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Brit diplomatssay Canadians‘unimpressive’LETTERS It’s not exactly diplomat-ic — details of what British am-bassadors really think abouttheir foreign hosts weredisclosed yesterday followingthe release of a series of frank,and sometimes outright rude,letters to London fromembassies around the world.

Nigerians are maddening,Nicaraguans often dishonest,Canadians deeply unimpressiveand Thais commonly lewd,British diplomats claim in notessent to Britain’s Foreign Officeover the last five decades.

The letters, disclosed to theBBC under Freedom of Informa-tion laws, also reveal how diplo-mats were bored by endlessrounds of cocktail parties, andexasperated by the British gov-ernment’s failure to shake off itsstuffy image overseas.

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The Harper government spentmore than $100,000 staging aone-hour event in June to deliv-er an update on its efforts tohelp the recession-ravagedeconomy.

Invoices obtained by The Cana-dian Press through the Access toInformation Act show a nominalbill to taxpayers of $108,000 forthe carefully scripted “town hall”meeting in Cambridge.

The June 11 event turned whatthe opposition Liberals had hopedwould be an uncomfortable exer-cise in government transparencyinto a slick campaign-style rally

for Conservative party faithful.Critics say it’s just the latest ex-

ample of what they’re calling aTory penchant for leveraging pub-lic money for partisan gain.

“It fits in with a whole patternwith this government where theyare basically using tax dollars topromote themselves to voters,”

said Gerry Nicholls of the webportal Libertaspost.com.

“That’s clearly wrong. It’s clear-ly a waste of tax dollars.”

The Cambridge event providedthe second of the four reports theLiberals demanded last January asthe price of their support for therecession-fighting federal budget.

Prime Minister Stephen Harpertook the Liberal challenge andran with it, transforming whatcould have been a dry accountingexercise in the House of Com-mons into a major audio-visualroad show.

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Pregnant woman jumps to safetyA pregnant Toronto woman escaped a burning building by jumping down on-to mattresses that neighbours had piled on the ground to cushion her fall. Thewoman, who is six months pregnant, fled the flames by jumping three storeyson Saturday night. The woman, 21, was taken to St. Michael’s hospital with on-ly minor injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto to show its prideCity beats out Stockholm, will host World Pride event in 2014Toronto will host theWorld Pride event in 2014after winning a voteamong gay delegates atthe internationalInterPride Conference inFlorida.

Toronto beat its main ri-val for the event, Stock-holm, yesterday to win thehosting duties.

Tracey Sandilands, exec-utive director of PrideToronto, told Toronto tele-vision station CP24 thatToronto captured 77 votesto Stockholm’s 61 in thefirst round of voting, elimi-nating Stockholm.

But that wasn’t enoughfor the two-thirds majorityneeded to win the right tohost the political and cul-tural event, she said.

A second vote of yes orno gave Toronto a 78 percent endorsement, saidSandilands.

Pride Toronto officialssaid that this summer’sPride Week drew an esti-mated one million peopleto Toronto and contributed$136 million to the city’seconomy.

“World Pride is going tobe about five times bigger,”said Sandilands.

The Toronto event willbe the fourth scheduledWorld Pride since the

event’s inception in Romein 2000.

A delegation of 10 peo-ple went to Florida to pres-ent Toronto’s bid, includ-ing representatives fromPride Toronto, TourismToronto and Toronto po-lice.

World Pride promotes

lesbian, gay, bisexual, andtransgender issues on aninternational levelthrough parades, festivals,and other cultural activi-ties. The next one is set forjust prior to the Olympicand Paralympic Games inLondon, England in 2012.

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to on June 28, 2009. Toronto has won the right to host the World Pride event in 2014.

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Deaf group trying to get Queen’s Park to listenPOLICY Deaf children andthose who are hard ofhearing do not have equalaccess to health care orlearning support acrossOntario, says a new coali-tion of more than 150 par-ents, students and profes-sionals who will descendtoday on Queen’s Park topush for province-widestandards in services.

The coalition wants On-tario to pay for deaf chil-

dren to have cochlear im-plants in both ears, insteadof one, said James Borer,leader of the new Alliance

for Children Who are Hardof Hearing and Deaf.

“Having just one implantis like giving a double am-

putee just one prostheticleg, or giving someone eye-glasses for one eye — it’sthe difference betweenjust getting by and actuallythriving,” said Borer,whose two children havecochlear implants in bothears.

Borer estimates the extraimplants would cost On-tario taxpayers an extra $1million per year.

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501 Queenstreetcarroute splittingTRANSIT The iconic 501Queen streetcar routesplits in two today, in afive-week experimentaimed at boostingcustomer service on theperennially troubled line.

Until Nov. 20, the 501originating in the westend willrun fromthe LongBranch andHumberloops toParliamentStreetdowntown.The eastend carswill travelfromNevillePark toShawStreet, over-lappingthrough thedowntownarea.

The routesplit is thelast in a $2million se-ries ofexperi-ments theTTC hasconductedover thepast year tofind the best way of reduc-ing short-turns, bunchingof cars and gaps in serviceon the line that NationalGeographic, in 2007,declared one of theworld’s top 10 trolleyroutes. Those problemsfrequently prompt ridersto hoof it home in frustra-tion. The final fix — likelyto include a combinationof more cars and more op-erators — will be used as ablueprint for improvingservice on all 11 Torontostreetcar routes, said TTCchair Adam Giambrone.


Route• The TTC islaunching anew west-endexpress busroute to re-lieve conges-tion along thelakeshore,starting today.• The 145Down-town/HumberBay Expressservice willrun five east-bound busesin the morn-ing rush andsix westboundtrips in the af-ternoon. Bus-es will runalong LakeShore fromKipling Av-enue to Col-borne LodgeDrive

Cochlear implants • The implants are tiny elec-tronic devices inserted intothe inner ear that allow thedeaf to detect sound. With theimplants’ help, the deaf learn

to listen, speak and take theirplace in mainstream class-rooms. About 5,000 Ontariochildren have some degree ofhearing loss.

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Province sees a spike in flu activityOntario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Arlene King, says she’s seeing a spike in flu-like activityin the province, but stopped short of calling it a second wave of the swine flu. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

It all started in the year 2000 when 25 people from across Canada embarked on a journey to the Dublin Marathon after training for the race and raising funds for the Canadian Diabetes Association. Since then, thousands of Canadians have been making a change in their life and the lives of people living with diabetes by walking, running or biking with Team Diabetes.

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2010, Team Diabetes is the national activity fundraising program of the Canadian Diabetes Association. The program promotes a healthy and active lifestyle where people of all fi tness levels have the opportunity to walk or run a full or half marathon or shorter distance race in exciting Canadian and international locations. Additional opportunities include hiking, mountain biking and cycling.

“Team Diabetes has a lot to celebrate in the upcoming year,” said Fred DeFina, Director, Team Diabetes. “I am proud to be part of a program that has grown from one team of 25 to over 4,000 participants and volunteers who enthusiastically dedicate themselves to setting positive examples in their community

by raising funds for the Association, promoting our program and spread its message of the benefi ts of living an active lifestyle.”

Offi cial anniversary celebrations will take place this May at the Ottawa and Calgary marathons. In addition, there is still time to join teams travelling to the Rio de Janeiro Marathon in June and the Reykjavik Marathon in August. Other 2010 event offerings include hiking the Grand Canyon and up two Costa Rican volcanoes as well as two long distance cycling events in the United States and two 24 hour adventure mountain biking events in Ontario.

“Over the last 10 years, Team Diabetes participants have raised more than $22 million

in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association which provides leading-edge research support, outreach programs and valuable services to people living with diabetes,” said DeFina. “Many people participate in the program because they are living with diabetes or have family members or friends living with the disease. They are extremely passionate about raising awareness of diabetes management and prevention.”

You don’t have to be an athlete to join. Team Diabetes prepares you for the physical challenge and provides the support needed to achieve fundraising and training goals. More information is available at teamdiabetes.caor 1-800-BANTING (226-8464).

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ORTHOTICS, FOOTWEAR & PEDORTHIC CARE

A crash on Finch Avenue took at least three lives. Toronto firefighters help cut open a van after a

car travelling westbound on Finch crashed into a van at a high rate of speed.

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Crash claims 3 livesPolice say car was travelling around 200 km/hHon To, 44, appeared to bewinning her two-year bat-tle with bone marrow can-cer. Her 24-year-old daugh-ter, Khan (Christine) Taing,who was helping nurseher back to health, waspoised to reach her goal ofentering the medical pro-fession.

Returning home fromprayers at their local tem-ple late Saturday night, thetwo women were killed ina horrendous car crash,victims of a suspecteddrunk driver who policeestimate was doing 200km/h in his BMW.

A female friend travel-ling in the family’s HondaOdyssey driven by To’s hus-band, Pho Taing, was alsopronounced dead at thescene on Finch Avenue atTobermory Drive.

A fifth passenger, awoman in her 30s, was incritical condition in hospi-tal and not expected to sur-vive.

The 21-year-old driver ofthe BMW, who sufferednon-life-threatening in-juries, was arrested for im-paired driving, police saidyesterday.

They said they werestunned by the wreckagefrom the impact, whichtore the minivan apart,throwing the three victimsfrom the vehicle as itturned left off Finch goingeast. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Police saw accident

• Moments before the im-pact, the westbound BMWflew past a police cruiserheading east on Finch, saidSgt. Tim Burrows of TrafficServices. The officers wit-nessed the crash in theirrear view mirror, he added.

News in briefCRIME Peel homicidedetectives are awaiting the re-sults of an autopsy before de-ciding whether a 49-year-oldToronto man was murdered ina Mississauga motel. Policewere called to the Maxine Innon Lakeshore Road Saturday

night after a body was found ina second floor room. The nameof the man was being withhelduntil relatives were notified.TAXI CAMERAS It’s an idea thathas clearly worked. Ever sincecar cameras and alarm lightswere installed on Toronto

taxis, the incidence ofrobberies and assaults on driv-ers has plummeted, police an-nounced yesterday. And, theysay, the images from taxi cam-eras are being used to solve ahost of crimes.


Cyclists will give thanks to driversTRAFFIC In a bid to ease ten-sions between Toronto mo-torists and cyclists, a grouprepresenting the bikingcommunity is printingthousands of “thank you”cards that will be handedout to drivers who arecourteous on the road.

The moves comes as for-mer Ontario attorney gen-eral Michael Bryant,charged in connectionwith a fatal confrontation

with a cyclist this summer,is scheduled to make hisfirst court appearance to-day. Called “Cyclists Pavingthe Way,” the campaign,

which starts today, isaimed at dialling downsome of the heated rheto-ric around the so-called“war on the car” saysYvonne Bambrick, execu-tive director of the TorontoCyclists Union.

“This campaign is achance for cyclists tothank the drivers who do... treat them with respect,”she added.


“This campaign is achance for cycliststo thank the driverswho do ... treatthem with respect”Yvonne Bambrick

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MPP seeking inquiry into eHealthSouthwestern Ontario MPP Toby Barrett is continuing to push for an inquiry into Ontario’s bungled eHealth program. Barrett says the Gomery inquiry into the federal

Liberals’ sponsorship scandal five years ago involved only a fraction of the money the McGuinty government has spent on eHealth. THE CANADIAN PRESS

REDUCING STARTS WITH REUSING.It’s simple enough, but worth remembering. When you leave the house, bring a refillable

container for water or coffee. Going shopping? Bring reusable bags, and look for items

with less packaging. Think more, about using less.

toronto.ca/garbage

IMMIGRATION The proposedchanges to Canada’s tempo-rary foreign workers pro-gram reinforce a “dispos-able” workforce and fur-ther penalizes workers al-ready vulnerable to abuse,advocacy groups warn.

The changes, announcedby Immigration Minister Ja-son Kenney late last week,represent another setbackfor the 260,000 temporaryforeign workers — many ofthem in clerical and manu-al jobs — because it limitstheir stay to four years and

bans them from returningto Canada for at least sixyears, critics say.

“They are punishing thevictims, not stopping theexploitation,” said SoniaSingh, a spokesperson forthe Toronto-based Coalitionfor Change.

Critics say Canada is be-ing sent backward in histo-ry to when labourers, likethe Chinese rail workers,were brought here tem-porarily and then restrictedwhen they were no longerneeded. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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York Woody goes to college

Actor Woody Harrelson was at York University’s fall

convocation Saturday to accept an honorary doctorate of law in

recognition of his efforts to promote sustainable living. The 48-

year-old Cheers star urged graduates to make the best of their

lives. “Play is everything. Work isn’t everything,” he said.

Rules punish foreign workers: Critics

Better serviceneeded, saysombudsmanToronto city hall needsto create a culture ofcustomer service for itsresidents, says the city’sfirst ombudsman, whoseoffice has now beenopen for six months.

“We have lot of chal-lenges around issues ofcustomer service,” FionaCrean told councillors ata meeting of the Etobi-coke York communitycouncil last week.

“I’m repeatedly findingvoice mails are full.Please call my assistant,I’m on holiday. You callthe assistant, and the as-sistant is on holiday,” shesaid.

“There is nothing morefrustrating than a citizencalling in and getting afull voice mail, or beingtold to call somewhereelse,” Crean said in a laterinterview, noting it hashappened to her both as aresident and as ombuds-man.

Appointed as part of a

new accountability struc-ture at city hall, Crean’sjob is to handle publiccomplaints related to citygovernment, including itsaffiliated agencies. How-ever, it is the place of lastresort — she will onlylook into a case after resi-dents have tried to re-solve a complaintthrough the regular chan-nels.

Crean is still mullingover what recommenda-tions she might make onhow to make the citymore customer-friendly,but intends to bring upthe issue during meetingsscheduled with seniormanagers in comingweeks. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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FASHION Buckle up stylewatchers: The latest edi-tion of Toronto’s LG Fash-ion Week offers a flash-back glimpse and fast-for-ward look-ahead at Canadi-an fashion with retrospec-tives and new designs rul-ing the runway.

The event will take aslightly different directionwith an opening night galatoday instead of designer-driven runway shows. Thegala will honour the cen-tennial of beauty brandL’Oreal and feature cos-

tumes from the StratfordShakespeare Festival.

Fashion Week has relo-cated to a venue that usedto house an auto dealer-ship, saying goodbye to itsformer high-visibilityhome under the makeshifttents at Nathan PhillipsSquare. “I think sometimesthe fashion industry has avery short attention span,including myself, so some-times you need to shake itup a bit and try somethingnew,” said designer DavidDixon. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Doer hands Manitoba premier’s office to SelingerGary Doer has handed over the Manitoba premier’s office to his successor, Greg Selinger. Doer smiled and shook hands

with Selinger yesterday as the two men sat across a large table inside the premier’s office. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Day eyes Buy American resolutionTrade Minister Stockwell Day, left, will be making yet another pitch to settle thecontentious Buy American dispute today when he meets with his U.S. counter-part during a rare summit of the NAFTA ministers. Day said he will bring up theissue during a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, but admitsthere is no resolution on the horizon. Despite reports last month that a deal wasimminent, Day described any progress as incremental. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Munster Halloween comes early

Six-month-old Airelle McDonald sits in a costume yesterday

while surrounded by pumpkins at Saunders Farm in Munster,

Ont., just west of Ottawa.

Tory on payroll of contract winnerSenator says he didn’t know about stimulus project awarded to Montreal firmA Montreal firm landed afederal stimulus contractwhile a top Tory organizerand senator was on thepayroll, The CanadianPress has learned.

Senator Leo Housakos’employer, BPR Inc., waspart of a consortium thatwon a $1.4-million engi-neering contract to studythe future of Montreal’s ag-ing Champlain Bridge.

Public Works MinisterChristian Paradis an-

nounced $212 million infunding for the bridge —and a competition for theengineering contract — onMay 20, the same dayHousakos was stage manag-ing a major Conservativefundraiser in Montreal.

The Canadian Press ob-tained a copy of the guestlist for one of the specialVIP receptions that washeld just before the mainfundraising event.

The 48-person list includ-

ed four executives from BPRand the winning consor-tium, BCDE.

BPR president Pierre

Lavallee is registered as hav-ing donated $250 to theConservative party eightdays after the event.

Housakos said in an inter-view he was never an em-ployee of BPR proper, butrather of its wholly ownedsubsidiary TerrEau. Headded he couldn’t have ad-vised the Senate ethics offi-cer that BPR was bidding onthe Champlain Bridge con-tract because he didn’tknow about it.

But his declaration to theethics commissioner onFeb. 4, 2009, states that he isa “member of the board ofdirectors of BPR,” and presi-dent and member of theboard of TerrEau.

He sent another declara-tion to the Senate ethics of-fice last week, saying hehad resigned from both po-sitions effective Oct. 1, 2009— 10 days after BPR hadwon the contract.

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Freed journalist’s fate still uncertainIRAN Iranian-Canadian jour-nalist Maziar Bahari was athis mother’s home inTehran yesterday after be-ing released on bail fromprison, but his family saidit’s unclear whether theNewsweek reporter will bepermitted to return hometo his pregnant and ailingwife, scheduled to deliver injust over a week.

Agah Bahari, Maziar’s 26-year-old nephew, said in aphone interview from Van-couver that his family iscautiously optimistic abouthis uncle’s return.

Maziar Bahari, 42, wasfreed from Tehran’s EvinPrison after posting a bail ofabout $300,000 on Saturday.

A dual Iranian-Canadian

citizen, he was arrestedJune 21 as part of the gov-ernment’s attempts to si-lence protests over the dis-puted election of PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Agah Bahari said hespoke with his mother inTehran on Saturday and shetold him that Bahari wasthere at his mother’s homein Tehran and appeared to

be doing well.“He’s fine,” Bahari said.

“But after 140 days in jail inTehran, you’re not going tobe totally fine.”

Bahari said his uncle wasfilling out paper work relat-ed to his release. He was re-luctant to discuss furtherconditions of his uncle’s re-lease because his fate is stillunclear. THE CANADIAN PRESS

U.S. to foot Canadians’ bills for space travelDEAL Canadian astronautswill continue getting freerides to the InternationalSpace Station even after theU.S. suspends its shuttleprogram next year, thanksto some earlier barteringwith the Americans.

Three remaining Ameri-can space shuttles are dueto be retired, and the U.S. isnot expected to have areplacement ready until2014 at the earliest.

In the interim, NASA andother space agencies willhave to count on a RussianSoyuz spacecraft to shiptheir astronauts up anddown, with the U.S. pickingup the tab.

There are reports thatRussia’s space agency willbegin charging $51 millionUS per flight starting in2012.

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News in briefRELOCATION The mother ofeight-year-old Victoria Staffordis outraged the man accused inher death has been moved toanother jail. Woodstock radiostation CIHR cites sources whosay Michael Rafferty, 28, com-plained about the maildelivery, phone access andtaunting by jail guards and in-mates at the MiddlesexLondon Detention Centre.

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Background• Maziar Bahari is amongmore than 100 prisoners puton mass trial in August, ac-cused of being part of an op-position plot to foment a “vel-vet revolution” to topple Iran’s

clerical leaders on orders fromits foreign enemies. Many de-fendants delivered courtroomconfessions admitting to theirroles, which the Iranian oppo-sition says were coerced.

Tonight at 8:30Following Battle of the Blades Results Show at 8

If you can’t beat’em, convert’em.Tonight, it’s a battle for souls as a Reverend

and an Imam compete to keep the faith.

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Homeowners sue over B.C. highrise crashA group of homeowners is suing the estate of an elderly pilot after theywere forced from their homes when his plane hit their highrise building. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The clamour of anti-warprotest will once againsurround the Montreal ho-tel where John Lennonand Yoko Ono held a bed-in that helped define thepeace movement of a gen-eration.

But this time Ono won’tbe at the Queen ElizabethHotel, where 40 years agoshe and Lennon recordedthe anti-war anthem GivePeace A Chance.

Instead, George W. Bushwill be holding court thisweek inside the downtownbuilding.

The former U.S. presi-dent will reminisce Thurs-day about his time in theWhite House and discusschallenges the world willface in the future.

He was invited by theBoard of Trade of Metropol-itan Montreal, which hasbeen selling tickets to theevent for between $200and $400 each.

Bush, who left office inJanuary, led his country in-to two wars and saw hispopularity rocked by criti-cism of a bloody campaignin Iraq.

Anti-war demonstrators

plan to let him knowthey’re still upset.

“This is to protest, moreor less, everything thatGeorge Bush stood for andstill stands for — meaninggetting the U.S. and manyother countries into twowars,” said activist Ray-mond Legault.

Protests have followed

Bush during previous visitsto Canada this year.

When Bush visitedToronto with former U.S.president Bill Clinton inMay, hundreds of demon-strators swarmed outsidethe venue.

It was a different storywhen Clinton appearedalone in Montreal lastweek. He drew an adoringcrowd of 700 people thatcame to watch him receivean honourary doctorate atMcGill University.

Bush is also scheduled tospeak in Edmonton tomor-row and SaskatoonWednesday.

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Former U.S. president George W. Bush speaks last week during

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News in briefSHIPS Defence Minister PeterMacKay is being cautiousabout drawing any conclusionsabout a ship that authoritiesseized off the West Coast thatwas carrying dozens of would-

be immigrants from Sri Lanka.In an interview yesterday,MacKay declined to character-ize it as a smuggling operation. COURT An inquiry thatresumes today into the death

of a mentally ill man Taseredby Halifax police will turn tothe question of why he didn’treceive any psychiatric testing,a lawyer for the man’s familysaid. THE CANADIAN PRESS

If the shoe fits...• Protesters hurled insults— and shoes — at postersof George W. Bush whenthe former president cameto speak in Calgary andToronto earlier this year.

Activists set to rally at Montreal talk

canada10metro metronews.ca Monday, October 19, 2009

Quebec provincial party gets new leaderGilles Taillon has become the leader of l’Action democratique du Quebec, a third-place provincial party that

recently came within a whisker of power but now faces an uncertain future. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Report cardlooming forhealth agencyThe eHealth scandal in On-tario that recently rockedthe provincial governmentmay have been a dress re-hearsal for its larger coun-terpart at the federallevel.

The troubled CanadaHealth Infoway Inc., whichlike its provincial cousin istrying to convert medicalrecords into electronicform, gets a long-awaitedreport card next monthfrom the auditor general ofCanada.

So far the prognosis ispoor for the secretiveagency, which has alreadyswallowed $1.6 billion offederal money and waspromised $500 millionmore this year by HealthCanada.

Created in 2001 as an in-dependent non-profitagency, Infoway has beenlargely exempt from ac-countability restraints gov-erning most other federaldepartments, includingfreedom-of-information

and oversight by federalwatchdogs.

Like eHealth Ontario,the arm’s-length federalagency has made heavyuse of outside consultants— but unlike all federal de-partments it is not re-quired to proactivelydisclose contracts,whether sole-source orotherwise.

Infoway’s results so farhave raised doubts abouthow effectively it has man-aged taxpayers’ moneyover the last eight years.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Deadline• Canada Health InfowayInc. was supposed to en-sure 50 per cent of theCanadian population hadelectronic medical recordsby March 31, 2010. Butearlier this year, Infowayacknowledged it hadreached only 17 per cent.

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Federal Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff gestures Saturday as he accepts The Flip-Flop Award dur-

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Gay man notvictim of hatecrime, insteadfacing charges,police sayVIOLENCE A gay man beatenwith a brick in ThunderBay was not the victim of ahate crime and is now oneof five peo-ple facingcharges in asequence ofaltercationsthat includ-ed theattack, po-lice said Fri-day.

John(Jake) Ray-nard, 30,landed atthe centreof acommunitydebate overhate crimesandviolence after he was beat-en in the face with a brickin an attack that friendssaid included slurs againsthis sexual orientation.

On Friday, policecharged Raynard with as-sault and assault with aweapon.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Charges• Chargeshave alsobeen laidagainsttwo 16-year-olds,while war-rants havebeenissued forthe arrestof a 16-year-oldand an 18-year-old.

News in briefINQUIRY The retired judgeheading an inquiry intooffshore helicopter safetywanted to know all he couldabout the Cougar chopper thatditched into the Atlantic lastMarch, killing 17 of 18 peopleaboard, so he underwent simu-lated crash training to qualifyfor flight to the Hibernia oilplatform east of St. John’s.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Legal fees costly in Taser inquiryDEFENCE The federal gov-ernment spent more thanhalf a million dollars de-fending the RCMP and theactions of the four officerswho stunned RobertDziekanski with a Taser atVancouver’s airport.

The Justice Departmenthad billed the RCMP morethan $373,000 in legal feesto represent the force at

the inquiry as of July 31,according to documentsobtained under federal ac-cess to information laws.

Lawyers for the officershad together cost theRCMP about $200,000 bythe end of August, accord-ing to the documents.

The inquiry began in Jan-uary and finished lastweek. THE CANADIAN PRESS


Aid workers freed in SudanTwo foreign aid workers seized at gunpoint more than three months ago in Sudan’s Darfur region

were released Saturday by their captors, a Sudanese government official said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Woman arrested in kidnapping scamEgyptian police say they have arrested a woman who had claimed she was kidnapped

together with her cousin in hopes of bilking relatives out of the $55,000 US inransom. Police in the southern city of Luxor told reporters yesterday the 20-year-old woman had come up with the kidnapping scheme with her father to

extract the money from the wealthy parents of her four-year-old cousin. They wantedthe money to help out her father and pay for her wedding plans. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The story that a Coloradoboy had floated away in agiant helium balloon wasa hoax concocted to land areality TV show,authorities said yesterday,and the boy’s parents willlikely face felony charges.

The stunt two weeks inthe planning was a market-ing ploy by Richard andMayumi Heene, who met inacting school in Hollywoodand have appeared on theABC reality show WifeSwap, Larimer County Sher-iff Jim Alderden said. TheHeenes have reportedlybeen working on a realityTV deal in Los Angeles.

Investigators are examin-ing the possibility of otherconspirators, “including thepossibility that even some ofthe media outlets may havehad some knowledge aboutthis,” Alderden said.

Documents show that amedia outlet has agreed topay money to the Heeneswith regards to the balloonincident, Alderden said. He

didn’t name the media out-let, but said it was a showthat blurs “the line betweenentertainment and news.” Itwasn’t clear whether thedeal was signed before or af-ter the hoax, or whetherthat media was a possibleconspirator.

The stunt temporarilyshut down Denver Interna-tional Airport and causedthe National Guard toscramble two helicopters inan attempt to rescue theboy, who was believed to beinside the flying-saucershaped homemade balloonthat hurtled more than 80kilometres across two coun-ties. The parents weren’t un-der arrest, the sheriff said.

He said he expected to rec-ommend charges of con-spiracy, contributing to thedelinquency of a minor,making a false report toauthorities and attemptingto influence a public ser-vant. Federal charges werealso possible.

During an interview on

CNN Thursday night,Alderden said investigatorshad an “aha” momentwhen Falcon turned to hisdad and said what soundedlike “you had said we didthis for a show” whenasked why he didn’t comeout of his hiding place.


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News in briefMEXICO Hurricane Rick ragedacross open seas yesterday, butforecasters said it could veer in-to resorts at the tip of the BajaCalifornia Peninsula bymidweek. PUERTO RICO Gunmen openedfire in a bar and killed at least

seven people, Puerto Rican po-lice said yesterday. A nine-year-old girl and a pregnant womanwho lost her eight-month-oldfetus after being shot wereamong the seriously wounded,said police.


IRAN A suicide bomberkilled five senior command-ers of the powerful IranianRevolutionary Guard and atleast 37 others yesterdaynear the Pakistani border inthe heartland of a potential-ly escalating Sunni insur-gency. The attack — whichalso left dozens wounded —was the most high-profilestrike against security forcesin an outlaw region ofarmed tribal groups, drugsmugglers and Sunni rebelsknown as Jundallah, or Sol-diers of God.

President Mahmoud Ah-madinejad promised sharpretaliation. But a sweepingoffensive by authorities isunlikely. Iranian officials

have been reluctant to openfull-scale military opera-tions in the southeasternborder zone, fearing it couldbecome a hotspot for sectar-ian violence with the poten-tial to draw in al-Qaida andSunni militants from nearbyPakistan and Afghanistan.


Violence flares nearIran-Pakistan border

Blame game • Iranian state TV accusedBritain of supportingJundallah, without provid-ing any evidence. The Revo-lutionary Guard blamed theattack on what it called the“global arrogance,” a refer-ence to the United States.

Police say ‘balloon boy’ drama was hoax for unnamed TV show

world13metrometronews.caMonday, October 19, 2009

Ruling party sweeps Botswana electionBotswana’s governing party, which has been in power for more than four decades, once again swept parliamentary elections that regionalobservers deemed free and fair, the country’s independent electoral commission announced yesterday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Advisers pushpublic optionU.S. President Barack Oba-ma is not demanding thathealth-care legislation in-clude a government-runinsurance option eventhough he believes itwould best meethis reform goals,White House advis-ers said yesterday.

The White Houseand lawmakers aretrying to blend fiveHouse and Senatecommittee versionsof health-care legis-lation into a billthat will pass bothhouses, where nearunanimous Repub-lican opposition was ex-pected.

House Democrats are in-sisting there be a publicoption in competition withthe private insurance in-dustry to drive down thecost of coverage. In theSenate, Republicans andsome Democrats opposethe measure, meaning in-clusion of the public op-tion would foreclose win-

ning the 60 votes neededto advance a bill.

Senior adviser ValerieJarrett said Obama believesthe public plan is still the“best possible choice,” but

she said the presi-dent is not de-manding it.

David Axelrod,Obama’s top advis-er, said Senate op-position in bothparties means “wehave to workthrough these is-sues.”

White Housechief of staff RahmEmanuel, who is

deeply involved with con-gressional Democrats intrying to merge the variouscommittee proposals, alsoappeared to set aside thepublic option.

“It’s not the definingpiece of health care. It’swhether we achieve bothcost control, coverage, aswell as the choice,”Emanuel said.


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POLITICS Afghanistan’s elec-toral crisis was prolongedyesterday as the results ofan inquiry into vote-rig-ging allegations were yetagain withheld from thepublic.

High-level meetings con-tinued to be held in Kabulbetween international rep-resentatives and the twomen vying for the coun-try’s presidency. The meet-ings are aimed at reachinga consensus on whether asecond round of ballotingwas required.

Afghan officials havehinted that the audit of theAug. 20 presidential elec-tion results could dropPresident Hamid Karzai’sshare of the vote below the50 per cent mark neededto avoid a run-off.

The Karzai camp, howev-er, has hinted that it wouldreject such a dramatic re-calibration of the 54.6 percent he scored in the pre-liminary results. Karzai’smain challenger, formerforeign minister AbdullahAbdullah, is pushing forthe results to be releasedsoon and say they are like-ly to be announced today.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Afghan vote inquiryresults withheld

Speculation• There is further specula-tion that the internationalcommunity may be pushingfor Abdullah and Karzai toform a unity government inorder to restore some legiti-macy to the country’s gov-erning institutions.

News in briefPAKISTAN Pakistani troops andthe Taliban fought fierce bat-tles yesterday in a militantsanctuary near the Afghan bor-der, with both sides claimingearly victories in an army cam-paign that could shape the fu-ture of the country’s battleagainst extremism.

EGYPT A Christian man waskilled in southern Egypt by at-tackers who accused his son ofhaving an affair with a Muslimgirl, police said yesterday. Theofficials said that Farouk HenryAttallah, 61, was shot to deathin his village of Attaleen.


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Typhoon Lupit, roaringover the Pacific Ocean withsustained winds of 175km/h and gusts of 210km/h, will likely spare thecapital, Manila, but couldslam into other parts ofthe north in about threedays, chief weather fore-caster Prisco Nilo said.

Lupit — a Filipino wordfor cruel — is the 18th trop-ical storm to threaten thecountry this year. About 20typhoons or storms lashthe Philippines annually.

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gered the worst flooding inManila in more than 40years. It was followed byTyphoon Parma on Oct. 3,which lingered for a week,drenching northern moun-tain provinces and causinglandslides that buriedmany homes. Local mili-tary and UN helicopterswere on standby for emer-gency airlifts, officials said.


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H1N1, or swine flu, is goingto get a lot of coverage thisseason. Perhaps the extraattention will inspire us toboost our personal habitsof preventing all flu andcold viruses.

We will continue to hearthe suggestions fromhealth authorities: Get inthe routine of washing

your hands — properly.Avoid coughing or sneez-ing onto the hands — useyour sleeve. Keep hand san-itizer with you.

Many people have heed-ed these tips already. Butwhat about changingdeeply unconscious habits,such as touching your face?That’s not quite so easy tostop.

Then there is obviouslygood advice such as, “Don’tgo to work when sick.” Ex-cept that not everyone hasan employer that allowsthem to stay home withoutfear of repercussions.

It’s going to be up to rid-ers to ensure the commut-

ing environment is ashealthy as possible. GTAtransit agencies may do ad-ditional cleaning to reducethe spread of germs, aswell as co-ordinate withhealth authorities in re-sponding to the swine flu,but don’t expect hand geldispensers on every vehi-cle.

Spokesperson Kevin Car-rington says the TTC is put-ting more attention oncleaning “high-traffic ar-eas” such as handrails andstanchions (those poles weuse to steady ourselvesaboard vehicles). “Extra ef-fort will be given to keep-ing those surfaces clean,”

he says.GO Transit’s Vanessa

Thomas states GO “alwaysmaintains a high standardof cleanliness and we haveall the relevant cleaningpractices in place to ensurethe safety of our passen-gers and our staff.”

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sengers: Managing directorGary McNeil has offered toanswer rider questions inthis space. If you havequeries, email me at [email protected].

Comment

Recently, a localnewspaper head-line read, “WillH1N1 shots comein time?” The an-

swer? “Not for this girl,they won’t.”

I have the flu. I don’tknow if it’s swine flu.

Which, of course, we’re notsupposed to call “swine”anymore because it’s insen-sitive to farm animals ... ormen who behave badly ... Ican’t remember which.What I do know for sure isthat when you have it youdon’t really care what it’scalled.

Traditional wisdom saysthere’s nothing I can donow except rest and “pushliquids.” My friend Rob is agreat believer in this. Hetakes a shot of whiskey atthe first sign of a flu. Alsothe second, third, fourthand fifth. Another friend,

Laurie, says her family rem-edy of choice was rumlaced with lemon and hon-ey. Did it cure you? “Sure,”she said. “Or if it didn’t,you didn’t really care.”

Those who claim restand liquids are all a sickperson can do to feel betterare missing one other im-portant option. You can al-so whine, complain, andgenerally arrange to bewaited on hand and foot.Being struck by flu is yourexcuse to become “Divafor a day.”

There is an art to effec-tive demanding. You need

to hit that fine line be-tween what will get you aresponse of, “I’ll do that foryou right away, my poorsick honey,” or “I’m leavingyou here to die alone.”

I will illustrate:Me: (making pathetic

groaning noises as if everycell in my body is infestedby some horrible disease.Which, as it happens, is thecase.)

My partner, Liz: Can I getyou anything?

Me: No, no. Just ... (falter-

ing a little) ... rememberme as I was.

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orange juice.Liz: Juice. No problem.Me: Fresh-squeezed is

nice.Liz: I’ll get oranges.Me: In my favourite ...

you know...Liz: Xena, Warrior

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Liz: You’re on your own,

Sunshine.Now many of you may be

asking, “Does demandingattention really make youfeel better?” The answer, ofcourse, is, “Darn right itdoes.”

This flu will run itscourse soon. In the mean-time, I’m going to have tobe satisfied with that ol’“rest and liquids” and, if Imanage it, someone tofetch me my bunny slip-pers.

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18 Toromont makes bid for Enerflex Toromont Industries Ltd. made a cash-and-stock bid Friday for Enerflex Systems Income Fund, a supplier to the oil and gas

industry, that valued the income trust at about $597 million. Toromont offered $13.50 per unit. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Economic grinch Barbie maker’s profit dips

Barbie merchandise is displayed at Toys “R” Us in Cranberry Township, Pa. Mattel Inc.’s third-quar-

ter profit declined three per cent because a tough economy is still dampening demand for toys.

Cheap phones seduce Canadians?Consumers who wantsmartphones like Black -Berrys and iPhones will betied to longer contractsand the subsidies thatcome with them to bringdown the cost until pricingand shopping habitschange, analysts say.

Prepaid phones domi-nate globally, but in NorthAmerica and especially

Canada, it usually appliesto only basic cellphones.

“Canadians are not usedto cellphones costing a lotof money,” said PC maga-zine analyst Sascha Segan.“Smartphones withoutsub sidies are expensive de-vices.” A BlackBerry, with-out a subsidy, can cost upto $700.

Segan said in some coun-

tries, 85 per cent of peoplehave prepaid phones. RIMhas been offering prepaidphones in countries likePhilippines, Indonesia andIndia and in the Caribbean.

IDC Canada analystKevin Restivo said as RIMtries to make the BlackBer-ry more popular amongconsumers, it and wirelesscarriers will have to

change the pricing.Segan said consumers

have to stop being “se-duced” by the lower up-front price tag that comeswith a long-term contract.

It will be more difficultfor wireless carriers tochange the pricing of theiPhone because therearen’t a lot of models, hesaid. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Royal Bank plans to buy back up to 20 million of its shares

Investorslooking atearnings,dollar, oil

BANKING Royal Bank ofCan ada said it plans to re-purchase up to 20 millionof its common shares un-der a normal course issuerbid. The bank said the planwould cover 1.4 per cent ofits outstanding commonshares as at Oct. 14.

“The proposed share re-purchase will enable thebank to balance the imper-atives of maintainingstrong capital ratios withthe ongoing need to gener-ate shareholder value,” thebank said in a statement.

Royal Bank has repur-chased no shares under itscurrent normal course is-

suer bid, which expiresOct. 31. By buying back itsshares, the bank reducesits equity base, spreadingprofits over fewer shares.That increases its returnon equity and earnings pershare, two key ratios usedto determine a company’sfinancial health and invest-ment rating.

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MARKETS The Toronto stockmarket continues to dem -onstrate resilience as a keyweek of U.S. earningsencouraged investors thatan economic recovery is inthe works.

The S&P/TSX compositeindex finished last week up0.6 per cent, but investorshad sent the market up a

solid 4.36per centthepreviousweek in an-ticipationthat U.S.companieswouldreportstron ger

earnings and revenue.Disappointing earnings

from Bank of America andGeneral Electric remindedinvestors that businessesand consumers are stillstruggling to pay off debts.But Goldman Sachs Group,Google and computer chipmaker Advanced Micro De-vices reassured investors,who await more key Am er-ican reports this week.

Investors will also bewatching the U.S. dollar.Persistent weakness in thegreenback pushed crudeoil prices up to its high ofthe year. But these higheroil prices are getting to alevel that makeseconomists worry abouthow high crude coulddepress a recovery.

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“Canadians are not used to cellphonescosting a lot of money.”Sascha Segan, PC magazine analyst

Earnings• The Canadi-an earningsseason doesn’tgo into highgear until theend of themonth.

New jets add value: AnalystBOMBARDIER Growing con-fidence in Bombardier’snew CSeries aircraft hasprompted an aerospace an-alyst to become the first toincorporate its potentialvalue in his target price forthe company’s stock.

Benoit Poirier of Des-jardins Securities esti-mates the new 110- to 149-

seat plane that is set to en-ter service in 2013 will beworth $1.20 per share forthe company, raising itsmarket capitalization bymore than $2 billion ayear. As a consequence, hehas raised his target pricefor Bombardier shares to$7 from $6.

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Business in briefBIG BONUSES A British minis-ter says the government mayintervene to prevent bailed-out banks from paying largebonuses to employees. Cityminister Paul Myners saidbanks that received taxpayer-funded bailouts cannot justify

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Halliburton profits tumbleHalliburton’s third-quarter results gave the first concrete evidence that the oil industry may have bottomed out as profits plunged but drilling activityin the critical region of North America grew. Halliburton shares closed at $30.40 US Friday after hitting a 52-week high of $31.27. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Raj Rajaratnam, billionaire founder of the Galleon Group, a ma-

jor hedge fund, is led in handcuffs Friday from FBI headquarters

in New York. He was charged with insider trading in the stock of

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Experts caution impulsive buyersNow that the loonie isnearing parity, PhilipMcKernan is cautioningCanadians against makingimpulsive deci sions solelybecause of the strength ofthe dollar, particularly inreal estate.

“When the dollar hit parin (2007) there was a sud-den rush south of the bor-der for people buying real

estate, and to make a deci-sion on a differential of 10or 15 per cent on a curren-cy is absolutely and utterlyinsane,” said McKernan,who co-authored a book on

the topic called South of49: The Canadian Guide toBuying Residential Real Es-tate in the United States.

McKernan said a highloonie can certainly be an

added bonus if you’re plan-ning to buy property in theU.S. anyway, but it shouldn’tbe the prime motivation.

People who bought prop-erty when the loonie roseabove parity in 2007 areprobably kicking them-selves now, as the U.S.housing market has takena severe beating from thesub-prime mortgage crisis.

“The steal they thoughtthey had bought, has nowprobably dropped belowany savings they evermade in currency,” he said.

However, many disagreewith McKernan, saying thehousing crisis in the U.S.combined with the strongloonie has created a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

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Hedge fund boss charged in $25M insider trading case

Ottawa askstop court’sopinion onnationalregulator

STOCKS One of America’swealthiest men wasamong six hedge fundmanagers and corporateexecutives arrested Fridayin a hedge fund insidertrading case that authori-ties say generated morethan $25 million US in ille-gal profits and was a wake-up call for Wall Street.

Raj Rajaratnam, a portfo-lio manager for GalleonGroup, a hedge fund withup to $7 billion in assetsunder management, wasaccused of conspiring withothers to use insider infor-mation to trade securities

in publicly traded compa-nies, including Google Inc.

Bail was set at $100 mil-lion despite a request byprosecutors to deny bail.Rajaratnam, who has bothU.S. and Sri Lan kan citizen-ship, was also ordered tostay close to New York City.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bha -rara told a news confer-ence it was the largesthedge fund case ever pros-ecuted and marked thefirst use of court-autho-rized wiretaps to captureconversations by suspectsin an insider trading case.


Ottawa is asking theSupreme Court if the fed-eral government has theauthority to create a na-tional securities regulator.

Justice Minister RobNicholson said the govern-ment will seek an opinionfrom the court on the con-stitutionality of the pro-posed Canadian securitieslegislation that is expected

to be readyin spring.

“The gov-ernmentstrongly be-lieves thatParliamenthas theconstitu-tional au-thority toenact a

comprehensive federal se-curities act and is initiat-ing preparatory steps inthat direction,” he said.

The government says itis continuing to work withits provincial and territori-al partners to develop leg-islation that would allowvoluntary participation ina national regulator.

Federal Finance MinisterJim Flaherty created an ad-visory office, headed byDoug Hyndman, formerchairman and CEO of theB.C. Securities Commis-sion, earlier this year tohelp draft the legislation.

The provinces had ini-tially been mostly unitedin backing a so-called pass-port system, which wouldallow the provinces andterritories to continue toset policies for their securi-ties industries, but under acommon umbrella.

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Bargains for snowbirds?• Canadian Snowbird Association spokesman Michael MacKen-zie said he’s seen condos on the market in Florida for less thanhalf the price they would have sold for two years ago.

Provinces

• Currently inCanada, secu-rities regula-tion comes un-der the juris-diction of theprovinces andterritories.

Germany hasconfidence in Opel dealAUTOS The German gov -ern ment has rejected Eu-ropean concerns over itsrole in the sale of carmak-er Opel to a consortiumled by Canadian-basedMagna International, say-ing they were based onmisunderstandings thatcould be cleared up.

Germany’s economyminister Karl-Theodor zuGuttenberg said Saturdaythat he did not see anyreason to reopen negotia-tions over the decision forthe Magna consortium tobuy a majority stake inRuesselsheim, Germany-based Adam Opel GmbH,and expressed belief theEuropean Commissionconcerns could beaddressed.


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Did you know?Whether you are purchasing an existing busi-ness or starting one, the first few years are themost crucial, requiring planning, hard workand luck. The first steps towards success are tomake sure you have a solid business plan andthat your financing is in order. NEWS CANADA

Small businesses are morethan the thrivingbackbone of Canada’seconomy — they are a tes-tament to the resourceful-ness and talent of anincreasing number ofCanadians.

Defined by IndustryCanada as business entitieswith fewer than 100 em-ployees, small businessescomprise about 98 per centof all businesses in Canada,proof that entrepreneursand the self-employed area fundamental pillar of theCanadian economy.

Still, running a smallbusiness can be challeng-ing even in the best oftimes. Statistics Canada fig-ures show that every year,roughly 150,000 new smallbusinesses are started byCanadians and about130,000 close down. Lessthan three-quarters ofsmall businesses survivetheir first year on averageacross the country, and on-

ly about one-in-five surviveuntil their ninth year.Numbers are lowest in At-lantic Canada, with only61 per cent of small busi-nesses surviving their firstyear, and 15 per cent sur-viving to their ninth year.

Those numbers mayscare even the brave, butwith more than 2.35 mil-lion small businesses in op-eration throughout Cana-da, the overall state ofsmall business in Canadaappears healthy.

The face of small busi-nesses ownership in Cana-da is also changing.

While precise figures arehard to obtain, StatisticsCanada estimates 47 percent of small and medium-sized businesses had atleast some female owner-ship and about 38 per centof such businesses weremajority owned by women.

While women still obvi-ously lag behind men inbusinesses ownership,more women than menare starting their own busi-nesses, with the number ofself-employed women hav-

ing grown by 23 per centin the last 10 years com-pared to 20 per centgrowth for men.

“There’s an increasingtrend in terms of womenowning their own busi-nesses,” said Michel Berg-eron, vice-president of cor-porate relations for theBusiness DevelopmentBank of Canada. “They arethe fastest-growing seg-ment of entrepreneurs.”

Bergeron believes re-duced barriers to starting abusiness and the preva-lence of more female en-trepreneurs as role modelshave been big factors inthe rise of women leadersof small business.

Despite the recent reces-

sion, small businesses inCanada have weatheredthe storm well, accordingto Ted Mallett, vice-presi-dent of research at theCanadian Federation of In-dependent Business.

“Business bankruptciesdid not increase during therecession. Small firms as agroup came through rela-tively unscathed,” he said.

Most importantly, smallbusinesses did not shed as

many employees as largerfirms did, preferring in-stead to offer employeescreative solutions like half-days and part-time employ-ment in order to retainthem for the eventual eco-nomic recovery.

“Entrepreneurs werequite agile in adjusting tothe economic environment— they were resilient froman employment perspec-tive,” Bergeron said.

Across Canada, 59 percent of businesses are locat-ed in Ontario and Quebec,roughly 35 per cent are lo-cated in the Westernprovinces, around 6 percent are in Atlantic Canada,and only 0.3 per cent are inthe Northern territories.

Taking prideCelebrating the passion ofCanada’s entrepreneurs,Small Business Week 2009marks its 30th anniversary inCanada this week.

The event will featuremore than 200 events acrossthe country, including busi-ness development seminarsand the Young EntrepreneurAwards gala held in Ottawatomorrow.

Industry Canada definesroughly 98 per cent of busi-nesses in Canada as beingsmall businesses with fewerthan 100 employees.

This year’s theme, “Yourdream, your business, yourpassion,” is meant to cele-brate the ambition, persever-ance and vision of Canada’sentrepreneurs.

“Many entrepreneurs start-ed with a dream, they took arisk and launched a businesswith their passion. They arethe kind of ghosts in the ma-chine that make the economywork and we wanted to shinea spotlight on these maincontributors to the Canadianeconomy,” said Michel Berg-eron of the Business Develop-ment Bank of Canada.• To find events happeningnear you, visit bdc.ca andclick on the link for SmallBusiness Week 2009.

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Statistics Canada estimates 47 per cent of small and medium-sized businesses had at least some

female ownership, and about 38 per cent of such businesses were owned by women.

“There’s an increas-ing trend in termsof women owningtheir own business-es.” Michel Bergeron

economy

Starting your own businessis always challenging, butwith a good plan, you canset your entrepreneurialdreams on the path to suc-cess.

Patrick Latour, a vice-president and area manag-

er at the Business Develop-ment Bank of Canada, saysthe most important thingyou can do when starting abusiness is research.

“Understand what yourunique selling point is,” hesaid. “Who are you com-peting with, are you creat-ing something brand newor expanding on an al-ready existing idea and

how are you going to getpeople to buy from you?The best startups take thetime to plan.”

Advice and support iscrucial, so don’t try to go italone, says Ted Mallett,vice-president of researchat the Canadian Federationof Independent Business.Find people you trust whocan help you fill in the

gaps in your knowledgeand experience.

“People with the largestnetworks are more likelyto succeed in the longrun,” Mallett said.

A recession may seemlike a scary time to start abusiness, but if you aregood at preparation andplanning, it can be a bless-ing in disguise.

“Recessions tend to weedout businesses that areweaker and those that domake it to the startup stageduring a recession have abetter survival rate thanones that start during anormal economy,” he said.

Mallett says too manynew businesses focus onspending money beforethey’ve even begun mak-

ing it. There’s a good rea-son for the common clichéof the bedroom-board-room, he says.

“Don’t spend your mon-ey before you’ve built acustomer base. The vastmajority of startups hap-pen with a credit card bal-ance — huge startups withmillions of dollars arerare,” Mallett said.

Take the time to plan when starting up your own businessRAFAEL BRUSILOWfor Metro Canada

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SOCCER Blackburn cameback from an early goaldown to beat neighbourBurnley 3-2 yesterday andclimb well clear of the Pre-mier League’s relegationzone. Robbie Blake gave thevisitor a fifth-minute lead atEwood Park in the firstmeeting of the northwestEngland rivals in a top-flight league match for 43years.

But David Dunn equal-ized within four minutes,Franco Di Santo made it 2-1in the 21st and fullback Pas-cal Chimbonda added thethird just before halftime.Although Chris Eaglesscored a second for Burnleyin second-half injury time,Rovers held on for the threepoints.

Blackburn’s third victoryof the season gave the team

10 points from eight match-es. It lifted the team to justbelow halfway in the stand-ings, two points behindBurnley, which lost for thefifth time in nine games.

In yesterday’s othergame, Martin Petrov’sequalizer captured a 1-1draw for 10-man Manches-ter City at Wigan.

In Saturday’s games, Man-chester United regained topspot by beating neighbourBolton 2-1 while Chelseaslipped to second after los-ing 2-1 at Aston Villa.

The big talking point,however, was Sunderland’sgoal in a 1-0 victory overLiverpool. Darren Bent’sshot struck a beach ball,which had been thrown on-to the field by a Liverpoolfan and was deflected pastgoalkeeper Pepe Reina.

Although Liverpool didn’tcomplain, referee MikeJones’ decision to award thegoal was condemned yester-day by two former top flightrefs, who said he shouldhave disallowed it.


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Three dead at Detroit marathonA half-marathoner and two other runners died during the Detroit marathon yesterday, organizers said. Deathsat marathons are relatively rare. The last death at the Detroit event was in 1994. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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22 Klassen earns World Cup spotCindy Klassen returned to competitive speedskating yesterday and immediately made her mark by clinching a spot on Canada’s World Cup team. Klassen

finished fifth in the 1,500 metres at the Canadian Fall World Cup Selection Trials in a time of two minutes 0.69 seconds. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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It is like reading palms, tealeaves or, the way theMaple Leafs have beenplaying, entrails. Hints ofthe future can be found inthe oddest of places.

So as the Leafs spilledtheir guts in another loss,their seventh in a seasonthat is seven games old,general manager BrianBurke picked through thecarnage and found signs ofhope.

“I thought (Saturday’s 4-1loss to the Rangers) was our

best game to date. I thoughtour guys worked extremelyhard and I took a lot of posi-tive out of it,” Burke saidyesterday. “I don’t get paidto panic after seven games. Idon’t know when I do getpaid to panic but I know it’snot after seven games, espe-cially where I see signs oflife. I do think we’re comingout of it.”

An 0-6-1 start to the sea-son has matched the worstseven-game stumble out ofthe gate in franchise histo-

ry (equalling the 1990-91squad) but it doesn’t ap-pear a dramatic shakeup isin the works. Nor has thehorrible start undercutBurke’s goal of making the

playoffs this spring.Burke was to sit down

with coach Ron Wilson lastnight to see what could bedone to help the situationon the ice and though the

GM says he is “always” look-ing for a trade, nothingseems imminent.

So hope will come whenthe Leafs hit the road for afive-game journey at week’s

end with not two, not three,but four goaltenders ontheir chartered flight.

Right now the Leafs haveAHL callups Joey MacDon-ald and James Reimer astheir goalies. Both highlytouted rookie Jonas Gus-tavsson and incumbentNo.1 Vesa Toskala, who arerecovering from injuries,are expected back early inthe road swing, possibly fornext Monday’s game at Ana-heim.


Burke upbeat about winless Leafs‘I don’t get paid to panic after seven games,’ says GM after club matches 1990-91 start

Kessel still about a month away• Despite optimism generat-ed by his play at practicethis week, sniper Phil Kesselremains about a monthaway from suiting up. If theright-winger’s rehab contin-

ues on schedule, Leafs GMBrian Burke said Kessel willbe cleared to play Nov. 3,the day of Toronto’s nexthome game against Caroli-na. But the GM called it

“highly unlikely” that hewill play that soon. He saida target is more likely ahome game Nov. 14 againstCalgary or a road tilt at Ot-tawa Nov. 17.

Button locks up F1 crownJenson Button, left, won his first Formula One title with a fifth-placefinish at the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday, taking advantage ofmishaps by the other title contenders in a race won by Red Bull’s MarkWebber. The fifth place was good enough to give Button aninsurmountable 17-point lead in the drivers’ standings ahead of theseason-ending race in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 1. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Mark Loretta warms up before Game 3 of the National League

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Sports in briefSOCCER Toronto FC kept itsplayoff hopes alive with a 1-0win over Real Salt Lake Satur-day. Toronto must win its finalgame on the scheduleSaturday in New York and hopefor other favourable results togain the first playoff berth inthe team’s three-year MajorLeague Soccer existence.STABBING A University of Con-necticut football player diedyesterday morning following astabbing after an on-campusdance, hours after the team’svictory over Louisville. Twenty-year-old Jasper Howard, astarting cornerback, and a sec-ond person were stabbed dur-ing a fight early yesterday, po-lice said.FOOTBALL After a steady climb,Alabama has reached the topof the AP poll. The CrimsonTide jumped Florida and land-ed at No. 1 in The AssociatedPress Top 25 yesterday.

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BASEBALL Torii Huntergrabbed his hat, tied hisspikes and headed out ofLos Angeles’ home club-house into the abundantsunshine and cool breezesof Angel Stadium.

“Now I can work on mytan again,” the Angels’ unof-ficial captain said with agrin yesterday.

His Angels are undeniablyin trouble after two nightsof horrible weather andmessier baseball in NewYork, where the Yankeestook a 2-0 lead over their er-ror-prone opponents in theAL championship series.

Yet the Angels say they’refar from finished going intoGame 3 today, insisting theycan warm back up with thefundamentally sound playthat got them here after adifficult season.

If the Angels don’t quick-

ly reclaim that Californiacool, the Yankees could beheaded to the World Seriesby tomorrow night.

On an afternoon expectedto feature near-perfect base-ball weather, New York’sAndy Pettitte will attemptto win his major league-record 16th post-seasongame against Jered Weaver,specifically chosen for thisstart because of the south-ern California native’sprowess at home.


HOCKEY Bob Sirois is wad-ing into an old and unre-solved debate dating fromthe 1955 Rocket RichardRiot — whether there’sbias against French-Cana-dian players in the NHL.

The former right-wingerargues in a new book, “LeQuebec mis en echec: ladiscrimination envers lesQuebecois dans le LNH”(Quebec bodychecked: dis-crimination against Que-becers in the NHL), thatprejudice is alive and wellin the league.

The publishers claim thebook, to be launched to-morrow, presents the mostsubstantive case ever re-leased on the difficultiesfaced by French-Canadianhockey players.

But the former Philadel-phia Flyers and the Wash-ington Capitals playerdoesn’t feed the controver-

sy with oft-used anecdotes— the sanctions againstthe Maurice (Rocket)Richard by then NHL presi-dent Clarence Campbell,Mario Lemieux refusing toplay for the Canadian jun-ior team and alleged anti-French slurs by ShaneDoan.

Sirois instead attemptsto demonstrate with statsand numbers that thehockey league’s managersdon’t hold French-Canadi-an players in as high es-teem as their anglophonepeers.

But the book doesn’t shyaway from debate either —

its cover shows a hockeyplaying frog facing down abullish competitor.

Sirois claims the onlyremedy for the alleged sys-tematic discriminationwould be to offer fran-cophone players greatervisibility through theirown leagues.

“Recognizing discrimi-nation and highlighting itssource are very importantsteps for us all, becausediscrimination is very pres-ent in the English-Canadi-an national hockeyleague,” he writes in thebook’s final paragraph.

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“Discrimination is very present in the English-Canadian national hockeyleague.”Bob Sirois, former NHLer

Burnley’s Clarke Carlisle, right, and Blackburn Rovers’ Franco Di

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Sports in briefSOCCER Tony Donatelli, JoeyGjertsen and Roberto Brownscored in the first half as theMontreal Impact defeated theVancouver Whitecaps 3-1 towin the United Soccer LeagueFirst Division championship be-fore a sellout crowd of 13,034at Saputo Stadium Saturday af-ternoon. The Impact won thetwo-game, total-goals series 6-3 on aggregate. CFL Anthony Calvillo threw twotouchdown passes before leav-ing the game with a tighteningin his calf and the MontrealAlouettes still held on for a 41-38 victory yesterday that dealta blow to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ playoff hopes. The Tiger-Cats lost their fourth straightand continue fighting the Win-nipeg Blue Bombers for secondin the East Division.CFL B.C. running back A.J. Har-ris’ first start of the seasonended with the game-winningtouchdown in the Lions’ 24-21come-from-behind win yester-day over the Blue Bombers.

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NBA The Toronto Raptorsstill have one pre-seasongame and 10 days leftbefore opening the regularseason Oct. 28 — timecoach Jay Triano says histeam plans to maximize tothe fullest.

The Celtics had 21 pointsfrom Kevin Garnett and 20from Ray Allen in a 101-82pre-season victory overToronto yesterday.

“Due to the injuries andthe late start of trainingcamp, we’re just over ahalf-game ready,” Trianosaid. “And you can see it.Physically we can’t do itand when the physical partof it goes the mental part ofit goes.”

The Celtics moved to 5-1in pre-season, while Toron-to dropped to 2-5.

The Raptors had 16points from Hedo Turkogluand 15 points from ChrisBosh. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Raptors not quiteready yet: Coach

Angels look to rally

Tom Brady threw sixtouchdown passes — fivein one quarter, an NFLmark — and the New Eng-land Patriots sent the hap-less Tennessee Titansplummeting to a new lowin their winless seasonwith a 59-0 win on asnowy day yesterday.

Brady had five TD passesin the second quarter, arecord for one period. Thesix touchdown throws tiedBrady’s own Patriotsrecord. And the 59-pointmargin matched the largestsince the NFL-AFL mergerin 1970, the Los AngelesRams’ 59-0 win over the At-lanta Falcons in 1976.

The Patriots (4-2) gained aclub-record 619 yards withBrady completing 29 of 34passes for 380 yards.

The Titans (0-6) tooktheir worst loss since theybegan play in 1960 as the

Houston Oilers, eclipsingthe 61-7 setback to Cincin-nati in 1989. They wontheir first 10 games lastseason.

Elsewhere in NFL actionyesterday it was: Vikings 33,Ravens 31; Saints 48, Giants27; Panthers 28, Buccaneers21; Texans 28, Bengals 17;Steelers 27, Browns 14;Packers 26, Lions 0; Chiefs14, Redskins 6; Jaguars 23,Rams 20 (OT); Raiders 13,Eagles 9; Cardinals 27, Sea-hawks 3; Bills 16, Jets 13(OT). THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Brady lights up TitansEdwards out• Buffalo Bills quarterbackTrent Edwards was knockedout of the team’s 16-13overtime win over the NewYork Jets with a concussionfollowing a sack.

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Under B, egg cartons. Un-der the G, margarine tubs.

Residents of a 330-unitapartment building nearLawrence Avenue East andKingston Road hear thatkind of call when they playSharon Henry’s bingogame: Numbers are re-placed by items that go intoBlue Boxes or Green Bins.

It’s part of Henry’s vol-unteer effort to increase re-cycling in her TorontoCommunity Housing high-rise, and it’s paying off: Ayear ago, the buildingfilled six dumpsters ofgarbage each week. It’sdown to four, now joinedby three bins of recyclableBlue Box materials — pa-pers, plastics, glass andmetals — and another oforganic wastes for com-

posting.The 65-year-old retired

bank employee aims toeliminate one moregarbage container within ayear.

At the outset, peoplewere confused, Henry says.“It was, ‘Oh, no! Anotherthing to think about.’”Now, thanks to the bingosas well as posters, meetingpresentations — evendoor-to-door collections —recycling comes more nat-urally. But she isn’t letting

up.“We need a full-tilt boo-

gie to get more spirit intoit ... You need to keep re-minding people,” of what’sinvolved and the benefits— fewer $80 fees for eachgarbage dumpster, a clean-er building and better envi-ronment.

Henry’s experience is in-structive, as Toronto pur-sues its own goal to divert70 per cent of all wastefrom landfill by the end ofnext year — without incin-eration.

It’s now at 45 per cent,which seems unimpressivewhen Edmonton and ahandful of American citiesalready claim 70.

Still, Toronto gets highmarks for an aggressiveand ambitious program

that must deal with thefact half its residents livein highrise buildings andtownhouses, where pro-moting recycling is espe-cially tough.

The city “has one of the

most comprehensive wastediversion programs inCanada,” says Heather Mar-shall, of the Toronto Envi-ronmental Alliance. “It’sprobably the top one.”

The program extends be-

yond the regular Blue Boxmaterials and Green Binkitchen scraps. This fall, it’sexpanding into curbsidepickup of household haz-ardous wastes and electron-ic gear. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Deadly wasteComputers and other electronic waste make up 70 per cent of the lead, cadmium, and mercury in landfills, according to KimMcKay and Jenny Bonnin's True Green @ Work: 100 Ways You Can Make the Environment Your Business. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Canadian kids set green example

The 10 kids who gatheredat the Toronto BotanicalGardens Oct. 5 have donemore in a few short yearsto reduce their communi-ty’s environmentalfootprint than manyadults have done in a life-time.

There was 10-year-oldAdrian, who, after watch-ing An Inconvenient Truth,took it upon himself tosurvey his neighbours inHamilton to find outwhether they knew how toproperly recycle.

He found an alarmingnumber of people didn’tknow what could andcouldn’t be recycled, so hetook a plan of action to thecity’s waste managementdepartment and convincedit to change its website soproper recycling practiceswere much clearer for thepublic to understand.

Then there was 13-year-old Ciara from Stratford,Ont., who enlisted a group

of her school peers to helpher collect, rinse and recy-cle milk cartons at school.“Roughly 1,000 milk car-tons went into the landfillevery two weeks,” she ex-plains.

In sixmonths,Ciaraand hercrew re-cycledsome13,000milk

cartons and launched theschool’s ongoing milk car-ton recycling program.

These youth, ranging inage from six to 13 yearsold, from communitiesacross Canada, were onhand to help launch an in-spiring new programcalled Sunlight GreenClean Kids that aims to re-ward other environmental-ly conscious Canadian

youth with grants of be-tween $250 and $1,500 to

help them put theirgreen ideas into action.

In total, Sunlight isgiving away $50,000 in

grants over the nextyear.

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dience during the launch of the new eco-awareness program.

Canadian environmentalorganizations, the eco-con-scious kids are part of apanel that will reviewgrant applications submit-ted by other kids andaward Green Grants tothose with the best ideas.

“Think about the impactthey alone have had onother kids, neighbours,

friends, their parents,schools and the communi-ty,” said Sarah Deller, aproject manager withEvergreen, a non-profitgroup that preserves andenhances urban greenspaces.

“Now imagine thegroundswell of positiveeco efforts that will hap-

pen when other kidsacross the country are en-couraged to take similareco-action.”

To apply, kids have tosend in an application andshare their green ideas in150 words or less. To learnmore about the program,visit www.SunlightGreen-CleanKids.ca.

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Don’t dump those old PCsMore than three-quarters of computers sold in the United States each year end up in adump. Recycle them through the non-profit iRecycle Computers. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

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Qatar jet flies with fuelbased on natural gasQatar Airways is claimingits place in history by oper-ating the world’s first com-mercial flight using fuelmade from natural gas,creating a potential newsource of aircraft fuel forthe future.

The jet fuel, made usinga “gas-to-liquids” processdeveloped by Royal DutchShell PLC, helpedpower an AirbusA340-600 from Lon-don Gatwick that land-ed in the Qatari capitalDoha last week.

“Qatar’s position asthe GTL capi-tal of the worldhas been further enhancedwith today’s achievement,”Abdulla bin Hamad al-At-tiyah, the country’s deputyprime minister of energyand industry, said in astatement.

“Commercial aviation isone of the exciting newmarkets that this opensup, helping us maximizethe value from our natural

resources.”Qatar boasts some of the

world’s largest reserves ofnatural gas, much ofwhich lie in an underwaterpocket it shares with near-by Iran.

The tiny Persian Gulfstate, an OPEC member,and its international oil in-dustry partners are invest-ing billions of dol-

lars to boost thecountry’s ability

to export lique-

fied natu-ral gas mostly aboardships.

The jet fuel projectopens a new potential mar-ket for Qatar’s gas.

Shell made the fuel us-ing a half-and-half mixtureof regular jet fuel and syn-thetic kerosene made byconverting natural gas intoliquid form. It has beenworking on GTL projects

for more than threedecades.

Qatar hopes to becomethe top producer of liquidkerosene made from natu-ral gas once commercialproduction begins in 2012.

The airline worked withAirbus, engine makerRolls-Royce, Shell andstate-owned Qatar Petrole-um to develop the aircraft

fuel blend.

It said the mix-ture could improve localair quality at airports bycutting down on someemissions.

Kenneth Yeasting, seniordirector at energy advisoryIHS CERA Senior Director,said he wouldn’t be sur-prised if the natural gas jetfuel burned more cleanlythan the regular oil-based

variety, but added the envi-ronmental benefit is “prob-ably not huge.”

Several airlines have ex-perimented with alterna-tive fuels.

South African has pow-ered its airline industry fora decade using a coal-basedjet fuel blend. Boeing hasworked with carriers in-cluding Air New Zealand

andVir-gin

At-lantic to

test biofuels madefrom different vegetableoils.But high production

costs mean Qatar’s new fu-el is unlikely to seriouslychallenge existing jet fuelany time soon.

“The capital costs arestill a concern ... It’s prettyexpensive to convert natu-ral gas even if you have alow cost feedstock” likeQatar has, Yeasting said.


simple ways to reduceyour laundry footprint

It takes a lot of en-ergy just to stay clean, es-pecially when it comes tolaundry. The averagehouse hold does almost 400loads of laundry each year,consuming about 90,000litres of water, accordingto Natural Resources Cana-da.

To help you make less ofan impact on the environ-ment — and on your wallet— take the ideas below in-to consideration next timeyou’re doing the laundry:

1. Wash with cold water.Not only will washing yourclothing with cold waterreduce energy costs, but itwill also help keep colours

brighter and fabrics likesilk and wool in bettershape.

2. Look for features thathelp save energy, like thenew Eco Normal dryer cy-cle available on select Duetdryers from WhirlpoolHome Appliances. Thisdryer cycle uses 40 percent less energy than a reg-ular dryer cycle when it’spaired with the Duet wash-er, compared to a conven-tional top-load laundrypair, average sized load.

3. Use a laundry machinethat is built to conserve.High-efficiency machinesuse less water, detergentand energy than conven-

tional machines. New Duetwashers save up to 74 percent water and 80 per centenergy, compared to con-ventional washers manu-factured before 2004.

4. Maximize your load.Washing and drying a fullload rather than a smallone makes better use ofthe water and energy usedto wash your clothing.Look for a machine with alarge capacity to make fulluse of each load of laundryyou do.

5. Empty the dryer linttrap. This will ensure thedryer is working at itsmaximum efficiency to dryclothes. NEWS CANADA

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• Driving within thespeed limit can save driv-ers approximately 200litres of fuel, 470 kgs ofgreenhouse gas emissionsand $163 per year.

• Simply changing tocompact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL) throughoutyour home can saveapproximately 460 kWh ofenergy, 101 kgs of green-house gas emissions and$25 per year.

• Wrapping older elec -tric hot water tanks in aninsulating blanket cansave up to nine per centon hot water costs as wellas 700 kWh of energy and154 kgs of green house gasemissions per year.

• Home heating andcooling accounts for asmuch as 30 per cent ofpersonal greenhouse gasemissions. For each degreeyou adjust yourthermostat, you can saveup to five per cent on yourutility bills. NEWS CANADA

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After simplifying for Earth’s sake,family tries to find middle ground

There are a variety of rea-sons why a family wouldwant to reduce its waterconsumption — save mon-ey, avoid taxes, lower ener-gy use, minimize the car-bon footprint — but some-times it’s hard to break oldhabits.

Here are a few helpfulsuggestions from Canadiangovernment agencies andAmerican Standard, whichis a presence in many ofthe nation’s bathroomsand kitchens.

Half of domestic waterconsumption takes placein the bathroom.

1Turn the tap off whileyou are cleaning your

teeth or shaving. That’swater running to waste. Aquick burst to clean yourbrush or your razor is wa-ter well-used.

2If a tap leaks, fix it.Just a small drip can

waste seven buckets of wa-ter a day.

3A low-flow showerhead reduces con-

sumption by 25 per cent ormore without spoilingyour shower experience.

4The biggest singleuser of water in the

home is the toilet. Switch-ing to a high-efficiencymodel (HET) will cut the to-tal flush by 40 or 50 percent. Many municipalitieswill cover part of the cost.

Most of the rest is used

in the kitchen.

5Again,turn the tap offwhen the water is

simply running to waste.When hand-washing dish-es use a partly-filled sink.When washing fruits andvegetables use a sink orbowl. A spray attachmentis an economical way ofrinsing.

6Save your dishwasherfor full loads. The

same applies to yourclothes washer. You’ll besaving energy as well aswater if you do.

7Drinking lots of wateris good for you. Let-

ting the tap run until thewater is cold is bad for

everyone. For drinking,keep a container of watercold in your fridge.

Meanwhile, if you have agarden:

8During warm weath-er, lawns and gardens

need the equivalent of fivemillimetres of rainfall —not more. Much less is re-quired when it’s cool.

9Over-watering in an-ticipation of a short-

age is a waste. The soilwon’t retain the extramoisture.

10Brooms sweepdriveways better

than hoses. Over the last decade use

of water-saving appliances

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Colin Beavan sat under thelight of a single bulb,freaking out. Along withhis wife and young daugh-ter, he had just spent ayear trying to reduce theirnet environmental impactto almost zero.

With a flip of a switch,they had cut their Manhat-tan apartment off from theelectrical grid. They hadstopped using anythingdisposable or buying any-thing new. In a city of sky-scrapers, they had givenup elevators. They wenteverywhere by bicycle,bought food directly fromlocal farmers, and evensworn off toilet paper.

It had been a year ofrules, a year in which near-ly every aspect of theirlives had been shaped bywhat they were not al-lowed to do.

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Beavan’s experimentwith the extreme hadplayed out in public; hehad blogged about it on hissite “No Impact Man.”

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With their years of ex-cess and their year of sim-

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While the amount ofgarbage they produced in-creased from just morethan a litre every four daysto 23 litres, this was a farcry from the 409 litres theyproduced before the exper-iment. Their refrigerator isback, the freezer is gone.

They started buyingolive oil and seasonings,even though they’re notmade nearby. They begansaying yes when friends in-vited them out to dinner.And they started using toi-let paper again — but nowit’s from recycled paper.

Neither of them wantedto bring back their 46-inchTV. But once a week or so,they’ll watch a drama on alaptop. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“When the year was over,Conlin and Beavan didn’twant to set any more rulesfor themselves. After all therestrictions, they wanted tofinally let it all go and seewhat felt right.”

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This book is a majorwake-up call. Given thecurrent opportunity wehave, Canada has been giv-en a second chance to takeon the world. Great book, amust read if you plan onlaunching a global empire.

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The jeans you put on in themorning are more than justsomething to keep yourlegs warm in the fall. Theyare the result and thecreation of a fashiondesigner’s artistic vision.

All over the world, fash-ion designers are workingto put together new clothesand styles to not only keepus clothed, but expressthemselves in the process.Whether they’re workingon their own fashion line oras a team member for a big-name retailer, these design-ers are pulling their ideastogether from worldly influ-ences to create the clothesmany people take for grant-ed.

“When you’re sitting onthe Metro and see someonewearing your jeans, it’spriceless,” says FrancoisBousquet, program directorof LaSalle College’s Interna-tional Fashion School inMontreal.

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Schulich’s MBA beats out big boys MIT, NYUSchulich School of Businessat York University “ispunching above its weight”on the world stage by rank-ing so well in comparisonwith MBA programs atbusiness schools such asHarvard and MIT, an editorat The Economist said lastweek.

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It came in 12th on theworld ranking, just behindJudge Business School Cam-bridge at the University ofCambridge.

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It has been said that cast-ing is everything, andthere’s no question thatthe critically acclaimeddrama An Education owesmuch of its success todirector Lone Scherfig’schoice of Carey Mulliganfor the lead role.

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Given that Mulligan isbeing discussed as an Os-car darkhorse, it’s clearthat she held up her end ofthe bargain: Her perform-ance is deeply felt even ifthe film’s plot machineryis a bit creaky.

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The star-studded event,held Saturday at the GreekTheatre, honours the bestin science-fiction, horror,fantasy and comic book-in-spired movies and TVshows.

Fans voted online forthe winners, so some ofthe year’s most popularprograms and big box-of-fice hits took hometrophies, including Trans-formers, Twilight, TrueBlood and Star Trek. Starsof those properties andother surprise guestsappeared throughout thethree and a half hour cere-mony. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Winners • HBO’s vampire dramaTrue Blood and Twilighteach collected four awardsat the Spike TV Scream 2009awards show.

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This may go on foreverTLC filed a lawsuit against Jon Gosselin Friday, accusing the Jon & Kate Plus 8 star of breach of contract by making paid TVappearances and unauthorized public disclosures about the TLC show, according to The Associated Press. TVGUIDE.COM

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MORE SIMPSONS? PeteWentz loves being a fa-ther so much that he’slooking forward tohaving a lot more chil-dren with AshleeSimpson. “Every-thing is awesomeabout being a dad,”he tells People mag-

azine. “Eventually we wantto be able to have a soccerteam.” Of course, that sortof work will take someplanning, he admits.“Ashlee is really focused

on Melrose Place rightnow and I’m figur-ing what I’m doingnext year.”

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INTERNET PHARMACY KellyOsbourne admits she usedto resort to some interest-ing tricks to score drugs —and she learned them fromdear old dad, OzzyOsbourne. “My dad got anose job so he could getdrugs,” Kelly tells MTV. “Ifound a plastic surgeonand had collagen in my lips

so he could give mepainkillers.” Sheadmits that afterthe procedureshe looked

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STRAINING ORDERS? Dina Lo-han has a message for herex-husband Michael aboutsome recent interviews,during which he’s claimedtheir daughter Lindsay isabusing prescription pills:Stop discussing Lindsay’sprivate life and focus onyourself, people.com re-ports.

Michael Lohan visitedMaury Povich’s day-time talk show in adesperate bid toreach out to trou-bled daughterLindsay Lohan.

“There’s nothingleft of her. I was outin L.A. with herabout three weeksago whenshe gotrobbed,”he saidduringthe tele-vised in-terview.“She

called me up at 3:30 a.m.and said, ‘Daddy, come outhere.’ I flew out and could-n’t even look at her. I had togo outside and cry. When Ihugged her, it’s just a hol-low, hollow person.”

Dina lashed back Satur-day, telling People: “Mich -ael Lohan needs to focus onbeing a parent, paying childsupport, of which he is sixmonths behind, and mak-ing up for all the years hewas an absentee dad.

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photo agency X17, “I’m go-ing to see the judge thisweek ... If I can’t get a con-servatorship, then I’m go-ing to take her to an undis-closed location and get herstraight. But I know I’mgonna get charged (with)kidnapping.”

But while Michael is plan-ning to meet with a judgeand seek conservatorship, asource tells People thatLindsay herself plans to

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EVERYBODY SAY ‘AWWW’ Al-leged couple Bradley Coop-er and Renée Zellweger re-united in Vancouver lastweek, where he’s beenbusy filming the movie ver-sion of The A-Team. Zell-weger was spotted out andabout with Cooper lookingvery cozy, sources tell Peo-ple magazine.

“Whenever they were

speaking, they had theirhands on each other’sknees underneath thetable, and they were hold-ing each other’s handsunderneath the table,” asources says.

“They were very cute.They really looked like acouple, and that theywere together.”

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GELES WHO DRIVES SOBER?

Stephanie Pratt was arrest-ed for suspicion of drivingunder the influence at 3:45a.m. Sunday in Hollywood,according to TMZ.com.

Pratt, 23, was still in cus-tody yesterday morning.

Her bail has been set at$5,000 US, usmagazine.com reports. Pratthas admitted to havingan addiction todrugs and alcohol.She recentlyopened up to UsWeekly about her

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Madonna’s NYC neighboursues over noise complaintsGIRL’S GOTTA DANCE Madon-na may not be that easy tolive next to. The womanwho owns the apartmentupstairs from Madonnain a building on NewYork’s Upper West Sidehas filed suit againstthe building’sboard of direc-tors, complain-ing that she hasbeen subject to ex-cessive “pounding

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ly News.“Madonna and one or

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train in Apartment 7-A to unreasonably

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Promoter sues Jackson estateLAWYERS GETTING RICH Aconcert promoter has hitMichael Jackson’s estatewith a $300 million USlawsuit demandingthat it share in anyprofits from theThis Is It docu-mentary hittingtheatres laterthis month, ac-cording toHollyscoop.

AllGood Entertainmentclaims that Jackson’s man-ager signed a contract bar-ring the singer from per-forming any other shows,and that the proposed ThisIs It tour was a violation of

that contract. AllGoodhad tried to convinceJackson to take part ina Jackson 5 reunionplanned for next year.

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Is Costner the next Hasselhoff?SECOND CAREERS Move overDavid Hasselhoff, Ger-many’s got a new singingstar, according to usmagazine.com.

Kevin Costner andhis band ModernWest have been tour-ing Europe, and thekick-off concertwas Mondaynight inthe small

Bavarian town of Jüchen —to a sold-out audience of700.

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SudokuSteak Fajitas INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup (50 ml) orangejuice1/4 cup (50 ml) white vine-gar4 garlic cloves, minced1 tsp (5 l) seasoned salt1 tsp (5 l) dried oregano1 tsp (5 l) ground cumin1/4 tsp (1 ml) cayenne pep-per1 lb (500 g) bonelesssirloin steak, cut into 1/4-in. (0.6 cm) strips1 medium onion, thinlysliced1 medium green pepper,thinly sliced1 medium sweet red pep-per, thinly sliced2 tbsp (25 ml) canola oil,divided4 to 6 flour tortillas,warmedShredded cheddar cheese,picante sauce and sourcream, optional METHOD:

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TAURUSAPRIL 21-MAY 21The planets indicate that if youkeep your aims within reason-able bounds now success is allbut guaranteed.

GEMINIMAY 22-JUNE 21Planetary activity in your fel-low Air sign of Libra does won-ders for your confidence, butother aspects warn that some-one is jealous of your success.

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