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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Poll: Ban big money from B.C. politics special interests

City council to mull referendum on fundraising rules Neal Hall

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An overwhelming majority of British Columbians want to ban union and corporate donations from party politics, says a new poll. The survey by Insights West found 86 per cent of B.C. residents support a ban on corporate and union donations before the next election, including 81 per cent of B.C. Liberal voters and 91 per cent who voted for the B.C. NDP in the last election. Also, 77 per cent of residents said it’s time to ban out-of-province donations, and 76 per cent said they would support a cap on personal contributions. City council will vote on May 3 on a

motion to hold a referendum on political financing, as part of the next election ballot in 2017. So far, Premier Christy Clark has refused calls to ban large corporate and union donations to political parties, unlike Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, who vowed to ban corporate and union donations to political parties by Jan. 1, 2017. The online poll commissioned by the Dogwood Initiative was conducted April 18-21 with 803 adults. Kai Nagata, communications director of the Dogwood Initiative, said he was surprised by the cross-party support to ban corporate and union donations. “I think it’s a sign of the times,” he said. “By refusing to wean their parties off big money, Christy Clark and (NDP Leader) John Horgan are making the situation worse.” Dogwood says millions of dollars come from real-estate companies, paving companies, construction unions, trophy hunters and oil-and-gas companies based in Alberta, Texas and Malaysia.


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The impact of assisted dying Canada is not the first country to confront the difficult and often divisive debate over legalizing medical assistance in dying. After the federal government announced its plans, The Canadian Press sent Vancouver reporter Laura Kane to Oregon for a look at the state’s 20-year history with the issue. the canadian press

When Barbara Roberts’s hus- tions for lethal doses of mediband first told her he planned cation. to introduce a bill in the OreThe patient must be diaggon legislature for medical aid nosed by two doctors and must in dying, she tried to talk him be able to self-administer and out of it. ingest the pills, in contrast with It was 1989, and Frank Rob- Canada’s Bill C-14, which would erts had endured treatment allow doctors to give lethal subfor prostate cancer that had stances. permanently damaged his spine “I really applaud the guts and left him in a wheelchair. that your country is showing,” The state senator explained said Dr. Peter Reagan, spokesthe bill wasn’t for him, but man for advocacy organizafor terminally ill pation Compassion tients who deserved and Choices. “I think the right to choose this is territory that when to die. needs to be explored, Barbara Roberts but I think it needs to be explored carewarned her husband The number of the bill was too con- people who have fully.” troversial, but he per- died in Oregon Since the law was sisted, introducing with help thanks passed, 1,545 people the Death With it unsuccessfully to have had prescripDignity Act, out three times before of 1,545 written tions written under his death in 1993. By prescriptions. the Death With then, she was govDignity Act and 991 people have died. ernor and threw her support behind a citizens’ initiaOregon’s medical board has tive that placed the legislation never disciplined a doctor for on the Oregon ballot in 1994. misuse and advocates often With residents voting 51 per say there have been no docucent in favour, Oregon became mented cases of coercion or the first U.S. state to legalize abuse. Opponents, however, medical aid in dying. say the process is shrouded in The bill languished amid secrecy and there are many court challenges until 1997 holes in the system that allow when legislators asked resi- for misconduct. dents to vote on a measure to Dr. William Toffler, national repeal the law. That time, 60 director of Physicians for Comper cent voted to keep the act. passionate Care, a group that Under Oregon’s Death with formed to oppose aid in dying, Dignity Act, terminally ill adult said doctors cannot always acresidents can request prescrip- curately predict how long a

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I think this is territory that needs to be explored, but I think it needs to be explored carefully. Dr. Peter Reagan, Compassion and Choices

patient has to live. “We have no crystal ball-reading courses in medical school,” he said. Critics, including Toffler, argue the law has corrupted the medical profession. Patients fear “death doctors” who push assisted death, while doctors have lost touch with their roles as healers and seekers of medical advances, he said. Reagan said the law has led to tremendous advances in communication, enabling patients to talk openly with family and doctors about all end-of-life options, including hospice. “It made people more able to talk about what they were really feeling. To say that patients who are dying aren’t thinking about (assisted death) is a misunderstanding,” he said. “Having their friends in on it, their family in on it, their providers in on it, really helps.”

Oregon Governor Barbara Roberts speaks during an interview at her home in Portland on April 13. When Roberts’s husband first told her he planned to introduce a bill in the Oregon legislature for medical aid in dying, she tried to talk him out of it.

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Doctor disciplined for billing errors Thandi Fletcher

Metro | Vancouver A Vancouver doctor has admitted to unprofessional conduct related to billing errors submitted to the Medical Services Plan of B.C. Dr. Roy Alan Brown, who works as a family physician in Vancouver, has been formally reprimanded and ordered to pay a fine of $25,000 and costs of $15,000 as a result of a disciplinary hearing, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. said in a news release. Brown will also have his registration with the college changed to “conditional — disciplined,� and will be required to complete a medical record-keeping course, according to the news release. The college said the billing errors were discovered during

an audit of Brown’s billings by the Medical Services Commission. The licensing and regulatory body did not disclose how much he billed MSP in error. According to the news release, the college said it considered if a suspension of Brown’s medical licence was warranted but ultimately decided against it, “given the fact that the MSC ordered that Dr. Brown be de-enrolled for a period of three months,� which prevents him from billing MSP during that time frame. The release states that being de-enrolled is equivalent to a three-month suspension from practice. This isn’t the first time Brown has been disciplined by the college. Last November, the physician admitted to breaching both the college’s prescribing standards and the Canadian Medical Association’s code of ethics.

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Man charged after violent robbery A man has been arrested in connection with the violent robbery of an elderly woman in Abbotsford earlier this month. On Monday, just after 9 p.m., officers found and arrested a 25-year-old man after a brief foot chase in the area of Maclure Road and Trethewey Street, Abbotsford police said Tuesday. Nathaniel Albert Landriault was charged Tuesday with one count of robbery.

Landriault has previous convictions for theft and drugs, police said. His arrest comes after police released surveillance footage showing a suspect and issued a public appeal for help identifying him on Monday. The suspect is accused of allegedly robbing of an 89-year-old woman while she was leaving a bank in the 32700-block of South Fraser Way at 2 p.m. on April 14. thandi fletcher/metro

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62 dispensaries have appealed their licence refusals Neal Hall

For Metro | Vancouver About 100 medical marijuana dispensaries in Vancouver will be facing enforcement starting Saturday after being refused by the city’s new regulatory system. The city’s chief licence inspector, Andreea Toma, said Tuesday that inspectors will initially hand out $250 to non-compliant pot shops. That may not seem like much, considering some medical marijuana shops are reportedly making up to $10,000 a day and have vowed to continue operating past Friday’s deadline. But Toma said the city can take legal action against noncompliant businesses by seeking an injunction in B.C. Supreme Court to shut down the stores. Defying a court order can be a criminal offence — contempt of court — possibly resulting in jail time. Last October, the city refused 140 of the 176 preliminary development permit applications for medical- marijuana-relateduse (MMRU) businesses because they were not in permitted zones or did not meet distancing regulations (300 metres) from schools,

The city plans to charge marijuana retailers an annual business licence fee of $30,000 and $10,000 for compassion clubs. Jonathan Hayward/THE CANADIAN PRESS

community centres, youth facilities or another MMRU. Stores already open at the time of refusal have been allowed to operate for six months while they search for new sites. However, these stores now must close by this Friday if they haven’t found a new location and submitted a revised application, Toma said. Only seven MMRUs have been issued development permits under the new regulations adopted in June 2015, and another 13 applications are under review. Once a development permit is approved, the application moves to the final stage of city approval: obtaining a business licence. The city is currently processing three

business licence applications and the first licence is expected to be issued within a month. The city plans to charge an annual business licence fee of $1,000 for medical marijuana compassion clubs and $30,000 for medical marijuana retail dealers. Many of the refused medical pot shops have appealed to the Board of Variance, which has MMRU appeal hearings scheduled until November. To date, the board has heard 18 of 62 medical marijuana-related use appeals, with 11 unsuccessful appeals, four granted, two being deferred to a future meeting and one withdrawn by the applicant. Three applicants refused by the board are suing the city, seek-

appeals The city said Tuesday that shops with pending appeals to the board must close and may not reopen unless they receive a successful ruling from the board. The next step for applicants granted appeals is to submit a full development permit application, with an opportunity for community input before the application moves forward.

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Local jeans maker builds an indoor playground Thandi Fletcher

Metro | Vancouver Wriggling into a pair of tootight skinny jeans often ranks high on the list of most-despised shopping experiences. But a Vancouver-based denim brand is bringing fun back into jeans shopping with an indoor playground that lets customers put the company’s signature performance stretch denim to the test. Gary Lenett, founder of Dish and DU/ER, said building a playground inside the brand’s store, located at 118 West Hastings, was a “natural extension” for him after seeing people trying on the jeans. “I noticed that when people would put on the jeans, they’d come out and be doing all these really crazy things,” Lenett told Metro. “Especially guys; they

weren’t used to trying on jeans that stretchy.… They’d be doing squats and jumping around and doing kicks.” While some companies might discourage customers from doing crazy contortions for fear the fabric might rip, Lenett encourages people to run, jump, climb, swing and even hang upside down in the jeans. The performance stretch denim is infused with technical fibres that Lenett claims provides five times the stretch of traditional denim, while also making the fabric 30 per cent lighter and stronger. It also contains Coolmax fibres, which help the fabric wick moisture away from the body, as well as act as an insulator to keep the wearer warm in cold conditions, he said. Lenett, who has nearly three decades of experience manufacturing denim, came up with the idea for the innovative fabric three years ago. He said he had recently started riding his bike to work and realized he wasn’t happy with the jeans he wore for the daily commute. Seeing a gap in the market for denim that was versatile

enough for cycling but also stylish enough to wear to an important meeting, he decided to make the fabric himself. Teaming up with designer Steven Sal Debus, who has a background in technical garments, the duo spent the next year and a half creating the innovative material.

Guys, they weren’t used to trying on jeans that stretchy … they’d be doing squats and jumping around and doing kicks. Gary Lenett

With a complete line of both women’s and men’s performance denim now in store, Lenett said he is confident in the quality of the jeans. “I’ve done everything in the jeans — the Grouse Grind, yoga,” he said, adding that the team recently did a spin class in the jeans as well. “You can do anything in them.”

Vancouver denim brand Dish and DU/ER has built an indoor playground in its West Hastings store, complete with monkey bars and a swing set. Adults are encouraged to run, jump, climb, swing and hang upside down to put the company’s stretchy performance denim to the test. contributed

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

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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

“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 noransom 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. A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable from February 2010 lent credence to the notion Canada makes payments, quoting Washington’s then-ambassador to Mali as saying “it is difficult to level criticism on countries like Mali and Burkina Faso for facilitating negotiations when the countries that pay ransom, like Austria and Canada, are given a pass.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Hillary Clinton hints at having equitable cabinet 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 statistics 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. Clinton remains the U.S. presi-

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

dential front-runner, despite a tougher-than-expected primary challenge. She retains a significant lead over her more progressive challenger, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and is expected to add to it Tuesday in primaries in Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware. She has also consistently led general-election polls against the Republican front-runners, Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz.

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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. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Exiles Donald Trump to celebrities threatening to immigrate to Canada: Go Donald Trump has a message for some of the celebrities musing about leaving for Canada if he’s elected president: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. The billionaire candidate said he’d be glad to make it a reality if he’s elected. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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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

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Hillary Clinton also dominated in primaries in Northeast states In a front-runner’s rout, Republican Donald Trump roared to victory Tuesday in five contests across the Northeast and confidently declared himself the

GOP’s “presumptive nominee.” Hillary Clinton was dominant in four Democratic races and now is 90 per cent of the way to the number she needs to claim her own nomination. Trump’s and Clinton’s wins propelled them ever closer to a general election showdown. Still, Sanders and Republicans Ted Cruz and John Kasich, vowed to keep running, even as opportunities to topple the leaders dwindle.

Trump still must negotiate a narrow path to keep from falling short of the delegates needed to seal the nomination before the Republican National Convention in July. Cruz and Kasich are working toward that result, which would leave Trump open to a floor fight in which delegates could turn to someone else. Trump was having none of that. “It’s over. As far as I’m concerned it’s over,” he declared

Donald Trump on Tuesday in New York. the associated press

at his victory rally in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. He now has 77 per cent of the delegates he needs. With Clinton’s four victories — she ceded only Rhode Island to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — she now has 90 per cent of the delegates she needs to become the first woman nominated by a major party. Clinton kept her focus firmly on the general election as she spoke to supporters Tuesday night, ur-

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Ecuador’s heroic 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 Pedernales following Ecua-

dor’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.


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From right: Jeremy Campbell with his fiancée Holly Foran and dog, Ryan and Christina Ingham and their two-year-old daughter Regan. Jonathan Hayward/THE CANADIAN PRESS

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ON PLAGIARISM ALLEGATIONS 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-responseesque 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 editorin-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.” That would be again, again. Let’s assume we won’t be getting a second column-ofdefence 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. But for the Globe, there are other options than “working with” a writer. And if the paper-most-hoping-to-be-theNew-York-Times 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. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, PRINT

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The Times has responded to allegations of plagiarism by its writers with investigations, to varying outcomes (resignations, months-later buyouts). 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. Wente’s putative wrongdoing 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 & EDITOR Cathrin Bradbury

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of a thorough going-over of the 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 right-wing 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-than-thous in Wente’s second brush with scandal. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, REGIONAL SALES

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Flank steak is the ugly duckling of the steak world. It isn’t nearly as sexy as a porterhouse, nor as attractive as a rib eye. But what flank lacks in beauty, it sure makes up for in flavour. Flank steak needs a marinade, but is an economical cut that can feed a lot of people when it’s sliced thinly across the grain.

Although referred to as sorghum “molasses” in the southern United States, sorghum syrup is actually made from sorghum grass, not sugar cane. It’s an amber, mild-flavored syrup that’s slightly sweeter than true molasses. Substitute maple syrup if you can’t find it.

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direct cooking and preheat it to medium- high (375°F to 450°F).

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4. Remove the flank steak from the marinade, discarding the remaining marinade. Grill the flank steak, turning once, until the internal temperature reaches 120°F to 130°F for rare to medium-rare, about 10 to 12 minutes. (Flank steaks can vary in thickness, so keep an eye on the steak and don’t overcook it; flank is best served rare to mediumrare.)

Ingredients: • 1 flank steak (about 2 lb) • Sea salt for serving For the marinade: • 1 cup soy sauce • 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar • 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves • 2 tbsp minced garlic • 2 tbsp sorghum syrup (see sidebar) • 1 tbsp granulated onion • 1 tbsp coarsely ground black pepper (butcher grind)

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Beyoncé’s grandmother’s recipe recited in the film By now you’ve all slurped up Beyoncé’s Lemonade, her sixth studio album that premiered over the weekend. There’s likely another week or so of think pieces to gloss over, be it concerning the political and racial themes behind her short film, whether Beyoncé is finally showing vulnerability beyond her ultra-restrained persona, or, most importantly, the identity of Becky With The Good Hair. In the meantime, you can spill the tea at your next Lemonade viewing party with the actual lemonade recipe Beyoncé recites in the film. For the record here’s the original recipe,

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courtesy of Beyoncé’s grandmother Agnez Deréon: “Take one pint of water. Add half a pound of sugar. The juice of

eight lemons. The zest of half a lemon. Pour the water from one jug then into the other several times. Strain through

The result is a very (very!) sweet lemonade that reminds us of sweet tea, so if you’re not used to that level of saccharine add half the sugar first, then more to taste. This would also be good with a fistful of mint leaves and a few shots of bourbon stirred in. Enjoy, Beyhive! torstar news service

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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

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Vancouver hosts West rival before flying to N.Y.C. With another long flight on the docket, Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson is getting his priorities straight. The Major League Soccer club hosts Western Conference rivals Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night, and Robinson admitted his primary focus is to get a result in that game with a trek across the continent looming ahead of Saturday’s match at New York City FC. “Every conference game is very important,” said Robinson. “The league is very tight.” The Whitecaps, who suffered an embarrassing 4-0 loss at D.C. United earlier this month in their only trip to the East Coast this season, finished second in

Availability Robinson said that Vancouver captain Pedro Morales, who has missed the last three games with a hip injury, will be available on Wednesday.

last year’s West standings, just six points up on the seventhplace San Jose Earthquakes. The Portland Timbers qualified for the playoffs on the last day of the regular schedule before going on an incredible run to win the 2015 MLS Cup, something Robinson pointed to when explaining his rationale heading into Wednesday. “One or two defeats and you’re at the bottom and everyone says it’s a crisis, and one or two wins you’re at the top and everyone says you’ve got off to an unbelievable start,” said Robinson. “The league’s going to be like that all the way to the end, like it was last year when San Jose missed out and Portland got in.” After getting shut out in three straight games, including back-to-back losses, Vancouver (3-4-1) picked up a much-needed 3-0 home victory against FC Dallas over the weekend to silence some of the criticism regarding the club’s previously toothless attack. “The guys are a group that stick together through thick and thin,” said Robinson. “We’ve got off to an OK start. Confidence levels towards the end of the game on Saturday were flowing.” The Whitecaps scored from open play against Dallas for the first time this season, but

Goalkeeper David Ousted earned his third clean sheet of the season when the Whitecaps beat FC Dallas on Saturday. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

an even bigger story was the performance of veteran goalkeeper David Ousted. The Dane registered his third clean sheet of 2016 after making a couple spectacular stops, with his best coming on a lefthanded swipe to deny Michael Barrios early in the second half. “Some match-winning saves there for us,” said Robinson. “I played it down a little bit on

the weekend because his job is to save goals. I didn’t really realize how good they were until I saw them a second time.” Like Vancouver, Kansas City (4-4-0) is in a stretch of three games in eight days and has a quick turnaround for the match at B.C. Place Stadium. Sporting won three straight to open the season, including a 2-1 home victory over 10-man Vancouver

on March 12, but has dropped its last three, with Sunday’s 1-0 loss at San Jose the latest setback. “It’s important for us to make sure right out of the gate that we’re high-tempo,” said Whitecaps defender Tim Parker. “If we let them catch their breath and get into the game, then we’re going to have some trouble.” The Canadian Press

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Morrison home following stroke The stubbornness of his girlfriend and a horse show may have saved Denny Morrison’s life. The four-time Olympic medallist in speedskating flew home to Calgary from Salt Lake City on Tuesday three days after Morrison suffered a stroke in Utah. Morrison wanted rest and time to consult with doctors before speaking to the media. His girlfriend and Canadian teammate Josie Spence, who saw Morrison was ailing and insisted he go to hospital in Salt Lake, said they were both relieved to be home. “He’s sleeping lots, but the doctors and the whole speedskating team have been really helpful towards him,” Spence told The Canadian Press. The couple were heading back to Canada after 25 days mountain biking the 1,200-kilometre Arizona Trail from the Mexico to Utah borders. They planned to stop in Salt Lake City to see the horse show Cavalia on Saturday. Morrison awoke from a nap when they got out of the car. Spence noticed Morrison was slurring his speech and struggled to put his sunglasses on with his left hand. The Canadian Press

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All-star breaks out of slump, rallies Toronto to series lead Dwane Casey and the Toronto Raptors vowed to “ride or die” with DeMar DeRozan. On Tuesday, the Raptors rode the all-star to a thrilling comefrom-behind Game 5 victory over the Indiana Pacers that put them within one win of clinching the series. And moments after the victory, with his tiny daughter Diar perched on his lap, DeRozan said he felt like his “normal self.” Finally. DeRozan, who’d struggled for

three of the four previous games bounds in the fourth quarter. in the series, poured in 34 points Jonas Valanciunas chipped in to lift the Raptors 102-99 over with 11 points, while Norman the Pacers, giving Toronto a 3-2 Powell had 10. lead in their best-of-seven series. Paul George led Indiana with “Me and this guy (Kyle Lowry, 39 points. seated beside him at the postDeRozan was superb, shooting game podium) 10-for-22 shots work extreme- Game 5 In Toronto and 12-for-13 ly hard to not from the freehave them throw line, in come,” DeRoa nail-biter that zan said. “It’s all saw Toronto trail through about patience, you can’t get three quarters, flustered, you including an can’t frustratearly 17-point ed, you have to deficit. stay the course, “A confident and that’s what player,” Casey we’re going to said. “People continue to do, whatever it takes made fun of me because I said to win.” we’re going to ride with the guys Lowry had 14 points, while that brought us here, that won Bismack Biyombo had 11 points us 56 games in the regular-seaand grabbed seven of his 16 re- son. DeMar is an all-star for a

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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.

reason, guys don’t forget how to score. I thought he played his game, within the rhythm of the offence.” Trailing 90-77 heading into the fourth, the Raptors — with the unusual lineup of Lowry, DeRozan, Joseph, Biyombo and Powell — buckled down on defence and finally found that rhythm on the offensive end. And when Powell pounced on a Pacers turnover and finished with a thunderous dunk to even it up at 92-92 with 6:31 to play, the Air Canada Centre crowd went nuts. The Raptors would outscore Indiana 25-9 in the fourth, prompting Magic Johnson to tweet: “That’s why I love the NBA Playoffs because anything can happen, like the Raptors miraculous comeback to beat the Pacers!” Game 6 goes Friday in Indianapolis. The Canadian Press

DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry celebrate on Tuesday night in Toronto. Nathan Denette/The Canadian 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 10-1 on Tuesday in Toronto. 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. The Canadian Press

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

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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

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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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