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Lose Weight, Feel Great in 2012 with our BOXING WEEK SPECIAL Tweeting or otherwise broadcasting RIDE locations is not illegal: Const. Scott Mills FRIDAY’S JACKPOT Thursday, December 29, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing. 75 CLUBS ACROSS THE GTA Despite a little extra star power from the Biebs at the Air Canada Centre Wednesday evening, the Raptors lost their first home game of the season to the Indiana Pacers by a score of 90-85. Story, page 29. goodlifefitness.com DUI blitz tweetsTRANSCRIPT
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INTERRACIALCOUPLE TARGETED IN
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IN SEQUINSHOW TO SAVE THE HOLIDAYSPARKLE
Thursday, December 29, 2011www.metronews.ca
News worth sharing.
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Roadside breathalyzer blitzes arenobody’s idea of a super-fun holidayactivity.
But a firestorm has erupted onTwitter in recent days over the legal-ity and morality of tweeting policeRIDE (Reduce Impaired DrivingEverywhere) stop locations, thanksto a handful of Toronto-area socialmedia users.
Tweeting in one corner: Aggre-gator feeds like @RIDELocationsTO,which collect and then rebroadcastinformation on where police areconducting drunk-driving spotchecks.
Tweeting in the opposite corner:dismayed social media buffs such asToronto police traffic Sgt. Tim Bur-rows.
“If you tweet a #RIDE locationtonight, make sure you also apolo-gize tomorrow to any families wholose a loved one to a drunk driver,”he posted on Christmas Eve.
“They’re called random spotchecks for a reason,” says Const.Scott Mills, the Toronto police’ssocial media officer.
Tweeting RIDE locations “givessomebody the chance to avoiddetection. The end result is we haveanother drunk driver on the road.”TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
RIDE checkTwitter tipscause upset
Tweeting or otherwise broadcasting RIDElocations is not illegal: Const. Scott Mills
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Biebs’ love can’t help Raptors win Despite a little extra star power from the Biebs at the Air Canada Centre Wednesday evening, theRaptors lost their first home game of the season to the Indiana Pacers by a score of 90-85. Story, page 29.
Justin’s. Game face
Justin Bieber, wearing a purple Raptors cap,
takes in an eyeful at the Raptors home opener
last night. During a timeout, he took a long
jump shot that bounced off the glass.
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@lewislehman: I willtweet false #RIDE locsto catch more drunken
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03metronews.caTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011news: toronto
A string of racist vandalismagainst a black man and hiswhite partner has shockeda collegial Newmarketneighbourhood and pusheda couple to the brink.
The latest of three inci-dents happened sometimebetween Christmas Evenight and early Christmasmorning, according to YorkRegional Police.
Rita Brown, who alongwith her partner, SeunOyinsan, moved into ahome this summer on qui-et suburban HodgsonDrive, discovered the N-word scratched on thehood of her car ChristmasDay.
That came roughly threemonths after two other at-
tacks on their home and ve-hicles. During the first, onSept. 10, swastika-likemarkings were spray-paint-ed on the couple’s garageand their SUV was defaced
with the N-word and acidthrown on the sides. Nailshammered into smallpieces of wood were alsoleft under their tires.
Most alarmingly, Brown
said, police received a mes-sage. She was told it saidthe couple wasn’t wantedin the neighbourhood,called her a “whore” andthreatened: “We will kill if
necessary.”The second incident is
believed to have occurredovernight between Sept. 16and 17, according to police.Again, nails were left underthe car tires and a racial epi-thet scratched into thepaint.
Police installed a surveil-lance camera for a while,but failed to catch the per-petrators on camera.
Brown said Wednesdaythe “For Sale” sign will begoing up.
“We want out as soon aswe can get out,” she said,adding of whoever is re-sponsible: “Why are theydoing this to us? It’s notfair.”TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Series of racist attacks on property driving Newmarket couple to put home up for sale
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Swastika-like markings are seen spray-painted on the garage door of Rita Brown and Seun Oyinsan, along with the N-word scratched onto their car.
RITA BROWN/CONTRIBUTED
Got any tips?
York police are asking anyone with informationabout this crime to speak toinvestigators by calling 866-876-5423, ext. 7141, orto call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-tips.
An anonymous tip can alsobe left at 1800222tips.com,or text a tip to CRIMES(274637) starting with theword YORK.
COLIN MCCONNELL/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Residents brave the season’s first blast of winter
Snow. Beach
Despite getting hit with Toronto’s first significant snowfall and a mean cold snap, people were still out in the Beaches doing their thing, walking their dogs or jogging.
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Mayor setting his own scheduleAt 9 a.m. on Monday, Aug.22, Mayor Rob Ford beganhis week by meeting witha Toronto resident.
He met with a secondresident at 10:30 a.m., athird at 1:30 p.m., and afourth at 2:30 p.m. Onlyat 4 p.m., according to hisinternal itinerary, did hehold a meeting withsomeone who works atcity hall.
Aug. 22 was a typicalsummer day for anatypical mayor whooften scheduleshis time as ifhe is still ahumble lo-cal coun-cillor.BetweenJuly andthe end ofOctober, Fordbooked a remarkable 209meetings with residents— about two per day.
The 209 figure is espe-
cially striking by con-trast. Over the sameperiod, Ford booked15 meetings withother politicians,eight with corporateexecutives and or-ganizations, andnone with commu-nity
groups or non-business ad-vocacygroups.
As a coun-cillor, Fordearned a rep-
utation as atenacious ad-
vocate for resi-dents whose
prob-
lems city employeeshad failed to solve.Darting around thecity in his minivan,frantically work-ing his cellphone,he prodded themunicipal bu-reaucracy intoaction ondozens, perhapshundreds, of oc-casions.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Mixedreactionover Ford’suse of timeFord’s insistence on con-tinuing to help residentswith small-scaleproblems is viewed bycouncillors across thepolitical spectrum witha mixture of admirationand skepticism. EvenDeputy Mayor DougHolyday said he isn’tsure whether Ford is us-ing his time effectively.
“I just don’t know,”Holyday said. “If he’s re-ally able to help people,and getting results —and I’m sure that hemust be, or he wouldn’tcontinue doing it —then I guess it’s anadmirable thing to do.”
Holyday also said thatFord had helped manyresidents feel betterabout their difficulties.
“A lot of these peopleare new Canadians, andthey’re from all walks oflife, and I’m sure they allappreciate that, whethertheir complaint is solvedor not, that someone lis-tened to them,” he said.
Coun. John Filion, aFord critic, said the may-or should consider howhe can help a largergroup of people.
“I believe Rob, on aone-on-one basis, has alot of compassion forpeople with problems. Ifhe could try to re-chan-nel that beyond individ-uals who seek his helpto categories of peoplein society who needhelp, I think that wouldbe a good thing.”TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
In other cities
Mayor Rob Ford’spredecessors released anadvance weekly scheduleof public appearances. Sodo the mayors of NewYork, Chicago and othermajor U.S. cities. Ford’sitinerary is accessible onlythrough the freedom-of-in-formation process.
Mayor Rob Ford’s one-on-one approach to addressing the problems of hisconstituents has been met with a mixed reaction from fellow councillors.
Ford still a one-on-one type of guy He booked 209 meetings with residents between July and end of October
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Speculation follows fatal diveDEC. 23
LCBO postssingle-daysales recordThirsty customerspushed the LCBO to arecord $51 million insales two days beforeChristmas, continuing aholiday tradition of Dec.23 being the biggestbooze-buying day of theyear.
The $51 million at theprovince’s 622 liquor
stores marked anincrease of $3 millionfrom the then-record $48million in sales on Dec.23, 2010, which was upfrom $42.5 million in thesame day in 2009 and $42million in 2008.
The only bigger salesday, and an all-timerecord — which LCBObean counters dub an“extraordinary” event —was June 23, 2009, in thecountdown to a possiblestrike when buyers decid-ed to stock up on beer,wine and spirits to thetune of $55 million.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Even without major taxhikes, Canadians’ take-home pay will get a littlelighter starting Jan. 1.
The Canadian TaxpayersFederation says premiumhikes for employment in-surance and the CanadaPension Plan will collectan additional $306 per em-ployee from workers andtheir employers in 2012.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Taking home abit less in 2012
1.5The year’sbiggest tax
change is not on thepersonal side, but inthe 1.5-percentage-point cut to the federalcorporate rate to 15 percent. Some provincesare also dropping theprovincial rate on corporations to 10 percent.
Fans pray forBiebs’ familyJustin Bieber fans areawash with concern for theCanadian pop star’s grand-parents after learning thepair were in a car crash.
The hashtag#prayforjustinsgrandparen-ts remained popular onTwitter throughoutWednesday afternoon.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Experienced skydiver Michael Ungar died Tuesday after a hard landing at
a facility in Southern California. He’s pictured here, top, in a staff photo
at the Niagara Skydive Centre in Dunnville, Ont.
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The death of a Toronto car-penter who clashed withpolice while visiting hishomeland of Grenada forChristmas has drawn the at-tention of that country’sgovernment and touchedoff an official investigation.
Oscar Bartholomew, 39,
died in hospital on theCaribbean island Tuesday,24 hours after being takeninto custody.
Family members haveaccused officers of beatingBartholomew after he mis-took a plainclothes femalepolice officer for a friend
and hugged her, lifting heroff the ground while infront of a police station.
Bartholomew, his wifeand a cousin had stopped atthe station on Monday be-cause his wife needed touse the bathroom, his auntJosephine de Souza said in a
telephone interview.Police dispute that ac-
count, saying Bartholomewwas arrested after assault-ing an officer. The femaleofficer was in uniformwhen she came into con-tact with Bartholomew, po-lice said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grenada probes Toronto man’s death
An experienced Canadianskydiver was likely attempt-ing a risky landing manoeu-vre just before he died neara California parachutingcentre, but it was a movehis Ontario employer saidhe had pulled off before.
Michael Ungar, ofAylmer, Ont., died Tuesdayafternoon at Perris ValleySkydiving after landinghard at the Riverside Coun-ty sport parachuting baseabout 113 kilometres south-east of Los Angeles.
Officials said WednesdayUngar was injured during adifficult high-speed aerialmanoeuvre and landed in ashallow pond at 2:01 p.m.
His parachute was openand he may have been at-tempting an aggressive“swooping” manoeuvre in-volving a high-speed dive toskim over the ground be-fore landing. The move wasone the 32-year-old Canadi-an had attempted manytimes before and was hop-ing to carry out at competi-tion level one day, said TimGrech, owner of the Niaga-ra Skydive Centre, in south-ern Ontario, where Ungarhad worked for two sea-sons. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Michael Ungar’s death was sixth skydiving fatality at Southern Californiafacility in the past 15 months Ontario man had 2,000 jumps to his credit
Tough year
It has been particularly dif-
ficult year at the Perris fa-
cility.
In April, two skydivers col-lided, killing Jacob Jensen,32, of Denmark. The other
man survived criticalinjuries.In March, two skydiverswere killed when theirparachutes deflated andthey fell 300 feet.In February, an Australianwoman, 41, died after fail-ing to open a backup chute.
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Iran, U.S.tensionsrise after oil-passagethreatsThe U.S. warned Iran onWednesday it will not tol-erate any disruption oftraffic through the Straitof Hormuz after Iranthreatened to choke offthe vital Persian Gulf oiltransport route if Wash-ington imposes sanctionstargeting its crudeexports.
The increasingly heat-
ed exchange raises newtensions in a standoffthat has the potential tospark military reprisalsand propel oil prices tolevels that could batter aglobal economy alreadygrappling with aEuropean debt crisis.
Iran’s navy chiefboasted Wednesday thatit would be “very easy”for his country’s forces toclose the strategic Straitof Hormuz, the passageat the mouth of the Per-sian Gulf through whicha sixth of the world’s oilpasses daily. It was thesecond such warning byIran in two days.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arab League monitorsspent a second day in theSyrian city of HomsWednesday gathering ac-counts about the govern-ment’s crackdown ondissent as troops in nearbyHama opened fire on thou-sands of unarmed protest-ers and killed at least six,according to activists.
Though PresidentBashar Assad’s regime hasmade some concessions tothe observers, includingthe release of nearly 800prisoners on Wednesday,the military at the sametime is pressing aheadwith a violent campaign toput down mostly peacefulprotests.
Activists said at least 39people have been killed inthe two days since themonitors began work.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Syrian troops kill moreprotesters: Activists
KYODO NEWS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kim Jong-un escorted hisfather’s hearse in an elabo-rate state funeral on a bit-ter, snowy day Wednesday.
Son and successor washead mourner on the greyday in Pyongyang, walkingwith one hand on theblack hearse that carriedhis father’s coffin on itsroof, his other hand raisedin salute, his head bowedagainst the wind.
At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour proces-sion, rifles fired 21 timesas Kim Jong-un stoodflanked by the top partyand military officials whoare expected to be his in-ner circle of advisers.
Kim then saluted againas goose-stepping soldierscarrying flags and riflesmarched by.
Although analysts sayKim Jong-un is on the pathtoward cementing hispower, and all moves inNorth Korea so far — fromtitles giving him powerover the ruling party andmilitary and his leadingposition in the funeralprocession — point in thatdirection, his age and in-experience leave questionsabout Kim’s long-term
prospects. Whereas his father was
groomed for power for 20years before taking over,the younger Kim has hadonly about two years.
Kim Jong-il — who ledwith absolute power afterhis father Kim Il-sung’sdeath in 1994, through afamine that killed hun-dreds of thousands andthe pursuit of nuclear andmissile programs — diedof a heart attack Dec. 17 atage 69.
A large challenge forNorth Korea’s propagandaapparatus will be “tocounter the public’s per-ception that the newleader is a spoiled child ofprivilege,” said Brian My-ers, an expert on NorthKorean propaganda atDongseo University in Bu-san, South Korea.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“How can the skynot cry? Thepeople ... are allcrying tears ofblood.”WEEPING SOLDIER SPEAKING TOSTATE TV
Tens of thousands of citizens wail and stamp their feet in grief for Kim Jong-il Scenes show the personality cult built around former leader
Military officers cry
during a funeral
procession for the late
leader Kim Jong-il, in
Pyongyang Wednesday.
Inset: Kim Jong-un
salutes beside the
hearse carrying the
body of his late father.
North Korea’s next leaderheads elaborate funeral
Arab League
The 60 Arab League moni-
tors — the first Syria has
allowed in during the
nine-month anti-govern-
ment uprising — are sup-
posed to be ensuring the
regime is complying with
terms of a plan to end the
crackdown on protests.
The United Nations says
more than 5,000 people
have been killed in Syria
since March.
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The annual cleaning of oneof Christianity’s holiestchurches descended into abrawl on Wednesday, asdozens of monks feudingover space at the Church ofthe Nativity in Bethlehembattled each other withbrooms until police brokeit up.
The ancient church,built over the site where Je-sus is believed to have been
born, is shared by three de-nominations: RomanCatholics, Armenians andGreek Orthodox. The fighterupted between Greekand Armenian clergy, withboth sides accusing the oth-er of encroaching on partsof the church to whichthey lay claim. Some shout-ed and hurled brooms.
Palestinian securityforces rushed in to break
up the melee, and no seri-ous injuries were reported.
A fragile peace governsrelations among the de-nominations, and to repairor clean a part of thechurch is to own it, accord-ing to accepted practice.That means that lettingother sects clean part of thechurch could allow one togain ground at another’sexpense. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brooms and shouts fly inBethlehem church brawl
Not the first time clerics have fought over sacred turf
Armenian and Greek Orthodox clergymen scuffle
in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
during a turf war on Wednesday.
BERNAT ARMANGUE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some outraged residents ofPhoenix are threatening topull their support for theHumane Society after thebeloved cat of a recoveringheroin addict was put todeath mere hours after hebrought her in for treat-ment.
Reports say Daniel Dock-ery’s nine-month-old cat,Scruffy, was put down be-cause he couldn’t immedi-ately pay $400 for its care.
Dockery said he reluc-tantly surrendered the caton Dec. 8 after staff refusedto take a credit card fromhis mother over the phone
or wait 24 hours for her towire him cash. He searchedfor the cat for three weeksat agency shelters butlearned Tuesday that shewas killed a few hours afterhe brought her in.
“Now I’ve got to thinkabout how I failed thatbeautiful animal,” Dockerysaid. “That’s so wrong.There was no reason for hernot to be treated.”
The Humane Society saidit hadn’t intended to killScruffy and is reviewing itscredit-card policy becauseof what happened.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Croc charges at workerA giant saltwater crocodilenamed Elvis with an appar-ent affinity for householdmachinery charged at anAustralian reptile parkworker Wednesday beforestealing his lawn mower.
Tim Faulkner, operationsmanager at the AustralianReptile Park, north of Syd-ney, was one of three work-ers tending to the lawn inElvis’ enclosure when heheard reptile keeper BillyCollett yelp. Faulknerlooked up to see the five-metre, 500-kilogram croco-dile lunging out of itslagoon at Collett, whowarded the creature offwith his mower.
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Collett lured Elvis to theopposite end of the lagoonwith a heaping helping ofkangaroo meat whileFaulkner plunged, fully-clothed, into the water. Heescaped from the pool, un-
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Despite having to giveup the lawn mower, Elviswas clearly pleased withhimself, Faulkner said.“He’s beaten us today....He’s kingpin,” Faulknersaid. “He’s going to be walk-ing around with his chestpuffed out all day.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Animal steals lawn mower after lunging at keeperHad previously killed two crocodile girlfriends
Elvis, a giant
saltwater crocodile,
swims next to a
lawn mower on
Wednesday in
Gosford, Australia.
LIBBY BAIN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First-time thief
Stolen. Elvis has a historyof crankiness and haslunged at staff before,though this is the firsttime he has stolen something from one ofthe workers.
Darwin. The croc was initially captured in thenorthern Australian city ofDarwin, where he hadbeen attacking fishingboats.
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Canada’s economy per-formed relatively well lastyear, but not enough to dis-place Germany as the topcountry in the Group ofSeven big industrial na-tions, the Bank of Montrealsays.
The chartered bank’s an-nual report card for eco-nomic performance putsCanada slightly ahead ofwhere it stood in 2010 cu-mulatively on five bench-marks, includingunemployment and govern-ment deficits.
But the combined scoreof 81.6 is well back of Ger-many’s 89.2 out of a maxi-mum 100. The scorecardsuggests that the Harpergovernment’s contentionthat Canada leads the G7 ineconomic performance issomewhat of an exaggera-tion. “No. 2 is OK,” saideconomist Benjamin Re-
itzes. “We’ve been consis-tently in the upper eche-lons in the G7.”
Surprisingly, the U.S. issecond last, mostly due toits high unemploymentrate and budgetary deficit.Italy, with the sovereigndebt crisis, trails the group.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Germany leads G7economies: BMO
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Striving to stay openSears Canada said Wednesday it isn’t looking toclose stores, but wants to improve the ones it has. Itmade the comment after Sears Holdings Corp., theAmerican parent company of Sears and Kmartdepartment stores, announced it will close 100 to120 stores after a sluggish holiday season.
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While Canada scores high-er than the G7 average,exporting powerhouseGermany tops Canada infour of five majorcategories — jobless rate,inflation, government fis-cal health and the currentaccount balance with therest of the world.In the fifth category— credit rating — the twocountries are tied with thetop AAA grade.
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THERE IS NOHOLLYWOOD IN A NEW YEAR’SHANGOVER
Ah, New Year’s. The celebrationwhere the annual tradition ofpledging to better yourself inthe coming months gets high-jacked on the first day by theannual tradition of drinking
your weight in cocktails.All that well-meaning talk of getting your
life in order goes out the window as you liein a spinning bed on Jan. 1. Your head feelslike Nickleback is inside it performing aKe$ha song on repeat, and there’s enoughcotton on your tongue to make a new Christ-
mas sweater.Screw the next 364 days of the year. The only self-
improvement you want is something to hold back your hair.New Year’s only has two settings — dull and
disappointing, or drunk and disappointing — so if you’reopting for No. 2 here’s my special guide to hangovers.
What is a hangover?Despite what the movies might teach you, hangovers
aren’t all fun times like find-ing a tiger in your room orgetting attacked by MikeTyson. In reality, sometimesthey’re no fun at all.
Hangovers are associatedwith a variety of symptoms,including dehydration,fatigue, spinning rooms,grease infatuation, blanket
cocoon syndrome (or BCS), an ability to feel individual pho-tons of sunlight as if they were daggers and anuncontrollable urge to watch men’s TV marathons abouthigh-speed police chases in the southern states.
It’s all because heavy drinking causes a complex chemicalreaction that looks like this:
BEER14 + Ch-U-MP = H-EADA-CH-E (X) 100Of course, this is an oversimplification and leaves out
such important steps in the reaction as drunk texting andfalling asleep while still wearing your boots.
How do I avoid a hangover?You could follow your own advice from the last time you
were hungover and “never drink ever again,” but we allknow that’s an idle promise like “I’ll get you on the wayback, buddy” or “I will not cut city services.”
So, as a pre-emptive measure, I recommend you drinktwo drinks fewer than your friends have drunk so far. Thiswill serve to remind you just how annoying you’re about tobecome, thereby slowing your intake.
If you do end up hungover, remember that coffee is a mir-acle cure. Observe this test subject:
BEFORE: Gblre zrmgle bllcrgk flr plyin coffee.AFTER: GBLRE ZRMGLE BLLCRGK FLR PLYIN HUNGOVER!As you can see, coffee takes a person with a hangover and
makes them a wide-awake person with a hangover. Samegoes for showers (clean and hungover) and magneticbracelets (stupid and hungover).
So, really, the only way to cure a hangover is to not getone. So drink less. For that to happen, you’ll have to get yourlife in order and become a better person.
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To say thatJake Ep-stein was inthe rightplace at theright timeis a massive
understatement. TheToronto actor was per-forming in a touring pro-duction of SpringAwakening when theshow’s director MichaelMayer announced his in-tention to create a stageversion of Green Day’s
2004 album, American Id-iot.
“He was telling us aboutit right from the very be-ginning,” says Epstein. “Itjust sounded crazy that itwould work.”
Mayer shopped theshow in Berkley, Calif.,and bussed the cast ofSpring Awakening, includ-ing Epstein, up from SanJose to watch.
“As a Green Day fan Iwas a bit skeptical,” hesays. “Knowing the direc-tor, I knew he’d do some-thing really interestingwith it. It wouldn’t be acheesy show — it wouldbe a piece of art.”
Mayer’s adaptation ex-
pands on Green Day’s sto-ry of a young man whomoves to the city and fallsin love and into a world ofdrugs. Mayer’s has threecharacters trying to breakout of suburbia — onejoins the army, one fallsinto drugs and a third,Will, who Epstein plays,stays behind with his preg-nant girlfriend. “It ex-panded the original ideaon the album to a punkopera story.”
After Spring Awaken-ing, Epstein relocated toLos Angeles where hespent several monthslooking for work.
“I was living on my ownand spent a bunch of
months waiting for aphone call to audition forsomething or go out anddo anything,” he recalls. Itwas during this periodthat the audition forAmerican Idiot’s touringcast came along and hismental anguish found awelcome home in theshow. “I was definitelyfeeling on the brink of los-ing it and I needed an out-let,” he says. “I had thisaudition for this show thatcelebrated all of yourrage.”
Green Day’s AmericanIdiot is running until Jan.15 at the Toronto Centrefor the Arts, (5040 YongeSt. $62-$180.)
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Awakening to an idiotA stroke of luck found Jake Epstein in the Toronto production of Green Day’s American Idiot
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The story: In 2003, GreenDay began work on whatwould become theirseventh album with long-time producer Rob Cavallo.However, the master-tapesfor the record, that was tobe called Cigarettes andValentines, were stolenand the band were forcedto start from scratch.Thankfully the songsweren’t the best and theywent back at it.
It took RooneyMara two and ahalf months andfive screen tests toland the sought-af-ter role of LisbethSalander in TheGirl With theDragon Tattoo.She beat out Scar-lett Johansson, Na-talie Portman, andCarey Mulligan,among others.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A statement on SineadO’Connor’s website saysher brief marriage to ther-apist Barry Herridge hasamicably come to a con-clusion.
The statement onsineadoconnor.com says“the marriage was 16days. We lived togetherfor 7 days only. UntilXmas eve.”
The statement says“from the moment myselfand my husband got to-gether ... there was in-tense pressure placedupon him by certain peo-ple in his life, not to be in-volved with me.”
She adds: “As my goodfriend said, ‘well, at leastyou got married in Vegasin a pink Cadillac! Can’tget more Rock n Roll thanthat.’”
Roman Szendrey, whomaintains the singer’ssite, told The Associated
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Sinead O’Connor unties the knot 16 days after ceremony Failed nuptials blamed on groom’s family
McConaugheyputs a ring on it
42-year-old actor engaged to mother of his childrenMatthew McConaughey isengaged to marry hislongtime girlfriend, Cami-la Alves.
The 42-year-old actorproposed to the Brazilianmodel on Christmas Day.He announced the movein a tweet that included aphoto of the couple kiss-ing and read, “just askedcamila to marry me, mer-ry Christmas.”
McConaughey’s publi-cist confirmed the en-gagement Tuesday.
McConaughey andAlves have two children
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His film credits include
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Famouschimp dies
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The Los Angeles coro-ner’s office announced Ja-maican-born rapperHeavy D died of naturalcauses.
The self-proclaimed“overweight lover” of hiphop, who became one ofrap’s top hit makers witha combination of humourand positivity, collapsedoutside his Beverly Hillshome on Nov. 8. The 44-year-old rapper,
whose real name wasDwight Errington, diedlater at a hospital. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Florida animal sanctuarysays Cheetah, the chim-panzee from the Tarzanmovies of the early 1930s,has died at age 80.
The Suncoast PrimateSanctuary in Palm Harborannounced that Cheetahdied Dec. 24 of kidney fail-ure. Sanctuary outreach di-rector Debbie Cobb toldThe Tampa Tribune onWednesday that Cheetahwas outgoing and liked tosee people laugh.
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An Avatar hangover ac-counted for Hollywood'sdismal showing early thisyear, when revenues laggedfar behind 2010 receiptsthat had been inflated bythe huge success of JamesCameron's sci-fi sensation.
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“There were a lot ofhigh-profile movies thatjust ended up being a littleless than were hoped for,”said Chris Aronson, head ofdistribution for 20th Centu-ry Fox, whose sequel Alvinand the Chipmunks: Chip-wrecked has been part ofan under-achieving lineupof family films for the holi-days. “The fall was prettydismal. There just weren'tany real breakaway, wide-appeal films.”
Big franchises still areknocking it out of the park.Harry Potter and the Death-ly Hallows: Part 2, the fi-nale to J.K. Rowling'sfantasy epic, was the year'sbiggest earner and the top-grossing film in the seriesat $381 million domestical-ly and $1.3 billion world-wide. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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22 style metronews.caTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
New Year’s Eve is an ex-ception to most fashionrules: Your outfit cansparkle, your jewels candazzle, your hair can glis-ten. You can wear a tiara,for goodness sake. It’s anight when glitter isgood, and the more thebetter.
But you don’t want tobe left with a shine hang-over, either, so that meansfinding a way to reusesome of the splashierpieces in less showy waysover the next 12 months.
You might be markinganother year on the calen-dar, but brightness andlight is what keeps youlooking youthful and yourmood elevated, designerElie Tahari says. You’ll getmore bang from yourbling if you start off withwhite or at least colourfulclothing instead of black,he explains.
“We are all looking forthe same thing: light,truth and joy,” he says.“Light and sparkle — allthat comes from within,but what’s on the outsideis a reflection of the in-side.”
So, Tahari asks, whynot a beaded bag or glitzyshoe with your every-day,maybe even tired, navy orblack outfit? Or, betteryet, a sequin skirt. There’sno age restriction here, hesays, just a playful atti-tude.
New Year’s Eve is theexcuse to test-drive anoversized, vintage-in-
spired statement necklaceor chunky chain braceletthat mixes sparkle withtough-girl tarnished metalor spikes, suggests BlytheHarris, chief creative offi-cer of Stella & Dot. Afteryou’ve received compli-
ments on the bold newlook, you’ll be more will-ing to wear it again, shesays.
Break the Little BlackDress cycle and try a tuxe-do jacket, cropped, slimpants, metallic high heelsand dangling earringsdripping in fringed crys-tal, chains and cubic zir-conia. “You can take somelicence on New Year’s thatyou can’t other times, butyou might like it,” Harrissays.
Stila makeup artistSarah Lucero is a fan ofshimmer, and she pre-dicts it’s a trend that willlast for a while. It mesheswith upcoming springfashion trends, including
colour blocking and gar-den prints, she says.
With makeup, you canlayer subtle shine, mixingit with moisturizer as askin illuminator or as atop coat over black ornavy liquid liner, appliedclose to the lash line. Takefull advantage of any ro-mantic candlelight withglitter eye shadow righton the centre of the lowerpart of the lid, Lucerosays.
TV’s Glam Fairy AlexaPrisco will pile it on for anight on the town: a dabof glitter gloss in the mid-dle of bright red lips,sparkle swiped in the hol-low of the cheek, shinylegs thanks to a home-made cocktail of goldshimmer powder andbody lotion.
The most successfullooks all start with dewy,
well-moisturized skin, shesays, because the double-edged sword of shine isthat it draws attention —indiscriminately to assetsor blemishes.
“You’re only as good asyour canvas,” Prisco de-clares.
Rose gold is a nice flat-tering metallic for almostevery skin tone, whetherit’s in makeup, jewelry orother accessories, addsLucero, who acts as Stila’sdirector of education.
Mixed metals is themotto of Stella & Dot’sHarris. A stylish, modernmashup would includepieces with beads, crys-tals and other embellish-ments, in a variety oftextures, shapes and mo-tifs.
Her tip is to find onecommon thread, such asreflective hematite, to tiethem together but other-wise purposely go wild.
“I pretty much will buyanything that sparklesright now,” says AlliWebb, founder of the Dry-bar chain of blow-dry stu-dios. And on Dec. 31,she’ll definitely plan a fewextra minutes to primp.
“On New Year’s Eve,you want to look like thebest version of you,”Lucero agrees.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Need a resolution?Save your sparkle!
Layers of glitter on New Year’s Eve can be stylishly spread throughout the year and beyond
“We are alllooking for thesame thing: light,truth and joy. Lightand sparkle — allthat comes fromwithin, but what’son the outside is areflection of theinside.”ELIE TAHARI, DESIGNER
Gimme, gimme, gimmea mane after midnightAlli Webb, founder of the Drybar chain of blow-dry studios, is currently alternating between aglitter gel and beaded headbands and clips forclients who want a festive do. Some are evenasking for tinsel to be threaded into the hair,giving a holiday twist to the feather trend sopopular earlier this year.
Tip: The easiest “pizzazz,” she says, is a loosebun with a sparkly headband, which makes youlook dressed up in an instant. But if she has thetime, Webb says it’s worth it to do a braided up-do and secure it with a crystal clip. Stella & Dot hematite
cupcake bracelet
Stella & Dot bardot
spiral bangle
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Brightness and light is what keeps you looking young and
your mood elevated, designer Elie Tahari says.
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Prepare for a tangerine takeover Bright, bold colour chosen as top palette choice for 2012 Hilfiger, Leiber borrow hue for spring collections
The world doesn’t needmore grey. What consumerproducts need is a jolt, ashot of energy and bold-ness, all of which comesfrom Tangerine Tango, thereddish-orange hue thatPantone announced as itstop colour for 2012.
“There’s the element ofencouragement with or-ange, it’s building on theideas of courage and action,that we want to move on tobetter things,” said LeatriceEiseman, executive di-rector of the Pantone
Color Institute, the re-search division of PantoneInc., which creates colourstandards for the fashion,beauty and home indus-
tries.The annual forecast
for the next year’s domi-nant colour takes into con-sideration both whatPantone thinks shopperswant and need. Those areinfluenced by the designerrunways, fabric shows,news events, pop cultureand consumer habits. “Partof what we do is look at thezeitgeist,” Eiseman ex-plained. “We have to lookat everything in the world
around us. It’s not an arbi-trary choice.”
For his spring collection,Tommy Hilfiger used thetangerine colour coupledwith red, although it alsocomplements navy andbrown. He imagines menwearing the orange in astriped or paisley tie, or forwomen, as a colour for apurse or even a trenchcoat.It’s a colour that will moveseamlessly through the sea-sons.
Look for tangerine withred in the current resortcollections for luxury acces-sory brand Judith Leiber,and it will continue as a topcolour for spring, used in astripe pattern with cobaltblue, fuchsia, gold andwhite dubbed Palm Beach.
At the mall-level chainCharming Charlie, whichorganizes displays bycolour, tropical orange and
hot pink will come togetherin February for the launchof a theme called HotelTropicana. Tangerine is thekind of colour that can
change your mood in aminute, said general mer-chandise manager Kasia Ro-mo, and retailers like that.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“We have to lookat everything inthe world aroundus. It’s not anarbitrary choice.”LEATRICE EISEMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PANTONE COLOR INSTITUTE
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24 home metronews.caTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
As the weather outsidegets colder, it leaves moretime for indoor projects.
With half a day’s time,a drill, and a needle andthread, you can turn apiece of plywood into aplush and professional-looking fabric headboard.
This headboard projectis taken from Run MyRenovation, a showwhere homeowners allowa room in their home tobe transformed accordingto an online votingprocess.
Hosts John DeSilviaand Joanie Dodds pull allthe elements together tomake an amazing room.
Mark and drill theplywoodMark the centre point ofyour plywood and use ayardstick to draw a diago-nal line across that pointwith a pencil.
Draw another diagonalline on the opposite side.
Continue the diagonalpattern, marking eachpoint where two linesmeet approximately 12inches apart for the but-tons.
Put on safety glassesand use a power drill with
a medium bit to drillholes through the pencil-marked spots.
Arrange the fabric and battingChoose your fabric of up-holstery-weight and meas-ure so it is at least sixinches longer than theplywood on all sides.
Lay the fabric good sidedown on a sturdy worksurface.
Cut the batting to thesame size and lay it ontop of the fabric.
Top those two layerswith a same-size piece ofthin batting foam. Centreyour plywood evenly ontop.
Attach the fabricPull the foam, batting andfabric snugly over eachcorner of the wood andstaple it.
Do the same to coverall the hard edges of theboard.
Sew on the buttonsSelect your buttons in a
large size. Secure them tothe board with a largeneedle and upholsterythread.
Hang itHang the board equi-dis-tant from the centre ofthe bed.
Use short screws so theboard doesn’t tilt outfrom the wall.
Use a level and anchorif you don’t have a wallstud available.
You now have a home-made fabric headboardthat can be tailored to anybedroom in your home!
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We spoke to MichelleWorkman, an interior de-signer to stars such as Jen-nifer Lopez and JohnTravolta, about a few easyways to give your home aNew Year facelift.
1. Kitchen cleanupSo you’ve splattered meatfat up the walls and yourkitchen units are coveredin grubby finger marks.Instead of ripping out theentire kitchen, Workmansuggests painting thehardware in colours likedove grey or black lacquerto give it a fresh, newlook.
2. Work in more colour“The easiest thing to do ispaint the walls in a brightcolour like turquoise,emerald green or coral, allof which are cosy coloursfor winter,” advises thedesigner. It’s a low-cost
way to completely trans-form a room. Also consid-er purchasing accessoriesthat you can swap out ac-cording to your seasonalmoods. Workman sug-gests Murano glass lamps,which can be easily foundat second-hand stores, andaccent coffee tables.“They can change theroom’s aesthetic,” sheadds.
3. Create an oasis inthe bathroom“It sounds clinical but I dolike to see a lot of white inthe bathroom — everyonewants their place to lookclean,” Workman says.“Now this sounds over-the-top, but it’s worthlooking for a chandelierbecause it’s likely to beyour one statement fit-ting,” she says. It soundsdecadent, but you canfind affordable ones atflea markets.
4. Embrace someupholsteryReupholster your head-board in fabric to add a de-sign change to your room.It’s also nice and soft tolean against. “Consider us-ing a sumptuous materialto give your bed a nest-yfeel,” she explains. “Thebedding is essential too,”she says. Decorative pil-lows and throws makebig statements with mini-mal effort. Rotate thembased on the season, go-ing for richer colours andheavier fabrics in winterand lighter fare in sum-mer.
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26 food metronews.caTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
Tiramisu DropsPreparation:
1 Heat oven to 180 C (350F). Line 2 baking sheetswith parchment paper.
2 In food processor, pulsealmonds and granulatedsugar until finely groundbut not reduced topaste. Add butter andvanilla, then pulse to in-
corporate. Add espressoor coffee powder, saltand flour and pulse untila crumbly dough comestogether.
3 Shape dough into 2.5-cm (1-inch) balls andplace on prepared bak-ing sheets. Using fingerpress indent into top ofeach cookie. Bake 10 to
12 mins., or until goldenand firm. Allow to coolon the baking sheet.
4 When cookies are cool,in bowl stir mascarponeand 30 ml (2 tbsp) pow-dered sugar. Transfermix to pastry bag or azip-close plastic bagwith the corner snippedoff. Pipe dollop of filling
Bake just
like Buddy
With more than 100 ofhis most sought-afterrecipes, including birth-day and holiday cakesand other special themedesigns, Buddy Valastro’srecently released BakingWith the Cake Boss bookis a master course thatculminates in the show-stopping cakes for whichCarlo’s Bake Shop isfamous.
The star of TLC’s CakeBoss, Valastro offers read-ers the same on-the-jobeducation earned byeveryone who comes towork at Carlo’s BakeShop, with some of Bud-dy’s and the family’smemories shared alongthe way. It builds organi-cally from simple cookiesand pastries to pies,flower-adornedcupcakes, and basic fon-dant cakes, to breathtak-ing cakes for everyspecial occasion.
Included in Bakingwith the Cake Boss arerecipes for Napoleons,Pumpkin Pie, SnowflakeWinter WonderlandCake, Seven-Layer Cook-ies, Chocolate BrownieClusters, Red Velvet Cakeand many others.
New cookie generationThese tasty treats have their origins in a Grasshopper Pie and the classic Italian Tiramisu
Grasshopper CookiesPreparation:
1 In bowl, whisk flour, bak-ing powder and salt. Setaside. In microwave-safebowl, combine chocolateand butter. Heat on highfor 2 mins., stirring every20 seconds, until smoothand completely melted.Whisk in eggs, one at atime, then the brownand granulated sugars.Add 5 ml (1 tsp) of thepeppermint extract.
2 Stir in flour mix, thenchocolate mint candies.Refrigerate dough untilcompletely chilled, about2 hours.
3 Heat oven to 180 C (350F). Line 2 baking sheetswith parchment paper orspray with cooking spray.
4 Scoop cookie dough bytablespoonful onto pre-pared baking sheets,leaving 5 cm (2 inches)between for spreading.Bake for 12 mins.. Allowto cool on baking sheet 5mins. before using spatu-la to transfer to rack tocool completely.
5 In bowl, whisk powderedsugar, milk or cream, andthe remaining 5 ml (1tsp) peppermint extract.Additional milk can beadded if mix is too thickto drizzle. Drizzle icingover surface of cookiesand immediately sprinklewith green sprinkles.
6 Allow icing to hardenbefore storing in an air-tight container betweensheets of waxed paper.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grasshopper Cookies
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This recipe makes three dozen cookies.
Ingredients:
• 325 ml (1 1/3 cup) all-pur-pose flour• 5 ml (1 tsp) baking powder• 2 ml (1/2 tsp) salt• 375 ml (12 ounces) bitter-sweet chocolate bits• 125 ml (1/2 cup or 1 stick)unsalted butter• 4 eggs• 150 ml (2/3 cup) eachbrown and granulated sugar• 10 ml (2 tsp) peppermintextract, divided• 130 gram (4.67-ounce) boxAndes Creme de MentheThins candies, broken • 250 ml (1 cup) powderedsugar• 15 ml (1 tbsp) milk • 30 ml (2 tbsp) green spin-kles
Ingredients:• 250 ml (1 cup) sliveredblanched almonds, lightlytoasted• 125 ml (1/2 cup) granulat-ed sugar• 175 ml (3/4 cup or 1 1/2
sticks) unsalted butter, roomtemperature• 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract• 10 ml (2 tsp) instantespresso or coffee powder• 1 ml (1/4 tsp) salt• 425 ml (1 3/4 cups) all-purpose flour
• 250 ml (8-ounce) tub mas-carpone cheese• 45 ml (3 tbsp) powderedsugar, divided• 15 ml (1 tbsp) cocoa pow-der• Shaved chocolate, to dec-orate, if desired
into the indent of eachcookie.
5 Sift remaining 15 ml (1tbsp) of powdered sugar
with the cocoa powder.Sift over tops of cookies.Decorate with shavedchocolate, if desired.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tiramisu Drops
This recipe makes 40 cookies.
28 food metronews.caTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
Natural goodness, gluten-freeHere’s a recipe that represents food trends as we head to 2012 Easy to make and fresh ingredients
Preparation:
1 In a medium saucepan,bring broth and waterto a boil. Add lentilsand boil, uncovered, for20 to 25 minutes or un-til lentils are tender,but still hold theirshape and are not tooflimsy.
2 Drain; transfer to mix-ing bowl and toss thor-oughly with 15 ml (1tbsp) of the olive oil.
3 Meanwhile, in a heavyskillet over medium-high heat, warm 30 ml(2 tbsp) of remainingoil. Do not bring to afull boil.
4 Add onion, red pepper,celery, carrots and arti-choke hearts; cook, stir-ring often, until tender,
8 to 10 minutes; addcooked quinoa and tossuntil warm, about 2minutes.
5 Stir quinoa-vegetablemixture into lentils untilthoroughly mixed.
6 Drizzle with remainingolive oil; stir in lemonjuice, salt and pepperand toss with parsley.You can serve this dishwarm or cold.
Tip:
Cooking quinoa is sim-ple. In a mediumsaucepan, combine 500ml (2 cups) water and250 ml (1 cup) rinsedquinoa; cover and bringto a boil. Reduce to sim-mer and set timer for 12minutes. Remove fromheat; let stand, covered,for 5 minutes. Fluff witha fork and serve or usein recipe. Make sure toleave no leftovers.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Warm Beluga Lentil and Quinoa PilafFILE PHOTO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
This recipe makes four to six servings.
Ingredients:
• 500 ml (2 cups) vegetablebroth• 500 ml (2 cups) water• 250 ml (1 cup) belugalentils• 75 ml (1/3 cup) extra virginolive oil, divided• 1 small onion, finely diced• 250 ml (1 cup) each finelydiced red pepper, celery, car-rots and artichoke hearts• 500 ml (2 cups) cookedquinoa• Salt and freshly groundpepper, to taste• Lemon juice, to taste• Salt and pepper, to taste• 125 ml (1/2 cup) finelychopped parsley
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sports 29metronews.caTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
Danny Granger scored 21points to lead the IndianaPacers to a 90-85 victoryover Toronto on Wednes-day, spoiling the Raptors’first regular-season appear-ance at the Air Canada Cen-tre in nearly nine months.
DeMar DeRozan scored16 of his 22 points in athrilling fourth quarter forToronto, while AndreaBargnani added 21 points.
Paul George added 18points for the Pacers (2-0),while David West had 14,and Roy Hibbert notched12.
The loss put a damper ona night billed as TheBounce is Back!, coming onthe heels of the NBA lock-out.
The Pacers led for most
of the night, and by asmuch as 12 points in thethird quarter before takinga 63-55 advantage into thefourth.
But the Raptors battledback to within two pointswith just over two minutesto play, thanks largely tothe hard work of DeRozan,and to the delight of the ca-pacity crowd of 19,800 red-
clad fans. DeRozan drainedfive consecutive baskets —including a three-pointer —midway through the fourthto keep Toronto in thegame. He then connectedon a huge three, throwingup his arms in celebration,that was followed up with adriving layup and freethrow by Bargnani that cutthe Pacers’ lead to 83-81.
But Granger launched athree with 1:14 left thatclinched the win.
Jerryd Bayless added 13points for the Raptors (1-1),who were coming off a 104-96 win versus the Cavaliersin their season-opener twodays earlier in Cleveland.
The Raptors’ home open-er was played two monthslate, pushed back due to
the NBA lockout. Despitethe loss, the game was fes-tive with fans wearing redT-shirts and waving whitetowels. A video messagefeatured players thankingthe fans for their patiencethrough the labour dispute.
Jamaal Magloire, aToronto native and off-sea-son acquisition, took cen-tre-court to address thecrowd, thanking the Rap-tors for “bringing me backto the city I love and thecity I’m from.”
“I promise you, we’vebuilt up a lot more energyin the time we’ve beenaway from you all, andwe’re going to bring itnight in, night out,” Ma-gloire added. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pacers spoil Toronto’s home opener as DeRozan-led late surge falls shortRaptors lose home-openers in back-to-back years for first time since 2000
Indiana’s Roy Hibbert and Danny Granger battle Toronto’s Andrea Bargnani
for a rebound in the first half at the Air Canada Centre Wednesday night.
FRANK GUNN/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Raptors can’t keeppace in return to T.O.
Accoladescontinue to rush infor ChanA few words from themouth of a rival may havedefined Patrick Chan’smagnificent season.
Daisuke Takahashi wasasked after the short pro-gram at the world figureskating championshipswhat it would take tocatch the young Canadian,who had assembled a near-ly insurmountable leadover his Japaneseopponent.
“A miracle,” Takahashisaid simply.
Chan went on tocapture his first world titlein spectacular fashion, set-ting three world scoringrecords in the process inone of the most dominantvictories ever in men’s fig-ure skating.
The victory in Moscowwas the highlight of an un-defeated season thatearned the Toronto skaterthe Lionel ConacherAward as The CanadianPress male athlete of theyear for 2011.
Chan garnered 102points to run away withthe award in ballotingamong sports editors andbroadcasters across thecountry.
Tennis player MilosRaonic was second with 70points ahead of UFCwelterweight championGeorges St-Pierre (66),Cincinnati Reds first base-man Joey Votto (47), andskier Erik Guay (37).
At just 20 years of age— he turns 21 on NewYear’s Eve — Chan’s break-through 2011 seasonleaves the impression he’sonly on the ascent of alofty career.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Torontoat Carolina7 p.m. TV: Leafs TV
The Maple Leafs (18-14-4) continue theirroad trip in Carolina(12-20-6). The Hurri-canes have won theirlast two home games,but lost 4-2 inPittsburgh onTuesday. Justin Petersmade 48 saves in hisfirst start of theseason as Carolinawas outshot 52-18.With Jeff Skinner (con-cussion) on injured re-serve, Tuomo Ruutuhas taken theHurricanes’ goal-scor-ing lead. Ruutu hasfive goals in his lastsix games, raising hisseason total to 14. EricStaal is a league-worstminus-22.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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“To be rewardedfor doingsomething thatyou’ve worked sohard to accomplishis like the icing onthe cake.”PATRICK CHAN
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30 sports metronews.caTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011
IceDogs add snarl to Team CanadaOHL club ties record, sending four players to world juniors ‘We miss those guys a lot,’ says Niagara coach/GM
A pack of Niagara IceDogshave prominent roles onCanada’s team at the worldjunior hockey champi-onship.
It’s common for majorjunior teams to have morethan one player on Cana-da’s team, but four spotsties a record for the mostfrom a club in a single year.
Forward Freddie Hamil-ton, his defenceman broth-er Dougie Hamilton, centreRyan Strome and goal-tender Mark Visentin areall representing the OntarioHockey League club.
“We’re awfully proud allfour of them made it andwe feel real good about it,”IceDogs coach and generalmanager Marty Williamsonsaid from St. Catharines.
The Windsor Spitfires(2010), the Kamloops Blaz-ers (1996) and the MedicineHat Tigers (1988) are the on-ly Canadian Hockey Leagueteams to put four playerson one Canadian juniorteam.
Ryan Ellis, Taylor Hall,Adam Henrique and GregNemisz were Spitfires whotook silver two years ago.Nolan Baumgartner, HnatDomenichelli, Jason Hol-land and Jarome Iginla wongold representing the Blaz-ers in ’96. Rob DiMaio,Trevor Linden, Scott Mc-Crady and Mark Pederson
were the Tigers who wongold for Canada in ’88.
Freddie Hamilton andVisentin, both 19, and 18-year-olds Dougie Hamiltonand Strome are critical inCanada’s quest for gold.
Freddie Hamilton, a SanJose Sharks prospect, playscentre on the checking line.Dougie Hamilton, a first-round draft pick of theBoston Bruins, is one half ofCanada’s top defensive pair-
ing with Brandon Gormley.Strome, the 2011 fifth
overall selection by theNew York Islanders, centresa dominant line withJonathan Huberdeau andMark Stone. Visentin, prop-erty of the Phoenix Coy-otes, was Canadian coachDon Hay’s choice to startthe opener versus Finland.
“It is kind of special be-cause basically their namesare in the forefront non-
stop,” Williamson said.An IceDogs home game
Saturday against Guelphhas been moved back anhour to 6 p.m. to accommo-date fans who want to seeboth that game and theCanada-U.S. game on TV lat-er, Williamson said.
While Williamson be-lieves his players’ commit-ment will pay off in thelong run, it’s a large chunkof talent to lose for the sev-
en games the IceDogs willplay before the four return.
The Hamiltons are firstand second in team scoring,while Strome contributesover a point per game.
“They’re part of ourpenalty kill, our power playand obviously Vis being ourNo. 1 goalie, so it reallydoes disrupt your teampretty good,” Williamsonsaid. “But there’s nothingyou could do about it.
“In the big picture, it re-ally is a good thing. It’s go-ing to help make us a lotstronger, and whether welose a game or two becauseof it, so be it.”
The IceDogs won two oftheir first three games aftertheir teammates joined theCanadian team. They were19-12-3 heading intoWednesday’s game againstOwen Sound.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian forward Mark Stone celebrates his goal as the Czech Republic’s Marek Hrbas looks on. Canada won 5-0.
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Canada wins
Mark Scheifele of the Bar-
rie Colts scored a pair of
goals to lead Canada to a
5-0 win over the Czech Re-
public on Wednesday.
Mark Stone of the BrandonWheat Kings, Ryan Stromeof the Niagara IceDogs andBrett Connolly of the NHL’sTampa Bay Lightning alsoscored for Canada, whotopped Pool B at 2-0.Scott Wedgewood of thePlymouth Whalers got hisfirst start of thetournament, stopping 26shots for the shutout.Wedgewood also pickedup an assist on Canada’sgo-ahead goal late in thesecond period.Canada faces Denmark (0-2) on Thursday.
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Tony Romo expects to take part in Sundaynight’s showdown with the New York Gi-ants with the NFC East title on the line.The Dallas Cowboys quarterback was lim-ited in practice Wednesday because of hisstill-swollen bruised right hand, thoughhe did throw several passes.
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Crosby ‘having some symptoms’The Pittsburgh Penguins fi-nally acknowledged whathas seemed obvious forweeks: Sidney Crosby ishaving concussion symp-toms.
Crosby is exercisinglightly, much as he did dur-ing his nearly 11-monthconcussion layoff earlierthis year, and there is no
timetable for his return. Itis almost the same scenariothe Penguins have dealtwith for nearly a year, ex-cept for the brief two-weekwindow in which Crosbyreturned earlier this sea-son.
“He’s still having somesymptoms,” Penguinscoach Dan Bylsma said
Wednesday following anoff-day practice at theteam’s suburban practicerink.
Bylsma did not saywhether Crosby has a newconcussion or if he is expe-riencing a carryover fromthe vestibular concussionthat sidelined the NHL’shighest-profile player from
Jan. 6 until Nov. 21.While Bylsma offered no
other details, this was thefirst time since Crosby lastplayed on Dec. 5 againstBoston that the Penguinsconfirmed their superstarcentre is dealing again withconcussion-related prob-lems.THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Last night’s resultsNew Jersey 3 Buffalo 1Washington 4 N.Y. Rangers 1Minnesota at NashvilleLos Angeles at ChicagoBoston at PhoenixVancouver at San JoseTuesday’s resultsCalgary 2 Columbus 1 (SO)Montreal 6 Ottawa 2Winnipeg 4 Colorado 1Florida 5 Toronto 3Detroit 3 St. Louis 2Pittsburgh 4 Carolina 2Tampa Bay 5 Philadelphia 1
Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternCalgary at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Edmonton atMinnesota, 8 p.m.Los Angeles atWinnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Phoenix at Colorado, 9 p.m.Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesBuffalo atWashington, 7 p.m.Calgary at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk
d-NYRangers 35 22 9 1 3 103 76 48 11-3-0-2 11-6-1-1 7-3-0-0 L1d-Boston 33 23 9 0 1 119 63 47 13-6-0-1 10-3-0-0 8-2-0-0 W6d-Florida 37 19 11 3 4 99 101 45 9-3-1-4 10-8-2-0 4-3-2-1 W1Philadelphia 35 21 10 2 2 119 104 46 8-5-1-1 13-5-1-1 6-3-0-1 L2Pittsburgh 36 21 11 2 2 118 93 46 11-4-2-0 10-7-0-2 6-4-0-0 W4NewJersey 36 20 15 0 1 100 104 41 9-6-0-1 11-9-0-0 7-3-0-0 W1Toronto 36 18 14 2 2 113 118 40 8-5-2-2 10-9-0-0 4-4-2-0 L1Winnipeg 36 17 14 3 2 100 105 39 12-6-0-1 5-8-3-1 6-3-0-1 W1Ottawa 37 17 15 3 2 113 128 39 10-8-0-1 7-7-3-1 4-4-1-1 L2Washington 35 18 15 0 2 104 106 38 12-5-0-1 6-10-0-1 5-4-0-1 W1Buffalo 36 17 16 2 1 97 106 37 9-9-2-1 8-7-0-0 3-5-2-0 L1Montreal 37 14 16 2 5 94 103 35 5-7-2-4 9-9-0-1 3-5-0-2 W1TampaBay 35 15 17 1 2 95 117 33 9-5-0-0 6-12-1-2 4-5-1-0 W1Carolina 38 12 20 4 2 97 127 30 8-10-0-2 4-10-4-0 4-4-2-0 L1NY Islanders 34 11 17 4 2 77 111 28 6-9-3-0 5-8-1-2 3-6-1-0 L3
WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk
d-Chicago 36 23 9 1 3 122 103 50 13-2-0-3 10-7-1-0 8-1-0-1 W2d-Vancouver 36 22 12 0 2 120 88 46 11-5-0-1 11-7-0-1 7-2-0-1 W1d-San Jose 33 19 11 2 1 97 80 41 12-7-1-0 7-4-1-1 5-3-1-1 L1Detroit 36 23 12 1 0 118 81 47 14-2-1-0 9-10-0-0 7-3-0-0 W2St. Louis 36 21 11 0 4 94 80 46 14-3-0-1 7-8-0-3 7-2-0-1 L1Minnesota 37 20 12 2 3 88 86 45 10-5-1-2 10-7-1-1 3-5-0-2 L7Dallas 35 20 14 0 1 95 101 41 11-5-0-1 9-9-0-0 5-5-0-0 L1Nashville 36 18 14 3 1 96 103 40 9-6-2-1 9-8-1-0 6-4-0-0 L2Calgary 37 18 15 2 2 92 99 40 10-5-1-1 8-10-1-1 6-2-1-1 W4Phoenix 36 18 15 1 2 95 96 39 7-8-1-1 11-7-0-1 4-6-0-0 L2LosAngeles 36 17 14 2 3 80 88 39 10-9-0-1 7-5-2-2 4-5-0-1 W1Colorado 38 19 18 1 0 101 111 39 12-10-0-0 7-8-1-0 6-4-0-0 L1Edmonton 35 15 17 0 3 96 96 33 10-6-0-2 5-11-0-1 3-7-0-0 L1Anaheim 35 10 19 2 4 83 115 26 7-9-1-0 3-10-1-4 3-6-0-1 W1Columbus 36 9 22 1 4 87 123 23 6-10-1-2 3-12-0-2 2-6-1-1 L6
d— division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.
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WEEK 17AMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST
W L T Pct PF PAy-New England 12 3 0 .800 464 321N.Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 360 344Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 351 385Miami 5 10 0 .333 310 296
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y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 359 255Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 302 295Jacksonville 4 11 0 .267 224 316Indianapolis 2 13 0 .133 230 411
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x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 354 250x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 312 218Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 328 299Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 209 294
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Denver 8 7 0 .533 306 383Oakland 8 7 0 .533 333 395San Diego 7 8 0 .467 368 351Kansas City 6 9 0 .400 205 335
NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST
W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 363 386Dallas 8 7 0 .533 355 316Philadelphia 7 8 0 .467 362 318Washington 5 10 0 .333 278 333
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y-New Orleans 12 3 0 .800 502 322x-Atlanta 9 6 0 .600 357 326Carolina 6 9 0 .400 389 384Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 263 449
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y-Green Bay 14 1 0 .933 515 318x-Detroit 10 5 0 .667 433 342Chicago 7 8 0 .467 336 328Minnesota 3 12 0 .200 327 432
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y-San Francisco 12 3 0 .800 346 202Seattle 7 8 0 .467 301 292Arizona 7 8 0 .467 289 328St. Louis 2 13 0 .133 166 373x—clinched playoff spoty—clinched divisionSunday’s gamesAll Times EasternChicago atMinnesota, 1 p.m.Carolina at NewOrleans, 1 p.m.Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m.Buffalo at NewEngland, 1 p.m.N.Y. Jets atMiami, 1 p.m.Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 p.m.Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 4:15 p.m.Baltimore at Cincinnati, 4:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 4:15 p.m.Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:30 p.m.
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GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PtSweden 2 1 1 0 0 13 7 5Russia 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3Slovakia 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 3Switzerland 2 0 0 1 1 3 7 1Latvia 2 0 0 0 2 5 12 0GROUPB
GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PtCanada 2 2 0 0 0 13 1 6Czech Republic 2 1 0 0 1 7 5 3U.S. 2 1 0 0 1 12 7 3Finland 2 1 0 0 1 5 9 3Denmark 2 0 0 0 2 3 18 0Note: Three points awarded for a regulationwin, two for an overtimewin and one for anovertime loss.Yesterday’s resultsAt EdmontonCanada 5 Czech Republic 0Finland 4 U.S. 1At CalgarySweden 4 Switzerland 3 (SO)Slovakia vs. RussiaTuesday’s resultsAt EdmontonCzech Republic 7 Denmark 0At CalgarySlovakia 3 Latvia 1Tonight’s gamesAt EdmontonCanada vs. Denmark, 8 p.m.At CalgaryRussia vs. Latvia, 10 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesAt EdmontonCzech Republic vs. U.S., 3:30 p.m.Denmark vs. Finland, 8 p.m.At CalgarySlovakia vs. Sweden, 5:30 p.m.Latvia vs. Switzerland, 10 p.m.
SPENGLER CUPAt Davos, SwitzerlandPRELIMINARYROUNDYesterday’s resultsDavos 8 Canada 1DinamoRiga 3Wolfsburg 1Today’s gamesQUARTER-FINALSAll Times EasternQF1—Kloten vs. Vitkovice, 9 a.m.QF2— Canada vs.Wolfsburg, 2:15 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesSEMIFINALSDavos vs. Kloten-VitkoviceWinner, 9 a.m.Riga vs. Canada-WolfsburgWinner, 2:15 p.m.
2012WORLD UNDER-17CHALLENGEPRELIMINARYROUNDToday’s gamesAll Times EasternAt Windsor, Ont.Ontario vs. Germany, 2 p.m.At Tecumseh, Ont.Quebec vs. Atlantic, 2 p.m.Pacific vs.West, 7 p.m.At LaSalle, Ont.U.S. vs. Czech Republic, 7 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISION
W L Pct GBNew York 1 0 1.000 —New Jersey 1 1 .500 1/2Toronto 1 1 .500 1/2Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1Boston 0 2 .000 11/2
SOUTHEAST DIVISIONMiami 3 0 1.000 —Atlanta 2 0 1.000 1/2Orlando 1 1 .500 11/2Charlotte 1 1 .500 11/2Washington 0 2 .000 21/2
CENTRAL DIVISIONIndiana 2 0 1.000 —Cleveland 1 1 .500 1Chicago 1 1 .500 1Milwaukee 1 1 .500 1Detroit 0 2 .000 2
WESTERN CONFERENCESOUTHWEST DIVISION
W L Pct GBSan Antonio 1 0 1.000 —New Orleans 1 0 1.000 —Houston 0 1 .000 1Memphis 0 1 .000 1Dallas 0 2 .000 11/2
NORTHWEST DIVISIONOklahoma City 2 0 1.000 —Portland 2 0 1.000 —Denver 1 0 1.000 1/2Utah 0 1 .000 11/2Minnesota 0 2 .000 2
PACIFIC DIVISIONL.A. Clippers 1 0 1.000 —Sacramento 1 1 .500 1/2Golden State 1 1 .500 1/2L.A. Lakers 1 2 .333 1Phoenix 0 1 .000 1Last night’s resultsIndiana 90 Toronto 85Miami 96 Charlotte 95Atlanta 101Washington 83Cleveland 105 Detroit 89Boston at NewOrleansOklahoma City atMemphisL.A. Clippers at San AntonioUtah at DenverPhiladelphia at PhoenixNewYork at Golden StateTuesday’s resultsAtlanta 106 New Jersey 70Miami 115 Boston 107Milwaukee 98Minnesota 95Portland 101 Sacramento 79L.A. Lakers 96 Utah 71Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternNew Jersey at Orlando, 7 p.m.San Antonio at Houston, 8 p.m.Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Denver at Portland, 10 p.m.NewYork at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesOrlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m.Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m.New Jersey at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at NewOrleans, 8 p.m.Miami atMinnesota, 8 p.m.Houston atMemphis, 8 p.m.Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Washington atMilwaukee, 8:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Utah, 9 p.m.Chicago at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
NCAA BOWL GLANCEYesterday’s resultsMILITARYBOWLAt WashingtonToledo 42 Air Force 41
HOLIDAYBOWLAt San DiegoTexas (7-5) vs. California (7-5)Today’s gamesCHAMPSSPORTSBOWLAt Orlando, Fla.FloridaState(8-4)vs.NotreDame(8-4),5:30p.m.
ALAMOBOWLAt San AntonioBaylor (9-3) vs.Washington (7-5), 9 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesARMED FORCES BOWLAt DallasTulsa (8-4) vs. BrighamYoung (9-3), Noon
PINSTRIPE BOWLAt Bronx, N.Y.Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m.
MUSIC CITY BOWLAt Nashville, Tenn.Miss.State(6-6)vs.WakeForest (6-6),6:40p.m.
INSIGHT BOWLAt Tempe, Ariz.Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m.Saturday’s gamesMEINEKE CAR CAREBOWLAt HoustonTexasA&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), Noon
SUNBOWLAt El Paso, TexasGeorgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 2 p.m.
LIBERTY BOWLAt Memphis, Tenn.Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m.
FIGHTHUNGERBOWLAt San FranciscoUCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m.
CHICK-FIL-A BOWLAt AtlantaVirginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAYPANTHERS 5,MAPLE LEAFS 3First Period1. Florida, Gudbranson 2 (Kennedy) 1:57Penalty—Garrison Fla (hooking) 14:35.Second Period2. Toronto, Grabovski 9 (Franson, Kulemin) 2:113. Florida, Thomas 1 (Dadonov, Cullen) 2:304.Florida,Garrison11(Campbell,Repik)4:13(pp)5. Florida, Versteeg 17 (Campbell, Kopecky)6:55 (pp)6. Toronto, Phaneuf 5 (Kessel, Lupul) 9:34Penalties—Aulie Tor (cross-checking) 3:17,Grabovski Tor (slashing) 5:14, Toronto bench(toomanymen; served byMacArthur) 5:54.Third Period7. Toronto, Grabovski 10 (MacArthur, Franson)9:17 (pp)8.Florida,Fleischmann13(Bradley,Campbell)11:44Penalties—Campbell Fla (holding) 2:41, Fleis-
chmann Fla (hooking) 8:03, Cullen Fla (delay ofgame) 12:30.ShotsToronto 11 13 8 32Florida 4 13 9 26Goal (shots-saves)—Toronto: Reimer (8-5),Gustavsson (L,9-7-0)(4:13 second)(18-16);Florida: Theodore (W,14-8-4).Power plays (goals-chances)—Toronto: 1-4;Florida: 2-3.Referees—Steve Kozari, Justin St. Pierre.Linesmen—TimNowak, Pierre Racicot.Attendance—20,406 (17,040) at Sunrise, Fla.
CANADIENS 6, SENATORS 2First Period1. Ottawa, Smith 10 (Gonchar, Greening) 1:422.Montreal, Eller 4 (Darche, Diaz) 5:08 (sh)3.Montreal, Plekanec 8 (Darche, Diaz) 12:394.Montreal, Cammalleri 7 (Leblanc, Diaz) 15:25Penalties—PlekanecMtl (tripping) 3:38, Pa-ciorettyMtl, Lee Ott (fighting) 6:31.
Second Period5.Montreal, Leblanc 2 (Cammalleri, Gill) 2:036.Montreal, Subban 3 (Cole) 5:537.Ottawa,Spezza13(Michalek,Alfredsson)6:49Penalties—LeblancMtl (roughing), GoncharOtt (cross-checking) 4:16, Butler Ott (hook-ing) 8:55,MoenMtl, Foligno Ott (roughing)12:30, Gill Mtl (high-sticking) 12:30.Third Period8.Montreal,Cole14(Plekanec,Subban)14:58(pp)Penalties—SubbanMtl (tripping) 0:34, KubaOtt (hooking) 4:11, Smith Ott (elbowing)13:48, Foligno Ott (high-sticking) 14:34.ShotsMontreal 5 16 7 28Ottawa 13 16 6 35Goal (shots-saves)—Montreal: Price (W,13-12-7); Ottawa: Anderson (L,15-11-3)(7-3),Auld (2:03 second; 21-19).Power plays (goals-chances)—Montreal: 1-4;Ottawa: 0-3.Referees—BradMeier, Kyle Rehman. Lines-men—Steve Barton, Scott Driscoll.Attendance—20,500 (19,153) at Ottawa.
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“Now they’re all goneand you can’t replace thatstuff,” said Volpe.
The Argos are assessingwhat else was lost in thefire, which consumed oneof the portable structuresthat housed meeting roomsand coaches’ offices. Mostof the team’s essential doc-uments were backed up oncomputers.
The locker-room, whichhouses the players, appearsto have escaped untouched,though it is being assessedfor smoke damage.
Peel police say they donot consider the fire suspi-cious. A spokesman for theOntario Fire Marshal’s of-
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Until insurance investi-gations are completed, theteam is not commenting onwhether it will rebuild ormove elsewhere.
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Storage Mart #3007 542 Evans Avenue, Etobicoke ON M8W-2V4: #110 Brett Caldwell, #2306 Elena Lakusta, #3009 Patrick Bailey, #3213 Erica Bartolome, #3314 Toronto Mortgage helpline c/o Mukesh Patel, #5570 Isaac Dawtey • Storagemart #3008 680 Kipling Avenue, Etobicoke, ON M8Z-5G3: #1300 C.S.T Consultants Inc. Branch 643, #1416 C.S.T Consultants Inc. Branch 643, #1433 Multitel Communications, #1446 Sawson Hersi, #4022 Mandeep Singh, #4023 C.S.T Consultants Inc. Branch 643, #4058 Diana L Melnyk, #4092 Cory Leblanc • StorageMart #3009 110 Guided Crt, Etobicoke, On M9V-4K6: #A0025 Anamaria Renda, #A0050 Toronto Spine Clinic, #A0077 Ana Huezo, #A0117 Donald Cater, #C0084 George Cirillo, #C0094 Dwight Stoddart • Storage Mart #3012 144 Norseman Street, Etobicoke ON M8Z 2R4: #2309 & 2304 Robert Chorny, #4516 Obi Orakwue • Storage Mart #3013 221 Todd Baylis Blvd, Toronto ON M6M-4L2: 2060 Emanuel Spencer, #2070 Maria Dacosta, #2200 Shannon Walters, #3103 Andrew Harrison, #2074 Justin Wallace, #3104 Carla Boyce, #2066 Howard Sharpe • Storage Mart #3014 555 Trethewey Drive, Toronto ON M6M-4B8: F024 Obiri-Yaboah, P031 J and J Construction ltd. P045 Anton Kainer, P046 Anton Kainer,D1012 J.R. Sales & Distribution, D1041 J.R. Sales & Distribution, D1083 Curtis Cannell, D1086 Wendy Joseph,.D1087 Edgar Simon, D1111 Vanessa Araujo,D1116 Alicia Wright, D1134 Nasteexo Dirie, D1151 Ebonee Scott, D2020 Tricia Blades, D2023 Alberto Delle Donne, D2080 Sherena Holt, D2105 Ndeye Sy, D2183 Lydia Robert, D2338 Sikeria Black, D2401 Luiza Mendes, E1072 Lincent Williams, E1078 Stanley Ezikpeagwu, E1104 John Manson, E2142 Eric Lindsay, E2145 Emergent Equity Group, E2276 Shanic Qua Woodley • StorageMart # 3017- 8929 Weston Rd, Woodbridge On. L4L-1A6: Sandra Tulshi Unit #53 , Gaetano Buda Unit #72, Gino Micieli Unit #100 • Storage Mart # 3024 - 81 Arrow Rd, Toronto, On M9M-2L4: # 1087 Owen Rattray, # 1153 Mubarak Salad, # 1161 Jennifer-Ann Paul, # 1224 Margo Bibby, # 1257 Bryan Peters, # 1285 Sahida Sairsingh, # 2088 Renat Gazoukin, # 2112 Amalia Rios, # 2187 Jackie Shepherd, # 2258 Faith Healing And Bible Chruch c/o Adolphus Marvey, # 2285 Adelek Soetan, # 1011 Sherri King • StorageMart #3028 10345 Keele Street, Maple ON L6A-3Y9: #1148 Delia Plastina, #1200 Frank Geivelis, #2071 Richard Teti, #2128 Anthony Barbieri, #1287 Stephen Marek • StorageMart #3029 - 867 Nipissing Road, Milton ON L9T 4Z4: C04 Michail Nikias
According to the Lease by and between the customers listed above listed above and TKG-StorageMart and its related parties, assigns and affiliates in order to perfect the Lien on the goods contained in their storage units, the Manager has cut the lock on their Unit(s) UPON A COURSORY INSPECTION THE UNITS WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN: Household goods, furniture and misc items. Items will be sold or other wise disposed of at this site on January 20th, 2012 to satisfy owner lien in accordance with the Provincial statues. Terms of the sale are cash only. No cheques will be accepted. All goods are sold in “as is “condition. Tax must be paid or resale numbers furnished. Buyers must provide own lock if needed. Seller reserves the right to overbid. All items or spaces may not be available on date of sale. Please call 416.503.0892 ext 2 for auction times.
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