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Graffiti project ends as artists dispute claims vandalism rose

Metro | Edmonton

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Metro | Edmonton Some local artists are mourning the loss of two free graffiti walls and disputing claims that they increased tagging. Two years ago, the Open Source Street Art Pilot Project opened two exterior walls — one behind the Tire Craft on Whyte Avenue and one on an old building in Mill Woods — to graffiti artists in need of a canvas. In return, the city got a chance to see whether the free walls cut down on vandalism in surrounding neighbourhoods. The project ended in March and the city decided not to continue, saying tagging around the walls had actually increased, and the cost of maintaining the walls was high. But Kim Fjordbotten, owner of The Paint Spot, an art supply store next to one of the walls, disputes those findings. “I’m sad that the soundbite was there was more tagging, because that wasn’t really our experience,” she said, noting the intent of the pilot project was to closely monitor vandalism. “With the increased scrutiny and reporting, of course, came the numbers that said it was

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The site of the former free wall off Whyte Ave is now the site of a mural that will be changed periodically. KEVIN TUONG/For Metro

increased, when in fact I think, overall, it was the same or less.” Still, Katie Hayes, a graffiti project manager with the city said the free walls “weren’t sustainable” given the funds and labour required.

Still, she said, the city wants to continue to bring in public art. To that end, it has replaced the wall on Whyte Ave with an “outdoor art gallery” of spray art that will be periodically

replaced. “(It will) bring that heightened awareness of the difference between street art and graffiti vandalism,” Hayes said. Artist Jamie Law said the gallery is not the same as the

free walls. “Graffiti is still going to happen,” he said. “The war on graffiti will always continue, but now it’s not going to be positive because you haven’t given us a place to do it.”

The architect of a unite the right movement in Alberta is suing the Wildrose Party for $27,300. In late 2015, Barry McNamar, co-founder and president of the Alberta Prosperity Fund — raising money for conservative parties in Alberta for the next election — filed a claim against the Wildrose alleging the party failed to pay him for consulting services. But in a statement of defence, the Wildrose denies owing McNamar anything and alleges he failed to raise funds for the party, inappropriately directed funds to an unnamed third-party organization and misrepresented commitments from potential donors. None of the allegations have been proven in court. The Alberta Prosperity Fund is holding meetings across the province to raise funds for voter education and present voters with a single “common-sense” alternative. The group has attracted former staffers and candidates from both conservative parties, including former Wildrose and PC MLA Heather Forsyth and former PC Party President Jim McCormick. New rules prevent corporations from donating directly to candidates. McNamar said the Prosperity group plans to use money raised to educate voters. “We can access money that the parties can’t to conduct polls, to conduct broad scale advertising campaigns through traditional and social media,” he said. with files from Jeremy Simes

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Home prices forecast to drop real estate

City saw 1,328 new homes sit empty in February

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Metro | Edmonton An abundance of new, empty houses could soon hurt real estate prices in Edmonton. ATB Financial chief economist Todd Hirsch said Edmonton is due for a price drop after Statistics Canada data revealed an all-time record 1,328 newly built houses sat empty in the city in February. “Edmonton has yet to see any substantial price drop in residential housing. Calgary is seeing it already, but (in) Edmonton, I think, that will come,” Hirsch said. “I think homebuyers will be a little bit more discerning. They’ll be looking for good deals, and some of those sellers will be willing to sharpen their pens a little bit.” Homebuilders went full bore

A recent boom in new housing starts coinciding with a quickly chilling economy in Edmonton has threatened to see real estate prices tumble. the canadian press file

when Alberta’s economy was booming in recent years but did not slow down before the price of oil tanked in 2015, busting the boom. Hirsch said real-estate supply

and demand is “a little bit out of balance” and hopes builders ease up before the city winds up with a bubble. “They didn’t respond to that as well in 2006-07. Homebuild-

ers continued to build a lot of homes, and in ’08, when the market went sideways, then we saw a big price drop,” he said. “This time around I think homebuilders are probably

going to react a little more quickly.” But Hirsch added that empty houses are to be expected in this economy and consumers should not panic. Housing starts have started to drop in Edmonton, down by 56 percent from the same time last year. Meanwhile, Edmonton’s Food Bank is also being hit hard by the weakened economy. The food bank announced Monday it provided hampers to a record-high 20,431 people in March. Edmonton’s Food Bank has created new partnerships and programs to serve higher numbers of clients, and the city of Edmonton is now providing a part-time social worker to help out on site.

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Edmonton

Social housing ban remains social services

City extends moratorium on investing in affordable units

The moratorium is not a solution, housing is.

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Ryan Tumilty

Metro | Edmonton The city voted to extend its moratorium on social housing in five central Edmonton neighbourhoods Tuesday and will now look for ways to make housing investments that will improve the communities. For more than three years, the city has not allowed nonmarket housing projects, including group homes or shelters, in the Alberta Avenue, Eastwood, Queen Mary Park, Central McDougall and McCauley neighbourhoods. The moratorium meant council would not invest in any such projects, but did not ban them outright. It was put in place after community members from all five of the neighbourhoods raised concerns that all of the city’s so-

The McCauley neighbourhood has had a moratorium on city investment in social housing since 2012. Metro File

cial housing was being built in their backyards. Administration had earlier recommended council look at adding exemptions to the moratorium, including seniors housing and small non-market projects. Cris Basualdo, with the

Alberta Avenue Community League, told council Tuesday not enough has changed to warrant ending the ban. “We were actually looking for enforceable policy to distribute affordable housing city wide,” she said. But John Whittaker, with the

Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, pleaded with council to ease the ban. “The moratorium is not a solution, housing is.” Coun. Ben Henderson said the city could build housing without adding to the high level of poverty in some com-

munities, and could work with them to determine what it needed. “The housing in these neighbourhoods would have a different mandate,” he said. Walter Trocenko, the city’s housing manager, said the forthcoming plan will consider options including market housing or more units catering to families. “It’s not one size fits all, but understanding the needs of each of those neighbourhoods will lead us down a path to test those ideas,” he said. “Everything is on the table, we don’t want to limit ourselves.” The moratorium will remain in place until the new plans are developed. Trocenko said the earliest the plans could be complete would be the middle of 2017.

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City holds off on land corp City council has pushed its decision on whether it should create a municipal development corporation to at least the fall after again hearing opposition from private developers. Councillors voted Tuesday to study the idea more closely, including consulting with developers on how to potentially structure it. But many developers said the idea should be axed. Ken Cantor, a vice-president with Qualico developments, said the corporation could create unintended consequences. “As a tool, the (municipal development corporation) would be a sledgehammer with the risks of wielding one in a small space,” he said. Greg Nakatsui, a director with the Canadian Home Builders Association, said developers would be concerned about competing directly with the city. Mayor Don Iveson said there was no need to rush on the idea, especially with the economy in its current state: “I think it would be a mistake to make this decision today.” Ryan Tumilty/metro

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Hailing complaints off base: TappCar Tim Querengesser Metro | Edmonton

TappCar says complaints about its drivers picking up street hails illegally are largely unfounded. Under the city’s recently passed vehicle for hire bylaw, TappCar and other companies are only allowed to take passengers who pre-arrange trips using either a phone-based app or by calling a dispatch line. Taxi drivers, on the other hand, can take all customers, including those who hail them from the street or at a taxi stand.

Gary Dziwenka, who heads Edmonton’s vehicle for hire and licensing regulations, said the city is working to enforce its bylaws and putting added resources into that effort, as well as using peace officers. An email leaked to Metro from an Edmonton peace officer following a complaint about TappCar drivers notes the city is “trying to reduce this behaviour by educating the industry and their drivers.” But while TappCar spokesman Pascal Ryffel said the company is aware of the complaints from taxi drivers, he also said it’s often just a case of judging a book by its cover.

TappCar trips that are arranged by app use GPS technology, which often requires drivers to search for customers, with customers often waving at the cars to help, he said. “That’s kind of the only way for the driver to identify the passenger who has booked the car.” Ryffel added “virtually all of the complaints” the company has received it has been able to prove were actually pre-booked. “If there was an instance where that was the case, we would discipline the driver,” he said. With files from Ryan Tumilty

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Calgary’s total of 17, according to the 2015 Canadian UFO Survey. The annual survey by Ufology Research in Winnipeg showed 1,267 sightings across the country, the second-highest total in the last three decades. Less than 12 per cent of UFO were classified as unexplained, however, and more than half were deemed “simple lights in the sky.” Montreal was the top city with 97 reported sightings, followed by Toronto (78) and Vancouver (69).

Ufology Research releases annual study Edmonton has won the battle of Alberta handily — at least when it comes to UFO sightings. Alberta’s capital accounted for 36 reported sightings in 2015, coming in fourth place in Canada and more than doubling

Quebec as a province accounted for about 35 per cent of all reports. The study notes UFO sightings have been generally increasing since 1989, with a spike in 2012. It suggests several reasons for the high numbers, including that more people are able to report their sightings with easier access to portable technology, and even that “the downturn in the economy is leading to an increased desire by some people to look skyward for assistance.” metro

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Ben Alway, the owner of Second Skin Tattoo Removal, removes tattoos for those looking to turn over a new leaf. Kevin Tuong/for metro

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Activist pitches changes to Ontario Human Rights code Jessica Smith Cross Metro | Toronto

An activist wants to make it illegal to discriminate against someone based on their size, shape or weight. Jill Andrew, co-founder of the Body Confidence Canada Awards, is meeting Wednesday with the province’s human rights commissioner to discuss possible changes to the Ontario Human Rights Code. Weight deserves the same attention as other basis for discrimination that are protected

by the code today, including age, sex, disability, ethnic origin and sexual orientation, Andrew said. “All of the same social and cultural stereotypes that are wrongly linked to being fat — being lazy or being unintelligent or lacking energy — have fed into employers who discriminate against people who are looking for work or to be promoted,” she said. If the proposal is adopted, it would be illegal to discriminate against a person — to fire them

or refuse to rent an apartment to them, for example — because of their weight. Andrew got the opportunity to make her case to when she spoke alongside Rena Mandhane, who heads Ontario’s Human Rights Commission, at a recent event for women in politics in Toronto. “She was very eager to have the conversation,” said Andrew. “I’m hoping she hears my arguments and sees some merits in them.”

Jill Andrew, third from left, is working to have a person’s weight protected against discrimination. Facebook

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CETA trade deal at stake amid dispute Canada and the European Union traded barbs Tuesday in their long-running visa dispute, escalating their brinkmanship as a key deadline in the impasse came and went without a resolution. Europe’s top envoy to Canada said there’s no guarantee the mammoth Canada-EU free trade deal would win approval in the European Parliament if Canada keeps visa restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian travellers. A spokesman for Immigration Minister John McCallum shot back with a warning that if the EU imposes a retaliatory visa on Canada it might hurt EU tourism, as well as economic and political relations. Marie-Anne Coninsx, the European Union’s ambassador to Canada, linked the freetrade deal, known as CETA, with the unresolved visa dispute during a Tuesday interview with The Canadian Press. “Officially, there’s absolutely no connection,” Coninsx said in her Ottawa office. But if the visa issue isn’t

resolved when CETA comes before the European Parliament for a vote, expected by years’ end, Coninsx said Bulgaria and Romania would vote against it. While only a majority vote of the EU Parliament is needed ratify CETA, Coninsx said other countries might also vote against the deal. “There might be other nationalities who say we don’t like what is happening with our brothers and sisters from Romania and Bulgaria and we do the same,” Coninsx said. “If we don’t have this issue on the table, I guarantee it (CETA) will be adopted without any major issue,” she added. “It should go smoothly, but with that on the table, I cannot predict.” Coninsx spoke hours after European Union nations and lawmakers began urgent talks on how to respond to the failure of Canada, the U.S. and Brunei to extend visa-free travel to citizens of all of the union’s 28 member states. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Fish plant committed to rebuilding after fire Tina Andrews woke Tuesday to the lingering smell of smoke and the knowledge that settled on so many residents of Bay de Verde, N.L.: It wasn’t just a nightmare. Their sprawling fish plant, an economic engine for the pretty seaside town on Newfoundland’s eastern edge, really was a smouldering ruin after a fierce blaze erupted early Monday. Hundreds of vital jobs also went up in those billows of black ash but owners the Quinlan Brothers offered some much needed reassurance. “There has been a great loss

of physical assets but all of it can be and will be replaced,” the company said in a statement late Tuesday. “The company is fully insured and it will rebuild at Bay de Verde as quickly as possible.” It also said it can serve fish harvesters “as normal” with backup plans for processing. “The company is working ‘round the clock to put in place arrangements with other producers to add capacity, increase shifts, etc., that will ensure seafood landed is processed in a timely and high quality manner.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The remote northern Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat declared a state of emergency after numerous suicide attempts this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE

Police break up suicide pact of 13 young people Mental health

First Nations community sees rash of attempts A suicide pact by 13 young aboriginal people, including a nineyear-old, has been thwarted on a remote First Nation in northern Ontario where local leaders say they’re so overwhelmed by the suicide crisis that extra police officers have been called in from nearby communities. Anna Betty Achneepineskum of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation said the youths were overheard making a pact to kill themselves on Monday and police brought them to the local hospital in Attawapiskat for an evaluation. But the hospital was already treating other patients who had attempted suicide in recent days

and couldn’t see all of the new arrivals, Achneepineskum said, so about half of them temporarily waited in jail for treatment, the only other place where officials felt their safety could be secured. “There are so many things that are needed here,” she said in an interview. “So many things.” Achneepineskum said the entire community of about 2,000 in the James Bay region is so overburdened by the rash of suicide attempts that three of the reserve’s four health-care workers were sent to Thunder Bay for counselling and rest as reinforcements came in to help. Health Canada said Tuesday that roughly 18 additional people — including a crisis coordinator, two youth support workers and a psychologist — had been deployed as temporary crisis relief since a state of

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ment, one leader said. Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day said the pervasive ills plaguing aboriginal Canadians can be traced back to the Indian Act of 1876, which is marking its 140th anniversary. Day said the act, which effectively transferred all decisions affecting First Nations to officials in Ottawa, set the stage for decades of turmoil, including residential schools, where young aboriginals endured horrific abuse. Those experiences are at the heart of issues that include addiction, poor health and unemployment, all of which tend to converge on Canadian reserves that include Attawapiskat, Day said. Officials responsible for collecting demographic data on Attawapiskat did not respond to requests for the information.

Canada’s military has changed how it trains soldiers for overseas deployments, with more focus on ethical issues, cultural differences and addressing human rights violations — all resulting from the fallout of its mishandling of child abuse reports in Afghanistan. The defence department on Tuesday released the results of a long-awaited investigation examining the response of the Canadian military to reports of sexual abuse of boys by Afghan soldiers and interpreters. The board of inquiry report — almost eight years in the making — concludes that at no time did commanders order troops to turn a blind eye to suspected abuse. But it does note that the military could have acted on the abuse of minors in 2006 but didn’t because of breakdowns in communications between soldiers in the field and commanders.

confronted with allegations or evidence of abuse. “A soldier would be able to take a pro-active role, whether that is reporting or whether it’s an actual intervention,” Vance told Torstar on Tuesday. Indeed, he’s given specific orders to Canadian soldiers now deployed in northern Iraq to report any violation of Canadian or international law. That includes the use of child soldiers, torture, inhuman treatment and sexual assault of children and other vulnerable populations, according an excerpt of the directive obtained by the Star. The 107-page report released Tuesday confirms that Canadian soldiers witnessed or suspected that sex acts were taking place between Afghan National Security Forces and children. “These reports include incidents of oral sex and genital fondling under clothing,” according to the report.

Sufficient information existed as early as 2006 to warrant action on the possible sexual abuse of minors. Defence department report Instead, the military took action only after a soldier said in 2008 that he had witnessed abuse. Other stories said soldiers had been told by commanders to ignore incidents of sexual abuse. Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of defence staff, said he’s confident that soldiers would take action today if

There was one report of Canadian Forces (CF) medical personnel treating both male and female children for rectal damage that resulted from the assault, the inquiry found. “Sufficient information existed as early as 2006 to warrant action on the possible sexual abuse of minors,” the report said. torstar news service

IN BRIEF Check on milk in cheese products: Dairy farmers Milk producers are asking the feds to enforce rules governing how much real milk is included in cheese. Industry stakeholders said a U.S. milk protein is being used improperly as actual milk, costing them tens of thousands a year.

Central bank to assess impact of multibilliondollar commitments The Bank of Canada is scheduled to deliver an assessment Wednesday: its take on just how much of a lift it expects the economy to get from billions in federal government spending commitments.

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Russian cartoon bear a big hit A proverbial Russian bear has long alarmed Westerners as the symbol of Moscow’s might and purported ferocity. But the Russian who has taken the world by storm is a sweet goof who hasn’t fired a single shot. Masha and the Bear, a Russian animated television series launched in 2009, now broadcasts in more than 120 countries including the United States. Its YouTube channel is in the top 10 most-viewed worldwide. The cartoon centres on the mischievous girl Masha and the towering Bear, a retired circus performer who falls victim to the green-eyed sprite’s pranks. Their real home is a former Soviet kindergarten in Moscow’s northern outskirts. There, more than 70 animators each produce two to four seconds of screen time a day. It’s slow work due to the highly detailed images, unusual for television series. The cartoon has roots in the Soviet animated film industry, which had unusual freedom. Officials regarded cartoons as fairly insignificant and did not apply smothering censorship. Despite the industry’s creativity, its cartoons remained unknown outside the Russian-speaking world until Masha and the Bear broke through. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Authorities raid offices of Mossack Fonseca

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Prosecutors looking for information linked to leak Organized crime prosecutors raided the Panama City offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm Tuesday looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens it set up for

wealthy international clients. A half-dozen police officers set up a perimeter around the offices while prosecutors searched inside for documents. Shortly after news reports based on a trove of documents from the firm began emerging more than a week ago, Panama’s government had said it would investigate. The attorney general’s office said in a statement that the objective of the raid was “to obtain documentation linked to the information published in news articles that establish

the use of the firm in illicit activities.” Mossack Fonseca has denied any wrongdoing, saying it only set up offshore financial accounts and anonymous shell companies for clients and was not involved in how those accounts were used. Co-founder Roman Fonseca said Tuesday that the firm was preparing a statement. The search came a day after intellectual property prosecutors visited Mossack Fonseca to follow up on the firm’s allegations that a computer hack

led to the leak of millions of documents about tax havens. The firm filed a complaint charging the security breach shortly before the first media reports working with the documents offered details on how politicians, celebrities and companies around the globe were hiding assets in offshore accounts and shell companies. “Finally the real criminals are being investigated,” Fonseca said in a message to The Associated Press on Monday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FALLOUT Corruption probes close in on Argentina’s Fernandez A federal prosecutor has asked that Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernandez be included in a widening investigation into money laundering. A separate moneylaundering probe into hotels owned by her family has been relaunched. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Day 3

A royal celebration The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on a weeklong tour of India and Bhutan, visiting in the cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Assam, Bhutan and Agra. Here are some sights from Day 3 of their visit.

Kate and Will watch as a little boy dances by the fireside during a Bihu Festival Celebration at Diphlu River Lodge in Kaziranga, India. Kate looks on as her husband tries to play an Indian whistle. Dancers perform by the fireside. All photos: Getty Images

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Democrats capitalize on Equal Pay Day Brussels officials U.S. President Barack Obama and other Democrats on Tuesday seized on Equal Pay Day — a symbolic event dramatizing how much longer it takes a woman to earn as much as a man — to court women voters and call out Republicans for inaction on the issue. Obama dedicated a new national monument to women’s equality and pushed Congress to pass legislation. He suggested he’s encouraged by movement toward full gender equality in many arenas — including corporate boardrooms, professional

sports and presidential politics. “If we truly value fairness then America should be a level playing field,” the president said, as he joined House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski and other Democrats at the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum in D.C., the onetime home of the National Women’s Party now designated as Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. Alva Belmont and Alice Paul were figures in the women’s rights and suffrage

Barack Obama speaks at the newly-designated BelmontPaul Women’s Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C. Getty Images

movements. The Democrats’ focus on Equal Pay comes amid a presidential campaign where the Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, has alienated female voters in droves, leading to GOP fears he could diminish the party’s standing with that key constituency for years to come. Yet once again this year, while Obama and Democratic lawmakers trumpet their equal pay proposals at news conferences and briefings, Republicans have little to offer in return. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Two men have been charged with offences related to the Brussels bombings, and three others have been detained in Brussels in connection to the Paris attacks, Belgian authorities said Tuesday. The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office said the two who have been charged, identified only as Smail F. and Ibrahim F., were involved in renting an apartment in the Etterbeek area of Brussels that served as a hideout for the bomber who

attacked the Brussels subway on March 22 as well as a suspected accomplice. It said the detention of the three related to the Paris attacks followed a morning search in Uccle, an upscale district of the Belgian capital. A judge will decide Wednesday whether the three people should remain in custody, it said. It said no further information would be made public about the search. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Hawking joining space race With famed physicist Stephen Hawking at his side, an Internet investor announced Tuesday that he’s spending $100 million on a futuristic plan to explore far outside our solar system. Yuri Milner said the eventual goal is sending hundreds or thousands of tiny spacecraft, each weighing far less than an ounce, to the Alpha Centauri star system. That’s more than 2,000 times as far as any spacecraft has gone so far. Propelled by energy from a powerful array of Earth-based lasers, the spacecraft would fly at about one-fifth the speed of light. They could reach Alpha Centauri in 20 years, where they could make observations and send the results back to Earth. They might discover a planet or planets there — experts think there may be some, but there’s no proven sighting yet — and possibly even find signs of life there or elsewhere, said Milner and a panel of experts at the announcement. The three stars that make up Alpha Centauri are the closest stars to our star — the sun. “We commit to the next great leap into the cosmos,” Hawking said, “because we are human and our nature is to fly.”

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Hawking has joined Milner and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on the board of the project, called Breakthrough Starshot, which includes a team of scientists. Milner said his $100 million will go to establish the feasibility of the project, and that a launch itself would require far more money. Hawking is also part of a project Milner announced last summer to use telescopes to seek intelligent life in outer space.

For the Starshot project, the tiny spacecraft would be boosted into space by a conventional rocket, and then set free individually. They would capture the energy from the earthbound laser array with sails a few yards wide. Milner said recent advances in electronic miniaturization, laser technology and fabrication of extremely thin and light materials have made such a mission realistic to consider. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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4DX incorporates a jolt on every level, from water streams and air blasts to lightning and familiar scents, along with chairs that move, in tandem with on-screen action. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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IMF projecting slowdown in economic growth for Canada The International Monetary Fund is lowering its economic growth projections for Canada and the world. Slow growth in global oil exports, low crude prices and weak demand for non-oil commodities were identified as factors. The IMF is now projecting Canada’s economy to grow by 1.5 per cent this year and by 1.9 per cent next year. That would be an improvement on last year’s growth of 1.2 per cent but less than the

IMF’s January estimate, which projected Canada’s economy would grow 1.7 per cent in 2016 and 2.1 per cent in 2017. The IMF is also lowering its estimates for the United States and the global economy overall, with China being an exception. The international body repeated a recent warning that the world’s economic growth remains too slow and too fragile, increasing the risk of social and political stress in many countries. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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knowing is half the battle By the standards of our big-data age, we know shockingly little about the true extent and nature of sexual assault in this country, much less about what authorities are doing to address it. A concerted effort to collect, share and analyze data could be our last, best hope for change.

It began last week with a simple question. Ottawa police had a 39 per cent charge rate for sexual assaults in 2014. I wanted to know: How does that compare to the national average? But there was one problem. That comparison doesn’t exist. Statistics Canada tracks some data on sexual assault in this country. But rates of charges versus police complaints? No. In fact, even StatsCan’s own data sets aren’t designed to be compared to each other, like puzzle pieces never cut to fit. We are witnessing a crescendo of attention on sexual assault never seen before. Decades of research and activism have brought us here, but depressingly, they have done nothing to change the rate of sexual violence in the last 15 years. There is one thing we haven’t tried: the collection, organization and analysis of robust, in-depth and actionable data. As things stand now, when a woman comes forward, we don’t usefully record what happens next. The same is true, of course, for all crimes. But there is good reason to demand that, in the case of sexual assault, much more needs to be done. Sexual assault — everything from unwanted sexual touching to violent rape — is a unique umbrella of crime in this country. First of all, it’s overwhelming committed by men against women. Secondly, sexual assaults aren’t addressed by the justice system as often as other crimes. Nationally, physical assaults are seven

You can’t sift insight from thin air. Police, schools and StatsCan must be compelled to collect more information.

Left: A protester is seen outside a Toronto courthouse where the Jian Ghomeshi trial took place. Right: A sign made up of messages created by students in September 2015 as part of the anti-violence project at the University of Victoria. Chris young/THE CANADIAN PRESS ; Chad Hipolito/THE CANADIAN PRESS

times more likely to play out in courts, compared to sexual assaults. But most alarming is that while crime rates have uniformly been falling since 1999, only sexual assault has remained stable. Better data should begin with local police departments, which only ever hear about five per cent of sexual assaults to begin with, and which have no uniform practice for tracking or publishing sexual-assault data In Vancouver, police host an online public database, but it only includes the number of cases investigated as sexual assaults (including those against children); it doesn’t include all complaints and doesn’t break down cases by outcome or factors like race. Ottawa police released stats on sexual assault complaints (also including kids) only after a freedom of information request. The data showed the result of each complaint, including “unfounded” and “founded but not solved,” but

there were no details on how investigators reached their conclusions. This is typical. Both Ottawa and Calgary police have played the “trust us” card and taken pains to defend the thoroughness of their investigators. But police forces could be hard-pressed to offer more nuanced data, even if they wanted to. ViCLAS, a national computer investigation system, was designed, like other police computer systems, to take in information and help investigations — not to spit out data for analysis. Nowhere have statistics on sexual assault come more under fire recently than on Canadian campuses. In 2014, media investigations revealed the hodgepodge, incomplete nature of information collected at universities and colleges. Schools weren’t even tracking the same categories of incidents and they had no obligation to share their data publicly. A concealing blanket lay atop a space where, advocates say, woman face height-

ened risk of sexual assault. In reaction, Ontario passed a law requiring campuses to create specific sexual assault policies and data-reporting practices. In B.C. and Alberta, advocates are drawing up recommendations for how campuses should track and investigate sexual assault complaints and support survivors. Tracy Porteous, part of that team, wants to see schools in B.C. adopt a computer database that would track complaints and aid investigations (like police systems) and also compile statistics (unlike police systems). But even these efforts are insufficient. For one, not all provinces are demanding change. Whatever data is generated might not even be comparable to that of schools in other provinces, let alone to police or StatsCan. And I highly doubt it will be sufficiently detailed, given that, in Ontario, schools have been vaguely instructed to collect “information” on

sexual assault complaints. It’s particularly ironic that this kind of paltry information exists in the age of big data, giving lie to the belief that boundless information is everywhere, just waiting to be found. There’s a chance, though, that new mathematical algorithms of the kinds studied by Prof. Andrea Lodi could shed light on what little sex assault data we’ve got. Lodi, the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Data Sci-

ence for Real-Time DecisionMaking, calls it that kind of analysis “the new frontier.” But you can’t sift insight from thin air. Police, schools and even StatsCan must be compelled to collect more information and collaborate more closely. Data could be our last, best shot to change abysmal rates of sexual violence, reporting and convictions. We must start actually using it.

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Addition, not subtraction, is the key to making a seamless transition to healthier eating habits, says U.K. food blogger Ella Woodward. “Deprivation doesn’t work,” says Woodward, who visited New York and Toronto last week to promote her new book, Deliciously Ella Every Day (Simon & Schuster Canada). “I try and help people to focus on adding stuff in, rather than always thinking what you’re cutting out,” she tells Metro. Woodward overhauled her lifestyle after being diagnosed with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome. One of the symptoms of this condition is a difficulty maintaining a normal heart rate, which meant even the simplest tasks were unconquerable for her. She says switching to a plantbased diet has helped her, but Woodward stays away from offering health advice to her fans (she has over 800,000 followers on Instagram, another 392,000 on Pinterest).

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“I don’t want to give very specific advice. I think that nutrition is absolutely amazing but it’s so important to work one-on-one with someone. I’m much more about just promoting eating natural foods, showing people easy, more tasty ways of eating them and incorporating them into their life.” Start with simple changes like switching to brown rice instead of white, or swapping quinoa for pasta. Before you know it, you’ll be craving home-made cashew milk and cauliflower pizza crust — and it won’t feel like a diet.

recipe from deliciously ella every day

A favorite recipe from my blog, which I hope you’ll love. It’s incredibly simple but very addictive; the first time I made this I cooked it four or five times in the following two weeks! There’s just something about the mix of soft, buttery beans smothered in homemade pesto with sautéed spinach, crunchy pumpkin seeds and sweet, juicy pomegranates that I can’t get enough of.

WARMING PESTO LIMA BEANS Serves 1. Ingredients for the pesto: • 1 garlic clove • 6 tablespoons pine nuts • big handful of fresh basil leaves (1 ounce) • 3 tablespoons olive oil • juice of 1 lemon • salt and pepper Ingredients for the salad: • one 15-ounce can lima beans, drained and rinsed • 3.5 ounces spinach • olive oil • juice of 1 lemon • pepper • handful of pumpkin seeds • sprinkling of pomegranate seeds Directions: 1. Start by making the pesto. Simply peel the garlic and then put all the

ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. Set aside. 2. Place the beans in a frying pan with the spinach and pesto and sauté everything in a splash of olive oil for 2–3 minutes until the spinach has wilted and everything is warm. 3. While they cook, squeeze the lemon (for the salad) over the beans and add pepper. 4. Place the pesto beans and spinach into a bowl and sprinkle the pumpkin and pomegranate seeds over the top. Tweak it In hot weather, swap the wilted spinach for fresh arugula and serve this as a cold salad.

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BOOK EXCERPT CHICKPEA FLOUR DOES IT ALL by lindsey s. love

Chickpea flour adds a cheesy touch FOOD ALTERNATIVES

Legume mimics gooey goodness of sauces made from dairy Upon first discovering that chickpea flour can not only be used as a thickener in sauces but also made into a sauce all on its own, I was beyond excited for the possibilities, and the outcome of this sauce completely exceeded my expectations. Many, if not most, vegan cheese substitutes incorporate some type of nut that gives a cheese-like consistency when soaked and blended with water. However, I was always a little disappointed that my “cheese” sauces continually didn’t have that gooey, cheesy texture. So when fooling around with a chickpea flour mix one day, I thought why not add it to the base of a vegan cheese sauce to give it that gooeyness I had longed for. After I added some flavourings, salt and pepper, and the like, I was amazed at the result: a cheese sauce tasting just the way I remember from my childhood. There are so many ways of incorporating this sauce into meals and dishes, whether it’s over pasta, as a warm cheesy dip for vegetables, or poured over baked sweet potatoes or homemade french fries.

Alfredo with Watercress and Chives Serves: 4 Prep time: 12 hours Cook time: 20 minutes.

This Alfredo with Watercress and Chives is vegan friendly thanks to chickpea flour. contributed

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Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce from Huy Fong Foods (1 Tbsp) Sodium 240 mg

Ingredients: • 16 ounces (454 g) glutenfree and vegan pasta (or

blender. Blend on high for pasta of choice) 1 minute, until creamy and • ¼ cup (40 g) plus 1 Tbsp smooth. Taste and adjust cashews, soaked overnight any seasonings, if needed. and drained Add 1 tablespoon of chives • 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive and blend on medium for oil about 30 seconds. • 1 Tbsp plus 1 ½ teaspoons nutritional yeast 4. In the last 30 seconds • 2 tsp apple cider vinegar of cooking the pasta to al • 1 ½ tsp lemon juice dente, add the watercress • 2 garlic cloves, roughly and cook until wilted. Drain chopped the pasta and watercress • ½ tsp sea salt, plus more and quickly rinse with cold to taste water to stop them from • Freshly ground pepper cooking. • 1 cup (240 ml) water • ¼ cup (30 g) chickpea 5. Transfer the pasta and flour watercress to a serving bowl; • 2 Tbsp chopped chives, pour the sauce over plus chive flowers the pasta and mix. for garnish try it on Taste and adjust • 1 cup (34 other foods salt, if needed. g) packed Serve hot with watercress There are so many ways remaining 1 • Freshly of incorporating this sauce tablespoon of ground into meals and dishes, chives, chive nutmeg, whether it’s over pasta, flowers, and to taste as a warm cheesy dip for nutmeg. vegetables, or poured over Direcbaked sweet potatoes tions: or homemade 1. Begin cookfrench fries. ing the pasta, according to instructions on the bag. While the pasta is cooking, make the sauce. 2. Place the soaked cashews in an upright high-speed blender; add the oil, yeast, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper to taste; set aside. 3. In a small saucepan, whisk together the water and flour, turn the heat to medium and continue to whisk for 6 to 7 minutes, until the mixture thickens to the consistency of a roux. Gently and carefully pour the mixture into the

Recipe from Chickpea Flour Does It All: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Vegetarian Recipes for Every Taste and Season ©Lindsey S. Love, 2016. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, The Experiment. Available wherever books are sold. theexperimentpublishing.com

Olé! More and more spice seekers are piling their food with peppery sauces, but you may get burned by more than just the taste.

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Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce (1 Tbsp) Sodium 570 mg

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Equivalent to 30 Rold Gold Classic Style Tiny Twists pretzels in sodium Adding a hot pepper sauce to spice up your food may seem like a healthier alternative than loading it with other condiments like ranch dip, chipotle mayo or ketchup, but don’t go overboard! At a glance the two spicy sauces may seem similar. Both have virtually no calories, fat or sugar, but by switching to Sriracha you cut your sodium down by half. Too much sodium can lead to high blood pressure — a risk factor for strokes, heart disease and kidney disease.

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Now it’s OK to eat like a bird Canary seed quick facts Canary seed, which has been used almost exclusively as bird seed in North America, recently received approval to be sold for human consumption in both Canada and the United States. What human food can canary seed be used in? Baked goods and mixes for bagels, biscuits, breads, rolls, cookies, crackers, doughnuts, pancakes, waffles, muffins, pies, breakfast cereals, flours and brans. It can be sprinkled like sesame seed and can also be used in energy, meal replacement, and fortified bars; granola and cereal bars; pasta; and snack foods. It’s nutritious With about 20 per cent protein, it’s one of the higher protein cereal grains grown in Canada. It has a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acids and provides folate and iron. It’s gluten-free, too. Canada is the No. 1 exporter Canada has well over 80 per cent of the world’s canary seed exports, with Saskatchewan the top grower. In 2015, an estimated 149,000 tonnes of canary seed with a farm gate value of roughly $90 million was harvested from more than 1,200 square kilometres.

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Health Canada gives the green light to eating canary seed Move over, feathered friends: canary seed has been approved for human consumption by Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The high-protein, gluten-free grain — similar in size to flax seed and sesame seed — can now be incorporated whole into energy and snack bars and sprinkled on hamburger buns and bagels. It can also be ground into flour for use in cookies, muffins, crackers, breads, tortillas and pasta. It’s good news for farmers in Saskatchewan, where the bulk of the world’s canary seed crop is grown and exported. It’s hoped the approval for human consumption will broaden the market, says Kevin Hursh, executive director of the Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan. Carol Ann Patterson, a food scientist with The Pathfinders Research and Management Ltd., in Saskatoon, had been working with the commission since about 2006 as regulatory approval was sought for the seed to be used as a cereal grain, similar to oats, wheat, barley and rye. “From a protein perspective, compared to other cereals, canary seed ranks up there,” says Patterson. “And that’s why it’s so good for

gluten-free applications because right now a lot of the flours that are used ... don’t have the same nutrient composition as canary seed would have in terms of fatty acids, in terms of the vitamins, in terms of fibre and in terms of protein content.” Roasted canary seed has a nutty flavour with a pleasant aroma. Marlene Hursh adapted a popular chocolate chip cookie recipe to use canary seed flour and groats (dehulled grain when the outer seed coat is removed, allowing you to see the seed colour).

Canary Seed Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients: If canary seed flour is unavailable, use 250 ml (1 cup) all-purpose flour. • 125 ml (1/2 cup) softened butter or shortening • 50 ml (1/4 cup) white sugar

• 125 ml (1/2 cup) brown sugar • 1 egg • 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla • 175 ml (3/4 cup) all-purpose flour • 50 ml (1/4 cup) canary seed flour • 2 ml (1/2 tsp) baking soda • 2 ml (1/2 tsp) salt • 250 ml (1 cup) chocolate chips • 50 ml (1/4 cup) canary seed groats (optional) • 125 ml (1/2 cup) chopped nuts (optional) Directions: 1. In a bowl, cream together butter and white and brown sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat until smooth. 2. Stir in flours, soda and salt. Blend well. 3. Stir in chocolate chips, and canary seed groats and nuts, if using. 4. Drop by spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheet 5 cm (2 inches) apart. Bake in a 190 C (375 F) oven for 8 to 10 minutes. the canadian press

Canary seed, seen here being harvested in Saskatchewan, has been approved for human consumption by Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. the canadian press

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The Catch comes up trite, despite its talent THE SHOW: The Catch, Season 1, Episode 2 (ABC/CTV) THE MOMENT: The muddy shoes

Swanky private investigator Alice Vaughan (Mireille Enos) is searching a bedroom for clues about the killer of a wealthy socialite, Edith. Suddenly, Edith’s handsome, younger widower enters. At first, Alice smiles at him — until she spies the mud on his shoes. The same mud that she got on her shoes a scene earlier, when she found a vital clue! Her face falls. “You stole the jewels to make it look like a robbery,” she over-explains. Poor Mireille. I loved her in The Killing. And I had high hopes for this series, in which Alice plays a cat-and-mouse game with the boyfriend who conned her (Peter Krause). The premise is juicy: Do we ever know the people we love? Can we avenge heartbreak? Its co-creator is the novelist Kate Atkinson, and its executive producer is the powerhouse Shonda

Mireille Enos stars as Alice Vaughan in The Catch. contributed

Rhimes, who is the first person to own an entire night of programming (Grey’s Anatomy at 8 p.m., Scandal at 9, and this at 10). But all the gleaming interiors, designer duds, false eyelashes and high-gloss escapism in the world can’t disguise the fact that this show is risible. The cons Krause runs wouldn’t fool a toddler. And the myster-

ies Alice does solve — muddy shoes? — are ones Nancy Drew would reject as too obvious. The Catch makes Charlie’s Angels look like The Wire. Johanna Schneller is a media connoisseur who zeroes in on pop-culture moments. She appears Monday through Thursday.

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the checklist | 2016 KIA SOUl THE BASICS Type. Four-door, five-passenger compact hatchback Engine (hp/torque): 1.6-litre four-cylinder (130/118), 2.0-litre four-cylinder (164/151) Transmissions. Six-speed manual (1.6 only), sixspeed automatic Price. $17,195 (base), as-tested $25,995 cool features • Heated wiper de-icer • Heated and cooled leather seats • Rearview camera • Cooled glovebox • Front collision warning system • Navigation system

between normal, comfort, or sport. Kia has made improvements over the original system, which was far too soft in comfort mode, but even in sport mode it could use a bit more steering weight. At an average published fuel Jil economy of 8.8 L/100 km, the McIntosh Soul isn’t a gas-guzzler but also For Metro Canada isn’t as efficient as many other vehicles its size. Boxy styling isn’t necessarily The Soul feels substantial, the prettiest, but it certainly is and the interior is comfortable practical. The Kia Soul may be and with good fit-and-finish. The a compact, but its squared-off base model is exactly that, as its shape gives you more interior extra cost to put air conditionspace than you might expect. ing into it, but the upper trim The base trim lines add numline comes with erous features. a 1.6-litre engine For $25,995, making 130 my tester inhorsepower, but cluded a heatThe tight turning ed steering I’d suggest moving up to the wheel, heated radius makes it 2.0-litre engine, leather seats, easy to park in which produces power-folding small spaces, 164 horsepower mirrors and an and is used in all especially with the auto-dimming the other trims. mirrearview camera rearview The larger ror. that’s optional. engine comes The top trim, at solely with a six$27,495, has speed automatic transmission and while it gets lane departure and front colnoisy on hard acceleration, it lision warning, navigation, handles both city and highway heated and cooled seats, and driving quite well. a panoramic sunroof. The tight turning radius There used to be far more makes it easy to park in small entries in this “tall wagon” catspaces, especially with the rear- egory, such as Toyota’s Matrix, view camera that’s optional on Honda’s Element, and the Nisthe mid-range EX trim and stan- san Cube. dard on my top-line SX tester. The Soul has outlasted them There’s also a gimmicky fea- all and now, in its second genture called Flex Steer, included eration, has matured into a wellon all models, which lets the outfitted model that makes the driver switch the steering feel most of its compact proportions.

Latest model feels roomier than past offerings

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Mercedes commits to electric Smart fleet by end of 2016 At its annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler pledged to develop and launch a batterypowered car with a 500-kilometre range before the end of the decade. Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Daimler’s chairman and the head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, said, “The more cars and commercial vehicles are on the road, the more efficiently each one of them must be operated.” Compatriot company Porsche, despite being a niche manufacturer in terms of sales and vehicle

lineup, is already hard at work bringing a similarly long-range electric car to market with a goal of a 2018 launch. However, as a company that sells millions of private and commercial vehicles every year, Daimler needs to move more quickly in order to reduce emissions and cut pollution across its fleet. By the end of 2016 every current vehicle in the company’s Smart range of inner-city cars will be offered as a plug-in electric vehicle and it also intends to bet big on hybrid drivetrains

Mercedes’ Dr. Dieter Zetsche says the company welcomes disruptors like car sharing and autonomous driving. Daimler AG

as a short-term solution while full EV technology catches up for larger vehicles. “In 2017, we will have 10 plug-

in (hybrid) models on the market,” said Zetsche. Despite the continuing backlash from the Dieselgate scandal,

Daimler also reiterated its faith in diesel and its crucial role to play in lowering the average CO2 emissions on roads not just in Europe, but around the globe. “At Mercedes, we believe in the diesel engine — and in our engineering skills,” said Zetsche. The notion of personal mobility is going through its biggest single evolution since Karl Benz invented the internal-combustion-engine-propelled motorcar in 1885. Daimler is the company that grew out of that initial automotive eureka moment and as a result likes to lay claim to being

the car’s creator. And rather than trying to preserve the status quo, the company believes the disruption coming from autonomous driving technology, pollution concerns, upstarts like Tesla and the popularity of services like Uber are all positive. “It is a matter of utilizing the opportunities that changes bring along,” Zetsche said. It’s also why Daimler is also investing heavily in its existing ride-sharing services and on efficient long distance buses. AFP

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Unlike two-seat â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;roadsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; style drop-tops, a convertible like the Volvo C70 can handle a complement of four occupants when needed, making it an ideal choice in a family-ready ride thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big on top-down summertime fun. The C70 combined fourseat comfort and space with a roof-optional motoring experience designed for luxury and peace of mind. Conceived and calibrated for hours-long top-off comfort, the C70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power-retractable hard-top flips and folds into the trunk at the touch of a button, in about 30 seconds.

Check roof panels for signs of paint wear or damage, which could indicate misaligned arms, or panels that are contacting one another as they fold away. Stop the roof halfway through its range of motion, when all panels and their seals will be visible. Note that rubber seals should be plump, intact and free of damage or missing chunks. Remember that periodic lubrication of the rubber weather seals, as well as periodic cleaning of debris from the built-in rain gutters and drainage holes, can add to the durability and reliability of the motorized top. Finally, inspect the interior headliner, as some owners have reported ceiling fabric that sags over time and can interfere with roof operation. Insist on test-driving the used C70 when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been sitting, cold, a few hours ahead of your arrival. From a cold start, let the car idle up to operating temperature before driving it, noting that milky tailpipe smoke is often a warning sign of a bad turbocharger. Poor performance, could be the result of a bad engine sensor.

Engines All C70 models come with Volvoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s silky â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;T5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; powerplant: a 2.5-litre five-cylinder unit with dual camshafts and an intercooled turbocharger, good for 227 horsepower sent to the front wheels. A five-speed automatic, or a six-speed manual, were available.

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It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter how cool a crash helmet may look or how well it goes with your brand new bike or syncs with your phoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bluetooth system â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unless it fits your head properly, in the event of an accident it will offer the same amount of protection as any other fashion accessory. Despite the unrelenting march of online shopping and the growing trend for showrooming, buying a crash helmet, particularly if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your first, is something that should only ever be done in person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always stress for people to go to their local dealer to buy a helmet, where trained staff can ensure they get the right fit for them,â&#x20AC;? explains Mark Eilledge, the racing and technical manager for Shark helmets. You can check the size of your head with a tape measure for a rough idea of fit (just like before buying a hat) but â&#x20AC;&#x153;different helmet brands â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and styles within the brand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have different fits and suit different people,â&#x20AC;? Eilledge explains. Regardless of whether you like the look of a full-face, modular, off-road or open-face helmet, all types and styles of helmet are identical when it comes to fitting. And in this regard, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surpris-

While most people think its the outside world that degrades a helmet, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually bacteria and acids from a riders head that cause the most damage. afp

ing that even experienced bikers are often caught out, thinking a helmet should feel loose on the head. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it slides on too easily then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too big and wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t protect you effectively,â&#x20AC;? says Eilledge, pointing out that once on, a rider shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be able to get a finger between the helmet and the liner. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You should feel the skin on your head move rather than the helmet shift (when moving the helmet up and down or side to side with your hands). If the helmet moves independently from your head, then itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too big.â&#x20AC;?

The lining is key to fit, comfort and safety in all helmets and it is the linerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s condition that dictates how effective the helmet will be in the event of an accident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often people think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damage to the outside of the helmet over time which means it needs replacing, when actually, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the bacteria and the acid inside from the riderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head that degrades it from the inside. I always say: Imagine having the same pillowcase on your bed for five years without washing it,â&#x20AC;? explains Eilledge. AFP

B.C.’s Rory MacDonald, headliner of June’s UFC Fight Night in Ottawa, took in batting practice and threw out the first pitch at Tuesday’s Jays game

Bronx Bombers fire opening salvo MLB

Yankees begin three-game series by edging Blue Jays T h e N e w Yo r k Ya n k e e s scratched out a run in the seventh inning off Toronto reliever Brett Cecil and it held up as the difference in a 3-2 win over the Blue Jays on Tuesday night. Jacoby Ellsbury worked a full count before lifting a flare to shallow left field that allowed Chase Headley to trot home from third base.

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accessories line is priced from $15 to $150. Select items will be available to shop online this week, while the official replica wear will be available at all Hudson’s Bay stores beginning May 4. The Canadian Press

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Ratings mirror woes of Canadian teams Yankees second baseman Starlin Castro turns a double play against the Blue Jays’ Troy Tulowitzki on Tuesday night in Toronto. Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images

second inning and was charged with an error when his throw sailed wide on a pickoff attempt, allowing both runners to advance. Starlin Castro grounded out weakly to the right side but it was enough to bring home McCann with the game’s opening run.

Sanchez settled down in the third inning, getting the top of the order on a groundout and two strikeouts. The Blue Jays got on the board in the bottom half of the frame. Tanaka hit leadoff man Kevin Pillar with a pitch and he moved to third base on a Josh Donaldson single.

Jose Bautista drove in both runners with his first double of the season. McCann hit a solo homer on a full-count pitch with two outs in the sixth. Johnny Barbato (1-0) pitched the sixth inning for the victory. Cecil (0-2) shouldered the loss. The Canadian Press

CFL

Esks add two coaches to complete staff The Edmonton Eskimos have finalized their coaching staff for the upcoming season, adding Demetrious Maxie as linebackers coach and Carson Walch as receivers coach on Tuesday. Maxie had a 13-year CFL career as a defensive lineman for the Baltimore Stallions, Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Rough-

Canada’s Summer Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be in classic form as they suit up for Rio, sporting traditional styles steeped in the country’s colours and showcasing iconic national symbols. The latest designs from official outfitter Hudson’s Bay Co. were unveiled live Tuesday night on Team Canada’s Facebook page. In a move that’s being billed as a first, viewers were able to get a glimpse at the uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies months before the Games actually get underway. The apparel and

The Canadian

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Andrew Miller pitched the ninth inning for his second save as New York (4-2) took the opener of the three-game series. Brian McCann homered and scored twice for the Yankees, who outhit Toronto 7-3. The Blue Jays worked backto-back walks off Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka in the opening frame but couldn’t push a run across. Tanaka struck out Troy Tulowitzki to end the threat, but he threw 29 pitches in the inning. Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez also struggled with his command early in the game. He issued two walks in the

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riders and Calgary Stampeders. He was a member of three consecutive Grey Cup championship teams (1995-97) and won a fourth Grey Cup in 2008 with Calgary, where he was assistant director of player personnel. Maxie later transitioned into coaching as a defensive line and linebackers coach at his alma mater, the University of Texas

El Paso, in 2010. From 2012 through 2015, Maxie was the defensive line and strength and conditioning coach at Desert Ridge High School in Mesa, Ariz. Walch was an All-American, all-region and all-conference running back, receiver and return specialist for Winona State University from 1996 to 1999. He spent three seasons

coaching at his alma mater as a student coach, wide receivers coach and passing game co-ordinator. Walch’s coached for the Montreal Alouettes as an offensive assistant in 2010 and won a Grey Cup. He was named the Alouettes’ wide receivers coach after two seasons. The Canadian Press

The biggest roll of the dice in Canadian TV history has come up snake eyes. All seven Canadian teams sit on the sidelines as Rogers Media wraps up the second season of a $5.2-billion, 12-year deal with the NHL. With little to cheer for, ratings have taken a massive hit. Overnight estimates for last

Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast were just 721,000. Over a 30-week period, ratings for the early game on Hockey Night in Canada are down 18 per cent for the season. Later games out west are down 19 per cent on average. On Sundays, Sportsnet’s Hometown Hockey is down 42 per cent season-to-season. The Canadian Press

NHL IN BRIEF Scoring remains stagnant For the fourth consecutive 82-game season, the NHL has failed to top 6,600 goals scored. This year’s total is 858 goals fewer than in 2005-06, when the NHL revamped its rules to eliminate clutching and grabbing in a bid to open up offence. The NHL is expected to introduce new rules next season in which the equipment a goalie wears is based on a player’s individual size. The Associated Press

Sens’ new general manager fires coach Pierre Dorion wasted no time making his first move as general manager of the Ottawa Senators. Head coach Dave Cameron and assistants Andre Tourigny, Jason Smith and Rick Wamsley were all fired Tuesday, just two days after Dorion took over as GM from Bryan Murray. Ottawa missed the NHL playoffs after posting a disappointing 38-35-9 record. The Canadian Press

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Raptors finish at home with easy W NBA

Dinos almost set for firstround clash with Pacers

Delon Wright goes to the hoop against the Sixers on Tuesday. Rick Madonik/Torstar News Service

The Toronto Raptors still have one game left in the regular season, a meaningless contest in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. For all intents and purposes, the playoffs started for the Raptors on Tuesday evening. The Raptors took care of business in their final home game of the regular season, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 122-98. More importantly, with Indiana winning in New York against the Knicks and the Pistons losing at home to Miami, the Raptors are now guaranteed to play the Pacers in the first round, which kicks off on the weekend.

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In both of the last two seasons, the identity of the their first-round opponent was a mystery until the final day of the season. Now, the Raptors get a small head start on the scouting process. “We can start preparing for it. We’ve got a team coming in in the playoffs that’s really good,” Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said after the game. “Paul George is unbelievable. Monta Ellis is unbelievable. George Hill is unbelievable. They’ve got some good bigs. We’ve got to start preparing for them. We’ve got one more game, and then we’ve really got to lock in.” Added coach Dwane Casey:

“They’re a good team, a team that’s been there before. Paul George is one of the elite players in the league.” The Raptors won three out of the four regular season meetings between the two teams, including both games at Air Canada Centre. Most encouragingly, DeMarre Carroll looks ready to contribute in the playoffs, even if it is at a lower level than the Raptors anticipated when they signed him in July. Carroll played in his third game since missing 42 straight because of arthroscopic knee surgery. His 21 minutes Tuesday were the most he has played since his return, including several in the third quarter that had him as the team’s de facto power forward alongside the Raptors’ other four starters. From the time he entered the game in that frame, the Raptors went on a 25-6 run, turning a close game into a blowout. The Associated Press

IN BRIEF No. 42’s contract on display Jackie Robinson’s contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers that broke Major League Baseball’s colour barrier is on public view in New York and soon in other places, as well. The April 11, 1947 document, together with a contract Robinson signed two years earlier with the Montreal Royals, is on display at Collectors Cafe, an auction in Times Square. The Associated Press

Sean Payton fed up with ‘madness’ New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton is angered over U.S. gun laws and derides as “madness” the idea that everybody needs a gun. “I hate guns,” he said in an interview with USA Today Sports. Payton spoke following the shooting death of Will Smith, a former Saints defensive lineman. He was killed Saturday after an argument following a traffic accident. The Associated pRess

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‘Ludicrous’ 73 wins in Warriors’ hands Stephen Curry never figured the Chicago Bulls’ 72-win mark could be matched or eclipsed. Twenty years later, the reigning MVP and his Golden State Warriors are on the brink of doing just that and making yet more history this season. “I knew what it was but you never really thought about it in perspective of anybody chasing it. It was kind of that number that was out there that seemed invincible,” Curry said Tuesday. “Even at the

beginning of this year, even when we started 24-0, it was kind of: ‘Well, maybe we can do it. We’re going to keep playing every night with the intention of winning as many games as possible,’ but it just sounded kind of ludicrous, 72-10, how much good play has to go into it. We’re there now, 72-9, and we’ve got one more chance to beat it.” That comes Wednesday, when Memphis visit Golden State who are going for win 73 to best the 1995-96 Bulls. The Associated PRess

Champions League Classic Cristiano Performance Cristiano Ronaldo headed in the second of his three goals against Wolfsburg on Tuesday. Ronaldo came through for Real Madrid again, scoring a hat trick to lead his team back to the semifinals of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg on Tuesday. CURTO DE LA TORRE/AFP/Getty Images

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IN BRIEF PSG’s Blanc frustrated over ‘technical limitations’ Laurent Blanc has one fundamental goal with Paris Saint-Germain: win the Champions League. Once again the coach has fallen short in the mission set by the Qatari ownership, with PSG eliminated in the quarterfinals for a fourth successive season. “We have shown our technical limitations over the two legs,” Blanc said through a translator after Tuesday’s 3-2 aggregate loss to Manchester City. “I’m angry.”

Canada’s Herdman prepared for ‘scary’ draw Canadian coach John Herdman expects “three groups of death” to emerge from Thursday’s Olympic women’s soccer draw in Rio de Janeiro. The draw, for both the men’s and women’s fields, is being held at the historic Maracana stadium. “It’s a scary draw, this one,” said Herdman, who led the Canadian women to a memorable bronze medal four years ago in London.

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For Metro Canada This salad packs lots of flavour due to the fresh basil and tomatoes, and it makes you think you’re eating a picnic dinner in a garden. Not bad for a Wednesday. Ready in Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Ingredients • 2 cups cooked orzo • 25 fresh basil leaves, various sizes • 1 shallot, cut into quarters • 2 cloves garlic • 3/4 cup olive oil • zest and juice of one lemon • 1 teaspoon honey • salt

• 1 tablespoon water • 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes • 1 cup shaved parmesan cheese • 5 mint leaves chopped Directions 1. Cook orzo pasta according to package directions. Set aside. 2. Place basil leaves, shallot, garlic, oil, lemon zest and juice, honey and salt in a blender (you can also use an immersion blender) with water and give it a whiz until blended. 3. Mix dressing into pasta. Stir in cherry tomatoes and parmesan. Sprinkle fresh chopped mint. for more meal ideas, VISIT sweetpotatochronicles.com

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