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I-GUANA GO HOME Dozens of exotic pets saved from Fort Mac flames are now orphans at the Edmonton Humane Society metroNEWS

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This bearded dragon is one of 65 exotic pets that haven’t been reunited with their owners. KEVIN TUONG/FOR METRO

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Parking downtown could be headed for overtime as the city launches a study into fees and hours ahead of Rogers Place opening in September. Spokesperson Maya Filipovic confirmed the city has commissioned an independent review of downtown parking and that its results will be shared with council later this month. “That will give us recommendations about what they think would be best,” she said. Filipovic said the report will look at rates charged for parking spots and hours. Currently, a majority of the city’s E-Park spots downtown cost $3.50 per hour during weekdays, $1 per hour on Sat-

urdays and nothing on Sundays, though those fees end after the work day. “Right now you pay until 6 p.m. It could be that (paying period) is going later,” Filipovic said. Increasing rates would require council approval, but city staff can change the hours that meters operate independently. Diamond Parking, which owns many lots downtown, recently sent a letter to monthly pass holders advising them that, as of September, they will have to pay more to use the lots after 6 p.m. Todd Kosloski, the company’s regional vice-president, said they don’t anticipate many will be affected. “For 99 per cent of the people who have our passes, they are in by 7 a.m. and out by 4 p.m.,” he said. Crowds at Rogers Place are expected to place new pressures on downtown parking outside of workday hours. The city estimates there are 13,500 spaces within a 10-minute walk of the building.

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Food truck reports still not available online Ryan Tumilty

Metro | Edmonton Finding health inspection information about Edmonton’s increasingly popular food trucks still remains an uphill battle, though the happy result of some digging is that our food trucks are relatively safe. On Monday, Metro called the Alberta Health Services’ public health unit looking for the health inspection reports for the top 10 food trucks listed on the Street Food Edmonton app. The call came following Metro’s report two weeks ago, which found health inspection reports are still not available online, despite assurances from AHS they would be by this spring. The organization now has no firm timetable for the reports, citing an ongoing upgrade. While it took several days for Metro to get the requested reports, AHS spokesperson Tahneen Luedee said the delay wouldn’t exist for the public. “If we receive a call from the public, a call is returned within 24 hours by public health inspector, who will go through the inspection report with the individual,” Luedee said, in an email. Consumer confidence When it comes to food, Rob

CRITERIA Based on the 10 reports Metro received here’s what AHS inspectors appear to be looking for: 1) Handwashing sinks: All of the reports were sure to note that there was a sink specifically for hand washing. 2) Aprons: Inspectors noted workers had aprons and hair nets. 3) Minimum temperatures: All of the inspection reports noted the temperatures of freezers and fridges. 4) Light covers and screens: Food trucks all had to have covers over any overhead lighting and insect screens between the truck and the serving window.

Colvin, food safety manger with Toronto Public Health, said consumer confidence is important. Like Edmonton, Toronto does not have an online, searchable database of food truck health inspections (like Edmonton, it does for regular restaurants). Colvin said their online system is address based, which has led to some problems posting food truck reports online, but added anyone who calls can have a report emailed to them. But unlike Edmonton, Toronto requires health information be prominent for consumers. Toronto colour codes its health inspections at food establishments, including food trucks, and these are required to be posted prominently. The reports are green when there are no prob-

lems, yellow if an operator has minor violations and red for major violations that close an establishment. “Public disclosure helps everyone make better decisions about where they are going to dine, and the same thing applies to whether it’s a hotdog cart or a food truck,” Colvin said. Alberta currently has no such placement rules or easily-understandable system for health reports. Missing but wanted incentives Colvin said knowing health ratings will be publicly displayed is an incentive for food operators to keep their facilities clean.

“Our compliance rates have gone up significantly since we have had the disclosure program in place,” he said. Mack Male, an organizer of Edmonton’s What the Truck events, said they ask all food truck operators to show food handling permits before taking part. He said no one has ever expressed concerns about health safety but said his organization would like to see health reports online nonetheless. “We definitely support that. We would love to have them available,” he said. “There should be no difference, we think, between the food truck and the restaurant.”

what happens in other cities? Calgary: While AHS handles inspections in both Edmonton and Calgary, the southern city has inspections for food trucks posted online. Vancouver: Has an online database of both restaurants and food trucks that the public can search to find inspection reports. Winnipeg: The Manitoba government handles inspection in Winnipeg and posts closures online every two weeks — but does not have a database of restaurant

or food truck inspections that can be searched. Ottawa: Has a searchable online database which ranks both food trucks and restaurants as either in compliance or not. Toronto: Has an online database for searching inspection reports of restaurants but not food trucks. It does, however, require food trucks to prominently post their inspections, which are colour coded. ryan tumilty/metro

Const. Dan Woodall

IN BRIEF Police allege Hells Angels stole RVs, sold them amongst themselves Police say an eight-month investigation into the Edmonton Hells Angels motorcycle gang has unveiled a pattern of alleged theft and fraudulent registering of trailers and recreational vehicles. Edmonton Police and other members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team carried out 13 search warrants in mid May that resulted in the seizure of more than $1 million in alleged stolen prop-

Health reports on Edmonton’s food trucks are more difficult to obtain. Kevin Tuong/For Metro

erty, predominantly travel trailers, but also dirt bikes and pickup trucks. “ALERT believes that the vehicles were being stolen from area residences and businesses, and then fraudulently registered,” police said, in a release. “Once registered, the vehicles would then be sold amongst Hells Angels members and associates at steep discounts. In some cases it is also believed insurance fraud was being committed.” More than 300 charges have been laid thus far. Metro

City dedicates ‘daddy’s park’ to officer Edmonton has honoured a city police officer killed in the line of duty by naming a new park after him. Const. Dan Woodall was shot one year ago on June 8, while trying to serve an arrest warrant on a man being investigated for anti-Semitic bullying. After bullets ripped through the front door of the suspect’s home, the building went up in flames and police found the shooter’s body inside. Woodall, 35, joined the Edmonton force in 2007 after starting his policing career in

Manchester, England. The officer’s widow and other relatives attended a dedication ceremony at Daniel Woodall Park, located in the South Terwillegar neighbourhood. Claire Woodall says her two young sons have called it “daddy’s park.” Seven-year-old Gabe and five-year-old Callen kicked a soccer ball around with members of the police soccer team after the ceremony Wednesday. Woodall loved soccer and the park includes a soccer field. People also planted a me-

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morial tree at the site using compost from flowers given to the Edmonton force after

Woodall’s death. “How can you be sad when this is happening?” Claire Woodall told reporters. “My day will be tomorrow, that I’ll quietly reflect on it.” Police Chief Rod Knecht said he hasn’t forgotten the day Woodall died. “In some ways, it seems only like yesterday,” he said. “This morning, when I was thinking about this ... all those feelings come back. I remember what I was doing, when I was doing it, when the call came in that evening.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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groups for safekeeping. H av i n g a l a r g e , w e l l equipped facility, the Humane Society stepped up to take the exotics. They initially were dealing with about 200 of them and carved out three separate areas within the shelter for their new tenants, whose care has been overseen by veterinarians and vet techs. To put that in context, the Society currently has 750 animals in care, and usually has about 15 exotics at any one time. While Jordan-Smith admits she’s not exactly a snake-person, she said her staff has been excited about the challenge of new species. They’re committed to getting these animals back home, but said that in the coming weeks they may have to look at adopting some of them out, if owners don’t turn up.

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Metro | Edmonton Lizards, bearded dragons and snakes, oh my. The Edmonton Humane Society is currently home for 65 animals rescued from Fort McMurray. Most of their owners are AWOL and most of the pets are exotic. Society chief executive officer, Miranda Jordan-Smith, said while her staff has been able to obtain contact information for some owners using the addresses where the animals were found, they currently have no way of reaching the owners of about two-thirds of the new animals. So, if you’re still hoping for a joyful reunion with your ball python, red-bellied newt or tarantula, she’d love it if you

Miranda Jordan-Smith, CEO of the Edmonton Humane Society, holds Spike, one of the Fort McMurray animal evacuees looking to reunite with his owner. KEVIN TUONG/for Metro

could get in touch. “We don’t normally see this volume, so it is pretty unusual to have this sheer number of exotic animals,” Jordan-Smith said. While the Society has found food and shelter for all its new guests, Jordan-Smith said it’s

been an adjustment for a team accustomed to tending cats and rabbits. “It’s definitely a change in menu,” she said. “Some of the snakes require frozen mice, crickets need to be fed to certain reptiles, and the veterinary rounds

have changed as well.” When the human residents of Fort McMurray evacuated, the Alberta SPCA went around to rescue as many pets as possible. They brought the animals to Edmonton, where they were distributed to different rescue

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The Edmonton Humane Society emphasizes it’s doing all it can to find its new exotic animals’ owners, but acknowledges it may eventually have to look at adopting the remaining out. “As much as we have the facility to care for them… it’s still not an ideal environment for them — some are showing signs of stress, so we want to get them into a home as soon as possible,” said CEO Miranda Jordan-Smith. Though that won’t be for a few weeks, and not until they’ve gotten the go ahead from the Alberta SPCA. But if it comes to that, finding new homes can be a challenge for non-traditional pets. Jordan-Smith said they partner with Paradise Pets who has a high success rate of rehoming them. But at the shelter it can take a bit longer. “The length of stay for an exotic really varies by species,” she said. “For instance, a python could stay with us for three months and a bearded dragon could go in a week.” alex boyd/metro

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Metro | Edmonton The head of Edmonton’s newest casino says the downtown facility will be less about gaming and more of an entertainment destination when it replaces the aging Baccarat Casino in September. Tony Santo, CEO of Gateway Casinos and Entertainment, toured the construction site for the Grand Villa Edmonton adjacent to Rogers Place on Wednesday. He said the company expects

to open the casino in September. “We are happy with the progress. It is coming along,” he said. “There are over 150 workers on the property right now and there is about that many working two shifts per day.” Gateway owns both the Baccarat and the Grand Villa Edmonton, but Santo said they are highly different from one another. He said the Baccarat is an outdated facility and doesn’t reflect where the market is headed. “It’s a night and day difference. This casino has just one restaurant. It is really just slots in a box,” he said. The Grand Villa is set to have three restaurants and food court area. Santos said the design and finish of the new building will also be a significant upgrade. “This is like a Yugo (a muchmaligned car built in eastern Europe). You’re going to be look-

ing at a Ferrari and that’s the best I can explain it.” He said casinos are becoming more about the entertainment experience and less about gambling. “What we are really trying to do is to appeal to another type of customer and that’s the person who wants to be entertained, whose primary goal is not to gamble, but to be entertained,” he said. Santos said part of the opening process in September will include working with the AGLC to ensure resources about responsible gambling are on hand. The Baccarat Casino will close its doors when the new building opens. Santos could not say what will happen to the building because the company no longer owns it. The Katz Group owns the land but has not yet announced its plans for the building.

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City’s air quality a ‘moderate risk’ Tim Querengesser Metro | Edmonton

Take a deep breath because the air you were breathing on Wednesday scored a four — or “moderate risk” — on Environment Canada air-quality scale. That Wednesday also happened to be Clean Air Day underlined the city’s challenge. Since 2008, Edmonton has been in contravention of provincial regulations on fine particulate matter in its air, and as part of a mandatory response to that problem, the Alberta government is currently working to determine

The city has a fine particulate matter problem with its air, and has for at least eight years. Kevin Tuong/for metro

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Racy lines to raise awareness of sexual risks Jeremy Simes

For Metro | Calgary Alberta Health Services’ (AHS) new advertisements may be a bit ballsy for the older crowd but, when it comes to millennials, they hit the nail on the head, according to a local marketing expert. On Friday, AHS launched its sexually transmitted infection (STI) awareness campaign, sporting phrases such as, “Go balls deep without losing sleep,” “Keep your vajayjay yay-yay”and “Give her the big O, not the oh-no!” on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

IN BRIEF Debate persists on impact of carbon levy on economy The effect of the new carbon levy on the oil-andgas industry was hotly debated Wednesday. Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd insisted the province can compete with neighbouring Saskatchewan, which doesn’t have a carbon tax. But Gary Leach, president of the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada, said the carbon tax could drive investment away to other provinces or the U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS

The campaign is a result of April statistics that showed an 80 per cent spike in gonorrhea rates and a doubling of syphilis infections across Alberta, largely blamed on social-media hookup sites, according to the government. Mohammed El Hazzouri, assistant professor of marketing at Mount Royal University, said the ads would likely draw blank stares among older folks but score points with the young crowd. “I think this should work, as long as they tested that this is the language younger adults are using,” El Hazzouri said. “At least this will grab attention, and people will ask more questions and be tempted to click on the link.” The campaign’s other catchphrases include “Chase bears with no scares,” “Protect your junk and your trunk” and “Get

some without catching some.” Dr. Gerry Predy, senior medical director of population and public health with AHS, said the organization is targeting young people on social media. “It’s wording we feel would resonate with the particular target audience and not be offensive to them in any way,” he said. “What we’re hoping people take from this is that they need to take steps to protect themselves and to be sure they get tested if they’re sexually active.” The ads, created by AHS’s communications team at a rollout cost of $250,000, shy away from typical fear-based tactics, El Hazzouri said. “(Fear-based advertising) doesn’t work as much anymore, especially because HIV is not a crisis anymore,” he said. “The other way around that is humour advertisements.”

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Research funds given Alex Boyd

Metro | Edmonton The Alberta Diabetes Institute is handing out $600,000 to three Alberta-based diabetes research projects. Based at the University of Alberta, the Institute’s Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Research Fund was created to focus on new discoveries with a high potential for commercialization. The three projects were chosen by the Alberta Diabetes Institute and Johnson &

Johnson, which sifted through applications submitted by medical researchers across the province. Dr. Peter Light, director of the Institute, said funding will take projects to the next level. “We’re looking to take great ideas and move them forward,” he said. One project will look at the treatment of artery disease in people with diabetes. Another compares the islets cells of those with and without Type 2 diabetes. Still another is trying to create a device to measure blood glucose.

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Near-death requirement removed assisted dying

Senators vote 41-30 to amend Bill C-14 The Senate voted Wednesday to allow suffering Canadians who are not near death to seek medical help to end their lives, knocking out the central pillar underpinning the federal government’s proposed new law on

medically assisted dying. Senators voted 41-30 to amend Bill C-14, deleting the requirement that a person’s natural death must be “reasonably foreseeable.” The amendment replaces the eligibility criteria in the bill with the much more permissive criteria set out in last year’s landmark Supreme Court ruling, which struck down the ban on assisted dying. That sets the Senate on a

The dramatic scene after a sinkhole formed on Rideau Street in Ottawa on Wednesday. Justin Tang/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ottawa street swallowed up Joe Lofaro & Lucy Scholey Metro | Ottawa

Andre Da Costa knew something was wrong when the power went out in his building Wednesday morning. But it wasn’t until he rushed outside that he realized a cavernous sinkhole had engulfed a huge chunk of Rideau Street, creating confusion and chaos in the heart of downtown Ottawa. “The police and firefighters are telling us to get back, get back, get back,” Da Costa said. Piece by piece, the road fell away until the sinkhole spanned nearly the entire width of Rideau Street, just down the road from the Parliament buildings. A van parked on the road fell into the hole, a moment captured on a bystander’s phone and shared on social media. Da Costa saw it happen

before his eyes. “There’s some smoke or some dust or water spray coming up out of the sinkhole and then the roadway starts giving away,” he said. “There was a minivan parked on that loading zone and then that started to tip and then fell into the sinkhole.” The city is now left searching for answers. Officials at a news conference Wednesday afternoon could not immediately say if crews excavating the last 50-odd metres of the light-rail line had anything to do with the street’s collapse. Crews were working in the tunnel at the time, but the Rideau Transit Group says no one reported any injuries and no one is missing. The Rideau Centre was evacuated as a precaution and the area around the sinkhole was cordoned off. There is still no timeline on when the hole will be fixed.

potential collision course with the government. Justice Minister Jody WilsonRaybould signalled earlier Wednesday that the government is unlikely to accept such an amendment. “We’ve worked incredibly hard on this piece of legislation to ensure that we find the right balance and we’re confident that we’ve found the right balance between recognizing personal autonomy and protecting the

vulnerable,” she said outside a Liberal caucus meeting.“If we were to consider removing reasonable foreseeability, that would broaden the regime, the balance that we have struck.” She added: “There would need to be additional safeguards.... This is an incredible and momentous change in our country and we’re confident what we put forward is the right choice for Canada right now. It’s a first step.”

In anticipation of that reaction, the amendment, proposed by Sen. Serge Joyal and passed late Wednesday night, is intended to go hand-in-hand with another amendment, to be proposed by Conservative Senate leader Claude Carignan, Carignan’s amendment would impose an additional safeguard, requiring a judge to sign off on an application for assisted dying by anyone who is not close to death. It is to be debated and

voted upon separately. The near-death proviso in the bill has been widely condemned by legal and constitutional experts who maintain it renders the legislation unconstitutional and flies in the face of the Supreme Court ruling. C-14 would allow assisted dying only for consenting adults “in an advanced stage of irreversible decline” from a serious and “incurable” disease, illness or disability. the canadian press

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Canada signs global treaty to reduce child labour Canada has added its signature to an international treaty that aims to reduce child labour around the world. Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk made the announcement today in Geneva. The treaty, known as the International Labour Organization’s Minimum Age Con-

vention, 1973, requires ratifying member states to set a minimum age for employment of at least 15 years. It also bans hazardous work for young workers under the age of 18, unless specific measures are put in place. A statement from Mihychuk’s office early Wednesday said rati-

fying the treaty is “not expected to negatively impact Canadian businesses and operations such as family farms, or part-time work by Canadian teens working at babysitting, camp counselling or other similar jobs.” The treaty is scheduled to take effect in June 2017. the canadian press

open letter

PM asked to look into detainees A coalition of human rights advocates and current and former parliamentarians and diplomats is calling on the Liberals to launch a public inquiry into the handling of Afghan detainees. The group released an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, saying it’s time for him to do what the previous government would not — hold a full and open investigation into the policies and practices around Canada’s transfer of captured Afghans to local authorities during the war in Kandahar.

Allegations those detainees were abused, in violation of international law, first surfaced publicly in 2007. To what extent the Canadian military and government were aware of and ignored that fact, and what actually happened to the Afghans, was the subject of nearly five years of investigation by the military and Parliament. But the Conservative government at the time refused to release much of the information those groups asked for to conduct their reviews. The coalition says without

a proper public airing, future incidents can’t be prevented. “This is unfinished business of the most serious kind: accountability for alleged serious violations of Canadian and international laws prohibiting perpetration of, and complicity in, the crime of torture,” the group writes in the letter. Signatories to the letter include former prime minister Joe Clark, former ambassadors, the former chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee and former diplomats from Afghanistan, among others. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Sarah Tan, a UBC student, tries using innovative ultrasound technology to improve her pronunciation in Cantonese class for the first time Wednesday. Wanyee Li/Metro

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Metro | Vancouver Getting the pronunciation just right when learning a new language can be frustrating, but UBC researchers say they have come up with an innovative way to help people learn new tongues. UBC’s speech research lab, eNunciate, is partnering with the new Cantonese-language program to pilot a technique

that combines ultrasound imagery with a series of followalong video clips. The innovative technology allows students to see the placement and shape of the tongue during the pronunciation of different sounds. Researchers hope this will help students mimic the exact sounds themselves. “Some of the tones in Cantonese are very difficult to pronounce,” said Holly Xing, a UBC student who is a native Mandarin speaker. She is one of the students in UBC’s Cantonese program who tried the learning tool for the first time Wednesday. Linguists say one of the biggest challenges of learning a new language is pronunciation because people’s tongues are not used to the different

placements. “Ultrasound is a really good tool because it makes speech sounds visible,” said Heather Bliss, the research-coordinator for the project. This is the first time researchers have used this technology as a teaching tool. “(The technology) has been picked up in the research sense but not so much in the applied sense and that’s where UBC has been quite ahead of the game — investing in this as a pedagogical tool,” said Bryan Gick, director of the interdisciplinary speech research lab at UBC. Bliss and her team of researchers are also partnering with several First Nations in B.C. in hopes the technique can help language-revitalization efforts.

Working to help Cantonese thrive UBC’s linguistics team chose to pilot the technology using Cantonese because while it is widely spoken in Vancouver’s Chinese community, it is a language under threat. “There is a lot of pressure right now to not speak Cantonese in some areas of the world,” said Gick, who is also head of

UBC’s linguistics department. Since Hong Kong was given back to China in 1997, schools in the region are increasingly teaching Putonghua (Mandarin), China’s official language, instead of Cantonese. “If Cantonese is going to continue to thrive, one of the places where it is likely to

thrive is populations outside of China,” said Gick. UBC started offering Cantonese-language classes in fall 2015 thanks to a $2 million donation from the by brothers Alex and Chi Shum Watt, Canadian businessmen who are originally from Hong Kong. metro

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Bernie Sanders is soldiering on U.S. election

He’s been clobbered in campaign, but he won’t quit

A reconstruction model of Homo floresiensis at Sangiran Museum. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Science

‘Hobbits’ older than thought Human evolution is usually portrayed as a neat linear progression, from hunched primate to tall, proud man. In 2003, a discovery on the Indonesian island of Flores scrambled that narrative. In a cave called Liang Bua, researchers found the nearly complete skeleton of a tiny human who lived between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago, and who stood just over a metre high. They declared it a new species, officially called Homo floresiensis, but quickly nicknamed the “hobbit” hominin. But almost everything about these extinct people was a mystery. Where did they come from, and how

did they get there? On Wednesday, researchers writing in the journal Nature announced they had discovered much older, even tinier human fossils on Flores. The 700,000-year-old remains are helping scientists understand the origins of one of the most enigmatic members of our genus. “These guys survived there for 650,000 years or so, which is quite amazing,” said Bence Viola, a professor of paleoanthropology at the University of Toronto, who was not involved in the research. The research team found the new fossils in 2014 at a site called Mata Menge, which sits more than 70 kilometres away from

the Liang Bua cave. In a layer of sediment that dates to 700,000 years ago and also contained stone tools and fossils of several animals, the researchers discovered a jaw fragment and teeth belonging to at least three individuals. Amazingly, the jaw was 20 per cent smaller than the smallest jaw from Liang Bua. The research team was careful to say that until more specimens are discovered, they can’t say for sure if these even tinier people are the direct ancestors of Homo floresiensis. But the discovery helps resolve some of the arguments about the hobbits’ origins. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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cratic party and is brushing aside staffers who are insisting on the need for party unity, according to a story published by the web outlet Politico. “The struggle continues,” the senator told a California crowd. “I am pretty good at arithmetic. I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate.” The sound of the crowd hinted at Democratic disunity. While his supporters cheered his reference to stopping Republican Donald Trump, they

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cheered even longer and louder when he described his campaign as something greater than defeating Trump — it’s about transforming the country with a platform of more social programs and less money in politics. On the very night she made history as the first female presidential nominee of a major U.S. party, a Democratic audience jeered Sanders’ reference to receiving a gracious phone call from her. Sanders raised his hands in a half-hearted effort to silence the boos. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Feds open study of housing market real estate

Examination focuses on affordability, foreign buyers The federal government is conducting an in-depth examination of the country’s real estate markets as it decides whether more changes are needed to rein in escalating prices or curb the impact

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of foreign investment on housing affordability, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Wednesday. “What we’re doing right now is we’re making sure that we have a deep dive into the information to ensure that any considerations we have for change are evidence-based,” Morneau said after giving a speech at an economic conference in Toronto. “Our ongoing goal is to ensure that we understand the market in all of its complexity, that we consider all the evidence to determine what measures are necessary, on an ongoing basis, to ensure that Canadians have the ability to buy homes.” The government has faced growing calls from researchers, bankers and other housing sector observers in recent days to address soaring prices and mounting household debt, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver.

Morneau did not specify Wednesday what sort of changes the government was considering for the future. The government is looking at a number of factors affecting the real estate industry, such as population growth, the labour market and supply, Morneau said. “We’re going to remain focused on this, using real evidence to think about what are the measures that we can do in order to ensure that this market stays healthy for Canadians,” Morneau said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to address The Economist’s Canada Summit later Wednesday. The summit is aimed at identifying the key trends that are reshaping Canada’s role in the global economy while delving into ways the country can become more competitive. the canadian press

Reindeer walk across the road in Suomussalmi, Finland. Finnish herders launched an app to decrease the number of reindeer killed in the northern Arctic. Contributed/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS technology

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The World Bank is reducing its forecast for the global economy this year — again. The aid agency predicted Tuesday that the world economy will expand 2.4 per cent this year, down from the 2.9 per cent it expected in January and unchanged from a tepid 2015. “The global economy is fragile,” said World Bank economist Ayhan Kose, who helped produce the forecast. “Growth

Finnish reindeer herders in the Arctic have painted Rudolph’s antlers in fluorescent colours, hung reflectors around their necks and even used movable traffic signs, but none of the efforts have helped reduce the annual 4,000 reindeer road deaths. Now they have decided on a new tactic: an interactive reindeer warning app where drivers can tap their mobile phone screens to register any reindeer they see and get warnings if they are approaching an area where reindeer have been spotted. .

Economic forecast downgraded is weak.” In the years since the world began recovering from the 2008 financial crisis, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have repeatedly proved too optimistic about the world economy and have had to downgrade their previous forecasts. The World Bank’s latest 2016 forecast is more pessimistic than the IMF’s outlook for 3.2 per cent global growth this year,

a projection made in April. The World Bank expects the U.S. economy to grow 1.9 per cent this year, down from 2.4 per cent in 2015. The bank expects developing and emerging market economies as a group to grow 3.5 per cent this year, down from the 4.1 per cent it forecast in January and barely changed from last year’s 3.4 per cent. the associated press

In a pilot project, drivers of heavy transport vehicles are being given 1,000 free handsets, which have been deactivated for any other use than the reindeer warning system. If it proves successful, the app will be available for download on smartphones later this year. Anne Ollila, director of the Finnish Reindeer Herders’ Association, said Wednesday the other methods didn’t work. “Drivers often mistook reindeer with reflectors for people in the dark, thinking they wouldn’t

run into the middle of the road when they saw car headlights approaching,” she told The Associated Press. “And the deer would tear the reflectors off.” Reindeer traffic warning signs were pinched by tourists for souvenirs, and reindeer would scrape off the fluorescent paint from their antlers: “Somehow the reindeer know they had paint on their antlers. Maybe their friends laughed at them,” Ollila said. Reindeer husbandry provides work for some 10,000 people in the region. the associated press

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chantal hébert On the trouble with plebiscites

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No one has to like Hillary, The option of a national but we need to respect referendum is a can of worms what her success means that any moderately sane tire right wing of the political Women have grown tired of — appear unimpressed. “the first female.” government would think twice Of course we celebrate our world Republicans are too partisan to pull support from even a sisters’ success, but it’s a title raging racist, never mind celeso dated it feels sexist in itself, before opening. brate one woman’s achievea stubborn hangover from the Canada’s current referendum law was conceived in haste, in the heat of a losing constitutional battle almost 25 years ago. It was not designed to bring plebiscites into the electoral culture of the country. So many of its key sections are obsolete that it would have to be rewritten before Canada could have another nationwide referendum. The Conservatives want such a vote to be a pre-condition to the adoption of the new voting system the Liberals promised to put in place in time for the 2019 election. If one had to sum up the government’s mantra, it would be a referendum on electoral reform if necessary but not necessarily a referendum — with an emphasis on the latter part. But this is one issue that finds Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offside with public opinion. An Ipsos poll conducted for Global News last month pegged support for a referendum on electoral reform at 73 per cent. And yet, if it came to that, the debate over a referendum could turn out to be more time-consuming and potentially more divisive than the electoral reform discussion itself. The existing federal referendum law was passed in the spring of 1992 after barely a month of deliberations in the

Trudeau has said a referendum is too blunt an instrument to do justice to complex reforms. There was a time when his party believed otherwise.

House of Commons. These days it can take that long just to get a motion to set up a committee adopted. Although it was Brian Mulroney’s Tory government that presented the bill, part of the

context other than a vote on a proposed amendment to the Constitution. On this, both sides are really arguing about the number of angels that could dance on the head of a rusty pin.

DECISION POINT Former prime minister Pierre Trudeau casts his ballot for the referendum on the Charlottetown Accord in October 1992. adrian wyld/The Canadian Press

impetus for it came from the Liberal opposition. In an interview with the Star this week, Trudeau maintained that a referendum is too blunt an instrument to do justice to complex reforms. There was a time when his party believed otherwise. As leader of the opposition, Jean Chrétien championed the notion of putting a constitutional package infinitely more complex than any electoral plan could ever be to a national referendum. The 1992 law was drafted for the specific purpose of consulting Canadians on constitutional changes. There are contrary views within the legal community as to whether it could be used in a

In 1992, Canada’s political system still tapped the rich vein of corporate Canada for money. In the Charlottetown referendum campaign, the big banks and the pharmaceutical industry gave big bucks to the Yes camp. Such contributions have since been banned from the federal system. The referendum law is irremediably out-of-synch with 2016 political financing practices. And 25 years ago, there was no debate as to what constituted a “clear” referendum mandate. Fifty per cent plus one was the accepted figure. That changed after the 1995 Quebec referendum and a Supreme Court reference that suggested the threshold should be higher. Today, there is no consen-

sus among the federal parties as to what constitutes a “clear” majority. The Liberals, under Trudeau, have consistently maintained that it is more than 50 per cent plus one. The law is also silent on the regional makeup — if any — of a pan-Canadian majority. After a yes vote to the 1992 Charlottetown accord, the amending formula of the Constitution would have kicked in. Thus, even if an overall majority of Canadians had supported the accord, the national total would have had to minimally include a majority of voters in at least seven provinces including Quebec or Ontario for most of its dispositions to be implemented. It is unlikely that a premier would have signed off on a constitutional deal in the face of the opposition of a majority in his or her province. In a referendum on electoral reform, the Constitution would offer little firm guidance. Parliament would have to decide whether the sought-after majority should include majorities in every region of the country. Quebec for one would likely insist on the latter. The Conservatives believe the first-past-the-post system serves their party best. In the face of overwhelming popular pressure for a referendum, they figure Trudeau would abandon his bid to change the voting system rather than put it to a pan-Canadian vote. They may well be right. The option of a national referendum is a can of worms that any moderately sane government would think twice before opening. Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer. Her column appears in Metro every Thursday.

‘50s. We continue to use it out of necessity. Because even in a world where we can now do so much, sexism clings like that gropey, persistent perv at the bar. As of Tuesday, Hillary Clinton is the first female presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party. Let me repeat: A woman could soon be president of the United States of America. That is not just monumental, and historic, it’s the motherlode of “first female” headlines. As John Cassidy in The New Yorker put it: “This was still a huge night for her, for the Democratic Party, and for the country.” Clinton herself clearly felt it — the elated atmosphere of that moment, taking the stage, happy and relaxed. The victory “belongs to generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and made this moment possible,” she said. The one person she wishes she could share it with, she told The New York Times, is her mother. The moment, let’s note again, is that a group comprising one half the population finally has a shot at the seat of power in America, if not the world. And yet, some Bernie Sanders supporters — and the en-

ment on behalf of millions of others. But Sanders’ supporters? What’s their excuse? Those impassioned by Sanders’ socialist revolution raged and rankled at the Associated Press’ decision to declare Clinton the primary winner. The sexists attacked women journalists for reporting the news, calling NPR’s Tamara Keith a “dumb c--t,” Andrea Bernstein of WNYC a “whore” and HuffPost’s Mollie Reilly “shrill.” Even the petty, reluctant GirlIGuessImWithHer hashtag, used by a lot of female Sanders supporters, suggests a group seemingly immune to history-in-the-making for women’s equality. Sanders supporters don’t have to like Clinton. They don’t have to vote for her. But is it really too much to ask for a modicum of respect for this once-unbelievable achievement? This one isn’t about you. No really. This isn’t about you. It’s about all women. Donald Trump, the presumptive racist, has welcomed dismayed Sanders supporters with “open arms.” That raises a question really worth asking. If you can’t recognize an unparalleled juncture for HALF the U.S. population, are you really that progressive? Or do you, after all, belong with Trump? Philosopher Cat by Jason Logan

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Bringing East Coast vibes to pop music Clothes Off singer Ria Mae has found confidence in making pop music. torstar news service interview

Singer Ria Mae hasn’t forgotten her Halifax roots Ria Mae would have called herself a folk singer just a few years ago, but lately she’s made a deep commitment to the world of pop. The soft-spoken performer found her spark in a collaboration with rapper Classified, a fellow Halifax native who has become one of her greatest supporters.

He produced her new album and helped Mae — who did away with her real last name MacNutt — find a more confident voice in the process. “I just wanted to have more fun with it,” the singer says of making music. “Coming from the East Coast, everyone has that traditional guitar-based, drums (sound) and I was listening to pop radio.” Mae can trace her decision to look beyond her folksy vibes, in part, to a Montreal getaway. A night out at the bars inspired last summer’s saucy pop single Clothes Off. The track’s seductive bassline

hooked Halifax radio programmers and eventually caught the ears of Toronto record executives, who swooped in and signed Mae for her self-titled second album. Clothes Off went on to become a smash hit on the Canadian radio charts and grabbed a Juno nomination for single of the year — a category based on sales — alongside songs by Justin Bieber, Drake and the Weeknd. It was a sudden burst of good fortune for an artist who wasn’t exactly primed for a life of fame. Mae was a reclusive teenager who locked herself away in her bedroom as she scribbled down

song lyrics and taught herself how to play guitar. Her anti-social rituals hardly concerned her relatives who were avid players in the arts community. Unlike them, the 14-year-old Mae was only writing songs for herself in those days. “I was super shy and just kept it hidden,” she says. “I used to write about relationships but I never had one. It was just imagination stuff.” It wasn’t until the final months before high school graduation that Mae finally stepped before a crowd to play her music. While she remembers that

moment fondly, her priorities quickly shifted once she entered the working world. Instead of chasing her musical dreams, Mae put on a hard hat and took a position in construction management. Eventually it became clear to her that she shouldn’t have made her creative side a low priority. So Mae quit her job and adjusted her finances to raise enough money to record her first EP. After gaining some traction on the Halifax music scene and doing some touring, she made plans to pitch a collaboration with Classified, one of the per-

formers she admired in Halifax for his cunning ability to bring hip-hop to a pop audience. The rapper was interested, to her surprise, and the two began crafting beats together. Eventually it led to him producing her album. Mae figures the pairing would’ve never happened if it weren’t for their shared local roots. “(Halifax) makes for some really funny collaborations,” she says. “If I grew up in Toronto I wouldn’t necessarily be collaborating with the most famous hip-hop artist (in the city).” the canadian press

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Dallas Green reflects on Gord Downie’s influence Dallas Green has been thinking about how Gord Downie shaped him as a musician. The City and Colour singersongwriter learned with the rest of us on May 24 that the Tragically Hip frontman is battling terminal brain cancer. Green says he hopes to attend as many of the Hip’s upcoming summer shows as his schedule allows, even though he’ll be on the road himself for part of the season. City and Colour play a series of dates across Canada over the next month and a half in support of the 2015 album If I Should Go

Before You. This week they perform a number of Alberta concerts before hitting up Regina on Sunday and Winnipeg on June 14. Other shows cover parts of Ontario, Quebec and the East Coast through late July.

music and the way he cares about the song. When he came and sang on my record it was a monumental experience of not only how I wanted to continue as a Canadian songwriter, but as a person as well.

You’ve called Downie a friend for years, and the two of you collaborated on the 2008 song Sleeping Sickness. What was it like working with one of Canada’s most beloved songwriters? He’s the gold standard — the way he writes and cares about

What was it like as a budding musician when the Hip was dominating Canadian radio stations and MuchMusic. Did that shape you as an artist? They mean so much to just about everybody in Canada, but I think as far as Canadian musicians, it might be in-

describable to say what they mean to me and people like me, especially my age. I’m a little younger than they are, so I (was) growing up when they’re taking over Canada. If you’re a musician and you’re born in Canada it’s in your DNA to like the Tragically Hip. You’re well experienced with the road yourself, having played with hardcore band Alexisonfire for several years before going solo. How do you keep your live performances fresh?

It’s the first Canadian tour on the new record so we have a whole bunch of songs to play live for the first time, which is important for me. We’re musicians so you can always breathe new life into an old song. I don’t think I ever sing a song the same way twice because I don’t know how to, in a sense. If I sing a song I wrote 10 years ago it’s going to sound different because I’m a different person now — my voice is 10 years older. the canadian press

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BOOKS FOR ANIMAL LOVERS TO WALLOW IN The birds and the bees, in addition to dogs, goats and pigs, plus sundry other creatures are the leading characters in these latest releases. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Travel Social media Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time, Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter with Caprice Crane. This is the memoir of Ontario’s own Esther the Wonder Pig, who was adopted in 2012 by Jenkins and Walter as a “micro” pig but soon revealed herself to be a full-size commercial sow who today weighs in at 300 kilos. This amiable book details the early days — failed attempts to housetrain Esther (the sheer volume of pee rules this out) and the dawning realization that they had to figure out alternative strategies for maintaining a porker as a pet. Esther’s celebrity breakthrough came when Jenkins and Walter gave her a social media presence. Now she has more than 380,000 likes on Facebook and 185,000 followers on Instagram.

Dog Gone: A Lost Pet’s Extraordinary Journey and the Family Who Brought Him Home, Pauls Toutonghi. How often have we read the story of a missing dog or cat that has returned to its family many miles away weeks or months later? This is that story, but this family memoir is more than that, thanks to the storytelling gifts of Pauls Toutonghi, the brother-in-law of Field Marshall, whose golden lab, Gonker, went missing in October, 1998, on the Appalachian Trail.

Curiosity GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human, Thomas Thwaites. Thomas Thwaites’s last venture into the outer reaches of first-person journalism was The Toaster Project in which he figured out how to make a toaster from scratch. In GoatMan, he sets out how to become a goat from scratch. Well, actually, he started out attempting to be an elephant but switched species because of the rarity of pachyderms in his neck of the wood, i.e. England.

Science The Dancing Bees: Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language, Tania Munz. This is an unexpectedly interesting book with a dual purpose. It tells the story of Jewish scientist Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) who the Nazis prevented from working with European bees and then compelled him to do so when a collapse of the bee population threatened the pollination of crops and thus the food supply.

Memoir One Wild Bird at a Time: Portraits of Individual Birds, Bernd Heinrich. Heinrich lives in a cabin with large windows in all directions in a clearing in the Maine woods, with lots of berries, seeds and insects — which accounts for his relationships with hawks, vireos, chickadees and grosbeaks, among others. They have become his long-time neighbours, annual visitors or casual drop-ins. Indeed, some have actually homesteaded in his cabin walls.

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are predictable — at any age,” Angie shoots back. She catches him still eyeing her rack. “Put your hands out,” she says. She whips silicon falsies (aka cutlets) out of her bra and slaps them into his palms. “Predictable again,” he says. “I had that kid in the palm of my hand until you showed up,” she chides him. He smacks the cutlets together. “Oh, is that what you call these?” he snarks.

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Expressway look sexy, and that is saying something. Obviously, as the episodes roll on, Angie will teach Shade the P.I. ropes, and his ex-pro status will get her through posh doors. But cases-shmases. This show will live or die on its leads’ rat-a-tat repartee. Johanna Schneller is a media connoisseur who zeroes in on pop-culture moments. She appears Monday through Thursday.

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Ultima Condominiums

Ultima is as central as it gets in Edmonton, with so much right out the door: City Centre Mall, the arena and entertainment district, Grant MacEwan University, the YMCA, Winspear and Citadel theatres and the dining, services and offices of Jasper Avenue and the financial district. Don’t forget the abundant green space in the nearby river valley.

Location, location — Ultima Condominium Tower has it. Just a stone’s throw from the city’s new downtown arena district, shopping and work, this luxury building offers all the amenities of high-end condo living, plus convenience and style. All of Edmonton is literally at the doorstep of Ultima.

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It’s all luxury living at Ultima, from a two-storey lobby and heated underground parking, to ninefoot ceilings, hardwood granite and tile, gourmet appliances, stackable washer/dryer and gas barbecue outlets on all balconies. There’s also a ninth-floor rooftop patio for residents to enjoy in the warm weather.

LRT and bus routes are easy to access from many points in the downtown, just a moment’s walk from Ultima. As well, there are 13 kilometres of indoor pedway system links shopping centres, restaurants, movie theatres and office buildings throughout the downtown — a perfect way to get around on cold-weather days. Lucy Haines/For Metro

need to know What: Ultima Condominiums Builder/developer: Westrich Pacific Corp. Location: 10238 103 St. Building: 33-storey tower

Sizes: 665 sq. ft. to 2706 sq. ft Pricing: From $36,000 up to $2 million Status: 90 per cent sold Phone: 780-803-8777 Website: ultimatower.ca CONTRIBUTED

Weaving

Woven bedspreads, blankets part of our modern heritage For decades, family-owned businesses across the U.S. have produced bedspreads and coverlets created with mechanical looms at their own mills. Made out of natural cotton or wool, in muted hues, these bedspreads and blankets are modern-day heirlooms passed down over generations. “We get emails to this day from couples who’ve had their Bates bedspread since the ’50s, when they got married. A woman told me, ‘My bedspread lasted longer than my marriage,” said Bianca Cloutier, 29, vice-president of sales and

marketing for Maine Heritage Weavers. The company’s woven bedspreads and coverlets have oldschool names such as Cape Cod, featuring a ’70s coastal shell theme, and Martha Washington’s Choice, in colours including maroon and sage green. That popular intricate design — with loops of chenille cotton pulled upward from the fabric to make raised flower patterns — is based on a 1940s Bates design recreated from a bedspread that George Washington chose for his wife when they married.

A woman told me, ‘My bedspread lasted longer than my marriage.’ Bianca Cloutier, Maine Heritage Weavers

Also, search for online weaving communities and classes, and invest in a small and simple hand loom. “While a loom is a machine, it takes a craftsperson to use it,” sais Bob Christnacht, vicepresident of global sales for the 153-year-old Portland, Ore.-based Pendleton, a blanket, bedding

and clothing company that boasts six generations of family ownership. “Weaving is very visceral and emotional, and part of our human heritage,” Christnacht said. “Your bed, too, is a very personal place, and there’s an emotional and personal obligation to it.” The associated press

The Spirit of America Bates bedspread in a home in Pasadena, Calif., woven by Maine Heritage Weavers. Solvej Schou

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Hammocks to lounge in all summer long Some Euro hammocks have gone famously high end, but the old-school favourites aren’t exactly twisting in the wind. Whether splashed with iconic stripes or trimmed in boho fringe, these designs are sultry spots to sway and will add a dose of sophisticated fun to your backyard. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Multistripe hammock-in-a-bag The famous Hudson’s Bay point blanket stripes have been splashed onto a summery, picnic-ready hammock with a vintage style hand-braided rope that tucks into a matching drawstring bag for easy toting. Source: Hudson’s Bay Company

Canyon fringe hammock For purists who prefer to skip the stand in favour of trees, this Indian-made hammock, complete with trailing magenta tassels and lime-green netting, adds a heady touch of exoticism to any backyard. Source: Anthropologie

Garo hammock with Fredon stand This sophisticated version has smart features such as a wheeled stand so it’s easy to move and a side pocket to stash books. The included hooks make it a snap to hang: no need for knots. Source: Ikea

Vivere double salsa hammock with 8-foot stand You can’t go wrong with cabana-fresh stripes. This twoperson version lets you cuddle up with a friend, and the adjustable hooks customizes the height. Source: Sears

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Announcing the 2016 Emerald Award winners Efficient energy use, harvesting rain water and a basement project to clean tailings ponds are just a few of the projects recognized by this year’s Emerald Awards. The 25th annual Emerald Awards, presented by the Alberta Emerald Foundation (AEF), were held last night in Calgary. “This year’s recipients demonstrate environmental excellence that is a model for all from community groups and individuals to schools, government organizations and large and small businesses,” says Carmen Boyko, AEF’s executive director. ConocoPhillips Canada won in the Large Business category for innovations in implementing and sharing energy efficiency. The Small Business award went to EchoLogic Land Corp. for developing Calgary’s green community of Echohaven. The Grassroots Community Group/Non-

profit award went to Calgary’s Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) for focusing on reuse, rather than recycling. ERA provides refurbished tech hardware to schools, non-profits and care facilities. Last year it refurbished 1,050 computers worth over $160,000. “I’ve been working to grow ERA and increase our environmental and social impact since 2004, says ERA’s Bojan Paduh. “It’s a great honor to see our work hasn’t gone unnoticed.” Green Calgary received the award for Community Group/Non-profit: Large Organization for helping to conserve and redirect more than 20 million litres of water every year from storm water systems through its rain barrel and rain water harvesting programs. It also helped ‘depave’ two community spaces to reduce storm water runoff. “This work supports our city in adapting to extreme weather events, flood or drought, and can lessen some of the impact

these occurrences can cause,” says Areni Kelleppan, executive director for Green Calgary. The Education: Post-secondary winner was the University of Alberta (Augustana Campus) for its Learning for the Environment project. The Public Education and Outreach award went to the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for its Classroom Energy Diet Challenge. The City of Edmonton Utility Services Branch won the Government Institution award for its Reuse Centre. The Youth Category award went to Hayley Todesco for developing a sand filter to help clean tailings ponds. “It means a lot that a project that I started in my basement when I was 16 is being recognized alongside huge environmental leaders in the province,” she says. ALUS won the Shared Footprints award for installing wildlife-friendly fencing on Alberta ranch land. Jerry Brunen and The Western Sky

Land Trust Society won the award for Individual Commitment. The Town of Banff received the Emerald Challenge: Innovation award for solar energy consumption for business and residences. For 13 years, students from kindergarten to grade 6 at Clandonald School — Warriors of the Rainbow — have been recycling paper and beverage containers and helping clean up the community. The winner of the School/Classroom award also composts, gardens, plants shrubs and trees, builds birdhouses and feeders and makes scrap-material crafts with local seniors. “To the students, winning an award is acknowledgement that they are indeed taking good care of the environment, and they are very proud of that,” says Clandonald teacher Geralyn McCormack. “They hope other children and adults will be inspired to follow their example.”

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Extreme Cup makeover Andrew Paterson

but if voters could consider a coach or GM for the award, this would be the year. For Metro Earlier this season the Penguins looked nothing like a contender. Mike JohnThe Stanley Cup will be in ston was fired and replaced the building tonight and by Mike Sullivan behind the the champagne on ice. The bench in early December Pittsburgh Penguins are one and the Penguins responded more dominating performby losing four straight under ance away from dispatching their new coach. But by the San Jose Sharks in the March, Sullivan had the Penfinal and bringing the chamguins dominating opponents pionship back to Steeltown and looking like the team for the first time since 2009. we will see tonight on the A year ago, the Pens had verge of the Cup. been golfing since April, GM Jim Rutherford also winning only one game in deserves a ton of credit. In the post-season after sneakaddition to realizing the ing into the playoffs as the need for a mid-season eighth seed in the East. coaching change, There were quesRutherford agtions about the Conn Smythe gressively made core and many favourite over the team speculated Kessel leads the via trades, no that the Pens’ Penguins in scoring (21 small feat in championship points) and has put up today’s NHL. window had numbers consistently The Carl closed. That through a series where Hagelin, Nick sure seems scoring has proved Bonino and like ancient difficult. Kessel HBK line history right were all acquired now. through trades since Pittsburgh has July of last year and have blazed though the postbeen so good these playoffs, season this spring, blindShawn Michaels became culing opponents with their turally relevant again and speed, relentless checking Primanti Bros. can’t make and lightning fast transiHBK sandwiches fast enough tion game. Picking a Conn to meet the demand. Smythe Trophy winner will One year ago, Rutherbe a real challenge as there ford was dealing with the have been so many importbitter disappointment of ant contributors through an underwhelming season the playoffs. The decision by Penguins standards and will likely come down to Sullivan was preparing to Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel or coach in the AHL. Crosby rookie goalie Matt Murray,

Sharapova banned 2 years Maria Sharapova was suspended Wednesday for two years for failing a drug test, labelled “the sole author of her own misfortune” because she hid regular pre-match use of a newly banned substance from anti-doping authorities and members of her own entourage. The tennis star said she would appeal what she called “an unfairly harsh” punishment. The Associated Press

Jays’ Dickey wins ugly Josh Donaldson had three hits, including a three-run homer and a triple, and R.A. Dickey won consecutive starts for the first time since last summer, helping the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. The Associated Press

All of the Penguins’ recent moves, including the trade for Phil Kessel to supplement Sidney Crosby’s offence, are looking like strokes of genius right now. Jason Behnken/Getty Images

was yesterday’s news, Kessel was the root of all evil in Toronto and Matt Murray was merely a young AHL goalie, albeit with a bright future.

Tonight one of those players may very will win the Conn Smythe. Winning the Stanley Cup is arguably the toughest task

in pro sports and the Pittsburgh Penguins are a win away from returning to the top of the mountain. What a difference a year makes.

Rangers’ Darvish leaves start with shoulder pain Yu Darvish felt tightness in his right shoulder and made an early exit Wednesday night from his third start for the Texas Rangers since Tommy John surgery. Texas said Darvish didn’t return to the mound after the fifth inning against the Houston Astros as a precaution, and that an examination by team physician Dr. Keith Meister revealed no issues. The Associated Press

Ali memorial service

IN BRIEF

NBA FInals Cavs cruise back into series LeBron James had a monster game with 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists and Kyrie Irving, pictured, added 30 points, eight assists and four boards as the Cavaliers closed the gap in the NBA Finals to 2-1 with a 120-90 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday in Cleveland. Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images

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TFC through to Amway final Toronto FC advanced to the Amway Canadian Championship final despite a scoreless draw against 10-man Montreal Impact in the second leg of the semifinal on Wednesday night. Toronto advanced on aggregate after beating Montreal 4-2 in the first leg last week at BMO Field. The Vancouver Whitecaps hosted the Ottawa Fury in the second leg of the other semifinal later on Wednesday night.

Miller turns aside $115M from Broncos, source says Super Bowl MVP Von Miller’s camp has rejected a contract proposal that would have made him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Miller’s representatives reportedly rejected a sixyear, $114.5-million offer that included $39.8 million in guarantees in the first two years.

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Ticket holders look to cash in on death Muhammad Ali, who long ago began crafting the plan for his final tribute, insisted the tickets for his memorial service be free. But on Wednesday, after the tickets were handed out, some people looked to make a profit. People started arriving outside the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville late Tuesday, hours ahead of the ticket distribution. The line stretched around the arena. Thousands of tickets for Ali’s memorial service Friday

were claimed on a first-come, first-served basis in about an hour. Given the supply-and-demand factor for about 15,000 seats in the arena, some ticket holders immediately looked to cash in, going online offering to sell theirs to the star-studded event. Ali family spokesman Bob Gunnell denounced the profiteering, saying he was “disgusted and amazed” with the turn of events. The Associated Press

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UP-AND-COMING PLAYERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON Many nations are betting on youth at the European Championship, giving promising youngsters a chance to shine in France. Here are some of the promising stars to watch for at the tournament, which begins Friday in Paris. Euro

2016

kickoff countdown

LEROY SANE (GERMANY) LUCAS VAZQUEZ (SPAIN)

The 20-year-old attacking midfielder returns to the national team after making his debut last year. The agile player had a breakthrough season with Schalke, impressing with his dribbling, as well as his ability to work as a playmaker. Sane attracted headlines when he debuted in the Champions League by scoring a goal against Real Madrid last year. The youngster is the son of former Senegal star Souleyman Sane, who had a distinguished career in Germany, and Olympic rhythmic gymnastics medallist Regina Weber.

The uncapped Lucas Vazquez was the surprise addition to Spain’s squad, making it to the team instead of veterans Diego Costa and Fernando Torres. The 24-year-old forward impressed with Real Madrid while replacing regular starters when they had to deal with injuries late in the season. The speedy forward showed his cool when he scored one of the penalties in the shootout that gave Real Madrid the Champions League title against Atletico Madrid.

DELE ALLI (ENGLAND) Voted as England’s young player of the year, the 20-year-old Dele Alli made an instant impact in the Premier League, scoring 10 goals and earning 12 assists with Tottenham after being picked up from third-division club MK Dons. He got some unwanted rest at the end of the season after being banned for three matches for punching an opponent. Touted as one of the best up-and-coming players England has seen in a long time, the quick attacking midfielder is expected to add some much-needed excitement to Roy Hodgson’s squad.

SAMUEL UMTITI (FRANCE)

RENATO SANCHES (PORTUGAL) The 18-year-old midfielder became Portugal’s youngest ever player to be called up for a major tournament with the senior squad, surpassing the mark previously held by Cristiano Ronaldo. A product of Benfica’s youth teams, he made it to the top squad this season and earned a transfer to Bayern Munich for 35 million euros ($40 million US). Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said the club had been following Sanches for a long time, calling him a “dynamic and technically skilled midfielder who’ll add even more strength to our team.”

Lyon central defender Samuel Umtiti made the team in part thanks to Raphael Varane’s absence because of a muscle injury. The 22-year-old can also play as a left back, and his versatility helped him earn a spot in the squad even though coach Didier Deschamps called up Sevilla defender Adil Rami to the list of reserves after Varane was injured. The youngster has already been linked to transfers to teams such as Tottenham, AS Roma and Barcelona. the associated press photos by getty images

Formula One

Canadian upstart awaits green light

Canadian race car driver Lance Stroll leads the European F3 circuit by 38 points. Ryan Remiorz/the Canadian Press

Lance Stroll wants to be Canada’s next Formula One driver, but doesn’t want to risk spoiling it by jumping too quickly into motor racing’s top series. Just because Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix for Red Bull this year at only 18 — the youngest winner in F1 history, a year after becoming youngest ever to start a race — that’s no reason to assume that the 17-year-old Stroll can do the same. “We saw what Verstappen did it at a very young age,” Stroll said Wednesday. “It

shows that young drivers are capable. “I don’t want to use him as an example. He could be an exception. He’s obviously very good. But when the time is right, when I’m ready, when we complete all the steps, then we’ll make a decision.” Stroll, a Montreal native now based in Geneva, is one of the promising young drivers in the

Williams racing team’s stable. He leads the European F3 circuit, an F1 feeder series, by 38 points. He has three wins in 12 races with Prema PowerTeam. He will spend this weekend in the Williams garage at the Canadian Grand Prix, but won’t get a chance to drive in Friday’s practice sessions, at least partly because of Verstappen. A rule change inspired by the Dutch

F1 will come when it’s the right time. I need to take each step as it comes. Lance Stroll

teenager and enacted by FIA, the sport’s governing body, this year bars drivers under 18 from piloting an F1 car. “For now, I’m in F3 and that’s what I’m focused on,” Stroll said. “I think Williams wants me to concentrate 100 per cent on F3. “F1 will come when it’s the right time. I need to take each step as it comes. Maybe next year, when I’m old enough, I can do a practice. Or a (F1) season, you never know.” The Canadian Press

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For Metro Canada You can’t beat the appeal of eggs for dinner and but we gave this hearty dish a nutritional one-two punch thanks to the help of kale and sweet potato. Ready in Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Ingredients • 1 Tbsp butter • 1 yellow onion, chopped • 1 pound frozen chopped kale • 3 cloves garlic, chopped • 2 cups boiled diced sweet potato (about 1 large potato) • 6 eggs • 2 Tbsp milk • 1 tsp fresh, chopped parsley

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400 F. In an ovenproof skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add onions and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and kale and cook until garlic fragrant and kale wilted. 2. Add potatoes and soften, about 3 to 5 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, whisk eggs and milk. Pour egg mixture over potatoes and kale, and cook on stovetop another 3 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley. 4. Transfer skillet to oven and bake about 6 to 8 minutes or until eggs are set.

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Cancer June 22 - July 23 Difficulties with a friend or perhaps a member of a group might arise today. Basically, it’s a gun fight at the O.K. Corral. Who has the biggest weapon?

Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 Disputes about inheritances and shared property are likely today. This is a poor day for these kinds of discussions; therefore, wait for a better day.

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Be patient with kids today, because they are just as likely to quarrel as you are. Knowing this, direct people’s attention to things you have in common.

Taurus April 21 - May 21 Difficulties with spouses, partners and close friends are likely today, because Mercury is in your sign, opposing fiery Mars. (Yikes!) This means people are ready to fight!

Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 Difficulties with authority figures are likely today, which is why this is a poor day to ask for approval or permission for anything. Just keep a low profile and don’t go looking for trouble.

Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Difficulties with partners and close friends are likely today because fiery Mars is in your sign opposing Mercury, which is directly opposite you. Chill out.

Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Avoid family disputes today, because it’s just not worth it. Family is gold. Every time you have family dissension, everyone loses.

Gemini May 22 - June 21 You are mentally restless today; however, you can use this energy for research or to seek out answers to problems. Focus your search in one area.

Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues today, because they will quickly deteriorate into a nasty argument. Mostly, this is because people want to fight.

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Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Squabbles with co-workers or people related to your job are likely today. However, it takes two to make a fight, right? Therefore, refuse to engage. Time to go fishing.

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song: 2 wds. 21. Kourtney, Kim and Khloe’s show [acronym] 22. __-faceted 23. __ Station, commuters hub in downtown Toronto 24. Arm bones 25. Pre-__ student 26. YMCA’s ‘M’ 28. Some flatbreads 31. Writer wife of composer Irving Berlin 32. Intended 33. Hungry feelings 36. Speedily 37. “Canadian Idol” Season 5 winner Brian 42. Sash 43. What the sky becomes as the day turns to night 44. Privileged classes 45. Judi Dench, and others 46. Mineral water brand 47. High IQ society 48. PQ = __ Quebecois 50. Plunder 52. To and __ 53. __ timer 54. Yea not 55. Circling stat. 56. “For sure.”

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It’s all in The Stars Your daily horoscope by Francis Drake Aries March 21 - April 20 Don’t get carried away with disputes about money, inheritances and shared property. Will an argument really change anything? Stay calm, and rely on logic instead of a hot temper.

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