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Scale for avalanche riskUpdated warning system won’t restrict access to backcountry

City backcountry enthusi-asts are applauding an up-dated avalanche warningsystem after the federalgovernment announced itwon’t involve restrictedaccess to Canada’s vastwilderness.

Environment MinisterJim Prentice announcedyesterday in Calgary an ava-lanche danger scale thatwon’t restrict backcountryuse but allow people tomake safer decisions.

The announcement camejust days after a massiveslide that killed two Alberta

men and in-jured dozensof people at-tending asnowmobilerally nearRevelstoke,B.C.

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Krista Thibodeau likes thenew system and supportsthe freedom to enjoy theopen spaces without bigbrother watching over peo-ple’s shoulders.

“It’s impossible to moni-tor all the backcountry, andas a skier or snowboarderyou should know your limi-tations. But I think the newsystem allows people to

make better-informed deci-sions about the risks in-volved,” she said.

The Revelstoke avalanchereignited debate aboutwhether governments needto step in and protect peo-ple when conditions aredangerous.

Prentice ruled out suchsteps by the federal govern-ment, which controls ava-lanche areas within nation-al parks.

“It is impractical to closethe backcountry entirely ina country as large as Canadaand we will rely, at the endof the day, upon people tomake safe choices with theright amount of informa-tion,” he said.

The new scale builds onone that was already inplace by Parks Canada. Itcontinues to have five con-ditions ranging from low toextreme, but Prentice said itpaints a much clearer pic-ture of the risk involved.

The warnings show thelikelihood of avalanches be-ing triggered, their expect-ed size and whether travelis recommended.

The icons are made sothat a skier who might notunderstand the writingnext to the warning willstill recognize picturesshowing what kind of riskis involved.

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READERSHIP The Metrobrand continues to grow byleaps and bounds both inCalgary and nationwide.

Metro Calgary’s 2009readership jumped 20 percent compared with 2008,and the paper is now readby 60,000 Calgarians daily.It had the highest increasein weekly readers of all Cal-gary daily newspapers inthe 18-to-34, 18-to-49 and25-to-54 age ranges.

“After three years in themarketplace, and despite achallenging economy,Metro Calgary continues togrow,” said Metro Albertapublisher Steve Shrout.

Metro Canada now reach-es 1,293,100 daily and2,764,500 weekly readerscoast to coast, making itthe most-read daily newspa-per in Canada, according toresults released today bythe Newspaper AudienceDatabank (NADbank).

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Womancharged in tampering at Co-Op

CRIME Although only onecharge was laid against aCalgary woman in connec-tion with a food-tamperingincident at a northwest gro-cery store, police believethere may be more.

Acting Staff Sgt. DonColeman said TatyanaGranada, 43, has beencharged with a single countof mischief over $5,000 inrelation to a March 11 inci-dent where an OakridgeCo-Op customer found met-al pins pushed into cheesesand flatbreads.

It was the fifth time foodwas tampered with at thestore since January. In theother incidents, similarmetal pins were found invarious deli and cheeseproducts.

“The investigations intothe other incidents are con-tinuing but we do believethey are related,” Colemansaid, adding Granada wasthe only suspect police arelooking into.

Although no motive hasbeen determined, policesaid the woman was not anemployee of Calgary Co-Opbut a former customer whois known to police on a“smaller scale.”

The Oakridge Co-Opstepped up security afterthe initial incidents in Janu-ary and February, butpolice won’t say how theywere led to Granada for “in-vestigative” reasons.


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News in briefWARRANT Calling it a “despica-ble act,” Calgary police have is-sued a Canada-wide warrantfor an 18-year-old man in rela-tion to a number of raciallymotivated graffiti incidents lastyear attacking the Calgary Jew-ish Community. Police cannotname the man since he was ayouth at the time, but say hehas ties to local anti-Semiticgroups in Calgary.ASSAULT Police say two girlswho were jumped by a groupof five teens on their way toschool in Castleridge weremore shaken up than hurt yes-terday, but suffered minorscratches to their arms in theincident. Police don’t believerobbery was a factor, but con-tinue to look for the offendingteens. METRO CALGARY

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PRIVACY Patients at theUniversity of Calgary Sun-ridge Medical Clinic mayhave had personalinformation compromisedafter two computer virus-es infected the clinic’scomputers.

One of the viruses shutdown the computers,while the other may haveremotely allowedunauthorized third partiesto access information.

“Customers need to beaware of this problem, sothey can monitor to makesure there isn’t any unusu-al thing happening aroundthem,” said Dr. CathyMacLean, from the Univer-sity of Calgary.

The infected computershad documentation suchas patient demographics,patient referrals, healthinsurance, billing codes,and Alberta Health Carenumbers.

The computers havebeen shut down and an in-vestigation has begun.

Although there is no evi-dence that personal infor-mation was leaked, all pa-tients are being remindedto remain alert for activitythat could indicate misuseof their identities.

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Three city organizationsare encouraging Calgariansto get off their brass anddonate used instruments tohelp bring music to under-privileged children andyouth in the city.

Terry Fox Junior HighSchool, Kerby Senior’s Cen-tre and the Legacy Chil-dren’s Foundation haveteamed up for the “Jump onthe Band Wagon” musicalinstrument drive.

The instruments will beprovided to communitymusic programs (whereneeded) and financiallychallenged children andyouth to become involvedin life-enhancing music ex-periences.

“We started this four-and-a-half years ago and we’restill determined to help outfinancially challenged chil-dren,” said Darryl Wern-

ham, CEO of Legacy Chil-dren’s Foundation.

The instruments will goto children found throughsocial service communities,word of mouth, and adver-tising.

“I hope as a result of thisdrive, we can have lots ofinstruments to give to fi-nancially challenged kids inthe community,” said

Wernham.Calgarians are welcome

to drop off donations of“gently used” or new musi-cal instruments at Terry FoxJunior High School and atthe Kerby Centre Mondaythrough Friday from 8:30a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

“We are all looking for-ward to the event as it is anexciting opportunity for

our youth and the entirecommunity to pull togeth-er,” said Don Barbor, princi-pal of Terry Fox Junior HighSchool.

Cash donations are alsoaccepted.

For more informationand drop-off locations, vis-it the Legacy Children’sFoundation website atwww.legacyfoundation.ca

IMAN BUKHARIfor Metro Edmonton

DRUG BUST Thirty-one kilo-grams of the illicit drugKhat were seized at theCalgary airport Saturdayand two women are nowfacing charges

Border officials seizedthe amphetamine-typedrug from the luggage ofthe two women inboundfrom London, England, lastSaturday, RCMP revealedyesterday.

“It was simply stored inthe luggage, not concealedat all,” RCMP Staff Sgt.Patrick Webb said of thechewable, plant-like rootdrug from Africa.

It’s the largest bust of theyear involving the drug,though Webb says therehave been four seizures in2010.

“People may have usedbefore and want to useagain. We have seen moreof this in the city and I sus-pect it’s due to the risingimmigrant population,”

Webb added. While the drug may be le-

gal in other countries, it’s il-legal in Canada, Webb says.

Officers found the drugupon a further inspectionof the two women’s lug-gage, officials say.

Melinda ZsuzsannaMeszaros, 36, and KatalinRacsko, 56, both of London,England, have beencharged with importationof a controlled substanceand appeared in Albertaprovincial court Mondayfacing charges.


Staff Sgt. Patrick Webb andCanada Border Services super-visor Catherine Keiller show offthe Khat seized last Saturday.

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Give the gift of musicGroups join forces to gather instruments for needy kids

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Legacy Children’s Foundation CEO Darryl Wernham is hoping Calgarians can help deliver the joy ofmusic to youngsters by donating used instruments for them to play.

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Extreme Cowboy at Stampede Park starting tomorrow

Craig Cameron, creator of Extreme Cowboy, racing will be demonstrating on Friday, March 19, to Sunday, March 21, at the Corralon Stampede Park. The sport will be staged for the first time in Canada at the Calgary Stampede this summer. METRO CALGARY

As government officialsare set to meet today todiscuss party bus industryregulations, a local partybus company is concernedthere is no industry

attendance at themeeting.

Officials from Calgary,Edmonton and theprovince are speaking to-day in Red Deer about thefate of the party bus in-dustry, just two monthsafter a man was run overby a party bus after he

was kicked off. Tom Malin, CEO of Par-

ty Machine, a Calgary-based party bus, saidwhile he agrees improve-ment is needed, he wantsthe industry to be in-volved in the talks.

“I feel that our voicesshould be heard since we

have background knowl-edge of the industry. Wejust want to help be a partof the solution,” Malinsaid.

The meeting will addressperceived problems anddiscuss regulating partybuses through theprovince, something both

the industry and localpoliticians hope to prevent,Malin added.

Calgary party bus indus-try members have alreadymet to discuss the situationand have retained the serv-ices of Diligence LLP, a riskadvisory firm, to identifycollective improvements.

Party bus firm wants industry in talks

RALLY Anti-Racist Action(ARA) is calling on friendsand broader communitiesto join them in celebrationof anti-racism.

The rally will take placeon the steps of city hall thisSunday at 11 a.m.

“We want this rally to be-come a tradition and helpto show that Calgary is nota place of intolerance,” said Jason Devine, spokesmanfor ARA

While the event isplanned to celebrate cultural diversity, ARA encourages all who arewilling to confront AryanGuard or the Western European Bloodlines, ifthey choose to stage acountermarch.

“The confrontation isnot in the sense offighting or attacking neo-Nazis, but rather anobstruction to form a human barrier to preventthem from marchingthrough our streetsfreely.”

Although last year therally did have violence,ARA does not encourage it.

“We are not calling onpeople to engage inviolence, though webelieve we all have a rightto self-defence,” he said.

Anti-racism group set to celebrate,prepares forcountermarch

News in briefWEST LRT Parking restrictionscould be imposed after thecity’s land use, planning andtransportation committee yes-terday approved extensiveparking zones along the WestLRT route. Ward 6 Ald. Joe Con-nelly proposed the idea, thoughsome on committee thought itwas finding a solution to aproblem that didn’t yet exist.Construction of the LRT linestarted earlier this month and isexpected to be carrying passen-gers by late 2012.COMPLAINTS The College ofPhysicians and Surgeons of Al-berta (CPSA) received 756 com-plaints against Alberta doctorsin 2009. The complaints haveincreased tremendously com-pared to 550 the year beforeand the amount is among thehighest number in the lastdecade. Increased wait timesand doctor shortages mayhave played a factor in boost-ing the number, according toCPSA. METRO CALGARY


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Loonie to keep flying highThe high Canadian dollarappears to be here to staydespite what the Bank ofCanada or inflation do toimpact the currency.

Economists say theloonie, which jumped past99 cents US yesterday,could hit parity at anytime.

And unlike two yearsago when the currency felloff the parity perch againstthe U.S. greenback asquickly as it had climbed,this time there will be nosudden retreat.

Under normal circum-stances, Friday’s inflationnumbers should provide adownward draft to theloonie’s flight.

The consensus of econo-mists is for inflation,which hit 1.9 per cent inJanuary, to fall all the way

back to 1.4 per cent in Feb-ruary’s data.

That won’t matter, how-ever, says TD deputy chiefeconomist Craig Alexan-der.

He says the marketshave already priced in thatinflation will be low goingforward, as they have thatthe Bank of Canada willlikely move well before theU.S. Federal Reserve in rais-ing interests rates.

Whether the loonie isslightly below parity, atparity or a little above,Alexander says the keypoint is that Canadiansshould expect the currencyto remain strong for sometime.

Also pushing up the cur-rency is the perceptionthat Canada’s resources-based economy will con-

tinue to benefit from highoil and mineral prices.

Industry Minister TonyClement said Canadian

businesses are learning tolive with and work aroundthe higher dollar.

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STUDY Marijuana is the ille-gal drug of choice in theCanadian Forces, accord-ing to the first randomtests of the entire military.

Almost one in 20 Forcesmembers — 4.7 per cent —“recently” used illicitdrugs, says the new-ly released studybased on ran-dom urine sam-ples. And thevast majoritywere using someform of cannabis,with cocaine, mor-phine and codeine far be-hind.

The survey results arebased on 1,327 mandatory

urine samples taken ran-domly, without prior no-tice, among all three serv-ices and across the coun-try. Refusal to provide aurine sample could resultin disciplinary action.

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A Canadian dollar sits on top of its American counterpart in this filephoto. The high Canadian dollar appears to be here to stay despitewhat the Bank of Canada or inflation does to impact the currency.

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put René Lévesque in “suspected

Communist” club.

News in briefSUMMIT The federal govern -ment is poised to spend$166,500 on a decorator forthis year’s G8 and G20 sum -mits, even as it clamps downon spending in the face of a

record deficit. The Foreign Af-fairs Department says it intendsto hire Bruce Forster, a B.C. inte-rior designer who has decorat-ed several of Canada’s previoussummits. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Pot army’s drug of choice: Tests

Dollar could hit parity with U.S. greenback at any time: Experts

Detainees still at risk of torture: Amnesty

A civil-rights lawyer told MPs yesterday detainees handed over to Afghan authorities by Canadian soldiers are still at risk of torture. Paul Champ — who representsAmnesty International Canada and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association — testified at the special Commons committee on Canada and Afghanistan. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Tories fight NDP iPod levy planConservatives are Canada’s new iPod freedom fighters. Cabinet ministers and MPs are putting

up a vigorous defence against the NDP's move to have a levy applied to all new MP3 players,

hard drives and laptops. The money would theoretically go into a fund for Canadian music

artists the same way as the current 29-cent levy on blank CDs and cassettes. The proposal is

New Democrat MP Charlie Angus' private member's bill. So far, it has the full support of only

the Bloc Québécois, not enough to pass the House of Commons. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Vatican probes visions of the Virgin at Bosnia shrine

The Vatican has begun formally investigating reported apparitions of the Virgin Mary at the Medjugorje shrine in southern Bosnia. Six youths in 1981 said they had regularly seenvisions of the Virgin in the remote village 110 kilometres southwest of Sarajevo. More than 30-million faithful have visited the area since 1981. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Roadworkers find WW2-era shellsDozens of people were moved to safety from their homes in Moscow yesterday

after workers uncovered more than 900 rusty Second World War-era artillery

shells beneath a road. The workers stumbled on the cache as they expanded a

road in the Russian capital’s western region. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The world turned a party-sized shade of green yesterday.

It was St. Patrick’s Day,the annual celebration ofall hues of Irishness.• In Dublin, more than ahalf-million people lined athree-kilometre paraderoute. There were dancingtroupes from Africa and In-dia, bands from Austriaand France, giant insectfloats from Spain, andDubliners dancing withmops and dusters.

The biggestlaughs came forman-sized eggswith legs fight-ing bakersarmed withwooden spoons.• In New York, peoplelined Fifth Avenue a dozendeep for the world’s oldestSt. Paddy’s parade.

Phil Giovanniello, a mili-

tary police officer on leavefrom Iraq, smoked a cigarand took in the sea ofgreen.

“This is my first parade,”said Giovanniello. “And itfeels great.”• At the White House, U.S.President Barack Obamamet with Irish Prime Min-ister Brian Cowen.

Obama noted 36-millionAmericans claim Irish an-cestry, adding: “I’m suremore do on St. Patrick’s

Day.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Seeing the world through green-coloured glasses: These revellers were among half-a-million people who turned out in Dublin,Ireland, to watch the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.

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Steamy texts putpair in Dubai jailSEX A string of steamy textmessages has resulted in ajail sentence for an Indiancouple in Dubai. Authori-ties said the sexualcontent of the textssuggested the unnamedpair planned to “commitsin” — a reference to anextramarital affair, whichis illegal in the UnitedArab Emirates. The pairwere each sentenced tothree months in jail.

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Egg-donor raffle sparks U.K. debateINFERTILITY An American in-fertility clinic seeking busi-ness in Britain has prompt-ed fierce criticism by offer-ing free eggs from a U.S.woman to a participant ina promotional seminar inLondon.

It has sparked a debatein Britain about the ethicsof an event that many saidviolated the spirit, if notthe letter, of a EuropeanUnion law forbidding fer-

tile women from beingpaid for their eggs.

Egg donors in the U.K.cannot be compensatedmore than $384 US.

The rule limits donorsand makes it difficult forinfertile women to obtaineggs in the U.K. and muchof Europe.

It is not illegal for Euro-peans to pay for eggs over-seas and infertile Europeanwomen seeking eggs have

travelled to the U.S. or oth-er countries seeking eggs.

The Virginia-based Ge-netics and IVF Institute

held a free seminar forBritish couples last nightand said one randomlychosen participant wouldwin donor eggs.

“There’s somethingshocking in the associationof a raffle and giving awaya human product,” said Dr.Francoise Shenfield, a fer-tility and medical ethicsexpert at University Col-lege London.


“There’s somethingshocking in theassociation of a raf-fle and giving awaya human product.”Dr. Francoise Shenfield

News in briefATTACK An Alaska wildlife veterinarian will examinewhether two wolves shot byofficials this week were theanimals that killed a teacherout jogging alone along a ru-ral village road. The wolves,which were shot from a heli-copter, matched the descrip-tions of wolves seen where32-year-old special-education teacher CandiceBerner was attacked nearChignik Lake on the AlaskaPeninsula.


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Group claims rare cheetah sighting

Scientists saw cheetahs in southern Angola for the first time in threedecades, a conservation group said yesterday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A month after losing con-trol of their southern basein Marjah, the Talibanhave begun to fight back,launching a campaign ofassassination and intimi-dation to frighten peoplefrom supporting the U.S.and its Afghan allies.

At least one alleged gov-ernment sympathizer hasbeen beheaded. There arerumours that others havebeen killed. Marjah resi-dents awake to letters post-ed on their doors warningagainst helping the troops.

Winning public supportin this former Talibanstronghold in Helmand

province, 580 kilometressouthwest of Kabul, is con-sidered essential to prevent-ing insurgents from return-ing. U.S., Afghan and NATOtroops captured the town ina three-week assault thatbegan Feb. 13.

The Marjah operationwill be a model for cam-paigns elsewhere, includingone expected by summer tosecure villages around Kan-dahar, the Taliban’s spiritu-al birthplace and the largestcity in the south.

Military commanders be-lieve the Taliban campaignis achieving some successbecause of questions raisedat town meetings: Do theU.S. forces want to shutdown the mosques and banprayer? Will they use look-out posts on their bases toogle women? Are they go-ing to take farmers’ landaway? THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

How many?

• There are no firm figureson how many Taliban areleft in Marjah. Marine andAfghan military officials saythey believe most of thosestill here are from the areaand that the foreign fightershave fled.

News in briefTERROR CHARGES A Pakistanicourt charged five youngAmericans yesterday with plan-ning terrorist attacks in theSouth Asian country and con-spiring to wage war againstnations allied with Pakistan,their defence lawyer said. Themen — all Muslims from theWashington suburb of Alexan-

dria, Virginia — pleaded notguilty to a total of five charges,the most severe of which car-ries a maximum sentence oflife in prison, defence lawyerHasan Dastagir told The Asso-ciated Press.SHINAWATRA Former ThaiPrime Minister ThaksinShinawatra, whose supporters

are protesting in Bangkok, hasarrived in Montenegro, thetiny Balkan state’s police saidyesterday. Thaksin is a billion-aire businessman who fledThailand in 2008 ahead of aconviction on a conflict ofinterest charge for which hewas sentenced to two years injail. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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After more than ahalf-century ofworries, warn-ings and studiesabout what our

media habits are doing tous and our relationships,FCC chairman Newton Mi-now’s famous 1961 con-demnation of the “vastwasteland” of network TVseems somehow quaint.

The TVs, computers andhand-held screens havesince multiplied, enablingus to ignore each otherany time and any place.Will we someday envy old-fashioned families who atleast used to zone out infront of the same TVscreen together, even as

the Cassandras of the dayprophesied looming socialapocalypse?

The dire warnings, nowa tradition unto them-selves, continue. TV ismaking usdumb, lazyand dis-tractible. Thismonth’s issueof theArchives ofPediatric andAdolescentMedicinedraws a direct link be-tween the amount of timekids spend in front of theirscreens and the difficultythey have relating to realpeople.

Other studies have point-ed to bedroom TVs as acancer on relationships,eliminating family mealsand interaction and short-circuiting the sex lives ofcouples. The more we letthe machines into ourlives, we’re told, the lessroom there is for people.

Many nights, thedenizens of my own apart-ment (occupancy goes upand down) are firmlysealed in their own bub-bles of laptop, iPod and TV,

often in com-bination.Conversationis admittedlysporadic, buttheteenagers, asfar as I cansee, have sofar failed to

completely degenerate in-to anti-social blobs.

Paradoxically, even asthey seem unaware of eachothers’ presence in thesame room, they are ofteninteracting with each oth-er online.

Just how much whole-some family interaction isenough? Sometimes at thisage, shutting out one’sfamily for a bit is an entire-ly desirable enterprise. Ijust had to do it with com-paratively primitive tech-

nology like the Walkman. Iwouldn’t be surprised ifbygone alarmists decriedGutenberg’s printing pressand the creeping effect ofliteracy on families, withkids’ beaks buried in booksand other signs of com-plete societal breakdown.

The grownups in ourhousehold, I have to admit,can easily be as plugged inand tuned out as the kids.Many nights when it’s justthe two of us, we’ll noticethat we’ve each been click-ing away on our computersand haven’t passed a wordbetween us in a couple ofhours. We’ll often take thisas our cue to pull the plug,go out for a drink, sit fac-ing each other and actuallytalk.

The time to worry iswhen you shut off all thescreens, turn back to eachother and find you havenothing to say.

By now you have probablyheard about the Mississip-pi school that cancelled aprom rather than let Con-stance McMillen, a lesbianstudent, bring her girl-friend and wear a tuxedo.She asked permission to at-tend as a couple, but whenthe school board sent out amemo declaring all datesshould be of the oppositesex, the American CivilLiberties Union stepped inand ... you can guess whathappens next.

Lots of people, straightand gay, are outraged atthe school’s actions. I’llspare you all the protesta-

tion, since it goes withoutsaying the school is in thewrong — oh, never mind,I’ll tell you anyway: It can-not deny a couple theircoming-of-age ritual be-cause they’re gay.Though McMillenclearly under-stands the so-cial signifi-cance of herfight — that’swhy she’s su-ing, isn’t it? —she also seemsbored explainingthe situation to cameracrews, exasperated thattrodding on gay rights stillhappens in the year 2010.

Young Americans collec-tively yawn at the mention— among the under-30 set,about 80 per cent believesame-sex marriage is a pri-vate decision — so forMcMillen and her peers,it’s silly trying to explainsomething that’s accepted

fact.“For you to say that you

can’t bring someone of thesame sex — well, for thegay people that meansthey can’t bring their

date,” she told the As-sociated Press.

“That’s reallynot fair to thepeople thatare gay.” Like,duh.

What aworld, in

which a teenag-er makes more

sense of what “constitu-tional rights and liberties”are than the adultscharged with teaching herthese things. At its core,that’s what high school is:A series of life lessons onhow to be punctual, polite,committed, ambitious,thoughtful and criticaladults.

That’s why McMillensought permission from

her teachers, knowingwhat the outcome mightbe even before she asked.That’s how adults dealwith life, right? By talkingthrough their differencesand confronting tough sit-uations rather than avoid-ing them, by, say, can-celling a prom like a social-ly awkward teenager. De-spite feeling guilty thatshe’d ruined everyone’syear-end celebration,McMillen stoically re-turned to school, stillproud of who she is.

She and her girlfriendare examples that courageand maturity can come atany age, and that studentsaren’t the only ones whoshould learn a thing or twoin high school. Like thesaying goes, out of themouths of babes ...

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The province has agreedto share thecost of train-ing about 50cadets by nextyear. Thosecadets are toreplace con-stables guard-ing crimescenes or do-ing crowdcontrol onCanada Day.

Police ChiefKeith Mc-Caskill says using cadetswill take pressure off thestrained police force.

“Cadets can do traffic du-ty,” he said yesterday.“They can enforce provin-cial statutes. They canguard crime scenes ... theycan look at guarding men-tal health patients. Wehave a lot of officers doingthat, regularly taking themoff the street.”

The cadets will get aboutnine weeks of classroom

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The cadetprogram hadbeen in jeop-ardy as thecity andprovince tus-sled over whoshould footthe bill. ButAttorney Gen-eral AndrewSwan saidhe’s always

liked the idea of trainingand using cadets.

Not only will they takepressure off uniformed offi-cers, but the programcould help recruit minori-ties who aren’t as well-rep-resented on the force,Swan suggested.

The city had estimatedthe cadet program couldcost $1.7 million annually,but Swan said the finalprice tag hasn’t been calcu-lated yet. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Still, the bank gave anupbeat overall outlook for2010, saying trade andhousehold consumptionshould grow strongly asthe stimulus winds down.

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GOLD A unit of Canadianmining giant Barrick GoldCorp., has suspended oper-ations at a mine in Tanza-nia after three workerswere killed in a cave-in.

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pected to begin trading onthe London Stock Ex-change.

African Barrick Gold saidthe workers died whenpart of the Bulyanhulumine — which employs1,445 workers and is a ma-jor employer in the central

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The company is investi-gating the cause of the col-lapse, and will keep thearea of the rock fall closeduntil the “incident hasbeen investigated, thecause understood and any

appropriate action taken,”Barrick said. Operations atthe mine will be suspend-ed today for a period ofmourning for DicksonKadelema, Vedastus Wil-fred Tandise and Joel M.Nicholas who were killed.


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Petrobank profits doubled to $57.1M,2009 earnings dropped 40 per centOIL Petrobank Energy Ltd.,whose patented heavy oilextraction technology re-cently reached a majormilestone, says its profitsdoubled in the last threemonths of 2009 comparedwith a year earlier.

Fourth-quarter net earn-ings were $57.1 million,or 56 cents per dilutedshare — compared withyear-earlier profits of$28.1 million, or 34 centsper share.

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Rene Bourque scored twogoals, Vesa Toskala made32 saves and the CalgaryFlames beat the ColoradoAvalanche 3-2 last nightto keep pace in the West-ern Conference playoffrace.

Eric Nystrom also scoredfor the Flames, who are inninth place with 79points, one point behindidle Detroit for the finalpost-season spot with 12games left.

Chris Durno and MilanHejduk scored and CraigAnderson had 31 saves forColorado, which had wonthree straight. The Ava-lanche missed an opportu-nity to pull within a pointof idle Vancouver in theNorthwest Division andare fifth in the conferencewith 12 games remaining.

Colorado had won six ina row against Calgary dat-ing back to last season,but the Flames quicklytook control of Wednes-day's game. Bourque gotthem rolling when hescored a short-handed goalon a breakaway 3:12 intothe first period, and Nys-trom made it 2-0 4:21 laterwith a shot from the slot.

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Toskala, acquired fromAnaheim on March 3, keptthe Avalanche off the

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Matt Hendricks skatedaround the back of the net

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you haven’t done so al-ready).

Here are some of the na-ture-oriented landscapingand gardening trends thathave become increasinglymore evident over the lastfew years, and will be no-ticeably stronger thisspring.

• Lawns: Lawns going, go-ing, gone? Grass is becom-ing less popular becauseit’s not an environmental-ly friendly option, since itsucks back a lot of water,requires cutting (usuallywith a gas-powered lawn-mower), and the occasion-al dosing of fertilizer orbug killer. • Forest look: Natural-look-ing plantings are in, so theyard looks like a meadow,or a forest floor. Manicuredgardens and lawns are out.• Local: Native plants andshrubs are appearing,rather than non-nativeplants that require extrawatering, pest control andother ministrations. Low-maintenance flowers andother plants that growwithout any help from usin local meadows and fields

are appearing in gardens.• Decks and patios: To en-joy natural settings, decksor patios are a must. Natu-ral stone pavers are appear-ing more often, with sandbetween them, to encour-age drainage. Porouspavers are also appearingon the market, with thegoal of allowing rainwaterto soak into the soil. Anddon’t forget the substan-tial, durable and comfort-able outdoor furniture. • Growing food: Vegetablegardens are coming backwith a vengeance. Risingfood prices have madethem more popular, as well

as a wish to eat fresh organ-ic foods. • Pests: Some of the old-fashioned pest controlmethods that use spicessuch as cayenne, citrus oilor crushed mint are mak-ing a comeback. (There area ton of natural pest con-trol solutions on the inter-net.) • Mulch: Mulch is big. It’s anatural way to keep thesoil around plants cool,damp, and it inhibits thegrowth of weeds.

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Mulch and vegetation gardening are coming back in a big way.

Reno solutions on a budgetRENOVATING Creating a styl-ish and appealing kitchendoesn’t mean you have toblow the bank. Great look-ing upgrades and stylishdesign can be more afford-able than you’d think.

Here are five design se-crets that will help youachieve an affordablekitchen upgrade:• Update the look of yourcabinets: A fresh coat ofpaint or a new colour onyour cabinets can transforma kitchen — giving it a com-pletely fresh look and feel.Some hot colours for 2010include, ultra-chic red, mintgreens, electric blues andcool grays.• Tip: When painting woodcabinets, choose an oil-based enamel paint for alonger-lasting finish that iseasy to clean.• Go from boring back-

splash to bistro-chic: Up-grade a backsplash with afew coats of chalkboardpaint. This usable chalk-board surface is a playfuland interactive way to addpersonal flare to a kitchen.• Tip: Chalkboard paintcomes in a variety ofcolours that can fit anykitchen palette.• Make the switch to stain-less: A suite of stainlesssteel appliances is a greatway to increase the value ofyour kitchen — not to men-tion transforming the over-all style. For example,Amana offers sleek, stylishand affordably priced appli-ance solutions. In fact, for less than $2,000 you canpurchase an entire Amanakitchen suite.• Tip: Look for true stainlesssteel when upgrading appli-ances — watch out for

wannabes.• Showcase personal treas-ures: Try framing recipesfrom a favourite cook-book or cooking photos youhave taken in the past —this will transform thekitchen from a functionalspace to one with individ-ual style.• Tip: You can find afford-able art anywhere.• Freshen up: Adding apunch of colour and thearoma of flowers or herbsin the kitchen brings thespace to life. Freshly cut orpotted flowers brighten akitchen and make the spacewelcoming.• Tip: Use old water jugs ormason jars as vases foradded personal flare.

More affordable kitchensolutions can be found on-line at Amanacanada.ca.

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Go bright with whitethis coming springWhen interior designerBetsy Burnham redecorat-ed her office recently, shemade a decision that sur-prised her staff: Shefocused on the colourwhite. White walls, whiteceilings, white furniture,even white chandeliers.

“I’m a huge colour fanat-ic,” she says, “but I justthink white makes colourpop so beautifully.”

Her favourite colourfulaccessories “never lookedas good” as they do nowagainst a white backdrop.“White is crisp, it’s youngand it’s really flexible.”

Decorating with whitecan be intimidating. But,says designer Brian PatrickFlynn of decordemon.com,“used correctly, white letsother things truly work asthe breakout stars.”

Yes, there are potentialpitfalls in working withwhite (you’re probably en-visioning red wine spilledon a white sofa). But it can— honestly — be a versa-tile and practical option.

WHY WHITE WORKS“White is a trick design-

ers use to modernizethings,” says Flynn. Tradi-tional pieces of furnitureand scuffed wooden floorsare revitalized by whitepaint. Their imperfectionsare transformed into ap-pealing texture.

Designer Taniya Nayak,host of HGTV’s DestinationDesign and HGTV.com’s$100 Half Day Design se-ries, loves spray-paintingold picture frames and mir-rors a glossy white.

“It instantly gives them afresh, mod look,” she says.

The backdrop of a whitefloor and walls makes fa-miliar furniture, windowtreatments and accessoriesstand out in a new way.

White can feel tradition-al when paired with ornatepieces, or utterly modernwith streamlined furnitureand chrome.

“White can also kind ofwork as a mediator,” Flynnsays. “Just like bringing in amarriage counsellor, whitewill work as a mediator be-tween soft and loudcolours. You can use it towork as a bridge betweentwo colours.”

HOW TO APPROACH ITFlynn loves doing white

walls and furniture withbold colour on the ceiling,in accessories and in the in-teriors of bookcases.

Nayak recently created anautical look for her HGTVseries that pairs white fur-niture, ceilings andcolumns with dramaticnavy-blue walls and splash-es of yellow.

If you prefer somethingpreppier, she says, try

white and navy with a bitof bright green. (Othercolour combos she likes:Rooms done entirely inblack and white, or whitewith grey and chartreuseaccents.)

If you have a room withlarge windows, you’ll makethe view more of a focalpoint by doing a very whiteroom. “The view becomesyour art,” says Nayak.

TREADING CAREFULLYChoose your shades of

white carefully.“You want it to be liv-

able, not like Liquid Pa-per,” Burnham says. “Ifthere’s too much blue in it,it’s just going to be blind-ing.”

Some whites are warm,with a slightly yellow un-dertone, while others havea cool tinge. There are alsogreenish whites, purplishwhites and many other vari-eties. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Designer Suzanne Kasler brings the outdoors in through industrial-sash doors. The room serves asa retreat for the owners to work and as a great entertaining space, it also features a lot of white.

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How to pay for your home reno

When considering how tofinance homerenovations, the first stepshould be to get somesound financial advice.

“Any person consideringdoing a renovation, talk toyour bank, talk to your fi-nancial institution or who-ever you’re dealing with,”says Craig Bannon, themanager of mortgage spe-cialists for the metro Hali-fax area with RBC. “Or ifyou’re not dealing withanybody, go find somebodybecause of all the differentoptions. I think it’s impor-tant to sit down and getsome advice.”

Bannon says choosingthe right financing optiondepends on factors such asthe cost of the renovationsand how much equity peo-ple have in their homes.

For smaller renovations,Bannon says people mightjust use a credit card be-cause of convenience andpotential loyalty rewardpoints. Credit cards have

higher interest rates (usual-ly between 10 and 20 percent) so they’re “not a long

term borrowing solution,”says Bannon.

For larger renovations,

getting a line of credit or ahome equity line of credit(HELOC) are possibilities as

well. The biggest differencebetween the two is the HE-LOC is secured by the valueof one’s home, which alsomeans it has lower interestrates.

A HELOC can finance upto 80 per cent of the valueof one’s home, but it’s a lit-tle more complicated tomake purchases with it.

“The only disadvantage Ican think of would be youcan’t actually go into astore and pay for some-thing with it, but … youcan either use your debitcard or credit card and justtransfer your money over,”says Bannon.

Another borrowing op-tion is to refinance one’s

mortgage, which can usual-ly be done up to 90 per centof the value of a home. Oneof the advantages with thisis there is a lot of flexibilityinvolved, such as choosingvariable or fixed rate mort-gages and selecting differ-ent term lengths.

The timing is also veryappealing.

“No matter what interestrate term you pick now,you’re going to beat the 25-year average handsomely,”says Barry Rathburn, a mo-bile mortgage specialistwith TD Canada Trust inthe mid-Vancouver Islandarea.

He also recommends peo-ple look into the incentivesavailable for energy effi-cient renovations.

“The energy efficiencynot only saves you moneyin the long run, but thereare incentives from the fed-eral government, provin-cial governments, munici-pal governments in somecases and financing indus-try to help you offset thecost of your energy efficien-cy upgrades,” says Rath-burn.

For small projects a credit card might be your best option for financing your renovation.

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Consider composite for renoFor homeowners, graniteis a favourite for counter-tops, flooring, backsplash-es and fireplace hearths.

However, there is a dif-ference between naturalgranite — made from anactual slab of naturalstone — and compositegranite materials. Compos-ites include a combinationof natural and manmadematerial and that givesthem an edge over naturalstone when it comes todurability, performanceand hygiene.

Popular on the markettoday are kitchen sinksmade of “granite compos-ite” material. Canada’sleading brand is Silgranit,made by German sinkmanufacturer Blanco.

Made of 80 per cent nat-ural granite, Silgranit alsohas a patented formula-tion of acrylic and ceramicmicrobeads that make itnon-porous, scratch-proofand stain resistant. Thesinks come in seven natu-ral colours and the compa-ny makes matchingcoloured faucets for easycoordination.

“Silgranit is a patentedmaterial that is unique inthe marketplace and sodurable, it can last the life-time of a person’s homewithout chipping orscratching,” says Alexan-dra Marshall, marketingdirector with Blanco.

“Both our formulation andmanufacturing process ispatented so there is noth-ing else out there that iscomparable in terms ofperformance.”

This also makes it farmore durable than themore common stainlesssteel sink, which canscratch, and also moredurable than other sinkmaterials like cast iron oracrylic. It is also hygienicand approved to food-safe-ty regulations. Unlike nat-ural granite used for coun-tertops, bacteria cannot

grow on its surface.“It’s important to know

that a composite material,being manmade, will notbe the same from onemanufacturer to another,”adds Ms. Marshall. “WithSilgranit, for example, youcan put a hot pot straightfrom the stove into thesink and it will resist theheat. While another man-ufacturer warns againstthis for their granite com-posite sink brand whichwill crack in the same cir-cumstances.”

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Who says going greencan’t be gorgeous?

Incorporating sustain-able materials into yourhome’s design can makefor attractive interiorsthat take it easy on the en-vironment.

With the green move-ment continuing to growand increasing emphasison eco-friendly products,seeking design elementsthat use recycled prod-ucts, redoing existingpieces and consignmentshopping is all the rage.

“Companies are offeringmore products that havethat designer look andfeel to it and have thateco-friendly feel,” saysMarc Atiyolil, editor inchief of Canadian HomeTrends magazine. “I thinkit’s quite different fromwhat it was 10 years ago.When you said eco-friend-ly and green, consumers

thought … a back to na-ture look.

“I’m seeing companiesbeing more innovativeand coming up with moredesigner looks with recy-cled products.”

Many stores today areshowing one-of-a-kind eco-friendly art designs fromsuch reusable items asnewspapers, magazines,or discarded bottles —meaning less rubbish forthe landfill. Atiyolil,whose next issue focuseson green decorating, saysmany are turning to con-signment stores to modifyexisting pieces. Case inpoint: Grandma’s tradi-tional chair — it mightnot fit into one’s decor,but change around theoutdated fabric, reuphol-ster and repaint, and anew piece is born.

“You still have familymemorabilia but it nowgoes in a trendy space …instead of in your base-ment with a cover over it,”he said.

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To create this regal, papier mache animal head, the Zebra Savannah StoryBust is made of layers of repurposed cement bags, covered with vintageFrench book pages. Anthropologie, $78, anthropologie.com.

Found objects, trinkets and cast-offs revelin their new role as exuberantparticipants in the Magpie Chandelier.Each is a bespoke creation crafted byhand of reclaimed materials — recycledplastic, galvanized wire and string. Thiscelebratory fixture was created by themembers of the Magpie Art Collectiveand handmade in South Africa.Anthropologie, $5,000,anthropologie.com.

Light up aroom or

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Reduce, Reuse, ReStyleThe Time And Again Bird House, RedPagoda ($78), is a home for the environmentally conscious flock,handmade from recycled wood and tins.Use it indoors as a quirky adornment or outside as a bona-fide shelter.Anthropologie, $78, anthropologie.com.

The Grey Cabin ($68) is made from recycled tins.

Anthropologie, $78, anthropologie.com.

This contemporary, Multy Home ash grey doormat ismade from recycled rubber with nylon flock. Canadian

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Alberta Fashion Week begins Sunday (until March 27) at the BR& at the Banke. Designers will include Jason Matio,Andrew Majtenyl and Holly Allen. For more information, visit albertafashionweek.ca. METRO NEWS SERVICES

The outdoorsy typeMen are looking to reconnect with nature and embrace their inner athlete

this season with sports wear and casual chic looks on the runway. One of

the most important ways for men to stay on top of their game is with that

key accessory: A watch. Guess’ latest Spring 2010 collection embodies this

style, offering function and sporty durability. Pictured: Guess yellow band

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NEED anoth-er reason tofeel pridepost-Olympics,they should pick up TheWhite Strips’ new DVD/CDchronicling the group’s ex-tensive 2007 Canadian tour.The CD, which can bebought separately, is wherethe musical meat resides.This disc is amazing to lis-ten to — Jack White gives ashout out to Yellowknife,brings up his cousin on aCape Breton stage duringthe song Prickly Thorn, butSweetly Worn to play bag-pipes — and it’s a treat sim-ply to know this was record-ed on Canadian soil. Thedisc covers the Stripes’ en-tire catalogue, and they doit well, with all their gritty,intense rock on full display.

Bryan Borzykowski/for Metro Canada

RECORDED IN

A number ofpublic andprivatespaces andthen stitchedtogether as a sound collage,Ghostkeeper’s second al-

bum is more like a warm,itchy quilt than any sort ofFrankenstein monster. Builtof Shane Ghostkeeper’s var-ied and sporadic influences,the songs jump back andforth between an off-kilter,folk songwriting style, rick-ety bursts of indie rock,swampy blues-guitar tan-gents and a surprisingamount of concord betweenthe unpredictable instru-ments, Shane’s whiskey-soaked croak and SarahHoule’s recurring, feverishmoan. The album’s capri-cious movements tends toreach overwhelming levelsat points, but it’s this loosecannon mentality that givesthese Albertans their dis-tinction from virtuallyevery other band out there.

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know it,the ’90sare back.And toprove it, Edwin’steamed up with OLP’sMike Turner, Tea Par-ty’s Jeff Burrowsand Zygote’s AmirEpstein to bringback all thesounds wehaven’t missed.This album isexactly what

you think — classic mid-’90s Can Rock, completewith Edwin’s over wroughtvocals and Turner’s fancy,crunchy riffs. It’s hard notto want to listen to this inyour childhood bedroom,but we’re not kidsanymore. It’s a bland,unimaginative recordwith sounds that

don’t standthe test oftime. Bryan

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HERE’S A PIECE of advice forall the bands outthere — don’t goon tour with Kings

of Leon. Untilthe

Athens-based trioThe Whigshit the roadwith theFollowillclan the group expertlydelivered Replacements-meets-Pixies sounds. Theband has gotten brasher,more streamlined and,

well, more Kings. It’sbecoming harder todifferentiate thegroup from all the

other rock bands outthere, though it’s notall a lost cause —Kill Me Carolyn isa frenetic, engag-ing riff rockerthat’ll remindyou why yougot into theband in thefirst place.

Bryan Borzykowski

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STRIVING FOR

ECLECTICISM,

Toronto-basedsinger/song-writer/pi-anist Elizabeth Shepherdincorporates many genresand moods into tertiaryfull-length Heavy Falls TheNight. From the plinky key-board and jazzy feel ofHigh through What Elsewith its ’70s singer in abeatnik cafe aura to thesimplistic rendition ofAnne Murray’s lilting Dan-ny’s Song, there’s no lackof diversity. Still, whileeach track is performedbrilliantly and Shepherd’svoice is velvety-smooth,the plethora of styles ex-plored would have greaterimpact were they dividedup in bigger chunks: by al-bum, not track. The overalllack of a unifying founda-tion winds up makingHeavy Falls The Night in-teresting but more esotericthan multifarious.

Keith Carman/for Metro Canada

Elizabeth ShepherdAlbum: Heavy Falls The NightLabel: Right On MediaRating: 11½

The White StripesAlbum: Under Great WhiteNorthern Lights Label: WarnerRating: 1111

The WhigsAlbum: In The DarkLabel: ATO/MapleMusicRating: 11½

Crash KarmaAlbum: Crash KarmaLabel: E1 EntertainmentRating: 11

GhostkeeperAlbum: GhostkeeperLabel: Flemish EyeRating: 1111½

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Hobbit to start filming in June

Ian McKellan has revealed that filming for The Hobbit will finally get underway in June. The actor, who took on the role ofGandalf in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, posted on his website that filming will begin in the summer. FEMALEFIRST.CO.UK

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Summit scaling new peak for final Twilight

Sources say studio Summit is trying to up its pedigree for its big-screen adaptation of the final instalment of StephenieMeyer’s Twilight series; reaching out to top-notch directors, including Sofia Coppola, Gus Van Sant, and Bill Condon. EW.COM

If you treat your boss to a better cup of coffeeare you still late?

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FILM Play time is over forWoody the cowboy, BuzzLightyear and friends.

Toy Story 3, whichscreened Tuesday for the-atre owners attendingtheir annual ShoWest con-vention, poses a new ques-tion for the gang from the1995 hit that launchedcomputer animation intothe feature-film world: Isthere life for a toy afteryour kid grows up?

“Come on, let’s see howmuch we’re going for oneBay,” laments JohnRatzenberger’s Hamm thePiggy Bank as he and theother toys ponder a lonelyfuture, with their owner,Andy, heading to collegeand leaving them behind.

Though the film is notyet finished, with much ofthe animation still inrough form, the screeningprovided a sneak peek forone of summer’s most an-ticipated releases.

“The youngest kids whosaw Toy Story and Toy Story2 when they first came outare now kind of heading offto college. That’s the posi-tion Andy’s in, so it’s verystrange and nostalgic forpeople to see this characterthat is part of their child-hood kind of growing upwith them and facing thesame life changes,” said ToyStory 3 director Lee Un-krich, who was a film edi-tor on Toy Story and co-di-rector on Toy Story 2.

“For anyone who’s had atransition in their life —heading off to college, par-ents sending their kids offto college, people gettingout of college and headingoff into the workforce.

Those are major transi-tions. Our characters intheir own way are dealingwith similar transitions,”Unkrich said in an inter-view after the screening.

For Andy’s favouriteplaythings, Woody andBuzz (voiced again by TomHanks and Tim Allen), thetransition threatens to endtheir long partnership asthe toys argue over whatsteps would be best fortheir future.

Due in theatres June 18,Toy Story 3 also features re-turning voice cast membersthat include Joan Cusack,Don Rickles and WallaceShawn. Among new voiceco-stars are Whoopi Gold-berg, Ned Beatty, TimothyDalton and Michael Keaton.

Toy Story 3 is the 11thfeature film from Disney-owned Pixar Animation,which recently won its lat-est Academy Award withlast year’s blockbuster Up.Pixar films have won fiveof the nine Oscars for fea-ture-length animationsince the category wasadded (the other winnersare Finding Nemo, The In-credibles, Ratatouille andWALL-E).


Who wants to playwith new Toy Story?

“The youngest kidswho saw Toy Storyand Toy Story 2when they firstcame out are nowkind of heading offto college.”Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich

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Simpson finds out true meaning of BeautyIn The Price of Beauty, anew docu-reality series pre-miering Sunday on VH1,Jessica Simpson and herbest friends, CaCee Cobband hairstylist Ken Paves,travel the world learningthe meaning of physical at-tractiveness as defined byvarious cultures — andfind out blonde bombshellisn’t the universal sex sym-

bol. Here are a few otherthings Simpson found out.

She could never be a runway

model

“Going to Paris, I had towalk a runway with all ofthese tall, skinny models.And I almost puked, I wasso nervous,” Simpson ad-mits. “I mean, I can walk ared carpet, but walking a

runway, I mean, I would bethe first to fall on my face.And thank God, I didn’t.But I was so nervous towalk out there and bejudged, to just put myselfout there like that, especial-ly standing next to peoplethat eat just salad.”Good looks are in the eye of

the beholder — literally.

“Originally I thought of a

Moroccan woman living arepressed life, but after sit-ting and talking with thesewomen, they’re speakingto you through their eyes,”Simpson says. “Their soulswere just so intense and sobeautiful. And, you know,it was all about their peacewithin and not what theylook like on the outside.AMBER RAY/METRO WORLD NEWS

Mikkelsen in the cardsBond villain defying gods in Clash of The Titans

To film fans, Danish actorMads Mikkelsen willalways be Bond villain LeChiffre — who blew themulti-million dollar pok-er game in Casino Royale.But in real life the 44-year-old actor is actuallya rather goodtournament level player.Metro caught up withhim at a Unibettournament in Hungary.

When did you start

playing poker?

I’ve played pokerfor at least 25 yearswith family, friends,and enemies!

What do you enjoy

about poker?

That there are al-ways new situa-tions, thingschange, and you

have to pay attention toeverything. Poker is likemathematics, it has strictrules but once we under-stood them it is like foot-ball, you just have to gowith the flow.

How does it feel like

to play at a tourna-

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I had a scene withRalph Fiennes buthe was hanging up

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Zucchini andBean Soup Submitted by Karen Benevento, Brampton, ON

INGREDIENTS:

3 tablespoons olive oil2 medium zucchini, cubed1 medium onion, chopped1 cup mushrooms, chun-ked2 clove garlic, minced2 teaspoons fresh thyme,choppedsalt and pepper1 large tomato, diced1 carton low sodiumchicken broth1 can beans (kidney, chick-pea or a mix), drained andrinsed

METHOD:

1. In large pot, heat oilover medium high heat.2. Add zucchini and cook,stirring often, for about 3minutes.

3. Add onion, garlic, mush-rooms, thyme. Add saltand pepper to taste andcontinue to sauté, stirringto prevent vegetablesfrom scorching, about 5minutes.4. Gently stir in tomatoes.Add broth. Bring to a boil,reduce to simmer and addbeans.5. Simmer until beans areheated through.6. Serve with rolls orwarmed hearty multigrainbread.

SERVES 4

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Now, ex-girlfriendNicole Eggert is speakingout to Life & Style aboutthe actor’s troubled life, inquotes givenexclusivelyto PopEater.

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SIDE HER ENTOURAGE BritneySpears has split from herboyfriend Jason Trawick,femalefirst.co.uk reports.

The singer reportedlyended her romance withthe talent agent at theend of February follow-ing a year-long romancebecause they had beenarguing constantly.

A source said, “Theywere fighting a lot andhave not been gettingalong. They both justneeded to take a

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ney through theNew York-based

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time the pair have seem-ingly split. The 28-year-oldpop beauty dumped Jasonin January after learninghe had been flirting withtwo women at Los Angeles’Roger Room bar before get-ting back together.

Britney — who has twosons with ex-husbandKevin Federline — andagent Jason started datingin March 2009. They splitbriefly in August, but soonreconciled.

Since their romance be-gan, Jason has proposed toBritney several times.

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LOT Gerard Butler says heexpects Jennifer Anistonromance rumours to con-tinue well after their newcomedy The BountyHunter opens Friday, us-magazine.com reports.

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Butler said his friendswere jealous that he got towork so closely with theactress, with whom he alsogets cozy on the April cov-er of W magazine.

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other careerachievements.

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SPIN IT Jennifer LoveHewitt’s breakup withJamie Kennedy comes justin time for the release ofher dating advice book,The Day I Shot Cupid, butthe actress tells Peoplemagazine she’s no fan ofbeing single.

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FUNNY ONES It’s no joke,Sarah Silverman still be-lieves in love after the endof her romance with Jim-my Kimmel, people.comreports.

“I’d like to find that per-son,” the comedian, 39,tells Playboy in a new in-terview.

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The movie director, whohas previously worked onfilms including ForgettingSarah Marshall — whereJason Segal exposed hismanhood — and KnockedUp, believes intimatescenes filmed using thetechnology is unnecessary,

female-first.co.ukreports.

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