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Throughout his career, Edmon-ton Police Service Supt. BradDoucette has seen his fair shareof car crashes involving cruisers.

And while there haven’t beenany major injuries in the last fewyears, some current numbers aretroubling him.

There have been 183 collisionsinvolving EPS this year — 80 percent in non-emergency situations.

“I believe that we should besetting the example as far as gooddriving habits,” said Doucette,adding 125 of the crashes, mostof which have been minor, werepreventable.

Edmonton Police Associationpresident Sgt. Tony Simioni saidnot only do police operate a com-plex vehicle, including a radioand computer, it’s mostly a young

workforce.“Every call that comes in is like

it’s the end of the world,” saidSimioni. “We need more seniori-ty back on the streets.”

While Doucette said the colli-sions are “all over the map,” 30per cent of officers only havebetween three and five years ofexperience, which is why educa-tion is necessary.

After 217 collisions last year— 25 per cent involving backingup — officers took a drivingcourse.

Because of the numbers stay-ing steady this year, a number ofeducational videos, along withmore mandatory driving trainingset for February, are planned.

Officers also need to bereminded to analyze every situa-tion before enacting the part ofthe Traffic Safety Act that allowsthem to exceed speed limits, saidDoucette.

EPS targetscruiser crashes

Officers reminded they’re accountable for on-duty collisions Internal newsletter says cops at fault in 125 of 183 crashes this year

All aboard the season of givingThe 17th annual ETS Stuff A Bus campaign runs Dec. 1 to 3 at allSave-On-Foods locations in the city. The Edmonton Food Bank isaiming for 30,000 kilograms of food to feed the 15,000 peoplethey serve every month through their hamper program.

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Darlene Blyan has beengrabbing a smoke outsidethe University of AlbertaHospital at least twice a daywhile a patient.

“There’s always peoplesmoking out here,“ shesaid. “Staff know I’m outhere — not one has saidanything to me about it.”

A recent study of boththe U of A Hospital andHealth Sciences Centre inWinnipeg, involving inter-views with nearly 200 staff

members, patients and oth-ers, showed that enforcingno-smoking policies aloneisn’t working.

Study co-author BarryFinegan, chair of the de-partment of anesthesiologyand pain medicine at the Uof A, said patients needsmoking-cessation optionstoo. “I’m optimistic we’llmake progress,” he said.

Barb Olsen, director ofaddiction and mentalhealth with population andpublic health at AlbertaHealth Services, agrees asmoke-free policy is a firststep, but so too is training

health workers about nico-tine withdrawal, offeringcomfort measures, and re-ferring to community re-sources for cessation whererequested.

“Hospitals are just com-ing on line with thesemeasures; the intent isthere and we’re moving inthe right direction,” shesaid.

Study shows patients, U of A Hospital staff still smoking outside Everyhealth facility in province to be on board with enforcement by June 2013

Hospital patient Darlene Blyan, centre, and friends smoke outside the 114 Street entrance at University of Alberta Hospital.


Smoking bylaw outside hospital not working: Study

Toughbudget decisionsaheadRequests for fundingcame in all forms yester-day as nearly 100 Edmon-tonians made their casefor the 2012 budget.

On the operating side,service cuts needed tolimit the tax hike to 4.5per cent, or $77 for theaverage homeowner.

And while somebegged the city not tostop planting flowers andcleaning their alleywaysin the spring, otherscame with large capitalrequests.

Scona Pool, WhitemudEquine Centre, the TelusWorld of Science, iHumanYouth Society and theWinspear Centre madetheir cases — and weren’talone.

“It’s going to bechallenging for us,” saidCoun. Kim Krushell. “Be-cause most of what weheard asked us to fundmore rather than less.”

Krushell said capital re-quests are important tolook at in terms ofconstruction costs nowand operating costs later,while the operating budg-et might require more ofa tax hike in order tomaintain current servicesand add others.

She plans to push for a0.5 per cent tax increaseto push neighbourhoodrenewal back up to twoper cent, while also sup-porting plans for a north-west police campus andnew officers.

Council begins budgetdeliberations tomorrow.

HEATHER MCINTYRE

Butting out

The six-month study showscustodial staff in both Ed-monton and Winnipeg col-lect between five and 10pounds of cigarette buttsoutside the buildingsevery day.A ban on smoking outsidehospitals and health facili-

ties was put in place byCapital Health in 2005. Anew, more widespreadpolicy was declared by AHSback in April.Council recently voted infavour of amendingEdmonton’s public placesbylaw to include buttingout around playgrounds,arenas and parks.

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With five kids betweenthe ages of nine monthsand seven years, Edmon-ton mother Amie Johnstonand her husband can useall the assistance they canget.

She credits her in-lawswith helping the family tokeep their home, as wellas the very clothes ontheir backs.

A report released yester-day proves her case thatit’s tough for many fami-lies out there, as childpoverty has risen 40 percent.

“It’s hard to really thinkabout it because we’re allgoing through it in differ-ent ways,” says Johnston,whose husband is a gov-ernment worker and uni-versity student.

The report, written byJohn Kolkman, researchco-ordinator of the Ed-monton Social PlanningCouncil, says there were53,000 children living inpoverty in 2008 and73,000 in 2009, proof thatmany are going withouttoday, he said.

“For all Albertans andour provincial govern-ment, this report shouldbe a very serious wake-upcall,” says Bill Moore-Kil-gannon of Public InterestAlberta.

Kolkman says a provin-

cial child tax benefit “thatwould parallel” the federalone “would be a very, veryeffective way to lift chil-dren out of poverty.”

Other solutions Kolk-man suggests include hik-ing the minimum hourlywage to at least $10.25,strengthening early childcare and more — creatinga comprehensive poverty-reduction strategy, some-thing seven otherprovinces have.

Despite improvements, recession still affecting Albertans, report saysNumber of children in low-income families has risen 40 per cent

John Kolkman of the Edmonton Social Planning Council, left, and Public Interest Alberta’s

Bill Moore-Kilgannon discuss the results of a new study on child poverty at a press

conference in Edmonton.


Child poverty report a‘serious wake-up call’

On the edge

Of the children living

below the low-income cutoff, 47 per cent haveparents who work fulltime.

One in four employed

Albertans earns less than$15 an hour.

Poverty rose to eight per

cent from 3.4 per cent for

two-parent households,while 16 per cent of single-parent families areliving in poverty.

The report was a joint

effort between the ESPC,Public Interest Alberta andthe Alberta College of So-cial Workers.

BUDGET BANTER

No healthpremiums:RedfordThe province will notreintroduce health-carepremiums, Premier Ali-son Redford said yester-day.

Cabinet ministersDoug Horner and RonLiepert had raised thepossibility this week,

saying they were not rul-ing out bringing backpremiums in a differentform, although theywouldn’t elaborate.

The premiums, whichwould cost about $1,000per family a year, areworth about $1 billion ayear to the provincialtreasury. They werephased out almost threeyears ago.

Redford says the gov-ernment is pursuing allother avenues to balancethe budget by 2013-14.THE CANADIAN PRESS

A Calgary-based companythat sells precooked Asianfoods is grappling withpossible Listeria contami-nation and has shut downits plant and recalled prod-ucts in five provinces.

Ginger Beef Corp. saidyesterday that it is work-ing with retailers fromBritish Columbia to On-tario to pull the affectedfoods from store shelves. Ithas also shut down its en-tire production line in Cal-gary to do a complete

wash-down.The company is work-

ing with the CanadianFood Inspection Agency toreview its operations andensure food-handling safe-ty.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ginger Beefrecall in effect

30The number ofyears Ginger

Beef has been in busi-ness without a similarincident, thecompany’s VP of oper-ations says.

Mill Woodsattacks likelyconnected:PoliceEdmonton police are look-ing for a man they say as-saulted a woman in MillWoods on Tuesday nightand could be the sameman who stabbed another

person in the area on Nov.11.

The suspect isdescribed as a dark-skinned male in his lateteens to early 20s,between five-foot-eightand five-foot-10, with askinny build and shortdark brown hair.

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The city is addressing itsviolence by providing$360,000 to Boyle StreetCommunity Services, andit couldn’t come at a bet-ter time than at the startof what could be a brutalwinter, according to May-or Stephen Mandel.

At the funding an-nouncement yesterday,Mandel said people on thestreet need a friend morethan anything.

“It makes a difference.

It’s a preventive piece thatconnects street people tothe services they need,” hesaid.

The funds are to expandoutreach services, espe-cially for homeless withintensive needs due tomental illness or sub-stance abuse.

Outreach worker AidanInglis said it’s vital for himto build a relationship andtrust with the homeless,meeting people in parks,the river valley, OldStrathcona and even at thelibrary, where some go to

warm up or get somesleep.

“We meet people wher-ever they are, and whenthey’re ready to make achange, we can help,” hesaid. “Even seeing thesame faces every day mat-ters. The need is vital.”

Ken Desjarlais, a sea-sonal worker whose backinjury left him without ajob or home, said BoyleStreet has been a place tomake friends, get a coffeeand look into housing.

“It has helped me getmy mind clear,” he said.

Mayor announces money for Boyle Street as part of Violence ReductionAction Plan Six outreach workers to provide an increased presence

Ken Desjarlais, seen outside Boyle Street Community Services yesterday, comes to the downtown centre

for coffee and connections, which will be made easier thanks to funding that will expand outreach.


Funding extends morehelp to city’s homeless

Taking action

More than half of the peo-ple involved in homicidesthis year sought help fromhomeless agencies, whichis why outreach was identi-fied in the Violence Reduc-tion Action Plan.The city’s 10-year plan toend homelessness hashoused more than 1,500people in three years.The cost in policing andhealth care for one home-less person is estimated atabout $200,000 per year.

Dave Johnston is kickinghimself for pulling out ofa lottery pool that’s aboutto cash in a lucky ticketfor $30 million.

The steamfitting in-structor at Red Deer College in central Alberta used to play regu-larly with plumbingteachers he sat with inthe school’s lunchroomevery day.

But he pulled out overa year ago.

“It’s hard to stay in,”said Johnston, who addedhe kept putting in hiscash but the pool wasn’twinning big. He eventual-ly decided it just wasn’tgoing to happen.

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Reward next step insearch for Kevin Fox

Edmontonawarded2013 BrierEdmonton has beenawarded the 2013 TimHortons Brier to be heldMarch 2-10 at RexallPlace.

Edmonton last hostedthe Brier in 2005 whenTim Hortons began itssponsorship.

This year the chain ex-tended its sponsorship

A website is urgingtourists to boycott a scenicRocky Mountain commu-nity near Banff NationalPark if it doesn’t back offplans to destroy its feralrabbits.

The site called CanmoreResident Plan doesn’t list aspokesperson, but heavilycriticizes the town’s mayorand council. It calls on mu-sicians, dancers, sportsteams and businesses plan-ning events in Canmore togo elsewhere after Dec. 1.

“You have to take someof it seriously because ob-viously you will lose somepeople. There’s no doubtabout it,” Mayor RonCasey said.

Canmore is expected tobegin trapping some of itsburgeoning bunny popula-tion next week. The issuehas been the source ofheated debate for years.

The rabbits were origi-nally pets but were re-leased in the 1990s andstarted doing what bun-nies do best.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Hare today, bunnytraps and boycottstomorrow

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officials, the rabbitpopulation has hit the2,000 mark — one rab-bit for every six peoplein the town of 12,000— and something hasto be done.

Kevin Fox, pictured in this undated photo, was last seen

in downtown Edmonton Oct. 14. He is a well-known face,

and the city’s 104 Street market has helped the family out

with a $1,000 reward for tips into his disappearance.

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Tips have been few andfar between in the searchfor missing Edmontonman Kevin Fox, but thehope is a reward willbring news of his where-abouts.

Neil Fox, Kevin’s broth-er, said yesterday the fam-ily has accepted the CityMarket Downtown on104th board’s offer of put-ting up a $1,000 reward.

Kevin, who has workedat the market, hasn’tbeen seen or heard fromsince Oct. 14.

Neil helped his brothersearch for assisted livingthe day before, as he hadbeen staying at a hotel.

“He wasn’t doing thatwell,” said Neil, addingKevin had hurt his leg. “Itmight have been themeds that he was on, buthe didn’t look well at all.”

The truck driver, wholives in Texas, visits Ed-monton two or threetimes per month, and al-

ways sees his brother.When he left he told

Kevin he would be backin a week and a half.

“Nobody saw him afterthat.”

Dan Young, marketvendor and board mem-ber, said the board want-ed to do something, andsat aside the $1,000 forthe family to decide whatto do with.

“The reality is thatwe’re expecting theworst,” said Neil. “But,hopefully, he might foolus all and show up some-day.”

104 Street market offers to post$1,000 reward via Crime Stoppers

Not many useful tips have come in

Have youseen KevinFox?Kevin is described as five-foot-seven, 160 pounds,with white hair and a

beard, blue eyes andglasses — and he may bewalking with a cane.

Some say he looks likeSanta — and even putson the red suit for eventsat the Bissel Centre andASSIST Community Serv-ices Centre each year.

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The family is in conversa-tion with Crime Stoppersabout the reward. Moredetails will be availablesoon, along with newposters.

A Twitter account andFacebook page, FindingKevin Fox, have been inuse by family and friendssince his disappearance.

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The only other cities tohost a Brier six times areCalgary, Halifax, Saskatoonand Toronto.

In 2005, a record281,985 fans attended theBrier.

Edmonton also has donewell hosting other majorcurling events.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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If you have too much todrink while out and aboutthis holiday season, you’llhave to call a taxi.

That’s because for thesecond year in a row, Op-eration Red Nose will nothave a program in Ed-monton.

“No one has steppedup,” said David Latouche,with the national office.“We’re already looking atnext year. It’s too late thisyear.”

The program — whichoperated for 16 years in

Edmonton, last in 2009 —is generally put on by anon-profit organization.

The light went out lastyear after the Spirit Keep-er Youth Society, who ranthe program in 2009, hadto downsize amid cut-backs.

“It’s not good news tonot have the program inthe biggest cities, like Cal-gary and Edmonton,” saidLatouche.

“But it’s for the com-munity by the communi-ty.”

Cold Lake, FortSaskatchewan and Leth-bridge are the only com-munities in Alberta

running programs thisyear, but they are nation-ally funded, which won’thappen again, said La-touche.

In the meantime, BalrajManhas, president of theUnited Cabbies Associa-tion of Edmonton, saidcab brokers “have enoughcars to cover the load.”

And wait times won’tbe long, said Manhas, asthere should be 100 moretaxis on the road in thenext two months.

By the numbers

Prior to the Spirit KeeperYouth Society, the RotaryClub of Edmonton Strath-cona ran Operation RedNose for six years.The program operated inCalgary from 1992 to 2001.It takes about 200volunteers, as well asoffice and administrationstaff, to run Operation RedNose.The non-profits who runthe program get to keepthe donations made forrides, which average at$20.

While there are many ways to get home after a night of

drinking in Edmonton, a holiday non-profit program,

Operation Red Nose, will not be one of them this year.


Operation Red Nosedimming in Alberta

Deadline to sign up to run program was Aug. 31 Ideal start is June Program seems to be waning, with only three communities taking part

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Sahar Shafia confided inschool and child protec-tion authorities that shewas being pressured towear a hijab, the court inKingston, Ont., was told.

She was also beingshunned at home, so she

tried to kill herself, thecourt heard.

Shafia, then 16, told aschool assistant principalher parents had barely spo-ken with her in the previ-ous eight months.

She also said she wassubject to verbal and physi-cal abuse by her olderbrother, the assistant prin-cipal told court.

It was all too much, soshe took some pills in a

suicide attempt, assistantprincipal Josee Fortin said.

“I had enough,” she saidSahar told her. “I wantedto die.”

The bodies of Sahar, 17,her sisters Zainab, 19, andGeeti, 13, along with thebody of Rona Amir Mo-hammad, 50, one of theirfather’s two wives, werefound in a car submergedin a Kingston canal. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The parents, ToobaMohammad Yahya, 41, andMohammad Shafia, 58,and brother Hamed, 20,have pleaded not guilty tofirst-degree murder.When Sahar tried to killherself, her mother saidsomething to the effect of,if she wants to die, let her,the court heard.

Submerged-car girl tried suicide, court told

Protesters feel the heat — and coldToronto camp dismantled almost peacefully Snow gives Montreal campers the shivers

Occupy Toronto protestersbowed to the inevitableyesterday after a 39-dayodyssey.

Scores of police and by-law officers armed with acourt order moved into adowntown park to disman-tle the Occupy camp.

It was reduced to a jum-ble of tarpaulins, tentpoles and mud.

Meanwhile, the interac-tion between police anddemonstrators remainedcordial, even courteous.

One protester offeredofficers tulips. Anothershook hands with police,thanking them for their re-straint.

The end appeared tocome as a relief to theshrinking number of ac-tivists. “It’s really calm,”said protester Katie Berger.“Everyone has planned forthis.’’

But one woman was ar-

rested. She went limp andwas carried away. Two oth-ers were arrested to chantsof “shame! shame!”

VANCOUVER

Police moved in earlyyesterday to dismantle asecond Occupy site thatsprang up after the initialsite at the art gallery wasdeemed illegal and or-dered removed.

MONTREAL

Occupy Montreal tentssagged under the weight ofsnow as the city faced itsfirst major storm of theseason.

Mayor Gerald Tremblayhas asked the protesters toleave the site in Montreal’sfinancial district. Organiz-ers have said they have noplans to move.THE CANADIAN PRESS

“I wish it was over.I’m tired.”A FORLORN YOUNG PROTESTER

Occupy?It’s a webof laughs The Occupy protestshave spawned allkinds of Internet fun.

The California copwho pepper-sprayedprotesters is “PepperSpraying Cop” online.A meme shows himpepper-sprayingfamous figures.George Washingtongets it. So does Jesus.

There have beenother online pranks.One image of a catbears a note: “I am the99 purrcent.”

Says the CookieMonster: “99 per centof the world’s cookiesare consumed by 1 per cent of the mon-sters.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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The United Nationsstrongly condemned au-thorities for what itdeemed an excessive useof force. Germany, one ofEgypt’s top trading part-ners, called for a quicktransfer of power to a civil-ian government. The U.S.and the UN secretary-gen-eral have already ex-pressed their concern overthe use of violence againstmostly peaceful protesters.

Navi Pillay, the UN HighCommissioner for HumanRights, deplored the roleof Egypt’s security forcesin attempting to suppressprotesters.

“Some of the imagescoming out of Tahrir, in-cluding the brutal beatingof already subdued protest-ers, are deeply shocking,as are the reports of un-armed protesters beingshot in the head,” Pillaysaid.

Clashes resumed for afifth day despite a promiseby the head of the rulingmilitary council on Tues-day to speed up a presiden-tial election to the first

half of next year, a conces-sion swiftly rejected bytens of thousands of pro-testers in Tahrir Square.

Elnadeem Center, anEgyptian rights groupknown for its careful re-search of victims of policeviolence, said late Tuesdaythat the number of pro-testers killed in clashes na-tionwide since Saturday is38. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UN official calls for prompt, impartial and independent investigationBrief truce falls apart as protesters battle police at Tahrir Square

An Egyptian protester using scrap metal as a shield takes cover from tear gas

during clashes with security forces near Tahrir Square in Cairo yesterday.

KHALIL HAMRA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Egypt military facesworld’s condemnation

Israelpreparingfor worstWatching from thesidelines yet feeling muchinvolved, Israel is prepar-ing for the worst in Egypt,concerned about the fateof the 1979 peace treaty.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

More concessions

The government offeredmore concessions, order-ing the release of 312 pro-testers detained over thepast days and instructingcivilian prosecutors to takeover a probe the militarystarted into the death of27 people, mostlyChristians, on Oct. 9.

People celebrate the signing by President Ali

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in power in Sanaa, Yemen, yesterday.

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AGREES TO STEP DOWNYemen’s authoritarianPresident Ali AbdullahSaleh yesterday agreedto step down amid afierce uprising to ousthim after 33 years inpower. The U.S. and itspowerful Gulf alliespressed for the deal, con-cerned that a securitycollapse in the impover-ished Arab nation was al-lowing an activeal-Qaida franchise togain a firmer foothold.

Saleh is the fourthArab leader toppled inthe wave of Arab Springuprisings this year, afterlongtime dictators fell inTunisia, Egypt and Libya.The deal gives Saleh im-munity fromprosecution —contradicting a keydemand of Yemen’s op-position protesters.

Seated beside SaudiKing Abdullah in theSaudi capital Riyadh,Saleh signed the U.S.-backed deal hammeredout by his country’spowerful Gulf Arab

neighbours to transferpower within 30 days tohis vice-president, AbedRabbo Mansour Hadi.That will be followed byearly presidentialelections within 90 days.

He was dressed smart-ly in a dark business suitwith a matching stripedtie and handkerchief,and he smiled as hesigned the deal, thenclapped his hands a fewtimes. He then spoke fora few minutes to mem-bers of the Saudi royalfamily and internationaldiplomats, promisinghis ruling party “will beco-operative” in workingwith a new unity govern-ment.

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Actor George Clooney andhis ex-girlfriend ElisabettaCanalis are among morethan 200 witnesses accept-ed yesterday by a Milancourt in the trial of formerprime minister SilvioBerlusconi for allegedlypaying for sex with an un-derage prostitute.

Clooney has said he was

approached by Berlus-coni’s team to testify about“bunga bunga” parties atBerlusconi’s villas, but sayshe only visited the pre-mier’s residence once toseek aid for Darfur and de-clined an invitation to stay.

Berlusconi’s defencelawyer Niccolo Ghedinitold reporters that Clooney

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Ghedini said they wantto dispute the witness’ tes-timony.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Medvedev warns that Moscowmay opt out of START arms controldeal with Washington

U.S. standsfirm afterRussia threat

George Clooney and ex-girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis.

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The witness list alsoincludes Karima el-Mahroug, the Moroccanteen who is alleged tohave had sex with Berlus-coni. Both she and Berlus-coni, 75, have denied asexual relationship.

Clooney, Ronaldo on Berlusconi defence list

The White House says theU.S. will not limit orchange its missile defenceplans in Europe amid newthreats from Russia.

Spokesman Tommy Vi-etor says the U.S. has beenopen and transparent withMoscow on its missile de-fence plans in Western Eu-rope. The U.S. hasrepeatedly said thoseplans reflect a growingthreat from Iran andwould not be directedagainst Russia’s nuclearforces.

His comments followRussian President DmitryMedvedev’s assertion yes-terday that Russia wouldtarget the U.S. missileshield if Washington failsto assuage Moscow’s con-cerns. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tit for tat

The U.S. plan calls for plac-ing land- and sea-basedradars and interceptors inEuropean locations,including Romania andPoland, over the nextdecade and upgradingthem over time.Medvedev warned thatMoscow would deployshort-range Iskander mis-siles in Kaliningrad, aBaltic Sea regionbordering Poland, andplace weapons in other ar-eas in Russia’s west andsouth to target U.S. missiledefence sites. Medvedevsaid Russia would put anew early-warning radar inKaliningrad.

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Riot police fired tear gasat anti-nuclear protestersin a Normandy field andvehicles were set aflame.

Activists damaged a rail-way and delayed the depar-ture of a train carryingrecycled uranium to Ger-many.

“Stop This RadioactiveTrain,” read bannerswaved by protesters.

The train finally left thedepot at Valognes, but wasexpected to meet protestsand resistance all along itsjourney from a nuclearwaste processing site onthe English Channel to astorage site in northernGermany.

Protesters point to thedisaster at Japan’s Fukushi-

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In Germany, police werepreparing a big securityoperation to protect thenuclear waste shipment. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Chief Justice Robert Bau-man of the B.C. SupremeCourt concluded yesterdaythat Canada’s polygamylaw is valid as long as it is-n’t used to prosecute child

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“This case is essentiallyabout harm.... This in-cludes harm to women, to

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Bauman’s decision isn’tbinding, although the caseis expected to end up at theSupreme Court of Canada,which would have the finalsay on Canada’s polygamy

law. George Macintosh, alawyer appointed to op-pose the law at the hear-ings, said he would likelylaunch such an appeal.

The case was promptedby more than two decadesof controversy surround-ing the isolated religiouscommunity of Bountiful,B.C., where residents fol-low a fundamentalist formof Mormonism that be-lieves polygamy is required

to attain the highest levelof heaven.

The failed prosecutionof two leaders from thecommunity — WinstonBlackmore and James Olerset the stage for the cur-rent constitutional refer-ence.

“I certainly don’t planon dropping my faith andrunning away,” said Black-more upon hearing the de-cision. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Polygamy law upheldB.C. judge justifies centuries-old ban on polygamy Says harm to women and children outweigh religious rights

7 charged inAmish attacks

The leader of a breakawayAmish group allowed thebeatings of those who dis-obeyed him, made somemembers sleep in a chick-en coop and had sexual re-lations with marriedwomen to “cleanse them,”federal authorities saidyesterday as they chargedhim and six others withhate crimes in hair-cut-ting attacks against otherAmish.

Authorities raided thegroup’s compound in east-ern Ohio earlier in the dayand arrested seven men,including group leaderSam Mullet and three ofhis sons. Several membersof the group carried outthe attacks in September,October and November byforcefully cutting thebeards and hair of Amishmen and women and thentaking photos of them, au-thorities said.

Cutting the hair is ahighly offensive act to theAmish, who believe theBible instructs women tolet their hair grow longand men to grow beardsand stop shaving oncethey marry.

One victim told the FBIhe would rather have

been “beaten black andblue than to suffer the dis-figurement and humilia-tion of having his hairremoved,” according tocourt papers.

The attacks struck atthe core of the Amishidentity and tested theirprinciples.

They are pacifists andstrongly believe that theymust be forgiving in orderfor God to forgive them,which often means hand-ing out their own punish-ment and not reportingcrimes to law enforce-ment. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this Oct. 19, 2011, file photo, from left: Johnny Mullet,

Lester Mullet, Daniel Mullet, Levi Miller and Eli Miller wait

to make their pleas in Holmes County Municipal Court in

Millersburg, Ohio.

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Mullet’s defence

Mullet’s defence attorney

said that his client plans to

fight the federal charges.

Mullet said he didn’t

order the hair-cutting but didn’t stop the crime either.His goal was to send a

message to other Amishthat they should beashamed of themselves forhow they were treatingMullet and his community.

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Bank of Canada governorMark Carney says growingaccess to capital shouldmake Canadian businessesconfident to invest, despitethe financial chaos thathas rocked Europe andtroubling signals out of theUnited States.

“Given the relative at-tractiveness of Canada inglobal terms, Canadianbusinesses large and smallcan expect continued ac-cess to capital and that’sextremely important be-cause that allows to planfor the medium and longterm,” he said yesterday.

While Canadian tradewith Europe remains rela-tively low, there aretremendous opportunities,even with Europe’s debtcrisis, Carney said.

Carney cautionedagainst overreaction bybusinesses during a periodof international volatility.

The head of the Montre-al Board of Trade said Car-ney’s comments are

reassuring to entrepre-neurs who wonder if thetime is right to developtheir businesses and ex-port markets.

“The worry is whenthey hear that in Europeinvestments are slowingdown and the fear is aform of contagion,” saidMichel Leblanc.

“The answer today wasreassuring that the Canadi-an system seems to bestrong enough that Cana-dian businesses need nothave to worry.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

Businesses, small andlarge, can invest: Carney

Carney

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Occupy protesters wantshoppers to occupy some-thing besides door-bustersales and mall parking lotson Black Friday.

Some don’t want peopleto shop at all. Others justwant to divert shoppersfrom big chains and giantshopping malls to localmom-and-pops.

And while the actionsdon’t appear co-ordinated,they have similar themes:supporting small business-es while criticizing theday’s dedication to conspic-uous consumption andshopping that fuels big cor-porations. Nearly each onepromises some kind of sur-prise action on the day af-ter Thanksgiving — thestart of holiday shoppingseason.

In Seattle, protesters are

carpooling to Wal-Martstores to protest with otherOccupy groups. Washing-ton, D.C., is offering a “real-ly, really free market,”where people can donateitems so others can go giftshopping for free.

The 75-person encamp-ment in Boise, Idaho, willsend “consumer zombies”to wander around a mall insilent protest. In Chicago,protesters will serenadeshoppers with revampedChristmas carols aboutbuying local. The DesMoines, Iowa, group plansflash mobs at three malls.

Protesters say the move-ment shouldn’t take awaymoney and seasonal jobsfrom the working-class ma-jority it purports to repre-sent. The corporations, notthe shoppers, are the focus

of any protests, they say.But organizers do hopetheir actions drive peopleto reconsider shopping atnational chains and directtheir attention to small, lo-cally owned stores.

That may not fly withsmall businesses wary ofany association with themovement, which presentsitself as pushing backagainst corporate power.

Trying to shop exclusive-ly local neglects economiesof scale, job specializationand other benefits that big,multi-state corporationscan bring, said George Ma-son University economistRuss Roberts.

“Don’t punish yourselfby not shopping where youcan get the best deal; that’sfoolish,” Roberts said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Malls to be occupiedon this Black Friday

Targeted marches planned since camps broken upHit list includes big chain stores in suburbs

A joke sign is seen

at one of several

entrances to the

Occupy Portland camp

in Portland, Ore.,

last month. Occupy

protesters want

shoppers to occupy

something besides

door-buster sales and

crowded aisles of

big-box stores on

Black Friday.

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Tastes likepork but it’sgoose: RabbiIsrael’s chief rabbi is bring-ing home the bacon. YonaMetzger’s office says it isprimed to allow import ofan organic goose grown inSpain that tastes like pork.Metzger says three non-Jewish chefs confirm itsswinish flavour. Jewish di-etary law forbids eatingpork. There is no Jewish in-junction against eatinggoose that is slaughteredaccording to Jewish ritual,he says. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Local tweets‘15 SECONDSTO CURTAIN’LOVE AFFAIR

It’s time to get things start-ed, so let’s discuss: Why doesmy generation find the Mup-pets’ return socelebrational?

My workplace has been sooverrun with Muppet talk lately that oneboss said he wouldn’t take part in anymore conversations unless they wereMuppet-free. Embracing our goodfortune, my co-workers and I spent daysdefending our favourite Muppets with avigour most people save for discussing

which is the one true religion.Let’s be honest. The which-Muppet-is-best argument

is silly, especially when one considers that Rowlf is theUltimate Muppet, or “UltiMuppet,” end of story.

That truth aside, the conversation still left me won-dering what it is about the Muppets that captureseveryone’s imagination.

Have you ever had a girlfriend or boyfriend whereall the things that bugged you in other partnersseemed cute in her or him? That's the Muppets.

The show is soaked in irony, but is sincere andsweet. The franchise rakes in cash, but it feels likethey’re doing it for free. The jokes are cornier thananything this side of Hee Haw, but it’s still hilarious.

Bring a Muppet to almost anything and it improves it. If there’s aTwilight: New Muppet, I’mlining up at midnight torave about how sexy CountVon Count is. If MelGibson wants to make ThePassion of The Kermit, I’mthere. I’ll even watch AnInconvenient Muppet

Truth if Beaker is trembling at the bad news and Hon-eydew brings a fool-proof machine to fix global warm-ing.

Replace Billy Joel with Rowlf, Brangelina withKermiggy, Nickelback half-time shows with MahnaMahna half-time shows. Life would be better.

If the Muppets were real, the world would be a sim-pler, less frightening place. Tell me the House of Com-mons wouldn’t be improved with Statler and Waldorfin their balcony as the Official Opposition.

HARPER: This legislation will keep Canadians safer.STATLER: Who keeps us safe from you?HARPER: You guys, knock it off.WALDORF: Actually, that speech reminded us of an

article in our favourite magazine.HARPER: Really?STATLER and WALDORF: Harper’s Bizarre!If we all lived like Muppets, peak oil wouldn’t be a

problem when you can fit 40 of us in the same car.There can be no racism in a world where love exists be-tween pig and frog. And instead of being puppets ofAmerica, we’d just be American puppets.

I’m not sure I’ve gotten to the bottom of theMuppets’ appeal, but someday we’ll find it, thisrainbow connection. All I can say for sure is that mygeneration’s belief in the Muppets is not cheap nostal-gia, but completely felt. (Wocka wocka.)

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They CAN do itfor a good causeCOMPETITION. The event wascreated by the Society forDesign Administration. Spo-kesperson Chakshu Mehtaexplains the premise of theproject: “The idea is to put avisual spotlight on hungerwhile showcasing thedesign.” Notable creationsinclude the head of Tutank-hamen, Marilyn Monroeand Barack Obama. MWN

Stacking up a work of artTIN CAN. This Angry Birds re-plica in New York City hasbeen constructed entirelyfrom tin cans. It and othersare part of Canstruction, aglobal community serviceproject organized by theconstruction industry to be-nefit local food banks. Theannual event has been heldin over 193 cities since1992. MWN

3,000is the average numberof food cans in each‘sculpture’. Between 5 to 10 stackers work as a team for up to 8 hoursto build a work. The har-dest thing to figure outis how many cans areneeded for each project,organizers told Metro.

Can-shaped facts

29,000 kilos of food wereraised in the New York competition. That’senough to feed almost14,000 people for one day.Serious ‘food stackers.’Architects, engineers, de-signers and building contractors team up to construct perfectsculpture.

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Actor Alan Thicke andDragons’ Den investor Ar-lene Dickinson are amongthe panellists lined up forthe CBC non-fiction bookdebate Canada Reads: TrueStories 2012.

The public broadcastersays Thicke will defend thehockey book The Game byKen Dryden (Wiley Cana-da) and Dickinson plans to

push for Marina Nemat’smemoir Prisoner ofTehran. Meanwhile, JunoAward-winning rapperShad is backing the mem-oir Something Fierce byCarmen Aguirre.

Supermodel StaceyMcKenzie will argue forOn a Cold Road by Dave Bi-dini. And Anne-FranceGoldwater, star of Que-

bec’s reality-TV courtroomshow l'Arbitre, has chosenThe Tiger by John Vaillant.

The panellists will de-bate the books live on CBCRadio from Feb. 6-9 to de-termine Canada’s “must-read non-fiction title for2012.”

The shows will also belive-streamed on CBCBooks and air daily on

CBC’s documentary chan-nel, with recap specials thefollowing weekend onCBC-TV and CBC RadioOne.

This is the first timeCanada Reads has featurednon-fiction titles.

Last year The Best LaidPlans by Terry Fallis wonCanada Reads.THE CANADIAN PRESS

A must read from Canada Reads

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Nickelback starsin a new video onthe comedy siteFunnyorDie.com.The profanity-laden clip findsNickelbackresponding to anonline petition setup to stop the di-visive hard-rock-ers from playingat a Detroit Lionsgame onThursday.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nickelback

Bee Gee Robin Gibb says on hiswebsite that he is improving after

being very ill

Christmas all year roundFestival of Trees raising money for local area hospitals Come celebrate, help community

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This year’sFestival ofTreeswould evenhave ClarkGriswoldimpressed.With over100 new

trees and 150 new accentitems to go among theevergreens, it goes with-out saying that the teamat Festival of Trees havebeen very busy.

In fact, to make surethey are ready for the Dec.1 – 4 event, volunteersstart decorating holidaytrees in March at an off-site warehouse.

By the end of Novem-ber, each tree is carefullywrapped, decorations andall, and shipped over tothe Shaw Conference Cen-tre for the big unveiling.

For the team whoworks tirelessly yearround and has grown theevent tremendously overthe years, it’s all worth it.

“We’re celebrating 27years this December.What started in 1985 as aU of A hospital foundationfundraiser with 15 treeshas grown into the fifthlargest festival of trees inNorth America,” FestivalChair, Lori Martens ex-plained.

Each year, the festivalraises funds for a differentarea within the hospital.

This season, proceedsof the event support the

purchase of state-of-the-art equipment for thehead and neck cancer

treatment ward. Making it all possible

are 24 committees with

300 members, some ofwhich start organizing inJanuary, and over 2,000

on-site volunteers. When it comes to Festi-

val of Trees, it’s literallyChristmas all year round.

“We have a strongsense of communitythrough our volunteers,”says Martens.

“I know it’s what keptme coming back formore.”

Speaking of comingback for more, Martenssays they keep the eventfresh and exciting eachyear by creating newthemes for the festival.

This year’s theme is un-der the tree and in addi-tion to the displays; thereis continuous entertain-ment on the main stage,in the Gingerbread Vil-lage, and with children ac-tivities, includingshopping for the 12 andunder crowd at the SecretShop.

Tickets are $7 foradults, $3 for seniors andstudents, and $2 for chil-dren and are available on-ly at the door.

For more information,visit festivaloftrees.ab.ca.

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Trees It takes 12 trailers toship all of the pre-decorat-ed trees from thewarehouse to the confer-ence centre.

Money Over $13-millionhas been raised to date bythe festival for the U of Ahospital foundation.

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Calling Simon Curtis a first-time director isn’t exactlyaccurate, as the British film-maker has been directingand producing — and win-ning awards for — work fortelevision for 20 years. Butyes, My Week With Marilynis technically his first fea-ture film. The film followsan eager newcomer (EddieRedmayne) as he lands hisfirst job in show business,serving as a lowly third as-sistant director on SirLawrence Olivier’s collabo-ration with Marilyn Mon-roe, the Prince and theShowgirl. Curtis’ film hasalready earned impressiveacclaim — particularly forMichelle Williams’ per-formance as Monroe — and

it heads into awards seasonunder the stewardship ofHarvey Weinstein. Not tooshabby for a newcomer.

Can you talk about the casting of Michelle Williamsas Marilyn? All I can say is I just wentwith an instinct. I thinkshe’s a brilliant actress — abrilliant actress for bring-ing psychological textureto her parts — and I reallylike her. It was just ahunch.

It’s also fascinating to haveSir Lawrence Olivier as thevillain, in a sense.I think he’s definitelyflawed, but I hope one endsup with sympathy for him.I didn’t think of him in thesense of an antagonist, Ijust wish he’d done a betterjob supporting Marilyn.Even though she would

drive anyone crazy interms of lateness and allthat, his job was to supporther.

The film deals a lot with themisconceptions about Mari-lyn and her intelligence levelthat still persist today.Her hunger to be taken se-riously as an actress — herhunger to be taken serious-ly, full stop — was obvious-ly a huge driving force atthis time in her life. And Ilove the audience whenOlivier says, “Well, can’tyou just be sexy?” There’san audible groan. People to-tally get the scale of thatmistake. And I do hope thatpeople come out sympa-thizing with her.

Had you considered castingyour wife, Elizabeth McGov-ern, as Vivien Leigh?Well, she was making

Downton Abbey so she was-n’t really available. But let’sput it this way, I know a lotabout an actress, a beauti-ful woman, who is made tofeel like her moment haspassed now that she’s inher 40s. I love that elementof Vivien Leigh.

How is it as a “first-timedirector”?Well, this is very different.It taught me that when youchoose a film as a directoryou better be damn sure

it’s going to be somethingyou can feel passionateabout. Because you’re go-ing to be in a lot of test-screenings and you’regoing to be under a lot ofscrutiny. And I’ve been onthe journey with Harvey[Weinstein], and his pas-sion for the film has beensecond-to-none, do youknow what I mean?

We’re heading into awardsseason, of course. Do you process that at all,

the early chatter?Well, I certainly pay atten-tion. I don’t read it all be-cause it would give me anervous breakdown, butobviously this is a big yearfor films, isn’t it? Much big-ger than last year. Certainlywith Michelle, it has beenvery exciting on the roadwith this film. People aregenuinely excited to seethis great American actresstake on this great Ameri-can icon and deliver. Theyfeel excited about that.

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While Demi Moore mayhave filed for divorce fromAshton Kutcher, she’s ap-parently not done talkingto him, as the pair report-edly met at the BeverlyHills home of a friend theweekend after her divorceannouncement, accordingto Us Weekly.

“It’s affiliated with Kab-balah, and some of thepeople who go there referto it as the ‘KabbalahHouse,’” a source says oftheir meeting place,where the couple are saidto have previously visitedfor Kabbalah-themed mar-riage counselling. Kutcherand Moore arrivedseparately but were seenleaving at the same time.

“They seemed very som-bre,” the source says.

But apparently Moorehas been anything butsombre since deciding toditch Kutcher, even report-edly appearing chipperand cheerful at a nailsalon the morning of thedivorce announcement.

“Demi’s been tellingfriends that it gets easierevery day,” a source says.“She’s very optimistic.”

METRO

Ashton, Demi stillon speaking terms

Divorcing couple met recently at ‘Kabbalah House’

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Olivia Wildegettingclose to JakeGyllenhaal? Olivia Wilde and Jake Gyl-lenhaal are turning headsafter getting cosy during adinner in New York thisweek, according to PageSix.

Wilde and Gyllenhaalhit up ChinatownBrasserie with a group offriends but reportedly on-ly had eyes for each other.

“They were in a groupbut were very cosy, withtheir chairs pulled closetogether,” a source says.

The two were last spot-ted together hitting upL.A.’s Chateau Marmont inJune, but their reps insist-ed they were just friendsat the time.

METRO

As Britney Spears continuesher current globe-trottingconcert tour, the hecticschedule is definitely takingits toll, she says. “Trying toget up and go work out in

Spears loves chocolate;all kinds of chocolate

Angelina Jolie has changeda lot from her wilderyounger days, but sheinsists there’s some ofthat still in there.

“I’m still a badgirl. I still have thatinside of me,” shetells 60 Minutes inan interview.

“It’s just in itsplace now. It belongsto Brad — orour adven-tures.”

Jolie is justhappy she madeit through hermore rebelliousperiod.

“I didn’t dieyoung, so I amvery lucky,”she says.

“For manyreasons, Ishouldn’t behere.” METRO

The ‘bad girl’belongs to Brad

On my wayto Beijingfor the first

time. Any rec-ommendations

for food, sights, traditionalmedicine, etc.?

@GwynethPlatrow

Celebrity tweets

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I don’tknowabout ubut Ithink Her-man Cain’suse of the word “ain’t” isenough to disqualify himfrom the presidency.

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While his star is clearly onthe rise, Jeremy Renner ad-mits that his days strug-gling to make it madehaving a girlfriend difficult.

“I never dated, because Icouldn’t afford to date. Ididn’t even have electrici-ty,” Renner tells Details.

“But I loved what I wasdoing. The sacrifices I madein personal relationshipshad the biggest effect onmy life. Even now, anywoman would take a No. 2seat to my job.” That being

said, it’s not that Rennerwouldn’t like someone inhis life.

“I have a wonderful life,but it means nothing if itcannot be shared. That’s allI’m missing right now. It’s alittle unbalanced for me,”he says. “Right now the on-ly thing consistent in mylife is that little dog. That’swhy I got it. I was getting re-ally lonely. I needed some-body or something to bethere with me through thewhole journey.” METRO

Career comes first, womansecond for Jeremy Renner

the morning (is hard). Ihaven’t worked out in, like,two weeks,” she admits toStylist. “Sometimes it’shard to be motivated. Butonce you get up and do ityou feel like you’ve con-quered the world.”

And when she needs apick-me-up, the answer is“definitely chocolate,”Spears says.

“I love Skors, with thecaramel in the middle, andevery once in awhile if I’mreally hungry then a Snick-ers bar is good. And M&M’sare great, Hershey’s Whop-pers are great, Raisinettes.Twixes are great, too. Andthe new Hershey’s Cookies& Cream.” METRO

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For the first time in herfive years of walkingdown the runway as a Vic-toria’s Secret Angel, theAustralian bombshell Mi-randa Kerr had thehonour of wearing the$2.5 million FantasyTreasure Bra. And that’sjust months after givingbirth to her first babywith husband, OrlandoBloom. We ask her thequestion every womanwants to know.

Besides the $2 million bra,

what’s the biggestdifference between walkingin a high fashion catwalkshow such as, say, Balencia-ga versus Victoria’s Secret?The great thing with Victoria’s Secret is they really encourage us girlsto interact with the audi-ence and show a bit ofpersonality, so it’s a total-ly different thing for sure,but both of them are goodin their own right. TheVictoria’s Secret show isquite a theatricalperformance. I love to bein the moment and feelthe music.

You lost the baby weightridiculously fast. Can you

give us a breakdown of yourdaily diet?Everyday is different but Ilike to start the day with afresh green juice withkale, spinach, cucumber,beets and lemon. Thenhalf an hour later, I have apower smoothie, whichhas sun warrior proteinpowder, chia seeds, macapowder, raw cacao, beepollen, goji berries, nonijuice, vitamineral greenand coconut water. Thenan hour after that I’ll haveoatmeal or eggs. That’smy three-course powerbreakfast. For lunch Imight have some grilledfish with goat cheese orbaby spinach salad and

olives. Sometimes I’llhave a sweet potato. Atdinner, I’ll have a lentilsoup and maybe somechicken. And I love tohave my salads with avo-cado, feta and spinach.

It sounds like a lot of carefulmaintenance. What doesyour workout regimen looklike?I’ve been practicing yogafor over 12 years. And af-ter I had the baby I starteddoing Pilates. That was re-ally helpful. But threeweeks leading up to theVS show, I start workingout five times a week us-ing a resistance band andleg weights.

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Tomorrow marks Black Fri-day — the biggest salesevent of the year in theUnited States — with retail-ers slashing prices on virtu-ally everything. Held theday after American Thanks-giving (this year, it falls onNov. 25), it traditionallymarks the kick-off to theholiday shopping season.

In the past, many Cana-dians flocked to their clos-est border crossing inorder to take advantage ofthe U.S. deals, but ratherthan packing up the car,making the road trip southand waiting in lineups forhours, more and moreCanadians will be journey-ing online for cross-bordershopping deals this year.

According to a recent Ip-

sos Reid survey conductedon behalf of Visa Canada,34 per cent of Canadianonline shoppers plan to

shop online at Americanretailers this Black Friday.This is an increase of sixper cent from last year.

“Over the past few yearswe have seen a steady in-crease in the number ofCanadians who look fordeals south of the borderon Black Friday,” saysStephanie Wallat, businessleader for e-commerce withVisa Canada. As a result,many U.S. retailers seem tobe taking notice of theCanadian interest and haveextended their shipping toCanada and abroad.

In a bid to keep Canadi-ans from cross-border shop-ping this weekend, someCanadian retailers areramping up sales of theirown. Toys R Us Canada an-nounced that it’s holding ahalf-price event this week-end. And The Bay, Zellersand Home Outfitters, Fu-ture Shop and Best Buy willalso be offering specialsales events this weekend.

You don’t have to drive south of the border to get Black Friday discounts

Cyber Monday —the online cousin toBlack Friday — takesplace on the Mondayfollowing the U.S.Thanksgivingweekend andfeatures a number ofdiscounts onshopping websites.

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Canada’s largest bargainhunting website has an en-tire section devoted toBlack Friday deals.

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Passport rules, border waits and gas prices make staying

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Canadian retailersget in on the actionMore Black Friday bargainhunting is beginning tohappen in Canada, says anOttawa-based marketingexpert.

“Surveys across Canadashow that this year, cross-border shopping is going tobe down,” said Brian Card,president of the Ottawa-based market researchfirm CRG consulting.

But that flies in the faceof travel data from Statis-tics Canada showing same-day car trips to and fromthe U.S. by Canadians areat their highest level since1998 at 7.2 million in thesecond quarter of 2011 and7.1 million in the third.

BMO economist RobertKavcic said the numberscorrelate with the rise invalue of the loonie versusthe greenback.

He agree with Card thatCanadian retailers are be-ginning to hold their ownBlack Friday sales.

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Hot itemsAccording to Ipsos Reid,clothing and accessorieswill be the most popularpurchases tomorrow, fol-lowed closely by books,movies and music.

Someof the

steepest price cuts are onelectronics, including tele-visions, computers, DVDplayers, music players,video game consoles andsmall appliances. Leavehome furnishings purchas-es until Boxing Day sales.

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Is it worththe drive?Hordes of shoppers, in-cluding thousands ofCanadians, are gearingup to spend their hard-earned money south ofthe border during Amer-ica’s largest shoppingevent of the year.

Black Friday enthusi-ast Danielle Graydon,who heads to Bellevue,Wash., every year, says

the event is a good placeto finish Christmas shop-ping in one trip.

“Last year I got all myChristmas shopping donefor $350,” she said. “Atsome stores you’ll get dis-count on top of discount.The trip is worth itbecause you end up sav-ing hundreds.”

Graydon describesCanada’s Boxing Day as a“pathetic” alternative toAmerica’s busiest shop-ping day. KENDRA WONG

17%of Canadians say theyintend to head southof the border onFriday for America’sbiggest shopping dayof the year.

What’s allowed

Exemptions: If you’re gonefor a day, you get $50worth of goods to bringback. If you’re gone for 48hours, you get $400. Aweek? $750.

If you’re caught

smuggling: Border servic-es can seize your goods,fine you up to 80 per centof their worth and takeyour car — and you haveto pay before you get anyof it back. That’s if you’renot arrested. ELISHA DACEY

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D.I.Y. holiday centrepiecesThe goal: Pretty decorations that read cool and young, not old-fashioned and lame To start, stay away from

the poinsettia plants your grandma breaks out every year and go for something a little more organic looking

3Get a little unruly

The most modern-lookingarrangements look kind ofwild, almost as if you stolethem from yourneighbour’s garden — notHouse and Gardens maga-zine perfect. And yet theyshould still loosely followa shape, like how theflowers above form a tri-angle. Prep your flowers(cut the stems at a diago-nal and remove any leavesthat would fall below thewater line) and cut themat varying lengths to cor-respond to your shape.Then insert into the vaseat an angle, criss-crossingthe stems.

KH

5Look beyond

the table

In the same way thatyou’d string white lightsall over the house, placeyour holiday flowers inplaces other than thetable to achieve that full-on merry, merry look. Afew suggested locations:next to the bathroomsink, on the fireplacemantel or on top of pilesof magazines or books(an excellent way to dis-tract guests from thefact that you didn’t havetime to put all the clutteraway).

KH

4For an extra

dose of fancy,work in fruit

Go all Dutch masters onyour guests by tossing afew pomegranates,oranges and red grapesin a wooden bowl andplacing it next to yourflorals on the table. Orjust casually leave thefruit on the tabletop it-self, as if you dropped afew apples as you werecooking earlier, and theyjust happened to roll upnext to the vase in anartful way.

KH

1To the flower

market you go

Skip the grocery storeand those temptinglycheap holiday themedplants. They may looklike an easy way to giveyour place that extrayuletide oomph but theywill actually send yourplace back to 1986, andnot in a cool, retro kindof way. The selection ofblooms at your nearestflower market will defi-nitely look much better.

KH

2Go for variety

Choose full blooms in aChrismukkah appropriatecolour like candy applered or wine to serve as themain attraction of yourcentrepiece. And then fillit out with foliage andsnowberry branches,which will conjure up im-ages of walking through awinter wonderland onyour way to a log cabin.But don’t get too homeyand literal. Give thearrangement some edgeby throwing in unexpect-ed colours to tilt the tradi-tional red and greencolour palette just a bitoff-kilter. We opted forlight violet berries.

KH

Entertaining at home hasnever been trendierthanks to a shoddy econo-my and increasingly fash-ionable foodie culture.

But a string of at-homeholiday parties brings upthe inevitable question ofhow to decorate, let alonewhat to serve.

Enter the holidaycentrepiece, which hasevolved beyond its MarthaStewart associations to acooler, edgier place,surfacing in the homes ofstyle-y types on interiorsblogs.

Here are a few quickand painless steps to creat-ing your own.

Right now, you’re probably reading the word “centrepiece” and thinking about plastic flowers stuck in green foam on a senior citizen’s dining room table. Allow these to replace that image.

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I love to use candleseverywhere around thehouse when having peopleover, but am also cautiousabout leaving them to burnon their own.

Flameless candles are agreat option to real ones,and although you don’t getsome of the scents that areavailable with the realthing, the flicker and lightthat is cast would fool al-most anyone.

Made of quality wax orplastic resin, the candle’sinside houses an LED light

that flickers and is shapedlike a small flame.

The tops can have thelook of dripping wax com-ing down the sides for a tra-ditional look or aclean-edge look for a moremodern esthetic.

There is a small switchon the bottom that controlsthe on/off of the LED light.

Flameless candles aremade in all standard candlesizes, from tiny votives tolarge three-wick style pillarcandles.

I like the white or off-white four-inch pillar sizecandles as they are mostclassic and will be neutralenough to use year round.

As there are no safetyworries with flameless can-dles, I like to display inplaces that I would neverdream of using real ones —lining them up the stair-case, outside on the frontporch (no worries of themblowing out on a coldwindy night), on windowledges, within the Christ-mas tree or in guest rooms.

For a realistic candlelook, place them in glass

hurricanes and add somedecorative touches aroundthe base like cranberries,holly or small metallic or-naments.

You can also use a largegrouping to adorn an un-used fireplace; fill the emp-ty fireplace with birch logs,

glass ornaments and a vari-ety of flameless candlesizes.

Depending on the quali-ty of batteries that comewith the candles, the LEDlights burn from 24 to 100hours.

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on a platter; drizzle withsauce. Serve with cous-cous and hot butteredchickpeas, if desired. Tip: Garnish withchopped dried fruit,

such as apricots, figs ordates, if you like.

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Moroccan cuisine isrenowned for its delicatebalance of sweet andspicy flavours.

Try this easy slow-cooker tagine recipe withsome convenient grocerystore items to help youduring the week.

Preparation:

1 In large heavy fryingpan, heat oil overmedium-high heat.Sprinkle lamb with saltand pepper. Cook for10 to 12 minutes, turn-ing occasionally, or un-til browned.

2 Transfer lamb to slowcooker. Stir onions andgarlic into frying pan,reduce heat tomedium-low and cookfor 4 to 6 minutes oruntil softened. Transferonion mixture to slowcooker.

3 Stir carrots, broth andsauce into slow cooker.Cover slow cooker, turn

heat to low and cookfor 10 to 12 hours oruntil lamb is very ten-der when proddedwith fork.

4 Transfer carrots to abowl; set aside.Remove lamb fromslow cooker; using twoforks, shred meat.Place lamb and carrots

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Home cooks can bringMorocco into theirkitchens with these tanta-lizing dishes: Cinnamonlamb tagine withapricots, minted lemonwhitefish, fiery beeftagine, and more.

The magic of Morocco at homeBring the flavours of the Middle East to your kitchen with this easy tagine recipe for lamb

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp (25 mL) canola oil• 1 boneless lamb shoulder,about 1 3⁄4 lb (875 g)• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) freshlyground black pepper• 1 large white onion,halved and thinly sliced• 2 cloves garlic, sliced• 2 large carrots, peeledand cut diagonally in 1 1⁄2

inch (4 cm) long pieces• 3 cups (750 mL) sodium-reduced chicken broth• 1 bottle (350 mL) PC Mem-ories of Morocco Sauce

Moroccan Lamb Tagine

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This recipe makes 6 servings.

These Middle Eastern-styleskewers combine a potentbut delicious seasoningblend (gobs of black pep-per and ground star anise)with a mix of groundsausage, bison and shrimp.The result is deliciouslymeaty and warmly spicy.

And since the holidaysare a time to entertain, weprepared these as tiny par-ty-friendly skewers.

If you’d prefer them fordinner, you could use larg-er skewers with moremeat (you’ll need to adjustthe cooking time). You canalso skip the sticks entire-ly and form them intomeatballs.

While I favoured bisonin this blend because it isnaturally lean, you couldalso use lean ground beefor turkey.

If you want to offer asimple dipping sauce forthese skewers, mix togeth-er equal parts toasted

sesame oil, seasoned ricevinegar and soy sauce, aswell as a bit of garlic pow-der and finely diced freshchives.

Preparation:

1 Coat a rimmed bakingsheet with cookingspray.

2 In a spice grinder, com-bine star anise and pep-percorns. Grind untilreduced to a fine pow-der. Set aside.

3 In a food processor,combine sausages,shrimp, onion and sage.Pulse until coarselyground. Transfer to alarge bowl. Add bison,salt, star anise-peppermixture andbreadcrumbs. Use yourhands to mix well.

4 Break off a walnut-sizechunk of the mixture

and form it in anoblong about 2.5 cm (1inch) thick at thecentre. Repeat with re-maining meat mixture,arranging meat on pre-pared baking sheet. Youshould have about 40oblongs. Broil for 3 min-utes, then turn andbroil for another 3 min-utes or until cookedthrough. Alternatively,skewers can be cookedon a medium-highgreased grill for about 3minutes per side.

Tip: When grilling, theskewers can be insertedprior to cooking. Avoidthis when using thebroiler; the moreintense heat of the broil-er will burn the skewers.

5 Insert toothpicks orshort skewerslengthwise into eachjust before serving.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/THIS RECIPE WAS ADAPTEDFOR METRO BY EMILYRICHARDS, A PROFESSIONALHOME ECONOMIST, COOKBOOKAUTHOR AND A TV CELEBRITYCHEF. FOR MORE, VISIT HERWEBSITEEMILYRICHARDSCOOKS.CA

Ingredients:

• 1 star anise• 5 mL (1 tsp) black ormixed peppercorns• 3 raw sweet Italian turkeysausages, casings removed• 250 g (1⁄2 lb) raw shrimp,shells and tails removed• 1 small onion, quartered• 5 large leaves fresh sage• 500 g (1 lb) ground bison• 5 mL (1 tsp) salt• 250 mL (1 cup) pankobreadcrumbs

Shrimp, sausage and bison ... on a stick!Make a batch of these skewers to enjoy for a holiday gathering The

combination of meats, spices makes for a great conversation appetizer

Makes 40 bite-size skewers.

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Middle Eastern Sage-Shrimp

Bison Skewers

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Time to think outside the box

When willthe RyanSmyth bub-ble pop?Maybe itwon’t.

One ofthe biggest

storylines coming out ofthe NHL this season hasbeen the play of the affa-ble left winger, who forceda trade from Los Angelesduring the summer andhas rewarded the Oilersever since, tallying morethan a point per game fora team that desperatelyneeded scoring from play-ers who don’t get cardedwhen they go out on a freeSaturday night.

Smyth and captainShawn Horcoff havestepped up in that regardand though health is still aconcern, so has Ales Hem-sky. It’s too much to ex-pect the dynamic kids ofEdmonton to shoulder allthe load and as expected,the road proved lessfriendly to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins than Rexall Placehas been.

If there’s one thingSmyth could improve up-on this season it’s disci-pline. On numerousoccasions the MulletedOne has gone to the boxfor reasons less than un-derstandable.

In fact, Smyth began thecampaign by taking adumb elbowing major dur-ing a 1-1 tie with Pitts-burgh — with a game

misconduct tacked on forgood measure. Luckily theOilers killed the infractionand went on to win theirseason opener in ashootout, but it wasn’t ex-actly veteran leadership atits finest.

But that’s usually a ma-jor strength of Smyth’sand one of the biggest rea-sons the Oilers were happyto welcome him back. TheAlberta native has beenthrough the wars, has seen

highs and lows and knowswhat it takes to play in Ed-monton. He immediatelystuck up for younger starsphysically in the pre-sea-son and that’s what youneed when you have thenascent talents that theOilers have assembled.

But there’s a differencebetween playing police-man and committing pettyinfractions. Right now,Smyth is tied for second onthe team with 33 PIM.Now, 15 minutes of thosecame from the aforemen-tioned elbow against the

Penguins, meaning therest of the time in the sinbin came by nine minorpenalties. That’s secondonly to defenceman TheoPeckham, himself no spe-cialist in self-restraint.

It’s hard to find fault inSmyth’s contributions toEdmonton this year whenit comes to production andleadership, but it’s toughto do either when you’resitting in the box for twominutes.

Edmonton forward Ryan Smyth has taken an uncharacteristically high amount of penalties this season.

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“The Alberta native has been throughthe wars, has seen highs and lows andknows what it takes to play inEdmonton.”

Detroit ready to put Packers to the testThe last time Aaron Rodgersand the Packers came to De-troit, they looked like any-thing but Super Bowlcontenders.

Of course, the Green Bayquarterback has a perfectlyvalid explanation for whythe Lions slowed him down.

“They gave me a concus-sion,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers recovered fromthat jarring December loss,leading the Packers to a Su-per Bowl title, but the waythe Lions shut down their

NFC North rivals still res-onates. This trip to Detroitto face Ndamukong Suh onthe U.S. Thanksgiving holi-day today could be thetoughest remaining test ofthe regular season for theunbeaten Packers (10-0).

“Another game, anotheropportunity to get after an-other great team,” said Suh,Detroit’s imposing defen-sive tackle. “They’re a greatoffence, and one that’s verypotent.”

It’s hard to imagine now,

but the Packers were actual-ly in danger of missing theplayoffs after they lost 7-3 inDetroit last season. Rodgersleft with a concussion to-ward the end of the secondquarter, but Green Bay wassputtering even while he

was in the game. Rodgersmissed the followingweek’s game, a loss to NewEngland, but the Packershave won 16 straight since.

The Lions (7-3) face adaunting task if they’re go-ing to end their seven-gameThanksgiving losing streak.The last time they wontheir traditional holidaygame was in 2003, whenthey intercepted Brett Favrethree times in a 22-14 victo-ry over Green Bay.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“We want to make sure that the playersunderstand the tradition of this game,its importance to the city, its place inthe history of the National FootballLeague.”DETROIT LIONS COACH JIM SCHWARTZ

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If Ryan Nugent-Hopkinskeeps this up, he’ll findhimself in some pretty ex-clusive company.

Not only is the 18-year-old centre leading the Ed-monton Oilers in scoring,he’s on pace to averagemore than a point pergame — something onlyAlex Ovechkin, SidneyCrosby and Evgeni Malkinhave accomplished asrookies since the lockout.

In retrospect, it seemssilly there was even a de-bate about where hewould play this season.

“Obviously, his intelli-gence is helping him findways to adapt to a differentlevel,” Oilers general man-ager Steve Tambellini saidin an interview yesterday.

Nugent-Hopkins hasquickly put to rest all ofthe concerns about his sizethat were raised when Ed-monton picked him firstoverall at the draft in June.The common thoughtthen was that he wouldneed more time with theWHL’s Red Deer Rebels tofill out his slender six-foot-one frame.

The Oilers wisely decid-ed to be patient and let Nu-gent-Hopkins make thedecision for them. The or-ganization tempered ex-pectations heading intotraining camp and allowedthe rookie to play nine reg-ular-season games beforechoosing to keep him inthe NHL.

“We purposely didn’t al-low our coaching staff and

scouting staff to really getdown to discussions untilwe completed thatprocess,” said Tambellini.“With Ryan, we just said‘Be yourself, nothingmore, nothing less. Just beyourself out there.’

“Obviously, he’s playedvery well for us so far.”

Nugent-Hopkins hasbeen particularly hot oflate, racking up ninepoints in the last threegames thanks in large partto a five-assist perform-ance against Chicago overthe weekend.

Ahead of tomorrow’sgame against Minnesota atXcel Energy Center, thebuilding where he wasdrafted, Nugent-Hopkinswas tied with the rejuve-nated Ryan Smyth for theteam lead in scoring with22 points in 21 games. Jor-dan Eberle was next at 21points.

There is a fair bit of sub-tlety to Nugent-Hopkins’game. Not particularlyflashy or fast, he possessesgreat on-ice vision and aknack for getting his line-mates the puck. He’s thekind of player who canpick up two or three as-sists in a game withoutdrawing much attention.

And the native of Burna-by, B.C., has quickly be-come a go-to member ofthe Oilers, averaging near-ly 17 minutes per game.

“You’re not going to getthe ice time at this levelunless the coaches trustyou in a lot of different sit-

uations,” said Tambellini.Nugent-Hopkins has

even had an answer forthose wondering how hemight hold up to the phys-ical rigours of life in theNHL. During Monday’sgame in Dallas, the 175-pound forward reacted tosome rough play fromBrenden Morrow by ham-mering the Stars captainto the ice. Morrow has 30pounds and 14 years onthe Oilers rookie.

Save for the baby face,Nugent-Hopkins looks like

anNHLerin everyway. Hisvalue to theOilers extendswell behind the im-pressive offensivestart.

“I think he’s playedwell right from Day 1 ofthe regular season,” saidTambellini. “People are fo-cusing on the productionand that’s obvious, but Ithink what the coaching

staff was impressed aboutright from rookie camp ishis intelligence in the de-fensive zone.

“To playcentre, thatposition inthe NHL as ayoung

person is quite a task attimes.”

One that Nugent-Hop-kins is making look easy.

ALL-STAR FORMAT: Theremight not be a last-manstanding when the NHLall-star draft is held in Ot-tawa this season.

One of the most memo-rable moments from lastyear’s all-star weekend inCarolina was the sight ofMaple Leafs forward PhilKessel standing alone onstage prior to being select-ed with the final pick inthe inaugural all-stardraft. To soften the blow,Kessel was given a HondaCR-Z and $20,000 for char-ity.

Rob Blake has inheritedthe all-star responsibilitiesfrom Brendan Shanahanthis season and doesn’texpect to make any majorchanges for the Jan. 27-29event. However, he saidyesterday that the statusof the last-man standing isstill “undecided.”

Blake, the former NHLdefenceman and currentmember of the league’shockey operations depart-ment, has meetings sched-uled for next week todiscuss the draft formatand skills competition.

Among the suggestionsthat have been floatingaround is having the lastfew players selected ingroups so that the atten-tion isn’t put on just oneindividual. Either way, itshould be of little concernto Kessel — the NHL’sscoring leader will be amore coveted pick thistime around.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 1Edmonton 6Nashville 2Los Angeles 3 St. Louis 2Tomorrow’s gamesAll times EasternDetroit at Boston, 1 p.m.New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.Montreal at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.Edmonton atMinnesota, 2 p.m.N.Y. Rangers atWashington, 4 p.m.Chicago at Anaheim, 4 p.m.Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Florida, 7:30 p.m.Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Vancouver at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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

d-Pittsburgh 22 12 6 2 2 67 53 28 7-1-2-0 5-5-0-2 4-4-1-1 L1d-Florida 21 12 6 0 3 62 52 27 5-2-0-3 7-4-0-0 6-2-0-2 W3d-Boston 20 13 7 0 0 69 42 26 8-5-0-0 5-2-0-0 10-0-0-0 W10Philadelphia 21 12 6 2 1 79 65 27 5-4-1-1 7-2-1-0 6-2-1-1 W1Toronto 22 12 8 1 1 70 70 26 6-3-1-1 6-5-0-0 4-5-0-1 W1Washington 20 12 7 0 1 66 62 25 8-1-0-1 4-6-0-0 4-5-0-1 W2Buffalo 21 12 8 0 1 61 55 25 5-6-0-1 7-2-0-0 6-3-0-1 L2NYRangers 18 10 5 1 2 48 39 23 5-1-0-1 5-4-1-1 7-2-0-1 L2NewJersey 20 11 8 0 1 54 55 23 5-3-0-1 6-5-0-0 7-3-0-0 W1Montreal 22 10 9 1 2 57 53 23 4-5-1-2 6-4-0-0 5-3-1-1 W1Ottawa 21 10 9 1 1 62 70 22 5-4-0-1 5-5-1-0 4-4-1-1 L1TampaBay 20 9 9 0 2 55 67 20 6-3-0-0 3-6-0-2 5-5-0-0 L2Winnipeg 21 8 9 3 1 61 69 20 5-3-0-0 3-6-3-1 4-3-3-0 L1Carolina 23 8 11 2 2 56 76 20 5-5-0-2 3-6-2-0 3-6-0-1 L1NY Islanders 19 5 10 3 1 38 65 14 5-5-2-0 0-5-1-1 2-6-2-0 L3

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

d-Minnesota 21 13 5 2 1 50 42 29 8-2-1-0 5-3-1-1 9-1-0-0 W5d-Chicago 21 12 6 1 2 71 67 27 7-1-0-2 5-5-1-0 5-4-1-0 L2d-Dallas 21 13 8 0 0 56 57 26 8-3-0-0 5-5-0-0 5-5-0-0 W2LosAngeles 22 11 7 2 2 54 53 26 6-5-0-1 5-2-2-1 5-3-1-1 L1San Jose 18 12 5 1 0 57 43 25 5-3-1-0 7-2-0-0 7-2-1-0 W3Detroit 20 12 7 1 0 58 46 25 8-2-1-0 4-5-0-0 7-3-0-0 W3Phoenix 20 11 6 1 2 58 51 25 6-3-1-1 5-3-0-1 6-3-1-0 W1Edmonton 21 11 8 0 2 57 51 24 6-2-0-1 5-6-0-1 4-6-0-0 W1St. Louis 21 11 8 0 2 53 48 24 7-2-0-1 4-6-0-1 6-2-0-2 W1Nashville 21 10 7 3 1 57 57 24 4-3-2-1 6-4-1-0 5-3-2-0 L3Vancouver 21 11 9 0 1 61 57 23 5-3-0-1 6-6-0-0 6-4-0-0 W2Colorado 22 9 12 1 0 56 68 19 3-8-0-0 6-4-1-0 2-7-1-0 L2Calgary 20 8 11 1 0 45 56 17 4-5-1-0 4-6-0-0 4-6-0-0 L2Anaheim 21 6 11 1 3 43 66 16 4-6-0-0 2-5-1-3 1-6-1-2 L5Columbus 21 5 13 0 3 48 72 13 4-6-0-1 1-7-0-2 4-6-0-0 L1

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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AMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PANew England 7 3 0 .700 293 203N.Y. Jets 5 5 0 .500 228 217Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 237 253Miami 3 7 0 .300 193 186

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

Houston 7 3 0 .700 273 166Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 195Jacksonville 3 7 0 .300 125 180Indianapolis 0 10 0 .000 131 300

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Baltimore 7 3 0 .700 256 176Pittsburgh 7 3 0 .700 220 179Cincinnati 6 4 0 .600 236 195Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 145 193

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Oakland 6 4 0 .600 235 254Denver 5 5 0 .500 205 247San Diego 4 6 0 .400 236 259Kansas City 4 6 0 .400 144 252

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PADallas 6 4 0 .600 250 206N.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 228 228Philadelphia 4 6 0 .400 237 213Washington 3 7 0 .300 160 205

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New Orleans 7 3 0 .700 313 228Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 235 213Tampa Bay 4 6 0 .400 182 268Carolina 2 8 0 .200 225 286

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Green Bay 10 0 0 1.000 355 212Detroit 7 3 0 .700 301 219Chicago 7 3 0 .700 268 207Minnesota 2 8 0 .200 200 271

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San Francisco 9 1 0 .900 256 145Seattle 4 6 0 .400 168 209Arizona 3 7 0 .300 190 236St. Louis 2 8 0 .200 120 247

WEEK 12Today’s gamesAll times EasternGreen Bay at Detroit, 12:30 p.m.Miami at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.San Francisco at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m.Sunday’s gamesArizona at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.Carolina at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m.Chicago at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.Washington at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.Denver at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.NewEngland at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m.Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m.Monday’s gameN.Y. Giants at NewOrleans, 8:30 p.m.

GREY CUPSunday’s gameAt VancouverWinnipeg vs. B.C., 6:30 p.m., EST

CHAMPIONS LEAGUEFIRST ROUND(Home teams listed first)Yesterday’s resultsBayer Leverkusen (Ger.) 2 Chelsea (Eng.) 1Valencia (Spain) 7 Genk (Belgium) 0Marseille (France) 0 Olympiakos (Greece) 1Arsenal (Eng.) 2 Borussia Dortmund (Germ.) 1Zenit St. Petersburg (Rus.) 0 APOEL (Cypr.) 0Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr.) 0 FC Porto (Port.) 2ACMilan (Italy) 2 Barcelona (Spain) 3BATE Borisov (Belar.) 0 Viktoria Plzen (Cze.) 1

SCOTLAND(Home teams listed first)PREMIER LEAGUECeltic 2 Dunfermline 1

ITALY(Home teams listed first)COPPAD’ITALIAFourth RoundBologna 4 Crotone 2Chievo Verona 3Modena 0

CIS PLAYOFFSVANIER CUPTomorrow’s gameAt VancouverMcMaster vs. Laval, 9 p.m., EST

CAPITALS 4, JETS 3 (OT)First Period1.Washington, Semin 5 (Ovechkin, Carlson)5:232.Winnipeg, Ladd 7 (Antropov,Wellwood)13:213.Washington, Chimera 7 (Laich, Alzner)13:334.Winnipeg,Wellwood 7 (Ladd, Bogosian)16:30Penalty—StuartWpg (interference) 5:36.Second Period5.Washington, Backstrom 7 (Brouwer, Orlov)3:08Penalties—WheelerWpg (tripping) 4:48, Per-reaultWash (boarding) 11:34, KnubleWash(slashing) 12:14, AntropovWpg, LaichWash(roughing) 12:59.Third Period6.Winnipeg, Little 5 (Wheeler, Flood) 12:36Penalty—StuartWpg (holding stick) 2:16.Overtime7.Washington, Chimera 8 (Wideman, Johans-son) 1:52Penalties—None.Shots on goalWinnipeg 10 9 6 0 —25Washington 9 14 13 1 —37Goal—Winnipeg: Pavelec (L,7-7-4);Washing-ton: Vokoun (W,10-4-0).Power plays (goals-chances)—Winnipeg: 0-2;Washington: 0-3.Referees—Francis Charron, Kelly Sutherland.Linesmen—David Brisebois, TimNowak.Att.—18,506 (18,398) atWashington.

CANUCKS 3, AVALANCHE0First Period1.Vancouver,Malhotra1(Hodgson,Hansen)17:03Penalty—O’Brien Col (interference) 9:52.Second Period2. Vancouver, Burrows 6 (Hamhuis) 7:33Penalties—D.Sedin Vcr (hooking) 0:14, Col-orado bench (toomanymen; served by Lind-strom) 2:38.Third Period3. Vancouver, Kesler 3, 19:30 (en)Penalties—Wilson Col (roughing) 0:43,H.Sedin Vcr (hooking) 7:54, Salo Vcr (delay ofgame) 10:05, Hamhuis Vcr (holding) 14:41.Shots on goalVancouver 16 6 7 —29Colorado 6 8 10 —24Goal—Vancouver: C.Schneider (W,4-4-0); Col-orado: Varlamov (L,5-9-1). Power plays (goals-chances)—Vancouver: 0-3; Colorado: 0-4.Attendance—15,538 (18,007) at Denver.

REDWINGS 5, FLAMES 3First Period1. Detroit, Holmstrom 2 (Lidstrom, Hudler)6:14 (pp)Penalty—D.Smith Cal (cross-checking) 5:18.Second Period2. Calgary, Iginla 6 (Tanguay, Butler) 0:443. Calgary,Morrison 1 (Jackman) 2:564. Detroit,White 4 (Datsyuk, Franzen) 7:38Penalties—Hudler Det (hooking) 4:41, Em-merton Det (delay of game) 17:00.Third Period5.Detroit,Holmstrom3(Datsyuk,White)2:42(pp)6. Calgary, Jokinen 5 (Brodie, Bouwmeester)5:06 (pp)7. Detroit, Datsyuk 5 (Lidstrom, Zetterberg)12:39 (pp)8. Detroit, V.Filppula 4 (Hudler,White) 13:53Penalties—Butler Cal (hooking) 0:43, Ab-delkader Det (holding) 3:10,Morrison Cal (div-ing), Kindl Det (hooking) 8:22, Cleary Det(hooking) 10:00, Giordano Cal (tripping) 11:17,Glencross Cal (slashing) 11:50.Shots on goalCalgary 8 7 7 —22Detroit 8 16 6 —30Goal—Calgary: Kiprusoff (L,8-8-0); Detroit:Howard (W,11-5-1). Power plays (goals-chances)—Calgary: 1-4; Detroit: 3-4.Attendance—20,066 (20,066) at Detroit.

SCORING LEADERSG A PT

Kessel, Tor 16 14 30Lupul, Tor 11 15 26Giroux, Pha 11 15 26Versteeg, Fla 11 14 25Vanek, Buf 11 13 24Kopitar, LA 10 14 24D.Sedin, Vcr 6 18 24Ma.Hossa, Chi 9 14 23Pominville, Buf 8 15 23Smyth, Edm 11 11 22Nugent-Hopkins, Edm 8 14 22H.Sedin, Vcr 7 15 22P.Kane, Chi 7 15 22Backstrom,Wash 6 16 22Neal, Pgh 12 9 21Seguin, Bos 11 10 21Skinner, Car 9 12 21Weiss, Fla 8 13 21Eberle, Edm 7 14 21Stamkos, TB 11 9 20Franzen, Det 10 10 20T.Fleischmann, Fla 9 11 20Spezza, Ott 6 14 20Last night’s games not included

BASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUECLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to termswithOF Grady Sizemore on a one-year contract.LOSANGELESANGELS—Agreed to termswith assistant general managerMatt Klentakon amultiyear contract.MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to termswithC Ryan Doumit on a one-year contract.TORONTOBLUE JAYS—Claimed C BrianJeroloman off waivers fromPittsburgh.

NATIONAL LEAGUEPITTSBURGHPIRATES—Agreed to termswith OF Brandon Boggs, RHP Kyle Cofield,RHP Jose Diaz, C Jake Fox, RHP ShaironMar-tis and INF StefanWelch onminor league con-tracts.

FOOTBALLNFLBUFFALOBILLS—Placed RB Fred Jackson oninjured reserve. Signed RB Tashard Choice.CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed LB BruceDavis to the practice squad.NEWENGLANDPATRIOTS—Waived S RossVentrone. Signed OL Donald Thomas. Re-signed CB Josh Victorian to the practice squad.NEWYORKGIANTS—Signed CBWill Black-mon. Placed CBMichael Coe on injured re-serve. Re-signed DTDwayneHendricks to thepractice squad. Terminated the practice squadcontract of DE CraigMarshall.ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed OT ThomasWelchfromBuffalo’s practice squad. Placed CBMar-quis Johnson on injured reserve. Signed CBKendric Burney to the practice squad.

HOCKEYNHLLEAGUEOFFICE—Fined Los Angeles D DrewDoughty $2,500 for cross-checking St. Louis FT.J. Oshie into the boards during Tues. game.NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Assigned F NiclasBergfors toMilwaukee (AHL).NEWJERSEYDEVILS—Recalled C TimSesti-to fromAlbany (AHL).TAMPABAY LIGHTNING—Recalled F DanaTyrell fromNorfolk (AHL).

AHLBINGHAMTONSENATORS—Assigned G Bri-an Stewart to Elmira (ECHL).PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Signed F AdamPre-sizniuk to a professional tryout agreement.SANANTONIO RAMPAGE—Recalled F Gar-rettWilson from Cincinnati (ECHL).

WHLVICTORIA ROYALS—Signed G Coleman Voll-rath and D Brodie Clowes.

SOCCERMLSNEWENGLANDREVOLUTION—Waived FAlan Koger, D Otto Loewy&MAndrewSousa.PHILADELPHIAUNION—Waived G ThorneHolder and D Juan Diego Gonzalez.SPORTINGKANSAS CITY—Waived D ScottLorenz,M Jeferson,MMilos Stojcev andMCraig Rocastle.

ATPBARCLAYSWORLD FINALSAt LondonROUNDROBINSINGLESGroup ADavid Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Novak Djokovic(1), Serbia, 6-3, 6-1.Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def.Janko Tipsarevic (9), Serbia, 2-6, 3-6, 7-6 (6).Standings: x-Ferrer 2-0 (4-0), Berdych 1-1 (3-3), Djokovic 1-1 (2-3), a-Tipsarevic 0-1 (1-2), y-Murray 0-1 (0-2).Group BStandings: x-Federer 2-0 (4-1), Tsonga 1-1 (3-2), Nadal 1-1 (2-3), Fish 0-2 (1-4).DOUBLESGroup AStandings: x-Bryan-Bryan 2-0 (4-1), Lindst-edt-Tecau 1-1 (2-2), Bhupathi-Paes 1-1 (2-2),Melzer-Petzschner 0-2 (1-4).Group BStandings: x-Mirnyi-Nestor 2-0 (4-1), Fyrsten-berg-Matkowski 1-1 (2-3), Llodra-Zimonjic 1-1(3-2), Bopanna-Qureshi 0-2 (1-4).x— clinched semi-final berth; a— alternate; y—withdrew.

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