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Lock it or lose it Halifax police are warning cyclists about spike in bike thefts

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Musharraf indicted on murder charge

Huskies looking to be top dogs once more

Pakistan’s ex-president pleads not guilty in Bhutto death PAGE 10

Saint Mary’s football team eyeing rebound season

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Stars power film festival

AFF. Movies featuring Cory Monteith, Hugh Jackman announced

TORONTO COP GETS BAIL

Const. James Forcillo leaves a courthouse in Toronto after being released on bail Tuesday as he made his first court appearance. The Toronto police officer has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Sammy Yatim. Story, page 8 GALIT RODAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS

There won’t be a shortage of star power when the red carpet is rolled out for this year’s Atlantic Film Festival. JosephGordon Levitt, Hugh Jackman and the late Cory Monteith are just some of the stars who will appear on screen at the 33rd annual event. “Throughout the festival we’re going to have a ton of special guests from outside the region” said Jason Beaudry, program director. “There’s going to be filmmakers and talent in abundance.” More than 180 films — with 80-plus from Atlantic Canada — and a handful of special events will be presented over eight days from Sept. 12-19. The program was unveiled Tuesday. Monteith’s All the Wrong Reasons, his last film before he died of a drug overdose last month, will be presented at the

Karine Vanasse and Cory Monteith in All The Wrong Reasons. CONTRIBUTED

Atlantic Gala on Sept. 13. Other big titles include racy comedy Don Jon starring Levitt and Scarlett Johansson; Invisible Woman, about Charles Dickens’s extramarital affair, starring Ralph Fiennes; and Arctic Defenders, a documentary on Inuit sovereignty in Canada’s north. Beaudry said some the best films are made on Canadian turf. “The sleeper hits of the festival every year are the Atlantic Shorts Programs because they’re jam-packed with tal-

ent,” he said. Beaudry said there are many improvements this year, including Cinéma En Français S.V.P., expanded daytime screenings throughout the weekend, and a schedule which avoids overlapping certain films. “By staggering showtimes more so than in the past.... If somebody’s going to a film, when they get out, they’ll have three different options,” he said. Tickets can be purchased at atlanticfilm.com. CLARK JANG/FOR METRO

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Python removed from Yarmouth County home

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RCMP gives grand tour of new HQ An officer shows off a room in the new Halifax RCMP headquarters in Burnside during a media tour on Tuesday. EMILY KITAGAWA/FOR METRO

Ribbon-cutting. Hundreds of police and civilian staff now under one roof CLARK JANG

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It’s official: Halifax RCMP employees have a brand-new home. The H Division Headquarters, snuggled next to Spectacle Lake in Burnside, was unveiled to guests and the media on Tuesday. Justice Minister Ross Landry

and Diane Finley, minister of public works and government service, were on hand for the official ribbon-cutting. “I know the world of policing has changed significantly,” Landry said in his opening remarks. “It’s changing on a continual basis. It faces many challenges that often require much more than conducting patrol or responding to a call. “Centralizing critical units like major crimes and investigative units … contributes to safer communities in Nova Scotia,” he said. The centre consolidates 10 offices scattered throughout HRM into one building and can accommodate as many

Finished ahead of schedule

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The cost of the new RCMP H Division Headquarters.

as 512 Mounties and civilian employees. The facility was completed in June — six months ahead of schedule — and boasts a pedigree of sustainable features, including a living green roof and rainwater treatment. It was constructed using locally sourced materials wherever possible. “We have a lot of room,

and the plans that were created for this building allow us to expand within the building right now,” said Alphonse MacNeil, commanding officer of the RCMP in Nova Scotia. “We have no issues of growing out the building any time in the near future.” MacNeil says the efficiency of the building stretches beyond the employees who work there. “Any of our members from detachments around the province that need to come into Halifax to meet with any of our sections only need to come to one building, as opposed to travelling around the HRM,” he said.

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An 18-foot python has been seized from a Yarmouth County home by the Department of Natural Resources. The reticulated python, weighing 150 to 200 pounds, was taken by conservation officers late Monday evening and brought to an approved care centre, a DNR spokesperson said. There are rules against keeping certain animals in the province as pets or to sell, the DNR said. Citizens are advised to go online to make sure they have the proper home and permits to care for them properly. The spokesperson said the keeping of exotic pets is a serious issue because some owners let them loose when they tire of them. The foreign animal could affect biodiversity by breeding with local species or carrying diseases. The Yarmouth incident comes two weeks after two young boys were killed by a python in New Brunswick, but the DNR said the events are not connected. Conservation officers often receive tips from the public about exotic animals, and the timing of this seizure is most likely a coincidence, the spokesperson said. The department is not releasing any more details about where the snake was found until the investigation is complete.

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SIRT. Halifax officer arrested for sex assault An officer with the Halifax Regional Police has been arrested for sexual assault. On Aug. 2, HRP received a message from a woman who claimed a constable had sexually assaulted her. She said the incident happened in early July. On Aug. 6, the province’s Serious Incident Response Team began an investigation, which ended Tuesday with the man’s arrest. “The officer and woman were known to each other, (but) they were not in a relationship,” said SIRT director Ron MacDonald. The officer has been released on a promise to appear

Off the job

• The Halifax Regional Police officer has been suspended following the arrest.

with conditions and is due to appear in Halifax provincial court on Sept. 26. MacDonald said SIRT ensures an appearance of independence in any investigation involving the police in Nova Scotia. “Which is even more important for a serious allegation such as … sexual assault,” MacDonald said. Metro

Highway 104. Woman killed, four hurt in crash A woman is dead and four people were injured following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 104 in Pictou County on Tuesday afternoon. Just after 5 p.m., police say a Ford car with three women inside collided with a Chevrolet pick-up truck with two male occupants in Broadway Point.

A female in the car died at the scene, while another was airlifted by LifeFlight helicopter to hospital in Halifax. The third female, and the two men in the truck, were taken by paramedics to hospital in New Glasgow. The extent of the injuries weren’t known. Metro

Thursday. Halifax set to go country with Vince Gill Country music star Vince Gill will take the stage Thursday at the Halifax Metro Centre, and there is only limited seating remaining. The show starts at 8 p.m. and ticket prices, including taxes and service charges, range from $47.50 to $87.50. The singer-songwriter has sold more than 26 million records and has taken home 20 Grammy Awards. He released his most recent album, Bakersfield, this year. Broken light bulb?

Canada Bread says products sold in Maritimes may contain glass Canada Bread has issued a voluntary recall for some of its bread products sold in the Maritimes because they may contain glass fragments. The company says the

Police see hike in stolen bikes A person locks up their bike in this photo illustration. Emily Kitagawa/For Metro

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Tickets can be purchased at ticketatlantic.com, at the Metro Centre box office and at Ticket Atlantic outlets. metro

glass is believed to have come from a light bulb that shattered during production. There have been no reports of injuries. The company says the products in question are Ben’s Xtra Soft white and whole wheat bread, and Super Club white and whole wheat bread. Both products have a bestbefore date of Aug. 29. The labels on both products indicate they came from plant No. 2503. the canadian press

Halifax police are warning people to be extra careful with their bicycles, after a spike in thefts so far this summer. Const. Shawn Currie of Halifax Regional Police said over 30 bicycles have been

Don’t lock your bike to shoddy stuff

“Your lock is only as good as what you’re attaching to, and the wire you’re using.” Const. Shawn Currie of Halifax Regional Police

reported stolen in the city since June 1. “When I look at 30 over a period of not even two months that’s concerning,” Currie said Tuesday. Currie said when reporting a theft, the most important thing to tell police is the serial number or make and model of their bike, so officers can trace the right

one back to you. He said the best way to hold onto your bike is to keep it secured to a pole, bike rack or solid structure and use a “grid-lock” with a thick cord. “We wouldn’t leave our cars unlocked or leave the keys in our car, but sometimes we leave bikes unsecured,” Currie said.

Currie said other common mistakes he’s seen are bike owners only locking their front wheel, or using a lock to join the bike frame and tire. In that case, a thief could pick up the whole thing. According to police, you should avoid locking your bike on something easily cut, like a chain-link fence, or a parking meter, which a lock and bike can easily be lifted over. When buying a combination lock, Currie said avoid thin cables that can be snipped with a pair of wire cutters.

Truck shooting an attempted murder: RCMP Police are investigating after shots were fired at a truck in Timberlea this weekend, a case the RCMP is calling “very disconcerting” for the community. Tantallon RCMP said around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, they received complaints of fireworks or shots being fired in the area of Brentwood Avenue and St. Margarets Bay Road.

When police arrived, they found bullet casings, but no witnesses or a victim. RCMP Const. Andy Kerr said that police had little information to go on and weren’t sure whether the gun had been fired in the air or at someone else, so they didn’t alert the public. On Sunday, Kerr says the owner of a truck called to say their vehicle had been struck

by gunfire. He said shots were fired at the vehicle after a verbal fight broke out between the driver and another person. After interviewing the caller and examining the truck, Kerr said police labelled the case an attempted murder. Kerr said the event is “very disconcerting” because the shots were fired in a residential area, and any gunplay is

No one injured

• No one was injured, and police don’t believe the shooting was random.

concerning. Police are now conducting interviews, and as of late Tuesday there had been no arrests. Haley Ryan/metro

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Halifax men brave Atlantic to paddle to Sable Island Kayaking for charity. 30-hour voyage raises $25K to send kids with chronic illness to camp Two Halifax kayakers have successfully braved the unforgiving waters of the North Atlantic to paddle more than 175 kilometres from Nova Scotia to Sable Island in what they are describing as a lifechanging experience. “It was nothing short of magical,” said Jan-Sebastian La Pierre, who made the nearly 30-hour voyage from Canso, the nearest point on Nova Scotia’s mainland, to the island with paddling partner Graham Carter. The pair came up with the idea as a way to raise $25,000 to send 25 kids living with chronic mental and physical illness to summer camp. “What we’re trying to do is create a conversation about the need for adventure in people’s lives,” said La Pierre, a 30-year-old recreational ther-

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They sang Stan Rogers and Gordon Lightfoot tunes to keep their spirits high through the night, said Carter, with Rogers’s iconic Northwest Passage quickly becoming the unofficial theme song for the voyage.

apist and kayak enthusiast. “We just want to see them have the same opportunities we had as children.” He described the trip last weekend to Sable Island, a 40-kilometre sliver of land that’s home to wild horses, as the most physical challenge he has ever experienced. “We just kept reminding ourselves why we were doing it and realizing that these kids have to experience pain on a daily basis,” said La Pierre. “They have to deal with it for a lifetime. We could suffer through it for 24 hours.” Carter, a 28-year-old school teacher, said La Pierre approached him three years

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Graham Carter, right, and Jan-Sebastian La Pierre carrying their kayak in Herring Cove on Tuesday. The pair paddled 30 hours to Sable Island off the Nova Scotia coast to raise funds to send children from Chisholm Youth Services to camp at Brigadoon Village in rural Nova Scotia. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

ago with the idea of paddling to Sable Island for charity. “It’s been definitely suggested that we’re a little crazy,” said Carter. “The ocean is definitely a fickle beast out there and the weather can

change pretty quickly.” A support boat accompanied them the entire way in case of an emergency, he added. The duo trained for the past two years, paddling 20 to 40 kilometres a day outside of La

Pierre’s home in Herring Cove. According to Parks Canada and coast guard records — which require any visitors to the island to have a permit — no one has ever made the trip by kayak.

“We’ve trained for so long, so to finally get there and to see it and to be a part of it in that moment was one of the more exceptional parts of my life,” said La Pierre. The Canadian Press

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Officer accused of murder granted bail within hours T.O. streetcar shooting. Bond set at half-million dollars, constable must stay within Ontario jessica smith

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Toronto police Const. James Forcillo was granted bail Tuesday afternoon, without spending a night in jail. Forcillo turned himself in that morning and walked out of Superior Court at about 3 p.m., as his lawyer Peter Brauti and Mike McCormack, president of the Toronto Police Association, led him through the crush of media to a waiting SUV. Brauti told reporters it is unusual for bail to be set so quickly in a murder case but said the case itself is unusual because his client was on-duty. “This is a case where Mr. Forcillo didn’t ask to be at the foot of that streetcar. He was on-duty and had a legal obligation to be there. We’ll have a

trial about whether his decisions were right or wrong,” said Brauti, adding that Forcillo has no criminal record and an excellent police record. Brauti said he’s yet to receive full disclosure from the Crown about the evidence, but what he has received shows the case is different than what’s been in the media. He would not elaborate. Forcillo’s bail hearing was over in about 15 minutes. All of the conditions of his release were not read out loud, but Brauti said they include four sureties who will be responsible for Forcillo until his trial. The bond was $510,000 and he is to remain within Ontario, unless he receives special permission. After a three-week investigation, Forcillo was charged with second-degree murder on Monday in the death of Sammy Yatim, 18. Bystander video and a surveillance camera appear to show Forcillo shooting at Yatim three times, at which point Yatim fell to the floor, followed by a pause and six more shots.

President of the Toronto Police Association Mike McCormack, left, and Const. James Forcillo’s lawyer, Peter Brauti, address the media after Forcillo was released on bail Tuesday. Brauti acknowledged that it is unusual for bail to be set so quickly in a murder case but said the entire case is unusual. Galit Rodan/The Canadian Press

U.S. senator downplays queries on his Canadian citizenship U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, seemingly eyeing a presidential run in 2016, calls his renunciation of Canadian citizenship no big deal, even though doubt about candidates’ birthplaces has flared in recent elections.

Responding to questions Tuesday in Houston, Texas, Cruz said, “This may be the silly season in politics.” Cruz, a Texas Republican and Tea Party favourite, was born in Calgary to a Cuban

father and U.S.-born mother. His mother’s status has allowed him to be a citizen of both the U.S. and Canada, but he said Tuesday, “I believe it makes sense for me to be only an American.” The Associated Press

Autism letter ruled not a hate crime A devastating letter sent to the family of a boy with autism does not meet the threshold for a hate crime, but police are considering other charges. “Despite the hateful language used, the Crown Attorney’s office has advised that the content of the letter falls below the threshold for a hate crime. However, there are other Criminal Code issues that are being considered,” Durham Regional Police said in a statement Tuesday morning. On Friday, Brenda Millson, the grandmother of 13-yearold Maxwell Begley, received a letter in the mail at her Newcastle home. The anonymous writer, who claims to live in the neighbourhood, complained about the noises the boy makes and wrote that the boy was a “hindrance to everyone.”

“Do the right thing and move or euthanize him!!! E i t h e r way, we are ALL b e t t e r off!!!” The Maxwell Begley, 13 letter clos- Torstar News Service es, “Sincerely, one pissed off mother!” Begley often stays overnight at his grandmother’s home. His family has been devastated by the letter and is hopeful charges can be laid. Police say they are still in the early stages of the investigation and are receiving information from the public. Police said a couple of charges might apply but weren’t able to discuss charges at this point. Torstar News Service

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Pakistan ex-prez charged in Bhutto case Unprecedented move. Pervez Musharraf indicted for 2007 assassination of former prime minister In an unprecedented ruling that tests the military’s aura

of inviolability, a court indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf Tuesday on murder charges stemming from the 2007 assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Musharraf, who became a key U.S. ally in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, pleaded not guilty. The decision by the court

in Rawalpindi marked the first time a current or former army chief has been charged with a crime in the country. Pervez Musaharraf M u s h a r r a f , AP file a 70-year-old former commando who took

power in a 1999 coup and stepped down from office in disgrace nearly a decade later, now faces a string of legal problems that in many ways challenge the military’s sacrosanct status in Pakistani society. The retired general was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and facilitation for murder, said prosecutor Chaudhry

Muhammed Azhar. He did not detail the accusations against Musharraf, but prosecutors have alleged he failed to provide enough protection to Bhutto as she led her Pakistan People’s Party in a parliamentary election that might have given her a third term as prime minister. She was killed in a gun and bomb attack at a rally in Rawalpindi, near the

capital, Islamabad. The charges also include clearing the scene of a crime and destroying evidence, Azhar said. Bhutto was respected by many Pakistanis for her condemnation of militancy and support for the poor. But her premiership was marred by accusations of widespread corruption. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Standing strong for Morsi Supporters of Pakistani religious party Jamaat-i-Islami rallied in Karachi to show their support for ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Tuesday. Egypt’s military-backed authorities arrested the supreme leader of the country’s Muslim Brotherhood, dealing a serious blow to the Islamist group at a time when it is struggling to keep up its street protests. the associated press

Tourist killed in 2008

Ex-cop in Thailand sentenced in murder of Canadian A court in Thailand has sentenced a former police officer to 37 1/2 years in prison for the murder of a Calgary man in a northern Thai town more than five years ago. Leo Del Pinto, who was 25, died after being shot in the face and chest in the town of Pai in January 2008. His friend Carly Reisig, of British Columbia, was also shot in the chest but survived.

The off-duty police officer, Sgt. Uthai Dechawiwat, initially pleaded not guilty to murder with intent and attempted murder, but changed his plea to guilty a couple of weeks ago. The former officer was already serving a sentence for beating his pregnant wife to death. Ernie Del Pinto and his wife, Clara, made the trip from Calgary to Thailand to observe the sentencing. “I’m lost without my kid ... it was a senseless death,” said Ernie Del Pinto, reached in Thailand. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Turbans, hijabs, kippas in Parti Québécois’ crosshairs

Oklahoma. Police say boredom led U.S. teens to kill Australian man for fun Prosecutors filed charges against three teenagers Tuesday after police said the boys randomly targeted an Australian baseball player as he jogged and shot him in the back, killing him, to avoid the boredom of an Oklahoma summer day. Christopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne, died Friday along a tree-lined road on Duncan’s well-to-do north side. Two teenagers, 15- and 16-yearolds from the gritty part of the town, were charged with firstdegree murder and ordered held without bond. A third, age 17, was ac-

Motive

Charter of Quebec Values. In a controversial move the PQ are set to introduce legislation restricting religious symbols in several places

Police Chief Dan Ford has said the boys had the simplest of motives. • He said in a variety of interviews that the 17-year-old had told officers that they were bored and killed Lane for “the fun of it.”

Quebec has launched its next debate on minority accommodation — and this one could make the erstwhile soccerturban ban look like a leisurely stroll on the pitch. The government is prepar-

cused of being an accessory after the fact and with driving a vehicle while a weapon was discharged. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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“This ... will send a message to people who don’t feel comfortable here — who feel rejected in Quebec.’’ Charles Taylor, an academic who copresided over Quebec’s commission on the accommodation of minorities

A memorial to Christopher Lane is shown Tuesday along the road where he was shot and killed, in Duncan, Okla. Sue Ogrocki/the associated press

ing to introduce long-awaited legislation that would restrict religious symbols in numerous places. A media report Tuesday with leaked details of the Parti Québécois government’s “Charter of Quebec Values” says the proposed policy will prohibit public employees from donning Sikh, Jewish and Muslim headwear in the workplace. It appears the PQ hopes to cash in at the ballot box by championing a position on secularism that polls have suggested has considerable support in the province. The fiery debate that erupted over a recent ban on wearing turbans on Quebec soccer fields offered a sneak-peek of what could be in the political pipeline for the national assembly’s fall session. The turban ban was lifted by the Quebec Soccer Federation due to external pressure — but not before it made headlines around the world. Inside Quebec, Premier Pauline Marois

Harshaan Ahluwalis dribbles a soccer ball during a soccer match on June 15 in Montreal. Following on the heels of the erstwhile soccer-turban ban Quebec has upped the ante, aiming to ban religious symbols in several places. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Sears downsizing, sends jobs to India Foreign outsourcing. Firm announces layoffs, says some affected IT work will go to supplier with operations in India Sears Canada is cutting 245 mainly head-office jobs with some of the work being outsourced to a firm with operations in India, a senior spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. The biggest group, consisting of 138 jobs, is in Sears’ information technology department, said Vince Power, the national retailer’s vice-president of communications. Nearly 100 affected jobs are in finance and eight are in payroll, he added. The employees received layoff notices on Monday and will be leaving at various times over the next six months, Power said in a telephone interview. Some may find other work within Sears, he said.

RBC outsourcing mess

• The outcry over the RBC outsourcing case led Ottawa to tighten up its temporary foreign worker program, which is supposed to be used only when no qualified Canadian is available. • But Ottawa did nothing to address the growing use of offshore firms to perform high-tech work. Employees of dozens of other firms, es-

The announcement comes as more Canadian companies move their information technology services to outside suppliers, many with operations outside the country. Sears said the move will ensure the company’s information technology services are more efficient and up-to-date, which is better for customers. “These days, to keep up to date with all the system invest-

• But there is nothing illegal about it. Indeed, most Canadian employers argue the move to suppliers in lowercost countries is essential to remaining competitive in a global economy.

ments you need to make, it’s not our core business. We’re leaving it to people we feel can do it more efficiently,” Power said. Some of the work would end up outside the country, he said. IBM has operations in India. “Certainly some of the work is going to be done outside the country. That’s their business model,” Power said. Torstar News Service

Back-to-school will cost you 18% more this year People walk by a Best Buy store on Tuesday in New York City. Canadians will be digging a little deeper into their pockets during this year’s back-to-school shopping season, a new survey suggests. According to the Pollara survey, Canadians intend to shell out an average of $428 per child on items such as school supplies, clothing and technology as their kids head back to class. That’s an increase of 18.2 per cent over last year, when they planned to spend an average of $362 per child. Spencer Platt/Getty images Waterloo, Ont.

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BlackBerry chops 100 more positions BlackBerry says it’s cutting about 100 jobs this week in the Waterloo, Ont., area as part of the second phase of its previously announced transformation plan. There were 250 layoffs last month at the firm’s operations in Waterloo. The Canadian Press

VOICES

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TALKING ABOUT SEX? GASP! Recommended for ages 12 and up. What is it about sex? Uh-oh. Now that I’ve got your attention, class, let’s Exposing teens to the “discovery of attractry to answer that question. tion, seduction, desire and intimacy” is bad We don’t seem to have any trouble with vioenough, but then Science World hired Vancoulence in our society. According to the Canadian ver’s zaniest ad agency, Rethink, which imCouncil on Social Development, the average mediately went out and built some raunchy Canadian child sees 12,000 violent acts on TV ads. each year. Forty of the top-47 video games have One has a man and a woman under the violent themes. Etc. sheets, the man on top and his legs between But sex. Now that’s another story, as Vancouhers, both of which are in casts. The headline is ver’s Science World found out recently. It has a Orgasms Can Kill Pain. program underway called The Science of SexuJUST SAYIN' Another has a picture of a box of tissues surality: rounded by a number of rumpled tissues with “This self-guided exhibition explores the Paul Sullivan the headline Ejaculation Fights Colds. different stages of human sexual development metronews.ca Never mind that this sounds like a sure cure … that lead to first love, to the discovery of atfor the common cold; the outcry was immediate as self-aptraction, seduction, desire and intimacy. By presenting a posipointed guardians of the public morality rose up and protive image of sexuality and exploring what science has revealed nounced themselves offended on behalf of the kids. about the topic, the exhibition hopes to provide visitors with Foremost among the guardians was TransLink, the local bus enough information on the many issues of sexuality to make authority, which ruled that neither would grace the buses of enlightened and responsible decisions.”

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Vancouver. OK, a little raunchy, perhaps. Better hide the kids’ eyes, so they can go back to watching murder on TV or playing video games. And by the time they’re 18, they’ll have seen 40,000 murders, which is no doubt good because that will desensitize them to violence. Meanwhile, back at the sex exhibit, kids will learn nasty stuff like the molecule responsible for love at first sight (oxytocin) or if there are sexually transmitted diseases you can catch from kissing (herpes). Of course, there’s also something called an “erecto-matic,” or erection stimulator. And then there’s the “fantasy booth.” When we were kids, we only went to the stupid dairy on field trips. So would you rather have your kid operate the erecto-matic or blow away another couple zillion bad guys? And if that seems like an unfair question, you may be having a problem with reality. Which brings us back to our original question: What is it about sex? By now, isn’t it obvious? The answer you seek is at Science World in Vancouver. Until Sept. 2. Clickbait

What’s all the fusilli about?

HANNAH ZITNER

hannah.zitner@metronews.ca

Remember the days when Instagram was clawing its way up the app chain vying for the attention of the online cool kids? When copycats were a welcome sign of reaching digital deity status? Those days are gone (thank you, Zuckerberg) and Instagram is now clamping down on apps with names sounding too similar to the beloved photo-sharing site. But before all things ‘insta’ and ‘gram’ go the way of ICQ and AOL, there are a couple of similarly named Instagram apps worth checking out (even just for an instant). so your non-Instagramming friends Statigram: and family won’t miss a single filtered Numbers for your Instagram account so you can learn just how many people like your hotdog, leg-beach selfies.

Instadrop:

A drop box for your Instagram photos

Letters METRO MOSCOW

Colanders latest threat in Russia The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a new threat to the Orthodox Church in Russia. On the weekend, Russian “pastafarians” gathered in Moscow with their religious equipment, namely colanders. As a result, eight people were taken to the police station after

RE: Parliament To Be Prorogued Until October: Prime Minister, published Aug. 19

Q and A

Picture pasta causing a stir Metro spoke with a pastafarian representative, Aleksander Stelkovsky. a “pasta procession” in the centre of Moscow. Orthodox

And how about your conflict with the Russian Orthodox

Church? ROC proved extremely hostile to us. They attacked us and called the police and said that our actions were not authorized by authorities. Now we are preparing a lawsuit. METRO

activists who called the police said that glorification of the

Flying Spaghetti Monster hurt their feelings. METRO

What can people learn from your religion? The most important principle of our religion is common sense.

The Conservative party cannot be allowed to prorogue Parliament. There are many things that must be discussed and scandals that have been committed by that party that must be addressed. Your actions will determine whether you are with Canadians or

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with the scandalous. I demand our opposition leaders stand up against this prorogation and yourself as well. This country was built on democracy. The Senate was NOT democratically elected so the elected members of Parliament must be heard. There is no majority when it comes to scandal against Canadians perpetrated by the Conservative members. Robin Brentnall, Gambo, N.L.

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SCENE

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Movie review

SCENE

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Director. Harald Zwart Stars. Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower

••••• Based on the hugely popular book series, The Mortal Instruments’ builtin young adult audience should shill out big bucks for this adaptation regardless of whatever critics write. Lucky for them, the fantasy tale of a teen who discovers she’s got mysterious powers to be used to protect humans from a hidden underworld may feel derivative but a quick pace and charismatic cast keep the melodrama from becoming too mindnumbing. STEVE GOW/METRO

Gay marriage

Tomlin looking at marriage again Lily Tomlin and her longtime partner, Jane Wagner, may finally tie the knot now that samesex marriage has returned to California, she told the crowd at a pre-Emmys reception in Los Angeles this week. “Jane and I have been together for 42 years. We’re thinking maybe we’ll get married,” Tomlin said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nick Frost, left, Eddie Marsan, Simon Pegg , Paddy Considine, and Martin Freeman star in The World’s End.

CONTRIBUTED

Fall down drunk comedy New movie. The World’s End becomes another empty glass in the long history of binge drinking movies that manage to trip all over themselves IN FOCUS

Richard Crouse scene@metronews.ca

This weekend, as Simon Pegg and Nick Frost embark on an epic pub crawl in The World’s End, they are continuing a Hollywood tradition of raising a glass in the movies. “Tonight, we will be partaking of a liquid,” says Gary King (Pegg), “although we may return with a twinkle in

our eyes, we will be in truth blind… drunk.” Pegg and pals add a sci-fi twist to their story, but at its heart it’s a boozy comedy. W.C. Fields pioneered drinking on film. During his 1930s heyday he made a name for himself with snappy oneliners like, “A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.” He liked a cocktail off screen as well. On set he had an ever-present vacuum flask of mixed martinis he referred to as his “pineapple juice.” While shooting a movie in 1942 a jokester replaced his gin with real pineapple juice. After his first sip Fields shrieked, “Who put pineapple juice in my pineapple juice?” My Favorite Year, the 1982 Peter O’Toole comedy, was a fictional story based on a real life actor with a legendary

Booze relations

“A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.” W.C. Fields Who pioneered drinking on film

taste for alcohol. O’Toole, a hellraiser who once went for a drink in Paris and woke up in Corsica days later, plays a character based on Errol Flynn’s appearance on Sid Caesar’s television program Your Show of Shows. Premiere Magazine ranked the performance No. 56 on its 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time list. More recently Beerfest celebrated ale quaffing in a story based on the von Wolfhausen family tradition of spreading relatives’ ashes on

the official ground of Munich’s Oktoberfest. This down and dirty ode to drinking beer stars the members of Broken Lizard — the comedy troupe that gave us Super Troopers and Club Dread — and only has a 41 per cent rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Still, it is worth a look if only to see someone drink their way out of a vat of lager. In Barfly Mickey Rourke plays Henry Chinaski, an alcoholic writer and alter ego to real life poet and “crown prince of self-abuse” Charles Bukowski. “Anybody can be a non-drunk,” he slurs. “It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance.” He was so convincing in his portrayal that when Bukowski died The New York Post ran a picture of Rourke from Barfly rather than a photo of the poet.

DISH

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METRO DISH OUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES Robert Pattinson

Twilight stars look to add another sequel Twilight fans take heart: There may still be hope for exes Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, as the pair reportedly met up at Stewart’s house earlier this month for “a very intense conversation,” according to Us Weekly. “They will probably pick up where they left off. Rob’s obsessed with her,” a source says. “She’s still heartbroken. She can’t seem to get over him.” The Twilight co-stars officially split in May.

The Word

Do you want to see Demi Lovato’s X-Factors? the word

Dorothy Robinson scene@metronews.ca

This week held a few ups and downs for Demi Lovato. Let’s start with the downs. Radar Online reported that someone is trying to sell nudie shots of The X-Factor host. Although Radar claims the photos of the darkhaired woman are “identical” to Lovato — including the same tattoos — they

aren’t going to purchase them for our horny consumption. “These are Demi. The

collection I have show some nude, including face, some including parts of the body Demi is known for — tattoos, butt, chin. Then, I have pictures of her getting rowdy,” the shadowy figure says to the site. But behind every nudephoto storm there is a guest-starring rainbow! That’s the expression, right? Anyway, it was announced Monday that Lovato will be appearing on the next season of Glee as Rachel Berry’s friend. “I just heard the news! Excited to sing w you girl!” Tweeted Adam Lambert, who joined the show earlier this summer. So in both cases, we can safely assume that we’ll be seeing a lot more of Lovato in the coming months.

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Garrett: Watch out for scumbags, drug dealers and chicken hawks If anyone can offer Justin Bieber advice on the perils of getting so famous so young, it’s former teen idol Leif Garrett. “Do not believe your own publicity,” Garrett suggests when asked by Fox News for advice for the 19-year-old pop star. “Sussing out who your real friends are is full-time work. Every scumbag, every

drug dealer, every chicken hawk wants a piece of you. When you’ve got that sort of power at that young age, and everything at your doorstep, you put out that bad boy image. At that age, testosterone, hormones, all of the money, you see what else you can get away with.” Whether Bieber actually listens is another thing all together.

TRAVEL

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LIFE

A new kind of surf and turf Vancouver Island. Swinging golf clubs and salmon fishing makes for the perfect West Coast holiday

Getting there

• BC Ferries. Has frequent daily crossings between mainland Vancouver and Vancouver Island (with service to Victoria or Nanaimo).

SHARON MCAULEY

• Golf and ﬁshing packages. Vancouver Island offers three different places to combine golf and fishing: Victoria, Cowichan Bay and Campbell River. See Golf Vancouver for booking information.

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When I travel, I’m always on the lookout for authentic local experiences to mix with golf. So I was thrilled to discover that at Vancouver Island’s Campbell River, the self-proclaimed “salmon fishing capital of the world,” you can tee it up and cast your line all in the same day. If you think making a birdie is fun, just wait until you experience the kick of reeling in an 18-pound Chinook, then savouring your fresh catch — and your fish tales — over dinner at the lodge. Teeing it up There’s plenty of great golf on Vancouver Island. The Vancouver Island Golf Trail maps out 11 public play courses over a 250 km route, from Victoria at the southernmost tip to Campbell River further up the island. For our first round, we played Crown Isle Resort in the Comox Valley, about 40 minutes south of Campbell River. This Graham Cooke-designed course winds its way through an 831-acre golf community, presenting plenty of challenges

Even the deer are used to golfers at Vancouver Island’s Crown Isle Resort. PHOTOS: BRIAN KENDALL/CANADIAN GOLF TRAVELLER

— including 11 lakes — along the way. Remember to look up for stunning views of the Beaufort mountains, and keep your eye out for local deer — they’re so accustomed to golfers that they’re not even phased by near-misses on the driving range. Storey Creek is a Les Furber-designed gem in Campbell River. A beautifully treed course, each hole is separated from the others by the surrounding forests of red cedar and Douglas fir. Fair and fun to play, it reminded me of a classic Stanley Thompson track, where risk-reward is the game but there’s always a safe way for a high handicapper to make it to the green. Storey Creek is one of ScoreGolf Magazine’s top 100 courses in Canada, and was awarded four stars by Golf

Digest. Reeling them in Using local outfitters Oak Bay Marine Group, and with our expert guide Trevor Mahalek in charge, we set out the next morning for a four-hour fishing trip from the lovely April Point Resort. With the outboard on our 17-foot Boston Whaler at full throttle, we travelled south for about 20 minutes along the Discovery Passage, just off the coast of Vancouver Island near Campbell River. According to Mahalek, there’s a natural funnel in this area, formed by the tides and the ocean topography, which creates an ideal environment for catching the big ones. Don’t worry if you’re new to fishing — your guide does

all of the prep work and will give you a rundown on the best way to reel it in once you’ve got one on the hook. We were in good hands with Mahalek — a guy who goes fishing in his off hours when he’s not working as a fishing guide. After he rigged our lines with a hoochie (its silver flashing movement under water attracts the salmon by giving the appearance of a herring in distress) and a blue meanie (a colourful lure with J-hooks attached), then secured our rods to the gunwale, we were ready to troll. It wasn’t long before the first strike and frenzy of activity. Reeling it in quickly while keeping the tension on the rod — but not letting it bend too much for fear of the line break-

ing, and occasionally letting the reel handle go to spin the line out and create more slack — took our full focus and energy. Under Mahalek’s encouraging coaching and masterful work with the net, we successfully landed the first of four Chinook salmon, ranging from 10 to 18 pounds. But before we reached our limit, there was one memorable one that got away. Just as I was bringing the fish alongside the boat for Mahalek to net, a wily seal popped out of nowhere and took both the fish and my line. I was stunned at the sudden turn of events, and briefly wrestled with both the salmon and seal at the end of my rod. But it was a losing battle — according to the local term, I’d been “sealed.” I didn’t get the fish, but I did come away with a whopper of a fish tale.

FOOD/work/education

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Save on cost, not flavour with Dorowat Nutri-bites

Theresa Albert DHN, RNCP myfriendinfood.com

I have just about had it up to here with people telling me it costs too much to eat healthy. It simply doesn’t, and I intend to prove it. Made with a number of the spices on the Top 10 ORAC (the highest anti-oxidant foods) list, this version of Dorowart, the sweet Ethiopian stew, is a cancer battling delicious powerhouse. The flavours are surprising, rich and nourishing. If you can find injera, which is an Ethiopian flatbread made with highprotein, ancient teff flour, do so! The traditional method of eating the stew using scoops of this delicious bread is an experience beyond just the taste. Store leftovers in the freezer in single serving sizes and yum out for weeks, cheap!

In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, 1/2 cup of the red wine, paprika, chili pepper flakes, and turmeric, and set aside.

Ingredients

Drink of the Week

Hennessy Sweet Tea Sweet Tea is a staple in the southern U.S. Here is a rich, new take on the classic way to cool down.

Dorowat (Ethiopian Chicken and Chickpeas)

• 28-oz can crushed tomatoes ($1.29) • 3/4 cup dry red wine ($1.75) • 1/4 cup paprika ($0.25) • 1 tbsp red chili pepper flakes ($0.05) • 1 tbsp ground turmeric ($ 0.01) • 1 tbsp grapeseed oil ($0.08) • 1 onion, minced ($0.88) • 2 garlic cloves, minced ($0.10) • 2 tbsp ginger root, grated ($0.10)

• 1.5 oz Hennessy V.S • 0.5 oz Grand Marnier • 2 oz unsweetened cold tea • 1 oz simple syrup • 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice • Garnish with a twist of orange

Add all liquids into a shaker tin with ice and shake until well chilled, strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice and garnish with an orange twist.

• 1 tsp ground nutmeg ($0.24) • 1 tsp ground cloves ($0.35) • 1 tsp ground allspice ($0.75) • 1 tsp cinnamon ($0.13) •1 lb skinless chicken thighs ($4.30) • 28-oz can chickpeas, drained ($1.29) Total: $11.32/$0.94 per person

Recipe and photo courtesy of Hennessy

This recipe serves 12.

2. Warm a large deep pot over medium-high heat. Add oil, and cook onion for about 5 minutes. Add garlic and grated ginger, cook for 1 more minute. Stir in nutmeg, cloves, allspice and cinnamon, then add chicken pieces and brown for 2-4 minutes per side.

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Pour tomato mixture over chicken and bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes.

Stir in remaining 1/4 cup dry red wine and drained chickpeas. Simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes. Theresa Albert is a Food Communications

Eat cheap

For the next four Wednesdays, Metro’s Theresa Albert will be serving up some easy

Specialist and Toronto Private Nutritionist. She is @theresaalbert

to make and healthy recipes that are perfect for families or starving students.

on twitter and found daily at myfriendinfood.com

Sell me the story of your school days Chronicles behind the cap and gown. Your degree isn’t unique, but your educational experience is

Spiel certaintude

• Make sure you believe what you’re saying. It can be hard to display confidence in your skills, but don’t feel like you’re tricking anyone by showing conviction.

Meghan Greaves TalentEgg.ca

Most employers and recruiters have met hundreds or thousands of people in your field, many of whom possess the same credentials as you do. To make an impact, you need to demonstrate how your education is compatible with the role you’re interested in. This reflects your familiarity with the position itself, as well as your position as a qualified candidate. You might not have any work experience under your belt, but your educational history is an often-forgotten and incredibly important selling point at your disposal. Just about any post-secondary program will have helped you develop marketable skills that you might

in just one specific role. Prepare for the job hunt by collecting possible job titles from different employers and practice explaining how your education fits each one. You may want to check out a handy guide to keeping your resumé organized so that you can stay on top of all this information. Understanding why you’re qualified for a job and displaying confidence in your education can often be the deciding factor for new grads when on the job hunt. istock

not even recognize. Your next task is to communicate that to all those employers. Check out these tips to help you sell your education to employers! Give your education the spotlight on your resumé On the first page of your re-

sumé, make sure you have space to list your educational background. To highlight the unique character of your education, include a brief description of what you learned throughout your program, as well as any extra classes you may have taken that complement

the role you’re applying for. List both the hard and soft skills you’ve learned, or are learning, throughout your program. Be prepared to explain them in further detail! Don’t box yourself in by imagining how your degree could contribute to success

to making yourself researchfriendly. If an employer can’t find you online, that doesn’t send a good message — particularly if you’re applying to a job that involves social media responsibilities. Too many new grads only have the program they graduated from on their professional profile. This doesn’t provide enough detail. Listing the courses you took in addition to listing your program helps employers explore your skills, which in turn gives them a clearer understanding of why you’ll be an egg-cellent addition to their team!

Tip: This is a great time to make your minor work for you too! A major and minor combination can make for a versatile background, so make sure you note how those two subjects can (and will) work together!

Tip: A savvy job-seeker uses each major social media outlet as part of a whole strategy of self-presentation. Make sure your Twitter and Facebook reflect some of the skills and passions you’re trying to communicate to an employer.

Make your online presence correspond Getting your online profile to correspond with your resumé is key when it comes

TalentEgg.ca is Canada’s leading job site and online career resource for college and university students and recent graduates.

SPORTS

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Huskies hoping for bounce-back season Camp to open. After losing several players to the CFL, Saint Mary’s head coach confident in winning campaign ANDREW RANKIN

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Perry Marchese has a simple philosophy heading into the Atlantic University Sport football season. “Win every game,” said the Huskies’ second-year coach. “That’s the deal. Will we win them all? Of course not, but we’ll get our butts ready every day, every week and every practice and game.” Heading into the start of training camp on Friday, Marchese is confident his squad will have a bounceback season after a challenging campaign in which the Huskies went down to the Acadia Axemen in the conference final. The very good news is star quarterback Jack Creighton is back for a fifth year after being sidelined with a serious neck injury in the first Quoted

“It’s going to be exciting football with a great group of kids.” Saint Mary’s head coach Perry Marchese

game of last season. The unfortunate news is that four players from last year’s lineup are now in the CFL, including kicker Brett Lauther, the team’s 2012 MVP, who has moved onto the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, as well as fullback Carl Fitzgerald with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Regardless, Marchese says there’s no one position he’s “100 per cent nervous about.” Chase Kodejs, last season’s Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation Football League’s most outstanding kicker, will replace Lauther. Marchese is expecting big things from the Charles P. Allen High School product. “It’s going to be tough to replace Brett, but we have a lot of faith in Chase.” He’s also fortunate to have the services of a long list of returnees, including a secondary unit made up of all-star calibre players including Kayin MarchandWright Fraser Vrenjak and Eric Black. He’ll be looking for a lot from the likes of defensive lineman Rob Jubenville, 2012 Presidents’ Trophy nominee, as well as offensive lineman Guillaume Gagnier and Sean Seafoot. Then there’s running backs Michael Dawes and Melvin Abankwah and receivers Matthew Simich and Damone Blackman. He’s promising fans will be in for a treat. “It will be great entertainment. We’re the best-kept secrets in the city for entertainment.”

Star quarterback Jack Creighton is back for a fifth year with the Saint Mary’s Huskies. METRO FILE

NSSL. Doucet plays the hero in title-clincher for Halifax City Thanks to some late-game heroics, Halifax City Cushman and Wakefield is the men’s Nova Scotia Soccer League Eastlink Premiership champions. Sydney Doucet’s goal in the 93rd minute broke a 1-1 tie as Halifax City edged Halifax Dunbrack Durty Nellys 2-1 in Tuesday night’s final at Mainland North Common

field. Dylan Sheehan scored five minutes into the second to land the other goal for Halifax City, which finished tops in the nine-team league with a 13-1-3 record. Olivier Chenard replied at the 55-minute mark for Halifax Dunbrack, which finished second in the league at 10-2-5. METRO

Senior club nationals

With the win, Halifax City Cushman and Wakefield now advances to senior club nationals, which Mainland North Common is hosting during the Thanksgiving Day weekend.

In the scrum

Ex-Leafs GM joins Rugby Canada board It’s a sport Brian Burke loves and one that he is happy to follow closely whenever he gets the chance. Rugby, not just hockey, has been in Burke’s heart for decades. He’s played it, watched it and will now take part in directing it as well. Rugby Canada announced Tuesday that Burke is joining its board of direc-

tors, giving the former NHL executive a chance to get involved in what he calls his “second favourite sport.” “ I ’ m r e a l l y excited about it,” said Burke. “I think Brian Burke it’s a great GETTY IMAGES FILE sport and I think the future of rugby in Canada is very bright.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

SPORTS

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Canadian Dempster suspended 5 games for plunking A-Rod MLB. B.C. native maintains he was only trying to establish inside part of plate

Alex Rodriguez is hit by a pitch by Ryan Dempster of the Red Sox on Sunday in Boston. MLB announced on Tuesday that Dempster would be suspended five games and fined for the incident. Jared Wickerham/Getty Images World Cup

Fan rush virtual ticket wicket It was a frenzied start to FIFA’s attempt to fill the stands for next year’s World Cup in Brazil as fans applied Tuesday for more than 1 million tickets in just seven hours. But it will be some time before they know whether they’ll be among those lucky enough to get seats to football’s signature event. Applicants won’t hear back until October, after FIFA holds a random selection draw on all the requests. More than 163,000 people requested the tickets online in the first seven hours. The Associated Press NBA

Bennett signs rookie contract The Cavaliers have signed Canadian Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, to his guaranteed rookie contract. Financial terms were not immediately known, but the deal can be worth up to $22.8 million over four years. The ASsociated Press

Boston’s Ryan Dempster accepted his punishment without admitting any misdeed. The Canadian pitcher was suspended for five games and fined by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for intentionally hitting New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez with a pitch last weekend. While Dempster still maintains he was only trying to establish the inside part of the plate and wasn’t trying to hit Rodriguez on purpose, he will not contest the punishment and began serving it Tuesday. “I thought about appeal-

Tour de France. UCI: The Mellow yellow checks out No riders tested positive for doping at the Tour de France, the International Cycling Union said Tuesday, after the complete analysis of 622 samples. The testing program included 113 urine samples tested for EPO and 15 for steroids. In blood analysis, 22 samples were tested for EPO-like substances, 18 for human-growth hormone and two for transfusions. “We don’t have any adverse finding from the Tour de France,” Francesca Rossi, director of the UCI-appointed Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), told reporters at a briefing. The testing included 203 samples taken from riders in training and 419 during the three-week race, which was won by Chris Froome of Britain. A total of 443 blood samples and 179 urine samples were taken in a program jointly run by the UCI and the French anti-doping agency. Most blood samples were used for comparisons to the biological passport system, which charts the blood levels of riders. The total samples of 622 rose from 566 for the 2012 Tour at which only Frank Schleck of Luxembourg tested positive for

ing,” the Gibsons, B.C., native said before the Red Sox played the Giants. “At the end of the day, I think Major League Baseball does a really good job of thinking through punishm e n t s b e f o r e they hand Ryan Dempster them out. Getty IMages file I thought it was in the best interest of us as a team to go ahead and serve my suspension.” MLB senior vice-president Joe Garagiola Jr. announced the penalty two days after Dempster hit A-Rod in the second inning at Fenway Park. Yankees manager Joe Girardi was fined for arguing with

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST DIVISION

Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto

W 74 72 67 66 57

L 53 52 58 59 69

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a banned diuretic. Tour riders who used banned drugs or doping methods could yet be identified because stored samples can be analyzed again in the future using new or improved testing techniques. Rossi said the foundation could re-test when the World Anti-Doping Agency certifies threshold limits for substances such as AICAR and growth hormones. She also expects steroid profiling to be added to the biological passport, which the UCI has managed since 2008. The Associated Press

Yankees feed Jays double dose of heartbreak Jayson Nix hit a tying homer in the seventh inning and a game-ending single in the ninth, lifting the Yankees to their second comeback victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, 3-2 in the nightcap for a doubleheader sweep. In the opener, Robinson Cano and Chris Stewart each hit three-run homers to rally the Yankees from four runs down to beat the Blue Jays 8-4. Toronto lost slugger Jose Bautista to a sore hip early in the game. Cano had an RBI single in the second game and had six hits and five RBIs for New York in the two games. Ichiro Suzuki singled and doubled in the first game, leaving him one shy of 4,000 combined hits during his careers in Japan and the major leagues. Suzuki pinch ran in the second game and scored the winning run. the associated press

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Tuesday’s results N.Y. Yankees 8 Toronto 4 (gm. 1) N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 2 (gm. 2) Minnesota 6 Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 7 Baltimore 4 Texas 4 Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 2 Kansas City 0 Cleveland at L.A. Angels Seattle at Oakland Monday’s results N.Y. Mets 6 Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 3 Texas 16 Houston 5 Cleveland 5 L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 2 Seattle 1 Wednesday’s games — All times Eastern Seattle (Iwakuma 11-6) at Oakland (Griffin 10-8), 3:35 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 13-9) at L.A. Angels (Williams 5-9), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-6) at Baltimore (Chen 6-6), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 9-11) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 8-9), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Correia 8-9) at Detroit (Sanchez 11-7), 7:08 p.m. Houston (Bedard 3-9) at Texas (Holland 9-6), 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 12-9), 8:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s results Colorado 5 Philadelphia 3 Arizona 5 Cincinnati 2 N.Y. Mets 5 Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 6 Miami 4 Washington 4 Chicago Cubs 2 Milwaukee 6 St. Louis 3 Pittsburgh at San Diego Boston at San Francisco Monday’s results Philadelphia 5 Colorado 4 Cincinnati 5 Arizona 3 Miami 6 L.A. Dodgers 2 Chicago Cubs 11 Washington 1 St. Louis 8 Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 3 San Diego 1 Boston 7 San Francisco 0 Wednesday’s games — All times Eastern Atlanta (Wood 2-2) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-6), 1:10 p.m. St. Louis (Westbrook 7-8) at Milwaukee (Gorzelanny 3-4), 2:10 p.m. Boston (Doubront 8-6) at San Francisco (Zito 4-8), 3:45 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 6-5) at San Diego (Kennedy 4-9), 6:40 p.m. Colorado (Nicasio 7-6) at Philadelphia (Lee 10-6), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 2-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 10-5), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-3) at Miami (Eovaldi 2-3), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Ohlendorf 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 1-0), 8:05 p.m.

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Wednesday’s games — All Times Eastern FC Dallas at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Portland, 11 p.m. Friday’s game Kansas City at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Houston at Montreal, 7 p.m. Toronto FC at D.C. United, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 9 p.m. San Jose at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Columbus at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.

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Thursday’s game — All Times Eastern B.C. at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s game Calgary at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Winnipeg at Hamilton, 1 p.m. Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

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It just seems right that a test drive of the Nissan Versa Note takes place in Montreal. In a region where fuel costs are among the highest in Canada — somewhere around $1.50 a litre — small cars abound, especially those that are specifically shaped to maximize passenger and cargo space. The original Versa wagon — a 2007-model-year arrival — excelled on both counts. Paradoxically, its replacement, called the Versa Note, expands on that theme by actually shrinking in size, although not where it really counts. Nissan’s designers shortened the Versa hatchback’s overall length by more than 15 centimetres (it’s 33 centimetres shorter than the sedan) without reducing the distance between the front and rear wheels or the interior volume, which has actually increased slightly. Curtailing the size contributes to a new car that’s about 135 kilograms lighter than the retired 1,230-kilogram wagon. That’s significant for any vehicle, but for the Note, it’s nothing short of massive. The remaining bodywork is similarly appealing and makes the original Versa seem frumpy by comparison. Both Versa sedan and Note wagon lead their respective entry-level categories in cabin space, but the Note’s clev-

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er interior packaging gives it a clear advantage. There’s also the expected and expansive degree of head and legroom, along with comfortable, supportive seats that put some other entry-point cars to shame. Like the sedan, the dash and door panels are on the plasticky side, but the fit and finish is generally solid and doesn’t seem out of place on a vehicle that emphasizes a low base price. Fuel-economy wise, the Note rates at 6.1 l/100 km in the city and 4.8 on the highway. Those numbers best the previous wagon’s 7.2/5.7 numbers by a wide margin. The CVT is unique in that it also has an auxiliary fixedratio gear. It functions at lower speeds to keep the engine from annoyingly buzzing at high revs while the car speeds up, which is a major CVT drawback. Helping out fuel economy are grille shutters that automatically close at highway speeds and reduce aerody-

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It’s the Cadillac of Cadillacs, so to speak. The new Elmiraj concept unveiled by Cadillac last weekend in Carmel, Calif., during Pebble Beach Car Week, points to a new styling direction for the luxury brand, and represents another step on its path to add a new, range-topping level to its model line-up hierarchy. The Cadillac renaissance of late can be attributed to the introduction of great, distinctive cars, but also to aligning them more directly to the German luxury competition. For example, the CTS matches up perfectly against BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E Class, and Audi A6, while the new ATS matches up perfectly against the 3 Series, C Class and A4. So Cadillac is working on a new, big rear-drive platform that will spawn a contender to compete directly with the 7 Series, S Class and A8. That big new Cadillac sedan is expected to show up sometime in 2015. The Elmiraj styling concept is a vision of a possible twodoor coupe based on that new platform. Elmiraj looks pretty cool to me. I’ve always loved “luxury coupes,” even though I rarely shop for them due to bank account fluctuations beyond my control. There’s just something about a big car with just two doors — the heroic proportions, the assumption of a mega-engine, the statement it makes about the driver, something like, “yes, there could be luxurious seats in the back for other people, but I’m not into that as much as I am into style and performance… you people will just have to make do.” Style tends to be exaggerated on concept cars, but Elmiraj exudes a clean and

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mature vibe, which Cadillac said would be incorporated into future Cadillacs. Under the hood is a 4.5-litre twin-turbocharged V8 delivering an estimated 500 hp. The V8 is noteworthy for sharing the same technology as the new twinturbo V6 in the upcoming 420-hp CTS Vsport edition. Elmiraj also sports the new Vsport badge, which denotes it as an above-average Cadillac sporting machine, but one slot less hot than VSeries editions. The interior is noteworthy for its use of “fallen” Brazilian Rosewood veneer. Brazilian Rosewood is hard to come by but is highly prized as a fingerboard and tone wood for guitars. Elmiraj also debuts a new Cadillac crest. As the car, Cadillac says the new crest is just a concept, but an update is coming for sure. This version has no “wreath” around the shield, and the shield is flattened and streamlined. A production-ready El-

miraj and a sedan counterpart will be great news for Cadillac and for Cadillac aficionados, but some aficionados want Cadillac to go even higher, to build an epic “flagship” model that could stand toe-to-toe with any flagship on the planet, like it used to do back in the day, which means back in the 1920s and 1930s. I say let’s just get a big grand coupe built something close to what this Elmiraj looks like right now. That would be epic enough. Cadillac Elmiraj Concept • Four-passenger, two-door “Grand” coupe • More than 17-feet long • Functional engine hood vents • 500-hp 4.5-litre Twin Turbo V8 powering rear wheels • 22-inch aluminum wheels with ceramic brakes • Rear bucket seats that slide and recline • 10-inch info screen behind transparent analog speedo and tach

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Safety technology will never be a glamorous topic. Not like design, or performance. Heck, even fuel economy sounds sexier than safety. But the dollars and lives saved because of advancements in safety are every bit as valuable and maybe even more so. High-tech sensors and cameras help today’s modern vehicles “think” and react on their own, giving them the ability to anticipate, evaluate and avoid danger in a fraction of the time it would take a driver. This is a significant shift in safety thinking: preventing crashes in addition to surviving them. The focus had been on the number of airbags, rollover protection and safer structures, all good after a crash. Today, using technology to prevent crashes is the next part of the safety equation. Tired-driver warnings With each model year, our vehicles are learning more about us, which is perhaps the most important development when it comes to improving driver safety. Saab, Volvo, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz are a few of the top manufacturers that are using “changes” in a driver’s “personality” to recognize a potential problem. For example, Saab’s onboard computer system uses facial recognition technology to analyze and determine if a driver is becoming drowsy behind the wheel. If the computer detects heavy eyes, changes in blinking patterns, or sagging facial muscles, an audible alert is sounded to revive the driver. Other systems track and log usual operating styles and alert a driver when those typical patterns are broken. Underneath airbags Front, knee, side, seatbelt — airbags are found everywhere inside our cabins today. But Mercedes-Benz is developing an airbag system outside the vehicle as an active piece to its safety system. Designed to help stop a vehicle in a much shorter distance than standard brak-

ing alone, this airbag deploys from underneath and is lined with a carbon-fibre friction coating that acts as an anchor. According to Mercedes, it will double the vehicle’s stopping power. Positioned between the front axle and the body of the vehicle, the underbody airbag deploys only during emergency braking when sensors determine a collision is inevitable. Upon release, the airbag also lifts the car by about three inches to minimize the “dipping” action during heavy braking and improve the chance of bumper-tobumper contact. Subaru EyeSight One of the more complete safety systems on the roadway today is found in the 2013 Subaru Outback. EyeSight uses a camera mounted on each side of the rear-view mirror to monitor traffic and independently react and/alert to sensitive driving conditions, standing ready to proactively initiate an action if the driver does not. EyeSight manages an adaptive cruise control system that maintains a safe distance behind the vehicle you’re following. The system also features a lane-departure or lane-swaying warning alert, a pre-collision alert and a pre-collision emergency braking and throttle management system if the driver doesn’t respond to the audible warnings. Basically, the EyeSight system serves as a second set of eyes that will take control of the vehicle if the driver does not respond promptly enough to a dangerous situation. Centre airbags While airbags provide a cushion between the occupants and the vehicle itself, there’s little or nothing to protect occupants from each other — and a thick sweater doesn’t count. In a side impact, for example, the typical shoulder belt allows the occupant on the far side of the impact to slide right out and catapult headlong into the person beside him or her. General Motors’ new centre airbag prevents this person-to-person contact, cutting instances of head injuries and even death. It’s a fantastic creation that should see widespread use in the coming years. GPS vehicle tracking Pricey, but perfect for parents of young drivers and fleet-re-

In a side impact, the far-side occupant can slip right out of the shoulder belt and plow headfirst into the person beside him or her. GM’s new centre airbag keeps them separated and cushioned. all images wheelbase

ogy uses thermal imaging to detect trouble on or near the roadway well before the driver would ever see it. Sophisticated front-mounted cameras scan the roadway and produce real-time images on a dash-mounted monitor. This infrared view of the roadway provides a perspective the human eye and headlamps cannot. This valuable technology not only detects shredded tires, a runaway construction pylon, road kill or other debris, but more importantly, a wayward animal or pedestrian. Pothole detection Because you can’t be looking everywhere at once, Subaru’s EyeSight system does it for you to keep you out of harm’s way, and to protect pedestrians and objects around you.

liant businesses. These tracking devices retail for about $550 US and carry a subscription fee of about $40 a month. The GPS-based unit is compact — it can easily be moved and used in multiple rides — and updates the location of the sensor every 10 seconds. Internet access is all that is needed for live tracking. System preferences can be preset to send cellphone alerts if a speed threshold is exceeded or if a vehicle enters or exits a certain area or address. The GPS tracker also serves as the perfect watchdog in the event of vehicle theft. Night vision This military-style technol-

A GM employee does another demonstration with the life-saving centre airbag

Available in the new Lincoln MKZ and MKS models, this nifty technology automatically adjusts suspension resistance to help maintain a smooth ride and guard against wheel/rim damage, punctured tires and alignment repairs. And to keep you in control of the vehicle. This system continually monitors road surfaces and sets the damping level to hard or soft based on driving conditions. The car’s computer recognizes when a front wheel dips for a pothole, and it needs only two milliseconds to adjust the suspension to keep the wheel from sinking all the way into the crater. The system not only helps to absorb some of the force off of the front wheels but also readies the rear wheels for impact as well.

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