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Wanted by the Halifax police: your feedback Public input. Force asks for the cold, hard truth about first draft of new 10-year strategic plan KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE

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The threat of rain from a brush with Hurricane Bertha held off for most of Wednesday, allowing Halifax residents to take advantage of the warm, sunny weather with outdoor activities such as a noon-time stroll through a fully bloomed Public Gardens. JEFF HARPER/METRO

Words such as “inefficient” and “reactive” stand out in a collage created from public feedback as part of Halifax Regional Police’s draft strategic plan. There are also terms such as “effective” and “professional” included in the word cloud of citizen opinion on how well officers are doing across the city. Whether negative or positive, police say they’re listening. “We made a conscious deci-

sion that we wanted to be very, very open,” Halifax Regional Police Deputy Chief Bill Moore said Wednesday of the collaborative process to develop the 10-year strategic plan, entitled the REenvision Project. “We went out to community groups, we had public surveys, we had internal surveys.” Police want even more public feedback now that the first draft of the plan is complete, and are accepting comments until Aug. 22 “Does this adequately describe the police force that you would like to see in the future?” said Moore, adding changes have already been made, including to HRP mission and value statements. According to the draft plan, HRP’s mission is now “working together to make our communities safe,” the vision is “to be trusted members of our

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communities,” and there are five different value statements. “We really want to take those and weave them through everything we do,” Moore said. “From the people we hire, the way we recruit, the way we expect our co-workers to interact, the way we interact with the community.” A public presentation available online states that in going to the public, HRP “may have gotten more than we bargained for,” and “it’s clear that there are unmet expectations.” “Sometimes that’s hard to hear,” Moore said. “(But) we need to hear it.”

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Autopsy set for puppy killed during break-in The body of a puppy found inside a Kingston, N.S., home after a breakin has been sent to Truro for an autopsy. Rosebud, a fivemonth-old boxer/pitbull cross, was found dead by her owners, Matthew Dominey and Shane Corbin, when they returned home on Aug. 4. RCMP are investigating. Dominey said the back door of the house had been pried open. The couple found Rosebud dead in the bathtub, both hind legs broken and a juice jug over her head. “They didn’t take anything,” he said. “But they killed the dog.” Dominey said anyone who would kill a defenceless animal poses a risk to the community. “I can’t think of any reason why anyone would do something like this,” he said. “It’s obviously someone with a very disgusting mind to do such a brutal thing.” Dominey said police told him about the autopsy on Wednesday and he’s hoping it will help with the investigation. The pair adopted Rosebud in March, and the SPCA has offered to cremate her at no charge. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Kingston RCMP. KINGS COUNTY NEWS

Beef up open-air burn bylaws: Halifax Fire Firefighters clean up after a forest fire in this 2010 photo. METRO FILE

Tougher rules than province. Propose ban on overnight fires, more than one pile HALEY RYAN

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A few months after the province changed its rules on openair burning, Halifax Fire is proposing the municipality go a step further. New amendments to HRM’s Open Air Burning Bylaw passed first reading in regional council Tuesday. “Our bylaw in some cases

Face injury. Man charged after waterfront assault A 20-year-old man is facing charges after police say an argument on the Halifax waterfront early Wednesday morning turned physical. Around 2:30 a.m., Halifax Regional Police responded to the boardwalk near the Waterfront Warehouse. They found a 54-year-old man with serious, but non-life-threatening, facial injuries. Four men were arrested

nearby, including a 20-yearold Sackville man, who faces charges of aggravated assault and breach of recognizance. Const. Pierre Bourdages said the suspect and victim don’t know each other. Of the other three men, Bourdages said one was released, one was charged with possession of cocaine and the third was charged with breach of probation. METRO

would actually contradict the (provincial) regulations,” said Deputy Fire Chief Roy Hollett in an interview Wednesday. Hollett said residents should check the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) web page to see whether it’s a “burning,” “restricted,” or “no burning” day. Although the province allows residents to have a fire on the burning or restricted days until 8 a.m., Hollett said they’re proposing HRM fires stop at midnight. “We’ve proposed to eliminate all overnight burning,” Hollett said, adding that while DNR allows for two piles of brush, Halifax Fire is suggesting only one per property. Elmsdale

Four arrested in kidnapping Four people have been arrested over a kidnapping in Elmsdale. According to a release, RCMP responded to a report of a kidnapping at gunpoint on Aug. 5 and found the victim on a private road in Lantz. Officers arrested four suspects nearby. The release states that no firearms were actually involved. METRO

On burning days, the proposed bylaw states HRM residents could burn brush or use a chiminea between 2 p.m. and midnight, on restricted days from 7 p.m. to midnight and not at all on “no burn” days. Those in permit-required zones must still print a permit from the DNR website for burning at any time, Hollett said, but residents on properties with no HRM services just need to follow the bylaw. Hollett said burning dry, seasoned wood is ideal because it keeps smoke to a minimum. Brush burning in winter is always best as long as you’re 75 feet from the property line, Hollett said.

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“The risk of a fire getting ... into the forest decreases quite a bit when there’s a layer of snow on the ground.”

SIRT. Woman breaks arm while being cuffed by cop Halifax police have referred an incident to the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) after a woman broke her arm when an officer was trying to handcuff her. At 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, police arrested a 51-year-old woman in Dartmouth under the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act out of concern for her safety. She was then taken to hospital.

While the woman was waiting, an officer tried to cuff her for safety reasons, according to a release. In the process, the woman sustained a broken arm. She is facing a charge of assaulting a police officer. Because the incident resulted in injuries following police involvement, SIRT has launched an investigation. METRO

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Halifax ‘just the perfect place to be making films’ Preview. Atlantic Film Festival expands Atlantic Canadian program, highlights local talent haley ryan

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From films that made their way to Cannes to flicks with familiar Halifax faces and places, the newly expanded local program for the 34th Atlantic Film Festival (AFF) promises to be “unabashedly” Atlantic Canadian. Wayne Carter, executive director of the festival, said the Atlantic Canadian program includes 87 films running from Sept. 11 to 18, including the “NextGen Shorts” for young directors and an Atlantic broadcast program. “(The films) speak about the region that we live in, and … if you’re from here, it’s like seeing friends,” Carter said. The Atlantic Gala on Sept. 12 features prominent Halifax director Andrea Dorfman’s Heartbeat, starring local musician and poet Tanya Davis in her first movie.

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“I really love that there’s a blending of all the artistic communities in Halifax. It’s small enough,” Dorfman said after the launch. “There’s so much musical talent ... For me it’s just the perfect place to be making films.” Haligonians will recognize many real locations in the city used for the film, Dorfman said, as well as a fake music store in the old Turnstile Pottery location on Agricola Street. Davis’s character always wanted to be a musician, but has settled for a mediocre job and relationship. The film follows her journey as she “moves toward her heartbeat” and begins taking chances, Dorfman said. “It’s way different to be standing in front of a camera performing than on a stage,” said Davis. “I felt very vulnerable, but I was also really excited.” A new Atlantic Spotlight program features Relative Happiness, which appeared at Cannes and is based on

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Filmmaker Andrea Dorfman, left, and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis pose for a photo after the Atlantic Film Festival’s announcement of its Atlantic Canadian film selections on Wednesday. Davis stars in Dorfman’s new film Heartbeat, which will premiere at the festival. jeff harper/metro

the Lesley Crewe novel set in small-town N.S., alongside a National Film Board of Canada documentary on Newfoundland politician Danny Williams.

Dillon Garland, 21, said he is “very excited” to make his festival debut this year with Last Day of Fall in the NextGen category. “I got cold chills because

this is something I’ve really wanted for a long time,” said the Centre for Arts and Technology grad. Garland said he’s gotten lots of advice and support

from the Halifax film community since he moved here from Barrington Passage four years ago. “I can’t find that anywhere else.”

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Regulator closes Deep Panuke gas platform to investigate fire Electrical accident. No one hurt, no impact on environment: Encana representative The regulator for the offshore oil and gas industry is investigating an electrical fire on the Deep Panuke natural gas platform off Nova Scotia. The platform has stopped operations while Encana and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board investigate the cause of the fire. Board spokeswoman Kathleen Funke said a transformer caught fire on Sunday evening and a sprinkler system extinguished the blaze. The platform, operated by Dutch-based SBM Offshore, had an electrical fire on Jan. 19, 2013, that also resulted in a temporary shutdown of its operations.

Safety reports obtained by The Canadian Press said a failure to conduct annual maintenance inspections was the underlying reason behind that fire. The report was one of three that flagged electrical problems aboard Deep Panuke, located about 250 kilometres southeast of Halifax. Funke said it is too early to determine whether there is any link between the fires and the earlier electrical problems. A spokesman for Encana also said it is too early to comment on whether the latest fire was similar to the previous incident. Jay Averill said no one was injured in the fire, there was no risk to the environment and no personnel were evacuated. He said in an email the company is doing its own investigation to determine the exact cause of the fire. “All system checks have

been completed and, in consultation with the regulator, we have begun the start-up process to get Deep Panuke back on line,” he wrote. Funke said the decision on when to bring the platform back into operation rests with Encana. “However, the board can supersede this decision if our chief safety officer and CEO do not believe it is safe to operate. The board does not permit unsafe operations at any time,” she added in an email. SBM couldn’t be reached for comment. The Canadian Press

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The investigation into a 2013 fire on the platform concluded that annual testing of electrical equipment using heat-detection equipment was needed.

The Deep Panuke production platform is pictured in a handout photo. An electrical fire on the Deep Panuke natural gas platform off Nova Scotia is being investigated by the regulator for the offshore oil and gas industry. Encana Corporation/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Wolfville to welcome TV personality Anthony Bourdain

Michael Howell, Executive Director of Devour!The Food Film Fest, announces special guest Anthony Bourdain during a press conference at the Bicycle Thief on Wednesday. Jeff Harper/Metro Atlantic Canada

Economic performance soft in 2014: Report A think-tank is describing Atlantic Canada’s economic performance so far this year as weak. The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council says a variety of economic conditions, including labour markets, retail spending and new home construction,

have fared poorly across the region in 2014. Employment dropped in three of Atlantic Canada’s four provinces, while national levels grew by 0.7 per cent. New Brunswick experienced higher unemployment in 2014, but still fell below 2008 levels. The council says this is partly the result of changes to federal programs, including the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. The Canadian Press

Wolfville will become “the epicentre of epicurean delight” when Devour! The Food Film Fest arrives this fall, mayor Jeff Cantwell said Wednesday. “When you bring in worldclass chefs and world-class critics to a town of 4,300 people, it has an energy that we don’t see all the time in Nova Scotia,” he said while schmoozing at the Bicycle Thief’s outdoor champagne bar. The Halifax waterfront restaurant, where sparkling Annapolis watershed

Fall tests found elevated fecal coliform counts A water quality report conducted last fall on three rivers in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley found elevated fecal coliform counts. The Environment Department says 59 of the 65 samples taken last September and October had

wine was flowing and oysters were ready for serving, set an idyllic scene for Wednesday’s revelation that culinary television personality Anthony Bourdain will host Devour’s opening night Nov. 12. Bourdain is best-known for CNN’s Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, The Travel Channel’s Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and The Layover and his role as judge on ABC’s The Taste. He’s also the New York Times bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential: Advenelevated fecal coliform bacteria counts. The tests were carried out in the Annapolis, Cornwallis and Habitant rivers. Environment Minister Randy Delorey says the report is a reminder coliform bacteria and other potential contaminants may be found in surface water open to elements such as weather, animal activity and malfunctioning septic systems. the Canadian Press

tures in the Culinary Underbelly. Bourdain picked his favourite foodie film for opening night — 1994’s Eat Drink Man Woman — and will both interact with the audience and hold a book-signing. The kick-off gala, dubbed Order of Good Cheer, will also feature 12 of Nova Scotia’s top chefs. “Our 2014 program includes more workshops, more chef collaborations, … (and) the beginning of a newfound relationship with the Berlin Film Festival,” Howell Lock up

Cops report rise in thefts from cars in Dartmouth A recent increase in thefts from vehicles has police in Halifax reminding people to lock their cars and take their valuables with them if the car is being left unattended. A release from Halifax Regional Police states that there have been 21

said, with chefs visiting from Montreal, New Orleans and many more. The full food and film lineup will be announced as part of the Toronto International Film Festival this September, he said. Kristen Lipscombe/metro Order of Good Cheer

The kick-off gala, dubbed Order of Good Cheer, will feature 12 of Nova Scotia’s top chefs.

reports in the last three weeks of thefts from vehicles in the Dartmouth North, Woodland and Creighton Park areas. The release states that in most cases, the vehicles were left unlocked with high-value objects left in plain sight. Police say if it’s necessary to leave valuable items such as GPS units or cellphone chargers in the vehicle, lock them in the trunk before getting to your destination. Metro

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Russia, Canada trade sanctions over Ukraine Canada on Wednesday slapped fresh sanctions and travel bans on several top Russian and Ukrainian politicians and groups with ties to President Vladimir Putin’s government, as Moscow responded with titfor-tat sanctions of its own. Canada’s latest round of sanctions, imposed in co-ordination with the U.S. and EU, came amid reports Russia is massing troops along the Ukrainian border. But Putin quickly retaliated, ordering state authorities to come up with a list of agricultural products from countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia. Those imports will be banned or restricted for up to a year. the canadian press Italy

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Messages of peace and hope in Hiroshima A girl prepares to release paper lanterns bearing messages of peace in the Motoyasu River near the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan, on Wednesday, as Japan marked the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. Kyodo News/the associated press

Experimental Ebola drug sparks debate ‘The responsible thing to do.’ Ethical questions raised amid deadly outbreak about who gets access to treatment The use of an experimental drug to treat two Americans diagnosed with Ebola is raising ethical questions about who gets first access to unproven new therapies for the deadly disease. But some health experts fear debate over extremely limited doses will distract from tried-andtrue measures to curb the growing outbreak — like more rapidly identifying and isolating the sick.

Kenya. Offered goats and cows for Chelsea Clinton, man killed by elephant The editor of a weekly magazine says a Kenyan man who once offered former U.S. president Bill Clinton 40 goats and 20 cows for his daughter Chelsea’s hand in marriage has been killed by an elephant. Dorothy Jebet, editor of the Kass Weekly, said Wednesday journalist Godwin Chepkurgor

was attacked by an elephant herd while on assignment for the magazine. Jebet says Chepkurgor was attacked from behind Friday by a bull elephant that scooped him up with its trunk and threw him in the air. Jebet said the journalist landed on sticks that pierced his stomach. the associated press

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Scientists stress there’s no way to tell if the experimental drug ZMapp really made a difference for two U.S. aid workers infected in Liberia. • “We don’t even know if it works,” stressed Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health.

The World Health Organization is convening a meeting of medical ethicists next week to examine what it calls “the responsible thing to do” about whatever supplies eventually may become available of a medicine that’s never been tested on people.

At least one country involved in the outbreak is interested in the drug: Nigeria’s health minister said at a news conference that he had asked U.S. officials about access. There is no proven treatment or vaccine for Ebola, which so far has infected more than 1,700 and killed more than 930 in West Africa. “How many times have we found magic therapies that ended up ... doing more harm than good?” cautioned University of Minnesota professor Michael Osterholm, who advises the U.S. government on infectious disease threats. “Vaccine and drug treatment right now is not going to be the main way you bring this to a stop,” he added. the associated press

South Africa. Brother of Oscar Pistorius still in ICU after highway collision Oscar Pistorius’s older brother Carl remains in an intensive care unit in a South African hospital and is on a ventilator after a serious car crash last week. The Pistorius family said in a statement Wednesday that Carl Pistorius was still in ICU in Pretoria “due to the serious nature of the injuries sustained

in the accident,” and said he was “showing signs of improvement.” Carl reportedly sustained multiple fractures Friday in a head-on highway collision. Oscar Pistorius is due to return to a Pretoria courthouse on Thursday for the start of final arguments in his murder trial. the associated press

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A Rome university professor is facing a disciplinary hearing after inviting the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner to lecture students on emergency procedures. The dean of Rome’s Sapienza University, Luigi Frati, voiced anger Wednesday at the professor’s decision to invite Capt. Francesco Schettino to give a seminar, calling it an “inappropriate and unworthy choice.” The university dismissed the “pathetic excuses” offered by the professor, Vincenzo Mastronardi, when confronted by the dean. Schettino is being tried for manslaughter and other crimes over the 2012 capsize of the Concordia, in which 32 people died.

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Effective immediately. Redford resigns legislature seat amid expense scandal Alberta Premier Dave Hancock on Wednesday called for the RCMP to review the use of provincial aircraft after his predecessor Alison Redford resigned her legislature seat amid a festering controversy over her travel expenses. The developments came ahead of the release of the provincial auditor general’s report into government travel slated for Thursday. In a letter published in the Edmonton Journal and Calgary Herald, Redford acknowledged she made mistakes before quitting as premier last spring to sit as a Progressive Conservative backbencher. She said her resignation as a member of the legislature for Calgary-Elbow was effective immediately. Hancock said there is material in the auditor’s review that police should look at. “The report identifies a number of areas of concern and I think in the interests of completeness and in the interests of the public being fully satisfied that everything appropriate has been done, that it’s appropriate to ask that certain issues in the report be investigated,” he said Wednesday in a teleconference with reporters. Lac-Megantic

Railroad responsible for derailment sells locomotives Dozens of locomotives once owned by the railroad responsible for last year’s deadly derailment in LacMegantic, Quebec have been sold at an auction in Maine. Auctioneer Adam Jokisch says 35 locomotives sold for anywhere from $10,000 to $15,000 to upward of $200,000 apiece on Tuesday. All but seven locomotives were owned by Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railways, which went bankrupt after a runaway oil train exploded and killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic. The auction will help pay back $3.7 million owed to Maine-based Bangor Savings Bank, which had liens on 24 of the locomotives. The auction was supposed to include the lead locomotive from the train that derailed, but it was pulled at the request of Quebec Provincial Police. The Canadian press

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Hancock refused to discuss details of the auditor’s findings before they are released publicly. But last week, the CBC reported that a leaked copy found that passenger lists on government aircraft were altered so that then-premier Redford could fly alone. An RCMP spokeswoman said she was limited in what she could say about Hancock’s request. Sgt. Josee Valiquette said she didn’t believe the Mounties had received an official request yet. She was unable to say what the procedure would be under these particular circumstances. The Canadian Press

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Council calls for police probe into mayor’s expenses Police should investigate audit findings that the mayor of Brampton, Ont. broke expense rules more than 250 times, including on business-class flights, premium hotel rooms and cellphone IQ quizzes, the city’s council voted Wednesday. The audit of several years worth of expenses by Mayor Susan Fennell turned up $172,608 in spending that breached city policies, although $41,027 was repaid. A further $156,000 of expenses may have broken rules but auditors did not have enough information to make a determination. In a statement, Fennell said she accepts much, but not all, of what the audit found. Among the Deloitte audit findings, Fennell racked up $220 in cellphone charges for 44 IQ quizzes. Fennell told the auditors the wireless company would credit her account for the quizzes. The Canadian Press

Proud moms show off bikini bods at Edmonton rally Tanis Jex-Blake, centre, takes part in a bikini protest along with supporters in Edmonton on Wednesday. Jex-Blake, a mother of five, says she was tanning on a beach west of the city last week when three young people pointed at her stomach and called her — quote — “nasty” and “gross.” She later posted an open letter on Facebook describing how she’s proud of her scars, not ashamed. Her story has made news in several countries and other women have been proudly sending her photos of their imperfect bellies. Some moms at the Edmonton rally say they decided to show up wearing twopiece swimsuits for the first time in years. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

Mine company ordered to plug tailings pond breach Likely, B.C. President of Imperial Metals apologized to residents living downstream from the toxic flood The company that owns a gold and copper mine in British Columbia where a tailings pond burst, sending a massive wave of water and potentially toxic silt into surrounding waterways, has been formally ordered to clean up the site and prevent more material from escaping. But government officials acknowledged Wednesday they still didn’t know exactly what spilled out or how the breach will affect surrounding lakes and rivers, where salmon spawn, locals get their drinking water and tourism operators take their customers. A tailings pond dam at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley Mine, about 600 kilometres northeast of Vancouver, failed on Monday, sending 10 million cubic metres of water and 4.5 million cubic metres of toxic silt into Polley Lake and

An aerial view shows debris going into Quesnel Lake, caused by a tailings pond breach near Likely, B.C. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

Quesnel Lake. The breach prompted a ban on drinking or bathing in water from surrounding lakes and river, which was still in effect on Wednesday, though the company has insisted the water in the tailings pond was safe and the solids that spilled out were “relatively benign.” The province’s Environment Ministry announced Wednesday that the company received a “pollution abatement order” a day earlier.

Under the terms of the order, Mount Polley Mine was required immediately take steps to prevent more waste from escaping into nearby creeks and lakes. The company was also ordered to conduct an environmental assessment and submit a clean-up action plan Wednesday, with a more detailed plan due by the end of next week. The province also ordered the company to provide a detailed assessment of the materials released, including the

anticipated impact on the environment. Company president Brian Kynoch apologized to local residents on Tuesday and appeared to downplay the potential dangers posed by the spill, saying the water released from the pond was very close to drinking water. He added that mercury had never been detected in the water and arsenic levels were low. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said the presence of heavy metals in the tailings could be devastating to salmon. Quesnel Lake and the Quesnel River are considered important breeding grounds for wild salmon, as are other nearby creeks. “It couldn’t happen at a worse time: the Quesnel salmon run is expected to pass by in a couple of weeks,” said Phillip. Craig Orr, the executive director of the group Watershed Watch, said debris could impede salmon migration, while heavy metals such as copper could either kill the salmon or harm the fish. The Canadian Press

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More than 50 dead following Baghdad car-bomb attacks Iraq. Densely populated areas targeted by militant Iraqi Sunnis for car-bomb attacks A string of car bombs tore through busy shopping streets in several Baghdad neighbourhoods Wednesday night killing 51 people as the army announced one of its airstrikes killed 60 militants in the northern city of Mosul. Baghdad police said the first attack cme from a pair of car bombs that exploded in the densely populated Shiite neighbourhood of Sadr City, killing 31 people, followed by another bomb in the nearby area of Ur that claimed an-

other 11 lives. Nine more people were killed in the southeast of the city shortly afterward by two more car bombs. Baghdad has been on edge since Sunni militants led by the radical Islamic State group conquered large swaths of the country’s north, including the second largest city of Mosul. While the fighters have stopped short of advancing on the capital there has been a steady campaign of car bombs in the city. The attack came as staterun television announced a rare government victory with an airstrike in Mosul that killed some 60 suspected militants. The report, which cited unnamed intelligence officials, could not be independ-

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“The prison was partly damaged in the airstrike.” Anonymous Mosul resident

ently verified, nor did it say whether any civilians had been killed in the strike on the northern city of Mosul. It did state that the strike freed about 300 people held by the Islamic State group at a downtown Mosul prison. A Mosul resident, speaking anonymously, told The Associated Press that families of the prisoners rushed to the site to help their relatives after the airstrike. “The prison was partly damaged in the airstrike,” he said. The Associated Press

Leaders burned in effigy Activists of Socialist Unity Center of India, SUCI, burn effigies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama during a protest against Israel’s attack on Gaza in Kolkata, India, Wednesday. Bikas Das/The Associated press

An Afghan soldier who killed a U.S. two-star general and wounded 15 other people hid in a bathroom with a NATO assault rifle, then opened fire when a group of officers from international forces passed by, an Afghan military official said Wednesday. As U.S. and Afghan officials investigated the attack Tuesday that killed, Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, the highest-ranked U.S. officer to be slain in combat since 1970 in the Vietnam War, authorities reported two other so-called “insider” attacks the same day. In the deadliest of the attacks, an Afghan police officer killed seven of his colleagues at a checkpoint, then stole their weapons and fled in a police car late Tuesday in the Uruzgan provincial capital of Tirin Kot, provincial spokesman Doost Mohammad Nayab said. The Associated press

New 24-hour ceasefire sparks Syrian withdrawal Some Syrian militant fighters have begun withdrawing from the Lebanese town they captured five days earlier as a new 24-hour ceasefire was announced Wednesday, according to the Lebanese army and the Muslims clerics that mediated the deal. It is not clear how many militants are actually leaving the border town of Arsal and previous ceasefires have collapsed, but three more captured Lebanese soldiers

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were released as part of the agreement, according to the mediators in a televised press conference. “Most of the gunmen have begun moving toward Syria,” said Sheik Hussam al-Ghali, a member of the Association of Muslim Scholars group that brokered the cease-fire in what has been the most serious spillover to date from Syria’s civil war. Lebanon’s former prime minister, meanwhile, an-

nounced that Saudi Arabia is granting another $1 billion in aid to the Lebanese army to support its fight against militants. Fighting in Arsal first began on Saturday when militants from Syria overran the town, which lies near the border with Syria. They seized Lebanese army positions and captured a number of soldiers and policemen, demanding the release of a prominent Syrian rebel commander, Imad

Ahmad Jomaa, who was arrested in Lebanon earlier that day. At least 17 Lebanese soldiers have been killed and another 22 — as well as an unknown number of policemen — have been declared missing. An initial truce was brokered on Tuesday, but clashes broke out again after the militants opened fire on Lebanese troops the next morning. A senior Lebanese secur2014 BETWEEN:

ity official confirmed that the three soldiers were released and said the army has agreed to a new ceasefire to allow for more negotiations and for aid to enter Arsal. He confirmed some militants were starting to withdraw but the army was insisting all of them leave. “Our conditions are clear. We will accept nothing else than a complete withdrawal and the release of all soldiers and policemen,” he said.

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Lebanese deaths have slowly increased during the country’s conflict with Syria, necessitating the need for aid packages. • 17 soldiers are dead and another 22 missing • Saudi Arabia has pledged $1 billion in aid to Lebanon

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Are we headed towards a robotpocalypse? The future’s not ours to see Que sera, sera. Experts are split on the impact robots will have on labour by 2025, new study finds In 2025, self-driving cars could be the norm, people could have more leisure time and goods could become cheaper. Or, there could be chronic unemployment and an even wider income gap, human interaction could become a luxury and the wealthy could live in walled cities with robots serving as labour. Or, very little could change. A new survey released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center found that, when asked about the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs, nearly 1,900 experts and other respondents were divided over what to expect 11 years from now. Forty-eight per cent said robots would kill more jobs than they create, and 52 per cent said technology will create more jobs than it destroys. Respondents also varied widely when asked to elaborate on their expectations of jobs in the next decade. Some said that self-driving cars would be common, elim-

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Aaron Smith, senior researcher with the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project, said the results were unusually divided. • In similar Pew surveys about the Internet over the past 12 years, there tended to be general consensus among the respondents, which included research scientists and a range of other thought leaders.

inating taxi cab and long-haul truck drivers. Some said that we should expect the wealthy to live in seclusion, using robot labour. Others were more conservative, cautioning that technology never moves quite as fast as people expect and humans aren’t so easily replaceable. “We consistently underestimate the intelligence and complexity of human beings,” said Jonathan Grudin, principal researcher at Microsoft, who recalls that 40 years ago, people said that advances in computer-coding language were going to kill programming jobs. Even as technology removed jobs such as secretaries and operators, it created brand new jobs, including

Web marketing, Grudin said. And, as Grudin and other survey responders noted, 11 years isn’t much time for significant changes to take place, anyway. Respondents in this latest survey generally agreed that the education system is failing to teach the skills that students need for the future. Smith said some survey respondents criticized the system for promoting memorization of tasks rather than creativity, teaching a “Henry Ford education for a Mark Zuckerberg economy.” Also, the senior researcher with the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project said some respondents concluded that jobs that don’t require specifically human traits — such as empathy, ingenuity or resourcefulness — are at risk for being replaced, including low-skill blue-collar jobs or even white-collar jobs that have people performing repetitive tasks. Respondents offered a few theories about what might happen if artificial intelligence takes over some positions and fewer jobs are created. Judith Donath, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, foresees chronic mass unemployment with the wealthy living in “walled cities, with robots providing the labour.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Defamation? Hong Kong tycoon sues Google over his autocomplete results A court has ruled that a Hong Kong tycoon can sue Google over its autocomplete results suggesting he has links to organized crime. In a judgment released Wednesday, the court dismissed the Internet search giant’s objections to tycoon Albert Yeung’s defamation lawsuit. Yeung filed the lawsuit after Google refused to remove autocomplete suggestions such as “triad,” as organized crime gangs are known in China, which popped up with searches on his name. The billionaire’s business empire includes an entertainment company that produces films and manages some of the city’s biggest celebrities. He argues that his reputation has been “gravely injured” and wants compensation. Judge Marlene Ng disagreed with Google’s lawyers, who argued Yeung was better off asking the websites where the defamatory inforProfits down 19%

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mation was published to remove it. She said Google had the ability to censor material. “Any risk of misinformation can spread easily as users forage in the web. The art is to find the comfortable equilibrium in between,” she said in her ruling. It’s the latest legal headache for Google over its search service. Earlier this year, the European Union’s

top court ruled that Google and other search engines must respond to requests seeking removal of links to personal information. Last year, a German court ruled in favour of a nutritional supplements company and its owner who sued Google to remove autocomplete terms suggesting links to Scientology and fraud. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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THE SEVEN LEVELS OF CONCERT HELL to grant them free admission to a concert but My fellow concert-goers can go to hell. (sniff) they don’t like the band. Punishment: Each summer I can’t focus on the divine Thrust onto hell’s Jumbotron, where they are bands, the heavenly music, or the right path to the dumped for all eternity on the “Breakup pulled-pork taco stand. Why? Because every conCam.” cert is overrun with lost souls — empty husks who Second Circle: The Spillers. Sin: Congorge themselves on watery beer, lurch toward cert-goers who slosh beer down your back bethe stage as if nobody else is there, and yell cause they bought a tray of five Coors Light for “Whooo!!!” for what are clearly roadies tuning the their buddies in the front row. Punishment: guitars. They can order beer, but the plastic cup has a Over the years boorish concert-goers have left big crack in it. me disillusioned and angry. Hell is other patrons. Third Circle: The Requesters. Sin: Fortunately, I had a revelation recently that HE SAYS Yelling out a request repeatedly despite the brought me back from the Dark Side of the Moon. band’s setlist taped to the stage and a multiTravelling over The Wall and through the Court of John Mazerolle million-dollar light show timed to the the Crimson King, I came upon the Divine Conmetronews.ca music. Punishment: Satan grabs their wrist cert Hall, seven levels of concert-themed revenge and whacks their hand against their forehead, saying, “Why that let me know there is Justice For All, eventually. Behold the don’t you stop hitting yourself?” for all eternity. Seven Levels of Concert Hell. (I know there are normally nine Fourth Circle: The Talkers. Sin: People who natter like rings, but cutbacks.) they’re providing descriptive video (“HERE THEY COME ... I First Circle: The Sulkers. Sin: People who sit scowling, LOVE THIS SONG! ... SO AWESOME!”). Punishment: Eternity as a arms folded, because their boyfriend or girlfriend had the nerve

mime, in mime hell. Fifth Circle: The Phoners. Sin: People who endlessly use their phone, especially for selfies while facing away from the stage. Punishment: Drowning in the shallow pool of their own ego while Satan’s minions take Instagram photos tagged #YODO. Sixth Circle: The Blockers. Sin: People who arrive late, then push to the front. Punishment: Access granted to the Pearly Gates, but St. Peter never takes their name because there’s a guy in front with a girl on his shoulders. Seventh Circle: The Singers. Sin: Concert-goers who treat your left ear like it’s their shower head, belting out tunes so loud it’s like you paid $130 for a pro-am duet. Punishment: Britney Spears without autotune. That’s hell in a nutshell. And I haven’t even warned you about the most ironic punishment of all: The least remorseful helldwellers must listen to the song Ironic on repeat while a person next to them says, “You know what’s really ironic is that Ironic isn’t even ironic!” May God (as portrayed by Alanis Morissette in Dogma) have mercy on your souls.

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An Atlantic puffin checks its surrounding before ducking under the rocks to feed its chicks in a burrow on Eastern Egg Rock, a small island off the coast of Maine. ROBERT F. BUKATY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tourist help sought by scientists to stop puffin starvation The Audubon Society wants bird lovers to contribute research to a project scientists hope will help save Atlantic puffins from starvation in Maine. There are about 1,000 pairs of the seabirds, known for their multi-coloured beaks, in Maine. Audubon says the number of puffin fledging chicks has declined in the last two years, possibly because their key food source, herring and hake, are leaving for cooler waters. While

the puffin enjoys healthy numbers in places such as Newfoundland, they are on the threatened species list in Maine. Audubon maintains three webcams on Seal Island in outer Penobscot Bay, one of the key puffin habitats in Maine. Volunteers are being asked to watch the birds and answer questions about their feeding behaviour. “(We’re) hoping to advance the science as well as entertain the viewers,” said Steve Kress of the Audubon Society. “There are some questions that can be better answered through lots of people viewing.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The two-faced bird

We still don’t know what he says, but he apparently eats GoPros REBECCA WILLIAMS

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Most people only know a puffin when it is “dressed up” for the breeding season and would hardly recognize it in its plainer winter garb. • After the breeding season, the adult puffin sheds the colourful plates on its bill and around the eyes and moults the feathers on its head and neck. • The look is so diﬀerent that people once thought it was a diﬀerent species. EDJAMESON.COM

From bike helmets to surfboards, the pint-sized GoPro lens seems like the go-to device for those wishing to capture their athletic and adventurous feats. Another feat? Managing to chow down on the camera. One little and adorable fox was brave enough to take on the challenge. And luckily for our viewing pleasure, the camera was still rolling. Not so lucky was the destroyed camera, or its owner. (TheOpenLens/YouTube)

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Popping her way onto TV Pop Culture. Katie Kelly created her own show on Community One to focus on things she likes, from fashion to fitness BACKSTAGE PASS

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There’s something to be said for those who go for what they want. Take Katie Kelly. Young and driven, Kelly is a promotions guru who has worked for a variety of local radio and television stations. In her current post with C100 and 101.3 The Bounce, she added producing to her resumé when she branched out into Bell Aliant’s on-demand world. Properly prepped and experienced, it was time to press play on her own dream. On June 9, the first episode of her show Pop Culture appeared on the Community One channel. “I proposed the show, so now I can take it in any direction I like, which is really cool,” says Kelly. Pop Culture is a locally produced show that highlights everything from fashion to fitness, and the direction lies solely in the hands of Kelly. “I produce it and I can find and pick whomever I want as guests,” she says. “What’s really cool is that it’s completely local, which is my favourite part.” The show highlights guests ranging from famed local chefs such as Richard Ju-

As creator, host and producer, Katie Kelly gets to choose all the guests for her weekly Pop Culture show on Community One.

lien, known to most as Chef Live, to powerhouse entrepreneurs such as Fred Connors. Once Kelly selects a guest to spotlight, she researches how best to make their talents fit within the show’s parameters — and because it’s Quoted

“What’s really cool is that it’s local, which is my favourite part.” Katie Kelly, host of Pop Culture, a Bell Aliant show available on demand

available on demand, viewers can watch it at their leisure. “So this isn’t a show you have to wait for every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. You can watch it whenever you want,” she explains. “For those who have Bell Aliant, FibreOP, there is a button on their remote that takes you to the on-demand area.” Whether you take it all in during a Pop Culture marathon or want to stay up-todate with each new episode, which drops every Monday, Kelly’s show will be available whenever you choose.

Not a Bell Aliant customer? There is website access at bellaliant.net. As season one comes to a close — the last episode comes out Aug. 25 — Kelly has already rolled her success into a regular segment on CTV Atlantic Morning. With planning for Season 2 already underway, Kelly is excited about where she can take us next. “It would be really cool if it was picked up by regular cable. Any opportunities that this show brings me — that’s the goal.”

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Travolta’s private pilot planning tell-all book about ‘our little secret’ he would ask me to join him in his suite and we’d spend the nights together. It was our little secret.” Gotterba says his relationship with Travolta ended shortly before the star married Kelly Preston. “I feel sorry for Kelly. She’s a lovely person,” he adds. “She’s in the middle of all this, and it’s unfair to her.”

A man who claims to have been John Travolta’s boyfriend for six years is planning to publish a tell-all book about the relationship, the National Enquirer reports. “I’d stay in the room next to John in luxury hotels,” Greg Gotterba, who acted as Travolta’s private pilot at the time, tells the tabloid. “Sometimes he’d bring women along as beards. But

No fourth Affleck on way, despite Garner’s comfy garb To be fair, Jennifer Garner has spent a good chunk of the last decade pregnant, so it’s understandable that some tabloids would jump to the conclusion that she and Ben Affleck are expecting once again just because she was spotted wearing a number of loose-fitting tops recently. Despite claims by OK! and Star that there’s a fourth Affleck child on the way, Garner’s rep insists that the reports are “not true.”

Charlie’s off the market according to his new ring

I shoulda stuck with movies, O.C. star Barton tells U.K. paper NED EHRBAR

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Guys, Mischa Barton has some regrets — namely taking the role of Marissa Cooper on The O.C. In hindsight, Barton tells Metro U.K. that she should “probably not” have accepted the role that made her famous. “It’s something I came so close to not doing. I had a really great thing with film. People say, be grateful for what you have, but it certainly (was) not the kind

Jennifer Garner

of thing I was expecting it to be. I’ve kind of seen it all,” she says, punctuating her statement, I can only imagine, with a weary sigh and a drag on a Gitanes. Two more surprising details emerge from this interview: One, Barton is only 28 years old, and two, she has a tenuous grasp of the English language. Case in point: “I just like to be seen for the hard-working actress that I am and not for a bunch of extraneous press. In general people are super-quick to harbour on the gossipy stuff and less on how much work goes into it,” she says. “It’s really tough when you are young in this business. People blow a lot of hot air at you.” I … OK.

Charlie Sheen’s fiancée, porn star Brett Rossi, clearly likes it, because she put a ring on it. Sources tell Radar Online that Sheen has been wearing a “man’s engagement ring” at Rossi’s insistence. I’m usually against male jewelry on principle, but I can understand her concern. This is Charlie Sheen, after all. “Brett forced Charlie to wear the wedding band,

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He wore an itsy bitsy teenie weenie pair of swim trunks Significant shrinkage. Today’s poolside loungers are leaving little to the imagination RICHARD PECKETT

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This season, the most fashionable men come in small swimwear packages. Chaps

are dropping the baggy board shorts in favour of a snugger look. British high street retailer Debenhams has seen sales of tiny trunks rise by 242 per cent — a stark contrast to the women’s trend for conservative ’50s-style costumes. Clearly men are taking a tip from the ‘bare it all’ male celebrities like David Beckham, David Gandy, and even Giorgio Armani. If you can’t beat ’em, throw on a pair of micro swim shorts.

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Gold medal gear. Phelps teams with Aqua Sphere to develop suit line Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps, on a comeback that could take him to the Rio Games, is teaming up with a swimwear manufacturer to develop a line of competitive swimming equipment. Phelps launched his comeback in April after a 20-month retirement as a free agent after his deal with longtime sponsor Speedo expired at the end of 2013. On Tuesday, as Phelps

geared up for Wednesday’s start of the US championships in Irvine, Calif., Aqua Sphere announced that the 18-time Olympic gold medalist and coach Bob Bowman had signed on help develop new products for the company. It currently designs and manufactures swimwear, wetsuits, eyewear, and accessories for triathletes, openwater, and fitness swimmers. AFP

Every season inspires hair trends, from highlights to lowlights and even Splashlights, but why not take it one step further and go for a more eye-catching hair change-up? Go to Trends Report to check out how singer Kesha has been transforming her tresses all summer for some inspiration.

Michael Phelps said he expects to be competing in a new suit made by Aqua Sphere next January. AFP / CHRISTOPHE SIMON

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Five affordable food appliances

Whether you’re living in a dorm or off-campus this year, being able to prepare your own meals is the most cost-effective — and often the tastiest — way to eat. Here’s a lineup of affordable and stylish countertop appliances to get you through the school year. Bon appetit!

Toaster oven

Microwave oven

Heat bagels, toast or even leftover pizza for breakfast. Hamilton Beach’s 2-in-1 Toastation not only warms toast but has oven capacity, $50, HamiltonBeach.ca

Warm up the leftovers you stole from home last Sunday. Danby 0.7 Cubic Feet Microwave Oven, $60, HomeDepot.ca

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Coffee maker Single-brew coffee is easy, less messy and the coffee capsules come in a large variety of flavours. Keurig B130 DeskPro Brewing System, $113, Amazon.ca.

Tea kettle

Popcorn popper

With the price of this baby, you can now afford to upgrade your tea blends. Traditions 1 Litre Automatic Electric Kettle, $12, CanadianTire.ca

Popcorn is cheap but the entertainment and snack factor is priceless. West Bend’s Air Crazy Corn Popper, $19, BedBathAndBeyond.ca

That’s one smart cooker. Crock-Pot with app lets you tap in to cook dinner Belkin and JCS have teamed up on a smartphone compatible slow cooker which can be controlled remotely from the next room, or even the next city. Slow cooking is definitely moving back into fashion and, over the holiday season, slow cookers were one of the biggest kitchen appliance gifts, particularly in the U.S. However, while they’re a great way of making the perfect stew or making the most of beans and pulses, using one can be time-consuming. The Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker uses Belkin’s WeMo smart power system and smart-

phone app so that you won’t need to hang around in the kitchen as it comes up to pressure, as its status can be monitored and adjusted simply through swipes and taps on a handset. As well as the smart features, the Crock-Pot also has traditional manual controls for taking a more hands-on approach and for those moments when the Wi-Fi router needs resetting and the home network goes down. The Crock-Pot Smart Slow Cooker enabled with WeMo is available to order now in the U.S. for $129.99. AFP

Remote cookery

• As well as being able to fire up the cooker and shut it down again, the app offers control over the temperature and cooking time — great if you’re held up on the way home. • You can pause the cooker and adjust it so that the cooking time coincides with turning the key in the front door. • The temperature controls also include a warm setting so that something that was cooked the night before can be gently and automatically reheated from a distance.

The first smartphonecontrolled slow cooker. BUSINESS WIRE

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Give poultry a hint of the exotic with lychee and lemon grass Lychee and Lemon Grass Chicken. Using fruit to accent dishes offers a whole new taste

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Prep time ABOUT 30 minutes

A berry delicious way to cook

In a Dutch oven, reduce by half the wine, sake, and lemon juice with the lemongrass. Add the lychee juice. Cool.

Heat the butter in a heavy-bottom frying pan. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Brown them on both sides. Put them into the lychee stock. Marinate for 4 hours on the counter, so all the flavours are infused into the chicken. Add the chicken bouillon to the marinade. Heat to 194 F (90 C), cooking slowly

Jean-Paul Grappe, a chef and professor since 1956, is a respected francophone culinary professional and one of the most well-known chefs in Quebec. In his book Berries and Other Small Fruit, Grappe presents 60 recipes that will allow you to savour berries in ways you never imagined. Among the dishes served up in this release are Blueberry Potato Crepes, Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Gentian Wine Sauce, Duck Montmorency with Cherry Syrup, Plum and Mascarpone Shortcakes, and more. Metro

Ingredients • 6 tbsp (90 ml) white wine • 6 tbsp (90 ml) sake • Juice of 2 lemons • 4 stalks of lemongrass • 1 cup (250 ml) lychee juice, fresh or unsweetened canned • 1/2 cup (120 g) unsalted butter • Salt and freshly ground pepper • 4 skinless chicken breasts • 2 chicken bouillon cubes, homemade or store-bought • 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) heavy cream (35%) • 2 1/2 oz (75 g) veloutine or potato starch • 32 lychees, fresh or unsweetened canned • 2 oz (40 g) chives, minced

This recipe serves four to six.

Pierre Beauchemin

for 20 to 25 minutes. The internal temperature should be 167 F (75 C). Remove the chicken breasts at this point and keep them warm. Reduce the cooking liquid

by half.

In a saucepan, reduce the cream by half. Mix cold water with the thickener (veloutine or potato starch)

in a separate bowl. Add it, a little at a time, to the cooking liquid to achieve the desired consistency (wait for the boil because the starch only begins to work at this

Side. Vegetable Trio with Ground Cherries Keep the cherries at room temperature for an hour before cooking so they burst open.

1. Heat 1 oz (30 g) of butter in a sauté pan. Add the parsnips, 1/4 cup (60 ml) of water, salt and pepper, and cover. Simmer gently so the parsnips steam. They are perfectly done when they are fork tender.

This recipe makes four servings. Pierre Beauchemin

In a heavy-bottom frying pan, heat the rest of the butter. Add the parsnips, green beans, carrots, and ground cherries. On medium heat, sauté them for 4 to 5 minutes, until the

cherries burst open and release their juice. Add the chives.

Sprinkle the chervil leaves on top and serve hot. Ingredients • 1/3 cup (80 g) unsalted butter • 12 oz (360 g) parsnips, in rounds • Salt and freshly ground pepper • 8 oz (240 g) green beans • 12 oz (360 g) carrots • 7 oz (200 g) ground cherries • 3 oz (20 g) chives, minced • 1/3 oz (10 g) chervil leaves

point). Add the reduced cream and adjust the seasoning. Add the lychees and chicken breasts and heat for a few minutes to 194 F (90 C). For your phone

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Doing it rigHt witH toAD’s Whether it’s a part for a new motorcycle or an antique, such as an exhaust, handlebars, brakes, oil, tires, fabrication, chances are Toad’s Cycle Works has what you are looking for. “We carry a lot of hard to find, rare trinkets,” says owner Collin Roach. In fact, the shop has new parts for motorcycles as far back as the 1940s. If Toad’s doesn’t have the part you are looking for, it can most likely get it within two days at a competitive price. Toad’s was established in 1979 by Roach’s father, Raymond, who was nicknamed Toad and for whom the company is named.

The staff have various levels of expertise and, as a result, customers receive great advice and friendly service. Besides parts, Toad’s won awards for custom builds under Raymond Roach. Toad’s Cycle Works is keeping that legacy alive with its own custom builds. Toad’s is located just 10 minutes away from Mic Mac Mall at 30 Lake Major Rd., which is just off Main Street in Dartmouth. During the summer, it is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Winter hours will be announced at a later date.

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The Park Avenue Community Oven is a volunteer-run, public, wood-fired oven that can be rented out for bookings. “There is a strong local food movement here,” says Tim Rissesco, the executive director of the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission. “You see it at the Alderney Landing Farmers’ Market and the Commun-

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Community supports one another A cash mob might sound like a bad thing, but it’s actually a great thing. Brenda Dooks knows this first-hand. She is the owner of Uptown Girl Fashion Boutique and Primitive Goose Handcrafts on Portland Street in downtown Dartmouth. Uptown Girl sells a mixture of new and used highend ladies wear, primitive furniture and craftwear. This past winter was tough on sales for the business, but a staffer at Weldon McInnis, a law firm on Ochterloney Street, sensed this and organized for a cash mob to hit the business on a chosen day in late May. A cash mob is a take on the idea of a flash mob, except when people gather for a cash mob, they will spend their money at a designated business. In this case, people committed to spending $20 or more at Uptown Girl. On the chosen day, the cash mobbers gathered at the town clock where a bagpiper piped them up to Uptown Girl. In total, about 50 people participated. “After the winter we had, a little cash influx really, really helped a whole lot,” Dooks says. Not only did it provide sales, but it also drummed up publicity for the business and provided an emotional lift for Dooks.

A cash mob descended upon Uptown Girl, a retailer on Portland Street, in late May. She says the cash mob says a lot about the close-knit downtown Dartmouth business community. “We pull together to support each other,” Dooks says, noting that people in the business community often spread the word to customers about other businesses in the area.

This doesn’t surprise Tim Rissesco, the executive director of the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission. “The businesses are all pulling on the same rope and are welcoming of people and new ideas,” he says. “It is exciting to watch the downtown bloom.”

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Milos Raonic wasn’t perfect, but he’s still alive at the Rogers Cup. Raonic had his serve going amid some erratic shots as he came back to beat American Jack Sock 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) on centre court Wednesday night at Rexall Centre in Toronto. Fans chanted “Let’s go Milos” between points, cheering on the last Canadian left in the field. On Tuesday, all four men who played singles were eliminated, and Eugenie Bouchard bowed out in Montreal. Raonic stunted that momentum with 15 aces that helped offset some struggles in returning Sock’s serve. He won 79 per cent of his firstserve points but was broken in the first set to cause the 23-year-old to fall behind. In the second set, Raonic held serve before blowing out Sock in the tiebreak. He needed another tiebreak to finish off the match. “There was a little sliver of an opening and I managed to squeeze my way through,” Raonic said immediately after the match. Raonic will face Julien Benneteau of France on Thursday night. Benneteau upset 11th-seeded Ernests Gulbis Wednesday after beat-

Milos Raonic serves against Jack Sock on Wednesday night at Rexall Centre in Toronto. DARREN CALABRESE/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Maria Sharapova blows kisses after her 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over No. 27 Garbine Muguruza of Venezuela on Wednesday in Montreal. STREETER LECKA/GETTY IMAGES

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Open in Washington by beating Vasek Pospisil in the first-ever all-Canadian final a month after becoming the first Canadian to reach the Wimbledon semifinals. Raonic came into the week tied for his career high in the rankings at No. 6. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Jays back in the AL East chase

Toronto Blue Jays’ right fielder Jose Bautista gets a big fist bump from third base coach Luis Rivera on his two-run home run in the second inning on Wednesday night at Rogers Centre. ANDREW FRANCIS WALLACE/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Right-hander Drew Hutchison allowed only a home run and a walk over 8-2/3 innings and Jose Bautista homered and drove in three runs on Wednesday as the Toronto Blue Jays snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Hutchison (8-9) struck out eight and walked one to win for the second time in his past three starts. A second-inning home run by Chris Davis was the only Orioles hit against him. The Blue Jays had 12 hits.

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Three Nova Scotians called to Maritime HOF A trio of Nova Scotians will be inducted into the Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame. Motorcycle competitor Gary McKinnon, drag racing competitor James (Jim) Morrison and motorsports builder and competitor William (Art) Steeves are three of 10 new inductees to join the hall of fame as the Class of 2014 at a Nov. 16 ceremony in Charlottetown, P.E.I. McKinnon has been racing since 1971 and last year posted his fastest lap ever at Atlantic Motorsports Park at age 62, Morrison has been racing for five decades and has won more national titles than any other Maritimer, while Steeves overcame a broken neck to keep racing and has officiated the biggest races on the eastern seaboard. The 10 additional inductees brings the total number of Hall of Famers up to 92, a Maritime Motorsports Hall of Fame news release says. KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE/METRO

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Duffie named Axemen coach New Brunswick native Kevin Duffie has been tapped by Acadia University to take on the position of head coach for the Axeman basketball team. Duffie replaces Steve Bauer, who has joined the national women’s basketball program. “This is about Acadia Axemen basketball continuing to strive to get better,” Acadia director of athletics Kevin Dickie said in a news release Wednesday. Duffie spent six seasons as Acadia’s assistant coach in Atlantic University Sport, joining the staff just one year after winning a Canadian Interuniversity Sport silver medal as a studentathlete. He has also served as Basketball Nova Scotia’s technical director. “I believe the program is heading in the right direction,” Duffie said in the release. “We have a great group of current players and recruits.” The Axemen, who have made the Final 8 three of the last four years, open their season Oct. 3 at home. KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE/METRO

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March 21 - April 20 Something out of the ordinary will happen today that you will be able to take advantage of. A few days from now you will be singing your own praises!

Taurus

April 21 - May 21 The planets will give you the chance to be of service to someone who does not share your strength of character. What you do for others now will, one day, come back to you.

Gemini

May 22 - June 21 Today’s Sun-Mercury link will do wonders for your confidence and popularity. Just remember that it’s not possible to accept each and every invitation.

Cancer

June 22 - July 23 Money isn’t everything but it has its place in the world and with more of it you’d be able to do some of the things you have dreamed about. Use your talents in a more focused way.

Leo

July 24 - Aug. 23 The planets will give a major boost to your self-belief over the next 24 hours and before the day is over you will have started something that has the potential to transform your life.

Virgo

Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 Cosmic activity in Leo may at times make you doubt yourself but today you have enough mental energy to overcome that negative outlook.

Libra

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Sagittarius

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 No matter how busy you may be you won’t be satisfied until you have booked a vacation or promised friends that you’ll visit them over the weekend. Travel brings out the best in you.

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