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calls for change Rideshare loopholes ‘I reject any arguments that the name is benign and has positive intent to align the Edmonton football team culture with Inuit strength or spirit.’

Despite a push for the team to rethink its name, the Eskimos will remain the Eskimos

Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

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‘When are the Edmonton Eskimos going to change their name?’ Tanya Tagaq, Inuit singer, Juno and Polaris Prize winner

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Committee recommends fine hike for streetside hails Jeremy Simes

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‘We associate (the name) with a group of people that talk about perseverance, determination and courage… It really represents all the people from the north in such a positive way.’ Len Rhodes, president and CEO, Edmonton Eskimos

‘The people who have to step up first are the ones that actually own these franchises and say, “You know what, we recognize times have changed.”’ John Tory, mayor of Toronto, ex-CFL commissioner

A city committee is pushing council to quadruple fines for rideshare drivers who take street hails, in light of evidence the problem is more widespread than thought. On Monday, the city’s community and public services committee passed recommendations to jack fines from $250 to $1,000 for rideshare drivers who pick up commuters who call to them from the street. Coun. Scott McKeen, who sits on the committee, said increasing fines will deter rideshare drivers from accepting requests.

“As enforcement gets better and as fines increase, we would see a lot more compliance,” he said. The committee also found TappCar had set up “de-facto” taxi stands at Heritage Days and Edmonton Eskimo games, where its drivers had exclusive access to people at those events. That also contravenes the city’s bylaw, McKeen said. “They’re pushing past what the bylaw intended and finding wiggle-room there,” he said. “(Hailing) was not the spirit of the bylaw. If you’re a private transportation company, you’d only be hailed through an app.” TappCar didn’t respond for comment by press time after Metro made repeated requests. In an email, an Uber spokesperson said the company “agrees that there must be ... fines.” McKeen also suggested reducing logo sizes on cars is a needed solution, as people leaving the bar may be asking for rides.

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Equal Voice Alberta North is pushing for council seats

Neighbours fear skyscraper plans Jeremy Simes

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Metro | Edmonton The next municipal election is exactly a year from now but, at present, less than a quarter of declared candidates are women. Equal Voice Alberta North is calling for that to change. The low number of women candidates is “pretty typical of Canadian politics,” the organization’s chair, Lana Cuthbertson, said. “It’s even a little better than we see federally, it’s a little worse than we saw in the last provincial election, and it’s about the same number we saw last time municipally.” So far, 21 people have declared their intent to run for a council seat in 2017. Only five of those are women. The numbers are similar to Edmonton’s municipal election in 2013, when only 21 per cent of candidates were women. And of those Coun. Bev Esslinger was the lone woman elected. School boards did slightly better, gender-wise: Four out of nine public schoolboard trustees are women, as are five out of seven Catholic trustees. Equal Voice’s goal is that women will be half the can-

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Lana Cuthbertson is the chair of Equal Voice Alberta North, which is calling on more women to step up and run in the next municipal election. ALEX BOYD/METRO

didates next year. To get there, they’re calling on the city at large to encourage qualified women to sign up. Cuthbertson said we also need to address the barriers that tend to keep women out of politics. “Women still tend to be the primary caregivers of children, do more work around the house and typically with male partners, their partner’s career tends to be prioritized,”

she said. She said she also hears concerns about the way female politicians, from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to Premier Rachel Notley, are treated and talked about on social media. Community advocate Miranda Jimmy officially launched her campaign Monday, bringing the number of women running — including Brandy Burdeniuk, Shelley Tupper, Mimi Williams and incumbent

Bev Esslinger — to five. Jimmy agrees there are certain societal barriers to women running. “There is still a perception that you have to be older and male and white, and that politics is almost an after-career,” she said. But she added diversity goes beyond gender. “I think any elected office needs to be representative of the people and I don’t think our current council is.”

It could be the tallest building in Western Canada, but nearby residents say the proposed 80-storey tower in the Quarters should be knocked down a few pegs. On Monday night, the city hosted an open house about the Quarters Hotel and Residences, a 280 metre mixed-use tower proposed on Jasper Avenue and Grierson Hill Road. Residents of Riverdale and Boyle Street are concerned it will obstruct views and limit their access to the park. Candas Jane Dorsey, a board member with the Boyle Street Community League, doesn’t want the site to become another Shaw Conference Centre, which obstructs river valley views. “I think every idea that comes up needs to be heard and taken into account,” she said. But Aldritt Land Corporation, FENTANYL

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Province pulls staff from downtown Jeremy Simes

For Metro | Calgary The Alberta government needs to provide its reasoning for moving hundreds of workers from the core, as the shift will add to Edmonton’s growing downtown office vacancy rate, according to a manager with the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation. The province recently announced it will move 450 of its employees from the Centre West building, located at 10035 108 Street. Half of those workers will move out of the downtown area. Aileen Machell, spokeswoman for Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason, said half will move to the Neil Crawford Centre, located near 113 Street and Belgravia Road, while the other half will

go to offices near the legislature. Jimmy Shewchuk, business development manager at EEDC, said the government’s move needs to be better justified. “You’re losing some employees downtown and you’re losing a business downtown,” he said. “And I never want to see that.” Machell said the government has a responsibility to manage its buildings cost-effectively and appropriately for its employees. She said the average density of government office space across Alberta is 32 square metres per person. “If we reach our target density of 18 square metres per person, we expect to save tens of millions in lease costs per year,” she said. The move is expected to result in an extra 130,000 square feet in vacancy downtown. Currently, the city’s office vacancy rate is 13 per cent.

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Lower speed limits recommended Ameya Charnalia

For Metro | Edmonton

A committee at city hall voted Monday to expand 30 km/h school zones to junior high schools, pending approval by council. After finding success with a pilot program created in 2014, which reduced speed limits at 233 elementary schools, city administration recommended the community and public services committee update the bylaw to

include junior high schools. Reducing speed limits in school zones is a step in the positive direction, but the city should consider making the speed limit 30 km/h in all residential areas, said Dr. Darren Markland, an intensive care unit physician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital. Markland has treated several people injured in motor vehicle collisions and has spoken out against Vision Zero, the city’s long-term goal to eliminate collision-related injuries, for failing to inspire actual change.

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Team has ‘no plans’ to drop Eskimos name football

Amid criticism, team says the use of term is ‘respectful’ Alex Boyd

Metro | Edmonton As calls amplified for the Edmonton Eskimos to re-examine their name Monday, the team’s president said there are “no plans” to do so. “Times have changed, there’s no doubt, but it’s over six decades that we’ve used the name,” Len Rhodes said. His comments were offered Monday after Toronto Mayor John Tory, who formerly served as the commissioner of the CFL, told reporters changing the Eskimos moniker “would be a very good step forward to make, in a province where there are a number of issues that concern First Nations and indigenous people.” The reoccurring discussion of indigenous-inspired team names reignited recently after worldrenowned architect Douglas Cardinal unsuccessfully sought a court injunction to stop the Cleveland baseball team from using their name and logo while in Toronto to play the Blue Jays. The team’s logo is a redskinned man named ‘Chief Wahoo.’ As often happens with these discussions, the uproar then

While some say the team’s name should change, the Edmonton Eskimos disagree. the canadian press file

moved west, after critics pointed out many Inuit find the ‘Eskimos’ name offensive. But Rhodes argues it’s not the same. “For us, we associate it with a group of people that talk about perseverance, determination and courage… it really represents all the people from the North in such a positive way,” he said. “We don’t think those are comparable whatsoever. We don’t use logos, we don’t use caricatures or cartoons.” After Natan Obed, president of the national Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, wrote an op-ed last year

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condemning the name, Rhodes said the two had a “fabulous, cordial conversation.” But the team listens to all opinions, he said, adding there’s no consensus within the Inuit community on the name. He also said before his meeting with Obed in January he’d never had anyone from the Inuit community express concerns. Norma Dunning, a spokesperson for the Inuit Edmontonmiut, a group that represents the city’s Inuit population, said the team’s name is offensive and inaccurate. She added the team has never

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reached out to the Inuit Edmontonmiut. “It’s not solely up to us, as indigenous Canadians, to figure out how to make reconciliation work,” she said. “Many indigenous scholars have said we’ve gone to you over and over, now is the time for you to come to us.” She said the conversation is needed now. “It’s time.” Mayor Don Iveson said Monday the team-name question is “an important one to grapple with and ultimately it’s one for the team to make.” With files from May Warren/metro

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Businesses slow to recover from wildfire Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton

Edmonton’s economic optimism is declining, says a Canadian Federation of Independent Business report. Metro file

Record low optimism economy

Report sees Edmonton fall in business rankings Ameya Charnalia

For Metro | Edmonton

Edmonton ranking among Canada’s best municipalities to start and grow a business has fallen dramatically. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business ranks municipalities yearly and put Edmonton in 107th place in 2016, more than 50 spots below its 48th-place ranking in 2015. Record low optimism levels among Alberta’s entrepreneurs is among the chief reasons for a decline in rankings, CFIB officials said. The ranking assesses which cities are best positioned to enable entrepreneurs and small businesses to prosper. It takes

into account information drawn from Statistics Canada sources and survey research conducted with CFIB members. Optimism is important to boost the morale of entrepreneurs, said Brad Ferguson, president and CEO the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation. “It gives people the confidence to start businesses and also attract and grow their employee base,” he said. “In Alberta right now we’ve got some challenges in the optimism category.” But Edmonton remains an important centre for entrepreneurship for reasons not addressed by the report, Ferguson said. The attractive cost of doing business, quality of talent, and the role of the community to rally around new businesses gives Edmonton a competitive edge, he said. “As an entrepreneur, those are the types of communities I want to be involved with and I think Edmonton is one of the great cities in this country for that.”

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Alberta businesses are still feeling a hit from the Fort McMurray wildfire, according to results from a recent ATB survey. The latest ATB Financial Beat survey shows 23 per cent of small- and medium-sized Alberta businesses reported “significant disruption” in

the last quarter, in the form of reduced income and reduction in workforce. “We have a number of companies that might not have a Fort McMurray address, but are very reliant on that market,” said Teresa Clouston, ATB’s executive director of business and agriculture. “If not solely, it would be a very big component of their enterprise.” Nearly half (46 per cent) do not have disruption insur-

ance to pad the fall. Clouston said businesses should weigh the cost of protecting against catastrophic events that may seem unlikely to happen, to help cover payroll should something like the wildfires strike again in the future. The survey also showed a dip in optimism across the province for the first time in several months. Just 43.4 per cent of business owners said they were

confident in their own business from June through August, down from 47.3 per cent the previous quarter. “In our earlier surveys as the price of oil was down and we were entering this recession, everybody remained pretty optimistic and that was great to see,” Clouston said. “But over the last couple quarters, people have used up some of the optimism that they had.”

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Love notes to the U.S.A. Election

Devina: You have so much to offer from coast to coast. You’re a beautiful country.

Nick: Contrary to your reputation, America, you are some of the nicest people in the world. Maybe nicer than us Canadians.

Margaret: You know, America. Zoe (left): We’re big fans. I think you’re already great. Ali (right): We like you guys.

Adriana: You have changed the way we experience social media. You have created an entire social network and social experience for all of us.

Peter: What I like about the United States is the fact that you’re such a giving nation. Over $250 billion a year is donated to charity and over 70 per cent of that comes from individuals.

Belle: The attitudes and the accessibility around disability in your country is better than almost anywhere I’ve ever been. Clay: America is a country has continuously changed, continuously evolved. It’s never stayed still .

Canadians gush about southern neighbours in new campaign And now for something completely Canadian. A Toronto-based creative agency called the Garden Collective has started up an online campaign to boost American self-esteem in the midst of a vicious presidential campaign. The campaign, called #TellAmericaItsGreat, has been trending on Twitter since it was launched on Thursday with more than 100,000 shares. An accompanying video had more than 180,000 views on YouTube. “Certainly the buzz is there,” the Garden’s co-founder Shari Walczak said in a telephone interview. “The momentum is building.” The title is a play on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America great

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again.” According to the Garden’s blog, the digital pep talk is meant as a balm to the “pretty scary realities” and “tremendous amount of negativity” exposed by the campaign, which continues for another three weeks. “We wanted to do something positive,” Walczak said. The campaign notes that America has contributed to the world in music, movies, sports, science, technology, space travel, medicine, food, culture, shopping and social media. The earnestness of the campaign is as Canadian as maple syrup. “You guys are going to get someone to Mars,” one fans remarks. Yet another fan tweeted: “America, you gave the world cherry Coke & the internet & the Golden Girls. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re not great.” The campaign has garnered plenty of retweets and positive feedback.

Canada could soon find itself facing unexpected economic and social fallout without a clearer picture of where and how young people are failing in the labour market, says the chairwoman of a new federal panel on youth unemployment. A better understanding of why some young people can’t get their foot in the door will be key to understanding whether Canadians will be able to afford a house in the future, or even afford their rent in six months’ time, Vass Bednar said in an interview. It could also offer a better idea of whether some are holding off on starting a family for fear of the cost of child care, said Bednar, associate director of the cities research program at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute. Bednar said there are no clear answers to helping more young people find jobs - there are different issues facing urban and rural youth, as well as unique barriers for indigenous youth. All this makes the panel’s work that much more challenging.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Complex Mosul strategy Another ceasefire

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Officials worry the battle for second-largest city is rushed Iraqi forces have launched their most complex anti-Daesh operation to date: retaking the country’s second-largest city of Mosul. While the country’s military has won a string of territorial victories that have pushed Daesh out of more than half the territory the group once held, some Iraqi officials worry that the Mosul fight has been rushed and if the city is retaken without a plan to broker a peace, it could lead to more violence. HOW WE GOT HERE Mosul fell to Daesh in June 2014, when the extremist group blitzed across northern and western Iraq, overrunning nearly a third of the country. Over the last year, Iraqi forces have steadily pushed Daesh out of most of the western Anbar province, including the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, and cut many of its supply routes to Syria. TROOP BUILDUP Iraqi forces began moving into

Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shourah, 45 kilometres south of Mosul. afp/getty images

Nineveh province to surround Mosul in July, when ground troops retook Qayara air base south of the city. Thousands of Iraqi troops are now massing there ahead of the planned operation. THE PLAYERS In addition to the Iraqi army,

Kurdish peshmerga forces, Iraqi special forces and Sunni tribal fighters, Shiite militias are also expected to play a role in the Mosul operation. The role of the Shiite militias has been particularly sensitive, as Nineveh is a majority Sunni province and the militias have been accused

of carrying out abuses against civilians in other operations in majority Sunni parts of Iraq. THE OPERATION The fight to retake Mosul was largely launched from the north and east. The Kurdish peshmerga forces say they will push Daesh out of a cluster of mostly Christian and Yazidi villages northeast of Mosul along the Nineveh plain, while Iraqi military troops try to cut the main supply line northwest of Mosul that links Daesh territory in Iraq to its strongholds in Syria. A large number of Iraqi military forces are also expected to push up from Qayara air base. WHAT TO EXPECT Mosul is Iraq’s second-largest city and still home to more than a million civilians. Both in terms of geography and population, it’s a much larger task than Iraq’s military has ever undertaken previously in the fight against Daesh. It’s unclear how many Daesh fighters remain in Mosul, but even a few hundred could wreak havoc. Iraqi forces advancing on Monday found roads and fields littered with roadside bombs, and Daesh unleashed a series of suicide car and truck attacks on the advancing troops, a tactic it has used effectively in past battles. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

declared in Aleppo

Russian and Syrian forces will halt hostilities for eight hours in the eastern districts of Aleppo, Russia’s military announced on Monday, a day on which opposition activists said their airstrikes killed at least 36 people, including several children, in and around the divided city. The two militaries will observe a “humanitarian pause” between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Oct. 20 to allow civilians and militants safe passage out of the city, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of Russia’s general staff said in Moscow. Militants, the wounded and sick would be allowed

to evacuate to the neighbouring rebel-held province of Idlib. UN humanitarian officials have pleaded with combatants to observe weekly 48-hour ceasefires to allow humanitarian relief into the city’s besieged eastern districts, but Russian and Syrian forces have only escalated their aerial and ground assault on the rebelheld areas in recent weeks. The airstrikes have claimed hundreds of lives, wounded many, flattened apartment buildings and laid waste to the already crippled medical sector. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

IN BRIEF Hitler’s birth house to be torn down The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be torn down and replaced with a new building, Austria’s government announced Monday as it moved to eliminate the property’s pull as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Police investigating after father lists infant on eBay German police say a 28-year-old man has admitted listing his infant daughter for sale on eBay but maintains that it was meant as a joke. The 40-day-old girl was listed on the site last week at a price of 5,000 euros ($5,500). THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Affordability worries spill over from big city markets The head of the federal housing agency is raising a red flag about the state of Canada’s real estate sector, saying affordability concerns have spilled over from the country’s two most expensive cities to nearby markets. In an opinion piece, CMHC CEO Evan Siddall says the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation will raise its overall risk rating for the national housing market to “strong” from “moderate” for the first time when it issues its housing market assessment on Oct. 26. “Affordability pressures hurt lower-income households the most and cause real socioeconomic consequences,” Siddall wrote. “CMHC has recently observed spillover effects from Vancouver and Toronto into nearby markets. These factors … will cause us to issue

Frank Wu, one of China’s top real estate moguls, said Chinese investors have told him the 15 per cent tax on foreigners purchasing homes in Vancouver is discouraging them.

The new mortgage rules involve a stress test for all insured mortgage applications to ensure the borrower can still service their loan in the event interest rates rise. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Affordability pressures cause real socioeconomic consequences. Evan Siddall

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What, you may ask, happens at the ‘largest dog costume parade in the world?’ If you answered that dogs wear costumes, you’d only be half right. On Saturday, scores of otherwise ordinary people will descend on Manhattan’s Tompkins Square Park, with their dogs in tow, for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade. The event, sponsored by Purina Beggin’ (the makers of the popular canine treat “Purina Beggin’ Strips Bacon”), is, according to CNN, the “largest dog costume parade” in the entire world. (And here I assumed it was the only one. Silly me.) What, you may ask, happens at the “largest dog costume parade in the world?” If you answered that dogs wear costumes, you’d only be half right. In fact, dogs and dog owners dress up in costume at the T.S.H.D.P, usually together, as a theme. The winners of last year’s event, to illustrate, were a man and a woman who staged a chilling Day of the Dead tableau with their chihuahuas. Mind you, if I had judged the parade, I would have given first prize to my favourite contestant: a bulldog in blond wig and pearls, i.e., Marilyn Monroe. As for the be-wigged lapdog dressed up as Caitlyn Jenner in a sultry white number eerily similar to the frock the real-life Jenner donned on the cover of Vanity Fair, I have no words. This may be because the dog’s owner, meanwhile, wore a “USA” tracksuit and imitation gold medal. (Presumably, he was channelling the ghost of the pre-Caitlyn Jenner, Bruce.) All this is to say, with a uni-

When we start extending our gender biases to pets, too, it starts feeling kind of creepy. Really, French maid dogs?

versal eye roll, that people love their dogs (and possibly their pets in general) a lot. So much so, it turns out, that in exhibiting their love for their dogs,

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WHAT’S THIS SUPPOSED TO MEAN? Treating our pets as extensions of ourselves might not be a great idea. torstar news servIce

they tend to sacrifice their dignity in the process and as some of the scenarios above suggest, the dignity of their animals, too. Until recently, I would have considered this sacrifice of dignity to be all in good fun. Notwithstanding the questionable Caitlyn Jenner lapdog getup, the whole Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade would have registered as a perfect example of a dignitydefying, weirdly healthy good time. Even the matchy-matchiness of the whole dog-owner pairings would have given me a good laugh, not unlike the laugh so many people got when Fido the phone company ran their now worldfamous ad campaign in the late 1990s featuring dogs and owners who happened to look exactly like each other. But there’s a difference

constructs. The former were coincidental; the latter are intentional. And the culprits behind the intent are we, the human half of the pair, the animal-owners. I say “we” advisedly. I am about to realize a lifelong ambition and become a dog-owner myself. And my impending ownerhood — a kind of parenthood — has me thinking that seeing our pets as extensions of ourselves may not be such a terrific idea after all. The negative effects of this particular brand of anthropomorphism (“ascribing human qualities to animals”) are already there if you look for them. In an article last month titled “Is Your Dog’s Halloween Costume Sexist?” the Washington Post noted, tonguein-cheek, that while retailers had finally started to abandon gender bias in Halloween

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costumes for young human girls, pet outlets like Petsmart or Baxterboo.com are still apparently gender-rigid in their Halloween togs, hyping certain costumes for male dogs (firefighter and police officer) and others for females (sweetheart nurse or French maid). That this was a ludicrous thing to be outraged by (something the right-wing site Breitbart pointed out, not getting the tongue-in-cheek part) was obvious, but it hid a kernel of truth: It’s easy to overlook the indignity of dressing up your Scottish terrier as an extension of yourself for Halloween, but when we start extending our gender biases to pets, too, it starts feeling kind of creepy. Really, French maid dogs? Other effects of humanto-dog extension are more substantially questionable. Just this past week, CBC news reported that between 40 and 50 per cent of all owned pets in Canada are overweight. The percentage of Canadian people over the age of 18 who are overweight? Between 40 and 50 per cent. Not only does Rover’s face resemble ours these days, it seems; so does his spare tire. And Australian cities have been experiencing a minor epidemic of abandoned pets in the recent past, at least partly the result of foreign students studying in Australia who neglect to take their dogs with them when they return home. These dogs aren’t feral, just homeless, but to be homeless, you have to initially be given a home to lose. And who gives pets homes? Us. So, I hereby make a pledge: I will do everything in my power not to make my dog homeless. And I will do everything I cannot to make him obese. But when it comes to Halloween, I make no promises. Tompkins Square Dog Parade, here I come. Emma Teitel is a national columnist for the Toronto Star.

As winter sets in, displaced people have to get creative to keep warm in Edmonton. Some may couch-surf, sleep in their cars or use a shelter. Regardless, all are technically homeless. With many arguing the new arena is a new force of gentrification that’s pushing marginalized people out of the downtown core, the number of people on the city’s streets is taking new importance. Enter Homeward Trust. Keeping track of the number of homeless people in the city is important for considering funding or social services that can help the population, and Homeward Trust has performed the homeless count for the city since 1999. Last year, the organization reported 2,307 individuals on the street who were identified as homeless. The next count will take place during the night of Oct. 19 and daytime on Oct 20. In 2014, the study identified an increased number of homeless youth, and that a staggering 47 per cent of those counted identify as indigenous. Also overrepresented were military veterans. Susan McGee, chief executive officer, says that these insights come from individuals who self-report their ancestry and background. The 2016 survey will be electronic. Volunteers will use tablets and smartphones to collect the data. This allows for faster analysis and avoids the possibility of lost paperwork. McGee has been participating in the count since 2006

and says she’s always amazed at the time and energy local volunteers and agencies put into the event. People who volunteer also learn to challenge their own perceptions about the homeless population. “A tough thing, but important thing is that we ask people to approach everybody. We need to get rid of our preconceived notions,” she says. She adds that not everyone fits the stereotypical idea of what homelessness looks like. McGee also said people in the population receive the count differently. “Most people understand what we are doing and they appreciate that people are out there taking the time.” Earlier this year, Homeward Trust opted out of a federal attempt to count homeless people in Edmonton — something that has traditionally been left to municipalities — citing a flawed methodology that counts people during January, the coldest month of the year. Vancouver, despite the aggressive approaches in addressing the root causes of homelessness (the city has given $250 million worth of land in order to build affordable homes), saw a six per cent increase in homelessness this year compared to last, according to the Vancouver Homeless Count. There, LGBTQ youth are more likely to be homeless than other groups. The Edmonton data does not distinguish LGBTQ people. Sticking to the current collection methods is important, says McGee: “We know our own system has flaws but if you keep the count consistent year over year, you get a better number. It gives us an ability to track trends.” Philosopher Cat by Jason Logan

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For Torstar News Service You may not believe in ghosts, but they assuredly walk among us. The ghosts I’m talking about don’t trudge around the attic in heavy chains or send your grandmother’s fine bone china flying across the room, however. These ghosts are a little more ordinary. You’ve probably even encountered one. The dating world is full of ghosts. Ghosting is the scarily common dating practice where the person you’re seeing disappears from your life without warning or explanation. They simply stop responding to your calls, texts and emails. One day, you’re sharing a root beer float and petting cute dogs in the park. The next day, poof! They’re gone. Vanished, like a ghost. A few months ago, social media expert Terra Loire, 26, met someone on dating app Tinder. Everything was great, at first. “We went out a few times — just casual dates like brunch and drinks. (We talked) about life and bonded over our cats. He would text me all the time and was very thoughtful. He drove

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the emotional part of the relationship by being very forward with his feelings for me, which I appreciated.” After a few weeks of schedules not aligning, they finally agreed on another date. He cancelled the day of, stating he was “tired.” He was genuinely apologetic and promised to set up a date for the following week. She never heard from him again. “Ghosting is frustrating,” Loire says. “Especially when I work very hard to be honest and allow the other person opportunities to express their interest or disinterest in healthy ways. That should eliminate the need to ghost in

the first place.” Ghosting is a cowardly and disrespectful move, to be sure, but in a world where we’re accustomed to ending relationships with the literal push of a button (defriending, unfollowing, blocking), it makes sense. Ghosting is an easy and non-confrontational way to get out of something that’s not working for you. For the ghostee, it can be confusing, enraging and can even instill actual panic — did something happen to this person? Were they in an accident? Are they OK? A friend recently asked me to check up on another friend of

mine on social media to ensure he wasn’t dead. He had told her he would call her soon to plan another date and she never heard from him again. According to recent Facebook photos of him drinking with friends, he was alive and well. He had simply ghosted. Playwright Graham Isador, 27, has been both ghoster and ghostee. After meeting an interesting and beautiful woman in another city, they kept in touch. It became clear to Isador after a return visit that they had very different expectations of the relationship. Back in Toronto, he took longer to respond to her texts and was always “busy” when the phone rang. “I didn’t handle that thing well,” Isador admits. “I avoided conflict. I let things drift in that ‘what happened’ scenario that is intensely frustrating. When you don’t know what happened, it’s hard to get closure. “I was trying to think of a comparison and the best thing I came up with is: pulling the band-aid off. Pulling it off quickly is going to hurt a bit. But if the alternative is leaving it on until the band-aid grows gross and dirty and eventually falls off on its own? It’s pretty clear what to choose. I owe that girl an apology, but I think it is too late to get in touch now.” Isador likely won’t make the same mistake twice, considering what followed. “The next girl I got involved with ended up ghosting on me. So, you know, enjoy the schadenfreude.”

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In a dead-on, black-and-white spoof of Beyoncé’s Sorry video (from Lemonade), the women of SNL portray Donald Trump’s female posse: wife Melania (Cecily Strong), daughters Ivanka (Emily Blunt) and Tiffany (Vanessa Bayer), campaign manager Kellyanne Conway (Kate Mc-

Kinnon), and Apprentice star Omarosa (Sasheer Zamata). Decked out in hair extensions, leotards, furs, fishnets and French manicures, they ride in a limo, recline in Trump Tower-like rooms, and take a baseball bat to a TV screen bearing Trump’s face (Alec Baldwin), while singing lines like, “I’m tired of thinking ‘bout you” and “Watch out, we’re about to walk out.” “Without us you wouldn’t be standing there/You’d just

be that guy with the weird hair,” Melania sings, then adds, “I wrote that all by myself.” The others roll their eyes. SNL always ups its game in elections, and this year they have an embarrassment of riches. But this video is satire at its pinnacle. It combines an astute observation (The women in Trump’s life act as a Fembot army to defend and humanize him) with a

still-breaking news story (allegations of Trump’s serial sexual abuse of women) and a cultural touchstone about another wronged woman (Lemonade) to point to the truth about this campaign: It’s about women. Abused women are speaking up and turning the tide. Women will decide this election. A woman could (will!) lead the U.S., and by extension, the world. And SNL has the female

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mired in an 0-for-25 drought against right-handers, homered and doubled. Jason Kipnis also had a solo homer for the Indians. Michael Saunders homered for Toronto, which is now in door-die mode for the rest of the best-of-seven series. Both teams had seven hits. Mike Napoli homered and drove Cleveland pulled ahead 4-2 in two runs and Cleveland sur- with two runs in the sixth. The vived a bizarre, bloody pitching Jays have yet to lead in the series. cameo by Indians starter Trevor Bauer, playing with 10 stitches Bauer to defeat Toronto 4-2 Mon- in his right pitching pinky after day night, burying the Blue Jays a freak drone repair accident in an 0-3 hole in the American last Thursday, lasted just two League Championship Series. outs and 21 pitches. Blood was It was more dripping from of the same for Game 3 In Toronto his unbandaged the Jays, their finger like a faubats rendered cet when umpire near useless by Brian Gorman walked out to Cleveland pitching. Toronto has the mound and scored just three summoned Inruns in three dians manager games against Terry Francona the Indians, for a pitcher who have done who wasn’t leakjust enough ofing red. fensively to win. Even before Star reliever the game, BauAndrew Miller, who had struck er’s finger looked like someone out 10 of the 12 Jays he faced had taken a razor-sharp ice-cream in the first two games, came scoop to it. But the 25-year-old on with four outs remaining. seemed unfazed. Bauer had a strikeout, walk, He got a strikeout to end the eighth but gave up a single to flyout and walk before making pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro to his bloody exit. He only managed open the ninth. nine strikes. Miller struck out Kevin Pillar Game 4 goes Tuesday at 4 p.m. and Melvin Upton Jr. and Darwin ET with Toronto’s Aaron Sanchez Barney grounded out to extin- against Indians ace Corey Kluber, guish the rally. pitching on three days rest. Napoli, who came in the game The Canadian Press

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Morrison returns to ice after stroke The words “you don’t have to come back and see me ever again” from his neurologist was Denny Morrison’s green light to get back to what he loves. Less than six months after suffering a stroke, the owner of four Olympic speedskating medals is back racing. Morrison didn’t start pushing his heart rate to the maximum until last month, but he put down the fastest 3,000 metres of his life on Sept. 30. The 31-year-old from Fort St.

John, B.C., will race the 1,000 and 1,500 metres — in which he won Olympic silver and bronze respectively in 2014 — at this week’s national team trials in Calgary. The trials determines Canada’s team for the first four World Cups this season. Morrison was buoyed by Monday’s training session. He saw progress in his starts and accelerations, which were elements he wasn’t even allowed to train until recently. the canadian press

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IN BRIEF Price to miss Canadiens opener at Bell Centre The Montreal Canadiens will have to wait at least one more game before goalie Carey Price makes his season debut. Coach Michel Therrien said Monday that Price will miss the Canadiens’ home opener, as he still needs to regain weight and energy after missing the opening two games with a virus. Al Montoya will make a third straight start Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Canadian Press

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UFC hesitate as GSP says he is free agent Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says he is no longer under contract with the UFC and is a free agent. The Montreal fighter, 35, who has been on hiatus since 2013, is keen to return to action. St-Pierre said Monday that his team had been in negotiations with the UFC since February, with talks eventually focusing on the UFC show in Toronto on Dec. 10. The fighter said both sides were close to an agreement before the UFC was sold. He wait-

ed weeks before hearing the offer was off the table. St-Pierre gave the UFC a deadline to give him a fight. George St. Pierre On the day of getty images the deadline, he got a tentative offer to fight former champion Robbie Lawler, who is currently nursing an injury. St-Pierre told the MMA Hour that his lawyer told him the next day he was a free agent. THE CANADIAN PRESS

When watching Connor McDavid play for the Edmonton Oilers, Wayne Gretzky gets the urge to don his No. 99 again. “I could get 60 goals playing with that guy,” the Great One said. “I’m truly amazed at how good he is.” Admiration runs deeps from the NHL’s all-time leading scorer when it comes to McDavid. Gretzky believes his fellow prodigy has all the tools for a truly special career, mentioning his name in the same breath as Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, Guy LaFleur, and of course, Sidney Crosby, who he said remains the best in the game today. “But I don’t think there’s any question that Connor’s the best 19-year-old hockey player I’ve ever seen and I saw (Mark) Messier, I saw Lemieux, I saw Lafleur,” Gretzky said Monday in an interview to promote his new book, 99: Stories of the Game. “This kid is special.” Now, Gretzky continued, it’s up to McDavid, who was recently named Oilers captain, to live up to the potential. Gretzky, a former Oilers captain himself, noted how Crosby delivered on the hype by winning not only individual awards, but Stanley Cups for the Pittsburgh Penguins. “The Lemieuxs, the LaFleurs, and the (Mike) Bossys, those guys did it, they accomplished it, they became Hall of Famers,” Gretzky said. “(Is McDavid) on the right track? Absolutely. And has he got an opportunity to do some real special things? One hundred per cent. Has he got his head screwed on properly? One hundred per cent. He’s in the right organization (and) the city will take care of him. It’s a wonderful city for him to play in.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

Three stars Edmonton’s Connor McDavid, Toronto rookie forward Auston Matthews and Florida goaltender Roberto Luongo have been named the three stars for the opening week of the NHL season. McDavid took first-star honours after scoring twice and adding an assist in the Oilers’ first two games. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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force turnovers. McCoy scored three times and led a ground attack that totalled 312 yards rushing, fifth most in Bills history. The eighth-year running back has been on a tear in combining for 470 yards and six touchdowns (including one receiving) over the past four games for a team that led the NFL in yards rushing last season. The surge coincides with

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Broom talk dominates ahead of new season The start of this curling season is an attempt to stuff the sweeping genie back in the bottle. Elite curlers now have the same fabric — an “ugly mustard yellow” as skip Brad Gushue describes it — in their broomheads. All sweeping hell broke loose at curling’s highest levels last winter when super-coated brush fabric allowed curlers to manipulate the trajectory of a stone in ways never seen before. Accurate shot-making took a back seat to steering stones down the ice with “Frankenbrooms.” There were fears the abrasive fabric in brooms damaged the ice. Confusion over what should be allowed and what shouldn’t

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caused bad blood between teams. New rules imposed by the World Curling Federation on Sept. 10 came out of May’s sweeping summit in Kemptville, Ont. Gushue was one of the curlers involved in testing overseen by the National Research Council. The new rules apply to WCF events, and by extension, competition sanctioned by Curling Canada. The most visible change this fall on the World Curling Tour is all broomheads used for sweeping have the same colour and type of fabric produced from a single source. “It’s just to make sure no brush has an advantage over another one,” Edmonton skip Val Sweeting said. the canadian press

Ryan firing offensive co-ordinator Greg Roman and replacing him with running backs coach Anthony Lynn. The re-emphasis on running the ball has taken the burden off quarterback Tyrod Taylor having to force the passing game. “We don’t have to throw it 50 times a game,” Ryan said. “And quite honestly, if we throw it 50 times a game, we’re getting beat and getting beaten badly.” The numbers bear him out. Since taking over the starting job to open last season, Taylor is 1-6 in games he attempts 30 or more passes, and 11-2 with 29 or fewer. The quarterback has also been efficient with eight touchdowns passing versus just two interceptions and a lost fumble this season. Ryan’s prized defence has also played a key role in Buffalo’s turnaround, which began after a 37-31 loss to the New York Jets on Sept. 15. The Associated Press

IN BRIEF Big Ben unlikely to face Pats after knee surgery The cartilage in Ben Roethlisberger’s aching left knee is repaired after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on Monday. And while the Pittsburgh Steelers are optimistic their franchise quarterback will return sooner rather than later after tweaking the knee in the second quarter of a miserable loss in Miami on Sunday, the odds of Roethlisberger being ready for a visit from Tom Brady and the New England Patriots six days removed from the operating table is remote. The Associated Press Reds-Red Devils draw 0-0 Manchester United’s defensive tactics blunted Liverpool’s prolific attack as England’s two most illustrious teams toughed out a 0-0 draw in the Premier League on Monday. United manager Jose Mourinho’s approach went to plan at Anfield, with Liverpool having 65 per cent possession but failing to score in a home league game for the first time in exactly 10 months. United was the opponent then, too. The Associated Press

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For Metro Canada Crunch, spice and snap make these cauliflower tacos a delicious and easy answer to a weeknight dinner. Ready in 30 minutes Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Serves 4 Ingredients • 1 head cauliflower • 2 Tbsp olive oil • 1 1/2 cup panko or breadcrumbs • 1 tsp chili powder • 1/2 tsp cumin • salt and pepper • 1 avocado • 1/4 cup sour cream • 1 lime, juiced • salt and pepper • 6 to 8 tortillas • extras like crumbled queso or feta cheese, cabbage slaw

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