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British Columbia Premier Christy Clark used a meeting of the premiers on Wednesday to push for talks with Alberta and Ottawa to resolve a dispute over her demand for a greater share of the economic benefits from the Northern Gateway pipeline.

Clark said there is consider-able environmental risk for her province if the $5.5-billion project is built, and B.C. needs to get a bigger piece of the roy-alty pie.

“My basic request is for Al-berta and Canada to come to the table and sit down with British Columbia and work to figure out how we can resolve this,” Clark said.

“If that’s going to cause such a big problem that there are trade barriers, there is a very easy way to solve that —

no pipeline.”Her comments have put her

at loggerheads with Premier Alison Redford, who has flatly dismissed Clark’s position as one that would “fundamen-tally change Confederation” be-cause it would mean new nego-tiations for projects throughout the country.

Clark would not say what amount of money she was seek-ing from the project. “I don’t have a number for you today and I’m not going to negotiate that in public,” she said.

Redford said Wednesday that she is open to Clark’s over-tures to discuss the matter, but she didn’t believe the dispute would be resolved this week.

“It would be wrong for any-one to characterize that we’re not going to talk, but at this point in time, this isn’t the week for it,” Redford said.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird weighed in on the dispute, questioning Clark’s stance and reiterating the fed-eral government’s support for the pipeline.

“We can’t have a Canada where we try to toll-gate differ-ent goods and services in differ-ent parts of the country,” Baird said. The Canadian Press

Royalty fight. Enbridge report says 8.2% of pipeline’s projected $81B tax revenue would flow to B.C. over 30 years, which equates to $6.7B

Clark calls on feds in Gateway flap

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Marathon ride spun him right round — into the record books Guinness World Records adjudicator Michael Empric, left, stands with Robbie Gibson, a.k.a. Robbie the Intern from 104.9 Virgin Radio, after Gibson earned the world record for the longest marathon on a theme-park attraction on Wednesday for riding in a ferris wheel at Capital Ex for 30 hours. CONTRIBUTED/NORTHLANDS

Bissell Centre � oods as city is pounded by rain

One of the city’s outreach centres for the less fortun-ate is in dire straits after a sewage backup forced it to close off vital parts of its building.

The basement of the Bis-

sell Centre’s administration building is closed off after a storm on Monday caused the sewer system to back up into the basement, which houses a kitchen, food storage and the community closet that provides free clothing.

Chief executive officer Mark Holmgren said clean-up could take a month.

The Bissell Centre is ask-ing for gift cards so it can go grocery shopping every day, and people and businesses are reaching out by offering donations or space to cook.

“It’s always good to see people rise to the occasion,” Holmgren said.

A drop-off daycare centre has also been closed to mini-

mize the risk of children getting sick.

The city addressed its re-sponse to the recent storms at a press conference Wed-nesday, saying that the re-gion has seen too much rain too fast.

Normal rainfall in Ed-monton in July is 90 milli-metres; this month we’ve seen over 200 in some parts of the city.

“July’s not done yet. The ground is very saturated, so … nothing is going into the grass. Everything is run-ning off,” said Sid Lodewyk, acting director of drainage services.

Edmonton besieged by storms. Outreach centre has received off ers of donations and space in wake of sewage backup

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• While there have been more than 3,000 calls to 311 in regards to fl ood-ing or drainage, the city said it won’t be making infrastructure changes anytime soon.

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• The city’s drainage infra-structure is designed to meet recent weather history rather than long-term weather forecasts.

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Arrests. Police bust of burglary ring nets $400K in stolen goodsStrathcona RCMP found $400,000 in stolen property this month after executing search warrants on a number of properties in the Edmon-ton area.

Police recovered the stolen goods at two rural proper-ties in Lamont County, one rural property in Strathcona County and at a business in Fort Saskatchewan. Police later searched a rural prop-erty near Tofield, found more

stolen goods and have now charged six people.

Richard Kennedy, 52, of Androssan; Robert Grouette, 59, of Lamont County; Skip Davison, 28, of Tofield; David Splichen, 25, of Tofield; Kas-sandra Schimmens, 23, of Sherwood Park; and Barry Clarke, 24, of Tofield are all facing charges, including possession of stolen property over $5,000. metro

Banging the drum for Alberta. Premier’s olympics trip to cost $84KPremier Alison Redford is heading to the London Olym-pics at a cost to taxpayers of $84,000.

During the five-day trip she will promote the prov-ince, focusing on Alberta’s energy, tourism and culture sectors.

Redford calls it a golden op-portunity to meet important decision-makers and business

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Funds earmarked for queue-jumping inquiry The province is setting aside $10 million for its re-view into queue-jumping in the health-care system.

The government an-nounced this year that a judge-led inquiry would look into allegations that some patients have been allowed to jump to the front of waiting lists.

The inquiry report is to be completed by April 30 of next year. the cAnAdiAn Press

Construction on the North LRT line at 105 Street, between 105 and 107 avenues, is one of many projects going on in the city this year. HeatHer mcintyre/metro

Summer in Edmonton means roadwork, which means motorists may need to find alternative routes.

Guess what? There’s an app for that.

Software engineer Niels Hansen created the Edmon-ton Road Construction app

and launched it on the iTunes app store on June 5.

Through the City of Ed-monton Open Data Cata-logue, Hansen obtained pro-ject locations, start dates and even supervisor contact in-formation for the app, which uses GPS technology to de-termine construction in any given area.

Hansen moved to Edmon-ton recently from southern California.

“I thought this would be a good way to learn the city and also find out where all the dif-ferent road construction is for myself,” he said. “And then I thought, ‘Wow, this could be

used for a lot of people.’”Even city staff have down-

loaded the app and find it useful, said Barry Belcourt,

the city’s branch manager of roads design and construc-tion.

The city does what it can to let the public know about construction, such as releas-ing a map, but the app is an-other tool in the toolbox, he added.

“Everybody says there are two seasons in Edmon-ton — winter and construc-tion. So it’s very important for people to understand these are the things that could be in their way.”

road construction? there’s an app for thatIt’s free. Edmontonian creates roadwork locator using city data

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• The app has been downloaded hundreds of times, and has even been one of the top-100 referenced apps in Can-ada several times.

• There are 46 construc-tion projects slated for 2012. They are listed at edmonton.ca.

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Province testing air, soil at railway yard after blazeAir and soil quality at a fire site are the subject of an investigation by the province after glue drums melted in a blaze at a northwest Edmonton CN Rail storage yard late Tuesday.

Firefighters were called to the fire at 140 Street and 143 Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.

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U-turn changes suggested after death of officer An Alberta judge says the RCMP should change how it trains officers to make U-turns following the death of Const. James Lundblad near Millet in May 2009.

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ence at Concordia University, which is helping raise funds for his family and is setting up an award in his memory.THE CANADIAN PRESS

London. Boy flies to Italy without ticket, passportThe 11-year-old boy didn’t have a passport, didn’t have a ticket, didn’t have a boarding pass, and got all the way from Eng-land to Italy on his own.

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adventure. “He was chatting away about being off by him-self,” and passengers alerted the cabin crew, Russell Craig, a spokesman for Manchester Airport, said Wednesday. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

North Korea. Mystery woman is wife of leaderNorth Korea ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by confirming that the mystery woman beside young leader Kim Jong Un at recent pub-lic events is indeed his wife, “comrade Ri Sol Ju.” The news

was buried in a state TV report about Kim’s tour of an amuse-ment park, delivered casually by a newscaster who gave no details about Ri, including how long she and Kim have been married. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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scotland to legalize gay marriageScotland’s government has announced plans to legalize same-sex marriages. The measure has backing from the major Scottish political

parties. It follows a public consultation on the issue. When enacted, Scotland could become the first part of the U.K. to allow same-sex marriages. The U.K. govern-ment is awaiting the results of a public consultation before taking further steps. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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surveillance info no longer publicThe curtains at Canada’s most secretive federal agency have been drawn a little tighter. The government has quietly stopped telling

Canadians about the annual priorities of the national elec-tronic eavesdropping agency, meaning scant details of its mission, once public, are now classified. For years, a section of the Defence Department’s plans and priorities report spelled out agency priorities. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Use of legal synthetic drugs up People are inventing so many new, legal ways to get high that U.S. lawmakers can’t seem to keep up. Over the past two years, the country

has seen a surge in the use of synthetic drugs made of legal chemicals that mimic the dangerous effects of cocaine, amphetamines and other illegal stimulants. Some are imported cheaply from China or India. The drugs have been linked to bizarre and violent behaviour. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gun sales surge across U.S.

Actor Christian Bale and his wife, Sibi Blazic, at a site dedicated to Veronica Moser-Sullivan, 6, the youngest of the 12 victims of Friday’s mass shooting, at a memorial in Aurora, Colo., on Tuesday. Ted S. Warren/The aSSociaTed preSS

Firearms sales are surging after last week’s Colorado theatre massacre as buyers fear that politicians may use the shoot-ings to seek new restrictions on owning weapons.

Some Democratic law-makers in Congress cited the shooting as evidence of the need for tougher gun control laws — particularly a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Congress, how-ever, hasn’t passed strict legis-lation in more than a decade, and leaders in Washington show no sign of bringing up such measures any time soon.

In Colorado, where Friday’s

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Dick Rutan, owner of Gun-ners Den in Arvada, Colo., said requests for concealed-weapon certification “are off the hook.” His course in gun safety, re-quired for certification for a concealed-weapons permit in Colorado, has drawn double the interest since Friday.

“What they’re saying is, they want to have a chance. They want to have the abil-ity to protect themselves and their families if they are in a situation like what hap-pened in the movie theatre,” Rutan said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Colorado theatre massacre. While the shooting has stirred debate on gun control, Washington stays mum

Oldest victim

First funeral held A dad who took his teenage children to the new Batman movie and was killed when a gunman opened fire on the theatre was mourned Wednesday, the first me-morial service for a victim of the shooting.

Fifty-one-year-old Gor-don Cowden was the oldest of the 12 people killed. His teenage children escaped unharmed. A family state-ment described him as a “true Texas gentleman” who loved the outdoors.

Later this week, families of other victims plan to say their final goodbyes. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Triple jumper Voula Papachris-tou was expelled from Greece’s Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party.

The Hellenic Olympic Com-mittee said Wednesday that Papachristou had been exclud-ed from the team “for state-ments contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic move-ment.”

“It’s the same as violating

fair play,” Isidoros Kouvelos, the head of Greece’s Olympic mis-sion, told Greece’s Skai. “We are not here just to get medals, but to promote the Olympic ideals, to show our character.”

Papachristou’s Twitter ac-count contained several re-tweets and links promoting the views of Golden Dawn, a for-merly marginal extreme-right party.

But it was her attempt at a joke Sunday that went viral. Commenting on the widely re-ported appearance of Nile-virus-carrying mosquitoes in Athens, Papachristou wrote: “With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!”

After the comments and the ensuing uproar, the Hellenic

Olympic Committee banned all Greek athletes from using social media to express any per-sonal opinions not related to the Olympics.

Papachristou’s attitude changed completely Wednes-day and she posted six apolo-getic tweets in less than two hours. The decision to pull the 23-year-old from the team, however, was irreversible. the associated press

Track. Olympian’s apologies come too late as politicians call for her removal

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“we are not here just to get medals, but to pro-mote the Olympic ideals.”Isidoros Kouvelos, head of Greece’s Olympic mission

Greece’s Voula Papachristou at the women’s triple-jump final at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Matt dunhaM/the associated press file

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As Canada’s premiers meet in Halifax this week for the Council of the Federation, we thought it would be fun to see how well you know our provincial and territorial leaders.There are 13 in total – 10 provinces and three territories.

Take the test and see how you do. The answers are in the bottom corner of the page.

Can you name that premier?Did you know? Is a former university professor of social work. Metro file Did you know? Was appointed to administer Afghanistan’s first

parliamentary elections in 2005. Metro file

Did you know? Was the youngest federal cabinet minister in Canadian history in 1986. the Canadian Press

Did you know? Is a certified official for both hockey and swimming. Contributed

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Did you know? Left the political world for five years to host an afternoon radio talk show. Metro file

Did you know? Won the Economic Developer of the Year award in 1999 for his province. Metro file

Did you know? Went to university for social work but never graduated. the Canadian Press

Did you know? Is the youngest premier in Canada. Charlottetown Guardian

Did you know? Married his high school sweetheart in 1980. the Canadian Press

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Genevieve Huizar, the mother of Manuel Diaz, who was shot to death by Anaheim police, breaks down after pleading for a stop to the violence at a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., Wednesday. Damian Dovarganes/the associateD press

The mother of a man who was shot by Anaheim, Calif., police officers has condemned violent protests against the killing, say-ing Wednesday that she did not want them to become her son’s legacy.

“I watched as my son took his last breath. I watched as his heart stopped beating for the last time,” Genevieve Huizar said, breaking into sobs. “Please, please, please stop the violence. It’s not going to bring my son back, and this is the worst thing any mother could go through.”

Her news conference fol-lowed a fourth day of violent protests over Saturday’s police shooting of Manuel Diaz, and the Sunday death of another man.

As many as 1,000 demon-

strators surged through down-town Tuesday night, smashing shop windows, setting trash fires and hurling rocks and bot-tles at police, authorities said.

Huizar said her family has not participated in any vio-lence.

At an earlier news confer-ence, Mayor Tom Tait said the U.S. attorney’s office had agreed to review the officer-involved shootings and that he planned to meet with mem-bers of that office and the FBI on Friday.

The shootings and resulting demonstrations marred the im-age of the Orange County city, which is home to Disneyland and the Angels baseball team, but also has neighbourhoods teeming with gritty apart-ments.

The violence downtown spread into Wednesday mor-ning and left 20 stores with shattered windows.

Twenty-four people, includ-ing four minors, were arrested on suspicion of crimes ranging from failure to disperse to as-sault with a deadly weapon, police Chief John Welter said. the associated press

Demonstration. Violence breaks out at peaceful rally as crowds storm city hall meeting, blocking a nearby intersection

Beijing. Mishandled floods won’t derail mayor’s appointmentBeijing’s mayor is apparently still on track to be promoted to China’s powerful decision-making body despite public questioning of the city govern-ment’s handling of floods that left at least 37 dead.

Mayor Guo Jinlong and one of his vice-mayors resigned, state media reported Wednes-day, in what is likely a routine reshuffling. The announce-ment came as more rain was forecast to hit Beijing and amid signs that the death toll from last weekend’s storms could jump higher.

Saturday’s flooding was an embarrassment for China’s cap-

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Canadian discovery

western Arctic crater confirmedCanadian researchers say they’ve discovered a 25-kilo-metre-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic.

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Former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords toured a European particle-physics laboratory Wednesday, cheer-fully facing reporters but say-ing little during her first trip abroad since being shot in the head last year.

Giffords was accompany-ing her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, on a visit to the European Center for Nuclear Research. The lab, known as CERN, had assem-bled a $2-billion US cosmic-ray detector that Kelly and his team carried to the Inter-national Space Station in May 2011.

That mission came just months after Giffords, a law-maker from Arizona, was shot

by a gunman in a Jan. 8, 2011, rampage that killed six and wounded 13 outside a Tucson supermarket. Since then, Gif-fords has undergone intensive therapy and made dramatic progress, but she also decided to leave her seat in Congress to focus on her recovery.

During a press confer-ence Wednesday, Kelly joined CERN officials and four other astronauts in recalling the delicate task of installing the seven-tonne Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the space station so that it could scan the universe for signs of dark matter and anti-matter. Kelly commanded the mission, which was the final flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Nobel laureate Samuel Ting, a physicist at the Mas-sachusetts Institute of Tech-nology and the principal in-vestigator for the CERN-based project, said the detector is functioning “perfectly” and an international team of 600 scientists has now collected data from 18-billion cosmic rays.

Giffords, a Democrat, served on the House Science and Technology Committee, and took on NASA affairs while heading the space sub-committee. Ting singled her out for praise because of her support for the U.S. space pro-gram. the associated press

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A damaged vehicle from clashes between Free Syrian Army soldiers and Syrian government troops is seen at the border town of Azaz, north of Aleppo, on Tuesday. The associaTed press/Turkpix

Ban Ki-moon urges world to stop the ‘slaughter’ of Syrians

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the world must unite in its re-sponse to Syria’s civil war and do all it can to stop what he called the slaughter taking place there.

Speaking in Sarajevo, Ban said other countries inter-vened in Libya and the Ivory Coast to stop widespread kill-ing there, but failed during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war to pre-vent Bosnian Serbs from kill-ing more than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks in Srebrenica while the town was officially under UN protection.

But Ban did not say in his speech exactly what the inter-national community should

do in Syria beyond already calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down. He also did not criticize Rus-sia and China by name for vetoing a Western-backed UN resolution threatening Assad’s regime with sanctions.

“We must work to prevent and respond to grave viola-tions of international humani-tarian law. That is why we act-ed in Libya. We acted in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Today, the international community

is being tested in Syria,” Ban said in a speech to Bosnia’s Parliament.

As he spoke, Syrian tanks attacked insurgents in Alep-po, Syria, in an effort to end a five-day rebel fight to take the city. Activists say that Syria’s 16-month-old uprising has killed 19,000 people.

The UN chief urged the international community to act together to take what he called “meaningful action.”

“Without unity, there will be more bloodshed. More deadlock means more dead,” Ban said. “That is why, here in the heart of a healing Bos-nia and Herzegovina, I make a plea to the world: Do not delay. Come together. Act. Act now to stop the slaughter in Syria.”

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‘Quite simply, we must do better at seeing atrocities coming and telling it like it is. We cannot take refuge behind strong words and weak action.”Ban Ki-moon in a speech to Bosnia’s parliament

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‘Post-Assad Syria’ talks underwayForeign Affairs Minister John Baird says discussions about a “post-Assad Syria” are underway, including what to do about the stockpile of chemical and biological weapons held by the country’s regime.

Baird said Canada is working with allies to en-sure the weapons don’t fall into the wrong hands as the conflict reaches a climax. the canadian preSS

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Israelis line up for gas masks Israelis rushed to get government-issue gas masks Wednesday, the latest sign of mounting fears that Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles could be used against them as the crisis there deepens.

Syria threatened to unleash chemical and biological weapons if faced with a foreign attack. Syria is believed to have nerve agents and mustard gas. the aSSociated preSS

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Aleppo attacks ‘heinous,’ White House says The White House says the Syrian government’s assault on Aleppo with tanks and air-planes illustrates “the depth of depravity” of President Bashar Assad’s regime.

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Potash mine. 20 Irish recruits laid off in Sask. Twenty Irish immigrants re-cruited to work in Saskatch-ewan have been laid off.

The workers were among 50 pipefitters who were helping to expand Agrium’s Vanscoy potash mine south-west of Saskatoon. A spokes-person for contractor PCL Construction says pipefit-ting work on the project has wrapped up for now, and isn’t expected to resume until early next year.

PCL spokesman Mike Long says there was a gap in the schedule the company didn’t foresee when recruit-ment was going on. Long

said the company and prov-incial officials met with the Irish workers to help them find new work, but he says the workers “didn’t really seem interested in taking us up on our offer to help them.”the canadIan PreSS

Recruitment mission

280PCL was among 27 saskatchewan employ-ers who offered a total of 280 jobs to irish skilled workers as part of a recruitment mission in ireland earlier this year.

Agriculture

Drought predicted to push food pricesThe U.S. government is pro-jecting the record drought gripping half the country will help push food prices up by three per cent to four per cent next year.

Figures released by the Department of Agriculture on Wednesday show that beef prices are expected to see the biggest jump at four per cent to five per cent.

Dairy product prices are expected to climb 3.5 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Poultry prices are expected to rise three per cent to four per cent. the aSSocIated PreSS

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Mountain Lion makes leap to Mac computersA customer looks at the new Os X Mountain Lion operating system at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday. Apple inc. released its new operating system for Mac computers on Wednesday, with features borrowed from mobile devices and a tighter integration with online file storage. The new software narrows the gap between the PC and phone software packages, making Mac personal computers work more like iPhones and iPads. Paul Sakuma/the aSSociated PreSS

Loblaw Companies Ltd. plans to unveil about 700 Joe Fresh stores in the U.S. next year as Canada’s largest gro-cery chain works to ramp up sales of its hip fashion line to help bolster earnings that dropped by 19 per cent in its most recent quarter.

Loblaw’s Joe Fresh cloth-ing brand announced Wed-nesday it has formed a part-nership with U.S. retailer J.C. Penney Co. to open 700 stores in the U.S. in 2013 that will run for four years.

The move comes amid a

massive overhaul of Loblaw’s information-technology and supply-chain software sys-tem that is set to cost the company billions.

The capital-intensive rollout, along with a hyper-competitive grocery market in Canada, has eaten into its bottom line.

Loblaw reported second-

quarter net earnings of $159 million, or 56 cents per di-luted share, down almost 19 per cent from the $197 million earned in the same period in 2011.

That missed analysts’ calls for earnings of 62 cents per share by five cents.

Shares fell 1.5 per cent, or 47 cents, to close at $31.45 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

“While I’m not happy that earnings are down, we are on plan,” said Loblaw president Vicente Trius on a conference call Wednesday.

Revenue came in at $7.37 billion for the period ended June 16, an increase of 1.3 per cent from the $7.28 bil-lion over the second quarter of 2011.

Retail sales and same-store sales grew 1.1 per cent and 0.2 per cent, respectively.the canadIan PreSS

Grocery chain. Canadian brand announces partnership with U.S. retailer J.C. Penney as it ramps up its fashion line

Loblaw to open 700 Joe Fresh stores in the U.S.

Across Canada

Loblaw, a subsidiary of George Weston Ltd., operates more than 1,000 stores across Canada under numerous banners, includ-ing Great Canadian Super Store, Provigo, No Frills and Atlantic Superstore.

• The company employs 138,000 full- and part-time workers.

Canada’s industry minister isn’t dropping any hints about whether he will ap-prove or reject a Chinese state-owned company’s multibillion-dollar bid for Calgary-based Nexen Inc.

And just like Prime Min-ister Stephen Harper, Chris-tian Paradis is warning Can-adians not to jump to any conclusions about which way it will go.

Paradis says he’ll wait until he reviews an applica-tion from China National Offshore Oil Company — also known as CNOOC Ltd. — before deciding whether to green-light the $15.1-bil-

lion US transaction.CNOOC’s proposed all-

cash takeover of oil-and-gas producer Nexen was a friendly bid, offering share-holders a 60 per cent pre-mium on their holdings. the canadIan PreSS

oil. Industry minister to review $15B US nexen bid

The bottom line

“it has to be for the net benefit of this country. This is the bottom line here.”industry Minister Christian Paradis on a Chinese company’s bid for Nexen Inc.

trade. canada pushes for relations with Myanmar After years of imposing tough sanctions, Canada an-nounced a push Wednesday to open up economic rela-tions with Myanmar, saying International Trade Minis-ter Ed Fast and a delegation of business leaders would travel to the strategically placed Southeast Asian na-tion in September.

Fast will be the first cab-inet minister to visit the country since trade sanc-tions were eased at the end of April and Canada announced it would open an embassy in the capital, Rangoon, in recognition of Myanmar’s moves to im-

prove human rights and democracy.

However pro-democracy and human-rights groups are warning that Myanmar is still facing serious hu-man-rights issues. the canadIan PreSS

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RIM turns to movies for PlayBook

Can Hollywood blockbusters help save the PlayBook?

BlackBerry maker Re-search in Motion has launched a new movie-store app for owners of its tab-let, which has struggled to gain market share since it launched last year.

The lack of a movie store and the lack of native email were two of the chief criti-cisms of the tablet when it was first launched. The email

issue was solved this Febru-ary with the unveiling of the new PlayBook 2.0 operating system.

The BlackBerry Video Store, run by Rovi Entertain-ment, was launched in the U.S. earlier this year, but made its Canadian debut Wednesday.

Meanwhile, RIM’s Black-Berry took a hit in the content department Wednesday with news the New York Times was jettisoning its BlackBerry app, while keeping its iPhone and Android apps.

RIM executive Martyn Mallick said BlackBerry is still a good way for newspapers to engage their readers, despite the NYT decision. toRstaR news seRvIce

Tech troubles. Research in Motion takes yet another hit as New York Times dumps BlackBerry app

Peugeot protest takes over heart of ParisWorkers for French automaker PsA Peugeot Citroen march past the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during a demon-stration on Wednesday. Tough conditions in europe pushed Peugeot Citroen into a first-half loss of $990 mil-lion us, just as the company is facing off with the French government over a restructuring plan. The company, which makes two-thirds of France’s cars, is in a tailspin as the deepening european recession takes a toll on its business. jacques Brinon/the associated press

Real estate. Prices may fall by 25 per cent: ReportIf the Canadian real-estate market continues to cool, house prices could see sub-stantial declines next year and could fall by as much as 25 per cent over the long term, according to a report released Wednesday by Capital Eco-nomics.

Canada’s real-estate market is showing signs of cooling off following a post-recession boom sparked by a move to ultra-low interest rates. Both national home sales and the average home price were down year-over-year last month, indicators that the national market could be slowing. The national aver-age home price in June was $369,339, down 0.8 per cent from the same month last year. But prices increased in Calgary, remained strong in Toronto and continued to slow in Vancouver. the canadIan PRess

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How will London cope this week as it’s hit with pollution, traffic congestion and rabid media attention for the first time in history?

This and other questions will be answered as the Triple-X Olympiad officially gets underway Friday. We don’t trust you to watch the right events and have the proper emotional reaction to them, so here’s a list of the biggest storylines we demand you watch for.

Are they ready? The Olympics are home to some de-pendable traditions, and one of the most consistent is the Lamenting of the Games. Before every Olympics, the media make it sound like the runners will have their times slowed by wet cement and divers will be jumping into empty swim-ming pools, their falls broken by contractors desperately trying to get the host city ready.

In London, the biggest problem appears to be security, which was thrown into shambles when it was revealed that a key security firm didn’t have enough people and was handing out sashes that said “hall monitor” to anybody who asked.

Now they’ve called in the army, because nothing makes people feel secure like soldiers in the streets.

If things work out, the media will call it a miracle of Olympic proportions. If things don’t work out, the media will call it a catastrophe of Olympic proportions. (We’re on tight deadlines.)

Open questions. The opening ceremony has become an important show of national pride for the host country. Can Britain’s gymnasts and interpretive dancers do justice to Britain’s food, emotion and weather? One organizer gave a tantalizing hint when he promised “more shades of grey than you’ve ever seen.”

All-time record? If American swimmer Michael Phelps dominates, he’ll become the most decorated Olympian ever. This will be a major embarrassment for Canada, because Phelps will surpass the total distance travelled by Canada’s submarine fleet.

Hoop dreams. It promises to be a special moment when the world puts aside its differences, joins hands and prays for the humiliating defeat of the U.S. basketball team. The chance to cheer against Kobe Bryant and LeBron James simul-taneously is rare and should be cherished.

Star watch. World-famous athletes won’t be the only celebrities, as entertainment superstars descend on London including uber-couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Watch for North Korean athletes to wander near Jolie in hopes she’ll adopt them.

Whither Canada? Sportswriters went all gooey during the Vancouver Games about how Canada had finally come of age — just like we did during Vimy Ridge, the Second World War, Expo ’67, Summit Series ’72 and that “Joe Canadian” Molson commercial. I thought that was mostly hooey because Canada won the most gold medals; it’s easy to stand up loud and proud when you’re winning. Since Canada doesn’t do as well at the Summer Olympics, here’s our big chance to reveal our true patriotism. Otherwise we’re just Phoenix Coyotes fans on a playoff run.

That said, I trust we’ll see lots of Canadians standing on the podium. Assuming it’s constructed on time.

Travelling in London an Olympic sport?

Hanging on a wire

cable car stranded above ThamesCable-car passengers got plenty of time to view London’s sights after the system linking two Olympic venues broke down and left them stranded above the River Thames Wednesday.

The cable-car system, dubbed the Emirates Air Line, opened last month and links the 02 Arena in Greenwich — which will host Olympic basketball and gymnastics — and the ExCel exhibition centre, where boxing will take place. The assOciaTed press

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Traffic jams blocked some of the main routes into the city as the wildly unpopular “Games Lanes” took effect. The 48 kilometres of lanes are to operate from 6 a.m. to midnight throughout the Games, and cars or taxi cabs

that stray into them face a $200 US fine.

Thousands of London drivers have switched to public transport, only to encounter severe delays on several underground subway lines caused by power-supply problems and signal failures. Severe delays were reported Wednesday on the city’s Central and Hammersmith subway lines.

Transportation is London’s weak spot: Traffic often clogs up on its narrow, historic roads, bus schedules can change at a moment’s notice, and the famous Underground suffers from daily delays and infrastructure that in parts is more than a century old. The assOciaTed press

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Capital Ex already has a new look.

Four years ago, Jenna Letwin was the administra-tive assistant at Northlands in the signature events department. She quickly climbed the corporate lad-der due to her drive, as well as her visual communica-tion design education from Grant MacEwan.

Today, she’s overseeing her vision and design of Capital Ex’s newest edition: The Grand Experience.

Now, as the exhib-its manager of signature events, Letwin is making a name for herself.

For all you marketing nerds out there (myself in-cluded) you’ll appreciate this sentiment: when ex-plaining her vision for the new 200,000 square-foot space, Letwin touched on the importance of under-standing the habits of con-sumers.

“People tend to work the perimeter first and they are more likely to turn right.” That tidbit of knowledge got Letwin’s wheels turning for what exhibits and ex-periences would appear in the space and when.

“People were used to our shop zone exhibit area.

We knew we needed to add spice to this area and get people to stay longer,” Letwin said.

“Rather than have a bunch of commercial vend-ors, I thought, let’s do dif-ferent areas to create an overall experience.”

While The Grand Experi-ence still includes a huge shopping component (more than 80 per cent of the space is devoted to it), there are five other zones, includ-

ing: Rock You, a musical history exhibit; Aboriginal Trading Post; Eat at The Grand Food Court featuring international cuisine; Art Alley; Le Grand Café, a sig-nature French-style bistro.

“The café has Capital Ex’s feature food: the cream puff,” Letwin says with noted enthusiasm.

“I worked on everything from the logo to the chef ’s uniforms in order to make sure that when people

walked through there, they felt like they were walking the streets of Paris. People can get everything they want under one roof.”

The Grand is located in halls H, G, F, and E of the newly renovated Agricom Building.

For more information, check out the What’s New section under the Things To Do at capitalex.ca. Capital Ex is on until Sunday, July 29.

More than shopping. Forum will off er other experiences along with the regular purchasing fare

Capital Ex plots Grand Experience

The Grand Experience

• Vendors. Over 350 are featured in The Grand Experience.

• Cost. Entrance into the space is included with gate admission.

• Visitors. Capital Ex expects over 700,000 people to take in this year’s fair.

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Despite having a closet that most women would envy, Kate Hudson likes staying in her PJs for as long as she can into the day.

Mornings, she says, are her favourite time with her sons — and that means a lot of pajama time.

“I love to see them wake up with their sleepy faces. It’s when you see their per-sonalities and how they deal with the morning,” she says.

B i n g h a m , 1, has blond hair that’s long in s o m e

places, short in others, the 33-year-old actress says, and the morning is when it all sticks up. Her eight-year-old son, Ryder, asks for “5 more minutes” in bed but still eagerly comes to the table for breakfast.

“I like happy mornings. I grew up with happy mor-nings,” says Hudson, the daughter of Goldie Hawn. “My parents were up and active and making break-fast, and that’s what I try to do, but I usually do it in my nightie.”

When it’s time to get dressed on days she’s not working, there are three choices, especially if she knows the paparazzi she doesn’t love are

lingering: She’ll stay at home in comfy clothes that are only slightly elevated from her bedtime get-up, pull out the sunglasses with the biggest lenses she can find and otherwise stick to her favourite flowing tops and dresses, or put together a buzz-worthy ensemble that might help get some positive publicity for the de-signer.

Fashion, she adds, is one of the easiest — and favour-ite — parts of her job.

What are some things in her wardrobe? Turquoise jewelry, Emilio Pucci prints, a vintage Halston cape (she’s still waiting for the right oc-casion to wear it) and the

cheetah jeans a n d

black flapper dress from her recent photo shoot

for Ann Taylor’s fall ad campaign. Hudson is

reprising her role as spokesmodel.

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of an easy style,” she

says. “I hate the

w o r d b o -

hemian, but it sort of is.”Hudson is the first celeb-

rity signed to Ann Taylor for three consecutive seasons, but there have been many other stars, including Demi Moore, Heidi Klum and Katie Holmes.

Hudson says she can’t worry too much about those who came before her — or will come after her.

“When you’re in this business as actresses and models, you know everyone is replaceable. Enjoy it while it’s happening. Take each day as it’s presented to you.”

However, Hudson is plan-ning for the day when she

has a beneficiary of her

healthy fashion habit.“I archive a lot of my

pieces — from when Stella (McCartney) was at Chloe and Tom Ford at YSL and Gucci,” Hudson says.

“My mom never kept her clothes. She was big into (Azzedine) Alaia clothes and she didn’t keep them! She also had Ossie Clark dresses from the ’70s, and I never got to wear them, so I decid-

ed when and if I have a lit-tle girl in my life, maybe she’ll be into them and want to go into my closet someday.”

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Versatile wardrobe. Kate Hudson’s closet brims with designer dresses, turquoise, pajamas and photo-shoot favourites

Bohemian style ... well sort of

Kate Hudson will be the face of clothing company Ann Taylor’s fall 2012 campaign. Ann TAylor/The AssociATed press


Johnny Depp, left, as Tonto, a spirit warrior on a personal quest, who joins forces in a fight for justice with Armie Hammer, as John Reid, a lawman who has become a masked avenger in the Lone Ranger. Peter Mountain/the associated Press

Gyasi Ross grew up decades after the Lone Ranger aired on TV, but his friends would still call him Tonto when they teased him.

“Everybody understands who Tonto is, even if we hadn’t seen the show, and we understood it wasn’t a good thing,” said Ross, a member of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana who lives and has family in the Suquamish Tribe, outside Seattle.

“Why else would you tease someone with that?”

The making of a new Lone Ranger Disney movie, and the announcement that Johnny Depp is playing side-

kick Tonto, have reawakened feelings about a character that has drawn much criti-cism over the years as being a Hollywood creation guilty of spreading stereotypes.

The film is still in pro-duction, but Indian Country has been abuzz about it for months, with many shar-ing opinions online and a national Native publication running an occasional ser-ies on the topic. Some Na-tive Americans welcome the new movie, which is slated for release next summer. Parts were filmed on the Nav-ajo Nation with the tribe’s support, and an Oklahoma

tribe recently made Depp an honorary member. But for others, the Lone Ranger rep-resents a lingering sore spot — one that goes back to the 1950s television version of Tonto, who spoke in broken English, wore buckskin and lacked any real cultural traits.

Depp’s role attracted par-ticular attention in April when producer Jerry Bruck-heimer tweeted a picture of the actor in his Tonto cos-tume. He had on black and white face paint, an intense gaze, a black bird attached to his head and plenty of decora-tive feathers.

“The moment it hit my

Facebook newsfeed, the up-dates from my friends went nutso,” wrote Natanya Ann Pulley, a doctorate student at University of Utah, in an es-say for the online magazine McSweeney’s.

For Pulley and her friends, the portrayal of Native Amer-icans in Western movies is getting old.

“I’m worried about the Tonto figure becoming a parody or a commercialized figure that doesn’t have any dimension or depth. Or con-sideration for contemporary context of Native Americans,” she said. The AssociATed Press

Lone Ranger remains a sore spot for some

One of the benefits of do-ing an ensemble comedy is catching up with old friends. At least, that’s how it was on The Watch for Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, who co-star with Jonah Hill and Ri-chard Ayoade as concerned citizens investigating what turns out to be an alien inva-sion in their suburban Ohio neighbourhood.

Stiller and Vaughn previ-ously squared off in Dodge-ball, but here they’re playing something a bit chummier.

“I love working with these guys. It’s great to work with the people who make you laugh and who are funnier,” Stiller admits. “Vince and I had a really fun time work-ing on Dodgeball together and it was exciting to have a chance to do something. It had been a while for us, so it was exciting to have a chance to do something new together.”

Reunions aside, Stiller also enjoyed letting loose in a comedy that didn’t have the same restrictions as his more family-friendly fare.

“The fun thing for me is to be a part of a movie where you don’t have to worry,” Stiller admits. “Being in an R-rated film, you can have a lot more freedom.”

And that freedom doesn’t just mean more violence and cursing, but it extends to how the characters are depicted as well, as the four men aren’t forced into learn-ing some sort of lesson or personal growth.

“I don’t think it was

Emotional connection. Big cast has big friendships in new comedy about an alien invasion of suburban Ohio

Watch for another level of camaraderieThe Watch

Vince Vaughn adjusting to being a parent as he recently just had his first daughter.

• Daughters. In The Watch, Vince Vaughn’s character has a rather argumenta-tive relationship with an unruly teenage daughter trying to grow up too fast. In real life, Vaughn has just welcomed his first daughter. So did the movie give him any pre-monitions of troubles to come? “My daughter is just 19, 20 months now, so I’m along away from that,” he admits. “Thank-fully I’m a long, long way from answering any of those questions as far as being protective. But I have encouraged her to get on some scooters — motor scooters — motor-ized vehicles. That kind of stuff. I threw her in the pool, but she swam so it’s fine.”

Ben Stiller, Johnny Pemberton and Jonah Hill star in The Watch. Melinda Sue Gordon/the aSSociated preSS

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about having it all sort of tied up in bow. It was more about these guys hanging out and how they affected each other, but it wasn’t like about teaching lessons or anything,” Stiller says. “I do think there is sort of, you know, an emotional connec-tion these guys do have by ending up being together.”

While Stiller, Vaughn and Hill are familiar faces to

comedy audiences, the forth member of their neighbour-hood watch might not be: British actor and director Ri-chard Ayoade, who directed last year’s Submarine (execu-tive-produced by Stiller), ad-mits he felt like he stuck out a bit in the cast.

“I’ve never been in a film, not really,” Ayoade admits. “My wife said — and she’s right — it’s going to look

like I won a competition to be in a film with movie stars. And there were several days when I was like, ‘Why are Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill looking at me? Oh! I’m in a scene with them. I ought to start trying to act back.’ It’s very surreal and I’m a huge fan of these people. It was a great pleas-ure for me to get to some-what bring down the film by being in it.”

Vaughn, of course, thinks Ayoade’s self-deprecation is misplaced.

“Richard is so funny. It was so fun, he brought such an original voice and great ideas and is just funny in the movie,” Vaughn says. “You get a bunch of guys together from different walks of life and at the end of the day there’s a lot of laughter and a lot of camaraderie.”

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Sharon Osbourne said Tues-day that she’s ready to say goodbye to NBC’s America’s Got Talent, taking the net-work by surprise.

In a posting on Twit-ter, Osbourne addressed “my darling” fellow judge Howard Stern and said, “money is not the reason I’m not returning” to the show. Her tweet trailed off with “it’s because ....” and didn’t elaborate.

Her message was un-expected, NBC said following the announcement. the associated press

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nBc series to take a bite out of Dracula classicNBC is sinking its teeth into the classic tale of Dracula for a new drama series. The network an-nounced Tuesday a 10-epi-sode version of the Bram Stoker novel. Jonathan Rhys Meyers has the title role as the vampire set in Victorian-era England.

Irish actor Meyers is known for starring in the Showtime series The Tudors, and for the TV film Elvis. Dracula is from the producers behind the acclaimed hit Downton Ab-bey. the associated press

Emily Maynard, left, and Jef Holm will begin their lives together. Rick Rowell/the associated pRess

Maynard and Holm not sure about a television wedding

Emily Maynard’s courtship with Jef Holm may have played out on national TV on ABC’s The Bachelorette, but whether their wedding will be televised is still up in the air.

“I never in a million years thought I’d be the Bachelor-ette, so I’ve learned never say never, especially in public,”

Maynard said in an interview.On Sunday’s finale, the

26-year-old Maynard revealed she chose Holm, a 27-year-old entrepreneur from Salt Lake City, over racecar driver Arie Luyendyk Jr., the son of Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk.

If the couple do decide to marry on television, they won’t be the first Bachelor or

Bachelorette couple to do so.Trista and Ryan Sutter’s

wedding was televised in a three-part special in 2003. Jason and Molly Mesnick, of The Bachelor, also taped their 2010 nuptials for TV.

One thing Maynard and Holm do have planned is to end their long-distance rela-tionship as soon as possible. Holm says he’s hoping to move to Charlotte, N.C., in August in time for Maynard’s daughter, Ricki, to go back to school.

“I want to get there and hang out with her and get into daily life with her and with Emily. Figure it out together,” said Holm. the associated press

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King of the surf guitar on the road, helping others with cancer

Though it may be hard to be-lieve, Dick Dale, king of the surf guitar, is actually from Massachusetts. Dale was born in South Boston and raised in Quincy.

“I have many, many fond memories there,” notes Dale. “I remember playing ‘Silent Night’ as an instrumental with my acoustic guitar in the win-ter at Quincy Point and walking home in the snow.”

When his father got a job offer from Howard Hughes in 1954, the family moved to Cali-

Dick Dale. Musician tries to leave his own pain behind as he tours to connect with other sufferers of the disease

fornia and Dale began surfing -- a hobby that would provide the primary influence for his sig-nature sound. “Gene Cooper’s drums and the way he accentu-ated became my picking style. I went from that to copying the sound of getting caught up in a very big wave,” says Dale. “I was also raising lions and tigers and preserving the breeds of the jungle. When they would scream to me to be fed or to come play with them they would go ‘Yaoooooo.’ I would try to imitate that sound on my guitar. So it was a mixture of everything — Gene Cooper, lions and tigers, and the ocean.”

Besides being known as founder of surf rock, Dale is also known reverently as the “father of heavy metal.” “In those days the sound was cre-ated by an output transformer and they were only 10 or 15 watts and only had 6 to 8 inch speakers,” notes Dale. “I started buying these things and they would keep catching on fire because I was pushing the am-

page.”After his friend Leo Fender

noticed the demand for a big-ger sound, he went to work on making Dale the first ever 100-watt amplifier. “We plugged in the amplifier and it was like going from a VW Bug to a Testarossa racecar,” says Dale. “That’s when I made the world’s ears bleed. Then we got all the people who copied me.”

Now 75, Dale is coping with cancer and diabetes. While his health issues have kept him from surfing, they haven’t stopped him from touring. Traveling together with his son who plays drums, Dale’s wife also joins him on his journey as his nurse. “She’s the one keep-ing me alive,” says Dale. “We’re on the road to help people go-ing through the same thing that I’m going through and to have a different attitude and forget about our pain by help-ing other people deal with theirs. So we laugh about it, we swear about it and we say, ‘What can we do for you?’”

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British ambient alt-rockers Animal Kingdom derive their band name from two opposite sources: science and religion.

Singer, guitarist and pianist Richard Sauberlich says he was reading books like The Naked Ape and The Human Zoo, both by Desmond Morris.

“He’s an anthropologist who examines human be-haviour through the prism of animal behaviour, really,” says

Sauberlich. “And at the same time, I saw this picture in a chil-dren’s Bible of Noah, in the ark, obviously. ... And the two just came together, joined together in my head.”

He says the two ideas made him realize something about the human condition.

The Looking Away. New album carries theme of detachment — where people are separate from each other and the world

Animal Kingdom has something to say about the human condition

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Challenges. Animal Kingdom also are active on Twitter. Sauberlich says that he and his fellow band members are big fans of the Travel Network’s Man vs. Food, and have conversed over Twitter with Adam Richman, the star and host of the show, on where the band can try ridiculous gas-tric challenges while they tour the United States for the first time this summer.

“I don’t think we’re neces-sarily, as humans, separate from or above the animals in terms of our basic drives and motivations,” he says.

This inclusive philosophy stands in stark contrast to the material on Animal Kingdom’s sophomore album, The Look-ing Away, where the main theme is one of detachment. On the album, humans are re-moved from their animal roots, as well from the tragedies of the world.

“I think it’s something that we all do,” Sauberlich says of the tendency toward tuning out bad news. “It takes an in-credibly strong and brave char-acter to stare at something that makes them uncomfortable 24/7, 365 (days) a year.”

If there’s one thing Animal Kingdom are not removed from, it’s social media. While recording The Looking Away, the band asked fans to record themselves singing a lyric that would be compiled together for the ending of the track Straw

Man. Although the fan-inspired version of the track didn’t make the final cut, Sauberlich says that he was impressed by the response.

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We always blamed Kristen Stewart’s ever-present pout on her distaste for photographers. Maybe an extra weird rash. Possibly a Spanx situation. But we never suspected that the problem could be Robert Pattinson, her much more photogenic boyfriend and Twilight co-star.

It seems, however, that while Stewart’s been parad-ing down red carpets with Pattinson, she’s also been having a fling with Rupert Sanders, her married Snow White and the Huntsman director.

Us Weekly has pretty incriminating photographs of the two snuggled up to each other in Los Angeles on July 17, just a few days

before Stewart and Pat-tinson attended the Teen Choice Awards together.

Witnesses tell RadarOn-line that Sanders, 41, and Stewart, 22, “were hardly able to keep their hands off one another,” as they drove around L.A., stopping occasionally to make out in parking lots.

Kristen, what do you have to say for yourself? “I’m deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I’ve caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected,” she said in a statement released yesterday.

“This momentary indis-cretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I’m so sorry.”

Kris, take it from us: Making creepy, inappropri-ate public appeals to Robert Pattinson in the gossip col-umns doesn’t work. We’ve been trying for years, and he doesn’t bite.

METRO DISHOUR TAKE ON THE WORLD OF CELEBRITIES

The dispute between members of the Jackson family over the location of matriarch Katherine Jackson apparently came to a head this week with an altercation between family members on the grounds of their Calabasas, Calif., estate, according to TMZ.

Janet, Jermaine and Randy Jackson stormed the house to confront the children of the late Michael Jackson — Prince, Paris and Blanket, leading to cursing and blows. The adults then reportedly attempted to coerce the kids into going to Arizona — where their legal guardian, Katherine,

is resting — against their will.

The ongoing troubles have prompted lawyers for Michael’s estate to write an open letter expressing their concern.

“We are concerned that we do what we can to protect them from undue influences, bullying, greed and other unfortunate circumstances,” executors John Branca and John Mc-Clain say in the letter.

Meanwhile, Paris Jackson took to Instagram to refute claims of a fight, posting, “Dear TMZ, no one slapped anyone, and I did not cuss Janet out.”

Rupert Sanders

Sanders’ wife not warnedNot to be outdone, Rupert Sanders issued his own apol-ogy shortly after Stewart.

“I am utterly distraught about the pain I have caused my family,” the director said in a statement. “My beautiful wife and heavenly children are all I have in this world. I love them with all my heart. I am praying that we can get through this together.”

As for Sanders’ wife, Liberty Ross, we doubt she’s accepting the apology

anytime soon. The British model seemed to learn about the affair along with everyone else yesterday, and proceeded to have a mini Twitter meltdown.

Before deactivating her account, she followed @UsWeekly and tweeted quotes from Marilyn Monroe and Maya Angelou, then signed off with a simple “Wow” — the 2012 equivalent of waking up to the Love Actually DVD menu in a puddle of Ben and Jerry’s.

‘I did not cuss Janet out’

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Pattinson talks cheatingRobert Pattinson obviously won’t be releasing a state-ment — he’ll let some pretty young blond do the talking next week. So for now, all we’ve got is his April chat in Vanity Fair, where he conveniently discussed affairs.

“There’s a thing I’ve never got: That is, why do

people cheat? I can under-stand the impulse,” he says.

“But not how you can keep two relationships going at the same time for long. I’m not the casual-af-fair kind of guy. If I choose to be with someone, it’s because I really want it. When I have a relationship, I’m 100 per cent into it.”

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Retro-inspired looks were seen throughout the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim 2013 in Miami Beach, where more than two dozen designers showcased their latest collections. Swimstyle specialists took a nod from days gone by, from high waist briefs and the

pinup girl look of the 1950s to the Studio 54 and Dolce Vita eras of the ’60s and ’70s. Dive right in!

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DOLORES CORTESMiami Beach was the inspiration for Spanish designer Dolores Cortes, who used vitamin colours and a touch of neon in her sophisticated collection.

Golden reflective laminates were superimposed on some pieces, while others had a mix of animal prints and bright stains to give the wild yet chic

look. There were a ton of prints, some with a tie-dye ef-fect. Bikinis included a multi-coloured bandeau top with an animal print bottom. Multiple patterns took over a one-piece and a moni-kini with bright pops of colour, and crochet and mesh also made appearances.

WHITE SANDS AUSTRALIARomantic looks were seen on the runway at White Sands Australia. “It’s very, very girly,” said designer Leah Madden. “I al-ways try to do things very pretty but sexy and with an edge. But this year it’s more pretty and more feminine.”

Madden kept it simple for The Violet Hour collection. She used touches of ruffles, neon pastel colours (green) and a vintage floral print with large violets over a white palette to create the blissful looks.

LISA BLUEKicking off swim week was the Lisa Blue collection, where Austral-ian designer Lisa Burke featured a col-lection of very different styles.

The En-chantress col-lection opened the show with a white mono-kini with gold trimmings. The blue colour of the ocean was also seen on the goddess-like models walking slowly — enchantedly — down the runway.

Karina Smirnoff of Dancing with the Stars picked up the pace as she danced in a bright pink, ruffled-top bikini and a Flamenco-style long skirt for the second Flamenco-inspired collection, which included a one-shoulder bikini top with ruffles on the bottom piece.

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30 metronews.caThursday, July 26, 2012FOOD

Cookbook authors Julie Al-bert and Lisa Gnat spend a lot of time in the kitchen creating and testing recipes, but they also like to be pam-pered by their families.

These Rx Brownies With Fudge Frosting are great for when you want to sit back and get the little ones in-volved.

The decadent brownies, found in Bite Me, are a pre-scription for any chocoholic, say Albert and Gnat. They would make an ideal treat to cap a brunch or any time you need a chocolate fix.

1. Heat oven to 180 C (350 F). Coat a 33-by-23-cm (13-by-9-inch) baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Line with parchment paper.

2. For the brownies, in a microwave safe bowl, com-bine chocolate and butter. Melt on high heat for 1 minute, stir and melt for 30 seconds more or until choc-olate and butter are melted and smooth.

3. In a large bowl, whisk sugar and eggs. Add choco-late mixture and flour, stirring until flour has dis-

appeared. Spread in pre-pared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in pan for 15 minutes before removing. Cool completely on wire rack before frosting.

4. Frosting: In a large sauce-pan, mix together sugar, cocoa powder, milk, but-ter and corn syrup. Heat to boiling, stirring frequently. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Let cool for 10 minutes. Whisk in icing sug-ar until smooth.The Canadian Press/BiTe Me Too By Julie alBerT and lisa gnaT

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Book of the week

Take a bite out of easy & fun food

Having fun with food, family and friends is the focus of the cookbook Bite Me Too by sisters Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat.

The release is pep-pered with humour, trivia, pop culture refer-ences and user-friendly recipes that feature ingredients you have in your pantry or that can be picked up during your regular grocery store run.

Chapter headings in Bite Me Too include Amuse Me (appetizers), Fowl Me (poultry), Hook Me (fish and seafood) and Toss Me (salads). There are 176 recipes in total. The Canadian Press

Ingredients

• 4 squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped• 175 ml (3/4 cup) butter• 500 ml (2 cups) sugar• 3 large eggs• 250 ml (1 cup) flour

Fudge Frosting• 125 ml (1/2 cup) sugar• 50 ml (1/4 cup) cocoa pow-der, sifted• 50 ml (1/4 cup) milk• 30 ml (2 tbsp) butter• 15 ml (1 tbsp) corn syrup• 250 ml (1 cup) icing sugar

1. In bowl, combine straw-berries and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Mix; set aside.

2. In bowl, use electric mixer to whip heavy cream until soft peaks form. Sprin-kle in 2 tablespoons of sugar and the lemon zest (reserve lemon juice). Continue beat-ing until stiff peaks form. Re-frigerate until ready to serve.

3. Heat grill to medium-high.

4. In saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, lemon juice, cinnamon, cardamom and the remaining 2 table-spoons of sugar. Heat, stir-ring, until butter melted and sugar has dissolved. Use pas-try brush to coat all sides of cake slices with butter mix.

5. Place cake slices on grill and cook 30 seconds per side or until grill marks ap-pear and cakes are toasted. Serve each slice topped with whipped cream and berries.

The assoCiaTed Press

spiced and grilled angel Food Cake. For contrast, top with ice cream

Ingredients

• 1 quart strawberries, hulled and sliced• 6 tbsp sugar, divided• 1 cup heavy cream• Zest and juice of 1 lemon• 4 tbsp butter• 1 tsp cinnamon• 1/4 tsp ground cardamom• 13-oz angel food cake, cut into 8 slices

This recipe serves eight. matthew mead/ the associated press

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Go beyond the tried and trueThink Italian dishes and what comes to mind? Lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo, pizza.

But Italian cuisine is so much more — there are a huge variety of dishes you may not be familiar with.

Teresa Spinelli, owner of the Italian Centre Shop, loves carne alle pizzaiole, a dish from Naples her mamma always made, which is simply sautéed veal with tomato, olive oil and garlic.

Have you tried involt-ini (also called braciola) — thin slices of beef, chicken, or pork, pan fried and rolled up as a roulade, usually stuffed with cheese and dipped in bread crumbs? Maybe you would have that with a side of polenta, a porridge-like cornmeal made with water or soup stock, or with the northern Italy staple of rice, in the form of risotto. This creamy rice dish, usually arborio, is typically cooked with a bit of Parmesan cheese, butter and onion.

A delicious appetizer on its own or as a relish, caponata is a blend of eggplant, olives and onions with seasoned herbs, sometimes with pine nuts and anchovies. Other antipasti (starter) favourites include pasta e fagioli, a beloved pasta and bean soup, and bruschetta.

A sweet finish is a must with Italian fare, too. We all know about tiramisu, but what about zabaglione? This lesser-known treat at the end of a meal is a light cus-tard of egg yolk, sugar and sweet wine, often served with figs (another Italian staple). Lucy Haines

Italian Catholics in Edmonton worship, socialize and practise their culture at the Santa Maria Goretti Church in the older McCauley neighbourhood.Lucy Haines/for Metro

When a city has a Little Italy, it’s a clue there’s enough Ital-ian culture in town.

That holds true for Ed-monton, which has a small, spread out Italian popula-tion and yet boasts a thriving Little Italy in the inner-city McCauley neighbourhood. Coffee bars, deli, bakery, im-ported groceries, wine grapes — 95 Street is a mecca for the city’s Italian community in which to shop and socialize. And when international soc-cer is playing on TV, crowds cram into the area to cheer on the Italian team, win or lose.

The heart of Italian cul-ture is found at Santa Maria Goretti Church, which sits in the shadow of Common-wealth Stadium and serves the city’s entire Italian Cath-olic population.

The attached commun-ity hall is host to a pranzo lunch every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — it’s a five-

course, family-style meal that offers food and fellowship to church-goers, as does the sen-ior centre across the street. Here, it’s a game of cards, an espresso and a community function or two.

At the Italian Cultural Cen-tre on St. Albert Trail, groups from every region of Italy (Venetian, Florentian, etc.) meet regularly for dinner and dance events, as does the Italian all-ages dance group Appennini. The group’s trad-itional dancing is showcased at Heritage Days at Hawreluk Park every summer. Banquet halls at the centre are also regularly booked to celebrate milestones in the Italian cul-ture: Weddings, first birth-days and first communions.

Back at the Italian Centre Shop, owner Teresa Spinelli shows off the recently-unveiled mosaic tile mural adorning the building, which depicts the days in 1964 when her father (store founder) sold wine grapes — a popular seller still today — wine bar-rels and all. Spinelli said the law of the day prohibited cus-

tomers from storing the wine they made, so her father and a few more local men pres-sured the government into changing the bylaw, which still stands today.

It’s a piece of local Italian culture the Spinelli family proudly displays, and the mural pays homage to the era when immigrants came to Edmonton to start a new life, but keep their culture intact.

Judging by the red, green and white flags around the area, intact it is.

What can you expect when you eat Italian in Edmonton? Restaurants here are rarely like ones found in Italy, where diners take an entire evening to eat, drink and socialize.

From antipasti (starters) or soups and salads, the Italian meal then moves to a pasta dish, followed by a meat or fish main course, and finishes with pastries or gelato.

More than 100 Italian res-taurants make their home in Edmonton, including mom and pop pizza shops, chains

and mid-priced family-friendly restaurants.

Frank Devenz, co-owner of the Italian Bakery in Little Italy, says he loves down-town’s Pazzo Pazzo, a casual fine-dining restaurant. He points to penne arrabiatta, made with jalapeno peppers, Parmesan and tomato sauce, as a simple but spicy favourite, or ossobuco, a Milanese classic not always on the menu, but made on request.

The Italian Bakery is a lunch destination of its own.

The weekday work crowd lines up for freshly-made $5 sand-wiches, made with ciabatta or focaccia, imported salami or ham cut fresh off the bone and slices of Italian cheese. Simple. Fresh. Delicious.

The newest darling on the Italian dining scene is Corso 32, a modern downtown eatery that features invent-ive and changing dishes like charred beef cheek, and black truffle ravioli. The high-end restaurant has a great buzz.Lucy Haines

Viva l’Italia!Culture. 95 Street is a mecca for Edmonton’s Italian community in which to shop and socialize

lucy HainesFor Metro

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The Italian Bakery does a brisk business in fresh-made sandwiches during the work week lunch rush. Lucy Haines/for Metro

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If you were the artistic wife of a sailor back in 17th Century France, you didn’t let modest means deter you from decor-ating your home in style.

You transformed your husband’s old sails into beautifully painted floor coverings that rivaled those in wealthy homes. Brit-ish sailors started bringing them back as souvenirs, and a fad with impressive reach and longevity was born.

The heavy canvases — called oilcloths in Britain and floorcloths when the art came to North America — were painted with simple or elaborate designs depending on the skill level of the art-ists (often house painters) and the financial status of homeowners. The term oil-cloth probably refers to the

oil-based paints and linseed oil coatings applied to the canvases.

Waterproof, insect resist-ant and sturdy, floorcloths became just as popular in American homes. Thomas Jef-ferson, George Washington and John Adams had floor-cloths in their homes; you can still see one at Mount Ver-non — a solid green, as Wash-ington sought to simulate the grass outdoors inside.

Near the start of the 20th Century, the advent of mass-produced linoleum sent labour-intensive floorcloths out of style, but in the ’60s and again more recently, artists have re-discovered the craft.

Julie Biggs of Pickerington, Ohio, paints hers with con-temporary designs like polka dots or naif flowers in hues of pink, turquoise, yellow and charcoal grey. A green polka dot rug would look fresh and young in a child’s room, for example. She’s playing with other ideas, too.

“My favourite technique right now is a layered, worn look, which includes several layers of designs on one floor-cloth,” Biggs says. “Once I’m

finished painting each layer, I sand off some of the top to let the sub-layers peek through. It gives the floorcloth a warm, loved look that’s very charming. Recently, I’ve been inspired by the colours and designs of modern fabrics and quilts.”

Weathersfield, Vt.-based

Lisa Curry Mair crafts her rugs in a 200-year-old farm-house adorned with many of her creations. She brings a love of history, children’s book illustrations and math-ematics to her designs.

A mariner’s compass, an artichoke and a woven, cane-like pattern are among her

bestsellers, and she also does custom designs. The hardest thing to get across, she says, is how durable the pieces are, and that’s largely due to the number of “hobby” crafters producing inferior product.

“They use lightweight can-vas, cheap paint and finishes. A floorcloth in a high-traffic

kitchen should stand up to dogs, kids and all kinds of abuse,” Mair says.

A good heavy floorcloth should lie flat with no bumps or ripples, she says. “When I make floorcloths for mu-seums, they must stand up to 30,000 visitors a year walking on them.”

Lucia Blum of Wilming-ton, N.C., gives rugs a folk-art look. Cat Nap features a black and white cat surrounded by the stuff of cat dreams: gold-fish, birds and mice.

Bunny romps on a green field circled by carrots and radishes.

Artist Faith Wilson, who will be showing at the American Craft Exposition in Evanston, Ill., in August, takes a painterly approach to her often haunting, evoca-tive canvases. Gingko leaves, conifers and little black birds inhabit softly hued, sepia-washed backgrounds.

If you’re interested in try-ing your hand at the floor-cloth craft yourself, HGTV’s website offers instructions. Mair’s website has a how-to video plus a supplies shop. the associated press

17th Century decor revival Trends. Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and George Adams had floorcloths in their homes and you can too

A floorcloth by Julie Biggs that incorporates modern colours and design. the lime loft/the associated press

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The summer heat has likely got your air conditioning unit

operating at full tilt. Although you may be enjoying the cool-ing effect it’s bringing to the inside of your home, you may not appreciate the eyesore it’s created on the outside.

Jason Cameron transforms troubled yards on DIY Net-work’s Desperate Landscapes. Read on to learn Jason’s ap-proach to concealing an out-door air conditioning unit and never worry what your

neighbours are thinking about your yard again.

Gather materialsA decorative lattice screen pro-vides the ultimate disguise for outdoor air conditioning units.

To get started, gather the ne-cessary materials, such as cedar planks (recommended for their weather resistance), four pres-sure-treated 4-x-4 posts, wood stakes, braces, landscaping fab-

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Set the baseEnsure the area being screened is level. Hammer in stakes to mark the perimeter and place the cedar planks against the stakes to mark a simple frame.

Remember to factor in suf-ficient clearance to allow for

proper airflow and servicing; a good rule of thumb is to clear an area double the size of the air conditioner you wish to hide.

Secure landscaping fabric inside the frame to prevent weeds from growing. Pour granite overtop until it is about two inches thick and rake until level. Wet the sur-face to set the granite and then pack it down with a hand tamper.

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the top rail at a 45-degree angle and secure with screws.

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Coyote encounters: What not to doWhat should I do if I run into a coyote in my neigh-bourhood?-Scott of Vancouver

Don’t do what I’ve done and try to get closer for a better look or a picture! (Because it was nonchalant and unafraid, a few times I thought a coyote was a dog off-leash.)

Typically not a threat to humans, coyotes can become more aggressive as they get comfortable around people. And although city life isn’t for everyone, more and more, urban coyotes find it suits them just fine.

The boundary between urban and rural gets blurry with every new sprawling development, as human com-munities creep closer to the habitats of our wild neigh-bours. Coyotes are one of those species — like pigeons, mag-pies, crows and racoons — that can tolerate living with us. This can lead to conflict between them, people and pets.

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Winnipeg Blue Bomber Brady Browne chases Edmonton Eskimo Joe Burnett in a game won by the Eskimos 42-10 in Edmonton on July 13. The Bombers will play their home opener Thursday, hosting the Eskimos. JOHN ULAN/THE CANADIAN PRESS

After four games on the road, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will try to put a tough opening start behind them when they finally play their first home game of the season Thursday.

The hometown crowd will give them a much-needed boost but coach Paul LaPolice says that alone isn’t enough for the 0-4 Bombers to beat the 3-1 Edmonton Eskimos.

“I think our whole team feeds off the crowd,” he said Wednesday.

“But certainly this week I want our players to under-stand ... just cause now you’re at home doesn’t mean it’s go-ing to be easy. We’re going to

have to play our most complete game of the year to get the win. That’s what I want to see from them.”

In their previous meeting this season Edmonton pum-melled the Bombers 42-10.

The Bombers delayed their home opener thinking their new stadium would be finished. It now won’t be ready till next season and there are reports of a lawsuit between the construc-tion companies involved.

But with a sellout crowd expected, the cellar-dwelling Bombers hope for a little mo-mentum to turn around a sea-son that’s 180 degrees away from last year’s start when they seemed unbeatable.

Edmonton meanwhile is riding high, tied for top spot in the West with Saskatchewan, but the Eskimos have their crit-ics as well.

Coach Kavis Reed was quick to dismiss worries his offence isn’t producing as much as it should under quarterback Ste-ven Jyles. Edmonton’s defence has been getting more credit than its offence for its record.

Jyles sits seventh on the CFL passing list and has completed 56 out of 98 throws for an aver-age of 57.1 per cent. Edmonton acquired him this season from Toronto in a trade for Ricky Ray and Jyles also played for Winni-peg in 2010.

“It’s a whole collection of

things going into Steven having good statistical games,” Reed said.

“However, as a quarterback, he’s won three games for us and so we have to be mindful of that. That is the only important statistic when we’re looking at it from a team perspective.”

Winnipeg, meanwhile, will call upon Alex Brink to make his second start of the season.

His first against Toronto last week was a bit of a flop as he completed only nine of 34 pass-es and threw two interceptions. But LaPolice says he didn’t have much time to prepare and did enough right to earn a second chance.

Winnipeg’s offence also got a much-needed confidence boost with the return of run-ning back Chad Simpson and receiver Cory Watson from the injured list. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Bettman lays out league’s proposalDonald Fehr and the NHL players have a little more to mull over.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league tabled the remain-ing elements of its opening contract offer to the NHL Players’ Association on Wednesday. It was an expansion on the open-ing proposal the league delivered July 13, which included a decreased share of hockey-related revenue, term limits on contracts and a 22 per cent salary rollback. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Arencibia breaks hand, expected to miss six weeksToronto Blue Jays catcher JP Arencibia is expected to miss about six weeks after fracturing his right hand in the second inning of Wednesday’s 16-0 loss to the Oakland A’s.

Arencibia appeared to injure the hand on a foul ball by Brandon Inge dur-ing Oakland’s eight-run inning.

The 26-year-old fin-ished the inning behind the plate but Jeff Mathis batted for him in the bot-tom of the second.

Arencibia is batting .242 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs so far this season. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Canada’s women’s soccer team opened its London Olym-pic campaign with a 2-1 loss to Japan on Wednesday, a result that left coach John Herdman “scratching one side” of his head and “feeling OK on the other.”

Melissa Tancredi scored the lone goal for the No. 7 Can-adians, who managed to bat-tle back against the reigning World Cup champion. Japan took a 2-0 lead into halftime and had the Canadians on their heels most of the night.

“We knew it was going to be a tough game tonight; they’re world champions and world champions for a rea-son,” Herdman said afterward.

“But it’s the first game in the tournament, there’s an-other five to go for us hopeful-ly, and I think we’ve learned some lessons tonight.”

The game marked Can-ada’s first competition of the Games, two days before the

opening ceremony in London.The Canadians need to fin-

ish top-two in their pool — or be one of the two best third-place teams — to advance to the quarter-finals of the 12-team tournament.

The Japanese squad that shocked the United States to win the World Cup last sum-mer lived up to its billing, passing and moving with speed and precision.

“They’re quick, they’re crafty, they get in those tight little spaces that you don’t think they can get into,” said defender Lauren Sesselmann. “They’re an incredible team.”

Nahomi Kawasumi and team captain Aya Miyama scored for Japan.

Kawasumi sprinted onto a clever back-heel pass from Shinobu Ohno in the 33rd minute. Miyama scored on a header from a cross in the 44th minute to beat Canadian goalkeeper Erin McLeod.

Tancredi capitalized on the one really decent shot Canada had, connecting on a cross from Rhian Wilkinson in the 55th minute. The Canadian Press

Canada’s Carmelina Moscato heads the ball against Japan’s Yuki Ogimi on Wednesday in Coventry. Ryan RemioRz/the canadian pRess

Canada can’t keep up with world champs in opener

Soccer. Coach Herdman calls loss to Japan a learning experience

Flag-raising. Canada welcomed to OlympicsA medieval pageant with a 20th-century Queen sound-track marked Canada’s flag-raising and official welcome to the Olympic athletes’ village in London.

With just over 200 nations competing in the 2012 Sum-mer Games, countries had to be welcomed in batches. The Maple Leaf’s introduction to the central plaza Wednesday evening was accompanied by flags raised from Portugal, Mo-rocco, Monaco and Serbia.

Britain’s National Youth Theatre set the scene of a quirky court. Dressed in

colourful jester garb, they cart-wheeled and rode bikes down the plaza. They were followed by athletes and officials from all five countries.

“This is my first Olympics, so I didn’t know what to ex-pect, but it was full of energy,” said Vancouver swimmer Blake Worsley.

A representative from each country was summoned to the stage to meet the village deputy mayor, British Olympic swim-mer Duncan Goodhew, before the country’s anthem played.

Canadian chef de mission Mark Tewksbury introduced himself to Goodhew as a fellow swimmer. They are of different Olympic eras. Goodhew won his gold in 1980, while Tewks-bury’s came in 1992.

The half-hour flag-raising ceremony, attended by Can-ada’s Gov. Gen. David Johnston, provided pomp and ceremony for the Canadian athletes who won’t participate in the open-ing ceremony Friday at Olym-pic Stadium.

The athletes’ village at Olympic Park in London’s East End is massive and will house 16,000 residents at its peak. Canada’s quarters sit on the east end of the park.The Canadian Press

Mark Tewksbury, the Canadian chef de mission for London, is seen during the official flag-raising ceremony on Wednesday. coc/the canadian pRess

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MLBAMERICAN LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBNew York 59 39 .602 —Baltimore 51 47 .520 8Tampa Bay 51 47 .520 8Boston 49 50 .495 101/2Toronto 48 49 .495 101/2

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Chicago 53 45 .541 —Detroit 53 45 .541 —Cleveland 49 49 .500 4Kansas City 41 56 .423 111/2Minnesota 40 58 .408 13

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Texas 58 39 .598 —Oakland 53 44 .546 5Los Angeles 54 45 .545 5Seattle 43 57 .430 161/2

NATIONAL LEAGUEEAST DIVISION

W L Pct GBWashington 58 39 .598 —Atlanta 54 44 .551 41/2New York 47 51 .480 111/2Miami 45 53 .459 131/2Philadelphia 45 54 .455 14

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Cincinnati 58 40 .592 —Pittsburgh 55 42 .567 21/2St. Louis 51 46 .526 61/2Milwaukee 44 53 .454 131/2Chicago 40 57 .412 171/2Houston 34 65 .343 241/2

WEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

San Francisco 55 43 .561 —Los Angeles 53 45 .541 2Arizona 49 48 .505 51/2San Diego 42 58 .420 14Colorado 36 60 .375 18

Wednesday’s resultsWashington 5, N.Y.Mets 2Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2Atlanta 7,Miami 1Philadelphia 7,Milwaukee 6, 10 inningsSan Diego 6, San Francisco 3Cincinnati 5, Houston 3L.A. Dodgers at St. LouisColorado at ArizonaTuesday’s resultsChicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh 1Philadelphia 7,Milwaukee 6Atlanta 4,Miami 3Washington 5, N.Y.Mets 2Cincinnati 4, Houston 2St. Louis 8, L.A. Dodgers 2Arizona 6, Colorado 2San Francisco 3, San Diego 2Thursday’s gamesAll times EasternL.A. Dodgers (Capuano 10-5) at St. Louis(Westbrook 8-8), 1:45 p.m.Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 11-3) at Houston(Keuchel 1-2), 8:05 p.m.Washington (E.Jackson 5-6) atMilwaukee(Gallardo 8-7), 8:10 p.m.N.Y.Mets (Harvey 0-0) at Arizona (Miley 11-5), 9:40 p.m.Friday’s gamesSt. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.San Diego atMiami, 7:10 p.m.Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m.Pittsburgh at Houston, 8:05 p.m.Washington atMilwaukee, 8:10 p.m.Cincinnati at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.N.Y.Mets at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

SOCCER

Wednesday’s resultsChicagoWhite Sox 8,Minnesota 2L.A. Angels 11, Kansas City 6N.Y. Yankees 5, Seattle 2Detroit 5, Cleveland 3Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 1Oakland 16, Toronto 0Texas 5, Boston 3Tuesday’s resultsCleveland 3, Detroit 2Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 1Oakland 7, Toronto 2Boston 2, Texas 1ChicagoWhite Sox 11,Minnesota 4Kansas City 4, L.A. Angels 1Seattle 4, N.Y. Yankees 2Thursday’s gamesAll times EasternTampa Bay (Shields 8-6) at Baltimore (Tillman2-1), 12:35 p.m.Oakland (Milone 9-6) at Toronto (Laffey 2-1),12:37 p.m.Detroit (Verlander 11-5) at Cleveland (McAl-lister 4-2), 7:05 p.m.Kansas City (Mendoza 4-6) at Seattle (Vargas10-7), 10:10 p.m.Friday’s gamesBoston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.Oakland at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.Detroit at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.ChicagoWhite Sox at Texas, 8:05 p.m.Cleveland atMinnesota, 8:10 p.m.Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.Kansas City at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

MLSEASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L T GF GA PtNew York 21 11 5 5 37 29 38Kansas City 21 11 6 4 26 19 37Houston 21 9 5 7 31 25 34D.C. 20 10 7 3 34 27 33Chicago 20 9 7 4 22 22 31Columbus 18 7 7 4 18 19 25Montreal 23 7 13 3 30 42 24New England 20 6 9 5 25 25 23Philadelphia 18 6 10 2 20 21 20Toronto 20 5 11 4 24 36 19

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L T GF GA Pt

San Jose 22 13 5 4 44 27 43Real Salt Lake 22 12 7 3 33 26 39Vancouver 22 9 6 7 25 26 34Seattle 20 8 5 7 25 21 31Los Angeles 22 9 10 3 38 35 30Chivas USA 19 6 8 5 13 21 23Colorado 21 7 13 1 27 30 22Dallas 22 5 10 7 25 30 22Portland 20 5 11 4 19 35 19Wednesday’s resultAt Chester, Pa.MLSAll-Stars 3 Chelsea 2Friday’s gameAll times EasternVancouver at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.Saturday’s gamesHouston at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.NewYork atMontreal, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Dallas, 8 p.m.Columbus at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.Seattle at Colorado, 9 p.m.Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Chivas USA at Portland, 11 p.m.Sunday’s gameNewEngland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

OLYMPICSWOMENWednesday’s resultsAt Cardiff, WalesBritain 1 NewZealand 0Brazil 5 Cameroon 0At Coventry, EnglandJapan 2 Canada 1Sweden 4 South Africa 1At GlasgowU.S. 4 France 2North Korea 2 Colombia 0

MENThursday’s gamesAll times EasternAt GlasgowHonduras vs.Morocco, 7 a.m.Spain vs. Japan, 9:45 a.m.At NewcastleMexico vs. South Korea, 9:30 a.m.Gabon vs. Switzerland, 12:15 p.m.At ManchesterUnited Arab Emirates vs. Uruguay, NoonBritain vs. Senegal, 3 p.m.At CoventryBelarus vs. NewZealand, 2:45 p.m.At CardiffBrazil vs. Egypt, 2:45 p.m.

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Hamilton 4 2 2 0 127 133 4Toronto 4 2 2 0 106 113 4Montreal 4 2 2 0 108 139 4Winnipeg 4 0 4 0 78 141 0

WEST DIVISIONGP W L T PF PA Pt

Saskatchewan 4 3 1 0 121 78 6Edmonton 4 3 1 0 89 56 6Calgary 4 2 2 0 147 120 4B.C. 4 2 2 0 106 102 4WEEK FIVEAll times EasternThursday’s gameEdmonton atWinnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Friday’s gameToronto atMontreal, 7:30 p.m.Saturday’s gamesHamilton at Saskatchewan, 6 p.m.B.C. at Calgary, 9 p.m.WEEKSIXFriday, Aug. 3Montreal atWinnipeg, 8:30 p.m.Monday, Aug. 6B.C. at Toronto, 5 p.m.

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ATPBET-AT-HOMECUPAt Kitzbuehel, AustriaSinglesSecond RoundLukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Antonio Ve-ic, Croatia, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.Martin Klizan (5), Slovakia, def. Pavol Cerve-nak, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4.Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. FlorianMayer (2),Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (4).Wayne Odesnik, United States, leads JurgenZopp, Estonia, 5-7, 7-5, 3-0, susp., rain.Attila Balazs, Hungary, leads PhilippKohlschreiber (1), Germany, 3-0, susp., rain.

FARMERS CLASSICAt Los AngelesSingles—Second RoundLeonardoMayer (3), Argentina, def. FlavioCipolla, Italy, 6-0, 4-0, retired.Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Paul Capdev-ille, Chile, 6-3, 6-1.DoublesFirst RoundRuben Bemelmans and XavierMalisse, Bel-gium, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, and BenoitPaire, France, 6-2, 7-6 (7).

WTABAKUCUPAT Baku, AzerbaijanSinglesMagdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Tama-rine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 6-1, 6-0.Julia Cohen, United States, def. AllaKudryavtseva, Russia, 6-1, 6-4.Nina Bratchikova (6), Russia, def. EstrellaCabeza Candela, Spain, 6-0, retired.Alexandra Panova (2), Russia, def. SandraZaniewska, Poland, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3.Bojana Jovanovski (5), Serbia, def. ValeriaSolovieva, Russia, 6-2, 6-3.Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, def. Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-3.Olga Puchkova, Russia, def. Alberta Brianti,Italy, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1.MandyMinella (3), Luxembourg, def.MartaDomachowska, Poland, 6-4, 7-5.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALLAMERICAN LEAGUEBOSTONREDSOX—Assigned RHP Jose DeLa Torre to Pawtucket (IL).CLEVELAND INDIANS—Transferred 3B Lon-nie Chisenhall to the 60-day DL. DesignatedOFAaron Cunningham for assignment.KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Named JimBrowerpitching coach for Surprise (Arizona FallLeague).MINNESOTA TWINS—Agreed to termswithC Brian Compton on aminor league contract.NEWYORKYANKEES—Placed 3BAlex Ro-driguez on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF RamiroPena fromScranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Trans-ferred INF Eduardo Nunez fromTampa (FSL)to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.SEATTLEMARINERS—Recalled OF TrayvonRobinson fromTacoma (PCL).TAMPABAYRAYS—Designated OF/DHHide-kiMatsui for assignment.TORONTOBLUE JAYS—Agreed to termswithRHPScott Copeland on aminor league contract.

NATIONAL LEAGUEMIAMIMARLINS—Traded 3BHanleyRamirez and LHPRandy Choate to the L.A.Dodgers for RHPNathan Eovaldi and RHPScottMcGough.NEWYORKMETS—Optioned CMike Nickeasto Buffalo (IL).PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to termswith LHP Cole Hamels on a six-year contractthrough 2018. Assigned OF Jason Pridie out-right to Lehigh Valley (IL).PITTSBURGHPIRATES—Promoted RHP Lo-gan Kensing fromAltoona (EL) to Indianapolis(IL) and LHP Jhonathan Ramos fromBraden-ton (FSL) to Altoona.

BASKETBALLNBADALLASMAVERICKS—Signed C BernardJames.MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Signed GAlexey Shved.NEWYORKKNICKS—SignedGRonnieBrewer.UTAH JAZZ—Agreed to termswith G RandyFoye.

FOOTBALLNFLARIZONACARDINALS—Placed G BlakeDeChristopher on thewaived-injured list.BUFFALOBILLS—Signed DE Sean Ferguson.Released DE Lionel Dotson.CHICAGOBEARS—PlacedWR Johnny Knoxon the physically-unable-to-perform list.CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed DT BrandonThompson.DALLAS COWBOYS—Placed GMackenzyBernadeau,WRDanny Coale, CBMike Jenkins,SMatt Johnson and C/G Kevin Kowalski onthe physically-unable-to-perform list.DETROIT LIONS—Released OT Johnny Cul-breath. Signed OT Jonathan Scott.GREENBAY PACKERS—Signed GGreg VanRoten. Released GGrant Cook and S CharliePeprah.MINNESOTAVIKINGS—Signed CB JoshRobinson.NEWENGLANDPATRIOTS—Signed DL TimBulman and TE Visanthe Shiancoe. ReleasedRB Joseph Addai.NEWORLEANSSAINTS—Agreed to termswith TE Derek Schouman. SignedWRMar-ques Clark.WaivedWRKevin Hardy.PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Signed PMatMcBriar to a one-year contract.PITTSBURGHSTEELERS—Placed S DamonCromartie-Smith, NT Casey Hampton, LB

JamesHarrison, RB RashardMendenhall, OTMax Starks and LB JasonWorilds on the phys-ically-unable-to-perform list.TENNESSEE TITANS—Waived OL ChandlerBurden. PlacedWRKenny Britt and SMarkelleMartin on the physically-unable-to-performlist.

HOCKEYNHLBOSTONBRUINS—Entered into a one-yearaffiliation agreementwith South Carolina(ECHL).NEWYORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to termswith DNathanMcIver on a one-year, two-waycontract.OTTAWASENATORS—Re-signed F StephaneDa Costa to a one-year, two-way contract.

SOCCERMLSCOLORADORAPIDS—Re-signed GMatt Pick-ens to amultiyear contract.

ATHLETICS 16, BLUE JAYS0Oakland ab r h bi Toronto ab r h biCrisp cf 6 3 3 2 Lawrie 3b 4 0 1 0JGoms lf 3 2 2 1 Rasms cf 3 0 0 0Moss ph-rf 1 0 1 1 RDavis ph-cf 0 0 0 0Reddck rf 4 1 1 1 Encrnc 1b 2 0 1 0S.Smith ph-rf-lf 2 1 0 0 YGoms ph-c 1 0 0 0Cespds dh 4 2 2 2 Lind dh-1b 4 0 0 0Carter 1b 3 2 1 3 Arencii c 0 0 0 0Inge 3b 5 1 1 2 Mathis ph-c-p 3 0 1 0Sogard 3b 0 0 0 0 KJhnsn 2b 4 0 0 0DNorrs c 4 2 2 1 Snider lf 4 0 0 0Hicks ss 5 1 1 2 Vizquel ss 4 0 1 0JWeeks 2b 4 1 0 0 Gose rf 3 0 1 0Totals 41 16 14 15 Totals 32 0 5 0Oakland 181 011 022 16Toronto 000 000 000 0E—K.Johnson (9), Snider (1). LOB—Oakland 5,Toronto 8. 2B—Reddick (20), Cespedes 2 (15),

Inge (12), D.Norris (1), Hicks (5), Encarnacion(20), Gose (1). HR—Crisp 2 (5), Carter (6).SB—Cespedes (8).

IP H R ER BB SOOaklandGriffinW,3-0 6 3 0 0 2 9Blevins 1 0 0 0 0 2J.Miller 2 2 0 0 1 2TorontoR.Romero L,8-7 1 1-3 4 8 8 6 1Beck 2-3 2 1 1 0 0A.Carpenter 4 3 3 3 1 5Loup 2 2 2 1 0 1Mathis 1 3 2 2 0 0WP—R.Romero.Umpires—Home, Jerry Layne; First, Vic Cara-pazza; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Dan Belli-no.T—3:12. A—23,948 (49,260).

WEEKEND GLANCEPGATOURCANADIANOPENSite:Ancaster, Ontario.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Television:Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 3-6p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).Online:www.pgatour.comGolf Canada site:www.golfcanada.ca

LPGA TOUR/LADIESEUROPEANTOUREVIANMASTERSSite: Evian-Les-Bains, France.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Television:Golf Channel (Thursday, 6:30-8:30p.m.; Friday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 6:30-8:30 p.m.;Saturday, 12:30-2:30 a.m., 1-6 p.m., 8:30-11:30p.m.; Sunday, 6-11 a.m., 1-6 p.m., 9-11:30p.m.).Online:www.lpga.comLadies European Tour site:www.ladieseuropeantour.com

CHAMPIONSTOUR/EUROPEANSENIORTOURSENIORBRITISHOPENSite: Turnberry, Scotland.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Television: ESPN2 (Thursday, noon-1 p.m.; Fri-day, noon-2 p.m., Sunday, noon-2 p.m.) andESPN (Saturday, noon-2 p.m.).Online:www.pgatour.comEuropean Senior Tour site:www.europeantour.com

EUROPEANTOURLYONESSOPENSite:Atzenbrugg, Austria.Schedule:Wednesday-Sunday.Television:Golf Channel (Wednesday, 9 a.m.-noon; Thursday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.;Saturday, 7-11 a.m.).Online:www.europeantour.com

WEB.COMTOURNATIONWIDE CHILDREN’SHOSPITAL INVITATIONALSite: Columbus, Ohio.Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.Television:GolfChannel (Thursday-Friday, 12:30-2:30p.m.;Saturday, 6:30-8:30p.m.;Sunday, 7-9p.m.;Monday,midnight-2a.m.).Online:www.pgatour.com

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Yesterday’s Sudoku

How to playFill in the grid, so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9. There is no math involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

Aries March 21 - April 20 You can be pretty stubborn when the mood takes you and it is likely to take you today. You may discover though that you are not the only one who knows how to dig in their heels.

Taurus April 21 - May 21 No amount of compromise will work today, so be ready to fight for what you believe in. When it comes to willpower, you have more than most but a rival may not be as weak as they look.

Gemini May 22 - June 21 Different people see things in different ways and if you can accept that, you won’t have too many problems today. But if you insist the world agrees with you then you could find yourself in a lonely place.

Cancer June 22 - July 23 Make sure you keep a sense of perspective over the next 24 hours, especially where money is concerned. What you own and earn is important, of course, but cash can’t buy you the kind of love that you crave.

Leo July 24 - Aug. 23 You can’t help but be assertive and ambitious but don’t go to extremes and start making the kind of demands of other people that you would never accept for yourself. You need more friends, not more enemies.

Virgo Aug. 24 - Sept. 23 You seem to be asking yourself a lot of serious questions of late, but are you getting any intelligent answers? If not, maybe you should loosen up a bit and not take life so seriously – then the answers will come.

Libra Sept. 24 - Oct. 23 If you go back on a promise today, you will regret it later. You must live up to your obligations, at home and at work because if you don’t, you will let everyone down — including yourself.

Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 What happens today may shock you but you should have seen it coming. Also, it’s unlikely to be as bad as you think, so don’t overreact. What changes cannot be unchanged, no matter how forceful you may be.

Sagittarius Nov. 23 - Dec. 21 After being kept out of the loop for so long, you will discover what has been going on. It’s unlikely to be as bad as you feared. It may even be good if you choose to take a long-term outlook.

Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 20 Mind planet Mercury united with Pluto today suggests you need to take a more positive view of what’s going on in the world. It’s not all doom and gloom you know, in fact there are marvels in every direction.

Aquarius Jan. 21 - Feb. 19 Conflict of one kind or another is inevitable today and although that may not sound like very good news it has to happen. Only when the air is cleared can you all start to breathe more easily.

Pisces Feb. 20 - March 20 The pressure has been cranking up for quite some time and over the next few days it may even become intolerable. But you are tougher than you look and will rise to the challenge. Give it your all. Sally brompton

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Across1. Prime Minister Chrétien5. Where to find The Sop-ranos8. Most common first name among Canadian PMs12. Desperado chasers13. Tax return rvw.14. Das Boot setting16. See 62-Across18. Atoll explosion19. Old dagger20. It flows from Alberta21. Mountainous regions of planets22. Like some flowers24. ___ de Cologne25. Prime Minister April 20, 1968-June 4, 1979 and March 3, 1980-June 30, 198430. Surrounded by32. Legal matter33. Montréal, Québec, Maritimes locale34. ___ Vegas35. California Bay Area’s largest airport, for short38. Some in Québec40. Letters ending an email or texted request41. IMO cousin43. Her: Ger.45. Swimming (in)47. First Prime Minister born after Confederation and only one to represent a Manitoba riding 51. Switch positions52. Immune system com-ponent53. Third Prime Minister, June 16, 1891-November 24, 1892

56. “Am __ trouble!”57. Cowardly Lion player61. “Mea ___”: “my fault”62. With 16-Across, second Prime Minister, November 7, 1873-Octo-ber 8, 187864. First Radiohead sin-gle65. Choice word66. Prime Minister St. Laurent67. Ill-mannered68. 33-Acr. summer69. StunsDown1. ___ of Arc2. Action-denoting suffix3. Showed hospitality at the door4. Born5. Less clear6. Manufacturer7. “___ to Joy”8. Alaska capital9. Force (upon)10. Certain gardener11. US space gp.12. In short, they served Canada15. Sporty Audis17. Film genre21. To the point23. Brief bylaws25. Affirm26. United spinoff27. “___ apple every day to keep the doctor away”28. Garage sale stipulation29. Zion’s locale30. James Bond’s Octo-pussy car, informally31. Bryn ___ College: women’s liberal arts col-lege near Philadelphia

36. Premier37. Electrical-impedance unit whose symbol is an omega39. Satirist Mort42. Cried “Yee-haw!”44. Changed the bath-room decor46. “What have we here?”48. Open a package, maybe

49. Most freezing50. ’70s babies are part of this53. USC : Pac 10 :: UNC : ___54. New Westminster, BC-born Mason portrayer55. Blue in Québec58. ___ chori: for two voices, musically59. “We have met the

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