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Edmonton police Chief Rod Knechtis hoping for better numbers thisyear.

It’s a simple math wish: Hewants more officers investigatingfewer homicides.

The city spent the majority of2011 with the highest homicidenumbers in the country, earningthe nickname Deadmonton fromsome media. By mid-October, it sur-passed its record of 38 homicides,set in 2005.

And by December, Edmonton’shomicide tally was neck-and-neckwith Toronto’s. Edmonton finishedthe year with 47 killings, beatingToronto at 46.

“It puts us in the spotlight, andnobody likes to be in the spotlight,”said Knecht. “What we’ve got to dois invest in the homicide unit andtry to stay ahead of the curve asbest we can.”

And that’s his plan. Knecht saidseven to 10 officers will be added tothe unit early this year.

Ten officers were temporarilyassigned to help the 16-memberteam last spring, when the homi-

cide numbers started climbing andcausing concern. Knecht said theexpansion needs to be permanent.

Even if the homicide rate dropsthis year, he said the unit will bebusy trying to make arrests in manyof its 2011 cases. About 40 per centof the files remain unsolved.

“We’ll be in big trouble if in 2012we have the same numbers as wehave in 2011, because our folks arestretched to capacity.”

Knecht recently sat down withan Edmonton woman who want-ed to talk with him about her son’sunsolved killing a few years ago.

“Please solve the murder of myson,” she told the chief. The con-versation has stuck with him.

“There are many other peopleout there like this lady, who aregrieving, who need resolution, whoneed closure,” he said.

Knecht said sexual assaults inthe city increased in 2011, butproperty crime, break-and-enters,personal robberies and vehiclethefts all dropped. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Chief focused onlower murder rate

Three-to-five-year plan includes community outreach programsCity approved $3 million to hire new officers and staff

Oilers win battle with HawksThe Oilers scored three goals in the second period to comeaway with a 4-3 win during a chippy game against the ChicagoBlackhawks on Monday night. For more, see page 17.

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Busy unit

Knecht said he hopes 40-plushomicides each year is not thenew normal. Historically, the cityaverages about 28.

He said the unit also has a pile of100 cold cases dating back threedecades, and it’s important tokeep working on those.

Chief Rod Knecht

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For three years, Kunitzand family have used theirlongtime retail shoe busi-ness to help Edmontoni-ans in need of footwear,especially children’s shoesand boots.

“People were leaving

shoes behind when theybought a new pair,” saysKunitz. “It’s a small partwe can play and easy todo. We’re just facilitators.”

Kunitz likes this year’sinitiative to collect men’swork boots, pointing tothe $200-plus price tag forproper safety industryfootwear that can be outof reach for some.

Karen Diaper, SalvationArmy assistant public rela-tions director for Edmon-ton and area, recalls thatone fellow was able totake a job because of the

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Everett Kunitz collects serviceable used shoes,

which will be distributed through the Salvation Army

to needy men, women and children.

This year, work boots are most wanted.

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A hand up, not a handout Mancharged inhomicideEdmonton police havecharged a man in the city’s47th homicide of 2011.

Officers were called toan apartment suite at 83Street and Jasper Avenue atabout 3 p.m. on Dec. 31,where they found the bodyof a woman in her 20s.

Police said they believethe deceased woman andthe accused knew each oth-er.

Joshua James Houle, 27,is charged with second-degree murder.

An autopsy for thevictim, who has not beenidentified, is slated forWednesday morning.

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Womankilled insuspicioushouse fireidentifiedA 60-year-old woman whodied in a New Year’s Evefire, which police are con-sidering suspicious, hasbeen named.

Rukmani Prasad, 60,hailed from Fiji but was liv-ing in Edmonton with herhusband, said family mem-bers. Fire crews were calledto the home at 147 Avenueand 32 Street after a blazebroke out Saturdayafternoon.

Prasad died at the scenefrom her injuries.

Her husband sufferedburns to 68 per cent of hisbody. An autopsy is slatedfor Tuesday. METRO

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Kunitz Shoes accepts wear-able used shoes at the

south side and JasperAvenue stores, giving $20toward a new pair of shoesfor a donated pair.

For every 4 pairs of workboots donated, Blunstoneand Kunitz Shoes willdonate a pair of brand newsteel-toed CSA-approvedwork boots to the SalvationArmy for free distribution.

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Three more Grenada po-lice officers were chargedwith manslaughter onSunday in the beatingdeath of a Canadian as thecountry’s prime ministerinsisted the case isn’t in-dicative of the Caribbeanisland’s law enforcement.

“This is really an isolat-

ed case, it’s unfortunate,”Prime Minister TillmanThomas told The CanadianPress in a phone interviewfrom his home Sundaynight.

A police statement saidofficers Edward Gibson,Shaun Ganness and RuddyFelix were arrested and

charged Sunday in thebeating death of 39-year-old Oscar Bartholomew ofToronto, who was visitingthe island about 160 kilo-metres north of Venezuelato see family. The Sundayarrests brought the num-ber of police suspects tofive. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

More officers charged in Grenada beating death

Authorities arrested a Ger-man man yesterday in con-nection with dozens ofsuspected arson attacksthat destroyed parked cars,scorched buildings and rat-tled much of the second-largest U.S. city over theNew Year’s weekend.

Harry Burkhart, 24, wasbooked for investigation ofarson of an inhabiteddwelling and was beingheld without bail, authori-ties said. Police said he toldarresting officers he’s fromFrankfurt.

Burkhart was arrested

earlier in the day becausehe resembled a “person ofinterest” captured on sur-veillance video. He wasstopped by a reserve sher-iff’s deputy in a van beingsought by arson investiga-tors, who did not rule outthe possibility that othersmay be involved.

More than 50 blazeshave flared since Friday inHollywood, neighbouringWest Hollywood and theSan Fernando Valley, caus-ing about $3 million US indamage.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Man arrested in L.A. arson probeSuspect is a German nationalFederal authorities recognized

him from immigration court: PoliceLos Angeles Fire Department firefighters extinguish

numerous vehicles in a carport in the Sherman Oaks

neighbourhood of Los Angeles Monday.

DAN STEINBERG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“People who knowGrenada ... will tellyou that Grenadais the safestdestination in theCaribbean.”TILLMAN THOMAS, PRIME MINISTER OF GRENADA

MOUNT RAINIER SHOOTING

Suspect inmurder ofU.S. parkrangerfound deadAn armed Iraq War veter-an suspected of killing aMount Rainier NationalPark ranger managed toevade snowshoe-wearingSWAT teams and dogs onhis trail for nearly a day.He couldn’t, however, es-cape the cold.

A plane searching theremote wilderness forBenjamin Colton Barnes,24, Monday discoveredhis body lying partiallysubmerged in an icy,snowy mountain creekwith snow banksstanding several feet highon either side.

“He was wearing a T-shirt, a pair of jeans andone tennis shoe. That wasit,” Pierce CountySheriff’s spokesman EdTroyer said.

Barnes did not haveany external wounds andappears to have diedfrom the elements, he

said. Amedicalexamin-er was atthescene todeter -mine thecause ofdeath.Troyersaid twoweaponswere re-covered,but hedeclinedto saywherethey were located.

According to policeand court documents,Barnes had a troubledtransition to civilian life,with accusations in achild-custody dispute thathe suffered from post-traumatic stress disorderfollowing his Iraq deploy-ments and was suicidal.

Barnes is believed tohave fled to the remotepark on Sunday to hideafter an earlier shootingat a New Year’s house par-ty near Seattle thatwounded four, two criti-cally. Authorities suspecthe then fatally shotranger MargaretAnderson.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Halifax Population: 370,000Homicides were up significantly for Halifax, with17 throughout the municipality in 2011. That’ssix more than in 2010 and four more than theprevious record of 13 from 2009. Most of thehomicides weren’t random, but inlate November three teens werecharged in the indiscriminateshooting of a Halifax-area seniorout for a walk.

VancouverPopulation: 578,000The City of Vancouver saw15 homicides in 2011. Thefinal homicide in the citywas the New Year’s Eve stab-bing death of 19-year-oldDylan Cody Smith at anapartment. In MetroVancouver and the FraserValley, therewere 35homicides in2011, accord-ing to CBC.

CalgaryPopulation: 988,000 Early intervention and fundingcommitments from municipal and provin-cial governments are being touted as ma-jor factors in keeping Calgary’s homicidenumber at 11, the lowest it’s been in eightyears. The final count is in stark contrast tokillings at the height of thecity’s gang war in 2008 and2009, when roughly threetimes the murders wererecorded.

EdmontonPopulation: 730,000Edmonton saw its deadliest year ever in 2011 — in-cluding two slayings in the final 24 hours, with a 35-year-old man and a woman in her 20s becoming the46th and 47th homicide victims. Thecity, which led the country in homi-cides, surpassed its previous recordof 38 from 2005.

TorontoPopulation: 2.5 millionToronto recorded 46 murders in 2011, thelowest number in 25 years. This was thefourth straight year of declines since 2007,when the city recorded its deadliest year(matched in 1991) with 86 homicides. PoliceChief Bill Blair attributed some of the declineto the disruption of gangactivity following sweepingraids carried out across theregion.

OttawaPopulation: 812,000Ottawa had 11homicides in 2011. Fourvictims were womenand the rest men. Kniveswere used in five of thecases. Three othervictims were shot, all ofwhom were men withcriminal ties. The shoot-ings remain unsolved asdo three other cases: Inone case, the cause ofdeath has not been re-leased.Ottawahad 10homicidesin 2010.

WinnipegPopulation: 633,000Winnipeg saw a record 39 homicidesin 2011, up from the previous recordof 34. The high number of killingswas attributed to increasing gang vi-olence and one instance where awoman allegedly setfire to a roominghouse, killing five oc-cupants.

2011 was an unusual year for murders in Canada, with some areas setting recordsfor most or fewest homicides Here’s a look at all nine Metro Canada cities

Numbers tell the story

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London Population: 352,000London police reported eight homicides in 2011 — up from sevenin 2010 — the most murders on record since slayings spiked to 14in 2005. The last murder was reported on Dec. 27, when Said Had-bai, 20, was found shot in a parking lot. He died in hospital.

MontrealPopulation: 1.6 millionMontreal saw 35 homicides on itsterritory in 2011, down two from2010. In the province of Quebec,there were 102homicides, an in-crease of 28 percent. 15

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Mubarak chargescould be dropped

Acquittal of policemen accused of killing protestersraises speculation about former Egyptian presidentThe trial of Hosni Mubarakresumed in Cairo on Mon-day amid speculation thata recent acquittal of police-men tried in the killings ofprotesters could be a prel-ude to the dismissal ofcharges against the oustedEgyptian leader.

Mubarak, 83, is accusedof complicity in the killingof more than 800 protest-ers during the uprisingthat toppled his 29-yearregime last year.

He was brought by heli-copter to the Cairo court-house from a hospitalwhere he is held in cus-tody. He was then taken in-to the defendants’ cage ona gurney.

Another Cairo court onThursday acquitted five po-

licemen of charges ofkilling five protesters dur-ing the uprising last Jan.25 to Feb. 11. The courtsaid three of the defen-dants were not at the siteof the killings while theother two fired on protest-

ers in self-defence.The ruling angered fam-

ilies of the victims. Ac-tivists demanded justiceand complained that simi-lar cases are languishing incourts in several Egyptiancities. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled into a Cairo courthouse on Monday to face charges of complicity in the killing of protesters last year.

MOHAMMED AL-LAW/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Israeli and Palestinian en-voys will meet in Jordan onTuesday in a last-ditch ef-fort to salvage peace talks,the first time the sides are

meeting since negotiationscollapsed in September2010. But Saeb Erekat, thechief Palestinian negotia-tor, warned that, without a

breakthrough, the Pales-tinians will abandon theprocess and could try againfor recognition at the UN.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume

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Iranian navy test-fires cruise missile Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile during a drill that Admiral Habi-bollah Sayyari said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Straitof Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world’s oil supply. Tehran hasthreatened to close the strait as retaliation for new U.S. economic sanctions.

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Pipeline top ofelection agendaU.S. President Barack Oba-ma and Congress are start-ing the election year locked

in a tussle over a proposed2,735-kilometre oil pipelinethat will force the WhiteHouse to make a riskychoice between two keyDemocratic constituencies.

Some labour unions say thepipeline would create thou-sands of jobs, while envi-ronmentalists fear it couldlead to an oil spill disaster.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Nigeria’s gas prices may fuel unrestNigeria is ending fuel subsidies, an official said Sunday, a move that is sure to beunpopular in the oil-rich nation where citizens see cheap fuel as one of their fewgovernment benefits. Two union groups are threatening strikes and protests.

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Rupert Murdoch has begunthe new year by setting upin a new field of communi-cations. He’s started tweet-ing.

The media mogul, who isrecovering from perhapshis most difficult year inthe business, is posting onTwitter under the handle@rupertmurdoch, spokes-woman Daisy Dunlop atNews International con-firmed Monday.

The account was openedover the New Year’s holi-day, but many doubted itsauthenticity because Mur-doch, 80, has generallytried to stay out of the spot-light as his media empirecomes under increasedscrutiny because of wide-spread phone hacking athis U.K. newspapers.

“My resolutions, try tomaintain humility and al-ways curiosity,” he tweets,making no mention of hisbusiness troubles. “And ofcourse diet!”

His wife Wendi Deng has

also started tweeting —she’s @wendi-deng — refer-ring to the setbacks: “A lotof bad things happened in2011 but I hope in 2012 wecan put them all behind usand sail on to a bright fu-ture for everyone Wxx.”

She also gently remindsfellow tweeters to spell herfirst name with an “i” at theend, not a “y.”

The Murdochs’ entry in-to the world of Twitter wasmet with some bemuse-ment and some hostility.

John Prescott, formerU.K. deputy prime minister,came up with one of thewittier responses. “Wel-come to Twitter,” he writesto the mogul. “I’ve left youa Happy New Year messageon my voicemail!”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Media mogul tweetshis 2012 resolutions

Rupert Murdoch

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80-year-old Murdoch joins Twitter for the new year More than 46,000 followers by Monday morning

Profitable Canadian busi-nesses are set to reap $2.85billion in additional in-come tax savings in 2012,even as Prime MinisterStephen Harper complainsabout all the private “mon-ey sitting on the sidelines.”

The last of five annualcorporate tax cuts took ef-fect Sunday, reducing thefederal rate by another 1.5points to 15 per cent.

This comes as corporateCanada, from multination-als to midsize businesses,squirrels away hundreds ofbillions of dollars as itrides out a second storm ofglobal economic turbu-lence over the last threeyears.

The latest figures fromStatistics Canada throughthe third quarter of 2011show business sitting onmore than $583 billion inCanadian currency and de-posits, and more than $276billion in foreign currency.

Those cash reserveshave climbed nine per centsince last year and 27.3 percent since 2007, when the

Canadian economy wasbooming and new corpo-rate tax cuts were an-nounced.

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12 RESOLUTIONSWORTH KEEPINGFOR 2012

So have you broken all yournew year’s resolutions yet?Of course you have. Now for-get those lofty ambitionsthat would have you forsakeall your vices simultaneous-ly, and let’s try to focus on

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I’ve taken the liberty of compiling alist of 12 entirely achievable resolutionsthat I’d like you (yes, YOU) to make andkeep for 2012. Don’t worry, I promise totry my best to adhere to them as well.

After all, even a few minor changes can make theworld a much better place for me, you and everyonewe know.

1I will stop watching Keeping Up with theKardashians once and for all and spend moretime with my own family.

2I will stand right and walk left on escalators.

3I will stop doing that thing where I see anacquaintance on the street and pretend I don’tknow them. We both know what’s going on;

let’s just stop being awkward and say hello.

4I will take better care of my hair because some-day I might lose it all.

5The same thing goes for my money.

6I will resist the urge to like a Facebook statusupdate about an engagement or pregnancy inorder to prevent a never-ending stream of

annoying comment notifications in the days thatfollow.

7I will stop letting the smug woman behind theGPS navigation voice jeopardize myrelationship, and surrender to the fact that

maybe she does know best.

8I will recognize that the only things that belongon the dinner table are food and cutlery, not mycellphone.

9I will stop blaming public transit for my late ar-rival at the office every single morning and ad-mit to myself (and my boss) that maybe I should

be getting up 10 minutes earlier. Alternatively, I willthink of some new excuses for my tardiness.

10I will buy the $14 bottle of wine, not the $9bottle. Yes, I want to save money, but the12-hours-from-now version of me will

appreciate my largesse.

11I will listen to my mother and wear the ap-propriate footwear for the weather condi-tions.

12I will actually pay attention to the auto-cor-rect function on my phone and stop send-ing embarrassing typo-filled messages to

friends and family. After all, “Did you show yourboss?” is a very different question than “Did you showyour boobs?”

SHE SAYS ...

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Half of country’srainforests lostOrphaned babyorangutans Septian andSeroja play inside a basketat a ConservationProgramme facility in BatuMbelin, North Sumatra,Indonesia. Indonesia haslost half of its rainforestsin the last half century,putting the remaining50,000 to 60,000orangutans living in scat-tered, degraded forests infrequent, and often dead-ly, conflict with humans.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Living in aconcrete jungleVeterinarians conduct sur-gery on an estimated 40-year-old orangutan namedPuyul, who suffers from abroken leg, at their facilityin Batu Mbelin, NorthSumatra, Indonesia. Puyulbroke his leg falling from atree while being rescued byconservationists after hewas found roaming a rub-ber plantation too close toa village. The vets alsofound air-rifle-pelletwounds in Puyul’s body.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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In 1995, Oscar nomineeMeg Tilly left Hollywood towrite, and raise her family,including a son with ColinFirth.

She’s back in a passionproject, Bomb Girls, set inan Ajax, Ont., munitionsfactory during the SecondWorld War.

Tilly relishes her role asLorna, whose abusive hus-band returned from thewar paralyzed and who su-pervises the girls on thefactory line.

Tilly sat down withMetro to talk about BombGirls and gender issues thatare still relevant in 2012.

“I have my little chick-adees to look after onBomb Girls,” says Tilly.

“Everyone’s youngerthan me and there’s all thisfemale power. It’s verysweet.

“I feel so privileged towork in this environment.How often can you walkback in a chunk of timeand explore it and life in itand love it?

“There is also such goodwill for this show. It was a brave choice to do such an unlikely look at the Second World War.The women had their jobs and husbands overseasbut they were fighting be-hind the lines to protecttheir men and their chil-dren at home. They weresoldiers.”

Lorna is nurturing yet stern in

this dangerous place, where

one spark from a ring or hair-

pin could blow it sky high.

I wanted that, “Whoa, she’stough!” But why is shetough? If someone makes adecision you don’t agreewith you have to under-stand the whys. It’s her jobto keep the factory safe.

She doesn’t want somedilettante coming herewho could kill them all. Ilove the humanness of thecharacters, more noblethan they realize.

One of her charges is

Gladys, a headstrong

Rosedale debutante played

by Jodi Balfour. Gladys works

in the office but dreams of

joining the line, even as her

father demands that she quit

and marry. Balfour says the

series reflects social realities

that still exist.

These issues never becomeirrelevant. We may havecome a long way in genderissues since the war andthe overt discrimination,but those things still exist.

We have the resources to

do something about them.Gender stereotypes dis-criminating againstwomen can be dealt with;there are channels you canprocess these thingsthrough now.

But it doesn’t mean atti-tudes have changed.

Balfour says the series

inspired nostalgia for a time

she never knew.

Entirely, but I’ve been likethat all my life. I’ve alwaysfelt I was born into thewrong era. I relate so much

to this way of being, thechivalry of it all.

It wasn’t an easy time tobe a woman and I am nos-talgic for it. I feel I missedout on the best time to bealive.

And being wartime, theysucked the marrow out ofevery day.

Bomb Girls, starring Meg Tilly

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Tom Cruise’s newmission remains im-possible to beat atthe box office.Studio estimatesSunday placed Mis-sion: Impossible -Ghost Protocol in theNo. 1 spot for thesecond-straightweekend with $38.3million with a $141.2million domestic to-tal. Sherlock Holmes:A Game of Shadowsfinished secondagain with $26.5 mil-lion. The familysequel Alvin and theChipmunks:Chipwrecked was atNo. 3 with $21million.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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It only took five years andtwo children together, butMatthew McConaughey isnow sure he wants to settledown with Camila Alves.

“Just asked Camila tomarry me. Merry Christ-mas,” McConaughey posted

on his WhoSay page onChristmas Day, accompa-nied by a photo of the pairkissing. There’s no word onwhen the wedding will takeplace, but chances are thehappy couple aren’t in anyhurry. METRO

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The two met in 2008 on theset of Brand’s comedy GetHim to the Greek. Aftermeeting again at the MTVVideo Music Awards in2009, the two started datingand it was infatuation atfirst sight.

Just four short monthslater, the two got engaged.

Perry was just 25. The two got married at a

tiger sanctuary in Indiaeight months later.

Different lifestyles

Brand is a famous formerheroin and sex addict, aswell as a recovering alco-holic — and is now soberand likes to stay in, watch-ing soccer.

Katy Perry sings songsabout blacking out on Fri-day nights — and likes to

party with people like Ri-hanna. Oh, and Perry’s fam-ily are evangelicalChristians. And, well, Brandis a recovering heroin, sexand booze addict.

The fame game

This has been the busiestyear for Katy Perry — shebecame the first woman,and second artist overallfollowing Michael Jackson,in the 53-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 tosend five songs from an album to No. 1 with her sophomore effortTeenage Dream. She wenton a massive tour, performed at most awardsshows, and debuted a rainbow of new haircolours.

Brand starred in Arthur.Enough said.

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SaldanaandCooper:It’s onAfter splitting with her fi-ancé of 11 years in Novem-ber, Zoe Saldana hasreportedly moved on toPeople magazine’s SexiestMan Alive, Bradley Cooper,according to E! News.

“They are totallydating,” a source says ofthe pair, who co-star in theupcoming film The Words.

The source adds thatthe pair are trying to keeptheir budding relationshipunder wraps.

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Want to lose weight bygetting fit? Put it in yourcalendar.

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tailed action plan. Your action plan might

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New Year’s resolutions are plentiful right now To make them stick, start making a plan

Plan, not procrastinateIt’s that time of year when we set resolutions in place.

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A study byresearchers atLaval Universityfound that bacte-ria thrives on pa-per products andeven on unusedpaper towels. Re-search into bacter-ial transmissionfrom paper towelshas not previouslybeen welldocumented. Astudy of six towelbrands, allcommercially soldin Canada,showed all hadgerms. However,recycled towelswere the mostheavily contami-nated. No illnesswas found to beconnected topaper towel use.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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“We don’t need to ster-ilize our homes; we justneed to keep them clean,”says Dr. Camille Lemieux,associate director of theUniversity Health Net-work’s Infection Preven-tion and Control Unit in

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These chemicals mayalso wipe out the friendlybacteria we need to fightgerms and stay healthy.

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Earl’s openedin Edmontonthree decadesago as a beer-and-burgerjoint. Now in

50 locations across Canadaand the U.S., Earl’s “WestCoast casual” cuisinehelped define an entiregenre of restaurant andmanaged to keep making akiller burger.

Burger joint all grown upEarl’s has come a long way from its beer-and-burger roots Now elegant

and sophisticated, it keeps an emphasis on fresh West Coast casual cuisineThe late ’60s lounge

decor of Earl’s Crossroadswas warm and welcomingas we slid into our comfybooth. Instead of gettinglost in the huge array ofoptions, I decided on theLos Cabos Chicken Tacos($13) with a side salad ($1)and a glass of Misterio Mal-bec ($9.25).

Candied pecans and fetagarnished what was simplythe best side salad I haveever sampled.

The bold red wine gild-ed each bite and despitethe cilantro overload, mytasty chicken tacos deliv-ered a luscious and linger-ing one-two ofavocado-corn salsa andhoney-lime dressing.

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Ingredients:• Slice chicken or turkeybacon, cooked• Egg• 1⁄4 tsp (1 mL) onion pow-der• Salt and pepper, to taste• Low-fat flour tortilla• 2 tsp (10 mL) fat-freemayonnaise• Leaf lettuce• 1 tbsp (30 mL) tomato,diced

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Los Cabos Chicken Tacos with Side Salad

Preparation:

1 Heat oven to 200 C (400F). Set a wire rack over abaking sheet.

2 Wash and trim bothheads of cauliflower,

cutting out and discard-ing core and cutting topinto large florets. Placeflorets in a large bowland drizzle with oliveoil, then toss (you mayneed to do this in 2batches) until all the sur-faces of the cauliflowerare coated with a thinfilm of oil. Sprinkle withsalt and toss again.

3 Place florets onprepared rack. Roast for30 minutes. Use tongs toturn florets, then roastfor another 15 to 20minutes or until deeplycaramelized.

This recipe makes 8 servings.

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Ingredients:• 2 heads cauliflower(about 2 kg or 4 1⁄2 lb)• 30 mL (2 tbsp) olive oil, ormore if needed• 10 mL (2 tsp) kosher salt,or more to taste• Fried caper vinaigrette• Minced country ham forgarnish (optional)

Transform cauliflower into a dinner favouriteRoasted

Cauliflower

FloretsThis recipe makes plenty.You’ll need about a quar-ter of it for the cauliflower.The rest can be refrigerat-ed and used on salads.

Preparation:

1 In a medium sauté panover medium heat,heat 50 mL (1⁄4 cup) ofthe oil. Add capers,shallots and garlic,then cook, stirring con-stantly, for 2 to 4 min-utes, or until juststarting to brown butthe oil is still clear.Transfer to a mediumbowl, including all ofthe cooking oil, and setaside to cool.

2 Once mixture hascooled, add vinegar,mustard, salt and pep-per. While whisking,drizzle in remainingoil. Whisk untilthoroughly blended.Adjust seasoning withadditional salt andpepper, if necessary,and use immediatelyor refrigerate in a

tightly sealed contain-er for up to 2 days.Makes 250 mL (1 cup).

Tip: Don’t feel like fry-ing the capers, shallotsand garlic? Give them arough chop, then addthem raw to the vinai-grette. Salt-curedcapers should alwaysbe rinsed with cold wa-ter, then dried with pa-per towels, beforebeing used. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ingredients:• 150 mL (2⁄3 cup) olive oil• 15 mL (1 tbsp) salt-curedcapers, rinsed andchopped• 30 mL (2 tbsp) choppedshallots• 5 mL (1 tsp) grated gar-lic (about 2 cloves)• 75 mL (1⁄3 cup) red winevinegar or sherry vinegar• 5 mL (1 tsp) whole-grainDijon mustard• Pinch sea salt andground black pepper

Fried Caper Vinaigrette 4 Return florets to thebowl and, while still hot,drizzle and toss with alittle of the fried capervinaigrette (recipefollows). Add just

enough vinaigrette tolightly coat. Transfer flo-rets to a serving platter,then sprinkle withminced country ham.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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“The financialservices industryhas done a superbjob of convincingus that investing isway toocomplicated forthe average Joeand Jill. Not so!”

A year in tweetsNowadays Twitter is how many people communicate with each

other New book shows that some people use it better than others

Out of the billions and bil-lions of tweets sent out in2011, which ones capturedthat certain moment intime the best?

Instead of siftingthrough all of those to findthe best ones, we luckilyhave author Kate Buss-mann, who compiled thebook A Twitter Year: 365Days in 140 Characters,which distills a year of con-versation, argument, reve-lation and revolution into areview of the year as writ-ten by the Twitter commu-nity.

Bussman correspondedwith us — in more than 140characters — about thecompilation.

First of all, why a book on theyear in tweets?

This has been a banner yearfor Twitter. The numberskeep on rising — when mybook went to press, wewere up to 230 milliontweets per day, from 65 mil-lion in June 2010. And thatnumber is already out ofdate — we’re now up to 250million.

For me and millions ofothers, the way we con-sume news has dramatical-ly changed since the birthof Twitter.

We’ve become a lotmore demanding, andwe’ve got used to beingable to control who andwhat we’re watching.

We used to turn on CNNwhen a big story like therescue of the Chilean min-ers was breaking.

Now we’re likely to beon Twitter as well, becausewe want to get reactionfrom experts we trust orspeak to our friends, andTwitter allows us to edit

and create our own be-spoke news channel.

How did you narrow downwhat to put in the book? Howdid they stand out from therest? And how did you uncov-er them?It’s been an incrediblyeventful year: The Royal

Wedding, the Arab Spring,the News Corp. scandal, therescue of the Chilean min-ers, the capture of Osamabin Laden, the attacks inNorway, the Japanese earth-quake and nuclear disaster,the death of Amy Wine-house, Schwarzenegger’ssecret son. … So I really hada wealth of material tochoose from. When it cameto picking tweets aboutnews events, my main pri-ority was to find peoplewho were firsthand wit-nesses to the events theywere describing; so withthe Egyptian revolution, forinstance, I looked for peo-ple who were in TahrirSquare on Feb. 11, the daythat Mubarak fell.

Do you find Twitter to be amajor help in your life or amajor distraction?Both! I’m actually trying toscale back a bit, particularlywhen I’m not at my desk.

DOROTHY ROBINSONLIFE@METRONEWS.CA

METRO WORLD NEWS IN NEW YORK

Author Kate Bussmann says there are up to 250

million tweets being sent out per day.

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Oilers preview

Edmontonat Buffalo5 p.m. TV: SNET

The Oilers (15-19-3)continue their roadtrip in Buffalo (17-17-4). The Sabres are win-less in three games,but have earnedpoints in six of theirlast seven homegames. Derek Roy hastwo points and is aminus-3 in his last sev-en games, while rook-ie Luke Adam hascooled after a hotstart with one point inhis last 11 games.Tyler Myers (wrist sur-gery) is skating, butthere is no timetablefor his return. AndrejSekera and ChristianEhrhoff are both likelyto miss weeks withupper-body injuriessustained in gameslast week, leaving Buf-falo’s defence badlydepleted.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Ryan Smyth, Taylor Halland Andy Sutton scoredin the second period andthe Edmonton Oilersbounced back fromDaniel Carcillo’s nasty hitduring a chippy 4-3 victo-ry over the Chicago Black-hawks on Monday night.

Jordan Eberle addedtwo assists for the Oilers,including a perfect back-hand pass to Sutton forthe tie-breaking goal. BenEager added an insurancegoal in the third period asEdmonton snapped athree-game slide.

The win was costly forEdmonton, as centre RyanNugent-Hopkins left withan upper-body injury. TheNo. 1 pick in last year’s

draft, Nugent-Hopkins be-gan the day leading NHLrookies with 35 points (13goals, 22 assists).

Jonathan Toews, An-drew Brunette and JimmyHayes scored for Chicago,which had won three of

four and 10 of 13. TheBlackhawks were lookingto avenge a 9-2 loss at Ed-monton in their previousmeeting Nov. 19, but werehurt by Carcillo’s costlypenalty in the second.

Hayes’ first career goalin his second gametrimmed Edmonton’s leadto 4-3 with 3:49 left. TheBlackhawks then got apower-play opportunitywhen Ryan Jones was sentoff for goalie interference,but Devan Dubnyk madea couple of big stops topreserve the victory.

Dubnyk finished with39 saves. Corey Crawfordhad 26 stops for Chicago.

The Oilers trailed 1-0when Carcillo launched

Edmonton defencemanTom Gilbert into theboards at 7:23 into thesecond period, resultingin a major boardingpenalty and a game mis-conduct. Carcillo andGilbert both went downafter the vicious hit andhad to be helped off theice.

Smyth tied it just 16seconds into the five-minute power play,whacking the puck infrom the right post for his15th goal.

Chicago dropped to 14-1-1 when scoring first. Italso was the fourth regu-lation home loss for theBlackhawks this season.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rookie leaves game against Blackhawks with upper-body injury

Oilers win game, butlose Nugent-Hopkins

Canadianscautious asflu bug hitscoachesCanada’s coaches needed aday without a game at theworld junior hockey cham-pionship more than theplayers did.

Head coach Don Hay andassistant Scott Walkerweren’t on the ice for thepractice Monday. The twowere sequestered in theteam hotel with the flu.

Assistant coachesGeorge Burnett and RyanHuska ran drills at CanadaOlympic Park as the Cana-dians prepared forTuesday’s semifinal in Cal-gary.

Canada will face Russia,who defeated the Czech Re-public 2-1 in Monday’squarter-final.

Huska expected Hay tobe behind Canada’s benchTuesday night in a gamethat will determine whichcountry plays for gold.

“Don, he’ll be back,”Huska said. “We’re just tak-ing all the precautions wecan right now.”

After going 4-0 to winPool B, the Canadians hadtwo straight days without agame and a bye to the semi-final. Sweden won Pool Awith a 2-0-2 record and alsohad Monday off while Rus-sia, the Czechs, Finland andSlovakia played quarter-fi-nal contests.

It’s worrisome for theCanadians that the flu bughas struck. ForwardMichael Bournival sat outlast week’s game againstDenmark because of it, al-though he was back in thelineup for Saturday’s 3-2win over the U.S. in Edmon-ton. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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4 3“It’ll probably helpbring us closertogether andremind us to takecare of ourselveseven more, so Ithink we’ll be readyfor the game(Tuesday).”CENTRE FREDDIE HAMILTON ON HOWTEAM CANADA WILL BATTLETHROUGH THE FLU BUG

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Henrik Lundqvist stopped Danny Briere’s penalty shot with 19 sec-onds left, Brad Richards scored the go-ahead goal early in the thirdperiod and the New York Rangers rallied from a two-goal deficit tobeat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in the Winter Classic on Monday atCitizens Bank Park.Playing on a rink that stretched from first base to third base, theRangers made the league’s fifth Classic event a memorable one tostay atop the Eastern Conference standings. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Yesterday’s resultsEdmonton 4 Chicago 3Ottawa 3New Jersey 2 (OT)San Jose 3 Vancouver 2 (SO)Colorado at Los Angeles

NHLWINTER CLASSICAt PhiladelphiaN.Y. Rangers 3 Philadelphia 2Sunday’s resultNashville 5 Calgary 3Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternCalgary atWashington, 7 p.m.Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m.Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Detroit at Dallas, 8 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesWinnipeg atMontreal, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m.San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.Thursday’s gamesCalgary at Boston, 7 p.m.Winnipeg at Toronto, 7 p.m.Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m.Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Friday’s gamesFlorida at New Jersey, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m.Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

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

d-NYRangers 37 24 9 1 3 110 79 52 11-3-0-2 13-6-1-1 7-3-0-0 W2d-Boston 35 24 10 0 1 123 68 49 13-6-0-1 11-4-0-0 7-3-0-0 L1d-Florida 39 20 12 3 4 103 107 47 10-4-1-4 10-8-2-0 4-4-1-1 W1Philadelphia 37 22 11 2 2 125 109 48 8-6-1-1 14-5-1-1 5-4-0-1 L1Pittsburgh 38 21 13 2 2 121 100 46 11-5-2-0 10-8-0-2 5-5-0-0 L2Ottawa 40 20 15 3 2 123 135 45 12-8-0-1 8-7-3-1 7-3-0-0 W3NewJersey 38 21 15 1 1 105 108 44 10-6-0-1 11-9-1-0 7-2-1-0 L1Winnipeg 38 19 14 3 2 104 107 43 14-6-0-1 5-8-3-1 6-3-0-1 W3Washington 37 20 15 0 2 111 109 42 13-5-0-1 7-10-0-1 6-3-0-1 W3Toronto 38 18 15 3 2 118 125 41 8-5-2-2 10-10-1-0 3-5-2-0 L3Buffalo 38 17 17 2 2 100 112 38 9-9-2-2 8-8-0-0 2-6-1-1 L3TampaBay 37 17 17 1 2 104 122 37 11-5-0-0 6-12-1-2 5-4-1-0 W3Montreal 39 14 18 2 5 99 110 35 5-7-2-4 9-11-0-1 3-7-0-0 L2NY Islanders 36 13 17 4 2 84 113 32 8-9-3-0 5-8-1-2 4-6-0-0 W2Carolina 40 13 21 4 2 103 135 32 9-10-0-2 4-11-4-0 4-4-2-0 L1

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

d-Chicago 39 24 11 1 3 128 111 52 14-4-0-3 10-7-1-0 7-3-0-0 L1d-Vancouver 40 24 13 0 3 131 99 51 11-5-0-2 13-8-0-1 6-3-0-1 L2d-San Jose 35 20 11 3 1 102 85 44 12-7-2-0 8-4-1-1 5-2-2-1 W1Detroit 38 24 13 1 0 123 84 49 15-2-1-0 9-11-0-0 6-4-0-0 W1Minnesota 40 21 13 2 4 95 95 48 11-6-1-2 10-7-1-2 1-6-0-3 L1St. Louis 38 21 12 0 5 95 85 47 14-3-0-2 7-9-0-3 5-3-0-2 L3Nashville 39 21 14 3 1 105 108 46 11-6-2-1 10-8-1-0 7-3-0-0 W3LosAngeles 39 19 14 3 3 86 90 44 11-9-0-1 8-5-3-2 6-2-1-1 W1Dallas 37 21 15 0 1 100 107 43 12-6-0-1 9-9-0-0 6-4-0-0 W1Colorado 40 21 18 1 0 108 115 43 13-10-0-0 8-8-1-0 8-2-0-0 W2Phoenix 39 19 16 2 2 102 103 42 7-8-2-1 12-8-0-1 4-5-1-0 W1Calgary 40 18 17 3 2 99 111 41 10-5-1-1 8-12-2-1 4-3-2-1 L3Edmonton 38 16 19 0 3 104 107 35 10-6-0-2 6-13-0-1 3-7-0-0 W1Anaheim 37 10 21 2 4 87 124 26 7-11-1-0 3-10-1-4 2-7-0-1 L2Columbus 38 10 23 1 4 93 128 25 6-11-1-2 4-12-0-2 2-7-0-1 L1

d— division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.

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WEEK 17Sunday’s resultsChicago 17Minnesota 13NewOrleans 45 Carolina 17Green Bay 45 Detroit 41San Francisco 34 St. Louis 27Tennessee 23 Houston 22NewEngland 49 Buffalo 21Miami 19 N.Y. Jets 17Jacksonville 19 Indianapolis 13Philadelphia 34Washington 10San Diego 38 Oakland 26Kansas City 7 Denver 3Arizona 23 Seattle 20 (OT)Atlanta 45 Tampa Bay 24Baltimore 24 Cincinnati 16Pittsburgh 13 Cleveland 9N.Y. Giants 31 Dallas 14ENDOFREGULARSEASON

PLAYOFFSAll Times Eastern

WILD-CARDSaturday’s gamesCincinnati at Houston, 4:30 p.m.Detroit at NewOrleans, 8 p.m.Sunday, Jan. 8Atlanta at NewYork Giants, 1 p.m.Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:30 p.m.

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2012WORLD JUNIORCHAMPIONSHIPAll Times Eastern

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKETYesterday’s resultsAt CalgaryQUARTER-FINALSQF1—Finland 8 Slovakia 5QF2—Russia 2 Czech Republic 1 (OT)Today’s gamesAt CalgarySEMIFINALSSweden vs. Finland, 5 p.m.Canadavs.Russia, 9 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesFIFTH PLACESlovakia vs. CzechRepublic, 9 p.m.Thursday’s gamesBRONZEMEDALSemifinals losers, 3:30 p.m.GOLDMEDALSemifinals winners, 8 p.m.

2012WORLD UNDER-17CHALLENGEAt sites in Southwestern OntarioAll Times Eastern

PRELIMINARYROUNDGROUPA

GP WOTWOTL L GF GA PtOntario 4 4 0 0 0 21 4 12Sweden 4 3 0 0 1 22 14 9Quebec 4 2 0 0 2 11 15 6Atlantic 4 1 0 0 3 8 17 3Germany 4 0 0 0 4 5 17 0Group B

GP WOTWOTL L GF GA PtU.S. 4 3 0 0 1 18 9 9Pacific 4 3 0 0 1 15 9 9Russia 4 3 0 0 1 15 11 9Czech Republic 4 1 0 0 3 8 14 3West 4 0 0 0 4 10 23 0Note: Three points awarded for a regulationwin, two for an overtimewin and one for anovertime loss.Yesterday’s resultsAt Windsor, Ont.Ontario 6 Quebec 2Sweden 8 Atlantic 2At LaSalle, Ont.Russia 6West 3At Tecumseh, Ont.U.S. 4 Pacific 2Sunday’s resultsAt LaSalle, Ont.Ontario 3 Atlantic 0Russia 3 Czech Republic 2At Tecumseh, Ont.Sweden 5 Germany 2U.S. 7West 3

PLAYOFFSToday’s gamesAt Windsor, Ont.SEMIFINALSU.S. vs. Sweden, 2 p.m.Ontario vs. Pacific, 7 p.m.At Tecumseh, Ont.SEVENTHPLACEAtlantic vs. Czech Republic, 7 p.m.At LaSalle, Ont.NINTH PLACEGermany vs.West, 2 p.m.FIFTH PLACEQuebec vs. Russia, 7 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesAt Windsor, Ont.THIRD PLACESemifinal Losers, 2 p.m.CHAMPIONSHIPSemifinalWinners, 7 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEATLANTIC DIVISION

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 2 2 .500 —Boston 3 3 .500 —Toronto 2 3 .400 1/2New York 2 3 .400 1/2New Jersey 1 5 .167 2

SOUTHEAST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Miami 5 1 .833 —Atlanta 4 1 .800 1/2Orlando 4 2 .667 1Charlotte 1 3 .250 3Washington 0 5 .000 41/2

CENTRAL DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Indiana 4 1 .800 —Chicago 4 1 .800 —Cleveland 2 2 .500 11/2Milwaukee 2 2 .500 11/2Detroit 2 3 .400 2

WESTERN CONFERENCESOUTHWEST DIVISION

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 3 2 .600 —Houston 2 2 .500 1/2New Orleans 2 2 .500 1/2Dallas 2 4 .333 11/2Memphis 1 3 .250 11/2

NORTHWEST DIVISIONW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 5 1 .833 —Portland 3 1 .750 1Denver 4 2 .667 1Minnesota 2 3 .400 21/2Utah 1 3 .250 3

PACIFIC DIVISIONW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 2 2 .500 —L.A. Lakers 3 3 .500 —Phoenix 2 3 .400 1/2Sacramento 2 3 .400 1/2Golden State 2 3 .400 1/2Yesterday’s resultsPhoenix 102 Golden State 91Boston 100Washington 92Indiana 108New Jersey 94Detroit 89 Orlando 78Atlanta 100Miami 92Toronto 90 NewYork 85Minnesota 106 SanAntonio 96Dallas 100 Oklahoma City 87Denver 91Milwaukee 86Utah 94NewOrleans 90Sunday’s resultsCleveland 98 New Jersey 82Miami 129 Charlotte 90Orlando 102 Toronto 96Boston 94Washington 86Minnesota 99 Dallas 82Denver 99 L.A. Lakers 90Chicago 104Memphis 64Sacramento 96 NewOrleans 80L.A. Clippers 93 Portland 88Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternCharlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m.Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Sacramento atMemphis, 8 p.m.Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m.Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

NCAA BOWL GLANCEAll Times EasternYesterday’s resultsTICKETCITY BOWLAt DallasHouston 30 Penn State 14CAPITALONEBOWLAt Orlando, Fla.South Carolina 30 Nebraska 13OUTBACKBOWLAt Tampa, Fla.Michigan State 33 Georgia 30 (3OT)GATORBOWLAt Jacksonville, Fla.Florida 24 Ohio State 17ROSEBOWLAt Pasadena, Calif.Oregon 45Wisconsin 38FIESTABOWLAt Glendale, Ariz.Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1)Tonight’s gameSUGARBOWLAt New OrleansMichigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m.Tomorrow’s gameORANGEBOWLAt MiamiWest Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 p.m.Friday’s gameCOTTONBOWLAt Arlington, TexasKansasState (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 p.m.Saturday’s gameBBVACOMPASSBOWLAt Birmingham, Ala.Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SouthernMethodist (7-5), Noon

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ENGLANDPREMIER LEAGUETeam GP W D L GF GA PtsManchester City 19 14 3 2 53 16 45Manchester Utd 19 14 3 2 49 17 45Tottenham 18 12 3 3 35 20 39Chelsea 20 11 4 5 39 25 37Arsenal 20 11 3 6 36 28 36Liverpool 19 9 7 3 24 15 34Newcastle 19 8 6 5 26 25 30Stoke 20 8 5 7 22 31 29Norwich 20 6 7 7 30 35 25Everton 18 7 3 8 19 20 24Swansea 20 5 8 7 20 23 23Aston Villa 20 5 8 7 22 26 23Fulham 20 5 8 7 22 26 23West Brom 19 6 4 9 19 27 22Sunderland 19 5 6 8 23 22 21Wolverhampton 20 4 5 11 22 36 17QPR 20 4 5 11 19 35 17Wigan 19 3 6 10 17 37 15Blackburn 20 3 5 12 29 43 14Bolton 19 4 1 14 23 42 13Yesterday’s resultsAston Villa 0 Swansea 2Blackburn 1 Stoke 2Fulham 2Arsenal 1Queens Park Rangers 1 Norwich 2WolverhamptonWanderers 1 Chelsea 2Sunday’s resultsWest Bromwich Albion 0 Everton 1Sunderland 1Manchester City 0

SCOTLANDPREMIER LEAGUEYesterday’s resultsDundee United 1 Aberdeen 2Dunfermline 0 Celtic 3Hibernian 1 Hearts 3Kilmarnock 2 StMirren 1Rangers 3Motherwell 0

SHARKS 3, CANUCKS 2 (SO)First Period1. Vancouver, Hansen 12 (Hodgson) 15:42Penalties—MurraySJ (interference) 2:57,Mur-raySJ (interference) 16:13, BurrowsVcr (hook-ing) 17:24,DemersSJ (high-sticking) 19:05.Second Period2. San Jose, Ferriero 3 (Clowe, Couture) 1:343. San Jose,Marleau 14 (Braun, Pavelski) 10:32Penalties—Ebbett Vcr (tripping) 3:02, VlasicSJ (slashing), Burrows Vcr (slashing) 19:48.Third Period4. Vancouver, Hodgson 9 (Hamhuis, Bieksa)11:35 (pp)Penalties—Demers SJ (tripping) 1:40, Burns

SJ (high-sticking) 2:31, Luongo Vcr (delay ofgame; served by D.Sedin) 6:05, Clowe SJ(holding) 10:31.OvertimeNo Scoring.Penalties—None.ShootoutSan Jose wins 1-0San Jose (1)—Clowe,miss; Pavelski, miss;Handzus, goal;Vancouver (0)—Burrows,miss; Hodgson,miss; Kesler, miss.ShotsSan Jose 7 17 9 2—35Vancouver 9 7 11 2—29Goal—San Jose: Niemi (W,16-7-4); Vancou-

ver: Luongo (SOL,16-8-3). Power plays (goals-chances)—San Jose: 0-3; Vancouver: 1-6.Referees—DeanMorton, Tim Peel. Linesmen—Brad Lazarowich, DonHenderson.Attendance—18,860 (18,860) at Vancouver.

OILERS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3First Period1. Chicago, J.Toews 22 (Carcillo) 12:54Penalties—Carcillo Chi (hooking) 3:54, PotterEdm (holding) 7:27.Second Period2. Edmonton, Smyth 15 (Horcoff, Hall) 7:39 (pp)3. Edmonton,Hall 11 (Eberle, Potter) 11:00 (pp)4.Chicago,Brunette9(Hjalmarsson,Kane)12:395. Edmonton, Sutton 2 (Eberle, Smyth) 16:23Penalties—Hemsky Edm (hooking) 3:11, Car-cillo Chi (boardingmajor, gamemisconduct)7:23, Sharp Chi (cross-checking) 18:47.Third Period6. Edmonton, Eager 3 (Petry) 8:177. Chicago, Hayes 1 (Bickell, Mayers) 16:11Penalties—Belanger Edm (double high-stick-ing) 11:14, Jones Edm (goaltender interfer-ence) 16:23.ShotsEdmonton 11 13 6 30Chicago 10 9 23 42Goal—Edmonton: Dubnyk (W,5-9-0); Chicago:Crawford (L,15-9-2). Power plays (goals-chances)—Edmonton: 2-5; Chicago: 0-5.Referees—Steve Kozari, Francois St. Laurent.Linesmen—Bryan Pancich, Scott Driscoll.Attendance—21,216 (19,717) at Chicago.

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Prices and product in effect in-store and online December 28, 2011 – January 5, 2012. References to savings or sale prices are comparisons to Future Shop regular prices. Gift cards: Gift cards good toward future in-store or online purchases only. Limit one per household. No rainchecks. While supplies last. One bonus offer per customer. No dealers. Not valid with any other promotional offer. Not applicable to previous purchases. See in-store for details. ADVERTISING POLICY: Some products in this ad may be slightly different from illustrations. Not all products are available in all stores. Future Shop is committed to accurate pricing. Website prices, products, and promotions may differ from our retail store offerings. Future Shop reserves the right to correct errors. Special offers cannot be combined or applied to previous purchases. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Terms and conditions subject to change without notice. The advertised item must be for the same brand and model and the product must be new and factory sealed, and subject to a manufacturer’s warranty applicable in Canada. Advertised prices must be in Canadian dollars, and will be calculated as including all charges applicable for next day delivery to your home address. The advertised item must be sold through an authorized dealer located in Canada. The terms and conditions of “Get it for less, guaranteed” are subject to change without notice. Our lowest price guarantee does not apply to advertising errors or misprints, special educational prices, restricted offers, mail order offers, rebates, coupons, premiums, free or bonus offers, cellular phones, OEM products, limited or minimum quantity or limited time offers, close-outs, liquidations, clearances, financing, other special offers, or Boxing Day Dec. 26 & 27 2011 (Dec. 27 & 28 in Atlantic Canada) prices. If you are not completely satisfied, please talk to our store General Manager. If you need more help call 1-800-663-2275 for further assistance.

Boxing Week SALE.

Save $100

199ªª

More exclusive doorcrashers online.

3,000 chainwide. Limited quantities.

Limited quantities.

1,000 chainwide.

Limited quantities.

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Dec. 28, 2011

to

Jan. 5, 2012.

120Hz

55" LV4400 Series LED HDTV

Requires an HD source, such as an HD satellite or cable box.

55"

Save $250

999ªª

� Excludes out of stock, clearance, demos, refurbished and open box.