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Rehabbed seals free to go home

Vancouver. Aquarium

Vancouver Aquarium staff release one of 10 recovered

harbour seals into Deep Cove yesterday. The seals’ stories,

and those of other injured marine wildlife, are being told at

the aquarium’s new Rescue Stories exhibit. Story, page 6.

Clifford Olson, Canada’s mostreviled serial killer, is just days fromdeath, families of his child victimssay.

They say Olson’s last breath willbring some closure decades afterhis murderous crime spree endedwith a controversial cash-for-bodies deal with police.

Sharon Rosenfeldt, the motherof one of Olson’s 11 victims, saidOlson has been moved to a hospi-tal in Quebec with just days to live.

“There’s no blueprint for howI’m supposed to be feeling,” shesaid in an interview with The Cana-dian Press.

“At first, it was very much shock,then I became emotional, not nec-essarily over Olson but I becameemotional over my son, his littleface flashed before me, my chil-dren, my family, my parents whowere so devastated by this yearsago.”

Rosenfeldt said she was told bythe commissioner for CorrectionsCanada that the 71-year-old killer’scancer has spread through his body.

“I felt, ‘My God Sharon, I shouldbe feeling yippee.’ But I’ve beenconditioned, I guess. I was raisedin a Christian belief that I just don’tget yippee over anybody’s death.”

Sixteen-year-old Daryn John-

srude, one of Olson’s first victims,was Rosenfeldt’s son.

Raymond King, the father ofanother victim, said he wanted tosee Olson dead 30 years ago.

The killer’s terminal conditionwill never bring complete closurefor the horror his family wentthrough when Raymond Jr. died,but King said at least it means thefamilies won’t have to continueconfronting Olson at every parolehearing.

Olson, once dubbed “the Beast ofB.C.” in media reports, had beenserving a life sentence at a maxi-mum-security prison. He was hand-ed 11 concurrent life terms in 1982after pleading guilty to the mur-ders, which occurred in and aroundthe Vancouver area in 1981. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Christy Clark announces increased tax credit for venture capitalists Full provincial jobs plan set for release today

Premier builds hypearound jobs plan

Premier Christy Clark addresses the Surrey Board of Trade yesterday as part of her weeklong jobs-plan tour.

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Premier Christy Clarkcontinued to release de-tails about the upcomingprovincial jobs plan yes-terday with the an-nouncement of efforts toimprove job creation atnew businesses, improvetraining and reduce redtape in B.C.

“This is British Colum-bia’s time to lead Canada,to lead this whole coun-

try into the next centu-ry,” she said in an addressto the Surrey Board ofTrade.

Her speech announceda $3-million increase to atax credit offered to ven-ture capitalists, fundingthe creation of new busi-nesses and bringing theprogram’s total value to$33 million annually.

Additionally, Clark an-nounced a three-year ex-tension of a programoffering tax credits to ap-prentices and their em-

ployers and the creationof a commission onstreamlining provincialtax law.

“One of the things weknow is that the majorityof new jobs in any econo-my are created by newbusinesses,” said Clark.

“By increasing accessto venture capital, we in-crease their opportunitiesto create more jobs.”

But Opposition NDPLeader Adrian Dix at-tacked the announce-ment as little more than

an “expensive repackag-ing initiative.”

“To date, this is a com-munications exercise forthe government — howto repackage a few thingsthey’ve been doing intosomething they want tocall a plan,” he said.

Full details of the newprovincial jobs plan areto be released today.

StreetcarnamedAnton’s desireSuzanne Anton is allaboard in makingstreetcars permanentfixtures in Vancouver if shegets the mayoral seat in No-vember’s civic elections.

Anton wants to re-estab-lish the downtown street -car network that wouldconnect Granville Island,Olympic Village and Sci -ence World to Chinatownand Waterfront Station.

“It’s actually quite easyto build — the right of theway is already there andthe land is already assem -bled,” Anton said. “It’s aproject that’s ready to go.”

The city has alreadyinvested $8.5 million for astreetcar-demonstrationproject, which ran betweenthe Olympic Village Stationand Granville Island duringthe 2010 Winter Games.

“That money is just kindof sitting there now andwasting away,” Antonadded. “It’s going to bepacked with people once itopens.”

If elected, Anton said shewill appoint an expert pan-el to update the 2005 costnumbers, which estimatethe project’s cost to bearound $120 million.

Vision City Coun. GeoffMeggs said Anton’s propos-al is a revival of an old ideathat stands almost nochance of becoming a reali-ty.

“She would impose a$200-million bill onVancouver taxpayers whenwe could get a streetcarbuilt by TransLink thatwould serve both ourBroadway corridor and theregion,” Meggs said.

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Rescued seals swim free

Though some hesitated toslide from the safety oftheir kennel, the Vancou-ver Aquarium managedto successfully release 10rehabilitated harbourseals back into the wildyesterday at Deep Cove.

One by one, the seals— which were largelycared for by the aquariumafter being abandoned inthe wild or injured —were eased into their newhome.

“The release is the funpart,” said Dr. MartinHaulena, Aquarium staffveterinarian.

“The recovery processis a unique opportunityto gain insight into notonly the seals but aboutthe environment.”

The release preludedthe aquarium’s tempo-rary exhibit Rescue Sto-ries that opens today andruns to Nov. 6.

The exhibit features re-covery tales of aquariumhabitants such asSchoona the sea turtle,rescued from the hy-pothermic waters ofPrince Rupert, and Daisythe porpoise, nursed tohealth from a mere 10per cent chance of sur-vival.

Aquarium generalmanager Clint Wrightsaid many people do notknow about the work ofthe rescue centre or thatthey can be contactedwhen sick animals arefound.

“We put together thisprogram so if peoplewant to find out more,

now they can,” he said.The rescue centre is

one of two on the WestCoast that mainly seesharbour seals as its tem-porary guests and long-term residents.

But the centre has also

welcomed porpoises, ot-ters, turtles and even ananaconda.

Aquarium rescue centre has seen 150 marine mammal patients so farthis year Exhibit shares mammal survival stories and runs until Nov. 6

A trainer works with a dolphin at the Vancouver Aquarium

yesterday during a tour of the new Rescue Stories exhibit.

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Pivot toinvestigatesex workers’conditionson its ownHaving withdrawn fromthe embattled MissingWomen Commission ofInquiry, the Pivot Legal So-ciety has announced plansto examine the conditionof sex workers and vulner-able women since the ar-rest of Robert Pickton.

“What we want to putour resources in is makingthat analysis and askingthat question: What’s hap-pened since 2002? Hasanything changed?” ex-plained Pivot lawyer DougKing.

The inquiry was calledto examine the investiga-tions into women report-ed missing from theDowntown Eastside be-tween 1997 and 2002, butKing said that the narrowscope makes it impossibleto determine whether

there has been improve-ment since Pickton’s ar-rest.

“Whatever recommen-dations come out, they’regoing to be really centredand relevant to about adecade ago,” he said.

Accordingly, the PivotLegal Society will be col-lecting sworn statementsfrom sex workers and oth-er vulnerable women inorder to determinewhether conditions haveimproved since then.

“We’ve done affidavitcampaigns in the past ...we’re pretty used to it,”said King.

“We lean pretty heavilyon community resources,work with the other or-ganizations like sex work-ers and rights groups, getin contact with individualswe see as vulnerablewomen ... and give theman environment wherethey can open up abouttheir experiences andknow that it’s going to beused in a way that they’reokay with.”

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Art over 80 yearsCurator Ian Thom

stands beside Andy

Warhol’s Mao

yesterday at the

Vancouver Art

Gallery.

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The Vancouver Art Galleryis celebrating its anniver-sary with an autobiograph-ical exhibition spanning its80 years of collecting art.

An Autobiography ofOur Collection, which runsSaturday until Feb. 12,2012, features eightdecades of collection frommore than 80 artists.Drawn from the more than10,000 works in thegallery’s holdings, the se-lected pieces will explorethe institution’s history,journey and identity.

Curator Ian Thom, whohas been with the VAGsince 1988, said they want-ed to capture the rich anddiverse art the institution

has acquired and receivedover the years.

“We wanted to show thevariety and depth of thingswithin the collectionrather than the greatest-hits sort of thing,” Thomsaid about the process ofchoosing the exhibitionpieces.

Visitors will get to seeThomas Sidney Cooper’sCanterbury Meadows (oneof the very first pictures ac-quired before VAG openedin 1931), a few of EmilyCarr’s works and AndyWarhol’s Mao Zedongscreenprint on paper.

Patrons will also have achance to see video of thebehind-the-scenes work ofgallery staff, including howthey collect and care forartwork and prepare forexhibitions.

Exhibition showcases historicalcollection from early ’30s up to now

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Big poetry for biggerchangeVancouver will be host-ing events on Saturday tocontribute to the largestpoetry reading in history.

Promotingenvironmental, socialand political change, 100Thousand Poets for aChange will host thisglobal event, which willinclude poets, writers,

and artists from 450cities to perform forpeace and sustainability.

“Poets have thecapacity to articulatethese issues,” saidfounder Michael Rothen-berg. “Historically, theyhave been able toconnect social concernsto communicate the sto-ry of a particularcommunity.”

The main event willoccur on the banks ofFalse Creek East wherepoets and the communi-ty will hold a shorelinecleanup.

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The Vancouver Police De-partment believes Jer-maine Anthony Carby,charged with manslaugh-ter and assaults on twowomen, has additional vic-

tims who are too scared tocome forward to policeand are asking the publicfor information.

Carby was arrested onSept. 9 in connection with

the stabbing death of Ger-ald Haakmat, 50, in Op-penheimer Park in June.This past Monday, he wasalso charged with the Au-gust assaults of two

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The trial of Amanda Zhao’salleged murderer, Li Ang,went into its second day inBeijing.

Li is accused of stran-gling Zhao in 2002 beforestuffing her body in a suit-case and dumping it atStave Lake.

After the first day incourt, a lawyer workingfor Zhao’s parents postedthat some of the case’s evi-dence had been ruled “ille-gal” on a Chinese versionof Twitter called Weibo.

No other informationhas been released as for-

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After Zhao’s death, Lifled to Beijing. He was ar-rested in 2009 after chang-ing his name to Li Jiamingand had been at a deten-tion centre awaiting trial.

Tian Wenchang, consid-ered by many to be thecountry’s foremost de-fence lawyer, is defendingLi. Tian is famed for con-vincing a judge to sparethe life of a notoriousmafia kingpin.

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Deviancymarked lifeof suspect:DocumentsWhen Randall Hopley waseight years old, doctors ata Vancouver hospital iden-tified him as mentally dis-abled and recommendedhe be sent to a specializedinstitution. He wasn’t.

Instead, Hopley spentthe next several years sex-ually assaulting young chil-dren into adulthood,according to newly re-leased court documents.

Hopley, now 46, ischarged in the kidnappingof three-year-old KienanHebert from his B.C. home.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Guilty plea infatal shootingSURREY. There’s a guiltyplea from a B.C. manwho shot and killed an-other man over a minordispute at New Year’sEve party in 2008.

Jamie Harris admittedto a charge of second-de-gree murder in thedeath of Adam Hansonand will be sentenced onNov. 14.THE CANADIAN PRESS

City deercould be shot PENTICTON. Deer wander-ing into Penticton limitscould end up on the din-ner tables of food bankcustomers.

The city is looking atchanging bylaws sohunters can shoot deeras part of a plan to con-trol the deer population.The meat would bedonated to food banks.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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In the grainy video, aNigerian woman repeated-ly asks her attackers to killher as they take turns rap-ing her at a university dor-mitory.

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“Please just kill me,” thewoman cries several times.The men laugh.

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Local authorities havedismissed the 10-minutevideo, which has rico-cheted around the Inter-net. But Nigeria’s youthminister is calling for po-

lice to prosecute the men. “The attitude of these

men, if indeed they areyoung Nigerians, does notrepresent the characterand nature of the Nigerianyouth,” said the minister,Bolaji Abdullahi.

Some Internet users dis-turbed by the video areeven offering rewards forinformation.

Activists in Nigeria saythe video exposes an un-der-reported epidemic ofrape in Nigeria and theyplan to march in the com-ing days to draw attentionto the case.

The video circulated forweeks around the campusof Abia State Universitynear Nigeria’s southernoil-rich delta before beingposted on the Internet.

The video “shows forme that they’re daring so-ciety to take action on it,”said Josephine Effah-Chuk-wuma, the executive direc-tor of Project Alert, awomen’s rights group.

“It shows that there’s ahigh level of impunity.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gang-rape victimpleads: ‘Kill me’

Video of attack in university dorm jolts Nigeria — and the Internet Activists plan a protest march

Punished again

Activists say they fear forthe woman shown beingattacked in the video. Shenow may be shunned bythose who can identify herface.

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UN bid sparks checkpoint chaos Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces at the Qalandia checkpointbetween the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem yesterday. Violenceflared as thousands of Palestinians rallied across the West Bank to show supportfor their president’s bid to win United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state.

West Bank. Thousands rally

An international activist helps a Palestinian protester injured in the eye by a tear gas canister reportedly fired by Israeli soldiers.

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Canada’s family doctorshave released a blueprintthat shows a caring bed-side manner.

Its focus: Timely accessto care for all Canadians.

The College of FamilyPhysicians of Canada envisions a personal family doctor for everyperson in Canada by 2020and family practices thatserve as the “patient’smedical home.”

“We think there hasbeen a fall-off in the quali-ty of care that has beenprovided for Canadians be-cause of the difficulty ac-cessing and navigating thesystem,” said Dr. CalvinGutkin, CEO of the col-

lege, which represents26,000 family physicians.THE CANADIAN PRESS

GPS keepstabs on kidsDaycare centres in Swedenare using GPS systems tokeep tabs on children dur-ing excursions.

But some parents fearthe technology will be

used to replace staff. Monica Blank-Hedqvist,

boss of a Borlange day carecentre, said yesterday herstaff have been using GPSdevices during supervisedwalks in the forest: thekids wear vests with trans-mitters that staff can trackon a screen.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Study findsCanadiansthink sugaris so sweetDo Canadians have asweet tooth?

A new Statistics Canadareport found Canadiansconsumed 26 teaspoons ofsugar a day, which worksout to 21 per cent of theirdaily calorie intake.

The U.S. Institute ofMedicine says no morethan 25 per cent of totaldaily energy intake shouldcome from added sugars.

The World HealthOrganization recommends

a daily maximum of 10 percent of calories from freesugars, that is added sugar,syrups or honey.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Dr. Rob Boulay, presidentof the college, said allCanadians should expectto have a family doctorand the co-ordinated services of other health-care professionals, includ-ing nurses, pharmacistsand specialists.An infusion of $340 millionin federal money is goingtoward accelerating theadoption of electronicmedical records byclinicians, it’s reported.

GPs move to boost quality of care

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The Canadian study shows31 per cent of sugarconsumed was from veg-etables and fruit, but 35per cent came from foodslike soft drinks and candy.Sugar consumption waslowest among women 71and older and highestamong teenage boys.


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Officials at the Fukushi-

ma Dai-ichi plant, whereengineers are still strug-gling with small radiationleaks due to tsunami dam-age, expressed relief thatTyphoon Roke’s drivingwinds and rain caused noimmediate problemsthere.

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over,” said Takeo Iwamoto,spokesman for plant oper-ator Tokyo Electric PowerCo., after the storm passedjust west of the plant on itsway north.

The typhoon broughtnew misery to the north-eastern region alreadyslammed by the March 11

earthquake and tsunami,dumping up to 42 centime-tres of rain in some areas.

In Tokyo, where manyrush-hour commutertrains were suspended,thousands of commuterswere stuck at stationsacross the sprawling city.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Deadly typhoon hits Japan

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Death toll mounts in quakeSoldiers in northeastern India cleared a path yester-day to a hydroelectric project where 17 people wereconfirmed killed by landslides from Sunday’s power-ful Himalayan earthquake in the region, bringing theoverall toll in the disaster to 99.

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Indian villagers evacuated by helicopterfrom Chungthang arrive at a helipad in Mangan, India, yesterday.

Lawsuit inwrongfulconvictionAfter spending much of hisadult life in prison for agrisly murder he did notcommit, Kyle Unger is nowsuing for compensation.

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Unger was sentenced tolife in prison, but as theyears went by, the evidenceused to convict him startedto unravel.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Gunmen dump 35 bodies in the heart of Mexican city

Crime in Veracruz

Veracruz state AttorneyGeneral Reynaldo EscobarPerez said the bodieswere left piled in twotrucks and on the groundunder the overpass. Hesaid some of the victimsshowed signs of torture.

Among the bodies was alocal police officer whohad gone missing twoweeks ago, Escobar toldW Radio in Mexico City.

Police have identified 32of the victims so far andmaintain they all hadcriminal records for actssuch as murder, drug deal-ing, kidnapping and extor-tion and were linked toorganized crime, saidMagda Zayas,spokeswoman for the Ver-acruz Attorney General’sOffice.

Suspected drug traffickersdumped 35 bodies at rushhour beneath a busy over-pass in the heart of a majorGulf Coast city as gunmenpointed weapons at fright-ened drivers. Mexican au-thorities said yesterdaythey are examining surveil-lance video for clues towho committed the crime.

Horrified motoristsgrabbed cellphones andsent Twitter messageswarning others to avoidthe area near the biggestshopping mall in Boca delRio, part of the metropoli-tan area of Veracruz city.

The gruesome gesturemarked a sharp escalationin cartel violence in Ver-acruz state, which sits onan important route fordrugs and Central Ameri-can migrants heading

north.Local media said that 12

of the victims were womenand that some of the deadmen had been among pris-oners who escaped fromthree Veracruz prisons on

Monday, but Veracruz stateAttorney General ReynaldoEscobar Perez denied theescaped convicts wereamong the dead. Fourteenof the 32 escapees werecaught. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

No conclusions yet from surveillance video, prosecutors say Some escaped convicts still missing

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Jailed U.S. menfreed in Iran TEHRAN. Two Americansjailed in Iran as spies leftTehran yesterday boundfor the Gulf state ofOman. Iran’s clericsreleased the pair fromTehran’s Evin prison on$500,000 US bail each. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Georgia inmateexecutedJACKSON, GA. Georgia exe-cuted Troy Davis last

night for the murder ofan off-duty police officer,a crime he deniedcommitting right to theend as supporters aroundthe world mourned.

The U.S. SupremeCourt rejected a final re-quest for a stay in thehours before his death.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Assange biopublishedLONDON. A memoir byWikiLeaks founder Julian

Assange isfinallybeing pub-lished —without hisapproval.

British publisher Canon-gate said yesterday the“unauthorized autobiog-raphy” will go on sale to-day.

Assange began work-ing with a ghostwriter onthe book last year, butlater declared, “All mem-oir is prostitution.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A Munich consumerwatchdog group says Ok-toberfest revellers are be-ing shorted on beer at thefamous Bavarian beer fes-tival.

In a test of 100 standardmass mugs conducted bythe Association AgainstFraudulent Pouring — agroup that’s been runningfor more than a century —not one was full, theorganization saidyesterday.

In tests conductedacross a dozen Oktoberfesttents Tuesday, 1-litre (33.8-ounce) mugs ranged frombeing filled with 24.7ounces of beer from onevendor to a respectable31.8 ounces at another.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Test finds Oktoberfest visitorsare being denied full-size mug suds

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Latest iPhone en route?Apple hasn’t said when itwill release the next ver-sion of the iPhone, butformer U.S. vice-president and current Ap-ple Inc. board member AlGore believes newiPhones will be here inOctober.

Gore spoke yesterdayat the Discovery Invest

Leadership Summit in Jo-hannesburg, SouthAfrica. Toby Shapshak,the editor of Stuff Maga-zine’s South African edi-tion, said Gore’s mentionof “the new iPhones com-ing out next month” wasa plug for the product.

Gore’s comments,which Shapshak said herecorded on his iPhone,were reported earlier byTheNextWeb. If Gore isright, that could indicateApple will introducemore than one model.

An Apple spokesmandeclined to comment.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sud scene

More than six millionguests from around theworld are expected to descend on the beer tentsof Munich for this year’sOktoberfest, happeningfor 17 days.

Last year, visitors to thefest consumed some 7.1million mugs of beer.

Oktoberfest is the world’slargest beer festival, run-ning from Sept. 17 untilOct. 3.

It’s one of the mostfamous events in Germany.

Ciggie ads heat debateA U.S. judge peppered agovernment lawyer withquestions yesterday ex-pressing doubts aboutwhether the Food and DrugAdministration can forcetobacco companies to postimages on their cigarettepackages showing the ef-fects of smoking.

At question is whether

the nine graphic imagesproposed by the FDA con-vey just the facts about therisks of smoking or go be-yond that into advocacy.

They include a cloud ofcigarette smoke withininches of a baby’s face and adead smoker with surgicalstitches in his chest, amongothers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Canada’s biggest carrierhas said it needs an im-proved cost structure froma separate low-cost carrierto compete on leisureroutes to Europe and theCaribbean.

But Robert Kokonis,president of airline con-sulting firm AirTrav, said

collective agreements thatlower pension costs andchange work rules may al-low Air Canada to avoidthe complexity of estab-lishing another carrier al-together.

“If Air Canada canachieve most of what itneeds to achieve on alabour cost or pensionsfront just with the presentcarrier, it may nullify someof the requirement toopen up a low-cost carri-er,” he said in an interview.

Agreement details havenot yet been disclosed.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Deal may ease needfor low-cost airline

Jeff Taylor, president of flight attendants’ union,says 80% of demands met after tense negotiations

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U.S. home sales upThe National Association of Realtors said yesterdaythat U.S. home sales rose 7.7 per cent last month toa seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.03 millionhomes. That’s below the six million that economistssay is consistent with a healthy housing market.

Market. Foreclosures

The number of Americans who bought previously occupied homes rose in August. Sales were driven by an increase in foreclosures, a sign that home prices could fall further next year and slow a housing recovery.

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Air Canada chief financialofficer Michael Rousseautold an investor confer -ence there are severalways to reach costs compa-rable to competitors.He said they can add seats,reduce overhead costs ornegotiate different workrules.Rousseau said the launchof a low-cost carrier “willprobably be pushed outuntil next year, at least.”

Fiat’s creditrating getsdowngradedThe ratings agencyMoody’s has downgradedthe credit rating of FiatSpA, citing financial riskstied to the integration

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U.S. REAL ESTATE. In Amer-ica, it’s starting to feel asif there are two housingmarkets. One for the richand one for everyoneelse.

Consider foreclosure-ravaged Detroit. In thehistoric Green Acres dis-trict, a haven forhipsters, a pristine,three-bedroom brick Tu-dor recently sold for$6,000 US.

Yet just 25 kilometresaway, in the posh subur-ban enclave of Birming-ham, bidding wars areback. Multimillion-dollarmansions are sellingquickly. Sales this Augustwere up 21 per cent fromthe previous year.

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The band, which split up in 2005,tells Businessweek they are consider-ing auctioning off the domain name,or at least renting it out even thoughthey aren’t fans of the political TeaParty movement.

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LISTEN, YOU DON’TWANT TO UPSETTHIS TEACHER

Hi, kids! I’m here to talk toyour class about teachers be-cause they’re important peo-ple to ... HEY! SHUT UP ANDLISTEN!

I’m not a teacher, so I cansay that. So no talking, eyes front, iPhoneson vibrate, safety on all weapons.

Teachers change your life, kids. Theyhelp burst the protective bubble that par-ents have been building around you in thehope that you would never discover drugs,Darwin or Megan Fox.

Yet some of you give teachers a hard time and ... hey!No cheering!

This is what I mean. Teachers enter the profession filledwith idealism but leave the classroom cynical and dispirit-ed — usually by lunch hour.

One in three Canadian teachers leaves the professionafter five years. I said NO CHEERING! Most get jobs inmore relaxing professions, such as bomb disarmament. “Isnip the wires and can feel my self unwind,” one formerteacher said.

No one cares about teachers, kids — not even adults. Ateacher can be in the newsbecause a deranged studentbit off his nose, and all theadults watching will think,“Wish I got summers off.”

Many teachers havecracked. Unfortunately foryou, I have the solution. Theproblem is teachers havebeen treating you as allies.

Meanwhile, you rippedup the teacher-student con-tract, made it into spitballs,and fired them through theEmpty Pen Casing of Disre-spect.

Well, your reign of terroris over.

See, I remember whichteachers got respect. It was-n’t the nice ones who want-ed to help. Those teachers

crumbled like the Wagon Wheels in my packed lunch.No, the teachers in control were the ones who had an

aura of menace: Dr. Dunn, whose title stirred up dread;Mr. Comeau, whose possibly apocryphal history ofteenage knife fights awed us all; and Mr. Smith, whose un-blinking eyes said, “You cannot comprehend how little Ithink of you.”

The thing is, none of these teachers did anythingthreatening. They barely raised their voices. But there wasalways the fear of ... well, we weren’t sure, but we knew itwould be a Bad Thing.

So get ready, students. I’ll be sharing this secret withteachers and they’ll be spreading rumours aboutthemselves nationwide. Principal Peterson? He has a pun-ishment called “The Belt Buckle of Death.” Miss McIntyre?Out on parole. And don’t get Mr. Banner angry. You won’tlike him if he’s angry.

Teachers will regain control, and they’ll be able to getback to what they do best: pushing you up a grade regard-less of merit.

Now, class, let’s open our books to Megan Fox ...

HE SAYS ...

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It’s de-scribed as acomedy ofsecrets, butthat’s noreason tonot tell you

about it. The Canadian premiere

and Arts Club Granville Is-land Stage season opener,Circle Mirror Transforma-tion whisks us to a small-town drama class inVermont, where wackyacting games take on a big-ger role in the lives of aquartet of locals.

Written by 29-year-oldAmerican playwright An-nie Baker, the piece pre-miered in 2009 and wonthe 2010 Obie Award forBest New American Play.

And it was hardly begin-ner’s luck.

Her play Aliens, whichpremiered in the spring of2010, shared the award,while her off-Broadway de-but, Body Awareness, re-ceived nominations forDrama Desk and OuterCritics Circle Awards.

"I was 100 per cent surethat I would never ‘makeit’ as a writer,” says Baker,

“But I kept writing any-way, because writing addsgreat meaning to my lifeand keeps me sane.

“If you’re happy notwriting, don’t be a writer...”

Veteran Vancouver per-former Nicole Cavendish

directs. “Because of her many

years as one of Canada’smost inspired and empa-thetic performers,(Cavendish) was the firstperson I thought of to di-rect the Canadian pre-miere of a piece thatcentres on the connectionsbetween individuals,” saysthe Arts Club artistic man-aging director Bill Millerd.

The play stars Alex Di-

akun, Emilee-Juliette Glyn-Jones, Brian Linds, DonnaWhite and Anita Witten-berg.

Circle Mirror Transfor-mation opens at theGranville Island Stage(1585 Johnston St.) tonightand will only run until Oct.22.

Tickets are $29 to $49,at the Arts Club Box Office.Check out artsclub.com formore information.

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Emilee-Juliette Glyn-Jones, left, Anita Wittenberg, and Alex Diakun in the

Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Circle Mirror Transformation.

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Events

What else is going on in

the area

Still Stinging A secondshow has been added toSting’s Back to Bass tourstop here in Vancouver.The Dec. 8 show is nowsold out, but tickets to aDec. 9 gig go on sale Mon-

day at 10 a.m. Tickets are$51 - $151.50 atLiveNation.com.

Northern Lights Sexysynth-slayer Lights comesto the Vogue in VancouverNov. 15 in support of hersophomore album, Siberia,which comes out Oct. 4.Tickets, $27, on saletomorrow at 10 a.m.through LiveNation.com.

Neil Young

Neil Young’s takinga look at his life for anew memoir.The tentatively titledWaging Heavy Peaceis scheduled for re-lease in fall 2012, ac-cording to anannouncement frompublisher Blue RiderPress issued on Tues-day.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Saskatchewan-born jazz musicianwins John Lennon music writing

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Sarah Michelle Geller stars as Siobhan Martin/Bridget Kelly on Ringer.

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Proving herselfStar Maria Bello has nothing but love for her new drama, Prime Suspect

Fans of Sarah Michelle Gel-lar have double the reasonto tune in to her new dra-ma, Ringer.

In this relationship-dri-ven thriller, the formerBuffy the Vampire Slayerstar plays identical twins— Bridget, a former addictwho is on the run afterwitnessing a murder, andSiobhan, a New YorkCity socialite with aseemingly perfectlife.

When Siobhangoes missing after theestranged sisters hadjust begun to reconcile,Bridget assumes her twin’sidentity, only to learnSiobhan was hiding morethan a few dark secrets ofher own. That essentiallymeans Gellar is playingthree characters in the se-ries — Bridget, Siobhan,and Bridget-pretending-to-be-Siobhan.

She’s got a clearfavourite: “Whoever hasthe best wardrobe at thetime,” Gellar jokes.

Of course, it’s a littlemore complex than Gucciversus Gap. Gellar relatesplaying the sisters to par-

enting children since “youhave to love each one indi-vidually and understand(the one you’re playing atthe time),” she explains.“So when I’m Bridget, Ifeel that all of Bridget’smotivations are hers andSiobhan is wrong. Andwhen I’m Siobhan, every-

thing Bridget does iswrong. I try to get

into the head ofeach of them.”

Acting-wise,it’s not a new

challenge for the34-year-old, who

played multiple char-acters in Buffy using the“old-school split screen”method.

But technology hascome a long way since thatsupernatural series wentoff the air in 2003.

“There’s so much morethat’s available now be-tween face replacementand the stop motion cam-eras,” Gellar enthuses.

“So during the pilot, weplayed with all of themlike kids with new toys tofigure out what worksbest.”

AMBER RAY

Tune in:

Ringer airs

Fridays on

Global.

Make no mistake — Glob-al’s Prime Suspect is not aremake of the classicBritish crime thriller star-ring Helen Mirren.

Aside from title, what itborrows from its overseascounterpart is a strong, yetflawed, central characterdetermined to prove she’s adamn good homicide detec-tive, no matter what themen in her squad think ofher.

On the eve of the bigpremiere, we caught upwith star Maria Bello, whoplays Detective Jane Timo-ney with an absorbing witand attitude — thanks inpart to her very own addi-tion to the costume.

Does the title Prime Suspecthelp create buzz or draw criti-cism from fans of the Britishseries? You know, we’ve been solucky in a way. People haverecognized immediatelythat it’s a way differentshow. So then the compar-isons stop.

Did you have any apprehen-sions stepping into this role?Before I took the job, I saidno to it. I was scared of be-ing put in some sort of abox and not being able tobe collaborative or creative,which often happens in TV.

I didn’t want to not seemy son; my friends whowork on these kinds of

shows sometimes work 14or 5 hours a day. I met theproducers — Pete Berg,Sarah Aubrey, Alex Cun-ningham, they’re so bril-liant — and they said tome, “It won’t be like that.We trust you to create thischaracter how you see thischaracter and collaboratewith us. And you’ll neverwork more than 12 hours aday and you will have alife.”

And they’ve lived up totheir promises and it’s justthe most extraordinary jobI’ve had.

Can you talk about makingJane Timoney your own char-acter? Details like her scarvesand the hat and smoking —how much input did you havein those little things that areso much a part of her?The brilliant Amy Stofsky,the costume designer, sheand I had the exact sameidea for the clothing,which is an updatedKatharine Hepburn. Youknow, that kind of male-fe-male look that she’s reallyfeminine, but at the sametime wears these kind ofsexy men’s clothes. And I

went in that direction andat first the (producers) werelike, “Well, uh, I don’tknow.” But I really foughtfor it and said, “Listen, shehas her own style. I knowgreat policewomen, as wellas men, who have greatstyle.” It’s not like every po-licewoman has to runaround in gray pants suitand high heels and red lip-stick. You know, it’s notlike that everywhere. Janedoes have her own style.

How much does putting onthat hat help in “becoming”Jane?The hat — my dearestfriend Claire gave it to me ayear ago. She took it off herhead and put it on my headand said, “This belongs toyou.” And as soon as I wasreading the character ofJane I knew she was sup-posed to have that hat on.And when I put that hat on,like the publicity says,“Cop an attitude.” I feellike I have the biggest atti-tude in the world. It kind ofmakes Jane, Jane.

And I’m enjoying thecontroversy (over the hat).Actually it’s not controver-sy, one guy said it and peo-ple have picked up on it,which is bizarre. You knowlike, “Oh, some people aredistracted by the hat,”which I think he was. Butanyway, I like it because Ithink that exactly tells whoJane is. She doesn’t give a(expletive) who likes herhat or not.

Maria Bello stars in Prime Suspect, which airs tonight on Global

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After writing 28 books,Jackie Collins says she has-n’t run out of things towrite about. She gets herideas from reading thenewspaper, watching televi-sion and keeping up withthe world around her.

Her latest, Goddess ofVengeance, brings backLucky Santangelo, a sassy,sharp and powerful heroinewho has everything.

Collins, 73, was recentlyinterviewed by the The As-sociated Press.

The character of Lucky

Santangelo is so popular. Do

you feel pressure to keep

writing about her?

My publishers would loveme to throw Lucky intoevery single book I write.But I don’t do so. Luckycomes in every two or threebooks. Sometimes I bringher in as a minor character.... People say to me, “Howold is Lucky Santangelonow?” And I go, “How old isJames Bond?” (Laughs.) Be-cause he’s a man nobodyever says, “Well, JamesBond has been going hun-dreds of years and he’s thesame age.” It’s kind of thesame with Lucky.

Did you ever feel bashful

about writing about sex?

I never felt bashful aboutwriting about sex. You haveto say to yourself, “This is

the character.” The charac-ter takes me over when I’mwriting them.

Did you ever think about

your readers?

As a writer, you can neverthink about who is going toread your books. Is it goingto be my mom? My chil-dren? A lot of people say tome, “Oh, I read your booksunder a cover with a flash-light when I was reallyyoung and I learned every-thing I know about sexfrom you.”

And I go, “Well, haveyour husband or boyfriendgiven any complaints, andthey go, “Ohhhh no.” And Iget married couples, thewife will say, “I was readingyour book on my honey-moon and my husbandsaid, ‘Your nose is in thatbook all the time,’ so Ishared it with him and thenwe ended up having a fabu-lous honeymoon.” I thinkI’ve helped people’s sexlives. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jackie Collins

CHRIS PIZZELLO

Collins isn’tshy about sex Say ‘Good morning

Angels’ all over again New Charlie’s Angels series heads to Miami with reboot focused on more action

Miami is the new city of an-gels — at least the city ofCharlie’s Angels.

ABC is jumping into thereboot game this fall withan updated version of theclassic series that kicks offthe network’s Thursdaynight prime-time lineup.Moving its setting and pro-duction from Los Angeles toSouth Florida, the newshow gets a fresh start in anew city.

The remake tries to dis-tance itself from the campof the 1970s version, striv-ing to be a more groundedaction series. The firstepisode begins with twoAngels — a former thiefplayed by Rachael Taylorand a disgraced police offi-cer played by Annie Ilonzeh— seeing the third memberof their team killed duringa mission.

Their boss CharlieTownsend and his assistantBosley — played by RamonRodriguez — persuade thesurvivors to recruit a newAngel, a street racer playedby Minka Kelly.

With Drew Barrymore —an Angel in the 2000 and2003 films — serving as anexecutive producer, theshow was developed by Al

Gough and Miles Millar, theduo behind the hit WBshow Smallville, which fol-lowed the exploits of ayoung, pre-Superman ClarkKent. ABC had been plan-ning to bring back Charlie’sAngels for several yearswhen Gough and Millar gotinvolved last spring.

They acknowledge thatfans have certain expecta-tions and will scream ifthey aren’t met. The origi-nal Charlie’s Angels was acultural phenomenonwhen it debuted in 1976,making stars of Farrah Faw-cett, Kate Jackson and Ja-

clyn Smith. Fawcett provedparticularly popular, withboys posting her iconicposter in their rooms andgirls copying her featheredhair.

“When you say you’regoing to reboot Charlie’sAngels, you certainly arejust hanging a big target onyour back,” Gough said.“What you want to do ideal-ly is reconnect with an au-dience that loved the showwhen they were youngerand also bring new fans toit.”

But the new show startsfresh: These Angels aren’t

saints. In the original, thewomen had all trained tobecome L.A. police officersbut sexism in the depart-ment had left them relegat-ed to menial positions, soCharlie recruited them tobe real detectives. In thenew series, the Angels allhave sketchy pasts. Charlierecruits them to give thema second chance, using theskills they developed ascriminals to do good.

“They’re sort of Angelswith dirty faces,” Goughsaid.

Taylor said she and herco-stars are looking forwardto putting a modern twiston the mythology.

“Even though they wereextremely cool and success-ful, we just want to do ourown version,” Taylor said.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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confidence when he startedrecording his very first al-bum, Let Them Talk — hesays he was “absolutely ter-rified.”

The album is steeped in

New Orleans blues, andLaurie sings, plays pianoand guitar on classic tunes.Let Them Talk debuted inthe United Kingdom at No.2 last spring and was re-

Established actor also has a successful music career leased in the United Statesthis month. The 52-year-oldLaurie talked about his mu-sic career during a recentinterview with The Associ-ated Press.

Did the success of your albumin England make you feel

more confident about releas-ing it in the United States?I suppose so, yes, becauseyou worry about your ownfamily, don’t you? You wor-ry about what your familythinks before anyone else,and whatever triumphs bigor small you might have inthe outside world, if yourmum says it’s rubbish,that’s always going to (both-er you).

Did you ever consider releas-ing the album under a differ-ent name?I did once upon a timewrite a novel and I wrote itunder another name andsubmitted it under anothername and wanted to pub-lish it under another name,but was talked out of it by apublisher who actuallystarted banging his head onthe desk. ... He said, ‘If youknew how hard it is to getpeople’s attention in thepublishing world,’ and Idon’t think the musicalworld is anything different.This is not a world forshrinking violets. ... I wantthis to be honest. I want itto be open and I want to de-clare myself and if peoplewant to throw rotten fruit,they can.

What’s it like performing itlive?Live music seems to begrowing and growing. It’sas if people really morethan ever seem to hungerfor that actual communica-tion. If you’d asked me ayear ago, I’d say I’d go to anylengths to avoid the terrorof that confrontation. But,

I’ve really got a taste for itnow. I’m not saying I knowhow to do it. I absolutelydon’t. I’ve really got a tastefor it. I’ve had a fantastictime.

The album really payshomage to this type of music.I wasn’t born immersed inthis music. I’ve immersedmyself throughout mywhole life, but that stilldoesn’[t really count, youknow, when you’re havinga green card interview; thatdoesn’t really count to sayI’ve listened to a lot ofScreamin’ Jay Hawkinsrecords — that questiondidn’t come up.

But, I’m approaching thesource of this music thatI’ve loved all my life and Ido so with trepidation and alot of respect. I hope peoplewill believe and understandI’m not being cavalier aboutit. This is not a casual thingfor me at all.

This is more importantthan almost anything I’veever done.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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thoughts on how House

will be different without

cast member Lisa

Edelstein:

“It’s a huge loss, but at thesame time whensomething like thathappens, it actually gives astrange sort of jolt of ener-gy to the thing.”

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The ’70sWomanly silhouettes de-fine the ’70s fashion re-vival this season, likeskirts anddresses thathit belowthe knee. Wide-leggeddresspants canbe pairedwith ablouse thatties in alarge, floppy bow atthe collar. Go for a relaxedtailored look with a trenchcoat worn over flared dresspants or jeans. Key coloursare camel, cognac and or-ange.

The ’60sThis look ismore preppyand girlish withshort andstraight silhou-ettes. The A-lineshift dress is akey piece, and isbest worn with ahigh-heeled loaferand classic acces-sories like a multi-tude of janglingmetal bangles. Im-portant colours arebeige and navy withbright pink, mus-tard or orange ac-cents.

GlamThink rich colours and tex-tures. Expect dramaticblack and jewel tones —like crimson, emerald,

cobalt — in sumptuousfabrics like satin, velvetand silk fringe. Wear thislook now in black anddeep red nail colours. Thetrend will become morevisible in clothing as the

holiday season ap-proaches. Importantpieces for women in-clude the men’s style

tuxedo and the ki-mono jacket.

Flowerpower

The floral printsthat have sprouted up inseasons past show no signsof withering. Warm up thefall chill with vibrantflower print shirts, pants,dresses, or shoes.

LayeringThis trend is perfect forcold Canadian winters.It’s all about volume —piling on layers and lay-ers of knits. A tunicworn over loosetrousers, or a chunkyknit sweater dress overwool leggings is greatfor keeping warm thisseason, especially whentopped with a coat,boots and a shearlinghat.

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ColourGo crazy. Layer solidcolours to your heart’scontent in every article ofclothing you wear. Evennormally neutral stapleslike coats and pants aren’texempt. Contrastingcolours are welcome. Thered pant is an especiallystrong piece this fall.

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The chunky heel — It’sback for fall in pumps withor without a platform,booties and knee-highboots (to wear underthose long ’70s skirts).

Western influence — Lookfor boots in rich brownleathers and suedes thatseem like they mightbelong in a stirrup. Trysoftening the look with afloral dress.

Curved heel — Thesequirky shoes can helpmake an otherwise conser-vative outfit a little moreplayful.

Conspicuous socks — Keepyour tootsies warm andbeguile onlookers by wear-ing solid or patternedsocks with your high heels.Best worn scrunched downnear the ankle.

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A hand-embroidered pillowcase done by the Mazzarone workshop in Venice as featured in The Book of Fine Linen.

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Textile weaving, lace tat-ting and embroidery couldtake craftspeople hundredsof hours; the resultingpieces were treasured,loved and passed alongthrough families.

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Kate Middleton’s dressEnglish-born Anna Red-grave of Annapolis Royal,N.S., owns Highland Lace, avintage linens web shop.

Her lifelong passion forantique textiles was nur-

tured by her grandmother,a member of the RoyalNeedlework Society and aseamstress at BuckinghamPalace.

“She was responsible forfinding and sewing all theembellishments on the ballgowns,” says Redgrave. TheSociety was the same groupthat, 60 years later, madethe overlay of lace on KateMiddleton’s dress.

Redgrave sells lace cur-tains, embroidered linennapkins, cutwork cottoncloths and a variety of itemscrafted of repurposedlinens, from the turn of thecentury through the 1950s.

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“Monogrammed pieceswere usually handed down,so they’re highly valued,”Redgrave says.

Jane Nicholson (mrsni-cholson.com) is a designerand decorator also based inAnnapolis Royal. She looksfor linens with a niceweave. “If you’re buying’40s and ’50s tablecloths,

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Flea markets, tag sales,estate auctions, thrift shopsand vintage stores are allgood sources, but try toglean the provenance ofyour find. To whom did thepiece belong? Was it part ofa trousseau? “Informationlike that makes the piececome alive,” says Nicholson.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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vironmentally unfriendlyingredients. But what if youwant to go green and stillget the toilet bowl, sinkand tile to sparkle?

Start by stocking up onwhite vinegar and bakingsoda.

These two staples of thekitchen can help keep your

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A little bit of chemistryhelps explain why. “Vine-

Congrats — you scrubbed the toilet because your in-laws are stopping byBut the cleaner you used may be bad for you — and for the environment

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gar, because of its acidity,can be good for (cleaning)hard water and soap scum,”said Rebecca Sutton, a sen-ior scientist with the Envi-ronmental Working Group,a public interest group de-voted to protecting healthand the environment.

Baking soda, on the oth-er hand, is alkaline, said An-nie B. Bond, author ofbooks on green living, in-cluding Home Enlighten-ment. Mix the baking sodawith some water and makea paste, and it can be usedas a scrub.

And don’t forget thesoap — a mild castile soapmade from olive or veg-etable oils.

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You can brighten the sinkand “get the white back” bypouring in vinegar and leav-ing it there for a while,Bond said. Also, try the softscrub made from baking so-da and water. “It’s not amatter of elbow grease. It’sa matter of letting it set fora period of time,” she said.THE DRAIN

“To de-grease and sweetensink and tub drains, pour1/2 cup (125 ml) of bakingsoda down drain followedby 1 cup (250 ml) vinegar;let bubble for 15 minutes;

rinse with hot water,” Con-sumer Reports’ GreenerChoices website says.

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“The toilet bowl is difficult,even under the best of cir-cumstances,” Bond said.“Go to a health food storeand get a really good bath-room toilet product.”

For those who want totry a homemade product,Consumer Reports suggestspouring a cup (250 ml) ofborax into the toilet and let-ting it set overnight.

“In the morning, scruband flush,” it said. “For anextra-strength cleaner, add1/4 cup (50 ml) vinegar tothe borax.”THE FLOOR

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Every September, theCakebread team inviteschefs and local farmers toits winery for tasting andcooking. In TheCakebread Cellars Ameri-can Harvest Coobook,Jack Dolores and culinarydirector Brian Streeterpresent 100 recipesdeveloped by these chefs.

Among the dishes are:Halibut with Chorizo andSpicy Tomato Broth, andFour-Cheese Cheesecake.

Food is making its transition from light to hearty Try this Pork Tenderloin as an appy

With cher-ries andrhubarb, thiscompotecomes to-gether per-

fectly. Meanwhile, a littlecrust on the pork tender-loin gives it a goldenbrown colour and texture.

Preparation:

1 Cherry RhubarbCompote: In saucepan,combine rhubarb, cher-ries, brown sugar andbutter over mediumheat and stir occasional-ly until butter is melted.Cover and cook for 5minutes. Stir andremove from heat.

2 Meanwhile, in shallowdish combinebreadcrumbs, parsley,garlic and thyme.Spread mustard all overpork tenderloin andsprinkle with salt andpepper. Roll and pressbreadcrumb mixture allover pork tenderloin.

3 In oven proof skillet,heat oil over mediumhigh heat and browntenderloin on all sides.Place skillet in 400 F(200 C) oven for about20 minutes or until hintof pink remains andthermometer inserted intenderloin reaches 155 F(68 C). Let stand 5 min-utes before slicing.

4 Serve 1 pork slice onbaguette slice and topwith compote. Repeatwith remaining pork,baguette and compote.

Ingredients:• 1/4 cup (50 mL) pankobreadcrumbs• 1 tbsp (15 mL) choppedparsley• 1 small clove garlic,minced• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) chopped

fresh thyme• 2 tsp (10 mL) Dijonmustard• Pinch each salt and pep-per• 1 pork tenderloin, about12 oz/375 g• 1 tbsp (15 mL) canola oil• 1 baguette, sliced

Cherry Rhubarb Compote:• 1 cup (250 mL) choppedfresh rhubarb• 3/4 cup (175 mL) halvedpitted cherries• 2 tbsp (25 mL) packedbrown sugar• 1 tbsp (15 mL) butter

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This recipe makes about 24 pieces.

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Lions running into successFinding their legs hashelped the B.C. Lions keepstride in the CFL playoffrace.

With running backs An-drew Harris and Tim Browncarrying most of the load,the Lions have rushed for498 yards while winningtheir last four games. TheLions carried the ball 27times in their 32-19 winover the Calgary Stamped-ers last weekend, theirhighest total in 17 games.

“It has been importantto what we are doing,”quarterback Travis Lulaysaid after the Lions finishedpractice yesterday under adark, threatening sky attheir training facility in Sur-rey.

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The B.C. run attack wasin full retreat early in theseason. Over the last sixgames the offensive linehas been better and al-lowed the ground game tofind some traction.

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“When you don’t get in-to a rhythm, when youdon’t get that many oppor-tunities, it’s tough to findthe holes and it’s tough tobe back there,” said Harris,

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Harris is in his secondfull year with the Lions.Wally Buono, B.C.’s coachand general manager, saidthe team was patient withhis development.

“We took it slow,” saidBuono. “He’s reaping thebenefits of it and so are we.”

Harris has 239 yards on51 carries this year. Brown,who leads the league inpunt returns, has rushedfor 196 yards and fourtouchdowns on 40 carries.THE CANADIAN PRESS

B.C. has put dismal start to 2011 in rear view as strategy shifts focus toward ground game

B.C. Lion Tim Brown runs against the Blue Bombers earlier in the season.

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6thThe B.C. running gamestill has some catchingup to do. The Lionsrank sixth in the CFLfor total yards rushing(1,084) and yards pergame (98.6).

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