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Natural gas line clears key hurdle Energy watchdog’s approval of $16.2B project carries 264 conditions related to areas such as engineering, safety and environmental protection Environmental group called decision ‘a huge step backwards’
The Leafs’ Dion Phaneuf and the Flames’ Tom Kostopoulos tangle along the boards last night during the first period of Phaneuf’s first game back in Calgary since the trade that sent him to Toronto. The home side won 5-2. Story, page 43. JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The National Energy Board’s approval of the long-delayed Mackenzie natural gas pipeline has been heralded as both an economic boon to the people of the North and as an environmental blow to the region. Northwest Territories Industry Minister Bob McLeod called the decision “an early Christmas present.” “This is an important milestone for a project that could provide significant economic and environmental benefits for the Northwest Territories and for Canada,” he said. The lead partner on the $16.2-billion project, Imperial Oil Ltd. was similarly pleased. “It’s a vital step. It’s a significant step. It’s a very positive step for the project,” said Imperial spokesman Pius Rolheiser. “But it’s only one of a number of necessary steps that need to take place, milestones that need to be achieved before this project could become a reality.” The next step is for the federal cabinet to approve the energy board’s decision, after which point the project’s backers would need to seek a number of other per-
Recommendations Just under a year ago, a federally appointed joint review panel published a longawaited report on the environmental and socioeconomic impacts the pipeline project could have on the region. That nearly 700-page report concluded that the pipeline’s impacts would not be significant — if every one of the its 176 recommendations were followed. “On every single count where sustainability is relevant, (the National Energy Board has) rejected it,” said Stephen Hazell of the Sierra Club, referring to the JRP report.
mits. The proposed 1,220-kilometre Mackenzie pipeline would carry natural gas from near the coast of the Beaufort Sea in the N.W.T. to southern markets. Even with the energy board’s decision, the pipeline’s future is by no means certain, since Imperial Oil has said it won’t move on the project until at least 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Copper theft a concern: Police JEREMY NOLAIS/FOR METRO
Police say thousands of pounds of stolen copper wire found on a residence near Delacour represents a growing theft trend in the Calgary area. The stolen material discovered Wednesday was valued at $7,500 and taken from a substation near Balzac. “What we see is as the price rises so does the instance of theft,” said Const. Alex Girvin. Donald Patrick Macaulay
faces 38 charges and Lisa Marlene Martin faces 20 charges in relation to the theft ring. Kieran Goldsmith was also charged on 10 outstanding warrants. Airdrie RCMP Const. Robert Frizzell said copper theft has been a constant problem in rural areas around Calgary, as thieves prey on industrial sites. He said the practice of burning or cutting copper from rubber tubing poses a risk to both thieves and industrial
workers. “If people come to that site assuming that everything’s grounded and assuming that everything’s in working order, there’s definitely some concern for public safety,” he said. Police also seized numerous other items from the property located on Township Road 254, including a dune buggy, ski boat, numerous weapons and small quantities of marijuana.
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With a big, blue mouthfull of one of Mount Royal University’s 100th-anniversary cupcakes, president Dave Marshall explained the importance of the centennial celebration. “For starters, it’s just a good party,” Marshall joked. Marshall, the outgoing president, saw the school through a transition to University. “I’ve been fortunate enough to go through a period of transition at Mount Royal,” explained the outgoing president. “But it will never change its core and that core is taking care of students.” President of the Students’ Union Robert Jones
Mount Royal’s founder was Rev. George Kerby. MRU shares its centennial with the YWCA as Emily Spencer Kerby, wife of George Kerby, helped to form the organization.
said the day of celebration represented the past, present and future of MRU. “It really does recognize where Mount Royal has come from and really sticking with the principles of Mount Royal should be and is,” he said. Former faculty member Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he has a lot tied up at the institution. “One of the things I was a bit sad about in the
Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Premier Ed Stelmach examine the 100th-birthday cake in the shape of Mount Royal’s original campus known as “The Barn.”
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Police help drivers lock out car thieves
“You have total control over what you write ... Zines are completely a labour of love,� said Samantha Trees, one of 10 writers taking part in the event. The event will feature an open market to buy or trade zines, and runs from noon to 5 p.m. at the Old Y Centre at 223-12th Ave. SW. For more information, email thezinetreecollective@ riseup.net. JEREMY NOLAIS
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Police are still on the hunt for two people believed to be responsible for stabbing and robbing a woman earlier this year. On March 16, a woman was taken into a stairwell where a man and woman injured her and took her purse.
The Alberta government announced $6.5 million in grants Thursday to help develop 50 units for seniors at the Bethany Care Society seniors’ complex in southeast Calgary. The funding will cover 60 per cent of the cost for the housing additions.
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Hundreds of Calgary motorists got a surprise Christmas gift from police yesterday. Teaming with the Alberta Motor Association, officers distributed steering wheel locks and memorabilia outlining measures Calgarians can take to reduce vehicle theft around the holidays. This was the third year police have run the initiative, known officially as Operation Safety Club. “I think education is a big part of it, trying to get people to lock their doors ... keep all those valuables out of sight or not in the vehicle at all,� said Jud
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Police seek masked assailants Police are looking for two men responsible for forcing entry into a southwest home on Wednesday evening. Around 10 p.m., two men wearing masks forced their way into a
home on the 100 block of Strathlea Manor SW and made demands of the two victims. One of the victims was able to escape and called police. The culprits are described as Caucasian males between 25 and 30 years old with slim builds. They were each wearing a balaclava, blue jeans and a dark jacket. Anyone with information is asked to call 403420-8787. METRO
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It’s been decided that Lee Christopher Monrose, the man accused of stabbing an RCMP officer, will not undergo further psychiatric tests. Monrose is believed to have attacked RCMP officer Andrew Johnson at the downtown John J. Bowlen Building in June. METRO
Canmore’s rabbit population may be on the verge of decline after the town’s mayor locked down $50,000 to quell the bunnies. Reports say Mayor Ron Casey is worried that the thousands of furry animals are attracting predators into the town. METRO
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near enough to win the next election in familiar landslide fashion. It can even be argued that if the Wildrose Alliance figures out the new realities of 2012 first, the PCs probably won’t even win. What will be different come drop of the writ this time? With each passing month, the electorate becomes more informed and more connected. Be it Facebook or Twitter, or an Internet-capable TV, or media outlets with ears closer to the ground because of new technology, or even just a younger generation weaned on Wikipedia-style accessibility to information, this is a different public than the parties pandered to last time. Whoever best uses these new tools to allow voters to share information will have an upper hand. These tools also point towards an election being fought on a local level, similar to the way it was done a century ago. With bloggers
playing an increasingly important role in provincial political punditry and citizens having the ability to share who they’re voting for and why, the story need not be about the leader. It can, and often will, be about the local candidate. Expect to see summer barbecues, community events and neighbourhood councils be the real battleground sin 2012 as candidates get a lot more direct comparative time. The days of provincewide branding, such as with Ralph’s Team, are over. In theory, this should be a boon for the PCs, who have a relatively weak leader, and bad news for the Wildrose Alliance, who in Danielle Smith have a strong one. But the Wildrose probably won’t blinded by tradition and may be better poised to take advantage of these new realities. The premier’s chair awaits the party who does just that.
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Does it work? Alberta checks MS treatment New frontier Liberation therapy is a new frontier in the search for a cure in the debilitating neurological disorder that has confounded scientists for two centuries. The theory is that MS brain complications are caused by poor or obstructed blood flow due to constricted veins. Doctors cut small hole in the groin and insert a catheter to open the vein obstruction using a small balloon.
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having the procedure in other countries based on anecdotal evidence that it helps. Zwozdesky said Thursday he has heard from many people who have seen their conditions improve. He said: “They would tell you about some overwhelming immediately positive results ... “They will tell you, in some cases, they weren't able to walk more than a block and now they are walking up to 30 blocks. “Again, short term maybe, long term hopefully.”
There are as many as 13,000 people in Alberta with MS. Neurologist Tom Feasy, dean of medicine at the University of Calgary, said researchers hope to hear from about 500 of them for the study. “We are interested in those who haven't had it and aren’t going (outside Canada), those who haven't had it but might be going and those who have had it and come back,” Feasy said. “We would like to find out what characteristics the people had that are going for this treatment and are they different then other patients with MS?” Newfoundland said in September that it is doing an observational study, while Saskatchewan is expected to soon name a research team. Health Canada is also studying the treatment.
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Province to spend $1M on probe of controversial therapy Liberation procedure praised by many The Alberta government says it will spend $1 million to track results from people who have travelled out of the country for a controversial multiple sclerosis treatment not currently available in Canada. Health Minister Gene Zwozdesky said the webbased study will help determine whether the province should proceed with a clinical trial of the so-called liberation procedure, which uses angioplasty to open up twisted or blocked veins in the neck and spine. The therapy, first done in Italy, remains un-
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Man awarded $225,650 PAYOUT. A man who said he was kneed in the groin by a Calgary police officer, has been awarded $225,650. In September 2004, it’s alleged, Const. James Horton inflicted injuries on a 28-year-old man while Horton was investigating a possible break-in in Forest Lawn. The victim was not a suspect in the incident but called the officer a name. The man was then attacked, it’s alleged. METRO
Bodies found, murder charge 911 CALL. A 49-year-old Nampa man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after the discovery of two bodies near Fahler, northeast of Grand Prairie. Edward John Chomiak is currently in custody. METRO
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Assange heads to English country mansion Could potentially publish more leaked U.S. diplomatic cables The once-elusive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed on bail Thursday as Sweden pushes its case for extradition and the United States considers its own criminal charges over his website’s release of secret information. The silver-haired Australian emerged from London’s neo-Gothic High Court building after a tense scramble to gather the money and signatures needed to free him. Assange — who’s been out of the public eye for more than a month — told supporters he would pursue his efforts to bring government secrets to light. “It’s great to smell the fresh air of London again,”
he said to cheers from outside the court. “I hope to continue my work.” Assange is now headed to Ellingham Hall, a 10bedroom mansion about 195 kilometres northeast of central London that belongs to Vaughan Smith, a WikiLeaks supporter and founder of London’s Frontline Club for journalists. Assange will have to observe a curfew, wear an electronic tag and report to police — restrictions imposed by High Court Justice Duncan Ouseley. WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson said Assange could continue coordinating the publication of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up a court document for the media after he was released on bail outside the High Court in London, Thursday.
Accusations Assange is accused of rape, molestation and unlawful coercion. Assange’s lawyers say the allegations stem from a dispute over “consensual but unprotected sex” and argue he has offered to be questioned. Lawyer Gemma Lindfield, acting for Sweden, said given Assange’s nomadic lifestyle, there was “a real risk” he would flee. But the judge said when Assange arrived in Britain, he had asked his lawyers to contact police so they would know where he was.
Persecution a threat to world peace: Pope FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by a student at the end of a Vespers prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday that Christians suffer more religious persecution than any other group, denouncing lack of freedom of worship as an “intolerable” threat to world security. The message reflected a pressing concern by Benedict in recent months for the plight of Christian minorities in parts of the world, especially in the Middle East. “Sadly, the year now
ending has again been marked by persecution, discrimination, terrible acts of violence and religious intolerance,” Benedict said in the message for World Peace Day, celebrated by the church on Jan. 1, but released in advance. He wrote that he was especially thinking of Iraq, “which continues to be a theatre of violence and strife” as it aims for stability and reconciliation. Benedict singled out the
“reprehensible attack” on a Baghdad cathedral during Mass in October, killing two priests and more than 50 other worshippers, as well as attacks on private homes that “spread fear within the Christian community and (create) a desire on the part of many to emigrate in search of a better life.” He asked authorities to “act promptly to end every injustice” against Christians. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israel’s view Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor sympathized with the Pope: “The Christian presence is a blessing in Israel, and so it should be considered by other countries regarding their own Christian populations.” About 123,000 Christians live in Israel, while another 50,000 live in the West Bank and Gaza.
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ford to establish pension plans for their employees would now be able to offer them. “It would make a nice easy way for people to save for their retirement, it would be relatively painless and it would have the professional management (insurance companies) that larger pension plans have,” he explained.
The government and provinces have also discussed expanding the Canada Pension Plan, but Flaherty said agreement on that issue would be difficult. Alberta opposes the move and Quebec’s intentions are not clear. Liberal critic Judy Sgro accused Flaherty of taking the easy way out on pension reform. “This is a baby step ... but it’s not going to do much for (many) self-employed, for women that are in and out of the work force, for those in rural Canada. This applies to a very small segment,” she said. Under the federal proposal, the pooled, low-cost plans would be based on defined contributions. It would be available to any type of employee, as well as the self-employed.
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Africa. Unrest Carmel Stewart, a lawyer for the three women who were victims of restrictions on abortion in Ireland, reads the judgment Thursday from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.
Court criticizes Irish abortion ban European human rights court says Ireland’s ban fails to protect women at medical risk Ireland’s constitutional ban on abortion violates pregnant women’s right to receive proper medical care in life-threatening cases, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday, harshly criticizing Ireland’s long inaction on the issue. The Strasbourg, Francebased court ruled that a pregnant woman fighting cancer should have been allowed to get an abortion in Ireland in 2005 rather than being forced to go to
England for the procedure. The judgment put Ireland under pressure to draft a law extending abortion rights to women whose pregnancies represent a potentially fatal threat to their own health. Ireland has resisted doing that despite a 1992 judgment from the Irish Supreme Court that said Ireland should provide abortions in cases where a woman’s life is endangered — including, contro-
versially, by her own threats to commit suicide. The 18-year delay has created a legal limbo, forcing many women to travel overseas for an abortion rather than rely on Irish doctors fearful of being prosecuted. In an 11-6 verdict, the 17 Strasbourg judges said Ireland was wrong to keep the legal situation unclear and said the Irish government had offered no credible explanation for its failure. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Polygamy harmful: Expert A political scientist says statistics link multiple marriage to a long list of harms to women and children. Rose McDermott, who teaches political
psychology at Brown University in Rhode Island, testified today at a B.C. Supreme Court reference case examining polygamy that she’s conducted a statistical analysis of polygymy — in which a man has multiple wives. THE CANADIAN PRESS
A rebel soldier loyal to opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, takes a careful look down a street in Abidjan, Thursday. SUNDAY ALAMBA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ivory Coast on the brink of a civil war? Gunfire and explosions shook Ivory Coast’s main city Thursday as supporters and security forces loyal to the two men claiming to be president clashed in the streets.
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A diver, dressed as Santa Claus, brings Christmas gifts for the fishes at the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, on Thursday. MARTIN MEISSNER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Prime Minister Bruce Golding said Thursday he shook up an anti-drug police unit after Cuba complained that the force had been unco-operative in preventing Jamaican drug smugglers using speedboats and small planes to move narcotics.
Russian space officials say they lost contact to the Soyuz spacecraft and the International Space Station for three hours. The Soyuz TMN-20 blasted off the Baikonur cosmodrome late Wednesday.
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Years later, will a cheque be in the mail? Canada Post and union take fight to Supreme Court Pay equity dispute has spanned a generation It’s a legal fight that has spanned a generation, and now the Supreme Court of Canada has decided to settle the landmark $150-million pay equity dispute between Canada Post and its union. The court will hear the case that has ensnared the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Canada Post and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The Supreme Court gave no reasons Thursday for granting leave to appeal. PSAC claimed in August, 1983, that women were being discriminated against under the Canadian Human Rights Act because they made less than men
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Robbers disguised in dresses Three men who robbed an Ontario jewelry store while dressed in women’s clothing are being sought by Waterloo Regional Police. Police say the suspects walked to the back of the Kitchener, Ont., store, smashed display cases and removed an undisclosed amount of jewelry.
Budget woes Ignatieff stopped short of saying Liberals will deliberately try to pull the plug on the government over its next budget, expected in February or March.
Harper’s minority government by stressing that Canadians don’t want an election. But Ignatieff said he changed his mind after hearing from thousands of Canadians during a summer-long, cross-country bus tour and a series of “Open Mike” townhalls throughout the fall. He said CanadiA 34-second security video released Thursday shows the three emptying the contents of broken display cases into a handbag and a wheeled suitcase. The suspects were wearing dresses and head scarves that covered their faces and bodies. Police say they hope someone can identify the suspects in Wednesday morning’s robbery from the security video. The three fled the store and are believed to have escaped in a silver or grey minivan. THE CANADIAN PRESS
But he held out little hope it will contain measures needed to win Liberal support, such as a roll back of corporate tax cuts, a halt to the fighter jet purchase and investment in family care.
ans are no longer saying they want to “avoid an election at all costs”. “In fact, what I’m hearing and I heard all summer long — and I’m not making this up — was, ‘Get rid of the guy’ ... There’s a lot of impatience, anger and disappointment at this government.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Kosovo PM blasts ‘scandalous’ report In live TV address, prime minister said he felt ‘deeply offended’ by allegations of organ trafficking FRANCOIS MORI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said Thursday that a report suggesting he was the head of a criminal gang behind a grisly trade in the kidneys of slain civilian detainees was “monstrous” and “scandalous.” Thaci, who made his first public appearance since the publication of the report by Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty, said the allegations were aimed at damaging Kosovo’s image internationally. “The world knows who was the aggressor and who were the victims in Kosovo,” Thaci said referring to crimes committed by former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic against ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war. “These tendencies to change history, to equate the aggressor and the victim ... will fail again.” Dick Marty, a Swiss senator, told reporters in Paris that “inhuman” treatment of people and illicit trafficking of human organs in the immediate aftermath of the country’s war for independence from Serbia remains unpun-
Kosovo 2008 declared independence in 2008, but Serbia has refused to recognize its sovereignty.
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U.S. will support UN indigenous bill UN. U.S. President Barack
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killed for their organs. Thaci called on Marty to provide facts and evidence to judicial institutions to assist the investigations. Thaci also said he is to pursue “all possible legal and political action” to counter the allegations in the report. Earlier Thursday, a top Kosovo official said Thaci is planning to sue Marty for libel. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
She said 71-year-old Robert McGillivray faces 11 charges, including three counts of possession of a prohibited weapon. McGillivray is due in court Feb. 7.
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The young Chinese asylum seeker who boarded a plane for Canada disguised as an elderly white man has drawn the attention of visitors to an extremist Islamic website, who have praised the elaborate plan as a potential tactic. Shumukh al-Islam, an alQaida affiliated website meaning Islamic Honour, has an ongoing Arabic-language discussion on the young man’s entry into Canada that cites the details of his arrival here. A forum on the site praised the idea as a tool for “holy warriors.” “This is a great idea that can benefit the mujahedeen,” one member, with the name Attique of the North, wrote after the discussion began on Shumukh al-Islam last Tuesday. The website recently posted pictures and previously undisclosed information of Taimour Abdulwahab, the suicide bomber in Sweden who blew himself up in Stockholm. Abdulwahab’s bomb exploded earlier than in-
Students lock arms before being detained by Indian police as they protest outside the venue of a speech by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in New Delhi, India, Thursday. KEVIN FRAYER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tibetans protest Chinese visit Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is on a three-day trip to India aimed at building trust and strengthening economic links. Wen Jiabao is calling for greater cooperation and friendship with India, brushing over lingering economic and political tensions that mar the relationship between the two rising Asia powers.
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Turkish officers on trial About 200 active and retired Turkish military officers, including former chiefs of the air force as well as dozens of generals and admirals, went on trial
Thursday on charges of plotting to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government in 2003. The military has denied such a plot. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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injuring two others. Shumukh al-Islam calls him a martyr, a brother and a mujahed. On Oct. 18, in a password-protected forum on Shumukh al-Islam, some of its members discussed using the plastic explosive Semtex to travel undetected through airport scanners
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Harper, UN link up to aid women, kids
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is helping oversee a new United Nations group focused on aid for the health of women and children. The Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health will help countries monitor where and how they spend resources devoted
Up to 400 homes washed out as rivers, streams breach banks Quebec’s Gaspé region is maintaining a state of emergency after torrential rain caused widespread flooding and forced hundreds of residents from their homes. The region has been deluged with more than 230 millimetres of rain over the past three days. Several rivers and streams have breached their banks. Police, fire and emergency crews remain on high alert and continue to help people leave their washed-out homes across the peninsula. A spokesperson for the town of Gaspé said 300 to 400 homes have been flooded and 125 of those have been evacuated. Brad McDonald, a
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Hard hit: While much of the flooding is centred on the town of Gaspé, damage extends to the village of Rivière-auRenard, Que., and the New Richmond region. Aftermath: Quebec’s minister of public security, Robert Dutil, and the region’s two provincial MNAs will be announcing details about compensation after surveying the area.
A 41-year-old man died of exposure in the snowstorm that trapped hundreds of motorists on a southwestern Ontario highway. The man, whose name has not been released, was found Tuesday afternoon about 50 metres away from his vehicle, which was stuck in a snowdrift. His body and car were found some 75 kilometres away from the scene of a highway closure that trapped 300 motorists in their vehicles. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Protests and prayers Two leaders — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and the Dalai Lama — converged on India Thursday. The Dalai Lama was beginning a three-day retreat. Wen Jiabao was on a three-day visit and faced protests by Tibetan activists.
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that it will hear an appeal by Conrad Black’s former business associates who argue Black’s six libel suits against them should not proceed in Ontario. Richard Breeden and other defendants in the case have been granted their application to appeal a Court of Appeal for Ontario ruling that found Black’s case against them can proceed in the province. A lower court dismissed the defendants’ motion for a stay in 2009, and they appealed the decision, but a court rejected that appeal in August. Canada’s high court will hear the case on March 22. The former media mogul is attempting to sue members of a special committee of Hollinger International — where Black was once the chairman and CEO — over statements about his use of shareholder money. The statements were published on the SunTimes Media Inc. website and republished by many media outlets in Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Europe’s debt problems weigh on TSX, loonie The Canadian dollar lost ground to its U.S. counterpart Thursday amid nervousness about Europe’s sovereign debt problems. Risk aversion drove investors to the perceived safe haven of the U.S. dollar, which further weakened commodities and other currencies. The Toronto stock market also was lower Thursday as commodities prices fell back amid a higher U.S. dollar and worries that Europe’s sovereign debt problems could hurt demand for re-
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Globalive and WIND Mobile chairman Anthony Lacavera says, in 2011, his company will be rolling out products aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.
Wireless firm wants to be fourth-largest carrier New wireless company Wind Mobile plans to expand its network and go after small business customers in 2011 as it continues its plans to expand nationally, its chairman said Thursday. Wind Mobile has been up and running for a year now, with its network running in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, and Ottawa. “We’re going to be offering a wireless bundle,
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Santa Claus arrived at the Chinook Centre on Nov. 26 and will be there until Christmas Eve. He is currently documenting the funny and adorable things kids say “Hi” to in The Santa Diaries on Facebook and Twitter. So, you’re here right until Dec. 24?
I’m here right until Christmas Eve and then, as you know, we’ve got quite a busy night that night. When did you start doing The Santa Diaries?
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very remarkable things to say and I started getting my elves to note some of these things. And last year I took it a little further and this year I have a Facebook page and a Twitter page. I think, as Santa Claus, it’s a great privilege to be able to hear a lot of what these children have to say and sometimes it’s surprising. It’s always heartwarming and a lot of the time it brings me a little laughter. Being that Christmastime is a time for sharing, I just thought that it would be a nice thing to share some of these comments with
everybody out there. Any funny stories that come to mind from this year?
There’s so many of them. Just yesterday, one thing that I always ask the children just to make sure they’re being honest is have they been a good boy or a good girl this year? And yesterday I had a very, very honest little girl who said, “Santa, I’ve been a lot of bad and a little bit good this year.” Quite adorable. Just because of her incredible honesty I had to forgive right then and there. Have you had any particularly heartwarming moments?
There’s one little girl that comes to mind who visited me about two weeks ago and one thing that I always ask children is what is their favourite thing about Christmas? The answer I generally get is toys or presents, which is perfectly understandable, they’re very exciting. But one little girl in particular said, “I love my Christmas dress and I love my mommy and I love my daddy.” I thought that was absolutely adorable. That was the best answer I’ve ever gotten. KATIE TURNER
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Letters & Tweets Re: Paul Sullivan’s column, Tired of the entire giving process (Dec. 15) HALIFAX. At the risk of
sounding like you, I am trying really hard to say something constructive about your completely arrogant and ignorant article. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Of all the bloodsucking corporations or annoying media coverage about Brad Pitt or Miley Cyrus smoking bongs, charities are obviously the most horrible annoyance of them in your opinion. This may surprise you, but these “charitable panhandlers” and charities work very hard to try to
give something back to those who are in need. The true ignorance portrayed in your article comes from the fact that you make the charities seem as if they do nothing for anyone, including yourself. If you do charity work, what would your fellow charity workers feel like if they read your article?
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Shame on you for using the amazing gift you’ve been given to write and be heard, and use it to speak poorly of those that we all need the most, especially this time of year. A more appropriate article might have been “Why are charity donations down this year, and why people are too greedy to help?” DREW MCQUINN
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Lucie Connelley Movie buffs can join Dorothy, the tin man, the lion and the scarecrow as they make their way along the yellow brick road during a screening of Victor Fleming’s 1939 classic, The Wizard Of Oz. Presented by Calgary Cinematheque, the show begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Plaza Theatre. The film is considered the best-known adaptation
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Actor couldn’t turn down the chance to work with the legendary Coen Brothers in True Grit Loved the opportunity to film a movie with ‘The Dude’ Jeff Bridges
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After first grabbing attention in Saving Private Ryan 12 years ago, Canadian actor Barry Pepper has quietly cultivated a career of guys’ movies, including We Were Soldiers, Flags of Our Fathers and his latest, the Coen brothers’ take on True Grit. But he swears the testosterone-heavy resumé wasn’t by design. Pepper sat down with Metro to talk
about honour among thieves, turning 40 with The Dude and getting his mouth around that Coen brother dialogue. You seem to do a lot of westerns and war films, movies with male camaraderie at the core. Is that intentional?
No, there’s no conscious sort of rhyme or reason to it. This time it was just, “Would you like the opportunity to work with the Coen brothers?” Yeah, absolutely. Just recently my agent called and said, “Terrence Malick would like you
to be in his next movie.” It’s like, “Great. Where do I send the check?” There are certain legendary directors like that — and the Coen brothers are in that pantheon — that you just would do anything for. They’re in everyone’s sort of Top 10, on every actor’s wish list of must-work-with filmmakers.
back then, it was a simpler Old Testament, eye-for-aneye world, and there was a simpler sort of code, you know? Westerns tend to overemphasize the ruthlessness of the Old West, but many people were sort of raised and schooled on the King James bible. And that’s also why they talked the way they did, I think.
Your character, Lucky Ned Pepper, is one of the film’s bad guys, but he’s sort of an honourable villain.
A lot of the dialogue comes straight from the novel, but it feels like something the Coen brothers could have written, doesn’t it?
He has sort of this fair-play sense of justice. I think too,
It really does, because a lot
of their films really have that quality, don’t they? They really create their own world with the language that they use. And you go, “Wow, that’s really an oddball choice of words.” And yet somehow it works for them. It’s like music.
Mel Gibson’s next movie finally has a release date. Summit Entertainment announced Wednesday that Gibson’s comic drama The Beaver will open in limited release next March 23 and expand to more theatres on April 8. The film has been in limbo amid Gibson’s custody battle with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, who claims he physically abused her. The Beaver is directed by Jodie Foster and stars Gibson as a troubled family man trying to cope with help from an unusual friend — a beaver puppet he wears on his hand. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
How was working with Jeff Bridges?
For me he’ll always and forever be The Dude because that’s who he is. He brings a joy to a film set — or really everywhere he goes. People just enjoy being around him.
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Stiller, De Niro understand difficult in-laws
ing the person — you’re attaching yourself to the family for better or worse.” Stiller, too, as a son-in-law, notes the
“I try to be my best possible self with my father-inlaw and I think I’m OK at it but it’s definitely one of those relationships where
ever-tenuous relationship with in-laws that must always be maintained.
you’re aware that the relationship is there, but we’re pretty friendly,” he says. “I
think if you’re a good husband, that makes you a good son-in-law.” As for on-screen roles, the two have managed to keep their on-screen dynamic fresh, considering that Little Fockers takes place once Stiller’s character and his wife have had twins. Though Greg Gaylord Focker (Stiller) seems to have had a few years of being on solid ground with his demanding father-inlaw, taciturn ex-FBI agent Jack Byrnes (De Niro) we rejoin the family right when that legendary ‘circle of trust’ might be broken. “I felt like (it was exciting) to see Jack and Greg’s relationship evolve to where Greg’s gotten to the point where he’s a little more confident in himself and then having to deal with this situation of Jack losing confidence in him and how he reacts differently,” Stiller says. De Niro adds that in contrast to dramatic roles, working on Little Fockers was a chance to loosen up. “When you’re doing comedy I have less restrictions or constrictions,” he says. “There’s just more room for having fun.
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Intensely private but insanely famous actors like Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller tend to greet any question about their private lives with some trepidation, but each has a few solid nuggets of wisdom to offer when it comes to dealing with in-laws. After all, in addition to each of them being a fatherin-law and a son-in-law in real life respectively, the two just had their third goaround for the Meet the Parents franchise, Little Fockers, which is built on
Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro star in Little Fockers.
and know that you’re not only getting into it with them, but also how they behave, how they are and how you have to interact with them for hopefully the rest of your life. “You’re not just marry-
the difficulty of maintaining the in-law bonds. “I haven’t told this to my children, but I would if I could think of it,” De Niro confesses. “Just look at the parents of the person you’re with or interested in
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are individual scenes that hit the level of belly laughs and emotional resonance, most of the time it lurches awkwardly
between tired slapstick and failed attempts at drama. PHIL BROWN
In theory, a movie made by writer/director James L. Brooks with a cast including Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson should be a romantic comedy classic. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. While there most visually arresting work, it’s also his most downright shocking, with upsetting melodrama matched by swirling, probing camera work and gruesome makeup effects. Natalie Portman (in the role of her career) stars as a ballerina who is teetering on the edge of sanity. When she is awarded the Yogi Bear
role of her lifetime in a production of Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet Swan Lake, things look bright, that is until another, younger dancer (Mila Kunis) enters her world. Things do not end well. The film is absolutely one of the best of this year, or any other. CHRIS ALEXANDER
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6:30-8:30 Wed-Thu 9:15 Paranormal Activity 2 (14A) Fri-Thu 7:05-10 Red (14A) Fri-Thu 12:50-3:50-6:50-9:50 Skyline (14A) Fri-Thu 1:10-4:05-7:10-10:05 Tees Maar Khan (STC) Wed-Thu 2-6:30-8:30 The Town (14A) Fri-Thu 12:45-3:30-6:45-9:35 You Again (G) Fri-Thu 1:05-3:40-6:40-9:55
SCOTIABANK CHINOOK 6455 MacLeod Trail, 403-212-8994 Black Swan (14A) No Passes Fri-Thu 12:454:05-7-10:10 Burlesque (PG) Fri-Tue 10:30 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG) FriTue
The Nutcracker - Bolshoi Ballet Live (STC) Sun 12 Tangled (G) Fri-Tue 1-3:50-6:55-9:45 Tangled 3D (G) Fri-Thu 11:35-2:10-4:45-7:2510:05 The Tourist (PG) Fri-Thu 12:50-4-7:15-10:05 Tron: Legacy (PG) No Passes Fri-Thu 12:504:10-7:15-10:15 Tron: Legacy 3D (PG) No Passes Fri-Thu 11:45-3-6:55-10 Tron: Legacy: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) No Passes Fri-Thu 11-1:50-4:40-7:30-10:20
7:05-10:05 Wed-Thu 12:10-3:05-7:05-10:15 Little Fockers (PG) No Passes Wed-Thu 12:1512:45-2:50-3:25-6:55-7:20-9:40-10 Tangled (G) Fri-Tue 12:15-2:50-6:50-9:30 WedThu 12:35-3:10-6:50-9:30 Tangled 3D (G) Fri-Thu 11:50-2:20-5-7:4010:25 The Tourist (PG) Fri-Thu 12:50-3:45-7:35-10:30 Tron: Legacy (PG) No Passes Fri-Tue 12-3:056:35-9:45 No Passes Wed-Thu 12-3-6:35-9:45 Tron: Legacy 3D (PG) No Passes Fri-Thu 12:30-3:40-7:30-10:40
True Grit (14A) No Passes Wed-Thu 12:30-3:30-7:05-10:15 Unstoppable (PG) Fri-Tue 4:15-10:15 WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (STC) Sun 6 Yogi Bear (G) No Passes Fri 12-2:10-4:30-7:2510 No Passes Sat 11:15-1:25-3:50-6:50-9:30 No Passes Sun-Thu 12-2:10-4:30-7:25-10 Yogi Bear 3D (G) No Passes Fri 11:15-1:253:50-6:50-9:30 No Passes Sat 12-2:20-4:30-7:25-10 No Passes Sun-Thu 11:15-1:25-3:50-6:50-9:30
True Grit (14A) No Passes Wed-Thu 12:40-3:35-7:1010:05 WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (STC) Sun 6 Yogi Bear (G) No Passes Fri-Thu 12:25-2:455:05-7:15-9:40 Yogi Bear 3D (G) No Passes Fri-Thu 11:552:25-4:50-7:25-9:55
Angelina Jolie, left, and Johnny Depp star in The Tourist. 200 Barlay Parade, 403-263-3166 127 Hours (14A) Fri 7:45-10:20 Sat-Sun 1:15-47:45-10:20 Mon-Tue 1:15-4-7:10-9:30 Wed-Thu 12:30-4-6:40-9 Black Swan (14A) No Passes Fri 7:30-10:10 No Passes Sat-Sun 1-4:15-7:30-10:10 No Passes MonTue 1-4:15-7:20-10:10 No Passes Wed-Thu 1:154:15-7:20-10:10 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (PG) Fri 6:30-9:50 Sat-Tue 123:15-6:30-9:50 The King’s Speech (PG) Wed-Thu 12:453:30-6:50-9:40 Little Fockers (PG) No Passes Wed-Thu 12:153-7-9:30 Love & Other Drugs (18A) Fri 7:15-10:30 Sat-Sun 12:15-3-7:15-10:30 Mon-Tue 12:15-3-6:509:40 The Tourist (PG) Fri 6:45-9:30 Sat-Sun 12:453:45-6:45-9:30 Mon-Tue 12:45-3:45-6:40-9:20 Wed-Thu 1-3:45-6:30-9:10 Tron: Legacy 3D (PG) No Passes Fri 7-10 No Passes Sat-Tue 12:30-3:30-7-10 No Passes WedThu 12-3:15-7-10
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Seating Fri-Tue 1:45-4:50-8 Tangled (G) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Tue 12:40-3:10-7:15-9:45 Tangled 3D (G) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:10-2:40-6:45-9:15 Tees Maar Khan (STC) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Wed-Thu 2-4:55-8 The Tourist (PG) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:50-4:05-7:20-10:05 Tron: Legacy 3D (PG) No Passes, SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 1-4-7-10:05 True Grit (14A) No Passes, SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Wed-Thu 12:40-3:40-7:05-9:55 Unstoppable (PG) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Tue 1:40-4:10-7:40-10:15 Yogi Bear (G) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Fri-Thu 12:30-3-6:40-9 Yogi Bear 3D (G) No Passes, SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12-2:20-4:40-7:10-9:30
EMPIRE STUDIO 10 MACLEOD TRAIL 100-16061 MacLeod Trail, 403-974-0470 Bolshoi Ballet’s The Nutcracker (STC) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Sun 12 Burlesque (PG) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Sat 12-3:10-6:40-9:40 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Sun 4:05-6:40-9:40 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Mon-Tue 12-3:10-6:409:40 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 3D (PG) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Fri-Sun 12:503:40-6:50-9:45 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Mon-Tue 12:50-3:40-6:50-9:45 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Wed 12:50-3:40-6:509:45 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Thu 12:503:40-6:50-9:45 The Fighter (14A) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Sat 1:45-4:35-7:30-10:15 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Sun 1:30-4:35-7:30-10:15 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Mon-Thu 1:454:35-7:30-10:15 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (PG) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 12:15-4-8-9:30 How Do You Know (PG) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Fri-Thu 1:30-4:207:10-10 Little Fockers (PG) No Passes, SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Wed-Thu 1-4:15-7:25-10:10 Megamind (G) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Tue 1-3:20-6:30 Tangled 3D (G) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Fri-Thu 1:15-4:10-6:45-9:20 The Tourist (PG) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Fri-Sun 12:40-3:30-7:20-9:50
SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Mon-Tue 12:403:30-7:20-9:50 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Wed 12:40-3:30-7:20-9:50 SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Thu 12:40-3:30-7:20-9:50 Tron: Legacy 3D (PG) Digital Presentation, SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Fri-Thu 12:30-3:45-7:15-10:30 True Grit (14A) No Passes, SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating Wed-Thu 12-3:20-6:30-9:30 Yogi Bear 3D (G) SR Dolby Digital, Stadium Seating, No Passes Fri-Thu 11:45-2-4:30-7-9:15
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A VISIT TO THIRD MAN RECORDS A short walk from the honky-tonks of downtown Nashville and tucked next to a Mercedes-Benz repair shop on a non-descript street is Jack White’s baby: Third Man Records.
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TIFF FILMS AWARD SEASON FILM Hollywood’s annual paton-the-back season is underway, and The King’s Speech looks to be a popular favourite. The film, starring Colin Firth, above, has received various nods over the last week, including SAG and Golden Globe nominations.
MOVIES Looking for a movie to rent or see over the holidays? The Toronto International Film Festival released its Top 10 picks and it includes Barney’s Version, Incendies and Splice. Others mentioned are Les Amours imaginaires, (Heartbeats), Trigger, and The High Cost of Living. The full list is at tiff.net.
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TECH Curious about just how popular Justin Bieber really is? It turns out the Canadian pop singer was among the Top 10 Twitter trends of 2010. He also made YouTube’s list of the most-watched videos, and was also among the top retweeted-about items. He was beat out, BTW, by Stephen Colbert for the top spot.
ALICE COOPER FAME One of music’s original shock rockers was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week. Alice Cooper received the honour along with Neil Diamond, Darlene Love and singer-songwriter Tom Waits. The Associated Press reported Cooper’s name was mentioned in the past as a possible inductee, but he hadn’t been nominated until this year.
TIP #10: TRANSFER AND SAVE Make your money work hard this season. If you use high-interest store credit cards, transfer unpaid balances to your bank credit card or line of credit to save on interest charges.
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The I-am-Canadian ranter, who went on to host shows like History Television’s genealogy series Ancestors in the Attic, was named the new host of As It Happens on CBC Radio this week. He starts his turn next to co-host Carol Off Jan. 4.
Broken Social Scene The Nutcracker is back in Calgary and will be running from Dec. 17-23 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. Matinees begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday and evening shows are at 7:30 p.m.
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Mandy Moore [@The Mandy Moore] you know it’s a raucous saturday night when you’re in bed watching “the knife show” @ 9pm.
Only two others knew Carey was expecting twins — the Obamas Singer suffered miscarriage in 2008 Nick Cannon has confirmed that his wife, Mariah Carey, is expecting twins, but the mother-tobe had apparently already told Barack and Michelle Obama. “Until this morning, only four people knew this wonderful news:
Nick, Mariah the president of the United States and his wife. Talk about classified information,” a statement on Cannon’s website reads. The posting explains that the couple saw the Obamas at the taping of a Washington Christmas
special. “While at the event, the president and first lady inquired about Mariah’s pregnancy. Caught up in the emotion, Mariah made the first people she revealed the news of her twins to Barack and Michelle Obama.” METRO
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Scarlett headed to Jamaica after split Scarlett Johansson dealt with the announcement of her split from Ryan Reynolds by hightailing it to Jamaica with a few female friends, according to TMZ. Sources tell TMZ that the couple’s hectic work schedules may have been
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Aguilera’s ex seeks custody Jordan Bratman is reportedly angling to get custody of his and Christina Aguilera’s son, Max, according to Star magazine. “The more Jordan hears about Christina and [new boyfriend] Matthew [Rutler], the more determined he is to keep Max,” a source says. “He doesn’t want his son around his ex’s random new guy. Christina floats in and out of Max’s life. He’s there every day and goes to almost all the parent-teacher meetings alone. “While Jordan was at home taking care of Max during the Thanksgiving holiday, Christina was in Rhode Island meeting
Dexter star’s divorce stokes rumors Dexter star Michael C. Hall announced earlier this week that he and wife Jennifer Carpenter are divorcing, and now some on the series are speculating that
his growing coziness with co-star Julia Stiles was behind the split, according to Hollyscoop. “The way he’s been behaving lately you would have never
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Arquette says he’s in rough shape after split from Cox David Arquette says he isn’t really taking his split from Courteney Cox well — and that he’s even having a nervous breakdown. “I’ve been drinking a lot because I’m heartbroken,” Arquette told Howard Stern during another visit to the host’s radio show. “It’s really a personal, traumatic thing. Everyone is worried and concerned about me.” Arquette added that he’s started seeing a psychiatrist every week. METRO
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’Tis the season for festive drinks. But what should you have in your liquor cabinet? Our expert breaks down the essentials that are sure to impress you guests
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to the mix. Liqueurs are always a treat this time of year either on their own, combined in a mixed drink or added to coffee. Unless you’re going to go all Tom Cruise with your cocktail selection, you actually won’t need much more than the big three: Grand Marnier (cognac and orange), Kahlúa (rum and coffee) and Baileys (Irish whiskey and cream). When it comes to beer, keep things simple by offering a mainstream, lagerstyle brew from Canada along with one of the many light beers that are available.
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duced in the same countries. Don’t spend a bundle on a bottle. As a general rule, the more you spend, the fuller and richer the wine will be. You want to keep things balanced so reach for a mid-priced wine. Consider larger format sizes as well. Not only are most a blend of a number of grape varieties (which equals better balance), they keep much longer than wine from a standard sized bottle. The average “bag-inbox” wine will stay fresh for more than a month and be drinkable well into the New Year.
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The Flames scored three goals in a 57-second span Thursday to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 in Dion Phaneuf’s return to Calgary. Alex Kotalik, with his first of the season, Alex Tanguay, Olli Jokinen, Rene Bourque and Niklas Hagman scored for the hosts. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 17 shots for the win. Jokinen had a threepoint night with a pair of assists. Nikolai Kulemin and Mikhail Grabovski replied for the Leafs (12-15-4). JeanSebastien Giguere gave up four goals on 24 shots and was replaced after two periods by Jonas Gustavsson, who made eight saves in the third. Phaneuf, the Maple Leafs captain, played his first game at the Scotiabank Saddledome since the Flames traded him to Toronto in a multi-player deal Jan. 31. Phaneuf’s return coupled with the Leafs’ only visit of the season led to a hyped build-up. There were dozens of Maple Leaf jerseys in the Saddledome and they started chanting
“Go Leafs Go” before the players stepped on the ice for warmup. There wasn’t much to get excited about until the Flames exploded for three goals in 57 seconds starting at 15:17 of the second period. Tanguay, Jokinen and Bourque scored in succession to spot the hosts a 4-1 lead heading into the third. Phaneuf was greeted by jeers and a few cheers when he touched the puck on his opening shifts, but it was a strangely quiet game from a player known for his punishing checks and laser shots from the point. The 25-year-old attended his grandmother’s funeral in P.E.I. on Wednesday and arrived in Calgary later that night. Phaneuf tripped Jarome Iginla on a breakaway with less than two minutes left in the game but Gustavsson stopped the Flames captain on the ensuing penalty shot. Calgary’s weak power play that was ranked 24th in the league sprang to life with two goals on three opportunities. The Flames chased the opposition’s starting goalie for the second straight game. Columbus Blue Jackets netminder Steve Mason was replaced in the first period Monday after giving up two early goals. Calgary hosts Minnesota on Saturday before heading out on a three-game road trip against the Wild, Blue Jackets and Dallas Stars.
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IT WASN’T JUST THE PROS WHO AMAZED IN 2010
cross the way, sounds emanated from the space-age-looking Water Cube. Inside, children frolicked in a splash pool and on water slides. At the two most spectacular venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics, the exploits of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt were a distant memory. The whole place has been turned into an amusement park. Back in Canada, less than a year removed from the home Olympics, the athletic achievers of 2010 are celebrated. Baseball slugger Joey Votto is the Lou Marsh Trophy winner as Canada’s athlete of the year. He is an excellent choice. From a small minority of Canadians, Votto excelled to become a most valuable performer in America’s pastime. The most celebrated team of 2010 is the Canadian men’s hockey squad that captured Olympic gold in overtime against the United States, courtesy of the sublime Sidney Crosby. It’s not hard to figure out why. Canadians love hockey and this team gave the country a most coveted prize. But, in an Olympic season and knowing that the
A recent trip to the Olympic Green in Beijing was unsettling. The magnificent Bird’s Nest had its track covered with man-made snow and became a kid’s winter wonderland.
Man City moves on Manchester City qualified from Europa League Group A in first place after Jo scored a 77th-minute equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Juventus Thursday. Niccolo Giannetti’s goal just before halftime had given Juventus the lead. Manchester City and Lech Poznan both finished with 11 points, but City took top spot on goal difference. Juventus was already out of contention and drew all its games to finish third with six points. FC Salzburg finished fourth with two points. “I am very happy because we wanted this and it was very important to finish top of the group,” Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini said. “We have a chance to go all the way, but it is important to have a good draw for the next round and after that we will see.” In the second minute Jo came close to scoring after Micah Richards whipped the ball across the face of the goal. Juventus defender Mohamed Sissoko forced goalkeeper Alex Manninger into a sharp save after his attempt to chest the ball back to the Austrian went wrong. Alessandro Del Piero set up Giannetti for the opener
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Other results Defending champion Atletico Madrid crashed out of the Europa League at the first hurdle Thursday as Aris, Lille and Anderlecht filled the final three spots in the knockout round. Lille beat Ghent 3-0 to progress, while Anderlecht beat Hajduk Split 2-0 to overhaul AEK Athens in Group G. AEK lost 3-0 to visiting Zenit St. Petersburg.
with a low cross that the young striker clipped past Shay Given in the City goal. City hit back after the break. Milos Krasic forced Given into an athletic save in the 56th and Juventus defender Nicola Legrottaglie twice came close from a corner. City equalized when Johnson played the ball into Jo in the penalty area. He spun and fired a low shot into the far corner of Manninger’s goal. “It was strange to concede the goal, but we played well, and for me this is important,” Mancini said. “I did not expect to play against such a strong Juventus team.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Games come to this nation once every 22 years, it would be folly to undervalue the other men and women who gave Canada so much to cheer about in Vancouver/Whistler. In selecting the best of 2010, the experts have reflected that Canadians are still preoccupied with mainstream, North American professional sport. Therefore, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who captured figure skating gold at both the Olympics and world championships, were an also-ran as best team. Gold medallist Christine Nesbitt dominated the sport of speedskating before and after the Olympics, but was seen by some as a disappointment because she didn’t win more medals in Vancouver. Many believe that if Canada had failed to win men’s hockey gold in Vancouver the whole Games would have been “an unmitigated disaster.” Sadly, this may be an accurate sentiment for many Canadians. The true Olympians like Joannie Rochette, Alex Bilodeau, Charles Hamelin, Jon Montgomery and the rest have been regarded as pleasant amusements during the 16 days of the Games — the creators of fleeting moments. What really matters on an ongoing basis is how Canadians fare in the arena of professional sport. We, as a country, would do well to keep the Olympics fresh in our memories and recall how important those athletes have become as symbols of an emerging nation.
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BASEBALL. Kerry Wood is returning to the Chicago Cubs, agreeing to a $1.5-million US, oneyear contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Wood pitched for the Cubs from 1998 to 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Mike Nagel shovels snow Thursday near one of the main gates as crews remove snow from TCF Stadium. RICHARD SENNOTT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Outdoor game in Minnesota has NFL’s OK
The executive vice-president of the NFL stood at the edge of snowy TCF Bank Stadium Thursday and said it will be the site of Monday night’s Vikings-Bears game despite players’ concerns about being injured on the frozen field. “We are planning on playing here,” NFL VP Eric Grubman said as dozens of workers worked nearby to clear snow and ice from the outdoor facility.
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Away 8-3-1-0 7-7-0-1 7-5-1-1 8-7-1-0 9-6-3-0 6-8-2-1 8-7-2-0 6-9-0-0 5-8-2-1 8-5-2-1 8-5-2-0 8-5-2-1 5-9-1-2 6-6-1-1 6-6-1-2
Last 10 6-3-1-0 6-2-1-1 6-3-1-0 7-1-1-1 5-2-3-0 6-3-0-1 5-4-0-1 4-5-1-0 3-5-1-1 4-4-0-2 3-5-1-1 5-4-1-0 5-4-0-1 4-4-1-1 6-3-0-1
Strk W1 L1 W2 W4 W4 L1 W1 L1 W1 L2 L3 L3 W2 L2 W1
WESTERN CONFERENCE d-Detroit d-Dallas d-Vancouver Nashville Colorado Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles St. Louis Phoenix Columbus Chicago Calgary Minnesota Edmonton
GP 30 31 29 30 31 35 32 29 30 30 31 33 32 30 31
W 20 18 17 16 17 17 16 17 15 14 16 16 14 13 12
L OTL SL GF GA Pts 7 2 1 101 80 43 10 1 2 89 86 39 8 2 2 94 76 38 8 4 2 79 72 38 10 4 0 112 98 38 14 2 2 91 102 38 11 4 1 96 93 37 11 1 0 82 71 35 10 2 3 80 84 35 9 4 3 84 84 35 12 2 1 81 88 35 14 2 1 104 100 35 15 1 2 89 93 31 13 1 3 72 89 30 14 1 4 84 108 29
d — division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column. Last night’s results N.Y. Islanders 3 Anaheim 2 N.Y. Rangers 4 Phoenix 3 (SO) Carolina 3 Atlanta 2 (SO) Montreal 4 Boston 3 St. Louis 6 Los Angeles 4 Ottawa 3 Minnesota 1 San Jose 4 Dallas 3 (OT) Calgary 5 Toronto 2 Edmonton 6 Columbus 3 Wednesday’s results Vancouver 3 Columbus 2 (OT) Philadelphia 5 Montreal 3 Anaheim 2 Washington 1 (OT)
Buffalo 3 Boston 2 Carolina 4 Florida 3 Colorado 4 Chicago 3 Detroit 5 St. Louis 2 Nashville 3 San Jose 2 New Jersey 3 Phoenix 0 N.Y. Rangers 4 Pittsburgh 1 Tampa Bay 2 Atlanta 1 (SO) Tonight’s games (All times Eastern) Nashville at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Ottawa at Colorado, 9 p.m.
FLAMES 5, LEAFS 2
16:19 (pp) 5. Edmonton, Penner 10 (Omark, Paajarvi) 19:29 (pp) Penalties — Sestito Clb, Stortini Edm (fighting) 6:16, Cogliano Edm (holding) 11:56, Strudwick Edm (tripping) 15:25, Brassard Clb (holding) 18:20. Second Period 6. Edmonton, Eberle 9 (Whitney, Hall) 3:32 7. Edmonton, Paajarvi 4 (O’Marra, Omark) 14:23 8. Edmonton, Gagner 9 (Hall) 15:12 Penalties — Commodore Clb (interference) 10:09, Voracek Clb (roughing) 14:59, Peckham Edm (roughing) 14:59. Third Period 9. Columbus, Huselius 6 (Vermette) 18:53 Penalties — O’Marra Edm (boarding) 2:07, Klesla Clb (tripping) 8:40, Huselius Clb (tripping) 13:29. Shots
First Period 1. Toronto, Kulemin 10 (MacArthur, Beauchemin) 6:14 2. Calgary, Backlund 4 (Morrison) 7:11 Penalties — Aulie Tor (hooking) 13:03, Grabovski Tor (unsportsmanlike conduct-diving), Pardy Cal (tripping) 17:14. Second Period 3. Calgary, Tanguay 9 (Stajan, Iginla) 15:17 4. Calgary, Jokinen 5 (Babchuk, Hagman) 15:50 (pp) 5. Calgary, Bourque 13 (Jokinen) 16:14 Penalties — Calgary bench (too many men; served by Jokinen) 11:58, Grabovski Tor (tripping) 15:40. Third Period 6. Calgary, Hagman 8 (Jokinen, Giordano) 2:30 (pp) 7. Toronto, Grabovski 10 (Versteeg) 8:45 Penalty — Grabovski Tor (hooking) 2:18. Missed penalty shot — Iginla Cal, 18:29. Shots Toronto Calgary
4 7 9 15
8 9
19 33
Goal (shots-saves) — Toronto: Giguere (2420)(L,8-7-2), Gustavsson (start third)(9-8); Calgary: Kiprusoff (W,11-14-1). Power plays (goals-chances) — Toronto: 0-1; Calgary: 2-3. Att. — 19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.
OILERS 6, JACKETS 3
First Period 1. Edmonton, Omark 1 (Whitney) 3:58 2. Columbus, Huselius 4 (Klesla, Umberger) 5:32 3. Edmonton, Eberle 8 (Hall, Gagner) 11:25 4. Columbus, Huselius 5 (Umberger, Nash)
Columbus Edmonton
23 6 13 15
11 8
—40 —36
Goal (shots-saves) — Columbus: Mason (L,99-1)(28-22), Garon (start third) (8-8); Edmonton: Khabibulin (W,8-11-2)(40-37). Power plays (goals-chances) — Columbus: 1-3; Edmonton: 1-4. Att. — 16,839 (16,839) at Edmonton.
SCORING LEADERS Crosby, Pgh Stamkos, TB D.Sedin, Vcr Datsyuk, Det St. Louis, TB Perry, Ana
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G 26 24 16 11 11 16
A 28 20 21 26 26 20
PT 54 44 37 37 37 36
Not including last night’s games
d-Boston d-Miami d-Chicago Orlando Atlanta New York Indiana Milwaukee Philadelphia Charlotte Toronto Detroit Cleveland Washington New Jersey
W 20 19 16 16 16 16 11 10 10 9 9 8 7 6 6
L 4 8 8 9 10 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 17 19
Pct .833 .704 .667 .640 .615 .615 .458 .417 .400 .360 .346 .308 .280 .261 .240
WESTERN CONFERENCE d-San Antonio Dallas d-L.A. Lakers d-Oklahoma City d-Utah Denver New Orleans Phoenix Memphis Portland Houston Golden State Minnesota Sacramento L.A. Clippers
W 21 20 19 18 18 15 15 12 12 12 10 9 6 5 5
L 3 5 7 8 8 9 10 12 14 14 15 16 20 18 21
Pct .875 .800 .731 .692 .692 .625 .600 .500 .462 .462 .400 .360 .231 .217 .192
GB — 21/2 4 41/2 5 5 9 10 101/2 111/2 12 13 131/2 131/2 141/2
GB — 11/2 3 4 4 6 61/2 9 10 10 111/2 121/2 16 151/2 17
d-division leader Last night’s results New Jersey 97 Washington 89 Boston 102 Atlanta 90 San Antonio at Denver Wednesday’s results L.A. Lakers 109 Indiana 94 Boston 118 New York 116 Philadelphia 105 L.A. Clippers 91 Chicago 110 Toronto 93 Miami 101 Cleveland 95 Memphis 113 Charlotte 80 New Orleans 94 Sacramento 91 Oklahoma City 117 Houston 105 San Antonio 92 Milwaukee 90 Phoenix 128 Minnesota 122 Dallas 103 Portland 98 Tonight’s games (All times Eastern) Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. Miami at New York, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.
SCORING AVERAGE
G FG FT PTS Durant, OKC 22 198 176 606 Stoudemire, NYK 26 262 166 695 Bryant, LAL 26 237 180 695 Nowitzki, DAL 25 239 125 626 Ellis, GOL 25 236 101 610 Gordon, LAC 24 186 175 579 James, MIA 27 215 186 646 Rose, CHI 23 212 86 550 Anthony, DEN 22 182 143 521 Wade, MIA 26 212 170 614 Westbrook, OKC 26 203 191 606 Williams, UTA 26 197 160 597 Martin, HOU 25 159 195 569 Howard, ORL 23 174 146 494 Gay, MEM 26 211 89 547 Beasley, MIN 24 206 72 504 Bargnani, TOR 25 197 99 524 Granger, IND 23 166 94 477 Love, MIN 26 178 140 529 Griffin, LAC 26 205 117 527 Scola, HOU 25 206 94 506 Ginobili, SAN 24 151 125 485 Gasol, LAL 26 199 117 515 Richardson, PHX 24 178 53 471 Lopez, NJN 25 173 135 481 Felton, NYK 26 173 91 485 Not including last night’s games
TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Albers on a one-year contract. Sent INF-OF Eric Patterson to San Diego to complete an earlier trade. Signed LHP Rich Hill, LHP Andrew Miller, LHP Randy Williams, LHP Lenny DiNardo, RHP Clevelan Santeliz and RHP Ryan Harvey to minor league contracts. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with INF Adam Everett on a minor league contract. MINNESOTA TWINS—Acquired LHP Paul Bargas from Colorado for C Jose Morales. NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with C Russell Martin on a one-year contract. TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with OF Hirotoshi Onaka to a minor league contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with 1B-DH Edwin Encarnacion to a one-year contract.
NATIONAL LEAGUE CHICAGO CUBS—Promoted Dennis Lewallyn to minor league pitching coordinator and Tom Beyers to minor league hitting coordinator. Named Lee Tinsley outfield/baserunning coordinator; Bill Dancy manager of Iowa (PCL); Brian Harper manager, Marty Mason pitching coach and Mariano Duncan hitting coach for Tennessee (SL); Barbaro Garbey pitching coach and Peter Fagan trainer for Daytona (FSL); Jeff Fassero pitching coach, Ricardo Medina hitting coach and Aaron Larsen trainer for Peoria (MWL); Mark Johnson manager, David Rosario pitching coach, Desi Wilson hitting coach and Bob Grimes trainer for Boise (NWL); Frank Castillo pitching coach and Jason Dubois hitting coach for Mesa (Arizona). LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Guerrier on a three-year contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Named Joe Ferrone national crosschecker, Jim Rooney national pitching crosschecker for amateur scouting, Drew Anderson, Brendan Hause and Shawn Whalen area scouts and Pedro Hernandez, Juan Martinez and Reinaldo Hidalgo international scouts. WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Acquired RHP Henry Rodriguez and OF Corey Brown from Oakland for OF Josh Willingham.
FOOTBALL NFL
DETROIT LIONS—Signed CB Eric King. NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed WR Steve Smith on injured reserve. Signed TE Jake Ballard from the practice squad. Signed DB Ben Hannula to the practice squad.
HOCKEY NHL
AVG 27.5 26.7 26.7 25.0 24.4 24.1 23.9 23.9 23.7 23.6 23.3 23.0 22.8 21.5 21.0 21.0 21.0 20.7 20.3 20.3 20.2 20.2 19.8 19.6 19.2 18.7
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned F Jeremy Morin to Rockford (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned C Dustin Boyd to Hamilton (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Recalled F Steve Begin from Milwaukee (AHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled D Nikita Nikitin from Peoria (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned F Johan Harju to Norfolk (AHL). VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Called up LW Aaron Volpatti from Manitoba (AHL). Sent RW Jonas Andersson to Manitoba.
AHL
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Announced D Kyle Lawson was reassigned to the team from Florida (ECHL). MANITOBA MOOSE—Recalled D Yann Sauve from Victoria (ECHL). PEORIA RIVERMEN—Signed F Andrew Carroll and D Marc-Antoine Desnoyers.
SOCCER MLS
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Signed MF Erik Friberg.
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GP W D 6 3 2 6 3 2 6 0 6 6 0 2
L GF GA PTS 1 11 6 11 1 11 8 11 0 7 7 6 4 1 9 2
Yesterday’s results Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 0, Lech Poznan (Poland) 1 Juventus (Italy) 1, Manchester City (England) 1 GROUP B GP W D x-Bayer Leverkusen 6 3 3 x-Aris 6 3 1 Atletico Madrid 6 2 2 Rosenborg 6 1 0
L GF GA PTS 0 8 2 12 2 7 5 10 2 9 7 8 5 3 13 3
Yesterday’s results Aris (Greece) 2, Rosenborg (Norway) 0 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1, Atletico Madrid (Spain) 1 GROUP C x-Sporting Lisbon x-Lille Ghent Levski Sofia
GP W D 6 4 0 6 2 2 6 2 1 6 2 1
L GF GA PTS 2 14 6 12 2 8 6 8 3 8 13 7 3 6 11 7
Yesterday’s results Lille (France) 3, Ghent (Belgium) 0 Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 1, Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 0 GROUP D GP W D x-Villarreal 6 4 0 x-PAOK Thessaloniki 6 3 2 Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 1 FC Brugge 6 0 3
L GF GA PTS 2 8 5 12 1 5 3 11 3 4 5 7 3 4 8 3
GROUP E x-Dynamo Kiev x-BATE Borisov AZ Alkmaar Sheriff
GP W D 6 3 2 6 3 1 6 2 1 6 1 2
L GF GA PTS 1 10 6 11 2 11 11 10 3 8 10 7 3 5 7 5
GP W D 6 5 1 6 2 3 6 2 1 6 0 1
L GF GA PTS 0 18 3 16 1 12 12 9 3 7 11 7 5 5 16 1
GP W D 6 6 0 6 2 1 6 2 1 6 1 0
L GF GA PTS 0 18 6 18 3 8 8 7 3 9 13 7 5 5 13 3
GROUP F x-CSKA Moscow x-Sparta Prague Palermo Lausanne Sports
AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST x-New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo
Yesterday’s results Anderlecht (Belgium) 2, Hajduk Split (Croatia) 0 AEK Athens (Greece) 0, Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) 3 GROUP H x-Stuttgart x-Young Boys Getafe OB Odense
GP W D 6 5 0 6 3 0 6 2 1 6 1 1
L GF GA PTS 1 16 6 15 3 10 10 9 3 4 8 7 4 8 14 4
Yesterday’s results Stuttgart (Germany) 5, OB Odense (Denmark) 1 Getafe (Spain) 1, Young Boys (Switzerland) 0 GROUP I x-PSV Eindhoven x-Metalist Kharkiv Sampdoria Debreceni
GP W D 6 4 2 6 3 2 6 1 2 6 1 0
L GF GA PTS 0 10 3 14 1 9 4 11 3 4 7 5 5 4 13 3
Yesterday’s results Debreceni (Hungary) 2, Sampdoria (Italy) 0 PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 0 Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 0 GROUP J x-Paris Saint-G. x-Sevilla Borussia Dortmund Karpaty Lviv
GP W D 6 3 3 6 3 1 6 2 3 6 0 1
L GF GA PTS 0 9 4 12 2 10 7 10 1 10 7 9 5 4 15 1
GP W D 6 2 4 6 1 4 6 1 3 6 0 5
L GF GA PTS 0 8 3 10 1 8 9 7 2 9 11 6 1 5 7 5
GP W D 6 5 1 6 4 1 6 1 0 6 1 0
L GF GA PTS 0 14 4 16 1 9 6 13 5 5 12 3 5 4 10 3
GROUP K x-Liverpool x-Napoli Steaua Bucharest Utrecht
Pct .846 .692 .538 .231
PF 415 273 225 256
PA 276 242 244 339
Jacksonville Indianapolis Houston Tennessee
W 8 7 5 5
L 5 6 8 8
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .615 .538 .385 .385
PF 295 347 316 291
PA 331 318 355 265
W L 10 3 9 4 5 8 2 11
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .769 .692 .385 .154
PF PA 290 198 294 229 235 252 262 345
W L 8 5 8 6 6 7 3 10
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .615 .571 .462 .231
PF 295 388 314 269
PA 268 260 307 376
NORTH Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati
WEST Kansas City San Diego Oakland Denver
NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington Dallas
W 9 9 5 4
L 4 4 8 9
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .692 .692 .385 .308
PF 374 329 238 321
PA 308 250 310 366
W L 11 2 10 3 8 5 1 12
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .846 .769 .615 .077
PF 335 330 260 164
PA 243 240 267 338
W L 9 4 8 5 5 8 3 10
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .692 .615 .385 .231
PF 253 306 230 285
PA 228 189 274 309
W 6 6 5 4
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .462 .462 .357 .308
PF 245 261 250 243
PA 268 329 314 351
SOUTH Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay Carolina
NORTH Chicago Green Bay Minnesota Detroit
WEST St. Louis Seattle San Francisco Arizona
L 7 7 9 9
WEEK 15
Last night’s result San Diego 34 San Francisco 7 Sunday’s games (All times Eastern) Kansas City at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m. Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Arizona at Carolina, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Buffalo at Miami, 1 p.m. Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. Denver at Oakland, 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m. Green Bay at New England, 8:20 p.m. Monday’s game Chicago at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
FO OTBA LL NCAA All Times Eastern Tomorrow’s games
NEW MEXICO BOWL At Albuquerque, N.M. Texas-El Paso (6-6) vs. Brigham Young (6-6), 2 p.m.
HUMANITARIAN BOWL
GROUP L x-Porto x-Besiktas Rapid Vienna CSKA Sofia
T 0 0 0 0
SOUTH
GROUP G x-Zenit x-Anderlecht AEK Athens Hajduk Split
W L 11 2 9 4 7 6 3 10
At Boise, Idaho Northern Illinois (10-3) vs. Fresno State (8-4), 5:30 p.m.
NEW ORLEANS BOWL Ohio (8-4) vs. Troy (7-5), 9 p.m.
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