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Final pitches from candidates and supporters America now decides what kind of place it wants to be. The campaigning portion of a momentous, bitter, surreal U.S. presidential election ended Monday with Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump zipping around the country from morning to late at night to scrap for votes in critical states. The former secretary of state, senator and first lady showed no sign of complacency in an unpredictable year, playing both defence and offence on a four-rally day headlined by an appearance with her husband, the Obamas, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi at a giant concert rally in Philadelphia — her second rally of the day in critical Pennsylvania. “I’m betting that tomorrow, America will reject a politics of blame and resentment,” Barack Obama said at Independence Hall. “I’m betting that tomorrow, you will reject fear, and you will choose hope. I’m betting that the decency and the generosity of the American people will win the day. And that’s a bet I’ve never lost.” Both of the candidates made a case that did not sound, after all these months, like an
exaggeration: Tuesday’s vote is a referendum on America’s soul. Clinton appealed to voters’ better angels. “We don’t have to accept a dark and divisive vision for America,” she said in Pittsburgh. “Tomorrow you can vote for a hopeful, inclusive, big-hearted America. Our core values are being tested in this election.” Trump appealed to voters’ anger. “You have one magnificent chance to change a corrupt system,” he said in Raleigh, “and to deliver justice for every forgotten man, woman and child in this nation.” Clinton said America needs “more love and kindness.” Trump said America needs to eradicate its “rigged system.” The last batch of polls suggested Clinton was on track for a historic victory. The woman seeking to become the first female president led by about four percentage points on average and by as many as six points. More than 70 million Americans are expected to cast ballots on Tuesday, joining more than 40 million who have voted. They will choose between candidates who share a home state and financial privilege but little else. The election pits a consummate Washington insider vowing to protect the president’s legacy against an outsider vowing to “drain the swamp.” It pits a
Words from Philadelphia
Michelle Obama: Voters have a chance on Tuesday to stand up to “those who seek to divide us and make us afraid.” Barack Obama: They “have somebody extraordinary to vote for” in Hillary Clinton. Bill Clinton: Decide whether “we are going to change forward together or backward.” Bruce Springsteen: Her candidacy is based on “intelligence, experience, preparation.”
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polarizing feminist icon against a macho man with a history of sexism and alleged sex assault. It pits a conventional liberal against an unorthodox conservative. Scripted against improvised, disciplined against erratic, prepared versus blustering. One attempting to build a broad multiracial coalition, one appealing to the nostalgia, resentment and economic anxiety of white people. Above all, the election was about questions of identity, national and personal. Should America open its arms to the world or fortify itself both
metaphorically and with an actual wall? Were illegal immigrants to be assimilated or summarily evicted? Were AfricanAmericans making gains or mired in joblessness and hopelessness? Were Muslims a security threat or a part of the national fabric? The electorate was sharply split along racial and gender lines. Trump was looking to turn out disaffected whites who have stayed home in past elections; Clinton was seeking a surge in voting among Hispanics, which early-voting results in Florida and Nevada suggested might be happening, and a better-than-
usual showing with female white moderates dismayed by Trump’s behaviour and personality. Trump, a businessman and reality television star whose candidacy was widely treated as a joke 17 months ago, managed to stay in contention despite an unceasing series of revelations that would have sunk a conventional politician. He spent his final hours in his typical atypical fashion: raging at assorted things that drew his ire. And, as so often, he boasted about himself. At least twice, he claimed he had “the greatest movement ever in the history of
our country.” Both Trump and Clinton remained unpopular throughout the campaign, Clinton slightly less than Trump, and they tried Monday to do what they had always done: focus voters’ attention on the other. There are also two prominent third-party candidates on the ballot, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Jill Stein. Johnson, former governor of New Mexico, has plummeted from relevance over the last month, but he remains at about 5 per cent in the polls, Stein at about 2 per cent. torstar news service
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This moment is about Canada, too Tensions highlighted in the U.S. election could head north
Vicky Mochama
Metro | Toronto Fear has been the soundtrack to this election. Fear sounds like crowds turning on the reporters sent to cover them. Fear sounds like cries of “Lock her up!” Fear sounds like cable news pundits saying, “That’s just how men speak in locker rooms.” It is the fear of those who now feel left out of the American Dream in the way
that blacks, Native Americans and queers always have been. There is a deep terror that even American power looks different: first, a black man, and now, a woman. I can’t help but be concerned that the same elements that propelled Donald Trump are sitting just under our noses: a distrust of immigrants, a struggling economy, and a bitterness that Canada no longer looks like it used to. This country is changing. In the last three years, hate crimes against Muslims
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in Canada have more than doubled even while overall hate crimes lessened. The Rebel, a Canadianbased news company run by ex-Sun TV host Ezra Levant, has claimed that most Syrian refugees are fake. A columnist for the Toronto Sun continues to peddle the notion that Maryam Monsef’s recent discovery of her birthplace is a massive lie. (It is not.) Conservative leadership candidate Kelly Leitch has talked of testing immigrants and refugees for “anti-
Canadian values.” One of her rivals, Steven Blaney has also suggested a ban on the niqab for public service workers saying, “We don’t want our country to become like the country they left.” Canada was once spared the worst of the global economic downturn. But our economy is now faltering. The Canadian oil industry, for example, is experiencing a significant slump. In the expansion of employment benefits to interior B.C., Edmonton and southern Saskatchewan, almost
all of the applicants were men. Compared to 2015, there has been an 11 percent increase in male EI beneficiaries according to Statistics Canada. Clearly, men are struggling. Entrenched unemployment in once-booming areas like the Alberta oilfields threatens to turn its mostly male workers into a seething political class. Men who felt they had the promise of manufacturing, farming and resource jobs may, rightfully or not, resent being left behind. Economic distress and racial
animus make for dangerous politics. Like waiting for the West Wing to get onto Netflix, Canada tends to get everything America does only a couple years later. Sure, I dread that under a still-possible Trump presidency, a wall will be built, that Muslims will be banned, and that women won’t be able to walk safely into the Oval Office. But here at home, I fear the election’s cruel, racist and anarchic streak may yet head north.
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Feds proposing menthol ban health
Ex-smokers support move, say it helped them kick habit Elizabeth Cameron
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The sale of menthol cigarettes is already prohibited in Alberta, and the federal government is planning to introduce a countrywide ban. BRODIE THOMAS/Metro
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Sara Williams called herself a casual smoker, smoking around three cigarettes a day. “I started with regular Canadian Classics, and soon after found menthols,” she said. Williams continued to smoke menthols until they were banned from being sold in Alberta in September 2015. She decided to swap her tobacco for the electronic version. “Since (menthols were) banned, I’ve come to realize that there are other alternatives,” Williams said. “I picked up an e-cig and I haven’t had a cigarette since. I like to think this is because of the ban.” The federal government recently announced it is pushing
ahead with a proposed ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes. There is already a ban on most flavoured tobacco products across Canada, implemented in 2009. The previous Progressive Conservative government of Alberta did not include menthols in their total ban of flavoured tobacco products, which came into effect in June 2015. When the NDP took power in May that year, menthols were added to the provincial ban. By May 2017, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island will all have provincial legislation which prohibits the sale of menthol cigarettes. “I don’t think it’s the kids who are smoking menthols. I think it’s people who have been smoking for a while and have tried to quit,” said Erin Constant, who smoked regular cigarettes for 15 years. She became pregnant and was able to quit. A couple of years later, she picked up some menthols to try and lose weight before her wedding. She found herself
I’ve come to realize that there are other alternatives. Sara Williams
craving the menthols, but not regular cigarettes. “I couldn’t stand the taste of regular cigarettes anymore,” she said. “Thankfully they banned (menthols) in Alberta, otherwise I can guarantee I would still be smoking,” she said. The ban in Alberta has not stopped people from travelling to other provinces which do not have a ban on menthols, like British Columbia and Saskatchewan. “One of my friends was driving to her lake property, and made a 45-minute detour to Lloydminster to purchase a pack of menthols,” Constant said. The public has until Jan. 18 to provide feedback on the federal government’s proposed ban on the sales of menthol cigarettes.
Coun. Andre Chabot stood up for the many citizens who have been waking up to find tickets on their vehicles. Metro File
In the past, the practice was to issue warnings, try to encourage compliance. Coun. Andre Chabot
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City rethinking parking fines Helen Pike
Metro | Calgary Tattling on your neighbour’s parking job may soon have a different outcome than a pile of tickets. In Calgary, residential parking snafus often arise when one neighbour makes a complaint about another parking job — that’s when enforcement rains down. And, according to transportation boss Mac Logan, a recent concern heard by the Calgary Parking Authority board in which residents
were ticketed for angle parking on a cul-de-sac at 2 a.m. may illicit change. Coun. Andre Chabot said his constituents aren’t just getting ticketed for their angle parking in cul-de-sacs, they’re now being ticketed for having a vehicle on the street for more than 72 hours. “In the past, the practice was to issue warnings, try and encourage compliance and work with the residents to see if an alternate solution could be reached,” said Chabot. Logan said the city doesn’t have a formal way to give people warnings about parking issues. In the past, officers
have gone to homes to hang warning notes on doors, but had feedback that the practice wasn’t effective. “At the bottom line, it’s about working with the community to try to achieve the outcome we’re after,” said Logan. “Not being heavy-handed with enforcement. That message is being received loud and clear.” Logan added Mike Derbyshire, the general manager of Calgary’s Parking Authority is currently working on new tactics to work with communities instead of heavy fining and retrospective discussions.
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Officers’ denials hurt victims: Expert Police
Progress ‘derailed’ in addressing bully culture Lucie Edwardson
Metro | Calgary
When four female Calgary Police Service members spoke with media last month and denied any problems of bullying or harassment in the service, Pat Ferris said it’s the worst thing they could’ve done in
the situation. Ferris is a partner at Janus Associates Psychological Services here in Calgary. She holds a PhD in organizational psychology and is a co-convenor of the therapists special interest group of the international association of workplace bullying and harassment. The CPS has been under the microscope in recent weeks due to reports of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment stemming from a 2013 review that highlighted concerning allegations — but was kept under wraps until recently. Ferris said the women who spoke out saying the culture of
bullying and harassment didn’t exist “derailed” any progress made by the chief and service in dealing with the issues and demonstrated “classic moral disengagement.” “It has an incredibly damaging effect,” she said. “When somebody has been morally damaged — put through hell — this would just cause them further injurious effects and polarize the issue further.” Last week at a joint press conference, Chief Roger Chaffin said anyone is allowed to speak their mind — but he would hope it wasn’t at the determent of others. The CPS confirmed they knew the women had sought out
Pat Ferris said the service’s rank and file need to learn to have each other’s backs. Lucie Edwardson/Metro
media and said they respect everyone’s opinions and experiences. But Ferris said members of the service need to follow in the footsteps of their chief . “The chief seems to be taking this very seriously,” she said. “We need restorative practices and Chaffin is modelling that by publicly addressing it. I just hope leadership does what they said they’re going to do.” The 20-year veteran in dealing with these issues said there are a few things that need to be done, as well as a few things that need to stop, if the CPS want to see improvement. “They need to stop being reactionary,” said Ferris.
She said CPS needs be restorative in their approach by making sure leadership is on the same page, thorough investigations, public apologies, training in the role of a bystander and creating an atmosphere of compassion — which she said could trigger the forgiveness instinct in the victims. The psychologist said the CPS could take a page out of the books of many military and paramilitary organizations that have been through similar situations in the past. “This should not surprise them,” said Ferris. “Where is the learning from what the RCMP went through?”
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Calgary puts the pedal to car2go metal Helen Pike
Metro | Calgary The economy isn’t slowing Calgarians as they try to get around the city. Despite the downturn, Calgary has zipped past Vancouver to claim the fastest-growing North American city with car2go service. Since last year, we have
amassed 20,000 more users, which brings Calgary’s total car2go membership to more than 100,000 people. Jonathan Wycoco, location manager for car2go in Calgary, said that’s an 18 per cent jump over last year’s rise in users, which on average goes up 16 per cent annually. “This is just four years after us launching,” Wycoco said. “We haven’t seen a slowdown in business, what we’ve ac-
tually seen is an increase year over year.” Wycoco said the car sharing service could be helping some Calgarians live car-free, or at least put off buying a vehicle. In a recent UC Berkeley study, researchers found in Calgary the company was able to take 11 private cars off of the city’s streets for each car2go vehicle. These numbers, of course, exist in a market where Uber
hasn’t yet launched. But Wycoco said they aren’t concerned about competition when the rideshare giant opens up shop in Calgary. Currently, there are 600 car2go vehicles in Calgary, including the four-door cars launched last year as a pilot. Since the company launched in 2012, Calgarians have taken more than four million trips in the vehicles and travelled nearly 23 million kilometres.
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Comic-book hero Ms. Marvel has quickly gone from a long shot to one of Marvel Comics’ most popular superheroes, thanks to an artful blend discussing issues such as racism, feminism and gentrification, while fighting giant psychic frogs or clones of Thomas Edison mixed with cockatiel DNA. Writer G. Willow Wilson isn’t afraid to get a little weird — and that magic mix of elements has captured comic fans throughout Calgary. Wilson spoke about Ms. Marvel to a filled Mount Royal Auditorium last week, during a special guest lecture at Mount Royal
University. Even Mayor Nenshi came out to listen. Wilson said she never expected Ms. Marvel to become so big — the book was originally only slated to last a few issues. “To see it explode overnight and become this cultural phenomenon was just so far beyond my wildest dreams,” she smiled. For those in need of a quick primer: Kamala Khan is the new Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers used the moniker before, but has now been upgraded to Captain Marvel). She’s a Muslim teen who has shape-shifting abilities and operates out of New Jersey. Many who came out to see Wilson asked her about the feminist undertones of the book, and how it dealt with many social issues — which isn’t rare for a comic book, but it’s not exactly commonplace either. But Wilson said the real popularity of the book is that it’s a relatable coming-of-age story. She’s just a kid navigating through life (even if her life includes a stint with the Avengers).
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Vehicle found in hit and run On Sunday, police found the vehicle from Saturday night’s fatal hit-and-run in the city’s southeast. A pedestrian, 54, was struck by a black Dodge Ram that failed to stop following the collision. Charges have not yet been laid.
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Probe into police shooting ordered Lucie Edwardson
Metro | Calgary During the course of an Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) investigation into a Calgary Police Service (CPS) officer-involved shooting that happened last week, investigators became aware of another use-of-force incident involving CPS officers. In a news release sent out Monday, ASIRT said the executive director of ASIRT was immediately notified of the discovery and on Nov. 4, the executive director started a separate investigation into the actions of the two police officers. ASIRT is investigating the circumstances surrounding
the force used on the 20-yearold man who was driving the stolen Honda Civic after he was removed from the vehicle while being taken into custody. It’s not believed that the use of force caused any additional injury to the man who remains in hospital as a result of gunshot wounds received from the officer-involved shooting.
DETAILS ASIRT investigators confirmed that the CPS officer who discharged his police service weapon is not one of the officers involved in this use-of-force investigation.
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Anti-abortion activist banned from council Larry Heather — the infamHeather often sits in the ous anti-abortion activist and gallery and speaks at public fringe political candidate — hearings. was banned from Calgary Owen Key, chief security city council on o ff i c e r w i t h the City of Monday. Calgary was Heather, who sends unable to cont w e e t s f r o m Corporate Security firm the any the handle on the is reviewing the details @calgarysenlength of Headetails of the ther’s ban. ate, had to be “We are une s c o r t e d o ff incident. city property able to comOwen Key, by members ment further chief security officer as corporate of the Calgary Police Service security is reafter he refused to leave the viewing the details of the podium. incident and we are unable According to Coun. Gian- to discuss individual securCarlo Carra, Heather was ity incidents due to privacy speaking off topic and dis- concerns.” respectfully. Brodie Thomas/Metro
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Man acquitted of sex assault back on trial
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Detective notes that accused’s DNA matched case evidence The lead investigator in a sexual-assault case that prompted a judicial hearing over the judge’s controversial comments says there was an immediate hit at the national DNA data bank identifying the accused. Alexander Scott Wagar, 29, was acquitted of sexual assault in 2014 by Justice Robin Camp, who decided the man’s version of events was more credible. Court transcripts show Camp questioned the 19-year-old female complainant’s morals and asked why she couldn’t keep her knees together. In testimony Monday at a retrial before a judge alone, Calgary police Det. Perry Patzwald testified that DNA evidence taken from the complainant’s jeans was tested and identified as Wagar’s. “It showed that there was a male 1 profile found on the jeans indicating there was semen identified. Later that day I also received notification from the national DNA data bank that there was a hit ... Alexander Wagar was the contributor to the male 1 profile,” Patzwald testified. The Criminal Code allows for a judge to order a person convicted of designated offences such as murder, manslaughter and sexual assault to provide a DNA sample to the national data bank. Wagar’s lawyer noted that the evidence did not deal with intent and only suggested a sex-
Federal Court Justice Robin Camp caused a retrial in the case of Scott Wagar, after the judge asked inappropriate questions to the alleged victim. Todd Korol/tHE CANADIAN PRESS
ual encounter had taken place. “The issue of consent is not derived from DNA evidence,” said Pat Flynn. “We just know that a sexual act occurred,” replied Patzwald. Court heard an agreed statement of facts that said the encounter was on Dec. 14, 2011, that the complainant’s clothing was seized for DNA analysis and that a medical examination noted two bruises on her back. Lindsay Winter, who worked at a Calgary homeless shelter, said she received a phone call from the young woman who said she had been assaulted, but wouldn’t come in until the next day. “In my experience she was
In my experience she was always a very timid, quiet person.
Lindsay Winter, who works at a homeless shelter, on the alleged victim
always a very timid, quiet person so she appeared the same way on the phone. I urged her to come down and see us,” Winter said. The alleged victim was scheduled to take the stand later Monday. The accused was to testify Tuesday. A woman who entered the courtroom mid-morning smiled and waved at Wagar and blew him kisses. Wagar could be seen mouthing the words “I love you” before the court sheriff told him to stop.
Transcripts from the original trial show that Camp also suggested the alleged victim’s attempts to fight off her attacker were feeble and described her as “the accused” throughout the proceedings. He asked her: “Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?” and said “pain and sex sometimes go together.” The verdict was overturned on appeal and a new trial was ordered. the canadian press
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Alberta Animal Rescue Crew facing shortfall in donations Brodie Thomas
Metro | Calgary Panzer the dog is getting around quite well, despite the casts on his legs, but the group responsible for saving him says they will soon be unable to help animals like him if funding doesn’t improve. Panzer is just one of the hundreds of animals the Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society (AARCS) sees each month. He was found on Oct. 28
in rural Alberta with badly damaged front legs. The fourmonth-old puppy was brought to AARCS, where he was assessed and treated. Deanna Thompson, executive director with AARCS said they may have to turn animals away if they can’t bring in more donations. “We are in desperate need of donations. We try to stick to our budget as much as we can. It’s just that we’ve seen an increase in our cost due to the number of animals coming into our care and a decrease in donations.”
We’re the last chance for that animal that would otherwise be euthanized. Deanna Thompson
She said the economic downturn is probably behind the decline they’ve seen in donations, but that downturn has also led to an increase in animals
“People can’t afford to have the medical treatment done themselves, so we’re the last chance for that animal that would otherwise be euthanized, for very treatable illnesses or injuries.” Ariana Lenz, a veterinary technologist who works for AARCS said Panzer isn’t quite out of the woods. He may need another surgery, but he is improving. “He’s walking, he’s playing, he’s in pretty good spirits but he just gets better every day,” she said.
Officials believe that Panzer the puppy was attacked by a wild animal. He was found with both of his front legs heavily damaged but is now on the mend. Courtesy AARCS
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New Orleans, LA delegate Sylvia Crier cheers during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Getty Images
New Orleans: A parallel universe
Rosemary Westwood relocated from Canada to the United States in the midst of the most unusual presidential election ever. She chronicles her observations in a weekly column for Metro. Rosemary Westwood
From the U.S. The most striking part of New Orleans amidst the climax of this super-sized election is the silence. You would think Trump and Clinton would be on the tip of many tongues. Here, they just aren’t. Not in bars, not in restaurants, not in the streets or shops. Sure, there are TV ads with a bad Clinton impersonator wielding a chainsaw over a computer or a mix tape of offensive Trump clips paid for by Louisiana Democrats. There’s the odd Trump/Pence sticker
on pickup trucks. There’s even a conspiracy theorist Uncle Sam character in the touristpacked French Quarter selling “Hillary for 2016” bumper stickers. But average folk here seem in a parallel universe. You’d hardly know there was a choice to be made at all. “They’re depressed,” said the man behind the counter at Verti Marte, home of perhaps the best muffuletta sandwich, who agreed election banter was scarce. “They think Hillary’s gonna lose. “Normally I trust the polls, but this time I think they’re wrong,” he went on. “I look at the rallies. Obama had tens of
thousands. Trump’s got tens of thousands. Hillary’s got nobody.” To my appalled face, he responded: “It’s gonna be alright, baby. Trump’s gonna create jobs. You’ll see.” A New Orleans born-andbred taxi driver turned out to be one of those fence-sitters you keep hearing about but can’t imagine actually existing. “I’ll probably flip a coin,” he told me. Then later: “I’ll let the wife decide.” About 319 million people live in the U.S., and, out of all of them, “people can’t believe these two are it,” he said, explaining the disinterest. “I don’t care for Trump, and
You’d hardly know there was a choice to be made at all. there’s something about Hillary. I never liked her.” But on Sunday, the Catholic priest at St. Louis Cathedral ended mass, as many church leaders across the country undoubtedly did, by urging his congregants: “Please, I am begging you, exercise your right to vote.” “Take your Catholic faith into the booth,” he asked, an enigmatic request, given the fact that the only Catholic on
the presidential ticket is prochoice Hillary’s VP pick, Tim Kaine. On Facebook, in American cities further from the libatious, laid-back New Orleans, friends of mine complained they’d been having sleepless nights. In the era of Brexit, in a country where former KKK leader David Duke can run for the Senate and land a spot on a legitimate Louisiana debate stage, in a world that has birthed this particularly bloated, infectious iteration of Donald Trump, the waiting — the suspense — is terrifying. I, myself, am deeply worried.
At church services, in rallies and on social media, black pastors urged congregants to vote, hoping to inspire a late flood of African-American turnout that could help propel Democrat Hillary Clinton to victory in critical swing states on Tuesday. On the final weekend of the presidential campaign, a pastor in Detroit spoke of voting and citizenship. In Philadelphia, the minister reminded congregants others had died for their chance to cast a ballot. The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke to a few hundred people in front of City Hall in Tallahassee, Florida, before they marched a block over to the county courthouse to vote early. Along with women and Hispanics, African-Americans are seen as critical to Clinton’s chances against Republican Donald Trump. However, early voting data from key states indicate turnout will not be as high this year as it was four years ago, when Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, was on the ballot. Sunday’s efforts were aimed at minimizing that decline. Bishop T.D. Jakes, pastor of the Texas megachurch The Potter’s House, tweeted on a red, white and blue backdrop: “Make sure your voice is heard. Vote on Nov. 8.” “Preachers are trying to strike a moral nerve and somehow penetrate the fog of indifference,” said the Rev. James Forbes, retired pastor of The Riverside Church. “These are very crucial times to a nation with so much anger, so much anxiety about the future,” Forbes said. Forbes has been travelling the country to mobilize voters. He and other pastors have taken pains to emphasize they were not endorsing a candidate, but it was hard to mistake some remarks Sunday that signalled a deep opposition to Trump. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Madonna urges voters Canadian women’s hopes for a female president to keep America great Madonna belted out some of her biggest hits on Monday night as she treated people in the city to a surprise outdoor concert in support of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. About 300 people jammed into Washington Square Park, in the heart of Manhattan, to watch the pop singer perform “Express Yourself,” ”Don’t Tell Me,“ ”Imagine,“ ”Like a Prayer“ and ”If I Had a Hammer“ while they sang along. Madonna opened the 30-minute performance by urging the crowd to vote on Tues-
day. “This is a concert that is about unifying us, and it’s about keeping America great, not making America great again,” Madonna said. “Tomorrow we’re going to keep America great. We’re going to elect a president that does not discriminate.” As she finished the concert, she again urged the growing crowd to go to the polls and vote for Clinton. Some in the crowd were just as excited to vote for Clinton as they were to see a Madonna performance. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kim Campbell has made no secret about who she would prefer to see win the U.S. presidential election. The former Progressive Conservative prime minister has been vocal in her distaste for Republican candidate Donald Trump, who she views as unqualified, untruthful and undermining democratic institutions in a world where many countries still strive for peace and security. Campbell would welcome a victory by Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. And she thinks Americans electing the first woman U.S. president would send a remarkable signal around
Kim Campbell, former Progressive Conservative prime minister. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE FILE
the globe that yes, women really are up for the job. “The landscape from which people get their sense of how the world works is a very powerful influence in terms of the subliminal attitudes people have about who gets to do a job,” Campbell said. “I think it will encourage a lot of young people to think differently about who gets to do that job.” Liberal Sen. Mobina Jaffer said she saw this kind of effect in action soon after she became the first Muslim and first person of South Asian descent to be named to the upper chamber in 2001.
Jaffer said she remembers walking along an Ottawa streetwhen a young Afghan girl approached her and learned she was a new senator. “And she said, ‘Well, if you can become a senator then I can become a prime minister’,” Jaffer recalled. Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz said that kind of validation is needed, even for women who have already been elected to office. “I can tell you that not only do we have to prove ourselves to win the nomination, we have to re-prove ourselves every single day,” said Dzerowicz. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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End sexual abuse: Inuit indigenous issues
Federal leaders asked to stand up to protect children Prominent Inuit politicians are urging Canada’s leaders — indigenous and otherwise — to protect children from the scourge of sexual abuse and suicide running through indigenous communities, saying no child deserves to have their innocence stolen. The head of Canada’s national Inuit organization says it is incumbent upon all leaders to proclaim that abuse in indigenous communities is unacceptable. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, is himself no stranger to intergenerational trauma; his own father struggled with alcoholism after falling victim to sexual and physical abuse at residential school. “There is no way to talk about this issue without it being difficult,” Obed said in an interview. “I always think of the children, the children that shouldn’t be abused and they are at the centre of my thoughts.” Children deserve the right to
IN BRIEF National ocean protection plan announced in Ottawa Ottawa announced a $1.5-billion marine safety plan Monday to protect the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans. It includes funding to create a marine safety system, restoring ecosystems, and oil spill research. The government says change will be seen as early as next year, such as opening a Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre in St. John’s, N.L. THE CANADIAN PRESS
There is no way to talk about this issue without it being difficult.
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live happy, healthy childhoods and to fulfil their potential, he added. “We need to do more to keep our children safe,” Obed said. “We know the risk factors that child sexual abuse is for suicide.” Talk of sexual abuse often falls on deaf ears at all levels of government, a frustrated Iqaluit Mayor Madeleine Redfern said
Monday following a media investigation that highlights the alarming prevalence of sexual abuse in some indigenous communities — and the fact that it remains an open secret. “If you acknowledge it, you have to deal with it,” Redfern said. “Just the same way that the Catholic Church abuse went on for decades; that was an open se-
cret until media ... decided that those stories needed to be told.” Independent Sen. Murray Sinclair, the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that explored the depths of Canada’s residential school legacy, said data is sorely lacking that could point to the magnitude of the problem inside indigenous communities.
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Sexual abuse has gone beyond residential school survivors, their children and grandchildren, said Sinclair. The cycle of abuse has infected subsequent generations, he warned. Children are abusing each other across generations; members of street gangs are victimizing young girls; and women are being hauled into the sex trade. Mental health resources to address the issue and research possible connections to the alarmingly high number of indigenous suicides are sorely lacking, especially in Canada’s far North, Sinclair noted. A 2012 Statistics Canada report found rates of sexual offences against children and youth were highest in the territories — the Northwest Territories and Nunavut recorded the highest rates in Canada, followed by Yukon. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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overdoses
Experts call for national opioid strategy
Canada needs a comprehensive national strategy to curb rampant overprescribing of opioids and to reduce escalating numbers of deaths caused by overdoses of the powerful narcotics, addiction experts say. Writing in Monday’s edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Dr. Benedikt Fischer of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and co-authors say an estimated 2,000 Canadians died from
By the numbers inside the CAMH study
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High-end estimate of the number of Canadians who have died of opioid overdoses in 2015
opioid overdoses in 2015, and many provinces are on track
20K
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for an even higher number of deaths in 2016.
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give information to the enemy,” explained Caitlin Bailey, curator of the Canadian Centre for the Great War, in an interview. “But pretty much everyone kept some sort of notebook.” The diary is one of the nearly 5,000 First World War artifacts collected over nearly three decades by Montreal businessman Mark Cahill. Some of the massive collection is on public display, tucked away on the second floor of Cahill’s company’s offices in a refurbished factory. The Canadian Press
“It’s a real public health disaster,” Fischer said. In a separate report Monday, the Toronto centre urged Ottawa to launch a review of all prescription painkillers sold in Canada and said high-dose opioid medications should be pulled from the market. Other recommendations include: • Developing and enforcing guidelines for prescribing opioids only in exceptional cases. • Prescribing opioids in lim-
ited dosages and for a limited duration. • Establishing real-time electronic prescription monitoring systems across Canada. “It is late — but not too late — to move toward reducing the toll of opioid overuse,” Fischer said. The federal government is holding a summit on opioids in Ottawa on Nov. 18, which will include addiction experts and organizations such as CAMH. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Trove of First World War artifacts lies tucked away
The book is labelled A Soldier’s Diary, and its century-old pages tell a story of the Great War that might otherwise have been forgotten. The First World War relic, in remarkable condition given its age, once belonged to a Montreal private named Clarence “Buster” Booth of the Victoria Rifles and was actually forbidden for soldiers. “Diaries were not actually permitted, they were illegal, and the idea was that if you were ever captured ... you could accidentally
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A bid to stop the federal government from revoking Canadians’ citizenship without a hearing has failed. Federal Court Justice Russell Zinn has dismissed a case brought by the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association. The two advocacy groups had sought a stay of a section of the Citizenship Act that allows the government to revoke the citizenship of anyone deemed to have misrepresented themselves. The law is being challenged as unconstitutional but until that case is settled, the Federal Court has since January been systematically granting stays to individuals who apply for them. The advocacy groups asked Zinn to impose a blanket stay for everyone who receives a notice of citizenship revocation. But Zinn ruled Monday that a blanket stay can only be ordered if the harm caused by the law is unavoidable. In this case, he said, it is avoidable because any individual can apply for a stay.
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Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, is no stranger to intergenerational trauma.
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EMMA TEITEL ON prince Harry’s NEW LOVE
A look back at years of commenting on Calgary
What’s so special about one heterosexual interracial couple? Not much, until you consider the British monarchy’s long and checkered history of bigotry. Who knew that Prince Harry, the seemingly daft but cute British royal prone to donning Nazi apparel and walking around in the buff, would be the guy to finally usher his noble brood into the 21st century? And yet it’s true. News emerged recently that Prince Harry is dating American actress Meghan Markle, who unlike the relentlessly Caucasian British monarchy, hails from a mixed-race background. Markle’s mother is African American; her father is white. No big deal, you might be thinking. Welcome to 2016, where interracial unions are more common than ever before. Besides, as far as stories about diversity and representation go, there are far more interesting ones floating around right now than “When Harry Met Meghan”. Cover Girl just named its first Muslim brand ambassador, Nura Afia, who wears a hijab; the National Women’s Hockey League welcomed its first openly transgender player; and DC comics recently launched Midnighter and Apollo, the first mainstream comic to star a pair of same-sex, crime-fighting, superhero lovers. What’s so
This progressive shift in the mindset of England’s royal family may one day open the door of Buckingham Palace to all different kinds of suitors.
special about one heterosexual interracial couple compared to all of that? Not much, until you consider the British monarchy’s long and checkered history of royal bigotry. A mere half-millennium ago, in 1596, Queen Elizabeth I of England, free-spirited daughter of Anne Boleyn
double downed on the comment, alleging that nobody in China seemed to mind the remark, so why should anybody else?) And who can forget Princess Michael of Kent’s infamous New York restaurant tantrum of 2004, when the Princess (wife of Prince Michael of Kent, a cousin of today’s Queen
MONOTONE MONARCHY? Prince Harry has been linked to Toronto-based Suits actor Meghan Markle, who is biracial — and that’s still a big deal for the royal family, Emma Teitel writes. Here they are wearing suspiciously similar bracelets. Getty Images/Meghan Markle instagram
and Henry the 8th and patron of Shakespeare, wrote a letter to the mayors of several English cities complaining that too many black people had begun showing up in the country. (She subsequently also requested that they be deported, although she made no noise about building a wall.) Of course this was the 1500s, when, we’re led to believe, you didn’t have to be royal to be racist. For more recent proof, let’s fast forward back to 1986, and eavesdrop on Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, warning a group of British exchange students in the Chinese city of Xi’an that if they stayed in China any longer they’d become “slitty-eyed.” (Prince Philip later
Elizabeth) allegedly told a table of African-American diners, who she felt were having too good a time, to “Go back to the colonies.” In tolerance terms, in short, the royals have been, as the kids these days like to say, a “problematic” lot. But their youngish progeny: William, Kate, and yes, even Harry, are conversely, kind of cool. They are modern. Prince William, echoing his late mother Diana’s gay-friendly bent, became the first British royal in history to appear on the cover of an LGBT publication (Attitude Magazine). And Prince Harry, while perhaps not the sharpest tool in the shed, seems to have come along way since the Nazi
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costume incident. My intention here isn’t primarily to give terrifically privileged white people props for being less bigoted than their ancestors, but to point out that this progressive shift in the mindset of England’s royal family may one day open the doors of Buckingham Palace to all different kinds of suitors. Thanks to examples like Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the role of romantic partner of a prince or princess, one previously reserved for white heterosexuals, is expanding, surely, if slowly. Personally, I’ve never been able to fully commit to royal fascination; I always suspected that were Prince George to grow up to have more in common with Boy George than King George, he’d probably be asked by the familial powers that be to keep quiet about his sexual proclivities. But if Harry marries Meghan in the next decade or so, maybe not. And come three or four more decades, we may all have a shot — colour, creed, and orientation be damned — at shacking up with members of one of the richest, and certainly most exclusive, clans on the face of the planet. Sure, worshipping royalty — an archaic, regressive and criminally extravagant private club — is probably as illogical as it is embarrassing. But as soon as the possibility arises however tiny — that you too might one day be asked to join, it’s funny how reasonable and necessary that private club can start to look. Emma Teitel is a national affairs columnist for the Toronto Star.
After three-plus years of writing columns about Calgary for Metro, this is my final missive. As I wrap up, I feel a little akin to a preacher reflecting on a stack of old sermons. There have been a handful of winners, a bunch of okay ones and the odd stinker. Readers had a pretty good idea of which was which. They often wrote to let me know. That’s one of the things I’m most grateful for as I step back from this gig. In a world of quick, impulsive social media praise and condemnation — of so much polarization and noise — I’m thankful for those who took the time to share criticism (usually by email) in a thoughtful, constructive way. Such feedback keeps a writer fair and honest. And it brings one back to the basic principles of good writing — applicable not just in journalism, but in any field. In a column last month, for example, I complained of a vehicular arms race on Calgary streets, fuelled by an auto industry that keeps selling bigger, “safer” vehicles that threaten other users of the street. “Lay down your weapons,” I wrote. After that column ran, I heard from Tom: “Such hyperbole... ‘Lay down your weapons’ — really? Since when is a driver intentionally looking to hit a cyclist?” Whenever I received emails like this, my first impulse was to get defensive and double down on my ori-
ginal argument. But at some point I stopped replying to emails right away, and found that this helped a lot. When I returned to the email after a few days, I often realized that the reader was sharing insight I needed to hear. Tom had made the same point that William Strunk and E.B. White articulated in The Elements of Style, a slim book packed with writing wisdom. “Do not overstate,” it says. “When you overstate the reader will be instantly on guard, and everything that has preceded your overstatement as well as everything that follows it will be suspect… A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the whole.” More recently, last week, I wrote about the pedestrian tunnel under Macleod Trail by Chinook Centre — how it’s gross, scary and ugly. Colleen wrote to express disappointment with my onedimensional take, given that it’s known as a place where homeless people sleep. “It is unfortunate your article didn’t discuss the social problems in our city which exist in the tunnel and numerous hidden places in the city and ways to deal with them instead of focusing on the ‘aesthetics’ of the tunnel,” she wrote. That column had been bugging me after I sent it in, and she put her finger on where it came short. I’m going to miss these insights from readers. I’ve enjoyed being part of the lively conversation about where Calgary is headed. Keep it going. Philosopher Cat by Jason Logan
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New York Giants pull off awesome ‘mannequin challenge,’ the latest craze sweeping the internet BREAKING BARRIER JAVITS Hillary Clinton is gearing up for a humongous party in the biggest venue in New York City — the Jacob Javits Center. It has a glass ceiling, which some suggest is symbolic for Clinton’s attempt to break the ultimate barrier and become the first woman American president. The Clinton camp’s other election forecast is for bright skies — lit by fireworks over the Hudson River. Clinton’s guests will include friends, family, invited lawmakers, selected members of the news media and a few lucky members of the public determined ahead of time. There will be no general admission for the public. Barring a voting mishap, the first round of champagne glasses (for either candidate) will likely be filled around 7 p.m. ET, when the first states, Indiana, Kentucky as well as a very big swing state, Florida (with 29 electoral votes) close their polling stations.
Contrast in Election Day parties
The presidential candidates’ Election Day celebrations might reflect their confidence in the outcome of the contest. Both will be in New York City, but each has rather different festivities planned. AMANDA MIKELBERG/METRO NEW YORK
INVITATION ONLY HILTON In contrast, the usually extravagant Republican nominee Donald Trump has reportedly planned a more reserved election night gathering at the Hilton New York ballroom. The space is decidedly less fancy than the Trump Tower atrium. It would have been ill advised to hold it there, because it’s a privately owned space, and the city had already fined Trump $10,000 for holding campaign events there, New York Magazine reported. A source told the magazine that Trump’s party will be “relatively small” because Trump is “superstitious.” “The event is invitation-only for friends and supporters of the Trump-Pence campaign,” according to a news release. As for Trump’s fireworks, he’s fresh out, since last Wednesday he both entered and exited a rally in Florida with the explosives.
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Health
A day some veterans try to avoid PUBLIC CEREMONY
Remembrance Day brings anxiety, stress for soldiers After returning from Rwanda, retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire avoided Remembrance Day “like the plague.” The prospect of donning his uniform for a public ceremony, or even watching a televised parade, was too much after witnessing countless atrocities during that failed peacekeeping mission. “I had lost soldiers under my command, I had seen soldiers grievously injured under my command, I had seen soldiers lose their mind under my command. And I avoided that day like the plague. At best — at best — I might watch it on TV,” says Dallaire, who was dismissed from service after that mission because of resulting depression, anger and suicidal thoughts. “One year, the CBC in French had me do a play-by-play and I said, ‘I’ll never do that again.’ It was just so tormenting.” For most Canadians, Remembrance Day is a time for gratitude, reflection and expressions of national pride. But for many soldiers and veterans scarred by trauma, it’s a time of anxiety, stress and unwelcome triggers. Those experienced with treating mental health issues stemming from military service say they often see these anxieties in those who have not adjusted well to life after a tour of duty. Their ability to handle Nov. 11 generally corresponds to the experiences they had with the military, how much support they receive from friends and family, and what, if any, treatment they are offered upon return. Dr. Ruth Lanius notes the day can be especially difficult for those battling post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition
Remembrance Day is a time for the Canadian public to acknowledge soldier sacrifices and express their gratitude, but for many damaged Canadian soldiers, the day is accompanied with anxiety, stress and unwelcome triggers. ISTOCK
marked by recurrent memories of a stressful event, nightmares, and severe emotional distress or physical reactions to any reminders of war-time trauma. Even though well-meaning citizens organize these events to recognize sacrifice and offer gratitude, a damaged soldier might find the hoopla only increases their survivor’s guilt, or highlights their perceived failures. “I’ve seen veterans who it’s taken years for them to be able to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony because it triggers them so much and it brings back their own memories,” says Lanius, speaking from London, Ont. How to handle that stress varies from person to person, she adds. While it might be important for some service members to work through that anxiety
After returning from Rwanda, retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire avoided Remembrance Day “like the plague.” tHE CANADIAN PRESS
and learn to embrace Remembrance Day, that might be too
overwhelming for others. “In some cases it can also be
experienced as a tremendous relief because it makes them feel closer to some of their buddies that they’ve lost in war,” she says. “I met one man last year who hadn’t been able to attend in years and this was the first time he’d been able to attend. Even though I think it caused a lot of emotional distress for him, I think it really also led him to experience a sense of mastery for having been able to attend after such a long period of time.” Dallaire recalls how his own soldier father, who commanded an infantry regiment in the Second World War, would grudgingly participate in the Remembrance Day parade. “And he hated it. Because if there’s a time when those that you saw suffer, those that you saw die or injured come back to
life in a haunting way, it is that day, during those ceremonies,” says Dallaire, who outlines his battle with PTSD in Waiting for First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD, co-written by Jessica Dee Humphreys and published by Random House Canada. “They would wash that down with gallons of beer and so on afterwards at the legions.” Dallaire says his own feelings about the day have swung widely from both extremes. Early on, he joined the parades with pride — but this was before he had suffered any casualties under his command. “I was a peacetime soldier and so it was a great ceremony, commemoration, and we looked at the vets, we listened to their stories and we got pissed with them and had a great time,” he says. Things were different after serving in Rwanda, where he was a helpless witness to a horrifying genocide that slaughtered hundreds of thousands of people. “All those people you lost and all your buddies ... they all come back to life,” he says of Remembrance Day. “It’s digitally clear. It’s slow motion. They’re alive. They’re there with you. The orders you gave to send soldiers to their death, that’s there and real.” Still, he encouraged the Canadian public to participate in the annual ceremonies, especially politicians and public servants. And he urged citizens to acknowledge soldier sacrifices and express thanks directly to any military member they might encounter. All of that matters, he says. “It is a fundamental duty of the citizenry to feel that pride. And to express it. To express it by being there, to express it by buying the poppy, to express it by shaking the hands of a vet or a serving soldier. Actually stopping somebody in uniform on the street and thanking them,” says Dallaire. the canadian press
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Cook back in his kitchen ALPINE SKIING
Looking back
Podiums the primary focus in Canadian’s return to health
Cook last visited the podium at the World Cup Finals in March 2015 when he claimed gold in the super G.
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Dustin Cook is healthy again after suffering leg injuries on the eve of last season. JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images
The season-ending injury was “not that fun,” but a blessing in disguise. “I mean, an injury is never a fun thing to do or go through but honestly I think there were a lot of positives,” Cook said. “I got to do a lot cool stuff that normally I wouldn’t get to do: have a normal life, see friends, explore some opportunities at home…. And I learned a lot about myself and how much I can work.” Among those opportunities was being more hands on during
I feel it’s realistic to jump right back in it and take charge. Dustin Cook
fundraisers and charity events in the Ottawa region and his hometown of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que. Giving back to the tight-knit community of skiers back home was important for Cook because it was there where he gained the push to become a worldclass ski racer. “I have such an unbelievably strong support network up there,” said Cook, whose resumé includes a silver medal at the 2015 world championships. “They do everything they can and I try to give back as much as I can. “We’re in the process of creating a bursary to identify younger athletes in the area and help them on their way.
There’s some really cool stuff happening there.” Though he had multiple projects drawing his attention, Cook still had a focus on his return to skiing. With the advice and support from training partners and fellow Canadian Cowboys in Manny Osborne-Paradis and Erik Guay — “fortunately and unfortunately, they’ve had a lot of experience with injuries” — he was encouraged to regain his form. Cook went one step further by dedicating himself in the gym. “I feel a lot stronger than I was before,” he said. “I spent eight months in the gym so I hope I’m a lot stronger than I
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Ronaldo caps big year with five-year deal Life in Madrid certainly seems to agree with Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portugal forward signed a five-year contract extension with Real Madrid on Monday, capping an exceptional year after triumphs with his club in the Champions League and with his national team in the European Championship. “This is the best moment in my life,” Ronaldo said. The Associated Press
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The season’s first super-G race can’t come soon enough for Dustin Cook. That’s because the Canadian alpine skier is confident he has what it takes to earn the podium’s top spot. “I’m ready to go and I’m ready to fight for the win,” Cook recently told Metro. “That’s why I’m there, I’m not there for any other reason.” The 27-year-old will compete in the super G — his specialty — at Lake Louise on Nov. 27. He will also take part in the downhill the day prior. Cook’s belief in his ability stems from all the training he has endured over the last year, and not the competition — or lack thereof. In October 2015, Cook tore the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee as well as an adductor in his left leg during a training run just days before the start of the season.
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Tide’s defence using healthy hate to win ncaa
Mississippi State. And hatin’ with a vengeance. Anderson might have stated it more strongly than Saban would prefer, but the coach doesn’t want his defensive guys playing nice so long as they play by the rules. “We want a guy that’s going If Ryan Anderson and Alabama’s to go hit a guy that weighs 250 defence treat opposing offensive pounds running downhill as hard players hatefully, it’s not per- as he can hit him,” the coach said. sonal. It’s just business. The Tide held LSU to 125 yards “It’s what defenders do,” said and six first downs in a 10-0 vicAnderson, a Crimson Tide line- tory, earning the entire defence backer. “Mostly, we’re all hate- Walter Camp National Defenful guys. We hate everybody on sive Player of the Week honours. the other team. Everybody that’s It’s only the second time that lined up across award has gone to a defence colfrom us, we hate lectively. you; we’re trying The dominatto kill you.” No. 1 Alabama Everybody that’s ing performance certainly played lined up across came after star with that sort of Eddie Jackfrom us, we hate safety ferocity last Satson was lost for urday in shut- you; we’re trying to the season with ting out LSU and a broken leg. kill you. smothering star A defence that Tide’s Ryan Anderson tailback Leonalso lost four second-round ard Fournette — again. Afterward, when coach draft picks to the NFL after last Nick Saban said the Tide has season just keeps on trucking. some “pretty hateful guys” on The defence’s mental makeup defence, he meant it as a com- was apparent in a game that was pliment. scoreless at halftime. LSU went Tide defenders certainly didn’t nowhere on three drives starting take offence to their coach’s com- near or across midfield, including ments. the Tigers’ first possession. They Alabama leads the nation in took over at Alabama’s 33-yard rushing defence and sacks per line and gained 1 yard before game and is second in total yards missing a field goal. allowed and scoring defence goThe Tide yielded only 35 yards ing into Saturday’s game against to Fournette on 17 rushes, four
No. 1 Alabama’s recent shutout of LSU is latest D-line victory
Linebacker Ryan Anderson and Alabama have made life miserable on opposing NCAA offences this season. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
more than he gained in last season’s meeting. Anderson was named the SEC defensive player of the week. Alabama, meanwhile, is giving up 66 yards a game on the ground. “People play within the defence. We’ve all got one goal,” said Anderson, who leads the team in tackles for loss. “I feel like this team’s goals are more team-oriented. Guys aren’t talk-
ing about wanting 100 tackles, 60 tackles. Guys just want to stop the run, stop the pass, stop everybody we play.” And if that effort is fueled by a healthy dose of hate, that’s OK with Alabama. “Our front seven is very hateful, especially the Dlinemen,” cornerback Marlon Humphrey said. “They just play mad, to me.” The Associated Press
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Two years after starting the season with 10 straight losses, the Oakland Raiders head into their bye week in a far different place: first place. Fresh off a 30-20 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos that left them all alone in first in the AFC West, the Raiders now get the chance to rest up a bit before the stretch run of a season they hope will include playoff games for the first time since 2002. After building a strong record with wins against some of the lesser regarded teams, the Raiders (7-2) stamped their arrival as legitimate contenders with a complete victory over the Broncos on a prime-time stage.
The offence controlled the line of scrimmage and ran for 218 yards, Derek Carr made key plays in the passing game, the defence shut down Denver’s run game and harassed Trevor Siemian all night and even the special teams got into the act with two punts downed at the 2, prompting celebratory dances from punter Marquette King. “I think it was the closest,” coach Jack Del Rio said Monday when asked whether his team put together a complete game. “All three phases certainly contributed in the game. They had good moments, all three. We see a lot of things that can be better. That’s what we’re going to keep working at.” The Associated Press
Jones handed max 1-year suspension
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UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will serve a doping ban until next July after an arbitration panel denied his appeal of a positive test. Widely considered the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, Jones was pulled from a July bout against Daniel Cormier shortly after news about the positive drug test. Jones claimed to have taken a sexual-enhancement pill but ended up testing positive for two banned anti-estrogen agents.
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The arbitration panel delivered the maximum one-year suspension, saying Jones’ “degree of fault verged on the reckless.” The Associated Press
IN BRIEF Baylor suspends Linwood over attitude issues Baylor career rushing leader Shock Linwood has been suspended by acting head coach Jim Grobe because of attitude issues. Linwood will miss the 25th-ranked Bears’ game Saturday at No. 9 Oklahoma. Grobe said Monday that “it’s not anything major” but that Linwood has some issues to work through the associated press
Pelicans sign Goodwin, waive injured Stephenson The NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans signed veteran guard Archie Goodwin on Monday and waived injured guard Lance Stephenson, whose agent says the move stems from roster constraints and that there are “no hard feelings.” “They had no interest in letting Lance go, that’s for sure,” said Stephenson’s agent, Mark Bartelstein. the associated press
Bautista and Encarnacion receive $17M qualify offers Toronto sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, and New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker were among 10 players to receive $17.2 million qualifying offers from their teams Monday as general managers gathered for their annual meeting. Chicago Cubs’ Dexter Fowler and L.A. Dodgers’ Kenley Jansen among others received similar offers. the associated press
PGA commissioner Finchem to retire at year’s end Tim Finchem officially retires at the end of the year as PGA Tour commissioner after more than two decades expanding the tour’s footprint around the world and saw prize money grow to nearly $300 million. The PGA Tour unanimously approved Jay Monahan as his replacement. the associated press
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RECIPE Mushroom Barley Soup
Crossword Canada Across and Down photo: Maya Visnyei
Ceri Marsh & Laura Keogh
For Metro Canada The soup boasts great, earthy flavours but it’s the textures that have us coming back to this dish over and over. Ready in 30 minutes Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Serves 6 Ingredients • 2 Tbsp olive oil • 2 or 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 onion, diced • 2 medium carrots, peeled and diced • 2 stalks of celery diced • 1 lb of cremini mushrooms, brushed clean and sliced
• 2 Tbsp fresh thyme (less if dried) • 3/4 cup of pearl barley • 5 cups of stock (vegetable, chicken or beef all work) • Salt and pepper to taste Directions 1. 1. In a large pot or Dutch oven warm up the olive oil over medium heat. Add your vegetables and thyme and allow to soften for about 3 to 5 minutes. 2. Add the barley and give it a good stir to coat it. Now pour over the stock and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes until the barley is tender but still chewy. Taste to check seasoning.
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It’s all in The Stars Your daily horoscope by Francis Drake Aries March 21 - April 20 Keep your focus on red-tape matters, like inheritances, taxes, debt and shared property. You will make good headway in these areas this week. Taurus April 21 - May 21 Remember to get more sleep now, because you need it. The Sun, your source of energy, is as far away from you as it gets all year (in your chart). Gemini May 22 - June 21 Respect your desire to get better organized. Act on this impulse. Make a to-do list of everything you want to do so that you are more effective, efficient and productive.
Cancer June 22 - July 23 Give yourself permission to play and have a good time, because that is what you want to do. Ideally, sneak away on a vacation. Sports events, the arts, social outings and playful times with kids all have appeal.
Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 Your focus on money, earnings and your possessions continues. Respect your moneymaking ideas, because they might be worthwhile. Write them down so that you can assess them later.
Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 Home, family and your domestic life are your focus now. Some of you will be more involved with a parent.
Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 With the Sun in your sign now, you are blessed. People and favorable situations will come to you. It’s your turn to replenish yourself for the year!.
Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 The pace of your days is accelerating because of your busy, jam-packed schedule. Short trips, increased reading and writing, plus errands and conversations with others will keep you racing.
Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Stay in the wings and work behind the scenes. Set aside some time so that you can make plans for your new year ahead. (Birthday to birthday.)
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Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Accept all invitations. Enjoy your popularity, particularly with younger people. This is a good time to define goals and actively pursue them. Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Now is the time to go after what you want, because people in power admire you. Don’t ask why — you can call it “smoke and mirrors,” but it’s true. Demand the advantage! Pisces Feb. 20 - March 20 Do something to broaden your horizons. Sign up for a course, learn something new and talk to people from other cultures. Of course, nothing beats the firsthand experience of travel.
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