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The City of Toronto will immediately look at “any and all safety measures” to improve Lake Shore Boulevard W. and Jameson Avenue following the death of a five-year-old.

The boy was killed near the intersection Wednesday evening.

He was cycling with a guardian, fell into the road at 6:20 p.m. and was hit by a Toyota Camry.

He died in hospital that night.

“It’s devastating news,” said city public works chairwoman Jaye Robinson. “I can’t imagine what the family is going through.”

Robinson told Metro she asked city staff first thing Thursday morning to undertake a review and “consider any possible improvement” to the area.

Possibilities include introducing more photo radar, advanced

green lights for pedestrians as well as technology that can sense when pedestrians need to cross.

Pedestrian safety advocate and lawyer Patrick Brown was also shaken by the news, calling it “awfully tragic and preventable.”

He called for a barrier to be installed immediately to protect cyclists and pedestrians on the Martin Goodman Trail from the Lake Shore.

Brown said “it was so obvious” that this was a dangerous stretch of the typically safe trail, adding he wishes he lobbied for it before the tragedy. He also stated that the speed limit on Lake Shore should be lowered.

Lake Shore Boulevard was not identified as one of the city’s 2016 or 2017 priorities based on collision data, according to Transportation Services.

IN NUMBERS 3: Children who have died in traffic so far this year 13: Pedestrian or cyclist fatalities in 2017 80: Percentage of pedestrian injuries or fatalities that occur on an arterial road

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Biruktawit arrived in Toronto from Ethiopia last October with two little boys, a plea for asylum and no idea how a courtroom worked.

“I had all the facts. I was prepared with my lawyers. But I really didn’t know how to express the fear I had of going back to my country,” she said. (Metro has agreed not to print her last name in order to protect her privacy.)

Like many refugees, Biruktawit had to plead her case for asylum before the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB). She had

Details Tuesday night Matthew House is screening Exodus: Our Journey to Europe, a first-person documentary on Turkish migrants, followed by a panel moderated by the CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti at the Hot Docs cinema. More info at matthewhousepresents. com.

three months to prepare.

She learned how to express herself at Matthew House’s mock refugee board trial program.

“We simulate more or less exactly what happens at the IRB,” said Helton Achaye, who spearheaded the program’s creation at the Toronto charity in 2012.

To begin, Achaye tapes a laminated printout of Canada’s coat of arms to the wall and hangs a maple leaf to transform the space from a church basement to a crucible where fates are sealed.

“They are symbols of the sobering country that Canada is,” he said. Seeing the space as a seat of authority conditions people to tell the story in a more formal manner.

Achaye would know. A political refugee from Uganda, he faced the IRB himself after his 2011 arrival.

The feelings are “very raw,” he said, adding the anxiety can make a person seem unsure or confused. Worst-case scenario: an application is refused based on performance issues rather than the persecution. For many it’s a pivotal moment.

“If they fail their hearing, they can be deported back to a place of torture or death,” said Anne Woolger, founding director of Matthew House. “It’s vital.”

Peter Showler, a refugee legal scholar and former chairperson of the IRB, said it’s an “excellent” program. In fact, he donated to its establishment.

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The laminated coat of arms helps set the scene at mock trials, says creator Helton Achaye.

Achaye helped to establish the mock refugee trial program to help others like him navigate the process upon their arrival in Canada. Eduardo Lima/Metro

the hearing room. That’s not a good psychological condition for someone who is about to testify,” he told Metro, adding he would like to see it expand.

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According to notices quietly posted to the Presto and TTC websites Thursday morning, a limited number of June monthly passes — the equivalent of a TTC Metropass — can be purchased online and added to customers’ cards.

The development is a landmark for Presto, which will eventually become the primary form of payment on Toronto’s transit system. The monthly Metropass is the TTC’s main fare media, and making its equivalent available on the electronic fare card is a key part of transitioning away from older ways of paying.

“This is another positive milestone in the Presto rollout at the TTC,” said TTC spokesperson Heather Brown in an email.

“Throughout 2017 and 2018 we will gradually introduce other pass products, such as student and post-secondary student passes, on Presto as we transition away from tickets, tokens, and passes for the full adoption of Presto.”

The TTC Monthly Pass on Presto will cost the same as a Metropass — $146.25 for adults and $116.75 for seniors — and will go on sale eight days before

The TTC is starting with a rollout of 2,000 adult and 1,000 senior loadable Metropasses for the trial. torstar news service

the start of each month.

Like a Metropass, the Presto version will allow customers unlimited travel on the TTC for a month. According to the TTC, the only difference is that riders using the monthly Presto pass will have to tap on a fare card reader, while Metropass users are asked to show their card to fare collectors, drivers and fare inspectors, or swipe it at a turnstile.

For the moment, the monthly pass product is only available via the Presto website, although physical cards can be purchased at Gateway newsstands in the subway system and at 10 Shop-

pers Drug Mart outlets in Toronto.

Roughly 2,000 adult and 1,000 senior passes are being made available for June. Brown said that limiting their number will give the TTC and Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency that owns the Presto system, “the opportunity to evaluate the customer experience.”

“This will ensure we can provide the best possible product once we roll it out to a wider audience,” she said.

The TTC expects to increase the number available over the course of 2017 and 2018.

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Moving on UP: Higher ridership, but still high subsidies on train service

Ridership on the Union Pearson Express (UPX) increased during its first full year in operation with lower fares, but the provincial transit agency has declined to say how much the airport train service is costing the public.

According to figures provided by Metrolinx, the provincial agency that operates the line, 2.76 million people took the UPX during the fiscal year April 2016 to March 2017. Three-quarters of passengers were travelling to or from the airport, while the remaining riders used it for other reasons.

The ridership figures are a significant improvement compared to the air rail link’s first 10 months, when only about 747,000 people used the train.

Ridership spiked after Metrolinx slashed ticket prices in March 2016 in response to public pressure. Initially, a ride between

The province is subsidizing the Union Pearson Express.

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Union and Pearson cost $27.90, or $19 with a Presto card. Tickets are now $9 with a Presto card, or $12 without.

Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins said the agency is “very pleased” with the new numbers. “The ridership level has grown much faster than we had even hoped for,” she said.

She could not yet disclose how much the government is

subsidizing each ride on the UPX. A Torstar News Service analysis of 2016-2017 data provided

by Metrolinx suggests that the UPX per ride subsidy could approach $20 per ride.

By comparison, the TTC subsidizes its passengers at a rate of about $1 per trip, while GO Transit’s subsidy is less than $1.50 per passenger. torstar news service

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Commuters can look forward to an easier, faster ride through Kensington Market this summer with the addition of new bike lanes.

Running from Queen Street to College Street using Denison Avenue and Bellevue Avenue, the lanes are part of the 10-year cycling network plan designed to create a grid by connecting major routes with residential streets, explained Coun. Joe Cressy. “This is to connect the lanes on College down to Rich-

meaning they make it legal for cyclists to go both directions on a one-way street.

“Right now we have hundreds of cyclists every day riding illegally. This is legalizing a behaviour that’s already going on and making it safer in the process,” he said.

Cressy said the ward has one of the highest populations of bike commuters in the city, and better infrastructure will get even more people on two wheels.

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Doors Open Toronto 2017 Under the theme TO Canada With Love, the city is letting the public explore some rare 150 historic and cultural buildings this Saturday and Sunday. Check out sites like the Aga Khan Museum,

pets police marine unit’s purr-fect new officer There’s a new cop on patrol at the Toronto Police Marine unit and he takes no prisoners. Last year the unit rescued a “wet, cold and frightened” cat near Billy Bishop Airport. When he was found “Porter” had health issues says Const. Rich Baker, a community service officer with the unit. Notices were put up about him but no one came for the cat, so the unit officially adopted him. torstar news service

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— despite a request for a citywide 2.6-per-cent reduction in 2017. Tory told council he feels reassured he has taken a “balanced approach” as he is facing criticism from two extremes: those who call him a “wreckless spender” and others who label it “an austerity approach.”

Council backed a budget freeze The city faces an initial target while killing efforts to budget shortfall of $343 milimplement a stormwater fee lion in 2018 if property taxes are as the second, rainy day of the not raised by an amount above meeting was consumed by the an estimated two per cent rate two debates. of inflation, something Tory and A 30-14 vote directed all city his allies will not support. In the divisions and agencies to present evening, council nixed a plan to ways to keep their budgets at bring more fairness to who pays 2017 levels next year. When in- the rising costs of stormwater flation is factored in, that’s the runoff and protection against equivalent of cutting basement flooding. two per cent from the With a 27-16 vote, $11-billion operating council followed the budget. recommendation from Tory’s execuMayor John Tory tive committee to and his council allies Budget shortfall rejected an attempt the city faces in “receive,” or shelve, a by the left flank to ex- 2018 if property city staff recommenempt some programs taxes are not dation to go back to from that target, in- raised by an the drawing board above an cluding services for amount and return to counestimated two vulnerable residents, per cent rate of cil in 2019 with a prosuch as the overbur- inflation. posed framework for dened shelter system, stormwater fees. poverty-eduction proCurrently, the grams and staff levels at long- $275 million annual cost of term care homes. dealing with runoff water is Tory stated repeatedly a freeze funded by a charge on water is just a starting point and gave bills, so residents and busiexamples where spending in- nesses that use more water creased this year — such as the pay a bigger share of that cost.

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Pedestrian Sundays: This year’s Kensington Market Pedestrian Sundays series will kick off May 28 with streets shut down to cars and open to outdoor activities between 12 and 7 p.m. Artists, musicians and performers will be on hand to help celebrate the spirit of an independent community.

Africa Day: The folks behind the largest African music festival in North America, AFROFEST, are kicking off this year’s edition with

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Scarier than SARS, deadlier than car accidents and if it was called the Turkey Flu, there would be a mass panic underway. The crisis of opioid addiction and overdose continues to grow. Ontario has launched a new online tool to visually track up-to-date information on emergency visits and deaths from powerful painkillers. The data shows 412 Ontarians fatally overdosed in the first six months of 2016, including 91 in Toronto. In 2015 — the most recent year with detailed data — men accounted for almost three-quarters of opioid deaths in Toronto.

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Harper’s top aide was in ethical wrong, says watchdog Stephen Harper’s former top aide, Nigel Wright, was never charged with a criminal offence, but his efforts to repay $90,000 of Mike Duffy’s Senate expenses were a breach of federal conflict rules, according to a new report.

More than a year after an Ontario criminal court acquitted Duffy in the Senate expenses affair, and four years after the federal Ethics and Conflict of Interest Commissioner began and suspended her investigation, Mary Dawson finally reported Thursday on Wright’s role.

She fingered Harper’s former chief of staff for ethical blame on two fronts — when he pressed the Conservative party to repay Duffy’s bill, and when he decided to do so himself.

Dawson concluded Wright broke the rules for public office holders that prohibited him from making decisions that would

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Trudeau talks intel sharing Canada’s deeply entrenched role in the fight against global extremism is more focused these days on intelligencegathering — and sharing — than on putting more boots on the ground in the Middle East, Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

“The track record has shown that collaboration and co-operation between allies, friends and partners has saved lives and keeps all of our citizens safe,” Trudeau said at the

further another person’s private interests — Duffy’s — and barred him from influencing the decisions of anyone else, such as the Conservative party’s chief bagman Irving Gerstein, to further Duffy’s interests.

There is no penalty for violating those two sections of the act.

“The only sanction is the negative publicity resulting from the release of the examination report,” her office said.

Dawson’s report is a politically difficult one for the Conservative party as it struggles to move on from the Harper era, and a personally difficult one for Wright, now a London-based financier.

“My intention throughout was to ensure that the taxpayer was repaid for Sen. Duffy’s expenses.

I have always believed, and still believe, that my effort to get those funds repaid was in the public interest. We’ll take the time to review and understand the report,” said Wright in a statement issued Thursday by his lawyers.

Wright was never charged for making a payment to Duffy, though Duffy was charged and acquitted of accepting a bribe.

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Montenegro defies Russia to join NATO NATO will be welcoming Montenegro into the alliance. The Balkan nation is attending the NATO summit in Brussels practically as a member, although the entry process will be wrapped in June.

To get there, Montenegro stood against Russia, which has sought to maintain strong influence in the country. Russia has threatened economic and political retaliation. AP

Canada’s big city mayors want tangible action taken in the country’s fight against the opioid crisis, and they want the federal government to take the lead.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said the country needs a clear road map for fighting the crisis that includes targets for reducing overdoses and fatal-

ities and regular reporting on relevant statistics.

“We want to make sure the federal government pulls together an action table that treats this like a national emergency,” said Robertson. He said all levels of government can help, but the federal government needs to be at the table ensuring the work gets done.

Robertson led a task force of mayors from across the country.

In addition to some of the measures the government has

already brought in, the mayors are calling for more opioid substation programs and better data on the crisis.

Robertson said that while British Columbia — where the crisis has been most pronounced — is tracking numbers, not all parts of the country are doing the same. Ontario released new data on opioid fatalities this week, but the most recent data is almost a year behind.

The federal government has taken some of the steps the may-

ors called for, including most recently passing legislation that reduces the wait time for approval of a supervised-consumption site.

Health Minister Jane Philpott’s press secretary Andrew MacKendrick said the minister is prepared to do more.

“We are in a national public health crisis in Canada. Minister Philpott is committed to using every lever at her disposal to combat this crisis,” MacKendrick said.

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Teens recovering from shrapnel wounds chat with monarch Queen Elizabeth II met Thursday with children injured in the Manchester concert bombing, consoling them and pronouncing the attack at an event attended by so many young people “wicked.”

The 91-year-old monarch visited Evie Mills, 14, Millie Robson, 15, and other youngsters recovering from severe shrapnel wounds at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

“It’s dreadful. Very wicked, to target that sort of thing,” the Queen told Evie and her parents.

Millie, wearing an Ariana Grande T-shirt, told the Queen she had won VIP tickets to the pop star’s Monday night concert at Manchester Arena and had been injured in the bombing attack after the end of the show.

The teenager said she felt fortunate to have survived.

“I have a few, like, holes in my legs and stuff, and I have a bit of a cut, and my arm and just a bit here, but compared

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to other people I’m quite lucky really,” she said.

The Queen broke her normal custom of wearing a matching outfit by visiting the children in a blue coat topped with a jaunty orange hat — as if to try to lighten the gloom.

Elizabeth told Millie she thought Ariana Grande was a “very good singer,” adding, “She sounds very, very good.”

Millie was one of 12 children under the age of 16 taken to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital by ambulance after the

blast that killed 22 people and the suspected bomber.

She said she was walking toward the exit to meet her father when the bomb went off. She remembers the explosion, an intense ringing in her ears, and people screaming. Millie didn’t know it right away, but she was bleeding badly from her legs.

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outside and then a lot of paramedics outside and strangers were just helping us, really.”

It was a parent’s nightmare.

Her father, David Robson, said he was with his partner waiting for Millie when the explosion happened.

“I saw Millie, at the bottom of the stairs, I just ran down, picked her up,” Robson said.

Emergency teams eventually helped treat Millie and got her to the hospital. She was well enough to enjoy the Queen’s visit. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trump’s travel ban

President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban “speaks with vague words of national security, but in context drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination,” a federal appeals court said Thursday in ruling against the ban that targets six Muslim-majority countries.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that blocks the Republican administration from temporarily suspending new visas for people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The Richmond, Virginiabased 4th Circuit is the first appeals court to rule on the revised travel ban, which Trump’s administration had hoped would avoid the legal problems that the first version encountered.

In all, 10 of the 13 judges who heard the case voted against the Trump administration.

The Supreme Court would almost certainly step into the case if asked. The justices almost always have the final say when a lower court strikes down a federal law or presidential action. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Soldiers attack militants in besieged Philippine city Backed by tanks and rocket-firing helicopters, Philippine troops launched “precision attacks” Thursday to clear extremists linked to the Islamic State group from a city that has been under siege since a raid that failed to capture one of Asia’s most-wanted militants.

Rebels have torn through the streets of Marawi, torching buildings, taking a priest and his wor-

shippers hostage and sealing off much of the city. At least 44 people have died in the fighting, including 31 militants and 11 soldiers, officials said. President Rodrigo Duterte imposed 60 days of martial law Tuesday on the island of Mindanao, warning he may expand the decree nationwide, unnerving many who lived through the rule of Ferdinand Marcos. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Could the climate-change supervillain be set to strike again? Vast numbers of bacteria and viruses are currently stuck safely away in glaciers and permanently frozen ground at the planet’s poles. Most are friendly.

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and journals to prove it is true.

That reveals very little about ESP, but a lot about the reproducibility crisis in psychology.

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For Metro Canada Topher Grace doesn’t need me to put words in his mouth, but in this one instance I’m going to.

I recently sat down with the former That ’70s Show star to talk about his new Netflix movie, War Machine. Based on the Michael Hastings New York Times bestseller The Operators, it fictionalizes the real-life career implosion of General Stanley McChrystal, Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan. An

article in Rolling Stone that reported on the McChrystal’s disappointment with Obama and his policies undid the General’s distinguished career. In the film, he is renamed Gen. Glen McMahon and played by Brad Pitt, who also produced the film.

“What I love so much about the film [director and writer David Michôd] made,” said Grace, “and it was in the script but I really felt it when I saw the film, is the emotional journey.

That is so hard to get into a war movie. Anyone who is willing to watch it understands it on an emotional level, which is a much more effective way to communicate to the audience than just using facts.”

Here’s where I chime in. “I think that when you have a very specific story it can become universal because of the emotions,” I said. “None of us will find ourselves in that par-

ticular situation but all of us, at some time in our lives, will end up in a mess of some kind.

It’s relatable.”

“That’s what I meant to say,” said Grace with a laugh. “Can you quote yourself and use that?”

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Grace plays Matt Little, McMahon’s civilian press adviser.

He’s young, brash, and, according to Grace, not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

“What is the definition of an idiot?” he asks. “Is it knowing you don’t know but still going ahead anyway? I don’t think it is, but that’s who he is.

“On the first day, I popped my collar up and the military advisor said, ‘They don’t do that in the military.’ The director said, ‘No, no, no! He’s playing an idiot. He would totally have his collar popped up.’ He’s a civilian and he doesn’t even really care about the war going on.”

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The 38-year-old actor says despite the story’s timely nature and the inclusion of a character based on recently disgraced National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, the film isn’t political.

“I want people to check their politics at the door and take the emotional ride of what it would feel like to be in that position.

“The really cool thing is that it is not an American telling the story. David is a great talent out of Australia and no matter what, he brings a non-American POV. The fact that it can be that heightened in terms of humour at some points and so real when they are out on the battlefield is really great.”

It may not be political but Grace says it is timely.

“We made it in Obama’s America,” he explained. “It’s crazy releasing it now. It is timelier than when we shot it.

I haven’t been on a lot of projects that were like that.”

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Humping gags and extended crotch shots Of this, dear moviegoer, rest assured: Dwayne Johnson’s biceps still ripple and glisten in the sunlight. So do his triceps, pecs, abs, delts, quads, lats and the other 600 or so muscles of the human body.

And that charismatic, multimillion dollar grin? Still there, too. But the dude isn’t a magician. And only a true magician could find a way to make something light and fun and fresh out of the unwieldy, derivative and mostly unfunny endeavour that is Baywatch.

Now, maybe the filmmakers weren’t thinking light and fun and fresh. They opted to make an R-rated film, upping the raunch factor of the ‘90s TV series starring David Hasselhoff and a slo-mo running Pamela Anderson. But the R rating doesn’t mean they’ve gone all dark and deep; it just seems to mean lots of raunchy language, humping gags and extended crotch shots.

That last category includes a centerpiece scene in which our two leading men, Johnson and Zac Efron, play around with a penis on a corpse in a morgue.

Yes, that’s actually what they do.

Let’s try to wipe that image out of our brains now, shall we?

Baywatch, directed by Seth Gordon, begins by establishing the heart and brawn of our main guy, Mitch Buchannon, leader of the Baywatch squad and hometown hero. We see him hurtling into the water to save a kitesurfer from certain death. Running along the beach, he ducks into a basketball game to expertly block a shot. He passes an adoring beachgoer building an elaborate sand sculpture of him.

The villainous Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra), in Baywatch.

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But his PR-obsessed boss needs to embellish the Baywatch brand, so he brings in a new guy - Matt Brody (Efron), a gold-medal Olympic swimmer who has a bit of an attitude problem (any resemblance to Ryan Lochte, including mouth grill, is totally intentional.) It seems that after a night of drinking at the Olympics, Brody vomited in the pool and ruined his team’s chance to win the relay. He may not be a team player, but he IS ripped, and so, after Brody shows up on his motorcycle looking all James Dean, shirts come off and we get our obligatory macho competition, which includes lifting two refrigerators at once. “This has nothing to do with saving people!” complains Brody. Mitch grunts back: “This is Baywatch!”

In any case, Brody joins the squad, which includes sexy blonde CJ (Kelly Rohrbach, running slowly), ambitious Summer (Alexandra Daddario), Mitch’s co-leader Stephanie (Ilfenesh Hadera), and Ronnie (Jon Bass), chubby and awkward, in the young Jonah Hill role.

Now, if you never saw the TV show, a key point of the plot though plot is definitely NOT

key - is that these lifeguards don’t just save kids in deep waters. They’re also crime-solvers.

So when a city councilman ends up dead in a boat fire, they figure out pretty fast that he was murdered.

But why? Could this have anything to do with villainous Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra), a club owner whose ambitions for Emerald Bay include some very sinister side activities? And can the squad manage to solve the case and stay alive?

It eventually gets wearisome, despite the best efforts of Efron and especially Johnson, who can enliven any scene. His disdainful mocking of Efron’s character is one of the more amusing themes, especially the nicknames he uses: “Hey, One Direction.” ”Yo, ‘N Sync.“ Best of all: ”High School Musical.“ But darned if that quick reference to Efron’s breakout franchise doesn’t make you all nostalgic for some old-fashioned entertainment that didn’t rely on F-bombs, crude anatomical references, or toying with a corpse. (Sorry to bring that up again, but, UGH.) Jocelyn Noveck

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Pirates sailing into new waters look quite different. The films, which have earned $3.7 billion globally, got progressively worse in quality, and, after the second, Dead Man’s Chest, began to fall off in domestic box office returns.

Disney has also become a different kind of studio, with their pricey but profitable acquisitions of Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, in addition to their recent successes transforming their animated classics into live-action blockbusters.

And yet, Pirates of the Caribbean soldiers on. With a fresh set of directors at the helm in Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, the filmmakers have made a good effort to return to the spirit of the first film with a new, young cast in Brenton Thwaites and Kaya Scodelario, a return of

both Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley and an Oscar-winning villain in Javier Bardem.

“The actors have worked with Disney and Jerry for many years to make this movie happen. One of the things they were worried about was to bring real characters to the movie,” said Bardem.

“I think they brought a different heart to it.”

For Bloom, the lasting appeal is simpler.

“Everyone says, ‘Why do these movies still work?’ And I say, because six-year-old kids are doing pirate performances. So it’s not like we kind of created anything particularly new and spectacular – although I think we did,” Bloom said at the film’s Los Angeles premiere. the associated press

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1:30-4:30-7:30-10:35 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Fri-Thu 12:453:40-6:40-9:40; 3D Fri-Sat 1:204:20-7:20-10:20 Sun 1:40-4:30-7:2010:20 Mon-Thu 1:20-4:20-7:20-10:20 Logan Fri-Thu 1:10-4:15-7:25-10:30 The Lost City of Z Fri-Wed 1-4:057:10-10:15 Thu 7:10-10:15 Wonder Woman 3D Thu 7:30-10:50; IMAX 3D Thu 7-10:20

Market Square, 80 Front St.

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Varsity, 55 Bloor St. W.

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29 Plus 1 Fri-Thu 1:30-4:20-7:20-10:15 Alien: Covenant Fri-Sun 11:45-3-6:3010 Mon-Thu 11:45-3-6:30-10 Battle of Memories Fri-Thu 12:50-3:45-6:409:25 Baywatch Fri-Sat 1:30-4:307:50-11 Sun 1:20-4:30-7:50-11 Mon 1-4-7:30-10:50 Tue 1-4-7:50-10:50 Wed 1-4-7:30-10:50 Thu 1-4-6-9:30 The Beatles 50th Anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Thu 4:30 Beauty and the Beast Fri-Thu 3:50-9:50; 3D Fri-Thu 12:406:50 The Belko Experiment Fri 9:30 Sun 8:50 Mon 9:30 Wed 9:30 Thu 9:45 The Boss Baby Fri-Thu 1-3:30; 3D Fri-Thu 6 Boston: The Documentary Sun 3 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Thu 5-7:30 Chuck Fri-Sun 11:10-1:40-4:20-7:10-10:05 Mon-Wed 1:40-4:20-7:10-10:05 Thu 1:40-10:05 The Circle Fri-Thu 8:30 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Fri-Wed 12-2:30-5-7:30-9:55 Thu 5-7:30-9:55 Everything, Everything Fri-Sun 11:452:25-5:10-7:40-10:20 Mon-Wed 2:255:10-7:40-10:20 Thu 5:10-7:40-10:20 Get Out Fri-Sun 12-3-6-8:50-11:30 Mon-Thu 12-3-6-8:50 The Graduate Mon 12:30 Thu 12:30 The Green Hell: Legendary Demanding Deadly Fri 3:45 Sun 6:10 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Fri-Sun 5 Mon-Thu 4:30; 3D Fri-Sun 1-8:20-11:30 Mon-Wed 1-8-11:10 Thu 1-8-11:15 Half Girlfriend Fri-Thu 12:10-3:20-6:30-9:40 Hindi Medium Fri-Thu 12:20-3:30-6:40-9:50 In Our Hands: Battle for Jerusalem Mon 7 Tue 1 Wed 4 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Fri-Wed 11:302:30-6-9:30 Thu 11:30-2:30 Names on the Cup Tue 7-9:30 Wed 7 Thu 3:30 NT Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Sat 12:30-6:50 Thu 6 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Fri-Sun 11:30-2:30-5:308:30-11:30 Mon-Thu 12-3-6-9; IMAX 3D Fri-Thu 7:30-10:35; IMAX 2D Fri-Thu 1:20-4:25; 3D Fri-Wed 12:50-3:55-710:05 Thu 1:25-6:15-9:15 Fri-Thu 123:30-7-10:30 Fri-Sun 11-2-5-8-11 MonThu 2-5-8-11 Raphael the Lord of the Arts in 3D Sun 12:55 Sachin: A Billion Dreams Fri-Thu 12-3:15-6:30-9:40 Snatched Fri-Thu 12:10-2:55-5:408:20-10:50 What a Wonderful Family!

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NORTH YORK Empress Walk, 5095 Yonge St.

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SilverCity Yorkdale 6 3401 Dufferin St.

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Silvercity Fairview 1800 Sheppard Ave.

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Lego plants and animals take over Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ont. until Aug. 20

ISLANDS to VISIT IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a collection of 32 islands and cays in the eastern Caribbean.

The opening of the Argyle International Airport will drastically change the area’s tourism game with non-stop jet service now being offered from North, Central and South America, and Europe.

To get the full awe-inspiring experience, island hop to a few of the more secluded resorts. charmaine noronha/torstar news service

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Palm Island

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Palm Island, formerly Prune Island, was renamed after the former owners of the private island, the late John and Mary Caldwell, planted hundreds of palms, transforming the spot into a Caribbean paradise. Palm Island Resort capitalizes off of this palm-blanketed oasis by offering an eco-friendly, luxury, all-inclusive experience.

Grab a resort bike and pedal to one of its secluded hammocks for a beach picnic for the ultimate relaxing afternoon. Or slip into the spa and into nirvana with a Balinese massage. Details: palmislandresortgrenadines.com

“Welcome to paradise,” says a smiling Petit St. Vincent Resort employee when I arrive on this private island, the most southern of the Grenadines. And he ain’t lying. This slice of heaven is all about privacy. You won’t be disturbed in your remote hillside or beach villa until you hoist a yellow flag outside of your room, alerting staff that your rum punch needs a top-up or you’d like to grab snorkelling equipment to scope out the sea life outside your door. Details: petitstvincent.com

Young Island Young Island is the most northerly island in the Grenadine chain, just south of mainland St. Vincent. Head to Young Island Resort for a lush getaway on the 5.3-hectare private island. Each cottage has an ocean view, with some offering private plunge pools and gazebos. Prep your palate for its famous freshly baked six loaves of breads presented to you at your table daily at lunch and dinner. The breads include white, coconut, banana, raisin, cinnamon and wheat. (My vote is for the cinnamon.)

Details: youngisland.com

Tobago Cays Hop on a catamaran to head to the remote and pristine Tobago Cays, a protected wildlife reserve of five islets bordered by a giant horseshoe reef. Slipping into the warm turquoise waters is like touring a sea turtle sanctuary — I swim by at least 15 shelled beauties. And though I’ve snorkelled my fair share, it’s the first time I’ve got to hold a sea urchin and starfish. Details: tobagocays.org The author’s trip was sponsored by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines tourism board, which didn’t review or approve this story.

Celebrating 90 years as Hollywood glamour spot los angeles

Star-studded premieres still held at Chinese Theatre King Kong made his cinematic debut there in 1933. There was a yellow “brick” carpet when the Wizard of Oz premiered in 1939. George Lucas brought R2-D2 and C-3PO along for the premiere of Star Wars in 1977, and the two droids left their marks in the cement out front.

A symbol of Hollywood’s golden age, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre is turning 90. Now known as the TCL Chinese Theatre, the landmark movie palace first opened on May 18, 1927.

“It’s still the most amazing theatre,” Cher said at a recent premiere. “I remember coming here (when) I was very small...

It was so magical.”

Sid Grauman’s masterpiece movie house stands on a busy corner of Hollywood Boulevard,

next to the Dolby Theatre where the Oscars are now presented and across the street from the historic Roosevelt Hotel, where the first Oscar ceremony was held in 1929. A Hollywood take on a Chinese temple, it boasts a pagoda-shaped roof and ornate marble carvings, with a cement forecourt filled with celebrity handprints, footprints and signatures.

The theatre still hosts dozens of premieres each year and its famous forecourt draws an estimated five million tourists annually — many of whom don’t realize they can actually go inside and see a movie.

“Occasionally you’ll get the tourist that comes up and asks for a restaurant reservation,” said Levi Tinker, the theatre’s general manager and staff historian.

A showman and entrepreneur, Grauman started building the Chinese Theatre in 1926, the same year he and other Hollywood titans established the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He imagined an elegant

Forecourt of the Stars: A tourist places her hands inside Matt Damon’s prints.

and otherworldly movie palace that would transport visitors to ancient China, with its serene gardens and regal temples.

“He really wanted to give the audiences who came inside here an escape from reality,” Tinker said. “So he spared no expense in getting the best artists, the best designers, and even importing elements from China.”

Grauman commissioned original murals and paintings by international artists with Hollywood connections. He hired a Chinese sculptor to make statues and figures that still decorate the auditorium. He sought

permission from the American and Chinese governments to bring in marble and other materials from China, including the Heaven Dogs statues that sit at the theatre’s front doors. Most of the original 1927 artwork has been preserved, Tinker said.

The theatre’s best-known element, the footprint collection officially known as the Forecourt of the Stars, wasn’t part of the original plan. Silent film star Norma Talmadge came to see Grauman at his new building when she accidentally stepped in the wet cement out front.

Inspiration struck: Grauman thought a few celebrity footprints would be a great way to promote his new theatre.

He invited his friends and business partners Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks to put their hands and feet in wet cement, and the tradition was born. More than 300 actors, directors and producers have since followed suit. Alien: Covenant director Ridley Scott added his prints just the other week. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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travel notes architecture, design and ocean liners Honouring Frank Lloyd Wright

Seven cultural organizations in western New York are uniting for a series of events commemorating the 150th anniversary of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s birth. Events, including lectures and tours, are planned from June through October, focusing on Wright’s influence on the region’s Arts and Craft movement. Collaborations between Wright and Buffalo’s Arts and Crafts industries gave the region a large collection of masterpieces from the period. the associated press

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Meet historymakers during tours of B.C.’s legislature

Sketches for Route 66’s neon signs

Hundreds of design sketches for some of Route 66’s most memorable neon signs have been preserved and are now part of a university’s special collection. Two professors teamed up to rescue the colourful, handdrawn mid-century designs from a cache of old business records at an Albuquerque sign-making shop after they were deemed a fire hazard. Mark Childs and Ellen Babcock, professors at the University of New Mexico, turned the find into a book. the associated press

Exhibit: Luxury ocean liners

A museum in Salem, Mass., is exploring the golden era for the luxury liners that once crossed the Atlantic Ocean. The exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum tells a narrative of society’s love of ocean travel and how the ships evolved over the 100 years they ruled the seas. From the Titanic, there’s a wooden deckchair and a piece of hand carved wooded archway, the largest surviving piece of woodwork from the wreck. the associated press

Bringing new life to province’s past

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Mary Ellen Smith appears unannounced at the chamber gates and recounts the historic moment in 1918 when she rose to speak in the legislature as British Columbia’s first elected female provincial politician.

“My heart was beating so loudly in my ears I could hardly hear myself think,” says actor Madeleine Humeny, wearing a period costume featuring a long, dark dress and bonnet during a free guided tour of the iconic political building that dominates the landscape of Victoria’s Inner Harbour.

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Kerr not ready to return to the bench Steve Kerr is involved in just about everything but the actual game-day coaching for the Golden State Warriors — film session, coaches meetings, gameplanning and practice.

He’s just not yet ready from a health standpoint to be back on the bench with the start of the NBA Finals a week away.

General manager Bob Myers made the announcement Thursday, though he didn’t rule out Kerr returning at some point if he somehow is healthy enough to do so — though that doesn’t

appear promising at this stage.

“If he feels better and we have to make those decisions, we will, but right now we’re not putting any deadlines on should he feel better what will we do,” Myers said.

The 51-year-old Kerr underwent a procedure May 5 to repair a spinal fluid leak stemming from complications after two back surgeries in 2015, after the Warriors won their first championship in 40 years during his first season as coach.

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The alleged irregularities were mostly related to money that Ronaldo had in the Virgin Islands.

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Raps score draft pick from Magic for GM’s release The Toronto Raptors acquired a future secondround draft pick from the Orlando Magic on Thursday in exchange for the contractual release of Jeff Weltman. The Magic named Weltman as president of basketball operations Tuesday.

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Reds will be without top two strikers against Crew Jozy Altidore will cheer from the sidelines while serving a suspension. Sebastian Giovinco is in the final stages of recovering from an injury.

Toronto FC hosts the Columbus Crew on Friday night without their star strikers but as coach Greg Vanney pointed out Thursday, Toronto’s depth has been a significant factor in its seven-game unbeaten streak.

And it’s about to be tested once again.

“Scoring goals,” Vanney said with a laugh when asked about the challenges TFC faces without Altidore and Giovinco. “But Toronto FC is counting on Tosaint Ricketts to pick up the offensive slack with Jozy Altidore and I think it’s the opportunity for Sebastian Giovinco out of the lineup for Friday night’s match. Chris Young/The Canadian Press other players to step in.

“Obviously Jozy and Seba ac- come with something that we group, we know what we need On the mend count for quite a few of our believe will also score goals and to do, and we want to close out goals.” create goals (Friday).” the Trillium Cup and keep the There is good news for in They have 12 goals between Columbus is the lone team to Cup here at home,” Ricketts that Sebastian Giovinco them. The rest of the roster has beat TFC — who’ve gone 6-0-1 said. “Same objective as usual.” is on pace to make a a combined eight. in their unbeaten streak — in It was odd scheduling, Vanreturn to the lineup “Obviously Tosaint MLS play this season. ney said, to have Toronto next week.

(Ricketts) has been The teams split and Columbus play three that guy as the third their two matches in times before the end of The 30-year-old forward who’s come Columbus. The Crew May. hasn’t played since in and (scored),” Vanwon 2-1 on April 15 “It’s a lot to play the straining a quadriceps ney continued. “We and Toronto took the same team in such a short muscle against have other guys who TFC is looking for rematch by the same period of time, especially its first eightMinnesota on May 13. when it’s an important are capable of step- game unbeaten score on May 10. ping up, we have cre- run since 2010.

Ricketts scored matchup,” he said. “A He has practised ators, we have guys two late goals in the little surprising that the last two days who will get in goalToronto victory and we don’t see them and could be scoring positions. But the easy he’ll be counted on again Friday. later in the year, at cleared to play answer to that is we lose our top The Canadian forward said step- least, when everyin the June 3 two strikers — and guys who ping up in place of Altidore and thing seems to be a game versus quite frankly other defences Giovinco won’t “only be on my little bit more on New England. fear a little bit more in the grand shoulders but the entire team.” the line.” scheme of things — but we’ll “We go into this game as a The Canadian press

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Across 1. Electrical†resistance unit 4. Bunch 8. Gobbled 14. Scottish veto 15. Farm song bit: “Here _ __, there...”

16. Ancient Olympic deity 17. Craft 18. Make a soccer move: 3 wds.

20. Country singer Mr. Adkins 22. Italy’s li’l locale 23. Thicket 24. “__ __ potential.”

(Shopper’s observation) 26. Glove compartment item 28. Hand-gestured peace signs and some sweater necklines 30. Tangle 32. Nero’s 151 35. Home’s not-manywalls layout 37. One working with saws and wrenches, say 39. Canada’s longest spelunking attraction, located in Banff National Park: 2 wds.

41. Ascended 42. Baseball... Reaches home plate like this: 2 wds.

43. Novels, e.g.

44. Cul-de-__ 46. ‘Season with salt as you like’: 2 wds.

47. Wknd. day 49. Alias for Patty Hearst in the SLA 50. Music producer Mr. Lange’s

55. On, as a candle 57. Attics 59. “That’s the Way It Is” bit by Celine Dion: “It’s an __ __ and I’m feeling sorry...”

62. Sundial number 63. Coin of Canuckia 64. Missing-a-mem-

ber quartet 65. Last day in May, e.g.

66. Spellbound 67. Chair 68. Genetic letters Down 1. Go __ __ great length

2. Ontario: Urban green space in London: 2 wds.

3. Transposition in words, such as ‘cavalry’ and ‘calvary’ 4. What Newfoundland fruits ‘cloudberries’ are also called 5. Record co.

It’s all in The Stars Your daily horoscope by Francis Drake Aries March 21 - April 20 This is a positive day! You’re full of mental energy and enthusiasm. All of your relationships with others will be upbeat and energetic.

Taurus April 21 - May 21 This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Look for ways to boost your income or make intelligent decisions about how you earn your money. You might shop till you drop today!

Gemini May 22 - June 21 This is a strong day for you. Both the Sun and the Moon are in your sign, and the Moon is dancing with Mars and Venus. This energizes you in a wonderful way.

Cancer June 22 - July 23 Even though you are working behind the scenes today, you will be charming with bosses, parents and others. It’s quite likely that someone will seek your advice about how to make something look better.

Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 Travel for pleasure will please you today. A friend or member of a group might help you make this dream come true.

Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 You are high-viz at this time, because the Sun is at the top of your chart. Plus, your ambition is aroused!

This is an excellent day to discuss shared property and inheritances.

Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 Discussions about politics, religion and racial issues will be lively and intelligent today. You have focus, and you know what you want to achieve.

Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 If you are involved in disputes about inheritances or shared property, you will defend your own best interests and the interests of others with vigor.

There is no moss growing on you!

Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 Conversations with partners and close friends are lively today. Get out and enjoy yourself. Social situations, sports events and playful activities with children will appeal to you.

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Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 This is a strong day at work because you have energy and focus. Expect to accomplish a lot. You also might entertain or redecorate at home. Busy you!

Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 This is a flirtatious, prankish and playful day. Enjoy all social outings. Make plans to have fun with someone you like.

Pisces Feb. 20 - March 20 This is a good day for a family meeting or discussion. Big changes are taking place at home, and today you can direct these changes the way you want.

6. Viva __ (Wordof-mouth) 7. Li’l Abner’s surname 8. Crying sound 9. International oil gr.

10. “Rio __” (1970) 11. Brouhaha 12. Extensions

13. Canned fruit name 19. British streetcar 21. Makes monk music 25. Singer Ms. Gomez’s 27. Nationalist 28. Knowledge of words, for short 29. Wilt 31. Jillian Harris’ co-host on “Love It or List It Vancouver”: 2 wds.

32. Newspaper section, with Ads 33. Demon-exhibited talent during an exorcism 34. Actress Ms. Dunne 36. Greek alphabet letters 38. __ PacÌfico (Ecuador’s body of water) 40. Mountain stat.

45. Advanced math course, briefly 48. Inclines 50. TV clicker button 51. Knowledgeable: 2 wds.

52. Norse thunder god 53. Ms. Louise of “Gilligan’s Island” 54. Fall 56. Bike part 58. Earth’s crust layer 60. Authorize 61. Ms. Farrow

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