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PM laudsties withJamaicaPrime Minister Stephen

Harper will hail the “extra-

ordinary” ties between

Canada and Jamaica and

the positive contributions

of Jamaicans to Canadian

society during an historic

address to that country’s

parliament today.

“This visit is particularlyimportant and symbolicfor the Jamaican-Canadiancommunity. It’s symbolicof our relations with Ja-maica,” Harper told TorstarNews Service in an exclu-sive interview yesterday.

“It’s also a real chance toacknowledge the strongand positive contributionthat Jamaican-Canadiansdo make, sometimes notprobably recorded or ap-preciated,” he said fromPort of Prince, Trinidad.

Harper arrived inKingston, Jamaica, lastnight from Trinidad wherehe had been attending theSummit of the Americas.Joining Harper onboardthe government Airbus jetwas Jamaican Prime Minis-ter Bruce Golding, who

had also been attendingthe summit.

Today, Harper will ad-dress a sitting of bothhouses of the JamaicanParliament — a first for aCanadian prime minister.

“The Jamaican commu-nity is gradually coming ofage in Canada and Ja-maicans themselves areproud of that and that’ssomething that enhancesour relationship,” he said.

As Harper meets with Ja-maican leaders, he’ll alsobe pressing efforts to ce-ment a free trade deal,which he touts as one rem-edy to the nation’s poverty.

He said Jamaica has beenhit “terribly hard” by theeconomic woes but hasavoided the worst of the fi-nancial sector collapse be-cause the banking sector isalmost entirely Canadian.

“They’ve been shelteredfrom the worst fallout ofthe financial crisis. But thecountry has significanteconomic and financialchallenges,” he said.

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A model shows off items from TK Clothing during the Spirit of Spring fashion show yesterday af-

ternoon at the Shaw Conference centre. The show was a fundraiser for the McDougall House, a

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GREEN If 60 per cent of Ed-monton’s entire taxi fleetwere replaced with hybridvehicles, carbon dioxideemissions from the fleetwould be cut by nearly 25per cent each year, says areport that will be present-ed to councillors today.

The report, written bycity administration andthe city’s Vehicle For HireCommission, studied anumber of models of cabsused in the city and howmuch each vehicle emitsin greenhouse gases.

“This shows a hybrid

four-cylinder vehicle emits50 per cent of the carbondioxide compared to a typi-cal eight-cylinder FordCrown Victoria,” the re-port read.

The report says 30 percent of the fleet is replacedwith new vehicles each

year and the rate is some-times higher during“healthy economic times.”

But the city still has 222taxis that are pre-2000 vin-tage — roughly 18 per centof the city’s taxi fleet. And35 of the city’s 1,220 taxisare hybrids — roughly

three per cent of the pres-ent fleet, the report said.

The city is looking to re-place taxis and the com-mission is expected tobring recommendations tocouncil later this year.

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Oil and gas prices weremired in recessionary lowsin the quarter, with oildown 55 per cent and theaverage natural gas priceshaved by nearly half fromthe year-prior period.

EnCana Corp, the No. 1Canadian energy firm, re-ports Wednesday. EnCanahas an extensive hedgingprogram for its gasproduction that shouldcushion the blow fromlow prices. Suncor is likelyto report an operatingprofit of just 10 cents ashare when it reports onThursday, down from 85cents in the first quarter of2008. REUTERS

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Help keep CKUA afloat on May 1, when the show First Fridays will be broadcast live from the Newcastle Pub (6108 - 90 Ave). An evening of mu-sic, dancing and one-of-a-kind auction items will raise cash for the station, a not-for-profit, listener-funded radio network. METRO EDMONTON

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First trains at new stationThe LRT trains are set to hit the rails for the first time at South

Campus Station at McKernan/Belgraiva Station on Saturday.

Presentations, tours and displays will be running all day,

including free LRT service at every station.

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Dozens of models walked

down the catwalk yester-

day at the Shaw

Conference Centre to raise

money for the city’s only

addictions recovery home

for women.

Close to $37,000 wasraised last year during theSpirit of Spring FashionShow and Luncheon, but no tally has been made onhow much this year’s eventraised for the McDougallHouse.

But with the third annualshow nearly sold out, eventchair Jayne Bawden expectsthe recovery home willreceive close to $50,000 thatwill help pay for supportstaff.

“The problem atMcDougall House is that thestaff can’t get the wage thatgovernment employees get,”said Bawden.

“A lot of the time whenyou apply for grant money,you can’t get money forstaffing.”

Bawden says the new infu-sion of cash will also supportemployee benefit plans toencourage workers to stay at

McDougall House. Roughly 60 guest models,

including Coun. Don Iveson,strutted down the catwalkshowing off the latest linesthis spring, and hundreds ofitems were up for grabs dur-ing a silent auction.

A dinner prepared bysome of Edmonton’s fire-fighters, including a tour ofa fire station, was amongsome of the items up for

grabs at the show. “This shows that aware-

ness is growing andMcDougall House is a well-kept secret in this province,”said Nancy MacBeth, boardchair with McDougall House,about the support.

McDougall House is a 14-bed residence that offershelp for adult women whoare dealing with alcohol,drug or gambling addictions.

MANITOBA The number ofevacuees continues to rise,despite an apparent dropin flood levels in Manitoba,sustaining the urgent needfor volunteer relief.

“Volunteers are workingvery hard,” said EdmontonRed Cross worker Marj Pet-tinger, who arrived in theflood-ravaged province twoweeks ago. “What they’reseeing on TV is what it islike — overland floodingand sandbagging is the re-ality.”

The Red River hasswollen to 19 kilometreswide in parts of Manitoba,despite a crest in Win-nipeg.

“It’s such an unpre-

dictable flooding situationthat it has legs and we’vestopped trying to predictit,” said Red Cross Manito-ba spokeswoman MichelleFrench.

Family reunificationlines have been ringing offthe hook. The line was setup by the Red Cross, sothose forced from theirhomes can reconnect withsimilarly displaced familymembers.

Yesterday afternoon, thenumber of registered evac-uees was more than 1,100.

The threat of floodwa-ters saturating septic sys-tems and amalgamatingwith pesticides and oil iscompounding difficulties.

Officials predict it will beweeks before most resi-dents will be allowed backin their homes.

News in briefATTACK Police are still lookingfor a suspect after a 72-year-old woman was sexuallyassaulted at a park near 133Avenue and 89 A Street Fridaymorning, police said. Thewoman was walking alone inthe park when an unknown

male approached her from be-hind and grabbed her groinarea, police said. The womanbecame angry and chased theperson away with a piece ofwood that was laying on theground, police said.

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Red River flood keepsvolunteers very busy

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Fashion for a cause

Models of all ages took to the runway during the Spirit of Spring

fashion show. Pictured are items from Sonia’s Runway.

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CALMAR A 10-year-old boywas killed when his quadrolled on top of him short-ly before 5:30 p.m. Satur-day near Calmar, about 50kilometres southwest ofEdmonton.

Mounties from Leducsay the child was ridingthe machine at hisfamily’s property unsuper-vised and it’s believed hewasn’t wearing a helmet.

The boy’s name has notbeen released and policeare still investigating.

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Robert Stauffercase comes to endMISSING A three-monthsearch for an Edmontonman ended tragically whenhis remains were discov-ered in a wooded north-end area Saturday after-noon.

The last time anyonesaw Robert Stauffer wasnear the end of Januarywhen he dis-appeared af-ter a med-ical appoint-ment on the24th.

Familymembersdidn’t re-port himmissing un-til March 6, as he’s lostcontact with relatives inthe past. He was discov-ered around 3:30 p.m. Sat-urday in woods near a golfcourse on 137 Avenue and170 Street. His death is notconsidered suspicious.

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Scorching flames left

patches of land and prop-

erty around Edmonton

smouldering and charred

over the weekend, after

accidental infernos and ar-

sonists painted the city in

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Nearly a dozen separate

fires were reported in andaround Edmonton over theweekend, half of which arebelieved to be the callingcard of arsonists.

The first, and costliest,blaze of the weekend wasat a north side scrap yard,where it’s believed thatsomeone set 200 carsablaze.

“When fire crews gotthere, they had to force

their way into the com-pound,” said Fire Servicesspokeswoman Melanie Mo-choruk, adding the firewas put under controlshortly after midnight Fri-day.

Damages are estimatedat $40,000. The owner ofEskimo Auto Parts wasuninsured.

Emergency crews in St.Albert rushed to the scene

of another intentionallysparked blaze just aftermidnight Saturday, when astorage trailer behind a Su-perstore went up in

flames. Damages have notbeen pegged, but arson in-vestigators are examiningthe scene.

Crews rushed to a single-family home at 3617 42AAvenue late Saturdaynight, and doused a smallfire. All inside the home es-caped unharmed.

At least one person ishomeless after a spark on amattress sent fire ripping

through an apartmentsuite at 127 Street and 131Avenue early yesterdaymorning.

Crews were also keptbusy through the course ofthe weekend, dousingflames of a number ofgrass fires, recycling andgarbage bins.

Miraculously, no injurieswere reported in any of theblazes.

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Police warn publicof violent offenderRELEASED Police are warn-ing the public about a vio-lent sexual offender re-cently released fromprison.

Jamie Harrington White,35, was released from theEdmonton Remand CentreApril 15, after completinga sentencefor a longlist of vio-lent crimes,includingassault witha weaponand utteringthreats.

His rapsheet includes a number ofsexual assault convictions,and is considered a signifi-cant risk to the communi-ty.

He’s described as Cau-casian, five-foot-nine, 160pounds with brown hairand brown eyes. Police be-lieve it is in public interestto warn residents he plansto live in the Edmontonarea. Officials stress thewarning was issued so citi-zens can take precaution-ary measures, not to en-courage vigilante justice.

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Talks will fail without Afghan input: Karzai

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai yesterday said U.S. efforts to tame the growing Taliban insurgencythrough negotiations would fail unless his government agreed to such talks. METRO NEWS SERVICES

Calls on communist nation to give people more political freedom

Obama plays nice with Cuba

U.S. President Barack Oba-

ma said yesterday he saw

“potential positive signs”

of better relations with Cu-

ba and Venezuela, but he

called on Cuba to back

them up by giving its peo-

ple more political

freedom.

Obama spoke after at-tending a Summit of theAmericas in Trinidad andTobago, which he said fo-cused on “launching a newera of partnerships” be-tween the countries of theWestern Hemisphere.

Communist-ruled Cubawas excluded from themeeting, but the summitwas dominated by specula-tion over the prospect ofan end to the long conflictbetween Washington andHavana after Cuban Presi-dent Raul Castro said lastweek he was open to talks.

Obama also receivedfriendly overtures duringthe summit from left-wingVenezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez, whose closealliance with Cuba andfierce criticism of U.S. poli-

cies in the region hadstrained relations withWashington in the past.

“For the past few days,we’ve seen potential posi-tive signs in the nature of

the relationship betweenthe United States, Cubaand Venezuela,” Obamatold a news conference.

“We’re going to exploreand see if we can make

progress,” Obama added,recalling Castro had saidhe was willing to talkabout political prisonersand human rights.

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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a news conference on the rooftop terrace of his hotel after

the conclusion of the Fifth Summit of the Americas in the Port of Spain yesterday.

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RACISM A growing westernboycott threatens to un-dermine a United Nationsconference on racism thatIsrael’s friends say couldbecome a platform forscathing criticism of theJewish state.

The United States an-nounced on Saturday itwould stay away, citing“objectionable” languagein a text prepared for theGeneva meeting, which

Iranian President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad willaddress today, its openingday.

Australia and the Nether-lands joined the boycottyesterday, and Italy andGermany are also expectedto sit it out.

The United States and Is-rael walked out after Arabstates sought to define Zi-onism as racist in 2001.

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Boycott from western nationsmay subvert UN racism summit

News in briefABDUCTIONS Gunmenkidnapped three aid workers,believed to include a Belgianand a Dutchman, in central So-malia yesterday, a colleagueand a local elder said.COURT SYSTEM Iranian Presi-dent Mahmoud Ahmadinejadhas called on the judiciary toensure that an Iranian-Ameri-can journalist jailed forespionage enjoys her legalright to defend herself, the offi-cial news agency IRNA saidyesterday. Roxana Saberi’slawyer welcomed Ahmadine-

jad’s intervention in a letter toTehran’s prosecutor, publisheda day after the U.S.-born free-lance reporter was sentencedto eight years in jail on chargesof spying for the United States.EGYPT Buried deep under atemple in Alexandria, archeol-ogists believe the body ofqueen Cleopatra may lie. Thetomb of the Egyptian queenhas never been found, butarcheologists are discoveringmore evidence that Cleopatra’spriests carried her body thereafter her suicide. REUTERS

Canadian warshiphunts down piratesPIRACY NATO forces foiledan attack by Somali pirateson a Norwegian oil tanker,and briefly detained sevengunmen after huntingthem down under cover ofdarkness, NATO officialssaid yesterday.

It was the latest assaultby sea gangs from Somaliathat have hijacked dozensof ships, taken hundreds ofsailors hostage and madetens of millions of dollarsin ransoms — defying anunprecedented deploy-ment by foreign navies inthe region.

Michael McWhinnie, aspokesman on the Canadi-an warship Winnipeg, saidit, a British naval supplyship and U.S. warship Haly-burton responded after pi-rates attacked the 80,000-tonne MV Front Ardennein the Gulf of Aden lateSaturday.

The gunmen, who werearmed with assault rifles

and rocket-propelled gren-ades, fled south in theirskiff as the NATO forces ap-proached, dumpingweapons overboard.

McWhinnie said a heli-copter deployed by theWinnipeg fired severalwarning rounds in front ofthe pirates’ small craftfrom its machine gun, butthey ignored it.

The Canadian warshipthen pursued them forhours through the night,extinguishing its lights tohunt the gang in the dark.

“We blocked their path.We were faster and surpris-ingly more manoeuvrablethan the pirate skiff,”McWhinnie said.

The Canadian ship thensent a boarding party tosearch the pirate vesseland found an RPG round,which they seized. Afterdocumenting the evi-dence, the crew let the pi-rates go. REUTERS

Union against CFIA’s planned

emergency outbreak fund

SAFETY The Canadian FoodInspection Agency plans toestablish an emergencyfund by withholding mon-ey from daily operations,says the union represent-ing food inspectors.

The Agriculture Unionestimated the fund wouldrestrain the operationalbudget at CFIA by about 10to 15 per cent, which itfears would cancel plans tohire additional food in-spectors, reduce industryoversight and actuallyraise the risk of outbreaks.

The parliamentary sub-

committee on food safetywill hear from Maple LeafCEO Michael McCain todayin a probe into a strain oflisteria traced to deli meatsthat became a factor in atleast 20 deaths last sum-mer. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Cuts denied

• CFIA spokesman TimO’Connor said the agencyhas had a $20-million emer-gency fund since 2003, anddenied a 10 to 15 per centreduction in the budget.

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I do go to the gym. Ithought that was my hobby.Then I found out the defini-tion of “hobby” isn’t “an ac-tivity you’d rather gnawyour own arm off than haveto do on a regular basis.”

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just can’t.Other than that, the

field’s wide open.Anyone who has an inter-

esting, cheap, non-threaten-ing, non-icky, legal hobby,I’d like to hear about it. I’llchoose a winner and giveyour suggestion a go.

Now, the prize. It was go-ing to be a mug. Not justany mug. A Metro newspa-per mug. But I decidedagainst that on the basisthat we don’t have any. Iconsidered giving away myown mug. It’s from the ElvisPresley Inn, Jerusalem. I waseven prepared to wash it be-fore I mailed it. However,Metro has graciously donat-ed logoed pens and choco-lates. I know. I’m a littlebreathless myself.

So. Hobbies. Help me out.And let the games, or cro-cheting or Middle EasternEuropean stamp collecting,begin.

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“There is nothing inhumanabout my fiction. It is just … thatI am chasing a different harearound the track.”— British author J.G. Ballard defending his writing against sug-

gestions it was excessively bleak. Ballard died Sunday. REUTERS

What started as an environ-mental “teach-in” in April,1970, has since turned into

what we now have come toknow as Earth Day, whichofficially falls on April 22every year.

Locally, however, the realEarth Day excitement does-n’t get started until the fol-lowing weekend. On Satur-day, April 25, Edmonton willsee its two newest LRT Sta-tions (McKernan-BelgraviaStation at 76 Avenue and114 Street and South Cam-

pus Station at 65 Avenueand 116 Street) open forservice.

To mark the opening ofEdmonton's latest LRT ex-tension, ETS will be holdinga Community Fair at the

Saville Gymnasium adjacentto South Campus Station,featuring information onnew service changes andplans for future LRT expan-sion. Oh, and how could Iforget to mention the mostimportant part — the freeLRT service between Clare-view Station and the newSouth Campus Station from8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.

On Sunday, April 26, at

Hawrelak Park the officialEdmonton Earth Day Festi-val will be taking place fromnoon until 6 p.m. You cancatch the route 128 from ei-ther University, Westmountor Castle Downs TransitCentre. The event will fea-ture live music, family activ-ities, a mini-tent display ofsome of the city’s environ-mental departments as wellas exhibitors from environ-

ment groups including sev-eral transit groups.

The Transit Riders’ Unionof Edmonton, Citizens forBetter Transit and the Ed-monton Trolley Coalitionare all expected to have ta-bles at the event.

EARTH DAY: APRIL 22

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Brendan Van Alstine is a registered socialworkerand founding member of the Transit Riders’Union of Edmonton. He relies exclusively on

transit, his bicycle and walking for transp orta-tion; [email protected].

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170 countries are expect-

ed to join the celebration

of the planet we all live

on, organizers say.

Kelly Magill, editor ofPositively Green magazine,has some tips for ordinaryfamilies to join the party.She treats it like a birthdayand recommends parentstake their kids on a plane-tary adventure.

“Just get outside! Go to apark or on a hike. Take apicnic with you and spendthe day investigating na-ture,” she says. “If you havebikes, take a family bikeride. Getting comfortablewith biking when you’reyoung makes it easier tobike instead of drive whenyou’re an adult.”

If you live near a zoo orwildlife park, take yourfamily there to instill asense of love and respectfor animals, she suggests.In a similar vein, go on astrawberry picking adven-ture and bring the fruithome to enjoy.

“This activity reallymakes our connection tothe Earth clear.”

An easier option is to vis-it your local farmers’ mar-

ket. Building this connec-tion between the Earth andwhat we eat makes it easierto understand why protect-ing the planet is important,she explains.

Magill recently finishedmaking a batch of soapwith her family.

“Families used to makeall of their own ‘beauty’products and they knew

exactly what was in them,”she explains. “You can findeasy recipes on the web.”

It doesn’t take long and

it also makes bath timemore fun.

For a more ambitiousproject, start a garden inyour backyard or in a con-tainer in your house.

“Let your child choosewhat to plant. This way,they’re more likely to eatit. Don’t get too ambitious— choose two or threethings to plant,” she says.

“You and your child cancheck on your gardenthroughout the spring andsummer and harvest whatyou’ve grown together.”

A simpler idea is to setup a bird feeder.

“Spring means babybirds and feeding,” Magillsmiles.

“You’ll see all kinds ofbirds visiting your feeder.”

EARTH DAY: APRIL 22

GoGreen

One billion people expected to take part in Earth Day activities

Simple ways to celebrate

JON TATTRIE

for Metro Canada

Websites

• Go to Earthday.ca to findlocal Earth Day events orvisit Positivelygreen.com formore tips on green living.

There are many ways you can celebrate Earth Day, including starting a garden in your backyard or in a container in your home .

The road to environmentalconsciousness is pavedwith green intentions, buta first-of-its kind indexgives Canadians a moder-ate rating when it comes togreeningtheirhomes.

TheCanadianGreenHome In-dex, devel-oped byEnvironicsResearchfor TheHome De-pot Cana-da, has as-signedCanadiansa 60 out of100 ratingin its inau-gural re-lease.Based on abasket of five questions,the Canadian Green HomeIndex tracks Canadian atti-tudes and behaviours as ameans to measureprogress toward greeningtheir homes.

“Canadians want to bemore environmentallyfriendly, but it’s an ongo-ing process to changethese important behav-iours,” said Annette Ver-schuren, president of TheHome Depot Canada andAsia. “We believe this in-dex provides a real oppor-tunity to add to the greendiscussion so we can sup-port further change andprovide consumers withthe tools they need to domore.”

METRO NEWS SERVICES

Green HomeIndex tracksbehaviours

Numbers

• A majority ofCanadians (68per cent) ratetheir home as“somewhatgreen.” A fur-ther 13 percent believetheir homesare “verygreen.” But aneven strongermajority (83per cent) ac-knowledgethey haveroom to im-prove.

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Food is central to culture,

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This unique cookbookprofiles members of theorganic community whoshare their connectionwith food, as well as theirrecipes.

The GO Culinary Com-munity is a broadly basedgroup of people who wantto see organics bloom inAlberta. They include or-ganic farmers, gardeners,chefs, retailers, businessesand, of course, eaters fromaround the province.With such a diversity ofsupporters, GO can be astrong voice for organicsin Alberta.

Profiles of the GO com-munity are inspiring.Trevor Aleman, for in-stance, is a market garden-er near Lethbridge whosecommitment to organicswas made more real whenhis first child was bornwith a cleft palate. Hefound out the condition

was strongly associatedwith herbicide use.

Val and Dave Bogen,grain farmers near Vegre-ville, have become vocalenthusiasts of organics af-ter they found spraying

was making Dave sick.Farmers are not the on-

ly members of GO whoseprofiles inspire. RonBerezan owns an organicgardening and landscapebusiness and has a vision

of empowering others tobecome organic urbanfarmers. Velma Bissoon-dath, a Calgary artist,finds that GO helps her toexplain to her friends andfamily why sustainable

and healthy food is so im-portant. Patricia Shapka,owner of Sunny Boy Foodsin Camrose, is dedicatedto food that is “fun, nutri-tious, and ... taste(s)great.”

GO — a Culinary Com-munity includes at leastone recipe submitted byeach of the profiled mem-bers. These are as diverseas the profiles, includingappetizers, entrees, anddesserts, foods for vegetar-ians and omnivores, forchildren and for elegantdining. The combinationof recipes and profilesgive us a richer under-standing of the local andorganic food movement.

Wendell Berry, in thePleasures of Eating, tellsus that “eating with thefullest pleasure ... is per-haps the profoundest en-actment of our connectionwith the world.”

In its new book, GoingOrganic reminds us of thisconnection, with theEarth, with food, witheach other, and invite usinto its culinary communi-ty.

Canadians have a goodtrack record for recyclingat home with curbsidepickup and deposit-returnprograms in place acrossthe country. But most ofus are unfamiliar withhow recycling works andhow we can take our goodrecycling habits on theroad.

Paul Edney, director ofInspire Community andco-author of bestsellingbook Change the Worldfor 10 Bucks, says, “Cana-dians are doing a great jobat home making sure recy-clable materials don’t endup in their garbage cans.But there are a few extratricks we can all learn to make sure each item we recycle has the greatest

impact.”Edney recently created

an online recycling tooland resource, supportedby the Aquafina brand,aquafinatracker.ca, whichprovides important tipsfor Canadians to boosttheir recycling savvy andmake the most of their ef-forts.

According to Edney, re-cycling awareness and ed-ucation is critical to suc-cess.

“If we all understoodthe impact of recyclingone plastic bottle, we’dprobably be a lot better atmaking sure more ofthem stay out of the wastestream.” NEWS CANADA

Unique cookbook profiles members who want to see organics bloom in Alberta

Organic network really cooking

BRENDA FRICK

for Metro Canada

Brenda Frick, PhD, PAg, is the organic research and extension co-ordinator at the

University of Saskatchewan and is an affiliate of the Organic Agriculture

Centre of Canada.

More info

• For more information onthe GO book, seewww.goingorganic.ca.

Recycling tips and tricks for Canadians at home or on the goBehind recycling

• Recycling works. It takes 70per cent less energy to createa new bottle from recycledplastic than from raw materi-als.• Take the cap off. It takes

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Gold parties thrivingThanks to tough times and with gold hovering just under

$900 US an ounce, a new gold rush is happening in

suburban living rooms and downtown boardrooms, where

gold parties are all the rage. People are selling off their old

gold jewelry and trinkets at the parties, where a profession-

al appraiser sifts through the items. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Canada’s annual inflation eases in March, core higher

Canada’s annual inflation rate slowed to 1.2 per cent in March from 1.4 per cent in Feb-ruary, but the core rate watched by the central bank rose to two per cent. REUTERS

Watchdog criticized

after Conquest’s fallTravel body should have taken action: Critics The first clues that now-

defunct Conquest

Vacations could be in trou-

ble emerged six months

ago, when the seller of

packaged holidays ran

afoul of provincial guide-

lines that stipulate how

much cash it needed to

have to pay its bills.

While not necessarily anominous sign in an indus-try known for its volatility,the event neverthelessspawned discussions be-tween Conquest manage-ment and the province’stravel industry watchdog,the Travel Industry Councilof Ontario, or TICO.

In March, TICO gaveConquest a deadline of

April 14 to put more mon-ey into its working capitalfund or face a suspension.

But TICO presidentMichael Pepper said Con-quest instead opted to pullthe plug on the travel firmthe next day in a movethat ruined the plans ofthousands of Canadians.

While Pepper says he

stands by his decision to at-tempt to work with Con-quest, others have ques-tioned whether TICO couldhave done more to softenthe impact of Conquest’sshutdown.

Bruce Bishins, presidentof the Association of RetailTravel Agents, said a short-fall in Conquest’s workingcapital, which refers tomoney used to pay short-term expenses like bills,should have promptedTICO to stop Conquestfrom selling travel pack-ages.

“TICO’s mandate is con-sumer protection. It’s notto protect registrants,” hesaid. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

“TICO’s mandate is

consumer protection.

It’s not to protect

registrants.”

Bruce Bishins, Association of RetailTravel Agents

Few options for CAW in talks, analysts sayAUTO The Canadian AutoWorkers union has littlechoice but to accept cuts ofover 20 per cent in itsmembers’ wages and bene-fits when talks withChrysler over cost savingsresume next week, ana-lysts said.

Without the conces-sions, a partnership be-tween Chrysler and Italiancar-maker Fiat SpA has lit-tle chance, and Chryslerwould then fail to meet theend-of-month deadline toqualify for government aid

in Canada and the UnitedStates.

Chrysler would thenlikely have to file for bank-ruptcy protection, almostassuredly bringing cuts inlabour costs and job losses,analysts said.

Chrysler said in a letterto employees Friday thatthe union’s refusal to cutlabour costs by $19 anhour to $57 an hour jeop-ardizes the future ofChrysler and its operationsin Canada.

REUTERS

Quebec to provide loan guarantee toAbitibiBowaterPAPER Quebec agreed onFriday to give a $100-mil-lion loan guarantee toAbitibiBowater Inc. as thenewsprint maker attemptsto restructure itsoperations underbankruptcy protection inCanada and the UnitedStates.

The forestry firm, head-quartered in Montreal butincorporated in the UnitedStates, also won approvalfrom a U.S. judge onFriday for $206 million infinancing for its Bowaterunit to help it get throughits Chapter 11 bankruptcyproceedings there.

AbitibiBowater is alsoseeking $100 million in adebtor-in-possession loanfor its Abitibi-Consolidatedunit.

REUTERS

Business in briefU.S. President Barack Obama’stop economic adviseryesterday tempered hopes fora speedy U.S. economic recov-ery, deliberately tamping downrecent optimism that has driv-

en the stock market to succes-sive gains. “It is a long roadand it is going to take time,”said Lawrence Summers, thedirector of the NationalEconomic Council. REUTERS

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Nestor, Zimonjic dominate in victory

Canada’s Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic won the Monte Carlo Masters men’s doubles title yesterday, sweeping past top-seeded Americans Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-1 in a match that lasted just 47 minutes. METRO NEWS SERVICES


The Iceman doneth?After being knocked out by Mauricio (Shogun) Rua at UFC 97 in Montreal

Saturday, Chuck (the Iceman) Liddell is finished, according to UFC president

Dana White. “You’re never going to see Chuck Liddell on the canvas again,”

White said. “It’s done.” Rua knocked out Liddell 4:28 into the first round. In

another fight, Anderson Silva set a UFC record for most wins in the Octagon

with an uninspired decision over Thales Leites. METRO NEWS SERVICES

So, Marc Crawfordwants to throw hishat into the ring as ahead-coaching can-didate for the Ed-

monton Oilers. ConsideringCrawford was the 1995 JackAdams Award winner forcoach of the year, won aStanley Cup with Coloradoin 1996 and has a historywith Oilers GM Steve Tam-bellini dating back to whenthey were teammates withthe Vancouver Canucks in1985-86, he’s one of thefavourites to take over fromCraig MacTavish.

But one tip for Crawford,who is working as an ana-lyst with Hockey Night inCanada: If you want make agood impression with fansand Tambellini, stop callingthe Oilers’ best player“Alex” Hemsky, and theirgoaltenders Dwayne “Rolof-son” and Jeff “Desjarlais.”

I’m not a fan of Craw-ford’s because, as a coach,he’s long had a habit oflooking down his nose atmedia types, until, ofcourse, he’s out of work andbecomes one of us. Ofcourse, playing patty-cakewith reporters isn’t high onTambellini’s list of prerequi-sites, so Crow has a shot.

My best guess is Craw-ford, Brent Sutter, PatQuinn, Brent Petersen andTodd Richards end up onTambellini’s short list.

MCSORLEY IN TOWN

Marty McSorley, Dave Se-menko and Chris Joseph arehosting a hockey school atthe Trans-Alta Tri-LeisureCentre in Spruce GroveApril 28-30 in three ses-sions. It’s open to childrenaged 10-13 and also hasmen’s and women’s ses-

sions. For information visitNHLTraining.com.

As an aside, and giventhat the status MacTavish’sassistant-coaching staff isup in the air, McSorley, whohad a losing record as thehead coach in Springfield ofthe AHL in 2002-03 (34-38-7)and 2003-04 (26-43-9),asked, perhaps, a tellingquestion when we talkedSaturday.

“How much does an NHLassistant coach make?” in-quired McSorley.

WHILE I’M AT IT

Still no word on the fateof Charlie Huddy, BillMoores and Kelly Buchberg-er, but I can’t see Tambellinisaddling a new bench bosswith a staff of assistants hehasn’t picked. ... There’smore buzz about the Ed-monton Capitals of theGolden Baseball Leagueopening camp May 11 atTelus Field than there wasat any time during thetenure of Dan Orlich, whosold the former Cracker-Cats to Daryl Katz last off-season. ... The biggest nameon manager Brent Bowers’roster right now is Lou Pote,who pitched for the Triple-ATrappers and won a WorldSeries with Anaheim in2002.

Crawford should do hishomework on Oilers

CapitalSports

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In a decade covering the Edmonton sportsscene, Robin Brownlee has been the news-

breaker and insightful voice for sports fans inOil Country; [email protected].

Kobe Bryant scored 24points and dished out eightassists, and the Los AngelesLakers scored a 113-100 vic-tory over the Utah Jazz inGame 1 of their WesternConference quarter-final se-ries. Bryant moved intothird all-time on the Lakers’all-time post-season scoringlist and ninth overall, pass-ing Magic Johnson.

76ERS 100, MAGIC 98

Andre Iguodala’s fade-away jumper with 2.2 sec-onds left in regulationproved to be the game-win-ner as the Philadelphia76ers overcame an 18-point second-half deficit totake Game 1 of their East-ern Conference quarter-fi-nal series, 100-98, againstthe Orlando Magic.

Kobe hits milestone, Lakers shut down JazzNBA

2009 Playoffs

Matt Harpring of the Jazz guards Lamar Odom yesterday.

Steve Bernier netted the

game-winner early in the

third period as the

Vancouver Canucks

edged the St. Louis Blues,

3-2, in Game 3 of their

Western Conference

quarter-final series.

Roberto Luongo was sol-id between the pipes, stop-ping 24 shots for the third-seeded Canucks, who leadthe best-of-seven series 3-0and will look to completethe sweep tomorrow in St.Louis.

Vancouver scored allthree goals on the powerplay, with Daniel Sedinand Mattias Ohlund alsolighting the lamp.

David Backes and AndyMcDonald both registereda goal and an assist for theBlues, who had won theirlast five on home ice toconclude the regular sea-son. Chris Mason made 23saves in defeat.

Mats Sundin sat out the

game with a lower-body in-jury.

FLYERS 6, PENGUINS 3

Simon Gagne netted apair of goals as thePhiladelphia Flyers posteda strong 6-3 victory overthe Pittsburgh Penguins inGame 3 of their EasternConference quarter-finalseries at Wachovia Center.

Claude Giroux con-tributed a goal and assist forthe Flyers, who climbedback into the series afterdropping the first twogames in Pittsburgh.

Jeff Carter, Mike Richardsand Jared Ross also hit thenet for Philadelphia, andMartin Biron stopped 26shots for the win. EvgeniMalkin tallied twice for the

Penguins, who droppedtheir first road playoff con-test since Game 2 of the2008 Stanley Cup Finals inDetroit. Rob Scuderi addeda goal while Sidney Crosbypicked up a pair of helpers.Marc-Andre Fleury allowedfive goals on 29 shots in de-feat. Game 4 is set for to-morrow in Philadelphia.

DEVILS 3, HURRICANES 2 (OT)

Travis Zajac, who had notscored since mid-March, litthe lamp 4:58 into overtimeto lift the New Jersey Devilsto a 3-2 win over Carolina inGame 3 of their EasternConference quarter-final se-ries at RBC Center. ZachParise and Brian Gionta alsotallied for the Devils, whobounced back from an over-time loss in Game 2 to takea 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

METRO NEWS SERVICES

Canucks take strangleholdSTANLEY CUP

2009 Playoffs

Steve Bernier, centre, of the Canucks is congratulated by team-

mates Henrik Sedin and Kevin Bieksa after scoring last night.

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Dutch bursts out of the

police truck with his teeth

ripped back in a vicious

snarl. The German Shep-

herd’s blood’s up and pity

anything that gets

between him and the

crook. Anything but the

slobbery toy Const. Paul

Jessen holds out, instantly

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into a puppy.

Jessen got Dutch whenhe was 11 months old, andthe dog already had a chipon his shoulder. That’spart of what makes the 85-pound K-9 cop such a valu-able partner.

“They do have that ag-gressive streak when youneed it. There are timeswhen you have to arrestsomebody and they’re notabout to be arrested,” theHalifax Regional Policecop explains.

Jessen’s been with thepolice for 21 years and inthe K-9 unit for 13. He’s onhis third dog, and he’sseen them sniff out somewell-hidden bad guys.

Jessen and his dog oncearrived late on the sceneof a stolen van. Thethieves had ditched thevehicle and fled on foot.

“It was a parking lot,which is more difficult forthe dogs because the hardsurface doesn’t retain thescent as well as grass orwoods,” he says. “He went

right to a dumpster a halfkilometre away. Welooked inside and sureenough, they were inside.It was a mother and sonteam.”

Most criminals underes-timate the dog’s nose,which can track down ex-plosives, narcotics and evi-dence, as well as people.

“A lot of people are verysurprised. They’re not ex-pecting to be caught,” hesays. “They are GermanShepherds and they dohave huge teeth.”

Cops and canines workand live together. Dutch’sinsulated dog house is inJessen’s backyard, so hequickly adjusts to theweather. He’s abouthalfway through his eight-year working life.

“Then, they start show-ing their age. The work isfairly punishing for them.It’s punishing for us, too,”Jessen says. In retirement,the dogs often becomepure pets for the handlers,or they find another homefor them.

Not all are as ill-tem-pered as Dutch. Jessentook his retired GermanShepherd to visit histhree-year-old nephew.“He was all over him, andhe doesn’t care at all. Iwouldn’t do that with(Dutch). He’s got personalspace issues.”

JON TATTRIE

for Metro Canada

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Metro readers’Best friends

• Metro would like thankeveryone who has sent in apicture of their pet, we’ll tryto publish as many as wecan throughout the monthof April.

This is

Sophie,

the

Terrier

Bassett

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mix.

Here’s (another) Sophie hav-

ing fun in the sun.

Here’s

Boo, the

rescued

Poodle.

Here’s Louie the Yorkshire

Terrier with his favourite toy.

Center for Child-Well BeingEarlier this month, Mount Royal College celebrated the launch of

its Centre for Child Well-Being, to be co-ordinated by the school’s

health and community studies faculty. The centre is designed to

mentor faculty in research, boost undergraduate engagement in

meaningful research opportunities, and liaise with the communi-

ty on applied research questions. METRO NEWS SERVICES

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olly Perreaultused to pull herhair into a pony-tail, wash herface and go in

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Threeyears ago,she was do-ing some-thing completely different.She ran a home daycareand kept busy with thatand her three daughters,the youngest of which isnow six.

A girlfriend who soldAvon suggested Perreaultgive it a try. Perreaultagreed — eager to get somefree stuff and make a littlecash.

In that first year, she didwell selling to family andfriends and made it into thecompany’s President’s Club.After the awards banquet,her manager took her outfor lunch.

“What do you want to dowith this?” she asked.Knowing her youngest wasabout to enter grade one,and loving both the prod-ucts and the endless chanceto interact with people, Per-reault had her answer. Shecleared two days each weekto go out and train with hermanager.

Last September, she shut

down her home daycareand got to work recruitingboth customers and Avonsalespeople to work underher. Today, she has a teamof a hundred salespeople, agood-sized roster of clientswho order from Avon regu-larly and has been promot-ed to executive unit leader.

“A typical day for me istalking, and talking,” Per-reault says. She often meetswith team members to dis-cuss business strategies,and she and other represen-tatives attend frequenttraining sessions and work-shops held by Avon. They al-so go door to door.

And while she’s out doingeverything from shoppingat the mall to attending one

of her daugh-ter’s soccergames, she’sconstantly talk-ing to people.

“My goalevery time I goout is to find a

new customer or to find anew rep that would like tojoin Avon.”

At first, it was tough forher to ring doorbells andtalk to strangers all thetime. But practice, her loveof people, and her psycholo-gy degree all helped. Asdoes the business skills shelearned managing restau-rants, which she did before

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Job title: Avon representativeSalary: About $50,000 a yearEducation/Training: One-on-one help, workshops andcourses offered by Avon andits staff.Best part of the job: “Know-ing I’m helping somebodyelse make or save money.And having three daughters,showing them that if youwork hard, you can getrewarded for it.”Worst part of the job: “Not hav-ing enough hours in the day.”

Diane Peters once hawked magic pens at theCanadian National Exhibition. She’s now awriter and part-time journalism instructor. Avon representative Holly Perreault says its not a bad idea to

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Talking skills key to salesAvon rep enjoys the endless interactions with people

“A typical day for

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studios reach dealDEAL Hollywood studiosand the largest U.S. actorsunion reached a tentativedeal Friday on a new filmand television contractthat ends a bitter deadlockand would avert a strikethe industry fears in a re-cession. The Screen ActorsGuild with its 120,000members and the Allianceof Motion Picture and Tele-vision Producers, whichrepresents movie studios,gave no details of theagreement. In a joint state-ment, the two groups saidthe labor deal would gobefore SAG’s nationalboard of directors forreview Sunday. Ifapproved, it would be putto a vote by SAG members,which one entertainmentlawyer said might not oc-cur until late May.

The tentative deal wouldreplace a contract that ex-pired last June 30. REUTERS

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Immediately picking upwhere the attention deficitfriendly adventures of thefirst instalment left off,brutish British action heroJason Statham returns asseemingly superhuman un-derworld anti-hero ChevChellios, who, after surviv-ing an impossible fall froma helicopter, has his heartremoved by Triad organ

thieves and replaced by abionic one.

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Red Bull junkies, gamers,12-year-old boys and easilybored morons might loveevery inch of this fast for-ward, ultra-bloody timewaster but by the timeStatham turns into a jut-jawed, power plant level-ling Godzilla-esque monster— and yes, it does happen— even they might be an-noyed by directors MarkNeveldine and Brian Tay-lor’s grab bag lunacy andpretentious self awareness.

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Accused Tyra Banks stalker on trialThe man charged withstalking former supermod-el Tyra Banks went on trialFriday, with prosecutorssaying he terrified theAmerica’s Next Top Modelhost by sending her pack-ages and threatening herassistant.

Brady Green, 39, was ar-rested last March after heappeared twice at the Man-hattan studio her chatshow, The Tyra BanksShow, is filmed.

Green repeatedly contact-ed the show, sent Banksflowers with the note“When I see you, I loveyou,” and threatened to slit

the throat of her assistant,causing Banks to “fear forher physical health andsafety,” prosecutor ShawnMcMahon said in openingarguments in New YorkState Supreme Court.

“His actions made him astalker — not a fan, but astalker,” McMahon said.

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Green was “an inspiredfan, not a deranged fan, nota stalker,” O’Hagen said,adding that her client onlywanted to attend a tapingof the show and perhapsmeet Banks.

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Seventy-five years afterGeorge Mallory took thetrek to become the first per-son to ascend Mount Ever-est, his re-mains werefinally found.Back in 1924,the man disappeared whiletrying to reach the summit,leaving people eager toknow whether he’d actuallycompleted his mission. InJeffrey Archer’s Paths of Glo-ry, the author uses the truestory as a basis for his fic-tional tale of curiosity. By re-calling Mallory’s early life,through marriage, the birthof his child and fighting inthe First World War, Archerbuilds a case to allow read-ers to decide if Mallory real-ly deserves commendationfor his climb.

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RELATIONSHIP Singer AmyWinehouse has reportedlypenned a new track calledthe Ultimate Betrayal fol-lowing claims her es-tranged husband is expect-ing a child with anotherwoman, femalefirst.co.ukreports.

Mother-of-two GilleenMorris told a British news-paper last weekend thatshe is six weeks pregnantwith Blake Fielder-Civil’sbaby.

Winehouse was report-edly heartbroken by thenews — and has written anemotional song about herturbulent relationship

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A source close to Spears— who is rumoured tobe dating her backingdancer Chase Benz— said: “Britney’sface fell whenKevin told her hehad proposed.She’s been flirtingwith her dancersand has a thinggoing on withChase butshe stilllovesKevin andalwayshopedthey’d getback to-gether.

“It wouldn’t surprise meif her flirting with otherguys was purely to makehim jealous.”

Spears — who divorcedFederline in 2007 — is saidto be particularly con-cerned with the amount oftime Prince will be spend-ing with her sons.

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PEOPLE Madonna suffered“minor injuries and bruis-es” Saturday while horse-back riding in New York’sHamptons, her publicisthas announced,people.com reports.

On Saturday evening, LizRosenberg said that the 50-

year-old had been releasedfrom Southampton Hospi-tal after she was thrownoff a horse that was star-tled by paparazzi.

Rosenberg said the pho-tographers had jumpedout of the bushes to snapMadonna, who was visiting

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Basil-Stuffed

Chicken BreastsINGREDIENTS:

4 skinless boneless chick-en breast halves3 oz (90 g) mozzarellacheese, thinly sliced1 tomato, thinly sliced1 garlic clove, crushed1 bunch fresh basil, about3/4 oz (20 g)4 slices prosciutto, about 2oz (60 g) in total1 tbsp (15 ml) extra-virginolive oilSalt and fresh-groundblack pepperGREEN SALAD:

2 tbsp (25 ml) extra-virginolive oilFresh juice of 1/2 lemon4 oz (125 g) mixed saladleaves1 bunch fresh watercress,large stems discardedMETHOD:

1. Preheat the oven to 425F (220 C). Slit each chickenbreast half and enlarge toform pocket.2. Divide mozzarellabetween chicken breasthalves, sliding slices intopockets. Top cheese withtomato slices and crushedgarlic. Roughly chop somebasil and sprinkle in pock-ets.3. Season chicken breasts.Place large sprig of basil

on each, then wrap in aslice of prosciutto, makingsure that ham covers slitin chicken. Tie securelywith kitchen string.4. Heat oil in large fryingpan over medium heat.Add chicken breasts andsauté over high heat untilbrown on both sides, 3minutes. Transfer chickento baking dish. Bake untilchicken is cooked throughand juices run clear whenbreast is pierced, 10 to 12minutes.5. For salad, put oil andlemon juice in bowl, sea-son with salt and pepperto taste, and whisk. Addlettuce and watercress,then toss. Divide between4 serving plates.6. Remove string fromchicken breasts. Cut eachpiece crosswise into slices,holding together to keepshape. Arrange on saladand garnish with remain-ing basil.SERVES 4

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