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I cannot think of any other workplace in this country in which we condone the infantile behaviour we see all too often in the House of Commons. Not even elementary schools put up with this kind of crap.

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Metro | Ottawa

Conservative Party whip Gord Brown, left, NDP leader Tom Mulcair and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The canadian press

Day in and day out our elected leaders make a mockery of democracy with the lack of respect they show each other when they resort to heckling, name-calling and — now — knocking and grabbing. It is embarrassing, and it is shameful. Anyone who has the misfortune of following politics for a living could have told you tensions on Parliament Hill have been running high these past few weeks. Those tensions boiled over late Wednesday afternoon when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took it upon himself to grab Conservative whip Gord Brown’s arm and forcibly drag him through a crowd of New Democrat MPs, knocking into Ruth Ellen

Brosseau in the process. I want to pause here to make an observation on what this altercation revealed to me about our prime minister’s character. It takes a certain level of arrogance, and not a little narcissism, for Trudeau to decide that he would have to personally interject himself and literally drag Brown down the aisle when he saw the Opposition whip’s path was being blocked. That he apparently told the New Democrat MPs to “get the f--k out of my way” suggests he saw them not as human beings, but as annoying obstacles standing in his way. These things do not reflect well on the leader of our country. But this episode unfolded alltoo-predictably when the New Democrats and Conservatives once again overplayed the outrage card. We had the NDP’s Niki Ashton calling the experi-

ence “deeply traumatic” and suggesting young female MPs might not feel safe coming to work. Conservative Jason Kenney piled on, characterizing Trudeau’s conduct as “increasingly dictatorial” and calling him a bully. I am not defending Trudeau’s actions. They were blockheaded and wildly inappropriate. And I am not discounting the range of emotions that MPs may have felt when the prime minister briskly strode across the aisle and grabbed Brown by the arm. But the opposition parties were laying it on ridiculously thick. I wonder what was going through former prime minister Stephen Harper’s mind as he watched the whole ugly scene unfold with a bemused look on his face? Critics used words like nasty, mean-spirited and vindictive to describe his Conservative government. Say what you will about Harper (and you could say

a lot of things, both good and bad), but he never would have pulled a dumb stunt like this. Trudeau’s Liberals won the last election in part because they realized people were sick of the pettiness and ugliness that we often saw during the Harper years. They promised us “sunny ways” and a more conciliatory approach. Here we are, not even a year in, and things are as bad as they ever were. There is no better time than now to have an adult conversation about doing something — anything — to fix this broken way of doing politics. Trudeau was a schoolteacher in an earlier life. He ought to make this a teachable moment. Starting with himself.

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Metro | Edmonton The Edmonton Police Service is struggling to recruit and keep new officers, and its deputy chief says social media is partly to blame. While many recruits look good on paper, things often fall apart in field training when they have to verbally de-escalate

situations — a skill that Brian Simpson says many young recruits don’t have. “When you’re talking on social media you don’t have that emotion component,” Simpson said. “So how do you de-escalate, how do you bring that situation down, then have the ability to actually have a conversation? Because when people are emotional, they’re not hearing you.” Edmonton’s attrition rate for new recruits stands at about 10 per cent, which is three times higher than Calgary and also significantly higher than other cities in Western Canada. About half of new recruits bow out during the academic phase of their 18-month probation period, and about half leave

or are terminated during field training, which is when their communication skills come into play. “Our job is about listening and having the ability to talk, and the key part is listening. And you see with our social media processes and how people interact and talk, it’s not open conversation,” Simpson said. “The reality is they are communicating, they’re doing it very effectively. But the nature of our job isn’t social connection — it’s one on one, face to face with people.” He said police have recognized the communication gap and will address it as an organization in the future.

The number of applicants to the Edmonton Police Service has generally been in decline since the 1990s. But the organization has seen an increase so far this year compared to last — up from 159 to 206 — and is on track for the highest number of applicants in five years. Officers spoke at a police commission meeting Thursday of a need to raise the service’s public profile to reach more recruits while the job market is struggling. “The numbers have changed and that’s a direct reflection on the economy,” Simpson said. Police will prepare a report on recruitment challenges that will go before the police commission in July.

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It can be complicated to heal. Cathy Underhill

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Metro | Edmonton A mental health counsellor from Fort McMurray says it could take evacuees from the fire-ravaged city anywhere from a year to three years to completely heal from the trauma. “People are going through a range of emotions. A lot of it is grief and loss over losing their homes or their pets. Some people are withdrawn and confused, some are anxious, and some are depressed,” said Cathy Underhill, executive director of Fort McMurray-based Borealis Counselling Services, which since Monday has been offering free counselling out of St. Albert. “Sometimes there’s re-

Fire Chief Darby Allen, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley inspect the fire damage in Fort McMurray last week. the canadian press/file

traumatization when they return to the community and face the devastation and destruction, the loss of green space, the loss of homes. It can be complicated to heal and return to a normal life.”

Underhill herself is an evacuee; she fled Fort McMurray along with about 88,000 residents. Now she and three other counsellors from Borealis, a 30-year-old nonprofit that offers employee assistance ser-

vices and counselling to the public, are helping the community for free. “People are already under financial strain. We wanted to make sure people have access to services without any worry

to cover costs,” Underhill said. Those services include a 24-7 hotline and in-person appointments Monday to Friday during working hours from the River’s Edge Counselling office. In addition to trauma, Underhill said some evacuees are having a tough time being away from home. “If you’re living in another family’s home or you’re in crowded environment, you may not have your space or be able to relax. People are having trouble sleeping,” she said. For many others, the evacuation has increased the financial stress they were experiencing since the economic downturn. “There were more conflicts and tensions in the home, and people were already worried about not being to provide for their families. And now there’s this trauma,” Underhill said.

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Mohamed Ahmed spoke at an Edmonton police commission meeting Thursday. He said police have not worked with him on solving the homicide of his 25-year-old son. Kevin Tuong/for metro

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Abdikadir Mohamed was shot on New Year’s Day Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton The father of 2016’s first homicide victim says Edmonton police are not working with the African-Canadian community. Mohamed Ahmed, whose 25-year-old son Abdikadir Mohamed was shot in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day

on 111 Avenue near 93 Street, said community members know who shot his son but the police have not made any arrests. “They are not working with us,” Ahmed said, after speaking at a police commission meeting Thursday. His son was one of two men shot near a lounge on New Year’s Day and he died in hospital nearly a week later. Ahmed described his son as a “good boy” and a “great Canadian.” “We need justice,” he said. “Sad, and mad, and anxious — we feel that. I want to tell them that I am a human being. I’m talking about a human being.” Ahmed came to the meeting, held at city hall, with a small

They are not working with us.

Mohamed Ahmed, father of Abdikadir Mohamed

group of representatives from the African-Canadian community who say they are facing discrimination from police. Mahamad Accord, founder and CEO of the Taccalusa Institute, a human rights advocacy organization, filed a complaint at Thursday’s meeting alleging police have not worked as hard to solve homicides of AfricanCanadians and that young males in the community are disproportionately carded.

Accord looked around the room and noted the commission was comprised mostly of white men. “Look around our meeting … is that Edmonton?” he said. Edmonton Police Services Deputy Chief Brian Simpson said police treat all homicide cases the same. “The same diligence, same energy, every policing technique we have goes into every file,” he said, adding he understands Ahmed’s frustration and there is “nothing more horrific” than a parent losing a child. Simpson said the police force has a number of successful initiatives underway to diversify its ranks, but that diversity will take time to filter up to the top.

job market

Student hiring initiative in high demand The Alberta government received twice the number of applications for its program that helps employers hiring students than it had the budget to fund this year. Labour Minister Christina Gray announced that approximately 3,000 summer jobs would be funded through the Summer Temporary Employment Program (STEP) this year, at a cost of $10 million. The total number of employer applications for the program stood at 2,600, with many looking to hire more than one student. The government approved

1,100 of the applications. Gray said the government was taken aback by the response. “The problem we had here was just so much enthusiasm and excitement for the program,” she said. Dahrouge Geological Consulting hired four students through the program for the summer. John Gorham, the company’s senior geologist, said having the students is ideal for the company, because a lot of their work is seasonal. “We usually rely on hiring students in order to grow our

projects and this is a symbiotic relationship,” he said. The students, Gorham said, get hands-on experience in the field and the company is able to take on more projects, ultimately growing the business over the long term. The company is paying its four students $23 per hour, with the STEP grant covering $7 of that. Gorham said without the grant it’s unlikely the company would have hired students this year. John Wagner, a mining engineering student at the University

of Alberta, said he’s keen for the opportunity to be at the company this summer. “It allows me to get a better view of what my degree is going to be about in the future,” he said. Wagner said there isn’t much activity in his field right now and his job prospects were not great for the summer. “The mining faculty at the U of A has a tough go of it with getting jobs, by the time exams were over we had five of our 40 students in class employed.” Ryan Tumilty/Metro

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Sending a ‘powerful reminder’ drinking and driving

A student-driven campaign to curb drinking and driving has rolled out a new design for liquor bags that will be distributed across Alberta starting this week. Eleven-year-old Keana Hollman, of Tofield, east of Edmonton, drew the winning design for the Students Against Drinking and Driving Alberta Liquor Bag Contest.

Her message is about the affect on others: “If you drink and drive… you’ll make someone cry.” Hollman, who’s in grade six, said it was nice for students to have a say on an issue that’s usually talked about only by adults. “I think its important because you can’t forget that others have feelings, and you have feelings yourself. So if you hurt someone you’re also hurting yourself and others.” Hollman’s design was selected from more than 150 entries from across Alberta, and will be printed on one million brown paper bags. “All the submissions from students are a powerful reminder that we all play a role to help keep Albertans safe,” AGLC president and CEO Bill Robinson said in a release.

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De Grood trial

Faking psychosis not easy: Expert a long period of time in order to pursue an NCR defence. “Anyone can come to a oneMetro | Calgary hour interview and claim a whole series of symptoms and A forensics psychiatrist says maybe put on an act for a it would be very hard to fake short period of time, but it’s psychotic symptoms over time very hard to sustain that over to maintain a not-criminally- months and years — especialresponsible (NCR) defence. ly around people who have Matthew de Grood is on genuine psychosis,” he said. trial for the 2014 killings Not only that, Simpson said, of Jordan Segura, Lawrence but an individual who sufHong, Kaiti Perras, Josh Hunt- fers from a psychotic episode er and Zackariah Rathwell. would often demonstrate a His defence team is pursu- pattern of behavior leading up ing an NCR defence, claiming to an incident — much like de de Grood was suffering from Grood, whose behaviour has a psychotic epibeen reported as “odd” and sode at the time. Many have “disorganized” taken to social in the months media stating It’s very hard to leading up to they believe de sustain that over the stabbings. Grood faked his In the last psychosis to get months and years. week, three exDr. Sandy Simpson away with an perts testified NCR defence. they believe de D r. S a n d y Grood suffered Simpson, head of the foren- a psychotic episode the night sic psychiatry department at he stabbed the Brentwood the University of Toronto and five and said they believe it chief of forensic psychiatry at was likely schizophrenia that the Centre for Addiction and caused the episode. Mental Health, said there is Simpson said symptoms always a possibility that some- for schizophrenics can come one might try to fake symp- on over months or just a few toms — but said all forensic weeks and said it most compractitioners and psycholo- monly occurs for young males gists are trained to look for in their early 20s. malingerers (fakers) for just that reason. “What the forensic assessor does is they interview the individual to gain some understanding about them and what has occurred as well as seek extensive collateral information from police, family and other sources,” he said. He said the other checkand-balance is that there are always multiple experts (psychiatrists or psychologists) who assess an individual. According to Simpson, it would be “very difficult” to Matthew de Grood in an April fake psychotic symptoms over 22 sketch. the canadian press

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Lawyer Allan Fay says he has proven that his client Matthew de Grood is not criminally responsible. The Canadian Press file

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Final witness asserts disorder interfered with man’s judgment The final witness in the murder trial of Matthew de Grood bolstered the defence’s case that he was not criminally responsible when he stabbed five young people to death at a Calgary house party two years ago. “I believe on the balance of probabilities he had a legitimate psychotic disorder,” said Andrew

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gion, vampires and Darth Vader on Facebook. He reported hearing voices telling him to kill and believed the end of the world was coming before he grabbed a knife from a kitchen in the northwest Calgary home. Haag said in his interviews with de Grood the young man worried there would be “an outbreak of vampires.” De Grood said the night of the attack, he heard one male voice telling him to “kill them all before they kill you” and a second voice telling him to kill the four other victims sitting on a living-room couch. “He believed he was immin-

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A global community-building festival, that sees cities bring 100 one-day projects to life, is coming to Edmonton for the first time. The 100In1Day event, which takes place on June 4 in countries including Sweden, Colombia and South Africa, involves citizens staging “urban interventions” such as art installations, block parties and tree-planting. “Our motivation for doing this is it’s a rallying cry to get a whole bunch of people combining smaller actions to make a larger impact,” said Chris Gusen, marketing manager for Make Something Edmonton, which partnered with the City of Ed-

monton’s CityLab to organize the event. “We want people to tell stories in a way that’s action-oriented and for people to engage with the idea that they can shape the city and make it a better place.” So far, Gusen said 30 projects — which include Edmontonians setting up a pop-up beach in the river valley, painting a park bench in pride colours and sharing stories about the Cloverdale footbridge in hopes of preventing its demolition — have been approved, while 60 submissions are being reviewed. Gusen said project submissions are being accepted until June 1.

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Fort McMurray residents can now view potential damage to their homes thanks to a new website, and officials are warning people to be prepared for the worst. The website, firemap.rmwb. ca, went live Wednesday and allows residents to view overall damage in neighbourhoods and damage assessments for individual houses. Fort McMurray’s mayor, Melissa Blake, said residents should be prepared to see devastation when they use the site. “I really think people need to be in a safe viewing spot and (be) prepared to deal with whatever the outcome is,” she said. On Wednesday, the government announced tenta-

New 24-hour event to raise money for mental health Alex Boyd

Metro | Edmonton By mid-afternoon Thursday, Paul Semeniuk had climbed 306 flights of stairs, with 1,500 — give or take a few hundred — to go. Semeniuk, an Edmonton firefighter, is spending 24 hours running up and down 34 flights of stairs in the ATB building downtown to raise money and awareness for Momentum walkin counseling, a mental health triage centre geared towards people who can’t pay or wait for help through the regular health care system. He started at 11 a.m. Thursday and will finish at the same time Friday. Grabbing a quick snack between flights, Semeniuk said as a first responder, it’s a cause he knows well. “We see it everyday. Our

donating Anyone looking to donate can do so at mentalrescue.com

tive plans to allow residents to return to the community on June 1. The government has said approximately 2,400 structures were destroyed in the wildfire that struck in early May, but approximately 90 per cent of the community remains undamaged. Blake said for many people, not knowing what happened to their home has created a lot of anxiety and this will help. “People who have been carrying uncertainty, they will get the clarity that they need and I think many will be pleasantly surprised at the same time,” she said. Blake initially fled north with other evacuees and said she had to see the community and the damage herself (though, her house survived the blaze), before she was able to speak to the media about it. “I had to see it before the media was given their tour. I had to be prepared.”

People who have been carrying uncertainty, they will get the clarity that they need. Mayor Melissa Blake Firefighter Paul Semeniuk is running stairs for 24 hours to raise awareness about mental health. KEVIN TUONG/For Metro

brothers and sister, they battle. The PTSDs, the anxieties, the depressions, it’s true, it’s real, it’s out there. We have to be supportive of them,” he said. That’s the reason Semeniuk and fellow firefighter Rob Schwabenbauer formed an organization called the Mental Rescue Society, which aims to spark conversation about mental

health in Edmonton. Schwabenbauer said they could have done it outside, but the dim, narrow concrete stairwell was a conscious choice. “People participating are really going to get a sense of what it’s like to push themselves in a space that may not be in their comfort zone,” he said. “It might help them appreciate a small

part of what people go through on a daily basis who have mental illness.” Several people have showed up to run alongside Semeniuk, for a few flights or several hours, including a four-year-old girl who walked all the way to the top with her dad, and a group of fellow firefighters who ran the stairs in full gear.

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Metro | Edmonton Everyone knows that dental care can be expensive, which is why each year for 25 years, an Edmonton dentist has organized a free dental day for those who can’t afford it. He’s doing it again this weekend. “There are a lot of people who fall between the cracks, where they’re not making a lot of income and they don’t have dental plans. They’re in pain, but they don’t know where to go,” said Dr. Andrew Albert of the West Central Clinic, which will hold this year’s free dental day on May 28. In addition to low-income families, Albert said the clinic typically sees many seniors. This year, he said he

Dr. Andrew Albert has been offering free dental help to those in need for 25 years. Kevin Tuong/Metro

expects it to be even busier than usual with Syrian refugees and Fort McMurray evacuees in the city. Patients are seen on a first-

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Metro | Calgary The Canadian Rockies International Rodeo and Music Festival — otherwise known as the Gay Rodeo — has been cancelled. A message on the Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo Association website does not elaborate on why the event was cancelled. “This decision was not made lightly, and we sincerely apologize to all the people this decision affects: the fans, artists, competitors, industry partners, vendors, corporate partners, suppliers and all of our supporters within the community,” read the statement. Some big-name artists had been booked to play the event in Strathmore from June 30 to July 3, including Dean Brody, Terri Clark, The Road Hammers, Trooper, Charlie Major and Kim Mitchell. The annual festival was created in the late 1990s for gay Albertans who wanted to take part in traditional rodeo events. For the first few years it was held in Calgary, but in 2009 the event moved to Strathmore.

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Weekend, May 20-23, 2016 15

Home explosion delays child adoption process family matters

Operators were in the process of restoring gas Jeremy Simes

For Metro | Calgary Kaitlin hopes she’ll still be able to adopt a child after her home was among 10 destroyed by an explosion in Fort McMurray Monday night. Officials have been assessing Fort McMurray and the province plans to have residents return on June 1, after wildfires destroyed about 10 per cent of the city on May 4. On Tuesday, fire officials said operators were in the process of restoring gas when a home that was getting serviced blew up, damaging nine other residences. Kaitlin, who fled Fort McMurray for refuge with her parents on Vancouver Island, has been trying to adopt a child for three-and-a-half years. She didn’t

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the home exploded causing significant damage to others. Though the government couldn’t confirm the cause of the explosion, crews have restored 60 per cent of essential infrastructure without an issue, said Scott Long, executive director of Alberta Emergency Management Agency, on Tuesday. Long said the cause of the explosion is still under investigation.

Kaitlin said she thought officials were joking when they told her that her home was destroyed. “I was like, ‘No my house is fine — the fire didn’t touch it,’” she said. “When I found out, I was devastated because I knew what that meant for me and my adoption.” She said the family plans to adopt a child from South Africa, but hasn’t submitted paperwork. Kaitlin said the paperwork doesn’t say the home is destroyed, therefore not reflecting the family’s current situation. For all adoptions, documentation must reflect the couple’s current living situation for it to go through. “Yes I lost all my photos, memorabilia and things that meant something to me, but really those are just things. Really it’s just the fact we’ve been trying to adopt a baby for years and this just puts a roadblock into things.” But it’s not over for the family, according to Laura Swift, a social worker with adoption agency Adoption by Choice. “It’ll prolong it, but it’s not over,” she said.

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Nicole McDonal

Metro | Edmonton

around and worked together to get him out. Everyone was watching a band with all women, and it was just like, ‘Oh, it’s working!’

Not Enough Fest shines a spotlight on artists who are queer, trans or women — and many who are first-timers as artists, too. We spoke to organizer Nicole McDonal about what’s new this year as the festival turns two. How do you find artists? We don’t really go find people, but we put it out there and people come to us. They join us at our mixers and our skill shares, when we have a quick little session on how to play guitar or drums. We also did noise, scream, bass, singing stuff like that. That gets their foot in the door. And this year we tried to set every-

What happened to the bands from last year? There are two bands from last year that are in Sled Island this year, and a bunch of bands are getting shows all over the city.

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body up with mentors… we also provided a jam space because I think that’s probably, for any band, that’s pretty hard to find. Are they all total novices? Some people have some experience; for others, maybe they’ve played in their bedroom but

they’ve never played in front of anybody. Some people are in other totally well-known bands across the city but wanted to start something new, specifically for this.

mainstream music industry? I feel like maybe recognition, as well as jam spaces and instruments and support, even, are all a bit easier for cis-men to access. We try to break down all those barriers for them.

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What can people expect at this year’s festival? A totally wide range of musical tastes and talents. It’s completely different music, so it’ll be a punk band and then it’ll be a folk artist and then a singer songwriter. Not one type of music, that’s for sure.

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Not Enough Fest What: The festival shines a spotlight on bands and artists who are queer, trans and/or women--many of whom formed just for the festival. See Q and A. Where: Ritchie Community League How much: Suggested $5 donation

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Quote-A-Long What: The anniversary of the movie that many of us, depending on how bad a day at work we’re having, drift off to and imagine what it’d be like to skip it all and have an adventure. Where: Metro Cinema, 8712 109 Street When: 9:30 p.m. How much: $12 (free for evacuees)

Fort Edmonton Park— opening weekend What: The historic fort opens its old timey doors for the spring season this Saturday. From the fur trading era to the 1920s, come experience Edmonton as it once was. Where: 7000 143 Street How much: $26.20 for adults, $20.90 for kids (not including tax) SATURDAY— City Market Downtown What: The biggest farmers’ market downtown is venturing back outside this weekend. Head to 104 Street for farm-fresh produce, locally raised meats and handcrafted jewellery. Where: 104 Street at Jasper Cost: Free (depending on

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be a back up singer in Toronto. Five years later she’s stepping to the spotlight with her debut solo album. Where: Brixx Bar & Grill How much: $10 in advance Formosa Circus Arts Group at the Royal Alberta Museum What : The Taiwanese circus is coming to town to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in Canada. The FOCA group has performed all over the world, and combines the atmosphere of street culture mixed with theatrical art forms. Where: Royal Alberta Museum Theatre, 12845–102 Avenue. How much: $15

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Metro | Ottawa The tank-top tiff could be headed for the courts. Jenna Vecchio, the Ottawa woman whose gym told her that her breasts were too large for her tank top, says she is now exploring her legal options. The trouble began last weekend when a female staff member at the Orleans Movati told Vecchio her outfit was making other gym-goers uncomfortable. She was told she could come back and finish her workout — as long as she wore a T-shirt. Vecchio wrote about her experience on Facebook and posted a photo of what she was wear-

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Mining projects to get close look: Bibeau The international development non-governmental organizations, minister says she wants to see while some Canadian companies what more can be done to help have periodically faced accusaindigenous people who are af- tions of riding roughshod over fected by Canadian mining oper- the rights of local indigenous ations abroad. people in developing countries. Marie-Claude Bibeau says that Natural resource exploitation is one potential change in Can- is important for the economic ada’s foreign aid policy as she growth of many developing counembarks on a sweeping review tries, Bibeau explained Thursday. of the country’s international deBut she said she plans to revelopment assistance. view the preliminary reports on the Bibeau announced five pilot projects the terms of wide-ranging public consultainvolving Canadian tions on revamping aid resource companies policy this week, as the The review will in aid partnerships. Trudeau government examine the 25 “We have a role faced internation- countries of to play ... let’s say to focus where the al pressure to boost majority of protect mining workoverall aid spending Canada’s ers and to have these to meet a UN target. companies have the development best positive impact Bibeau stressed the spending is targeted. need to help women in their communand girls — a “feminities.” The Conservatives were also ist approach,” she called it — as well as recognizing the need to accused of linking Canada’s trade help failing and fragile states ambitions too closely with its and deal with the impact of cli- aid policy. Bibeau said helping mate change. the poorest of the poor — her She also plans to take a closer mandate — is separate from that look at so called public-private of her colleague, International partnerships that have seen aid Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, dollars spent in conjunction with which is to foster Canadian busiresource companies. ness and investment opportunThe previous Conservative gov- ities abroad, but those two interernment pushed these partner- ests are not mutually exclusive. ships over the protests of many the canadian press

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ing as though she had expressed her position. Upon conclusion of our interviews, we stand by the original decision that confirms that Ms. Vecchio was dressed inconsistently with our code of conduct.” Vecchio now says she plans to meet with an Ottawa humanrights lawyer in the next few days to explore her options. She says she is further offended and humiliated by the gym’s claim that her clothes were “not as modest” as she claims. She also disputes that she was wearing her tank top any differently than in her Facebook photo.

However they say that top looked on me to them, it’s still their personal opinion and it’s still body shaming. Jenna Vecchio

Jenna Vecchio says she was wearing this same outfit to the gym last Saturday when Movati staff told her that her breasts were too large for the tank top. joe lofaro/metro

The Arab Community Centre of Toronto says that, on average, at least one Syrian woman a week is disclosing to them they are a victim of domestic violence. “This is not something that is prevalent within this particular group, it is prevalent within all refugee and newcomer populations,” Huda Bukhari, the centre’s executive director, said Wednesday. “But because this particular group has come in all at once, then we see a lot more.” Close to $1 billion in federal funds has been set aside for the Syrian refugee program, although a breakdown of how it’s being spent hasn’t been released. Most is being put towards settlement services, including providing for additional staff for the increased caseloads. But helping families deal with and prevent abuse requires a specialized approach, Bukhari said Wednesday as she appealed to a House of Commons committee for funds targeted directly at the issue. the canadian press

IN BRIEF Ontario man charged after waking up in wrong house in New York: Police An 18-year-old Ontario man has been charged after police say he woke up naked in a stranger’s home in upstate New York. Chief Gordon Dibble of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office says the man was in town for a lacrosse tournament when he was found by a homeowner around 5:30 a.m. on Monday in Stafford, N.Y. Dibble says alcohol was involved and the man was apparently confused. the canadian press

Conrad Black fights liens for unpaid taxes Conrad Black is fighting two liens that have been placed on his Toronto mansion that claim he owes more than $15 million in unpaid taxes. The former media mogul filed a notice of application Wednesday with the Federal Court for a judicial review of the liens. The liens were filed against Black’s home on May 6 and May 10, alleging that he owes taxes from 2002, 2003 and 2008. the canadian press

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Motion 6 delayed after #elbowgate controversy The morning after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau barged swearing into a knot of Opposition MPs, grabbing one and elbowing aside another to hurry up a vote, he made very public displays of personal contrition. Trudeau appeared at an MPs prayer breakfast to read aloud a scripture of his choice, Romans 12, that counsels: don’t think you are better than you really are. Then the prime minister delivered an abject apology in the House of Commons. The prime minister said he would willingly accept a committee’s decision on his behaviour. But he was non-committal faced with Opposition fury and calls for him to withdraw a controversial and provocative motion that was the backdrop of

the Wednesday night scuffle. Known as Motion 6, it would have given the Liberal government unilateral control over the parliamentary agenda as it scrambles to push through its bills. Trudeau’s longtime friend and House leader Dominic Leblanc withdrew the motion he’d insisted was necessary just the day before. Leblanc offered to cooperate with the Opposition to extend debate time so all MPs could speak to the assisted death bill, and said the government still wanted to try to meet the June 6 deadline imposed by the Supreme Court of Canada. However, it was clear after the Commons wasted nearly four days in procedural wrangling, dust-ups, insults and apologies, that Parliament is unlikely to meet the deadline to legislate in response to the high court’s Carter v. Canada decision that decriminalizes physician-assisted death for competent adults. Trudeau’s behavior left opposition members with a bitter taste. Conservatives and NDP

MPs suggested Trudeau was “bullying” and had an angercontrol problem. However, even some Liberals privately confided they were surprised by their leader’s action — and anger. Ambrose, the Conservative interim leader, later said she welcomed the government’s promise to withdraw the offending procedural bid for more power, but added: “Let me tell you, we’re not going to forget about that because that was an insight into what they’re willing to do when they come up against opposition.” Conservative whip Gord Brown said the Liberals’ “unilateral attempts to take control of the House of Commons” were what “set off” Wednesday night’s scuffle. “Immediately afterward, the prime minister went back down the aisle of the House to confront other members of opposition parties. I later told the prime minister he should NOT have gotten out of his seat,” Brown said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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PM Justin Trudeau walks to the opposition side of the House of Commons as NDP MPs attempt to stall Conservative whip Gord Brown from taking his seat for a vote.

The PM walks back to the his side, as some applaud his intervention.

Trudeau grabs Brown’s arm and tries to pull him through the crowd.

Appearing to be following Brosseau, Trudeau walks back to the opposition side, where he is met by an angry Thomas Mulcair.

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Events leading up to #Elbowgate Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s latest MP-grabbing, MP-elbowing incident is the culmination of a series of heated exchanges in the House of Commons. Here is what lead to #elbowgate on Wednesday night. Lucy Scholey

Metro | Ottawa

While pulling Brown, the PM elbowed NDP MP Ruth Brosseau, who was standing behind him. Brosseau is seen wincing and nearly falling over a nearby desk.

Trudeau speaks to the MPs while NDP MP Nathan Cullen steps Mulcair begins shouting and between Trudeau and Mulcair. pointing at the prime minister. The House is in an uproar. Expense scandal

Sen. Pamela Wallin won’t face charges The RCMP closed another chapter in the long-running Senate expense saga Thursday by declaring they won’t charge Sen. Pamela Wallin after an extensive criminal review of her travel claims — a probe some senators say went on too long. The long-awaited announcement comes nearly three years after the RCMP first started looking at the Saskatchewan senator and a month after the sensational dismissal of 31 criminal charges against Sen. Mike Duffy. The force has also closed its files on the majority of senators who were flagged with problematic expense claims in last year’s report by the federal auditor general. The statement from assistant commissioner Gilles Michaud said the “thorough investigation” of Wallin’s expenses was over, and that Crown attorneys and investigators believed “no criminal charges will be laid.” Standing at the entrance to the Senate on Thursday, Wallin expressed relief that the Mounties had finally made a decision. “It has been a very long three years and I’m glad this nightmare is over,” she said. She’ll consult her lawyer about possible next steps, she added, but

Sen. Pamela Wallin THE CANADIAN PRESS

refused to elaborate on what those may be. Sen. David Tkachuk, who chaired the committee that oversaw Wallin’s spending audit, said he never believed Wallin did anything criminal in her expenses. The Mounties opened a file on Wallin in 2013 after a critical audit of her spending ended with her repaying some $150,000 — including interest — for claims the Senate said were unjustified. The audit and subsequent investigation raised questions about whether Wallin was charging the Senate for travel related to her work on the various corporate boards on which she used to sit. THE CANADIAN PRESS

April 14: The Liberal government tabled the longawaited Bill C-14, the assisted suicide legislation, in the House of Commons. May 4: Opposition MPs accused the Liberals of stomping on their rights, after the government shortens debate on the assisted dying bill to meet a Supreme Court of Canada deadline on June 6. The opposition argued for more debate time. May 4: During a press conference, the prime minister accused opposition members of stalling electoral reform. But Trudeau apologized the next day, after Conservative MP Scott Reid said the story was “invented and patently false.” May 5: Conservative MP Blake Richards accused Prime Minister Justin Tru-

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parliamentary prodeau of sticking out ceedings. Conservahis tongue in the tive House Leader House of Commons Andrew Scheer during question called the move unperiod. The alleged democratic. tongue thrust alMay 18: NDP MPs legedly occurred stood in the path of following a fellow Official Opposition Conservative MP’s Prime Minister whip Gord Brown bequestion about Justin Trudeau fore a time allocation infrastructure funding. So far, there’s no footage vote on the assisted dying bill. An apparently annoyed of this ever happening. Trudeau walked across the May 16: Opposition MPs room, grabbed Brown and surprised the Liberals with walked him to his seat so the a vote on the government’s vote could proceed. In doing Air Canada legislation. There so, he elbowed NDP MP Ruth were not enough Liberals Ellen Brosseau, sending the in the house at the time of House into an uproar. The the vote (the NDP was exprime minister then crossed pected to move motions on the floor, where he and NDP the bill, but then didn’t), so Leader Tom Mulcair engaged the speaker had to break a in a loud shouting match. tie. After it narrowly passed, MPs accused Trudeau of some Liberals accused the dropping an F-bomb. He opposition of pulling a “prolater apologized three times. cedural stunt.” May 19: It was decided May 16: Liberal House that #elbowgate will be reLeader Dominic LeBlanc viewed by an all-party comtables “Motion 6,” which mittee. The Liberals also would give the prime miniswithdrew Motion 6. ter and cabinet power over

Assisted suicide

Fate of bill now uncertain The fate of the government’s controversial assisted death legislation and whether it can pass through Parliament by the Supreme Court’s deadline of June 6 is now very much in question. In fact, it might be mathematically impossible — a circumstance Liberal cabinet ministers refused to acknowledge Thursday. When pressed on the timeline outside the Commons, Health Minister Jane Philpott would only say she looks forward to discussing the matter with Liberal House leader Dominic LeBlanc and other colleagues. The legislation has had a rough time already, and it only got rougher on Thursday. The time crunch facing the government, which needs a law in place before the Supreme Court’s ruling on assisted death takes effect next month, worsened Wednesday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s controversial collision with an NDP MP on the floor of the House of Commons. THE CANADIAN PRESS

IN BRIEF Complaints expected over Energy East documents in English Canada’s official languages commissioner says he expects complaints galore because of the predominantly Englishonly documents TransCanada has given the National Energy Board on Energy East. TransCanada says it will translate the filing within the next month but Graham Fraser believes all Canadians should be able to understand the details of such a project. And Fraser is predicting there will be backlash. THE CANADIAN PRESS Health Canada approves sale of genetically modified salmon Canadian grocery stores have received the regulatory green light to begin selling fast-growing, genetically modified salmon — the first such species to gain such approval from federal agencies. Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced they had completed a scientific review of AquAdvantage’s salmon and it has passed the final regulatory hurdle for the farmed fish. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Terrorism suspected in crash Cairo, Egypt

Plane vanished from radar at 2:45 a.m., officials say An EgyptAir jetliner en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard swerved wildly in flight and crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday, authorities said. The Canadian government says two Canadian citizens were among the passengers. Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion says officials are working closely with authorities to confirm whether there were any additional Canadians on board. Egyptian and Russian officials said it may have been brought down by terrorists. There were no signs of survivors. EgyptAir Flight 804, an Airbus A320 with 56 passengers and 10 crew members, went down about halfway between the Greek island of Crete and Egypt’s coastline, or around 175 miles offshore, after takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport, authorities said. Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said the plane spun all the way around and suddenly lost altitude just before vanishing from radar screens around 2:45 a.m. Cairo time (12:45 a.m. GMT). He said it made a 90-degree left turn, then a full 360-degree turn to the right, plummeting from 38,000 to 15,000 feet. It disappeared at about 10,000 feet, he said. There were no reports of stormy weather at the time. Egyptian and Greek authorities in ships and planes searched the suspected crash area throughout the day for traces of the airliner or its

Relatives of passengers on an EgyptAir flight that crashed grieve as they leave the in-flight service building where they were held at Cairo International Airport, Egypt. Aviation officials say a search is underway for the plane’s debris. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

victims, with more help on the way from the U.S., Britain and France. But as night fell, they had yet to find any confirmed debris, at one point dismissing a reported sighting of life vests and other floating material. Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathi cautioned that the disaster was still under investigation but said the possibility it was a terror attack “is higher than the possibility of having a technical failure.” There was no immediate claim from militants that they had downed the plane.

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If it was terrorism, it would be the second deadly attack involving Egypt’s aviation industry in seven months. Last October, a Russian passenger plane that took off from an Egyptian Red Sea resort crashed in the Sinai, killing all 224 people aboard. Russia said it was brought down by a bomb, and a local branch of Daesh claimed responsibility. The plane’s erratic course suggested a number of possible explanations, including a catastrophic mechanical or structural failure, a bombing, or a struggle over the

controls with a hijacker in the cockpit. Egyptian security officials said they were running background checks on the passengers to see if any had links to extremists. Whatever caused the crash, the disaster is likely to deepen Egypt’s woes as the country struggles to revive its ailing economy, particularly its lucrative tourism industry. It has been battered by the political turmoil in which the country has been mired since the 2011 overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak.

Canadians Two Canadians were aboard Flight MS804E, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion said in a statement. “On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the victims,” Dion wrote the statement. The airline earlier said that Marwa Hamdy was the lone Canadian on board. torstar news service

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Flight 804

Trump quick to react Donald Trump was quick to brand the crash of an EgyptAir flight as “terrorism,” while the airline urged the media to refrain from speculating about the cause of the crash. “Looks like yet another terrorist attack,” Trump tweeted early Thursday morning. “Airplane departed from Paris. When will we get tough, smart and vigilant? Great hate and sickness!” At the time Trump’s comments were tweeted out, there had not been any evidence presented that Flight 804 had been targeted by terrorists. The flight was heading from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and vanished after entering Egyptian airspace. The crash received blanket coverage in France, where terrorism is a sensitive topic. French media reported that the country’s president, Francois Hollande, held an emergency meeting on Thursday. Fifteen of the passengers on Flight 804 were French citizens. Other victims included two Canadians, 30 Egyptians, two Iraqis, one Briton, one Kuwaiti, one Saudi, one Sudanese, one Chadian, one Portuguese and one Belgian. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Syrians take rebel stronghold Syrian government forces and allied militias made a swift advance into Damascus’s rebel-held suburbs on Thursday, threatening to disrupt a years-long stalemate in the war around the Syrian capital. The development came as the UN envoy for the war-torn country vowed in Geneva that peace talks “are not going to be abandoned, frankly, ever.” The envoy, Staffan de Mistura, said he was waiting to see “gestures” following a Vienna meet-

A health worker injects a boy with yellow fever vaccine in Ivory Coast in 2011. On Thursday, the UN health agency convened a committee to consider whether the epidemic of yellow fever qualifies as an international public health emergency. the associated press file

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But WHO says it’s not yet an international emergency The World Health Organization says the ongoing outbreak of yellow fever in central Africa is “serious and of great concern” but does not warrant being declared a global emergency. On Thursday, the UN health agency convened an expert committee to consider whether the epidemic of yellow fever, an acute hemorrhagic disease, qualifies as an international health emergency. That is defined by WHO as an “extraordinary” event with the po-

tential to cross borders and requiring immediate action. WHO previously declared crises including the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the Zika virus to be global emergencies. After deliberating for several hours, the committee’s chair, Oyewale Tomori, announced that although yellow fever does not meet the conditions for being an international health emergency it requires “intensified control measures” including better surveillance and vaccination policies. The current yellow fever outbreak, first identified in Angola last December, has sickened more than 2,000 people and killed nearly 300. The mosquito-spread disease has also been exported to Congo, Kenya and China.

ing of world and regional powers earlier this week before setting a target date for the resumption of UN-mediated indirect talks between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s representatives and opposition groups. Fighting in Syria continued in earnest Thursday as air and missile-strikes pounded rebel positions in Damascus’s eastern Ghouta suburb, clearing the way for soldiers and Hezbollah militants to seize valuable farmland that nourished resi-

dents trapped in the blockaded area, according to two activist groups, the Local Coordination Committees and the Britainbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. An opposition media activist inside the Ghouta enclave said news of the advance is a blow to the opposition. “It is agricultural land,” said the activist of the area of the push, speaking on condition of anonymity fearing for his safety. the associated press

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Product made of barley, wheat left over after brewing A Florida microbrewery has created an edible six-pack ring to help prevent harm to local marine life by feeding ocean critters. Saltwater Brewery, based in Delray Beach, Fl., commissioned the design of a biodegradable, compostable and edible six-pack ring made of barley and wheat left over from the brewing process. The brewery claims it is the first-ever product of its kind. Around the globe, 100 million sea birds and 100,000 sea mammals and marine turtles are trapped by six-pack rings each year, said marine biologist Mark Tokulka in a promotional video for the new product.

Saltwater Brewery in Florida claims its edible, biodegradable and compostable six-pack ring for its beer is the first-ever product of its kind. YouTube.com

Even cut-up plastic rings can hurt marine life, by being eaten and getting lodged in their stomachs. The Saltwater Brewery rings, however, can be digested safely, the brewery says. The rings are as durable as the plastic variety. But they are a little more

expensive. “It’s a big investment for a small brewery created by fishermen and surfers and people who love the sea,” said Peter Agardy, head of branding for the company, in the video. The brewery hopes that its competitors will adopt the

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The National Energy Board “Accordingly, the board consays the contentious $6.8-bil- cludes that the project is in lion Trans Mountain pipeline the Canadian public interest.” expansion is in Canada’s best Kinder Morgan wants to triinterests, despite increased ple the capacity of its existing greenhouse gas emissions and Trans Mountain pipeline, threats to killer whales off Brit- which carries diluted bitumen ish Columbia’s coast. from oilsands near Edmonton The federal regulator issued to Burnaby, B.C. for export. The its long-awaited report on expansion would bring capacity Thursday after a two-year de- to 890,000 barrels a day and bate that cost increase tanker millions, galtraffic in Burrard vanized aborigInlet seven-fold. inal and environThe positive The project is mental protests in the Canadian recommendaand prompted tion has cleared m a s s a r r e s t s . public interest. a major hurdle The board recfor the project, Robert Steedman ommended Otwith Prime Mintawa approve Kinder Morgan ister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet Canada’s proposal subject to set to make a final decision by 157 environmental, safety and the end of the year. Environmental groups said financial conditions, including holding $1.1 billion in liability they weren’t surprised by the coverage and detailing its plans decision. to protect endangered species. “This is exactly what we “Given that there are con- expected from the National siderable benefits national- Energy Board, an industry-caply, regionally and locally, the tured regulator that never met board found that the benefits a pipeline it didn’t like or enof the project would outweigh vironmental impact it couldn’t the residual burdens,” Robert ignore,” Larissa Stendie of the Steedman, the board’s chief Sierra Club said in a statement. environmental officer, said. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Uber goes public with self-driving vehicle test in Pittsburgh Ride-hailing service Uber has detailed something of its approach to testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, northeast U.S.A., where a hybrid Ford Fusion has been outfitted with an array of sensors. The car carries “radars, laser

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David Saint-Jacques will be the eighth Canadian to board the International Space Station, for a six-month mission. SaintJacques is an engineer, medical doctor and Ph.D. astrophysicist. You’ll need a pedigree like that if your dream is to be an astronaut — unless you have north of $35M US, which Canada’s one and only space tourist, Cirque du Soleil CEO Guy Laliberté, reportedly paid to visit the ISS for 10 days in 2009.

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Is allergy research unethical? UBC researchers fed allergic children peanuts in part to let parents practice using an EpiPen. Isn’t that dangerous? — Heather, Vancouver What you’re describing is a food challenge — when, under a doctor or researcher’s supervision, someone who has (or may have) an allergy is given a dose of the thing they’re allergic to. Researchers such as pediatric immunologist Mimi Tang, whom I spoke to last year, use challenges chief operating officer, print

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seems risky. I asked Tang: Aren’t you playing with fire here? “I’d like to play devil’s advocate,” she said. “Is it ethical to spend millions of dollars and the time of the people who are part of the study, to come out with a result that’s not definitive?” Food challenges are generally safe, she said, and like all research using human subjects, ethical approval is required. Nevertheless, they cause understandable anxiety for parents. And there’s always more room

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HOLY HEALTHY The secret to whole-body health may be in your knees. In a study of 74,000 American female nurses in JAMA Internal Medicine, those who attended religious services more than once per week were 33 per cent less likely to die during the 16-year followup period. Devotion may be linked to less smoking, social support and a sunny outlook. SNEAKY ZIKA The Zika virus blocks the action of defender proteins called interferons, which stop viruses from making copies of themselves. That leaves Zika free to multiply, wreaking havoc on developing brains. Sound Smart

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For Metro Canada Are you among the 200 million people that play Angry Birds on your smartphone? If so you’re in good company. Angelina Jolie, Jack Black and Jon Hamm are fans and British Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted to being “mildly addicted” to the game. Since December 2009, folks have been flinging flocks of birds at pig’s fortresses, downloading more than 3 billion versions of the app. This weekend the Angry Birds game takes the next logical step, catapulting onto the big screen with their very own movie. Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad and Maya Rudolph star in The Angry Birds Movie, a story that tells us why the annoyed avians — like flock leader Red Bird, Bomb the Black Bird and Slingshot Stella the Cockatoo — are so angry. Turns out they feel betrayed by the tittering piggies that pretend to be their friends but are really only interested in stealing their eggs. Cue the catapults and

Jason Sudeikis, who voices Red, is among the actors lending their vocal talents to The Angry Birds Movie. Sony Pictures via AP

mountains of TNT. It’s a brand with a builtin audience, a combination Hollywood finds irresistible, and while it has colourful, easily marketed characters, the game itself doesn’t offer much in the way of story. But that has never stopped producers before. Remember Super Mario Bros? Siskel & Ebert gave that one two thumbs down and star Bob Hoskins, who played Mario, called it “the worst thing I ever did.”

Despite brutal reviews and box office failure, Nintendo Power magazine praised the film, calling it a trailblazer in the genre of videogame movies. Which leads us, 23 years after Mario and his brother Luigi stunk up movie theatres, to The Angry Birds Movie. Why is a game from a developer in Espoo, just outside Helsinki, Finland, popular enough to take flight as its own movie? The success of Angry Birds

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The addictive part comes in as the action of the game changes. In Play at Work, engineer Charles L. Mauro explains the appeal. “These little birds are

packed with clever behaviours that expand the user’s mental model at just the point when game-level complexity is increased.” The game’s genius is in adding playing details at just the right moment to increase user engagement. In other words, it’s fun. I guess that’s why gamers spend 200 million minutes a day flinging Angry Birds at various targets. According to marketers AYTM, that’s “equal to 16 years of gameplay every hour of every day.” They also note that players have flung over 100 billion angry birds, a number equal to the amount of real birds on the planet. Those are the kind of statistics Hollywood can’t ignore. One person unlikely to pass the time with Angry Birds is U.S. communications surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden. In 2014 he claimed the app was “leaky,” and was vulnerable to the harvesting of information by outside groups. Mikael Hed, CEO of Rovio Entertainment, the makers of Angry Birds, denied Snowden’s claims. “We do not collaborate, collude, or share data with spy agencies anywhere in the world,” he said, which must have come as a relief to another of the game’s biggest fans, former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, who, apparently, also enjoys hurling a bird or two in his spare time.

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In The Nice Guys Russell Crowe is a debt collector ‘with aspirations’ and Ryan Gosling is a stumbling private detective. Contributed

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Stars have an unlikely chemistry in Cannes comedy The world got its first look at a hot new comedy duo last weekend in the unlikely teaming of actors Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe at the Cannes Film Festival. London, Ont.-born Gosling, 35, and New Zealander Crowe, 52, are both best known as dramatic actors, having come to Cannes previously in such serious films as Drive (Gosling) and

L.A. Confidential (Crowe). But they had an international press audience howling twice Sunday, first at the world premiere screening of their buddy comedy The Nice Guys and again later at the press conference. (The film opens soon worldwide, with a May 20 release set for North American theatres.) Gosling’s March Holland and Crowe’s Jackson Healy are reluctant partners in the hunt for a missing girl in the movie, which is set in the disco-mad, dangerous and decaying Los Angeles of 1977 — the opening frames show the Hollywood sign falling apart. Holland is a stumbling private detective and Healy is “a debt

Russell gave the best explanation I’ve ever heard when he says, ‘Chemistry? It’s really quite simple. We just learned to listen to each other. Writer/director Shane Black on chemistry

collector with aspirations,” as Crowe described his role. Whatever you call them, the two are great as a comedy duo, bantering, bickering and crashing through windows as if they’ve been schticking for years, although it’s their first movie together. Before the questions began, Crowe pretended to be a paparazzi photographer, snapping

photos of Gosling and Angourie Rice, who pretended to be angry at Crowe’s invasion of their privacy. Gosling and Crowe riffed about how they didn’t really make The Nice Guys together. They said new digital cameras have a “chemistry” feature that writer/director Shane Black just clicked to make the magic happen. “We have absolutely no con-

nection whatsoever,” Crowe said mischievously. “Russell did all of his work from New Zealand!” Gosling interrupted. “I was literally just on the phone!” Crowe agreed. But seriously, folks, the two really do click together on screen. Black quoted something Crowe told him during the filming. “Russell gave the best explanation I’ve ever heard when he says, ‘Chemistry? It’s really quite simple. We just learned to listen to each other.’” Black certainly knows chemistry, having written the first Lethal Weapon film that brought Mel Gibson and Danny Glover

together, and having written and directed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which memorably teamed Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer. Black is also willing to trust his actors to ad lib, if they choose to — and Gosling and Crowe took full advantage of that freedom. Said Crowe: “The great thing about Shane as a director is that although he took many years to write the script, he’s not precious about it. . . “He has the ability — and not everybody does — to just trust in the fact that we understand the spirit of what he intended . . . Shane is willing and enthusiastic about letting us explore things a little bit.” torstar news service

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High-Rise is next level anarchy Director says Ballard’s story can be difficult but also fun Richard Crouse

For Metro Canada How to describe High-Rise, the darkly funny film from director Ben Wheatley? Here goes; imagine the love child of Lord of the Flies and The Towering Inferno. An adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s novel about class segregation in a luxury condo, High-Rise is chaotic and completely bonkers. “There’s material in here that is difficult and there’s structure in here that’s difficult but there’s also fun,” says Wheatley. “There’s anarchy and sex and dancing and music. I always like to think about it like those 40s and 50s Hollywood movies and what they used to look like. There’d be no contradiction in a cowboy

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movie stopping for someone to sing a song. “You don’t think about the pacing being really odd. The idea behind it was that those films were broken up into chunks. There’s a variety to

them that make them really enjoyable. That’s what I was hoping for with this.” Wheatley says the story of social warfare in the closed environment of an apartment building is just as relevant now

as it was when Ballard wrote it in 1975. “Ballard used to describe it that he was standing by the side of the road waving that there is danger ahead. But when I reread it when I was

40, it’s like, Crap, it’s not a warning anymore. It’s like it was taken from the newspaper. This is actually happening, which is kind of shocking but also kind of interesting.” Known for his uncompromising films like Kill List and Sightseers, movies that critic Sheila O’Malley described as “black comedy thrillers involving crime, murder” and notable for their “absence of a moral compass.” The forty-four year old director is the cinematic spawn of mavericks like Nicolas Roeg, Ken Russell and John Boorman, British filmmakers who broke taboos in big budget movies like Don’t Look Now, The Devils and Deliverance. “That was the mainstream,” he says. “When you dig into the BFI archive and look at the Jack Bond stuff and see the other end of the avant guard cinema that was being made at the same time, it was absolutely crazy. It’s a real shame that has been lost. What also makes me chuckle is you see reviews saying that High-Rise is insane or incredibly experimental and you think, ‘This film wouldn’t have stood out

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Wunderkind adored despite boos for film cannes

Surprisingly, Dolan, 27, didn’t respond like a petulant child Peter Howell

Torstar News Service A sure sign of a mature artist is not how he or she reacts to praise, but rather to criticism. Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan demonstrated this Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, with his calm and measured reaction to the intense critical heat he’s feeling here concerning his Palme d’0r contender It’s Only the End of the World, his sixth feature and the fifth to premiere at Cannes. Judging by the Twitter storm following Wednesday evening’s press preview — which included denunciations of “pretentious,” “untold agony” and “worst film at Cannes” for its in-your-face style — and by the serious reservations expressed even in admiring reviews of the film, you’d have thought Dolan had laid an egg of ostrich proportions on the Croisette. You might also expect Dolan, 27, would respond like the petulant child he can sometimes seem, especially if he felt Cannes was turning against him. He’s been lauded as a wunderkind and enfant terrible — both terms he hates — since he stormed the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes in 2009 with I Killed My Mother, his auspicious debut he wrote, directed, edited and starred in. He’s also competed for the Palme before, with the acclaimed Mommy in 2014, and sat on the Palme Jury last year. Wrong on both assumptions. It’s Only the End of the World deserves more applause than boos and Dolan handled press queries with considerable aplomb. Even his attire seemed more serious, a dark checked sport jacket and black T-shirt instead of the bright green suit he sported for his 2014 Palme debut. He didn’t flinch when the leadoff question from a Radio-Canada reporter zeroed right in on negative reactions to the film. “Well, we’re in Cannes … some films are warmly welcomed, other less so. I’m not particularly worried,” Dolan said, smiling. “Maybe it takes a bit of time for the film to establish itself.” Dolan called It’s Only the End of the World “my best film,” which is the kind of thing movie-

makers tend to say when a project is in trouble. Yet listening to him for close to an hour discuss his motivations, surrounded by his adoring cast of A-list French actors — Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel, Nathalie Baye and Gaspard Ulliel — there’s no doubt he truly believed in the project. He said the film’s “suffocating atmosphere” — his words

years earlier. He wants to break the bad news in person to his neglected family: mother Martine (Nathalie Baye), younger sister Suzanne (Léa Seydoux), older brother Antoine (Vincent Cassel) and Antoine’s wife Catherine (Marion Cotillard). Louis is no longer “the master of my life,” as he describes himself in an opening voiceover, and while he’s initially greeted

ments — punctuated with blasts of pop songs, a Dolan trademark — are often banal and stretched to the point of exhaustion, despite the film’s lean 97-minute running time. Yet the movie is true to the spirit and the extravagant language of Lagarce’s play, as Dolan intended, and both he and his cast pointed out that it’s not what the family members say

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— was intended to be that way. He and cinematographer André Turpin, a regular collaborator, opted to move right in on the actors’ faces to capture the high emotion of the accusations, insults and regrets hurled during a dysfunctional family gathering. Adapting a stage play by acclaimed French playwright JeanLuc Lagarce, who died of AIDS in 1995 at age 38, It’s Only the End of the World is about a gay writer named Louis (Gaspard Ulliel), who, having learned he’s suffering from a terminal illness, decides to return to the rural French hometown he quit 12

as the Prodigal Son, the same old family hurts and judgments that drove him away a dozen years earlier return with a vengeance. Suspense is maintained throughout the film, like Hitchcock’s rule about a bomb hidden beneath a park bench, because the audience knows something really explosive is about to happen — Louis’ announcement of his impending death — but most of the characters don’t. It’s Only the End of the World doesn’t entirely succeed because Ulliel’s character is ultimately far too shallow and reticent to engage with, and the family’s argu-

to each other that matters, but what they don’t say. “They talk about everything except what they really feel,” Dolan said. Ulliel said it was “somewhat unsettling” to work with Dolan at first, because he’s the handson type of director and because of the big emphasis on close-ups. “We had the impression we were being filmed with a microscope.” But he soon got used to it, as did the other actors, who all raved about Dolan’s passionate way of filmmaking. “You want to love him and

you want him to love you,” said Seydoux, who praised Dolan as the “rare director” who really understands actors, in part because Dolan is also an actor. There was a flash of the Dolan of old when he first mouthed a common obscenity to describe something being “screwed up,” and then said the obscenity into the microphone when Cotillard, thinking she’d misheard, asked him to repeat himself. But for a guy so often accused of being a showboat, he was the picture of restraint, perhaps chastened by the harsher critical reaction to his film.

He’s a rare director. He has his own way of working with actors. He’s extremely precise, probably because he’s an actor himself. Lea Seydoux

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Movies

KISS rocks Vegas in first concert film special screening

One-day cinematic event happens next week Steve Gow

For Metro Canada It’s surprising that it’s taken four decades for bombastic rock icons KISS to finally release a concert movie — especially when you consider the theatrical nature of the band. “If your art is strumming an acoustic guitar, sitting crosslegged on a Persian carpet with some incense, it may not translate well on a 30-foot screen,” reasoned blood-spitting bass player Gene Simmons while discussing KISS Rocks Vegas, which premieres May 25 in theatres. “(But) the medium wants you to be bombastic — that’s our middle name.” Filmed over nine days in Sin City, moviegoers get an up-close view of KISS in a more intimate setting at the Hard Rock Hotel which, as it turned out, was one

of the biggest challenges for the band — cutting back on their pyrotechnic craziness for the sake of a cozier confine. “We couldn’t fit all the stuff in,” recalled Simmons of the film’s 4,000-seat venue. “When we play outdoors, we have to contact the local airports to make sure small planes don’t go overhead and get knocked out of the sky. And that’s not even a joke!” Aeronautic imperilments aside, Simmons is pumped to promote the one-day cinematic event — just as he is to promote all things related to KISS, be it the arena football team he coowns with singer Paul Stanley, the duo’s American restaurant chain Rock & Brews or the expanding KISS Kruise — an annual offshore voyage that sets sail from Miami this November. “It’s a gathering of tribes from all over the world,” said Simmons of the latest KISS-themed endorsement. “You’ll see people proudly holding up the Maple Leaf or the Rising Sun from Japan; everybody holds up their colours but everybody speaks the same language.” This year, the Kruise may bring Simmons some solace as well. Recently, the 66-year-old has come

movie magic Simmons likes the cinema “It’s one of the few places where you can go where it’s too loud for people to talk to you,” said Simmons. “In a movie theatre, it’s dark, the sound is loud, the screen is big — it just envelopes you and I love that.”

under fire on social media for comments he reportedly made about Prince’s passing in April as “pathetic.” “I never said that about Prince,” stated Simmons — although he has owned up to it to other publications since. In this interview, he insists his remarks were taken out of context by a journalist and compounded through social media. “(Social media) means nothing to me,” said Simmons. “I will grant you, it’s a good promotional tool but the garbage and hatred that people spew — I’ve never seen anything like it.” Still, not shockingly, Simmons stands by the position that the uproar remains to have little effect on his outspoken conduct.

Gene Simmons says the concert movie medium wants bands to be bombastic and “that’s our middle name.” contributed

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Gossip & Television

Lawsuit

Alanis sues manager over alleged theft Rocker Alanis Morissette has sued her former business manager for allegedly stealing $4.7 million from her savings. The Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based singer, a giant in the alternative rock boom of the 1990s, said her former manager cost her $15 million overall both through theft and other malfeasance. Morissette said that Jonathan Schwartz made at least 116 cash transfers worth a total of $4,767,900 without her knowledge from 2010 to 2014. Schwartz convinced Morissette that her savings were in “fantastic” shape while in fact the transfers were “draining her assets and leading her on a road that could have led to financial ruin,” she said in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Morissette said that she in fact wanted to live solely on her current income and interest and had instructed Schwartz not to touch her investments.

Alanis Morissette claims in a lawsuit that her business manager was “draining her assets and leading her on a road that could have led to financial ruin.” getty images

The singer said she turned down a “lucrative” offer to perform five shows in Las Vegas after Schwartz convinced her that she did not need the money. Morissette said she fired Schwartz in March this year after growing suspicious when he could not provide timely information on her finances. When a new manager discovered the alleged theft, the lawsuit said that Schwartz came up with fictitious explanations including saying that the singer was investing in the marijuana business. Morissette also named in the suit GSO Business Management, where Schwartz was a partner, saying the prominent Los Angeles-area firm bore responsibility. GSO Business Management filed a separate lawsuit against Schwartz, who could not be reached for comment. The firm said it suspended Schwartz after the allegations came to light and was seeking an undetermined amount in damages as well as his formal dismissal. The company said its own investigation revealed that Schwartz sustained a “lavish lifestyle” that included a $50,000 vacation to the Pacific island of Bora Bora, a $75,000 debt from a casino in The Bahamas and “substantial” unpaid taxes. Morissette’s lawsuit comes a decade after a court found that a former manager had stolen some $5 million from Leonard Cohen, another prominent Canadian artist who settled in Los Angeles. afp

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Comedian’s psychological struggles spur her new series Maria Bamford knows well the adage that comedy often comes from a dark place. After all, she’s mined her own mental health issues for her stand-up act, which she’ll bring to Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival this summer. And her new star-packed Netflix comedy series, Lady Dynamite, is loosely inspired by her struggles with depression and bipolar disorder. “It is an amalgamation of the imagination of the writing staff and some of it is the storyline

from ... when I had a mental shutdown,” she said in a recent phone interview. “Part of it is also surreal and goofy and was inspired by things that I said but not necessarily what happened.” Kicking off Friday, the series begins with the California native playing a somewhat fictionalized version of herself: a sweet comic in an eccentric show-business world trying to find balance. After a six-month break in a “psych ward,” she’s on meds and looking to work less. But her manager, played by Fred Melamed, is keen to get her back in the saddle. Guest stars in the first episode include Patton Oswalt, Ana Gasteyer, Jon Cryer and Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray and Extra fame. Bamford, whose other credits

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any sort of depression.” And she feels like she’s triumphed, gaining her own series despite her struggles. “I’m violently, aggressively optimistic and positive,” she said, “and as a result of living in Los Angeles for so long, you have to believe in everything — and I do.” the canadian press

guest list An explosive ensemble Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro, Adam Pally, Patton Oswalt, Ana Gasteyer, Jenny Slate, June Diane Raphael, Mira Sorvino, Brandon Routh, Dean Cain, Jon Cryer and Bridget Everett will all make guest appearances in the first season of Lady Dynamite.

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THEME NIGHTS Here are a few ideas to keep everyone having fun: • Beach Olympics: A flipflop toss, water balloon toss and using a seashell to fill cups with water. Winners get plastic medals. • Neon night: Decorate Tshirts with neon paint and bring glow necklaces and bracelets. A black light adds to a dance party. • Pirate “pub” crawl: Hand out bandanas with a Jolly Roger pattern and souvenir cups. Turn each room of the house into a different “pub” serving kids’ beverages.

It may be fun the first few days, but paddling around the lake can get boring. Theme nights will help time fly during your family vacation. istock vacation

How to keep the family occupied all summer long Renting a house or cottage for a week or so with extended family or friends is an economical way to vacation while offering quality time with loved ones. It’s easy to fill your days with swimming, hikes, shopping and trips to local attractions, but there are also ways to have fun at home with themed game nights, dinners and parties. Kristin Zerkle, 45, of Columbus, Ohio, said her family

tries to involve all ages. Her parents have been vacationing with their six children in Hilton Head, South Carolina, for about 35 years. The group now includes 25 extended family members sharing one house. Faced with dining out with a dozen or so small children, at-home theme nights became a more appealing alternative. Her family has had a luau, pirate night, Mexican fiesta and an Ohio State tailgate, where everyone would wear their Buckeye gear. “Time has gone on and the challenges of having all those people together on a vacation change,” Zerkle said, adding that themes had to evolve to appeal to kids as they grew up. The family’s younger genera-

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tion now ranges in age from 7 to 26, while her parents are in their 70s. “As the kids have gotten older we have tried to make it a little more adult. We’ve really stepped up our game,” she said. Her family last year marked her sister and brother-in-law’s 25th anniversary with a wedding reception. They decorated with wedding bells and put inflatable swans and lanterns in the pool. Her brother put together a playlist for the “White Wedding” theme night that included songs played at the couple’s wedding reception in 1990. Zerkle brought a veil and Tshirts that looked like a wedding gown and tuxedo for the couple to wear. There was a

toast and a first dance. An earlier neon-themed dance party included decorating T-shirts, glow necklaces and black lights. Zerkle said involving everyone possible in the prep, planning and execution makes the theme nights a success. “The kids want to know way ahead of time what the theme is going to be. It’s turned into something we talk about months in advance and the kids love planning it,” she said. Laura Crisp, 52, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, said her family began having a theme party as a way to celebrate her now 10-year-old nephew’s birthday, which falls during their beach house vacations every other year in Holden Beach,

North Carolina. Their five families with 19 people share a house. Her nephew chooses the theme and they decorate the house to match. They’ve had pirates, superheroes and Hawaiian themes. “It’s just a good opportunity to decorate a house for a week with papery, fun, silly things,” she said. The adults plan games according to the theme and ages of the children, including scavenger hunts divided by age. The experience has helped them grow closer, she said. “I just don’t think you would do that silly stuff in your own house. Somehow, when you are on vacation it gives you more permission to loosen up and have that kind of fun,” she said.

• “Parched Games”: A take on the Hunger Games series, a water balloon and squirt gun battle with the goal of capturing a hidden pirate flag without getting wet. • Luau: Pack a floral shirt, wear plastic flower garlands and play ukulele music. • Tailgate party: Dress in your favourite team’s colours and serve tailgate food. • Iron Chef: Form teams and provide simple ingredients for a cook-off. The best dish wins. • Wii bowling tournament: Bring your Wii, give out Tshirts in team colours and serve bowling alley food. the associated press

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2 ways A skateboarder along the waterfront in Los Angeles. Peter Remus

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In a city known for excess, you can still be budget-friendly Loren Christie

For Metro Canada Don’t let images of glitz and glamour fool you — Los Angeles offers numerous activities for those on a budget. Keep your head down as you walk the Hollywood Walk of Fame searching for the names

of your favourite celebrities emblazoned on one of the more than 2,500 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded into the sidewalks along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Make sure to stop at the TCL Chinese Theater at 6925 Hollywood Blvd. The courtyard in front of the entrance is set with concrete blocks, which bear the hand and foot imprints and signatures of a select number of Hollywood A-listers. Bike along the beaches. Rent a bike from the Santa Monica Bike Center for less than $30 a day if you present them with

the discount promotion on Yelp. There are 70 kilometres of beaches to explore, starting from the Santa Monica Pier and heading south. Gawk at the hard bodies working out at Muscle Beach, watch surfers and skateboarders do their thing against the backdrop of the Californian coast and drink in the alternative vibe of Venice Beach. Perched on a hill overlooking the city, the Getty Center is not only an incredible art museum, but an architectural marvel and garden oasis. Built from the fortune of oil magnate and art connoisseur J. Paul Getty, the Center

is worth a half-day visit. The one-hour highlights collection tour was the best art tour I have ever been on. The docent was knowledgeable and passionate, bringing to life the stories behind works of art from Rubens, Rembrandt, Manet and Van Gogh’s Irises. Admission to the Getty is free. Entrance to the Griffith Observatory is also free. A well-known Hollywood landmark since its movie debut in James Dean’s Rebel Without a Cause, the observatory is worth a peek inside but the real draw is hiking the hills of surrounding Griffith Park. Bring water and snacks as you

drink in superb views of the city and search out the perfect spot for a selfie with the iconic Hollywood sign. Los Angeles is a sprawling city with limited public transportation and expensive taxis that are sometimes difficult to come by. If you haven’t downloaded Uber on your phone do it before you descend on the City of Angels. The drivers are prompt and courteous and the fares are extremely reasonable. Every driver I had was eager to chat and provide tips on what to do, including some of the aforementioned free attractions.

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... OR A TREK IN THE GREAT OUTDOORS YOSEMITE

Who needs a gym when you have a national park to play in? Kathy Buckworth

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Hiking: Climbing to an elevation of 8,200 feet, and gazing out over Sentinel Dome onto Yosemite Falls, makes it more than worthwhile for the five miles of hiking a trail that alternates between muddy branchfilled trails, and spring snow. Over four million visitors to Yosemite National Park can’t be wrong. The toughest stair climber I’ve been on. Biking: Spin class has nothing on taking a bike through Yosemite down 12 miles of paved trails. There are hills to cycle, waterfalls to ride by, and heart-stopping glimpses of climbers on the sheer rock face of El Capitan. Fly Fishing: Fly fishing appears

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to be a Zen and relaxing experience. This might be true if you are an experienced fisherman. But for me, hauling on hip waders and stepping into the Stanislaus River with its strong current, I found some new muscles. The ones that stopped my boots from slipping on the river rocks, triceps and forearm as I repeatedly flicked the line into the water, and the quick dodging while trying to avoid shooting my (actual) fly and its associated hook into my face. I’m just as stressed out at yoga, myself. Hill Running: At a 4,000-foot elevation, my breath was not only taken away by the gor-

geous scenery at Evergreen Lodge but going for a hill run down and around the paths had me gasping for air long before I’d have felt it on the treadmill in my climate-controlled gym. Kayaking: A real-life rowing machine. We paddled out from Pier 40 and kayaked under the Bay Bridge, and then back around AT&T Park in San Francisco Bay. Arm workout? My muscles say yes. It was with some relief that I finished off at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, where I welcomed the relative ease of a 5k treadmill run. Fit it all in. Kathy visited Tuolumne County, Mariposa County and San Francisco.

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