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Breakingup withthe PM
Women dumpStephen Harper onYouTube video Citepolicy issues as the reason {page 3}
Election
Marchingin protestYouth want Turkey torecognize Armeniangenocide {page 4}
Parts of Gadhafi’s compound inruins {page 7}
NATOstrikesby air
Vicky Smallman and her son, Gordon Denny, 4, attend the voter social at the Centretown Parents Day Care
yesterday before heading out to an advance polling station.
JOE LOFARO/METRO
Graded on child careConservative party receives lowest grade, lacked ‘active listening skills’: Code Blue for
Child Care report card Group calls for high-quality system for early childhood education
A child-care lobby grouppresented a report card of thefederal parties’ child-care plat-forms to Ottawa parents at avoter social, before the momsand dads headed to advancepolls yesterday.
The group rated platformsaccording to their universality,how soon money would flow toa national child-care programand how much money had beenpromised. The group rated par-ties more favourably if theysupported public and not-for-profit child care and lessfavourably if money wentdirectly to parents.
Conservatives received an“unsatisfactory” grade whilethe NDP and Liberals were giv-en “many requirements met”ratings and the Green partyreceived a “some requirementsmet” grade.
Vicky Smallman, a mother oftwo, said she attended theevent after struggling to finddaycare for her kids, aged fourand two. “At the end of yourmaternity leave, it’s like havingthe rug pulled out from underyou because there’s nowhere toput your kids,” Smallman said.
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Mega-prisons just don’tturn them on and neitherdoes contempt of Parlia-ment, so a group of localgraduate students pub-licly “broke up” withPrime Minister StephenHarper.
“It’s gone on longenough,” Amanda Watsonwrites with lipstick on a
mirror at the beginning ofthe YouTube video Break-ing Up With StephenHarper – Ottawa Stylez.
Seven young womenlist serious and silly rea-sons why they’re dump-ing the Prime Ministerand won’t vote for him onMay 2.
“Dear Mr. Prime Minis-ter, you have underminedour equality since firstelected in 2006, cutting37 per cent of funding for
the Status of Women, it’snot us, it’s you,” Watsonsays in the video.
The women in thevideo aren’t part of agroup, they’re just col-leagues and friends whobelieve that equality forwomen has eroded underthe Harper government,Watson said.
“We’re all voting some-what differently, but weknow who we’re not vot-ing for.”
Students cite policy issues when ‘dumping’ the PM
Amanda Watson, one of the stars of a YouTube video in which young women tell Prime Minister Stephen Harper they are
dumping him.
JESSICA SMITH/METRO
B reaking upain’t hard
Tories urgewomen tobe informed
In response to a video localfemale graduate studentsmade about “breaking up”with the Conservativeleader, local Tories say theyoung women shouldbecome better informedon the issues.
Helen Friel, who workson the Conservative cam-paign in Ottawa-Centre,chuckled as she watchedthe video.
“I’m glad that youngpeople are involved, but Idon’t think they’reinformed enough on someof the comments thatthey’re making,” she said.
For her, the most impor-tant issue for women vot-ers is the economy. “Whenthey’re concerned abouttheir children, we have tolook at the economy andit’s the Conservatives whoare managing theeconomy well,” she said.
Gatineau Conservativecandidate Jennifer Geareysaid she was personally of-fended by the video.
“I can’t stop thinking ofthat video, just thinkinghow frankly disgustingthat is ... Their allegationsare completely empty,they give nojustifications.”
JESSICA SMITH
Gatineau Conservative
candidate Jennifer Gearey
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“For some reason,young womendon’t like StephenHarper. He’s notcharming, but Idon’t want acharming PrimeMinister. I want acharming date. Iwant a smartPrime Minister.” HELEN FRIEL, OFFICE MANAGER FOROTTAWA-CENTRE CONSERVATIVECANDIDATE DAMIANKONSTANTINAKOS
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Throwinga party to fund gay village initiativesEfforts by a gay, lesbian, bisexual andtrans (GLBT) communitygroup to get part of the downtown core recognized as “The Village” are getting a fundraising boost at
a party Thursday night.The event will raise
money for The Village, a non-profit organiza-tion that aims toincrease the visibility ofthe GLBT community inthe area around BankStreet between Nepeanand James streets.
The benefit at CaféParadiso will include an auction, desserts,blues and jazz musicand a performance bythe Ego Men. “They usually do a bit of an underwear show, a little bit of burlesque,”said organizer GlennCrawford. JESSICA SMITH
Armenian Canadians mar-ched from Parliament Hillto the Turkish Embassyyesterday with placardsand chants saying Turkeyis guilty of genocide in1915. The protest closedtraffic on Rideau Streetand Wellington.
“The Armenians weredriven out brutally fromthe length and breadth ofthe Ottoman Empire,” saidSimon Izmirian, a memberof the Armenian Youth Fed-eration of Canada (AYF),which organized theprotest. In a speech in frontof the embassy, Izmiriancalled for Turkey to ac-
knowledge killings, tortureand forced deportations ofArmenians and make repa-rations.
A spokesperson for theCouncil of Turkish Canadi-ans called the demonstra-tion “divisive” and said theinvolvement of childrenwho might not be able tounderstand the complexi-ties of the issue amountedto “hatemongering.”
“It was a very sad eventwhere both sides really suf-fered tremendously (in theFirst World War). In Canadawe have adopted a newcountry, a new life here,”said Lale Eskicioglu, formerexecutive director of Coun-cil of Turkish Canadians.
Harout Manougian Chairof the AYF said it is impor-
tant for children to betaught about the genocideand the events ought not tobe swept under the carpet,but acknowledged by gov-ernments around theworld.
“Our quarrel is not withthe Turkish people, but thegovernment,” said Man-ougian, adding his owngrandmother was shelteredby Turkish neighbours during the violence.
Kids protest atTurkish embassy
Youth want Turkey to recognize Armenian genocideTurkish spokesperson describes march as ‘divisive’
Children march in a protest by Armenian Canadians calling for the government of Turkey
to admit to charges it conducted a genocide against Armenians.
SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO
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Motivatingyouth to vote
Young Canadians to joinMichaëlle Jean and her husband in a youth-oriented dialogue
Organizers expect university students from Ottawa, Montrealand Toronto to talk about youthapathy in elections
The Historica-DominionInstitute is partnering withthe Michaëlle Jean Founda-tion to host a live youth di-alogue at the University ofOttawa tomorrow in hopesthat it will motivate youthto vote on May 2.
“Too often our candi-dates in our political par-ties are speaking to justabout every group exceptfor youth,” said Jeremy Di-amond, director of devel-
opment programs at theInstitute.
Diamond expects about300 people to attend theevent, which will takeplace inside the AlumniAuditorium at 7 p.m.
“We want to gatheryouth and havethem speak theirmind about whatissues areimportant, whetherthey intend to vote,and what their votemeans.”JEREMY DIAMOND, DIRECTOR OF THEHISTORICA-DOMINION INSTITUTE
Youth dialogue
To register to attend the
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can contact the Historica-
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Those who cannot attend
the youth dialogue in per-son can watch a live web-cast of it online atfacebook.com/democracyproject tomorrow night.
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the dialogue.
Twitter users can also postcomments and questionsto @DemocracyProjct andmay have a chance to havethem addressed in real-time.
The event will also featureperformances by youngCanadian artists.
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An increasingly confidentStephen Harper is treat-ing next week’s electionlike a speed bump enroute to a renewed Con-servative mandate.
Harper told a crowd ata northern Ontario col-lege that “the business ofgovernment will com-mence Tuesday” if votershonour him with a major-ity.
The Conservatives “willbe able to hit the groundrunning,” he said yester-day in Sault Ste. Marie.
As he openly pushes forhis first unfettered man-date since taking powerfive years ago, Harper is
soft-pedalling what a Con-servative majority wouldlook like. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Tory line
Harper continues to shrug
off the historic contempt-
of-Parliament ruling that
brought down his govern-
ment on March 25.
Blame. Harper says otherparties wanted to “bringdown the government at all cost.”
Advertising. Tory attack ads began in January.
Boasting. $26 million wasspent on economic booster-ism advertising in the run-up to the election call.
Tories ready to ‘hitthe ground running’
Harper maintains Conservatives have strong record of collaborating Says government moving ‘cautiously’ on foreign investment rule changes
GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Calling all sovereigntistsThe Bloc Québécois trotted out an old sovereigntistwarhorse yesterday as the separatist partycontinued to fend off an apparent NDP surge inQuebec. Former Parti Quebecois premier JacquesParizeau took the stage at a campaign rally nearMontreal, calling on members of his old provincialparty to fire up support for their political cousins.
Separatist. Support
Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe, left, greets
former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau during a
campaign stop in Longueuil, Que., yesterday.
Layton:Fears ofsplit voteunfoundedJack Layton is dismiss-ing as “absurd” the ideathat voting for theresurgent New Democ-rats could result in aConservative majority
government. Layton is responding
to suggestions that thesurging NDP campaignwill drain support notfrom the Tories, butfrom their Liberal andBloc Québécois rivalsinstead.
And he says the Lib-erals voted with the To-ries more than 100times in the last threeyears. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Stephen Harper and JackLayton make strange bed-fellows in a new Liberal at-tack ad unveiled yesterday.
The one-minute spot,called “The Loonie,” de-scribes the Conservativeand NDP leaders as “careerpoliticians” and placesthem on two sides of a spin-ning coin.
It strikes a tone similarto Harper’s repeated warn-ings about the dangers ofan opposition “coalition,”which the Tories have usedas a stick to beat the Liber-als.
The ad warns that Harp-er will give public dollars to
banks and oil companies,and predicts Layton would“jack up” taxes to pay for$70 billion in new spend-ing.
Liberal Leader MichaelIgnatieff defended the nega-tive tone of the ad during acampaign stop in ThunderBay, Ont.
“We’re saying to NDPvoters, we’re saying to Lib-eral voters, we’re saying toeverybody: ‘If you wantchild care for your family,you’ve got to vote Liberal.’”
The New Democrat warroom emailed reporterstravelling with the Liberalleader, calling the new spot
a “desperate measure” inthe campaign’s dying days.
The ad appears designedto curb Layton’s apparentmomentum in the polls,
while reinforcing Ignati-eff’s argument that the Lib-erals are the only viablealternative to Harper’s Con-servatives. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Liberal attack ad lumps NDP,Conservative policies
Michael Ignatieff
PAUL CHIASSON/THE CANADIAN PRESS
“We’re pointingout the recentpolitical history of our country ...Stephen Harperand Jack Laytongot together to kill child care inCanada in 2005-2006.”MICHAEL IGNATIEFF ON LIBERALS’NEW ATTACK ADS
Canadians’al-Qaidasource a con:WikiLeaksSecret U.S. military docu-ments suggest a Guant-anamo Bay detainee withlinks to al-Qaida dupedCanadian intelligence offi-cials who recruited him asan agent.
The allegation is foundamong 700 classified docu-ments released by onlinewhistleblower WikiLeaksto select media outlets.
The documents, datingfrom 2002 to 2008, detailaccounts of prisoners atthe infamous U.S. militaryjail in Cuba.
The New York Times re-ports that one document
says U.S. officials discov-ered a detainee who hasbeen recruited by Britishand Canadian intelligenceofficials because of his“connections to membersof various al-Qaida-linkedterrorist groups.”
However the report sug-gests the unnamed agentnever shifted his militantloyalties.
According to the Times,the document says that af-ter repeated interrog-ations, the CentralIntelligence Agencyconcluded the man “with-held important informa-tion” from the British andCanadians and was foundto be a threat.
The newspaper says thedocuments indicate theman was later sent back tohis native country.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The latest NATO air strikeon Moammar Gadhafi’scompound that reducedparts of it to a smoulderingruin steps up pressure onthe increasingly embattledLibyan leader as he strug-gles to hold onto the west-ern half of the country.
A Libyan governmentspokesman denouncedyesterday’s bombing as afailed assassination at-tempt, saying the 69-year-old leader was healthy, “inhigh spirits” and carryingon business as usual.
A separate air strikeelsewhere in Tripoli tar-geted Libyan TV and tem-porarily knocked it off theair, a governmentspokesman said, speakingon condition of anonymitybecause he was not au-thorized to brief reporters.
Since an armed uprisingerupted in mid-February,Gadhafi has been clingingto control in the westernhalf of Libya, while opposi-tion forces run most of theeast. A NATO campaign ofair strikes has sought tobreak a battlefield stale-mate, and the U.S. lastweek added armed U.S.Predator drones to themission. Italy said yester-day its military will join instrategic bombing raids inLibya.
NATO said its latest air
strike sought to destroy acommunications head-quarters used to co-ordi-nate attacks on civilians. Aspokesman for the alliancesaid it is increasingly tar-geting facilities linked toGadhafi’s regime.
“We have moved on tothose command and con-trol facilities that are usedto co-ordinate such attacksby regime forces,” thespokesman said of thestrike on Bab al-Aziziya,which was hit last month,early in the NATO air cam-
paign. The official spokeon condition of anonymityin line with military brief-ing regulations.
Gadhafi’s forces un-leashed new shelling yes-terday on Misrata, killingat least 10 people follow-ing a weekend poundingthat belied governmentclaims its troops were
holding their fire as theywithdrew from the west-ern city that has been be-sieged for nearly twomonths.
Among the dead from ashattered residential neigh-bourhood was an entirefamily, according to a doc-tor in Misrata. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gadhafi’s compound crushed under air strikes Assault on rebels deepensLibyan ruler’s international isolation Prompts new demands for ouster
In this photo taken on a government-organized trip, Libyan soldiers inspect damage
following an air strike in Tripoli, Libya, early yesterday.
DARKO BANDIC/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NATO strikes heartof Gadhafi’s camp
“As soon as we clear out the hospital ofinjuries, Gadhafi fills it up for us again.”A DOCTOR IN MISRATA, SPEAKING ON CONDITION OF ANONYMITY
Royal fan John Loughrey makes himself comfortable
yesterday outside Westminster Abbey, where he has
started to camp out ahead of the royal wedding to
ensure his place.
KISS A PRINCE, MARRYCELEBRITY FROG
Poor Kate Middleton.She’s not just marrying afuture king. She’s marry-ing all of us.
Once upon a time,British subjects gazedupon their sovereignsfrom afar. Not any more.
Members of the royalfamily are now Holly-wood-style mega-celebri-ties — their cellulite,receding hairlines andboozy nights out subjectto the same relentlessscrutiny as other A-lis-ters.
The monarchy hasgained in star power, andperhaps lost in dignity,since William’s mother,Princess Diana, jumpedinto the royal family andchanged it forever.
On British newsstandsahead of Friday’s wed-ding, Kate and Williambeam from the covers of
celebrity magazinesalongside Catherine Ze-ta-Jones, singer CherylCole and surgicallyal-tered glamour modelKatie Price.
It’s easy to forget thatit was not always likethis.
“When I was growingup I thought the royalfamily was harmless buta bit boring,” said novel-ist Monica Ali, whosenew book, “Untold Sto-ry,” imagines an alter-nate future for PrincessDiana.
“Kate is not just mar-rying into the royal fami-ly,” Ali said. “She ismarrying into celebrity.She is entering the gameshow of the first wives’club. She’ll be competingwith Michelle Obamaand Carla Bruni.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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About 7,000 kids in Ontariowill finally become eligiblefor adoption under updatesto the Child and FamilyServices Act, which also in-clude promises of more fi-nancial support foradoptive families.
Until now, access ordersgiven to birth parents whena child goes into the care ofa Children’s Aid Societymeant that child was ineli-gible for adoption, a situa-tion that applies tothree-quarters of the 9,000Crown wards in theprovince.
“The existence of that or-der, even if there is no rela-tionship and no contact, isan absolute barrier to achild being placed for adop-tion,” said Children’s Serv-ices Minister Laurel Broten.“This act ... would increasethe number of children be-
ing adopted, and helpprospective parents buildforever families.”
The government wantsto offer adoptive familiesmore financial support af-ter would-be parents com-plained subsidies theyreceived as foster parentswould be discontinuedonce adoption was complet-ed.
It costs about $37,000 ayear to keep a child in fos-ter care, said Broten, so theprovince will talk with the46 Children’s Aid Societies— which each administertheir own subsidy pro-grams — about ways to con-tinue the financial supportafter adoption.
There were about 1,000public adoptions in Ontarioin 2010, an increase of 21per cent over the previousyear. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Beats are blaring from twosubwoofers facing seven-year-old Mackenzie Ripley,a gregarious girl whomakes her own music inher dad’s Toronto apart-ment.
The room is buzzingwith sound — sloppy,slightly off-kilter electronicbeats — but Mackenziecannot hear it. She feels itinstead.
Born deaf, Mackenzietook an interest in makingher own beats when shewas only three years old,following a path blazed byher dad, a 31-year-old mu-sic producer named Gra-ham Wood.
Wood, who has a day job
as a cook, creates spaceymusic he calls “experimen-tal broken-beat hip-hop.”It’s more popular in Eu-rope than here, he says. Inthe music world, he’sknown as “9planets.”Mackenzie, naturally, hasbecome “Lil Pluto.”
At first, Mackenzie’smom, Sarah Ripley, whomshe lives with most of the
time, says her daughterdidn’t tell her much aboutwhat she and her dad gotup to during visits to hisapartment/studio.
“It was almost a secretlittle thing that they did to-gether,” says Ripley, 26.“Now that she’s really goodat it she wants everybodyto know.”
Wood helped Mackenzierecord a five-track EP, Cos-mic Slurpee, which is nowavailable online throughan independent French la-bel called Cascade Records.
In sign language,Mackenzie says she wantspeople to hear her musicand think it is “amazing.”TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
To her own beatDeaf schoolgirl makes music with unique method She sits close to two big speakers, feels the vibrations
Mackenzie Ripley, a.k.a. Lil Pluto, feels the
music through 12-inch subwoofers in her
dad’s apartment and hammers out a beat
on the keyboard.
STEVE RUSSELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Dozens of catssurrenderedThe OSPCA says when theyarrived at a home onManor Road in midtownToronto, they discoveredmore than 50 cats roamingthe house.
Officials say a womanhas surrendered ownershipof the animals.
A vet was on the scenechecking out the cats andtreating them accordingly.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Baby Josephback homeThe father of 15-month-oldJoseph Maraachli says he isdoing well after returningto Windsor, Ont., last weekfrom a St. Louis hospital.
Joseph, who suffers froma fatal, progressive neuro-logical disease, had atracheotomy at the U.S.hospital after doctors inLondon, Ont., would notperform the procedure.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Highway ofHeroes coinedThe mayor of Trent Hills,Ont., says the Royal Canadi-an Mint will issue a High-way of Heroes commem-orative coin in the fall.
Hector Macmillan sayshe has received correspon-dence from the mint an-nouncing the coin’s releasein October. Trent Hillsspearheaded an effort overa year ago to have the coinissued. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Changes
1 The updated legislationwill allow 16- and 17-year-old youth who leavethe custody of the Chil-dren’s Aid Society to re-turn and receive supportuntil they are 21.
2 The changes will alsomake it easier for Crownwards to attend collegeor university by exempt-ing CAS financial supportfrom student loan appli-cations.
3 The province will doublethe number of AdoptionResource Exchanges andreduce the wait list forhome studies required tobegin the adoptionprocess.
Province makes it easierfor families to adopt
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Cosmic Slurpee includesspaced-out songs likeSpace Kittens! and Pinkand Purple and Green andBlack, which can belistened to for free.
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A U.S. congresswoman re-covering after being shot inthe head can fly to Floridathis week to watch her as-tronaut husband rocket in-to space as commander ofthe space shuttle Endeav-our, but she will returnshortly after the launch toresume rehabilitation, herdoctors in Houston con-firmed yesterday.
The doctors at TIRR Me-morial Hermann said Rep.Gabrielle Giffords is “med-ically able” to travel andthat they view the trip toCape Canaveral as part ofher rehabilitation from agunshot wound to the headin January.
“Medically, there is noreason she could not travelsafely to Florida to partici-
pate in this incredible eventwith her husband,” said Dr.Dong Kim, director of theMischer Neuroscience Insti-
tute at Memorial Hermann.The last time Giffords
flew was when she wastransported on a private jetfrom the hospital in Tuc-son, Ariz., that treated herimmediately after the Jan. 8shooting in her home stateto Houston, where she hasbeen undergoing intensiverehabilitation. But thistime, her flight is not anambulance transport, Kimadded.
“She is medically ableand well enough to travelwithout additional risks,”said Kim.
Giffords went to Kelly’slast launch in 2008, whenhe commanded the spaceshuttle Discovery. The twomarried in 2007.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Giffords gets the OKDoctors give Rep. Gabrielle Giffords green light to
attend husband’s space launch Event slated for Friday
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has been working toward attending the launch of the space
shuttle Endeavour led by her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, seen here. Her doctors
confirmed yesterday that the congresswoman can fly to Florida from Houston for the
launch this week.
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Recovery
Giffords has not been seenpublicly since the shootingand has spent the pastthree months relearninghow to speak, walk andtake care of herself. She has been singing — aspart of musical therapy —asking for her favouritefoods and visiting with fam-ily, friends and her rabbi.Kelly returned to trainingfor the shuttle launch inFebruary after taking timeoff to be at his wife’s hospi-tal bedside.
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Elementary schools strug-gling to accommodate full-day kindergarten classescould push Grade 7 and 8students into local highschools, Education MinisterLeona Dombrowsky has ac-knowledged after the issuewas raised by a Conserva-tive MPP.
Dombrowsky notedsome boards are alreadymoving the younger stu-dents into high schools forother reasons, such as de-clining enrolment. But shesaid she has heard of boardsconsidering such a move to
accommodate the full-dayprogram. While that maybe the case, she added, it isa local decision that will bemade “with the best inter-ests of students at heart.”
Some boards have alsosaid they will need addi-tional portables to accom-modate the kindergartenstudents all day.
The province haspledged $450 million incapital dollars for renova-tions and additions toschools for full-day kinder-garten for the first threeyears. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Kindergartnersmay push uppergrades out
Grade 7 and 8 students could be bumped into highschools Conservative MPP criticizes program rollout
Scandals hurtMountie repin Yukon,B.C.: PollThe RCMP enjoys theapproval of an overwhelm-ing majority of Canadians,but the force’s reputationhas suffered in two areasof the country hard-hit bypolice scandal.
Nationally, 84 per centof 5,800 Canadianssurveyed last year saidthey “have trust and confi-dence” in the force. But inBritish Columbia and theYukon, that number dropsto 73 and 69 per cent, re-spectively.THE CANADIAN PRESS
50%About half of thosesurveyed in B.C. andthe Yukon say they be-lieve the RCMP has“strong, reliable lead-ers.” Nationwide, thenumber is 69 per cent.
POLICE HANDOUT
Alert ends, search goes on
Police in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., are continuing theirsearch for a three-year-old girl, although an AmberAlert has expired. The alert was issued after policesaid Leila Elizabeth May was abducted after beingdropped off for a scheduled visit with her mother,21-year-old Kristy Ann Barsanti.
Missing. Child
Leila Elizabeth May, 3, was abducted after being
dropped off for a scheduled visit with her mother
Sunday in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Squeezed for space
Conservative education
critic Elizabeth Witmer
said she is aware of
boards looking to move
Grades 7 and 8 students.
She says some parents areconcerned about their kidsbeing exposed to olderteens.
Some boards are fallingshort on funds to run thefull-day kindergarten pro-gram, she adds.
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spring for a new plan
Hundreds of Taliban fight-ers bolted from prison in adaring escape overnightSunday, prompting a hugehunt for the fugitives andexposing glaring securitygaps in efforts to containthe insurgency.
Kandahar Gov. TooryalaiWesa said yesterday that atotal of 475 political prison-ers had escaped, “includingone criminal.”
The insurgents had
worked for months diggingthe tunnel they used to getout, Wesa said.
The tunnel was startedin a house located to thenortheast of the Sarpozaprison in the city’s Sarfoozaarea and continued to theentrance of the prison’s po-litical block about 300 me-tres away.
Wesa said later that po-lice shot dead two inmateswho tried to evade capture
and re-arrested another 26.A spokesman for the Tal-
iban, Qarii Yousaf Ahmadi,claimed that 541 insurgentsescaped overnight aftertunnelling underground toavoid security checkpoints.
The Taliban say theyspent more than fivemonths building a 1,050-foot tunnel to the mainprison in southern Afghan-istan.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prisoners tunnel to freedomHundreds escape prison in Kandahar by digging
tunnel Officials say most were Taliban militants
An Afghan police officer inspects the entrance to an
escape tunnel at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan,
yesterday.
ALLAUDDIN KHAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Background
Canadian authorities said
Kandahar city was nolonger their responsibility.The escape is reminiscent
of one in 2008, when 900prisoners broke out of theSarposa prison following aTaliban attack on the facili-ty, which was under Cana-da’s oversight at the time.Canadian correctional
services officers spentyears training guards atthe prison.
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Microsoft co-founder BillGates has become thelargest shareholder ofCanadian National Rail-way, with a $3.2-billionstake in Canada’s largestrail company.
Montreal-based CN saysthe world’s second-wealth-iest man owned or exer-cised control over 10.04per cent of its shares as ofFeb. 25.
Gates has been buyingup the railway’s stock sincebeing identified as a share-holder in 2006. The valueof his shares is based onyesterday’s trading price of$69.97, up nine cents in af-
ternoon trading on theToronto stock exchange.CN’s market capitalizationfor its 458.6 million shares
was $32 billion.Gates’s friend Warren
Buffett, through his hold-ing company BerkshireHathaway Inc., acquiredfull control of U.S. railcompany BurlingtonNorthern Santa Fe Corp.early last year.
CN releases its first-quarter financial resultstoday. The company’s an-nual meeting is tomorrowin Toronto. Analysts polledby Thomson Reuters ex-pect its adjusted earningswill rise to 88 cents pershare on $2.1 billion inrevenues.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Gates fast-tracksto biggest CNshareholder
William H. Gates III
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Holds 46.07 million shares through Cascade Investment and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust
PlayStationoutageongoingSony Corp. is still workingto rebuild its PlayStationNetwork seven days afteran “external intrusion”caused it to suspend theservice. The companyturned off the service,which lets gamers connectin live play, so that it couldboost network security. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Bumpy road aheadToyota Motor Corp.’s car production in Japan plum-meted 62.7 per cent last month due to a parts short-age after the earthquake and tsunami. Toyota sold8.42 million vehicles last year, just managing tokeep its lead over a resurgent General Motors Co.,which sold 8.39 million, thanks to booming sales inChina. Given Toyota’s production woes, analystspredict GM will reclaim the title of world’s largestautomaker, which it lost to Toyota in 2008.
Car. Crash
Workers give the final check to Toyota’s Yaris compactsedans at a plant in Ohira, Japan. Domestic productionlast month was 129,491 vehicles, the lowest since 1976.
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Wii shall overcome: New console on the wayThe successor to Ninten-do’s hit Wii console will ar-rive next year.
In disclosing its plansyesterday, Nintendo Co.didn’t say what the newsystem will do. But it didannounce it will show aplayable model of the con-sole at the Electronic Enter-tainment Expo, which runsJune 7 to 9 in Los Angeles.
Nintendo has dominat-ed sales of video-game con-soles and sold 86 millionWiis since launching it in2006. Since then it has
been widely copied andelaborated on by the othermajor console makers.
But the Wii is showingits age. Even when itlaunched, it was behindthe other consoles of theera, Sony Corp.’s PlaySta-tion 3 and Microsoft Corp.’sXbox 360, in not offering ahigh-definition image.
The modest hardware ofthe Wii has also meant thatwhile Sony and Microsofthave been able to updatetheir consoles with new ca-pabilities, the Wii has seen
relatively minor updates,such as the addition of theoptional Wii Fit and abilityto play Netflix movies.
Nintendo announcedplans for the Wii successoras part of its financial re-sults yesterday. Annualearnings dropped for thesecond straight year assales declined. It expectssales to rise again in the fis-cal year that just started,thanks to its new handheld3DS device, whichlaunched last month. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A woman flaps her arms to make a character fly on a WiiFit Plus game. The Wii made a splash when it launched in 2006 with its innovative motion-sensing controller.
Knockoff game
Microsoft launched itsKinect game-controlsystem last fall. Using a 3-D camera, depth sensorsand voice-recognition soft-ware, it recognizes yourface, voice and gestures asyou move around and talk.Sony, meanwhile, beganselling a Move controllerthat is essentially a higher-tech version of the Wii remote.
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A classic story:You never knowwhat you’ll findBook dealer Ken Sanders has seen alot of nothing in his decades apprais-ing “rare” finds pulled from atticsand basements, storage sheds andclosets.
Sanders, who occasionally apprais-es items for PBS’s AntiquesRoadshow, often employs the “fineart of letting people down gently.”
But on a recent Saturday while vol-unteering at a fundraiser for the
small-town museum in Sandy, Utah,just south of Salt Lake, Sanders gotthe surprise of a lifetime.
“Late in the afternoon, a man satdown and started unwrapping a bookfrom a big plastic sack, informing mehe had a really, really old book andhe thought it might be worth somemoney,” he said. “I kinda start, ohboy, I’ve heard this before.”
Then he produced a tattered, par-tial copy of the 500-year-old Nurem-berg Chronicle.
The German language editionprinted by Anton Koberger and pub-lished in 1493 is a world historybeginning in biblical times. It’s con-sidered one of the earliest and mostlavishly illustrated books of the 15thcentury. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EMBRACETHOSE GUILTYPLEASURES
I’ve given up trying to becool.
For a while there I waspretty focused on being ontrend; listening to the rightbands (great, but not so great
that everyone already knows aboutthem), wearing the hottest shade of nailpolish, eating at restaurants that refusedto take reservations. You get the point.
Lately, however, I’ve decided to getover myself and embrace the fact thatI’m not really all that hip. In fact, I actual-
ly like a lot of things that are pretty lame. I have alengthy iPod playlist dedicated to Brit pop from the ear-ly 2000s, enjoy eating Nutella sandwiches made withwhite-trash Wonder bread, and spend an embarrassingamount of time watching Say Yes To The Dress.
Once in a while I allow myself to purchase a trashypaperback housed in the young adult section of the
bookstore. Every time, Ifind myself hastily explain-ing to the cashier that my(non-existent) 14-year-oldcousin just loves vampire-romance novels. At home, Ihide my secret stash oftweentastic page-turnersbehind stacks of moreacceptable reading materi-al.
So why do I proudly dis-play my collection of clas-sic literature and culturaltheory textbooks but con-ceal my worn-in copies ofHarry Potter?
Scholarly pursuits, highart and fine cuisine are usu-ally found at the top of thecultural hierarchy while re-ality television, monster
truck rallies and Kraft Dinner fall to the bottom. Evenlettuce is subject to the high-low divide — mypreference for iceberg lettuce over spinach and otherleafy greens has led to a number of grocery storedebates with my significant other.
Are we right in feeling so ashamed for liking certainthings but not others? Is it really all that bad if you don’tget modern art or if you have seen (and loved) every VinDiesel movie ever made, including The Pacifier? So whatif you’re a closet Nickelback fan — I can’t tell the differ-ence between boxed wine and a $60 bottle and I’m OKwith that.
Stop defending your bad taste by claiming you likewatching Teen Mom “ironically.” There is no sense indenying the gratification that comes from our so-calledlowbrow interests. Without guilty pleasures celebritygossip magazines would fold, personal-sized tubs of Benand Jerry’s would go uneaten and the Kardashianempire would come crashing down. OK, maybe thatwouldn’t be such a bad thing.
It’s terribly exhausting to be sophisticated all thetime so why not put the pretension aside and allowyourself to indulge guilt free.
SHE SAYS ...JESSICA NAPIERMETRO
Read more of Jessica Napier’s columns at metronews.ca/shesays
“Scholarlypursuits, high art and finecuisine are
usually found at the top of the cultural
hierarchy whilereality television,
monster truckrallies and
Kraft Dinner fall to thebottom.”
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Prom’s Teegardenis a star on the rise
Aimee Teegarden is smart,beautiful and good natured,but she doesn’t have a datefor the dance she’s organiz-ing in Prom. While thatirony sinks in, considerhow smart she is in reallife. After five years on Fri-day Night Lights, the 21-year-old is producing herown projects.
“I’ve had amazing oppor-tunities,” Teegarden said.“I’ve seen what everyone’sjob entailed and jumped atthe idea of creating my ownwork from now on. Findingprojects and scripts to getthem up and running ex-cites me.”
Prom follows highschool seniors anxiouslyawaiting the end of schoolritual.
“They get senior-itis,wondering if they’ll go tocollege or figure outwhether to with theirboyfriend or girlfriend,”she said. “It’s not glossyand sparkly and singingand dancing in the hall-ways.
“It’s a film that will berelatable 30 years fromnow, and it will always takepeople back to high schoolwhen everything was thebiggest issue in the world.”
Teegarden and FNL castmate Taylor Kitsch have aworld of opportunities nowthat the show has ended.“Taylor Kitsch is off beingMr. Movie Star!,” Teegardensaid. “But we do talk fromtime to time. He’s such asweet, sweet guy.”
Like Kitsch, Teegarden ishitting her stride. “I wentstraight to Prom, thenScream 4 and BeautifulWave,” she said. “I’m pro-ducing Beyond the Dark-ness for Dennis Quaid atthe end of the year. I’m sovery busy and so verylucky.” … And smart.
Friday Night Lights star hasfound plenty of movie work sinceTV show ended The 21-year-old iseven producing her own movie
Aimee Teegarden stars in Prom, which opens on Friday.
Prom movies
Here are some other
prom-related movies.
Pretty in Pink (1986)10 Things I Hate AboutYou (1999) Never Been Kissed (1999) Footloose (1984)
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Eminem plans torelease an EP ofnew materialthat he recordedwith fellowDetroit rapperRoyce da 5’9”.The pair firstworked togetherin the late 1990s,callingthemselves BadMeets Evil, withRoyce da 5’9” asthe “bad” andEminem as the“evil” half.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rapper-producer Pharrell workswith eco-friendly company but
still struggles to be green
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Girl Friday pursues‘real’ music career
It’s Friday. Instead ofspending the last day ofher spring break vacationon the beach or at a themepark like so many otherteenagers, Rebecca Black isrecording tunes at the sub-urban studio of CharltonPettus, a music producerwho has worked with suchsingers as Hilary Duff andClay Aiken. Rebecca real-izes that this is unusual.
“I’m definitely not somenormal 13-year-old girlthat barely anyone knowsaround school anymore,”she proclaims.
“Well, you used to be,”her mother, Georgina Kel-ly, gently reminds her.
The self-described “mu-sical theatre geek” fromAnaheim, Calif., aban-doned normalcy a monthago when her independentmusic video Friday becameone of the most popular —and parodied — songs onthe Internet.
The cheesy video andcheerful tune, anchored byRebecca’s nasally flatvoice, was created for herby for-hire pop music pro-
ducers Ark Music Factory.While Friday has its
fans, it has overwhelming-ly more critics, and hasbeen endlessly lampoonedfor its searing mediocrity.
Matthew Perpetua ofRolling Stone wrote thatthe fascination “mainlycomes down to its subparproduction values, gratinghooks and extraordinarilystupid lyrics,” but notedthat there’s something“uniquely compelling”about it.
That’s likely why Fridayhas garnered more than118 million YouTube viewsand sits at No. 64 oniTunes’ single chart.
Rebecca contends thatbeing picked on in schoolprepared her for her roleas YouTube court jesterand that she only shedtears once over the mas-sive critical onslaught.
If anything, she’s moremotivated than ever toprove the millions ofnaysayers wrong by turn-
ing her virtual infamy intoan actual music career.
“I was bullied all thetime in school,” Rebeccasays. “I don’t know whatwas so different about methat made people want topick on me. I thank thosepeople because if it wasn’tfor them, I wouldn’t behere right now. I wouldprobably still be sitting athome crying. I’ve dealtwith that my whole life.I've learned to have a thickskin.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Despite masscriticism of viralvideo, Blackturns Internetinfamy into five-song album
Rebecca Black became the laughing stock of the Internet with her
independent music video, yet Friday sits at No. 64 on iTunes’ single chart.
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Emmylou Harris
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Harris inspiredby folk legendon new album
Emmylou Harris says thatlate Montreal folk legendKate McGarrigle was one ofthe most extraordinary mu-sicians she’s ever known.
McGarrigle died of can-cer last year at age 63, andHarris’s new disc Hard Bar-gain — which comes outtoday — has a delicate tunedevoted to the memory ofthe captivating singer-song-writer, called Darlin’ Kate.
“I really do miss Kate alot,” Harris said softly dur-ing a recent interview inToronto.
“Her songwriting, justso beautiful, and hersinging. And the two ofthem together just made asound that thrills my soul.But really, this song wasabout losing a friend.”
Over a wispy acousticguitar and piano, Harrissings a simultaneouslyhopeful and mournful trib-ute, which ends with theline: “If there was one
name I could consecrate/ Itwould be yours, it wouldbe Kate.”
The album’s title is tak-en from a tune from thenoted Canuck songwriterRon Sexsmith, which Har-ris covers on the record.
“He writes those lovelymelodies, so the song justhad everything going forit,” she says, later notingthat the Sexsmith connec-tion is only one of hermany Canadian ties — shealso points out her love ofLanois, Neil Young, JoniMitchell and the Band.
“How come I’m not anhonourary Canadian citi-zen? Why has this not hap-pened for me? Why dothey still hassle me at theborder?”
The Sexsmith tune isone of only two covers onthe record, with Harris nab-bing a songwriting crediton the album’s other 11tracks. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Blake Shelton knows anopportunity when he seesone.
With his new singleHoney Bee setting a recordfor digital sales and rocket-ing up the charts, thecountry singer and soon-to-be reality televisioncoach is going into the stu-dio this week to finish hisnext album.
“Playing your cards tooclose to your chest doesn’tpay out,” Shelton said.
“I feel like right now ifI’ve got a single that’s ex-ploding, easily my fastestclimber, I don’t want to dosomething like wait andput (the album) out in thefall. It’s whenyou rallythe
troops and say, ‘Man,we’ve got to get this thingdone.’”
Until Shelton debutedthe single during TheAcademy of Country Mu-sic Awards earlier thismonth, he was content tofinish the album later thissummer and release it inthe fall.
He’s got plenty to do asit is. His marriage to Miran-da Lambert comes May 14and his stint on NBC’s TheVoice debuts tomorrow,with live shows in June.
But that ACM awardsperformance of Honey Beespurred a sales buzz andthe single sold more than
138,000 digitalcopies its
first
week, a record for a coun-try male solo artist.
It was the greatest gain-er on the Billboard countrysongs chart and jumped toNo. 21 last week. That’slight speed in the world ofcountry radio.
So now the album isdue out July 12 and Shel-ton’s hitting Nashville thisweek to finish the untitledalbum with producer ScottHendricks pronto.
He’s already got thesongs picked out. It’s justa matter of laying themdown. Expect a goodtimes vibe.
“Honestly it’s just songsthat I can kind of relate toat this moment of my life,”Shelton said. “I’m gettingmarried in about a monthand just really feeling goodabout everything in mylife ... It’s definitely songsfrom a guy wishing I couldfreeze this moment for therest of time.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Shelton back in studioafter Honey Bee buzz
Country star to finish recording album this weekafter new single skyrockets up the charts Originallyslated for the fall, album is now due out July 12
A star in the making. Atroubled young talent. Acharismatic promoter anda wise veteran manager.
Documentary filmmak-ers Michael Tucker and Pe-tra Epperlein hit thejackpot when they em-barked on Fightville. Theyjust didn’t know it at first,starting the project almostby accident.
Known for war docu-mentaries like GunnerPalace, the filmmakersturned to mixed martialarts after one of the sol-diers they had met invitedthem to Louisiana in 2008to watch him in an ama-teur fight. They saw sever-al fight cards and wentback to their producers.
“‘We think there’s a
film in this. Nobody hasdone a correct film aboutthis subject,’” Tucker re-called telling them. “Andwe just started.”
The resulting 85-minutefilm airs next Thursdayand Friday at Toronto’s HotDocs festival.
Fightville arrives inToronto the same week asthe UFC does for a record-
breaking show before55,000 at the Rogers Centre.
The film, named after aneighbourhood inLafayette, serves as a timelybackgrounder to that spec-tacle, offering a look at thedemanding, often brutallife young fighters have tolive to follow their dream.
Tucker and Epperleinweave several stories to-
gether, showing the rise ofDustin (The Diamond)Poirier — a rising star whowas on one of the firstcards the filmmakers saw— and training partner Al-bert Stainback’s detours.
Pulling the strings areTim Credeur, a veteranfighter and manager whois a Yoda-like presence inthe movie, and charismatic
local promoter Gil (TheThrill) Guillory.
Producers may have ex-pected a documentary on aviolent sport. And whilethere are a few bloodyfight scenes, Fightville of-fers much more.
“What we came backwith was really a filmabout a sport,” said Tucker.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Blake Shelton performs during the
CMA Music Festival in Nashville.
New talentshow to airREALITY. Pop starsChristina Aguilera andCee Lo Green, Maroon5 frontman AdamLevine and countrycrooner Blake Sheltonserve as “coaches” inthe new talent compe-tition, The Voice. Host-ed by Carson Daly, theseries sees the panelmembers listening toperformers with theirbacks to the stage.When they like some-one, the coaches hit aspecial button to selectsingers for their teamand turn around intheir chairs to see themfor the first time. (CTV, NBC)THE CANADIAN PRESS
Gleek outwith GagaMUSICAL. Meanwhile,the singers on Gleelearn about self-accep-tance through LadyGaga’s music in a spe-cial new 90-minuteepisode. Elsewhere,Lauren and Quinn com-pete for prom queenand Emma tackles herobsessive issues. (Global, Fox)THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Rabbit HoleGenre: DramaDirector: John CameronMitchellStars: Nicole Kidman, AaronEckhart888
1⁄2Becca (Nicole Kidman) isn’tcoping with the car-accident death eightmonths ago of her youngson Danny, and who saysshe should?
Just about everybody.Her practical husbandHowie (Aaron Eckhart)wants Becca to resume liv-ing by attending group ses-sions with other bereavedparents.
Becca’s sturdy motherNat (Dianne Wiest)reminds her daughter thatshe also lost a son, Becca’sbrother Arthur, and shegot over it.
Then there’s Becca’s sis-ter Izzy (TammyBlanchard), who hasrepeatedly screwed up her
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life, yet is delighted to dis-cover she’s pregnant. Whycan’t Becca just be happyfor her?
And so it goes in RabbitHole, a perceptive andsympathetic film by JohnCameron Mitchell thatlooks at grief by way of
selfish reasonableness. The movie is a mature
statement by Mitchell,whose previous filmsShortbus and Hedwig andthe Angry Inch took sex aslife’s major preoccupation.
Rabbit Hole sees a worldthat is trying to be ordered
and nice — but asKidman’s Oscar-nominat-ed Becca curtly observes,“Things aren’t niceanymore.”
Extras include adirector’s commentaryand deleted scenes.
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Exploring the journey of grief Casino JackGenre: BiographyDirector: GeorgeHickenlooperStars: Kevin Spacey, KellyPreston88
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A documentary atSundance 2010 on theethical extremes ofdisgraced U.S. über-lobbyist Jack Abramoffwas both a snoozer andpuzzler.
But GeorgeHickenlooper, who diedprior to release of thefilm, summons a goldenperformance out ofKevin Spacey. The filmtraverses similar groundto the doc, revealing aman who wanted to beboth filthy rich and god-ly. But it has a sense ofhumour the doc lacks,and goes deeper inAbramoff’s psyche.
Barry Pepper, Kelly
Preston and Jon Lovitzprovide solid support, al-though the film may ulti-mately be of interestonly to U.S. politicaljunkies.
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Thanks to a program pio-neered in Canada, futurecases of AIDS around theworld are being prevented.
HAART, which standsfor highly active antiretro-viral therapy, uses triple-drug therapy to stop HIVin its tracks. B.C. has beenusing HAART treatment asprevention since 1996,with dramatic results.“While an outright curefor HIV remains elusive,
HAART has transformedHIV infection from a short-term death sentence into a chronic, manageablecondition and helped re-store the health of thou-sands in Canada andmillions worldwide,” saysDr. Julio Montaner, direc-tor of the British ColumbiaCentre for Excellence inHIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hos-pital.
The B.C. Centre for Ex-cellence in HIV/AIDS pio-neered the concept ofTreatment as Preventionand proved that it not only
transforms HIV infectioninto a long-term chronicmanageable disease, it alsodramatically decreases HIVtransmission rates. HAARTtherapy is available acrossCanada.
China recently adopted
a similar program as its na-tional HIV policy. Themade-in-Canada strategy isalso being echoed in SanFrancisco, New York (theBronx) and Washington.
Here’s the impact theprogram has had in BC: Inthe early 1990s, at leastone British Columbian perday was dying of AIDS.Since HAART’s introduc-tion in 1996, AIDS-relatedmortality has fallen bymore than 90 per centamong those receivingtreatment, says Dr. Mon-taner, who is also chair in
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“In appropriately treat-ed individuals, HAART re-duces the concentration ofHIV present in plasma andin sexual fluids to levels solow as to be undetectableby the best commerciallyavailable tests,” says Mon-taner.
Reducing the infectionallows people’s immunesystems to recover andstops the progression ofHIV disease and even AIDS.
Copying Canadians“In appropriatelytreated individuals,HAART reduces theconcentration ofHIV present inplasma.”DR. JULIO MONTANER
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Come rain or shine, fitnessexperts Carlos Leon andJeff Bell talk us through sixsimple exercises we can doat home.
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How: Start on your handsand feet. Keep the torso ina straight line by drawingin your belly and main-taining a sturdy plank po-sition. Lower the torsotoward the floor stopping
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2Burpees
How: From a standing posi-tion crouch down untilyour hands touch the floorin front of you and your
hips drop to knee level (nolower) and immediatelythrust both legs back to as-sume a push up positionon your hands and feet,not your knees. Now re-verse the thrust back tothe crouch position andquickly stand up. Repetitions: 8 to 15Benefits: This strengthenslegs, activates the core andshoulders, burns caloriesand increases heart rate.
3Squats
How: Start with your feethip width apart, pointedstraight ahead or slightlyout (no more than 30 de-grees). Place a small stool orbench behind you as a di-rection and depth marker.Place your hands on yourhips, overhead or straightout in front of you at chestlevel. Sit back initiating thesquat with your hips. Asyou squat, focus on keepingyour torso as upright aspossible. Keep your kneesdirectly over your ankles ortoes and lower down untilyour hips are as low as your
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Benefits: This strengthensthe entire core, engagesthe shoulders, and worksthe triceps, hips, groin andthigh muscles as it is verycardiovascular in nature.
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ing down. Lift the floor fac-ing side of your body uponto your elbow and feet.Stack your feet one on topof the other or cross yourtop foot over the bottomfoot. Focus on using theside abdominal muscles(the obliques) to hold the
body in place as you letyour free arm reach up tothe ceiling. This is calledthe oblique top position.Next reach and rotate thetop arm. Rotate the torsoapproximately 20-30 de-grees. Return the top armto the top oblique position.
Repetitions: 6-12 times oneach side Benefits: This strengthensthe core and obliques,shoulders and outer hipmuscles and helps buildstability and balancethroughout the entirebody.
UNPLUG. Any momentcan bring an awakeningto what really matters.It’s the moments when
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24 wellness metronews.caTUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011
WHAT EXACTLY IS BIOFILM?Some of you might have seen certain toothpaste commercials on television talking about what appears to be the latest threat to your oral health…biofilm!
If so, you might have wondered what is biofilm?
The first thing to be aware of is that biofilm is not a new oral health issue!In fact, most of you are probably familiar with another term for biofilm as it relates to your oral health…namely, plaque!
The plaque that forms on your teeth is a form of biofilm. It is not some brand new form of mutated superbug that did not previously exist. It was always there! We simply did not have the technology to recognize it! More importantly, we did not understand how it develops and grows.
Knowing that biofilm is really just plaque may still leave you wondering what exactly is biofilm? And what do we know about it now that we did not know before?
Biofilm is a complex community of bacteria that has adhered to some sort of surface, such as a tooth. It is protected by an exterior surface of, for want of a better word, slime.
Beneath this slime is a well organized
community of bacteria. As part of that organization, it is interesting to note that different types of bacteria will thrive in different locations within the biofilm.
For instance, deep within the biofilm , where it is harder for air to reach, you will find bacteria that survive better with less oxygen. Conversely, as you move to the exterior surface, the bacteria you find there need higher levels of oxygen to thrive. These different types of bacteria have found a way to meet their individual needs while surviving together in the same colony.
The colony also has an elaborate system for eliminating its own waste products.
From our standpoint as dentists, the exterior slimy surface as well as the ability of these bacteria to adhere to teeth makes them difficult to remove. Anti-biotics are ineffective at killing them while rinses cannot eliminate them.
Fortunately, biofilm bacteria can be wiped off the surface of your teeth. And that means regular brushing and flossing. Brushing has to be for at least two minutes each time in order to be effective at removing biofilm. It is such a sticky substance that casually wiping the surface is not enough to remove it from your teeth.
And even if you maintain good brushing and flossing habits, biofilm will grow underneath the gums where the brush and floss cannot reach. Regular trips to the dentist are essential to clean the biofilm from the area of the teeth beneath the gumline.
So there you have it. Next time you see that commercial, you will know that biofilm is nothing new. However, we now understand it better. That means we are in a better position to know how to eliminate it. Because understanding how to remove biofilm is a healthy habit…and healthy habits lead to healthy lives!
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Yoga makesthe healthyheart growfonderPracticing yoga (especiallythe downward dog pose)on a regular basis couldhelp regulate heart beat,reduce symptoms ofdepression and lower therisk of a stroke.
The research carried outby Dr Lakkireddy and theUniversity of Kansas Hospi-tal showed that after threemonths of doing poses,breathing exercises and yo-gic meditation, patientssuffering from atrial fibril-lation (a common heart de-fect) reported less anxietyand depression and fewerirregular heartbeats.
Lakkireddy insisted thatyoga is a healthycomplement to existingmedication, not a replace-ment. ROMINA MCGUINNESS
BODYISMYOGA
Yoga pose. Downward dog
What you do
1 Come onto the floor onyour hands and knees.Set your knees directlybelow your hips andyour hands slightly for-ward of your shoulders.Spread your palms,index fingers parallel orslightly turned out, andturn your toes under.
2 Exhale and lift yourknees away from thefloor. At first keep theknees slightly bent andthe heels lifted awayfrom the floor. Lengthenyour tailbone away fromthe back of your pelvisand press it lightlytoward the pubis.Against this resistance,lift the sitting bones to-ward the ceiling.
3 Then with anexhalation, push yourtop thighs back andstretch your heels ontoor down toward thefloor. Straighten yourknees but be sure not tolock them.
4 Firm the outer arms andpress the bases of theindex fingers actively in-to the floor. Firm yourshoulder blades againstyour back, then widenthem and draw them to-ward the tailbone. Keepthe head between theupper arms; don't let ithang.
5 Stay in this poseanywhere from 1 to 3minutes. STEPHANIEKNUTSSON, BODYISM YOGAINSTRUCTOR
Benefits
Calms the brain; helpsrelieve stress and mild de-pression
Energizes the body
Stretches the shoulders,hamstrings, calves, arches,and hands; strengthensthe arms and legs
Helps prevent osteoporo-sis
Improves digestion
Relieves headache, insom-nia, back pain and fatigue
Therapeutic for high bloodpressure, asthma, flat feet,sciatica and sinusitis
Does misery love company?An intriguing new studyrevealed some interestingthings about mood.
Researchers who studyhow people’s sense of well-being varies from place toplace decided to comparetheir findings with suiciderates.
The surprising result:The happiest places some-
times also have the high-est suicide rates.
“Discontented people ina happy place may feel par-ticularly harshly treated bylife,” suggested AndrewOswald of the University ofWarwick in England.
Or, put another way byco-author Stephen Wu ofHamilton College in Clin-
ton, New York, those sur-rounded by unhappy peo-ple may not feel so bad forthemselves.
But Wu urged caution indrawing conclusions.
“I don’t think thatmeans if you are unhappyyou should be around oth-ers who are unhappy.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
wellness 25metronews.caTUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011
In 10 years, it’s expectedthat Canadian babyboomers will eat moreconvenience foods whilepeople born after 1993 willbe skipping more meals,according to research re-leased last week.
A study conducted byToronto marketing re-search firm NPD Group,called A Look into The Fu-ture of Eating — CanadianMarketplace, says thateach generation will makeits own distinctive mark
on food consumptiontrends over the nextdecade.
In their analysis, theNPD Group asked peopleacross the country to keepa food diary for seven days.It predicted what each gen-eration will be eating in 10years and whether peopletend to eat more or less ofa food as they age, andlooked at which agegroups are growing or de-clining, explained Joel Gre-goire, a food and beverage
industry analyst with theNPD Group.
The top food groups ex-pected to increase in im-portance are salty/savourysnacks, which includecheese, and easy meals,such as yogurt or snackbars.
Two of the food groupsforecasted to decline in im-portance are heat-and-eatbreakfasts and combina-tion dishes, such as soupsand stews.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Looking at thefood forecast
Baby boomers predicted to eat more prepared foodsYounger generation will be skipping meals: study
A new study has predicted that in the future lunch is the meal most likely to be skipped.
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Cut down with kudzuThe root of the kudzuplant could help curb —not stop — your drinking.
Assistant Professor ofPsychology at HarvardMedical School Dr. DavidPenetar explains how theroot contains isoflavones,traditionally used in Chi-nese medicine to treat gen-eral maladies such as mildfever in addition to alco-
hol-related problems. “In our experiment we
found kudzu significantlydecreased alcohol intake(beer) in a 1.5 hour after-
noon laboratory drinkingsession.”
Penetar emphasizesthat although it only re-duced drinking, it mightbe effective to controlbinge drinking (more thanfive drinks in a short peri-od of time). Kudzu is tradi-tionally made into apowder and then brewedas a tea. ROMINA MCGUINNESS
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special about him. And when he took a call
from his sister during ourdate and explained to herwhom he was with, I couldtell by the tone of his voicethat he had been feelingthe same way about me.
David is easy to fall inlove with, and I did — fast.
We were lucky to knowthe strength and depth ofour love early on as wewere about to facehardship. A year and a halfinto our relationship,David suffered a traumaticbrain injury. He had to un-dergo a year of intense
therapy in order to regainmemories of our lifetogether. Although he waschanged, I knew our lovewas something special, andwe remained committed toeach other.
Ten months after his ac-cident, David and his sisterplanned a surprise trip toToronto for me.
He proposed at the topof the CN Tower. We mar-ried on March 3, 2011.
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HARDSHIPI went out on a date with thisguy and it went really well.We set up a second date aswe both had a great time.The only problem is he nevercalled me back! I texted him acouple of times, but asidefrom some random, non-com-mittal texts back, he’s neverasked me out again. What didI miss?
Clueless Against My Will
Claire: Dear Clueless,If I could answer this I’d
be richer than He-of-the-meringue-hairdo (DonaldTrump). You say the datewent well, so I assume thatthe conversation flowedeasily, that his body lan-guage was good, and thatyou didn’t mention thatyour meds have kicked inso that you don’t hear “thevoices” quite as often asyou used to.
If any of the above is in-correct then the datedidn’t go as well as youthought, and that’s why hedidn’t call.
But if it did, then thismight have nothing to do
with you: I believe that aswe get older, timing in-creasingly dictateswhether or not a relation-ship has a chance tobloom.
Perhaps he’s in thatgrey area — that intersec-tion between differentphases of his life where allhe knows is that hedoesn’t know what hewants.
The other possibility isthat your date went so wellthat the ecstasy of your po-tential relationship wastoo life-altering for him tocope with, so he ran. Inwhich case, keep takingyour meds and move on.
Andrea: Dear Clueless, There’s a saying that I
believe applies here: “He’sjust not that into you.”
But don’t fret. He didyou a favour! By not engag-ing you beyond that onedate, he quite possiblysaved you the trouble ofemotional upheaval downthe road.
Although no one likesthe silent treatment orpretending nothing hap-pened, you didn’t have togo through liking him,then not liking him andthe inevitable, uncomfort-able “we need to talk” talk.
The point is, you didn’tmiss a thing.
Instead, ask yourselfwhat you liked about him,then use that informationto find an even better hot-tie.
Once you learn to take astep back, you can enjoythe ride, and isn’t that thebest part?
TWO SISTERS, 20-SOMETHING AN-DREA AND 30-SOMETHING CLAIRE,OFFER THEIR DIFFERING VIEWS ONYOUR RELATIONSHIP ISSUES.
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Both David and I (Mandy)had followed friends to a Si-mon Fraser University pubparty and, before we knewit, we were squishedtogether in a crowd ofstrangers.
The circumstances wereless than romantic, butthose close quartersallowed his infectious hu-mour to grab my attention.By the end of the night, Iwas enamoured.
After a few phoneconversations, David and Iwent on our first date.
I knew immediately thatthere was something
Names: David and Mandy
Hometown: New Westminster, B.C.
Together since: 2004
Theirstory:
Letters of love in a time of warCache of ‘precious letters’ shows how great-grandparents lived the Civil War
Alone in his hotel room af-ter a solemn dinner withhis brother, the newly en-
listed army surgeon tookup pen and paper to makethe first instalment on his
promise.“I have a few moments,”
he wrote to his wife, just 16kilometres up the coast inLynn. “I am in such a whirlthat I can hardly think,much less write.”
Just four days earlier, onApril 12, 1861, Confederateartillery had fired on FortSumter in Charleston Har-bor, igniting the Civil War.On April 15, President Abra-ham Lincoln issued an ur-gent appeal “to all loyalcitizens,” seeking 75,000volunteers to quell the re-bellion.
The very next day, Dr.Bowman Bigelow Breed —my great-grandfather —was on a train south, boundfor Boston, and for war.
Bowman and my great-grandmother, Hannah,vowed to write to each oth-er every day, “if only a line.”
And they kept theirpromise as well as one canduring a time of war. Ex-cept for brief furloughs andthe few months when shewould join him at one ofhis postings, they wereapart from the fading echoof those first cannon shotsin South Carolina until anassassin’s bullet ended Lin-coln’s life four years later.
Their “precious letters,”as each called them, wouldtotal nearly 1,000 by war’send. Growing up in Lynn, Ihad listened eagerly to mydad’s vivid stories about theCivil War and the grandfa-ther he never knew. But un-til two years ago, when myoldest brother, Putnam,handed me a heavy card-board box containing theletters, I had no idea wherethose stories came from.
When I removed the first
bundle and carefully untiedthe dry-rotted string, Ifound the letters in remark-ably good shape — stained,faded, some with holesgnawed in them by vermin,but legible.
As I read them, it be-came clear they traced thewar’s entire arc, from bat-tlefield and home front. Myancestors’ missives were apleasant revelation — chat-ty and erudite, playful andpoignant. And, for a pair ofsupposedly stodgy Yankees,surprisingly passionate.
Once just sad-eyed facesstaring out from sepia-toned photographs on amantelpiece, Bowman andHannah have become liv-ing, breathing people tome.
And during our owntime of war, I can read intheir words the struggles ofany number of youngAmerican couples — sepa-rated by a sense of duty, butlonging for peace and “ahome together.”ALLEN G. BREED/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
This photo shows a bundle of letters written between Dr.
Bowman Bigelow Breed and his wife, Hannah, during the
Civil War.
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Grab your favouriterecipes and head to thefarmer’s market. Buy onlywhat you’ll need to pre-pare your dishes andavoid ‘stocking up’ whichcan result in wasted mon-ey by throwing out rottenitems.
Set a frugal fresh foodgoal such as buying freshonce a week rather thanbulk buying.
Take your summer sav-ings and plough it intoyour Tax Free Savings Ac-count, pay off expensivecredit card debt or rewardyourself if you reach yourfitness, entertainmentand food goals.
FUN AND
FRUGALLESLEY [email protected]
GETTING FIT &
STAYING FRUGAL
If you haven’tcompletedyour 2010 taxreturn, a listwill galvanizeyou.
I’m a greatbeliever in making a listfor those times when youjust can’t get at it — what-ever “it” is.
Lists are your one-stopsolution to a bout (or per-manent case) of procrasti-nation. It’s oh-soreinforcing to cross offtasks as you progress.
This is particularly truein the world of money.The trick is to break thejob down into easilyachievable steps.
According to an H & RBlock poll released April13th, 10 per cent of filersplan on doing their taxesthis week, just days beforeMay 2, and many morewon’t make the deadline.
As a public service to
those procrastinatorshere’s my income taxpreparation list to get yougoing.
• If you’re using tax soft-ware, sign on — somebanks offer a discount ratewith the major providers,such as TurboTax throughRBC and UFile throughCIBC.
You can also do-it-yourself with H & R Blocksoftware. Otherwise go tocra-arc.gc.ca, click Individ-uals then 2010 Tax Pack-age to download andprint, or go to the post of-fice for a paper copy.
• Gather expense receipts
and separate into majorcategories; medical\dental,child, education, dona-tions, RRSP, rental (if youown a rental property) andso on.
Total each and note iton the file or envelope.
• Gather income slips andclip together based on cat-egory - T4, T4A, T5, etc.
• Clear a desk or table sur-face — I’m talking allclear!
• Assemble writing imple-ment, paper, calculatorand stickies.
• Turn off or un plug your
phones so you can concen-trate.
• Begin. Mark what youdon’t understand with astickie (for paper filers) ormake a note (for e-filers)and return to it later.
• Complete form.
• Smile if there’s a refunddue.
• Mail or net file form.
• Pay tax owing at yourbank.
Now if only I could get myhusband to start makinglists!
ON MONEYALISON [email protected]
Tackle taxes with a list
Tax Facts
1 million Canadians willfile their taxes late thisyear.11 per cent of those whofile late don’t realize thatthe deadline is May 2nd.
Stop making excuses. It’s time to bunker down and get
your finances in form before the May 2 deadline.
ISTOCK
Prenuptial agreementsare a touchy subject.Many argue it takes theromance out of marriage,but protecting your mon-ey is a savvy, serious mat-ter — you just neverknow what the futureholds.
The British press hasraised the issue of a royalprenup but PrinceWilliam’s office declinedto comment. In Britain,prenups are rare (unheardof in the royal family), butin Canada they’re becom-ing more common.
Weddingbells’ 2011
Reader’s Survey results re-vealed 32 per cent ofbrides thought it was asmart idea, a figure that’s
up six percent from the2010 results.
ALISON MCGILLWEDDINGBELLS.CA
Pre-nup a necessity?GETTY
Did you know that manyCanadians mistakenly be-lieve that having a will isnot a priority?
If you die without a will,the provincial governmenthas its own common andimpersonal formulas forthe distribution of your es-tate.
Many people mistakenlythink their estates are toosmall to warrant having awill, but the contrary istrue.
The smaller the estate,the greater the need to havethings settled quickly.Without a will, a person'saffairs are managed byprovincial authorities, whooften have hundreds of filesto attend to, which couldcause unnecessary delaysand extra costs. NEWS CANADA
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Balsamic Glazed Mushrooms
This dish can be servedover hot cooked rice orsalad greens for a lightvegetarian meal. It willalso work well as a sidedish with grilled meat.
Preparation:
1 In measuring cup,mix together vinegar,lime juice, sugar, gar-lic and hot redpepper flakes; setaside.
2 Heat large skillet overmedium-high heat.Add walnuts; cookand stir constantlyuntil lightly toasted;remove and set aside.
Ingredients:• 1/4 cup (50 mL) eachbalsamic vinegar and limejuice• 3 tbsp (45 mL) packedbrown sugar • 2 large cloves garlic• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) hot redpepper flakes• 1 cup (250 mL) brokenwalnut pieces• 3 tbsp (45 mL) olive oil• 1 lb (500 g) small whiteor cremini mushrooms
THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO
3 In same skillet, heat oilover medium heat; addmushrooms and stir-fryfor 3 minutes. Add wal-nuts and stir in vinegarmix while stirring con-stantly until sauce bub-bles and mushroomsare coated.
4 Serve on hot rice,mixed greens or as aside dish to grilledmeat. THE CANADIANPRESS/ MUSHROOMS.CA
Transportyourself toNice or Romeby visitingthis humbleKanata pizze-ria where
thin crust pizzas are thespecialty.
The environment ishomey with a few boothsand tables, chalkboard
Sample a taste of Rome forlunch without leaving Ottawa
Pig’s Heaven ($10).
SHARI GOODMAN
Tomaso is a humble pizzeria specializing in grilled thin crust pizza Itsmenu features charming names such as Chicken of the New Era & Pig’s Heaven
LUNCH RUSHSHARI [email protected]
Tomaso450 Kanata Ave.
613-599-4399
Quick solo lunch: Yes
Social lunch: Yes
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
menus and simple décor. The names on the menu
are charming: Chicken ofthe New Era (with grilledchicken, roma tomatoes,marinated artichokehearts and feta) or Pig’sHeaven (topped with pep-peroni, bacon andsausage).
To add an extra smokyflavour and crisp texture,the pizzas here are grilled.
Though the chicken piz-za was slightly bland, andcould have used an extrahandful of feta, the piggyversion was perfect.
Hiding in the saucewere chunks of tomatoes
with just the right amountof toppings to accompanyeach bite.
This little gourmetpizzeria is a gem amongthe big box stores in Cen-trum. Now that I know aslice of Nice is only a shortdrive away, I plan to travelthere often.
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sports 33metronews.caTUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011
Six weeks into the NFL lock-out, players have an earlytriumph over the owners incourt.
U.S. District Judge SusanRichard Nelson ordered animmediate end to the lock-out yesterday, siding withthe players in their fightwith the owners over howto divide the $9-billion USbusiness. The NFL immedi-ately said it would ask Nel-
son to put her order onhold so the league can pur-sue an expedited appeal tothe 8th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in St. Louis, Mo.Nelson granted a request
for a preliminary injunc-tion to lift the lockout, say-ing she was swayed by theplayers’ argument that theNFL’s first work stoppagesince 1987 is hurting theircareers.
The NFL is going forwardwith the draft, which be-gins Thursday night.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judge orders end to NFL lockout
General manager MikeGillis is blaming the refer-ees for the VancouverCanucks being forced toplay a Game 7 in theirNHL playoff series againstthe Chicago Blackhawks.
Gillis said his team hasits back against the wallbecause more penaltiesare being called againstthe Canucks than Chica-go.
“I’m not sure how youexplain that discrepancy,but we’re going to be veryhard-pressed to win hock-ey games if throughoutthe entire series, whenthe score is tight, they get75 per cent more powerplays than we do,” Gillissaid yesterday.
“That’s the facts we arefacing.”
Coach Alain Vigneault
said goaltender RobertoLuongo will start for theCanucks tonight (CBC, 10p.m.). In a surprise move,Vigneault started backupCory Schneider in Game 6Sunday night in Chicago.
“He (Luongo) knew yes-terday he was either go-ing to start Game 1 of thenext series or start Game7,” said Vigneault.
A playoff that beganwith Vancouver beingfavoured to win the Stan-ley Cup can end in one ofthe most embarrassingmeltdowns in franchisehistory.
The Canucks took acommanding 3-0 lead inthe best-of-seven WesternConference quarter-finalseries but have lost threeconsecutive games.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canucks GM blamesrefs for team’s woes
Roberto Luongo adjusts his mask during practice yesterday.
DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Habs looking to catch a breakScott Gomez is hoping fatewill turn in the MontrealCanadiens’ direction.
Overtime wins in thefourth and fifth gameshave given the BostonBruins a 3-2 lead in theirbest-of-seven Eastern Con-ference quarter-final, butthat’s how close the battlehas been between theNortheast Division rivals.
“It’s a great series,”Gomez said yesterday. “It’sbeen so weird.
“It’s whoever gets thatlittle break or bounce. It’sfun for us. They threw thelast punch and now wehave to throw one. If youlooked at the teams thisseason, this is what itboils down to.”
The Bruins can putaway the Canadiens witha victory in Game 6 at theBell Centre tonight.
It promises to be agood one, with Bostonlooking to come backfrom an 0-2 deficit to wina best-of-seven series forthe first time in 27 tries,and Montreal seeking thesame magic that sawthem win five eliminationgames while oustingWashington and Pitts-burgh in the opening two
rounds of the playoffs ayear ago.
If Game 7 is necessary,it will be played tomorrownight in Boston.
Montreal took the firsttwo games in Boston andthe Bruins won the nexttwo in Montreal. In theplayoffs, each club hasscored 12 goals.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Setback forPhil Hughes MLB. Injured Yankeesstarter Phil Hughes had asetback yesterday in hisrehabilitation from a“dead arm,” cutting shorta bullpen session afterabout a dozen pitches.
Hughes went on thedisabled list April 15 be-
cause of a significantdrop in his velocity thisseason. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Laker arrestedin New OrleansNBA. Authorities say LosAngeles Lakers forwardDerrick Caracter was ar-rested in New Orleans,accused of public drunk-enness and shoving acashier at a pancakerestaurant.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sports in brief
Luongo will start in net tonight Schneider will be available to play
What rules?
If the injunction is
upheld, the NFL must
resume business,
although under what
guidelines is uncertain.
BRUINS CANADIENS
Time: 7 p.m. TV: CBC
Quoted
“It’s alwayssomething
special. I’ve wonit a few times.”RED WINGS DEFENCEMAN
NICKLAS LIDSTROM, A SIX-TIME NORRIS TROPHY
WINNER, ON BEING AFINALIST FOR THE 11TH TIME
IN 13 SEASONS FOR THEAWARD RECOGNIZING THENHL’S BEST BLUE-LINER.
“It means a lot tome to play at this
level in thisleague at this
age. I sat next toChris Chelios fornine years, so I
saw up closewhat it takes atthis age to stay
in shape.”LIDSTROM, WHO TURNS 41 ON THURSDAY. THE
OTHER FINALISTS FOR THENORRIS ARE BOSTON’S
ZDENO CHARA ANDNASHVILLE’S SHEA WEBER.
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PLAYOFFSAll times EasternCONFERENCEQUARTER-FINALS(Best-of-7 series)
EASTERN CONFERENCEWashington (1) vs. N.Y. Rangers (8)(Washingtonwins 4-1)Philadelphia (2) vs. Buffalo (7)(Series tied 3-3)Sunday’s resultPhiladelphia 5 Buffalo 4 (OT)Tonight’s gameBuffalo at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.Boston (3) vs.Montreal (6)(Boston leads 3-2)Tonight’s gameBoston atMontreal, 7 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamex-Montreal at Boston, TBAPittsburgh (4) vs. Tampa Bay (5)(Series tied 3-3)Last night’s resultTampa Bay 4 Pittsburgh 2Tomorrow’s gameTampa Bay at Pittsburgh, TBA
WESTERN CONFERENCEVancouver (1) vs. Chicago (8)(Series tied 3-3)Sunday’s resultChicago 4 Vancouver 3 (OT)Tonight’s gameChicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m.San Jose (2) vs. Los Angeles (7)(San Jose leads 3-2)Last night’s resultSan Jose at Los AngelesTomorrow’s gamex-Los Angeles at San Jose, TBADetroit (3) vs. Phoenix (6)(Detroit wins 4-0)Anaheim (4) vs. Nashville (5)(Nashville wins 4-2)Sunday’s resultNashville 4 Anaheim 2x — played only if necessary.
LIGHTNING 4, PENGUINS 2First Period1. Pittsburgh, Dupuis 1 (Talbot) 8:232. TampaBay, Purcell 1 (Malone, Downie) 16:36Penalties—Kovalev Pgh (hooking) 8:30,Letang Pgh (interference) 14:28.Second Period3.TampaBay,Bergenheim2(Moore,Downie)5:44Missed penalty shot—Conner Pit, 9:10.Penalties—Ohlund TB (roughing) 0:32,Bergenheim TB (high-sticking) 6:32, OhlundTB (hooking) 9:39, Kunitz Pgh (tripping) 15:39,Malone TB (elbowing) 17:19.Third Period4. Pittsburgh, Staal 1 (Niskanen, Kennedy) 3:485. TampaBay,Downie 1 (Lecavalier, Gagne) 4:556. Tampa Bay,Malone 1 (Ohlund) 9:34Penalties—Kunitz Pgh, Hedman TB (rough-ing),Malone TB (goaltender interference) 5:26.ShotsPittsburgh 7 9 13 —29Tampa Bay 9 7 5 —21Goal—Pittsburgh: Fleury (L,3-3-0); TampaBay: Roloson (W,3-3-0). Power plays (goals-chances)—Pittsburgh: 0-5; Tampa Bay: 0-3.Referees—Eric Furlatt, Marc Joannette.Linesmen—Steve Barton, JeanMorin.Att.—20,309 (19,758) at Tampa, Fla.
SUNDAYBLACKHAWKS4,CANUCKS3(OT)First Period1. Vancouver, D.Sedin 5 (H.Sedin, Burrows)2:062. Chicago, Bickell 2 (Bolland) 14:573. Vancouver, Burrows 1, 18:48Penalties—Kane Chi (high-sticking) 6:04,Kesler Vcr (slashing) 9:59.Second Period
AMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION
W L Pct GBNew York 12 7 .632 —Tampa Bay 11 11 .500 21/2Boston 10 11 .476 3Toronto 9 12 .429 4Baltimore 8 12 .400 41/2
CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB
Cleveland 13 8 .619 —Kansas City 12 10 .545 11/2Detroit 12 10 .545 11/2Minnesota 9 12 .429 4Chicago 9 14 .391 5
WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB
Texas 14 7 .667 —Los Angeles 12 10 .545 21/2Oakland 11 11 .500 31/2Seattle 8 15 .348 7Last night’s resultsChicagoWhite Sox 2 N.Y. Yankees 0Toronto at TexasOakland at L.A. AngelsSunday’s resultsTampa Bay 2 Toronto 0Minnesota 4 Cleveland 3Texas 8 Kansas City 7Oakland 5 Seattle 2Detroit 3 ChicagoWhite Sox 0N.Y. Yankees 6 Baltimore 3 (11 innings)Boston 7 L.A. Angels 0Today’s gamesAll times EasternBoston (C.Buchholz 1-2) at Baltimore (Brit-ton 3-1), 7:05 p.m.ChicagoWhite Sox (Floyd 2-1) at N.Y. Yan-kees (Nova 1-2), 7:05 p.m.Kansas City (Hochevar 2-2) at Cleveland(Masterson 4-0), 7:05 p.m.Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-2) at Detroit (Coke 1-3), 7:05 p.m.Toronto (Litsch 1-1) at Texas (Harrison 3-1),8:05 p.m.Tampa Bay (W.Davis 2-2) atMinnesota (Liri-ano 1-3), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (McCarthy 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Chat-wood 1-1), 10:05 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesBoston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.ChicagoWhite Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.Seattle at Detroit, 7:05 p.m.Toronto at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Tampa Bay atMinnesota, 8:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION
W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 15 6 .714 —Florida 13 7 .650 11/2Washington 10 10 .500 41/2Atlanta 11 12 .478 5New York 9 13 .409 61/2
CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB
St. Louis 12 10 .545 —Milwaukee 11 10 .524 1/2Cincinnati 11 11 .500 1Chicago 10 11 .476 11/2Pittsburgh 9 12 .429 21/2Houston 8 14 .364 4
WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB
Colorado 14 7 .667 —Los Angeles 12 11 .522 3San Francisco 10 11 .476 4Arizona 8 12 .400 51/2San Diego 8 14 .364 61/2Last night’s resultsWashington at PittsburghL.A. Dodgers at FloridaColorado at Chicago CubsCincinnati atMilwaukeePhiladelphia at ArizonaAtlanta at San DiegoSunday’s resultsFlorida 6 Colorado 3St. Louis 3 Cincinnati 0Philadelphia 3 San Diego 1Milwaukee 4 Houston 1Washington 6 Pittsburgh 3N.Y.Mets 8 Arizona 4L.A. Dodgers 7 Chicago Cubs 3Atlanta 9 San Francisco 6 (10 innings)Today’s gamesAll times EasternN.Y.Mets (C.Young 1-0) atWashington (Zim-mermann 1-3), 7:05 p.m.San Francisco (Cain 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Mor-ton 2-1), 7:05 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-2) at Florida (Vol-stad 1-1), 7:10 p.m.Colorado (De La Rosa 3-0) at Chicago Cubs(J.Russell 1-2), 8:05 p.m.St. Louis (J.Garcia 3-0) at Houston (Norris 1-1), 8:05 p.m.Cincinnati (Leake 3-0) atMilwaukee (Estrada1-0), 8:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Oswalt 3-0) at Arizona(D.Hudson 0-4), 9:40 p.m.Atlanta (Jurrjens 1-0) at San Diego (Harang4-0), 10:05 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesL.A. Dodgers at Florida, 12:10 p.m.Cincinnati atMilwaukee, 1:10 p.m.Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.Atlanta at San Diego, 3:35 p.m.Philadelphia at Arizona, 3:40 p.m.N.Y.Mets atWashington, 7:05 p.m.San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.St. Louis at Houston, 8:05 p.m.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE NBAMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL4. Chicago, Bolland 2 (Kane) 15:08Penalties—Brouwer Chi (high-sticking) 7:04,Torres Vcr (goaltender interference) 9:50, Ray-mond Vcr (hooking) 10:07, Hodgson Vcr (delayof game) 17:22, H.Sedin Vcr (diving), CampbellChi (cross-checking) 20:00.Third Period5.Vancouver, Bieksa1 (Raymond,Burrows) 0:586. Chicago, Frolik 2, 2:31Penalties—None.First Overtime7. Chicago, Smith 3 (Hjalmarsson,Hossa) 15:30Penalties—None.ShotsVancouver 7 6 10 12—35Chicago 9 10 3 11—33Goal (shots-saves)—Vancouver: C.Schneider(20-17), Luongo (L,3-3-0)(2:31 third)(13-12);Chicago: Crawford (W,3-3-0).Power plays (goals-chances)—Vancouver: 0-2; Chicago: 0-4.Att.—22,014 (19,717) at Vancouver.
SCORING LEADERSG A PT
St. Louis, TB 4 4 8Perry, Ana 2 6 8Selanne, Ana 6 1 7D.Sedin, Vcr 5 2 7Clowe, SJ 4 3 7Cammalleri, Mtl 2 5 7Giroux, Pha 1 6 7Gragnani, Buf 1 6 7S.Koivu, Ana 1 6 7Keith, Chi 4 2 6Fisher, Nash 3 3 6Ovechkin,Wash 3 3 6P.Bergeron, Bos 2 4 6Bolland, Chi 2 4 6Datsyuk, Det 2 4 6Gagne, TB 2 4 6Getzlaf, Ana 2 4 6P.Kane, Chi 1 5 6Briere, Pha 5 0 5Vanek, Buf 5 0 5Doan, Phx 3 2 5Clifford, LA 3 2 5Sharp, Chi 3 2 5Ward, Nash 3 2 5S.Weber, Nash 3 2 5
PLAYOFFSAll times Eastern
FIRST ROUND(Best-of-7 series)
EASTERN CONFERENCEChicago (1) vs. Indiana (8)(Chicago leads 3-1)Tonight’s gameIndiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.Thursday’s gamex-Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m.Saturday’s gamex-Indiana at Chicago, TBDMiami (2) vs. Philadelphia (7)(Miami leads 3-1)Sunday’s resultPhiladelphia 86Miami 82Tomorrow’s gamePhiladelphia atMiami, 7 or 8 p.m.Friday’s gamex-Miami at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Sunday,May 1x-Philadelphia atMiami, TBDBoston (3) vs. NewYork (6)(Bostonwins 4-0)Sunday’s resultBoston 101NewYork 89Orlando (4) vs. Atlanta (5)(Atlanta leads 3-1)Sunday’s resultAtlanta 88 Orlando 85Tonight’s gameAtlanta at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.Thursday’s gamex-Orlando at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Saturday’s gamex-Atlanta at Orlando, TBD
WESTERN CONFERENCESanAntonio (1) vs.Memphis (8)(Memphis leads 2-1)Last night’s resultSanAntonio atMemphisTomorrow’s gameMemphis at San Antonio, TBDFriday’s gamex-San Antonio atMemphis, 8 p.m.Sunday,May 1x-Memphis at San Antonio, TBDL.A. Lakers (2) vs. NewOrleans (7)(Series tied 2-2)Sunday’s resultNewOrleans 93 L.A. Lakers 88Tonight’s gameNewOrleans at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.Thursday’s gameL.A. Lakers at NewOrleans, 9:30 p.m.Saturday’s gamex-NewOrleans at L.A. Lakers, TBDDallas (3) vs. Portland (6)(Series tied 2-2)Last night’s resultPortland at DallasThursday’s gameDallas at Portland, 10 p.m.Saturday’s gamex-Portland at Dallas, TBDOklahoma City (4) vs. Denver (5)(Oklahoma City leads 3-0)Last night’s resultOklahoma City at DenverTomorrow’s gamex-Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 or 9:30 p.m.Friday’s gamex-Oklahoma City at Denver, 10:30 p.m.Sunday,May 1x-Denver at Oklahoma City, TBDx—if necessary.
HOCKEY
IIHFWOMEN’SWORLDCHAMPIONSHIPAt ZurichCHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETYesterday’s resultsGoldMedalU.S. 3 Canada 2 (OT)BronzeMedalFinland 3 Russia 2 (OT)
TENNISATPSERBIAOPENAt Belgrade, SerbiaSingles — First RoundJanko Tipsarevic (7), Serbia, def. Kei Nishiko-ri, Japan, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (0).Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, def. Tobias Kamke, Ger-many, 7-6 (0), 6-1.Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Dudi Sela, Is-rael, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3.Doubles — First RoundMarcel Granollers, Spain, and Nenad Zimonjic(1), Serbia, def. David Savic andMiljan Zekic,Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and FilipPolasek (3), Slovakia, def. John Isner, U.S., andIllyaMarchenko, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-1.
ATP-WTAESTORIL OPENAt Oeiras, PortugalMen’s Singles — First RoundKevin Anderson (7), South Africa, def.Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. RuiMachado,Portugal, 6-3, 6-3.Jeremy Chardy, France, def. AdrianMannari-no, France, 6-4, 6-3.Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Gastao Elias, Por-tugal, 7-6 (6), 3-6, 5-2, retired.Men’s Doubles — First RoundCarlos Berlocq, Argentina, and Pere Riba,Spain, def.MarceloMelo and Bruno Soares(2), Brazil, 6-2, 6-3.Pablo Andujar and Daniel Gimeno-Traver,Spain, def. Yves Allegro, Switzerland, andGilles Simon, France, 6-3, 6-3.Women’s Singles — First RoundAlisa Kleybanova (1), Russia, def. Olga Gov-ortsova, Belarus, 6-2, 6-2.Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. BethanieMattek-Sands (5), U.S., 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.Elena Vesnina (6), Russia, def. Barbara Luz,Portugal, 6-1, 6-1.Romina Oprandi, Italy, def. Zheng Jie (7), Chi-na, 6-4, 6-2.Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def.Magali de Lat-tre, Portugal, 6-3, 6-1.Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Anastasia Ro-dionova, Australia, 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.Mathilde Johansson, France, def. Ksenia Per-vak, Russia, 6-4, 6-3.Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def. Zhang Shuai,China, 6-2, 6-1.Women’s Doubles — First RoundMervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina,and Darija Jurak, Croatia, def. PetraMartic,Croatia, and Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-0,7-6 (1).Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (2),U.S., def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, and Ta-tiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.
LACROSSE
PLAYOFFSAll times Eastern
DIVISIONAL SEMI-FINALSEASTDIVISIONSaturday’s gameBoston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Sunday, May 1Rochester at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.WESTDIVISIONSaturday’s gamesColorado at Calgary, 8:30 p.m.Washington atMinnesota, 8:30 p.m.
DIVISIONAL FINALSMay 6-8
Couture, SJ 2 3 5Frolik, Chi 2 3 5Hossa, Chi 2 3 5Lecavalier, TB 2 3 5Richardson, LA 2 3 5Vrbata, Phx 2 3 5Brewer, TB 1 4 5Filppula, Det 1 4 5Green,Wash 1 4 5Meszaros, Pha 1 4 5Tootoo, Nash 1 4 5Last night’s games not included
SOCCERHome teams listed first
ENGLANDPREMIER LEAGUEYesterday’s resultsBlackburn 0Manchester City 1
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPBarnsley 2 Doncaster 2Bristol City 2 Nottingham Forest 3Burnley 1 Portsmouth 1Crystal Palace 1 Leeds 0Leicester 4Watford 2Middlesbrough 2 Coventry 1Norwich 3 Derby 2Preston 0 Cardiff 1Queens Park Rangers 1 Hull 1Reading 2 Sheffield United 3Scunthorpe 1Millwall 2Swansea 4 Ipswich 1
SCOTLANDPREMIER LEAGUEHamilton 1 Aberdeen 1St. Johnstone 0 Inverness 3
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Puerto Plata via Toronto
Bahia Principe San Juan AAAa PRIVILEGES$589
All-Inclusive • Standard rm. • June 4 - 18 • 1 wk. Add taxes & other fees: $226Departure tax: 25 CUC cash, paid locally
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | Samana via Toronto
Bahia Samana Roulette AAAA$649
All-Inclusive • Run of the House • June 5 - 19 • 1 wk. Add taxes & other fees: $203
CUBA | Varadero via Toronto
Sirenis La Salina Varadero Beach Resort AAAA$759
All-Inclusive • Standard rm. • May 14 - 29 • 1 wk. Add taxes & other fees: $222Departure tax: 25 CUC cash, paid locally
CUBA | Santa Clara via Toronto
Meliá Las Dunas AAAAa PRIVILEGES$759
All-Inclusive • Standard rm. • May 14 • 1 wk. Add taxes & other fees: $222
MEXICO | Cancun/Riviera Maya via Toronto
Gran Bahia Principe Tulum AAAAa PRIVILEGES$629
All-Inclusive • Standard rm. • June 3 - 6 & 10 - 13 • 1 wk. Add taxes & other fees: $271
COSTA RICA | Liberia via Toronto
Occidental Grand Papagayo AAAAa$779
All-Inclusive • Deluxe rm. • June 5 & 12 • 1 wk. Add taxes & other fees: $237Departure tax: 26 USD cash, paid locally
ARUBA via Toronto
Occidental Grand Aruba AAAAa$1349
All-Inclusive • Deluxe rm. • May 28 • 1 wk. Add taxes & other fees: $201
BAHAMAS | Great Exuma via Toronto
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SPAIN | Barcelona Aranea AAABreakfast • Double rm. Aug. 1 – 31 • 3 nts.
$189 Taxes & other fees included
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$299 Taxes & other fees included
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SPAIN | Madrid Economy car Aug. 1 – 31 • 1 wk.
$419 Taxes & other fees included
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SPAIN | Madrid via Toronto
Silken Puerta Madrid AAAADouble standard rm. Aug. 12 • 5 nts.
$1069Add taxes & other fees: $416
EUROPE CRUISES | AIR & CRUISE
Holland America Line1 | ms ZandamGlacier Discovery CruiseRound-trip flight to Vancouver
$2079Interior stateroom cat. L • June 12 • 7 nts. Add taxes & other fees: $186
Holland America Line1 | ms NoordamMediterranean Enchantment CruiseRound-trip flight to Rome (Civitavecchia)
$2499Interior stateroom, cat. K • June 20 • 10 nts. Add taxes & other fees: $514
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