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Company says Edmonton won’t get trains late like Toronto Ryan Tumilty

Metro | Edmonton Bombardier insists its problems delivering Toronto streetcars on time won’t continue in four years when it has to deliver similar vehicles for Edmonton.

The company is part of the TransEd Partners consortium building the Valley Line from Mill Woods to downtown and is responsible for supplying low-floor trains for the line.

In Toronto, the Montreal-based company was contracted to deliver

204 streetcars to replace that city’s aging fleet, but has consistently missed timelines.

Just this week, it cut promises to deliver 54 units in 2016 to just 16.

But Bombardier spokesman MarcAndre Lefebvre said the company is making quality-control improvements on its production line in response. “All of the ways we have improved our line will benefit all of our projects, and namely Edmonton,” he said.

Mayor Don Iveson said he’s not concerned. “For the time being, we’re in the monitoring phase, we don’t have a definitive issue and there are really five years to resolve this issue,” he said.

Iveson added he’s checked with city staff and Edmonton has an option to find another supplier if necessary.

Bombardier’s contract for the Valley Line does not specify a number of cars it must deliver.

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Iconic bar, sonic hot spot reopens doors Wednesday

1912: The Commercial Hotel opens in Strathcona and is praised for its upscale amenities, including running water.

The facility is built by real estate developer Thomas James Walsh, who was also an alderman and a leader in the lobby to amalgamate Strathcona with Edmonton.

Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton An iconic Edmonton bar and music venue will show a new face to Whyte Avenue on Wednesday.

Blues on Whyte has revamped to draw a younger crowd, after staff observed a decline in 20-somethings shooting pool and dancing to live blues, rockabilly, ska and reggae bands from around the world.

“I’ve noticed over the last few years that we just kind of lost a generation,” said Blues on Whyte general manager Denton Morrell.

To combat this, Blues has swapped out its horseshoe bar for a 28-foot linear bar, added new lighting, removed archways to improve sightlines and relocated the sound booth.

The pub is known for drawing older crowds, and Morrell said that won’t change — he consulted with regulars to see what changes they wanted throughout the process.

He said Blues will still be a place where you can grab a beer with your parents or grandparents and not feel like you’re be-

1952: An addition is built to expand the hotel.

1984: The hotel starts featuring live performances by blues bands on its main floor, and the Commercial Lounge becomes Blues on Whyte.

1987: The pub and venue undergo renovations to expand.

All the money’s going straight downtown. We just wanted to step up our game. Denton Morrell Blues on Whyte general manager Denton Morrell and shareholder Rose Ross pose behind the pub’s new 28-foot linear bar Tuesday. KEVIN TUONG/FOR METRO

ing judged.

“It’s not like you have to sit there in your $80 T-shirt, worried about what everybody’s going to think of you,” Morrell said.

“You could be sitting next to a homeless guy or a millionaire and you wouldn’t know which

one’s which.”

The pub will open its parking lot for a beer garden June 3 and 4 during the Edmonton Pride Festival, and again from July 1-3 to celebrate Canada Day and the annual Blues on Whyte Block Party.

Morrell strategically planned the renovations to prepare for a big summer and stand its ground when the Ice District opens downtown in September.

“We’re kind of the ugly stepchild of the city right now where it’s kind of like, ‘Forget about

2016: Blues on Whyte renovates to attract younger clientele and improve sightlines for audience members.

Whyte Avenue,’ even though there’s a purpose for us. All the money’s going straight downtown,” Morrell said. “We just wanted to step up our game.”

Doors reopen at 7 p.m. Wednesday with Texas act Jason Elmore and the Hoodoo Witch.

Ryan Tumilty

Metro | Edmonton Older affordable-housing developments in Edmonton such as the Londonderry site should be redeveloped with provincial and federal funds, not city dollars, says Mayor Don Iveson.

City councillors approved a list of priorities for affordablehousing projects Tuesday for the years ahead but didn’t make major redevelopments part of the mix.

Iveson said the city would happily turn over land to see projects go ahead, but doesn’t have the dollars to make them happen.

“It’s in the category of things that would have to be funded by other orders of government,” he said. “We should be contributing the land and supporting with the public engagement.”

The Londonderry site is an 80unit affordable housing complex that fell into disrepair over decades and had to be closed down.

Iveson has pitched the idea of redeveloping the site, replacing the condemned units and adding more housing on the site.

Both the federal and provincial governments have announced plans but no details of major investments in housing. Iveson said the city is contributing its fair share with providing land.

“That’s my opening position if other orders of government come back with a requirement for matching dollars it comes back to an equity question.”

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STIs reach outbreak levels: Data public health

Concern as infection rates spike in 2015 Jeremy Simes

For Metro | Calgary Alberta Health has seen the rate of STIs “dramatically” increase in the last year, reaching outbreak levels for gonorrhea and syphilis.

Though chlamydia is by far the most widespread, gonorrhea has gained the most ground, as the rate of that infection for women and men jumped by 93 per cent and 66 per cent, respectively.

There were more than 3,400 cases of gonorrhea in 2015, an 80 per cent increase from 2014.

In 2016, there have been 1,100 cases to date.

There were 350 cases of syphilis in 2015, about double what the province saw in 2014, surpassing historic highs in 2009.

Alberta Health’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Karen Grimsrud said new social media sites have contributed to the spike in rates, allowing people to have anonym-

ous sex with others who don’t disclose their sexual health.

“When people don’t know their sexual partners’ identities, it makes it difficult to contact partners for follow-up testing and treatment,” she said.

But Debbie Bruckner, senior director of access and support with student wellness at the University of Calgary, said university data paints a different picture.

“I don’t think you can make that assumption (of young people not being careful),” said Bruckner.

She said gonorrhea, HPV and HIV rates have declined to 0 per cent, 0.9 per cent and 0.2 per cent of the student body, respectively, according to a 2016 survey that polled more than 1,000 students. But chlamydia increased to 1.5 per cent of the student population.

Eighty per cent of University of Calgary students had no or one sexual partner, she said.

On Wednesday, Alberta Health Services is releasing STI rates for people aged 20 to 24.

Dr. Gerry Predy, senior medical director of population and public health with AHS, said the spike shows no signs of levelling off. AHS has expanded STI clinic hours in Edmonton and Calgary.

When people don’t know their sexual partners’ identities, it makes it difficult to contact partners for follow-up testing and treatment.

Dr. Karen Grimsrud, Chief Medical Officer

Public health officials believe finding anonymous partners using social media may be part of the problem. istock

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The deal creates working groups to deal with issues in areas such as health, education, and infrastructure.

It was signed by Premier Rachel Notley and deputy grand Chief Isaac Laboucan-Avirom at the legislature Tuesday.

Laboucan-Avirom said change is needed.

“We don’t really feel that we’ve been benefiting out of our natural resources that have been coming from our territories,” said Laboucan-Avirom.

“Why should we have secondclass education when Treaty 8 territory has been feeding and educating thousands of people?

Notley said the framework is designed to chase problems early rather than react to them, and to ensure that First Nations people have the resources and opportunities necessary to chart their own future.

Treaty 8 was signed in 1899 and includes all of oil-rich northern Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Doctors without stigma patient care

Students get award for work with LGBTQ community

There’s the fear that they may be met with hostility or ridicule.

Ian Armstrong

Alex Boyd

Metro | Edmonton A group of medical students pushing their discipline to treat LGBTQ patients with more awareness is receiving a community leadership award this Monday from the University of Alberta.

The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Advocacy Committee was founded in 2010 to create more social spaces for LGBTQ medical students but in recent years has started advocating for a group it says doesn’t always get the same consideration as other patients.

“Something that is definitely an issue for all LGBTQ patients is even walking into a medical clinic. There’s the

Jordan Iannuzzi, Derek Fehr and Ian Armstrong are all part of a group of medical students getting an award for pushing for better care of LGBTQ patients. KEVIN TUONG/For Metro

fear that they may be met with hostility or ridicule,” said Ian Armstrong, one of the group’s leaders.

Armstrong explains this by telling of when he visited his own family doctor when he was 19.

“He asked me if I had a girlfriend, and I said, ‘Well no, I have a boyfriend,’ and he said ‘Oh, okay,’ and we sort of went forward from there,” he said.

“It was fine, but if someone was less comfortable then they may just shut down at the

question and feel like it wasn’t safe for them to say they had a same-sex partner.”

A 2008 Statistics Canada report found people they defined as sexual minorities access health care in unique ways.

Gay women were less likely

to have seen a family doctor or have had a pap smear, for example, whereas gay men report more chronic conditions.

To combat stigma some members of the community feel, the committee has pushed for curriculum changes that would see medical students receive more training.

“There’s sort of the medical knowledge that doctors need to provide good care, but what’s harder to teach and to address is the attitudes of acceptance, teaching clinicians how to be comfortable talking about these issues,” Armstrong said.

In 2014 they also launched an annual conference for medical professionals to discuss the issue. About 40 people attended the first year, while 170 attended this year.

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Council goes ahead with liquor changes Ryan Tumilty

Metro | Edmonton If you live outside the core you may soon have more options to buy booze after city councillors moved ahead with plans to change restrictions on where new liquor stores can locate.

Bylaw changes that would ease the current 500-metre

minimum separation distance between liquor stores in outlying parts of the city will now go to a public hearing, likely this summer.

Mayor Don Iveson said the rules are working just fine in the core of the city, but newer neighbourhoods are built different and the rules effectively mean only one store can service a neighbourhood.

“We still need to have re-

strictions in place, those restrictions need to work differently in the shape and context of our new neighbourhoods,” he said.

But Ivonne Martinez, president of the Alberta Liquor Store Association, pleaded with council not to make the changes.

“Industry is not asking for this and residents and are not asking for this,” she said.

But some industry mem-

bers are indeed asking for the change.

Sean Smyth a lawyer representing Costco, said his company finds the rules onerous and it prevents them from opening liquor stores with their main stores in many cases.

He said the bylaw allows existing stores to keep competition away.

“This is unfair to potential new entrants.”

Irfan Sabir’s department has pushed back new PDD contracts into next year. Metro File

Contracts pushed back

disability services

Groups say they didn’t reflect the community Alex Boyd

Metro | Edmonton The Alberta government has pushed back the implementation of new contracts for disability services providers in response to criticism from disability groups “There were a lot of concerns, both with the process and with what was in the contract,” said Jamie Post, communications co-ordinator with the Alberta Council of Disability Services.

“When we got the template for the new [contract] we sent it out to our contract advisory committee … and there were very few clauses that didn’t have bright red annotations underneath them.”

Alberta started creating new contracts for service providers with the persons with developmental disabilities (or PDD) program to simplify the system.

But Post said a lack of public consultation just created problems.

“Contracts are very, very complex. They cover birth to death services, and it’s a very tough thing to get right in a tight timeline,” he said.

Aaron Manton, a spokesman for Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir, said in a provided statement that existing contracts will remain in effect until new ones can be created in consultation with service providers.

“After listening to feedback from the ACDS and other stakeholders in the PDD sector, we have agreed to work with the sector to develop a contract template that meets the needs of both government and service providers while ensuring the needs of persons with developmental disabilities are effectively met,” he said in the statement.

vigil

Man remembered as ‘great prairie boy’ Brodie Thomas

Metro | Calgary The vigil for a Canadian man killed by terrorists this week took on political tones Tuesday afternoon.

John Ridsdel, a former Calgary resident, was killed by members of a terrorist group in the Philippines this week.

About eight people were in attendance at the vigil. Event organizer, Merle Terlesky, said

a few words before the participants bowed their heads and held hands while saying a prayer.

“Without sounding political or partisan, what has become abundantly clear to me is that the dove policy of the liberal government, newly elected, is not working,” said Terlesky before the prayer.

The pastor who said the prayer also prayed for God to “give those politicians a backbone.”

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PM won’t budge on ransom Philippines

One Canadian still being held hostage by Abu Sayyaf group Justin Trudeau is taking an uncompromising stance against terrorist kidnappers, vowing that Canada will never pay ransom for the release of hostages.

Moreover, he’s promising to press other countries to adopt the same unyielding approach.

The prime minister took the hard line Tuesday as he wrapped up a three-day cabinet retreat that was overshadowed by the death of Canadian John Ridsdel, who was beheaded Monday by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines after seven months of captivity.

Amid speculation about whether the government might pay ransom to release two others still being held captive — Canadian citizen Robert Hall and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, whom a government official confirmed

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media after the Liberal Party cabinet retreat in Kananaskis, Alta. The prime minister is taking unyielding approach to dealing with the ransom demands of a terrorist group. THE CANADIAN PRESs

is a permanent resident of Canada — Trudeau said he wanted “to make one thing perfectly, crystal clear.”

“Canada does not and will not pay ransom to terrorists, directly or indirectly,” he said.

He said it would encourage terrorists to kidnap more Canadians.

Ridsdel, 68, of Calgary, was one of four tourists — including Hall, Sekkingstad and a Filipino woman — who were

kidnapped last Sept. 21 by Abu Sayyaf militants from a marina on southern Samal Island.

Some of Canada’s allies, notably France and Italy, have been willing to pay ransom for release of their citizens.

Trudeau said he spoke Tuesday with British Prime Minister David Cameron, whose country adheres to the same no-ransom policy as Canada, and they agreed to press others to do the same.

The issue of whether governments acquiesce to the demands of terror groups has long been murky, and is likely to remain an open question regardless of what Trudeau and his fellow leaders decide.

An al-Qaida letter obtained

by The Associated Press three years ago suggests about $1 million was paid for the release of Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler in Niger in 2009.

It was unclear who paid the ransom. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Gender parity

Hillary Clinton hints at having equitable cabinet Justin Trudeau’s gender-equal cabinet could soon be replicated in the United States, depending on the outcome of the current American election.

The poll-leading presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, appeared to indicate her intention to follow suit when asked about it in a televised event on the eve of Tuesday’s five northeastern primaries.

A moderator had asked about the Canadian cabinet: “(Justin Trudeau) promised when he took office that he would have a cabinet that was 50 per cent women, and then he did it … Would you make that same pledge?”

Clinton suggested she would: “I am going to have a cabinet that looks like America, and 50 per cent of America is women, right?”

Canada’s gender-balanced cabinet has gotten a fair bit of attention in the U.S.,

I am going to have a cabinet that looks like America, and 50 per cent of America is women, right?

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fuelled partly by how the prime minister responded to a question about it with a shoulder shrug and the sound bite: “Because it’s 2015.”

But in reality, Canada didn’t blaze that particular trail.

Finland’s cabinet is 62 per cent female; Cape Verde’s is 53 per cent; Sweden’s is 52 per cent; and France’s is 50 per cent, according to last year’s statis-

tics from the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

Even within Canada, the first gender-parity cabinet was created not by Trudeau — but by the former premier in Trudeau’s home province of Quebec, Jean Charest.

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She has also consistently led general-election polls against the two Republican front-runners — Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz — although she has performed far more poorly against less-successful Republican candidates like Ohio Gov. John Kasich and the droppedout Marco Rubio.

Trump has also been asked about the Canadian cabinet — and he won’t commit to copying the Trudeau formula.

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Parents guilty in death of toddler The mother of a toddler who died of meningitis began weeping uncontrollably Tuesday after a jury found her and her husband guilty of failing to provide their ill son with the necessaries of life.

David and Collet Stephan were charged after 19-month-old Ezekiel died in March 2012.

The couple testified at their trial in Lethbridge, Alta., that they believed their son had croup or flu, so they treated him for 2-1/2 weeks with remedies that included smoothies with hot peppers, garlic, onions and horseradish.

He eventually stopped breathing and died after being rushed to hospital.

The jury had been deliberating since Monday afternoon. There was a gasp in the courtroom as the decision from the jurors came down. Observers in the courtroom’s gallery started to cry.

The defence argued the couple were loving, responsible parents who simply didn’t realize how sick the little boy was.

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YOU’RE FIRED Trump to celebrities: Go to Canada all you want Donald Trump has a message for celebrities musing about leaving for Canada if he’s president: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. He said he’d be glad to make it a reality if he’s elected.

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Trump fired up in sweep u.s. election

Front-runner takes five states in big blow to his GOP rivals Donald Trump swept all five Republican primaries Tuesday, a commanding showing across the Northeast that keeps the Republican front-runner on his narrow path to the GOP nomination. Hillary Clinton was dominant in Democratic contests in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania.

At press time, Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders were locked in a close race in Connecticut, while the Vermont senator had an edge in Rhode Island, according to early vote counts.

Trump’s victories came in Maryland, as well as Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. His strong showing was a blow to rivals who are running out of ways to stop the brash billionaire.

Clinton aimed to emerge from

Tuesday’s contests on the brink of becoming the first woman nominated by a major party.

She’s already increasingly looking past rival Bernie Sanders, even as the Vermont senator vows to stay in the race until primary voting ends in June.

Sanders spent Tuesday campaigning in West Virginia, where he drew several thousand people to a lively evening rally. He urged his supporters to recognize that they are “powerful people if you choose to exercise that power.”

Still, there were some signs that Sanders’ campaign was coming to grips with his difficult position. Top aide Tad Devine said that after Tuesday’s results were known, “we’ll decide what we’re going to do going forward.”

Trump’s victories padded his delegate totals, yet the Republican contest remains chaotic.

The businessman is the only candidate left in the three-person race who could possibly clinch the nomination through the regular voting process, yet he could still fall short of the 1,237 delegates he needs. the associated press

Dayko, a four-year-old Labrador with the City of Ibarra Fire Department, died from a heart attack following an earthquake rescue mission. CITY OF IBARRA FIRE DEPARTMENT via FACEBOOK Earthquake

Ecuador’s hero dog dies suddenly Rebecca Williams

Metro | Toronto A rescue dog who died following a mission that saved eight people after Ecuador’s devastating earthquake is being hailed a hero.

The City of Ibarra Fire Department announced Dayko,

a four-year-old Labrador, suffered a heart attack caused by heatstroke last week.

“Dayko captivated us all with his tender look and his friendly nature,” the department wrote on Facebook.

“Dayko has left a big void in the canine unit … and in each one of those who knew him.”

Dayko was part of a successful rescue operation in

refugee crisis

Third wave of migrants returned to Turkey Dozens of migrants arrived in Turkey on Tuesday, Turkish officials said, as part of a migration deal with the European Union meant to stem the flow of people heading to Europe’s prosperous heartland.

Ferries carrying a total of 49 migrants from the Greek islands

of Kos, Chios and Lesbos reached the Turkish port towns of Gulluk, Cesme and Dikili, according to Turkish news agencies and an official at Dikili, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government rules.

According to the deal finalized last month, Turkey will

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take back migrants who reached Greece after March 20, unless they successfully apply for asylum in Greece. For every Syrian among those returned, Europe has pledged to take a Syrian refugee directly from Turkey to be resettled in an EU country.

Tuesday’s group, from Afghan-

istan, Iran, Pakistan and Myanmar, was the third wave of migrants to be returned to Turkey.

As part of the deal, some refugee camps on the eastern Aegean Greek islands have been turned into closed detention centres holding those who face potential deportation. the associated press

Pedernales following Ecuador’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has so far killed 650 people.

“This friend of four legs gave his life in the line of duty,” the fire department wrote. “Thank you Dayko for your heroic efforts in Pedernales and in various emergencies to which you came,” wrote the fire department.

weather U.S. hit with heavy storms Thunderstorms bearing hail as big as grapefruit and winds approaching hurricane strength lashed portions of the Great Plains on Tuesday, but arrived without the grand tornadoes that many had worried about for days.

A rope tornado brushed

fields south of Wichita, Kan., and another twister touched down in southwestern Indiana. As the sun went down, the Storm Prediction Center had received reports of bad weather from Texas to Nebraska to West Virginia, but none of them deadly. the associated press

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Business

With a little help from friends Housing

Millennials increasingly considering co-buying When Jeremy Campbell bought a house in Ladner, B.C., with his sister and her husband in 2010, it was meant to be a temporary arrangement until he could upgrade to a place of his own.

“The initial plan was to do this short term just to get into the market,” says Campbell, who covered one third of the down payment on a 2,000 square-foot home that’s split into two suites. But with home prices in the Lower Mainland’s hot real estate market soaring, Campbell says they’re thinking of staying put.

“We’ll invest in the house to expand it versus selling and going our separate ways,” says Campbell, noting that a renovation is needed to accommodate the growing family, which now includes his fiancée, their new dog and his

three-year-old niece.

Experts say an increasing number of first-time homebuyers are contemplating arrangements like Campbell’s as sky-high prices in markets such as Toronto and Vancouver have eroded affordability.

A recent RBC poll found roughly one in four millennials would consider purchasing a home with a friend — up from only 11.7 per cent the previous year.

The number of young buyers who would consider going in on the purchase with a family member was 24 per cent, up from 14.7 per cent in 2015, the survey said.

Premiums for mortgage default insurance have risen, presenting an additional obstacle for first-time buyers, Nielsen adds.

The online survey of 2,000 Canadians was conducted by Ipsos on RBC’s behalf between Jan. 28 and Feb. 4.

While many co-purchases involve both parties living together in the home, that isn’t always the case. When Richard Wiebe bought a $340,000 two-storey house

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Wente’s putative wrongdoing is not on the scale of Jonah Lehrer’s or Benny Johnson’s, but the allegations are serious and numerous. So why the Globe’s kid gloves? Perhaps it’s because Wente is, well, Wente.

Exhaustive the Globe’s response is not.

After columnist Margaret Wente was again accused of plagiarism this week, the Globe and Mail issued a correction, an apology and a promise it won’t be repeated.

All three appeared in a story, which Walrus editor Jonathan Kay noted reads more like a press release, bylined by the public editor Sylvia Stead. A public editor is intended to be an arm’s length arbiter of media ethics, which is why a corporate-response-esque piece strikes as odd.

Odd, too, is the fact that while Stead’s article quotes liberally from the Globe’s code of conduct on plagiarism (which is wide-ranging and vague about what “may” constitute plagiarism) neither Stead, nor the single quote from editor-in-chief David Walmsley, actually uses the word. Instead, euphemisms abound: “similarities,” “issue,” “without acknowledging,” “same phrase… repeated,” “fell short of standards,” “did not attribute” and “mistakes.” Nor did Wente’s name appear in the printed correction.

As for what this, Wente’s second plagiarism scandal in four years, requires in terms of action by the Globe, we have this promise from Walmsley: “The Opinion team will be working with Peggy to ensure this cannot happen again.”

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That would be again, again.

Let’s assume we won’t be getting a second columnof-defence from Wente, since what’s the point in repeating herself. “I’m far from perfect. I make mistakes. But I’m not a serial plagiarist,” she wrote in 2012.

Among the most exhaustive reactions to plagiarism was Wired magazine’s hiring of an outside journalist to chart wrongs in the work of science writer Jonah Lehrer; and Buzzfeed’s review of more than 500 posts by Benny Johnson.

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sturdy success Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente is among Canada’s most widely read writers despite two highprofile accusations of plagiarism in four years. handout

But for the Globe, there are other options than “working with” a writer.

And if the paper-mosthoping-to-be-the-New-YorkTimes wants to be taken seriously on this, it should pick one.

On the harsh end: The Vancouver Province fired a sports columnist in 2008 after he lifted a phrase about Guys and Dolls from Sports Illustrated magazine. Despite the writer’s repeated apologies (akin to “Ms. Wente said she deeply regrets these mistakes”), the Province did not budge.

The Times has responded to allegations of plagiarism by its writers with investigations, to varying outcomes (resignations, months-later buyouts).

doing is not on the scale of Lehrer’s or Johnson’s, but the allegations are serious and numerous (Canadaland counted six in recent columns). So why the Globe’s kid gloves? Perhaps it’s because Wente is, well, Wente. She’s among the country’s most read — and most hate-read — writers.

And in the age of media fracturing, a name that draws readers and spurs debate is only rising in value.

So perhaps the Globe’s response is tailor-made for a seemingly priceless pundit. Standing behind Wente does appear to be worth more, financially speaking, than offering the public the appearance of a thorough going-over of the

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allegations. At any rate, it’s hard to imagine a lowly intern who clipped whole sentences from other writers getting the same loyal treatment.

And: Would other legacy media brands act any differently to accusations against their crown jewels? I’m not claiming they would; I’m genuinely wondering. Because while it’s good business to appear to be ethically beyond reproach, it’s bad business to lose your golden calves.

Possible double-standards are elsewhere in this fiasco, too. We know about the allegations because the media critic Carol Wainio has been combing through Wente’s work for years, posting her findings intermittently on her blog, Media Culpa. You have to wonder how many other infractions by other writers we’re unaware of, thanks to the lack of a dedicated sleuth.

It’s also clear by the glee on Twitter that many — and many in the media — love nothing more than a good, juicy Wente controversy. She got one thing absolutely right when she said in 2012 “what I often am is a target for people who don’t like what I write.”

I’ve often wondered if they also don’t like that she’s a woman, since rightwing male voices don’t typically elicit the same vitriol. A hate-on for Peggy feels like the admission price to progressive Canada, and progressive Canadian media. Would the scandal be quite so … titillating … if it had another villain?

Perhaps, perhaps not.

But I see no holier-thanthous in Wente’s second brush with scandal.

Sometimes you’ve got to be pissed off.

Justin Trudeau got there this week as his response to terrorism continues its remarkable evolution.

The prime minister sounded legitimately angry over the horrible death of Canadian John Ridsdel at the hands of terrorists, and resolute in his statement that this country will not pay terrorist ransoms — directly or indirectly.

Trudeau did not bow to the knee-jerk reaction that some of his opponents urge, he did not send in the JTF2 or pledge to carpet-bomb terrorist strongholds, but sometimes a country needs a leader to channel anger and surely there was anger — along with sympathy for Ridsdel’s family and friends — over the brutal and senseless killing of an innocent Canadian.

Trudeau called it what it was, “cold-blooded murder,” a substantive change in tone from a man who, since becoming Liberal leader, has often appeared to be overshooting in his quest to provide perspective and undershooting on the question of outrage.

The no-ransom policy is noble and correct. And risky.

This is, in fact, a major testing of a prime minister barely six months into his job. The fate of a second Canadian being held, 50-year-old Robert Hall, hangs in the balance.

Trudeau has downplayed the fear spread by terror attacks, but since becoming Liberal leader in 2013, he has

taken on the role of amateur psychologist, appeared shaken, and seemed devoid of genuine outrage.

In his first substantive interview after winning the Liberal leadership three years ago, bombs had just killed three and maimed more than 200 at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, and Trudeau spoke of “root causes” of terror with the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge, leading Stephen Harper to accuse him of “rationalizing” terror attacks.

In many ways, Trudeau’s default position was to rise above the fray, a mien much like that of his newfound friend, Barack Obama, who, as New York Times Maureen Dowd wrote after the recent Brussels attacks, remains “too cool for school.”

But there has since been an unmistakable change.

Last November, the new prime minister seemed shaken by the attacks in Paris.

“These terrorist attacks are deeply worrying and obviously unsettling to people around the world,’’ he said, without specifically condemning them.

A few months later, following the Brussels attacks, he found his outrage.

“This cannot and will not be tolerated. Canada strongly condemns these cowardly acts.”

Trudeau is no longer above the fray and he has been forced to react with resolve he lacked in 2013. But the fate of Hall largely rests with him and there can be no tougher test of a prime minister’s resolve than that.

Tim Harper is a national affairs columnist for the Toronto Star.

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The Ranch strains to modernize the sitcom THE SHOW: The Ranch, Season 1, Episode 3 (Netflix) THE MOMENT: The Cheerios joke

Colt (Ashton Kutcher), a failed semi-pro footballer, has come home to his family’s Colorado ranch to help his father Beau (Sam Elliott) and brother Rooster (Danny Masterson). They’re in their dusty front yard tossing a football.

“Rooster, go long,” Colt says.

“I know that trick,” Rooster replies. “You tell me to go long, then you run inside and dunk your balls in my Cheerios.”

“It’s dinner,” Colt says. “I’m not gonna dunk my sack in your hot soup. I only make that mistake once.”

I can just see the meeting where this series was concocted. “What if we did a traditional three-camera sitcom, like Cheers, filmed in front of a live studio audience, but made it potty-mouthed?” Judging by the audience’s uproarious reaction to the many cracks about testicles,

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The Ranch is a big ‘ole slab of American apple pie. Beau is a rabid conservative.

His ex-wife Maggie (who presides over the show’s other set, the local bar), is a liberal hippie.

Colt is their man-boy who has to grow up.

But instead of ice cream on

top, it opts for bodily fluids, in a strained effort to be modern.

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Host took brief hiatus after surprise ABC shakeup Kelly Ripa returned to her daytime talk show Tuesday after time off to “gather (her) thoughts” after learning her co-host Michael Strahan was leaving, saying the incident had started a conversation about workplace respect.

She also said her bosses had apologized to her, and she’d received assurances that the “Live with Kelly and Michael” show was important to the parent Walt Disney Co. “Guys, calm down, they didn’t say anything about Christmas bonuses,” she joked after the audience applauded.

Ripa was reportedly upset that she learned only a few minutes before the public last Tuesday that Strahan, her co-host since 2012, was leaving in September for a full-time job with ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

He works part-time on the morning news show now and executives there are looking for a way to turn around fading ratings.

Ripa skipped Wednesday and Thursday’s show, and said she had a scheduled vacation Friday and Monday.

“I needed a couple of days to gather my thoughts,” she said after returning to a standing ovation from the audience. “After 26 years with this company, I’ve earned that right.”

She said the time helped her gain some perspective and that “apologies have been made.”

She didn’t say who apologized and ABC officials haven’t publicly admitted to blowing the transition.

“What happened was extraordinary,” she said. “It started a much greater conversation about communication and consideration and, most importantly, respect in the workplace.

I don’t consider this a workplace.

This is my second home.”

The former soap opera actress has been co-host of “Live” since 2001, first with Regis Philbin and then with Strahan. Besides the lack of communication that Ripa took issue with, the shifting of Strahan to take advantage of his popularity on “Good Morning America” sent an unmistakable message about which show was

more important to ABC’s bottom line.

Yet the network surely didn’t anticipate the drama would play out in the media or how it would raise questions about when — or if — Ripa would return. ABC did not immediately comment Tuesday on Ripa’s statements.

She walked hand-in-hand with Strahan onto the stage of her show Tuesday, and Strahan swiftly let his co-host stand alone to talk about the incident.

“I am fairly certain that there are trained professional snipers with tranquilizer darts in case I drift too far off message,” said Ripa, who appeared emotionally taken aback by the audience response.

Strahan, when she was done, said he was happy Ripa was back.

“If there’s one thing I know about you, you love the show, you love the staff, you love your fans and I love you,” Strahan said. “You’re the queen of morning television.”

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The most important thing On the base trim, A/C comes with any inexpensive model bundled with an automatic is to be realistic about what continuously variable trans- you can and can’t live without. mission (CVT), bringing the Then compare apples to cheapest air-equipped model to apples, because a pricier model $13,895. At its most expensive, may ultimately be cheaper the Spark tops out at $18,195. when you add the “gotta-haveThe Spark uses a 1.4-litre it” options to a less-expensive four-cylinder engine that one. Still, for many drivers, this makes just 98 horsepower, but base Spark might just have the car’s light, and matched everything they need.

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Evoque the Ember hopes to spark a fire Land Rover is hoping that its latest special edition, Evoque the Ember, will kindle the flames of desire in even more drivers.

With a bold red and black colour scheme inside and out, the new model clearly sets itself apart from other Evoques thanks to its “Firenze” red roof, satin black alloy wheels, black exhausts and black front grille.

The interior surfaces are finished in gloss black and the seats trimmed in black leather with contrasting red stitches.

The floor mats and carpeting continue the contrasting red and black theme, while in terms of equipment the new car gets a host of technological features that are new to the Evoque range.

For example, it boasts a special type of launch control that is designed to help the driver pull away quickly and cleanly on slippery surfaces such as ice, grit and sand.

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Phil Simmons, Land Rover’s studio director for exterior design realization, said: “We wanted to give the Range Rover Evoque Ember Special Edition a sporty feel; contrasting the intensity of the Firenze Red with Santorini Black really shows off the Evoque’s stand-out proportions.”

However, when a car has become as popular as quickly as the Evoque, its makers need to do everything they can to ensure the car remains an object of desire. AFP

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Porsche to sacrifice profit growth to fund electric vehicles Porsche is so serious about developing electrified vehicles that it’s willing to sacrifice big profits to fund the investment, the automaker says. After a $765 US upgrade to its Zuffenhausen plant, Porsche will begin building the Mission E electric luxury sports car there in 2020. Altogether, Porsche will invest $1.2 billion US to make additional electrified vehicles possible, reports Reuters. With that level of investment, “it is clear that we can no longer carry out major leaps on (financial) results,� said CEO Oliver Blume.

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Already sold in other markets, the sedan version of the Mitsubishi Mirage subcompact is coming to North America this spring.

The Japan automaker showed the four-door Mirage G4 at a recent auto show, sporting a suspension tuned specifically for North American ride preferences. It also has bigger brakes than the Mirages sold in other countries.

Other than the trunk and mildly different styling, the G4 is largely the same as the updated 2017 Mirage hatchback. The sedan also shares the hatchback’s 1.2-litre three-cylinder engine that drives the front wheels through either a five-speed manual transmission or continuously variable “automatic.� Horsepower is up four to 78 while the torque is unchanged at 74 pound-feet.

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• Minimum of 2-4 years experience in a digital media sales role, or 3 years of experience in a traditional media role with a minimum of 1 year of digital sales experience • Excellent oral and written presentation, communication and negotiation skills • Strong understanding of Google ad words, Behavioural Targeting, Retargeting, Social, Mobile, Content Marketing, Email Marketing and SEO best practices • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications • Solid understanding of the media industry and its trends and prepared to make valuable recommendations based on that knowledge • Digital subject matter expert • Dedication to achieving results while maintaining a positive and motivated attitude • Derives satisfaction from providing support and sharing expertise Individuals interested and having the skills described are requested to submit their resumÊ and cover letter via email to hr@metronews.ca no later than May 8, 2016.

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Following a first-round playoff exit, Dirk Nowitzki insists he isn’t retiring and is all but certain he’ll return to the Mavericks for a 19th season

The real DeRozan arrives

Rapt rs

Lowry had 14 points, while Bismack Biyombo had 11 points and grabbed seven of his 16 reToronto goes up 3-2 bounds in the fourth quarter.

Jonas Valanciunas chipped in with 11 points, while Norman Powell had 10.

Paul George led Indiana with 39 points.

DeRozan was superb, shooting 10-for-22 shots and 12-for-13 Dwane Casey and the Toronto from the free-throw line, in a Raptors vowed to “ride or die” nail-biter that saw Toronto trail with DeMar DeRozan. through three quarters, includOn Tuesday, the Raptors rode ing an early 17-point deficit. the all-star to a thrilling come“A confident player,” Casey from-behind Game 5 victory said. “People made fun of me over the Indiana Pacers that because I said we’re going to put them within one win of ride with the guys that brought clinching the series. us here, that won us 56 games in the regularAnd moseason. DeMar ments after Game 5 In Toronto the victory, is an all-star for with his tiny a reason, guys daughter Diar don’t forget perched on his how to score. lap, DeRozan I thought he played his said he felt like game, within his “normal self.” the rhythm of Finally. the offence.”

DeRozan, Trailing 90who’d strug77 heading into gled for three the fourth, the of the four previous games in Raptors — with the unusual the series, poured in 34 points lineup of Lowry, DeRozan, Joto lift the Raptors 102-99 over seph, Biyombo and Powell — the Pacers, giving Toronto a 3-2 buckled down on defence and lead in their best-of-seven series. finally found that rhythm on “Me and this guy (Kyle Lowry, the offensive end. And when seated beside him at the post- Powell pounced on a Pacers game podium) work extremely turnover and finished with a hard to not have them come,” thunderous dunk to even it DeRozan said. “It’s all about pa- up at 92-92 with 6:31 to play, tience, you can’t get flustered, the Air Canada Centre crowd you can’t frustrated, you have went nuts. to stay the course, and that’s The Raptors would outscore what we’re going to continue Indiana 25-9 in the fourth, to do, whatever it takes to win.” prompting Magic Johnson to

All-star breaks out of slump, rallies Dinos to series lead

Stamkos returns to Lightning practice Steven Stamkos is serving as an inspiration for the Tampa Bay Lightning as the defending Eastern Conference champions attempt to make a deep playoff run without him.

The team’s captain and leading scorer was back on the ice with teammates Tuesday, participating in shooting and skating drills for the first time since undergoing surgery for a blood clot discovered near his right collarbone this month.

Stamkos and coach Jon

Cooper, however, stressed the two-time Maurice Richard Trophy winner is not anywhere close to being ready to face Steven the New York Stamkos Islanders in a Getty images second-round series that begins Wednesday night at Amalie Arena.

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Clippers to go without stars Griffin and Paul Blake Griffin is out for the rest of the playoffs after aggravating his left quadriceps tendon and Chris Paul had right hand surgery Tuesday, leaving the stunned Los Angeles Clippers without their top two players for the remainder of their first-round series against Portland.

The team said Griffin had an MRI that revealed no further structural damage to the quad that he originally injured in December.

The Associated Press

Kerr named coach of year Steve Kerr is the NBA’s coach of the year, after leading the Golden State Warriors to the best regular-season record in league history.

Portland’s Terry Stotts was second in voting.

Golden State finished the regular season 73-9.

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NBA IN BRIEF

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Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan throws down two of his 34 points in Toronto on Tuesday.

Nathan Denette/the Canadian Press

tweet: “That’s why I love the NBA Playoffs because anything can happen, like the Raptors miraculous comeback to beat the Pacers!”

A Cory Joseph three-pointer

put Toronto up by six with 3:26 to play, but the Pacers battled back and a Solomon Hill three with 16 seconds left made it just a one-point game. DeRozan’s two free throws with 12 seconds

The Canadian Press

The Associated Press

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame

IN BRIEF Sale makes Jays look silly Chris Sale threw eight stellar innings and former Blue Jay Dioner Navarro hit a two-run homer as the Chicago White Sox downed Toronto 10-1 on Tuesday.

Sale allowed four hits and a run while walking two batters and striking out six to improve to 5-0 on the season.

Edwin Encarnacion supplied all the offence for the Blue Jays with his 200th career home run in a Toronto uniform.

to play would seal Toronto’s victory after a Hill three-pointer at the buzzer left his hands just a split-second too late for Indiana.

Game 6 goes Friday in Indianapolis. The Canadian Press

Wiz, Brooks make it official The Washington Wizards have announced the hiring of Scott Brooks as their new head coach, replacing Randy Wittman.

Brooks reached a fiveyear agreement with the team last week. He will be introduced at a news conference Wednesday.

As coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Brooks went 338-207 in seven seasons.

Manziel indicted in alleged attack on ex-girlfriend An attorney for former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel calls the indictment against him “incredible” and said Tuesday that the way it’s been handled so far suggests there are problems with the case.

Manziel was indicted Tuesday on allegations by ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley that he hit her and threatened to kill her in late January. The Associated Press

Class of ’16 features Trottier, Clemons Stanley Cup winner Bryan Trottier, CFL star Mike (Pinball) Clemons and two-time world champion curler Colleen Jones highlight the 2016 inductees into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Trottier won four Cup titles with the New York Islanders team that dominated the NHL in the early 1980s, and two more with the Pittsburgh Penguins later in his career.

Clemons spent 11 seasons with the Toronto Argonauts

as a star running back, leading them to three Grey Cups.

He added another Grey Cup title with Toronto as a coach.

Jones led Canada to world women’s curling titles in 2001 and 2004 and skipped her Halifax rink to six Canadian women’s championships.

Paralympian Stephanie Dixon, cross-country skier and kayaker Sue Holloway and speedskater Annie Perreault are the other athlete inductees.

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RECIPE One-Pot Dijon Chicken

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Ceri Marsh & Laura Keogh

For Metro Canada This dish wins a blue ribbon since it uses lower priced chicken thighs, one pot and pantry staples. In other words, it’s a dinner trifecta.

Ready in Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Ingredients • 6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs • salt and pepper • 1 teaspoon oil • 1 minced shallot • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard • 1/4 cup apple cider • 1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 425°.

Generously season chicken with

salt and pepper. Add 1 teaspoon oil to a large room-temperature skillet. Add chicken.

2. Place skillet over medium heat and cook, allowing meat to brown and chicken is cooked halfway through, about 10 minutes.

3. Transfer skillet to oven. Roast until chicken is cooked through and golden brown, about 6-8 minutes. Transfer chicken pieces from bottom of skillet to a platter.

4. Return skillet to medium heat. Add shallot and garlic; cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1 minute.

3. Whisk in Dijon mustard, apple cider, broth and a bit more salt and pepper; cook for about 3 minutes. Return chicken to skillet along with juices that have settled on the platter to rewarm and then serve. for more meal ideas, VISIT sweetpotatochronicles.com

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It’s all in The Stars Your daily horoscope by Francis Drake Aries March 21 - April 20 This is a lovely day! It is an especially positive day for dealing with authority figures — parents, bosses, teachers, VIPs and the police. Not only are people friendly, they are sympathetic. (We like.)

Cancer June 22 - July 23 Relationships with partners and close friends will be warm and friendly today. This is also a good day to talk to members of the general public. Meanwhile, exchanges with bosses are great. Glory hallelujah!

Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 This is an excellent day to entertain at home or to deal with family members. Plus, it’s an excellent day to explore real-estate opportunities. You might want to buy something for your home.

Taurus April 21 - May 21 This is a great day to travel or do something out of the ordinary, because you feel adventurous. Explore new ideas and see new places.

Break free from your daily routine.

Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 This is a positive day at work. You might even want to ask for a raise or a favour from a co-worker, because things are going your way.

(Make hay while the sun shines.)

Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Because your communication skills are excellent today, this is a strong time for those of you who sell, market, teach, write or act. Go for broke!

Gemini May 22 - June 21 Discussions about shared property or how to divide something will go well today, because people feel mutually sympathetic. Why not take advantage of these good vibes?

Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 Fun events will appeal to you today. This is a good day for playful activities with children or a romantic date, because sports, the theater, minivacations and social diversions will please you.

Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Business and commerce are favoured today. In fact, many of you might see ways to boost your income or make a little money on the side.

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Today the Moon is in your sign dancing with lucky, moneybags Jupiter. Because Neptune is in the picture as well, you feel sympathetic and easygoing with everyone.

Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Solitude in beautiful surroundings will please you today. Why? Because you would rather relax than work.

Pisces Feb. 20 - March 20 This is a popular day for Pisces.

Enjoy the company of others, especially close friends.

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