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Canadas top soldier says its time to get the lead out on the $35-billion federal shipbuilding contract, just as defence ana-lysts warn that belt-tightening in Ottawa could further delay delivery of the countrys next fleet of combat ships.

Gen. Walter Natynczyk said the navy is his greatest concern when it comes to modernizing the military, and finalizing the shipbuilding deal would be vital in ensuring that Canadas aging vessels are replaced.

The National Shipbuild-ing Strategy is a huge leap in progress, Natynczyk said at the Royal Canadian Legion convention in Halifax on Tues-day.

But we need to start cut-ting steel.

Natynczyk said the Arctic offshore-patrol ships, the first vessels to be constructed under the deal, are key to the future of Canadas maritime security. But federal budget documents tabled this spring show that they are being delayed, with

the first vessel not expected to arrive until 2018 three years after in i t ia l ly promised

and it wont be fully oper-ational until 2023.

Ive learned that over time its actually easier buy-ing aircraft and easier buying combat vehicles than it is to get ships moving because you have to build ships, the chief of defence staff said after his speech.

His comments come as some defence analysts say the shipbuilding contracts in Hali-fax and Vancouver could be further delayed because of fed-eral budget restraint.

Steven Staples, a defence analyst and president of the Rideau Institute, said its very early in the procurement pro-cess and, since no money has actually been spent yet, the multibillion-dollar figure will likely change.

We still dont know how many ships will be built, what theyll actually look like or how much theyre going to cost, he said. The CanaDian PreSS

Shipbuilding contract. Canadas top soldier says now is the time to move on federal deal

Time to cut steel

PumPed for a good causeJack McDonald runs on a treadmill inside Mills while fellow firefighter Tom Arsenault asks for donations outside on Spring Garden Road on Tuesday. Volunteers are collecting money for the YMCAs Walk a Mile in Her Shoes campaign to end violence against women. Ryan Taplin/meTRo

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Study request

Look into plastics ban: Councillor

Downtown Coun. Dawn Sloane said at Halifax Regional Council Tuesday that shed like to receive more information on a pos-sible plastics ban for the municipality.

But some council-lors already appear to be lining up in opposition of the idea. Toronto council banned plastic bags last week.

Sloane informed council shell request a staff report examining the use of plastics including bags and the film common in packaging food and other goods at the next coun-cil meeting.

I just want a study done ... and then for us to look at whether or not a ban would be advanta-geous, Sloane said after the meeting.

Sloane said that, since she first floated the idea, shes been contacted by the Plastics Council of Canada and the Retail Council of Canada on the issue.

Timberlea-Prospect Coun. Reg Rankin opposed Sloanes motion, saying council should have waived its normal rules and de-bated the issue Tuesday.

After the council meet-ing, Rankin accused Sloane of posturing in advance of this Octobers municipal election. Rankin noted a comprehensive study of how the municipality handles waste is currently being conducted.

Council will debate the issue next Tuesday. ALEX BOUTILIER/METRO

St. Patricks-Alexandra school is seen in this fi le photo from December. The second day for arguments of a judicial review of the sale of the school is scheduled for Wednesday at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. RYAN TAPLIN/METRO

The Halifax Regional Munici-pality is unfair and failed the public in the sale of a surplus north-end school, argued law-yer Ron Pink in court Tuesday.

It was the first of two days of a judicial review at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court looking into the sale of the St. Patricks-Alexandra school property. Pink represents the North End Community Health

Association, Mikmaq Native Friendship Society and Richard Preston Centre for Excellence Society. These groups feel they didnt get an opportunity to consult and submit a proposal.

HRM not only went against its policy, but also against its charter, Pink told the court.

Council breached its duty of fairness, he said.

HRMs charter states the municipality can only sell below market value to non-

profit groups. Pink said the property was appraised at $4.3 million. Pink said Jono submit-ted a sliding offer of $3 million to $4.75 million with a develop-ment agreement of $3 million to $4 million for the property as is, without a development agreement in place. The deal was set at $3 million.

Nobody can win against a for-profit when a for-profit is paying real dollars, Pink said, adding the community groups

benefit is social capital.It wasnt a fair fight.Council voted to sell the

property to Jono Developments in December but rescinded the motion in January after public outcry and questions about HRM not following its own policy on public consultation when selling surplus schools.

I say council knew they were wrong, Pink said.

After a staff report ex-plaining that although HRM didnt follow policy in the fol-lowing weeks, it did follow long-standing practice, council changed its mind and approved the sale to Jono.

They set the table but they didnt want to sit at that table and sit somewhere else. Thats a problem, Pink said.

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All were asking for in this case is to give us a fi rst look and a consultation, not a guarantee (to buy the property). Ron Pink, Lawyer

Review. Lawyers for HRM and Jono Developments will speak on Wednesday

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The Halifax Regional Munici-palitys newest mayoral candi-date is hoping voters will look beyond his troubled past in this falls election.

Vince Hall, a former Cape Breton councillor, who formal-ly announced his candidacy on Tuesday, has two impaired-

driving convictions on his rec-ord one in 2001 and another in 2007.

But Hall, 43, insists he is a changed man. I acknowledge that I made mistakes in my past life, he said. I was deal-ing with some personal issues, made some stupid choices and paid dearly for it. I accepted responsibility and made chan-ges in my life and moved on. I

would hope that the majority of people would accept that and focus on the issues and ideas that Im bringing for-ward.

Hall is running on a plat-form based in part on a propos-al to split up HRM into urban and rural municipalities. He said he has been a critic of amalgamation since it went into effect in 1996 and wants

a referendum on the subject to be on the October ballot.

The current model of gov-ernment isnt working, he said. Rural areas feel left out, suburban big-box sprawl has hollowed out our downtown cores and taxes are too high.

He also outlined his plans to hold a core-services review of the municipality, divert more resources to police to address violent crime and rein in electricity, fuel and school-tuition costs.

In addition to his two con-victions, Hall was criticized for missing several meetings in 2007 as councillor in Cape Bre-ton while teaching part-time in Halifax.

Mayoral race. Among other things, Vince Hall proposes breaking up HRM

Candidate hopes voters forgive stupid choices

Vince Hall, a former Cape Breton councillor, is running for mayor of HRM in the fall civic election. He announced his candidacy on Tuesday at the Marriott Halifax Harbourfront hotel. Ryan Taplin/MeTRo

Skating oval. Chillers transferred to cityThe chillers used to cool the citys long-track speed-skating oval have officially become the property of HRM.

Halifax regional council voted on Tuesday to accept three 120-tonne chillers from the Canada Games Host Soci-ety. The chillers were the last assets of the host society, and had to be disposed of before the society finished up its business.

The memorandum of

agreement between HRM and the host society also commits the society to commissioning and buying a piece of public art for the site, with a price tag of up to $100,000.

The memorandum of agreement lasts until 2016. It commits the municipality to maintaining the site and en-suring it meets technical re-quirements for professional speed-skating events.Alex Boutilier/metro

SPCA case. No pets for 10 years for animal abuserA 38-year-old Cape Breton woman was barred on Tues-day from owning animals for 10 years after pleading guilty to a charge of animal cruelty.

Frances Lorena MacDon-ald of New Waterford pleaded guilty to allowing a small fe-male mixed-breed dog named Bella and her eight newborn puppies to be in distress.

Prosecutor Glen Gouthro told the provincial court hearing that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received a complaint about a small dog being kept outside on a short chain, and concern over it not receiving

adequate food and water.When SPCA officials vis-

ited the home, they found a doghouse in the yard that had no floor and was placed on a cement block. They also discovered the mother had given birth to eight puppies, only two of which survived.CAPe BretoN PoSt

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If you support the status quo, you support Mr. (Mike) savage. If you want change and you want bold, assertive leadership, you support Vince Hall.Mayoral candidate Vince Hall

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No evidence. Priest to return to full-time duties this fall after police probeA Roman Catholic priest will return to full-time duties this fall after police dropped an investigation into his conduct as director of a drug-rehabilitation cen-tre in Cape Breton.

Rev. Paul Abbass will resume his work in five parishes in the Diocese of Antigonish beginning Oct. 5.

Abbass was suspended from his duties in the dio-cese after someone from Talbot House complained to police in February.

But investigators said in April they found no evi-dence that would justify continuing their investiga-tion. the caNadiaN Press

Odd. Man allegedly committed crimes with the help of his pooch Has mans best friend also become mans partner in crime?

Halifax police say a 51-year-old Cole Harbour man has been arrested in re-lation to several break-and-enters at area businesses, some of which he allegedly committed with his small dog.

Police say shortly after midnight Tuesday, Cole Har-bour RCMP responded to an alarm at Jamiesons Irish House and Grill on Cumber-land Drive.

After arriving on scene, officers arrested the 51-year-old with his dog after police

say he was found in posses-sion of stolen property.

Police say there have been a series of break-ins at businesses in Cole Harbour. In some instances, witness-es reported seeing a man travelling with a white dog.MetrO

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Possible witness sought in fatal car crash on Highway 329

The RCMP are looking for a potential witness after a fatal crash in the East River area on Monday.

Sgt. Brigdit Leger says the driver of a black SUV or pickup truck was

travelling on Highway 329 around the same time as the fatal single-vehicle crash.

The Mounties believe the driver was headed from Deep Cove to East Chester around 2 p.m.

Leger says the person is not a suspect in their investigation.

The RCMP are still try-ing to identify the victim and looking into the cause of the crash. the caNadiaN Press

A firefighter walks around a vacant home in East Preston that was damaged by fire on Tuesday afternoon. Ryan Taplin/meTRo

An investigation is underway into a blaze that brought down a vacant home in East Preston on Tuesday.

The windows of the house on Upper Partridge River Road had been boarded up, the

power had been turned off and there was no indication that anyone had been living inside, said Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Platoon Chief Paul Hopkins.

A cause for the blaze has yet to be determined, but Hopkins described the situa-tion as suspicious.

He said investigators would have to consider ar-son a possibility, as no other source of ignition could be immediately identified.

Neighbors started calling the fire department around 2:30 p.m. after they saw smoke coming from the roof of the house. Soon after, Hop-

kins said the flames reached 20 feet into the air before the roof collapsed.

Vehicles and about 20 per-sonnel from neighboring de-partments were called to the scene to help battle the blaze.

Hopkins said that, as a precaution, firefighters ap-proached the situation as if someone were inside. They soon realized that the build-ing had long been empty.

Hopkins also said the de-partment opted for a slower, safer defensive approach and doused the flames from the outside.

With vacant homes, the challenge is the unknown,

he said. You never know there could be any number of hazards in there.

No injuries were reported, and the fire did not spread to any nearby homes.

Blaze at vacant home considered suspiciousInvestigation. Over half-dozen fire trucks respond to afternoon fire in East Preston on Tuesday

Medical staff in Nova Sco-tia are encouraging more than 350 people to have their blood retested after lab equipment malfunctioned last week at a hospital in Truro.

The Colchester Regional Hospital says results from tests run from June 4 to 6 may be inaccurate after one of its two chemistry analyz-

ers broke down.The hospital tests roughly

140 samples per day using the machines.

But Manoj Vohra, vice-president of medicine at Col-chester East Hants Health Au-thority, says theres no way of knowing precisely how many results are incorrect.

Vohra apologized for the malfunction.

While the malfunction may have resulted in only a small number of inaccurate results, the fact is we cant be certain about results for this period of time, and we are erring on this side of cau-tion, Vohra said in a state-ment Tuesday.

Patients whose results may have been affected are being notified via letters and

are encouraged to follow up with their doctors to see if more tests are required. the caNadiaN Press

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Hero MPs wanted to stop budget billA rally is set for Wednesday at Grand Parade at 5:30 p.m. to call on 13 hero Conservative MPs to stop the budget bill C-38 from passing in Parliament.

Halifax MP Megan Leslie, who is in Ottawa, wont be at the rally, but a release says a message from her will be delivered. Speak-

ers include rally organizer Meredith Clayden, Gretchen Fitzgerald of Sierra Club Atlantic and the Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Councils Margaret Anne-McHugh. MetrO

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VIA Rails ocean train service, seen here during a stop in Truro, is rumoured to be facing cutbacks that would see theroutes off-season schedule scaled down from six days per week to three. Truro Daily News

VIA supporters start petition as rumours of service cuts swirl

Speculation about potential cuts to VIA Rails Halifax-to-Montreal route has led to the creation of an online petition seeking public support for the service.

As I am sure you are aware, over the past couple of weeks rumours have been circulating in the media re-garding proposed cuts to VIA Rail Canada, said an employ-ee who works on board VIAs ocean run.

Its just basically to create public awareness that this is what is being speculated to happen, the employee, who asked not to be identified for job-security reasons, said of the petition.

The petition can be found at ipetitions.com/petition/stop-

cuts-to-via-rail-canada. The speculation, which

began following reports of anticipated cuts during a re-cent VIA Rail annual general meeting, is that the service between Halifax and Mont-real stands to be reduced from six days per week to three in the off-season.

A union spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment, but the employee, who spoke with the Truro Daily News, said rumours have led to feel-ings of insecurity among employees over whether job cuts could occur if the run is reduced.

Its been really sombre. The morale is quite low be-cause no one is willing to give

answers, you know, to con-firm or deny the rumours, the person said.

Malcolm Andrews, VIAs senior manager of media and community relations, said the company does not comment on rumours and he could not provide any information about any pending cuts to the service in question.

But I can say VIA Rail regularly reviews its oper-ations to ensure that they are appropriate and that they meet evolving market de-mand, he said.

Such reviews, which An-drews said are ongoing, can sometimes result in adjust-ments to fares, services, schedules and so on.Truro DAIly News

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Lawyers were heading to court Tuesday to challenge a controversial Quebec law brought in to deal with stu-dent protests.

The government intro-duced the law as a way to cool down the heated protests.

But it may have backfired, as protests have grown larger.

Nearly 20 lawyers repre-senting student federations and other groups are trying

to get parts of the law tem-porarily suspended until they can argue the merits.

Bill 78 came into force in mid-May.

The legal motion being heard in court is one of two challenging the emergency law. The second is to have Bill 78 declared invalid altogether and it will be heard at a later date.

The law lays out rules for demonstrations, such as or-dering assemblies of more than 50 people to give eight hours notice of the protest route and the estimated dur-ation of the event. It also sets hefty fines for people who contravene the law. the canadian press

Members of Parliament are getting set to hunker down for a voting marathon on the governments budget-imple-mentation bill.

Theyre preparing for whats expected to be more than 24 consecutive hours of voting on more than 800 proposed amendments to Bill C-38.

The voting is likely to begin late afternoon or early evening, after the current round of debate ends.

The Conservatives cur-tailed the number of hours for that debate, winning a 157-135 vote to end it after 10 more hours of speeches.

The marathon could have been longer the Oppos-ition introduced more than 1,000 amendments to the controversial budget bill.

But the Speaker of the House of Commons ruled Monday that not all of the submitted amendments would be allowed. the canadian press

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Harsh law. Lawyers all set to challenge Bill 78, but has it already backfired on the government?

A group of Calgarians arent sitting back and waiting for a zombie apocalypse wherein mindless, flesh-eating corpses come alive.

Theyre embarking on a training regimen that in-cludes archery and emer-gency-preparedness semin-ars.

There has been a lot of talk about a zombie apoca-lypse over the past couple of years, explained Jayme Nel-son, founder of the Zombie Survivalist Group.

There is this strange con-versation where people are wondering if its legitimate to be prepared.

Nelson didnt link the groups creation to grisly events that have captured headlines of late, including a Florida incident in which a man chewed off the majority of anothers face.

But thousands of others have expressed their fears. Metro in calgary

Zombie watch. group girds for a fearful future

Group founder Jayme nelson.jeremy nolais/metro

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second shooting victim diesAnother victim of the shooting at Torontos downtown Eaton Centre has died.

Police identified the victim the second per-son to die as 22-year-old Nixon Nirmalendran of Toronto.

The man was among six people wounded in the June 2 shooting, which took place in the food court of the multi-level shopping mall.

The incident also killed Ahmed Hassan, 24, who died of gunshot wounds at the scene.

Christopher Husbands, 23, is charged with one count of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder in the shootings. the canadian press

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Girl, 17, at large in trafficking case Ottawa police are hunting for a teenage girl who al-legedly lured other young girls over the Internet and then forced them into prostitution.

Investigators call it a stunning cautionary tale about the perils of social media.

Two 15-year-old girls are already in custody, charged with luring girls one as young as 13 through social-networking sites, then turning them over for prostitution with adult males.

One of the accused was in court Tuesday, the other is due in court on Wednesday. The third sus-pect, 17, is still at large.

Police say the victims met online but may have distantly known each other. the canadian press

Sadness for a giant of the oceanA beach in British Columbia is the final resting place for this young humpback whale, and a crowd pays its last respects even with a bouquet of flowers. The whale became entangled in a fishing net and died after grounding itself during low tide on white Rock beach, south of Vancouver. Fisheries official Paul Cottrell said of the emaciated eight- to 10-metre-long juvenile: It had been struggling for a long time and likely hadnt been eating for a long time. darryl dyck/the canadian press

Quebec students take their battle to court

Backlash

Nazi-like salutes at Quebec student protests have been condemned by Jewish organiza-tions.

Hate. Chanting protesters have called police the SS, comparing them to Nazi police because of their alleged brutality.

Outrage. Bnai Brith Canada says the Nazi salutes defile the memory of those who died in the Holocaust, those who survived and those who fought against the Nazis in the Second World War.


Bangladesh on Tuesday turned away three boats carrying 1,000 Rohingya Muslims flee-ing violence in neighbouring Myanmar, bringing to 1,500 the number of refugees blocked in recent days, officials said.

They have been chased away, police official Jahangir Alam said by phone from Saint Martins Island in the Bay of Bengal after the three boats at-tempted to approach the shore of the island. We are keeping our eyes open so that nobody can enter Bangladesh illegally.

Violence between Buddhists and minority Muslims in west-ern Myanmar have left at least 12 people dead and hundreds of homes burned since Friday. Bangladesh earlier said it sent

back 11 boats with about 500 Rohingya Muslims aboard in the past three days.

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said at a news conference in the capital, Dhaka, that it was not in Bangladeshs interest to ac-cept any refugees because the impoverished countrys resour-ces already are strained.

Some still slipped into Ban-gladesh, and one refugee al-legedly wounded by gunfire from Myanmar security forces died Tuesday at a hospital in Chittagong, a doctor said.

Kala Hussain, 50, died from a stomach wound, and two other Rohingyas are being treated for bullet wounds, said Anisur Rah-man, a doctor at Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

Myanmar considers the Ro-hingya to be illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and denies them citizenship. Bangladesh

says Rohingya have been living in Myanmar for centuries and should be recognized there as citizens. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Miner grievances ablaze in SpainAn undercover miner is seen next to burning tires on a motorway in Campomanes, spain, on Tuesday. strikes, road blockades and mine sit-ins continued as 8,000 workers at over 40 coal mines in northern spain protested against government action to cut coal subsidies. Emilio morEnatti/thE associatEd prEss

South Africa. First female police chief appointedSouth Africa has its first woman national police chief, after the previous chief was caught up in a financial mis-management scandal and the one before that was jailed for corruption.

The appointment of Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega comes amid questions about whether capable officials are leading the fight against high levels of violence. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Falklands. Referendum will decide governanceThe Falkland Islands said Tuesday it plans a refer-endum next year on the political future of the tiny archipelago, seeking to end Argentinas claims of sover-eignty and to secure its

status as a British territory. The announcement came

ahead of Thursdays 30th an-niversary of the end of a 1982 war between Britain and Argentina over the islands. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dingo really did take baby, says coroner

Australians have overwhelm-ingly welcomed the final chapter of a mystery that has captivated the country for 32 years: Did a dingo really take a baby that vanished from an Outback campsite in 1980?

A country that was once bitterly divided on whether baby Azaria Chamberlain had been dragged away by a wild dog or murdered by her mother now largely agrees that the parents deserve the vindication a coroners court provided Tuesday.

A day after Azaria Cham-berlain would have turned 32, a coroner found that a dingo had taken her as a nine-week-old baby from a tent near Ay-ers Rock, the red monolith now known as Uluru. That is what her parents had main-tained from the beginning.

The eyes of Lindy Cham-berlain-Creighton and her ex-husband, Michael Cham-

berlain, welled with tears as the findings of the fourth inquest into their daughters disappearance were broad-cast from a courtroom in the northern city of Darwin to televisions around Australia.

The case became famous internationally through the 1988 Meryl Streep movie A Cry in the Dark.

Many Australians initially did not believe that a dingo was strong enough to take away the baby. Public opinion swayed harshly against the couple; some even spat on Chamberlain-Creighton and howled like dingoes outside her house.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mystery. It took four inquests, 32 years to clear mother accused of killing her own baby

Marine deaths

Mystery dolphins wash ashoreMore than 120 dolphins have been stranded off the Texas coast, prompting a federal agency to investi-gate whether the deaths relate to others in the Gulf of Mexico. All but four that washed up were dead. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Messing around

Yacht explosion a costly hoaxTwo hoax calls reporting an explosion on a yacht off New Jersey triggered a rescue effort that cost at least $88,000 US and lasted more than four hours. An investigation has begun to determine who was respon-sible. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Survival

Face-chewing victim doing OKA homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in an attack is alert at a Miami hospital. The top two-thirds of Ronald Poppos face is covered in scabs, hes mis-sing his nose, and both eye sockets are covered. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ronald Poppo the aSSociated preSS

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton in 1982. the aSSociated preSS file

Trayvon trial

Zimmermans wife accused of perjuryAuthorities say the wife of Trayvon Martins shooter is being accused of lying to a judge about their finances during a bond hearing and faces one count of perjury. Both George and Shellie Zimmerman are in custody. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A Rohingya Muslim family that fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religiousviolence sits at a shelter in Taknaf, Bangladesh. anurup titu/the aSSociated preSS

Bangladesh turns away Muslims escaping conflict in Myanmar

Inquests

Inquests over the years have reached conflicting conclu-sions.

Firstinquest,1981. Dingo blamed for disappearance.

Secondinquest,1982. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton was

charged with murder and Michael Chamberlain with accessory to murder.

Thirdinquest,1995. Left cause of death open.

Fourthinquest,2012. Clears family of any wrong-doing

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A three-year-old South African girl who suffered severe burns over 80 per cent of her body after an accident at a family barbecue has successfully undergone a rare surgery in Af-rica that gave her a new layer of cloned skin, her surgeon said Tuesday.

Everything went quite smoothly, said Dr. Ridwan Mia, a plastic and reconstruct-ive surgeon who performed the surgery Monday in a Jo-hannesburg hospital. She is sedated at the moment but she did well overnight.

Isabella Kruger was injured on New Years Eve when a con-

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Mia and his team used enough cloned skin during the surgery to cover a placemat and stapled it in pieces onto Isabellas wounds. On her face, doctors used absorbent stitch

material instead of staples. The new skin had been created by cloning two samples of skin taken from one of the few parts of Isabellas body to es-cape injury thanks to a diaper she was wearing at the time of the accident. The AssociATed Press

Barbecue accident. Skin cloned using mouse cells as a scaffold, which is an unusual procedure in Africa

Three-year-old gets new skin in rare surgery

Isabella Kruger is taken to a theatre by Dr. Hizir Mukaddam, left, and her mother, Anice Kruger, for a unique skin transplant operation at Garden CityHospital in Johannesburg on Monday. Antoine de RAs/the AssociAted pRess

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2012 Civics being recalled in CanadaHonda Canada is voluntar-ily recalling approximately 12,587 of its popular 2012 Civics in Canada.

The carmaker wants to inspect and, if necessary, replace the left driveshaft, which may not have been properly pressed into the CV joint during assembly. If the driveshaft separates from the joint, the engine will no longer propel the vehicle.

No accidents have been reported related to the issue. the canadian press

Airlines battle with ticketing firms over new booking systemsA passenger uses a self-check-in kiosk in Atlanta. extra legroom, special meals, access to the ViP lounge and tickets to a musical? Airlines want to raise new revenues by selling such extras alongside tickets, and are locked in battle with three com-panies that dominate the bookings industry over the introduction of a new global reservation system. Carriers complain the current system is a costly 1970s throwback without internet-era conven-ience. They want to cut out the global ticket-booking systems sabre Holdings, Travelport Ltd. and Amadeus iT Group that some reject as obsolete middlemen who add costs. bookings companies retort that they have invested to upgrade services and are working hard to meet carriers needs. John Amis/the AssociAted press

Bombardier Inc. shares soared in trading Tuesday following a major deal with one of re-nowned billionaire investor Warren Buffetts companies,

which is poised to buy up to $9.6 billion worth of business jets and services.

Private-jet company NetJets Inc. signed a deal Monday to buy up to 275 Bombardier Chal-lenger business jets that could be worth up to $7.3 billion US. There are 100 firm orders and options on 175 more.

Bombardier said it has also signed a 15-year service and maintenance agreement for the aircraft valued at as much as an additional $2.3 billion if all options are exercised.

Bombardier shares gained more than six per cent, or 22 cents, to close at $3.87 on heavy volume of more than 21.2 mil-lion shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

This purchase demon-strates our long-term planning and represents our ongoing commitment to providing un-paralleled safety and service in aircraft uniquely customized for our owners, NetJets chair-man and CEO Jordan Hansell said in a statement.

We are confident that NetJets market leadership and strong foundation position us to make long-term investments in our business to differentiate our fleet in ways that no one else in the industry can.

NetJets is a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Buffetts main company.

The deal includes 75 firm orders and 125 options for the Challenger 300 Series aircraft as well as 25 firm orders and 50 options for the larger Challen-ger 605 Series aircraft.

The firm orders are worth $2.6 billion based on 2012 list prices.the canadian press

Major deal. NetJets Inc., a Warren Buffett company, signed the deal to buy up to 275 Bombardier Challengers, worth up to $7.3 billion US

Bombardier shares surge on massive business-jet order

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When Maria Sharapova won the French Open on Saturday, it was another victory for the Beautiful People.

Sharapova, all six-foot-two of her, is gorgeous. But, then, so are

a lot of tennis players these days. Somewhere along the line, right at Anna Kournikova, perhaps, it became important for female tennis players to be beautiful as well as talented.

Partial list: Daniela Hantuchova, Sabine Lisicki, Vera Zvona-reva, Lucie Safarova, Maria Kirilenko, Simona Halep, Tatiana Golovin, as well as the aforementioned Kournikova and Sharapova. Apparently, it doesnt hurt if youre Eastern European either.

One honest BBC producer has admitted that babes and Brits get the centre-court treatment at Wimbledon while less attractive players have to grunt it out on the outer courts.

But thats the way of the world. If youre gorgeous, youre golden.

Daniel Hamermesh, a professor at the University of Texas in Austin and author of Beauty Pays, estimates that, in a lifetime, a bad-looking person can earn $230,000 less than a good-looking person, all other things being equal.

The truth about looking good is out there.In the job market: Attractive people get more job recom-

mendations, are considered more qualified, less likely to be fired, more likely to be hired, more likely to succeed, to be paid more, and to be promoted more frequently.

In the courts: Juries think physically attractive people are less likely to be guilty. Attractive people get lower bail, lighter sen-tences and smaller fines. Except maybe not Luka Magnotta. But imagine how much trouble hed be in if he was really ugly?

In school: Attractive people get better grades.On Facebook: Attractive people are more friended than ugly

people. Sex: Attractive people get more dates, have more sex and even

have more orgasms.OK, too much information, perhaps. Good thing Im attractive.Did I mention that, generally, men tend to overestimate their

good looks? Women go the opposite way. More than eight out of 10 hate the way they look in a mirror. One study showed women see themselves as fatter after eating a single chocolate bar. It would have to be a 35,000-calorie chocolate bar for that to be true.

Hamermesh whose wife thinks he looks average finds that 70 per cent of people agree on whats attractive most of the time. It has to do with symmetry. The more symmetrical you look, the more attractive you are. Jug ears are out.

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Maria Sharapova holds up the award for most beautiful person Coupe Suzanne Lenglen after the womens singles final of the French Open on Saturday. getty images

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three cubs rescued in house raidA caretaker bottle-feeds a rescued Bengal tiger cub in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday. Bangladeshi officials Monday rescued three Bengal tiger cubs from an alleged wildlife smugglers house in the capital.

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The suspected smug-gler in possession of the cubs at the time of the raid was arrested, the BBC reported.

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Alec Baldwin, left, and Tom Cruise star in Rock of Ages, a rock n roll musical that, like many other Hollywood fi lms based on popular music, has some historically accurate features. HANDOUT

Cruise stars as art imitates life (again) in Rock of Ages

In Rock of Ages Tom Cruise plays superstar Stacee Jaxx. Hes Ozzy Osbourne with Axl Roses attitude and Princes trademarked revealing chaps, a spicy stew of rebellion, decadence and Jack Daniels.

The first time we see Jaxx in the film hes on a round

bed, buried under several scantily clad women. Its a memorable first look at the character, but its not exactly an original one.

Director Adam Shank-man admits that the idea came from a similar scene featuring KISS singer Paul Stanley in the heavy metal documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.

Its not the first time a music movie has taken its cue from real rock life.

For a year before shooting playing Jim Morrison in The Doors Val Kilmer immersed himself in the singers life, wearing his clothes and spend-ing time at the Lizard Kings favorite Sunset Strip bars.

Despite the films many factual errors drummer

John Densmore claims A third of it is fiction the recording studio scene where Jim smashes a TV is true, and even Jims disgruntled ex-band mates said they couldnt distinguish Kilmers voice from the real Morrisons.

The Doors werent the only musicians fooled by an actor.

Joan Jett was annoyed that Kristen Stewart wore leather pants when playing her in The Runaways it would have been more authentic if she had worn jeans she said but she was impressed with Stewarts voice. When she first heard a recording of the actress belting out one of her songs she thought it was actually a tape of her old band.

Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten dismissed Sid and

Nancy the story of Sid Vi-ciouss life and death as mere fantasy but Gary Old-ham bought at least one au-

thentic bit of Sid to the film by wearing the bass players real chain necklace in several scenes. Sids mom gave the actor the necklace to wear during filming.

Just as Shankman and Cruise borrowed from The Decline of Western Civiliza-tion, the Bob Dylan doc Dont Look Back has inspired scenes in movies such as Bob Rob-erts and Im Not There.

The mockumentary Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story parodies the movie in a press conference scene when a reporter compares Dewey to Dylan. Why doesnt any-one ask Bob Dylan why he sounds so much like Dewey Cox? Dewey replies, echo-ing Dylans response to a re-porter who likened Dylan to singer-songwriter Donovan.

Fantasy refl ects reality. Like other fi lms in the genre, this Shankman eff ort draws heavily on how rock stars live their lives

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Some facts about the Rock of Ages movie:

Decisions. Will Ferrell and Steve Carrell were considered for Alec Bald-wins role; and Taylor Swift was considered for Julianne Houghs.

Location. The fi lm was shot in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Big budget. It cost more than $70 million to make.

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Houston docProducers of the 54th Grammy Awards have created a documentary

showing how they adapted to the news of

Whitney Houstons death less than 24 hours before

the live telecast.A Death in the Family: The Show Must Go On

premiered Monday in Los Angeles.

Ken Ehrlich, who has produced the Grammy Awards for the past 32 years, introduced the fi lm and participated in a panel discussion

afterward with Recording Academy president Neil Portnow, Grammy host LL Cool J, musician Dave

Grohl and others.

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ABC urges judge not to block The Glass House, cites diff erences from Big Brother, except

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Terence Winter has always had criminal leanings but fortunately the creator of the critically-acclaimed Board-walk Empire channelled his lifelong obsession into some-thing good.

Boardwalk Empire is a period drama starring Steve Buscemi, focusing on Enoch

Nucky Thompson, a pol-itical figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, dur-ing the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s.

It has been renewed for a third season.

The inspiration that has driven him to spend much of his career writing about crimin-als he was also a major writ-er on The Sopranos came from an unexpected place.

Im always interested in criminals and crime. People ask me how this started and aside from growing up in Brooklyn in an area that kind of has a long history in mob type behaviour I could point

it to the movie version of Oli-ver Twist, Winter said with a chuckle at the Banff World Media Festival. He is also list-ed as a writer and executive producer of the show.

I remember I was a kid growing fascinated with pick-pocketing that was the subplot Fagin and his pick-pockets in that underground gang. A year later the Sting came out and it was all about con men and I became inter-ested in that.

Winter, 51, also worked in a butcher shop that turned out to be owned by Paul Cas-tellano. who was then the head of the powerful Gam-bino crime family.

I got to rub elbows with guys not unlike the people who were in the Sopranos and just saw how they thought and how they talked and how they operated. It was just a world I was familiar with and was comfortable writing about.

Winter was an executive producer for The Sopranos and wrote 25 episodes over the HBO series six-year run.

I was just finishing up on the Sopranos HBO gave me the book and said why dont you read this to see if you think there might be a TV series in here and by the way Martin Scorsese is attached to this thing, he said. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Crime pays for Boardwalk Empires Winter

Before Boardwalk Empire, Winter was a lead writer for The Sopranos. BILL GRAVELAND/THE CANADIAN PRESS

In the know. A lifelong interest in, and a close-up view of, crime allows former Sopranos writer to be incredibly accurate

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Adrian Grenier is in the doghouse

Less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to host Mon-day nights Bideawee Gala in New York City, former En-tourage star Adrian Grenier cancelled on the animal welfare charity. (While he declined to give an explana-tion to donors who paid up to $1,000 per ticket, suffice it to say we sincerely doubt it was a work commitment.)

Fortunately, Howard Sterns wife, Beth, stepped in and naturally, Stern had something to say about it during his Tuesday morning broadcast.

A lot of celebrities agree to do something for a char-ity, and at the last minute they cancel, leaving the char-ity stranded, he said.

I do lose respect for people when they do this. They always have a great excuse. I dont know. Send out a tweet and say Im so sorry.

Oh Adrian, were dying to know: How does it feel to be out-classed by Howard Stern?

the wordDorothy [email protected]

Lilo is definitely not lying low these days

Lindsay Lohans penchant for lying could land her in jail again.

After her accident last week during which she totaled a rented Porsche Lohan initially told police that she had been a passenger and her assistant had been driving, despite

her assistant telling them the opposite, according to TMZ. The police are said to be writing up a report that includes Lohans fabrica-tion, which is in itself a crime and could trigger a probation violation for the actress in her shoplifting case.

Lindsay LohanGeorge Clooney and Stacy Keibler

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Stacy finally gets to hang at Georges Lake Como pad

George Clooney kicked off his summer vacation early by taking girlfriend Stacy Keibler to his luxurious estate on Lake Como, Italy, according to Hollyscoop.

Surprisingly, its the first time his girlfriend of 10 months has been to the

infamous vacation home. On the other hand,

Clooney has taken Keibler on trips to Mexico five times since theyve been together.

The couple returned from a trip to Cabo San Lucas just last week.

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showing books con-nected with particular places. The Read Local

map at 49thshelf.com/map includes

books linked to towns, cities and rural areas in every province and

territory, and in genres from poetry and fiction to autobiographies and

cookbooks. The 49th Shelf calls it a 100-mile reading diet for the mind. Plenty of

discoveries are waiting to be made for travel-lers who like to read.

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5top golf spots in Mexico

4Punta Mita, Riviera NayaritGolfers visiting the plush Four Seasons or St. Regis resorts which have access to this golf club are in for a slice of tropical paradise with two impeccably conditioned seaside layouts to play. The stoic Sierra Madre mountains in the background and stunning ocean views will have most golfers reaching for their cameras as often as their rangefind-ers. The elder Pacifico course boasts a unique treat in No. 3B, Tail of the Whale, an op-tional par 3. The Worlds first natural island green (pictured) is only reachable during low tide. Course Designer: Jack Nicklaus Green Fees: $210

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2Palmilla, Los CabosOpened in 1992, the Golden Bears first Latin American Signature course is a 27-hole challenge comprising of tres nines, each offering various terrain: the Arroyo, Mountain, and Ocean which provides spectacular views of the Sea of Cortez and there is a 600-foot elevation change that unfolds from No. 1 to 6. Five sets of tee boxes will satisfy everyone; from sharpshooters who want to play from the tips to max out the 7,000+ yardage and high handicappers just looking for a round of hits and giggles on their vacation. Green Fees: $190 Course Designer: Jack Nicklaus

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While golf courses may not be quite as plentiful as poolside cabanas on the resort strewn coasts of Mexico, the gateway to Latin America boasts over 150 seductive spreads to pick from. Such a buff et of exceptional off erings makes it diffi cult for gringo golfers to settle on one.

Weve narrowed the fi eld down to cinco options, where early morning tee times are as coveted as a 100 per cent blue agave tequila nightcap.

MIKE [email protected]

El Camalen, Playa Del CarmenThe home course of Mexicos lone PGA Tour Event may not change colours as its reptilian namesake implies, but this breathtaking 18-hole thrill ride is quite the changeling. Play a round here and traverse through tropical jungles, mangrove forests and oceanfront stretches that sidle up against the Caribbean Sea. You can see Cozumel in the distance on the 7th and 15th. Not satisfied with your final scorecard tally? Polish off the rust at the onsite Jim McClean Golf School. Course Designer: Greg Norman Green Fee: $180 Vistors/ $125 Fairmont Mayakoba Guests.

Loreto Baja, Baja California SurCast in the shadows of the looming Sierra de Giganta with holes that trace the Sea of Cortez, Loreto is a scenic dreamscape offering plenty of pinch-me golf moments during a round. Exercise caution on No. 2, a par 5 dogleg right with water all along the right and a pen-insula green that slopes steeply toward the drink on three sides. A very precise approach shot is required to touch down safely on the dance floor and keep your ball dry. Green Fee: $70. An additional $30 to rent a cart. Course Designer: Mario Schejtnan and Peter Gereca. Reconditioned by David Duval in 2008.

3Vista Vallarta, Puerto VallartaA tale of two very different topographies unfolds depending on which way you turn at the clubhouse on this sprawling 500-acre golf complex. The lower lying Weiskopf fairways are lined with thicker foliage and deep ravines. Stop a moment to inhale the sweet fragrance of the ruby-red bougainvilleas. Routed on higher ground the Nicklaus track offers enchanting views of Puerto Vallarta, the marina and Banderas Bay. A highlight is No. 3, a 550-yard par 5 which requires a string of formidable strokes to reach an elevated green (unseen from the fairway) in regulation. Green Fee: $199 at both. Course Designers: Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf

28 metronews.caWednesday, June 13, 2012food/WoRK/EdUCATIoN

Workplace Law

You think you know, but you have no idea

Most employees cling to beliefs about workplace rights they gleaned from media, friends or research-ing online.

But many of these per-ceived rights often do not exist.

Here are some of my fa-vourite misconceptions:

Discrimination means unequal treatmentIt is not discrimination if you are simply treated unfairly or differently. Discrimination laws only protect differential treat-ment based on a defined set of personal charac-teristics, such as age, race, gender or disability. Employees can be treated differently based on any other grounds, without any form of legal protec-tion.

Similarly, there is no legal requirement that promotions or bonuses be assessed fairly.

An employer may de-cide, often arbitrarily, who it wishes to promote and how it will compensate its employees. It is entitled to show favouritism, as long as its decision is not based on personal characteris-tics, such as race, religion or gender.

An employee is entitled to overtime pay for any additional hours worked.Unless an employment contract states otherwise, overtime pay is only required for hours worked in excess of the statutory standards, which vary among provinces. Many employees do not realize that they can be required to work for longer than nine to five, without an entitlement to overtime pay.

There is a right to sick leaveThere is no statutory or legal requirement to pro-vide employees with paid time off from work due to an illness. Although many employers have policies that do provide a few days sick leave each year, it is not because they are compelled to do so. Without such a policy, if an employee is off work and sick, she need not be paid for that time.

If I work through lunch, I can leave work early This is one of my favourite misconceptions. Employ-ees often believe they can make up lost time or trade a break or lunch for an early departure. However, most provin-cial employment stan-dards laws require that a 30-minute lunch be taken, at least, every five hours. Therefore, even if an employer were to agree to such a trade (and few would do so), it would still be illegal.

Daniel a. lublin is an employ-ment lawyer with whitten & lublin.

WoRKplACE lAWDaniel [email protected]: @danlublin

Using pineapple bark in the same way you would use a cedar plank to grill, infuses the meat with a delicate sweetness, and keeps it moist and juicy. The enzymes in the pineapple also help to tender-ize the meat.

1. Carefully cut off the top and bottom of the pineapple. These can be discarded. Stand the pineapple upright. Cut the skin off the pineapple, remov-ing it in 6 long strips. To do this, begin cutting at the top of the fruit and slice downward, letting the knife follow the curve of the fruit. Leave about 1/2 inch of flesh on each strip of skin. Rotate the fruit and re-peat. Set aside.

2. Place each chicken breast between sheets of plastic wrap and use a meat mallet to pound to an even 1/2 inch thickness. Season each on both sides with salt, pepper, cumin and cay-

enne. Lay each piece of chicken over the cut side of one of the slices of pineapple skin. Set a second strip of pineapple skin, cut side down, on top. Use kitchen twine to tie the bun-dles to hold them together. Re-frigerate the chicken bundles for about 30 minutes.

3. When ready to cook, heat one side of the grill to high, the other side to low.

4. Meanwhile, cut the skinned pineapple (the flesh) into thick circles. Use a small round cook-ie or biscuit cutter (or a paring knife) to cut out and discard the core from each round.

5. When grill is hot, arrange chicken bundles on the cooler side of the grill. Cook for 15 minutes per side, or until the chicken reaches 165 F at the centre. During the final 10 min-utes, add the pineapple rings

and cook for 5 minutes per side.

6. Guacamole: In bowl com-bine red onion, jalapeno, avo-cados, lime juice and cilantro. Gently mix then season with salt and pepper.

7. To serve, place one chicken bundle on each plate. Set a grilled pineapple ring next to it, spoon some guacamole into centre of and over pineapple ring. the associateD press

Move on over cedar plank, pineapple bark is coming for that top grilling spot

This recipe serves three. matthew mead/ the associated press

Pineapple Bark Chicken with Grilled Pineapple and Guacamole

Ingredients

1 large whole pineapple 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Salt and ground black pepper Ground cumin Cayenne pepper 1/2 small red onion, diced 1 jalapeno, seeds removed, diced 2 avocados, pitted and chopped Juice of 1 lime 1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

1. In a bowl, whisk peanut but-ter with soy sauce, lime juice and curry paste until blended.

2. Slice chicken lengthwise into 1/2-inch (1-cm) thick strips. Add chicken to peanut butter mix and stir to coat. Refrigerate chicken at least 2 hours before skewering.

3. Soak skewers in water. Oil grill and preheat to medium. Remove chicken from marin-ade and roll each strip into a spiral, inserting a small skewer through each spiral to hold like a lollipop. The end pieces will be smaller, so roll with another strip. Sprinkle with salt.

4. Place on grill and barbecue, turning once, until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Serve on a platter, sprinkled with peanuts and coriander.

news canaDa/ peanutbureau.com/ aDapteD by emily richarDs (for more, visit emilyricharDscooks.ca)

thai peanut chicken pops. a bursting combo of flavours from the barbecue

Ingredients

20 to 24 pops

1/2 cup (125 ml) natural peanut butter, preferably crunchy 1/4 cup each (50 ml) soy sauce and lime juice 2 tbsp (30 ml) Thai curry paste, red or green 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 20 to 24 small 6-inch (15-cm) wooden skewers Salt to taste 1 tbsp (15 ml) choppedpeanuts 1 tbsp (15 ml) chopped coriander

29metronews.caWednesday, June 13, 2012 SPORTS

4SPORTS

Intra-squad games axed from Mooseheads camp

Mooseheads head coach Dominique Ducharme will spend four days with rookies at training camp before the veterans show up. RYAN TAPLIN/METRO FILE

The Halifax Mooseheads have scrapped their popular intra-squad games at train-ing camp.

The Mooseheads will kick off the 2012-13 season on Thursday, Aug. 16 with a two-day rookie camp at Cole Harbour Place followed by a home-and-home exhibition series with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles that Sat-urday and Sunday. Veterans wont report until Monday, Aug. 20.

Mooseheads general man-ager Cam Russell said the later start date of the QMJHL season Sept. 20 played a part in the decision.

Youre always trying to please the fans theyre the ones who support you but our camp is two weeks longer this year than it usu-ally is, he said. We didnt want to bring our veterans in too early and were not

going to have enough play-ers to do intra-squad games those first two days.

Intra-squad games have been a long-standing trad-ition for the Mooseheads, with fans taking advantage of free admission to pack the stands at Cole Harbour Place.

The Mooseheads have held either four-on-four or five-on-five intra-squad games for the past six years. In 2004 and 2005, they dropped down to three-on-three.

Russell said he and head coach Dominique Ducharme are expecting as many as 30 rookies from Aug 16 to 19, with one practice Thursday night and two practices on Friday.

Cuts will be made on Monday morning follow-ing the exhibition games against Cape Breton.

Veterans will report for registration on Monday and will hit the ice for the first time on Tuesday.

We didnt want to have the veterans coming in on the 15th of August, so we pushed it back five days for them, Russell said. It just gives them a bit more of a break.

QMJHL. Rookie camp will open on Aug. 16 at Cole Harbour Place

Qualifying continues

The top two teams in the group will advance to the fi nal round of qualifying in the CONCACAF region, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Canada will travel to Pan-ama and Honduras in the fall. The Canadians host Panama on Sept. 7 and Cuba on Oct. 12.

Canada settles for draw with Honduras

Bedfords Ante Jazic reacts at the fi nal whistle Tuesday in Toronto. CHRIS YOUNG/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canada had hoped to take two victories and some breathing room into a two-month break between World Cup qualify-ing games.

Instead, the Canadians played Honduras to a 0-0 draw Tuesday, settling for four points from their first two matches in the third round of CONCACAF qualifying as they continue their quest for the countrys first World Cup berth since 1986.

The result was a frustrat-ing one for Canada, which was coming off a 1-0 victory over Cuba on Friday in Ha-vana and maintained most of the possession on the night in

front of 16,132 fans at BMO Field in Toronto.

Canada had numerous scoring opportunities, per-haps the best coming on a cor-ner kick in the 90th minute that captain Kevin McKenna headed just wide of the Hon-duran goal.

Canadian defender David Edgar had two glorious chan-ces, including a header off a corner kick in second-half injury time that he knocked just wide of the net before the final whistle.

Bedfords Ante Jazic was making his 32nd appearance for the national team. The 36-year-old defender plays for

MLB

Jury goes into deliberation at Clemens trialRoger Clemens fate is in the hands of a jury that will decide if the former pitcher lied about performance-enhancing substances.

The panel of eight women and four men began delibera-

tions Tuesday after a day of closing arguments in the ninth week of the trial.

Clemens is charged with lying when he told Congress in 2008 that he never used steroids and human growth hormone. The trials key witness was Clemens long-time strength coach. Brian McNamee spent a week on the stand and said he injected Clemens with both steroids and HGH. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MLB

Nationals long balls ground JaysBryce Harper, Danny Espinosa and Jhonatan Solano hit home runs in the Washington Nationals 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday in Toronto. Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer for the Blue Jays. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Blue Jay Rajai Davis reacts to a pitch. AARON VINCENT ELKAIM/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Golf

I think even if I do win a ma-jor cham-

pionship, it will still be, Youre not to 18 yet Tiger Woods on Tuesday, responding to questions of whether he has to win a major to end doubts about his health and overall golf game ahead of this weeks U.S Open.

Quoted

It all came down to listening to my

heart, and my heart wasnt in it. The joy that I once had in my boat with my

partner was gone. It just got to the point

where it was the last straw. I knew I could no longer go to the line with a

partner who I didnt believe exemplifi ed Olympic values. It was a really, really hard thing for me to take and decide on, but the chem-

istry was no longer there.

Shubenacadie rower Tracy Cam-eron to CBC.ca. The 2008 Olym-pic bronze medallist retired last

Friday just weeks before the 2012 Olympics in London after a fallout with partner Lindsay

Jennerich. THE CANADIAN PRESS

MATTHEW [email protected]

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Floyd Mayweathers lawyers say the boxers

career is at risk and they have fi led a motion with a Las Vegas judge,

asking her to ease jail conditions for the undefeated champion

who is serving time for domestic battery and harassment. Scan the

code for the story.

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