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Roger Federer plays in his quarter-final match against Stanislas Wawrinka at the

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with archrival Rafael Nadal with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 win over Wawrinka. Story, page 36.

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Yorkdale announces major expansion planOutlet malls also on the horizon in Ontario

Stelmach tostep downAlberta’s embattled premierwon’t seek re-election {page 8}

The State of the Union Obama gives annual speech tocongress, Americans {pages 10-11}

One of Toronto’s biggest shopping malls isabout to get bigger.

Yorkdale Shopping Centre announcedyesterday it will spend $220 million build-ing an addition to house 40 new stores.

The news comes a day after one of Cana-da’s leading developers said it would bringU.S.-style outlet malls to Canada.

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trustsaid it is partnering with Tanger FactoryOutlet Centers in a $1-billion deal to build10 to 15 such malls across Canada.

Both announcements reflect the grow-ing demand from retailers outside Canadafor space in what has been a tight market.

They were also generating a lot of buzzat the International Council of ShoppingCentres convention in Whistler, B.C., yes-terday.

“The excitement in the retailer industryis just incredible right now,” John Crombie,branch manager for Cushman &Wakefield, a Toronto commercial realestate firm, said from the convention floor.

Crombie said he’s toured several U.S.and European retailers through Yorkdale.

“When they hear the numbers, they’reblown away. They all want to be there.”

U.S. retailers who have disclosed plansto open stores in Canada include J. Crew,Kohl’s, Marshall’s and discountdepartment store chain Target.

Meanwhile, RioCan and North Carolina-based Tanger said they plan to open thekind of outlet malls that feature brand-name merchandise at 20 to 60 per cent offregular prices.

Tanger operates 33 centres in the U.S.with 375 different stores, includingdiscount versions of such high-endretailers as Saks and Neiman Marcus, alongwith more moderately priced chains andteen clothing brands, such as The Gap andAbercrombie & Fitch. No locations havebeen announced. They’re unlikely to locatenear existing full-price retailers, Crombiesaid. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

1.4MSquare feet of current retail space at Yorkdale, making it one of the largest malls in the GTA.

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Some councillors want to be rid of $429M subsidy out of Toronto’sbudget No plans to upload TTC, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says

Province shiesaway from TTC

A TTC streetcar on Queen’s Quay. Mayor Rob Ford has stated that he wants to emphasize subways over streetcars.

RICHARD LAUTENS/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE FILE

What’s in it for taxpayersand transit riders if theprovince owned the TTC?

Money: Letting theprovince operate and buildtransit would free up thecity to focus on “grassrootsservices,” said Coun. Gior-gio Mammoliti.

More subways, less con-gestion: “If you had sub-ways that got people into

the city, people would takethem and leave their carsat home,” said Mammoliti.

Presto: The TTC needsto be better integratedwith regional transit, start-ing with the electronicfare card, says TTC chairKaren Stintz.

Cross-border service:Patrice Dutil, an assistantprofessor at Ryerson Uni-

versity, argues Metrolinxwould treat commuters eq-uitably across the region,so someone in Pickeringhas transit options, too.

What TTC riders standto lose.

Service: Former mayorDavid Miller argued thattaking control of the TTCout of the city’s handscould dilute service as the

province tries to smoothout the inequities amongthose served by regionaltransit systems.

Accountability: Youcould be giving responsi-bility to a bureaucrat liv-ing in a different city, saidpublic transit advocateMatthew Blackett, publish-er of Spacing magazine.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

The good, bad, ugly of takeover

The province has no inter-est in taking over the TTC— an idea that’s beenfloated by Mayor RobFord’s administration as away of lifting the financialburden of transit off thecity.

At Queen’s Park, seniorgovernment officials saythe scheme is “not some-thing we’re considering.”

Although rumours haveswirled for years about theprovince taking over theTTC or at least the subway,there is no interest in Pre-mier Dalton McGuinty’sgovernment for such a pro-posal — especially with anelection set for Oct. 6.

Already saddled with an

$18.7-billion deficit, theLiberals simply cannot af-ford to relieve the city’sbudgetary problems.

Ford’s office was down-playing the suggestion yes-terday that the mayor orhis transition team wastrying to offload the TTCwith an election loomingin the fall.

It’s been suggested thata provincially-run TTCcould help the province’stransportation agencyMetrolinx create a moreseamless regional transitsystem.

The TTC has, in thepast, been accused of fail-ing to be a regional teamplayer because of its reluc-

tance to sign onto theprovincial Presto fare cardsystem and its unwilling-ness to carry Mississaugacommuters on routes that

cross the municipal borderBut Metrolinx president

Bruce McCuaig says theidea is not even being con-sidered.

“We have been told bythe province that they arenot considering uploadingat this time,” he told theToronto Star yesterday.

The agency is, however,still working with the TTCon a revised transit plan af-ter Ford vetoed a light-railplan that would have putmodern streetcars on theirown rights-of-way downthe middle of Sheppardand Finch.

A new plan is expectedin February. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Watchdogdeniedextra staffCity ombudsman FionaCrean says the budgetcommittee’s denial of twoextra staff for her over -worked office amounts toa “major service cut.”

Crean’s office, launchedin April 2009, is a “last re-sort” for citizens withcomplaints about city staffand administration.

Last week, Crean toldthe budget committee sheneeds $102,000 this yearand $73,000 the followingyear to add two people toher 10-member office —an intake worker for indi-vidual complaints, and aninvestigator to help probesystemic city failings.

Coun. Peter Mil zyn saidhe made the motion to de-ny Crean’s re quest at therequest of colleague MikeDel Grande, Ford’s hand-picked budget chief.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Bag of cashfor craziestschemeThe newly formed Torontochapter of the AwesomeFoundation is acceptingwild ideas and crack potschemes. The best will re-ceive a paper bag stuffedwith $1,000.

Applications are dueFeb 15. The Torontotrustees will pick a winnerby consensus.

People can apply at awe-someto.wordpress.com.The Toronto chapter asksfor submiss ions in theform of a 90-second video,but it will still read emailsfrom people who can’tmake one.TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Cops allegeman pulledsnow jobon seniorsA Toronto man has beenaccused of defrauding sen-iors in an alleged snowclearing scheme.

Police say a man offeredto clear snow at homes inthe North York area forthe rest of the winter.

Investigators say pay -ments of $60 to $180 wererequested in advance, butthe work was never done.

Elman Iakhiiaev, 30, ischarged with eight countsof fraud under $5,000. Heis due in court Feb. 14.

Police say there may bemore alleged victims andwant to hear from anyonewith information.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The Harper government’sspat with the United ArabEmirates over airline land-ing rights could cost On-tario businesses billions ofdollars in future contracts,a provincial cabinet minis-ter says.

“Local politics is gettingthe best of us. Canada has avery strong brand in theMiddle East. I do not wantto see it sullied in this man-ner,” Sandra Pupatello, On-tario’s economicdevelopment and trademinister, said yesterday.

“Our companies fromOntario are the best in classwhen it comes to hospitalbuilds. We have huge op-portunities in the order ofmultibillion-dollar con-

tracts and I don’t want toput those at risk.”

Pupatello was speakingfrom Dubai, where she isheading a trade mission of20 Ontario health servicescompanies. She cited thehuge expansion in healthservices in the financial

hub of the Persian Gulfcountry as a great opportu-nity.

Pupatello accused PrimeMinister Stephen Harper ofbehaving like a protection-ist — not the free trader hesays he is — by denying twoU.A.E. airlines additionallanding rights in Canada toprotect Air Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Two Toronto police consta-bles were found guilty ofassault causing bodilyharm during the arrest of adisabled, verbally abusiveman in Cabbagetown.

Edward Ing and JohnCruz were stone-faced andhad no comment after Jus-tice Elliott Allen gave hisverdict in Brampton courtyesterday morning.

Richard Moore sufferedfractured ribs and a cut tohis scalp that requiredstitches when he was ar-rested on the steps of hisGerrard Street East room-ing house on the night of

April 24, 2009.The judge added that he

accepted the officers’ testi-mony that Moore was ver-bally abusive towardsthem.

“The preponderance ofevidence suggests he wasmaking venomous remarksupon his arrest,” the judgesaid.

The officers had testifiedthat they were attemptingto take Moore into custodyon a charge of being drunkin public for his own safety,fearing that he might wan-der into traffic.

The judge noted thatMoore had no trace of alco-hol in his system when hewas taken to hospital andthat the charge of beingdrunk in a public place waslater thrown out of court.

Moore, who was 59 atthe time of the incident,was not present in court forthe verdict. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Officers foundguilty of assault

No sentencing date set yet for convictions in 2009incident Police didn’t have grounds for arrest: Judge

Toronto police constables Edward Ing, left, and John Cruz leave Brampton provincial

court after judged to be guilty of assault causing bodily harm to Richard Moore.

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Accused incop slayingremandedThe man accused ofrunning down a Torontopolice officer with a stolensnowplow appeared brieflyin court via video link yes-terday for a two-dayremand.

Duty counsel asked thatRichard Kachkar’s case beput over until tomorrow toallow him more time to geta lawyer.

Unlike his firstappearance in person lastweek when he barelyspoke, Kachkar, 44, identi-fied himself this time in aclear and calm voice.THE CANADIAN PRESS

More fundsurged forchild careChild-care advocates arewarning fees could rise 15to 30 per cent unlessthere’s more money forchild care in the nextprovincial budget.

The Ontario Coalitionfor Better Child Careopened a provincial tour inBelleville yesterday tomake its case.

The coalition says only20 per cent of Ontario chil-dren have access to alicensed child-care space.

It says many Ontario par-ents are paying between$40 and $60 a day for eachchild. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Teen killedin home invasionPeel police say a teen isdead and a 45-year-oldwoman suffered minor in-juries in an incident in aMississauga home.

Police say officers whoresponded to a call Mondaynight on Full Moon Circlefound a 17-year-old with novital signs. Shadi Taleb suc-cumbed to his injuries in alocal hospital.

Investigators say the sus-pect or suspects left thescene in a light-colouredfour-door vehicle.

A motive for the attackhasn’t been determined. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Spat with U.A.E. couldcost billions: Minister

Sandra Pupatello

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“His injuries areconsistent withbeing struckconstantly.”JUSTICE ELLIOTT ALLEN ON THEVICTIM, RICHARD MOORE

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The diplomatic dispute hasescalated with the U.A.E.kicking Canada out of a keymilitary base and imposingexpensive travel visas in re-taliation for denying the ex-tra landings.

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Hamilton city council hasbacked a renovated IvorWynne Stadium as thecity’s preferred option for

the 2015 Pan AmericanGames, and as the newhome for the CFL’s Tiger-Cats. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Railing against aboriginal povertyThe former chief of the Assembly of First Nations says poverty among Canada’saboriginals is an enormous drag on the country’s economy. Phil Fontaine saysthere is an opportunity for transformation, but that conversation must involveall Canadians. Fontaine joined former prime minister Paul Martin at RyersonUniversity yesterday, where they discussed indigenous governance.

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Former prime minister Paul Martin, left, speaks as Chief Phil Fontaine looks on during

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capped its contributionto the project at $45million, leaving an es-timated $55 millionunfunded.

There will “absolutely” besavings for taxpayers asthe Ontario governmentmerges two Crown corpo-rations responsible for realestate and infrastructure,Premier Dalton McGuintysaid yesterday.

However, neitherMcGuinty nor senior cabi-net ministers would sayhow many people will losetheir jobs or how muchthe government will haveto dole out in severance tofold the Ontario RealtyCorp. into InfrastructureOntario.

“There are always up-front costs, but over thelong term you end up sav-ing money, and that’s justthe way it works,” McGuin-

ty said after a 40-minutespeech to the Peterbor-ough Chamber of Com-merce.

Finance MinisterDwight Duncan promisedMonday there would be

more announcements tocome as he works to elimi-nate about five per cent ofthe 259 provincial agen-cies.

Getting rid of the ORCwill save about $5 milliona year once the costs ofmerging the two Crowncorporations have beenspent, he said in Toronto.

Legislation will be intro-duced to merge the ORC,which manages theprovince’s extensive realestate holdings, and Infra-structure Ontario, whichoversees the renewal ofthe province’s hospitals,courthouses, water sys-tems, roads, bridges andother public assets.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Two agencies tobecome one inLiberal thrift plan

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Premier Ed Stelmach toldAlbertans yesterday thatafter much reflection hehas decided not to seek re-election.

The premier said he wasapproaching his cabinetministers asking them tocommit to five more yearsin public life when he real-ized he didn’t want to dothat himself.

“I have determined thatafter 25 years of publicservice, I am not preparedto serve another full termas premier,” Stelmach saidat a news conference atthe provincial legislature.

“There is no doubt thatmy decision today willcome as a shock to manyand a disappointment to

my friends and Albertans.”He said he will inform

the Progressive Conserva-tive party that he will re-sign as leader at a laterdate and that will trigger a

race for his successor.The premier has been

under increasing pressureas a new party on the right, the Wildrose Alliance, has surged inpublic opinion polls.

Stelmach became pre-mier in December 2006 af-ter Ralph Klein steppeddown. Stelmach managedto uphold what had be-come a tradition for theTories, winning a large ma-jority in the 2008 election.

But Stelmach struggledin the province’s top job.His mild manner and fum-bling style behind thepodium drew fire fromboth inside and outsidethe party. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Stelmach to step down asAlberta premier

Ed Stelmach

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N.S. man gets curfewfor Facebookdeath threatsA 22-year-old Nova Scotiaman who made threats on Facebook that peoplewould be killed received a three-monthconditional sentence,which includes anovernight curfew.

James David Weather-bee of Truro was sentencedyesterday after pleadingguilty earlier to threaten-ing to kill students andstaff at CobequidEducational Centre.

He also pleaded guilty to threatening threeteenage girls and assaultinghis former girlfriend.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Weatherbee has beenbarred from all schools in the Chignecto CentralRegional School Board system.He faces a 10-yearweapons ban.He is also prohibited frombeing on the Internet ortexting messages.

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Tunisia’s uprisingfuels protest in CairoTens of thousands of anti-government protesters in-spired by Tunisia’s uprisingstaged the biggest demon-strations in Egypt in years,facing down riot police whobeat them with batons andfired water cannons inclashes that left at leastthree dead.

The protests to demandan end to President HosniMubarak’s 30-year authori-tarian rule and a solution toEgypt’s grinding povertycould embolden the opposi-tion and fuel growing dis-sent in a presidentialelection year.

Mobilized largely on theInternet, the waves of pro-testers filled Cairo’s centralTahrir, some hurling rocksand climbing atop ar-moured police trucks.

Tunisia’s popular upris-ing, which forced that na-tion’s autocratic ruler frompower, appears to havepushed young Egyptians in-to the streets. “This is thefirst time I am protesting,but we have been a coward-ly nation. We have to finallysay no,” said 24-year-old Is-mail Syed, a hotel workerwho lives on a salary of $50a month. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. President Barack Oba-ma called for unity withnewly empowered Republi-cans in a State of the Unionpolicy speech that laid thefoundation for the secondhalf of his presidential termand next year’s fight for re-election.

Obama staked out terri-tory in America’s politicalcentre. He defended pro-grams dear to his Demo-cratic base, including thefederal Social Security pen-sion program and hishealth care overhaul.

But he also backed sometop priorities of Republi-cans, who took control ofthe House of Representa-tives this month. He calledfor cutting the corporate

tax rate, freezing some fed-eral spending, shaking upthe federal bureaucracy andeliminating lawmakers’ petprojects.

For the first time in histwo-year presidency, Oba-ma was appearing before adivided Congress. After No-vember elections that Oba-ma has described as a“shellacking,” Republicansnarrowed the Democraticadvantage in the Senate aswell as taking control of theHouse of Representatives.

Obama, who has re-bounded in opinion polls inrecent weeks, was lookingto position himself abovepolitics, even as both par-ties manoeuvre for advan-tage ahead of the 2012

presidential vote.Obama said the Ameri-

can people are counting ontheir leaders to create jobsin the United States.

“At stake right now is notwho wins the next elec-tion,” Obama said. “Afterall, we just had an election.”

Obama focused on feder-al spending for education,

innovation and infrastruc-ture as ways the govern-ment can supportAmerica’s foundation andhelp businesses create jobsfor a generation. He waspairing that with a call toreduce the federal debt andto make the governmentleaner.

The speech comes lessthan three weeks afterDemocratic Congress-woman Gabrielle Giffordswas seriously wounded in ashooting rampage in Tuc-son, Arizona, that killed sixpeople. In an attempt atunity, many Democraticand Republican lawmakersdecided to break with tradi-tion and sit together.THE CANADIAN PRESS

“We will moveforward together,or not at all — forthe challenges weface are biggerthan party, andbigger thanpolitics.”U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Obama reachesout to opponents

State of the union address highlighted economy, debt reduction, civility Family members of Arizona massacre victims were to sit with first lady President made a direct appeal for bipartisan lawmaking in his speech

Protesters face riot police in Cairo yesterday during a

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Don’t be aclimate copycat,Canada: StudyENVIRONMENT. Canadawon’t come close to meet-ing its climate-change tar-gets if it waits for the U.S.to act, a key federal advi-sory body warns. The Na-tional Round Table on theEnvironment and theEconomy says it doesn’tsee anything wrong withharmonizing Canada’semission-reductionstargets with Americangoals. But to mimic U.S.measures will do Canada’senvironment and econo-my more harm than good,the Conservative-appoint-ed roundtable says.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Plural wifespeaks outCOURT CASE. A plural wifefrom Bountiful, B.C., saysCanada’s law barringpolygamy has caused hercommunity financial

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Locals cash inon crop circles INDONESIA. Thousands ofcurious onlookers areflocking to centralIndonesia to look at a“crop circle” in a rice fieldfollowing rumours it wasformed by a UFO.Villagers have startedcharging entrance fees.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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NTV television showed aphotograph of what it saidwas the detached head ofthe suspected bomber, aman who appeared to bein his 30s.

Investigators said DNAtesting will be necessarybefore he can be identi-fied.

No claims of responsi-bility have been made forthe attack Monday at Do-modedovo Airport, whichalso left 180 people in-jured. Suspicion is likely tofall, however, on Islamistseparatist insurgents from

Chechnya or elsewhere inRussia’s restive Caucasusregion, who have been bat-tling Russian authority formore than 15 years.

Chechen insurgentshave claimed responsibili-ty for previous attacks inMoscow, including a dou-ble suicide bombing onthe capital’s subway sys-

tem in March 2010 thatkilled 40 people. They alsohave hit Domodedovo Air-port before, with two sui-cide bombers slippingthrough its security in2004 to kill 90 people.

Authorities in the CzechRepublic and Ukrainebeefed up airport securityyesterday in response tothe blast.

The British agency re-sponsible for Europe’sbusiest airport, London’sHeathrow, refused to com-ment on any new possiblesecurity measures, but hassaid security is always un-der review.

Putin has built much ofhis reputation on his harshstance against terror buthe did not elaborate onwhat kind of retributionhe had in mind during agovernment meeting yes-terday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Russia vowsrevenge forairport attack

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President Dmitry Medvedev describes airport securityin ‘a state of anarchy’ Vows to fire security officials

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Largesthiringspree everGoogle Inc. plans to hiremore than 6,200 workersthis year in the biggestexpansion yet by the In-ternet’s most profitablecompany.

Google CEO EricSchmidt was among agroup of business leaderswho met with Obamalast month to discussways to bolster the list-less economy.

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cent last year may not beas well received on WallStreet, where the Inter-net search leader’sspending has annoyedsome investors whowould prefer a more fru-gal approach in hopes offatter returns.

Google executiveshave consistentlybrushed aside those con-cerns, saying that thecompany needs to ag-gressively recruit thesmartest computer engi-neers and most persua-sive sales representativesto maintain its lead inonline search and adver-tising, as well as to diver-sify into other services incomputing, telecommu-nications and the media.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

One of Canada’s leadingtax experts says workersand the economy will bothprosper from Ottawa’s cor-porate tax cuts, but it willtake the better part of adecade to see all the bene-fits.

When Ottawa imple-ments the final phase of itscorporate tax policy, it willbring the federal ratedown to 15 per cent.

Even when provincialrates are added, Canadawill still be the lowest-taxed jurisdiction amongthe Group of Seven indus-trial countries.

Economist Jack Mintz ofCalgary’s School of PublicPolicy says in the reportthat Canada is moving inthe right direction on cor-porate taxes, but that not

enough is being done onthe personal tax front.

Mintz says governmentsshould be moving to lowerpersonal income taxes andput greater emphasis onconsumption taxes.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Tax cuts to benefitover time: Expert

100,000Economist Jack Mintzof Calgary’s School ofPublic Policy says thetax reduction willincrease the country’scapital stock by $30.6billion and generate100,000 jobs when thefull adjustment takesplace, but the processwill take at least sevenyears.

U.S. Gen. David Petraeus warns that the year ahead is

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Canadian troops are amongthose getting a special paton the back from the com-mander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistanfor helping to bring “hard-won progress” to the coun-try’s unruly south.

In a letter to his soldiersreleased yesterday, U.S.Gen. David Petraeus singledout the coalition andAfghan troops who havebeen fighting in two ofAfghanistan’s hairiestprovinces.

Lately, there have beenmore Taliban attacks in thenorth as the insurgentsshow they are capable ofstriking far from their tradi-tional southern strong-holds.

It’s believed to be part ofa Taliban strategy to shifttheir foot soldiers to other,less contested parts of thecountry.

A surge of Americantroops last year relievedCanada’s badly-stretchedmilitary from patrolling allof Kandahar province. Now,only three parts of theprovince fall under Cana-da’s watch.

Canada’s Royal 22e Regi-ment battle group, nick-named the Van Doos, hasbeen building bases and go-ing on regular patrols in therestive Panjwaii districtsouthwest of Kandahar city.

They are also building aroad through the oftentroublesome Horn of Pan-jwaii in the district’s west-ern corner.

Panjwaii has been taken,abandoned and retaken sev-eral times as coalitionforces struggled to hold theregion with only a fewthousand soldiers.

In his letter, Petraeusstressed the importance ofworking alongside theAfghans.

“The commencementthis year of transition of se-curity tasks in select areasto Afghan forces, at a pacedetermined by conditionson the ground, will facili-tate the Afghan govern-ment’s increasing exerciseof sovereignty,” he wrote.THE CANADIAN PRESS

“Hard-wonprogress was alsoachieved inHelmand andKandaharprovinces — agreat credit to thecoalition andAfghan forces whofought so skillfullyand courageouslyin those areas.”U.S. GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS, IN A LETTER

Soldiers have helped U.S.-ledmilitary capture scores of insurgents

OldestCanadiandiesA Manitoba woman be-lieved to be Canada’soldest person has died.

Elizabeth Buhler diedover the weekend in anursing home in

Winkler just days shy ofher 112th birthday.

Buhler’s daughter,Justina Suderman, saysher mother was born in1899 in Ukraine and em-igrated to Canada in1926.

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Canada’s inflation ratejumped to 2.4 per cent lastmonth on the strength ofhigher energy prices, butanalysts say they don’tthink the increase is bigenough to prod the centralbank to boost interestrates at this time.

The gain of 0.4 per centtakes the overall inflationrate above the Bank ofCanada’s ideal target oftwo per cent.

But that doesn’t meanCanada has an inflationproblem, or that pricepressures will lead to high-er interest rates soon, ana-lysts said yesterday.

Stripping away volatileitems, particularly energyand a 13 per cent boost ingasoline prices, yields acore rate of 1.5 per cent,well within the Bank ofCanada’s target range of1.0 to 3.0 per cent.

Average inflation for2010 was 1.8 per cent,much higher than the re-

cession-influenced 0.3 percent of 2009, but also with-in the bank’s target.

As well, inflation is stillartificially boosted by theintroduction of the harmo-nized sales tax in Ontarioand British Columbia,which central bank gover-nor Mark Carney has saidhe will ignore in his think-ing on interest rate policy.

While the bank’s majorfocus is on inflation, it’sthe economy, particularlythe fragile nature of the re-covery, that is still upper-

most in Carney’s mind, an-alysts said.

Along with the jump ingasoline, natural gas rose9.2 per cent from last year,electricity 6.2 per cent, andtransportation costs,which are heavily influ-enced by gasoline prices,rose 4.9 per cent.

Consumers also paid 4.3per cent more for insur-ance premiums on passen-ger vehicles.

Inflation pressures onmost other items meas-ured by Statistics Canadatended to be more moder-ate: 1.5 per cent more onauto purchases; 2.7 percent more on shelter; 1.7per cent more for food;and 1.7 per cent more forhousehold operations, fur-nishings and equipment.

Meanwhile, mortgageinterest rate costs declined2.5 per cent in Decemberand clothing and footwearfell by two per cent.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Inflation up butCarney won’tbudge: Experts

Ontario has highest rate at 3.3%, Alberta the lowestat 0.8% Prices rose in every province, StatsCan says

Ethicsdrives moreCanadianshoppersA Statistics Canada studyreleased yesterdaysuggests 27 per cent ofCanadians chose or reject-ed products based on ethi-cal concerns in 2008, upfrom 20 per cent in 2003.

Ethical consumptionwas less common amongnew immigrants and peo-ple 65 and older, though italso increased over thefive years considered inthe study.

Residents of British Co-lumbia, Quebec and Ont -ario were the most likelyto change their shoppinghabits based on ethical is-sues. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The Toronto stock marketlost ground yesterdayamid weakening commod-ity prices and mixed earn-ings reports from U.S. andCanadian companies.

The Canadian dollar al-so lost ground on lowercommodity prices and datathat showed inflation hasbeen weaker than expect-ed.

Oil fell on speculationthat Saudi Arabia and oth-er OPEC countries will stepup production, along withIndia’s decision to raise in-terest rates, a move thatcould slow demand.

Don Reed, presidentand CEO at Franklin Tem-pleton Investments Corp.,said while lower commodi-ty prices are taking a bigtoll on the Toronto mar-ket, lower gold prices are adouble-edged sword be-cause they signal moreconfidence in improvingglobal market conditions.

“One of the weaker

markets so far this year,which has been one of thestrongest for the past threeyears, is the market herein Canada,” he said.

The TSX is down oneper cent on the year,whereas the world indexhas gained more than two

per cent, a signal that in-vestors are taking profitsfrom Canadian companiesand moving their moneyto other markets, Reedsaid.

“I don’t look at that as adisaster for Canada,” hesaid. “I just think peopleare saying, ‘Hey, we hadsome great moves in Cana-da over the last number ofyears and now it’s time tolook and see where we canfind some good bargains’and to me that’s placeslike Europe and Asia.”

The International Mone-tary Fund downgradedCanada’s 2011 growthforecast late Monday. TheWashington-based bodysaid Canada’s economywill grow a modest 2.3 percent in 2011. That’s lessthan the 2.7 per cent thatit forecast in October andbelow the Bank of Cana-da’s recently reduced fore-cast of 2.4 per cent growth.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canadiansin higherspiritsConsumer confidencestarted 2011 on a positivenote but Canadians con -tin ued to be cautiousabout personal financialsituations, says the Confer-en ce Board of Canada.

Consumer confidencewas up 7.1 points from De-cember, mainly due to im-provements in Ontarioand the Prairie region.

At 88.1 points, that isfar higher than during therecession, but below theoptimism in early 2010.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Price wars nip grocer’s bottom lineGrocery chain Metro Inc.says its first-quarter profitwas down amid stiff pricecompetition in its grocerybusiness and lower drugpricing at its pharmacies.

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And just as cheerfully,she celebrates the“Chinese” stylepiano-math drill tor-ture of her own chil-dren as a successful

program for overcoming adversi-ty. That’s if adversity can becharacterized as placing secondin a math competition.

The whole thing is gloriouslycontroversial. On the one hand,you have armchair sociologistswho nod sagely and point toChua’s parental rigour as proof

the 21st century will belong toChina. If it doesn’t already.

On the other, you have myown kids, who snort and rolltheir eyes and say “as if” a lot.

Chua once threatened totorch her daughter’s stuffed ani-mals unless she learned to play apiece without flaws. Daughterplayed so diligently she endedup playing Carnegie Hall whenshe was just 14.

Chua was merciless. She madethe kid sit on the bench forhours and play through dinner,even denying her water.

We had a piano at our place,too. Our kids sat on the benchfor minutes, then took a dive,feigning epilepsy. After a coupleof those sessions, the onlyperson who spent any timearound the piano was Douglasthe cleaning person, who wasnot happy about the dust.

Once, one of Chua’s daughtersplaced second in a math quiz.She made the poor kid do 2,000math problems a night until sheregained the lead.

My own kids have never done2,000 math problems in theirlives, combined, unless the mathproblem involves extracting $20bills from the Bank of Dad andsuccessfully not giving back anychange.

By all accounts, Lulu andSophia Chua-Rubenfeld are beau-tiful, well-adjusted youngwomen who can leap tall build-ings in a single bound whileplaying Flight Of TheBumblebee.

Dare I say it, but John DavidSullivan and Ann Katherine Sul-livan are, um, differently prodi-gious.

Chef Iron John can whip upthe world’s best Fisherman’s

Stew while excelling at four in-creasingly difficult levels of Gui-tar Hero, while Annie is amodern-day Merlin, capable ofplundering the secrets of theTarot while adjusting yourchakras for optimal energy.

They didn’t exactly raisethemselves, but they were fullparticipants.

They’re not concert masters,nuclear physicists orradiologists, but they’re prettyamazing, and all we had to dowas give up after five minutes ofpretending to be Amy Chua.

So stay tuned for my upcom-ing parenting bestseller: Crouch-ing Father, Belligerent Children.And relax.

If you’re a parent, you prob-ably know about BattleHymn Of The Tiger Mother,the book by Yale Prof. AmyChua that cheerfullycondemns North Americanparenting practices as soft.

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Darren Aronofsky, Black SwanDavid O. Russell, The FighterTom Hooper, The King’s SpeechDavid Fincher, The Social NetworkJoel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

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Javier Bardem, BiutifulJeff Bridges, True GritJesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King’s SpeechJames Franco, 127 Hours

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Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right Nicole Kidman, Rabbit HoleJennifer Lawrence,Winter’s BoneNatalie Portman, Black SwanMichelle Williams, Blue Valentine

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Christian Bale, The FighterJohn Hawkes, Winter’s BoneJeremy Renner, The TownMark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

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Mike Leigh, Another YearScott Silver and PaulTamasy & Eric Johnson, The FighterChristopher Nolan, InceptionLisa Cholodenko & StuartBlumberg, The Kids Are All RightDavid Seidler, The King’s Speech

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Anyone with even a cur-sory interest in the Beat-les probably alreadyknows the basics ofNowhere Boy: how JohnLennon (Aaron Johnson)came from a brokenhome of early sadnessand later tragedy. Thefilm’s main drama is notthe approach of rock ‘n’roll destiny. Rather, it’sthe tug of war betweenthe officious Mimi andthe headstrong Julia. Butit amounts to nothingmore than another strolldown the Beatles’ memo-ry lane. PETER HOWELL

Fifty years after cosmicrays transformed him intoa man ablaze, Marvel En-tertainment has extin-guished the HumanTorch's flame and his life,too, as the pop culture pur-veyor of super heroes andvillains embarks on an am-bitious story line that endsthe Fantastic Four.

In the newest issue ofone of the company'slongest-running comicbooks, Johnny Storm's lifeis taken amid a massivebattle that writer JonathanHickman has been script-ing for a year-and-a-half. Il-lustrator Steve Epting didthe art.

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More recently, Matt Dil-lon was the best thing inTakers as a detective whorelentlessly tracked anelite band of bank rob-bers. He’s played cops be-fore — a racist one inCrash for instance — andbeen in trouble with realpolicemen — he was bust-ed doing almost twice thespeed limit in 2008 — butthis is the first time he’splayed one straight out ofCentral Casting.

Russell Crowe, howev-er, has taken on the stockcharacter more thanonce. Most famously heplayed Richie Roberts,based on the real life de-tective who doggedlytracked one of the biggestheroin kingpins of the1970s, Frank Lucas,played by Denzel Wash-ington.

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Red wine andchocolate — itcould be adouble dose ofdecadence. Ormaybe doublethe migraine af-terwards. Winer-ies in theNiagara region inOntario are invit-ing visitors to trywine-and-choco-late pairingsnext month.They include“classic” comboslike late harvestVidal with whitechocolate cran-berry (offered atLailey Vineyard).THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Smack in the middle of SanFrancisco’s Chinatown,Portsmouth Square is akaleidoscope of sounds,smells and colours.

The cadence of Chinesedialects fills the air andsplashes of red and goldglow from shop windows tobanners strung across thenarrow streets.

The rich smell of roastduck curls out of hole-in-the-wall eating places,blending with the faintsmell of incense burning onmodest shrines.

Hard to believe that onlya few blocks away lie thedesigner boutiques andgourmet coffee shops of acosmopolitan western city.

But that’s what it meansto visit San Francisco’s Chi-natown, a magic carpet of adestination that can takeyou from West to East in ze-ro to 60 steps.

“What’s really signifi-cant about San Francisco’sChinatown is that it hassurvived for over 100 years.Despite the hardships earlyon, the community is stillhere,” says Sue Lee, execu-tive director of the SanFrancisco-based ChineseHistorical Society of Ameri-ca.

And not just survivedbut thrived, she adds. Al-though many of the origi-nal inhabitants have movedout to other areas of thecity as well as suburbs, thisis still a starting point formany new immigrantsfrom Asia. “It’s a shoppingdistrict; it’s a residentialneighbourhood and it’s atourist destination. Andthat’s not by accident.”

With the Year of the Rab-bit beginning Thursday,Feb. 3, a visit to San Francis-co’s Chinatown is a greatway to experience Chinese-American culture.

And the best way to ex-perience Chinatown is byfoot, so it’s no surprisethere are a number of walk-

ing tours available.At the Chinese Culture

Center, tours begin with alook at art exhibits at thecentre, which blend con-temporary and traditionalworks.

Then it’s a short stroll toPortsmouth Square, whereyou will find dozens of resi-

dents playing mah jonggand other games or just sit-ting and talking.

San Francisco’s China-town is the district that al-most wasn’t. After the 1906earthquake, city leaderspressed for relocating theChinese to the city out-skirts. But Chinatown busi-nessmen came up with aplan to rebuild the area andmake it a tourist attractionthat would bring moremoney to the city. At theGreat China Herb Compa-ny, herbalists carefullyweigh out intriguing-look-ing bundles of this and thataimed at restoring vitality,restoring digestion and gen-erally curing what ails you.

Incense is the signatureof the Tin How temple onWaverly Place. Climb a fewflights of stairs to find thesmall temple dedicated tothe Goddess of Heaven.Pause to admire the ceiling,a blaze of hanging redlanterns that commemo-rate the dead.

Tucked into narrow RossAlley, the Golden Gate For-tune Cookie Factory is thekind of place you smell be-fore you see — the sweet,sugary scent of bakingcookies floats out the door.It’s a tiny place whereworkers fold cookies byhand.

Everywhere you turnthere are things to see, likethe markets on StocktonStreet that have all mannerof foods still swimming,clucking and croaking.There are plenty of placesto eat in Chinatown, fromhole-in-the-wall noodleshops to dim sum palaces.

Also in abundance arethe stores that sell paperreplicas of worldly posses-sions designed to be burnedfor the dead so they can ar-rive in the afterlife fullyequipped.

There are glimpses of thepast, like the East WestBank branch office (743Washington St.), a green-and-red marvel of curvedeaves plunked down be-tween two resolutely west-ern structures. The buildingwas once the home of thetelephone exchange, whereChinese operators were re-quired to speak multiple di-alects to serve the diversepopulation.

And there are signs ofthe future, the new immi-grants who come to findtheir fortune in Californiajust like generations did be-fore them.

East, West, past, future— all here. “What’s so fasci-nating about Chinatown,”says Lee, “is it’s so multifac-eted.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The city’s famous Chinatown has been around for more than 100 yearsThe upcoming Chinese New Year makes it the perfect time to visit

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory.

The East West Bank in branch office building San

Francisco’s Chinatown was once the dome of the telephone

exchange, where Chinese operators were required to speak

multiple dialects to serve the diverse population.

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Chinese New Year Parade:Feb. 19, 5:15 p.m.-8 p.m.,Market and Second toKearny and Jackson.

Tin How Temple: 125 Wa-verly Place. Freeadmission. Donations ac-cepted.

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Most passionate Canadiananglers have to use an icedrill during these coldmonths. Sports fishing en-thusiasts in Victoria, how-ever, have it a lot easier.

Instead of huddling overa hole in a fishing shack,they get to catch salmon inthe dead of winter in theform of the oddly namedwinter springs.

Winter springs areyoung chinook salmon.They stay close to Victoriaduring the winter monthsto feed on schools of her-ring, before heading out tosea where they becomeprized 25-kilogram-plustrophy salmon known asTyee, King, or just chinook.

The herring hang out inthe ocean close to Victoriaduring the winter beforetheir run up the Gorge Wa-terway, which slicesthrough the city, beforethey spawn in early spring.

A common sight in Vic-toria in late February and

early March are Gorgebridges packed with an-glers trying to hook migrat-ing herring, which are usedfor chinook bait later in thesummer.

But by attracting theyoung chinook, the herringalso create a unique sportfishing opportunity at a tra-ditionally slow time of theyear for tourism.

“I always pump the win-ter fishery all summer longbecause it’s such a strong,consistent fishery,” saidfishing guide DarrenBeasley. “You’re prettymuch guaranteed your fish.I think I did 20 trips lastFebruary and I think I limit-ed out on every trip.”

Anglers are allowed tokeep two chinook each.Winter springs usuallyweigh between three andfive kilograms each.

“It’s right through fromDecember to early springwhere we have a reallystrong winter chinook fish-

ery,” said Beasley, 37. He de-scribes himself as a thirdgeneration Vancouver Is-land fishing enthusiast,who has been in the sportfishing business for 17years.

Many Victoria salmonfishing charters operateout of the city’s downtownInner Harbour. The boatsare moored steps from theB.C. legislature and the

salmon are only minutesaway.

“Six miles off Victoria inthe Strait of Juan de Fuca,15 minutes from Victoriaharbour, and you’re pound-ing salmon,” Beasley said.

He said winter springsare full of life and fightabove their weight.

“You get a 10-pounderand it will fight like a 30-pound summer fish,”

Beasley said. “They’re an in-credible fighting fish,pound for pound. That’swhy I always go afterthem.”

Most anglers come toVancouver Island duringthe summer in search ofmonster mature chinooktopping 30 kilograms, butwinter springs are a solidrepresentative of whatBeasley calls the most

sought after salmon speciesin the Pacific.

“The size of fish thistime of year; they’re rockhard, bright red meat, abeautiful table fish. It prob-ably doesn’t get any bettereating than these winterchinook.”

The average winter tem-perature in Victoria is 8.2C, with the average low at3.6. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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“Hit up celebritychef Mario Batali’sEataly for dinner —and provisions forlunch the next day.”

With hundreds of world-class eateries, restaurants,gourmet shops, bars andnow even food truckscrammed into one small is-land, New York City is afoodie’s Mecca. But whereshould the hungry travellerhit?

To start your day, eat thequintessential New Yorkbreakfast — a bagel.Brought over by EasternEuropean immigrants inthe early 1900s, today’s ver-sion contains salt, malt andis boiled prior to baking, re-sulting in a puffy, moist del-icacy best enjoyed withheaping amounts of creamcheese. Try the classic onesat H&H Bagels (2239 Broad-way; hhbagels.com).

The best Indian cuisinethis side of Bombay can behad for around $10 forlunch at most Indianrestaurants in the two “Lit-tle Indias” in the city (Lex-ington Avenue, between26th and 30th Streets., and6th Street, between 1st and2nd Avenues).

For dinner, Eataly (2005th Ave.; eatalyny.com),Mario Batali’s new Italianmarket, is a must. Wanderthrough this massive hy-brid of restaurant/grocerystore/food court/meat mar-ket to sample various deli-

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If you’re looking for amore historical New York

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City epicurean experience,try the ‘21’ Club (21 W.52nd St.; 21club.com). Thefamed prohibitionspeakeasy turned pillar ofNew York culinary culture

has hosted every Presidentsince FDR (except forGeorge W. Bush) and hun-dreds of celebrities.

Still can’t decide? ForChinese and Vietnamese,

hit Chinatown (CanalStreet); for Puerto Rican,Kosher and Latin Ameri-can food (as well as tons ofnew, hip eateries), go tothe Lower East Side (Hous-

ton and Canal Streets);while Harlem (110th St. toHarlem River) is host tosome of America’s bestsoul food and barbecue.

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Preparation:

1 Spray a saucepan withcooking oil, addvegetable oil. Placeover medium heat.Add garlic, onion, car-rot, celery. Cook 8 min-utes, stir occasionally.

2 Add chicken stock, andpeeled and diced pota-to. Bring to a boil then

reduce heat to low.Cover and simmer untilcarrots and potatoesare tender.

3 Purée red peppers in afood processor untilsmooth. Add half thesoup mix and processuntil smooth. Seasonwith black pepper andpour into a servingbowl. Rinse foodprocessor. Repeat stepswith yellow peppersand remaining soup.Pour into another serv-ing bowl.

4 Ladle some red peppersoup into one side ofindividual servingbowl. At the sametime, ladle someyellow pepper soup in-to the other side of thebowl. Garnish withcilantro. ROSE REISMAN

Ingredients:• 2 tsp vegetable oil• 2 tsp minced fresh garlic• 1 ½ cups chopped onion• 1 ¼ cups chopped carrot• ½ cup chopped celery• 4 cups chicken stock• 1 ½ cups potato• Ground black pepper• 2 red bell peppers, 2 yel-low bell peppers, roasted• ¼ cup chopped cilantro,dill or basil

Preparation:

1 To make the meatballs,combine ground beef,breadcrumbs, barbecuesauce, egg, garlic, basiland 2 tbsp of parmesancheese. Form into 1-inchmeatballs (you shouldhave enough to make 24

Meatball and egg noodle soup.

Ingredients:

Meatballs• 6 oz lean ground beef• 3 tbsp dry seasonedbreadcrumbs• 2 tbsp barbecue sauce• 1 egg• 1 tsp finely chopped garlic• 1/2 tsp dried basil• 2 tbsp parmesan cheeseSoup• 2 tsp vegetable oil• 1 cup chopped onion• 1 1/2 tsp chopped garlic• 1/2 cup chopped greenbell pepper• 1/2 cup chopped carrots• 3 1/2 cups beef (or chick-en) stock• 2 cups tomato sauce (orstore-bought spaghettisauce)• 2 tbsp tomato paste• 1 tsp chili powder• 1 cup dried egg noodles• 1/4 cup grated parmesancheese

This soup is a completemeal in a bowl. Try usingground chicken or turkeyinstead of beef. (Add an ex-tra tablespoon of bread-crumbs if using poultry).

meatballs). Lightly coat alarge, nonstick skilletwith cooking spray andset over medium heat.Cook meatballs forabout 5 minutes,turning occasionally oruntil browned on allsides. Set aside.

2 To make the soup, light-ly coat a large nonstickpot with cooking spray,add oil and set overmedium heat. Addonion and garlic andsauté for 5 minutes. Stirin green pepper and car-rots and cook for 3 min-utes. Stir in stock,tomato sauce, tomatopaste, chili powder andbrowned meatballs.Bring to a boil, then re-duce the heat to low andsimmer, covered, for 15minutes.

3 Stir in egg noodles andsimmer for 5 minutes oruntil the noodles aretender. Serve the soup inbowls, and garnish with

remaining 4 cup Parme-san cheese.

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The move from a lowly cu-bicle to a boss’s desk is ahumble victory stroll formost. However, it can alsobe an all expenses paidpower trip for that rareand loathsome brute thatmutates into a monsterjust as quickly as the titlechanges.

Every career leap comeswith a risk, and if you’veelevated to a higher office,career counsellors noteyou’re likely sandwichedbetween executives de-manding insta-results –More sales! Faster turn-around! Prettier Power-Points! – and overworkedunderlings with full of ap-prehension.

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She says the surest wayto garner the esteem andcooperation of your work-force is “to be really open.”

“In the first 90 days,what you really want to dois listen,” career counselorBarbara Frankel concurs.“People are often afraid tovoice their ideas, like theydon’t want to stick theirnecks out. You need to seta climate where every ideais valued and important,even if it isn’t acted upon.”

But if every time youfish the office pool forfresh ideas you reel inempty hooks, “put a littlestructure behind it,” Flaggrecommends.

“Schedule on-boardingmeetings where you give ahalf hour to every personand get a sense from themabout what’s going on,”she suggests. “You have tosay, ‘I want your honestopinion,’ and then youhave to behave in a waythat doesn’t punish themfor giving it to you.”

Too often, Frankelnotes, a newly mintedmanager feels pressure tobe the “ideas boss,” thebubbling fountain whereinall novel thoughts arebirthed.

“That closes you off to alot of opportunities,” Flaggcautions. Plus, she adds, itturns your workers intominions.

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Employees love tocomplain abouttheir jobs. They of-ten perceive mis-

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Donna Race was one theonly females employed atan Oshawa auto assemblyline. In 2006, she com-plained that her co-workersplayed the radio too loudand that the excessive noiseaffected her hearing. In re-sponse, she received threatsfrom her co-workers andone of them called her a“bitch.”

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her employer handled thesituation, Race complainedto the Ontario HumanRights Tribunal, arguingshe had been harassed be-cause of her gender.

However, before present-ing its case, Race’s employ-er contested the Tribunal’sjurisdiction to entertain thecomplaint, arguing it wasnot related to Race’s genderand that her hearing loss

was only temporary. In-stead, it argued that Race’scomplaint was about thevolume of a radio, some-thing that a human rightstribunal has no authority todecide.

Recently, the Tribunalagreed. Race failed to showthat she was treated differ-ently at work because ofher gender or a disability.Although the comment her

co-worker made was off-side, it did not amount todiscrimination.

The decision reiteratesan important lesson foremployees:

Do not bring a humanrights complaint wherethere is only a marginalconnection to discrimina-tion. As a unionized em-ployee, it should have beenopen to Race to file a griev-ance with her union.

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Frankly, I’m puzzledWhile puzzles might bethought of as a form ofentertainment, theirmeaning might actuallybe much deeper. The Uni-versity of Toronto offersPuzzles, Discovery andthe Human Imagination,a course that looks “atwhat puzzles tell usabout the human mindand human culture,” saysits academic calendar de-scription.

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Packers tie costssalesman his jobA car salesman in suburbanChicago has been fired forrefusing to remove a GreenBay Packers tie that he woreto work the day after thePackers beat the Bears to ad-vance to the Super Bowl.

John Stone says he worethe Packers tie to workMonday at Webb Chevrolet

in Oak Lawn to honour hislate grandmother, who wasa big Green Bay fan.

The sentimental gesturedid not impress his boss, Jer-ry Roberts. Roberts said thatStone was offered fivechances to take off the tiebut he refused. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jays flip Napoli foranother relieverThe Toronto Blue Jaysshipped just-acquired MikeNapoli to the TexasRangers for reliever FrankFrancisco and cash yester-day.

The right-hander was 6-4 with two saves and a3.76 earned-run average in56 relief appearances for

the AL West champs lastseason.

The 31-year-old had a ca-reer high 25 saves in 2009as the Rangers closer.

In six big-league sea-sons, all with Texas, Fran-cisco is 17-15 with 32 savesand a 3.75 ERA.THE CANADIAN PRESS

The relationship betweenthe Toronto Blue Jays andVernon Wells didn’t haveto end last week, but whenthe opportunity for changearose they both under-stood it was time to moveon.

Their priorities divergedonce Alex Anthopoulostook over as general man-ager at the end of the 2009season. The team wantedto build up talent for thelong-term.

In the midst of a $126-million US, seven-year con-tract, however, thecentre-fielder knew he hadto get on board, even ifthat wasn’t what he signedup for.

So they found a comfortzone, made the best of it,and were content to go on.But when the Los AngelesAngels called, they re-assessed things and agreedthey had to part ways.

It wasn’t the ending any-

one had envisioned, but itmarks an unexpected newbeginning for both Wellsand the Blue Jays.

“For (Anthopoulos), it’sjust a difficult situation be-cause I’m kind of the oldguy that’s been there forev-er, but he’s doing his thingnow, he’s bringing theyoung talent that he wantsto build his team around,”Wells said during an emo-tional conference call withBlue Jays beat writers yes-

terday morning.“Even though this was-

n’t part of the plan. ... It’s achange that we justthought came at the righttime for both parties.”

By waving his no-trade

clause, Wells gets the op-portunity to play for thepresent with an Angelsteam in the diluted Ameri-can League West. Beingcloser to his Texas home isa nice perk, too.

The Blue Jays get finan-cial flexibility in the dealand while 2011 isn’t awriteoff by any stretch, thereal benefits will comedown the road if An-thopoulos plays his cardsright. THE CANADIAN PRESS

32-year-old gets chance to play for competitive squad in Los Angeles Blue Jays gain freedom from $86 million owed to the centre fielder over the final four years of his contract

Wells move a fitfor both sides

“For me, it's agreat opportunityto start a newchapter in my life.” VERNON WELLS

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Lightning strike twice,

and that was enough

to beat the Leafs

Dwayne Roloson made 26 saves in his third shutout in 10 games this month, Ted-dy Purcell had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toron-to Maple Leafs 2-0 last night for their fifth straight victory.Roloson, acquired in a trade with the New York Islanders on New Year’s Day, tooka shutout into the third period of a 7-1 win Sunday over Atlanta. Toronto all-star forward Phil Kessel had his goal drought reach seven games. TheMaple Leafs completed a stretch of five games in seven days with a 1-4-0 record,including losses in the final three contests.

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Philadelphia (19-25)has won two straightand six of its last 10.The Sixers looked im-pressive in a 105-95win over visitingPhoenix on Monday,shooting 54.3 per centfrom the floor. Ontheir 44 field goals,they collected 31 assists. Fourteen ofPhiladelphia’s 19 winshave come at home.

The undermannedRaptors (13-32) lookto end their eight-game losing streak.There were somepositives in the last-second loss to Mem-phis on Monday.Rookie Ed Davis had acareer high six blocksand point guard Jer-ryd Bayless scored 15points and had careerbests in assists (11)and rebounds (eight).THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Roger Federer edged closerto a showdown with RafaelNadal at the AustralianOpen with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3win over Stanislas Wawrin-ka yesterday in an all-Swissquarter-final.

Defending championFederer faced just onebreak point, winning all 13of his service games, andpolished off his BeijingOlympics doubles goldmedallist teammate in onehour 47 minutes.

“When it’s clicking it’sreally a good feeling, and Idon’t ask too manyquestions,” Federer said ofhis dominant serve.

All facets of Federer’sgame were working yester-day as he advanced to asemifinal against NovakDjokovic.

No. 3-ranked Djokovicoverpowered TomasBerdych 6-1, 7-6 (5), 6-1 in anight match at Rod LaverArena.

“I was tying to changethe pace, put him out ofthe comfort zone,”Djokovic said. “When he isin his comfort zone, he is avery difficult player, hitsvery strong, he has power-ful strokes, powerful serve.So I needed to put some va-riety in the game.”

He is liking his chancesin the semifinals.

“If I continue playinglike this, I think I have agood chance,” Djokovicsaid. “But in the nextmatch I have Federer. Weall know he is the best play-er ever, so we all know it isgoing to be tough.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NHL ALL-STAR GAME

Malkin too sick to playThe NHL all-star gamehas lost anotherPittsburgh Penguinsstar.

Forward EvgeniMalkin will miss thisweekend’s festivities inRaleigh, N.C., due to a si-nus infection, Penguinscoach Dan Bylsma saidyesterday.

Malkin joinsPenguins teammate Sid-ney Crosby on the side-lines. Crosby is out witha concussion and willnot attend the event.

Bylsma said Malkinwas too sick to play lastnight against theIslanders. The Russian isalso reportedly naggedby a sore left knee.

Malkin was voted intothe all-star game by thefans but hasn’t playedfor a week.

He has 15 goals and22 assists in 42 gamesthis season.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Rodriguez,Astros inknew dealPitcher Wandy Rodriguezand the Houston Astrosavoided arbitration andreached agreement yester-day on a $34-million US,three-year deal.

The Astros said the con-tract will be finalized afterRodriguez takes a physicaltomorrow. Rodriguez was11-12 with a 3.60 ERA lastseason.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Roger Federer serves in his quarter-final

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AUSTRALIANOPENAt Melbourne, AustraliaTuesday’s resultsWOMENSingles — Quarter-finalsCarolineWozniacki (1), Denmark, def.Francesca Schiavone (6), Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.Li Na (9), China, def. Andrea Petkovic (30),Germany, 6-2, 6-4.Doubles — Quarter-finalsGisela Dulko, Argentina, and Flavia Pennetta(1), Italy, def. Natalie Grandin, South Africa,andVladimiraUhlirova, CzechRepublic, 6-0, 6-3.Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and KatarinaSrebotnik (2),Slovenia, def.BethanieMattek-SandsandMeghannShaughnessy (9), U.S., 6-3, 6-3.LiezelHuber,U.S., andNadiaPetrova(3),Russia,def. Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and AnastasiaRodionova (5), Australia, 6-1, 6-4.VictoriaAzarenka,Belarus, andMariaKirilenko(12), Russia, def. Chuang Chia-jung and HsiehSu-wei, Taiwan, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.MENSingles — Quarter-finalsRoger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. StanislasWawrinka (19), Switzerland, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. TomasBerdych (6), Czech Republic, 6-1, 7-6 (5), 6-1.Doubles – Quarter-finalsBob andMike Bryan (1), U.S., def. JurgenMelzer, Austria, and Philipp Petzschner (6),Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (7).Eric Butorac, U.S., and Jean-Julien Rojer,Netherlands Antilles, def. Lukasz Kubot,Poland, andOliverMarach (4), Austria, 6-3, 6-4.MIXED DOUBLESSecond RoundKatarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, andDanielNestor (2), Toronto, def. Olga Govortsova,Belarus, andMarcinMatkowski, Poland, 4-6,6-4, 10-4 tiebreak.JUNIOR GIRLSSingles – Second RoundEugenie Bouchard (14),Montreal, def. TianRan, China, 6-1, 6-2.Nastja Kolar (16), Slovenia, def. Jang SuJeong, South Korea, 6-2, 2-6, 9-7.Doubles – Second RoundDenisa Allertova and Klara Fabikova, CzechRepublic, def. Eugenie Bouchard,Montreal,andMonica Puig (2), Puerto Rico, 6-0, 6-3.

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPSSunday’s resultsAFC — Pittsburgh 24 N.Y. Jets 19NFC — Green Bay 21 Chicago 14

PROBOWLSunday’s gameAt HonoluluAFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m.

SUPER BOWLXLVSunday, Feb. 6At Arlington, TexasPittsburgh (AFC) vs.GreenBay (NFC), 6:30p.m.

Last night’s resultsBuffalo 3 Ottawa 2 (OT)Anaheim 3 Columbus 2Florida 4 N.Y. Rangers 3Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Islanders 0Montreal at PhiladelphiaToronto at Tampa BayMinnesota at ChicagoEdmonton at PhoenixMonday’s resultsCalgary 3 Nashville 1Vancouver 7 Dallas 1Carolina 6 Toronto 4Colorado 4 St. Louis 3

Los Angeles 2 Boston 0N.Y. Rangers 2Washington 1 (SO)Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternFlorida at Boston, 7 p.m.Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Detroit, 7 p.m.Edmonton at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Colorado, 9 p.m.St. Louis at Calgary, 10 p.m.Nashville at Vancouver, 10 p.m.San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-Boston 34 10 .773 —d-Miami 31 13 .705 3d-Chicago 31 14 .689 31/2Atlanta 29 16 .644 51/2Orlando 29 16 .644 51/2New York 23 21 .523 11Philadelphia 19 25 .432 15Charlotte 17 25 .405 16Indiana 16 25 .390 161/2Milwaukee 16 26 .381 17Detroit 17 28 .378 171/2Washington 13 31 .295 21New Jersey 13 32 .289 211/2Toronto 13 32 .289 211/2Cleveland 8 37 .178 261/2

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-San Antonio 38 7 .844 —d-L.A. Lakers 32 13 .711 6New Orleans 30 16 .652 81/2Dallas 28 15 .651 9d-Oklahoma City 28 16 .636 91/2Utah 27 17 .614 101/2Denver 26 18 .591 111/2Portland 25 21 .543 131/2Memphis 22 23 .489 16Phoenix 20 23 .465 17Houston 21 25 .457 171/2Golden State 19 25 .432 181/2L.A. Clippers 17 26 .395 20Sacramento 10 32 .238 261/2Minnesota 10 34 .227 271/2

EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Philadelphia 49 32 12 2 3 169 128 69 15-7-0-2 17-5-2-1 8-2-0-0 W1d-TampaBay 50 30 15 3 2 152 154 65 15-4-1-1 15-11-2-1 6-4-0-0 W4d-Boston 49 27 15 2 5 150 111 61 12-9-1-2 15-6-1-3 6-3-1-0 L1Pittsburgh 50 31 15 2 2 154 114 66 17-9-1-0 14-6-1-2 6-3-0-1 W2Washington 50 27 14 5 4 140 128 63 16-5-2-4 11-9-3-0 4-2-3-1 L1NYRangers 52 29 20 2 1 148 126 61 12-11-1-1 17-9-1-0 5-5-0-0 L1Montreal 49 27 17 4 1 128 118 59 16-6-3-1 11-11-1-0 6-1-2-1 L1Atlanta 51 23 19 3 6 151 166 55 11-9-1-4 12-10-2-2 3-4-1-2 L3Carolina 49 24 19 2 4 149 153 54 13-8-1-1 11-11-1-3 6-4-0-0 W1Buffalo 49 23 21 5 0 137 144 51 11-12-1-0 12-9-4-0 7-3-0-0 W2Florida 48 22 21 2 3 130 129 49 11-8-2-3 11-13-0-0 4-3-1-2 W1Toronto 48 19 24 2 3 124 151 43 10-11-2-2 9-13-0-1 5-4-0-1 L2Ottawa 50 17 25 5 3 108 160 42 9-14-2-2 8-11-3-1 1-6-1-2 L6NY Islanders 48 15 26 3 4 117 158 37 8-11-1-3 7-15-2-1 3-6-0-1 L2NewJersey 48 16 29 2 1 100 143 35 9-13-1-1 7-16-0-1 6-3-1-0 W4

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Vancouver 49 30 10 4 5 163 120 69 16-3-1-4 14-7-3-1 4-2-1-3 W1d-Detroit 48 29 13 4 2 163 142 64 14-6-3-1 15-7-1-1 5-4-0-1 L1d-Dallas 49 29 15 1 4 144 136 63 15-6-1-3 14-9-0-1 7-2-0-1 L2Nashville 49 27 16 4 2 133 117 60 11-4-3-2 16-12-1-0 7-3-0-0 L1Anaheim 52 28 20 2 2 140 146 60 17-7-0-1 11-13-2-1 7-3-0-0 W2Phoenix 49 24 16 6 3 141 139 57 10-8-3-2 14-8-3-1 6-3-0-1 L1Chicago 49 26 19 2 2 155 135 56 16-12-0-0 10-7-2-2 6-3-0-1 L1Colorado 49 25 18 6 0 159 160 56 14-10-3-0 11-8-3-0 5-4-1-0 W1San Jose 49 25 19 4 1 137 135 55 12-10-2-1 13-9-2-0 4-6-0-0 W4Minnesota 48 24 19 1 4 126 132 53 11-11-0-2 13-8-1-2 6-4-0-0 L1LosAngeles 49 26 22 1 0 140 122 53 16-9-1-0 10-13-0-0 4-6-0-0 W2Calgary 50 23 21 2 4 140 151 52 13-9-0-1 10-12-2-2 5-2-1-2 W3St. Louis 48 22 19 3 4 129 142 51 15-8-1-2 7-11-2-2 2-6-1-1 L3Columbus 49 23 21 3 2 130 152 51 12-11-0-1 11-10-3-1 3-5-1-1 L1Edmonton 47 14 25 1 7 117 162 36 7-13-1-3 7-12-1-3 2-7-0-1 L5

d—division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.

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NLLWEEK FOURFriday’s gamesPhiladelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m.Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Saturday’s gamesBuffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.Colorado at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Boston at Rochester, 7:35 p.m.Washington atMinnesota, 8:30 p.m.Edmonton at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

SOCCERSABRES 3, SENATORS 2 (OT)1. Ottawa, Kelly 11 (Foligno) 4:282. Buffalo, Byron 1 (Ennis, Stafford) 10:053. Buffalo, Hecht 8 (Myers, Vanek) 15:49Penalties—Karlsson Ott (tripping) 5:02,Gerbe Buf (roughing) 6:57.Second PeriodNo Scoring.Penalty—Stafford Buf (hooking) 14:52.Third Period4. Ottawa, Gonchar 6 (Karlsson, Fisher) 13:56 (pp)Penalties—Myers Buf (cross-checking) 1:22,Miller Buf (tripping; served by Ennis) 12:35.Overtime5. Buffalo,Morrisonn 1 (Vanek) 1:59Penalties—None.Shots on goal byBuffalo 15 6 2 2—25Ottawa 12 11 6 0—29Goal—Buffalo:Miller (W,21-14-4); Ottawa:Elliott (L,12-17-7). Power plays (goals-chances)—Buffalo: 0-1; Ottawa: 1-4.Referees—Eric Furlatt, Marc Joannette.Linesmen—Steve Barton, David Brisebois.Attendance—18,990 (19,153) at Ottawa.

LATEMONDAYHURRICANES 6,MAPLE LEAFS 4First Period1. Carolina, Corvo7 (Pitkanen,Ruutu) 12:16 (pp)2. Toronto, Kaberle 2 (Kessel, Crabb) 19:51Penalties—Kaberle Tor (tripping) 5:39, Gun-narsson Tor (high-sticking) 11:21,MacArthurTor, LaRose Car (fighting) 12:19, Gleason Car(roughing) 16:51, Grabovski Tor, Kulemin Tor(roughing), Pitkanen Car (holding), Gleason

Car (fighting, gamemisconduct) 20:00.Second Period3. Carolina,McBain 3 (Jokinen) 11:16Penalties—Kaberle Tor (hooking) 2:58,WhiteCar (hooking) 5:22, Skinner Car (holding)15:25, Cole Car (interference) 16:00, Arm-strong Tor (hooking) 19:16.Third Period4. Carolina, Bra.Sutter 9 (White, Boychuk) 1:495. Toronto, Brent 5 (Schenn, Beauchemin) 3:186. Toronto, Brent 6 (Phaneuf, Brown) 4:29 (sh)7. Carolina, Bra.Sutter 10 (Jokinen) 8:558.Carolina,Skinner18(Corvo,E.Staal)11:02(pp)9.Toronto,Brown2(Brent,Gunnarsson)14:15(pp)10. Carolina, Cole 13, 19:13 (en)Penalties—CrabbTor (hooking) 3:42, SjostromTor (goaltender interference) 9:53, Harrison Car(slashing) 12:21, SjostromTor (holding) 14:41,Beauchemin Tor (tripping) 16:26.ShotsToronto 6 14 10—30Carolina 5 15 8—28Goal—Toronto: Giguere (L,9-9-3); Carolina:Ward (W,21-15-5). Power plays (goals-chances)—Toronto: 1-7; Carolina: 2-7.Referees—Gord Dwyer, Dan O’Rourke. Lines-men—Bryan Pancich, Anthony Sericolo.Att.—16,201 (18,680) at Raleigh.

FLAMES 3, PREDATORS 1First Period1.Calgary,Glencross12 (Stajan,Hagman)10:14.Penalties—Suter Nash (slashing) 2:33, Halis-chuk Nash (hooking) 7:49, Giordano Cal (hook-ing) 11:57, Glencross Cal (slashing) 17:44.Second Period2. Nashville, Legwand 7 (Wilson,Ward) 10:323.Calgary, Iginla21 (Stajan,Tanguay)13:01 (pp)

Penalties—LegwandNash (hooking) 5:03,Sarich Cal (cross-checking) 10:50,Ward Nash(high-sticking) 12:44, Nashville bench (toomanymen; served by Hornqvist) 14:20,Bouwmeester Cal (hooking) 18:44.Third Period4. Calgary,Morrison 8 (Tanguay, Giordano)14:08 (pp)Penalties—Sarich Cal (tripping) 7:55, Smith-son Nash (hooking) 13:31.ShotsNashville 6 7 11—24Calgary 8 14 5—27Goal—Nashville: Rinne (L,17-12-4); Calgary:Kiprusoff (W,19-18-2). Power plays (goals-chances)—Nashville: 0-5; Calgary: 2-6.Referees—Francis Charron, BradWatson.Linesmen—Mike Cvik, Don Henderson.Att.—19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.

CANUCKS 7, STARS 1First Period1.Vancouver,Burrows10 (D.Sedin,Ballard)1:182. Dallas, Richards 20 (Neal) 7:193.Vancouver,Kesler27 (Edler,H.Sedin)9:05 (pp)4. Vancouver, Ehrhoff 8 (H.Sedin, D.Sedin)10:26 (pp)Penalties—BennDal (high-sticking) 8:17,Burish Dal, Bieksa Vcr (unsportsmanlike con-duct) 9:13, Fistric Dal (tripping) 9:41, DaleyDal (hooking) 17:20.Second Period5. Vancouver, Samuelsson 9 (Kesler, Raymond) 3:596.Vancouver,H.Sedin, 11 (Volpatti, Torres)11:28Penalties—Tambellini Vcr (interference) 7:11,Burrows Vcr (holding stick) 13:27,MorrowDal(charging) 14:43, Bieksa Vcr (interference)15:27,MorrowVcr (goaltender interference)17:28, Hamhuis Vcr (tripping) 19:56.Third Period7.Vancouver, Raymond9 (Edler, Samuelsson) 11:058. Vancouver, Hamhuis 4 (Tambellini, Tanev)13:12 (pp)Penalties—Ribiero Dal, Hamhuis Vcr (doubleroughing) 4:59, Burish Dal (roughing,miscon-duct), Barch Dal, Ballard Vcr (roughing), Bur-rows Vcr (misconduct) 12:16, Ott Dal (high-sticking) 19:55.ShotsDallas 10 7 9 —26Vancouver 12 12 12 —36Goal (shots-saves)—Dallas: Lehtonen (L,21-11-5) (33-27), Raycroft (13:12 third)(3-3);Vancouver: Luongo (W,22-8-7). Power plays(goals-chances)—Dallas: 0-4; Vancouver: 3-7.Referees—TomKowal, Steve Kozaru.Linesmen—Brad Lazarowich, Thor Nelson.Attendance—18,860 (18,810) at Vancouver.

SCORING LEADERSG A PT

Stamkos, TB 38 29 67Crosby, Pgh 32 34 66D.Sedin, Vcr 27 36 63H.Sedin, Vcr 11 50 61St. Louis, TB 20 40 60B.Richards, Dal 20 37 57Zetterberg, Det 16 36 52Perry, Ana 25 26 51Ovechkin,Wash 19 32 51E.Staal, Car 23 26 49Eriksson, Dal 17 32 49Kopitar, LA 16 33 49Kesler, Vcr 27 20 47Not including last night’s games

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUEMINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to termswithRHPKevin Slowey on a one-year contract.OAKLANDATHLETICS—Agreed to termswithLHP Craig Breslow on a one-year contract.TORONTOBLUE JAYS—Acquired RHP FrankFrancisco and cash considerations from Texasfor CMike Napoli.

NATIONAL LEAGUECHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to termswith RHPToddWellemeyer on aminor league contract.HOUSTONASTROS—Agreed to termswithLHPWandyRodriguez on a three-year contract.NEWYORKMETS—AnnouncedOF JasonPridieand RHP Tobi Stoner clearedwaivers andweresent outright to Buffalo (IL).

BASKETBALLNBAMILWAUKEEBUCKS—SignedGGarrett Templeto a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALLCFLHAMILTON TIGER-CATS—Re-signed LBMarkeith Knowlton to a three-year contract.WINNIPEGBLUE BOMBERS—Signed K JustinPalardy and OL Chris Greaves to contract ex-tensions.

NFLATLANTA FALCONS—Agreed to termswithLB Robert James on two-year contract.CAROLINA PANTHERS—Named Ray Brownassistant offensive line coach.CLEVELANDBROWNS—Named Chris Taborspecial teams coordinator.DENVERBRONCOS—Named RonMilus sec-ondary coach and Richard Smith linebackerscoach.OAKLAND RAIDERS—Named Al Saundersoffensive coordinator.SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Named Brad Seelyassistant head coach/special teams coordinatorand Kevin Tolbert assistant strength andconditioning coach.

HOCKEYNHLN.Y. ISLANDERS—Suspended G EvgeniNabokov for not reporting to the team afterbeing claimed off waivers from the Detroit.OTTAWASENATORS—Recalled GMikeBrodeur fromBinghamton (AHL).SAN JOSE SHARKS—Recalled GAlex StalockfromWorcester (AHL).

AHLLEAGUEOFFICE—Suspended Portland D TimConboy two games as a result of his actions ina Jan. 21 game atWorcester.CHICAGOWOLVES—Signed F TimMiller.

SOCCERMLSPHILADELPHIAUNION—Waived G BradKnighton.NEWYORKREDBULL—SignedMFMattKassel.

LACROSSE

d—division leaders ranked in top four positionsper conference regardless of winning percentage.Last night’s resultsBoston 112 Cleveland 95Denver 120Washington 109L.A. Clippers at DallasCharlotte at SacramentoUtah at L.A. LakersMonday’s resultsMemphis 100 Toronto 98Chicago 92Milwaukee 83Detroit 103 Orlando 96Houston 129Minnesota 125New Jersey 103 Cleveland 101NewOrleans 91 Oklahoma City 89NewYork 115Washington 106Philadelphia 105 Phoenix 95Sacramento 96 Portland 81SanAntonio 113 Golden State 102Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternOrlando at Indiana, 7 p.m.Memphis at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.Denver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta atMilwaukee, 8 p.m.Oklahoma City atMinnesota, 8 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Charlotte at Phoenix, 9 p.m.San Antonio at Utah, 9:30 p.m.NewOrleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

WOMEN’S FOUR NATIONSYesterday’s resultsAt BeijingCanada 1 Sweden 0At Chongqing, ChinaU.S. 2 China 0

ASIAN CUPSEMIFINALSAt Doha QatarAustralia 6 Uzbekistan 0Japan 2 South Korea 2(Japan advances 3-0 on penalty kicks)

ENGLANDCARLING CUPSECOND LEGArsenal 3 Ipswich 0(Arsenal advances on 3-1 aggregate)

PREMIER LEAGUEBlackpool 2Manchester United 3Wigan 1 Aston Villa 2

GERMANYGERMANCUPQUARTER-FINALSSchalke 3 Nuremberg 2 (OT)

ITALYITALIAN CUPQUARTER-FINALSPalermo 0 Parma 0(Palermowins 5-4 on penalty kicks)

MEN’SWORLD CUP SLALOMAt Schladming, AustriaYesterday’s results(run times in parentheses)1. Jean-Baptiste Grange, France, oneminute46.54 seconds (54.62-51.92); 2. AndreMyhrer,Sweden, 1:46.58 (53.77-52.81); 3.MattiasHargin, Sweden, 1:47.14 (54.22-52.92); 4.ManfredMoelgg, Italy, 1:47.47 (54.92-52.55);5. Ivica Kostelic, Croatia, 1:47.54 (54.42-53.12); 6. Axel Baeck, Sweden, 1:47.69 (55.48-52.21); 7. Jens Byggmark, Sweden, 1:47.72(56.45-51.27); 8. Cristian Deville, Italy, 1:47.83(55.20-52.63); 9. Benjamin Raich, Austria,1:47.84 (55.35-52.49); 10. Naoki Yuasa, Japan,1:47.90 (56.12-51.78).11. FelixNeureuther, Germany, 1:47.95 (55.77-52.18); 12.Manfred Pranger, Austria, 1:48.26(55.03-53.23); 13. Nolan Kasper, U.S., 1:48.74(57.08-51.66); 14.Michael Janyk,Whistler,B.C., 1:48.89 (56.43-52.46); 15.Markus Vogel,Switzerland, 1:49.07 (57.07-52.00).Also— 23. TrevorWhite, Calgary, 1:50.09(56.93-53.16); 25. Paul Stutz, Banff, Alta.,1:50.54 (57.00-53.54).DisqualifiedAfter SecondRun—Patrick Biggs,Orleans, Ont.

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(half ) season as Leafs GM— one of the first movesthe new administrationmade was to claim veter-an netminder Martin Ger-ber off waivers fromOttawa.

At the time of Gerber’sacquisition — in earlyMarch 2009 — Toronto’sgoalie cupboard wasbare; starter Vesa Toskalawas injured, while theother alternatives werean approximately 471-year-old Curtis Josephand an alleged goalie-of-the-future in Justin Pogge(who since has been dealtto Carolina).

The Leafs had nochance of making theplayoffs by that point,which made Gerber’spresence more than a lit-tle curious. And whatwound up happening?Toronto won nine of itsremaining 18 regular-sea-son matchups (Gerberwon five of those games)and finished 24th overall,depriving the franchiseof a lottery pick, whichcould have landed theteam a young star such asMatt Duchene, John

Tavares, or VictorHedman.

That isn’t to sayNazem Kadri, the playerToronto selected in the2009 draft with theseventh overall pick,won’t be something spe-cial. But few would com-pare him to Duchene,Hedman or Tavares —and the handful of extrawins Gerber added hadno significant, lasting im-pact on the team.

Now let’s focus on thecurrent situation. Toron-to sits far back of thefinal playoff position inthe Eastern Conferenceand it would take aminor to major miraclefor the Leafs to make it.

So, as the second halfof the schedule — andthe Feb. 28 trade deadline— approaches, Leafs Na-tion ought to hope Burkedoesn’t fall into the sametrap by acquiring a veter-an or two as a stop-gapmeasure. (That includesplaying J.S. Giguere heav-ily down the stretch.)

Short term, the Leafshave to be as bad as theycan. Otherwise, in thelong term, they’re boundto be what they’ve beensince 2004: Just badenough to miss the play-offs and just good enoughto miss the lottery.

The Maple Leafs don’thave a good shot atmaking the playoffsthis season. And Leafsfans should pray teammanagement doesn’tmake the samemistake as it did whenthe franchise was in asimilar situation twoyears ago.

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This is the same base powerplant that’sused in the TSX sedan and performs withquiet efficiency at the lower end of the revrange.

However, when pushed hard, the 2.4becomes a bit raucous, although not inany seriously upsetting way.

4The Sport Wagoncomes with a four-cylinder engine withno optional V6. Inter-estingly, a V6 is thestandard engine in theHonda Crosstour,which is actually a lit-tle cheaper to start. AnAcura spokesman saidthat the primarytarget audience forthe wagon — young,urban, family types —ranked fuel economyas having greater im-portance than rawhorsepower andthrust.

Outside of North America, it’s called the Honda Accord Tourer. Since the Acura TSX is Accord-based,

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Fully-equippedBuyers will definitely be able to speedthrough the option list.

As with all Acuras, the TSX arrives withall the right up-level gear right out of thebox: leather interior; power moonroof;dual-zone climate control; and a cool setof 17-inch alloy wheels.

A premium audio and navigation sys-tems, power tailgate, 18-inch rims and anaero-style body kit are among the few ex-tra-cost items.

Carrying capacityIt’s safe to assume everybody will appreci-ate the TSX Sport Wagon’s carrying capaci-ty, which is more than double that of thesedan, even with the rear seat in thelocked-and-upright place.

When folded flat, the load surface ex-tends some 70 inches giving the TSX near-ly the same cargo volume as Acura’sentry-level RDX sport ute.

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Sometimes luxury andpracticality fight for thesame space, but there’splenty of both to goaround when it comes tothe 2011 TSX Sport Wag-on.

It’s Acura’s first shot atmarketing what has in thepast been the exclusive do-main of its Honda parent.

Technically, the AcuraSport Wagon is a Hondasince it was previouslylaunched in Japan and oth-

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The impending arrivalof the sharp-looking TSXSport Wagon has likelyturned Honda’s productplanners green with envyand has them wondering ifthey shouldn’t have lob-bied harder to get a wagonof their own after all.

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Will all this cause riot-ing in the streets? Not like-ly.

“We’ve become desensi-tized to high gas prices,”says Toews. “A dollar a litredoesn’t scare anybody any-more.”

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I don’t think BruceCockburn was thinkingabout gas prices when hepenned the lyrics, “Thetrouble with normal is italways gets worse.” But hemight as well have been.

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Gas prices have beencreeping up all winter.As of writing this, thenational average ishovering around $1.12per litre. Expertspredict prices in springwill be even higher —probably up to $1.20 to$1.30 per litre.

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Many companies and or-ganizations chose theCrown Vic as their fleetmodel of choice thanks toits size, low maintenancerequirements and cheaprunning costs. As a finan-cial decision when run-

ning a fleet of vehicles, theCrown Victoria just madeplain sense. It’s one of thereasons why it’s attractiveto budget-minded families,too.

The gist? Crown Victo-ria is cheap, reliable, hasplenty of room, a gianttrunk and plenty of avail-able features and options.Some models are evenavailable in a six-passengerconfiguration thanks to afront bench seat. To somefamilies, it’s even a worthyalternative to a minivan.

All Crown Victoria mod-els were V8-powered, rear-drive sedans withautomatic transmissions.The machine’s 4.6 litreheart generated between190 and about 230 horse-power, depending on theyear and model in ques-tion.

In addition to the inher-ent classiness of this hand-some sedan, shoppers inthe used market can find aCrown Victoria with airconditioning, cruise, pow-er accessories, leather seat-ing, a trip computer,CD-changer, a moonroofand more.

Several visual and me-chanical updates wereadded throughout themodel’s life, though theunderlying platform re-mained largely the same.

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Then the Ford Crown Victoria could certainlybe a viable used-car option for you Simplisticlast-gen vehicle proves reliable and cheap to run

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The good and bad

WHAT OWNERS LIKE:

Most last-generation CrownVic owners say they lovedthe balance of comfort andhandling, and a nice blendof performance and fueleconomy. Cargo space, ridequality, interior space, seatsand noise levels were high-ly rated, too. Cheap repairsand parts round out thepackage.WHAT OWNERS HATE:

Non-illuminated cruise con-trol buttons and limited at-hand storage werecommon complaints. Due

to the Crown Vic’s size, itwasn’t easy for some driv-ers to park, either.COMMON ISSUES:

Note that a ticking soundfrom the engine could becaused by a bad exhaustmanifold gasket and/orstud. Some models wereknown for a coolant leakfrom the intake manifold,but a Ford mechanic shouldbe able to quickly diagnoseand address this problem.Other than a few other ac-cessory belt-related issues,the Crown Victoria’s power-train largely seems a solidand proven performer.

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Taurus April 21-May 21Think of what you are about todo as an investment in the fu-ture rather than as somethingyou cannot afford. Saturn willbring you an opportunity tomove up in the world, but itwill cost you something, too.

Gemini May 22-June 21Some people complain thatfate is unkind, but you knowthat what you get out of lifedepends on what you put in.Saturn’s retrograde movetoday is to be welcomed. It re-minds you that the more yougive the more you get.

Cancer June 22-July 22 Useyour energy wisely today.Don’t waste it on trivial things.And don’t listen to what otherpeople say. Listen only to yourown conscience. Everythingelse should be excluded.

Leo July 23-Aug.23 Take whathappens today as a challengerather than as a setback. Use itto inspire you to do more anddo better. Everything in life oc-curs for a reason, so there isno need to feel hard done by.

Virgo Aug. 24- Sept. 22 If youmake a mistake of some kindtoday, you must admit it im-mediately. Don’t try to pretendthat it wasn’t you becausethere are critical eyes watchingyour every move. It’s no bigdeal: Say sorry and move on.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 23 This isone of the luckiest times of theyear for you, but becauseplanet Saturn turns retrogradetoday there is a danger youmight take your good fortunefor granted. Don’t.

Scorpio Oct. 24-Nov. 22Don’t sit back and let thechanges that are now takingplace just happen. You are aScorpio, and that means youdon’t give in when the goinggets tough. Fight back.

Sagittarius Nov. 23-Dec. 21 The world is stillan amazing and positive place,no matter what the doommongers might say. Stop wor-rying about the future and cre-ate a better tomorrow foryourself — starting today.

Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 20You get what you deserve. AsSaturn begins one of its retro-grade phases, it may be tempt-ing to believe that you havegained more than you should.But, don’t be so sure.

Aquarius Jan. 21-Feb. 18So much is possible for younow, but you are still holdingback. Why? As limitationsplanet Saturn turns retrogradetoday, the way ahead of you isclear of obstacles. Move!

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 Anybad feelings that might remainbetween you and someoneyou have to deal with on adaily basis must be cleared uponce and for all. You can’t goon eyeing each other with sus-picion. SALLY BROMPTON

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