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When Joannie Rochettestepped on the ice, yester-day’s hockey game didn’tseem all that important.

The 24-year-old from Ile-Dupas, Que., dabbed tearsfrom her eyes, acknowl-edged her broken-heartedfather in the stands andwent ahead with practice,just hours after the death ofher mother, Therese, at aVancouver hospital.

Rochette’s mother had amassive heart attack afterarriving Saturday in Van-couver, said Rochette’sagent David Baden. She col-lapsed and was taken toVancouver General Hospitalwhere she died overnight.She was 55.

Rochette, a six-time Cana-dian champion, still plansto compete in tomorrow’sshort program, Skate Cana-da officials said.

The tragedy overshad-owed what had been billedas the marquee event of the

day, the men’s hockeymatchup between Canadaand the United States. Therewas no joy for Canadianfans at Canada HockeyPlace either: Despite a fran-tic Canadian effort tosquare the game in the lasttwo minutes, the U.S. won5-3.

There was, however, onesilver lining yesterday as Ot-tawa’s long-track speed-skater Kristina Groves tooksecond place in thewomen’s 1,500 metres toclaim her second medal ofthe Vancouver campaign.

But neither a medalnor yesterday’s prelimi-nary-round hockeygame, seemed of anyconsequence next to thedeath of Rochette’s moth-er — the second instance oftragedy touching the Van-couver Olympics since theybegan Feb. 12.

That was the day 21-year-old Georgian luger NodarKumaritashvili was killedwhen he crashed during atraining run. Since then,the Games have been besetby trouble. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Reward may berenewed in ’07Garon killingsINVESTIGATION Two-and-half years after a triplemurder in a Hurdman-arealuxury highrise, theOttawa Police ServicesBoard may renew a $50,000reward offer forinformation that couldlead to an arrest.

Retired Chief Justice ofthe Tax Court of Canada Al-ban Garon, his wife,Raymonde, and their neigh-bour Marie-Claire Beniskoswere found murdered inthe Garons’ apartment at1002-1510 Riverside Dr., onJune 30, 2007.

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FESTIVAL After three success-ful weekends, Winterlude isover for another year. Andorganizers couldn’t be hap-pier with the way the 32ndannual event went.

Although this year wasn’t

a survey year for the event,the National Capital Com-mission is estimating thatthe festival had more than600,000 unique visitors gen-erating more than one mil-lion visits.

“We had great levels of at-tendance at all the sites,”said Guy Laflamme, vice-president, capital experi-

ence, marketing and com-munications at the NCC.“All of the new activities weprovided were extremelywell-received by the public.”

These included Olympic-themed events to coincidewith the Winter Games inVancouver. Olympic effortsat Winterlude included aflash mob, TV monitors in-

stalled inside skate shacksalong the Rideau CanalSkateway and snowboard-ing and freestyle demon-strations by past Olympiansin Jacques-Cartier Park.

Yesterday, the NCC, alongwith area speedskatingclubs, allowed the public totry out the sport on anOlympic-sized oval at Dow’s

Lake and cheered on Ot-tawa’s Kristina Groves asshe prepared for her 1,500-metre race.

“The Olympics have had afavourable impact on Win-terlude,” said Laflamme. “Itgets people into the spiritand into a more activemode.”

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Ottawa’s Kristina Groves smiles after winning a silver medal in the women’s 1,500-metre long-trackspeedskating race yesterday at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. It was Groves’ secondmedal of the Games. She won a bronze last Sunday in the 3,000-metre race. More, pages 8, 9

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CRASH A woman was takento hospital with serious in-juries after the vehicle shewas driving lost controland flipped onto theRideau Canal Skatewayyesterday morning.

Emergency crews werecalled to the scene ataround 8:40 a.m. to find ablack SUV that hadsmashed through the bar-rier along Colonel By Drivearound 50 metres east ofthe Bank Street Bridge.

The driver was trappedin the vehicle and wastreated for injuries byparamedics while firefight-ers worked to extricateher. A passenger around 12years old was assessed by

paramedics at the scene,but did not appear to havesuffered any injuries.

National Capital Com-mission Jean Wolff said the

incident was a police mat-ter, and it did not requireany serious suspension ofskateway operations.

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After days of mild temper-atures, blustery weatherdropped a layer of snowon Ottawa yesterdaymorning, making the Win-terman races live up totheir name.

But Ottawa-area resi-dents — and winter run-ners in general — are a

tough bunch, and were un-fazed by the cold.

“It was great weather forit,” enthused Carp residentCarol Malcolm, who ranthe 5K. “I had a blast.”

In its second year, Cana-da’s only winter marathon— and a Boston Qualifierto boot — is already a hugesuccess, said race directorLawrence Conway, with Ot-tawa-based Search and Res-cue Global 1.

This year’s eventbrought in over 1,000 peo-ple for the marathon, half-marathon, 10K, 5K, 3K and

relay events, despite land-ing on the same weekendas the Gatineau Loppet.

The race is the primaryfundraiser for Search andRescue Global 1, which hasabout 100 members serv-ing eastern Ontario andwestern Quebec.

The completely self-funded team providessearch and rescue servicesto local police authorities.

“Our members have ad-

vanced outdoor skills and(police) can send us intothe woods to look for amissing person,” he said.

There have only beentwo occasions when thegroup, which was foundedin 1996, has not foundtheir subject.

And while the group,which deploys up to adozen times a year, seeslots of happy conclusions,there are sad cases as well.

“The hardest cases arewhen the person goesmissing and you never findanything,” Conway said.

DEATH Nearly two-thirds ofthe costs related to thelarge public funeral for aslain Ottawa police officerwere covered by significantdiscounts or in-kind dona-tions.

According to an OttawaPolice Services Board re-port, the Lansdowne Parkfuneral tribute to Const.Ireneusz (Eric) Czapnik isestimated to have cost

nearly $274,000. However,around $175,000 of thatcost was covered by localorganizations and vendors.

Czapnik, 51, was mur-dered on Dec. 29 after aperson approached him ashe sat in a squad car infront of the emergency de-partment of the OttawaHospital Civic campus.

“The tragic and senselessdeath of Const. IreneuszCzapnik had a profound ef-fect on his family, his Ot-tawa Police Service family,and on the entire city of Ot-

tawa,” Chief Vern Whitewrote in the report. “Hisdeath brought out the verybest in our communitythrough condolences, of-fers of assistance and acommon sense of purposeto contribute in some fash-ion to a funeral tribute thatwould honour his memoryand his family.”

The Jan. 7 funeral was at-tended by more than 8,000people, including 5,000 lawenforcement personnelrepresenting 87 agenciesfrom across the continent.

DEVELOPMENT The city hasreleased the names of fivefirms invited to competeto create the design ofLansdowne Park’s openspace.

Michael Van Valken-burgh Associates of Cam-bridge, Mass.; PhillipsFarevaag Smallenberg ofVancouver; The SWAGroup of Sausalito, Calif.;West 8 Urban Design &

Landscape Architecture ofToronto and Williams, As-selin, Ackaoui & Associ-ates Inc. of Montreal wereselected from 21 submis-sions.

The firms will begingathering information andideas for the new openspace. On Wednesday andThursday, the firms willmeet with the city, the Na-tional Capital Commission

and the Parks CanadaAgency in a design sympo-sium.

Following the sympo-sium, the firms will devel-op their proposed park de-signs, to be unveiled to thecity in May.

A seven-member jurywill then consider the sub-mitted designs and publicfeedback.

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Robin McKeever was one of more than 2,500 skiers who com-peted in the Gatineau Loppet yesterday. The three-day eventbrought people from over 22 countries to Gatineau, home ofone of North America’s largest cross-country ski centres.

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No leads in missing scientist caseThere are still no leads in the case of an eastern Ontario scientist who disappeared without a trace last month, leaving his colleagues mystified. Lachlan Cranswick hasn’tbeen seen since Jan. 18, when he left work at the National Research Council’s Canadian Neutron Beam Centre in Chalk River. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Brazil defends naval rescueThe Brazilian navy yester-day defended its responseto a shipwreck that leftdozens of teenagestudents from around theworld — including 42Canadians — adrift on theocean for two nights.

The navy deployed asearch aircraft about 19hours after it received adistress signal from the SVConcordia on Wednesday,which officials say is inline withstandardprocedure.

All 48studentsand 16crew mem-bers weresafely res-cued Fri-day, nearly40 hours af-ter the sail-ing ship cap-sized in theAtlantic several hundredmiles (kilometres) off theBrazilian coast.

The students, who weretaking part in the Canadi-an-based Class Afloat pro-gram, were expected to be-

gin flying home later yes-terday as soon as theiremergency documents andplane tickets werearranged.

Nigel McCarthy, presi-dent and CEO of West Is-land College Internationalof Lunenburg, N.S., whichoperates Class Afloat, ex-

pressed concern that thestudents were left adrifton life rafts for so long be-fore being rescued.

“We’re certainly tryingto gain a better under-standing of why does itseem like such a longtime,” McCarthy said.

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Unidentified students react as they arrive at Mocangue naval base in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday. Afterclinging to rafts in high seas for up to 16 hours, more than five dozen students and crew rescuedfrom the Canadian ship Concordia that sank in the Atlantic began arriving in Rio de Janeiro.

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POLITICS Seven Canadianpremiers wrapped up athree-day visit to the U.S.capital yesterday, some ofthem heralding a new erain Canada-U.S. relationsfollowing their moment inthe spotlight at an influen-tial conference of Ameri-can governors.

The premiers of Ontario,Quebec, Manitoba,Saskatchewan, Nova Sco-tia, New Brunswick andPrince Edward Island werewarmly welcomed by U.S.power brokers throughouttheir time in D.C., includ-ing by three top-level fig-ures in U.S. PresidentBarack Obama’s adminis-

tration. But the highlightof their trip was their par-ticipation in the wintermeeting of the NationalGovernors Association,with about 20 U.S. gover-nors, mostly from borderstates, joining them for around table entitled Com-mon Border, CommonGround.

The good will was insuch abundance that Penn-sylvania’s Edward Rendellwas easily nudged to war-ble a chorus of O Canadaafter he was overheardboasting to his Michigancolleague, JenniferGranholm, that he knewthe words.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Premiers wrap upfriendly D.C. summit

News in briefMP PENSIONS Almost all theremaining MPs from the oldReform Party — includingPrime Minister Stephen Harper— stand to collect over$100,000 a year in pensionbenefits once they retire. COURTS The trial of a mancharged with shooting an

RCMP officer who was on soloduty in a remote Arcticcommunity is scheduled to be-gin today. The death of Const.Douglas Scott has alreadyhelped changed policing in theNorth, says Chief Supt. SteveMcVarnock, head of the RCMPin Nunavut. THE CANADIAN PRESS

As the dust settles from LucienBouchard’s PQ tongue-lashing, it’sclear Quebec politics has changed.

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RDS comments draw fireA Quebec gay rights group plans to file a complaint today with the CanadianBroadcast Standards Council over comments made at the Olympics by twoannouncers on French-language sports channel RDS. “This may not be politicallycorrect,” veteran sportscaster Claude Mailhot said of U.S. figure skater JohnnyWeir, left. “But do you think he lost points due to his costume and his bodylanguage?’’ THE CANADIAN PRESS

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FINANCIAL LITERACY Cana-da’s Task Force on Finan-cial Literacy is launchinga series of cross-countryconversations with Cana-dians about savings, debt,and their overall financial know-how as itdrafts a national strategyto create more financiallyeducated citizens.

The task force will re-lease its Leveraging Excel-lence consultation docu-ment today as a startingpoint to discuss issues in-cluding managing debt,saving and investing, re-tirement planning andpreventing fraud.

Finance Minister JimFlaherty set up the groupin June, citing his belief

that improving Canadi-ans’ knowledge of finan-cial matters would con-tribute to a more stableeconomy.

Socio-economic changehas meant Canadians willbecome increasingly re-sponsible for their finan-cial futures, while the fi-nancial marketplace is be-coming more complex,Stewart wrote.

Laurie Campbell, execu-tive director at CreditCanada and a member ofthe task force, said shehopes the consultationprocess will resonate withCanadians and the strate-gy developed will encour-age everyone to becomemore engaged in their fi-

nances.She said she works with

people on a daily basiswho don’t understand in-terest rates, or their creditcard statements, and wholack money managementskills. “People just don’tknow the basics. This isvery concerning, becausewith that basic informa-tion they can get out of se-rious financial difficultiesand make sure (a creditcrisis) doesn’t happenagain.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

Task force to hit the road

CHOCOLATE Under new own-ers, the Laura Secord chainsays it will introduce prod-ucts such as anti-oxidant-rich chocolates with cran-berries and blueberries andnut-free 100-gram bars in abid to boost the business.

The 128-store retailer for-mally announced on Fridayit has agreed to be boughtby Nutriart Inc., a Quebec-based chocolate manufac-turer. The iconic Canadianretailer, named for a hero-ine of the War of 1812, saidbeing owned by a candymanufacturer will help itcut costs and boost sales.

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Nutriart’s Jean Leclerc holds anold box of Laura Secord choco-lates. The company will nowbe back in Canadian hands.

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Retail sales finishedthe year up 6.7 per centover last year, includinga 0.4 per cent gain in themonth of December, Statistics Canada saidFriday.

“It was one of thoseokay, not great, years. But if we had beentalking about it at the be-ginning of the year, wewould have thought itwas going to be a lotworse,” said MaureenAtkinson, a seniorpartner with J.C.Williams Group, a retailconsulting firm in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Retail growthslow last year

“People just don’tknow the basics.”Laurie Campbell,Credit Canada

Baby born on plane to be baptized on board as wellA baby girl born on a military-run airliner in Bolivia will be baptized on the plane as well — with the chief of the air force presiding as

godfather. Tami Fabiola was born on Feb. 14 on a Transportes Aereos Militares plane at an altitude of 24,000 feet. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Childhood Obama statue movedA statue of Barack Obama as a 10-year-old boy was placed yesterday at the Jakarta elementary school the U.S. president once attended, after its display in a public park prompted backlash in the Indonesian capital. Many Indonesians are proud of Obama’s connections to Indonesia, but detractors of the statue’s park display argued an Indonesia hero should be honoured instead. A Facebook campaign attracted more than 50,000 supporters of the statue’s removal, and court action was initiated to force it. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rescue workers inMadeira dug throughheaps of mud, bouldersand debris yesterday,searching for victimsburied by floods andmudslides that havekilled at least 42 peopleon the popularPortuguese island.

Residents looking formissing loved ones weredirected by local authori-ties to the resort’s interna-tional airport, where amakeshift morgue hasbeen set up.

Social servicesspokesman FranciscoJardim Ramos said not allthe bodies had been identi-fied. The centre is equippedwith psychiatric, psycho-logical and social coun-selling services, he said.

More than 120 other peo-ple were injured and an un-known number were miss-ing, possibly swept away orsmothered, authoritiessaid, adding the death tollcould still rise.

Of 248 people who wereforced to flee their homesfor temporary shelters, 85have been allowed to re-turn home, Ramos said.

Late yesterday, a spokes-woman for the British For-eign office confirmed that

a British national had died,but declined to give furtherdetails. The spokeswomanspoke on condition ofanonymity in line with de-partment policy.

The Foreign Office alsosaid a small number ofBritons had been hospital-ized on Madeira.

The island is popularwith British tourists, whofor centuries have regardedwines made in Madeira as aluxury product.

The worst storm to hitMadeira since 1993 lashedthe south of the AtlanticOcean island, including thecapital, Funchal, Saturday,turning some streets intotorrents of mud, water androlling debris.

The flash floods were sopowerful they carved pathsdown mountains andripped through the city,churning under somebridges and tearing othersdown.

Residents caught in thetorrent clung to railings toavoid being swept away.Cars were tossed about bythe force of the water; thebattered shells of over-turned vehicles littered thestreets.

“It was horrible, therewere cars on rooftops,there were vans and trucksthat had fallen and been to-tally crushed,” said Ger-man tourist Andreas Hoiss-er. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dozens killed in mudslides,floods on Portuguese island

Cars and mud block a street in Madeira, Portugal, yesterday.

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Outnumbered andoutgunned, Taliban fight-ers are mounting atougher fight than expect-ed in the town of Marjah,Afghan officials saidyesterday, as U.S.-led forcesconverged on a pocket ofmilitants in a western sec-tion of the town.

With fighter jets, dronesand attack helicoptersroaring overhead, Marineand Afghan companies ad-vanced on a 5.2-sq. kilome-tre area where more than40 insurgents werebelieved holed up.

“They are squeezed,”said Lt. Col. BrianChristmas, commander of3rd Battalion, 6th MarineRegiment. “It looks likethey want to stay and fightbut they can always droptheir weapons and slipaway. That’s the nature ofthis war.’’ Instead, the in-surgents rigged Marjahwith bombs and boobytraps to slow the allied at-tack, which began Feb. 13.Teams of Taliban gunmenstayed in the town, deliver-ing sometimes intense vol-leys of gunfire on Marineand Afghan units sloggingthrough the rutted streetsand poppy fields.

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OutgunnedTaliban stillfighting

British Embassy lends a hand to Israeliswho found themselves linkedto reported Dubai “hit squad.”

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News in briefFLORIDA Three teenage girlswere joking around on a nar-row bridge in a Florida townwhen they were hit by a train,killing them as a friendwatched helplessly, police anda witness said yesterday. Thegirls and the fourth, a boy, hadbeen hanging out around 6:30p.m. Saturday, Lt. Curtis Bargersaid. The boy yelled for thegirls to run when he saw thetrain approach, then told themto jump, Barger said. The girlsdid not have enough time.


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We got a littlegood news lastweek, as OCTranspo report-

ed that the 7.8 per cent ofriders who stayed awayfrom transit after the strikehave finally returned. Evenbetter, we logged a record8.4 million trips in Decem-ber.

Now that we’re back towhere we started, perhapswe can start thinking aboutactually increasing rider-ship.

Our moment of civic tri-umph was somewhat

spoiled when Montreal’sAgence métropolitaine detransport released a surveyshowing an impressive 15per cent growth in the useof transit in that city be-tween 2003 and 2008.

Montreal also saw 15,000fewer car trips, a one percent drop, the first sincethese surveys began in 1970.

Meanwhile, our transitcommittee last week busieditself dodging an unedifying

squabble between wheel-chair and stroller users overpriority seating on the bus-es.

Our ridership figures,while they aren’t at all bad,have a long way to go. Thecity hopes to entice 30 percent of commuters to taketransit, while noting thatour current rate of 20.1 percent is third best in thecountry, beaten only byToronto and Montreal, both

of which are served by sub-ways.

That last qualification, tosome, might comprise an ar-gument in favour of joiningthe municipal big leaguesand pressing ahead with ourdowntown transit tunnel.

Is the solution to in-creased ridership as simpleas build it and they willcome? Maybe.

It seems the most effec-tive way to boost ridership

is to make it an attractivechoice to those who have achoice. The captive audi-ence, those who ride transitout of necessity, will put upwith a lot, but if they feelthe transit experience is sec-ond rate, they will get a caras soon as they can, ditchthe bus pass and never lookback.

For the last 10 days I’vespent many hours loungingon the couch, chowingdown on chips and pop,watching the sports cover-age and I’ve started to won-der, “What is it that makesthese Olympic athletes dif-ferent than me?”

I cannot think of a singlereason I should not have be-come a contender for a

medal in these Games. I canthink of about a hundred.Starting with — I’m notprepared to go outside inwinter or wear spandexpants in public.

The reason these athleteshave achieved what the restof us haven’t is not becausethey have superior talentand ability to the rest of us.They do, of course, butthat’s not the reason. Themain reason is they believethey can do it.

I have come to believethat what keeps most of usfrom realizing our dreamsis a pesky thing called “sani-ty.” Sanity is what stopsmost of us from deciding,“Gosh it might be fun to

strap on skis or throw our-selves onto a flimsy metalframe and go hurtlingdown icy vertical drops at200,000 km/h.” Because ofthis, most of us see sanity asa good thing.

I’m not suggesting for amoment that high-perfor-mance athletes aren’t sane.With the exception of mostsnowboarders, of course.But I wonder if, for many ofus, “sanity” is just anotherword for “believing we can’tactually get what we want.”Our brains, which reallyshould limit themselves tofinding cures for cancer andremembering where thechannel changer got put,see a new idea and say, “Oh

dear. This might not workout. I will not do this.” Andso our response is not to try.

Maybe what makes anOlympic athlete differentfrom the rest of us is thatthey listen to the desire oftheir heart before the warn-ing in their head. So know-ing this, am I likely to begunning for a medal anytime soon? Probably not.But when I do take on thedreams and challenges thatlife presents, hopefully I’llbe just like our amazingathletes. Entirely coura-geous and a little bit insane.

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Steve Collins lives, writes and walks inOttawa; [email protected]

Sending an SOS to theworld is what British pop-star and environmentalistSting has been doing late-ly.

This time not with thesong Message in a Bottlebut with a video, part ofthe Rainforest SOS, a cam-paign currently underwayby the Prince’s RainforestsProject (PRP).

The main goal is to drawattention and support topreserve world’s rainforests.

To get global awareness,Sting and other celebritiesjoined the efforts of Princeof Wales’ project.

“Climate change and therapidly increasing destruc-tion of the Earth’s ecosys-tems, which we dependupon for vital materialsand services are, to mymind, the greatest chal-lenges facing the world.”said Prince Charles.

“If unchecked, they willdwarf any of our current fi-nancial difficulties, result-ing in billions of environ-mental refugees, uncertainproduction of food andlack of water, the increas-ing spread of disease and,of course, growing socialinstability. ”

Sting’s support of thecampaign coincides withthe 30th anniversary of the

release of The Police’s hitMessage in a Bottle, fromtheir first album Regattade Blanc.

“Thirty years ago, Iwrote Message in a Bottle.Today, I’m supporting ThePrince’s Rainforests Proj-ect to send an SOS to theworld. Sending your SOS iseasy, and can help createthe climate for change.”

Sorting out a solution,the PRP has developed aproposal for emergencyfunding to help protectrainforests and to use in-centives to encourage rain-forest nations to continueto develop without theneed for planned defor-estation.

The PRP was establishedin October 2007 by The

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Sting sending out SOS Pop star joins Prince Charles’ campaign to save rainforests

Prince of Wales to developconsensus on to how therate of rainforest destruc-tion might be slowed.

Rainforests regulate rain-fall, preserve biodiversityand, most important, storevast amounts of carbon.

Prince Charles is working to determine how the rate of rainforest destruction can be slowed.

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With increased climate change disasters, the number of environ-mental refugees is expected to climb.

Remaking his cityinto an eco-capital

Metro metParis’ mayorBertrand De-lanoë to talkabout hisambitionsfor a green-er future inthe Frenchcapital.

And make no mistake,they are more than justambitions.

Speaking on theenvironment, howdo you take stock

of the situation eightyears after you becamemayor of Paris ?

Since 2001, wetried to work onevery possible level

to improve Paris environ-mental performance. Forinstance, since 2006, socialhousing and public build-ings that are being built inthe capital have the HighEnvironmental Quality la-bel.

We also tried to diversifytransportation systems toput an end to the automo-tive hegemony. Therefore,we developed streetcars,protected busways, Velib’(a bike rental system) andfluvial buses. And we hadsome results: car traffichas been reduced by 20 per

cent between 2002 and2007, which led to a nineper cent reduction of ourcarbon emissions and a 32pre cent reduction of near-by pollution. It’s positive,but I want to go further.

You want Paris tobecome an ecocap-ital. What do you

mean by that?By 2020, we wantto reach a 25 percent reduction of

our gas emissions and 25per cent of renewable en-ergy in our global energyconsumption. We will in-stall 200,000 square metresof solar panels by 2014 toreach this goal. We will al-so develop geothermicsand urban windmills, andstart a major isolation planfor 55,000 apartments by2020.

What do youexpect from theworld powers

today?I want clear com-mitments from richcountries by 2020

and 2050, with restrictivesrules and a precise sched-ule. But we also need amassive support to Africa,with technologies trans-fers and a financial aid.

The plan proposed byFrance is already 7 billioneuros below the currentEuropean Union proposi-tions.

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NBAYESTERDAY’S RESULTS

Denver 114 Boston 105Detroit 109 San Antonio 101 (OT)Golden State 108 Atlanta 104

Memphis 104 New Jersey 94New Orleans 102 Houston 94Oklahoma City 109 Minnesota 107Orlando 101 Cleveland 95Phoenix 104 Sacramento 88Utah at Portland

TODAY’S GAMESChicago at WashingtonMilwaukee at New YorkIndiana at Dallas Atlanta at UtahCharlotte at L.A. Clippers

SCOREBOARD

Sports in briefSOCCER Roman Pavlyuchenkoscored two late goals as Totten-ham moved into fourth place inthe Premier League with a 3-0victory at Wigan yesterday,while Manchester City and Liv-erpool laboured to a scorelessdraw. Aston Villa scored four

goals in 13 minutes to comefrom behind and beat Burnley5-2, and is still in contention forthe fourth spot and a chance atnext season’s ChampionsLeague.TENNIS Roger Federerwithdrew from the Dubai

Championships because of alung infection yesterday.Organizers said the top-rankedSwiss star picked up the infec-tion last week and will miss theevent, which starts today, forthe second straight year.


BASEBALL Detroit Tigers gen-eral manager Dave Dom-browski said yesterday that“significant progress” is be-ing made in negotiationswith veteran outfielderJohnny Damon.

The Tigers and Damonhave reached a preliminaryagreement on an $8 millionUS, one-year contract.

A person familiar withthe negotiations says Da-mon has completed hisphysical with the Tigers,clearing the way for theteam to finalize the deal.

The 36-year-old Damonwould bring another left-handed bat to the Tigers’lineup besides switch-hitterCarlos Guillen. Guillen andDamon would likely alter-nate between left field anddesignated hitter, but man-ager Jim Leyland saysGuillen would be his every-day hitter out of the No. 5slot. Guillen batted .242.with 11 homers and 41 RBI

in 81 games last season.Damon has also been

courted by the ChicagoWhite Sox and AtlantaBraves since leaving theNew York Yankees as a freeagent. He batted .282 with24 homers for the Yankeeslast season and is expectedto lead off for the Tigers.


Johnny Damon, 36, is expected to lead off in Detroit’s lineup.

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PGA Tour commissionerTim Finchem took theblame yesterday for notalerting his players aboutwhy Tiger Woods chose tomake his first publicappearance during theMatch Play Championship.

Players had to field sev-eral questions aboutWoods upon finishingtheir matches in the open-ing round Wednesday,when it was announcedthat Woods was to speakpublicly Friday for the firsttime since the Nov. 27 caraccident that revealed ram-pant affairs.

Most troubling to someplayers — Ernie Els in par-ticular — was the percep-tion that Woods was get-ting back at Accenture, thetitle sponsor at Match Play

and the first company todrop Woods over the sexscandal.

Finchem, who allowedWoods to use the TPC Saw-grass clubhouse at PGA

Tour head-quarters forthe nation-ally tele-vised event,knew thatWoods wason a breakfrom thera-py and wasto return on

Saturday.“In hindsight, we

should have pushed thething along in a way toget the players briefed be-fore they went into theirWednesday matches,some so they’re not com-

ing out of a match andgetting hit with all theseTiger questions,” Finchemsaid. “We just screwed upon that. That’s just ascrew-up on my part.

“You can never commu-nicate too much in thisbusiness, and when youdon’t, you usually pay aprice. And that was a goodexample.”

Els was among the mostoutspoken when helearned of Woods’ plans tospeak.

“It’s selfish,” he toldGolfweek magazine.

“You can write that. Ifeel sorry for the sponsor.Mondays are a good day tomake statements, not Fri-day. This takes a lot awayfrom the golf tourna-ment.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tim Finchem

PGA boss takes blame

Win for JohnsonJimmie Johnson held off a charging Kevin Harvick in the closinglaps to win at California yesterday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The arrival of healthy Cards sluggershas put a spring in Tony La Russa’s

step at spring training. Scan this code for the story.

Playing in throwback jer-seys from the 1960Olympics, the U.S. men’shockey team rode the hotgoaltending of RyanMiller to defeat TeamCanada 5-3 yesterday — itsfirst Olympic victory overits northern rival sincewinning gold at theGames 50 years ago.

Brian Rafalski scored twogoals and Miller made 42saves as the Americanscame out on top of a wildlyentertaining hockey game.

The biggest question forthe Canadian team will bewho starts in goal tomor-row, when Canada faces amust-win playoff to ad-vance to the quarter-finals.Martin Brodeur looked a bitshaky against the U.S. andwas also the victim of a cou-ple bad bounces, perhapsopening the door for Rober-to Luongo to assume theNo. 1 job.

Canada didn’t find out itsopponent in tomorrow’splayoff game until after thepreliminary round endedwith the Sweden-Finlandmatchup late last night, butit does know that only vic-tories will be good enoughfrom here. Team Canadaneeds four straight wins toearn the gold medal an en-

tire country is yearning for.Chris Drury, Jamie Lan-

genbrunner and RyanKesler had the other goalsfor the U.S. while Eric Staal,Dany Heatley and SidneyCrosby replied for Canada.

Canada outshot the U.S.

45-22.The U.S. players mobbed

Kesler behind the goal afterhe secured the win, lungingto knock the puck into anempty Canadian goal with44.7 seconds left.

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Skeleton win a ratings hitCTV says 4.6 million viewers stayed up to watch Jon Montgomery’s thrilling gold-medal

skeleton performance Friday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS


Vancouver GamesNoon: Men’s curlingCanada vs. U.S. (CTV). 1 p.m.: Ski jumpingTeam gold medal (TSN). 3 p.m.: Women’s hockeySemifinals — U.S. vs.Sweden (TSN). 4 p.m.: Cross country skiingMen’s and women’steam sprint free final(CTV, OLN). 5 p.m.: Women’s curlingSweden vs. Canada(Sportsnet). 5:30 p.m.: Women’s curl-ingBritain vs. Denmark(TSN). 8 p.m.: Women’s hockeySemifinals — Canada vs.Finland (CTV); 8 p.m.: Figure skatingFree ice dance goldmedal (Sportsnet).10:45 p.m.: Men’s curlingGermany vs. Britain(TSN).

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TVHighlights

NATION TOTAL

U.S. 7 7 10 24

Germany 6 7 5 18

Norway 5 3 4 12

Canada 4 4 1 9

South Korea 4 4 1 9

Austria 2 3 3 8

Russia 2 3 3 8

France 2 2 4 8

Switzerland 5 0 2 7

Sweden 3 1 2 6

China 3 1 1 5

Netherlands 3 1 1 5

Poland 0 3 1 4

Italy 0 1 3 4

Slovakia 1 1 1 3

Czech Republic 1 0 2 3

Japan 0 1 2 3

Australia 1 1 0 2

Latvia 0 2 0 2

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Canadians hold their ownamong boisterous fansSUPPORT The crazy Germanguy with the noisemakerwhirling above his head onthe Whistler Village strollturns many heads.

So does the herd of phleg-matic Swiss fans, gongingand bonging a trail throughthe crowds wielding cow-bells the size of accordionsin honour of their men’sdownhill gold.

The Latvians are few butsteadfast, howling with na-tional pride and waving ma-roon flags like matadorstaunting bulls, whether atthe hockey rink or the lugerun.

And the egalitarianDutch, standing out in theirtrademark orange, pridethemselves as equal-oppor-tunity supporters, roaringfor all and sundry at thespeedskating oval in Rich-mond.

But for sheer, unadulter-ated exuberance, Canadianfans are working the homefield advantage at the 2010Winter Games and runningaway with the unofficial

Olympic title of brazenestboosters.

When Jon Montgomery,the flame-haired auctioneerfrom Russell, Man., won thegold medal in skeleton Fri-day night in Whistler, spon-taneous renditions of OCanada burst out repeated-ly along the village stroll.

Team Canada hockey jer-seys and Canadian flags areeverywhere.

“I love you, man. I loveyou,” bawled young Canadi-an fans when Montgomerywalked through the villagethrongs on the way to a TVinterview — and these werethe men. THE CANADIAN PRESS

CURLING Canada’s KevinMartin has clinched firstplace in the men’s curlinground robin with hisseventh win in a rowat the 2010 WinterOlympics.

Martin remains theonly undefeated skipin the tournament.

He controlled hisgame against MarkusEggler of Switzerlandfrom the start, scor-ing two points in thefirst and seventh ends enroute to a 6-4 victory.

Norway’s Thomas Ul-

srud lost 8-7 in an extraend to Sweden, givingMartin first place in the

round robin and aberth in the semi-final.

Norway’s recordfell to 5-2. Switzer-land, Sweden andBritain followwith 4-3 records.

David Murdoch,the defendingworld championfrom Britain,

dumped the United States4-2.

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Martin clinches first place in round robin

Kevin Martin

Dutch cheer• At the Richmond Oval, Ar-jan Degroot said Dutch fansjust love the sport.“They’re rowdy, they cheerfor every skater, Dutch orno Dutch, they cheer foreveryone,” said Degroot,42. “But for the Dutch,more.”

BLOWOUT It’s been some-thing of a rarity at the Van-couver Olympics, wherethe host country has beenlargely upstaged by themedal performance of itsgiant neighbour to thesouth, but Canada finallycame out on top against

the United States yester-day.

Curler Cheryl Bernardpicked up her fifth straightwin to start the WinterGames with a 9-2 thrash-ing of the Americans.Bernard made an opendraw for four in the third

end and never looked backin a match that was calledafter seven frames.

The blowout victory isthe first for Bernard at theVancouver Olympics thatdidn’t come courtesy of adramatic final stone.

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Canadian women thump U.S. in curling

Canada’s Mike Richards slides into U.S. goalie Ryan Miller duringlast night’s game between Canada and the U.S.

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Win or lose, Canadianathletes live by their own

golden rule. Read Scott Rus-sell at www.metronews.ca.

Tragedy has struck theVancouver Olympicsagain, this time deliveringa body blow to the Canadian team.

Skate Canada officialssaid yesterday that ThereseRochette, mother of figureskater Joannie Rochette,died overnight in Vancou-ver General Hospital. Shewas 55.

Rochette’s mother had amassive heart attack afterarriving in Vancouver onSaturday, said Rochette’sagent David Baden. She col-lapsed and was taken toVancouver General Hospitalwhere she died overnight.

The 24-year-old from Ile-Dupas, Que. — the reigningworld silver medallist and a

six-time Canadian champi-on — still planned to com-pete, officials said. Herevent starts tomorrow.

“We met with her thismorning and she intends tocompete at the Games,”Skate Canada CEO WilliamThompson told reportersyesterday morning.

“We will, of course, sup-port any further decisionsshe makes in the upcomingdays. She is very deter-mined and we believe she isfocused on competinghere.”

Rochette practised as

scheduled yesterday after-noon. She came on the icewiping her eyes.

“She may change hermind and that’s fine, too,”chef de mission NathalieLambert said. “I think sheowes it to herself to go onthat ice, to have no regretsand fulfil that dream thatshe had. It’s going to be real-ly hard physically and reallyhard emotionally for sure.

“She’s going to get thesupport of many, manyCanadians in the toughesttime of her life.”

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Tragedy strikes OlympianMother of figure skater Joannie Rochette dies

Canada’s figure skater Joannie Rochette skates during a practice yesterday. She learned earlierthat her mother had died.

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SPEEDSKATING Long-trackspeedskater KristinaGroves has her secondmedal of the VancouverOlympics, winning silverin the women’s 1,500 me-tres yesterday.

The 33-year-old from Ot-tawa finished in oneminute 57.14 seconds. Shewas on track for gold untilshe ran out of steam onthe final lap. DutchwomanIreen Wust won gold in1:56.89.

Czech Martina Sablikovatook the bronze in 1:57.96.

Groves also won abronze in the 3,000 metresearlier in the Games. She’sCanada’s first multi-medal-list in Vancouver. Whenshe received her medal onthe podium at the Rich-mond Oval, Groves’ eyesfilled with tears.

“I’m happy with the re-sult obviously, but to behonest with you I reallywanted to win, it was real-ly close,” she told CTV.

“I just kind of faded onthat last turn. I’m still real-ly happy ... I think it willfeel good eventually.”

Canadian teammateChristine Nesbitt wasamong the gold medalfavourites and seemedheaded to the podium be-fore fading down thestretch. She finished sixthin 1:58.33.

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Groves is multi-medallist

SKI CROSS There will be noOlympic medal for Canadi-an ski cross racer ChrisDel Bosco after the medalfavourite crashed on thesecond-last jump in yester-day’s final at the WinterOlympics.

The crash-and-bangsport is making its debutat the Vancouver Games.

Michael Schmid ofSwitzerland won the goldahead of Andreas Matt ofAustria and Norway’sAudun Groenvold, whotook advantage of DelBosco’s fall to grab thebronze.

Del Bosco — an Ameri-can who has dual citizen-ship through his father —started slowly but workedhis way into third beforelosing his balance andlanding heavily on hisside. He received medicaltreatment on the coursebut appeared to be OK.

“Chris was sitting in agreat position to stand ontop of that podium today,”said Whistler’s Davey Barr,a late Canadian teaminjury replacement whofinished sixth. “Yeah itwas heartbreaking.”

Del Bosco, 27, was bornand raised in Vail, Colo.His father is a native ofSudbury, Ont.

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VancouverGames in brief

MEDALS Canada can still Ownthe Podium. That’s themessage Canadian team offi-cials sent yesterday in their as-sessment of the host team’sperformance over the first halfof the Vancouver Olympics, al-though with perhaps lessbravado than a week earlier.

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Canada’s Del Bosco falls short

South Korea’s Yu-na to skate 23rd in short programOlympic favourite Kim Yu-na of South Korea will skate 23rd out of 30 competitors in tomorrow’s women’s figure skating short program at the VancouverGames. The reigning world champion will go one spot after her main rival, Japan’s Mao Asada, the 2008 world gold medallist. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“She’s going to get the support of many,many Canadians in the toughest time ofher life.” Nathalie Lambert, chef de mission

Canada’s Kristina Groves cele-brates winning silveryesterday.

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British writing academy to open in TorontoBritish literary house Faber & Faber is planning to establish a creative writing school in Canada. Expected to open in October, the Faber Academy

Toronto will offer a selection of long and short fiction and poetry courses, with notable Canadian writers serving as instructors. METRO NEWS SERVICES

Olympic spirit winning out at workIf you can’t beat ’em, join ’em. That seems to be the attitude of some employersacross Canada who are encouraging staffers to get into the Olympic spirit. Ratherthan scold employees for live streaming Olympic events while they should be work-ing, some see it as an opportunity for team building. Accounting firm Ernst andYoung has established viewing areas in all its offices and staff are urged to getinvolved in a variety of Olympic-themed contests and pools. METRO NEWS SERVICES

Using a love of food tocreate food you’ll love

Sita Kacker grew upeating shepherd’spie, poutine, curryand pineapple up-side down cake.

That’s what happenswhen you come from Indi-an heritage and grow upin England, Montreal andOakville, Ont.

Being exposed to all thisfood diversity eventuallyinfluenced Kacker’s careerchoice, but as a young per-son she wanted to becomea doctor.

Kacker, now 32, studiednutrition and nutritionalsciences at the Universityof Guelph, and followed itwith a master’s in humanphilosophy and nutrition,thinking she’d go to med-ical school.

But then she took acourse in product develop-ment as part of her de-gree. “This is exactly whatI want to do with the restof my life,” she thought atthe time.

A friend working in thefood industry hookedKacker up with her firstjob after graduation. Shehelped a small gourmetfood company developthings like tapenades andflavoured oils for high-endfood stores.

Two years later, she gota job interview at Loblaw’s— where Kacker dreamedof working. It was an in-tensive interview process

that included tastings toassess her palate. She gothired in 2005 and is stillwith the company.

Kacker has worked on anumber of different foodcategories over the lastfive years. “Now I havethe best category,” shesays, creating frozen en-trees, pizza, frozen fruitsand vegetables, ice creamand beer.

Kacker works on a teamwith a product managerand a quality assuranceexpert. The food develop-ment process starts withan idea, which can comefrom the numerous booksand magazines she reads,other retailers, eating out,Loblaw’s customers, staffand the manufacturersthe company works with.And travel: Kacker recent-ly went to Mexico to tasteauthentic local cuisine

and to London to checkout packaged foods.

After an idea is pro-posed and gets basic ap-proval, Kacker starts cook-ing, either in the testkitchen or with staff at afood manufacturer’splant. She’ll create numer-ous versions of the dishand share them with thecompany’s other productdevelopment teams dur-ing daily tasting sessions.(If she works on anythingIndian she’ll often pass itby her mom to make sureit tastes authentic.)

When the team gives itsokay, Kacker will take herrecipe to the factory andthey’ll do a pilot run of a

large batch. When a product makes

it this far and is ready forproduction, staff that dealwith packaging and mar-keting take over.

And then, for Kacker,it’s on to the next greatfood idea.

The Lowdown

Job title: Product developerSalary: Not availableEducation/training: Abackground in either foodscience or culinary arts, ideal-ly bothBest Part of the Job: “Thefood. Just tasting and eating.And travelling and being ex-posed to different cultures.”Worst Part of the Job: “Clean-ing out my freezer at work.”

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Workology in briefGEORGE WASHINGTON U.

MISTAKENLY SENDS ACCEPT-

ANCE NOTICES TO REJECTED

APPLICANTS Last week, about200 students seeking early-de-cision admission to GeorgeWashington Universityreceived an e-mail notifyingthem of their acceptance, onlyto receive word several hourslater that the e-mail was sentby mistake and they were ac-tually rejected. The universitysays the incident was a clericalmistake. There have been re-cent incidents of admission er-rors, such as at the Universityof Exeter, UC San Diego, andNorthwestern University.

MCMASTER CONSIDERS DIS-

CONTINUING ART HISTORY

DEGREE McMaster Universitycould soon phase out its arthistory degree program as theinstitution considers a newproposal suggesting a betteruse of resources by integrat-ing its studio art program withart history and opening it tomore students through newbachelor and master of finearts degrees. McMaster’s hu-manities dean says the art his-tory program has been strug-gling for some time — onlyseven students chose the spe-ciality this year.

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Employers share topstaffing challengesWhile hopeful economicnews has some companiesbreathing a cautious sighof relief when it comes toheadcounts, otherscontinue to face staffingchallenges.

According to a new sur-vey, being able to providecompetitive compensation(34 per cent), maintainingproductivity levels (33 percent) and being able to re-tain top talent (31 percent) are organizations’top staffing concerns thisyear. In addition to salaryand productivity, a varietyof retention issues areworrying some organiza-tions this year as they tryto maintain staff levels inthe recession rebound.

When asked how theywill hold on to top talentthis year, employers re-ported the following:

• Offering more flexiblework arrangements;

• Investing more intraining;

• Promising future bene-fits and raises;

• Offering more per-formance-based incen-tives;

• Providing higher

salary and/or title;“Retention is one area

that companies will needto address to maintain andgrow their businesses thisyear,” said Jason Ferrara,vice president of corporatemarketing for Career-Builder. “Having the rightpeople on board is a topconcern. Our survey foundthat forty per cent of com-panies are concernedabout top workers leavingtheir organization in 2010and that nearly one-in-fivethink morale at their com-pany is poor. At the sametime, companies havetheir eyes on future hiringchallenges, especially asthe economy moves intorecovery.”

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“Retention is onearea that companieswill need to addressto maintain andgrow their business-es this year.”CareerBuilder’s Jason Ferrara

Do you fret that your intro-verted personality will nothelp you land in the topcontender list at job inter-views? Or, that you will notbe identified as a candidatefor promotion because youjust can’t seem to makeyourself heard?

You may have reason toworry.

While being introvertedis simply a way of being forabout a third of the popula-tion in this country, intro-verts do have to work a lit-tle harder to get recognizedfor their achievements.

“The talents andstrengths of an introvert aremore hidden. They don’ttend to showcase them-selves so they are more like-ly to get overlooked,” ex-plains Carole Cameron, hu-man resources specialistand author of Splash: AnIntrovert’s Guide to beingSeen, Heard and Remem-bered. “The talents andstrengths of an extrovertare on the outside, so theyare more easily recognized

and rewarded,” she adds.And that can lead to frus-

tration. “Introverts can feellike they’re missing out ongreat stuff just because theyhaven’t engaged enough —their good stuff isn’t outthere enough for people tonotice.”

Cameron describes her-self as an introvert. She un-derstands the frustration ofhaving great ideas but not

being able to come acrossduring meetings and inter-views. “I felt totally invisi-ble,” she says.

But there is hope.Cameron’s own experienceled her to write her book,which lays out a path for in-troverts “to make a splash,to be heard, to be remem-bered, to be visible.”

Especially during inter-views, body language is ex-

tremely important, shesays. Introverts are uncom-fortable talking aboutthemselves, and it shows.Get feedback from friendsand family on how to ap-pear more assured, or video-tape and watch yourself andpurposefully focus onchanging the impressionyou make.

To appear more confi-dent, make it your mission

to smile, make eye contact,sit up straight, keep yourhands from fiddling, and fi-nally, practise that firmhandshake.

As an introvert who doesnot take naturally to casual“off the cuff” types of con-versations, make sure youformulate and practise inadvance the answers to an-ticipated interview ques-tions or crucial points of a

conversation with the boss.To be memorable during

an interview, wear some-thing distinctive (but taste-ful) that the interviewer islikely to make note of — abeautiful handbag or brief-case, a bright red scarf, oran unusual piece of jewelry.Or tell the interviewersomething interestingabout yourself, somethinglikely to make a connection.

Also keep in mind thatnetworking is the most like-ly avenue for finding work.Search for strategies tomake networking work foryou, such as volunteering atconventions.

And once you are hired,make sure the bosses knowabout all the wonderfulthings you do at work. Forexample, send a friendlyweekly e-mail outlining sta-tus and achievements.

And if you end up in ameeting, accept the realitythat introverts can easilyget drowned out in thechatter of the extrovert ma-jority. It’s best to identifythe points you wish tomake and concentrate ondelivering them succinctlyand with confidence.

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Shy? It’s not the end of the world

Because body language plays such a big role in job interviews and talking about yourself can bevery hard for introverts, Carole Cameron advises introverts to try and appear more assured.

Are you an Introvert?

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months and found newjobs, 61 per cent reportedthey were able to negoti-ate comparable or higherpay for their new posi-tion. Thirty-nine per centof workers took a pay cut.

Transferring Skills Workers reported they

are applying their skills tonew areas. More than half(51 per cent) of workerswho were laid off in thelast 12 months and landednew jobs said they foundwork in a different fieldthan where they were pre-viously employed, with athird having said they re-ally enjoy their new posi-tions.

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Health care a good betCareerBuilder’s annual healthcare job forecast indicates that the alreadyhealthy hiring of the sectorwill likely continue into 2010.

More than one-in-five (22per cent) health employerssaid they plan to increasethe number of full-time,permanent employees thisyear, up from 17 per centwho said the same last year,according to the survey.

In addition to plans toadd full-time employees,health care employers willalso be bringing part-timehelp on board to help meetdemand. One-in-10 saidthey had plans to increasethe number of part-timeemployees at their organi-zations in 2010.

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Growing Pains star gone missingPolice and worried loved ones are searching for actor Andrew Koenig, best known for playing Boner on Growing Pains, who went missing in Vancouvera week ago, popeater.com Koenig, 42, has recently been working as a camera operator on the comedy podcast, Never Not Funny. METRO WORLD NEWS

Getting hitchedHilary Duff is ready to tie the knot.The singer and actress has accepteda proposal from Edmonton Oilerplayer Mike Comrie while on vacation

in Hawaii, according to Gate-crasher. METRO WORLD NEWSEntertainment

Estimated ticket sales for Fri-day through Sunday at U.S.and Canadian theatres:

1Shutter Island:$40.2 million US

2Valentine’s Day:$17.2 million

3Avatar:$16.1 million

4Percy Jackson&theOlympians: The

Lightning Thief: $15.3 million

5The Wolfman:$9.8 million

6Dear John:$7.3 million

7The Tooth Fairy:$4.5 million

8Crazy Heart:$3 million

9From Paris With Love:$2.5 million

10Edge of Darkness:$2.2 million


Box office

Comedy Campaign

Fred Ewanuick says beingthe star of a new comedyseries is hard work —something he mostlyavoided in the past.

“I think I really underes-timated the work load,”laughs Ewanuick, bestknown as Corner Gas’ lov-able schlub Hank.

“On Corner Gas, I’d workthree days a week maybeand just shoot a couplescenes a day. This is everyday, all day. Not that I’mcomplaining, but it was abit of a shock.”

Ewanuick’s extra efforthas resulted in the comedyDan For Mayor. In it, the ac-tor plays Dan Phillips, anice guy bartender who im-pulsively decides to run formayor to prove to his ex-girlfriend he’s not a loser.

The decision sets in mo-tion an election campaignfilled with mishaps andmistakes as Dan finds him-self in the public eye and

way over his head. Created by the well-

known writing trio of MarkFarrell, Paul Mather andKevin White, one assumesDan For Mayor will con-clude with the season-end-ing election of Dan. Or willit?

“Well, I’m not saying,”laughs Ewanuick. “But Ithink it’s safe to that youcan’t just have the charac-

ter constantly running formayor every year. So some-thing is going to happeneventually. But I can’t saywhat.”

Though it’s not a big act-ing stretch from CornerGas’ Hank to his Dan ForMayor character, Ewanuicksees a few differences.

“Well, Dan is definitelybrighter than Hank. He’sjust this guy who has no di-

rection. And has reachedthat point where he’s start-ing to wonder what he’sgoing to do with his life.Sort of like my life.”

As excited as he is aboutDan For Mayor’s premiere,Ewanuick is more thrilledby his current gig as host ofthe Olympics’ nightly victo-ry ceremonies in Whistler.

“It’s been just great. Theatmosphere is incredi-

ble here,” he says.“The only prob-

lem is I’m on stageat the same timeas the (Canadian)hockey games. But

I’m free the night ofthe gold medal game,

so if Canada is in it, I’ll bethere screaming.”

Fred Ewanuick launches a campaign to impress hisex-girlfriend in Dan For Mayor.

IAN JOHNSTONfor Metro Canada

Fred Ewanuick stumps for new show Dan For Mayor

Dan For Mayor

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Iraq war drama TheHurt Locker tookhome six prizes, in-cluding best picture,at the British Acade-my Film Awards inLondon last night.

Kathryn Bigelowwon the best directorprize for the film,beating nominees that in-cluded her former husband,Avatar director JamesCameron.

The Hurt Locker also wonprizes for original screen-play, cinematography, edit-ing and sound. Avatarpicked up awards for pro-duction design and visualeffects.

Avatar and The HurtLocker both went into theawards with nominationsin eight categories, includ-ing best picture.

The awards, known as

BAFTAs, are consid-ered an importantindicator of likely Os-car success. Austrianactor ChristophWaltz, already a hotOscar favourite, wonthe supporting actorprize for his turn as achilling, charming

Nazi colonel in InglouriousBasterds. The supporting ac-tress award went toMo'nique for Precious.

Director Duncan Jonestook the award for bestBritish debut for his lost-in-space drama Moon.

A tearful Jones, whose fa-ther is musician DavidBowie, said it had takenhim a long time to figureout what he wanted to dowith his life. “Finally, Ithink I’ve found what I lovedoing,” he said.


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Sweet and SpicyChickpeasINGREDIENTS:

398 mL can chickpeas,drained and rinsedFinely grated zest andjuice of 1 lime1 tsp white sugar1 tsp garam masala1/2 tsp ground cinnamon1 tsp dried oregano 2 tbsp canola oil2 small onions, halved andthickly sliced2 peppers (1 red, yellow ororange and 1 green),halved and thickly sliced12 baby plum or cherrytomatoes, halved

METHOD:

1. Tip chickpeas into bowl.Add lime zest and juice,sugar, garam masala, cin-namon and oregano. Stirto coat chickpeas in spicymixture. Set aside.

2. Heat large frying pan orwok with oil. When oil ishot, add onions and stir-fry 4 minutes or until justbeginning to colour.Reduce heat and add pep-pers. Cook for further 3-4minutes, stirring occasion-ally, until vegetables arealmost tender.

3. Stir in tomatoes, thenadd spicy chickpeamixture. Cook 2 minutesor until vegetables are ten-der and everything is hot.

SERVES 4

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