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The Boat It’s a boatload of fun at Neptune Theatre’s Scotiabank Stage as Theatre New Brunswick presents The Boat. The play is based on Alistair MacLeod’s short story about a boy in 1940s Cape Breton. Does he go to the city for an education? Or stay home and fish to support his family? The show runs until April 9, with multiple performances this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit sales. neptunetheatre.com for tickets. UNB Dance perform their Hip Hop routine during Cheer Expo last year at the Halifax Forum. METRO FILE
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Meet your Muslim neighbours and celebrate diversity this Saturday. Organized by the parents and teachers of the Maritime Muslim Academy, admission is free. The event includes guest speakers and a kids’ parade. There will also be food, art, face painting, henna, Islamic clothing and more for sale (cash only). The first annual event takes place from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ummah Masjid and Community Centre in Halifax, 2510 Saint Matthias St.
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Halifax police say further evidence testing led to charges laid Thursday in the homicide of Naomi Kidston 12 years ago. Police said Donald Murray Peters, 50, was arrested without incident on Stanley Street in Saint John, New Brunswick, on Wednesday morning and brought to Halifax, where he appeared in provincial court Thursday afternoon. “Through re-looking at all the evidence that had been collected and sending exhibits away for further testing, we got to the point where we are today,” Halifax Regional Police Supt. Jim
Perrin said at a news conference. “I would say that (advancement in DNA technology) certainly assisted. I wouldn’t say it was the point that solved it, but it certainly contributed to the success that we have in this case.” Kidston, 26, was found dead in her apartment on River Road in Spryfield on June 7, 2005. An obituary printed at the time said she was involved in the Halifax church community, feeding the homeless as a volunteer at St. Mary’s Basilica Catholic Church, working as a childcare provider at St. George’s Church and as a lunch monitor at Cornwallis
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Street Baptist Church. Police said Peters and Kidston knew each other, but weren’t intimate partners or in a domestic relationship. Peters kept his head down as he was brought into Halifax provincial court on Thursday for his arraignment. He’ll appear in court again on April 12 by video link. In the meantime, if he wants to apply for bail, he’ll have to do so in Nova Scotia Supreme Court. “The defence has made rumblings about having a bail hearing,” Crown attorney Rick Woodburn said outside court. “The Crown will be opposing any bail requests at this particular time.” The provincial government set up a reward of $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the homicide through the Major Unsolved Crimes Program. Police said the program was not a factor in the arrest of Peters. with files from Zane Woodford
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three days of talks. Michael Cosgrove, an English teacher at Dartmouth High School, is one of nine teachers on the 14-member council struck following a protracted labour dispute. Cosgrove says the teachers put forward 18 recommendations and made progress on issues around student attendance policies, evaluations and the data software used by teachers, including PowerSchool and TIENET. The Canadian Press
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For Metro | Halifax A group of upset parents from North Preston walked into the Halifax school board Thursday to protest the termination of a popular, “committed” teacher. The roughly 10 women from the community who first gathered outside Nelson Whynder Elementary said they were shocked after the announcement that well-loved teacher, Joida Tynes-Simons, was getting “let go” this week after being reviewed by her administration. Tynes-Simons has taught in the area for over 30 years and is an important part of the community, protesters said. “We need Ms. Tynes back in our school,” one of the
Carol Beals, left, talks with other concerned community members outside the Nelson Whynder Elementary School in North Preston on Thursday. jeff harper/metro
women shouted outside the elementary building. Carol Beals’ three children were taught by Tynes-Simons, and she thinks the decision is unfair. “She’s there for everybody, this is crazy,” Beals said.
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Educative Association, the protestors said. She gave many of her students the tools they needed to succeed, the group added, with lots of them going on to attend university and colleges. “She was a committed teacher, 365 days of the year,” said Beals. The situation began with a personal problem the principal had with the teacher, parents said. “The administration was setting her up for failure, not success,” Beals added. Although the school gave Tynes-Simons some modern coaching, administration took her out of her usual Grade 4 teaching position last year and moved her to Grade 2, said Beals. With an apparent high turnover of teachers in the elementary school, parents said they liked knowing their children could rely on TynesSimons. When students finished Grade 3, they would look forward to having her as a teacher the next year, said Beals.
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inside and worshiping,” said Smith. “We’re meeting tonight and we’ll decide after this what our plans are for moving forward as to where we will worship at and what we will do in the future.” No one was hurt in the accidental blaze, but the rear of Members of an historic church the wooden building was left just east of Halifax will soon with a gaping, charred hole that work out a plan to return to reaches the peak of the roof. the building after a fire tore Matt Covey, a fire preventhrough the upper reaches of tion official with the Halifax what was a beloved gathering fire department, said it appears spot for many in the commun- the fire originated in a malfuncity, its pastor said. tioning heat recovery ventilaRev. Wallace Smith of St. tion unit, either from heat it Thomas Baptist Church in was generating or in the overNorth Preston, N.S., said he’s heating of wiring related to the awaiting a report from an in- equipment. surance inspector on the extent “A breaker panel won’t alof the damage ways protect at what’s been you from a mala popular spiritfunctioning deual and social vice,” Covey We’re meeting home for the said, adding predominant- tonight and we’ll that by the time ly black comshuts off decide after this power munity since excessive heat the church was what our plans are can be generfounded over for moving forward ated either in unit or in 160 years ago. as to where we the Smith said wiring. Thursday that will worship at and As fire inveshe and other what we will do in tigators and inchurch leaders surance adjustthe future. will need furers complete Rev. Wallace Smith ther informatheir work, tion to deterSmith said he mine when and how they can already has a sermon prepared return to the site. for a special service Sunday. “We have not lost our focus He said a previously planned as Christians. We’re still look- service on the theme of coming forward to some time in the munity healing will go ahead very near future, going back at the nearby community cen-
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600 On some Sundays as many as 600 people would attend the church which also has a choir of 30.
tre at 3 p.m. “We’re praying, and still believing and trusting in God in what is a grieving time for us. We’re still moving forward,” said Smith. The pastor said on some Sundays, his church receives as many as 600 people and has a choir of about 30 people. Allister Johnson, a licensed minister who has written a book about the history of the church, said the building has never had a fire before. Although there were major renovations completed in 2006, “there’s no indication there’s ever a Sunday where there wasn’t a church service,” since the founding in 1856. Johnson said the church has been the cornerstone of the black Baptist community — which currently has about 4,000 residents — since the settlement began. “It’s been ingrained in people for generations upon generations,” he said. Johnson said with such deep historical roots, it’s essential to find a way to restore the building. “We are in this predicament and God will bring us through it,” he said. The Canadian Press
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Supreme Court ruling states accused not a threat to public Dennis Oland was wrongly denied bail pending an appeal of his second-degree murder conviction, the Supreme Court of Canada says in a judgment that clarifies the grounds for granting release to people who challenge a finding of guilt. The unanimous high court ruling Thursday had no immediate effect on Oland’s high-profile case, given that he is no longer in custody while awaiting a new trial. But the 9-0 decision breaks new ground on bail eligibility in appeal matters and is therefore almost certain to have influence beyond the sensational New Brunswick case in which Oland was initially convicted of killing his father. Well-known businessman Richard Oland was bludgeoned to death in his Saint John, N.B., office in July 2011, and his son Dennis, now 49, was convicted in 2015. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 10 years. Oland appealed in January of last year and sought release, but the bail request was turned down — a decision that was later affirmed by the New Brunswick Court of Appeal.
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Dennis Oland heads from Court of Queen’s Bench in Saint John, N.B. on January 3. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
Oland was subsequently granted release by the same court last October, when a new trial was ordered after he had spent almost a year in prison. That effectively made his appeal to the Supreme Court moot. Nevertheless, his lawyers continued to pursue the bail eligibility matter with the aim of clarifying the issue in cases that
turn on the question of public confidence in the justice system. In a statement Thursday, Richard Oland’s brother Derek said: “We are pleased with today’s Supreme Court of Canada decision and continue to believe Dennis is innocent.” In denying bail last year, a New Brunswick judge said that while Dennis Oland posed no
danger to the general public, the seriousness and brutality of the crime weighed in favour of his detention. The judge was not persuaded that granting bail would uphold public confidence in the administration of justice. In its ruling, the Supreme Court disagreed. When deciding to grant bail
to someone awaiting an appeal, judges will “draw on their legal expertise and experience” in weighing factors that affect public confidence, Justice Michael Moldaver wrote. These include the strength of the grounds of appeal, the seriousness of the offence, public safety and flight risks. “This person is someone who is thoughtful, dispassionate, informed of the circumstances of the case and respectful of society’s fundamental values,” he wrote. Aside from the seriousness of the offence for which Oland was initially convicted, he seemed “an ideal candidate for bail” and entitled to the same treatment as someone less prominent in the community, Moldaver said. In Oland’s case, Moldaver wrote, the appeal judge was satisfied there were no appreciable public safety or flight risk concerns, and there were clearly arguable grounds to challenge his conviction. In addition, the trial judge found that Oland’s crime tended more toward the offence of manslaughter than to first-degree murder, lessening his degree of “moral blameworthiness,” Moldaver said. the canadian press
Opposition parties are accusing Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil of playing political games by refusing to rule out a quick election call after tabling the spring budget next month. McNeil said Thursday the legislature would be called back into session on April 25, with the budget to follow two days later on April 27. He said the plan is to have the session wrap up by the Victoria Day long weekend on May 22. But with speculation high that an election call could come this spring, McNeil refused to rule out whether he would drop the writ before the budget is debated and passed by the legislature. “I’m looking forward to tabling a budget to communicate to Nova Scotians how I see this province going forward and I’m looking forward to spending my summer going around talking to Nova Scotians,” was all McNeil would say on the subject. This year, the budget will be presented about three weeks later than it has been for much of the last decade. In noting that, Opposition PC Leader Jamie Baillie said the premier is playing politics and that’s why the province should have a fixed election date. “There are hundreds of good organizations, government departments and agencies that are waiting for their budgets for no good reason,” said Baillie. “They are concluding that he is putting his political needs ahead of the needs of Nova Scotians.” the canadian press
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Despite “unprecedented” spending for Indigenous issues, the new federal budget doesn’t promise a penny more for fire prevention in First Nations communities. The words “fire protection,” “fire prevention,” and “fire services” do not appear once in the 90,000-word document, which does include $3.4 billion in new spending for Indigenous people in Canada, on top of the $8.4 billion announced last year. “There really hasn’t been that
If our people continue to live in tinderbox situations, we will continue to see more lives lost. Isadore Day
much dollars allocated to Indigenous peoples, basically ever,” Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde said. “It is in that sense unprecedented.” “Our challenge now is to make sure that these resources get out to the communities to have a real, substantive impact on the
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ground,” Bellegarde said. There is new money for Indigenous health, languages, offreserve housing and more. Onreserve infrastructure however, which includes fire protection services, will see no new money from the budget. Earlier this winter a Torstar
News Service investigation revealed that at least 173 people have died in house fires on First Nations reserves since the federal government stopped keeping track of the data in 2010. Many of the houses that burn to the ground with people inside them do not meet basic building or fire codes. Overcrowding and inadequate construction means people are often sleeping in very dangerous situations, said Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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Updated version of Cloud Atlas has gone digital Joe Callaghan
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Clouds can now wander a little less lonely. The good news for sky-watchers didn’t rain so much as pour Thursday as World Meteorological Day was marked by the official unveiling of upwards of a dozen ‘new’ clouds by the world’s weather chiefs. That wasn’t all. The spirits of amateur cloudspotters across the globe were sent sky high with the release of a new digital edition of the International Cloud Atlas — the classification system for clouds
and meteorological phenomena — which had last been updated in 1987. The atlas dates back to the 19th century but amateur and scientific cloud observers had long been clamouring for an update from the World Meteorological Organization. “Just like newspapers and everything else, everyone has gone digital right?” laughed Phil Austin, associate professor at the University of British Colombia specializing in cloud physics. “It’s almost the adage; does it even exist if it’s not online?” said David Sills, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada based in King City, Ont. With the help of Austin and Sills, here are some of the key cloud changes that swept in Thursday.
Volutus comes in from the storm A whole new species, volutus was quite literally a slow roller. “Sometimes you get a thunderstorm and it produces this gust of cold air that moves out from under it,” explains Sills. “Hence that leading edge keeps moving and moving, especially if it’s near sunset, it can keep moving overnight.”
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After much campaigning from citizen cloudspotters, asperitas was recognized as a new cloud, the atlas describing it “as if viewing a roughened sea surface” from below. “Probably everyone has noticed these once in a while,” said Sills.
Go catch ’em all “There’s a whole nephology community out there with your typical cloud nerds who have all the names memorized,” said Sills, (this one is a Fluctus). “It’s something fun for everyone. And now more people can get involved.”
Human, nature impact felt Patches of cloud that are formed over forests and waterfalls are among those newly classified, like the Cataractagenitus you’re likely to see at Niagara Falls.
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Britain’s PM encourages return to normality Authorities on Thursday identified a 52-year-old Briton as the man who mowed down pedestrians and stabbed a policeman to death outside Parliament, saying he had a long criminal record and once was investigated for extremism — but was not currently on a terrorism watch list. As lawmakers returned to work a day after the rampage killed five people and injured at least 30, British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed: “We are not afraid.” “Today we meet as normal — as generations have done before us, and as future generations will continue to do,” she said to cheers in the House of Commons. Daesh claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack, which police said was carried out by Khalid Masood, a U.K.-born resident of the West Midlands in central England.
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Masood plowed a rented SUV into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge, killing an American man and a British woman and injuring more than 30 people. A 75-year-old victim on the bridge died late Thursday of his wounds, police said. A police officer was also fatally stabbed. Some of the victims were identified as Kurt Cochran, 54, of Utah and British school administrator Aysha Frade, 43
and 48-year-old Constable Keith Palmer, a 15-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police. Police arrested eight people on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts as authorities sought Masood’s motive and possible support network. One arrest was in London, while the others were in the West Midlands city of Birmingham. Police said they were searching properties in Birmingham, London and Wales. As police investigated, Par-
Security tightened after car tries to ram Antwerp shopping area Belgian authorities tightened security Thursday in the port city of Antwerp after a Frenchman drove his car at high speed through a busy shopping area, forcing pedestrians to jump out of the way. French President Francois Hollande compared the incident to the attack in London Wednesday, saying the man was “trying to kill people or create a dramatic event.” The federal prosecutor’s office said the car was intercepted
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late Thursday morning at the port docks and police arrested a man, identified as 39-year-old Mohamed R., who has been living in France. In the car, authorities found knives, a shotgun and a gas can with an unknown liquid. There were no immediate reports of injuries. An official at the prosecutor’s office, who asked not to be identified, said the suspect “was under the influence” but refused to elaborate whether it was drugs or alcohol.
Authorities immediately raised security in the centre of Antwerp. At first sight, the incident appeared to have the hallmarks of several extremist attacks in Europe — a vehicle in a busy area bent on mowing down pedestrians. Trucks were used last year in deadly attacks in Nice and Berlin, and an SUV was used Wednesday in London, where five people died in a rampage close to the British Parliament. The attacker was shot dead by police.
liament got back to business, opening the day with a minute’s silence for the victims. May set the tone in the House of Commons, saluting the heroism of police and the ordinary actions of everyone who went about their lives in the aftermath. “It is in these actions — millions of acts of normality — that we find the best response to terrorism. A response that denies our enemies their victory, that refuses to let them win.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A look at victims of attack near London’s Parliament The five people killed and at least 30 injured in the attack in Westminster were a cosmopolitan snapshot of one of the world’s most cosmopolitan cities. The dead included a British policeman, stabbed repeatedly, an American tourist who was celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary and a school administrator adored in the Spanish town where she spent summer vacations with her family. Here’s what’s known about the victims: Police Officer Keith Palmer, 48, was on duty protecting Parliament Wednesday when he was stabbed to death. He had been a member of the parliamentary and diplomatic protection forces for 15 years, and a soldier in the Royal Artillery Keith Palmer before that. Honouring Palmer, Prime Minister Theresa May said he was “a husband, a father ... he was every inch a hero. Aysha Frade, a British national whose mother is Spanish, was one of two people killed on the bridge. In the northwestern Spanish
town of Betanzos, where her mother was born and her two sisters run an English-language school, the mayor s a i d : “ T h e Aysha Frade whole town is shocked.” Although Frade, 43, was born and lived in London, she spent weeks every summer in Betanzos visiting relatives, said Ramon Garcia Vazquez, mayor of the town of 13,000 people in Spain’s Galicia region. Kurt W. Cochran, from the United States, was on the last day of a trip celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary when he was killed, according to the Mormon church his parents-in-law work for. His wife, Melissa, was seriously injured. She remains hospitalized. In a tweet, U.S. President Kurt Cochran Donald Trump called Cochran “a great American” and said: “My prayers and condolences are with his family and friends.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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How did thIS chicken get so big? Despite what you may have read on the Internet, gigantic chickens are nothing to be afraid of. The chicken in that viral video from Kosovo belongs to a very large breed called the Brahma. How did it get that big? The usual way: selective breeding. Here’s how it works. ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
Like humans, chickens have two copies of all their genes, one from each parent. Say there’s a single gene that causes giant-ness in chickens. Possibly, some giants may have just one copy of the gene, while others have two. If farmers breed giant chickens only with other giants over many generations, eventually all chicks will reliably be giant. That means the whole flock is homozygous: They all have two copies of the giant gene, and all their future chicks will too. This is called breeding true.
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Brahmas are believed to have been bred from Cochins, a preposterously fluffy, massive breed from South Asia. A craze for Brahmas and other giant chickens swept the western world in the mid-1800s, according to poultry historian Andrew Lawler.
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The wild relatives of modern chickens, red junglefowl, gifted today’s pluckers with incredible genetic diversity. Chickens come in an astounding variety of shapes, sizes and colours. All those differences result from variations in DNA between chicken breeds and individual chickens. A 2004 study found chickens have six to seven times more genetic diversity than humans do. chief operating officer, print
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DINOSAUR DUST-UP Since the 1800s, we’ve divided dinosaurs into two groups. The T. Rex and brontosaurus were in one, and triceratops, duckbills and stegosaurs in another. But a new study says we should scrap that system. In the new family tree, the T. Rex is more closely related to the duckbill and the brontosaurus is a distant cousin. Sound Smart
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For Metro Canada To paraphrase Mark Twain, there’s no such thing as a new idea. Instead, as the great American humorist insisted, we only twist old ideas into curious new combinations. Of all things, that’s just what has happened to Power Rangers. In the 1990s, the Japaneseinfluenced live-action series about a quintet of teens who achieve the ability to morph into superheroes not only captivated young minds, it grew into a global marketing phenomenon and the mostwatched children’s program on American television. “I’m excited to see how people receive the film,” admitted Australian actor Dacre Montgomery, who plays the team-leading Red Ranger in the reboot. “I think it is a good representation of where we’re at in the world at the moment and it’s good that it has an opportunity to come back to life.” For those who recall, there wasn’t anything fancy about the original series — just a bunch of costumed martialarts stuntmen groaning and
duelling with goofy rubber monsters on cheap-looking sets. In the age of the bigscreen blockbuster however, Power Rangers is ready for an impressive effects makeover on par with Marvel hits like The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. “This film draws a fine line between those other movies,” explained Montgomery. “Those visceral, intelligent, complex movies that are so beautiful to watch and the big superhero spectacles — and hopefully combines them in such an effective way that we can engage (fans) on an even deeper level than other superhero franchises.” Another way the reboot attempts to carve itself a piece of the comic-book movie market is through inclusivity. Whereas the old show was a campy mess of non-stop action, producers aimed to ensure the new squad resonated with today’s teens by providing depth and proving how our differences can maximize our full potential when fully united. “All of the Marvel and DC worlds — they’re not as diverse as this cast is,” added Montgomery. “We are legitimately from
different corners of the planet, each of the cast members, and although we don this American accent, we all bring different cultural elements of our backgrounds of upbringing to those roles which makes it an even more diverse and interesting dynamic.” Power Rangers isn’t the only phenomenon Montgom-
This film draws a fine line between those other movies. Dacre Montgomery, actor
ery has been fortunate to find himself in during his short career. Following production, the 22-year-old was cast in last year’s most buzzed-about show – Stranger Things. “I feel like a bit of a nerdy fan on-set every single day,” said Montgomery, currently filming as the antagonist in the second season. “Enjoying that world has been a lot of fun and exactly what I was seeking in contrast to Power Rangers.”
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For Metro Canada Ghostbusting is supposed to make you feel good. If that’s true, why does Personal Shopper’s Maureen (played by Kristen Stewart) appear so miserable all the time? Perhaps it’s because the spirit she is trying to bust is that of her brother Lewis, a twin who died of a heart attack in a rambling, old Paris house. In her second film with French director Olivier Assayas, the Twilight star gives a career topping performance, brittle yet calm in the face of mounting terror. There is a detached feel to the performance that recalls the remove Hitchcock’s leading ladies often projected as she navigates through personal tragedy and supernatural mystery. “Kristen is the great actress of her generation,” says Assayas. “I feel very privileged to have this connection with her. It is mir-
aculous to work with a young actress who realizes there is no end to what she can do. You tell her, ‘You can fly,’ and she doesn’t believe it and then she does it. “I have always loved to work with young actors and actresses. You catch them at a moment when they are transforming and opening up. I think it is always interesting to work with actors when you can give them something. When you work with great actors who have done it all, it is very difficult because you give them something that they have already done better in another movie ten years before.” Their previous collaboration, Clouds of Sils Maria, earned Stewart a rare honour. She was the first American actress to be nominated for and win a best supporting actress César award, the French equivalent of an Oscar. “She is obsessed with breaking anything that could feel like routine,” he says. “She gives herself this rule of not doing what she would instinctively do. When you do a scene there is an obvious starting place. She never takes it. That’s what I love.” “Usually I work with actors once, twice and after a while I realize we’ve gone all the way.
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With Kristen I think I could go on and on.” Personal Shopper is a ghost story, so things take a strange turn when Maureen’s phone lights up with mysterious texts while she’s on a quick Chunnel trip to London. “R U real? R U alive or dead?” she writes, replying to the Unknown texter. “Tell me something you find unsettling,” comes the response, opening the door for Maureen to begin exploring her fears, phobias, digging deeper than she ever has. “I don’t believe in the super-
natural but I believe there is more to life than the material world. Science kind of proves it. There is so much going on that we can’t see because it is too small or too big or whatever. We have our own relationship with some invisible world. Each of us has his own version of it. You end up living with the departed. “Each of us has an inner world which is much more complex than the material world. It’s much more fascinating in terms of cinema. I don’t think it is bizarre to try and connect with that.”
In the disheveled backroom of an East Village restaurant, Kristen Stewart is sarcastically motivating the French director Olivier Assayas for a photo shoot. “You’re in America now, dude,” Stewart jokes. “We’ve got to sell the s— out of this movie.” Stewart, a blockbuster veteran at 26, is well acquainted with the demands of movie promotion. But with Assayas, she has found a freedom from such concerns. She and the director have forged an unlikely but formidable bond that has resulted in two highly acclaimed movies, both made in Europe, far outside of Hollywood jurisdiction. They’re an odd pair: She, a rebel A-lister from Los Angeles who has become one of the movie’s most exciting and uncompromising actors; he, a demure Parisian whose layered, cerebral films teeter between reality and fiction. What makes them click? she chuckles. “That’s the main question,” she says. “I don’t know. We like each other.” Their latest film, Personal Shopper, is full of mysteries, too. It’s a ghost story, set in a contemporary world of texting and Googling. In the film, which opens Friday, Stewart plays a twin whose brother has just died. Her day job is shopping in Paris for a stuck-up celebrity, but she’s also a medium, and a series of strange encounters make her believe a spirit (her brother?) is contacting her. There were plenty of moments while making Personal Shopper where Stewart’s fame invaded. Shooting on the streets of Paris (Stewart drives a moped through the city in the film), they were
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surrounded by paparazzi. But Stewart says she channeled the intrusions into her haunted character. “I thought I was being taken from, and it was good,” she says. “It made me more sensitive. My nerves were very close to the surface.” The former Twilight actress, has deservedly made a reputation for herself as an unusually forthright and frank star. She has taken part after part, usually in smaller, indie productions, with an insatiable urge to work, to keep exploring. Stewart also debuted a short film she directed at Sundance this year. In a memorable Saturday Night Live monologue earlier this year, she reflected on when Donald Trump in 2012 repeatedly tweeted that her then-boyfriend Robert Pattinson should “dump” her. “It was inconceivable, actually,” Stewart says. “At the time, I regarded him as like a reality-show star. I was like: Who is this guy?” “I’ve really allowed myself to really freely and with no regard to the effect of others live my life,” says Stewart. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Archer voice actor plays dog sitter in new movie Wilson Richard Crouse
For Metro Canada Judy Greer wrote a charming, self-depreciating book called I Don’t Know What You Know Me From: Confessions of a CoStar that chronicles her busy career as the second lead in dozens of movies and television shows like Jurassic Wo r l d , A n t Man, Arrested Development and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She is, as her twitter bio reads, “that girl from that movie/tv show,” a familiar face on screens big and small. If Judy you can’t place the face, perhaps you’ll reco g nize the voice. One of her longest running roles has her voicing the clingy and emotionally fragile Cheryl Tunt on the wildly popular adult animated spy sitcom Archer. For Greer herself the show has provided a career highpoint. “I got to sign someone’s boobs at Comic-Con last year,” she says. “I think you’ve really made it if you have your own action figure and people want you to sign their boobs.” There are other perks as well.
“I went to a dinner party recently, now I’m about to name drop, and Jon Hamm was there. He played a role on Archer but we don’t record together so I never get to meet anyone who does it. When I saw him he said, ‘God, I love your work on Archer and I love Archer so much I just wanted to be in it.’ That was so cool. That was a highlight. Jon Hamm and the boob signing. They work well in tandem. Maybe I’ll sign Jon Hamm’s boobs sometime!” Her latest film, Wilson, gave her the chance to meet another of her favourite actors. “I’m looking to work with people who inspire me. I’m pretty happy with the roles I‘m getting and I just want to work with more of my idols. I definitely checked that box with Woody (Harrelson).” In the film Greer plays Shelly, a dog sitter who is one Greer of the only people who finds the offbeat title character charming. “There are a handful of actors who couldn’t play this role because you would hate them all the way through to the end. Woody himself is so lovely and wonderful that in the beginning when Wilson is kind of terrible Woody makes you root for him. “After I saw the movie I found myself wanting to spend more time talking to people who irritate me,” she says. “Maybe that person is a Wilson and Wilson is great. I would
want to hear Wilson’s opinion about things. Maybe I’m shutting people down too quickly. Maybe I need to give people who have strong opinions a little bit more of a minute in my life. Maybe there is something to be learned from them.” The effervescent 41-yearold, who will next be seen in War for the Planet of the Apes, laughs when she says, “I felt strongly that (director) Craig (Johnson])would be making
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With the opening of Race through New York, Universal is leading the theme-park charge into “virtual lines.” the associated press
It will be ‘What do you mean, wait in a queue? What’s that, Grandpa?’” Virtual lines are the latest evolution in theme parks’ efforts to shorten or eliminate waits for rides, or if waits are necessary evils, to improve the experience of biding one’s time. Almost two decades ago, those efforts were concentrated on elaborately-designed “pre-ride” lines such Universal’s The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, which goes past an elaboratelydetailed Daily Bugle newsroom. A few years later came the ride
reservations systems of the FastPass and Express Pass at Disney and Universal parks, respectively, in which ride-goers are assigned periods of time to show up for rides. But those reservations need to be made ahead of time, for the most part, and visitors can only make them on three rides a day. Universal opens that concept to everybody, not just advanced planners, with its two new attractions, while also offering entertainment during the wait.
“Everybody is trying to do this, working not only on the rides but how to get you on the rides,” said Dennis Speigel, who heads the theme park consulting firm, International Theme Park Services. “Universal is at the forefront right now.” The Jimmy Fallon attraction and the Volcano Bay water park take different approaches to virtual lines. At the Jimmy Fallon attraction, which opens next month, visitors enter an area made to look like
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“I’ll be back in four years to defend the title”: Marcus Stroman gave up one hit in six-plus innings in the U.S.’s 8-0 win over Puerto Rico in the WBC final
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Canada takes 11-0 record into playoffs at worlds Canada skip Rachel Homan tuned up for the playoffs in style Thursday by beating Italy and Denmark to remain unbeaten at the world women’s curling championship. Homan and her team of third Emma Miskew, second Joanne Courtney and lead Lisa Weagle closed out round-robin play with a perfect 11-0 record. As the top seed, the Ottawa-based team will open with the hammer in the Page playoff 1-2 game against Russia’s Anna Sidorova on Friday night. The 1-2 winner will advance to Sunday’s gold-medal game and the loser will fall into Saturday’s semifinal. Canada is trying to win gold for the first time since 2008. “You can go undefeated in the round-robin and not win a medal, so it’s not like it’s in the bag,” said Miskew. “We still have two or potentially three tough teams to play. We’re prepared to have to play the semi, but it would be great to come out tomorrow and have a good game to get to the final. “But it’s all business for us. We’re just trying to stay patient out there, not get caught up in
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NFL IN BRIEF Canada’s Rachel Homan watches as her teammates Lisa Weagle, left, and Joanne Courtney sweep a path for the stone on Thursday in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press
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METRO MITSUBISHI & STEELE MITSUBISHI 2012 CIVIC DX
METRO MITSUBISHI SPRING SPECIAL
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
4X4, AUTO, LEATHER, SUNROOF, LOADED! WAS $24,988
SPECIAL $9,988*
SPECIAL $21,988*
# M16216A
# M15308A
LEATHER, GLASS ROOF, 62K. WAS $9,988 *
2013 FIAT 500 SPORT
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
2012 PASSAT TRENDLINE
# MP17002
AUTO, AC, CRUISE, 45K. WAS $9,988
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
# M16277A
2012 OUTLANDER ES PREMIUM AWC
NOW $11,988
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
# M17101A
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. 118K. WAS $14,988 *
NOW $13,988
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
# HP16069
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
# H16224A
2014 CHEVY SONIC LS
2014 MITSUBISHI RVR SE
2016 SENTRA
# M16306A
# HP16079
2015 CHEVY TRAX LS
2015 MITSUBISHI LANCER SE
2013 KIA SOUL 2U
AUTO, AC, HEATED SEATS, 59K. WAS $13,988 *
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
2016 MITUSBISHI OUTLANDER ES
AUTO, A/C, PWR GRP, ONLY 35,300 KMS. WAS $15,988 *
2013 CIVIC LX
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
2016 KIA FORTE LX
AUTO, AWC, A/C, HTD SEATS, BLUETOOTH, WARRANTY UNTIL 2025! WAS $24,988 *
NOW $9,988*
# M16268A
# HP16086
AUTO, HEATED SEATS, BLUETOOTH, A/C. WAS $15,988 *
NOW $7,988*
AUTO, HEATED SEATS, BLUTOOTH, 69K. WAS $13,988 *
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
MANUAL, 71K. WAS $12,988
NOW $5,988
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
STEELE MITSUBISHI SPRING SPECIAL
MANUAL, ONLY 88K WAS $12,988
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
2013 SMART FORTW0 PURE
2016 JEEP PATRIOT HIGH ALTITUDE
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
# MP16078
NOW $14,488
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
# HP16080
NOW $22,488
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
# HP16074
NOW $14,988
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
# H16218A
NOW $11,988
AUTO, AC, 21K. WAS $15,988
NOW $13,988*
ALLOYS, FOGS, HTD SEATS, BLUETOOTH, CPO 160 PT INSPECTED. WAS $15,988 *
AUTO, A/C, ONLY 48,600KMS. WAS $10,988 *
AUTO, FWD, CPO VEHICLE. HTD SEATS, ALLOYS, ONLY 29,000 KMS. WAS $17,988 *
2014 RVR ES
2012 RVR GT PREMIUM
2014 NISSAN MAXIMA SV 3.5L
2013 CHEVY EQUINOX LS
2013 GENESIS COUPE
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
# M17076A
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. MANUAL, 45K. WAS $15,988 *
# M16295A
CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. LEATHER, GLASS ROOF, NAV, 82K. WAS $19,988 *
NOW $14,988
NOW $16,988
230 Wyse Rd Dartmouth, NS • 902-463-6792 www.metromitsubishi.ca
VISIT METRO MITSUBISHI
NOW $13,888
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
# HP16047
NOW $8,488
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
LEATHER, SUNROOF, NAV, FULLY LOADED, ONLY 56,000 KMS. WAS $24,988 *
NOW $18,488
NOW PART OF THE
STEELE AUTO GROUP
# HP16078
AWD, AUTO, ALLOYS, FOGS, CRUISE CONTROL, BLUETOOTH. WAS $15,988 *
NOW $14,588
NOW $16,988
VISIT STEELE MITSUBISHI
# H16224A
2.0L TURBO, LEATHER, SUNROOF, 18” ALLOYS, FOGS, HTD SEATS. WAS $18,988 *
NOW $17,988
3681 Kempt Road • Halifax, NS • 902-405-1177
*PRICE IS PLUS APPLICABLE FEES AND HST. FINANCING AVAILABLE ON ALL USED VEHICLES OAC.
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