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REEL JUSTICE Edmonton’s newest film festival will feature short films by seven youth, as well as art displays, at Metro Cinema metroNEWS

Maigan van der Giessen, organizer of the upcoming Justice for Reel festival, stands outside the Metro Cinema where the festival will take over this weekend. KEVIN TUONG/FOR METRO

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Urban Sparq appeals city rejection Ryan Tumilty

Metro | Edmonton Residents opposed to two proposed downtown mega-bars will have to gear up for another round, as the owners have appealed the city’s decision to turn them down. The Urban Sparq hospitality group filed an appeal Wednesday of the city’s refusal to grant a development permit for both of their proposed locations. The company wanted to build a 400-seat location on 104 Street and 102 Avenue and a 1,400-seat nightclub in the former Mother’s Market building. The city ruled both locations would “materially interfere

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with or affect the use, enjoyment or value of neighbouring properties,’ when it turned down the applications on Aug. 10. The company appealed to the subdivision and development appeal board, which will hear the case later this fall. In a statement Thursday, the company said it’s responding to demand as downtown changes. “The 104 Street pub would add to the core’s vibrancy as thousands of more people will patronize downtown establishments before and after events at the new Rogers Arena,” said Brendan Crooks, a senior manager with Urban Sparq. Crooks said there are several other large venues in the downtown near residential areas and the company is prepared to be a good neighbour. “We are listening to the community and we will ensure all reasonable management practices are in place to minimize community concerns,” he said.

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Love it or hate it, you can rate it The province is launching a pilot project in which the public can watch movies with experts and weigh in on the film classification of each one

Alberta’s ratings don’t always align with those in the rest of the country.

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The team responsible for watching and rating every single movie shown in Alberta is having a movie night, and you’re invited. The catch? They want your thoughts on drugs, sex and violence. Alberta Film Classification is currently recruiting volunteers for a new pilot project happening in September. They’ll show a recent movie, and follow it with a conversation about how it should be rated and why. “Film classification is not a question of ticking boxes. We don’t count swear words and automatically go to a certain ratings category,” said Paul Pearson, director of Arts Services with Alberta Culture and Tourism. “There’s a lot of subtlety and context and tone. So what we are hoping is to have some useful conversations about how Albertans feel about certain types of content.” Both film content and public attitudes shift over time. Pearson said in the decade he’s been involved there’s been an increase in things like crude humour — think fart jokes — drug use and certain types of sexual content. Some might be surprised that while the English-speaking provinces all use the same scale of G, PG, 14A, 18A and R, plus warnings for specific content, they all determine their own

Paul Pearson oversees Alberta Film Classification, responsible for rating commercial movies in the province. KEVIN TUONG/For Metro

rating. Alberta’s been doing it since 1913, and the provinces don’t always agree. Even though the ability to rate entertainment was granted to the provinces back in the days of silent film, Pearson argues it still makes sense. He says Canadian viewers are generally less tolerant of vio-

lence than Americans, but more OK with sexual content. There are regional differences, too. “There is a difference in community standards,” he said, “when we talk to Albertans (the opinion is) that viewers in Grande Prairie or Lethbridge or Edmonton are different than viewers in Vancouver or Toron-

to,” he said. Deadpool, for example, made headlines after getting slapped with an R rating in the States. Alberta eventually gave it a 14A, with warnings for nudity, sexual content and violence, although Ontario opted for an 18A. Pearson said it kick-started conversation about what 14A

actually means — they got more than 50 letters from people across the province. “It was great to see people engaging with content and engaging with what they’re seeing, and not just consuming it.” To volunteer for film ratings and discussions visit the Alberta Film Ratings website.

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Travel Alberta, Google capture the province’s natural beauty Mathew Silver

For Metro | Calgary Travel Alberta has joined forces with Google to give Albertans virtual access to the province’s most breathtaking landmarks. Google Trekker, a 40-lb backpack equipped with 15 cameras,

is being taken to previously unmapped locations across the province to document hiking trails and remote locations only accessible by foot. The content will be accessible on Google Street View, except instead of cars capturing images of the neighbourhood, there are a couple of brave photographers navigating the province’s rugged terrain. According to Phil Klassen, the vice president of marketing for Travel Alberta, the partnership will be a boon for the province’s tourism industry. “We want to encourage Albertans and our visitors globally to explore new places and try new

Travellers (will get) a new perspective on experiences available in Alberta. Phil Klassen

experiences. The addition of these new locations to Google Street View will give travellers a new perspective on experiences available in Alberta,” said Klassen. One of the photographers is Jeff Bartlett, who just finished a tour of the Crowsnest Pass. He

said he walks from 9 to 5 with a partner, taking shifts carrying the Trekker every couple of hours. When the three-week expedition concludes in September, Travel Alberta will have trekked through areas like HeadSmashed-In Buffalo Jump, the Canadian Badlands, and the fossil-rich landscapes around Grande Prairie, among others. Then the images will be sent to Google, where they will be stitched together by geniuses. The best part: It didn’t cost the province a dime. Klassen said it’s part of a larger partnership between Travel Alberta and Google.

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Epcor asks public to cut down water use Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton The raging, rising and muddy North Saskatchewan River has made it more difficult for Epcor to process drinking water, so they’re asking people to cut back. The utility company asked the public Thursday to keep showers short, delay doing laundry, and cut down on non-essential water uses like washing cars, watering lawns and filling swimming pools.

The company has reservoirs around the city that should give some buffer, but to extend their use the company would like people to use water responsibly. Chris Ward, the city’s utility services branch manager, said the city will restrict the flushing of sewers and watering of trees, among other things. “We have been requested to control our water usage as a city, and we’re putting procedures in place to make sure that we restrain our non-essential usage,” he said. The river rose four metres from Tuesday afternoon to Wed-

nesday night, causing flow rate to increase dramatically. It crested just after midnight and has been receding since then, dropping about nine inches by noon Thursday. Ward said there is still a possibility that more rain upstream of Edmonton — which caused the rise in the first place — could change that, so the city is continuing to closely monitor water levels. Several low-lying trails in the river valley remain closed until further notice. The water did not creep high enough to affect homes in the area.

The North Saskatchewan River rose four metres between Tuesday and Wednesday. Kevin Tuong/For Metro

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School bus or bust for job seekers unemployment

This year, bus companies see ‘huge influx’ of applications Alex Boyd

Metro | Edmonton Declining employment rates have eased one industry’s burden that’s struggled with recruitment in the past: school buses. With the first day of school just over a week away, many of the private companies are finding staffing easier than they have in years. Brian Hauptman, general manager with Golden Arrow School Buses said when he puts out an ad for a driver in Edmonton these days he gets upwards of 70 resumes a day. Two years ago, maybe seven or eight trickled in. “It’s certainly an improve-

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ment over what we’ve seen in the past, we’re pleased to see that,” he said. The demographics of who’s applying has also changed. The part-time job tends to appeal to stay-at-home parents and the semi-retired, he said, but now he’s seeing more interest from people laid off from other industries. That’s seconded by Godwin Eweka, a recruitment officer at First Student, who said he’s seen a “huge influx” of interest in bus driving over the last year. “There’s a large number of people who were involved in the oil industry who were really affected, who are looking for something like this to keep them afloat.” Hauptman, a 30-year veteran of the industry, said bus driving is often a canary in the economic coal mine. “When the economy is strong, even before it’s strong and everyone knows it, you know in this business, because recruitment becomes an issue.”

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FORT MAC EVACUEES COMING HOME Health officer declares 439 damaged homes safe Some of the last evacuees from the Fort McMurray wildfire are being allowed to return home after Alberta’s top health officer approved the cleanup of their neighbourhoods. “I am confident that the municipality has the plans, mitigations and tools in place to ensure people returning to these homes will be safe,” Karen Grimsrud said Thursday. Some 439 homes in two Fort McMurray

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Northlands will continue to charge a ticket surcharge for events at Rexall Place for now, but it’s not happy about it. As part of the downtown arena agreement with the Katz Group a ticket surcharge was put in place on future arena events, the proceeds of which will help pay off the building’s construction costs. There has been a similar surcharge on tickets at Rexall Place since 1994, with revenue going to Northlands. As part of the arena deal Northlands has to keep charging a surcharge, to keep the two arenas on a level playing field, but the revenue will now go to the city instead. Northlands CEO Tim Reid said they’ll charge the fee on tickets for events, but only because a

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Metro | Edmonton When Mike Allan was finally released from the hospice where doctors thought he would die of his terminal melanoma, all he wanted to do was walk again. “When I came out of hospice my body didn’t work, I’d been laid up for such a long time,” he said, “it was just determination that I was going to do it. It was a long way to the end of the driveway, he had to sit down perched on the curb at the end of the lawn, but he made it. It’s one of the moments Allan recreates in a new photo series called Melanoma Through My Lens. It’s a project created by the Save your Skin Foundation to try and kick-start a conversation around advanced melanoma. Allan believes he got his from tanning beds he used before going on vacation. Making matters worse, until recently, advanced melanoma had limited treatment options — something Allan remembers well. “When they told me I was terminal and there’s nothing we can do for you, there’s no cure, there’s no treatment, there’s nothing,” he said. “It’s a terrible feeling.”

bylaw legally requires them to. “We don’t believe that is necessarily a fair bylaw and we have been in discussions with the city,” Reid said. The surcharge came up in a report on Northlands Vision 2020 plan released Wednesday. The plan called for a dramatic overhaul of the site, but city administration largely rejected the idea as unworkable. The report suggests Northlands might file a legal claim over the issue. Northlands owes the city $47.4 million for the Expo Centre and Reid said having anything that stands in the way of making money hurts everyone involved. “We think it’s incredibly prohibitive to the success of Northlands and candidly to our ability to repay that debt,” he said. The city has not determined where the revenue from the Northlands surcharge will go.

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firmly believe the end is in sight.” The plant will take garbage that isn’t recyclable or compostable and convert it into methanol and ethanol. Ward said a process like this requires a lot of work to make sure the waste going in is properly sorted, and that has been one of the challenges. “If it was all one material it would be easy, but it’s not,” he said. Some builder’s liens and claims have been filed against Enerkem and some of those have named the city. Ward said the city is monitoring the claims, but believes they’re not a major issue. “Like any contractor building something, there may be some disputes with subcontractors.” ryan tumilty/metro

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Despite some delays and court proceedings, the city expects a facility that converts waste to biofuels will be up and running next year. In 2008 the city signed a deal with biofuel company Enerkem, granting them a lease on land at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. The city also agreed to provide the company with 100,000 tonnes of waste per year to feed the plant. Construction is now complete, but the plant is not yet up and running. Chris Ward, the city’s manger of utilities, said they believe the plant will be operational early next year. “We have really been working jointly with them to commission all of the facilities,” he said. “We

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Exhibition a first for son and father Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton A new 35-foot-tall art piece is hanging out in the Art Gallery of Alberta atrium. Artist Damian Moppett created the large mobile, titled Broken Fall, and helped install it to hang from the ceiling just past the entrance this week, with the help of several workers and heavy machinery. “There are not many places where you can hang a 35-foot mobile, so the art gallery here has a pretty unique space that we can take advantage of and actually hang it,” said Moppett, who is from Calgary and now lives in Vancouver. Broken Fall is the first large-

scale exhibition piece that has ever been installed from the gallery’s ceiling, and this marks the second time the piece has been shown in public. The mobile references the work of mobile maker Alexander Calder and has one piece lying off-kilter on the ground, which is where the name comes from. “It speaks to the fact that something that’s wrong or broken can be just as interesting, or that act of breaking something can be just as much a part of the creative act as making it in the first place,” Moppett said. Broken Fall offers an early look at the upcoming exhibition titled Damian Moppett and Ron Moppett (Every Story Has Two Sides), starting Sept. 17, which the artist will share with his father. The exhibition will mark the first time the father and son have had their work shown together. “It’s something I never thought would really happen,” Moppett said. “It’s been really fun, actually.”

Damian Moppett’s piece, Broken Fall, references the work of Alexander Calder. Kevin Tuong/For Metro

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Disappearance at lookout still cold It’s been a decade since 70-yearold Stephanie Stewart vanished while working alone at a wildfire lookout in dense mountain forest in northwestern Alberta. RCMP determined the healthy and adventurous senior, an experienced fire spotter who spent many summers living in the bush, was most probably a homicide victim. Spokesman Cpl. Hal Turnbull says tips continue to come in about the case, but there have been no arrests. Her body has never been found. “It’s a very puzzling thing,” Turnbull says. It was a sunny Saturday morning on Aug. 26, 2006, when Stewart was reported missing. The woman, who had spent the last dozen summers working at a lookout near Hinton had last talked with a family member the night before. When she failed to make her scheduled radio check-in for work that morning, another fire spotter was sent to her lookout to see if she was OK. She was gone. A pot of water had been left boiling on the stove and her

truck was still parked outside. Turnbull says forensic evidence and other information gathered during the early days of the investigation led officers to rule out that Stewart was attacked by an animal, died in an accident or suffered a medical episode that caused her to wander away.

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They concluded she was killed by someone. There are 127 fire lookouts in operation in Alberta. The provincial government added safety features to them after Stewart disappeared. Signs that used to point visitors toward popular lookouts have been taken down. Lookouts with road access now have locked gates. Staff are also trained in self-defence and are equipped with hand-held radios with panic buttons. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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You are invited to an Open House for a proposed rezoning and plan amendment in the area of 82 Avenue NW and 106 Street NW, the former Southpark car dealership.

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Location: Former Southpark Dealership Showroom, 10615 - 82 Ave NW (use entrance facing 106 St NW)

The proposed rezoning is for a (DC1) Direct Development Control Provision to allow for a high density, mixed use development with commercial and residential uses that could be developed within a variety of buildings, including towers.

The Open House will be an opportunity to learn more about the proposal and provide your feedback to the City and applicant. Feedback will be summarized for you and referenced in a report to City Council before they make their decision on the application.

The proposed plan amendment is to the Strathcona Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) to increase the scale of allowed development at this location.

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Plenty to see and do this weekend Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton SATURDAY Secret Alley Gallery The inaugural Edmonton event is opening with 20 unique pieces of art done by amateur and professional artists, following the theme “Eyes on the Street” — an homage to Jane Jacobs’ message that more eyes on the street make it a better place for everyone. The gallery will be animated with light and sound, and all art will be up for bidding via silent auction. Where: Just north of 10226 104 St. When: 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Anti-bullying vigil A candlelight vigil will be held for victims of bullying and violence, as part of the Don’t be a Bystander Campaign, which has held 13 events across the province. The event aims to empower bystanders to speak up for those who are being bullied. Where: The front steps of the Alberta Legislature When: 7:30 p.m. An Evening of Tibetan Song and Dance The Gaden Samten Ling Tibetan mediation society is hosting performers from the Tibetan Institute of performing arts. The performers have received high levels of training in classical and modern folk music, opera and dance. They last performed in Edmonton over ten years ago. The event is a celebration of the group’s 25th anniversary and they will also host an open house Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tickets for the concert are available at the door. Where: Royal Alberta Museum theatre, 12845 102 Avenue When: Doors open at 6 p.m.

SUNDAY 20 Women Hope for Ethiopia YEG has put together an afternoon of live music, Ethiopian coffee ceremonies, Ethiopian food by Walia, face-painting, and a silent auction among other activities. The event will raise funds for the Women’s Self-Help and MicroCredit Group project in Ethiopia. Where: Allendale Community League, 6330 105A St. When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. ALL WEEKEND Justice 4 Reel Film Festival The inaugural social justice film fest, sponsored by the Edmonton Community Foundation, will feature young local talent, Canadian documentaries and community conversations. Where: Metro Cinema, 8712 109 St. When: Starting Friday at 6:30 p.m. and wrapping up Sunday at 4 p.m. Vixens of Vintage Summer Bazaar Market This market is your source for all things vintage, vintageinspired and upcycled vintage. Eighty vendors will be on hand, as well as live entertainment and a food truck. Where: Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre, 10440 108 Ave. When: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meet the Olympians Before the Edmonton Eskimos take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday evening, Rio Olympians Jen Kish and Stephanie Labbé will be signing autographs at Commonwealth Stadium. Both women took home bronze medals at the games, with Kish leading the women’s rugby sevens team and Labbé playing soccer. Where: Commonwealth Stadium When: 7:30 p.m.

Maigan van der Giessen, organizer of the upcoming Justice for Reel festival, stands outside the Metro Cinema.

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inspired the filmmaker to make the film.” For 20-year-old Albert Savel, inspiration came from a personal issue. “There’s a big homelessness issue in Edmonton. I wanted to shed light on it and address it through my film. Hopefully my story of experiencing it for a number of years … will help push for change,” he said. Savel, who tells his story through song, said he was thrilled at the opportunity to create a film and to share his work. “It’s something that I didn’t think I’d have an opportunity to do,” he said.

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PM urges Liberals to focus on growing middle class Saguenay, Que.

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‘We need to look 40 years down the road,’ Trudeau says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned his Liberal MPs on Thursday to resist resting on their laurels now that they have formed government, and to avoid becoming too distracted by the daily ups and downs of life in politics. “We should be proud of what we’ve accomplished, but never satisfied,” Trudeau told the national Liberal caucus, which gathered in Saguenay, Que., to hammer out the legislative and political agenda before returning to Parliament Hill next month. “I know that it’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day, but let’s never forget why we are all here in this room — to help the middle class and those working hard to join it.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to the beginning of a caucus meeting in Saguenay, Que., on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS

The prime minister said that vision applies not just for the rest of the year, nor even the rest of the majority Liberal mandate before the 2019 election. “As a government, we need to look 40 years down the road, not just four. To the next generation, not just to the next election. Because when a government takes that long view, it can deliver extraordinary results for Canadians,” he said.

The fight against climate change is one particularly “daunting challenge” that lies ahead, Trudeau noted. Thursday’s long-game reminder from Trudeau also comes after a rough few days of negative attention over expensive mistakes by some rookie ministers, such as the thousands Health Minister Jane Philpott spent to be chauffeured around in a luxury vehicle

Trudeau has joined a social media campaign urging world leaders to acknowledge that poverty has a disproportionate impact on girls and women. “Women and girls are less likely to get an education, more likely to be impoverished, and face greater risk of disease and poor health,” Trudeau wrote in a letter. The letter was crafted in response to a call from the ONE Campaign, which promotes maternal and child health projects in developing countries.

owned by a Liberal volunteer. The caucus retreat is a way for Liberal MPs to reconnect after the summer away from Ottawa, but also to get updates from cabinet ministers on their legislative plans for the fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Lone wolves are main terror threat: Report The main terrorist threat on Canadian soil remains lone wolves or small groups inspired by ideology to carry out attacks, a new public safety report states. The 2016 report on terrorist threats to Canada drew a distinction between attacks “inspired” by extremist ideology versus those “directed” by terrorist organizations abroad. “As with the 2014 attacks in Canada, an individual or small group can be inspired to carry out an act of violence … with little

or no warning,” states the report. “Such attacks can target areas with limited or no security, including crowded public places and public transportation. Even small-scale terrorist attacks have significant psychological and economic impacts.” The October 2014 attacks in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., and Ottawa seem to fit the theory. The report comes as the Liberal government prepares to review Canada’s national security framework. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

in brief Crossbow attack leaves three dead, one injured Three people suffering from what appeared to be wounds from a crossbow were pronounced dead Thursday in an incident that rocked a Toronto neighbourhood, police said. An injured 35-yearold man was taken into custody. Two men and a woman were pronounced dead a short time later. A crossbow was found nearby on the floor.

Overdoses up at city’s supervised-injection site Drug overdoses have spiked this week at Vancouver’s supervised-injection site as workers report noticing an unknown substance has appeared on the streets. There were 26 overdoses in and around Insite over the two days between Tuesday and Thursday mornings, almost half of which took place during a 24-hour period beginning Wednesday morning.

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Research may determine if protein shakes can aid seniors Researchers at the University of New Brunswick have launched a study to find out whether a protein drink can help build muscle — without exercise. Danielle Bouchard and Martin Senechal are concentrating the study on adults over the age of 65. “We have been hitting our heads against the wall to get older adults to gain significant muscle mass by doing exercise or anything else. It’s hard to get older adults to gain muscle mass after a certain age,” Bouchard said Thursday. U.S.-based company Plasma Nutrition believes its product, called Moto Protein, has greater benefits than other protein shakes because it is more easily digested, said Bouchard. “If you take more protein you gain more muscle mass and for older adults, having

has never been tested to see if it has clinical implications for older folks. “Are they more able to get out of a chair? Are they more able to keep their balance? Are they more able to lift weights? At the end, that’s what older adults are looking for is the result of gaining muscle mass.” Bouchard said getting adequate protein is important for everyone, especially seniors and others who may be inactive. The researchers are still looking for a few more men and women in the Fredericton area to take part in the study. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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more muscle mass equals less risk of different chronic conditions, having less need for help and having more function. Being independent longer is the ultimate goal,” she said. Bouchard said the 12-week

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pared with a second group that will be given a regular protein drink. Bouchard said while Moto Protein has been on the market for some time and is approved by Health Canada, it

‘Lives are at stake’ First Nations leaders expressed dismay Thursday that two communities in northern Ontario were given less than a week’s notice from Health Canada that their federally run nursing stations would be temporarily closed. Keewaywin First Nation and Nibinamik First Nation were told in a memo dated Tuesday that the federal department was planning to put a temporary alternative medical plan in place by the end of this week. The memo, dated Aug. 23, suggested the communities would have to access telemedicine — treatment and diagnosis remotely, either over the phone or via video link — at a nursing station in another community. The short notice was unacceptable, said Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler, noting the memo prompted unnecessary chaos and confusion on the ground. Charlie Angus, an Ontario NDP MP, urged Health Minister Jane Philpott to address the grave state of indigenous health. “She’s aware of this crisis, she knows the magnitude of the crisis, she knows lives are at stake,” Angus said.

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Canadian among quake victims Natural Disaster

Canada’s Italian community looking into recovery efforts A Canadian citizen was killed and another injured when an earthquake struck a mountainous stretch of Italy on Wednesday, leaving 250 people dead and thousands homeless, Global Affairs Canada said. “I was extremely saddened to see the tragic loss of life following the devastating earthquake in central Italy, which now includes the death of a Canadian citizen,” Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion said in a statement Thursday. “We share in the grief of the lives cut short by this terrible event.” The foreign affairs department did not release the name of the victim, citing privacy concerns. The 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 3:36 a.m. Wednesday, injuring at least 365 people and reducing four historic towns in the Appenine Mountains of central Italy to rubble. It was the

deadliest earthquake to hit the country since 2009, when a seismic shift shattered L’Aquila — less than 100 kilometres from this week’s devastation — killing more than 300 people. Officials say 72 Canadians were registered as being in the area when the earthquake struck, though they did not say whether any Canadians are missing. Vaughan resident Sam Ciccolini, 72, returned from the region less than two weeks ago, strolling the narrow streets of villages now smothered in concrete rubble and debris. Ciccolini says 48 family members live in a mountain village 100 kilometres southeast of the quake’s epicenter. “At 4:30 a.m., I get a What’sApp from (my niece) saying, ‘There’s an earthquake outside our hometown. We are all scared for the aftershocks, but no destruction yet,’” recalled Ciccilini, who grew up in central Italy. “As soon as day broke and the aerial shots were coming in, I said, ‘Oh my god. Entire towns.’” Ciccolini is the vice-chair of Villa Charities, which helped raise money following the 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila and fund-

As soon as day broke and the aerial shots were coming in, I said, ‘Oh my god. Entire towns.’ Sam Ciccolini

Emergency workers on Thursday search the rubble of a building destroyed during an earthquake in Amatrice, Italy. Getty Images

ed a new community centre. Bob Sacco, president of the National Federation of Canadian Italian Business and Professional Associations, says that while it’s still early, his organization is looking at options to support

recovery efforts. “I got a lot of calls from our chapters in Montreal and various chapters across Canada that basically said, ‘How can we help?’ The first step is really to figure out who the right people are to

have an idea and do an effective plan,” he said. Seven years ago, Sacco was involved in the Abruzzo Earthquake Relief Fund, which raised $2 million for a new medical research facility at the University

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of L’Aquila. Another $400,000 was donated to the Red Cross. “The Italian community stepped up to the plate when that happened there, and I’m sure they’ll do that this time as well,” Sacco said. The four towns and villages hit hardest were Amatrice, Pescara del Tronto, Arquata del Tronto and Accumoli. All have medieval roots with centuries-old buildings. Constantin Christopoulos, professor of civil engineering at the University of Toronto, said the proximity of the quake’s epicentre to the villages and towns affected played a big role in the devastation, on top of sheer magnitude. “The closer the epicenter to the populated areas, the more damage that we see,” Christopoulos said, noting the four communities sat within 12 kilometres of the seismic source. “Many of the buildings that we’re seeing on TV — some of these look like older stone and unreinforced masonry construction — were not designed to withstand earthquake loading and are therefore prone to damage,” he said. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE Syria

Burkini ban faces Rebels to threat of challenge surrender suburb of

France’s highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns in the country and abroad about police forcing Muslim women to disrobe. Images of uniformed police appearing to require a woman to take off her tunic, and media accounts of similar incidents, have elicited shock and anger online this week. Some fear that burkini bans in several French towns, based on a strict application of French secularism policies, are worsening religious tensions. Divisions have emerged in President Francois Hollande’s government over the bans, and protests have been held in London and Berlin by those defending women’s right to wear what they want. Critics of the local decrees have said the orders are too vague, prompting local police officials to fine even women wearing the traditional Islamic headscarf and hijab, but not burkinis. The bans do not use the word “burkini” but forbid in a general way clothing that is ostentatiously religious. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on BFM television on Thursday that burkinis represent the “enslavement of women” and reiterated support for the bans

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— but urged police to implement the bans fairly and respectfully. Two human-rights groups, arguing the bans are discriminatory, appealed to the Council of State. The council held a hearing Thursday and is expected to issue a ruling on Friday. The ruling specifically concerns a ban in the Riviera town of VilleneuveLoubet, but the decision will be binding and set a legal precedent on the increasingly heated question of whether cities can tell Muslim women what to wear on the beach.

After four years of grueling bombardment and crippling siege, the remaining residents and rebels of a Damascus suburb agreed to surrender and evacuate under the terms of an agreement reached Thursday, Syrian government and opposition activists said. The surrender of Daraya is a success for President Bashar Assad’s government only a few kilometres from his seat of power, removing what has been a persistent threat to the capital and strategic military bases nearby. “No one will remain,” said Hussam Ayash, a Daraya activist and member of the town’s local council. “We are being forced to leave, but our condition has deteriorated to the point of being unbearable. “We withstood for four years but we couldn’t any longer,” he said, in tears. Daraya has been besieged for nearly four years, with only one food delivery by the United Nations allowed to reach the district during this time.

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Gov. John Bel Edwards flew across south Louisiana Thursday, surveying flood damage from a helicopter and talking with people in a city that flooded and in one where a heroic effort by volunteers and others held floodwaters back. At a subdivision in Youngsville, near Lafayette, every third or fourth house still had a pile of flood debris on the lawn, a sign that occupants were still gutting and clearing damage. At other houses, remnants

showed where similar piles had been hauled away. “You know I pay my taxes, I worked ... I’ve never been late a day of my life,” said Kimberly Moore, who came up to the governor as he walked down the street. But now, she said, she cannot get the help she needs. Edwards said afterward that, like thousands of people whose homes flooded this month across 20 parishes, people in Youngsville were in areas that

had never flooded and didn’t have to buy flood insurance. “The insurance was designed to make you whole after you’ve suffered damages,” he said, but help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency cannot do that. “Though we are bringing to bear all the FEMA relief we can and what’s allowed by statute, it’s not going to be enough to make people whole, and that’s unfortunate,” he said. the associated press

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and moderate suburban whites, Trump may well lose part of the anti-immigration base that propelled him to the nomination. “Trump probably just threw away his only remaining chance to win in November with Wednesday’s Jeb Bush impersonation,” Mark Krikorian, executive director of the conservative Center for Immigration Studies, wrote in the National Review. “Many of the voters who stuck with him through his various antics will start drifting away.” As usual with the mercurial candidate, caution is in order. He has not committed to any specific new policy, he has just launched a television ad warning of immigrant hordes, and some liberals suspect he is merely making an attempt to appease moderates with meaningless August rhetoric while maintaining his hardline stance. “He hasn’t changed his position on immigration. He’s changed the words that he is saying,” spokeswoman Katrina Pierson said Thursday morning on CNN. Trump added to the confusion in the afternoon by saying on CNN, “There is no path to legalization unless they leave the country and then come back.” But his comments this week are remarkable no matter where he lands. After spending months of the Republican primary lambasting opponents like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio as “weak” advocates of “amnesty,” he has begun to signal this week that he might adopt the key components of their policies. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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The skyrocketing price for the rescue medication carried by people at risk for potentially life-threatening anaphylaxis has created a furor in the U.S., but there’s no need for Canadians who use the device to panic, says the head of Food Allergy Canada. “The regulatory pricing system here is different than in the U.S., and so we have not seen huge increases for the device year over year,” Laurie Harada, the organization’s

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David’s Tea, Starbucks brew up icy drink growth A cold front is moving into the already saturated regular coffee market in Canada, thanks to younger consumers. “There’s no real growth in hot coffee. It’s all been done, so the cold beverage market is the evolution for these chains,” Doug Fisher, a longtime food service industry analyst, notes. According to research firm NPD Group, iced coffee has seen a 16.9 per cent growth in sales at “quick service” or fast food restaurants in Canada in the 12 months ending June 2016. And the cold category’s popularity is no longer limited to the steamy summer months either. “We have seen an increased

16.9 per cent growth in iced coffee at fast food joints in Canada over the last year 30 per cent growth in icy drinks at Starbucks in last two years 23.4 per cent growth in iced coffee segment at McCafés in Canada 85 per cent of tea con sumed in the U.S. is iced

shift in consumer preference from hot to cold throughout the whole year,” says Mary Graham, vice president, category brand management, Starbucks Canada. The java giant has enjoyed a 30 per cent growth in sales over the last two years of all things chilled, from their Frappuccino and new Cold Brew to their Teavana line of products.

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McDonald’s is also seeing strong iced coffee growth of 23.4 per cent at its McCafé counters over the last year. Starbucks’ iced tea business in Canada has grown 41 per cent since August 2014. Approximately 85 per cent of tea consumed in America

is iced, according to the Tea Association of the U.S.A. With this in mind, Montreal-based Davids Tea is brewing up a rapid expansion in the U.S. The Tea Association of Canada says frequent innovation and constant marketing of new products have helped keep tea top-of-mind for consumers, especially millennials, who are more likely than older generations to drink the beverage. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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business. The bank surprised some analysts by raising its quarterly divided by two cents to 83 cents per share. BMO, the first of the Big Five to report this week, saw profits grow four per cent to $1.3 billion during the quarter. Scotiabank is slated to report on Aug. 30, The performance of the big Canadian banks is seen as a bellwether of the economy because their lending, deposit and capital markets businesses are dependent on how consum-

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The Ontario Public Service Employees Union opposes the recent partnership between McDonald’s Canada and Ontario’s colleges to offer advance placement to the chain’s managers who complete some internal training. OPSEU president Warren Thomas said in a statement that students are the biggest losers of this arrangement, which allows them to bypass the first year of a business or business administration diploma at Ontario’s 24 public colleges. He said employers will value those diplomas less and the students will lose out on highquality education. OPSEU — which represents about 130,000 workers in Ontario, including community college employees — called it a chilling precedent of outsourcing the responsibility of

public education to private corporations, like McDonald’s. Colleges Ontario president and CEO Linda Franklin said in a statement that the current economy calls for innovative new approaches to strengthen the training of the workforce. Franklin said a great deal of due diligence was done to ensure that quality standards would be maintained and students were set up for success. She called the training program comprehensive and consistent and said this will give the company’s employees a chance to further their education and training. Sharon Ramalho, McDonald’s Canada’s so-called chief people officer, previously said its managers receive training that covers many of the same skills students would learn in the first year of a business program. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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It’s literally what happens in the opening scene of the global warming disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow. The massive crack in the 350-metre-thick Larsen C ice shelf, which hangs off the northern edge of Antarctica, has grown an unprecedented 22 kilometres since March. The reason: Climate change. The result: It will break off. And it could be bad. 100 km

The Larsen C ice shelf has a crack 130 km x 350 m — 100 metres wider than last year. A massive piece, a little smaller than Scotland, will soon break off. Mathematical models of two possible scenarios predict 9 to 12 per cent of the shelf will break away. No one knows when. The more severe case (Scenario II) is now more likely, University of Swansea researchers say. It’s cracking up for two reasons: The top layer of snow is becoming more compact (losing air) because the air is warming, and warming ocean currents are melting it from below. The shelf’s afloat, so a break-up won’t make sea level rise instantly. But a jagged edge could make the whole thing unstable. Worst case: If the whole thing disintegrates and all the glacial ice it’s holding back melts, the result SCENARIO I could be a 10-centimetre sea level rise.

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Instead of answering a question this week, I have a confession. It’s the reason I’m Metro’s citizen scientist, and not a real scientist. It’s why I’m not a data journalist. I never took math seriously in high school or university, and I’m paying for it now. Math and I parted ways in 2007 when I placed the final exam for mandatory first-year calculus on a table covered in all the hair I’d pulled out in the preceding three hours. I suspect the 72 I earned was closer to a 52, because we were graded on a curve. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, PRINT

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For Metro Canada Jason Statham isn’t so much an actor as he is a brand. When you go to McDonald’s you know you can expect the two all beef patties, special sauce and the sesame seed bun to taste the same whether you’re in Calgary or Hong Kong. It’s that kind of brand management that has made Statham a star. You know what to expect from his movies — rippling abs, some high kicking action, his trademarked facial stubble and loads of explosions. It’s a simple formula but one that works for his fans. Perhaps the advertising slogan for his new film, Mechanic: Resurrection should be New, But Still Exactly the Same. Statham returns to the role of Arthur Bishop, a part originated by Charles Bronson and resuscitated by Statham in 2011’s The Mechanic. The new film finds the actor playing a variation on his Statham Character #1 in which he is a “loner with a past who must protect a loved one,” as opposed to Statham Character #2 which is the “loner with a past who must protect a youthful innocent.”

As Bishop, he has put the bloody work of professional assassin in the past and is now trying to lead a normal life. When a villain kidnaps the love of his life, however, he must get his hands dirty and return to his specialty, killing people and making it look like an accident. What Statham lacks in range he makes up for in muscle tone. His well-crafted on-screen persona is equal parts stoic masculinity and lithe athletic ability. He’s Charles Bronson (who starred in the original The Mechanic in 1972) with better moves, a man of action and few words in the mould of Clint Eastwood, if Clint had a better roundhouse kick. In Mechanic: Resurrection, his 38th film since 1998 (and he has at least three more in the pipeline), he doesn’t do anything we haven’t seen him do before, but no matter, he simply does the things we expect him to do. That’s what brands do, and as movie brands go these days he’s about as reliable as it gets. He is either remarkably consistent or just really enjoys playing guys who can break your neck with a steely gaze. Recently, a scientific poll —

OK, I posted a question on facebook — posed this question: What makes Statham movies so popular? Here are some of the comments: • His Blue Steel stare puts Zoolander to shame! • His complete lack of facial movement? It’s like if Buster Keaton were an emotionless British killing machine. • He always manages to kick someone’s butt while being tied to a chair. • Not since Don Johnson, circa Miami Vice, has an actor managed to maintain a perfect three-day stubble… Statham’s movies are predictable as heck. “You gotta be kidding me!” you’ll be tempted to say at some of the plot twists, if only the movie’s characters didn’t beat you to it. They are cliché-a-thons, but because Statham understands his audience and persona his films are dumb good fun. His über-macho presence is more important than the scripts. As long as he is in motion, running and leaping, kicking and punching, and giving voice to action movie platitudes in his distinctive English rasp, his pictures work.

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Actress directs herself in film adaptation of Jerusalem book Steve Gow

For Metro Canada It took more than two decades before Natalie Portman finally got an opportunity to work with a female director. Coincidentally, that filmmaker just happened to be her. Making her debut behind the camera, the thespian felt so passionate about turning hit novel A Tale of Love and Darkness into a big-screen drama, she adapted the screenplay, took the lead role and set herself up to direct. “The relationship between the mother and the son really moved me,” said Portman of Amos Oz’s memoir about growing up in 1940s Jerusalem. “Some people have really vivid childhood imaginations of aliens or monsters and that’s what they make movies about. For me, it was very much Israel. Those were the kinds of stories I heard growing up.” Portman herself was born in Jerusalem, and the 35-year-old talent has always possessed a curiosity about Israel’s earliest days. In her effort to portray the era with complete accuracy, she even filmed the movie in Hebrew — at the expense of the project’s potential commercial viability. “If you make a bad movie that nobody relates to, I don’t think anyone’s going to come to it no matter what language it’s in,” said Portman, who recalls critics also told her Black Swan (the 2010 drama for which she won an Oscar) was ill-fated. “(People) were like, ‘Ballet is for girls and thrillers are for boys so who’s going to see your

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CAREER REFLECTION IN HER OWN WORDS movie?’ and it ended up being the most profitable film I’ve been in, in terms of budget relative to box office,” laughed Portman. “When you make something that has emotional truth, you can connect people in the most meaningful way.” Just as Portman has come a long way since she began acting at age 11, so too has Hollywood, she insists. Already anticipating directing again, Portman is encouraged

that female filmmakers may be finally getting their day in Hollywood. “People are actively looking for female directors now for projects; they’re much more excited about female-led projects in terms of financing,” said Portman, crediting the media. “I think it’s really a case of journalism leading the charge where I think all the writing about it has really changed behaviour.”

On making a period drama on a budget “This is obviously a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a superhero movie budget,” said Portman. “(But) an audience will relate to it in a deep way and I believe in that.” On her commitment to the acting profession “Acting allows you do these short stints of intense work and take longer

breaks,” said Portman, insisting she’s not forsaking acting for a directing career. “It would be nice if I had the luxury of continuing to do both.” On overcoming her fear of vanity as an actress “As a director I was really able to be kinder and gentler with myself just for the utilitarian purpose of needing to make the mov-

ie better,” said Portman. “Sometimes I did a good job which is usually hard to admit.”

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Seth Rogen’s R-rated animated film Sausage Party is almost certainly not safe for work. But according to a complaint filed by Canada’s largest private sector union, the $70-milliongrossing blockbuster may have been “not fair for workers” either. On Tuesday, a Unifor union organizer told Metro she filed a third-party complaint at the Employment Standards Branch

against Nitrogen Studios over allegations that some animators were not paid for their overtime work for the Vancouver-based studio. “Nitrogen wouldn’t be the first time we’ve heard complaints of unpaid overtime,” said Jennifer Moreau, vice-president of Unifor Local 2000, in a phone interview. The allegations surfaced in Hollywood Reporter, which reviewed a letter signed by roughly 30 animators who worked on Sausage Party for Nitrogen. The letter alleged “unfair pressure tactics … used against the team:

intimidating staff into working past official studio hours, disciplinary measures utilizing fear tactics that demotivate and cause distress (such as threatening to terminate employment).” Moreau had since heard from one of the animators, whom she said “corroborated most of” the allegations. “These comments are not surprising given the nature of the industry in Vancouver,” she added. “Most of these animators and visual effects workers are working on contract, they’re not unionized, and they work

long hours.” Nitrogen Studios would not be interviewed Thursday, but in an email to Metro the company’s president, CEO and executive producer denied the allegations entirely. “We have been monitoring the situation and take these allegations very seriously,” wrote Nicole Stinn, also listed as line producer for Sausage Party. “Nitrogen Studios followed all employment regulations, so the claims are unfounded. Nitrogen also fulfilled all of its contractual obligations with its employees.”

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Like Dave (in Breaking Away), I’ve also pretended to be Italian — mostly in the kitchen

For the last 18 years I’ve travelled the streets of Toronto on my bike. In the early days, before designated bike lanes arrived on some streets, I quickly learned that police will treat cyclists like motorists: shortly after arriving to the city in ’98 for grad school, I received a ticket for running a red light. I’ve never done it again, $185 later. Today, I’m equal parts frustrated and bewildered more by my fellow cyclists than motorists: those that don’t signal their intent, that breeze past open streetcar doors, and that ride on sidewalks (some even ring

their bells at pedestrians!) What confuses me most, however, involves what used to be pretty standard street fare: the right-hand turn. Today, at most downtown street lights where cars and bikes converge, it’s turned into a juggernaut that shouldn’t be: “cyclists can either stay behind the vehicle,” the Ontario Ministry of Transportation advises me in its safety material, “or pass the right-turning vehicle on the left by shoulder checking, signalling, checking again and then passing on the left. Never pass a right-turning vehicle on the right.” Mostly I just see motorists yielding to cyclists illegally passing on the right. When they don’t, I’ve observed cyclists give motorists the finger, kick their door, and yell at them to get out of the bike lane, which — in most cases — they’ve legally merged into. Once a cyclist even yelled at me for lawfully yielding to a car. It’s

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after graduating high school, was on steady viewing rotation in my childhood home. The movie climaxes with a relay bike race that sees the the four “cutters”— colloquial for townies — compete against the rich college kids. Their leader, Dave, is so obsessed with the Italian cycling team that he pretends to be one of them. Like Dave, I’ve also pretended to be Italian — mostly in the kitchen, which explains why almost every

FILM BRIEFS day this August, I’ve made panzanella salad. Grill stale bread on the barbecue, add cucumbers, pickled red onions, basil, ripe home-grown tomatoes, vinegar and olive oil and you’ve got dinner — without turning on the oven. Besides nostalgia, I also owe a lot to this film, professionally speaking. Back in 2011, an editor at Maclean’s thought it would be fun for the magazine’s editorial assistant, me, to report from TIFF red carpets. First up was Moneyball, where I posed the profound question of: What’s your favourite sports movie? Chris Pratt and Amy Ferris politely obliged. After naming Raging Bull, Field of Dreams, and A League of Their Own, Ferris dropped in Breaking Away and I lost my mind. “Breaking Away? Breaking Away!” I screamed at them. “I rode my bike here!” My festival coverage that year was nominated for a National Magazine Award. I didn’t win, but I did ride my bike to the gala. Jessica Allen is the digital correspondent on CTV’s The Social.

Dwayne Johnson top earner in Hollywood Dwayne Johnson elbowed Robert Downey Jr. aside to become the highestpaid actor with a fast and furious income of $64.5 million, according to Forbes magazine. The former wrestler beat out Jackie Chan with $61 million and Matt Damon, who earned $55 million. The rest of the top five on the list, released Thursday, included Tom Cruise with $53 million and Johnny Depp with $48 million. The top guys make more money than the top ladies. Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actresses, released earlier this week, put Jennifer Lawrence on top with $46 million, Melissa McCarthy with $33 million and Scarlett Johansson with $25 million. the associated press

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ITV PLC says it’s no longer interested in making a takeover offer for the Entertainment One film studio and distribution business, which has roots in Canada. London-based ITV — which has Britain’s largest privatesector television network and other entertainment businesses — says it still believes in the logic of combining with eOne, but the two sides are too far apart on price. EOne shares jumped two weeks ago after ITV’s initial proposal became public, but fell back in Thursday trading. They were down about 16 per cent in afternoon trading, but still above their Aug. 8 close when reports of an impending takeover offer began to circulate. Entertainment One confirmed on Aug. 10 that it had received and rejected a proposal from ITV, but eOne’s share price continued to rise on speculation of a higher bid. The company had valued ITV’s proposal at 236 pence — about $4 CDN per share or $1.87 billion on Aug. 10 — but said it wasn’t enough. ITV issued a statement

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Thursday saying its view of eOne’s value “is different to the level at which the board of eOne would currently engage in a more formal process.” Among other things, Entertainment One was behind the movie Spotlight and the AMC television drama The Walking Dead. In total it has about 40,000 film and television titles. Entertainment One has grown through a series of

acquisitions into one of the world’s biggest film and television companies. Its roots go back to Toronto and the music distributor Records on Wheels. It continued to grow in Canada before making its transatlantic leap. It became known as Entertainment One in 2005 and has been listed on the main London Stock Exchange since 2010. the canadian press

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She longed to play Michelle Obama interview

Glowing on and off screen, Tika Sumpter is so ready to deliver Tika Sumpter is about to give birth — not just to her first baby, who appears to be due any minute, but to a new chapter in her career. The actress has produced her first film, and stars in it, too: Southside With You, a romantic drama in theatres Friday about a fictionalized first date between the real U.S. president and first lady. Sumpter plays Michelle Robinson, a standout young legal associate who agrees to spend an afternoon with her junior colleague, Barack Obama. Sumpter connected with the story so deeply that she told writer-director Richard Tanne she’d help him bring the film — his first — to the screen. “I said, ‘You know what, even if I don’t get to play (Michelle), I want to get this film made,”’ she recalled during a recent interview at the London Hotel, wearing a sleeveless shift dress

that revealed a robust pregnancy. “I don’t know how; I’ve never produced, but I’m going to get this film made.” As Sumpter pitched the project to potential investors, she heard how passionate she sounded (“It’s like I’m speaking at the DNC.”) and realized she had to play Michelle. This was the kind of character the actress had longed to play and see on screen: A smart, self-confident black woman at the centre of a romance who isn’t desperately pining for the guy. “That’s also ultimately why I wanted to do it, because you don’t always get the roles that are the leads and empowering like this. You get the girlfriend or the wife or you’re always the sidekick. You’re not the main event,” said Sumpter, whose most recent girlfriend role was opposite Kevin Hart in Ride Along 2. “And I think Michelle’s the prize, and she knows she’s a prize.” Tanne said he wrote the part with Sumpter in mind. “I just hoped she would say yes,” he said.

Tika Sumpter plays a younger Michelle Robinson on her first date with Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) in the upcoming romantic drama Southside With You. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/supplied

Southside With You follows the future first couple on a daylong excursion that Michelle insists is not a date. Barack (Parker Sawyers) has invited her to a community meeting, but first he wants to take her

to an art gallery and to lunch. Tanne imagined the dialogue but says he based his screenplay on published reports about the eventual first couple’s actual first outing. The film is set in Chicago and

was shot last year in Michelle Obama’s hometown neighbourhood. Tanne and Sumpter said the Obamas are aware of the film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Janu-

ary, but have not seen it. The White House was not consulted about the project and has yet to provide any official response to the film. Sumpter hadn’t intended to be so pregnant as she promoted Southside With You, but the 36-year-old says the timing is actually perfect. Producing a film, carrying her first child and playing the future Mrs. Obama has left the actress feeling like she can accomplish anything. “It was not planned, but it’s like one of the best experiences I’ve ever had,” she said. “I feel like I’m going to pop right now but I have an empowerment with the baby here. She’s giving me strength and she’s why I do what I do and it’s bigger than me.” Sumpter will continue to produce and is already developing her next project: a TV series with John Legend’s production company. Sumpter hasn’t revealed what role she’ll play, but says it’s another creation being born. “That’s what I feel like. It’s just a lot of things coming to a culmination and being birthed,” she said. “It’s exciting.” the associated press

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Krasinski’s ode to little dramas John Krasinski is pretty sure some of his favourite movies wouldn’t get made in today’s Hollywood. Films like The Verdict, Kramer vs. Kramer, Ordinary People and other small dramas of that ilk seem to be even rarer and rarer in the ever-dwindling slate of studio films. Krasinski feels the absence both as an audience member and an actor. “People feel defined by those movies,” Krasinski said in a recent interview at a hotel just off the Sunset Strip. “Imagine if The Verdict hadn’t been made or whatever your favourite is!” That’s part of the reason he threw his weight behind The Hollars, an intimate portrait of a family brought together when the matriarch is hospitalized with a brain tumour, which he produced, directed and stars in. The Hollars has been doing the festival circuit since premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and comes out Friday in limited release. “It’s not that those are the only stories that should be told, but in a landscape of huge budget movies you want to remember where we’re from,” he said. For the Hollar family, that’s literally a quaint suburban home in Ohio (although they shot in Mississippi). John (Krasinski), a struggling graphic designer living in New York with his very pregnant

John Krasinski. the associated press

girlfriend (Anna Kendrick), hops on the first plane back to the Midwest when he hears about his mother’s (Margo Martindale) tumour. There he gets wrapped up in the everyday dramas of life in close proximity to family, like his father’s (Richard Jenkins) financial troubles and his brother’s (Sharlto Copley) divorce. It was a reunion, of sorts, for Krasinski and Martindale, who first crossed paths on a Marshall’s commercial 17 years ago. It was Krasinski’s first job ever. “I knew he was special,” Martindale says. “We talked all day and he was incredibly deep and smart and he was adorable and had charisma beyond. I said, ‘If I had some money, I’d bet it all on you.”’ Krasinski remembers calling his mother after that day to tell her that Hollywood people aren’t bad after all. “I’ve been in love

with her as a person ever since. As I’ve started to grow as an actor and understand what I’m doing, you realize that she is so exceptional at what she does,” Krasinski said of Martindale. “Part of the reason I cast her is because I thought if I could be around her I’d get better.” The film marked Krasinski’s second time in the director’s chair. His first feature was an adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. It’s an experience he chalks up to a time of blissful ignorance. His cinematographer, John Bailey, told him after they wrapped that there were land mines all around him. “I went about directing purely out of my heart which was great, but the problem with (that) is if something stumbles, you’re going to get obliterated,” he said. the associated press

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books that tell the stories of fascinating people Let us introduce you to some very interesting individuals, who have their lives recounted through essays, a novel, a biography, a photo memoir, even a graphic novel. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner, Alfonso Zapico

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Alfonso Zapico’s graphic biography of James Joyce won Spain’s National Comics Prize when it was published there in 2011 and was warmly received when it was published in Ireland soon after. In hundreds of panels over 228 pages, Zapico tells the story of the young Jim Joyce growing up in Ireland, and his selfimposed exile as an adult in Paris, Trieste, Rome, London and Zurich, where he died in 1941. Now available in North America, it is an outstanding example of how far the art of cartooning has come and its potential for nuanced storytelling.

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Absolutely, Joanna Lumley North American audiences know Joanna Lumley for her Absolutely Fabulous alter ego, Patsy Stone. Her scrapbook memoir, Absolutely (with this paperback edition out presumably to coincide with the release of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie) offers a more textured portrait, with a lifetime of photos and memorabilia: as a child in Kashmir and Malaya, as a London model, as a glamour girl in films and TV shows, notably as Purdey on The New Avengers. Lumley is now 70 and this nostalgic book will appeal to anyone who pines for the days when England swung like a pendulum.

Hillary Clinton’s historic nomination for president, and America’s focus on feminism and race, gives Dorothy Love’s new novel particular resonance. It is the fictionalized retelling of the true story of Mary Lee, the enlightened wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee (and also George Washington’s great granddaughter), and Selina Norris Gray, who as a child learns her ABCs at a schoolroom for slaves established by Mary and her mother. As an adult, Selina becomes Mary’s lifelong confidante and housekeeper. Love specializes in historical novels with strong Southern women at their heart.

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Outrage over fresh hack attack on actress Jones online harassment

Investigators launching race and hate probe

Comedian and actress Leslie Jones has been targeted by online trolls since her role in the remake of Ghostbusters attracted racist criticism. Rich Fury/Invision/the associated press

Department of Homeland Security investigators said Thursday they are looking into the hack of Leslie Jones’ website. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of Homeland Security Investigations, said its New York office is investigating the hack that exposed the driver’s license, passport and intimate photos of the Saturday Night Live star, along with hateful and racist images. Jones’ website was taken offline after the hack was exposed Wednesday. The Ghostbusters actress was also targeted on Twitter last month with a barrage of racial slurs and obscene photos. Several celebrities supported Jones on social media following the incident. Ghostbusters film-

maker Paul Feig called it an “absolute outrage.” Jones’ SNL cast mates also expressed outrage about the hacking. Aidy Bryant said she was “so angry, disgusted and sad about this racist violent assault on Jones.” Taran Killam said the hackers are “the worst of humanity, where she is the best.” The celebs’ online rallying wasn’t enough for Rebecca Carroll, author of such books as Saving The Race and Sugar In The Raw. She said people in positions of power need to “go deeper.” “Where is the practical response to this grotesque, debilitatingly mean-spirited violence?” she said. “It’s one thing to offer her digital apologies for others’ racism. It’s another to actually take a stand to help eliminate it from our society.” Jones briefly quit Twitter last month after facing racial slurs, obscene photos and comments. She called on the social networking service to do more to curb harassment on the platform.

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Twitter banned several users, including conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, the technology editor of the right-wing site Breitbart News. Yiannopoulos initially posted Wednesday on Snapchat that “karma’s a (expletive)” but then said “just

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there’s this thing, it’s hard to explain, it’s called bonhomme de neige.’ “And then all of a sudden, the next day at rehearsal, there’s a bonhomme de neige suit and I’m like, ‘How do they do that?’ It kind of wrecks you from movies because in movies it’s like, there are 10 meetings on: ‘And what exactly would you like with the bonhomme de neige?’ “Instead (on SNL) ... literally people are like, ‘You just made that up,’ and it’s like, ‘No, there really is a thing called bonhomme de neige’ — and (the next day) there’s Bonhomme. It’s crazy.” Speaking of the Leafs, Myers said he hasn’t given up on his revered team, despite living in New York. “I feel like I’ve said this many times — we’re in a rebuilding phase, but it seems like all the elements are in place,” he said of how the team is looking for the next season. “I keep saying it’s too much of a heartache and then every September I’m trying to figure out the roster, trying to figure out what the experts at TSN are saying about us.” Myers writes about Wayne Campbell, the Leafs and his entire 53-year relationship with his beloved Canada and his career in a book due out in October. When asked if he’s working on a fourth Austin Powers film, he said: “Everything is being negotiated and worked out and all that stuff.” the canadian press

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food like lard. The footage from the visit showed Lukashenko peel a carrot and hand it to Seagal to try it. During last year’s harvest, Lukashenko, who has been described as Europe’s last dictator by U.S, authorities, hosted French actor Gerard Depardieu and gave him a lesson in hand scything. Seagal has a consultancy contact with a Belarusian online game developer.

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Appeal for Blurred retrial Attorneys for Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have asked an appellate court to overturn a copyright infringement verdict over the 2013 hit Blurred Lines. An opening brief contends the case should never have gone to trial and the verdict should be overturned, or a new trial ordered. The case centred on whether Thicke and Williams copied the Marvin Gaye hit

Got to Give It Up, although jurors were only supposed to consider whether Blurred Lines improperly copied notes from Gaye’s sheet music. Thicke and Williams’ filing contends the judge presiding over a weeklong copyright infringement trial gave jurors several improper instructions. the associated press

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bombs of the summer blockbuster season This season of would-be blockbusters is giving Hollywood attention for all of the wrong reasons — so many failures that are costing studios hundreds of millions. Let’s reminisce about the big-budget, small-reward movies we never bothered to see this summer, shall we? torstar news service/supplied

Star Trek: Beyond Budget: $185 million. Domestic gross: $146.9 million. Rotten Tomatoes: 83%. While it’s not as great a disaster as Ben-Hur, the latest Star Trek instalment had a huge budget (not to mention marketing costs) to recoup, and the results amount to a massive disappointment in this, the 50year anniversary of the sci-fi franchise.

Alice Through The Looking Glass Budget: $170 million (all figures U.S.). Domestic gross: $77 million. Rotten Tomatoes: 30%. Further proof of Johnny Depp’s fallen star — and that of his frequent collaborator, Tim Burton — although the movie performed far better overseas, pulling in another $217.4 million.

Ben-Hur Budget: $100 million. Opening weekend (North America): $11.2 million. Rotten Tomatoes: 28%. The remake only opened on Friday, and already Ben-Hur is considered the summer’s biggest fail. Mazel tov!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Budget: $135 million. Domestic gross: $81.9 million. Rotten Tomatoes: 38%. Not even Megan Fox could coax the franchise’s aging fans out of their shells.

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Budget: $160 million. Domestic gross: $47 million. Rotten Tomatoes: 28%. The big-budget game adaptation is Lord of the Rings without heart or narrative, but lots of ugly creatures punching each other.

Budget: $165 million. Domestic gross: $102.3 million. Rotten Tomatoes: 32%. We’re baa-aack, said the aliens. To which the Earth responded with a half-assed shrug.

The BFG Budget: $140 million. Domestic gross: $53.8 million. Rotten Tomatoes: 62%. The reviews were warm, or lukewarm, for this Roald Dahl adaptation, but audiences stayed away, making it the worst wide opening ever for a Steven Spielberg film.

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Havana sights ART AT EVERY CORNER From pop music streaming out of colonial buildings to charming alleyways with hip-hop inspired street art to traditional dance performed in the streets, Havana’s rich history plays with its youthful side. ALL PHOTOS GRACE LISA SCOTT/FOR TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Music and art a constant in Cuban capital Grace Lisa Scott

For Torstar News Service Old Havana, on a hot Saturday afternoon, is almost more than the eyes can handle. Along the narrow streets, residents yell from their windows, vendors sell tropical fruit from wooden carts, and restless cab drivers dart in every direction. Among the cacophony and colour, two things remain constant: music and art. Pop songs pour out of doorways as tenants sit on sidewalks, observing the flow of activity. A

stroll on these inner-city sidewalks reveals street art and public installations among the bright colonial façades. From inside a house beside an 18th-century church, a band practises a heavy electric version of Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk. This is the vibe in this friendly metropolis, where Cuba’s rich history plays well with its youthful side. A wonderful example of this duality of culture comes in the form of the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, right across from Parque Central. Built in the early 19th century, this palatial theatre is just one of the many historical buildings swept up in a wave of restoration throughout Old Havana. It re-opened its doors in January. The home of Cuba’s national ballet, this is the place to catch

homegrown performers of a world-class calibre. Thursday to Sunday, a journey to the central neighbourhood of Vedado is well worth it to wander the artistic labyrinth of the Fabrica de Arte Cubano, or FAC. A converted warehouse run by the Ministry of Culture, lets visitors roam the multi-use arts space. From 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. there is art, music, movies and cocktails to take in along the way. A trip to the upper floor reveals a painting and photography exhibit and downstairs an energetic young band called Nube Roja play funk-influenced pop to a packed crowd of dancers. After a night at the FAC, a worthy mellow Sunday activity is a visit to Callejon de Hamel, a narrow alleyway in Central Havana filled with surrealist sculpture, vivid murals, and barbecue

ONLINE smoke. For more information visit GoCuba.ca The brainchild of Cuban artist Salvador Gonzales Escalona, the painted walls and sculpture park of Callejon de Hamel is an artistic ode to the vibrant African culture of Cuba, and every Sunday afternoon Afro-Cuban rumba bands and traditional dancers And it’s perform in the alley for locals, a decent optheir kids and a smattering of tion — the Hotel Inglaterra near tourists. Parque Central, for instance, is a Dance, drink and eat an amaz- prime people-watching location. ing barbecued chicken sandwich But a few trips into Havana’s prepared in front of customers, cultural scene are too valuable all the while feeling like a guest to miss. After all, with all the at the coolest Havana block party commotion, what better way of the year. to hear the city’s heartbeat. It’s certainly easy to enjoy the hustle and bustle of Havana from Grace Lisa Scott’s trip to Cuba was the comfort of one of its many partially sponsored by G Adventures, patios, whiling away the hours which didn’t review or approve this drinking mojitos in the sun. story.

IF YOU GO ... Getting there Air Canada flies direct to Havana year-round. A cab from Jose Marti International Airport into Old Havana should have a flat rate of roughly 25 CUC ($32.25). Cash coverage Cuba has two currencies, the Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) for tourists, and the Cuban Peso (CUP) for residents. Everywhere you go will the airport or at exchange houses in the city. Plan to travel with cash in Havana, as local businesses don’t accept debit or credit cards.

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Small town of Haines offers craft brews, giant hammer

Land The Haines Highway connects Haines with the rest of Alaska, as well as the Yukon and western Canada.

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For Metro Canada I’ll admit, I’ve impatiently waited in line to get into some trendy craft beer bar or brewery before, but this is not a story about one of those moments. Sure, I was waiting, and it was for craft beer — but I did it surrounded by mountains in Haines, Alaska, population 2,500. Haines, 150 kilometres northwest of Juneau, was once the stronghold of the wealthy Chilkat Tlingit people, and was put on the map in the late 1800s when a former trade route was turned into a toll road for miners looking to reach the Klondike. This charming town, 65 km from the U.S./Canada border, is a little piece of Alaskan paradise. Located on a peninsula between the Chilkat and Chilkoot Inlets and surrounded by the Takshanuk Mountains, Haines has the looks. It has the personality too: The town has plenty of gems that feel authentic and unique, unlike other popular spots in the region that pride themselves on kitschy experiences like lumberjack shows and salmon bakes. Must-sees include the Chilkat Bald Eagle

Haines, Alaska, just 65 kilometres from the Canada/U.S. border, offers a brewery experience you won’t get back in the city. All photos Jennifer Foden/For Metro

Preserve — between October and February, Haines has the largest concentration of bald eagles in the world — and The Hammer Museum, the world’s first museum dedicated solely to hammers.

My favourite however was — surprise, surprise — Haines Brewing Company. It’s amazing that this microbrewery has flourished in a place so small. Travellers play a part of course, but Haines is a bit off

the beaten path. The town sees more than 175,000 visitors a year including cruise traffic, which might sound like a lot, but compare that to Juneau’s more than 1.3 million. It has been around since 1999, but reopened in downtown last year on property where an elementary school used to sit.

The beer selection is diverse and really tasty (try the Lookout Stout, a smooth, dark stout; and the Eldred Rock Red, an American red ale with caramel malts). Add to that the stunning Alaskan scenery, and waiting in line never looked so good.

Water There are regularly scheduled passenger and vehicle ferries that service 33 communities in Alaska, plus Bellingham, Washington and Prince Rupert, B.C. Also, cruise ship passengers and crew make up for 35 per cent of Haines’ yearly tourists. There is one weekly Holland America ship that stops in Haines. Other cruise lines stop there too, but just not as regularly.

The Hammer Museum is the first in the world to dedicate itself to its namesake.

travel notes Trains station hits 100, Washington Monument’s elevator woes & the last of the HOJO eateries Historic train station in Quebec City celebrates centennial

Washington Monument could close for nine months

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Dignitaries marked the centennial of Quebec City’s main train station, the Gare du Palais, lauding the building as an architectural icon with a rich history. The chateaustyle granite and limestone structure, a designated heritage building, was built by Canadian Pacific during the First World War from plans Via Rail/Louise LeBlanc by American architect Harry Edward Prindle. The company aimed to provide Quebec City with a terminal that would rival the grand rail stations elsewhere on the continent. It was closed to passenger rail service from 1976 to 1985 and underwent major renovations.

The District of Columbia’s delegate to Congress says the Washington Monument elevator needs a major renovation that will likely require the monument to be closed for up to nine months. The elevator has broken down frequently over the past two years, and the National Park Service has said the problems may trace back to an earthquake that Istock damaged the monument five years ago. The monument needed $15 million in repairs and was closed for nearly three years, but the park service did not renovate the elevator during that time.

Howard Johnson’s restaurant to shutter, leaving only one left

The closing of one of the last two Howard Johnson restaurants will mark the end of its fried clam strips, ice cream and other menu staples that nourished baby boomers David Sharp /the associated press and leave the once-proud restaurant chain teetering on the brink of extinction. The slice of roadside Americana will no longer be served up in Bangor after Sept. 6. For waitress Kathe Jewett, it’s the only job she’s held since starting work when the restaurant opened in 1966. “It’s bittersweet, but it’s nothing to be sad about,” the 68-year-old Jewett insisted Tuesday during a break from serving customers. “I’ve been here for 50 years — and it’s time.” The closing will leave only one Howard Johnson restaurant, in Lake George, New York. The associated press

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Top-notch tee offs in the mountains of Whistler British Columbia

Resort town ranks among best golf spots Brian Kendall

For Metro Canada Whistler is a fun-packed town no matter the season. In winter, skiers from around the world challenge the slopes of a British Columbia village that, together with Vancouver, hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. Even bigger crowds arrive in summer to golf, hike and savour the mountain scenery. With three top golf courses within a five-minute taxi ride of town, and another a short drive up the highway, Whistler ranks among the best — and most convenient — golf destinations in North America. Golf was added to Whistler’s tourism mix in 1983 when municipally-owned Whistler Golf Club opened within shouting distance of a colourful, walking-

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only inner village that includes dozens of restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and outdoor patios. Designed by Arnold Palmer, this strong layout is set in a serpentine valley dotted with nine lakes and cut by two creeks. Another attraction is the club’s charming outdoor patio, an ideal spot to ponder how to spend the rest of your day. Adrenaline junkies might opt for white-water rafting on the Green River, a zip-line trek across Fitzsimmons Valley, or a mad charge down the slaloms of the world’s largest downhill bike park. No one who visits Whistler is ever disappointed by the scenery. I spotted a mama bear and her two cubs during my round at Nicklaus North Golf Course. Slowly building momentum, this Jack Nicklaus-designed layout switches into high gear on a back nine featuring three strong par threes, all of which bring

water into play. With the successful launch of acclaimed courses by Palmer and Nicklaus, golf’s two biggest stars, Whistler emerged as one of North America’s most talked about new golf destinations. In 1993, the Fairmont hotel chain unveiled what purists maintain is Whistler’s only true mountain course. Unlike the Palmer and Nicklaus designs, which roll gently across the flatlands of the valley floor, Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Course is carved through the lower slopes of Blackcomb. During the opening three grinding uphill holes at this Robert Trent Jones Jr. design, golfers experience an elevation change of more than 300 feet. There’s so much going on in Whistler that many visitors never stray beyond the town limits. But it would be foolish for any serious golfer to come this far and not play Big Sky Golf and Country

No one who visits Whistler is ever disappointed by the scenery. I spotted a mama bear and her two cubs.

Club, about 25 minutes north in lovely Pemberton Valley. Sheer-faced and massive, Mount Currie looms like a granite god over a brawny valley design by Bob Cupp defined by twisting creeks and seven lakes. Beware the fourth hole, not coincidentally named Purgatory. Water snakes across the fairway no fewer than four times on this 600-yard par five. Even the end of your stay in Whistler doesn’t have to bring a stop to the fun. The drive south to Vancouver along the winding Sea-to-Sky Highway is one of the most picturesque in Western Canada. Just past the historic mining town of Squamish, look on the right side of the highway for a 211yard par three set on a rocky peninsula thrusting into Howe Sound. That’s the signature hole of Furry Creek Golf and Country Club. If time permits, stop and play an outrageous thrill ride of a course that’s so difficult it’s best not to keep score. For more golf travel stories, visit Brian’s website at canadiangolftraveller.com

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Mother Nature a major player at Canadian Open Golf

First round to resume Friday morning Stephanie Meadow didn’t mind the inclement weather conditions during the first round of the LPGA’s Canadian Open on Thursday. After a lightning delay that lasted nearly three hours, Meadow didn’t miss a beat as she birdied her final two holes to leapfrog a group of three players to sit atop the leaderboard at 6-under 66 following the completion of the morning round. Golfers also had to battle windy, rainy and chilly conditions, which Meadow often endured while growing up in Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. “My caddie always jokes that when it’s windy I always play great, so I guess that’s kind of my deal,” said Meadow, who had seven birdies and one bogey on Thursday on the 6,622-yard, par-72 layout at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club. “Being from Ireland, that’s just part of it. “It’s nice to know that I can play in those conditions. I’ve done it a lot, even though it’s when I was little, but I’ve still done it and scored, so I know I can do it.” The horn later sounded for the day with a number of groups still out on the course but not before Chella Choi took the lead at 7 under through 14 holes. Play will resume at 7:15 a.m. MDT. Karine Icher pulled even

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Reed doing damage at FedEx Cup playoff opener Patrick Reed didn’t break anything Thursday except par. Two days after Reed broke the gavel during the ceremonial closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, the American kept a clean card and shot 5-under 66 to share the lead with Martin Laird at The Barclays, the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs, with a $10-million bonus waiting at the end. Reed ran off three birdies and an eagle on the front nine to close out his 66 at Bethpage Black. The Associated Press

Team Canada calls on familiar name to wear ‘C’ Hockey Canada is going to mine a gold-medal leadership group for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey. Sidney Crosby will once again serve as captain for Team Canada, joined like he was at the 2014 Sochi Olympics by Jonathan Toews and Shea Weber as alternates. The Canadian Press

Brooke Henderson didn’t start her round on Thursday in Priddis until nearly three hours after her scheduled tee time. She eventually played 15 holes. Derek Leung/Getty images

with Meadow at 6 under, also through 14 holes. The group tied at 5-under 67 includes Lydia Ko, the Olympic silver medallist from New Zealand, who is No. 1 in the Rolex women’s world golf rankings. “I played solid — birdied the first hole straight off the bat, so when you make a birdie in the first round on the first hole, it gives you good momentum,” said Ko, who has won the Canadian Open in three of the past four

years including last year at the Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam, B.C., when she beat American Stacy Lewis Stephanie in a playoff. Meadow S o u t h Getty images Korea’s Mirim Lee held the early lead of 5 under through 13 holes when players were shuttled off the

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18-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., who is No. 3 in the Rolex rankings, was scheduled to tee off at 1:31 p.m., but didn’t hit her first shot until nearly three hours later. She played 15 holes Thursday and was at 1 under. Hamilton-born Alena Sharp, who represented Canada with Henderson at the Rio Olympics, was the top Canuck of the day after carding an eagle and four birdies to finish with a 4-under 68. The Canadian Press

Trout leads Halos past Jays Mike Trout drove in four runs and Albert Pujols earned his 100th RBI of the season as the Los Angeles Angels downed the Blue Jays 6-3 in Toronto on Thursday to win the threegame series. Trout was 3-for-4 to help the Angels (54-73) out hit Toronto 11-7. Pujols had two hits while everyone else in the Los Angeles lineup reached base at least once. Josh Donaldson hit his 29th home run of the season for the Blue Jays (71-56), while J.A. Happ (174) shouldered a loss for the first time since June 6. The Canadian Press

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No such thing as an easy ride as Eskimos go aerial eskimos

trip to Edmonton after leading the team to the Grey Cup last year as head coach and defensive co-ordinator. Reilly and Walker say a Jones defence is always dangerous, with something up its sleeve in shifts and stunts in coverage. “He (Jones) is always planning Statistically speaking, the Ed- something,” said Walker. monton Eskimos’ game against “We’re just going to come out the Saskatchewan Roughriders and execute the game plan and should be a spectacular aerial go from there.” blitz leaving the gridiron strewn Saskatchewan’s defence, by with the rubble of the visiting contrast, cannot be more accomfans’ watermelon helmet-hats. modating. The Green D is giving But Edmonton quarterback up almost 36 points a game, last Mike Reilly says the 1-7 Green in the league by a longshot, to Riders under head coach/GM go with a league-worst 30 touchChris Jones can’t be taken lightly downs. They allow 9.7 yards per in Friday’s game at the Brick pass, also worst in the CFL, and Field at Commonwealth Stadium. have just two interceptions. “Football games aren’t played The hope is veteran corneron paper,” said back Fred BenReilly. “We’ve nett, recently just got to go acquired from out and execute. We’re just going to Calgary, will If we make the have an impact mistakes we come out here and in his first game made earlier in execute the plan. as a Rider. the season it will Reilly, who Derel Walker be a lot more difhas taken some ficult.” wicked hits in recent weeks, Led by Reilly and receivers should have an easier time Friday. Derel Walker and Adarius Bow- The Riders have just 11 sacks, man, the 4-4 Eskimos specialize again last in the league. in destroying defences through Saskatchewan’s defensive futilthe air. Reilly is the CFL’s top- ity is matched only by its offence. rated passer, completing more The Eskimos, after a rocky than 70 per cent of his passes for start that has left them fourth 2,843 yards and 14 TDs against in the West, are now on a roll. six interceptions. They have won two in a row and Bowman leads the CFL in re- are coming of a 46-23 drubbing ceiving yards (875) and Walker of the Toronto Argonauts. The Green and Gold need to is second (837). And nobody likes to throw like the Eskimos. put Saskatchewan away to build They lead the league with 228 momentum for a difficult second completions. Only Ottawa is aver- half of the season. In the last nine aging more passing yards per games, the Eskimos play six on game than Edmonton’s 355.3 the road, meet the 5-3 BC Lions yard average. Edmonton has 201 and 6-1-1 Calgary Stampeders first downs, also tops. twice and go against Hamilton Jones makes his second return in Steeltown. the canadian press

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Wide receiver Derel Walker and the Eskimos shredded A.J Jefferson and the Argos defence last Saturday in Toronto. Chris Young/The Canadian Press

Ray ready to roll, this time with added protection and then other players,” the former Eskimo Ray said with a chuckle. “It’s kind of funny, everyone has their opinion on how to prevent injuries out there. Maybe I need to start listening.” Toronto (4-4) went 1-2 during Ray’s absence. Backup Logan Kilgore was 58-of-100 passing for 666 yards with two touchdowns and nine interceptions in the three starts. “I hate putting it on one guy but that quarterback position, when you get that No. 1 guy back and your No. 1 guy has the status of Ricky Ray, it’s going to mean something to everyone in that

Lulay gets Lions across line Travis Lulay rushed for two touchdowns on Thursday as the B.C. Lions defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 29-23. Lulay came in on goalline situations for the Lions, replacing starting quarterback Jonathon Jennings, and scored twice from one-yard out, including the winning score at 12:26 of the fourth quarter. Lulay then completed a pass for the two-point conversion and the 29-23 lead. the Canadian Press Miami teams alert to Zika The Miami Dolphins and Marlins say they’ve intensified mosquitocontrol treatments because of the Zika virus. The Dolphins’ stadium is more than 10 miles from the nearest area of the virus outbreak. Even so, the Dolphins say they decided weeks ago to undertake additional treatments as a precaution. The Marlins and Miami-Dade County have stepped up spraying in and around Marlins Park “in an abundance of caution,” team president David Samson said.

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Ricky Ray is back healthy again with no shortage of advice about how to stay that way. Ray will return to the lineup Wednesday when Toronto hosts the B.C. Lions after missing three games with a sprained knee. Ray was hurt July 25 when Montreal defensive lineman Vaughn Martin rolled into his knee after throwing a pass in the Argonauts’ 30-17 home win. And Ray said following Thursday’s practice that he’s had plenty of people in his ear about how to better protect himself. “It starts at home with the wife, then it trickles to my dad

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raymond out Vet linebacker released The Argos announced the surprising release of veteran linebacker Keon Raymond Thursday. The 33-year-old was Toronto’s second-leading tackler with 34.

locker-room,” Argos head coach Scott Milanovich said. “There’s a calmness, a sense of trust on both sides of the ball when you have that No. 1 guy back who can win any game at any point.

“Yeah, I think he’ll give us a little shot in the arm.” Ray, 36, began the season as Toronto’s starter after missing most of the 2015 campaign recovering from shoulder surgery. He led the Argos to a 3-2 record before the injury. “I’m ready to play,” Ray declared. “Last week in practice I was able to move around and I feel like I can do pretty much everything out there. “We’re not playing our best football right now but (I) just like to be back and be a part of it and help my team win. That’s the goal as a player, to be one

of the pieces of the puzzle out there and try to help the team out with your play and I get a chance this week.” Kilgore won his CFL debut as a starter, a 23-20 decision over Ottawa on July 31. But he had five picks in a 34-17 home loss to Winnipeg on Aug. 12 and threw two more before being pulled against Edmonton. Ray said he feels Kilgore’s pain. “I’ve been through that quite a bit in my career,” Ray said. “The big thing I’ve learned is just try to control what you can control and be ready for your opportunity.” the canadian press

Putin lashes Paras ban Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked the ban on his country from the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics as immoral on Thursday, while six Russians made a bid to compete at next month’s games. Russia was suspended over what International Paralympic Committee president Philip Craven called a “medals over morals” culture of statesponsored doping. “The decision to disqualify our Paralympians is outside the bounds of law, morality and humanity,” Putin. the associated press Hello Bravo, farewell Joe Manchester City has completed the signing of goalkeeper Claudio Bravo from Barcelona for $18.2 million US in a move that could spell the end of Joe Hart’s decade-long career at the English club. City announced the arrival of the Chilean on a four-year deal. City manager Pep Guardiola likes his goalkeepers to be good with their fee, explaining his move for Bravo and his decision to drop Hart. the associated press

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Ceri Marsh & Laura Keogh

For Metro Canada Welcome the weekend with this flavorful sammie combining tuna and egg that get a flavuor boost from olive tapenade. Ready in 1 hour and 15 minutes Prep time: 15 Time in fridge: 1 hour Makes 6 to 8 servings Ingredients • 3 Tbsp olive oil • 2 Tbsp white wine vinegar • 1 Tbsp dijon mustard • 2 x 7 oz cans of tuna • 1/4 English cucumber, sliced • 1 rustic loaf of bread • 1 or 2 Tbsp black olive tapenade • handful fresh basil • 3 hard-boiled eggs Directions 1. Whisk together oil, vinegar and mustard until you have a smooth dressing. Drain your tuna well and

place it in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of the dressing to the tuna and mash it up with a fork and mix well. Toss the sliced cucumber in the remaining tablespoon of dressing and give it a stir. 2. Cut the loaf of bread horizontally and use your fingers to pinch out a good bit (about a cup) of the soft bread inside. Spread a thin layer of tapenade on piece of bread. Place a layer of basil leaves, followed by a layer of sliced egg. Now use a spoon to mound the tuna next. Follow with a layer of sliced cucumber. 3. Place the top of the bread and press down gently. Wrap the whole sandwich in plastic. Put it on a plate and weigh it down with something. Put the whole works in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight so the flavours combine and the sandwich is easier to slice.

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