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A Bobcat with a street-cleaning attachment scrubs a section of Barrington Street on Tuesday. There’s more dust than usual on city roads after heavy use of sand during the winter. jeff harper/metro
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City crews tackle sand and grit after an icy winter Haley Ryan
Metro | Halifax Halifax has traded in its snow blowers for brooms and vacuums. After months of laying
down sand on icy roads when salt wouldn’t work in freezing temperatures, HRM’s superintendent of streets and sidewalks said crews are now cleaning up more dust than usual thanks to lots of sand and grit left behind. “We put out basically three times the amount of sand that we’d normally put out in the run of a year,” Don Pellerine said Tuesday. “That now has to be cleaned up.” He said roads in central Halifax, Dartmouth and Bed-
ford that usually see salt were sanded instead, making for an unusually dusty spring season for the urban core.
There’s also a lot of gravel and litter on islands in roads, Pellerine said, so crews of about 22 people have been
Given the past winter has been pretty brutal, everybody pitching in will make a big difference. Coun. Jennifer Watts
In addition to the city’s six vacuum street sweepers, Pellerine said they had to bring in five other contracted sweepers and seven broom tractors.
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sweeping that off by hand at night and during some days. Bringing in extra equipment and contractors may be standard for winter works,
but Pellerine said this year is unusual since his department typically handles street cleaning with what they have in-house. The recent dry, warm weather may make Haligonians happy but it also creates clouds of dust, Pellerine said, which he hopes will be cleaned up next week. “The nice, sunny weather hinders us in the dust department,” he said. The melting snowbanks may have revealed trash and litter around the city, but Pel-
lerine said there isn’t more than other years. He said they are making progress with a picker device and should be finished over the next two to three weeks. Coun. Jennifer Watts said she has been hearing complaints from residents about the dust and grit left over. She said getting through the cleanup is a combination of city crews doing their best and residents helping to sweep in front of their homes or organize a neighbourhood trash pickup.
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Veterans mark 70 years since Netherlands’ liberation. Canada
It’s a New World at Pier 21 , with fresh exhibit, upgrades Tourism
Visitors happy facility is open again after extensive work Lucie Edwardson
For Metro | Halifax
Eighty-one-year-old Emma Cuzzolino was one of the first guests to tour the newly renovated Pier 21 exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Immigration on Tuesday. The visit marks the 60th anniversary of her arrival to Canada from Italy in 1955 on Conte Biancamano, at that very port. “We like to call them our pilgrims,” said Marie Chapman, CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. “The ones who come back to celebrate their anniversary of arriving in Canada.” Chapman said that it was very important to the museum that they open as soon as possible for the public but specifically for those who celebrate their anniversaries of arrival and those of family members. The museum closed last October to begin a long renovation process. The project is funded through the federal government, which promised $25 million over five years to upgrade the museum.
A tourist looks at new exhibit on Tuesday. Josh Brown/For Metro
Marie Chapman, CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, gives a tour of a full-size ship’s cabin on Tuesday. Jeff Harper/Metro
“We are stewards of the story and the place. It is not our place, it is the country’s place, and we need to be open for that,” she said. Linda Field, visiting Halifax from Ontario, said that being at Pier 21 and seeing the museum was an emotional experience for her. “It is overwhelming to be where my grandparents and mother first came to Canada,” she said. “It brings a tear to
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Marie Chapman, CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
my eye.” Field’s grandfather came to Canada from Czechoslovakia in the 1920s, and it took him seven years to raise enough money to send for his wife and two small children. One of those children, now 93, became Field’s mother.
“They came across in 1933. They landed here — didn’t speak any English, took a ship here, got on a train and went to Blyde River where my grandfather had a job at the sawmill,” said Field. “My mother said my grandmother was sick for the two
weeks she was on board the ship, and my mother said that she had the run of the ship and had so much fun.” Chapman said that it is these kinds of stories they hope to continue to tell at Pier 21. “We owe a huge debt to those people whose stories are now our treasures because we don’t have the Mona Lisa or the Hope Diamond, but what we do have are stories of people who came to Canada and how someone’s journeys affected them or affected their family, so it is pretty exciting.” Fiona Valverde, director of marketing, communications and development at Pier 21, said that it was amazing to see so many visitors on Day 1 who were excited by the exhibits and who had family connections. “In our best hopes and dreams, that is what would have happened, and it happened on our first day.”
new at pier 21 The renovations include: • Touch screens allowing visitors to see more photographs, read more personal stories and watch authentic video, as well as interviews • Scale replica of a colonist train car • Scale replica of a ship’s cabin • Scale replica of a ship’s dining room, where guests can learn proper table etiquette • New Kenneth C. Rowe rental hall • Exhibit hall opening June 25 telling the Canadian Immigration Story • Wider floor plan, more wheelchair-accessible space
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search is on Suspicious package The to fill CEO position leads to evacuation HALIFAX CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
After more than 20 years, the Halifax Chamber of Commerce is looking for a new leader. At the organization’s annual general meeting last week, longtime chief executive officer Valerie Payn announced that she is retiring. Payn, who joined the former Halifax Board of Trade as general manager in 1991, said that it is time for her to start looking towards the next
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Halifax Law Courts one of four locations sent envelopes
chapter of her life. The Halifax Chamber of Commerce board of directors has struck a CEO search committee, led by past chair Francis Fares. The committee on Tuesday issued a request for proposals for executive search firms that are members of the Halifax Chamber of Commerce to assist in the search process. Bids for proposals close on May 26. METRO
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Metro | Halifax Dozens of employees at the Halifax Law Courts downtown were evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after suspicious packages were delivered to the building earlier in the morning. Staff waiting outside the front doors said they left the building around 12:15 p.m. after an alarm was sounded following the delivery of what others at the scene said was a manila envelope, with a return address in Asia, which was deemed to be suspicious. According to a police release issued Tuesday afternoon, an employee at the law courts contacted police after receiving two suspicious envelopes in the mail around 11:39 a.m. The envelopes were kept in the reception area until several police officers and trucks arrived on the scene, lining Lower Water Street and blocking off traffic in the surrounding areas. Firefighters and officers with the bomb-disposal unit entered the building through the underground public parking lot around 1 p.m. Minutes later, they emerged with one officer carrying a clear container with a rectangular package wrapped in red plastic. “The envelopes did not contain any harmful substances,” the release said. “Officers are 2015
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Longtime Halifax Chamber of Commerce CEO Valerie Payn announced last week that she is retiring. METRO FILE TECHNOLOGY
A police officer removes a suspicious package from the Nova Scotia Supreme Court Tuesday. JEFF HARPER/METRO
continuing to examine the contents and are attempting to determine the origin of the envelopes.” A group of firefighters, escorted by a sheriff from the law courts, later re-entered the building in order to ventilate the first floor, according to one employee. Police then lifted the evacuation order and opened up traffic on Upper Water Street around 1: 30 p.m. The suspicious package at the Halifax Law Courts was one of four that arrived at the Bridge-
water Justice Centre, Kentville Justice Centre and Truro Supreme Court on Tuesday, according to Nova Scotia Justice Department. On Monday, four employees at the Amherst Justice Centre were released from hospital after complaining of nausea, dizziness and burning to the throat after receiving a similar suspicious package. Earlier Tuesday morning, a spokesman with the department said there were no reports of illness in the latest incidents.
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MORE DETAILS The province’s justice department released a statement on Tuesday saying the packages which came from Asia are connected to similar ones that were sent to courthouses in Manitoba in early April. All of the packages that arrived in Manitoba tested negative for dangerous chemicals.
Partnership aims to bring events to city The Halifax Convention Centre announced a new partnership with Digital Nova Scotia on Tuesday in the hopes of attracting more information and communication technology events to Halifax. According to a release, the two organizations have been developing a list of national and international events they would like to bring to the region. In the release, the president and CEO of Digital Nova Scotia said the new partnership will help grow the province’s burgeoning tech industry and
offer “greater global business opportunities.” The organization is already one of the sponsors for the Big Data for Productivity Conference, which is a three-day conference with international speakers in the digital industry coming to the region on Oct. 19-21. They will also be teaming up with the convention centre to coordinate STEMfest, which is a science, technology, engineering and math-centric initiative, and set to be held at the new convention centre in 2018. METRO
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Resolution conference set in Nova Scotia murder case There is a chance a plea deal could be reached in the case of a Richmond County man accused of murdering his motherin 2013. Merlin Demers-Kennedy, 32, of Framboise, is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 58-year-old Michelle Demers-Kennedy, who was last seen alive in May 2013. The accused was previously declared fit to stand trial on the charge and has been on remand since his arrest in January 2014. A trial date was expected to be
Such a meeting will allow both the Crown and defence to determine an agreed statement of facts in the case and a possible joint recommendation on sentencing. CAPE BRETON POST
Michelle Demers-Kennedy was last seen alive on May 2, 2013. CONTRIBUTED
set earlier this week, but instead a resolution conference is now planned for May 20.
DETAILS Should the meeting fail to reach any agreement, the case will be scheduled for trial.
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Hungry customers line up at Poppa Smoke’s Hip Hot Hoagies in Burnside, Tuesday. Josh brown/for metro
Food trucks back in season vendors
Vehicles popping up as weather warms Haley Ryan
Metro | Halifax
Warm temperatures are (finally) here again and food trucks are popping up around Halifax for another season of mobile munchies. According to the city, 2015
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there are currently 12 vendors licensed to operate food vehicles, including Poppa Smoke’s Hip Hot Hoagies which has seen business pick up in the last week as people finally felt spring arrive. “The culture of it is certainly becoming a lot more popular,” Poppa Smoke’s owner and Nova Scotia Food Truck Association board member Ron Armstrong said Tuesday. Armstrong said this will be the first full summer with his food truck since he started last July, but is already booked for events every weekend through to October.
There aren’t any brand new Kyle MacMillan handed out trucks in Halifax this season pulled pork sandwiches, ReuArmstrong is aware of, but ben sandwiches, spicy fries and he said a couple new ones more through the truck winhave sprung up dow to the lunch in Truro and Amcrowd at Poppa herst. Smoke’s Wright Food truck location The culture of Avenue trailblazers The in Burnside Tuesit is certainly Food Wolf, who day, as sunshine should be out in becoming a lot w a r m e d t h e parking June, and Nomad more popular. dusty lot. MacMillan Gourmet who Ron Armstrong are now out and said people are about, will be always excited joined by more recent addi- about food trucks coming back tions like Ol’ School Donuts, since it’s “always a change.” Halifax Press, Gecko Bus, Eats “Even if they always have Mobile, and Tin Pan Alley on the same menu, it’s different the truck circuit. people and they’re going to
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To be sold at public auction under an Order for Foreclosure, Sale and Possession, unless before the time of sale the amount due to the Plaintiff on the mortgage under foreclosure, plus costs to be taxed, are paid: Property: Building, lands and premises known as 155 Cole Drive, Cole Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, identified by PID 41198672 and referenced at Schedule "A" of the mortgage dated August 23, 2007 and recorded at the Land Registration Office for Halifax County as Document No. 88692596. This property is registered pursuant to the Land Registration Act. Subject to restrictive covenants more particularly described in a deed recorded on July 25, 2007 at the Halifax County Land Registration Office as Document No. 88421335. A copy of the description of the property, as contained in the mortgage foreclosed, is on file at the Prothonotary's office and may be inspected during business hours. Date of Sale: Monday, May 11, 2015 Time of Sale: 10:30 a.m. local time. Place of Sale: Halifax Law Courts, 1815 Upper Water Street, Halifax NS B3J 1S7. Terms: Ten per cent (10%) deposit payable to “Burchells LLP, in trust” by cash, certified cheque or solicitor’s trust cheque at the time of sale, remainder within fifteen (15) days upon delivery of deed. Signed April 1, 2015 Nicholas C. G. Mott ________________________________ COX & PALMER I. Andrew Rankin, Barrister 1100-1959 Upper Water Street PO Box 2380 Central Burchells LLP (Halifax Office) Halifax, NS B3J 3E5 Solicitor for the Plaintiff
make it a little differently,” MacMillan said. Both MacMillan and Armstrong said the food truck scene in Halifax is very tightknit and supportive, with food swaps taking place now and then where trucks pull up beside each other and have workers trade a sandwich for a taco bowl or grilled cheese. Dan MacInnis loves fish and chip trucks, but said he was looking forward to trying a Poppa Smoke’s pulled pork sandwich as he waited by the truck Tuesday. “I do like that aspect. Fresh air, sunshine, always nice,” he said.
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Gallery offers artists free memberships The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is offering new lifetime memberships for artists whose work is a part of the gallery’s permanent collection. According to a release issued Tuesday, more than 500 artists have been sent new ‘Permanent Collection Artist’ membership cards, along with every artist whose work entered the collection this year. Gallery director and CEO Ray Cronin said in the release he’s thrilled to introduce the new program saying, “artists
are the creators that allow us to fulfill our mission of engaging people with art. Their production, their commitment, and their creativity make the art gallery possible.” Ceramist Walter Ostrom who lives in Lunenburg is just one of the many hundreds of artist who have so far received the new memberships. “Art exists because artists make it,” Cronin said in Tuesday’s release. metro
Police in Halifax are asking for the public’s help locating a missing man who was last seen running from a Bedford gas station. On May 1 at 10:30 p.m., police were called to the Esso location at 1505 Bedford Highway in regards to a suspicious person. According to police, Michael Slaunwhite, 30, went into the store while leaving his car running to purchase a drink. Looking distraught, police say Slaunwhite ran from the store on foot and left behind his car. He ran across the street and behind several buildings that border the Sackville River. The 30-year-old hasn’t been in touch with family or friends since then. He was reported missing to police on Monday. He is described as white with shaved brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue plaid pajama pants, a blue plaid work shirt with a black hood, a blue T-shirt with the logo of a boat and dark brown dress boots. He was also wearing a gold chain with a large cross around his neck. Police don’t believe he has been met with foul play, but are worried for his well being. metro
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IN BRIEF Family of five escapes fire unhurt in Shelburne The Canadian Red Cross is helping a family of five after a fire damaged their bungalow on Monday night in Shelburne. The agency says all five people escaped without injuries from the fire at 46 Commission St., but they were checked by paramedics as a precaution. It says the couple and their three children, all under the age of four, are staying with relatives. The Red Cross is helping them with the food, clothing and baby-care items. The fire was reported at about 7 p.m. the canadian press
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Businessman roots for Rainmen local economy
Board member still believes in team, despite forfeit
The team and the league would do much better if it was a spring and summer league.
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Don Mills, Corporate Research Associates chairman and CEO
Metro | Halifax
Local business leader Don Mills wasn’t a big basketball fan, until the Halifax Rainmen came to town. And he still is, despite the National Basketball League of Canada club’s recent Game 7 forfeit fiasco. The Corporate Research Associates chair and CEO said Tuesday the Rainmen can still be “an important part of revitalizing our downtown core,” but the challenges of garnering fan and financial support are bigger than ever before. “I actually saw it as improving the quality of life that we have in Halifax,” Mills said of first learning about the Rainmen, who have made their home here for eight seasons.
Rainmen owner Andre Levingston, left, speaks with player Joey Haywood after a press conference Monday. Local business leader Don Mills says he still believes Levingston is the right person to make professional basketball successful in Halifax. Jeff Harper/metro
So after hearing owner and president Andre Levingston speak passionately about his team several years ago, Mills suggested he “think about having a local advisory board to connect him to the business community.” Mills is now a member of
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that unpaid board, which has been around for two and a half years. “Everyone’s disappointed that we weren’t able to play in the final game,” he said, especially considering the “collective effort” to get them to the league championship this season.
Halifax Rainmen coaches and players didn’t show up for the final game of their series last Thursday against the Windsor Express, citing safety concerns both on and off the court. The league awarded home team Express the championship title and slapped
the visiting Rainmen with $90,000 fines and indefinite suspensions. “We’re not sure what the impact of ... last week’s incident will have on the ability to attract investment,” Mill said, adding corporate support “has actually been
pretty decent under the circumstances.” “Some of the discussion points have to be around the pricing structure for the games and season tickets,” Mill said, adding also up for consideration is “whether or not the league is operating in the right season.” He also believes Levingston is still the right person to make professional basketball successful in Halifax. Levingston told Metro after a press conference Monday that no sponsors have pulled their support for the Rainmen. “One day at a time,” he said of rebuilding trust within the community.
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Bill mandates sex-assault policy in higher education Safety
NDP MLA wants all N.S. universities, colleges to act Julia Manoukian
For Metro | Halifax In Nova Scotia, home to 60,000 post-secondary students, only three universities have specific sexual-assault policies: Saint Mary’s, Acadia and St. Francis Xavier. A private bill introduced on Tuesday by NDP MLA Dave Wilson seeks to change that. The Safer Universities and Colleges Act calls on all Nova Scotia universities and colleges to adopt specific sexual-assault policies. “Either of two things will happen,” Wilson said during a media conference at Province House. “(The government will) support our piece of legislation and move it forward, or they’ll bring a piece of their own legislation to do the same.” He said the key parts of the bill are twofold: students must be part of developing the sexual-assault policy, and every four years the policy must, with student involvement, be reviewed. Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand with the Canadian Federation
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of Students agrees. “What’s wonderful about this legislation is that it holds administrations accountable but it’s not saying specifically what things will look like on each institution,” she said. Wilson said the bill follows a flurry of sexual-assault scandals on Nova Scotia university
campuses — the 2013 Saint Mary’s football team “rape chant” and Dalhousie Dentistry’s misogynistic Facebook comments this past winter — but student groups have been pushing for legislation for some time. John Hutton, incoming vicepresident for Dalhousie’s Student Union, said the union has been “very vocal” about the need for better resources. Hutton suggested that under the new legislation, online forums would help victims come forward without going public, an aspect that holds many survivors back. “Having that extra element of safety matters a lot,” he said. Currently, students must make a formal complaint through the Human Rights Equity and Sexual Harassment Prevention Office, which is part of the school administration. Anonymity is not an option.
The changes Some key points of the proposed legislation: • Each university and college will adopt an official sexual-assault policy with “significant” student input. It must be renewed, with student input, every four years. • Each institution will set
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Doctor accuses minister’s office of intimidation tactics A prominent physician is accusing the Nova Scotia health minister’s executive assistant of trying to intimidate her after being outspoken against the Liberal government and money for obstetricians. Dr. Robyn MacQuarie says Peter Bragg, executive assistant to Minister Leo Glavine, insisted she go into his office following a meeting with the deputy minister of the Department of Health and Wellness on April 20. MacQuarie says Bragg produced a file with newspaper clippings and Facebook comments, conveying an air that the government is keeping tabs on her. The popular Cumberland
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County doctor was less than impressed, she says. “What struck me was, ‘Wow, this would be intimidating if I wasn’t me,’” she told media. As of Monday, Bragg had not publicly addressed the allegation. Glavine has denied in-
Dr. Robyn MacQuarie had met with the deputy minister on April 20 to discuss maintaining its coverage towards malpractice insurance costs in its contract with provincial doctors.
structing any of his staffers to keep a file on Dr. MacQuarie. Premier Stephen McNeil said it’s not uncommon to assemble information for a minister ahead of a meeting, but the government does not keep files on its critics. Cumberland News
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Krista Mader sits with Bonzai, a pit bull/mastiff mix, at her Debert home. Truro Daily News
Criminalize dog inbreeding: Owner Animals
Pit bull who attacked woman had to be put down Krista Mader wants to see some changes in the province that will make inbreeding dogs illegal. Mader, who lives in the Nova Scotia community of Debert with her husband, four dogs and six cats, suspects her late pit bull, Ed, was inbred and that inbreeding caused him to turn on her three weeks ago. “He wasn’t a mean dog; he wasn’t an aggressive dog,” said Mader, while one of her Chihuahuas curled up behind her on the couch. “Training and having them socialized is so important with this breed, but when they’re inbred, it’s around 10 to 18 months when they start to turn on you. Having an inbred pit bull is the same as putting a purebred in the wrong hands.” Ed was a rescue who arrived in Mader’s home at the beginning of December. She’s had many people, including her own vet, comment on Ed’s features, such as a smaller head, which is often a result of inbreeding. “He was an amazing dog,” said Mader, who teared up talking about the pit bull. “He was my sidekick. We were so bonded. He slept in the kennel occasionally, but it got to the point where we would leave the door open and he would wake me up with slobbery kisses.” During the past five months
Ed, the dog who attacked Krista Mader. Truro Daily News
with her dog, Mader said Ed understand why at that point.” was never content beside her She was able to get Ed off of and always had to be on top her and call for help. of her, even if he had to climb “I haven’t been able to do over Bonzai, a pit bull/mastiff anything as of yet,” Mader mix, to get there. said about having Ed’s DNA “He was the life and fun of and bloodline tested. “I will this house,” she said, adding be claiming his body and getthe house is “quiet” without ting an autopsy done, just as him, even with a formality to four other dogs prove it.” and six cats. Once she When the has the results He’s the victim of the testing, couple first rescued Ed, Mader here. Yes, I have Mader plans to said she suspecther findwounds, but I’m take ed he was inbred ings to her lonot scarred by and was in the cal MLA, with process of havthe hopes of it. I’m scarred getting legising him tested. T h i n g s because my baby lation passed was suffering. changed on for inbreeding. April 15 when “I love all Krista Mader of her Mader was goanimals, not pit bull Ed, who she ing about her just pit bulls,” had put down normal routine she said. “I’m of mopping the not just a pit living room floor when Ed bull advocate. If we had some lunged at her. legislation in place to have “He grabbed onto my arm these people accountable, it and dragged me around the might stop this. That I would house. I knew he was intend- love to see.” ing to hurt me, but I didn’t Truro Daily News
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‘Women are desperate,’ says Midwifery Coalition Stephanie Taylor
Metro | Halifax Nicole Eddy remembers sitting in province house last year, hopeful that the health minister’s proclamation of May 5 as International Day of the Midwife would expand the service’s accessibility to mothers across Nova Scotia. But exactly one year later, the spokeswoman with The Midwifery Coalition of Nova Scotia believes there is nothing to celebrate. “Women are desperate,” she said Tuesday. “The supply is not there, but the demand is growing.” The problem, Eddy said, is that in 2009 the province introduced new regulations
for midwifery, allowing the practice to be integrated into the health care system. Regulating the service has made it illegal for a midwife to practise without a license, she explained, and licensing requires the purchasing of liability insurance, which is extremely costly. That means that fewer midwives are practising independently than before the regulations were introduced. Coupled with a lack of funding by the province, the outcome has been that only a handful of midwives throughout the province are currently working. “There’s been no movement forward, there’s been no expansion,” she said Tuesday. Eddy said that hospitals on the South Shore and in Antigonish, as well as the IWK in Halifax are the only sites that offer midwifery services. Presently, the IWK Health Centre only employs two parttime and three full-times midwives in total, Eddy added. As women are becoming
The supply is not there, but the demand is growing.
Nicole Eddy, spokeswoman with The Midwifery Coalition of Nova Scotia
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Fraudster hit 600, say police
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 IN BRIEF
Most Canadians can’t fully define ‘consent’: Poll An online poll commissioned by the Canadian Women’s Foundation suggests most Canadians lack knowledge about the definition of sexual consent. According to Canadian law, consent is the voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity, which can be withdrawn at any time. While 96 per cent of Canadians agreed that sex should always be consensual, about one in 10 believed consent is not required or didn’t know if it’s required between spouses or long-term partners.
Immigration
legations that a large number of people had been defrauded by a Toronto-based recruiting She did prey on agency dealing primarily with people’s hopes immigrant workers. It was alleged that individto get them over uals, their family members and here. friends from other countries Det.-Const. Erwin Mendoza were recruited for jobs in CanMore than 600 people around ada by the agency, identified the world fell victim to an as GoWest Jobs International. Saluma’s alleged victims alleged immigration fraud Payment was allegedly re- were based in Canada and six scheme run by a Toronto quested so that positive docu- other countries, including the woman, who now faces 73 ments, references and em- Philippines, Taiwan and Hong charges in an expanding in- ployment contracts could be Kong. vestigation. provided to applicants, but Most of the victims were of Toronto police announced police said those documents Filipino descent. “It’s pretty tough for all of fresh charges against Imelda were fake. An application would then the foreign applicants to come “Mel” Fronda Saluma, 46, on Tuesday, saying her victims allegedly be submitted to gov- up with the applicant fees that have allegedly been defrauded ernment agencies in the for- this company was looking,” of over $2.3 million. eign countries on the victims’ said Mendoza, adding that Sa“She did prey on people’s behalf. luma’s agency allegedly asked hopes to get them over here, The applicants would sub- for between $1,500 to $5,000 because everybody wants to sequently be denied entry to from its victims. get to a better place,” said Det.- Canada due to the fraudulent Anyone who thinks they Const. Erwin Mendoza. documents submitted on their may be a victim or know a vicThe probe into Saluma’s ac- behalf, and the applicant would tim is being asked to contact authorities. tivities began in October, after be banned from reapplying1 for2015-04-24 LMD_HFX_Metro_SavingsCampaign_10x5682_4C_EN.pdf 11:16 AM police were contacted with al- two years, police said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Omar Khadr’s bail remains in limbo Any hopes Omar Khadr had of tasting freedom for the first time in almost 13 years were dashed Tuesday when an Alberta justice said she wanted more time to consider whether he should be released on bail. Court of Appeal Justice Myra Bielby said she would decide Thursday whether to grant the
When I listen to the argument from the government … it’s all smoke and mirrors. Dennis Edney, lawyer for Omar Khadr
federal government’s request to keep him behind bars despite a lower court order that he be freed. Khadr showed little emotion as he was led from court, but one of his lawyers, Dennis Edney, was disappointed with the decision. “Of course, I’d like to grab him, throw him in the car, take him home,” Edney said outside court. At issue is an April 24 order from Court of Queen’s Bench Justice June Ross that Khadr, 28, should be given bail pending his appeal of his war crimes conviction in the United States. He was due for release as early as Tuesday under Ross’s order and Edney had arrived with a bag of clothes, fully prepared to take Khadr home. The Canadian press
Land claim
Nunavut to get $250M in lawsuit settlement Ottawa is to pay an Inuit land- about 85 per cent. But the level claim group more than $250 has been stuck at about 50 per million to settle a lawsuit and cent for years. improve training for Inuit to A conciliator’s report concludenter the territorial civil service. ed in 2005 that the reason has The payment is been Ottawa’s conincluded in a presistent underfunding viously announced of education in the deal for more than territory. $300 million that Retired justice ends a nine-yearThomas Berger About $175 found that underold claim against the million of the funding has refederal government settlement is to go into a fund to by Nunavut Tunngasulted in graduates provide Inuit vik Inc., the group that are literate in with job skills. that oversees the neither English nor Nunavut land claim. Inuktitut. He recom“There’s a lot of interest in mended a bilingual education the Arctic now and we have program paid for through an a large, untrained Inuit work extra $20 million a year from force,” Cathy Towtongie, NTI the government. president, said Monday. NTI filed its lawsuit, claiming The land claim guaranteed $1-billion damages, after the rethat Inuit would hold the same port’s release. That was based on percentage of jobs in the ter- wages the group said the Inuit ritorial government that they could have earned if they’d been do in the general population — educated well. The Canadian press
$175M
Canadian Second World War navy veteran Bert Reynolds, 88, of Penetanguishene, Ont., kisses six-month-old Siem Henken, held by his father during VE-Day celebrations in Wageningen, Netherlands, on Tuesday. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Remembering seven decades since WWII
Ceremony
Canadian veterans honoured in Netherlands It was 70 years ago Tuesday that the guns fell nearly silent along the Canadian and British lines in Holland. The war in northwestern Europe was almost over and Pte. Frank Graham, who’d fought with the Canadian 1st Division all through Sicily, Italy and Holland, found himself thunderstruck. “When I heard they’d given
up, I thought, no they don’t,” said Graham, 92. The BBC announced the ceasefire the night before, on May 4, 1945, yet Graham said he’d been disappointed by rumours before. Seven decades on, Graham was part of a sentimental parade of veterans who rolled past a reviewing stand in vintage army vehicles outside of the hotel where the capitulation was made official. As was evident on their faces, it was a bittersweet moment for the old soldiers in this tranquil, leafy town as they mingled with actors dressed in the uniforms they used to wear and rode in trucks and jeeps they had once
Freedom would not be as we know it today without you. Gen. Tom Middendorp, the Dutch chief of defence
driven. Heavy thunder threatened Tuesday’s parade and even cancelled a photo opportunity Prime Minister Stephen Harper had planned with the veterans. It was far cry from the breezy, cold day in 1945 when Col.-Gen. Johannes Blaskowitz, commander of all German forces in the
Netherlands and Denmark, showed up at the wrecked Hotel de Wereld. Canadian Lt.-Gen. Charles Foulkes accepted the surrender in a simple ceremony, which was to be followed two days later by the more formal unconditional surrender of all German forces accepted by Allied supreme commander U.S. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower at Reims, France. Despite the general ceasefire on May 5, 1945 in the Canadian sector, troops continued to die for at least three more days, said Canadian War Museum historian Jeff Noakes. The Canadian Press More Coverage in metroViews, page 16
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Manitoba’s highest court has ruled that the family of a man who died during a 34-hour hospital emergency room wait can sue the health authority for a breach of charter and privacy rights. Lower courts struck out the heart of the lawsuit filed by the family of Brian Sinclair, ruling his loved ones couldn’t sue because those rights died with him in 2008. Lawyers for Sinclair’s family argued it was absurd that the family of a man who died because he didn’t receive proper care couldn’t sue because he was dead.
After eight months, the Manitoba Court of Appeal said that the lawsuit should be allowed to proceed. Vilko Zbogar, one of the family’s lawyers, said the ruling has important implications for the evolution of charter law, as well as the family’s pursuit of justice. “It’s important to the family to have vindication for Brian Sinclair’s death and it’s very important to them to hold the institutions who were responsible accountable for their conduct,” he said.
I see no imaginable reason to borrow such a discredited and outdated principle of the common law to the modern age. Justice Chris Mainella
The appeal court also restored the family’s right to sue the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority for disclosing private health information about Sinclair after his death. Robert Sinclair, Brian Sinclair’s cousin, said the family won’t stop trying to hold health authorities
to account “for their shameful conduct both before and after his death.” The 45-year-old double amputee died of a treatable bladder infection caused by a blocked catheter while waiting for care at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre. The Canadian press
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Video shows migrants fleeing stricken dinghy MEDITERRANEAN
Several feared drowned, as many travellers cannot swim Young men piled over each other, some shimmying up ropes dangling from the towering rescue ship and others falling into the churning sea. Women and children were the last off the stricken dinghy during a chaotic Mediterranean rescue in which at least five migrants died and more were feared drowned. Dramatic footage shot by a seaman aboard the Maltese freighter showed the weekend rescue of more than 100 West Africans aboard the flimsy boat off the coast of Libya. Survivors were brought Tuesday to the Sicilian port of Catania. The video highlights the danger of marine rescue, where safety and tragedy too often lie just moments apart. With tens of thousands trying to cross the sea on small boats launched by human traffickers from Libya — and hundreds dying in the attempt — the question of how best to save migrants from drowning has taken centre stage in Europe. Crew members interviewed by The Associated Press said everyone aboard the cargo ship Zeran had undergone rescue training. But while a previous rescue several weeks ago hap-
Dramatic footage emerged Tuesday showing a Mediterranean Sea rescue of migrants on a sinking rubber boat. The migrants desperately clamber up ropes and a ladder from the cargo ship Zeran that came to their aid in the sea between Libya and Sicily on Sunday. Five bodies were recovered and brought ashore Tuesday along with the survivors. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
pened calmly without any loss of life, on Sunday elation at the prospect of being saved quickly turned to panic. Unaware that they would be thrown a ladder, frantic migrants trampled over one another to reach the ropes that were meant to hold it in place, with some dangling precariously as they clambered along the lines to reach the tall freighter.
Someone grabbed onto the rope. All the other people started pushing to try to save themselves but the people started falling in the water. Astoy Fall Dia, 24, a migrant from Senegal
Some jumped or fell overboard to catch lifesavers tossed into the
water by crew members. Others emptied jerry cans of gasoline
to use as floats, as the dinghy — already deflated at the front — began taking in water. “Easy! Easy!” implored a crew member from Zeran’s deck. “There was the big ship there, and they threw down ropes,” Astoy Fall Dia, a 24 year-old migrant from Senegal, told The Associated Press after disembarking from the cargo ship. “Someone grabbed onto the rope. All the other people started pushing to try to save themselves but the people started falling in the water.” Dia said she survived because she stayed close to the dinghy and because she knew how to swim — unlike most of the migrants who come from poor African countries. Five bodies were recovered from inside the dinghy, floating amid garbage and water that had seeped in, though it wasn’t clear if they died in the final rush to be rescued, as one crew member maintained, or during the crossing. At least another five to nine people fell into the water and drowned, said the seaman who shot the video, though one man floating away with the current and clinging to a lifesaver was rescued by crew on a Zeran lifeboat. The seaman and other crew members spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Police recover 60 bodies Emergency workers have recovered the bodies of 60 people — including nine foreigners — who were killed when Nepal’s earthquake triggered a mudslide that buried a village in the scenic Langtang Valley popular with tourists. Residents of the village, also called Langtang, said Tuesday that as many as 200 people could have been killed by tons of earth and mud unleashed in the devastating April 25 quake. “The entire village was wiped out by the mudslide. There were some 60 houses there, but they were all buried under rubble. It will be impossible to recover all the bodies,” said Gautam Rimal, the top government official in the Rasuwa district. The Langtang Valley, about 60 kilometres north of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, is now about a two-day hike from the nearest town because the landslide has blocked nearby roads. While helicopters allow easy access, they remain in short supply because of aid missions across parts of Nepal. The April 25 earthquake killed more than 7,500 people and injured more than 14,000 as it flattened mountain villages and destroyed buildings and archaeological sites in Kathmandu. Authorities say up to onethird of Kathmandu’s residents have left since the quake. In the first days, bus stations were jammed with people fearing aftershocks or trying to get home to relatives in devastated villages. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this December 2013 file photo, a reporter uses his smartphone during a presentation for the new Google cultural institute in Paris. Today, more Google search requests are being made on mobile devices than on personal computers in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. JACQUES BRINON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
Searches on mobile devices surpass PCs TECHNOLOGY
Smartphones the new status quo in how we get information Google’s search engine has hit a tipping point in technology’s shift to smartphones. More search requests are being made
on mobile devices than on personal computers in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. The shift, which began with Apple’s release of the iPhone in 2007, rocked PC makers and other tech companies such as Microsoft with businesses tied to sales of desktop and laptop computers. Google has adapted better than most companies, partly because its services are embedded in the popular Android
mobile operating system, but it hasn’t been totally unscathed. Google’s average ad prices have been declining for the past three-and-a-half years, partly because marketers so far have been unwilling to pay as much for the commercial message displayed on the smaller screens of smartphones. The company, though, says mobile ad prices have been steadily climbing and will continue to do so as market-
ers recognize the value of being able to connect with prospective customers at the precise moment that they are looking for a place to eat, or comparing products on a smartphone while standing in a store. “The future of mobile is now,” says Jerry Dischler, a Google Inc. vice-president in charge of the company’s AdWords service for creating online marketing campaigns. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s telecom regulator is rejigging the regime for wholesale wireless roaming rates in the hopes that the changes will eventually lead to lower charges for consumers. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) released a decision Tuesday that limits the roaming rates the three biggest wireless carriers charge smaller carriers to piggyback on their networks for five years. In its decision, the CRTC also asked the Conservative government to repeal legislation that currently limits what small carriers can charge the big players to use their wireless networks. The decision unravels provisions imposed by the federal government last year, but the intention of the new framework is the same: to give smaller players the ability to expand. “The measures that we are putting in place today in the wireless market will ensure that Canadians continue to have more choice as well as innovative, high-quality services,” said CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais.
IN BRIEF WestJet turns quarterly profit Higher fees for things like checked luggage helped generate record profits for WestJet in the first quarter. The airline’s net income rose 58 per cent to $140.7 million in the first three months of the year. Fuel costs, which are a quarter of its expenses, dropped 26 per cent as fuel prices fell. THE CANADIAN PRESS
REBUTTAL Decision carries negative implications, says expert While the government’s control over roaming rates could lower wireless costs, Martin Masse, senior editor at the Montreal Economic Institute, feels it will negatively affect the growth of Canada’s telecommunications industry. “Essentially it’s not sustainable competition,” he said. “We get less investment because it’s cheaper to depend on mandated access.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
Industry Minister James Moore praised the ruling. “Today’s decision will create greater competition in the wireless sector,” he said in a statement. “We know that more competition means more choice, lower prices and better services for Canadian consumers.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
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88,400 This is the number, by 2014, of surviving Second World War veterans in Canada. Their average age: 90. Consider the number of Afghanistan vets — about 40,000 — to understand the scale of the country’s sacrifice in the conflict that ended with victory in Europe 70 years ago. Just before 12 a.m. on May 8, 1945, world leaders signed Germany’s Instrument of Surrender in Berlin, concluding the six-year war that involved 1,159,000 Canadian military personnel, wounded 55,000 and killed 44,090.
Producing power at home should be worth our while The science
Stephanie Orford On Thursday, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced the company’s latest foray into renewable-energy technology: the Tesla Powerwall, a wall-mounted battery for homes or businesses to store energy for later use. This could be the beginning of a new energy future for Canada and the world. And at about $3,000-$3,500 US for a Powerwall, plus wiring and installation, they’re attainable for many homeowners. The batteries can be recycled using Tesla’s program for its existing electric vehicle batteries. Canadian firm NRStor plans to start selling Powerwalls in Canada in 2016. Canadian policy-makers and energy utilities need to harness the green-power generation and storage potential of Canadian households by
giving middle-class Canadians incentives, such as tax credits and feed-in tariffs, to produce and store green energy. The cost of solar panels has dropped a hundredfold since 1977, with wind and other renewables following suit, making household energy harvesting increasingly appealing to Canadians who want to live green while reducing their costs. “The decentralization of energy is where the future is going,” says Jesika Briones, business development manager at the Advanced Energy Centre. Currently there are lots of limitations on Canadians who want to generate their own electricity. Canada has put tariffs on Chinese solar panels, making them more expensive and harder to import. B.C., Quebec and other provinces allow net metering (when property owners provide the grid with home-generated renewable energy, in exchange for a reduced bill). Only On-
tario actually pays people who feed the grid. That incentive encourages people to generate as much green energy as they can, because they’ll get paid for it. A country of green energygenerating households could power industry and public facilities without as much need for fossil fuels. In 2012, fossil fuels still made up 74 per cent of Canada’s energy consumption, the World Bank says. A home battery system is “the missing piece,” as Tesla calls it, to our green future. It will let households buy from the grid at off-peak hours when it’s least expensive and sell to the grid at peak hours when it’s most needed. Versions of this arrangement are already in place in Germany and some American states. According to a 2013 National Academy of Sciences study of electric vehicle batteries, when you use renewable electricity to charge them, the results are still better for the environment than fossil fuels.
“Combined with solar PV (photovoltaics, a solar-energy technology), Tesla has made energy independence not only more accessible but also more desirable,” Briones said.
A home battery, Tesla says, is the missing piece to our green future. The new energy market would create jobs and opportunities for Canadian companies to innovate. A few, like electronics maker Eguana Technologies and green-battery company Electrovaya, are already on the forefront. But we need more incentives before household green-power generation and storage can go viral. Stephanie Orford is a Vancouver-based writer. The Science appears every other Wednesday.
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A Kardashian selfie book: give the people what they want There’s a lot of blustering in the media about Kim Kardashian’s already bestselling book and plenty of feigned surprise at its popularity. But that just shows how often the media speaks from the pulpit and not the crowd. Kardashian’s new book of selfies, Selfish, has caused so much wheezing on narcissism that holier-than-thou writers must be hoarse by now. They’re wasting their breath. Kardashian is only an expert manipulator of the fame our society gleefully hands her. Hundreds of fans camped outside a New York bookstore Tuesday — including two 21-year-old women who drove all the way from Washington — to get an autograph scrawled across this photographic memoir of parties, workouts and nudes. Meanwhile, the media has lined up to gawk at Selfish’s hubris, a reaction notably absent to Chloë Sevigny’s recent photography book, called Chloë Sevigny, featuring photos of her and released by the same publisher. In his review, the Guardian’s critic revelled in describing Kardashian’s “carnal fullness” and “curvaceous flesh.” Jonathan Jones deemed it “guilt-free looking” and he equated Selfish to the end of photography as art. “Selfish is the final grave marker of that aesthetic delusion,” Jones wrote. At least he defended
celebrity selfies. They give “an illusion of intimacy that is priceless in an age that cherishes authenticity.” Others, distressed by her fame, have gone straight for Kardashian’s jugular. As the Toronto Star’s Vinay Menon wrote: “This is a woman with Type V blood, as in vanity.” Menon mocked her lack of talent and her use of the word “skank” in her earlier attempt at writing, in the novel Dollhouse. “I have no answers today, people,” he wrote in the voice of a doomsday preacher. “Just an unsettling, irrational feeling that soon, very soon, the skanks will be coming for all of us.” Well now, that doesn’t sound so bad. But come on, branding her a “skank” is not a very sophisticated take on the sex appeal that drives her fame. It’s a sexist slur that paints all cleavage selfies with the same skank brush. It also accuses Kardashian of somehow hoodwinking 31.5 million Instagram followers into loving her. She’s only feeding our own hunger for titillation. She’s unapologetic about flaunting her body, and I can respect that. “Look at my boobies! Look at my butt!” John McMurtrie wrote in a mock-Kardashian voice in the San Francisco Chronicle. Plenty of us want to. To use another sexist term, we’re the media whores.
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Actor talks perks of indies ahead of new film, Back to the Future anniversary
Over four decades, Christopher Lloyd has starred in more than 100 films and series. We reflect on just three of his most famous roles: The Addams Family (Uncle Fester): “At first I didn’t see how it could be because I’m kind of tall, I’m kind of slim and Fester’s a sight gag,” recalled Lloyd. “If I’m channel-surfing and one of The Addams Family films comes up, I don’t move any further — I just sit there and enjoy it.”
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Metro | Life It’s a big year for character actor Christopher Lloyd. After all, a film he made decades ago is having a rebirth of sorts. With the 30th anniversary of Back to the Future approaching this fall, there are a number of celebrations, documentaries and tributes planned. “I don’t keep up that well with it. I don’t keep up that well with anything,” laughed the 76-year-old star recently. “(But) films don’t usually have that, so I’m embracing it.” And so he should be. After all, the 1985 time-travel comedy that spawned two hit sequels was not only a success in its day, but it also has only seemed to gather more fans as the years advanced. In fact, Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane was such an admirer he asked Lloyd to make a cameo appearance as his “Doc” Brown character in last year’s hit comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West. “So many people have come up to me and said they grew up with Back to the Future; that it shaped their lives to the extent that they chose to be an engineer or a physicist or something along those lines because of the effect of the films,” admitted Lloyd. “It feels good to be part of something that’s meant so much to so many people. Indeed, with Doc Brown, the comedy’s excitable, white-haired inventor,
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Christopher Lloyd and director April Mullen on the set of the Canadian-made crime thriller 88. contributed
Lloyd has crafted one of cinema’s most iconic figures. So unquestionably, he must be looking forward to “participating in some of these events” to celebrate it. First, however, he is just as eager to discuss his unlikely casting in the Canadian-made crime thriller 88. “Here was a guy that nobody has given me an opportunity to be so I just jumped on it,” explained Lloyd of the film in which he plays a crime boss at the centre of one woman’s quest
to score revenge for her lover’s death. “Whether it’s a dramatic role, farce or comedy or melodrama, I have the same task — to make the character real so when the audience sees me, they understand and relate,” said Lloyd of 88’s seedy strip-club character. “That’s kind of what I do regardless of the type of character it is.” While that range has assured Lloyd of an endearing on-screen longevity in Hollywood ever since his debut in 1975’s classic One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest, the veteran actor now insists he looks forward as much to the freedom that comes with making indie projects like 88 as he does blockbuster hits like Back to the Future. “It’s nice getting away from Hollywood,” admitted Lloyd. “You do a film in Hollywood and men in suits are hovering; they’re there secondguessing you and it’s good to get away, be independent and feel relaxed.” 88 screens across Canada on Wednesday as part of Canadian Indie Film Series.
“I loved his excitement about discovery. Doc Brown has got a head that is constantly coming out with new ways to do things,” said Lloyd. “He fell down in his bathroom one day and hit his head on the toilet seat and, bang — he (invents) the flux capacitor. That’s so cool!” One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Taber): “It was my first film,” said Lloyd. “Jack Nicholson was a big idol of mine before Cuckoo’s Nest from his previous work (and) I couldn’t believe it. It was just a momentous moment in my life.”
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Last year it was grilled cheese; this year it’s mac and cheese getting the red carpet overhaul. A Mac & Cheese Festival coming up next month in Toronto promises to bring together “savvy cooks and food entrepreneurs” in order to reinvent this comfort food. Most cooks seem to take a “go big or go home” approach to the dish — adding white chocolate,
for instance, or combining it with a pot of chili. I’m not a huge fan of messing with a classic by mixing in miscellany, but there is so much fun you can have adding a crust. Keep the full-fat, sharp cheese taste in the traditional homemade recipes (or cheat with boxed product) but add a veggie bottom. Here are a few bottoms to try: Cauli Crust • Grate 2 cups steamed cauli-
flower into a bowl, stir in a beaten egg and 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese and press into casserole dish. • Bake until it forms a crispy crust and then top with cooked mac and cheese to warm together. Go Greek • Mix together 3 cups of thawed frozen spinach, 1 tbsp oregano, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 cup crumbled feta. Press into casserole dish and top with mac and cheese and bake until heated through.
Kiss it Italian • Slice 3 or 4 ripe tomatoes into thick slices and lay into casserole dish. • Place a handful of basil into the pan, drizzle with balsamic vinegar and top with cooked mac and cheese. Bake to heat through. Invert onto a platter. Nothing says love like a creamy casserole, but it doesn’t have to be all fatty carbs all the time!
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Trains, crowns and sheer nerve met gala fashion
China-themed ball brings out the best and the barely dressed Never let it be said that Rihanna doesn’t know how to make an entrance. On a night when big stars were a dime a dozen — try George and Amal Clooney, Lady Gaga, Madonna and Cher — the pop singer still managed to steal the show and conquer the red carpet at the Met Gala when she swooped in wearing a furtrimmed yellow cape with floral swirls of gold and a train so long it required t h r e e wranglers. The ensemble c a m e with a little pink minidress underneath, and a sparkling tiara. In keeping with the evening’s theme — China, and its artistic influence on the West — the outfit was designed by Beijing-based designer Guo Pei, whose sumptuous designs are on display in the
red hot mama Flame has gone to her head Sarah Jessica Parker appeared in a towering red headpiece that resembled fiery flames. Designed by Philip Treacy, the headpiece bore long red tassels on each side. Parker paired the piece with a one-shoulder black gown embellished with sashes composed of pieces of vintage fabric and beads from Sweden — a collaboration with H&M and the company’s Conscious Collection, which focuses on sustainable fabrics.
current Met exhibit, China: Through the Looking Glass. As befitting a star — or fashion royalty — Rihanna commanded premium attention on the carpet by being one of the very last to arrive. But compared to Beyoncé, she was an early bird. Beyoncé and her husband, Jay Z, arrived so late
that many photographers were giving up and leaving. She was highly photogenic, though, in a sheer, bejeweled Givenchy Haute Couture gown by Riccardo Tisci. Deep, ruby reds, shimmery golds and other jewel tones dominated the colour scheme as the multitudes of invited celebrities embraced this year’s China inspiration. There were sequins aplenty, and embroidery was everywhere. One of the first to arrive was the gala’s longtime head, Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who shimmered in an orange-and-red floral couture gown from Chanel. She was followed by a succession of stars of film, music, fashion, TV and sports unrivalled anywhere but perhaps the Oscars.
Trains, ruby reds and sheer gowns ruled the red carpet. Zendaya in Fausto Puglisi, left, and Jennifer Lopez in Versace, right.
Katy Perry wore Moschino and sported a new Kris Jennerinspired pixie cut.
One of the world’s most watched women, Amal Clooney, arrived on her husband’s arm in a tiered ruby-red gown by John Galliano. Jennifer Lopez bared a lot more skin — actually, more than most, in a red Versace gown with sheer side panels. Kim Kardashian opted for sheer, too, in a white gown with a feathery train by Peter Dundas for Roberto Cavalli, the designer’s first for the house. Little sister Kendall Jenner opted for Calvin Klein, sparkling in green with sexy laces on each side. And Justin Bieber showed up in a black jacket slithering with gold dragons, by Balmain. the associated press
Solange brought the drama to this year’s gala in the form of a Giles mini-dress. all photos
A regal Rihanna, left.
EMOJI Now Microsoft lets you flip the bird Are you actually LOLing? Send that laughing while crying emoji. Feeling sassy? “Information desk” is your girl. So full of hate that the red-faced emoji just won’t cut it? Hello, middle finger. Said to be the first of its kind, Microsoft has bravely released the icon as part of its Windows 10 update, launching sometime mid 2015. metro
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Gosling raises spoon to cereal video creator Ryan Gosling isn’t necessarily a fan of the myriad Internet memes devoted to him, but the guy’s not made of stone, OK? When he got word that Ryan McHenry, the Vine user who popularized the bizarre Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat his Cereal videos, had passed away this week after a two-year battle with cancer, Gosling sprung into action, posting his own Vine featuring him finally — finally! — eating some cereal. “My heart goes out to all of Ryan McHenry’s family and friends,” Gosling tweeted. “Feel very lucky to have been apart of his life in some small way.”ned ehrbar/metro
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four-wheel drive. Depending on the configuration, towing capacity goes as high as 3,175 kilograms. No truck really drives “trucklike” anymore, but the Canyon is very well done. Its steering is well-weighted — light enough for easy manoeuvring, but weighted enough for conJil fidence — and when the going McIntosh gets mucky, it can be dialled For Metro into four-wheel on the fly. The Today’s trucks are better than V6 engine is smooth, and with they’ve ever been, but they’re just enough of a growl to satisalso bigger than ever. And since fy fans who want a truck, not not everyone wants or needs a a car. full-size truck, the all-new GMC The interior is a scaled-down Canyon might be the answer. version of the full-size GMC SiThe Canyon, along with its erra, and you can order such mechanical twin Chevrolet upscale options as navigation, Colorado, shares only its name forward collision alert, lane dewith the small truck last of- parture warning, and leather fered in 2012. This version is seats. A nice touch is that while more midsize than compact, many manufacturers include but it’s still easier to park, and all of the available option butto get in and out, tons, and blank versus most fullout the ones that size trucks. weren’t ordered, It’s available The V6 engine GM installs just as an Extended the right number is smooth, Cab with two of controls. It’s a and with just rear-hinged back small thing, but doors, and as a enough of a growl the dash doesn’t Crew Cab with look like you “cheaped out” four conventionally opening doors. The Ex- with all those blank buttons. tended Cab comes strictly with Also borrowed from GM’s a long box (6-foot-1), while the bigger trucks is the simple Crew Cab comes with long box but effective bumper step that or short box (5-foot-2). gives you a quick leg up into The base engine is a 2.5-litre the box. A factory spray-in bedfour-cylinder, available with a liner is available, too. six-speed manual or automatic There are still a few contransmission, but I tested the tenders in this segment, but 3.6-litre V6, which comes ex- for performance and comfort, clusively with the automatic. I think the Canyon is currently All models also offer two- or the best of the bunch.
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the checklist | 2015 GMC CANYON THE BASICS Type. Four-door, five-passenger compact pickup Engine (hp). 2.4-litre I4 (200), 3.6-litre V6 (305) Transmissions. Six-speed manual (I4); sixspeed automatic (I4, V6) Price. Base $20,600, as-tested $39,930 (plus destination) points • The rear seat cushions flip up to reveal hidden storage cubbies. • The base trim line comes with an easy-clean vinyl floor; all others have carpet. • An available All-Terrain Package includes an offroad suspension and front recovery hooks.
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Market position • Midsize trucks don’t do as well in the market as full-size, possibly because their upper-line prices can overlap those of their larger siblings. Buyers have to look at smaller-size convenience as well as price.
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Car-people link drives cultural anthropologist auto pilot
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Some people have such deep connections with their vehicles they made sure they got buried in them. There was that California socialite and her 1963 Ferrari 330 America, that former Second World War army sergeant and his 1994 Chevrolet Corvette, and that 90-year-old gentleman from South Carolina and his 1973 Pon-
tiac Catalina. Michael Thomas studies this car-people connection for a living. He is Ford Motor Company’s first on-staff cultural anthropologist. Speaking over the phone from Ford’s worldwide HQ in Dearborn, Mich., he noted that some objects do more than their primarily design role; they cross over into the cultural realm and become important in how we associate as humans. This cultural role of vehicles is what deepens our connection to them, says Thomas. “Cars help individuals exert themselves in
the social world.” Examples of how vehicles implicate themselves into an individual’s social world are many and varied, and differ throughout the world. Here in North America, the classic ones are cars as extensions of an individual’s personality (be it speedy or quirky or whatever), as status symbols, and as one of the last bastions of personal space. But Ford is also interested in finding the more nuanced ways vehicles implicate themselves into our lives, and particularly in areas of the world where car
ownership is a relatively new phenomenon. Thomas has been working at Ford for two years now. He and his team spent the first year just gathering data around the globe. How does one gather cultural anthropological data? By shadowing people, from the time they get up to the time they’re done for the night, for several days in a row, much like a reality show, just without the cameras, fake drama, and C-list celebrities. “The idea is to triangulate all the data, not just the car-related data.”
One of the subjects the team followed was a new dad in China, whose passion is extreme sports. His vehicle is very important to him, because it had to fit his new role as guardian and protector, and yet still embody a sliver of his former edgy self. So he chose a safe but sporty-enough vehicle, that he envisioned himself using, to navigate his family in and around the scary traffic conditions in urban China — a new form of extreme sport, if you will. “We found that people use vehicles to help them through their transitions,” adds Thomas.
Another subject was a sari salesperson in India. As per cultural protocol, as soon as the transaction shifted to the payment phase, she had to hand off the transaction to a male colleague. The rest of her life was like that, too, always deferring to male authority. But in her car, she took up the same amount of space as anyone else on the road. It was her way of to gain agency not permitted in other areas of her life. “She didn’t have to defer to anyone on the road. She was equal.”
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After checks, 2009 to 2015 models equal solid purchase Competing with the likes of the Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape with an eye for German-engineered quality, refinement and luxury, the Volkswagen Tiguan crossover hit the market for model-year 2009, and has enjoyed a loyal following of owners ever since. Tiguan appears a fairly solid used crossover bet, though a few checks are advised. Start with a scan of the engine’s computer at a VW dealer: many owners have reported issues with ignition coil packs, sensors or even a buildup of valve gunk causing poor performance, sporadic power delivery and other issues, most of which will either cause a checkengine light to illuminate, or a ‘trouble code’ to be stored in the engine’s computer. A computer scan is fast and cheap, and can reveal a multitude of
Common owner praise-points include a quiet ride, comfortable cabin, taut handling, upscale interior trimmings and an overall feel of solid quality. On models with the 4Motion AWD system, all-weather traction is rated highly, too.
What owners dislike A high upfront price, sometimes clumsy navigation interface, and a small cargo hold requiring owners to fold rear seats flat to stow away more cargo. Furthermore, despite Tiguan’s sporty engine, some owners take issue with its requirement to be fed high-octane fuel.
Features Targeting a shopper who seeks handling, comfort and performance, Tiguan’s available feature content included a panoramic sunroof, heated leather, xenon lights, Bluetooth, navigation, up-level Dynaudio audio systems, power seats, keyless engine start and plenty more. steve russell/torstar news service
potential problems. Confirm proper operation of the Bluetooth system, all steering-wheel mounted controls, motorized seat adjustments and the climate control system, ensuring each works as expected. Confirm prop-
er operation of the Tiguan’s xenon lighting system too, if equipped. Xenon lights last longer than halogen lights, though they’re pricier to replace when they do burn out. Some owners have reported issues with the Tiguan’s cool-
ing system, so have a VW mechanic inspect the level and condition of its engine coolant, and check for signs of coolant leakage, which could indicate a worn water pump or other issues. JUSTIN PRITCHARD FOR METRO
The verdict Tiguan’s most common issues seem easy to diagnose and repair, and they’re all reported fairly infrequently. Thanks to Volkswagen’s experience with the 2.0T powerplant and 4Motion system, shoppers can take confidence in buying a used copy that passes a basic mechanical and computer scan at a VW dealer.
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Sky is limit for Chan’s return figure skating
Action-packed year off has inspired skater to do big things Falling to earth from 13,000 feet helped Patrick Chan put life in perspective. “You pull the chute and, oh my gosh, the view is amazing,” Chan said. “It just makes you realize how small I am and how small the figure skating world is.” The 24-year-old from Toronto was scheduled to go sky diving again Tuesday in Montreal with fellow Canadian figure skaters Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, Eric Radford, Jeffrey Buttle and Joannie Rochette — who introduced Chan to the extreme sport while in Florida recently. The three-time world champion confirmed last week he was returning to competition after an adventurous year off that included sky diving, surfing and back-country skiing. He
Patrick Chan of Canada plans to return to figure skating after stepping away from the sport following his silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. atsushi tomura/getty images nba playoffs
James searching for way to win Bull fight LeBron James leaned against a stanchion and spun a ball on his index finger. As it rotated, his brain seemed to be turning just as quickly. He’s plotting his next move against the Bulls. After losing Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series to Chicago, James and the Cleveland Cavaliers regrouped on Tuesday to watch film, work on outside shooting and devise a better defensive scheme to stop a pick-and-roll play the Bulls executed to near perfection during their 99-92 victory. James came within one assist of a tri-
I think I may have to change my mindset with Kev being out. LeBron James
ple-double, but he wasn’t happy with his performance, and with Cleveland missing starters Kevin Love and J.R. Smith, the four-time league MVP knows it’s going to be up to him and all-star guard Kyrie Irving to even the series Wednesday. the associated press
I think that (the fun times) will help with my return to skating, to just remind myself that ‘Hey, look at how great of a life I have, and skating and the place I finish doesn’t affect at all who I am.’ Figure skater Patrick Chan
friends and train at the same arena in Detroit. He admitted he “skimmed through” the men’s programs a couple of days after the world championships, fast forwarding to the big jumps. Post-Olympic seasons usually are lacking and Chan wasn’t super impressed by what he saw. “Nothing too special — no offence,” he said. “It was a very exciting competition, of course technically everyone did all the quads (quadruple jumps), but we’ve had two, three seasons of these quads coming back into the men’s field, so that’s to be expected now. “At this point, especially myself, I look to a skater who is pushing the boundaries programwise.” Chan hopes to do just that. “I want to skate a program that I can get off the ice and say ‘I’m proud of what I just did.’ I hope it’s something people will look back in years to come, or coaches can play a program to skaters to say ‘This is what it takes to be a champion.’ “That’s really my goal, not necessarily winning a medal. I think I’m beyond that in my career.” Chan’s return is good news for Canadian men’s skating. With Chan out, and Olympian Kevin Reynolds struggling with both skate issues, then a hip injury, 16-year-old Nam Nguyen won the national title and went on to finish fifth at the wowrld championships. the canadian press
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IN BRIEF Carroll helps Hawks even series as Wizards miss Wall DeMarre Carroll scored 22 points, Kyle Korver bounced back from a miserable first half and the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks held off the Washington Wizards 106-90 on Tuesday, taking advantage of John Wall’s absence to even the Eastern Conference semifinals at 1-1. Wall, who finished out the series opener with an injured left hand, was scratched just before Game 2. Ramon Sessions did a good job filling in with 21 points, but Washington lost for the first time in these playoffs. the associated press
even has his own ice wine label, set for release in June. “I think that (the fun times) will help with my return to skating, to just remind myself that ‘Hey, look at how great of a life I have, and skating and the place I finish doesn’t affect at all who I am and what I can do with it.’” Chan didn’t dare tell coach Kathy Johnson about sky diving until after he was back on safe ground. “So that I wouldn’t deal with her wrath,” Chan said, laughing. He drew parallels between leaping from a plane and stepping on to the ice. “Very very frightening,” Chan said on a conference call. “The anticipation was very very similar.” Chan stepped away from competition after his silver medal performance at last year’s Sochi Olympics. He believes, even had he won gold in Sochi, he would’ve taken a break. The seven-time Canadian champion was a keen spectator of the ice dancing competition this past season — Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, who won world bronze, are good
Politics, football overlap as Israel and Palestine face off Israel’s Football Association said Tuesday that Palestinians football officials are “injecting politics into sports” by calling on FIFA to suspend the Jewish state from world football. The Palestinian proposal features in FIFA’s published agenda for its election congress on May 29. Ofer Eini, president of Israel’s FA, said his organization has done its best to assist Palestinian soccer, but that many issues were beyond its control and needed to be resolved at a political level. the associated press
Morata hurts old club Real in first leg
Juve’s Stephan Lichtsteiner, right, battles Real Madrid’s Marcelo. the associated press
Former Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata came back to haunt his old club as he netted the opener for Juventus on its way to a 2-1 victory over the holders in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday. Morata, who moved to Juventus after helping Madrid to a record 10th Champions League title, didn’t celebrate after scoring. Cristiano Ronaldo became the competition’s alltime top scorer with Madrid’s equalizer before Carlos Tevez restored Juventus’ lead from the spot. the associated press
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IN BRIEF Pacquiao hit with classaction lawsuit over injury Manny Pacquiao and his handlers have been hit with a lawsuit asking for damages for anyone who paid to watch his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. because he failed to disclose his shoulder was injured. It alleges that the viewers were defrauded after paying to watch the fight, and seeks class action status on behalf of anyone who bought tickets, pay-per-view or bet on the fight. Pacquiao, who would go on to lose a unanimous decision, is expected to undergo surgery this week for a rotator cuff tear. Meanwhile, Mayweather said in a text to ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith that he would welcome a rematch with Pacquiao. “I will fight him in a year after his surgery,” the text read. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Solder feeling ‘fine’ despite cancer diagnosis New England Patriots offensive tackle Nate Solder says he feels fine at the team’s voluntary off-season activities. He missed them last year after being diagnosed Nate Solder with tes- GETTY IMAGES ticular cancer and undergoing surgery. But he played in every game and helped protect Tom Brady’s left side on the way to a Super Bowl championship. Solder went public about two weeks ago with the news of his cancer. Now he is spreading the word about the need for early detection.
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Chicago ahead 3-0 in Western Conference semifinal Patrick Kane scored in the first period for Chicago, and Corey Crawford and the Blackhawks made the superstar’s goal stand up for a 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. Chicago took a commanding 3-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series. Game 4 is in Minnesota again on Thursday. Kane has six goals and five assists in nine playoff games, bouncing back just fine from the broken collarbone that kept him out of the last quarter of the regular season. Crawford made 30 saves, giving him 90 on 94 shots in the three games. Stifled time after time on chance after chance, the Wild have scored just once over their last 150-plus minutes on the ice.
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The Blackhawks last led a playoff series 3-0 in the Western Conference finals against San Jose in 2010, when they went on to win the Stanley Cup. An overnight power outage softened the ice, sending the arena scrambling to restore the surface in time for the morning skates. The skating conditions were back to normal by nightfall, and there was sure no slowing down the Blackhawks. On a first-period power play, Patrick Sharp centred the puck to Andrew Shaw, who poked it just enough to his left where Kane skated unabated up the wing. The 26-year-old speedster snapped a low shot that slipped past Devan Dubnyk’s pads to quiet the buzz in the crowd.
Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford clears Wild right-winger Nino Niederreiter from the goal crease during Game 3 of their Western Conference playoff series in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday.
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Price, Ovechkin, Benn named finalists for most-oustanding player award Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin and Dallas Stars
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forward Jamie Benn were announced as the finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award on Tuesday. The Ted Lindsay Award is presented annually to the “most outstanding player” in the NHL, as voted by fellow members of the National Hockey League Players’ Association. Benn and Price are each seeking their first Ted Lindsay Award, while Ovechkin could be honoured by his fellow players for the fourth time in his
LEAGUE’S BEST Alex Ovechkin: 53 goals Jamie Benn: 87 points Carey Price: 44 wins, 1.96 goals-against average, .933 save percentage (regular-season leaders)
career. The winner will be announced on June 24 during the
2015 NHL Awards in Las Vegas. Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Ted Lindsay Award the previous two seasons. The Award honours Ted Lindsay, an all-star forward who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks and was known for his skill, tenacity, leadership, and for his role in establishing the original Players’ Association. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Ready in Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 36 minutes Serving Size: 4 Ingredients • 3 tsp vegetable oil, divided • 4 medium chicken quarters cut into thighs and drumsticks • ¼ cup all-purpose flour • 2 tsp minced fresh garlic • 1 ½ cups chopped onion • 1 ½ cups chopped green bell peppers • 1 cup white rice • 1 can (19 oz) crushed tomatoes • 1 ¾ cups chicken stock • ½ cup sliced stuffed green olives • 1 Tbsp drained capers • 2 tsp dried basil • 2 tsp chili powder • 1 ½ tsp dried oregano • 1 bay leaf • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley or cilantro Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Spray a 13- by 9-inch baking dish with cooking oil. 2. Spray a large non-stick skillet with cooking oil, add 2 tsp of the vegetable oil and place over medium heat. Dust the chicken with the flour. Brown on all sides, about 6 minutes. Add to baking dish.
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