charlie’s Angels series heads to Miami with reboot focused on more action ABC

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the character.” The character takes me over when I’m writing them. Did you ever think about your readers?

As a writer, you can never think about who is going to read your books. Is it going to be my mom? My children? A lot of people say to me, “Oh, I read your books under a cover with a flashlight when I was really young and I learned everything I know about sex from you.” And I go, “Well, have your husband or boyfriend given any complaints, and they go, “Ohhhh no.” And I get married couples, the wife will say, “I was reading your book on my honeymoon and my husband said, ‘Your nose is in that book all the time,’ so I shared it with him and then we ended up having a fabulous honeymoon.” I think I’ve helped people’s sex lives. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Miami is the new city of angels — at least the city of Charlie’s Angels. ABC is jumping into the reboot game this fall with an updated version of the classic series that kicks off the network’s Thursday night prime-time lineup. Moving its setting and production from Los Angeles to South Florida, the new show gets a fresh start in a new city. The remake tries to distance itself from the camp of the 1970s version, striving to be a more grounded action series. The first episode begins with two Angels — a former thief played by Rachael Taylor and a disgraced police officer played by Annie Ilonzeh — seeing the third member of their team killed during a mission. Their boss Charlie Townsend and his assistant Bosley — played by Ramon Rodriguez — persuade the survivors to recruit a new Angel, a street racer played by Minka Kelly. With Drew Barrymore — an Angel in the 2000 and 2003 films — serving as an executive producer, the show was developed by Al

The ﬁrst episode of the new Charlie’s Angels is scheduled to air at 7 p.m. ET Thursday on CTV, the 35th anniversary of the original’s premiere.

Rachael Taylor, left, Minka Kelly and Annie Ilonzeh are the new Charlie’s Angels.

Gough and Miles Millar, the duo behind the hit WB show Smallville, which followed the exploits of a young, pre-Superman Clark Kent. ABC had been planning to bring back Charlie’s Angels for several years when Gough and Millar got involved last spring. They acknowledge that fans have certain expectations and will scream if they aren’t met. The original Charlie’s Angels was a cultural phenomenon when it debuted in 1976, making stars of Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson and Ja-

clyn Smith. Fawcett proved particularly popular, with boys posting her iconic poster in their rooms and girls copying her feathered hair. “When you say you’re going to reboot Charlie’s Angels, you certainly are just hanging a big target on your back,” Gough said. “What you want to do ideally is reconnect with an audience that loved the show when they were younger and also bring new fans to it.” But the new show starts fresh: These Angels aren’t

saints. In the original, the women had all trained to become L.A. police officers but sexism in the department had left them relegated to menial positions, so Charlie recruited them to be real detectives. In the new series, the Angels all have sketchy pasts. Charlie recruits them to give them a second chance, using the skills they developed as criminals to do good. “They’re sort of Angels with dirty faces,” Gough said. Taylor said she and her co-stars are looking forward to putting a modern twist on the mythology. “Even though they were extremely cool and successful, we just want to do our own version,” Taylor said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Is there anything Hugh Laurie can’t do? CHRIS PIZZELLO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Established actor also has a successful music career Hugh Laurie has won a Golden Globe and been nominated for an Emmy for his starring role on House. But those accolades didn’t do much to boost his

confidence when he started recording his very first album, Let Them Talk — he says he was “absolutely terrified.” The album is steeped in

New Orleans blues, and Laurie sings, plays piano and guitar on classic tunes. Let Them Talk debuted in the United Kingdom at No. 2 last spring and was re-

leased in the United States this month. The 52-year-old Laurie talked about his music career during a recent interview with The Associated Press. Did the success of your album in England make you feel

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more conﬁdent about releasing it in the United States?

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I suppose so, yes, because you worry about your own family, don’t you? You worry about what your family thinks before anyone else, and whatever triumphs big or small you might have in the outside world, if your mum says it’s rubbish, that’s always going to (bother you). Did you ever consider releasing the album under a diﬀerent name?

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I did once upon a time write a novel and I wrote it under another name and submitted it under another name and wanted to publish it under another name, but was talked out of it by a publisher who actually started banging his head on the desk. ... He said, ‘If you knew how hard it is to get people’s attention in the publishing world,’ and I don’t think the musical world is anything different. This is not a world for shrinking violets. ... I want this to be honest. I want it to be open and I want to declare myself and if people want to throw rotten fruit, they can. What’s it like performing it live?

Live music seems to be growing and growing. It’s as if people really more than ever seem to hunger for that actual communication. If you’d asked me a year ago, I’d say I’d go to any lengths to avoid the terror of that confrontation. But,

Talkin’ House Hugh Laurie gives his thoughts on how House will be different without cast member Lisa Edelstein: “It’s a huge loss, but at the same time when something like that happens, it actually gives a strange sort of jolt of energy to the thing.”

I’ve really got a taste for it now. I’m not saying I know how to do it. I absolutely don’t. I’ve really got a taste for it. I’ve had a fantastic time. The album really pays homage to this type of music.

I wasn’t born immersed in this music. I’ve immersed myself throughout my whole life, but that still doesn’[t really count, you know, when you’re having a green card interview; that doesn’t really count to say I’ve listened to a lot of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins records — that question didn’t come up. But, I’m approaching the source of this music that I’ve loved all my life and I do so with trepidation and a lot of respect. I hope people will believe and understand I’m not being cavalier about it. This is not a casual thing for me at all. This is more important than almost anything I’ve ever done. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

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Brad in hot water with Jen’s team of handlers Jennifer Aniston wasn’t pleased with ex-husband Brad Pitt’s comments to Parade magazine about their marriage last week, according to Us Weekly. “She was annoyed. “She thought it was rude

and inappropriate,” a source says. But her team of handlers and publicists “went ballistic” — and haven’t been satisfied with Pitt’s mea culpa after the fact, according to another source.

“No one believes his words were taken out of context. “He said what he said,” the source says. “We think he’s jealous she’s in love.” METRO

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Rosie has a new lady in her life It isn’t just her upcoming talk show on Oprah Winfrey’s network that has Rosie O’Donnell smiling. The outspoken host also reportedly has a new lady in her life, according to People magazine. O’Donnell stepped out recently with new girlfriend

Michelle Rounds, walking the red carpet with her at the annual Rosie Theater Kids Gala in New York City. “They met at a Starbucks a few months ago,” a source says. “They are adorable together and are very, very happy.”

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Beyoncé has the baby glow Beyoncé is enjoying every moment of being pregnant, she tells CNN UK. “I am having so much fun, it has been the most

fun time now that it has been announced,” says the singer, who unveiled her baby bump at last month’s MTV VMAs. “It was really difficult to conceal. “But now I can be proud and excited about it. I’m having so much fun shopping. “It’s great!”

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

London at its best Famous faces, fabulous frocks and fête-happy fashionistas flooded London this past week in search of the swankiest shows We honour five of London Fashion Week’s greatest hits

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BEST TAKE ON SPORTY: NICOLE FARHI Spring’s biggest trend has looked a bit young and junior at some shows. But Farhi made it look clean, polished and cool for 9-to5ers who can’t necessarily get away with wearing see-through mesh jerseys and patchwork leggings in the office. Her clean, crisp, minimalist shorts, blouses and dresses in white- and lemon-coloured cotton made a strong case for simplicity.

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BEST PARTY ATMOSPHERE: TOPSHOP UNIQUE Philip Green’s high street extravaganza feels like a hotter and hotter ticket with each season. A preshow cocktail hour filled with snacks, bubbly and famous faces (Anna Wintour, Naomi Campbell and Kelis) set the stage for what ended up feeling like one big party. The clothes were a clever mix of urban street wear and opulent Egyptian references.

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BIGGEST CROWD PLEASER: CHRISTOPHER KANE

The Brit has only been designing women’s wear for a little over a year, but is already on the tongues of nearly every major editor. The biggest selling point: Unusually constructed clothing that boasts rarefied craftsmanship, at affordable prices. Keep an eye out for his patchworked leather, mesh and cotton jackets and trousers.

He showed a subversive take on those lady-like, Aline brocade dresses that dominated the ’60s by slicing them and inserting sheer panels, tricking them out with crystal embroidery and plastering them with plastic flowers (kind of like your grandmother’s old shower curtains.) They were expertly constructed and looked unlike anything else shown in the past two weeks.

MOST SURPRISING: BURBERRY It was a bit of a shock to see models walk down Burberry Prorsum’s runway in wild wax prints and traditional African shapes. This is Burberry, after all, a brand that waves its old English heritage around like the friend you have who never misses a chance to remind you that she’s a descendant of [insert name of old, titled, moneyed family here.] That said, the new look breathed some life into the house’s repertoire.

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Jeanne Space In this hectic modern world, Twitter has become a cool and succinct way of communicating. It allows me to be accessible, instantly speak my mind, and connects me with all kinds of people. Whether it’s a fashion question, or you just want to comment on life’s bigger picture, I’d love to hear from you.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Blast from the past ’70s silhouettes and ’60s preppy highlight fall style trends STEPHANIE ORFORD FOR METRO

Don’t let the Indian summer fool you, fall is just around the corner and it’s time to dress the part. Frankly, with these trends afoot we can’t wait for the leaves to start falling. Karen Richter, Showroom Manager for H&M Canada, shared her top fall/winter trends for 2011. Thick-knit sweater with leather sleeves, $69.95, and blanket scarf, $59.95, from H&M. Brash Zippy Riding Boot, right, $79.99 at Payless. Isabel Toledo for Payless Lazer Hidden Platform Shootie, 79.99.

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The ’70s Womanly silhouettes define the ’70s fashion revival this season, like skirts and dresses that hit below the knee. Widelegged dress pants can be paired with a blouse that ties in a large, floppy bow at the collar. Go for a relaxed tailored look with a trench coat worn over flared dress pants or jeans. Key colours are camel, cognac and orange. The ’60s This look is more preppy and girlish with short and straight silhouettes. The A-line shift dress is a key piece, and is best worn with a high-heeled loafer and classic accessories like a multitude of jangling metal bangles. Important colours are beige and navy with bright pink, mustard or orange accents. Glam Think rich colours and textures. Expect dramatic black and jewel tones — like crimson, emerald,

cobalt — in sumptuous fabrics like satin, velvet and silk fringe. Wear this look now in black and deep red nail colours. The trend will become more visible in clothing as the holiday season approaches. Important pieces for women include the men’s style tuxedo and the kimono jacket. Flower power The floral prints that have sprouted up in seasons past show no signs of withering. Warm up the fall chill with vibrant flower print shirts, pants, dresses, or shoes. Layering This trend is perfect for cold Canadian winters. It’s all about volume — piling on layers and layers of knits. A tunic worn over loose trousers, or a chunky knit sweater dress over wool leggings is great for keeping warm this season, especially when topped with a coat, boots and a shearling hat. Faux fur It’s a big trend this season. H&M will be selling a wide range of faux fur garments and accessories including jackets, vests, faux fur trimmed sweaters,

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coats, and even bags and boots. Off the runway, the trend is best worn in small doses — try donning one piece at a time or as an accent. Colour Go crazy. Layer solid colours to your heart’s content in every article of clothing you wear. Even normally neutral staples like coats and pants aren’t exempt. Contrasting colours are welcome. The red pant is an especially strong piece this fall.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Heirloom linens back en vogue Craftsmanship and uniqueness of fine old linens is drawing decorators who like to mix old and new Place a vintage quilt on a modern slab bed or dress an antique lace tablecloth with chic tableware J. BOULAY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Contemporary home decor is yielding a little this season to a more traditional style evocative of the Edwardian and Victorian eras. We’re seeing steamer trunks used as tables, Victorian illustrative prints and wallpapers, and new versions of period furniture. If you’re interested in experimenting with this look without going all in, consider vintage linens. Once considered an important part of a woman’s personal belongings, vintage cotton and damask napery, bed and bath linens are often wonderful examples of the loom and needle arts. Textile weaving, lace tatting and embroidery could take craftspeople hundreds of hours; the resulting pieces were treasured, loved and passed along through families. And sooner or later, some are given up to the marketplace, for new owners to enjoy. Kate Middleton’s dress

English-born Anna Redgrave of Annapolis Royal, N.S., owns Highland Lace, a vintage linens web shop. Her lifelong passion for antique textiles was nur-

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Previously loved If you find a linen item you like but it’s not in the best of shape, don’t pass it by. Torn seams and holes can be darned; a stain can be hidden with a clever fold; a large piece can be cut and the salvaged remnant made into a pillow or mounted

kins and vintage lace hankies sell out fast. “Monogrammed pieces were usually handed down, so they’re highly valued,” Redgrave says. Jane Nicholson (mrsnicholson.com) is a designer and decorator also based in Annapolis Royal. She looks for linens with a nice weave. “If you’re buying ’40s and ’50s tablecloths,

A hand-embroidered pillowcase done by the Mazzarone workshop in Venice as featured in The Book of Fine Linen.

tured by her grandmother, a member of the Royal Needlework Society and a seamstress at Buckingham Palace. “She was responsible for finding and sewing all the embellishments on the ball gowns,” says Redgrave. The Society was the same group that, 60 years later, made the overlay of lace on Kate Middleton’s dress.

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look for good workmanship and strong colour.” Flea markets, tag sales, estate auctions, thrift shops and vintage stores are all good sources, but try to glean the provenance of your find. To whom did the piece belong? Was it part of a trousseau? “Information like that makes the piece come alive,” says Nicholson. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Go for green cleaning products MATT YORK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE

Congrats — you scrubbed the toilet because your in-laws are stopping by But the cleaner you used may be bad for you — and for the environment Cleaning the bathroom can be daunting, even if you’re armed with traditional cleaners laden with bleach and strong but perhaps en-

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Start by stocking up on white vinegar and baking soda. These two staples of the kitchen can help keep your

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gar, because of its acidity, can be good for (cleaning) hard water and soap scum,” said Rebecca Sutton, a senior scientist with the Environmental Working Group, a public interest group devoted to protecting health and the environment. Baking soda, on the other hand, is alkaline, said Annie B. Bond, author of books on green living, including Home Enlightenment. Mix the baking soda with some water and make a paste, and it can be used as a scrub. And don’t forget the soap — a mild castile soap made from olive or vegetable oils. Some solutions for typical bathroom trouble spots:

rinse with hot water,” Consumer Reports’ Greener Choices website says. “You might have to repeat the procedure more than once or leave the baking soda and vinegar to ‘cook’ overnight.”

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“The toilet bowl is difficult, even under the best of circumstances,” Bond said. “Go to a health food store and get a really good bathroom toilet product.” For those who want to try a homemade product, Consumer Reports suggests pouring a cup (250 ml) of borax into the toilet and letting it set overnight. “In the morning, scrub and flush,” it said. “For an extra-strength cleaner, add 1/4 cup (50 ml) vinegar to the borax.”

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You can brighten the sink and “get the white back” by pouring in vinegar and leaving it there for a while, Bond said. Also, try the soft scrub made from baking soda and water. “It’s not a matter of elbow grease. It’s a matter of letting it set for a period of time,” she said. THE DRAIN

“To de-grease and sweeten sink and tub drains, pour 1/2 cup (125 ml) of baking soda down drain followed by 1 cup (250 ml) vinegar; let bubble for 15 minutes;

‘Greenwashing’ Sutton cautions consumers to be alert for “greenwashing,” in which a company promotes the one green aspect of the product but doesn’t give the full picture of other ingredients. Go for products that are biodegradable and solventfree, have a bio base, and are low in volatile organic compounds.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Harvest time and the cooking is easy Food is making its transition from light to hearty

DINNER EXPRESS EMILY RICHARDS FOOD@METRONEWS.CA

With cherries and rhubarb, this compote comes together perfectly. Meanwhile, a little crust on the pork tenderloin gives it a golden brown colour and texture.

Preparation:

Cherry Rhubarb Compote: In saucepan, combine rhubarb, cherries, brown sugar and butter over medium heat and stir occasionally until butter is melted. Cover and cook for 5 minutes. Stir and remove from heat.

Try this Pork Tenderloin as an appy EMILY RICHARDS

Meanwhile, in shallow dish combine breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic and thyme. Spread mustard all over pork tenderloin and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roll and press breadcrumb mixture all over pork tenderloin. In oven proof skillet, heat oil over medium high heat and brown tenderloin on all sides. Place skillet in 400 F (200 C) oven for about 20 minutes or until hint of pink remains and thermometer inserted in tenderloin reaches 155 F (68 C). Let stand 5 minutes before slicing. Serve 1 pork slice on baguette slice and top with compote. Repeat with remaining pork, baguette and compote.

This recipe makes about 24 pieces.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Lions running into success B.C. has put dismal start to 2011 in rear view as strategy shifts focus toward ground game JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Finding their legs has helped the B.C. Lions keep stride in the CFL playoff race. With running backs Andrew Harris and Tim Brown carrying most of the load, the Lions have rushed for 498 yards while winning their last four games. The Lions carried the ball 27 times in their 32-19 win over the Calgary Stampeders last weekend, their highest total in 17 games. “It has been important to what we are doing,” quarterback Travis Lulay said after the Lions finished practice yesterday under a dark, threatening sky at their training facility in Surrey. “There’s no question to be what we want to be, we have to be balanced.” After a horrible 0-5 start, B.C. has improved to 5-6 and is third in the CFL West. The Lions face the CFL’s other hottest team when they travel to Regina for Saturday’s game against the 4-7 Saskatchewan Roughriders, who are riding a three-game win streak. The B.C. run attack was in full retreat early in the season. Over the last six games the offensive line has been better and allowed the ground game to find some traction. “It’s tough to build a scheme and tough to execute it properly,” said Harris, who has 178 yards on 32 carries over the last four games. “Our offensive line is doing a much better job now

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Jamal Robertson has been a healthy scratch for four of the last five games, but still leads all Lions rushers with 258 yards and three touchdowns on 49 carries. The 34-year-old Robertson rushed for 953 yards last season.

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The B.C. running game still has some catching up to do. The Lions rank sixth in the CFL for total yards rushing (1,084) and yards per game (98.6). “When you don’t get into a rhythm, when you don’t get that many opportunities, it’s tough to find the holes and it’s tough to be back there,” said Harris,

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nicknamed Twizzy by his teammates. Harris is in his second full year with the Lions. Wally Buono, B.C.’s coach and general manager, said the team was patient with his development. “We took it slow,” said Buono. “He’s reaping the benefits of it and so are we.” Harris has 239 yards on 51 carries this year. Brown, who leads the league in punt returns, has rushed for 196 yards and four touchdowns on 40 carries.

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