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Metro | Edmonton A new project to highlight Edmonton’s Indigenous history is in the works after city cleanup crews accidentally dismantled the river valley healing forest earlier this year.

The group behind the installation, Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton (RISE), said in an email Thursday they’ve made their peace with the city and are hard at work on something new.

RISE created the healing forest last November along the popular River Valley Road pathway.

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hearts marked with messages of reconciliation, it was designed to teach Edmontonians about our Indigenous history.

But in March, crews threw out the paper hearts because they didn’t realize their significance and the hearts appeared “untidy,” city officials explained later. The move prompted an apology from the city.

But both groups are ready to move forward.

“We felt city staff had genuine remorse about the internal communication of the project,” said Anne Carr-Wiggin, with RISE. “We’re quite encouraged that they seem eager to make amends for the mistake that was made.”

The city is now paying for RISE to consult with various communities to see what could replace the forest.

“We are working with the group on exploring possibilities of a permanent installation in the river valley,” said city spokeswoman Sonia Gonzalez.

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Metro | Edmonton When it comes to becoming an LGBTQ-friendly tourism destination Edmonton still has work to do to shed its “Texas of the North” reputation, advocates say.

Earlier this week the federal government announced $100,000 in funding over two years for Travel Gay Canada, an organization that works with tour operators to promote Canada internationally as an inclusive destination.

Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault, who is also the LGBTQ2 adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, points out that the LGBTQ community spent about $4.2 billion on tourism in Canada last year alone, and he’s eager to see Edmonton do more to serve nonbinary travellers from abroad.

“Here is a segment of the population that wants to travel, has money and is interested in a unique experience … If we can amplify that by bringing people from around the world, it’s fantastic,” he said.

“Of course we’re going to attract people to Pride festivals ... We need to find more opportunities, and we need that kind of inclusion, that

Christine and Garo Ghazarian, owners of Chic-Hog-O’s Social House, say the bar hosts regular LGBTQ business networking events. Kevin Tuong/For Metro

kind of thinking to take place all year-round.”

Chic-Hog-O’s Social House is one of the Edmonton businesses trying to tap into the market. Co-owner Christine Garo said her establishment welcomes the LGBTQ community with open arms and she hopes to see other businesses follow suit.

“They’re trying to make our community better. In our

current location and our last, they’ve been our best biggest supporters,” she said.

She said the bar hosts regular LGBTQ business networking events and is holding several events to celebrate Pride Week next week.

But Edmonton and the province as a whole still have some ways to go if they really want LGBTQ visitors to feel welcome, says Kris Wells, faculty director

at the University of Alberta’s Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services.

“I really think our big challenge as a province and for Edmonton ... we really need to work on changing our reputation. Because Alberta’s still seen as Texas of the North,” he said.

While the city has made strides in changing its public image, such as when they

painted sidewalks off of Whyte Avenue with rainbows, the city’s residents may not be as progressive as the city proclaims.

“Being able to walk down Whyte Avenue and hold your partner’s hand without fear is when we’ll know we’ve made it … Certainly I can speak for my own experience, I wouldn’t be comfortable doing that,” Wells said.

“Culture doesn’t change with a proclamation.”

Travel Gay Canada executive director Colin Sines said Edmonton in the past has been “a very aloof city” when it came to opening its doors to LGBTQ travellers, but that’s starting to change.

“Alberta has been very quiet on that front but it’s really just exploded … Alberta’s jumping on it.”

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New festival will celebrate Africa’s diverse cultures Kevin Maimann

Metro | Edmonton Edmonton’s African communities will come together for a two-day festival in Churchill Square this weekend, starting with a Saturday parade that will represent all of the continent’s 54 countries.

“A lot of people in the com-

munity have been talking about doing something to showcase Africa’s wonderful and rich culture. So this time we all decided to come together to make it happen,” said festival producer Frankline Agbor of the inaugural Afrofest.

The parade will make way for fashion shows, dance performances, spoken-word poetry, arts and crafts, live music ranging from Afro beat to jazz to rap, and “a long lineup of delicious African dishes” from across the continent.

For kids, there will also be storytelling, games, face painting and a bouncy castle.

Agbor said he wants the festival to celebrate and open

A lot of people in the community have been talking about doing something to showcase Africa’s wonderful and rich culture.

Alberta’s education system might not have to be so strapped for cash, according to one Edmonton Public School Board Trustee with a plan to save money through collaboration.

Michael Janz will introduce a motion at Tuesday’s board meeting to strike up a “blue ribbon” panel that would study how school boards across the province can join forces to make mass purchases and pay for services.

“Imagine if we pooled the purchasing power of 200 Edmonton Public schools with other school districts — ranging on items from toilet paper to paper to software to even more around our infrastructure and our buildings and our furniture and all those other pieces,” Janz said.

He said it might not be necessary, for example, for all 61 school boards to separately license the same software.

Edmonton Public has found its own savings on a smaller scale with a similar approach, by purchasing Chromebooks as a district instead of having individual schools buy them.

Janz would like to pull together a third-party panel of stakeholders in business, education and other sectors that would work in stages to

identify “flexible” expenditures and make recommendations to the province where money could be saved.

“I realize this is quite ambitious, but ultimately does it make sense to have 61 different school boards doing many of the same menial tasks that are not focused on education?” he said.

He believes millions of dollars could be saved to fund things like full-day Kindergarten.

One thing the panel might look into is whether school boards should be running bus systems, or whether transportation could be better served under one Alberta Education transportation department with regional sites and delivery models.

“If we can work smarter and collaborate together, there’s a lot of ways we can save money and find economies of scale,” Janz said.

The board has been increasingly vocal about its intention to collaborate with other jurisdictions.

Trustees will also hear back Tuesday on a request for information from Trustee Ken Gibson on ways Edmonton Public can collaborate with other school boards in curriculum implementation. kevin maimann/metro

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people’s eyes to the diversity of African cultures.

“The No. 1 takeaway would be the diversity in Africa. It’s not a country, there are 54 countries all varying and rich in culture and history,” he said.

Agbor expects about 5,000 to turn up, and he said some will be traveling from throughout Alberta.

He added that there will be plenty to learn even for those

who are of African descent.

“When I was in Cameroon I didn’t have the opportunity to learn about people from other countries. So when I came to Edmonton in 2009 I had a long journey of learning about the African continent and the people from all parts of Africa,” Agbor said.

The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Edmonton is totes-magoats bringing the loveable farm animals to a couple city parks this summer, deploying them as environmentally friendly weed control.

City spokesperson Kristen Wagner confirmed Thursday that Edmonton plans to give the goats a try in a pilot project starting next month.

The goat pilot is part of a larger push to limit herbicides and use more natural weed-killing remedies, she said.

“Herbicides are applied to only about two per cent of city parkland,” she said, noting the goats are particularly helpful with Canada thistle, leafy spurge and common tansy.

Wagner couldn’t confirm who will herd the bleating billy goats, but Jeannette Hall, owner of Baah’d Plant Management, told Metro she’s in talks with the city to finalize an agreement.

“I’m really excited for Edmonton,” Hall said. “There are so many great green spaces, even along roads, that the goats will take advantage of.”

Her company is responsible for a herd of roughly 100 goats in Calgary, part of a weed project launched there last year.

The goats live in an enclosed camp at night and are turned loose during the day under the watchful eye of a goatherd.

A goat grazes with its friends opposite the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Courtesy West Campus Development

Hall emphasizes her charges aren’t “grazers” because they don’t eat everything.

“I basically train them so they associate weeds as a treat,” she said. “We also do a good job to ensure they’re not eating native plants or putting pressure on native species.”

She said the Calgary project has gone “quite well” so far.

“They’re actually pretty quiet and don’t make a lot of noise.”

Edmonton can expect about 200 goats, Hall said, but exact details about location have yet to be determined.

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That means when they poop, they’re not spreading the pest around.

But as cute as they are, Hall reminds people to keep their distance from the goats, who have a job to do.

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There are plenty of events to keep you busy in Edmonton this weekend, ranging from arts showcases, fan appreciation events, beer bonanzas and even a zombie apocalypse. omar mosleh metro

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Nextfest is an Edmonton summer festival celebrating Alberta’s up-and-coming creative voices, spanning dance, music, film, spoken word, performance and visual arts and more. Artists are from Edmonton and the surrounding area and showcase their original work. The event takes place from June 1-11 at the Roxy on Gateway and tickets range from $12 for individual shows to $40 for a festival pass.

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Boost your knowledge and grab a beer The Edmonton Craft Beer Festival returns on June 2 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. and June 3 from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Boost your beer knowledge and sample a range of foods and more than 400 different types of beer on site. Attendees receive an official Edmonton Craft Beer Festival sample mug. The event is 18+.

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Prepare your zombie survival kit. The Zombie Apocalypse comes to the TELUS World of Science on June 3, with three 3.5 hour sessions, starting at 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. The simulation starts with interactive science lessons and defense training, followed by a fight against zombies and the clock. 18+ event. Tickets are $37.95. contributed

Best of Japanese culture The Kurimoto Japanese Garden Spring Festival is an opportunity to get a taste of culture from the Land of the Rising Sun in a spring setting.

Enjoy martial arts demonstrations, Japanese tea ceremonies and food sampling, drummers and more. Takes place June 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at University of Alberta Botanic Garden — 51227 Highway 60, Parkland County.

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Edmonton Eskimos Fan Day Commonwealth Stadium celebrates Eskimos Fan Day on June 3 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be an Eskimos practice followed by a full team autograph session, as well as interactive kid’s activities including face painting and balloon animals, barbecue, and an Esks Cheer Team performance. Free event.

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Ex-nurse pleads guilty to 8 counts of murder Crime

Wettlaufer now one of Canada’s most prolific killers She had become “overwhelmingly angry” about the direction of her career and life and said God was telling her to kill.

On Thursday, Woodstock nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer pleaded guilty to murdering eight elderly patients at the three long-term care homes where she once worked. When Justice Bruce Thomas of Superior Court asked if she was admitting to fatally injecting her victims with insulin for no medical reason, she replied: “Yes, your honour.”

Wettlaufer also pled guilty to attempting to kill four other people, and to two charges of aggravated assault.

Now one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history, she is facing what could be the

harshest sentence ever doled out in this country.

If Justice Bruce Thomas of the Superior Court accepts the sentencing recommendations jointly put forward Thursday by both the prosecution and defense, the 49-year-old would be sentenced to eight consecutive 25-year life sentences for first-degree murder and an additional 54 years for the other charges.

Family members in the packed courtroom sobbed as Wettlaufer quietly responded “guilty” as the names of each of the victims were read aloud in court. Some left in tears as details of the murders were aired throughout the day, first by an agreed statement of facts that took several hours for the prosecutor to read aloud and then through a two-and-ahalf-hour videotaped confession with police. The police investigation into Wettlaufer began last September after they became aware of information she had given to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.

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Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is announcing $867 million in financial supports to help lumber producers and employees weather the impact of punishing new U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood exports.

The package includes loans and loan guarantees to help cushion the blow for forestry companies and to help them exploring new markets and innovations.

The help includes $260 million to help diversify the market base for Canadian lumber products, allow the Indigenous

forestry sector to explore new initiatives and extend worksharing agreement limits to minimize layoffs.

The money also includes measures to support workers who want to upgrade their skills and transition to a different industry.

Cabinet discussed the options for a package last month, but the federal government wanted more input from the provinces via the special working group Carr established in February.

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The quasi-judicial format of family hearings at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is drawing some criticism from the relative of a victim.

Joan Jack, a lawyer and family member of a murdered indigenous woman, expects to testify today on the closing day of hear-

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Jack says the formal processes of the inquiry, including the swearing-in of witnesses, is making many participants uncomfortable.

She also wants to know why the inquiry’s lead legal counsel is not indigenous.

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Decision is a blow to global efforts to stem climate change U.S. President Donald Trump has announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the historic Paris agreement on fighting climate change, dealing a blow to the international effort to address a problem he calls a hoax and isolating the U.S. from almost the entire world.

Trump added that he would attempt to negotiate a climate deal on different terms, though he did not say what kinds of changes would satisfy him.

The absence of the U.S. may make other countries, developed and developing, feel less compelled to meet their own commitments under the accord.

“In order to fulfil my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord, but begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris accord or a really entirely new transaction on terms that are fair to the United States,” Trump said

The withdrawal makes the U.S. the third country to put themselves outside of the pact. The other two are Syria, which is embroiled in a civil war, and Nicaragua, which believes the deal was not stringent enough.

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in a speech in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday afternoon. “So we’re getting out, but we will start to negotiate.”

The withdrawal of the world’s biggest economy and secondbiggest emitter of carbon dioxide could have far-reaching consequences for the climate and for international affairs. Trump’s decision, which triggered a global chorus of condemnation, increases the chances that the world will experience the most catastrophic

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It was unclear what Trump would seek to renegotiate. The national emissions reduction targets central to the deal are voluntary; Trump, in other words, could essentially have negotiated with himself, making the U.S. target less ambitious while remaining in the agreement.

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But he framed the deal as a kind of global conspiracy to take advantage of the U.S., imposing few burdens on other top polluters while hampering American firms with supposed restrictions he did not specify. He called it “very unfair, at the highest level, to the United States.”

He aimed his rhetoric at the heartland voters unhappy about the decline of traditional manufacturing, saying the deal would keep factories from closing.

“I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” he said.

That memorable line drew a response from Pittsburgh’s Democratic mayor, Bill Peduto.

“As the Mayor of Pittsburgh, I can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the Paris Agreement for our people, our economy & future,” he said.

At very least, Trump’s decision signals a major shift in the U.S. approach to international relations. Using the kind of nationalist language favoured by his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, he called it a “reassertion of American sovereignty.” His critics in both parties described it as evidence of a retreat from America’s traditional position of global leadership.

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Terror ties doubted in shooting Gunshots and explosions erupted after midnight in a hotel and casino complex near Manila’s airport, sending hundreds fleeing into darkened streets early Friday in what police said was an attack by a lone gunman with no apparent links to terrorism.

A Filipino operative for Daesh, in a quick communiqué, took responsibility for the attack. But police cast doubt on any such links. A guard was shot during the melee but survived, and more than 70 others suffered mostly minor injuries in a stampede to get away from the gunman, who was wielding an assault rifle.

The violence unfolded as Muslim militants aligned with Daesh fended off government forces for a 10th day in the southern city of Marawi. That unrest had sparked fears that the militants might attack elsewhere. The gunman stole gambling chips, shot an LED monitor and set gambling tables ablaze by pouring gasoline on them, but did not fire at people, officials said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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They’re the biggest animals to have ever lived on Earth, as far as we know. And a new study says baleen whales — the group of gargantuan filter-feeders that includes bowheads, fin whales, and the biggest of all, blue whales — all became enormous rather quickly, about 4.5 million years ago. Why? Scientists suspect it has to do with their diet.

Blue whales can engulf 110 tons of water and half a million calories’ worth of krill in a single gulp

When a blue whale exhales, the spray from its blowhole can shoot nine metres in the air

THE FIGHT FOR FOOD

Blue whales grow up to 30 metres long and can weigh 136,000 kg, maybe more.

Whales evolved to enormous sizes just as ice sheets formed over much of the northern hemisphere.

Nutrient-rich glacier runoff attracted clouds of plankton and krill: whale chow. But these buffets appeared at different times in different parts of the world, requiring whales to sojourn across the sea.

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TURTLE REVOLUTION A teeny-tiny Ontario town has totally tamed its tally of tortured turtles. Back in 2003, 10,000 creatures, including rare Blanding’s turtles, met their deaths every year on the 3.6-km highway connecting the peninsula hamlet of Long Point on Lake Erie to the mainland. But the community rallied for change, erecting fences, flashing signs and under-highway turtle tunnels.

Careful scientific monitoring has shown an 89 per cent reduction in turtle mortality.

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Smaller whales couldn’t feed as much or travel as far; many went extinct.

Bigger whales stored more energy, ate more and could swim vast distances.

They were more likely to survive and reproduce.

DEFINITION Plankton are a diverse group of species that live totally suspended in large bodies of water, unable to swim against a current.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT EVOLUTION OF BALEEN WHALE GIGANTISM LINKED TO PLIO-PLEISTOCENE OCEAN DYNAMICS, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B.

CITIZEN SCIENTIST by Genna Buck

The raw milk debate isn’t about milk at all For decades, raw milk has been inaccessible in Canada except to those with a cow handy. Commercial milk must be pasteurized to kill germs. Before this was routine, milk-borne outbreaks — typhoid, polio, listeria — felled thousands, primarily children.

Personally, the word “listeria” puts me off. But others, like farmer-activists Michael Schmidt and his wife Elisa Vander Hout, feel differently. They love raw milk.

They’re currently embroiled in a court case in Newmarket, Ont., arguing their raw dairy co-op

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does not constitute an unauthorized “milk plant” in the province.

I don’t know enough about the legal stuff to comment. But I don’t think that’s what this is actually about. It’s about trusting experts.

People who reject science and put themselves at unnecessary risk generally drive me nuts. But I tried to step back and look at this objectively.

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are taken, is it more dangerous than steak tartare or raw eggs?

I asked three experts. Doug Goff, a food science professor at the University of Guelph, said milk from many cows and farms is typically pooled, increasing the potential for contamination exponentially. His colleague, professor Jeff Farber, said milk is a staple food we’re exposed to much more than treats like steak tartare. Mansel Griffiths, who edited a dairy science journal, said four per cent of Ontario milk contains dangerous germs, pre-pasteur-

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ization, and milk-borne diseases pass from person to person, so milk can seed outbreaks that extend beyond direct consumers.

It’s far more practical and safe to pasteurize and be done with it.

Raw milk has benefits: It’s reportedly delicious, ferments beautifully, and is associated with reduced allergies among children who live on dairy farms. But the immense risks far outweigh them.

On that, I trust the experts.

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Despite wielding the golden lasso and deflecting bullets with her bracelets on the big screen for more than a year, Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot still doesn’t see herself as a superhero.

“I’m not there yet,” the 32-year-old actress said in a recent interview. “When I look on playback or I look at the monitor, it’s not there yet. I know it’s me. I understand everything, but I still don’t get that I’m doing this iconic character ... It’s crazy.”

Gadot didn’t grow up with Wonder Woman and wasn’t a big superhero fan as a child. A former Miss Israel, she started her acting career there before making her American movie debut in 2009’s Fast & Furious.

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But she dug into stacks of comic books and the 1970s Wonder Woman TV show once she was cast as the Amazon princess, and quickly realized what an exceptional character she’d be playing.

“On the one hand, she owns something that is usually owned by men, which is the strength and the power” Gadot said. “But she brings the feminine qualities with her, which are love and warmth and compassion.

And if you bond those two worlds together, then you get a very special, beautiful, whole character.”

Director Patty Jenkins said Gadot embodies some of Wonder Woman’s best attributes in real life.

“She has such inner strength, such an iron temperament, that she could work through anything and always keep an upbeat attitude,” Jenkins

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said of the actress. “She’s a pretty amazing person.”

For Gadot, wearing Wonder Woman’s classic red-and-blue costume helped her feel like a superhero — especially once the outfit was retooled after she made her debut as the character in last year’s cinematic showdown between Batman and Superman.

“The first time I tried the costume was for Batman v Superman and it was tight and it was different,” she said. “This time around we did a lot of adjustments because I had to wear it for six months, six days a week, every week so I had to feel really comfortable in it and be able to perform and move and fight.”

The actress was empowered by an additional six months of pre-production training that included horseback riding, swordplay and dramatic fight choreography. And even if she can’t quite see herself as Wonder Woman — a Lynda Carter for the next generation — wearing the costume brings her the closest.

“It always gives me a little bit of oomph, I would say,” Gadot said with a superhero smile. “Like now I’m stronger.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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For Metro Canada David Soren calls Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, his adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s bestselling books for kids, subversive.

The animated film is the story of rambunctious fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins (voiced by Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch). Best friends, they write, illustrate and sell homemade comics about their favourite character, Captain Underpants. “Most superheroes look like they’re flying around in their underwear,” they giggle. “This guy actually does.”

They are also pranksters so often in trouble there are two chairs outside the principal’s office labelled, “Reserved for George” and “Reserved for Harold.”

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Soren says that wild temperament “is one of the things that made the books successful and controversial at the same time.

I’ve never personally understood the controversy, specifically in the case of the books. There is a rebellious spirit to those characters. They are not little angels and I think that is part of why kids love reading them.”

George and Harold’s principal, Mr. Krupp (voiced by Ed Helms), is a grumpy old man who hates comics, Christmas and kittens among other things, and has a

You need a little bit of that nonconformist attitude when you are an artist, and making movies in general.

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plan to put an end to the pranks and annihilate their friendship.

“They’ve got a terrible principal,” Soren continues, “who is doing horrible things to their school, cancelling music and arts and putting an electronic door opening in his office instead.

(It’s good to) stand up to that kind of authority, it deserves to be questioned.

“These days it is not a bad thing for kids in general to have their own voice and stand up for themselves and have rights.

I always saw that as a really inspiring part of those books and a key to their success.

“I think of my son now.

He’s in fourth grade and in the earlier grades there was a lot more creativity, a lot more play in the education and suddenly it gets a lot more regimented. It gets more like school and it is sort of frustrating

Ed Helms lends his voice to two characters, including the titled hero, in Captain Underpants.

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to watch how that can be beaten out of kids. You want to protect that aspect of creativity.”

The Toronto-born, Hamiltonraised animator has worked in Los Angeles for 20 years, working on films like The Road to El Dorado, Chicken Run and Shrek, and writing and directing Turbo, the story of a snail who dreams of racing in the Indianapolis 500.

It’s a resumé that suggests he’s hung onto his childlike creativity.

“I think it is something I never

lost. You need a little bit of that nonconformist attitude when you are an artist, and making movies in general. Especially when you’re trying to get a point of view across. Movies are best when they have a point of view and if they get too watered down or become too generic they cease to have an identity anymore.”

There’s no question Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie has an identity. How many other movies feature a talking toilet

or a musical Whoopee Cushion symphony?

“Obviously you can’t make a Captain Underpants movie without potty humour,” he says.

“But we did hold ourselves to a very high standard. We would not go there unless it was truly very funny.”

When I compliment Soren on giving a character the wonderfully silly name Diarrheastein, he’s chuffed. “I will take that as a great compliment,” he laughs.

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A trailer posted by South Korea-based Locus Creative Studios showed two dwarfs hiding in Snow White’s bedroom watching her undress after a night out. After kicking off her red heels, the Snow White character is shown as a heavier woman lounging in her underwear. The company removed the trailer from its YouTube channel after social media users criticized the film’s ads.

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Jennifer Garner miffed about People magazine cover This week’s issue of People features a smiling Garner with the words “Life After Heartbreak” along with an article detailing her split from husband Ben Affleck.

The 45-year-old actress wrote on Facebook that she didn’t pose for the cover or “participate in or authorize”

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Garner is also shooting down tabloid reports that she’s pregnant with twins, writing “I have three wonderful kids and my family is complete.”

A People spokesperson said the story on Garner “is fair and truthful,” and “does not say she’s pregnant.”

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Cornell’s widow awaiting toxicology report Chris Cornell’s widow says she’s grateful for the support her family has received in the wake of the

Soundgarden frontman’s death last month, but she still doesn’t know what caused him to hang himself.

“We still have several unanswered questions about what led to his death,” Vicky Cornell said in statement Thursday. “We believe the toxicology report will answer these questions.”

Cornell family attorney Kirk Pasich says Detroit legal officials denied his request for police and toxicology reports because the investigation remains open.

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Family takes centre stage for Shakira Music

Mother of two recently released her 11th album Shakira may be a Grammy-winning, multiplatinum singer, but these days she’s calling music a hobby.

Singing has taken a back seat to motherhood for the 40-yearold Colombian sensation, who has two sons, ages 4 and 2.

“For years I spent my life pressing pause on those things that are now my priority, like having a family. I pressed pause on that.

Now, I hit play,” Shakira said with a laugh. “I formed a family, and it’s the most wonderful thing, the most important thing to me. And before, I used to be the centre of my whole world and the beginning and the end, the alpha and omega of my whole world, and now my kids and my family are

that one priority.” finally come.

Shakira said it was difficult “It completely changed my to approach making new music game and it incentivized me to after spending so much time with make more music and not take her family. When she started this whole project as a whole working in the recording studio, body of work, but just concenshe said she dealt with writer’s trate all of my energy on each block and didn’t want to be away song and take and do all of the efforts but one song at a time ... from her children.

“I was in front of this white instead of looking at this procanvas and sort of panicking, ject like a big Everest mounand I was, at the tain that I had same time, conto climb,” she said. “I began flicted because I didn’t want to see it as a ...

I used to be the to stop spendfun road trip.” ing time with centre of my whole “It was more my kids, but I world ... and now my fun than any of my previous alalso wanted to attend to my kids and my family bums because own needs as are that one priority. before I had a creator, as an many demands Shakira artist, as a pro(and) requests ducer,” she said. by others.”

She decided to release music Before she released her 11th in her own way and at her own album, El Dorado, last week, pace. Instead of putting out a Shakira dropped four singles, full album, she released songs including “La Bicicleta” with Carwhen she wanted without an- los Vives — which won song and nouncing when an album would record of the year at last year’s

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Tennis star lauds learning gender at the time of birth Serena Williams wants everyone to slow down with all of the “It’s a girl!” talk prompted by her sister Venus.

The pregnant tennis star sent out a tweet on Thursday to “clarify what Venus said” after the older sibling appeared to accidentally let something slip during a TV interview with Eurosport at the French Open, when she said, “She’s going to call me ‘Favourite Aunt.’”

Venus’ use of the pronoun “she” led people to assume Serena is expecting a girl.

But a day later, Serena wrote: “I think the surprise of knowing what you are going to have on that very special day you give birth is prob the best surprise you can ever have.”

She continued: “I did not grow up with brothers, only sisters and we all say ‘she’ more than ‘he.’”

Serena announced her pregnancy with Reddit co-founder Alexis Olhanian in April, but has not hinted at the baby’s gender.

She is due in the fall and is taking the rest of this season off, but plans to return to the tour in 2018. Serena sat in the stands during Venus’ secondround victory at Roland Garros on Wednesday. the associated press

Latin Grammys — and “Chantaje,” a No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Latin songs chart with fellow Colombian singer Maluma.

Shakira co-wrote all of the tracks and said they are very personal.

“These songs are very personal songs, but you know, I have no other way to make music. It’s the only way I know.

It’s (a) catharsis for me ... otherwise I would have to pay too many shrinks and they’re expensive,” she said with a laugh.

Weekend, June 2-4, 2017 19 TAKE OFF, EH! SCTV alums team up for charity fundraiser Break out the beer and tuques: Bob and Doug McKenzie are reuniting in the name of charity.

Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas are reviving their portrayals of the dim-witted hosers of SCTV fame for a star-studded comedy fundraiser at The Second City in Toronto on July 18.

“Take Off, Eh!” will also feature Dan Aykroyd, SCTV alums Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Joe Flaherty, as well as The Kids in the Hall stars Dave Foley, Scott Thompson and Kevin McDonald.

The benefit is being held in support of Thomas’s nephew, Jake, who was left paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a spinal cord injury while snowmobiling in January.

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A dream come true for dinosaur fanatics Sean Plummer What kid doesn’t dream of visiting a place called Dinosaur Provincial Park? Spanning 70 square kilometres of southeastern Alberta, this prehistoric oasis is where 150 intact dinosaur skeletons have been found and 150 species discovered.

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Shot of whisky with a taste of toe It’s 1973 in Dawson City, Yukon, and an eccentric local named Captain Dick finds a preserved human toe in a jar. What would follow is a strange tradition that lives on to this day.

At Dawson’s Downtown Hotel, customers can order a Sourtoe Cocktail, a shot of Yukon Gold whisky with a real pickled human toe in the glass, which drinkers have to touch to their lips.

Over the years, more than a dozen toes have been lost, stolen or, gulp, swallowed.

Liz Beddall downs the Sourtoe cocktail with no hesitation, giving the toe a kiss along the way.

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Quebec dominates the syrup market When a Time magazine business writer called Quebec the Saudi Arabia of maple syrup in a 2012 article, he wasn’t kidding. The province produces 77 per cent of the world’s supply, and the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers regulates

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The venison dish at L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon is a celebration of everything Québécois. Renée S. Suen/For metro

travel@metronews.ca Ask anyone for Montreal recommendations and I guarantee most will be food-related. The must-tries are endless: smoked meat, raw-milk cheeses, brewpubs or Montreal-style bagels.

I discovered the link between those flavours and the 120 cultural communities who settled along Boulevard St.-Laurent on Fitz & Follwell’s Flavours of The Main walking tour. A trove of knowledge, guide Louis Trudel deciphers everything encoun-

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tered on the route.

We focus on the north end, navigating through historical and significant landmarks, and taste examples of Montreal’s rich immigrant heritage.

In Little Portugal, I learn the boulevard served as a physical divider between language, ethnicity and class as I bite through the flaky crust of Boulangerie Séraphin’s pasteis de natas (Por-

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“English-speakers populated the west; French-speakers stayed in the east,” explains Trudel, “and immigrant communities... was the bridge between them.”

In old-world Mile End, we stop at Fairmount Bagel for a sesame bagel, and watch the staff churn out the iconic honeywater-boiled then wood-ovenbaked numbers.

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up to the linoleum counter at Wilensky’s Light Lunch. It’s like we’ve stepped into 1932, save for the updated prices. I take a cue from the regulars and order the special: an all-beef bologna and salami sandwich. It’s incredible. An umami bomb tucked within griddle-pressed cornmeal-dusted crusty golden layers of happiness.

On the other end of the budget and culinary spectrum, juxtaposing this backdrop of culture and history, there’s Casino de Montreal’s controversial new L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon.

Critics wag their fingers at the rumoured $11 million spent on bringing the world’s most decorated chef here. The perception being that government assistance would better be spent nurturing the local scene.

The opening volley of housemade breads uses Québecsourced wheat and cheeses. Buttery fist-sized sea scallops from

the Magdalen Islands are simply seared and topped with ginger and chives. Free-range Cerf de Boileau venison is a marvel of supple rare flesh snuggled close to seared Marieville foie gras, and punctuated by tart NotreDame-de-Lourdes cranberries.

Montreal isn’t just bagels and smoked meats, it boasts a sophisticated food scene. Here, an international headliner won’t distract hungry diners from delicious local gems — Toqué!, Joe Beef and Au Pied de Cochon — or its luminaries — Normand Laprise, Martin Picard, David McMillan and Fred Morin. L’Atelier’s ability to fit in confirms that Montreal’s established scene can welcome a highly respected culinary brand, and hold its own.

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Renée S. Suen was hosted by Tourisme Montreal, Loto-Québec and the Casino de Montreal, which didn’t review or approve this story.

The Mets say the person caught flipping the bird to a fan in the Mr. Met costume Wednesday was an understudy and has been taken off mascot duty

Situational savant STANLEY CUP FINAL

Murray a rare rookie with chance to be a repeat champ Matt Murray is relaxed, sitting in the dressing room with his pads still strapped on and a black Penguins hat tucked low on his head. He’s been here before and it shows.

Technically still a rookie, the Pittsburgh netminder has just led his team to a 4-1 win over Nashville in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final, putting him on the verge of possibly hoisting the coveted trophy not for the first time in his short career, but the second.

While many are in awe of the 23-year-old’s grace under pressure on hockey’s biggest stage, he remains nonchalant.

“A lot of stuff out there is out so far outclassed Predators goal- 13 games of NHL experience, of your control so I just try not ie Pekka Rinne in the final. stepped in for a concussed to worry about anything that He’s now 5-1 with a .949 even- Fleury and delivered.

I can’t control and just worry strength save percentage in the Murray admits he’s much about doing my job and trying playoffs and has a sparkling .928 more comfortable on the Cup to give the team the best chance clip in 28 career post-season ap- stage this time around.

“You get to go out and play to win,” Murray said after Wed- pearances. nesday’s 37-save performance.

“He’s just such a calming the game you love on the bigTwice in two post-seasons, presence back there,” Pen- gest stage,” said Murray, the Penguins head guins defence- 83rd overall pick of the 2012 coach Mike Sul- 2017 NHL PLAYOFFS man Ian Cole draft. “It’s special to be a part of said after the this. Nerves and excitelivan has turned GAME 3 LOOKAHEAD Game 2 win, ment kind of mixed to Murray at the most crucial moments over which put Pittsburgh up 2-0 in together, but yeah, Marc-Andre Fleury, the popu- the best-of-seven series. “A goal that’s every game lar 32-year-old who won a Cup goes in and he can play the ex- for me.” with the club in 2009. act same way right after that, THE CANADIAN Murray justified that decision which is hard for any goalie to PRESS last spring in helping the Pens do, but especially one that’s still to their fourth Stanley Cup and really quite young.” is well on the way to doing so That coolness under fire was again this year. The Thunder Bay, evident a year ago when Ont., product outplayed Ot- Murray, with tawa’s Anderson for four o n l y In the times that we haven’t controlled play, games in the Eastern Conference final he’s been our best player out there. and has Chris Kunitz KIRK IRWIN/GETTY IMAGES

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

IN BRIEF

Subban goes all in, predicts Game 3 win A good night’s sleep has P.K. Subban more confident than ever about what the Nashville Predators will do on their own ice trailing the Pittsburgh Penguins 0-2 in the Stanley Cup Final.

He delivered an All-Star guarantee for Saturday night.

“There’s no question,” Subban said Thursday. “We’re going to win the next game, and then we’ll move forward.”

Subban came very close to guaranteeing a win in the moments after Pittsburgh’s 4-1 win Wednesday night. The Penguins turned a 1-1 game into a rout by scoring three goals in the first 3:28 of the third period , forcing Nashville

coach Peter Laviolette to pull star goaltender Pekka Rinne for rookie Juuse Saros.

On ThursP.K. Subban day, the GETTY IMAGES All-Star defenceman channeled Mark Messier, who backed up his own guarantee of a Rangers’ win against New Jersey in the 1994 Eastern Conference finals. Subban explained why he was so confident, noting the Predators know they deserve to be playing for the Stanley Cup. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Esks lose Greenwood for ‘17 Edmonton Eskimos linebacker Cory Greenwood will miss the 2017 season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

The CFL team says he suffered the injury Monday during a practice session.

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NBA FINALS CAVS RUN INTO ROADBLOCK Kevin Durant takes a charge from LeBron James during Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night in Oakland. Durant scored 38 points and added eight assists and eight rebounds and thoroughly outplayed James as the Warriors cruised to a 113-91 win. EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAGES

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Kluber shines in DL return Corey Kluber pitched six

shutout innings and struck out 10 in his first start since May 2 and the Cleveland Indians scored four runs during a strange sixth inning to beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Thursday.

Kluber (4-2) had been sidelined with a strained lower back depriving a struggling rotation of its leader.

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Buchanan first Canadian to win Champions League Kadeisha Buchanan made soccer history Thursday, becoming the first Canadian to hoist the Champions League trophy as Lyon defeated Paris Saint-Germain 7-6.

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Not-too-sweet Blueberry Lemon Corn Cake photo: Maya Visnyei

Ceri Marsh & Laura Keogh

For Metro Canada This not-too-sweet cake is sure to become a summer staple on your table. It’s the perfect foil for fresh berries, whipped cream or even a scoop of ice cream.

Ready in 1 hour Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Serves 8 Ingredients • 2 cups spelt flour • 1 cup corn meal • 1/2 cup sugar • 2 tsp baking powder • 1/2 tsp baking soda • 1/2 tsp salt • pinch of allspice • 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted • 1 cup Greek-style yogurt • 2 eggs • 2 Tbsp maple syrup • 1/4 cup lemon curd • 2 tsp vanilla extract • juice and zest of 1/2 a lemon • 1 1/2 cups blueberries

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9-inch round springform pan with cooking spray.

2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk flour, corn meal, sugar, baking powder, soda, salt and allspice until combined.

3. In a separate bowl, mix coconut oil and yogurt. Whisk in the eggs one at a time and then stir in the maple syrup, lemon curd, extract, as well as lemon juice and zest; mix until smooth.

4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined. Don’t over mix. Fold in the blueberries.

5. Pour batter into prepared springform pan and bake in the oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove cake form oven and allow to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes.

Gently remove cake from pan and place on a wire rack to completely cool. Serve cake with additional berries and yogurt. for more meal ideas, VISIT sweetpotatochronicles.com

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It’s all in The Stars Your daily horoscope by Francis Drake Aries March 21 - April 20 This is a challenging day at work.

You feel it in the morning, and you feel it in the afternoon as well. Bummer. Yes, happy hour beckons strongly!

Cancer June 22 - July 23 You might be short-tempered in the morning, which in turn makes dealings with someone older a bit strained. Someone might even criticize you. Hang in there.

Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 Avoid controversial subjects today, especially about politics, religion and racial issues.

They will only create arguments and resentment. ’Nuff said

Taurus April 21 - May 21 Be patient with kids today, because there will be challenges.

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Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 For some reason, this is not a happy money day for you. You might quarrel about finances or a possession in the morning. In the afternoon, you feel broke or squeezed. Good luck.

Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 Be patient with a female friend or acquaintance today so to avoid an argument. Do not fall into worry mode or critical thinking this afternoon.

Gemini May 22 - June 21 Do your best to keep the peace at home and with family members today because someone will be cranky. This mood starts in the morning and continues into the afternoon. Not good.

Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 Today the Moon is in your sign; however, you likely will be at odds with a parent or boss in the morning. Best to zip thy lip. In the afternoon, an older family member might be on your case. Oh well.

Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 A squabble with someone in a position of authority might occur this morning. Don’t let this get you down in the afternoon. It’s important for Sagittarians to be optimistic.

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Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Avoid arguments about inheritances and shared property today, because they will simply be a waste of time. Postpone decisions for tomorrow, which is a great day!

Pisces Feb. 20 - March 20 Be accommodating with others today, because the Moon is opposite your sign. Avoid family arguments in the morning. Avoid discussions with bosses in the afternoon. (Yikes!)

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