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Potential costs for redevelopment starting to add up Ryan Tumilty

Metro | Edmonton

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Edmonton’s potential costs for the redevelopment of the Northlands site continue to add up with the possibility the city would have to repay a $12.5-million federal grant if it took over the Edmonton Expo Centre. Northlands’ Vision 2020 project is coming back to council next week and the agency has already asked the city to consider forgiving $48 million it owes the city for the convention space. In addition to that debt, the federal government gave a $25-million grant to the facility when it was built in 2010, on the condition

that the city would repay it if the facility ever came into their hands and if it was converted from use as a convention centre. Northlands plans to keep it largely as a convention centre, but wants to turn one hall into a mediumsized concert venue. But if they can’t come up with a viable business plan, all of its land will revert to the city. Coun. Michael Oshry said with the $48 million in debt and this grant, the city is going to have costs regardless of what happens with Northlands. “The city is sort of stuck. I am not sure we have that much choice,” he said. He said when council discusses the issue in the weeks ahead it will have to figure out a long-term solution for the area, but it will also have immediate issues to solve. “There is a short-term problem you have to fix, which is the debt and the viability of Northlands,” he said.

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Metro | Edmonton An Edmonton film producer threw down with some of the National Hockey League’s most feared enforcers for a new documentary. Adam Scorgie is the producer of Ice Guardians, a film that examines the role and history of the hockey fighter by getting up close with heavy-hitters like Dave “The Hammer” Schultz and former Oiler Dave Semenko. “There have obviously been comedies, which we talk about in the film, like Slapshot and Goon … but nothing that really took a look at the history and role of the enforcer,” said Scorgie, whose past work includes The Culture High, a 2014 documentary about the legalization of marijuana that was long-listed for an Academy Award. “There’s a lot of documentaries done that really tried to put the negative spin on fighting and really bash these guys, but there was nothing that looked at why did fighting first come into hockey.” The filmmakers, including writer/director Brett Harvey, had a $650,000 budget to work with thanks largely to Super Channel, which will air the documentary in October. Ice Guardians also features interviews with top-shelf

Ice Guardians director Brett Harvey on set with former NHL enforcer Brett Gallant.

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NHL stars like Brett Hull, Chris Chelios and Jarome Iginla. It examines the pros and cons of fighting, including controversy over concussions, but ultimately centres on the complex role fight-

ers play in professional hockey and the people behind the toughguy facades. “I would say there’s probably a dozen of them who really moved me after sitting down with them,” Scorgie said. “I was really taken aback where I looked at them as a person differently, I looked at the game differently, and I looked at their career differently after understanding what they went through.” The film’s world premiere will take place at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 12, and a special red-carpet Edmonton screening is set for Sept. 15 at the Metro Cinema.

Former NHL enforcer Scott Parker is featured in Ice Guardians. CONTRIBUTED

Dozens of residents encouraged councillors Monday night to reject a proposal for new condominiums beside the Edmonton River Valley. At press time, councillors were discussing delaying the decision on a proposed development near the valley to try and secure land closer to the river for public use. Jim Murphy, with the development, told council, however, that he wouldn’t budge on his position not to offer up the land. “It would be a tremendous waste of time to send it back.” He said he was simply doing what anyone else would do in the same situation. “That raises a bunch of issues for this being a private project, for the same reason why none of you would like a public pathway in your backyard,” he said. The proposal contemplates up to 45 units spread across multiple apartment buildings on the site of up to six stories, in the Brander Gardens neighbourhood. Neighbours expressed frustration at the size and scale of the proposed development in an area that is now mostly single-family homes. “I am just so stunned this is happening,” said Colleen Nissen. She said she doesn’t want an enclave cut off from the rest of the community. For council’s final decision go to metronews.ca.

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Metro | Edmonton

With the first day of school rapidly approaching, a program that outfits needy kids with backpacks and school supplies is seeing its biggest demand in 23 years. Tools for School is a United Way initiative that fills backpacks with donated grade-appropriate supplies, from pencil crayons to loose-leaf paper. They then work with school boards and parents to identify kids who wouldn’t otherwise get supplies. Last year they handed out about 12,400 backpacks to kids in Edmonton and surrounding communities. This year they’ve already surpassed that number, and the requests are still coming in. According to Jennifer Herrick, director of engagement

Sara Klapstein and Jennifer Herrick show off some of the backpacks and supplies they give out to kids as part of the Tools for School program. KEVIN TUONG/For Metro

marketing, they’re anticipating they’re going to need about 15,000 backpacks before they’re done. That’s on top of the 1,600 they assembled in the spring for evacuees from Fort McMurray. “We were kind of anticipating that the need would be greater this year, but not to

this extent,” Herrick said. Some of the demand is probably due to greater awareness of the program, she said, but the reasons they’re hearing most often from newcomers to the program are economic. “Maybe one or both (parents) have lost jobs and are in

that situation right now where they’re having to choose between paying their mortgage or rent, plus utility bills and food for their kids,” she said. “September is a really expensive month if you have kids.” According to the United Way there are 40,000 kids living in

poverty in the Alberta Capital Region, defined as Edmonton and the 30 surrounding communities. Herrick said they’ve run out of several types of supplies, and while she adds they’ll continue to hand out supplies regardless, some kits may be missing things if they aren’t able to replenish stocks. “Think back to when you were a kid, how exciting it was to get your new supplies on the first day of school. There are lots of families who aren’t able to provide that for their kid, and we want every kid to start on an equal playing field,” she said. The United Way is currently accepting donations at any Staples in the Edmonton area or online at the Tools For School website.

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Watchdog won’t lay charges The parents of a man shot dead by Calgary police while he was holding a syringe in a hotel room say they’re devastated the officer won’t be charged and they’ll keep fighting to ensure another family does not have to endure a similar tragedy. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team initially found there were grounds to charge the officer in the March 2015 death of Anthony Heffernan, but the Crown later determined a conviction would be unlikely, so it decided that no charges would be laid. “This is a very, very sad day for all of Albertans and Canadians alike,” said Heffernan’s father, Pat. “We’ve had a young man murdered by the Calgary police and it’s being swept under the rug.” Heffernan, who was 27, was shot four times at a Super 8 hotel near the city’s airport. A fatality inquiry will be done to examine what could have been done differently, but Heffernan’s family wonders whether police will follow through on its recommendations. the canadian press

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This group of 30-plus bold music-makers even sent a three-person pep squad to play and cheer on runners at the recent Edmonton Marathon. The orchestra is similar to a large classical one, but has a smaller string section, along with drums, saxophone and keyboard. “We’re like a reduced symphony orchestra, so we’re flexible in what and where we perform — we can play any genre and we’re arranging most of

our music too, so it’s fresh, local, adaptable, and accessible to more people,” said EPOP artistic director Michael Clark. “We want listeners to feel relaxed and be able to chat and mingle while the music plays, whether that’s light classical, jazz or contemporary. If you enjoy symphony pops, you’ll enjoy this. If you listen to the radio, you’ll enjoy it too,” he said. EPOP has a couple of big concerts ahead, one with political

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Melissa Foley had her truck loaded for a trip into town last weekend when she noticed the two pigs who had escaped into the yard. So, the owner of a Wetaskiwin-area farm animal rescue operation paused to shoo them back into their pen. That’s when a thief jumped into the truck and ploughed it through her locked gate. Along with the truck, over $2000 in cash and several silent auction items all meant for a fundraiser in Edmonton this Friday are gone. “It was pretty devastating,” Foley said. “Even as I was watching my truck go 100 miles an hour down the gravel road in the opposite direction I just kept not believing that was happening.” Foley said the truck is insured, but she isn’t sure if she’ll get anything for the items in the back. A fundraiser for her organization, known as the Farm Animal Rescue & Rehoming Movement, or FARRM for short, had just visited and dropped off over $2,000 in cash earmarked for expenses for a fundraiser

this week. This is the second year they’ve held their Annual Laughs for Lives Fundraiser, which was planned to feature music, comedy and a buffet at the Boyle Street Community League. “We’re definitely not cancelling the fundraiser,” said Foley. “It’s still a go, but its just really thrown a wrench into everything, that money was supposed to be there for everything we’d ordered.” FARRM has been in operation since 2012. They rescue farm animals from around the Edmonton area, and also provide tours to the public.

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They’ve adopted out 360 animals since they started, and currently have 67 animals in their care. “We have everything from potbelly and swine pigs to horses, sheep, and oats. If you can picture it on a farm we probably have one,” Foley said. She said the organization is largely dependent on community support, so she’s hoping they can rally and make sure the fundraiser goes ahead largely as planned. “The fundraiser was meant to get us through the winter so there’s no option. It needs to be a success.”

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Canadian side, breaking a golden rule of the loosely organized event: DON’T LAND IN CANADA. “Most people (who) are hopping in have no idea what they’re doing,” said Peter Garapick, a superintendent of search and rescue with the Canadian Coast Guard, who was on hand Sunday

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of floaters who invaded Canada were caught up in the currents or blown ashore by winds believed to be gushing up to 40 km/h, landing at Front and George streets in Sarnia. Some were singing the Canadian anthem as they were rescued by officials, he said. Arianna Mahon, an 18-year-old Port Huron resident (who said she and her friends were not drinking that day), was among those swept across the river into Canada. She described the scene on foreign soil as chaotic and stressful, but added that “a lot of cops were very polite. Very, very polite.” “It was freezing cold. We were just in our swimsuits, I didn’t even have shoes,” she told Torstar. “It was amazing.” torstar news service

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Louisiana on long road to recovery Storm victims spill out of the waiting rooms, some clutching water-stained documents, others with the long stare of those stricken by disaster, each with a story of personal tragedy about the Louisiana flood’s devastation to their homes and their lives. The line for the makeshift Federal Emergency Management Agency recovery centre started to gather before the facility opened Monday at a substance abuse treatment site

run by a local Baptist church. The long, hard slog of recovery is underway across south Louisiana, after a storm that began Aug. 12 dumped as much as two feet of rain in some areas over 48 hours, causing catastrophic flooding. At least 13 deaths have been attributed to the flooding, and more than 60,000 homes were damaged. President Barack Obama was expected to visit the area Tuesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Residents clean out their flood-damaged homes in St. Amant, La., on Saturday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Timbuktu

Malian extremist has ‘deep regret’ Expressing “deep regret” for his actions, an Islamic extremist pleaded guilty Monday to orchestrating the destruction of historic mausoleums in the Malian desert city of Timbuktu. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, wearing a dark suit and striped tie, stood and calmly told judges he was entering the guilty plea

“with deep regret and great pain” and advised Muslims around the world not to commit similar acts, saying “they are not going to lead to any good for humanity.” The guilty plea was a landmark for the court, which has struggled to bring suspects to justice since its establishment in 2002. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Turkey vows to ‘cleanse’ border of Daesh terror middle east

Bombing in Gaziantep killed at least 54 people Turkey vowed Monday to fight Daesh militants at home and to “cleanse” the group from its borders after a weekend suicide bombing at a Kurdish wedding, an attack that came amid recent gains by Syrian Kurdish militia forces against the extremists in neighbouring Syria. The bombing Saturday in the southern city of Gaziantep, near the border with Syria, killed at least 54 people — many of them children. Nearly 70 others were wounded in the attack, the deadliest in Turkey this year. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but officials said it appeared to be the work of Daesh. Authorities were trying to identify the attacker, who President Recep Tayyip Erdogan initially said was a child. However, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Monday that it was unclear whether the bomber was “a child or a grown-up.” “A clue has not yet been found concerning the perpetrator,” Yildirim told reporters following a weekly Cabinet meeting. He said the earlier assertion that the attacker was child was a “guess” based on witness accounts.

A man cries as people stand around a coffin during a funeral for victims of a terror attack on a wedding party that left at least 54 dead in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Sunday. AFP/Getty Images

At least 22 of those killed were children younger than 14, according to a Turkish official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with Turkish government rules. The attack came after the Syria Democratic Forces, a coalition led by the main Kurdish militia groups in Syria, captured the former Daesh stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria under the cover of airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition. “It appears to be an act to punish the PYD,” said Nihat Ali Ozcan a security and terrorism expert at the Ankara-based Eco-

nomic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, referring to a Syrian Kurdish group whose militia is fighting Daesh. “It’s the cross-border settlement of scores by two actors fighting in Syria.” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters Monday that Turkey would press ahead with its fight against the Daesh inside Turkey and support efforts to remove extremists from its borders. “Our border has to be completely cleansed of Daesh,” Cavusoglu said. Cavusoglu said Turkey had

Retaliation Media reports say Turkish artillery has attacked a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish militia as well as Daesh positions across the border in Syria.

become a main Daesh target because of measures it has implemented to stop recruits from crossing into Syria to join the fighting, as well as hundreds of arrests of Daesh suspects in Turkey. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A U.S. federal judge in Texas has blocked the Obama administration’s order that requires public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity. In a temporary injunction signed Sunday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that the federal education law known as Title IX “is not ambiguous” about sex being defined as “the biological and

anatomical differences between male and female students as determined at their birth.” The judge said his order, which applies nationwide, was not about the policy issues of transgender rights but his con-

clusion that federal officials simply did not follow rules that required an opportunity for comment before such directives are issued. “This case presents the difficult issue of balancing the protection of students’ rights

This case presents … balancing the protection of students’ rights and that of personal privacy. Judge Reed O’Connor

and that of personal privacy ... while ensuring that no student is unnecessarily marginalized while attending school,” he wrote. The ruling was the second recent setback for transgender advocates. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia school board can block for now a transgender male from using the boys’ restroom while justices decide whether to fully intervene.

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Couche-Tard pays $4.4B for U.S. chain more than 2,000 stores in the U.S. and Eastern Canada. Brian Hannasch, CEO of Alimentation Couche-Tard, told analysts on a conference call that CST Brands fills a few gaps in his company’s U.S. retail operations. “It gives us an entry into Texas, a market that we’ve been focused on penetrating for the last three or four years,” Hannasch said.

Alimentation Couche-Tard, already among the largest convenience store operators in North America, announced a $4.4-billion US friendly acquisition Monday that would significantly expand its presence south of the border. The Quebec-based company that owns the Mac’s and Couche-Tard convenience store chains said it was buying CST Brands, which is headquartered in San Antonio, Tex., and has

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June wholesale sales up Canadian wholesale sales were better than expected in June, offering a sliver of economic optimism in what’s expected to be a rough quarter. Statistics Canada said wholesale sales grew by 0.7 per cent to $56.4 billion.

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Despite a surge in cheap imports, Canadian duck producers are planning to boost production due to growing consumer demand spurred on by celebrity chefs and the reopening of the Mexican market. Brome Lake, the country’s oldest processor of domestic Pekin

duck, is spending $30 million to build a facility in a former beef plant in Asbestos, Que., that will double its annual production capacity in five years to four million birds. Ontario rival King Cole Ducks also plans to increase its output to stay competitive. Canada’s three largest producers, which also include B.C. supplier Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry, expect overall annual production to double from the current level of 5.5 million ducks. A popular delicacy in Asian communities, duck is increasingly being sampled by new consumers.

“The young generation is trying more and more different products and duck is one of them,” said Claude Trottier, president of Brome Lake, founded in 1912. Although pricier than chicken, the red meat protein is increasingly being selected as an alternative to beef, which has experienced steep price increases. Brome Lake hopes to begin production in November, four months after a fire destroyed its processing operations, offices, distribution facilities and a retail store in Knowlton, Que. Processing has temporarily been shifted to a co-owner’s oper-

ations in Indiana. Duck is a Canadian niche culinary offering, but it’s a popular item in Quebec for Brome Lake. The processor aims to spur sales in the rest of the country beyond Chinatowns by offering a wider array of its products, including fresh meat, leg confit, sausages, duck pie and fondue meat — all of which are readily sold in Quebec supermarkets. It also plans to educate consumers at supermarket tastings about the product that’s traditionally only been served at Christmas and on other seasonal holidays. The Canadian Press

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Best summer Games for Canada ever? Rosemary Westwood metro poll

Canada’s 22 medals in Rio amounted to the highest total at a summer Olympics since the 22 collected at the 1996 Atlanta Games. And our three gold medals was two better than at the 2012 London Games, though well short of the seven we won in Barcelona in 1992. And, of course, there were the exploits of Penny and Andre. We asked our readers to reflect on Rio.

Was Rio the best ever performance for a Canadian summer Olympic team?

Who was the breakout Canadian star?

63% Penny Oleksiak in swimming 25% Andre De Grasse in sprinting 13% The women’s rugby sevens team

3 How many medals will Canada win in 2020? 63% Between 22 and 25 31% More than 25 6% 22 on the dot 0% Less than 22

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My first experience voting was a mock election in my Spruce Grove high school. The results were a landslide win for Liberal candidate Colleen Soetart, because she was the only politician to visit the school. Soetart knew the power of name recognition. Shallow maybe, but not limited to teenagers. Edmonton Youth Council is on a mission to lower the voting age for municipal and school board elections. We should listen. Political scientists Cindy Kam and Elizabeth Zechmeister tested the effects of name recognition on a candidate’s success. Their research found that even brief exposure to a candidate’s name increased voting by 13 per cent,

even if the voter was not familiar with the candidate. A common argument against underage voting is that if you can’t be tried as an adult in criminal court, why should you get the adult privilege of voting? We protect minors from crippling jail terms; should we not then delay their right to vote until they are more mature and informed? Coun. Andrew Knack says these arguments are one of the reasons that the current discussion focuses on municipal and school board elections, “City bylaw doesn’t discriminate based on age. As a 16-yearold you would receive the same traffic fine as a 60-yearold,” said Knack. Voting isn’t in the same category of impulsive behaviour that leads Canadian law to protect minors from being charged as adults. Voting is a “decision that comes after months of campaigns,” said Knack.

I recall a scene in The West Wing where a group of middle schoolers speak to White House communications director Toby Ziegler about their lobbying efforts to make a constitutional amendment to abolish the voting age. Frustrated by being blown off by the adults, a young man says: “We’re children, and that in itself shouldn’t render us meaningless. But in this society we are meaningless because we’re powerless. We have no voice.” Underagers suffer marginalization: Their interests can be ignored without the risk of losing a single vote. Arguments that cite a lack of responsibility, life experience, or even brain development don’t consider the effects being denied a voice. Maturity and brain development were some of the same arguments used to deny women and aboriginals the vote. There was a condescend-

ing, paternal belief that these groups were infantile and prone to coercion. As anyone who has turned 18 knows, there isn’t a magical logic switch that clicks on when the clock rolls over. And if we were banking on brain development as a threshold, we’d have to raise the voting age considerably. The arguments against underage voting are wrapped in an adults-know-best view of the world. They’re the arguments used to deny suffrage for as long as democracy has existed. Edmonton should be proud that our Youth Council is demonstrating leadership. Their desire to participate in their civil responsibilities and bring a voice to the voiceless is commendable. Danielle Paradis loves Edmonton, politics and flowcharts. She tweets @DaniParadis

No politician is exempt from the temptations and pitfalls of politics On Saturday night, the king of Canadiana, Gord Downie, used the stage at The Tragically Hip’s final national tour — which has lent us more pride and unity than Tim Hortons ever could — to praise Justin Trudeau’s commitment to indigenous Canadians. As if Trudeau’s Teflon popularity needed a boost. His approval ratings in June were so high (at 56 to 63 per cent) that iPolitics wondered, “How long will Trudeau’s luck last?” Canadians (mostly) see him less as a politician than as a genuinely good guy who’s going to genuinely change our country for the better (and look good doing it). But here’s the thing: Trudeau is indeed a politician, and sooner or later, he’s going to screw up like one. Already, his health minister, Jane Philpott, has stepped in that most obvious and cliché of controversies: unnecessary overspending for no purpose other than convenience or preference for room-temperature cheese. It doesn’t take a smart, powerful woman to realize that $1,700 on a limo service for one day would be bad optics as well as bad taste. And yet there was Philpott this weekend, apologizing for just such a snafu while hoping we believe it was an honest mistake, instead of a classic example of a political

privilege. Likewise, witness Trudeau’s kindred spirit and brother-in-sleek-suits, U.S. President Barack Obama, who has been embarrassed into visiting flood-ravaged Louisiana today. He’d previously been photographed bike riding with his daughters on holiday, while tens of thousands of people fled what the Red Cross has called “likely the worst natural disaster in the United States since 2012’s Superstorm Sandy.” The optics were already eerily similar to George Bush’s absence during Hurricane Katrina, and then who should show up to hand out kids’ toys but Donald Trump (proving that he can do the odd bit of conventional politicking). The problem, as the National Post’s Robyn Urback noted, is that “entitlement is, generally speaking, a nonpartisan illness.” I have a better chance of buying a house in Vancouver than Justin Trudeau has of keeping up this niceguy-in-a-politician’s-clothing act. There will be more Philpott-esque controversies, because there always are, and Trudeau should be held responsible when they happen. That doesn’t mean we have to give up our Gord Downie-approved hope. I’m among those who believe it may be well placed. Meaningful change could happen, but the fairy tale won’t last. Philosopher Cat by Jason Logan

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Doctors without bricks and mortar technology

Can an app replace a visit to your health care provider? Genna Buck

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Akira (logo inset) is a telemedicine app that allows patients to speak to doctors via text and video conferencing to get medical advice and prescriptions. istock

When Nicole Simone had telltale signs of an eye infection a few months ago, she was pretty sure she knew what she had. She also knew her family doctor typically books appointments at least three to five days in advance. Suspecting she was contagious, the Toronto-based photographer didn’t feel up to visiting a walk-in clinic. So she downloaded the smartphone app Akira, made by the Toronto startup of the same name. She signed up for a $9.99/month plan, filled out a form with her health history, submitted some photos of her eye, and spoke to a doctor by text message, answering “a bunch of questions.” Within 20 minutes, a prescription for an antibiotic had

been sent to Simone’s pharmacy. She did not need to submit her health card. “I paid 10 dollars to not wait in the waiting room and catch more diseases,” Simone said. Services like this have been around in the U.S. for years, but they don’t seem like they would be allowed in Canada — doesn’t our single-payer health care system cover the treatment of eye infections? It does. But in Ontario, where Akira launched in May, the provincial health insurance program doesn’t cover telemedicine — the use of telecommunications technology to provide clinical care — so companies are free to charge for it. And Canadians are eager to pay for it. A 2014 report in HealthcarePapers found nearly 80 per cent of us would like to be seen by our health providers online. That’s what Akira does: Via text and video conferencing, its doctors and nurse practitioners can examine you, give advice, order lab work, refer to specialists and write prescriptions — all without you leaving the couch. All this raises questions about

what role the for-profit tech industry should play in Canadian health care, where medically necessary services are privately provided, but publicly funded and free; a right many Canadians hold sacred. Plans are in the works to expand across the country, Akira CEO Dustin Walper said, but it could take awhile because what services are covered varies from province to province. Health care, like transportation and communication, could benefit from a bit of disruption from the tech sector, he added. Pascale Lehoux, public health innovation professor at L’Université de Montreal, is less enthusiastic. “The electronic health industry is very heterogeneous, including many small startup firms that have to generate a lot of “buzz” for investors … these firms have to chase the most profitable business model (e.g., clients with low health risks),” she said in an email. Lehoux is not confident private, digital health services will ease the burden on Canada’s overtaxed health system. “From a public health perspective, such firms are unlikely

to respond to pressing needs,” she said. “They respond to the needs/ anxieties of (potentially wealthy) clients and work with physicians who are highly sensitive to financial incentives. What kind of health outcomes shall one expect from that?” Akira’s doctors are paid by the day by the company, regardless of how many patients those doctors see, and visits are unlimited. The company also relies on patients to give their medical history. Akira will send its records to your doctor, with permission, but the reverse isn’t possible — your family doctor can’t share your electronic medical record with Akira. Walper said it’s not for him to say whether Akira is eventually covered by provincial plans, private insurance, or continues as an out-of-pocket service. But he thinks one day Canadian hospitals will come knocking, wanting to use the technology that companies like his have developed. “If we don’t incubate and innovate our own companies in this country, down the road, we’re just going to buy the technology from someone else.”

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Don’t let chores breed resentment relationships

Couples need a system for dividing responsibilities Sofi Papamarko

Torstar News Service Jen Horsey travels a lot for work. So does her boyfriend. Sometimes, things get messy. “When I get home from a trip, I unpack right away,” says Horsey, a marketing professional. “I put the dirty clothes in the laundry, stow the suitcase and restore all my toiletries to the bathroom — even if I’m only home for a couple of days before I leave again. He, on the other hand, just opens his suitcase and lets it vomit its contents all over our bedroom floor.” Horsey doesn’t consider herself a neat freak — houses are meant to be lived in, after all — but she does prefer it when things look tidy. “My boyfriend doesn’t notice mess the same way I do,” Horsey says. It’s not a gender thing. Nine times out of 10, my own boyfriend’s place is immaculate. Whereas I am writing this on a coffee table littered with old magazines, bottles of nail polish and a constellation of pistachio shells. (I’ll get to it later, okay?) No matter how compatible you may be with your partner, if you have different cleanliness ideals, could it spell trouble for your relationship? I asked Toronto psychotherapist and couples counsellor, Kirk Austensen. “(Cleanliness and) the division of household labour is absolutely an issue in a relationship,” he says. Austensen explains that in relationships where there is this type of imbalance, there is usually one person who is an “overdoer,” while the second is a more laissez-faire person.

The labour imbalance eventually breeds resentment. “Resentment is the number one relationship killer,” says Austensen. Hiring a regular cleaning service is a great solution. But what about couples and families who can’t afford it? Austensen recommends that couples communicate and create a vision or plan that works for them (for instance, one partner does the cooking and cleaning and then other partner does the

laundry, yardwork and handles the bulk of the childcare). If one of the partners slips up, nagging is definitely not the way to go, as it could breed further resentment. “There has to be feedback and positive acknowledgement,” says Austensen. “Couples should be checking in with each other about the things that they’re both doing and contributing, ensuring that they’re honouring their commitments.”

Jen Horsey and her boyfriend don’t exactly see eye-to-eye on when it comes to how quickly one should unpack a suitcase after a trip. torstar news service

ANIMAL BRIEF Harambe lives: In memes With online declarations such as “Harambe Lives!” the Ohio zoo gorilla shot and killed after a three-year-old boy got into his enclosure has taken on life after death. The late 17-year-old great ape has shown up in tongue-in-cheek petitions to rename the hometown Cincinnati Bengals, to add his face to Mount Rushmore or the Lincoln Memorial, and to put him on the dollar bill. Harambe remembrances began soberly, with a legitimate “Justice for Harambe” petition seeking to hold the boy’s mother responsible in his May 28 death. The county prosecutor ruled there was no cause for charges. But the zoo’s hopes of moving on have been countered by continued reminders. “We are not amused by the memes, petitions and signs about Harambe,” Thane Maynard, Cincinnati Zoo director, said by email. “Our zoo family is still healing.” the associated press

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Meet Gunner: He loves swims, snacks and Underdog When two-time Paralympian Katarina Roxon first laid eyes on Gunner, she knew he was the perfect dog for her. The only catch was he belonged to someone else. Lucky for Roxon, that someone was her close friend, Travis, and the two decided to give joint custody a try. With the countdown on to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Roxon’s time is divided between the pool and the gym — and her

part-time pooch is always game to join her for a 10-kilometre run. But it’s in the water where both Roxon and Gunner are happiest. As the current world recordholder in the 50-metre backstroke, Roxon is not only out to defend her title, but also medal in all six other events in which she’s competing starting Sept. 9. Here we’re put Roxon to the test with part of the personality questionnaire made famous by

French novelist Marcel Proust. What is Gunner’s idea of perfect happiness? Definitely being in the water — whether it’s clean or dirty water, he really doesn’t care — he will go in and have a big old splash. He loves it. Who is Gunner’s hero of fiction? Underdog (Disney’s canine

superhero). So in the movie, the dog can fly. Gunner will jump off absolutely everything, so I think he thinks he can fly just like Underdog. What would Gunner’s favourite occupation be? Professional food taster. He will eat anything. What is Gunner’s most treasured possession?

His ball. We take it whenever we go to the dog park — and he isn’t afraid to share with other dogs. He’s really cool about it. We’ll throw the ball and the other dog goes and gets it — Gunner will chase after it too but he’ll let the other dog get it — then, we’ll get the owner to give the ball back and we’ll throw it again.

Katarina Roxon and Gunner.

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Food

Soggy pizza stirs summer memories essay

Not every child gets the campfire and pine tree experience

As immigrants from Hong Kong, where temperatures average 30 C in the summer and the humidity gets so intense you have to refrigerate bread or else it gets mouldy, my mom found it perplexing that people would willingly leave an air-conditioned home and sleep in a tent or eat on a patio

Karon Liu

Torstar News Service The quintessential scents of a Canadian summer are the whiffs of pine trees seeping through the car windows while pulling up to the cottage; the morning air that greets you when you open your tent; and the smoky aroma of marshmallows over an open flame. At least, that’s what I was brought up to think were the smells of summer while I was watching TV. Truthfully, the summer scents of my childhood consisted of soggy Pizza Pops, Kraft Dinner and lukewarm pizza bagels eaten in a woodpanelled basement with yellowy fluorescent lights. My sister and I didn’t spend a lot of time outside when we were kids. As immigrants from Hong Kong, where temperatures average 30 C in the summer and the humidity gets so intense you have to refrigerate bread or else it gets mouldy, my mom found it perplexing that people would willingly leave an air-conditioned home and sleep in a tent or eat on a patio. My mom is also one of those moms that would forward you

Karon Liu

Karon Liu writes that this summer he’s cooped up in the Torstar test kitchen — where no microwaveable pizza is allowed. torstar news service

emails in all-caps believing that urban legends were real. She’d tell us stories of strangers pricking people with AIDS-infected needles in movie theatres, and my favourite: kids being kidnapped, killed and then having their bodies used to smuggle cocaine past airport security. You know, stuff you’d tell a 7-year-old. We didn’t believe her, but

we were still forbidden to go outside without adult supervision — including the backyard. So when school was done for the year, we’d just stay inside all day. My grandma was still living with us at the time and she watched us while my parents were at work. She’d heat up a can of alphabet soup for my sister and I while we watched The Price is Right

followed by The Flintstones. After that it would be another block of TV-watching in the basement before the afternoon hunger pangs set in. Our fridge was stocked with all kinds of frozen junk food stockpiled from Costco: Pizza Pops, Bagel Bites, French fries. My parents knew this was the bottom of the barrel when it came to nutrition, but it was

quick to heat up and didn’t require my sister or me to turn on the stove. As first generation kids growing up in the ’90s — a time when sushi and hummus were still exotic to the masses — we wanted to fit in with all the other kids and stuff ourselves with the junk food we saw on TV. I can still conjure up the moist and funky

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“Michael, I told you to rub my hair for good luck,” host Alec Baldwin says to a contestant on this 1970s game show revamp, where two competitors play fillin-the blank with six celebrity panelists. “That was a typo. It should be my balls.” The audience roars. “What would you do with $25,000 if you won?” Baldwin asks Michael. Panelist Leslie Jones pipes: “Get someone to rub his balls!” (Other celebs include Jack McBrayer, Cheryl Hines, Josh Charles and Rosie O’Donnell.) The audience roars. Match Game is part of a threehour, Sunday night block of vintage game shows — the other two are Celebrity Family Feud and $100,000 Pyramid — that ABC is running as counter-programming to the brainier fare

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The post-secondary parent Between slinging diapers, soothing meltdowns and finding a second to snooze, new parents might rank ‘going back to school’ quite low on their priority list. But for the brave bunch who take on the challenge every year, the approach of the first semester can often lead to stress, second thoughts, and even more sleepless nights than usual. “I would say to them first of all that we see it all the time,” says Carole Morrison, director of Queens University’s Ban Righ Centre, which provides assistance for women returning to education. “We see that it is possible. Definitely possible.” Morrison adds that new parents, having already encountered an extraordinary life change, will come to class equipped with organizational skills and self-discipline, often giving them an academic advantage over many of their colleagues. “These students often do really well if they access the programs that are available to them,” says Morrison, pointing to resources such as academic counselors, peer support groups, financial aid services and on-campus childcare. “They shouldn’t hesitate to maximize the support they need.”

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Running back, Arizona Cardinals Bona fides: Led the NFL with 2,006 rushing yards in 2009. Career includes TD runs of 91 and 94 yards. Verifiable speed: Covered 100 metres in 10.38 seconds in high school. Fast as Bolt because: He holds the NFL combine 40-yard dash record at 4.24 seconds. Bolt’s 40yard split from his world-record run is 4.35. Flaw in the logic: NFL combine clock starts on movement. Track clock starts with the gun. Subtracting Bolt’s reaction time brings him to 4.19 seconds. Odds of beating Bolt: 100 per cent chance of watching Bolt disappear into the distance.

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USA rugby sevens wing Bona fides: College sprinter and football player who transitioned to rugby sevens in 2012. Has 29 caps with U.S. sevens. Verifiable speed: Ran track while also training for the Olympic rugby tournament. Recorded a 10.15-second 100 metres in June. Fast as Bolt because: Rugby coaches have timed him at 2.67 over 20 metres. Bolt covered that distance in 2.88 during his world-record run. Flaw in the logic: The numbers don’t add up. Bolt hit 60 metres at 6.29 when he set the record. Isles’ 60-metre best is 6.65 seconds. Odds of beating Bolt: Isles’ 100-metre personal best is 448th all-time. Bolt is No. 1. Do the math.

Fullback, Arsenal Bona fides: Spanish fullback is entering his second full season with the Gunners. Uses his “world class” speed to prevent goals. Verifiable speed: He doesn’t appear in track databases. Fast as Bolt because: Was once timed in 4.42 seconds over 40 metres. It’s an “Arsenal record” and .23 faster than Bolt’s world-record 40-metre split. Flaw in the logic: The feat has received plenty of media coverage but has the hallmarks of a tall tale. Was it timed by hand? By GPS? Standing start? Running start? Details don’t exist. Odds of beating Bolt: LOL per cent.

Koivu named captain once again for Team Finland Mikko Koivu will serve as Finland’s captain for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey. Koivu has been the Minnesota Wild’s captain since 2009. He was captain for Finland at three world championships, winning in 2011. The six-foot-three centre has 161 goals and 395 assists in 763 NHL games. The Associated Press

Canada’s Little Leaguers struggle vs. South Korea Jungtaek Ru was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and three Seoul pitchers combined to strike out 15 as South Korea beat Canada 10-0 in five innings on Monday night in the Little League World Series. Starter Youbin Choi and reliever Wontae Cho struck out Canada’s first 14 batters. South Korea’s offence broke it open with four runs in the fourth and again in fifth. The Associated Press

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Oleksiak leaves McDavid amazed Hockey

Oilers star relates to being in spotlight as a teenager He spent 45 games in his rookie season making jaws drop and convincing millions of fans that, despite being just a kid, he belongs on hockey’s biggest stage. Over the last two weeks, Connor McDavid learned what it feels like to watch that. The Edmonton Oilers centre said he watched every day of the Summer Olympics and, like the rest of Canada, was in awe of what 16-year-old swimmer Penny Oleksiak was able to accomplish. The Toronto native won four medals in the pool — gold in the women’s 100-metre freestyle, silver in the 100 butterfly and bronze in the 4x100 freestyle relay and the 4x200 freestyle relay. “The thing that I think stood out for me the most was what Oleksiak did. It was absolutely amazing,” McDavid said Monday, while in Toronto for the annual BioSteel camp. “For her to be only 16 and to do that, it’s pretty spectacular.” After living up to the enormous generational-player hype that came with his rookie season, McDavid should be able to relate to Oleksiak’s summer. Injuries limited him to 45 games, but he still racked up 48 points (16 goals, 32 assists) after being taken first overall by the Oilers last summer. McDavid sees Oleksiak in a different stratosphere, though. Penny “I think what she did was so Oleksiak Getty Images different,” he said.

IN BRIEF Trumbo’s 38th homer paces Orioles past Nats Mark Trumbo hit his major league-leading 38th home run, Jonathan Schoop also went deep and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 Monday night in a matchup between neighbouring contenders. Rookie Dylan Bundy (7-4) pitched six innings of three-hit ball for the Orioles, who had lost five of their previous six games — all at home. The Associated PRess

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“She was a few years younger being named the Oilers’ captain than me, competing against this year, after the team didn’t people even older and on an have one last year, choosing to even bigger stage. I think what use alternates throughout the she did was even greater.” season. McDavid didn’t want to He might see the comparison venture into that idea too much working out in Oleksiak’s on Monday, but the underfavour, but with half stands the responsibila season under his ity that comes with belt and just 19 it. World Tour now, McDavid “It’d mean so McDavid will play is already conmuch. It’s one for the North American sidered one of of the biggest under-23 team at next the top playthings,” he month’s World Cup of said. “That’s ers in the NHL. Hockey in Toronto, then still to be deAt six-foot-one rejoin the Oilers in early and 190 pounds termined, and October. with peach-fuzz I don’t want to stubble on his face, talk about it too he’ll still look like a much. I just want to boy in a man’s world when go in and have a great his second season starts this fall. camp and show everyone that Everyone knows now, though, I’m not some 18-year-old kid that’s not the case. anymore.” It’s not illogical to picture him Torstar News Service MLB

Price’s Red Sox share 1st with Jays David Price limited his old team to two hits in eight scoreless innings, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Monday night to move into a tie with the Blues Jays for first place in the AL East. Price (12-8) walked two, struck out eight and didn’t allow a runner past first base while extending Tampa Bay’s scoring drought against Boston to 25 innings dating to a series at Fenway Park before the All-Star break. Evan Longoria

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Ceri Marsh & Laura Keogh

For Metro Canada If you make three extra cobs of corn one night, you’re laughing the next with these easy tacos topped with tangy salsa and full of juicy cucumber and salty feta. Ready in 25 minutes Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Makes 10 small fritters Ingredients • 3 eggs • 2 cups corn kernals, about 3 cobs either boiled or grilled • 3 Tbsp corn meal • 4 Tbsp spelt flour • 2 green onions, chopped • salt and pepper to taste • 2 Tbsp vegetable oil

Directions 1. In a medium size mixing bowl, beat the eggs and then add the corn. Stir in the corn meal, flour, onions and then season with salt and pepper. 2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat until the oil is shimmery and hot. Cook the fritters in batches. Drop a heaping tablespoon of batter into the skittle. Flatten slightly with the back end of a spoon or spatula. Cook, turning once until browned, 4-6 minutes on each side. 3. Fritters can be reheated by placing on a sheet pan under a broiler for a minute or two.

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