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MLA offered staffer bonus for buying his used car, court hears But woman testifies in expense-scandal trial that she never received money from Russell MacKinnon PAGE 4
THE MAC ATTACK IS BACK NATHAN MACKINNON RECORDS FOUR POINTS IN RETURN TO MOOSE LINEUP PAGE 22
Province woos new tourists Spending bump. New, pricier campaign aims to reverse slow decline in visitors across Nova Scotia RUTH DAVENPORT
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Newly elected Pope Francis waves to the waiting crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica Wednesday in Vatican City. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected as the 266th pontiff and the first pope from the Americas. Story, page 10. PETER MACDIARMID/GETTY IMAGES
The province has unveiled a tourism advertising campaign that doubles spending for online ads in hopes of luring more first-time visitors to Nova Scotia. Tourism Minister Percy Paris revealed the Take Yourself There campaign Wednesday, touting Nova Scotia as the perfect “road-trip” destination. “Nova Scotia ... is a roadtripper’s paradise. Diverse, compact, full of amazing things to see and to do,” said Percy at an event in Purcell’s Cove. “We want to build on
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that reputation, and this campaign is going to help us do just that.” Tourism has fallen by about one per cent a year over the last decade in Nova Scotia, with a noticeable drop in the number of first-time visitors — prompting the decision to focus the campaign on that audience. “Those first-timers ... will grow it all, not just for tourism, but for the entire economy of N.S. as they continue to mill around, linger longer and spend more money,” said Donna Hatt, marketing manager at White Point. The $5-million campaign, launching earlier than previous initiatives, includes print
and television ads in European markets, the United States, Ontario and — for the first time in three years — Quebec. “We have reallocated some of our regional money to Quebec to get those first-time visitors, because we know those visitors spend an average of $1,700 per party and stay an average of six days,” said Nova Scotia Tourism Agency CEO Patrick Sullivan. Sullivan said the beefed-up content — which represents a 15 per cent increase in spending — is meant to lure outdoor enthusiasts to “every corner” of the province. “We want them to visit Nova Scotia and we want them to travel around the province in frankly the most circuitous route possible,” he said. The digital component is also significantly larger than in previous years, with a “refresh” of the novascotia.com website and a new tourism app for tablets and smartphones.
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Premier Darrell Dexter and Clearwater chairman Colin MacDonald unveil a design plan for the Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management on Wednesday in Dartmouth. The centre is an acknowledgment of the reality that Nova Scotia bears the brunt of many storms moving up the coast. DEVAAN INGRAHAM/FOR METRO
Province gives big to disaster centre Opening soon. Government pitching in $800,000 for Red Cross centre HALEY RYAN
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The campaign for a new disaster-management centre in Dartmouth got a helping hand on Wednesday when the province announced it will give $800,000 to the Canadian Red Cross. Premier Darrell Dexter made the announcement with Denise Peterson-Rafuse,
the minister of community services. “The Red Cross here has, of course, an amazing legacy, an amazing history, and what this means is it’s going to have an amazing future as well,” Dexter said. “This is the first facility of its kind in Canada.” The centre will have the capacity to train 75 to 80 volunteers at a time, plus many more through video-conferences. The existing building can handle only 15 people per course, and about 30 people in the “situation room” during emergencies, said John Byrne, director of national disaster management with the Red Cross. “We realized that it needs
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“This is a win-win for everyone.” Denise Peterson-Rafuse, minister of community services
to be much bigger than this, and we need to have a training environment,” Byrne said. “We have the resources to bring services from around the world to support us.” Byrne said it’s important to have a centre in Nova Scotia, since our province “bears the brunt” of many storms moving up the coast from the United States.
“Disasters that happen in Canada are no different from ones that happen anywhere else,” he said. “They involve people, and they involve broken assets, and how do we clean that up after the fact,” Byrne said. Also unveiled was the design for the building, which will be an addition to the current centre in Burnside. “We will have the same level of training here in Nova Scotia as we do across the country,” Byrne said. He said $2.4 million has been raised for the building campaign, with a goal of $3 million. He hopes the centre will be open next year.
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While a public inquiry may not be the right process for alleged victims of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, Premier Darrell Dexter says he wants “the voices of everyone to be heard.” Following a press conference in Dartmouth for the Canadian Red Cross, Dexter said he received a letter from the claimants on Monday after the government had asked their opinion on the best course of action. “We said we’d like to have your advice around what you think a constructive, healing reconciliation process could look like, as opposed to a compensation program,” Dexter said. He said although the home where more than 100 people have claimed they suffered physical and emotional abuse is not in his riding, he is “directly adjacent” and has a personal interest in the file. Asked specifically about a public inquiry, Dexter said inquiries have a “very specific meaning” under legislation, and other measures could be taken. “They want a process that is complete enough to give voice to the concerns they’ve had, but one that’s also going to reach beyond just a question of inquiry and try to bring back together a community that is divided,” Dexter said of the alleged victims. “What I want to see is something that allows for the voices of everyone to be heard. That’s what we’re really looking for.”
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MacKinnon offered staffer a bonus if she bought his car, court told MLA trial. Former Cape Breton politician one of four charged in expense scandal A former Liberal cabinet minister charged in Nova Scotia’s spending scandal allegedly offered an employee a bonus if she agreed to buy his Dodge Intrepid, one of a series of complex transactions that his trial heard about Wednesday. Nicole Campbell, 31, said she did secretarial work for Russell MacKinnon at his Sydney River constituency office from January 2005 until June 2006. In October 2005, MacKinnon offered her a financial incentive to buy his car, a mid-1990s Dodge Intrepid, she said. “He called and said he
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Alongside his lawyer During the proceedings, Russell MacKinnon sat beside his lawyer Joel Pink, occasionally taking notes as his wife, NDP legislature member Michele Raymond, watched from the back of the courtroom. The Canadian Press
could get me a $3,000 bonus if I agreed to purchase his car,” she told the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax. She agreed and took possession of the car. But she said she never saw any of the money MacKinnon offered.
Russell MacKinnon leaves Nova Scotia Supreme Court building on Wednesday after the second day of his expense-scandal trial in Halifax. Devaan Ingraham/For Metro
“I never had the money in my hands,” she said. “Russell dealt with it.” MacKinnon, who has pleaded not guilty to fraud,
breach of trust and uttering forged documents, also asked her that fall to sign off on three blank receipts that were later submitted to
the Speaker’s Office, Campbell said. Crown lawyer Mark Hareema said MacKinnon was later reimbursed by the
Speaker’s Office for secretarial services and expenses in three instalments totalling $3,400 from September to December. Campbell said she never received any of that money and did not incur any expenses. Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Joel Pink, Campbell began crying when he called into question her recollection of events. Pink told the court she didn’t tell the RCMP that she never received money, and instead told the Mounties that she didn’t remember what the charges on the receipts were for. MacKinnon’s judge-only trial is scheduled to last until Monday. Pink has said he won’t decide what witnesses to call, if any, until the Crown completes its case. The Canadian Press
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RCMP release more photos of stolen artifacts Do you know where your antique torch is? RCMP have added more photos to a long list of pictures of stolen artifacts recently recovered in Fall River, including a torch, German medals and an antique hockey jersey.
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On Wednesday, RCMP re- and forgery. In a press release, RCMP leased 10 photos of artifacts say due to the volume and discovered in the investiimportance of the stolen gation of John Tillman’s items, they expect the invesproperty. tigation will take months to Tillman was arrested in complete. January and charged with Anyone who recognizes possession of stolen propor can provide information erty after officers searched about an artifact is asked to his home and found over call the RCMP at 426-1607. 800 valuable artifacts from collections around Atlantic metro Canada. The police’s full list He has since been of recovered items charged with 27 further ofcan be found at fences, including traffickingT:6.614” rcmp-grc.gc.ca
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WestJet’s CEO says the airline is planning to more than double the number of daily departures out of Halifax over the next four years. Gregg Saretsky told a Halifax Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the launch of its regional carrier WestJet Encore will boost the number of departures from Halifax Stanfield International Airport from nine to 20 by 2017. “Some of the opportunities that we’re looking at are increased capacity in southern markets … new routes both within the region and on the trans-border and internationally,” said Saretsky. “So we’ve got a nice game plan that includes doing more of the things that you’ve asked us to.” WestJet Encore will offer brand new routes and connections between existing WestJet cities on a fleet of 78-seat Bombardier Q400
• Gregg Saretsky said Halifax is “under-indexed” in terms of WestJet’s service, saying it’s the ninth-busiest airport served by the airline.
turboprops. The airline will launch in western Canada in late June. In terms of overall plans, Saretsky said WestJet will soon respond to concerns about higher prices and a lack of business class. WestJet passengers will have the option of “unbundled fares” — giving passengers the option of a lower base, but with charges for baggage and other extras — and of travelling in “premium economy” seats, which provide the same leg room as Air Canada’s business class. “They will be offered at a small premium over our existing pricing, which puts our premium economy at roughly a 50 per cent discount to Air Canada’s business class,” said Saretsky. Follow Ruth Davenport on Twitter @ncnvenientruth
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‘Terrible day.’ Province rejects new fish farm, cites risk to wild salmon The Nova Scotia government is turning its back on rural communities and throwing away dozens of jobs by rejecting an application for a fish farm in Shoal Bay, aquaculture company Snow Island Salmon said Wednesday. Shane Borthwick, vicepresident of operations, said it was a “terrible day” for the company, adding that the decision has jeopardized the firm’s future. “We’ve brought money and talent to this province, provided a strong, sustainable sea-farming model and are now facing the most serious threat to the viability of our business at the hands of the government that invited us here in the first place,” he said in a statement. The province’s minister Canadian Marketing of fisheries and aquaculture, 100 Yonge Street, 16th Floor SterlingToronto, Belliveau, ON M5Csaid 2W1 Fisheries and Oceans Canada expressed concern about the salmon farm’s impact on wild salmon in the bay near Sheet Harbour during the 22-month
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review process. The federal department said the site would represent a moderate risk to wild salmon. The province said it is the first time Fisheries and Oceans has described a proposed fish farm as representing a moderate risk to wild salmon. Belliveau said the province’s decision is not a sign that File BOR_AD_Cashback_Everyday_10x5.682_E_0313_R1 Publications: theName: government is changing its Trim: 10” for x 5.682” support fish farms, which Calgary Metro was part of itsn/aaquaculture Bleed: 0 Safety: Mech Res: 300dpi Edmonton Metro strategy CMYK released last year. Colours: Halifax Metro He said the government Ottawa Metro believes the aquaculture inTorontoNova Metro Resident conductor Jonathan Govias conducts the Symphony Scotia dustry can help rural Nova Vancouver Metro orchestra during the 2013-14 season launch at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium Scotia’s economy. the canadian press
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Symphony Nova Scotia’s 201314 season will have a distinctive local flavour to it. Fans of the symphony got a preview of things to come next season at Wednesday’s 2013-14 program launch at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Joining the symphony on stage next season are the likes of local rocker Joel Plaskett, Ashley MacIsaac, Mo Kenney Material deadline: and Jane Archibald. and Plaskett will Mar.Kenney 13, 2013 perform on Oct. 24 and 25 as part of Halifax Pop Explosion, Insertion dates: while MacIsaac will perform Mar. 14, 22, 25, 2013 Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2014. ArchiApr. 2, 9, 26, 2013 bald is taking the stage next May year 7, on23, May2013 1 and 4. Bernhard Gueller, the sym-
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Euphoria: Cheers ring out from the crowd in St Peter’s Square in Rome as white smoke is sighted rising from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney.
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‘Good evening’. After one of the fastest conclaves in decades, an ecstatic world greets the new man in the Vatican Habemus Papam — We have a pope! A cacophony of welcome swept the world on Wednesday after Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected Pope in a conclave that ended with astonishing speed. “Brothers and sisters, good evening,” the new Pope Francis — looking stunned — said shyly from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to wild cheers.
“You know that the work of the conclave is to give a bishop to Rome,” he went on. “It seems as if my brother cardinals went to find him from the end of the Earth, but here we are. Thank you for the welcome.” Bergoglio, 76, becomes the first pontiff from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. And by choosing the name Francis, he associates himself with the humble 13thcentury Italian preacher who lived a life of poverty. Across the planet, Latin Americans burst into tears and jubilation at the news that the region, which counts 40 per cent of the world’s Catholics, finally had a pope
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“We have Messi and we have the Pope now!” Jubilant Gabriela Pisquariello, an owner of the Bueno Aires Bakery and Café in Miami’s Little Buenos Aires, referring to star Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi
to call its own. “It’s a huge gift for all of Latin America. We waited 20 centuries. It was worth the wait,” said Jose Antonio Cruz, a Franciscan friar in the Old San Juan district in Puerto Rico. Elected on the fifth ballot, Francis was chosen in one of the fastest conclaves in years, remarkable given there was no clear front-runner going
into the vote and that the church had been in turmoil following the upheaval of Pope Benedict’s resignation. Tens of thousands of people who braved cold rain to watch the smokestack atop the Sistine Chapel jumped in joy when white smoke poured out. Many shouted “Habemus Papam!” or “We have a pope!” — as the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica and churches across Rome pealed. After what seemed an unending wait of more than an hour, they cheered again when the doors to the loggia opened. The cheers became deafening when Bergoglio’s name was announced. the associated press
The cleric who cares is elected to lead the church into a new era
New pontiff rode the bus and helped the destitute As a much-loved cardinal, Jorge Mario Bergoglio — the new Pope Francis — often rode the bus and visited the poor. He was known all over Argentina for caring for the
destitute and homeless. Bergoglio was born in December, 1936, in Buenos Aires, one of five children of an Italian railway worker. He had a lung removed when he was a teenager due to an infection. He studied chemistry and then philosophy at university before teaching literature and psychology. He joined the Jesuit order in 1958 and was ordained a priest in 1969.
From 1973 to 1979 he served as the Jesuit provincial in Argentina, then in 1980 became the rector of the seminary where he studied. He served there until 1986 after which he completed his doctorate in Germany and returned to Argentina. He was appointed Buenos Aires City Archbishop in February 1998 and made cardinal by John Paul II in
February 2001. Bergoglio created new parishes, restructured administrative offices and begun new pastoral projects, helping to recover the church’s traditional influence in society. His legacy as cardinal includes repairing the reputation of a church that failed to challenge Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship. metro world news
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Garneau drops out, supports Trudeau Federal Liberal leadership. ‘I cannot mathematically win,’ former contender says Marc Garneau dropped out of the federal Liberal leadership race on Wednesday and threw his support to front-runner Justin Trudeau, declaring the outcome “a fait accompli.” The Montreal MP’s decision followed an internal poll conducted by his campaign last week, which Garneau said showed Trudeau has the backing of 72 per cent of Liberal members and supporters. Garneau said he was a “solid second” with 15 per cent, followed by Vancouver MP Joyce Murray with just over seven per cent and former Toronto MP Martha Hall Findlay with just over five per cent. “I have done my numbers. I cannot mathematically — and I’m a person who believes
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in math — I cannot mathematically win,” Garneau told a news conference. “I’m not into denial. The numbers indicate very clearly that Justin is the overwhelming favourite.” However, Murray said she puts no stock in Garneau’s survey, the methodology of which her camp finds highly suspect. She said it won’t influence her decision to con-
tinue her campaign, which has enjoyed a late burst of momentum. Garneau’s automated phone poll asked 6,000 Liberal supporters and members to indicate whether they favoured Garneau, Trudeau, Hall Findlay or Murray. It was not a survey of registered voters. Murray said she was surprised by Garneau’s decision to endorse Trudeau, given that he has repeatedly said a coronation is not in the party’s best interests and has accused the front-runner of lacking policy depth, experience and leadership credentials. Worried that some 100,000 people who didn’t provide email addresses — the bulk of whom are Trudeau supporters — will be disenfranchised, the front-runner is seeking a oneweek extension of Thursday’s registration deadline. The Murray, Hall Findlay and Martin Cauchon camps oppose an extension. tHE CANADIAN PRESS
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Death penalty survives repeal bid A proposal to abolish Montana’s death penalty has failed again, a blow for Canadian Ronald Smith, a convicted murderer who has been on death row in the state for 30 years. A bill to repeal capital punishment didn’t get past a judiciary committee which, for the fourth time in eight years, voted to table the bill. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Making time to smell the goats PM Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, stop to pet a goat, the mascot of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, while waiting for the arrival of French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault on Parliament Hill on Wednesday. The Harper government will use the visit to burnish its tarnished reputation in Europe. France and Canada will sign a joint declaration Thursday on an initiative to create biofuels from seaweed. Fred Chartrand/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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‘Tablet for women’ targets Middle East consumers Pink, perky, pandering. Pre-loaded apps cover yoga, perfume, cooking and grocery shopping
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“Whoever made this tablet doesn’t understand us very well. We are home all the time and we are extremely tech-savvy.”
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Eman Al Nafjan, a Saudi feminist blogger, speaking to the Jerusalem Post.
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The world’s “first tablet for women,” complete with a pink background and weight-loss apps, is being condemned as sexist. Eurostar Group, the Middle East-based creator of the device, says the ePad Femme is designed for a woman’s “diverse lifestyle.” Based on the pre-loaded selection of apps, that lifestyle includes shopping for groceries, cooking and doing yoga. Speaking with the Jerusalem Post, Eurostar spokesperson Mani Nair said the Android-powered device “makes a perfect gadget for a woman
The ePad Femme is being marketed as the “first tablet for women.” Facebook/Eurostar Group
who might find difficulties in terms of downloading these applications.” Nair insisted nothing about the tablet was sexist, and compared it to similar products geared towards gamers.
However, others disagree. “There have always been special books for women concerning sex, how to please your husband, and what to cook for him,” Eman Al Nafjan, a Saudi feminist blogger told the Post.
“This is just using technology for the same thing.” In Saudi Arabia, women are often highly educated, but not allowed to drive or travel without a male escort. As a result, Al Nafjan says they spend a lot of time online and are fully capable of downloading their own apps. “Whoever made this tablet doesn’t understand us very well,” she said. “We are home all the time and we are extremely tech-savvy.” Eurostar has sold about 7,000 units of the tablet since its October launch.
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CURLY FRIES STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT You might be tempted to call it a modern-day After a nonstop string of feel-good stories and horoscope, but it’s just the opposite, because it glowing press, Facebook — the little company works. that could — has finally been hit with some critiFor instance, it was shown that you could precism. dict a high-IQ in a user if they liked thunderThe heretofore infallible website stumbled storms, The Colbert Report, science and curly into the media spotlight for the first time this fries. Facebook users who liked the group Eating week when it was revealed that its users might Curly Fries While Watching Thunderstorm Scihave reason for some — wait for it — privacy ence on The Colbert Report were mostly employconcerns. It turns out that hitting “like” on cerees at the CERN particle accelerator in Geneva. tain Facebook groups or events can reveal more (It should be noted, though, that the spudsabout you to advertisers than might be apparsmarts relationship might just be a coincidence, ent. HE SAYS highlighting the classic logical fallacy of mistakStrike 1, am I right? ing curly fries for causation.) A University of Cambridge study (like it on John Mazerolle The researchers said that most of the computFacebook!) showed that running somebody’s Fa- metronews.ca er’s predictions were made through indirect concebook likes through a computer program could give you a decent indicator of that user’s gender, race, religion and nections — it wasn’t guessing people were homosexual and Muslim because they liked Homosexuality is Halal (real group!). Insexual orientation, not to mention their favourite colour, tooth stead it was, for instance, successfully predicting homosexuality health, Super Mario high score, social-security number and how from choices such as liking the TV show Glee. good they are in bed (within five per cent).
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Tornado is illusion under acidic water It looks like a giant tornado is causing mayhem in the sky, but this image is simply the reflection of a river running through a mine. To create this stunning moment, photographer Tomás Bogónez has rotated the picture to appear like a huge fiery cyclone. The image was taken in Río Tinto river in Huelva, southwest Spain. METRO Upside-down view
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I’d argue the bigger privacy concern for somebody who “likes” Glee is the fact it reveals you like Glee, but what do I know? Other than the twist of the curly fries (ha!) this all seems straightforward to me. Many media outlets played up the report as if it was a shocker, but if you haven’t figured out by now that Facebook is going to peruse, parse and package your information any way that it sees fit, then there’s a Brooklyn Bridge auction on eBay we should discuss. I’m no fan of Facebook. It’s clear from their many previous transgressions that Facebook (like Google) thinks privacy is passé, maybe even dishonest. The site’s new graph search that allows you to search for, say, “friends of friends who live in California and like Katy Perry and Nine Inch Nails” (23 results!) is so fascinating/icky that it feels like a new type of pornography. But it shouldn’t be a surprise anymore. People will always have the right to raise privacy concerns, and the right to disconnect from Facebook, but if you’re surprised by their disregard for your privacy after almost a decade then there’s only one solution: Eat more curly fries. All will become clear in time.
The area around Río Tinto has been mined for more than 5,000 years. After centuries of exploiting the site, the waterway has become very dense, acidic and low in oxygen. NASA scientists have even studied the ecosystem because of its similarities to Mars. The river’s vibrant hues of red, ochre and violet are caused by the dissolved metals and minerals. METRO
sees them because she knows the pain of not having a last goodbye. Their grandfather was haunted by the fact that he was not able to protect his daughter from the unseen evil that stole
Kimberly McAndrew is my sister. To many she is a missing person, a case file, a possible murder victim, an unsolved crime and a huge mystery. To me she was my often entertaining, sometimes bossy, older sister. She is held at the age of nineteen in my mind, full of plans and ideas and energy. She had sweet dance moves that were sometimes a cross between Bambi on Ice and Elaine from Seinfeld. She did not like being Kimberly McAndrew submitted wrong and hated to go anywhere alone. her away from us and he would I do not know Kim the have walked through fire to save mother or aunt or wife. them any bit of pain in their life. I don’t know if she would My siblings and I share a have had a boy and a girl and bond that is an impenetrable named them Cassandra and force. Nicholas as she swore she would We are no Brady Bunch, we (she was determined to be the don’t always get along and we cool mom and wanted to drive a are very different people personconvertible). ality-wise but we share the pain I didn’t get to see her of having our sister taken from university graduation or career us suddenly, mysteriously and choice or have her at my wedmuch too soon. ding. I have children who know I sit on pins and needles her only through my memories along with the rest of my family and stories of growing up in the every time an investigation is McAndrew family and the hilarlinked to her in the media, and ity that often ensued. sometimes I get sick of her beThey witness the laughter ing referred to as the McAndrew and eventual tears shed during Case because Kimberly McAnthe retelling of our adventures. drew is my sister. They know their grandmother Megan Adams, Halifax hugs them tightly each time she
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What a scene! Halifax is where it’s at Theatre. Jeremy Webb’s talents shining on stage and off BACKSTAGE PASS
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“I hadn’t even heard of Halifax but I moved here and I loved it. A lot of people are always going up to Toronto and I’m always encouraging people to stay here.” Jeremy Webb
One of our theatre community’s most treasured imports, Jeremy Webb, is taking to the stage in Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood. Written in 1954 as a radio play, Webb describes this work as one of the most beautiful pieces of language. Hosted by Shakespeare By the Sea’s Park Place Theatre, it’s the perfect setting to tell the story of the fictional Welsh fishing village of Llareggub. “It follows a 24-hour period of the town but you get to see behind the curtains, underneath the bed sheets and behind the closed doors,” Webb said. Starting on March 19 his company that he created in 2009 — Off the Leash Ltd. — is producing the entire endeavor. Actor and producer, the United Kingdom native confesses that though he has also found success in writing, his fellow thespians notice how kindly he takes to the reins of his many projects. “The joke among people I work with is that I was born in the wrong decade — I should have been a 1950s actor/manager, which was known to be a dictatorial role,” he said. “I have very strong opinions.” And writing, Webb continues, is just plain hard.
“I don’t think any writer enjoys the process because it takes too much skill,” he said. “My process as a writer, with a producer’s brain, is identifying what I need and want to create rather than sitting and waiting for inspiration.” Case in point: Fishing, an Off the Leash comedy about the world of Internet dating. In an interesting artimitates-life-that-imitates-art play, Webb’s character creates an online profile and commits to seven dates in seven days. “I sought to write about that topic because I’ve had some experience in Internet dating and decided it would make a good play,” he said. “As it turns out I ended up meeting someone for real and now we have an 8 month old baby — I’m a great advocate for Internet dating.” Always the entrepreneur, Webb continues to lend his skills and now his Off the Leash brand to arts productions, corporate events, and charity organizations around our region. From a man who had never heard of Halifax to his Neptune Theatre premiere in 1998’s Blood Brothers, Webb has become one of our most well known art advocates.
Jeremy Webb is one of the busiest men on the Halifax arts scene. CONTRIBUTED It’s all in the details
• What. Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood • Where. Park Place Theatre, lower parking lot Point Pleasant Park
• When. March 19 through March 30 (8 p.m. nightly, with matinees at 2 p.m. on March 24 and 30). • Tickets.$20 and $15. Visit ticketpro.ca
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Post-surgery, Lady Gaga got some shiny new wheels. all photos getty images
Lady Gaga: the woman with the golden wheelchair Lady Gaga is recovering from hip surgery in style. The singer reportedly tapped designer Ken Borochov for a custom 24-karat gold wheelchair, according to E! News. “I certainly wasn’t expecting that phone
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are happy as divorced clams, their friend says.
Tom and Kate are doing just swell after split, says mutual friend
call and have never done a wheelchair, but am always up for a challenge and was thrilled to create what I affectionately dubbed the Chariot, a chair for a queen,” Borochov says in a statement.
“They are incredibly happy,” Shankman says. “I’ve just been emailing with him. He’s coming back. He’s shooting (All You Need Is Kill) in London and seems as happy as a clam. I know he sees his daughter.” As for Holmes? “Katie seems really happy,” Shankman adds.
Apparently getting divorced was the best thing to happen to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, at least according to director Adam Shankman, who is friends with both. Shankman tells Us Weekly that since the couple’s highprofile split last summer, the two are doing just swell. Twitter
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Dream on, paparazzi: new Hawaiian law named after Aerosmith singer
Hawaii’s state senate has passed the Steven Tyler Act, which gives celebrities the right to sue paparazzi over unwanted photos and videos taken of them, and the man for whom the act is named couldn’t be more thrilled. “(In Hawaii,) they
are allowed in with their lenses and they get the most intimate of shots. Not on my watch,” he tells Billboard. “Now at least Joe (Perry) and I can go to Maui and walk around naked in the back lawn and write some crazy songs.”
Olivia Wilde has learned the hard way not to criticize Justin Bieber, as her post to Twitter earlier this month imploring the pop star to “put your f---ing shirt on” earned her more than 17,000 angry responses from Bieber fans. “It’s pretty much the
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Diet Coke’s 30th anniversary bottles and cans are getting some fashionable fizz with the help of designer Marc Jacobs. The toy-soldier-sized New Yorker talks sex, Kate Moss and refusing to compete with Tom Ford. RICHARD PECKETT
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this darkness, this melancholy side, there’s this sexual tension and then there’s this kind of identity thing that goes on. An element of role-play and honesty. In the collections that I feel most proud, there are personal feelings and emotions that make it human.
You’re in great shape and so is Tom Ford. Who’s the bigger stud and why? I don’t know. I don’t compete with Tom Ford. Tom’s a friend of mine and I think Tom’s terrific. He’s a great looking guy and all of that but I certainly don’t set out to compete with Tom (laughs). I wouldn’t compare anything of mine to anything of his.
Next month you’ll turn 50. What do you have planned for your mid-life crisis? My mid-life crisis has been going on for 20 years. I don’t see it as a crisis at all. I think it’s quite an adventure — not a crisis for me. I’m not going to buy a Corvette or anything like that — I guess that’s someone else’s mid-life crisis. You’ve said you don’t have any big party plans but you seem to enjoy wearing some pretty outrageous outfits like that pink polo shirt dress. Do you enjoy getting dressed up? I do enjoy it. I love attention. I’m very honest about it. There were years where I just didn’t want to do press and I didn’t really care about my appearance and I sort of shied away from things like that. But in order to enjoy them, I have to be me and sometimes that means wearing a pink dress, a lace dress or a kilt. Also, I feel like I need to relate to that joy and that ritual of going shopping and finding something to wear and then wearing it. I think being connected to that makes me a better designer. It’s sort of like practising what you
Jacobs’ Diet Coke designs were inspired by three decades of female empowerment: the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s. PROVIDED
preach. I wouldn’t really be doing my job if I didn’t do that. What’s your relationship like with Kate Moss? Kate Moss? She just texted me. We’ve been on holiday together. We were in Ibiza a few years ago with her daughter (Lila Grace), (photographers) Mert (Alas) and Marcus (Piggott) and some friends of mine. I’ve spent a great deal of time with Kate over the years. We genuinely
like each other — we just click. Your last Louis Vuitton shows had sexual undertones. How does sex influence your work? Sex is a big part of my life. It’s a very big part of most people’s lives whether they want to admit it or not. I don’t know, sometimes when collections feel more personal there’s more of an undercurrent of things that are of an emotional nature. When I dream, there’s
Are there too many designer collaborations? No, no. It’s always a two-way street. If nobody had any interest in designers doing cans and bottles for Coca-Cola, then Diet Coke wouldn’t ask designers to do it. It’s about supply and demand. Do you think that fashion houses are creating too many collections these days? It is too much but I don’t actively participate in all of it to the same degree. I know when I’m most needed and that’s when I rise to the occasion and I don’t think any one person does do that much. They might say that they do but they don’t. Cigarettes, coffee and Diet
Coke, would you say that you’ve got an addictive personality? Well, let’s not put cigarettes in the same category as Diet Coke. Hmm, cigarette smoking is my bad habit, I’d say. It’s my biggest vice and bad habit — I don’t recommend it. Decades of Diet Coke
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This is a delicious and versatile loaf that can be served at breakfast or brunch or for dessert at dinner.
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Spray a 9-x5- inch loaf pan with cooking oil. Ingredients • 3/4 cup granulated sugar • 1/3 cup vegetable oil • 1 egg • 2 tsp grated lemon rind • 3 tbsp lemon juice • 1/3 cup 2% milk • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 1 tbsp poppy seeds • 1 tsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp baking soda • 1/2 cup 2% yogurt or light sour cream • 1/4 cup icing sugar • 2 tbsp lemon juice
This recipe serves 16. Mark Shapiro, from Rose Reisman’s Complete Light Kitchen (Whitecap Books)
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Welcome back, Nathan MacKinnon. The star centre for the Halifax Mooseheads made a triumphant return to the lineup on Wednesday night, recording two goals and two assists in a 6-2 victory over the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in QMJHL action before 3,950 fans at Centre 200 in Sydney. MacKinnon, who missed 14 games with a minor MCL injury, scored just 35 seconds into the game and then added his 30th goal of the season on the power play midway through the third. “I was a little nervous coming in for sure and didn’t know what to expect,” MacKinnon said. “Scoring early kind of got it out of the way and (it’s) defin-
itely a nice way to come back.” MacKinnon also assisted on goals by Jonathan Drouin and Stefan Fournier. Drouin finished with three points to move into a tie with Lower Sackville’s Ben Duffy of the Prince Edward Island Rocket for the QMJHL scoring lead. Both players have 104 points, with Drouin playing in 19 fewer games. After Wednesday night, Drouin’s point-scoring streak sits at 28 games. Fournier finished with two goals and Dominic Beauchemin also scored. Bryce Milson and Michael Lyle replied for the Eagles, last in the 16-team league. Cape Breton outshot the Mooseheads 39-26. “I thought they did a good job of battling the whole game,” MacKinnon said. “Hats off to them, but it’s nice to get the win. Halifax is back in action on Friday when they host the Saint John Sea Dogs at 7 p.m. They close out the regular season on Sunday at home to the Eagles. WITH FILES FROM CAPE BRETON POST
NBL. Rainmen’s hopes end with Mill Rats win The Halifax Rainmen’s playoff hopes are over. In National Basketball League of Canada play on Wednesday night, the Saint John Mill Rats edged the host Oshawa Power 102-101 to officially knock the Rainmen out of postseason contention. Halifax (19-20) needed the Mill Rats to lose their final two
games of the regular season and then go out and beat the host Summerside Storm on the last day of the season on Saturday to get into the playoffs. The victory by Saint John means the five teams are set for the NBL playoffs. The others are the Storm, Moncton Miracles, London Lightning and Windsor Express. METRO
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Canadiens send Senators to shootout loss Alex Galchenyuk and Lars Eller scored in a shootout Wednesday as the Montreal Canadiens won their fourth straight, 4-3 over the Ottawa Senators. Eller scored in the first period and Brendan Gallagher and P.K. Subban added power-play goals in the second for Montreal (18-5-4), which played loosely in its first game at home after a five-game road trip. THE CANADIAN PRESS NFL
Welker leaving New England for Denver
Mooseheads forward Nathan MacKinnon keeps the puck away from Clark Bishop of the Screaming Eagles on Wednesday in Sydney. CAPE BRETON POST
Wes Welker is saying so long to Tom Brady and hello to Peyton Manning. After spending six years with Brady in New England, the Pro Bowl receiver agreed to a twoyear, $12-million US deal Wednesday to team up with Manning in Denver. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CIS hockey. Bloodoff, Stienberg fetch awards as Huskies arrive in Saskatoon The Saint Mary’s Huskies men’s hockey team has already scored two big wins without even stepping on the ice at nationals. During the CIS men’s hockey awards Wednesday in Saskatoon, third-year forward Lucas Bloodoff was named the top player in the country, while bench boss Trevor Stienburg was named top coach.
Bloodoff led the AUS conference in scoring with 38 points, including 20 Lucas Bloodoff goals. His 12 THE CANADIAN PRESS power-play goals were tops in the CIS. As for Stienburg, he led
Saint Mary’s to a second-place finish in the AUS with a 18-73 record. It’s the fourth time Stienburg as been named CIS coach of the year. The Huskies are one of six teams at nationals in Saskatoon. Action begins Thursday with Saint Mary’s playing its first game Friday. METRO
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See today’s answers at metronews.ca/answers. Horoscopes
Aries
March 21 - April 20 Make your own decisions today and live with the consequences. Nothing bad is going to happen at all but you must be prepared to go out on a limb and risk being the odd one out.
Taurus
April 21 - May 21 If someone is giving you a hard time then by all means give them a hard time in return. But make sure you get it right as this is one of those days when too much emotion could lead to costly mistakes.
Gemini
May 22 - June 21 Someone who claims to be one thing is something else entirely. You are advised to take what they tell you with a large grain of salt, especially if it sounds too good to be true.
Cancer
June 22 - July 23 Sometimes you are too sensitive for your own good but today you will go to the other extreme. You just cannot be bothered to respond to other people’s criticisms.
Leo
July 24 - Aug. 23 You need to open your eyes and be aware of the trends that are taking shape. Business and financial matters, in particular, could cause a few problems today so make sure you are in control at all times.
Virgo
Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 Friends and loved ones don’t want to do what you want to do, which is frustrating. Compromise is possible but you must be serious about it. If you fail to deliver on what you promise, it could cause a rift.
Libra
Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 Someone wants to undermine your confidence. Don’t let them. Keep things in perspective today and, above all, don’t let trivial matters, or trivial people, upset you.
Scorpio
Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Let the world know you are vulnerable. For too long you have given the impression that you are as cold as ice. You’re not. You know it’s an act. It’s time other people knew it too.
Sagittarius
Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Someone has deceived you and, of course, you are not in the least bit happy about it. But no matter how hard done by you feel you must not blow your top. If you do, you will only make matters worse.
Capricorn
Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 You are trying too hard to live up to what other people expect of you. It’s what you expect of yourself that matters, nothing more, nothing less. Be yourself, now and always.
Aquarius
Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 You may have made up your mind about a personal matter but you should keep it to yourself for now. The planets indicate that your views will change radically over the next few days. Leave wriggle room.
By Kelly Ann Buchanan
Crossword: Canada Across and Down
Across 1. Concert-goer’s purchase, for short 4. Nicknamed baseball star, _-__ 8. Norway-like feature in Gros Morne National Park, Nfld. 13. ‘Buff’ add-on 14. Friend, in Florence 15. Keenly interested 16. Playboy Mansion’s man, for short 17. First Canadian astronaut in space: 2 wds. 19. Get back together 21. Mid-afternoon, __ _ _ 22. UN workers’ gr. 23. Ms. O’Donnell 24. Comedian/actor from Newmarket, ON: 2 wds. 28. Its capital is Damascus 32. Irish actress Ms. O’Connor 33. Nautical ropes 34. Director Mr. Howard’s 35. Jazz singer, Carmen __ 37. However 39. Attach a patch: 2 wds. 40. Light baseball hit 41. “I’d hate to break up _ __...” 43. Hydrocarbon suffix 44. Mr. Hershiser’s of baseball 46. ‘A.’ of Sir John A. Macdonald 48. Shield in Greek mythol-
ogy 50. In favour 51. Princess Diana’s maiden name 54. Snug 58. Main building on Parliament Hill: 2 wds. 60. Tic-Tac-Toe losing row 61. Mr. Schwarzenegger, to fans
Yesterday’s Crossword
62. Cordiality 63. NFL’s Bengals, on scoreboards 64. Respond 65. Belonging to Axl Rose’s rock gr. 66. Senators, on scoreboards Down 1. Wild goat-like animal
2. __ Wyck (Book of 1941 by Victoria artist Emily Carr) 3. Bean curd product 4. Romantic 5. Laugh: French 6. Line of work [abbr.] 7. PetSmart purchase: 2 wds. 8. “__ Bueller’s Day Off”
(1986) 9. Thornfield Hall governess: 2 wds. 10. Decorative curved arch 11. Harvest 12. Play like Ringo 14. Running-behind person’s query, “__ _ __?” 18. Ohs partners 20. Mr. Cage, to pals 23. Closes again 24. Extra large 25. Acquire, as debt 26. Seine tributary in France 27. “Video Games” singer: Lana Del __ 29. Was using oars 30. Hole-__-__ 31. Actor Ed 36. East Coast ocean 38. Dangerous fly, when doubled 39. “__ & Hutch” (2004) 42. Anticipates 45. Clandestine 46. Car safety feature 47. TLC’s “What __ to Wear” 49. “Gosh.” 51. Red Hot Chili Peppers song: “__ Tissue” 52. Father: French 53. Resort town in Sicily 54. Movie genre, Film __ 55. “The __-Motion” by Little Eva 56. Leave 57. Elvis Presley hit: “__ Be Cruel” 59. Alphabet sequence
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Pisces
Feb. 20 - March 20 No matter how loudly someone says you are on the wrong track you must ignore them and carry on as before. Even if they are right — and they’re not — it doesn’t matter. All roads lead to where you need to go. SALLY BROMPTON
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