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City council gave preliminaryapproval yesterday on spending$4.1 million to present a goodimage during the 2013 World Fig-ure Skating Championships.

Councillors took two votes onseparate clauses in a motion thatapproved the spending in princi-ple and lands the issue in front ofthe finance and administrationcommittee on Oct. 19. The firstclause — approving the spendingin principle — passed 11-3, the oth-er part of the motion passed 14-0.

The votes came after a lengthyconversation about shelling outthe money. Some councillors ques-tioned why private businessesweren’t footing some of the bill.

“This is a city of London event.The way we’re shaping this thingup is to be a taxpayers’ event,” saidCoun. Dale Henderson, whoopposed the motion on the first

vote. “Where’s the money fromthe John Labatt Centre? Where’sthe money from the hotels? I wantto see some matching money.”

Others, including Mayor JoeFontana, urged their colleagues toremember the long-lasting eco-nomic benefit a solid performanceduring the championships couldbring to the city.

The city couldn’t buy theamount of publicity the champi-onships will bring, Fontana said.

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Council OKsspending onskate event

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Try one — it’ll be worth your truffle Forrat’s got its start at the downtown market in 2003 and since then has expanded to a shop on Richmond Street, one in Hamilton and another in Windsor. The business is gearing up for fall andwinter and soon will roll out seasonal goodies like pumpkin spice, eggnog and champagne truffles.

Berry. Bark

Roger Carlos, a partner in Forrat’s Chocolates, makes chocolate berry bark yesterday at the Covent Garden Market.

“We are going to getour money back 100fold from what weinvest. Come on, let’sbe excited for once ortwice.”MAYOR JOE FONTANA

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Economic benefit of World Figure SkatingChampionships expected to near $30 million

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Suspicious fire at Men’s MissionResidents at the Men’s Mis-sion on York Street weregiven a surprise earlywakeup call yesterday.

Just before 3 a.m., theLondon Fire Departmentwas called to the mission,

between Burwell and Mait-land streets, because of afire that started in a bath-room.

The fire is consideredsuspicious.AM980/AM980.CA

Thousands gather for Terry Fox RunAbout 1,100 people gath-ered in London over theweekend for the 31st annu-al Terry Fox Run.

The London portion ofthe event was expected toraise $100,000 for cancer re-search. This year, the eventwas dedicated to the memo-ry of Terry’s mother, Betty

Fox, who passed away earli-er this year. Peter Ferguson,a member of the Londonvolunteer committee, saysBetty was devoted to carry-ing on her son’s dream.

“She was a very intricatepart of the Terry Fox runand the foundation itself,”he said. “She inspired a lot

of people to keep this thinggoing.” AM980/AM980.CA

Professors at UWO andthree other universities areasking people to cast threeballots in advance of theOct. 6 election.

The votes won’t counttoward putting a party inpower, but they could tellresearchers a lot about howdifferent voting systems af-fect the outcome of elec-tions and how the systemsaffect the way people vote.

Three Ontario Votes —an online project that

launched Saturday — ispart of a larger seven-yearresearch project calledMaking Electoral Democra-cy Work.

Laura Stephenson, an as-sociate professor in West-ern’s political sciencedepartment, is represent-ing London. Other partici-pating universities includeCarlton, McGill and Univer-sité de Montréal.

“Overall, we’re interest-ed in how voters and par-ties react to each other andthe institutional systems inwhich they work,” Stephen-son said.

Three Ontario Votes is asmuch about voter educa-tion as it research, Stephen-son said. On the project’swebsite, people can choosetheir riding and then castvotes for candidates viathree electoral systems:first past the post, which isthe way candidates areelected now; proportionalrepresentation; and an al-ternative vote in which vot-ers assign a priority to thevarious candidates and thefield is narrowed through acomplex ranking system.

While casting ballots,voters can read about each

system, including a list ofpros and cons.

Understanding variousvoting systems is impor-tant, Stephenson said,largely because of calls forelectoral reform. In 2007,Ontario voters overwhelm-ingly defeated a referen-dum that would havereplaced the first-past-the-post system with a form ofproportional representa-tion.

“It’s good to know whatyou’re asking for,” Stephen-son said about calls for re-form.

If enough people land on

the Three Ontario Voteswebsite, researchers coulduse the data to figure outhow the Oct. 6 resultswould have played out lo-cally under various sys-tems.

Project seeks to draw conclusions on how electoral reform would impact outcomes Anyone can participate regardless of age, eligibility to vote

Cast early ballots: Researchers

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Not always a beautiful day in the neighbourhood

Morning. Stroll

Mariah Buck, 4, and Krista Buck, 33, of London, enjoy a rainy-morning stroll through Wortley Villageyesterday. The mother and daughter trek throughthe village twice a week and grab a treat at theBlack Walnut Bakery Café while Mariah’s youngersister attends classes at the nearby Preschool of the Arts.Environment Canada expects sunny skies to return today, with a high of 22 C.

Get involved

Cast your Three OntarioVotes ballots atthreeontariovotes.ca. Formore information aboutthe Making ElectoralDemocracy Work project,visitelectoraldemocracy.com.

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Despite another atten-dance drop at the WesternFair, organizers say they’renot discour-aged.

The offi-cial total forthis year’sfair was176,049.That’s downfrom the178,000who attend-ed last year,which was a drop fromprevious years.

“We had a great event.I’m not disappointed with

attendance,” said WesternFair District CEO HughMitchell. “We had a num-

ber ofthings thatwere ex-tremelysuccessfulfor us.”

Organiz-ers saidconsider-ing Lon-don’s highunemploy-

ment and the sluggish eco-nomic recovery, the fair’sattendance figures heldtheir own. METRO

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Fanshawe eases rightback into its class act

End of OPSEU strike means end of delays, traffic backups aroundcollege Students look forward to ‘return to normal’ on campus

Buses were rolling again yesterday on Fanshawe College’s campus, the day after the Ontario Public Service Employee

Union reached a tentative contract agreement with community colleges across the province. The union went

on strike Sept. 1 and negotiations with the College Employer Council broke off. London Transit drivers

have been honouring the union’s picket line, letting students off outside Fanshawe gates.

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The Fanshawe College cam-pus was busy but quiet yes-terday afternoon.

Students walked brisklybetween buildings, gath-ered in small groups duringbreaks and gulped coffee atbus stops. Missing were thepicket lines that strikingsupport workers have beenmarching since classesstarted two weeks ago —snarling traffic and causingshouting matches withfrustrated drivers.

The workers, membersof Ontario Public ServiceEmployees Union Local109, will be back on the jobtoday. They and union repsat the province’s other 23

community college reacheda tentative contract agree-ment late Sunday.

“We’re just busy tryingto get things cleaned uphere,” Ann Cumming, aFanshawe employee andunion member said yester-day afternoon. “It is very ex-citing. We can’t wait (to getback to work). The studentscan’t wait.”

Details about the tenta-tive contract and when itwill be put to a vote havenot been released.

David Scott, spokesmanfor the College EmployerCouncil, the communitycolleges’ bargaining unit,said officials got word Fri-day that “the OPSEU teamwas willing to modify itsposition.”

Scott said the bargaining

unit’s position was consis-tent throughout the strike,which started Sept. 1.

“We were ready to goback to the table as long aswe could (negotiate and)reach a reasonable settle-ment,” he said.

Cumming said membershad not seen the agreementyesterday afternoon. She re-ferred questions about thedeal to Marg Rae, presidentof Local 109 and a memberof OPSEU’s support-staffbargaining team.

Rae did not return aphone message.

During the strike, unionmembers said the stickingpoint was proposed con-tract clauses that would al-low for hiring moretemporary and part-timeworkers. Officials repre-

senting the colleges havesaid the main issue wasmoney.

The College EmployerCouncil offered a 4.8 percent pay increase overthree years, officials havesaid. Union members want-ed a two-year agreementwith a three per cent hikeeach year, according to in-formation released by thecouncil.

525The number ofFanshawe College support staffscheduled to return towork today followingthe end of a strike thatstarted Sept. 1. Few details

in stabbingdowntownPolice were on the sceneof a stabbing in downtownLondon yesterdayafternoon in the area ofRichmond and Dundasstreets.

The stabbing happenedjust before 2:30 p.m., butnot many details about theevent were known at presstime. The investigationwas still in thepreliminary stages.

Dundas from just westof Richmond Street toClarence Street wasblocked off yesterday afternoon while policeconducted their investiga-tion.AM980/AM980.CA

Simple Plancoming inFebruarySimple Plan will performat the RBC Theatre at theJohn Labatt Centre onFeb. 20. Showtime is 7p.m.

Opening acts are Mari-anas Trench, All Time Lowand These Kids WearCrowns.

Tickets ($55.50, $46.50)go on sale Friday at 10a.m. They are available atthe JLC box office,Masonville Place ticketoutlet, Fanshawe CollegeBizBooth, the Bookstoreat Western and BooksPlus. Or call 866-455-2849,or visitjohnlabattcentre.com orlivenation.com. METRO

Fair CEO notfazed by dropin attendance

MOTHER TERESA SECONDARY

School’sout forCatholicprincipalThe London DistrictCatholic School Boardhas temporarily removeda principal pending aninternal investigation.

Officials at MotherTeresa Catholic Second-ary School in north Lon-don said yesterday TedGorski was removed

from his position.“The principal at

Mother Teresa has beenput on leave and a re-placement has been putin,” said London trusteePhil Squire. “An internalinvestigation is goingon.”

Police confirm chargeshave not been laid.

Gorski had been in thenews in the past. In Au-gust 2002, somebodythrew a Molotov cocktailat his home while he wasthe principal of St.Thomas Aquinas. Policedid not make any arrestsor lay any charges in thatcase. AM980/AM980.CA

A Whaler for a Knight in goalThe London Knights tradedone 17-year-old goalie foranother yesterday, acquir-ing Jacob Patterson fromthe Plymouth Whalers forDarien Ekblad.

Three 2012 draft picks

are also headed to theWhalers: London’s third-rounder and Plymouth’sfifth-rounder and eighth-rounder, which were previ-ously acquired by theKnights.

Tickets are still availablefor the Knights home open-er on Friday against theSaginaw Spirit at 7:30 p.m.at the John Labatt Centre.Call 519-681-0800 ext. 1.

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The country’s top militarycommander has done anabout-face, saying he’llconsider reimbursing tax-payers the commercialcost of a 2010 Caribbeanvacation flight aboard agovernment VIP jet.

Gen. Walt Natynczyk,the chief of defence staff,met with the prime min-ister and opposition crit-ics yesterday amid a furorover his travel expenses.

He defended the use ofthe Challenger jet fleet

and the January 2010flight that allowed himmeet his family for a va-cation cruise in St.Maarten. The VIP jet wasused after the generalmissed his charter flightbecause he’d elected to re-main behind for the repa-triation ceremonyinvolving four soldiersand a journalist killed inAfghanistan.

On Sunday, Natynczyksaid the trip was author-ized by Defence Minister

Peter MacKay and that hewouldn’t repay the cost ofthe vacation flight.

“If the government, asthe prime minister indi-cated, his office looks atthe trip — and the inter-pretation the TreasuryBoard guidelines — is in-correct, then I will reim-burse as required,” hesaid yesterday.

“If I have to pay for theticket, then I will dothat.”THE CANADIAN PRESS

Layton died of cancer last monthPrime minister says NDP leader

was a fighter until the end

Politicians unite to remember Jack

Olivia Chow, MP and widow of former NDP Leader Jack Layton, is applauded

after delivering a tribute to her husband in the House of Commons yesterday.

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Chief of Defence Staff

Gen. Walter Natynczyk

speaks to reporters

on Parliament Hill

yesterday.

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Under fire

Passenger logs showNatynczyk and somemembers of his familyflew to Toronto from Ot-tawa for a Maple Leafshockey game in apprecia-tion of the military, at acost of $23,231.Additionally, the CTVreport said nearly$400,000 was spent goingto six NHL games overthree years.

Top soldier retreats from spending comments

Politicking and partisan-ship briefly evaporated inthe House of Commonsyesterday as MPs remem-bered Jack Layton’scourage, optimism andkindness.

The bitterness that hasbecome a hallmark of par-liamentary debate in re-cent years was nowhere inevidence as the tributesrolled out to waves of ap-plause in the chamberwhere Layton often plead-ed for greater civility.

Prime Minister StephenHarper praised the lateNDP leader as one whoearned the affection and re-spect of his fellow MPs.

Harper spoke of friend-ships that can grow evenbetween opponents.

“In the case of Jack Lay-ton, I believe that all of usdeveloped this affection in-exorably,” Harper said.

“His passion, his perse-verance, his ability to be atonce tough and cheerfulwould eventually win overeven those who most

strongly disagreed withhim.”

He said he and Laytonrarely agreed, but theyshared a love of country.

“In the heat of our de-bates, we too often forgetthat people of good willshare the deepest motiva-tions and the highest aspi-rations,” he said. “We differonly on how we believe weshould act on these in or-der to address the practicalproblems that lie beforeus.”

Interim NDP Leader Ny-cole Turmel pledged to

Family of slain studentgetting day in courtNine years after AmanadaZhao’s body was found in asuitcase near Stave Lake,ex-boyfriend Ang Li — whofled Canada before beingcharged by RCMP — isscheduled to stand trial for

the 21-year-old interna-tional student’s murder ina Beijing courtroom today.

Chinese authorities ar-rested Li and his cousinHan Zhang in 2009.

METRO

Children at heart of fightfor Gatti fortune: BrotherArturo Gatti’s brother sayshe’s fighting over the lateboxer’s estate because hewants his niece andnephew to get the money.

Fabrizio Gatti testifiedyesterday that he doesn’t

want any money for him-self.

The Gatti clan and theboxer’s widow are in a bit-ter dispute over who shouldget his $3.4-million fortune.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Do Alberta’s

backcountry roads

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poaching

of bears?

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Group can’tbear drivingConservationists want theAlberta government toclamp down on driving inbackcountry. They saypoaching has reduced thegrizzly population to 700.THE CANADIAN PRESS

“His passion, hisperseverance, hisability to be atonce tough andcheerful wouldeventually winover even thosewho most stronglydisagreed withhim.”PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER

keep her party true to Lay-ton’s legacy.

“Day after day, hefought for the little guy,”she said. “In Jack Layton’smemory we carry on thiswork.”

Bob Rae, the interim Lib-eral leader, had a catch in

his voice as he remem-bered Layton.

“While Jack is gone andhas passed away, thethings that he stood forand the values that he hadand the warmth andstrength and quality of hispersonality will never die,

will never disappear,” Raesaid.

He said Layton will notbe forgotten.

“As an adversary and asa friend we shall misshim.”

Harper and Turmel alsopaid tribute to Olivia

Chow, Layton’s widow andherself a Toronto MP.

Chow thanked Harperfor granting her husband astate funeral and for the“comfort and support” heand wife Laureen offeredboth privately and pub-licly. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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How far will $1.5 trillion go? President Barack Obama’s plan to cut U.S. deficit includes raising $1.5 trillion in tax increases That’s worth

the economies of Mexico and Australia combined Metro discovers just how much you can buy with this money

President Barack Obamacalled for $1.5 trillion USin new taxes yesterday,part of a 10-year deficit-re-duction package totallingmore than $3 trillion. Hevowed to veto any deficit-reduction package thatcuts benefits to Medicarerecipients but does notraise taxes on the wealthyand big corporations.

The president's proposalwould predominantly hitupper-income taxpayersbut would also reducespending in mandatory -benefit programs, includ-ing Medicare andMedicaid, by $580 billion.It also counts savings of $1trillion over 10 years fromthe withdrawal of troopsfrom Iraq and Afghanistan.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Going the extra mile

If you were to stack$1,000 bills, the heightof the pile formed by$1.5 trillion would be193 kilometres.$1.5 trillion in single-dollar bills wouldweigh about 1.7 million tonnes. If youstacked that sum indollar coins, you couldreach Mars.

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Re: Cities can’t ban sharkfins, report says,published Sept. 7.

In Canada, laws that banhunting demonstrateCanada’s motive of pre-serving and protectingwild animals.

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Catch me ifyou can: Mandisguised aspilot escapesA man who disguised himself as anairline pilot tried to enter a restrict-ed area of a New Zealand airportand then escaped after he was chal-lenged.

New Zealand police say they arelooking for a man who on Saturdayentered the Auckland Airport

dressed in a white shirt withepaulets on his shoulders and a darkcap with a silver winged badge.

He was also carrying a large brief-case.

According to the police, the mantried to get into a restricted“airside” area before beingchallenged by ground staff.

The man then escaped from theairport and jumped into the passen-ger seat of a black Toyota van anddrove away.

The incident is reminiscent of the2002 movie Catch Me If You Can,which recounts the true story of ayoung con artist who successfullyposes as an airline pilot beforebeing caught by the FBI.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UGGS, CROCS,YOGA PANTSAND NOW ...LEGGINGS

Last week, MSN Travelreleased their top 10 list ofthe world’s worst-dressedcities. Anyone familiar withinternational travel won’t besurprised to learn that eight

out of the 10 cities listed are in NorthAmerica; two of those offenders are Cana-dian.

Ottawa, you’re forgiven for your eighth-place ranking — as home to sensible-suit-clad politicians you’ve got more seriousthings to worry about than leopard print

versus polka dots for fall.Vancouver, on the other

hand, rightly earns its spotin third-place for its yoga-pant epidemic. Those ubiq-uitous stretchy black pantsseem permanently affixedto every woman (and mostof the men) living in theLower Mainland, regardlessof whether or not they haveplans to do Ashtanga.

But here’s the thing, yo-ga pants aren’t really allthat bad. Yes, wearing themas outwear when you’re not

en route to the gym reeks of laziness and an “I’ve givenup” attitude, but at least they’re functional as athleticwear.

Canada’s biggest fashion faux pas is plaguing citiescoast to coast. I’m talking of course about the yoga pant’sghastly cousin: leggings. Despite what you might want tobelieve, leggings, in all of their questionable incarnations(pleather, patterned, embellished), are not pants. Don’tbe fooled. While they do resemble a trouser, leggings arenever an acceptable substitute for proper leg wear unlessyou’re a superhero or a cat burglar.

I’m not going to lie, I’ve been there. For years Iworshipped at the altar of American Apparel. I purchasedthose black cotton Spandex jersey standbys in bulk,ensuring that when one pair ripped — because theyalways did — there would be three more understudieswaiting to step in. Oh how I loved those mercifulwaistbands, keeping me blissfully ignorant of my winterweight gain.

But then, in a luminous moment of clarity, I realizedjust how unforgiving these stretchy staples really are. Iwas kidding myself with my black-is-slimming mentality.They don’t disguise anything; they cling in an entirelyshameful manner to every lump and bump from your tor-so onward. And so I banished them to the back of thecloset and embraced structured leg wear.

I’ll admit, I still slip up from time to time — usuallywhen I’m running late for a hungover brunch date and Ican’t face the suffocating reality of denim. But wheneverI’m tempted to reintroduce them into my regularwardrobe rotation, I just remind myself Lindsay Lohandesigned an entire collection around this fashion DON’T.

SHE SAYS ...

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“While they doresemble a

trouser, leggingsare never anacceptable

substitute forproper leg wearunless you’re asuperhero or a

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Stephen Colbertmeeting Radioheadcalls for an hour-long episode of TheColbert Report.The Comedy Centralshow will air its firsthour-long episodeSept. 26, when Col-bert sits down withthe British rockgroup. Radioheadwill perform foursongs, featuring ma-terial off its most re-cent album, The Kingof Limbs. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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the Polaris Prize at lastnight’s gala.

Scene in brief

Music has always played amajor part in directorCameron Crowe’s films,with 2000’s Almost Famousbeing perhaps the mostmusic-centric. So it was on-ly a matter of time beforehe threw himself complete-ly into a rock and roll docu-mentary like he’s donewith Pearl Jam Twenty,about the iconic Seattleband. “Almost Famous wasabout loving music and be-ing a fan, and Pearl JamTwenty is about loving mu-sic and being a band,”Crowe explains.

The film premierestonight in cities around theworld as a one-night cine-matic event before starting

week-long runs in selectcities Friday and heading toDVD October 25. Accompa-nying the film is a compre-hensive book by JonathanCohen with Mark Wilker-son and a two-disc sound-track of live recordings andbootlegs hand-selected byCrowe.

Crowe, a longtimefriend of the band, admits alot of inspiration for theproject came from MartinScorsese’s 2005 Bob Dylandocumentary, No DirectionHome, which also es-chewed a traditional the-atrical run. “I felt sosatisfied and inspired bythat movie that I wanted tolisten to more Bob Dylan,”Crowe says. “It felt like aBob Dylan experience, andI thought that if we can

make a movie the way aPearl Jam record makesyou feel, then we’re ingood shape.”

The director, who man-aged to squeeze all theband members into hisSeattle-set romantic come-dy Singles back in 1992, in-sists this isn’t yourstandard Behind the Musicfare. “I’ve always felt thatthe story of Pearl Jam is agreat story,” Crowe says.“It’s beyond just a rock sto-ry. In fact, it takes the usualrock story and turns it onits head. The usual rock sto-ry is incredible promise —brilliance, maybe. Tragedycuts it short. And aren’t wesad that we’ve lost thiswonderful opportunity.Pearl Jam is exactly the op-posite. It’s a tragedy that

was surmounted. Andthese guys found joythrough survival, andstudying what happenedwith rock before with someof their heroes.”

For the band, while theamount of focus and intro-spection might be uncom-fortable at first, they’remore than happy with thefinished product. “Maybeit’s good that this moviekind of happened now.We’ve been in gratefulmode and appreciation

mode of each other for, Ithink, for quite some time,”says lead singer Eddie Ved-der. “It’s a galvanizing kindof moment to look at eachother. It doesn’t happenthat often. You look at allthe crowd reaction, or thefamily that is the peoplethat come to see theshows,” Vedder says. “It’sjust music. It’s just guitarsand drums and bass. Tohave it turn into this otherthing is kind of a monu-ment. ... I don’t mean toself-aggrandize, but it’s real-ly something to see it andwitness it, and, in this case,be reminded of it and haveit right there in front of usso that we can appreciate iteven more. And know thatwe have a really strong baseto, like, cover the next 20.”

Screenings

Pearl Jam Twenty screenstonight at select theatresacross Canada. Visit filmswelike.com forlocations and times.

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For the love of musicDirector Cameron Crowe indulges his passion for music and Eddie Vedder in Pearl Jam Twenty

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Cameron Crowe, left, directs Pearl Jame Twenty, which tells the story of Eddie Vedder and crew’s success.

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BridesmaidsGenre: ComedyDirector: Paul FeigStars: Kristen Wiig, MayaRudolph, Rose Byrne881

The surprise summer hitBridesmaids is smart, fun-ny and frequently gross.The fact is that the gals canbe every bit as riotous andrude as the guys, but theyaren’t always given achance.

SNL’s bright light Kris-ten Wiig stars (and also co-writes with AnnieMumolo) as terminal fail-ure Annie, a woman on

the verge of a marital melt-down not of her making.Annie is pulled into themine field of weddingplanning when her child-hood BFF Lillian (MayaRudolph) asks her to beher maid of honour.

Lillian neglects to tell

her that she’s also askedher new BFF Helen (RoseByrne, deliciously bitchy)to do much the same job,which the affluent Helen isall too eager and capableto do. The inevitable fric-tion between the two andthe other brides continues

on a road trip to Vegas.PETER HOWELL

Conan O’Brien Can’t StopGenre: DocumentaryDirector: Rodman FlenderStars: Conan O’Brien, AndyRichter, Stephen Colbert881

Where others might havespeed-dialed the suicide-prevention hotline follow-ing the late-night lunacy ofearly 2010, Conan O’Brieninstead called his travelagent. Humbled by hisabrupt exit from TheTonight Show, and blockedfrom immediate TV work,the ginger-haired funny-

man exorcised his demonsin public. His resulting 33-city touring song-and-jokevariety show, captured bythe documentary lens ofRodman Flender for ConanO’Brien Can’t Stop, is com-bination therapy and screw-you retribution.

Flender doesn’t belabourthe events that led up toO’Brien’s rise, fall and sub-sequent rise again (he has anew show on TBS) in thelate-night wars. But neitherdoes Flender deliver a bigsloppy valentine to O’Brien,who comes across as affableyet prickly during his coast-to-coast trek. PETER HOWELL

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Justin Timberlake and MilaKunis are shrugging off re-ports that Kunis’ phonewas hacked last week,leading to the discovery ofseveral steamy photos ofthe Friends with Benefitsstars, according to Peoplemagazine.

“At no time did Mr. Tim-berlake and Ms. Kunis ex-change inappropriate textsor emails,” a joint state-ment from their repsreads.

“The insistence thatthere is any inappropriatecorrespondence betweenthe two parties is entirelyfalse.”

One of the alleged pho-

tos was said to be of Kunisin a bathtub, while anoth-er reportedly showed Tim-berlake with lingerie onhis head. A third photo re-portedly featured malegenitalia.

“We would like to con-firm that the photo ad-dressed in the media of Ms.Kunis was in fact not fromany phone but from an in-active email account thathas not existed in threeyears,” the statementreads. “In regards to theother photos in question,they were never ex-changed between the twoparties.”

METRO

John Mayercalls in sickJohn Mayer has had to can-cel several upcoming per-formances after beingdiagnosed with granulo-ma, an inflamed nodulenear his vocal chords, hewrote on his Tumblrblog recently.

“The record willbe releasednext yearinsteadof thisfall orwinter,”Mayer saysof his up-coming al-bum.

“This is atemporaryset-

back, though I’m not surehow long or short a periodof time it will be. I’ve gotthe best doctors in thecountry looking after meand I will be singing and

touring again as soonas I get the all clear.

Until then I’ll bespending time writ-ing and composing

more musicand kick-ing anempty

soup canaround theWest Village.”

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Alec Baldwin bowing out ofthe Emmys Sunday hadnothing to do with a tiffover Rupert Murdoch-relat-ed humour.

The actor had allegedlyrefused to take part in acomedy sketch for theawards show after a joke he

planned to make about theNews of the World phone-hacking scandal was nixedby the show’s network, Fox.

But Baldwin, who at-tended Tony Bennett’sbirthday party in New Yorkthat night, insists that hadnothing to do with it.

“I skipped the Emmysbecause of this — because Iwanted to be here,” he toldPeople magazine. “The Em-mys have been in Augustfor the last several years,but they moved to this dateand I’d already committedto this.” METRO

Alec clears up absence

I think @Co-nanObrienis justabout tosteal a jokeI’m just aboutto think up. So,I’m going to retro-think it up after hetweets it.

For his 43rd birthday, MarcAnthony got a visit fromsoon-to-be ex-wife JenniferLopez, who visited Anthonyat the Miami home theyused to share this weekend,according to Us Weekly.

Lopez, on a break fromfilming What to ExpectWhen You’re Expecting,brought by the couple’sthree-year-old twins, Emmeand Max.

When asked at a concert

the night before if he andLopez were remainingfriends, Anthony respond-ed, “Absolutely.” METRO

A b-day reunion forAnthony and Lopez

Marc Anthony

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wellness 13metronews.caTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Not all fats are bad Foroptimum health, don’tcut out all fats; youshould eat healthy fats(meaning the monoun-saturated/polyunsaturated) eachday, according to Cana-da’s Food Guide. Buteven some of those are

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better than others. The following four

foods are all good in thatthey are low in saturatedfat and have zero choles-terol.

Here’s what’s in one ta-blespoon in terms of calo-ries and fat:

• Olive oil 120 calories, 14grams fat (2 grams saturated)

• Margarine (non-hydro-genated) 105 calories, 12grams fat (2 gramssaturated) • Peanut butter 90calories, 7 grams fat (1gram saturated) • Avocado 24 calories, 2grams fat (1 gram saturat-ed)

My pick as a spread is avo-

cado, hands down Whenthat midmorning hungerhits, there I am spreadinga quarter of an avocadoonto a piece of wholegraintoast or a few crackers.

A squeeze of lime givesit some zip, and this is asnack that sets you up un-til lunch time.

Can you safely take Advilwhile you are pregnant?Ask your doctor.

A new study from theUniversity of Montreal hasrevealed a possible link be-tween NSAID painkillersand miscarriage.

While this study is auseful reminder thatwomen should be cautious

about taking drugs in preg-nancy, it certainly doesn’tprove anything, says Dr.Gideon Koren, director ofthe Motherisk program atthe Hospital for Sick Chil-dren in Toronto.

“It is a national sport inCanada to scare pregnantwomen, even through re-search which cannot provethe point,” says Koren ofthe study.

“As a rule, Motherisk be-lieves that in pregnancy

women should not self-prescribe, but rather talkto their physicians onneeds, benefits and risks.”

Here’s how the Montre-al study worked: Using aQuebec registry of pa-tients, researchers found4,705 women who had hada miscarriage.

Each case was com-pared to 10 women in theregistry who had not had amiscarriage.

They looked back over

records to find out whichwomen had been pre-scribed NSAIDs by a doc-tor. NSAIDs includecelecoxib (Celebrex), rofe-coxib (Vioxx), ibuprofen(Advil) and naproxen(Aleve).

They found that womenwho received at least oneprescription for NSAIDswere more than twice aslikely to have a miscar-riage than women who didnot.

The study, which waspublished in the CanadianMedical Association Jour-nal, did not ask womenwhether they actually tookthe drugs, and did not in-clude information aboutwomen taking over-the-counter Advil and Aleve.

“The study from Mon-treal has, we believe, ma-jor methodologicalproblems that do not allowdrawing a conclusion,”says Koren.

Director of Motherisk program at Sick Kids preaches talking to your physician, not panic

Pregnancy and the painOne expert says everyday painkillers are getting a bum rap.

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Lock up medications: More youngkids getting inadvertently

poisoned: study

As provinces getready to roll outtheir annual flushot programs,new research sug-gests vaccinatinglittle kids couldsignificantlyreduce hospitalvisits during fluseason. The studyshows emergencydepartment visitsfor flu-likecomplaintsdeclined by 34 percent. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Flu shot

14 food metronews.caTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Offering soul-ful southernandCaribbeancuisine, Jam-balaya has re-

tained its trademarkcharacter after moving toa larger location.

I embrace the laid backservice, funky design andstreet view that create acool relaxed vibe. Themenu mixes traditional Ca-jun and Creole flavoursthat can bring the heat.

Huge coconut shrimp (4for $11) and moist hushpuppy fritters (6 for $7) area great deep-fried start.Their heartiness marries

Bringing Creole heat to the cityPAUL MITCHELL

Jambalaya Restaurant serves up deliciously flavoured Southern U.S. andCaribbean dishes Among the standouts are gumbo, coconut shrimp & roti

Jambalaya Restaurant119 Dundas St.

519-858-2000

jambalayarestaurant.com

Reservations: No

Licensed: Yes

Social lunch: Yes

Quick solo lunch: No

Co-workers lunch: Yes

Client negotiations: No

Price range: $11 - $18

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

well with decadent sauces.My guest has Gumbo Ya

Ya ($7) — a stew of chickenand okra simmered in aCajun roux — nicely richwith tarragon andoregano. My chicken roti($11) is spicy, brilliant yel-low with curry and gooddepth of flavour. Largepieces of meat and potato

are blanketed within a softflour wrapping. Plantainchips are a wonderfulcrispy complement.

The tantalizingly enjoy-able taste lingers in ourmouths long after lunch.Jambalaya providesuniquely friendly southerncharm that I want to expe-rience again.

LUNCH RUSHPAUL MITCHELLFOOD@METRONEWS.CA

Avgolemono Soup

Preparation:

1 In large saucepanover medium-high,melt butter. Addonion, carrots andgarlic, sauté untilonions and carrotsare tender, 6 mins.

2 Add broth and bringto simmer. Add orzoand thyme, cook for 6mins. or until orzojust tender but notmushy.

3 In medium bowl,whisk eggs andlemon juice. Ladleout 250 ml (1 cup) ofbroth and drizzle itinto eggs whilewhisking. Removesaucepan from heat.While whisking broth

Ingredients:

• 15 ml (1 tbsp) butter• 1 yellow onion, diced• 250 ml (1 cup) shreddedcarrots• 2 cloves garlic, finelyminced• 1 l (4 cups) chicken broth• 50 ml (1/4 cup) orzo pas-ta• 5 ml (1 tsp) finelychopped fresh thyme• 3 eggs• 45 ml (3 tbsp) lemonjuice• Salt and black pepper

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In yesterday’s Metro,Rose Reisman’s SwapIt identified aStarbucks PumpkinScone as having 78 gof fat instead of 78 gcarbs.

and vegetables insaucepan, slowly pourin egg mixture. Whiskuntil smooth, seasonwith salt and pepper.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gumbo Ya Ya ($7).

Kick off soup season with chowderThis one-pot fish chowder originates in Chile Its bold flavours provide a welcome warmth for cool nights

This recipe serves four.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/ USA RICE FEDERATION (GEOFF GEORGE)

As bold in colour as it is intaste, this one-pot fishchowder is packed withflavour. For a more authen-tic flavour, omit theturmeric and substitutewith a pinch of saffron.

Preparation:

1 In a large Dutch oven orsaucepan, heat oil overmedium-high heat. Addonions and cook untiltender, about 5 minutes.Add cumin, coriander,turmeric, salt and redpepper flakes; cook, stir-ring for 1 minute. Addrice and pumpkin orsquash. Stir in broth andbay leaves, scraping any

Ingredients:

• 30 ml (2 tbsp) extra virginolive oil• 2 medium onions,chopped• 5 ml (1 tsp) each groundcumin and coriander• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) turmeric• 5 ml (1 tsp) coarse salt• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) red pepperflakes• 125 ml (1/2 cup) long

grain white rice• 1 kg (2 lb) pumpkin or squash, peeled and diced• 1 l (4 cups) fish or chickenbroth• 2 bay leaves• 500 g (1 lb) skinless had-dock or cod fillets, cut intochunks• 50 ml (1/4 cup) choppedfresh parsley

bits from the bottom ofthe pan. Cover and letsimmer gently, stirringoften for 20 minutes.Add fish and cook, cov-ered, 10 minutes more,

or until fish is opaque.

2 Sprinkle with parsley.

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relationships 15metronews.caTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Dear Charles, What is the etiquette ofengagement rings? Our spe-cific question is, since thegroom left the bride BEFOREthey got married, can shekeep the ring? It’s an incredi-ble rock and he can easily af-ford it because he has lots of money. What to do?

Dear What to do, I’m sorry to hear of this

broken engagement. Mat-ters of the heart are nevereasy. The honourable ges-ture is to return the ring.

Put the entire situation

into a larger perspective. The ring is based on the

promise of marriage.Therefore when this prom-ise doesn’t happen, keepingthe ring puts your bride inthe wrong.

We wouldn’t want thebride to appear opportunis-

tic and thus greedy. And be-tween us, I personally be-lieve by returning the ringshe will surround herselfwith good karma for thenext great man in her life! HAVE A QUESTION? EMAIL CHARLES ATASKCHARLESTHEBUTLER@METRONEWS.CA.

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Engagement rings are based

on the promise of marriage.

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Date Night

Sunsets can be a romantic event.

Ideas for yournext date

1 Watch a sunset/risetogetherGrab a blanket andsome cocoa and snug-gle up together to takein the most magicalmoments of each day.

2 Sweet dreamsCosy up with yoursweetie in your veryown slumber partypour deux. Don’t forgetto play truth or dare —minus all the teenage-era awkwardness!

3 People watchingplay-by-playHunker down on your

favourite park benchand provide a runningcommentary on thepassersby: Guess who’son a first date, whichguy’s about to proposeand who’s taking abreak from the kids!

GO TO 2FORCOUPLES.COM FORMORE DATE NIGHT IDEAS

Getting your kids kitchen friendlyYoung people who neverlearned to cook and whorely on take-out, preparedand processed food willfind some pointers in thenew edition of a bookgeared specifically forthem.

Clueless in the Kitchen:A Cookbook for Teens byEvelyn Raab (Firefly Books.$14.95, paperback), promis-es novice cooks that theycan eat well and have fundoing it.

“It’s pretty astonishing,really, knowing the genera-tion before this one prettymuch lost their ability tocook from scratch,” saysthe Canadian author, refer-ring to many parents whohave relied on processed

meals as a necessity ratherthan a pleasure.

However, Raab saysmany young Canadians ap-pear to be interested inhome cooking.

“But somehow beingable to actually cook home-

made dishes isn’t automat-ic,” she insists. “Someonehas to tell them how to dothat and how to start withthe basics and have somesuccesses, which empow-ers them to go out and trymore things.”

The book sets out to de-mystify shopping for food,cooking from scratch, read-ing recipes and how to de-code abbreviations such astsp (teaspoon) and othermeasures.

It also lists what cookingequipment is required,how to and where to storefood and a hilarious chap-ter on basic kitchen sanita-tion — “a matter of life anddeath.”

Raab encourages heryoung readers to not onlyshop at supermarkets, butalso visit international gro-cery stores, bulk foodstores and farmers’ mar-kets.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Teens can eat well with a fun and funny beginners cookbook that’s full of advice“Young vegetarians did not understandthat you just can’t eliminate all the meatwithout finding some other alternativeform of protein.” AUTHOR EVELYN RAAB

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FIND TIPS & TRICKSin Allan Small’s Investment PerspectivesColumn: Negative news provides a drag onthe market.

This column and more available at

Metronews.ca/YourMoney

I keep reading news about a slowdown in theUS economy – should I sell my investments?

A: Money in America? Is that an oxymoron?

B: You should invest! You can’t get the ups without goingthrough the downs.

Allan SmallSenior Investment Advisor – DundeeWealth

Jack is only 3½ years oldbut he has aportfolio.With $1,600in his RESP(RegisteredEducation

Savings Plan), he is startingdown a lifelong path of sav-ing and investing.

Since he’s my grandson,my goal is to make surethat his nascent portfoliogrows happily and safelyuntil he heads off into thepost-secondary world.

With some predictingthat the cost of a four yeardegree will hit $100,000 bythe time he is of universityage, I’d rather he have ashot at higher learningwithout being encumberedby a debt that will haunthim well into his 30s.

His parents, Jeff and

Claudia (my daughter),have all the usual chal-lenges of young moms anddads from mortgages andcar loans to saving for theirretirement, not to mentionall the wants that assailyoung homeowners fromnew carpeting to upgradingtheir kitchen. It’s tough tofind extra dollars for sav-ings. Do they put thosescarce funds in a TFSA (tax-free savings account), RRSP,RESP or devote the moneyto paying down debt?

Every situation is differ-ent, but in Jeff and Clau-dia’s case, I’d rather a bit ofmoney be devoted to Jack’sRESP every month than totheir RRSPs, if they have tomake the choice.

And that’s because edu-cation is a shorter-term ob-ligation. Jack will beheading off to college oruniversity decades beforeJeff and Claudia retire.

While RRSPs provide atax deduction, the CESG (Canada Education

Savings Grant), tops up RE-SP contributions by 20 percent on the first $2,500 con-tributed.

Higher income familieswill get a little less on thefirst $500 and lower incomefamilies more, but the aver-age Canadian can count onthat grant annually up to amaximum of $7,200 overthe life of the plan.

Once the money is insidean RESP you have to decidewhat to do with it. I posedthis question to Jack as he

hammered the siding onmy house with his newtools. He didn’t have an an-swer. Jeff and Claudia don’thave an answer either.

A bank advisor, eager tosell investment products,has already contactedthem. Should they go withmutual funds? And if so,which of the 15,000 aretheir best bet?

Next week I’ll tell youwhat I told them. CONTACT ALISON AT ALISONGRIFFITHS.CA OR GRIFFITHS.ALISON@GMAIL.COM

ON MONEYALISON GRIFFITHSMONEY@METRONEWS.CA

Alison’s money rule: Free government money

makes RESPs the best deal going for young families.

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Look way pastyour family’simmediateback-to-school costs

of books, calculators andclothing. According to TDBank, a small child todaywill be faced with approxi-mately $80,000 in post-sec-ondary education expenses.

Parents naturally wantwhat’s best for their kids,but the sheer price tag ofeducation leaves them won-dering how they’re going tomake it happen.

Rest assured; educationis the most lucrative invest-ment you can make in yourchild. According to the Na-tional Graduate’s Survey,their long-term incomeearning ability is up to amillion dollars greater thansomeone without post-sec-

ondary. Plus they’ll benefitfrom more flexibility topursue a career they’re pas-sionate about.

Planning ahead usingthe Registered EducationSavings Plan (RESP) is thebest way for families to savefor a child’s education.

The major benefits of theRESP are; first, moneygrows through the power ofcompounded returns; sec-ond, the growth is tax-de-ferred and; third, thegovernment gives you freemoney toward the plan.

Start now. As soon asyour child is born, or onceyou read this, open an RESPaccount for them. All youneed is a Social InsuranceNumber for your child anda 30 minute appointmentwith your financial advisor.

A professional advisorwill assist you in selectingthe right investments forthe RESP portfolio.

Contribute regularly.Every time you get paid, au-tomatically contribute tothe RESP that same day.

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SAVE FOR SCHOOL

Canadian undergrads arepaying way more than theinflation rate in tuitionhikes this year.

Statistics Canada reportsfull-time students paid anaverage of 4.3 per centmore in tuition this fallthan they did last year,when tuitions rose four percent.

Inflation was 2.7 percent between July 2010and July 2011.

StatsCan says under-graduate students are pay-ing an average of $5,366 intuition fees in 2011-12, upfrom $5,146 a year ago.

Increases ranged from1.4 per cent in Manitoba to5.1 in Ontario.

New Brunswick endedthree years of frozen tu-

ition fees with a 3.6 percent increase, while tu-itions in Nova Scotia rose4.3 after three years of de-clines.

On average, undergradu-ate students in Ontariopaid the highest fees inCanada, at $6,640, fol-lowed by students in NewBrunswick who paid$5,853.

Undergrads in Quebecand Newfoundland andLabrador continued tohave the lowest averagefees, $2,519 and $2,649 re-spectively.

Graduate students paidan average of $5,599 in tu-ition fees for the 2011-12academic year, up 3.7 percent.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Undergrads in Quebec and Newfoundland and

Labrador currently have the lowest average fees.

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Tuition hikes eclipse inflation rate for secondstraight year: StatsCan

RESPs are the way forward

Lucky province

Tuition fees rose in all butone province, Newfound-land and Labrador, wherethey have been frozensince 2003-04.

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sports 17metronews.caTUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Changes intended to help league’s video room to make correct calls

Leafs, Senators givenew nets a test drive

Maple Leaf Colby Armstrong is stopped by Senators goaltender Alex Auld during Toronto’s 4-2 pre-season win last night.

FRANK GUNN/THE CANADIAN PRESS

The season is over for Ja-maal Charles.

The All-Pro running backwill go on injured reserveafter tearing the anteriorcruciate ligament in his leftknee, a person familiarwith the injury told The As-sociated Press, leaving the

winless Kansas City Chiefswithout one of their best of-fensive players.

The person spoke oncondition of anonymity be-cause the Chiefs do not dis-close injury details.

Charles, the NFL’s sec-ond leading rusher last sea-

son, sustained the injury af-ter taking an awkward stepfinishing off a run in thefirst quarter of Sunday’s 48-3 loss to the Detroit Lions.

Charles had an MRI ex-am yesterday that revealedthe extent of the injury.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chiefs lose star running back

Jamaal Charles

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The NHL is making sometweaks with the start ofpre-season play.

Some of the initiativesfrom last month’s researchand development camp inToronto made their way tothe Air Canada Centre forlast night’s pre-seasongame between the TorontoMaple Leafs and OttawaSenators.

Among the changes is agreen verification line thatruns three and a quarterinches behind the goal-lineand shallower nets that fea-ture thin mesh along the

top and a clear plastic skirtalong the bottom.

The proposed tweaks areintended to make it easierfor the league’s video roomto make correct calls usinginstant replay. Some ofthem could be in use dur-ing the regular season.

“We want to get somegood information so thatwe can take it to the boardof governors and give thema good demonstration ofwhat benefit it would be,”said Mike Murphy, theNHL’s senior vice-presidentof hockey operations.

“That’s what we’re hopingtonight, that we can getsome good footage of it inpractical use. We can putthis forward.”

The board meets todayand will likely vote on aproposal that includes theimmediate introduction ofthe verification line andclear plastic skirting alongthe bottom of the goal,which gives referees a bet-ter view inside the net. Nei-ther is considered anofficial rule change.

The verification lineshould be a major help dur-

ing video review.If a puck can be seen

touching part of the greenline during a replay itmeans that it is completelyin the net. Depending onthe angle, it has sometimesbeen difficult to tell if apuck has completelycrossed the goal-line.

Nets that are four inchesshallower will require anadjustment from goalies,but won’t be implementedright away. In fact, theleague currently only ownsthe two that were used lastnight. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Dantoncomes to aid ofconvulsingteammateMike Danton played thehero in his opening gameof the Swedish league.

The former NHL player,who served five yearsbehind bars for a failedmurder-for-hire plot,rushed to the aid of IFK Oreteammate Marcus Bengts-son, who was convulsingon the ice after a hard hitin Sunday’s season-opener.

Danton, 30, was releasedfrom prison in 2009 andthen played two seasonswith Saint Mary’s Huskiesin Canadian universityhockey before signing thissummer with IFK Ore,which plays in the thirdtier of Sweden’s prosystem.

“One of the luxuries ofmy prison experienceafforded me to take a firstaid course and become cer-tified in first aid response,”Danton wrote in his blogon the website of DT, aSwedish newspaper.

According to Danton’sblog, Bengtsson took a latehit with about 14 minutesleft in the game againstSoderhamn/Ljusne. He layon the ice suffering convul-sions for six or seven min-utes.

“As his eyes continued toroll into the back of hishead, his mouth finallyopened a bit,” wroteDanton, who is captain ofthe Swedish team. “It wasat that time that I jammedmy fingers into his mouthand clawed his tongue.”

Bengtsson was taken tohospital in Mora, about a35-minute drive from Furu-dal. Danton wrote thatBengtsson was alert in hos-pital but had no memory ofthe incident.

IFK Ore went on to winthe game 4-3.

Danton scored ninegoals in 87 NHL games withthe St. Louis Blues and NewJersey Devils. He helpedSaint Mary’s win its firstCanadian university hock-ey championship whilemaintaining a straight A av-erage.

The Brampton, Ont., na-tive had hoped for a returnto the NHL after his paroleended in January, whichlifted his restrictions ontravel.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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As the Ontario HockeyLeague season gets underway this week, plenty ofeyes will be focused on theWest Division thanks to theSarnia Sting.

With the hiring ofJacques Beaulieu as coachand GM, the Sting havebeen fast-tracking on theroad back to credibility.

With Nail Yakupov andAlex Galchenyuk — bothconsidered to be potentialtop 10 picks in the 2012NHL entry draft — alreadyin the mix, the Sting wentout and acquired overageforward Taylor Carnevalefrom Windsor. Add in goal-tender Brandon Maxwell,acquired from Kitchener, towork with youngster Bran-don Hope and the Sting areshowing signs they could

be improved.Sarnia also added Ameri-

can defencemen ConnorMurphy, a first-round pickof the Phoenix Coyotes,and Anthony DeAngelo,while adding even more

depth offensively by sign-ing the American-born ReidBoucher and Swedish-bornimport Ludvig Rensfeldt.

The Sting will be intough in the West as thePlymouth Whalers bolstera veteran lineup, which in-cludes first-round NHLpicks Stefan Noeson (Ot-tawa) and Rickard Rackell(Anaheim), with the addi-tion of J.T. Miller, a NewYork Rangers first-rounder.

The season kicks off to-morrow night when theWhalers travel to OwenSound to take on the de-fending-champion Attack.

Here’s a look at someearly storylines in Midwest,Central and East divisionson the eve of the 2011-12season.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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East DivisionThe Oshawa Generalsshould be a fun team towatch with solid depth upfront and a strong groupon the blue-line. The lossof Calvin deHaan will hurtbut overage defencemenScott Valentine and DanielMaggio will anchor a de-fence that boasts six mem-bers who played in theOHL last season.

Goalie Kevin Baillie willsee some work but rookieDaniel Altshuller, acquiredin a summer trade withthe Belleville Bulls, can ex-pect to get some time aswell. He requested a tradeout of Belleville after mak-ing it known he didn’twant to compete withBulls returnee MalcolmSubban for ice time.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Midwest DivisonThe Kitchener Rangersand London Knights lookpoised for another battlein the Midwest. TheKnights will be looking forAndreas Athanasiou to im-prove on a surprisingrookie season. Theforward had 11 goals and22 points last season aftermaking the team as afourth-round pick in the2010 OHL PrioritySelection.

The Rangers will sufferfrom the loss of GabrielLandeskog, who had hisrights released prior tothe CHL import draft. TheRangers didn’t think theColorado Avalancheprospect would returnand used their import pickon Czech forward RadekFaska. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Central DivisionThe Niagara IceDogs arebringing back most of thegroup that lost to Missis-sauga in the Eastern Con-ference final, so theyshould be a contender.

The Majors are missingsome talent through thegraduation of New York Is-landers prospect CaseyCizikas and the loss of over-age defenceman Marc Can-tin, who signed a contractwith the Boston Bruins.

Winnipeg Jets first-rounder Mark Scheifelewill be an important cogin the Barrie Colts offence,but most eyes will be onrookie defenceman AaronEkblad — the first playergranted exceptional play-er status since JohnTavares in 2005.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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One for therecord booksMariano Rivera stood byhimself, in the centre ofthe diamond at Yankee Sta-dium.

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So he smiled, blew akiss to the crowd, and thendoffed his cap as cheerswashed over him follow-ing the record 602nd saveof his career.

“Oh, my God, for thefirst time in my career, I’mon the mound alone,”Rivera said. “It was price-less. I didn’t know it couldbe like that.”

Rivera pitched a perfectninth inning, striking out

Chris Parmelee on whatappeared to be his signa-ture cut fastball to end theNew York Yankees’ 6-4 winover the Minnesota Twinsyesterday.

Fans stood and shoutedfrom Rivera’s first pitch tohis last as he retired TrevorPlouffe, Michael Cuddyerand Parmelee in order andbroke Trevor Hoffman’smark.

They even roared in thebottom of the eighth whenNick Swisher grounded in-to an inning-ending dou-ble play — and drew a loudcheer from fans who want-ed to see history made. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ConservingCanada’s‘liquid gold’Water is one of the world’smost precious resources,and although Canadaseems to have plenty oflakes and rivers, we need tobe just as careful as everyother country in conserv-ing our share of this fast-de-pleting “liquid gold.”

Bob Sandford, an adviserto the Rosenberg Interna-tional Forum on Water Poli-cy, said Canadians areamong the world’s greatestwater wasters and polluters— second only to Ameri-cans in per capita wateruse. Although we know weneed to protect it, water re-mains one of our most un-dervalued resources.

Andre St Hilaire, mem-ber of the Canadian WaterResources Association, saidit’s important to makeconservation efforts on anindividual and nationallevel. If we don’t take thetime to conserve waternow, by 2031 we may bemaking some of thesemore drastic lifestylechanges:

Everyone will have to becomevegetarian. The amount of water ittakes to raise animals forfood is extraordinarily highcompared to what it takesto grow food sources likevegetables, soy protein andrice. While a pound of beefrequires about 2,500 gal-lons of water, a pound ofsoy only needs 250 to grow.

Turfgrass will be eliminated. Turfgrass (which covers thelawns of thousands ofhomes in Canada) is poten-tially the single biggestwaste of fresh water inCanada and the U.S. In-deed, a massive 30 per centof the available drinkingwater in America goes tofeeding turfgrass (a plantthat isn’t a food source).

The population will have toshift north. While Canada is perceivedto be a water-rich country,almost all the availablefresh water we have is di-rected north while the ma-jority of the population isin the south. In order tomake the most of the fresh

water we have, people aregoing to have to head up tothe territories along withthe water.

No more plumbing. Toilets, showers, baths,dishwashers and laundrymachines are some of thebiggest drains on theworld’s fresh water re-sources. In order to con-serve water, all thisactivity will have to takeplace without the use ofplumbing — through sep-tic tanks, sponge baths andcycling water. EMILY RACK, 21, IS A FOURTH-YEARJOURNALISM STUDENT AT CARLETONUNIVERSITY.

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It’s a sad day when pollu-tion is so heavy the airtastes like dirt. All thewhile, icebergs are melt-ing, cities are flooding andforests are being destroyed.

The world’s populationis using 20 per cent morenatural resources than theEarth can produce andthere is an ever-increasingpopulation and ever-de-creasing food supply. Whatthe world needs is a fair,cheap and easy solution.

I shall therefore humblypropose my own thoughts.I have been assured by areliable Internet blog thatthere is a great opportuni-ty to colonize Mars. It has arich environment of car-bon dioxide that could bedeveloped into an atmos-phere suitable for humans.

Therefore, I proposethat mankind move to

Mars and leave Earth to be-come a desolate wasteland.Mars is approximately halfthe size of Earth so onlyhalf the population shouldbe permitted to move toMars. Immigrants will beselected based on a key cri-teria — those who haveleading roles in society(celebrities, corporate lead-ers and politicians).

There is a dual purposein sending these people toMars. It is well known thatgoverning bodies controlaction taken toward cli-mate change and manycorporations are the lead-ing cause of pollution. Ifthese people are sent toMars, the degradation ofEarth will be slowed downso a few more generationscan live a quiet existence.

Don’t mention other so-lutions — of cutting con-

sumption, of green trans-portation and of sustain-able living — until there isany glimmer of hope thatpeople will make a sincereattempt to put them intopractice.

Before any counter-pro-posals, consider these twopoints: Those who have thepower to influence changeare not creating policies todivert from our currentpath. Secondly, those whohave the financial means toinvest in real solutions

have more to lose so areapt to continue their ways.

Moving to Mars wouldmean mankind wouldn’tneed to learn a lesson fromthe wasteland formerlyknown as Earth — we justneed to start searching foranother replacement plan-et. I have heard that Venusalso has great potential.Citizens could continue intheir patterns of unsustain-able living without concernfor the future, continuingto think short term, livingin their oversized homesand driving SUVs.

Author’s note: This piecehas been inspired byJonathan Swift’s A ModestProposal, in which he satir-ically proposes children beused for red meat to endIreland’s economic woes.CHRISTINA FRANC, 21, HAS A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN JOURNALISMFROM CARLETON UNIVERSITY.

Moving to Mars means we could continue our patterns of unsustainableliving We just need a replacement planet Venus also has potential

Finding a life on Mars Finding a life on Mars“Don’t mentionother solutionsuntil there is anyglimmer of hopethat people willmake a sincereattempt to putthem into practice.”

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Hollywood imagines thisgeneration’s future as ascience experiment withapocalyptic results, but au-thor Mark Stevenson in-sists it doesn’t have to bethat scary.

Stevenson spent a yeartravelling the globe askingscientists and philosopherswhat’s next for us. He syn-thesized the answers in hisbook, An Optimist’s Tour ofthe Future. It is beingturned into a TV series anda Hollywood movie.

What are your goals for thebook?I wanted to write aboutthe scientific horizon for awide audience becausethere’s a revolution com-ing and more of us shouldbe informed.

Did you write from anoptimist’s perspective? “Optimist” appeared in thetitle because I saw so manyinteresting possibilities,and my agent said I’d sellmore copies. I am not say-ing the future will be bet-ter — I am saying it could

be, so I’m a possiblist.

What will be the most inter-esting scientific innovations?To quote William Gibson:“The future is here. It’s justnot widely distributed yet.”So, synthetic biology is al-ready in use. If you’re dia-betic, it’s almost certainyour insulin supply is pro-duced by E. coli bacteriawhose genome has beentinkered with. The list ofnanotechnology-based

products already availableincludes microprocessors,cleaning products, tooth-paste, pregnancy tests,stain-resistant clothing, and— it seems to me — a dis-proportionate number ofhair-straightening devices.

As we speed into the future,what’s core to being human?Talking about technologymakes people quite scared,but advancement is awhole-hearted expression

of our humanity — it’swhat distinguishes usfrom other species. No oth-er animal does this. Thereisn’t a bunch of dogs put-ting together an equiva-lent of your newspaperand no dogs will read it.

These innovations willcome to be because that’swhat human beings do.Hoping to roll back themarch of human culture isabout as pointless as tryingto reconstruct the frogyour younger brother just

put in the blender.

Are information technologiesuseful or just overloading us?It’s up to us how we usetechnology. If you havemass access you must em-ploy mass-filtering. Tomake decisions we havemachines to mine infor-mation and get a muchclearer picture.

You investigated solar energyand on your trip carried a so-lar-panel bag. Is that the fu-ture of fashion accessories? It does get a lot of com-ments. Ironically, the bat-tery is broken but the panelstill works so the new tech-nology is outlasting the old.By 2020 even solar pes-simists believe people willbe choosing solar becauseit’s economic rather thangreen. Regardless of youropinion on climate change,energy independence is bet-ter than relying on oil andthe few countries who ex-port it.SARA FRIZZELL IS A THIRD-YEAR STUDENT MAJORING IN JOURNALISMAT CARLETON UNIVERSITY.

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Also, the new wheel de-sign further reduces toxicpollution created frommanufacturing tire rubber.

One of the most uniquefeatures of this vehicle isits capability to have thefront and rear wheels foldin together. As the wheelsmove in, the wheelbaseshortens, making it easierto turn around, make

u-turns or park in tight ar-eas (such as downtown dis-tricts, parking lots andsidestreets).

Strips of LED lights areplaced on the front andrear wheel covers for bet-ter visibility, while usingless power and creatingless heat.MATTHEW LAW IS A TORONTO-BASED DESIGNER AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER. HE IS IN HIS LAST YEAR OF STUDIESAT HUMBER COLLEGE IN THE TRANSPORTATION/INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROGRAM. HE SPECIALIZES IN AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET AND CONCEPT DESIGN. VISIT HIS WEBSITE AND PORTFOLIO ATMATTHEWLAW.CA.

The car of

tomorrow Imagine a vehicle that not only operates on electric power, but one thatuses solar energy and recycled materials to save energy — and the planet

4future edition: london

The news is...in your head?The newspaper you areholding in your hand, thenews networks we watchafter coming home fromdinner — these are ourwindows to the rest of theworld. But by 2031, innova-tions in technology couldchange the window welook through and evenourselves.

Social media: Delivering

your news in 2031

Social media will be at theforefront of news deliveryin 20 years. Unfiltered,first-hand perspectivesfrom real-life people willbe the order of the day.

Imagine checking Facebook or Twitter andhearing stories from sol-diers on the front line inreal time, or from aidworkers at the scene of atsunami.

With such profoundchanges, the ethics ofnews reporting will un-doubtedly be altered. Ac-cording to Bryan Orend, aphilosophy professor atthe University of Waterloo

in Ontario, “confirmed se-lection bias would worsenif you were to get yournews from social media...groups of friends tellingeach other things they allwant to hear, confirmingpre-existing beliefs.” Sowhile social media will ex-pand our horizons, it mayalso end up polarizing inits reach.

News microplants in your

ear? Yes, please

What if we went beyondchanging the news, and

changed ourselves? Whatif we could biologically re-model our brains in orderto get real-time updates?Some people may nolonger be content with aBlackBerry. They may wantmicro-chips installed intheir heads instead.

Alan Lacopi, the opera-tions director for theQueensland Micro andNanotechnology Centre,said such innovations arepossible. While receivingimages in the brain may bea long way off, in 20 yearsLacopi suggests that thiswill be the norm.

While this technology ispossible, some argue thatit is not worth the risk.Professor Paul Yager, chairof the Department of Bio-engineering for the Univer-sity of Washington, arguesthat “we’ve developed atechnology (the smart-phone) that makes therisks unnecessary,” at leastfor an able-bodied person.HOWARD LEUNG IS A UNIVERSITY STUDENT STUDYING ACCOUNTING. HE IS INTERESTED IN GLOBAL ANDLOCAL ISSUES.

Head implants will

receive the news in 2031.

ISTOCK

In 2031, distance betweenpeople and countries willbecome a concern of thepast as the power of socialnetworks spans across con-tinents.

The existence ofour global vil-lage today isfacilitated bysocial media(such as Face-book, Twitterand Skype),but in the fu-ture this globalcommunitywill exist solelythrough socialmedia. For ex-ample, it is pro-jected thatFacebook’s userpopulation isgrowing at suchan acceleratedrate that it will ex-ceed China and In-dia’s combinedpopulation withinthe next three tofive years.

According to Michael

Rajzman, manager of socialmedia at Free the Children,new technologies will notchange our social interac-tions at a fundamental lev-el, but instead will give us

new av-enuesfor

maintain-ing andnurturingnetworksof relation-ships thatmay nototherwise

exist.No one

knows this better

than Adam Garone, co-founder and CEO ofMovember, an annualmonth-long event inwhich participants growmustaches throughout No-vember to raise awarenessand funds for men’s healthissues. Movember becamea global phenomenon in2010, primarily throughthe use of social media.

Garone says we havecreated tools that en-able us to be more con-

nected withmore

people. “Twen-ty years from now we willbe connected with infinite-ly more people, in ways wecan’t even imagine possi-ble today,” he said.

In the future, users willno longer just view infor-mation on a social mediaplatform, but they will beimmersed in it, possessingthe ability to dive into anyworld they choose. Instead

of viewing friends’ pic-tures on a 2-D screen, thepictures will be projectedall around, creating athree-dimensional experi-ence in which the useris completelyimmersed.

Indi-vidualsare pro-jected as3-D holo-gram im-ages, sothat aFacebookchat be-comes a highly

interactive interface. In-stead of interactingthrough photos and posts,we are able to experiencethe lives of other individu-

als exactly as theythemselves experi-ence them.

Immersions intoother worlds wouldundoubtedly nurtureempathy, as individu-als would have theability to literally seethemselves in otherpeople’s shoes. Socialmedia in the future,therefore, would playan important role inuniting the membersof the “Facebook na-tion” and in creatinga world that fostersempathy and, thus,social responsibility. VICTORIA ATON, 22, IS A RECENT GRADUATE FROMMCGILL UNIVERSITY, WHERE SHE STUDIED INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. SHE SPENTTHE PAST YEAR DOING FIELDRESEARCH IN EAST AFRICAAND WORKING FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

The rise of social media New technologies will not change our social interactions at a fundamental level But theywill provide new avenues for nurturing relationships that may not have otherwise existed

In 2031, will

high school be

taught in a

virtual class?

@limonaderose: Can’t re-place a human role model.@AD_TO: the virtual worldwill add value, but experi-ence cannot be describedunless tangibly experien -ced with feedback.@irisbobiris: I think learn-ing in a classroom environ-ment will always be thebest and most effectiveway of teaching!

Reader tweets

Jesse CruickshankMTV CANADA

“By 2031 I hope to live in amore balanced world — aworld where our resourcesare shared equally, our en-vironment is treated withrespect and our conflicts

are solved in peace.”

Looking

ahead

In 2031, social mediawill be in 3-D.

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3 metronews.caSEPTEMBER 20, 2031 future edition: london

Ever wonder what youwere born to be? The nextKaty Perry? Or SidneyCrosby? Well, 20 yearsfrom now, you won’t bewondering — you’ll know.

Here’s how: Geneticscreening in early child-hood will detect specificgenes that offer a predispo-sition to certain skills, al-lowing parents to directtheir children toward ca-reers that they were justborn to have.

“There are already op-tions available to test forthings like traits,” said JillDavies, director of geneticsat Medcan Clinic in Toron-to. “You can predict what aperson’s eye colour will be,or whether they’re going tobe sprint runners.”

Consider this: ACTN3 isa gene found in manyelite-level ath-letes. A varia-tion in thisgene candeter-mine

whether anindividual is predisposedto success in endurancesports, speed and powersports, or a combination ofthe two.

“You can make predic-tions about large groups ofpeople,” said Jim Rupert,associate professor at theUniversity of British Co-lumbia. “If we took everyCanadian teenager whohas this particular variant[of ACTN3] and trained

them all for sprinting, wewould probably getmore goodsprintersthan if wejusttrainedyoungCana-diansran-dom-ly.”

Whatdoes thismean? By2031, chil-dren willbe able tohone theskills theyare genetical-ly inclined to-ward excelling.

Genetic pre-disposition is not

limited to athletic ability.Perfect pitch, the

ability to rec-ognize or

recreatea mu-

sical

note, is another trait thatmay be genetically linked.Dr. Joseph Profita at theUniversity of Californiahas hypothesized that per-fect pitch is carried by asingle gene and, as such,children with parents whoexhibit perfect pitch havea 50 per cent chance of in-heriting that trait. In 20years, 50 per cent could be-come 100 per cent if twogenetically predisposedparents have kids.

In 2031, technologywill be able to offer in-sight into a child’s skills,strengths and attributes.Is that a good thing? Yes

— because we will alsoremember that suc-

cess comes notonly with thegift, but withwhat we do

with it.

EMILY FAUBERT,17, IS A GRADE 12INTERNATIONALBACCALAURE-ATE STUDENT INMISSISSAUGA,

ONT. SHE IS ANASPIRING NOVEL-

IST WHO HOPES TOUSE HER WRITING

TO EXPLAIN WORLDISSUES SUCH AS ANI-

MAL TESTING ANDHUMAN RIGHTS IN ANUNDERSTANDABLE ANDENGAGING FORMAT.

Did you want to be an athlete or a rock star? Genetics screening willhelp detect predispositions toward certain skills, strengths and attributes

Born to be ...anyone you want

EDITOR’S NOTE

Welcometo 2031!We have seen the future— and we want to shareit with you.

Metro’s Future Dailybegan with a simpleidea. What will Canadaand the world look like20 years from now?When we reached out toour network of youngwriters, the responsewas overwhelming. Storyideas ranged from tech-nology, education andscience to the future ofmedia, the environment,fashion and food.

With so many incredi-ble ideas, the scope ofthe project doubled andthe issue began to takeshape. We wanted it tobe innovative, creativeand cutting edge. Wefound ourselves workingwith a diverse lineup. Itseemed that our writerswanted to focus on is-sues that reflected theirpassion, and not justtheir creativity. So beganour summer project…

The stories you willread here reflect the vi-sion of young peopleacross Canada. There issomething here foreveryone. If you are a

businessperson, you mayfind it interesting to readTarini Chandak’s visionfor a mainstream busi-ness model based on so-cial entrepreneurship.

Flip the pages to dis-cover what foods we willbe eating in 2031 andhow we will conserve ourplanet’s water supply. Ex-plore crowd-acceleratedinnovation with Selin Jes-sa, as she delves into thetheory behind the onlinevideo movement.

Want to knowwhether your childrenand grandchildren canbe superkids? Read Emi-ly Faubert’s vision for ge-netic predetermination.And there’s more…

We, young writers anddreamers of this age,have tapped into our lim-itless optimism to com-pile this issue to bringyou our vision of an al-ternate future — a futurethat is free of apathy andband-aid solutions.

Let us all take a steptoward that sustainablefuture. Here’s to pilotingthe next 20 years and be-yond!

The Editorial Team

THE FUTURE DAILY EDITORIALTEAM, LED BY FREE THE CHILDRENSTAFF, IS COMPOSED OF FIVEYOUNG, ASPIRING JOURNALISTSWHO ARE PART OF THE JUNIORJOURNALISM PROGRAM RUN BYFREE THE CHILDREN.

“By 2031 I wouldlove to see a curefor most if not allof the world’sterminal illnesses.I would also loveto see a worldwhere everyhuman being istreated equallyand can equallyaccess and enjoythe resources ofthe world.”SHAWN DESMAN,JUNO AWARD-WINNING CANADIANPOP ICON AND PRODUCER

“By 2031, I’d like to see the gapbetween rich andpoor narrowsignificantly.Whether on anindividual, local orinternational level,it is such anobvious issue that I think the worldmust deal with(it).”

AISLINN PAULACTRESS, DEGRASSI

Sidney Crosby

Katy Perry

Usain Bolt

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BUILDING A STRONGER, CLEANER AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY SYSTEM

1 The Economic Impacts of the Wind Energy Sector in Ontario 2011 – 2018, by ClearSky Advisors http://www.canwea.ca/wind-energy/talkingaboutwind_e.php2 Behind the Switch: Pricing Ontario Electricity Options, by the Pembina Institute http://www.pembina.org/media-release/2237www.windformycommunity.ca

Wind power.The secret is out. Creating Jobs80,000+ person years of employment from 2011 – 2018.1

Delivering Revenues to Ontario Families$1.1 billion in revenues to local municipalities and landowners expected over the 20-year lifespan of the projects.1

Driving Investment into Ontario$8.5 billion in private sector investments between 2011 – 2018.1

Providing an Affordable ChoiceAt just 13.5 cents kWh, wind energy is cost competitive with new conventional sources of electricity – and wind energy costs are projected to decrease further.2

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FUTURE GENETICS PARENTS TO

CREATE THEIR OWN SIDNEY CROSBY {page 3}

PILL WORLD SMALL PORTIONS,BIG FLAVOUR ON THE MENU {page 7}

Drawingthe futureDrawingthe future

Youth of today are in control of what theirlives will look like in 2031 Metro teams up

with a group of young writers to get aglimpse of what the future holds

Youth of today are in control of what theirlives will look like in 2031 Metro teams up

with a group of young writers to get aglimpse of what the future holds

WHEELSOF TOMORROWGREEN AND STYLISH {page 5}

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