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On the heels of a survey that raisedalarm bells among union repre-sentatives, the province hasannounced new resources aimedat keeping up with demand.

Five paramedics and 12 emer-gency medical technicians will beadded to the Edmonton serviceimmediately, and 14 more mem-bers will be added at a later date,Health Minister Fred Horne saidTuesday.

The minister said he has lookedover feedback gathered in a surveyconducted by the Health SciencesAssociation of Alberta, which pro-vides union representation toAlberta EMS workers, but noted itdid not factor into the announce-ment.

“This has been in the works forawhile,” Horne said. “What I willsay is the survey was useful to meas the minister because it reallygave the frontline perspective ofthe EMS workers — people askedto work a lot of overtime, a lot ofstress reported, high (call) volume.”

The survey also indicated two-thirds of workers were activelyexploring other career opportuni-ties, raising fears of staff shortageswithin a system already reportingdwindling resources and risingwait times.

Elisabeth Ballermann with theHSAA deemed Tuesday’sannouncement a step in the rightdirection.

“We still have a lot of work todo,” she added. “This is a problemwe are seeing to some degreeacross the province.”

But the Opposition Liberals were

less kind in their evaluation of theministry’s effort, alleging the addi-tional workers will only replacethose lost from resignations asso-ciated with job stress.

Province bolstersEdmonton EMS resources

Five additional stations, more than 30 staff, two ambulances to beadded to local service Recent survey outlined worker concerns

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Last year, Alberta saw a 14 per centrise in patients requiringemergency care.Median response times for “lightsand sirens” ambulance calls in theEdmonton area have jumped toeight minutes and 13 secondsfrom seven minutes over the pasttwo years. The Alberta Liberals announcedTuesday a new hotline intended togather alarming stories regardingambulance service in the province.Those with something to share areurged to call 1-888-886-2834.

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University of Alberta re-searchers want teens whoend up in the emergencyroom because of theirdrinking to think twiceabout alcohol’s effects.

Assistant professors Dr.Kathryn Dong and Dr.Amanda Newton are pilot-ing a study into the reasonsand amounts teenagersdrink, by way of an iPadsurvey the day after an ERvisit.

“Teens will drink but notall teens end up in theemergency department be-cause of a consequence re-

lated to drinking,” saidNewton.

She said one objective isto test if teens trust an iPadover a parent, doctor ornurse.

The project is a joint ef-fort of the pediatrics andemergency medicine de-partments in the U of A’sfaculty of medicine anddentistry. In addition to theStollery Children’s Hospi-tal’s ER, teens are beingpolled after emergency vis-its in Halifax and Calgary.

After answering 13 ques-tions, teens learn how their

drinking frequency and thenumber of beverages con-sumed compares to that oftheir peers, as well as theconsequences.

“The pilot study isn’tmeant to evaluate whether

it works or not, it’s meantto give us some answers sothat we can design an actu-al study that will help usfigure out if it works ornot,” said Newton.

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Dr. Kathryn Dong, pediatrics researcher and practising ER physician,

shows an iPad with a survey designed to poll teens on problem

drinking after they have are treated in emergency because of it.

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IPad study taps intoteen alcohol abuse

Mexicopolice closeto arrest inassault case:ReportsAuthorities in Mexico claimthey are close to an arrestin the savage beating of aCalgary woman staying at afive-star resort.

Sheila Nabb, 37, wasfound lying in pool of herown blood early Fridaymorning inside an elevatorat the Hotel Riu EmeraldBay in Mazatlan.

Working incollaboration with localnews outlet Noroeste,Metro has learned the areagovernor, Mario LopezValdez, pledged a swift res-olution to the ongoing in-vestigation Tuesday.

“He says the case isgoing to be resolved soonbecause of the informationthey have,” said Noroestechief reporter FranciscoCuamea.

Details regarding the as-sault remain scarce, but thegovernor did say investiga-tors have gathered that af-ter arriving in MazatlanFriday, Nabb and herhusband Andrew went outfor drinks with fellowresort members.

After that, they returnedto their room and went tobed together. Andrew hastold family that when heawoke the next morn ing,Sheila was nowhere to befound. He later learned shehad been transferred to ahospital. Sheila was initial-ly put into a medicallyinduced coma but awokeTuesday and began commu-nicating with family mem-bers, according to astatement issued by herbrother, Paul Giles.

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The Women and Children’sHealth Research Institute ishelping fund the study.The survey takes teensabout three minutes tocomplete, and givesrespondents feedback on

how they rate with peers,and the consequences ofheavy drinking.Participating youth will al-so be given a list ofresources that can helpthem, and researchersplan to follow up withthem after the ER visit.

Researchers hope pilot project will reduce risky drinking among youth Plan is to use iPad to conduct surveys among teens who take trip to ER

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EIA a newbase forCanadianNorth airlineThe EdmontonInternational Airport isthe new primarysouthern charter homebase for Canadian North.

The airline has addedboth aircraft and staff,primarily to provide serv-ice for industrial clientsworking in northernAlberta and Canada.

Executive Flight Centrerecently upgraded ahangar for the business.

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Protestmarks startof pipelinehearingsAboriginal drumsthrummed and protest-ers shivered Tuesday aspublic hearings into theproposed $5.5-billionNorthern Gateway oilpipeline started in Alber-ta.

“We’re hoping toraise awareness thatthere are people inAlberta who are opposedto this pipeline as well,”

said Mike Hudema ofGreenpeace. “What weheard in B.C. is almostunanimous opposition.”

About 20 protesterscarried signs as hearingsinside an Edmonton ho-tel began with a sweet-grass ceremony.

Enbridge wants tobuild a 1,170-kilometretwin pipeline to carryoilsands bitumen fromAlberta to Kitimat, B.C.,where huge tanker shipswould transport it toAsia.THE CANADIAN PRESS

The Edmonton Oil Kingsare fans of snow and ice,but on Tuesday they werehard at work getting rid ofit.

Five players chipped atice and shovelled snow onsidewalks at 129 Street and108 Avenue as part of thecity’s Snow Angels pro-gram, which encouragesresidents to help others outin the winter, especiallyseniors and persons withdisabilities.

“It’s good,” said team

captain Mark Pysyk, 20. “It’s not much for guys

that are in shape; it’s notmuch to shovel for us.”

Elvie De Benedetto, sen-ior project planner withCapital City Cleanup, saidhaving the team on boardwill raise awareness and in-spire others to do the same.

“They represent positivethings about winter,” De

Benedetto said.The hockey players, aged

16 to 20, will be on call be-tween home games, saidKings vice-president DarrylPorter.

“They’re role models toother people with similarabilities,” said Porter. “Theguys learn to really enjoyit.”

Residents can obtain in-formation or nominatesomeone as a Snow Angelonline atedmonton.ca/snowangelsor by calling 311.

Recognition this year in-cludes a chance to win OilKings tickets.

From Kings to angelsEdmonton Oil Kings hockey club joins city’s Snow

Angels initiative to lend helping hand to residents

Edmonton Oil Kings captain Mark Pysyk takes a break from shovelling

sidewalks in the Westmount neighbourhood Tuesday to speak with media.

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The Crown alleges Mo-hammad Shafia, 58, one ofhis two wives and their sonkilled Shafia’s three daugh-ters and other wife. Thebodies were found June 30,2009, in a car at the bot-tom of a canal in Kingston,

Ont., but the Crown didnot present evidencespecifically detailing how

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ed it believes the four weredead before the carplunged into the water,but in his closing addressTuesday Shafia’s lawyertold the jury they can’t relyon theories.

Court has heard evi-dence it appears the fourfemales made no attemptto escape the car throughan open window, and thebodies were found eerilysuspended inside.THE CANADIAN PRESS

What was billed as a his-toric coming together ofthe federal governmentand First Nations beganwith the two sides polar-ized over the future of theIndian Act.

Prime Minister StephenHarper sees the legislationas something that can beupdated to reflect modernpractices.

But Shawn Atleo, na-tional chief of the Assem-bly of First Nations, led aparade of speakers whodescribed the century-oldlegislation as a boulder

blocking the path to col-laboration.

They laid out their viewsin back-to-back speechesTuesday during a majormeeting of First Nationsleaders and governmentministers and officials.

The Indian Act, firstpassed in 1876, gave Ot-tawa exclusive jurisdictionover “Indians and LandsReserved for Indians.”

The legislation, whichwas last amended in 2000,sets out rules on every-thing from how reservesoperate to the effect ofmarriage on status.

Calling the Indian Act“an act of neo-colonial-ism,” Jody Wilson-Ray-bould, regional chief ofB.C., said Canada’s nativesrequire “core governancereform.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

PM, chiefs at oddsover Indian Act

Harper has no plans to repeal legislation Butmany native leaders see it as an obstacle to change

From left, Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo, Prime Minister

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Ontario’s top court isgranting an appeal of asweeping publication banon the divorce of convictedsex killer Russell Williams.

But most of the provi-sions of the ban will re-main in effect for 14 days

so that Williams’ es-tranged wife can takesteps to challenge the deci-sion if she wishes, accord-ing to the 28-page decisionreleased Tuesday by theOntario Court of Appeal.

Mary Jane Binks, the Ot-

tawa lawyer representingWilliams’ wife, said herclient will take the matterto Canada’s highest court.A lower-court judge hadbanned publication of de-tails about the colonel’swife. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Opening divorce proceedings to the public wouldcause Russell Williams’ wife more harm: Lawyer

Bandit hurt hisown case: DocsU.S. federal courtdocuments say the “Bare-foot Bandit” ridiculed po-lice and prosecutors inemails he sent from

prison, undercutting hisclaims he’s sorry for histwo-year crime spree. Hebragged his accomplish-ments were “amazing.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

B.C. communewants tax breakThe leader of a B.C. polyg-amous commune on trial

for suspected tax evasionsays money earned by hisfollowers is used for thegood of the community.

Winston Blackmoresays his communitydeserves special religioustax status. Tax officialshave said Blackmoreneeds to add an extra $1.5million to his incomefrom 2000 to 2004 and in2006. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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‘America is back’: ObamaU.S. President Barack Oba-ma says “America is back”as a world power.

The president gave a flag-waving defence of Ameri-can power and influenceMonday night as part of his

State of the Union address.He talked about extend-

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also cited the example ofIran, where with U.S.prompting much of theworld is now united in ap-plying sanctions over Iran’sdisputed nuclear program.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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CTV, CBC and Global TV.

Richard Dearden, whorepresents the mediagroups, called it an“important decision forfreedom of the press.”

“There’s a real public inter-est in knowing how thecourt is going to divide as-sets, like Mr. Williams’ mil-itary pension, and what’sgoing to be left over forMr. Williams’ victims toseek to enforce any judg-ments they will get againsthim in their lawsuitsagainst him,” he said.

a point lower than theIMF’s own previous call inSeptember. The IMF doesn’tsee the economy in Canadastrengthening much in2013. Unlike the centralbank, which predicts 2.8per cent expansion, it saysCanada’s recovery will berestrained to two per cent.

That’s still tops amongG7 countries for the twoyears combined.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Britain’s inquiry into mediaethics shifted its focus awayfrom phone hacking Tues-day to look into howwomen are portrayed inU.K. newspapers.

Women’s-rights cam-paigners told the inquirythat newspapers treatwomen as sex objects andmis-report cases of rape anddomestic violence.

Anna Van Heeswijk ofwomen’s-campaigns groupObject said that sexualizedimages of topless or skimpi-ly clad women in Britishtabloid newspapers damagethe way young womenthink of their appearancesand lifestyles.

She said anyone whocomplained about thenewspapers’ use of theseimages in turn was vilified,and pointed to how TheSun newspaper called law-maker Clare Short “fat, jeal-ous” when she tried to stop

the tabloid from printing adaily photograph of a top-less woman on page 3.

“Clearly the effect hasbeen to close down freespeech in relation to groupsand individuals making acritique against these news-papers,” Van Heeswijk said.

Marai Larasi of campaigngroup End Violence AgainstWomen said newspaperstories about attacks onwomen often focused ontheir actions, implying thatsomehow they had pro-voked their attackers. Shesaid newspaper reportsabout a woman murderedby her husband after sheannounced a separation onsocial networking site Face-book focused on her ac-tions and not her husband’sviolence.

“The fact that it becameknown as a Facebook mur-der is symbolic,” she said.“It was the murder of a real

woman by her partner.”The media-ethics inquiry

was set up after revelationsthat Rupert Murdoch’sNews of the World newspa-per had illegally listened to

cellphone voice mails ofcelebrities, politicians andcrime victims. New formsof press regulations are tobe considered.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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love food, and are happyto see you, especially ifyou come with food.

Cats, on the other hand,barely notice other speciesthat aren’t dinner. Theymay crawl into your lapand go to sleep, but onlybecause it’s a warm placeto go to sleep. They don’tdiscriminate, as anyonewho has ever awakened tofind a cat sleeping on theirface can tell you.

But, even if Kitty lovesyou, why return thefavour by stuffing Kitty ina tiny box and making herfly economy?

(Just to make it clear.I’m an equal opportunity

curmudgeon: The same goes for shih tzus and the like.Leave your adorable mutt at home in the care of akompetent kennel.)

What’s really annoying is this tendency to escalatebeyond all reason. It’s one thing to feel the urge totake Kitty to visit Aunt Bossy in Halifax, quite anotherto declare Kitty an “emotional support animal,”raising her companionship to the level of ersatzhuman right. Right.

And shame on Air Canada for knuckling under. Ilike peanuts, but the airline had no difficultydepriving me of the tasty legume in order to protectother passengers from anaphylactic shock. As if ?

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In the first year where thenumber of Best Picturenominees can be any-where between five and10, the Academy of MotionPicture Arts and Sciencessettled on nine Tuesdaymorning, with The Artist,The Descendants, Ex-tremely Loud & IncrediblyClose, The Help, Hugo,Midnight in Paris, Money-ball, The Tree of Life andWar Horse doing battle forthe big prize. Here’s a lookat the winners and losersheading into Oscar season.

BIGGEST WINNERS

Martin Scorcese’s de-lightful Hugo garnered themost nominations with11, with popular favouriteThe Artist right behind at10. Stephen Spielberg’sWar Horse and DavidFincher’s The Girl with theDragon Tattoo received sixand five nominations, re-spectively, though neithermade it into the Best Di-rector category. But thebiggest winner of is Brides-maids — and comedy ingeneral — with the

raunchy box office hitpulling in nominations forBest Adapted Screenplayas well as Best SupportingActress for Melissa Mc-Carthy. BIGGEST LOSERS

The biggest omissionseems to be in the Best An-imated Feature race,which Spielberg’s The Ad-ventures of Tintin hasbeen winning handily atother awards shows. Butthe European favourite

didn’t earn a mention inthis category. Outside ofanimation, Clint East-wood’s Oscar-bait misfire J.Edgar failed to earn a sin-gle nomination. BIGGEST SURPRISES

The pair of nominationsfor Extremely Loud & In-credibly Close — Best Pic-ture and Best SupportingActor — seemed to comeout of nowhere, as the filmhasn’t made an impact inany other awards races. A

Better Life star DemiánBichir, who also earned aScreen Actors Guild nomi-nation for his outstandingperformance, is a welcomesurprise that will hopeful-ly bring attention to anamazing but overlookeddrama. And while Iran’s ASeparation is unstoppablein the Foreign Languagecategory, many expectedAngelina Jolie’s In theLand of Blood and Honeyto at least garner a nomi-

nation, as it did at theGolden Globes.

Even before awards night, there are clearly some overlooked films heading into the Oscarseason But there are a few big surprises, some odd nods and Canadian talent in the mix

Winners and losersLocal talent

Canadians at the Oscars

Nominations Toronto-born, Montreal-raised act-ing legend ChristopherPlummer nabbed a Best-Supporting Actor nomina-tion for Beginners.

Score Toronto-born com-poser Howard Shore is upfor best score for Hugo.

Language PhilippeFalardeau’s MonsieurLazhar is nominated forbest foreign-language film.

Short Montreal’s PatrickDoyon is up for bestanimated film for his shortDimanche/Sunday. Mean-while, Calgary-based film-makers Amanda Forbisand Wendy Tilby are in therunning for their Prairie-based picture Wild Life.

Mixing Welland, Ont.-raised David Giammarcohit a home run with anomination for best soundmixing for Moneyball.

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From this weekend’sThe Grey, a man versus na-ture tale starring LiamNeeson, I learned thatempty airplane booze bot-tles can be broken,wedged between your fin-gers and repurposed asWolverine-style knucklesof death.

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Alive, the story of

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Although there is noword on what kind of roleMaynard’s six-year-old

daughter will play in theseries, the ABC press re-leases are quick to pointout that Maynard is thefirst single mom to star inthe series. Maynard’s littlegirl also appeared on TheBachelor.

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Berry’s excharged withendangering her childKEEP COOL GabrielAubry, Halle Berry’s ex-boyfriend and the fatherof her daughter, isreportedlybeing inves-tigated forcriminalchildendanger-ment andbattery, ac-cording toTMZ. Lawenforcementsources sayAubry allegedlyshoved his nannyinto a doorwhile she washolding hisand Berry’sthree-year-old daugh-

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Jolie snubs KeiblerAwards season is apparent-ly getting awkward, as An-gelina Jolie hasn’t warmedto George Clooney’s newgirlfriend, Stacy Keibler,according to Us Weekly.

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Four must try

spa trendsFrom sound therapy to family-friendly spas, there are plenty of fresh treatments to test out

1Family Affair

More spas are accommo-dating adults and kids to-gether. “The new thing isthat it’s the family. Peo-ple want to go with their

children to spas. Not allof them, of course. Somewant to go without,” saidSusie Ellis, president ofthe online spa portalSpaFinder. “We’re seeingnow the spas respondingand very much making itmore of a welcome placefor kids.”

2Colour, Light,

Music, VibrationIncorporating them as am-bient afterthoughts isnothing new for the spaindustry. Now they’re ‘be-coming the main event,’ areport from SpaFindersaid.

One innovation is soft-ware that creates real-timemusic, tones, beats andother sounds like windrustling and rivers to beatsgenerated by a therapist’smovements in tandemwith the client’s bodily re-sponses during massages,

SpaFinder said. The clientleaves with a CD of the

‘well-being music-art’ theyhelped create.

While music used to be an ambient afterthought in spas,

it’s now an integral part of many treatments.

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3Extra wow factorSome spas are trying towow and woo with unusu-al, eye-popping decor thatdefies traditional minimal-ism. In Thailand, a luxuri-ous rainforest wickertreehouse, ‘The Nest,’serves as a private spa suitesuspended from tree

branches at the Coqoon Spaat Indigo Pearl in Phuket.

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4Cold and ice

The industry is taking acue from the Romans, whomore than 2,000 years agofinished spa-like experi-ences with a trip to the‘frigidarium.’ At ESPA loca-tions around the world,clients can scoop ice crys-tals from fountains to rub

down after saunas. At theQua Baths & Spa in CaesarsPalace Las Vegas, there is

an ‘arctic ice room’ to sitamid falling snow.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Spa expos are one place to learn about new therapies.‘The Nest’ at Coqoon Spa

in Phuket.

Travel in brief

The Beatles, Jimi Hen-drix, The GratefulDead, U2 andhundreds of otheracts have played thelegendary outdoorstage at Red RocksAmphitheatre,nestled between twosandstone monolithsin the RockyMountains foothillsoutside Denver. OnJan. 27, Atmosphereand rapper Common,shown, are headliningthe venue’s first con-cert in the middle ofwinter. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Yellowstone National Park isn’t just a summer destination See it from a pair of cross-country skis

Yellowstone National Park’swilderness is reclaimedwhen the throngs of sum-mer tourists leave and thetemperature drops belowzero. Most of the park'sroads and services shutdown, and the landscape istransformed into a world of

ice and snow.Relatively few people

venture into the park atthis time, just 17,262overnight visitors last win-ter compared to the nearly1.2 million overnight staysbetween June and Septem-ber 2010.

The wildlife re-emergeswith the people gone, andwolves, foxes, swans, geese,eagles, bison and elk aremore frequently seen atthis time of year.

It’s also a prime time forcross-country skiing. Yel-lowstone in winter hasplenty of trails for novicesand experts alike. No mat-ter the skill level, a ski tripin Yellowstone leaves youwith a sense of the park’sbeauty that is completelydifferent from the busysummer months.

For $40, you can get atwo-hour lesson and getoutfitted with skis, bootsand poles for 24 hours.

At the Old Faithful SnowLodge and the MammothHot Springs Hotel near the

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Winter is a perfect time to get immersed in Yellowstone National Park.

northern entrance, plot outyour ski route. These arethe only accommodationsinside the park during thewinter season from mid-De-cember until the first week-end of March.

There’s usually plenty ofspace throughout the sea-son, with Old Faithful nor-mally running at about 70per cent of capacity andMammoth about 60 percent full. The exception isChristmas, when the lodgesare usually full.

Once you get to Old

Faithful in winter, you’repretty much stuck thereunless you pony up another$62 to take the three-hoursnowcoach back to WestYellowstone. The rooms atOld Faithful are $206 anight, there’s no televisionand reservations are a mustat the one restaurant.

But the adventure beginsjust outside the door withthe iconic geyser as themain attraction. Most win-tertime visitors choose totour the park by snowcoachor snowmobile. But there’s

really no better way to be-come immersed in the parkthan with a pair of skis.There are the easy outings,such as the trails aroundthe Upper Geyser Basin justoutside of the lodge. Thenthere are the tougher ones,including arduous trails tothe Continental Divide. Forthose who don’t want towaste any more time thannecessary, and have an ex-tra $16.50, a shuttle is avail-able to take skiers to moredistant trailheads.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Why I chose to attend Hard Work U

As a first-year media com-munications student,here’s the scoop.

The holidays are overand I’m back at school.During the break, I had achance to catch up withfriends who were homefrom university. By all ac-counts, they’re having thetime of their lives. Theyregaled me with storiesabout cool parties, wildweekend trips and anticsof living in residence.

OK, am I missing some-thing here? My post-sec-ondary experience hasbeen the exact opposite.Long days of classes,evenings and weekendsfilled with assignmentsand studying… pure slog!

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I found my first end-of-semester experience over-whelming! Eight finals infour days...brutal! I spentmy evenings at the cam-pus broadcast centrecramming for examsand ed-itingfilmuntilthreein themorn-ing.Ah,beauti-ful

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Was I at No Fun Tech?Had I chosen the wrongschool?

Over the break, I hadtime to reflect on why Iselected this college in

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Getting the kids to care about healthDr. Oz finds a way of engaging with young people about their well-being with the help of... other young people

When he’s not operatingon patients, hosting a talkshow or authoring books,Dr. Mehmet Oz devoteshis time to his charity,HealthCorps, a PeaceCorps-like program thatsends college grads intohigh schools to mentorstudents on health andwell-being.

Why is peer-to-peer

mentoring the right

approach to take to teach

kids about their health?

Well, part of it is becauseI have kids. I was asked bytheir school to give a talkto them once about 10years ago, and theyseemed sort of bored but Igave the talk anyway. Thenext day, as I got to thehospital, I had probably adozen phone calls fromcorporate executives,lawyers [and] other doc-tors saying their kids hadcome home that nightand had told them thingslike “If you have a piece ofbread, it’s like having acandy bar.”

And it began a processin my mind: If we can getthese kids to talk witheach other in a way that

makes it cool to pushback against your parents,they’ll do it.

I’m not the one to de-liver that message, but Ican get college kids to doit.

What are your goals for the

program, and what are you

doing to reach them?

I want to have Health-Corps schools in everymajor city in America,and I want to have themin every state. We maynot be in every school,

and I think one of thethings we’re learning isthat we can develop [the]best practices from themany schools we’re inthat other schools canadopt and begin to use intheir own programs.We’re gonna call itHealthCorps University.So either you’ll have oneof my volunteers in yourschool who will teachyour kids about health,and (for) anybody else,health teachers can takethe syllabus and use it ontheir own.

Dr. Mehmet Oz

[email protected]

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Drink of the week

Triple Shots ofFlavour

Looking for a way toserve up a fun non-alco-holic drink? Try theseshooters.

• Fresh cucumber• Watermelon• Ginger• Sparkling water

On tray, place 3 shot glass-es (2 oz each). Using smallmelon baller make 3 ballsof cucumber, 3 balls of wa-termelon, 3 balls of ginger.Place fruit balls in glasses,then pour cold sparklingwater over fruit. Allow toinfuse 1 min. Bubbles willextract the fresh fruitflavours. SOCIETEPERRIER.COM

Sandwich that chicken breastThis lunch boasts the picante

flavour of curry, which works wellwith chicken Adding a dash of orange juice helps to fight coldsLooking for a new idea foryour lunch that will helpto keep that winter coldaway?

This tasty chickensandwich sings of orangeflavour with a hint of cur-ry, which makes for a per-fect twist to a sandwichclassic, with added healthbenefits.

Preparation:

1 In skillet heat oil overmedium-high heat andcook onion and garlicfor 3 minutes or untilstarting to soften. Addchicken, curry powder,coriander and turmeric;cook, stirring for 2 min-utes. Whisk cornstarchinto orange juice andadd to skillet; bring to

boil. Reduce heat andsimmer for about 5minutes or until chick-en is no longer pink in-side.

2 Remove from heat andstir in yogurt,coriander, chutney, saltand pepper.

3 Spread mixture over 1naan bread and topwith spinach. Top withother naan and cut inquarters to serve.NEWS CANADA/ADAPTED BY EMILYRICHARDS (PROFESSIONALHOME ECONOMIST,COOKBOOK AUTHOR AND ATV CELEBRITY CHEF. FORMORE, VISIT EMILYRICHARD-SCOOKS.CA)

CurriedChicken

Naan

Sandwich

Ingredients:• 1 tbsp (15 mL) canola oil• 1/2 cup (125 mL) diced redonion• 2 cloves garlic, minced• 12 oz (375 g) bonelessskinless chicken breasts,diced (about 2 breasts)

• 2 tsp (10 mL) currypowder• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) eachground coriander/turmeric• 1 tbsp (15 mL) cornstarch• 3/4 cup (175 mL) Floridaorange juice• 1/4 cup (50 mL) 0 % plainGreek yogurt

• 3 tbsp (45 mL) choppedfresh coriander• 2 tbsp (30 mL) mangochutney• Pinch each salt and pep-per• 2 large naan breads• 1 cup (250 mL) babyspinach

This recipe serves four.

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Federer, Nadal willmeet in semifinal

A dominating win by Roger Federer in his 1,000th career match and a more difficultworkout for Rafael Nadal set up a rare Grand Slam marquee semifinal between theformer top-ranked players. Federer and Nadal have been on opposite halves of thedraw since the 2005 French Open.

Australian Open. Quarter-finals

Roger Federer makes a backhand return to Juan Martin Del Potro on Tuesday.

Fat paycheque for PrinceFielder and Tigers agree to nine-year contract worth $214 million US, source says

Free agent first basemanPrince Fielder and the De-troit Tigers agreed Tuesdayon a nine-year, $214 mil-lion US contract that fillsthe AL Central champions’need for a power hitter, aperson familiar with thedeal said.

CBS first reported theagreement.

The person told The As-sociated Press that the dealwas subject to a physical.The person spoke on condi-tion of anonymity becausethe contract was not yetcomplete.

Detroit boldly steppedup in the Fielder sweep-

stakes after the recent kneeinjury to star Victor Mar-tinez. A week ago, theTigers announced that theproductive designated hit-

ter could miss the entireseason after tearing his leftACL during off-season con-ditioning.

The Tigers won their di-

vision by 15 games beforelosing in the AL champi-onship series to Texas.

Adding the 27-year-oldFielder gives the Tigers two

of the game’s premier slug-gers, pairing him withMiguel Cabrera.

With Cabrera and Field-er, Detroit will begin thisseason with two players un-der age 30 with at least 200career homers. Accordingto STATS LLC, that’s hap-pened only once before. Atthe start of the 1961 sea-son, the Milwaukee Bravesfeatured 29-year-old EddieMatthews (338 homers)and 27-year-old HankAaron (219).

Fielder has averaged 40homers and 113 RBIs overthe past five years.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alex Rodriguez,Yankees

$27.5 million,

Ryan Howard,Phillies

$25 million

Cliff Lee,Phillies

$24 million

Albert Pujols,Angels

$24 million

Prince Fielder,Tigers

$23.78 million

Paid in full Among current players, Fielder’s new yearly average

pay would be the fifth highest in the major leagues.

Sports in brief

The Edmonton Es-kimos re-signed all-star receiver FredStamps to a newcontract onTuesday.

The deal willkeep Stamps in Ed-monton throughthe 2013 season.

Stamps was theteam’s leading passcatcher last yearwith 82 receptionsfor 1,153 yards andeight touchdownsin 15 games.

Terms of thecontract were notreleased by theclub.THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Last night’s resultsToronto 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 (OT)N.Y. Rangers 3Winnipeg 0Phoenix 3 Ottawa 2San Jose 1 Calgary 0Buffalo 2 New Jersey 1 (SO)Dallas 1 Anaheim 0Minnesota 3 Colorado 2Nashville 3 Chicago 1Philadelphia 3 Florida 2 (SO)Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 2 (SO)Tampa Bay 4 Columbus 2Washington 5 Boston 3

Edmonton at VancouverMonday’s resultsEdmonton 2 San Jose 1 (SO)Toronto 3 N.Y. Islanders 0Carolina 2Winnipeg 1Detroit 3 St. Louis 1Nashville 4 Columbus 1Ottawa at Los AngelesTonight’s gameAll Times EasternDetroit atMontreal, 7:30 p.m.NHLALL-STARBREAKJan. 26-30 at Ottawa

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

d-NYRangers 47 31 12 1 3 132 96 66 15-5-0-2 16-7-1-1 7-3-0-0 W2d-Boston 47 31 14 1 1 171 101 64 16-7-1-1 15-7-0-0 5-4-1-0 L1d-Washington 48 26 19 1 2 136 137 55 18-6-0-1 8-13-1-1 5-4-1-0 W1Philadelphia 48 29 14 2 3 162 142 63 11-7-1-2 18-7-1-1 6-3-0-1 W1Pittsburgh 49 28 17 2 2 152 127 60 14-8-2-0 14-9-0-2 7-3-0-0 W7Ottawa 52 27 19 4 2 157 160 60 14-9-0-1 13-10-4-1 6-4-0-0 L3NewJersey 48 26 19 1 2 129 136 55 12-9-0-2 14-10-1-0 4-4-1-1 L3Florida 48 22 15 5 6 122 136 55 11-5-1-6 11-10-4-0 3-2-3-2 L1Toronto 49 25 19 3 2 151 147 55 14-8-2-2 11-11-1-0 6-4-0-0 W2Winnipeg 50 22 22 3 3 124 143 50 15-8-0-2 7-14-3-1 3-6-0-1 L3TampaBay 48 21 23 1 3 136 165 46 13-7-0-1 8-16-1-2 4-5-0-1 W4NY Islanders 48 19 22 5 2 115 143 45 11-11-4-0 8-11-1-2 5-4-1-0 L2Montreal 48 18 21 2 7 123 132 45 8-10-2-4 10-12-0-2 5-3-0-2 W1Buffalo 49 20 24 3 2 119 149 45 11-9-3-2 9-15-0-0 2-7-1-0 W1Carolina 51 18 24 5 4 130 159 45 13-11-0-3 5-13-5-1 5-3-1-1 W1

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

d-Detroit 49 33 15 1 0 158 110 67 20-2-1-0 13-13-0-0 9-1-0-0 W7d-Vancouver 48 29 15 0 4 155 120 62 13-6-0-3 16-9-0-1 5-3-0-2 W1d-San Jose 47 27 14 3 3 131 110 60 15-8-2-0 12-6-1-3 4-3-1-2 W1St. Louis 49 29 13 1 6 124 102 65 21-3-1-3 8-10-0-3 7-1-1-1 L2Nashville 50 30 16 3 1 140 127 64 16-7-2-1 14-9-1-0 9-1-0-0 W4Chicago 50 29 15 3 3 162 144 64 19-6-1-3 10-9-2-0 5-3-2-0 L2LosAngeles 50 24 16 4 6 111 111 58 14-11-0-4 10-5-4-2 5-2-1-2 W1Minnesota 49 24 18 2 5 115 126 55 13-6-1-2 11-12-1-3 3-6-0-1 W2Colorado 51 26 23 2 0 131 144 54 14-12-0-0 12-11-2-0 4-5-1-0 L2Dallas 48 25 21 0 2 126 136 52 14-9-0-2 11-12-0-0 4-5-0-1 W1Calgary 50 23 21 3 3 120 137 52 13-7-1-1 10-14-2-2 5-3-1-1 L1Phoenix 50 22 20 3 5 130 134 52 10-9-2-2 12-11-1-3 3-4-1-2 W1Anaheim 48 18 23 3 4 124 144 43 13-12-1-0 5-11-2-4 8-1-1-0 L1Edmonton 48 18 26 1 3 120 139 40 12-8-1-2 6-18-0-1 2-7-1-0 W1Columbus 49 13 30 1 5 115 163 32 8-13-1-2 5-17-0-3 3-6-0-1 L4

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.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

NFL PLAYOFFS

PROBOWLSunday, Jan. 29At HonoluluAll Times EasternNFC vs. AFC, 7 p.m.

SUPER BOWLSunday, Feb. 5At IndianapolisNewEngland vs. N.Y. Giants, 6:20 p.m.

NBA

LEAFS 4, ISLANDERS 3 (OT)First Period1.N.Y. Islanders,Tavares20(Okposo,Reese)1:54Penalty—Martin NYI (interference) 2:16.Second Period2. N.Y. Islanders, Bailey 5 (Martin) 9:17 (sh)3. Toronto,MacArthur 13 (Grabovski,Kulemin) 18:55Penalties—Kessel Tor (roughing), HamonicNYI (roughing, holding) 8:54.Third Period4.Toronto,Gardiner1(Grabovski,MacArthur)1:475.Toronto,Grabovski16(Kulemin,Gardiner)16:296. N.Y. Islanders, Parenteau 10, 19:47Penalties—None.Overtime7. Toronto,MacArthur 14 (Grabovski) 2:06Penalties—None.Shots on goal byToronto 4 10 5 2—21N.Y. Islanders 8 10 12 2—32Goal—Toronto:Gustavsson(W,16-10-0);N.Y. Is-landers:Montoya(L,6-5-4).Powerplays(goals-

chances)—Toronto:0-2;N.Y. Islanders:0-0.Referees—Mike Hasenfratz, Brian Pochmara.Linesmen—BrianMurphy, Darren Gibbs.Att.—10,888 (16,234) at Uniondale, N.Y.

RANGERS 3, JETS 0First Period1.N.Y.Rangers,Callahan17(Stralman,Boyle)4:05Penalties—ThorburnWpg, RuppNYR (fight-ing) 6:14.Second Period2.N.Y.Rangers,Mitchell5(DelZotto,Stepan)13:22Penalties—SlaterWpg(interference)0:36,Thor-burnWpg,RuppNYR(fighting)5:33,FehrWpg(holding)10:53,GirardiNYR(boarding)16:43.Third Period3. N.Y. Rangers, Richards 16 (Callahan) 16:22Penalties—FehrWpg (high-sticking) 3:49,WheelerWpg (high-sticking) 6:29, GaborikNYR (interference) 17:05.ShotsWinnipeg 6 6 10 22N.Y. Rangers 11 8 12 31

Goal—Winnipeg:Pavelec(L,16-17-6);N.Y.Rangers:Lundqvist(W,22-10-4).Powerplays(goals-chances)—Winnipeg:0-2;N.Y.Rangers:0-4.Referees—Eric Furlatt, RobMartell. Lines-men—Scott Cherrey, Anthony Sericolo.Att.—18,200 (18,200) at NewYork.

COYOTES 3, SENATORS 2First Period1. Phoenix, Brule 3 (Boedker, Yandle) 18:53Penalty—Phoenix bench (toomanymen;served by Torres) 6:59.Second Period2. Phoenix, Doan 15 (Korpikoski, Ekman-Lars-son) 16:083.Ottawa,Alfredsson17 (Foligno,Phillips)17:39Penalties—Z.SmithOtt, Chipchura Pho (fight-ing) 0:04, GoncharOtt (high-sticking) 1:00,KonopkaOtt (interference) 11:58, Hanzal Pho(tripping) 12:21, DoanPho (interference) 18:33.Third Period4. Phoenix, Vrbata 23 (Whitney, Rozsival) 1:305. Ottawa, Neil 9 (Condra, Z.Smith) 1:44Penalties—Foligno Ott (goaltender interfer-ence) 11:26, Neil Ott, Ekman-Larsson Pho(roughing), Klesla Pho (high-sticking) 20:00.ShotsOttawa 9 13 12 34Phoenix 9 10 7 26Goal—Ottawa: Anderson (L,25-16-4);Phoenix:M.Smith (W,18-13-7). Power plays(goals-chances)—Ottawa: 0-3; Phoenix: 0-3.Referees—DanO’Halloran, Tim Peel. Lines-men—Thor Nelson, Shane Heyer.Att.—8,061 (17,135) at Glendale, Ariz.

SHARKS 1, FLAMES0First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalty—Jokinen Cal (hooking) 19:46.Second PeriodNo Scoring.Penalty—Vandermeer SJ (interference) 10:47.Third Period1. San Jose, Ferriero 6 (Couture, Boyle) 11:35Penalties—Mitchell SJ (interference), JonesCal (unsportsmanlike conduct-diving) 17:10,Calgary bench (toomanymen; served byKostopoulos) 19:42.ShotsSan Jose 5 11 11 27Calgary 8 3 14 25Goal—San Jose: Niemi (W,21-10-5); Calgary:Kiprusoff (L,22-16-3). Power plays (goals-chances)—San Jose: 0-2; Calgary: 0-1.Referees—Paul Devorski, Stephane Auger.Linesmen—Brad Lazarowich,MarkWheler.Attendance—19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.

SCORING LEADERSG A PT

Malkin, Pgh 26 32 58Giroux, Pha 18 37 55Datsyuk, Det 14 39 53Stamkos, TB 32 20 52Ma.Hossa, Chi 20 32 52Lupul, Tor 20 32 52H.Sedin, Vcr 11 41 52Kessel, Tor 26 25 51Toews, Chi 27 23 50D.Sedin, Vcr 20 30 50Spezza, Ott 20 30 50Tavares, NYI 19 29 48Pominville, Buf 17 30 47Karlsson, Ott 7 40 47Neal, Pgh 26 20 46Eberle, Edm 18 27 45Elias, NJ 17 28 45Selanne, Ana 15 30 45Not including last night’s games

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-Chicago 16 3 .842 —d-Atlanta 13 5 .722 21/2d-Philadelphia 12 5 .706 3Orlando 12 5 .706 3Miami 12 5 .706 3Indiana 11 5 .688 31/2Boston 7 9 .438 71/2New York 7 10 .412 8Milwaukee 6 10 .375 81/2Cleveland 6 10 .375 81/2New Jersey 5 13 .278 101/2Toronto 5 13 .278 101/2Detroit 4 14 .222 111/2Charlotte 3 15 .167 121/2Washington 2 15 .118 13

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-Oklahoma City 14 3 .824 —Denver 12 5 .706 2Utah 10 5 .667 3d-L.A. Clippers 9 5 .643 31/2d-Memphis 10 6 .625 31/2San Antonio 11 7 .611 31/2Dallas 11 7 .611 31/2Houston 10 7 .588 4Portland 10 7 .588 4L.A. Lakers 10 8 .556 41/2Minnesota 7 10 .412 7Phoenix 6 11 .353 8Sacramento 6 12 .333 81/2Golden State 5 11 .313 81/2New Orleans 3 14 .176 11

Last night’s resultsNewYork 111 Charlotte 78Orlando 102 Indiana 83Miami 92 Cleveland 85Toronto 99 Phoenix 96Memphis at PortlandMonday’s resultsPhiladelphia 103Washington 83Boston 87 Orlando 56Chicago 110New Jersey 95Oklahoma City 99 Detroit 79SanAntonio 104 NewOrleans 102Houston 107Minnesota 92Atlanta 97Milwaukee 92Dallas 93 Phoenix 87Portland 101 Sacramento 89Memphis 91 Golden State 90

Tonight’s gamesAll Times EasternNewYork at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Charlotte atWashington, 7 p.m.New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m.NewOrleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.Atlanta at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.Toronto at Utah, 9 p.m.Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m.Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesBoston at Orlando, 8 p.m.Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

LACROSSE

BASKETBALL

AUSTRALIAN OPENAt Melbourne, AustraliaMENSinglesQuarter-finalsRafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Tomas Berdych(7), Czech Republic, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-3.Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. JuanMartin del Potro (11), Argentina, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.DoublesQuarter-finalsBob andMike Bryan (1), U.S., def. MariuszFyrstenberg andMarcinMatkowski (6),Poland, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4.Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Horia Tecau(7), Romania, def. Scott Lipsky and RajeevRam (13), U.S., 6-4, 6-4.WOMENSinglesQuarter-finalsKim Clijsters (11), Belgium, def. CarolineWozniacki (1), Denmark, 6-3, 7-6 (4).Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Agniesz-ka Radwanska (8), Poland, 6-7 (0), 6-0, 6-2.DoublesQuarter-finalsSaniaMirza, India, and Elena Vesnina (6),Russia, def. Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond(2), U.S., 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (6).Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (7),Czech Republic, def. Vania King, U.S., andYaroslava Shvedova (3), Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-2.Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (11), Italy, def.Alla Kudryavtseva and EkaterinaMakarova,Russia, 6-3, 6-1.Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva,Russia, def. Irina-Camelia Begu andMonicaNiculescu, Romania, 7-5, 6-3.MIXEDDOUBLESSecond RoundBethanieMattek-Sands, U.S., andHoria Tecau(8), Romania, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kaza-khstan, andAndyRam, Israel, 6-4, 7-6 (2).Roberta Vinci and Daniele Bracciali, Italy, def.Kimiko Date-Krummand Kei Nishikori, Japan,6-3, 7-6 (6).JUNIORSBOYSSinglesSecond RoundFilip Peliwo, Vancouver, def. Jack Schipanski,Australia, 6-2, 6-4.DoublesSecond RoundPedja Krstin, Serbia, and Filip Peliwo (7),Vancouver, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, andPietro Licciardi, Italy, 2-6, 6-2, 10-6 (tiebreak).GIRLSSinglesSecond RoundEugenie Bouchard (2),Westmount, Que., def.IvaMekovec, Croatia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.DoublesSecond RoundEugenie Bouchard,Westmount, Que., andCarol Zhao, RichmondHill, Ont. (8), def. MiyuKato and Risa Ozaki, Japan, 6-2, 6-4.

EARLY TODAYMENDoubles — Quarter-finalsMaxMirnyi, Belarus, andDaniel Nestor (2),Toronto, def. Santiago Gonzalez,Mexico, andChristopher Kas, Germany, 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2.JUNIORSBOYSSingles — Third RoundFilip Peliwo, Vancouver, def. Marek Routa,Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

TENNIS

d-division leaders ranked in top four positions.

NLLAll Times Eastern

EAST DIVISIONGP W L Pct. GF GA GB

Buffalo 2 2 01.000 26 19 —Rochester 2 1 1 .500 31 24 1Philadelphia 2 1 1 .500 22 31 1Toronto 2 0 2 .000 19 26 2

WEST DIVISIONGP W L Pct. GF GA GB

Colorado 3 3 01.000 46 38 —Calgary 3 2 1 .667 37 32 1Minnesota 1 0 1 .000 14 20 2Edmonton 1 0 1 .000 12 13 2Washington 2 0 2 .000 19 23 21/2WEEK FOURFriday’s gamesRochester at Toronto, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Saturday’s gamesBuffalo atMinnesota, 8 p.m.Rochester at Colorado, 9 p.m.Toronto at Calgary, 9 p.m.Edmonton atWashington, 10:30 p.m.

APMEN’S TOP 25All Times EasternLast night’s resultsNo. 1Kentucky 57 Georgia 44No. 6Baylor 77 Oklahoma 65No. 13 San Diego State 52Wyoming 42No. 17Marquette 67 South Florida 47No. 20Michigan 66 Purdue 64Monday’s resultsNo. 3 Syracuse 60 Cincinnati 53No. 5Kansas 64 Texas A&M54Tonight’s gamesNo. 2Missouri at Oklahoma State, 7:30 p.m.No. 4Ohio State vs. Penn State, 6:30 p.m.No. 8Duke atMaryland, 9 p.m.No. 10Michigan State vs.Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.No.12Nevada-LasVegasatBoiseState, 10p.m.No. 15 Creighton at Drake, 8:05 p.m.No. 18Mississippi State vs. LSU, 8 p.m.No. 22Kansas State at Texas Tech, 9 p.m.No. 23 Florida State atWake Forest, 7 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesNo. 7North Carolina vs. NC State, 7 p.m.No. 14 Florida atMississippi, 7 p.m.No. 16 Indiana at No. 25Wisconsin, 9 p.m.No. 19Virginia vs. Boston College, 9 p.m.No. 21 SaintMary’s (Cal) at LoyolaMary-mount, 10 p.m.Saturday’s gamesNo. 1Kentucky at Louisiana State, 4 p.m.No. 2Missouri vs. Texas Tech, 1:30 p.m.No. 3 Syracuse vs.West Virginia, 1 p.m.No. 5Kansas at Iowa State, 2 p.m.No. 6Baylor vs. Texas, 1 p.m.No. 8Duke vs. St. John’s, NoonNo. 9Georgetown at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.No. 11Murray State vs. Eastern Illinois, 8 p.m.No. 12Nevada-Las Vegas at Air Force, 9 p.m.No. 13SanDiegoState atColoradoState, 4 p.m.No.14Floridavs.No.18MississippiState,1:30p.m.No. 15 Creighton vs. Bradley, 8:05 p.m.No. 17Marquette at Villanova, NoonNo. 19Virginia at NC State, 8 p.m.No.21SaintMary’s(Cal)atBrighamYoung,9p.m.No. 22Kansas State vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

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• Four brand-new models include theC-Class coupe, CLS sedan, M-Classsport utility and SLK roadster. • Turbo four-cylinder introduced asthe base engine in the C-Class andthe new SLK. • SL cuts out its V12 options.

• Previous 268-horsepower V6 leapsto 302 in many models. • Smaller turbo V8 replaces the 5.5 inmost models. • More transmission gears, bettereconomy. • Still the king of engine variety.

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MERCEDES OFFERSMANY MODELS ANDENGINE VARIETIESTO CHOOSE FROM

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© 2012 Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc. **Total price of $46,412 and down payment include freight/PDI of $1,995, dealer admin fee of $495, air-conditioning levy of $100, EHF tires, fi lters, batteries of $16.00 and AMVIC fee of $6,25. *Lease and fi nance offers based on a new 2012 GLK 350 4MATICTM available only through Mercedes-Benz Financial Services on approved credit for a limited time. Lease example based on $428 per month for 39 months. Down payment or equivalent trade of $7,662 plus security deposit of $500 and applicable taxes due at lease inception. MSRP starting at $43,800. Lease APR of 3.9% applies. Total obligation is $24,859. 18,000 km/year allowance ($0.20/km for excess kilometres applies). Finance example is based on a 60-month term and a fi nance APR of 1.9% and an MSRP of $43,800. Monthly payment is $651 (excluding taxes) with $6,992 down payment or equivalent trade in. Cost of borrowing is $1,825 for a total obligation of $46,038. Vehicle licence, insurance, registration and PPSA (if applicable) are extra. Dealer may lease or fi nance for less. Offers may change without notice and cannot be combined withany other offers. See your authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer for details or call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Relations Centre at 1-800-387-0100. 2Value of $2,200. Offer ends January 31, 2012.

FINANCE APR LEASE APR LEASE PAYMENT

1.9%* 3.9%* $428*

60 MONTHS 39 MONTHS $7,662** DOWN1Taxes extra.

2012 GLK 350 4MATICTM TOTAL PRICE1: $46,412**

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MINCLUDING DESTINATIONBASE PRICES

HOT FOR 2012For a lineup that’s losing models, it’sgreat to see some life, and somethingas different as the electric i-MiEV. • Last year for the Eclipse. • New all-wheel-drive SE trim forLancer • Reduced engine noise on CVT-equipped Outlander Sports plusimproved throttle response.CARRYOVER: Eclipse; Lancer; Outlander;RVR.GONE: Endeavor Mitsubishi Lancer.

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• All four Chrysler models, althoughnot new for the 2011 model year,were modified enough feel like newcars. • Latest arrival is the 200convertible. • It seems fitting the “Imported fromDetroit” Chrysler 300 SRT8 packs470 horses. • Standard leather seating for Town& Country. • 3.6-litre V6 saves Chrysler’sbacon in the powertrain department.

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T NEWS FOR 2012All Kizashi’s now come standardwith AWD.

ENJOY POWER OF CONTROL WITH SUZUKI’S KIZASHI SEDAN

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Edmonton BMW, 7450 Roper Rd.,780-490-5269.

LOCAL DEALER

• New entry-level X1 opens theworld of all-wheel-drive BMWs tomore buyers. • New larger 3 Series arriving in Feb-ruary. • Turbocharged four-cylinder the new

standard engine in the 5 Series, Z4and upcoming 3 Series. • 1M coupe flows M3 performanceinto smaller, six-cylinder package. • X6 and 7 Series so far the only twoBMWs to offer hybrid options.

MORE NEWS FROM BMW FOR 2012

BMW HOT RELEASES INCLUDE Z4 ROADSTER, 5-SERIES SEDAN

5 Series: Full-size sedan – $58,900 (est.)

BMW Z4 Roadster – $56,300 (est.) base price, including destination.

WE HAVE TONS OF DEMOS.YOU HAVE TWELVE DAYS

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than you ever expected. But this incredible event is only on from January 20 to 31.

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Finance rates are those offered by BMW Financial Services Canada only on approved credit (OAC). * Finance rate of 0.9% available for 36 months on 2011 BMW vehicles excluding the 1 Series M Coupé. Example: $25,000 borrowed for 36 months at 0.9% equals a monthly payment of $704, a cost of borrowing of $348, and a total obligation of $25,348 plus tax. Freight and PDI, A/C surcharge, PPSA registration fee, AMVIC fee, tire levy, administration fees, and similar taxes levied on the manufacturer (if charged by the Retailer) are extra. Excess

apply; see Retailer for details. ©2012 BMW Canada Inc. “BMW”. the BMW logo, BMW model designations and all other BMW related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and/or trademarks of BMW AG, used under licence.

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MINI Edmonton, 7450 Roper Rd.,780-434-MINI (6464).

LOCAL DEALER

Vehicle not exactly as shown. Total price of a 2011 MINI Cooper Countryman with manual transmission is $30,285.01, which includes base MSRP ($27,850), freight & PDI ($1,895), A/C tax ($100), tire levy ($16), Retailer administration fee ($395), PPSA registration fee ($22.76), and AMVIC fee ($6.25). Finance and lease rates are those offered by MINI Financial

Services Canada only on approved credit (OAC). *Finance rate of 2.9% available for up to 60 months. Example: $27,850 financed at 2.9% APR for 48 months ($2,000 down payment) equals a monthly payment of $354.35 (plus tax). Cost of borrowing is $2,178.30. †Lease rate of 2.9% available for up to 48 months. Lease example based on $329/month for

48 months. Down payment of $1,298. Freight & PDI ($1,895), A/C tax ($100), tire levy ($16), Retailer administration fee ($395), PPSA registration fee ($22.76), and AMVIC fee ($6.25) are extra and due on signing. GST and licence fee are extra. Total obligation is $18,234.54. The residual value of the vehicle at end of term is $11,976. Annual kilometres limited to

20,000; $0.15/km charge per excess kilometre. Excess wear-and-use charges may apply. ‡$3,000 cash incentives on 2011 MINI Countryman models. Cash incentive applies to lease, finance, and cash purchase transactions. Additional provincial-specific fees, taxes, and charges may be extra. Retailers are free to set individual prices and charge administration

fees, which may change the APR or the price of the vehicle. Offer expires January 31, 2011. Delivery must be taken by January 31, 2011. Offer requires Retailer participation. Offer is subject to availability and may be cancelled or changed without notice. Certain conditions apply. See your local MINI Retailer or MINI.ca for full details. **Model year 2011

MINI vehicles purchased from an authorized MINI Retailer in Canada are covered by a no-charge scheduled maintenance plan for three years or 50,000 km, whichever comes first. Certain limitations apply. Contact your MINI Retailer for details. © 2011 MINI Canada. “MINI”, the MINI logo, MINI model designations and all other MINI related marks, images,

and symbols are the exclusive properties and/or trademarks of BMW AG, used under licence.

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NEWS FOR 2012

Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe – $94,000 (est.) base price, including destination.

Porsche recommends

©2012 Porsche Cars Canada, Ltd. Porsche recommends seat belt usage and observance of all traffic laws at all times. Optional equipment shown is extra.

17820 STONY PLAIN ROADEDMONTON AB T5S 1A4(780) 426-3000www.porsche.ca/norden

You can see the future from here.

The new 911 is coming. Up to 45 kg lighter despite higher safety standards and more standard equipmentthan ever before. Increased engine power and improved driving dynamics, with a significant reduction in fuelconsumption. A longer wheelbase and wider front track for better handling and more driving comfort. Thenew 911 redefines what is possible in sports car engineering. Again. Porsche. There is no substitute.

The new 911. Arriving February 4th, 2012.

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BASE PRICES

Jaguar XK Two-door coupe/roadster – $100,000(est.) base price, including destination.

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await construction of our brand new state of the art facility located on 111 Ave and 170st which is

scheduled to open in 2013.

Along with combing three prestigious brands of Jaguar, Land Rover and Porsche we will also offer a full line of all luxury and premium brand makes and

models in our Pre-Owned Luxury Boutique.

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Honda CivicBase price: $16,400Sedans and coupesoffer a good mix ofperformance andfuel economy.

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The Skyactiv’s six-speed automatic is the real fuelmiser here with a consumption rating of 7.1 l/100 kmcity and 4.9 highway.

That’s a major improvement over the 8.7/6.0 ratingof the five-speed-automatic/base-2.0 combo.

The Mazda3 is broken into two camps for 2012: standard carryover tech from 2011; and the upgraded platform with the new

powertrain available in sedan and hatchback. Skyactiv is not an engine or an option package, but rather a whole different car.

It’s common for automak-ers to give labels to theirmore fuel-efficient offer-ings, whether that effi-ciency is real or perceived.It’s marketing and sales atits finest.

There’s Ford’s EcoBoost

line of engines as well asChevrolet’s Ecotec andeAssist. And of coursethere’s Toyota’s HybridSynergy Drive electric/gassystem.

Mazda, however, hastaken the name game onestep further by branding awhole car with its new“Skyactiv” magic wand.

The rationale behindthis approach is straight-forward. Mazda thinks tra-ditional gasoline anddiesel engines will remainthe most popular form ofautomotive propulsion forthe next few years. Ittherefore makes sense tocontinue refining thosepowerplants to be more ef-

ficient rather than spend-ing millions of dollars onalternative-fuel vehicles,which make up a tiny sliceof the pie.

Fair enough, but the re-ality is that other manu-facturers are also refininginternal combustion whilestill finding the resourcesto explore hybrids and

electrics. Just look at theChevrolet Volt. But whatyou won’t read elsewhereis that Skyactiv is really awholesale approach to abetter driving experiencewith a reengineered chas-sis, transmissions andsteering.

Fuel economy is justone aspect.

Forget hybrids: Mazda’s not giving up on gasMALCOLM [email protected] MEDIA

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The Honda executivepresenting the newAcura NSX supercarnever stood a

chance.During the media days

that preceded the 2012North American Interna-tional Auto Show, whichwrapped up Jan. 21, he“kindly” invited the De-troit audience of journal-ists onto the stage for alook. Well, ask and ye shallreceive: a flash mob of as-sorted scribes and photog-raphers stampeded theirway to their quarry withcameras blazing.

“I really thought thepresenter was going to betrampled,” said a nearbyHonda public-relationstype. This type of excite-ment is a rare sight at anyauto show, and withinthree years the NSX con-cept will transform into aproduction hybrid halo carfor Honda’s premium divi-sion.

Before the unveiling, atthe opposite end of De-troit’s Cobo Hall, MarkTemplin, general managerof Toyota’s upscale Lexusdivision, had warmed upthe press with the flashyLF-LC hybrid sports-carconcept, which is ru-moured to be production-bound.

Sandwiched betweenthese exotic automotivebookmarks were two moresports cars that share thesame basic architectureand powerplants. Both therear-wheel-drive Subaru

BRZ and the FR-S that Toy-ota will market under theScion label will go on salelater this year.

And providing a sidebarto all this sporty action wasHyundai’s 2013 GenesisCoupe and Veloster hatch-back. The Genesis featuresnew looks and significantlyadded power for both thebase 2.0-litre turbochargedfour-cylinder and the3.8-litre V-6. Bothpowerplants also re-ceiveneweight-

speed automatic transmis-sions to augment the stan-dard manualtransmissions. Meanwhile,the 2013 Veloster can behad with a turbochargedversion of its 1.6-litre en-gine that bumps the powerto 201 ponies from 138.

The predominantly spe-cial-interest machinery

provides a clear indicationthat the global communityof automakers is feelingdecidedly bullish about thefuture and is enthusiasti-cally releasing plenty ofnew stuff, from ultra-greenelectrics to pricey exoticsand everything in between.

Filling that “in-be-tween” area is the tradi-

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sedan,

which represents thesweet spot for car compa-nies where volume salesdrive revenues and thecompetition.

In this arena, Ford’s2013 Fusion sedan is verybig news indeed. It’s clear-ly influenced by the AstonMartin Rapide, Audi A7and other high-end four-door “coupe” designs, butstill it manages to look sin-gularly spectacular.

The Fusion will be of-fered in front- and all-wheel-drive and with achoice of manual and auto-matic transmissions. Therewill be two turbochargedfour-cylinder gasoline en-gines and one non-turbofour-cylinder engine, in ad-dition to gas-electric hy-brid and plug-in hybridmodels. No other brandcomes close to matchingthe Fusion for powertrainvariety.

For added luxury, theequally elegant 2013 Lin-

coln MKZ will providesimilar looks in a more

upscale package. TheMKZ and Fusion tra-

ditionally sharethe same plat-form.

Another pre-mium offeringis the 2013Cadillac ATSsedan that’s astep down insize from theCTS. Availableengines includea 200-horse-power four-cylinder, a270-horsepower

turbocharged

four-cylinder and a 318-horsepower V-6. The ATS istouted as being a competi-tor to the BMW Seriessedan, which is certainly atall order.

If the Detroit show isany indication, however,this year there will be veryfew new trucks or tall wag-ons running the circuit,which is really no surprisebased on recent trends thathave both buyers and au-tomakers thinking aboutsize, fuel economy andbang for the buck.

Still, it’s rare to see thekind of stage-trampling ex-citement that the NSX con-cept garnered, which,coupled with a healthyyear for the auto industryand slight economic im-provement, could meanthat more people arethinking about driving thedream.

Behold the Acura NSX, which caused a stampede in Detroit. The concept is set to become the long-awaited successor to the 1991-’05 car.

MALCOLM [email protected] MEDIA

Whimsical

Despite the fact that autoshows in general are morereality based than theyused to be, this year’s au-to-show season willprovide plenty of purelywhimsical concepts. Forexample, BMW has its i3electric and stunning i8 hy-brid concepts and theSmart brand is showing awacky electric haulercalled the Forus. As well,Toyota’s NS4 hybridprovides a possible clue asto how much better thenext-generation Priusmight look.

Auto show season kicks off the right way in Detroit With automakers feeling bullish, we stand to reap the benefits

It might be time to drive the dream

Hyundai’s new-look 2013 Genesis Coupe.

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Hybrids still seem onlyto attract those “earlyadopters” of technology.Mainstream buyers stillstay away in droves.

Will mainstream buyersever make the shift?

I put that question toJim Lentz, president of Toy-ota’s U.S. sales division, justafter he had the honours ofunveiling the automaker’snewest hybrid — Prius-c —at the recent auto show inDetroit.

Lentz felt some main-stream buyers have alreadymade the shift, by virtue oftheir acceptance of the hy-brid versions of Camry andHighlander. He admitted,however, that mainstreamhybrid buyers have yet toshow up “in abundance.”

“But I think by the mid-dle of this decade, it will be-come a mainstreamtechnology,” said Lentz.

Earlier, he had outlinedhow the company plans togrow its hybrid business:by getting more hybrids in-to the hands of earlyadopters of every stripe,and letting this increasing-ly larger group prove therighteousness of the tech-nology (not his words ex-actly).

Then, these earlyadopters become advocatesof the hybrid cause andhelp it reach broader ap-peal.

Well that’s one way oflooking at it. The other isthat mainstream buyershave had lots of chances totake long, hard looks at hy-brid technology and said“no thanks.”

Lentz acknowledges thatmainstream buyers are par-

tially focused on fuelprices. If they go up, theyshould turn to hybrids. Ifthey don’t, they might not.

For that reason, hewouldn’t hazard a guess asto what percentage of Toy-ota sales might be hybridsand/or other alternativetechnology in the next fewyears.

“The price of fuel is suchan extreme driver of that,”noted Lentz.

“Once hybrids are ac-cepted throughout themainstream, beyond thefluctuation of price, it willbe easier to gauge that per-centage.”

But the hybrid plot cer-tainly thickened with theintroduction of this newPrius-c (the “c” is for city).

The newest member of

the Prius family looks like agreat, little hatch, even be-fore you consider its billingas the most fuel-efficientvehicle you can buy with-out a plug. Toyota Canadasays its combined city/high-way rating is 3.7 L/100 km(53 mpg).

Also expect a startingMSRP below $21,000. Its de-sired audience is young, ur-ban buyers previouslypriced out of the hybridmarket. Lentz called it a“gateway” vehicle for hy-brid technology.

“It’s a key component tothe overall Prius strategy,by adding substantial incre-mental sales, and more im-portantly getting advocatesto the Prius family and tothe broad acceptance of hy-brids.”

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Running a redlight? I’m telling!

One of the most dangerousdrivers is the “red-light run-ner” — one who, whetherthrough inattention or im-patience, doesn’t stop at ared light.

Researchers are nowworking to predict whichdrivers are going to do thisand potentially programyour car to warn you.

Red-light runners can beidentified because theydon’t have the right “brak-ing profile,” says JonathanHow, R.C. Maclaurin profes-sor of aerospace at the Mas-sachusetts Institute ofTechnology (MIT).

“They’re not slowingdown, which could be acase of just having missedthe light,” he says.

“Or someone brakingbut not sufficiently, so thesystem would detect thatthey wouldn’t likely stop intime.”

By using these parame-ters, the MIT researcherscame up with an algorithm

that predicts when an on-coming car is likely to run ared light.

Testing with data collect-ed from an actual intersec-tion, they correctlyidentified red-light runners85 per cent of the time, pre-dicting within a couple ofseconds whether a driverwould run the light.

That could give otherdrivers enough time to re-act, providing they weregiven the information.

The ideal warning, Howsays, is through an existingtechnology called vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communi-cation, in which carswirelessly “talk” to eachother to exchange informa-tion.

Using the information inthe algorithm, a car thatsuspects its driver isn’t go-ing to stop would broadcastthat to other cars approach-ing the intersection. Thosecars would flash warningsto their drivers, who couldthen brake or take otherevasive action.

How says the system,built into new cars andretrofitted to existing ones,could potentially hit themarket in five to 10 years.

Jim Lentz, president of Toyota’s U.S. sales division, is pictured

onstage with the Prius-c at the recent auto show in Detroit.

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Taurus April 21-May 21 The message of the stars is clear:Don’t be hasty. You will get yourchance to shine early next month.

Gemini May 22-June 21You’ll have to deal with someone’snegative emotions today, withoutbecoming negative yourself.

Cancer June 22-July 22Do you ignore a problem and hopethat it will go away? Yes. This is oneof those occasions when whatlooks like a problem really isn’t.

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