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Doctors forced to treat patients in coffee shop afterRoyal Columbian ER overwhelmed NDP accuses government of glazing over health-care system

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Patients hoping for an emergency bed atRoyal Columbian hospital suffered a muchcruller fate Monday evening.

Due to an unusual spike in emergencyroom activity, Fraser Health Authorityspokesperson David Plug says four patientshad to be treated inside the New Westmin-ster hospital’s Tim Hortons coffee shop forabout an hour and a half.

“It was one of the busiest periods we’vehad,” Plug said. “It was not an ideal situa-tion.”

The health authority says other areas ofthe hospital were available, but the coffeeshop was closed down, sanitized andturned into a temporary patient-treatmentcentre because of its proximity to theemergency room.

Plug insists patient care wasn’t compro-mised, but admits demand has far out-grown the hospital’s emergency room.

“Royal Columbian is one of the busiesthospitals in the province. We’re workingon the systematic issues, we do need morebeds,” he said.

Fraser Health is in early discussions withthe Ministry of Health regarding redevelop-ment of Royal Columbian.

NDP interim leader Dawn Black says theunusual situation is indicative of thehealth-care system as a whole.

“(It) shows the degree to which ourhealth care has declined under 10 years ofB.C. Liberals,” Black said, challenging pre-mier-designate Christy Clark to take action.

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news: vancouver 03metronews.caWEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2011

RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessenchoked back tears yester-day as he stood at a road-side memorial for twowomen killed in a hit-and-run and asked for witness-es to come forward.

A 37-year-old man isfacing a slew of chargesincluding drunk drivingcausing death after Char-lene Reaveley, 30, and Lor-raine Cruz, 26, were hitand killed on LougheedHighway on Feb. 19.

Reaveley had pulledover to help Cruz aftershe had been in an acci-dent.

“Investigators believethere are … witnesses toboth collisions who havenot yet spoken with po-lice, or who they need tospeak with further.”

RCMP are asking thedriver of a white 2008 Up-

lander minivan thatstopped at the scene ofthe first accident to comeforward, as well as driverswho witnessed the secondfatal crash.

“They may have wit-nessed a horrific event,”Thiessen said with a quiv-ering chin before pausingto regain composure.“(And) they may be hav-ing problems coming for-ward.”

A third group of wit-nesses who spoke to po-lice at the scene but didnot make statements arealso being asked to call in-vestigators.

Cops call for witnesses in ‘horrific’ hit-and-run

RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen — in Coquitlam yesterday — holds a photo of a white van like

the one driven by a witness to an accident on Lougheed Highway.

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Cory Sater, charged in the deathsof Charlene Reaveley and LorraineCruz, is expected in court tomorrow

PavCo CEO David Podmore speaks to media about the

proposed Edgewater Casino expansion yesterday in

Vancouver.

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Paragon confident of casino plansThe company behind theproposed Edgewater Casi-no expansion near B.C.Place isn’t thinking aboutPlan B.

During a lengthy pressconference about theplanned mega-casino andhotel development yester-day, Paragon Gaming presi-dent Scott Menke insistedthe current proposal is agood fit. He refused to spec-ulate what would happen ifcouncil rejects plans for the$500-million project.

“We will work with thecity but believe we havestrong documentation toshow the need for the pro-posal that we put forward,”Menke said.

“We think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunityand we’re very seriousabout it.”

PavCo and the B.C. Lot-tery Corporation were alsorepresented at the briefing.

PavCo’s David Podmoresaid lease payments fromParagon would help it pay

back their share of renova-tion costs at the stadiumand that it would be forcedback to the drawing boardif council rejects the plans.

“I suppose if, in the wis-dom of council, this wasn’tapproved, PavCo wouldhave to reassess what itwould do with the develop-ment opportunity,” Pod-more said.

“We’d probably go outwith other proposals atsome point.”

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The LIVE at Squamish fes-tival is moving a weekearlier into summer, or-ganizers of the popularmusic festival announcedyesterday.

LIVE, which launchedon the Labour Day longweekend last year withperformances by bandslike DEVO and You SayParty, will be held Aug. 20and 21 at Squamish’s Log-ger Sports Grounds.

The move aims to cap-

ture August’s betterweather and move the fes-tival away from the dis-tractions of the longweekend, said Paul Run-nals, executive producerof the event.

“We’re not a first-yearfestival anymore,” Run-nals said.

“There’s a lot of excite-ment in the industry thathas been building formonths. It translates intomore buzz, more tickets

and more people on site.”The musical lineup will

be announced in earlyApril. Tickets will go onsale around the secondweek of August, althoughearly-bird tickets will beannounced earlier on thefestival’s mailing list.

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Festival announces August dates

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Correction:More than 28,000 vote for ClarkCORRECTION. The 4,420votes listed in a Metro col-umn on Mondayrepresented the weightedpoints in Saturday’s B.C.Liberal leadership contest,not the actual number ofB.C. Liberal members who

voted for premier-designate Christy Clark.On the third ballot,28,411 Liberal membersvoted for Clark, versus26,119 who voted for run-ner-up Kevin Falcon.

New laws?The province says it’s con-sidering changes to itsnew drunk driving laws,allowing drivers tochallenge roadsidesuspensions, CKNWreports.

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Kicking things off with acrash, Mayor DianneWatts tore down a wallyesterday to mark thestart of construction onSurrey’s new city hall andcommunity plaza — thelatest in a string of munic-ipal developments.

The city’s population isclose to 500,000 and is ex-pected to increase bynearly 50 per cent overthe next two decades.Watts said that it’s timefor Surrey to “start think-ing like a big city,” tout-ing world-class facilitiesand economic-growthstrategies.

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is part of the Build Surreyrevitalization program,the biggest public worksventure in its history.

“It’s really importantthat we build the down-town core,” said Watts,who feels that a thrivingcentre will send a strongmessage to potential in-vestors.

The city hall’s green de-sign strategy has achievedLEED gold certification.

The project will go upin the revamped SurreyCity Centre, adjacent tothe SkyTrain station andSFU’s Surrey campus.

Among other Build Sur-rey construction projects,which are at variousstages of completion, isan expansion to SurreyMemorial Hospital.

City hall next phaseof Whalley facelift

New regional library also under construction in city of close to 500,000

Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts gets to work on the new city

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Ramping up relief in Libya

The Canadian navy is sending the HMCS Charlottetown,

pictured above, to the waters off Libya, adding to the

international military buildup in the region.

Canada will send a war-ship to Libya, adding tothe international militarybuildup in the region,Prime Minister StephenHarper said yesterday.

The Halifax-basedfrigate, HMCS Charlotte-town, is expected to con-duct as-yet-undefinedhumanitarian relief oper-ations in conjunctionwith an American carrierbattle group led by thenuclear-powered USS En-terprise.

Harper said the war-ship departs today.

“Our government’s pri-ority remains the safeevacuation of Canadiansfrom Libya,” said Jay Pax-ton, a spokesman for De-fence Minister PeterMacKay.

News of the short-no-tice deployment came onthe same day as a Canadi-an military Herculestransport, en route topick up oil workers, wasturned back from Libya.

The British have usedone of their frigates toevacuate its citizens from

the port city of Benghazi.A spokesman for the

Ottawa-based overseasheadquarters confirmedan air force C-130J Her-cules was waved off itsmission yesterday abouthalf way between Maltaand the troubled northAfrican nation.

The transport washeaded into Tripoli.

The reason for the de-nial was due to a shortageof ramp space at TripoliInternational Airport, saidMaj. Andre Salloum,spokesman for CanadianForces ExpeditionaryCommand.

It’s the latest in a stringof setbacks for the Cana-dian evacuation effort.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Canada’s military aircraft have madetrips into Libya to deliver supplies andrescue Canadian and other citizens

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Gadhafi has already lostcontrol of the eastern halfof the country. He stillholds the capital, Tripoli,

and other nearby cities.An exact death toll hasbeen difficult to obtain inthe chaos, but a medicalcommittee in Benghazisaid at least 228 peoplehad been killed, including30 unidentified bodies,and 1,932 injured.UN Secretary General BanKi-moon has cited reportsthat perhaps 1,000 havedied amid the uprising andthe government’s violentcrackdown.

The battle over whetherbroadcasters have the rightto charge cable and satel-lite providers for carryingtheir programs is headedto the Supreme Court.

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Since the value-for-signal debate began, majornetworks such as CTV andGlobal have been pur-chased by the very distrib-utors they were fighting.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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JESSE READ/CONTRIBUTEDMetro Minute withFirebird 2011Vancouver’s Turning PointEnsemble presents Firebird2011, beginning tonight atthe historic theatre at TheCultch (1895 Venables St.).

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Where is the legislation? The government of the

day, through the ministerof Veterans Affairs hasmade several announce-ments and promises onBill C-55 (new veteranscharter), which has re-ceived first reading in theHouse of Commons buthas not progressed to thecommittee level. Similarannouncements andpromises have been madeon Bill 480 by the ministerof finance (removal of GSTfrom poppies and wreathpurchases), for which nolegislation has yet beentabled.

As your readers know,the tabling and passage ofthese bills with royal as-

sent will not be possibleshould the governmentdecide to call an election.The Royal Canadian Le-gion has written to bothministers on the mattersof legislative procedureand has received assur-ances that these mattersare being looked into.

These bills may die onthe order paper, however,if an election is called.

This would leave Canada’sdisabled veterans, theirfamilies and The RoyalCanadian Legion withoutthe legislation they allneed.

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Which proves thatif you live longenough, you’llget to write atleast one totallymind-blowing

paragraph just like that one.But it’s all true. They had 190

patients in the ER, and because allthe broom closets were full, theymoved the table and chairs out ofthe café and moved the patientsand the gurneys in.

Hospital personnel got a littleconfused as the doughnut shopperformed double-double duty asan extension of the ER.

Nurses caughtthemselves tellingpatients to roll uptheir rims instead oftheir sleeves andwanted to know ifthat EKG was to go.“You want ittoasted?”

You want toknow what’s reallyhilarious? Thedoughnut shop isactually part of thehospital’s officialoverflow plan. Somepoor sap was forcedto stand in front of the TVcameras and actually maintainthey would do it again the nexttime they have 190 patients at

once.Yeah, right. Which is it? A cleverly designed

PR move to shame the provinceinto forking overmore money to thehospital, a sneakyplot to introduceprivate (franchise,no less) healthcare, a new way forER personnel to gettheir coffee breakson a busy night ora complete break-down of the Cana-dian health-caresystem.

If you ticked Allof the Above,you’re probably

right. Have a Timbit. Have anotherone.

I’m sorry, but a doughnut shopis a great place to get a cup of cof-

fee and one (maybe two) of thosetasty walnut-crunch numbers. It’snot a great place to find out if youhave a broken leg or the chickenpox. It’s not on the menu.

It’s also unfortunate for U.S.President Barack Obama, who’strying to convince his fellowAmericans to make the U.S.system more like Canada’s. I’mnot sure what Rush Limbaugh willmake of the spectacle of treatingER patients at Dunkin’ Donuts,but, by the looks of him, he’s atleast familiar with the product.

Of course, it’s not all bad.Where else can you get a BP/bloodwork combo with extra-large cof-fee? And it comes with a choiceof biscuit or English muffin.

Two of our nation’s mostprominent icons cametogether in a Vancouversuburb Monday, asoverflow patients at theRoyal Columbian Hospitalwere treated at thehospital’s Tim Hortonsdoughnut shop.

“It’s also

unfortunate for

U.S. President

Barack Obama,

who’s trying to

convince his

fellow Americans

to make the U.S.

system more like

Canada’s.”

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Canadian auto sales fell4.2 per cent in Februaryand many of the automak-ers blamed high gasprices for breaking a 14-month string of recover-ing performance in theindustry.

Weak February sales re-ported yesterday pushedyear-to-date sales down by0.7 per cent.

However, Ford MotorCo. of Canada reclaimedits status as the country’stop-selling automakereven as its February salesslid 10 per cent comparedwith the record-breakingresults it logged a yearago.

February sales werelower than expected, re-

flecting higher gas pricesand flat consumer confi-dence, said David Mon-dragon, president andCEO of Ford of Canada.

Ford sold 16,081 vehi-cles last month, downfrom 17,920 last February.But sales so far this yearhave improved to 30,405from 29,473 in the open-ing months of 2010, pro-

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The company takes thespot from General MotorsCanada, which reportedFebruary sales of its corebrands were down 5.7 percent to 12,285, less thanhalf of Ford’s sales for themonth.

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The daughter offormer Alaskagovernor SarahPalin, BristolPalin, has signedwith WilliamMorrow to pub-lish the bookNot Afraid ofLife, to come outthis summer. Itwill look at herlife growing upin Alaska andcoming of ageamid the mediaand politicalfrenzy surround-ing her mother’spolitical rise.THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Chemistry between Damon and Blunt shines through in latest movie

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recall a moment in theirown lives when fateseemed to intervene.

“I think Emily’s chanceto work with me must’vebeen one of those mo-ments,” Damon crackswithout missing a beat.

Blunt sarcastically ad-mits he’s right and goes onto explain that getting intoher second choice univer-sity was what effectivelygave her the career she hastoday.

Damon counters byadding that if he had cho-sen to star in Werner Her-zog’s Rescue Dawn ratherthan the Farrelly Brothers’Stuck on You, he never

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It’s obvious that the co-stars have a camaraderiethat easily translated toBureau, in which theircharacters meet by chanceand share an instant at-traction.

The mysterious titularbureau claims that the twocannot be together for rea-sons they cannot explain.

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Commentsget Gallianofired by DiorJohn Galliano has beenfired by Christian Dior, fol-lowing yet further allega-tions of anti-semiticremarks made by the flam-boyant designer, whiledrinking in the Marais dis-trict of Paris.

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Party days I was very comfortable in my bubble.We had incrediblemanagement that kept the music industry at bay.It allowed myself and the other two to createthose records like Edge of Twilight andTransmission. For a Cana-dian rock band to be that exotic was unheardof, but we still became ahousehold name. It wasweird, but a testament tothe Canadian rock

audience in its ability toaccept different things.The Tragically Hip had itsplace. The Tea Party hadits place. Our Lady Peacehad its place.

When I had to leavethe band and learn every-thing on my own it wasdefinitely a case of matur-ing in some ways and be-ing accountable to myown self.

We fast forward to thepresent. As far as myheadspace and soul spaceis concerned, I don’tthink I’ve ever been hap-pier.”

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Taking a ride on azip line in The RockI stood on the platform star-ing across Canada’s highestzip line — a cable strung 85metres over a plunginggorge at Marble Mountain,one of the best kept secretsin western Newfoundland.

“Have fun!” the guideurged me as I shook withfear but stepped from theedge, my feet suddenly dan-gling free over the vastchasm below.

I was secured to thedown-sloping cable by twopulleys with cords attachedto a harness with strapsaround my waist, legs,shoulders and chest.

Through my helmet Icould barely hear the otherzip liners cheering me onas I laughed like a kid on arollercoaster. A spectacularview of the Humber Valley,cut through the foothills ofthe Appalachian MountainRange — the same peaksthat extend into Georgia —flashed past.

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But if hurtling over adeep void isn’t quite yourspeed, Marble Mountain isalso a winter wonderlandfeaturing world-class skiingand snowboarding.

World-class skiing onThe Rock? It’s a fact so littleknown that lineups forchairlifts with names like“Newfie Bullet” are as-toundingly short. Theyhead up to 37 trails rangingfrom leisurely runs to dou-ble-black-diamond verticaldrops of up to 519 metres.

And of course there’slots of typical Newfound-land humour. One run iscalled Blow Me Down, or asit’s also simply referred to,OMJ, or Oh My Jesus.

Marble Mountain is geo-graphically blessed with aclimate that is typically oneof the snowiest in Canada.But when the peaks werestill bare in early January,panicked locals organized asnow dance. The region hasbeen blasted with abouttwo metres of powder eversince, creating some of thebest skiing and snowboard-ing conditions in recentmemory.

It’s Alli Johnston’s job toget the marketing word outabout Marble Mountain.Visitors from St. John’s,N.L., flock to the resort,along with increasing num-bers of tourists from On-tario and Europe, she said.

Still, she hears from peo-ple time and again thatthey never expected to finda resort like Marble Moun-tain on The Rock.

“It is something that weare trying to change - butnot too much,” she said

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This duality tricklesdown rather deliciously tothe food. Those skyscrap-ers attract restaurantsboasting top chefs withambition to match thecity’s, and the lanes are ablur with steam from athousand mom-and-popkitchens. So you can eat for$5 a day or $50.

The dishes here areslightly sweeter than mostChinese cuisine. A key in-gredient is sugar, nothingmore complicated thanthat. Shanghaining are ob-sessed with freshness —even the supermarkets car-

ry live fish, turtles, snakes— so local delicacies varyby the season. In winter,migrant workers push coalstoves roasting corn andsweet potatoes, and win-dows fog up from hotpotsof boiling broth for dip-ping meat and veggies in.On summer nights, sweatyclubbers squat on pave-ment stools chewing onskewers of squid and pork.And in September hairycrabs appear, scaling theiraquariums with fuzzyclaws.

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Flash restaurants get aspot on the river Bund, theold British enclave of ArtDeco riverfront manors:the Whampoa Club is no-table for its modern takeon local specialities andsumptuous gilded decor.

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This recipefor “Fried”Haddockwith RedThai CurryMayo, adapt-

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Making the fishcouldn’t be simpler. Justwhisk eggs, mayo andmustard in one shallowbowl, and fill a secondwith panko breadcrumbs.

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and panko, then bakethem on a sheet.

Adding the gentle yetcomplex spicy heat of redcurry paste is also made re-ally easy. Whip it into themayonnaise, then slatherthat on a bun, add the fishand call it a day.

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Ingredients:• 2 eggs• 1 tsp (5 mL) Dijon mustard• 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) pankobreadcrumbs• 1 lb (500 g) haddockfillets, divided into 4 pieces• Salt and ground blackpepper• 1/4 cup (50 mL) light may-onnaise• 1 tbsp (15 mL) Thai redcurry paste• 8 large Boston or bibb let-tuce leaves• 4 hamburger buns

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2 Season haddock withsalt and pepper. Dredgeeach piece of haddock inthe egg mix, letting ex-cess drip off then coat inbreadcrumbs on bothsides. Arrange fillets ongreased baking sheet.Bake in 400 F (200 C)oven for about 10 min-utes or until fish flakes.

3 Meanwhile, in smallbowl, whisk togethermayonnaise and currypaste. Divide mixtureover the bottom half ofeach bun, then top eachwith 2 lettuce leaves. Sethaddock over lettuceand serve immediately.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.EMILY RICHARDS IS A PROFES-SIONAL HOME ECONOMIST,COOK BOOK AUTHOR AND A TVCELEBRITY CHEF. FOR MORE,EMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA.

French restaurantsmiss the top spotThe arbiter of fine cuisine,the Michelin Red Guide,has added more than 50restaurants to its annuallisting of premier eateriesin France but none got itstop grade.

For the first time innearly a generation, theanonymous inspectorscouldn’t find any newcom-ers for its ultra-elite list ofthree-star restaurants inFrance, whose ranks actu-ally shrank by one to 25.

Michelin said that re-flected diners’ ongoingshift to favouring morevalue-oriented eating overthe white tablecloths thatpredominate in the three-star dining world.

The one chef who losthis perch at the top wasMichel Trama, whoseeponymous restaurant insouthwest France featuresfoie gras hamburger andfoie gras lollipops, fell

from three stars to two.The 111-year-old guide-

book elevated 51 restau-rants to either one- ortwo-star rankings, includ-ing a second star for Japan-ese chef Shinichi Sato atParis’ Passage 53.

Overall, 46 restaurantsjoined the one-star catego-ry for a total of 470, andfive got two stars for a to-tal of 76.

One trend that emergedin this year’s guide “is theproliferation in the Parisrestaurant scene of goodvalue bistros, chefs whoare trained in three-starrestaurants that leave toopen better value bistrosoffering food that peoplecan afford,” said Meg Zim-beck, a Paris-based criticand editor of the Paris byMouth website.

The nearly 2,000 pageguidebook goes on saleThursday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Getting dressed for a jobinterview?

Start by “putting your-self in the shoes of an em-ployer and think whatthey would want to hear,”says Laura DeCarlo, an in-terview coach.

Leenie Glickman, a ca-reer counselor fromBoston, adds, “thinkabout what they wouldwant to hire.

“Prepare by writingdown what traits andskills they would be look-ing for. Then it’s almost ir-relevant what they askyou because you alreadyknow what you want totell them.”

A command of the con-versation puts your inter-viewers at ease, which youwant to do during an in-terview.

“As a job seeker, yes,you have a lot of fear, butin reality, it’s just dress re-

hearsal,” she continues.“If you get it wrong, youcan always keep applying,keep learning. But an em-ployer has a whole lot atrisk when they’re inter-viewing job seekers. Theycan be very insecure.”

They can also be dis-mally unprepared, she

adds.“There are a variety of

unprepared interviewtypes,” she says. “Theyrange from the leads-the-interview-astray-talking-about-wife-and-kidsinterviewer to the inter-viewer who is so shy andquiet that you’re going tohave a stilted interview ifyou’re not outgoing andpersonable.”

If you find yourselflocked in an inquisitionwith a manager like that,be ready to manage yourtalk time like a chess play-er slapping the clock,Glickman suggests.

Studies show a jobseek-er should speak about 20per cent of the time dur-ing their first round inter-view.

“The best interviewsare the ones where it’s in-teractive,” she notes.“They ask you a question,you give them the answer,you come back with aquestion. It feels conversa-tional.”

When attempting to land that dream job, it’s important to consider what the recruiter wants to hear

The best interviews will take on a natural, conversational tone, career experts say.

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It’s a 21st century given

that your job interviewer

is going to Google you –

and probably gawk at all

those Facebook photos

you left online. But the

web’s translucent curtain

goes both ways.

Take advantage!

“All these companies haveLinkedIn groups,”Glickman points out. “UseLinkedIn’s advance searchfunctions. Search for peo-ple who work at that com-pany and find out moreabout them.”

BOSS-BASHING

Can you openlycriticize your bosswithout fear ofimmediate dis-

missal? Here are tales ofthree employees who didthat and ended up payingfor it with their jobs.

Upset following an an-gry confrontation withher boss, Maria Van DerMeij wasn’t about to goquietly. Believing thather boss had acted im-properly during a meet-ing, Van Der Meij left theoffice and wrote to thecompany’s board of direc-tors, angrily criticizingher boss by accusing him

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of being a coward and lack-ing ethical standards.

The letter cost Van DerMeij both her job and hercase, as a court later foundthat by spitefully criticizingher boss, her immediatedismissal was justified.

Similarly, following anumber of poor perform-ance reviews, Yingyi Chenhad had enough of manage-ment’s disdain. Knowingthat the company was in aprecarious financial posi-tion, Chen wrote a letter toits shareholders widely ex-pressing his dissatisfactionwith how he felt the com-pany was being run.

In siding with the em-ployer, a court found thatChen had attempted to em-barrass both his managersand the board of directorsin the eyes of the compa-ny’s shareholders, and thatby doing so without a goodreason, his termination wassubsequently upheld.

Conversely, when DawnMarie Bennett became con-cerned with the way her

boss ran the small officewhere she worked, shecomplained. However, itwas to no avail.

When the issues mount-ed, Bennett delivered a let-ter to her boss accusing herof being dishonest and neg-ligent and suggesting thatshe was disorganized andincompetent. Bennett wasfired almost immediately.

Unlike the other two cas-es, here the court sidedwith the employee. Why?Because Bennett’s letter,while harshly worded, wasintended to be kept privateand not to embarrass herboss or the company.

In all three cases, thecourts accepted that em-ployees are generally enti-tled to criticize superiorswithout fear of immediatedismissal. However, some-times silence can be golden.While employees will oftenhave complaints that arereasonable or justified, themanner and tone in whichthey express them must al-ways remain professional.

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Social media sites have re-defined the process of get-ting into college. What youhave shared about yourselfonline can be more reveal-ing than SAT scores or anadmissions essay.

According to a Kaplansurvey, 88 per cent of ad-mission officers believed so-cial media was either“somewhat” or “very” im-portant to their future re-cruitment efforts.

“What you do now staysin the public domain forev-er. It’s easier to remove atattoo,” says Kenny Ossen,director of communicationsand broadcast media for So-cialShield, a service de-signed to inform parentsabout social media.

While students can’tchange who they are, theycan refine their image.

See below for some easytips.NEWS CANADA

Clean up that content

Universities and colleges are starting to look at social

media websites when deciding which students

they’d like to accept.

Hoping tostudyabroad?A one-day Study and GoAbroad Fair will be takingplace today in theParkview Terrace Room atthe Vancouver ConventionCentre at 999 CanadaPlacefrom 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Organized by Recruit inCanada, the fair willfeature exhibitors fromaround the world lookingto recruit Canadians forschool and work. It will al-so feature speaker Jean-Marc Hachey, author ofThe Big Guide to Livingand Working Overseas,who will lecture from 1p.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information,visit studyandgoabroad.com. METRO

Tech Tips:

If you wouldn’t send a pho-to to your grandmother orcollege admissions coun-sellor, don’t post it online.

Make sure all content is setto private. Anyone can getahold of information if youdon’t protect it.

Don’t friend professors,but do like or follow theirdepartment online to showthat you’re interested.

Be professional. Have anemail that is used only forcollege applications andprofessional matters. Yourpersonal email can tracesocial networking sites youbelong to.

Is that tennis elbow or a tu-mour? If you’re relying onthe Internet to make the di-agnosis, you may want tothink again. Doctors warnthat Internet self-diagnosiscould have dangerous con-sequences.

Surveys show that mostCanadian adults use the In-ternet to find health infor-mation, and doctors havenoticed some trust itenough that they don'teven consult a physician.

“The power and the perilthat we have right now,with particularly strongsearch engines, is you caninput a string of symptomsand most assuredly some-thing will pop out,” says Dr.Ross Upshur, a University ofToronto scientist and Cana-da Research Chair in pri-mary-care research.

Dr. Google: AnRx for trouble

Doctors warnof the perils ofself-educating onhealth matters

Search engines can givewacky advice. A Googlesearch for “diet” turns up afasting regime with lemon-concentrate pills exceedingCanada’s Food Guide. Andthe top results for “sorethroat” suggest it's a symp-tom of throat cancer orAIDS.

It turns into a problemwhen patients bring reamsof papers to a doctor’s officeexplaining why theirheadaches are caused bymeningitis. Doctors and in-ternational media call thoseweb-stoked fears “cyber-chondria.”

Upshur says he’s evenmore worried that somepeople don’t seek a doctor’sopinion after a Dr. Googlediagnosis. “I’ve got abun-dant anecdotal experience,”says Upshur, who meetswith 50 to 60 patients eachweek. “For example, a pa-tient with abdominal pain(who self-diagnosed) mildconstipation ... turned outto have gallstones.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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So the Canucks, in adding ChrisHiggins and Maxim Lapierre,did all they really should have intweaking a fourth line that hasat times been slow,inexperienced or not quite effec-

tive enough.Higgins, a Montreal first-rounder from

2002, once had the offensive upside of areliable two-way second-liner, but some-where along the way in the red, whiteand blue fishbowl he strayed from thatline and has become little more than adepth player who would now do well tohit 30 points, let alone 30 goals.

But in Vancouver, Higgins won’t haveto be a first-, second- or even third-lineplayer and will settle in nicely away fromthe spotlight. His speed and penalty-killing acumen are undeniable and willgo a long, long way for Vancouver whenthe wear and tear of the post-seasonbegins to tug. For a guy now on his fifthteam in four years — who missed out onMontreal’s playoff run from a year agoand has been stuck in Florida this season— motivation won’t be a hard sell.

While Higgins can be labelled as thebest deadline pickup by the Canucks,Lapierre certainly is the most interesting.

A teammate of Higgins’ from theirMontreal days, Lapierre is more knownfor his mouth and cheap, garbage hitsthan any other intangible he brings to the

ice. The thinking is his attitude took a vali-

um in Anaheim, where he had only ninepenalty minutes in 21 games, and that heis someone who ups his level of play inthe post-season (just look at last year’sshowing in Montreal).

The Canucks have managed to reel inAlex Burrows’ temper and make him intoa more effective player, and whileLapierre won’t ever be as productive asthe Canucks first-liner, if he can responsi-bly walk the line of agitator and aggressorit could gain Vancouver an extra powerplay or two.

But Lapierre also seems like the typewho could start to poison a good thing,and if that happens he won’t be on Cana-da’s West Coast long. Lapierre has thrownaround a number of cringe-worthy hitsfrom behind the past couple of years andif you remember how quickly Sean Averywas dismissed from Dallas after signingthere as a free agent in 2008, you’ll under-stand how Lapierre has to fall in line.

All in all, it was a great deadline day fora team that didn’t have to do much. Justlike in the summer when GM Mike Gillismade minor tweaks to the defence andthird line that improved the club in theexact areas that needed to be addressed,Canucks management has once againdone the smart, shrewd and calculatedthing.

CANUCKSTWEAKSSPOT-ON ATDEADLINEWhen you’re the best team in the NHL with anoffence and defence that ranks in the top two inthe league, you really don’t need to make anychanges at the trade deadline.

Opinion

RORYBOYLENTHE HOCKEY NEWS

Torres’ markerclinches victoryRaffi Torres scored thewinner in the eighthround of the shootout yes-terday to give the Vancou-ver Canucks breathingroom atop the NHL stand-ings with a 2-1 victoryover the Columbus BlueJackets.

Torres ended the sus-pense by skating in ongoalie Steve Mason and ri-fling a shot over his block-er.

Mason Raymond andAlex Burrows also beatMason on backhands ear-lier in the shootout.

Rick Nash and AntoineVermette prolonged theshootout for Columbus.

Raymond scored forVancouver in regulationwhile Scottie Upshalldrew Columbus even inthe second period.

The suddenly inconsis-tent Canucks boast theNHL’s best record, buthave only five wins intheir last 10 games.

Their 40-15-9 recordmoved Vancouver threepoints clear of Philadel-phia, the Eastern Confer-ence leaders. Vancouver

also has a five-point cush-ion over second-place De-troit in the West.

Philadelphia has twogames in hand on theCanucks while the RedWings have one.

The second straightloss dropped Columbus to31-24-7, but the point fora regulation tie enabledthe Jackets to continue aplayoff push that has seenthem win nine of 13games.

The teams were tied 1-1entering the third period,but the Canucks foundthemselves outplayed byColumbus.

Canuck goalie RobertoLuongo faced severalbreak-in attempts and fin-ished with 30 saves whileMason blocked 25 forColumbus.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Roberto Luongo stops the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Derek MacKenzie as he’s checked

by Dan Hamhuis last night.

Maxim Lapierre, obtained fromAnaheim, centred Vancouver’sfourth line, drew game’s first penalty

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Quoted

“The likelihoodof them leaving

is probablygreater than

them staying,but it’s not adone deal.”

SACRAMENTO MAYOR KEVINJOHNSON, A FORMER NBA

PLAYER, ON THE CHANCES OFTHE KINGS STAYING IN HIS

CITY. THE NBA GRANTED THETEAM AN EXTENSION

YESTERDAY TO FILE ANAPPLICATION FOR

RELOCATION NEXT SEASON.

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Last night’s resultsCalgary 6 St. Louis 0Montreal 3 Atlanta 1Edmonton 2Nashville 1 (SO)Vancouver 2 Columbus 1 (SO)Boston 1 Ottawa 0Buffalo 3 N.Y. Rangers 2Carolina 2 Florida 1Dallas 3 Phoenix 2San Jose 2 Colorado 1 (SO)Washington 2 N.Y. Islanders 1 (OT)

Monday’s resultsChicago 4Minnesota 2Detroit 7 Los Angeles 4Tonight’s gamesAll times EasternPittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Minnesota at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Calgary at Chicago, 9 p.m.Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-Boston 43 15 .741 —d-Miami 43 17 .717 1d-Chicago 41 17 .707 2Orlando 39 22 .639 51/2Atlanta 36 24 .600 8New York 30 28 .517 13Philadelphia 30 30 .500 14Indiana 27 32 .458 161/2Charlotte 26 33 .441 171/2Milwaukee 23 36 .390 201/2Detroit 22 40 .355 23New Jersey 17 43 .283 27Toronto 17 44 .279 271/2Washington 15 44 .254 281/2Cleveland 11 48 .186 321/2

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-San Antonio 49 11 .817 —Dallas 44 16 .733 5d-L.A. Lakers 43 19 .694 7d-Oklahoma City 36 22 .621 12Denver 35 26 .574 141/2New Orleans 35 27 .565 15Portland 33 27 .550 16Memphis 34 28 .548 16Phoenix 31 27 .534 17Utah 32 29 .525 171/2Houston 31 31 .500 19Golden State 26 33 .441 221/2L.A. Clippers 21 40 .344 281/2Sacramento 15 43 .259 33Minnesota 14 47 .230 351/2

EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Philadelphia 62 40 16 3 3 203 159 86 20-8-1-2 20-8-2-1 6-3-1-0 L1d-TampaBay 62 37 18 3 4 191 190 81 21-7-1-3 16-11-2-1 5-3-0-2 W3d-Boston 63 37 19 2 5 195 148 81 15-12-1-2 22-7-1-3 6-4-0-0 W6Pittsburgh 64 37 21 3 3 187 159 80 20-11-2-0 17-10-1-3 3-5-1-1 W1Washington 64 34 20 5 5 170 162 78 18-8-2-5 16-12-3-0 5-5-0-0 W2Montreal 64 34 23 4 3 168 165 75 20-8-3-3 14-15-1-0 4-4-0-2 W2NYRangers 65 33 28 2 2 181 160 70 14-16-1-2 19-12-1-0 4-6-0-0 L2Carolina 64 30 25 4 5 186 194 69 17-10-1-2 13-15-3-3 4-4-1-1 W1Buffalo 62 30 25 6 1 179 179 67 14-15-2-1 16-10-4-0 5-3-1-1 W1Toronto 63 27 27 4 5 164 193 63 14-11-3-4 13-16-1-1 5-1-2-2 L2Atlanta 64 26 27 4 7 179 208 63 14-13-1-5 12-14-3-2 2-6-1-1 L1Florida 63 26 30 3 4 160 173 59 12-12-3-3 14-18-0-1 3-6-1-0 L2NewJersey 62 27 31 3 1 132 164 58 13-13-2-1 14-18-0-1 9-1-0-0 W1NY Islanders 64 23 32 5 4 173 206 55 12-15-1-3 11-17-4-1 5-3-2-0 L4Ottawa 63 21 33 5 4 143 201 51 11-17-2-3 10-16-3-1 4-5-0-1 L1

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Vancouver 64 40 15 4 5 210 151 89 23-6-1-4 17-9-3-1 5-5-0-0 W1d-Detroit 63 39 18 4 2 213 183 84 17-10-3-1 22-8-1-1 7-3-0-0 W2d-San Jose 64 37 21 4 2 180 163 80 16-10-2-1 21-11-2-1 9-1-0-0 W7Phoenix 65 33 22 6 4 186 189 76 15-11-3-2 18-11-3-2 6-3-0-1 L4Calgary 65 33 23 3 6 196 182 75 19-10-1-3 14-13-2-3 6-2-1-1 W2LosAngeles 63 35 24 2 2 178 156 74 19-10-1-0 16-14-1-2 6-2-1-1 L1Chicago 63 34 23 2 4 202 174 74 19-14-0-0 15-9-3-3 7-1-0-2 W5Dallas 63 34 23 2 4 174 177 74 18-9-2-3 16-14-0-1 4-5-1-0 W3Nashville 64 32 23 5 4 162 153 73 15-7-4-3 17-16-1-1 4-4-1-1 L1Minnesota 63 33 24 1 5 165 166 72 16-13-0-3 17-11-1-2 5-4-0-1 L1Anaheim 63 33 25 3 2 176 186 71 18-10-1-1 15-15-2-1 5-4-1-0 W1Columbus 62 31 24 3 4 171 183 69 16-13-0-2 15-11-3-2 5-3-0-2 L2St. Louis 63 28 26 4 5 173 186 65 18-11-1-3 10-15-3-2 4-6-0-0 L2Colorado 64 26 30 7 1 184 219 60 14-15-4-0 12-15-3-1 1-7-1-1 L4Edmonton 64 21 35 1 7 160 212 50 11-19-1-3 10-16-1-3 5-5-0-0 W1

d—division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.

WTAMONTERREYOPENAt Monterrey, MexicoYesterday’s resultsSingles — First RoundKsenia Pervak, Russia, def. Julia Goerges (4),Germany, 6-1, 7-5.Anastasija Sevastova (5), Latvia, def. LauraPous-Tio, Spain, 6-2, 6-4.Sara Errani (6), Italy, def. Johanna Larsson,Sweden, 6-2, 6-4.Aleksandra Wozniak, Blainville, Que., def.XimenaHermoso,Mexico, 6-2, 6-0.

WTAMALAYSIANOPENAt Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSingles— First RoundYesterday’s resultsMarion Bartoli (2), France, def.Maria ElenaCamerin, Italy, 6-0, 6-1.Alisa Kleybanova (3), Russia, def. Lu Jing-Jing, China, 6-1, 6-1.Jarmila Groth (4), Australia, def. Sun Sheng-nan, China, 7-6 (2), 6-3.Anne Kremer, Luxembourg, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm (7), Japan, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5).Bojana Jovanovski (8), Serbia, def. TamarineTanasugarn, Thailand, 6-0, 6-1.

TENNIS

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WORLD CUPGROUPA

MP W T L PtAustralia 2 2 0 0 4Pakistan 2 2 0 0 4Sri Lanka 3 2 0 1 4NewZealand 2 1 0 1 2Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 2Canada 2 0 0 2 0Kenya 3 0 0 3 0GROUPB

MP W T L PtEngland 2 1 1 0 3India 2 1 1 0 3South Africa 1 1 0 0 2Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 2West Indies 2 1 0 1 2Ireland 1 0 0 1 0Netherlands 2 0 0 2 0Yesterday’s resultAt Colombo, Sri LankaSri Lanka (146 for one) def. Kenya (142, allout) by ninewickets.Monday’s resultsAt New DelhiWest Indies (330-8) def. Netherlands (115, allout) by 215 runs.At Nagpur, IndiaZimbabwe (298 for nine) def. Canada (123, allout) by 175 runs.Today’s matchAt Bangalore, IndiaEngland vs. Ireland

NLLEAST DIVISION

GP W L Pct. GF GA GBToronto 10 8 2 .800 117 91 —Boston 9 6 3 .667 99 81 11/2Buffalo 7 4 3 .571 78 67 21/2Rochester 9 5 4 .556 85 96 21/2Philadelphia 9 4 5 .444 82 97 31/2

WEST DIVISIONGP W L Pct. GF GA GB

Calgary 8 5 3 .625 91 89 —Minnesota 8 4 4 .500 80 74 1Washington 9 4 5 .444 115 108 11/2Edmonton 9 2 7 .222 93 110 31/2Colorado 8 1 7 .125 70 94 4WEEKNINEAll times EasternFriday’s gamesPhiladelphia at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m.Saturday’s gamesCalgary at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Rochester at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Washington at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Sunday’s gameBuffalo at Boston, 5 p.m.

ENGLANDFA CUPFIFTHROUNDYesterday’s resultEverton 0 Reading 1PREMIER LEAGUEChelsea 2Manchester United 1LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPDerby 1 Doncaster 3Middlesbrough 1Nottingham Forest 1Portsmouth 2 Scunthorpe 0LEAGUEONEBrentford 1 Notts County 1Bristol Rovers 0 Colchester 1Charlton 1 Carlisle 3Exeter 1 Tranmere 1Hartlepool 0 Huddersfield 1Walsall 1 Southampton 0Yeovil 0 Brighton 1LEAGUE TWOAldershot 1 Gillingham 1Cheltenham 2 Stockport 1Chesterfield 4Wycombe 1Lincoln City 3 Oxford 1Northampton 2 Burton Albion 3Shrewsbury 0 Bury 3Torquay 1 Rotherham 1

GERMANYGERMANCUPSEMIFINALSYesterday’s resultDuisburg 2 Energie Cottbus 1

SCOTLANDPREMIER LEAGUEYesterday’s resultsHamilton 1 Hibernian 2Inverness 0 Dundee United 2

FIRSTDIVISIONCowdenbeath 2 Queen of the South 2Morton 0 Falkirk 0Stirling 0 Ross County 0

SECONDDIVISIONBrechin 3 Dumbarton 3East Fife 3 Peterhead 1Livingston 3 Forfar 0Stenhousemuir 3 Ayr 1

THIRDDIVISIONAnnanAthletic 1 Berwick 1Stranraer 3 Clyde 1

SPAINLA LIGAYesterday’s resultsEspanyol 1Mallorca 2Sevilla 3 Sporting Gijon 0

SPRING TRAININGAMERICAN LEAGUE

W L PctBaltimore 1 0 1.000Baltimore 2 0 1.000Detroit 5 0 1.000Seattle 2 0 1.000L.A. Angels 3 1 .750Boston 2 1 .667Cleveland 2 1 .667Kansas City 2 1 .667Minnesota 1 2 .333Oakland 1 2 .333Texas 1 2 .333N.Y. Yankees 1 3 .250Tampa Bay 1 3 .250Chicago W.Sox 0 2 .000Toronto 0 4 .000NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L PctColorado 3 0 1.000Washington 2 0 1.000Atlanta 2 1 .667Milwaukee 2 1 .667Pittsburgh 3 2 .600San Francisco 3 2 .600Cincinnati 2 2 .500Florida 1 1 .500Philadelphia 2 2 .500St. Louis 1 1 .500L.A. Dodgers 2 3 .400Chicago Cubs 1 2 .333N.Y. Mets 1 2 .333Arizona 1 4 .200Houston 0 2 .000San Diego 0 2 .000Yesterday’s resultsDetroit (ss) 6 Toronto 2Atlanta 3 Houston 0Baltimore 12 Tampa Bay 6Boston 5Minnesota 0Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 2Cincinnati (ss) 7 Oakland 6Cleveland 2 L.A. Dodgers 1Colorado 7 Arizona 4Detroit (ss) 6 Philadelphia 2Kansas City 4 San Diego 3L.A. Angels 2 Cincinnati (ss) 1Milwaukee 3 ChicagoWhite Sox 1Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Yankees 0Seattle 5 Texas 4St. Louis 7 Florida 1Washington 5 N.Y.Mets 3

CANADIENS3, THRASHERS 1First Period1.Montreal, Pacioretty 12, 13:22Penalties—Montreal bench (toomanymen;served byPacioretty) 1:34, StuartAtl (slash-ing) 4:54, PlekanecMtl (interference) 9:18,StewartAtl (cross-checking) 20:00.Second Period2.Montreal,Wisniewski 7 (Kostitsyn, Deshar-nais) 0:34 (pp)Penalties—Montreal bench (toomanymen;served byKostitsyn) 1:59, PriceMtl (delay ofgame; served byPacioretty) 6:18, EnstromAtl(hooking)11:12,KostitsynMtl (hooking)11:42,HainseyAtl (hooking) 17:44, PlekanecMtl (trip-ping) 18:00, ByfuglienAtl (high-sticking) 19:00.Third Period3.Atlanta, Antropov 11 (Stewart) 14:144.Montreal, Gionta 23 (Gomez, Pacioretty)19:14 (en)Penalties—PlekanecMtl (interference), Thor-burnAtl (roughing) 0:21.Shots on goal byMontreal 5 8 10 —23Atlanta 9 16 16 —41Goal—Montreal: Price (W,29-21-6); Atlanta:Mason (L,8-9-3).Power plays (goals-chances)—Montreal: 1-5; Atlanta: 0-5.Attendance—11,156 (18,545) atAtlanta.

BRUINS 1, SENATORS0First Period — No Scoring.Penalties—None.Second Period — No Scoring.Penalty—Spezza Ott (tripping) 14:02.Third Period1. Boston,Horton 18 (Marchand,McQuaid) 1:43Penalties—Campbell Bos (charging) 3:24,Condra Ott (hooking) 6:50,Marchand Bos(holding) 16:23.Shots on goal byBoston 6 9 6 —21Ottawa 10 14 9 —33Goal— Boston: Rask (W 9-11-1); Ottawa:Anderson (L,16-17-3). Power plays (goals-

chances)—Boston: 0-2; Ottawa: 0-2.Attendance—16,826 (19,153) at Ottawa.

FLAMES 6, BLUES 0First Period1. Calgary, Tanguay 17 (Iginla) 18:20Penalty—Janssen StL (charging) 11:25.Second Period – No Scoring.Penalties—Kostopoulos Cal (tripping) 7:33,BackesStL (holding)9:54,SarichCal (holding)16:43.Third Period2. Calgary, Iginla 26 (Morrison, Tanguay) 4:593. Calgary,Moss 16 (Giordano) 6:58 (pp)4. Calgary, Iginla 27 (Morrison, Tanguay) 10:485. Calgary, Regehr 2 (Morrison, Bourque)13:58 (pp)6. Calgary, Hagman 11 (Backlund) 19:55Penalties—Shattenkirk StL (boarding) 5:50,Kostopoulos Cal, Janssen StL (fighting) 7:46,Stewart StL (tripping) 12:42.Shots on goal byCalgary 16 5 8 —29St. Louis 7 7 11 —25Goal—Calgary: Kiprusoff (W,29-20-5); St.Louis: Bishop (L,2-3-0). Power plays (goals-chances)—Calgary: 2-4; St. Louis: 0-2.Attendance—19,150 (19,150) at St. Louis,Mo.

OILERS 2, PREDATORS 1 (SO)First Period1. Nashville, Geoffrion 1 (Suter, Halischuk)12:452. Edmonton, Vandermeer 2 (Gagner) 13:26Penalty Smid Edm (interference) 17:45.Second Period — No Scoring.Penalties—O’Brien Nash (slashing) 2:58,Gilbert Edm (tripping) 11:50, SmithsonNash(holding) 14:10.Third Period — No Scoring.Penalties—GagnerEdm(slashing) 1:52, FisherNash (tripping) 10:42.Overtime – No Scoring.Shootout — Edmonton wins 2-1Nashville (1)— Erat, goal; Fisher, miss; Leg-wand, miss; Franson, miss; Edmonton (2)—Eberle, goal;Hall,miss;Brule,miss;Omark, goal.

Last night’s resultsToronto 96 NewOrleans 90Dallas 101 Philadelphia 93Houston 103 Portland 87Indiana 109 Golden State 100L.A. Lakers 90Minnesota 79Memphis 109 SanAntonio 93Milwaukee 92 Detroit 90Orlando 116NewYork 110Monday’s resultsBoston 107 Utah 102Chicago 105Washington 77Denver 100 Atlanta 90Phoenix 104 New Jersey 103 (OT)Sacramento 105 L.A. Clippers 99Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternChicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Golden State atWashington, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.NewOrleans at NewYork, 7:30 p.m.Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Charlotte at Denver, 9 p.m.Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

d - division leaders ranked in top four positionsper conference regardless ofwinning pct.

RAPTORS 96, HORNETS 90NEW ORLEANS (90)Ariza 3-9 2-2 10,West 7-17 5-6 19, Okafor 0-51-2 1, Paul 3-10 1-1 7, Green 2-7 0-0 4, Landry8-10 1-2 17, Belinelli 5-14 0-0 13, Pondexter 0-0 0-0 0, Jack 7-9 2-2 17, Smith 1-1 0-0 2. To-tals 36-82 12-15 90.TORONTO (96)J.Johnson 5-6 2-2 13, A.Johnson 3-10 2-3 8,Bargnani 6-16 2-2 14, Calderon 7-10 5-5 22,DeRozan 8-17 1-1 17, Davis 3-4 0-0 6, Weems6-12 2-2 14, Barbosa 0-2 0-0 0, Bayless 1-2 0-02. Totals 39-79 14-15 96.New Orleans 20 22 20 28 —90Toronto 27 30 15 24 —963-Point Goals—NewOrleans 6-13 (Belinelli 3-5, Ariza 2-4, Jack 1-1, West 0-1, Paul 0-2),Toronto 4-10 (Calderon 3-4, J.Johnson 1-1,DeRozan 0-1, Bayless 0-1, Bargnani 0-3).Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—NewOrleans43 (West 10), Toronto 47 (A.Johnson 10). As-sists—NewOrleans 17 (Paul 5), Toronto 29(Calderon 16). Total Fouls—NewOrleans 22,Toronto 17. Technicals—NewOrleans defen-sive three second 2, Toronto defensive threesecond. A—14,704 (19,800) at Toronto.

SCORING LEADERSG FG FT PTS AVG

Durant, Okla 54 510 424 1539 28.5James,Mia 58 530 388 1520 26.2Stoudemire, NY 56 549 343 1450 25.9Wade,Mia 56 512 359 1430 25.5Not including last night’s games

Shots on goal byNashville 18 12 4 1— 35Edmonton 7 6 11 2— 26Goal—Nashville: Rinne (OL,22-18-7); Edmon-ton: Gerber (W,3-0-0). Power plays (goals-chances)—Nashville: 0-3 Edmonton: 0-3.Attendance—16,839 (16,839) at Edmonton.

CANUCKS 2, BLUE JACKETS 1 (SO)First Period1. Vancouver, Raymond 11 (Kesler, Salo) 14:27Penalty—Lapierre Vcr (holding) 3:17.Second Period2. Columbus, Upshall 17 (Pahlsson, Dorsett) 7:11Penalties—Russell Clb (cross-checking),Samuelsson Vcr (roughing) 1:30, Kesler Vcr(unsportsmanlike) 7:56, Clitsome Clb (inter-ference) 9:16, Ehrhoff Vcr (tripping) 16:36.Third Period — No Scoring.Penalties—RomeVcr (illegal stick) 6:14, Up-shall Clb (double high-sticking) 15:06.Overtime — No Scoring.Penalties—None.Shootout — Vancouver wins 3-2Columbus (2)—Nash, goal; Upshall, miss; Vo-racek, miss; Calvert, miss; Vermette, goal;Tyutin, miss;MacKenzie, miss; Umberger,miss;Vancouver (3)—Tambellini, miss;Kesler, miss; Raymond, goal; D. Sedin, miss;Burrows, goal; Samuelsson,miss; H. Sedin,miss; Torres, goal.Shots on goal byColumbus 13 5 11 2— 31Vancouver 8 5 10 3— 26Goal— Columbus: Mason (SOL,22-14-3);Vancouver: Luongo (W,29-12-7). Power plays(goals-chances)—Columbus: 0-4; Vancouver:0-2.Attendance—18,860 (18,860) at Vancouver.

SCORINGLEADERSG A PT

D.Sedin, Vcr 32 47 79Stamkos, TB 41 37 78St. Louis, TB 24 51 75H.Sedin, Vcr 15 59 74Zetterberg, Det 18 51 69Perry, Ana 31 37 68Crosby, Pgh 32 34 66Ovechkin,Wash 24 39 63B.Richards, Dal 24 39 63Kopitar, LA 20 42 62Toews, Chi 23 38 61E.Staal, Car 27 32 59Sharp, Chi 33 25 58Iginla, Cal 25 33 58Eriksson, Dal 21 37 58Giroux, Pha 21 37 58Kesler, Vcr 33 24 57Selanne, Ana 20 37 57Nash, Clb 29 27 56J.Carter, Pha 28 27 55Havlat,Minn 20 34 54P.Kane, Chi 20 34 54Yandle, Phx 10 44 54Backstrom,Wash 15 38 53Not including last night’s games

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Honda AccordEX sedanBase price: $29,000Popular sedan isstrong on comfort,fuel economy anddriving enjoyment.

Mazda6 GT-I4Base price: $30,300A sporty sedan thatlooks and acts thepart. Family-sizetrunk a plus.

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Like a RegalThe 2011 Regal is already making waves, butits $33,400 base price nudges up against thatof the larger LaCrosse.

This is where the Verano comes in since itwill likely enter the market in the $28,000range, including destination charges.

It will be as well equipped as the loadedRegal, at least for its base price, but the Vera-no’s Chevrolet-Cruze-based platform and ba-sic body structure is actually closer in size tothe Regal than you might think.

The Verano blends small size and luxury, which is a relatively new thing for North American

automakers. But when you think about it, it makes perfect sense to sell well-equipped small cars.

Buick shows the way for small cars

Ground-breakingStylistically, the Verano and the Regal share thesame shape and are adorned with similar grilles,but the Verano’s seem proportionally larger. The neatly contoured fenders allow very littlefender-to-tire gap, which hints at a sporty side.

The cabin is pure luxury, however. Althoughbase models will come with leatherette (vinyl) andcloth seats, premium models will feature plenty ofwood trim and plumped-up leather-covered seatcushions. For any compact car, and not just aBuick small car, this is ground breaking.

EngineThe Verano comes with a standard 177-horsepower 2.4-litre four-cylinder engine(also standard in both Regal and LaCrosse)that’s mated to a six-speed automatictransmission.

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“Affordable” means lim-ited features, of course.

However, that traditionis rapidly disappearing asvehicles, such as the up-coming 2012 Buick Verano,emerge to redefine andchallenge the small-equals-cheap belief.

A Buick, redefining andchallenging? You read ithere first.

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dards are changing the wayNorth Americans thinkabout small cars: they’re be-ginning to actually needthem.

As a result, automobilessold in North America arestarting to shrink, and en-gines are shrinking rightalong with them.

This fall’s arrival of theVerano constitutes a majorstep in a new direction forBuick, but one that General

Motors’ up-level divisionseems fully prepared for,despite a history of large,pillowy driving sedans.

It’s unlikely that the Ver-ano’s arrival will causeBMW or Audi much con-cern, but it might lure buy-ers considering a loaded-upHonda Accord or ToyotaCamry to seriously considera Buick, which would havebeen virtually unheard offive years ago.

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