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Dozens of non-profits petition city to take real action More than three dozen nonprofits, unions, businesses and others are urging Mayor John Tory to fully adopt and implement city staff’s ambitious plan to slash Toronto’s greenhouse
gas emissions. But some are wondering if Tory’s austerity-minded administration will endorse the spending of millions of dollars a year to help protect residents from extreme weather, including flooding and unusual heat, even with the promise of big benefits in terms of jobs and public health. “The adoption of the TransformTO plan would send a clear signal to the Ontario and federal governments that Toronto is ready to receive and invest
climate action funds in ways that will reap maximum benefits,” states the letter sent to Tory and city councillors Friday by the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA). “It also acknowledges that we must take action now to ensure that we are leaving a modern, prosperous and healthy city for our children and grandchildren.” Signatories include leaders of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Building Owners and Managers Association of
Greater Toronto Area, CivicAction, CEE Centre for Young Black Professionals, Unifor, Ontario Clean Alliance, the director of the U of T’s School of the Environment and former mayor David Crombie. The blueprint aims to get Toronto greenhouse gas emissions to 80 per cent below 1990 levels by the year 2050. Torontonians would phase out fossil-fuel vehicles; live in denser, more walkable neighbourhoods with fewer single-family homes;
take more public transit; rely more heavily on solar power; and send 95 per cent less waste to landfill. Franz Hartman, TEA’s executive director, said he hopes the letter shows Tory the plan has broad-based community support and needs to be funded when the 2018 budget is set early next year. “That $6.7 million for next year is a drop in the bucket in terms of leveraging funds from other governments and
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Symphony of musical diversity The Royal Conservatory of Music selected 12 bright talents originally hailing from as far as Iran, Burkina Faso and Peru and as close as Winnipeg to showcase multiculturalism as part of the Canada 150 celebrations. Gilbert Ngabo
Metro | Toronto The Royal Conservatory of Music wants the world’s diversity to be reflected on stage. Its latest initiative, the New Canadian Global
Music Orchestra, is an attempt to do just that as the country celebrates the sesquicentennial. “We’re trying to build an orchestra that sounds like Toronto, that sounds like Canada,” said the project’s executive director Mervon Mehta. The group is composed of a dozen musicians with
different cultural backgrounds, from Iran, Burkina Faso and Peru. There’s someone from Winnipeg, too. “We have incredible musicians from around the world living here, but the musical ensembles still seem to be fairly segregated,” he said. “People play
what they play, their traditions are their traditions, but there’s not a lot of cross-cultural things happening.” The project pulled its members from a pool of more than 100 applicants from 47 countries, a testament to public interest in the cultural mashup. They’re
currently in residence at the conservatory as they gear up for their inaugural performance on June 2 at 8 p.m. at Koerner Hall before going on a national tour. Mehta expects the challenge of blending these talents and instruments together will make it a distinctive audience experience.
“It’s like putting cultures in one big pot and stirring up the stew,” he said. “We don’t see homogeneity of cultures when we step into the subway or walk through the Eaton Centre. We see a multitude of cultures, and we’re trying to show how that looks like in a music scene.”
Meet the members of the new canadian global music orchestra Padideh Ahrarnejad
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A graduate of the Tehran Art Music School, she has on several occasions scooped up the award for best tar player at the Fadjr Music Festival in Iran.
The director of the Sitar School of Toronto originally hails from Pakistan, was nominated for a Juno Award and has played sitar for films such as Life of Pi and Kama Sutra.
Originally from Athens, the U of T and York graduate plays a variety of string instruments that include guitar, oud, lyra and baghlama.
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The son of a griot family from Burkina Faso and one of the country’s most talented flautists, he brings the style of traditional African music to the Canadian scene.
Currently pursuing a PhD in music education at U of T, the Latin drum set player from Peru started with a simple set of cans and buckets he made when he was 11.
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Luis Deniz A graduate of the National School of Arts in Havana, the saxophonist moved to Toronto in 2014 and mixes performing duties with teaching at Humber College.
A faculty member at Centennial College, he began his bass playing and jazz recording career at a young age with his father, the legendary Macario Luviano of Mexico.
Aline Morales Born and raised in Brazil, the dynamic singer, percussionist and bandleader uses her talents to promote the traditional maracatu rhythms of northeastern Brazil.
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no longer access the Artscape facility on Gibraltar Point due to a closed road, and the A small army of artists refuse situation was deemed to too to let a little flood sink their dangerous. exhibition. “I was pretty disappointed, The Feminist Art Confer- but it was understandable,” ence (FAC) attracted 22 art- said 24-year-old interdisciists from as far as Spain, plinary artist Adrienne MaArgentina, and El Salvador theuszik, from Oakville. for a two-week After one final night, residency on which feaToronto Island. tured songs But due to I was pretty rising watwritten about ers that have the flooding disappointed, by in-house flooded 40 per but it was band MINTZ, cent of the isl a n d , t h e i r understandable. the artists left stay was short- Artist Adrienne Matheuszik the island belived. hind Friday Last Thursmorning on a day, the artists were told they rented party boat. Ilene Sova, the facilitator would have to evacuate the following morning. for FAC, said the artists have Emergency services could handled the situation well. Metro | Toronto
Part of the group of 22 artists in residence. From left: Milena Pafundi, Adrienne Matheuszik, Karla Monterrosa, Christina Hajjar, Ilene Sova, and Carmen Aleman. both images eduardo lima/metro
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ttc a vintage ride There’s a hulking heap of nostalgia rumbling along Toronto’s waterfront this summer. The TTC is reviving its vintage maroon-and-cream streetcars on Queen’s Quay W. every Sunday from Victoria Day to Labour Day, and the rides are free. For nearly six decades, these Presidents’ Conference Committee streetcars carried countless Torontonians around the city. “We grew up on these kinds of cars,” said Les Crockett, who started riding the TTC in the 1930s.
Campbell to ask council to withhold grant from Pride A Toronto councillor plans to ask colleagues to “suspend” a $260,000 grant for Pride Toronto’s annual parade, despite pleas for time to find consensus in a dispute over police participation. Coun. John Campbell said Monday he will ask council this week to withhold the grant unless Pride “reaffirms its core value of inclusivity” by scrapping a request for limits on marching officers.
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Lobby province on social housing units: Tory Mayor John Tory is urging residents to lobby their local MPPs and Housing Minister Chris Ballard for the provincial funds required to fix crumbling social housing units. “The time for action is now, in fact it was before now, because repairing social housing is a moral, economic and a social imperative,” Tory told reporters Tuesday in response to a Star story.
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The Toronto police officer charged with breach of trust in connection with a High Park suicide last year is alleged to have refused to help a citizen attempting to enlist him to stop a young man from taking his own life. Instead, according to Toronto police documents filed at the force’s disciplinary tribunal, Const. Kyle Upjohn falsely claimed to be on another call, instructed the citizen to call 911, then drove away without informing the police communications operator of a report of an ongoing suicide attempt in the park. The allegations shed new light on an incident first revealed last year when Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investiga-
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tions Unit (SIU) announced criminal charges against Const. Kyle Upjohn in connection with the suicide of 19-year-old Alexandre Boucher on Feb. 2, 2016. The allegations are outlined in a Toronto police tribunal document, called a notice of hearing, which summarizes the Toronto police rationale for charging Upjohn with misconduct under the Police Services Act. None of the allegations have been tested at the Toronto po-
lice tribunal. Upjohn was initially charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessaries of life, but those charges were withdrawn late last year at the request of the Crown prosecutor. Gary Clewley, Upjohn’s lawyer, said shortly after the charges were withdrawn that his client never should have faced them in the first place, telling reporters outside court that “there was no evidence that the conduct alleged against the officer had anything to do with the death.” However, Upjohn still faces one count of criminal breach of trust, a charge laid by the SIU two months after the officer was first charged in connection with the incident. Upjohn faces three counts of professional misconduct in connection with the incident, including neglect of duty and acting in a disorderly manner. Upjohn is currently suspended with pay from the Toronto Police Service. Torstar news service
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Metro | Edmonton University of Alberta alumni helped develop a computer program that’s poised to outsmart humanity. Named AlphaGo, the program is in China this week taking on the world’s top human player of Go — an ancient Chinese board game said to be the most complicated in existence — and it’s winning. “If you had been asking me a few years ago, how long before we see a computer program strong enough to beat the best human at Go, I was thinking it would be not in my lifetime,” said Ryan Hayward, a professor
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in the U of A’s computing science program. “It came out of nowhere, was a huge step forward in artificial intelligence. And now it’s stronger than the strongest human.” AlphaGo is taking on 19-yearold world champion Ke Jie in a three-game match that spans five days this week, and it won the first game handily on Tuesday. The software was developed in London by Google’s DeepMind,
in part by U of A alumni David Silver and Aja Huang, who both studied with Hayward. Hayward has little doubt the program will pull off the final two games, which can last several hours. “AlphaGo was not sweating at all,” Hayward said. “I mean I know that computers don’t sweat, but it was very, very comfortable.” Chinese authorities are less
excited about the prospect of their homegrown champ getting trounced by a computer program, however — Hayward said China has blocked live streams of the match within its borders and blocked physical access from some people viewing the match. “I’m thinking that If Ke Jie were winning then they would be live streaming it. But because he’s not winning, they don’t want to publicize that a foreign-developed AI is better than the best Chinese Go player,” Hayward said. The U of A has had a worldrenowned artificial intelligence program for decades. Researchers at the university developed the first computer program to defeat the world’s top checkers players, and the U of A was also involved with the software that dominated humans at chess. Hayward said Go is the final frontier of board games, but the development has broader, more practical applications, from airline scheduling to routing online purchases.
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Metro | Edmonton For the last year a group of Edmonton teachers has been meeting regularly to talk about LGBTQ issues in schools, in what organizers say is Canada’s first gay straight alliance for teaching professionals. Now the Alberta Teachers’ Association is pushing for the “precedent-setting” format to
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“They’ve been in the lobster industry for quite some time,” RCMP Supt. Martin Marin said. The RCMP looked into allegations that a lobster company in Clark’s Harbour had been defrauded of over $500,000 in 2014-15. Marin said the three have substantial reach and influence on the local, national and international seafood markets. “It’s a multimillion-dollar industry,” he said. “And where there’s opportunity, there’s also crimes of opportunity,” he said. With Files from tHE CANADIAN PRESS
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8-year-old among the dead in concert blast Manchester attack
Many parents still waiting to hear from their children Names of the victims are beginning to emerge in Monday night’s deadly bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. For a crowd of mostly young British music fans, the concert was supposed to be a school night out enjoying cheerful high-energy pop. It quickly turned into sheer terror. A suicide bomber detonated a powerful explosive device moments after the American singer wrapped up her show Monday night in Manchester, sending people into a desperate search for missing family and friends. The blast killed 22 people and wounded 59 others, with 12 of the wounded under the age of 16, officials said. Young concert goers fled the scene of the attack, some still wearing the American pop star’s
trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons. One of the victims has been identified as eight-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos, a “beautiful little girl” who was taken to the concert by her mother Saffie was remembered fondly by Chris Upton, the head teacher at Tarleton Community Primary School. “Saffie was simply a beautiful little girl in every aspect of the word,” Upton told The Guardian. “She was loved by everyone and her warmth and kindness will be remembered fondly.” Another victim is 18-year-old Georgina Callander, who studied health and social care at Runshaw College in Lancashire. The school released a statement on Facebook saying, “Our deepest sympathies, thoughts and prayers go out to all of Georgina’s friends, family, and all of those affected by this loss.” Callander had posted a photo on Instagram of herself with Grande, which was taken backstage at a concert two years ago. A crowd-funding page has been set up to help with Callander’s funeral costs.
Charlotte Campbell was among the parents still looking for their children. She told BBC Radio 4’s Today program that her 15-year-old daughter, Olivia, was still missing. She said she had spoken to her at the concert. “She’d just seen the support act and said she was having an amazing time, and thanking me for letting her go,” she said. “I’m at home phoning everybody: hospitals, police, the centres that the children have been put in,” Campbell said. “Her dad’s in Manchester looking for her. I’ve got friends looking for her. I’ve got people I don’t even know looking for her ... And I’m just hearing nothing. Her phone’s dead.” Concert goer Abbey Mullen shared her thoughts of the horror on Twitter, saying the bomb exploded just a few metres from her. “That sound, The blood + those who were running around clueless with body parts + bits of skin missing will not be leaving my mind any time soon or the minds of those involved,” Mullen wrote. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICES
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As officials hunted for accomplices of a suicide bomber and Britain’s prime minister warned another attack could be “imminent,” thousands of people poured into the streets of Manchester in a defiant vigil Tuesday for victims of a blast at a pop concert - the latest apparent target of Islamic extremists seeking to rattle life in the West. The attack left at least 22 dead, including an 8-year-old girl, shattering the revelry at a show by American singer Ariana Grande, where strains of electric pop and the sways of innocent young fans quickly gave way to an explosion, a flood of screams and a stampede of panicked concert-goers, Above: Georgina Callander and Ariana Grande in 2015. Left: Saffie Rose Roussos. Callander and Roussos were the first victims to be identified in an attack at Manchester Arena, which left 22 people dead on Monday. Contributed/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
many clutching pink balloons and wearing the kitten-ear headbands popularized by Grande. Touching on that disconnect, British Prime Minister Theresa May said: “We struggle to comprehend the warped and twisted mind that sees a room packed with young children not as a scene to cherish but as an opportunity for carnage.” May said Britain’s terror threat level had been raised to critical — meaning another attack may be imminent. The status means armed soldiers could be deployed instead of police at public events including sports matches. The threat level had been at the second-highest rung
of “severe” for several years. Daesh claimed responsibility for the blood bath Monday, though a top American intelligence official said the assertion could not be verified. Manchester Police Chief Ian Hopkins identified the bomber as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, who authorities said died in the attack. Police raided two sites in the northern English city, setting off a controlled explosion in one, and arresting a 23-year-old man in a third location. May said Abedi was born and raised in Britain and a European security official said he was of Libyan descent.
you can be,” he said. Elsewhere in the country, Winnipeg’s MTS Centre will have a bomb-sniffing dog on site for Friday’s Red Hot Chili Peppers show, bolstering other classified security measures. The Scotiabank Centre in Halifax promises heightened security and police presence for its I Love The 90s tour event on Wednesday, featuring Salt-N-Pepa.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared the country’s south under martial rule for 60 days and cut short a visit to Moscow on Tuesday after Muslim extremists allied with Daesh laid siege to a southern city. Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said troops raided the hideout of a top terrorist suspect in southern Marawi city on Tuesday, sparking a gunbattle that prompted the militants to call for reinforcements from an allied group, the Maute. He said dozens of gunmen occupied city hall, a hospital and a jail and burned a Catholic church, a jail, a college and some houses in a bold attack that killed at least two soldiers and a police officer and wounded 12 others. “The whole of Marawi city is blacked out, there is no light, and there are Maute snipers all around,” Lorenzana said in Moscow. Duterte’s martial law declaration will help government forces carry out searches and arrests and detain rebel suspects quickly, Lorenzana said.
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People attend a vigil in Manchester on Tuesday, the day the attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left 22 people dead, including 12 people under 16 years old. the associated press
Some venues are taking extra steps to ensure concertgoers feel safer in the coming weeks, even if there isn’t any sign of imminent danger. Heightened security is planned for Toronto’s Air Canada Centre where Canadian superstar the Weeknd is scheduled to play back-to-back shows this weekend. Other international stars like the Chainsmokers and Neil Diamond are slated for the coming weeks.
Dave Haggith, a spokesman for the ACC’s owner Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, said more security staff will be on the grounds for these events. While he declined to offer details on whether other security measures would also be taken, he acknowledged that more was being done. “You’re always looking for best practices and communications so you’re ahead of the game as best
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JESSICA ALLEN On hot black coffee for a new age
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Food wasn’t just a detail in the Appropriation prize flap a original Twin Peaks. It was central to the show’s humour — chance to listen and learn something the reboot may have forgotten — and in grounding the characters in a normal world. Everyone is talking about how strange the new Twin Peaks is. Critics are saying television hasn’t been this odd since, well, the original Twin Peaks aired back in 1990. No surprise there. Welcome back to the weird and wonderful mind of David Lynch. But two things struck me while watching the first four episodes of the 18-part continuation. First, where are the coffee, cherry pie and jellyfilled doughnuts? And second, who would have thought that coffee and doughnuts would have morphed into a world of almost unfathomable oddity? “Coffee culture,” which beyond being a way of life is also the actual name of a franchise, happened so gradually that we didn’t even know it. It’s been 25 years since FBI Agent Dale Cooper tells Sheriff Truman in the first season of Twin Peaks that “every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don’t plan it, don’t wait for it, just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men’s store, a catnap in your office chair or two cups of good hot black coffee.” The new series allows us to examine the change from a cup of simple diner coffee to unicorn frappuccinos with Rip Van Winkle-like wonderment. By way of introduction may I remind you of the Cronut? Imitators were so abundant that the doughnut-meets-croissant creators registered Cronut in 2013 with the U.S. patent and trademark office. I doubt
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even the Log Lady could’ve predicted that, not to mention $6 cups of cold brew, gourmet matcha green tea doughnuts — even gluten-free doughnuts, a metaphysical feat only achievable in the extra dimensional Black Lodge. Food was omnipresent in many of the so-called Golden Age of Television series that arguably started with Twin Peaks. The diner in Seinfeld is as much a character as the woods are in Twin Peaks. And I dream of scoring a coveted reservation at Cicely’s secret Italian restaurant in Northern Exposure. Then there’s The Sopranos and Carmela’s baked ziti and the pork sandwiches from Satriale’s that even the FBI agents following Tony couldn’t resist. Junk food and jumbo coffees were basically members of the family on Gilmore Girls. But food wasn’t just a detail in the original Twin Peaks. It was central to the show’s humour — something the reboot may have forgotten to drag with it into the future — and in grounding the characters in a normal world. Sure, there
was a lady who got messages from her log but somewhere there was coffee and doughnuts and cherry pie. (Riverdale may have made notes from Twin Peaks’ playbook: the mood is certainly darker for Archie and his friends but there are still milk shakes to be had at the Chok’lit Shoppe.) If coffee and doughnuts were the bench mark for the norm that let Twin Peaks’ wilder flights of fancy soar, it should come as no surprise that in a world of $75 “cat poop” coffee — made from beans partially digested by cats — the show’s universe now isn’t just weird. It is almost beyond comprehension. I lied: coffee has made an appearance in the new Twin Peaks, in the form of two lattes in the first episode, and again, in the last few minutes of episode four — the most heart-palpitating yet of the series — when, spoiler alert, Dale Cooper (at least, we think it’s Dale Cooper) sips on a hot cup of black coffee. It may have taken four hours of red curtains and epic expanses of metaphysical space but with
that single sip, there’s the potential of a cliffhanger to rival the greatest soaps. Meanwhile, in Twin Peaks, Deputy Chief “Hawk” is opening the old case file on Laura Palmer. There on the table beside him is a pink box of doughnuts. Straining a little, you can see the logo of the Double R diner, which was absent in the original series. Despite the audience wondering if Norma was forced to use a brand consultant, Truman’s cellphone and Ben Horn’s weed-infused comestibles, not a lot seems to have changed in the north-west logging town. So we are hooked again, brought into a mind-altering reality through the basic power of a black cup of coffee and doughnuts. The Tim Hortons execs who are trying to figure out how to massproduce lattes should take note, before the real world surpasses the new Twin Peaks in its oddity.
Two weeks ago, I watched several powerful people gleefully line up to throw money at the opportunity to refuse to hear criticism. The so-called appropriation prize and the ensuing fallout at major media organizations are not about free speech. This is about who gets to speak and who should be thankful for being allowed to exist. At times, Indigenous issues overlap with my ill-attendedto specialities: race, gender, and politics. To be sure, it’s a wide umbrella, but it doesn’t always cover everything. On those occasions, I read, listen and learn. In the aftermath of the Joseph Boyden controversy, I read Indigenous writers who, with compassion and fury, asked for transparency. After the human rights tribunal concluded Canada discriminated against Indigenous children, I read the rulings and listened to Cindy Blackstock’s fierce advocacy. I listen to podcasts from Media Indigena and Indian and Cowboy. Slowly but surely, I’m working through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report. It’s a harrowing read, but essential. I say this not to selfcongratulate, but to say that I am still in the shallow end. Every new piece of information leads to more questions, which leads to answers that only ask more questions. Until I can swim in the deep end with Indigenous people, I’m going to do my
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best to stay in my lane. And that’s what the appropriation prize organizers and their friends and supporters need to do. Because in a short period of time, they revealed the things we — Indigenous, Black, racialized people — suspected to be true: That for them, our cultures, like ourselves, can be put up for auction. That our histories, our pains, our joys (if we’re allowed that), our style — the things that make us strong and unique — are available to most ambitious imitators. There have been consequences: a resignation, a demotion, and some apologies. But there are still more non-Indigenous people defining terms of a conversation they’re not equipped to have. For us, it’s a time for listening and for learning. For progress and reconciliation to work, speaking up cannot mean speaking over. In Indigenous Writes, a friendly and righteous raft for these waters, Chelsea Vowel says, “What we cannot do is pretend the subject matter is anything but difficult. Sometimes, we will simply have to agree to disagree.” Still, she insists that it can be done: “We begin that process by understanding the fundamental issues.” The most consistent voices asking for explanation, accountability and apology were Indigenous writers and creators. Simply, they are the voices to listen to.
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Mendes, who is scheduled to play in Paris on Wednesday, described himself as “completely heartbroken.” “I am truly so sorry about what has happened in Manchester tonight. Unthinkable events. All my love to the families affected,” he said. “I love you so much guys. This isn’t what music is about. I am so so sorry.” Cara helped circulate an online list of those still missing after Monday’s show, adding “my heart is with u, Manchester.”
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Bieber simply tweeted the hashtag #PrayForManchester. Singh, who was set to perform in Malaysia on Tuesday, expressed shock at the violence and urged her fans to stay strong. “My heart and prayers go out to Ariana and everyone at her show in Manchester. I can’t even imagine the feeling. No words,” she tweeted. “In a world that can be so sad and cruel sometimes, laughter really is such a gift. Shout outs to everyone who spreads love in this life.” The canadian press
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And the beverage known as a radler in Germany and a shandy in the British Isles – essentially equal parts beer and some kind of non-alcoholic fruit drink such as pop, juice, or lemonade – has been on the rise in Canada for about seven years, Luxmore said. But they’ve really exploded in recent summers as both giants like Molson and Canadian craft breweries have increased their offerings, she added. It’s all part of the trend away from super-sweet, highlighterhued coolers. “We’re more health conscious, even what comes into alcohol. Beer is a natural product. Combining that with real juice or fresh zested fruit seems healthier for us than a glucosefructose-laden alco-pop.” Luxmore said she has seen breweries increasingly experimenting with beers that have fruit smashed directly in, zest and all, resulting in bolderflavoured tipples that are still fairly low in alcohol. She also expects to see a continued rise in full-strength beers sweetened with natural fruit – blueberry lager, watermelon wheat beer, and hoppy IPAs, mixed with tropical fruits. Demographics has something to do with it: One of the only groups of Canadians whose alcohol consumption is increasing is younger women. Traditionally, radlers and ciders are considered “fruity and girly,” and concoctions like the Bud Light Lime-A-Rita are clearly marketed at women, Luxmore said. But, “the way a craft brewery does a radler – citrusy, dry, not too sweet – appeals to men and women,” she said. “Increasingly, it’s not a lady thing to drink fruit beer.”
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Lexus is playing catch up in the sport sedan segment and one way it’s trying to compete is by introducing new trim levels in its popular IS series. For many, the base IS 200t is a great choice, but it’s only available with rear-wheel drive. While the range-topping IS 350 drives all four wheels, it’s expensive and fuel thirsty. To try to alleviate this issue, Lexus has introduced the IS 300 AWD, a model in the middle of the lineup that can only be had with all-wheel drive. While the four-cylinder turbocharged Lexus IS 200t starts at $42,195, the IS 300 AWD comes in at $44,995, commanding a $2,800 premium for two extra drive wheels and cylinders. It sounds like a good deal, at first. The IS 300 AWD has 14 ponies over its smaller displacement, turbocharged brother, but is down 22 lb-ft of torque. The lack of twist is noticeable and the IS 300 AWD feels slow and pokey to get going. And it seems much less powerful and torquey than the range-topping IS 350, which has 50 more hp and 40 more lb-ft of torque. There’s also no benefit at the pumps for getting the IS
300 AWD over the IS 350 AWD, which starts at $55,395. If buyers thought they would get some fuel savings by opting for the less powerful V6, they should think otherwise and consider the much more fuel efficient IS 200t. The engine does, however, provide smooth and linear acceleration and doesn’t impact the solid driving dynamics of the car. Steering is good, which is to say it’s well-weighted and responsive. Even the steering wheel itself is nice and chunky, with lots to hold onto and a progressive steering feel with none of the weirdness you get from variable ratio racks. The chassis is also pretty good, meaning that the car reacts to direction changes well, but without the harshness that comes from cars trying to be too sporty. It’s best described as smooth and obedient. The suspension in particular is really balanced between soft and stiff. It’s worth talking about the polarizing interior of the car. With plenty of odd angles inside the cabin, it’s definitely not the most user-friendly, with bizarrely placed vent openings and an infotainment screen that’s far and deep into the dashboard. The infotainment system has to be one of the worst designs available on the market, thanks to an imprecise and hyperactive mouse-like controller, it’s a pain to select items on the screen. It makes it extremely frustrating to control the navigation or make calls while driving and requires too much attention. It’s hard to recommend this over the two other models in the lineup.
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COOLEST STOCK HOODS on the market They’re not as flashy as big spoilers or gullwing doors, but not all hoods have to be boring. Hoods serve the utilitarian purpose of protecting the engine bay, but some automakers use functional scoops and vents to make their hoods cool — and keep the engine bay even cooler. Others get fancy on how their hoods open, / . while some just have a real flashy design.
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Jaguar F-Type Dodge Challenger SRT Demon The top spot on the list goes to the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon. Dodge says the Demon has “the largest functional ‘air grabber’ cold air intake hood ever installed on a production vehicle, measuring more than 45 square inches.” Combined with the two “air catcher” headlamps, the automaker says the Demon’s air intake temperatures are up to 30 degrees cooler than the regular Hellcat.
The Jaguar F-Type isn’t a Plain Jane luxury sports coupe. The British automaker gave it a fancy front-hinged hood. There’s also a pair of vents to give the F-Type some breathing room, which aren’t a necessity for the turbocharged four-cylinder engine, but are welcomed on the rangetopping SVR model powered by a 5.0-litre supercharged V8.
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Technically speaking, under the hood of the Ferrari LaFerrari is its trunk because the engine is located at the rear of the car. But that didn’t stop the Italian automaker from outfitting the compartment with a pair of cooling fans for the front rads. Space is limited, but the stylish hood and vents give it so much appeal.
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE is a track-focused model featuring special aero components, adjustable suspension and exclusive tires. More subtle than some of the other designs, it’s sleek and stylish on this coupe. The same style hood is on the standard ZL1 but we love the black treatment it got for the 1LE.
The WRX STI’s hood does more than just give the sports sedan a more aggressive appearance: It helps keep the turbocharged four-cylinder engine nice and cool, making sure performance is always up to par. It has also become a trademark feature of the car’s design, having been present for many generations.
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memories of wood-panelled stations wagons, while “hatchback” calls to mind a pedestrian compact car, like a Toyota Matrix. Sportback sounds edgy and cool. Four-door coupe Many cars with a sloping roofline are also called “four-door coupes,” which is confusing. A coupe is supposed to have two doors, but the Mercedes CLA and CLS are called coupes despite having four. The difference here is how the trunk opens, which in four-door coupes is a more like a traditional trunk, meaning the rear glass does not open with it. Four-door coupes tend to have another element in common with regular two-door coupes:
Most don’t have window frames, giving them a sleeker look. Shooting brake Commonly used to describe European wagons, it comes with a short history lesson. Back in the day, English hunting parties used to carry their gear in a practically sized vehicle, that’s transferred to the modern automobile as a shooting brake. These cars are always wagons, although the number of doors can vary. Ferrari calls the FF a shooting brake and it has two doors, while the folks at Jaguar describe the wagon variant of the XF a shooting brake. Mercedes further confuses things by calling its CLS wagon variant (which isn’t sold in North America) a shooting brake.
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Golden State will make third straight Finals appearance Kevin Durant does not need to be told that Golden State should have a muted celebration after winning the Western Conference final. Durant is fully aware a tough challenge awaits. It’s why Durant signed with the Warriors and why Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green embraced him at the expense of their own stats. “We have a bigger goal in
mind,” Durant said. Golden State has a chance to earn their second championship in three years after sweeping the San Antonio Spurs with a 129-115 victory Monday night. The Warriors became the first team in league history to open the playoffs 12-0, which provides them with a week of rest prior to their third straight NBA Finals appearance. Golden State will host Game 1 of the championship series on June 1 against either Cleveland or Boston. The Cavaliers took a 2-1 lead into Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final Tuesday, but Curry alluded the Warriors are expecting a rematch with LeBron James and company. “We all know, obviously, who
we’re going to play,” Curry said. “We’ll be watching the Eastern Conference final to see how that unfolds. But it will be easy to start this new chapter and really just lock in on what’s in front of us.” Facing Cleveland will resurrect chatter of Golden State’s collapse in last season’s Finals, which saw the Cavaliers rally from a 3-1 deficit to win the franchise’s first championship. “This year is a totally different year, different group, different journey,” Curry said. The Warriors have shown their strength by blasting through the playoffs in the normally rugged West. Golden State is shooting 50 per cent from the field while averaging 118.3 points. The Associated Press
IN BRIEF Sharapova granted wild card for Rogers Cup Maria Sharapova was awarded a wild card for the Rogers Cup in August in her comeback from a doping ban. Since her return, the former No. 1 player has used wild cards to play 3 WTA tour events. She was denied a wild card for the French Open. The Associated Press
Soccer TFC seeing red in loss to Fury Tucker Hume of the Ottawa Fury heads the ball as Jason Hernandez of Toronto FC looks on during the first leg of their Canadian championship semifinal in Ottawa on Tuesday night. Ryan Williams and Sito Seoane scored second-half goals as the Fury scored a 2-1 win. Benoit Cheyrou scored for TFC. The second leg will take place on May 31 at BMO Field. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press
Olympic medals defective Over 100 athletes globally have discovered their medals from the Rio Olympics to be defective. Rio Games spokesman Mario Andrada said that officials have noted problems with the covering on six to seven per cent of the medals. The varnish would come off and the medal would rust, he said. The Associated Press
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For Metro Canada There is no end to the creaminess an avocado can give most any recipe and this tangy chicken salad is no exception. Ready in 15 minutes Prep time: 10 minutes Makes: 4 to 6 sandwiches Ingredients • 1 avocado, • 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice •1 tsp fresh cilantro, chopped • 1/4 cup mayonnaise • 1/4 cup Greek yogurt • pinch of salt and pepper • 4 pitas or 6 mini pitas • 2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
Directions 1. Slice open your avocado, carefully remove the pit and then use a small, sharp knife to score the flesh. Now use a small spoon to scoop out those avocado cubes. 2. In a large bowl, mix all your ingredients (expect the pitas) together. Be gentle so the avocado keeps some of its shape. Taste for seasoning. If you’ve got time to cover the salad for half an hour the flavours will deepen. 3. Slice open your pitas and use a spoon to stuff them with salad. for more meal ideas, VISIT sweetpotatochronicles.com
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